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Election postponement: INEC's action ultra vires, lawyers say
Lawyers, yesterday, weighed in on the shock postponement of the presidential and National Assembly elections by the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC), and concluded that the electoral umpire acted beyond its powers.
According to them, while the Electoral Act allows INEC to postpone elections for certain emergencies, doing so few hours to voting time, and for reasons not contemplated by law has grieved citizens that were upbeat to perform their civic duties.
They also raised questions about the legality of the action, especially since Section 26 subsection 1 of the Electoral Act, 2010 as amended, says elections may be postponed if there is likelihood of breach of peace, natural disasters or other emergencies.
Interrogating the legality of the shift, an Abuja based lawyer, Chief Ferdinand Orbih (SAN) said that reasons for the postponement do not fall within the contemplation of section 26 of the Electoral Act.
"Clearly, the present postponement is not covered by Section 26(1) of the Electoral Act. INEC didn't give insecurity or natural disaster as reasons for postponing the elections. The only other reason envisaged by the Electoral Act for postponing elections is "similar emergency situations" to natural disasters.
"The reason given by INEC for the postponement of the 2019 general elections borders on logistical difficulties. That reason cannot be elevated to the status of an emergency contemplated under Section 26(1) of the Electoral Act. That reason can only qualify as a self-contrived emergency.
"Logistical difficulties at the eleventh hour is nothing, but gross incompetence. It is totally irresponsible of INEC that had four years to prepare for these general elections, to come up with this type of satanic magic. It's a cruel joke on Nigerians," he declared.
Orbih said the critical question for INEC borders on what happens to both the sensitive and insensitive materials already distributed for the elections.
His words: "Can INEC vouch for the sanctity of those materials after exposure for one week to stakeholders in the election? If they were not yet deployed less than 24 hours to the election, does that not point to the fact that INEC knew ab initio that it would postpone the elections?
"There is definitely more to this than meets the eye. INEC must bear in mind that since 2014, no election has been as critical to the survival of our country Nigeria as the 2019 general elections. The highest degree of transparency and fairness must be brought to bear on the conduct of the election by INEC. As the saying goes- a word is enough for the wise. But is INEC wise? Only time will tell."
Similarly, a constitutional lawyer and author, Sebastine Hon (SAN) said even though section 26(1) of the Electoral Act, 2010 as amended permit INEC to postpone elections, this present postponement is a gross abuse of statutory powers.
In Hon's estimation, no tenable reason was advanced for it and none really exists.
"The timing of the shift shows without doubt that some underhand influences have been brought to bear on a body designated 'independent' by the Constitution itself," he stated.
He therefore, called on the international community to weigh in and call the Nigerian government and INEC to order. Democracy, he said, is presently under threat in Nigeria, especially as it has to do with the already distributed election materials.
Warri, Delta State-based Chief Albert Akpomudje (SAN), expressed sadness and confusion with the postponement, adding that the timing just few hours to the voting was worrisome, just as he queried INEC's preparedness to conduct free, fair and credible polls.
Another lawyer, Muhammad Sani Umar said INEC has no basis for postponing the election.
Citing section 26 of the Electoral Act, he reiterated that elections may be postponed when there is serious breach of the peace, natural disasters and other emergencies.
Umar said: "Other emergencies by virtue of the ejusdem generis rule (of the same kind or nature) implies emergencies that have the semblance of natural disaster or breach of the peace.
"The Act does not contemplate logistics inadequacy as a ground for postponement because it is taken for granted that once a date is fixed, INEC will prepare all logistics before that date."
Corroborating Umar, Abuja based lawyer, Abubakar Sani believes that the provision specifically recognises only "serious breach of the peace, natural disasters or other emergencies" as grounds for postponing elections.
His words: "The reason given by INEC for the postponement is 'logistical challenges.' Can that circumstance be reasonably interpreted as being ejusdem generis with "serious breach of the peace," or "natural disasters" within the contemplation of the section?
"Even though this is doubtful, however, the doctrine of necessity can justifiably be invoked to save the situation, given that without surmounting the logistical challenges, the elections themselves would obviously be in jeopardy ab initio, as no election can realistically be conducted without the requisite materials.
"To that extent, 'logistical challenges' can reasonably be interpreted as being ejusdem generis with "other emergencies".
The former General Secretary of the Nigerian Bar Association (NBA), Mazi Afam Osigwe who lamented that if INEC knew it wanted to postpone the election on logistics ground, it should have done so three days earlier without waiting until few hours to the exercise, however, thinks differently.
Said he: "I think that Section 26 covers emergency because emergency would qualify in where INEC is unable to get election materials where they should be. I think it is better they postpone the election to get the materials everywhere so the election holds the same day in all states.
This, he noted was to avoid the fears that a staggered election would work to the advantage of any party.
Human rights lawyer, Ebun-olu Adegboruwa, who called on the National Assembly to audit and probe INEC through a commission of inquiry also said it (INEC) should not have waited till the dying minutes before announcing the postponement, since it was well aware of all its handicaps.
The responsibility for the postponement of this election, he said goes to the government and INEC.
"The postponement has unwittingly eroded the credibility of the elections and the capacity of INEC, in spite of the huge resources committed to it and the length of time available for planning and logistics.
"It is against all the above and many more reasons that I find the postponement of the elections unacceptable," he declared, and appealed to Nigerians to be patient and give room for a proper election at the rescheduled date.
Former General Secretary of Labour Party and Abuja-based lawyer, Dr. Kayode Ajulo said the reasons presented as alibi for the "ill-timed postponement of the Presidential and National Assembly election being for 'logistics' reasons flies in the face of logic and portrays Nigeria as being unserious."
According to him, citizens who have put in risks of various proportions to get to different locations for voting deserve apologies.
"It appears on the surface that the Electoral Act envisaged postponements of slated elections for certain emergencies alone, however, the spirit of that enactment, which is to address emergency, was grieved and afflicted by INEC when the postponement was not done timeously, especially, in the light of the apparent logistic contingencies," said Bankole Kayode, a Lagos based lawyer.
According to him, all the "emergencies" had manifested three days before the eleventh hour cancellation, but INEC chose to shock Nigerians.
"Imagine the quantum of loss suffered by Nigerians socially, emotionally and pecuniarily as a result of the cancellation. Professor Yakubu and his INEC team have not done well as the faux paus has done incalculable damage to the integrity of the whole process," he stated.
Also responding, Inibehe Effiong, a Lagos based lawyer lamented that there is no justification for the postponement given that INEC had four years to prepare for the 2019 elections.
He stated that INEC failed to specify the "logistical and operational plan" challenges that warranted the postponement, adding that the commission also failed to apologise for the disappointment.
"The INEC statement also failed to offer any form of accountability in terms of punishment for the officials of the commission whose willful or negligent conduct orchestrated the postponement.
