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The customer was put-off by my concerns and told me "the other guy didn't see any problems." I said "maybe you should get the other guy to build your stair." (I was put-off by then)


The other guy did build the stair and it promptly fell down, taking the rim-joist and plaster with it. After that I got called back and we moved the stair against the wall and furnished the handrail.


This was a 30,000 SF estate and the owners (eventually) weren't interested in excuses or anything other than facts.


The stairs in the Katz article typify the site built stair that gets support from both an inner and outer wall. It needs little inherent strength since it gets support from the walls under it. The framer may well build the 'rough' stairs, and then the trim guy is expected to trim out the stairs to finish. These are 'carpenter' stairs.


The stairs in this thread are supported by an outer wall, or no wall, and have to be made to be self supporting from land to land. This is a much higher level of skill and joinery to make than the site built curves. These are 'millwork' stairs.


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The National Food Donors Act will protect persons or gleaners making good faith donations of food or grocery products to non‐profit charitable organizations such as orphanages, schools and vulnerable communities are protected. A “gleaner” is someone who harvests donated agricultural crops.


Private businesses donating their excess food products or resources towards creating sustainable means of nutrition for the vulnerable in society. Tax incentives must be given to amount donated.


Good faith/CSR donations, made to non‐profit organizations, ultimately going to those in need are protected.


If the donation is made in good faith (honestly and with sincere intentions), the National Food Donors Encouragement Act will exempt those donors from civil or criminal liability which might arise from the donation’s nature, age, packaging or condition. The law will also protect donors of food that is “fit for human consumption,” regardless of compliance with food labeling/ packaging laws and storage/handling by the recipients.


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Food for All Ghana programme makes the surplus food donation process easy, by picking up and transporting food and grocery item donations to the places and programs that need them. This helps valuable programs stretch their limited budgets during a time of decreasing government and foundation funding, keeps edible food out of landfills, and most importantly, helps hungry people have better access to a nutritious meal. Food for All Africa has since 2015 been operating West Africa’s first community food support centre and have created a forum for stakeholder’s within Ghana’s food supply chain to work together towards reducing hunger in Ghana and accelerate Ghana’s effort in attaining the UN SDG 2 and 12.


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James Gwinnutt, first author of this study from The University of Manchester, conducted the Arthritis Research UK study, led by Dr Suzan Verstappen University of Manchester, into the devastating disease which examined 20 years of data from 1990 to 2010.


The 602 patients in this study, published in Published in Arthritis and Rheumatology, were recruited to the Norfolk Arthritis Register (NOAR: Chief Investigator Professor Alex MacGregor University of East Anglia) and assessed at regular intervals over the course of 20 years.


The team found that patients who were prescribed disease modifying drug therapies such as sulfasalazine, methotrexate and steroids within 6 months of symptom onset experienced significantly better ability to walk, grip and dress themselves over the course of 20 years compared, to patients who were treated later.


And patients who received these disease modifying drug therapies within the first 6 months had a lower risk of dying, after controlling for the severity of the disease.


Mr Gwinnutt said: “This research shows that patients who received treatment early after symptom onset had similar levels of disability over the subsequent 20 years compared to patients who were judged by clinicians not to require treatment, after accounting for the differences in disease severity between the groups.


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The United Nations Secretary-General António Guterres, has designated children’s rights activist and Nobel Laureate Malala Yousafzai as a UN Messenger of Peace with a special focus on girls’ education, reports NaijaAgroNet.


UNICEF has welcomed the release of nearly six hundred women, children and elderly men from Giwa military barracks in Maiduguri, Borno State, Nigeria, reports NaijaAgroNet.


“The action of the Nigerian army today is a major step towards the protection of children affected by the ongoing crisis. It provides hope in a conflict that continues to have an enormous impact on people’s lives.’’


“These children were held under administrative custody on alleged association with Boko Haram militants. They are victims of the conflict and it is crucial that they receive medical care, psychosocial support and other basic services that will help them to regain their dignity.”


“Once that process of recovery has started, we can help them to return to their families and to school or learn new skills that will give them some hope for the future.”


UNICEF continues to work with the relevant authorities to access children who are held for screening in order to safeguard their care and protection.


When military screening is needed, children should only be held as a measure of last resort and for the shortest time possible in accordance with national and international standards. These children are – first and foremost – victims of the conflict and require support to recover from their experiences and reintegrate with their families and communities.


A Food and Agriculture Organisation (FAO)-led is pushing for the establishment of internationally agreed standards that could guide the development of catch documentation schemes aimed at keeping illegally caught fish off store-shelves and consumers' plates has taken an important step forward, reports NaijaAgroNet.


A set of draft Voluntary Guidelines on Catch Documentation Schemes was last week unanimously adopted by a technical consultation that brought a 5-year negotiation effort to a close, and are now poised for adoption by all FAO Members at the UN agency's upcoming bi-annual governing conference (Rome 3-8 July 2017).


Globally, some 91-93 million tonnes of fish are captured each year, and seafood products are among the world's most widely traded food commodities, with an export value of $142 billion in 2016.


The Director-General of the Food and Agriculture Organisation (FAO) José Graziano da Silva, has visited the hunger-threatened northeastern Nigeria, and called for urgent increase in humanitarian assistance, reports NaijaAgroNet.


Da Silva also said that restoring agriculture-based livelihoods is key to recovery and peace efforts in Lake Chad Basin region.


"If we miss the coming planting season, there will be no substantial harvests until 2018. Failure to restore food production now will lead to the worsening of widespread and severe hunger and prolonged dependency on external assistance further into the future," Graziano da Silva said.


