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International Monetary Fund Managing Director Christine Lagarde holds a joint press conference on the conclusion of the 2016 US Article IV consultation June 22, 2016 at the IMF Headquarters In Washington, DC. IMF Staff Photo/Stephen Jaffe
Didn't even realise it was cracked until I was reading this article - www.stuff.co.nz/technology/gadgets/2723705/Macbook-cracks... - lo and behold, my beloved is broken.
Thank Jebus I got a applecare plan, apple are fixing it no problem asked.
I would like to mention that I only had two minutes for hair and make up, so no judgments please ;)
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Chesapeake, VA. October 2023.
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The following article appears on the Plant of the Month Archives page of the the Central Ohio Cactus and Succulent Society Website
While preparing this article, my research uncovered a few surprises on the identification this plant. I originally acquired my plant from Bill Hendricks in 2012; he identified it as Euphorbia nyassae. The first volume of the Euphorbia Journal illustrates a plant which is identified as Euphorbia nyassae, and which appears to be a dead ringer for my plant, but in the second volume of the Euphorbia Journal (Editors' Notes Volume 1) the identification of that plant was changed to Euphorbia eyassiana. Apparently, this clone was originally collected by P. R. O. Bally who sent it to the International Succulent Institute (ISI), which distributed this plant under the name of Euphorbia sp. aff. nyassae. Over time, the "sp. aff." portion of the name was dropped, and this clone was erroneously identified as "E. nyassae". The true Euphorbia nyassae is discussed and illustrated in the Euphorbia Journal (Volume 3, pages 48, 49), and while being similar to this plant, there are also significant differences. A brief discussion and several habitat photographs of Euphorbia eyassiana are included in Volume 8 of the Euphorbia Journal (pages 63, 64 and 65). The description and images of this plant convince me that my plant is this species rather than E. nyassae, so I have restored what I believe its original identification had been ("Euphorbia sp. aff. nyasse"), as well as its most likely identification as E. eyassiana.
Euphorbia eyassiana is one of a number of Euphorbia species from the Great Rift Valley which produces a mounds of thin, clustered, four angled, branching stems. This species distinguishes itself from a number of similar species by spreading from a rhizomateous rootstock, producing thickets which may spread to several feet or more in habitat. The branching stems are 4-angled, about the diameter of a pencil, and can grow to heights just under 3 feet (the plants which I have seen in cultivation are typically much shorter; frequently growing to about a foot or so in height). In lower light, the central portions of the stems are colored a pale green, with darker green stripes at the stem angles. In very bright light, or when the plant is heat or drought stressed, the stems tend to take on more reddish hues. 4 needle-like and spreading spines are produced on each spine shield. The uppermost spines are significantly shorter, and the lower pair are longer. The flowers (cyatheum) are minute - only about 2 millimeters across, and have orange to reddish colored glands
Euphorbia eyassiana originates from near the shores of Lake Eyasi in Tanzania, and into the adjacent region of the eastern Serengeti plains. Susan Carter Holmes relates that this plant, while fairly common throughout its range, has a rather narrow distribution. It is allied to a number of similar looking euphorbias (with slender, square stems, and bearing 4 spines per cluster) from the Great Rift Valley, including E. isacantha, E. tetracanthoides, and E. schinzii, but according to Susan Carter Holmes, it is actually only distantly related to Euphorbia nyassae.
This is a remarkably easy plant to grow and propagate. It responds extremely well to my general guidelines on growing cacti and other succulents, and does especially well when grown outdoors exposed to full sun and high summer temperatures. Given this treatment, and provided with relatively moist conditions during this growing season, and this plant will produce remarkable growth (the pictured plant shows only one year's growth, from a few small rhizomes and a tiny section of two stems). This species seems to be more widely grown in Europe where it has gained a reputation for being more tolerant of the European climate than other Euphorbia species from the Rift Valley. It is readily propagated from stem cuttings and sections of rhizomes; I suspect that it can readily be propagated from seed (it is a reliable bloomer, and I suspect that it is capable of producing viable seed when it is selfed).
