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A Victim for the Twentieth Century
April 19, 2000 | TFP.org
Mother Mariana of Jesus Torres y Berriochoa
During the fifteenth and sixteenth centuries there lived in Quito, Ecuador, a Spanish nun whose little-known but extraordinary life has a direct connection with our days. Mother Mariana of Jesus Torres y Berriochoa, a nun of the Conceptionist Order, surpassed the already strict discipline of her congregation in the traditional penances she undertook. Beyond even those, she lovingly accepted unprecedented sacrifices and sufferings directly asked of her by Our Lord and Our Lady.
Her frequent contact with heavenly beings and her supernatural sufferings stand in such contrast to the ways of our impious century and are so extraordinary in themselves that a word needs to be said of their credentials.
Mother Mariana left a full written account of her life at the command of her superiors. This account was approved by the Most Reverend Pedro de Oviedo, Quito’s tenth bishop, who was privileged to know and direct her. Additionally, with fresh memories of all the extraordinary facts not only of her life but also of those of her eight holy companions, the Franciscan Fathers who had been their spiritual directors and brothers wrote their biographies.
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In 1650, fifteen years after Mother Mariana’s death, Diego Rodríguez Docampo published a story of her life endorsed by an official document from the King of Spain and the Royal Court of Quito.
Between 1760 and 1770, after new facts and more abundant documentation surfaced, Fr. Bartholomew Ochoa de Alacano, O.F.M., a Spaniard living in Quito, published a series of articles that formed a large volume about Mother Mariana. This work received widespread circulation and enthusiastic response in the Franciscan monasteries of Spain and Portugal. This book includes chronicles from the convent and the sermon preached by Bishop Oviedo at Mother Mariana’s funeral.
In 1790, Fr. Manuel Souza Pereira, O.F.M., published an extensive work based on the earlier documents. Father Souza Pereira, of illustrious Portuguese lineage, joined the military as a young man. A series of Providential events and several apparitions of Mother Mariana of Jesus convinced him that his true calling was to the Franciscan Order. Later, having been sent to Quito, he became known there for the austerity of his life and solid virtue. A decisive moment for him was an invitation to accompany his Bishop into the Papal cloister where his holy protectress had lived and died. There he traced her footsteps and venerated her incorrupt body. With his heart aflame, he vowed not to rest until he had finished a complete account of what he was to title The Admirable Life of Mother Mariana of Jesus. It is largely on this account that we have based this article.
Learn All About the Prophecies of Our Lady of Good Success About Our Times
One day in the year 1582, a young nun prayed before the Blessed Sacrament in the choir of her convent in Quito. Suddenly, she heard a terrifying rumble and saw the church enveloped in a thick, smoke-filled darkness. The main altar alone remained illuminated, as if in broad daylight. There, the tabernacle door swung open and our crucified Lord came forth, nailed to a life-size cross. The Blessed Virgin Mary, Saint John the Evangelist, and Saint Mary Magdalen stood by, as on Calvary. Our Lord was agonizing.
The young nun heard a voice: “This punishment is for the twentieth century.” Then she saw three swords hanging over Our Lord’s head, each with an inscription. On the first was written, “I shall punish heresy”; on the second, “I shall punish blasphemy”; and on the third, “I shall punish impurity.”
Then the Blessed Virgin addressed the young nun: “My daughter, do you wish to sacrifice yourself for these people?”
“I am ready,” responded the nun. At that, the three swords plunged into the nun’s heart, and she fell dead by the violence of the pain.
Is this a fairy-tale? An incredible allegory? The fantastic figment of someone’s fertile imagination? No, these are facts.
God occasionally visits the earth with the “magic touch” of His omnipotence. By Divine discretion He makes an exception to the earthly standards of everyday and introduces the extraordinary. We learn of His interventions and miracles as if the veil of Faith is lifted a little, and we get a glimpse of Heaven, helping us feel closer to our celestial home.
Many claim to have received this magic touch, yet just a few bear the august mark of authenticity, which is usually a purifying process of the favored soul through acute suffering.
In the year 1563 a little girl was born to Don Diego Torres and Dona Maria Berriochoa, both noble Spaniards and fervent Catholics. At the baptismal font the girl, their first child, received the name of Mariana Francisca. This privileged girl was singled out by Divine Providence from her earliest days. To begin, she was graced with a rare angelical beauty.
As she grew, her one fascination was Jesus hidden in the Blessed Sacrament, before Whom she knelt for hours even at the age of six. Because of her spiritual maturity, her confessor allowed her to receive Communion at nine years, an age then considered very early for first communicants.
So intense was Mariana’s joy at this first meeting with her Sacramental God that she swooned and fell into a deep faint. During this “faint” she saw Our Lord Jesus as a young boy of her own age placing a beautiful ring on her finger, claiming her for Himself. Mariana readily accepted this proposal. The Blessed Virgin Mary and Saint Joseph witnessed the event and stood as sponsors to this “engagement.”
In this same vision the Blessed Virgin showed her that she was destined to belong to her Order of the Immaculate Conception. This order had recently been founded by another privileged soul, Saint Beatrix da Silva, a Portuguese woman of noble lineage.
The Order of the Immaculate Conception
The great love of Saint Beatrix was the Immaculate Conception of the Mother of God. After many sufferings and difficulties, she founded this new order to honor this exalted privilege of Mary Most Holy, centuries before it was declared a dogma of our Faith.
The new order adopted the Franciscan rule and took Saint Francis of Assisi as their mentor and father. Their habit is white and blue, the colors of the Immaculate Conception, with a black veil.
A Request from the Colony of Ecuador
Some influential and pious ladies in the then Spanish colony of Ecuador learned of this recently established order. Delighted with the new institute’s devotion, these ladies wished to have it established in Quito, their country’s capital.
They submitted their request for this to King Philip II of Spain. Acceding to their petition, he named a nun of great virtue, Mother Maria of Jesus Taboada, to head the foundation of the new convent. This virtuous and holy nun, an aunt of Mariana, was to be accompanied by six other nuns, all women of great merit and solid virtue. They were Mothers Francisca of the Angels, Anne of the Conception, Lucy of the Cross, Magdalen of Saint John, Catherine of the Conception, and Maria of the Incarnation.
Mariana was then just nine years old, but God wished to pluck this rose before it even budded. One day as she received Holy Communion He again appeared to her and told her that He wished her to leave her father’s house and to embrace His cross in a far-off land.
Mariana understood that she was to go with her aunt as part of the expedition to found the order of the Immaculate Conception in the Americas. Burning with love for her crucified Jesus, she had already reached that stage of love where sufferings pose no obstacle.
Broken hearted but resigned, her most Christian parents gave her over to her holy aunt, who now promised to be her true mother.
The devil could not bear the thought of this foundation being accomplished. No sooner had the nuns’ ship left port than a terrible tempest, the likes of which had seldom been seen before, overtook them. The sky changed from clearest day to the darkest night. The frightened sailors did not know what to do and thought all was lost. In fact, the ship seemed doomed.
It was then that both aunt and niece saw in the raging waters a horrible and gigantic snake with seven heads, attempting to destroy the ship. Mariana screamed at seeing this and lost consciousness. Mother Maria prayed to God with all her soul, asking that if He truly willed that the foundation be accomplished, He quell the storm.
As soon as Mother Maria said this prayer, Mariana opened her eyes and the light of day overcame the darkness. But a terrible voice was heard: “I will not allow this foundation to come about; I will not allow it’s progress; I will not allow it to endure to the end of time; I will persecute it.”
Mother Maria knew that Mariana had seen something during her faint and, retiring with her to a secluded place, asked her to relate all she had been shown.
“I don’t know where I have been, my Mother,” answered the girl, “but I saw a serpent bigger than the sea, twisting and contorting itself. Then I saw a lady of incomparable beauty, garbed with the sun and crowned with stars and with a babe in her arms. On the lady’s breast I saw a monstrance with the Blessed Sacrament. In one of her hands she held a golden cross having a lance point. Anchoring the lance over the Blessed Sacrament and in the infant’s hand, she struck at the serpent’s head with such force that it was completely split. At that moment the serpent cried out all his horrible threats about not allowing the founding of the Order of the Immaculate Conception.”
Mother Maria understood all that this vision signified and was later to have a large medal cast depicting the scene. To this day, the nuns of the Immaculate Conception of Quito wear this medal over their habits.
Arriving in Quito on December 30, 1576, the foundresses were received with great joy and housed in a few of the inhabitable buildings of the convent, which was still under construction.
When the construction was concluded, the official founding took place on January 13, 1577.
Soon, several young girls of Quito began to request admission to the convent of the Immaculate Conception and the conventual life was in full bloom.
At fifteen, Mariana entered the novitiate and, a few years later, professed.
As she pronounced her vows before Mother Maria Taboada on the day of her nuptials, she was taken up in a sublime ecstasy. While on earth her lips formed the words for the formula of her vows and her body remained supple for the clothing, her soul was in the presence of God Our Lord.
Our Lord Jesus presented His own cross to His spouse and showed her all the enormous sufferings, persecutions, sicknesses, and temptations she would undergo for His sake and ours. He preserved her only from temptations against purity. She was never to have a single thought or inclination against this angelic virtue.
Life of Penance
After her profession, Our Lord again appeared to Mother Mariana and gave her the schedule to be observed in the free hours of the community and the penances she should perform during the week.
These penances were so severe that Mother Maria Taboada feared for her health. But, in another vision, Our Lord placed a drop of crystalline water from His wounded side on Mariana’s lips and fortified her in a marvelous way for all He asked of her.
The penances practiced by this angel in human flesh can only be understood when we consider that she was called to be a victim for the twentieth century. For an example, she wrapped nearly her whole innocent body in wires with iron points, even her ears, leaving only her face and hands free. Thus she lived a penitential, prayerful life, ever increasing in virtue.
Volcanic Cotopaxi peak rises majestically 120 miles southeast of Quito and can be seen from the city.
Vision of the Twentieth Century
We come then to that day in the year 1582 when she was praying before her Eucharistic Lord and suddenly saw the church, except the main altar, immersed in darkness. The rest, until her painful death by means of three swords plunged into her heart as an expiation for the sins of our current century, we have related at the opening of this article.
Mariana, always the first at all the acts of the community, did not appear on the day following her vision of Our Lord on His cross. Noting her absence, the abbess and the other nuns searched for her. They found her dead in the lower choir, her body already cold. With enormous grief they carried the young nun’s remains to her cell and laid her on her bed.
The doctor, Don Sancho, and the Franciscan Friars who attended the convent were all called. Don Sancho confirmed that death had occurred and there was nothing to be done except give her proper burial.
Outside, the people of Quito clamored at the convent doors to see the body of their beloved benefactress, for Mother Mariana had become well known in the town, having helped many with her counsels, penances, prayers, and even miracles.
The Two Crowns
Mother Mariana appeared before the Divine Judge. Finding no fault in her, He said, “Come, beloved of my Father, and receive the crown We have prepared for you from the beginning of the world.” She was thus in heaven before the Blessed Trinity and the celestial court, in unutterable happiness.
Meanwhile, on earth, the prayers of Mother Maria and all her sisters as well as those of the Franciscan Fathers and the townspeople rose to the throne of the Holy Trinity. The sisters could not bear the thought of living without this angel and true lightning rod of God’s justice for their community. Sighing and weeping, they begged God to return her to them.
Wishing to lend an ear to the supplications of these children on earth, Our Lord presented Mother Mariana with two crowns, one of glory and the other of lilies intertwined with thorns. He bade her choose one, making her understand that by choosing the crown of glory she would remain in heaven, as was her right, but by choosing the other, she would return to earth and resume her suffering.
The humble virgin then asked her Beloved to choose for her. “No,” answered Our Lord. “When I took you for my spouse I tested your will, and now I wish to do the same.”
The Blessed Virgin Mary now spoke: “My daughter, I left the glories of heaven and returned to earth to protect my children*. I want you to imitate me in this, for your life is very necessary for my Order of the Immaculate Conception.
“Woe to the colony in the twentieth century!’’ continued the Virgin. “If then there are no souls who, with their life of sacrifice and holocaust following your example, will appease Divine Justice, fire will come from heaven and, consuming its inhabitants, will purify Quito.”
Hearing this, the humble virgin agreed to return to earth. She was to have a long life of incredible sufferings, since part of her mission on earth was to atone for the sins of our poor, chaotic, corrupted, and sinful century.
Stigmata, Sickness, and Death
Because Mariana of Jesus was destined for extraordinary graces all her life, Our Lord spared her nothing that could possibly contribute to her purification and perfection.
Thus, on the night of September 17, 1588, as Mother Mariana prayed, she received the holy wounds of Our Lord Jesus in her hands, feet, and side. She cried out and was left trembling, and had to be helped to her bed. The stigmata appeared in the palms of her hands and the soles of her feet like puncture wounds; on her side was a reddish-purple mark like a sword wound.
After this, she sickened terribly and entered an excruciating trial. She could not move a single member of her body. Aggravating her sufferings, the devil did his utmost to break her by suggesting to her that her life had been in vain, a lie, a hoax. He prowled around her bed constantly in the form of a hideous serpent, the sight of which tormented her unceasingly.
One night, no longer being able to bear this terrible five-month ordeal, she called on the Most Blessed Virgin. Then, feeling a hand caressing her head, she looked up to see the Queen of Heaven, beautiful, kind, and majestic in a nimbus of light.
She could now move and no longer saw the hideous serpent. Her condition still worsened, however, and, to the distress of the entire community, she once again breathed her last. It was Holy Saturday and her body was laid in state in the low choir. The multitudes came to view it and cried aloud: “The saint is dead! Our angel is gone!”
Yet, the next morning as the community filed into the high choir to recite the Office they found her praying! Like her Divine Spouse, Whom she sought to copy in everything, she had been resurrected on Easter morning and returned to life once more to continue suffering for souls and for the world.
In 1589, feeling her health failing and wishing to prepare herself for her approaching end, which had been predicted to her, Mother Maria Taboada suggested that a new superior be elected.
She had ruled for sixteen years by the unanimous wish of her convent, who thought no one more suited for the task than the holy foundress.
Now, in deference to her wishes, they unanimously elected Mother Mariana of Jesus, trusting in her exalted virtue despite her being only thirty. She, as mother superior, guided the convent with great wisdom, prudence, charity, and goodness in the ways of the Lord, fulfilling every point of the holy rule, omitting nothing. Mariana knew she would still have her aunt with her for a while and took full advantage of her counsel and guidance.
Predictions about the Community
Several times both Mother Mariana and Mother Maria received revelations about the future of their convent.
They knew each and every nun who would profess in their community to the end of the world. They knew that in every age there would be souls of great virtue, merit and holiness in this blessed house, but ungrateful and disobedient ones as well. The holy souls would divert great calamities from Ecuador and would maintain the faith burning even during the calamitous twentieth century.
The Devil Plots to Destroy the Convent from Within
Both holy women were also shown that very soon, incited by mankind’s enemy, some unruly and disobedient nuns of their convent who wanted a less stringent rule than the Franciscan rule would attempt and obtain the separation of their community from the direction of the Franciscan Friars. Since the order of the Immaculate Conception was like a branch on the tree of the Franciscan Order, this separation caused the faithful nuns most grievous suffering.
Death of Mother Maria Taboada
In 1594 Mother Maria Taboada, who had been truly a mother to Mother Mariana and all those under her care, rendered her soul to God. She had suffered greatly before her death, and the community was inconsolable at the loss of their beloved foundress.
Nevertheless, from heaven she continued to guide her monastery as she had promised in her last words before entering her agony. Then she had suddenly sat up in bed, all traces of the illness gone and her face as fresh and young as when she was thirty three, the age at which she founded the monastery. She had left them with the most touching of farewells, promising them continuing assistance from heaven.
In fact, she frequently spoke with Mother Mariana in visions when the latter sought her guidance and counsel.
First Apparition of the Mother of Good Success
Around this time Mother Mariana suffered cruelly with all the cares of her community. They lacked proper financial support, and the added cross of the threatening separation from the Franciscans inflicted a real martyrdom on her.
In the early morning of February 2, 1594, Mother Mariana was praying in the high choir. Prostrate with her forehead touching the floor, she implored help for her community and mercy for the sinful world.
She then heard a sweet voice calling her name. Rising quickly, she beheld a most beautiful lady in an aura of light. On her left arm she held the Child Jesus and on her right a crosier of the purest gold adorned with such precious stones as are not to be found on this earth.
“Who art thou, beautiful lady?” she asked, “and what dost thou wish? Dost thou not know that I am but a poor nun, filled with love for God, true, but suffering and tried to the utmost?”
The lady answered: “I am Mary of Good Success, the Queen of Heaven and Earth. Precisely because you are a religious soul full of love for God and for His Mother who now speaks to you, I have come from heaven to sooth your burdened heart.”
Then the Mother of God showed her how her prayers and penances pleased God. She explained that she held the golden crosier in her right hand because she wished to govern the convent herself, and that the devil would do all in his power to destroy the convent by means of some ungrateful daughters of hers dwelling there.
“He will not attain his goal,” she continued, “because I am the Queen of Victories and the Mother of Good Success. Under this invocation I wish, in the centuries to come, to perform miracles for the preservation of this, my convent, and its inhabitants.
“Until the end of the world I will have holy daughters, heroic souls, in the obscure life of their convent, who, suffering persecutions and slanders from within their own community, will be much loved by God and His Mother… Their lives of prayer, penance, and sacrifice will be extremely necessary in all times. After having spent their lives unknown to all, they will be called to heaven to occupy an exalted throne of glory.”
She then revealed to Mother Mariana that hers would be a long and suffering life, but she bid her never lose courage.
Saying this, she placed the Infant Jesus in the humble virgin’s arms. Clasping Him tightly to her heart, Mother Mariana felt the strength to suffer all for His honor and glory and the good of souls.
Our Lady was to appear several times to Mother Mariana under the title of the Mother of Good Success. During some of these apparitions she prophesied many things about the twentieth century.
Separation from the Franciscans
The ominous day predicted both to Mother Maria and Mother Mariana had arrived, the day in which their small flock would be separated from their divinely appointed shepherds. There had been new elections for a superior and Mother Magdalena of Jesus Valenzuela, the newly appointed prioress, lost no time in accomplishing this. This lady was not a bad person, but being weak, she often served as a tool in the hands of other nuns with evil intent.
Quickly, she worked to annul the obedience to the sons of Saint Francis and to submit the direction of the monastery to the Bishop of Quito. This was a sad day for the heroic and saintly foundresses and all the obedient Conceptionists of that house. As the Franciscan Fathers said farewell, Mother Mariana and all the obedient nuns wept inconsolably. Nevertheless, they obediently submitted to the new authority.
The Father Provincial of the Franciscans left them with words of encouragement and consolation, assuring them of their future return. For the unruly ones he left words of malediction.
Immediately, with Mother Valenzuela at the helm but manipulated by the unruly faction, observance of the rule began to decline, prescribed times of silence were no longer observed, and abuses multiplied.
Worried and afflicted in her heart with this situation, which defeated the true purpose of the conventual life, Mother Mariana humbly approached her new superior, begging as foundress and ex-prioress that these infractions and deviations be corrected for the good of the community.
The secular ecclesiastical prelate now in authority over the convent heard of this appeal. But the rebellious faction made sure he received the worst possible report, making Mother Mariana out to be unruly, insubordinate, and much more.
As a result, he ordered the innocent virgin to be imprisoned for three days. He also ordered that her veil be removed, that she receive a public scourging at meal times in the refectory, and that she eat kneeling on the floor. These three days were spent in a dark, underground prison. There, Sister Mariana had to expiate her perfect innocence.
After three days, she was removed to a solitary room. The Spanish foundresses, unable to contain themselves seeing her suffering, visited her there. For this they were ordered to be incarcerated along with Mother Mariana for a full month. Others who showed solidarity with them also joined the holy foundresses in prison. At one time they were twenty-five thus paying for their fidelity.
The main square of Quito, Ecuador’s capital. The central building is the Presidential Palace. The smaller red arrow indicates the approximate place where, in exact fulfillment of Our Lady’s prophecy, Gabriel Garcia Moreno died. The larger red arrow indicates the Convent of the Immaculate Conception, directly across the street.
Divine Consolations
One night, a small cross that Mother Mariana had painted on the wall began to shine intensely. As the light increased marvelously to the astonishment of the innocent prisoners, the seven foundresses were each taken up in a sublime ecstasy and each shown a different vision.
As an example of these visions, Mother Francisca of the Angels, one of the Spanish foundresses, saw their Seraphic Father, Saint Francis of Assisi, in a state of fury and going about the convent with a bow, shooting arrows right and left. As one of the arrows pierced the heart of one of the disobedient nuns, she fell dead instantly.
Then Saint Francis said to Mother Francisca: “This nun is the one mainly responsible for the separation from the Franciscans and the laxity introduced in the monastery. She will be held accountable for all the sufferings and lack of observance of the rule in the centuries to come until the jurisdiction of the Franciscan family returns. Then the rule given us by Pope Julius II will be perfectly observed. But I will see to it that in all times there will be souls who, loving the Seraphic Order, will sustain the regular observance of the monastery with their penitent and dedicated lives.”
The next morning, that nun was found dead in her cell, her face a blackish purple. The prisoners were made to carry her body for burial. Imagine Mother Francisca’s sorrow on having to carry the body of this sister she had loved and served but was not able to save!
Mother Magdalen of Saint John beheld Saint John the Evangelist. He revealed to her that on the day of the Last Supper, as he reclined his head over Our Savior’s heart, one of the secrets that had been revealed to him was the foundation of this monastery. Our Lord let him know how much He loved this house and that in it would live Eucharistic souls who would take upon themselves to offer reparation for the sacrileges committed against the Divine Victim.
Thus did these holy souls spend those bitter days of imprisonment within their own house, persecuted, reviled, and abandoned by their own.
Tortured by pity and remorse, Mother Valenzuela could no longer bear the thought of these innocent and holy nuns incarcerated in that awful place. She wrote a letter to the Bishop confessing her weakness in allowing the rebellious nuns to manipulate her and cause the imprisonment of these perfectly innocent women. The prelate was very upset on receiving this message. He reprimanded Mother Valenzuela severely and ordered the immediate release of the victims.
On being released, the poor suffering souls humbly kissed the feet of their prioress and those of their persecutors.
Despite this, it would take a veritable book to relate the continuing episodes of intrigue, calumny, and persecution stirred up by the father of lies against the faithful nuns. Let it suffice to say that this was only the beginning of the terrible persecution suffered by these holy souls, who were later returned to that awful prison.
Drawing of the prison of the convent where Mother Mariana of Jesus and the other holy foundresses were unjustly imprisoned.
Once More, Election and…Imprisonment
After this release from imprisonment, Mother Mariana was again elected prioress, receiving the majority of the votes from the obedient faction of the convent. This caused such a fury in the rebellious band that again she was slandered to such a point that the Bishop, not knowing what to do, had her isolated in a cell. The hate-filled, unruly bloc wished to send her to the dark prison again but Mother Valenzuela would not hear of it.
Further Prophecies About the Nineteenth and Twentieth Centuries
One day during this second period of isolation, as she prayed and suffered, Mother Mariana again beheld a lady of incomparable majesty and beauty surrounded by light. Once more the lady called herself Mary of Good Success. Again she carried her infant Son and the golden crosier. A diamond-studded cross shimmered like so many suns on the crosier; rubies adorned the center of the cross and the name of Mary was engraved on this ruby star, shimmering with many different lights.
This time, among many other things, the Mother of Good Success said: “In the nineteenth century a truly Christian president will govern Ecuador. He will be a man of character to whom God Our Lord will grant the palm of martyrdom on this same central square where my convent stands. He will consecrate the Republic of Ecuador to the Sacred Heart of my most holy Son, and this consecration will sustain the Catholic Faith in the years to come, which will be ominous for the Church.
President Gabriel Garcia Moreno
“During these years, in which Masonry, that accursed sect, will take over the government, there will be a cruel persecution against religious communities. They will also violently attack this convent which is particularly mine. To those wretched men this monastery will seem finished, but unbeknown to them, I live and God lives to raise in their very midst powerful defenders of this work. We will also place insurmountable difficulties in their paths, and the triumph shall be ours.”
These predictions were fulfilled to the letter.
Gabriel Garcia Moreno
Gabriel Garcia Moreno was a man of unshakable courage, brilliant intellect, and ardent love for the Church and the Papacy. As president of Ecuador, he led the republic in the paths of Faith and righteousness for several years, accomplishing tremendous religious, moral, educational, and economic reform.
Shortly after his reelection, in a great impulse of manly fervor, he shouldered a huge wooden cross during a Holy Week procession and led the cortege through the streets of Quito. Shortly thereafter, the Masonic lodges of Peru sent an assassin to kill him.
He was brutally murdered on August 6, 1875, in front of the presidential palace as he returned from Mass and Holy Communion in the Cathedral. He fell in the square on which stands the convent of the Immaculate Conception, just as Our Lady had predicted.
It is said that while dying in a pool of blood from multiple machete wounds, he managed to dip his finger into his own blood and write on the pavement, “Dios no muere” — God does not die.
The Mother of God Asks That a Statue be Made
During this same apparition the Blessed Virgin of Good Success asked Mother Mariana to have a statue of her made exactly as Mother Mariana saw her. She wished this statue to be placed in the Prioress’ seat in the high choir so that, from there, she might effectively rule over her convent. She wished a crosier to be placed in her right hand as a sign of her authority as superior, along with the keys of the monastery so she might defend it in the centuries to come.
Defend it she did. On several future occasions, hostile governmental officials sought to move the sisters or close the convent. Not one of these attempts succeeded. In some cases the person in charge died or was removed from office before the order was carried out. On one occasion, a large number of men assigned to converge on the convent at a specified time all forgot the rendezvous until the time had passed.
Painting representing Mother Mariana measuring Our Lady.
The Blessed Virgin is Measured
Mother Mariana was puzzled over how to obtain the Heavenly Lady’s exact measurements. Noticing her confusion, Our Lady had her remove the cord from the waist of her habit. Then, with immeasurable grace, she took one end of the cord and held it at her forehead while Mother Mariana touched the other end to Our Lady’s foot. The cord, too short for such a measurement, stretched to the perfect length.
For some unknown reason, Mother Mariana experienced some temptations and difficulties in believing the validity of this apparition. Consequently, many years went by before the statue requested by the Mother of Good Success was made.
Trouble in The Convent Continues
Affairs remained far from settled in the Convent of the Immaculate Conception. Always spurred by the devil who had vowed to destroy this holy house that caused so much havoc to his plans, the same brood of rebellious, disgruntled, and envious nuns never ceased plotting.
Again came time for a new election for superior. The revolutionary element raised so much friction that after many sessions a decision had not been reached. The Bishop himself had to intervene and preside over the new election.
Blinded by envy and hate, the leader of the rebellion, a small nun known as “La Capitana” requested the post of prioress for herself while reviling and insulting Mother Mariana and the Spanish foundresses. She also requested their return to Spain.
This proved a fatal mistake for the revolted ones, for the Bishop now clearly saw with whom he was dealing. Indignant, the Bishop ordered La Capitana to be immediately removed and locked in the prison where her innocent victims had formerly suffered so much. As to the others, he revoked their right to vote and ordered that they be given the hardest and most menial work in the convent. If they resisted, they were to join their leader in prison. They were also expelled from the voting room.
Finally, Mother Valenzuela was elected prioress once more.
The Immense Sacrifice
As this hate-filled and crazed creature spoke to the Bishop, Mother Mariana was sitting quietly in a corner of the room, whence she beheld hideous monkeys approaching this nun. Their mouths, eyes, and nostrils vomited fire that they poured into her heart and into those of her rebellious followers.
The upper choir, where the nuns sing the DIvine Office.
Mother Mariana saw that this unhappy nun and several of her followers would not be saved. But, well aware of Mother Mariana’s unbounded love for souls, Our Lord appeared to her and proposed the unimaginable. There was but one way to save this soul from the eternal flames of Hell that she well deserved for her many sins and the harm caused to the community for the coming centuries: This way was for Mother Mariana to agree to suffer five years in Hell for her.
The heroic nun trembled to her very core, but she accepted.
One day, the prioress and ex-prioress heard ugly voices issuing from the prison. Mother Valenzuela asked Mother Mariana what she thought these might be, to which the holy nun responded: “Mother, this poor sister is a victim of the devil. Let us go and visit her and bring her out to the garden so she does not despair. We must look after her soul.”
On seeing them, the miserable creature began running around the prison hitting her head against the walls and screaming: “I’m dying! I’m dying! The devil is going to take me!” Then she fell face to the ground.
Turning to Mother Valenzuela, Mother Mariana beckoned, “Come, Mother.”
“No,” answered the superior, Mother Valenzuela, much frightened, “your Reverence must go alone.”
Bending down to the fallen nun, Mother Mariana, turned her over, weeping as she did so. Her tears bathed the face of the wretched creature, who was foaming at the mouth and had blood flowing from her nose. Mother Mariana cleaned and rubbed her, attempting to bring her back to her senses. Then she asked for Mother Francisca of the Angels, who was the infirmarian, to provide a few remedies.
“Are you going to be all right?” asked Mother Valenzuela, who had remained panic-stricken at the door.
“Do not worry, Mother. Jesus and Mary are with me,” was the calm answer.
As Mother Mariana waited, she suddenly noticed two black creatures crouching against the wall in a corner of the room, timidly trying to hide from her. Indignant, she addressed them in a loud voice: “Vile and abominable beasts, what are you doing here? Go back to your cruel home, for this is a holy place, a house of prayer and penance. All your efforts to snatch my sister’s soul will be in vain. Jesus Christ died for her and, in spite of you, she will be saved. I command you in the name of the mysteries of the Most Holy Trinity, of the Divine Eucharist, of the Divine Maternity of Mary Most Holy and the glorious Assumption of her body and soul into Heaven, that you immediately leave this holy place. Leave it, and never more return to torment any of my sisters with your abominable presence.”
As she pronounced these last words, there was a terrible noise. The ground shook and horrible screams were heard. Then the devils were gone.
Twice a year, in February and October, the statue of Our Lady of Good Success is brought down from the cloistered choir to the convent church for public veneration.
Infirmary and Death
On returning to her senses, the sick nun was very embarrassed, but she would talk only to Mother Valenzuela. She spent a terrible night suffering the cruelties of a criminal conscience. Still, envy had such a hold over her heart that she could not bring herself to ask pardon of Mother Mariana, much less bring herself to love her.
At the doctor’s orders, she was moved to a room where she could be nursed, for she had a contagious disease and was very sick. Mothers Mariana and Francisca nursed her with great love, tenderness, and affection. Yet, the sick woman treated them rudely, complaining about everything.
Despite every care and treatment, her condition worsened to the point that death was imminent. Feeling herself dying, she cried in a terrible agitation: “It is too late for me. I cannot love her nor forgive her. I want to be saved but cannot. Oh! Get those black creatures to go away! Help me, because they will take me!” She pathetically clung to Mother Mariana, who silently wept a torrent of tears over the head and face of the dying nun.
A priest was called, but she would not confess. The priest left, saddened by this scene of dying impenitence. She then breathed her last.
Mother Mariana continued to hold the corpse in her arms. Her Spanish sisters and co-foundresses begged her to lay her back on the bed, but Mother Mariana said: “My Sisters and Mothers, do not so soon forget my sacrifice that was accepted to save this soul. Pray to God fervently for her. She is now before the judgment seat of God and she has realized all the evil she has done. She will live again. Do not be frightened; remain calm because she will repent and amend. Later she will die and be saved, but her Purgatory will last to the day of Judgment. This the Lord has revealed to me.”
As she finished saying this, the dead nun’s body quivered and she opened her eyes. She looked all around the room as if seeking someone. Then, fixing her eyes on Mother Mariana, she wanted to speak but her voice choked in a torrent of tears. The angelic Mother Mariana dried them with a mother’s love and spoke to her words of confidence in the goodness of God. The poor creature finally felt how much she was loved.
After a general confession, she slowly began to recover. She was now as docile as a child and never wanted to be away from her holy benefactress.
Mother Mariana Enters Hell
Some time later, Our Lord appeared to Mother Mariana. He reminded her that the time had come for her to pay the price for the salvation of La Capitana’s soul. He let her know that next day, after receiving Holy Communion, as soon as the sacramental species dissolved within her, she would enter Hell.
The next day, as she approached to receive her God in Holy Communion and to take leave of her intimate relationship with Him for the long duration of five years, she felt as if her heart would break. She sought to hold on to Him as much as possible, but as soon as the divine species dissolved, she felt a terrible pain as if her heart had been wrenched from her chest. From that moment she became totally insensitive to God.
Although she was to remain five years in the state of a damned soul, she lost the notion of the time and was convinced that it would be endless. Her sublime love for God and her most holy Mother now changed into a feeling of hate, disgust, and despair.
Meanwhile, as her soul suffered all the torments of the damned, her five bodily senses were steeped in incredible torture. Her body was like a glowing ember, burning without being consumed amidst unspeakable pains. Her eyes beheld the most horrible infernal scenes while the most atrocious blasphemies constantly assaulted her ears. Her sense of smell was plagued by all the filth of humanity, and her sense of touch was tormented by sharp points penetrating to the very center of her body. Her palate was tortured by a horrible, unknown taste, while demons forced melted sulphur down her throat. At the same time, the demons beat her head to the point of spilling her brains, thus inciting her to wrath, despair, and blasphemy.
She suffered all this while living her daily life in the convent. She never opened her lips with a single complaint to the community. Rather, she remained a perfect example of sweetness, humility, and obedience. Only the Franciscan priest who directed her and the other foundresses knew what Mother Mariana endured, and they prayed for her unceasingly.
The only exterior sign of the hell she suffered was that her cheeks, normally rosy and healthy, enhancing her natural beauty, lost their color and became sallow. In the end, she was a walking cadaver.
Death of La Capitana
Five years later, while in prayer, Mother Mariana cried out and fell as if dead. She was unconscious for a long time and then finally, sighing deeply, opened her eyes, which filled with tears of relief. Her hell was over. Gradually she recovered her beautiful color and health.
Not long after, La Capitana fell sick once again and approached her end. She confessed all her sins and died calmly, assisted by Holy Mother Church.
Mother Mariana of Jesus saw the sister’s judgement, where she was shown that her salvation was owed to her mother’s five years in Hell. She carried this immense gratitude with her to eternity. In Purgatory she was much helped by her benefactress, who did not cease to pray for her. After Mother Mariana’s death, this soul in Purgatory was gradually forgotten.
The life of this angelic creature was a steady succession of divine revelations, interventions, and miracles. During her life she levitated, bilocated to save a soul, multiplied bread, cured the sick, reconciled families, predicted the future, worked conversions. These are simply too numerous to relate here.
We will limit our story to the remarkable making of the statue of Our Lady of Good Success and the detailed revelations about the twentieth century, which we have printed at the end of this article.
The Miraculous Statue
On January 21, 1610, the Blessed Mother of Good Success appeared for the second time, now accompanied by the three archangels Michael, Gabriel, and Raphael, to request again that her statue be made.
Then the sweet Queen indicated the artist who was to carry out this holy task. It was to be Francisco del Castillo, a man of good family and a consummate sculptor. Moreover, he was God-fearing, honest, and upright and, with his wife and children, scrupulously ruled his life by the ten commandments.
“But Lady and dear Mother of my soul,” said Mariana, “this tiny little ant before thee will never be able to convey to any artist thy beautiful features.… It would really be necessary that one of the archangels accompanying thee sculpt this holy image that thou desirest.”
The heavenly Queen quieted her worries by assuring her that Francisco del Castillo would sculpt it and that her angels would refinish it.
Again the holy nun asked to take the heavenly Lady’s measurements. Again, as in the first instance, Mary Most Holy graciously took one end of the cord and placed it to her forehead while Mother Mariana touched the other end of the miraculously extended cord to her foot. But this time, so that the Blessed Virgin could easily place the end of the cord to her forehead, the three archangels raised her magnificent golden crown slightly above her head, then gently set it down again with boundless care and reverence.
Mother Mariana Still Hesitates; Our Lady Insists
Incredibly, even after these two requests of Our Lady herself, Mother Mariana still hesitated.
She feared that the Bishop would doubt her and pose obstacles to the erection of such an image. She also feared that the Indian population of Quito, only recently catechized and still with inclinations to idolatry, would offer the wrong reverence to such a magnificent representation of God’s Mother.
On February 2 of that same year, Mother Mariana knelt before the Blessed Sacrament, finishing her customary nightly prayer, when she felt her heart leap within her in a mixture of joy and no little fright.
In an instant, she found herself before the Queen of Heaven, who stood bathed in glowing lights within an oval frame of glimmering stars. Mariana felt an impulse to escape but something restrained her. She saw the sovereign Queen looking at her with severity and without saying a word.
Mother Mariana begged Our Lady not to look at her like that and promised to carry out all she commanded even if it cost her her life.
The Heavenly Lady then reprimanded her patiently, asking her why she doubted and feared despite knowing her to be a powerful Queen. She assured Mother Mariana that there would be no danger of idolatry. Much to the contrary, this statue was not only meant for the good of the convent but also that of the people in general throughout the centuries.