As a Nigerian who had to travel all the way from Lagos State to Akwa Ibom State just to be able to discharge my civic responsibility by casting my vote, this postponement is painful," Effiong said, urging Prof. Yakubu to resign on account of incompetence.
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Carole's Destrier lunged late to claim a last-gasp victory in the William Hill Supporting Greatwood Veterans' Handicap Chase at Newbury.
Neil Mulholland's 11-year-old already had five victories over fences on his CV – including a course and distance success back in December.
After finishing a creditable fourth behind stablemate Impulsive Star in the Classic Chase at Warwick on his penultimate start, Carole's Destrier was pulled up in the Grand National Trial at Haydock a fortnight ago and was a 6-1 shot to bounce back in the hands of Tom Scudamore.
Mulholland's charge looked booked for minor honours rounding the home turn – with the admirable Theatre Guide appearing totally in control in front under Paddy Brennan.
However, he ploughed through the final fence and emptied on the run-in – allowing Carole's Destrier to get up and beat him by a length and a half.
Houblon Des Obeaux was best of the rest in third.
Mulholland said: "He keeps galloping and it's worked out well, thank God.
"A horse fell in front of him and he got stopped to a walk at Haydock a couple of weeks ago, so that was just unlucky.
"We decided we'd come here today as the ground and everything looked right for him and I'm delighted he's won."
Carole's Destrier holds entries in the Ultima Handicap Chase and the Kim Muir at the Cheltenham Festival, but will not be heading to Prestbury Park.
Mulholland added: "We'll see what the ground is like nearer the time, but we can look at races like the Midlands National, the Scottish National and the bet365 Gold Cup.
"The earliest he'll run will be in the Midlands National (Uttoxeter, March 16) and even that might be too soon."
The Ben Case-trained First Drift was a 25-1 winner of the opening Peter O'Sullevan Charitable Trust H.O.P.E Programme Seniors' Handicap Hurdle.
Betameche looks likely to deliver for favourite backers after cruising into contention early in the home straight, but First Drift refused to bend under 5lb claimer Max Kendrick and won a protracted duel by two and a half lengths.
Case said: "I'm delighted. He's been running well over fences, but then we went to Cheltenham and it all went a bit wrong as he didn't jump well.
"We thought we'd come back over hurdles and the conditions of this race suited him as it was for eight-year-olds and over and he's only just turned eight.
"We thought he was on a reasonable mark and although his jumping still wasn't perfect, he's got a big engine and did it well in the end.
"He's won six races for us now – he's been a great servant – and this is our first winner at Newbury, so I'm really pleased."
Richard Johnson was unseated from Tapaculo at the last in that race and missed his remaining rides, including the Philip Hobbs-trained Crooks Peak (11-2) who won the In Memory Of The Late Michael Yeadon Handicap Hurdle under Barry Geraghty.
Hobbs said: "It was a shame Dickie missed a winner but I am sure there will be plenty of others.
"He is sore. Apparently the edge of his body protector caught him in the back. It's probably no more than that. A couple of days and he should be all right.
Hobbs and Geraghty were narrowly denied a double in the following Awdry Bailey & Douglas Supporting Greatwood Novices' Handicap Hurdle, with 9-4 favourite Dostal Phil beaten just a short-head by Nicky Henderson's 10-1 shot Laughing Luis – the mount of conditional jockey Ned Curtis.
The Alex Hales-trained Huntsman Son may have earned himself a late ticket to the Cheltenham Festival after running out a decisive winner of the BetVictor Novices' Chase.
Having undergone wind surgery since finishing second at Doncaster on his latest outing in late December, the 11-4 chance travelled powerfully under Kielan Woods and passed the post five lengths clear of Slate House.
This victory earns him a 5lb penalty for the Close Brothers Novices' Handicap Chase at Cheltenham on Tuesday week – giving him a much better chance of making the cut.
Hales said: "I'm chuffed to bits with him – he's always been a lovely horse.
"I thought his Doncaster run was very good and he's travelled sweetly and jumped well today, so it's great.
"I had Cheltenham in the back of my mind before today. Whether that's just being greedy or not, I don't know.
"We'll see how he is in the next few days, but at least we have a decision to make now."
The Paul Nicholls-trained McFabulous obliged as the 5-2 favourite in the concluding ITM Supporting Greatwood Standard Open National Hunt Flat Race under 5lb claimer Lorcan Williams.

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How Much Money Makes Rafael Falcao?
Ultimately athletes currently earn quite large sums of money, we often cannot even imagine how big they are, come from diverse media, the game itself as a player, winning tournaments, but more than that of advertising for which you can be hired and be the face for some time of a specific brand.
Radamel Falcao García Zarate is a Colombian footballer who currently plays for AS Monaco team with his 27-year-old has managed to get to play in a European club of good standard, in addition to being selected to play repeatedly with official selection of his native country.
Best paid Colombian
As we have seen in how much money makes Messi, How much money makes Cristiano Ronaldo, Radamel is currently one of the highest paid players in the world and historically is the Colombian soccer player who had the highest salary in the history of the nation. In Monaco earns around 14 million euros a year, equivalent to more than $18 million annually something like $1,500,000 USD / month this salary is even higher than that of Messi playing in the selection of Barcelona.
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"There was in the days of Herod, the king of Judea, a certain priest named Zacharias, of the division of Abijah, His wife was of the daughters of Aaron, and her name was Elizabeth." 6. "And they were both righteous before God, walking in all the commandments and ordinances of the LORD blameless."
Luke 1:5-6
We are told here that Zacharias and Elizabeth walked rightly before the LORD, but were childless at an old age, which was considered a curse at this time. Often times we can feel cursed thinking that maybe the LORD doesn't like us or care about us! We feel we are doing everything right, walking in His ways but nothing is working out!
"But the angel said to him, Do not be afraid, Zacharias, for your prayer is heard; and your wife Elizabeth will bear you a son, and you shall call his name John."
Luke 1:13
Before our prayers are answered or come to pass, we often can complain, whine and even argue with the LORD! But when the LORD comes through and prayers are answered we get excited and rejoice in the LORD! Today you maybe going through life's challenges, impossible situations and are asking LORD where are you? Remember this!
"For with God nothing will be impossible."
Luke 1:37
So hold on, keep praying and keep calling on the LORD! He hears, He knows and He will bring it to pass! Have a blessed day calling on the LORD and rejoicing in Him, knowing He is working it all out!


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Apollo Awards, an initiative by Singapore's Contineo Media is set to honour the best in production and post-production across Asia Pacific, with a strong emphasis on the creative and technical excellence behind the scenes.
