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[leieatsmen]

GOLDEN MIND, GOLDEN LIFE

✷ when it comes to manifesting self concept is the number one thing, would you go to the cinema without popcorn…? exactly self concept is what makes loa, loa.

✷ i could make countless posts, help people through anon, reblog, share success stories ect. but it all comes down to your sc.

✷ your manifestations feed off your mindset and what you tell yourself. if you’re telling yourself i’m so untalented, ugly ect. that is what’s going to solidify, whatever you say comes true even neville says it!

“the world is a mirror, forever reflecting what you are doing, within yourself.”

- you’re literally just self sabotaging if you look at yourself all day and bring yourself down

“an assumption, though false, if persisted in, will harden into fact.”

- question : do you think artists like beyoncé talk about how she can’t sing, dance, she’s untalented, she’s scared about how she might mess something up?

- no why would she be hyperfixating over something like that. take that advice and apply it to your own life, if you look in the mirror and find a pimple on your forehead talk about how clear your forehead is and how your pimple is gone and not how big and noticeable it is.

⤹

also no matter how far you are in your loa journey it’s okay to go back to the basics!!

- ASSUME - LIVE IN THE END - THE 3D CONFORMS

happy manifesting - lei

[eurovision-song-bracket]

Welcome to the Eurovision Song Bracket!

This will be a fairly large bracket, consisting of two "teams" of 68 songs for a total of 136 competitors!

The first team has been preselected, and will consist of all previous winners or popular vote winners if applicable.

This means that if your favorite song won, you do not need to submit them (a couple of exceptions apply, see list at the bottom/read more for details)

Submissions are closed!

Rules!

- Entries must have been a part of the main competition of Eurovision of any year (I might do a MGP mini bracket if the people want that)

- Once again, you do not need to submit winners, they are (mostly) automatically in. Again, see bottom for details and explanations.

- You may submit multiple songs, but please don't send the same song over and over.

- Propaganda is highly encouraged! There is a spot for it in the submission form, and adding it on to the poll itself or sending an ask is also allowed. You may send a DM, but I'll probably be slow to respond that way.

How it Works!

- There will be multiple brackets of 34 songs

- Each of the preselected winners will be randomly against one of the submitted songs. Pairings will be decided through number assignment and a random number generator.

- Vote for your favorite! I will include links to the songs in the poll so you can listen to both before voting. The winner will move onto the next round until we find the winner of that bracket.

- Once all brackets are complete, the winners of their individual brackets will go onto the finals to determine the (unofficial) Ultimate Eurovision Song Winner!

- There will be a preliminary around, as 1969 (hehe nice) had a four way tie, so we will need to determine which of those four will represent that year!

Tagging some other brackets to get the word out

@animalcrossingshowdown @ultimate-soup-showdown @least-sexy-man-competition @soulmatebracket @irlcats-bracket @little-cat-showdown @bestvegetablepoll @baby-brawl-bracket @died-but-not-dead-tournament @unusannusbracket

Click the read more for the list of songs that are automatically in the bracket!

(The colors are just to make it less of a wall of text and easier to read)

(Please let me know if a different color would work better)

1956 - “Refrain” by Lys Assia (Switzerland)

1957 - “Net Als Toen” by Corry Brokken (Netherlands)

1958 - “Dors, Mon Amour” by André Claveau (France)

1959 - “Een Beetje” by Teddy Scholten (Netherlands)

1960 - “Tom Pillibi” by Jacqueline Boyer (France)

1961 - “Nous Les Amoureux” by Jean-Claude Pascal (Luxembourg) 1962 - “Un Premier Amour” by Isabelle Aubret” (France)

1963 - “Dansevise” by Grethe and Jøren Ingmann (Denmark)

1964 - “Non ho l'età” by Gigliola Cinquetti (Italy)

1965 - “Poupée de cire, poupée de son” by France Gall (Luxembourg) 1966 - “Merci, Chérie” by Udo Jürgens (Austria)