I found out quite by accident that this species (or at least my clone of this plant) has remarkable cold tolerance. When moving my plants back indoors for their winter dormancy, my plant fell from my outdoor bench and spent the entire winter of 2012/2013 unprotected in my vegetable garden, where it was exposed to extended periods of sub freezing weather, and temperatures down to approximately 5 degrees Fahrenheit. While this plant took considerable damage from the cold, some of the roots and a portion of one or two of the stems managed to survive. While I would not promote this plant as a candidate for the winter hardy succulent garden here in Ohio, properly sited in a warm microclimate, and shielded from excessive winter moisture, this plant may prove to be root hardy to a zone 7. In spite of its extreme cold hardiness, I do not recommend that this plant should be subjected to sub-freezing temperatures, as the stem tips will invariably suffer from some degree of frost damage and subsequent die back.
In spite of its relative ease of culture, and rapid growth rate, this plant is not frequently known and grown - compared to several other species this plant has a rather coarse and common appearance, and many people feel it has a rather weedy look - its stems lack the beautiful blue green coloration of of E. greenwayi, and its spines do not have the colorful interest of E. aeruginosa. Still, this plant does have a few growers who maintain it in their collections, and it probably deserves to be more frequently grown. I will leave it to others to test it for its suitability in the garden, as I feel that it may prove to be hardy enough for zone 7 succulent gardens.
While this species is not new to cultivation, it is never common, and is seldom offered from the usual mail order nurseries under either of the two names I have given here (I have not succeeded in locating a grower who currently offers this species for sale). Thanks to the generosity of Bill Hendricks, I suspect that some members of the Midwest, Greater Pittsburgh, Michigan, and The Central Ohio Cactus and Succulent Societies may grow this clone. If my guess about the ultimate source of this plant is correct, the ISI may also continue to propagate this clone. Should there be any demand for additional plants of this clone, I'm sure that these could be propagated by a number of individuals.
Description: "The Deaf, Dumb, and Blind Girl" Julia Brace article, continued.
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attention, and is not pleased with any long interruption to her established system of industry.
Julia Brace leads a life of perfect contentment, and is, in this respect, both an example and reproof to those who for trifling inconveniences indulge in repining, though surrounded by all the gifts of nature and of fortune. The genial influences of spring wake her lone heart to gladness, and she gathers the first flowers, and even the young blades of grass, and inhales their freshness with a delight bordering on transport. Sometimes, when apparently in deep thought, she is observed to burst into laughter, as if her associations of ideas were favorable not only to cheerfulness but to mirth. The society of her female companions at the Asylum is soothing to her feelings; and their habitual kind offices, the guiding of their arm in her walks, or the affectionate pressure of their hand, awaken in her demonstrations of gratitude and friendship. Not long since, one of the pupils was sick, but it was not supposed that, amid the multitude who surrounded her, the blind girl was conscious of the absence of a single individual. A physician was called, and the Superintendent of the female department, who has acquired great penetration into the idioms of Julia’s character, and her modes of communication, made him understand his profession by pressing a finger upon her pulse. She immediately arose, and taking his hand, led him with the urgent solicitude of friendship to the bedside of the invalid, and placing his hand upon her pulse, displayed an affecting confidence in his powers of healing. As she herself never been sick, since early childhood, it is the more surprising that she should so readily comprehend the efficacy and benevolence of the medical profession. It would be easy to relate other remarkable circumstances respecting her, but it is not desirable that this article should be so far extended as to fatigue the reader.
Should any of you, my young friends, for whose sake this memoir has been written, visit at any future time the Asylum in Hartford, and be induced to inquire for the deaf, dumb, and blind girl, you would probably find her seated with her knitting, or needlework, in a dress, neat, and in its plainness conformable to the humility of her circumstances. There is no-
Publisher: The Juvenile Miscellany. Vol IV, No. 11. Press of Putnam and Hunt, Boston.
Date: 1828
Format: text
Digital Identifier: AG54-JB-0012
Rights: Samuel P. Hayes Research Library, Perkins School for the Blind, Watertown, MA
Article from Hans Compter in The New Zealand Classic Car Mag January 1994.
Wonder if this car is still about today?
Has to be worth it's weight in gold!
You can never have everything you want. Since the time you are little your parents will tell you that you can not do what you want and make money, while doing it. It’s an axiom.
And then there are pro players.
Every week we put out interwiews with a pro LoL team. This week we are meeting the rising stars of NA. They did great at GameCon and IEM, faced against top world teams. This year they are trying out for LCS.
Each day we will do an AMA with one of the players. We’ll kick off tomorrow.
Let’s meet the members of Strike 5.
By Starfall.