Then Mother Mariana begged Our Lady that her own name be hidden so that she, Mary Most Holy be glorified.
This Our Lady granted, pleased at her humility, and assured Mariana of Jesus that the facts concerning the making of this statue and of Mother Mariana’s life would only come to be known in the twentieth century.
The Statue is Made
Word of Our Lady’s request profoundly moved the Bishop. He reprimanded Mother Mariana for not having conveyed it to him sooner.
With the Bishop’s permission and full support, Francisco del Castillo was contacted. The poor man could scarcely contain his surprise, joy, and gratitude at having been named by the Mother of God herself for this holy project. He refused any payment, considering himself fully compensated solely by this selection. He asked only that his family and descendants always remain in the prayers of the community.
To find material for the statue, he travelled outside Quito and only returned when he was sure he had found the best wood, paints, and finishes the country had to offer.
Mother Mariana described to him as best she could the features of the Heavenly Queen as she had appeared and then gave him the exact measurements. According to these measurements, the Blessed Virgin Mary stood five feet, nine inches tall.
Miraculous Completion
In January, 1611, when the statue was nearly done and lacking only the final touches of paint and varnish, Francisco del Castillo informed Mother Mariana that because this last application was the most important one, he wished to make sure that he had the very finest materials. He said he would return in two weeks, on January 16, and resume work after receiving Holy Communion.
During those days the community talked of little else but the holy image that was about to be finished, blessed, and installed as Queen and Superior of their convent.
On the morning of January 16, as the sisters approached the high choir to pray the morning Office, they heard a beautiful melody. On entering the choir they beheld the statue, bathed in a celestial light, while angelic voices sang the “Salve Sancta Parens.”
They saw that the statue had been exquisitely finished and that its face emitted rays of the brightest light!
Francisco del Castillo, arriving and beholding the image, fell to his knees saying, “Mothers, what do I see? This precious statue is not the work of my hands. I do not know how to describe what I feel in my heart. This was made by angelic hands!” In fact, the outer layer of the statue lay on the ground.
The Bishop, coming and kneeling before it, likewise acknowledged the prodigy as large tears welled in his eyes. He attested that the image had been modified and enriched by other than human hands. Afterwards, calling Mother Mariana, who was abbess once again, he asked her to come into the confessional. He knew that she must know something of what had occurred.
Finished by Heavenly Hands
Mother Mariana then revealed that a great light had filled the church and the choir while she prayed there in the early hours of January 16. She had beheld the Most Holy Trinity present in the church and understood the infinite love of the three Divine Persons for Mary Most Holy, who was also present, resplendent and queenly.
The nine choirs of angels then praised and offered reverence to her. The three archangels Saints Michael, Gabriel, and Raphael each knelt before her, saying in turn: “Hail Mary, daughter of God the Father,” “Hail Mary, Mother of God the Son,” “Hail Mary, most chaste Spouse of the Holy Ghost.”
Then Saint Francis appeared with his sacred wounds shining like suns. Approaching the unfinished statue and taking his cincture from around his waist, he tied it around her waist, placing his beloved convent of the Immaculate Conception in her hands and asking her to be its defender, teacher, and mother in the difficult times to come.
Meanwhile, the statue shone as if in the midst of the sun. Lo and behold, the Blessed Virgin, approached and entered it as the rays of the sun penetrate a transparent crystal. At that moment the statue took on life and sang the Magnificat!
This happened at three o’clock in the morning. Mother Mariana also saw her aunt, Mother Maria Taboada, who congratulated her for such graces granted to her and the community and once again showed her all the battles the convent would face, especially in the twentieth century. She also spoke of the holy souls whose names were inscribed in the Hearts of Jesus and Mary and who not only would maintain the community, but would also avert many calamities from the people in those times.
At this, Mother Mariana returned to her senses. Looking at the statue, she saw it radiant and finished in a marvelous way!
At three o’clock on the morning of February 2, 1634, Mother Mariana had just finished her prayer in the upper choir when she noticed that the sanctuary lamp had gone out. Instinctively she prepared to descend to the church in order to re-light it, but an unknown force immobilized her so that she could not take a single step. At this moment Our Lady of Good Success appeared carrying the Divine Infant in her left hand and the crosier in her right. Calmly approaching, she said: “My beloved daughter, today I bring you the pleasant notice of your death, which shall occur in eleven months. Your eyes will then close to the material light of this world in order to open to the brilliance of eternal light. Prepare your soul so that, purified ever more, it may fully enter into the enjoyment of your Lord.”
And so it happened. Mother Mariana’s health began to fail, but she still went about her duties in the convent for as long as possible. Yet, a time came when she had to be confined to bed.
Knowing the day and hour of her death, she prepared her aggrieved daughters for her final voyage to eternity. She was to go to her Lord at 3 p.m. on January 16, 1635. She was then seventy-two years of age.
Around one o’clock of that day, she asked the Mother Abbess to summon the community. When they arrived she read aloud her magnificent testament, which began by affirming that she died a faithful daughter of the Holy, Roman, Catholic, and Apostolic Church. Then, with a voice vibrant with emotion but firm with the strength of faith and sincerity, she echoed Her Master’s words: “It is necessary that I go but I will not leave you orphans. I go to my Father and your Father, to my God and your God, and the Divine Consoler will descend to comfort you.”
After receiving the Holy Viaticum, she, on fire with love, calmly closed her eyes and ceased breathing. Mariana of Jesus was with God.
A Rose at Her Feet
We cannot refrain from mentioning a most touching and golden episode as an ending to our story.
Several years before, an anxious expectant mother had come to ask Mother Mariana to pray for her condition, which had been diagnosed as precarious.
Cordial and kind as ever, the holy nun gave her some aniseed water — with which she had performed innumerable cures — and allayed her fears by assuring her she would give birth to a beautiful baby girl. The comforted mother then asked her protectress to pray for her baby.
Mariana of Jesus responded: “You do not have to ask for my prayers, for this girl is more mine than yours. She is a soul chosen by God and will perfume this cloister with the aroma of her virtues. Bring her here often, for I wish to see her. She shall dress my body for burial.”
As predicted, a beautiful and healthy girl was born, receiving the name Zoila Blanca Rose. At the age of ten she begged to be admitted to the convent where she was already an example of virtues as well as a ray of sunshine by her ever joyful and innocent disposition. In the convent she became Zoila Blanca Rose of Mariana of Jesus.
When her beloved Mother Mariana fell ill for the last time, Zoila devotedly nursed her. Yet, the sunshine left her beautiful face, for she could not bear the thought of living without her saintly Mother.
One day she emerged from the sick room radiant again. On being asked the reason for such unbecoming joy in view of her Mother’s approaching death, she explained that Mother Mariana had promised to take her with her.
As Mother Mariana’s body was laid out in the low choir, surrounded by a profusion of flowers, Rose of Mariana knelt at her Mother’s feet and leaned her head on them. After a while, the prioress approached to bid her take some rest. She did not answer. On moving her, the nuns saw that she was cold and her mouth was filled with blood. They immediately summoned the doctor. After a thorough examination the doctor said, “She died instantly when the main artery of her heart was wrenched.”
All the flowers prescribed by the Rule for the adornment of their sisters’ bodies had been used for Mother Mariana. Improvising a bier, they carried the body of their youngest member to the low choir devoid of flowers, amidst sobs and canticles. As they passed the patio, they saw it abloom with most magnificent white roses, fragrant and double the normal size. Zoila’s body was covered with those roses, laden with perfume and the essence of miracles, and placed by that of her holy Mother Mariana.
Blessed be God in His Saints!
According to the Mystical City of God written by Maria of Agreda, another Conceptionist and mystic, the Blessed Virgin was taken to heaven on the day of Our Lord’s Ascension and also given the choice to stay or return to earth to help the young Church.
Our Lady’s Prophecies About the Twentieth Century
The Pope’s “infallibility will be declared a dogma of Faith by the same Pope chosen to proclaim the dogma of the mystery of my Immaculate Conception. He will be persecuted and imprisoned in the Vatican through the usurpation of the Pontifical States and through the malice, envy, and avarice of an earthly monarch.”
“Unbridled passions will give way to a total corruption of customs because Satan will reign through the Masonic sects, targeting the children in particular to insure general corruption.
“Unhappy, the children of those times! Seldom will they receive the sacraments of Baptism and Confirmation. As for the sacrament of Penance, they will confess only while attending Catholic schools, which the devil will do his utmost to destroy by means of persons in authority.
“The same will occur with Holy Communion. Oh, how it hurts me to tell you that there will be many and enormous public and hidden sacrileges!
“In those times, the sacrament of Extreme Unction will be largely ignored.… Many will die without receiving it, being thereby deprived of innumerable graces, consolation, and strength in the great leap from time to eternity.
“The sacrament of Matrimony, which symbolizes the union of Christ with the Church, will be thoroughly attacked and profaned. Masonry, then reigning, will implement iniquitous laws aimed at extinguishing this sacrament. They will make it easy for all to live in sin, thus multiplying the birth of illegitimate children without the Church’s blessing…
“Secular education will contribute to a scarcity of priestly and religious vocations.”
“The holy sacrament of Holy Orders will be ridiculed, oppressed, and despised, for in this both the Church and God Himself are oppressed and reviled, since He is represented by His priests.
“The devil will work to persecute the ministers of the Lord in every way, working with baneful cunning to destroy the spirit of their vocation and corrupting many. Those who will thus scandalize the Christian flock will bring upon all priests the hatred of bad Christians and the enemies of the One, Holy, Roman Catholic, and Apostolic Church. This apparent triumph of Satan will cause enormous suffering to the good pastors of the Church…and to the Supreme Pastor and Vicar of Christ on earth who, a prisoner in the Vatican, will shed secret and bitter tears in the presence of God Our Lord, asking for light, sanctity, and perfection for all the clergy of the world, to whom he is King and Father.”
“Unhappy times will come wherein those who should fearlessly defend the rights of the Church will instead, blinded despite the light, give their hand to the Church’s enemies and do their bidding. But when [evil] seems triumphant and when authority abuses its power, committing all manner of injustice and oppressing the weak, their ruin shall be near. They will fall and crash to the ground.
“Then will the Church, joyful and triumphant like a young girl, reawaken and be comfortably cradled in the arms of my most dear and elect son of those times. If he lends an ear to the inspirations of grace – one of which will be the reading of these great mercies that my Son and I have had toward you – we shall fill him with graces and very special gifts and will make him great on earth and much greater in Heaven. There we have reserved a precious seat for him because, heedless of men, he will have fought for truth and ceaselessly defended the rights of the Church, deserving to be called ‘martyr.’”
“At the end of the nineteenth century and throughout a great part of the twentieth, many heresies will be propagated in these lands.…
“The small number of souls who will secretly safeguard the treasure of Faith and virtues will suffer a cruel, unspeakable, and long martyrdom. Many will descend to their graves through the violence of suffering and will be counted among the martyrs who sacrificed themselves for the country and the Church.
“To be delivered from the slavery of these heresies, those whom the merciful love of my Son has destined for this restoration will need great will-power, perseverance, courage, and confidence in God. To try the faith and trust of these just ones, there will be times when all will seem lost and paralyzed. It will then be the happy beginning of the complete restoration….
“In those times the atmosphere will be saturated with the spirit of impurity which, like a filthy sea, will engulf the streets and public places with incredible license…Innocence will scarcely be found in children, or modesty in women.
“He who should speak seasonably will remain silent.
“There shall be scarcely any virgin souls in the world. The delicate flower of virginity will seek refuge in the cloisters.…Without virginity, fire from heaven will be needed to purify these lands.…
“Sects, having permeated all social classes, will find ways of introducing themselves into the very heart of homes to corrupt the innocence of children. The children’s hearts will be dainty morsels to regale the devil.…
“Religious communities will remain to sustain the Church and work with courage for the salvation of souls.… The secular clergy will fall far short of what is expected of them because they will not pursue their sacred duty. Losing the divine compass, they will stray from the way of priestly ministry mapped out for them by God and will become devoted to money, seeking it too earnestly.
“Pray constantly, implore tirelessly, and weep bitter tears in the seclusion of your heart, beseeching the Eucharistic Heart of my most holy Son to take pity on His ministers and to end as soon as possible these unhappy times by sending to His Church the Prelate who shall restore the spirit of her priests”
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Review: This Is My Jerry Springer Moment
By Michael Block
Let's talk about Jerry Springer the Opera for a minute. The show features music by Richard Thomas and book and lyrics by Stewart Lee and Thomas. It originally ran for 609 performances between 2003 and 2005 in London. It ventured to New York City in 2008 for a Carnegie Hall concert. No matter where it's produced, controversy surrounds it. People picket or send hate messages complaining about the content and its so-called thematic attacks. The New Group has decided to bring Jerry Springer to New York once again, and we should be grateful. This production of Jerry Springer the Opera is exceptional to say the least.
Jerry Springer the Opera is exactly what the title says. Inspired by the infamous syndicated show, the opera follows an episode of "Jerry Springer" as the titular host welcomes a trio of fantastical sagas to the stage as they engage in fights, profanity, and revelations. But on this particular episode after the dancing KKK arrive, an angry man baby aiming for the Klan, accidentally shoots Jerry, sending him to hell. With an opera structure with the majority of the piece sung through, Jerry Springer the Opera is a brilliant philosophical and religious satire that uses the lens of American television gluttony as humans are exploited for our own entertainment. A morality play of sorts, this show unabashedly goes for the jugular, where no one is safe. Directed by John Rando, the musical moves swiftly through the satire like a fever dream of hilarity. With the exception of Jerry and a moment with Steve Wilkos, the entire show is operatic and sung through. With how Thomas writes the score, there is a likelihood that some words are lost in song. But Rando ensures the gravitas and clarity shine through Jerry. Content wise, we witness their stories. First is of an engaged couple where the guy cheats on his wife with her best friends, plural. Next, we have a man who enjoys dressing up as a baby, diaper and all, who falls for a woman who too dresses as a baby. His wife, is none too thrilled by this. Finally, we meet a woman who just wants to be a stripper and her mother and husband don't approve. Only he has a secret of his own as he is a member of the KKK. While we laugh at the buffoonery, Jerry Springer keeps a calm, cool, and collective demeanor allowing these people to have their Jerry Springer moment. Times have changed since Jerry Springer the Opera first came to the stage. Are there moments in the show that may not be too kosher nowadays? Totally. Does the show crave a little rewriting to remain relevant? Maybe. But it's the skeleton of the show that allows the show to stay resolute. Scenic designer Derek McLane sets the scene like the actual show while still bringing in some hints of theatricality. Costume designer Sarah Laux dresses the individuals in middle America attire that represent their character perfectly. The orchestrations from Greg Anthony Rassen work for the production but with a smaller ensemble and how the stage is set, it does fall on the thinner side. Rando stages the show in a manner that allows the actual audience to feel as if they are a part of the show. And for some, that's uncomfortable to say the least! With the ensemble seated in the front row on the sides, you likely miss some moments, but Rando and choreographer Chris Bailey expand the scene in the more musical moments.
photo by Monique Carboni
Terrence Mann had a Jerry Springer moment taking on the titular role to near perfection. His vocal inflections and mannerisms matched the talk show host quite well. Jill Paice is a beautiful, delicate performer. Baby Jane is a beautiful, delicate character. With a twist. The vulgarity of the lyrics Baby Jane is given amplifies the absurdity of Paice's performance. Who knew hearing Paice sing "Mamma gimme smack on the asshole" was the one thing I never knew I needed. "I Just Wanna Dance" is a showstopper of a song. It's been proven simply by how the song has served as a standalone anthem, especially in the LGBTQ community. Tiffany Mann takes on Shawntel's number with great purpose. As they say, she slayed. It's unfortunate that this was her shining moment in the show as she never quite reached that peak again. Will Senson as Warm-Up Man/Satan did what he does best. He went over-the-top.
Jerry Springer the Opera is a brazen work of art. It has the power to shock and offend. If you leave the theater not having your Jerry Springer moment, perhaps it may be time to lighten up and put things in perspective. Take a moment and dissect the material you just witnessed. I guarantee you'll discover why this show, though slightly dated, is an important piece of theater.
Labels: Jerry Springer the Opera, Musical, Review, The New Group
Review: Another Love Triangle
By Michael Block Lust and love are age old ideas that seemingly get intertwined and often are a source of misguided tension and heartbrea...
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The term streetwear is common place in today’s fashion world. With confusion even over the name of the product, it is not really surprising that most shoppers can’t be bothered with sustainable fashion and instead prefer just stick with the fashion brands that they know despite knowing that they often operate in unsustainable and unethical ways.
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The subject of sustainable fashion is a complex one and the confusion surrounding it is sometimes used by brands to green wash consumers by using the terms ‘eco’ and ‘sustainable’ to describe clothing or collections that may help in one way but not another.
The MMA clothing scene is governed by dozens of brands. The history illustrates this: the 1950s Hollywood movies depicting the ‘biker boys’ cool image, the 70s Levi’s wearing ‘Saturday Night Fever Culture’, clothing the U.S Olympic team and the ‘Blues 501’ popularity in the 80s, and the cutting-edge unforgettable communications of the 90s up to the current day.
Several fashion brands have been established. Undoubtedly, Printed Clothing has become the new fashion trend and the fashion designers do not see it stopping in the next few years. Leather in the fashion industry has found the best place with ladies choosing leather as their contemporary style of fashion.
Many ethical fashion brands support various good causes around the world and empower people to create a sustainable livelihood. Apple Bottoms is now a full clothing line for women, including not only jeans, but also skirts, shorts, shirts, and even jackets. This has resulted in brands like MbyM, Volcom and Hurley producing evening wear such as suits and dresses that look smart yet individual.
A Brief History Of Streetwear
Style and fashion is one of the biggest things people pay attention to these days. The fashion industry has left no stone unturned in the world of a woman, especially with regard to fashionable swimwear. Much of their product line is geared toward street wear style clothing, which isn’t necessarily MMA themed. Whether it’s their MMA shorts or simple t-shirts, you will never regret a piece of Bad Boy clothing.
Clinch Gear: This brand produces moderately priced t-shirts and shorts with a cool looking style. Lots of quality clothing materials, fashion dresses and accessories were also produced. Ever since the fashion industry has witnessed the dawn of patterns it is seen that choice of people (men and women) has changed drastically.
A stylist is either a person who co-ordinates the clothes, jewelry, and accessories used in fashion photographs and catwalk shows or a kind of designer whose designs are based on existing things, trends, and designers collections. Classic brands for the younger age that are the popular clothing brands would be Abercrombie & Fitch, Hollister, Nautica and Lucky Brand.
Women are the main targets when it comes to fashion and fashion designing. The latest designer brands and styles can be available at special discount prices. Japanese designers drew on influences from anime, toys and gadgets as well as their own style of Japanese street art. For those who choose a prestige and high profile style, there are certain clothing brands that are classics and will always be popular clothing brands.
The designs and the patterns that the fashion designers choose for a fashion centric woman is what exactly we call the driving force of the entire fashion market. The true self of fashion reveals with prints because it helps you pick up unique and simple trends with every simple design that you choose.
Fashion has walked into the life of people with a bang and its walk-in has caused a lot of talk in the lives of people. Streetwear was now big business with the high street and designer fashion brands taking on many of the ideas and innovations that the original brands brought to the fashion world. In the ancient times, people made use of local materials like animal skin and fur in producing the attires they put on. Different kinds of clothing styles were also produced through such local means.
If statistics are to be believed then the growth of fashion industry making printed clothing will show a great shape and advancement in the next five to seven years, changing the lives of people, drastically. The word sustainable fashion is general enough to mean just about anything when used by clever marketers causing confusion amongst consumers.
Another fact that confirms Levi’s iconic status is its longevity in remaining the most popular and respected denim brand that people want to be associated with.
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Taylor Swift sends $6000 to Ontario fan who couldn’t afford tuition
Taylor Swift has wooed the internet with her latest move as she donated more than $6,000 to a fan who couldn’t afford her tuition.
Ayesha Khurram has been a fan of Swift for 10 years. According to CTV, Khurram has mentioned that Swift liked her Tumblr posts and that they even met backstage at her concert in 2018.
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Liberals attack Ford government for helping parents cover daycare costs during teacher strikes
Interim Liberal Leader and Ottawa South MPP John Fraser believes Premier Doug Ford’s government is wasting taxpayer dollars by giving Ontario parents affected by the student strike up to $60 dollars a day to help with childcare costs.
Ontario’s Liberals are criticizing the Ford’s government’s parent payout to soften the blow of a strike.
John Fraser says the $48M the Tories are prepared to spend per day would be better invested in education. #onpoli #onted pic.twitter.com/zI6v5Oz3Ct— Colin D'Mello CTVNews (@ColinDMello) January 16, 2020
In a press conference, Fraser told media that the allocated money would be better invested in education.
Yesterday, the Ford government announced that parents who meet requirement thresholds would receive up to $60 a day, with parents who have children in grades 1 to 7 eligible for $25 a day.
Tensions remain high between the Ford government and teachers’ unions, with all unions being in legal positions to strike.
Education Minister Stephen Lecce also announced Wednesday that the measures to ensure all parents were covered would cost up to $48 million a day if all unions were to strike at the same time, and if all eligible parents were to apply.
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Amanda Simard crosses floor to join Ontario Liberal Party
Former Conservative Party MPP for the riding of Glengarry—Prescott—Russell Amanda Simard has announced that she will be joining the Liberal Party in a press conference today.
The announcement made Wednesday with Interim Ontario Liberal Party Leader John Fraser was that Simard left the Progressive Conservatives and served as an independent for the Eastern Ontario riding.
She was known for her opposition to the Progressive Conservatives’ francophone policies, which included the proposed cut to Ontario’s French language services.
Former PC MPP Amanda Simard has joined the Ontario Liberal Party. #onpoli pic.twitter.com/V1A8H0Fwt2
— Colin D'Mello CTVNews (@ColinDMello) January 16, 2020
As well as this, the PC government also moved to cancel the funding for a new French-language university earlier in their government, which she was similarly outraged by.
Canada, "le plus meilleur pays au monde". A mari usque ad mare! #canada #nofilterneededforourbeautifulcountry
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“We wish Amanda Simard well as she sits as an independent,” said a Ford party spokesperson. “It’s unfortunate that she chose not to work within government in service to her constituents.”Simard was rumoured to have been flirting with the idea of joining the Liberals.
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Ford creates scholarships to honour plane crash victims of 'evil regime' of Iran
Premier Doug Ford announced on Thursday that new scholarships would be provided in honour of the 57 Canadians who lost their lives on Ukrainian International Airlines flight 752. Ford called the leadership in Iran a “ruthless, evil regime.”
“Innocent lives got shot down by a ruthless, careless Iranian regime,” said Ford in a report by the Toronto Sun. “I want to send a message—and it may not get over there—I support the (anti-government) protesters that are out there. We believe in democracy here in Canada and we’d like to see nothing less than democracy in Iran.”
Some of the families that Ford met with expressed that they put the blame for the incident on the Iranian regime and are looking for justice.
Ford noted, “Nothing, nothing at all was more emotional than sitting down with five families and listening to their stories.”
“One gentleman told me how he lost his daughter and his granddaughter; another person lost their husband; another person lost their brother, sister and a wife and child,” he said. “It was absolutely heartbreaking.”
Ford expressed that he was happy with the way the Canadian government was able to respond to the families of the victims.
He also revealed that there will be 57 post-secondary scholarships created in Ontario to honour Canada’s victims.
The tragedy cost the lives of students in more than a dozen post-secondary schools in Ontario.
The new scholarships will be for the 2021-22 school year and the government will be distributing $10,000 for each.
The scholarships will be distributed with financial need and academic merit in mind. The schools will be working with the families of the victims to determine scholarship recipients.
Ford said, “They were smart, gifted people who had a bright future ahead of them,” and added, “In fact, 34 out of the 57 Canadians were studying — they were PhD candidates, professors, researchers, doctors.”
He also mentioned that a victim of the crash had been working on a new breast cancer drug therapy.
“We will honour their memories through these scholarships to recognize their incredible contributions to our communities,” said Ford.
The province will be distributing the scholarships to the schools that the victims were employed at or attending.
In the weeks to come, the Ministry of Colleges and Universities will be working with government, communities and schools in order to continue to develop the scholarships.
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Ontario man attacks kindergarteners with curtain rod, leaves child in 'serious condition'
A man is facing charges after allegedly attacking young children in a kindergarten class with a curtain rod during the school’s recess.
York Police say the incident happened around 1 pm on Wednesday, when they were called to Our Lady of Good Counsel Catholic Elementary School after reports of an assault.
The man, who witnesses say was wearing a helmet on his head, was walking around the perimeter of the school with a woman before the school’s recess took place.
The attack took place after two of three kindergarten classes had already gone inside.
According to eye witness reports, the man jumped the fence and began swinging the curtain rod at teachers and students.
“School staff and a good Samaritan were able to remove the weapon from the suspect and get the students back into the school,” said Const. Laura Nicolle to CTV News Toronto.
A five-year-old boy suffered “serious injuries” after being struck by the rod, police say.
The school was placed into lockdown during the incident, as police and ambulances made their way to the premises.
The suspect is a 30-year-old man who police believe has a cognitive impairment. The man was arrested and charged with aggravated assault, assault with a weapon, weapons dangerous and common nuisance endangering life.
Investigators believe the assault was random. He is pending a bail hearing.
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C-P-T
2004-10-05 The Game "Neighborhood Supa Starz" feat. JT The Bigga Figga [Untold Story]
I'm a gangsta baby from the C-P-T
D-R-E
1992-12-15 Dr. Dre "Let Me Ride" [The Chronic]
It's the motherfuckin D-R-E, from the C-P-T
1995-08-15 B.G. Knocc Out & Dresta "Compton Swingin'" [Real Brothas]
D-R-E, O-B-G from the C-P-T
1988-09-16 Eazy-E "No More?" [Eazy-Duz-It]
Down and dirty from the C-P-T
1997-11-11 MC Eiht "Tough Guyz" feat. Boom Bam, Mon-Diggi [Last Man Standing]
Ol' dirty E from the C-P-T
2000-11-14 Bone Thugs-n-Harmony "Sleepwalkers" feat. Eazy-E [The Collection, Vol. 2]
Nigga E, C-P-T, the O.G.
Eazy-muthaphukkin-E
1995-11-24 Eazy-E "Eternal E" [Str8 Off tha Streetz of Muthaphukkin Compton]
Eazy-muthaphukkin-E, the hip-hop thugsta from the C-P-T
1995-11-24 Eazy-E "Gangsta Beat 4 Tha Streetz" feat. B.G. Knocc Out, Dresta, Menajahtwa [Str8 Off tha Streetz of Muthaphukkin Compton]
Now I'm off like a G, flee to the C-P-T
1995-03-28 King Tee "You Can't See Me" [IV Life]
The original G from the C-P-T
2000-05-16 DJ Quik "I Don't Wanna Party Wit U" [Balance & Options]
From the C-P-T, young G with heart
1997-11-11 MC Eiht "Hit The Floor" feat. Daz Dillinger [Last Man Standing]
C-P-T chill with G's right next to the ocean
2000-12-19 Snoop Dogg "Go Away" feat. Kokane [Tha Last Meal]
My homey from the C-P-T cold chillin'
L-B-C
1999-11-16 Dr. Dre "The Next Episode" feat. Kurupt, Nate Dogg, Snoop Dogg [2001]
C-P-T, L-B-C, yeah, we hooking back up
2001-06-26 Beanie Sigel "For My Niggaz" feat. Daz Dillinger [The Reason]
From the P-H-I-LL-Y to the L-B-C to C-P-T
1990-05-24 Compton's Most Wanted "It's A Compton Thang" [It's A Compton Thang]
To me there is no world outside the C-P-T
1991-01-15 DJ Quik "Quik Is The Name" [Quik Is The Name]
Suckers get at me, I'm the 'Q' in quotations, and the C-P-T is the location
O-B-G
1990-05-24 Compton's Most Wanted "This Is Compton" [It's A Compton Thang]
Chill's from the C-P-T. You got beef? What a pity
2009-12-21 Eminem "Hell Breaks Loose" feat. Dr. Dre [Relapse: Refill]
Born and raised in the C-P-T, yeah, Los Angeles, rules of the streets
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Florida Man Claims Hearing Cockroach Dying Inside His Head
May 30, 2018 By Carrie Davis Leave a Comment
Collins said he heard the cockroach ‘squealing’ before it died.
On the topic of ‘odd,’ here’s the story of a man from Florida who ended up in the hospital last week because a cockroach borrowed itself in his right ear, refusing to come out. The man even claimed to hear the critter dying in his ear.
Florida Cockroach Man Said His Home’s Infested
Meet Black Collins, a 25-year-old Tallahassee resident with quite a story to share.
Some time ago, Collins moved into a new apartment with his husband and dog. However, their new house left much to be desired.
According to Collins, saying that his home has a bug problem would be an understatement. The Florida man revealed that there were so many cockroaches inside the apartment, that he could actually see them crawling out at night from a light socket and underneath the mattress.
In a recent Facebook post, Collins complained about having to spend most of the night picking up dead roaches from the floor, while his husband was trying to get some sleep after his surgery.
Things took a turn for the worst when a nasty critter decided to pay Collins a night visit. As the man recalls, he was in bed, fast asleep, when he felt something crawl up his ear. He described the experience as having a Q-tip shoved inside your ear.
He immediately woke up, got dressed, and drove to the hospital. Collins said that a doctor poured lidocaine in his ear to kill the cockroach. He said that the whole thing was painless but very strange as he could hear the cockroach’s ordeal.
Collins told a member of the press that he heard the cockroach dying. He said that the last thing he heard before the doctor went in to remove the critter was a muffled squeal and then silence.
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Pittsburgh Mayor Blasts Anti-Google March Slated for Saturday
This Saturday, First Amendment supporters plan to take to Pittsburgh’s streets to protest Google’s firing of a software engineer for voicing his anti-diversity views, but the city’s mayor is concerned the event could lead to violence.
On Tuesday, Pittsburg Mayor Bill Peduto said he hadn’t received any permit requests, so it is unclear if the “March on Google” is something planned or just a social media thing. Pittsburg is one of the nine cities that announced similar protests.
The mayor noted that any type of speech, even “hate speech,” is protected under the U.S. Constitution. But Pittsburgh doesn’t want anti-Google protesters on its streets since people don’t believe in what protesters say, the mayor added.
Rally Likely to Be Moved Into Isolated Area
Even though the protest is not linked to Neo-Nazi groups or the alt-right movement, Peduto thinks the Neo Nazis, KKK members, and alt-right sympathizers might join the rally. At one point, Peduto said he wouldn’t refuse to issue the permit, but the rally will likely be located in an isolated area.
“It’s our intention to be able to find an area that is an area where it can be isolated but still be able to occur,”
the mayor said.
On their website, the march’s organizers claim the event has nothing to do with the “alt-right”. The march is a protest against Google for terminating engineer James over a memo that said the biological differences between men and women may explain why there are so few women engineers within the company. Protesters believe the web search giant infringed its former employee’s freedom of speech.
The protest’s organizers underlined that hate groups are not welcome, but Mayor Peduto claims intelligence reports show that right wingers may join the protests this weekend.
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Stag parties 'could cut costs by heading abroad'
Abi 21 Jul 2009
Some prospective grooms may have resigned themselves to a cut-price stag weekend in the UK this year, but revellers could still bag a bargain overseas trip, one expert has claimed.
Alistair Daly, marketing director at online travel firm On the Beach, said British tourists should not be put off venturing abroad, despite the weakness of the pound.
Indeed, he suggested a short break in Europe could still prove cheaper than one in the UK, meaning stag night revellers could get more booze for their bucks by heading to foreign soil.
Mr Daly said: "Although the British pound has weakened against the euro, in-resort costs such as food and drink, excursions and activities are generally cheaper than in the UK."
Furthermore, while prices over here have largely stayed the same, tour operators and hoteliers across Europe have recognised the need to drop prices in order to attract Brits during the current climate, he added.
According to recent research by Post Office Travel Insurance, 60 per cent of UK tourists still plan to jet off overseas this year, despite the effects of the recession.
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LSU earns 2-0 win over Kentucky in finale
After two frustrating days of competition, the LSU softball team looked to Sunday to regroup as a squad and got a nearly flawless effort from starting pitcher Baylee Corbello and a career-day from Emily Griggs as the Tigers pulled out a 2-0 win in the series finale Sunday against the Kentucky Wildcats
LSU earns 2-0 win over Kentucky in finale After two frustrating days of competition, the LSU softball team looked to Sunday to regroup as a squad and got a nearly flawless effort from starting pitcher Baylee Corbello and a career-day from Emily Griggs as the Tigers pulled out a 2-0 win in the series finale Sunday against the Kentucky Wildcats Check out this story on thetowntalk.com: http://www.thetowntalk.com/story/sports/college/lsu/2015/03/29/lsu-earns-win-kentucky-finale/70652696/
Louisiana Published 10:23 p.m. CT March 29, 2015
LEXINGTON, Ky. – After two frustrating days of competition, the LSU softball team looked to Sunday to regroup as a squad and got a nearly flawless effort from starting pitcher Baylee Corbello and a career-day from Emily Griggs as the Tigers pulled out a 2-0 win in the series finale Sunday against the Kentucky Wildcats.
After being unable to capitalize on opportunities on Friday and Saturday, the Tigers (32-3, 6-3 Southeastern) were the beneficiaries of four Kentucky (23-9, 3-6) errors on the day, while plating the only two runs of the game it needed in the fourth as they outhit the Wildcats 7-3, while not being done in by their own two errors.
After seeing just an inning of work on Saturday, Corbello (8-0) took to the circle and baffled the UK batting order as she earned the complete-game shutout by scattering their three hits while striking out eight and walking just two. The sophomore did not give up an extra base hit, as the frustration at the plate LSU saw in games one and two finally fell on the home side as six grounded out and six flew out on the afternoon.
The freshman Griggs led LSU at the plate going 3-for-3 with a triple and an RBI to pace the Tigers offensively, as the bottom half of the order seemed to have the strength at the plate as Dylan Supak went 1-for-3 with an RBI and Sandra Simmons went 2-for-2 with a run scored. A Kellsi Kloss single and a Bailey Landry double were the only other two hits for the team on the afternoon.
Earning her second start of the weekend, and pitching for the third time, Kelsey Nunley (10-5) suffered the loss after giving up both runs, one earned, in 6.1 innings of work, striking out nine. Christian Stokes and Sylver Samuel had two of the three hits for the Wildcats at the top of the order to help pace the UK offense.
With zeroes still all across the board, LSU took to the top of the third inning and opened with a Griggs infield single. She was forced out on a fielder’s choice by A.J. Andrews, with the centerfielder now at first. After a long at-bat, Landry ripped a slicing double to left to get two in scoring position, but a grounder to the circle and a strikeout ended the inning.
After two outs in the bottom half of that same inning after getting the first two outs, Kentucky got its first hit of the game with a shot up the middle as a fielding error at first put two on for the Wildcats. With two on and the fans coming a bit to life, Bianka Bell stopped a ball from going through the infield and made the throw on a rope to first to end the inning.
In the very next inning, Kloss ripped a shot up the middle to reach first. On the very next play, Simmons legged out a bunt single and forced Kentucky into its third miscue of the day to push the runners to second and third.
Supak stepped up to the plate and with a 2-2 count hit a single to right center, scoring Kloss to make it 1-0 LSU with runners now at the corners for the Tigers. After a strikeout for the first out, Griggs singled through the left side to drive in Simmons to make it 2-0 for the final run for the team in the inning and the only two runs of the game.
LSU returns home to host the next four, beginning with a non-conference matchup against the ULM Warhawks Tuesday at 6 p.m. at Tiger Park in Baton Rouge. The game will be streamed on SEC Network+.
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A couple share their thoughts on where to stop for a cuppa whilst walking along Morecambe Bay with their book Boots and Brews
Beth and Steve Pipe
James Holt
There’s nothing that people from Lancashire love more than a good cup of tea and Beth and Steve Pipe are no exception.
Their new book Boots and Brews hopes to spark a much-needed glass of inspiration for those interested in walks around Morecambe Bay and surrounding areas accompanied by a warming drink.
Their book aims to guide readers through simple walking routes, top tips and pictures to encourage people to appreciate the outdoors.
And the guide is even approved by Royalty, as Prince William and Kate Middleton specially requested a private tour during their visit to Cumbria, as Beth reveals: “Writing for the Cumbria Wildlife Trust led us to getting a call from Kensington Palace.
“They asked for a guided walk and of course, you don’t say no to an opportunity like that.
“We took them on a short guided walk around Patterdale for around 40 minutes. They were absolutely lovely. I was so scared up until the point when they got out of the car. They were such normal people.
“It was very surreal though. I had to keep reminding myself that it was real and this was the royal family.”
Beth and husband Steve, who live in the Morecambe Bay area and have two cats, married 16 years ago and always thought that the idea of writing a book would be a fantasy.
