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Poetry - 'The poems of Benjamin Zephaniah'
Benjamin Zephaniah
Benjamin Zephaniah is probably one of the most popular Dub poets in the world. He is particularly popular with school children because he gives them poetry in a language they understand, he has rapport with them and he offers them a fun way to be creative with poetry.
Benjamin Zephaniah is also renowned for his music through his band.
The Facts:
- Benjamin Zephaniah was born in Birmingham, England.
- His poetry is influenced by Jamaican music and 'street politics'.
- By the age of 15 he had developed a reputation as a young outspoken poet.
- His work became popular within the African-Caribbean and Asian community.
- At 22, he headed to London where Page One Books published his first book 'Pen Rhythm'.
Although 'Pen Rhythm' sold well, it was in performance that this Dub (Reggae) Poet would cause a revolution, injecting new life into the British poetry scene and attracting many mainstream publishers. Even publishers who had previously rejected his work took an interest in Benjamin Zephaniah.
In the early Eighties when Punks and Rasta's were on the streets protesting, Zephaniah's poetry could be heard on the demonstrations, at youth gatherings, outside police stations, and on the dance floor.
Because of his ability to perform not only on stage but in front of the television cameras, Benjamin Zephaniah became one of Britain's most filmed, photographed, and identifiable poet, bringing Dub Poetry straight into British living rooms.
Zephaniah's mission is to take poetry everywhere, he hates the dead image that academia and the establishment had given poetry and declared that he was out to popularize poetry by reaching people who did not read books, those that were keen on books could now witness a book coming to life on the stage. His poetry was political, musical, radical, relevant and on TV.
What If
you can keep your money when governments about you
Are losing theirs and blaming it on you,
If you can trust your neighbour when they trust not you
And they be very nosy too;
If you can await the warm delights of summer
Then summer comes and goes with sun not seen,
And pay so much for drinking water
Knowing that the water is unclean.
If you seek peace in times of war creation,
And you can see that oil merchants are to blame,
If you can meet a pimp or politician,
And treat those two impostors just the same;
If you cannot bear dis-united nations
And you think this new world order is a trick,
If you've ever tried to build good race relations,
And watch bad policing mess your work up quick.
If you can make one heap of all your savings
And risk buying a small house and plot,
Then sit back and watch the economy inflating
Then have to deal with the negative equity you've got;
If you can force your mind and body to continue
When all the social services have gone,
If you struggle on when there is nothing in you,
Except the knowledge that justice can be wrong.
If you can speak the truth to common people
Or walk with Kings and Queens and live no lie,
If you can see how power can be evil
And know that every censor is a spy;
If you can fill an unforgiving lifetime
With years of working hard to make ends meet,
You may not be wealthy but I am sure you will find
That you can hold your head high as you walk the streets.
Dis Poetry
Dis poetry is like a riddim dat drops
De tongue fires a riddim dat shoots like shots
Dis poetry is designed fe rantin
Dance hall style, big mouth chanting,
Dis poetry nar put yu to sleep
Preaching follow me
Like yu is blind sheep,
Dis poetry is not Party Political
Not designed fe dose who are critical.
Dis poetry is wid me when I gu to me bed
It gets into me dreadlocks
It lingers around me head
Dis poetry goes wid me as I pedal me bike
I've tried Shakespeare, respect due dere
But did is de stuff I like.
Dis poetry is not afraid of going in a book
Still dis poetry need ears fe hear an eyes fe hav a look
Dis poetry is Verbal Riddim, no big words involved
An if I hav a problem de riddim gets it solved,
I've tried to be more romantic, it does nu good for me
So I tek a Reggae Riddim an build me poetry,
I could try be more personal
But youÕve heard it all before,
Pages of written words not needed
Brain has many words in store,
Yu could call dis poetry Dub Ranting
De tongue plays a beat
De body starts skanking,
Dis poetry is quick an childish
Dis poetry is fe de wise an foolish,
Anybody can do it fe free,
Dis poetry is fe yu an me,
Don't stretch yu imagination
Dis poetry is fe de good of de Nation,
In de morning
I chant
In de night
I chant
In de darkness
An under de spotlight,
I pass thru University
I pass thru Sociology
An den I got a dread degree
In Dreadfull Ghettology.
Dis poetry stays wid me when I run or walk
An when I am talking to meself in poetry I talk,
Dis poetry is wid me,
Below me an above,
Dis poetry's from inside me
It goes to yu
De Rong Song
Your house is
Falling down
And you got
To eat,
Don't worry
Be happy.
Your fish
Have drowned
You wear
A frown,
You search
But you don't
Own a pound,
Don't worry
Be happy.
You ain't got
Nowhere to
Just balconies
Don't worry
Be happy.
You meet
You really like,
They tell you to
Get on your bike,
Don't worry
Be happy.
You're on your bike
And all is fine,
You get caught
In a washing line,
Don't worry
Be happy.
You go to school
The school is
The Government
Put pressure on,
Don't worry
Be happy.
Your tea is
Your ice is
Your head is
Tied up in a
Don't worry
Be happy.
You worry
You're hurrying,
And hurry
You're worrying,
Don't happy
Be worried.
Dis Poetry
Benjamin Zephaniah
More facts:
- In 1991, the only way the oral tradition could live was for Benjamin Zephaniah to embark on a 22-day tour where he performed on every continent on this planet.
- Benjamin Zephaniah's only Number One Hit Record, musically, was in the former Yugoslavia where the Rasta LP was released on the Helidon label.
- After Bob Marley's death, Benjamin Zephaniah was the first person to record with the Wailers. They recorded a musical tribute to Nelson Mandela.
- 'Free South Africa' by Benjamin Zephaniah and the Wailers was recorded at Marley's Tuff Gong Studio in Kingston, Jamaica.
- Mandela heard the tribute whilst in prison on Robben Island and after his release he requested a meeting with Zephaniah. As a result of this new friendship, Zephaniah now works with children in South African townships.
Nature Trail
At the bottom of my garden
There's a hedgehog and a frog
And a lot of creepy-crawlies
Living underneath a log,
There's a baby daddy long legs
And an easy-going snail
And a family of woodlice,
All are on my nature trail.
There are caterpillars waiting
For their time to come to fly,
There are worms turning the earth over
As ladybirds fly by,
Birds will visit, cats will visit
But they always chose their time
And I've even seen a fox visit
This wild garden of mine.
Squirrels come to nick my nuts
And busy bees come buzzing
And when the night time comes
Sometimes some dragonflies come humming,
My garden mice are very shy
And I've seen bats that growl
And in my garden I have seen
A very wise old owl.
My garden is a lively place
There's always something happening,
There's this constant search for food
And then there's all that flowering,
When you have a garden
You will never be alone
And I believe we all deserve
A garden of our own.
The British
Take some Picts, Celts and Silures
And let them settle,
Then overrun them with Roman conquerors.
Remove the Romans after approximately 400 years
Add lots of Norman French to some
Angles, Saxons, Jutes and Vikings, then stir vigorously.
Mix some hot Chileans, cool Jamaicans, Dominicans,
Trinidadians and Bajans with some Ethiopians, Chinese,
Vietnamese and Sudanese.
Then take a blend of Somalians, Sri Lankans, Nigerians
And Pakistanis,
Combine with some Guyanese
And turn up the heat.
Sprinkle some fresh Indians, Malaysians, Bosnians,
Iraqis and Bangladeshis together with some
Afghans, Spanish, Turkish, Kurdish, Japanese
And Palestinians
Then add to the melting pot.
Leave the ingredients to simmer.
As they mix and blend allow their languages to flourish
Binding them together with English.
Allow time to be cool.
Add some unity, understanding, and respect for the future,
Serve with justice
And enjoy.
Note: All the ingredients are equally important. Treating one ingredient better than another will leave a bitter unpleasant taste.
Warning: An unequal spread of justice will damage the people and cause pain. Give justice and equality to all.
Benjamin Zephaniah's poetry for children
Benjamin Zephaniah's first book of poetry for children 'Talking Turkeys' went to the top of the children's book list and stayed there for months. At first he wasn't keen on publishing a book for children, he believed that there was just poetry, not children's poetry or adult's poetry, but he was soon convinced that young people did appreciate the fact that he was not afraid to write about the real world where there are bullies, guns, racism and war.
