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The light that failed: why the West is losing the fight for democracy / Ivan Krastev and Stephen Holmes

Dewey Library - JC574.K74 2019




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Race on the brain: what implicit bias gets wrong about the struggle for racial justice / Jonathan Kahn

Dewey Library - HV9950.K34 2018




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I am the people: reflections on popular sovereignty today / Partha Chatterjee

Dewey Library - JC423.C366 2020




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What we talk about when we talk about rape / Sohaila Abdulali

Hayden Library - HV6558.A295 2018




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What is a nation?: and other political writings / Ernest Renan ; translated and edited by M.F.N. Giglioli

Dewey Library - JC311.R35313 2018




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Votes that count and voters who don't: how journalists sideline electoral participation (without even knowing it) / Sharon E. Jarvis and Soo-Hye Han

Dewey Library - JK1965.J37 2018




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The first: how to think about hate speech, campus speech, religious speech, fake news, post-truth, and Donald Trump / Stanley Fish

Dewey Library - JC591.F56 2019




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What's ailing the Bihar's children?

After 684 deaths, countless tests, several visits by experts are no closer to getting the answer.




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Dilsukhnagar blasts case: Yasin Bhatkal brought to Hyderabad

Yaskin Bhatkal's close associate Asadullah Akhtar is presently being interrogated by the NIA.




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Hyderabad blasts: IM co-founder Bhatkal sent to judicial custody remand till Oct 17

After an initial probe by Andhra Pradesh police, the NIA had taken over the case.




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Cyclone Phailin: What to do and what not

With Phailin expected to make a landfall on Saturday, NDMA provides measures to be followed.




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People born with a silver spoon cannot understand what poverty means: Modi

The BJP PM candidate questioned the silence of Manmohan and Sonia over rising prices.




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IM, post-Patna: Terror outfit has signalled its ambitions even after Bhatkal's arrest

The bombs targeted Narendra Modi's rally in Patna in one of its highest-profile battlegrounds.




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Chhattisgarh: Police asked to sanitise poll booths amid Naxal threat

18 constituencies of Naxal-affected Bastar region and Rajnandgaon district will go to polls.




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Lack of development forcing people in Chhattisgarh into Naxalism: Sonia

The state has not been able to progress because of BJP's wrong policies, Sonia said.




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Kerala: 'Dawn-to-dusk' hartal by LDF over W Ghats report hits normal life

Thousands of people shifted to locations where they would cook in public places for next 2 days.




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Chhattisgarh polls: 15% turnout in initial hours of second phase voting

No untoward incident has been reported so far from any part of the state.




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Chhattisgarh polls: Brijmohan Agarwal says his '20000 voters denied voting'

With 74.6% voter turnout, the state recorded its highest ever attendance.




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Will do whatever I have to: Justice Ganguly on resignation

Justice Ganguly is serving as chairman of the West Bengal Human Rights Commission.




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Environment Ministry allows agri, plantation activities along Western Ghats

Decision after widespread protests from political parties and Syrian Catholic Church in Kerala.




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Tales of an ecotourist : what travel to wild places can teach us about climate change / Mike Gunter Jr

Gunter, Michael M., 1969- author




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Climate change : what everyone needs to know / Joseph Romm

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What we know about climate change / Kerry Emanuel ; with a new foreword by Bob Inglis

Emanuel, Kerry A., 1955- author




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West Assembly bypolls: Congress retains Rejinagar seat,loses Nalhati




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Disease that kills kids reaches Bengal



  • DO NOT USE West Bengal
  • India

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Lalgarh movement: Chhatradhar Mahato, five others get life in jail



  • DO NOT USE West Bengal
  • India

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Jyoti Basu Birth Centenary: Somnath Chatterjee set to share stage with Sitaram Yechury



  • DO NOT USE West Bengal
  • India

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Ranaghat: Another church vandalised in an attempt to robbery



  • DO NOT USE West Bengal
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Excerpt: 'The sergeant ordered that his skin be flayed'

Gray Wolves and White Doves by John D. Balian is the "story of a young boy's quest for identity and belonging." We bring you an excerpt.