He insisted that the time for all to act is now, stressing that insecurity in the Lake Chad Basin - which incorporates parts of Cameroon, Chad, Niger and northeastern Nigeria - has resulted in the largest humanitarian crisis in Africa.


NaijaAgroNet gathered that the conflict has forced an estimated 1.9 million people to abandon their homes and their predominantly agricultural livelihoods, in northeastern Nigeria alone.


Stakeholders have said that businesses selling improved varieties and high quality cassava stems for cultivation could help African farmers significantly raise their productivity, especially in Nigeria, reports NaijaAgroNet.


Stakeholders at the end of a national conference on cassava seed system organized by the project, “Building an Economically Sustainable Integrated Cassava Seed System” (BASICS) that was held at the Institute of Tropical Agriculture (IITA) (www.CassavaMatters.org), Ibadan last week Thursday.


“The benefits of this raised productivity will be enjoyed by all the stakeholders across the value chain in a sustainable way,” part of the resolution stated.


The Food and Agriculture Organisation (FAO) and International Rice Research Institute (IRRI) have called for making of rice value chains sustainable, reports NaijaAgro


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"You just get to meet a bunch of different types of people, from all walks of life," she says. She loves people, so she found the heavy social element of the job outright entertaining. Though not every customer was a joy.


"I have had my fair share of crazies who are not fun to deal with," she admits, "but overall, it's been a great experience."


Thibault says she had far more problems with the software than the people. She had very little instruction in how to use the app when she started driving for Uber, and most of what she's learned, she taught herself.


"I wish that Uber had given me some better direction on how to use their app, or even maybe have someone ride along with me to help familiarize me with how the process works," she says. "If there was an issue where the app shut down, whether I lost signal or not, it would be nice for them to have some sort of outreach [or tech support]." She also wishes she had more information on the best times and areas to work when she started out.


For new drivers, Thibault has some advice regarding ever-tempting fare surges — times and locations when Uber fares go up by as little as 130 percent and as much as 500 percent, designed to draw more drivers to a high-demand situation. She says it's better not to make a beeline for surges when they come up. Ten other drivers will also be rushing in.


"By the time you get there, that surge is going to be gone," she says. Instead, she suggests hanging around the outskirts of a surge area, picking up fares from suddenly-empty territory.


Though Thibault left Colorado Springs in July for Oceanside, California, shortly after her divorce was finalized, she continues to drive for Uber while raising her three kids.


For CU Denver student Jonathan Sulzbach, Uber was more a stopgap than a life-changer. While studying for his MS in recording arts, Sulzbach was working at an electronics store. But balancing his schedule between passing classes and making money was challenging. On a friend's advice, Sulzbach took up Uber to bolster his finances and make his schedule easier. That was in August of 2015, just before semester began.


The money helped. Sulzbach reports making around $800 a month when he was driving actively. But it didn't do his schedule any favors.


"You have to deal with the demands of your customers or you won't make money," he explains. "The demands of your customers dictate when you do or do not drive."


He says he did a lot of driving in the mornings and evenings, driving 10 to 20 patrons on a work night.


"It's usually short-distance get-guy-from-bar-to-bar or get person from bar back home or get person from work to home," he says of night drives. "If I'm driving in the morning, it's usually going to be three or four really long drives." He says he drove a lot of people to DIA in the morning, or across wide sections of Denver.


Sulzbach has spent most of his life in the Springs, though — he's a UCCS alumnus — but he says he only drove for Uber here a handful of times.


"It's not as lucrative here as in Denver," he says. He has his hypotheses, as one does. He suggests that our lower population density might be why he saw fewer fares, as well as the fact — or at least the perception — that free parking is more readily available in the Springs.


"I think it's also because there's a lot more businessmen in Denver," he says. "The fact is that getting an Uber, getting a taxi, does cost money." It's plausible, he suggests, that people in the Springs see it more as a luxury than folks in Denver do.


All told, the biggest challenge he faced was the customers he categorizes as "drunks and dicks." He also says he had trouble with the app-based nature of the job at times, especially when fares failed to note their surge pricing. It should go without saying that when someone ignores a 5x surge on a drive that usually costs $20, things get heated fast. Especially because the driver can't stop or change a fare charge.


That said, Sulzbach found it to be a good source of supplementary income, as well as a good way to learn the layout of a new city and talk to a wide range of people. Currently, Sulzbach continues to pursue his MS. He stopped driving for Uber after around eight months with the service, but plans to start driving again soon.


Though there are differences between the Lyft app, left, and the Uber app, right, the fundamental service doesn't change much.


Springs resident Rob Bourgeois, though, has little good to say about Uber. Bourgeois had substantial student and credit card debt. He took up Uber as a primary job in September 2015, on a referral from a friend. At the time, he did not own a car, but Uber has standing partnerships with financial institutions to get prospective drivers behind the wheel.


"I got myself a Prius for $19,000 and started driving within a week," he says. Unfortunately, Bourgeois' car was financed by Westlake Financial Services, a Los Angeles-based institution. He was given a loan at a 16 percent interest rate, with $522 monthly payments.


"There was not a chance in hell I was going to be able to pay that back, but I didn't know that," he says. "I was blinded by false promises from Uber on what kind of living I would be able to make."


Westlake made headlines in October 2015 when the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau fined the company $44 million for "calling under false pretenses and using phony caller ID information, falsely [threatening] to refer borrowers for investigation or criminal prosecution, and illegally [disclosing] information about debts to borrowers' employers, friends, and family."


In a piece released in late November 2015, Observer business and tech described Westlake as "known for its expensive subprime financing programs." A Bloomberg Technology article from May calls leases offered through Uber "expensive, even predatory, compared with leases available to drivers with good credit."