Established in 2005, the Apollo Awards acknowledges niche specialties in production and post-production with its combination of first class judges with extensive academic knowledge and industry expertise as well as support with results scoring from global auditing firm, PricewaterhouseCoopers.
There are 21 categories open to entries this year, including the recently introduced 'Immersive Experience (Virtual Reality Experience)' besides direction, cinematography, editing, art direction, music composition, sound design, colour grading, visual effects, motion graphics and animation.
Broadcasters, production and post production house, as well as advertising agencies are all invited to submit entries that have been aired, released or distributed for the first time from 1st January 2016 through 31st December 2016 for review and selection. Submission is open until 28th February 2017.
Last year, local public broadcaster Radio Televisyen Malaysia (RTM) received the award in the 'Art Direction' category for their drama, Rekah. Award recipient, Abdul Shuhadi Mohamed Amin commented, "I'm very happy to have won the Apollo Awards. This is a team effort and I'm sure I'll be back next time."
The Apollo Awards 2017 will be held in conjunction with BroadcastAsia 2017 at Suntec Singapore Convention and Exhibition Centre, Singapore on 24th May 2017.
Abdul Shuhadi Mohamed Amin, winner of the Art Direction category at Apollo Awards 2016. Photo by: Apollo Awards FB.


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UCLH's Dr Deborah Hodes and Professor Sarah Creighton were joined by Ubah Egal from Camden Somali Cultural Centre, and Naana Otoo-Oyortey MBE, executive director of Forward, the African women's-led charity dedicated to advancing and safeguarding the sexual and reproductive health and rights of African girls and women.
The clinic began its work at UCLH's Elizabeth Garrett Anderson wing in September, with the aim of giving medical treatment and psychological help to girls aged from 0 to 18 who have suffered mutilation or who may be at risk, either in the UK or overseas. The clinic provides expert advice to help girls who are at risk, and means that assessment can be made of whether FGM has been performed along with the appropriate documentation, including witness statements and availability for court.
Part of the clinic's role is to foster and maintain strong links with partners in social care and community groups, to ensure that those girls and women at risk can access the help and support available.
The launch event, at Kentish Town Health Centre, looked at the need for a dedicated clinic and legal implications, as well as how communities and partners can contribute to help shape the service and discussion around FGM.
Ubah Egal, director and social work lead for Camden Somali Cultural Centre, said: "We need to work together to educate practicing communities if we are to eradicate FGM within a generation. I believe that if we can build strong partnerships between UCLH, community groups and statutory services, then we will give women and men from all communities hope that FGM can be tackled head-on."
Sir Robert Naylor, UCLH chief executive, said: "This clinic has been launched to address the need to help victims of FGM with support from the best clinicians, in the right surroundings. The physical and psychological effects of FGM can be awful, and the long-term health implications severe.
"We're delighted that local community groups are launching the clinic today and we want to work with them, social care and the police to prevent FGM happening to others and to help raise awareness of the practice and provide the right support here at UCLH."
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As part of the Shared Voices choir, people living with early-stage dementia and their caregivers sing together in a fun, stress-free group. It's a good way to take time to appreciate each other's company—while also developing friendships with people going through similar challenges.
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"[Caregivers] endure, we learn how to endure, how to keep going. We're marked, we're injured, we're wounded," he says. "We're changed … [in] my case, for the better."
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The race, involving 2,300 registered competitors, will offer an ancient ice temple as a hurdle. A team of artistic sculptors led by Adam Bakoš has been working on 47.5 tonnes of ice imported in 360 blocks.
"We have experience with building ice statues at Hrebienok in the High Tatras, but we have not made such a giant so far," Bakoš said for the TASR newswire, adding that the weather is crucial in such affairs. The dominant elements of the ice construction, 5.5 metres tall on an area of 11 x 11 metres will be Ionic columns and statues of Spartan warriors. Bakoš said that they were inspired by the ancient Greek and Roman mythology.
The lighted ice temple will be available in Jasná even after the end of the race, until the end of the winter season.
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Thursday, November 09, 2006
We finally got our new camera! We ended up getting the Canon Rebel XTi. When Aaron got home from work, he put the lens on it and got it ready and such and then had to run off to Young Mens. I gave the kids a bath and then put them in bed. So imagine our surprise when we go and take a few pictures we had taken off and found this picture. Aaron asked if I took it. I told him no and said it must have been him. He said he didn't. Then we both freaked out because we figured out that NOAH took it of himself. All this right after we talked about making sure to put the camera up after every use so Noah could not break it! After a while though, I realized that we had taken the memory card out of our old camera that Noah sometimes plays with. He must have snatched the camera one day and did a photo shoot of himself. He got a couple of great shots!
5 comments:
- Jen said...
WOW! You guys got a nice camera! I'm jealous! Troy thinks we should get one for Christmas. Can you believe it? That's what Troy thinks. Anyways...I'm jealous! Way to go Noah!
- Thursday, 09 November, 2006
If Troy says then...DO IT! I love it. The only thing that will take a little getting used to is that you have to look through the window--you can't just look at the image on the screen to take the picture.
- Thursday, 09 November, 2006
- Jen said...
I always do that anyways, so I'm not worried about that...I would rather do things to the house though...we'll see how much money we have when the time comes!
- Thursday, 09 November, 2006
- Meghan said...
I love that camera! Its so darn nice, Afton's mom has it. You can take pictures so fast, so awesome! That is so silly about Noah, but yest, put it in a safe place!
- Friday, 10 November, 2006
- Jen said...
Oh, I forgot to tell Aaron not to lose it! :) Hee Hee!
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Upon completing the registration form for the Ohio Wing Encampment, you should receive a copy of your completed form via e-mail. This serves as confirmation that your application was received. You still must submit all paperwork and payment before the deadline to complete your child's registration. Those applications with incomplete payment or paperwork may be subject to wait listing after the deadline depending upon volume of applications. Any questions can be addressed to the Admin officer through the Contact Us page.
I have submitted the registration form. What else do I need to do to complete my cadet's application?
The Registration Tab has an easy step by step list of all required tasks. In general, the 3 items required for a complete application are the registration form, the paperwork package (CAPF 31, CAPF 160, insurance card, and immunization record), and complete payment. Instructions for all can be found under that tab.
How can I obtain financial aid for my child?
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Tamás Dékány,
Mária B. Szendrei,
István Szittyai
Acta Sci. Math. (Szeged) 85:3-4(2019), 381-411
Abstract. We prove that if $S$ is an $E$-solid locally inverse semigroup, and $\rho $ is an inverse semigroup congruence on $S$ such that the idempotent classes of $\rho $ are completely simple semigroups then $S$ is embeddable into a $\lambda $-semidirect product of a completely simple semigroup by $S/\rho $. Consequently, the $E$-solid locally inverse semigroups turn out to be, up to isomorphism, the regular subsemigroups of $\lambda $-semidirect products of completely simple semigroups by inverse semigroups.