After being hit by redundancies in 2009, they figured it was time to try something different and inspired by their love of North Lancashire, they began travel writing.
Beth explains: “I struggle to do the maths about how long we’ve had this dream.
“We often talked about the idea but the idea for a book wasn’t fully formed.
“We had dreamed of writing a book but how it actually came about was accidental. I had started a blog online before we were approached and asked to write a book much to our surprise.
“I didn’t think I was good enough to write a book and always thought people would laugh at me. I always thought it was something that other people do.
“We really hope its history, wildlife and of course, food, comes through in this book and inspires you to linger a little longer.
“There are lots of walking books out there but we are so passionate about Morecambe Bay.
“Many people don’t realise how many areas there are to Morecambe Bay so we have really tried to give people the best viewpoints and of course, places to eat a packed lunch.”
After publishing a total of eight books, one of which gives pointers as to where you can find the best gin whilst backpacking around Cumbria, Beth doesn’t refer to herself as a historian but instead a nosey hiker and she still works in delivering corporate training courses to lawyers when she isn’t scouring the North for the best hike or pint.
She says: “I just want to explore the area. We’ve tried to do all the work for people in the book for people who just want to discover something new.
“I’ve also dug into a little bit of the local history. I’ve tried to keep my historical nuggets short, sharp, interesting and occasionally funny.
Imagining a pint or cup of tea after a day in the outdoors may seem all too appealing to Brits, so it’s no surprise that Beth and husband Lancashire-born Steve, 48, love nothing more than a drink and bite to eat.
Beth adds: “There’s always a pub, a cafe or somewhere to buy a sandwich or pie before or after you set out.
“At the end of a walk, you always find yourself left with the packed lunch in your bag.
“We’ve made sure people know where they can go and want to support local businesses. So, instead of going to buy a soggy roll from a supermarket we want to encourage people to go and buy fresh produce from nearby cafe’s and restaurants.”
Steve, who once worked in tech support took the photographs alongside Beth.
She adds: “Writing the books have been a great balance and it gives me balance in life. We know that this lifestyle brings us less money, but we get to spend more time together.
“We actually really enjoy working together.”
The married couple-gone-authors have been travelling around to markets and events to promote their new book and say that it has been well received.
Plans are already in the pipeline for another book, a sequel to Gin, Cakes and Rucksacks which sees Beth visit her favourite distilleries in Cumbria.
She adds: “We did a 138-mile trip round Cumbria all whilst carrying an empty beer cast. It was quite an experience. I am very excited about it.”
Cormarant Sculpture, Morecambe
Boots and Brews: Walking, food and folklore around Morecambe Bay is available now from booksellers in places around the Bay, or direct from the publishers on www.carnegiepublishing.com.
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Home Interesting News Alerts Government Planning to Turn Shdemah Base Over to PA
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Government Planning to Turn Shdemah Base Over to PA
In a somewhat perplexing move, the government appears to be preparing to turn the former Shdemah Base in the Gush Etzion area of Yehuda over to the Palestinian Authority to build a new Arab neighborhood near the southern Jerusalem neighborhood of Har Homa.
Shdemah is designated as a Area “C” under Oslo, under total Israeli control, security and municipal, but Israel nevertheless appears to have decided to hand the former military base over to the PA to enable it to construct a new Arab neighborhood.
Ironically, the government recently constructed a new road traveling from the Har Homa area to eastern Gush Etzion to permit area residents a more direct route other than the Tunnel Highway which travels to the other side of Gush Etzion, as well as a safe alternate route since the Tunnel Highway is frequently closed due to suspicious objects and attacks. Arabs are barred from using the new road for the time being.
Protestors on Thursday and Friday were on hand at Shdemah to express anger and outrage over the government plan, led by Women in Green co-chairperson Nadia Matar, a resident of Gush Etzion.
Residents of the Gush and Har Homa oppose the plan, which will only serve to place area residents in greater jeopardy but all signs indicate the government is determined to give the base away to the PA.
United Torah Judaism MK Rabbi Meir Porush is leading a battle to block the move legislatively, realizing the dangers such a new Arab neighborhood would pose to area residents. Porush was a key player in pushing through the Har Homa neighborhood, despite strong White House objections.
More interestingly, even Yitzchak Rabin, whose administration signed the Oslo Agreement in 1993, stated the Gush Etzion area is one which enjoys a wide consensus and it would never be given away to the PA. Nevertheless, the latest government plan appears to contradict this position, perhaps signaling Prime Minister Ehud Olmert has different plans for the future of Gush Etzion.
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Regulating Fast Life Underwriting Should Be Fast: Consumer Rep
The Iowa commissioner said making sure accelerated underwriting is fair could take time.
By Allison Bell | December 04, 2019 at 03:07 PM
Birny Birnbaum (Photo: Birnbaum)
A consumer group representative says the National Association of Insurance Commissioners (NAIC) should speed up efforts to develop model regulations for the new fast life insurance underwriting efforts.
(Related: New York Regulators Roll Eyes at ‘Proprietary’ Accelerated Life Underwriting)
Birny Birnbaum, executive director of the Center for Economic Justice, has told members of the NAIC’s Accelerated Underwriting Working Group in a letter that they are spending too much time gathering information and going over issues that other NAIC teams have looked at in the past, according to draft minutes from an Oct. 2 working group conference call meeting.
The working group has included the draft minutes in a packet of materials for an in-person session set to take place Dec. 8 in Austin, Texas, at the NAIC’s fall national meeting.
During the conference call meeting, Birnbaum asked working group members to consider moving more quickly than what the working group has proposed in a work plan.
Birnbaum said the consumer issues stemming from accelerated underwriting are well-known, according to the draft minutes.
Doug Ommen, the Iowa insurance commissioner, said the Accelerated Underwriting Working Group needs somewhat different information than other NAIC teams working on accelerated underwriting.
The other NAIC teams have been focusing on issues related to the financial performance of policies written using accelerated underwriting methods, Ommen said.
The Accelerated Underwriting Working Group is supposed to focus on whether the consumers affected by accelerated underwriting are being treated fairly, rather than on solvency, Ommen said.
A link to the materials packet for the Dec. 8 working group session is available here, under the Meeting Materials tab.
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Allison Bell
Allison Bell, ThinkAdvisor's insurance editor, previously was LifeHealthPro's health insurance editor. She has a bachelor's degree in economics from Washington University in St. Louis and a master's degree in journalism from the Medill School of Journalism at Northwestern University. She can be reached at abell@alm.com or on Twitter at @Think_Allison.
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Manchester United and Manchester City face snub from Channel 5
• Channel 5 will not automatically show either team
• ITV 'would have preferred' Champions League survival
Thu 8 Dec 2011 16.52 EST First published on Thu 8 Dec 2011 16.52 EST
A bad week for Manchester United fans could continue if the side's Europa League television coverage is minimised. Photograph: John Peters/Getty Images
Channel 5 could opt not to show Manchester United's Europa League matches despite the club's games being available to the broadcaster for the first time after their shock Champions League exit.
Channel 5 has the first pick of all Europa League fixtures but a spokeswoman indicated that United's status as England's best-supported club does not automatically make them the preferred choice.
Factors such as the draw and kick-off times will be taken into account, and if away matches were scheduled for 4pm against obscure opposition it may prove dissuasive.
With Europa League games to be played on a Thursday it is unlikely United or Manchester City would wish to diminish their title challenges by fielding full-strength sides. There is an argument that a United second string including Dimitar Berbatov, Federico Macheda and Fábio da Silva may be less of a draw than City's, with Adam Johnson, James Milner and Samir Nasri.
United were formally greeted by Channel 5, whose press office wrote in a message posted on Twitter: "A warm welcome to Manchester United to [sic] the C5 team ... #europaleague". But the studio team of Jim Rosenthal, Stan Collymore and Pat Nevin – accompanied by the commentators Dave Woods and Graham Taylor – must wait to discover whether they will cover Sir Alex Ferguson's side.
Europa League matches are also broadcast by ITV4 but the nation's biggest commercial broadcaster was not celebrating the Manchester clubs' disappointments, even though they will help boost its Thursday offering. ITV1 also carries Champions League coverage and the group's head of sport, Niall Sloane, said: "We would have preferred for the two Manchester clubs to be in the Champions League. But it will be good for ITV4's figures, depending on who we get."
ITV shares the second selection of picks from the Europa League with ESPN. By rotation in each leg of a round one broadcaster is able to pick the second- and fifth-choice matches, or the third- and fourth-choice games.
ESPN's Paul Melvin said: "Making your selections is more of an art than a science. We're very happy for what it means for our opportunity to cover United and City but we have a lot of top-quality teams. We've known for a while this is a high-quality competition and this is an opportunity for even greater exposure from it." With Channel 5 having reserved its main pick for Tottenham Hotspur, the two other broadcasters had been picking from a group of four other English and Scottish clubs. They have been Birmingham City, Celtic, Fulham and Stoke City.
Spurs have treated the tournament as less of a priority than their Premier League commitments, in which they have risen to third. But the price paid for that choice has seen the north London team lose to Rubin Kazan and Paok Salonika, risking elimination from the competition with a game to play. Birmingham and Celtic are also struggling to qualify from their groups after five matches.
However, a win over Group K's bottom side, Odense, would put Fulham through in their last match and Stoke have qualified from Group E and know a draw at Besiktas next Wednesday would guarantee they emerge as its winners.
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Bloomberg and Steyer $200m spend on TV ads – but will it pay off?
The two billionaires in the Democratic race for president are flooding the airwaves but polls have yet to show a benefit
Edward Helmore
Thu 26 Dec 2019 11.36 EST Last modified on Fri 27 Dec 2019 08.02 EST
Michael Bloomberg has spent a record $120m since joining the 2020 contest and his campaign says he is ready to spend whatever it takes to beat Donald Trump. Photograph: Jeff Kowalsky/AFP via Getty Images
Low-polling billionaire presidential candidates Mike Bloomberg and Tom Steyer have spent a collective $200m on political advertising in the 2020 election race – with the first state votes for the Democratic nomination still six weeks away.
Of the two, the financial data mogul Bloomberg is firmly ahead, with the former New York mayor spending a record $120m since he formally joined the contest.
Man with the money: Democrats cry foul as Bloomberg splashes the cash
The San Francisco billionaire Steyer hasn’t matched Bloomberg with his campaign’s $83m in ad buys, but that is still more than four times Pete Buttigieg’s $19m, the next big spender.
Put together the $200m spend is more than double the spending of the rest of the entire Democratic field this year.
But the larger question for the billionaire duo is whether their ability to spend so much on media advertising is effective; both remain in the single digits among registered Democrats nationally.
And as the 2016 primary and national contests showed, deep pockets only go so far; Jeb Bush and Hillary Clinton’s impressive financial backing proved no match for the current president’s cost-free, direct-to-voter Twitter assaults.
Still, according to a Quinnipiac poll, Steyer’s spending in South Carolina is beginning to slowly move the polls: he is now placed fifth with 5% of projected Democratic voters. And he is at 4% among black voters – ahead of Buttigieg and Cory Booker.
Bloomberg, too, is starting to see modest polling gains. In the latest Quinnipiac national poll published on Monday, he came in fifth nationally with 7% of the vote.
Steyer, however, is at 1.5% nationally, according to RealClearPolitics.
But Bloomberg and Steyer are running fundamentally different campaigns with a common objective. Steyer is spending heavily in early voting states – Iowa, New Hampshire, South Carolina and Nevada – while Bloomberg is hoping to harvest support in delegate-heavy, Super Tuesday states.
Tom Steyer speaks in the spin room following a Democratic presidential primary debate in Westerville, Ohio. Photograph: John Minchillo/AP
According to Politico, Bloomberg has already spent more than $13m in California, with 416 delegates, Texas, with 228 delegates, and Florida, which carries 219 delegates.
The former New York mayor isn’t stopping there: he’s spending across the nation, even in states like New Hampshire, with just 24 delegates, which he is not contesting. Other states that are receiving massive TV advertising include North Carolina, according to data from TV ad-tracking firm Advertising Analytics.
“We’re running out of ways to describe [the ad expenditures] at this point,” the company’s Nick Stapleton told Politico.
But others warned that an overplayed ad brings in diminishing returns.
“After you see the same TV ad 10 times, it’s not going to have as big an impact,” Saber Communications’ Christian Heiens told the site, pointing to Jeb Bush’s $55m ad spend on his 2016 Republican nomination bid.
Saturation spending can also lead to mistakes. On Tuesday, the Bloomberg campaign acknowledged and apologized for “unknowingly” using prison labor to make voter calls on his campaign’s behalf.
The issue was reported by the Intercept, and confirmed by Bloomberg in a statement.
“We do not support this practice and we are making sure our vendors more properly vet their subcontractors moving forward,” he said.
But with a personal fortune of $54bn and beholden to no donors, Bloomberg aide Howard Wolfson made clear in a November interview with the Associated Press that his boss is willing to spend “whatever it takes to defeat Donald Trump”.
Notwithstanding his own bid, the liberal-leaning, 77-year-old former Republican plans to spend $15m to $20m on voter registration programs targeting half a million underrepresented, Democratic-leaning people in the battleground states of Arizona, Michigan, North Carolina, Texas and Wisconsin.
“One of the arguments that we would make on behalf of Mike to primary voters is [that] he is able to wage these two campaigns simultaneously – effectively and simultaneously,” Wolfson said.
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Providing balm to burn survivors
Tejal Sinha
BSMS Trust was started in the year 2014 with the aim of creating awareness and counselling to burn survivors who have lost hopes in their life. BSMS...
• Surgeries are performed for free by three well-experienced doctors, Dr Hari Kiran Chekuri, Dr Devi Prasad Mohapatra and Dr Kiran Banda
• However, it costs a minimum of Rs 35,000 per surgery, based on how serious the case is
• Mandali cousels survivors with deformities. Her NGO Burn Survivors Mission Savior Trust raises funds through crowdfunding
Manikonda: "Yes! We are burnt, but physically not mentally," says a burn survivor victim who has left all the stereotypes behind and has become a burn survivor counselor. Meet, Neehari Mandali, 31, a burn survivor who started an NGO named 'Burn Survivors Mission Savior Trust' (BSMS Trust).
BSMS Trust was started in the year 2014 with the aim of creating awareness and counselling to burn survivors who have lost hopes in their life. BSMS mainly takes part in providing surgeries and counselling.
Neehari has helped 94 burn survivors undergo post-burn deformities surgeries and has counseled 800 victims from Telangana, Andhra Pradesh, Kerala and Pune through the BSMS which she started in 2014 while she was still recovering. They offer free of cost surgical care for burn survivors (post-burn deformities). The NGO conducts several awareness programmes on Post burn deformities, counseling, surgeries and rehabilitation.
Speaking to The Hans India, Neehari said, "I am a burn survivor myself and wanted to bring a change in the other victims of burn survivors. We focus on counseling and rehabilitating these victims who have lost their hopes of living a normal life again."
The post burn deformities surgeries are performed for free by three well-experienced doctors, Dr Hari Kiran Chekuri, Plastic, Cosmetic & Reconstructive Surgeon, Dr Devi Prasad Mohapatra, Plastic, Reconstructive, Micro vascular and Burn Surgeon, and Dr Kiran Banda, Plastic & Cosmetic Surgeon, Consultant Plastic. However, it costs a minimum of Rs 35,000 per surgery, based on how serious the case is. The funds are collected through crowdfunding.
Around 55 per cent victims whom Neehari has helped are women, 35 per cent victims are men and other 20 per cent victims are children. "The maximum women who are burnt survivors have either faced domestic violence or suffered accidental burns," said Neehari.
According to World Health organization, there are 10 lakh people who are moderately or severely burnt every year. There are cases of women facing domestic violence and burning themselves or being burnt by their in-laws, says Neehari. Almost 94 burn survivors have post-burn deformities surgeries and she has counselled about 800 victims so far.
Story of Neehari Mandali
Neehari Mandali is a native of the Pulligudda village in Andhra Pradesh and now stays in Manikonda, where she counsels victims. Neehari like any woman in love went against her parents' wishes and married the man she loved. Despite their mutual relationship, Neehari alleges that the physical and mental torture by her husband began from the first week of marriage.
She says, "Unhappy with life I burnt myself using kerosene. However, I survived with almost 90 per cent burns on my body. At that time, I was also two-months pregnant." It took nine different surgeries, months of hospitalisation, and a lot of courage for her to fight her own battle. A few years after the incident took place, she filed for divorce and got separated. She later enrolled herself in a correspondence course in political science.
The activities and her contribution were mentioned in a German book named 'Invisible' which was published in 2014
Her autobiography was published in Malayalam in 2017, titled 'Maattathinte Kuthipp'.
'Bharat Today Prem Divas award' for best social activist in 2018.
'Lady Legend award' in 2018; 'Antyodaya Nayak' in 2019
'I am woman award' in the category of 'Women of Courage' in 2019
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Title: The Shape Of Rage
Label: Pure Legend Records
Intense have been around for twenty years, and this is the first time I have ever really listened to this band properly. 'The Shape of Rage' is only their third full length album, and it is immense and Intense! A really competent album from these British Power Metallers. There are a lot of tracks on this album that will remind you of Iron Maiden, with galloping riffs a plenty Nick Palmer and Dave Peak have the twin-guitar barrage totally spot on. I really like lead singer Sean Hetherington’s vocals, they are both powerful and melodic. 'Anubis' kicks off the proceedings with the galloping guitars so beloved by Maiden fans and Intense can, and do, pull off this technique with consummate ease.
Next track 'The Elemental' is a catchy number with some amazing riffs and a fist punching chorus, which is sure to go down well live. 'One Man’s Word' has razor sharp guitar work and this is a song you could lose yourself in, by just listening to the awesome guitar solos .
'For The Fallen' is a ballad, and to be honest I found this to be the only weak track on the whole album, but having said that, Sean Hetherington's vocals are immense and you can feel the passion oozing out of this track. It just didn’t do anything for me.
Intense come back at you full force with 'Save Me From Myself', 'Lie' and the 'Haunted' all racing along at a frenetic speed, harmonies and choruses. Thrive on this mega power metal feast as we approach the epic 'The Skull Of Sidon', running at 8 and a half minutes, this is an awe-inspiring number. Starting off slow then midway through, Intense acceleration. I love this song. It is everything that Power Metal is all about for me, with sublime riffs and scorching vocals, these guys do not disappoint at all. This is a fitting end to a really fantastic and exhilarating album. An album which should be in any self-respecting metal-heads collection.
Review by: Seb Di Gatto Score: 8.5/10
1. Anubis
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3. One Man's Word
4. For The Fallen
5. Save Me From Myself
6. Lie
7. Haunted
8. The Skull Of Sidon (The Final Stand)
9. The Shape Of Rage
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Stage Review by Tim Walker: 42nd Street
PUBLISHED: 11:01 04 October 2018 | UPDATED: 11:30 04 October 2018
Clare Halse and company in 42nd Street. PHOTO: Brinkhoff/Moegenburg
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A chance to make a great escape. Theatre Royal, Drury Lane, until January 5
Bonnie Langford in 42nd Street. PHOTO: Brinkhoff/Moegenburg
Musicals traditionally do well in bleak times so it’s no wonder that 42nd Street is doing a roaring trade. That grand old showman Michael Grade is behind this lavish stage version of the old 1930s movie classic and he’s decided that now is the time to bring in a new star turn in Bonnie Langford.
I’ve no doubt it will turn out to be a masterstroke as the redoubtable Miss Langford is a symbol of fresh-faced, jaunty optimism to a generation who can remember her, at just six years of age, winning a talent show called Opportunity Knocks. Goodness, life seemed simpler then.
Langford is 54 now and still somehow has about her a lot of the wide-eyed wonder you only see in precocious infant phenomena. I have no idea how she manages it. Perhaps she has been preserved in aspic in the intervening years.
She plays Dorothy Brock – the role was previously essayed by Sheena Easton and Lulu – in the show-within-a-show and she is quite a little madam. She has a long-suffering sugar daddy in tow in Bruce Montague’s camel-coated old roué Abner and the inevitable tyrannical producer in Julian Marsh (Tom Lister).
Alas, she takes the phrase ‘break a leg’ a shade too literally, and, wheelchair-bound after her fall, she has to endure the even greater agony of seeing Peggy Sawyer – the lovely Clare Halse – promoted from the chorus line to taking her starring role. Needless to say, keeping to the rules of this genre, young Peggy goes out on to the stage a nobody and comes back a star.
Langford has a lot of fun in her scene-stealing role, and Halse gives as good as she gets, but, honestly, this isn’t a show where anyone should concentrate unduly on the acting. It’s the big numbers – Keep Young and Beautiful, I Only Have Eyes for You and We’re In the Money (a song that I now can’t help but associate with the Sainsbury’s boss Mike Coupe) – that this show is all about.
There were only four songs in the movie, but the show manages to incorporate a number of other great standards from the composer and writing team of Harry Warren and Al Dubin such as Go Into Your Dance and Lullaby of Broadway.
The director Mark Bramble and his choreographer Randy Skinner stage the big numbers with enormous panache and Douglas W Schmidt’s sets are magnificent. There is, along the way, a splendid homage to Busby Berkeley, where a few dozen ladies lie on the floor, moving their legs in unison, to create geometric patterns reflected in a giant mirror overhead. In the old movies, they always seemed to manage to do this in a pool without somehow sinking to the bottom.
The tap dancing is especially high-octane and the evocation of Broadway is sensational. It’s all escapist nonsense, of course, but there’s a lot to be said for that these days. I managed to forget all about Brexit, in fact, until somebody suddenly had to start singing Boulevard of Broken Dreams.
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John James Harris – Freeman of England within Common Law – Second Affidavit
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I, JOHN JAMES HARRIS DO DECLARE that as from and including this present date, and for all such time as may now be required to restore Elizabeth the Queen to Her Freedom and to The Lawful Dignity & Authority of her Crown, I DENY AND WITHHOLD ALL ALLEGIANCE AND OBEDIENCE TO ELIZABETH THE QUEEN, to the precise purpose of providing some defence to Her Majesty’s Person; Royal Estate and Freedoms, by the process of denying all and any lawful recognition to those Evil Persons who now hold Her Majesty captive to their own Treasons; Evil Designs and Unlawful Purposes, contrary to law –
I NOW DECLARE to All Persons claiming a legal authority to exercise the power of government, in the name of Elizabeth the Queen that their authority to govern me in any way whatsoever is both DENIED and ENDED.
I HEREBY PLACE ON RECORD of all persons that I, John James Harris after said lawful process have entered into Lawful rebellion, which is my right under article 61 of Magna Carta 1215 and therefore have become, from this 1st day of May 2008, a Freeman of England within the Freedom of Common Law.
I NOW DECLARE MYSELF (which is my right after said lawful process) FREE from all Chastisement, Laws, Taxes accorded to the state and any obligations there unto –
Second Affidavit of John Harris
WHEREAS It Is Now Made Plain To Me that Elizabeth the Queen has been entirely deposed from her Freedoms; Crown; Authority & Dignity, by the devious machinations of traitors and by all of those evil persons who have formerly or do now support the enterprises of treason, contrary to the Laws of God and contrary to the known laws and customs of the kingdom and people of England –
AND WHEREAS the said Elizabeth the Queen is now entirely deposed from her lawful power and authority to Govern the Nations & Peoples of the United Kingdom, with Northern Ireland –
AND WHEREAS the said Elizabeth the Queen has been and is now unlawfully restrained from providing a full and adequate response to the content and requirements of an affidavit that I have served upon her in a lawful manner –
NOW I, JOHN HARRIS currently resident at (address supplied to Her Majesty), being the son of John James Harris (also known as Jack Harris) deceased, formerly resident at (address supplied to Her Majesty) who was during his lifetime a loyal and true servant of the Crown and who was during his lifetime employed as a Personal Chauffeur to Sir David and Lady Bowes Lyons and to Her Majesty the Queen, from time to time –
MAKE OATH AND SAY AS FOLLOWS –
FOR THE REASONS GIVEN within the content of the preamble to this present document, I Must and Do Now Remove Myself from All and Any Allegiance to Elizabeth the Queen, to the purpose of removing myself at law from the authority of all of those Hateful & Evil Persons who have taken it upon themselves to hold Elizabeth the Queen a prisoner in her own land – and or who have taken it upon themselves to misgovern the United Kingdom in the Queen’s Name, by the process of laying an unlawful claim to the True Authority of Elizabeth the Queen; such claim to the Royal Authority being entirely contrary to the known and most ancient laws and customs of the realm and being most clearly an expression of Treason.
I DECLARE that as from and including this present date, and for all such time as may now be required to restore Elizabeth the Queen to Her Freedom and to The Lawful Dignity & Authority of her Crown, I DENY AND WITHHOLD ALL ALLEGIANCE AND OBEDIENCE TO ELIZABETH THE QUEEN, to the precise purpose of providing some defence to Her Majesty’s Person; Royal Estate and Freedoms, by the process of denying all and any lawful recognition to those Evil Persons who now hold Her Majesty captive to their own Treasons; Evil Designs and Unlawful Purposes, contrary to law –
AND TO THE FURTHER PURPOSE that my own Security and Safety under the Rule of those Laws that are my inalienable birthright may be safeguarded against the threats to Freedom & Liberty now being posed by Divers Evil Persons, contrary to law.
I FURTHER DECLARE to all such persons that my personal freedom comes directly to me from God Himself, and that the walls and doors of all and any prisons now under the control of Traitors to the Crown & People of the United Kingdom will crack wide and will open at the behest of God Himself, if they should seek to impose penalty upon me for my departure from their mischiefs.
FINALLY, I give Full Notice & Assurance that I will return to my allegiance and obedience to the Person; Estate & Imperial Crown of Elizabeth the Queen when Her Majesty is entirely released from the bondage that now prevents her from the free exercise of her lawful authority and duty to Govern Her Peoples in accordance with their own laws & customs; which authority requires Her to Defend Her Peoples; Her Kingdoms; Her Realms and Her Territories in full accordance with the terms of the Oath that was Sworn before Almighty God & The People on 2nd June, 1953.
THE COMMON LAW OF ENGLAND is my birthright and at any future time of returning to a condition of Full Allegiance and Obedience to the authority of Elizabeth the Queen, I will require and expect to receive The Queen’s Own Freely-Given Assurance that the government of my country will from that same time be conducted in full accordance with the laws and customs of my people; which laws and customs require and demand that the activities of all and any parliaments and governments of the United Kingdom be constrained to act within those provisions of the law that provide for the existence of such parliaments and governments.
May God in His Mercy, Defend the Right & May God Save the Queen from those who now hold her in an Unlawful Captivity.
On the 22nd day of March 2008 I, John James Harris went to Buckingham Palace
July 18, 2008 March 9, 2018 admin
On the 22nd day of March 2008 I, John James Harris went to Buckingham Palace to serve a Lawful Constitutional document upon her Majesty Queen Elizabeth; by way of a Lawful Affidavit invoking Article 61 of Magna Carta 1215. I simply asked for the dismissal of all the traitors that reside within the parliament of […]
John Harris – why my Affidavits support the Queen!
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One thing that I possess as a man is the ability to change my views which is something nowadays you are not allowed to do, but it is simply called evolution. Because of the amazing amount of information I have received over the last two years, some good, some not so good, my views on […]
A response from Buckingham Palace to my first Affidavit
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60-Day Notice Account Terms and Condition
Terms and Conditions for the 60 Day Notice Account
These terms and conditions (as may be amended from time to time) apply to the 60 Day Notice Account (‘the account’) which the account holder(s) (‘you’) holds with Turkish Bank UK Ltd. (‘The Bank’, us’, our’).
1. Deposit Amount
The initial deposit and ongoing balance must be at least £1,000. The maximum balance accepted is £250,000. This may be increased at our discretion.
2. Payment of Interest
Variable interest rates apply to the account. Rates may be varied for competitive or other reasons, for example as a result of regulatory changes or changed market conditions. The rate is guaranteed not to go below Base Rate. If the balance at any time falls below the minimum amount of £1,000, the interest rate will be reduced to 0.1% p.a.
Interest Calculation
Interest is calculated on a daily basis from the day funds are cleared. This means that you will earn interest after the second business day in respect of cheques received for credit of the account. Funds received by Electronic Funds Transfer (EFT) will earn interest from the date credited to your account.
Interest will be paid annually on 31st December or account closure.
Interest Rate Changes
If we change the interest rate on your account we will tell you personally by letter within 30 days of the change.
3. Deposits
The initial deposit may be made either from your Bank or Building Society account by EFT or by cheque, which is required to be drawn on the account holder ‘s’ existing personal account in the UK payable to the name/s of the account to be opened by Turkish Bank (UK) Ltd.
For joint applicants your cheque should be drawn on a joint personal account in the exact names of the applicants. (If you do not have a joint account, we will require a personal cheque, drawn as above from each applicant). The same rule applies, as above, for EFT transfers.
Additional deposits must be for a minimum of £1,000. Cheques must be drawn on the account holder’s’ existing personal Bank or Building Society account. For your protection, personal cheques should be made payable to the name/s of the account to be opened by Turkish Bank UK Ltd.
4. Withdrawals
Withdrawals will be remitted direct to your nominated UK Bank or Building Society account, as advised by you on the account Application Form, or by bankers draft drawn in your name. No payments in favour of third parties or cash withdrawals will be permitted.
60 Day Notice Account withdrawals are subject to the 60-day period of notice.
Requests to amend account details should be made in writing and be signed by you in accordance with the prevailing instructions. Any notice of change of name must be accompanied by appropriate evidence. (e.g. marriage certificate)
6. Statements
A Statement of the account will be provided to you within 10 business days of any interest application date. When a transaction occurs a credit/debit advice will be issued within 10 business days.
Should additional statements be requested this will be regarded as an exceptional service and we reserve the right to apply a charge of £5
7. Charges
Early repayments are subject to 60 days loss of interest on the amount withdrawn. Min. charge is £10.
8. Exceptional Service
We may at our discretion charge for services we regard as non-standard. The amount of any charge for a non-standard service will be advised to you prior to the service being provided.
9. Death of Account Holder
If a sole account holder dies, the personal representatives may close the account (upon presentation of such evidence of their authority as we may require) by withdrawing the balance of the account together with any interest accrued without notice or penalty.
If a joint account holder dies the account may continue in the name of surviving account holder. Alternatively, the survivor may elect to close the account by withdrawing the balance of the account together with any interest accrued to date without notice or penalty.
Any variation to these terms and conditions will be notified to the account holders in writing at least 30 days prior to making such change.
11. Notice To Close The Account
The bank undertakes not to close your account without giving you 30 days notice unless there are exceptional circumstances such as suspected fraud.
12. Cooling-Off
If you are not happy about your 60-Day Notice Account within 14 days of opening it, we will help you switch to another account or we will give all your money back with interest. We will ignore any notice period.
13. Deposit Protection Scheme
The Bank is a member of Financial Services Compensation Scheme (the Scheme) established under the Financial Services and Markets Act 2000. The Scheme has the power to compensate customers in the event of the failure of any authorised firm.
Further details of the Scheme are available from the Financial Services Compensation Scheme www.fscs.org.uk.
14. Confirming Your Identity
UK anti money laundering regulations requires that we have to ask you for proof of identity. We will not be able to open your account without the correct identification documents.
If you are already a customer of Turkish Bank UK Ltd., you do not have to provide further proof of identity or address.
If you are not a customer of Turkish Bank UK Ltd:
If your application is in your name only: We will need to see one form of original address identification document from the list below. If your application is in joint names: We will need to see one form of original address identification document for each applicant from the list below. When the surname and address given are the same for all parties to the account, there is no need to provide address verification for more than one of the parties.
Proof of Identity We need to see ONE of the following five types of documentation for each applicant.
An Original Bank Statement from the account where your initial deposit cheque has originated, dated within the last three months
An Original Inland Revenue Notice of Tax Coding for the current tax year
Original Utility Bill at your current address, dated within the last six months. Gas, electricity, water or land telephone (not mobile)
An Original Council Tax bill at your current address for the current tax year
Other Original Personal Financial Statements (credit card statement or another personal UK bank account) at your current address, dated within the last three months.
We will return these documents to you within five business days of receipt.
15. Product Availability
60 Day Notice Account is only available to investors aged 18 or over in a sole or joint basis. The account must not be used for business purposes. All account holders must be UK resident(s).
16. The Banking Code
The Bank subscribes to The Banking Code. Account Holders requiring a copy of the Banking Code can obtain one from the Banking Code Standards Boards (www.bankingcode.org.uk) or from the Bank.
17. Contracts (Rights of Third Parties)
This contract is between the Account Holder(s) and Turkish Bank (UK) Ltd. The terms of the contracts Rights of Third Parties Act 1999 and any other legal third party rights are specifically excluded. This means that only the parties to the contract (or their legal successor(s), assignee(s) or other security holders) may have contractual rights.
Turkish Bank UK Ltd is authorised by the Prudential Regulation Authority and regulated by the Financial Conduct Authority and Prudential Regulation Authority.
Turkish Bank UK Ltd. is committed to providing excellent customer service at all times. If there is concern that standards have not been met please bring this to our attention as soon as possible. A copy of the Bank’s’ Customer Complaint Procedure is available from the Bank’s’ Customer Services Department on request.
Turkish Bank UK Ltd. is a member of the Financial Services Compensation Scheme.
Turkish Bank UK Ltd. is incorporated in the United Kingdom and Registered Number is 2643004.
Turkish Bank UK Ltd. is registered in England and Wales having its Registered Office at 84-86 Borough High Street, London SE1 1LN.
These terms and conditions (as may be amended from time to time) apply to the 90 Day Notice Account (‘the account’) which the account holder(s) (‘you’) holds with Turkish Bank UK Ltd. (‘the Bank’).
Variable interest rates apply to the account. Rates may be varied for competitive or other reasons, for example as a result of regulatory changes or changed market conditions. The rate is guaranteed not to go below Base Rate. If the balance at any time falls below the minimum amount of ?1,000, the interest rate will be reduced to 0.1% p.a.
Interest is calculated on a daily basis from the day funds are cleared. This means that you will earn interest after the 2nd business day in respect of cheques received for credit of the account. Funds received by Electronic Funds Transfer (EFT) will earn interest from the date credited to your account.
Interest on the balance will be paid semi annually at the end of June and December or at account closure.
The initial deposit may be made either from your Bank or Building Society account by EFT or by cheque, which is required to be drawn on the account holder’s’ existing personal account in the UK payable to the account holder.
Additional deposits must be for a minimum of £1,000. Cheques must be drawn on the account holder’s’ existing personal Bank or Building Society account. For your protection, personal cheques should be made payable to the account in the name of the applicant.
Early withdrawals are not allowed.
Maximum Two interest withdrawals are allowed per annum without notice and charge.
Statements will be issued semi annually, provided there has been activity in the account during the period, otherwise annually. Interest payments do not constitute account activity.
Should additional statements be requested this will be regarded as an exceptional service and we reserve the right to apply a charge of £5.
There are no charges to withdraw funds with notice, and no withdrawals are permitted without notice.
Although currently there is no charge for the service, we may at our discretion charge for services we regard as non-standard. The scale of any future charge will be advised to you prior to any service being provided.
If a joint account holder dies the account may continue in the name of surviving account holder. Alternatively, the survivor may elect to close the account by withdrawing the balance of the account together with any interest accrued without notice or penalty.
The bank undertakes not to close your account without giving you 30 days notice unless there are exceptional circumstances such as fraud.
The Bank is a member of Financial Services Compensation Scheme (FSCS) established under the Financial Services and Markets Act 2000. The Scheme has the power to compensate customers in the event of the failure of any authorised firm.
UK anti money laundering regulations require that we have to ask you for proof of identity. We will not be able to open your account without the correct identification documents.
If your application is in your name only: We will need to see one form of original address identification document from the list below.
If your application is in joint names: We will need to see one form of original address identification document for each applicant from the list below. When the surname and address given are the same for all parties to the account, there is no need to provide address verification for more than one of the parties.
Online applications: Applications made via the online application system may not require address verification documents if the applicants submit their UK passport numbers, provided that we can verify the identity electronically. We reserve the right to ask for further documentation if we are not fully satisfied with the information submitted.
We need to see ONE of the following five types of documentation for each applicant.
90 Day Notice Account is only available to investors aged 18 or over in a sole or joint basis. This account is only available to customers via online and postal application. The account must not be used for business purposes. All account holders must be UK resident(s).
This contract is between the Account Holder(s) and Turkish Bank UK Ltd. The terms of the contracts Rights of Third Parties Act 1999 and any other legal third party rights are specifically excluded. This means that only the parties to the contract (or their legal successor(s), assignee(s) or other security holders) may have contractual rights.
Turkish Bank UK Ltd is authorised by the Prudential Regulation Authority and regulated by the Financial Conduct Authority and Prudential Regulation Authority
One-Year Fixed Term Bond Terms and Condition
Specific Terms and Conditions for the One Year Fixed Term Deposit Bond
These terms and conditions (as may be amended from time to time) apply to the Two Year Fixed Term Deposit Bond Contract (‘the contract’) which the contract holder/Bond holders (‘you’) with Turkish Bank (UK) Ltd. (‘The Bank’;’we’,’us’,’our’).