Being a passionate vegan, Benjamin Zephaniah writes a lot about animals but these animals are not all smiley, happy creatures, some may just be waiting for slaughter or losing their habitat, and of course some may be having fun.
Wot a pair
I waz walking down Wyefront street
When me trousers ran away,
I waz feeling incomplete
But still me trousers would not stay,
When I found where they had gone
De pair addressed me rather blunt,
And they told me they were sick of being put on
Back to front.
I told dem I would treat dem good
And wear dem back to back,
I promised dem protection
From a friend who is a mac,
Me trousers did not believe a single word I had to say,
And me underpants were laughing
When me trousers ran away.
Talking Turkeys
Be nice to yu turkeys dis christmas
Cos' turkeys just wanna hav fun
Turkeys are cool, turkeys are wicked
An every turkey has a Mum.
Be nice to yu turkeys dis christmas,
Don't eat it, keep it alive,
It could be yu mate, an not on your plate
Say, Yo! Turkey I'm on your side.
I got lots of friends who are turkeys
An all of dem fear christmas time,
Dey wanna enjoy it, dey say humans destroyed it
An humans are out of dere mind,
Yeah, I got lots of friends who are turkeys
Dey all hav a right to a life,
Not to be caged up an genetically made up
By any farmer an his wife.
Turkeys just wanna play reggae
Turkeys just wanna hip-hop
Can yu imagine a nice young turkey saying,
'I cannot wait for de chop',
Turkeys like getting presents, dey wanna watch christmas TV,
Turkeys hav brains an turkeys feel pain
In many ways like yu an me.
I once knew a turkey called...Turkey
He said "Benji explain to me please,
Who put de turkey in christmas
An what happens to christmas trees?",
I said "I am not too sure turkey
But it's nothing to do wid Christ Mass
Humans get greedy an waste more dan need be
An business men mek loadsa cash'.
Be nice to yu turkey dis christmas
Invite dem indoors fe sum greens
Let dem eat cake an let dem partake
In a plate of organic grown beans,
Be nice to yu turkey dis christmas
An spare dem de cut of de knife,
Join Turkeys United an dey'll be delighted
An yu will mek new friends 'FOR LIFE'.
The teenage novels
was the first of four novels written by Benjamin Zephaniah in 1999. These novels proved that teenage boys would read if
they have access to books that they can relate to. Zephaniah writes
gritty, realistic novels about the lives of teenagers. These novels are
directed to adults as much as they are to teenagers.
Benjamin Zephaniah has inspired many young writers and many generations of rappers, and of all the performance poets that emerged in the late seventies/early eighties he is one of the few that is still going strong.
Benjamin Zephaniah
I sincerely hope you enjoy this hub. I saw Benjamin Zephaniah perform in Birmingham a few years ago when (as a school) we decided to take year 9, 10 and 11 to see a group of well-known British (and Scottish) poets perform. The poets were all included in an anthology that the children were studying (or about to study). Benjamin had the kids in the palm of his hand from the moment he first opened his mouth. The kids could not believe that this 'rasta' Jamaican in a reggae hat from Birmingham was a world famous poet. They quickly realised the connection between poetry and lyrics and music, raggae, rap, etc. and they didn't stop taking about him for months.
All comments appreciated.
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© 2010 Leni Sands
Leni Sands (author) from UK on April 23, 2014:
RonElFran - it was only the fact that the children hadn't realised that 'rap' and other song lyrics were actually 'poetry' - that made it 'cool' for them.
Ronald E Franklin from Mechanicsburg, PA on April 21, 2014:
I had not heard of Benjamin Zephaniah before. But the fact that children love his poetry is a great recommendation! Interesting hub.
Leni Sands (author) from UK on August 28, 2012:
Thank you for stopping by mismazda, yes he is truly talented. When we took the kids to see the poets in action it was Benjamin who got the kids attention, Benjamin who showed the kids that rap was poetry and that lyrics were poetry...he brought the kids alive!!
dwachira - glad you enjoyed the hub and the poet. Thank you for your comment.
mismazda from a southern georgia peach on August 25, 2012:
Never heard of this poet before, but he is talented. His poetry is different and interesting...All I could say was WOW..Voted up and sharing.
Danson Wachira from Nairobi, Kenya on June 21, 2012:
I don't often read poetry but i had to read this one, well written and inspiring. Thanks, Voted up and shared.
tomas mirga on May 11, 2012:
I'm learning as you and I'm so good I wish you much luck whatever you new poems love it
Davis on March 28, 2012:
Hi everyone, Does anyone know when "Dis Poetry" was written?
Leni Sands (author) from UK on March 25, 2012:
There is a lot of information about BZ on the internet that might help - what is your homework question?
lily warman on March 25, 2012:
like benjamin z doing homework on him could you give us any help?
great hub too!!!
Leni Sands (author) from UK on March 08, 2012:
Hope this helps with your homework Jesica
jesica mould on March 08, 2012:
this man is how I have to do 10 facts on for hw
from Tomlinscote school
Leni Sands (author) from UK on March 06, 2012:
Thank you Eddy, your up up and away is very much appreciated.
Eiddwen from Wales on March 06, 2012:
Amazing and so well written and so well presented.
I have to award my up up and away here.
Take care and enjoy your day.
Leni Sands (author) from UK on February 26, 2012:
Thank you Zubyre, glad you like it. I love Rudyard Kiplings poetry as well - any well written thought provoking poem is worthy of success. I will check your hubs out, thanks for your comment.
Zubyre Parvez from East London on February 24, 2012:
Great Hub! Nice mix of info and great succinct summary! ...
What If, I enjoyed that poem very much, when I first read it - a great variation on the Rudyard Kipling poem. He's my local poet, great inspiration for my own poetry, too.
Leni Sands (author) from UK on February 23, 2012:
Sky9106 from A beautiful place on earth. on February 23, 2012:
He is great . Thanks leni. I stayed playing his poetry all night. Thanks a lot .
Have a blessed day
Leni Sands (author) from UK on February 23, 2012:
Nice to hear that Sky, he truly is a great poet and one who will get kids interested as well. Kids today don't realise that the songs they love to sing along to started off life as a poem...
Sky9106 from A beautiful place on earth. on February 22, 2012:
Beautifully done, and quite noble of you, I can see the work put into do all this. But belief is great. I'll be checking him out more often , never even heard of him before. Thanks for sharing.
Well done.
God Bless.
Leni Sands (author) from UK on April 11, 2011:
You are very welcome ladyt11. He is a great poet and inspires children....
ladyt11 on April 11, 2011:
Hi leni, i agree with vocalcoach he is amazing and very interesting. I have never heard poetry like his, he's simple but deep, what a poet! Thanks for sharing him with us, hope everything's well with you.
Leni Sands (author) from UK on February 09, 2011:
You're welcome. Apologies for the delay in replying I have been working with a writer / editing his crime novel. I'll be back in the fold soon.
Audrey Hunt from Pahrump NV on January 30, 2011:
Thank you for introducing me to this amazing man. What a talent! Excellent hub. Voted up and awesome!
shygirl2 on January 14, 2011:
Interesting facts about a poet I hadn't yet heard of. thanks for letting me in on it, and sharing with all of us. :D
Paige on December 14, 2010:
Please, can you tell me what is "new"in Zephaniah´s writing? I mean ...consider his style, themes and symbols, etc.? Thank you very much.
Leni Sands (author) from UK on December 04, 2010:
Thank you Grandma's House, welcome hubboard!
Grandma's House on December 04, 2010:
He is new to me and I am enjoying how his poetry makes me feel! Thank you so much for sharing this - he's wonderful! More than that, I am so glad we connected because now I am exploring all your other hubs and loving it! Thank you so much for sharing YOUR talent, too!
Leni Sands (author) from UK on November 30, 2010:
Enjoy, kathryn1000
kathryn1000 from London on November 30, 2010:
This is very enabling and indeed inspiring.I'll reread it when I have finished all the myriad odd jobs waiting,but I shall dwell on it in my mind whilst doing them
Leni Sands (author) from UK on November 28, 2010:
Thank you Fossillady, your comment is very welcome.