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Improving and optimizing operations : things that actually work! : Plant Operators Forum 2004 / edited by Edward C. Dowling, Jr. and John I. Marsden

Plant Operators Forum (2004 : Denver, Colo.)




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JSJ 323: "Building a JavaScript platform that gives you the power to build your own CDN" with Kurt Mackey

Panel:

  • Charles Max Wood
  • AJ ONeal

Special Guests: Kurt Mackey

In this episode, the JavaScript Jabber panel talks to Kurt Mackey about Fly.io. At Fly.io, they are "building a JavaScript platform that gives you the power to build your own CDN." They talk about how Fly.io came to fruition, how CDN caching works, and what happens when you deploy a Fly app. They also touch on resizing images with Fly, how you actually build JavaScript platforms using Fly, and more!

In particular, we dive pretty deep on:

  • Fly.io
  • Building a programmable CDN
  • High level overview of Fly.io
  • How did this project come together?
  • CDNs didn’t work with dynamic applications
  • Has been working on this since 2008
  • Extend application logic to the “edge”
  • Putting burden of JavaScript “nastiest” onto the web server
  • Fly is the proxy layer
  • Getting things closer to visitors and users
  • CDN caching
  • Cache APIs
  • Writing logic to improve your lighthouse score
  • Have you built in resizing images into Fly?
  • Managing assets closer to the user
  • Can you modify your own JavaScript files?
  • What happens when you deploy a Fly app
  • Having more application logic
  • DOM within the proxy
  • Ghost
  • React and Gatsby
  • Intelligently loading client JavaScript
  • How do you build the JavaScript platform?
  • And much, much more!

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JSJ 332: “You Learned JavaScript, Now What?” with Chris Heilmann

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Special Guests: Chris Heilmann

In this episode, the panel talks with programmer, Chris Heilmann. He has written books about JavaScript, in addition to writing a blog about it and is an educator about this program.  He currently resides in Berlin, Germany. Let’s welcome our special guest and listen to today’s episode!

Show Topics:

2:19 – Chuck talks.

2:41 – Chris: He has talked about JavaScript in Berlin upon an invitation. You can get five different suggestions about how to use JavaScript. The best practices, I have found, are on the projects I am on now. JavaScript was built in ten days. My goal is to help people navigate through JavaScript and help them feel not disenfranchised. 

5:47 – Aimee: The overall theme is...

5:54 – Panelist: I really like what you said about helping people not feeling disenfranchised.

6:47 – Chris: There is a lot of peer pressure at peer conferences

7:30 – Aimee chimes in with some comments.

7:50: Chris: I think we need to hunt the person down that put...

8:03 – Panelist: A good point to that is, I try to avoid comments like, “Well, like we ALL know...”

8:27 – Chris: There are things NOT to say on stage. It happens, but we don’t want to say certain things while we are teaching people. We are building products with different groups, so keep that in mind.

9:40 – Aimee: My experience in doing this is that I have found it very rewarding to share embarrassing experiences that I’ve had. My advice would to tell people to let their guard down. It’s encouraging for me.

10:26 – Chris: It helps to show that you are vulnerable and show that you are still learning, too. We are all learning together. 90% of our job is communicating with others.

11:05 – Chuck: Now, I do want to ask this...

11:35 – Chris answers.

12:24 – What makes you say that? (Question to Chris)

12:25 – Chris answers.

13:55 – Chuck: The different systems out there are either widely distributed or...

You will have to work with other people. There is no way that people can make that on their own. If you can’t work with other people, then you are a hindrance.

14:31 – Aimee chimes in.

14:53 – Chris: They have to be very self-assured. I want to do things that are at the next level. Each developer has his or her own story. I want to move up the chain, so I want to make sure these developers are self-assured.

16:07 – Chris: Back to the article...

18:26 – Chuck: Yes, I agree. Why go and fight creating a whole system when it exists.

18:54 – Chris chimes in with some comments.