1967 - “Puppet on a String” by Sandie Shaw (UK)

1968 - “La la la” by Massiel (Spain)

1969 – [FOUR WAY TIE – SPAIN UK NETHERLANDS FRANCE, PRELIM POLL] “Vivo Cantando” by Salomé (Spain) ; “Boom Bang-a-Bang” by Lulu (UK) ; “De Troubadour” by Lenny Kuhr (Netherlands) ; “Un jour, un enfant” by Frida Bocara (France)

1970 - “All Kinds of Everything” by Dana (Ireland)

1971 - “Un banc, un arbre, une rue” by Séverine (Monaco)

1972 - “Après Toi” by Vicky Leandros (Luxembourg)

1973 - “Tu te reconnaîtras” by Anne-Marie David (Luxembourg)

1974 - “Waterloo” by ABBA (Sweden)

1975 - “Ding a Dong” by Teach-in (Netherlands)

1976 - “Save Your Kisses For Me” by Brotherhood of Man (UK)

1977 - “L'Oiseau et l'Enfant” by Marie Myriam (France)

1978 - “א-ב-ני-בי / A-Ba-Ni-Bi” by Izhar Cohen and the Alphabeta (Israel)

1979 - “הללויה /Hellelujah” by Milk and Honey (Israel)

1980 - “What's Another Year” by Johnny Logan (Ireland)

1981 - “Making Your Minds Up” by Bucks Fizz (UK)

1982 - “Ein bißchen Frieden” by Nicole (Germany)

1983 -Si la vie est cadeau” by Corinne Hermès (Luxembourg)

1984 - “Diggi-Loo Diggi-Ley” by Herreys (Sweden)

1985 - “La det swinge” By Bobbysocks! (Norway)

1986 - “J'aime la vie” by Sandra Kim (Belgium)

1987 – “Laß die Sonne in dein Herz“ by Wind (Germany) [REPEAT WIN BY JOHNNY LOGAN(Ireland), USING 2ND PLACE]

1988 - “Ne partez pas sans moi” Céline Dion (Switzerland)

1989 - “Rock Me” by Riva (Yugoslavia)

1990 - “Insieme: 1992” by Toto Cutugno (Italy)

1991 – “Fångad av en stormvind” by Carola (Sweden)

1992 - “Why Me?” by Linda Martin (Ireland)

1993 - “In Your Eyes” Niamh Kavanagh (Ireland)

1994 - “Rock 'n' Roll Kids” Paul Harrington and Charlie McGettigan (Ireland)

1995 - “Nocturne” by Secret Garden (Norway)

1996 - “The Voice” by Eimear Quinn (Ireland)

1997 - “Love shine a Light” by Katrina and the Waves (UK)

1998 - “דיווה /Diva” by Dana International (Israel)

1999 - “Take Me to Your Heaven” by Charlotte Nilsson (Sweden)

2000 - “Fly on the Wings of Love” by Olsen Brothers (Denmark)

2001 - “Everybody” by Tanel Padar, Dave Benton, and 2XL (Estonia)

2002 - “I wanna” by Marie N (Latvia)

2003 - “Everyway That I Can” by Sertab Erener (Turkey)

2004 - “Wild Dances” by Ruslana (Ukraine)

2005 - “My Number One” by Helena Paparizou (Greece)

2006 - “Hard Rock Hallelujah” by Lordi (Finland)

2007 - “Молитва / Molitva” by Marija Šerifović (Serbia)

2008 - “Believe” by Dima Bilan (Russia)

2009 - “Fairytale” By Alexander Rybak (Norway)

2010 - “Satellite” by Lena (Germany)

2011 - “Running Scared” by Ell and Nikki (Azerbaijan)

2012 - “Euphoria” by Loreen (Sweden)

2013 - “Only Teardrops” by Emmelie de Forest (Denmark)