My buddy over at SoupUp Magazine (http://soupupmagazine.com) is doing a story on an old dirt track racer from Waco, Texas who competed in the 1960's. This newspaper article is of him and in the background of the picture is a VW bus in the background. He was kind enough to pass this along! Look close!
Thanks everyone who voted for my on the Rockford Fosgate contest! Heres an article about me and my love for cars in a local newspaper.
Taken by T.C. @ the Victoria advocate, read the article here :)
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The President of the European Parliament Roberta Metsola receives the Presidents of COMECE and CEC, H.Em. Cardinal Jean-Claude Hollerich SJ and Rev. Christian Krieger respectively, to exchange on the final report of the Conference on the Future of Europe, as well as the ongoing war in Ukraine and the implementation of Article 17 TFEU.
Brussels, 29 June 2022
Photo: European Parliament Media Service
artículo sobre universitarios que viven solos (y que creen ser independientes) pero aun reciben dinero de sus padres.
Article about graduates who live alone (and they think they are independent) but still receive some money from his parents.
Dorothy Day Catholic Workers of Washington DC and Jonah House of Baltimore, Maryland FAITH RESISTANCE against the Iraq War in front of General Comte de Rochambeau Statue in Lafayette Park across from the White House at 1600 Pennsylvania Avenue, NW, Washington DC on Wednesday afternoon, 29 December 2004 by Elvert Barnes Protest Photography
Lift Every Voice and Sing II: An African-American Hymnal
Read my Indymedia article at www.indymedia.ie/article/68356
Visit DOROTHY DAY CATHOLIC WORKER website at www.catholicworker.org/
Elvert Barnes PROTEST PHOTOGRAPHY
Changing Lives Martial Arts
How Practicing Taekwondo Improves Discipline
This article explains that in learning Taekwondo a student needs to learn discipline. This same sense of discipline that is learned through the practice of Taekwondo can be carried over into other aspects of a student's life.
Taekwondo,discipline
Over the years the Korean martial art of Taekwondo has carved out a niche for itself as the most widely practiced martial art in North America. Many people are drawn to Taekwondo for its impressive looking high kicks and the rigorous physical workout involved in training in it. However, Taekwondo offers students much more than just a complete fighting system and a good workout. It offers discipline.
Taekwondo has several key principles that are inherent to it. These include courtesy, self-control, integrity and indomitable spirit. And although discipline is not an official tenet of Taekwondo I believe that discipline is key to mastering Taekwondo and that conversely Taekwondo can be key to improving one's sense of discipline.
Taekwondo is a rigorous martial art that in fact represents a synthesis of many different fighting styles developed on the Korean peninsula. Training in it requires strength, flexibility, cardiovascular fitness and a willingness to push oneself. As a teacher I have observed students in our Virginia Beach martial arts program being pushed and tested as they train in Taekwondo. Applying themselves to their training and breaking through their boundaries to reach the next level often requires enormous discipline.
Even the most basic of Taekwondo techniques can seem foreign and counter-intuitive at first. More advanced techniques like the spinning heel kick, the tornado kick or the jump back kick often seem borderline impossible to the beginning student. It takes discipline to stick to it and practice these techniques again and again until they get it right. Often it is this sense of discipline that is acquired in the midst of martial arts training that carries over into other aspects of a student's life.
Students who train in our Taekwondo program find themselves developing more discipline in many other aspects of their lives as well. Progressing in martial arts requires keeping bad habits in check. Drinking, smoking and overeating are just a few of the bad habits that training in Taekwondo can help give you the discipline to control. Furthermore the discipline that you apply to progressing in your martial arts training can be applied to other aspects of your life like your career, education and finances.
Martial arts offer many powerful life lessons. One of them is that in the same way self-discipline can lead to results within the martial arts dojo, it can also lead to results in our lives outside the dojo. As a seventh degree black belt who has been teaching martial arts to adults and children for twenty years now I can say that discipline is an integral aspect of Taekwondo. All of Taekwondo's key tenets of courtesy, integrity, self-control and indomitable spirit require learning discipline.
Learning better discipline is a journey not a destination. So if you are looking for a way to improve you self-discipline inquire about our Taekwondo program by contacting us via our headquarters at 757-471-9002 or visit our website: www.atakick.com
Changing Lives Martial Arts
Master Instructor Tracy Lee Thomas
7th Degree Black Belt
Affiliations: American Taekwondo Association
Krav Maga Worldwide
An article about wikipedia-article. This article by Tuukka Yli-Anttila is about the Wikipedia article of J. P. Roos.