Kathi Mirto from Fennville on November 27, 2010:
leni sands, Your hub is interesting, informative and absolutely useful. I'm even inspired to write more poetry. Benjamin Zephaniah and you are my newest heroes!Voted up, useful, funny, awesome, beautiful
Leni Sands (author) from UK on November 27, 2010:
always exploring - that's great, enjoy!
Loves to read - there is much more of his poetry that you would enjoy.
Further information:
BZ is educated - Dr Benjamin Zephaniah and he is one of the most down to earth 'stars' I have ever met.
Loves To Read on November 27, 2010:
Very good hub Leni. I have not heard of BZ but judging by his lyrics he is very good. Thank you for sharing
Ruby Jean Richert from Southern Illinois on November 26, 2010:
leni,I found BZ on utube.Thank you so much.
Leni Sands (author) from UK on November 26, 2010:
Thank you daydreamer13.
daydreamer13 on November 26, 2010:
Very interesting and well written. Well done!
Leni Sands (author) from UK on November 26, 2010:
You're welcome Doug Turner Jr. I am glad you appreciate his lyrics and poetry. He definitely has soul and fire...thanks for your comments.
Doug Turner Jr. on November 26, 2010:
This is new info for me. Much appreciated. The man definitely had soul and fire. It showed through in his lyrics. Thanks for the great hub.
Leni Sands (author) from UK on November 26, 2010:
Hi there, always exploring. I'm glad you like this hub. I am happy you like Benjamin Zephaniah's poetry. I think there are downloaders out there where you can download the audio from youtube as an mp3 try http://free-youtube-to-mp3-converter.en.softonic.c... . I have used this before its really good. There are others - just search for youtube mp3 converter. Then you will be able to listen to it while you are on your treadmill.
Ruby Jean Richert from Southern Illinois on November 26, 2010:
I love this hub!Benjamin's poetic ability is superb.I wish i had a CD of his rhyme to play when i'm on the treadmill.The beat is perfect.Thank you for sharing this unknown to me.
Leni Sands (author) from UK on November 26, 2010:
Hi Dream on, thank you for your comments.
Benjamin's poetry style is written in 'dialect' so please don't take it that the words are spelled correctly. I saw him perform in Birmingham some years ago when we took a group of students to watch a number of poets perform. Year 9, 10 and 11 were studying an anthology of these particular poets and this proved a useful exercise. Benjamin Zephaniah had the children on the edge of their seats joining in, they loved him and from that moment on I was hooked. The children were still talking about him months later. I love his work. On the other thing - your email, I will give it some thought and come back to you. I am a little busy but am always willing to help. I will read your hubs and let you know if you need to change anything. All the best, Helena
DREAM ON on November 26, 2010:
I couldn't wait to tell you more.I just watched the you tube video of him and I love his style.I want to see more.I find things in my life that I like and I want to enjoy them again and again.I am hooked on him.That is the way I would like to express myself in proper form.He takes talent and style and combines it with passion!What a wonderful hub.We can all learn so much from each other.
DREAM ON on November 26, 2010:
I am honored to put the first of many comments on this hub.I have so many thoughts running through my head.I love him!I love him!I just have to stop here until I read the hub one more time.Perfect timing for me.I can't wait to tell you why later.Innovate,creative,imaginative are just some of the ways I describe him.What a wonderful hub choice!I would love to spread the word.


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India's billionaires have had a great year so far. But none have had a better one than Paytm's flamboyant founder Vijay Shekhar Sharma, who catapulted to the top on the back of Prime Minister Narendra Modi's controversial demonetisation initiative. The GQ Businessman of the Year (2016) has now been named as India's youngest billionaire at 38, with a net worth of $1.3 billion. Vijay Shekhar Sharma ranked at 1,567 in Forbes' annual list of billionaires around the world and is one of the 101 Indian names featured in the list. And even while PayTM's boom is yet to show signs of waning, the mobile payment service's founder is now sitting atop a $3 billion business empire.
Sharma's fairytale rise aside, Forbes' India list has shown just how good a year Indians with a ten-figure net worth have actually had. It's even got a few surprise entries and debutants. On a whole, the combined net worth of India's 101 billionaires (fifth largest in the world) now stands at $325.5 billion - a figure that's more than the GDP of Pakistan - with an average net worth of $3.22 billion.

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Memory monopoly
When historical sensitivities clash with commercialism
COMMEMORATING the Nazi past is still difficult for Germany—witness the controversy over Berlin's Holocaust memorial, which will be unveiled next May. But dealing with the more recent history of East Germany seems hardly easier, at least when it comes to edifices from the period. No fewer than three are now causing a fuss. At the core of each argument is how far private initiative should go in places weighed down with history.
In Hoheneck castle in the city of Stollberg (Saxony), the storm is easy to grasp. This summer, an enterprising western German, who had bought the castle in 2003, started offering tours through the vast building, once East Germany's biggest women's prison. He even marketed it as a hotel, offering a "weekend in jail" for €100 ($125). Only after protests by former inmates, some of whom had spent days at a time in a pitch-dark chamber, filled with water and known as the "submarine", did he put an end to his jailhouse tourism.
The row over the Palast der Republik, which once housed East Germany's rubber-stamp parliament, is more complex. Last year, Germany's Bundestag decided to tear down this huge building in central Berlin, not least because its asbestos-contaminated interior had been stripped, leaving a skeleton of steel beams. Yet this turned it into a cool place for events. The German Industry Association held its annual conference there. The building is being used for a privately organised series of concerts and avant-garde art projects, one of which involved flooding the basement to create a sort of Venice. Conservatives want this "misuse" to stop, but others would like it to continue until the place is demolished, in mid-2005 at the earliest.
And then there is the Wall. After it fell on November 9th 1989, it was quickly and methodically torn down. Today, only a few stretches are left in Berlin, including one at a Wall documentation centre. But at Checkpoint Charlie, the legendary interface between capitalism and communism, nothing is left. Which is why Alexandra Hildebrandt, owner of a private history museum, has rebuilt a 200-metre section on two vacant lots, as a supposed "monument to peace". Yet this initiative has political leaders in a tizzy, talking angrily of "commercialising memory".
In all three cases, the government is likely soon to reassert control. Hoheneck castle will one day include an official memorial. Checkpoint Charlie will doubtless become part of a Gesamtkonzept, an overarching concept of commemoration of which German officials are particularly fond. Such nationalisation seems inevitable; after all, commemoration is by definition a collective endeavour. But if the government steps in too early or too heavy-handedly, imaginative ideas for remembering the past—and making it relevant to the present—could be lost.
For instance, the official plan is to rebuild the Stadtschloss, the baroque castle that long towered over Berlin, on the spot where the communists tore it down to build the Palast der Republik. But why not, instead, get graffiti artists to spray-paint the skeleton, demonstrating to the world that Berlin and Germany have, after unification, become more hip than many seem now to believe?
This article appeared in the Europe section of the print edition under the headline "Memory monopoly"
From the October 23rd 2004 edition
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Condemnation and further sanctions immediately follow


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Chapter 6: Go Buy Wisely
"Do not muzzle an ox while it is treading out the grain,' and 'The worker deserves his wages." I Timothy 5:18
Challenge the way you think and really evaluate the impact your lifestyle practices can have. Through the smallest actions and decisions you make, you hold the power to initiate change. Buying wisely is potentially the biggest opportunity for us to fight slavery and exploitation on a daily basis. This chapter does not cover every aspect of labor trafficking, but rather serves as a starting point to raise our levels of awareness and enable us to be more conscious consumers.
Take the Next Step
Purchase your next gift from a Fair Trade or ethical source
Have any belated birthday presents you haven't purchased yet? Have an upcoming anniversary? Or do you want to buy a present for a longtime friend you haven't seen in awhile? Take a moment to purchase a present for someone special and share the story of why buying fair trade and ethically sourced products is important in the fight against human trafficking. If this is your first time purposefully purchasing a fair trade product, you will see how easy it is!