Or, as Boston University business school lecturer Mark Williams told Bloomberg, "The terms, the way they're proposed, are predatory and are very much driven toward profiting off drivers rather than to facilitate an increase in drivers."


Bourgeois started out making enough money to get by, at least — around $750 in the first week he says. But he calls that his high-water mark. He also had difficulty with keeping his driver score up — customers rate drivers after every ride, and Bourgeois says he saw a lot of four-out-of-five ratings.


"If you drop below a 4.5, you start to get disciplinary measures, and they could actually remove you from the system," he says. "A 4 is a good rating, unless you're Uber, apparently."


As his score slipped, Bourgeois saw fewer and fewer fares coming his way, whether driving in the Springs or Denver. Ultimately, Bourgeois gave up driving for Uber in June. His car was repossessed in September.


"End of the day, what I have from Uber is a lot of bad experiences, a couple of really good ones and $10,000 of debt for a car I ended up losing," he says. "I would not recommend Uber to anyone trying to make a living."


But for those just looking for a cheap lift, the generally quick-to-respond, competitively priced service still has its draws. Perhaps one day these services will ditch the human element for 100 percent automated drivers, leaving old-school cab companies with a monopoly on small-dose face-to-face interaction. Of course, Uber and Lyft won't be telling us if it happens.


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The geese flew in formation, skimming Lake Michigan a scant foot above the water, reflected perfectly in early morning light. The grace, agility, and strength they expressed lifted my spirits. The beauty of their ensemble was greater than any one of them would have had alone.


If geese flying in formation suddenly hear a gunshot, they don't look to each other to find out who is to blame; they instantly lift themselves higher, heading out of range of the bullets. How can we get above the blame and condemnation that shoot down efforts for peace? By keeping a vision that what Palestinians and Israelis can do together is greater and more beautiful than what either of them could do alone.


An unrealistic ideal? Not for the Israeli and Palestinian fathers who formed a joint support group for parents who had lost children and were helping each other learn to live their forgiveness. Not for the Israeli entrepreneur who was willing to give up his successful business on occupied land in order for peace to go forward. Not for the Arab dad who lost his life rescuing an Israeli child from drowning. The Arabs and Jews in those families, whose stories have been reported in this newspaper, have a strong bond. The ugliness of the violence, hate, and resentment we see and hear in news reports is the grossest counterfeit of the unselfish humanity that forms a solid basis for hope.


Trace this hope back to a Bible promise that God made to Abraham, grandfather to both the tribes that would bear the generations of Palestinians and Israelis. After telling Abraham to leave Mesopotamia and move the thousand miles to Canaan, God said, "I will make of thee a great nation


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The cartridge itself: the AR10 shoots a seriously powerful bullet, vs. the AR15 being a so-called "poodle-shooter" - but it's plenty effective on thin skinned game up to deer size, including bad men - it's just not the penetrator or longrange round that the AR10 shoots.


They're about the same size - both are very ergo. But the AR10 is less ergo when it's owned in a config that is sensible to its chambering (i.e. with a 20" bbl) - a 16" bbl doesn't make much sense on an AR10, due to recoil & blast. But in an ergo package (16" bbl), an AR15 is a nice balance in tight places.


Hi Jason. Have you considered the FAL rifle? This board leans heavily towards the M14 and AK platform but not alot of attention is given this fine rifle around here (at least I think since it is my favorite ) Probably because most here are Americans (M14).


Here you have a proven design (in over 90 countries)! Mags are a dime a dozen and cheap, no grinding required. Gas piston operation vs. direct impingement. And you can build on the finest FAL receivers made (DSA).


The rifle pictured uses a DSA type 1 receiver and a Belgian made 458mm (18") chrome lined "para" barrel. The lower is DSA 7075 aluminum. This complete setup weighs more than 1lb. less than a friends AR10. It it fast, light (for a battle rifle) and accurate.


I wouldn't have brought this one up but you mentioned that you had been considering other platforms.


Yeah, that looks like a cool weapon. I might have to look into one of those. I think what I want is a good compact AR-15, and then get something else in the larger caliber.


The mini-14 is fun, but if I knew what I know now, I would have spent the extra money and gotten a AR in the first place.


I made the same decision you are making last year about this time. The AR has become one of my favorite rifles to shoot since then. It's almost TOO easy and definitely a fun rifle to shoot. The thing just does what it is supposed to do just like "plug and play". You won't be disappointed in the AR (as long as the quality is there).


My DPMS LR 308B has been totally reliable and very accurate. The only problem I have with it is that I don't have enough time to shoot it as much as I want to. (There must be a better way of financing my bad habits than working all the time.)


The AR15's tend to be more refined, there is just more better quality parts available and the parts among manufacturers as a whole are more uniform. AR10 designs tend to have slight variations from manufacturer to manufacturer meaning that one companies AR10 parts won't always be interchangeable with anothers.


Yeah, I'm kinda in the same boat. I'm leaning towards the AR-10 as I just like the .308 and since I own a .308 bolt gun I think that is what I'm going to do so I can just stock pile .308 for both or reload for both. I am leaning towards the Armalite which now produces 25rd mages for the .308.


Now my brothers logic is this, when the zombies attack he will be able to resupply his ammo for his AR-15 by going to the local PD since that is what they carry are picking it up off of their dead bodies in the streets. My thinking is if it is that bad I'm bugging out deep into the swamps as zombies don't like the mosquitos and gators from what I have been told, plus they don't swim that well.


