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__label__cc	0.546388	0.453612	Breaking Ground Discussion Developer Articles Unread Threads Threads I Started Get Mods! KSP Wiki KSPTV KSP on Social Media Breaking Ground Expansion Quadruped Robot/Walker in KSP By Jollyfellow, June 13, 2019 in Breaking Ground Discussion quadruped Jollyfellow 43 Totally a human person One of the first things I tried to do with the Breaking Ground is make a quadrupedal robot in a similar fashion to BostonDynamics SpotMini. It... works. This version has a "Stand" and "Walk" function, with work-in-progress "Sprint" function. It's almost uncontrollable without reaction wheels, but that's likely due to poor programming on my part, of which was a pain to do. The main issue with this style of quadruped that I found is that the servos don't move quick enough to get any decent speed from it, though it does still work. Here is a video showing it walking: https://youtu.be/QLtOllMOOuU The craft file can be found here: https://steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=1769266564 If anyone can make it work better, I'd love to see it! Geschosskopf 6,643 Director of Shanghaiing Operations Location: Lousy Anna's armpit 16 hours ago, Jollyfellow said: That's working marvelously. What's to improve? The speed of walking robots is limited by 3 things: The speed at which the hinges/servos move, which basically sets the pace of the robot's gait (steps per minute). You can set "traverse rate" to max but there's an upper limit you can't exceed. And the more weight the part is moving, the slower it goes. The length of the stride. The longer the leg, the more ground it covers per movement of the leg. So for the same hinge/servo speed, a longer leg (provided it actually takes bigger steps) will result in a faster robot. However, longer legs weigh more so eventually the speed lost by the hinge/servo counters the speed gain from the long leg. The amount of traction between the feet and the ground. If the foot slides backwards while moving the body of the robot forward, it shortens the effective length of the step, thus reducing speed. In your example here, you seem to have the joints moving as fast as possible, they're taking reasonably long steps, and I saw no slipping of the feet at all, even on the runway, which is more slippery than the ground beside it. So I think you're about as fast as you can go. That's the thing. Due especially to #`1 and #2, walking robots are SLOW in KSP. It's just a fact of life. More like AT-ATs than Voltron subcomponents. Foxster 3,078 Pretentious? Moi? Location: Just outside Wedlock Interested in the ground slippage thing cos my attempts at a walker aren't going well due in part to this. Next thing I'm going to try is landing struts for feet because they are much more surface sticky than other parts. GluttonyReaper 344 53 minutes ago, Foxster said: One thing that seems to help (at least for slow walkers) is having pistons as "feet", and having them extending them down into the ground in time with each 'step'. FleshJeb 1,132 Containment Failure Location: Flying under the radar... 7 hours ago, Geschosskopf said: The speed at which the hinges/servos move, which basically sets the pace of the robot's gait (steps per minute). You can set "traverse rate" to max but there's an upper limit you can't exceed. You can lever unpowered servos faster with pistons. The extension rates are 1,2,5, & 10 m/s. It's mathematically possible to construct "musculature" that will exceed the native rotation rate. I was trying to do an ornithopter last night, but I got the rigging wrong and there was too much joint expansion. However, I think I've figured out an assembly that will minimize this. I'm hoping it's possible to slam these suckers around in a stable manner. sturmhauke 1,045 SSTO Junkie Location: looking for more ∆v On 6/13/2019 at 3:34 PM, Jollyfellow said: I made a quad walker too, but yours is more stable. Mine had greater articulation (knees, elbows, and ankles), but proved difficult to time correctly. 7 hours ago, Foxster said: Lander legs have the lest slippage but you need to kill their springs and max their damping or bad things happen. And even then, they're kinda wonky. As an alternative, you can increase the foot's surface area. Even relatively slippery parts get reasonably good grip if you have a big enough shoe size. 1 hour ago, FleshJeb said: My fastest walkers have used pistons straight ahead and astern in a push-pull configuration to move the body forward, then hinges to raise the feet off the ground while the pistons reset. Meanwhile, another identical set of pistons takes the next inchworm step. Very ungainly but it works. Still, even this is limited by the speed of piston extension and that's only about 5m/s. In this case, there's no "cosine loss" from pushing an otherwise unpowered leg, but there's no gain from the lateral length of the leg, either. Still, there's only a small structural panel on the end of the each piston to prevent slippage. Thus, the mass the pistons are moving is reduced to the main body of the walker, and the other set of legs resetting during the step. This is less mass than the body of the rover plus longer legs with multiple joints, so the piston motion is faster. So, at the bottom line, complexity = slow for walkers. And walkers are already slow to begin with. Thus, if you're after speed, use rover wheels. But if you're after smooth, walking motions, then knock yourself out with multi-jointed walkers. Dale Christopher 473 Junior Rocket Scientist Snark 13,264 E Pluribus Boojum Moving to Breaking Ground Discussion. Klapaucius 1,702 Senior Rocket Scientist I invite you to @Kergarin's challenge: On 6/15/2019 at 3:41 AM, Foxster said: Right now the OP's walker has only two joints--a hip and a knee. It is missing an "ankle". Also, there are the joints around the ball of the foot that allows humans to stand on their toes. Consulting with my veterinarian wife, she confirmed that dogs and cats are walking on their toes. Check out this link and scroll down to the dog skeletal diagram. You see how the ankle is far higher than on a human and the metatarsus is vertical. https://www.allthingsdogs.com/dog-anatomy/ When I made my frog (which granted is a different animal in more ways than one) I used an I-Beam for the foot and hinged it so it sat flat at rest. I don't know if KSP physics models this, but it does increase surface area. The I-beam also has a slightly higher impact resistance than the DLC parts, so it makes a good "shoe". PS: @Jollyfellow--Any chance you could put that craft on something else like Dropbox, Google Docs or KerbalX so we don't have to deal with Steam Workshop? Edited June 18, 2019 by Klapaucius English (USA) Copy ©2018 Take-Two Interactive Software, Inc. Powered by Invision Community	cc/2020-05/en_middle_0060.json.gz/line1213
__label__cc	0.691327	0.308673	Home Board index General General Discussion inXile Portal inXile Entertainment joins Microsoft Studios For general discussion of inXile and our games. Moderator: SagaDC Re: inXile Entertainment joins Microsoft Studios Post by eisberg » November 21st, 2018, 3:13 am svdp wrote: ↑ November 21st, 2018, 1:57 am eisberg wrote: ↑ November 20th, 2018, 3:16 pm What happened in the past with Microsoft doesn't matter, what matters is what they are doing now. I'm always amazed by the naivety of some people in this regard. The historic evidence of the contrary may be overwhelming, yet there is still that urge for wishful thinking. "All such take-overs of little indies with all mega-corps even with assured and promised independence never held up in the long run, but THIS time is different! Now, in this unique case, MS has not only promised, but they will keep their promise for once! So let's go with the 'Believe as I say, not as I do'-approach!" It's very, very simple in its basics: they own the IP now, so they can ALWAYS decide what happens with it. "Independence", promised contractual or not, has no sway in that. If MS say: we want you to do this and that, and Fargo says 'no', and MS says: 'yes', then Fargo and his crew will have to do it, or risk being 'laid off'. Is it stipulated in the contract they can never be discharged, fired or 'laid off'? I highly doubt it. So MS is their boss, and they decide. Period. And I'm amazed by people's lack of logic. Historic evidence doesn't matter when it is already shown things are different than the past. Makes historical evidence irrelevant. Logically, it makes no sense to buy up these companies that have a very specific skill set for very specific types of games only to change everything about them. No, you buy them up to let them continue to use those specific skill set to make the type of games they are known to make. IHaveHugeNick Post by IHaveHugeNick » November 21st, 2018, 4:07 am November 20th, 2018, 9:26 am IHaveHugeNick wrote: ↑ Why are you lying and inventing fake stories that never happened? [/snip] Ah, are you one of those? "It wasn't fable 3, it was fable 2! Why are you lying, why are you LYYYYINGG!!??" For f- sake! Stumbling over a detail while I'm trying to get the larger picture across is typical of people not wanting to realize the deeper laying truth. Instead of sweating the details, you tell me then: where IS lionhead, these days? Where IS Fable 4, after more than a decade? Dude, I just caught you posting fake facts, misinformation and alternative facts that never happened. And after all that, you have the nerve to complain that other users "are naive despite historic evidence of the contrary". The historic evidence which I just proved to be absolute nonsense. So yes, I'm going to be sweating over details, because details prove that your larger pictures and deeper truths are a complete fabrication. You're posting blatant lies and when busted you act as if your point still makes sense. I'm sorry if facts and evidence disagree with your feelings, but that's how debating works. You were wrong, on the internet, it happens. Don't dig your hole any deeper than it needs to be. Instead of quoting some snippets that are cherry-picked, why not tell the whole story I'm pretty sure posted a link to a 30000 word article by a reputable source that does exactly that. Their track-record isn't exactly stellar, on this front! We've just established quite clearly that you know next to nothing about their track record. Two rite whiff care is quite a feet of witch won should be proud. Spectralshade Joined: May 22nd, 2012, 8:58 am Post by Spectralshade » November 21st, 2018, 6:16 am I hate to say it, but your type of logic in this thing is the same type of logic used by women that keep going back to absual boyfriends/husbands. "oh but THIS TIME it is different..." Sure it is... svdp Post by svdp » November 21st, 2018, 6:37 am "Caught you"? See, you're acting, again, like some sort of detective catching a criminal. Dude... just chill. I know some people like to pat themselves on tha back and keep blowing up their already inflated ego, but you're just spinning things the way you like it, here. It's an asinine way of trying to make a point as an actual counter. And you still don't seem to get it. Whether it was 2 or 3 IN NO WAY affects the deeper issue here, nor does it alter the conclusion. The fact you don't seem to get that, simply indicates you're too busy with your own navel-staring to actually make a valid point. I'm sorry if this simple fact (that your grand reveal that I got the number wrong) doesn't alter anything of the basis of the conclusion I made, disagrees with YOUR feelings, but that's also how debates work, if you didn't know that. Contrary to you, I have no problem when I'm wrong, even outside the internet, but you make a deliberate attempt of misrepresenting the case as 'the conclusion being wrong', instead of a mere detail that, when corrected, has no bearings, nor alters, that conclusion. At all. It's immaterial to it. Non relevant. That's why I said you were sweating the details, while ignoring the actual issue. I'll repeat my questions, which you conveniently ignored: Where is Lionhead, these days? Is it not a FACT they were disbanded and shut down by MS? Is it not a FACT there is no fable 4 after a decade? (Maybe you can keep the same nonsense on here too, and say "it's only 9 years, not ten!" as if that is the point...) So my point stands, whatever spin you're trying to give it. shmerl Post by shmerl » November 21st, 2018, 7:02 am Its in the contract that they can continue to make the kind of games they want to make, for what they are known to make. It being DRM free/Linux, ect have nothing to do with that. The only important part is they can keep on making the kind of games they are known to make. False. DRM-free and Linux releases are kind of games they were making. You might not care if you use DRM yourself, but that doesn't change the facts. So MS buying them has everything to do with potential cancellation of their previous approach. I would agree with your amazement of the lack of logic with some people, though I think we differ on the opinion whom we see applying logic and whom not. 'Historical evidence doesn't matter' is about the most nonsensical thing I've ever heard in the same breath as 'using logic', and the nominator 'when things are different' doesn't change that. Things are ALWAYS different in SOME regards; no two things were exactly the same, ever. Thus, this conditional variable means nothing, since it's not about whether it's 'the same', but whether a pattern can be discerned that is applicable to similar - not the same - happenstances. For it to be not the case, you would first have to demonstrate the change is large and relevant - and getting the assurance that they will remain independent doesn't qualify, because that is already part of the established pattern - and secondly, you would need to demonstrate that this change makes it inherently impossible or at the very least extremely unlikely for the pattern to happen. You did neither. You failed to give a qualification for the former, and did not provide logical reasoning and arguments for the latter. In your last part you discuss how unreasonable it would be for a parent company to change things, but you fail to note how illogical it is not to incorporate how illogical people are - even while beginning your post with this very same observation! - and thus you make the wrong conclusion, based on the equally wrong assumption that all people use strict logic, or even apply the same reasoning as you yourself. They don't. And the proof of that can be seen in the historical evidence, which you dismissed so readily. Because the reasoning given by you would be valid in all such cases, yet in practice we see big corp DO meddle, invariably, with the indies they gobbled up. EVEN with prior assurances. That it 'doesn't make sense' has never stopped them before, so it's not a counter to the argument. As one can see, when applying logic, one must apply it consistently, or otherwise it's of little use. Last edited by svdp on November 21st, 2018, 9:04 am, edited 4 times in total. Jabberwok Post by Jabberwok » November 21st, 2018, 8:20 am Did we ever get an answer as to who owns the rights to the IPs now? I still remember when Bungie was bought out. It was certainly good for the company, but Halo went console exclusive and turned into an action game. Fast forward ten years, and I had to watch Halo transform into a Call of Duty clone while Microsoft pimped out Cortana's voice for their Siri ripoff. Now I can't even find a place to buy a copy of Halo PC. I assume MS got rid of it so they could keep selling hundred dollar remasters on every system they put out. So yeah, not super excited about this. I hope you guys got a better deal than Bungie did in that regard. It's always depressing to see artists lose the right to work on something they created. waltc Joined: July 1st, 2015, 11:51 am Post by waltc » November 21st, 2018, 10:01 am shmerl wrote: ↑ Not sure about macOS (I don't think it's really suitable for gaming anyway, simply because Apple don't care about such use case), but Linux offers developers a comprehensive set of APIs for gaming needs, from graphics (Vulkan the modern way, OpenGL the legacy way) to input and sound. Things today are not like two decades ago. The only thing that's currently in rapid change is VR/AR, but it's not any different and chaotic now on Windows as well. Luckily unlike with graphics, even lock-in proponents aren't messing things up for developers, but are participating in OpenXR initiative. Not sure what prevents them from stopping their jerk behavior with graphics, and doing the same by supporting Vulkan on their systems. waltc wrote: ↑ Can you imagine your average OS X/Windows user today trying to set up a game to run on a Linux distro? I absolutely cannot...;) Not any less than that user setting it up on Windows. Major gaming stores like Steam and GOG (as well as Humble and itch.io) offer Linux games. Steam in their transparent client installation way (not any different from Windows) and GOG in their standalone installer way, also quite easy to use. Besides, various Linux gaming communities are also helping newcomers if they have questions about setup and configuration. You can find many Windows gamers switching to Linux these days. Just check common Linux gaming communities. For example: * https://www.gamingonlinux.com * https://www.reddit.com/r/linux_gaming More advanced users are also often using Wine to run Windows games on Linux (Steam also made it easy and transparent now with their Proton fork of Wine). So not only I can imagine that, I witness this all the time. For 3d games, for most AAA developers, the only viable choice is Windows/D3d, for all of the obvious reasons. Not anymore. Vulkan has a strong industry backing and MS can't stop that. Their only remaining leverage is not allowing using Vulkan on Xbox or pushing garbage like UWP which prevents using Vulkan. From technical perspective, their DX12 lock-in doesn't offer any advantages. Here is an interesting video, about Vulkan work done for actual major gaming studios which make huge budget games. I'm not going to belabor the issue--I respect your opinion. I'm not interested in being right, I'll just tell you what I observe. It's that every year for the last couple of decades, or so, I've heard, "This year is the year of Linux on the desktop." But that has yet to happen, of course. For what should be obvious reasons: Linux is primarily used as a base for commercial server applications--IBM sells its versions of Linux server software as do other companies. There is no "Linux" in the sense of their being one "windows". As there are several differing and often non-compatible versions of Linux, etc. I agree with you about Apple--the company has never supported gaming to any degree with its OSes, and OS X is no exception (Remember Jobs' aborted "sockets"? Went over like a lead balloon--and, then, of course, true to form, Apple dropped it. Jobs was nothing if not finicky..;)) Gabe Newell wrote when they decided to host some Mac games over on Steam that dragging Apple into a decent version of OpenGL support was like pulling teeth, or some such, IIRC...;) But still, even with as small a share of the 3d gaming market today as Apple has, even Apple's tiny share of that market is a good deal larger than the Linux "desktop" gaming share--which differs according to Linux version used. That's merely a fact--not intended as any kind of criticism. This is a question I've asked many a so-called Linux game customer: "Do you think that the games you buy for your Linux box are materially better than those same games running under Window10x64, for instance?" (Windows 10x64 is just as compatible with Vulkan as any other OS, and both AMD and nVidia GPU drivers support Vulkan drivers under Win10x64.) The answer I get is always the same, among those who choose to answer the question in a civil fashion and among those who do not think Microsoft is out for world domination, that is...;) No--they are not materially better. At best, they are the same--at worst, they are not available for a native Linux distro build at all, often the case, actually. And as a matter of fact, in the event of availability, they can be materially worse for various reasons. I cannot imagine a situation worse than running an x64 Linux distro underneath a Windows32/64 emulator underneath a Win32/64 game.....;) Hardware driver support under Linux for desktop gaming peripherals (and others) is abysmal compared to the Windows-compatible hardware driver situation--Do I want open source hardware drivers for my sometimes expensive proprietary hardware like GPUs? nVidia puts out some Linux drivers for some Linux distros--AMD doesn't--or if it does, they aren't much. Nope. Not interested. Microsoft is not in any way responsible for the disparity in the proprietary driver situation--it is the hardware OEMs and IHVs who make the decisions relative to what OSes they are going to fund their driver development to support--and which OSes they will not support. But is any of this a negative about all of the various Linux distros that exist? No, not in the slightest, because the Linux kernel was never intended to be a desktop competitor to Windows in terms of support for computer gaming, especially 3d gaming. Anyway, that's how I see the situation, myself...;) Basically, people for whom computer gaming is a primary hobby are not going to be doing it on a Linux derivative--but people who want/need a particular Linux distro for purposes other than computer gaming, and for whom gaming is merely a secondary, occasional diversion, are likely the people who make up the Linux gaming base. Also, I have found that people using a particular Linux distro for a desktop OS often have a very irrational hatred for Microsoft--possibly it is their primary motivator for using Linux on their desktop! I've talked to several of that persuasion--and it's like whenever I point out a practical advantage for using Winx64 over Linux in a gaming desktop--these folks go ballistic! I've unintentionally stepped on a sacred cow, I guess...;) Bottom line: if you want to use Linux for gaming--hey, go right ahead--I'm certainly not going to object...;) Have fun! Happy Thanksgiving, btw...;) I'm getting ready to plow into the latest version of the BTIV! Post by svdp » November 21st, 2018, 12:01 pm " I'm getting ready to plow into the latest version of the BTIV!" Which is the essence. Post by shmerl » November 21st, 2018, 12:38 pm As a Linux gamer, I don't quite agree with some of your conclusions. Some of the points you are making are valid, but many are not, probably caused by not paying attention to the current Linux gaming market. It's that every year for the last couple of decades, or so, I've heard, "This year is the year of Linux on the desktop." But that has yet to happen, of course. I personally don't even understand what it means. Is Linux usable as a desktop system? It clearly is, and for quite a while already. Does it mean Linux has to overcome Windows in market share? I don't think anyone expects that. So there is no point in this "year of the Linux desktop". Let's concentrate on gaming specifically anyway, since that's what we are talking about. Linux gaming market has progressed gradually in the last decade from initial push by Humble Bundle, to major distributors like Valve and GOG backing it. The market growth is reflected primarily in three things: 1. number of actual Linux gamers. 2 number of Linux games made. 3. number of developers making them. All these three metrics are growing each year, if you pay attention. Growth reflects classic demand and supply relationship. Does it mean it's "the year of the Linux desktop"? I don't think we should care. Growth itself is a good trend. There is no "Linux" in the sense of their being one "windows". As there are several differing and often non-compatible versions of Linux, etc. That's not an impediment for developers to make Linux games. Some for example concentrate on supporting a small set of distros (or even one), while others try to reduce distro specific differences with bundling of their dependencies. Both approaches work well enough and don't stop developers from releasing games for Linux. Valve developers had several presentations on how to deal with this specific topic. So it's not anything extraordinary that Linux developers wouldn't know about. But still, even with as small a share of the 3d gaming market today as Apple has, even Apple's tiny share of that market is a good deal larger than the Linux "desktop" gaming share That's moot. As I said, macOS is not a good target for gaming, especially on the high end. Linux on the other hand has no technical limitations. So size of macOS user base alone isn't really an indicator of gaming market size. Linux users are more likely to play games because they actually can and their hardware allows (you can build as high end PC to play on Linux as you want). macOS users have no such option. Their hardware is too limited. Count into that the ability of Linux users to run many Windows games (through Wine/dxvk/Proton etc.). macOS has limited Wine functionality, crippled by Apple's sabotage of OpenGL and Vulkan there. This is a question I've asked many a so-called Linux game customer: "Do you think that the games you buy for your Linux box are materially better than those same games running under Window10x64, for instance?" I don't think this matters. The reason to use Linux normally isn't because of "materially better games", but because Linux itself offers what Windows simply can't, from privacy respectful and DRM-free approach, to ability to customize your OS to your needs. Availability of gaming in general makes Linux even more attractive to new users. Hardware driver support under Linux for desktop gaming peripherals (and others) is abysmal compared to the Windows-compatible hardware driver situation--Do I want open source hardware drivers for my sometimes expensive proprietary hardware like GPUs? nVidia puts out some Linux drivers for some Linux distros--AMD doesn't--or if it does, they aren't much. Nope. Not interested. Not that I noticed. For the most part hardware support on Linux is quite good. If you don't want proprietary drivers (I don't want them either), you don't need to use Nvidia. You aren't correct about AMD. They for a long time already support their GPU drivers in the upstream kernel and unlike Nvidia, they work with the Linux kernel developers directly on their amdgpu driver. They are also actively working on FOSS OpenGL implementation for their GPU (radeonsi). Their own Vulkan implementation (amdvlk) is also open source. And there is also an independent open implementation (radv from Mesa project) started before amdvlk was released. Most of the work in it is by Valve. So graphics situation is very good, but you wouldn't know if you don't pay attention. What so far is in quite a disarray is open source support for VR. OpenHMD is one such project: http://www.openhmd.net One major issue is lack of published positioning algorithms for various common VR devices. Implementing them is difficult. Also, I have found that people using a particular Linux distro for a desktop OS often have a very irrational hatred for Microsoft I've seen enough very rational criticism of it, and well deserved. Irrational views can happen anywhere, but it's not like MS doesn't have a truckload of skeletons in the closet, from their anti-competitive behavior (EEE/lock-in) to DRM and patent abuse. There is no point to make things up about them, they have more than enough real things to dislike about them. Basically, people for whom computer gaming is a primary hobby are not going to be doing it on a Linux derivative Growing Linux gaming market disagrees. Linux gaming is quite healthy today and improving, despite the market still being relatively small. Here is also a great article about the progress of Linux gaming: http://cheesetalks.net/proton-linux-gaming-history.php I recommend spending time reading it, even though it's quite lengthy. However when MS swallows successful studios making good Linux games - that's quite unpleasant for Linux gamers, and it's a pity inXile is one of them. But it won't really stop the growth, it's rather a setback. Anyway, have fun with BT IV! I'm going to wait for Linux version to come out first I'm also in the middle of BT I remaster (playing it in Wine+dxvk on Linux). Last edited by shmerl on November 21st, 2018, 1:20 pm, edited 3 times in total. Post by eisberg » November 21st, 2018, 1:10 pm And you couldn't defeat the logic at all. You could not give one logical reason why MS would want to buy up these very specialized developers to only change them from being who they are, to change what they have been known to make, basically change thier "DNA". You scream "the past" but fail to realize Micrsoft has never done anything like this before given the market at the time, and this market isn't very big for these types of games these developers make. But , if you look at what is happening with the big publishers, they are enjoying a unsustainable growth, something that will only leas to a AAA gaming crash, notice how Microsoft isn't doing whst every other big publisher is doing to increase revenue? What MS is doing actually makes more sense for a sustainable growth, instead of throwing tens,hundreds millions at one game, where $500 million in sales a considered as a failure, make a bunch of smaller budget games that can equal or even surpass the revenue of 1 bug game and have an overall budget that is less. But that wouldn't work if MS alienates the fan base these developers already have, hence why logically it makes no sense to change them. So you are still wrong. Gillsing Joined: May 22nd, 2012, 1:35 pm Post by Gillsing » November 21st, 2018, 1:26 pm False. DRM-free and Linux releases are kind of games they were making. As a DRM-free Linux-user I've not really seen that as a 'kind of game' that a developer is making. I view that more as the kind of distribution method they've made available for whatever kind of game they're making. Is there any statement anywhere by inXile where they say that they're dedicated to DRM-free games for Linux? And not just kindly providing it to backers in exchange for their pledges? kilobug Joined: September 21st, 2014, 1:07 am Post by kilobug » November 21st, 2018, 1:29 pm I agree on most of what you said shmerl (not surprising since I'm a Linux gamer too) but a few addition / corrections. That's not an impediment for developers to make Linux games. Additionally, GNU/Linux has very good backward compat - it's not any harder to run Loki-era games on a modern Linux distribution than it is to run Windows 9x era games on a modern Windows. And sometimes it's even easier to run Windows 9x era games on Wine than on modern Windows That's moot. As I said, macOS is not a good target for gaming, especially on the high end. Well it is true that Apple voluntarily sabotage OpenGL / Vlukan support on MacOS, but apart from that you can find relatively high-end Mac hardware. And perhaps more importantly, porting a game to MacOS X and to Linux is somewhat similar - it means an OpenGL renderer, Unix filesystem and process semantics, ... so if you're doing one port, doing the two at the same time isn't that much harder, and opens you two markets at once. It's not that the game is better on Linux. But that many people (me included) much prefer using Linux for all kind of reasons, from privacy/ethical reasons, to technical reasons, to configurability (I use a tiling window-manager for example), to ... and many people (me included) are quite multi-tasking, I don't play a game straight for 3 hours without doing anything else, but I may chat, browse the web, read mails, ... and then back to the game, so a dual-boot wouldn't work for me. As shmerl answered, AMD has very good out-of-the-box Linux support nowadays, and the free software driver stack, Mesa, is truly awesome - unlike proprietary drivers which are very heavy to download and install, very specific to the constructor, ... you have a single driver stack, with many parts of it shared between different hardware and only a relatively thin hardware-specific layer, and all is updated with the rest of the system transparently. And performances on modern AMD hardware between Mesa (radeonsi + amdgpu kernel driver) are very close to the ones you have on Windows with the latest proprietary driver. What so far is in quite a disarray is open source support for VR. That's true, but I personally don't care, I'm not interested at all by VR. Well, unless they are themselves are either geeks who like Linux as a versatile and powerful platform, or ethic-oriented people who like the Free Software movement philosophy and protection of privacy. Or both at once like me. Which may not be a very large population in market share, but is still a non-negligeable one, and also one who tend to be quite vocal, so having good Linux support gives you lots of PR for a relatively low cost However when MS swallows successful studios making good Linux games - that's quite unpleasant for Linux gamers, and it's a pity inXile is one of them. However it won't really stop the growth, it's rather a setback. For myself, currently playing Pathfinder: Kingmaker, which does a Linux version Post by shmerl » November 21st, 2018, 1:35 pm Gillsing wrote: ↑ November 21st, 2018, 1:26 pm As a DRM-free Linux-user I've not really seen that as a 'kind of game' that a developer is making. I view that more as the kind of distribution method they've made available for whatever kind of game they're making Sure, it doesn't define art, genre or game design and etc, but it defines the simple choice of whether you'll even consider getting this game to begin with, if you avoid DRMed ones. Question of genre and etc. doesn't even start before this one So it's not really less important for DRM-free users. Is there any statement anywhere by inXile where they say that they're dedicated to DRM-free games for Linux? And not just kindly providing it to backers in exchange for their pledges? I've seen one here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FiHVaumwafE&t=17m13s Last edited by shmerl on November 21st, 2018, 5:01 pm, edited 1 time in total. kilobug wrote: ↑ I've heard it has some issues with missing add-ons in Linux versions. I haven't bought it yet, but plan to. Post by svdp » November 21st, 2018, 2:56 pm Defeat the logic? Who the f- would want to defeat logic? I USE logic, but in contrast with you, I use it consistently. The idea that anyone would want to 'defeat logic' is beyond me, because it's exactly logic that is the only way forward in any discussion. To try to defeat logic is to try to defeat your own argument. You clearly did not pay attention to anything I said. You claim they do not have any logical reason, yet I already showed you the eroor in your ways of thinking all decisions are logical. You yourself agreed and made the observation that people aren't always logical, so why are you now insisting they need a 'logical' reason for it? You're contradicting yourself. If people can act illogical, than they do not need logical reasons to do something neither. Can't you even see the basic logic in that? Now, what can be a non-logical reason? Well, simply the fact they think they can do better and make better decisions, and - actually not that illogical for a company - make decisions based on maximizing profits, instead of game-depth. You see that with MS, Activision, EA, and even Bethesda these days. This is especially true if the company ever fails, or is not as successful as hoped for, when launching a game. Then the parent company says: well, that wasn't working, but WE'll improve it. And then the managers that always know best, and the accountants that always know best come out of the woodwork and tell how it should be done. There can be myriad of different reasons, in fact, but they all boil down to trying to influence the 'independent' company to produce a product THEY want. That's what it boils down to. And that's what we've sen happening, over and over again. One would think it a learning school, but just like you, often the indies don't see - or more correctly, don't WISH to see what it will turn out to. It's like one of the other poster told you: it's the same reasoning - if you can call it that - that women who get abused use: "Oh, but THIS time is different. THIS time he won't hit me, he promised!" With your last sentence, you prove you still don't get it. What you're saying is the exact RATIONALE that is outwardly given TO gobble up indies, and which indies use as reason. It is, objectively speaking, not an unreasonable one - otherwise it wouldn't work in the first place. But, and that's the point, it's never UPHOLD. It's a purely theoretical construct, and when push comes to shove, indies ALWAYS loose out in the long run. The examples of it are plentiful, but you just choose to ignore it all, waiving it away dismissively with one hand, claiming "But that was in the past, now it REALLY is different" for the 100th time. Just like the husband promising: "that was in the past, I'll NEVER hit you anymore." The past, my friend, is not to be so easily disregarded, because then you only repeat the same mistakes. As, indeed, many prove, time and again. I also note that you didn't actually counter any of the things I said, so I'm left wondering how truthful your professed zeal for logic really is, frankly. You're being willfully obtuse and/or blind, and there is no helping that. "MS has never done that"... they've basically - including the assurances of independence - done that to many, many others. They (an their IP) either fell silent, were disbanded, or struggled to get free from MS again: FASA STUDIOS, BUNGIE, DIGITAL ANVIL, ENSEMBLE, RARE, LIONHEAD, BIGPARK, TWISTED PIXEL GAMES, etc. The list goes on and on, and all were either closed down and disbanded, or are only a shadow of their former selves, making something totally different, or... some fought to get their independence back because they realized the dead end they were put in. And yes, almost all of them got assurances that they would have large levels of 'independence'. It doesn't mean shite, my friend. But, you know... THIS time will be different. Really. That is a whole lot of nothing up there. You didn't say anything thst was logical at all, you keep relying on the past only and not looking at current events and trends that show what the future is going to be like. And yes, I did counter your illogical argument with real logic, but you fail to recognize it. You are stuck to much in the past to recognize the present and what it means for the future. Post by Gillsing » November 21st, 2018, 10:17 pm Brian Fargo seemed to mostly talk about what the backers want, and then ending with this: "They're very vocal about it. And we don't mind. We try to support them where we can, because they're amongst the most loyal to us. So we try to recognize that." "We don't mind" and "we try to support" and "we try to recognize" all sound more like 'kindly providing in exchange' rather than 'dedicated to it'. Like it's what backers want, and not something that inXile wants. And while the relationship with the backers/fans might have been 'everything' at that time, he keeps mentioning that they have to survive as a business. So it doesn't seem to me that they define the games they're making as primarily DRM-free and/or for Linux, and that that would therefore be the 'kind of games' they're making. Tssk. You're not even trying anymore. You sound like the endless loop of a broken record repeating the things an equally broken woman says: "My husband will never hit me again. Because this 100th time, things are really different. He changed. He promised! After all, there is no logical reason to hit me, right? Can you name a logical reason? Well, there you go; proof he won't hit me anymore!" And no, you countered nothing of my points, since you didn't address even one of them. Last edited by svdp on November 23rd, 2018, 12:47 pm, edited 2 times in total. So it doesn't seem to me that they define the games they're making as primarily DRM-free and/or for Linux, and that that would therefore be the 'kind of games' they're making. Crowdfunding was crucial to them, so it defined the games they were making. As Kickstarter interviewer pointed right in the interview. That's why I'm skeptical about "we'll continue doing the same" in regards to acquisition.	cc/2020-05/en_middle_0060.json.gz/line1216
__label__cc	0.628829	0.371171	Taliban demand night-time cell tower shutdown Reports out of Afghanistan say that the Taliban have threatened attacks on mobile phone companies unless "signals" are "stopped" at night. Reportedly the hardline Islamic militia believes that cell towers are being used to locate and track Taliban gunmen. The BBC quotes Taliban spokesman Zabiullah Mujaheed as saying: "If those … Monday 25th February 2008 16:09 GMT Anonymous Coward A missed opportunity A missed opportunity for great puns here, Lewis. "Terrorist cells demand sleeper cells" "Tele-ban for Taliban" "Muja-hadeen in Midnight Mobile Muddle?" "Or it might be that the Taliban - the Taliban press office, anyway - simply isn't up on the technical issues." You are discussing a 600 year backward society founded on idiotic religious dogma. Of course they don't understand the technical issues. I'm amazed the know what a cell tower is. We should deport them to Mars until they have evolved to a sufficient intellectual maturity to be able to deal with the rest of the world. Of course then we will no doubt discover that Mars has some rich deposits of some much coveted fuel source and the civilised world will have to turn a blind eye to the barbarians once more. Monday 25th February 2008 16:09 GMT 4a$$Monkey I propose a compromise. Why not give out free tinfoil hats! It would also make the Taliban guys much easier to identify for the NATO troops. Coat> Mines the camouflaged one. Monday 25th February 2008 16:09 GMT Naadir Jeewa For all your Taliban current affairs needs Maybe Panorama was aired on BBC World? Monday 25th February 2008 16:09 GMT s ALWAYS take the Battery Out! If you want to "turn your mobile off", you must ALWAYS take the battery out (and leave it a while). Simply pressing the OFF button doesn't actually turn the phone off, it just swicthes it into a "standby". Turn on your FM radio, and tune into your favourite radio station. Now put your handset next to it, and turn it "off" using the ON/OFF button. And leave it. Every once in a while, your favourite radio station's transmission will be interrupted, as the network sends out broadcast signals to yourhandset, and your handset responds - even after you have turned it "off". it is the harmful radiation - finally someone is thinking of the children! Perhaps... they're just fed up of resetting the clock everytime they put the battery back in?? /Mine's the clown suit; you see, they're looking for guys in camouflage... Monday 25th February 2008 16:38 GMT Tom String Phones Maybe they should switch to 2 cups and a piece of string (www.2taliban2cups1pieceofstring.com could have hilarious videos), not only is this a tried and tested technology but is very hard to break into without either "callers" knowing its being "wire" tapped. Monday 25th February 2008 17:01 GMT Dave Ross @ Tom Yes, but it is increadibly easy to cut their lines of communication, a pair of scissors will do the trick... iTaliban Clearly the Taliban are using iPhones and can't bear the thought of scratching their little beauties by prising open the cases to remove the batteries. Monday 25th February 2008 20:05 GMT Matthew Smith If they left the batteries in... ... then they could be targetted with killer Nokia cells. iTaliban... (cont) I reckon it's the iPhone's data roaming charges that are killing them (ref lots of news stories this weekend about 'extortionate' roaming charges on an iphone). So they want the towers taken down so they can still play music without the phone trying to download emails. If only they'd bought iPod Touches instead, they could have avoided the whole sorry mess. Yep, the grotty leather one at the back with a beanie hat in the pocket It's clearly a parenting issue, they're afraid their daughters chat with their boyfriends all night long. Or maybe some neighbour has some really annoying ringtone ("Walk like an Egyptian", "Danger Zone" from Top Gun... the works), maybe the wife gets paramour calls at 11pm while he's out terroristing... there are ENDLESS possibilities why covertly operating fundamentalists would stand up with demands to their occupying forces. Next up they'll demand reruns of Dallas and that Micky D extends the McRib's Farewell Tour to Kabul. They're extremists, YOU NEVER KNOW. Is it just me.. or was: "Read less about it.." Actually the funniest part of the article? The whole thing was quite amusing, unless you happen to work in one of those offices, but for some reason... Maybe I just have a strange sense of humour :) The more I see of "the Taliban sez this or that" The more I think about it, a lot of this stuff seems like there's fairly decent folk being manipulated by a few control freaks and religious nutters, intent purely and simply on twisting the religious beliefs of others to further their own power trips and self-glorifiation. I wonder how they'll lexplain that to the Prophet - peace be with him - when they next meet. OK, the motivation was different, but there's a huge sense of deja vu here: WW1 infantry being shoved "over the top" by the officers - "Orft you go Chaps, watch the machine guns and let Gerry have it: By Jove, I wish I was going with you, but someone's got to run the show, don't you know." Yeah, as if. Replace "go over the top and let the Gerries have it while I stay here organising" with "go blow yerself up and a few of the folk I don't like and I'll stay here and preach a bit - someone's got to. Oh, and while I'm at it, I'll get REALLY famous, too" All of a sudden it sounds really hollow. Eventually, we got away (at least a bit) from this attitude. I wonder how long before there's a backlash from folk who'd rather not have their beliefs manipulated. Mine's the camouflaged coat, but I can't see it. Monday 25th February 2008 20:05 GMT Morely Dotes On a good day... I'd have said the Taleban are a bunch of ignorant, superstitious, savage tribal barbarians with less knowledge of how technology works than one might reasonably expect of a fish. However, I'm not feeling that charitable today. Today I would say they are subhuman parasites which should be sterilized with the largest available dirty nukes. This post has been deleted by a moderator Monday 25th February 2008 20:05 GMT brym @ Ignorance While our armed forces might be equipped with the latest and greatest hi-tech kit, they would be even more ignorant than you claim the Taliban to be if they truely believed insurgents were technologically inept. Monday 25th February 2008 20:05 GMT pctechxp @s - so what about flight mode This is supposed to switch off the transceivers in the phone so its other functions can be used on an aircraft Same thing apply? Monday 25th February 2008 20:05 GMT Hans Mustermann Re: Ignorance While Taliban-bashing might have its merits, I'd point out that half the western world doesn't understand mobile telephones and generally technology either. At the most obvious end of the spectrum are the "electrosensitives"... which funnily enough (A) claim to detect a turned on phone from the other end of the hall, e.g., by promptly getting a headache, but (B) invariably fail to do so in a randomized double-blind test. Probably the most succintly illustrative of the phenomenon is the quote on german-bash.org, about a phone tower being installed and some people promptly proceeded to complain that they're getting sleep problems, headaches, etc. The Telekom commented that they're sorry, and can only imagine how bad it will be WHEN THEY ACTUALLY TURN IT ON. But picking on those is easy. The more insidious are the ones which aren't that vocal, but are equally clueless about how technology even works, and prone to believe in any kind of magic/placebo/mystical-eastern-shit/etc. Just look at all the miracle herbal pill pushers around you, and the large mass thinking that "evidence-based science" and "randomized double-blind test" are just some conspiracy to suppress the shamans. The fact is, at _least_ half the population doesn't understand the vast majority of technology or science. Heck, it doesn't even understand what science itself is, or how it works. And not only those who attack it. Funnily enough even some of the most rabid _defenders_ of science, don't understand the basic principles behind science, and treat it as basically religion. So, I dunno, to somewhat paraphrase the infamous Hanlon's Razor, I'd say: don't ascribe to religion (Islam or any other) what's perfectly explained by human stupidity. I mean, seriously. A nut proclaims the mobile networks to be the enemy, and a bunch of other nuts take it seriously. Do you have any problem seeing that happening in a secular western country? I think there are some very real examples thereof. In the west. No hookey religion needed. If we were in a civil war, and those nuts already had guns, do you think they'd think twice before using them on a cell phone tower? Ignorance? "You are discussing a 600 year backward society founded on idiotic religious dogma. Of course they don't understand the technical issues." If their weapons were 600 years old they'd be a lot less trouble. Monday 25th February 2008 20:28 GMT John A Blackley Keep sneering Yep, those wacky Talibanis and their backward society. Better off with a piece of string and two tin cans. Wouldn't know what a cell tower is anyway, Yuk, yuk, yuk. You better believe that, if the Taliban are demanding that the towers be shut down regularly then they've got a reason for it. If you think Afghanis are that dumb, go talk to a Red Army helicopter pilot. Monday 25th February 2008 20:28 GMT StopthePropaganda the cell phone with camera means brutality is captured anyone can send images of the Holy Warriors of Islam at their "best"-slaughtering and brutalizing families and terrorizing the innocent to get their support-real time transmissions mean that even if the phone owner is killed, his/her experience still gets out. And as someone else said, it prevents calling for help. Where's the mass outrage for this little report, hmm? If a Republican even asked for a cell-phone ban inside one room for a Congressional hearing, there'd be a thousand articles screaming "Censorship!" But, instead, this gets little airtime, and leftists go back to trying to tell the world that the Talibani prisoners in Getmo are really misunderstood decent people instead of irrational violent killers bent on eliminating anyone-including their own countrymen-who don't belong to their little clan. Monday 25th February 2008 20:28 GMT Mike Moyle Have they considered... ...that if the civilian cell towers are shut down, then the only radio emissions in the hinterlands are likely to be theirs, making them big, glowing targets - perfect for turning into big, glowing craters...? (Icon chosen because it's so fascinating to see someone give himself the Pollice Verso!) Monday 25th February 2008 20:28 GMT Christoph @ Anonymous Coward "a 600 year backward society founded on idiotic religious dogma" They have spent the last few hundred years being squabbled and fought over by various colonial powers. It's hardly surprising that their society is in a mess. Monday 25th February 2008 20:28 GMT Sampler Xray specs Could it be to do with the use of microwave imagery of houses used the mobile signal? Read somewhere they can use the distortions in the radio waves from mobile towers to see into buildings. Could all be bollocks though too. Monday 25th February 2008 20:28 GMT Paul Banacks Even with the cell sites off line, there's nothing stopping NATO forces from using their own mobile "cells" with directional antennae... ... So if true, there's possibly more to this than meets the eye. Monday 25th February 2008 20:28 GMT Dez Ware Because the Taliban carry cell phones.... and they move at night. That afforementioned standby mode means that effectively any Taliban tosser carrying a cell phone can be tracked by his cell phone registrations at each site. Hey you could even get some idea of how fast they are moving by calculating the time taken from one to another. Once you have ID'd some lurking hood in the darkenss with his cell phone turned on (or on stand by) how hard would it be to keep track of the spacker... They obviously can't teach their own to turn off the bloody celly properly so take another route... Cheaper than smart dust networks reporting back to metal storm area interdiction arrays via all those little black helicopters.... Monday 25th February 2008 20:31 GMT J-Wick You didn't just sneak in a reference to that site, did you? What people will do for money these days.... Paris cos she's a perfect example... Monday 25th February 2008 20:31 GMT Charles Hammond Turn off all the towers Just turn off all telephone service. That solves the problem. Just send them straight to the stone age. Taliban dont need no stinking cell phones. Monday 25th February 2008 23:44 GMT Barry Rueger "The more I think about it, a lot of this stuff seems like there's fairly decent folk being manipulated by a few control freaks and religious nutters, intent purely and simply on twisting the religious beliefs of others to further their own power trips and self-glorifiation." Yes, an awful lot of what passes for "news" about the Taliban, and Muslim cultures in general, DOES seem to be generated by American fundamentalist Christians. Monday 25th February 2008 23:44 GMT P. Lee Feel the hate! Wow - lots of people don't like the taliban, despite the fact that all they've done for us is effectively suppress the drug trade! Its a good job they aren't in in our country. I wonder why we're in theirs? Better dead than red (or green), eh? I reckon that the real reason for this demand is that they want more sex. Having successfully got rid of TV the only thing standing between them and their nighttime activities are their friends calling up to chat. They could be tracked and bombed during the day or after 3am so I doubt that's the issue. Every spy film involves someone ditching a known tracking device to through pursuers off. I really hope the military aren't falling for that one! Alternatively, perhaps they feel the off-peak call-costs are just outrageous. Paris, cos she knows what the night is really for. Tuesday 26th February 2008 04:07 GMT Philip Something new to Islamo-seethe about... Terrorangulation?..... Taxi! Tuesday 26th February 2008 04:07 GMT Sooner Boomer Go ahead, shut down the towers I have two words for you - "Rivet Joint". Go ahead an look it up....go ahead, I'll wait. (icon meaning "death" not "pirates") Tuesday 26th February 2008 04:07 GMT Anonymous Coward Gads..... "They have spent the last few hundred years being squabbled and fought over by various colonial powers. It's hardly surprising that their society is in a mess." A little history would be in order. Afghanistan only dates back to 1747 as a distinct country. Far from being fought over by 'colonial powers' it was a crossroads for many peoples going back into prehistory, well before the whole idea of Colonialism came about. First were the Indo-Europeans, and later the Persians and Bactrians among many others. Afghanistan may have been the origin point for Zoroastrianism, and for some time was a Buddhist state. Islam only arrived in the Middle Ages. So to say it's the result of colonial powers in the past few hundred years making a mess of "their" society is simply repeating politically correct rhetoric. The society and who has peopled that society has been in turmoil almost from the beginning. Tuesday 26th February 2008 04:07 GMT Ben So next time... ...there's an article about some hypochondriac getting a headache and wanting a cell tower shut off I can respond with "Shutting off cell towers supports terrorism"? Tuesday 26th February 2008 04:07 GMT Steve Roper After 9/11 I thought the good ole US took care of the Taliban in 2002? Or is it that there's no oil in Afghanistan and they were sooo eager to be off to Iraq that they didn't stay to finish what they started? I still remember the propaganda the Yanks spewed about Osama hiding in Afghanistan, then when they realised that there was no oil there, suddenly he was hiding in Iraq. But that doesn't matter, since the Taliban are back in the US's good books for now. Somebody's got to look after all the poppy fields the US has got going over there to help fund their war efforts on the back of "illegal" drug sales! Tuesday 26th February 2008 04:07 GMT Maksim Rukov @Keep sneering I'm sure the Red Army pilot (or ghost of) would be more annoyed at the interfering CIA who supplied the missiles (stingers, I believe) in the first place. I'm not too sure the CIA will be helping the Taliban out this time 'round. Tuesday 26th February 2008 04:07 GMT Steve Evans Sounds like a good opportunity here... 1) Turn the light off on the tower, and disable the log on authentication. Taleban think it's safe to leave mobiles on and G Dubya tracks them down. 2) (my personal favourite) Place mines round all the towers, and make the flashing light really noticeable. You've all missed the point This has absolutely nothing to do with technology and everything to do with 'hearts and minds' The Taliban are demanding the phone service be shut down simply to show they can tweak the tail of the crusaders. People will see that the Taliban is still a force to be reckoned with. Every evening they will be reminded of that when the phones are cut. The reason for choosing night-time shutdown is that the Taliban especially do not use mobile phones at night - for obvious reasons. The Taliban could equally well do some other disruptive and very public activity - such as killing people who sell western music in the markets - come to think of it, they do just that. They should have just asked for an upgrade or a different talk plan. Doesn't western military tend to use the mobile networks often in preference to their own comms. I think they want to reduce the chatter and up their own scanning, there would be a higher signal to noise ratio with the other mobiles turned off, make it easier to intercept military communications. Though you would hope they would be using encrypted channels, but to be honest I bet that hope is very misplaced when it comes to the UK government and technology. It could just be posturing, misdirection, or designed to increase local tensions - so whilst the troops are there you can text after 5pm. If they wanted to transmit it would be safer within the noise of normal comms. @s and @Dez Ware Just for the record - there is no 'standby mode' on a (normal) GSM, or UMTS capable mobile phone. When you 'turn the phone off', it pages the network to ask the VLR to deregister it so that the network knows that the handset is actually turned off, not just out of coverage. Then the phone /really/ turns off. If the phone actually went into standby and continued to react to location requests and paging, a) you would still receive calls, b) the battery would drain much quicker than when it is really off c) the [paranoid] airlines would ask you to remove the battery from the phone before you got onto the plane. if phones really cause major problems on aircraft flights, why don't they ask you to remove the battery... Tuesday 26th February 2008 07:04 GMT J @AC 1 Well, I don't know... I can't believe the countless people I've seen who are highly trained in the most complicate technology, yet still believe Bronze Age BS and that some "holy" book is completely right no matter what... (although they always practice the "holy book buffet", pick and choose approach) The human brain's power to compartmentalize is unbelievably vast, so I wouldn't write the Taliban off as ignoramuses regarding sci/tech issues too quickly. (helicopter for the Russian chaps mentioned above) Tuesday 26th February 2008 09:04 GMT Andy Worth @AC1 I agree with J, you try and stick them all in a little box marked "backwards religious nut" but get a big FAIL for your efforts. One could argue that ANY religious dogma is ridiculous and yet you choose to pick on one specific religion. One in fact that is many years older than Christianity. One thing you can guarantee is that with any religion there will always be sects that practice their own version and make their own interpretations of things. For example, look at all the "christian" churches that have sprung up with their own version, separating from the mainstream religion. The Taliban are just another group that use religion as an excuse for violence. It's not a new thing and I'm sure they won't be the last. Tuesday 26th February 2008 09:04 GMT ED Stroudley Anon Coward On a signal to noise ratio AC comes out pretty high where e'er he posts. "The Taliban are demanding the phone service be shut down simply to show they can tweak the tail of the crusaders." The whole story based on a word in the BBC's ear who have kindly circulated the message with the desired effect on the audience both within the country and in a watching world. You don't need a mobile to get the word out when the BBC are so much more effective. ...older than Christianity... What? Islam? I don't think so. Or are you referring to the fact that the Taleban are driven less by Islam-as-the-Prophet-wrote than by the ancient tribal customs that the Islamic missionaries absorbed into the teachings in order to gain acceptance for their Word (like early Christian missionaries did to W. European pagan traditions, but with less discrimination)? CellDar For the really worried lot... CellDAR may be in use (although who told the Taliban that gem). CellDAR uses the 900-1800MHz band radiation (from cell towers) to track targets in cities and areas where radar is unreliable (mountains, valleys, Afghanistan, etc). If stories are to be believed, this technology has the potential to track people inside buildings. As far as im aware, you position a truck within the ranges of a couple of cell towers and capture all the emissions from around you (not just the cell towers). Then when something moves, the blanket of reflected emissions change and with some fancy software.... hey a target. So in effect its more like passive sonar, but celldar sounds cooler. If you have something to hide, be afraid, be very AFRAID!! Tuesday 26th February 2008 11:13 GMT Mark @Dez Ware Why do they have to take their phones out with them when they're on the job? If the towers are off, they can't talk to each other. And if they're using pico cells, have they not heard of "traffic analysis" and ANY use of a pico cell can be investigated far more simply than a normal operable cell (that could be someone txting hot young chicks). I suspect it's just willy-waving. "look at us! we will bomb you! U fearz uz!!!". Tuesday 26th February 2008 13:46 GMT Andy Call their bluff Turn the masts off all the time. See if they threaten to blow them up if they don't turn them back on during the day. No more Taliban rigging the X Factor votes - that'll show 'em. Mines the bright orange coat. Come near me and you'll get Tango'd Tuesday 26th February 2008 14:16 GMT Chris Williams Idiotic religious dogma? > "You are discussing a 600 year backward society founded on idiotic religious dogma. Of course they don't understand the technical issues." That's a ridiculous thing to say. Although idiotic religious dogma abounds, the country was certainly not founded on it; quite the opposite, in fact. It's a very new phenomenon to have the dynastic powers that be claim direction from god and to lean somewhat towards the dogmatic. I don't know about Afghanistan though. Tuesday 26th February 2008 18:55 GMT Stewart Sinclair The rising tide There has been a large range of theories put forward on this list for the reported Taliban policy on cell phones some of which would sound rather "spooky" to those not deeply familiar with cell technology themselves. But what seems to be overlooked by most is that the Taliban insurgency is a rising tide. As all insurgencies are, it is quite heterogeneous but the requirements of shear survival against the most technically sophisticated Armed forces in the world are pushing it into greater technical sophistication and professionalism. In this case, they may simple be testing their knowledge of and ability to use the new technology. One thing is clear. The longer this war goes on the more professional and more sophisticated they will become. Soon they will be an easy match for the Pakistani army and then when NATO/US leave through the usual war weariness a large chunk of Pakistan (the Pushtu speaking areas for one) will be taken out - further destabilizing an already shaky nuclear power. Nuclear Armageddon by a failing regime of military fanatics anyone? Wednesday 27th February 2008 02:55 GMT lglethal @ Chris Williams I'd hardly say that leaders claiming to be guided by God(s) is a new thing. The pope claims divine guidance, the middle age kings of england (as head of the church of england) claimed divine guidance, the roman emperor's claimed divine guidance, the egyptian pharoahs claimed to be divine, televengelist claim divine guidance. It's nothing new to claim your leadership is inspired and ordained by a higher power. In fact god is inspiring you to send the sum of $10,000 to my bank in Nigeria to help me obtain the millions from my great uncle Wombossi's bank account, which i will happily share with you once it has cleared...	cc/2020-05/en_middle_0060.json.gz/line1219
__label__cc	0.612575	0.387425	Leadfoot: Stadium Off Road Racing a game by Infogrames Editor Rating: 8/10, based on 1 review See also: Racing Games The fans at Hewitt Raceway are cheering at a near-fevered pitch as you begin your mental checklist. Your last race here was a disaster, damaging the shocks and drive train of your Super Lite almost past repair. But now, thanks to timely sponsorship from Team Ratbag, you finally have the money to shell out for that new engine you’ve been craving. You silently congratulate yourself as you rev up your engine and ready yourself for the countdown… and you’re off! In a few minutes, everyone will know if you’re the winner... or just another racing casualty. Leadfoot: Stadium Off Road Racing is the first dirt track stadium racing game for the PC, brought to you by Infogrames, Inc. and developed by Australian-based Ratbag. This is certainly not the first racing game this team has produced, but in many ways Leadfoot might be the most unique. The game features eight different vehicles, 12 custom tracks with different physical characteristics, and realistic vehicle damage that can impact speed and handling. Leadfoot supports several different 3D graphics hardware types, as well as straight software rendering for you non-accelerated types. Leadfoot also has multiplayer capabilities via LAN or the Internet, with individual matches supporting up to 10 racers. Gameplay, Controls, Interface For those of you with slower machines and/or no steering wheel, take heart: Leadfoot works with computers with processors as slow as PII 233 or equivalent, and can be steered with mouse, keyboard and joystick as well as force feedback steering. Controls are pretty simple, with only a few keys or buttons in use during play. The game itself offers simple single-player racing and a career mode, along with the multiplayer option discussed later in this review. If you’re in the mood for a quick race or want to test out a new configuration quickly, Quick Race is the way to go. However, career mode offers other great options. You start with limited cash and have to win or place in races in order to earn more. This, in turn, leads to better engines, shocks, different truck or Super Lite designs, and so forth. You can also pick up sponsors to get a quick boost of cash, which is a really nice touch. The configuration screen is quite simply a racing enthusiast’s wet dream. You have the ability to tweak just about every aspect of the vehicle, be it handling, clutch weight, tire grooving, shock balance, etc. In fact, all the menu screens, whether for configuration or racing setups, are well thought out and easy to maneuver through. Now to the gameplay itself. Handling is extremely realistic, which gives Leadfoot a bit of a learning curve. Where most racing games are your basic "floor it and turn" variety, Leadfoot’s off-road tracks are tricky to keep one’s car on without thinking through the turns. It is very easy to overaccelerate into a turn and end up hanging over a guardrail (my specialty), or fishtailing through a turn because of oversteering. This makes Leadfoot more difficult to control, and more of a time investment to become a skilled off-road driver. Even with the vehicle AI cranked low, I was still getting my hat handed to me by the computer. Vehicle handling on loose surfaces like dirt is spot on; jumps and bumps, while exciting, stay within the limits of modern science. So if you’re hoping to catch some Motocross Madness air, you’ll be a bit disappointed. Something else to think about: the game allows for realistic damage as well. A small ding in other racing games might end up being a blown-out engine or damaged tires in Leadfoot. I would recommend starting out in Arcade mode (no damage) to get the hang of driving, then switch to Realistic damage to try out a whole new aspect of competition. One of the more interesting features, aside from the Career mode, is the ability to create movies from the game. Movies can be recorded during a race, and later edited and ported to the .avi file format. It supports different camera angles and a wide variety of extra features. However, to me this seems more of a simple extra and does not add very much to the overall game. Unfortunately, this is the weakest aspect of the game. Leadfoot currently ships with a copy of GameSpy Arcade, a program designed to assist people in finding multiplayer games. However, Leadfoot players have been having a difficult time playing games once they find them. High latency, GameSpy client problems and/or game flaws made my online gaming experience less than satisfactory. Also, a 28.8 modem connection (the lowest recommended connection speed) would be nightmarish, as my 56K connection was still laggy and experienced high ping. Kudos to the GameSpy team, however, for being honest enough to tell you when you log on that Leadfoot is currently being worked on to overcome said problems. Still, if you’re getting this game purely for multiplayer, either wait for the patch or throw a friendly LAN party. Graphics are crisp and well laid out. The game supports several different 3D graphics sets, including Glide, Direct3D, and others. It also has a software mode for those of us without accelerated graphics cards. The Super Lites and truck skins are all well rendered, and the track details are top notch. If I had any complaint, it would be that some non-functional details were thrown together. While much attention was lavished on the vehicles, tracks and views, crowds in the stadium and people watching from the track were almost cookie-cutter 2D in appearance. Still, there’s not much to complain about here. The game offers some directional audio effects. However, apart from a rock jam during the initial loading screen, vehicle noise and cheering crowds are the only real sounds. There is no in-game music. Due to the repetitive nature of most game music, perhaps this is a blessing. Windows 95/98/ME, PentiumII 266MHz, 32MB RAM, 250MB hard disk space, 4X or faster CD-ROM drive and mouse, 8MB Direct 3D compatible video card, DirectX 7.0 compatible sound card and video card (DirectX 8.0 included). A Steering wheel and pedals are highly recommended. Internet connection or LAN required for multiplayer gaming and a minimum modem speed of 28.8 is required for Internet gaming. Leadfoot is an excellent single-player racing game. It has great features, and its simple control structure and ability to work effectively with slower machines make this an excellent game for almost any racing fan. The learning curve alone will keep you coming back for more. However, as a multiplayer game, Leadfoot still has some work cut out for it and the resulting disappointment lowers the score. 84 points for the way it plays currently, but if the team manages to iron out the multiplayer options this game would rate in the low 90s. If you enjoy off-road racing or are looking for a racing challenge, Leadfoot is your best buy. Download Leadfoot: Stadium Off Road Racing Other Games by Infogrames Beach Head 2002 Bugs Bunny Lost In Time Hogs Of War Desperados - Wanted Dead or Alive	cc/2020-05/en_middle_0060.json.gz/line1225
__label__wiki	0.873062	0.873062	GAMING TREND Bullet time for the whole family — Retimed Review How to do a lot with a little — SaGa Scarlet Grace Ambitions review A familiar yet refreshing feast — Cuisine Royale review A little magic can take you a long way — The Sims 4: Realm of Magic review Steady hands required – Doctor! Doctor! Review The power of heart reigns supreme as Mission: It’s Complicated heads to Steam for free this Valentine’s Day Fight for souls with style in Bleach: Immortal Soul this spring The real terror is within the mind as Ninja Theory announces Project: Mara Roll for cuteness as Here to Slay heads to Kickstarter today Play board games online with anyone with the Vorpal Board campaign relaunch Fire Emblem Warriors receives a new trailer, screenshots By Sean Anthony [unitegallery FEWarriorsE3] Fire Emblem Warriors has received a new trailer during Nintendo’s spotlight presentation. This trailer highlights the story as two heroes confront a powerful darkness while encountering characters from previous games. Characters confirmed so far include Marth from Mystery of the Emblem, Chrom from Awakening, and Corrin, Ryoma, and Xander from Fates. Fire Emblem Warriors is the next spin-off in the Koei Tecmo Warriors series. Fire Emblem Warriors will be released this Fall for Nintendo 3DS and Nintendo Switch. Related Articles: E3, Fire Emblem Warriors There are many games that attempt to fulfill the fantasy of bullet time presented in The Matrix, but only a few that... SaGa Scarlet Grace begins with one of my favorite ways a game can begin: with a personality quiz! In this case, you’re... The recent prevalence of the battle royale genre has both positively and negatively impacted gaming. Two of the most commercially successful titles... Whether you’ll be going to the Sonic the Hedgehog movie with a date or... Today, Oasis Games announced that it will release a mobile RPG for the hit... Get ready for a larger than life experience, as Ninja Theory has announced a... If you’re one of the scant few that hasn’t heard of the mega-popular Unstable... Vorpal Industries has recently relaunched its Vorpal Board Kickstarter campaign, which has nearly reached... A retro arena shooter for Nintendo Switch – Demon Pit Review “I’ll just try one more run” is what I told myself about 15 attempts... Sneaking Through Too Many Bugs — Espire 1: VR Operative Review We first got a glimpse of what to expect from this stealth-oriented VR title... Sweet dreams are made of this — AI: The Somnium Files review I’m impressed with how far visual novels have developed in the past few years.... Show some (controller) skin with a new pre-order bonus for the Switch version of Samurai Shodown It won’t be long before you can embrace death with the Switch version of... Big changes and layoffs hit Fantasy Flight Games According to reports from former FFG Employee Sam Bailey, layoffs have taken place for... One of the longest running independent gaming news, reviews and culture sites on the web. Gaming unleashed — Razer Phone 2 review I have a love/hate relationship with my Google devices. On one hand, they get... Immortal blade — Sekiro: Shadows Die Twice review Ever since it was announced, Sekiro: Shadows Die Twice has been the subject of... Running on fumes — Days Gone review Though I didn’t know it at the time, the opening hour of Days Gone... A hell of a ride — Devil May Cry 5 review It’s been more than a decade since Devil May Cry 4, and it’s hard... Strong alone, stronger together, and a work in progress — Anthem review Before we get into the review proper, I have a bit of a caveat... Dragon Age: Inquisition Destiny Uncharted 4: A Thief's End Super Smash Bros. for Wii U Street Fighter V The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt Overwatch Final Fantasy XV Grand Theft Auto V Borderlands 2 Fallout 4 Halo 5: Guardians The Last of Us The Order: 1886 Rise of the Tomb Raider Metal Gear Solid V: The Phantom Pain Diablo III Star Wars: The Old Republic Bioshock: Infinite Batman: Arkham Knight Our Review System Privacy Policy / Terms Copyright © 2017 Gaming Trend	cc/2020-05/en_middle_0060.json.gz/line1226
__label__wiki	0.876214	0.876214	Home/World/North Korea is not only firing off new missiles — it may also be learning to launch them faster North Korea is not only firing off new missiles — it may also be learning to launch them faster GWO July 26, 2019 North Korea tested a “new type” of missile on Thursday in the first test since President Donald Trump met North Korean leader Kim Jong Un at the Korean border last month. North Korea test-fired two short-range missiles, one flying 267 miles and another 428 miles. Seoul assessed the weapons to be “a new type of short-range ballistic missile.” Many observers quickly determined that the test was an attempt to get the Trump administration’s attention in the wake of several leadership summits that failed to produce an outcome desired by either side. Evidence from the past couple of months also seems to suggest that North Korea is strengthening its arsenal to counter regional threats to its offensive capabilities – the only cards it holds in ongoing nuclear negotiations. North Korea twice in May tested a new short-range ballistic missile, a weapon known as the KN-23 which some have compared to Russia’s SS-26 Iskander. It is unclear if the weapons tested Thursday included a modified variant of this weapon or something else entirely. The North Koreans are “developing a reliable, operable missile that can defeat missile defenses and conduct a precision strike in South Korea,” Grace Liu, a weapons expert at the Jams Martin Center for Nonproliferation Studies, told Reuters in May. Jeffrey Lewis, another CNS expert, suggested at that time that the weapon’s maneuverability seemed to indicate it was designed to skirt missile defenses, such as the Patriot and THAAD batteries deployed in South Korea. Looking at the missiles tested Thursday, US officials told Reuters that their preliminary analysis indicated the weapons were similar to the ones tested in May but noted that the latest test appeared to involve missiles with enhanced capabilities. One official revealed that North Korea appeared to be decreasing the time it takes to launch missiles, thus reducing the time the US and its allies have to detect a launch. North Korea has repeatedly demonstrated an interest in solid-fueled missiles like the KN-23, weapons that can be fueled in advanced and launched quickly for surprise attacks. The missiles launched Thursday reached an altitude of only about 30 miles, an altitude generally consistent with previous tests of the KN-23. “If it’s very low and very fast, that shortens warning and decision time,” Adam Mount, director of the Defense Posture Project with the Federation of American Scientists, told CNN. “Those kinds of things could be useful in a retaliatory situation, but it’s even more relevant for a first strike.” Melissa Hanham, another well-known missile expert, told Reuters in May, that the types of weapons North Korea is testing, weapons deemed by the Trump administration to be less important than the intercontinental ballistic missiles the country was building and testing in 2017, are the types of weapons “that will start the war.” South Korea described Thursday’s missile test “as a military threat and an action undermining efforts to alleviate tensions on the Korean Peninsula,” CNN reported. \|BI 428 miles Asia Kim Jong Un North Korea World These Are the 5 Men the Federal Government Plans to Execute Fitbits might not track your heart rate right if you're a person of color Trump warns Iranian supreme leader who called him a ‘clown’ to be ‘very careful with his words’ Instagram influencer arrested for climbing pyramid in Egypt U.S. ambassador becomes mustachioed face of South Korean discontent Russia’s foreign minister slams ‘aggressive’ US policies	cc/2020-05/en_middle_0060.json.gz/line1228
__label__wiki	0.901264	0.901264	New Impostora to End Tomorrow Tag Archives: Wowowin GMA entertainment, hits, music, Philippines, songs, talent show, television, variety show Tanghalan ng Kampeon: GMA’s Answer to Tawag ng Tanghalan November 5, 2018 ralphierceABS-CBN, Ang Bagong Kampeon, Ang Bagong Kampeon RPN 9, Bert Marcelo, Butch Francisco, GMA, GMA Network, It's Showtime, It's Showtime ABS-CBN, Pilita Corrales, Radio Philippines Network, Regine Velasquez, RPN 9, Tanghalan ng Kampeon, Tanghalan ng Kampeon GMA, Tanghalan ng Kampeon Wowowin, Tawag ng Tanghalan, Tawag ng Tanghalan ABS-CBN, Tawag ng Tanghalan It's Showtime, The Philippine Star, Wilma Galvante, Wowowin, Wowowin GMA, Wowowin vs. It's Showtime Leave a comment A brewing rivalry continues to emerge between ‘It’s Showtime’ and ‘Wowowin’. After the latter show copied the former in going past its normal allotted time, ‘Wowowin’ now takes a shot on ‘It’s Showtime”s popular singing competition ‘Tawag ng Tanghalan’. Their response is a singing competition of their own, one that is just as familiar to audiences as ‘Tawag ng Tanghalan’. From Star Bytes by Butch Francisco (The Philippine Star, 2003): Tanghalan ng Kampeon — Conceived and born on RPN 9 as Ang Bagong Kampeon, this amateur singing contest moved to GMA7 when its creator, Wilma Galvante, also transferred in 1988 to Channel 7 where she is now one of the station’s top bosses. Tanghalan had great production values and was also eagerly awaited by its followers because of the great rapport between the two hosts, Pilita Corrales and the late Bert Marcelo. Consider it sealed. In a similar deal ABS-CBN undertook for ‘Tawag ng Tanghalan’ on ‘It’s Showtime’, GMA revived ‘Tanghalan ng Kampeon’ as a segment of ‘Wowowin’. The premise of ‘Tanghalan ng Kampeon’ is simple. Any individual aged 16 to 40 years old with a knack to hit the right notes are welcome to audition in this competition, with the winner receiving a GMA recording contract, house and lot, and P2 million in cash. With GMA short on talented singers in the wake of Regine Velasquez’s highly-publicized move to ABS-CBN, it only made sense for the network to revive a long-forgotten singing competition to shore up their talent pool. But to go as far as to take a page out of ‘It’s Showtime”s book, that’s too much to ask for. Perhaps GMA should acknowledge ‘Wowowin”s brewing rivalry with ‘It’s Showtime’. Never mind that the two shows air in different timeslots, their perceived similarities appear perfect to pit against one another. The start date of ‘Tanghalan ng Kampeon’ on ‘Wowowin’ is yet to be determined. But for fans of this show, the wait can’t come soon enough. comedy, entertainment, humor, Philippines, television, variety show It’s Showtime Has a More Appropriate Rival, and It’s Not Eat Bulaga August 22, 2018 ralphierce24 Oras, 24 Oras GMA, ABS-CBN, Eat Bulaga, Eat Bulaga GMA, Eat Bulaga TAPE, Eat Bulaga vs. It's Showtime, GMA, GMA Network, It's Showtime, It's Showtime ABS-CBN, It's Showtime concerns, It's Showtime controversies, It's Showtime criticisms, It's Showtime issues, It's Showtime overtime, It's Showtime problems, Tawag ng Tanghalan, Tawag ng Tanghalan ABS-CBN, Tawag ng Tanghalan It's Showtime, TV Patrol, TV Patrol ABS-CBN, TV5, Vice Ganda, Vice Ganda controversies, Wil Time Big Time, Wil Time Big Time TV5, Willie Revillame, Willie Revillame controversies, Willie Revillame GMA, Willie Revillame TV5, Willie Revillame vs. Vice Ganda, Willing Willie, Willing Willie TV5, Wowowillie, Wowowillie TV5, Wowowin, Wowowin concerns, Wowowin criticisms, Wowowin GMA, Wowowin issues, Wowowin problems, Wowowin vs. It's Showtime 6 Comments Consider ‘Eat Bulaga’ in the past tense as ‘It’s Showtime”s archrival. While the two noontime shows have been at each other’s throats since ‘It’s Showtime’ moved to its current timeslot in 2011, recent events suggest that ‘Eat Bulaga’ may no longer consider itself a true rival of the former. Instead, another variety show (albeit on a later timeslot) has taken its place as ‘It’s Showtime”s arch-nemesis. Enter ‘Wowowin’, the late-afternoon variety show hosted by Willie Revillame and is currently on the air for the past three years. For whatever reason, the ‘relationship’ between ‘It’s Showtime’ and ‘Wowowin’ can be summed up in one word. Take it away, Spongebob Squarepants. Throughout the year, most episodes of ‘It’s Showtime’ have run past its allotted three-hour period mainly due to Vice Ganda’s excessive bantering on ‘Tawag ng Tanghalan’. As a matter of fact, one of its more recent episodes concluded at around 4:00 p.m., by far a record time for the noontime show. GMA is usually strict when it comes to running time, but for some unexplained reason, they did not implement such strictness when it comes to ‘Wowowin’. In the event that ‘It’s Showtime’ goes overtime, GMA countered by allowing ‘Wowowin’ to go past its normal 90-minute duration so that both ’24 Oras’ and ‘TV Patrol’ can start at the same time. Different timeslots, similar objectives. This is essentially a Willie Revillame and Vice Ganda thing. Willie, for his part, was the master of working overtime, back when he was still on TV5 for ‘Willing Willie’, ‘Wil Time Big Time’ and ‘Wowowillie’. However, GMA made certain conditions when Willie signed a contract with the network three years ago, such as ‘Wowowin’ only airing on a ‘taped as live’ basis and running for only 90 minutes. Suffice to say, GMA sort of unleashed the wild side of Willie this year. Which leads to Vice Ganda, who probably learned a thing or two from his frenemy Willie about talking too much. And for whatever reason, ABS-CBN is simply letting him do the talking for as long as he wants. As a consequence, some of ABS-CBN’s afternoon and primetime programs began to suffer in the ratings, mainly because Vice spoke a little too long. Perhaps the two can someday have a show of their own that combines the elements of both ‘It’s Showtime’ and ‘Wowowin’. But then again, they are not usually the best of friends, such as when Vice poked fun over Willie’s tirade a few years ago. Still, wouldn’t it be great if the two variety show greats appear in public together and talk every once in while? That should make people forget about their excesses. Either way, both ABS-CBN and GMA should do (and I mean DO) something about this ‘overtime’ thing. This is simply a time-waster and viewers are fed up with it. action, drama, entertainment, Philippines, television The Blood Sisters to Conclude Friday August 13, 2018 ralphierceABS-CBN, Erich Gonzales, It's Showtime, It's Showtime ABS-CBN, It's Showtime complaint, It's Showtime extended, It's Showtime overtime, It's Showtime running time, It's Showtime running time concerns, It's Showtime running time criticisms, It's Showtime running time issues, It's Showtime running time problems, Maja Salvador, The Blood Sisters, The Blood Sisters ABS-CBN, The Blood Sisters closing episode, The Blood Sisters closing week, The Blood Sisters concerns, The Blood Sisters criticisms, The Blood Sisters farewell, The Blood Sisters farewell episode, The Blood Sisters farewell week, The Blood Sisters final episode, The Blood Sisters final week, The Blood Sisters finale, The Blood Sisters issues, The Blood Sisters last episode, The Blood Sisters last week, The Blood Sisters national ratings, The Blood Sisters problems, The Blood Sisters ratings, Vice Ganda, Wildflower, Wildflower ABS-CBN, Wowowin, Wowowin GMA Leave a comment Erich Gonzales’ ‘three-in-one’ had a mixed run. The good news for her is that ‘The Blood Sisters’ still reigned on its timeslot. But unlike its predecessor ‘Wildflower’, it failed to win big and make a noticeable impact. First aired on February 12, 2018, ‘The Blood Sisters’ tells the story of triplets Erika, Carrie and Agatha (all portrayed by Erich). The series had a strong debut, hitting the 25% mark on its first episode. ‘The Blood Sisters’ would go on to hit the 20% mark on several other occasions during its run. Overall, however, the series never caught on with the viewers the way Ivy Aguas/Lily Cruz (Maja Salvador) did on ‘Wildflower’. It also didn’t help that ‘The Blood Sisters’ wound up airing twenty minutes later than usual because of ‘It’s Showtime”s incessant streak of going overtime. Whenever Vice Ganda and company go beyond its limit, the worst-case scenario that ‘The Blood Sisters’ had was a 6:10 p.m. start which is way past its normal start time of 5:45-5:50 p.m. That of course threw some viewers off and ‘The Blood Sisters’ ratings were affected by it. While the series still got the better of competing program ‘Wowowin’, the small gap between the two suggests that ‘The Blood Sisters’ was indeed beatable. Still, the series managed to air 132 episodes when it is all said and done. Not bad for a series that had plenty of expectations yet could not get the job done. If there was one consolation for ‘The Blood Sisters’, it is that Erich Gonzales continued her maturation as an artist. Having to portray three different characters is no easy task, but Erich was able to effectively pull it off with Erika, Agatha and Carrie. Still, those shortcomings ‘The Blood Sisters’ had outweighed the positives. Had ABS-CBN put a leash on Vice Ganda’s excessive bantering, ‘The Blood Sisters’ would have raked in more viewers. Either way, ‘The Blood Sisters’ was still a good series to watch even with all the concerns put into them. May this series enjoy a graceful exit this Friday. entertainment, news, Philippines, public affairs, television Video on Board: Buses Tune In to ABS-CBN Shows But Avoid Afternoon Koreanovelas June 22, 2018 ralphierceABS-CBN First and True Home of Asianovelas, ABS-CBN Koreanovelas, ABS-CBN TVPlus, Ang Probinsyano, Ang Probinsyano ABS-CBN, bus rides, bus riding in the Philippines, entertainment inside buses, FPJ's Ang Probinsyano, FPJ's Ang Probinsyano ABS-CBN, GMA, GMA Network, It's Showtime, It's Showtime ABS-CBN, Koreanovela, Metro Manila, movies inside buses, pirated DVD, television inside buses, transportation, transportation in the Philippines, TV Patrol, TV Patrol ABS-CBN, Willie Revillame, Wowowin, Wowowin GMA 4 Comments A bus bound for Quiapo showing ABS-CBN’s ‘It’s Showtime’. (Photo courtesy of the author) Sometimes life is unfair. Such is the case for airconditioned buses that ply the streets of Metro Manila. These buses offer more than just relief from the sweltering heat, they also provide riders with a show or movie to watch while going from one destination to another. Most airconditioned buses are equipped with a television set that hangs atop the windshield. At first, the viewing experience was severely limited thanks to poor signal reception (most buses opt to air movies from their USB outlets or pirated DVDs due to these conditions), but the launch of the ABS-CBN TVPlus made it much better for riders to watch a show comfortably. As a commuter I can attest to the varying trends of television viewership inside airconditioned buses. Prior to the launch of TVPlus, the preferred channel of Metro Manila buses is GMA Network due to its clearer signal and greater reach. But as TVPlus became readily available to the public, bus companies began to take advantage of it by equipping their sets with these devices. As a result, more and more buses were tuning in to ABS-CBN programs especially during ‘It’s Showtime’, ‘TV Patrol’ and ‘Ang Probinsyano’, simply because Channel 2 is always the first to open on TVPlus. However, there is still one GMA show with which these buses would rather tune in to. In one of my more recent in-city trips, I looked at some of the buses that ply the metro during the late afternoon, and surprisingly, these buses were tuning in to ‘Wowowin’ instead of a Koreanovela from ABS-CBN. Simply put, these bus drivers and conductors are not Koreanovela fans. They would rather tune in to Willie Revillame and his antics with sexy women instead of cheesy love scenes from Korean actors because it seems like they are boring Not to mention that it is rush hour for people going home. If they are tuning in to a Koreanovela on the way home on a slow-moving afternoon, chances are they could be put to sleep. While viewership inside buses do not influence ratings performance (at least for now), the general trend is clear. ABS-CBN is the most preferred network among airconditioned buses all-day long, but on the late-afternoon rush hour, GMA’s ‘Wowowin’ is the most preferred show. Unfair as it sounds, but the best entertainment while inside the bus is when things either become tense and gut-wrenching (as in the case for teleseryes) or humorous and fun (as in the case for variety shows). It is what bus rides are made of, and keeping riders awake and invested in entertainment is a bus company’s way of making themselves comfortable. drama, entertainment, game show, news, Philippines, politics, public affairs, television, variety show New Trend: GMA Responds to It’s Showtime Going Overtime March 8, 2018 ralphierce24 Oras, 24 Oras GMA, 24 Oras late start, ABS-CBN, ABS-CBN News Channel, Aksyon Prime, Aksyon Prime T5N, Aksyon Prime TV5, Antonio Tuviera, Bandila, Bandila ABS-CBN, CNN Philippines, Eat Bulaga, Eat Bulaga GMA, Eat Bulaga TAPE, Erwin Tulfo, GMA, GMA Network, Ika-6 na Utos, Ika-6 na Utos concerns, Ika-6 na Utos controversies, Ika-6 na Utos criticisms, Ika-6 na Utos GMA, Ika-6 na Utos issues, Ika-6 na Utos overtime, Ika-6 na Utos problems, It's Showtime, It's Showtime ABS-CBN, It's Showtime concerns, It's Showtime controversies, It's Showtime criticisms, It's Showtime issues, It's Showtime overtime, It's Showtime problems, Ito ang Balita, Ito ang Balita UNTV, Mata ng Agila, Mata ng Agila Net 25, Net 25, News Night, News Night CNN Philippines, People's Television Network, PTV News, PTV-4, Saksi, Saksi GMA, T5N, The 5 Network, The 5 Network Philippines, Top Story, Top Story ANC, TV Patrol, TV Patrol ABS-CBN, TV Patrol late start, TV5, UNTV, UNTV News and Rescue, Vice Ganda, Willie Revillame, Wowowin, Wowowin GMA 24 Comments Looks like a new trend in primetime newscasts has begun. In response to ‘TV Patrol’ now airing at around 6:40 p.m. due to ‘It’s Showtime’ exceeding beyond its allotted time, GMA countered by having rival newscast ’24 Oras’ air 10-20 minutes later than its previous timeslot. To do that, GMA intentionally allowed one of its programs to go past its duration. That turned out to be the teleserye ‘Ika-6 na Utos’, which usually airs for only 45-50 minutes at best. But Wednesday afternoon (see episode hashtag below) saw ‘Ika-6 na Utos’ go beyond its usual running time and air for 80 minutes, uncharacteristically long for a teleserye. GMA’s version of Vice Ganda and company excessively talking for minutes came by way of long commercial breaks. But much like what ABS-CBN allowed (whether intentional or not) ‘It’s Showtime’ to do, isn’t this a little too much for viewers to take? Consider this: ‘It’s Showtime”s archrival ‘Eat Bulaga’ is only given 2 1/2 hours of airtime by GMA from Monday to Friday due to its blocktimer status. GMA can’t obviously loosen this rule because even Antonio Tuviera is strict enough to enforce such a ruling. They also cannot allow ‘Wowowin’ to go past its allotted time and go live because of Willie Revillame’s past controversies. The onus fell on one of GMA’s afternoon teleseryes, and that turned out to be its highest-rated program ‘Ika-6 na Utos’. This is definitely a bad case of ‘fight fire with fire’. The recent shenanigans of ABS-CBN and GMA dragged its other programs down, and it also affected the airtimes of the respective networks’ late-night newscasts in ‘Bandila’ and ‘Saksi’. If this game of one-upsmanship continues, both ‘TV Patrol’ and ’24 Oras’ might end up airing at an uncharacteristically late timeslot of 7:00 p.m. Not a good way to kick off the primetime slate. But at least there are earlier primetime newscasts that viewers can tune in to. The choices include PTV-4’s ‘PTV News’ (if viewers can tolerate Erwin Tulfo’s biased reporting), CNN Philippines’ ‘News Night’, Net 25’s ‘Mata ng Agila’, UNTV’s ‘Ito ang Balita’ and even ‘Top Story’ of the ABS-CBN News Channel. Apologies to T5N’s ‘Aksyon Prime’, but its timeslot inconsistencies are too much to handle. But regardless of that, alternatives in primetime news are worth the time and money. Still, ABS-CBN and GMA should know all too well that time is precious. They could at least adjust this new trend in primetime programming, but they need to stop allowing its programs to go overtime so as not to compromise the patience of viewers. entertainment, game show, news, Philippines, public affairs, television, variety show GMA’s Own 5:00 P.M. 