2014 - “Rise Like a Phoenix” by Conchita Wurst (Austria)

2015 - “Heroes” by Måns Zelmerlöw (Sweden)

2016 - “1944” by Jamala (Ukraine)

2017 - “Amar pelos dois” by Salvador Sobral (Portugal)

2018 - “Toy” by Netta (Israel)

2019 - “Arcade” by Duncan Laurence (Netherlands)

2020 – [CANCELLED]

2021 - “Zitti e buoni” by Måneskin (Italy)

2022 - “Стефанія / Stefania” by Kalush Orchestra (Ukraine)

2023 - “Cha Cha Cha” by Käärijä (Finland) [Second highest popular vote ever, also repeat win by Loreen(Sweden)]

[mariacallous]

Moldova’s National Anticorruption Centre, CNA, said on Wednesday it has imposed fines worth over 2 million lei [over 100,000 euros] for electoral corruption just four days before the second round of the presidential election in which the pro-Western incumbent, Maia Sandu, is fighting to secure a second term.

The CNA added that it has received about 1,000 reports of electoral corruption and said that a fine of 25,000  to 37,500 lei [around 1,900 euros] is stipulated for such offences.

According to the authorities, these are the largest fines for electoral corruption ever applied in Moldova. They come against a background of major fraud attempts and a system of votes-for-payment set up by the fugitive Russia-based oligarch Ilan Shor in a scheme coordinated with Moscow.

“The voter corruption scheme was developed by Russian special services,” Moldova’s General Prosecutor, Ion Munteanu, said on Monday about the allegations being investigated by police.

He added that “the mechanism has been implemented by the Shor criminal organisation”, starting from the spring of 2024.

“Members of the network are paid monthly to pay voters to vote for a certain candidate, which was announced the day before the current October 20 election by members of the Victory bloc” – a bloc de facto led by Shor – Munteanu said.

According to the CNA, passive electoral corruption involves voters claiming or receiving, personally or through an intermediary, goods, services, privileges or advantages that are not due to them, to vote a certain way in elections.

“Persons who offer money to influence the results of an election risk from one to five years in prison and a fine of over 50,000 lei [2,500 euros], and the illegal financing of political parties from prohibited sources is punishable by up to six years of prison and with a fine of over 67,000 lei [around 3,400 euros],” the CNA warned.

In September, police opened a criminal case into an electoral corruption scheme led by Shor to hijack the October 20 presidential election and simultaneous constitutional referendum.

They have identified more than 130,000 members of the organisation, including persons responsible for polling stations, campaigners and simple enforcers of order in the electoral process. Authorities estimate that when investigations are completed, the number of those involved in the scheme will likely exceed 300,000.

In the second round of the presidential elections on Sunday, pro-EU incumbent Sandu faces former MP and Prosecutor-General Alexandr Stoianoglo, the candidate of the pro-Russian Socialist Party.

Sandu won the first round on October 20 with roughly 42.5 per cent, and also claimed a knife-edge win in a referendum to enshrine Moldova’s European Union accession ambition in the country’s constitution. Stoianoglo got around 27 per cent of the vote in the first round.

Stoianoglo is currently embroiled in a number of criminal cases including charges of passive corruption, false statements and abuse of office. He denies any wrongdoing.

[ao3feed-dilucnkaeya]

Butterfly Effect

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by oreganocactus

“He should be fine. He’s always been especially close to the you in this world anyways. Maybe Jean, on a good day, but he definitely won’t be spilling any secrets, what with the number of friends he has.”

“What are the differences for the two of us here, now that you mention it?” Kaeya asks out of sheer curiosity. “I’ve of course noticed differences in his treatment and actions, but if you know the details I’d be much obliged for the answer.”

“That…” The bard’s gaze grows shifty. “You should ask him that yourself, Sir Knight. It isn’t the kind of thing someone like me should say.”