DOI: 10.14232/actasm-018-311-5
AMS Subject Classification
regular semigroups,
E-solid locally inverse semigroups,
$\lambda $-semidirect product,
Received July 3, 2018. (Registered under 61/2018.)
Copyright © 2008 - 2010ACTA. All rights reserved.


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This is the most important part of LifeTeen...everything we do is
centered on the Mass as Catholics and so the same holds true in our
youth group. The Eucharist is the "source and summit" of our Christian
lives. Mass at 5:30pm on Sunday evenings is geared more towards the youth of
our parish. Even if you choose to attend another Mass...you are still
welcome at LifeNights after the 5:30pm Mass.
A "LifeNight" is the term we give to our catechetical sessions which take
place most Sunday evenings during the school year immediately following the
5:30 pm Mass (6:30pm-8:30pm). Each semester has a general topic of the faith
that is discussed on these nights. If you miss a night...you can still come
the next week. The LifeNights build upon each other but you will not be left
in the dust if you miss a night. LifeNights typically start in the PLC. We
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Our LifeNights are run by the youth minister and "The Core Team" who an awesome
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The Quick & Dirty
We're very likely staring down the barrel of something very close to a post-work economy. Everyone from garbage men, fast food workers, writers, and computer programmers will be obviated eventually. Economists and researchers have forecast that within 20 years of 2015, 50% of the current workforce will be replaced with automation.
What does it mean to be in a post-work economy?
Luddites didn't hate technology.
50% of the workforce will be replaced by machines in the next 20-30 years.
Finland is piloting a Universal Basic Income program and we still don't have decent health care.
Work will be more meaningful in a post-work landscape without paychecks.
A computer will one day win the Pulitzer.
A computer will soon be a really good computer programmer.
The Bigger Picture
When considering the economic impact of industrialization and machine automation on the human workforce, especially as we get around to discussing the "post-work economy," the first thing that comes to mind is the Luddites.
The Luddites were a loose coalition in and around Manchester whose attacks on modernized factories 205 years ago were immortalized by their good branding and its subsequent associations with an anti-technological bent.
Though their reputation is common knowledge, the Luddites didn't hate the machines they were destroying. They were in fact largely skilled textile workers who had intimate working knowledge of the machines, which themselves were not nearly new.
As Smithsonian Magazine reported on the 200th anniversary of the Luddite rebellion:
…the Luddites themselves "were totally fine with machines," says Kevin Binfield, editor of the 2004 collection Writings of the Luddites. They confined their attacks to manufacturers who used machines in what they called "a fraudulent and deceitful manner" to get around standard labor practices. "They just wanted machines that made high-quality goods," says Binfield, "and they wanted these machines to be run by workers who had gone through an apprenticeship and got paid decent wages. Those were their only concerns."
In the case of the Luddites, the reality is their jobs weren't being replaced by machines. The machines, when properly integrated, actually augmented and improved working methods. But what of a future where not the truth but the myth of Luddite history becomes our reality?
In 2015, Derek Thompson at The Atlantic wrote a great piece contemplating what's known as the "post-work economy." In it, he used Youngstown, Ohio as a jumping off point for what American towns might look like when automation takes over.
The once-prosperous town of Youngstown is famous for prompting economists to coin the term regional depression after "the city lost 50,000 jobs and $1.3 billion in manufacturing wages" when steel production moved overseas in 1977. The local economy has never really recovered, and according to Thompson, most residents survive on a gig-by-gig basis.
The comparison of an automated workforce to complete economic fallout is apt. Consider Amazon's current warehouse workforce, which comprises 230,000 human workers and 30,000 robot workers, who at this point mostly help humans with heavy lifting and in other limited capacities.
If the World Economic Forum is right, and up to 5 million jobs will be lost to machines by 2020, we can likely expect to see the ratio of humans to robots in Amazon warehouses quickly shrink until the robotic percentage dwarfs the human.
If you've read Mac Maclelland's Mother Jones essay "I Was a Warehouse Wage Slave" on her experience working in an Amazon warehouse for a month, you'd be justified in thinking "good riddance" to such torturous conditions. But how would the warehouse-liberated feed themselves, pay the bills, or enjoy life with a median level of creature comforts?
The question floating in the minds of the kinds of people who think/worry about the post-work world is, of course, "Who's the first to go?"
Manual laborers will probably see the sharpest rise in joblessness, but a slew of knowledge workers will be soon and fast to follow. What follows is a quick review of recent news and developments, but the corporate automation arms race is deep and wide.
Nvidia recently invested in Spanish start-up Sadako, which is working with advanced robotics and image-recognition technology to supplant human workers doing "dirty jobs," i.e. garbage collection and sorting. Google, among many others, is working hard on self-driving cars that are likely to replace truck- and taxi drivers.
The New American reported in March 2016 in an article called "Will the Robotic Revolution Make Your Job Obsolete?"
More than two dozen massive bright red robots move 20-foot-long shipping containers at the Los Angeles terminal developed by TraPac, cutting costs by between an estimated 30 and 50 percent. A new terminal, being built at the Port of Long Beach, will be able to handle nearly half of that port's entire volume, moving and stacking more than three million of those shipping containers every year.
But the Port of Rotterdam in the Netherlands has more automated delivery terminals than the entire United States, thanks to delays by Luddite unions in America determined to keep the robotic revolution from happening.
Restaurants all over the US are working to replace their servers with tablets, though two Chinese restaurants trying to go above and beyond with robot waiters and cooks just folded.
Target and Lowes might soon incorporate robot workers into their stores. Pharmacists might soon be replaced by Amazon-esque disruption.
The Guardian has reported: "A machine will win a Pulitzer one day," predicts Kris Hammond from Narrative Science, a company that specializes in "natural language generation." "We can tell the stories hidden in data."
So one might think that it's probably only computer programmers who will work in the post-work eventuality, right? Turns out there's work being done there too. ComputerWorld reports:
DARPA (The US Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency) now has a project that focuses on using software to assemble code, by pulling from code that someone has already written… Many programmers today focus more on assembling code from resources such as StackOverflow.com, instead of re-creating code that already exists, he said, and DARPA has automated that process.
So who's safe? Maybe just the top 10% of earners who are already pretty safe as it is?
And what will these AI-displaced workers do? As The Guardian reported in February 2016:
[Moshe] Vardi, a professor at Rice University and Guggenheim fellow…suggested AI could drive global unemployment to 50%, wiping out middle-class jobs and exacerbating inequality.
Burgeoning economic policies in the early-adopter tech/design/pickled herring paradise known as Scandinavia might shade our under-employed, post-work futures a tad more rosy as Norway soon pilots the world's first Universal Basic Income program.