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Archrival GMA also endures its fair share of issues when it comes to regional programs. Similar to what ABS-CBN experiences, GMA’s biggest concern is at the 5:00 p.m. slot where regional news programs are aired in the provinces in lieu of shows relayed straight from Metro Manila. Just last Monday, GMA’s Mindanao-based channels began to air a new regional newscast titled ‘One Mindanao’. The program is anchored by longtime Mindanao-based GMA anchors Tek Ocampo, Sarah Hilomen-Velasco and Real Soroche, and is aired on weekdays at 5:00 p.m. Like ‘Balitang Amianan’ (Dagupan and Ilocos) and ‘Balitang Bisdak’ (Cebu), ‘One Mindanao’ preempts the first 30-40 minutes of ‘Wowowin’, the GMA afternoon game show hosted by Willie Revillame. But as far as GMA is concerned, this was just a minor inconvenience. Consider the following factors: Most GMA regional networks are now mere relay outlets following the closure of most stations and the layoff of its employees. ‘Wowowin’ is still aired after the newscasts, thus no need to reair the show the following morning. ‘Wowowin’ more often than not beats an ABS-CBN Koreanovela (only a few relay areas receive such programs due to regional ‘TV Patrol’) in the ratings game regardless of either Kantar or AGB Nielsen. With that in mind, it was clear to GMA that they are undeterred about the overall programming disparity between Greater Manila Area and regional areas. However, with the entry of ‘One Mindanao’ in the Mindanao area, they now have every reason to worry since ‘Wowowin”s audience will be reduced significantly. Issues among ABS-CBN and GMA’s regional network programs are in dire need of a resolution. The 5:00 p.m. slot, usually a haven for regional networks to produce their newscasts, is one example of what each network needs to do to make things all the more parallel. But since GMA currently has less regional stations than ABS-CBN, their own concern may be revisited once they decide to resuscitate some of these stations. For now, GMA can only hope that their regional networks’ standing will be improved with each step.	cc/2020-05/en_middle_0060.json.gz/line1233
__label__wiki	0.788504	0.788504	INDIA's NATIONAL MAGAZINE Sabyasachi Bhattacharya C.P. Chandrasekhar Data Card GNLF to push for Sixth Schedule status for the Darjeeling hills In Bengaluru, officials demolish shanties, but BBMP Commissioner says he did not authorise it "I will not apologise," says Rajinikanth on controversial statement against Periyar's rally Mohun Bagan’s new owners must preserve its identity, says Bhaichung Bhutia Mamata meets Modi in Kolkata, then joins dharna against CAA Judgment on Internet curbs in J&K in defence of free speech, but relief remains elusive Left-Congress flex muscle during bandh in Bengal Mangaluru police block tribunal’s probe into firing during anti-CAA protests Mamata sends delegation to lend moral support to JNU students Mamata takes anti-CAA protest to northern Bengal The Grey Forest in the Western Ghats Print edition : November 10, 2017 T+ T- The gate at the entrance to the Dhonavur Fellowship at Naraikadu. Photo: Ian Lockwood Amy Carmichael. She came to Tirunelveli in 1901 and went on to set up the Dhonavur Fellowship as a home for children from less fortunate circumstances. Beginning the walk into Naraikadu through a dry deciduous scrub forest. Photo: IAN LOCKWOOD Growing wild at Naraikadu. Photo: Ian Lockwood Jewel house in Naraikadu. Photo: Ian Lockwood Clock tower on the Dhonavur Fellowship’s campus, part of a unique architectural aesthetic. Photo: IAN LOCKWOOD The upper parts of the Naraikadu stream in the dry season. Photo: Ian Lockwood A Log book at Jewel House. The logs are an invaluable record of citizen conservation and science in the Western Ghats. Photo: Ian Lockwood Dhonavur primary school doorway showing the influence of Chinese design. Photo: Ian Lockwood The evergreen forest canopy. Photo: Ian Lockwood The riparian forest and the Naraikadu stream. Photo: IAN LOCKWOOD Jerry Rajamanian on new land. He is a third-generation community member. Photo: IAN LOCKWOOD Michael of Naraikadu. Photo: Ian Lockwood Ezekiel Deva Irakkam measuring rainfall. Photo: IAN LOCKWOOD Hylarana temporalis. Photo: IAN LOCKWOOD Dragonfly. Photo: IAN LOCKWOOD Pycnonotus gularis. Photo: Ian Lockwood Pit Viper. Photo: Ian Lockwood Troides minos. Photo: Ian Lockwood Yellow flower. Photo: IAN LOCKWOOD IN the myriad stories of natural history conservation in India, be they the familiar tragedies or rare successes, the case of the Dhonavur Fellowship’s Naraikadu forest stands unique. The “grey forest”, as it is known in Tamil, is a small privately managed property surrounded by one of India’s most important protected areas, the Kalakkad Mundanthurai Tiger Reserve (KMTR). Here, a unique effort that began 100 years ago illustrates the merits of unconventional citizen-government cooperation to achieve conservation goals. The tale of Naraikadu goes back to the early 20th century when entrepreneurs were experimenting with a variety of commercial plantation crops on the slopes of the Ashambu Hills. The terrain in these southernmost ranges of the Western Ghats near Kanyakumari is rugged and contrasts sharply with the surrounding plains. The high ridges of the Ashambu Hills are covered in dense evergreen forests, grasslands and granite outcrops that are blessed with heavy rainfall from both the south-west and north-east monsoons. Where the mountains meet the plains, a belt of thorny scrub and dry evergreen forests delineates the mountains from the mostly parched plains in the eastern rain shadow. The forested hills feed the east-flowing rivers, notably the Tamiraparani, that water the productive rice fields of Tirunelveli. Like so many other locations in the Western Ghats, mountains with intact natural vegetation are the lifeline for farming communities on the plains. A little over a hundred years ago, planters were looking for commercial rewards in the forested slopes of the Western Ghats. Cardamom, black pepper and other spices had been grown in the lower hills of Travancore (Kerala) and Tamil Nadu for centuries. With the introduction of large-scale estate plantations in the 19th century, the impact on the natural ecology changed. There was wealth to be made in the trade, and in colonial India, estates gobbled up land that had experienced relatively little human intervention prior to this point. Planters in the Ashambu Hills were following in the footsteps of individuals and companies who had established expansive tea and coffee estates in the Nilgiri Hills (1830s) and High Range (1870s) and Ceylon (1867). The largest tea estates to be established in the Ashambu Hills were carved out of evergreen rainforest at the Kakachi, Oothu and Nalmukh areas relatively late (in the 1920s) by the Bombay Burmah Trading Corporation (these are now “organic” tea estates that offer important employment opportunities but their presence in a biodiversity-rich forested area has been marred by controversy and conflict with wildlife and forest managers). The Dhonavur Fellowship Amidst this rush to seek economic advantage in the mountains of the Western Ghats emerges a very different story and ecological paradigm far ahead of its time. The existence and protection of Naraikadu is thanks to the efforts and vision of a remarkable woman of Irish ancestry who was a devout but unconventional Christian missionary. After spending time in East Asia, Amy Carmichael came to the Tirunelveli area in 1901 where she founded the Dhonavur Fellowship. She found a calling in setting up homes and providing for escaped devadasis (temple girls) and children from less fortunate circumstances. Amy Carmichael had virtually no funds and little official sanction, but her faith and determination led her to sympathetic benefactors who helped her realise a vision of helping others. The Fellowship and its mission grew over the years, and a community sprouted on the dry, red-earthed plains that lie within clear sight of the rugged granite horsts to the Ashambu Hills. The focus at Dhonavur was on health and education for the underserved with special attention on children, traditional areas of need that Christian missionaries addressed in the 19th and 20th centuries. In 1917, while much of the world was at war, Amy Carmichael purchased a small cardamom estate nestled in a valley above in the mountains to the west. She had been to the Nilgiri Hills and valued the rejuvenating aspect of mountains when visited from the blisteringly hot plains. Ooty and other hill stations were too far, and more likely too snobbish, to take the children of the Dhonavur Fellowship to. But at Naraikadu, they could escape the pre-monsoon heat of April and May. The estate gave the children a chance to commune with nature as an integral part of spiritual development. Her vision of how to manage the property was unique: she wanted to change as little as possible and let nature be. In India’s other hill stations, ornamental plants were introduced and landscapes were changed to resemble distant homes in Europe (even today, 70 years after Independence, there is a tendency in private and government properties to “beautify” by propagating exotic vegetation). Naraikadu has had minimal changes and the native forest was allowed to take over the cardamom estate. By the end of the 20th century, when the KMTR was notified as a tiger reserve, A.J.T. Johnsingh and other distinguished scientists drew attention to the remarkable example of Naraikadu’s protection (see the references). He highlighted the fact that the valley hosted some of the finest, unpoached examples of cane in the entire Western Ghats. Because of its exemplary efforts to protect the valley, the Dhonavur Fellowship was allowed to maintain its ownership and management of Naraikadu despite being surrounded by a tiger reserve. The long walk to Dhonavur Where most other high points in the Western Ghats have modern paved roads or jeep tracks, Naraikadu is a destination that rewards only those who are willing to walk. The path up the valley is reminiscent of what visitors to Kodaikanal, Yercaud and Ooty would have experienced before roads and railways provided a convenient, less taxing way to reach the highlands. Naraikadu’s trail is much more than a physical act of exertion to get to a pretty destination. On the contrary, binding both the tangible and metaphorical realms, the visitor transitions from the ordinary, flat and dusty landscape to an evergreen, cool, life-rich mountain retreat where the spirit soars. The ecological transition through different vegetation and climatic zones in a relatively short transect is remarkable. Visitors start their journey to Naraikadu on the dry Tirunelveli plains. Small-scale peanut farms with thickets of thorn boundaries and palmyra trees dominate this landscape. Hamlets of human populations live near paddies that are dependent on the monsoon or tanks for water. There are electric fences and concrete pillars demarcating the KMTR boundary located along the contour at the base of the lowest hills. The idea is to keep the wildlife in and the poachers out. Poaching in the Naraikadu valley is thought to be low because Dhonavur members visit frequently and report back any issues to the KMTR field director. Entry into the valley requires permission from both the KMTR and the Dhonavur Fellowship. Once inside the protected area, the path is wide and composed of weathered stones placed by pioneering generations of visitors. A sambar stag bounds away into a thicket of dry vegetation. Occasionally, Euphorbia trees, with their cactus-like bark, emerge from rocky edges. A male paradise flycatcher chatters in the branches above the pathway. The gradient at this stage is not steep and the path ascends the valley under a closing ring of towering, cathedral-like peaks. The sounds of the Naraikadu stream gurgling through an otherwise arid scrub landscape brings relief early. At Murray’s Pools, the path ascends weathered granite faces before forging the stream on a beautifully engineered steel-and-wood bridge. It is one of the few signs of humans thus far—no litter, concrete or structures mar the pathway to Naraikadu. Depending on the time of the day and one’s personal fitness, the journey can become demanding as heat and the strain of walking with a backpack take their toll. Soon after the bridge, the path leads away from the soothing sounds of the stream. There are signs of the forest transitioning from deciduous to evergreen, and it is not surprising to encounter noisy Nilgiri langurs in the canopy beside the path. There are signs of wildlife—scat on the ground, bits of dried snakeskin and skinks ducking into rock crevices. The Dhonavur men have stories of encountering king cobras mating on pathways that they cross. The path meanders on for what seems like a long time. This is an opportunity to let the mind free and take in the serenity of a forest while getting a little closer to the destination. Finally, there is the sound of water flowing over rocks again and one is reunited with the stream at “Rest River”. In the final part of the journey, the path ascends in a zigzag up a steep slope with semi-evergreen forests and, notably, ficus trees. Every corner and rock outcrop seems to have a story associated with Amy Carmichael and past generations of Fellowship members. By the time one enters an invisible boundary into the Dhonavur Fellowship property, the tree canopies tower far above the path. There is an understorey of Strobilanthes shrubs, ferns and epiphytes. The sounds of great pied and Malabar grey hornbills are not uncommon. The first bungalows have solid stone walls covered in moss and lichen with the occasional growth of ferns. They do not look neglected, but the structures blend in with the dark hues of the forest. A pathway leads to “Amma’s Falls”, the source of much happiness for the children who stay at the “Forest Bungalow”. A further 20 minutes up the path, the valley closes in, and the last bungalow, Jewel House, has a commanding view over the valley. From this elevated refuge, one can look back to the distant plains over the emergent layer of the rainforest. One of the most important contributions of the Dhonavur community’s efforts at Naraikadu has been to keep a meticulous record of weather patterns and rainfall and natural history sightings in the valley. Visitors have religiously written notes in bungalow log books. There are richly narrated anecdotes of encounters with various snakes (several vipers, cat snakes and king cobras, for example) as well as mammals such as the emblematic lion-tailed macaques and the rarely seen tiger. Amy Carmichael counsels her brethren not to harm these creatures and to let them live in peace. Lists of birds seen and colourful praise for the spiritual renewal gained from time spent in the hills are the hallmarks of the log books. Change has been a key aspect of the observations—the forest has recovered from being a degraded plantation to now hosting a plethora of rare and endangered Western Ghats species. While a few key species such as the Nilgiri tahr went locally extinct, recent records suggest healthy populations of other notable species. Put together, the multiple volumes are an invaluable record of 100 years of citizen conservation and science in the Western Ghats. There are now efforts under way to scan and digitise the Naraikadu log books. Naraikadu has benefited from several generations of individuals who worked to protect the valley and better understand its natural history. It has been a community effort—nearly all of Dhonavur’s inhabitants can speak with in-depth knowledge about species and the ecological aspects of the valley. The missionaries that came from across the seas to build up Dhonavur have long left, and today the community’s children go out to other parts of marginalised India to serve. There are still a handful of community members who were raised by Amy Carmichael before her passing in 1951. The children, albeit in smaller groupings, make visits up to Naraikadu in the hot season, and the Fellowship maintains the original bungalows in their basic, original state. Beyond that, the Fellowship assists the Tamil Nadu Forest Department with maintenance work, boundary patrols and wildlife monitoring. It is widely appreciated that the Dhonavur employees know the rugged trails better than anyone in the department. Today, efforts are being led by Jerry Rajamanian, a third-generation community member, with the support of other members of the Dhonavur Fellowship. The challenges in Naraikadu and the wider KMTR protected area in the future will come from a multitude of sources. There are issues with encroachment on the western face of the ranges (in Kanyakumari district) where there are significant human population pressures. The eastern edges of the hills are now facing development pressures as land is bought up for investment with little thought for the ecological impact. Coconut plantations, irrigated with borewells, are sprouting in semi-arid areas. Scrub vegetation has been cleared indiscriminately in these privately owned border areas. Religious tourism in Mundanthurai and Nambi Kovil are delicate issues to manage within a tiger reserve. The issue of the Bombay Burmah tea estates in the heart of the KMTR continue to be controversial. Changes in the rainfall pattern and more frequent droughts, linked to climate change, will certainly challenge all human and wildlife communities in the area. The KMTR remains a well-managed protected area with strong village outreach and eco-development programmes. Several civil society groups have been involved in protection, and science-based conservation organisations such as the Ashoka Trust for Research in Ecology and the Environment (ATREE) have been conducting long-term research to promote conservation. In wildlife and ecosystem conservation, it is fashionable to spend significant amounts of money on check dams, road construction, watch towers and other capital-intensive projects. Unfortunately, these are often a wasteful use of scarce public funds and are vulnerable to abuse. The case of Naraikadu illustrates what a small group of committed individuals with a love for a landscape and place can do. Dhonavur community members remind us that empowered citizens can be some of the best agents in protecting India’s biodiversity in an age of extreme pressure, scarce funds and climate change. Carmichael, Amy (1909): Lotus Buds, Dhonavur, India. Web version on Project Gutenberg. Ganesh, T. et al (2009): Treasures on Tiger Tracks: A Bilingual Nature Guide to Kalakad Mundanthurai Tiger Reserve, Bengaluru: ATREE. Print. Web Link. Johnsingh, A.J.T. (2015): Walking the Western Ghats, Mumbai: BNHS/Oxford. Latest Environment Unforgettable Kalahari The salmon run Alaska: The salmon run and the grizzly bear In Kashmir, an imperilled zone of peace Delhi's air pollution: Taming a killer Quarries not exempt from land ceiling in Kerala: Supreme Court Birding in Costa Rica Quetzal: Emerald jewel of the Costa Rican forest India’s big seven Maharashtra coastal road project Nowhere road Arctic summer: A window to the world of wildlife Cheetah bonding OYO & the valuation game As the cracks in the business model employed by the budget hotel aggregator OYO are becoming apparent, both disgruntledhoteliers and investors are questioning its strategy of attracting investments at rising valuations. 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__label__cc	0.678635	0.321365	Fuller Center of Louisiville to receive Mayor's Spirit of Louisville Award Chris Johnson \| Posted on September 19, 2014 \| The WLKY Spirit of Louisville Foundation announces the 37th Anniversary of the WLKY Bell Awards to be held on October 9. The annual program recognizes individuals who have demonstrated the true “spirit of Louisville” through outstanding volunteer service in our community. Mayor Greg Fischer, in partnership with the WLKY-TV Spirit of Louisville Foundation, will present The Fuller Center of Louisville and PGA REACH, the charitable foundation of the PGA of America, with the Mayor’s Spirit of Louisville Award for their leadership role with the 2014 Give -A-Day week of service. Achieving the goal of keeping Louisville “the most compassionate city,” there were more than 144,000 volunteers and acts of kindness in action community-wide from April 12-20, 2014. “We couldn’t be more proud of the Fuller Center team in Louisville on receiving the Mayor’s Spirit of Louisville Award,” Fuller Center President David Snell said “They have worked diligently and with focus. Louisville is a compassionate city, and Mayor Fischer’s dedication to encouraging acts of kindness keeps that spirit alive. His support of the Fuller Center has contributed significantly to our success and this award will help assure that our work continues to prosper.” Since 1978, more than 360 individuals have received the prestigious Bell Award. “The WLKY Bell Awards is a legacy program in our community, and our Mayor’s Spirit of Louisville Award is a partnership that allows us to recognize outstanding organizations that lead and inspire every citizen to help make our community even better,” said WLKY general manager Glenn Haygood. “The Give A Day week of service is designed to inspire the entire community –individuals, companies and organizations — to be creative in helping others,” Fischer said. “Both the Fuller Center and PGA REACH showed the power of creativity, leadership and the power of dedicated volunteers in making our community a better place.” Fischer noted that the Fuller Center organized volunteers including YouthBuild Louisville, Louisville firefighters and others to renovate vacant houses and provide them to needy families who put their own volunteer work into the homes. PGA REACH recruited volunteers to help build a fresh produce garden at Roosevelt Perry Elementary School, conducted a Backpack Raiser for Blessings in a Backpack and donated passes for practice rounds at the recent PGA Championship at Valhalla Golf Club which helped reward volunteers for their good deeds during Give-A-Day week. “The Fuller Center For Housing of Louisville would like to thank Mayor Fisher and the Board of the WLKY-TV Spirit of Louisville Foundation for recognizing us as being a part of the Mayor’s Give A Day week of service, “ said Steve Marrillia, Executive Director of The Fuller Center of Louisville. “It is with gratitude and thanks that we accept this on behalf of every man, woman and child who have volunteered or have benefited from the vision of Millard and Linda Fuller. We believe that everyone deserves a decent place to live and to be a part in this effort epitomizes the ‘love in action’ that this organization was founded upon. We look forward to participating in the Mayor’s Give A Day this coming year, and have a goal of doubling in numbers our partners and volunteers.” The 37th WLKY Bell Awards will take place at the Galt House Hotel. Reservations to the dinner celebration can be made by contacting WLKY, 893-3671 by October 1. WLKY Anchors Rick Van Hoose and Vicki Dortch will serve as emcees, and a special one-hour telecast of the WLKY Bell Awards will air on Saturday, October 25 from 8-9 pm. The 2014 executive committee of the WLKY-TV Spirit of Louisville Foundation are Carol Wade/Jewish Hospital & St. Mary’s Foundation, Mike Lorch/Anthem Blue Cross & Blue Shield, Tom Hirsch/Raymond James & Associates and Glenn Haygood/WLKY.	cc/2020-05/en_middle_0060.json.gz/line1237
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__label__cc	0.52959	0.47041	Sentence Correction (SC) In 1922, when Truman was almost forty years old, he was living in his Difficulty: 600-700 Level Parallel Structure Verb Tense/Form Source: 1000 Series In 1922, when Truman was almost forty years old, he was living in his [#permalink] In 1922, when Truman was almost forty years old, he was living in his mother-in-law’s house, watching the haberdashery store he opened three years earlier go bankrupt, and he faced a future with no visible prospects. (A) opened three years earlier go bankrupt, and he faced (B) opened three years earlier go bankrupt and faced (C) had opened three years earlier go bankrupt, and he was facing (D) had opened three years earlier go bankrupt, and facing (E) was opening three years earlier going bankrupt, and facing Status: enjoying WE: Education (Education) In 1922, when Truman was almost forty years old, he was living in his mother-in-law's house, watching the haberdashery store he opened three years earlier go bankrupt, and he faced a future with no visible prospects. This is a simple sentence in technical parlance with an IC followed by a compound modifier. comprising two present participles. The template of this sentence is that someone was living in his mother in law's house, watching X and facing Y. As per the conventions of parallelism, one is required to drop the pronoun in the second clause, if the subject of the first clause can stand as the subject of the second. A repetition of either a noun or a pronoun is considered superfluous and redundant in such situations. We can remove choices A and C on this score alone. We can eliminate E for using the past progressive 'he was opening'. Choice B is out for using an unparallel past tense verb for the second clause, which is not parallel to either 'was living' in the first clause or to the first modifier 'watching'. Choice D survives ultimately by using the parallel modifiers 'watching' and 'facing'. The only Achilles' tendon is the use of a comma before the conjunction 'and' connecting the second modifier, but that is okay I suppose, as punctuations are not critically tested in GMAT. It is a moot point whether a simple past tense is okay or a past perfect is required as they are not playing a make or break role in the context. I vote D. Are you stuck around 630? If you can't pole-vault above 630, spare 30 hours and you can fly on top. "Winners never quit and quitters never win". (+919884544509), <newnaren@gmail.com> TestPrepUnlimited Re: In 1922, when Truman was almost forty years old, he was living in his [#permalink] This question is mainly testing parallelism. The correct parallel structure repeats the past progressive by repeating the participles as follows: "he was living ..., watching ...., and facing." A: Incorrect because it uses the simple past "faced" and because it repeats the pronoun "he" (which is omitted in the second item in the list). B: Incorrect because it uses the simple past "faced." C: Incorrect because it repeats the pronoun "he," as in A. D: Correct. E: Incorrect because it wrongly uses the past progressive to refer to Truman opening his haberdashy, an action that the sentence signals as completed when Truman was watching it close. Source: We are an NYC based, in-person and online GMAT tutoring and prep company. We are the only GMAT provider in the world to guarantee specific GMAT scores with our flat-fee tutoring packages, or to publish student score increase rates. Our typical new-to-GMAT student score increase rate is 3-9 points per tutoring hour, the fastest in the world. Feel free to reach out! churuand this sentence has a list of three things : "Living, watching, and facing". So we can easily eliminate ABC. The verb tense "was opening" is misused here, we do not have two actions that happened at the same time in the past. So it leaves me with option D, the best one. Re: In 1922, when Truman was almost forty years old, he was living in his [#permalink] 18 Nov 2019, 18:46 Moderators: MikeScarn, GMATNinja, Abhi077, GMATNinjaTwo, hazelnut, generis by Sentence Correction (SC)	cc/2020-05/en_middle_0060.json.gz/line1250
__label__cc	0.719901	0.280099	Tag Archives: The Wolf Among Us Blog Posts, simpleek Fashion Inspiration: Five Female Video Game Characters Whose Style You Can Emulate July 29, 2014 simpleek Leave a comment Fashion is all about how you wear the clothes and how it makes you feel when you wear them. I like to consider myself the kind of person who has good fashion sense, but I wouldn’t consider myself an expert in fashion in the least. I don’t always follow the latest trends and I go by what I know looks good on me. I’m more inclined to go for styles that are classic, simple, and will never go out of fashion. Continue reading Fashion Inspiration: Five Female Video Game Characters Whose Style You Can Emulate → BorderlandsfashiongamesLara CroftlilithnilinRemember Meshiki misakiSnow WhitestylesThe Wolf Among Usthe world ends with youTomb Raidervideo games June 1, 2014 Kelly Flatley Leave a comment This week was a pretty good week for gaming. A few games came out and for me there is still some run off from unfinished games from the recent past, so there was a lot to play. I of course played the newest AAA title from Ubisoft this week, Watch_Dogs, but I wanted to talk more about the smaller titles I was able to acquire this week. One of which was The Wolf Among Us as episode 4 came out this past Tuesday. The other game is an even smaller indie horror title called Among The Sleep. So in this post I will yet again give you all the scoop about my week in gaming, enjoy! Continue reading A Week in Gaming – Being Among All The Things → A Week In GamingAmong The SleepgamingThe Wolf Among Usvideo games To Infinity And Beyond: Expanding My Reading Past Manga May 27, 2014 simpleek 4 Comments Sharing my overcrowded space with my beloved classic literature and fictional books are an ever expanding shojo manga collection. The days when I don’t feel like reading a regular book and prefer the company of beautiful artwork to captivate the eyes and get swept up in romance, humor, and adventure I tend to pick up a manga volume. I have an appreciation for art and beauty in general and it’s no surprise I became a huge fan of the Japanese style of drawing. When shojo manga became popular in the American market, I gravitated to the pretty art style and the wide focus on romance in most shojo manga. As much as I enjoy the shojo manga genre, it’s only in the last few years have I developed more of an interest in expanding my reading to also include American comic books. Continue reading To Infinity And Beyond: Expanding My Reading Past Manga → comic bookscomicsfablesgraphic novelsmangamoviesshojo mangaThe Wolf Among Usvideo gamesx-men: days of future past Blog Posts, Robo♥beat The Comic Books I’ve Been Reading This Year… March 8, 2014 Ashley 2 Comments I’m trying to be better about finishing things this year, guys. That’s why in addition to finishing a video game every month, I’m also making it a goal to read a new comic book each month. I don’t know a lot about comics, so over the December holidays, I made a long (like, way too long) list of graphics novels and comics series that I would like to try. For instance, I’ve never read any X-Men comics. At the time, I had played the first episode of Telltale Games’ The Wolf Among Us but had never read Fables. Things like this, I needed to fix. I’m happy to report that I’m actually ahead of schedule when it comes to reading my new comic books. Here’s what I’ve read so far this year: I’ve loved V for Vendetta‘s story for a long time. When I was 18, I went to the cinema by myself to watch James McTeigue’s V for Vendetta film. It had a big impact on me, and it’s still one of my favorite movies — but it took me all this time (what, almost 10 years?) to finally pick up the graphic novel by Alan Moore and David Lloyd. One of the biggest differences I noticed between the novel and the movie is that in the novel, the character Evey Hammond is 16 years old and about to turn to prostitution when V finds her. She seems like a blank page — sort of a bland character until V molds her into someone with principles and passion. Meanwhile, in the film, Evey (Natalie Portman) is in her early 20’s and working at the news station. She has much more agency from the beginning of the story, and her personality is much stronger. Although I really prefer Evey being older and more confident (as in the film), I still came to appreciate Evey’s depiction in the graphic novel as she matured. The only thing that didn’t grow on me in the graphic novel is the artwork. Lloyd’s art is a miss for me, personally. I’m not a fan of the color palette, and the overall look is very dated. That being said, there are some creative layouts I enjoyed, such as this one with themes presented along with a musical score: And the story is as brilliant as ever. There are moments that make me cry, and it’s all because of how bittersweet and poignant and hopeful this story is. Moore’s writing is amazing. Inspired by how much I enjoy Telltale Games’ The Wolf Among Us, I decided to give Bill Willingham’s Fables a try. And let me tell you, the comic books are way better than the games based on them. (I know, I’m the last one to the party on that.) I’ve enjoyed the stories, which are set in a world where fairy-tale characters live in a New York City community called Fabletown — or, for those who aren’t able to blend in as humans, a farm in upstate New York. The stories are fun reads with some interesting themes, and the art is lush if not always super crisp to me. I love that the comic books are starting to sprawl more than the games. There are obviously so many characters with so many stories to tell, and I know I won’t make it through all of them any time soon. However, I love seeing familiar characters in brand new stories. I finished the first two trade paperback volumes, Legends in Exile and Animal Farm, and will continue reading the next few as I have time. Captain America: Winter Soldier I read this one. Captain America is one of my favorite superheroes ever, so I need to be reading his comic books all the time like I do with Thor and Batman comics. I picked up the Winter Soldier collection in the hopes that it ties in with the Winter Soldier movie coming out next month (which I cannot wait for!). I won’t go into details about the plot, because that seems secondary in a lot of ways. What I love about this story is that writer Ed Brubaker makes Cap a relatable guy suffering from misplaced memories of his life during World War II and grief over losing his best friend Bucky. He’s tired. He worries that he’s going crazy. At one point, he’s so distracted by what’s going on inside his head that he can barely fight back when attacked. I love reading Steve Rogers when he’s like this. Plus, the art. I may not know a lot about what constitutes “good” comic book art, but Steve Epting’s work in these volumes just makes me hurt inside to see such beauty. That’s how dramatic I get about these pages. I just want to stare at them all day. I’m going to continue reading the rest of Brubaker’s work on Captain America for the next month. Although I have to admit that I have a very long list of comics to get through this year… =) Alan MooreBill WillinghamCaptain Americacomic bookscomicsDavid LloydEd BrubakerEvey Hammondfablesgraphic novelsSteve EptingSteve RogersThe Wolf Among UsV for Vendetta Everyone Deserves A Second Chance: Impressions Of Bigby Wolf From The Wolf Among Us March 4, 2014 simpleek 2 Comments Stories of redemption or second chances, if told and done well, are attractive for most people for a number of reasons. Just like when we enjoy seeing the good guy win in the end, we like to see who we think are formerly irredeemable characters turn a new leaf and walk the path of good. There are struggles the character undergoes to either forgive himself or herself for the sins of their past, while also changing the minds of those who don’t believe the person can truly change. Whether the character really does change or not is another part of the journey that’s worth waiting to find out. Continue reading Everyone Deserves A Second Chance: Impressions Of Bigby Wolf From The Wolf Among Us → bigby wolffablesgamestelltale gamesThe Wolf Among Usvideo gamesXbox 360 Going With Your Gut Instinct in Telltale Video Games February 22, 2014 Ashley 2 Comments If there’s one thing I love most about Telltale games, it’s that when I play them, I often regret my snap decisions. In these story-centric, episodic games, you’re presented with dialogue options that include a timer bar, which gradually depletes as you start running out of time to make your dialogue choice. If you don’t make your decision in time, you’re stuck with a default choice (or, like, silence). The games give you a ton of other decisions too — who will you save from the approaching zombies? to whom will you give the limited food rations? will you torture the criminal or try to bribe him into talking? — and they often have time limits, too. In other words, it’s a lot like real life. We face decisions every day, and we have to think fast. We don’t have five minutes to review dialogue options before we carry on with our conversations. We have tough choices to make, and we don’t always know which is “right” or “wrong.” As much as I love my Mass Effect games, life doesn’t give us color-coded responses to hint at how others will perceive them. We go into life blind, we make snap decisions, and we have to live with them. Similarly, there are no easy take-backs in the Telltale games. Once you make a decision, you’re stuck with whatever consequences unfold — whether they’re good or not. I don’t look up anything about the episodes before I play them, but afterwards I love checking out other people’s playthroughs and seeing what could-have-been. But I don’t replay the episodes. Not right away, at least. I have to play through the entire game first, living with my first decisions even when I regret them pretty much immediately after I make them. An easy example is in the first episode of The Wolf Among Us, when you get a chance to name your prime suspects in a serial murder case. I named Tweedle Dee and Tweedle Dum as my prime suspects. Minutes later, I had Tweedle Dee and the Woodsman (another suspect, though a little more downtrodden and less likely, in my opinion) in a bar, and they were both making a run for it. I had to act fast — who was I going to chase down and arrest? Given that I had just named Tweedle Dee one of my prime suspects, I should have gone after him. But I didn’t. My immediate reaction — not my brain, but my gut instinct — was to run after the Woodsman. As soon as I made the call, I realized what a dumb thing I had just done. Why hadn’t I gone after the more suspicious guy?! He was getting away! But that’s the beauty of Telltale games to me. The games force you to make quick, instinctual choices and then live with whatever happens next. It’s almost like giving the reins to your unconscious mind. I might replay the Telltale games again, but I’m not incredibly motivated to see every possible decision’s outcome. Even when I make choices I regret, my canon playthroughs feel right to me. My brain might not be very happy about my decisions — some of them are pretty silly — but they belong to me even more because of that. They’re not over-thought. They don’t come from the part of me that tries to manipulate video games or strategize through every single detail. When I play Telltale games, it’s just me, thinking on my feet like I do in real life, and then seeing what comes of it. choicesdialogue optionsepisodic gamesgamingin-game decisionstelltale gamesThe Walking DeadThe Wolf Among UsTweedle Deevideo gamesWoodsman A Week in Gaming – Keep On Keeping On February 16, 2014 Kelly Flatley 2 Comments This week I didn’t play a whole lot of “new” stuff, as there wasn’t much to play. The Last of Us “Left Behind” did come out on Valentine’s Day but since I have yet to play it I’m stuck talking about some of my other, less interesting (for you, not for me) exploits. Continue reading A Week in Gaming – Keep On Keeping On → A Week In Gamingbattlefield 4gamingThe Wolf Among Usvideo games	cc/2020-05/en_middle_0060.json.gz/line1254
__label__wiki	0.891015	0.891015	Brandon Jefferson Keeping The Reputation Of The Phoenix Hagen Point Guard Legacy Standing Tall Ever since Phoenix Hagen entered the Beko BBL in 2009, head coach Ingo Freyer has had as an exciting regular season as summer off season putting together the best possible roster despite having as tight a budget as the trousers on FC Bayern Munich head coach Pep Gaurdiola on the sidelines. Of course it is as exciting challenge for Freyer to pick that perfect missing piece to the puzzle who will steer the playmaking at the point guard position as it is predicting how many goals a Robert Lewondowski will make in the next match for FC Bayern Munich football club. Freyer has had a pretty good feel for hauling in the right point guard over the last years as he reeled in Mr fantastic Mark Dorris from Pro A team Cuxhaven and he was able to become a vital fixture in the success of the team especially in their playoff season 2012-2013. He biggest coup was Davin White who brought much experience to Hagen after having already played 7 professional seasons, but had never played at as high a level as the BBL as he had torn apart the leagues in Mexico once averaging 28ppg and he didn´t disappoint in the BBL as he led the league in scoring and prompt was rewarded with a contract with La Bruixa d’Or Manresa (Spain-Liga Endesa) and this season will play with Iberostar Tenerife CB Canarias (Spain-Liga Endesa). Phoenix Hagen has also been a place for guards who came from lower leagues and were able to perform at a solid standard in the BBL and then remain at a high level as Henry Dugat moved on to France to Le Havre and Zamal Nixon is balling in the first Greek division this season. So who will be the next point guard to keep the reputation of the Phoenix Hagen point guard standing tall? Freyer decided on Brandon Jefferson who is a 23 year old 175cm guard from Flower Mound, Texas playing his second professional season after being a rookie last season with KTP Basket Kotka (Finland-Korisliiga) 48 games: Score-4(18.5ppg), 4.0rpg, 2.4apg, Steals-2(2.2spg), FGP: 45.8%, 3PT: 35.8%, FT: 88.0%; EuroChallenge: 6 games: 13.8ppg, 3.8rpg, 4.0apg, 1.2spg, FGP: 37.5%, 3PT: 29.8%, FT: 88.5%. What really stood out in Finland was his consistency as he scored in double figures in 46 of 48 games. “My whole life, my coaches and parents have spoke to me about consistency. Always take that very seriously and want to bring my A game every time I step on the court. Can still develop it more though. Still have a long way to go though”, stressed Brandon Jefferson played at Metro State(NCAA2) and who looks up to Boston Celtics guard Isaiah Thomas. So far through four games the diminutive guard is averaging 10,5ppg, 2,8rpg and 4,0apg which is very solid considering he came from the weaker Finish league, but his assist rate is as high as it has ever been in his career matching last season in the Eurochallenge. The American has a good head on his shoulders and like any professional knows there is room for improvement, but is on the right way to keep that Phoenix Hagen point guard legacy at a high standard. “To be honest, I’m not very pleased at all. Knowing what I’m capable of doing. I’m not going to make a big deal out of these first four games though. Need to move forward and go back to having fun out there on the court. Be myself. Don’t go into games thinking I need to get my assist up. Just do what the defense gives me. The more experience I gain, the better off I’ll be and my comfort level will be higher. The big men are bigger here in the BBL, but it’s nothing that I haven’t seen before. The biggest adjustment is really is inside my head. The mental focus on the game. Really developing the mental part of my game moving forward”, warned Brandon Jefferson. Phoenix Hagen have some very talented players and guys that can score, but a thin bench and it will be interesting to see how Jefferson can develop through the season with Phoenix Hagen as he balances scoring and playmaking with as many wins as possible. Last season Phoenix Hagen finished in 13th place in the Beko BBL. They were unable to beat any of the big three with Bamberg, Munich or Berlin, but had nice win against teams like Ulm, Ludwigsburg, Bonn and Artland. There biggest problem continues to be keeping their opponent from scoring many points as they relinquished 80 points or more 21 times and lost most shoot outs, but won a memorable one with 105-104 in Frankfurt in the opener. They did defend better near the end of the season as they kept teams to under 80 points in six straight games, but lost five of the six as for some strange reason they couldn´t get any offense going. Their offense as always was lethal, but then again unable to find a healthy balance with their defense when they were on the same page in a game. They lost key offense players Larry Gordon and Todd Brown and defensive minded big men Dino Gregory and Keith Ramsey. They kept only one import player David Bell who should he continue to play in Hagen until he retired should have his number retired, because he has without doubt been the identity figure of the club for years and their most consistent offensive players. Other than that Ingo Freyer kept their young Germans with Niklas Geske, Moritz Krume and Jonas Grof with the hopes that they will develop further and aguy like Geske with more trust from the coach have his break out season. Freyer once again brought in interesting players with Adam Hess who returns for a second tour of duty as well as young and talented Americans Brandon Jefferson, DJ Covington and JJ Mann as well as Canadian Owen Klassen. He also brought back BBL veteran Ivan Elliot and basketball globetrotter Tommy Lee Smith. This season the club will continue to play their aggressive out of control defense and hope to force their opponent too as much turnovers as possible. After the first four games Phoenix Hagen is 2-2 and have beaten teams that they should of with Giessen and MBC, but lost to teams like FC Bayern Munich and ratiopharm Ulm. They are averaging 80 points per game and giving up 86 per game. “We have a lot of potential. It’s still really early and we are working day in and day out to improve. Don’t really like how people say “higher teams” and that it’s okay if we lose to them. If you look at the box score or the games, we were in both of those games we lost. We had bad stretches in the third quarter in both games which cost us. That’s the slim margin of error that we can’t have against those teams. A lot of people look at this league and say there are the top 4 teams and everyone else in the league have the same talent level. I look at every game as an opportunity to get better and show how good Phoenix Hagen is. In my mind, when we lose to those so called “higher level” teams, it’s the same hurt that I would have if we lost to the other teams”, warned Brandon Jefferson. Defense also continues to be a lingering theme of improvement and the etam knows that as it has averaged giving up 90 points in a three game margin. “That definitely needs to come down and the biggest improvement we need to make is keeping the ball in front of us. One on one is critical. Take the challenge and keep your man in front of you”, added Brandon Jefferson. Phoenix Hagen kept baby Shaq David Bell who is a 34 year old 187cm guard from Oakland, California playing his 13th professional season and fifth with Phoenix Hagen. He played at Montana(NCAA) and in countries like Switzerland, France and Holland. He has been top 5 in scoring in the BBL every season and last season played 28 games: Score-2(17.7ppg), 3.7rpg, 3.8apg, Steals-2(1.7spg), FGP: 46.5%, 3PT: 39.7%, FT: 86.5%. His leadership and scoring is his biggest strength. The club also held on to Germans Niklas Geske, Moritz Krume and Jonas Grof. Geske is a 21 year old 188cm guard playing his third season with Phoenix Hagen and played 52 BBL games in his first two seasons and last season played 33 games: 4.8ppg, 1.5rpg, 2.6apg. His speed, athleticism and game intelligence is what should help in his break through. Krume is a 21 year old 202cm forward that is playing his third season with the club and played 31 BBL games in the last two seasons. His inside out game is his biggest strength. Grof is a 19 year old 201cm guard that is playing his second season there and also for farm team Iserlohn and last season played 6 BBL games: 3.3ppg, 1.0rpg. The club brought back Adam Hess who is a 34 year old 201cm forward from Michigan that got the German citizenship in 2012. He is playing his 12th professional season and eighth in Germany playing four years with Artland and two with ratiopharm Ulm after also playing in the Czech Republic(3 titles with Nymburk), France and Spain. Last season for Ulm he played 36 games: 2.2ppg, 1.2rpg; EuroChallenge: 6 games: 9.7ppg, 3.0rpg, FGP: 30.0%, 3PT: 55.6%, FT: 77.8%. He has been hurting opponents his whole career with his basketball IQ and three point shooting. The club also added Ivan Elliot who is a 28 year old 203cm forward from San Francisco that played at UCSB (NCAA) and has BBL experience with MBC, Wurzburg and Ludwigsburg. He played also in Latvia and Italy. Last season he played for Fileni BPA Jesi (Italy-A2 Gold) playing 28 games: 14.4ppg, 7.9rpg, 1.7apg, 1.2spg, FGP: 60.4%, 3PT: 32.9%, FT: 87.9%. He can hurt you from all over the court and never underestimate his defense. The club also added JJ Mann who is a 24 year old 198cm swing man from Smyrna,Georgia playing his second professional season. As a rookie he played for Redwell Gunners Oberwart (Austria-A Bundesliga) playing 38 games: 13.4ppg, 4.5rpg, 1.2apg, Steals-1(2.0spg), FGP: 46.6%, 3PT: 40.7%, FT: 82.1%. He played at Belmont(NCAA) from 2010-2014 reaching the NIT Elite 8 and is a player that can shoot out the lights, but also play at the shooting guard position. The club also brought in 24 year old 208cm forward Owen Klassen from Kingston, Ontario, Canada who played at Acadia(CIS) in college and now is playing his second professional season and as a rookie played for KK MZT Skopje Aerodrom (FYR Macedonia-Prva Liga): 8 games: 6.6ppg, 4.9rpg, FGP: 76.7%, FT: 70.0%; Adriatic League: 18 games: 5.3ppg, 5.7rpg, FGP: 54.4%, 3PT: 33.3%, FT: 50.0%. He can play both big man positions and can make the mid range on a consistent rate. DJ Covington is a 24 year old 203cm forward from Virgina Beach playing his second professional season. As a rookie he played for Basic-Fit Brussels (Belgium-Scooore League): 8 games: 4.8ppg, 3.9rpg, Alaska Aces (Philippines-PBA): 4 games: 22.0ppg, 9.0rpg, 1.0apg, 1.3bpg, and AE Nea Kifisia Dimoulas Athens (Greece-A1): 5 games: 1.2ppg, 1.6rpg. His quickness is perfect for the transition hagen game and he can get physical inside. The team also added Tommy Lee Smith who is a 34 year old 207cm forward from Phoenix, Arizona playing his 10th professional season and third in Germany after playing with the Artland Dragons from 2005-2007. He played at Arizona St. (NCAA) from 1999-2003 and as a senior played 32 games: 11.2ppg, 6.2rpg, 2.7apg, BlockPac-10-1(2.2bpg), FGP: 49.3%, 3PT: 27.8%, FT: 57.4%: Finished his career with 1,123 points, 20th on the Sun Devil career scoring list and second leading shot blocker with 167. He was drafted by the Chicago Bulls in 2004, but never played in the NBA, but was close with the Milwauke Bucks. He has had experience playing in Croatia, Dominican Republic, China, Syria and Qatar as well as playing in the D-league. He is still a solid player at 34, but biggest strength is his experience and character that will help the young guys. The Frankfurt Skyliners swept the season series in 2009-2010 with Phoenix Hagen stomping all over them in Hagen 93-64 as Derrick Allen led all scorers with 22 points, Aubrey Resse chipped in with 18 points and Grayson Moyer had one of his best games as a Skyliner with 15 points and five assists. In the return game in Frankfurt, Phoenix Hagen lost 89-76. Skyliner captain Pascal Roller led Frankfurt with 18 points and five assists and Derrick Allen produced 17 points. Last season, The Deutsche Bank Skyliners outrebounded Phoenix Hagen 66-49 in both games. In 2010-2011, the Skyliners also won the season series with a 90-85 win as Jermaine Bucknor led the team with 19 points and six rebounds and 92-53 romp at home getting 24 points and eight rebounds from Roger Powell and only six points and seven assists from Dashaun Wood. In the first game in the 2011-2012 season, the Fraport Skyliners romped Phoenix Hagen 83-65 as fans saw the last Beko BBL game of Jon Leuer who erupted for 27 points and Jimmy Mckinney had 21 points. In the return game, the Fraport Skyliners stomped all over Phoenix Hagen 92-47. Five players scored in double figures as the team was led by Devin Gibson with 16 points. In the 2012-2013 season the Fraport Skyliners lost the first game against Phoenix Hagen in their own living room in embarrassing fashion 107-102 as they their opponent gave them a display of how to play run and gun basketball. Phoenix Hagen shot an amazing 51% from the field and 60% from the three point line. In the return game in Hagen, the Fraport Skyliners had their nerves under control in crunch time slipping by Phoenix Hagen on the road 81-78 as Frankfurt was led by Dawan Robinson with 25 points and ex Giessen players Ryan Brooks chipped in with 14 points and Laquan Prowell with 13 points. In the first game of the 2013-2014 season, the Fraport Skyliners squeezed out a 82-79 win at home as Aziz Ndiaye had his best game of the season with 16 points and 13 rebounds. Frankfurt had consistent production from many as Jarred Dubois had 15 points, Andrew Rautins chipped in with 13 points and Germans Danilo Barthel and Konstantin Klein had 12 points a piece. Frankfurt had no remedy for Mark Dorris who poured in 24 points for Phoenix Hagen. David Bell had 17 points and Larry Gordon had 16 points. In the return game in Hagen, Frankfurt once again had their crunch time blues losing 66-63. Phoenix Hagen was led by David Bell with 17 points while Larry Gordon had 15 points while the Fraport Skyliners were led by Ramon Galloway with 15 points and Jacob Burtschi with 12 points. Last season the clubs split the season series as Phoenix Hagen won on the road in a shoot out 105-104 as David Bell poured in 25 points and Zamal Nixon had 22 while the Fraport Skyliners were led by Sean Armand with 27 points and Mike Morrison with 23 points. Frankfurt won in Hagen 79-70 as Johannes Voigtman scored 26 points and had 11 boards while Sean Armand contributed 14 points while Phoenix Hagen was led by Larry Gordon with 18 points and Keith Ramsey with 14 points. Fraport Skyliners head coach Gordon Herbert won´t publically talk about it, but his team could easily be 5-0 now instead of 3-2 after losing against Oldenburg and Wurzburg on the last possession. Instead the team continued to work hard and have been rewarded the past two games beating Tuebingen and BG Goettingen, teams they need to beat to be a playoff team this season. IN the last two wins, the team buckled down more on defense averaging giving up only 67 points per game. They will have to do the same against Phoenix Hagen who might only be averaging 80 points on offense, but can explode at any time for 90 plus points. Phoenix Hagen have lost three of the last four games and need to get on the winning road again. If Frankfurt can continue to defend the way they do as if they had had gotten a glimpse of the play book as their scouting continues to be a big reason for their success, then they will win. Phoenix Hagen isn´t as deep offensively as in other years and need to rely more on their imports where some are still getting a feel for the style of the BBL with Owen Klassen and JJ Mann. Frankfurt have Germans Konstantin Klein and Danilo Barthel back from injuries and are deeper than ever. Jordan Theodore had his real break out game in the BBL and hungrier than ever. The Fraport Skyliners need this win to have a three game winning streak into the big games at home against FC Bayern Munich and Bamberg. 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__label__wiki	0.569241	0.569241	Hertfordshire Breast Unit Appeal Supporting men and women effected by breast cancer Vicki’s Story Welwyn Hatfield Times Determined breast cancer survivor brings £150K of kit to new QEII In a dizzying array of fundraising, Vicki Adkins managed to pull the money together for Herts Breast Unit Appeal in the space of just a year. The prone table is an upgrade on a piece of equipment that was bought in 2006. Made in the USA, it is the most advanced piece of equipment of its kind and allows doctors to see 3D images of biopsies that can be performed while patients are lying down. A spokesperson for the East and North Herts NHS Trust explained: “A prone table makes it easier for clinical staff to perform a biopsy, and we are able to offer a quicker and more comfortable experience for our patients. “Patients are able to lie down on the table, which means the procedure is shielded from their view and they feel more relaxed.” Vicki, who had a partial mastectomy and sessions of chemotherapy in 1996, said she had been impressed with the medical staff but felt the hospital environment at the time was not ideal for people struggling with a life-threatening illness. “They’ve got a wonderful breast cancer team, it’s just the wrong environment,” she said. She had been inspired to raise money to help when she saw a terribly distressed woman running down the hall. “She was absolutely sobbing, with her husband following her. “That’s what triggered me off. If she’d had more privacy she’d have had somewhere to go to have things explained to her.” The hospital environment has improved a lot since then, Vicki explained, but for over 20 years she has been determined to continue in her fight to help breast cancer patients. Vicki, who used to live in Cuffley but now fundraises for the new QEII from her home in Cambridgeshire, set about fundraising for the prone table just last year. Fundraisers have done everything from bike rides to abseiling to bring the charity closer to its goal. “We have walked the 14 bridges of London, done a 10K run, slid down a zip wire, done line dancing, rock and roll evenings, pin badges, lunches, a fashion show, and quiz nights,” said Vicki. One event organised by Mandy Wild – the daughter-in-law of Tewin rocker Marty Wild – brought in £72,000 for the cause. The Trust spokesperson said: “The Trust would like to thank the Hertfordshire Breast Unit Appeal for raising funds for a new prone table in the New QEII’s breast clinic.” Cheques can be sent for the attention of Vicki Adkins, made payable to “Hertfordshire Breast Unit Appeal”. Please send to :- 12 Willows Close, Tydd St. Mary, Cambridgeshire, PE13 5QR Funds Raised to date PA Polly Virtual Business Support	cc/2020-05/en_middle_0060.json.gz/line1266
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__label__cc	0.663584	0.336416	Blogs > Stone Age Brain > I Stuck with Nixon. Here’s Why Science Says I Did It. I Stuck with Nixon. Here’s Why Science Says I Did It. by Stone Age Brain tags: Science,Nixon,Trump Richard Nixon surrenders to reality and resigns, August 9, 1974 Rick Shenkman is the former publisher of the History News Network and the author of Political Animals: How Our Stone-Age Brain Gets in the Way of Smart Politics (Basic Books, January 2016). You can follow him on Twitter. He blogs at stoneagebrain. This article was first published by the Daily Beast. Will Donald Trump’s supporters ever turn on him? I think I know the answer. It’s partly because I’ve been in their place. During Watergate I was a die-hard Nixon dead-ender. I stuck with him after the Saturday Night Massacre in the fall of 1973 and the indictments of Nixon aides H.R. Haldeman and John Ehrlichman in 1974. Not until two months before Nixon resigned did I finally decide enough’s enough. What was wrong with me? I’ve been haunted by that question for decades. I can clear up one thing immediately. I didn’t support Nixon out of ignorance. I was a history major at Vassar during Watergate and eagerly followed the news. I knew exactly what he’d been accused of. The fact is the facts alone didn’t matter because I’d already made up my mind about him. My fellow Vassar students—all liberals, of course—pressed me to recant. But the more they did, the more feverish I became in my defense. I didn’t want to admit I was wrong (who does?) so I dreamed up reasons to show I wasn’t—a classic example of cognitive dissonance in action. A pioneering study by social psychologist Elliot Aronson conducted in the 1950s helps explain my mental gymnastics. Young college women invited to attend a risqué discussion of sexuality were divided into two groups. One group was put through a preliminary ritual in which they had to read aloud a list of words like “prostitute,” “virgin,” and “petting.” The other group had to say out loud a dozen obscenities including the word “fuck.” Afterwards, the members of both groups were required to attend a discussion on sex, which is what had been the draw. But it turned out they had all been duped. The discussion wasn’t risqué. The subject turned out to be lower-order animal sexuality. Worse, the people leading the discussion spoke in a monotone voice so low it was hard to follow what they were saying. Following the exercise the students were asked to comment on what they had been through. You might expect the students who went through the embarrassing rite of speaking obscenities to complain the loudest about the ordeal. But that isn’t what happened. Rather, they were more likely to speak positively about the experience. The theory of cognitive dissonance explains why. While all of the subjects in the experiment felt unease at being duped, those for whom the experience was truly onerous felt a more compelling need to explain away their decision to take part. The solution was to reimagine what had happened. By rewriting history they could tell themselves that what had appeared to be a bad experience was actually a good one. Dissonance begone. This is what I did each time one of my Vassar friends pointed to facts that showed Nixon was lying. Neuroscience experiments in the 21st century by Drew Westen show what happens in our brain when we confront information at odds with our commitments. In one study, supporters of President George W. Bush were given information that suggested he had been guilty of hypocrisy. Instead of grappling with the contradiction they ignored it. Most disturbing of all, this happened out of conscious awareness. MRI pictures showed that when they learned of Bush’s hypocrisy, their brains automatically shut off the “spigot of unpleasant emotion.” (It’s not a uniquely Republican trait; the same thing happened with supporters of John Kerry.) In short, human beings want to be right and we want our team to win. But we knew all that, right? Anybody who’s taken a Psych 101 class knows about confirmation bias: that humans seek out information that substantiates what they already believe; and bounded rationality: that human reason is limited to the information sources to which we are exposed; and motivated reasoning: that humans have a hard time being objective. But knowing all this isn’t enough to understand why Trump voters are sticking with Trump. What’s required instead is a comprehensive way to think about the stubbornness of public opinion and when it changes. Until a few decades ago no one had much of a clue what a comprehensive approach might look like. All people had to go on was speculation. Then scientists operating in three different realms — social psychology, neuroscience, and political science — began to delve into the working of the human brain. What they wanted to know was how we learn. The answer, most agreed, was that the brain works on a dual-process system, a finding popularized by Daniel Kahneman, the Nobel prize-winning Princeton psychologist, in the book, Thinking Fast and Slow. One track, which came to be known as System 1, is super-fast and happens out of conscious awareness, the thinking you do without thinking. There are two components to System 1 thinking. One involves what popularly is thought of as our animal instincts, or what social scientists refer to, with more precision, as evolved psychological mechanisms. Example: the universal human fear of snakes. The other involves ways of thinking shaped by habit. The more you perform a certain task, the more familiar it becomes and the better you get at it without having to think about it. Donald Trump likes to say that he goes with his gut. What he’s saying, likely without knowing it, is that he has confidence in his System 1. This is not exceptional. Most of us trust our instincts most of the time. What distinguishes Trump is that he seems to privilege instinct over reason nearly all of the time. The second track, System 2, is slower and allows for reflection. This mode, which involves higher-order cognitive thinking, kicks in automatically when our brain’s surveillance system detects a novel situation for which we aren’t prepared by experience. At that moment we shift from unconscious reaction to conscious thinking. It is System 2 that we rely on when mulling over a difficult question involving multiple variables. Because our brain is in a sense lazy, as Kahneman notes, and System 2 thinking is hard, our default is System 1 thinking. One thing that’s worth noting about System 1 thinking is that our brains are essentially conservative. While humans are naturally curious about the world and we are constantly growing our knowledge by, in effect, adding books to the shelves that exist in our mind’s library, only reluctantly do we decide to expand the library by adding a new shelf. And only very rarely do we think to change the system by which we organize the books on those shelves. Once we settle on the equivalent of the Dewey Decimal System in our mind, it’s very hard to switch to another system. This is one of the main reasons why people are almost always reluctant to embrace change. It’s why inertia wins out time and time again. But change we do, thanks to System 2. But what exactly triggers System 2 when it’s our politics that are on the line? Social scientists finally came up with a convincing explanation when they began studying the effect of emotion on political decision-making in the 1980s. One of the pioneers in this research is George Marcus. When Marcus was starting out as a political scientist at Williams College he began to argue that the profession should be focusing more on emotion, something they’d never done, mainly because emotion is hard to quantify and count and political scientists like to count things. When Marcus began writing papers about emotion he found he couldn’t find editors who would publish them. But it turned out his timing was perfect. Just as he was beginning to focus on emotion so were neuroscientists like Antonio Damasio. What the neuroscientists were learning was that the ancient belief that emotion is the enemy of reason is all wrong. Rather, emotion is the handmaiden of reason. What Damasio discovered was that patients with a damaged amygdala, the seat of many emotions, could not make decisions. He concluded: The “absence of emotion appears to be at least as pernicious for rationality as excessive emotion.” If emotion is critical to reason, the obvious question became: which emotion triggers fresh thinking? Eventually Marcus and a handful of other political scientists who shared his assumption that emotion is important to decision making became convinced that the one that triggers reappraisals is anxiety. Why anxiety? Because it turned out that when people realize that the picture of the world in their brain doesn’t match the world as it actually exists, their amygdala registers a strong reaction. This is felt in the body as anxiety. Eventually, Marcus and his colleagues came up with a theory that helps us understand when people change their minds. It became known as the Theory of Affective Intelligence (later: the Theory of Affective Agency). The theory is straightforward: The more anxiety we feel the more likely we are to reconsider our beliefs. We actually change our beliefs when, as Marcus phrases it, the burden of hanging onto an opinion becomes greater than the cost of changing it. Experiments show that when people grow anxious they suddenly become open to new information. They follow hyperlinks promising fresh takes and they think about the new facts they encounter. How does this help us understand Trump supporters? It doesn’t, if you accept the endless assertions that Trump voters are gripped by fear and economic anxiety. In that case, they should be particularly open to change. And yet they’re as stuck on Trump as I was on Nixon. The problem isn’t with the theory. It’s with the fear and anxiety diagnosis. Humans can multiple feelings at odds with one another simultaneously, but research shows that only one emotion is likely to affect their politics. The dominant emotion characterizing so-called populist voters like those attracted to Trump is anger, not fear. This has been found in studies of populists in France, Spain, Germany and Britain as well as the United States. If the researchers are right that populists are mostly angry, not anxious, their remarkable stubbornness immediately becomes explicable. One of the findings of social scientists who study anger is that it makes people close-minded. After reading an article that expresses a view contrary to their own, people decline to follow links to find out more information. The angrier you become, the less likely you are to welcome alternative points of view. That’s a powerful motive for ignoring Trump’s thousands of naked lies. Why did I finally abandon Nixon? For months and months I had been angry over Watergate. Not angry at Nixon, as you might imagine, but angry at the liberals for beating up on him. Nixon fed this anger with repeated attacks on the people he perceived as his enemies. As long as I shared his anger I wasn’t prepared to reconsider my commitment to his cause. But eventually there came a point when I stopped being angry and became anxious. I would guess that what happened is that over time Nixon’s attacks came to seem shopworn and thin. Defending him became more of a burden than the cost of abandoning him. If I am right about the circuitous path I took from Nixon supporter to Nixon-basher, there’s hope that Trump supporters will have their own Road to Damascus epiphany. Like me, they may finally tire of anger, though who knows. Right-wing talk radio and Fox News have been peddling anger for years and the audience still loves it. It took me 711 days from the time of the Watergate burglary to my break with Nixon, when I resigned from a committee defending him, to come to my senses. As this is published, it has been 812 days since Trump became president. And there’s little indication that Trump voters have reached an inflection point. Any of a number of disclosures could disillusion a substantial number of them. We have yet to read the full Mueller report. Nor have we yet seen Trump’s tax returns, which might prove politically fatal if they show he isn’t really a billionaire or if they prove his companies depended on Russian money. (As Mitt Romney suggested, the returns likely contain a bombshell.) If Trump’s disclosures suggest to his supporters that they were chumps to believe in him his popularity no doubt would begin eroding. And already there’s evidence his support has weakened. In January 51 percent of GOP or GOP-leaning voters said they considered themselves more a supporter of Donald Trump than the Republican Party. Two months later the number had declined to 43 percent. If this slippage is because more supporters feel they are embarrassed to come out as full-blown Trumpies he may be in trouble come election day. In the end, politics is always about the voters. Until now, Trump has made his voters by and large feel good about themselves by validating their anger. But there remains the possibility that in the coming months disclosures may make them feel that they have been conned, severely testing their loyalty. If the anger they feel either wears off or is redirected at Trump himself their amygdala should send them a signal indicating discomfort with the mismatch between the known facts and their own commitments. This presupposes that they can get outside the Fox News and conservative talk bubble so many have been living inside. Who knows if they will. It is worth remembering that even in Nixon’s day, millions remained wedded to his lost cause even after the release of the smoking-gun tape. On the day he resigned, August 9, 1974, 50 percent of Republicans still supported him even as his general approval dropped to 24 percent. To sum up: Facts finally count if enough loyalists can get past their anger to see the facts for what they are. But people have to be exposed to the facts for this to occur. And we can’t be sure that this time they will be.	cc/2020-05/en_middle_0060.json.gz/line1272