There is a countless number of ethical companies you can purchase products from, so here are just a few we have highlighted for you:
Thistle Farms
Thistle Farms is a powerful global community of women healing from prostitution, trafficking and addiction. Located in Nashville, Thistle Farms operates a natural bath and body product line, the Thistle Stop Cafe, the Studios Workshop and Thistle Farms Global Marketplace. Thistle Farms is a supportive workplace where women acquire the skills they need to earn a living wage.
Ten Thousand Villages
Ten Thousand Villages is more than a store. It's a place where you can explore and connect with your global village. From communities throughout the developing world, every inspired design is crafted with love using materials (usually natural or recycled) and time-honored skills by makers they have known and worked with for years. Every purchase improves the lives of makers by supporting their craft and providing a fair, stable income.
Noonday Collection
Noonday Collection is a socially responsible business that uses fashion to create meaningful opportunities around the world. They design and sell an inspired collection of jewelry and accessories made by artisans across the globe.
Punjammies are lounge pants made with hope by women in India who have escaped human trafficking. Whenever you purchase from them, you invest in the freedom and dignity of these women and girls who are working to forge a new life for themselves and their children.
Fair Moments
Fair Moments is an online resource that provides products with the Fair Trade Certified™ label. Your everyday purchases can improve an entire community's everyday lives. Fair Moments social, environmental and economic standards promote safe, healthy working conditions and protect the environment. When farmers and workers are empowered, their additional income helps to build strong, thriving communities.
Fair Trade Friday
Fair Trade Friday, a ministry of Mercy House, is a monthly membership club that delivers high quality fair traded items to your door. The trendy items in the box are fairly traded and provide employment to women all over the world.
We have highlighted just a few companies here with specific products, but so many other items can be purchased from ethical sources or Fair Trade companies. For grocery shopping in Houston, Whole Foods has a policy committed to ethical trade, good working conditions, and environmental protection (in addition to offering Fair Trade products). Trader Joe's and Central Market also stock a wide range of Fair Trade products. So when purchasing body care products, fruits and vegetables, tea, electronics, and more, be educated on company labor practices.
Take it Further
- Add the "Food Empowerment" App to your device. You can search different companies to find out how their products are sourced.
- Next time you shop at your favorite store, ask them about their supply chain and if their products are ethically sourced. Ask if the manager can give you a call back and let you know. The mere act of asking raises awareness about the issues and sends a powerful message to companies that this issue matters.
- Write a letter to a retailer you shop with, pressing them to source their products ethically and take a stand against labor trafficking.
- Made in a Free World (creators of the Slavery Footprint) has developed a software called FRDM® https://madeinafreeworld.com/, a tool that helps businesses look for and protect themselves against forced labor. The root of where labor trafficking can begin is when businesses find their supplier. Write to retailers you use and urge them to download this software to keep themselves accountable in ethical labor practices. Visit their website for a template letter to send to retailers.
- Think of one product you could commit to buying Fair Trade in your weekly grocery shopping. Yes, they may cost a little more, but now you can understand why, and you can feel good about where those extra few dollars are going. Wholesome Sweeteners is a local company based in Sugar Land that sells organic and Fair Trade sweeteners. Their products are sold in grocery stores such as HEB, Randalls, and Trader Joe's.
- If you are a potential or existing Fair Trade company please visit The World Fair Trade Organization. As a global membership organisation of fair traders, they facilitate membership applications, ensure members follow the 10 Principles of Fair Trade through the Guarantee System, and improve the Fair Trade Standard. The World Fair Trade Organization provide spaces for producers, exporters, importers, retailers, and consumers to connect and work together, exchange best practices, forge synergies and speak out for Fair Trade – all working towards a sustainable and fair global economy.
- Watch The True Cost documentary, which focuses on the fashion world and the impacts of it on people and environment in developing countries.
- Share clips and articles such as The Dark Side of Chocolate on social media to raise awareness about labor trafficking.
When buying your next coffee, opt for coffee shops like A 2nd Cup or others that serve Fair Trade and ethically sourced coffee. A 2nd Cup additionally uses fair trade sugar (Wholesome Sweetener) and chocolate in all of their syrups and sauces used for drinks and baked goods.


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MilesWeb review:
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4.Price Comparison with other hosting providers
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Free website builder you will get in milesWeb. But Hostgator is charging for website builder. MilesWeb is offering Free daily backup for all of their customers.
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Cons of MilesWeb:
1. MilesWeb is not offering discount coupons for domain name registrations.2. And MilesWeb is not providing the Free domain in the economic plan.
MilesWeb plans review: Which plans to Choose
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Thursday, June 16, 2011
More on the doomed Jackson Heights mansion
Landmarking advocates said the neo-Tudor home on 74th St. and 34th Ave. in Jackson Heights is a rare large house in a neighborhood that is better known for garden apartments, but even advocates were resigned to losing it.
"It's a foregone conclusion," said Daniel Karatzas of the Jackson Heights Beautification Group. "We would have liked it to be preserved. I'm just being, at this eleventh hour, a little more realistic."
It's a clash between two local concerns - education and historic preservation - that the project's opponents said they regularly lose.
Parents support the decision to demolish the home and combat overcrowding in schools, while preservationists wonder if the lavish home can be saved and reused as school space.
...a Korean church that owned the house sold to a developer who then flipped it to the city...
A spokeswoman for the Landmarks Preservation Commission said the agency determined the home may be worth inclusion in a historic district, but it doesn't warrant individual landmark status.
Okay, so why wasn't it included in the historic district?
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I think it used to also house a Orthopedic Doctor's office on the side. It's a great spacious house with a proportionate garden plot. Anything nice in Queens must be torn down and put up Soviet/Red China florescent housing blocks!
- Thursday, June 16, 2011
Jackson Heights is an example of a community that keeps on crying for bread with 2 loaves under their arms.
Are they not content with what they already have....a rather large landmark district?
Other communities, like Flushing, are starving for the creation of a single historic district....let alone adding any individual landmarks to its paltry list.
Pour yourselves a nice (LOL) Merlot and toast your mansion goodbye....cry babies.
- Thursday, June 16, 2011
1. The Koreans again. .... No, not racist, but they were the same group involved in St Saviours.
I have had many ethnic racials say to me "Why don't you protect that place - it would be protected in my country" - then shrug their shoulders when I suggest they do they same here "If your government don't care why should we?" they say.
2. Where is QCC? Where is the group that meets at borough hall? Where is the citywide public campaign for preservation in the same spirit as the bike Nazis? Etc etc. Folks, I can sit here until kingdom come and ask these questions ... and fully intend to.
- Thursday, June 16, 2011
How about
3. Pitting the school lobby against the community. Only a politician would do something scuzzy like that.
Why don't they use eminent domain against a developer for a school. How about all those empty or half finished lots around the city that are breeding sites for mosquitoes?
- Thursday, June 16, 2011
Jackson Heights is an example of a community that keeps on crying for bread with 2 loaves under their arms.
Your are exactly what is wrong with our society today. Just because a community "has" something, they do not need more. Even if it is legit and meriteed.
We are doomed for destruction thanks to this Space Ball soldier! and the many like him or her.
- Thursday, June 16, 2011
Pour yourselves a nice (LOL) Merlot and toast your mansion goodbye....cry babies.
- Thursday, June 16, 2011
- Rego-Forester said...
Once again, this true landmark is in Queens, so it's subject to the Landmarks Preservation Commission's rejection. Do you see a pattern here?
- Trylon Theater
- St. Saviour's Church
- Forest Hills Tennis Stadium
- 1st Queens Borough Hall
AND a plethora more!
The fact that such sites are rejected the means of a most democratic public hearing says something.
The Landmarks Law is great, if you know how to use it.
- Friday, June 17, 2011
I heard that the Koreans want the place back so they can turn into a big wh..er..uh Health Spa, like the one College Point and scrap the church idea!
- Friday, June 17, 2011
Jackson Heights is an example of a community that keeps on crying for bread with 2 loaves under their arms.
Was that your last neuron? i feel sorry for your kids.