If you are interested in all things ocean, please check out my article on ocean acidification in the Austrian weekly "Die Furche".
www.furche.at/wissen/die-saure-zukunft-der-weltmeere-1613250
Kamera: Zenza Bronica SQ-Ai
Linse: Zenzanon PS 50mm
Film: Ilford Delta 100
Kjemi: Rodinal (1:25 / 9 min. @ 20°C)
+972 Magazine: ‘Lavender’: The AI machine directing Israel’s bombing spree in Gaza (Publ. 3 April 2024)
See also: Campaign to Stop Killer Robots
Richard Medhurst commentary: Israel's Killer Robot (Publ. 7 April 2024):
The Israelis are using a killer robot, AI, artificial intelligence, called Lavender. The code name is Lavender. And I want to read to you this exclusive from 972 magazine that contains interviews with Israelis who've used the system to target people in Gaza.
The targeting is so broad and abstract and sweeping that you see before you the mountain of corpses in Gaza. It's something out of a movie almost, but unfortunately it's reality for many. Let me read to you from this article.
So they start with a book called «The Human-Machine Team». Okay, and why are they talking about this book?
They're talking about it because it was written by the commander of an Israeli unit, and this unit - 8200 - it just so happens to be the one that is specialized in matters of cyber warfare, and so this book was written in 2021 and it's a proposal of having an AI system.
[* Note: This book was written by Lieutenant Colonel Yossi Sariel (b. 1978 in Haifa). As a 19-year-old in 1997 he was enlisted in the IDF's intelligence division. Sariel has a bachelor's degree in psychology and sociology, a bachelor's degree in Middle Eastern Studies from Bar-Ilan University and a Master's degree in Strategy, Security and Economics from the National Defense University in the USA.
In 2018 Sariel was awarded the 'Eliyahu Golomb Israel Security Award' for an 'Artificial Intelligence project' and an 'Anti-Terrorism project'. (Eliyahu Golomb (1893-1945) was a Zionist terrorist who was one of the founders of the Haganah and the Palmach).
Yossi Sariel was appointed commander of Unit 8200 in February 2021. In May 2021 he published 'The Human-Machine Team' under the pseudonym Brigadier General YS. His identity as the author of the book and the commander of Unit 8200 was revealed by British newspaper The Guardian on the 5th of April 2024 because through his book profile on Amazon he left "digital traces leading to a private Google account containing his name, along with a unique ID card and links to maps and the diary of the profile". Later it was also revealed that in earlier versions of the book Sariel's full name was mentioned. The IDF spokesperson replied in response to the publication [of Sariel's identity] that "the disclosure of the officer's details is a mistake".
Source - Hebrew Wikipedia: Yossi Shariel (b. 1978) ]
Well, it turns out it wasn't a proposal, because it actually exists and it's called Lavender. Such a machine, it turns out, actually exists. Okay, now let me read to you what they've written here.
So the human personnel often serve only as a rubber stamp for the machine's decisions. They would personally devote about 20 seconds to each target before authorizing a bombing, just to make sure the Lavender marked target is male, okay.
So just to reiterate, the computer, which they have fed ridiculous parameters which we'll get to in a second, just finds targets and then the human who is at the computer, just says, «Yeah, okay, whatever» - they just devote 20 seconds before they destroy- not destroy, rather take someone's life, and I should say LIVES, because you'll see now the ‘collateral damage’:
So this is done despite knowing that the system makes what are regarded as ‘errors’ in approximately 10% of cases and is known to occasionally mark individuals who have merely a loose connection to militant groups or no connection at all.
So, just to be clear, on average, 10% of the people that are being chosen by this Lavender AI have nothing to do with Hamas. And then, of course, we'll look at the other 90%. Now in a second you'll see they also have nothing to do with Hamas.
But just to be clear, 10% - I mean, to play with human lives like that is so evil, it really is. You know we're not talking about 10% breakage with cassettes or something or a product, breaking. These are human lives that they're taking.
Moreover, the Israeli Army systematically attacks the targets while they're in their homes, usually at night, while their whole families are present, rather than during the course of military activity.
As a matter of policy, the Israelis are not only allowing this machine to choose random targets, but they're bombing them in their homes, with the families. As a matter of policy.
Why?
Because, according to the sources, from what they regarded as an intelligence standpoint - it was easier to locate the individuals in their private houses. Wow, you don't say. It was just easier to find them at home. So we killed their families, you know. And then they call themselves ‘The most Moral Army’ in the World, like they’re a bunch of goody two shoes fairies - I mean, Jesus.