__label__cc	0.616288	0.383712	South Africa’s Energy Industry: A New Dawn or More Uncertainty? by Celine de Canha Practice Lead, Energy, South Africa This article was originally posted on Celine’s LinkedIn. It has indeed been a tumultuous few years for the energy industry in South Africa, from the delay in the release of the country’s Integrated Resource Plan (IRP) – which is essentially the road map of our energy future – to uncertainty around the signing of power purchase agreements (PPAs) that would progress the renewable energy program, to talks of nuclear energy potentially dominating the energy mix, to board changes at Eskom, South Africa’s electricity public utility. The question is, will 2019 be the year where a new energy dawn is on the horizon or can we expect further delays and uncertainty? The IRP is due to be released in the first quarter of this year with a large focus on renewable and gas. South Africa’s government is recognizing the need for change and restructuring with Eskom and dedicating resources to upskilling and training people to deal with renewable energy. Total SA recently opened up a new “world-class” oil and gas province off the coast of South Africa after making a significant gas condensate discovery there after drilling its Brulpadda prospects in the Outeniqua Basin. The future is beginning to look bright(er). In this article I’d like to examine some key stabilizers and disruptors for the South African energy industry that we can anticipate in 2019, and address what energy companies should start considering to ensure they are agile and can respond to the constantly changing industry. Unbundling our state-owned utility In early December 2018 President Cyril Ramaphosa deployed a task team to help state-owned utility Eskom to address some of its critical issues. However, two resignations have already taken place, citing conflict of interest and insufficient time to be able to serve effectively. Following the submission of the task team’s recommendation report, President Ramaphosa announced in February that Eskom would be split into generation, distribution and transmission businesses under a state holding company, with the aim of enabling each unit to manage its costs more effectively and making it easier for them to raise funding. This announcement has been received with mixed emotions by the public, with some parties – mainly the unions – arguing that this equates to the privatization of Eskom, which will benefit capitalists at the expense of the working class and will result in massive job cuts. On the other side of the coin, the argument is that the unbundling will boost competition in the electricity supply industry and separate the potentially competitive elements of the electricity industry — power generation — from the natural monopoly component – transmission. Independent power producers (IPPs) under the Renewable Energy Independent Power Producers’ Program (REIPPP) is another contentious topic in the Eskom debacle. It is still unclear whether Eskom will be able to honor the PPAs signed during 2010 – 2016 at the agreed-upon tariff, as the utility is arguing that it’s too expensive. This has further entrenched the narrative in the market and among the unions that renewables are unaffordable; however there seems to be a lot of misinformation in the market as the cost of renewables has come down considerably over the past few years. When will the Integrated Resource Plan be finalized? South African Energy Minister, Jeff Radebe, recently stated that the ministry is aiming to finalize the IRP in March, after which another round of renewable energy deals will be launched. The release of the long-anticipated IRP will further enhance investor certainty, provide a clear road map for South Africa’s energy future to 2050, and pave the way for the impending gas-to-power program. The IRP examines three scenarios between now and 2050 and how the energy make-up in the country could look based on low-, medium- and high economic growth. We see that coal is dying, nuclear is a prospect in the very distant future, and gas is growing exponentially along with renewables. The impact of SA’s government elections on the energy sector In May 2019, SA will hold General Elections to elect a new National Assembly and new provincial legislatures in each province. The ANC is expected to retain power, and its recent manifesto indicates that energy security and the transition to renewable energy seems to have moved up higher on their agenda. The party’s 2019 manifesto has committed to: Continue to support the use of renewable technology in the country’s energy mix to reduce the cost of energy, reduce greenhouse emissions, build the local industry through increased localization, and create jobs Take forward Nedlac’s Green Economy Accord on renewable energy by ensuring that workers are reskilled and treated fairly and that the needs of the people and the environment are at the centre of a transition to a sustainable and low carbon energy future Develop and implement a dedicated renewable energy education and training program targeting young people Contribute to investment to boost greater demand in the energy sector Reposition Eskom to play an active role in the renewable energy sector and promote public ownership in renewable energy infrastructure Investigate the cost benefit of introducing solar panels in state buildings and mandate new commercial and residential developments in the medium term to use renewable energy technologies to reduce utility costs. What energy companies should keep in mind for 2019 Define your purpose and live it: H+K has worked with numerous companies to help them to identify their purpose, namely, what their organization aspires to be and do. When times are tough, companies that are driven by a solid purpose tend to outlive companies that purely focus on the bottom line. Your purpose becomes your key differentiator and a conscious expression of how an organization intends to evolve and transform itself. In times of uncertainty, get agile: If there is one thing energy companies operating in SA have come to understand over the years, it is resilience. From policy uncertainty to industry delays, companies have had to rise to the occasion and do what is necessary to stay in business. We can learn from the past by preparing for multiple scenarios, building brands that are resilient and innovative in tough times, and preparing for disasters. Speak your truth: Develop messaging that resonates with your audience and communicates your purpose. Authenticity is key, so make sure your actions reflect your purpose. Sector: Energy + Industrials, Government + Public Sector Specialist Expertise: Public Affairs Celine de Canha Read articles by Celine de Canha Learn more about our Energy + Industrials sectorLearn more about our Government + Public Sector sectorLearn more about our Public Affairs specialist expertise The red wall left crumbling General Election 2019: Boris Johnson emerges victor The best-laid plans of Corbyn and McDonnell Lots of noise but trouble is being avoided… for now Two weeks to go: This election is about a sense of belonging that parties are struggling to understand Black Friday: Don’t Bargain on Security Week Three: Campaigns in full swing as parties reveal their hands Lib Dem reflection: Swan-song or Swin-win? 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Circles > WorldJuniors Popular Newest Last Activity Highest Voted Most Comments Past 24 HoursPast WeekPast MonthPast YearAll Time Mike MacWilliam @Mac24 Shared a link 4:25am - Mon 06 Jan A Golden day for Canada at the World Juniors Akil Thomas scored with 3:58 left in the third period to cap a furious comeback and secure a 4-3 victory for the Canada's 18th title at the annual under-20 tournament. https://www.sportsnet.ca/hockey/juniors/canada-beats-russia-win-gold-medal-world-juniors/ 9:25pm - Sat 04 Jan Canada Goose. 5 - 0 shutout win earns Team Canada a chance for gold Before people had a chance to sit down Ostravar Arena, the Canadians unleashed an offensive attack on Finland. It led to a semifinal win and a date against Russia in the gold medal game on Sunday. https://www.sportsnet.ca/hockey/juniors/early-domination-propels-canada-wjc-final-russians-await/ 2:08am - Fri 03 Jan It's Canada vs Finland, and Sweden vs Russia in the Saturday semis Lafreniere scored and added an assist in his return from injury as part of a resounding 6-1 victory over Slovakia in the quarterfinals on Thursday. https://www.sportsnet.ca/hockey/juniors/canada-thump-slovakia-reach-semis-world-juniors/ 7:09pm - Thu 02 Jan Russia powers their way to victory over Switzerland Dmitri Voronkov scored two power-play goals and Russia beat Switzerland 3-1 at the world junior hockey championship on Thursday to become the first team to reach the semifinals. https://www.sportsnet.ca/hockey/juniors/russia-beats-switzerland-reach-semis-world-juniors/ It's a fine, fine day for a reunion Alexis Lafreniere proved Thursday he was more than healthy and effective for Canada in its quarterfinal win over Slovakia at the world juniors. https://www.sportsnet.ca/hockey/juniors/alexis-lafreniere-returns-style-lift-canada-wjc-semifinals/ 3:44am - Thu 02 Jan Canada gets a Happy New Year present with the return of Lafreniere Alexis Lafreniere is expected to make his return from a left knee injury for Canada when it faces Slovakia in their quarterfinal matchup on Thursday, according to NHL.com's Guillaume Lepage. https://www.sportsnet.ca/hockey/juniors/report-canadas-lafreniere-return-vs-slovakia-thursday/ 11:49pm - 30 Dec 2019 Canada gets back on track and Hofer gets his first win against Germany Joel Hofer won his first-ever international start at any level, and Canada beat Germany 4-1 at the world junior hockey championship on Monday. https://www.sportsnet.ca/hockey/juniors/hofer-wins-first-international-start-canada-downs-germany/ Swiss move into 3rd in Group A after win over the Slovaks Switzerland took sole possession of third place in Group A with an easy win over Slovakia. https://www.sportsnet.ca/hockey/juniors/kohler-scores-twice-switzerland-beats-slovakia-world-juniors Swedish machine still rolling at World Juniors Sweden extended its win streak to 51 games in the preliminary round with a convincing victory over Kazakhstan. https://www.sportsnet.ca/hockey/juniors/sweden-beats-kazakhstan-extend-win-streak-wjc-preliminary-ro An eye for an eye..... The IIHF has suspended Russian forward Nikita Rtishev one game at the World Junior Hockey Championship for a head-butting incident during Sunday's game against the United States. https://www.sportsnet.ca/hockey/juniors/russian-forward-nikita-rtishev-suspended-one-game-head-butt/ 2:17am - 30 Dec 2019 Some positive news from Canada's dismal day Team Canada forward Alexis Lafreniere's injury at the World Juniors doesn't appear to be as bad as initially expected as the projected No. 1 overall pick could return to action at some point in the tournament. https://www.sportsnet.ca/hockey/juniors/lafrenieres-injury-less-severe-anticipated-play-canada/ Canada down one for their next game versus Germany Team Canada centre Joe Veleno has been suspended one game at the World Junior Hockey Championships for head butting. The 19-year-old will miss Canada's game against Germany on Monday. https://www.sportsnet.ca/hockey/juniors/canadas-joe-veleno-suspended-one-game-world-juniors-head-but Not a golden day. Canada lays an egg and loses Lafreniere in the process. It was a historically bad performance for Canada, which had only been defeated by five goals in the tournament three times and been shut out on four occasions, never falling by six or more. https://www.sportsnet.ca/hockey/juniors/canada-faces-big-questions-lafrenieres-injury-time-defeat/ Swedes top the defending champ Finns in O.T. thriller Alexander Holtz scored in overtime after Nils Hoglander potted a lacrosse-style goal from behind the net in regulation as Sweden edged the defending gold medallists. https://www.sportsnet.ca/hockey/juniors/holtz-scores-ot-give-sweden-world-juniors-win-finland/ The U.S. re-groups after tough loss to Canada with a 6-3 win over Germany After a loss against Canada to open the tournament, the United States improved to .500 with a 6-3 win over Germany on Friday at the world junior hockey championship. https://www.sportsnet.ca/hockey/juniors/usa-bounces-back-beating-germany-world-juniors/ Slovaks hand Kazakhstan their second loss at World Juniors A late goal by Daniel Tkac helped Slovakia avoid an upset in its opener at the world junior hockey championship. https://www.sportsnet.ca/hockey/juniors/slovakia-edges-kazakhstan-world-junior-hockey-championship/ Canada is off to a great start Alexis Lafreniere scored seven seconds after the United States tied the game late in the third period as Canada beat its North American rival 6-4 on Thursday in the opener for both countries at the 2020 world junior hockey championship. https://www.sportsnet.ca/hockey/juniors/canada-roars-back-beat-u-s-world-juniors/ It's a team first mentality for Lafreniere Heading into the World Junior Championship with a chance to cement his No. 1 status, Alexis Lafrenière is ready to do anything to help Team Canada win gold. https://www.sportsnet.ca/hockey/nhl/alexis-lafreniere-world-juniors-draft-prospect-profile-big-read/ 7:30pm - 13 Dec 2019 The first cut is the deepest.... Defencemen Braden Schneider, Peter Diliberatore and Thomas Harley were three of nine players released from Canada's world junior selection camp Thursday night as the team trimmed its roster to 24 two weeks before the start of the tournament. https://www.sportsnet.ca/hockey/juniors/canada-cuts-nine-players-world-junior-selection-camp/ HockeyCircles @HockeyCircles 4:20am - 08 Jan 2019 Finns Are On Top Of The World After Yet Another Gold With three gold medals in the past six seasons, Finland is staking claim to elite status at the world juniors and a combination of talent and trust is making it happen. We also may have a bit of a 2019 draft debate on our hands. https://thehockeynews.com/news/article/world-juniors-underdogs-no-more-finland-wins-gold-again Oiler's Prospect Kemp Coming Up Clutch For U.S. Phil Kemp was one of the heroes of a 2-1 American victory over Russia in the early semi-final Friday, slotting the U.S. into an opportunity to claim their second gold in three years at the World Junior Hockey Championship. https://www.sportsnet.ca/hockey/juniors/phil-kemps-heroics-u-s-brink-another-gold-wjc/ The Stage Is Set For A Golden Finn-USh Like a ketchup bottle, the goals eventually flowed for Finland in a 6-1 win over Switzerland to book its spot in the gold medal game against the United States. And while the Finns are tipped as the underdogs, the Americans aren't buying it. https://www.sportsnet.ca/hockey/juniors/finland-hitting-form-right-time-wjc-final-looms-vs-u-s/ Finns Currently Crushing Switzerland 4-0 In The First IIHF - Game Centre 2019 IIHF World Junior Championship https://www.iihf.com/en/events/2019/wm20/gamecenter/playbyplay/4172/28-fin-vs-sui 12:36am - 05 Jan 2019 Missing The 'Mark. Kazakhstan Takes Relegation Series Over Danes. Demid Yeremeyev made 25 as Kazakstan avoided relegation at the world junior championship with a 4-0 win over Denmark on Friday. http://fw.to/44KUqtH Do You Believe in ( Jr. ) Miracles? 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__label__wiki	0.726698	0.726698	Film Review: ‘Cloudy with a Chance of Meatballs 2’ Wins with Foodimals, Overemphasizes Humans Submitted by HollywoodChicago.com on September 26, 2013 - 11:01pm Cody Cameron Kris Pearn Sydney's Sidebar Printer-friendly version E-mail page to friend PDF version Average: Select ratingCancel ratingPoorOkayGoodGreatAwesome CHICAGO – I was paying attention to the movie. Correction: I was mostly paying attention to the movie. It was challenging to ignore my angry, empty stomach and fully enjoy the food coma that is “Cloudy with a Chance of Meatballs 2”. Just don’t make the same mistake I did and eat first. To justify a sequel, a mostly new filmmaking team converted inanimate food that rained from the sky to living, breathing and speaking “foodimals”. The star of the foodimals? Barry the strawberry, who turns out to be the star of the film. Like his fellow foodimals, Barry is an ambulatory chunk of food spawned from an invention that goes by the mumbled name “FLDSMDFR”. In the sequel, the FLDSMDFR has been popping out food on the island of Swallow Falls since the first film. Kid Critic Rating: 3.5/5.0 GOOD: The foodimals were so cute and I can’t stop saying “enwoo”! BAD: I wanted to see less fight scenes and more about the personalities of the foodimals. Phil Lord and Chris Miller, who wrote and directed the first film, still wrote the story in the sequel. But in “Cloudy 2,” first-time directors Cody Cameron and Kris Pearn took the helm with a screenplay by John Francis Daley (“Horrible Bosses”) and Jonathan M. Goldstein (“Horrible Bosses”). While we’re led to believe the foodimals need to be exterminated, they’re just living out their lives and trying to survive against a mad scientist who wants to exploit them and achieve global domination (as all mad scientists do). This team had the right idea with Barry, who is initially obsessed with the word “enwoo!” for no apparent understanding. Funny, adorable and always stealing the screen’s spotlight, Barry is voiced by none other than the film’s co-director Cody Cameron (who even doubles as Dill Pickle). We got to know the human characters. Flint Lockwood (Bill Hader) is a wide-eyed, budding scientist with a good heart and a bad role model. Sam Sparks (Anna Faris) is his friend and love interest. Chester V (Will Forte) is the bad, mad scientist Flint aspires to impress. Terry Crews is the funny Earl Devereaux: the town’s athletic cop who’s obsessed with his kid trying to grow chest hair. “Cloudy with a Chance of Meatballs 2” stars Bill Hader, Anna Faris, Benjamin Bratt, Terry Crews, Neil Patrick Harris, Andy Samberg, Kristen Schaal, Will Forte and James Caan from co-directors Cody Cameron and Kris Pearn. The film is written by Judi Barrett (characters), Ron Barrett (characters), John Francis Daley (screenplay), Jonathan M. Goldstein (screenplay), Erica Rivinoja (story and screenplay), Phil Lord (story) and Chris Miller (story). The film is rated “PG” for mild rude humor, has a running time of 95 minutes and opened on Sept. 27, 2013. Continue reading for Adam Fendelman’s full “Cloudy 2” review. Sam (Anna Faris) holds Barry for Flint (Bill Hader) in “Cloudy with a Chance of Meatballs 2”. 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__label__cc	0.662988	0.337012	Osceola Reception Book Kiosk Cranganore Inc 24 January 2018 21 December 2019 Cranganore Sustainable Tourism Riyadh Drills for ‘White Oil’ Tourism has never been a priority in Saudi Arabia, ostensibly because of visitors’ lack of sensitivity to local customs. Peripatetic businessmen are one thing; individual or group travelers wandering about the country are quite another. Better to focus government energies on Muslim arrivals at Jeddah, en route to Mecca and Medina. All that is about to tilt differently. Prince Khalid Al-Faisal, Governor of Mecca Province, contends: “Tourism is our white oil.” The sector is an important catalyst in Riyadh’s Saudi Vision 2030 master plan. As part of its diversification from an oil-based economy, Saudi Arabia will announce standards for tourist visas by the end of March. Official statements indicate that tourist visas will be tied to Umrah, a religious pilgrimage that can be undertaken at any time of the year. That constraint limits the universe of applicants to those Muslims who otherwise have access to the country. Informal conversations suggest that the move is a stepping stone to marketing the nation more broadly as a vacation destination. Official tourist-visa guidelines are overdue, amid speculation on the forthcoming framework. There was a rumor in circulation earlier this month that Saudi Arabia would allow single women travelers to enter the country. The report proved to be only partially correct. Those under 25 years old will still be required to have a male chaperone. Foreigners of course will be drawn to Saudi Arabia. Expect to see a new wave of Red Sea resorts built to accommodate the influx, as well as a surge in environmental travel to sites like the Al Wahab Crater. The crown jewel of Saudi Arabian tourism, at least from an archaeological perspective, may be Mada’in Saleh, an ancient Nabatean city tucked away in the western desert. Think Petra before Indiana Jones. The government wants to bring 30 million Umrah-based visitors a year to the Kingdom, representing about a 275% increase over current levels in a 12-year period. For context, that future number is about the same as now seen by Thailand. The Saudi Commission for Tourism and National Heritage might reach that figure. Or not. It took Thailand about 20 years to achieve its level from a similar base, yet with a truly global market for its hospitality sector. Authorities have their work cut out for them. The draw of Dubai is inescapable among local and regional tourists; while the lure of Egypt dominates international travel agendas. Saudi officials will not budge on the country’s strict no-alcohol policies, given the proximity of many tourist venues to Mecca and Medina. There are staffing and training challenges. The key may be Saudi Arabia’s ability to promote itself among non-Arab visitors, including the middle classes of Indonesia, Nigeria, and Pakistan. ■ Our Vantage Point: Growth in the Saudi tourism is likely to pace at a moderate speed. While we are wary of unbridled fanfare, industry momentum could offer sustained benefits for cross-border investors. Learn more at Gulf News © 2018 Cranganore Inc. All rights reserved. Unauthorized use and/or duplication of any material on this site without written permission is prohibited. Image: Mada’in Saleh was at the crossroads of the incense and spice trade. Credit: Brizardh at Can Stock Photo Inc. Required Notification: The website sponsor is a participant in the Amazon Services LLC Associates Program, an affiliate advertising program designed to provide a means for sites to earn advertising fees by advertising and linking to amazon.com. China’s Middle Class Sours on Cruise Industry Theme Parks Benefit From Unexpected Investors Caribbean Assets Global Spending Healthcare Tourism Institutional Cash Online Businesses Compliance Matters [ Read More ] Cranganore operates worldwide. However, the company cannot offer all services in every jurisdiction or to all businesses. We may act in concert with locally-regulated entities in some cases. The website sponsor is a participant in the Amazon Services LLC Associates Program, an affiliate advertising program designed to provide a means for sites to earn advertising fees by advertising and linking to amazon.com. We offer insight on a selection of recently-published books that are relevant to the hospitality sector. Shop at our book kiosk. The titles on this curated list could be useful additions to your collection. 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__label__wiki	0.506986	0.506986	SkipToContent Companies and Groups Advisors and Brokers My Client Space Advisor Centre Dealer Centre (UniFI) Partner Centre (Rave) Governance and constating documents Cognicase Leader in Municipal Management Software Cognicase Acquires Dynabec, 90% Owned by Industrial-Alliance Life Insurance Company Quebec City, May 22, 2001 COGNICASE Inc. (TSE: "COG", Nasdaq: "COGI"), a leading e-business services provider specializing in secure and scalable real-time transactional solutions, today announced the acquisition of privately held Dynabec Informatique Municipale Inc., a supplier of municipal management systems. With this acquisition, COGNICASE consolidates its market share and becomes the undisputed Quebec market leader in municipal management solutions. COGNICASE´s clients in the municipal sector now number more than 500, including some of the province´s largest cities, for a market share of 80%. "This transaction confirms our commitment to becoming the ASP solutions market leader and places us in a very good position to achieve our goal in the municipal sector. Now that we are the Quebec municipal market leaders, we will be extending our offering to large cities throughout Canada," declared COGNICASE President and CEO Ronald Brisebois. "We are pleased to become a part of the COGNICASE family. This transaction will allow our clients to benefit from COGNICASE´s significant expertise and innovative technology." noted André Guindon, President of Dynabec. "Industrial Alliance was looking for a partner that would allow Dynabec to continue growing. We are happy with this outcome, which ensures the company´s continuity," acknowledged Industrial Alliance President and CEO Yvon Charest. About COGNICASE COGNICASE is an innovative company specializing in the development and integration of real-time transactional solutions. Relying on its results-driven approach, software and technology, and its international Internet engineering and hosting centre, COGNICASE offers secure and scalable solutions that contribute to the success of its customers in the age of the new economy. The Company is active in several countries, including Canada, the United States, France, Spain, Belgium, the Netherlands and Australia. About DYNABEC Dynabec Informatique Municipale is a private company specializing in municipal management systems since 1984. It offers a complete product line of powerful municipal management software packages. Dynabec employs 65 people. About Industrial Alliance Industrial-Alliance Life Insurance Company is one of Canada´s fastest-growing and most profitable insurance companies. Founded in Quebec in 1892, the Company operates throughout Canada under three brand names–Industrial Alliance, National Life and IA Pacific Life. Industrial Alliance manages over $14 billion in assets. The company serves over 1.5 million Canadians and markets its products and services through multiple distribution channels, which together represent one of Canada´s largest distribution networks. This press release contains forward-looking statements within the meaning of the Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995 (US), which involve risks and uncertainties. Risk factors relating to this press release include the ability of COGNICASE to negotiate and finalize the definitive agreements related to the transaction described herein, the possible cancellation of such definitive agreements before the end of their expected duration, the estimated number of transactions being lower than expected and a possible reduction in the needs of COGNICASE’s customer for IT services over the period of such agreement. COGNICASE Inc. Michelle Courchesne Executive Vice-President, Communications DYNABEC André Guindon INDUSTRIAL ALLIANCE Jacques Carrière Vice-President, Investor Relations Connect to My Client Space Advice Zone iA Newsletter INVESTED IN YOU. © 2020 Industrial Alliance Insurance and Financial Services Inc. – iA Financial Group. All rights reserved.	cc/2020-05/en_middle_0060.json.gz/line1291
__label__cc	0.739028	0.260972	Japanese Scissors by Wolfgang Joensson August 20, 2018 Tim Toomey Scissors (2001) What a sharp design! When you study this exquisite object, you will find that nothing can be added, nothing left away. Suppressionism at its finest. It was created by a British cabinetmaker and designer who has worked and lived in Italy and Japan. He combined the meticulous concentration on the essential with the exuberant love of the detail. Whether his mastery of traditional Japanese archery or his command of fine carpentry skills inspired him to fold sheet metal so beautifully into this pair of scissors is unknown, but the result convinces with the authority of any object that has succeeded in not being able to be made simpler. That is probably why, for quite a while, these scissors have been the best-selling item in the Museum of Modern Art in New York by a Japanese department store selling ‘no-brand quality goods’. #iconix #design #icons #muji #scissors bit.ly/2NMNYY8 Back to Icons © 2020, ICONIX DESIGN Powered by Shopify	cc/2020-05/en_middle_0060.json.gz/line1292
__label__wiki	0.857147	0.857147	Gloomy rock duo Maximilian & Kaosfågel go deep and dark with their excellent new EP On “Upp med händerna alla som vill dö” (“Hands up everyone who wants to die”), the newest, mesmerizing EP from Maximilian & Kaosfågel, a depressive rock duo from Stockholm, you will encounter sustained bits of darkness and experience immersion in atmospheric, sometimes unnerving environments that evoke the kind of distressing emotions hinted at by its unique aesthetic. Recorded in a small south Stockholm basement rehearsal room in the hellish heat of the Swedish late summer 2018, the 6-track epic expands into various sonic spaces, experimenting in the in-betweens of folk, post rock, poetry, and dark, cinematic ambience. Lyrically, it elaborates on themes like disturbed male madonna obsession, violence, death and the longing for an impossible peace. Today, we’re thrilled to give you its first, immersive listen, acknowledge it as one of the best and most inventive albums in this field, and unveil the full track by track commentary, issued by Maximilian & Kaosfågel themselves. In the year 2013 Maximilian Ottosson took refuge in a basement during six months, solely to devote himself to honing a musical expression that he had been harbouring, but not had the chance to express. The music was to spring unfiltered from the most profound darkness och tangent insanity, with raw crimson lyrics, torn from the most obscure subconsciousness. But he soon found himself, as often happens to the striving artist, money-less whereupon Maximilian was forced to crawl out of his exile and search for employment. Since several years Pontus had given up engaging in bands. Many attempts in bands where the ambition was “having a band” rather than actual musical expression had left him in isolation with his piano, immersed in sound waves with no intention of performing in public. Unknowingly, however, he sheltered a latent longing that would evolve into fascination exposed to Maximilians musical material. In the summer of 2015 Maximilian and Pontus met at the bakery and in the platonic love that arose had a strong energy that formed a bond between them. Intensely they discussed music, darkness and sincere expression. Black sparks sprung and blood was shed and in this moment Kaosfågel was born. Continued below… The “Upp med händerna alla som vill dö” EP will be released on all elementary platform on the third of December 2018. For too long the darkness in swedish music has been philistine and overly introspective. We wanted to stay far away from clinging to personal lyrical themes of the kind “I love you but I don’t know why” and “I’m a misfit in the western culture” Music, to us, is a powerful tool for excavating the obscure subconscious. There we find patterns in the dark, underlying sexual motives and a true desire for violence. In the music we strike a chord that unleashes our own shadow allowing it to make its own music, write its own lyrics, freely, unfiltered and completely honest. By the tunes of Kaosfågel we draw crimson-black patterns of violence and tragedy. These paintings of noise and broken melodies embed twisted demonic sexual narratives and together they compose the Kaosfågel vision of music that, without compromise, extracts the darkness within us. The six tracks were recorded in a small south Stockholm basement rehearsal room in the hellish heat of the Swedish late summer 2018. With our music we elaborate on themes like disturbed male madonna obsession, violence, death and the longing for an impossible peace. Our plan for next year is to release three more EPs. We are planning to do some giggs during the spring and summer but we don’t have any dates confirmed yet. We also hope to be able do some giggs abroad and then mainly in Denmark and Germany but we do not have any confirmed dates there either. “Upp med händerna alla som vill dö” track by track commentary: Håll graven ren This is a song based on “See That My Grave is Kept Clean” by Blind Lemon Jefferson. The lyrics were translated to swedish but the music is an interpretation of the visual themes therein. In the making of this track we were aiming for an adult-emo blues sound where the darkness of reality is fully recognized but faced with a proud posture and a wide manspread. During a Kaosfågel-gig at a steaming hot venue in Linköping a woman repeatedly shouted “sex and blood, sex and blood”. Her name was Amanda and after that night she deserved a dedication. A song was written about the longing of a man to unite with a woman (named Amanda) in a violent erotic ritual culminating in the inevitable death of them both. Ful Hund A romantic piano ballad on the theme demoic love. A man declares his love to the woman lecturing him using choke-holds and physical punishment. The song is crowned by an outstanding guitar solo and brilliant piano play. This song is the bands darling and represents the aim of Kaosfågels musical creation. Repet om Halsen The first song written by the duo. Previous Kaosfågel line-ups consisted of four members in a classic rock set-up. After repeated defections only Maximilian and Pontus remained. With the new electronic approach, crafted to fill the void of the lost members, the sound of the song came to define the soundscape of the entire EP. It was the first song recorded and the only song not recorded in the bands private studio. An epic portrait of a man’s final moments before his execution, a classic adult-emo theme that should be taken on by every self-respected adult-emo band. This is our rendering and it’s a bold one. Korsspindel The only instrumental track of our EP is an adult-emo rocking-tempo blues. Combining screeching guitar and dischord synthesizer we want to fuse the Delta blues with the sound of Berlin postpunk. The song contains an invitation to dance to the pains of the final breath. Another song about a woman. A desolate lead guitar cuts the synthesizer into dissonance to lyrics portraying a scene from a barren misty autumn landscape. A man and a woman wakes up after a night of decadence. In their hangover-anguish the man realizes that this is their last Related Items:ambient, dark folk, exclusive, experimental, experimental rock, folk, folk rock, Maximilian & Kaosfågel, post rock, track by track “Silent Army” – Calgary hardcore act CITIZEN RAGE premiere new video! 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__label__wiki	0.566369	0.566369	By Mr Geo Neo 3 March 2013 20 April 2013 no comments Presenting the formidable talent of Kent Williams. Working simultaneously as a painter and as a graphic novel artist (amongst other pursuits), he has been contributing to comics since the the early 80s. In 2005 he worked with filmmaker Darren Aronofsky to create The Fountain graphic novel. His expressive brush work attentively combine realism and abstraction. Often in dream-like surrounding, his central characters largely seem to be mid-narrative. I have always seen a strong Egon Schiele influence in Williams’ work, which is especially evident when looking at his pencil work. Keep up-to-date with Williams by checking out his website and blog. Tags Darren Aronofsky Kent Williams los angeles Marvel Comics The Fountain vertigo comics Frances Castle Carlos Meglia (1957 – 2008) 19 December 2012 7 March 2013 Le Thu 3 November 2015 5 January 2016 Tonči Zonjić 17 March 2015 5 January 2016 Greg and Tim Hildebrandt	cc/2020-05/en_middle_0060.json.gz/line1301
__label__cc	0.517085	0.482915	Another School, Another Massacre Mumia: From a Prison Nation Credit: Jose Alonso Mumia Abu-Jamal May 21, 2018 Another school, another massacre. We thought, foolishly, that the school killings in Florida where a turning point — demonstrations across the country raged against mass murderers, the National Rifle Association, gun lobby and impotent politicians wanting to pray rather than pass laws to protect children — until now, until a teenager in Texas, spurned by a girl, explodes at a high school and sends 10 people to the next world. No national politician, from the president to local mayor, has a clue — not one. This is America at the first quarter of a new century. Nothing even comes close. We tire, for it’s all too familiar. Young men, lonely, alone and unloved, fueled by explosive testosterone, turn school grounds into the wild, wild west and teach lessons of death in classrooms; launching themselves, if they survive, into the modern day dungeons of prison and loss. What can we do? Nothing. Nothing except wait, until the next time. — From a prison nation, this is Mumia Abu-Jamal. Mumia’s commentaries appear in collaboration with Prison Radio. This is reader-supported news. Make a contribution today. Photo credit: Jose Alonso.	cc/2020-05/en_middle_0060.json.gz/line1308
__label__cc	0.705561	0.294439	[Book Review] Unreal Development Kit 3 – Beginner’s Guide “Double kill! Multi kill! Mega Kill! ULTRA KILL!!! M-M-M-MONSTER KILL! With LUDACRIS KILL! And H O L Y S H I T! Coming after Monster Kill (or Killing Spree)” – These phrases from Unreal Tournament, from the “UT announcer-The god of the Arena!”, which was used as awards for getting 6 or more kills in a short amount of time without dying/spawning. Unreal Tournament (UT) was one of the most advanced multi-shooter FPS game released after the Quake, which was essentially designed for death-matches. UT is extremely known for its bot AI. In the year 1996, Quake was the first game to announce the online death-match game mode but then UT took the whole gaming experience to the next level with its AI and graphics. Powered by the world’s best game engine, Unreal tournament emerged as a successful arena game that scored an average review of 94%. Tim Sweeny, the architect of the Unreal Engine, started developing games in his parent’s basement with ZZT which drove the early growth of the company known as the EPIC Games. UDK is the most successful game engine that has survived this massively emerging 3D technology. Today Unreal Engine is a tough competitor to the top industry game engines. It features an unmatched flexible and modular architecture that most of the Game Engines lack as a whole. The game engine not only provides fantastic real life and a natural scenic effect, Unreal Engine also extends its support to the select SoC’s (System-on-Chip) such as the iPhone, iPad and iPod. Unreal Development Kit 3-Beginner’s Guide Author Richard J. Moore Rating 6/10 About the Book “A fun, quick, step-by-step guide to level design and creating your own game world” “Unreal Development Kit 3 Beginners Guide” is the first edition that primarily focuses on the UDK 3.0. The book was published by Packt Publishers on August 2011. The guide introduces to the UDK 3.0 environment with topics chosen with a great taste. The topics include Level Design, UDK environment navigation and menu system, Lighting effects, UDK basic game elements, animating the game elements, Terrain, Game play elements, Events and flow graphs and Materials. The book’s web-page is maintained by the Packt Publishers. The page contains sample chapters, table of contents, and errata info. The book can be purchased in PDF and hard-back forms. For more information on the purchase, please visit the Packt Publishers Page. Author Richard J. Moore, graduated from the Hull school of art and design, as a video game designer. He has worked on projects extending his creativity by designing web templates, logos, brochures, business cards, web banners, animated graphics, and e-mail marketing campaigns. In 3D art, his passion includes creating and designing environments, texturing and high resolution rendering, and conceptual drawings. The Author showcased his work and secured a position in top three during the Platform Expo’s 2011 – Hulls video game expo. At leisure, he reviews games for an online magazine. Author has a strong belief that 2011 is the start of the new era for game designers. Lastly, he possess extensive experience in designing 3D environments with UDK. The Book and the UDK The book starts with a clear UDK introduction and the installation. Book’s preface is adequate for setting up the PC/system with good detailed system requirements to run UDK as expected. The preface also mentions the conventions that are used in the book chapters. Author has not mentioned any specific version of the UDK being used. For UDK beginners, please remember that 3.0 in UDK is the major iteration of the Unreal Engine and the UDK. UDK thereafter has been entered into the Beta release channel. Each specific beta version is stamped with the month name. Mostly, the releases will have same basic functionality. For this book review, August’s release was used, which incorporates few significant changes. If you are a core designer or you are planning to develop commercial games, then you must use the 64-bit version of the editor as 64-bit will enable developing of game levels with huge number of textures. This is possible as 64-bit is capable of addressing memory more than 4 GB. UDK also supports in-editor DirectX 11 for newer GPUs. Unreal Engine has powered more than 50 games, until now and more releases are planned for future. This is the same Toolset that has powered some of the all-time-hit games Gears of War, Infinity Blade, Medal Of Honor, Batman : Arkham City, Bioshock and Mass Effect. Even the upcoming Frostbite Engine is based on the Unreal Engine 3 which has powered the Medal Of Honor 2010 and Battlefield 3 (Released this month). UDK Powered List of Games [Complete] Unreal Development Environment Infinity blafe for iOS Unreal Engine Rendering Exteriors and complex environment geometry Author expects no previous experience on level designing. The book is purely designed for aspiring game developers so that they could create their own game levels, maps, worlds, and environments. Furthermore, if you are completely new to the 3D technology author welcomes you to learn this awesome tool. Chapter Tour The book starts with introducing the UDK 3.0 and helps in setting up the development environment as expected. As mentioned in the previous section, there is no specific beta version specified. It’s definitely a good idea to download the latest beta version so that you are in sync with the UDK technology and stable updates. The first chapter is a must-read chapter for novice readers as it contains vital information to use UDK appropriately. Author follows a very tender approach in explaining the UDK folder structure and then by switching to the UDK UI environment. This chapter introduces to the Content Browser or the asset browser which is the heart of the UDK. There is a small but enough info on BSP brushes, which are largely used in the games for performance and other in-built geometry/brush builder. It also introduces to the UDK viewports that are used for visualizing the scene from four common angles. If you are familiar with 3DS Max/Maya/XSI environment, then UDK environment is nothing new except UDK specific window options. The second chapter takes the reader to the UDK viewports for action. A very good explanation for creating CSG (Constructive Solid Geometry) which allows you to create complex geometry often can be seen in CAD applications. Author has given exact steps with screenshots to assist the reader for performing drawing operations. This chapter is little interesting as author lets you use the builder brush to create rooms, placing lights, player spawn point, a hallway to connect second room and finally applying textures and materials, adding bots to the level using the in-game command line. This requires some manual work, which may be time – consuming and the brush tool may not be handy for the first time. While following the chapters, novice readers may find certain screen shots misleading as there are changes in the newer versions. If the reader encounters any kind of uncertainty in following the tutorials, it is recommended to refer an online resource or a video tutorial or use Unreal forum to answer your queries. Rest of the chapter will be a fun that is definitely assured. UDK uses different lighting mechanisms to render as light maps for CSG surfaces and static meshes to reflect light of objects. This chapter is quite interesting as the reader will learn UDK light component properties that are tactically used in commercial games to produce realistic effects. UDK allows you to create and add as many lights you want to. Note that, too many lights may hamper the overall level performance. Since dynamically lighting the environment causes a performance drop as the engine constantly calculates the lighting functions. To overcome this issue UDK features something known as the Unreal Lightmass (Swarm Agent), which is the high-quality static global illumination solver in Unreal Engine 3 and is one of the utilities in UDK with extreme computational needs. Even on an 8-core system, rebuilding lighting for a large or complex level can take enough time that iteration performance can suffer. Keeping user aware of this tool is necessary because this application will keep on popping up when a build action happens. Unfortunately, Author has failed to provide this information. In layman’s term, the swarm agent simply bakes the lighting effects into the map as material rather than calculating it dynamically. These materials are then stored in the level map package. Chapter 4 shows the reader to how to use the inbuilt particle editor and other effects such as Fog, water, height, etc. The chapter begins with an in-depth and clear introduction of the particle tool. In this chapter, the first particle effect presents the smoke effect tutorial. New users may find it difficult to follow the flow graph which is used to create the initial material for the particle. For instance, a node labeled as ‘2’ is a constant node and a value of 2 is assigned to it. Importing and assigning textures is another confusing operation. It is recommended to use the content browser for importing textures and then by selecting the texture which was just imported, & then add a texture node by right clicking in the flow-graph area. As there is no resource files available for smoke in new UDK 3.0 updates, reader may have to download textures from the internet or download it from the GPUToaster Resource area. Later in this chapter, there is a brief info to add fogs and creating surfaces. One more interesting part of this chapter is to add a water volume and then make it swimmable. Chapter 5 provides guidance in adding animation to the objects which are imported into the map. The tutorials include basic and UT style elevator/door animation, continuous looping and rotating animation and attaching an object to other objects. The whole animation is governed by the flow-graphs. These flow-graphs can be created and accessed by opening the Unreal Kismet. Kismet is a gameplay scripting tool for the Unreal Engine 3. It enables level designers to create scripts in Unreal Script for gameplay events using a visual interface. This chapter is a satisfying chapter as it introduces how the flow graphs work with the map elements. The explanation is gradual, clear and author has not jumped between the topics. The next chapter takes the reader out to the open world – Terrain. The chapter will show how to create a terrain and add material and lighting to it. It also gives a very brief intro to the terrain brush tool. The chapter topics are well defined but unfortunately, the information presented here is not adequate enough. The following chapters bring in the most enthralling stuff. This chapter will let you add Unreal Tournament game elements that are already present in the UDK package, to the level so far you have designed. These include map naming convention (UDK recognizes these conventions and sets prerequisites for the map), Player and bot spawn point, pickups such as health vial, weapons and weapon factory, jump pads, teleporters, adding flag base, vehicle factory, assigning paths to bot for AI and bot discovery. At the end, the level will be completely playable in UT style. Cut scenes (using movable cameras and define paths) and text notifications are also vital part of the game level designing. With UT event designer – Kismet, the job becomes easy. It uses the flow graphs to extend the node functionality. The chapter gives a good outline over the flow graph controls for basic construction of the scenes. UDK Kismet supports thousands of visual scripting nodes, which have not been covered such as adding Physics, Custom Shaders, etc. This is understandable as UT kismet alone requires a complete cookbook. The final chapter deals with the Materials for the game environment. This chapter covers all the aspects of creating a material from a texture, adding metal effect, normal maps, specular highlights to the material. This is done using the UDK material editor. Once the material is created, the effects can be attached using flow graphs. Do not get confused between material flow graphs and Kismet, as UDK scripting is a very powerful tool that enables a developer to customize every element in the environment. The Appendix of the book contains the quiz answers. The topics covered in this book are well chosen for a complete in-depth focus on the Unreal Engine and the development environment. The book contains adequate screenshots for explaining the topics. The most statements in the book follow point approach rather than a theory/paragraph approach. This allows a smooth transition of tutorial steps without mixing one another. Flow of the book is designed keeping the beginners approach in mind. Explanation of every example is given in a different section which is docked at the end of each topic. This helps explain the whole process that the reader has just performed in the UDK. Chapter 4, 5, and 6 are poorly designed and encompasses inadequate information that was least expected. It is recommended to follow UDK training sites such as 3dmotive.com, which will help assist learning and development. At the end of each topic there is a “Quiz”. I found the quiz questions very predictive, easy and short. Some chapters contain only a single question. Expecting an exclusive content in future edition. In the “Applying lighting Effect” chapter, there are certain parameters that are not explained properly. Novice readers may find this difficult to figure out. For example, light functions(Explanation: Which are mathematical representations of how lights illuminate the scene). To find more about component parameters, there is a very extensive description on the UDK tutorial site. While explaining flow graphs, every single important node should have been explained with a real-life example. Reader may get confused while adding a ‘Lerp’ to the flow graph, which actually means Linear Interpolation. The topic “Foliage layers” is confusing and placement of this topic seems to be context-less. Terrain chapter should have been in more details. This chapter lacks important contents such as adding vegetation and mountain, Rain effect, ambient lighting, night effect or time of the day. Chapter 8 explains deprecated feature – UIScenes (The old UI) that has been removed long back and has been replaced by Scaleform advanced UI system. Sacleform UI for UDK The second most essential chapter “Material” is the last chapter. In my opinion, this chapter should have been placed before digging into the flow-graphs. Tone of the Book The tone of the book is quite open and communicates you in a class-room style manner. The explanation of the book energizes the reader to explore the UDK more and more. Unreal Engine and UDK have come a long way and has emerged as a very successful game engine technology. UDK is one the most flexible engine where the developers can integrate lots of third party API’s to make their game better in every sense. This guide will introduce and glue your hands on UDK environment since the Author, Richard J. Moore has chosen great topics for this edition, and the chapter flow is completely designed in a “Beginner’s guide” way. With little R&D and patience, I could create a level just like Unreal Tournament Deathmatch level, reminded me of my early days. Watch this video: Unfortunately, author has failed to provide certain necessary information vital to the feature discussion. Because of some unexplained content, the book may create additional confusion. The book requires a total revamp as there are certain things presumed to be done by the reader. Besides author explains few topics that do not fully comply with the UDK’s actual working. To learn UDK, I would suggest you to read blogs, watch online tutorials and UDK site itself for improved understanding. I have compiled a final rating based on the following table: CONTENT* 9/10 TOPIC EXPLANATION – BASIC* 7/10 TOPIC EXPLANATION – IN-DEPTH* 6/10 TONE OF THE BOOK* 9/10 BEGINNER’S APPROACH* 8/10 RELEVANCE TO THE UDK* 7/10 CONFUSION CREATED** 5/10 MISC FEATURE – QUIZ* 2/10 GENERAL AUDIENCE LET DOWN** 6/10 OVERALL RATING FOR THIS BOOK GPUToaster rates this book 6/10. Unreal Development Kit 3 - Beginner's Guide This book is available from the publishers site, Packt as well as from all major sites such as Amazon, Barnes and Nobel. Unreal Development Kit 3 - Beginner's Guide does not fully meet GPUToaster's expectation. About GPUToaster https://gputoaster.wordpress.com/about View all posts by GPUToaster filed under Reviews, The Latest 3 responses to “[Book Review] Unreal Development Kit 3 – Beginner’s Guide” Ryan ⋅ Wonderful post! I like this info. iPhone blogs ⋅ Good job GPUToaster , Great Post !!! 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__label__cc	0.706277	0.293723	September 21, 2010 greatbong350 Comments on The Babri Verdict The Babri Verdict There was a time, in the early 90s that we believed, with a passion, that adding jhankar beats to a song was as important as adding salt to food, that Farheen (the heroine of Jaan Tere Naam) would become the next Madhuri Dixit, that Vinod Kambli would be a better batsman than Sachin Tendulkar and tie-die, spandex, acid-wash jeans would be the future of clothing. Now we realize how utterly foolish all of it was. In the same way, I hope that when the Babri Masjid verdict comes out, we as a nation can treat it as yet another 90s folly (I personally found the whole spectacle of grown men dressed in costumes, brandishing arrows and moving on automobiles and calling them “raths” ridiculous even then and this is the person silly enough in the early 90s to detect potential in Avinash Wadhawan after seeing him in “Balma”). And, as a nation, display the maturity to move on with our lives, so that we may deal the follies of today—Trinamool Congress, Neetu Chandra and the recall of Sreesanth. Of course there will be a section of people who will disagree: ” The wrongs of history need to be rectified, even though they may have occured hundreds of years ago.” To them I say—-So Babur knocked down a Hindu temple and built a mosque over it. It happened a long time ago. Get over it. No one, save A K Hangal, is around who remembers what went down. And he is not protesting. And what about the wrongs taking place now, as we speak? Have we reached a stage that our present is so perfect that we need to look four hundred years back to correct something bad done then? Why worry whether Babur looted us in the middle ages when there are a gang of Commonwealth Master Gogos in Delhi, under the guise of organizing an international sporting event, pillaging the coffers of our country at this moment? I do not buy this need to address generational hurt argument because it is most frequently used to perpetrate historical wrongs, justifying today’s hatred by citing events that happened long long ago—in essence saying “No matter what you do, I will hate you cause the cause for my hatred happened in the past, even though my grand-dad was not born then. And the past cannot be changed. Neither can I be. ” What a cop-out. Lest people misunderstand, I am not saying we forget or not care for giving justice to those who died as a result of the riots that happened post-Babri mosque demolition. Those things aren’t history. We saw it. Families who lost a loved one are still alive. They remember and they deserve justice. But whether a Ram temple stood there at the site of the Babri mosque when Babur came a-visiting—-that’s what I do not care about. And I hope none of us do, not enough at least to take to the streets and create yet another crisis, to add to the long list we already have. There are some others who will say this is a matter of faith and if the Supreme Court does not show sensitivity to the “sentiments” of people, then there will be trouble. I wish I could tell them “It’s the Constitution stupid. What is being deliberated is not the divinity of Ram or whether he existed, but whether a temple stood there or not. And in any case, the law in a secular state is obliged to care two hoots for your sensibilities. There are laws. And you have to obey them. If your sentiments are hurt and the legal framework does not give you remedy for your “hurt”, go suck your thumb.” I wish I could say that with this aggressiveness but I cannot. Because too many times have our political masters, manipulated the legal framework to respect “sentiments” of those assertive and unified enough to retaliate violently as a group to any “hurt”. This has of course incentivized every group in India to react aggressively to every perceived “insult”, knowing full well that their ability to get “respect” is proportional to the amount of violence they can generate. Too many times have bad precedents like banning books to not arresting personalities been set, and they have happened so fresh in our memory that I may not even ask people to “forget it”. In this respect, our constitution is also to blame since it says free speech is fine as long as it does not hurt people’s sensibilities. But as I have seen before in this blogspace many times, “free speech” that actually needs to be protected by law is by definition hurtful of someone’s sentiments. This is why India really has no concept of protected speech, unlike say what US citizens have under the First Amendment. Which is why even in any case that can be determined on the basis of the law, “sentiments” will be considered, even though what may come out might well be a travesty of justice. It will be interesting to see what the political strategies of the Congress and the BJP will be in the upcoming weeks. The Congress will try to play the old game of “delaying justice” on contentious issues, which is what they have been doing with the Parliament attackers and Kasab, since its principal electoral plank is being agreeable to all. The BJP will face the conundrum—-should it try to reprise the old formula like “Dabangg” with a few new twists and hope for a mega “itne ched kar denge” revival? Or will it let the matter slide, maturely, and expend its energies on winning back its relevance in 2010 through a forward-looking agenda based on policies as opposed to costumes and fancy-dress parades? Now what should be done at the Babri site—I honestly believe (and I am sure I am not the only one) that, in order to please everyone, we should construct a gigantic shopping mall- multiplex complex. Why? Because a mall is the temple of modern India (not dams as Nehru said) as it is constructed in the name of the one God that unites us all—- Hindu, Muslim, Christian, Sikh, Chetan-Bhagatites. The Capitalist God, the most secular of them all. Vulgar and ostentatious He may be but at least when He peddles false hopes of salvation by making you sacrifice your money, He discriminates against no one. And that perhaps is not a bad thing after all. 350 thoughts on “The Babri Verdict” BalalSangh Parivar September 21, 2010 — 3:32 am Phirst? Anurag September 21, 2010 — 3:41 am identicaltwin September 21, 2010 — 3:43 am ” I honestly believe (and I am sure I am not the only one) that, in order to please everyone, we should construct a gigantic shopping mall- multiplex complex. Why? Because a mall is the temple of modern India (not dams as Nehru said) as it is constructed in the name of the one God that unites us all—- Hindu, Muslim, Christian, Sikh, Chetan-Bhagatites. The Capitalist God, the most secular of them all. Vulgar and ostentatious He may be but at least when He peddles false hopes of salvation by making you sacrifice your money, He discriminates against no one.” – absolute masterclass hawkeye September 21, 2010 — 3:45 am Your post is self-contradictory. You seem to say “lets selectively decide which parts of history matters and what does not”. For person who was born in 1995, babri masjid demolition and babur invasion both happened in the past before he/she was born. why worry about it? A few months from now – we can comfortably say common wealth games happened in the past as well. The real cop-out is the “but its a few hundred years ago” argument. Caste system happened a few hundred years ago. Why fight against it? Live with it? greatbong September 21, 2010 — 3:49 am Hawkeye, No not selectively. I do not forget what happened in 2002 and ask you to remember what happened in 1992. That’s a cop out. I am saying forget what happened in the 1520s because no one is alive now who feels any of the pain. As a matter of fact, no one knows whose his ancestors were in the 1520s. Remembering these non-existing memories however has the potential of creating “immediate pain”. Giving you another example, since you have problems in getting this, in 2011, our government will tell us they do not have money for so-and-so vital project because of budgetary constraints. And that’s when the “history” of Commonwealth Games becomes relevant. But in 2411, of course if someone tries to use the Commonwealth Games….I hope you get the point now. And the caste system. In many places it is still very much alive. Junaid September 21, 2010 — 3:54 am As usual the modern state is confronted with solving issues which are social, historical and religious in nature AND Not constitutional in nature. The modern state from France to India has constitutions and laws which deal with issues such as criminal law, corporate law, family law, banking law etc. To expect a court to deal fairly with a issue like Babri Mosque or the Burqa ban is actually quite not possible. The court is only dealing with the symptom of the issue. Not the issue itself. AND The issue is communal tension and hatred between two groups. This can only be dealt with at the social level. Not the state or court level. The Indian court should have dismissed the hearing of this case on the basis of jurisdiction. This is some thing the executive should deal with. The courts should strictly deal with the murders of the people in the riots and the instigators of the riots. surya September 21, 2010 — 3:55 am We belong to a country where Religion is politicized, politics is criminalized and crime is nationalized.. I wish I could be optimistic about the verdict, GB.. but I am very cynical :(( and sadly so.. lets hope the Babri verdict doesnt give rise to barbaric acts No I am not saying it did not come out cleary in your post. It did. I should I have commented more clearly. Feeling of Pain in a ‘current affairs’ type event is subjective. Perception of RIght/wrong is probably more objective than peception of pain. Which is why I used the ‘caste system’ analogy. By whatever sytem of logic/axioms we use today to distinguish things that are right and things that are wrong – we are able to identify that caste system/untouchability is just plain wrong. This system was started many hundred years ago. But we choose to correct it now because our right/wrong compass compels us to. Brutal Prevention of ‘freedom of religion’ regardless of when it happened is wrong as well. Doesn’t matter when Babur did it. Doesn’t matter if no one who was alive then will ever get to see the wrong getting redressed today (an untouchable in 1500s is not going to get the benefit of reservation that a creamy layer backward class guy gets toay but we still implement equal opportunity practices). If you truly think something is right or wrong then advocating redressal should not be based on other factors such as ‘popularity’ or ‘perception of pain’ or even ‘relevance’. I sincerely feel that ‘but its in the history argument’ is a stand that lacks courage and is more populist/common denominator. The right thing will always piss off a lot of people. But its the right thing. Aparna September 21, 2010 — 4:01 am We can only hope and pray that the verdict won’t lead to more communal riots. And, till then, I’m waiting to see the comments on this one… I’m sure you’ll get lot of those comments saying you are a shameless book-peddler!!! But then why stop with Babur? I might now claim that there is Jayadrata’s tomb right below your house in Chennai. People in Sri Lanka may take India to international court for the sacking of Lanka during Ramayanas. India may need to prove that it was Ravana who provoked them. Really. Where do you think things should stop? 1400s? 1300s? I can go as far back as I want. khujur rishi September 21, 2010 — 4:10 am Agree. Its been long overdue. Should have been solved in 1947, when people of this land took charge of their own destiny. Sardar Patel took care of Somnath, Nehru could have taken care of this. /* Giving you another example, since you have problems in getting this, in 2011, our government will tell us they do not have money for so-and-so vital project because of budgetary constraints. And that’s when the “history” of Commonwealth Games becomes relevant / This is exactly what I am arguing against. That something is wrong should be evident within itself. It should be guided based on the principles/ethics we set for ourselves as a society. It should not be judged in relation to the gravity of another mistake. To reply to your example: erros in conducting common wealth games should be evident in a vaccum without an existence of another vital project that went unfunded. And vice versa / But then why stop with Babur? I might now claim that there is Jayadrata’s tomb right below your house in Chennai. People in Sri Lanka may take India to international court for the sacking of Lanka during Ramayanas. India may need to prove that it was Ravana who provoked them. Really. Where do you think things should stop? 1400s? 1300s? I can go as far back as I want. / You are now getting into construction of verifiable history vs Mythology vs claims. If there is a good process around what is considered fact vs generic claims, the merits of the case should take of themselves. To counter Jayadrata’s tomb remark – ASI has relocated houses (for a compensation ofcourse) when it has found burial grounds underneath houses in some villages/towns. Its like offering compensation to you to move to another house if your house needs to be demolished for highway construction. Trupti September 21, 2010 — 4:21 am nicely written and i agree about moving on, in many ways people already have. Considering the bludgeon that went on in Mumbai after the demolition, i thnk ppl have learnt a lot and moved on. Its only the politicos who have not moved on and will not, some of them have nothing but these acts of cowardice to infuse into the people, sensitize it and make it an issue, it is only when these scumbags move on will the issue be seen rationally, till then it will remain a religious,separatist and biased one “verifiable history vs Mythology vs claims” The whole “sentiment” argument is based on the premise that Ayodhya (the very precise spot) is the birth-place of Rama. Which of these 2 (verifiable history vs mythology) do you think that is? If you say Rama is verifiable history so is his battle against Lanka and so is Sri Lanka’s claim of reparations. ano September 21, 2010 — 4:25 am Not having read much about the Babri issue, I thought the reason was something else (which you’ve omitted): apparently some Hindus believe that the site is the birthplace of Rama and want a place to pray there. While I’m not convinced this desire deserves to be satisfied given the circumstances, this reason is about the future and not the past. Ano, No that is not what the judgment is about. It is about what lies under the Babri mosque. pranav September 21, 2010 — 4:27 am trulli said GB. nww vll see 2moro wotts gonna happend. That babur invaded India is considered verified history. The way histrians recreate the past is by comparing inscriptions on hostorical structures and identifying repeated cross-references to the same event in a diverse literary sources. For example Malik Kafur’s attack on Srirangam is mentioned in Babarnama, Akbarnama, and in Koil Ozhugu and messages greek ambassadors carried back to their country and recorded there. It does not matter if Ramayana happened or not. Or if Rama was ever born. Per Babur’s own admission and as written in his own “autobiography” he seems to have rejoiced in beheading people and destroying temples and replacing it with mosques. A place of worship of religion A was destroyed and replaced by another religion B. If you consider this event to have never happened. And our process of retracing history as flawed, we don’t have an argument. If you do then right/wrong should come into the picture. Sameer September 21, 2010 — 4:35 am Very well put, GB. The truth is that at the core, hardly anyones gives an eff to what happened there. The whole thing is about current agendas, biases and aspirations and political opportunity – the religious/historical aspects are just a convenient ruse to further these motives. I wish someone would devise some sort of a failsafe test for determining/establishing the true motives – I cannot imagine any of those siding with this cause or that would honestly pass one. There are many temples which were destroyed by Islamic invaders. Why dont we now spend national time and resources deliberating on all of them? The reason why this is “important” is because it is the birth-place of someone who is not part of verifiable history. “It does not matter if Ramayana happened or not. Or if Rama was ever born” To every person doing Sila-nyas, this is the only* thing that matters. Some Nostalgic Moments September 21, 2010 — 4:39 am Whatever be the verdict it will be common people like us who have to fear for life in places like Mumbai,Delhi etc…..Someone sneezes in Ayodhya and Mumbai’s locals burn…..This is the burden of being a common man….. qwkslvr September 21, 2010 — 4:53 am @greatbong, yes there were many temples that were destroyed, but not all of them had the same significance to Hindus. The site has great religious significance to Hindus, but not so much for Muslims. I don’t think an average muslim gives a rat’s ass to babar. It’s not like Temple Mount in Jerusalem where both the parties claim equal history. Babri masjid was one among the thousands of temples he destroyed and built a masjid over. There ends the importance of the matter for muslims. Now the only reason it becomes such a issue for Muslims is because Hindus are claiming historical/religious significance to the same site. It’s like, I really don’t care for this place, but since it’s important to you, I won’t part with it. No muslim ever prayed in that place since 40’s. If some rich industrialist wanted to build a mall there (like you suggested) and wanted to buy the land for a good price, it probably would have gone in a flash. Now since it’s religion, it becomes such an issue. Karmasura September 21, 2010 — 5:00 am If it were left to you Great Bong, even the Somnath Temple would have been forgotten and we would not have got it rebuilt, because it had been destroyed in the past, nobody was around to see it getting destroyed, nobody would be pained if it were not rebuilt, its site was being used as a mosque. Thankfully, we had the gutsy Sardar Vallabhbhai Patel then and not you as India’s Home Minister. As for the current issue, I would go with Junaid’s comment at 3:55 am on Sep 21. This is absolutely not an issue for the judiciary, more for the executive, and some clues for how to solve this issue lie in the resolution of the issue of the Somnath Temple. I expected a blogger of your stature to also question the need for questioning the existence of the Ram temple and the redundant exercise for people looking for evidence of the temple. When has any mosque or church been built after proving existence? Ok, lets leave them aside, but has any jain derasara, parsee agiyaari, jewish synagogue or sikh gurdwara been built after proving existence of a prior structure there? But no, writing a pacifier post was your objective today. Sanjana September 21, 2010 — 5:18 am lol @ AK Hangal. On a more serious note, here’s a very interesting take on the sham in the name of hindutva. http://www.countercurrents.org/rkumar300610.htm Vivek September 21, 2010 — 5:20 am 1) By the same logic as your “long long ago” logic, can we say “Holocaust is a history and we should move on or Hiroshima/Nagasaki is history and we should move on”. By extension, would you say genocide in Armenia is ok to be forgotten but Serbia-Bosnia war shouldnt be forgotten? Lets say Rodovan Karadzic is not convicted and punished till, lets say, mid of this century. Would you then say, aahh ok, now we can say what Karadzic did was long ago, so lets forget about it and move on? 2) You say “I am not saying we forget or not care for giving justice to those who died as a result of the riots that happened post-Babri mosque demolition”. So, who decides what is “long long ago”? Is it decided by when you were born and when you die or is it some one else’s life time. Or should we place it as the time of ruler, a dynasty/generation, type of rule, a millennium, or may be a point where tectonic plates moved a few kilometers? What is the yardstick and who decides it? Who decides as to who is the right person/organization to decide it? Would you leave it on supreme court? Whats the guarantee that SC gives out the right answers given the issue huge dependence on everything other than Penal Code? Your argument that since the temple was brought down long long ago, we do not need to worry about it now but since Babri demolition happened 2 decaded ago, we must be very much worried about it doesnt fly. 2 or 3 more decades later, would you be saying that ok, now that its 4 decades since it happened lets forget about it? No, you wouldnt. Justice is a matter of undoing the wrong. When the wrong was done is not the most important question. Yes delayed justice means that the system is not effective, but that doesnt mean system should ignore wrongs done in the past, however long the past may be. Again, it doesnt matter if the system has been in existence when the wrong happened. It is only a question of undoing the wrong or punishing the one who did something irreversible. Vivek, I made it quite clear in my piece. The limit of history is when you have people who have directly felt the impact of the act. Nagasarki/Holocaust did not happen four hundred years ago. Neither did Serbia-Bosnia war. I mentioned it again and again. If by some chance you can get Babur to stand trial, please do so. Would fully endorse. But trying to correct historical wrongs (especially archaeological ones) is ultimately an exercise in futility. I can go back as far in time as I want. As an example, the entire US was taken over from native Indians by force by European settlers. So what should happen now? Every native Indian brings a case against every citizen in the US and gets all buildings razed down and all railroads torn up and make the US government (which would also have to kill itself by the court judgment) restore prairies and packs of wild buffalo? Ankit September 21, 2010 — 5:27 am Hindus need not prove the existence of Lord Ram in order to make a case for the temple. After all, people of other religion are not expected to prove the existence of their favourite gods before they can construct their own places of worship. If a temple existed on the site –a site that is especially revered to the Hindus– and was destroyed to erect a Mosque, it is morally and ethically right to let the Hindus make a temple at the location. So, that means, if some how executive can delay justice for, lets say, a millennium, so that no one related directly to the incident is alive, we can ignore it and move on. As an extension, if a whole generation was killed a few centuries ago, we can say alright, lets move on. Is that so? If that is the case, then we should have already forgotten British Colonialism. We didnt, did we? Did Jews forget Holocaust. No. They will not forget it. Never. If I understand it right, that is what is happening in Australia now. Aboriginals are coming out strongly fighting for their rights. There is not one day that passes w/o someone calling the white man’s barbarity with Natives. Yes, there is genuine remorse in some places. There the society decided to move on. They did move on. It is said that Scotts teach their kids on how British treated them though it was centuries ago. Why? One reason – “It happened once. It should never happen again.” Same with Jews. They built museums to teach their kids that “Some ppl tried to exterminate us. We should never let it happen again.” One way to make sure it never happens again is to undo the wrong or punish the one who did the irreversible. In RJB’s case, the wrong must be undone. In the case of aboriginals or american natives, the wrongs must be undone. Thats what US as a democracy is doing. In case of Hungary, wrongs done by Communists must be undone since the ppl who did the wrongs are no more alive. Jayanta Bhattacharya September 21, 2010 — 6:01 am I would like to go slightly off the median here. It is irrelevant whether Rama was actually born on that spot. The fact is, as recorded in history including in Babur’s own memoirs Baburnama, there existed a temple of great significance for Hindus which was razed for a mosque to be built. As it is in the case of all Islamic conquests imposition of Islam (more as law than religion) was one of the top priorities of the invaders. Not converting to Islam was seen as defying the rule of the invaders. Destruction of significant places of worship of faiths other than Islam was hence, a top priority for them. However, the Subcontinent being a vast with a huge and deeply religious Hindu population couldn’t be converted into Islam. It was just not possible especially with stiff and continuous military resistance by the Hindus. History is evident as with the case of the Great Mosque of Cordoba, that it was a Christian cathedral which was turned into a mosque after the Islamic conquest and again reconverted into a church when Christianity ‘re-prevailed’ over Islam there. With over 900 million Hindus in India, restoring the temple to its original site will be respecting their sentiments. In any case, the structure that Babur built is of no religious significance to Islam. And, as for those Hindus who do not want a temple there, I have no reason to believe that they are more than a tiny and insignificant minority. Parth September 21, 2010 — 6:18 am Hawkeye probably expressed what I felt while reading this blog. @greatbong by your logic, the solution for 1984 riots, post-babri, godhra, all bomb blasts will ‘wait 100 years… no one will remain… we can then forget’. Swayambhu Mukherjee September 21, 2010 — 6:21 am pai khana ar khana pai. shibram. remember that story? Lakshmikanth September 21, 2010 — 6:32 am This is my first post. I really admire your style of writing and your stance on most of the issues and especially the way you marshall your arguements. But let me say, I was disappointed with this post. The reasons are as follows 1. You are exhibiting your frustration at the nation’s fixation (Ok the political class’s) with the retrogressive temple/ masjid issue but such feeling of helplessness is like ‘avoiding’ to look at the issue squarely in the eye. 2. Babri masjid / Ram janmabhoomi issue is like a test case to decide the balance of power between two communities; on the one side, the majority community with hundreds of years of servility under the islamic empires which even in 21st century sought to be perpetuated by its remnant i.e. Pakistan( if you want a taste of it, stay for a few days in old city of Hyderabad).On the other hand you have the much appeased minority community who do not want to be graceful about a masjid which they know was built after destroying a temple and no worship was done after 1940s. this is just symptomatic of the religion which does not tolerate any ‘comment’ on itself but does not reciprocate the sentiment. 3. The issue is not a real estate title dispute. Though You may not have a strong faith in religion( as is the case with most of the modern indians who live in complete denial of religion), you cannot WISH AWAY the general feeling of ‘being wronged again’ among majority community and their simple belief that that was indeed the birth place of Lord Ram. 4. It is a documented fact that Babar destroyed the temple and constructed a masjid. If you say we should forget what happened in 1520 AD and move on, can we say the same thing to Jews who formed Israel based on biblical legends evicting arabs. The whole middleeast problem is solved! 5. Somebody posted that this issue is to be resolved by executive not judiciary, fair point. But since when executive (read the vote seeking, minority appeasing governments)really functioned in this country. 6. finally, what is at stake for the minority in this country in the issue? Is it the so called ‘hurt’ at the demolition act itself? but imagine if they are graceful about the issue and allow construction of ram temple there, what it can do to the religious peace in this country where they are minority. 7. India’s future prospects, according to me , depend hugely on peaceful coexistence of two communities, eradication of naxalism and minimising the rot of corruption. In this context, saying that we should move on is adopting ostrich approach and not being realistic. satish September 21, 2010 — 6:40 am I’m Hindu (Vaishnavite) and my sentiments were not offended by its existence. Babri Masjid was very much part of our rich Indian history and so is Babar. Nobody has the right to claim Hindus feel this way or that. Have any of the demolishers apologized to the victims of the riots/blasts for putting them in harm’s way? @qwkslvr The site has great religious significance to Hindus, but not so much for Muslims. I don’t think an average muslim gives a rat’s ass to babar. Maybe so, but building a temple on it now will be of religious significance. After demolishing you’re justifying this to them? I would have definitely been in favour of Ram Temple(s) before demolition but not now, people shouldn’t get away with bad/thuggish behaviour. Why are people using the Israel-Palestine as an example? It’s not exactly a beacon for fairness and communal harmony. And Jewish people were in need of a homeland after being massacred, their situation is very different to that of Hindus in India. They need space to carve out their identity. AG September 21, 2010 — 6:47 am @Parth and Hawkeye: that is exactly what GB is not trying to say. He is saying lets handle current problem, LIKE the CWG scams etc…not something that happenned 400 years ago. Remember, the verdict is not about 1992 demolition, but whether Babur demolished a Temple or not… Let us assume he did…so what? what should we do about it? And forgetting Holocaust / Bombing of Hiroshima is perhaps wrong… (primarily because it is still recent in history… but if an Israeli Jew decides to kill a German / bomb a german embassy, that is silly. @Vivek, Ankit and others-so-hung-up-on-building-a-temple, If you really want to boil it down to examples – True, the Jews didn’t forget the holocaust. But instead demanding that the concentration camps be torn down, they focused their energies on creating the Jewish state of Israel for themselves. But we can go on and on and history provides enough arguments and counter-arguments to support both our points of view. However, it pisses me off to think that educated Indians (like yourselves) also fall for the same divide-and-rule bullcrap that our fore-fathers fell for when it was dished out by the British. Do you want to know the real problems of India are? Take a look at the stories here. These are the real issues that noone is interested in solving, leave alone bringing to attention. And that’s all that GB is pointing out. He isn’t justifying the tearing down of the temple (or the mosque for that matter). He seems pretty agnostic on that point, really. He’s just putting the rest of India’s problems in perspective. In my opinion – you may obviously differ (and of course have every right to) – this one doesn’t even make it to the top 10. PS- and @qwkslvr, if you must do wikipedia research before posting here, at least do it well because before the 1980s, noone gave a rat’s ass about Ayodhya either. Kaushik Saha September 21, 2010 — 7:28 am “The limit of history is when you have people who have directly felt the impact of the act” People, entire families die in Bomb blasts and train accidents. To them, it does not not matter, those who have felt the direct impact of the act.To their neighbours, friends, loved ones – they did not directly feel the impact of the act, yet it matters to them. So your argument is slightly flawed here. In 1990, the Kashmiri Pandits were ethnically cleansed – 20 years down the line, will the act be forgotten once most of the victims are dead? Who decides the time-line of history? Even 2002 was eight years ago, why should we remember it then? “Nobody has the right to claim Hindus feel this way or that. Have any of the demolishers apologized to the victims of the riots/blasts for putting them in harm’s way?” Actually, nobody did. Those who said what Hindus feel, left out a group of people. You might be one of them. To you it might seem foolish, to everybody it might not. The demolishers are not the perfect example of civil society btw, and using them as an example might also bring in counter examples of AK-47 wielding terrorists “But instead demanding that the concentration camps be torn down, they focused their energies on creating the Jewish state of Israel for themselves” Silly example. Do you think Hindus of this country will start “carving out a land for themselves”? That was once already done once, at a great cost. Pratap September 21, 2010 — 7:30 am No one likes criticism, and you might not like it too, but honestly it is one of worst pieces you have ever written. utsav choudhury September 21, 2010 — 7:30 am Your grandfather killed my grandfather’s dog, so now I will kill your cat. Justice taliban style. Debashish Ghosh September 21, 2010 — 7:41 am I see some serious discussion going on in the comments thread, but if anyone feels the need for some comic relief, take a look at the Wikipedia entry on Avinash Wadhawan. “Avinash Madavan (or Abhinandan Madasinavthapudi, as he is lovingly referred to by his peers) is a well-known tennis phenom in his social circle. He is also a fantastic chess player, having beaten noted chess phenom Harsha Nukala. He has been known to eat fruits in his free time. He is also a professional clown, and a certified Garbanzo Agency kleptomaniac.” Forgot the link: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Avinash_Wadhavan Brijesh September 21, 2010 — 7:43 am Wow striking comments, surprisingly quite a few not agreeing to GB’s thought process. And we are talking about people educated enough to access net and post comments !! And we thought we could believe that at least anyone even with the basic education would be convinced that the whole Ayodhya drama was an non-issue blown out of proportion by the then BJP leaders for their own political purposes. Fighting for a temple in Ayodhya and in the process ending and or risking lives of millions of innocents (READ innocents – irrespective of religion !) is as bizarre as people fighting on outsiders issue in Mumbai or a Godhra in Gujarat. Why don’t people see the logic that there are millions of Hindus, hundreds of temples outside Ayodhya that need your help & attention, pretty much in the same manner as there are crores of Marathi farmers dying of hunger & poverty outside Mumbai in the whole of Maharashtra. While Advanis, Thakreys, Modis of the world would continue to push and tilt these agendas to ignite public sentiments in their favor and Gandhis of the world would continue to bury and play down the justice to not displease the bigger vote banks,,, its we the common man who has to understand the plight of those who gets caught in the cross-fire. We can have all modern debates in the comfort of our Air Conditioned rooms seated in front of a computer or a camera but would never even come close to the pain of a family that looses the sole bread winner. A son gone, a brother lost, a mother dead or a sister raped is beyond any rationale or sense to push for any such agenda happened in past or present. My request for anyone who — supports or try’s to justify people who ignite such issues, or try to justify reasons to build or protect structures or any belief of kind, or believe that any measure is justified in protecting your culture, religion, regionalism or belief — is a simple 5 min thought exercise. Just imagine ur father being slapped, ur children being burnt ur mother being pushed or ur brother or sister being sodomized. May those things never ever happen to you but then these incidents do happen as an outcome of such issues. Just because they happen in third person for you and u read them as sensational headlines, as atrocities to someone who isn’t even a name for you does not make them any less appalling. While you would puke and cry seeing a charred body on road by your would still try and find reasons to see why this happened. Screw the reason. Screw the logic. Nothing, nothing justifies pushing issues that would endanger the life, honor or liberty or even a single living soul. Learn, understand and stop playing in hands of people who play these issues to straighten their own agendas. What govt can do and what we know they will not do is to ensure that the perpetrators of at least one such ghastly act irrespective of their position, be punished in manner that sets an example and fear in the minds on our political leaders that they are not outside the hands of law. Hey Kaushik, > “But instead demanding that the concentration camps be torn down, they > focused their energies on creating the Jewish state of Israel for > themselves” Silly example. Do you think Hindus of this country will start > “carving out a land for themselves”? That was once already done once, at a > great cost. Er. In case you missed the point, let me try and repeat it in simple words. 1) First of all, it was a counter-argument to those that brought up the massacre of Jews as a silly analogy in the first place. What I said was not meant to be taken literally in this context. Carving out a Hindu state was not my point and is not a solution to the Babri masjid / Ayodhya issue. 