19:38 – Panelist: I still use console logs.

19:48 – Chris: We all do, but we have to...

19:55 – Aimee: In the past year, I can’t tell you how much I rely on this. Do I use Angular? Do I learn Vue? All those things that you can focus on – tools.

10:21 – Chris: We are talking about the ethics of interfaces. Good code is about accessibility, privacy and maintainability, among others. Everything else is sugar on top. We are building products for other people.

22:10 – Chuck: That is the interesting message in your post, and that you are saying: having a deep, solid knowledge of React (that is sort of a status thing...). It is other things that really do matter. It’s the impact we are having. It’s those things that will make the difference. Those things people will want to work with and solves their problems.

23:00 – Chris adds his comments. He talks about Flash.

24:05 – Chris: The librarian motto: “I don’t know everything, but I can look “here” to find the answer.” We don’t know everything.

24:31 – Aimee: Learn how to learn.

24:50 – Chris: There is a big gap in the market. Scratch is a cool tool and it’s these puzzle pieces you put together. It was hard for me to use that system. No, I don’t want to do that. But if you teach the kids these tools then that’s good. 

24:56 – Chuck: Here is the link, and all I had to do was write React components.

26:12 – Chris: My first laptop was 5x more heavy then this one is. Having access to the Internet is a blessing.

27:24 – Advertisement

28:21 – Chuck: Let’s bring this back around. If someone has gone through boot camp, you are recommending that they get use to know their editor, debugging, etc.

Chris: 28:47 – Chris: Yes, get involved within your community. GitHub. This is a community effort. You can help. Writing code from scratch is not that necessary anymore. Why rebuild something if it works. Why fix it if it’s not broken?

31:00 – Chuck talks about his experience.

31:13 – Chris continues his thoughts.

Chris: Start growing a community.

32:01 – Chuck: What ways can people get involved within their community?

32:13 – Chris: Meetup. There are a lot of opportunities out there. Just going online and seeing where the conferences

34:08 – Chris: It’s interesting when I coach people on public speaking. Sharing your knowledge and learning experience is great!

34:50 – Chuck: If they are learning how to code then...by interacting with people you can get closer to what you need/want.

35:30 – Chris continues this conversation.

35:49 – Chris: You can be the person that helps with x, y, z. Just by getting your name known then you can get a job offer.

36:23 – Chuck: How do you find out what is really good content – what’s worth your time vs. what’s not worth your time?

36:36 –Chris says, “That’s tricky!” Chris answers the question.

37:19: Chris: The best things out there right now is...

38:45 – Chuck: Anything else that people want to bring up?

39:00 – Chris continues to talk.

42:26 – Aimee adds in her thoughts.

Aimee: I would encourage people to...

43:00 – Chris continues the conversation.

Chris: Each project is different, when I build a web app is different then when I build a...

45:07 – Panelist: I agree. You talked about abstractions that don’t go away. You use abstractions in what you use. At some point, it’s safe to rly on this abstraction, but not this one. People may ask themselves: maybe CoffeeScript wasn’t the best thing for me.

46:11 – Chris comments and refers to jQuery.

48:58 – Chris continues the conversation.

Chris: I used to work on eight different projects and they worked on different interfaces. I learned about these different environments. This is the project we are now using, and this will like it for the end of time. This is where abstractions are the weird thing. What was the use of the abstraction if it doesn’t have longevity? I think we are building things too soon and too fast.

51:04 – Chris: When I work in browsers and come up with brand new stuff.

52:21 – Panelist: Your points are great, but there are some additional things we need to talk about. Let’s take jQuery as an example. There is a strong argument that if you misuse the browser...

53:45 – Chris: The main issue I have with jQuery is that people get an immediate satisfaction. What do we do besides this?

55:58 – Panelist asks Chris further questions.

56:25 – Chris answers.

Chris: There are highly frequent websites that aren’t being maintained and they aren’t maintainable anymore.

57:09 – Panelist: Prototypes were invented because...

57:51 – Chris: It’s a 20/20 thing.