A ley line incident has Kaeya swapping universes with another version of himself.

Words: 11824, Chapters: 1/1, Language: English

Fandoms: 原神 | Genshin Impact (Video Game)

Rating: General Audiences

Warnings: No Archive Warnings Apply

Categories: Gen

Characters: Diluc (Genshin Impact), Kaeya (Genshin Impact), Jean (Genshin Impact), Venti (Genshin Impact)

Relationships: Diluc & Kaeya (Genshin Impact)

Additional Tags: Alternate Universe - Canon Divergence, Isekai and Transmigration, Alternate Universe - Character Swap, Hurt/Comfort, Ley Line Shenanigans (Genshin Impact)

[the-clockwork-three]

Day 12: Possession and Mutations

Tags: @charlataninred @rusalkaandtheshepherdgirl @bella-daonna @unseeliethot @grimalkinsquill

Written version under the cut

Dia daoibh, mo chairde! Today we will cover mutations in Irish through the possessive pronouns. Possessive pronouns are my, your, his, her, our, your (pl), and their. In Irish they are: 

Mo, do, a, a, ár, bhur, a

The eagle eyed among you may have noticed that three of those words are the same. How would one tell the difference between his coat and her coat? That's where mutations come in.

Séimhiú:

Also known as lenation in English

A seimhiú is a h that slips just after the first consonant in a word and the rest of the word. This softens the sound of that first syllable, as we talked about yesterday. So “bord” (table) becomes “bhord”, and as séimhiú can also be applied to consonant clusters,  “gruaig” (hair) becomes “ghruaig”. Words starting with L, N, R, H, vowels, and some S clusters (specifically SC, SM, SP, and ST) do not take a séimhiú, however every other letter does. You can remember this by the mnemonic Elenenor (L,N,R).

When do you use a séimhiú? With the prepositions do (to), faoi (under), ó (from), sa (in the) and a few others. Sa becomes san in front of vowels, and because FH is silent and sa gives it a séimhiú, we use san in front of words starting with F followed by a vowel. Eg. sa theach (in the house), san uisce (in the water), san fhuineóg (in the window). They also occur in some circumstances with verbs and numbers. Do not worry about this for now.

What we care about now is how they work with possessive pronouns. Words after mo (my), do (your singular), a (his) all take a séimhiú. For the sake of example I will use the word cotá  which is coat, so my coat would be “mo chota”. Also notice how in yesterday’s seanfhocail, “tinteán” goes to  “do thinteán”, and to open this lesson I said “mo chairde” when friends is normally just cairde. Once you begin to notice how séimhiú works you will see them everywhere, which is good for learning how to use it.

Urú

Or eclipses in English 

An urú is a letter that goes before a word, eclipsing or overshadowing the original first letter. The letter a word takes as an urú is dependent on its first letter. Not all letters take an urú. A mnemonic for remembering urú is given below:

My Brother

Got Caught

Not Doing

Dishes Tonight

Nobody Gets

Blueberry Pie

Before He Finishes

Or for a word starting with B, such as bord, gets an urú of an M, forming “mbord”, so on so forth. Again, this works for consonant clusters too, so gruaig becomes ngrauig. The only notable thing from the mnemonic is the last line, as words beginning with F get an urú of BH, such as “bhfinneog”.

When do you use urú? Well it goes after many prepositions when paired with the definite article “an”. “Ag an” (belonging to the), ar an (on the), leis an (with the), faoin (under the), and ón (from the) all apply urú. Urús are also applied after the word i (in), which like sa becomes in before a vowel. And again, some situations of counting and verbs take urú, however we will come back to this. 

So we use urú when we are talking about ár (our), bhur (your) and a (their) stuff, meaning our coat is “ár gcotá”.

What about a (her)? Well the word just stays the same, so it would be “a cota”.