2) I was merely trying to point out that instead of harping on something that was symbolic in nature for one generation, the Jewish people went ahead and did something constructive for their future generations to come. Or maybe I can deconstruct that even further and make it simpler for you to understand. Sentence 1: Tearing down the concentration camps would’ve satisfied one generation of Jews (but not prevented another Holocaust). Sentence 2: Creating a state was a solution so that their subsequent generations will never have to face something like the Holocaust again. And please, can we retire this example ? And that’s all I’m trying to say. We need to strive for solutions to real problems faced by India. Not imaginary ones that noone will care about 20 years from now once this judgment has been passed. I think some of you are saying that no one cares about a temple in Ayodhya. I am not sure I agree. A few weeks ago, lakhs of people visited the temple in Mathura on the ocassion of Janmashtami. If a mosque would have usurped the temple in Mathura the way it has done so in Ayodya, maybe these followers would have been told by the learned people like you to stop caring and go to a mall instead. You maybe a person who does not care, and that is your right, but please do not project your own belief systems on others. @Ankit Whether some Hindus care about having a Ram Temple is immaterial. You simply can’t destroy some piece of Indian culture/history because your pride or devotion was violated and then expect to get your way in the end. If that were to happen then we would be declaring open season on every museum, art gallery, statue, temple, mosque, church etc. in our country. alok mehta September 21, 2010 — 8:15 am Even reservations are supposedly a tool to rectify historical wrongs – yet they continue, thrive and multiply, in name of setting right historical social ills. Venkat September 21, 2010 — 8:15 am I would build a Disneyland. There is no Disneyland in India 😦 > I have been to Ayodhya and have seen the site, the place is apt. dark lord September 21, 2010 — 8:37 am Some are saying no one cares about the temple. The other party is saying all hindus care for the temple. I think (and from what I could read from Arnab’s post) most of us (Indians) do not care enough about this issue. We want to move on with our lives. We are not willing to sacrifice our lives or those of our fellow citizens on this issue. We want good governance, we want “bijli, sadak aur paani” over temple / mosque at RJB. In a country where we still face farmer suicides, malnutrition, illiteracy, caste discrimination etc, spending significant energy on this RJB issue is foolish. Expending our meager law and order resources every year on this issue for a month is foolish. Right now, 3-4 states in India are facing the dangers of inundation and our political space is being occupied by RJB. Niraj September 21, 2010 — 8:45 am No mall..a cricket stadium.. Disneyland/multiplex/mall at Ayodhya! Solutions offered by typical rootless west-aping non resident indians devoid of nationalist indian identity. To me the issue is simple; who has a stronger case, Hindus who had a temple there earlier for far longer than a mosque which replaced it and remained there only for over 300 years or muslims who want to hold on to a masjid built by conquest / subjugation/ trampling upon another faith. It can be argued that the issue is like an oxygen for the politicians of both communities; but it has grown into a much larger issue and can be resolved only by a sagacious/graceful stand by any one of the communities. Yes BJP can apologise for the demolition of masjid (notwithstanding the fact that no worship took place for years) and moderate mustlims can go a long way in integrating into the indian identity by joining the construction of ram temple there (there is no other way of righting the wrong of Babur, is there any?). Pl. dont start slamming me by saying that do we need to right all historical wrongs? No we do not. But this being a major symbolic issue for the pan-indian identity, I think as a nation, we do not have any options. Definitely not malls, multiplexes and brushing under the carpet the major issue of growing animosity between communities. no cricket stadium, CWG stadium 🙂 >I think some of you are saying that no one cares about a temple in Ayodhya. > I am not sure I agree. Finally, you get the point. We don’t have to agree. We all value different issues differently and noone here is forcing their views upon you. But is only exercising the right to freely express it in a public forum. And that warrants a decent effort on behalf all participants to understand another’s point of view before finger-pointing and labeling it as right or wrong. And that is fundamental to holding any healthy debate. @Venkat @TaiyouSun/Aditya September 21, 2010 — 8:57 am At last some one who thinks in same way as I do, regarding Babri issue, lets live for future and let the past remain buried, where it has found peace. About people who were hurt, they should get justice. @Lakshmikanth, I apologize on behalf of GB and Venkat. Evidently their humor was lost on you 🙂 Tell me something… why should a muslim today apologize for what Babur did? just because he happenned to be of the same religion? Are you ready to “sacrifice” for Ashoka’s invation of Kalinga? Hemant September 21, 2010 — 9:19 am Though I am an Apolitical and Areligious person, considering everything constant (i.e. no post-verdict violence, protest, law-suit and more importantly, no political gains to any political party), I would want the court to favour a Ram temple to be built in Ayodhya given the religious significance of the place for a particular religion and put an end to this ever-going story. nikhilesh September 21, 2010 — 9:40 am i guess some people just cant understand that resources (time money manpower) of the present have to be used judiciously. at some point we have to make a priority decision are problems of present mounting so bad that we have to forgo the old problem. people should ask themselves do i really care about that history or am i being instigated. make sure that you thoughts are your own. What about the wrong of us Hindus who must’ve trampled all over the earlier inhabitants beliefs and forms of worship ? Should the pre-Hindu era tribals ask us to vacate all temples, and in fact all the land so they can restore things to as they were in 7000 b.c. or whenever ? How long do you want to carry baggage ? How can you imagine to correctly judge events of a bygone era based on the geopolitical realities and sensibilities of today ? Should the Brits not be tended an apology by all of UP for the brutal killing of their women and children during 1857 ? Should the Buddhists too give up on all their monasteries, some of which must have come up on erstwhile temples or earlier shrines, at least in Ladakh and similar places, as it spread. What do we consider as a decent rollback point beyond which we will not try and “correct” history ? We really seem to deserve the politics/governance we have. Pallavi September 21, 2010 — 9:56 am What a brilliant idea!! Mall, Cineworld, Multiplex, Disneyland… anything is welcome!! Nishant September 21, 2010 — 10:13 am So if a temple is rebuilt, what will we (fellow Indians) gain? If a mosque is rebuilt what will we gain? Some political leaders will get the mileage, some religious will get the mileage. More fights , more unrest. An educational institute, where the best of the minds teach children and mould them to create a better India , would be more apt than a temple, a mosque or a mall. Satish September 21, 2010 — 10:20 am For years, we have seen the Indian polity shamelessly appease the minority for the sake of a few votes.All this has happened at the expense of the majority .has the minority grabbed the opportunities that have come its way? No!They prefer wallowing in poverty and find it convenient to blame the government, the Hindus and everything else except their reluctance to move ahead in life for their pitiable state. For centuries and centuries India has been subjugated to Islam tyranny and humiliation.Why should nt the majority assert itself? Why is every person who calls himself a Hindu labelled a rabble rouser or a hardliner? Why is it that we have double standards while looking at Hindus and Muslims? People who say-” Terrorism does not have a religion” are leading a life of denial.Terrorism does have a religion and it is the same religion which wants a mosque built at Ayodhya. Generalising the entire community for the acts of a few might seem unacceptable.But the truth it is the voice of the “few” people which prevails over the voice of the broad minded Muslims. Islam is not a religion which believes in tolerance and harmonic co existence.Chechenya,Xianjiang,Kashmir,Palestine,Darfur.Why is it that Islam finds it difficult to co exist with other faiths? How can you call such a religion tolerant? I am an atheist but still call myself a Hindu because Hinduism is not a religion, but a way of life. Building a masjid at Ayodhya is akin to trampling down on the identity of India as a tolerant civilization.We’ve sacrificed enough for the sake of the minority.It is time we learnt to assert ourselves.If building a mandir at Ayodhya is what it takes to do so, so be it. Bhanu September 21, 2010 — 10:28 am I have to agree with Pratap this is one of worst pieces you have ever written. Sam Marshall September 21, 2010 — 10:30 am Grown men acting illegally and shiner the law to break a historic or religious building as recognised by the government that they elected (or chose to elect by inaction) can not be condoned in any way possible. What happened an the aftermath of the riots remain something that we as a progressive nation(if at all, we consider ourselves to be that)should be ashamed of. BUT your argument that the past cannot be held accountable in the present is weak. The correct argument that convinces me personally is that in the 1500s there was no India. There were many different nation states that were combined under one idea of India much later(not 1947, the seeds of India were sown earlier, but not by the 1500s) We exist as a society that was envisaged to have religious tolerance and freedom, and a society which is not free to say whatever it wants (which I’m not a fan of, btw) for fear of ‘hurting sentiments’. For better or for worse this society, this country needs to create it’s own identity separate from the identity of the peoples. (not a typo) Nad that means not seeking reparations for something that happen before we existed as a nation, but did exist as a people. This also means that in 2110, my grand kids should be able to ask for justice based on THIS country’s laws and hard evidence. ANARCHYTECT September 21, 2010 — 10:34 am dalit park by ms.mayawati is a great idea! pul September 21, 2010 — 10:42 am I really loved the last 3 – 4 lines of your post. Capitalism is by far the most secular and just of all gods. Vulgar and ostentatious it may be but so be it. I also think that an IIT kinda university would be nice there. That would be worthy gesture to all gods of all religions. I just wish anyone had the guts to do all that. sunny September 21, 2010 — 10:49 am If hindus really want to safegaurd their identity,the first step should be to restore the kashmiri pandits and sending back of bangladeshi intruders who have changed the demography of border villages. Deepak September 21, 2010 — 10:53 am Building a temple on that site now means goons win. it will be a shocking precedent to set and a recipe for disaster. I hope the court takes this into account. Looking into 400 years of past to take decisions that will impact the future is stupid in my opinion. you need to do what is the right thing to do for the future, not just blindly re-do the past. So a ram temple existed on that location which was taken down by someone, is building it again just for that reason alone justified? clearly no, it is justified only if it will benefit the nation in future. This is the mistake kashmiris are making as well, seperatism from india mainly on the basis that we were never indians. Only if past was a good predictor of future. Atreya Thapliyal September 21, 2010 — 11:04 am The best ever explanation I have heard of a computer is from my friend, Mr Ambuj Oberai’s father. He used to sell Wipro PC’s in the 80’s. He used to explain a computer, to his customers, by comparing it to Human Beings. He used to say that a computer comprises of two parts, Hardware and the Software. This is comparable to the body and soul/thought of a Human Being respectively. Software resides in the hardware and controls it, similarly our soul/thought controls the actions of our body. Hinduism has been the soul/thought of Indians since time immemorial. India has always been a prosperous land where nature itself supports development of Human Life. This is evident by the fact the sub-continent is home to about 22% of the world’s population with only 2.2% of the world’s land surface area. Thus, India has been a country which has attracted various softwares/thoughts from across the world, since time immemorial, and accommodated them. Indians always believed that accommodating these thoughts is a part of development of the society. But, Indians were deceived in 1947 when a part of their soul asked for its own land! A particular thought (Islam) that India had accommodated long ago wanted its own land. India was partitioned into two countries, one being for Muslims (remember that the remaining India still belongs to people of all faiths), while it was evolving into a modern nation state (I emphasize on the Modern Indian State Factor). India, then, paid the price for being liberal and accommodative and is still paying the price for the same. This is evident by a number of practises which are still prevalent in independent modern Indian State. Majority of Indians including Hindus, Sikhs, Jains, Buddhists etc consider cow to be a sacred animal. It has been given the status of “Mother” in Hinduism. Thus, Hindus pray cows. But, it is ironical that “Cow Slaughter” is legal in India which has a Hindu majority. The argument in favour of cow slaughter being, banning cow slaughter infringes upon the eating habits of some communities and hence, banning cow slaughter, is a non-democratic and non-secular move. Democratic value of secularism is only expected out of Hindus. Others have been exempted from practising it. Still, ironically, Hindu is called communal and India, anti Islamic! Another important observation that can be made is the absence of a common civil code. This means that Muslims in India have immunity to some of the laws which are applicable to the rest of the population. Muslim personal law board is the custodian is of these laws. If Pakistan was made for Muslims, then people who did not want to abide by “Common Law” should have moved to Pakistan. How can there be a separate set of rules for a Muslim and a separate set for the rest of the communities. Casteism and Sati Pratha can be banned by law but Polygamy, Triple Talaq etc cannot be banned by law because they are under the premise of the Muslim Personal Law. All this, despite the fact that India is a Hindu majority country. A Hindu is still advised to practise religious tolerance, Strange Indeed! Some people make a hue and cry about the proposition by some political parties to make religious conversion illegal in India. They consider that religious freedom is the soul of India. Soul is very discretionary for Muslims, it is only used to their personal advantage. No one wants to look at the fact that conversion also promotes “Religious Comparison” which is a basic reason for communal discord. A person will convert to another religion only when he finds one religion either better or lucrative (most of the times there are financial benefits attached to conversion) than his existing one. Why allow conversion when present day law has the provision of banning discriminatory practises in religion (Only Muslims are immune to law by means of personal law board). Still I hear voices(from well educated people) which say that Muslims feel that they are unwanted in India, only problem for Hindus is that there are 20 crore Muslims and such a large number can neither be killed nor driven out of the country. Thus, have to somehow adjust. What a ridiculous thought? There are many other discriminatory practises but, the final issue that I would like to take up in this blog is the biggest controversy that surrounds India for centuries, The Babri Masjid Issue. Can you imagine of a country in which there exists a mosque (which belongs to the minority community) at the birthplace of the most revered religious figure of the majority community? Leave apart the idea of having a place of worship. India had such a place! Babri Masjid was at a place where the most revered religious figure of Hindus, Sri Ram, was born. It was brought down after one of the biggest movement’s of independent India in 1992. Although, Hindus have not been able to make a temple at that spot till now, the issue has been blown out of proportion by Muslims. Many consider it to be the trigger for resentment of Muslims in India. Muslims still stake their claim on the site. I do not want to get into any of the legal aspects of the dispute and just want Muslims to compromise their stand on only this issue for the sake of mutual brotherhood. Hindus, as narrated in the article, have compromised on all issues which were offensive to self but were in the favour of Muslims. If Muslims consider India to be their motherland and value the sentiments of Hindus, I expect them to compromise on this issue. Today, Babri Masjid is only an issue of compromise for the sake of peace. Let us leave apart the history of creation of India. After taking into account all that is said above which takes place in present day independent India, it is high time that the so called educated and liberal Hindus take a stand on this and stop considering Babri Masjid, or any of the above mentioned issues, as religious issues. They should consider these issues as issues of understanding between two communities. Else, there will be a time when their liberal thought will cease to exist and Hindu will have no identity in the world. Identity of Hindu is completely dependent on India, if India exists Hindus exist and vice versa. Now, this might have confused all people who have read my earlier blogs, they must be thinking how come a person who speaks about liberal and modern thought has suddenly developed a fundamentalist tone! This has a reason and I am going to discuss it now. Almost, no Hindu will find a fault with my blog. Everyone will believe in what I have written because this blog has been written from their perspective. Many Muslims might contest the thought because they have been told about a different “Idea of India”. They will contest the fact about India being a single country since time immemorial. Many would say that India was always ruled by different rulers and was never a single country. In any case, it is only a matter of perspective on issues and the above arguments are enough to convince a Hindu that Hinduism is under threat. Thus, one has to agree to the importance of perspective and intent even while discussing facts. All the above mentioned Hindu resentment can be very easily contested by the logic of liberal and modern thought which most of the Indians want to follow. But, when issues like the one in Kashmir come up and the scale in which they come up, it gives a very strong reason for Hindus to believe in the above mentioned logic. This also gives an opportunity to Hindu Fundamentalists to exploit the Hindu sentiment. Thus, it becomes the responsibility of every one of us who believes in modern thought to start creating a positive opinion with the intent of making a progressive nation and society as a whole. This blog also intends to put forth the complexities that exist in the Kashmir issue from a larger Indian perspective. It is not as easy as autonomy or Plebiscite, there is a larger picture associated with it. I hope, as one of my senior says, good sense prevails after reading this piece of writing. Skeptic September 21, 2010 — 11:38 am Your solution is brilliant. May I suggest another? Set up a temple of Bollywood with idols of Farheen and a certain Ray.. oops Roy.. er Ronit Roy, and other worthies… Alok September 21, 2010 — 11:58 am Quite a divided house with the erudites taking the high ground and pounding the irrational hindus. I just wonder how many of these learned beings even know basics of the religion that they proclaim to represent or even actually live in India anymore. I am not a religious bigot and lighting lamps on Diwali is the farthest my religious actions go (have to state this else whatever I say will be branded as diatribe of an idol worshiper) . Having said that,if someone comes to my house, beats me up and laid claim to everything that was mine, should I just forget about it. Some may but I choose not to. Symbolism is a powerful tool. Though I may not agree with the means adopted by the car-sevaks; I have no qualms in saying that if SC decides in favor of a temple on the site, it will be first symbol in last 500 years that hindus are as free to follow their religion in India as anyone else is. Sometimes I just wonder why I have only heard the term minority appeasment, while in a democracy it is the majority that decides the outcome. Maybe therein lies a solution to this issue and many more. Sabalil September 21, 2010 — 12:19 pm I am with Ankit on this one. Yes, not just Babri. All temples that were destroyed and replaced by temples should be recovered. ASI investigation along with historic texts can be used for establishing the truth. Similarly, if a temple can be shown to have replaced a Budhist monastery, the same justice should be applied. AG September 21, 2010 — 12:32 pm Sabalil dont you think there exists jobs that demand more priority than undoing something that was done on an average 500 years back? whi “All temples that were destroyed and replaced by temples should be recovered. ASI investigation along with historic texts can be used for establishing the truth.” i meant, “All temples that were destroyed and replaced by mosques should be recovered. ASI investigation along with historic texts can be used for establishing the truth.” niladri kundu September 21, 2010 — 12:38 pm blogs and counter blogs…this is what i like reading GB’s blog… dark lord September 21, 2010 — 1:01 pm @alok It is not going to stop at symbolism. Sabalil in the next comment after yours wants to do it in all temples that were historically destroyed. Anonymous September 21, 2010 — 1:14 pm Yesterday I was returning home from office with some colleagues and we were having a discussion on the same issue. After I had dropped off everybody else and was alone in the cab, the driver started expressing his views. Both of us agreed that it wouldn’t be worthwhile to die for a cause as old as Babri Masjid. I felt the urge to narrate the story in order to show that people of all profiles value their life and livelihood. What is the use of education if we waste our resources and energies on issues as worthless as this? How will it help us if we prove that this is a place of worship for the Hindus or for the Muslims? It will only go to satisfy some egos. Some are even going to the extent of saying that all such temples, which have been plundered and destroyed should be rebuilt! Does it mean that the Hindus are now trying to erase a part of their history? The Mughal period is a part of our history, plundering temples is a part of that history. It was of course an example of Islamic fanatisism, but we can’t or should not attempt to rewrite that history. As the blogger says, we have to move on. indian girl September 21, 2010 — 1:15 pm 1st of all this question is of faith , law and justice in India is secular, how can one decide the matter of faith on legal points? as it is, religion and politics mixed together is a dangerous concoction, also so much politics has been done in the name of lord ram, if he wants to stay in a tent at his birth place so be it. No judgment has the power to remove the idols. If it will there will be a massive uprising. Here’s wishing for Peace. No matter what the judgment is, the case will go to the supreme court and will take a substantial no. of benches (single!division!3judge,constitutional!!! and years and years! Giribala September 21, 2010 — 1:29 pm In my opinion. Indian government should build a functional library or a science museum at the disputed site. Gargi September 21, 2010 — 1:30 pm the name of the one God that unites us all—- Hindu, Muslim, Christian, Sikh, Chetan-Bhagatites. This is the best part of the whole piece! On a serious note, though, I like the differing opinions. They’ve given me a lot to think about. Chetan September 21, 2010 — 1:32 pm Neetu Chandra….what’s your gripe with her?Vaddi soni kudi he……ki photoo nikale he. The last para was Vow….with a CAPITAL V Varun Mahajan September 21, 2010 — 1:52 pm I would just say, “What an idea, sirji” shilpa September 21, 2010 — 2:24 pm I don’t agree with the historical relevance thing, but here is what I do agree. It is all political. Until some crappy politician mentioned that Babri Masjid site was where a ram temple which was razed down by Babr was, no one even gave it a second thought! Siddhartha September 21, 2010 — 2:27 pm So finally it boils down to the argument of one group of people (including GB): [A] the destruction of temple does not matter, [B] the mosque is a great icon of Indian culture (although nobody prayed in it for decades and it does not have the minarets required to be considered a mosque) [C] although certain people can not see their sensibilities hurt when an invader destroys a Hindu temple, they found it ok to call themselves Hindu [D] the mosque needs to be rebuilt because the freedom of religion was guaranteed by a constitution whose status is slightly better than a street dog beaten around every time it gets in the way of the politicians [E] it is completely ok to forget/ignore certain proven historical facts (i.e. destruction of temple) while demanding apology from a certain community for certain proven historical fact (i.e. destruction of mosque) On the other hand, the other side argues: [A] The destruction of temple does matter because Ayodhya is a religious site of great significance to us (forgive me, I can not do the balancing act of calling Hindus when I am one of them) [B] Even if Ramayana can not be proven the proof of destruction comes from Baburnama [C] the issue can be solved following the examples of Somnath My own conclusions: [1] Selective amnesia is a great tool for a secular blogger and his secular followers [2] If old fragile structure of an abandoned mosque is considered icon of great Indian culture then Indian culture needs to be re-defined [3] No-one is forced to call himself a Hindu if he does not find himself sympathizing with a Hindu cause; we, Hindus, do not have a equivalent version of Reda law; neither we had a equivalent section of British common law where conversion to any other religion was punishable by death [4] the temple does matter and it would continue to matter to millions who had preserved their Dharma in the face of exceptional thuggery and barbarity of six centuries; for a few thousand who had long decided existence of Rama can be questioned (because freedom of expression is sacred) but questioning the existence of Mahammad is very much against secular ethos would continue to define their Dharma following secular ethos and write long blog posts declaring Rama to be a loser and the pedophile prophet to be a hero of the oppressed. Finally, kindly spare us your goody goody Hinduism; This version of “non-radical” Hinduism created a situation where violence and existential threats like Deganga and Barelli can happen and does not get mentioned in the media. There is a need to stand up, band together and question that if this is alright, then what is wrong? If you are not up to this task, kindly do not get in the way. greatbong September 21, 2010 — 2:40 pm @Siddharta, >the mosque needs to be rebuilt because the freedom of religion was guaranteed by a constitution Yes I am in awe of your overflowing Hindu-ness that swells over. Though you would do well to read, if indeed the saffron specs let you, that I NEVER said to build a mosque there. But don’t let such small things get in your way however, you powerful “baddy baddy” Hindu you. At least I wrote about existential threats like Deganga and generated some awareness. What did you do, o powerful soldier of Hinduism except comment on my “secular” blog and spew your outrage? Have your own blog, blog under your real name, be responsible for your opinions and at least show that courage. @Sabalil, I admire your consistency in logic. It is worth admiring. Everything that was destroyed should be rebuilt by destroying whats on top of it. This seems to be a worthwhile endeavor and I propose you and Kalmadi be in charge of it. But please not on our tax Rs. @Vivek, >Thats what US as a democracy is doing. No the US government is NOT rolling back history by destroying everything constructed on Indian land. History cannot be unrolled by destroying monuments. @Jayanta, >With over 900 million Hindus in India, restoring the temple to its original >site will be respecting their sentiments. Law doesnt work on sentiments. It shouldnt. If you think it should, change the constitution. >And, as for those Hindus who do not want a temple there, I have no reason >to believe that they are more than a tiny and insignificant minority. And you are the judge of that “insignificance”. Now take this sentence of yours and read this. “And, as for those Hindus who do not want an Islamic Sharia state in Kashmir, I have no reason to believe that they are more than a tiny and insignificant minority.” Same logic. But somehow I believe this is something you would not agree with. Why? Because it is not the law of India to establish Sharia. shana September 21, 2010 — 2:51 pm Hey GB, aren’t u giving too much importance to Chetan Bhagat? He should be flattered after reading this. 🙂 ... that I NEVER said to build a mosque there. First, you would do well to read the first line. I wrote a “group of people (Including GB)”. It was just not just your argument I was consolidating. If I had to take issue with your blog post alone, I would have quoted it and pointed it out. Second, you did not write about Deganga to inform the world about the atrocities. Let me remind you. You wrote a “balanced” post on how liberal media is irresponsible and how this irresponsibility is taking people towards “extreme right-wing” blogs. In other words, Deganga was not your focus, your discomfort about people reading extreme right wing blog was your subject. Third, I did what I could to inform people including requesting the police officers in that area. However, I did not see any need to write a “balanced” post about my discomfort with “extreme right wing” blogs. May be that was a secular thing to do. Fourth, I am Siddhartha, it is not a moniker, a real name. I do not need to call myself something similar to “greatbong”, I never needed a moniker like that because I am comfortable in what I believe and I do not fear to take sides. It was a response to Jayanta, but let me ask you this. If law is not for people, what it is for? If it is for people, then how are people’s actions and their sentiments were different? Constitution/law is not similar to ten commandments recorded in the stone, it must take care of changing times and situations. aylamrin September 21, 2010 — 3:14 pm I agree with you Siddhartha…. the filthy water (as GB would put it ,“Beno Jol”) is percolating faster as we speak. It wouldn’t be long that it would be over our effing heads ! Sudhakar September 21, 2010 — 3:22 pm This post does seem to be a cop-out and seems to imply that even historical wrongs – even if they are proved – should not be corrected simply because they can be hurtful to others. Wasn’t the point of the court case and the pending judgment whether a temple did exist in that place? If it did, what is the problem in rebuilding it? The law and logic seems to be selectively applied. >Law doesnt work on sentiments. It shouldnt. If you think it should, change the constitution. So, why not build temple there is the court says there did exist a temple? Why a Mall? Isn’t that simply not to hurt the sentiments of Muslims? hey siddhartha, a) when you said a ‘group of people (including GB)’ made a certain argument, that does mean GB made the certain argument. b) regarding greatbong moniker: please read FAQ Rishi khujur September 21, 2010 — 3:34 pm Siddhartha is his real name. He did do more than just write messages on your blog w.r.t Deganga…and continues to do so. @ Siddhartha Its greatbong’s blog and its his opinion. From his perspective, and the standards of measurement, he has set up for his discourse, he is perfectly jsutified to his opinion. I personally feel that the Ayodhya movement is more than just about Ram Temple. It has helped a whole generation of people (myself included), question the self delusion and ignonrance that was peddled around in the name of “secularism” since independence. As a young teenager, it was Ayodhya’s Temple movement that first encouraged me to find out the historical facts about our part of the world. It was this movement that made me question the meekness of 1 billion plus people, that live in denial and have to keep injecting themselves with regular doses of moral equivalence so as to justify their meekness and cowardice and ofcourse ignorance to go with it. The IPL/IBN generation does not identify with that. That is why it is so easy for them to imagine having a “shopping mall” there. Jayanta Bhattacharya September 21, 2010 — 3:40 pm @GreatBong: Right, but laws are made by majority wishes, which sometimes is not reflected in electoral politics. History has a precedent in the form of the Cordoba cathedral. Another point I wish to make is that the site has been contested militarily in almost every century after it was built till the British took over the control of the Subcontinent. Even then, it was contested in a British court where the judge said the following while delivering the ‘verdict’: I visited the land in dispute yesterday in the presence of all parties. I found that the Masjid built by Emperor Babar stands on the border of Ayodhya, that is to say, to the west and south it is clear of habitations. It is most unfortunate that a Masjid should have been built on land specially held sacred by the Hindus, but as that event occurred 356 years ago, it is too late now to agree with the grievances. (Court verdict by Col. F.E.A. Chamier, District Judge, Faizabad (1886) The reference here from Sarvepalli Gopal’s Anatomy of a confrontation: the rise of communal politics in India, p.165. Since the destruction of the temple took place over 450 years ago, this doesn’t mean that people accepted the fact, forgot about it, and raked it up after independence to bake their bread of communal politics over the disputed structure. As I said, fierce battles were fought to regain the land from Muslim rulers in every century, some times many times over. Now the battlefield has shifted in the courts. That’s it. As far as Sharia in Kashmir is concerned, it is out of context here because we are talking law within law in the same country. Freedom for Kashmir is a different issue from this. @dark lord, a) It was an effort to collect all the arguments from one side; When I respond, I usually respond to people specifically (just like I mentioned your moniker above this response). All of us can see that he had not made that comment. But would it satisfy his bruised ego if I start putting what everyone on this side commented individually? b) It was he who came up with this moniker issue, not me. I certainly do not own copyright over any moniker or name, he can use whatever he wanted to. @siddhartha i agree with you in some parts. sometimes for the educated Indians secularism means anti majoritarianism or pro minority Tejaswy September 21, 2010 — 4:07 pm o Babur knocked down a Hindu temple and built a mosque over it. It happened a long time ago. Get over it. World war 2 happened a long time ago. I am not pretty sure if the Jews have gotten over it. Given all people who were involved in it are either dead or dying. I frankly do not have much of an opinion over the temple. I want a temple to be built there, and as per ASI’s findings (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Archaeology_of_Ayodhya#Some_results_of_the_2003_ASI_report) seem to suggest that there was a temple there. I am more interested in the 2010 CWG games as of now. They are this closed to being called off, I wish they are… a slap in the face of congress govt in delhi and center. All the king’s and his horses could not put humpty dumpty together again. Stupid congress @Tejaswy, Selectively quoting a sentence doesnt prove your point. My contention is one cannot roll back history without incurring heavy costs in the present. No mature nation does it. You can punish the guilty (no one would say Dr. Mengele should be spared should he be still alive) but you cannot physically undo what they did. Satyajit September 21, 2010 — 4:19 pm I dont know if someone has already raised the point below cause I haven’t read all the comments I think one of contentions is that Babri is just ‘A” mosque while the temple is where Rama, the reincarnation of the(Hindu) supreme being was born. The importance of the temple is that of what the “Kaba” is to Muslims. Keeping this mind the relevance of the temple vis-a-vis the mosque multiplies. I disagree with you to forget about who was pained, dead, alive on this one. If Rama exist or not or who was the mid-wife that delivered him becomes irrelevant at this junction. Its the belief that sticks out like a sore thumb. I agree with you on not going back into history to analyse who was right or wrong cause we can argue about this being a Hindu Nation or the Aryan v/s Dravidian logic till the cows come home. Many people have the name Siddhartha. And there is no last name.Which makes it unlikely to link to a specific person in search engines. The point is many people who put a veneer of bravery on themselves and fulminate in my post on my cowardice do not put their own real-full names, searchable by Google, here because perhaps they are afraid of being held accountable by their employers (present and future) for their opinions. Given that, dont you think this “you are a coward” stance is slightly hypocritical? Have your own forum. Show your bravery there. @ Greatbong Rishi Khujur is not my real name. So I have no right to be critical of anyone or for calling them a coward on that matter. But I can assure you, I have seen worse that just accountablity at my employment, for things I do using my real name. We all have our boundaries. All I wanted to do was to clarify tht Siddharth is his real name and that he has been actively working on D Rishi Khujur is not my real name. So I have no right to be critical of anyone on that, or call them coward on that matter. We all have our boundaries. All I wanted to do was to clarify that Siddharth is his real name and that he has been actively working on Deganga. The last name is Chatterjee. And there are many who have the name Siddhartha Chatterjee. This name, as a computer science researcher you should know, is not a primary key. My employer has nothing to do with my political/religious views and I am not proposing here anything that is immoral or illegal. If you have such a big problem with people holding opposite views, then you can add a comment policy stating that people who do not agree with you should get their own blog and comment there. If you do, then I promise to follow it. iamwhoiam September 21, 2010 — 4:34 pm “those who dont learn from history (not mythology) are doomed to repeat it. I am sure we havent. Whether that was the birthplace of Ram is not the point. There was a temple that was destroyed. It mattered then, it matters now and will matter in future too. You got it pretty wrong “greatbong”…. vijay dubey September 21, 2010 — 4:40 pm @gb ” You can punish the guilty (no one would say Dr. Mengele should be spared should he be still alive)” Can you justify if just by creating a temple where it was earlier muslims are being punished ?? you can google my name … and i am sure no one will deny you their first ..middle …last name if you wish to ask them… I know this is GB’s blog and his opinion. The very fact that he offers a comment space means that he is willing to listen to others who may or may not agree to his stance. I like his movie reviews. What I could not stand is his inability of facing the facts. Please note that he first disses the contemporary media what they richly deserve and then criticizes “radical Hindutva”. Well, if GB thinks that there is something wrong with Hindutva then he should make an effort to join the band and correct it. Criticism is all that he can offer. GB, I agree that the argument “correcting a historical wrong” must sound absurd in view of the fact that we are facing humungous problems in this date and age. But, it isn’t that in the 80s as Sanjana pointed out , Hindus suddenly woke up and wanted to claim RJB. The facts are that there was severe rioting in Ayodhya in as far back as 1885 because of the dispute. This has been a burning issue since long. It’s important to note that since the the 16th century when Babur demolished the temple and built Babri Masjid, Indians have been living in an oppressed society. The mughals ruled India till 1858 when the British took over. India gained independence in 1947 and a suit for this case for filed in 1949…So now maybe the Hindu side of story makes sense? Also, when someone suggests a mall or Disneyland should be made in place of the temple as an attempt to be either funny or contemptuous…wake up your sensitivity by thinking if you would be able to say to a jew or a Christian the same thing about Jerusalem or Vatican. Just because Hinduism has been under attack for centuries and Hindu temples have been cruelly demolished, does that mean that we shouldn’t have a right to give back the honour our sacred places deserve? We should just forget about it coz its impractical. Coz we have bigger problems right now.. so going by that logic maybe it’s suggested we should wait till India becomes developed and then we can think about this. And talking about sensitivity, please remember humans have “sentiments” and can’t be expected to behave like Robots(or the Chinese) @ shana Guru Gobind Singh ji, the great Sikh Guru attempted to make a Ram temple there many times as well. Abhishek September 21, 2010 — 5:21 pm Absolutely spot on, once again. And to back up some of those who have suggested this – while a mall would be more appropriate given the state of our society, I would prefer a school or college being set up there. Cheers for the post !!! Suhas September 21, 2010 — 5:36 pm The principle outlined by GB is sound – the govt should not allow historical wrongs to justify wrongs in the reverse direction. So, for instance, we shouldn’t be providing a discrimination in favour of those whose ancestors faced caste discrimination – except that we do. We shouldn’t create pro-women laws and concessions (in school fees for example) just because women have been the targets of discrimination earlier – yet we do. We shouldn’t give “a certain community” the first right on national resources because some committee report found they’re worse off than the rest – but we do. When we are ready to violate that principle left right and centre at every given opportunity, why exactly shouldn’t we violate it when it comes to the Babri Masjid? Is it because it isn’t politically correct to do so? Kimish September 21, 2010 — 6:23 pm Great take.. But I don’t necessarily agree with one thing. ‘not caring for a thing that happened so far in past that hardly any of our distant relatives that occupy some space in our memories of past were alive’. That would be be like saying, while sounding extremely outrageous, that, if this case was in court for next 200 years and none of us who lived through that time were alive, then it wouldn’t matter to people alive then in future because it is ‘history’ to them. However what I believe is that wrongs of history can’t be addressed or “rectified” by other wrongs and mistakes. And the judicial system doesn’t stand for rectifying the wrongs of the pasts. It stands for to deliver justice by appropriately punishing those who committed the wrongs. Sanku September 21, 2010 — 6:37 pm Sorry boss; as others have said, “its past, lets move on” does not cut it. In fact given your obvious intellect, clearly if you stop and look within, you wont be able to defend it yourself. So should ALL historical destruction be resurrected? No not all, only three are wanted. Remember at this time it is like Pandav’s asking Duryodhan for the Panch grams (or three one in this case) SP September 21, 2010 — 6:56 pm All those who are saying that it is imperative to sustain/abolish the the present situation if it helps to keep even a single human life out of danger must have bunked their history classes through out the enter 8 year period…A human idea has always been given a higher importance than a human life throughout history..The struggke to provide Sustenance to a human idea rather than to human lives has been THE STORY of the Human Civilization and it will be SO as long as human beings survive..Period…End of Discussion….Enshrine this REALITY in to your brain and then come up with your different perspectives Sayan Bhattacharya September 21, 2010 — 7:39 pm Hi GB, First time commenting on you blog. Overall, I agree with your post. But perhaps you missed one point. Before the Ram Janmabhumi movement gathered momentum in the eighties, most Hindus had never heard of Babri Masjid, and didn’t care a hoot about the religious bigotry of medieval Muslim rulers. Furthermore, Hinduism is not a monolithic religion. There are thousands of gods in Hinduism and Ram is simply one of them. Ram isn’t a prominent deity in many parts of India. For example, Bengalis are not at all super-excited about the holiness of Rama, and many South Indians view the war between Rama and Ravana from a completely different perspective. The Ram Janmabhumi movement grew out of a reaction to the Muslim appeasement polices of the congress, as exemplified by the Shahbanu affair. I strongly believe we should have a uniform civil code and the constitution should be blind to every religion. It is a tragedy that the whole nation embarked on something as ridiculous as Ram Janmabhumi movement instead of fighting for uniform civil code. Finally, I would love to hear your opinion as to why the internet is dominated by extreme-right wing views (perhaps in a future blog post?). Clearly, these people are not a majority in today’s India, as was proved by the general election in 2009. However, if you scan the blogosphere even for half an hour, you get the impression that 90% of Indians are loonies. Isn’t this amazing? Siddhartha Prakash September 21, 2010 — 7:40 pm Now you are acting like a self appointed intellectual. You have not presented any facts, history or anything, but used you own typical Hindu inclination towards pseudo secular footing as justice for this pronouncement. Please try to refute below points if you can: – The structure demolished was not a Mosque. There is an Islamic rule that if the prayer is not done on something for a period of time, it ceases to be a mosque. – It is also not a mosque because there is a cemetery near it which is also against the rule of Islam – While you are correct that we don’t need to try and correct historical wrongs which might do more damage now, the issue is not a thing of past. Still there are many people who pray to the structure and call it Sita Ki Rasoi which is what it’s original name was. Leaving it unattended will be leaving an open wound, waiting to explode. – The AIBMAC has said that if presence of a mosque is proved, they will give up claim of a mosque since it is against Islam. – Non-Muslims are not even allowed in the Muslim holy cities. They are fighting with stones for Jerusalem. While I don’t support moving our country to stone age to imitate it, I do appreciate the effort by Muslims to poreserve themselves as a community. It is due to Jaichands like you that India was in slavery for 1000 years. Self respect is most important for any community. My millions of ancestors shed their blood against savagery to protect these very things and I don’t think trying to relive their sacrifice counts to communalism. Recently Japanese apologised to China for the wrongs of past. Why??? May be they lack the (pseudo) intellect which you have in abundance. After knowing about millions of Hindus killed, thousands of grand temples demolished by Muslim rulers, Hindus are asking for just one temple in the location of a defunct mosque. Too much??? And it didn’t start as vote bank politics, it has been going on for years with only the Mullahs and Maulvis keeping the false honour of their community due to secularism being enjoyed in India contd This was a grand opportunity to forge unity between two communities. The site is holy to the Hindus, and for a defunct mosque all these tensions. The ideal solution was for the Muslim community to give away this mosque and disown and apologise for the anti-Hindu atrocity part of the Mughal heritage. In return they could have extracted promise that no other structure will be claimed by Hindu comminities. Along with that we could have Muslims appointed in RSS ahnd VHP and Hindus appointed in AIMPLB to ensure exchange of views and ideas. We have missed this opportinity and because of people like you the wounds of Kashi and Mathura are open forever, not to speak of the thousands other sites. The RSS has already created such a list with ample historical documents and we will keep paying the price for next one century the way we are paying for 1947. After one century, probably we can discuss what was costlier-Commonwealth games or the opportunity to forge Hindu Muslim unity. But alas! By then even the decision would have become history and the most intellectually simulating thing that can be done about it is to forget it!! One more question. Don’t you find it amusing when people, first accusing someone of being pseduo-secular, go on to propose an essentially communal argument? Shouldn’t the purpose of criticizing “psuedo-secularism” be to promote “real secularism”? @Siddhartha: The basic doctrine of any modern civilized nation is the separation between state and church. As a corollary, India is not a Hindu nation, neither is French a Christian nation. State should be BLIND to all religions and religious sentiments. “While I don’t support moving our country to stone age to imitate it, I do appreciate the effort by Muslims to poreserve themselves as a community.” It is exactly this trait of political Islam that has driven a large number of Muslim countries to the brink of destruction. I earnestly hope that people like you don’t succeed in making India some Hindu Pakistan. holycow September 21, 2010 — 8:18 pm India was and is a hindu state and sentiments of hindus must be respected.People of other religions, as they are minorities should be content with what they get as democratic privilege, but cannot demand things to have it their way. If someone steals some thing and is not immediately caught, but gets caught afetr 2 centuries, still the item should be returned to the original owner. Dhaval September 21, 2010 — 8:21 pm It would be interesting to see what the US makes of the WTC site. The whole symbolic mosque issue is going out of hand there… Chalo, atleast one thing we did before the US! Fight over a place to pray! In my opinion we should make a monument that can define India. A modern Taj.. An indication that we can take a site of destruction and failure and make something beautiful out of it. Have a prayer area that acknowledges the presence of a temple and a mosque there and an open invitation for all to pray. Dont all people merely talk to God when they prey? Why do it under a mosque or a temple. Why not collectively in an open garden or monument we decide to built there. Let politicians/ contractors.. peons and pigeons make money off it! But in the end for my grandchildren to see 100 years down the line… i want a world class structure. PRASUN BANERJEE September 21, 2010 — 8:22 pm Had to write this … very mature post. good one. Sanjana September 21, 2010 — 8:24 pm I have just one thing to say to those who very vehemently support building the temple, upholding their Hindu legacy etc. etc. I’m not denying the fact that a temple or a mosque was demolished. I’m merely stating that we have many more severe, immediate and urgent national issues to deal with. It’s called putting things in perspective. “When a member of a house is dying, the last thing that would occur to you is to go resurrect the holy tulsi plant that’s been burnt 5 years ago by a muslim neighbour”. So why do the same for your country? Is upholding your honour more important than the lives of so many million others that are suffering and dying because of trivial problems? And if it is, do you seriously hang your head in shame everytime you walk by a muslim just because there isn’t a temple in Ayodhya? If you have one minute, click on the link under my name. If you have ten, read an article or two. And then put yourself in their place and think if you would really care about the temple being built when your own home will be inundated by flood waters and destroy life as you know it once again this year? Maybe you will – because screw floods and famine, at least you have your honour intact. Jatin September 21, 2010 — 8:34 pm I am happy to see that at least in this forum people are not denying that Islamic invaders plundered our country, raped and killed with impunity, destroyed places of worship (and libraries, after verifying that it did not house a copy of the holy Koran) and converted native population to Islam through the sword. Denying these facts are like denying the fact that huge population of Hindus were subjected to the dehumanising practice of untouchability, that Jews were exterminated by a fanatic ideology, or that the African Americans were enslaved over many generations by a section that deemed itself racially superior. Denial of historical wrongs against Hindus has been a hallmark of the rarified world of Indian secularism; at least we seem to have crossed that threshhold here. Rajesh September 21, 2010 — 9:09 pm Qutub Minar has been build after demolishing many Jain and Hindu temples ( more than twenty ) Wonder why our history text books never told us so. @Sayan, I hope you had quote something from what I wrote before marking me as communal. In fact the suggestions I gave and the anguish I expressed at keeping the issues open and not using this opportunity to forge closer ties between two communities was to express that a mutually acceptable solution would have been better. When we(truly secular Hindus– yeah I am narcissist) spoke of immigration from B’desh, we are told that we are communal When we speak of common civil law – we are communal When we speak of integrating India with Kashmir – we are not showing enough compassion to the stone pelters When we are asking for one temple as a compromise for one mission destroyed – we are communal When we speak of demographic siege of India – We are communal When we speak of introducing science in Madrassas – we are communal When we speak of teaching correct history – we are rewriting it When we suggest Muslims to debate and redefine Shariat for modern times – we are communal. My indignation towards GB doesn’t mean I disown my gratitude for being able to read such great posts. Please read a couple of books from Arun Shourie, the case presented by VHP and some Islamic books along with some non JNU scholar’s history. After that read the government records which speak of all that, but keep them supressed but don’t forget to read the fatwa pronouncements and articles of famous Islamic scholars to get other side as well. I did the same to understand why India suffers. France is no Christian, but remains secular even after veil is banned. India looks at Mullah’s to seek suggestion on upliftment of our Muslims. I hope you wake up before a deganga happens in your backyard. When we are asking for one temple as a compromise for one mission destroye = When we are asking for one temple as a compromise for one million destroye. @Siddhartha: In case you missed my point, I SUPPORT uniform civil code, abolition of Madrasas and many other things that you mentioned. have you seen muslims support Pak in an India-Pak cricket match openly….i am from a locality where hindus are majority and have seen that..wonder why and explain that? Rishi khujur September 21, 2010 — 10:01 pm @ Rajesh Qutub Minar was actually part of the larger Qawwat-al-Islam Mosque (translates as “Victory tower of Islam”), and was built by Qutubuddin Aibak to honor the victory of his master Mohammed Ghauri over the Hindu leader Prithviraj Chohan, who was leading the Hindu fighback against waves of Islamic attacks during the 9th century. More than 20 temples were destroyed as part of this expression of “victory tower of Islam”. Thats Qutub Minar for you. @ Dhaval: Good suggestions. Lets begin at Mecca first. Siddhartha Prakash September 21, 2010 — 10:02 pm @Sayan & GB: I owe apology for harshness in my comments. @holycow: When Wasim and Waqar played, I used to support Pakistan too. 🙂 It would be totally unfair to blame it on Muslims. I had the experience of being in a police station with a minority friend of mine for a small incident and remember the inspector asking him again and again ‘Are you **” and then staring at him. I was so embarrassed. Our treatment of minorities has been appeasement at policy level: Kashmir, ayodhya, Godhra, Sohrabuddin,Afzal, Civil law, Shah Bano… but utter disrespect in day to day life. Unless we reverse it, they are justified in supporting Pakistan. Religion is not a headache but an opportunity to celebrate democracy and brotherhood but the Mullahs and Mahants have hijacked it. Sayan Bhattacharya September 21, 2010 — 10:02 pm @holycow: Have you seen Hindus killing thousands of people in Gujrat? Wonder why and explain that! Just to clarify once more, I support uniform civil code and abolition of every religious system of education. Religion makes an ugly cocktail with politics. We have seen that time and again, from the ShahBanu incident and Ram Janmabhumi movement, to Godhra and Gujrat riots. Enough of the debate. I am logging out. Enjoy your cow cola! Cheers. @Siddhartha: No offense taken. have a nice day 🙂 @ Sayan Have you seen a 10% minority cause 30% casualty in Gujarat riots and still get apologists like ypu call it a “pogrom”. Wonder why? Greeneye September 21, 2010 — 11:15 pm I think we should create a fencing around the site and designate it as a “National Heritage Site” where people in year’s to come can learn about what happened here. Just set down the facts without taking sides and let it be ! satish September 21, 2010 — 11:41 pm @holycow India was and is a hindu state Bull$h1t PAKISTANI propaganda. have you seen muslims support Pak in an India-Pak cricket match openly Are you Shoaib Malik in disguise? @Sameer Actually Humans came out of Africa stole much of this world from the neanderthals and the dinosaurs. Suhas September 22, 2010 — 1:43 am @Sanjana Great point. Except that nations never have a monomaniac focus on just one issue. If that were the case, we all would have been fighting on which one of free market economics, climate change, communalism etc is the “urgent national issue” Fortunately, nations can focus on more than one issue. So thinking about the RJB issue doesn’t necessarily mean we have to ignore the HDI indicators which put us in the esteemed league of Somalia and Sudan. So the US can discuss the “Ground Zero Victory Mosque” and at the same time work on fixing their economy. Pakistan can ask other countries for aid money for the floods and at the same time promote terrorism (probably with the same aid money) and maybe buy billion dollar defence equipment from the US. I agree that the priorities in the RJB case are screwed up, just as they were when churches were burnt by “members of a certain community” in response to the empty threat by an obscure pastor in backwater USA to burn an allegedly holy book. Priorities were screwed up when the govt decided to ban books because it offended the same community. The difference was, nobody bothered about wrong priorities then. Somehow, the fact that priorities are wrong is pointed out only when it happens to one religion and one community. Wonder why. Tejaswy September 22, 2010 — 2:47 am I guess you are right Greatbong. Selective quoting is wrong. My apologies. Like I said, I am getting more in the CWG being called off. A bridge collapsed. Honour: last refuge of the scoundrel. Sentiment must be a close second! Clearly, from this blog post and its aftermath, there are two sets. One who’d rather derive their honour and create sentiment around whats needed to be done from hereon. And the other who care more about whats happened in the past, the skeletons in its myriad cupboards. I’d rather look forward. There’s work to be done. Else someone a couple of decades from now will have rather poor sentiments and little honour wrt their previous generation – thats us. Indophile September 22, 2010 — 4:44 am I can’t believe somebody thought of this as an ideal solution -“The ideal solution was for the Muslim community to give away this mosque and disown and apologise for the anti-Hindu atrocity part of the Mughal heritage”. It’s really amusing to see all this make-temple-at-any-cost people claiming them selves as great patriots. I don’t know which school teaches patriotism in India is equivalent to your support for BJP/VHP causes. And let’s admit it for most of the people it’s not a matter of a faith, it’s more about Machismo ! Countless deaths and destruction of property don’t matter to them because they are either shielded in being is some secure locality in Indian cities or in most of the cases out of country living in some western country. I wish all these western countries where they live and make their living become religious state like Saudi Arabia and kick them out of their country in the name of respecting the sentiments of the majority. BTW I am a hindu as these kind of things matters in such debates ramgun September 22, 2010 — 4:48 am GB, for once I completely oppose what you have said on the subject. I see a strong hypocrisy in saying that you should attempt to correct the wrongs of 1992 but not the wrongs of 1520. I may not have been around in 1520, but I do feel the pain of invaders raping our culture. You may call this ‘indirect’ but that is subjective. Time is irrelevant in addressing wrongs. The second hypocrisy is to say that ‘sentiment matters two hoots when it comes to constitution and rule of law’ and then go on to say that constitution itself is flawed in not protecting free speech enough. I think this free speech is an over-hyped concept: it has been misused more often than used, in random minions trying to get their 2 minutes of fame at the expense of people’s sentiments. I think we need tougher laws for restrictions on speech and defamation, not a further protection for incitement disguised as free speech. The suggestion of a mall there is even more outrageous. A pathetic attempt to impose western, capitalist culture on a nation that has thankfully resisted a lot of this nonsense so far. I would rather have a temple (or a mosque) there, than these atheistic crass displays of materialism. The last thing I want is for atheists to use the Hindu-Muslim divide on Ayodhya to further their own materialistic aims. @Sayan: “Finally, I would love to hear your opinion as to why the internet is dominated by extreme-right wing views (perhaps in a future blog post?). Clearly, these people are not a majority in today’s India, as was proved by the general election in 2009.” The internet is likely to be the view of the elite English educated Indians, not the aam aadmi. But your assumption that elections in 2009 are anti-right (or pro or anti anything for that matter) is flawed. Election results depend on a number of factors, too mixed with each other to be able to give a clear causality. Some issues are ideological – religion, left vs right, etc; but others are far more tactical – coalitions, anti imcumbencies in some states, etc. Finally, the seat picture itself may be very different from the popularity, thanks to our first-past-the-post rule. Do not attempt to draw simplistic conclusions from something as complex as the results of a general election. shana September 22, 2010 — 5:05 am Sanjana, as someone pointed out earlier, nations have the privilege of concentrating on many issues at a time. We are talking about a nation of 1.2 billion people! People like u would argue why we are investing a billion dollars in Afghanistan when clearly our country needs it. The percentage of poor people in US has increased in the past year to 14%, so why does US bother to donate money all over the world when its own people are not getting proper employment, medical care etc.?When hundreds of hours of airtime is given to shoaib- sania marriage or the promotion of MNIK and other such serious issues of national importance, then maybe it is not hard for our collective society to think about this much long standing RJB issue. I don’t doubt your intentions and since you seem to be one of those who like to shiver at the thought of Hindutva, you clearly need to read some history. The problem is that the Hindu community has been engaged in fighting a losing battle for the past many centuries. Hindus have been forced/asked to give up at every step. But this is not to say that every wrong should be corrected. This issue had relevance in the PRESENT. There was a conflict going on between hindus and muslims over this when this case was filed in 1949 as I said earlier. And if you have 10 minutes, please click on the following links. You would learn why this issue is important. http://arunshourie.voiceofdharma.com/articles/19921001.htm nirvana demon September 22, 2010 — 5:13 am dear GB, Its interesting to see the number of dissenters on this site, when you’ve written a dove-ish let’s-move-on piece, as opposed to the rah-rah chest-thumpers who wear their approval on their sleeve when there are more hawkish posts. I personally agree with your sentiments, and wish we could get a move on with life and the everyday battle of life in rural/small town India (which is where Ayodhya and its environs are set, pretty much). I wish we could treat it with the tokenism it desrves, instead of having to wait on tenterhooks for the results of the wretched mosque/temple site and its outcomes. After all, there have been many other historic wrongs in Modern India, including the persecution of dravidian races by northern tribes, persecution of buddhists by Hindus, Hindus by jains, and of both of these guys by the Buddhists again. Not to mention the ongoing persecution of schoolchildren by Surdas’ unreadable verse, or the persecution of girl-bearing anemic women by their drunk husbands. Having travelled in the Ayodhya belt and studied the health situation in UP in class, I feel that the temple/mosque should be razed to the ground and a grand Saarvajanik Shauchalya should be built, with water supply and washrooms and safe drinking water. But of course, this would be either laughable or offensive to most people who have posted here. Its a telling commentary on a nation that spends 85 dollars on a roll of toilet paper to wipe a white man’s ass, but won’t fix toilets that are eventually going to benefit its own people. mera bharat mahaan. Ramgun bhai, don’t you feel this whole demolish-masjid-make-mandir is a bigger form of incitement than say free speech or defamation? and it’s really amusing to see you speaking for non-internet-Hindi-speaking Indians through internet and English. Anindya Chatterjee September 22, 2010 — 6:09 am 1. Much may we like to wish/ think, this is not a mere property dispute that can be resolved by a court judgement. 2. We might want to “move on” but, this issue can not be seen in isolation of the other instances where the two communities are pitted against one another. (I am myself amazed how politically correct the last statement sounds!) 3. I agree with you that rolling back history is virtually impossible; if at all we want to roll back history, why stop at one temple? As a matter of fact, should we not expand our focus to include the pillage and loot that went on for ages? Should we not ask the British to return all they systematically looted from our country? Where do we stop? 4. However, I do want to state that forgiving is okay; but forgetting is not. Because, when you forget history, when you do not draw appropriate lessons from history and know how it can revisit you if you are not careful, you will suffer. I acknowledge, as Rishi Khujur does, the importance of Ayodhya in making me curious of our past enough to want to read and connect the dots with the present. 5. If some of the language of the folks commenting here in favour of the Mandir construction have been passionate, consider this- in the history of our nation, the “balance of destruction” has been heavily tilted to one side. One mosque destroyed, and so much outrage from the Muslims. How many temples have fallen before the comments that you see appear here? Sanku September 22, 2010 — 6:14 am If people expect “India” to grow without the restoration of temples of immense importance to national psyche, thats like expecting an athlete to run with a broken leg. “So your leg was broken and not healed, why do you care, look forward, run” Kuffar September 22, 2010 — 6:51 am Would love to see those who suggest Sulabh Shauchalayas, Disneyland, Mall, Heritage site suggest something like this on minority shrines and get Van Gogh’ed…!!! Jitaditya September 22, 2010 — 8:06 am Sick of Babri & anything related to it…expecting a comprehensive post on CWG from u…or probably u r waiting for the disaster to be completed or called off… Sam September 22, 2010 — 8:15 am Not in very distant past, 1950, India was declared secular country. Not so in distant past India was declared country for Hindus, Muslims, Christians, Sikhs etc. Not in very distant past mosque was demolished so why the question of neutral capitalist structure on the place of Mosque. Mosque has to be restored. So tomorrow destroy any place/property and for sake of harmony ppl will claim to build neutral things… Law is a law is law… BTW as it matters, for rest of you, I am a Hindu and for me, story of Ramayana matters more than place of Ram birth. Advanis/Modis/Thackerys/VHP/BJP/Shiv Sena guys were born much before mosque demolition did it make them less religious I understand when political parties trying to incite passion but why rest junta ? Yahoo! September 22, 2010 — 9:09 am @all (if there will ever be one) As a voracious reader of this blog, (although not very quick on the draw to get the darn iPod); I can’t but amaze and marvel at the post and the comments and counter discussions; I usually do not get on to the comments section myself – but this takes my goat to the extent where I have ignored my inability to articulate or wite very well and decided to put my 2 paise worth of thoughts to all of you. The article on this topic is among the most crisp, logical and lucid I have ever read or heard till date. in order to make my point; do bear with the following points listed below as a preamble, these are not my orginal thoughts; but have read them in some newspaper recently 1. Pizza delivers faster in India than a ambulances reaches you 2. The cost of insuring a person or basic education is higher than your average costs to talk to people over mobile phone 3. The cost of life insurance (premium) is more than your average movie ticket 4. Women are still regularly raped on the streets of Downtown Delhi 5. We all at some point in time have ignored, employed or encouraged child labour 6. We do not find it necessary to eat healthy by buying and eating fruits everyday; but find it very important to invest in the latest of gizmos 7. All of us (atleast the men!) have urinated on the streets; dug our noses and wiped the mess away beneath tables or seats, jumped traffic signals – atleast once (if not more) in our lives. 8. All of us have NEVER tried pint 7 abroad with 100% compliance 9. All of us (women included for this) have bribed or encouraged inefficiency atleast once (if not more) in our lives 10. All of us have regularly avoided voting (not just lok sabha – there are 2 other elections which happens regularly) 11. All of us are aware of postal ballot since we invaribly travel on voting day; but do not go the extra mile 12. Our knowledge of the ‘case’ is linked to media reports; if we care so much – none of us have ever visited the court hearings or filed petitions to access the records and read them carefully 13. Arundhati Roy still exists in India 14. The list can go on…… We are corrupt (yes – we are); our system is corrupt and the people governing us are corrupt but life goes on as the famous ‘chalta hai’, ‘jugaad’, ‘adjust karenge’, ‘india is growing, kia kare?’ lines are painted with nationalistic, emotional, we are indians overtones and things are taken into stride What gets me boiling is we dont seem to react with the same passion and intensity for the above anomolies in our life – (candlelight vigils, e-campaigns are a supreme waste of time) but the moment it comes to Kashmir, Pakistan, Religion – we are up in arms. I guess the point Arnab (@greatbong -do correct me if I am wrong)is trying to make is that why dont we just move on; as there are far more important things to resolve. I dont think he is being judgemental about the ‘act’ of who was right or wrong or trying to say that the events which happened post the demolition is not shameful. If there can be 101 earth shattering, relevant and immediate things in our life which can be brushed off with a ‘chalta hai’ attitude; why should this case get our goat and if it does – so should the others Lets be consistent – thats all I ask vijay dubey September 22, 2010 — 9:36 am @sam and others who want to see India through US filter I hope in US an ambulance will reach faster than a pizza…and US citizens dont stick booger under the tables…still 82% of US is against a ground zero mosque..why? may be because it does not makes sense !! why one should make a mosque at the same place only?what benefits it will bring to anyone except to one Mullah? why RJB is such a big issue in India? is it because of Hindus ? I dont think so …I am a Hindu Pundit..and it does not matters to me at all..what matters to me that this all does not make any sense…why muslims have to have that one place? whats so special about that place to them ? The only specialty it holds is that it is holiest of the holy place for Hindus…and thats not acceptable to them!!! sorry!!last reply was for @yahoo and not for @sam SS September 22, 2010 — 10:28 am I cannot accept ‘lets move on.I dont support building a temple there either .I dont accept ‘lets move on’ because if we let go of this oppurtunity now then we might not get one later to address a sensitive issue and one that will significantly alter hindu-muslim realtions for better or worse.I am against ‘rectifying old wrongs’ or a simplistic ‘build a cricket staduim’ (btw niraj why start match fixing in ayodhya) Ayodhya is pure naked politics clothed in a faith vs secular debate.An issue that was latent became popular because of the clumsy handling of shah bano affair by the congress.They played sikh vs hindu in punjab and it took a decade for the wounds to heal.They tried muslim vs hindu and the wounds are still fresh I would blame the congress and the muslim orthodoxy for the babri masjid issue.The rigid stance of the muslim conservatives forced the state to bend in the shah bano case.Explanation offered by them for their obdurate stance was that the shariat is above the indian constitution.Not surprisingly, for the sangh parivar building a temple does not require a legal framework.’A question of faith’,’rectyfying old wrongs’ seem to be method of conveying an ‘idea/mindset’ to seek a solution for a man made problem which is essentially political Riots have taken place in between 1958-1982 in post independence India.These were not organised by the bjp but took place in congress ruled states.India adopted a liberal attitude to the language issue in the south due to which the southern states have become the champions of federalsim.However the same issue in punjab and kashmir during the 80’s seem to have pushed the congress play some religious card to win hindu votes.They caved in to the muslim pressure for a seperate law and messed up further by opening the masjid in ayodhya to win hindu votes. The congress vote bank poltiics has damaged muslims more than the parivar’s concentrated and systematic campaign against them.The hindu groups got BJP”s support only in the 80’s.If it was indeed a ‘question of faith’, why did not they take it up in the 40’s,50’s,60’s & 70’s ? Given the post 9-11 climate,godhra & mumbai blast,any verdict is not going to make both parties happy.A healthy relation bereft of mistrust between hindus and muslims can be expected If the conservative muslims accept that they accept the Indian Constitution as supreme and will live in a secular law * If the congress publicly apologises that it made a mistake of dividing both the communities by making a seperate law for muslims overriding the court and opening the masjid gates in ayodhya * If the BJP publicly apologises that the demolito was a mistake and would stop the negative campaign. Hindu feeling of persecution,muslim feeling of marginalisation would probably not stop.Ayodhya could be just a symptom a major malaise born out of a divided and bitter history.Atleast we will not have organised riots and bomb blasts to further deepen the animosity.We cannot stop people talking about aurangazeb,somnath,chitoor,jinnah,partition.However we can stop them becoming ‘national’issues. If the sikhs could come back to the main stream after operation blue star,why not the muslims ? Thomas Mathew September 22, 2010 — 10:56 am Came late to the party 🙂 A very basic question to those who call the demolition of the mandir and creation of a mosque as a “Historical Wrong” – Babur did not erase the structure under the cover of darkness and build a mosque overnight – did he? From what I have read and understood, Babur defeated the warring kings of the many states of the sub-continent, exploiting the divide and mutual unrest among these states. It was superior military tactics that Babar used to win his battles (He might have used the guise of religion to motivate his troops, but hey – no one was stopping our kings from doing the same!) He kicked our back sides and we were brought to our knees and this is a fact which cannot be undone! Since human rights and religious tolerance were not the order of the day, I don’t see how his decision to demolish a temple and build a mosque can be categorized as a “historical wrong”? Babur came into the picture much late in Indian history – long ago, Chanakya had predicted that if the warring states of the sub-continent cannot live in harmony, no force can stop the country from being enslaved again and again – his point was proved many times in Indian history – the Mughal invasion being just one such case. We have no one but ourselves to blame for the “oppression over centuries” because we could not forget our differences and stand united even in the face of the biggest threats. If not anything else, the mosque should remain at the site and constantly remind us of our spinelessness which we have inherited and remains with us till date! Sancho Chandran September 22, 2010 — 11:21 am Very interesting post – agree with a lot of it. Not with your final solution however. Your comment “So Babur knocked down a temple and built a mosque over it. It happened a long time ago. Get over it.” is quite fair. I quite agree with it. However, in a few years we are going to reach a situation where switch the temple and mosque and replace Babur with VHP and it will be quite acceptable. What then? in 2050 or 2070, should we just say forget about it- will that be acceptable…I don’t know I am an atheist. I don’t understand the religious fervour people have. The reality i see is that for 20 years there has been an empty plot of land, which at least for 40 years before has not been used for anything. There are rival claims on it and honestly, in my opinion, the Hindu claim is stronger- they believe one of their Gods was born there. That does, I believe, override most things in favour of the mosque. Whatever the supreme court comes out with, if it comes out in favour of the AIBMAC, I hope they say -“told you so, there was never anything there!!! But if you still find it so important to you, go ahead build your temple- first rebuild my mosque near by before you even lay the foundation stone for your temple”. Conversely, if it comes out in favour of the VHP they say – “we are sorry for having to take a drastic step 20 years ago. Let us first rebuild your mosque elsewhere and then build the temple” Incidentally, in 1995, I had visited the Krishnajanmbhoomi at Mathura. Trust me, there were no problems. There were gun toting policemen all right but no issues at all. There were both Muslim and Hindu pilgrims and they went in and out together. No controversy. If one just lets it be, things probably will be fine. Finally, on a slightly facetious note, i think the best solution i have heard to the issue is “Strike oil there!!!” If there are huge oil reserves discovered underneath, perhaps everyone would view as it a divine sign that the country would benefit more by building downwards rather than upwards…and both communities would, in the national interest, allow an oil rig. What it would be called, of course, would be a very controversial matter. vijay dubey September 22, 2010 — 11:21 am @Thomas Mathew as per wikipedia “The modern conception of human rights developed in the aftermath of the Second World War, in part as a response to the Holocaust, culminating in its adoption by the Universal Declaration of Human Rights by the United Nations General Assembly in 1948. ” “The UN was founded in 1945 after World War II ” so as per your logic Holocaust was nothing but a strategic win by nazis as it happened before modern definitions of human rights? Chetan September 22, 2010 — 11:40 am Cholli Ke picchhe kya hai………Masjid ke nicchhe kya hai. Controversies galore!!!!!! Eager Reader September 22, 2010 — 11:54 am You are wrong when you say “least when He peddles false hopes of salvation by making you sacrifice your money, He discriminates against no one.” Money and corresponding false hopes are big discriminators. You are just switching the perspective from a socio-religious aspect to an economical aspect. No solution, whatsoever, can cater the masses to perfect satisfaction. Perceptions – on god, on the importance of a problem, on justice – vary hugely from person to person, as is evident from the previous comments. It is an exercise in futility to bring everyone under the same hood. Constitution does a commendable job on that but, nevertheless it is bound to fail. The key thing is education, as stressed by many great leaders in the past. Give everyone education and they will be able to figure out what is good what is bad for them. For immediate future, the state should follow the constitution as strongly as possible. The political leaders will continue fogging our view as long as we remain ignorant. If the constitution allows filing a case on the basis of hindu sentiments and then allows construction of a temple, if its proven to have existed there – then so be it. You are also wrong to say delayed justice is wrong. Justice based on history is perfectly valid if it brings repent in the mind of a perpetrator and peace in the mind of the oppressed, be it before a thousand years. Lots of hindu upper caste people are ashamed of what it did to the lower caste for generations. If someone is willing to make up for the sin of his/her ancestors, what is wrong with that ? To this particular issue of RJM/BM – I think we should erect two structures in the same place. Live and let live. @ ss sikhs and Hindus are ideologically and otnologically the same. Those who follow Islam are not. We all know that. Yahoo! September 22, 2010 — 1:44 pm @vijay dubey – I live in Bangalore and certainly the observations which were made was not thru a desi sitting yonder filter. I do not understand the co-relation of my comments with your example of ground zero. All I am asking is for us to be consistent and react for situations and issues which are in the moment and current. The past tradegies however unfortunate it is (and the past can go to any depth in terms of time) is unfortunately past. I used to live in Mumbai around the same time the tension started and have been a receipent of mob fury and have every right to be pissed (irrespective of which religion I belong too) since I felt my basic rights as an individual, mumbaikar and citizen of India were being abused by a bunch of people who were agitated about the unfortunate event. As I reflect today; on a daily basis – there are a zillion other things – connected to me or not; personally or not – which piss me off and I am sure others too face the same issue – the question I ask to myself and to all is that why are we not consistent in our reactions and approach? Either I should have a chaltha hai attitude for all or should be equally passionate – selective pickings does not help. It infact gives a lot of data points for the powers above me to now profile me as a individual and accordingly play to the gallery. Sample this – all the powers to be do not make corruption or reduced costs of daily essentials an issue and ensure that there is a closure – via peaceful or bloddy means as they know that these are issues which the average joe has reconciled in his chalta hai funda but DO know that the usual suspects – religion, across the border etc etc are issues which also gel with the aam janta – so let me only focus on them @yahoo, Which courageous person appointed you as the spokesperson for all of Indians so that you are referring to “all of us”? Indians and their varieties are too vast to fit in a stereotype nicely; apparently this is a problem for you who wanted to establish that the streets in downtown Delhi serves good purpose for rapists. Did you see one doing so? If you did, what did do you do to prevent it? You whiners are one of the long queues of Indians who derives sadistic pleasure in portraying your own in bad color. You are certainly not the first and certainly not the last. One of the reasons pizzas are delivered faster than ambulance because people like you did not do anything beyond whining about it. Kaushik Saha September 22, 2010 — 3:20 pm I have one doubt over your stance GB. WTC was destroyed by a group of Muslims – maybe not part of the mainstream, maybe lunatics – does not matter. Another group of Muslims want to build a mosque there – at the site where stood 2 buildings that employed several people many of whom were killed for no fault of their own. You support this movement. The Babri Mosque (though it was not technically one) was destroyed by a group of Hindus – again, maybe lunatics. Another group wants to build a Temple there. Then why do you oppose it? If you should oppose or support, shouldn’t you do the same for both. And please note, the major difference, as I said earlier – the 2 Towers provided a economic use, while the land at Ayodhya does not. Please explain your stance – maybe I am not able to comprehend it Did I? I just said they have a constitutional right to do so. If someone wants to construct a temple within a 2 blocks radius on private land in Ayodha, they have every right to do so. I honestly dont see what you cannot comprehend. @ Kaushik saha Ayodhya temple site has 1400 years of continued history of temples dedicated to the deity “Vishnu” (rama being one of the avatars), on the same spot until Babur built a mosque in accordance with his religious inspiration on the site. Ground zero did not have a mosque there before it was destroyed. So plese rethink the parallel you are drawing here. The only possible parallel that people can draw (in a theoritical world), is if the Kaaba at Mecca is destroyed and a Hindu temple dedicated to Lord Shiva , and followers of Quran want to rebuild it, once they become politically free. Ravi Ivaturi September 22, 2010 — 3:52 pm “You whiners are one of the long queues of Indians who derives sadistic pleasure in portraying your own in bad color. You are certainly not the first and certainly not the last. One of the reasons pizzas are delivered faster than ambulance because people like you did not do anything beyond whining about it.” Here is a helpful tip- if you are interested in serious debate, you might consider getting off your moral high horse. While a ‘holier than thou ‘attitude is not uncommon among activists, you might want to take a cue from Rishi Khujur on how to make a point. He rarely flaunts his ‘social activist’ resume and makes his point through debate & discussion. And here is something you probably didn’t know about whining. Whining is a normal human reaction which releases irritation and can even be considered therapeutic. Usually the set of issues people truly care about is a tiny subset of the issues that people whine about…which means people are under no obligation, moral or otherwise , to take on the wind mills (literary reference to Don Quixote), whenever they have something to whine about. Despite the similarity i think it was the sikh sectarian movement in the 80´s which might have pushed india to become more hindu.Then followed kashmir,meenashipuram,etc…. ss September 22, 2010 — 5:12 pm The anon was me Wafter September 22, 2010 — 6:04 pm As a person who has immediate roots in the land of ayodhya , I have the following comments : 1) No one ever noticed Babri Masjid, until it was used as a political agenda. It was a non-issue until one fine day a troublemaker politician decided to use it since he lacked the guts to address/find a solution to the pressing problems of India – Poverty and lack of development. 2) For those commenting about “building” a mandir in ayodhya, please go and look at the people living within limited means around that place, and then think about building….building something which makes their life happier…. at the end of day don’t we have anything better than to discuss issues which don’t make any difference to our lives ? The Hindu awakening started with the coagulation of Hindu spiritual leaders social leaders at Powai in 1964. @Ravi, – The response was not to you, but may I ask where did I exactly ride the moral high horse? You do not even know me (assuming you are not someone I have debated earlier and now using a different alias); how do you know me to be a young activist? Of late, I work with Rishi’s group at times (but he does not know a lot about me), that does not certify me to be an “young activist” (or new activist if you will), does it? Since you offered to help me, I have a helpful tip for you – stop assuming people’s identity and history and stick to the subject matter under discussion. Kindly, spare me about the lecture on whining. The subject matter of this thread had nothing to do with the whining that I was addressing. The whining that the person with “yahoo” alias did was highly derogatory to my country and if a person has a right to whine, I too have the right to answer it. If standing up for an insult means riding moral horse to you then we need thousands such riders. I have not had time to read all the responses. but I wish everyone in our generation thought like you. We are so bothered with religion and sentiments that we never get over it. We are still discussing and wasting our precious productive time accodirng to IST discussing whether there was a ram mandir or mosque. How amny people ahve ever been to ayodhya ever or for that matter how many of the present population will ever visit it that it makes a minute difference to us. for those who misunderstood my point: i said that for many muslims their religion is above their nationality, thats why they support Pak in Ind_Pak cricket match…and also im a proud hindu who takes pride in hinduism not because it is my religion but it is one of the better religions that teach us tolerance and coexistence! and i am talking about Indian muslims here.. @siddhartha – whining? derogatory? – not sure if I get the drift. Dipta September 22, 2010 — 7:20 pm Can you now write on how this verdict debate is delaying the release of a film, which has a leading hero of the day massacring ‘Disco Dancer’? Somnath temple was destroyed 6-7 times by Islamic invader and each time it was rebuilt. “In 725 Junayad, the Arab governor of Sind, sent his armies to destroy the second temple.[citation needed] The Gurjara Pratihara king Nagabhata II constructed the third temple in 815, a large structure of red sandstone. In 1024 A.D., the temple was once again destroyed by Mahmud Ghazni[citation needed] who raided the temple from across the Thar Desert. Ghazni was challenged by the king, Ghogha Rana, who at the ripe age of 90, sacrificed his own clan fighting against Ghazni.[citation needed] The temple was rebuilt by the Paramara King Bhoj of Malwa and the Solanki king Bhima of Gujarat (Anhilwara) or Patan between 1026 and 1042. The wooden structure was replaced by Kumarpal (r.1143-72), who built the temple of stone.[6] In 1296 A.D., the temple was once again destroyed by Sultan Allauddin Khilji’s army.[citation needed] According to Taj-ul-Ma’sir of Hasan Nizami, Raja Karan of Gujarat was defeated and forced to flee, “fifty thousand infidels were dispatched to hell by the sword” and “more than twenty thousand slaves, and cattle beyond all calculation fell into the hands of the victors”.[citation needed] The temple was rebuilt by Mahipala Deva, the Chudasama king of Saurashtra in 1308 A.D. and the Linga was installed by his son Khengar sometime between 1326 and 1351 A.D. In 1375 A.D., the temple was once again destroyed by Muzaffar Shah I, the Sultan of Gujarat.[citation needed] About 1400 A.D. it was reconstructed by the local public.[further explanation needed] In 1451 A.D., the temple was once again destroyed by Mahmud Begda, the Sultan of Gujarat.[citation needed] It was reconstructed again.[citation needed] In 1701 A.D., the temple was once again destroyed by Mughal Emperor Aurangzeb.[citation needed] Aurangzeb built a mosque on the site of the Somnath temple, using some columns from the temple, whose Hindu sculptural motifs remained visible.[further explanation needed] Queen Ahilyabai Holkar of Indore rebuilt the temple in 1783 A.D. at a site adjacent to the ruined temple which was already converted to a mosque” joyjit September 22, 2010 — 8:45 pm Whoaa! There goes all my hope this verdict going away without any untoward incidents… judging from the comments on your blog, I dont think everyone is ready to move on or even think that Vinod Kambli is not better than Sachin. Looks like we should get ready for some ugly scenes and like you mentioned all Indian communities get insulted very easily which would invariably lead to torching of public property and mayhem. But at least the state governments in most states seem to take this seriously and are taking proper measures for a change. We really dont need any more rioting in our country as we have more than enough calamities to deal with… Fingers Crossed PS: People who claim ‘undeniable proof’ about Ayodha and Ram JanmaBhoomi should show the proof in stead of harping on it. At least we saw the mosque before it was vandalized. Kapil September 22, 2010 — 8:51 pm My question is …how many people had ever heard of this ‘temple’ before bjp raked it up ? Noone living in any part of the world as of today would have ever prayed there. So where does the question of sentiments being hurt come from.. It is like a village beggar in India getting upset about the sluggish performance of technology stocks on NASDAQ… @kapil : Please let us not get into “sluggish performance of technology stocks on NASDAQ” ! that hurts! 