They have something else called ‘Where's Daddy. Again, just look at how sick and evil and cynical this is. They have a program inside this artificial intelligence called ‘Where's Daddy’. What is the function of ‘Where's Daddy’? It gives the Israelis a notification when a potential target has reached their home.
You know, they've gotten home, so the signal from their mobile device is pinged on the towers and then the Artificial Intelligence takes the information, collates it and gives it to the officers and says: «Oh, look, this guy» - ‘Daddy’, right - supposedly the head of the family - has just arrived home - and THAT is the cue to go and bomb the family.
The result, as the sources testified, is that thousands of Palestinians, most of them women and children, or people who were not involved in the fighting, were wiped out by Israeli air strikes, ESPECIALLY during the first weeks of the war, because of the AI program’s decisions.
One of them says: «We were not interested in killing Hamas operatives only when they were in a military building or engaged in a military activity.» That's one intelligence officer saying that.
«On the contrary, the IDF bombed them in homes without hesitation, as a FIRST option. It's much easier to bomb a family's home. The system is built to look for them in these situations.»
Need I say any more? Don't worry, there's more.
Now they discuss ‘Junior Militants’.
So this is basically about how they are even killing children; 16- well, I mean, 16 is a teenager, right, but basically minors- and they're killing them and naming them ‘Junior Operatives’, as if that kind of automatically makes them valid for murder, and then they talk about how they don't want to WASTE a precision guided bomb on a ‘Junior Operative’.
So this 17-year-old is not worth a proper precision guided bomb, so let's just use a DUMB bomb, which causes a larger blast radius and more destruction and basically kills not just this person and their family, but OTHER families and their neighbours, too.
So, out of LAZINESS, out of not wanting to use the better bombs, they just use the DUMB bombs and cause more damage and kill more people. And the targets are children or teenagers. I mean, look at this - also, how callous they are, right.
They say that «during the first weeks of the war, for every ‘Junior Hamas’ operative that Lavender marked, it was permissible to kill up to 15 - 20 civilians». Permissible, you know? It's like you're sewing, and a bunch of pins fell on the floor.
«Whatever, it's 15 or 20 pins, who cares? You know, it's not a big deal. I spilled 15 drinks on the floor, whatever.» These are LIVES, man, these are people, these are human beings. This is acceptable for them, like they're playing God.
The sources added that in the event that the target was a ‘Senior Hamas’ official - whatever that means, because according to the Israelis, a Doctor in Hospital is a ‘Hamas official’ with the rank of Battalion or Brigade Commander - the Israeli Army on several occasions authorized the killing of more than 100 civilians in the assassination of a single Commander.
So the computer is telling them: «This guy is here, we can bomb him now, but you're going to kill 100 people. Do you want to proceed?»
And they say «Yes».
You can't blame the computer, because the Israelis fed these parameters in there. If someone else had programmed it; someone who was actually in possession of a Soul, of Morality - they would provide different parameters.
But the combination here is LETHAL. You're mixing two lethal things, right, and making the effect of the Israeli War Machine all the more exponential. That's what's going on.
You're industrializing and automating what is already a corrupt Army, an occupying Army, an evil Army. I want to be very clear before I give you the other details. I was going to save this for the end, but I might as well say it now.
The computer doesn't matter. The Israelis have always, ALWAYS behaved like this. You have to understand this. The Israelis have ALWAYS, ALWAYS, ALWAYS caused disproportionate damage. This is their Doctrine. They believe in this. It's the bread and butter of the Israeli military; a bunch of terrorist groups, literally.
The computer is not the issue here, it's the Israelis.
Let me continue to the other part. At one point, the Lavender AI marked some 37,000 Palestinians as ‘suspected’ Hamas militants, MOST of them ‘Junior’. Okay, so you do the math.
If the Israelis say, for every ‘Junior Commander’ you can kill 15 to 20 people as collateral; do the math. MOST of them, what is most of them. Let's be very conservative and say 51% instead of 90 or 80 or 75. Let's say 51% of 37,000 are ‘Junior Commanders’. Right, that's MOST of them, it's the majority. Multiply that by 15 to 20 and you tell me what the result is. So the reason behind the development of this is that they wanted to.