Yeah, I'll start with an AR-15, maby get it in 6.8SPC, best of both worlds, but more expensive than both. I have even considered the AR in 7.62X39. I have thought of getting a AK but for some reason, I don't like the feel of the AK. Some say I need to shoot one first. They are probally right. I have a Glock 21 and don't like the way the frame feels. I got a Glock 20 anyways which has the same frame and after shooting it, it is my favorite.


I've had about three dozen of the original AR 10 Dutch made rifles, Sudanese and Portuguese models. I've also built about four dozen AR-15 rifles, of various configurations from 7" shorties to fluted heavy barreled target models. I've lost count of the M-14 rifles I've had, but probably around six doxen or so.


For an all around = SHTF rifle, my very first choice would be an 18.5" barreled original AR 10 ... IF [ and only if ] I had the necessary spare parts and extra mags to keep it running [ the original aluminium AR 10 waffle mags were a bit fragile. Unfortunately, without a time machine, this just ain't a viable choice. The original TENS are collectors now, and parts are not available.


While the original AR 10 was one of the most reliable, durable and effective practical firearms ever built, the more modern TEN clones are designed to use as many AR 15 parts as they can. This is great for parts interchangeability, but IMHO, most of these designs simply MUST compromise on some of the original design's reliability and durability.


Stoner was a genius, and the original AR 10 design in 7.62 NATO was near perfect ... scaling it down to 5.56 NATO was a less than perfect compromise, which took decades of fine tuning to fix. Scaling the new generation of AR 10 rifles back up again to use AR 15 parts, must lead to some engineering compromises.


The AR 15 is like an epidemic on the planet ... you can find parts for it ANYWHERE. It is also ergonomically one of the best designs out there, and after decades in use, is pretty well a mature system. So my second choice would be an AR 15, 16" barrel, with a very few mods. I once had a couple of 16" SS OGW barrels in .300 Whisper, which at the time I thought would be the ultimate solution to the AR 15 / AR 10 dilemna. I even had 1000 rds of formed .300 W brass. But eventually, I decided a non-standard caliber, like .300 Whisper, was just not viable for a SHTF tool.


Unfortunately, this means my AR 15 is now a .223 "poodle shooter", which of course compromises both the power and the range. But with 62 Gr "Zombi Loads", it is possibly the best CQB system out there [ but I wish some army would adapt .300 Whisper, make a billion rounds of the ammo, and turn the old poodle humper into a really viable SHTF gun ]


These days I shoot mostly M-14 type rifles. Parts are available, the design is rugged, accurate, and easily maintained. Unfortunately, my M-14s are not as fast as an AR 15 for CQB. So I guess I just can't let those Zombie sneak up to close to me. But if they do, then I suspect one round of 7.62 Nato is all the Zombi repellent I'd ever need, instead of using the infamous AR 15 Double Tap, to ensure reliable takedowns.


Just so long as I am not humping the ammo in a ruck sack, and trying to outrun the Zombie hordes, then the M-14 would be my third choice.


But where I live, I am much more likely to be eaten by a bear, than I am to be savaged by poodles or Zombis. So 7.62 NATO make the most sense for me.


A few weeks ago, I introduced mon mari to the crucial foods of my upbringing, his first Thanksgiving included. We made a long overdue trip to my hometown, Chicago, Illinois. It was a walk down memory lane regaining my Midwestern appetite. There was the the vital deep-dish slice at Lou Malnati’s, cookie pizza included. My all-time favorite Clark Street omelet at Salt & Pepper Diner, including a Chicago celebrity siting of Ronnie Woo Woo. (You try explaining that to mon mari) And I shan’t forget the fine institution of Margie’s Candies. Eating 3 scoops of ice cream out of a shell with a gravy boat of hot fudge will one day be folklore for my 1/2 French children.


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The regulator’s final report assimilating the ferocious industry-wide disapproval on its Mortgages Market Study interim report, will be out in March 2019 at the earliest.


Association of Mortgage Intermediaries (AMI) chief executive Robert Sinclair (pictured) said he did not expect the final rules until the regulator’s year end, on a mortgage panel at FSE at the Ricoh Arena in Coventry yesterday.


Martin Reynolds, CEO of Simplybiz added: “I think the regulator is still conferring on all the, shall we say, vociferous responses it received in relation to the interim report, so it’s not anticipated until the Spring.”


AMI, the Building Societies Association (BSA) and the Council of Mortgage Lenders (CML) all attacked the regulator’s focus on price and lack of acknowledgement that good advice draws together a range of factors, including potential customer lifestyle changes and attitude to risk, for example.


AMI went as far as to say the regulator’s proposed remedies were “disproportionate to the harm identified” and suggested that the proposals came from the “need to justify the resources that have been dedicated to the study over the last three years”.


In the study published in May, the FCA also suggested advice might be slowing the mortgage process and AMI fought back saying it was inappropriate to suggest changes to the advice process with ‘little consideration of the reasons behind the measures that were taken following the last financial crisis and the rationale for their implementation.’


The MMS report proposed two data-driven mortgage industry search tools, including an adviser comparison and a consumer eligibility tool.


Sinclair said: “It is a little perverse that the FCA wants to build a new tool for the regulation of firms, and then a form of register to put advisers on,” he said. “Which they’ve paid £200,000 to someone not to do it themselves and they’re also looking to build a separate mortgage adviser tool.”


He added: “The good news for advisers is that all the trade bodies are in the room when this is being discussed because sometimes when regulators get involved in this type of thing, it can turn out to be a crock of s**t.


“And there is no lack of consensus from your representative bodies on these issues. We are all very aligned on what we’re saying to the regulator on this.”