😀 deepak September 22, 2010 — 9:08 pm can anyone imagine how muslims would treat a temple or a churh in mecca ? Or how christians would treat a mosque or a temple in vatican city ? Isnt ayodhya as significant to hindus as mecca is to muslims ? EMC3 September 22, 2010 — 9:31 pm @GB: I agree that the best solution is to either build a mall or maybe a theatre where people of all faiths go and can see their respective Gods on screen including Mithunda. But at the same time, I think the court is handling the case from a current perspective and not with respect to what happened during babar’s time. What I mean is once we got Independence and a proper constitution was framed, this particular site’s title rights are vague and hence court is to decide who has the legal right to claim this piece of land today. So the issue is atmost just 60 years old and should be considered like any other property dispute. Just curious : Do you think the British Government or the Queen must apologize to us Indians for the barbaric acts on us and also return the Kohinoor etc? @Ravi Ivaturi : Pizzas are delivered on two wheelers which is faster than a four wheeler and you cannot carry an injured person in a neat square cardboard box on a two wheeler. Ashish September 22, 2010 — 9:48 pm i enjoy your posts arnab, and you make valid arguments (mostly) but this one was just plain disappointing. to say that history should be ignored since it hasn’t directly affected those alive is one your weakest arguments ever. even though we may never know what really happened when babur attacked, we should take a decision based on whatever information we have. i said that for many muslims their religion is above their nationality, thats why they support Pak in Ind_Pak cricket match Pakistan is not the representative of subcontinent muslims, rather it’s their embarrassment. Even Pakistanis like to call themselves Indian. And Indian muslims don’t support Pak at all, that’s just Pakistani expansionist nonsense. deepak September 22, 2010 — 10:27 pm shopping mall, disneyland, choli ke peeche and whatever bullshit ….. isnt it being dished out because if you are hindu it is presumed that you will tolerate anything ? MangoMan September 22, 2010 — 10:31 pm Someone supposedly from BJP offers Mr. X, a renowned blogger, to become their spokesman. Mr. X thinks “Even though I’m vehemently centrist, why are people thinking that I’m pro-BJP? Should it not drive my ‘secular’ readers away from my blog? How should I become a centrist again?” Solution – churn out an absurd proposition of building a mall in RJB. Did you see how much intellectual and media space the left loonies have hijacked in India that centrist ideas like uniform civil code, removing article 370, building a temple thru constitutional process are called communal? Those who have read the history, saw the games played by Nehru family and express themselves on Internet are called right wing loony Internet Hindus. Those who are blissfully ignorant and push for the “Mall/Shauchalya/University/Disneyland at RJB” are centrists. Those who have read the history, twisted them to suit their communal agenda and peddled them as gospels of truth are liberals. Can it get more fked up than this? @arnab, cheatan, kapil… as an experiment try similar comments about some place muslims hold as sacred to their faith 🙂 EMC3 September 22, 2010 — 10:45 pm I think we should not be looking at this as a single incident that happened at the time of babar. I think this is a matter of a long sequence of events that originated from Babar’s time and each event which was somehow bringing fear and insults to the Hindus. This could even be one of the reason for the pundits exodus from Kashmir. ie. If no picture of muslim treachery and barbarism was projected until then by them, then a sudden call for militancy would not have triggered this mass exodus. The actual reason was this continuous insults, agressive nature of the muslims to destroy small temples in Kashmir, but later on claiming that it was a mosque since 1500’s and the pundits forcibly “forgetting” about it and “moving on”. If tomorrow some muslim burnt the Bhagavad Gita publicly and he claims that he wanted fire immediately to make himself warm, would you just forget it and move on since it is just your sentiments that is hurt (if it does hurt you) and no physical harm was done to you? In case, you say “Yes” and move on since you have many other priority things to take care of, what will you do if this becomes a regular feature and as years go by, Other Hindus (not you, lets say the peace loving “coward” hindus) are getting demoralized at this aggressive nature of muslims (mind you, the muslims are not causing any physical damage to you and are burning the Gitas just for their own pleasure) and these other hindus are just feeling bad and hurting their sentiments themselves. Ravi K September 22, 2010 — 11:32 pm disappointing. I will give the post 2 stars for content, but 5 stars for popularity :). You do much much better on movies and lighter side of things Arnab. I read your blog to get me out of a dejected mood. I notice that you are trying your hands on more serious stuff, but, apart from passionate West Bengal politics, it doesnt seem to come out properly. I guess, its not fair on me to ask you to write on specific stuff, then you may be sterertyped.. confused.. might still post this… joyjit September 22, 2010 — 11:44 pm @deepak, EMC3 Like I asked, I have seen the mosque before it was vandalized. Where is the proof for the ‘temple’? @ joyjit Your education level is reflected by your comment on the demand for “proof” http://www.rediff.com/news/2003/aug/25ayo1.htm http://www.hvk.org/articles/0903/189.html http://folks.co.in/2009/11/the-evidence-at-ayodhya/ Some other excavated artifact photos Sahifah-i-Chihal Nasa’ih Bahadurshahi written in 1707 by a grand-daughter of the Moghul emperor Aurangazeb, and noted by Mirza Jan in his Urdu work Hadiqah-i Shuhada previously cited. Mirza Jan quotes several lines from it which tell us: … keeping the triumph of Islam in view, devout Muslim rulers should keep all idolaters in subjection to Islam, brook no laxity in realization of Jizyah, grant no exceptions to Hindu Rajahs from dancing attendance on ‘Id days and waiting on foot outside mosques till end of prayer … and ‘keep in constant use for Friday and congregational prayer the mosques built up after demolishing the temples of the idolatrous Hindus situated at Mathura, Banaras and Avadh … (Harsh Narain: pp 23-24; emphasis added.) In another work also known as Tarikh-i-Avadhi, by one Alama Muhammad Najamulghani Khan Rampuri (1909) tells us: Babar built a magnificent mosque at the spot where the temple of Janmasthan of Ramachandra was situated in Ayodhya, under the patronage of Saiyad Ashikhan, and Sita-ki-Rasoi is situated adjascent to it. The date of construction of the mosque is Khair Baqi (923 AH) [or 1528 AD with the correction]. Till date, it is known as Sita ki Rasoi. By its side stands that temple. It is said at the time of the conquest of Islam there were three temples, viz. Janmasthan, which was the birthplace of Ram Chanderji, Swargadwar alias Ram Darbar, and Treta ka Thakur. Babar built the mosque having demolished Janmasthan. (History versus Casuistry, p 17; emphasis added.) The evidence of Babur’s destruction of a temple is fully borne out by the inscriptions of Mir Baqi found fixed in the disputed structure from back in time, during the British days as is clear from the accounts given by Mrs. A. Beveridge in her translation of Babur-Nama published in 1926. But the light of knowledge cannot touch those who choose to walk with their eyes sewn closed by self delusion and dishonesty. And if you already knew about this, then a time will come though when the pain of conscience will eventually overcome your poisonous casuistry. And that will happen in your lifetime. saee September 23, 2010 — 12:16 am Kudos for writing the last paragraph. I think more than anything else written in the post, those words seem to portray an underlying reality!! Anonymous September 23, 2010 — 1:44 am Thus spake Hishi Lejur. Ravi Ivaturi: “While a ‘holier than thou ‘attitude is not uncommon among activists, you might want to take a cue from Rishi Khujur on how to make a point. He rarely flaunts his ‘social activist’ resume and makes his point through debate & discussion” Yes right. See how he makes a comment on someone’s level of education because he disagrees with him. First-rate debating and discussing technique. It’s time to get your mouth off whatever its wrapped around and read what your guru writes. I am always amused to note as someone who has spent four years doing voluntary work in MP and Maharashtra providing basic healthcare for farmers, how the Hishi Lejurs and the Siddharthas of the world do not care a flying fuck about Hindus dying of starvation, of young girls being forced to sell themselves for truckers so that their little brother can get medicine. Its only when they smell the opportunity to go up against Muslims that their tongues come rolling out and they suddenly become conscious of their honor ! I am curious as to when did BJP approach GB to be their spokesman. There was a comment in a preceeding post asking GB to come back to India, join the BJP and a conjecture that he is so erudite that he could become BJP’s spokesman. Wonder when that became a full-fledge job offer? Did I miss something? Or has Mango-man been sucking off the same mango that Ravi Ivaturi has been enjoying? khujur September 23, 2010 — 1:51 am Joyjit is a old debater in this forum and we have discussed this before. Hence my comment. But you already knew that because you have been calling me names for years now. Yes Hishi. I have been in this forum before you came and your friends. Even if you have told him this exact thing fifty times before, you think that gives you the right to call into doubt his level of education? Do quote which passage from the Gita or the Upanishads has these lines. Do quote carefully and give attribution though; having been on this forum for a while I am sure you remember you and your friend’s proclivities for “lifting” stuff without attributing source. I am sure Ravi Haturi will applaud that. Vishnugupt September 23, 2010 — 3:36 am In my opinion, this whole “forget the history if the victims are dead and move on” is very short-sighted. As history shows us, those who don’t LEARN from it, get buried in it. So, no one is surprised that there aren’t many Hindus left in Afghanistan or Pakistan. I’d be surprised if there are any left in 500 years time in Kashmir, Kerala, Assam or Bengal. But hey, we won’t be here – so who cares? Lets build some shopping malls … And yes, there are more pressing issues in our country like poverty, hygiene, literacy or Mamata as compared to say building long range missiles or temples. But if that means we cannot be concerned (and take action) against anything else, then wouldn’t it be better to shut down everything that doesn’t directly deal with poverty elimination? Like shutting down movie theatres, radio stations, bars … and yes, high-end shopping malls too. I guess that’s what is already happening in our backyard to the north-west … Then the argument that “if you don’t like the laws, go suck your thumb” is also bull, because democracy demands that if you don’t like the laws, petition the lawmakers to change it to suit the society (as compared to thumb-sucking). Note that law, as compared to constitution, change constantly and are regularly struck down by nondescript judges. But it looks like (I could be mistaken here) the author uses the “constitution” and “law” quite interchangeably w/o understanding this fundamental difference. But, GB has one good point – if we keep going back, how far do we go? 10 yrs? 50 yrs? 100, 200? 1000? I honestly don’t have a good answer to that, except suggesting that it entirely depends on the the people. But, looking at the growth of the “internet Hindus” as well as the “madrassa Muslims”, it looks to me that the clash of civilizations will sadly continue. And yes, I’m new here grandpa Anonymous, so please don’t start throwing eggs or shoes yet! “The congress vote bank poltiics has damaged muslims more than the parivar’s concentrated and systematic campaign against them.The hindu groups got BJP”s support only in the 80?s.If it was indeed a ‘question of faith’, why did not they take it up in the 40?s,50?s,60?s & 70?s ?” FYI, BJP came into existence only in the 80s – they were a 2-MP-strong party from 1984-1989 “My question is …how many people had ever heard of this ‘temple’ before bjp raked it up ?” How many heard of the “mosque” too? @GB-da, here is the last line of “Ground-Zero Mosque”. If this is not “supporting” (whatever be the reason), I do not know what is: “However it still needs to be built because, if it is not, then the US and its culture of secular tolerance loses its high moral ground. And that would be a horrible thing to have to come to pass.” And as for “two blocks away”, or “the exact spot”, how much difference does it make? I worship water and lakes. I think its time for setting up an action-committee to go after all those apartments and offices that have come up on filled up lakebeds, natural drainage systems connecting those. I can very well prove the existence of these – and its not just my sentiments at stake. // If you have to fight, do it for a cause that makes a difference to our lives and those of the generations ahead. Stop living the the way-past. SumneNeeve September 23, 2010 — 6:06 am Author says: So what should happen now? Every native Indian brings a case against every citizen in the US and gets all buildings razed down and all railroads torn up and make the US government (which would also have to kill itself by the court judgment) restore prairies and packs of wild buffalo? Just responding to this rather illogical analogy. 1. The natives are within their right to go to the court and demand justice. 2. The court is authorized to give a judgement. A court exists to give a judgement. The logic of the case can and should be decided by the court. If I feel my sentiment is hurt, I have a right to go to the court. Why should you feel that is wrong or lame is beyond me. ss September 23, 2010 — 6:09 am Why they need a ‘BJP’ to proclaim that it is a ‘matter of faith’? They could have done that when they were in jan sangh or in whatever name they were before. I see the basic truth of events is causing serious problems of cognitive dissonance to many Jews got a country for themselves by never forgetting “what happened hundreds of years ago”. Renaissance inspired by the ancient Greeks pulled Europe out of the dark ages, Swami Vivekananda Inspired Indians by reminding them of their glorious past, Hitler played the “Aryan” card……so many times the remembrance of past has shaped events for better or for worse. I mean history cannot be wished away. It has been and will continue to be an instrument for mobilizing people along various lines and we all do look back before moving ahead.the only question is how far back ? personal wish is that people could look all the way back to the times when there was no religion. till that happens Arun Govil will remain a deity and many more temples and mosques will be broken. pramod September 23, 2010 — 8:39 am Jews got a country for themselves by never forgetting “what happened hundreds of years ago”. Renaissance inspired by the ancient Greeks pulled Europe out of the dark ages, Swami Vivekananda Inspired Indians by reminding them of their glorious past, Hitler played the “Aryan” card……so many times the remembrance of past has shaped events for better or for worse. I mean history cannot be wished away. It has been and will continue to be an instrument for mobilizing people along various lines and we all do look back before moving ahead.the only question is how far back ? personal wish is that people could look all the way back to the times when there was no religion. till that happens Arun Govil will remain a deity and many more temples and mosques will be broken.( sorry, forgot to add my name ) Ansh September 23, 2010 — 9:54 am I am glad I don’t follow any religion. Yes, going by the latest trend a shopping mall is the safest and most lucrative solution to this problem. shanti September 23, 2010 — 10:51 am Now if a temple is built in ayodhya, wouldnt people want temples to be built in all sites were barber or whoever were the invaders demolished temples to build mosques? khujur rishi September 23, 2010 — 11:04 am @ shanti lets first find out who the invaders were and what they did, shall we? then you yourself can address your next point, maybe? @ ansh I am glad too 🙂 stingray September 23, 2010 — 11:15 am “To them I say—-So Babur knocked down a Hindu temple and built a mosque over it. It happened a long time ago. Get over it. ” –dear great ray, i understand that you are yet to get over the fact that a plot of land that belongs to your family was occupied by the local CPM goons!! well,i am reminded of a certain word that starts with “hypo” and ends with “crisy”. SG September 23, 2010 — 11:29 am Stingray, you are missing a point here. If someone occupied my land illegally it would definitely affects me and I would have tried best to recover it. But if I loose it then I don’t think my future generation will sweat hard for the land or go on lamenting on their fate. I would rather be happy to know that they are getting on to their own life forgetting the past. Vijay September 23, 2010 — 11:48 am Isn’t it the congress party led by Rajiv Gandhi as much responsible for the demolition as BJP is? Quoting from wiki: The Passing of Muslim Women Protection Act allegedly sent a message of Muslim appeasement practised by the Congress party. To counter this charge Rajiv Gandhi began his election campaign in 1989 from Ram Janma Bhumi ( birth place of Lord Rama ) in Ayodhya. This led to revival of the Ram Janma Bhumi – Babari Masjid dispute which was lying in cold storage for about forty years which in turn led to bringing down of the Babari Masjid on 6 December 1992 and thereby causing bloody riots[1] all over India in which thousands of people mainly Muslims were killed and over dozen powerful bomb blasts in Mumbai ( Bombay ) on 12 March 1993 in which hundreds of people mainly Hindus[2] were killed and/or maimed. dedd September 23, 2010 — 12:41 pm wtf? no article on commonwealth games? the whole world is focusing on that and it’s more important than the stupid babri judgement. Krishna September 23, 2010 — 12:43 pm 1. Let us keep the historical facts aside for one instant (Agree with you here GB). The entire world will have to be reconstructed if we went back to what existed before X ruler invaded it. 2. Was the destruction of the mosque and the subsequent riots wrong (as per EXISTING law) on the part of whoever (irrespective of religion) participated in it. Yes. 3. Would a majority of the country (irrespective of religion) feel wronged if the mosque was reinstated in that place? @ Siddartha, the answer is no. 4. Would a majority of another country (where there is a majority of Christians, Jews or Muslims) feel wronged if a minority religion’s place of worship was instated at their holiest place? greatbong September 23, 2010 — 12:51 pm Sting Ray, If you manage to read this very article, I said rolling back of what happened can be done if the people who are directly affected AT THE TIME OF THE EVENT still alive, otherwise it is an exercise in futility (and no sentiments of people 500 down the line dont count). Everyone who is affected by my story is still very much alive. Not being able to read what I write reminds me of a word that starts with “ill” and ends with “iterate.” Which of course leads me to doubt whether even this would be ever read and understood. @ Vishnugupt Loved your comment on parallel priorities. Long term Strategic thinking has always been a weak point of us Hindus (and by extension the country of India), barring a few exceptions ofcourse. And it is those few exceptions that have held the forts in every generation that didnt lose, and have moved forward by leaps and bounds in the generations, when their numbers reached a critical mass. Hope our generation is the one where we reach the critical mass. “I said justice can be done if the people who are directly affected AT THE TIME OF THE EVENT still alive” Most of the people directly affected were either dead in the riots, or have subsequently. There might be a lot of people living who were affected by the riots, but I don’t think you have carried out a survey to find out whether they would be happy if a Mosque was built or a Temple. So this is based out of your perception of the situation. Secondly, if you believe the affect was “on the religious senses”, there is nothing concrete to suggest that either. This verdict is not on the guilty- who started the riots etc. We have the report of the Liberhan Commission to see to that. This is regarding -“whose land is it”. I too would have made a sarcastic comment about comprehension and other issues (words starting with “comp”…), but since I have tremendous respect for you, I would not go down that alley stingray September 23, 2010 — 1:50 pm greatbong, “I said justice can be done if the people who are directly affected AT THE TIME OF THE EVENT still alive.”–using the same analogy of your dear plot of land that’s now lost to CPM goondas, if the original family members who payed for the plot with their lifetime of savings have passed away eventually, would you forget the injustice? or, consider a suicide bombing where both the perpetrator and say, a couple of victims who are also orphans die,would you say that no further action is needed since the “the people who are directly affected AT THE TIME OF THE EVENT” are not alive? please feel free to prove me “illo”….”gical” Yes I definitely would. If someone took away my great-great-great-great grandad’s (add a few here and there) plot of land I would let it go, even more when there is someone trying to take my land away as I speak and I would have to put my career on hold to address the injustice of four centuries ago. BTW I love the Hindu right-wing’s concept of “ownership” when it comes to the “Ram Janmabhoomi”. I say that because it mirrors the exact logic of Naxalites (read Charu Majumdar if you dont believe me) who say that all bourgeois land has been seized from the peasantry, if not now then hundreds of years before, which means they have the right to forcibly acquire any land they now deem fit. This is of course classical Maoist theory and it was implemented in Cambodia. With respect to your second example, if they have no kids, no living family then yes my answer would be the same, given that trying to get them justice might take me away from more pressing matters of today. Kaushik Saha, [Most of the people directly affected were either dead in the riots, or have subsequently. There might be a lot of people living who were affected by the riots, but I don’t think you have carried out a survey to find out whether they would be happy if a Mosque was built or a Temple. So this is based out of your perception of the situation.] Yeh kahaan se tapak para? The people who were affected by the riots need justice for the riots. My question was just because the riots happened in the 1990s doesnt mean we should ask people to get over it (in other words, it’s history and so get over with it is not an universally applicable justification). People still live with the direct losses accrued as a result of those riots. While the people directly affected by the destruction of the temple (the people who were killed by Babar while doing this and the people who owned the property damaged) are long dead and none of us even know whether our great-grandfathers were among them. And where did you get the Liberhans report in? All I said was that the court should rule on the facts and the government should take action based on them and not on the basis of respecting sentiments (which is what we always seem to be doing) Coming back to the WTC, there is a WORLD of difference as to where the construction is. I once again repeat, VHP has every right to legally acquire (by buying from the owner) any land in Ayodha and making a temple. The people behind the mosque did not break down the Burlington Factory store-room and make their mosque. THAT would be illegal. They bought it. This is what makes the fact that they are not making the mosque ON THE RUBBLE of the WTC, because that is an illegally demolished structure. If however the Port Authority (I am assuming they are the owners of WTC) decides to sell the land on which the WTC is (of course they will never do that) and some Arabs buy that land and build a mosque on it, they have every constitutional right to do so. Debadrita Sen September 23, 2010 — 3:13 pm GB put it in the right Bengali spirit, that if someone takes away our great-great-great-great grandad’s land, we will just let it go. Kudos to you, my friend ! But, why go so far? Close to half of current Bengalis lost their (great?) grandad’s land and property about six decades back – and see how comfortably we have let it go? A large numbers of people who lost their land and became direct (1st generation) refugees are already dead or in death-bed and the horrors of losing land/property is almost gone from public memory. Our current generation is almost getting ready to let go of our current lands as well … Shri September 23, 2010 — 3:16 pm @greatbong “If you manage to read this very article, I said rolling back of what happened can be done if the people who are directly affected AT THE TIME OF THE EVENT still alive, otherwise it is an exercise in futility (and no sentiments of people 500 down the line dont count)” You are overlooking the simple fact that Babar’s action did not affect just a group of people. It affected people of a certain faith (Hindu). As long as there are Hindus living there are are people that have been DIRECTLY AFFECTED “if they have no kids, no living family then yes my answer would be the same, given that trying to get them justice might take me away from more pressing matters of today.” –so,you mean to say that one can perpetrate any crime as long as he/she will kill all the victims? or may be you dont say that he/she can perpetrate the crime, but, all you say is that as long as crime doesnt affect you, you don’t care either way? another conclusion would be that you/perpetrator would be better off if the perpetrator of a crime that might affect you would kill you first.since, its absolutely unacceptable for you to face a situation that “might take you away from more pressing matters of today.” @Debadrita, But, why go so far? Close to half of current Bengalis lost their (great?) grandad’s land and property about six decades back ABSOLUTELY. I totally agree that the land taken by Bangladesh as enemy property needs to be dealt with. Because people still live under economic hardship imposed by their forced migration and then the Bangladeshi government seizing their land. sunny September 23, 2010 — 3:55 pm The people who suffered are no more and to talk about giving justice to them by persecuting anyone living is of no use. But the ideology which encouraged such aggression has not changed a bit and its followers world over prove that all the time.We should treat the situation with wisdom. We should strike at the core points which will weaken the hold of the ideology and make it irrelevant. I am sure discussions like this are being read by many learned muslims …they must have realized the problems their faith have. More and more people will chose to come out and give up such ideology. we have to protect them. We also need to give incentives to muslims to study at normal schools instead of madarsas. (Though jaichand like laloo talks abt giving incentive to madarsas).Till now, I have not seen any aggresive or extreme response by BalalSangh Parivar or any muslim over here..and its a good sign. I hope such posts encourage introspection among muslims. its interesting to see your robotic logic of right and wrong… a “one beegha jameen” taken away from your greatx100 or so grandfather and Babur’s planned mass killing of Hindus which changed the shape of Hinduism forever is same for you !!! RJB issue is not just about a piece of land or a mandir…Its surely more than that…ostrich attitude will not help Hindus for a long run…you can keep on making malls and keep on raising high-rises…but soon there will not be enough Hindus to enjoy these things(as it happened in Kashmir) @GB: Your one answer “land taken by Bangladesh as enemy property needs to be DEALT WITH” raises multiple questions. How do you want to deal with it? When do you want to deal with it? After the Hindu population goes down to zero percent? Why will the Muslims let you deal with it? Sk. Mujibur could have dealt with it in 5 yrs after their liberation, but he didn’t. Why? Probably because he and his followers knew all too well that Bengali Hindus would like to move on … Anyway, I fully understand your dilemma that if we want to avenge past mistakes then how far do we go back? 450 yrs is indeed a very long time and where do we stop? But one thing I can tell you is that Islam inches slowly and steadily (use the word Radical before Islam if it helps). With very few exceptions (like Spain), once a land or population is lost to Islam, it will NEVER, EVER come back. No matter what you do, no matter how you do or when you do it! If you don’t want to go back 450 years, fine by me. But, at least remember this fact by heart and make sure everyone else does! Because, if you don’t, you are only repeating your and my forefather’s mistakes. GB – is this the post with most comments? must be the one with most comments in such a short space of time? So much for saying – we’r over it, we dont care about babri masjid issue anymore. @Deepak: Nope, GB’s grand ol’ post on Mithun da still remains ahead with 245 total comments (although I’m not sure on the rate though) 😛 My post “Killing Fields of Bengal” had 660 comments. For some reason the page refuses to load nowadays (perhaps reflective of the state of Bengal). You can see the first part of the post here. https://greatbong.net/?s=The+Killing+Fields+of+Bengal Dee September 23, 2010 — 8:09 pm The verdict is deferred. For now by 4 days, after that, God knows how long. Whatever be the outcome, I smell fresh aggression boiling up thereafter. Sigh. Umang Rungta September 23, 2010 — 8:16 pm The best way to test political ideologies is to take two random samples of similar people and subject them to the different contradicting ideologies. Capitalism was proved to be superior than communism when Culturally and ethnically homogeneous Koreans were segregated and after 50 years we could see the difference between North and South Korea. Similarly linguistically and ethnically similar people were segregated in 1947, one was tested with the ideology of having a theocratic state that will provide an atmosphere where people can feel they belong to a particular religion. The other was tested with secularism. We can see the difference after 60+ years between India’s despite its drawbacks aiming to be a superpower and Pakistan being proved time and again to be a failed state. So what do you want? Should India leave its secular ideology which has clearly been shown to be superior and adopt Pakistan’s ideology and make a nation where Hindus can feel as their own. Then we can enter a competition between our Hinduness and Pakistan’s Muslimness. Then we can say that although our economy still survives on foreign aid, we don’t care as long as we have a nation which Hindus can claim to be their just like the Christians claim Vatican, Jews claim Israel and all other shit mentioned in your comments. Can’t you that this can’t work. Is there a place in US which despite having a majority of Christian population doesn’t have a place as the right wing radicals demand in India, a place where the majority can claim as exclusively their, defying all laws and constitution. As said in Spiderman it is the choices that make us who we are. We can choose to continue a secular policy like US, or we can choose a policy of establish a theocratic state like Pakistan. khujur rishi September 23, 2010 — 10:44 pm @ umang rungta You have one big fallacy. Hindu Dharma is not Islam. Mehul Choube September 23, 2010 — 11:41 pm Sandeep’s reply to greatbong’s argument: http://www.sandeepweb.com/2010/09/24/on-the-eve-of-the-verdict/ umang rungta September 24, 2010 — 4:57 am @Khujur Rishi How is that a fallacy. If we follow Hinduism radically like Pakistan follows Islam, it is sure that we will soon meet their fate. One o the strangest justification was mentioned in the above comments justified the 1992 demolition by reminding how Taliban destroyed buddhist temples. So do you really want India or Indians to become something similar? We owe our well being to our constitution which is one of the most detailed in the world. India was bulit on a principle to look forward and to accomodate all, while what most @umang rungta: “1. Capitalism was proved…North and South Korea. 2. We can see the difference after 60+ years between India’s despite its drawbacks aiming to be a superpower and Pakistan being proved time and again to be a failed state.” Both are extremely flawed conclusions; both on the outcome, and on the causality of the same. North and South Korea were puppets of CPSU and US respectively to further their own cold war. I would not attribute the differences to economic ideology. For every Hong kong or South Korea you quote, I can quote a welfare state like Sweden or Finland that is even more prosperous. I cant even remotely see India as a superpower. Every time we smirk at Pakistan’s problems, we have Naxalites butchering a few dozen of our people. And Pakistan’s minority elites too enjoy the kind of prosperity and freedom you and I do in India. Even if India does become one a century or so from today, the last thing I would attribute it to is secularism. TheWalker September 24, 2010 — 5:07 am I am sure of one thing – even if all of us are able to reach an ‘amicable’ agreement in the WWW, to me, it almost seems impossible in the real world. The simple reason being that this issue is not about just religion any more. RJB is a vote-bank issue for both sides of the issue, and that is why this will forever be a part of our ‘recent’ history. yamini September 24, 2010 — 5:46 am I agree, hands down, that there should be a mall or an entertainment zone created at the site of dispute. There has been enough of debates, fights and murders.. Yeah kinda suggested a coffee shop, in my blog, but i guess the area must be pretty big, nahi? Mall indeed sounds good… Infact i also think a school should be good, but then again, who would study there? Hindus or Muslims? Let’s stick to the Mall idea…sounds great 🙂 BTW, great post. Haven’t read much of yours, but sure I want to!! 🙂 Keep me glued…ane keep it up 🙂 @yamini search for a blog written by a muslim on this RJB issue and try giving this same suggestion there itself.You will be surprised to see how cruel and evil this world has gone while you were busy playing hide and seek with your dolls. rahul sehgal September 24, 2010 — 7:05 am yamini…please marry vijay dubey…you both then make a nice mansion there and live happily ever after… Nanda Kishore September 24, 2010 — 9:36 am Isnt ayodhya as significant to hindus as mecca is to muslims ? I don’t think so, but then I’m ignorant in such matters… Mall, cinema, cricket stadium… ah you tastless heathens! It can only be Prabhuji Studios with TLV Prasad running the show a la Louis B Mayer at MGM. Or Shree Venkatesh Films making delightful gems with Jeet / Dev. Sandip Ray too can shift his woeful Feluda movies from Ramoji studios. Secular nirvana! Voroshin September 24, 2010 — 9:59 am Hindus and Muslims have been fighting with each other for centuries now over the matters of faith and religion. RJB issue is just another instance for them to lock horns with each other. I will bet anything that even if tomorrow all muslims allow building of temple at the disputed site, ‘Mandir wahi banaayenge’ people will not stop there. After a while, They will start again on uniform civil code. After that there is article 370 issue which will demand it’s share of blood. And these are just national level issues. Locally, there are many godharas and malegaons which will keep the fires burning. Any discussions on who is to blame for this enmity is pointless as there are enough culprits on both sides at present and in any case people are perfectly willing to go back centuries to point out the incident which caused them to butcher an innocent today. Sometimes I think…it’s not about even religion. Holy books of both the religions have ample unambiguous directives on mercy, generosity, morals, spirituality and only couple of vague, hazy lines on militant action against other faiths. But all these people with religious ferver concentrate on latter and interpret those as license to kill ‘in HIS name’. As for this issue…I am totally resigned to the fact that once again blood of the innocents will be spilled. Every commentator on this blog is aware of this on some level. Some are actually hoping for it. to them I will only say ‘Be careful what you wish for. You just might get it’. And those of us who are despondent over futility of all this; just fortress yourselves, hunker down and wait for the storm to blow over because reason sure as hell never stood a chance against faith in the course of human history ganapathy September 24, 2010 — 10:19 am nice article and interesting responses.i cannot trace my fore fathers before 1850 and they have shifted so many places in those period.in 21st century i am very confused with many of my relatives on whether he is a christian or hindu as he has a christian name at birth and has a hindu name for college and marries a different caste girl with brahmin priest and gets his childrens tonsuring at velankhanni shrine.this is the state of most of the dalit households and i am amazed that people r sure that they were from the same religious group 500 years back.if we trace a genetic background the togadias,singhals and advani may have babur genes(recently they have traced that hitler had jewish origin)tamilnadu was fully under buddhist influence and the treatment of a king made them saivites(so easy).badrinath the holy shrine was a buddhist shrine and the adishankara converted it into a hindu holy place. the role of the TV serial of ramayana in an era of doordarshan was mainly responsible for the ramjhanmabhoomi movement.the village gods r different for evry village and u r not supposed to attend the functions of gods not authorised to u.one follows the fathers side gods and the before the marriage of mothers side relatives they worship katteri or karuppu which is forbidden. just one curious question .was ram from the south where u can marry ur uncle/uncles daughter/son or from the north of vindhyas where u will be killed in 21st century for marrying in the same village/gothra.will ram or ram bhakts be able to solve this gothra trouble as its killing more than all terrorists activities by muslims. Anonymous September 24, 2010 — 10:22 am Dearest GB, Please read this. http://www.sandeepweb.com/2010/09/24/on-the-eve-of-the-verdict/ — One of you greatest fan Sorry, It seems you have read the article and already responded. Anyway, although I disagree with many of your opinions in this article, so happy to know that you are becoming more mainstream ( in its truest sense) than all these MSM wallahs.. Now please go and screw the the CWG gang. It seems the MSM guys are already turning aplogists for the Central and Delhi government — one of your greatest fan tejas September 24, 2010 — 11:06 am With you, I highly doubt so. revathi September 24, 2010 — 1:00 pm GB, you say “Or will it let the matter slide, maturely, and expend its energies on winning back its relevance in 2010 through a forward-looking agenda based on policies as opposed to costumes and fancy-dress parades?” Wishful thinking! Krishna September 24, 2010 — 1:04 pm I’ve spent quite sometime reading both your Blog and Sandeepweb (including comments ..yes..0 work for the past 2 days 😀 ) Here’s my two cents: Constitution needs to be respected: True Constitution needs to be revamped: True Constitution is changed as per what needs to be changed: False Constitution is changed as per which vote bank requires what from it’s elected representative: True Bloggers like yourself and 90 % of the commentators above who have at least a basic idea of what should change in the constitution form an important part of the vote bank: False Most of the vote bank is easily swayed by religion, caste, sub caste and sub sub caste: True Leaves us with two choices: 1. Continue cribbing about the constitution. Try participating in the process of defining constitution. Retreat disgusted. Continue ignoring ALL national problems such as the Babri Verdict, write blogs about them (or comment) at the most, and continue getting what we want through the parallel constitution called ‘jugaad’. 2. Contribute heavily to our corporations, and steer India towards a truly capitalist corporatocracy, where your contribution to the country’s economy dictates how much of a say you have towards making the laws of the country. I will now resume my work. khujur rishi September 24, 2010 — 1:35 pm @ tejas We have discussed that in detail on this forum. Please read through past posts on that. I am sure you will be convinced otherwise (even from my point of view). @ Nanda kishore Parents with one child love their child more?… or do parents with many children love each of them as much? In the same week as RJB decision, a village in India shows the way ahead. http://www.indianexpress.com/news/at-peace/683654/0 @Revathi : No, its not wishful thinking, but something they’ve been doing since 2004. Remember Sushma Swaraj’s statement that RJM is a “cashed cheque”? @Krishna : You are true on your observations regarding the constitution but your option 2 sounds worse than option 1 😛 If shopping malls or crass consumerism/corporatocracy, etc could resist (radical) Islamism, then America would’ve won AfPak war, UK’s biggest threat wouldn’t have been its own Muslim population and France and Switzerland wouldn’t have to ban burkha or mosque construction in their own countries. THINK and try to understand what is the source of the problem and stop trying to douse a fire with ghee! PS – The above statement assumes that UK, France and Switzerland are secular, liberal democracies and not communal Hindoo fundamentalist states. @Voroshin come on man !!!! do some homework first. @ Vijay Would like to get in touch with you. It is a fallacy because, you assume that the fundamentals of Hindu Dharma and the religion of the Quran are the same. In reality, they are not. Just because Islam is called a “religion”, does not mean that it is the same as Hindu Dharma. Would be happy to discuss with you about why they are different outside this forum. @debadrita sen exactly. the only thing i dont understand is what is radical islamism ? nirvana demon September 24, 2010 — 6:26 pm I think the passion stirred by your post proves something: what exactly I am not sure to comment. The 80-odd commentators here are hardly representative of India, but the fact that they were moved enough to write something certainly points to the RJB issue being emotive for them on some personal level. That said, I think that looking at your sample (and the smaller, more voluble cohorts within it), it is fair to say that of the people who read and comment on your blog and are engaged in the discussion (displaying a tendency to respond to posts, itself another evidence of repeated perusal), that there is a definite right-wing/ conservative/ communal/ hindu-centric bias to this group. This, I think, is an instructive exercise for you: although you may see yourself as rational and balanced, giving a minority report on issues of national (sometimes international) context, you have unwittingly become a poster boy of the right-leaning blog-reading public. Arguably some of your more reckless posts (comparing India to Israel, advising tribals in central india to become more “mainstream”) have contributed to this, but overall, the tone of your blog has been what you have claimed it to be: a personal take on issues of national importance, with an attempt to seek out the truth, and with a pre-supposed suspicion of liberal media. However, judging from your readers (and commetors), it is instructive to see how (a section of) the Hindu Male segment in India is fast becoming like its counterpart in that other great democracy: just like a bunch of scared, paranoid, white tea partiers, chanting in time with Glenn Beck’s rants. Like those confused libertarians, these boys too have a garbled view of secularism, (a concept I feelis essential if the idea of India is to survive), choosing to view it as a system where the Government equally appeases every community, preferably choosing to keep a majority happy. I am a secular atheist, and couldn’t care less about Ram’s birthplace, but diarrheal diseases in Western UP/ Faizabad, are something I think everyone who professes to think about the birthplace of Ram should care about: it seems blasphemous to me that at least 4 political parties are toying with the idea of building a huge structure in Ayodhya, but not one of them has considered building a common community-owned toilet, which would not discriminate on the basis of religion or caste and be open to all, and benefit the community of 50000-odd people in a direct way. nirvana demon : have you considered running for the post of “most sanctimonious person” ? What is this fascination of certain “secular atheists” about building public toilets at the temple site in Ayodhya? I am sure that these people will do better if they convince their likeminded political representatives (the secular parties who have ruled India forever) to atleast maintain the toilets they build where they are supposed to be built. @ Nirvana demon Lets build a public toilet at your home to begin with. Debadrita September 24, 2010 — 8:19 pm @deepak: Which part? Radical or Islamism? Depending on the blog, I try to prefix Islam with “radical” to keep the moderator in good humour – at least when the moderator clearly distinguishes between the two. I’m not criticizing GB for his belief – I’m simply complying to blog rules. Plus, its also good for “community cohesion” or “communal harmony” (depending if you are in UK or India) 😉 Sunitha September 24, 2010 — 8:22 pm I Have been a avid reader of your blog.This is the worst blog ever of yours.Ithink ram janmabhoomi is a sensitive issue for religious folks.Why is that a mosque should be build in ground zero which was a non existing before,but people should care less for a temple which already was there.I know it must be a million years old but lets change history for a change and let our kids read yes “Babur destroyed a temple and built a mosque ,but hindus were brave enough to rebuild the temple”. dragoncoder September 24, 2010 — 9:04 pm Hi GB, I am a frequent reader of your blog and like your center-right approach on almost all the issues (I actually admire that you speak up for the right/fair thing, without worrying about your “image”). Haven’t commented a lot but this writing of yours seems to have generated some interesting discussion. I must say I am surprized (in a positive way) to see the support among the online readers for building a temple as I always thought people in India are becoming more and more tolerant everyday and are ready to sacrifice everything for the benefit of the other community (including deploying an anti-hindu govt). As for myself, I personally don’t give a rats a to whether a temple is built there or a mosque or a mall. Though, I do not exactly agree with your logic above for the following reasons. 1) Since there was a temple there which was destroyed by Babur (more or less a verified fact) and people have been trying to restore it for quite a while, they should be given their due and the temple should be built there, even if it means destroying the existing stru. Please note that this does not make it right for the goons to destroy the mosque and that was still an illegal act and the justice should take it as a separate issue and punish the perpetrators. 2) Based on your logic of not correcting the past because nothing good comes out of it, think about this scenario. What if the kar sevaks had been able to successfully do the shilanyas in 1993 and forefully make or declare it a temple. In that case you would have been fine with the temple there and would actually oppose the verdict by supreme court had it been about restoring the mosque? So what you say is that because hanging Kasab is not going to do any good (but might actually bring grief to his family members, he shouldn’t be hanged. 3) In a Hindu Majority country, everybody else have been cut a lot of slack and I believe in this case, they should be given their die. If this also goes in favour of the other community (just like all the other previleges they have been enjoying, at the cost of majority in the world of congress), I will make peace with India being a sh*hole country, and being secular is the biggest hypocracy here. Suresh Kalmadi September 25, 2010 — 3:31 am Be it a temple or a mosque that needs to get built at Ayodhya can I be in charge of the construction? One thing I can duly assure that if there is again a need to collapse the structure those features would be engineered into the structure itself so that the need of shoring up armies of karsevaks or mujaheeds would become redundant… Please give it a thought I have just been fired and I tried to commit suicide by hanging from the ceiling but the roof collapsed…This is my last chance Prasun Banerjee September 25, 2010 — 6:35 am @rishi vijay siddhartha & others … Hypothetical question … what would you do if the high court verdict as well as supreme courts verdict on a subsequent appeal goes in favour of babri masjid ? Sabalil September 25, 2010 — 7:29 am sad events…. http://deshgujarat.com/2010/09/23/ganesh-procession-attacked-for-one-hour-in-borsad7-murthy-broken30-injured/ @Prasun Banerjee I can tell you what i would not do. I would not do those things which you will see happening when the verdict goes against babri masjid. IndianATheist September 25, 2010 — 10:53 am Better build a fking PVR or a Volkswagen manufacturing factory in that controversial fkd up site. If Ram had ever existed , he wudve come down now and spank at all the asses who are fighting each other. I wish we take those bunch of rednecks and fanatics , ekta kapoors, cynical de, all bunch of credulous creatures in India to get wiped off. Its seriously stupid issue. Watver the outcome, common man gonna lose his family and the love for the country. Both BJP and INC can suck donkey balls for worsening the country like this. Better make the site as ‘military shooting range site’ so that gun down all the mofos who come near to worship it. Sick !! Prasun Banerjee September 25, 2010 — 12:11 pm @vijay … you wear your feelings on your sleeve anyway so why the attempt of diplomacy ? why not answer a straight question ? Vishnugupt September 25, 2010 — 2:25 pm @Prasun Banerjee: As far as I can see, Vijay has answered your question the way he feels a vague/hypothetical question should be answered, especially when the “straight” question involves second guessing the courts. Seems like you want it both ways, i.e. ask the question of your choice and demand an answer of your choice … are you, by any chance, a journalist in a leading mainstream media? @ Prasun “Hypothetical question … what would you do if the high court verdict as well as supreme courts verdict on a subsequent appeal goes in favour of babri masjid” I will ensure that 200 years down the road, I am not counted in the pages of history as one of those who we remember as lacking foresight, strategic thinking and havinga dimwitted abhorrence to learn from history. I refuse to be counted amongst the Jiachands of this generation. INDIAN ATHEIST wrote: “Better make the site as ‘military shooting range site’ so that gun down all the mofos who come near to worship it. Sick !!” rishi khujur I suggest we emascualte the guy who uses the name “Indian atheist”. Please allow my comment if you are going to let the abovwe comment from him stay. Sameer September 25, 2010 — 4:22 pm i really like to read your take on films and my sincere advise for you is to stay with it..political rationality is not the area you should comment on because you are just not good in it. I agree with Sameer Ankur Pathak September 25, 2010 — 7:48 pm GB, love your blog-posts. They are really nice. And the good part of them is the reader comments section. It baffles me when I see people labelling you right-wing in certain posts and left-wing in the others! Truly, that could be the highest tribute to your non-partisanship. I understand that this is a blog of your views on subjects. And truth can never be completely black or white. So, neither can you be completely right-wing or left-wing. This post is really a logical one, and dare I say, economically and logically, the most feasible. I would have thousands of grievances against lots of people who didn’t do enough for me or my family in course of my life. So, I can either rave and rant about them or take them to courts (for tort or civil case or criminal case). But I do neither. What I do is get on with my life, and try to make the best out of it. Why waste my time on things where rewards are doubtful and uncertain? Yes, I might be making a cold, unemotional decision. But I know this is the most practical and efficacious one. If we start making our Constitution amenable to emotions/sentiments, NO decision on ANYTHING may ever be taken, as any decision taken will be naturally against someone’s emotions/sentiments. The political parties are surely not concerned with our religious sensivities. They are merely interested in doing what will garner them the most votes. That’s why Congress does things which guarantees them Muslim votes. The BJP portrays it is doing things which benefits the Hindus. But ask it to take a stand on Modi campaigning in Bihar elections, and you realise they too are here only for votes and power. No one in politics is better or worse than the other. Just that Congress, having ruled India for so long, is responsible for most of all the ills of India – especially the goddammed Pandit Nehru. Sardar Patel not being the leader of India was surely a Himalayan blunder for the country. Santosh September 25, 2010 — 8:07 pm What has happened has happened in Past . What next ? We all Hindu’s believe kan kan me base hai Raam …Almighty is every where ..Rama also must have felt sad to see so many killings for his birth place . Apart from what we feel its also important how a comman man in Ayodhya also feel ? Our thoughts and feelings are reflection of what we read and see ..ground reality me differ.Judgement day now . I urge to all my friends here to keep cool,what ever decesion comes we have to digest and move on. @ Santosh I am sure the Hindus of Kabul, Qetta, Kharosan, Karachi, Lahore, Shrinagar, Jakarta, Kumilla, Borobodur feel the same way too, that- Paramatman is in all beings, and the Atman is linked to the Paramatman by different Yogas and Maya(specific to Advaita) Oh wait!!! There are NO MORE HINDUS LEFT IN THESE PLACES and after conversion to Islam, these very same people want to destroy anything that doesnt follow Quran. What a turnaround. So Santosh…the question is whether you are willing to fight and promote the idea the we can see the deity of Ram (and Paramatman’s virtures that many believe he represents) in “kan kan”, including every “kan kan” of his revered birthplace in Ayodhya, or whether you will be looking for reasons to hide and escape in every “kan kan” that you can hide under, until you and and your progeny faces the ignominious misfortune of not having the last “kan” where Ram resides. I am sure if you could go back in time and ask that question to Raja Jaipal of Kabul, or Raja Dahir of Sindh, or Lakshman Sen of Bengal or Kota Rani of Kashmir, the answer would be very different from what you said. So next time you talk of “kan kan mein base hai Ram”, think of every kan kan of Kandahar or Kharosan, where he doesnt reside anymore. shouri September 26, 2010 — 1:09 am there is nothing more important than the temple to sri ram at ayodhya…shri ram is part of the heart and soul of our culture…funny i am an agnostic but even i can see the immense importance of that spot and that temple… another blast from the past …jai shri ram @Vishnugupt – Personally Journalism was an ambition at some point in time but no I am not a journalist. My hyperlinked name has the link to my blog which case you had bothered to see , you should have been able to deduce on whether I am a journalist or not. Sure the question is of my choice but the reason its a question is because I am open to an answer. I dont know personally who Rishi , Vijay , or you are and hence was trying to understand. If i had preconceived my answer I would have posted it as a rhetorical kind of accusation and not bothered coming back to read your responses. Vijay’s answer however has preconceived notions on what “others” would do and therefore he says confidently that he wouldnt do that. I genuinely dont know what the others are going to do as well. And more than anything else I am bothered about the aftermath from either side, couldnt care 2 hoots about the judgement , hence my question. And I am not being naive. Now considering what Rishi has replied to mine … let me state what I think … There are 2 ways to react if the verdict goes against you … Accept the judgement and move on to other issues and which as Rishi’s reasonably broad statement as well as his blogs say , there are many such issues which need to be addressed. The 2nd option is do whatever it takes to “not accept” the judgement. The problem is that when the losing party takes the 2nd option and the winning party takes the occasion to celebrate and make it a point to try and rub the losers noses in the ground , the corresponding meeting spot is very dangerous. And that affects me more than anything else. Not whether a Masjid is present there or a Temple. anup September 26, 2010 — 8:02 am “Why worry whether Babur looted us in the middle ages when there are a gang of Commonwealth Master Gogos in Delhi, under the guise of organizing an international sporting event, pillaging the coffers of our country at this moment?” really? is that what the ayodhya issue is all about? that babur looted us in the middle ages? mate, why don’t you simply chillax watching some good old mithun movies and take it easy? Guys what are your thoughts on Verdict ? Will it favor Hindu or Muslims? My fear is it will more favor muslims ..simple reason ..congress is the ruling party .Any comments ? Dipraj September 26, 2010 — 11:31 am whatever may be the verdict, if it is going to be one sided then i am sure that there will be some unavoidable situation disturbing everyones day to day life.. 😦 Instead government should build some atomic power station or some R&D center on the disputed area, which will empower Utter Pradesh and indirectly INDIA. I guess no temple or mosque is required for praying god, cause The GOD itself is in every human being …. 🙂 Parth September 26, 2010 — 11:31 am I am not even a devote Hindu or anything. For me the spot is not even holiest of all holiness. But i get pissed when its always the Hindus have to give in so that we dont hurt anyone (read We dont get bombed). 100s of temples are removed/demolished/destroyed for widening the road near your house. From the engineer to residents to daily wage workers to the CM of state are likely to be Hindus. Then why is there sooo much resistance for the Babri Masjid which was closed in the 1930s. Who is affected if it was removed and a temple was built? @Prasun Banerjee: You got me wrong here – I’m least worried that you asked that question. But then someone answered it the way he chose appropriate and you didn’t seem to accept that. I may’ve be wrong, but your question “sounded” like the typical mischievous question to some angry, hot-headed Hindu activist on live TV. It is really not important to know who people are personally and what really matters is the logic and facts they present in debates. These issues (of Ram temple in specific and in general, destruction of temples and building mosques atop them upon conquest) is not something new and its quite natural for an informed person to read about them and come to a conclusion. In other words, its not really “preconceived” in the true sense of the word. If after centuries of Islamic history we don’t know what the “others” would do then we need to read a more of our history. What surprises me the most is how Bengalis (as your name suggest) don’t get this message after suffering so much just six decades back – sorry if this notion is preconceived. As for your options, there are many who’ve clearly espoused the dangers of your first option, i.e. moving on with history (both short term or long term). Rishi’s answer is a politically correct reply that such questions at this time deserves. As for your second option of not accepting the judgment, its fairly broad and could mean some very legitimate response like appealing in higher courts. That said, I do share your concerns about the victorious party celebrating and the losing party’s nose getting rubbed . That would inevitably lead to rioting on the streets and should be avoided at all costs. @Parth: Before you can analyze why why is there sooo much resistance for the Babri Masjid, you will have to first clearly understand, rather verify, your own assumption which preceded the above statement of yours, which is – From the engineer to residents to daily wage workers to the CM of state are likely to be Hindus Is that so? May be if you talk to each of these engineers, residents,CM of the state or the daily wage-working Hindus, they will say something you already said in your opening statement I am not even a devote Hindu or anything. It is merely my guess that those who are resisting the building of Ram temple understands this reality all too well whereas the rest don’t. Please correct me if I’m wrong. Chinmaya September 27, 2010 — 6:09 am By the extension of your argument, after the last Jewish grand-dad of the era is dead, the Holocaust becomes irrelevant? Let me be slightly more expansive… in a 100 years it doesn’t matter? Because not one man recalls it from personal memory and some Jewish descendants would’ve event converted to Prabhuism or Scientology any way? I am not denying your fundamental argument urging people to get over the temple affair. However, the premise it stands on, is rather weak. Shashank September 27, 2010 — 7:00 am I won’t mind another Ambedkar park because human lives are more precious than taxpayers money wasted on ‘theme’ parks Rashmi on sandeepweb September 27, 2010 — 11:44 am Rashmi 25. September 2010 – 12:58 PM Great Bong please revise your history lessons, learn the brutal history of islamic invasion in india by Muslim Court Historians. You can do your own research. I am pasting a link on How Islam Conquered India – as told by records of muslim Historians http://agniveer.com/2086/how-islam-conquered-india/. You being a Bengali from West Bengal , i will only suggest see how communists have ruined your own state who gave to India and World great Dignitaries like Vivekananda, Lahiri Mahashya,Swami Yukteshwar Giri, Swami Paramhansa yogananda etc. See how Hindu women are being raped, dishonored in muslim majority murshidabad, Deo Ganga riots the news of which is subdued by CPI,Congress Secular media and great Indian Government. I must tell you How Two years back Head of Ramakrishna mission was tied to a tree and beaten black and blue by muslims, you can search and find out the full story on your own. I have kept track of all events. The condition of Hindus (This segregation of human beings is only recent ) is very bad in West bengal. Now the time has come to undo all historical wrongs taking in confidence all indians, else India will repeat its fate of last 2000 years(see the fate of former pakistan/bangladesh and all muslim/christian nation). Muslims should know true history of india and world which is not what our historians have painted. The foundation of peace is not laid on untruth. Today is 103 birth anniversary of shaheed Bhagat Singh . Dont know how many of you remember it or actually care about it.But why we should remember it,its not going to help us make another mall or a 8-lane expressway!!! http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bhagat_Singh @ Rashmi on Sandeepweb Lahiri Mahashaya, Yukteshwar Giri, Paramhans Yoganand….nice These great aatmans hardly ever get mentioned in the list of luminaries from Bengal. Quite refreshing. Ranger September 27, 2010 — 4:08 pm Enough is enough. We want the Ram Mandir at Ayodhya. We are not asking for much. Just one temple. It may not mean much to the folks here…. but it means a lot to those who care about hinduism. @Vishnugupt … “angry, hot-headed Hindu activist” is that meant to be a compliment to some people on the blog ? liju philip September 28, 2010 — 7:08 am long ago Mulayam Singh Yadav had commented about building a public toilet at that place so that people of all faiths can use it. Though i find Yadav to be an idiot of the highest order, i dont really disagree with his advise. Great Bong; you think the holocaust in Bengal is important because people who have been affected by it are still alive? No problem — give it 50 more years, it will be like Quetta and Peshawar then. A very similar situation like Ayodhya. Its all past onleee, why worry… Manasi Thaker September 28, 2010 — 10:09 am This is my first post here and I must say that I agree with the leitmotif of GB’s post, which is to look forward towards the future instead of wallowing in the past. It does not mean we should forget the past altogether but simply that we should focus more on what is the need of the hour instead of the sentiment of the hour. But I’m not as articulate as I’d like to be and would, perhaps be misconstrued, misquoted and mistreated generally over my comments. Quoting the following lines of Dwarika Prasad Maheshwari’s poem ‘Itne Unche Utho’ as the content and summary of my views on this topic: “?? ???? ?? ???? ?? ????? ???? ?? ?????-????? ?? ??? ?????? ?? ?? ?????? ??” My bad, Hindi does not show up here, the quote was: “Lo ateet se utna hi jitna poshak hai, jeerna sheerna ka moh mrityu ka hi dyotak hai” Sanku September 28, 2010 — 11:22 am The need of the hour is to create and sustain the Indian culture and leitmotifs based on those and inspire every Indian to be greater, because they are Indians. Muscular nationalism if you will. Tinybong September 28, 2010 — 12:51 pm We need not get BACK in to history to take revenge but my simple question is when will we learn to protect Indians.Even to day kasmiri padits are scared to go back to their home land.May be they should keep on mooving when ever some one kicks them out.After a hundred years we can say kashmir was never theirs and they should forget about it.I think babri issue is not just about religion but a lesson to be learnt about survival.Yesterday it was babri ,today it is kashmir and tomorrow it will be whole of India- need not be muslims but the threat can be from china. Kalyan September 28, 2010 — 2:07 pm Babri-Ayodhya is 100% an internal issue and there is nothing wrong for us to move on and simply agree to the court verdict. However, “Lets move on” attitude is something we Indians have been displaying even when external forces have been screwing our happiness (US, Pakistan, China etc..).. This is where we need to take a stand and protect our interests. @ Kalyan So we should move on once every external issue becomes an internal issue. So that way when “US Pakistan, China etc” (as you define external forces) are in control of us, then we move on. Good thought. Prithvi September 28, 2010 — 7:18 pm Cannot hold back comment now. Good sentiment, but flawed logic. A first for you, greatbong 😦 I present a very simple solution -all mosques built by destroying temples should be replaced by a temple -all temples build by destroying mosque should be replaced by a mosque. I am an idealist !! SB September 29, 2010 — 11:24 am Flawed logic, sir. Issues like this one require a far more in depth analysis and not the frivolous kind that is reserved for film reviews. Sandeep at http://www.sandeepweb.com has rightly rebutted your article. This is a bit adrift from the debate on “going back in time”. But, I just found this link nicely summarizing the historicity of Ram temple reasonably well as well as the purpose of building mosque. Its good to listen things from horse’s mouth – of course, governments that publicly doubt the very existence of Lord Ram cannot care two hoots about. The last lines by William Durant are the best and mesmerizing to me We can never know from looking at India to-day, what grandeur and beauty she once possessed . Switzerland didn’t have to go back in history to stop further construction of minarets in their country Siddhartha September 29, 2010 — 10:44 pm @Prasun, what would you do if the high court verdict as well as supreme courts verdict on a subsequent appeal goes in favour of babri masjid ? Appeal to the supreme court. This court is deciding on multitude of issues and archeological reports already settled the points of existence of temple (someone already posted the link I believe). The land verdict can go either way and I am in favor of settling it the way Somnath was settled. Whatever be the decision of the supreme court we must agree to it because supreme court is not a kangaroo court in service of the “phemili” yet and as a Hindu I believe “Satayameva Jayate” (truth shall prevail). Objectively speaking, the answer to Prasunji’s question is incorrect. In his question, Prasunji clearly asks what will you do if the high court verdict as well as supreme courts verdict on a subsequent appeal goes in favor of babri masjid. So after that, appealing to the supreme court is not an option anymore (although technically one can go from a lower bench 1 or 3 member bench to a 7 member bench). Please read the question carefully before answering, otherwise you will end up labeled another “angry, hot-headed Hindu activist” by the likes of Prasunji. Manasi Thaker September 30, 2010 — 5:34 am Why not make a school or a hospital there, or a cottage industry perhaps? Some institution that is inherently without religion but of use to all sects. The alarming rate at which population is increasing and land is running out leads one to think that there are other, more pertinent problems to be solved right now. The need of the hour, I would think is development. Besides, faith doesn’t reside in idols or temples or mosques. It resides in us. What is the good of following any religion if you cannot inculcate its virtues? I don’t know of any religion that teaches selfishness, bitterness or hatred unless its teachings be convoluted by power hungry fanatics, in which case, every religion could be viewed as inciting carnage. On a tangent, the reason there is so much debate on this post is that there is no single right or wrong. “One man’s food is another man’s poison”. Like each one of us trying to assert his/her own views as the final word, GB has the right to have his own opinion, even if it is not endorsed by all. Every square foot of land that we live on is built on the remains of some previous civilization. It is not humanly possible to retrieve every bit of civilizations gone by. True, we were a great nation once (although technically we weren’t India then), but do we want to keep clinging to that or do we want to evolve into one now? If we keep digging and delving into the past, pretty soon, we will end up in it. Sid October 2, 2010 — 7:15 am @Vishnugupt, Yes, it was incorrect. Whatever supreme court decides will be the decision everybody would accept. We are common citizens of India, it is our duty to obey SC decision, we certainly are not certain secular Gandhi who would defy court order to appease a certain community. But you are missing the point, if our claim is correct, how would SC or HC can favour the mosque? After all, it is us, the hateful Hindutva people who believe in “Satyameva Jayate”. @Manasi, Every square foot of land that we live on is built on the remains of some previous civilization. Wow, that is a pretty sweeping generalisation. My land belonged to my ancestors and my civilisation is a mere continuity of theirs. You are trying to put forward an argument that Americans and Australians try hard to pass, but those lands are built by immigrants after destroying the aborigines, our case is not similar to theirs. The problem with people like you is your reductionism and your lack of empathy for followers of your own religion. But, then again, why not? If you agree that we have a point, you then have a moral responsibility of being politically incorrect. That is one action you are supposed to avoid at all cost, right? rackgen October 2, 2010 — 3:36 pm Nice post. Offtopic- there was not even a SINGLE protest or violent incident against the judgement. Possibly people are tired of the s** politicians have been selling. vijay dubey October 2, 2010 — 3:51 pm @rackgen this is for u http://www.ndtv.com/article/world/protests-in-pakistan-after-ayodhya-judgement-56157 Nishant October 2, 2010 — 6:10 pm I agree with great bong . We must move on. Whether a temple was demolished or not on that disputed piece of land some 600 yrs ago cannot fill our hungry stomachs.. it can only fill votebanks. HIgh court did a wonderful thing dividing that gun into 3 parts so that none of them would be able to shoot it. However from a rational point of view, it just legalized the babri masjid demolition. Sid October 2, 2010 — 8:41 pm @Nishant, HIgh court did a wonderful thing dividing that gun into 3 parts so that none of them would be able to shoot it. Care to explain why is this such an “wonderful thing”? If the high court threw the title suit out, then Masjid committee does not have any rights to the land. The same judges however handed them a portion, … on what basis? If someone makes a false claim to your house, would you first deny his claim and then handover your spare bedroom to him so that he does not burn down your house in frustration? You may not agree to those who wants to build a temple, what right do you have to tell them to “move on”? They have not invited you to do donate money for their temple, did they? greatbong October 3, 2010 — 6:24 am [what right do you have to tell them to “move on”? ] Sid, what right do you have to tell Nishant that it is not his right to tell them to move on. Hilarious ! He has every right to say what he wants. Including to tell someone else to move on. If you cannot recognize his right, and that too not on your space, then there is someone who needs to move on. And guess who that is? aninda_d October 3, 2010 — 6:45 am Honestly GB, you have slipped a bit here. If we were to forget history then might as well stop having a national holiday on Gandhiji’s bithday. Also, why have holidays for festivals. Who was Netaji Bose and Gandhi and Nehru and Patel and what does it matter to the current generation. We got our freedom let’s move on. Does this sound right? The masjid issue rankles Hindus in much the same way Pearl Harbor bombing does Americans and Auschwitz does Israelis. They hunted down every single Nazi alive. Reconciliation is such a stupid word. It is getting into our national character. We are reconciled into driving over pot holes, accepting that politicians will be corrupt, big projects will mean big pay-outs for the party in power and soon we will start accepting that no balls are not so no-no any more. Acceptance of convenience? Nice to see a lot of bloggers actually reject this idea. Vijay Dubey October 3, 2010 — 12:12 pm using same robotic logic..Sid is not forcing anyone he is merely stating that he does not think anyone can speak for everyone…if that person does not agrees with this statement,he can very well move on … Sid is enjoying same freedom of speech which you used for him.. Isms itna gussa hone ki jarurat nahi hai bhai!!!! Anirban October 3, 2010 — 3:22 pm Ha ha… I found this gem in Vijay Dubey’s link! “In Pakistan, we have always raised our voice against any injustice with the minority communities, while in India, the state is not showing solidarity with the Muslims,” he [Pakistani Religious Affairs Minister Kazmi] alleged.” armadillo October 3, 2010 — 5:04 pm Goddamit, now VHP is on twitter. Tweets by VHPsampark greatbong October 3, 2010 — 5:19 pm Vijay Dubey, Not that I understood anything you said, my point is that everyone has the same right to say what they want and the minimum requirement to participate on my forum (I repeat “my” because I am responsible for what happens here) is that no one starts questioning someone else’s “right”. In other words, disagree if you want to but do not attack the other person’s “right” to disagree with you. Is this clear enough? @ Sid Bhai two wrongs never make a right thing… if Babar did a wrong thing by pulling down the temple and constructing a mosque ( as per ASI report which i am accepting with a pinch of salt considering the fact that they submitted their report in NDA rule) .. it was also grossly unfair to pull the mosque down. Now High Court verdict has tried to keep everyone happy. So lets accept it . Whether a temple or a mosque is constructed there, will it create employment ??? will it reduce the inflation.. no !!! Kalko say sum lunatic lays claim to Rashtrapati bhavan saying that it was forcefully built on his ancestral house by the britishers … and by your logic he should demolish RashtraPati bhavan. A 1000 years ago Since Mahmud Ghazni attacked India, plundered Somnath temple… we Indians should also attack Arabic countries , vandalise their mosques there and propogate hinduism. I never asked the VHPs and RSSs to move on because they will never move on. Atleast they wear their hearts in their sleeves. I meant we , the young brigade, should move on. This mandir masjid issue wont be giving us any jobs or a girl friend. @Great Bong @gb sir It was even clearer before you made your point of “MY FORUM”.You have a peculiar MK Gandhi policy “my way or no way”. anywho..i feel proud to be a Hindu…a religion great enough to allow such a “my forum” happening…i find in this forum people who can easily use “mofos” for people who want to worship “gun down all the mofos who come near to worship” people who dont even know where ayodhya is on India map “but i guess the area must be pretty big, nahi? ” people who dont know even iota of Indian history…still these people comment like experts on issues like RJB. I hope all these colours in this forum are because of Hindu religion only… Jatin October 3, 2010 — 10:55 pm Bhai, if you have time please read the judgement to understand what the judges think about the ASI report and the objections to ASI report. If you are inclined to read, please read vol 18 of Justice Agarwal’s judgement. Herein, the judge discusses the ASI report, the objection raised by witnesses who gave affidavits against the report and the cross examination of these witnesses in the court. I took away the following form this reading. 1. ASI was not asked to do the study by GOI, the court asked it to do the study. 2. The court appointed many observers to oversee ASI’s work. There was extensive video recording and photography of ASI’s work. 3. When cross examined, witnesses that deposed agaisnt ASI could not substantiate the points that they raised against the report. All specific points that these witnesses raised to argue that a temple did not exist below the structure were proven false or inadequate during cross examination. I do not have the time or energy to put all of it here; Justice Agarwal had document his methodical analysis over hundreds of pages and I humbly suggest that you go over it before making up your mind. khujur rishi October 4, 2010 — 2:17 am @ NISHANT “.. never asked the VHPs and RSSs to move on because they will never move on. Atleast they wear their hearts in their sleeves. I meant we , the young brigade, should move on.” Sorry to break your bubble, but many many in the “young brigade” identify with VHP and their ability to wear their hearts in their sleeves. Better than being heartless and mindless. stupid comman man October 4, 2010 — 4:28 pm babri masjid issue is a delicious item for the politicians of our country…..hope at least this time godhra kind of riot does’nt occur again……as we all know the babri masjid issue iz just being blown out of proportion just for muslim vote ……doing this kind of thing…dese politicians are basically creating a divider …..a kind of social barrier among the people of our country J.Alfred Prufrock October 5, 2010 — 3:19 am I shan’t get into the issue of the Supreme Court verdict. I do not support any organised religion. It should be irrelevant in a secular state. The real issue, imho, is that several thousand people defied the rule of law to break down a structure which was supposed to be off-limits and was supposed to be protected by the state. By doing so, the implicit message was that they did not believe in the legal process to decide on its ownership. So why is a legal pronouncement relevant now? And why is there no legal action against these people who defied the rule of law? Were they perhaps right in their view of our legal system? @ JAP “I do not support any organised religion.” Hindu Dharma is pretty unorganized. Hope we can count on your support 🙂 Sue October 5, 2010 — 8:57 am Where does any of this end? khujur rishi October 5, 2010 — 10:59 pm @ Sue It depend on you and me, and most of us. The “other side’s” position has not and will not change…. ever, because it is doctrine driven. We on the other hand, can either hold our heads high for once, and start a begining of a end to this ideological aggression; or choose to bow down once again for the sake of a “good time” and wait for another “battle of Panipat”. That would be the fourth one, fyi. Debadrita October 7, 2010 — 9:21 pm @JAP : Your comment The real issue, imho, is that several thousand people defied the rule of law to break down a structure which was supposed to be off-limits and was supposed to be protected by the state. is very, very interesting. Fair enough – but let me drop in one name into your sentence and see how it looks. The real issue, imho, is that several thousand people lead by one Mir Baki, Babur’s general, defied the rule of law to break down a structure which was supposed to be off-limits and was supposed to be protected by the state. See, when you point a finger to other people, four fingers point at you 😉 and please don’t tell me that history started in 1992, because it didn’t. Anonymous October 7, 2010 — 10:22 pm Debadrita, Only small flaw in your very clever-gotcha comment is that at the point of time Mir Baki did what he supposedly did (and that too is disputed) there was no law that forbade it. This is in sharp contrast to what Baldkrishna Badvani did when the laws were already in place. In most places, people cannot be tried by laws that are put in place after the crime was committed. I am sure it is different in Ram Rajya (as per the definition of your master’s) but for now, this little thing will have to do. Better luck next time. Debadrita October 7, 2010 — 11:34 pm @Anonymous : At least there is a small flaw in my argument. Your entire argument, if there is any other than name calling, is flawed. This matches well with your sense of history, which is non-existent. If you had them, then you’d know that civilization and laws are thousands of years old, at least in context of Indian civilization. But then we shouldn’t expect barbarians or their masters from deserts to know about laws either, do we? Anonymous October 8, 2010 — 2:06 am Laws are thousands of years old? Which laws specifically? Which part of “There were no codified laws prohibiting the destruction of temples at the time of Babur” did you not understand? At least your master Pracharak Hishi Lejur uses copy-pastes from Wikipedia well (though his friends sometimes pass pastes from “online sources” as their own but that’s all right) and makes some sort of sense, in his own pathogenic genocidal way. You still have some way to go to even reach that level. Now go back to reading fairy tales about talking monkeys and bridges across oceans and then, in a few years, come back to argue preferably once you know what “history” means. Till then I will prefer the Master Pracharak for my daily dose of funnies. Thanks for calling me a Pracharak. I feel honored. I also feel happy to see “Prophet-eers” like yourself following my writings so sincerely. Trust me, what I write makes many times more sense than what you are accustomed to reading in your religious scriptures; although, I must say, the pedestrian nature of their content hardly helps my cause. I hope I can count on your physical participation of Mandir Nirman at Ayodhya Janmasthan. GB: my barb is in response to “anonymous” ad hominem directed against myself and Hindu Dharma. Darling Hishi, Is there no greater insult in your book than to call someone Muslim? Well my religious scriptures, since I was born a Hindu and am a Hindu, preaches tolerance and has no room for Hishi Lejurs. You perfectly belong to the Religion of Peace and I do not know if you will take that as a compliment ! Now dont choke yourself on your first name dear when you applaud your own marvelous wikipediaed knowledge. Its endearing but after a while tiresome. There is only so-much one can do for someone from the same religion, since we are evidently both Muslims. Honestly, I wish the Hindu right wing would come up with some “bolishto” individuals. “There is only so-much one can do for someone from the same religion, since we are evidently both Muslims” I am sure Himmler said the same to allied soldiers when cornered- “You fought a war, I fought a war, so we are both Nazis”. @GB, as far as I understand anybody has right to say anything as long as it does not go past the sense of decency. Nobody however has any right to determine whether others need to move on or not. Nishant asked to move on, I asked about his right of commanding everyone about moving on and then you said that it is his right to tell everyone to move on. Well, may I remind you that it is within my right question his right …… and let this continue ad infinitum. Bhai two wrongs never make a right thing… None is looking for court to settle a historical wrong. The main point was that the title suit was thrown out. So why the land was given to them? if Babar did a wrong thing by pulling down the temple and constructing a mosque ( as per ASI report which i am accepting with a pinch of salt considering the fact that they submitted their report in NDA rule) .. So if NDA government has forced them to lie why do not your secular geniuses go there and prove that the report is biased? Courts are not supposed to take anything with a pinch of salt or sugar, they compare both sides of the argument and reach a decision. Your very lightly thrown allegation of bias confirms your own bias. Now High Court verdict has tried to keep everyone happy. So lets accept it . Allow me to point out that it is not court’s job to impact Human emotion (such as happiness or sorrow). Court is supposed to weigh in cold facts and observe under the light of the law & constitution and determine what is right and what is wrong. If tomorrow the case of breaking mosque comes out to be illegal, court is not supposed to worry about the emotion of Karsevaks, it should declare the verdict. So why worry about happiness now? Kalko say sum lunatic lays claim to Rashtrapati bhavan saying that it was forcefully built on his ancestral house by the britishers – If he can prove his claim in the court then why not? And if he can justify his claim in the court, he is not a lunatic, is he? A 1000 years ago Since Mahmud Ghazni attacked India, plundered Somnath temple… we Indians should also attack Arabic countries , vandalise their mosques there and propogate hinduism. Let me ask you something else. If Mahmud Ghazni burnt down your ancestral home and you have the resources to build it, would you build or would you move on? The destruction of a mosque was an unfortunate event but if Babri board has accepted the verdict, mosque would have to be broken anyway, right? I never asked the VHPs and RSSs to move on because they will never move on ... the young brigade, should move on. When you are writing on an open forum then you should address the young brigade to move on because who knows how many RSS/VHP people are reading it. This mandir masjid issue wont be giving us any jobs or a girl friend. Would you mind elaborating how sticking to the temple issue prevent anyone from getting job or girlfriend? I for one wished for a temple for a long time yet I never seemed to have more than average trouble in finding a job or getting married. Prashant October 8, 2010 — 6:10 am Regardless of whether a Temple/Mosque/Mall needs to be built there . The one thing evident from this comment stream is how even the top 2-3% of Indians ( in terms of education and prosperity ; since only so many are fortunate enough to be on the web and blogosphere ) care so much about this entirely useless issue . How much of generation-x goes to places of worship in any case ? Then , is it any wonder that politicians focus on all the wrong things . What Great Bong is basically saying is : move on . Stop acting like a bunch of sentimental , emotion-driven fools . And stop wasting time on this . In a country where 8 states have more poor and malnourished people than 26 African countries combined , this is one case which can be put on an eternal hold ( which our judicial system does even to the most critical of things ) . It shouldn’t require an IQ more than room temperature to figure out this much . Utsav Chakrabarti October 8, 2010 — 2:39 pm @ Prashant Its all a matter of perspective. I am sure we both will react differently when each of our houses are looted. But I hope you have understood that despite being some of the most “educated, prosperous and fortunate” people (to your use your words), most writers here showed sincere support towards RJM movement. Maybe that means something …right? So maybe you also re-examine your own perspective on issues…maybe read some history…know some facts. You know the generation “x” may afterall be not very different from generation “w” or “v” or “a” or “b” for that matter, when it comes to social empathy and concerns of civilizational nature. ANGRA MAINYU October 9, 2010 — 9:45 am HOT NEWS. STRUCTURES UNDERNEATH THE GREAT BABRI MOSQUE NOT TEMPLE, BUT MOSQUE AND STUPA We have to accept the truth. And the truth is that the structure under the temple is not a temple at all, but a combination of ancient Buddhist stupas and mosques. This is based on the findings of expert historians representing the Waqf board, people of the stature of the great Shireen Ratnagar. A senior HC justice in the Babri case has studied the credibility of these experts, and has expressed amazement at the complete independence and integrity of their efforts, and the consistent conclusions their independently conducted research has compelled them to converge to. There is no option but for the fanatic Hindus to hand back the land to the Waqf Board, recreate the mosque, pay punitively exorbitant damages, and issue profuse apologies for desecration and destruction. Shame on the Hindus. Read more about this at http://publication.samachar.com/pub_article.php?id=10357416 HOW ALLAHABAD HC EXPOSED ‘EXPERTS’ ESPOUSING MASJID CAUSE Abhinav Garg, TNN, Oct 9, 2010, 03.07am IST The Times of India NEW DELHI: The role played by “independent experts” — historians and archaeologists who appeared on behalf of the Waqf Board to support its claim — has come in for criticism by one of the Allahabad High Court judges in the Ayodhya verdict. While the special bench of three judges unanimously dismissed objections raised by the experts to the presence of a temple, it was Justice Sudhir Agarwal who put their claims to extended judicial scrutiny. Most of these experts deposed twice. Before the ASI excavations, they said there was no temple beneath the mosque and, after the site had been dug up, they claimed what was unearthed was a mosque or a stupa. During lengthy cross-examination spread over several pages and recorded by Justice Agarwal, the historians and experts were subjected to pointed queries about their expertise, background and basis for their opinions. To the court’s astonishment, some who had written signed articles and issued pamphlets, found themselves withering under scrutiny and the judge said they were displaying an “ostrich-like attitude” to facts. He also pointed out how the independent witnesses were all connected — one had done a PhD under the other, another had contributed an article to a book penned by a witness. Some instances underlined by the judge are: Suvira Jaiswal deposed “whatever knowledge I gained with respect to disputed site is based on newspaper reports or what others told” (other experts). She said she prepared a report on the Babri dispute “after reading newspaper reports and on basis of discussions with medieval history expert in my department.” Supriya Verma, another expert who challenged the ASI excavations, had not read the ground penetration radar survey report that led the court to order an excavation. She did her PhD under another expert Shireen F Ratnagar. Verma and Jaya Menon alleged that pillar bases at the excavated site had been planted but HC found they were not present at the time the actual excavation took place. Archaeologist Shereen F Ratnagar has written the “introduction” to the book of another expert who deposed, Professor Mandal. She admitted she had no field experience. “Normally, courts do not make adverse comments on the deposition of a witness and suffice it to consider whether it is credible or not, but we find it difficult to resist ourselves in this particular case considering the sensitivity and nature of dispute and also the reckless and irresponsible kind of statements…” the judge has noted. He said opinions had been offered without making a proper investigation, research or study in the subject. The judge said he was “startled and puzzled” by contradictory statements. When expert witness Suraj Bhan deposed on the Babri mosque, the weight of his evidence was contradicted by anotherexpert for Muslim parties, Shirin Musavi, who told the court that Bhan “is an archaeologist and not an expert on medieval history”. Justice Agarwal referred to signed statements issued by experts and noted that “instead of helping in making a cordial atmosphere it tends to create more complications, conflict and controversy.” He pointed out that experts carry weight with public opinion. “One cannot say that though I had made a statement but I am not responsible for its authenticity since it is not based on my study or research but what I have learnt from what others have uttered,” Justice Aggarwal has said, emphasising the need for thorough original research before concurring with what someone else has claimed Archpagan October 9, 2010 — 4:11 pm To Great Bong @ Prashant So, you people want a shopping Mall at Ram Janambhumi and forget the issue. I think both of you are Bengalees and consider yourselves intellectuals. So, I would like to answer people of your ilk borrowing a couplet from Rabindra Nath Tagore: P(n)uthi- kata oei poka, Manush ke jane boka. Boi keno se je chibiye khai na, ei tar lage dh(n)onka. [The worm thinks it is strange and foolish, that man does not it his book.] J. Alfred Prufrock October 9, 2010 — 6:14 pm For reasons relating to my personal life and profession, I can’t discuss politics and most current affairs on my blog. I used to think it’s a hindrance. After the “discussion” here, I think the hindrance is a blessing in disguise. You have my sympathies, Arnab. Why not stick to Prabhuji? khujur rishi October 9, 2010 — 7:00 pm tough job you have…government service has its limitations. P J October 10, 2010 — 3:00 pm If you were one of the victims of the riots outburst as a result of the whole Ayodhya saga , What would matter to you ? What will you be thinking of ? About the loss of your family members or will the same religious sentiments matter to you at that point of time? Would you still go to a temple/mosque/church to pray when your house is on fire? If the outcome of Ayodhya is resulting in a helpless mother losing her son/daughter , Would you prioritize the religious sentiment s over this incident? As somebody rightly pointed there are thousands of other temples in India which needs urgent attention. And people are not able to understand the resources being spent on this very own issue. If you guys need problems to decide and act up on , we don’t have any dearth in India. khujur rishi October 10, 2010 — 4:41 pm @ PJ You are very true. Now lets have a discussion on who started (and always start)the riots. Which city do you live in. Lets start from there. Or do you want to start by descending order of casualty figures? are you willing to face the facts? Kaushik Saha October 11, 2010 — 6:36 am “As somebody rightly pointed there are thousands of other temples in India which needs urgent attention” PJ< you are right, let us pledge to make a start. Lets start from Northernmost part of India – Kashmir where thousands of temples have been vandalized by you-know-who. Let us start rebuilding the temples there. Of course, the Temples at Deganga would also rank high on the list of priorities. PJ, willing to lend a hand? And please realize this was a title suit to decide whom the land belongs to, not who were the criminals of the demolition / riots post the incident. We have the Liberhan Commission and other committee reports, other cases pending in several courts to take care of those issues, punish the criminals etc. Let us not, in our running emotions, mix the 2 issues. Debadrita October 12, 2010 — 8:18 pm @Khujur rishi: are you willing to face the facts? Who exactly are you kidding? Face the facts? Please don’t confuse anyone with the facts … people want shopping malls and live in a dreamworld. Facts are ugly and disturbing and they don’t lead to shopping malls. 