«They wanted to allow us-» - meaning, the people running the machines - «-to attack [the junior operatives] automatically. It's the Holy Grail. Once you go automatic, target generation goes crazy.» And so at one point, look at what they do.
They KNOW that the 90% is just a random figure, it's a rubber stamp, because when you look at what is the criteria to tag these people as ‘Junior Operatives’ or ‘Hamas Operatives’, it falls apart.
And let me show you something here: Look at the criteria.
So, for example: «Similar problems exist with the ability of target machines to assess the phone used by an individual marked for assassination. ’In war, Palestinians change phones all the time. People lose contact with their families, they give their phone to a friend or a wife, maybe they lose it. There is no way to rely 100% on the automatic mechanism that determines which [phone] number belongs to whom.»
The sources that are talking to the magazine - they say that «the Army KNEW the minimal human supervision in place would not discover these faults. ‘There was no ‘zero-error’ policy. Mistakes were treated statistically.»
«Because of the scope and magnitude, the protocol was that even if you don't know for sure that the machine is right, you know that statistically it's fine, so you go for it.»
So they can sleep at night, so they can feel better about themselves, they say, «Well, you know, 90% of them are correctly marked. So you know, let's just go ahead, even if we're not sure who this person is. Let's just do it».
One of these soldiers says: «There's something about the statistical approach that sets you to a certain norm and standard. There has been an illogical amount of [bombings] in this operation. This is unparalleled, in my memory. And I have much more trust in a statistical mechanism than a soldier who lost a friend two days ago. Everyone there, including me, lost people on October 7th. The machine did it coldly. And that made it easier.»
So this guy's getting everything mixed up because he's saying, «Well, the machine doesn't make mistakes.» But then he admits that it makes mistakes, but because it's a machine, it makes him sleep - you know; feel better and sleep at night.
It really says a lot, doesn't it? It really tells you everything.
There are more things I highlighted for you.
«In practice, sources said this meant that for civilian men marked in error by Lavender, there was no supervising mechanism in place to detect the mistake.»
So when there ARE mistakes, no one is said to check it.
«A common error occurred ‘if the [Hamas] target gave [his phone] to his son, his older brother, or just a random man. That person will be bombed in his house with his family. This happened often. These were most of the mistakes caused by Lavender.»
So, a phone number gets you killed. That's it. Forgive me for being crass, but you know, you're a guy, you have a penis, you're a male and you have the wrong phone number. That's a death sentence in Gaza. This is the what the Israelis are telling us.
This is madness, this is evil. This is crazy.
And there are other things in here- for example, the fact that most of the people being killed are women and children. So this doesn't make any sense anymore. They tell themselves: «Well, the target is male, so let's bomb them.» But then what is the the end result? The bottom line: women and children are being killed. So the Israelis are basically admitting that, «Yeah, we're fine with this. Whether WE do it or the MACHINE does it, it doesn't matter, really - does it.»
This is a very, very long article and I sat down the whole day going through it, adding notes, and I've just given you the gist of it.
There's no need for me to go any further, but I'll just add a few last points.
The Israelis have ALWAYS behaved like this. This is their policy. They were BRUTAL in ’48, they were BRUTAL even before that, they were BRUTAL in ’56 and then also in ’67 and in ’73. They've ALWAYS been brutal, 24/7. They've basically made this AI just as BRUTAL as them and AUTOMATED the process. That's it.
One other point that I would add is that this could be a psy-op.
What do I mean by a psy-op?
A psy-op is an abbreviation. It basically means a psychological operation. It's meant to demoralize the other side, right, so this could be the Israelis feeding the journalists a bunch of rubbish. I don't think so, but we're contemplating. This could be the Israelis feeding the journalists a bunch of rubbish about Lavender so that they make Hamas feel demoralized, like, «Oh crap, they're going to kill us with our families, they're going to target us; this machine, this robot killer.»
It COULD be, but I'll also add another point.
The Israelis always love to pretend that they're Hot Shit, you know, in the tech and electronic domains. What do I mean by this?
For example, when they killed a nuclear scientist in Iran [Mohsen Fakhrizadeh (1958-2020)], they then told the New York Times how they smuggled a gun into Iran and then it was an automated gun that killed him. I mean, who the hell knows if that's true? We don't know if that's true.
Also, this thing with like, they know how to hack everyone with Pegasus - and yeah, Pegasus is real - no question about that. But the Israelis have cultivated an image about themselves which serves them. It demoralizes people; they can sell cyber weapons, Etc.