Before we understand post-work, let's quickly define "work." The definition I like most was quoted in the above-mentioned Atlantic article.
Work is really three things, says Peter Frase, the author of Four Futures, a forthcoming book about how automation will change America: the means by which the economy produces goods, the means by which people earn income, and an activity that lends meaning or purpose to many people's lives.
Which is to say that if we are indeed approaching a future of widespread automation and machine learning, then two out of three defining characteristics of work will become moot.
When automation becomes "the means by which the economy produces goods," there will be no productive "means by which people earn income," and people will have to find for themselves "an activity that lends meaning or purpose" without the guiding light of monetary gain.
Which brings us back to the concept of a Universal Basic Income (UBI), a guarantee of a monthly government stipend to every individual.
The point of ensuring that, after an automation-spurred employment fallout, citizens can be guaranteed a "means by which [they] earn income" is that it promotes the pursuit of "an activity that lends meaning or purpose."
The world has too many underpaid teachers, child care and geriatric care workers, special needs assistants, non-profit and charity workers and volunteers, artists, activists, students and others who find more meaning in social good, community, and collaboration than in a paycheck.
Of course, they need that paycheck to survive and pursue the meaning-making, but said paycheck might often come from other, more soul-sucking sources.
Back to that mammoth Atlantic article for a set of distinctions:
One theory of work holds that people tend to see themselves in jobs, careers, or callings. Individuals who say their work is "just a job" emphasize that they are working for money rather than aligning themselves with any higher purpose. Those with pure careerist ambitions are focused not only on income but also on the status that comes with promotions and the growing renown of their peers. But one pursues a calling not only for pay or status, but also for the intrinsic fulfillment of the work itself.
I don't think that anyone can say quite yet that a post-work, post-capitalist society would be utopian or dystopian, per se. After all, having the time to pursue your calling is amazing only if you have money to get by without the thing we currently refer to as "work."
Over the next couple of months, we'll be publishing an overview series detailing cognitive computing, its challenges, its areas of application, and its future.
This post is the fourth in the series and the third in a four-part miniseries on the challenges involved with cognitive computing. Stay tuned for more!
While you plan your early retirement and shove responsibility onto robots, we'll be working up a riveting, terrifying, death-defying summary of salient ethical issues that arise as we enter the Third Industrial Revolution, aka sci-fi times.


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I've been exhausted lately. I knew something was wrong, but didn't really have any idea where to start. Not enough sleep? Too much exercise? I had a couple of early nights and found myself just waking up earlier.
Hmmm. I looked at my workout routine and it's not really any different to before. I've stepped it up a bit, but nothing major, they've all been gradual additions. I still only have one rest day a week, but I think that's okay. Really.
My workouts tend to be no more than 40 minutes. And if I do sneak two into one day, they are only 30 minutes each – including running.
So I decided it wasn't that. My body really should be able to handle the amount I'm making it do.
Then I realised, I felt tired until I did exercise. No problem, right? Except I tend to do my exercise at the end of the day, so it's not really workable.
Enter Pinterest, the answer to everything.
I read a post about recovery. It contained the obligatory mention for how important cooling down and stretching are, of course. But it also covered nutrition and recovery. Interesting.
I eat a balanced diet. I don't obsess about it, but I'm aware of the types of foods I eat and when I should/n't eat them. Mostly, I pay attention to that.
The article went on to talk about the golden 45 minutes after exercise. I'd heard about the golden hour – I think it's mentioned in the Atkins diet isn't it? Dunno, I'm not a fad dieter, so those things sort of pass me by. I just have a vague recollection of reading something about Jennifer Aniston, meat and a golden hour. Of course, that could be something totally different!
I've digressed.
According to this article, the 45 minutes after exercise are crucial for refuelling. The best ratio was 4:1 carbs to protein. It was specifically aimed at replenishing muscles after climbing, and allowing better recovery and building strength – so that the next climb is better and so on. It doesn't take much, just a few hundred calories. There was more than one graph, so I decided this was serious.
I thought I'd give it a go. I haven't been scientific about it. I haven't been calculating my ratios of carbs to protein. In fact usually I just grab a packet of wotsits and a handful of nuts or a bit of cheese and call it done. It might not be sophisticated, but it's quick!
I feel SO MUCH better. I'm slightly amazed by how much better I feel. How much I don't ache. Nothing else has changed. Just the addition of a small snack.
It's not even difficult. I'd already been thinking about what I ate before I do exercise, so to force myself to grab the right food straight after and follow some seriously loose guidelines I've set myself, well, it's easy.
I've started experimenting and I've made some awesome flapjacks which are a lot closer to following the 4:1 rule. It's a made up recipe, but basically oats, chopped pecans (any nut would work I think, I only had pecans to hand), a generous teaspoon of peanut butter and a small handful of dark chocolate chunks. All bound together with a smidge of melted butter and golden syrup, then baked in the oven. I'm sure there are healthier alternatives!
They are amazing and after the weekend I've put myself through, I still feel like I could jump up and do something else, right now. This weekend I have done:
- 10 mile cycle ride
- 5K Parkrun
- 1.5 hours solo bouldering
- 1 hour of crazy games on the beach
In total, I've burned over 6K calories. No aches, no lagging feeling.
Dear Recovery,
I'm sorry. It's taken me too long to take you seriously. Thank you for being there for me when I was finally ready to learn the lesson.
Love and kisses
TS x
If you want to check out the original article, you can find it here: rockandice.com/…/nutrition-eating-your-way-to-better-climbing


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Tag Consolidation
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Merge multiple tags into one.
Full description of the idea
The idea here is the Tag Manager lets you rename tags add new ones and delete tags; however, it would be nice for those of us who are pushing our tag limits if we could have a feature that would let us merge two or more tags, thus reducing the total number of tags making room for more.
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- Database intensive
- Possible database corruption because of large operation
- May need to create recursive algorithms and turn each rename into its own thread for locking issues


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Large Eddy Simulation of a Stagnation Point Reverse Flow Combustor
The complex unsteady behavior of a stagnation point reverse flow combustor (SPRF) is investigated numerically with large eddy simulation (LES) approach using an open source flow solver OpenFOAM. The SPRF combustor has a unique design where inflow and outflow ports are located in the same plane. This feature promotes stable and efficient combustion through internal gas recirculation, and also reveals a complex flow field inside the combustor. Instantaneous flow features, statistical behavior of the turbulent flow, the effect of grid resolution and energy spectrum are evaluated to study the capability of the LES approach for this combustor. The non-reacting cold flow results show overall very good agreement with experimental data, giving confidence that LES with k-equation subgrid model could be a very powerful tool for resolving such complex flow dynamics. Further analyses are extended for reacting cases to examine turbulence combustion interaction. The interaction of the flame with turbulent structures clarified the intense internal gas recirculation mechanism.