58:04 – Panelist: Same thing can be said about the Y2K.

58:20 – Panelist: Yes, they had to solve that problem that day. The reality is...

58:44 – Chris: We learned from that whole experience.

1:00:51 – Chris: There was a lot of fluff around it.

1:01:35 – Panelist: Being able to see the future would be a very helpful thing.

1:01:43 – Chris continues the conversation.

1:02:44 – Chuck: How do people get ahold of you?

1:03:04 – Twitter is probably the best way.

1:03:32 – Let’s go to picks!

1:03:36 - Advertisement

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JSJ 373: What Do You Need to Do to Get a Website Up?

Sponsors

Panel

  • Charles Max Wood

  • Aimee Knight

  • Chris Ferdinandi

  • AJ O’Neal

  • Joe Eames

Episode Summary

Today the panel discusses what is necessary to get a website up and how complicated or simple it needs to be. They mention different tools they like for static sites and ways to manage their builds and websites. They talk about why some people choose to host their websites and at what point the heavier tools become a concern. They discuss whan it is necessary to use those heavy tools. 

They caution listeners to beware of premature optimization, because sometimes businesses will take advantage of newer developers and make them think they need all these shiny bells and whistles, when there is a cheaper way to do it. It is important to keep the tools you work with simple and to learn them so that if you encounter a problem, you have some context and scope. The option of serverless website hosting is also discussed, as well as important things to know about servers.

The panel discusses what drives up the price of a website and if it is worth it to switch to a cheaper alternative. They discuss the pros and cons of learning the platform yourself versus hiring a developer. The importance of recording the things that you do on your website is mentioned. Several of the panelists choose to do this by blogging so that if you search for a problem you can find ones you’ve solved in the past.

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Aimee Knight:

Chris Ferdinandi:

 

AJ O’Neal:

Joe Eames:

  • Miniature painting

 




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MJS 117: The Devchat.tv Mission and Journey with Charles Max Wood

Sponsors

  • Sentry use the code “devchat” for 2 months free on Sentry small plan
  • CacheFly

Host: Charles Max Wood

Episode Summary

Charles talks about his journey as a podcaster and his mission with Devchat.tv. Devchat.tv  is designed to home podcasts that speak to all developer communities. Charles also plans Devchat.tv to host shows for technologies that are on the verge of a breakthrough and will be a lot more widely available in the near future such as Artificial Intelligence (AI), Internet of Things (IoT), Virtual Reality (VR) and Augmented Reality (AR). There are new shows being added continuously to reach out to new communities, some examples of which are: a Data Science show, a DevOps show and an Open Source show. As a kid, Charles would record his own shows on a tape recorder. He was always interested in technology. While studying Computer Engineering at Brigham Young University, he worked in the University's Operations Center. Upon graduation, he started working for Mozy where he was introduced to podcasts. Listen to the show to find out the rest of Charles' story, some of the lessons and tips he learned throughout his journey and the evolution of the shows on Devchat.tv. If there isn't a show for your community and you would like there one to be, reach out to Charles. Also if there was a podcast about a programming related subject that ended abruptly and you would like it to continue, reach out to Charles. Devchat.tv would like to host these podcasts.

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JSJ 383: What is JavaScript?

Sponsors

Panel

  • Charles Max Wood

  • Christopher Beucheler

  • Aimee Knight

Episode Summary

Today’s episode is an exploration of the question “What is JavaScript?”. Each of the panelists describes what they think JavaScript is, giving a definition for both technical and non-technical people. They talk about how the different layers of JavaScript tie into their definitions. They agree that it’s incorrect to call JavaScript one of the ‘easy’ programming languages and some of the challenges unique to JavaScript, such as the necessity of backwards compatibility and that it is used in tandem with CSS and HTML, which require a different thinking method. They discuss the disdain that some developers from other languages hold for JavaScript and where it stems from. They discuss methods to level up from beginner to mid level JavaScript programmer, which can be tricky because it is a rapidly evolving language. They revisit the original question, “What is Java Script?”, and talk about how their definition of JavaScript has changed after this discussion. They finish by talking about the story they want to tell with JavaScript, why they chose JavaScript, and what is it they are trying to do, create, become through using the language. They invite listeners to share their answers in the comments. 