😛 Lalit October 20, 2010 — 9:14 am The role played by “independent experts” — historians and archaeologists who appeared on behalf of the Waqf Board to support its claim — has come in for criticism by one of the Allahabad High Court judges in the Ayodhya verdict. Read more: How Allahabad HC exposed ‘experts’ espousing Masjid cause – The Times of India http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/india/How-Allahabad-HC-exposed-experts-espousing-Masjid-cause/articleshow/6716643.cms#ixzz12tAXsg3H So called “experts” http://www.telegraphindia.com/1101015/jsp/opinion/story_13057334.jsp Bengal Voice October 20, 2010 — 3:55 pm @Debadrita di Here are the answers to FAQs on Ayodhya and Sri Rama Janmabhoomi: http://www.hvk.org/ram/janm/index.htm Praveen Talwar October 23, 2010 — 7:55 am As some people have mentioned, it never fails to surprise me how the right wing loonies and crazy conspiracy theorists of a country somehow unite online. It’s not just an Indian phenomenon, either. They lob around “secular” and “liberal” as if those are disgusting swear words. Just like the rednecks down in Iowa. Oh and before someone calls me a “phoren western lackey”, let me clarify I live in New Delhi so yeah. Hindu temple! Muslim Mosque! Big yawn! What a horrible waste of money and time this is. And judging from reactions, I guess most of us just aren’t interested enough. The money wastage is a shame though. Life would’ve been a lot more peaceful if the chest thumping morons kept their overlarge noses down and worked on something productive, like writing software and running strip joints. Some of the comments are seriously funny though. Won’t name them. @GB: Bang on, mate! Agreed with most all of your points. Anonymous October 23, 2010 — 7:57 am It never fails to surprise me how the right wing loonies and crazy conspiracy theorists of a country somehow unite online. It’s not just an Indian phenomenon, either. They lob around “secular” and “liberal” as if those are disgusting swear words. Just like the rednecks down in Iowa. The money wastage is a shame though. Life would’ve been a lot more peaceful if the chest thumping morons kept their overlarge noses down and worked on something productive, like writing software and running sleazy strip joints instead of writing propoganda and running sleazy political outfits. Some of the comments are seriously funny. Won’t name them. Khujur Rishi October 23, 2010 — 12:55 pm @ Praveen Talwar You still have a long way to go. If you live in Delhi, Iowa is “up” from where you are, not “down” 🙂 Praveen Talwar October 24, 2010 — 12:53 am Aww thanks for the clarification. I had my directions totally mixed up. Long way to go? To be a hindutva fanatic? No thanks, I’m not willing to trudge that path at all. khujur rishi October 24, 2010 — 1:00 am @ Praveen Well you may have mixed up your direction about Hindutva too…:) Open up your mind to knowledge and freethinking, try Hindtuva. 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__label__wiki	0.687641	0.687641	19 Inked Pornstars That Made Headlines In 2019! Posted by Jason in: News, Top 10 These Tattooed Ladies Were All Over The Newswire! Credit: Google Did you enjoy last week’s list, “Tattooed Babe Wishing You A Merry Xmas?” We hope your holidays were filled with family, fun and good times! We also hope everyone had an awesome 2019, in general, and we hope 2020 will be even better! So that made us think, why not take a look back at “19 Inked Pornstars That Made Headlines In 2019!” Who do you think made the list? Read on to find out… Tattooed trans pornstar, Aubrey Kate, landed her first role in an Axel Braun parody and it just happened to be one of the biggest of 2019! Playing the Supreme Intelligence, she gives a pounding to leading star, Kenzie Taylor’s pussy quite the pounding in Captain Marvel XXX: An Axe Braun Parody! Honestly, the porn world should have seen this coming with her winning the 2017 XBIZ, 2017 and 2018 AVN, and 2019 XRCO Performer of the Year honors! Hopefully, this will pave the path for more TS performers to make their way to the mainstream porn scene! Follow Aubrey now on Twitter and subscribe to her OnlyFans! Kenzie Taylor, a tattooed pornstar, has always been right on the tip of pornstar status and with Captain Marvel XXX: An Axel Braun Parody, she definitely achieved that prestigious level! Axel Braun knocked it out of the park with this parody and I’m sure he’ll say a big part is thanks to stars Kenzie Taylor and Aubrey Kate. Landing the leading role of Captain Marvel really allowed her to shine. You can tell she took the role seriously and was probably in the best shape (which I love to begin with) of her life. I’m looking forward to seeing Kenzie landing more leading lady roles in big-budget flicks. In the meantime, follow her on Twitter and subscribe to her OnlyFans! Inked pornstar, Anna Bell Peaks, called it quits this year to her illustrious, yet short career. Starting in 2015, Anna Bell appeared in over 200 scenes and won many awards along the way. Wanting new challenges, she sought to start a consulting business for newcomers in the industry. 2018 was probably her biggest year and I think it was good to see her go out on top. That year she shot with all the big studios and even landed an article in GQ magazine. Anna Bell is a good friend of Inked Angels and has always supported us and we wish her nothing but success in her future! She’s still active on Twitter, has her website at annabellpeaks.xxx, and a FanCentro account! Oh yeah, and don’t forget to check out her Inked Angels profile! Tattooed pornstar, Holly Hendrix, won her 4th “Best Anal” award in a row at the 2019 Inked Awards, a streak yet even remotely matched! Anyone who knows Holly knows this girl LOVES anal! To date, Holly has won 15 adult industry awards! I’ve even seen her use hotdogs with mustard to pleasure her’s and Adriana Chechik asshole, no lie! Holly’s shot with the biggest studios, directors, and pornstars in the industry. Follow Holly now on Twitter, check out her Instagram and check out her website misshollyhendrix.com! Have you seen Holly’s Inked Angels profile yet? Inked MILF, Nina Elle, announced on July 22nd, 2019 via AVN News that she had purchased Society 15 modeling agency from former owner Kendra Lust. Cali Carter, Carolina Cortez and Nina herself are some of the top tattooed models on Society 15’s roster. Kendra stepped aside to focus on her autobiography book, which was due out by the end of the year. You can check out Society 15’s website at societyfifteen.com. You can also follow Nine Elle on Twitter and on Instagram! In 2018, tattooed pornstar Karmen Karma announced her comeback to the adult industry after a two-year hiatus. She did this in a big way by signing an exclusive six-month contract with one of the biggest companies in porn, Brazzers. Since her contract expired she’s continued shotting through 2019 with studios such as Dogfart Network, New Sensations, Evil Angel, Analized, and more! She appeared in around 20 scenes in 2019. Follow her now on Twitter and check out the rest of her social media links by clicking here! Riley Reid is one of the most well-known pornstars in the industry today and took it to the next level when Evil Angel released her showcase “I Am Riley” in October of 2019. Along with the release of her movie came a billboard, smack dab in the middle of Times Square in NYC! Her rise to fame started in 2016 when she won AVN’s Female Performer of the Year and has amassed a total of 18 AVN awards since her debut in 2011. Follow Riley on Twitter, OnlyFans and on Instagram! Inked porn starlet, Karma Rx, started 2019 with a nomination for AVN Award’s “Best New Starlet” and won the 2019 Inked Awards’ “Starlet of the Year” recognition for her work. This year she also worked with studios like Dogfart, Lethal Hardcore VR, Throated, and she made her Analized.com debut! We expect 2020 to be another great year for this young model! Follow her on Twitter and check out her site at karmarx.com! Take a second and swing by her Inked Angels’ profile too! 2019 marked the end of one journey for the “Princess of Punk Porn” or the “Queen of Alt.” Whatever you call her, she’s still the one who is a pioneer of combining tattoos and porn. Joanna Angel closed the door on her Burning Angel chapter, selling the company to Gamma, but it left her open to shoot for whoever she wants to for the first time in her career. She was quickly picked up by Spiegler Talent Agency and started shooting for other companies like Digital Playground, Evil Angel, Zero Tolerance, Brazzers and more! She also hosted the 2019 Inked Awards along with her husband, Small Hands! Follow her now on Twitter and check out the rest of her social media links by clicking here! Did you know, Joanna has her very own Inked Angels’ profile? Check it out now! In 2018, tattooed pornstar Bonnie Rotten announced her return to porn since her maternity hiatus in 2015, to focus on her pregnancy and personal life. The 2014 AVN Female Performer of the Year signed an exclusive contract with Brazzers, which has since expired and allowed her to shoot with other studios such as Evil Angel, Elegant Angel, Airerose Entertainment and others. In 2019, Bonnie has continued her success, appearing in almost 20 scenes. Make sure to follow Bonnie on Twitter and Instagram! Jessie Lee Inked pornstar, Jessie Lee returned to the adult world after almost a 5-year vacation. Joanna Angel casted her in a small non-sex role in “I Know Who You Fucked Last Halloween” and it made Jessie realize porn is where she wants to be. She did her first sex scene in her return with Burning Angel in “Evil Oil” and signed on with OC Modeling! Jessie has shot around 25 scenes in the short time that she’s been back and it looks like she’s found a permanent home in the adult industry. Make sure to follow Jessie on Twitter and check out her video clips on ManyVids. In 2017, Evil Angel studios named tattooed pornstar Katrina Jade as their first-ever anal contract model. Her showcase, “I Am Katrina,” was released in October 2017. The studio extended the contract through 2018 and in March 2019 Katrina completed her contact with Evil Angel and became a free agent, able to now shoot with any studio she chooses. She appeared in around 70 scenes in 2019, which is quite impressive, shooting with studios like Jules Jordan Video, Wicked Pictures, Burning Angel, Digital Playground and more! Follow Katrina on Twitter and check out her Instagram! Don’t forget to stop by Katrina’s Inked Angels profile too! Just when you think tattooed pornstar Romi Rain can’t get any bigger, she goes and takes her career to a whole another level. 2019 saw Romi being picked up by camsite Cam4 to be their company’s ambassador. Her ambassador role includes a regular series of live broadcasts from the Cam4 site and she also joined the company at major adult events and expos and will continue through 2020! She was also one half of the AVN Awards hostess for their 2019 show that took place in Las Vegas back in January. I can’t forget to mention she’s also a Fleshlight girl, yes, you can purchase her pussy in can and fully enjoy it in your own privacy of your home! Follow Romi now on Twitter and check out her live cam shows on Cam4! Romi has a pretty awesome Inked Angels’ profile too, stop by and check that out while you’re here! In July of 2019, inked starlet Honey Gold returned to shooting porn after a brief hiatus to take care of personal issues. Since returning she’s shot with the biggest studios like Digital Playground, Brazzers, Burning Angel, Jules Jordan, Wicked Pictures and Naughty America. In an interview with AVN, Honey Gold said: “I hope the world is ready to see Honey Gold 2.0!” Since returning, she’s appeared in around 35 scenes and shows no sign of slowing down! Follow Honey Gold now on Twitter, check out her ManyVids page, and check out her website at HoneyGoldxxx.com. It’d be hard to find someone busier in 2019 than tattooed pornstar Ivy LeBelle, having appeared in around 90 scenes! Dogfart Networks, Kink, Analized, Bang!, Brazzers, and Twisty’s are only a few studios she shot for in 2019. She also received 7 award nominations in the top award’s shows in the industry, even though she walked away with none, we can definitely see her accepting her first award in the near future! Make sure to follow Ivy on Twitter and OnlyFans! Have you stopped by Ivy’s Inked Angels profile lately? 2019 was a big year for tattooed pornstar Gina Valentina, as she was everywhere! She started making news by being named Girlsway Girl of the Month for March. She appeared in over 110 scenes released in 2019 and she also found time to branch out and try something new! Gina tried her hand at music as she recorded the song “I Don’t Care,” which was released on GirlGirl.com site on September 26, 2019. The song was included in a scene between Valentina, Gianna Dior, and Lacy Lennon. Can’t wait to see what 2020 has in store for this cutie! Follow her now on Twitter and check out her Inked Angels’ profile! With inked babe Brenna Sparks, it really wasn’t one thing that got her on this list, rather the number of times I heard her name mentioned this year. She made her Tushy.com debut, opened a premium Snapchat account on FanCentro, made her Blacked Raw debut and was featured on Yahoo Finances where she talked about cryptocurrency. She was credited with 19 scenes in 2019 but they were with top studios like Hustler, Evil Angel, Brazzers, and others! Make sure to follow Brenna on Twitter, OnlyFans, and check out the rest of her social media links by clicking here! Brooklyn Chase, tattooed pornstar, saw a couple of firsts in 2019 and that being a couple of Performer of the Year nominations in both the Inked Awards and at the Urban X Awards! She also won her first two awards, Spank Bank’s “BBC Queen of the Year” and “Most Humble Superstar” at their 2019 show! She also shot around 25 scenes for studios like Wicked Pictures, Brazzers, Elegant Angel and more! Make sure to follow Ms. Chase on Twitter, subscribe to her OnlyFans, take a peep at her Instagram account and stop by her Inked Angels’ profile! Kissa Sins Ok, so inked goddess Kissa Sins hasn’t shot any scenes in almost a calendar year BUT she almost broke the internet when on December 26, 2019, she hinted at a comeback via Twitter! “Haven’t shot porn in a YEAR!! Been missing it so much… IF I DO COME BACK which company would you want me to do a comeback with?!” said Kissa in a tweet. She’s been credited with 330 scenes and a comeback would be huge, as her fans have definitely missed her! Make sure to follow Kissa on Twitter for updates and check out her YouTube channel! Ok, so who did we miss? Do you think we missed an inked pornstar who had an incredible 2019? Well please, make your case below in the comments section! If you enjoyed this article, you’ll probably enjoy the rest of our lists! Check them out by clicking here! To see more tattooed hotties, make sure to follow us on Twitter, Instagram, YouTube and Facebook. Also, don’t forget about our annual celebration of these amazing inked performers in the adult industry at the Inked Awards. For more info, please visit inkedawards.net. 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__label__cc	0.580105	0.419895	Is Microsoft’s .NET Ecosystem on the Decline? by Nick Kolakowski June 16, 2015 3 min read .NETC++Trends Fifteen years ago, Microsoft created C# as part of its .NET initiative. It’s built into Visual Studio, the company’s Integrated Development Environment (IDE), and used to develop programs for Windows (in addition to a host of websites and applications). Its popularity is unquestionable—but is that popularity starting to wane? In a posting that recently attracted some buzz online, .NET developer Justin Angel argued that the .NET ecosystem is headed for collapse—and that could take interest in C# along with it. “The Microsoft developer ecosystem is experiencing plummeting employment opportunities and declining community interest,” he wrote. “Sure, you’ll always be able to find a job working in C# (like you would with COBOL), but you’ll miss out on customer reach and risk falling behind the technology curve.” Angel claims he pulled data from Indeed.com that shows job trends for C# on the decline. Data from the TIOBE developer interest index mirrors that trend, he said, with “C# developer interest down approximately 60% down back to 2006-2008 levels.” Based on that data and the suggested downward trend, Angel concludes that the reach of Microsoft’s developer ecosystem has eroded “due to the rise of non-Microsoft Web frameworks and mobile platforms” such as iOS and Android. Microsoft’s own habit of rolling out new technologies, he added, has also cooled developer interest in those platforms—anybody who invested massive amounts of time in learning Silverlight, for example, probably grew frustrated when Microsoft largely abandoned that framework in favor of Universal apps. Angel being a former program manager for Silverlight just makes the posting more interesting—this is clearly someone who believed enough in Microsoft’s ecosystem and strategy to work for the company. Now he’s learning Java and poring through the Android source code. But is C# really on the decline? Not at the moment: According to Dice’s data, the popularity of C# has risen over the past several years; it ranks No. 26 on Dice’s ranking of most-searched terms. Meanwhile, “.NET” ranks No. 7 among most-searched terms on Dice, followed by “.NET developer” at No. 10 (searches without a location filter). As Angel stated in his posting, C# and the .NET ecosystem aren’t going anywhere soon: Despite Microsoft’s weak position in mobile, Windows continues to dominate the traditional PC arena. And certainly employers still seem very interested in hiring people with the right combination of skills for that ecosystem. But any signs of long-term instability are worth keeping an eye on. The Numbers Behind the .NET Developer Shortage Microsoft Plans Kinect for Windows Developer's Kit Sample Resume: .NET Developer Matching Your Boss’s Communication Style HoloLens: Gaming or Productivity Platform? 6 Responses to “Is Microsoft’s .NET Ecosystem on the Decline?” Bayer White June 18, 2015 Not arguing with the stats because they might be correct as I have not seen them, however you can take almost any stats and make them what you want. This might just show there clearly there are other technologies that are now available for doing development, but I would not go as far to say that companies are ditching Microsoft.NET. In my region, .NET is still sexy and as long as you have the skills, you will have multiple job offers. unaligned June 18, 2015 Seems to me MS is trying to address this by out-sourcing the .Net core, and opening both it and VS up to be run on any OS. Seems they’re realizing people have gotten sick of paying ridiculous licensing fees to build and run applications. Chris June 18, 2015 If Xamarin continues to build steam it will at least strengthen C#’s position. No One June 18, 2015 Yes. Next question. paul June 19, 2015 Doesn’t the next version of .net run on win, OS X, iOS, Android, and Linux? How can you make predictions when so much is about to change this year? Doubtful. j lo June 19, 2015 “Angel being a former program manager for Silverlight”… “anybody who invested massive amounts of time in learning Silverlight, for example, probably grew frustrated when Microsoft largely abandoned that framework in favor of Universal apps” — is this guy a troll ? If he really is a Silverlight PM, then he would know that Silverlight skills (XAML,.Net) translate directly to “Universal Apps”. Nick Kolakowski Nick Kolakowski has written for The Washington Post, Slashdot, eWeek, McSweeney's, Thrillist, WebMD, Trader Monthly, and other venues. He's also the author of "A Brutal Bunch of Heartbroken Saps" and "Maxine Unleashes Doomsday," a pair of noir thrillers.	cc/2020-05/en_middle_0060.json.gz/line1344
__label__cc	0.65182	0.34818	Charles Burchfield, Artist, Featured in Cleveland Exhibit The Cleveland Museum of Art currently has an exhibit by artist Charles Burchfield (1893-1967) in its Focus Gallery through May 5, 2019. The show is titled Charles Burchfield: The Ohio Landscapes, 1915-1920. The show has numerous drawings and watercolors done in both Cleveland where he attended the Cleveland School of Art (now The Cleveland Institute of Art), and Salem, Ohio, his hometown. I admire his strength and energy in depicting landscapes. He created his own visual language with almost abstract shapes from nature symbolizing emotions such as fear and sorrow, which are pointed-out in the exhibit. Links of Interest: www.clevelandart.org/exhibitions/charles-burchfield-ohio-year-1915-1920 www.artnet.com/artists/charles-ephraim-burchfield/ Below are some images from the show. Charles Burchfield exhibit at the Cleveland Museum of Art Charles Burchfield, Inaugural Poster, 1915 Charles Burchfield, Drifting Dandelion Seeds, 1916 Charles Burchfield, Hillside, 1917 Charles Burchfield, New Moon, 1917 Charles Burchfield, New Moon in January, 1918 Charles Burchfield, Church Bells Ringing, Rainy Winter Night, 1917 Charles Burchfield, Church Bells Ringing, Rainy Winter Night, 1917, detail Charles Burchfield, detail of abstract shapes used to reflect feeling and emotion. Charles Burchfield, Study No. 1 for Church Bells Ringing, Rainy Winter Night, 1917 Charles Burchfield, Study No. 1 for Church Bells Ringing, Rainy Winter Night, 1917, detail Charles Burchfield, White Violets and Coal Mine, 1918 Charles Burchfield, Setting Sun through the Catalpas (Late August Sunset), 1916 Charles Burchfield, The Sun through the Trees, 1917 Charles Burchfield, Sunburst after Spring Storm (Sunlight after a Spring Rain), 1917 Charles Burchfield, Spring Sunset in the Woods, 1917 Charles Burchfield, Untitled (Red House), 1916 Charles Burchfield, Untitled (Clump of Purple Trees), 1915 Charles Burchfield, Sulphur Stream in the Woods, 1917 Charles Burchfield, journal entry (one of many on a digital kiosk) Charles Burchfield, journal entry (one of many on a digital kiosk), detail Charles Burchfield, Chestnut Trees, 1920 Comments Off on Charles Burchfield, Artist, Featured in Cleveland Exhibit \| art, art exhibit, artist, Cleveland, cleveland school artist, cleveland school of art \| Tagged: artist, charles burchfield, Cleveland, cleveland museum of art, janet dodrill \| Permalink Former Schmitz-Horning Company Building Destroyed by Fire The Schmitz-Horning Company building, Cleveland, Ohio, about 1925. (Schmitz family archives) In April 2011 when I began my research into family-owned Schmitz-Horning Company (Cleveland, Ohio, 1905-1960), a prominent high-end mural and wall covering manufacturer and printer (co-founded and run by my great-grandfather and later by my grandfather), two things happened. First, I discovered a black and white photograph of the building from around 1925 in our family documents. Second, after Googling the building’s address of 777 E. 82nd Street in Cleveland, search results showed it was being occupied by an industrial chemical company, and the building looked well maintained from the photo on Google street view. 777 E. 82nd Street, Cleveland, Ohio Photo: Google, 2007 Excited about the find, it was my intention to go see the building. Several months rolled by and I Googled the business address again and many recent articles dated June 27, 2011 came up stating that an accidental fire had destroyed the building, most likely started by roofers, drawing 60 firefighters from 15 departments — a triple three alarm fire! Fortunately, no one was injured. Fire at 777 E. 82nd Street, Cleveland, Ohio Photo: Cleveland.com, June 27, 2011 Initially, the owner announced plans to rebuild on the same site but renovated offices were built directly across the street in other facilities owned by the company. The site where the building once stood is today a lot for parking and storage of machinery and equipment. Comments Off on Former Schmitz-Horning Company Building Destroyed by Fire \| art, Cleveland, cleveland school artist, google, historic building, print, schmitz-horning company, Uncategorized \| Tagged: 777 east 82nd street cleveland ohio, art mural, bill horning, chromo-lithograph, hugo m schmitz, janet dodrill, litho, litho artist, lithograph, schmitz horning, schmitz-horning co, schmitz-horning company, wall covering, wall paper, wallcovering, wallpaper, will horning, william horning \| Permalink Glenn M. Shaw, Established Mural Artist Designed for Schmitz-Horning Co. The Old Canal by Glenn M. Shaw, small-scale salesman sample, chromolithograph, 4-panel pattern. The Old Canal detail. Glenn Moore Shaw was a local Northeast Ohio commercial artist, who had a studio in Lakewood, Ohio, and he designed a number of patterns for the Schmitz-Horning Company, sometime between the 1930s and 1950s. His artist wife Elsa Vick Shaw also designed for the company. Both had a friendly and close working relationship for a number of years with my grandfather, Warren Reynolds Schmitz, who ran Schmitz-Horning from 1938 to 1960. The scenic designs included five illustrated maps (which were said to be accurate), The Old Canal (or Canal Days) wallpaper or wall mural pattern set which depicts the Ohio & Erie Canal between Cleveland and Bath, Ohio, and Old Dominion wall mural pattern which was a set of seven panels. Each panel in the Old Dominion pattern was 30” x 80” plus, printed in multi-color chromolithograph, to be trimmed at the desired height. Old Dominion by Glenn M. Shaw, chromolithograph, 7-panel pattern, each 30″ x 80″+. Old Dominion detail. Shown is a section of the pictorial map Glenn Shaw designed called Robinson Crusoe, which is part of a collection of Schmitz-Horning wall coverings at the Smithsonian’s Cooper Hewitt Design Museum (a gift from the Wallpaper Council, Inc.). In addition to professional fine art painting and printmaking, he taught mural painting and advertising design at the Cleveland School of Art for 35 years, and painted murals in three post offices, Canton, Warren, and Perrysburg, Ohio. Robinson Crusoe Pictoral Mural Map, one panel 40″ x 60″, designed by Glenn M. Shaw. Above catalog illustration, below section of actual paper (photo: Cooper Hewitt). Schmitz family documents Ohio Post Office Artwork Collection http://www.wpamurals.com/ohiopoart.htm http://www.wpamurals.com/ohio.htm AskArt http://www.askart.com/artist/Glenn_Moore_Shaw/109732/Glenn_Moore_Shaw.aspx Elsa Vick Shaw, The Encyclopedia of Cleveland History http://ech.case.edu/cgi/article.pl?id=SEV Glenn Moore Shaw, The Encyclopedia of Cleveland History http://ech.case.edu/cgi/article.pl?id=SGM Cooper Hewitt Design Museum Links: Smuggler’s Cove, Scenic Mural/Map Panel, 1950 (by Glenn M. Shaw) http://www.cooperhewitt.org/2015/07/05/decorative-wall-map/ https://collection.cooperhewitt.org/objects/18431523/with-image-6098/ https://collection.cooperhewitt.org/objects/18431521/ https://collection.cooperhewitt.org/objects/18431523/with-image-91433/ Pioneer America, Scenic Mural/Map Panel, 1930–40 (by Glenn M. Shaw) Robinson Crusoe, Scenic Mural/Map Panel, 1930-40 (by Glenn M. Shaw) Spanish Main, Scenic Mural/Map Panel, 1930-40 (by Glenn M. Shaw) Relief Map of the United States, Scenic Mural/Map Panel, 1930-40 (by Glenn M. Shaw) Image from Cooperhewitt.org used under the Fair Use copyright act. Comments Off on Glenn M. Shaw, Established Mural Artist Designed for Schmitz-Horning Co. \| art, artist, Cleveland, cleveland institute of art, cleveland school artist, cleveland school of art, fine art, print, printmaking, schmitz-horning company \| Tagged: artist, chromo-lithograph, Cleveland, cleveland school of art, elsa shaw, elsa vick shaw, glenn moore shaw, glenn shaw, hugo m schmitz, janet dodrill, lithograph, mural, Ohio, scenic, schmitz-horning co., wallpaper, warren r. schmitz \| Permalink Viktor Schreckengost’s Estate Sale Hundreds of people showed up within the first couple hours of the estate sale for industrial designer and artist Viktor Schreckengost on Friday, the first day of the three day sale, at his Stillman Road home in Cleveland Heights, Ohio. When I arrived in the first hour, there was a mob of people waiting outside and I was instructed to get number. I got number 153, and they had just called 74, so it turned out I had a couple hour wait ahead of me! Viktor Schreckengost’s house and estate sale in Cleveland Heights, Ohio, June 24, 2016. Once inside, the house was full from basement to attic of personal household items of the Schreckengosts, Viktor and his wife Gene. It was an incredible feeling just to be in his house, and on the grounds. I left with a few small items that I thought were interesting, and learned by someone at the sale and a member of a Viktor Schreckengost Facebook group that he most likely designed a couple of them. Creamer designed by Viktor Schreckengost. One item being a plain coffee cup and creamer he designed for Salem pottery with no design. The other being his popular Christmas pattern showing a decorated tree with gifts under it. A pedal car and pedal plane ornaments made good additions to my holiday decorations. I thought a partial metal sign with his initials, V.S., may have been from a childhood toy. Miniature solid colored dishes that he designed but had produced to give as holiday gifts, and I bought five to have. A few small plates were most likely salad plate designs by Vik. Miniature dishes designed for production by Viktor Schreckengost. There was a room in the house where Viktor had hundreds of seashells and rocks, separated in different boxes, containers and cans. A few of the shell collections were in old cigarette boxes, Marlboro and Viceroy. I thought this was a clever way organize them, using boxes and containers from around the house! Sea shells stored in an empty cigarette box belonging to Viktor Schreckengost. It was a well-organized and fun event (by Mitchell Attenson Estate Sales), to see what purchases others were walking out with, like a globe, candlesticks, and plate designed by Viktor, a steel yard stick, a teapot, and even a Pantone book! Viktor Schreckengost estate sale, June 2016. Christmas ashtray with artwork designed by Viktor Schreckengost. Cup designed by Viktor Schreckengost. Salad plates designed by Viktor Schreckengost. Metal sign piece with Viktor Schreckengost’s initials. Pedal car Christmas ornaments designed after actual pedal cars by Viktor Schreckengost. Pedal car and plane (reproductions) designed by Viktor Schreckengost. Shells, rocks and organic objects in boxes and containers in the attic of Viktor Schreckengost. Painted poster in the home of Viktor Schreckengost. Books belonging to Viktor Schreckengost. Travel souvenirs and miscellaneous art and objects in the home of Viktor Schreckengost. Comments Off on Viktor Schreckengost’s Estate Sale \| antiques, artist, Cleveland, cleveland school artist, cleveland school of art, collectibles, home, sculpture, Uncategorized, viktor schreckengost \| Tagged: viktor schreckengost, pedal car, salem china, cleveland ohio, attention antiques, mitchell attention estate sale, janet dodrill \| Permalink Artists of Schmitz-Horning Company The Schmitz-Horning Co., a chromo-lithographic wallcovering firm, was in business 55 plus years, from 1905 to 1960. But the company may have started in 1903 as a litho poster production company and then developed their own line of wall murals, friezes, and scenic wall papers around 1905, branded San-Kro-Mura. They offered an attractive yet inexpensive product line, using oil-based non-fading color oil-based inks printed on high quality paper that was sanitary or fully-washable. Later as new scenics and panoramics designed, the brand Kro-mura was created. They rented space at the Whitney Power Building or Power Block at E. 10th and Power Ave., between St. Clair and Rockwell, and later moved to their own building at 777 E. 82nd Street in Cleveland, near Gordon Park. In 1906 a patent was registered for the ‘Frieze’ by co-owners Hugo Max Schmitz and William Horning, along with their head salesperson, Warren R. Cox. The Frieze was a repeating continuous scene which surrounded the room at the top of the wall. In the early years it would take two years to complete the plates for a single scenic. The 43″ x 83″ hand-fed lithographic presses used were the largest in the world. The company custom built three, Schmitz-Horning had two, the other being in London, England. Zinc plates had to be shipped from Germany. The company produced some of the largest wall maps in the industry. Hugo Max Schmitz (1867-1938) (my great grandfather), co-owner, was an artist who came to Cleveland, in his 30s, in the late 1800s, and was from a large German family in Milwaukee, Wisconsin. He married Pauline (Queen) M. Reynolds in 1902, who was a society lady. They lived in East Cleveland and later moved to University Heights, Ohio. Venice pattern, 30″ x 10′, and original watercolor by Hugo M. Schmitz, Schmitz-Horning co-founder. He was a member of Cleveland’s Art Club, with mostly German members, that met in City Hall. He traveled to Paris and Morocco, and perhaps to Morocco with other artists. In one of these paintings, he painted a cleaning girl from a New York City office building and won an award for it (either second place or honorable mention) at an exhibit at the Metropolitan Museum of Art. Our family has a couple of his original watercolors and oils, including a portrait he did of my great grandmother. They honeymooned in Venice, and a watercolor he did there became a wallpaper pattern called Venice. He was rated as one of the best litho-crayon artists in the industry. William Horning, co-owner, sold his interest in the company to Hugo around 1920, but worked as a lithographer in Cleveland. Warren R. Schmitz (1905-1970) (my grandfather), son of Hugo M. Schmitz, started working at the company after college around 1929 in sales and promotion, and designed sales brochures, books and displays and traveled to various dealers in the U.S. He ran the company after his father’s death in 1938 until it closed around 1960. After time, the company produced small scale salesman samples of the wallpapers for sales calls. Prior to that they were taking long rolls on calls. The same high quality inks and papers were used on the smaller scale versions. Warren Schmitz modernized the product line, obtaining sketches from prominent artists. New sales promotion aids were printed in-house using a small Harris offset press. In the 1950s he appeared on the TV show ‘What’s My Line?’. The company was also featured on a radio segment called ‘On Location’ with young announcer Virgil Dominic, sponsored by The Illuminating Company. Chateau de Province pattern, ten sections, each 40″ x 80″, repeat, designed by Henry G. Keller. Above catalog illustration, below section of actual paper (detail photo: Cooper Hewitt). Henry G. Keller (1869-1949) was a Cleveland School Artist and taught there. He designed the pattern, Chateau de Province, while in his prime. It was a French rural scenic, an included a chateau, native trees, and a fox hunt of equestrians with horses. It was 10 sections, each near 33″ x 72″. Carl Fuchs designed Old South, believed in the 1940s, of plantation life in early America, including a steamboat and fox hunt. There were twelve sections, each 40″ x 80″ in repeat pattern. Old South pattern, 12 sections, each 40″ x 80″, repeat, designed by Carl Fuchs. Section of actual paper (detail photo: Cooper Hewitt). Lou Ramacciato, began working at Schmitz-Horning after graduating from Cleveland Institute of Art in 1946, and later went on to work 28 years at the Cleveland Museum of Art restoring art and preparing gallery exhibits. Robinson Crusoe Pictoral Mural Map, one panel 40″ x 60″, designed by Glenn M. Shaw. Above catalog illustration, below section of actual paper (detail photo: Cooper Hewitt). Glenn M. Shaw and Elsa Shaw had a studio in Lakewood and both worked commercially and taught. Elsa did some design work for them, though Glenn designed a number of patterns for the company, including 5 illustrated maps which were said to be accurate, the Old Canal set which depicts the Ohio and Erie Canal between Cleveland and Bath, Ohio, and Old Dominion which is a set of 7 panels. Each panel is 30” x 80” plus, could be trimmed at the desired height. He is known for painting murals in three post offices, in Canton, Warren, and Perrysburg, Ohio. Paul A. Meunier was a litho artist, from Hunting Valley, who worked at the company for 11 years. Two other family members worked there, Ovid Meunier for 25 years and Laurence Meunier for 7-10 years. After leaving Schmitz-Horning, Paul became partner then owner at R.E. May, a plate-making company, that is still in existence today on E. 24th Street in Cleveland. I found an old brochure page on their website which shows Paul, and in another photo on the same page is a small-scale Schmitz-Horning western mural, called Wells Fargo. The Western Reserve Historical Society has a full size set of the pattern in their collection. Wells Fargo pattern, 5 sections, each 40″ x 80″, repeat (artist unknown). I found a still life watercolor by Paul Meunier on ETSY in 2011, and his name plate appeared on the back of the framing. He painted it in 1937, during the span of time when he worked at Schmitz-Horning. He wrote a book on the history of Gates Mills, Ohio, and there is an award in his name at the Gates Mills Art Show. I read that a painting of his was in the chamber room of their city hall. He enjoyed drawing, printmaking, and painting wildlife and horses. Paul A. Meunier, watercolor or gouache floral painting, 1937, employed at the Schmitz-Horning Co. 1927-1938. Ed Sinz worked at the company for 35-40 years. We have Christmas cards, to my grandfather from the sculptor Walter Sinz around the 1940s, possibly Ed’s son or relation. Here is a comprehensive list of known artists or litho artists that worked at the Schmitz-Horning Co., either on staff or assignment-based, as designer and/or litho artist. Schmitz-Horning Co. Artists: Anne Nolan (catalog Illustrator) August Biehle (?) Binnie Wilson Carl Broemel Carl Fuchs D.E. Sutton (catalog Illustrator) Ed Sinz Elsa V. Shaw Glenn M. Shaw Havenstein Henry G. Keller Hugo M. Schmitz (Schmitz-Horning Co. co-founder) Kathy Cass Kyra Markham Lou Ramacciato Ovid Meunier Paul A. Meunier Paul Haas William Horning (Schmitz-Horning Co. co-founder) Posters and displays were printed for Advertising Agencies: Fred Dugar Co. Fuller-Smith & Ross H. Stief Company/Harvey G. Steif, Inc. Lang, Fisher & Stashower Lotus Garden pattern catalog illustration by B.E. Sutton. When I began to uncover material from the company in our family home, it sparked my interest. Starting with my first blog post about Schmitz-Horning in 2011, I began writing a series of blog posts, and started to receive many inquiries about the company and patterns. I hope to continue my research and produce a publication on it one day. 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__label__cc	0.508754	0.491246	Eleanor Ann Martin1728– Eleanor Ann Martin Eleanor Ann Lee County, Virginia, USA Marriage Edward Beaty Sr. — View this family Ulster County, New York, USA #1 Richard Burgoyne Beaty 1754 (Age 26 years) Tyrone Twp, Bedford County, Pennsylvania, USA Address: Huntingdon County was carved out from Bedford County in 1787 #2 Patrick Beaty #3 Edward Beaty Jr. #4 Thomas Beaty #5 John Beaty #6 William Beaty #7 Robert Beaty Kentucky County, Virginia Formed December 31, 1776 (Age 48 years) Note: Kentucky County (then alternately spelled Kentucke County) was formed by the Commonwealth of Virginia by dividing Fincastle County, VA. into three new counties: Kentucky, Washington, and Montgomery, effective December 31, 1776. During the three and one-half years of Kentucky County's existence, its seat of government was Harrodstown (then also known as Oldtown, later renamed Harrodsburg). Articles of Confederation November 17, 1777 (Age 49 years) Note: The Continental Congress submitted the Articles of Confederation to the states for ratification. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Articles_of_Confederation Kentucky County, Virginia Abolished June 30, 1780 (Age 52 years) Note: Kentucky County was abolished on June 30, 1780, when it was divided into Fayette, Jefferson, and Lincoln counties of Virginia.[1] These later petitioned together to separate from Virginia, which was approved by the Virginia House of Delegates. #8 Martin Beaty October 8, 1784 (Age 56 years) Waterstreet, Huntingdon County, Pennsylvania, USA #9 Angess or Nancy Beaty Kentucky Becomes 15th State June 25, 1792 (Age 64 years) Lincoln County, Kentucky Formed June 25, 1792 (Age 64 years) Note: Lincoln was one of the original three counties formed out of Virginia's Kentucky County. (The other two were Fayette and Jefferson counties.) These three were separated from Virginia to create the Commonwealth of Kentucky in 1792. George Washington Relected December 5, 1792 (Age 64 years) Note: Geo. Washington relected to his second term as president. Marriage of a child Patrick Beaty — Elizabeth Umstead — View this family Huntingdon County, Pennsylvania, USA Death of a husband Edward Beaty Sr. Tyrone Twp, Huntingdon County, Pennsylvania, USA Knox County, Kentucky Formed December 19, 1799 (Age 71 years) Note: Knox County was officially formed on December 19, 1799. Losing counties were Lincoln County. Burial of a husband Edward Beaty Sr. Latitude: N40.57118 Longitude: W78.14029 Address: Waterstreet Cemetery Shaffersville Huntingdon County Pennsylvania, USA Waterstreet Cemetery, Huntingdon County, PA - Edward Beaty b 1726 d 1796 Rockcastle County, Kentucky Formed January 8, 1810 (Age 82 years) Note: Rockcastle County was officially formed on January 8, 1810. Losing counties were Lincoln, Pulaski, Madison and Knox counties. Death of a son Thomas Beaty New Madrid Earthquake December 16, 1811 (Age 83 years) Note: New Madrid Earthquake reverses course of Mississippi River.(http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/New_Madrid_earthquake) Harlan County, Kentucky Formed January 28, 1819 (Age 91 years) Note: Harlan County was officially formed on January 28, 1819. Losing counties were Knox County. 9155D042DA8BD711874D0000C07217C72993 Family with Edward Beaty Sr. - View this family Richard Burgoyne Beaty Patrick Beaty Edward Beaty Jr. Thomas Beaty John Beaty William Beaty Robert Beaty Martin Beaty Angess or Nancy Beaty Edward Beaty Sr. Birth: April 4, 1726 34 29 — Ulster County, New York, USA Death: May 4, 1796 — Tyrone Twp, Huntingdon County, Pennsylvania, USA Birth: about 1728 — Lee County, Virginia, USA Marriage: June 6, 1751 — Ulster County, New York, USA Elizabeth Nancy Morton Robert Burgoyne Beaty Jane Beaty Margaret Beaty Eliza Beaty Selinah H Beaty John Morton Beaty Birth: 1754 27 26 — Tyrone Twp, Bedford County, Pennsylvania, USA Death: May 11, 1845 — Lee County, Virginia, USA Elizabeth Umstead Birth: about 1755 28 27 Death: about 1811 Birth: October 8, 1784 58 56 — Waterstreet, Huntingdon County, Pennsylvania, USA Birth: about 1786 59 58 — Waterstreet, Huntingdon County, Pennsylvania, USA Family with Edward Beaty Sr. Bata Middagh Eleanor Ann Martin(1728–) Edward Beaty Sr.1751 Richard Burgoyne Beaty(1754–1845) Patrick Beaty(1755–) Edward Beaty Jr.(1756–1845) Thomas Beaty(1757–1811) John Beaty(1758–) William Beaty(1760–) Robert Beaty(1762–) Martin Beaty(1784–1856) Angess or Nancy Beaty(1786–)	cc/2020-05/en_middle_0060.json.gz/line1374
__label__wiki	0.744052	0.744052	UFR 4-16 Description From QNET Revision as of 14:38, 12 February 2017 by Dave.Ellacott (talk \| contribs) (Dave.Ellacott moved page SilverP:UFR 4-16 Description to UFR 4-16 Description) Flow in a 3D diffuser Test Case Studies 1 Flow in a 3D diffuser 1.1 Confined flows 1.1.1 Underlying Flow Regime 4-16 2.1 Introduction/motivation 2.2 Review of UFR studies and choice of test case 2.2.1 Relevant studies 2.2.1.1 Computational studies 2.2.1.2 Physical and modelling issues 2.2.1.3 Reference experimental investigations 2.2.1.4 Test case Confined flows Underlying Flow Regime 4-16 Introduction/motivation Configurations involving three-dimensional boundary-layer separation are among the most frequently encountered flow geometries in practice. Accordingly, the methods for simulating them have to be appropriately validated using detailed and reliable reference databases. However, the large majority of the experimental benchmarks being used for validating computational methods and turbulence models relate to two-dimensional internal flow configurations, e.g. the flow in a 2-D diffuser (e.g. Obi et al., 1993), flow over a backward-facing step and a forward-facing step, or flow over fences, ribs, 2-D hills and 2-D humps mounted on the bottom wall of a plane channel. In these examples it is assumed that the influence of the side walls (according to Bradshaw and Wong, 1972, the minimum aspect ratio — representing the ratio of the channel height to channel width — should be 1:10 in order to eliminate the influence of the side walls) is not felt at the channel midplane. Consequently, within a computational framework, the spanwise direction can be regarded as homogeneous which allows the application of periodic boundary conditions (even 2D computations when using the RANS approach). By doing so, the three‐dimensional nature of the flow is completely missed: considerable secondary motion across the inlet section of the channel induced by the Reynolds stress anisotropy — which is, as generally known, beyond the reach of the eddy-viscosity RANS model group, complex 3-D separation patterns spreading over duct corners (corner separation and corner reattachment), etc. These circumstances were the prime motivation for the recent experimental study of the flow in a three-dimensional diffuser conducted by Cherry et al. (2008, 2009). Such a diffuser configuration is also of a high practical relevance. It mimics a diffuser situated between a compressor and the combustor chamber in a jet engine. Its task is to decelerate the flow discharging from the compressor over a very short distance to the velocity field of the combustor section. Typically a uniform inlet profile over the diffuser outlet is desirable. Such a flow situation is associated by a strong pressure increase. Review of UFR studies and choice of test case Here some information about the objectives for investigating the flow in a 3D diffuser and an overview about the works relevant to this flow are given. Detailed investigations of the flow separating in a three-dimensional diffuser were until recently practically non-existing. The diffuser configurations investigated intensively in the past relate mostly to two- dimensional symmetric (e.g. Xu et al., 1997) and asymmetric plane diffuser geometries, see e.g. the experimental works by Obi et al. (1993), Buice and Eaton (1996, 2000) and Gullman-Strand et al. (2004). Let us shortly recall that the "Obi-diffuser" characterized by an expansion ratio of 4.7 and an opening angle of 10° (in some earlier experimental works this value was regarded as a lower limit below which separation does not take place; this information can be of help when evaluating the computational models applied to the flow in a 3D diffuser) was the test case of the 8th ERCOFTAC SIG15 Workshop on "Refined Turbulence Modelling", Hellsten and Rautaheimo (1999). The first study on the flow in a 3D diffuser aiming at providing a comprehensive database for turbulence model validation was provided by the Stanford University group led by John Eaton, Cherry et al. (2008, 2009). The objectives were to design a simple but rigorous test for 3D flow separation simulations with well-defined inflow and boundary conditions, to provide the fully 3D mean flow field and to examine the sensitivity of the flow pattern to small geometric changes. The measurements were performed in a recirculating water (ρ=1000 kg/m3 and μ=0.001 Pas) channel using the method of magnetic resonance velocimetry (MRV). Two three-dimensional diffusers with the same fully-developed channel inlet flow but slightly different expansion geometries were considered: the upper-wall expansion angle is reduced from 11.3° (diffuser 1) to 9° (diffuser 2) and the side- wall expansion angle is increased from 2.56° (diffuser 1) to 4° (diffuser 2), Cherry et al. (2008). See Fig. 2 and the section “Test case description” of the present contribution for the exact geometry and dimensions of the diffusers. Both diffuser flows are characterized by a three-dimensional boundary-layer separation, but the size and shape of the separation bubble exhibit a high degree of sensitivity to the geometry of the diffuser. Figure 2: Detailed diffuser design: geometry and dimensions. From Cherry et al. (2009) All these features represent a big challenge for computational models. Therefore, a comparative computational study on both diffuser configurations by using different turbulence statistical (RANS — Reynolds‐Averaged Navier‐Stokes) and SGS (SGS — Subgrid‐Scale models within the LES framework; LES — Large-Eddy Simulation) models was pursued in the framework of the 13th and 14th ERCOFTAC SIG15 Workshops on Refined Turbulence Modelling, Steiner et al. (2009) and Jakirlić et al. (2010b). In addition to different RANS models, the LES and LES-related methods (different seamless and zonal hybrid LES/RANS - HLR - models; DES — Detached Eddy Simulation) were comparatively assessed (visit www.ercoftac.org; under SIG15); the comparative analysis of selected results is presented in the section "Evaluation" of the present contribution. Relevant studies The flow in a 3D diffuser represents a very interesting benchmark characterized by a complex, truly three-dimensional separation pattern associated with the corner separation and the corner reattachment, both phenomena encountered frequently in various engineering applications. However, there are neither experimental nor computational studies performed in the past that are relevant to such a flow configuration. All relevant computational studies performed recently are related to the previously described "Stanford 3D Diffuser". Computational studies Besides computations for the afore-mentioned workshops, organized by the ERCOFTAC Special Interest Group on Turbulence Modelling (SIG15), a number of studies dealing with this "Stanford-Diffuser" focusing on "modelling and simulation issues" have been performed, most of them inspired by the ERCOFTAC workshops. The latter studies include the following LES and hybrid LES/RANS calculations Cherry et al. (2006; comparative assessment of LES and several RANS models based on the eddy-viscosity concept by reference to the flow in the diffuser 1), Schneider et al. (2010; LES computations of both diffuser configurations by applying wall functions for the near-wall treatment; see also Schneider et al. 2011, where the possibilities of the flow separation control in a 3D diffuser by manipulating the secondary flow in the inlet duct have been investigated — the latter work was motivated by an experimental investigation due to Grundmann et al., 2011, 2012 who investigated the sensitivity of the secondary currents in the inflow duct to the perturbations induced by dielectric-barrier discharge actuators and vortex-generator devices), Jakirlić et al. (2010a; complementary LES — using Dynamics model of Germano et al. — and a zonal hybrid LES/RANS method of the Diffuser 1 configuration), Abe and Ohtsuka (2010; complementary LES - using the mixed-time-scale Subgrid-Scale model of Inagaki et al. - and a zonal hybrid LES/RANS method - utilizing a Non-Linear Eddy-Viscosity Model in the near-wall region - of the Diffuser 1 configuration), Breuer (2010; LES — applying different SGS models — and a zonal Hybrid LES/RANS — an Explicit Algebraic Reynolds Stress Model applied in the near wall region was coupled with the LES in off-wall region — simulations of both "Stanford diffuser" configurations) Jeyapaul and Durbin (2010; Detached Eddy Simulation and different RANS models were applied to Diffuser 1; furthermore, an attempt was undertaken to computationally find "an optimum diffuser design" with respect to pressure recovery by computing a family of diffusers varying in inlet aspect ratio, but having the same area versus x were generated). A RANS study using some "conventional" Explicit Algebraic Reynolds Stress Models was performed by Mehdizadeh et al. (2012). Maduta and Jakirlić (2011) have computed the first diffuser by a novel near-wall second-moment closure model coupled with the equation governing the inverse time scale ω. This model is sensitized to account for the turbulence unsteadiness in line with the SAS (Scale-Adaptive Simulation) proposal by Menter and Egorov (2010). Recently Ohlsson et al. (2009, 2010) have performed a complementary Direct Numerical Simulation (DNS) of the diffuser 1 using a massively parallel high-order spectral element code. The 3D diffuser was meshed by approximately 220 million grid points. In addition to the mean velocity field, all six Reynolds stress components were evaluated, as well as the surface pressure distribution and friction factor distributions along the bottom wall. The interested reader is also referred to the work of Stock, Leicher and Seibert (1988; Zeitschrift fuer Flugwissenschaften und Weltraumforschung / Journal of Flight Sciences and Space Research); see the list of references) on a computational investigation of flow separation in a 3d diffuser using a coupled Euler and boundary layer method (the latter statement is based only on the manuscript's title; the contributors of this "Wiki description of the flow in a 3D diffuser" are not in possession of this manuscript). Physical and modelling issues Unlike the configurations where separation is fixed by sharp corners, the flow in a 3D diffuser with asymmetrically diverging walls is characterized by the non-fixed separation from a flat surface. In such a case the separation onset depends strongly on the correct capturing of the shear stress response to the adverse pressure gradient imposed by the diverging diffuser walls and consequent flow deceleration. Furthermore, as the flow recirculation causes non-uniformly strained turbulence, characterized by a more complex mean rate of strain tensor compared to wall-parallel flows, the turbulence model's accurate representation of the dynamics of all Reynolds stress components becomes particularly important. Furthermore, in the case of the present 3D diffuser, the correct capturing of the flow structure in the inflow duct characterized by the anisotropy-induced secondary motion is of decisive importance. Accordingly, in addition to the eddy-resolving methods, such as LES-related ones, the most suitable statistical models of turbulence are those capturing the Reynolds-stress anisotropy. Reference experimental investigations Cherry et al. (2008, 2009) provided a detailed reference database comprising the three-component mean velocity field within the entire diffuser sections in both configurations. Also the streamwise Reynolds stress component field within the diffuser sections of the diffuser 1 was experimentally determined. In addition the pressure distribution along the bottom non- deflected wall of the diffuser 1 at different Reynolds numbers was also measured. Complementary to the Reynolds number 10000 (for which the entire flow field was measured), two higher Reynolds numbers — 20000 and 30000 — were also considered. In conclusion, the "Stanford" 3D diffuser represents a flow configuration of both fundamental importance and industrial relevance. It comprises two well-documented cases that are particularly suited as test cases the diffuser geometries with somewhat different divergence causing two completely different separation patterns the boundary and inflow conditions, the latter corresponding to fully-developed duct flow the comprehensiveness of the available database consisting of the fully three-dimensional mean flow and turbulence fields a fairly low flow Reynolds number (10000) enabling the computations to be performed at affordable costs The test case study comprises the experimental database of both diffuser configurations intended to explore the sensitivity of the three-dimensional separation patterns to small geometrical changes. This database is further enriched by a new direct numerical simulation, the results of which are analysed along with the experimental data. Accordingly, the present 3D diffuser configurations represent very suitable benchmarks for turbulence model validation. 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__label__wiki	0.62918	0.62918	Lengthscales of motions that control air-water gas transfer in grid-stirred turbulence H. Tsumori, Yuji Sugihara The relationship between the gas transfer velocity and turbulent lengthscales is investigated experimentally in a grid-stirred turbulent flow. The horizontal velocity field at the water surface is measured using particle image velocimetry (PIV). The gas transfer velocity for oxygen is obtained through reaeration experiments. In addition, the gas transfer process by surface-renewal eddies is visualized using laser-induced fluorescence (LIF) technique, in which carbon dioxide is used as the tracer gas. The definition of the Taylor microscale holds that the root-mean-square (RMS) of the surface divergence is expressed by the square root of the turbulent kinetic energy divided by the Taylor microscale. Experimentally obtained data support this scaling. They show the gas transfer velocity to be proportional to the square root of the RMS of the surface divergence. These experimental results imply that the Taylor microscale is an important parameter for gas transfer velocity at the air-water interface. These relations indicate that a nondimensional gas transfer velocity is proportional to the - 1/4 power of a turbulent-macroscale Reynolds number, which is similar to a small-eddy model, assuming that turbulent eddies with the Kolmogorov scale control the gas transfer process. However, this Reynolds number dependence does not necessarily mean the superiority of turbulent eddies with the Kolmogorov scale in the gas transfer. The LIF visualizations in horizontal and vertical planes close to the air-water interface indicate that the horizontal CO2-concentration field has a fine spatial pattern, which resembles that of the surface divergence field, and that surface-renewal motions observed in the vertical plane have a larger lengthscale than the Kolmogorov scale. We infer from both PIV and LIF results that the Taylor microscale is an important lengthscale for air-water gas transfer. Journal of Marine Systems https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jmarsys.2006.03.018 Reynolds number turbulent flow tracer techniques Tsumori, H., & Sugihara, Y. (2007). Lengthscales of motions that control air-water gas transfer in grid-stirred turbulence. Journal of Marine Systems, 66(1-4), 6-18. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jmarsys.2006.03.018 Lengthscales of motions that control air-water gas transfer in grid-stirred turbulence. / Tsumori, H.; Sugihara, Yuji. In: Journal of Marine Systems, Vol. 66, No. 1-4, 01.06.2007, p. 6-18. Tsumori, H & Sugihara, Y 2007, 'Lengthscales of motions that control air-water gas transfer in grid-stirred turbulence', Journal of Marine Systems, vol. 66, no. 1-4, pp. 6-18. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jmarsys.2006.03.018 Tsumori H, Sugihara Y. Lengthscales of motions that control air-water gas transfer in grid-stirred turbulence. Journal of Marine Systems. 2007 Jun 1;66(1-4):6-18. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jmarsys.2006.03.018 Tsumori, H. ; Sugihara, Yuji. / Lengthscales of motions that control air-water gas transfer in grid-stirred turbulence. In: Journal of Marine Systems. 2007 ; Vol. 66, No. 1-4. pp. 6-18. @article{649780c92ffb4f02a58c9e94165ea747, title = "Lengthscales of motions that control air-water gas transfer in grid-stirred turbulence", abstract = "The relationship between the gas transfer velocity and turbulent lengthscales is investigated experimentally in a grid-stirred turbulent flow. The horizontal velocity field at the water surface is measured using particle image velocimetry (PIV). The gas transfer velocity for oxygen is obtained through reaeration experiments. In addition, the gas transfer process by surface-renewal eddies is visualized using laser-induced fluorescence (LIF) technique, in which carbon dioxide is used as the tracer gas. The definition of the Taylor microscale holds that the root-mean-square (RMS) of the surface divergence is expressed by the square root of the turbulent kinetic energy divided by the Taylor microscale. Experimentally obtained data support this scaling. They show the gas transfer velocity to be proportional to the square root of the RMS of the surface divergence. These experimental results imply that the Taylor microscale is an important parameter for gas transfer velocity at the air-water interface. 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The LIF visualizations in horizontal and vertical planes close to the air-water interface indicate that the horizontal CO2-concentration field has a fine spatial pattern, which resembles that of the surface divergence field, and that surface-renewal motions observed in the vertical plane have a larger lengthscale than the Kolmogorov scale. We infer from both PIV and LIF results that the Taylor microscale is an important lengthscale for air-water gas transfer. AB - The relationship between the gas transfer velocity and turbulent lengthscales is investigated experimentally in a grid-stirred turbulent flow. The horizontal velocity field at the water surface is measured using particle image velocimetry (PIV). The gas transfer velocity for oxygen is obtained through reaeration experiments. In addition, the gas transfer process by surface-renewal eddies is visualized using laser-induced fluorescence (LIF) technique, in which carbon dioxide is used as the tracer gas. 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Don’t forget Da rosa da rosa // The rose of roses Da rosa de Hiroshima // The rose of Hiroshima A rosa hereditária // The hereditary rose A rosa radioativa // The radioactive rose Estúpida e inválida // Senseless and invalid A rosa com cirrose // The rose with cirrhosis A anti-rosa atomica // The atomic anti-rose Sem cor, sem perfume // Without color, without fragrance Sem rosa, sem nada // Without rose, without anything — Commentary — Hiroshima in the aftermath of the attack. Image via The Atlantic . In the early morning of 6 August 1945, an American B-29 bomber, the Enola Gay, lifted off a runway on Tinian Island in the Pacific. Piloted by Colonel Paul W. Tibbets, who had named the giant Superfortress after his mother, the Enola Gay carried a ten-thousand-pound atomic bomb known as “Little Boy.” At 8:15 A.M., the crew of the Enola Gay covered their eyes with dark glasses and the bombardier, Thomas Ferebee, released the huge orange and black bomb over Hiroshima, Japan, a city of 250,000 people, many of whom were starting their last day on earth. The bomb exploded over the city with a brilliant flash of purple light, followed by a deafening blast and a powerful shock wave that heated the air as if expanded. A searing fireball eventually enveloped the area around ground zero, temperatures rose to approximate those on the surface of the sun, and a giant mushroom cloud roiled up from the city like an angry gray ghost. Within seconds Hiroshima was destroyed and half of its population was dead or dying. Three days later, a second atomic bomb destroyed the Japanese city of Nagasaki, killing more than 60,000 people. –Michael Hogan: Hiroshima in History and Memory Vinicius de Moraes composed this poem in 1954. Nearly twenty years later, Gérson Conrad of Secos & Molhados set the poem to music. Secos & Molhados released “Rosa de Hiroshima” on their self-titled debut album, and Ney Matogrosso’s piercing rendition seared the song into popular memory across Brazil. Rio de Janeiro’s Diário da Noite from 7 August 1945 announced “Revolution in Methods of War!” A front-page article on the attack described the atomic bomb as “the most terrifying discovery of recent times,” and Hiroshima as “the Japanese city that had the bad luck of being the first to vanish from the map as a consequence of the effects of the atomic bomb.” Image via Hemeroteca da Biblioteca Nacional. The horror of the atomic bomb was incomprehensible in Japan and around the world. The scale of the attack was so unfathomable that the Japanese reacted almost as if they’d been struck by a natural disaster, rather than a man-made atrocity released by bombardier Thomas Ferebee at 8:15 that morning. No prior conceptions or language existed to grapple with the scale of the attack, so reckoning largely came, when it came, through the arts. The mushroom cloud of the bomb spread as a rose bud blooms and expands, and Vinicius de Moraes treated the bomb as the “anti-rose” in this poem. A woman lies with her child on the floor of a ruined bank building in Hiroshima, 6 October 1945. Image via The Atlantic. The first verses focus on the hundreds of thousands of innocent victims of the bomb: Rollicking children were rendered mute, killed or surviving without words to express or come to terms with the experience. Girls were blinded by the searing flash; “inexact” evokes incompleteness, or something amiss. (I didn’t want to post too gruesome images here, but some of these seem representative of what Vinicius mentions.) “Rotas, alteradas” can also be interpreted as “rotas alteradas,” or paths altered. The second part of the lyrics discuss the “senseless” bomb. “Hereditary” rose may refer to the fact that survivors were “presumed to carry the curse of the bombs in their blood,” and were shunned in Japan. Invalid can be interpreted as not valid — out of bounds, unwarranted — or “invalid” in the sense of disabled, as the survivors were left both psychologically and physically. The Japanese government essentially ignored the bomb survivors until November 1953, when it established a research council to conduct surveys of survivors. The news surrounding this movement may have inspired the poem, written shortly thereafter. This rose is fatally flawed, sick with cirrhosis like the survivors who developed cirrhosis of the liver from radiation poisoning. If the rose represents beauty, passion, and vigor, the bomb was the “anti-rose,” like an anti-christ. Main source for this post: Hiroshima in History and Memory, ed. Mark Hogan Posted in Ney Matogrosso, Secos & Molhados, Uncategorized, Vinicius de MoraesTagged Brazilian music, Hiroshima, letra, Lyrical Brazil, lyrics, Lyrics in English, lyrics translated, Memory, Ney Matogrosso, poema, popular memory, Rosa de Hiroshima, Vinicius de Moraes	cc/2020-05/en_middle_0060.json.gz/line1425
__label__cc	0.608559	0.391441	Title: Without delay Authors: Michela Ortu, Pierleone Porcu Topics: insurrectionism, Italy Source: actforfree.nostate.net Michela Ortu, Pierleone Porcu Without delay Tired of being an island within the island: We are breaking the silence! SOLIDARITY WITH THE RECALCITRANTS! NO REPRESSION WILL DESTROY WHAT WE ARE. ‘[…]– Down the mask. – The time is always ripe to get rid of injustice when injustice exists. – Do you wait for the man to be back on his feet before raising him up again? – That will be the moment to give him help? – Or when he is lying down? Or when the assailant is on top of him? Or when he asks you for help?’ Carlo Cafiero What is our struggle. What is our life. In the present totalitarian democratic regime, the multitudes of excluded thrown to the edges of this global society are rendered invisible, useless, left to themselves because they are considered the inevitable “waste” of the highly specialized technological/capitalist production. And just as many are those who, exploited and oppressed, are suspended on the edge of the abyss and plodding on the slopes of the system that makes them chronic medical cases and infantilises them in the oppressive network of laws and assistance-dependency for life by the booming business of the “tertiary sector” that makes them outcasts of blackmail and misery, distrustful of each other, in the contest for crumbs. The most striking outcome of this incessant seesaw of economic, social, moral, cultural, sentimental etc. obscenities is that, between compulsory servitude and involuntary servitude, the most widespread practice between exploitation and oppression becomes the breakdown into individual categories, dispossessed of oneself and crumbling among millions of particles upon which hordes of vampires parasitize and fatten themselves to the point of their total cancellation. Thus, under the weight of authority, religions, unbridled consumerism and subservience to the bitter end, hosts of workers, unemployed, migrants and excluded of all kinds of give up fighting, they cowardly accept to barter their dignity and, slaves of their own ignorance and opportunism, albeit discriminated against and humiliated on the one hand in turn reproduce discrimination and constant humiliation on the other; completely dependent on and addicted to delegating, they even feel proud to claim the “subjects’ freedom” of being allowed to decide who should be elected in the government of the day; and having internalized authority to such a point, at every turn appeal to so-called State security, the institutions, the rule of law, the courts, the cops, judges, politicians, religious leaders, psychiatrists, social workers, voluntary work of every kind etc., in the illusory expectation and hope of being inserted by and into the system if thrown out, or become integrated if they are not yet settled. Rather than react by violently rebelling against the blackmail, humiliation and abuses suffered every day on their skin and against the devastation and the poisoning of their territories, they give the bosses and rulers in power their life in exchange for work and security in exchange for freedom and, under the hallucinating expectation of an unlikely “class collaboration” with their oppressors, delegate, as well as to the politicians, the same bosses and capitalists, the changing of their own destiny, not giving a shit, among other things, if they themselves are contributing, with their so-called “work” to producing poisons, bombs, repression, destruction and death. Stripping bare all miserable appearances in papier mache on sale in cheap deals as free panaceas to get idiotised with psycho-virtual type surrogates, and in the face of the putrid spectacle of real reality and the concrete cultural and moral regression of individuals and human relations in all spheres of existence, we do not intend to remain helpless. In addition to the inevitable and profound changes that follow one another by the bagful in the society, rendered apathetic on all fronts, this organization of power has so altered social relations, culture and human sociality that, in general, while speaking one and all the same language it is as if between individuals one does not want or has no more interest in meaning and understanding, rebelling, discussing, acting in emancipatory ways or, even worse, no one seems to take anything seriously, neither facts nor problems nor discourse nor the persons or the actions or the countless economic and everyday social injustices produced by the machinery of the system on the skin of individuals; as though what happens and overwhelms had no more power and strength to shake the sensitivity and trigger the anger and the desire to revolt, the awareness and the will to react attacking violently and materially those responsible for all this. Nevertheless, in this seemingly resigned dragging of oneself into reality, where, between a few gasps of rebellion most jostle in the sea of indifference, fear and hypocrisy to the benefit of power, in the strictly paradoxical internetian virtual world, surrogate for real action, millions of soliloquies ripple, even antagonistic, but all obviously subtracted from concrete and real action and without risk, all invariably returned to sender! In fact, now more than ever, the complete freedom and unrestrainability of some individuals are the most frightening, even including some anarchists. The radical and profound break with the existent is necessary and cannot be postponed, and for this we need all the more to spread antisocial anarchist revolutionary ideas and practices in the social, so that our thinking and action of direct insurrectional attack can become “watchful threatening energy that slaps and shakes the indifference of the masses, arousing indignation and forcing to reflection, releasing and reviving the fire of discussions, the passion of knowing, faith in the insurrection” (L. Galleani). Ours is a permanent social war that does not admit hesitation or qualms, it is a furious collision with power in all its forms, against capitalist, military and hypertechnological domination, against society and all its values, it is a violent clash between the classes for their slaughter, between the individual and the State and the religions, between freedom and authority, between social revolution and reaction, which does not admit, nor can admit, interruption or compromise of any kind. We are nihilists and iconoclasts because we have nothing to save and nothing to keep of this rotten system and in this sense, aimed at reducing it to rubble stone by stone, one of the more effective of the many methods of anarchist propaganda and projectuality is the dissemination and practice of direct, violent and destructive insurrectional attack of the structures, organizations, values, products and the people who belong to the State and hypertechnological military transactional capitalism diluted everywhere into the network in every corner of the globe. Today more than ever, it is vital to extend and spread atheism and antitheologism, to strengthen our direct critical and scathing attack against all religions, old and new enemies that they are, against all the dogmas of any mould, colour and type, materially and intellectually desacralising and deconstructing any ideology, including our own “stances” if we ourselves were to make a narrow, poorly digested and blind interpretation sacred, religious and fanatical, or an unconscious, or conscious, authoritarian and authoritative tendency. As a minority within the revolutionary minority we have an outright distrust of the cult of the “masses” (a concept, by the way, far surpassed by the real and objective changes in the present economic and social composition of the current technology), on the attractive bases of our ideas and action, we always oppose the ferocity of the qualitative to the myth of the quantitative. Our revolutionary anarchist attention turns, starts off and always comes back to the individual, to their full freedom and autonomy, and especially to their potential. In this sense, what matters are the possibilities that individuals in revolt give themselves and in them the choices that they realise, the commitments that the excluded freely contract with themselves and in relation to others to emancipate themselves and become autonomous and take their life back into their hands, aimed at assuming direct responsibility for their existence and the autonomous management of the same in all areas of everyday life, horizontally, in concourse and in cooperation and reciprocal solidarity with the others involved. For this reason we believe that there is no defined and definitive aim for the individual other than the individual themself, their full and complete realization in freedom, with the extension of their faculties, knowledge and passions, in continuous self-improvement through relationships and social and solidarity interactions that horizontally, in reciprocal respect of differences, establish with other equally free individuals, in a vast increase of possibilities for themselves and for others, along the incessant research for richer and desiring horizons, directly protagonist and sole master and supporter of their life, with no more chains and no longer afraid of being swallowed up in the vast ocean of freedom. In this society, fully managed and dominated by the organization of power and authority, unless it is destroyed and this whole system is radically knocked down right to its foundations, and at the same time the insurrectionary process on the path of social revolution is set off in thought and action, it is a mere illusion to believe you can start to “build” anything in terms of creative social anarchist self-management, because any experiments in this direction, other than isolating oneself between niches of friends or dying from self-consumption, or being repressed by power if considered inconvenient for the theoretical and practical ideas that it spreads, would at once, somehow be swallowed up and absorbed, together with its components, within the same dominant State and capitalistic network. That’s why in the here and now of the present this anarchist self-management on the path of freedom starts with destruction. The ruptures to unleash in the social clash against the whole system of domination, always start from the point where each one finds themselves, the condition in which they live, the choices that each contracts with themself and then, consequently, from the ways of relating, understanding and intervening in social conflicts, among the exploited and excluded; without ever being overwhelmed by events or ending up giving in to compromises or naive and instrumental moderations or hiding places that do not belong to us but which, instead, are specific to all those forces for improvement, parliamentarians, bourgeois and reformists who, for their own specific purposes, certainly not revolutionary and subvertors of the existent, mobilize slyly on the wave of a well-built “common sense” on the widespread malaise, setting off movements of opinion which act as a “buffer” for mediation within social conflicts, whose purpose is solely to politically and instrumentally grab portions of controlled consensus aimed to create and disseminate, besides the many democratic lies, additional State logic, reactionary, divisory, legalistic, nationalist and executionalist, turned to the management, government and dominion of the economic, social, political, cultural and so on reality in which we live, thus paving the way for new leaders, managers and scoundrels of every kind, and to new forms of power and authority and in co-management and in conjunction with those already present. No compromise therefore, and no hesitation. Yesterday as today, we are and will be every day in open war against the system of domination State, capitalist, technological and religious in all their forms and manifestations and, whatever the composition that governments give themselves, whether democratic or dictatorial (or in whatever way they want to define or organize), they will always find us before them to fight them with fire and sword right to their foundations. Even if the bosses, governments, the hyper-technological capitalistic organization and the State, with its political police, judicial and military power, killer of freedom in essence, will continue to do everything possible to defend their privileges and to try to stop revolutionaries and insurgents by using all their might and means, know, gentlemen that we do not stumble, indeed, whenever possible, we will answer them blow for blow, without delay, more and more convinced, moved by something completely alien to them and that is not sold in their supermarkets or their benches of power, something whose value is priceless, although it demands a very high price, and for which it is worth fighting to the end and without hesitation: its name is dignity. Constantly at “daggers with life,” the only masters and judges of ourselves in breaking with the existent and in our radical negation, we have no hesitation in opposing the structural enslaving and exploiting violence of the State and capital with revolutionary insurrectional anarchist liberatory violence, always and everywhere, in all its various forms and manifestations. It is well, finally, that you gentlemen remember that as far as your preventive military and police defence, both internal and external to the State, will never succeed in destroying anarchy or in containing the spread of its principles and its practices because “…its roots are too deep; it was born in the bosom of a rotten society that is falling apart; it is a violent reaction against the established order. It represents egalitarian and libertarian aspirations that fight in breach of today’s authorities; it is everywhere and what makes it elusive will end up killing you.” (Emile Henry) And in all this we find the proper sense of our fraternal and revolutionary solidarity with all the comrades who, both inside and outside the prisons, anywhere in the world, day after day, do not save themselves and continue to give their all in and for the insurrectional anarchist struggle, with courage, pride, perseverance and generosity… Minds and hearts up! No god no State, no servants no bosses! Anarchist resistance has only just begun! Michela Ortu and Pierleone Porcu	cc/2020-05/en_middle_0060.json.gz/line1430
__label__wiki	0.97539	0.97539	George Brandis, Attorney-General We call on the Australian government to reverse the cuts and invest in the legal assistance sector to promote access to justice for people across Australia. Open letter from Deans of Australian law schools (199.11 KB) MEDIA RELEASE from Community Legal Centres Queensland - 19 March 2017 Deans of over thirty Australian law schools have today called on the Federal Government to reverse plans to cut funding to community legal centres. “Community Legal Centres have a significant role resolving disputes in Australia. They are at the coalface in protecting women and children from family violence. Many of their clients are disadvantaged and need help” said Professor Patrick Keyzer, Head of La Trobe Law School. “We urge the Federal Government to reverse their decision not to continue funding Community Legal Centres, and to ensure adequate funding is available so that people across Australia can assert their legal rights and access justice,” said Professor Keyzer “Community Legal Centres are a vital network of frontline organisations doing important work in the public interest,” said Dr. Jürgen Bröhmer, Dean and Professor of Law at Murdoch University’s School of Law. “Funding cuts set to commence in July will weaken the mission of university law schools to effectively engage with our communities, as well as the overall efficiency of the Australian legal system.” “With my colleagues across the country, we call on the Australian Government to reverse the cuts and invest in the legal assistance sector to promote access to justice for people across Australia,” said Dr Bröhmer. James Farrell from Community Legal Centres Queensland welcomed the Deans’ support. “For decades, community legal centres have worked with law schools, their staff and students to provide legal help to people who would otherwise fall through the justice gap.” The impact of these funding cuts have been recognised by lawyers, community organisations, domestic violence services, churches, and now the Deans of Australia’s law schools.” “With community legal centres nationally facing a 30% cut in federal funding, the Deans have added their voice to the chorus of groups advocating for the Government to properly fund legal services, and make legal assistance available to people who need support,” said Mr Farrell. AUSTRALIAN FINANCIAL REVIEW article - 19 March 2017 (behind paywall) Law school Deans take funding fight to George Brandis - AFR article (1.97 MB) Deans of law schools across the nation have joined forces to lobby the federal government to stop funding cuts to legal assistance which they say will deny access to thousands of people and put pressure on the private sector to plug the gap. Pressure is building on Attorney-General George Brandis from across the legal profession, after corporate law firms warned they cannot possibly fill the void and the Australian Bar Association launched a campaign to promote access to justice through proper funding. "Reduced funding will mean diminished service capacity which will have flow-on effects throughout the sector and ultimately on the effective and efficient administration of the justice system as a whole," warned 33 law school deans from across the nation in an open letter to the federal government. Federal funding to community legal centres is due to fall by 30 per cent from July 1, in a funding cliff the coalition blames on the former Labor government's failure to provide for funding beyond four years. Labor argues the funding program was consistent with common four-year cycle budgeting practices and is pressing the government to extend it. The debate over blame is of little consequence for the sector, which now faces very real cuts threatening the existence of some and the ability of others to help those in need. 