The manuscript with title and authors is being submitted for publication in Journal of Aeronautics and Space Technologies. This article or a major portion of it was not published, not accepted and not submitted for publication elsewhere. If accepted for publication, I hereby grant the unlimited and all copyright privileges to Journal of Aeronautics and Space Technologies.
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3 days Murchison falls & Wildlife tour, the Park is the largest protected area in Uganda covering 3840 square kilometers; the park is located in north western Uganda in the north end of the albertine rift valley. Over 76 mammals have been recorded such as; aardvark, pangolin, lions, leopard, African elephant, giraffes, Africa buffaloes, waterbucks, the famous Uganda kob, bushbucks, oribi, side striped jackals, hyena, and 451 bird species; shoebill, secretary bird, martial eagle, kori bustard, vultures, nightjars, saddle billed stork, bee eaters, hoopoe, African grey hornbill, just to mention but a few, not forgetting the aquatic life of; hippopotamus and Nile crocodiles. The big budongo forest supports the presence of primates in the park as well as a health number of chimpanzees have been registered.
Itinerary for 3 days Murchison falls & Wildlife tour
Day 1: Rhino tracking and Top of Murchison falls
Safari starts in the morning at your hotel or airport, you will be picked by our driver guide for the three days excursion to Murchison falls national park. The journey takes like 4 hours but activities on the road can make it longer, first stop in Luwero for fresh fruits like; bananas, pineapples and mangoes on season. Next stop is at the Ziwa Rhino Sanctuary. The only place where you can see the once extinct Rhinos in Uganda, after rhino tracking stop for lunch before continuing to the park. Entering the park we drive to the top of Murchison falls, a place of its kind. Big volumes of water struggling through a narrow escape to for the world's most powerful falls, breathe taking sightings. Continue to the lodge for check in.
Day 2: Game drive and Boat cruise on the Victoria Nile
Early breakfast or packed in the morning, we set off for a game search; hyenas returning to their dens, elephants, oribi, lions, buffaloes, giraffes, Uganda kob, leopard, warthogs, waterbuck, bush pigs. Beautiful birds; secretary bird, shoebill stock, goliath heron, saddle billed stork, brown snake eagle, African harrier hawk, black bellied bustard, crown plover, African jacana, just mention but a few. In the afternoon after lunch ago for a boat cruise to the Murchison falls, seeing big Nile crocodiles, big schools of hippopotamus, monitor lizards, water birds like, the African fish eagles, African darters, king fisher's, common sandpiper, and wild animals drinking water on the water ways. Return to the lodge for dinner. Optional evening game drive.
Day 3: Morning game drive and Depart for kampala or Entebbe
Early morning check out after breakfast. Have a short game drive as you proceed out of the park passing through small settlements and villages within the park. Stop for lunch on the way before reaching Kampala or Entebbe in the evening. Our drive guide will be glad to bring you at the place of your convenience. End of 3 days Murchison falls & Wildlife tour


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'That little nun'
- Written by Anna Weaver
- Published in NW Stories
For the better part of four decades, Sister Sharon Park has lobbied in Olympia on behalf of Washington state's bishops
During a particularly fraught legislative hearing on the Natural Death Act at the state Capitol in Olympia in 1979, things got a little testy. One legislator was so riled by the nuances of the Catholic position on the bill being presented by Dominican Sister Sharon Park that she angrily called out the Catholic lobbyist as "that little nun." Sister Sharon, the unassuming, 5-foot-4-inch Washington State Catholic Conference staffer, was unfazed. And she good-naturedly took being called "that little nun" by her fellow lobbyists for some time afterwards.
While being publicly berated isn't a common occurrence for the Dominican, over four decades Sister Sharon has carefully navigated the state Capitol hallways, lobbying on behalf of Washington state's bishops.
Friends and colleagues describe her as faith-filled, unflappable, erudite and always ready to listen to your side of the issues.
"You've got to be able to listen," Sister Sharon said. "You've got to hear the other person. You've got to respect the person that may totally disagree with you as much as you respect the person who agrees with you on everything."
The native Washingtonian, who will retire this fall from her role as executive director of the WSCC, didn't intend to end up in "political ministry," as she calls it. All she ever wanted was to be a religious sister.
Sisterly ministry
Sharon Park was born in Tacoma and raised in Seattle, the oldest daughter in a family of three girls and one boy.
Her mother taught civics at St. Alphonsus School — Yakima Bishop Joseph Tyson was one of her students — and her father was a traveling salesman.
Park attended Our Lady of the Lake School before switching to Christ the King in the third grade.
"In first grade, Sister asked who wanted to be a sister. And I raised my hand, and basically I never took it down," she recalled.
She graduated from Blanchet High School and in 1963 entered the Dominican Sisters of Edmonds (now merged with the Adrian Dominican Sisters of Michigan). Her religious name was Sister John Marion until the Second Vatican Council gave the option for women religious to return to their given names.
Before starting her studies as a Dominican at Seattle University, she had the choice between teaching and nursing. Nursing won out, a decision "for which I am forever grateful," she said.
Sister Sharon earned her nursing degree in 1969, and went on to work at the Edmonds Dominicans' hospital in Aberdeen and at the University Washington, taught at Seattle Central College, and provided public health and visiting nurse services, mostly for low-income families.
It was while she was a visiting nurse that Sister Sharon joined the social justice committee of the archdiocesan Sisters' Council in the mid-1970s. The sisters met regularly to study, discuss and act on social justice issues. Eventually two sisters were chosen to take six months off from their regular jobs and get firsthand experience with the Legislature down in Olympia.
While not originally picked for one of the two spots, Sister Sharon ended up filling in when one sister was unable to go. She and then-Sister of St. Joseph of Peace Margaret Casey headed to Olympia for half a year.
"We learned a lot that time and met a lot of people that way," she said. "We'd come home and read bills every night."
The two sisters then lobbied with the newly formed Washington State Catholic Conference, the public policy voice for Washington's bishops, to split a staff position between the two of them.
"We were so linked as an entity," Casey said of her and Park's work with the WSCC. "We trusted each other and we both had a skill set that complemented each other."
What followed was years of legislative work as the voice of the state's Catholic bishops, first under Father Harvey MacIntyre, WSCC's executive director from 1976 until 1987, and then under Ned Dolejsi. They worked closely with the Archdiocese of Seattle, the Diocese of Spokane and the Diocese of Yakima's Catholic schools offices, Catholic charities providers and other Catholic organizations.
"That makes our agenda probably larger than anybody in their right mind should be doing," Sister Sharon said.