Deposit Amount, can I amend the first sentence to read the following (it currently states two year bond).
To be eligible for a One Year Fixed Bond, you must be a UK Resident aged 18 or over and invest a minimum £5,000. The maximum amount accepted by us is £250,000 but this may be increased at our discretion.
2. Confirming Your Identity
If your application is in your name only: We will need to see one form of original address identification document from the list below
Other Original Personal Financial Statements (credit card statement or another personal UK bank account) at your current address, dated within the last three months
Payment Of Interest
The rate of interest earned on the One Year Fixed Term Deposit Contract is fixed at the beginning of the term and will apply for the full term of the contract.
Interest is calculated on a daily basis from the day funds are cleared. This means that you will earn interest after the second business day in respect of cheques received for credit of the account. Funds received by Electronic Fund Transfer (EFT) will earn interest from the date credited to your account.
Interest will be added to the contract at maturity or may be sent for the credit of the nominated account, as indicated by you when completing the Application Form or as indicated in writing by you at least 24 hours before maturity.
If we change the interest rate for this type of account during the fixed period your account will not be affected until the maturity of your contract.
Your deposit may be made via electronic funds transfer from your personal Bank or Building Society account or by cheque, which is required to be drawn on the account holder’s existing personal account in the UK payable to the name/s of the account to be opened by Turkish Bank (UK) Ltd (i.e. the same as the drawer of the cheque).
Additional One Year Fixed Term Deposit Contracts can be opened in the same name(s) during the lifetime of an existing deposit. Minimum amount is £5,000 for each contract.
For joint applicants your cheque should be drawn on a joint personal account in the exact names of the applicants. (If you do not have a joint account, we will require a personal cheque, drawn as above from each applicant). The same rule applies, as above, for electronic funds transfers.
5. Maturing Funds
We must receive written instructions to repay the deposit at least 2 business days before the maturity date. Otherwise it will be rolled over at the prevailing rate.
Withdrawals will be remitted direct to your nominated UK Bank or Building Society account or by bankers draft drawn in your name. For your protection no payments in favour of third parties will be permitted. No cash withdrawals are permitted.
. Withdrawals
No withdrawals are allowed before the fixed maturity date.
Requests to amend account details should be made in writing and be signed by you in accordance with the prevailing instructions. Any notice of change of name must be accompanied by appropriate evidence. (e.g. marriage certificate) Fixed Deposit Contract amounts cannot be amended (increased/decreased) during the term agreed.
Confirmation of contract will be provided to you within 10 business of the date of commencement
If a sole account holder dies, the personal representatives may close the contract (upon presentation of such evidence of their authority as we may require) by withdrawing the balance of the account together with any interest accrued to date without penalty.
If a joint account holder dies the account may continue in the name of surviving account holder. Alternatively, the survivor may elect to close the contract by withdrawing the balance of the account together with any interest accrued without penalty.
As this is a Fixed Term Deposit Contract, no cooling off period is applicable.
Deposit Protection Scheme, can I amend the first two paragraphs to one new paragraph reading the following.
We are covered the Financial Services Compensation Scheme (FSCS). In respect of deposits, an eligible depositor is entitled to claim up to £ 75,000. For joint accounts each account holder is treated as having a claim in respect of their share so, for a joint account held by two eligible depositors, the maximum amount that could be claimed would be £ 75,000 each (making a total of £ 150,000). The £ 75,000 limit relates to the combined amount in all the eligible depositor’s account with the Bank, including their share of any joint account, and not to each separate account.
A One Year Fixed Tem Deposit Contract is only available to investors aged 18 or over in a sole or joint basis via post and telephone. The account must not be used for business purposes. All account holders must be UK resident(s).
Should you wish to make a complaint regarding this product, Turkish Bank UK Ltd has a complaints procedure in place. Details of this is available through our website, www.turkishbank.co.uk, in our branches or from our Call Centre on 0800 032 0480.
Two-Year Fixed Bond Terms and Condition
Specific Terms and Conditions for the Two Year Fixed Term Deposit Bond
These terms and conditions (as may be amended from time to time) apply to the Two Year Fixed Term Deposit Bond Contract (‘the contract’) which the contract holder/Bond holders (‘you’) with Turkish Bank UK Ltd. (‘The Bank’;’we’,’us’,’our’).
To be eligible for Two Year Fixed Term Bond, you must be a UK Resident aged 18 or over and invest a minimum £5,000. The maximum amount accepted by us is £250,000 but this may be increased at our discretion.
4. Joint Bonds
You may hold a bond in joint names. If so, you are liable for any money due to us, and all of you must sign to operate the Bond unless you all authorise us in writing that we can accept one signature.
The rate of interest earned on the Two Year Fixed Term Deposit Bond is fixed at the beginning of the term and will apply for the full term of the contract.
Interest is calculated on a daily basis from the day funds are cleared. This means that you will earn interest after the second business day after the receipt of your cheque. The bond will be cancelled if the cheque returns unpaid by your bank. Funds received by Electronic Fund Transfer (EFT) will earn interest from the date the bond is opened.
Payment of Interest.
Interest will be paid annually on the anniversary of the Fixed Deposit. Annual interest can be paid to another account with us or to an account with another UK Bank by BACS but cannot be reinvested in the Bond.
Payments at Maturity
At the end of the term, Interest will be added to the principal amount of the bond and rolled over for a further period matching that of maturing bond, or may be sent for the credit of the nominated account, as indicated in writing by you at least two business days before maturity. No cash withdrawals are permitted.
No repayments or closures are allowed before the fixed maturity date.
8. Other Features Of The Bond
We will send you an annual statement to keep track of your account.
You can hold more than one bond at any time.
A written confirmation of deposit will be sent to you within seven working days of opening your bond.
9. Death of Bond Holder
If a sole Bond holder dies, the personal representatives may terminate the contract (upon presentation of such evidence of their authority as we may require) by withdrawing the balance of the account together with any interest accrued to date without penalty.
If a joint bond holder dies the contract may continue in the name of surviving bond holder. Alternatively, the survivor may elect to terminate the contract by requesting repayment of the bond together with any interest accrued to the date of termination without penalty.
Any variation to these terms and conditions will be notified to the bond holders in writing at least 30 days prior to making such change.
We are covered the Financial Services Compensation Scheme (FSCS). In respect of deposits, an eligible depositor is entitled to claim up to £75,000. For joint accounts each account holder is treated as having a claim in respect of their share so, for a joint account held by two eligible depositors, the maximum amount that could be claimed would be £75,000 each (making a total of £150,000). The £75,000 limit relates to the combined amount in all the eligible depositor?s account with the Bank, including their share of any joint account, and not to each separate account
Three-Year Fixed Bond Terms and Condition
Specific Terms and Conditions for the Three Year Fixed Term Deposit Bond
These terms and conditions (as may be amended from time to time) apply to the Three Year Fixed Term Deposit Bond Contract (“the contract”) which the contract holder/Bond holders (“you”) with Turkish Bank UK Ltd. (“The Bank”;”we”,”us”,”our”).
To be eligible for Three Year Fixed Term Bond, you must be a UK Resident aged 18 or over and invest a minimum £5,000. The maximum amount accepted by us is £250,000 but this may be increased at our discretion.
The rate of interest earned on the Three Year Fixed Term Deposit Bond is fixed at the beginning of the term and will apply for the full term of the contract.
At the end of the term, Interest will be added to the principal amount of the bond and rolled over for a further period matching that of maturing bond, or may be sent for the credit of the nominated account, as indicated in writing by you at least two business days before maturity.
6. Variation
7. Cooling-Off
8. Deposit Protection Scheme
We are covered the Financial Services Compensation Scheme (FSCS). In respect of deposits, an eligible depositor is entitled to claim up to £75,000. For joint accounts each account holder is treated as having a claim in respect of their share so, for a joint account held by two eligible depositors, the maximum amount that could be claimed would be £75,000 each (making a total of ?150,000). The ?75,000 limit relates to the combined amount in all the eligible depositor?s account with the Bank, including their share of any joint account, and not to each separate account.
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Florence Airport, Peretola
Via del Termine, 11, 50127 Firenze FI, Italy
If your vacation to Italy starts or ends in Florence, Italy, then you may want to consider flying in and/or out of Florence Airport, Peretola (FLR), officially known as Amerigo Vespucci Airport. The small, international airport hosts arriving and departing flights from cities around Italy and the rest of Europe, making it a convenient choice for travelers who begin their vacation elsewhere on the continent.
The single-runway airport is currently served by Alitalia, the Italian national airline, as well as major European carriers including Swiss, AirFrance, Iberia, Lufthansa, TAP, and British Airways, as well as many smaller carriers who codeshare with bigger airlines. Among the many cities that offer flights to Peretola Airport are Paris, London, Madrid, Tel Aviv, Amsterdam, and Munich. Within Italy, flights connect to Rome, Catania, and Palermo.
Florence Airport, Peretola: Code, Location and Flight Information
Here is some essential information about Florence Airport, Peretola:
Airport code: FLR
Location: In Peretola, about 10 kilometers northwest of Florence's historic core
Address: Via del Termine 11, Firenze (FI) 50127
Website: www.aeroporto.firenze.it/en
Real-time flight tracker: On the airport homepage
The airport website also has a full departures timetable and arrivals timetable, both of which indicate which days of the week certain flights are offered.
Florence Airport, Peretola, can best be described as functional. The two-story, single terminal facility currently has one runway and 10 gates. As a small airport, it does not have the array of services, nor much of the automation available at larger airports. There are no jetways connecting passengers to their planes—instead they are taken to and from planes via shuttle buses. Some passengers have complained about long lines and lack of organization at check-in desks and at security and passport control. Still, compared to some of Italy's busiest airports, the size and relatively small number of flights coming and going from FLR mean that passengers can move through the airport relatively quickly.
The biggest handicap of Florence Airport, Peretola, is its single, short runway. Bad weather often forces larger planes to divert to Pisa or Bologna airports, which have longer runways. Plans are now underway to build a second, longer runway and expand the terminal, which are both viewed as necessary steps for the airport to catch up with the volume of visitors who travel to Florence every year.
Airlines currently serving FLR
AirDolomiti, AirFrance, Air Moldova, Albawings, Alitalia, Austrian Airlines, Blue Air, British Airways, Brussels Airlines, eurowings, Iberia, KLM, Lufthansa, Scandinavian Airlines, Swiss, TAP, Tui Fly, Vueling
The airport has both short-term and long-term parking lots, and both are within walking distance of the terminal. In the short-term lot, rates are as follows: first 10 minutes are free; up to 30 minutes is €3; up to one hour is €4; between two and seven hours is €3 per hour. Everything above seven hours is charged a daily rate of €30. In the long-term lot, rates are €24 for between four and 24 hours, and €48 for two days. From the third day, the rate is €12 per day.
If you are driving from central Florence, the 7km trip to FLR follows a somewhat convoluted path through the city. Because this is a congested area of Florence, allow plenty of time for the trip, which should take 20-30 minutes in normal traffic.
Public Transportation and Taxis
From Piazza dell'Unità Italiana, near Santa Maria Novella station, the T2 tram makes the 23-minute ride direct to the airport. It runs every 5-6 minutes during the week, and about every 9 minutes on weekends. Tickets are €1.50 and must be purchased at a tabacchi or newsstand, or from a machine at the tram stop. You'll find taxis waiting in front of the terminal. Rides to and from the centro storico have set rates of €22, with a €1 fee for each bag. Rates are €24 on holidays and €25 after 10 p.m. and before 6 a.m.
There are two casual eateries in the arrivals hall, both offering typical Italian fare with cafeteria or counter service. There's also a cafeteria-style restaurant in the departures hall and a wine bar after the security checkpoint.
The airport has a handful of shops offering items made in Italy and Florentine leather goods and fashions. There are two small duty-free stores, plus a convenience store selling snacks, travel gadgets, and last-minute essentials.
The Masaccio Lounge is located on the first floor (not the ground floor) of the airport. Access is free for Priority Pass, Lounge Club, Lounge Pass, Diners Club International, LoungeKey, Dragon Pass, and GIS club members. Walk-up access to the lounge is €30 per person for three hours.
Wi-Fi and Charging Stations
There is free Wi-Fi in the airport, as well as power outlets in the gate waiting areas.
Florence Airport Tips & Facts
Peretola welcomed its first commercial passenger flights in the 1940s.
In 1990, the airport was named after Amerigo Vespucci, the famous explorer who hailed from Florence.
Because of its single, short runway, planes must land, make a U-turn and taxi back to the terminal.
If you have an early flight and want to spend the night near the airport, Hotel ibis Firenze Nord and Hotel Novotel Firenze Nord, both Accor properties, are reliable, modern choices.
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15 Things Not to Do When You Travel to Sweden
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Terri Mapes specializes in giving first-time Scandinavia visitors practical tips for their travels.
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Whenever you travel to a new country, you should take some time to familiarize yourself with some of the common cultural mistakes that are often made by foreigners. If you overstep a boundary, ignorance will only get you so far.
In Sweden, the locals are pretty forgiving of social faux pas, but a general understanding of the do's and don’ts in Sweden comes in handy for avoiding them in the first place.
Don't Assume All Swedes Speak English
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English might be one of the most commonly spoken languages in the world, but don't expect to hear Swedes speaking English to each other. Although over 80 percent of people in Sweden do speak English, you might still come across people who don't, so it's best to learn some basic Swedish phrases for common niceties.
Don't Use Highly Animated Body Language
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If you're not from Scandinavia, you might not be aware of how animated and loud you can be in a conversation. Being loud and flamboyant is the quickest way to irritate the locals in Sweden and you might even be gently reprimanded if your voice carries over to the next table. If you see Swedes turning their body away from you and shading their eyes, take this as a sign to lower your voice and tone it down.
Don't Feel Pressured by Silence
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What you may perceive as an awkward silence, a Swede will perceive as a comfortable pause. Swedes are direct communicators, so every word is calculated to carry meaning across. You will hardly ever overhear conversations that are filled with social pleasantries and small talk, so don’t rush to fill the gap. Instead, try to embrace the silence and enjoy the moment.
Don't Educate the Swedes
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Don’t assume that because Sweden is a neutral entity, Swedes are uninformed about the political complexities that go on in other countries. You will actually find the Swedes read a lot and take their education seriously from a young age. You shouldn't be afraid to share interesting snippets from your homeland, but don't be confrontational or act like a know-it-all. Whether you mean it or not, this kind of behavior can come off as extremely arrogant.
Don't Talk Down the Vasa Ship
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In Stockholm, the Vasa is a matter of national pride. This warship was built in the 17th century and is regarded by the Swedes as one of the greatest engineering feats of its era. After sinking on its maiden voyage, it was salvaged three centuries later and has been meticulously restored to its original and artful glory. It may not have made it very far, but as far as the Swedes are concerned, the restoration of the ship is worthy of your admiration and respect.
Don't Ignore Personal Space
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Swedes value their personal space. Unless you're in a crowd, you should never stand too close to people, even the cashier in a shop. And you definitely shouldn't sit next to somebody on a bus if there is an open seat for you elsewhere. This custom is pretty similar to culture in the U.S. and many other countries, so just be mindful of personal space.
Don't Get Decaf (But Drink Coffee)
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Fika is a favorite daily tradition in Sweden, where Swedes get together for a social break of coffee, sweets, and friends. Most people try to do this once a day, so be ready to participate if you make some new friends. However, you will want to avoid ordering decaf, which is usually not available, and often isn't very good anyway.
Don't Disrespect Swedish Beer
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No matter where you are, it's rude and obnoxious to talk about how anything is much better in your country, and in Sweden, definitely don't insult the beer. Swedish beer tends to be much lighter, but avoid calling it watered-down. Swedish people happen to like it and if you don't, order something else.
Don't Mention the Finnish Ice Hockey Team
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If you have an interest in hockey, you might want to engage a Swede in a conversation about it. This is a fun way to connect, but know that Swedes are very passionate about their national hockey team and if you are watching a game in Sweden, you should be passionate about them too. Sweden and Finland have a long and complex history that often gets played out on the ice, so try not to get too involved and just enjoy watching the game.
Don't Be Flashy
If you'd like to make friends in Sweden, don't be gaudy or flashy. Big shows of wealth won't do much to impress the Swedes and if you arrive with this attitude, people will probably try to avoid you. In Sweden, everything is done in moderation, from everyday clothing to late-night clubbing in Stockholm. People have fun, but just enough without making a nuisance of themselves.
Don't Litter
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Sweden is an extremely environmentally conscious country, so littering and failing to recycle properly is extremely frowned upon. If you can't find a garbage can the moment you need one, just hold on to your trash until you can dispose of it properly.
Don't Drink Bottled Water
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Because the Swedes are so aware of the environment and cautious of pollution, you won't find many people drinking bottled water. Plastic water bottles make a lot of trash, so the Swedes prefer to drink water straight from the tap, which is safe to do and said to be delicious.
Don't Forget to Buy Liquor Early
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Restaurants and bars all serve wine, beer, and liquor, but if you want to take some back to your hotel room, you can buy it at only one place: a Systembolaget outlet, which is a government-operated liquor store. These stores often close early, so plan to get there before 6 p.m.
Don't Take a Pass on Island Hopping
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A trip to Sweden isn't complete until you visit one of the thousands of islands that surround the country on all of its coasts. Make sure to get out of the main cities to do some island-hopping and learn how the locals live. You can be charmed by Swedish culture and revel in the natural beauty. A ferry is available to some of the largest islands and makes for a nice one or two-day trip.
Don't Shove to the Front of the Line
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Whenever you have to stand in line, never shove to the front. Although it's considered rude in most places, in Sweden it is especially shocking. The Swedes value patience, politeness, and waiting your turn, so take a number or your place at the back of the line.
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See 'This Is Us' cast members dressed in black for Jack's funeral scene
Feb. 1, 2018, 8:39 PM UTC / Source: TODAY
By Gina Vivinetto
It's another sign that "This Is Us" fans are really about to see Jack Pearson die — photos of the show's cast members shooting Jack's upcoming funeral scene.
The somber pics show actress Mandy Moore (Rebecca Pearson) and two of the young actors who play Jack and Rebecca's children as teenagers, Logan Shroyer (Kevin) and Hannah Zeile (Kate), all dressed in black as they prepare to film the emotional scene in Los Angeles.
Mandy Moore on the set of "This is Us" in Los Angeles. TheImageDirect.com
Moore, 33, is seen wearing a black overcoat, black dress, and a pair of what we're assuming are her own brown Uggs as she stands next to a vintage Jeep Wagoneer.
Young actors Logan Shroyer (teenage Kevin) and Hannah Zeile (teenage Kate) are seen on set wearing black.TheImageDirect.com
In a second photo, Shroyer, 18, and Zeile, 20, are also seen standing near the car.
Fans of the hit NBC drama know all of our questions about Jack's tragic death will be answered in this weekend's special Super Bowl Sunday episode.
In the promo for the episode released last week, the Pearson family patriarch is seen rescuing family members from a blazing house fire caused by a faulty slow cooker.
Actor Milo Ventimiglia as Jack Pearson.NBC
We still don't know if Jack perished in the fire, but we're bracing ourselves for what Moore is calling a "soul-crusher" of an episode.
Now, with these new photos showing the series' stars dressed for Jack's funeral, his death is really hitting home.
Grab your tissues — the special "This Is Us" episode will air on NBC following the Super Bowl on Sunday, Feb. 4.
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10. September 2014 Fuji X100T 0
The third generation X100T premium digital compact | Fujifilm Global
FUJIFILM Corporation (President: Shigehiro Nakajima) is proud to announce the launch of the new FUJIFILM X100T premium compact digital camera. Equipped with the world’s first electronic rangefinder, an APS-C size X-Trans CMOS II sensor, high-speed EXR Processor II image processing engine and a FUJINON 23mm F2 lens, the X100T delivers unsurpassed image quality thanks to advanced color reproduction technology and the new unique Classic Chrome film simulation mode.
In March 2011, Fujifilm released the X100, opening up a new market for premium compact cameras. In February 2012, the second generation X100S was released, complete with a newly developed sensor, processer, and an advanced Hybrid Viewfinder. Now, the X100T marks the ultimate evolution as the third generation of the X100 Series, reflecting the feedback from customers for each and every part, including image quality, viewfinder and operability. The X100T is available in both black and silver versions and includes three key changes:
World’s first Advanced Hybrid Viewfinder, complete with Electronic Rangefinder
The X100T’s optical viewfinder can simultaneously display the focus area by using the built-in ND filter. Users simply need to turn the camera’s focusing ring for a mechanical rangefinder-style view. Additionally, Focus Peaking and Digital Split Image modes can be selected and the magnification of the focused area can be changed. With the optical viewfinder, Real-time Parallax Correction has also been added to ensure more accurate framing. Parallax error, which occurs during close-up shooting, is automatically corrected in real time so users no longer having to reframe after focusing. In addition, reduced display time lag, automatic brightness control, and enhanced Live View setting have been added to the electronic viewfinder providing a more comfortable shooting experience.
Increased operability with the 1/3 stop aperture ring, command dial, 4-way controller, and seven Fn buttons
Until now, setting the aperture in 1/3 steps needed to be done using the command lever. Now, it is done using the aperture ring. Also, the command lever has been changed to a command dial, and with the addition of a four-way controller, operability has been dramatically improved. The X100T is also equipped with seven Fn buttons, each one of which is customizable, while the rear LCD hasbeen ungraded to 1.04M-dot 3-inch monitor, greatly improving visibility.
New Classic Chrome film simulation mode, developed through 80 years of photographic experience
Fujifilm’s unique Film Simulation modes that mimic the effects of photographic films help users to reproduce warm skin tones, bright blue skies and rich green trees. Classic Chrome, which delivers muted tones and deep colors, has been added to the existing selection.
1. Product features
(1) World’s first Advanced Hybrid Viewfinder, complete with Electronic Rangefinder
To facilitate manual focusing while using the Optical Viewfinder, the focus area is enlarged and displayed in the bottom right of the viewfinder. Part of the original optical image is blocked and then the digital EVF display is projected in the resulting space. Manual focusing that was previously difficult with the optical viewfinder is made easier, much like a mechanical rangefinder. Focus Peak Highlight and Digital Split Image can also be selected on the enlarged area, and the magnification of the focused area can be changed.
Compared to the X100S, bright frame coverage has been increased from 90% to 92%.
Real-time parallax correction has been added for more accurate framing. Parallax, the gap between the shooting range frame and actual shooting range when taking pictures close up, is automatically corrected in real time. Reframing after focusing is no longer necessary.
<Changes to the electronic viewfinder>
Visibility has improved under a variety of conditions, from bright scenes outdoors to dark scenes indoors, by automatically controlling finder brightness.
The Live View display can also be set to “Preview Pic. Effect”, which recreates selected camera effects such as a film simulation mode. Equally, a more natural Live View close to what the naked eye sees can be chosen by turning this option off.
The image within the finder is smoother in low light conditions as it is displayed at the maximum frame rate possible.
Display time lag, inherent problem with electronic viewfinders, has been significantly reduced.
(2) Increased operability
On previous X100 models, setting the aperture to 1/3 stops could only be done with the command lever, now it can be done using the aperture ring. The exposure compensation dial has been extended to ±3 stops. Also, the command lever has been changed to a command dial, and with the addition of a four-way controller, operability has been dramatically improved.
The X100T is equipped with seven Fn buttons, each one of which is customizable. Further user customization is offered on via the Q Button on the rear of the camera: all 16 functions can be chosen according to the user’s preference.
Die-cast magnesium is used for the top and bottom of the body, for a precise, light and highly durable design. A special coating is used for the surface finish, creating a premium feel.
The exterior is finished with non-slip synthetic leather, which is durable and resilient.
Applying a grooved pattern to the aperture ring, shutter speed dial, and exposure compensation dial improves grip and looks good.
The rear LCD has been ungraded to 1.04M-dot 3-inch monitor, greatly improving visibility.
Each and every part is made in Japan, for high precision and finish.
(3) New Classic Chrome Film Simulation
Fujifilm’s unique Film Simulation modes that mimic the effects of photographic films help users to reproduce warm skin tones, bright blue skies and rich green trees. Classic Chrome, which delivers muted tones and deep colors, has been newly added to the existing selection.
(4) Installed with the fastest electronic shutter at 1/32000 sec. **, expanding the shooting range
A completely silent electronic shutter that is capable of exposures up to 1/32000 sec. has been added.
Photos with a shallow depth of field can now be shot with the aperture wide open on snowy fields or the beach under clear skies. As there are no mechanically operated parts, natural expressions of animals and sleeping babies can be captured more easily than ever before.
** The Electronic Shutter may not be suitable for fast-moving objects. Flash can not be used.
(5) Full HD video with the X-Trans CMOS II sensor
Frame rates can be selected from 60fps, 50fps, 30fps, 25fps and 24fps for Full HD movies, supporting worldwide motion picture formats.
The world’s first*** – Videos can be shot with the optical viewfinder
Videos can be shot with the optical viewfinder, just like using a film movie camera.
Film simulation modes can be used on videos to add creative color effects, plus bokeh can be created by using the lens’s wide maximum aperture.
Manual exposure can also be set during video shooting. Aperture, shutter speed*4 and ISO sensitivity can be set, allowing videos to be shot just as the user wishes.
A high bit rate of 36Mbps enables clear capture of delicate movement.
High-speed, high-precision focusing thanks to Intelligent Hybrid AF, which switches between phase detection AF and contrast AF according to the scene, even during video shooting. Manual focus is also possible.
*** As of September 2014. Fujifilm research.
*4 Aperture and shutter speed can be changed during shooting. Only shutter speeds faster than the set frame rate can be set.
(6) Built in Wi-Fi for shooting from your smartphone or tablet devices*5.
By downloading the free FUJIFILM Camera Remote app to your smartphone or tablet device, users can use the Remote Control function, which allows a wealth of control, even from a distance. This functionality is great for a wide variety of shots, including group photos, self-portraits and animals in their natural habitat.
Photos and videos can also be sent to devices such as your smartphone with an easy one-touch operation. Pictures and videos on the camera can be browsed, selected, and imported using your smartphone, all without the hassle of inputting an ID or password. It is also possible to add location information acquired by the smartphone, etc., to the image.
Photos can also be sent directly from the camera to the Instax SHARE Smartphone Printer for instant Instax prints.
Wi-Fi® Transfer*6 is also supported, enabling backup of the data in the camera onto the computer wirelessly.*7
*5 Android™, smartphone and table devices, iPhone / iPad.
*6 Wi-Fi® is a registered trademark of the Wi-Fi Alliance®.
*7 Requires advanced installation of the free dedicated software “FUJIFILM PC AutoSave” to your computer.
(7) A high-performance system that delivers high image quality and fast response
High image quality and high speed processing capabilities have been inherited from the X100S thanks to the APS-C size “X-Trans™ CMOS II”*8 sensor, EXR Processor II image processing engine and FUJINON 23mm F2 lens.
The X100T’s 16.3-megapixel X-Trans CMOS II sensor controls moiré and fake colors with the X-Trans color filter in which RGB pixels are randomly arranged, negating the need for a low-pass filter. Combined with the image-processing engine EXR Processor II, the camera delivers images with impressive levels of sharpness and low noise.
The unique image quality design technology created through years of developing photographic films helps to reproduce warm skin tones, bright blue skies and rich green.
To reduce noise at high sensitivities, a setting of the highest ISO 51200*9 has been made possible through processor noise reduction processing optimization. Noise is reduced even under ultra-high sensitivities, reproducing tight black colors.
Optical effects that occur by light passing through the lens, such as the diffraction*9 are corrected by the unique Lens Modulation Optimizer*10 which deliver sharp details even when the aperture is set to F16.
A specially designed FUJINON 23mm (approximately 35mm in 35mm format equivalent) F2 lens has an optimal optical design that delivers high levels of sharpness from the centre to the edges of the frame.
The lens is made up of 8 glass elements in 6 groups, which includes one high-performance double-sided aspheric lens and a convex lens made of high refractive glass. Images display minimal aberrations, along with high sharpness, and beautiful color reproduction. FUJINON’s unique HT-EBC coating is applied to the lens control flare and ghosting.
9 aperture blades are used, allowing for soft, beautiful, circular bokeh.
Macro photography is possible down to 10cm.
The built-in ND filter delivers the equivalent of three stops of compensation.
By placing AF phase detection pixels on the X-Trans CMOS II sensor, AF speeds of approximately 0.08 sec are possible. Intelligent Hybrid AF automatically switches between image phase detection AF and contrast AF depending on the subject and scene, so high-speed and high-precision AF is possible on every scene.
The EXR Processor II has with more than double*12 the processing performance when compared to previous models. The X100T is also starts up in approximately 0.5 sec., has a shutter time lag of about 0.01 sec., and offers shooting interval of approximately 0.5 sec.
High-speed continuous shooting of a maximum of 6fps (25 frames continuously: during JPEG shooting) using the full 16.3 megapixels is possible.
*8 X-Trans is a trademark or registered trademark of FUJIFILM Corporation.
*9 During expanded sensitivity.
*10 When a fine image that should be sharp is blurred when shooting by stopping down the aperture.
*11 Unique signal processing technology that reproduces the sharpness of images blurred by diffraction, etc.
*12 Compared to the “EXR Processor Pro.”
(8) Other functions
11 different Film Simulation modes can be selected, including PROVIA / Velvia / ASTIA / PRO Neg.Std / PRO Neg. Hi / SEPIA, as well as three filter effects (Ye Filter, R Filter, G Filter) for monochrome shooting.
A Multiple Exposure mode allows two shots to be put together on one frame.
Advanced Filter functions offer creative fun. Pop Color / Toy Camera / Minature / Dynamic Tone / Partial Color (red, orange, yellow, green, blue, and purple) / and Soft Focus can be chosen, as well as advanced shooting techniques such as High Key and Low Key.
Interval timer shooting is possible. Shooting intervals of 1 second to 24 hours, up to 999 frames, and a start time can be set.
Charging from your PC via the attached USB cable is possible.
Built-in Super Intelligent Flash that automatically controls the amount of light according to the situation.
The lens shutter is durable for approximately 100,000 shots. The camera is equipped with a shutter counter.
A power saving function starts up when the optical viewfinder is used, increasing the number of possible shots to 700 with the OVF POWER SAVE MODE.
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Google Tries To Advance IoT Security With Android Things
Someone might finally have found a way to make the Internet of Things (IoT) less of a threat. Google released a developer preview of Android Things, an Android-based platform, and updated Weave to make it easier for companies to produce and maintain IoT products. This could in turn make those connected gadgets--and therefore the internet as a whole--more secure than they have been in the past.
Android Things is meant to help manufacturers create IoT devices the same way they would make an app for a phone. Many companies are familiar with developing for the platform, so expanding tools like the Android Software Development Kit, Google Cloud Platform, and others to the IoT makes sense. The platform could also help Google expand its reach by making other companies rely on its software for many of their internet-connected products.
But the biggest impact Android Things could have on IoT devices involves security. Here's what Google said in its announcement:
Now any Android developer can quickly build a smart device using Android APIs and Google services, while staying highly secure with updates direct from Google. We incorporated the feedback from Project Brillo to include familiar tools such as Android Studio, the Android Software Development Kit (SDK), Google Play Services, and Google Cloud Platform. And in the coming months, we will provide Developer Preview updates to bring you the infrastructure for securely pushing regular OS patches, security fixes, and your own updates, as well as built-in Weave connectivity and more.
Note that security is mentioned a few times. Google wants to make IoT products less reliant on their manufacturers for software updates, and will provide the tools needed to make operating system patches and other security fixes. Companies will no longer have to develop and release their own software whenever a vulnerability is discovered in their products; Google and its security team will do all of the heavy lifting with Android Things.
That's good news. Android Things comes after the world got some more glimpses into how insecure many products can be. IoT devices were used to take down popular websites on the East Coast (and elsewhere) in October. Then in November, critical vulnerabilities were discovered in popular IoT cameras--a problem that repeated itself when backdoors were found in Sony's internet-connected cameras in early December. The IoT market had a bad couple of months.
These issues have led to calls to improve the security of IoT devices. The problem is that many companies drag their feet in responding to problems, lack the infrastructure to push updates to devices that have already been sold, or simply don't care about the security of their products. Making sure these devices are safe for their owners and for the internet at large just isn't a priority for the manufacturers churning them out.
Android Things could fix that. It sounds like Google has learned from the mistake it made with Android, where manufacturers are free to release or not release critical updates as they please, and will use this IoT platform to make sure all of the devices that rely on it are kept up to date. If security becomes more convenient and companies don't have to develop software updates themselves, the IoT could become much safer than it is today.
Google said Android Things is currently available as a developer preview. Qualcomm has already announced support for the platform with its Snapdragon processors, and other companies are likely to follow suit. Google has also updated Weave, a platform that bridges IoT devices and the cloud services on which they rely, to "make it easier for all types of devices to connect to the cloud and interact with services like the Google Assistant."
jasonkaler 14 December 2016 07:49
"--and therefore the internet as a whole--more secure than they have been in the past"
I don't think android IoT is much of a player in terms of the internet as a whole.
Android smartphones yes, but IoT, not so much.
Nolonar 14 December 2016 10:15
"Android Things", really?
RomeoReject 14 December 2016 23:18
"I don't think android IoT is much of a player in terms of the internet as a whole.
Android smartphones yes, but IoT, not so much."
Hopefully somebody wiser than myself can post, but the big shutdown on the web last month was purportedly done by using a bunch of IoT connected devices, so their logic does seem sound.
boosted1g 15 December 2016 20:33
Seem to be missing the entire point which is to change that by making it more alluring to companies to use Android IoT to both make development easier and to take the responsibility of exploit patching off of the manufacturers shoulders.
Thus if successfull then Android IoT would have a larger footprint in the internet as a whole.
19008541 said:
The single biggest factor in implementing IoT is cost.
IoT will be increasingly dominated by cheaper chipsets such as the ESP8266. At $1 per unit, it will flood the market 100x more than android ever will.
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What's New at the Toronto Zoo this Summer
The Toronto Zoo is Canada's premier zoo with over 5,000 animals representing more than 450 species in various regions and pavilions based on 7 geographical locations: Indo-Malaya, Africa, the Americas (North and South America), Eurasia Wilds, Tundra Trek, Australasia and Canadian Domain. Visitors can see animals both in indoor tropical pavilions and outdoor naturalistic environments, with barrier-free viewing.
The Toronto Zoo remains a top destination for locals and tourists, especially during the summer months. The Zoo is open every day except December 25. Hours do change seasonally so be sure to check torontozoo.com or call 416-392-5929 for hours of operation.
What's new in 2018 at the Toronto Zoo!
Amur Tigers – Returning in 2018 (Date to be announced)
The Amur tigers are returning to the Toronto Zoo! The endangered Amur tiger, the largest of all tigers, is returning after a five-year absence. The Amur Tiger Exhibit, formerly the Giant Panda Experience, is located within the Eurasia Wilds section and is home to two Amur tigers, female “Kira” and male “Vasili”. Visit the Toronto Zoo website for updates on the opening of this exhibit!
NEW! Aldabra Tortoise Outdoor Exhibit - Opening Summer 2018
Three mega-size Aldabra tortoises, one of the largest species of tortoise in the world, have returned to the Toronto Zoo and are calling the African Rainforest Pavilion home. The species has not lived at the Zoo since 1999 and currently shares residence with the zoo's ring-tailed lemurs in a mixed species exhibit. The three tortoises are referred to as ‘youngsters’ and are estimated to be 40 to 50 years old.
NEW! Asian Carp Exhibit
The Big, Bad, and Ugly Asian Carp Exhibit is now open for guests to see and experience for the first time in Canadian history! The newly opened exhibit can be found in the Indo-Malaya Pavilion and is home to three, of the four, invasive species of Asian Carps – bighead, black and grass.
NEW! Blanding’s Turtle Exhibit
The Blanding’s Turtle Exhibit is now open in the Americas Pavilion for guests to see and experience! This new exhibit offers a unique look into a turtle nursery where guests can watch the turtles grow and develop before being released into the wild.
NEW! Wild Weekdays at Toronto Zoo
Also new for this summer is an exciting nine-week events calendar, held weekdays starting July 2 to August 31, 2018. Whether you want to come and meet some of your favourite Character friends, take in a family-fun movie, bring your favourite plush for a check-up, paint with friends or take in a yoga session, there is something for everyone. Each event will have a special focus on the zoo’s mission of inspiring passion to protect wildlife and their habitats. Find out more at www.torontozoo.com/Wild.
NEW Wild Woods Zipline and Canopy Tour – Coming Summer 2018!
If your family is looking for a new adventure, the Toronto Zoo’s newest attraction is a must! Located within the scenic Rouge Valley, this ecologically themed zipline transports guests down a 300m parallel cable line at speeds exceeding 40 kms/hr which concludes with a thrilling zip drop off of the landing platform. Afterwards, guests will be transported by an ATV vehicle back up to the Indo-Malayan Pavilion. Find out more at www.torontozoo.com.