So you shouldn't buy into it too much. And and where's the proof that they're not as Hot Shit as they say they are? October 7th. They have no clue what hit them. They have no clue what hit them; never saw it coming.
All this tech and equipment down the toilet, useless, pathetic. So just keep that in mind, I'll leave it at that. I have no reason to doubt the veracity of this article. I do think it's true. I have no doubt that the Israelis have been developing this for quite a while and I don't think the first time they used it was in Gaza.
And you know, I'm not saying AI is bad per se. It's bad when you have bad people feeding it bad parameters. Because if you told the machine: «Hey, I want ZERO collateral damage because I'm not a murdering psychopath» - the machine would just give you no targets that actually have collateral damage.
Also, who are the Israelis to kill anyone in Gaza? Who are they? Just because someone's in Hamas? That gives them the right to murder them?
Okay, let's take Israel's logic and flip it around. So does that mean Hamas can develop an AI that targets any person in the Israeli Army in their homes? Cuz they didn't seem too Happy on October 7th.
And the irony is that you had people saying, «Oh well, October 7th, it was a Peace festival. How could you target these people who are, you know, on vacation, who are having a party outside the concentration camp that you've been put in?» Jesus Christ.
I would honestly not talk about the festival because it makes them look like a bunch of disconnected, deranged Psychopaths.
But anyway, you know, the idea was that, well, even if you did kill this person who is in the Israeli military, he was PARTYING, okay, and this Hamas person was in their home with their family; that's even worse, that's a MILLION times worse. And it's always been like this; before and after October 7th.
Remember, the IRA did not CARE if a British soldier is in his military fatigues, in the barracks or if he's in a pub. He's occupying their country, he's got to go. You can't just steal land with zero consequences, right?
This is so arrogant.
But anyway, you see the hypocrisy here, it's okay for Israelis to hide behind this; this idea that they're civilians and «Oh, they're just partying», when actually a lot of them are in the military. COMPULSORY. MANDATORY. MEN AND WOMEN. Both of them.
Every man and woman in Israel has to go to the military, whether they like it or not. So you can't be in the military and then call yourself a civilian. Which one are you? Are you a civilian or in the military? Fucking pick one.
Anyway, we're going off on a tangent here. I just wanted to point that hypocrisy out.
This is the equivalent of a Terminator, make no mistake.
This was an illustration which will become an exclusive print for the free Sheffield based publication ARTICLE.
Its a bit of a play on the Sheffield city council logo with a modern twist. You can check them out here...
걸그룹 티아라 지연이 28일 오후 경상북도 경주 시민운동장에서 열린 ‘2014 한류 드림 페스티벌’에서 화려한 공연을 펼치고 있다. 이날 콘서트에는 엑소-케이(EXO-K)를 비롯해 카라, 씨스타, 포미닛, 빅스, 비투비, 블락비, 에일리, 시크릿, 비에이피, 크레용팝, 티아라, 달샤벳, 탑독, 포커즈, 갓세븐, 베스티, 딕펑스, 레드벨벳, 소년공화국, 헤일로, 루커스 등이 출연했다.
Response to Article:
"Village that towers above China" by
Jonathan Watts
November 14, 2011
www.chinadialogue.net/article/show/single/en/4623-Village...
Comment by Philip McMaster:
People favourably respond to Change
Generally speaking, people don't change for the better when criticized. But they do respond favourably to praise.
Huaxi Cun is not the worst place in China, and it has been following and sometimes leading the objectives and trends of the government and Chinese people - first it was to get rich - and clean up the mess later. We did this in the West on our own schedule, some Chinese are doing it now under the generally hypocritical pressure of the global community.
人们对改变的有利反应
总体上，当人们受到批评的时候，不会变得更好。但他们受到表扬的时候，总是积极反应。华西村不是中国最差 的地方，它跟从着-有时也领导着中国政府与人民的目标与潮流。这个目标首先是变富，然后再处理垃圾。西方按照自己的日程表也这样做过。现在有些中国人也这 么做，就面临虚伪的国际压力。
An aspirational monument - if you choose to see it that way..