For words beginning in a vowel, such as “each”  for horse, there are different rules. Mo and do drop their Os and become m’ and d’, forming “m’each” and “d’each”. A (his) does nothing, “a each”, a (hers) adds a “h” to the front of the word “a heach”, and ár, bhur, and a (their) add an “n-” to form “ár n-each”, “bhur n-each”, and “a n-each”.

And what if you wanted to describe possession without a possessive pronoun? How would one say “the man’s coat”? Well, you would say “cota an fhir”. However the word for man is usually ��fear” not “fir”. The noun that the object belongs to is put into the tuiseal ginideach, or the genitive case. We have a whole lesson on the genitive coming up so do not worry about it for now. 

Unfortunately, the only way to get good at using mutations is to practice. You will just have to make a conscious effort to notice which words take urú or séimhiú when reading and when writing. 

Final test! If geata means gate, how would you say your (sing) gate, or your (pl) gate. And what does “a geata” mean?

Today’s seanfhocail is “Aithníonn ciaróg ciaróg eile” which means “One beetle recognises another beetle” or “Takes one to know one”. 

I’ll see you tomorrow for the evil, but necessary, world of how to conjugate verbs. Slán libh!

[coochiequeens]

“Ley Trans” will allow a legal sex change in four months from applying to anyone older than 11, without having to visit a doctor or take cross-sex hormones.” Reblog if you would rather be called a “transphobe” than be ok with sex change surgeries on children

By Andreia Nobre Feb 9, 2023

On February 8, 2023, the Spanish senate��approved the “Ley Trans” law with 144 votes.

“Ley Trans” will allow a legal sex change in four months from applying to anyone older than 11, without having to visit a doctor or take cross-sex hormones.” There were 108 votes against the new law, which will be sent to the congress for final approval a week later.

The opposition to the Ley Trans in Spain, which includes several political parties and feminist groups, claims that the senate ignored the concerns raised in other European countries. They are referring to cases such as the Scottish self-id law, which was approved in a similar manner last December, with “minimal and technical modifications” - and then subjected to a block by Westminster. The opposition to the Ley Trans include the political parties Partido Popular (PP), Vox, Ciudadanos (CS) and Unión del Pueblo Navarro (UPN) who urged the Spanish government to "look at the countries around us" such as Finland, Sweden or the United Kingdom. They claim that these countries “advanced with these laws and now are not only ‘putting the brakes on’ them, but are also amending them” to address the concerns raised.

The opposition cited the closing of Tavistock gender clinic in the UK, and the growing number of people who have been harmed by the “affirmative model” for “gender dysphoria” and say that “their lives are infinitely worse because they suffer from depression or suicide attempts.” Giving Sweden as an example, the opposition warned about the dangers of hormonal and medical treatments for minors, which have now been stopped in the country. El Mundo journal cited Reem Alsalem, UN Special Rapporteur, who said in an interview for the same paper “It is very dangerous that children can change their bodies without any restrictions.”

Alsalem, whose statements were brought by the party PP to the senate, also spoke about “self-identification” with the opposite sex, saying that "women's rights may once again be limited” and that "individual will is not enough" to deal with “gender identity.”

The UN Rapporteur also expressed concern about people losing their jobs for talking about sex-based rights.” Spanish feminist group Alianza Contra el Borrado de las Mujeres (Against Female Erasure Alliance) released a statement on the day the law was approved in Senate saying that the “the parallels in the processing, content and objectives of the Law of ‘Yes is Yes’ and the Ley Trans are disturbing."

Contra El Borrado points out that both laws “violate regulations and international treaties in force that protect the rights of women and children.”

[sonalj]

ITR 5 Explained: Tips for Smooth Tax Returns

What is the ITR 5 Form and How to File ITR 5? The ITR 5 Form is designed for firms, BOIs, LLPs, AJP, AOPs, the estate of insolvent or deceased, investment funds, business trusts, local authorities, and co-operative societies.