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JSJ 385: What Can You Build with JavaScript?

Sponsors

Panel

  • Charles Max Wood

  • Christopher Beucheler

Episode Summary

Today Charles and Christopher discuss what can you do with JavaScript. They talk about the kinds of things they have used JavaScript to build. They discuss non-traditional ways that people might get into JavaScript and what first drew them to the language. They talk about the some of the non-traditional JavaScript options that are worth looking into. Christopher and Charles talk about some of the fascinating things that have been done with JavaScript, such as Amazon Alexa capabilities, virtual reality, and games. They spend some time talking about JavaScript usage in game creation and building AI. They talk about how they’ve seen JavaScript change and progress during their time as developers. They talk about areas besides web that they would be interested in learning more about and what kinds of things they would like to build in that area. They finish by discussing areas that they are excited to see improve and gain new capabilites. 

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JSJ 389: What Makes a 10x Engineer?

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Panel

  • Charles Max Wood

Episode Summary

In today’s show, Chuck talks about the recent tweet thread about 10x engineers. He goes through each of the points in the tweet and talks about each of them in turn. There are only two points he sort of agrees with, and believes the rest to be absolute garbage. One of the issues with this tweet is that it doesn’t define what a 10x engineer is. Defining a 10x engineer is difficult because it is also impossible to measure a truly average engineer because there are many factors that play into measuring productivity. Chuck turns the discussion to what a 10x engineer is to him and how to find one. A 10x engineer is dependent on the organization that they are a part of, because they are not simply found, they are made. When a 10x engineer is added to a team, the productivity of the entire team increases. Employers have to consider firstly what you need in your team and how a person would fit in. You want to avoid changing the entire culture of your organization. Consider also that a 10x engineer may be hired as a 2x engineer, but it is the employer that turns them into a 10x engineer. Overall, Chuck believes these tweets are asinine because it’s impossible to measure what makes a 10x engineer in the first place, and hiring a person that fits the attributes in the list would be toxic to your company. 

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You are what you eat [electronic resource] : literary probes into the palate / edited by Annette M. Magid




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You are what you hear [electronic resource] : how music and territory make us who we are / Harry Witchel

Witchel, Harry




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You did that on purpose [electronic resource] : understanding and changing children's aggression / Cynthia Hudley

Hudley, Cynthia




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The young and the digital [electronic resource] : what the migration to social-network sites, games, and anytime, anywhere media means for our future / S. Craig Watkins

Watkins, S. Craig (Samuel Craig)




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You're addicted to you [electronic resource] : why it's so hard to change--and what you can do about it / Noah Blumenthal

Blumenthal, Noah, 1972-




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Zapatistas [electronic resource] : the Chiapas revolt and what it means for radical politics / Mihalis Mentinis

Mentinis, Mihalis




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Zinc orthophosphate [electronic resource]

American Water Works Association




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As P Chidambaram and Yashwant Sinha duke it out, at least it's on issues that matter

As polls come closer arrows are flying thicker, faster, sharper. Some are of time-honoured design, others quite modern. Included in the first category is flaming a party leader as communal or dissing her for being in the Italians’ pocket.




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Marine pollution : what everyone needs to know / Judith S. Weis

Weis, Judith S., 1941-




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What is what in the nanoworld : a handbook on nanoscience and nanotechnology / Victor E. Borisenko and Stefano Ossicini

Borisenko, V. E. (Viktor Evgenʹevich)




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What is nanotechnology and why does it matter? : from science to ethics / Fritz Allhoff, Patrick Lin, and Daniel Moore

Allhoff, Fritz




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Nanostructured titanium dioxide materials : properties, preparation and applications / Alireza Khataee, G. Ali Mansoori

Khataee, A. R. (Ali Reza), 1977-