When I was invited to Huaxi Cun for the inauguration of the “Village in the Sky”, (www.tudou.com/programs/view/05XpJXkiNwI/ ) I spoke of the new tower as a beacon for all to see, not in terms of opulence and excess, but as a towering 3 element "Symbol of Sustainability" - an aspirational symbol rising above all else - including the cookie-cutter villas, the grubby factories, the money focus and the faux world landmarks - to shock and awe viewers into realizing that all monuments have a message – and this one should inspire people to make the connection between Heaven, Earth and the People (Tian, Di, Ren 天地人) and that to achieve Wu Renbao’s “Heaven on Earth”… the Triple-Bottom-Line balance between Society, Environment and Economy （社会,环境,经济）must become Huaxi’s new ethic.
一个振奋人心的里程碑——如果你从另一个角度解读
我应邀了参加华西村“空中新农村大楼”授牌仪式(www.tudou.com /programs/view/05XpJXkiNwI/ )，当时我谈到这栋大楼并不是炫富和挥霍，而是华西村的一个新地标。比起那些千篇一律的别墅，脏乱差的工厂，一切向钱看的态度和人造世界景观，这栋摩天大 楼是一个振奋人心 里程碑，它作为可持续发展的标志建筑让人感到震撼和心生敬畏，它能让人们感到天地人和谐发展的信息，体现了吴仁宝“人间天堂”的理念。以社会，环境和经济 作为三条支柱，寻求三者的平衡发展是华西村的新理念。
菲利普•麦克马斯特
麦克马斯特商务可持续发展研究所首席研究员，世界可持续发展组织创始人。
"Now that Huaxi village is rich, what's next?"
Following my presentation, the new building’s architect Ma Xusheng, in turn praised my interpretation of his building’s design, saying that no one had thought of it before, but that “with your new ‘Society, Environment, Economy ‘meaning attached, our building is even richer”.
At a private dinner with village leaders the evening before, I had shamelessly asked: “Now that Huaxi village is rich, what’s next?” – hoping to encourage them to expound on how they were going to share Huaxi’s wealth and expertise with other communities and to build sustainable enterprises based on a model ecological civilisation… however the response was understandable, as a bit more thinking is required; and considering most people’s focus was still on showing off and celebrating what they have achieved so far, the answer was a simple “Gambei!”
Philip McMaster,
Principal Researcher, McMaster Institute for Sustainable Development in Commerce
Founder, World Sustainability Organization
“现在华西村富了，接下来呢？”
我的演讲结束后，这栋新大楼的建筑师马旭升（音）反过来称赞了我对他的建筑设计的诠释，说以前从未有人想到这个方面，“加上您说的‘社会、环境、经济’意义后，我们的摩天大楼更加富裕了”。
前一天晚上和华西村领导的聚餐上，我厚着脸皮问了一句：“现在华西村富裕了，接下来呢？”我当时希望他们能够详细阐述下怎样和其他地区分享华西村的 财富和技术，以及在生态文明模型的基础上建立起可持续发展的企业。但是，他们的回答很简单，就是：“干杯！”当然，这是可以理解的，因为回答这个问题需要 一些思考，而且当时大多数人的注意力仍然在炫耀和庆祝他们至今已取得的成就上。
菲利普•麦克马斯特
麦克马斯特商务可持续发展研究所首席研究员，世界可持续发展组织创始人。
...Huaxi must have liked 3 Fingers - we're invited back_\!/
Our “Peace Plus One -World Sustainability Project” (www.SustainabilitySymbol.com ) and the 3 Finger Sustainability Symbol is about promoting LOHHAS – a Lifestyle Of Health, Happiness And Sustainability, first for the 1/5th of the world in China, then to be exported as a sustainable philosophy for the entire planet. The Leaders of Huaxi must have liked something about our discussions, as they wholeheartedly embraced the3 Finger Sustainability Symbol and invited us back to share more_\!/
Philip McMaster,
Principal Researcher, McMaster Institute for Sustainable Development in Commerce
Founder, World Sustainability Organization
...华西村一定喜欢“三指禅” —— 我们又被邀请了_\!/
我们的“和平 + 1 - 世界可持续发展项目” （www.SustainabilitySymbol.com）和“三指禅”可持续发展符号旨在促进“乐活”——一种健康、快乐、可持续的生活方式。起初 是为了中国占世界五分之一的人口而提出，后来作为一个可持续发展的理念被推广到全世界。华西村的领导们肯定是欣赏我们的一些讨论成果，因为他们热烈欢迎了 我们的“三根手指可持续发展符号”并且再次邀请我们去分享更多信息。
Philip McMaster（大龙），
商务可持续发展麦克马斯特学院，首席研究员
世界可持续发展组织创始人