Filing Income Tax Returns (ITR) can be a difficult task, especially when faced with various forms and their specific requirements. The Income Tax Department of India has introduced different forms to streamline the process, making it easier and more convenient for taxpayers to file their returns accurately.

Among these, the ITR 5 form is designed for a specific class of taxpayers, including firms, Bodies of Individuals (BOIs), Limited Liability Partnerships (LLPs), and several other entities. Knowing which form applies to your source of income is crucial for ensuring compliance and avoiding penalties

What is the ITR 5 Form, and Who is Eligible for it? The ITR Form 5 is a form suitable for bodies such as firms, Body of Individuals (BOIs), Limited Liability Partnerships (LLPs), Artificial Juridical Persons (AJP), Associations of Persons (AOPs), the estate of insolvent, the estate of deceased, investment fund, business trust, local authority, and co-operative society for filing the ITR. Any individual or entity belonging to the aforementioned categories is eligible for ITR 5 filing.

Notable changes in the ITR-5 Form in AY 2024-25 The Income Tax Department has introduced some refinements to the ITR-5 Form for Assessment Year (AY) 2024-25 to improve transparency and align with recent legislative changes. Here are the key updates:

Additional information requirements for the ITR-5 Form as per the Income Tax Department:

Legal Entity Identifier (LEI) details (if applicable) Acknowledgement number for the Audit Report and Unique Document Identification Number (UDIN) (for audited cases) Disclosures related to cash receipts (to claim the enhanced turnover limit) Details about delayed payments to MSMEs (Micro, Small and Medium Enterprises) beyond the prescribed time limit Information on contributions made to political parties under Schedule 80GGC

[ashleysingermfablog]

Wk 16, 25th of May, 2024 Research

Ley Lines

From the text: Ley Lines by Katherine Scardifield…

Left and Right: Katherine Scardifield, Ley lines, 2022, photographic image

Ley Lines is a research and exhibition project exploring connections and tracing thread lines between Scotland and Australia. The project seeks to unearth hidden narratives of people and places from within institutional collections, employing a celestial metaphor to reimagine historical objects relating to civic identity, map making and territory charting.

Commissioned by Panel (Glasgow) and created by Kate Scardifield, Ley Lines was developed through a period of collection and archival research during a residency in U.K. supported by Creative Scotland, and through a Research Fellowship with the Museum of Applied Arts & Sciences (MAAS) and Sydney Observatory.

The project uncovered significant artefacts including union banners and maritime signal flags held across six distinct museum collections, and a number of astronomical instruments brought to Australia from Scotland in the 19th Century by the astronomer and former Governor of NSW, Thomas Brisbane (1773-1860). A body of creative work was developed spanning textiles, video and sculpture, including a series of digital prints on velvet and silk produced in collaboration with the School of Textiles and Design, Heriot Watt University.

The outcomes of the project include a touring exhibition presented at four venues in the U.K. The exhibition includes a changing selection of historic material loaned specifically for each venue, allowing new and distinct local narratives to come to light in context with the commissioned work. Soft Chorus, a work developed as part of the commission, comprises of eight unique textiles dyed with native Australian plant material from Parramatta Park, Western Sydney. The work acknowledges the Traditional Custodians of Country, and pays respect to Elders past, present and future.

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Legal Entity Identifier (LEI) number is a global reference code that helps to identify every legal entity involved in a financial transaction, in any jurisdiction.

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How Do I Get An ISIN Number?

If you're looking to issue securities, whether it's stocks, bonds, or other financial instruments, you'll need an ISIN number. An International Securities Identification Number (ISIN) is a unique identifier for a security that is used worldwide. In this blog, we'll answer your question “how do I get an ISIN number”.

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[dilesxpressions]

Ada Lei

1. Name, Year, Major, and Hometown

My name is Ada Lei, and I'm a 3rd Year Human Biology major from SF.