- Friday, June 17, 2011


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"A feeling of quality, stability and family has been built around the Barter Rewards brand." Tate Carson related
Orlando, Florida (PRWEB) March 10, 2013
Barter Rewards, an international barter company released a new promotional video using the new Deep Rich Data SEO method. The video "21st Centenary Trade Exchange" features the greatest George Bush impersonator in the world, John C. Morgan, who takes us back in history to explain the barter system.
Tate Carson of Barter Rewards commented "We have used Tom Reich and his system of social media marketing for about 3 months now but this is the first time with a video" Deep Rich Data or "DRD" is a method of SEO and link building that brings targeted viewers to a web page, blog or video.
Barter Rewards has a very modern way of presenting an old concept. "Barter has been around since history began, since before money, but in the last 20 or so years has been presented in very boring ways." Reich continued "Barter Reward's Tate Carson is having fun with his presentation of this service and its explosive growth attests for the success of this approach."
Thomas R. Reich developed Deep Rich Data to get increased views to websites, and has achieved spectacular results in the early stages of its development. "Barter Rewards has a great website, really well managed and updated frequently, this makes Deep Rich Data work to its maximum potential" Reich said "The Barter Rewards Pinterest site works well with the company's Twitter site to bring viewers straight to the website. Best are the innovative pages I link to on the Barter Rewards website and the unique product presentations made to look exciting and new!"
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WASHINGTON – 2011 will be remembered as the year workers occupied the capitals of Wisconsin and Ohio to defend union rights and the jobs of millions of public workers. It was a movement that spread across the nation as the labor movement rallied in all 50 state capitals to protest the layoffs, budget cuts and union busting.
2011 was the year protesters occupied Wall Street, disgusted by policies and practices that fleece the "99 percent" of the people to fatten the profits of the the wealthy "one percent," a grassroots rebellion that spread like wildfire across the nation.
It was the year Van Jones launched a "Rebuild the American Dream" movement uniting the AFL-CIO, MoveOn, USAction and scores of other progressive organizations, which staged rallies, mass meetings and house parties across the nation demanding that the federal government approve public works programs to create millions of "good green jobs."
It was the year the nation's mayors meeting in Baltimore voted unanimously to "bring the troops, bring the war dollars home" from Iraq, Afghanistan, and around the world and use the trillion dollars in savings to create jobs and rebuild the cities.
These movements were united in protesting federal, state, and local budget cutbacks that slashed or terminated vital social services and forced the layoff of hundreds of thousands of public employees in the name of "deficit reduction" and "balancing the budget."
They spoke with one voice in denouncing Wisconsin Governor Scott Walker's bill that strips public employees of union bargaining rights. Walker now faces a labor-led drive to recall him from office with petitioners already collecting hundreds of thousands of voters' signatures for a special election in the spring.
One of 2011's highpoints was the Nov. 8 off-year election when Ohio voters overwhelmingly voted to repeal Gov. John Kasich's SB-5, the nation's most draconian anti-labor law. Even in rock-rib Republican rural Ohio voters voted to kill the law drafted by the American Legislative Exchange Council (ALEC), a far right outfit bankrolled by the Kansas oil billionaires Charles and David Koch. ALEC, together with lobbyists of giant banks and corporations, secretly drafted 800 "model" rightwing bills many introduced and passed in state legislatures across the country. Also in the 2011 elections, Arizona voters cast their ballot to remove from office the racist Repubican Arizona Senator, Russell Pearce, author of a venomous immigant-bashing racial profiling law also drafted by ALEC. Mississippi voters killed in a landslide an ALEC ballot initiative that defined a fetus as a person, the most extreme anti-abortion scheme yet.
Until these progressive, anti-corporate movements erupted in the streets, the Republican right's arguments dominated the airwaves and the nation's political discourse. The Tea Party Republican gang blamed "socialistic"and "liberal" benefit programs like Food Stamps, Medicare, Medicaid, Pell Grants, and Social Security for the deficits (even though Social Security doesn't add a dime to deficits).
The Obama Administration and Democrats on Capitol Hill charged that the aim of the Republican right is to force poor people, children, the unemployed, students, veterans, the elderly, and the disabled, to bear the burden of deficit reduction while a trillion dollars in Bush-era tax breaks for the wealthy are preserved.
The radical right GOP-run Michigan legislature pioneered a new right wing approach to killing democracy. Signed by the state's governor, it empowers the state to take over "failing" local governments. State "overseers" can privatize services, fire workers, tear up union contracts and more. To no one's surprise, the first bodies to fall under the state axe were a majority African-American, most, if not all with union contracts. Detroit, Benton Harbor and Flint were three examples.
The GOP-run Minnesota legislature shut down the state for three weeks, throwing more than 20,000 out odf work, because it refused to close a budget gap by raising taxes on the 1 percent. As Democratic Gov. Mark Dayton demanded. In the end, the state reopened, but not without deep cuts in education.
The House GOP attacked workers rights on the national level, too by trying to emasculate the National Labor Relations Board. It passed two anti-NLRB bills on party-line votes. One banned changes in union election rules and the other removed the board's power to punish firms who close up shop in retaliation against their unionized workers, the so called "Boeing Bill."
The Supreme Court got in on the attack on workers when it ruled that Wal-Mart's women workers could not sue as a class against the monster retailer's sexual discrimination on the job.
The Republican right is shredding the safety net, blocking even an extension of unemployment compensation, throwing tens of millions of poor and unemployed "under the bus" with a message to the needy and the sick, "you're on your own," Democrats on Capitol Hill charged.
But until the grassroots movement started generating "street heat" these charges gained little traction. Now with slogans like "We Are the 99 Percent" and "Tax the Rich" and "Jobs Not Cuts" the accusations have become demands supported by a vast majority of the people.
This past year was marked by deep changes in mass thought patterns, a shift that reached across the partisan divide. The Koch-funded Tea Party went into eclipse. Of Ohio's 82 counties, 80 voted to repeal SB-5. This is Taft country, where the Republicans have always had a powerful base. The same shift was on display in Arizona, Mississippi, and Kentucky, all considered GOP territory.
A question looms for the coming year: Will the grassroots upsurge that swept the nation take advantage of the shifts, put feet on the ground to counter the ocean of corporate cash and the voter suppression tactics the Republicans are using to steal the 2012 elections?
A worthy New Year's Resolution might be: "I will work for a powerful get-out-the-vote effort next November to defeat the Republican power grab?" It would be a mighty victory of "Main Street" and open the way for federal programs to create jobs, health care for all, funding for public education, more generous Pell Grants and an end to the mortgage foreclosure nightmare.
Photo: PW stock photo of demonstration earlier this year.
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Hockey coaches, trainers discuss safety, pressure to play during concussion seminar
REGINA - Former NHL defenceman Jamie Heward says he was "bred to be a hockey player."
That total devotion to his sport helped him achieve his dreams, but also led to the series of concussions that have likely ended his career.
"I've been playing hockey since I was 5 years old," Heward told about 150 people gathered Saturday for a Hockey Canada concussion seminar. "It's what I do, it's what I've always I wanted to do and I, at times, did whatever it took to make sure that I was the best and make sure that I made it to whatever level I needed to get to."
Heward received his first major concussion when he was playing junior hockey for the Regina Pats in 1988.
"At that time ... the education wasn't nearly as good as it is now," he said. "Instead of being sidelined for a week to 10 days or going through testing and that kind of thing, I played two days later."
He was drafted by the Pittsburgh Penguins in 1989 and went on to play for Toronto, Nashville, New York, Columbus, Washington, Los Angeles and Tampa Bay. He also won two gold medals with Team Canada at the IIHF World Championships.
Along the way there were more concussions.
Last New Year's Day, Heward was playing for Tampa when his head smacked the glass awkwardly after a hit by Alex Ovechkin. He was knocked unconscious and spent a night in the hospital, waking up with concerns that he might have suffered some kind of long-term neurological damage.
That day is "still a blur," Heward told the coaches, physicians and others gathered at the seminar.
"That hit pretty much ended my career. It's not the way I thought I would ever go out," he said.
Heward estimates he may have had as many as 20 concussions over the years, but he kept going back to the game.
"The pressure to get back on the ice as quick as you possibly can is so incredible," he said. "I don't mean it's pressure from management and trainers, I mean it's pressure from the players themselves.