'False economy' Corporate lawyers including Clayton Utz partner David Hillard, have warned cuts are a "false economy" because unresolved legal problems increase government costs elsewhere, including in health care and housing, and the nation's law firms "cannot come close" to plugging the gap. In 2014 the Productivity Commission found the federal government needed to inject an extra $120 million a year into legal assistance for a sustainable and resilient sector; plus $80 million from state and territory governments. Since, the sector has instead fought funding cut threats; any increases have specifically targeted family violence. The law deans warn the funding cuts will undermine their "ability to educate the next generation of lawyers about the importance of access to justice in Australia," by threatening strategic relationships with community legal centres to offer clinical programs in which students can cut their teeth. "We call on the Australian government to reverse the cuts and invest in the legal assistance sector to promote access to justice for people across Australia," the deans write. Among the 33 signatories are Western Sydney University's professor Michael Adams, University of Western Australia's associate professor Natalie Skead, UNSW's professor George Williams, Adelaide's professor Melissa de Zwart, and University of Canberra's associate professor Lorana Bartels. "Law schools are part of the wider legal community which understands how important it it to support access to justice," said Melbourne Law School dean and signatory Carolyn Evans. Clinical experience provided "invaluable support to vulnerable people who might otherwise be denied legal support" and gave "students a wonderful chance to develop their legal skills", Dr Evans said. Community Legal Centres Queensland director James Farrell said clinical legal education was important for building a lawyer's "empathy and practice skills" in addition to the critical support it provided. "We know that thousands more people will miss out on legal help with these federal funding cuts," he said. "The impact of these funding cuts have been recognised by lawyers, community organisations, domestic violence services, churches, and now the Deans of Australia's law schools." On Friday night, attorney-general Brandis succumbed under threat of a contempt of court order to a freedom of information request from shadow attorney-general Mark Dreyfus, releasing his diaries which revealed he had not engaged in extensive consultation with the legal assistance sector about cuts. The high-profile Public Interest Advocacy Centre is among those affected by the pending cuts, albeit in a less direct way. It could lose more than #660,000 - up to 52 per cent of its funding - due to a large chunk of its public purpose fund allocation going to other underfunded centres in need after the Commonwealth cuts. "Cutting the money from CLCs is really a false economy because it passes greater costs down the line when a legal need is not met," said PIAC CEO Jonathon Hunyor. "We work a lot with vulnerable women who may be facing a whole range of issues - bills they're having trouble paying, protection from violent partners, tenancy repairs to make premises secure, victims of crime. If you can help people with those problems you can help stop them become homeless. CLCs are great at early intervention." Among PIAC's board members are former NSW attorney-general Bob Debus, Maurice Blackburn principal Rebecca Gilsenan, Baker McKenzie consultant Ralph Pliner and ex litigation funder IMF Bentham CEO John Walker. Legal aid services in the United States are facing their own battle, after the Trump government's budget blueprint revealed funding to the Legal Services Corporation would end, triggering a backlash from lawyers across the nation including via a letter signed by 150 law firms to the White House protesting the move. Professor Stephen Bottomley FAAL LRSJ	cc/2020-05/en_middle_0060.json.gz/line1437
__label__wiki	0.761038	0.761038	Reproduction and Licensing Yakut house (igloo-like), man in the snow, dog and sleds Siberia, 1900 Jochelson, Waldemar, 1855-1937 (photographer) Film negatives Siberia, Russia Arctic peoples Ethnology -- Asia Field photographs Jesup North Pacific Expedition (1897-1902) Jesup North Pacific Expedition Finding Aid: http://library.amnh.org/finding_aids_Jesup/ AMNH Library authority record: Jesup North Pacific Expedition (1897-1903) AMNH Library finding aid: Jesup North Pacific Expedition (1897-1903) American Museum of Natural History Library Information on rights available at the repository. Jesup North Pacific Expedition Jochelson, Waldemar, 1855-1937 (photographer), “Yakut house (igloo-like), man in the snow, dog and sleds Siberia, 1900,” AMNH Research Library \| Digital Special Collections, accessed January 23, 2020, https://lbry-web-007.amnh.org/digital/index.php/items/show/60165. © 2020 American Museum of Natural History Research Library Powered by Omeka Central Park West at 79th Street The American Museum of Natural History is committed to making its web site accessible to all visitors, including those with disabilities. Visit the AMNH Accessibility page for more information.	cc/2020-05/en_middle_0060.json.gz/line1439
__label__cc	0.71625	0.28375	UAV Safety, Laws, and Good Citizenship Why Should We Care About “Drone” Safety? Because it’s the law! Because it helps keep property from being damaged. Because it helps keeps other people from getting hurt. Because it helps keep YOU from getting hurt! Small Unmanned Aerial Systems/Vehicles (sUAS or sUAV for short), sometimes referred to as “drones,” are extremely fun. However, they have the potential to do a lot of damage if they are not used properly. Drones—small sUAVs/sUASs/Quadcopters/Hexacopters—are hobby aircraft. For many years, building and flying model aircraft was a hobby that only the most dedicated and skilled hobbyists got into, because it was expensive and the aircraft required a lot of skill to build and to fly. So, relatively few people built and flew model aircraft, though they learned a lot about how aircraft work and about general aviation along the way. Serious accidents were rare and most model aircraft weren’t capable enough to do a lot of damage. Recently, technology has improved and the cost of components has come down to a point where many more people can afford to buy a small model aircraft or sUAV. In the United States alone, there were an estimated 1 million sUAVs on the day this was published. Almost anyone can go buy a “drone,” take it outside, and fly it. It's time for all sUAV operators to educate themselves about safety and good "drone citizenship." The behavior of sUAV operators across the country impacts the perception of this hobby and this industry, and by extension impacts future regulations and therefore your future freedoms and responsibilities as a UAV operator. This guide provides general outlines, and points you to authoritative resources. If you have an ELEV-8 Quadcopter you must register it with the Federal Aviation Administration's UAS Registry before flying outdoors. Unmanned Aircraft System (UAS) Registration Knowing the Law is Your Responsibility The National Airspace System (NAS) Creating a Safety Kit and a Supply Kit Flying Indoors Flying Outdoors ELEV-8 V3 Tutorial Series Understanding the Physics of Multirotor Flight ELEV-8 v3 Quadcopter Assembly Guide How to Fly a Multirotor sUAV Calibrating and Performance-Tuning your ELEV-8 v3 ELEV-8 v3 Prop Guard Kit IO on the ELEV-8 Flight Controller ELEV-8 v3 Wireless Telemetry via XBee Running Lights for your ELEV-8 v3 Add Servos to the ELEV-8 v3 Camera Gimbal for your ELEV-8 v3	cc/2020-05/en_middle_0060.json.gz/line1441
__label__cc	0.506566	0.493434	Disability Access Consultants Disability Access DDA Egress Risk Compliance Consulting Alternative Solution Reports Access Audits Due Diligence Melbourne Australia International Access Auditing Architectural Desktop Reviews Conversion of existing buildings to another use Sports and Public Event Accessibility DDA Access Consultant Guest Lecturer and Presenter Journalism and other Writing Emergency Egress Author of the Disability Evacuation Guide Creator of the ‘Accessible Means of Egress Icon’ Disability Evacuation Bibliography Disability Access and Egress Cartoons Evacuation and Emergency Management Cartoons Now What? Egress Cartoons Performance Based Building Codes Access Peer Reviews Alternative Solutions (Dispensations, Dispos and Performance Assessments) Egress Group Melbourne Access Audits Universal Captions Egress Group Licensing Enquiries Exit Inc. Accessible Means of Egress Icon Merchandise Accessible Means of Egress Icon with Running Man Merchandise Running Man Merchandise Refuge Area Merchandise Emergency Evacuation Lift Merchandise Emergency Evacuation Chair Merchandise Access Consulting 101: Steps to Become an Access Consultant in Australia Posted on 04/02/2016 07/04/2019 by Lee Wilson, Access Consultant, Universal Design Consultant I love my work and I love getting questions from people asking what access consultants do, or asking how to find work in the industry. The following information hopes to answer a few of these questions. If you have enjoyed this information or learnt a little about access consulting, please consider leaving a Google Review for me, as this really helps, just click the image below. Thank you How Do I Get into Access Consulting? I’m often asked by people who are thinking about a career in accessibility how I came about to work as an Access Consultant. So I thought I’d put some thoughts down to try to help people make an informed decision about whether they want to pursue a career in this field. Hopefully, this which might help people make better decisions when planning their career move. What Exactly do Disability Access Consultants Do? Access Consultants (also known as DDA consultants, or Disability Access Consultants), work in the built environment and can provide a number of different services. Some consultants specialise in particular areas (such as project management, hearing augmentation system, architectural design or luminance contrast testing), whilst others offer multiple services (like me!). Although I personally try to specialise in the building compliance and accessibility compliance area and do a lot of work in ‘performance-based solutions’ (also known as ‘Alternative Solutions’). I’m also actively campaigning for accessible ‘egress’ concepts into how we design buildings, as I believe we need an inclusive approach to get people out of a building in an emergency (as it’s not just about getting everyone into a building). One thing is common though with all Access Consultants. We are all working to achieve a greater level of accessibility in the built environment for people with a disability. Services Access Consultants can provide include: Desktop reviews of architectural drawings, schedules and specifications at each stage of design documentation; Inspections for compliance in existing buildings, in the form of ‘Access Appraisals’ or ‘Access Audits’; Feasibility reports, determining the viability of projects, in terms of the impact on accessibility; Due Diligence Reports; Luminance contrast testing; ‘Affected Part’ inspections and reports, identifying and outlining what the impact of any ‘New Part’ building works will be on existing building entrances, lifts, and the accessways linking the principal entrance to the ‘New Part’; Preparation of ‘Alternative Solutions, professional opinions, and unjustifiable hardship claims; Preparation of wayfinding and signage strategies; Preparation of Disability Action Plans (DAPs); Preparation of Access for People with Disability Management Plans; Preparing architectural drawings for new works; Project managing home modifications. In the past few years, I’ve worked in most of these areas, other than the last two. Planning for People with Disabilities ‘v’ Planning for People of All Abilities More recently, there has also been a push to include universal design into our roles. Our recent conference in October 2015 was a testament to that. The entire conference took a ‘universal design’ theme (in fact, I also had the honour to speak at the conference on the topic of exit signs and evacuation). I now consider universal design (or inclusive design, or ‘design for all’) an important part of my role and I’m thinking more and more about providing access into buildings for people of all abilities, rather than people with disabilities. Anyone who follows my work on Sourceable.net would have read my thoughts on the ageing population and know that we need to plan for the ‘greying’ of the Australian population. It just makes sense that we design environments and products that cater to the widest range of abilities throughout a person life cycle. What is the Industry Association for Access Consultants? Like most industries, there is a professional body overseeing the conduct and accreditation of Access Consultants. The Association of Consultants in Access Australia, Inc. (or ACAA) is the national association administering the membership of accessibility professionals in all fields of access consulting. The membership of ACAA are major contributors to the advancement of accessibility within Australia, with members sitting on Standards committees and industry advisory committees. ACAA was incorporated in 2000 and primarily established as a result of consultation with key stakeholder groups and individuals working in the area of disability. The Royal Australian Institute of Architects (RAIA), Occupational Therapy Australia (OTA) and the Australian Institute of Building Surveyors (AIBS) contributed to the establishment of the ACAA. The objectives of the ACAA are to act as the national body representing Access Consultants, and to: develop and implement a set of standards for accredited members administer the national process for accrediting of members assist with the planning of educational courses suitable for the accreditation of its members to promote Accreditation of Access Consultants continuing professional development of members ACAA also serves as the national advisory body for accessibility for people with a disability, in relation to equity of accessibility within the built environment. ACAA contributes to: Government and community policies, codes, and regulations Assists with the education of other built environment practitioners, including building designers Undertakes research on built environmental accessibility My Own Background Every Access Consultant has a different story as to how they came to specialise in this area. The office I work in has a mixture of consultants from the fields of occupational therapy and architectural design, as well as my background in risk, compliance and construction. Generally, most people working as an Access Consultant have some form of motivation to work in the area and make a positive difference: This could be due to their own disability, a family member’s disability, or some other intrinsic reason. My personal reason is a little different to most, after many years as an advocate for vegetarianism and animal rights I came to the conclusion that my own personal values must also extend to human rights and it seemed natural to steer my career from general building compliance towards access consulting. Since that time I have published some articles discussing the development of disability access and universal design concepts and their founding in disability rights and human rights movements. At present, I also have an interest in campaigning for gender inclusive / all gender bathrooms. What Are the Steps in Becoming an Access Consultant? Firstly – Join ACAA. The very first thing anyone considering becoming an Access Consultant should do is become an Affiliate Member of ACAA. It is simple to join, not too expensive and definitely value for money in terms of the exposure it will give you to the association, the online forum we all use, relevant publications and generally just keeping in the loop. Where possible, attend the ACAA State Chapter quarterly meetings. This will get you known locally. Attend as many of the Access 101 training session as you can, to provide an overview of particular accessibility topics – https://www.eventbrite.com.au/o/access-101-17177053550 Enrol in the Certificate IV Access Consulting course. This is now a requirement if you want to advance your career as an Access Consultant. Note – to be an Accredited member you will first need some time as an Associate Member. To become an Associate Member, you must have completed the Certificate IV Access Consulting course. Please visit the ACAA website to read up on the levels of membership and how one can move towards being an Accredited Member. Join LinkedIn and connect with like-minded people (including me!), I can’t emphasise enough how important LinkedIn is for professionals. In my five years on LinkedIn, I’ve connected with so many people who welcome new connections and previously had been out of reach. Join Groups on LinkedIn to meet new people, learn new concepts and keep up to date with what’s happening around the world. Accessibility and universal design are relatively new fields (compared to other building professions) and we are all learning. What these Groups provide is a path for access professionals to educate each other. Once you have joined some Groups get involved in discussions. Not only does this help you to learn, but it also helps to get known to future employers. Find a mentor. Even if you are not currently working in the area it is beneficial to find someone to help steer your career transition. Seek student placements. If you are studying and have the opportunity to take a placement approach the larger access consulting firms to see if they have an available place for you. You might be surprised. Subscribe to industry newsletters and follow blogs in the area. There is so much information on the internet, you just need to look. I’m not a huge fan of Facebook, but I do manage some industry Facebook Pages and they do have a place. Social Media is as important as newspapers were twenty years ago, so consider ‘Liking’ a few pages to get regular updates. If you have access to a work library or a university library, see if you can get your hands on copies of the following documents and start reading them. The current Building Code of Australia Volume 1 of the National Construction Code; Australian Standard (AS) 1428 suite of standards; AS 1735.12 disability lift standard; AS/NZS 2890.6 accessible car parking standards; and Highlight any areas you do not understand (or take notes if you borrowed them!) and ask questions (i.e. to your mentor, on a Facebook page or by direct message or post a new discussion on a LinkedIn Group or the like). Lastly, please consider reading my articles on Sourceable.net. From my own personal experience, it is not easy to become Accredited. It takes a commitment from each individual to find a way to specialise within the area of accessibility and get the necessary experience. But I believe if you follow these key steps outlined above you will be in a very good position to transition easily into an entry-level Access Consultant position. I hope that helps in some way. Access consulting is a great industry to work in. It can be extremely rewarding, both extrinsically (good working conditions, good salaries etc.) and intrinsically (i.e. making a difference to the world, improving accessibility and the like). Good luck! 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__label__cc	0.684108	0.315892	Jurisdiction ruling another blow for Omotoso Publish date: 12 August 2019 Category: Criminal Nigerian pastor Timothy Omotoso and his co-accused – charged with human trafficking and the recruitment and rape of young girls – experienced another setback in the Eastern Cape High Court (Port Elizabeth) when Judge Irma Schoeman dismissed an application involving their plea of no jurisdiction in relation to the string of charges. A report on the IoL site notes that defence Advocate Peter Daubermann had brought the application, arguing that the High Court had the jurisdiction to only hear seven rape and sexual assault charges which allegedly occurred in Port Elizabeth. The trio pleaded not guilty to these seven charges but entered a plea of no jurisdiction in respect of the remainder of the charges. Omotoso faces 63 main charges, while co-accused Lusanda Sulani faces 35 charges and Zukiswa Sitho 16 main charges. Daubermann argued that the court did not have jurisdiction to try Omotoso and his co-accused for offences which allegedly occurred in Durban, Richards Bay and Bloemfontein, among other areas. Schoeman highlighted that Daubermann had written a letter to the National Director of Public Prosecutions (NDPP)consenting to the charges in January last year. Schoeman said at the time Daubermann did not object to the letter centralising the charges. Essentially, Schoeman ruled the NDPP letter and its wording valid. After Schoeman gave reasons for her ruling, Daubermann immediately indicated that he planned to make an application for leave to appeal Schoeman’s ruling. He requested a postponement to obtain a copy of the judgment and to formulate grounds seeking leave to appeal. The case was postponed until next week. Full report on the IoL site	cc/2020-05/en_middle_0060.json.gz/line1444
__label__cc	0.647641	0.352359	ON SALE NOW: Furthur and Cloud 9 present: Paradise Waits in Mexico A week or so we got yet another announcement from the Cloud 9 Adventures team: they’re bringing their signature formula of their ridiculously successful Panic en la Playa and Mayan Holidaze vacation-slash-music-festivals together with the Furthur gang. They’re calling this one Paradise Waits and it’s set for the Hard Rock Hotel Riviera Maya, Mexico on January 20, 21, 22 & 23, 2014. Rooms just went on sale and don’t sleep on it; this has sell-out written all over it. Here’s the official info: For four epic shows in a stunning tropical backdrop, fans can expect Lesh & Weir to push the musical envelope with jaw-dropping improvisations and loving renditions of Grateful Dead classics with their all-star Furthur band: keyboardist Jeff Chimenti (RatDog), drummer Joe Russo (Benevento – Russo Duo, Trey Anastasio), guitarist John Kadlecik (Dark Star Orchestra), and vocalists Sunshine Becker and Jeff Pehrson. In addition to an intimate, not-to-be-missed run of shows, fans will enjoy all of the luxurious benefits offered by the gorgeous Hard Rock Hotel Riviera Maya. More than a series of live shows, this is an all-inclusive experience; all fans stay on site at the resort and all meals, drinks, concerts and activities are included in the package. Set to open in October 2013, (Hard Rock Hotel all-inclusive tropical resorts recently also opened in Cancun, Puerto Vallarta and Punta Cana), the stunning Hard Rock Hotel Riviera Maya is located just south of Playa del Carmen and promises all of the modern amenities of a first class tropical vacation – rock and roll style. Days at the resort will be spent relaxing by the pool, taking a swim in the ocean and enjoying the incredible restaurants and spa. Plus, cultural activities & excursions, and all the magical moments that come from being on vacation with your crew are around every corner. Then, as the sun goes down, guests will be treated to epic shows by Furthur. Paradise Waits is brought to you by Cloud 9 Adventures – the team that offers travels services, brand management, marketing and consulting for famed destination events Jam Cruise, Holy Ship!!!, Panic en La Playa, My Morning Jacket’s One Big Holiday, Mayan Holidaze, and Strings & Sol. Event Details are as follows: All-Inclusive prices range from $1549-$2999 per person based on double occupancy and include a four-night stay at the resort, four full shows by Furthur, access to top-notch all-inclusive resort amenities, and an unparalleled musical adventure in paradise. Please note that all guests staying at Hard Rock Hotel Riviera Maya will be there for Paradise Waits – outside guests will not be permitted, and reservations must be booked online or over the phone through Cloud 9 Adventures Travel Team. The whole resort will be filled with Furthur fans. Visit furthurparadisewaits.com for booking and information. Cloud 9 Adventures LIVE TEAM https://livemusicblog.com/CONTACT Contact us if you have a news item or festival! Dead & Company Kick Off Final Show at Playing in the Sand Cancún [SETLIST/STREAMS] Dead & Company Back for Night #2 at Playing in the Sand Cancún [SETLIST/STREAMS] Bob Weir & Wolf Bros Announce Sweetwater Music Hall Residency Watch Grateful Dead Do “Black-Throated Wind” in D.C. 6/14/91 Bob Weir & Wolf Bros Announce Spring 2020 Tour LOCKN’ 2020: Dates Announced, Phil Lesh’s 80th Birthday Celebration! Dead & Company Debuts Albany, NY Four Years Ago Today [PHOTOS / AUDIO / SETLIST] Grateful Dead Lyricist Robert Hunter Has Passed Away at 78, R.I.P. Bob Weir & Wolf Bros Played Humphreys by the Bay San Diego, CA [SETLIST / VIDEOS] Watch Jerry Garcia & Bob Weir on David Letterman in 1987 Bob Weir & Sammy Hagar Join John Mayer in San Francisco for “Fire on the Mountain” [SETLIST / VIDEO]	cc/2020-05/en_middle_0060.json.gz/line1447
__label__cc	0.512705	0.487295	KARNABALE 2015! The last time I went to Manila to work with the Sipat Lawin Ensemble I had one of the best weeks of my life, both creatively and personally. When JK and Sarah from Sipat asked me to be part of a festival they were running, Karnabale, I said yes immediately, despite not knowing what Karnabale was or what I would be expected to do. It eventuated that I was being invited to take part in a international exchange platform. I would be partnered with a Filipino artist from the first day of the festival and we’d have two weeks to devise something and then present it on the last day. Partnering with a stranger was already a daunting challenge (although one I was way up for) but as a card-carrying Glutton For Punishment/Opportunist I was quick to ask if I could also do a performance of Bomb Collar as part of the festival. My fellow over-commiter Dave Finnigan was co-ordinating the exchange platform and generously said yes. My performance of Bomb Collar was on the first weekend of the festival so I didn’t have too much time to worry over it. I’d had just enough time before I left to relearn and re-tweak the script and have Adam make some improvements to the lighting effects. I had a very nice reception from the crowd but not a lot of in-depth feedback. I have strong suspicions that it might be the sort of show that’s acceptable to most but loved by few, which might just be the inevitable pitfall of making something that’s such a specific synthesis of my personal interests. It’s certainly developing me as a performer and I’ll certainly keep touring it; now that I finally have space to bring Adam and Paul in as creative voices (rather than just prop designers) it might well find another level with crowds. Anyway, the bulk of my time was spent on the exchange platform. I was partnered with Ariel Diccion, whose intimidating CV was sent to me ahead of time. Ariel is a lit academic with an extensive and varied theater background and is a member of Spit, the premier improv group in Manila. He comes from a conceptually rigorous space and I knew I needed to be on my game. Luckily for me Ariel is the most generous, welcoming and open person alive and within ten minutes of meeting him I was determined to forge a long-term long-distance collaboration with him. We have a ridiculous amount of overlap in our interests, both artistic and existential, and in our first week we developed entirely too many ideas to fit into our Karnabale show. Which was no sweat, because we’d both resolved that this piece would be just the first salvo in a multi-year (maybe even multi-decade) collaboration. So what did we present at the end of the fortnight? Long story short, the one idea that remained central to our devising is a Tagalog word that Ariel introduced me to, Tanda. This word can mean injury or the broader idea of being marked, it can also mean the state of maturity (sorry if I’m butchering the nuance Ariel!). I was immediately taken with the way that the concept was so physically inculcated. In my mind it instantly related to performance, and Ariel contributed some extremely fresh thoughts on the nature of social performance within individuals. Like I said, there’s a lot of places that Tanda will take us in the future, some of them quite heavy. Our Karnabale piece was quite silly and fun, with some confronting flecks here and there. It was a heavily participatory work, which is still a newer thing for me but second nature to Ariel (I was leaning on some script whereas he improvised his entire performance, running rings around me). Our show was a mock marketing presentation, where we treated the audience as potential frachisees for a ten-minute workout system. The ‘workout’ was a mix of intense exercise and character creation challenges. We challenged people to create their own superhuman identities in 5 minutes, in a way that satirized rugged individualism, self-help courses and cultural appropriation. We used a very goofy structure to get people to confront their own experience of Tanda in a frantic environment where there was no time to ponder deeply. We then ordered the crowd to present their new identities to each other and assert their superiority, a thing that got surprisingly emotional reactions from some of the participants. Like a lot of pieces I work on it threatened to be over-stuffed, but thanks to Ariel’s performance chops (and a very up-for-it audience) it played coherently with a good amount of artistic meat. As always, there were elements of it we could push that you could never get away with in Australia, and that alone will keep me coming back to work with Sipat Lawin for as long as they’ll have me. All Photos by Jordan ‘Lucky Lens’ Prosser EP IN A DAY 2 VIDEOS 3 & 4! NICK- The River That’ll Carry Me Home is a song I used to play with my old band Big Score. Big Score essentially had four lead singers and I learnt that trading off lead vocals is a great way to add a breathless energy to a track , as well as get away with murder in terms of song structure. This track would probably be repetitive as hell if it was just me singing it, but with the whole gang weighing in it feels like it goes for about a minute. Once I put a band together with so many incredible singers it was a no-brainer to do this one, but the fact is the multi-voice thing wasn’t on my mind when wrote it. It’s the same character singing every verse, a weird sort of half gormless Pollyanna/half jester cynic guy, a song character I associate closely with my mid-twenties. The character singing My Own Little Girl is even more obnoxious again, at least by my reckoning. Writing in an unlikable voice in one of those tricky balances and I’d been waiting for just the right band to play this one with. Of all the numbers I’ve done for this project so far this is the one that I’m a bit nervous about. LUKE – I’d thought The River That’ll Carry Me Home would be the first salvo of EP #2, and so envisaged the shot of Nick walking into the studio as being our take on the opening of Stop Making Sense, where the camera tracks along David Byrne’s feet. I’d imagined Nick arriving in the room just in time to sing the first line, but the way it played out lets the arrangement breathe, and we get to know/see each of the musicians before the song takes off. The handheld shots feel intimate – complemented with a few post-production light leaks, it gives the clip a warm and funky vibe. From a director’s point of view, My Own Little Girl is my favourite of this batch. It’s certainly the boldest, conceptually – a live music clip where we don’t actually see anyone playing their instruments(!). The clip is composed entirely of close-ups of the performers’ faces. Ben Lane warned me it might be too intense, and just after we finished filming it, I had a small panic attack – if it didn’t work, we had no back-up footage. Thankfully, it does work – mostly down to the relaxed and natural presence of the performers. It’s the visual equivalent of someone whispering a secret into your ear.	cc/2020-05/en_middle_0060.json.gz/line1453
__label__cc	0.523009	0.476991	Our Taxonomy Education Deals Healthcare Deals Media & Marketing Deals Consumer Deals Online & Mobile Deals Managed Services & IT Consulting Deals Private Equity Deals Human Capital Deals Specialty Segments Berkery Noyes Search over 71,000 Information Industry Mergers & Acquisitions: Finrock Growth Partners, acquired BP Logix Like BP Logix Managed Services & IT Consulting Search Breadth Narrower Broader By BP Logix By Finrock Growth Partners Finrock Growth Partners Competitor`s Deals Exhibitions, Conferences, Events note: a single transaction may fall into multiple segments Daily-Weekly-Monthly Custom Alerts Drill down on comparable historical deals Search for target or buyer by name See historical deals by buyer or seller Buyer and seller watch lists Custom Segments Bookmark deals Export Listings to PDF All Segments Last 17 years (3561 results) Transactions Tombstones Trends Highlights Overview Geography Company buyer to watch list seller to watch list closed 9/12/2019 via BusinessWire See 3561 Comparable Transactions synopsis: BP Logix, provider of Low-Code BPM solutions for rapid digital application development, announced that the company has been acquired by Finrock Growth Partners, a private equity firm that acquires and operates businesses in the software sector. buyer: Finrock Growth Partners Finrock Growth Partners is a software focused private equity firm based in Austin, TX. Since 2009, Finrock has been investing in software businesses with a goal of helping them achieve category leadership. " target: BP Logix BP Logix Inc., headquartered near San Diego, pioneered predictive business process management (BPM) with its many patented innovations, empowering individuals and teams to rapidly develop, deploy, and enhance critical digital applications. price ($mm) rev ($mm) EBITDA ($mm) EV / rev EV / EBITDA closed 5/9/2018 via BNC Analysis Symphony Technology Group, acquired Winshuttle, LLC synopsis: Bothell, WA-based Winshuttle, the leading SAP-centric robotic process automation and data management platform provider, announces it has been acquired by Symphony Technology Group (STG). Symphony Technology Group (STG) is the private equity partner for market-leading data, software and analytics companies. buyer: Symphony Technology Group Symphony Technology Group (STG) is the private equity partner for market-leading data, software and analytics companies. The firm brings expertise, flexibility, and resources to build strategic value and unlock the potential of innovative companies. " target: Winshuttle, LLC Winshuttle is a provider of data automation and data process management software for enterprises, typically in SAP environments. Winshuttle offers software that improves data accuracy and maximizes the productivity of users who interface directly with SAP by automating workflows and data movement. Curve Group, acquired Paperless Software Solutions synopsis: Curve Group acquired Paperless Software Solutions (PSS), a developer of integrated solutions that cut down paper-based administration. PSS takes companies from being manual process and paper-consuming corporates to benefiting from highly efficient digital processes that deliver, collect, report on and analyse large volumes of data in a few clicks. buyer: Curve Group Curve provides a hyper low cost flexible financial operating platform that can in its ultimate form provide an entire retail financial services institution from simple transaction accounts, and payments to lending, investments, card, spend, mobile, and digital services and their integrations. " target: Paperless Software Solutions Paperless Software Solutions has delivered integrated technology and business efficiency solutions to companies of every size since 1998. Their workflow efficiency and document management software cut down paper-based administration in any business process. announced 6/27/2016 via PR Newswire Genpact Ltd, will acquire PNMsoft synopsis: Genpact, a global leader in digitally-powered business process management and services, announced that it has entered into a definitive agreement to acquire PNMsoft, a Gartner Magic Quadrant-rated dynamic workflow, case management and work optimization solutions provider based around Tel Aviv, Israel. buyer: Genpact Ltd (G:$3,274.32) Genpact stands for “generating business impact.” They architect the Lean Digital enterprise through a unique approach that reimagines their clients’ middle and back offices to generate growth, cost efficiency, and business agility. " target: PNMsoft PNMsoft provides BPM software solutions to organizations worldwide. PNMsoft Sequence™, our Intelligent Business Process Management Suite (iBPMS), enables rapid build and change of high availability, mobile-enabled workflow applications, that deliver Big Change for the Digital Business. Fujitsu Limited, acquired RunMyProcess SAS synopsis: Fujitsu Limited has acquired RunMyProcess (RMP), a France-based cloud service provider. RMP provides customers the ability to build and run business critical applications. With this acquisition, Fujitsu will add integration Platform as a Service (iPaaS) to its cloud offerings to bolster its cloud portfolio as it expands its global cloud business. buyer: Fujitsu Limited (TSE:6702:$36,424.63) Fujitsu delivers total solutions in the field of information and communication technology. Their business encompasses the development, manufacture, sales and maintenance of the cutting-edge, high-quality products and electronic devices that make these services possible. " target: RunMyProcess SAS RunMyProcess develops and operates a Cloud-based platform that lets organizations design and manage business processes with no hardware, software, or coding. With its platform, RunMyProcess' customers can rapidly build and deploy highly customized business applications. announced 5/11/2012 via Reuters FDS Solutions Limited, will acquire FDS Solutions Limited synopsis: FDS Networks Group Ltd announced that FDS Solutions, a wholly-owned subsidiary of the Company has entered into a Sale and Purchase Agreement with Mr Lam Chun Hung, general manager of FDS Solutions, for the sale of its entire shareholding. FDS Solutions Limited designs and offers imaging and workflow solutions. buyer parent: FDS Networks Group Limited buyer: FDS Solutions Limited FDS Networks Group Ltd offers audio conferencing services in Hong Kong, Singapore and Bangkok. It operates through four segments. Network system integration segment designs and implements integrated telecommunication and/or data communication networks. " target parent: FDS Networks target: FDS Solutions Limited FDS Solutions Limited designs and offers the best of class imaging and workflow solutions to help organizations to optimize the business process and manage the business-critical information. FormPipe Software AB, acquired Traen A/S synopsis: FormPipe Software acquires all shares in the Danish software and service company Traen, active within Enterprise Content Management (ECM) for approximately SEK 300 million on a cash and debt-free basis. buyer: FormPipe Software AB FormPipe Software AB is a software company in the field of Enterprise Content Management (ECM). They develop ECM products for structuring information and supply them to major companies, authorities and organisations. " target: Traen A/S Traen A/S develops and implements information technology solutions that support and streamline business processes. Its products include Acadre, an electronic case and document management solution and Traen application platform, a configurable standard system and business process management platform. price ($mm)[EV] $20 [$44] closed 7/13/2011 via PR Newswire Open Text Corporation, acquired Global 360, Inc. synopsis: OpenText, the world's largest independent provider of Enterprise Content Management software, has acquired Global 360, Inc., a leading provider of process and case management solutions. The acquisition continues OpenText's expansion into the fast growing business process management (BPM) market. buyer: Open Text Corporation (OTEX:$2,898.49) Open Text(TM) is the world's largest independent provider of Enterprise Content Management software. The company's solutions manage information for all types of business, compliance and industry requirements in large companies, government agencies and professional service firms. " target parent: TA Associates target: Global 360, Inc. Global 360, Inc. is the leading independent provider of process and case management solutions.The company helps customers reduce paper, automate processes, and empower individuals to deliver increased productivity, service levels, and business performance while reducing operational costs. closed 4/13/2011 via GlobeNewswire GBS Business Software AG, acquired PAVONE AG synopsis: GBS Enterprises, Inc.,the parent company of GBS Business Software, has announced the acquisition of PAVONE AG, a leader in business process management and optimization technologies. PAVONE's extensive workflow software for Lotus Notes and Domino along with their large customer base is well suited to GBS Enterprises portfolio strategy. buyer: GBS Business Software AG (DB:INW1:$0.03) GBS Business Software AG, founded in 1992, is a worldwide leader in building out-of-box self-service software and custom enterprise application solutions on the IBM Lotus Notes Domino platform. " target: PAVONE AG PAVONE AG is a leader in business process management and optimization technologies. The company provides extensive workflow software for Lotus Notes and Domino. Integrated Media Management, LLC, acquired DocuStep, LLC synopsis: Integrated Media Management®, a document output management and automation technology provider, announced its acquisition of DocuStep, a company specializing in the automation of electronic and paper-based workflow processes. buyer: Integrated Media Management, LLC Based in Linden, N.J., Integrated Media Management® specializes in the paperless technologies that automate the space between a financial institution’s core host system and imaging backend, including digitized signatures in-branch or remotely. " target: DocuStep, LLC DocuStep, LLC offers state-of-the-art software solutions that securely automate electronic and paper-based workflow processes. Its two flagship products, FormSpeed and SAM, help companies of any size automate and manage various organizational processes cost effectively. closed 4/21/2010 via Market Wire Invensys plc, acquired Skelta Software synopsis: Invensys Operations Management, a division of Invensys, a global provider of technology systems, software solutions and consulting services to the manufacturing and infrastructure operations industries, announced that it has acquired Skelta Software, a privately held software company headquartered in Bangalore, India. buyer: Invensys plc Invensys is a global automation, controls and process solutions Group. Its products, service expertise and ongoing support enable intelligent systems to monitor and control processes in many different environments. " target: Skelta Software Skelta enterprise-wide Business Process Management (BPM) workflow software solutions are for small to large-sized businesses worldwide. Skelta BPM.NET is a BPM workflow software that is built on cutting-edge Microsoft .NET, XML, and Web services technologies. closed 4/3/2006 via BusinessWire TA Associates, acquired Global 360, Inc. synopsis: TA Associates, a leading private equity and buyout firm, today announced the completion of a $200 million buyout of Global 360, Inc., a global software and services company providing business process management and optimization solutions. buyer: TA Associates Founded in 1968, TA Associates is one of the largest and most experienced private equity firms. The firm has invested in nearly 400 companies and manages more than $16 billion in capital. " A leading provider of Business Process Management and Analysis solutions. Global 360 provides organizations with a competitive edge by automating, measuring and improving resource -intensive business processes across different communities, including customers, employees and partners. closed 9/19/2019 via PE Hub insightsoftware, acquired Bizview See 905 Comparable Transactions synopsis: Insightsoftware has acquired Bizview Systems, one of the leading systems for planning, reporting, analytics and dashboards. With adaptable features and powerful workflow management, users at all levels in the organization can participate in the planning and reporting process. buyer parent: TA Associates buyer: insightsoftware insightsoftware turns financial and operational data into a 360-degree view of the financial reporting lifecycle for better business outcomes. Through turnkey reporting and enterprise performance management solutions, it provides real time access to data-driven insights and overviews. " target: Bizview Bizview is one of the leading systems for planning, reporting, analytics and dashboards. With adaptable features and powerful workflow management, users at all levels in the organization can participate in the planning and reporting process. closed 1/8/2020 via GlobeNewswire Appian, acquired Jidoka synopsis: Appian, a provider of a low-code automation platform, has acquired Novayre Solutions SL, the Spain-based developer of the Jidoka RPA platform. Jidoka is the most widely deployed Java-based Robotic Process Automation (RPA) software. The acquisition makes Appian a one-stop shop for Automation, with best-in-class solutions for workflow, AI, and RPA. buyer: Appian Appian provides a low-code automation platform that accelerates the creation of high-impact business applications. Many of the world’s largest organizations use Appian applications to improve customer experience, achieve operational excellence, and simplify global risk management and compliance. " target: Jidoka Jidoka is the most widely deployed Java-based Robotic Process Automation, integrating Business and IT visions in a collaborative way. Companies use Jidoka software robots to automate their front and back office processes, freeing people from "robotic" work to engage in higher value-added activities. closed 3/6/2019 via Company Press Release Nintex, acquired EnableSoft, Inc. synopsis: Nintex, the global standard for process management and automation, announced its acquisition of EnableSoft, a Robotic Process Automation (RPA) provider and maker of Foxtrot RPA. The acquisition will bring Nintex customers and partners powerful, easy-to-use RPA capabilities with the fastest time to value. buyer parent: Thoma Bravo, LLC buyer: Nintex Nintex is the global standard for process management and automation. Public and private sector clients turn to the Nintex Platform to accelerate progress on their digital transformation journeys by quickly and easily managing, automating and optimizing business processes. " target: EnableSoft, Inc. EnableSoft makes a product called Foxtrot RPA, which uses bots to automate repetitive tasks, such as generating boilerplate financial documents or copying account numbers, addresses and other customer information between databases. closed 4/10/2019 via Company Press Release infobric, acquired Tempus AS synopsis: infobric, a company that develops systems that makes construction sites safer and more efficient, has acquired Tempus, a system specialist who gives companies a better overview of time, processes, tasks and staff in digital solutions on the app, in Windows or in a web-based administration system. buyer: infobric Based in Sweden, infobric develops systems that makes construction sites safer and more efficient. With a system from Infobric, clients ensure that the right people are in the right place, at the right time and have access to the right equipment. " target: Tempus AS Based in Norway, Tempus is a system specialist who gives companies a better overview of time, processes, tasks and staff in digital solutions on the app, in Windows or in a web-based administration system. closed 8/22/2018 via PR Web OSG Billing Services, acquired Miria Systems synopsis: OSG Billing Services (OSG), a leading provider of omnichannel billing and payment solutions, customer engagement and customer communication management, announced that it has completed the acquisition of Miria Systems, Inc., a leading provider of intelligent business process automation specializing in accounts payable, tax and expense management. buyer parent: Aquiline Capital Partners buyer: OSG Billing Services OSG has been a leading outsourced provider of omnichannel billing and payment solutions, offering a full suite of integrated customer communications and engagement solutions that transform the way OSG’s clients reach their customers. " target: Miria Systems Miria, founded in 1996, is a leading provider of intelligent business process automation for financial transaction processes specializing in accounts payable and expenses. Miria has evolved from a document management solution into a best-in-class Cloud provider of intelligent business automation. Jonas Software, acquired EZ-Runner Systems Ltd. synopsis: Jonas Software is pleased to announce the acquisition of Ez-Runner Systems Ltd., a provider of robust and tailored management software solutions for gyms, kids centres, private clubs, trampoline parks and spas. Ez-Runner Systems Ltd's leading software solutions can be tailored to match the needs of the business to help improve their operations. buyer parent: Constellation Software, Inc. buyer: Jonas Software Jonas Software operates independently managed software brands around the world, providing them with the strategic guidance and financial security required to be leaders in their respective markets. They supply industry leading enterprise management software & related services to 20 vertical markets." target: EZ-Runner Systems Ltd. Based in the UK, Ez-Runner Systems Ltd's leading software solutions can be tailored to match the needs of the business to help them improve their current operations, streamline their processes, and improve their customers' experiences and retention. Nintex, acquired Promapp synopsis: Nintex, the world's leader in intelligent process automation (IPA), is pleased to announce it has acquired Promapp, a business process management software company which provides partners and customers new tools to better optimize business processes through a market leading visual process mapping solution. Nintex is the world's leader in intelligent process automation (IPA) with more than 7,500 enterprise clients. Nintex Workflow Cloud®, the company's process automation platform, connects with all content repositories, systems of record, and people to consistently drive successful business outcomes. " target: Promapp Promapp is a business process management software company which provides partners and customers new tools to better optimize business processes through a market leading visual process mapping solution. Their cloud based software makes it easy to create, navigate, share, & change business processes. NetCall plc, acquired MatsSoft Ltd. synopsis: Netcall plc announces the acquisition of MatsSoft Limited ("MatsSoft"), a leading cloud-based low-code software provider. MatsSoft's low-code software platform enables rapid delivery of enterprise-grade business applications with a minimum of hard coding and upfront investments. buyer: NetCall plc (AIM:NET:$21.60) Netcall provides easy to use, functional, smartly designed software applications delivered on its integrated platform, Liberty. Netcall's software product suite incorporates an omni-channel contact centre, workforce optimisation, business process management and case management. " target: MatsSoft Ltd. MatsSoft Limited ("MatsSoft") is a leading cloud-based low-code software provider. MatsSoft's low-code software platform enables rapid delivery of enterprise-grade business applications with a minimum of hard coding and upfront investments. Dynata, will acquire Reimagine Holdings Group synopsis: Dynata, a global leader in first-party data and data services, announces it has reached an agreement to acquire Reimagine Holdings Group, a global leader in data creation and technology-enabled business intelligence headquartered in Westport, Connecticut. buyer parent: Court Square Capital Partners buyer: Dynata Dynata is the premier global provider of data solutions and technology for consumer and B2B survey research. Dynata reaches participants in 90+ sample countries via internet, telephone, mobile/wireless and mixed-access offerings. " target: Reimagine Holdings Group Reimagine is a global leader in data creation for business intelligence, and has redefined the insights industry by acquiring and investing in growth-oriented, technology-enabled service companies. closed 5/23/2018 via BNC Analysis startup300 AG, acquired Pioneers.io See 6 Comparable Transactions synopsis: startup300, an Austrian angel investor network and business accelerator, has acquired Pioneers.io, an international relationship builder in the tech and startup scene. Pioneers' flagship event, Pioneers Festival, brings together a global community of 2,500 founders, investors, and innovation executives to build partnerships and shape the future. buyer: startup300 AG startup300 is an Austrian angel investor network and business accelerator that offers their services to Austrian startups. 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__label__cc	0.544611	0.455389	Person Page - 59 Janet McCash F, #1741, b. 2 October 1831, d. 4 April 1900 Info* � Information on her came from Donna Janet (Turneaure) Hablitzel, #52 to early Maybee Society records.� Married Name � Her married name was Courtney.� Birth* 2 October 1831� Janet McCash was born on 2 October 1831 at Canada.� Marriage* 27 October 1853� She married Angus Courtney on 27 October 1853.� Death* 4 April 1900� Janet McCash died on 4 April 1900 at age 68.� Angus Courtney b. 17 Jan 1832, d. 31 Mar 1910 William Albert Courtney+ b. 9 Apr 1863, d. 13 Jun 1926 Jacob Horton Info* � Information on him came from Donna Janet (Turneaure) Hablitzel, #52 to early Maybee Society records.� Birth* circa 1840� Jacob Horton was born circa 1840 at Michigan.1� Marriage* � He married Agnes Van Orden.� Agnes Van Orden b. s 1840, d. b 1875 Jennet Almira Horton+ b. 12 Aug 1866, d. Jan 1956 [S1] Ancestry.com, 1880 Census: Morenci, Lenawee, Michigan; Roll: T9_591; Family History Film: 1254591; Page: 445.4000; Enumeration District: 169; Image: 0572. Agnes Van Orden F, #1743, b. say 1840, d. before 1875 Married Name � Her married name was Horton.� Birth* say 1840� Agnes Van Orden was born say 1840.� Marriage* � She married Jacob Horton.� Death* before 1875� Agnes Van Orden died before 1875.� Jacob Horton b. c 1840 Albert Horton Courtney ?, #1744, b. 31 May 1890, d. circa 1978 Father* William Albert Courtney b. 9 Apr 1863, d. 13 Jun 1926 Mother* Jennet Almira Horton b. 12 Aug 1866, d. Jan 1956 Info* � Information on an unknown person came from Donna Janet (Turneaure) Hablitzel, #52 to early Maybee Society records.� Birth* 31 May 1890� Albert Horton Courtney was born on 31 May 1890.� Death* circa 1978� Albert Horton Courtney died circa 1978; He was unmarried.� Albert Nelson Halter M, #1745, b. 17 October 1927, d. 14 February 1983 Birth* 17 October 1927� Albert Nelson Halter was born on 17 October 1927 at Racine County, Wisconsin.� Marriage* 14 February 1950� He married Donna Janet Turneaure, daughter of Frederick Stewart Turneaure and Virginia Agnes Courtney, on 14 February 1950 at Chicago, Cook County, Illinois.� Divorce* � Albert Nelson Halter and Donna Janet Turneaure were divorced.� Death* 14 February 1983� Albert Nelson Halter died on 14 February 1983 at Palo Alto, California, at age 55.� Donna Janet Turneaure William Harry Osterhout M, #1751, b. 25 February 1875, d. 30 March 1950 Name Variation � William Harry Osterhout was also known as Harry.� Birth* 25 February 1875� He was born on 25 February 1875 at Murray Township, Northumberland County, Ontario, Canada.1� Marriage* 10 November 1896� He married Esther Anne Maybee, daughter of Abraham Nelson Maybee and Sarah Jane Saunders, on 10 November 1896 at Wellington, Prince Edward County, Ontario, Canada. "William H. Osterhout, 21, blacksmith of Murray twp, born in Hillier twp to David M. & Eva, married Esther A. Maybee, 22, of Hillier twp, born in Hillier twp to Abram & Sarah J., witnesses were William Maybee & Ella McFaul, both of Hillier twp., 10 Nov 1896 at Wellington."2,3� Census* 1901� William Harry Osterhout and Esther Anne Maybee appeared on the census of 1901 at Hillier Township, Prince Edward County, Ontario, Canada. 32 Osterhout William H M Head M Feb 25 1875 26 33 Osterhout Ester E. F Wife M Jul 24 1874 26 34 Osterhout Bruce A. M Son S Jul 27 1897 3.4� Residence* � William Harry Osterhout and Esther Anne Maybee lived at Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada.5� Death* 30 March 1950� William Harry Osterhout died on 30 March 1950 at Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada, at age 75.6� Esther Anne Maybee b. 24 Jul 1874, d. 2 Jun 1950 Bruce Albert Osterhout7 b. 22 Jul 1897, d. 23 Oct 1951 Orrin M Osterhout7 b. 10 Jun 1902 Addie Osterhout7 b. Oct 1910 [S241] Emails from Barbara Millar, marriage #10975-96 (Prince Edward Co): and 1901 census. [S241] Emails from Barbara Millar, marriage #10975-96 (Prince Edward Co):. [S1] Ancestry.com, Ontario, Canada, Marriages, 1801-1928, 1933-1934. [S241] Emails from Barbara Millar, 1901Ontario Census, District: ON Prince Edward (#109), Subdistrict: Hillier D-2 Page 7, Family 84, Details: Schedule 1 Microfilm T-6493. [S1] Ancestry.com, British Columbia, Canada, Death Index, 1872-1990. [S8] Submission by Douglas Cameron Mabee, Maybee Society Member No. 177. Lorena Maybee F, #1752, b. 5 February 1900, d. 13 February 1973 Father* Abraham Nelson Maybee1 b. 17 Jul 1850, d. 10 May 1923 Mother* Sarah Jane Saunders1 b. 1 Jun 1856, d. 1 Feb 1943 Married Name � Her married name was Adams.� Birth* 5 February 1900� Lorena Maybee was born on 5 February 1900 at Wellington, Prince Edward County, Ontario, Canada.2� (Witness) Census 11 April 1901� Lorena Maybee appeared on the census of 11 April 1901 in the household of Abraham Nelson Maybee and Sarah Jane Saunders at Hillier Township, Prince Edward County, Ontario, Canada, ; 6 Mabee Abram, M, W, Head, M, Jul 17 1850, 50, rural Ontario, Irish, Canadian, F. Methodist, Farmer 7 Mabee Sarah J. F, W, Wife, M, Jun 1 1844, 46, rural Ontario, Irish, Canadian, F. Methodist 8 Mabee Altha, F, W, Daughter, S, Dec 8 1882, 18, rural Ontario, Irish, Canadian, F. Methodist, Servant, earned $85 9 Mabee Netta G., F, W, Daughter, S, Jan 7 1885, 16, rural Ontario, Irish, Canadian, F. Methodist 10 Mabee Minnie, F, W, Daughter, S, Jul 26 1887, 13, rural Ontario, Irish, Canadian, F. Methodist, attending school 11 Mabee George H. M, W, Son, S, Nov 13 1889, 11, rural Ontario, Irish, Canadian, F. Methodist, attending school 12 Mabee Herbert M, W, Son, S, Jun 19 1893, 7, rural Ontario, Irish, Canadian, F. Methodist, attending school 13 Mabee Harold M, W, Son, S, Jun 19 1893, 7, rural Ontario, Irish, Canadian, F. Methodist, attending school 14 Mabee Lorena, F, W, Daughter, S, Jan 5 1900, 1, rural Ontario, Irish, Canadian, F. Methodist.3� (Witness) Census June 1911� Lorena Maybee appeared on the census of June 1911 in the household of Abraham Nelson Maybee and Sarah Jane Saunders at Lot 44 East, Con 4, Ameliasburgh Township, Prince Edward County, Ontario, Canada, ; 41 Maybee Abraham, M, Head, M, Jul 1849, 61, Ontario, German, Methodist, Farmer 42 Maybee Sarah Jane, F, Wife, M, Jun 1856, 54, Ontario, Irish, Methodist 43 Maybee Herbert, M, Son, S, Jun 1893, 17, Ontario, German, Methodist 44 Maybee Harold, M, Son, S, Jun 1893, 17, Ontario, German, Methodist 45 Maybee Lorina, F, Daughter, S, Feb 1900, 11, Ontario, German, Methodist.4� Marriage* 28 October 1919� Harold Telfer Adams, 19, farming at Consecon, born at Felixstowe, Suffolk, England to Joseph T Adams and Alice Keast; and Laurina Maybee, 19, of Consecon, born in Wellington to Abraham N Maybee and Serrah Jane Saunders; were married on 28 Oct 1919 at Consecon, Prince Edward County, Ontario.5� (Witness) oObit 21 January 1948� Lorena Maybee was mentioned in the obituary of Emma Jane Maybee on 21 January 1948 at Niagara Falls, New York; Mrs. Emma Jane Downs, 75, wife of William H. Downs, former police lieutenant, died today in the Bonhurst Nursing home, after a lingering illness. Mrs. Downs, who lived at 2315 Twenty-first street. Was born in Huntington, Ont., and has lived in Niagara Falls for the last 43 years. She was a devout member of the Chapeland Free Methodist church, Weston avenue and Fifteenth street. In addition to her husband, Mrs. Downs is survived by two sons Ernest and Orrln,- this city; two daughters, Mrs. Olive Matthews, this city, and Mrs. Violet Pack, Lewiston, and three sisters, Mrs. Annie Osterhout and Mrs, Lorena Adams, Vancouver, B. C; and Mrs. Minnie Downs, Trenton, N. J. A fourth sister, Mrs. Alpha Hagman, Easton, Pa, died recently. Three brothers also survive. They are Harold Maybee, Pekln; Herbert Maybee, Niagara Falls. Ont, and Orrln Maybee, Vancouver, B. C. Funeral services will be held Saturday afternoon, at a time not yet determined, at the Free Methodist church, with the Rev. David E. Callen. pastor of the church, and the Rev. Charles B, Bates, officiating. Burial will be in Memorial Park cemetery. Friends may call at the Bell Funeral home, 635 Main street.6� (Witness) oObit 19 May 1953� Lorena Maybee was mentioned in the obituary of Herbert Maybee on 19 May 1953 at Niagara Falls, New York; Herbert Maybee, 59, died yesterday at his home, 827 Third avenue. Born in Trenton, Ont., Mr. Maybee had resided formerly in Niagara Falls. N. Y., until 1932 when he returned here. He had been a barber at Hotel Niagara, Niagara Falls, N. Y., for eight years and also had been a barber at the old Clifton and Lafayette hotels here. For the last 13 years he had operated a shop at the King Edward hotel here. Mr. Maybe was ah adherent of St. Paul's English Lutheran church. Survivors include his wife, the former Janetta Couch; two daughters, Mrs. George Conibear. San Diego, Calif., and Mrs. Leslie Bromhall, this city, and three grandchildren. A twin brother, Harold Maybee, Pekin. N. Y., and two sisters, Mrs. Harold Adams, British Columbia, and Mrs. Minnie Downs, Trenton, Ont., also survive. Funeral services will be held at the Hetherington and Deans Funeral chapel tomorrow at 3:30 p.m. Interment will be in Fairview cemetery.7� (Witness) oObit 11 October 1953� Lorena Maybee was mentioned in the obituary of Harold Maybee on 11 October 1953 at Niagara Falls, New York; Harold Maybee, 59, of Pekin, was pronounced dead by a private physician shortly after collapsing at 9:45 p.m., yesterday at South Ave. and Hyde Park Blvd. A Fire Department report stated that a crew from the Niagara Avenue Firehall gave Maybee inhalator treatment for 30 minutes but failed to revive him. Born in Trenton, Ont., he was a former resident of this city. A barber, he and his twin brother. Herb Maybee, owned the Twin Barber Shop, Pine Ave. and Main St. and also pursued their trade in Pekin. He was a member of the Pekin Methodist Church. He is survived by bis wife, Mrs. Florence Matthews Maybee; three daughters, Judith Maybee and Eileene Maybee, all of Pekin, and Mrs. Betty Howard, this city. Three sons, Harold Maybee of Ransomville; Reginald Maybee, Los Angeles, Calif., and Capt. Orrin Maybee, Ft. Louis, Washington; a sister, Lorena Adams, Vancouver, B. C, and 11 grandchildren. Funeral services will be held Sunday at 2 p.m. from the Rihes Funeral Home, Sanborn, with the Rev. Elmer Verguson officiating and Harrley Gints assisting. Interment will be in North Ridge Cemetery.8� Death* 13 February 1973� Lorena Maybee died on 13 February 1973 at Santa Monica, California, at age 73.1� Harold Telfer Adams b. 29 Sep 1900, d. 8 Aug 1983 David Telfer Adams1 b. 5 Sep 1923, d. 8 Oct 2006 Nathan Nelson Adams1 b. 5 Nov 1925, d. 12 Jan 1930 Rhoda Sarah Adams1 b. 3 Jun 1927, d. 21 Jun 2002 John Wesley Adams1 b. 17 Dec 1930, d. 14 Jan 1997 [S1] Ancestry.com, Ontario, Canada Births, 1869-1907. [S187] 1901 Canadian Census, online http://automatedgenealogy.com/, Ontario, Prince Edward (#109), Subdistrict: Hillier d-4 Page, Fam 96. [S344] 1911 Canadian Census, online http://automatedgenealogy.com/, Ontario / Prince Edward / 4 Ameliasburg / page 1 / family 12. [S441] Old Fulton NY Post Card Website, online fultonhistory.com/Fulton_New_form.html, Niagara Falls NY Gazette, Wednesday, January 21, 1948. [S441] Old Fulton NY Post Card Website, online fultonhistory.com/Fulton_New_form.html, Niagara Falls NY Gazette, May 19, 1953. [S441] Old Fulton NY Post Card Website, online fultonhistory.com/Fulton_New_form.html, Niagara Falls NY Gazette, 11 Oct 1953. Bertha May Hemperley1 F, #1753, b. 19 December 1884, d. 2 April 1965 Birth* 19 December 1884� Bertha May Hemperley was born on 19 December 1884 at Altoona, Pennsylvania, daughter of Galen Hemperly and Mary A Stuckey.2� Marriage* 1906� She married William James Maybee, son of Abraham Nelson Maybee and Sarah Jane Saunders, in 1906 at Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.1� Census* April 1910� Bertha May Hemperley and William James Maybee appeared on the census of April 1910 at 824 South Cecil Street, Philadelphia, Philadelphia County, Pennsylvania. William J Maybee, Head, M, W, 32, M1, 3, Canada, Canada, Canada, immigrated in 1898, Electrician, Telephone Bertha M. Maybee, F, W, 25, M1, 3, 1 child born and living, Pennsylvania, Pennsylvania, Pennsylvania, none Alba Maybee, Daughter, F, W, 2, S, Pennsylvania, Canada, Pennsylvania, none.3� Residence 12 September 1918� Bertha May Hemperley and William James Maybee lived on 12 September 1918 at 5503 Greenway, Philadelphia, Philadelphia County, Pennsylvania.4� Census January 1920� Bertha May Hemperley and William James Maybee appeared on the census of January 1920 at 5503 East Greenway Avenue, Philadelphia, Philadelphia County, Pennsylvania. William J Maybee , Head, owns house worth $6500, M, W, 52, M, age at first marriage 28, Canada, Canada, Canada, i,igrated in 1900, Salesman, Hardware Bertha M Maybee, Wife, F, W, 45, M, age at first marriage 21, Pennsylvania, Pennsylvania, Pennsylvania W Howard Maybee, Son, M, W, 19, S, Pennsylvania, Canada, Pennsylvania, Drafting, Eng Galen H Maybee, Son, M, W, 17, S, Pennsylvania, Canada, Pennsylvania, Drafting, Aft Altha Comerly, Daughter, F, W, 22, M, Pennsylvania, Canada, Pennsylvania, Cashier, Real Estate Marjory D Comerly, Daughter, F, W, 4, S, Pennsylvania, Pennsylvania, Pennsylvania Elsie M Comerly, Daughter, F, W, 3/12, S, Pennsylvania, Pennsylvania, Pennsylvania.5� Residence* 6 August 1920� Bertha May Hemperley and William James Maybee lived on 6 August 1920 at 5503 East Greenway Avenue, Philadelphia, Philadelphia County, Pennsylvania, with Altha Iola Maybee, William Howard Maybee and Galen Hemperly Maybee.6� Census April 1930� Bertha May Hemperley and William James Maybee appeared on the census of April 1930 at 5503 East Greenway Avenue, Philadelphia, Philadelphia County, Pennsylvania. William J Maybee , Head, owns house worth $6500, M, W, 52, M, age at first marriage 28, Canada, Canada, Canada, immigrated in 1900, Salesman, Hardware Elsie M Comerly, Daughter, F, W, 3, S, Pennsylvania, Pennsylvania, Pennsylvania.7� Census* 16 April 1940� Bertha May Hemperley appeared on the census of 16 April 1940 at 5503 East Greenway Avenue, Philadelphia, Philadelphia County, Pennsylvania. Bertha Maybee, owns home worth $4000, Head, F, W, 55, M, completed 1 year high school, born in Pennsylvania Galen Maybee, Son, M, W, 27, S, completed 4 years high school, born in Pennsylvania, unemployed 92 weeks, Welder, Machine Shop.8� (Witness) WW2YA 16 October 1940� On 16 October 1940 Bertha May Maybee was the person to always know the address of Galen Hemperly Maybee ."Galen Hemperly Maybee, 5503 Greenway Avenue, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, registered for the draft. He was born 11 Sep 1912 in Philadelphia. He was employed by Phillips Manufacturing Company, 4718 Market St, Philadelphia. The person who would always know his address was his mother, Bertha May Maybee, at the above address. He was white, 5' 11" tall, weighed 170, and had blue eyes, brown hair, and a light complexion."9� Occupation* 1955� Bertha May Maybee was a owner of Maybee's Alteration Shop in 1955 at 3124 Orange Avenue, Long Beach, California.10� Death* 2 April 1965� She died on 2 April 1965 at age 80.11� Burial* 7 April 1965� She was buried on 7 April 1965 at Philadelphia National Cemetery, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. Inscription "Wife of William James Maybee, Gunnery Sgt US Marine Corps."12� William James Maybee b. 28 Feb 1878, d. 28 Jul 1939 Altha Iola Maybee+11 b. 10 Aug 1907, d. 10 Jan 1992 William Howard Maybee+11 b. 19 Jul 1910, d. Jun 1984 Galen Hemperly Maybee+11 b. 11 Sep 1912, d. 25 Oct 1976 [S1] Ancestry.com, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, Marriage Index, 1885-1951. [S76] 1910 United States Census, online ancestry.com, 46-Wd Philadelphia, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania; Series: T624; Roll: 1413; Page: 206B; Enumeration District: 1171; Part: 1; Line: 21. [S304] 1920 United States Census, online ancestry.com, Philadelphia Ward 40, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania; Roll: T625_1642; Page: 31A; Enumeration District: 1499; Image: 63. [S1] Ancestry.com, Selected U.S. Naturalization Records - Original Documents, 1790-1974. [S303] 1930 United States Census, online ancestry.com, Philadelphia, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, Roll: 2129, Page 4A, Enumeration District: 215, Image: 760. [S458] 1940 United States Census, online ancestry.com, Philadelphia, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, Roll T627-3756, Page 10B, ED 51-2240. [S1] Ancestry.com, U.S. WWII Draft Cards Young Men, 1940-1947. [S1] Ancestry.com, Long Beach, California, City Directory, 1955. [S1] Ancestry.com, U.S. Veterans Cemeteries, ca.1800-2004, Section L Site 679. Claude Oscar Hagman M, #1754, b. 20 June 1884, d. 13 May 1970 Birth* 20 June 1884� Claude Oscar Hagman was born on 20 June 1884 at South Chicago, Cook County, Illinois, son of Adolph Frederick Hagman and Betsy Anderson.1,2,3� Marriage* 1906� He married Altha May Maybee, daughter of Abraham Nelson Maybee and Sarah Jane Saunders, in 1906.4� Death* 13 May 1970� Claude Oscar Hagman died on 13 May 1970 at Wilson, Northhampton County, Pennsylvania, at age 85.5� Altha May Maybee b. 6 Dec 1882, d. 14 Jan 1948 [S338] World War I Draft Registration Cards, 1917-1918, online http://www.ancestry.com/search/rectype/default.aspx?rt=39, Public Member Trees, Law family 2009. [S304] 1920 United States Census, online ancestry.com, Easton Ward 3, Northampton, Pennsylvania; Roll: T625_1609; Page: 7A; Enumeration District: 109; Image: 787. [S1] Ancestry.com, Cook County, Illinois, Birth Certificates Index, 1871-1922. [S2] Social SecurityDeath Index, online https://www.ancestry.com/search/collections/ssdi/, and Public Member Trees, Law family 2009. Ella May Thompson1 F, #1755, b. 7 June 1888, d. 26 November 1959 Birth* 7 June 1888� Ella May Thompson was born on 7 June 1888 at Maryborough Township, Wellington County, Ontario, Canada, daughter of Thomas G Thompson and Janette Malcolm.2,3� Marriage* 9 June 1907� She married Orrin Albert Maybee, son of Abraham Nelson Maybee and Sarah Jane Saunders, on 9 June 1907 at Nakusp, British Columbia, Canada.4� Census* 1911� Ella May Thompson and Orrin Albert Maybee appeared on the census of 1911 at Clark Street, New Westminster, British Columbia, Canada. Orrin Albert Maybee, M, ???, M, Sept 1880, 30, Ontario, German, Canadian, Presbyterian, Hotel Keeper Ella May Maybee, F, Wife, M, Jun 1888, 23, Ontario, Scotch, Canadian, Presbyterian Nettie May Maybee, F, Daughter, S, Mar 1908, 3, British Columbia, German, Canadian, Presbyterian Muriel Mildred Maybee, F, Daughter, S, Sept 1909, 1, British Columbia, German, Canadian, Presbyterian.5� Census circa June 1921� Ella May Thompson and Orrin Albert Maybee appeared on the census of circa June 1921 at 1609 10th Ave E, Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada. Orrin Maybee, Head, M, Mar, 40, born in Ontario, father born in Ontario, mother born in Ontario, Canadian Nationality, English origin, Presbyterian, Insurance Agent, Beneficial Life own account Eilen Maybee, Wife, F, Mar, 32, born in Ontario, father born in Ontario, mother born in Ontario, Canadian Nationality, English origin, Presbyteria,n none Nettie Maybee, Daughter, F, S, 13, born in British Columbia, father born in Ontario, mother born in Ontario, Canadian Nationality, English origin, Presbyterian, Student Mural Maybee, Daughter, F, S, 11, born in British Columbia, father born in Ontario, mother born in Ontario, Canadian Nationality, English origin, Presbyterian, Student Evelen Maybee, Daughter, F, S, 7, born in British Columbia, father born in Ontario, mother born in Ontario, Canadian Nationality, English origin, Presbyterian, Student Grace Maybee, Daughter, F, S, 5, born in British Columbia, father born in Ontario, mother born in Ontario, Canadian Nationality, English origin, Presbyterian, none Altha Maybee, Daughter, F, S, 3, born in British Columbia, father born in Ontario, mother born in Ontario, Canadian Nationality, English origin, Presbyterian, none.6� Residence 1945� Ella May Thompson and Orrin Albert Maybee lived in 1945 at 4583 First Avenue West, Vancouver, Monmouthshire, Wales, with Marjorie Maybee, Altha Maybee and Grace M Maybee; O Albert Maybee, agent Mrs O Albert Maybee Marjory Maybee, Tel operator Miss Altha Maybee, air force Miss Grace Maybee stenographer.7� Death* 26 November 1959� Ella May Thompson died on 26 November 1959 at Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada, at age 71.8� Orrin Albert Maybee b. 17 Sep 1880, d. 20 Nov 1948 Nettie May Maybee9 b. 12 Mar 1908, d. 1987 Muriel Mildred Maybee9 b. 21 Sep 1909, d. 11 Nov 1986 Evelyn Ada Maybee9 b. 24 Apr 1914, d. 4 Sep 1991 Grace M Maybee9 b. 12 Dec 1915, d. 26 Mar 2005 Altha Maybee9 b. 17 Sep 1917, d. 19 Aug 1990 Marjorie Maybee+9 b. 18 Dec 1921, d. 7 Dec 2002 [S1] Ancestry.com, British Columbia, Canada, Marriage Index, 1872-1935. [S241] Emails from Barbara Millar, Vancouver Registration Number: 1959-09-013545 Event Type: Death Vital Stat Images(s): 004437680_01574.jpg. [S241] Emails from Barbara Millar, Place Nakusp Reg. Number: 1907-09-178992 Digital Image On-Line, :Marriage Microfilm #: B11388 (GSU # 1984109). [S344] 1911 Canadian Census, online http://automatedgenealogy.com/, British Columbia, New Westminster, District 11, Sub-District 37, Page 29. [S486] 1921 Canadian Census, online ancestry.com, RG 31, Folder 12, Ward 5, Vancouver, British Columbia, Page 2. [S1] Ancestry.com, Canada, Voters Lists, 1945, Vancouver, British Columbia, Vancouver South Electoral District, pages 1&2. [S241] Emails from Barbara Millar, Vancouver Registration Number: 1959-09-013545 Digital Image On-Line, Microfilm #: B13244 (GSU # 2033301). Albert Burton Hunt M, #1756, b. 10 April 1880, d. 1 November 1938 Name Variation � Albert Burton Hunt was also known as Burt.� Birth* 10 April 1880� He was born on 10 April 1880 at Hallowell Township, Prince Edward County, Ontario, Canada.1� Marriage* 31 December 1901� He married Nettie Ordella Maybee, daughter of Abraham Nelson Maybee and Sarah Jane Saunders, on 31 December 1901 at Hillier Township, Prince Edward County, Ontario, Canada. "Albert B Hunt, 20, a farmer of Hallowell, born in Hallowell to William Hunt and Sarah E Island; and Nettie O Maybee, 17, of Hillier, born in Murray Tp to Abram Maybee and Sarah Saunders; were married on 31 Dec 1902 at Hillier, Prince Edward County, Ontario."2� Death* 1 November 1938� Albert Burton Hunt died on 1 November 1938 at Hallowell Township, Prince Edward County, Ontario, Canada, at age 58.3,4� Nettie Ordella Maybee b. 7 Jan 1885, d. 12 Jan 1912 Muriel May Hunt3 b. 27 Nov 1903, d. 1970 Gladys Ordella Hunt3 b. 5 Oct 1905, d. 3 Mar 1979 Annie Irene Hunt3 b. 18 Aug 1906 Marjorie Pearl Hunt+3 b. 6 Mar 1908, d. 13 Oct 1999 Patricia Aletha Winnifred Hunt3 b. 9 Dec 1909, d. 1 Sep 1993 Verna Maureen Hunt+3 b. 20 Aug 1911, d. 1972 [S1] Ancestry.com, Ontario, Canada Marriages, 1857-1922 and 1901 census. [S1] Ancestry.com, Ontario, Canada, Deaths, 1869-1938, 1943-1944, and Deaths Overseas, 1939-1947. Harry Cecil Down M, #1757, b. 12 June 1889, d. 14 March 1940 Father* Abraham Nelson Downs1 b. 3 Sep 1848, d. 13 May 1909 Mother* Harriet Amelia Roberts1 b. 7 Feb 1853, d. 7 Mar 1910 Birth* 12 June 1889� Harry Cecil Down was born on 12 June 1889 at Murray Township, Northumberland County, Ontario, Canada.1� Occupation* 1910� He was a farmer in 1910 at Murray Township, Northumberland County, Ontario, Canada.2� Marriage* 8 February 1910� Harry Cecil Dawn, 20, a farmer of Murray Township, son of Abraham Dawn and Addie Roberts; and Minnie Louise Maybee, 22, a farmer's daughter of Ameliasburg, daughter of Abraham N Maybee and Sarah J Sanders; were married on 8 Feb 1910 at Consecon, Prince Edward County, Ontario by George Nickle. Witnesses were Harold Maybee of Consecon, and Maggie Oliver of Bloomfield.3� Death* 14 March 1940� He died on 14 March 1940 at age 50.2� Burial* � He was buried at Mount Zion Cemetery, Wooler, Northumberland County, Ontario, Canada.2� Minnie Louise Maybee b. 26 Jul 1888, d. 15 Jul 1953 George Arthur Downs4 b. 1 Oct 1910, d. 10 Oct 1911 Verna Louise Downs+2 b. 8 Jun 1912, d. 13 Apr 1999 Percy Cecil Downs2 b. 21 Apr 1914, d. 21 Jan 1983 Earl Downs2 b. 11 May 1916, d. 5 Jan 1975 Harry Arthur Downs+2 b. 9 Apr 1918, d. 20 Apr 1995 [S241] Emails from Barbara Millar, from The Bongiovanni and Sutter Family Tree on ancestor.com. Beatrice Addie Smith F, #1758, b. 29 March 1896, d. 29 December 1965 Father* William Benjamin Smith1 b. 5 May 1855 Mother* Harriet Matilda Kizer1 b. 23 Nov 1861 Name Variation � Beatrice Addie Smith was also known as Addie Beatrice.� Birth* 29 March 1896� She was born on 29 March 1896 at Trenton, Hastings County, Ontario, Canada, daughter of William Benjamin Smith and Harriet Matilda Kizer.2� Marriage* 24 November 1913� Harold Maybee, 20, of Trenton, born in Trenton to Abraham Nelson Maybee and Sarah Jane Sanders; and Beatrice Addie Smith, 18, of Trenton, born in Trenton to William Benjamin Smith and Harriet Matilda Keser; were married on 24 Nov 1913 at Trenton, Hastings County, Ontario. Witnesses were Nettie Maybee and Herbert Maybee of Trenton.1� Emigration* 1918� She and Harold Maybee emigrated in 1918 from Ontario, Canada.3� Census January 1920� Beatrice Addie Smith and Harold Maybee appeared on the census of January 1920 at 309 Main Street, Niagara Falls, Niagara County, New York. Harold Maybee, Head, M, W, 27, M, immigrated in 1919, Canada, Canada, Canada, Proprietor, Barber Shop Beatrice Maybee, Wife, F, W, 25, M, immigrated in 1919, Canada, Canada, Canada, none Theodore Maybee, Son, M, W, 5, S, immigrated in 1919, Canada, Canada, Canada, none Orrin Maybee, Son, M, W, 2yr 10mo, S, immigrated in 1919, Canada, Canada, Canada, none.4� Census* April 1930� Beatrice Addie Smith and Harold Maybee appeared on the census of April 1930 at 454 ½ Emerald Avenue, Niagara Falls, Niagara County, New York. Harold Maybee, Head, M, W, 37, M, age at first marriage 21, Canada, Canada, Canada, family immigrated in 1918, barber, barber shop Beatrice A Maybee, Wife, F, W, 34, M, age at first marriage 18, Canada, Canada, Canada Theodore H Maybee, Son, M, W, 15, S, Canada, Canada, Canada Orrin S Maybee, Son, M, W, 13, S, Canada, Canada, Canada Reginald W Maybee, Son, M, W, 8, S, New Yorl, Canada, Canada Betty J Maybee, Daughter, M, W, 6, S, New Yorl, Canada, Canada.3� Divorce* 1 August 1939� Beatrice Addie Smith and Harold Maybee were divorced on 1 August 1939 at Lockport, Niagara County, New York; An interlocutory judgment of divorce, awarded to Mrs. Addle Beatrice Maybee, of 1145 Fairfield avenue, Niagara Falls, against Harold Maybee, also of Niagara Falls, has been filed in the county clerk's office. Supreme Court Justice Almon W. Lytle, of Buffalo, signed the decree. Custody of four children was awarded to the plaintiff. The couple was married at Trenton, Ont., November 24, 1913.5� Census* 24 April 1940� Beatrice Addie Smith appeared on the census of 24 April 1940 at 1050 ½ Grove, Niagara Falls, Niagara County, New York. Beatrice Maybee, Head, F, W, 44, D, completed 1 year high school, residence 1 April 1935 was Canada English Orin Maybee, Son, M, W, 23, S, completed 4 years high school, born in Canada, Machine Operator, Wall Paper, wages earned in 1939 - $1200 Reginald Maybee, Son, M, W, 18, S, completed 3 years high school, born in New York, unemployed 61 weeks, Laborer, Road Construction, wages earned in 1939 - $112 for 16 weeks Betty Jane Maybee, Daughter, F, W, 16, S, attended school, completed 2 years high school, born in New York.6� Death* 29 December 1965� She died on 29 December 1965 at San Francisco, California, at age 69.7� oObit* 30 December 1965� On 30 December 1965 at Niagara Falls, New York, the obituary of Beatrice Addie Smith read: Mrs. Beatrice Maybee, 69, formerly of Niagara Falls, N.Y. died here [San Francisco] Wednesday (Dec. 29, 1965) after a short illness. Mrs. Maybee moved here about five years ago from Niagara Falls. Surviving are three sons, Harold T. Maybee, Niagara Falls, Orrin S. Maybee, Cypress, Calif., and William R. Maybee, San Francisco; a daughter, Mrs. James Howard, Santa Ana, Calif; and 12 grandchildren. Services and burial will be Monday in Cypress.8� Burial � She was buried at Forest Lawn Memorial Park, Cypress, Orange County, California.9� Harold Maybee b. 19 Jun 1893, d. 10 Oct 1953 Theodore Harold Maybee+10 b. 30 Aug 1914, d. 19 Dec 1989 Infant Maybee10 b. Mar 1916, d. Mar 1916 Orrin Smith Maybee+10 b. 2 Feb 1917, d. 14 May 2003 Evelyn Maybee10 b. 28 Jan 1919, d. 11 Mar 1919 Violet Ruth Maybee10 b. 8 Mar 1920, d. 28 Mar 1920 Reginald William Maybee+10 b. 30 Nov 1921, d. 8 Jan 2002 Betty Jane Maybee+10 b. 21 Nov 1923, d. 25 Mar 1970 [S303] 1930 United States Census, online ancestry.com, Niagara Falls, Niagara, New York, Roll: 1618, Enumeration District: 60, Image: 605. [S304] 1920 United States Census, online ancestry.com, Niagara Falls Ward 1, Niagara, New York; Roll: T625_1241; Page: 6B; Enumeration District: 99; Image: 611. [S441] Old Fulton NY Post Card Website, online fultonhistory.com/Fulton_New_form.html, Niagara Falls NY Gazette, Tuesday, August 1, 1939. [S458] 1940 United States Census, online ancestry.com, Niagara Falls, Niagara, New York, Roll T627-2697, Page 31A, ED 32-105. [S1] Ancestry.com, California Death Index. [S441] Old Fulton NY Post Card Website, online fultonhistory.com/Fulton_New_form.html, Niagara Falls NY Gazette, December 30, 1965. Florence Mathews F, #1759, b. 19 February 1908, d. 13 November 1988 Birth* 19 February 1908� Florence Mathews was born on 19 February 1908 at Addison, Steuben County, New York, daughter of Zell Matthews and Jennie Krusen.1,2� Marriage* � She married Harold Maybee, son of Abraham Nelson Maybee and Sarah Jane Saunders.3� Census* 22 April 1940� Florence Mathews and Harold Maybee appeared on the census of 22 April 1940 at 6120 ½ Buffalo Avenue, Niagara Falls, Niagara County, New York. Harold Maybee, Head, M, W, 42, M, completed 8 years school, born in Canada, Baker, own account Florence Maybee, Wife, F, W, 32, M, completed 2 years high school, born in New York.4� (Witness) oObit 11 October 1953� Florence Mathews was mentioned in the obituary of Harold Maybee on 11 October 1953 at Niagara Falls, New York; Harold Maybee, 59, of Pekin, was pronounced dead by a private physician shortly after collapsing at 9:45 p.m., yesterday at South Ave. and Hyde Park Blvd. Death* 13 November 1988� Florence Mathews died on 13 November 1988 at age 80.2,6� Judith Eileen Maybee3 b. 17 May 1942, d. 18 Oct 1999 [S8] Submission by Douglas Cameron Mabee, Maybee Society Member No. 177., no year. [S2] Social SecurityDeath Index, online https://www.ancestry.com/search/collections/ssdi/, and U.S., Social Security Applications and Claims Index, 1936-2007. [S458] 1940 United States Census, online ancestry.com, Niagara Falls, Niagara, New York, Roll T627-2698, Page 17B, ED 32-115. [S248] Submission by Jeanine M Kowalski, Maybee Society Member No. 317., Niagara Gazette Obituary November 1988 says Maybee, Florence Died November 18,1988. Nettie Beatrice Couch1 F, #1760, b. 2 September 1895, d. 12 February 1954 Nickname � Nettie Beatrice Couch also went by the name of Jeanette Beatrice.� Birth* 2 September 1895� She was born on 2 September 1895 at Murray Township, Northumberland County, Ontario, Canada, daughter of Joseph Couch and Martha Bends.1� Marriage* 5 November 1913� She married Herbert Maybee, son of Abraham Nelson Maybee and Sarah Jane Saunders, on 5 November 1913 at Trenton, Hastings County, Ontario, Canada. "Herbert Maybee, 20, a mechanic of Trenton, born in Trenton to Abraham N. Maybee and Sarah Jane Sanders; and Nettie Beatrice Couch, 18, of Trenton, born in Murray to Joseph Couch and Martha Bends [Benns]; were married on 5 Nov 1913 in Trenton, Hastings. County, Ontario. Witnesses were Harold Maybee and Beatrice Smith of Trenton."2� (Witness) Marriage 24 November 1913� Nettie Beatrice Couch witnessed the marriage of Harold Maybee and Beatrice Addie Smith on 24 November 1913 at Trenton, Hastings County, Ontario, Canada; Harold Maybee, 20, of Trenton, born in Trenton to Abraham Nelson Maybee and Sarah Jane Sanders; and Beatrice Addie Smith, 18, of Trenton, born in Trenton to William Benjamin Smith and Harriet Matilda Keser; were married on 24 Nov 1913 at Trenton, Hastings County, Ontario. Witnesses were Nettie Maybee and Herbert Maybee of Trenton.3� Census 12 June 1921� Nettie Beatrice Couch and Herbert Maybee appeared on the census of 12 June 1921 at 242 N Algoma, Port Arthur, Kenora District, Ontario, Canada. Herbert Maybee, Head, M, Mar, 27, born in Quebec, father born in Quebec, mother born in Quebec, Canadian Nationality, English origin, Methodist, Barber, own shop Nettie Maybee, Wife, F, Mar, 24, born in Quebec, father born in Quebec, mother born in Quebec, Canadian Nationality, English origin, Methodist, none Jean Maybee, Daughter, F, S, 7, born in Ontario, father born in Quebec, mother born in Quebec, Canadian Nationality, English origin, Methodist Janice Maybee, Daughter, F, S, 4, born in Ontario, father born in Quebec, mother born in Quebec, Canadian Nationality, English origin, Methodist with 3 lodgers.4� Census* April 1930� Nettie Beatrice Couch and Herbert Maybee appeared on the census of April 1930 at 1027 Main Street, Niagara Falls, Niagara County, New York. Herbert Maybee, Head, M, W, 36, M, age at first marriage 19, Canada, Canada, Canada, barber, hotel Jeannette B Maybee, Wife, F, W, 33, M, age at first marriage 16, Canada, Canada, Canada Jean G Maybee, Daughter, F, W, 15, S, Canada, Canada, Canada Janice E Maybee, Daughter, F, W, 13, S, Canada, Canada, Canada.5� (Witness) oObit 19 May 1953� Nettie Beatrice Couch was mentioned in the obituary of Herbert Maybee on 19 May 1953 at Niagara Falls, New York; Herbert Maybee, 59, died yesterday at his home, 827 Third avenue. Death* 12 February 1954� Nettie Beatrice Couch died on 12 February 1954 at Niagara Falls, Ontario, Canada, at age 58.7,8� oObit* 12 February 1954� On 12 February 1954 at Niagara Falls, New York, the obituary of Nettie Beatrice Couch read: Mrs. Herbert Maybee, 58, died today at her home, 827 Third Ave. Mrs. Maybee was formerly Jeanetta Couch . Born at Trenton. Ont., she lived for many years at Niagara Falls, N.Y., before coming here 23 years ago. Her husband, Herbert, died in May of last year. She attended St Paul's English Lutheran Church. She is survived by two daughters Mrs. L, C. Bromhall, this city, Mrs. George Conibear, San Diego, Calif; three sisters, Mrs. Frank Richard, Rochester. N.Y., Mrs. Gar. Badlay, Saskatchewan, Mrs. M. Gurney, Port Arthur, Ont., and three granddaughters. The body is at the Hetherington and Deans Funeral Chapel where services will be held Monday at 3:30 p.m. with interment in Fairview Cemetery.9� Herbert Maybee b. 19 Jun 1893, d. 18 May 1953 Jean Gertrude Maybee+7 b. 11 Sep 1914, d. 27 Feb 1971 Janice Evelyn Maybee+7 b. 2 Dec 1916 [S1] Ancestry.com, Ontario, Canada, Marriages, 1801-1928. [S486] 1921 Canadian Census, online ancestry.com, RG 31, Folder 82, Port Arthur City - Third Ward, Port Arthur and Kenora, Ontario, Page 11. [S303] 1930 United States Census, online ancestry.com, Niagara Falls, Niagara, New York, Roll: 1618, Page 9A, Enumeration District: 60, Image: 601. [S441] Old Fulton NY Post Card Website, online fultonhistory.com/Fulton_New_form.html, Niagara Falls NY Gazette, February 12, 1954 Niagara Falls NY Gazette, February 12, 1954. [S441] Old Fulton NY Post Card Website, online fultonhistory.com/Fulton_New_form.html, Niagara Falls NY Gazette, February 12, 1954. Harold Telfer Adams M, #1761, b. 29 September 1900, d. 8 August 1983 Birth* 29 September 1900� Harold Telfer Adams was born on 29 September 1900 at Felixstowe, Suffolk, England.1,2� Death* 8 August 1983� He died on 8 August 1983 at San Diego County, California, at age 82.3� Lorena Maybee b. 5 Feb 1900, d. 13 Feb 1973 [S2] Social SecurityDeath Index, online https://www.ancestry.com/search/collections/ssdi/, and California, Death Index, 1940-1997. Violet Gertrude Downs F, #1762, b. 10 August 1897, d. 4 May 1976 Father* William Henry Downs1 b. 4 Jul 1869, d. 16 Sep 1955 Mother* Emma Jane Maybee1 b. 20 Nov 1872, d. 21 Jan 1948 Married Name � Her married name was Galley.� Married Name � Her married name was Pack.� Married Name � Her married name was Lever.