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I was born, and raised in New Haven, CT. After high school I attended school in New York where I found myself living there for 7 years (3 of them in Brooklyn). Just recently moved this past January to Washington, DC.


Back in 2012, I was working a full time job as an Assistant Media Planner in NYC at one of the top global media advertising agencies. Unfortunately I was fired due to the fact that the position didn't align with my skill set. I can honestly say that this was the happiest day of my life. At that point in time I knew I wanted to do my own thing and take more a digital career path. I thought about what exactly it was I wanted to do. I wasn't eager to find new employment. With that, I started my blog Media Diva Memoirs. I launched my first blog post on Small-Business Saturday, showcasing small-businesses and their owners. I soon realized that some of the small-businesses lacked a major component to their business, an online presence. At the moment I knew that it was my duty to help small businesses with managing their social media, and helping them with advertising and marketing.


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1255999  they faced the test of time, contesting various Brahminical practices. But, as we will see, it was not enough that Appunni’s father liberate himself and start a parallel Nair family. The novel does underline the enterprising spirit of the Nairs, alongside the Muslims and the Christians. But since Appunni’s father would rather remain outside of it, it is Appunni who is burdened with the task of taking the fight to the traditional Naalukettu. Appunni’s father, a lower class Nair married an upper class Nair. They were happy to be ostracized. But the coming to being of the modern Nair required Appunni to reclaim the Naalukettu, even if only to demolish it and build a new democratic household. But between the welcome play of air and light, the shadowy ghosts continued to linger (pp. x-xi). Given the nature of what was understood as education prevalent around the time, it was no wonder that this sensibility became celebrated as the quintessential Malayalee-ness. M.T. “witnessed the last stages of the crumbling of the matrilinear system of inheritance” (p. xx). But the failure of the coming to age of the Malayalee, as a middle-class, middle-caste norm, is equally well attested by M.T.’s later works. Appunni is the only successful Nair hero among all M.T.’s novels. Appunni’s travails enable him to be transformed from “Appunni, son of Thazhethethil Kondunni Nair” (p. 100) to “Vadakkeppattu Appunni Nair or V.A. Nair” (cf. Ratheesh, p. 468). Remember that Syedalikutty is introduced as Syedalikutty Mapilla, so were the lower-caste and other religious minorities within the novel. So, to anticipate, Appunni’s father had to die, better if the suspicion falls on a Muslim, so that Appunni can become a Nair within his own birth rights.


The plot of the novel is simple enough. Appunni’s father died when he was around three years old. His father belonged to a poor Nair family and was reputed to be a man, in fact more than a man, being a modern Nair man. He literally carries off Appunni’s mother who belonged to Naalukettu, actually an Ettukettu before the initial partition. After the marriage, Appunni’s mother was ostracized. His father also gave up his youthful ways, playing dice and that sort of thing, and entered into a prosperous agricultural venture with Syedalikutty. At the zenith of their success, Appunni’s father is invited for a dinner at Syedalikutti’s house. The story is narrated to Appunni by Muthaachi, an older relative, and Appunni doubts: “Do we Nairs eat the rice that mapillas cook? (p. 14, upper/lower case Nair/mapilla as in the original). But Appunni’s father is known to challenge established authority and break caste/religious strictures. When the “mutton tasted off,” Syedalikutty explained: “It’s because it’s the flesh of an old goat.” But on his way back home, Appunni’s father vomits and collapses. He is reported to have mumbled to Chandu of Valia Valappu: “Syedalikutty played me dirty, Chandu” (p. 14).


We have already seen Syedalikutty being solicitous of Appunni going home alone in the dark. When Appunni reported to his mother that he had seen Syedalikutty at the shop: “I – I saw Syedalikutty,” she “didn’t ask which Syedalikutty” (p. 8). But Amma had never told him the story. At this stage in the narrative, there is no reason for either Appunni or the reader to doubt the truth of this reported event. Significantly, during the process of the narrative, Syedalikutty, the murderer of his father, becomes a father-figure who guides Appunni’s life.


The second time they meet, and we see Syedalikutty, is when Appunni had wheedled permission from his mother to visit the Naalukettu during the serpent thullal festival. Though his grandmother extends a warm welcome, the Naalukettu patriarch drives him away like a mangy dog and threatens to break his legs if he ever came back (p. 56). Humiliated, he runs to a desolate hill and cries his heart out, entertaining thoughts of death, of hiding in a deep pit or boarding a train and going away, when Syedalikutty appears on the scene. Syedalikutty soon consoles Appunni, assures him that he has “as much right to stay in that house [Naalukettu] as anyone there” (p. 57), offers him tea and snacks from a Nair’s shop, and accompanies Appunni to his house (p. 58). It should also be noted that the “teashop-Nair” (p. 58) was a bit surprised to see Syedalikutty and Appunni together.


Before Appunni meets Syedalikutty, we see Syedalikutty one more time, at Esoop’s shop, wherein we also glimpse a really bad Muslim, as distinct from ordinary good Muslims, like Assankutty, and our good-bad Syedalikutty. Appunni’s mother had sought the help of Sankaran Nair, an earlier servant at the Naalukettu, and now a co-servant at another house. This has led to gossip. When Ookkan Baputty comments that “Ammukutty’s [Appunni’s mother] a treasure even now” (p. 92), Sankaran Nair slaps him.


Everyone looked at Baputty anxiously. There was fire in his eyes. He was the sort that stopped at nothing. He had been the accused in three criminal cases. He had been in jail only once, but was convinced that the Cannanore jail was meant for real men.