2. What’s your roman empire?

My roman empire is Stephanie Soo's podcasts on true crime, or stargazing and moon phases

3. What is the best compliment you have ever received?

Someone told me that they value their time spent with me, and conversations with me enrich them and widen their perspective

4. If your life was a movie what genre would it be (comedy, horror, drama, etc.) and what actor would play you?

If my life was a movie genre, it would be slice of life and I'd be the main actress.

5. What is something on your college bucket list?

Graduating is number one on my college bucket list.

6. What’s your guilty pleasure? (song, movie, food etc.)

My guilty pleasure is eating lots of dark chocolate, even though it breaks me out. I also can't get away from competing in Val, even though it takes away so much time.

7. What are your bad habits?

Procrastination is my worst bad habit.

8. What are your favorite song lyrics?

My favorite lyrics include: "You know us boys, we smokin' on the Boners, no homo" or "I'm shootin' bitches with my super soaker, I told ya."

9. Defend your unpopular opinion/ hot take

I think guys that are walking red flags are hot. I have no defense.

10. Describe a time where you had to step up and be a leader?

To describe a time where I had to step up and be a leader, I will answer with my experience being the founder and president of Davis Triceratops, a large registered student organization at UC Davis. I carried out the responsibilities of building a club from the ground up. As part of my role, I oversee several departments that I defined, including a production, social media, and graphics team. In having many different teams with different roles and responsibilities, I learned about the need to rely on others and to delegate tasks to various department heads and team members, so as to relieve pressure on myself and promote collaborative success. I learned what it means to be a leader and to serve as an example for those around me, fostering an environment where others are motivated to exert equal effort. I actively facilitate weekly meetings to systematically address pertinent issues within the club, propose viable solutions, and institute a framework that lays the groundwork for a more structured future. Additionally, I engage in being flexible and hearing feedback from the team and community to apply myself better towards improving everyone’s overall experiences. I regularly engage in running various events, such as daily scavenger hunts for little crocheted dinos, campus clean ups, and seasonal events such as Easter egg hunts and Halloween scavenger hunts. Most importantly, I learned to persevere and persist through feelings of burnout, doubt, and being overwhelmed, despite having the pressures of around 15% of students being on my shoulders.

[writing--references]

kī / ti: Cordyline fruticosa, a native shrub used for thatching, food wrappers, hula skirts, sandals; alcohol is distilled from the roots

It was planted around one's hale or house to ward off evil spirits. It was plentiful because it would be used in cooking and aesthetically for serving food or beautifying a display of any kind. Soaked in cool water and applied to the forehead would immediately chase away a head ache. If worn around you neck it would immediately cool the entire body. To give a ti leaf lei is a sign of great respect. It is often worn at graduations, weddings and other ceremonial events. It can also be a sign of something lasting.

In ancient Hawaiʻi the plant was thought to have great spiritual power; only kahuna (shamans) and aliʻi (chiefs) were able to wear leaves around their necks during certain ritual activities. Ti was sacred to the god of fertility and agriculture Lono, and the goddess of the forest and the hula dance, Laka. Ti leaves were also used to make lei, and to outline borders between properties it was also planted at the corners of the home to keep evil spirits away. To this day some Hawaiians plant tī near their houses to bring good luck. The leaves are also used for lava sledding. A number of leaves are lashed together and people ride down hills on them. The leaves were also used to make items of clothing including skirts worn in dance performances. The Hawaiian hula skirt is a dense skirt with an opaque layer of at least fifty green leaves and the bottom (top of the leaves) shaved flat.

In Hawaii, the roots mixed with water and fermented are also distilled into an alcoholic beverage known as ʻŌkolehao. It's forerunner was a fermented ti root beverage or beer. When distillation techniques were introduced by English seamen in 1790, it was distilled into a highly alcoholic spirit.