Sister Sharon Park, Archbishop J. Peter Sartain and WSCC contract lobbyists Donna Christensen and Tom Parker pose for a photo in the Senate chambers during the archbishop's first visit to Olympia in 2011. Courtesy WSCC
Action and presence
Sister Sharon describes her work at the WSCC as a two-pronged effort of "bringing the message of truth that we know to the political arena" and a "ministry of presence" to those in and out of the political field.
"What she has really tried to do is to help everybody to become a better legislator and to become better informed regardless of their political affiliation or their stance," said Yakima's Bishop Tyson.
"There is no political ideology that fully captures the vision of the Catholic social teaching," Dolejsi said. That means Catholics can work both sides of the aisle, said Sister Sharon. "There is not a legislator that we do not agree with on something."
That willingness to see someone else's perspective extends to all. Holy Names Sister Linda Haydock, who was the executive director of the Intercommunity Peace and Justice Center in Seattle for many years before recently becoming her congregation's leader, worked closely with Sister Sharon.
"We didn't always agree on a way forward on particular issues, but I always knew that I could count on her to listen," Sister Linda said. "I consider us friends over the long haul."
Sister Sharon's witty sense of humor is another tool she uses to her advantage. "Even in the midst of a sometimes awkward or tense situation she could bring humor or be willing to laugh at herself as well as situations," Sister Linda said.
Biomedical ethics
After about a decade at the WSCC, Sister Sharon decided to pursue a graduate degree. She initially planned to study economics but switched to biomedical ethics after a staffer in Olympia suggested that her nursing background would pair nicely with that increasingly important area of politics.
"I'm just amazed how God works in our lives," Sister Sharon said. "That intersection has proved very, very fruitful for me and hopefully for the people I've served."
In 1991 she earned her master's degree in theological studies with a concentration in biomedical ethics from Seattle University.
She also ended up back at the WSCC. Facing assisted-suicide and abortion initiatives, then-WSCC executive director Dolejsi remembers thinking, "I have to get somebody who knows what they're doing" on those issues.
That was Sister Sharon. She had the "moral depth" and ability to "apply Catholic moral teaching to a variety of complex issues" along with the medical knowledge needed to understand the intricacies of end-of-life issues.
Another good pairing for Sister Sharon was working with both Casey and Dolejsi. The latter two were more vocal, visible and extroverted while Park describes herself as an "articulate introvert." She tended to be more reflective, putting in long hours behind the scenes reading and researching.
"Some people just talk," she said. "For me, if I say something, it's my conclusion. It's not my beginning sentence."
She added, "I pray for the wisdom to say to the people the things that they need to hear and in a way that they can hear it."
Sister Sharon Park speaks at the 2017 Catholic Advocacy Day in Olympia. Photo: Courtesy IPJC
Taking the top job
Shortly before then-Archbishop Thomas Murphy passed away, in 1997, he asked Sister Sharon to take over as WSCC executive director as Dolejsi left to head up the California Catholic Conference.
"I said, 'I'm probably not the right person. I think you want somebody that's more of an extrovert,'" Sister Sharon recalled. "And he said, 'Try it, you might like it.' So I said, 'OK.'"
Archbishop Murphy was right. Those who have worked with her say she's excelled in the job.
"She knows the Church's moral and social teachings well and tirelessly upholds the sacredness of human life from conception to natural death," Archbishop J. Peter Sartain said in an email. "I am always amazed by her encyclopedic memory of complicated legislative matters and bills in their various stages."
The archbishop has also been known to joke that Sister Sharon is one of the fastest talkers he knows.
"She's a really intelligent woman but there's nothing stuffy or unfriendly about her," said Theresa Ferguson, the WSCC's office manager.
"I can't think of any other religious woman I've known in the last 30 years who matched her presence, her ability to talk to people and to be that kind of silent, calming leader," said State Sen. Mark Miloscia (R-Federal Way), a member of St. Vincent de Paul Parish in Federal Way, who has known Sister Sharon for more than 25 years.
"I don't think I've ever seen her upset or flustered at all. I know she's calmed me down a time or two," he added.
"She's very quick on her feet with a comment that just makes you roar with laughter," said Casey, who also describes her as an "incredibly strong person."
And she's a tireless worker. Ferguson said the inside joke is that when Sister Sharon is on vacation she's just working elsewhere because she often takes files and work reading with her.
"She really truly is an Energizer Bunny," she said.
That doesn't mean Sister Sharon doesn't have her indulgences and downtime. She loves sweets, watching home and garden television, tending to plants at the office and her convent, and watching the Seattle Seahawks and Mariners on TV (there's not much chance to make it to a game in person).
She tells new WSCC hires that integrity is key to their work. "We say we are Christian and that's who we are no matter what. I want us to be telling the truth. I want us to be living out our faith."
"People say you shouldn't be legislating morality," she said. "Well, guess what: There's not a bill that I know of that doesn't legislate morality. When you say who gets and who doesn't, that's moral."
Rooted in faith
Those who know her say she lives by example.
"It's not just her being a religious that makes the difference," Miloscia said. "It's her being a faithful, practicing, believable, sincere religious that shines through. There's no doubt that she serves our church and Jesus Christ."
"It is and it was always evident [that] because Sister Sharon was a woman rooted in prayer and nourished by the Eucharist, she could hold the tensions and the challenges of bringing critical issues into the political arena," Sister Linda said. "And that's not any small feat."
Four decades after she first started her "political ministry," Sister Sharon's passion for the work continues.
She points to the WSCC's "A Guide to Making Good Decisions for the End of Life" and helping craft the state's bishops' pastoral letters on the Columbia River and poverty as some of the highlights of her time at the WSCC. She's also proud of securing ongoing funding for the Volunteer Services program, starting various other anti-poverty programs and launching the state Cornerstone Catholic Conference.
But Sister Sharon can rattle off issues for which she wishes legislation had passed: anti-abortion, more support for homelessness, curbing hunger, providing better child services and foster care, and improving mental health efforts among them.
"People say you shouldn't be legislating morality," she said. "Well, guess what: There's not a bill that I know of that doesn't legislate morality. When you say who gets and who doesn't, that's moral."
Despite the work she still wishes she could achieve through the WSCC, her own health issues mean she will be retiring after transitioning the new executive director, Joseph Sprague, into the role as of Oct. 2. After that, she plans to focus more on passion projects like the PREPARES program, which supports young families across the state.
"It changes both the recipient and the giver, and sometimes the giver more than the recipient," Sister Sharon said. "It's a program that really says poverty and life. And so it puts together two components that people are often divided on."
She'll also continue the roles she's taken on at Assumption Convent in Seattle, helping care for her fellow sisters, gardening and fixing this or that.
Her WSCC role will be a tough one to fill. "It's really hard to write a job description for someone that's been here 30-plus years," Ferguson said.