The hand that held the knife rose but a thick, strong, hairy hand suddenly shot out and gripped it. (p. 93)


No marks for guessing! Syedalikutty intervenes and avoids an ugly scene. Syedalikutty’s influence is such that even when later in the night Baputty meets Sankaran Nair with Appunni, he only gives “Sankaran Nair a look that seemed to say, ‘I remember…” and quips: “Where to, father and son?” (p. 100).


The third meeting between Appunni and Syedalikutty is under similar circumstances as the second one, but this time around he had ran away from home because of the gossip about his mother, and Syedalikutty prompts eggs him to go and stay at the Naalukettu. Appunni had walked away from home and was hiding on a deserted hill because he “didn’t want to see anyone, be asked anything” (p. 101). But he “had no idea where he was going” (p. 102).


He did not notice a black cloth umbrella moving towards him on the winding path or bother to look up as it came nearer. What did he care who it was? The man passed by him, then stopped and turned.


During this meeting, we actually see Syedalikutty almost counselling Appunni. When Syedalikutty invites Appuni to his house:


To Syedalikutty’s house! He felt as if a heavy door that had lain closed was being pushed open. A meal of pathiris and mutton curry. The mutton would taste granular and he’d be told it was an old goat. It would be white poison. White (p. 103).


You have as much right there as anyone, don’t you? Show some spirit now. If they tell you to get out, say you won’t.


“Let’s see if he will. What are the lawyers and courts in this country for then, child? This Syedalikutty has seen a bit of the world.” (p. 103)


Heartened, Appunni decides to go to the Naalukettu (p. 104). For my purpose, the rest of the story can be quickly summarized: With the help of Syedalikutty, Appunni soon finds a job, earns money and buys the crumbling Naalukettu. Overcoming his mother’s trepidation, he coaxes her to live in the Naalukettu, , and decides to break down the Naalukettu and build a new house where air and light can enter. And,


1256000  information to suggest an imminent safety concern at this time.”


Despite this assessment, Executive Vice Chancellor Plowman informed Ms. Lawton that same afternoon that the administration was removing her from the classroom because of concerns about immediate harm to herself and her students. That she gave this explanation suggests that the administration either had failed to consult with the university police department or had ignored the department’s assessment. In the investigating committee’s interview with her, Executive Vice Chancellor Plowman stressed that the “intensity” or quality of the threats, rather than the quantity, was instrumental to the decision. The contradiction between the administration’s claim of a threat of immediate harm and the university police department’s assessment that no such threat existed raises serious questions regarding the real basis for the administration’s decision to remove Ms. Lawton from the classroom.


After September 7, the administration in its public statements ceased referring to threats of immediate harm and instead stated that Ms. Lawton’s misconduct was the reason for her removal. The timeline suggests that near the end of October, as the administration met to update the involved parties, Ms. Mullen became dissatisfied with what she believed was a lack of disciplinary action against Ms. Lawton. As noted earlier in this report, when Ms. Mullen learned that Ms. Lawton was listed on the spring course schedule, she tweeted, “No justice.” She also took a screenshot of the online spring class schedule, which was distributed widely on social media. Ms. Mullen sat for radio interviews for local stations and in Omaha about this alleged injustice. Several state senators wrote op-ed columns expressing their anger, and the Nebraska Republican Party subjected the university and the English department to a flurry of wide-ranging open-records requests. Executive Vice Chancellor Plowman reported to the investigating committee that the “intensity” of threats and outrage increased following this activity. The irony is not lost on the investigating committee that the university’s concern for safety began rather quickly to evolve into solicitude for the free-speech rights of conservative students. The potential for this shift was implicit from the beginning, when Ms. Mullen characterized Ms. Lawton’s actions toward her as “silencing.”


Public scrutiny increased when the open-records request uncovered the email messages from the university’s public-relations staff about strategies for managing the negative press about Ms. Lawton’s case. The pressure of the media firestorm came to a head on November 17, when Chancellor Green announced the resignations of two public-relations staff members involved in handling the TPUSA incident and addressed the charge that a liberal bias on campus left conservative students feeling fearful and silenced. In the view of the investigating committee, Ms. Lawton was a convenient scapegoat for an administration under pressure to respond to such a charge.


As noted earlier in this report, that same day, just prior to his press briefing, Chancellor Green had met with Ms. Lawton to inform her that she would not be permitted to teach her spring courses because of threats he expected to arise from the public revelation of the internal communications and resignations. Ms. Lawton informed the investigating committee that in that meeting the chancellor told her that matters were “too out of hand,” the story “will not go away,” the administration “cannot allow disruption on campus,” and “if we put you back into the classroom, we will continue to suffer damage.” However, Chancellor Green’s subsequent public announcement clearly states that Ms. Lawton’s suspension from teaching was related directly to her conduct, not to threats of immediate or anticipated harm. This statement makes evident that the continuation of Ms. Lawton’s suspension was imposed as a disciplinary sanction.


Furthermore, when Ms. Lawton’s suspension was subsequently extended into the following semester, for which she already held an appointment, the suspension became equivalent to a summary dismissal under long-standing Association-supported standards. As noted in the ninth Interpretive Comment on the 1940 Statement, “[a] suspension which is not followed by either reinstatement or the opportunity for a hearing is in effect a summary dismissal in violation of academic due process.”[4]


AAUP-recommended standards of academic due process, as set forth in the Statement on Procedural Standards in Faculty Dismissal Proceedings, jointly formulated by the AAUP and the Association of American Colleges, and in Regulation 5 of the AAUP’s Recommended Institutional Regulations on Academic Freedom and Tenure, require that an administration demonstrate adequate cause for dismissal in a pretermination adjudicative proceeding before a duly constituted faculty hearing body. These standards apply not only to faculty members on indefinite tenure but also to teachers on term appointments when their dismissals are sought before their appointments expire. As noted earlier in this report, the dismissal procedures contained in section 4.14 of the Bylaws of the Board of Regents of the University of Nebraska and in the Code of Procedures for Special Academic Freedom and Tenure-B (AFT-B) Committees are consistent with Association-supported standards, including requiring the administration to carry the burden of proof.