[mariacallous]

After officially hiking tariffs on Chinese electric vehicle imports earlier this month, the US government is getting even more serious about keeping China-made autos out of the country. On Monday, the US Commerce Department proposed a new rule that would ban some Chinese- and Russian-made automotive hardware and software from the US, with software restrictions starting as early as 2026.

The Biden administration says the move is needed for national security reasons, given how central technology is to today’s increasingly sophisticated cars. In announcing the proposed ban, Commerce Secretary Gina Raimondo cited vehicles’ internet-connected cameras, microphones, and GPS equipment. “It doesn't take much imagination to understand how a foreign adversary with access to this information could pose a serious risk to both our national security and the privacy of US citizens,” she said.

The US government’s move comes as China has dramatically increased the number of affordable vehicles, and especially electric ones, it makes and sells overseas. Chinese auto exports grew by more than 30 percent in just the first half of this year, setting off alarm bells in Europe and the US, where officials worry inexpensively made Chinese vehicles could overwhelm domestic industry. The US and Europe had moved to make it harder and more expensive for China to sell its autos in those regions, but the Chinese automakers have responded by setting up manufacturing bases in Eastern Europe, Africa, and Mexico—all of which might one day provide a loophole to allow more Chinese-designed and engineered vehicles into new Western markets.

Still, the proposed rule focuses on security rather than competition. Raimondo had previously raised the specter of foreign actors using hijacked connected car technology to cause mayhem on the US public roads. “Imagine if there were thousands or hundreds of thousands of Chinese connected vehicles on American roads that could be immediately and simultaneously disabled by somebody in Beijing,” she said in February.

That situation isn’t quite realistic, given how few Chinese and Russian firms supply automotive software or hardware in the US right now. A proposed software and hardware ban is more preemptive than a response to any immediate security risk, says Steve Man, the global head of auto research at Bloomberg Intelligence, a research and advisory firm. “PRC and Russian automakers do not currently play a significant role in the US auto market, and US drivers right now are safe,” a senior Biden administration official told WIRED.

Because the rule would apply to any connected vehicle, not just electric ones, it would create even stronger prohibitions against Chinese-made auto tech. "If the 100 percent tariffs on made-in-China EVs were a wall, the proposed ban on connected vehicles would be a death sentence for China EV Inc. aiming to enter the US,” says Lei Xing, the former chief editor at China Auto Review and an independent analyst. Under such a rule, he says, the prospects of seeing Chinese EVs on sale in the US in the coming decade is “nearly zero.”

If finalized, the new rule would only apply to automotive hardware and software able to receive or process radio frequency communications, and software integrated into vehicles’ automated driving systems, the Commerce Department says. It would not apply to autos’ “passive” parts, including fasteners and plastic covers. The rules would begin to take effect in model year 2027 vehicles and be fully implemented by 2030.

The rule will now move to a public comment period, and the Commerce Department would likely finalize it before President Joe Biden leaves office in early 2025.

The US auto industry seems to believe the rules are a step in the right direction. In a statement, John Bozzella, the president and CEO of the Alliance for Automotive Innovation trade group, called the government's process of developing the proposed rules “thoughtful.” While their lead time would allow some auto manufacturers to find new software and hardware suppliers, he said, “the required transition but may be too short for others.”

​​Chinese tech and auto companies—including Huawei, Tencent, Baidu, BYD, and Geely—have invested heavily in developing their own software and hardware for self-driving cars. But so far these products are almost all used on cars sold in the Chinese markets.

The US government has used similar logic to push back against the incursion of other Chinese technology in the US. In 2022, it banned the approval of some equipment from the Chinese telecommunications firms Huawei and ZTE, also citing national security concerns. This spring, President Joe Biden signed a law that would force TikTok’s parent company, the Chinese firm ByteDance, to divest from the social media app or face a ban. TikTok has challenged the law in court.

The US government’s proposed ban on Chinese connected vehicle software is similar, says Man, the auto analyst. “This is a TikTok move,” he says.