More Fun for the Kids:
During your visit, don't forget to drop by The Discovery Zone, a seasonal attraction that offers free interactive activities just for kids. You'll find Splash Island, the coolest spot to hang at the Zoo! This two acre splash pad features hands-on, non-stop fun among waterslides. There are bigger than life water-spouting animals, a waterfall, misters, and tipping buckets. The Kids Zoo has four-legged friends just waiting to meet you. There are unique photo opportunities as the kids pop up inside a plexiglass bubble to come face-to-face with a guinea pig, dig for dinosaur artifacts, whoosh down the tree house’s two storey slide or bird watch in a giant aviary. They'll see much-loved domestic animals like alpacas and goats, and more! For a more quiet activity, stop in daily at the outdoor Waterside Theatre for two animal shows including: “Homegrown Heroes”, which highlights Canadian species, and “A Bird’s Life”, which exclusively features birds. These family-friendly interactive shows will highlight natural animal skills that they show off around, over and within the audience. Splash Island, Waterside Theatre, Animal Shows and the Kids Zoo are all FREE with general admission!
There so much to see and do at the Toronto Zoo so make it part of your family's summer itinerary! For more information, visit torontozoo.com.
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Proudly Introducing:
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The *MUN Hall of Fame* 2018
This is a global competition for previous or present participants of Model United Nations who have had a positive impact on their peers or the Model UN community. Joining the competition is free, and open to any and all previous or current Model UN participant who meets the eligibility criteria.
5 finalists have their bios published on the website. The top winner is recognized in person at the United Nations Headquarters in New York. United Ambassadors will cover airfare and accommodation for one top winner to receive the certificate award at the closing ceremony of UA-MUNC NYC 2018.
Stages/ Milestones of the Competition
The below dates are final.
Stage 1) Become an Applicant: Initial Application: Submit application / nomination.
Deadline to apply or submit a nomination is June 25th, 2018.
a. Applicant/ Nominee information: State your name(s) and whether you're applying as an individual, nominating an individual, or applying on behalf of your organization. If you are applying for a nominee, provide all his/her information, in addition to your information.
b. Category/ Campaign/ Initiative: Identify the category and criteria your application falls under from the checklist found here. Which one of the applicant categories/ criteria applies to you/ your nominee?
If accepted, you become an official “candidate”. Finalists are selected from among candidates in an internal review process by United Ambassadors.
Stage 2) Introducing the Finalists:
Finalists are selected and publicly announced through the website (website bios) and on UA social media.
Stage 3) Voting Open:
Voting open to the public, the top winner selected from among the top 5 finalists.
Stage 4) Winners announced and top #1 winner invited to UA-MUNC New York 2018 to receive in-person recognition.
The top 5 winners are celebrated on the website, and the top winner receives one free flight and 2-night accommodation in New York to be personally recognized at the closing ceremony of UA-MUNC NYC on the 20th of August 2018.
The Awards -- All accepted participants of this competition, including candidates, finalists or winners, receive substantial positive publicity, recognition, informal status, and acknowledgment, simply by being accepted and published by United Ambassadors as members of the competition. The 10 finalists are filtered from among the candidates and become eternal members of a widely publicized Model United Nations Hall of Fame. The top winner is recognized at the United Nations Headquarters during the closing ceremony of UA-MUNC NYC, for which United Ambassadors will cover single airfare and accommodation to secure attendance.
a) The Grand Prize (Highest Award): The top winner is:
*Awarded as the first place winner of the MUN 2018 Hall of Fame on the website.
* One flight ticket to New York and single accommodation at the Grand Hyatt hotel for 2 nights to receive in-person award/ recognition at the at the UN HQ, on August 20th, 2018, during the closing ceremony of UA-MUNC NYC 2018.
* Certificate of Recognition & Accomplishment declaring them as #1 top winners of the MUN 2018 Hall of Fame.
*His/ her video is shown on the screens during the closing ceremony of UA-MUNC NYC 2018.
b) The Top 5 Winners including the top winners receive:
* Publication as Hall of Fame Top 5 finalists on the website.
* Electronic Certificate of Recognition & Accomplishment declaring them as top 5 finalists of the MUN 2018 Hall of Fame.
Apply/ Nominate - MUN 2018 Hall of Fame
Stages of the Hall of Fame 2017
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*Deadline to apply & submit bios - Round 2 - is June 30th, 2018. Deadline to vote is July 25th, 2018*
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Caribbean-Florida Water Science Center (CFWSC)
Real-time and Historical Data
These pages provide access to water-resources data collected at approximately 1.9 million sites in all 50 states, the District of Columbia, Puerto Rico, the Virgin Islands, Guam, American Samoa and the Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands. Online access to this data is organized around the categories listed at the bottom.
The USGS investigates the occurrence, quantity, quality, distribution, and movement of surface and underground waters and disseminates the data to the public, State and local governments, public and private utilities, and other Federal agencies involved with managing our water resources.
Real-Time Data:
Streamflow: Florida - Puerto Rico
Groundwater: Florida - Puerto Rico - U.S. Virgin Islands
Water Quality: Florida - Puerto Rico
Precipitation: Florida - Puerto Rico
Lake/Reservoir: Florida - Puerto Rico
Real-Time Data: Current conditions at selected sites based on the most recent data from on-site automated recording equipment. Measurements are commonly recorded at a fixed interval of 15- to 60-minutes and transmitted to the USGS every hour. Values may include "Approved" (quality-assured data that may be published) and/or more recent "Provisional" data (of unverified accuracy and subject to revision). Most current data are provisional.
Continuous Data:
Groundwater, map format: Puerto Rico
Groundwater, tabular format: Puerto Rico
Continuous data: Groundwater level data are collected and stored as either discrete field-water-level measurements or as continuous time-series data from automated recorders.
Historical Data:
Streamflow: Florida - Puerto Rico - U.S. Virgin Islands
Water Quality: Florida - Puerto Rico - U.S. Virgin Islands
Historical Data: The same data accessed by the Current Conditions link above but including both active and discontinued sites with data for any part of the period October 1, 2007, through the present. Values may include "Approved" (quality-assured data that may be published) and/or more recent "Provisional" data (of unverified accuracy and subject to revision).
Supporting feature
WaterWatch is a U.S. Geological Survey (USGS) World Wide Web site that displays maps, graphs, and tables describing real-time, recent, and past streamflow conditions for the United States. The real-time information generally is updated on an hourly basis. WaterWatch provides streamgage-based maps that:
Show the location of more than 3,000 long-term USGS streamgages;
Use colors to represent streamflow conditions compared to historical streamflow;
Feature a point-and-click interface allowing users to retrieve graphs of stream stage (water elevation) and flow;
Highlight locations where extreme hydrologic events, such as floods and droughts, are occurring.
Annual Water Data Reports
Water Resources Data reports were published annually for many decades for use by engineers, scientists, managers, educators, and the general public. These static archival products supplemented direct access to current and historical water data provided by the National Water Information System web interface (NWISWeb), the authoritative source for USGS water data.
Beginning with Water Year 2006 and ending with Water Year 2013, annual water data reports were made available as individual electronic Site Data Sheets for the entire Nation for retrieval, download, and localized printing on demand. Over that time, NWISWeb capabilities have become more comprehensive. Building on these capabilities, USGS has moved the Site Data Sheet functions into NWISWeb. As of 2014, NWISWeb now provides an on-demand, print-ready Water-Year Summary as an annual water-data product.
2014-present: Water Year Summaries
Each site's Water-Year Summary will be available on-demand as soon as the water-year data are reviewed and approved as final.
To retrieve Water Year Summaries Navigate to the site in NWISWeb: Florida, Puerto Rico or U.S.Virgin Islands
This takes you to the NWIS Web home page for the state. Several search options are available from there, including a Current Conditions' list of active real-time sites and the NWIS Mapper.
The various search options will help you find individual sites.
Once at the site page, select "Water-Year Summary" from the 'Available data for this site' pull-down menu.
For example, Site 02266480 water-year summary
2006-2013: Site Data Sheets
Retrieve Site Data Sheets by Station Number or State click here
Pre-2005: Water Resource Data reports
From 1962 until 2005, reports were published by State as paper documents, although most reports since the mid-1990s are also available in electronic form through this web page. Reports prior to Water Year 1961 were published in occasional USGS Water-Supply Papers and other reports.
Documentation — Introductory material: Details and explanations regarding site numbering, data reported, and accuracy of data
Related information and publications — Related links to USGS data, methods (TWRIs), special programs and networks, and past annual data reports
Richard L Kane
(Former Employee)
Associate Center Director for Data
Caribbean Florida Water Science Center, Southeast Region
David M Hernández
CFWSC San Juan Office, Data Chief
CFWSC Puerto Rico
Email: dmhernan@usgs.gov
Droughts, Floods, and Hurricanes
Surface-water
Surface-water Quality
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Adam Neumann Is Officially Out as WeWork’s CEO
The CEO’s fall from grace comes after WeWork’s planned IPO crashed and burned—and resulted in a slew of damaging revelations about Neumann’s leadership.
By Alison Durkee
By Michael Kovac/WeWork/Getty Images.
WeWork founder Adam Neumann is officially going down with his company's botched IPO. The company announced Tuesday that the controversial tech exec, whose leadership has become a source of contention in the wake of a failed Wall Street bid, will be stepping down as WeWork's CEO, though he will stay on as parent company We's non-executive chairman. He will also be stripped of his majority control over the company, with Neumann's voting shares reduced from 10-to-1 to 3-to-1. “While our business has never been stronger, in recent weeks, the scrutiny directed toward me has become a significant distraction,” Neumann said in a statement, “and I have decided that it is in the best interest of the company to step down as chief executive.”
Neumann's fall from grace comes in the wake of WeWork's planned IPO crashing and burning, with the company’s valuation plummeting from an estimated $47 billion valuation to less than $15 billion before its offering was postponed altogether. We's stock market stumble prompted a wave of new criticism about Neumann, with one Wall Street Journal exposé reporting that the CEO had once gotten kicked off a private plane for carrying too much marijuana; laid off 7% of employees for financial reasons before immediately throwing an in-house, tequila-fueled Run DMC concert; and claimed WeWork could “solve the problem of children without parents”—among other revelations. As my colleague Gabriel Sherman reported on Monday, the CEO had become increasingly flaky as of late, neglecting to attend board meetings “because he had control of the company” and skipping or showing up late to other crucial meetings, including arriving at a meeting with the head of Abu Dhabi’s sovereign wealth fund late and apparently hungover. And that's not to mention Neumann's increasingly wild pronouncements, from claiming he convinced Rahm Emanuel to run in 2020 on the “WeWork agenda” to claiming that JP Morgan Chase CEO Jamie Dimon is his “personal banker.” “Adam’s fantasyland became a reality,” a former WeWork executive told Sherman.
But for as problematic as Neumann's leadership seemed to be, Sherman noted, WeWork was “built on the egomaniacal glamour and millennial mysticism of Neumann and his wife,” Rebekah Paltrow Neumann, who's also stepping down from her roles in the business. So what happens to the company without Neumann at its helm? WeWork has announced that the company's new co-CEOs, effective immediately, will be current co-president and CFO Artie Minson and vice chairman Sebastian Gunningham, with a search underway for a permanent successor. The new CEOs said in a statement that they “will be taking clear actions to balance WeWork’s high growth, profitability and unique member experience while also evaluating the optimal timing for an IPO,” which the New York Times reports could include slowing WeWork's rapid growth by laying off as many as 4,000 to 5,000 employees.
Will their efforts be enough to dig the company out of the hole that Neumann got them into, and finally spur their elusive IPO? Or, as Marx Realty CEO Craig Deitelzweig told Sherman, does the company's business model built around long-term leases and short-term tenants mean that WeWork won't be “a viable business” no matter who's in control? That remains to be seen—but as things stand now at WeWork, as one executive told Sherman before Neumann's departure, “It’s an all-around shitshow.”
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“Adam’s Fantasyland Became a Reality”: Inside WeWork’s Crash
With staff rushing for the exits, and the IPO on life support, Adam Neumann’s goal of being the world’s first trillionaire may be out of reach—but WeWork still has major real estate markets hostage. “It’s an all-around s--tshow,” said a WeWork executive.
By Gabriel Sherman
Was That Wrong?
WeWork Fired Staff to Cut Costs, Immediately Threw a Run-DMC Concert
Other highlights of a new exposé include Adam Neumann’s weed habit getting him booted from a plane, discussing running for “president of the world,” and thinking WeWork will be worth “many times” $47 billion.
WeWork Postpones Its IPO as Valuation Nosedives
Apparently, the office-rental startup wasn’t worth $47 billion. Or $20 billion. Now, as its potential valuation plummets toward $10 billion, WeWork has reconsidered the logic of a public market debut that might have left it in need of alternative funding.
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THUMP Mix: Alice Glass
We spoke to the former Crystal Castles frontwoman about shoplifting CDs, Trump's presidency, and her long-awaited solo album.
by Max Mertens
27 February 2017, 9:59am
Artwork by Harry Gassel
On July 17, 2015, Alice Glass shared her first solo single "Stillbirth," accompanied by a powerful statement from the former Crystal Castles frontwoman about "an abusive relationship that started when I was a teenager." Co-written and produced by ex-HEALTH member Jupiter Keyes, the track was a bared-teeth confessional which saw the Canadian singer cutting through buzzsaw synths and industrial percussion with striking lyrical clarity.
While she's been musically quiet since—only dropping tantalizing hints about her long-awaited debut album in a rare handful of interviews—Glass has been anything but silent when it comes to raising awareness about political and social issues including the Dakota Access Pipeline protests, Donald Trump's administration, and sexism in the music industry. Last year, she was also recruited for fashion designer Alexander Wang's fall campaign, and has been hard at work in the studio on the upcoming LP. Of her new material, she told THUMP over email, "Some songs sound more like being eaten by fire ants and some songs are like being slowly consumed by a snake."
In the meantime, the singer's turned in what might possibly be our most eclectic THUMP Mix to date, drawing largely on the songs she's had in heavy rotation recently. This includes Veracom's excellent chopped and screwed edit of Future's "Turn off the Lights," a double shot of 60s Singapore pop band the Quests, and plenty of goth rock and black metal.
Stream the mix below, download it via WeTransfer, and read our conversation with Glass about teenage shoplifting, self-care tips, and more.
THUMP: Where did you record the mix? What's the perfect setting for listening to it?
Alice Glass: I recorded this is my bedroom while it was raining. In your room doing repetitive household chores. Things like brushing your teeth until your gums bleed or filing your nails down too far.
Is synesthesia a real thing and if so, what color is this mix?
Snow over trash bags.
You put Future's "Turn on the Lights" on here, which in my opinion is one of the best love songs of the last few years. How did you discover the song?
I'm not sure! I really love how his voice sounds in the chorus.
Am I correct in assuming some of the songs on here was music you listened to growing up? What's the most recent discovery?
Yes! I shoplifted the Lurkers CD when I was about 14. It's probably the most happy record I have. I named one of my dogs, Shadow, after that song. This is mostly music I've had with me for awhile and this mix just fits the mood I've been in lately.
You've been vocal about your experiences being in abusive environments in the past, can you talk a little bit about the importance of artists speaking out on different issues in light of Trump's presidency?
We're living in a different climate since Trump got into office. Pathological lying has been normalized and vulnerable groups of people are afraid of losing their rights. I feel like we are all at risk of losing certain rights. It's been an overwhelming month and everyday is something new, some new fucked up story surrounding Trump or his administration. It's causing people a lot of anxiety, but we can't let ourselves just accept this.
It's really important that artists be outspoken. We need to know that other people out there that we feel a connection to also aren't okay with what's happening. It gives us a feeling of community and hope when our contemporaries and people we admire speak out for what is right. A lot of people on the other side are criticizing artists for being vocal, but that's just a strategy to silence us. People in the arts and entertainment industry have a lot of influence to help progressive ideas gain strength.
What sort of tips would you give to people who might feel emotionally or mentally defeated by the political state of the world right now? How do you practice self-care?
We're only a little over a month into this presidency and it's already really fucking stressful seeing all the things that this administration is trying to do. Honestly, I've been struggling with it a lot. We need to stay aware of what's happening, but it's exhausting, and personally some of what I'm seeing reminds me of my previous bad situation.
I'm just trying to find positive distractions, immersing myself in the things I like to do like petting cats and dogs and reading the same books over and over.
In a previous interview, you described your solo album as sounding like "a kitten eating their hoarding owners as they die," is that still the overall vibe?
Yes! That's how the record feels to me. I knew how I wanted things to sound early on, sinister and sweet, but it's evolved now. Some songs sound more like being eaten by fire ants and some songs are like being slowly consumed by a snake.
What else can you tell us about the upcoming record? What do you think people will be surprised by the most about it?
That you can hear my voice clearly.
Remain In Silence - "Lonesome Hours"
Future - "Turn on the Lights (Veracom Lights Out C&S)"
The Zeros - "Don't Push Me Around"
The Lurkers - "Shadow"
Coldworld - "Cancer"
VODUZ - "Blair Witch"
Sakura & The Quests - "My Boy Lollipop"
Rita Chao & The Quests - "How to Catch a Girl"
Lustre - "Moonlight Meadow"
Max Mertens is on Twitter.
Alice Glass
The Lurkers
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7 percent of American households have OTT, but not pay TV
Americans enjoy the freedom of choosing the programming they want to watch, so a growing number are strictly subscribing to OTT services. In fact, according to recent research from Park Associates, 7 percent of American households subscribe to broadband and OTT programming, but don't buy traditional pay TV services.
Brett Sappington, director of research of Parks Associates, said the OTT services marketplace keeps changing at a fast pace.
"A variety of new players are entering the market, and operators including DISH Networks, Rogers Communication, Bell Canada, and Sky are responding with OTT video services of their own. How the industry responds to this change will ultimately affect the fundamental structure of the video industry for years to come," Sappington explained.
The research firm predicts subscriptions to OTT services will increase to more than $19 billion in 2019.
"OTT services will increase to more than $19 billion in 2019."
Sappington added that dedicated video customers are still subscribing to pay TV services if their budgets allow it. Companies involved in the video ecosystem, however, are enthusiastic about reaching customers who no longer think pay TV is worth the money.
The report also pointed out that the cable industry's TV Everywhere approach isn't doing that well . Although the initiative allows subscribers to view programming on computers and tablets, 82 percent of Americans still aren't aware of what TV Everywhere is.
Is pay TV on its way out?
With so many people watching their favorite programming through the Internet, it can make you wonder if pay TV providers are in danger of becoming extinct. According to a 2014 GfK research report, 19 percent of American TV viewers have at least one streaming device in their home. More than one-third of these people admitted they use the devices to stream content instead of watching their favorite programming on traditional TV.
"Digital media players take a primary role in users' viewing behavior, ranking as the first or second destination – ahead of live TV or DVRs – when deciding what to watch in primetime," David Tice, senior vie president at GfK said. "However, a positive note for linear networks is that digital media player users don't perceive their use as cannibalizing their regular TV viewing."
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Posted in Blogging Marin on Thursday, January 9, 2020 by MCVB Staff
The sleek Sonoma-Marin Area Rail Transit (SMART) system has been a chic and very easy way to get around in Marin County. But now, its shiny, ultramodern green trains just added the final two Marin stopovers this past month with Larkspur and Downtown Novato. The plush reclining seats, full tables, and snack bars with wine and craft beer has redefined public transit with a Marin County sense of cool. But the best thing about the SMART train line isn’t the trains themselves, but the things you can do and the places you can go while avoiding traffic and leaving the driving to someone else.
There is also now a new timetable featuring expanded service on weekends with more train trips and better connections to regional transit services. The new 2020 service timetable is part of a coordinated effort with regional transit agencies to offer more efficient connections to the Larkspur Ferry and bus service throughout Sonoma and Marin counties.
The popular Clipper cards used all over the San Francisco Bay Area are valid for affordable SMART travel, and you can get to the SMART train from San Francisco using the Golden Gate Transit system. Bikes are allowed on SMART trains too, as there is a systemwide pedestrian and bike path parallel to the tracks to help you explore even more.
Here’s a rundown of the best attractions you’ll want to see at Marin County’s SMART train destinations.
Across from SMART's new Larkspur station, you'll find the Marin Country Mart's Farmers Market, the place to be on Saturdays from 9:00 to 2:00, with over 25 local farmers and vendors and complimentary kids activities. If you're planning a stay-over at the Courtyard by Marriott, there are a number of health and spa options available to you at the Country Mart as well. Larkspur is also the kick-off point to most of Marin County and beyond by rail.
Downtown San Rafael
Up the track a bit you'll find the gateway into Downtown San Rafael where you can experience its magnificently walkable downtown featuring an array of charming California boutiques like Art Works Downtown, host to the 2nd Friday Art Walk from 5:00 to 8:00, the nearby Northgate Mall, and one of California’s 21 Spanish Missions.
The best new innovative films are always playing at the art deco Smith Rafael Film Center, and live music often featuring the Grateful Dead’s Phil Lesh jams out nightly at the Terrapin Crossroads nightclub and gourmet restaurant that he owns.
You’ll also find farm-to-table Marin County cuisine at standout restaurants like legendary Tuscan eatery Il Davide. The Panama Hotel Restaurant is the overnighter’s spot to stay, serving gourmet lunch, dinner, and Sunday brunch. The Roadside BBQ hits the sweet spot for comfort food.
Marin Civic Center
SMART’s Marin Civic Center station is named for the Marin County Civic Center, the last work commissioned by Frank Lloyd Wright and an absolute architectural wonder to behold. You can also take in that beautiful sight from a distance at nearby Lagoon Park, whose majestic water fountains and wildlife are unforgettable.
Every foodie needs to visit the Marin Civic Center Farmers Market at least once, as it’s the third-largest farmer’s market in California and held every Thursday and Sunday.
Novato’s Hamilton
Novato’s Hamilton neighborhood is the kind of stunning, open-space California landscape that makes SMART rides so very scenic. You’ll see even more unforgettable sights at the Marin Museum of Contemporary Art (MarinMOCA) and the adjacent Novato Arts Center, both of which are less than a 10-minute walk or a rideshare hail away from the SMART train station.
Take in that Novato scenery—perhaps with a glass of famous Northern California wine—at Beso Bistro and Wine Bar, which is also right next to the MarinMOCA. If craft beers and wood-fired pizza are more your thing, check out Hopmonk Tavern. And spit-roasted meats and smoked prime ribs are always cooking at Rickey's Restaurant at Inn Marin.
Overnight visitors will want to make reservations at Wildfox Restaurant, which is right next door to the Best Western Plus Novato Oaks Inn.
Downtown Novato
The Downtown Novato train stop is the newest addition to the line. You are literarily a few steps from Novato's Whole Foods for shopping convenience! Stroll along Grant Avenue’s quaint tree-lined street with its historic buildings, sidewalk cafes, wine tasting rooms with live music, and unique boutiques.
The SMART train fare and schedule information is available online to help you handle your SMART trip as intelligently as possible. This makes Marin County an up-and-coming choice for your staycation or weekend getaway because the new SMART line is really going places.
For all you need to plan your Marin County vacation, visit the Marin Convention and Visitors Bureau’s website or Facebook page.
MarinMOCA Museum Store
Marin Museum of Contemporary Art is a vibrant arts center that connects art, community and artistic expression. We offer exceptional contemporary art exhibitions that showcase local, national, and...[Learn More]
Art Walk with ArtWorks Downtown
It’s all happening here. From classes for kids to conversations with some of Marin’s most distinguished artists, Art Works Downtown is the place where artists, art...[Learn More]
The Panama Hotel and Restaurant
The Panama Hotel Restaurant offers music every Tuesday through Thursday evening 7-10pm.
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Wattle pollen colours the Snowy an impressive yellow-green colour, on the Snowy River, Cooma
Cooma area
Bushfires have affected some New South Wales destinations, but thankfully much of the State remains open for business and ready to receive visitors. Stay up to date on our Travel Alerts page.
With adventure tours, fishing trips and monumental heritage, Cooma is a great escape and a gateway to the spectacular NSW Snowy Mountains. In the skiing and snowboarding season, you can hire equipment in town for fun on the snowfields – all a convenient 70 to 95 minutes’ drive away.
Cooma activities
The largest town in the alpine region is home to the Snowy Mountains Hydro Discovery Centre, where you can learn about the Snowy Mountains Hydro-Electric Scheme, considered one of the engineering wonders of the modern world.
Discover more about the rich history of Cooma on the Lambie Town Walk, which includes three National Trust-classified areas and pretty Centennial Park, perfect for a picnic in the warmer months. At Nanny Goat Hill Lookout, marvel at the town from above and the natural beauty beyond.
The pristine rivers and lakes are popular for fishing. You can join Snowy Monaro Fly Fishing on a guided tour – all equipment is provided. Alpine River Adventures offers white-water rafting on the Snowy River. With Yarramba Horse Riding, explore the high country on a horseback adventure.
Bushwalking and mountain biking in the wilderness are exhilarating too, with Kosciuszko National Park the home of Australia’s highest peak. Between Cooma and the sparkling Sapphire Coast is Wadbilliga National Park, where the Cascades walking track leads to the tumbling Tuross River.
Cooma events
Check out the events calendar for traditional rural shows and markets, including the Cooma Rodeo in February and the Bredbo Sheep Dog Trials in November. In March is Cooma Show, featuring show jumping, horse ring events, yard dog trials and tree felling.
Getting to Cooma
The drive from Sydney a little over four hours. From Canberra the drive is about 80 minutes and from Bega, on the coast, it is 90 minutes. You can fly from Sydney to the Snowy Mountains Airport, near Cooma, where you can rent a car and explore the high country.
Discover the Snowy Mountains Scheme
Explore heritage on the Lambie walk
Tour with Snowy Monaro Fly Fishing
Relish thrilling whitewater rafting
Enjoy the high country on horseback
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For your trip from Stockholm (Sweden) to Baltimore (Maryland, United States) with a distance of 4088 mi you will be able to take 2 modes of transport, eventually by combining plane and/or train, and according to which the duration of the journey will be significantly different.
Fly to Baltimore from Stockholm
No flight allows you to fly directly to Baltimore from Stockholm but it is possible to make this trip only by plane with the flight routes Stockholm-Newark and Newark-Baltimore.
Leave Stockholm and arrive early enough (at least 2 hours before the departure time) at Arlanda ARN airport, 23 mi away, to check in your luggage for the flight to Newark (Newark Liberty International airport, IATA code: EWR) operated by United Airlines or SAS - Scandinavian Airlines. From Newark, take another plane with Southwest Airlines that will carry you to Baltimore Washington International Thurgood Marshall airport (Baltimore, United States).
Travel by train between Stockholm and Baltimore
It is not possible to travel directly by train from Stockholm to Baltimore without changing trains. You can take the train Newark-Baltimore and travel by plane to get to your final destination.
Trains Northeast Regional of Amtrak to Baltimore leave from Newark Liberty Airport railway station in Newark. Arrival in Baltimore will take place at Penn Station station (0.9 mi from the city centre).
Which carriers to travel between Stockholm and Baltimore?
United Airlines carries out a flight from Arlanda ARN airport situated 23 mi away from the city centre of Stockholm to Newark (arrival at Newark Liberty International EWR airport)
Southwest Airlines flies on the route from Newark Liberty International EWR airport (located 3.2 mi from Newark, United States) to Baltimore (serving Baltimore Washington International Thurgood Marshall BWI airport)
SAS - Scandinavian Airlines schedules the flight from Arlanda ARN airport situated 23 mi away from the city centre of Stockholm to Newark (arrival at Newark Liberty International EWR airport)
Amtrak provides a rail connection Newark-Baltimore with the train Northeast Regional from Newark Liberty Airport railway station (2.7 mi from city-centre) and serving the rail station of Penn Station at arrival (0.9 mi from centre)
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Spider-Man: Far From Home Adds Samuel L. Jackson, Cobie Smulders
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In March, he has a significant starring role opposite Brie Larson in the 1990s-set Captain Marvel, where a digitally de-aged Jackson will show us who Fury was before he put on that iconic eye patch. Now, Vulture can confirm that Jackson will also star in Spider-Man: Far From Home, which means Fury will share scenes with Tom Holland’s web-slinger for the first time. That sequel to Spider-Man: Homecoming comes out July 5, 2019, roughly two months after the still-untitled fourth Avengers film will presumably de-dust both Nick Fury and Peter Parker.
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Nice Hat. Thanks.
By Joshua Beckman and Matthew Rohrer
ISBN# 9780972348706 (5x7 64pp, paperback)
Nice Hat. Thanks....the reprint! Hand-stamped by Joshua Beckman; each cover is unique.
Nice Hat. Thanks. is an innovative book based on the recorded improvised poetic collaborations between two award-winning poets, Joshua Beckman and Matthew Rohrer. Comprised of poems ranging from a few words to several pages, Nice Hat. Thanks. is a collection of transcriptions of these clever, often funny, and stylistically subtle collaborations between two innovative poetic voices engaged in serious play. Live public performances of these collaborations have met with excitement and enthusiasm across the country.
Nice Hat. Thanks. gives everything away on the front cover. The title (one of the book’s two-line poems), is exactly right—witty, unexpected, and unpretentious. The reader who goes in expecting more of the same will not be disappointed. ... The poems within are not composed or crafted; they emerge—in this case, from the poets’ improvisational poetic collaborations...Instead of trying to create an illusion of slick uniformity, the authors allow their choppy lines and abrupt shifts of meaning to govern the book’s aesthetic, and the result is delightful.
Monique van den Berg, Bookslut
When Joshua Beckman and Matthew Rohrer read together at the St. George Poetry Festival in September [2002], they asked the audience to provide topics for improvised poems. Amid anticipatory silence that crackled with palpable energy, they took turns meting out a single word (or line, according to the chosen constraint) into the microphone. Even if some of the impromptu poems missed the mark, the experiment provided a valuable template by which to read their similarly composed book, Nice Hat. Thanks.—a silence in which words flail, becoming urgent and surprisingly funny. . . . Overall, their method is winning because it is manipulated with dexterity and aplomb by two nimble poets with a spry sense of humor and a refreshing willingness to set aside their artistic egos. There is little likeness between the collaborative poems and the work Beckman and Rohrer have published separately. I believe the authors when they write, “Our method turned us into another guy.”
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It's perfect for summer -- humorous, fleet, leaving you with positive impressions like a day at the beach.
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Joshua Beckman was born in New Haven, Connecticut. He is the author of many books, including The Lives of the Poems and 3 Talks (Wave Books, forthcoming 2018), The Inside of an Apple, Take It, Shake, Your Time Has Come, and two collaborations with Matthew Rohrer: Nice Hat. Thanks. and Adventures While Preaching the Gospel of Beauty. He is editor-in-chief at Wave Books and has translated numerous works of poetry and prose, including Micrograms, by Jorge Carrera Andrade, 5 Meters of Poems (Ugly Duckling Presse, 2010) by Carlos Oquendo de Amat, and Poker (Ugly Duckling Presse, 2008) by Tomaž Šalamun, which was a finalist for the PEN America Poetry in Translation Award. He also co-edited Supplication: Selected Poems of John Wieners (Wave Books, 2015).
Matthew Rohrer is the author of The Others (forthcoming from Wave Books, 2017), Surrounded by Friends (Wave Books, 2015), Destroyer and Preserver (Wave Books, 2011), A Plate of Chicken (Ugly Duckling Presse, 2009), Rise Up (Wave Books, 2007) and A Green Light (Verse Press, 2004), which was shortlisted for the 2005 Griffin Poetry Prize. He is also the author of Satellite (Verse Press, 2001), and co-author, with Joshua Beckman, of Nice Hat. Thanks. (Verse Press, 2002), and the audio CD Adventures While Preaching the Gospel of Beauty. He has appeared on NPR’s All Things Considered and The Next Big Thing. His first book, A Hummock in the Malookas was selected for the National Poetry Series by Mary Oliver in 1994. He lives in Brooklyn, New York, and teaches at NYU.
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By Joshua Beckman Publication Date: September 3, 2013 ISBN# 9781933517759 (5x7.5 112pp, paperback and limited edition hardcover) Description...
The Lives of the Poems and Three Talks
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NOWCAST WBAL-TV 11 News at Noon
Baltimore's April Ryan shares thoughts on president's news conference
Rep. Elijah Cummings: No meeting ever set with Trump
Updated: 5:51 PM EST Feb 17, 2017
Lisa Robinson
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WEBVTT WITH PRESIDENTS FOR A LONGTIME BUT THIS PRESIDENT HAS, CHANGED THE GAME.JOURNALISTS FROM ALL OVER THEWORLD TRIED TO GET THE PRESIDENTTO CALL ON THEM AT THURSDAY'SPRESS CONFERENCE.APRIL RYAN WAS LUCKY ENOUGH GET PICKED>> THIS WILL BE A BAD QUESTIONBUT THAT IS OK.I ENJOY WATCHING YOU ONTELEVISION.>> RYAN IS THE WHITE HOUSECORRESPOENDET AND WASHINGTONBUREAU CHIEF FOR THE AMERICANURBAN RADIO NETWORK.THE BALTIMORE NATIVE ASKED ABOTHE CONGRESSIONAL BLACK CAUCUS.>> GOING TO INCLUDE THECONGRESSIONAL BLACK CAUCUS?>> DO WANT TO SET UP THEMEETING?>>'S SHE SAID THE QUESTION TOOKHER BACK.>> THAT'S MY JOURNALISTICINTEGRITY ON THE LINE.YOU DON'T SET UP MEETINGS.YOU DO NOT.I AM -- I REMEMBER TAKING MYHEAD, NO AND THEN SAYING NO, IAM A REPORTER.TALK ABOUT FAKE NEWS, THAT WOULDREALLY SHOW THOMAS SOME KIND OFFAKE NEWS.>> IN RESPONSE TO RYAN'SQUESTION, THE PRESIDENT SAID HISOFFICE MADE SEVERAL CALLS TOCONGRESSMAN ELIJAH CUMMINGPRESIDENT TRUMP: I THOUGHT I HADA MEETING WITH CONGRESSMANCUMMINGS AND HE WAS ALL EXCITED.AND THEN HE SAID, I CAN'T MOVE,IT MIGHT BE BAD FOR MEPOLITICALLY, I CANNOT HA THATMEETING.>> I AM STILL EXCITED ABOUTMEETING WITH T PRESIDENT.SOME STAFF GAVE HIM INCORRECTINFORMATION.WE DID NOT GET ALL THESE CALLSHE TALKED ABOUT.I AM LOOKING FORWARD TO MEETINGWITH THE PRESIDENT.LISA ONE PRESS CONFERENCE DOWN: AND MORE TO GO, RYAN SAYS THERULE BOOK HAS BEEN THROWN OUT.>> WE ARE ALL LEARNING TOGETHER.IT IS A LEARNING CURVE ON EACHSIDE.THE PRESS LEARNING HIM AND HEIS DEFINITELY EVEN IF HE CALLSUS FAKE NEWS, HE IS [INAUDIBLE]LISA: RYAN HAS COVERED FOURPRESIDENTS.SHE SAYS IT WOULD BE HONOR IFSATURDAY NIGHT LIVE FEATURES HERIN A SKIT AND TARAJI HENSONPLAYS HER.THIS COMES AT A GREAT TIME FORHER, SHE JUST PUBLISHED A NEW
The president's press conference is being characterized as bizarre among other things. Two people featured prominently during that event -- Rep. Elijah Cummings and White House correspondent April Ryan -- hail from Baltimore. Cummings and Ryan have been working in politics and dealing with presidents for a long time, but this president has changed the game. Journalists from all over the world tried to get the president to call on them at Thursday's press conference. Ryan was among those picked. Ryan and Trump had the following exchange during the news conference: "This is going to be a bad question, but that's OK," Trump said. "No, it's not," Ryan said. "I enjoy watching you on television," Trump said. Ryan is the White House correspondent and Washington bureau chief for the American Urban Radio Network. The Baltimore native asked Trump about the Congressional Black Caucus. "Are you going to include the Congressional Black Caucus?" Ryan asked. "Do you want to set up a meeting?" Trump said. Ryan spoke to WBAL-TV 11 News by phone. She said the question startled her. "That's my journalistic integrity on the line … You don't set up meetings. You don't. I remember shaking my head, saying, 'No, no, no. I'm a reporter,'" Ryan said. "This president likes to talk about fake news. That would really show some kind of fake news." In response to Ryan's question, the president said his office has made several calls to Cummings. "I actually I had a meeting with Congressman Cummings and he was all excited and then he said, 'Oh no, it might be bad for me politically. I can't have that meeting,'" Trump said during the news conference. "I'm still excited about meeting with the president and I think, basically his staff gave him some incorrect information," Cummings said. "The meeting was never set. We didn't get all of these calls that he talked about. As a matter of fact, I'm still looking forward to meeting him." With one press conference down and more to go, Ryan said the rule book has been thrown out. "We're all learning together. It's a learning curve on each side. The press is learning him and he is definitely -- even though he calls us 'fake news' -- he's learning us," Ryan said. Ryan has covered four presidents. She said it would be an honor if Saturday Night Live features her in a skit and Taraji P. Henson plays her. This attention comes at a great time for her. She just published a new book.