"She's been just a giant for us at the Washington State Catholic Conference," Bishop Tyson added.
"We have a strong and effective Catholic Conference because she could take the visions of the bishops and take that to the Legislature," Sister Linda said.
Some local vocations resources
- Serra Club promotes and supports vocations to the priesthood and religious life. Now a worldwide organization, Serra got its start in Seattle in 1935. Visit seattleserra.org.
- Archdiocese of Seattle vocations news, information and photos: seattlevocations.com.
- Be inspired by sisters celebrating 25, 50, 60, 70 and 80 years of religious life: NWCatholic.org/womenjubilarians.
Choosing sisterhood
Photo: Stephen Brashear
Adrian Dominican Sister Sharon Park knew she wanted to be a religious sister since the first grade, when her teacher asked the girls in her class about who wanted to be a sister.
But the numbers of women religious have steadily declined in the last half a century. There were 147,310 women religious in the U.S. in 1950 and only 47,170 in 2016, according to the Center for Applied Research in the Apostolate.
Sister Sharon attributes those lower numbers in part to women having more vocation options open to them today and to changing societal values that focus less on helping others and more on the individual.
"[Women] know they can be active and never enter religious life. They can be doing social justice and never enter religious life," she said.
However, religious life offers "purpose and goal" and a deep prayer life rooted in community.
She said that probably the greatest gift that women religious have is "a sense of community and a relationship with God that is fostered in that community."
"I don't know of any sister who doesn't have a relationship with God. That's really important in our lives," she said.
Sister Sharon now lives in a local community with 10 other sisters, most of them older than herself, and says, it's not always easy. But they know they will always have the social, spiritual and communal interaction with each other to rely on.
"I think it's a special path. Those of us who are in it are grateful for the gifts that we've been given," she said.
Northwest Catholic - July/August 2017
Anna Weaver
Anna Weaver was the multimedia, online and social media editor, and writer for Northwest Catholic from 2013-2018.Website: annapweaver.com
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Teaching Palaeography I: wisdom pills (my experience)
This semester will mark my tenth year teaching Palaeography in higher education. What follows are my reflections over the past years, summarised in the things I wish someone had told me when I started.
1. Not everyone loves Palaeography as much as you do.
It is hard to realise people – particularly students for this matter – do not instantly love Palaeography, not even once they are told what it is... (let's face it, I'm sure you have said "No, I don't do dinosaurs" as much as I do). So, it is crucial to learn how to sell it: think of something catchy related to your manuscripts, build a story, engage and inspire your audience.
2. It is not the same to teach BA and MA – or higher – levels.
BA students do not know what Palaeography means and will be in your class because they have to. MA students do know what you do and want to know more, willingly. It might sound silly but it (should) makes your teaching methodology different.
3. We are demanding too much from BA students.
In Spain, Palaeography is mandatory within the curriculum of the BA in History (sometimes also in those of Classics and Humanities). But that does not mean it is taught at the same level in all centres. For example, when I began teaching at the Universidad Autònoma de Barcelona, we had one full academic year (two semesters) to teach Palaeography (from Roman to Humanistic scripts), devoting a few classes to Diplomatics, Epigraphy and Numismatics. At the Universidad de Salamanca, the same class is compacted in one semester and taught by four different teachers (one for Epigraphy, one for Numismatics, one for Medieval Palaeography and Diplomatics, another for Modern Palaeography and Diplomatics). That means I only have 3 weeks to teach students all that needs to be known from the 8th to the 14th century. It is impossible to achieve mastering History of Writing and transcription/edition of manuscript material in that span of time. Do adjust to the time you have.
4. Not all students are the same.
Besides adapting your method to BA or MA students and to the time you have to teach them, one needs to adapt teaching to every single student. It might sometimes be near impossible, for in Spain we usually have more than a hundred students per class, but it is feasible to some extent. Be aware of those who like the topic, ask them for their preferences (Antiquity, Medieval, Modern), bear in mind their needs (I once had a student with dyslexia and she excelled in Manuscript Studies!), and find a way to keep them all engaged – if you are unable, just ask them.
5. Be aware of their limitations when assigning tasks.
Besides the final exam, all students have mandatory assignments to work on, from your class and others. Do not ask them to do something you consider they should be able to do (for example, transcribe a page of a codex), rather ask them to work on something that will make them achieve the knowledge you think they should master; so, make them think (answer a question, for example) rather than do.
6. BA students do not know Latin (alas).
Unfortunately, at least in Spain and due to all the changes in the curriculum enforced through the years, Latin, once a mandatory class in History, no longer is, but Palaeography is still there. So, be aware that your students will more likely have no idea of Latin. And worse, they will be scared. Reassure them that understanding History of Writing could be done without it.
7. Showing instead of telling.
We are lucky our science makes everyone curious, explore that curiosity! Instead of telling them about writing supports and materials, show them a piece of parchment and a medieval-like pen; better than talking about the peculiarities of the alphabets make them experience them first hand; take a facsimile to class with you rather than telling them codices were big… you know what I mean.
8. What does it mean to be a palaeographer?
Most people – students included if they know what the term Palaeography means – believe palaeographers do editions of manuscripts; not even transcriptions, just editions (the difference is something that needs to be clarified too). So, explain to them what to be a palaeographer really means. It is all about people and how they express themselves in writing. Students are people too and they do write; they will instantly connect.
9. Stress the importance of Palaeography as a science.
Until very recently, Palaeography has been considered an auxiliary science to History. It was difficult for academia to change its collective mind, it should no longer be for us, our students, and our colleagues. Palaeography is a science by its own right, and it gives information to History as much as the other way round. Tell your students that to be a specialist in Manuscript Studies is something not only full of wonders but that pays well – it will make them care more about learning it.
10. Everyone loves medieval manuscripts!
It might not be as much as you do (#1) but, in my experience, once you begin talking about manuscripts most people feel instantly attracted to them. I do not know why (which manuscript do they have in mind? How do they picture a manuscript?) although I fear it might be related to the "dark ages" thingy, unfortunately.
Do you have another wisdom pill you would like to share?
by A. Castro
Prof David Ganz sent me his thoughts on this publication:
"The magical moment when a student, at any level, encounters something written one thousand years ago is part of the birthright of every student, even if he/she is studying business or computer science. Manuscripts are a part of our heritage.
In the 21st century Palaeography must include the scientific study of manuscripts, raman spectroscopy, DNA analysis and digital Palaeography.
Palaeography, or this history of the medieval book, is also about the construction of convincing arguments and so teaches skills as well as facts.
To study texts and documents in their original form reveals facts about them and the societies where they were produced which cannot be found in printed editions.
The study of manuscripts must be comparative. Palaeographers are of necessity for Europe and not for Brexit".
I think it was importat to share them too :)
Thank you!