As this report has also noted, the administration did suggest to Ms. Lawton the procedural remedy of filing a grievance through the Special Academic Freedom and Tenure-A Committees. But the administration, as has also been noted, has never accepted the AAUP’s position that the action against Ms. Lawton was a summary dismissal. As a result, the administration declined to file charges against Ms. Lawton, and the question that the administration apparently believed would be at issue in the grievance was not whether Ms. Lawton should be dismissed for cause but whether the terminal suspension was tantamount to dismissal. In addition, under the Code of Procedures for Special Academic Freedom and Tenure-A (AFT-A) Committees, “[t]he complainant bears the burden of proving relevant facts by a preponderance of the relevant evidence,” and the administration offered only to assume the burden of proof under certain hypothetical conditions. Thus, the procedural remedy offered by the administration falls far short of Association-supported standards.[5]


The letter of reprimand that Ms. Lawton received cited a section of the University of Nebraska board of regents bylaws on “Academic Responsibility” that provides,


Membership in the academic community imposes certain obligations. These obligations include the following duties of academic responsibility:


To respect: (1) the dignity of others; (2) the right of others to express differing opinions; (3) the right of others to be free from fear, from violence, and from personal abuse; and (4) the right of the University community to be free from actions that impede its normal functioning.


The letter of reprimand additionally claimed that Ms. Mullen experienced Ms. Lawton’s conduct as “silencing.” The executive vice chancellor’s characterizations of Ms. Lawton’s conduct as “fail[ing] to meet the duties of academic responsibility” placed Ms. Lawton’s actions within the framework of misconduct. Given this framing of the issue, one of two formal processes could have been pursued, as Ms. Lawton is both a student and a member of the faculty at the University of Nebraska. The process followed, at least in part, by the University of Nebraska administration—both initially on August 26, 2017, and throughout the events that followed—was that applicable to members of the faculty.


During the investigating committee’s meeting with her, Executive Vice Chancellor Plowman acknowledged that the administration had not considered treating Ms. Lawton as a student, but she did not provide a clear rationale for determining that Ms. Lawton’s primary role on campus was that of a member of the faculty, nor do the bylaws clarify which role is to be given priority and under what circumstances. However, once the decision was made to treat Ms. Lawton as a faculty member, the procedures and protections for faculty as outlined in the University of Nebraska board of regents bylaws should have applied. Because an appropriate complaint was not filed and was thus not evaluated by the appropriate university committee, the executive vice chancellor’s characterization of Ms. Lawton’s conduct as having “fail[ed] to meet the duties of academic responsibility” was not considered by a duly constituted faculty body charged with looking into the allegation and making factual determinations. It is the judgment of this investigating committee that, had Ms. Mullen been Ms. Lawton’s student or had Ms. Lawton even been aware that Ms. Mullen was a University of Nebraska student, the ethical obligations of “academic responsibility” cited by the administration could conceivably have applied.


When the investigating committee asked Chancellor Green to state the nature of the misconduct ascribed to Ms. Lawton, he replied that it was the suppression of speech that occurred when Ms. Lawton “blocked” access to Ms. Mullen’s table. This determination of denial of access, and thus suppression of speech, as a violation of academic responsibility was made at an administrative level. Both Executive Vice Chancellor Plowman and Chancellor Green stated more than once during their respective interviews that it was Ms. Lawton’s behavior, not her speech, that was at issue; both of them asserted that Ms. Lawton was free to say what she did. Neither of them claimed that her “finger speech” or “body speech,” as Chancellor Green characterized Ms. Lawton’s elevation of her middle finger, was out of bounds. In their view, it was Ms. Lawton’s “suppression” of Ms. Mullen’s speech through “blocking of the table” that constituted professional misconduct


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Yes, it looks as though congratulations are in order for Tiny and T.I. Harris, from VH1’s T.I & Tiny: A Family Hustle, who recently welcomed their seventh child this past weekend.


It was initially reported that the ATL Rapper T.I was nowhere in sight during the birth of his newborn daughter. However, singer/songwriter and mother of many, Tameka “Tiny” Harris quickly released a formal statement to address those rumors.


While we expected her to arrive around April 20th, our PERFECT baby girl decided March 26th was the right time for her DEBUT.


My husband, Tip Harris, went from the stage right to the plane from his show in Las Vegas and luckily, made it to Atlanta with time to spare. Our whole clan was together to see our beautiful healthy baby girl make her way into the world. Just the way I like it!!


Just like an Aries, stubborn and ready to take on the world! Sounds like Baby Harris will fit RIGHT in.


While giving birth, Tiny was visited by friends like Toya Wright and Real Housewife and fellow former member of R&B girl group Xscape, Kandi Burruss, who were right by her side for the “special day.”


While T.I. and Tiny have yet to announce their new baby’s name they have taken the liberty of nicknaming her Lucky7, for obvious reasons, and with a family filled with a lot of love and siblings and VH1 checks we’d say she’s pretty lucky too!<|endoftext|>Depending on who you ask, winter in Texas is not too bad, but it is even better with a great chess event on the calendar! On December 2nd and 3rd, the North Texas Chess Academy hosted its Annual Winter Open, a celebration of chess with two great events, exciting prizes, delicious food, and many strong players of all ages! Although it was not a FIDE rated event, the tournament drew players representing Russia, China, India, Lithuania, Georgia, Germany, and USA!