The president's press conference is being characterized as bizarre among other things.
Two people featured prominently during that event -- Rep. Elijah Cummings and White House correspondent April Ryan -- hail from Baltimore.
Cummings and Ryan have been working in politics and dealing with presidents for a long time, but this president has changed the game.
Journalists from all over the world tried to get the president to call on them at Thursday's press conference. Ryan was among those picked.
Ryan and Trump had the following exchange during the news conference:
"This is going to be a bad question, but that's OK," Trump said.
"No, it's not," Ryan said.
"I enjoy watching you on television," Trump said.
Ryan is the White House correspondent and Washington bureau chief for the American Urban Radio Network. The Baltimore native asked Trump about the Congressional Black Caucus.
"Are you going to include the Congressional Black Caucus?" Ryan asked.
"Do you want to set up a meeting?" Trump said.
Ryan spoke to WBAL-TV 11 News by phone. She said the question startled her.
"That's my journalistic integrity on the line … You don't set up meetings. You don't. I remember shaking my head, saying, 'No, no, no. I'm a reporter,'" Ryan said. "This president likes to talk about fake news. That would really show some kind of fake news."
In response to Ryan's question, the president said his office has made several calls to Cummings.
"I actually I had a meeting with Congressman Cummings and he was all excited and then he said, 'Oh no, it might be bad for me politically. I can't have that meeting,'" Trump said during the news conference.
"I'm still excited about meeting with the president and I think, basically his staff gave him some incorrect information," Cummings said. "The meeting was never set. We didn't get all of these calls that he talked about. As a matter of fact, I'm still looking forward to meeting him."
With one press conference down and more to go, Ryan said the rule book has been thrown out.
"We're all learning together. It's a learning curve on each side. The press is learning him and he is definitely -- even though he calls us 'fake news' -- he's learning us," Ryan said.
Ryan has covered four presidents. She said it would be an honor if Saturday Night Live features her in a skit and Taraji P. Henson plays her. This attention comes at a great time for her. She just published a new book.
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Anthony Joshua vs Andy Ruiz Jr. 2 live stream: how to watch the boxing right now
By What Hi-Fi? 2019-12-07T20:39:12Z
Joshua and Ruiz slug it out in the desert on Saturday night
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The clock is ticking as boxing fans around the world prepare for Joshua vs Ruiz 2 on Saturday night – but will the rematch live up to the hype?
We're expecting a thriller, as the British boxer, 30, looks to reclaim his WBA, IBF and WBO world titles having suffered a shock defeat to the Mexican in New York last June.
Joshua was unbeaten until the unfancied Ruiz Jr. stepped in as last minute replacement for Jarrell Miller, who failed three drug tests. Jaws hit the floor (literally) when Ruiz proved too much for Joshua in the Round 7.
Could Saturday night serve up another big upset? Joshua says he's "going to stay cool and focused" in an attempt to pick off his unpredictable opponent in clinical style.
Ruiz, meanwhile, says he's "ready to rock 'n' roll", and that having starting training at the age of six to win championship belts, he'll "die trying to keep them".
Want to watch the nail-biting slugfest live? Here's how to live stream Joshua v Ruiz 2 on Saturday night wherever you are...
Watch Joshua v Ruiz 2 live in the UK
The dust-up in the desert takes place on Saturday 7th December at the Diriyah Arena in Saudi Arabia. The action starts at 9pm GMT – midnight in Saudi Arabia. The ring-walks should take place around 8.45pm GMT.
British boxing fans can watch the fight live on Sky Sports Box Office, Sky's pay-per-view channel. The fight costs £24.95, which includes the main event and undercard, featuring Dillian Whyte vs Mariusz Wach, among others.
In a generous move, Sky Sports Boxing Facebook and YouTube channels will be showing an hour of build-up - including Mahammadrasul Majidov vs Tom Little - for free from 4pm GMT.
Not a Sky subscriber? You can still watch Anthony's Joshua make-or-break fight with Andy Ruiz Jr. on your PC/desktop/Mac, NOW TV Box, iPhone, iPad, Android phone or Android tablet.
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Joshua vs Ruiz 2 for £24.95 at Sky Box Office
If you're a sports fan, you won't want to miss the desert dust-up between Anthony Joshua and Andy Ruiz Jr on Saturday night. Sky customers can book the fight now and watch all the action live on the Sky Box Office channel. Not a Sky customer? You can still order and watch on a PC, Mac, smartphone or tablet.
Download the Sky Sports Box Office app (iOS/Android) and log in to watch there. You can access the stream on your Now TV Smart Stick or your Now TV box. (Note: the Sky Sports Box Office app isn't available on the white Now TV Box).
You can also watch online through the Sky Sports Box Office website. If you don't have a Box Office account, you'll be able to sign up and buy the fight. Visit Sky Sports Box Office to sign up and pay. You'll get full access to all the drama live plus repeat showings.
Watch Joshua v Ruiz 2 live stream from abroad using a VPN
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Even if you've paid to watch Joshua v Ruiz 2, trying to access streams from outside your territory – if you're on holiday or working abroad, for example – is a problem. These services know your location based on your IP address, and will automatically block you – even if you're a national of one of these countries.
So, you’ll need a Virtual Private Network (VPN) to help you get around this obstacle. A VPN creates a private connection between your device and the internet, such that the servers and services you’re accessing aren’t aware of what you’re doing. All the information passing back and forth is entirely encrypted.
VPNs are as useful for banking as they are at trying to watch video content or access websites that people in your location are not supposed to do. So, whether you want to watch live football, enjoy another country’s Netflix library or just keep your browsing data private, then they’re well worth considering.
There are many VPN providers out there, with some more reliable and safe than others. As a rule, we’d suggest a paid-for service and would recommend the following:
- ExpressVPN
You can get three months free when you sign up to a year-long plan, bringing VPN access to smart devices including the Amazon Fire TV Stick, laptops, TVs and both Android and iOS mobiles and tablets.
- NordVPN
Which comes in at as little as £2.29 per month and features 24/7 assistance
Once you’ve made your choice, all you need to do is sign in to your VPN service through whichever device you’d like to use to watch the fight.
When prompted to select a server, you need to pick one which is based in the country whose content you’d like to access. Then navigate to the relevant video streaming app or website and you’re in.
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Watch Joshua v Ruiz 2 in the US
The undercard is set to begin at 11am ET, with the main event – Britain's Anthony Joshua vs Mexico's Andy Ruiz Jr. – slated for 4pm, ET.
The fight is not available via traditional pay-per-view channels in the US or Canada. Instead, fans in those territories can watch the fight online via DAZN, a global sports live streaming service.
Not a DAZN subscriber? Sign up for a monthly pass for $19.99 (pause or cancel at any time) or an annual pass for $99.99, which includes live events, highlights and original documentaries.
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DAZN is available on a variety of platforms, including iOS/Android app, Apple TV, Google Chromecast, Xbox One, PlayStation 4 and PlayStation 3, as well as through traditional internet browsers such as Chrome, Firefox, Internet Explorer and Safari (just go to DAZN.com and sign up).
Watch Joshua v Ruiz 2 in Canada
As in the US, global sports streaming service DAZN has the exclusive rights to Joshua vs Ruiz 2 in Canada.
But unlike US fans, Canadian DAZN viewers are offered a free one month trial. If you've not previously used DAZN, you can watch the fight for free!
Subscription to Canadian DAZN costs $20 per month or $150 per year. If you are outside Canada at the time of the fight, you can always get a VPN and log into your account from anywhere in the world.
Watch Joshua v Ruiz 2 in Australia
The Joshua vs Ruiz rematch is being streamed exclusively by Main Event, with the coverage due to start at 4am AEST on Sunday, 8th December. The Joshua vs Ruiz fight should start at 9am AEST.
The fight costs $49.95 via Foxtel - click here to buy online. Replays at 3pm, 9pm and every 6 hours from 6am.
Watch Joshua v Ruiz 2 in the rest of the world
DAZN also holds the rights to Joshua vs Ruiz 2 in the Austria, Germany, Japan, Switzerland, Canada, Italy, Spain, and Brazil.
What's more, DAZN offers non-US subscribers a free 30-day trial. So if you've not previously used DAZN, you can watch the fight for free provided you're in one of those countries!
And if you're out of the country, simply use a VPN. Of course, the commentary will be in the local language – English in Canada, German in Germany, and so on.
Anthony Joshua v Andy Ruiz Jr. 2: the undercard for Saturday 7th December 2019
Andy Ruiz Jr vs Anthony Joshua – 9pm (WBA Super, IBF, WBO, IBO world heavyweight titles.
Alexander Povetkin vs Michael Hunter (heavyweight)
Dillian Whyte vs Mariusz Wach (WBC interim heavyweight title)
Filip Hrgovic vs Eric Molina (WBC international heavyweight title)
Mahammadrasul Majidov vs Tom Little – 4pm (Shown free on Sky Sports Boxing Facebook and YouTube channels)
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Second Look: The Week in Local News
Latvia Pushes To Limit Russian Language In Effort To Strengthen National Identity
By Lucian Kim • Sep 30, 2018
This year, Latvia is celebrating the 100th anniversary of its founding as an independent country, even though for half that time, it was as an unwilling member of the Soviet Union. Now, to strengthen its national identity, Latvia's government has decided to cut down on the use of the Russian language in schools. But that is causing an outcry from some Russian-speaking residents. NPR's Lucian Kim reports from the Latvian capital, Riga.
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LUCIAN KIM, BYLINE: In Riga's historic Old Town, you can hear a cacophony of languages as foreign tourists pack the cobblestone streets.
UNIDENTIFIED TOURIST: (Foreign language spoken).
KIM: If you overhear locals, they're as likely to be speaking Russian as they are Latvian. That's one reason Latvia's government has passed a law that, starting next year, will limit Russian as a language of instruction in the country's schools.
RIHARDS KOLS: Our constitution states the state language is Latvian, whereas, at home, you can speak your mother tongue freely, no objection whatsoever.
KIM: Rihards Kols is a lawmaker from the nationalist party that pushed for the law. Latvia's a tiny nation of less than 2 million people, and many Latvians feel the need to protect themselves from cultural and political assimilation by their giant neighbor Russia.
KOLS: Basically, we're a nation state, so we're founded on the basis of language, tradition and culture. We gained our independence in very troubled times.
KIM: But about a quarter of Latvia's population don't share those traditions. They're ethnic Russians, many of whom moved here during Soviet times. To find out what ordinary citizens think, I leave the quaint steeples of the Old Town and head for Riga Central Station.
(SOUNDBITE OF ELECTRONIC GONG)
AUTOMATED VOICE: (Speaking Latvian).
KIM: I jump on a commuter train going to the edge of the city.
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KIM: The Imanta neighborhood was built during Soviet times with row after row of concrete apartment blocks. Here, I run into Erik Darznieks, a driver who's out for a walk with his wife. He thinks the law is really about October's Parliamentary election.
ERIK DARZNIEKS: (Through interpreter) It's pure politics. If there weren't such bans like the language law, there would be a lot fewer problems in our society.
KIM: Darznieks is ethnic Latvian but says he feels more comfortable speaking Russian. He says language isn't an issue in daily life. Darznieks laughs when I mention the opponents of the law are accused of being puppets of the Russian president.
DARZNIEKS: (Foreign language spoken).
KIM: Darznieks says he's never considered himself one of Vladimir Putin's helpers. But Russia's annexation of Crimea four years ago is still on the minds of many Latvians. Putin justified his military intervention in Ukraine by claiming to defend the rights of Russian speakers there. Elizabete Krivcova says a similar scenario could happen in Latvia.
ELIZABETE KRIVCOVA: If our politician will increase this ethnic tension, then, on one point, it would be possible.
KIM: Krivcova is an ethnic Russian activist who is suing the Latvian government over the language law. The Latvian security services suspect her of working for the Kremlin. She says she's acting on her own convictions.
KRIVCOVA: I hope we will find a good way in our state without violence, actually, and without need to ask help to any foreign country.
KIM: Latvia's sovereignty is supported by its membership in NATO and the European Union. Karlis Sadurskis, the education minister, says the new law is intended to defuse ethnic tension.
KARLIS SADURSKIS: If we are not learning together, we are not able normally to live together. And, therefore, this is just breaking ice between two communities in Latvia.
KIM: He says the new law will help integrate Russian speakers into Latvian society.
Lucian Kim, NPR News, Riga, Latvia. Transcript provided by NPR, Copyright NPR.
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Suits by Suits is a legal blog focused on disputes involving companies and their executives.
Show posts for: Equal Pay
Five Things You Should Know about the EEOC’s Proposed Changes to the Employer Information Report
Employers with an eye to the regulatory horizon are aware that the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) has proposed expanding its annual Employer Information Report (EEO-1) to include data on employees’ pay.
The existing EEO-1 requires private employers with 100 or more employees to report the number of employees within 10 job categories by seven race and ethnicity categories, as well as by sex.
The proposed changes will further refine reporting to include employee counts as well as total hours worked by 12 pay bands.
The Inbox – The Games We Play
August 27, 2015 | O'Neill, Ashley
On his way through the San Francisco International Airport with the hopes of boarding his flight to China, Silicon Valley former employee Jing Zeng was not greeted by the friendly faces of a flight crew, but rather the handcuff-wielding agents of the FBI. Detained on charges of stealing trade secrets, Mr. Zeng will have to remain in the US and explain the behavior that led up to his August 20th airport arrest. The Wall Street Journal explains that Mr. Zeng, a new employee with Machine Zone, maker of Game of War: Fire Age (you may have seen the ads prominently featuring model Kate Upton sporting medieval garb), sought to change teams and work under a different boss. His request was denied and the company eventually asked Mr. Zeng to leave. Mr. Zeng then allegedly began to download highly valuable user data from a proprietary database in an attempt to leverage his possession of the information for a more lucrative severance agreement. The company contacted the FBI, and Mr. Zeng’s arrest followed. Now, Mr. Zeng finds himself in the custody of federal authorities, although his LinkedIn profile indicates that he is “ready for next venture.”
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Managers v. Dollar Tree Stores - A Tale of Two Cases with Four Lessons About Pay Discrimination Claims Under Title VII and The Equal Pay Act
September 19, 2012 | Marcus, Ellen
Here’s the tale of two cases with four lessons about Title VII and the Equal Pay Act when it comes to claims that an employer (in this case, Dollar Tree Stores) pays employees (in this case, Dollar Tree Store Managers) less because of their gender. As we’ve said previously, claims for pay discrimination can be brought under both laws.
The first case was filed in 2008 in federal court in Alabama by Cynthia Ann Collins and Beryl Dauzat against Dollar Tree alleging that the company violated the Equal Pay Act by paying them and other female Store Managers less compensation than male Store Managers doing the same work. In 2009, the court certified an opt-in collective action under Section 216(b) of the Fair Labor Standards Act (or, the “FLSA,” of which the Equal Pay Act is a part), allowing all women who were classified as Store Managers for Dollar Tree between 2006 and 2009 to join the lawsuit. Under the court’s order, notice of the lawsuit was sent to all Dollar Tree Store Managers employed by the company between 2006 and 2009. To join the lawsuit, a woman would have to complete and sign a form and send it to the court no later than the deadline expressly consenting to become a party to the lawsuit and authorizing the named plaintiffs and their counsel to act as her agents in prosecuting her Equal Pay Act claims against Dollar Tree. About 350 women joined the lawsuit.
The Lilly Ledbetter Fair Pay Act Basics
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Halt the extradition of Julian Assange!
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By Eric London, 3 December 2019
The surveillance violates the centuries-old right to attorney-client privilege and exposes the prosecution and extradition effort as an illegal frame-up.
Obama spearheads campaign against Sanders’ nomination as Democratic presidential candidate
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Groundswell of support for WikiLeaks publisher Julian Assange
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A socialist response to the global jobs massacre in the auto industry
By Peter Schwarz, 29 November 2019
The announcement of 9,500 job cuts by the German automaker Audi is part of a global offensive against the jobs and living standards of autoworkers all over the world.
Social counterrevolution and the decline in US life expectancy
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Trump’s war crime pardons: Cultivating a fascistic base in the military
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By Chris Marsden, 26 November 2019
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Leaked email on alleged chemical attack shows 2018 strikes against Syria based on lies
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Who decided the US should fight a “hot war” with Russia?
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The impeachment crisis and American imperialism
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Melzer’s statements confirm that the British government, acting on behalf of the US administration of President Donald Trump, is seeking nothing less than Assange’s psychological and physical destruction.
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The appearance of Assange, ill and defenceless, before a magistrate who showed contempt for the law, makes clear that the persecution of the award-winning journalist has been a pseudo-legal travesty from the beginning.
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The New York Times, China, and the specter of the “Yellow Peril”
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The UAW is attempting to force through concessions that will set a new benchmark for exploitation for generations to come.
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The Democrats support the “Forever War”
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Mack Truck, copper strikes show potential to spread GM walkout to Ford, Fiat Chrysler
By Jerry White, 15 October 2019
The United Auto Workers’ isolation of the month-long strike by GM workers can be broken if workers take the conduct of the struggle into their own hands, call out Ford and Fiat Chrysler and unify with Mack Truck strikers, copper miners and other workers.
No to American fascism! Build a mass movement to force Trump out!
By the Political Committee of the Socialist Equality Party, 14 October 2019
The defeat of Trump’s efforts to create an extreme rightwing authoritarian regime and the defense of democratic rights require the political mobilization of the working class.
Six months since the brutal arrest of WikiLeaks’ publisher Julian Assange
While Assange is subjected to what amounts to torture in a British prison, the war criminals he has done so much to expose walk free.
The irrationality of capitalism: Millions cut off from electricity, lives endangered by California utility PG&E
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The forced blackouts affecting over two million people and businesses across 34 counties in Northern California serve as a stark example of the irrationality of the capitalist system.
Whatever his immediate intentions, Trump has admitted that successive US governments have engaged in war crimes resulting in mass murder.
Trump White House declares it will not cooperate with impeachment inquiry
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The Democrats have chosen quite deliberately to base their opposition to Trump on the most reactionary, anti-democratic grounds possible: support for the intelligence agencies and American imperialism.
Expand the strike to Ford and FCA!
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The outcome of the strike will determine conditions of life for millions of workers across not just the auto industry, but all workplaces for years to come.
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Although the strike has won popular support and hit the company’s bottom line, it cannot be won unless rank-and-file workers take the conduct of the struggle out of the hands of the UAW.
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The political heirs of Mao Zedong cannot explain how and why the aspirations of working people for a socialist future, for which so many sacrificed 70 years ago, have resulted in the dead end of capitalism today.
Democrats praise CIA whistleblower on Ukraine, persecute Manning, Assange and Snowden
By Andre Damon, 30 September 2019
While the Democrats declare that “Congress must do all it can to protect… all whistleblowers,” they support exile and prison for the men and women who have exposed the crimes of US imperialism.
CIA sets terms for Democrats’ impeachment inquiry into Trump’s crimes
By Joseph Kishore, 28 September 2019
Both factions in the political warfare that has erupted in Washington are hostile to the democratic and social rights of the working class.
The socialist answer to Brexit: For the United Socialist States of Europe
By Chris Marsden, 27 September 2019
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Impeachment drive against Trump deepens US political crisis
By Patrick Martin, 26 September 2019
The working class must break free of both reactionary political factions—the Democratic Party, aligned with the military-intelligence apparatus and Wall Street, and the Trump administration.
Autoworkers need a socialist and internationalist strategy to fight GM and the auto companies
By Jerry White, 25 September 2019
If the auto companies and Wall Street insist that they cannot afford the most basic rights of workers, this is an argument not to accept more concessions, but to get rid of capitalism.
UN debate begins under shadow of war and dictatorship
By Bill Van Auken, 24 September 2019
The fraud of the UN and the descent of capitalist rule into outright criminality is personified by the General Assembly debate’s first three speakers: Bolsonaro, Trump and Sisi.
The GM strike is in danger
By Marcus Day, 23 September 2019
While the weeklong strike by General Motors workers in the US has won the support of workers throughout the world, the UAW is working out a strategy to strangle it as quickly as possible.
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I knew I was going to marry my wife at just age 9-Chance the Rapper
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by yellowdanfo 7th March 2019 0701
American rapper and public speaker, Chancelor Jonathan Bennett, who is better known as Chance the Rapper, a few hours ago put up a post saying he knew he was going to get married to his wife at just nine years old, which was the first time he met her.
Chance the rapper took to his Twitter handle to share a lovely story on how he first met his wife and the woman who will later become the mother of his child. He put up a childhood photo of his wife Kirsten Corley which was taken in 2003, explaining that the photo was taken the first day they met.
He said it was in one of those office parties organised at his mother’s workplace, where Kirsten Corley and her friends were called out to perform and were called Destiny Child. Her dance moves immediately caught his eyes, and that was how he started having an interest in her at age 9!. He said:
“This is where my memory comes back in a photographic manner. We were instructed to make way for an exclusive performance by DESTINY’S CHILD!” Chance recalled.
Of course, Beyoncé, Kelly Rowland, and Michelle Williams were nowhere to be found. Instead, it was a group of young girls who would deliver a lip-sync performance of “Independent Women.”
“‘QUESTION. TELL ME WHAT YOU THINK ABOUT ME.’ Now I’m locking eyes with the prettiest girl I ever have seen on my almost-a-decade of life on Earth,” Chance wrote. “I shouldn’t even say locked eyes ’cause really, I was just staring at her; as she and her girls were conquering this choreography.”
In the midst of the performance, Chance’s dad nudged him on the shoulder and encouraged him to go out there and perform. The rapper said that at this time he had already won multiple talent shows and had established a reputation as a young entertainer. Despite his father’s encouragement, Chance chose to sit this one out. And, no, it wasn’t because he was too nervous or afraid he’d steal the girls’ shine.
“It’s ’cause I knew I was gonna marry that girl. And I ain’t wanna jump the gun,” he said. “So I shook my head with anxiety, moved to the back of the crowd and never even introduced myself. 16 years later it’s happening. This [weekend] is the time, and the place is my wedding. I’m gonna dance with my wife because this is my destiny.”
Chance the rapper and his girlfriend Kirsten Corley later got engaged in front of friends and family last summer, about three years after they had welcomed their first child, Kensli.
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Posted by Stephen H. Smith May 24, 2016 March 22, 2017 All Posts, Buildings, Family Histories, Maps, Pennsylvania, Roads, Schools, Spring Garden Township, Springettsbury Township, York County
1860 Buildings 32-35 in North Region of Springettsbury Township
Glades Two-Room Schoolhouse
Glades Area in what is now Springettsbury Township; from Shearer’s 1860 Map of York County, PA & Penn Pilot Aerial Photo, from November 25, 1937, of Same Area (Annotations by S. H. Smith, 2016)
At the top of this illustration, I’ve pointed out, and marked, four 1860 buildings in the Glades Area within what is now Springettsbury Township. At the bottom of the above illustration is a 1937 aerial photo of the same region.
I’ve zoomed in on the 1937 aerial photo to provide better detail in locating the 1860 properties (n32) through (n35). If you are reading this on the Ydr.com site, click on this LINK for a Full View of the illustrations in this post on the original YorkBlog site; since the ydr.com site will occasionally cut off important details in the cropping of illustrations.
Enlarged View of Penn Pilot Aerial Photo, from November 25, 1937, in the Glades Area within Springettsbury Township (Annotations by S. H. Smith, 2016)
I’m working my way around Springettsbury Township until all buildings from 1860 are visited. See the post: Springettsbury Township building tally during 1860, for my specification of the four regions. With this post, I’ve completed an examination of the property owners for all 1860 buildings in the North, East and South regions of Springettsbury Township. Five more posts will complete this series; they will focus on the Pleasureville area in the West region.
Other posts in this series include:
1860 Buildings 1-10 in North Region of Springettsbury Township
1860 Buildings 1-10 in South Region of Springettsbury Township
1860 Buildings 11-20 in South Region of Springettsbury Township
1860 Buildings 1-10 in East Region of Springettsbury Township
1860 Buildings 11-20 in East Region of Springettsbury Township
1860 Buildings 1-10 in West Region of Springettsbury Township As a side note, when properties (w1) through (w10) were first visited, the precise 1860 owners of only two of the properties could be identified. Initial deed searches have now increased that number to seven. The 1860 owners of properties (w1) through (w10) will be posted upon the discovery of the final three.
1860 Buildings 11-20 in West Region of Springettsbury Township
Shearer’s 1860 Map of York County contains the owner/occupant of most buildings; for example (n32) is C. Sible. Additional information on C. Sible can be found by consulting the 1860 Census of the United States; where one discovers this is Christian Seiple, a 41-year-old, farmer, with $1,400 in real estate holdings.
The results after consulting 1860 Spring Garden Township census records are shown below. Spring Garden Township 1860 Census records must be used because Springettsbury Township was formed from the northeast part of that township on April 20, 1891. The order of visitation, of the census taker, often provides assistance on who are neighbors and the tabulation of “value of real estate” separates the landowners from the renters or tenants:
One of the 1860 buildings still stand at this address:
[n35] – 3409 Druck Valley Road
The [n32] building of Christian Seiple, stood until about 1980; it sat on the north side of Druck Valley Road, just WEST of where a stream crosses the road. Also on the north side of Druck Valley Road, however just EAST of where this stream crosses the road, there still stands an impressive 3-1/2 story stone house. That house was built by Christian Seiple’s son, Jacob Seiple about 1870; it has the present address: 3361 Druck Valley Road.
Glades Two-Room Schoolhouse [n35]
No documentation has been found, as to how long before 1860 the Glades schoolhouse was built. As early as 1886, the Glades was mentioned as having a two-room school; therefore it is likely the Glades schoolhouse has always contained two-rooms, since there is a reasonably dense early population in that area.
Glades Two-Room Schoolhouse (ca 1940 Photo from Collections of Springettsbury Township Historic Preservation Committee)
This circa 1940 photo of the Glades Two-Room Schoolhouse shows the two rooms had separate side-by-side entrances, fronting Druck Valley Road. I understand the two classrooms were mirror images of each other.
I’ve utilized the York County History Center’s collection of Directories of the Teachers and School Directors of York County to compile a list of the teachers who taught in Glades Two-Room Schoolhouse for the last 30-years this building was utilized as a school.
Glades Primary, generally grades 1 to 4, were taught by: A. H. Throne from 1932 until end of school year in 1935, and by Edna G. Miller from beginning of 1935 school year until 1952. Glades Grammar, generally grades 5 to 8, were taught by: Mrs. Bertha Sensbach from 1932 until end of school year in 1936, by Clair V. Spidle from 1936 until end of school year in 1940, by W. Raymond Shank from 1940 until end of school year in 1945, and by Mrs. Alberta Neal Roth from 1945 until end of school year in 1952.
The 1951-1952 school year was the final year this building was used as a schoolhouse; thereafter this Glades building was pretty much continuously used as an auction house. Springettsbury Township closed their last five One-Room Schoolhouses in 1952, with the opening of Springettsbury Township School; once located where the baseball fields now exist within the township park on the corner of Mt. Zion and Whiteford Roads.
Links to related posts:
Locations of five One-Room Schoolhouses that closed in 1952; and The Avalong Connection
Springettsbury Township closed their last five One-Room Schoolhouses in 1952
Codorus Creek Bridge was known as Shiverin Liz
Evolution of Pleasureville’s Memorial Day Bean Soup
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Your company's high-speed cable Internet connection not only provides Internet access to any computers in your office, but is also capable of adding landline telephone service to your office. With a subscription to your cable Internet service provider's telephone service, you can also connect and use a fax machine and an answering machine, if desired. The connection is via the modem's telephone ports and with a splitter if the modem only contains a single telephone port. Splitters are available at computer, electronics and retail superstores as well as online electronics outlets.
Place a fax machine next to the modem and plug in the machine's power cable.
Turn your cable modem around so the back of the device is facing you. Locate the modem port that is labeled “Telephone,” “Telephone Out” or something similar. Your modem may contain two Telephone ports -- one with a cable running to your telephone and one that doesn't contain a cable.
Connect a telephone cable to the port on the back or side of your fax machine. Connect the other end into the telephone port on the modem, labeled “Telephone,” “Telephone Out” or something similar.
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Turn on your fax machine and send a test fax to a business associate; clearly state on the fax that it is a test. You will hear a dial tone and your fax machine connecting to the other party's fax machine when you send the fax. If you don't hear a dial tone or the fax connecting, check the connection.
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List of (25) Municipalities and (2) Cities in the Zamboanga del Norte Province within Region IX in the Republic of The Philippines
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Philippines, is the only country in the world which is 85% Catholic that created FIVE(5) national laws "favoring", "respecting" and "financing" the religion of ISLAM.
Then made it unlawful to finance all other religions.
The only country in the world that has a government commission that caters to Muslims only, for the hajj, for madrasas, and the spread of Islam at government's expense PAID by the taxes of Non-Muslims.
Religion is always good for the people but it should never be embraced or financed by government. Tax exemption is not tantamount to financing. Every non-profit organization is tax-exempt.
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Vitamin C 220 mg Oranges: 30 mg
Calcium 440 mg Cow's milk: 120 mg
Potassium 259 mg Bananas: 88 mg
Protein 6.7 gm Cow's milk: 3.2 gm
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A Barangay Clearance is NEEDED in order to get a Business License.
So why is the barangay name not in most business addresses?
Ask your Barangay Captain/Chairman to create a Resolution to make it mandatory to put the barangay name in all Business addresses.
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The Province of Zamboanga del Norte, Philippines
Location of Zamboanga del Norte, Philippines
Zamboanga del Norte is situated in Northern Mindanao. It is bounded on the north and west by the Sulu Sea, on the east by Misamis Occidental, and on the south by Zamboanga del Sur.
The province occupies a total land area of 6,618 square kilometers. It has an average elevation of 243.8 meters, with Mt. Dabiak in Katipunan as the highest peak at 2,600 meters. Other parts, near the coastlines, are plains. The province’s irregular coastline runs 400 kilometers from north to south.
Zamboanga del Norte is subdivided into 25 municipalities and 2 cities. These are further subdivided into 691 barangays, and clustered into 3 congressional districts.
Population of Zamboanga del Norte (as of 2015 census) = 1,011,393
Population of Zamboanga del Norte (per Census of May 1, 2010) = 957,997
Registered Voters of Zamboanga del Norte as of (2010) = 492,791
Land Area of Zamboanga del Norte (as of 2007, in hectares) = 730,100
Zamboanga del Norte is a 1st class province and within Region_IX in the Zamboanga Peninsula.
There are 19 "coastal" towns (with seashores bordering the Sulu Sea) of Zamboanga del Norte starting from the border of Zamboanga City and are lined up as follows: 1 Sibuco, 2 Sirawai, 3 Siocon, 4 Baliguian, 5 Gutalac, 6 Labason, 7 Liloy, 8 Kalawit, 9 Salug, 10 Leon B. Postigo (Bacungan), 11 Sindangan, 12 Jose Dalman, 13 Manukan, 14, Pres. Manuel A. Roxas, 15 Katipunan, 16 Dipolog City, 17 Dapitan City, 18 Sibutad, 19 Rizal. Rizal borders the province of Misamis Occidental
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About Zamboanga del Norte Province, Philippines
Zamboanga del Norte is subdivided into 25 municipalities and 2 cities. These are further subdivided into 691 barangays, and clustered into 3 congressional districts..
Dapitan
Dipolog - Capital City
Dubbed as the “Twin-City Province,” Zamboanga del Norte has been made famous by the beauty and charm of the Orchid City of Dipolog and the historical, rustic quaintness of the Shrine City of Dapitan.
Decrying Spanish authority over his beloved country, Dr. Jose P. Rizal, Philippine National Hero, lived in exile in faraway Dapitan City, then only a sleepy town in Mindanao. Here, he spent fruitfully his last four years in exile, from 1892 to 1896, to practice medicine, pursue scientific studies, keep with his artistic and literary endeavors, and widen his knowledge of languages. In Dapitan, Dr. Rizal found a school and a hospital, and became a farmer to prove to the people that farming is as good a profession as medicine.
The original estate of Dr. Rizal in Dapitan has been declared a national shrine and is being administered by the National Historical Institute. Hence, the city monicker, “Shrine City of the Philippines.” By the year 2020, Dapitan is poised to become the Dr. Jose Rizal Heritage Center of the Philippines, owing to the wealth of Rizal memorabilia and memorable places associated with the country’s beloved hero.
Zamboanga del Norte today is equally famous for Dakak Beach, the province’s foremost natural attraction. The very popular Dakak Beach is most known for its beautfiully shaped cove and powdery white sand, and as a diving mecca in Mindanao. Pristine blue waters, excellent dive sites with an abundance of coral reefs, and a magnificent sunset horizon characterize this tropical eden. Dakak Park and Beach Resort boasts 15 hectares of wooded land, a natural reservoir for native plants and animals, and a 750-meter private white-sand beach.
The southern part of Zamboanga del Norte is basically deprived from economical development. It does not benefit from the economy of the 6th largest city in the Philippines (Zamboanga City). The barangay of zamboanga city that borders zamboanga del norte is Limpapa. The municipality of zamboanga del norte that borders zamboanga city is Sibuco.
As of 2014 only dirt road connects Zamboanga City to Sibuco and yet the town of Sibuco thrives as 1st Class municipality. Commercial vehicles and standard vehicles can't cross over to Zamboanga City via Limpapa. So instead of traveling only less than 30 kilometers to trade in the bustling barangays of Zamboanga city, Merchants of Sibuco have to travel ove 300 kilometers via highway or travel by sea. Instead of just a hour or two of traveling time, Merchants have to put up with one (1) day of travel just to trade.
The congressman for this 3rd district is Isagani Sybico Amatong (LP).
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Location of Zamboanga del Norte Province, Philippines
8.1333° N, 123.0000° E - Zamboanga del Norte, Coordinates
Zamboanga del Norte is situated in Northern Mindanao in the Zamboanga peninsula. It is bounded on the north and west by the Sulu Sea, on the east by Misamis Occidental, and on the south/west by Zamboanga City and the south/east by Zamboanga del Sur and Zamboanga Sibugay. It is part of Region IX in the island of mindanao.
History of Zamboanga del Norte Province, Philippines
When the Spaniards arrived in the Philippines in the 16th century, Zamboanga was already populated by Muslims, along the coast and rivers, by Visayans, in Dapitan, and by the Subanuns in the interior. Dapitan, one of the earliest towns visited by the Spaniards, was believed to have been established by refugees from Bohol fleeing the destruction of their settlement by Moluccans.
Jesuit missionaries started their missions in 1629, in Dapitan but progress was hindered by continuous warfare between the Spaniards and the Moros. For much of the Spanish period, Zamboanga del Norte was administered as part of two provinces. Dapitan was made part of the corregimiento of Misamis, while the western part was part of the corregimiento of Zamboanga. In the 19th century, when Misamis became a province, Dapitan formed one of its partidos or divisions. In 1837, the corregimiento of Zamboanga became a military government. In 1843, the Spaniards gained title to the area between Zamboanga and Dapitan through a cession by the Sultan of Maguindanao.
Beginning in the later half of the 19th century, many Visayans settled in Zamboanga due to population pressure in Cebu and Bohol. Many petty criminals and political dissidents were likewise sent to settle in the sparsely populated Zamboanga coast. Dapitan is most famous as the place of exile of Philippine national hero Dr. Jose Rizal. For more than three years, he lived in the town, before he was executed for allegedly instigating the Philippine Revolution. His house still stands and is now a museum.
In 1914, when the Americans established the Department of Mindanao and Sulu, Zamboanga was made one of its regular provinces. Zamboanga province was divided into two in September 17, 1952 by virtue of Republic Act No. 711; Zamboanga del Sur and Zamboanga del Norte. The town of Dipolog became the capital of the province of Zamboanga del Norte.
People of Zamboanga del Norte Province, Philippines
The main dialect is Cebuano/Visayan. English and Filipino (Tagalog) are also spoken, indicative of a high level of literacy. The original and native Subanen dialect lives on, especially in the highlands.
At present, Zamboanga del Norte is populated largely by Dipolognons and Dapitanons, said to be the descendants of migrants from the province of Bohol, who were attacked in 1563 by Ternate raiders, and forced to resettle elsewhere. Thus the principal dialect of the province is Cebuano, but with a Boholano accent.
Zamboanga del Norte is also the home of the Subanun, or 'people of the upstream' (also Subanen, Suban-on). They are upland and swidden cultivators, who prefer to build their houses on top of ridges near potable water sources near their fields. They prefer to locations near springs rather than streams. Through the years, land problems and degraded environment have forced some of the people to adopt wet rice agriculture. Metal craft and weaving are also practiced. The Subanons have maintained trade with coastal peoples through the centuries. Present day Subanons are non-aggressive, although there are indications that in the past the people were required to provide a "soul companion" for an important deceased relative. ‘Buklog’ is a Subanon set of unique rituals that utilizes a huge dancing platform to which a log is attached that hits a hollowed sounding board on the ground.