"When I got hit the first reaction was 'I'm not going to get paid. If I don't get back on the ice, I'm not going to get paid. Somebody's going to take my job and I need to get back on the ice.' So at times, hockey players, we're our worst enemy."
Heward says hockey players will lie to trainers and doctors because they don't want to come out of the lineup.
And hockey isn't the only sport feeling pressure to do something about concussions.
In an Associated Press report this month nearly 20 per cent of 160 NFL players surveyed said they've hidden or downplayed the effects of a concussion.
Experts at the Hockey Canada seminar say that's a big part of the problem.
Paul Dennis, a sports psychologist who spent 20 years with the Toronto Maple Leafs, says the self-imposed pressure on players and the culture within professional sports need to change.
"People want to win, they want to be successful, they want power, they want glory, they want money and they are willing to sacrifice health and put themselves at risk in order to achieve those goals," Dennis said. "That's a mistake."
Dennis said that coaches, trainers and parents have the responsibility to help change that culture.
Dr. Charles Tator, a Toronto neurosurgeon, agrees there needs to be a culture adjustment within hockey. He says there's a lack of respect in the game and that figures such as Don Cherry who promote fights have a "negative influence."
"I feel there's been too much emphasis on the sock 'em, kill 'em type of hockey rather than on skill hockey," Tator said.
Heward says it's important to look at protocols and guidelines that will help future generations.
"This is a serious problem that demands serious attention," he said. "This is a problem that could change our game forever and it certainly could change sports forever."


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Coronavirus fears affecting Victoria businesses that rely on tourism
VICTORIA -- Businesses in Victoria that depend on the tourism industry say they are nervously watching the impact of the novel coronavirus known as COVID-19 on their bottom line.
Carol Corke is the manager of a souvenir store on touristy Government Street called Spirit of Victoria. She says she's paying close attention to the impact of the virus.
"I'm not going to say we're not concerned," Corke said. "We definitely are."
Her concern is that tourists who are fearful about the global health emergency that originated in China won't travel as much. Specifically, she worries that in the wake of the cruise ship stricken with the disease and quarantined for weeks in Japan, people will cut back on cruises.
"The cruise ship industry is extremely important to us downtown, I think in every store downtown," Corke said.
The tourism industry shares her concern.
Paul Nursey is the CEO of Destination Greater Victoria. He says his organization is projecting a hit to tourism revenues of two to five per cent this summer, and the visitor centre will be hiring two fewer people for the season.
"We're just prepared for a mild impact," Nursey said. "But we don't want to ignore the fact that there could be one."
Meanwhile, a Chinese restaurant in Saanich says it has already been hit very hard by fears about the virus.
Cecilia Zhong, who works at Fountain Restaurant, says business there has been down 80 per cent in the past two weeks, a decline she attributes to fears – primarily from locals – about the coronavirus.
In Victoria's Chinatown, staff at the Fan Tan Café also say they've noticed a recent slump in sales that they think is due ot worries about coronavirus.
Despite these worries, Nursey says any harm to companies' bottom lines is likely to be short lived.
"We've been through avian flu, economic ups and downs, and the lesson in all of this is the tourism industry is very resistant," he said.


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The CPP said its membership in Mindanao has increased to "tens of thousands, majority of whom are in barrios, factories, schools and communities," without revealing exact numbers.
By RAYMUND VILLANUEVA
Marihatag, SURIGAO DEL SUR– Military harassments and heavy rains failed to dampen the anniversary celebration of the Communist Party of the Philippines (CPP) in Northeastern Mindanao yesterday.
Thousands of members and supporters, as well as national legislators and local executives, trekked steep and muddy roads to attend one of the biggest public events in years held around a huge, tarpaulin-covered stage in a farming village of this town.
The underground party had foregone big celebrations since 2010, electing to donate its resources earmarked for such occasions to survivors of destructive typhoons Sendong, Pablo and Yolanda in succeeding years instead.
Philippine Army's 101st Brigade put up barricades to prevent dozens of buses, trucks and smaller vehicles carrying thousands of attendees from proceeding to the event venue. Mindanao journalists were also delayed and were even taunted even after presenting identification.
But the government soldiers were forced to allow the long convoy to proceed an hour later after Surigao del Sur vice governor Manuel Alameda helped in the negotiations. Alameda later delivered a short speech and a message from provincial governor Johnny Pimentel at the celebrations.
The harassments succeeded however in delaying the start of the formal program by more than two hours, even as New People's Army (NPA) guerrillas scrambled to put up tarpaulins against the intermittent rains.
There was no sign of any security tension as the program remained upbeat once it got started.
National Democratic Front of the Philippines (NDFP)-Mindanao spokesperson Jorge Madlos revealed to Bulatlat that at least a battalion-sized "people's militia" was deployed around the area to complement several company-sized units of the NPA in attendance.
A company of uniformed NPA guerillas stood at formation and presented arms as the communist anthem "Ang Internasyunal" was sung to start the program.
In his speech, Madlos, popularly known as Ka (Comrade) Oris, said the CPP's maintained its 46 NPA fronts despite unrelenting attacks from the Armed Forces of the Philippines (AFP) which poured 55 infantry battalions throughout the island.
The NPA in turn launched around 300 attacks throughout 2014 that inflicted casualties against the AFP that would cumulatively amount to a battalion-sized enemy unit, Madlos said.
The CPP also announced it has active formations in urban areas in Mindanao, including Davao, Cagayan de Oro, Butuan, Surigao, General Santos, Iligan, Zamboanga, Dipolog, Kidipawan, Cotabato and Tagum cities.
The CPP said its membership in Mindanao has increased to "tens of thousands, majority of whom are in barrios, factories, schools and communities," without revealing exact numbers.
It said it maintained its organizational growth this year through ideological activities such as intermediate and advanced party courses among its members.
The CPP said it continues to exert strong influence on various sectors, including the religious, academic, legal and other middle forces, in their respective struggles against imperialism, local feudalism and graft and corruption in government.
The Party maintains relationships with different Bangsamoro organizations that are working for genuine autonomy, aside from the Moro Islamic Liberation Front which "has turned its back on armed struggle," Madlos said.
The NDFP spokesperson said that the grave conflicts among the ruling classes, represented by corrupt politicians, is weakening the dominant political system in the country. The Benigno Aquino III government exposes itself as a servant of the interests of United States imperialism, landlordism, and bureaucrat capitalism, he said.
These problems pushes the people towards the struggle for genuine change and serve as bases for the CPP's people's democratic revolution, Madlos said.
The CPP also took the opportunity to include a peace forum and consultation in the formal program of its 46th anniversary celebrations, marked by the presence of NDFP negotiating panel member Fidel Agcaoili.
Agcaoili accepted a manifesto of support to the (Government of the Philippine[GPH]-NDFP) peace talks and the Mindanao Peoples' Peace Agenda from Sowing the Seeds of Peace-Mindanao Movement for a Just and Lasting Peace (SSP-MMJLP) represented in the forum in the by bishops, priests, pastors and nuns.
SSP-MMJLP's eight-point agenda includes calls for genuine agrarian reform, national industrialization and development, employment and respect of workers' rights, socio-economic and democratic rights, respect of rights of national minorities, nationalist and scientific culture, independent foreign policy, and equitable resource allocation for Mindanao from the national budget of the GPH.
The movement is composed of church leaders and workers, lawyers, human rights advocates, Bangsamoro organizations, and local government unit officials.
In his short acceptance speech, Agcaoili promised to submit the documents to his colleagues in the NDFP negotiating panel upon his return to The Hague, The Netherlands.
A cultural program followed the peace forum when various individuals and groups representing provinces and sectors performed.
After the program the NPA guerrillas gathered at a clearing to wave the last of the civilian attendees off. They also took turns exchanging pleasantries with other guerrillas belonging to other units while partaking of fresh fruits and cake given by sympathetic businessmen and politicians.
Meanwhile, AFP soldiers were stationed along the road leading to the national highway well after dusk, even as the NPA guerrillas have left the village. Military checkpoints still littered the roads along the length of the province well into the night, long after most of the attendees have reached their destinations.