The Open Section event was five rounds held over two days, and guaranteed $1,000 in prizes! Three Masters (included two International Masters) joined the event, but it was Expert David Gaston that swooped in and took the top prize of $400 with 4.5/5! David is now just a stone’s throw from his National Master title.


David is also an Instructor at the NTCA, and possibly had a ‘home field advantage’ on his opponents. He took on all three Masters (scoring 2.5/3) and has generously added some lively notes to the games below. Enjoy!


My coach used to say, “Don’t ever take the ‘B pawn’, even if it’s good!”. Although this statement is not 100% true, I think it pokes fun at the fact that so many players have thought they are winning that pawn, and find out they are really losing the game!


This is an important lesson for all players to learn however, in a critical Round 5 game even a Master fell victim to the same mistake!


The history and traditions of chess is a part of what you get at the North Texas Chess Academy, and we thought it would be a fun idea to offer a ‘Brilliancy Prize’ to the best game of the tournament. Anybody would be happy with a cash prize, but when that prize is the 5 Krooni from Estonia—most likely only chess players will appreciate it!


What on earth is a Krooni? In short, it was the currency of Estonia. In a remarkable gesture of respect, Estonia put Grandmaster Paul Keres on their 5 Krooni bill. In addition, he was voted their ‘Sportsman of the 20th Century’, extremely high praise for a chess player! Look him up, kids!


[Event "NCTA Winter Open"] [Site "?"] [Date "????.??.??"] [Round "?"] [White "Gaston, David"] [Black "Stephan, Axel"] [Result "1-0"] [SetUp "1"] [FEN "3rr1k1/pR1nbpp1/q3pn2/6N1/2Pp4/3B3Q/3B1PPP/1R4K1 w - - 0 1"] [PlyCount "5"]1. c5 $3 Qc6 {The queen is trapped, on an open(ish) board! The point is, I can insert the moves Bh7+ Kf8 and then the bishop move of my choice with tempo (threat is Qh8+, Nh7#), allowing me to “discover” on the queen wherever she runs. I dare you to find a single safe square. You can’t: they’re all light squares!} (1... Qa2 {So there’s no immediate discovery with the bishop here, but} 2. R7b2 {and now the queen is forced to one.}) (1... Qa3 {OK, technically this one is a dark square, but it’s losing too (third rank):} 2. Bh7+ Kf8 3. Qxa3) 2. Bh7+ Kf8 3. Be4 {Here, he resigned. He cannot both save the queen and stop Qh8+, Nh7#. It’s funny, but this is the second game this tournament where my opponent played the French, took my pawn on b2, and the queen was trapped later!} 1-0


The weekend was not only for the top players. The Scholastic Saturday event drew many young players to the Chess Academy and was won by talented juniors Aryan Gutla and Andres Paredes, both scoring 4.5/5, the former taking the top prize on tiebreaks! Aryan ‘the Ironman’ played in both events for extra practice.


A fun puzzle contest was held throughout the day featuring the famous composition from Paul Morphy: White to Move, Mate in Two.


The North Texas Chess Academy (NTCA) opened in June 2016 and has continued to be an innovator in the DFW chess community. Whether it is an Annual Bughouse Tournament, seasonal camps, GM simuls, hosting the Dallas Destiny team of the PRO Chess League, or special events for the parents/students the North Texas Chess Academy is making the right moves!


Chess for American kids is on a huge roll, with US Chess just hosting the largest tournament in history at the SuperNationals. At the top, we have 90 Grandmasters, and the gold medal Olympic team. Earlier this year, I caught up with Grandmaster Nick de Firmian and International Master John Donaldson of the Mechanics Institute in San Francisco to get a sense of why chess is so hot in the US right now.


Mechanics Institute is the oldest continuously operating chess club in America. Nick played in numerous chess Olympiads and picked up plenty of tournament victories along the way. John Donaldson is many time Captain of medal earning Olympic and World Team squads, leading to a career highlight in captaining the 2016 Gold Medal Olympic team.


I have always thought of St. Louis Chess Club and the World Chess Hall of Fame are the Mecca and Medina of chess. Every chessplayer hopes to get there one day.


The Mechanics Institute of San Francisco is the Jerusalem. Mechanics Institute serves as this hub of chess culture where giants from ancient and modern times come to test themselves. Walking in the architecture, the boards, pieces, and even the air is thick with history.


While sitting with one of their members, he pointed to the place he played six rounds of speed chess with Mikhail Tal—and he won one of the games! In another part of the room, he played Botvinnik.


Below us, there is a library of books dating way back. I was thumbing through a book from about 1906. Flipping the pages makes you feel so connected to the history of the art and sport we call chess.


Seeing as how Nick and John have so much knowledge about Russian chess history and coaching methodology (and more importantly how to beat it!), I sat with them to talk a little bit about chess and facing the Russian squad at the Olympiad.


Adisa Banjoko (AB): Nick, tell me about your journey to chess and how you ended up at Mechanics Institute.


Nick de Firmian (NF): I started chess back in the old days. Bobby Fischer was king then, popularizing chess across the country and around the world. I got a bit hooked on it.


I came up to the Bay Area from college. I discovered this old institution here, the Mechanics Institute. It has been around since the gold rush days. There is big chess tradition here.


I went to different places. I went to New York. I went to Denmark. I played a lot of times for the US Olympic Team. But about five years ago, I came back to San Francisco and started our scholastic chess program with the Mechanics Institute. We’