Sinulog and Kinabayo are celebrated every July 24-25 in Dapitan City in honor of the city’s patron, Saint James. The Sinulog is a dance procession and Kinabayo is an exotic and colorful pageant re-enacting the Spanish-Moorish wars, particularly the Battle of Covadonga. In that battle the Spanish forces under General Pelagio took their last stand against the Saracens. They were able to reverse the tide of the war with the miraculous apparition of Saint James, the Apostle. The addition of local color and innovations has made this annual festivity a popular attraction to visitors of Dapitan.
The shrine to Dapitan’s most famous sojourner, national hero Jose Rizal, still stands and gives testimony to Rizal’s exile in the town in the late 19th century. His house and part of the innovations he instituted in his small estate still stand and draw hundreds of tourists.
Districts of Zamboanga del Norte
Dapitan City
Piñan
Sergio Osmeña Sr.
Sibutad
Dipolog City
Jose Dalman
Manukan
Pres. Manuel A. Roxas
Siayan
Sindangan
Baliguian
Godod
Gutalac
Kalawit
Labason
Leon B. Postigo (Bacungan)
Liloy
Salug
Sibuco
Siocon
Sirawai
Tampilisan
Elected Government Officials of Zamboanga del Norte Province, Philippines
Elected Officers of Zamboanga del Norte Province for 2019 - 2022
Governor of Zamboanga del Norte: Roberto Uy
Vice-Governor of Zamboanga del Norte: Senen Angeles
House of Representatives (Congressmen) of Zamboanga del Norte:
1st District Congressman: JALOSJOS, ROMEO JR.
2nd District Congressman: LABADLABAD, GLONA
3rd District Congressman: AMATONG, ISAGANI
First District Member, Sangguniang Panlalawigan (Board Members):
CHAN, JING
OLVIS, ANACLETO JR.
BAGARINAO, DANTE
Second District Member, Sangguniang Panlalawigan (Board Members):
NAPIGQUIT, JULIUS
DECIERDO, LOGOY
SOLIVA, MULING
Third District Member, Sangguniang Panlalawigan (Board Members):
UY, VENUS
TORRINO, BEBE
BRILLANTES, RUTH
1st District Congressman: Seth Frederick Jalosjos
2nd District Congressman: Glona Labadlabad
3rd District Congressman: Isagani Amatong
Patri Chan
Anabel Jalosjos-garcia
Julius Napigquit
Ronilio Lee
Crisologo Decierdo
Romulo Soliva
Venus Uy
Ruth Brillantes
Angel Carloto
Luzviminda Torrino
Governor of Zamboanga del Norte: Uy, Roberto Yu
Vice-Governor of Zamboanga del Norte: Senen O. Angeles (LP) LIBERAL PARTY
House of Representatives of Zamboanga del Norte:
1st District Congressman: Seth Frederick (Bullet) P. Jalosjos
2nd District Congressman: Rosendo S. Labadlabad
3rd District Congressman: Isagani Sybico Amatong (LP)
Cabigon, Fernando Jr. Restollas
Zamora, Joven Hamac
Napigquit, Julius Cabilin
Lee, Ronillo Dua
Decierdo, Crisologo Alima
Soliva, Romulo Puralan
Carloto, Angel Melicor
Brillantes, Ruth Maraon
Uy, Venus Arancana
Torrino, Luzviminda Estrada
Rolando Enriquez Yebes
Vice-Governor
Francis Hamoy Olvis
Congress:
1st District: Seth Frederick P. Jalosjos (Lakas-CMD)
2nd District: Rosendo S. Labadlabad
3rd District: Cesar G. Jalosjos
Fernando Cabigon
Uldarico C. Mejorada II
Cedric Adriatico
Edgar J. Baguio
Anecito S. Darunday
Jose Joy H. Olvis
Michael Allan Z. Ranillo
Romeo Arcillas Cariño
Florentino T. Daarol
Johanna D. Jalosjos
1st District: Cecilia Garcia Jalosjos Carreon
Barangay Elected Officials of Zamboanga del Norte for the term of 2010-2013
Businesses in Zamboanga del Norte Province, Philippines
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Businesses of Dipolog City
Banks, Pawnshops, Insurance, Credit and Lending Companies
Bank of The Philippine Islands, Central, Dipolog City, Zamboanga del Norte
BDO, Central, Dipolog City, Zamboanga del Norte
Alano and Sons Credit Corp., Miputak, Dipolog City, Zamboanga del Norte
JPY Lending Investor Miputak, Dipolog City, Zamboanga del Norte
Katipunan Bank Miputak, Dipolog City, Zamboanga del Norte
Land Bank Miputak, Dipolog City, Zamboanga del Norte
PhilAm Life Central, Dipolog City, Zamboanga del Norte
PS Bank Central, Dipolog City, Zamboanga del Norte
RD Pawnshop Central, Dipolog City, Zamboanga del Norte
Rural Bank of Pres. Roxas Central, Dipolog City, Zamboanga del Norte
Rural Bank of Labason, Labason, Zamboanga del Norte
88.9 Radio, Central Dipolog City, Zamboanga del Norte
Shopping Malls, Shopping Centers, and Department Stores
Asialink Shopping Center, Central Dipolog City, Zamboanga del Norte
City Central, Central Dipolog City, Zamboanga del Norte
Dipolog Center Mall, Central Dipolog City, Zamboanga del Norte
Mennens, Central Dipolog City, Zamboanga del Norte
Meryl and Ralph, Central Dipolog City, Zamboanga del Norte
Petron, Central Dipolog City, Zamboanga del Norte
CellPhones and Computer Stores
SECC Computer Sales, Central Dipolog City, Zamboanga del Norte
Restaurants and BakeShops
Baron Bakeshop, Miputak Dipolog City, Zamboanga del Norte
Chicken Ati Atihan, Miputak Dipolog City, Zamboanga del Norte
Chowking Central Mall, Miputak Dipolog City, Zamboanga del Norte
couples Cakehaus and Pasalubong, Miputak Dipolog City, Zamboanga del Norte
Jollibee Central Mall, Miputak Dipolog City, Zamboanga del Norte
Julies Bakeshop, Miputak Dipolog City, Zamboanga del Norte
New Allison's Food Plaza, Central, Dipolog City, Zamboanga del Norte
TSI Bugan, Central, Dipolog City, Zamboanga del Norte
Hardware Stores, Appliance Stores, Auto and Motorcycle Supplies, Construction Supply Stores
A-One Auto Supply, Miputak, Dipolog City, Zamboanga del Norte
Des Appliance Plaza Poblacion, Sindangan, Zamboanga del Norte
Dipolog Fishing Supply Store, Central, Dipolog City, Zamboanga del Norte
Emcor, Central, Dipolog City, Zamboanga del Norte
Honda Odyssey Motors, Miputak, Dipolog City, Zamboanga del Norte
Isaias Top, Central, Dipolog City, Zamboanga del Norte
Ivy Construction Supply, Central, Dipolog City, Zamboanga del Norte
Quality Appliance, Miputak, Dipolog City, Zamboanga del Norte
Reina Marketing, Central, Dipolog City, Zamboanga del Norte
Top Plaza, Central, Dipolog City, Zamboanga del Norte
Trans Cycle, Miputak, Dipolog City, Zamboanga del Norte
Wheel Marketing and Retreading, Central, Dipolog City, Zamboanga del Norte
Memorial Homes and Funeral Parlors
Gamalinda Memorial Home, Miputak, Dipolog City, Zamboanga del Norte
Villarin Funeral Homes, Miputak, Dipolog City, Zamboanga del Norte
Medical Center, Sicayab, Dipolog City, Zamboanga del Norte
Ospital ng Kabataan Central, Dipolog City, Zamboanga del Norte
Hotels, Motels, and Pension Houses
GV Hotel Miputak, Dipolog City, Zamboanga del Norte
Top Plaza Hotel Central, Dipolog City, Zamboanga del Norte
Pharmacies and Drug Stores
BCR Pharmacy, Sicayab, Dipolog City, Zamboanga del Norte
Mercury Drug Central, Dipolog City, Zamboanga del Norte
The Generics Pharmacy Central, Dipolog City, Zamboanga del Norte
Real Estate or Properties for Sale or lease in Zamboanga del Norte Province, Philippines
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Churches, Mosques, or Places of Worship in Zamboanga del Norte Province, Philippines
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Freedom of religion, yes. Equality, yes. But no favoritism.
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Schools in Zamboanga del Norte Province, Philippines
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School year 2018-2019 starts Monday, Monday, June 4, 2018 and ends on Friday, April 5, 2019, for public elementary and secondary schools. The School Year shall consist of 208 school days inclusive of the five-day In-Service Training and the three days for the Parent-Teacher Conferences (PTC) conducted within the school year. However, learners are expected to be in school for a total of 200 class days.
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PUBLIC NOTICE: Why pretend that the National language of the Philippines is Tagalog? It should be English. To be a Teacher, doctor, lawyer, engineer, architect, nurse, computer technician; what books do you learn from? English books of course. All your tests are in English. The constitution of the Philippines is written in English. All the laws and new laws introduced by congress are in English. For that matter, you can't be a teacher in a school system unless you know English. The "Licensure Exam for Teachers" is in ENGLISH! Who are these people forcing Tagalog down our throats? Tagalog is simply one of the many dialects of the Philippines. Keep your dialects but learn and be proficient in ENGLISH.
Department of Education Zamboanga del Norte
SHARIF ADZHAR H. SARAHADIL
zamboangadelnorte@deped.gov.ph
065-2122607/ 2122606
Andres Bonifacio College.
College Park, Miputak, DIPOLOG CITY,Zamboanga del Norte
Zamboanga del Norte Agricultural College
Tampilisan, Zamboanga del Norte
Dipolog City, Zamboanga del Norte
Rizal Memorial National School
Dapitan City, Zamboanga del Norte
Katipunan National Agricultural School
Katipunan, Zamboanga del Norte
Dipolog Medical Center College Foundation
Zamboanga del Norte Natioanal High School
Dapitan and Dipolog
Sports and Recreation in Zamboanga del Norte Province, Philippines
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Arts and Culture in Zamboanga del Norte Province, Philippines
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Economy of Zamboanga del Norte, Philippines
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Jobs in Zamboanga del Norte Philippines
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Natural Resources of Zamboanga del Norte Province, Philippines
About half of the province’s land area is devoted to agriculture. Corn, coconut, and rice are major crops. The province being rich in marine and mineral sources, its fish production has accelerated through the development of fishponds. Commercial fishing has likewise steadily increased through the years, with the yellow fin tuna as the primary species.
Sewer Systems of the Philippines
It is sad but true that as of the year 2012 the rivers of the Philippines continue to be the #1 Sewer Systems of the Philippines.
Protect & Save the Rivers. Do not let your sewer drain into the river. Your community can be the first to initiate this project.
Build your riverbank protection with a built-in gutter system. Reforest within Ten Years - Guaranteed!
Let us plant more trees in every barangay in the entire Philippines. It does not make any difference if the barangay is urban, partially urban or rural; we need more trees. Trees will prevent erosion, provide oxygen, prevent green house effect, and even a place of business for the shade tree mechanic.
The Philippines is a tropical country and practically anything will grow. The DENR has the planting trees project that goes on every year. Lots of picture taking for the media. Planting trees one by one is the "human" way of doing it. This individual planting of trees is good if done to "line" the roads and highways with trees or along fences or property divisions, or if you have a plantation.
To reforest the nation of the Philippines we have to plant trees the "mother nature" way. Sow the seeds during the rainy season. Go deep into "bald" forests and plant trees by sowing seeds. If there's not enough volunteers to do this, use the military helicopters to fly over the designated areas and sow the seeds.
Guaranteed within a few years, The Philippines will be lush again. >>Read More
Save The Rivers in the Philippines. They are Dying.
We are using our rivers as our sewer system. If you ask a Filipino, "Are the Filipinos a clean people?" The answer is an automatic, "Yes!". However, the Filipinos are suffering from the same disease or attitude as most people do, and that is the "NIMBY" disease or "NIMBY" attitude. (NIMBY) Not In My Back Yard. So it is OK to dump my garbage and sewer there. Not mine! Someone else will take care of it.
This attitude is killing our rivers. Your great-grandparents, grandparents or parents were once proud to tell the stories of how they enjoyed swimming in the river behind your house or nearby. However, you can't say the same or tell the same stories to your kids or grand kids. Why? Because your generation is killing the river.
Secretary Roy Cimatu - since May 8, 2017
Visayas Avenue, Diliman, 1100 Quezon City, Philippines
osec@denr.gov.ph
We have so much water in the Philippines and yet very little to drink.
Renewable and Sustainable Energy
Instead of relying too much on Diesel fuel and Coal to generate the majority of Philippine's Electrical energy Supply, we can concentrate more on renewable and sustainable source of energy such as: Hydro Power, Solar Power, and Wind Power and thermal energy conversion. We have too many black outs.
Tourists Attractions of Zamboanga del Norte Province, Philippines
Philippine National Hero Dr. Jose P. Rizal spent his last four years in exile in Dapitan. His original estate here has been declared a national shrine and is being administered by the National Historical Institute. Hence, the city monicker, "Shrine City of the Philippines." By the year 2020, Dapitan is poised to become the Dr. Jose Rizal Heritage Center of the Philippines, owing to the wealth of Rizal memorabilia and memorable places associated with the hero.
Dapitan City Plaza
Occupying an area of more or less one hectare (2.711 acres), the Dapitan City Plaza was developed and beautified by Dr. Jose Rizal, the Philippines' National Hero, with the assistance of Gov. Carcinero. His plan had been to make it comparable to the plazas he had seen in Europe.
Relief Map of Mindanao
Across St. James Church is found a huge map of Mindanao, resting on a total land area of roughly 900 square meters. It was done by Philippine National Hero Dr. Jose Rizal. He intended it as a motivating device for teaching history and geography to the townsfolk.
The Aqueduct
It is a reservoir that had also served as a good water system. Bamboo tubes were used to connect the diversion canal to the kitchen and lavatory. The original dam still exists today.
Casa Redonda
It is an octagonal dwelling that served as the quarters for Dr. Jose Rizal's pupils. Later converted to a clinic, it was here that George Tauter, the foster father of Josephine Bracken, had his eye operation.
Casa Cuadrada
It is the main house that served as the residence of Dr. Jose Rizal together with members of his family, who came to visit him every so often. It has been faithfully reconstructed using its original light native materials.
Casa Redonda Pequeña
It is a hexagonal structure that had served as a chicken house during Dr. Jose Rizal's stay in Dapitan.
Casitas Hospitales
Two of these structures were originally intended as tea houses but Dr. Jose Rizal converted them into clinics to accommodate patients from far-flung municipalities.
Mi Retiro Rock
A naturally heart-shaped rock, it is so called because it was where Dr. Jose Rizal had scribed the beautiful verses of his poems, "Mi Retiro" and "Himno a Talisay." It is also known as Batong Lumayag as it appears to be afloat during high tide. Presently, it lies within an artificial lagoon.
It is an open-air auditorium with a seating capacity of 500, which was constructed beyond the Mi Retiro Rock.
Holy Rosary Cathedral
It was erected by the Spanish friars sometime in 1895, before Dipolog City became a municipality. Records show that the cathedral altar was designed by Dr. Jose Rizal, who was still serving the tenure of his Dapital exile in those years.
Sta. Cruz
Migrating Boholanos from the Visayas landed here in May 1905 and then planted a cross to symbolize Christianity.
Filipino-Japanese Memorial Park
A World War II memorial in Barangay Dicayas now stands over a battleground where Filipino and Japanese soldiers clashed fiercely and many lost their lives. The memorial is accessible in 15 minutes from the city proper via the highway.
courtesy: WOW Philippines
Landmarks: Monuments or Historic buildings in Zamboanga del Norte Province, Philippines
Statue of Christ in Pangalalan, Sindangan
Festivals, Fiestas and Traditions of Zamboanga del Norte Province, Philippines
In the Philippines a fiesta is usually celebrated in barrios or barangays. It is the official holiday of the LGU, the barangay. Filipinos love fiestas. It is a time for joy and celebration. A fiesta is of Spanish origin and is usually commemorated in association with a christian patron saint. Most barangays whose population have been clustered by Muslims(Moros) and their population is more than that of the Christians, the celebration of the fiesta have been cancelled and replaced with the Hari Raya or Eid al-Fitr.
The cities or municipalities usually have yearly festivals where all the barangays participate. The cities or municipalities hold contests for the best floats in parades.
Sinulog and Kinabayo
It is a two-day celebration, held from July 24 to 25, of the annual patronal feast of St. James. The Sinulog is a dance procession while the Kinabayo is an exotic and colorful pageant re-enacting the Spanish-Moorish Wars, particularly, the Battle of Covadonga. During this battle, the Spanish forces under General Pelagio took their last stand against the Saracens. They were able to reverse the tide of the war with the miraculous apparition of St. James, the Apostle. The addition of local color and innovations make this annual revelry a popular attraction drawing crowds to the city.
News About the Philippines
6% growth target stays
Monday, Septembe 16, 2019
The Department of Finance (DOF) said the government is maintaining its growth target of six percent or higher this year, even as the economy settled at only 5.5 percent growth in the first semester given the delay in the enactment of the 2019 General Appropriations Act (GAA).
Carlos Dominguez, finance secretary, also said to avoid a repeat of the 2019 budget delay, leaders of both the Senate and the House of Representatives are meeting every month to monitor the progress on the budget and the 25 priority bills enumerated in the 4th State-of-the-Nation Address ........... Full Story»
Stocks up, peso stronger
Share prices ended higher yesterday as investors tracked overseas leads to trade the market.
The Philippine Stock Exchange index (PSEi) was up 70.20 points to 7,858.65, a 0.9 percent hike ........... Full Story»
Zamboanga del Norte Province, Philippines News
2 Hurt in Accidental Explosion of Rifle Grenade
Zamboanga del Norte Zip Codes
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7100 Dipolog City Zamboanga del Norte
7101 Dapitan City Zamboanga del Norte
7102 Roxas Zamboanga del Norte
7103 Sibutad Zamboanga del Norte
7104 Rizal Zamboanga del Norte
7105 Pinan Zamboanga del Norte
7106 Polanco Zamboanga del Norte
7107 Mutia Zamboanga del Norte
7108 Sergio Osmena Zamboanga del Norte
7109 Katipunan Zamboanga del Norte
7110 Manukan Zamboanga del Norte
7111 Jose Dalman (Ponot) Zamboanga del Norte
7112 Sindangan (Leon B. Postigo) Zamboanga del Norte
7113 Siayan Zamboanga del Norte
7114 Salug Zamboanga del Norte
7115 Liloy Zamboanga del Norte
7116 Tampilisan Zamboanga del Norte
7117 Labason Zamboanga del Norte
7118 Gutalac Zamboanga del Norte
7119 La Libertad Zamboanga del Norte
7120 Siocon Zamboanga del Norte
7121 Siraway Zamboanga del Norte
7122 Sibuco Zamboanga del Norte
7123 Baliguian Zamboanga del Norte
7124 Kalawit Zamboanga del Norte
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ILOILO CITY, April 27-May 2, 2015 (PNA) – Some 5,000 bikers are expected to join the second Iloilo Bike Festival slated April 27-May 2, 2015 as the city continues to aspire to become a bike-able walkable metropolis. The activity that supported by the John B. Lacson Foundation Maritime University (JBLFMU) and Megaworld Iloilo aims to promote Iloilo as a safe and bike friendly city, promote the share-a-road movement encourage Ilonggos to commute via biking and raise Ilonggos awareness on the benefits of biking on health, safety and environment concerns. Read More....
CYCLING Le Tour de Filipinas 2015 set as country celebrates 60 years of top-caliber cycling Feb 1 to Feb 4 2015 - View the result of the race: A four stage race. Stage 1 starts in Balanga and back to Balanga for a 126K race Feb 1, 2015 (Sunday); stage 2 starts in Balanga, Bataan to Iba, Zambales for a 154.7 K race Feb 2, 2015 (Monday); stage 3 starts in Iba, Zambales to Lingayen, Pangasinan for a 150.1K race Feb 3, 2015 (Tuesday); stage 4 starts in Lingayen, Pangasinan to Baguio City, Benguet for a 101.7K race Feb 4, 2015 (Wednesday). For a total distance of 532.5 Kms. Read More >>>
Ronda Pilipinas: Feb 8 - 27 2015:>> Discovering young riders for the national team will be the main objective of the LBC Ronda Pilipinas 2015 when the country’s premiere cycling race hits the road on Feb. 8 in Butuan City. Ronda Pilipinas executive project director Moe Chulani said the international multistage bikathon, which ends on Feb. 27, will have two qualifying legs of four stages each in Mindanao and the Visayas where the top riders will advance to face a tough foreign challenge in the six-stage Luzon finale. Read More>>>
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NSA mass surveillance leaks: Timeline of events to date
Introduction: The surveillance scandal in a single slideshow
The biggest scandals of the year — perhaps even the decade — the U.S. government's massive, global surveillance machine has been hitting headlines in international media, as a result of documents leaked by former U.S. contractor Edward Snowden.
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With dozens of documents already published since they first went live in June 2013, Snowden is slated to have stolen hundreds of thousands of files. Led by The Guardian and The Washington Post on both sides of the Atlantic, numerous other news agencies have also reported the vast number of secret snooping programs.
The scandal has implicated numerous high-profile G20 countries in assisting the U.S. government in its intelligence gathering efforts. Meanwhile, many other countries have fallen foul to the U.S.' privacy-invading surveillance techniques. The past six months alone have seen some of the toughest tests to global diplomatic relations since World War II.
From PRISM to UPSTREAM, ROYAL CONCIERGE and EGOTISTICAL GIRAFFE, there is a lot to take in and plenty more to find out.
We've gathered all the leaks to date all in one place in this slideshow, which will be kept up to date, for your viewing.
(News sources: The Guardian; The Washington Post; The New York Times; Der Spiegel; The Wall Street Journal; O Globo; CNET; South China Morning Post; Le Monde; CBS News; Reuters; De Standaard; Politico; Wired; The Japan Times)
Updated on November 25: with two additional slides on NSA malware infiltration, and U.S. working with Singapore and South Korea to tap other South Asian countries.
Updated on December 4: with four new slides on Australian leaks, and how the NSA is collecting 5 billion cellphone records a day, among others
Caption by: Zack Whittaker
Verizon records vacuumed up by NSA under 'top secret' Patriot Act order
The Guardian newspaper was first to reveal the U.S. government's demand to to vacuum up millions of Verizon customer details, including information on phone calls both within the U.S. and between the U.S. and other countries.
The data that is being collected on Verizon customers -- including cellular and landline customers -- includes all call details or "metadata," including routing data, such as the originating and recipient phone number; the IMEI unique device identifier; the IMSI number used to identify calls on cellular networks; trunk identifiers; phone calling cards; and the time, date, and duration of the call.
Read more: Verizon records vacuumed up by NSA under 'top secret' Patriot Act order (ZDNet)
Image via The Guardian
PRISM unmasked: FBI, NSA said to be secretly mining data from nine U.S. tech giants
Citing a leaked presentation intended for only senior analysts within the National Security Agency's (NSA) Signals Intelligence Directorate, the U.S. government began secretly mining user data from companies under a highly classified program called PRISM.
The ring of nine consists of Microsoft, Yahoo, Google, Facebook, AOL, Skype, YouTube, Apple, and video chat room community PalTalk. Apparently Dropbox was slated to be the next one added to the list. The named seven have strenuously denied the claims and reiterated their stance towards maintaining user and customer privacy.
Read more: PRISM unmasked: FBI, NSA secretly mining data from nine U.S. tech giants (ZDNet)
Image via The Washington Post
Obama's secret order draws up overseas target list for cyberattacks
The latest leak pointed to U.S. President Barack Obama signing in October 2011 a directive that orders senior intelligence and defense staff to determine which foreign targets should be attacked with cyberweapons should the country come under attack.
Dubbed "Presidential Policy Directive 20," written just months before the President signed an executive order on cybersecurity -- the document describes how the White House could take offensive measures against a hostile country or system "with little or no warning," and with "potential effects ranging from subtle to severely damaging."
Read more: Obama's secret order draws up overseas target list for cyberattacks (ZDNet)
Photo by: White House/Flickr
U.K. government 'complicit' in NSA's PRISM spy program
It wasn't just the NSA conducting vast surveillance. Almost back to wartime efforts, the U.S. drafted in the help from the U.K. government's electronic intercepts and listening station, Government Communications Headquarters (GCHQ). The British spy agency reportedly tapped directly into fiber cables on either side of the Atlantic. It also has access to the U.S. government's PRISM database, allowing the U.K. to bypass mutual intelligence and information sharing treaties.
Read more: U.K. government 'complicit' in NSA's PRISM spy program
Photo by: U.K. Ministry of Defense/Wikimedia Commons
PRISM: Here's how the NSA wiretapped the Internet
A new slide released by The Washington Post said that NSA analysts "should use both" the newly-uncovered UPSTREAM program for data collection, as well as PRISM, indicating there are two methods of acquiring private user data.
The secret court order, authorized by the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Court (FISC) allows the NSA to place a wiretap device on the core fiber optic cables that power the Internet, which effectively vacuumed up every bit and byte of data that flowed through telco's networks.
Read more: PRISM: Here's how the NSA wiretapped the Internet (ZDNet)
Guardian reveals identity of NSA whistleblower
Meet Edward Snowden, the former U.S. government contractor turned whistleblower, who willingly revealed his identity by working with The Guardian.
The then 29-year-old said he had "no intention of hiding" who he was because, I know I have done nothing wrong," he said, despite leaking secrets held close to the chest of the U.S. government. A former technical assistant for the CIA, Snowden also worked with defense contractor Booz Allen and computer giant Dell.
He will ultimately become one of the very few people in U.S. history charged with leaking government secrets under the Espionage Act.
Read more: Guardian reveals identity of NSA whistleblower (ZDNet)
Image via The Guardian (video)
U.S. gov't collects 100 billion surveillance records a month
Meet the U.S. National Security Agency's global intelligence tracking tool, BOUNDLESS INFORMANT.
Users of the tool are able to select countries from a "heat map" to metadata and volume details, as well as different kinds of other information collected by the spy agency. Iran topped the surveillance list with over 14 billion data reports, with Pakistan coming in close second at 13.5 billion reports. Jordan, Egypt and India are also top priorities for the U.S. surveillance efforts, according to the leaked slides and screenshots.
Read more: Boundless Informant: U.S. gov't collects 100 billion surveillance records a month (ZDNet)
Google says it wants to disclose FISA requests
In efforts to show it has "nothing to hide" amid the PRISM disclosures by Snowden, Google wrote an open letter to U.S. attorney general Eric Holder to disclose how many secret government orders it receives. It follows an earlier statement by Google chief executive Larry Page stating that the Internet giant had not heard of PRISM until The Guardian first disclosed it in early June.
Read more: Google says it wants to disclose FISA requests (CBS News)
Photo by: Connue Zhou/Google
NSA whistleblower: U.S has been hacking into China, Hong Kong
In the latest round of leaks, fugitive Snowden tells a Hong Kong newspaper that PRISM extends to China and Hong Kong. Citing unreleased documents, the U.S. government has been hacking into computers in the Asia region since 2009, notably those belonging to public officials, businesses, and students.
Read more: NSA whistleblower: U.S has been hacking into China, Hong Kong (CNET)
Photo by: Apple via CNET
NSA leaked documents reveal U.S. spied on Russian president at G20 summit
The Snowden leaks didn't just disclose the U.S. government's intentions to surveil citizens, both domestically and abroad. For the first time two weeks after the first round of leaks were published, foreign governments were also revealed to be targets.
Published by The Guardian, the U.S. was spying on former Russian President Dmitry Medvedev during the G20 summit in London in 2009. The NSA was able to intercept communications between Medvedev and his delegation, thanks to the U.S.' close relationship with its British counterpart eavesdropping agency, GCHQ.
Read more: NSA leaked documents reveal U.S. spied on Russian president at G20 summit (CNET)
Photo by: White House
Apple, Microsoft, Facebook release new details on national security requests
After denying any direct involvement in the PRISM spying scandal, three Silicon Valley technology giants released new details on U.S. government requests. Under the existing Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act (FISA), companies are barred from even acknowledging such a court order exists, let alone disclosing it to the public. The move was in efforts to be more transparent about such national security requests for their customers' data, despite gagging orders in effect.
Read more: Apple, Microsoft, Facebook release new details on national security requests (CBS News)
Photo by: ZDNet; Microsoft, Google, Facebook
Secret NSA documents on data collection appear more relaxed than first told
More leaks from The Guardian disclose the reach of the NSA's ability to spy domestically. Two documents outlined how the U.S. spy agency is able to target non-U.S. residents, while the other outlined how it can minimize data collection from U.S. residents. The document shed new light on how the NSA targets individuals for monitoring and surveillance, including the "rules" in which it can acquire data on Americans, in spite of law to protect such domestic spying,
Read more: Secret NSA documents on data collection appear more relaxed than first told (ZDNet)
British spy agency said to tap world's phone calls, e-mails
Further details relating to the U.K. government's involvement in the NSA's surveillance are published. In a new slide called "Mastering the Internet," GCHQ tapped into some of the world's critical submarine fiber cables, which according to the slides, allows it access to much of the world's telephone calls and Internet traffic. The data can be stored for up to 30 days, allowing analysts to look over the data.
The Guardian, which reported the story, said GCHQ had been carrying out the operation without warrants, and without public acknowledgement or debate, for almost 18 months.
Read more: British spy agency said to tap world's phone calls, e-mails (CNET)
Screenshot: ZDNet/TeleGeography
Amid NSA spying scandal, the gloves are off for EU's justice chief
Europe's justice chief Viviane Reding was enraged following the news that the U.S. and U.K. -- both allies to the 28 member state bloc -- were spying on its citizens in breach of EU data protection rules. But at a time when Brussels was looking to amend the privacy laws, Reding was pushing back against some proposals, which were "watered down" according to the politicians debating the law. Now news of the scandal broke, Reding is fighting back against her federal former friend.
Read more: Amid NSA spying scandal, the gloves are off for EU's justice chief (ZDNet)
Photo by: European Union
U.S. files espionage charges against NSA leaker
Just two weeks after the NSA surveillance scandal broke, the U.S. government brought charges against Edward Snowden, whose whereabouts at the time were unclear. Believed to be holed up in Hong Kong, the whistleblower becomes one of the handful of those ever charged under the Espionage Act for leaking what may amount to hundreds of thousands of classified documents.
Read more: U.S. files espionage charges against NSA leaker (CBS News)
Photo by: Dept. of Justice
Edward Snowden on the run, reportedly in Russia
As the global manhunt for Edward Snowden continues, the plane carrying the NSA leaker touches down at a Moscow airport. Everyone from U.S. authorities to the members of the media were guessing as to where his final destination would be. Russian authorities however did not say whether or not Snowden had formally entered Russian territory.
Read more: Edward Snowden on the run, reportedly in Russia (CBS News)
Photo by: Ian Geldard/Twitter
Skype's Project Chess: Supernodes ditched for scalability or surveillance?
Skype's principal architect explained why the company redesigned its backend infrastructure, which many have claimed made it easier for governments to wiretap calls. Following the acquisition of Microsoft, some claimed the infrastructure change to datacenters would make it easier for the NSA to tap into calls.
It follows claims by The New York Times that a small handful of Skype employees established "Project Chess," a system designed to explore the legal and technical issues behind handing over Skype user data to law enforcement agencies..
Read more: Skype's Project Chess revealed: Peer-to-peer supernodes ditched for scalability or surveillance? (ZDNet)
Photo by: Microsoft via CNET
Snowden: NSA hacked China telcos, submarine cable network firm
Freshly published documents point to China as the latest victim behind the U.S.' government's cyber-operations, as a China newspaper publishes documents implicating the NSA in computer attacks that occurred during a four-year period. The NSA's activities also included hacking major telcos in efforts to acquire massive amounts of text messages.
The revelations are particularly ironic, as the U.S. has increasingly scaled up its legislative operations against China alleging the Communist Party-ruled country is targeting Western computers and networks.
Read more: Snowden: NSA hacked China telcos, submarine cable network firm (CNET)
Source: South China Morning Post
Photo by: CNET Asia
European officials lash out at new NSA spying report
A top German official accused the U.S. of using "Cold War" methods against its allies regarding the ongoing spate of leaks detailing the NSA's surveillance operations. It comes amid claims the U.S. government was eavesdropping on EU offices in Washington, New York, and Brussels, citing published leaked documents.
Read more: European officials lash out at new NSA spying report (CBS News)
Latest NSA leak details PRISM's bigger picture
New leaks offered further details of the mass collection of email, video and voice chat, photos, file transfers, and other online social networking content on foreign nationals by the NSA in conjunction with the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI).
According to one slide, there were 117,675 "active surveillance targets" in PRISM's database, but this figure does not detail which kinds of users these were, or among them how many Americans had their data collected inadvertently by the program.
Annotations by the Post suggest that PRINTAURA "sorts and dispatches the data stream" into different categories of data from the FBI's Data Interception Technology Unit (DITU) -- understood to be the Tier 1 company wiretaps. The DITU is understood to maintain this equipment, in which the data it collects is then passed to the NSA.
Read more: Latest NSA leak details PRISM's bigger picture (ZDNet)
Bolivia president's plane rerouted due to Snowden suspicions
With the fugitive whistleblower Snowden suspected of being on board, the private jet of Bolivian president was forced to land as a number of countries in the region refused to allow the plane through its airspace. The plane needed additional fuel as a result of the non-direct route. Officials denied Snowden was on board, which was confirmed after the plane was searched by authorities on the ground.
Read more: Bolivia president's plane rerouted due to Snowden suspicions (CBS News)
Photo by: Jimmy Harris/Flickr
EU votes to support suspending U.S. data sharing agreements, including passenger flight data
The European Parliament voted in favor of a resolution that would back the Commission should it wish to suspend data sharing agreements with the U.S., such as the passenger name records system, which the U.S. claims is vital to protecting national security. It follows revelations that the U.S. spied on millions of European citizens.
The parliament's plenary session highlighted the strained diplomatic relationship between the EU and the U.S. over the mass surveillance revelations.
Read more: EU votes to support suspending U.S. data sharing agreements (ZDNet)
Photo by: European Parliament/Flickr
France has its own PRISM system, says report
Despite concern by many European countries, according to investigative work by French newspaper Le Monde, the country has its own "local" version of the PRISM-like systems. According to the report, the French foreign intelligence agency has been intercepting metadata from phone calls, emails, and Internet activity from domestic services, as well as between France and other countries.
Just like the NSA's version of the program, Google, Facebook, Twitter, Microsoft, Apple, and Yahoo were all named as companies the French were able to tap into.
Read more: France has its own PRISM system, says report (ZDNet)
Source: Le Monde
Photo by: Elliott Brown/Flickr
NSA leaker Snowden claimed U.S. and Israel co-wrote Stuxnet virus
The Stuxnet virus, which was slated to have caused mass damage at Iran's nuclear facilities, was co-written by the U.S. and Israel, according to additional leaks published by German media. The weaponized malware specifically targeted the facilities in order to slow down the alleged plan by the Middle Eastern country to develop a nuclear weapon. The destruction caused by the virus was slated to have set the country's efforts back by at least 18 months.
Read more: NSA leaker Snowden claimed U.S. and Israel co-wrote Stuxnet virus (CBS News)
Image via CNET
Source: Der Spiegel
Microsoft accused of handing NSA access to encrypted messages; denied by software giant
The Guardian published details that pointed the finger at Microsoft as being a close collaborator with the National Security Agency, citing a document that was not published. A system exists where the NSA was able to automate the process in which orders under the FISA and the Patriot Act are issued to data-holding companies.
Among the allegations, the files provided by Snowden seem to show Microsoft helped the NSA "circumvent its encryption" to enable Web chats to be intercepted in its Hotmail replacement, Outlook.com. The report cites an NSA internal December newsletter, stating that Microsoft "developed a surveillance capability" to deal with encryption issues.
The software giant later denied the claims, stating there were "significant inaccuracies in the interpretations of leaked government documents reported in the media last week." Microsoft said it did not "provide or agree to provide any government with direct access to user content or the ability to break our encryption."
Read more: Microsoft accused of handing NSA access to encrypted messages (ZDNet)
Photo by: CNET
Edward Snowden files asylum request in Russia
It wasn't much of a surprise when Edward Snowden filed paperwork with the Russian government to request asylum away from the U.S. government. As the biggest "frenemy" to the U.S., it only further outraged the West.
According to his lawyer Anatoly Kucherena, Snowden "faces persecution by the U.S. government and he fears for his life and safety and that he could be subjected to torture and capital punishment." But in order to save face with the Western states, Russian president Vladimir Putin warned Snowden not to further damage the country's already tepid relationship with the U.S..
Read more: Edward Snowden files asylum request in Russia (CBS News)
Image via CBS News
Silicon Valley tech giants urge for greater U.S. government transparency
Close to two-dozen technology giants signed a letter to the U.S. government calling for the ability to disclose secretive data request figures. While Google and others already publish "transparency reports" that disclose unclassified data requests, these companies are not allowed to disclose the full amount of National Security Letter "gagging orders" handed down by federal authorities. Instead, they are only permitted to report the number range.