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How Robotnik Trains Their Interns in ROS
Company Name: Robotnik
Date: Sep 2017
Website: https://www.robotnik.eu/
Robotnik is specialized in the development of service robotic applications based on mobile robot platforms.
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Robotnik is a company that sells service robots and robot applications. Their main products include mobile bases of different types and mobile manipulators, all of them working under the ROS framework. As you may know, Robotnik engineers spend a lot of time developing ROS-based software. Sometimes, their engineers need to gather more knowledge about a specific ROS subject. Sometimes the team needs to incorporate more engineers with ROS knowledge. In order to speed things up, in July 2017, Robotnik decided to use Robot Ignite Academy to train their teams in ROS.
"With less time, we obtained better results than reading books or tutorials. This is a more dynamic way of learning because The Construct combines the tutorials with the environment to develop and test the programs, and everything is online."
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Robotnik is a company that sells service robots and robot applications. Their main products include mobile bases of different types and mobile manipulators, all of them working under the ROS framework. They are also the creators of ROS Components, a shop that sells robot parts that are certified to work with ROS off-the-shelf (ROS plug-and-play).
As you may know, Robotnik engineers spend a lot of time developing ROS-based software. Sometimes, their engineers need to gather more knowledge about a specific ROS subject. Sometimes the team needs to incorporate more engineers with ROS knowledge.
In order to speed things up, in July 2017, Robotnik decided to use Robot Ignite Academy to train their teams in ROS, especially the newly incorporated engineers that had no prior knowledge of ROS.
We spoke to Román Navarro, CTO of the company, and Alex and David, the two latest interns, about their experience learning ROS fast using Robot Ignite Academy.
Q: How many people are you training on ROS at Robotnik?
ROMAN: At present, there are two people, the interns Alex and David. Our goal was that they learnt ROS very fast with a smooth learning curve, and, especially, that they did not take time from the other engineers while learning, so we do not waste our engineers' time teaching them and resolving their doubts. We thought that Robot Ignite Academy was the perfect tool for this purpose.
Q: Why did you decide to use the Robot Ignite Academy instead of using the many ROS tutorials that exist all over the net?
ROMAN: Internet ROS tutorials, in general, are an excellent material once you know what to look for. One of the drawbacks of those tutorials is that they are not structured like a progressive course, but instead, as a series of scattered materials, each one around a central concept. ROS tutorials are excellent tools for learning how a specific package or tool can be used, but it requires that you already know about ROS. If you don't have prior knowledge of ROS, you may have a tough time understanding it.
ALEX: What happened to us is that once we learned at the Robot Ignite Academy how ROS works, we were able to go to the ROS official tutorials and clearly understand what they meant, and use them as a reference.
Q: Which courses have you taken at the Robot Ignite Academy?
ALEX and DAVID: ROS Basics in 5 days, ROS navigation in 5 days, and TF ROS 101.
Q: What is their purpose in learning ROS at Robotnik?
ROMAN: Alex and David are finishing their Computer Science degrees. We would like to incorporate them into our software department. And for that, it is essential that they know ROS, and I would say that they need to have a solid knowledge of it.
Q: But did you know ROS beforehand?
ALEX and DAVID: No, we had no idea about it.
Q: And what do you think about the ROS learning curve?
ALEX: Well, we do not know about the experience of using the official tutorials because we went straight into the Academy. So, by using the Academy, we found the learning curve quite smooth. It was very helpful that the learning was structured step by step towards achieving a goal. Also, you cannot go to the next step unless you have done the exercises before because each step builds on the previous.
DAVID: The videos available, besides the tutorials, help to clarify the concepts. In my case, sometimes I got stuck on some concepts explained in the text. Then I switched to the videos and found them easier to understand.
ROMAN: Additionally, we found that the courses of the Academy are very interesting not only for beginners, but also for proficient ROS engineers. Sometimes we have one of our expert engineers that needs to refresh some concepts or needs to learn an advanced subject that he did not already know. For that purpose, the Ignite courses were very useful.
Q: What was your training schedule?
DAVID: Well, we started in the morning and continued through the day trying to follow the schedule you propose in the Academy. By dedicating full days to training, we completed the ROS Basics in 5 days and the ROS Navigation in 5 days, in a little bit more than two weeks. By that time, we were able to start jobs at Robotnik, creating and modifying ROS packages.
ROMAN: Yes that is right because after those two weeks, we were able to send them work. At the end, with less time, we obtained better results than reading books or tutorials. The Academy approach is a more dynamic way of learning because you combine the tutorials with the environment to develop and test the programs, and everything is online. This makes a fast learning experience because you can practice and see results on the spot.
Q: Have you applied what you learned to real work?
ALEX: We created a package to control an arm robot based on Dynamixel servos. We worked on how to set them up and how to control the servos through par control.
DAVID: We also changed the information published through Diagnostics and changed it to be published into topics for easier use by other nodes later on.
ROMAN: Since they are beginners, we are putting them more in the configuration side now, and in contact with the hardware and the electronics. ROS is only one part of the robotics picture (the programming side) and we need them to know them all.
Q: What was the thing you liked the most from this type of training?
ALEX: In each chapter, you show at the beginning what one will be able to do at the end of the chapter. Then you teach step-by-step how, and by the end, we are able to do it and see the results on the simulated robot. This motivates us a lot to continue and try to do the next chapter.
DAVID: I liked the step-by-step guide to get the robot to do something. The course is very well guided, so we do not get lost in the wild of the full scope of ROS.
Q: What did you like the least?
ALEX: Well, the TF course was a little difficult to follow. We do not know what exactly it was, but we found it complex.
DAVID: For the exercises that you propose, since you do not provide the solution in order for us to find it, you may want to include some buttons that provide help when the student is stuck. This button can show hints, based on the recurrent questions that you may always have related to those exercises.
ROBOT IGNITE ACADEMY: That is actually a very good idea! We are definitely going to implement that in the platform!
Thanks a lot for your time Roman, David, and Alex. We wish you 14 more years of successful service robots based on ROS.
And in case you are a company that needs to have people trained in ROS, try Robot Ignite Academy. No installation required. Any type of computer. Step by step online tutorials with simulation and development environment integrated. Give it a try and let us know what you think. This is, at present, the fastest and easiest way to learn ROS.
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Confused about what to wear? Android app Styledotme gives advice when you need it
As a big shopaholic, Meghna Saraogi used to find it a nightmare when she had to go shopping alone. She would be completely confused about what looked good on her, and the options were either to ask the sales girl or send a photo via some social network and hope for a quick response from her friends.
"In the mornings, I would often wish I could ask friends about my daily choice of outfit so that I didn't have to take ages dressing up. Imagine my state if I was dressing for a special occasion or a date," says Meghna.
This pain prompted Meghna to launch Styledotme, which helps you get instant fashion advice from your friends when you really need it. When you're confused about what to wear or the right outfit to buy, the Styledotme's Android app allows you to instantly poll your friends and followers and get them to help you by rating your choices.
Importantly, there is a timer with an SOS notification to let your friends know this is urgent. In addition, you can add image-enhancing filters to your photos, share them with friends on Facebook and Twitter and follow favourite celebrities, brands and bloggers.
Styledoteme was founded by Meghna and core team comprises of Amrit Rathi, Aref Kashani and Meghna. Meghna has done her BFA in applied arts from College of Arts, New Delhi, and a specialization in visual communications from Srishti School of Art, Design and Technology, Bangalore. Aref and Amrit have done engineering and became a part of Styledotme immediately after their academics.
Meghna felt that if she faces such a problem, surely there would be many folks out there like her who go through the same agony. "On top of it, I wanted to build something that would make life simpler for people and help them look really great," adds Meghna.
USPs and differentiators
Live timer that reminds friends and followers of your deadline is Styledotme's USP. "If someone needs urgent help, the timer notifications pop up on your phone just the way yours does on your friends' phones when you're in need," says Meghna. The live timer running backward not only reminds your friends that time is running out and you're waiting, but once the time is up you cannot vote on the post so people will be more prompt in replying.Targeted audience
"Anyone who loves to dress up, flaunt their buys, and are often confused what to buy, what to wear, and when to wear," points out Meghna, listing her target audience. People, mainly girls and women who are in the age group of 16- 35 yrs, who use smartphones, hang out with friends and family and are passionate about their style and care about what they wear and how they look, are on the startup's radar.