The group also calls for Congress to pass laws that force the U.S. government to report these figures accurately without having to first seek permission from the FISC.
Read more: Apple, Facebook, Google, Microsoft, others urge for greater U.S. government transparency (ZDNet)
Image via Center for Democracy & Technology
Verizon's secret data order timed to expire, but NSA spying to carry on
The very first tidbit from the ever-expanding cache of Snowden files, the Verizon court order was due to expire. But the U.S. government, despite the leaks, pushed for its renewal.
"The Government filed an application with the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Court seeking renewal of the authority to collect telephony metadata in bulk, and that the Court renewed that authority," the statement from the Director of National Intelligence James Clapper read. This order continues the collection of all call details -- or "metadata" -- of calls created by Verizon between the U.S. and abroad, or within the U.S., including local calls.
Read more: Verizon's secret data order timed to expire, but NSA spying to carry on (ZDNet)
Photo by: Office of the Director of National Intelligence
U.S. spy system XKeyscore allows NSA to 'wiretap anyone'
With billions of fragments of data collected by the U.S. and its "Five Eyes" partners around the globe annually, XKeyscore brings it all together, according to Snowden. In spite of the denials by U.S. officials over claims that the NSA could "wiretap anyone," the new batch of slides appeared to state otherwise.
The "top secret" program allows U.S. intelligence analysts to monitor in real time the emails, web browsing, Internet searches, social media use, and virtually all online activity of a target. Based on a "massive distributed Linux cluster", the program has 500 servers distributed around the world. In one of the slides, a map suggests these servers are located on every continent, on the territory of U.S. allies and of rivals like Russia, China, and Venezuela.
Read more: U.S. spy system XKeyscore allows NSA to 'wiretap anyone' (ZDNet/AAP)
DOJ probing claims U.S. drug agency 'collaborated' with NSA on intelligence
A Reuters report claimed not long after the discovery of XKeyscore that a U.S. drug agency, outside the traditional federal intelligence arena, was being given access to NSA-gathered data for the purposes of law enforcement.
The U.S. Drug Enforcement Agency (DEA) was understood to be able to access vast amounts of data from telco giant AT&T. DEA agents were taught to "recreate" the origin of intelligence as to not blow the lid on the massive intelligence gathering operation by the NSA and its global partners.
The Justice Dept., which oversees the DEA, said it was "looking into" the matter.
Read more: DOJ probing claims U.S. drug agency 'collaborated' with NSA on intelligence (ZDNet)
(Source: Reuters)
Snowden's email provider Lavabit shuts down under U.S. government pressure
Edward Snowden's email provider shut down, citing ongoing pressure from the U.S. government. Little was known why the shadowy service shut down, except for a short note on its website. Snowden used the service that allowed the whistleblower to communicate with others outside of work, and with journalists investigating the NSA's reach.
The note from Lavabit founder Ladar Levison published on its website said he decided to suspend operations but said he could only wish he was able to "legally share with you the events that led to my decision."
Read more: Snowden's privacy-oriented email provider shuts down under U.S. government pressure (ZDNet)
Photo by: ZDNet/Lavabit
NSA hunger demands 29 petabytes of data a day
New documents released by the NSA -- in efforts to appease some of the concerns over its mass surveillance operations, claimed the agency is looking at 0.00004 percent of the world's total Internet traffic. This translates roughly into 29 million gigabytes (29 petabytes) per day, which only 0.025 percent is inspected by authorities.
But some number crunches said that with peer-to-peer discounted and other content not considered for inspection, such as television content downloading, the total inspection would account for about half the communications on the Internet.
The agency also said: "Every search into the [business record] FISA database is auditable, and all three branches of our government exercise oversight over NSA's use of this authority."
Read more: NSA hunger demands 29 petabytes of data a day (ZDNet)
Photo by: National Security Agency
Spain demands answers over U.S. spying claims
Spain was next to get dragged into the U.S. government surveillance controversy, after reports claimed the country also fell victim to the massive spying operation. New reports said Spain was grouped with Germany, France, Italy, and Japan in the "middle" category of where the U.S. considers its surveillance efforts should be focused.
The revelations sparked anger with the Spanish government, which subsequently sought "clarification and information" from the U.S. Embassy in Madrid.
Read more: Spain demands answers over U.S. spying claims (ZDNet)
Photo by: Wikimedia Commons
NSA violated privacy rules thousands of times, audit finds
Additional leaked documents showed the NSA was culpable of committing serious legal violations of the Fourth Amendment. An internal audit showed serious breaches that were in some cases as a result of typos that would lead to massive unintended data collection.
The May 2012 dated audit showed there were more than 2,700 incidents in the preceding 12 months of unauthorized collection, storage, access to or distribution of legally protected communications. In one of those cases it involved the unauthorized use of data on 3,000 American citizens and green-card holders.
Read more: NSA violated privacy rules thousands of times, audit finds (CNET)
Partner of journalist at center of NSA leak detained
More controversy stirred for the U.S. and U.K. government after the partner of Glenn Greenwald, the journalist behind The Guardian's "NSA Files" coverage, was detained at London's Heathrow airport for nearly nine hours.
David Miranda was held under the maximum allotted time under the U.K.'s Terrorism Act Schedule 7, which authorizes British security services to stop and detain those suspected of involved in terrorism. According to later reports, the White House was given a "heads up" on Miranda's detention. He was suspected of carrying important and classified documents for later publication.
U.K. lawmakers and politicians later demanded an explanation for the detention of Greenwald's partner.
Read more: Partner of journalist at center of NSA leak detained (CBS News)
Image via BBC News (video)
U.K. gov't thought destroying Guardian hard drives would prevent NSA leaks
While intelligence may have won the British the war, the U.K. government certainly didn't score any awards for creativity when it sent intelligence officers to the basement of The Guardian's newsroom to destroy hard drives, which, naively and stupidly, the U.K. government thought contained the Snowden documents.
In a blog post, The Guardian editor Alan Rusbridger described in detail how officials from the U.K. government raided its offices. According to the newspaper's editor, he was given two options: "Hand the Snowden material back or destroy it," Rusbridger said, citing the shadowy Whitehall figure:
"You've had your debate. There's no need to write any more," they reportedly said.
Read more: U.K. gov't thought destroying hard drives would prevent NSA leaks (ZDNet)
Photo by: The Guardian
Secret court 'troubled' by NSA surveillance, ruled illegal
A secret U.S. court, the FISC, which authorizes wiretaps and warrantless snooping, found some of the surveillance conducted by the NSA illegal.
The court document, dated October 2011, found some of the NSA's collections to be in breach of the constitution, which gives U.S. persons protections against unreasonable searches and seizures. In the heavily redacted opinion, the court said it was "troubled" that the government's revelations over the NSA's acquisition of Internet traffic was the third time in less than three years in which the government disclosed a "substantial misrepresentation" of the scope of its collection programs.
Privacy group Electronic Frontier Foundation heralded the release of the 86-page opinion as a "victory."
Read more: Secret court 'troubled' by NSA surveillance, ruled illegal (ZDNet)
NSA paid 'millions' to cover costs for tech giants in PRISM program
Following the initial PRISM leaks, which NSA slides cited the program as costing $20 million per year, Silicon Valley giants implicated in the program were further scrutinized for allegedly accepting payments from the U.S. government to cover the cost of data collection.
The latest detail points to the NSA reportedly paying "millions" of U.S. dollars out of the taxpayer's kitty to foot the bill in covering compliance costs for the tech companies.
Read more: NSA said to have paid 'millions' to cover costs for tech giants in PRISM program (ZDNet)
New leaked documents detail secret U.S. intelligence 'black budget' figures
The secret $52.6 billion budget spent by the U.S. intelligence community is broken down for the first time, thanks to further disclosures by Snowden.
Out of the $52.6 billion, the Central Intelligence Agency (CIA), the National Security Agency (NSA), and National Reconnaissance Office (NRO) receives about two thirds of this overall figure. One of the biggest categories across the board is "data collection expenses," which is used to fund intelligence-led operations based on information collected on companies, citizens, and foreign nationals.
Read more: New leaked documents detail secret U.S. intelligence 'black budget' figures (ZDNet)
Microsoft and Google to sue government over transparency
Not content with the inability to publish certain data request figures, Microsoft and Google -- in a rare show of unity -- said they are engaging in legal action against the U.S. government in order to disclose secret FISA court orders. By pursuing court action, the companies are hoping to be indemnified from the PRISM scandal, which they and others were named in.
Read more: Microsoft and Google to sue government over transparency (ZDNet)
Photo by: Microsoft/U.S. Courts
Leaked documents detail broad reach of U.S. cyberoperations
Not long after NSA chief Gen. Keith Alexander was heckled at the 2013 Black Hat conference in Las Vegas, the U.S. intelligence agency was revealed by a new round of Snowden leaks that it carried out "cyberoperations" against a number of foreign targets.
In 2011, a tight-knit group of U.S. authorities carried out 231 offensive cyberattacks, primarily targeted at Iran, Russia, North Korea, and China, according to the report. A $652 million projected, dubbed GENIE, allowed U.S. agencies to break into foreign networks to spy on operations abroad.
Read more: Leaked documents detail broad reach of U.S. cyberoperations (CNET)
Photo by: Seth Rosenblatt/CNET
Brazilian president, oil giant targeted by NSA spy program
Next up, it was South America's turn. Brazilian president Dilma Rousseff was slated to be one of those picked out by the NSA for surveillance, along with her staff. It was also reported that the NSA tapped into the networks of state-owned oil company Petrobras, which would contradict the U.S.' claim that it had nothing to do with economic espionage.
Read more: Brazilian president targeted by NSA spy program (ZDNet)
(Source: O Globo)
U.K., U.S. able to crack most encryption used online
Perhaps the most worrying claim of all to come out of the Snowden cache of leaked documents: the U.K. and U.S. governments are able to crack "most encryption" standards used online.
The two intelligence agencies, the NSA and GCHQ, used vast resources to crack standards allowing them to read data that was traveling across the wire and fiber cables in an encrypted form. They also worked to weaken security standards and insert vulnerabilities into vendors' technologies.
It was reported that various types of security covered by BULLRUN, a program that was charged with defeating network security and privacy, cracked TLS and SSL -- such as Web-based email, SSH, encrypted chat, VPN services, and even encrypted voice calls over VoIP.
Read more: U.K., U.S. able to crack most encryption used online (ZDNet)
(Source: The Guardian; The New York Times)
Photo by: The New York Times
New claims NSA can access data on iOS, Android, BlackBerry
German media published new documents that stated mobile phones, including BlackBerry devices, Android phones, and Apple iPhones, were crackable and are able to have data extracted from them. According to the report, the NSA had set up "working parties' to ensure the main mobile platforms had a "back door" available to intelligence agencies.
Later leaks would show that as a result of this vulnerability, even world leaders were not safe from prying (and spying) eyes.
Read more: New claims NSA can access data on iOS, Android, BlackBerry (ZDNet/AAP)
(Source: Der Spiegel)
NSA provides Israel with raw, unchecked U.S. intelligence
The close relationship between the U.S. and Israel is far from secret. But to what extent data is shared was outlined in further published revelations, which claimed the U.S. gives the Middle Eastern country raw, unchecked access to its collected intelligence.
The "raw" nature of the intelligence means that the data has not been filtered out to prevent Americans' data from being inspected by the Israeli intelligence agency..
Read more: NSA provides Israel with raw, unchecked U.S. intelligence (ZDNet)
Photo by: IDF/Wikimedia Commons
NSA snoops on credit card transactions, says report
New light was shed on the NSA's "Follow the Money" division, which allowed the U.S. spy agency to tap into the vast amount of financial data held by Visa and other credit and debit card providers.
While Visa told German media that it was "not aware of any unauthorized access" to its networks, the NSA was still reportedly able to collate 180 million records in a secret database -- with 84 percent of those records being credit card transactions.
Read more: NSA snoops on credit card transactions, says report (ZDNet)
Photo by: StockMonkeys/Flickr
Belgacom clears up after hack attempt
The main telco in Belgium said it was dealing with the aftermath of an intrusion in its systems. The first suspect to mind was the NSA, which according to sources claimed the U.S. intelligence agency has been hacking into the telephone and Internet provider since early 2011.
Not long after and not far along the European western coast, three Dutch ministers said they had "no evidence" to suggest that major Internet provider in The Netherlands, KPN, was targeted by foreign intelligence agencies.
Read more: Belgacom clears up after hack attempt (ZDNet)
(Source: Belgacom; De Standard)
U.S. secret surveillance court rules phone metadata collection lawful
Another blow for civil liberties as the U.S. secret court that authorized massive data collection -- and in some cases ruled its activities "illegal" -- upheld the NSA's bulk metadata collection program as ultimately within the bounds of law.
The judges in the FISC said there is "no Constitutional impediment to the requested production" of metadata from phone companies order to hand over "all tangible things" under Section 215 of the Patriot Act.
Aware of the public's reaction to the Snowden disclosures, the court's opinion was declassified in a bid to allay fears of lack of transparency within the secret court.
Read more: U.S. secret surveillance court rules phone metadata collection lawful (ZDNet)
NSA purchased zero-day exploits from French security firm Vupen
A new report, thanks to a Freedom of Information request by government transparency site MuckRock showed that the U.S. government bought zero-day vulnerabilities and the software to use them from French security company Vupen.
Vupen, which describes itself as a "leading provider of defensive and offensive cyber security intelligence and advanced vulnerability research," essentially finds flaws in software and systems and then sells this data on to governments.
Read more: NSA purchased zero-day exploits from French security firm Vupen (ZDNet)
Image via CBS News (video)
(Source: MuckRock)
NSA offers details on 'LOVEINT' (that's spying on lovers, exes)
It's not surprising that when NSA analysts are given access to vast amounts of American and foreign personal information, there might a chance they might misuse it for their own personal gain.
The latest, albeit not-as-shocking revelation, was that a handful of NSA staffers misused their security clearance to access data on their lovers and partners. Dubbed LOVEINT, or "love intelligence," there were 12 substantiated instances of intentional misuse of signals intelligence at the NSA -- compared to an average of seven per day of "inadvertent" mistakes, such as the collection of American data.
Read more: NSA offers details on 'LOVEINT' (that's spying on lovers, exes) (CNET)
Photo by: CNET/Scribd
NSA maps some Americans' social connections, says report
Facebook may be for yourself and your friends, but it's also very much for the NSA. More documents leaked by Snowden said the intelligence agency had created "social graphs" of Americans in efforts to "rapidly discover and correlate complex relationships and patterns across diverse data sources on a massive scale."
According to the documents, 94 types of data are included, such as phone numbers, email addresses, and IP address details. Other data is pulled in from other sources, such as passenger name records (gathered domestically and from the European Union under existing agreements), voter registration rolls, tax info, GPS location data, bank codes, insurance information, and even Facebook profiles.
Read more: NSA maps some Americans' social connections, says report
Verizon: 'No comment' on FISA court challenge
While Verizon remains mum on challenging any secret U.S. court order that authorizes the mass vacuuming of U.S. and international data, a growing number of technology firms called on Congress for greater transparency and data request reporting.
Foursquare, Twilio, and Automattic -- the creator of WordPress.com -- have added their names to a list, joining Apple, CloudFlare, Dropbox, Facebook, Google, LinkedIn, Twitter, and Yahoo, among others, calling on Congress for greater transparency surrounding secret government data requests for customer and user information.
Read more: Verizon: 'No comment' on FISA court challenge (ZDNet)
NSA stores metadata on innocent web users for a year, according to new leaks
Exactly how long the NSA holds your data for was previously unknown. That is until a new leaked report confirmed that should your Internet data fall within the scope of the NSA's massive data collection dragnet, the intelligence agency will hold it for up to a year. According to the media reports, the protocol was to allow the U.S. government to find information on people who may be innocent today, but may become criminal suspects later.
Read more: NSA stores metadata on innocent web users for a year, according to new leaks (ZDNet)
NSA ran secret test on tracking Americans' cell phones
The NSA, not content with its ever-expanding surveillance capabilities, was reportedly "testing" location tracking. The news came not from the Snowden leaks, but the U.S. Director of National Intelligence James Clapper.
Clapper described the test: "In 2010 and 2011 NSA received samples [of location data] in order to test the ability of its systems to handle the data format, but that data was not used for any other purpose and was never available for intelligence analysis purposes." But the NSA hadn't yet sought approval from the FISA court. That, he said, would come later.
Read more: NSA ran secret test on tracking Americans' cell phones
Source The New York Times; Politico
Unsealed docs show what really happened with Lavabit
In October, the reason behind Lavabit's shutdown became clear. While at the time he could not "legally share with you the events that led to my decision," the formerly sealed court order showed that secure email service owner Ladar Levison was forced to hand over the encryption keys behind the site. This would have given the federal authorities wide-ranging access to vast amounts of customer data. Levison was gagged from disclosing the court order to anyone.
Read more: Unsealed docs show what really happened with Lavabit (ZDNet)
Source: Wired
Photo by: U.S. Courts/Lavabit
NSA, GCHQ target Tor user to crack encrypted 'dark Web'
Enter yet another codename -- perhaps the strangest to date -- EGOTISTICAL GIRAFFE. New leaks showed how the American and British spy agencies have put together their resources to crack the "dark Web," otherwise known as Tor.
The encrypted, anonymous network may be part-funded by the U.S. Defense Dept. and the U.S. State Dept., but it's regular use by privacy-conscious users was enough to concern the NSA and GCHQ. While the intelligence agencies haven't been able to crack Tor outright, they have been able to "de-anonymize a very small fraction of Tor users," according to the documents.
Read more: NSA sought to unmask users of Net-privacy tool Tor (CNET)
U.S. gov't argues tech companies should not be allowed to report data request figures
Amid the ongoing battle of words between the U.S. government and the Silicon Valley giants, the latest round saw the Justice Dept. claim in a filing with the secretive FISA court that technology firms should not be allowed to disclose how many requests it makes to technology companies holding user data.
It argued that the decision to classify requests made under the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act (FISA) would "undermine the secrecy of the surveillance."
Read more: U.S. gov't argues tech companies should not be allowed to report data request figures (ZDNet)
Australian government briefed on PRISM before Snowden leaks
More from the Five Eyes: this time Australia. Documents released under the country's Freedom of Information laws show that the Australian Attorney-General prepared a briefing for the minister on the secret NSA spying program PRISM more than two months before information about the program was leaked in June.
Read more: Australian government briefed on PRISM before Snowden leaks
(Source: ABC)
Photo by: Australian Government
Skype faces fines in Luxembourg probe over NSA links
Luxembourg-based Skype, which was implicated in the PRISM surveillance scandal, is under investigation by the country's data protection officials over its connections to the U.S. intelligence agency.
The Microsoft-owned company could face administrative and criminal sanctions in the country, which may include a ban on secretly handing data over to the U.S. government. That is, however, unless it is uncovered that Luxembourg's judiciary didn't sanction it in the first place.
Read more: Skype faces fines in Luxembourg probe over NSA links (…only if the courts didn't sanction it first) (ZDNet)
Deutsche Telekom to foreign secret services: 'Eyes off our internet!'
Germany's telco giant Deutsche Telekom spearheaded efforts to keep local Internet traffic inside the country following the spate of leaks that left German citizens vulnerable to U.S. snooping. The company said it found it "deeply frustrating" that it didn't know to what extent its networks were being monitored by foreign secret services.
The plan would essentially help keep user data within the country. Exactly how the company plans to do this remain on the most part unclear.
Read more: Deutsche Telekom to foreign secret services: 'Eyes off our internet!' (ZDNet)
Photo by: Deutsche Telekom
NSA, Australian intelligence agencies rifle through users' address books
New PRISM slides were released outlining the scope and scale of data collection of personal information. It was reported that the NSA is vacuuming up email and instant message address books that are sent around the Internet. The fresh leak shows U.S. and Australian intelligence agencies have targeted the address books belonging to users of Yahoo, Hotmail, Gmail, and Facebook. This data is stored across multiple government-owned databases.
It also came at a time when, amid earlier reports the intelligence agency takes in about 29 petabytes of data each day, the NSA has a "spam" issue.
Read more: NSA, Australian intelligence agencies rifle through users' address books (ZDNet)
NSA director Keith Alexander to stand down
Just four months after the surveillance scandal broke in June, the NSA announced its director Gen. Keith Alexander would leave the agency and his deputy John Inglis will retire. However, the agency was keep to stress that Alexander's departure had nothing to do with the recent media attention over allegations that the NSA was engaged in unlawfully spying on U.S. and foreign citizens.
Read more: NSA director Keith Alexander to stand down (ZDNet)
Photo by: Dept. of Defense/YouTube
NSA reportedly spied on Mexican President's emails
Next in line to face the NSA's snooping powers is Mexico's president Felipe Calderon, whose email account was reportedly breached by the U.S. government.
The NSA's Tailored Access Operations (TAO) division was successful in compromising an email server within the Mexican presidential network. Cabinet members were also reportedly affected by the breach. The NSA said in the slides it now has access to "diplomatic, economic, and leadership communications.
Read more: NSA reportedly spied on Mexican President's emails (ZDNet)
EU lawmakers OK beefing up data protection laws
European Parliament members approved new data protection rules that outlaw data transfers to the U.S. that could be used for surveillance purposes. After 18 months of lobbying and negotiations, the Civil Liberties Committee voted almost unanimously to adopt the motion.
The rules will replace outdated legislation that has been in effect for more than 15 years, and not protected against unlawful third-country transfers of European citizen data.
Read more: EU lawmakers OK beefing up data protection laws (CBS News)
Merkel to Obama: Are you tapping my phone?
The aftermath of the spying scandal in Germany percolated all the way to the top of the country's political elite. Chancellor Angela Merkel called U.S. President Barack Obama to seek assurances that the U.S. government did not tap her phone. Merkel, a heavy mobile phone user, said should the reassurances be false or inaccurate, it would be "completely unacceptable" for allies to be spying on their friends.
Read more: Merkel to Obama: Are you tapping my phone? (ZDNet)
Photo by: U.S. Dept. of State
Merkel wasn't alone: NSA tapped calls of 35 world leaders
The same day as the White House made reassurances to the German government's leader, new leaks appeared to disprove what the U.S. had initially claimed, specifically that it wasn't tapping into the phones of world leaders. According to the new reports, more than 200 phone numbers were handed over by a U.S. official, including almost three-dozen numbers belonging to prime ministers, presidents, and heads of state.
But the surveillance turned up "little reportable intelligence" on the 35 world leaders whose phones were tapped into by the U.S., the documents showed.
Read more: Merkel wasn't alone: NSA tapped calls of 35 world leaders (ZDNet)
(Source: The Guardian)
Photo by: U.S. Embassy in Berlin
Japan reportedly rejected NSA requests to tap fiber in 2011
In efforts to expand the U.S. government's surveillance program to the Asian states, particularly with China set in its sights, the U.S. made efforts to ask Japan if it would allow the tapping of undersea fiber cables. But Japan refused, according to sources speaking to Japanese media.
The report said legislation preventing the intercepting of communications in the country forced the Japanese government to refuse the request -- even if it meant missing out on collecting the communications of suspected terrorists.
Read more: Japan reportedly rejected NSA requests to tap fiber in 2011 (ZDNet/AAP)
NSA accused of tapping links between Yahoo, Google datacenters
The next big leak from the Snowden files was the revealing of a new NSA project, codenamed MUSCULAR, which suggests the U.S. spy agency was tapping into the links between Google and Yahoo datacenters worldwide, including Americans' data.
The U.S. also works with its British counterparts at GCHQ to intercept cables that span across the Atlantic.
Data, which is sapped from the private optical cables between the technology giants' datacenters, is siphoned off and sent back to the agency's Fort Meade headquarters. In the preceding 30 days, the agency collected 181 million new records alone, including metadata -- such as traffic records and details relating to customer data -- as well as the contents of communications.
Read more: Meet 'Muscular': NSA accused of tapping links between Yahoo, Google datacenters (ZDNet)
NSA hid spy equipment at embassies, consulates
Another revelation that focuses more on the diplomatic side of snooping than the wider civilian population, new documents show the NSA hid surveillance equipment at its embassies and consulates abroad.
The NSA's Special Collection Service dubbed the program STATEROOM, which allows the agency to monitor microwave, Wi-Fi, WiMAX, GSM, CDMA, and satellite signals in over 80 worldwide. The spy equipment is located at the U.S., the U.K., Canadian and Australian embassies and consulates in various major cities.
In some cases, the buildings are modified to conceal such rooftop equipment. "For example, antennas are sometimes hidden in false architectural features or roof maintenance sheds," the documents state.
Read more: NSA hid spy equipment at embassies, consulates (ZDNet/AAP)
Google's Eric Schmidt calls NSA's spying 'outrageous'
In an interview with The Wall Street Journal, Google executive chairman Eric Schmidt called the NSA's spying operation -- specifically the agency's ability to acquire data between its datacenters -- as "outrageous."
It follows earlier leaks that showed project MUSCULAR was able to tap into connections between Google and Yahoo's global datacenters. Schmidt also called the allegations that the intelligence agency may have acted illegally, by "collect[ing] the phone records of every phone call of 320 million people in order to identify roughly 300 people who might be a risk."
Read more: Google's Eric Schmidt calls NSA's spying 'outrageous' (CNET)
Apple defends government-mandated gaps in new transparency report
For the first time, Apple published a transparency report, akin to the reports published by other Silicon Valley giants. The company wanted to distance itself from the U.S. government in the wake of the NSA scandal.
The company was keen to stress, aside from the reported numbers, that its business does not rely on collecting personal information. It also lashed out at the government for not allowing it to disclose the full figures. Interestingly, Apple also included a "warrant canary" by stating it had never received an order under Section 215 of the Patriot Act. Should that change, the company will not be allowed to report it, thus indicating to the world that it is in fact under such an order.
Read more: Apple defends government-mandated gaps in new transparency report (ZDNet)
Germany brings anti-spying bill to the UN, meets with U.S. intelligence
Following the news that the U.S. government spied on Germany's executive branch, the European federal state filed a draft resolution calling for the United Nations to address electronic surveillance. The efforts were part of a global bid to restore lost trust between various governments around the world, particularly in Germany where World War II memories of the Stasi remain raw for many.
Read more: Germany brings anti-spying bill to the UN, meets with U.S. intelligence
GCHQ used fake LinkedIn pages to target engineers
More from Belgium and the hack on its main telco Belgacom, which appeared implicated the NSA directly in the unauthorized access. German media reported new documents from Snowden that said, with the U.K.'s help, turned fake LinkedIn and Slashdot.org pages -- a site popular in the IT community -- into honeypots for installing malware on machines belonging to Belgacom engineers.
Dubbed QUANTUM INSERT, it allowed British intelligence to spy deep within the Belgian network. The news came just days after officials from the three British intelligence branches, MI5, MI6, and GCHQ, were called before a U.K. parliamentary committee to explain their actions to lawmakers.
Read more: GCHQ used fake LinkedIn pages to target engineers (Der Spiegel)
Photo by: LinkedIn via CNET
CIA collects global data on transfers of money
The U.S. Central Intelligence Agency's (CIA) role in the surveillance scandal has been mostly muted. Now, according to two reports by U.S. media, the CIA is able to acquire vast amounts of financial data and money transfer information handled by U.S. companies, in efforts to track terrorist funding activities.
Operating under the same provisions of the Patriot Act that the NSA uses to acquire data, it's not explicitly clear if Americans' data was collected and inspected by the spy agency. It's expected further Snowden leaks will reveal far more about the system.
Read more: CIA collecting bulk data on money transfers, reports say (CNET)
Source: The Wall Street Journal; The New York Times
Snowden cache reveals diplomats' hotel bookings being tracked by GCHQ
In a perhaps bizarre twist, British agents at GCHQ are slated to have bugged around 350 hotels around the world used by diplomats in order to get the inside track of what foreign governments are talking about behind closed doors.
Under the program dubbed ROYAL CONCIERGE, the program has been in operation since 2010. The program also monitors hotel-booking systems that allow the U.K. and U.S. governments to keep tabs on where diplomats are heading. The names of the hotels were not released, but documents seen by Der Spiegel said telephones, computers, and fax machines in hotel rooms were bugged and wiretap-enabled.
Read more: Snowden cache reveals diplomats' hotel bookings being tracked by GCHQ (The Guardian)
Photo by: Expedia/Intercontinental
FISA court order that allowed NSA surveillance is revealed for first time
The secret FISA court, which authorizes U.S. government surveillance actions, released on the instructions of U.S. intelligence community chief James Clapper a legal opinion that allowed the NSA to collect even more data on Americans, despite finding the agency exceeding its powers and capabilities.
Even though one of the FISA judges recounted a number of problems with the smaller NSA programs, wider scale programs were nonetheless approved. According to the documents, metadata -- the information around messages but not the messages themselves, did not enjoy Fourth Amendment protections
Read more: FISA court order that allowed NSA surveillance is revealed for first time (The Guardian)
U.S. and U.K. struck secret deal with U.K. to monitor British citizen data
Fresh information suggested what the NSA was telling the Brits might not have been all it was letting on. According to the Snowden-leaked documents, the "Five Eyes" group of countries, including the two superpowers, Canada, Australia, and New Zealand, may not have been as binding as first thought.
A 2005 secret draft directive said the NSA could spy on its allies without informing them -- though, it's not clear if it was ever enacted. A 2007 NSA memo provided, according to The Guardian, the "first explicit confirmation" that Brits were caught up in the U.S. surveillance dragnet.
Read more: NSA's BFFs not necessarily immune to spying eyes (CNET)
NSA malware infected over 50,000 computer networks worldwide
The NSA infected more than 50,000 computer networks worldwide with malware, according to new slides leaked by Snowden to Dutch media outlet NRC. A presentation dated 2012 showed a spiderweb map dubbed "Computer Network Exploitation," citing more than 50,000 locations globally.
The division of the intelligence agency, Tailored Access Operations (TAO), describes the operation in which includes, "enabling actions and intelligence collection via computer networks that exploit data gathered from target or enemy information systems or networks."
Read more: NSA malware infected over 50,000 computer networks worldwide (ZDNet)
Image via NRC
Source: NRC
U.S. hooks Singapore, South Korea as players in "Five Eyes" pact
Reports in Australian media cited new documents leaked by Snowden that point to Singapore and South Korea as playing "key roles" in helping the U.S. and Australia, two members of the so-called "Five Eyes" pact of spying partners, to tap into other South Asian countries.
The map, leaked by Dutch media earlier in November, showed Singapore as a key telecoms hub in the Pacific region, as an important "third party" working with its U.S. partners. The operation helps the U.S. and other allied nations tap into the communications of other countries in the region, notably Indonesia and Malaysia.
Read more: Singapore, Seoul key players in 'Five Eyes' spy ring (ZDNet)
Source: Sydney Morning Herald
Photo by: Malaysian Government
EU lays out new U.S. data agreement pact
In efforts to get the "special relationship" back on track after months of painful political rhetoric and frenemy-like relations, the European Commission wants to rekindle its trans-Atlantic love with its American partners.
The EU on Wednesday threw down its demands — albeit in a somewhat subdued typical softly-softly European way now that the 28 member state bloc has taken time to breathe and think this one through — and hopes its U.S. counterparts bites at the chance to restore relations with its trans-Atlantic friend.
This includes new rules to Safe Harbor, which would force companies, like the seven named technology companies implicated under the data-acquiring PRISM program, to extend the rules of Safe Harbor, by adjusting their privacy policies. This would result in the disclosure of "information on the extent to which U.S. law allows public authorities to collect and process data transferred."
Read more: Realizing it's the underdog post-PRISM, EU lays out new BFF pact with the U.S. (ZDNet)
Photo by: European Commission
Australian government willing to share uncensored citizen data
The Australian Signals Directorate — or Defence Signals Directorate (DSD), as it was known in 2008 — was said to be able to share "bulk, unselected, un-minimised metadata, as long as there is no intent to target an Australian national — unintentional collection is not viewed as a significant issue".
This metadata was handed to other governments of the "Five Eyes" group — the U.S., the U.K., Canada, and New Zealand.
The Australian government recorded 183,099 authorisations from government departments to access metadata from Australian telecommunications companies. In 2011-12, authorisations for metadata access rose to 293,501.
Read more: Australian government willing to share uncensored citizen data (ZDNet)
Photo by: Cryptome
Guardian newspaper may face U.K. terror charges over Snowden leaks
The editor of The Guardian, Alan Rusbridger, was summoned to give testimony to a U.K. parliamentary committee in early December.
Aside from the questioning, British police are looking to see whether or not the London-based newspaper broke any laws in regards to the detention of then-Guardian columnist's Glenn Greenwald's partner, David Miranda, earlier this year.
Rusbridger also told lawmakers under oath that the paper had published only 1 percent of the total cache of leaked documents provided by Snowden.
Read more: British news staff may face terrorism charges over Snowden leaks (Reuters)
Photo by: BBC Parliament (live stream
NSA collects 5 billion cell location records a day
The U.S. National Security Agency is gathering close to 5 billion records a day on cellular devices around the world, allowing the agency to track individual's movements.
New leaks provided to The Washington Post, the records flow into a vast database that can store the location of "at least hundreds of millions of devices," according to the documents.
The NSA is understood to keep about 1 percent of the records — some 27 terabytes, according to the documents.
Read more: NSA collects 5 billion cell location records a day, Snowden leaks say (ZDNet)
Photo by: The Washington Post
By Zack Whittaker for Zero Day | November 22, 2013 -- 23:00 GMT (15:00 PST) | Topic: Security
The U.S. government mass surveillance scandal may be the biggest ongoing story of the year. In this updating timeline, you can explore the full scope of the Edward Snowden leaks, which have implicated the world's most powerful nations in the worldwide spying operation.
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Identification of the surface state influence in representing the Arctic warming by coordinated atmosphere-only simulations (D3.1)
Gao, Yongqi; Davy, Richard; Suo, Lingling; Gastineau, Guillaume; Kwon, Young-Oh; Semenov, Vladimir; Liu , Yang
Arctic amplification metrics: The surface air temperature (SAT) anomalies, trends and variability have been used to quantify the Arctic amplification (AA). The use of different metrics, as well as the choice of dataset can affect conclusions about the magnitude and temporal variability of AA. We reviewed the established metrics of AA to see how well they agree upon the temporal signature of AA and assess the consistency in these metrics across commonly-used datasets which cover both the early and late 20th century warming in the Arctic. We find the NOAA 20th Century Reanalysis most closely matches the observations when using metrics based upon the trends, variability and the amplification of SAT anomalies in the Arctic, and the ERA 20th Century Reanalysis is closest to the observations in the SAT anomalies and variability of SAT anomalies. The largest differences between the century-long reanalysis products and observations are during the early warming period. In the modern warming period, the high density of observations strongly constrains all the reanalysis products, whether they include satellite observations or only surface observations. Thus, all the reanalysis and observation products produce very similar magnitudes and temporal variability in the degree of AA during the recent warming period (Davy et al., 2018).
Sea ice free Arctic contributes to the projected warming minimum in North Atlantic: Projected global warming is not spatially uniform and one of the minima in warming occurs in the North Atlantic (NA). Several models from the Coupled Model Intercomparison Project Phase 5 even projected a slight NA cooling in 2081–2100 relative to 1986–2005. Here we show that, by coupled model simulations, an autumn (September to November) sea-ice free Arctic contributes to the NA warming minimum by weakening the Atlantic meridional overturning circulation (Suo et al., 2017).
Design and finalize the set-up for the atmosphere-only model coordinated experiments: Four multi-model atmospheric coordinated experiments have been designed and finalized in order to reveal the climate impacts in the Northern Hemisphere of the warming Arctic. The atmospheric experiments will use daily SST and sea-ice concentration from 1979 to 2014 from the CMIP6 HighResMIP protocol. The first experiment uses daily varying SST and sea ice concentration. A second experiment will use varying SST while keeping climatological sea ice concentration. The difference between the two simulations will allow investigating the impacts of the warming Arctic. This protocol is built from HighResMIP and will allow investigating the influence of using high horizontal resolution. Two supplementary experiments will use daily varying SST and sea ice after removal of the multidecadal Pacific or Atlantic variability. These two experiments have never been performed before and will also allow distinguishing the specific impacts of the oceanic multi-decadal variability.
Completed the coordinated experiments by the nine of ten atmosphere-only models: All the four coordinated experiments have been completed and model outputs were made available to all Blue-Action partners.
Warm Pacific can intensify the Arctic warming: Multi-model simulations from Blue-Action showed that the transition from warm Pacific to cold Pacific (Pacific Decadal Oscillation from positive phase to negative phase) during 1979-2013 damped the Arctic warming. The Arctic warming likely will be intensified in the forthcoming decades given the PDO switched to positive phase since 2014.
The Blue-Action project has received funding from the European Union's Horizon 2020 Research and Innovation Programme under Grant Agreement No 727852.
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