Launched in February this year, the app amassed close to 300 downloads with 200 active users sans any marketing initiatives.
Revenue model and plans to scale
The startup plans to tie up with brands and big malls where the user can tag the brands, place etc. "We will also provide instant help to users posting from that particular brand/ place and will get royalty from brands in return. Our service will make the brands more recognized and also create less hassle in the trial rooms," reveals Meghna.
Besides this, the company plans to have in-house stylists and bloggers, which will help them solve customer's confusion. This will be a premium service and a minimum charge will be applicable to avail this.


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Oct 8, 2008— -- The McCain campaign has made no secret of its plans to spend these final weeks of the election going negative -- attacking Sen. Barack Obama on his judgment, questioning his associations and unleashing self-described "pitbull" Alaska Gov. Sarah Palin to do much of the dirty work.
"For me, the heels are on, the gloves are off," she told a group of Republican donors in Naples, Fla., on Monday.
As the rhetoric at Palin's rallies has ratcheted up, so too has the language of supporters in the crowds coming to see her. At rallies in Florida, supporters were heard yelling "treason" and "traitor" when Obama's name was mentioned.
At a rally on Monday in Clearwater, one man shouted "Kill him," according to the Washington Post, after Palin mentioned Obama's association with 1960s radical Bill Ayers. It was not clear who made the comment or if the man was referring to Ayers or to Obama, but the Secret Service says it will investigate.
"One of [Obama's] earliest supporters is a man named Bill Ayers," she said Monday, eliciting boos from the crowd. "And, according to the New York Times, he was a domestic terrorist and part of a group that, quote, 'launched a campaign of bombings that would target the Pentagon and our U.S. Capitol,'" she said to more boos and the one man's call to "kill him."
Palin's speeches and a series of recently released negative ads, some pundits say, are all par for the course in the waning days of a closely fought contest. Now questions are being raised, by the opposition and by outside observers, about whether Palin is stoking people's worst natures and, more broadly, about when a candidate should take her supporters to task when they go too far.
"At some level, negative rhetoric is part of the game. But is it truly dangerous?" asked Kimberly Gross, a professor of political communication at George Washington University. "Is someone going to kill Barack Obama because they went to a Palin rally? Probably not, and if they do it is more likely because they're crazy than because they heard someone tell them to do it at a Palin rally. It is dangerous in a bigger sense that it is bad for politics."
Making the rounds on today's network morning shows, Democratic vice presidential nominee Joe Biden of Delaware called Palin's attempt to link Obama and Ayers "mildly dangerous," on CBS's The Early Show
On ABC News's "Good Morning America" he said: "This really is a case where when you don't have anything to talk about, attack -- and I think that's really over the edge"
"Some of the stuff she's saying about Obama and some of the stuff people are yelling from the crowd, if she hears it she should be able to say 'Whoa whoa whoa, that's overboard.' This is volatile stuff and I thought we were kind of beyond this place," he said.
Gross said politicians had a responsibility to call out their supporters when they say offensive things, not only for the good of their own electoral chances but for the good of the political system.
"In my opinion candidates have a responsibility to say something," she said. "Negative campaigning per se is not absolutely a bad thing, and can be informative. But candidates do us disservice when they create the conditions that can allow a crowd to get out of hand. It just reinforces a cynicism about politics."
Though much of the negative campaigning has fallen to Palin and the crowds who attend her rallies tend to come from the further right wing of the Rupublican base, McCain had a moment recently in Albuquerque, N.M., when a member of the crowd shouted a smear, which the candidate appeared to hear but said nothing about.
"In short," McCain asked the crowd, "who is the real Barack Obama?"
"A terrorist," yelled someone from the crowd, eliciting a laugh from others in the hall and a perplexed look from McCain, but he continued his speech without comment.
On NBC's "Today" show, Biden called some of the language being used by crowds at Republican rallies "semi-vile" and said Palin should have condemned those who shouted provocative epithets.
"Heard that a couple of people hollering from the audience, you know, semi-vile things about, you know, 'terrorist' and things like that. And the idea that a leading American politician who might be vice president of the United States would not just stop mid-sentence and turn and condemn that, you know, I just -- this is -- this is a slippery slope. This is a place we shouldn't be going," he said.
Calls for comment from the McCain-Palin campaign were not yet returned.
Reporters following McCain and Palin say that crowds have become increasingly hostile towards them, yelling at them as they get off the press bus to cover events. The Palin crowds, they say, are typically more aggressive than those found at McCain-only events, especially since Palin's interview with CBS's Katie Couric in which she appeared to be uninformed on major policy issues.
In Clearwater, reporters were taunted by the crowd of about 3,000 people. Palin blamed Couric for her "less-than-successful interview with kinda mainstream media."
One Palin supporter used a racial slur against an African-American sound technician working with a television crew and told him to, "sit down, boy."


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Adam Beyer
It's been another whirlwind year for one of the biggest names in techno. Adam Beyer, the Swedish techno icon behind Drumcode, once again toured the globe, playing massive performances at the world's biggest festivals, including Connect, Creamfields, Tomorrowland and Junction 2. He also joined Ultra's Resistance in Ibiza at the world's biggest club, Privilege, while touring with the brand across South America to countries like Peru, Colombia and Chile.
Beyer also took Drumcode to new heights, bringing the brand and its artists back to Amsterdam's NDSM Docklands for the Drumcode Festival, extending the event to two days this year. Drumcode is also returning to fan-favourite locations like Tobacco Dock in London for its annual Halloween show, with follow-on takeovers planned in Warehouse Nantes, Avant Gardner in NYC and Depot at Mayfield in Manchester.
When Drumcode the event brand isn't wowing spectators in-person, it's churning out hit after hit as a label, with Layton Giordani's 'Chrome,' Enrico Sangiuliano's remix of 'Camaruge 2019' and Luca Agnelli's 'Apollo' all sitting in the Beatport Top 100 charts at time of writing. "I'm not satisfied until it's perfect," Beyer told us in a profile earlier this year when talking about his label. His tireless work ethic seems to be paying off.


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Spectrum:a broad range of varied but related ideas or objects, the individual features of which tend to overlap so as to form a continuous series or sequence. (Dictionary.com)
The presence of disability in American public culture is at once increasingly visible and yet still segregated and rendered invisible. In our multi-sited ethnographic research on Disability, Personhood, and "the New Normal" in 21st America, we are especially reliant on case studies across the spectrum of disability worlds to help us comprehend how the presence of this category is expanding our understanding of humanity. To understand this uneven process, we have been tracking the presence and absence of disability across sites like schools, labs, families, arts activists, and self-advocacy organizations, both mainstream and obscure, all in New York City. Here, we invoke "the spectrum" in two ways. First, it conveys a sense of our experience of disability in our study as "the broad range of varied but related ideas…which tend to overlap". Second, it evokes the diagnostic language used to describe the increasing occurrence of a range of complex symptoms controversially classified together as Autism Spectrum Disorder (ASD) (DSM V). Since our research often involves projects linked to ASD, our title brings together these two sets of associations.
As our knowledge of disability words deepens, we have come to expect that each case study is revelatory of the emergence of (or resistance to) "the new normal," standing both for itself and the larger project of redrawing the social map of disability inclusion. ndeed, we encountered the new normal emerging in that most public of spaces: Broadway. Denizens and visitors to New York are probably familiar with the TKTS booth in Times Square that offers steeply discounted theater tickets for day-of performances.
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Timber sales from a wildlife habitat perspective workshops now underway
June 4, 2015
This week marked the first in this month's series of workshops on timber sales from a wildlife habitat perspective. We had a great group of natural resource managers and loggers at the Silver Brook Town Hall in Wrenshall for a series of short presentations, discussions, field site visits, and hands-on sale design exercises. I've updated the event page with photos from Wrenshall. The next two offerings are June 17 at Whitewater State Park (southeastern MN) and June 24 on the north shore. We do still have space in both – all the details are here.