� Birth* 10 August 1897� Violet Gertrude Downs was born on 10 August 1897 at Trenton, Ontario, Canada.1,2� (Witness) Census 1901� Violet Gertrude Downs appeared on the census of 1901 in the household of William Henry Downs and Emma Jane Maybee at Trenton, Hastings County, Ontario, Canada, ; W. H. Downs, M, W, Head, M, 4 Jul 1869, 31, New York, English, Canadian, Methodist, laborer Emma Downs, F, W, Wife, M, 20 Nov 1872, 28, Ontario, English, Canadian, Methodist Violet Downs, F, W, Daughter, S, 20 Aug 1897, 4, Ontario, English, Canadian, Methodist.3� Marriage* circa 1915� Violet Gertrude Downs married Austin Morse Lever circa 1915.1� Marriage 23 October 1937� Violet Gertrude Downs married James Pack on 23 October 1937 at North East, Erie County, Pennsylvania.1,4� (Witness) oObit 21 January 1948� Violet Gertrude Downs was mentioned in the obituary of Emma Jane Maybee on 21 January 1948 at Niagara Falls, New York; Mrs. Emma Jane Downs, 75, wife of William H. Downs, former police lieutenant, died today in the Bonhurst Nursing home, after a lingering illness. Marriage 1970� Violet Gertrude Downs married Clarence Galley in 1970.1� Death* 4 May 1976� Violet Gertrude Downs died on 4 May 1976 at Niagara Falls, New York, at age 78.1� Burial* � She was buried at Riverside Cemetery, Lewiston, New York.1� Austin Morse Lever b. 21 Dec 1887, d. 17 Dec 1980 Muriel Gertrude Lever1 b. 30 Apr 1918, d. 28 Mar 2013 [S187] 1901 Canadian Census, online http://automatedgenealogy.com/, Ontario, Hastings (West), District 72, Trenton (Town), Sub-District C-2, Family 150, Page 14. Altha Iola Maybee F, #1763, b. 10 August 1907, d. 10 January 1992 Father* William James Maybee1 b. 28 Feb 1878, d. 28 Jul 1939 Mother* Bertha May Hemperley1 b. 19 Dec 1884, d. 2 Apr 1965 Married Name � Her married name was Sutherland.� Married Name � Her married name was Comery.� Name Variation � Altha Iola Maybee was also known as Altha Ida.� Birth* 10 August 1907� She was born on 10 August 1907 at Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.1,2� (Witness) Census April 1910� Altha Iola Maybee appeared on the census of April 1910 in the household of William James Maybee and Bertha May Hemperley at 824 South Cecil Street, Philadelphia, Philadelphia County, Pennsylvania, ; William J Maybee, Head, M, W, 32, M1, 3, Canada, Canada, Canada, immigrated in 1898, Electrician, Telephone (Witness) Census January 1920� Altha Iola Maybee appeared on the census of January 1920 in the household of William James Maybee and Bertha May Hemperley at 5503 East Greenway Avenue, Philadelphia, Philadelphia County, Pennsylvania, ; William J Maybee , Head, owns house worth $6500, M, W, 52, M, age at first marriage 28, Canada, Canada, Canada, i,igrated in 1900, Salesman, Hardware (Witness) Residence 6 August 1920� Altha Iola Maybee lived with William James Maybee and Bertha May Hemperley on 6 August 1920 at 5503 East Greenway Avenue, Philadelphia, Philadelphia County, Pennsylvania.5� Marriage* � Altha Iola Maybee married Walter George Comery.1� (Witness) Census April 1930� Altha Iola Maybee appeared on the census of April 1930 in the household of William James Maybee and Bertha May Hemperley at 5503 East Greenway Avenue, Philadelphia, Philadelphia County, Pennsylvania, ; William J Maybee , Head, owns house worth $6500, M, W, 52, M, age at first marriage 28, Canada, Canada, Canada, immigrated in 1900, Salesman, Hardware Marriage 1931� Altha Iola Maybee married Holland Pitzer Sutherland in 1931 at Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.7� (Witness) oObit 26 October 1976� Altha Iola Maybee was mentioned in the obituary of Galen Hemperly Maybee on 26 October 1976 at Chester, Pennsylvania; Galen H. Maybee of 117 W Berkey Ave, Clifton Heights, Pa, died on October 25, 1976. Survived by a daughter Susan Charping, two grandchildren, a sister Mrs Altha Sutherland and a brother William Maybee. Relatives and friends are invited to attend the funeral service Wednesday 2 PM at the Marvil Funeral Home, 1110 Main St., Darby. Interment Arlington Cemetery.8� Death* 10 January 1992� Altha Iola Maybee died on 10 January 1992 at age 84.9� Burial* � She was buried at Arlington Cemetery, Drexel Hill, Delaware County, Pennsylvania.10� Walter George Comery b. 2 May 1905 Elsie Mildred Comery+1 b. 2 Jun 1926, d. 30 Aug 2003 [S1] Ancestry.com, Pennsylvania, Birth Records, 1906-1908. [S1] Ancestry.com, Delaware County Daily Times (Chester, Pennsylvania), 26 Oct 1976. William Howard Maybee M, #1764, b. 19 July 1910, d. June 1984 Name Variation � William Howard Maybee was also known as Howard.� Birth* 19 July 1910� He was born on 19 July 1910 at Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.1,2� (Witness) Census January 1920� William Howard Maybee appeared on the census of January 1920 in the household of William James Maybee and Bertha May Hemperley at 5503 East Greenway Avenue, Philadelphia, Philadelphia County, Pennsylvania, (Witness) Residence 6 August 1920� William Howard Maybee lived with William James Maybee and Bertha May Hemperley on 6 August 1920 at 5503 East Greenway Avenue, Philadelphia, Philadelphia County, Pennsylvania.4� (Witness) Census April 1930� William Howard Maybee appeared on the census of April 1930 in the household of William James Maybee and Bertha May Hemperley at 5503 East Greenway Avenue, Philadelphia, Philadelphia County, Pennsylvania, Marriage* 1934� William Howard Maybee married Mary Elizabeth Mustard in 1934 at Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.6� Census* 11 April 1940� William Howard Maybee and Mary Elizabeth Mustard appeared on the census of 11 April 1940 at 5662 Hadfield Street, Philadelphia, Philadelphia County, Pennsylvania. Wm Maybee, Head, M, W, 29, M, completed 2 years college, born in Pennsylvania, Pumper, Oil Refinery, wages earned in 1939 - $1879 Mary Maybee, Wife, F, W, 28, M, completed 2 years high school, born in Pennsylvania Joan Maybee, Daughter, F, W, 4, S, born in Pennsylvania Jealine Mustard, Mother-in-law, F, W, 63, M, completed 8 years school, born in Northern Ireland.7� WW2YA* 16 October 1940� On 16 October 1940 at Philadelphia, Philadelphia County, Pennsylvania, William Howard Maybee, of 5662 Hadfield Street, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, registered for the draft. He was born July 19, 1910 at Philadelphia. He was employed by Atlantic Refining Co, 3144 Passyunk Ave, Philadelphia. The person who would always know his address was his wife, Mrs Mary Elizabeth Maybee. He was White, 5' 10" tall, weighed 175, and had blue eyes, brown hair, and a light complexion.2� (Witness) oObit 26 October 1976� William Howard Maybee was mentioned in the obituary of Galen Hemperly Maybee on 26 October 1976 at Chester, Pennsylvania; Galen H. Maybee of 117 W Berkey Ave, Clifton Heights, Pa, died on October 25, 1976. Survived by a daughter Susan Charping, two grandchildren, a sister Mrs Altha Sutherland and a brother William Maybee. Relatives and friends are invited to attend the funeral service Wednesday 2 PM at the Marvil Funeral Home, 1110 Main St., Darby. Interment Arlington Cemetery.8� Death* June 1984� William Howard Maybee died in June 1984 at Darby, Delaware County, Pennsylvania, at age 73.9� Mary Elizabeth Mustard b. 17 Feb 1912, d. Jun 1990 Galen Hemperly Maybee M, #1765, b. 11 September 1912, d. 25 October 1976 Birth* 11 September 1912� Galen Hemperly Maybee was born on 11 September 1912 at Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.2� (Witness) Census January 1920� Galen Hemperly Maybee appeared on the census of January 1920 in the household of William James Maybee and Bertha May Hemperley at 5503 East Greenway Avenue, Philadelphia, Philadelphia County, Pennsylvania, (Witness) Residence 6 August 1920� Galen Hemperly Maybee lived with William James Maybee and Bertha May Hemperley on 6 August 1920 at 5503 East Greenway Avenue, Philadelphia, Philadelphia County, Pennsylvania.4� (Witness) Census April 1930� Galen Hemperly Maybee appeared on the census of April 1930 in the household of William James Maybee and Bertha May Hemperley at 5503 East Greenway Avenue, Philadelphia, Philadelphia County, Pennsylvania, (Witness) Census 16 April 1940� Galen Hemperly Maybee appeared on the census of 16 April 1940 in the household of Bertha May Hemperley at 5503 East Greenway Avenue, Philadelphia, Philadelphia County, Pennsylvania, ; Bertha Maybee, owns home worth $4000, Head, F, W, 55, M, completed 1 year high school, born in Pennsylvania WW2YA* 16 October 1940� On 16 October 1940 at Philadelphia, Philadelphia County, Pennsylvania, Galen Hemperly Maybee, 5503 Greenway Avenue, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, registered for the draft. He was born 11 Sep 1912 in Philadelphia. He was employed by Phillips Manufacturing Company, 4718 Market St, Philadelphia. The person who would always know his address was his mother, Bertha May Maybee, at the above address. He was white, 5' 11" tall, weighed 170, and had blue eyes, brown hair, and a light complexion.7� Marriage* 1942� Galen Hemperly Maybee married Harriet May Stevenson in 1942 at Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.8� Milit-Beg* 25 August 1942� Galen Hemperly Maybee enlisted in the military on 25 August 1942 at Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. He was married, living in Philadelphia, 71" tall, and weighed 161.9� MilService* between 8 September 1942 and 13 November 1945� Between 8 September 1942 and 13 November 1945 Galen Hemperly Maybee was in the military, U S Army, SN- 33 330 189, Rank T/5, Message Center Clerk.10� Death* 25 October 1976� He died on 25 October 1976 at Clifton Heights, Delaware County, Pennsylvania, at age 64.2� oObit* 26 October 1976� On 26 October 1976 at Chester, Pennsylvania, the obituary of Galen Hemperly Maybee read: Galen H. Maybee of 117 W Berkey Ave, Clifton Heights, Pa, died on October 25, 1976. Survived by a daughter Susan Charping, two grandchildren, a sister Mrs Altha Sutherland and a brother William Maybee. Relatives and friends are invited to attend the funeral service Wednesday 2 PM at the Marvil Funeral Home, 1110 Main St., Darby. Interment Arlington Cemetery.11� Burial � He was buried at Arlington Cemetery, Drexel Hill, Delaware County, Pennsylvania.10� Harriet May Stevenson b. 2 Jan 1909, d. 15 Dec 1977 [S1] Ancestry.com, Pennsylvania Veterans' Burial Cards (1777-1999). Marjorie Maybee F, #1766, b. 18 December 1921, d. 7 December 2002 Father* Orrin Albert Maybee1 b. 17 Sep 1880, d. 20 Nov 1948 Mother* Ella May Thompson1 b. 7 Jun 1888, d. 26 Nov 1959 Married Name � Her married name was Peterson.� Nickname � Marjorie Maybee also went by the name of Mardy.� Birth* 18 December 1921� She was born on 18 December 1921 at Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada.2� Marriage* � She married LaMar D. Peterson.1� (Witness) Residence 1945� Marjorie Maybee lived with Orrin Albert Maybee and Ella May Thompson in 1945 at 4583 First Avenue West, Vancouver, Monmouthshire, Wales; O Albert Maybee, agent Death* 7 December 2002� Marjorie Maybee died on 7 December 2002 at Vancouver General Hospital, Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada, at age 80.2� oObit* 11 December 2002� On 11 December 2002 the obituary of Marjorie Maybee read: Marjory "Mardy" Peterson (nee Maybee) was born in Vancouver, BC on December 18, 1921 and passed away peacefully on December 7, 2002, just short of her 81st birthday. The world has been gifted with a very special angel. Mardy had a great passion for all things beautiful, both natural and man made. She possessed a magic sense of humour and a smile that could brighten anyone's day. Predeceased by her mom Ella May; dad Orrin Albert; husband LaMar "Pete" and her sisters, Nettie, Muriel, Evelyn and Altha. Mardy will always be alive in the happy memories of her sister Grace; son Dave (Colleen);daughter Marla; grandchildren Keith and Jascine and her many nieces, nephews and friends. There will be no memorial service at Mardy's request. Our heartfelt thanks to all who made her journey peaceful and comfortable, particularly the incredible staff of the Palliative Care Unit at Vancouver General Hospital. Flowers gratefully declined, friends so wishing may make a memorial contribution to the Family Network for Deaf Children, PO Box 50075, South Slope RPO, Burnaby, BC, V5J 5G3.4� LaMar D. Peterson b. s 1920, d. b 2002 [S241] Emails from Barbara Millar, her obit in The Province Dec. 11 2002. [S241] Emails from Barbara Millar, in The Province Dec. 11 2002. Nettie May Maybee F, #1767, b. 12 March 1908, d. 1987 Married Name � Her married name was Jackson.� Birth* 12 March 1908� Nettie May Maybee was born on 12 March 1908 at British Columbia, Canada.2� (Witness) Census 1911� Nettie May Maybee appeared on the census of 1911 in the household of Orrin Albert Maybee and Ella May Thompson at Clark Street, New Westminster, British Columbia, Canada, ; Orrin Albert Maybee, M, ???, M, Sept 1880, 30, Ontario, German, Canadian, Presbyterian, Hotel Keeper (Witness) Census circa June 1921� Nettie May Maybee appeared on the census of circa June 1921 in the household of Orrin Albert Maybee and Ella May Thompson at 1609 10th Ave E, Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada, ; Orrin Maybee, Head, M, Mar, 40, born in Ontario, father born in Ontario, mother born in Ontario, Canadian Nationality, English origin, Presbyterian, Insurance Agent, Beneficial Life own account Marriage* 14 August 1936� Nettie May Maybee married Royse Thornton Jackson on 14 August 1936 at Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada.4� Death* 1987� Nettie May Maybee died in 1987.5� Burial* � She and Royse Thornton Jackson were buried at Forest Lawn Memorial Park, Burnaby, British Columbia, Canada.5� Royse Thornton Jackson b. c Nov 1903, d. 24 Oct 1962 [S241] Emails from Barbara Millar, Vancouver - Registration Number: 1936-09-438103 Event Type: Marriage. Muriel Mildred Maybee F, #1768, b. 21 September 1909, d. 11 November 1986 Married Name � Her married name was Land.� Birth* 21 September 1909� Muriel Mildred Maybee was born on 21 September 1909 at Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada.2,3� (Witness) Census 1911� Muriel Mildred Maybee appeared on the census of 1911 in the household of Orrin Albert Maybee and Ella May Thompson at Clark Street, New Westminster, British Columbia, Canada, (Witness) Census circa June 1921� Muriel Mildred Maybee appeared on the census of circa June 1921 in the household of Orrin Albert Maybee and Ella May Thompson at 1609 10th Ave E, Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada, Marriage* 2 June 1939� Muriel Mildred Maybee married George Land on 2 June 1939 at Saint James The Apostle Anglican Church, Montreal, Quebec, Canada.1,5� Death* 11 November 1986� Muriel Mildred Maybee died on 11 November 1986 at Duncan, British Columbia, Canada, at age 77.3� George Land b. 8 Mar 1915, d. 30 Oct 1985 [S1] Ancestry.com, Quebec Vital and Church Records (Drouin Collection), 1621-1967. Evelyn Ada Maybee F, #1769, b. 24 April 1914, d. 4 September 1991 Married Name � Her married name was Strong.� Birth* 24 April 1914� Evelyn Ada Maybee was born on 24 April 1914 at British Columbia, Canada.2,3� (Witness) Census circa June 1921� Evelyn Ada Maybee appeared on the census of circa June 1921 in the household of Orrin Albert Maybee and Ella May Thompson at 1609 10th Ave E, Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada, Marriage* � Evelyn Ada Maybee married Ralph Gordon Strong.1� Death* 4 September 1991� Evelyn Ada Maybee died on 4 September 1991 at Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada, at age 77.3� Ralph Gordon Strong b. 21 Jul 1914, d. 28 May 1987 [S1] Ancestry.com, Public Member Trees, White Family Tree. Grace M Maybee F, #1770, b. 12 December 1915, d. 26 March 2005 Birth* 12 December 1915� Grace M Maybee was born on 12 December 1915 at Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada.2� (Witness) Census circa June 1921� Grace M Maybee appeared on the census of circa June 1921 in the household of Orrin Albert Maybee and Ella May Thompson at 1609 10th Ave E, Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada, (Witness) Residence 1945� Grace M Maybee lived with Orrin Albert Maybee and Ella May Thompson in 1945 at 4583 First Avenue West, Vancouver, Monmouthshire, Wales; O Albert Maybee, agent (Witness) oObit 11 December 2002� Grace M Maybee was mentioned in the obituary of Marjorie Maybee on 11 December 2002; Marjory "Mardy" Peterson (nee Maybee) was born in Vancouver, BC on December 18, 1921 and passed away peacefully on December 7, 2002, just short of her 81st birthday. The world has been gifted with a very special angel. Mardy had a great passion for all things beautiful, both natural and man made. She possessed a magic sense of humour and a smile that could brighten anyone's day. Predeceased by her mom Ella May; dad Orrin Albert; husband LaMar "Pete" and her sisters, Nettie, Muriel, Evelyn and Altha. Mardy will always be alive in the happy memories of her sister Grace; son Dave (Colleen);daughter Marla; grandchildren Keith and Jascine and her many nieces, nephews and friends. There will be no memorial service at Mardy's request. Our heartfelt thanks to all who made her journey peaceful and comfortable, particularly the incredible staff of the Palliative Care Unit at Vancouver General Hospital. Flowers gratefully declined, friends so wishing may make a memorial contribution to the Family Network for Deaf Children, PO Box 50075, South Slope RPO, Burnaby, BC, V5J 5G3.5� Death* 26 March 2005� Grace M Maybee died on 26 March 2005 at Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada, at age 89.2� oObit* 2 April 2005� On 2 April 2005 at North Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada, the obituary of Grace M Maybee read: Grace M. Maybee, born in Vancouver, December 12, 1915 died Saturday, March 26th, 2005 at home, peacefully in her sleep. God has granted Gracie her hearts desire. Gracie will be missed by her many friends and family too many to be named but they know who they are and how much their love and friendship meant to her. A celebration of her life will be held on Sunday, April 10th at 2pm at Boal Chapel, 1505 Lilloet Road, North Vancouver. In lieu of flowers, friends may make a donation in Gracie's memory to the Foster Parents Plan. Ste 1001, 95 St. Clair Ave. W. Toronto, Ontario. M4V 3B5 or e-mail www.FosterParentsplan.ca. Sponsor child # 0161-009538 Sponsor #002-0586744.2� [S241] Emails from Barbara Millar, from her obit published in the Vancouver Sun and The Province on 4/2/2005.	cc/2020-05/en_middle_0060.json.gz/line1466
__label__wiki	0.890995	0.890995	RTA and skyTran to develop driverless transportation system in Dubai By Jason Saundalkar skyTran specialises in the development of suspended transport systems Dubai’s Roads and Transport Authority (RTA) has signed a MoU with skyTran to develop advanced public transport facilities in the emirate. The MoU is said to represent a ‘practical manifestation’ of the Dubai Self-Driving Transport Strategy, which aims to convert 25% of total mobility journeys in Dubai into driverless journeys by 2030. According to a statement from the RTA, the move is part of its efforts to improve and expand the public transport network in Dubai to keep pace with the sustained growth of the city. “This MoU highlights RTA’s continuous efforts to team with global specialist firms in developing advanced public transport technologies capable of attracting more riders by offering them safe, fast and luxurious transit experiences, besides curbing traffic congestion in the city. One of these solutions is developing Sky Pod units operated by ‘Maglev’ technology, which are characterised by their safety and speed as well as the saving much of the resources associated with the daily mobility of people,” said Abdul Mohsin Ibrahim Younes, CEO of Rail Agency at RTA after signing the deal with John Cole, CEO of skyTran. According to Younes, the MoU with skyTran is a milestone in the RTA’s efforts to introduce advanced technologies and innovative services in the field of public transport. “It will enhance the integration of public transport systems, which in turn will boost the economic growth, attract more investments and improve the standard of living in Dubai,” explained Younes. Cole noted that his firm was excited to sign the MoU with the RTA and play an active role in realising the RTA’s projects and initiatives. “It will also support the government drive to rank Dubai as the smartest and happiest city in the world. RTA’s public transport network is amongst the most advanced systems worldwide, and Dubai can boast of infrastructure of roads, bridges and tunnels second to none worldwide,” Cole remarked. Related Items:featurednews, public transport, Roads and Transport Authority (RTA), skyTran, transportation RTA to leverage drones for inspection of Dubai Metro… King Abdulaziz International Airport to become fully operational by… RTA invites PPP proposals for new Dubai Metro TOD… RTA opens Al Qudra-Lehbab Roads Interchange project RTA invites proposals for construction of 1,500 bus shelters Smart Cities Report: The next generation of transportation is MaaS Topcon launches GTL-1000 scanning robotic total station to accelerate… Are you hosting an upcoming event? Manlift has you… Opinion: How ‘smart’ can an airport be? Turkmenistan unveils Expo 2020 Dubai pavilion design XtreeE and Concreative to set-up new 3D printing production unit in the UAE Tabreed acquires Masdar City district cooling plants DEWA & BSI to launch world’s first risk management strategy for energy and utilities sector Abu Dhabi’s DoE to retrofit 150 government buildings	cc/2020-05/en_middle_0060.json.gz/line1470
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__label__wiki	0.838859	0.838859	Get the Best Quote Cosmetic Rhinoplasty Abdominoplasty ( Tummy Tuck) Explore Top Destinations for Liposuction View All Hospitals Explore Top Destinations for Cosmetic Rhinoplasty Explore Top Destinations for Breast Augmentation Explore Top Destinations for Hair Transplant Explore Top Destinations for Abdominoplasty ( Tummy Tuck) Hemicolectomy Explore Top Destinations for Hemicolectomy Explore Top Destinations for Lung Cancer Treatment Explore Top Destinations for Prostate Cancer Treatment Explore Top Destinations for Stomach Cancer Explore Top Destinations for Breast Cancer Treatment Explore Top Destinations for Cervical Cancer Treatment Cardiac Sciences AVR/MVR Pacemaker Implantation Surgery Coronary Artery Bypass Grafting (CABG) Heart Double Valve Replacement Explore Top Destinations for AVR/MVR Explore Top Destinations for Pacemaker Implantation Surgery Explore Top Destinations for Angioplasty Explore Top Destinations for Coronary Artery Bypass Grafting (CABG) Explore Top Destinations for Heart Double Valve Replacement Brain Tumour Treatment Explore Top Destinations for Craniotomy Explore Top Destinations for Scoliosis Surgery Explore Top Destinations for Deep Brain Stimulation Explore Top Destinations for Brain Tumour Treatment Explore Top Destinations for Microdiscectomy Explore Top Destinations for Spinal Fusion Total Hip Replacement B/L Total Knee Replacement B/L Anterior Cruciate Ligament (ACL) Reconstruction Disc Replacement ( Cervical /Lumber) Explore Top Destinations for Total Hip Replacement B/L Explore Top Destinations for Total Knee Replacement B/L Explore Top Destinations for Anterior Cruciate Ligament (ACL) Reconstruction Explore Top Destinations for Disc Replacement ( Cervical /Lumber) Explore Top Destinations for Knee Arthroscopy Explore Top Destinations for Kidney Transplant Explore Top Destinations for Liver transplant Explore Top Destinations for Bone Marrow Transplant Explore Top Destinations for Heart Transplant Explore Top Destinations for IVF (In Vitro Fertilization) Explore Top Destinations for Intrauterine Insemination Ankle Fusion Surgery Hospitals and Cost of Ankle Fusion Surgery in United Arab Emirates 7 Total Days Total Days In Country 2 No. of Travellers outside Hospital Enquire for treatment cost Cost Trends Ankle Fusion Surgery Cost in U.A.E Ankle Fusion Surgery in U.A.E Most hospitals in the U.A.E house an all-inclusive ankle and foot clinic and are well equipped to deal with most of the injuries and disorders of the lower limbs of the human body. Hospitals in U.A.E offer intensive treatments coupled with private clinical and medical care, followed by therapy programs that highlight the international medical standards to ensure that patients recover quicker. In order to accommodate all UAE nationals who are vying for an ankle fusion surgery, they have accommodated their hospitals with the necessary medical equipment and medical machines that are used to operate on ankle and foot injuries of varying degrees. Most dedicated foot and ankle surgeons have access to the best in technology in terms of medicine, treatment, and support. From incapacitating ailments to sports and activity related injuries, the hospitals in UAE have the expertise, the experience and the equipment to provide the best treatment possible. The UAE also boasts about another achievement in the field of medicine. Because of their position as being the leader in advanced medical science, they have hosted the first Total Ankle Arthroplasty (TAA) also known as Ankle Replacement Surgery. The surgery was conducted by Dr. Ma’an Taba of Medicare Orthopedics & Spine Hospital (MOSH) and is the first of its kind operated on a local Dubai based osteoarthritis patient. Below is a global cost comparison for ankle fusion surgery around the world. Price is in descending order. 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The hospital has made a strategic partnership with Germany& prestigious Universitats Freiburg Klinikum and has tied-up with leading international hospitals for advanced medical treatment that is not available locally.The hospital also has a well-equipped laboratory that offers extensive investigative facilities supported by a centralized computerized system. The hospital has tied up with Biomnis, France for rare investigations and tests that are not performed… Read More Zulekha Hospital Biju Pankappilly Specialist Orthopedic Surgeon, Zulekha Hospital, Sharjah Salah Eldin Elghote Zulekha Hospital-pediatric orthopedician In the year 1992 with the noble vision of Dr Zulekha Daud who shifted her base from India to Sharjah in order to serve people who are in need at an affordable cost, Zulekha Healthcare Group was established. She later established a hospital in Dubai too and Zulekha Dubai is now true to its mission of serving the suffering and the ailing. 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Situated on the Airport Road at Al Garhoud, it is easily accessible from all locations of Dubai. It attracts visitors seeking health care from other countries as well. Started in 1999, the hospital has grown by leaps and bounds in the last 18 years. Today, it has advanced equipment, best surgeons and doctors, highly-trained medical and management staff, world-class operation theatres, and most of all, the global stamp of gold standard for patient care. Accredited by Joint Commission International (JCI) of the US for following high-quality and… Read More Thumbay Hospital Dubai Rajesh Garg SpecialistOrthopedic Surgery Avinash Murlidhar Pulate Specialist (Medical Director) Orthopedic Surgery A part of the prestigious Thumbay Group, Thumbay Hospital in Dubai is known for offering world-class healthcare and medical facilities to people from across the globe. Guided by the commitment to give high quality and cost-effective services, the hospital has a global outreach. It caters to patients from 175+ countries and has doctors and medical staff from 20 different nationalities. Expert in their respective fields, the doctors treat patients with the latest equipment and the treatment takes place in a friendly and comfortable environment. Accredited by the International Hospital Federation, International Board of Medicine & Surgery, Medical Tourism Association, and… Read More Lifecare Hospital, Musaffah Ravindra Gurav Specialist, Orthopedics Raghavendra N S Specialist Orthopedics Located in Abu Dhabi, Lifecare Hospital is the unit of VPS Healthcare. It endeavours to offer cost-effective yet premium healthcare services to serve the growing needs of the massive population of the emirates of Abu Dhabi. Lifecare Hospital continues to keep pace with the latest developments in healthcare delivery systems and follows the best practices to improve their service delivery standards. 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__label__wiki	0.669934	0.669934	Home Finance & Development Best Western Premier Tides Opens in Orange Beach Best Western Premier Tides Opens in Orange Beach LODGING Staff ORANGE BEACH, Ala.—Innisfree Hotels has opened the Best Western Premier Tides Hotel in Orange Beach, Ala. The beachfront property has 86 rooms, each appointed in modern decor with a nod to the natural wonders of Coastal Alabama. Driftwood and shades of blue are cornerstones of the hotel design, which features grand views of the Gulf of Mexico from its central lobby. “I grew up on these shores,” says Julian MacQueen, founder and CEO of Innisfree Hotels. “Our newest Orange Beach hotel offers a unique opportunity to show guests the incredible beauty of Coastal Alabama and its warm Southern hospitality.” The Best Western Premier Tides Hotel joins Innisfree’s three existing Orange Beach Gulf front properties, including the Hampton Inn & Suites, Hilton Garden Inn, and Holiday Inn Express. The new hotel is a welcome addition to Orange Beach accommodations, as most lodging options are condominium developments. Katie Clark will serve as general manager of the Best Western Premier Tides Hotel. Clark has been with Innisfree Hotels since 2012. Lance Hackleman, assistant general manager, started as a desk clerk for Innisfree before his promotion to sales assistant and again to front office manager—most recently serving as a task force manager in new acquisitions for the company. HNL Construction, a wholly owned construction company of Innisfree Hotels, served as general contractor and Ard Contracting of Birmingham, Ala., as structural contractor for the project, with SMP Architecture as architect and interior design by Adrian Caradine Contract Design of Memphis, Tenn. Financing for the project was provided by Trustmark National Bank. Best Western Premier Previous articleThree Countries Issue U.S. Travel Warning Next articleIHG Announces New-Build InterContinental Hotel in Houston New Airport Hotels Open at Atlanta and Chicago Midway Wyndham Expands Trademark Collection With Five Hotel Openings Nationwide Cedartree Hotels to Open First U.S. Property in Oregon Country Inn & Suites by Radisson Opens in Flagstaff, Arizona FOUND Opens Co-Living Lifestyle Hotel in San Francisco Openings: Moxy East Village Celebrates Music and Culture Guest Experience Christine Killion - January 22, 2020 On top of hosting its usual guests last June, Fontainebleau Miami Beach welcomed production crews to the property, accommodating filming in the hotel’s lobby... Finance LODGING Staff - January 22, 2020 HENDERSONVILLE, Tenn. — The U.S. hotel industry registered record-breaking performance levels during 2019 but its lowest growth rate in revenue per available room (RevPAR)... Not Her Mother’s Daughter: Rita Santillanes on Building a Family Business to Last People Ellen Meyer - January 22, 2020 Given that she appears to have followed in her mother’s footsteps—going from the restaurant business into the hotel business—Peppertree Hospitality Group co-founder and president... @lodgingmagazine	cc/2020-05/en_middle_0060.json.gz/line1475
__label__cc	0.574051	0.425949	creativeheart 18 Identities creativeheart: 'Client Work' Choose Month All Cody Walker, born in Wyoming; comes from a long family tradition of cowboys, cattle ranchers and oil men. It was obvious from an early age that Cody was different. One day after securing 50 cents in venture capital from his mother, Walker Inc. was born. Cody set off with a red wagon full of lemonade and mud pies and set up shop on the corner next to his house. After two days of no sales, frustrated and near bankruptcy, Cody was about to throw in the towel when a neighbor stopped by and said Boy, you're never going to sell anything without a sign. After creating a beautiful, attention-grabbing banner and selling five wagon loads of goodies, an adman was created. Cody went on to get an Art Degree from Stephen F. Austin State University. He started his career at BBO in Dallas working on Source Services and Auto One. Then an opportunity at Leo Burnett/Moroch had him working on McDonald's, Oldsmobile, Mrs. Baird's and Zed. Cody then joined The Richards Group/Latitude, where he worked on The Shops at Willow Bend, International Plaza, 7UP, Schweppes, Baylor Health Care System and EpicRealm. He went on to Schawk on site at Cadbury Schweppes Americas Beverages, where he worked on Dr Pepper, Sun Drop, Slush Puppie, Country Time, Canada Dry, Mott's, and Snapple. Since landing at Brand Agent, Cody has worked on Doritos, SunChips, Flat Earth, Cheetos, Lay's, and True North brands. His creative work continues to grab attention and sell product. When he's not at work, Cody still likes to play in the mud, only today he calls it sculpting. Cody and his wife, Jessica, enjoy taking their two labs, Sadie and Jager, on weekend adventures. Stopping in small towns along the way, they all enjoy antique shopping and stirring up debates in diners and coffee shops. Art Direction, Design, Branding, Corporate Identity, Outdoor, Promotion, Packaging, Point of Sale, Point of Purchase, Innovation, Interactive, Web Design, Broadcast, Direct Marketing, Advertising, Print Collateral, Magazine Ads, and Newspaper Ads Personal: http://www.coroflot.com/creativeheart Logo Views: 43,870 Comments Recieved: 38 Floats Given: 17 Floats Recieved: 91	cc/2020-05/en_middle_0060.json.gz/line1476
__label__cc	0.501323	0.498677	random thoughts from lorne Nicolae Ceaușescu gave his last speech from the balcony, then fled the mob. Hours later he was arrested, tried and executed, all on Christmas Day 1989. Black markers set into the ground mark the graves at Langemark German War Cenetery Emil Krieger’s sculpture of four mourning figures watches over the last resting place of the fallen. The Ebola isolation unit at ELWA in Monrovia. The Leaning Tower in Pisa, Italy, looks a lot more likely to topple than this model. Big Ben and Westminster seem small enough without the Eiffel Tower towering in the background. Unexploded shells on display at Memorial Museum Passchendaele 1917. An impressive record of service. An interior shot of St. George’s Memorial Church in Ypres. The European Union Parliament Building in Brussels. A Boot Bath. With no running water this oddly shaped tub probably kept the water warm longer. The servants would bring the hot water in pitchers and pour it in. Sir John A. MacDonald’s study. The Macdonald family cradle was brough to Canada in 1820 Isabella Macdonald’s room. She was Sir John A.’s first wife who died young. The kitchen was a much simpler place to eat than the dining room! The laundry area. The vault built to hold Canada’s gold reserves. It is empty because Canada no longer has gold reserves. Canadian Broadcasting Corporation (CBC) radio studios. The Prime Minister’s office – with his bedroom next door. What to tell the public in case of a nuclear attack. Civil defence area. Contingency preparation The entrance from the Bonnechere River. Nineteenth century British Army commander Viscount Wolseley’s statue was paid for by public subscription. The public paid for this statue of 19th century General Charles James Napier that sits in Trafalgar Square. A typical cell. This one is furnished for the tourists – the rest of them are empty. Separate quarters for family visitation and conjugal visitation. (We pamper our prisoners.) Visitor’s booths I had a different graphic chosen to illustrate this post and decided against using it. It was classic conspiracy theory – suggesting those liking things as diverse as Starbucks to jazz music were involved in witchcraft. I decided it was just too offensive, even if it did provide a perfect illustration of small minds at work..	cc/2020-05/en_middle_0060.json.gz/line1482
__label__wiki	0.562002	0.562002	Sheriff Michael Chapman. (Renss Greene/Loudoun Now) Loudoun Sheriff Warned Over Facebook Blocking in Continuing Debate over Social Media Rules 2020-01-15 2020-01-15 LoudounNow 1 Comment The American Civil Liberties Union of Virginia has sent Sheriff Michael L. Chapman a letter warning him about violating a critic’s constitutional rights by blocking him on Facebook. The alert was based on a precedent set in a lawsuit in Loudoun County, but a year later there continues to be disagreement over how to interpret the rules. In a letter dated Jan. 6, the ACLU warned Chapman, “Such actions violate the right of free speech under the First Amendment to the United States Constitution and Article I, § 12 of the Constitution of Virginia if they are based on the content of the messages being blocked.” The complaint to the ACLU was filed by former Loudoun detective Mark McCaffrey, who unsuccessfully battled Chapman in court when he lost his job because he had supported the sheriff’s challenger in a Republican Party primary. His wrongful termination case ended in November when the U.S. Supreme Court declined to hear his appeal of lower court rulings denying his claim. McCaffrey continues to be a vocal critic of the sheriff. McCaffrey said his comment was deleted and he was blocked from commenting on the “Mike Chapman – Loudoun County Sheriff” Facebook page. The incident occurred in October when McCaffrey posted a comment on an announcement of a Chapman campaign endorsement from now-Supervisor Caleb A. Kerschner (R-Catoctin). Kershner was identified in the post as a “Police Benevolent Association Attorney.” In his posting, McCaffrey sought to point out that Chapman had not been endorsed by the PBA in his re-election campaign. “Let’s be crystal clear- the actual PBA REFUED [sic] TO ENDORSE YOU last election, and due to your retaliation against several members of the PBA board, decided not to endorse anyone this time around,” McCaffrey wrote, according to screenshots he provided. “In fact, the PBA filed an Amicus Petition to the U. S. Supreme Court against you. Is it a coincidence that this endorsement from a contract PBA Attorney came out about an hour after the Loudoun Now article on this subject? You can’t fool all of the people all of the time- nice try.” Chapman said, based on his understanding of the laws and the advice received from County attorney Leo Rogers, that he was within his rights to remove the comment on his campaign Facebook page. He said it the only time he recalled ever blocking or hiding a comment. “Believe me, I know what the rules are,” Chapman said. The sheriff characterized the complaint to the ACLU as a continuation of McCaffery’s efforts to stir public criticism against him. The ACLU’s letter alleging Chapman infringed on McCaffrey’s First Amendment rights cites a court precedent set in Loudoun. In January 2019, a federal appeals court upheld lower courts’ rulings that County Chairwoman Phyllis Randall had violated a Loudoun man’s constitutional rights by blocking him on Facebook, closing a case that began in February 2016. The court ruled Randall was acting “under color of state law” in running that Facebook page and in deleting a comment by frequent Board of Supervisors and School Board critic Brian Davison and banning him from the page. The case would be important in settling the laws around freedom of expression and social media, and only a few months later in July was cited in a ruling against President Donald J. Trump. In that case, a three-judge federal appeals court panel ruled unanimously that Trump may not block his critics on Twitter, since he uses it for government business. Chapman said an important distinction was that the comment was removed from his campaign page, not the official Sherriff’s Office page. But even that distinction remains legally unclear. The ACLU’s letter to Chapman also refers toa letter the organization sent to members of Congress in 2017warning the difference between personal and official social media accounts are easily blurred. “[T]he reality is that, although only one of two social media accounts on the same platform is characterized or designated by your office as an ‘official social media account,’ many of you appear to be using your designated political accounts routinely and regularly to report news about your official actions as Representatives and Senators and to engage with your constituents,” that letter read. Posts from the Loudoun County Sheriff’s Office page are commonly shared on the Mike Chapman – Loudoun County Sheriff Page, and the page also includes posts of its own about various activities of the sheriff’s office, such as collecting donations for Cole’s Closet or announcing the conviction of a man for attempted capital murder of two deputies, as well as debate on an idea floated by Randall to start a Loudoun County police department separate from the sheriff’s office. McCaffrey said Monday he is still blocked from Chapman’s Facebook page. Appeals Court Rules Randall Violated First Amendment Former Detective Seeks Supreme Court Hearing with National Support ← County Terminates Lovettsville Community Center Contract; Completion Pushed to 2023 Peggy Fells Boone, 79 → One thought on “Loudoun Sheriff Warned Over Facebook Blocking in Continuing Debate over Social Media Rules” It is obvious McCaffrey has a case if “sour grapes” having been defeated by Chapman and second, anyone with knowledge of past actions & a modicum of common sense knows the ACLU is as anti-American, anti-Constitution and is a tool for the liberal elite. Chapman has every legal right to block malcontents and those who are decisive to the message and image the Department strives to share with the majority public. Who btw/ elected Sheriff Chapman by a majority again!	cc/2020-05/en_middle_0060.json.gz/line1486
__label__wiki	0.703963	0.703963	Culture Jordana Rosenfeld December 30, 2019 Drag Queens and Volunteer Firefighters Are Teaming Up to Save Rural America Meet the troupe spreading the gospel of drag in conservative Western Pennsylvania — bringing in hundreds of thousands of dollars to support rapidly dwindling volunteer fire departments and avert a public safety crisis In the drab bathroom of the Circleville Volunteer Fire Department lounge, Scott Alison is in the throes of a sparkling transformation. His eyes are adorned with icy blue contacts and framed with thick lashes, dramatic contouring and blended purple and blue eyeshadow that sweeps up to his temples as he glues dozens of rhinestones to his head. By day, Alison, 48, works at a dialysis center, but he’s now well on his way to becoming Vivien Le Cher, his Cher-inspired drag persona. “My costuming is like a fishing lure. It literally attracts people,” he explains. Tonight, Vivien and her drag sisters Lizza Lips and Sabrina Storm have drawn quite a crowd. The Circleville VFD in Westmoreland County, Pennsylvania, has cleared out its truck bay to seat 350 people, more than triple what it expects at its regular Friday bingo nights. Doors open at 3:30 p.m. for a 7 p.m. show, which sounds excessive until you absorb the grand scale of the event at hand. A three-course meal (fried chicken with sides, nachos and pizza) plus beer, wine, sheet cake and 10 bingo games are included in the $25 ticket price, with additional raffle tickets and opportunities to win money available for purchase. By 6 p.m., the truck bay is full, and the fire station has a line out the door of people hoping to get a seat for the Sparkling Queens of Drag performance. The Sparkling Queens have teamed up with more than a dozen VFDs since their inception in August 2018 to raise an estimated $200,000 for small-town fire departments, with at least nine VFDs inviting the Queens back for a repeat performance. Drag queens and firefighters might seem like unlikely partners, but the Sparkling Queens of Drag have forged a strong relationship with local VFDs that complicates public perception of life in small-town America. The group features only three performers — Alison’s Vivien Le Cher; Jeffery Kaczynski’s Lizza Lips; and Karl Rice’s Sabrina Storm; as well as their DJ, Jack Carbasho — but they bring with them a cast of almost 10 characters. Some, like Lucille Ball, Cher and Dolly Parton, are evergreen, while others, like Hocus Pocus’ Winifred Sanderson, are seasonal. The Queens began as a creation of the 27-year-old Kaczynski to offer more performance opportunities for drag queens in Western PA’s competitive drag scene. Inherently civic-minded, the group merged their love of performance and charitable work to travel around the region raising money for VFDs during the departments’ extraordinarily well-attended bingo nights, which the Queens have the power to supercharge by turning them into a spectacle capable of raising nearly 20 grand in a single night. Bingo is a staple of VFD fundraising, as some VFDs earn nearly all of their annual budget through weekly bingo. It’s also worth noting, as C. Brian Smith previously reported for MEL, that a majority of firefighters in the U.S. are volunteers, including almost 97 percent of all firefighters in Pennsylvania. In addition to fighting fires without getting paid, these volunteers are responsible for fundraising almost all of their departments’ operating budget as well. This financial burden, alongside a massive shortage of volunteers, makes for a significant public safety crisis. Similarly of note, many, if not most, of the Sparkling Queens’ drag bingos occur in small towns that are otherwise considered very conservative. More than half of them have been in Westmoreland County, which is older and whiter than both neighboring Allegheny County and the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania more largely. Trump won the reliably red Westmoreland County by 29 percentage points. Still, Westmorelandites love their drag bingo. The Queens’ consistently warm reception at VFDs is likely due to their two equally important goals: 1) to entertain; and 2) to fundraise. In service of putting on a good show, the queens are charming and approachable, calibrating their usual raunchiness to suit the older, more conservative bingo crowd. They invite the audience to ask whatever’s on their mind and dispel tension with one-liners. (One particular crowd pleaser, in response to the inevitable “Where do you put… it?”: “Well, where would you like it?”) Drag is more mainstream than ever before, too, which probably also helps small-town bingo-goers warm to the Queens, who enjoy the work of spreading the gospel of drag to rural America as informal ambassadors of the LGBTQ community. When the Queens arrive at the Circleville station at 5 p.m., they settle into the firefighter-lounge-turned-green-room to apply the finishing touches to their makeup. Meanwhile, Byron Rice, the stage manager and Karl’s younger brother who is clad in feathered black angel wings and a halo, ferries in suitcases and garment bags full of costumes, wigs and makeup. Forty-five-year-old Karl and Alison are blessed with certain natural gifts that make them ideal drag impersonators. Even out of drag, Karl’s face somehow evokes both Lucille Ball and Reba McEntire, and before Scott ever incorporated Cher into his oeuvre, audiences consistently mistook his drag persona for her. Karl’s drag persona, Sabrina, moved to Western Pennsylvania from Washington state by way of Vegas, and is at her best when doing celebrity impressions (from Ball and McEntire to Cyndi Lauper and Liza Minnelli). As for Vivien, she’s a showgirl who prides herself on a fusion of her own style with the glamour of classic drag impersonations like Cher and Lady Gaga. Over six feet tall without heels, she’s statuesque and commanding, dancing vigorously and sometimes incorporating American Sign Language into her act. (Kaczynski, as Lizza Lips, often acts as the host, introducing Sabrina and Vivien before their songs and flirting with firefighters in between sets; their way of life certainly made an impression on him — this fall, Kaczynski became a volunteer firefighter himself.) Bill Sombo, Circleville VFD’s 60-year-old 1st Assistant Fire Chief, pops in and out of the green room to check on the performers. He’s the chairperson of the event and is thrilled with the turnout. “We’re actually running out of room!” he exclaims. Sombo tells me he saw the Sparkling Queens perform in nearby Elizabeth Township, where he serves as police chief, and suggested at a company meeting that the VFD book the Queens for a show themselves. He says it wasn’t a tough sell to get the rest of the company to sign on, since fundraising help is sorely needed. Once their makeup is set, Alison slips into spandex shorts attached to a giant, boxy foam hips and ass, over which he yanks four or five pairs of nude tights until what had initially resembled a couch cushion begins to look fairly human. Karl puts on his nylons first before stuffing foam pallets down into the tights and checking their placement in the mirror. Kaczynski attempts to hold the foam against his side with one hand and pull the tights over it with the other. “There’s a lot of grunting in this part of the show,” Karl remarks dryly. Once everyone is squeezed into their nylon shapewear, hands delicately flutter around crotches, presumably confirming everything is properly tucked away. Next, they change into their first costumes and walk out to mingle with the audience. A small bachelorette party has claimed the end of one of several long rows of tables, laying down a pink plastic table cloth sprinkled with penis-shaped glitter. The bride-to-be, 28-year-old Alicia, says that although she’s never been to a drag show before, she’s glad her friend bought tickets for tonight and is expecting “extravagancy.” At another table, Dawn is celebrating her 80th birthday by crossing things off her bucket list. She’s recently been zip-lining and skydiving, and now, she’s going to dance with her first drag queen. Dawn asks Vivien how she gets her legs so shapely, and Vivien extols the virtues of nylon and foam padding. “When you see a drag queen, you should be applauding them because of all the pain and work that they have to put in to look like that,” Vivien explains, raising her knee-high booted foot to the seat of a folding chair to better display her thighs. At the start of the show, Sabrina takes the mic to set the tone for the evening. “My new friends, thank you all for coming — and I hope you have the opportunity of coming again later tonight,” she opens to uproarious laughter. She invites the audience to take pictures and ask questions of the performers as well as offers tips. “If we happen to offend you, what you should do is take a $20 bill, write your name and number on it and put it in my cleavage. Tomorrow I’ll call you up and tell you to get a sense of humor!” Each performer lip syncs to three songs with two bingo games following every song to allow the Queens time to catch their breath and change costumes. As each queen sashays between the long rows of plastic tables, audience members swivel in their seats to watch and catch a few seconds of video. Every 20 feet or so, the Queens pause to vogue or dance with an audience member or collect tips, often all at the same time. Midway through one of Lizza’s numbers, Dawn’s friend tips her $20 to give Dawn a lap dance. Holding an unlit cigarette in her right hand, Dawn extends her arms to receive Lizza who, in a red bodysuit entirely of fringe and rhinestone, straddles Dawn and begins to gyrate. Lizza leans forward to thrust her spandex-clad breasts into Dawn’s face, and Dawn looks up in quiet amazement. The rest of Dawn’s party howl with laughter while filming the interaction on their phones, as the male friend who paid for the lap dance waves more cash in the air. The firefighters, all men, seem more aloof than the rest of the audience, playing along when approached by a queen but not initiating contact themselves. Chad Grabiak, 43, Circleville’s 2nd Assistant Chief, tells me none of the firefighters felt uncomfortable about inviting drag queens to the station, but they thought it wise to check with the church across the street, because they let the VFD use their parking lot for various fundraisers. While Grabiak and I talk by the bar, Sabrina glides over as Winifred Sanderson. I step away to let the two of them chat, and when I look back, Grabiak has one of Sabrina’s fake breasts in his hand. “Hey, she gave me her boob!” he shouts. He lifts up his fire department polo shirt and mounts the breast on his own chest while Sabrina describes what it’s like to wear them for an extended time. Grabiak holds the breast ponderously before realizing that a collection of firefighters are giggling behind me as I snap photos. After he, with the boob still under his shirt, poses with Sabrina, he returns the boob to her and suggests some of the other guys join the picture. Blushing, they politely decline, but Grabiak insists. Soon, like a kid with a new toy, Grabiak has arranged for several other firefighters to pose with Sabrina, who is perched on the bar. The show’s grand finale is always a “boot drive.” Typically, Karl explains to me, some firefighters dance with the Queens and collect donations, which go straight to the fire department, in one of their boots. A gang of six or so firefighters stream into the green room and start stripping off their shirts. Kaczynski had told them they could “wear whatever they want,” thinking maybe they’d put on a few pieces of firefighting gear. But as they strapped into their flame-retardant pants, I realized we were in for a final number less like a Veterans Day parade and more like a burlesque show. To the tune of the disco classic “It’s Raining Men,” the firefighters handily upstage the Sparkling Queens, rolling their hips, shimmying their shoulders and waving their arms in the air. The audience loves it, hurling cash and grabbing smartphones to capture the scene. A few of the guys go off on their own to collect tips, but some dance with a buddy, busting out some surprisingly sexual moves. I watch one firefighter jump onto a chair and bend at the waist to shake his ass at another firefighter who grabs the first firefighter by the helmet and thrusts his pelvis in his friend’s general direction. After the performance, the firefighters are exuberant, high-fiving, hugging and complimenting each other on their moves. Watching them, I realize something’s changed: They’re touching each other. It seems like, in addition to putting on a wild show and raising thousands of dollars for the VFD, the Sparkling Queens have accomplished a third feat: They’ve created a space for Circleville firefighters to try out a different kind of masculinity — to model a fake breast, hang out with drag queens, dance suggestively and show physical affection for their friends. When, at the end of the night, the firefighters pose for a group photo with the Queens, the two groups no longer seem odd together. In fact, Bill Sombo’s already asking the Queens when they can come back. Jordana Rosenfeld Jordana Rosenfeld is a writer and journalist living in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. She does community outreach in post-industrial communities in the Mon Valley as a day job and writes about politics and culture. 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__label__wiki	0.988465	0.988465	Ex-EC deputy was head of Zahid’s special unit for polls analysis, court told Datuk Seri Wan Ahmad Wan Omar is seen at the Kuala Lumpur High Court December 10, 2019. — Picture by Miera Zulyana KUALA LUMPUR, Dec 10 — The Election Commission’s (EC) former deputy chief Datuk Seri Wan Ahmad Wan Omar was the head of a special unit in the deputy prime minister’s office to analyse election data for the ruling party, a witness told the High Court today. Sabri Said, 48, revealed this while testifying as the 17th prosecution witness against former deputy prime minister and Umno president Datuk Seri Ahmad Zahid Hamidi in the latter’s corruption trial. Sabri had worked as an operations officer in the special unit of strategic management in the deputy prime minister’s office from 2014 to 2016, and confirmed today that this special unit was created while Tan Sri Muhyiddin Yassin was deputy prime minister. Sabri said that this special unit continued to exist during Zahid’s stint as deputy prime minister, with the same functions of carrying out election-related work. “Datuk Seri Ahmad Zahid Hamidi as deputy prime minister also retained the Special Unit (Strategic Management),” Sabri told the High Court today. Muhyiddin was deputy prime minister from April 2009 until July 2015 when he was still in Umno, while Zahid later held the post from July 2015 until May 2018. Wan Ahmad had retired from his position of EC deputy chairman in late November 2013, after having served in the EC for 16 years or being involved in four general elections. Sabri also spoke about Wan Ahmad’s role as the head of the special unit, noting that Wan Ahmad had initially served as a special officer to Muhyiddin. After Muhyiddin was replaced by Zahid as deputy prime minister, Wan Ahmad was then appointed as Zahid’s special adviser, Sabri said. Witness Sabri Said attends Zahid Hamidi Trial in Kuala Lumpur High Court on December 10, 2019. — Picture by Miera Zulyana What the special unit does According to Sabri, the special unit was given the mandate to carry out matters relating to voters registration, analysing electoral boundaries and federal and state voting constituencies, and to monitor the implementation of elections. Sabri’s own role included the preparation of paperwork and information papers for elections, as well as analysing boundaries for voting areas according to parliament constituencies and racial composition. “To analyse areas means I will view the past election results according to Parliament constituencies or state constituencies according to needs as ordered by the head of the special unit of strategic management, Datuk Seri Wan Ahmad Wan Omar. “Based on the election results, I will place the status of those election areas whether in Parliament or state constituencies, whether they are in the category of narrow win or win with a huge majority, or narrow loss or loss with a huge majority by the parti kerajaan (ruling party),” Sabri explained, without specifying if the ruling party was Umno or Barisan Nasional. “In early 2015, I was asked by Datuk Seri Wan Ahmad Wan Omar, who is the former Election Commission (EC) deputy chairman, to register a company to help carry out voter registration on the field,” Sabri said, noting that this was due to the special unit’s observation then that over four million eligible Malaysians had yet to register as voters. This resulted in the formation of TS Consultancy & Resources that was co-owned by Sabri and an individual named Jasni Majid, with the company tasked with helping to register eligible voters with the cooperation of Umno — particularly in areas where BN had won with a thin margin and especially to sign up new Malay voters. Sabri explained that the special unit headed by Wan Ahmad at its early stages only had one officer namely Sabri and another clerk, with the company TS Consultancy & Resources required to enable additional manpower to carry out the voter registration drive. Other than Sabri and Jasni, the company had around three other officials, Sabri said. Sabri had played the role as a liaison between the special unit and the company, and was also appointed by the EC as an assistant registrar of voters that enabled him to register new voters. Datuk Seri Ahmad Zahid Hamidi is seen at the Kuala Lumpur High Court December 10, 2019. ― Picture by Miera Zulyana The RM360,000 via two cheques Sabri confirmed that TS Consultancy & Resources had received payment of RM100,000 via an August 20, 2015 cheque and a separate payment of RM260,000 via a 2016 cheque from Zahid, with both cheques issued by Zahid’s charitable organisation Yayasan Akalbudi. When explaining why he had said the financial assistance to the company came from the deputy prime minister’s office, Sabri said: “This is related to the formation of the special unit itself, the special unit of strategic management is in the deputy prime minister’s office and at that time was carrying out tasks ordered by the deputy prime minister’s office to unit chief Datuk Seri Wan Ahmad Wan Omar.” Noting that such contributions was not part of the deputy prime minister’s office, Sabri however later said Zahid was the one who had ordered his special officer to prepare a RM100,000 cheque which he then signed off before passing it to Wan Ahmad. Sabri said this was after Wan Ahmad had briefed Zahid that it was getting difficult for the company to carry out voter registration work due to financial restrictions where allocations for its operating budget was not received. Sabri said TS Consultancy & Resources needed to source for funds as it is not a profit-oriented company and does not have any income of its own. “We don’t charge any fees for briefings or courses given as those briefings are for government officers,” he said. As for why the company is not registered with the Companies Commission of Malaysia (CCM) as a firm conducting voter registration, Sabri said this was due to the limited choices that could be selected when registering the firm’s nature of business. With TS Consultancy & Resources registered yesterday as organising training and courses including for motivation purposes, he explained that the firm holds training or briefing related to “democracy and elections” to election workers from the government. In this trial where Zahid is facing 47 charges, the prosecution had previously said it would prove that Zahid had misappropriated RM31 million from charitable organisation Yayasan Akalbudi with a substantial portion allegedly spent on other matters such as personal credit card bills, vehicle insurance and road tax. The trial before High Court judge Collin Lawrence Sequerah continues tomorrow, with Sabri expected to be cross-examined. Related Articles Ex-EC deputy denies RM360k partially used to print Quran, insists all went towards voter registration Firm’s CEO: Zahid issued RM10m cheque as loan after meeting arranged by ‘Datuk K’ Son-in-law: RM1.3m cheque issued to police’s football club after Zahid told of financial woes	cc/2020-05/en_middle_0060.json.gz/line1493
__label__cc	0.738864	0.261136	Florence Jessie Mabie1 Father* Francis Alfred Mabie2 b. 31 May 1859, d. 12 Feb 1931 Mother* Mary Jane Tierney2 b. 24 Feb 1860, d. 1 Nov 1952 Married Name � Her married name was Kirsch.1� Birth* 16 August 1883� Florence Jessie Mabie was born on 16 August 1883 at Manhattan, New York County, New York.2,3� (Witness) Census June 1900� Florence Jessie Mabie appeared on the census of June 1900 in the household of Francis Alfred Mabie and Mary Jane Tierney at 74 Woodlawn, Buffalo, Erie County, New York, ; Frank A Mabie, Head, W, M, May 1859, 41, M, 21, New York, New York, New York, Inspector Mary J Mabie, Wife, W, F, Feb 1860, 40, M, 21, 3 children born - still living 3, New York, Ireland, Scotland Florence J Mabie, Daughter, W, F, Aug 1883, 17, S, New York, New York, New York Frank A Mabie, Son, W, M, Apr 1886, 14, S, New York, New York, New York Raymond D Mabie, Son, W, M, July 1896, 3, S, New York, New York, New York.4� Memo* 27 May 1908� Florence Jessie Mabie an actress of Brooklyn, New York, was issued a passport to travel on the continent and to Turkey on 27 May 1908 at American Embassy, London, England.5� Anecdote* between 21 May 1929 and 10 June 1929� Florence J Mabie, 45, Female, Single, born in New York City, NY on Aug 16th 1883, a Cabin passenger, home address 158 Linden Blvd, Brooklyn, N. Y., departed Port Said, Egypt, May 21, 1929 on the SS President Wilson, and arrived at the Port of New York on 10 Jun 1929.6� Anecdote between 14 November 1929 and 14 December 1929� Florence Jessie Mabie, 43, Female, born in New York Aug 16, 1883, Passport 486099, Washington, DC, Jan 5, 1928, home 158 Linden Blvd, Brooklyn, N. Y., departed Jaffa, Palestine, 14 Nov 1929 on the SS Alesia, and arrived in Providence, Rhode Island on 14 Dec 1929.7� (Witness) oObit 13 February 1931� She was mentioned in the obituary of Francis Alfred Mabie on 13 February 1931 at Brooklyn, New York; Died on Feb. 12, l931, at his home, 158 Linden Boulevard, Brooklyn, Frank A. Mabie, beloved husband of Mary J. Mabie and devoted father of Florence J., Frank A. Jr., Raymond D. and Howard F. Mabie, Services at Fred Herbat Sons Funeral Parlors, 83 Hanson Place, corner S. Portland Ave., Brooklyn, Saturday, 8 p.m. Interment private. Kindly omit flowers.8� Marriage* 15 December 1932� Florence Jessie Mabie married Anslem Benedict Kirsch on 15 December 1932 at Manhattan, New York County, New York. "his third marriage."9,10� (Witness) oObit 2 November 1952� Florence Jessie Mabie was mentioned in the obituary of Mary Jane Tierney on 2 November 1952 at Brooklyn, New York; Mary Jane Mabie died on November 1, 1952, beloved wife of the late Frank A; devoted mother of Florence J. Kirsch, Raymond D. and Howard F. Mable. Services at Fred Herbst Sons Memorial, 7501 5th Avenue, Tuesday, 10 am. interment Plermont, N. Y.11� Death* 21 October 1954� Florence Jessie Mabie died on 21 October 1954 at Brooklyn, Kings County, New York, at age 71.12,13� Anslem Benedict Kirsch b. 8 Jan 1872, d. 1 Nov 1961 [S11] Data from the Maybee Society Card File, Evelyne F Mabie. [S19] Steve's Chronology, Caspar, online http://maybeesociety.org/steve/caspar/caspar.htm, Birth registration of Florence Jessie Mabie, parents: Frank A. Mabie and Mary J. Tierney Mabie, Recorded in Manhattan, NY County, NY. [S1] Ancestry.com, New York, New York, Extracted Birth Index, 1878-1909. [S90] 1900 United States Census, online ancestry.com, Buffalo Ward 17, Erie, New York; Roll: T623 1029; Page: 7A; Enumeration District: 134. [S1] Ancestry.com, U.S. Passport Applications, 1795-1925. [S1] Ancestry.com, New York, Passenger Lists, 1820-1957. [S1] Ancestry.com, U.S., Atlantic Ports Passenger Lists, 1820-1873 and 1893-1959. [S441] Old Fulton NY Post Card Website, online fultonhistory.com/Fulton_New_form.html, The Brooklyn NY Daily Eagle, Friday, February 13, 1931. [S1] Ancestry.com, New York, New York, Extracted Marriage Index, 1866-1937. [S1] Ancestry.com, Public Member Trees, WGD6-20090602. [S441] Old Fulton NY Post Card Website, online fultonhistory.com/Fulton_New_form.html, Brooklyn NY Daily Eagle, Sunday, November 2, 1952. [S441] Old Fulton NY Post Card Website, online fultonhistory.com/Fulton_New_form.html, The Brooklyn NY Daily Eagle, Saturday, Oct 23, 1954. [S1] Ancestry.com, New York, New York, Death Index, 1949-1965. Anslem Benedict Kirsch M, #17312, b. 8 January 1872, d. 1 November 1961 Birth* 8 January 1872� Anslem Benedict Kirsch was born on 8 January 1872 at Nicktown, Cambria County, Pennsylvania, son of John Kirsch and Frances Strittmatter.1,2� Marriage* 15 December 1932� He married Florence Jessie Mabie, daughter of Francis Alfred Mabie and Mary Jane Tierney, on 15 December 1932 at Manhattan, New York County, New York. "his third marriage."3,4� Death* 1 November 1961� Anslem Benedict Kirsch died on 1 November 1961 at Barr, Cambria County, Pennsylvania, at age 89.1� Florence Jessie Mabie b. 16 Aug 1883, d. 21 Oct 1954 [S1] Ancestry.com, Pennsylvania, Death Certificates, 1906-1966. Frank Alfred Mabie Jr1,2 M, #17313, b. 23 April 1886, d. 18 November 1940 Name Variation � Frank Alfred Mabie Jr was also known as Francis Alfred.3� Birth* 23 April 1886� He was born on 23 April 1886 at Manhattan, New York City, New York.4,1� (Witness) Census June 1900� Frank Alfred Mabie Jr appeared on the census of June 1900 in the household of Francis Alfred Mabie and Mary Jane Tierney at 74 Woodlawn, Buffalo, Erie County, New York, (Witness) Census April 1910� Frank Alfred Mabie Jr appeared on the census of April 1910 in the household of Francis Alfred Mabie and Mary Jane Tierney at Brooklyn, Kings County, New York, ; Frank A Mabie, Head, M, W, 51, M1, 31, New York, New York, New York, Clerk, Chemical Mary J. Mabie, Wife, F, W, 50, M1, 31, 4 children born and living, New York, Ireland, Scotland, none Frank A Mabie Jr, Son, M, W, 23, S, New York, New York, New York, Clerk, Railroad Raymond Mabie, Son, M, W, 13, S, New York, New York, New York, in school Howard F. Mabie, Son, M, W, 8, S, New York, New York, New York, in school.6� (Witness) Residence 12 September 1918� Frank Alfred Mabie Jr lived with Francis Alfred Mabie and Mary Jane Tierney on 12 September 1918 at 1429 54th Street, Brooklyn, New York.7� Anecdote* 12 September 1918� Frank Alfred Mabie Jr. of 1429 54th Street, Brooklyn, born Apr 23 1886, registered for the draft on 12 Sep 1918 at Brooklyn, Kings County, New York. He was a clerk for U S Railway Administration at Clyde & Malloy SS Co, Pier 36, NYC. His nearest living relative was his father Frank A Mabie at the above address. He was white, of tall height, medium build, with brown eyes and hair.7� Marriage* circa 1919� Frank Alfred Mabie Jr married Catherine F. McLaughlan circa 1919.3,8� Census* 10 January 1920� Frank Alfred Mabie Jr and Catherine F. McLaughlan appeared on the census of 10 January 1920 at Brooklyn, Kings County, New York. Peter McLaughlin, Head, M, W, 63, Wd, immigrated in 1880, naturalized in 1884, Canada, Ireland, Ireland, Watchman, Steam Ship Company Frank Mabie, Son-in-law, M, W, 33, M, New York, New York, New York, Clerk, Steam Ship Company Catherine Mabie, Daughter, F, W, 36, M, New Jersey, Canada, Ireland.9� Vote* 1924� In 1924 Frank Alfred Mabie Jr was registered to vote at 158 Linden Ave, Brooklyn, New York.10� Census 4 April 1930� Frank Alfred Mabie Jr appeared on the census of 4 April 1930 at 913 Union Street, Brooklyn, Kings County, New York. Francis A Mabie, Roomer, M, W, 43, M, age at first marriage 33, New York, New York, New York, Clerk, Transfer Station.8� (Witness) oObit 13 February 1931� He was mentioned in the obituary of Francis Alfred Mabie on 13 February 1931 at Brooklyn, New York; Died on Feb. 12, l931, at his home, 158 Linden Boulevard, Brooklyn, Frank A. Mabie, beloved husband of Mary J. Mabie and devoted father of Florence J., Frank A. Jr., Raymond D. and Howard F. Mabie, Services at Fred Herbat Sons Funeral Parlors, 83 Hanson Place, corner S. Portland Ave., Brooklyn, Saturday, 8 p.m. Interment private. Kindly omit flowers.11� Death* 18 November 1940� Frank Alfred Mabie Jr died on 18 November 1940 at Manhattan, New York City, New York, at age 54.12,13� Catherine F. McLaughlan b. 1883, d. 28 Apr 1953 [S76] 1910 United States Census, online ancestry.com, 9-Wd Brooklyn, Kings, New York; Series: T624; Roll: 960; Page: 130A; Enumeration District: 188; Part: 2; Line: 17. [S338] World War I Draft Registration Cards, 1917-1918, online http://www.ancestry.com/search/rectype/default.aspx?rt=39, Roll 1754499, Draft Board 60. [S303] 1930 United States Census, online ancestry.com, Brooklyn, Kings, New York, Roll: 1513, Enumeration District: 80, Image: 198. [S304] 1920 United States Census, online ancestry.com, Brooklyn Assembly District 11, Kings, New York; Roll: T625_1160; Page: 9A; Enumeration District: 622; Image: 1210. [S1] Ancestry.com, New York, New York, Voter List, 1924 - 18th Election Dist, Brooklyn, New York. [S1] Ancestry.com, New York, New York, Extracted Death Index, 1862-1948. Catherine F. McLaughlan F, #17314, b. 1883, d. 28 April 1953 Married Name � Her married name was Mabie.� Birth* 1883� Catherine F. McLaughlan was born in 1883 at New Jersey.1� Marriage* circa 1919� She married Frank Alfred Mabie Jr, son of Francis Alfred Mabie and Mary Jane Tierney, circa 1919.2,3� Census* 10 January 1920� Catherine F. McLaughlan and Frank Alfred Mabie Jr appeared on the census of 10 January 1920 at Brooklyn, Kings County, New York. Census* April 1930� Catherine F. McLaughlan appeared on the census of April 1930 at Brooklyn, Kings County, New York. Catherine F Mabie, Lodger, F, W, 45, M, age at first marriage 35, New Jersey, Canada, Ireland, file clerk, brokerage.4� Census 8 April 1940� Catherine F. McLaughlan appeared on the census of 8 April 1940 at 466 Washington Avenue, Brooklyn, Kings County, New York. Catherine Mabie, Lodger, F, W, 56, M, completed 2 years high school, born in New Jersey, Attendant, wages earned in 1939 - $1180.5� Death* 28 April 1953� She died on 28 April 1953 at Brooklyn, Kings County, New York; Died Catherine F. Mabie of 295 DeKalb Avenue. Reposing at the J. Clement Kearns Funeral Home 1461 Bushwick Avenue, until Friday, 9:30 am.6,7� Burial* 1 May 1953� She was buried on 1 May 1953 at Holy Cross Cemetery, Brooklyn, Kings County, New York.8� Frank Alfred Mabie Jr b. 23 Apr 1886, d. 18 Nov 1940 [S303] 1930 United States Census, online ancestry.com, Brooklyn, Kings, New York, Roll: 1513, Page 12B, Enumeration District: 92, Image: 684. [S458] 1940 United States Census, online ancestry.com, Brooklyn Borough, New York City, Kings, New York, Roll T627-2579, Page 6A, ED 24-1269. [S441] Old Fulton NY Post Card Website, online fultonhistory.com/Fulton_New_form.html, The Brooklyn NY Daily Eagle, Wednesday, April 29, 1953. Raymond Demarest Mabie M, #17315, b. 19 July 1896, d. 28 June 1970 Birth* 19 July 1896� Raymond Demarest Mabie was born on 19 July 1896 at Manhattan, New York City, New York.2,3� (Witness) Census June 1900� Raymond Demarest Mabie appeared on the census of June 1900 in the household of Francis Alfred Mabie and Mary Jane Tierney at 74 Woodlawn, Buffalo, Erie County, New York, (Witness) Census April 1910� Raymond Demarest Mabie appeared on the census of April 1910 in the household of Francis Alfred Mabie and Mary Jane Tierney at Brooklyn, Kings County, New York, Marriage* 29 September 1917� Raymond Demarest Mabie married Elizabeth Maud Link on 29 September 1917 at Rochester, New York.6� Milit-Beg* 27 March 1918� Raymond Demarest Mabie enlisted in the military on 27 March 1918. He was commissioned an Ensign in US Naval Reserve.7� (Witness) Census 10 January 1920� Raymond Demarest Mabie appeared on the census of 10 January 1920 in the household of Francis Alfred Mabie and Mary Jane Tierney at 1429 54th Street, Brooklyn, Kings County, New York, ; Frank A Mabie, Head, M, W, 60, M, New York, New York, New York, Clerk, Chemical Co Mary J Mabie, Wife, F, W, 59, M, New York, Ireland, Scotland, none Raymond D Mabie, Son, M, W, 23, M, New York, New York, New York, Officer, Steam Ship Company Howard F Mabie, Son, M, W, 18, M, New York, New York, New York, Clerk, Bank.8� Divorce* 25 May 1920� Raymond Demarest Mabie and Elizabeth Maud Link were divorced on 25 May 1920 at Brooklyn, Kings County, New York.6� Marriage* circa 1920� Raymond Demarest Mabie married Leatha Jane Winget circa 1920.9� Occupation* between 1921 and 1922� Raymond Demarest Mabie was a Third Mate on the ship Santiago out of New York between 1921 and 1922.10� Census* 5 May 1930� Raymond Demarest Mabie and Leatha Jane Winget appeared on the census of 5 May 1930 at 354 93rd Street, Brooklyn, Kings County, New York. Raymond Mabie, Head, M, W, 33, M, age at first marriage 23, New York, New York, New York, salesman, insurance Leatha Mabie, Wife, F, W, 36, M, age at first marriage 26, Ohio, Ohio, Ohio Marelie Mabie, Daughter, F, W, 5, Ohio, New York, Ohio.9� (Witness) oObit 13 February 1931� Raymond Demarest Mabie was mentioned in the obituary of Francis Alfred Mabie on 13 February 1931 at Brooklyn, New York; Died on Feb. 12, l931, at his home, 158 Linden Boulevard, Brooklyn, Frank A. Mabie, beloved husband of Mary J. Mabie and devoted father of Florence J., Frank A. Jr., Raymond D. and Howard F. Mabie, Services at Fred Herbat Sons Funeral Parlors, 83 Hanson Place, corner S. Portland Ave., Brooklyn, Saturday, 8 p.m. Interment private. Kindly omit flowers.11� Census 6 April 1940� Raymond Demarest Mabie and Leatha Jane Winget appeared on the census of 6 April 1940 at 239 Dahlgren Place, Brooklyn, Kings County, New York. Raymond Mabie, Head, M, W, 44, M, completed 4 years high school, born in New York, Salesman, Monuments, wages earned in 1939 - $2800 Leatha Mabie, Wife, F, W, 48, M, completed 4 years high school, born in Ohio Marilyn Mabie, Daughter, F, W, 15, S, attended school, completed 2 years high school, born in Ohio.12� WW2YA* 27 April 1942� On 27 April 1942 at Brooklyn, Kings County, New York, Raymond D Mabie of 239 Dahlgren Place, Brooklyn, Kings, NY, born July 19 1896 at New York City, registered for the draft. He was self employed at 6652 Dry Harbor Road, Middle Village, Queens, N. Y. The person who would always know his address was his wife Leatha Mabie, at the same address. He was White, 5' 9", 188 pounds, had gray eyes, black hair, and a ruddy complexion.13� (Witness) oObit 2 November 1952� Raymond Demarest Mabie was mentioned in the obituary of Mary Jane Tierney on 2 November 1952 at Brooklyn, New York; Mary Jane Mabie died on November 1, 1952, beloved wife of the late Frank A; devoted mother of Florence J. Kirsch, Raymond D. and Howard F. Mable. Services at Fred Herbst Sons Memorial, 7501 5th Avenue, Tuesday, 10 am. interment Plermont, N. Y.14� Death* 28 June 1970� Raymond Demarest Mabie died on 28 June 1970 at Melbourne, Brevard County, Florida, at age 73.15� Elizabeth Maud Link b. 8 Jul 1898, d. 17 Mar 1997 Leatha Jane Winget b. 23 Sep 1890, d. 14 Feb 1982 Marilyn Jane Mabie+16 b. 5 Jul 1924, d. 24 Jan 2002 [S1] Ancestry.com, New York, New York, Birth Index, 1891-1902 & New York, New York, Extracted Birth Index, 1878-1909 - name entered as male Mabie. [S1] Ancestry.com, U.S., World War II Draft Registration Cards, 1942. [S1] Ancestry.com, U.S. Passport Applications, 1795-1925, Passport Issued to Maud on 17 Jan 1924. [S1] Ancestry.com, New York, Abstracts of World War I Military Service, 1917-1919. [S304] 1920 United States Census, online ancestry.com, Brooklyn Assembly District 16, Kings, New York; Roll: T625_1168; Page: 12A; Enumeration District: 932; Image: 658. [S303] 1930 United States Census, online ancestry.com, Brooklyn, Kings, New York, Roll: 1508, Enumeration District: 1755, Image: 477. [S1] Ancestry.com, New York Passenger Lists, 1820-1957. [S1] Ancestry.com, U.S. World War II Draft Registration Cards, 1942 , Roll WW2_2370180. [S2] Social SecurityDeath Index, online https://www.ancestry.com/search/collections/ssdi/, and Florida Death Index, 1877-1998. Leatha Jane Winget F, #17316, b. 23 September 1890, d. 14 February 1982 Married Name � Her married name was Mabie.1� Birth* 23 September 1890� Leatha Jane Winget was born on 23 September 1890 at Bournville, Ross County, Ohio, daughter of Marion Winget and Josephine (Josie) Arabelle Loiry.2,3� Occupation* 1918� She was a Red Cross Nurse, World War I stationed at Hampton Roads, Virginia. Also at the Naval Hospital in Norfolk VA in August 1919 in 1918.4� Milit-End* 3 January 1919� She was discharged from military service on 3 January 1919 at Camp Sherman, Ohio; Army Nurse. Relieved from active duty; not discharged.5� Census* 14 January 1920� Leatha Jane Winget appeared on the census of 14 January 1920 at U. S. Naval Operating Base, Tanners Creek, Norfolk County, Virginia. Leatha J Wingett, Lodger, F, W, 29, S, Ohio, Ohio, Ohio, Nurse, U. S. Navy.6� Marriage* circa 1920� She married Raymond Demarest Mabie, son of Francis Alfred Mabie and Mary Jane Tierney, circa 1920.7� Census* 5 May 1930� Leatha Jane Winget and Raymond Demarest Mabie appeared on the census of 5 May 1930 at 354 93rd Street, Brooklyn, Kings County, New York. Census 6 April 1940� Leatha Jane Winget and Raymond Demarest Mabie appeared on the census of 6 April 1940 at 239 Dahlgren Place, Brooklyn, Kings County, New York. Marilyn Mabie, Daughter, F, W, 15, S, attended school, completed 2 years high school, born in Ohio.8� (Witness) WW2YA 27 April 1942� On 27 April 1942 Leatha Jane Winget was the person to always know the address of Raymond Demarest Mabie ."Raymond D Mabie of 239 Dahlgren Place, Brooklyn, Kings, NY, born July 19 1896 at New York City, registered for the draft. He was self employed at 6652 Dry Harbor Road, Middle Village, Queens, N. Y. The person who would always know his address was his wife Leatha Mabie, at the same address. He was White, 5' 9", 188 pounds, had gray eyes, black hair, and a ruddy complexion."9� Residence* � Leatha Jane Winget lived at 774 Madison Avenue, Chillicothe, Ohio.5� Death* 14 February 1982� She died on 14 February 1982 at Oak Hill Convalescent Center, Chesapeake, Virginia, at age 91.2� Burial* � She was buried at Eau Gallie Cemetery, Eau Gallie, Brevard County, Florida.10� Raymond Demarest Mabie b. 19 Jul 1896, d. 28 Jun 1970 Marilyn Jane Mabie+5 b. 5 Jul 1924, d. 24 Jan 2002 [S1] Ancestry.com, Virginia, Death Records, 1912-2014SSDI. [S1] Ancestry.com, Ohio, Births and Christenings Index, 1774-1973. [S249] Steven Winget, "Raymond Demarest Mabie family update," e-mail to Maybee Society, 21 Jan 2003, from her obituary. [S249] Steven Winget, "Raymond Demarest Mabie family update," e-mail to Maybee Society, 21 Jan 2003. [S304] 1920 United States Census, online ancestry.com, Tanners Creek, Norfolk, Virginia; Roll: T625_1900; Page: 43B; Enumeration District: 143. Franklin Drake Mabee M, #17317, b. 2 October 1824, d. 25 July 1880 Father* Jacob Maybee1 b. 19 Oct 1793, d. 7 Mar 1831 Mother* Elizabeth Pyke1 b. c 1800, d. 4 Apr 1876 Name Variation � Franklin Drake Mabee was also known as Francis J.2,3� Birth* 2 October 1824� He was born on 2 October 1824 at Eastport, Washington County, Maine.3� Marriage* 5 September 1849� He married Miriam M. Wood on 5 September 1849 at Eastport, Washington County, Maine. "Marriage: Franklin D. Mabee and Miriam M. Wood, both of Eastport, Maine."1� Census* 4 October 1850� Franklin Drake Mabee appeared on the census of 4 October 1850 at Yuba County, California. Franklin Mabee, 24, M, Gold Miner, Mass.4� Census* 18 June 1860� Franklin Drake Mabee and Miriam M. Wood appeared on the census of 18 June 1860 at Eastport, Washington County, Maine. Franklin D. Mabee, 36, M, Seaman, New Brunswick $600 $200 Marian M. Mabee, 30, F, Nova Scotia Thomas F. Mabee, 7, F, ME, attended school George W. Mabee, 1, F, ME Mary E McLaughlin, 26, F, New Brunswick Catharine McQuaig, 12, F, Servant, ME.5� Census 7 June 1870� Franklin Drake Mabee and Miriam M. Wood appeared on the census of 7 June 1870 at Eastport District, Washington County, Maine. Frank Mabee, 46, M, W, Boot & Shoe Maker, $1400, $300, New Brunswick Marian Mabee, 40, F, W, Keeping House, Nova Scotia Thomas Mabee, 18, M, W, Clerk in Store, Maine George Mabee, 11, M, W, Attending School, Maine Fred Mabee, 4, M, W, Maine Mary Mabee, 2, F, W, Maine.6� Census 17 June 1880� Franklin Drake Mabee and Miriam M. Wood appeared on the census of 17 June 1880 at Eastport, Washington County, Maine. Frank Mabee, White, Male, 56, Head, Married, Bootmaker, born in New Brunswick, Father born in Nova Scotia, Mother born in Nova Scotia Mirian Mabee, White, Female, 50, Wife, Married, Keeping House, born in Nova Scotia, Father born in Ireland, Mother born in Maine Thomas Mabee, Son, White, Male, Single, 28, born in Maine, Father born in New Brunswick, Mother born in Maine George W. Mabee, White, Male, 21, Son, Single, Telegraph Operator, born in Maine, Father born in New Brunswick, Mother born in Maine Fred W. Mabee, White, Male, 14, Son, Single, At School, born in Maine, Father born in New Brunswick, Mother born in Maine Mary Mabee, White, Female, 12, Daughter, Single, At School, born in Maine, Father born in New Brunswick, Mother born in Maine Jacob P. Mabee, White, Male, 8, Son, Single, At School, born in Maine, Father born in New Brunswick, Mother born in Maine Zelelia Mitchel, White, Male, 24, Boarder, Single, Boarder, born in New Brunswick, Father born in New Brunswick, Mother born in New Brunswick.7� Death* 25 July 1880� Franklin Drake Mabee died on 25 July 1880 at Eastport, Washington County, Maine, at age 55.2� Probate* 23 September 1880� His estate was probated on 23 September 1880 at Washington County, Maine. "Frank D. Mabee of Eastport, Washington County, Maine. Died Intestate. Letters of Administration issued to his wife, Miriam M. Mabee on 9/23/1880."8� Miriam M. Wood b. 31 Mar 1830, d. 16 Oct 1906 Thomas Franklin Mabee1 b. 9 Jul 1852, d. 12 Feb 1934 George William Mabee1 b. 14 Apr 1859, d. 13 May 1917 Sarah Catherine Mabee2 b. 15 Dec 1862 or 14 Dec 1863, d. 14 Jun 1865 Fred Wood Mabee+2 b. 16 Jun 1866, d. 15 Oct 1941 Mary M Mabee2,1 b. 19 Jun 1868, d. 8 Oct 1957 Jacob Pike Mabee+1 b. 22 Nov 1872, d. 28 Apr 1962 [S14] Steve Mabie, Chronology of NB and Maine, online http://maybeesociety.org/steve/canada/…, Records of Births, Deaths, Marriages and Marriage Intentions, Eastport Maine, ca. 1760 – 1930 (LDS Film 10838). [S13] Handbook of compiled genealogical records, p. 104. [S14] Steve Mabie, Chronology of NB and Maine, online http://maybeesociety.org/steve/canada/…, Source: Records of Birth, Marriage and Death, Eastport, Maine, 1811 - 1856 (LDS Film 10840). [S71] 1850 United States Census, online ancestry.com, Yuba County, California; Roll M432_36; Page: 220A; Image: 449. [S91] 1860 United States Census, online ancestry.com, Eastport, Washington, Maine; Roll M653_455; Page: 726; Image: 504; Family History Library Film: 803455. [S99] 1870 United States Census, online ancestry.com, Eastport, Washington, Maine; Roll M593_562; Page: 228B; Image: 469; Family History Library Film: 552061. [S52] 1880 United States Census, online ancestry.com, Eastport, Washington, Maine; Roll: 490; Family History Film: 1254490; Page: 235B; Enumeration District: 177; Image: 0052. [S14] Steve Mabie, Chronology of NB and Maine, online http://maybeesociety.org/steve/canada/…, Washington County, Maine, Probate Records. Miriam M. Wood F, #17318, b. 31 March 1830, d. 16 October 1906 Married Name � Her married name was Mabee.1� Birth* 31 March 1830� Miriam M. Wood was born on 31 March 1830 at Nova Scotia, Canada, daughter of Thomas Wood and Mary A Morton.2,3� Marriage* 5 September 1849� She married Franklin Drake Mabee, son of Jacob Maybee and Elizabeth Pyke, on 5 September 1849 at Eastport, Washington County, Maine. Census* 18 June 1860� Miriam M. Wood and Franklin Drake Mabee appeared on the census of 18 June 1860 at Eastport, Washington County, Maine. Census 7 June 1870� Miriam M. Wood and Franklin Drake Mabee appeared on the census of 7 June 1870 at Eastport District, Washington County, Maine. Census 17 June 1880� Miriam M. Wood and Franklin Drake Mabee appeared on the census of 17 June 1880 at Eastport, Washington County, Maine. (Witness) Probate 23 September 1880� Miriam M. Wood was mentioned when Franklin Drake Mabee's will was probated on 23 September 1880 at Washington County, Maine. "Frank D. Mabee of Eastport, Washington County, Maine. Died Intestate. Letters of Administration issued to his wife, Miriam M. Mabee on 9/23/1880."8� Census* June 1900� Miriam M. Wood appeared on the census of June 1900 at Ray Street, Eastport, Washington County, Maine. Meriam Mabie, Head, W, F, Mar 1830 70, M, 52, 6 children born - still living 5, Canada, Scotland, Maine, N. Y. 0-1-0, owns house free of mortgage George Mabie, Son, W, M, Apr 1860, 40, S, Maine, Canada, Canada, Saloon Keeper.3� Will* 6 April 1901� She left a will on 6 April 1901 at Eastport, Washington County, Maine. "Will of Miriam M. Mabee of Eastport, Washington County, Maine, dated 4/6/1901 and proved 12/11/1906. Mentions only son George W. Mabee."9� Death* 16 October 1906� She died on 16 October 1906 at Eastport, Washington County, Maine, at age 76.10� Probate* 11 December 1906� Her estate was probated on 11 December 1906 at Washington County, Maine.9� Franklin Drake Mabee b. 2 Oct 1824, d. 25 Jul 1880 Mary M Mabee1 b. 19 Jun 1868, d. 8 Oct 1957 [S1] Ancestry.com, Maine Death Records, 1617-1922, died age 76y, 6m, 16d, stamped born in Eastport. [S90] 1900 United States Census, online ancestry.com, Eastport, Washington, Maine; Roll: T623 601; Page: 1B; Enumeration District: 207. [S14] Steve Mabie, Chronology of NB and Maine, online http://maybeesociety.org/steve/canada/…, Washington County, Maine, Probate Records, Vol. 57, page 96. [S1] Ancestry.com, Maine Death Records, 1617-1922. Thomas Franklin Mabee M, #17319, b. 9 July 1852, d. 12 February 1934 Father* Franklin Drake Mabee1 b. 2 Oct 1824, d. 25 Jul 1880 Mother* Miriam M. Wood2 b. 31 Mar 1830, d. 16 Oct 1906 Birth* 9 July 1852� Thomas Franklin Mabee was born on 9 July 1852 at Eastport, Washington County, Maine.1� (Witness) Census 18 June 1860� Thomas Franklin Mabee appeared on the census of 18 June 1860 in the household of Franklin Drake Mabee and Miriam M. Wood at Eastport, Washington County, Maine, ; Franklin D. Mabee, 36, M, Seaman, New Brunswick $600 $200 (Witness) Census 7 June 1870� Thomas Franklin Mabee appeared on the census of 7 June 1870 in the household of Franklin Drake Mabee and Miriam M. Wood at Eastport District, Washington County, Maine, ; Frank Mabee, 46, M, W, Boot & Shoe Maker, $1400, $300, New Brunswick ; Frank Mabee, White, Male, 56, Head, Married, Bootmaker, born in New Brunswick, Father born in Nova Scotia, Mother born in Nova Scotia Marriage* 5 February 1895� Thomas Franklin Mabee married Agnes G. Dennie on 5 February 1895 at Welshpool, Campobello Island, Charlotte County, New Brunswick, Canada. "by Rev. J. B. Daggett."6� Census* 2 June 1900� Thomas Franklin Mabee and Agnes G. Dennie appeared on the census of 2 June 1900 at County Road, Eastport, Washington County, Maine. Thomas Mabee, Head, W, M, July 1854, 45, M, 5, Maine, Maine, Maine, Carpenter, owns mortgaged home (farm) Agnes G Mabee, Wife, W, M[sic], Jun 1862, 38, M, 5, no children born, Maine, Maine, Maine.7� Divorce* � Thomas Franklin Mabee and Agnes G. Dennie were divorced.8� (Witness) Census 18 April 1910� Thomas Franklin Mabee appeared on the census of 18 April 1910 in the household of Henry Dewey Davis and Mary M Mabee at 42 King? Street, Eastport, Washington County, Maine, ; Henry Davis, Head, M, W, 41, M, 18, Maine, Maine, Maine, Superintendent, Gen Lumber — Davis, Wife, F, W, 41, M1, 18, Maine, Canada, Maine, none Geo Maby, Brother-in-law, W, M, 51, S, Maine, Canada, Maine, Proprietor, Boat Building Shop Thomas Maby, Brother-in-law, W, M, 58, M1, Maine, Canada, Maine, Proprietor, Boat Building Shop.9� (Witness) Will 6 December 1916� Thomas Franklin Mabee was mentioned in the will of George William Mabee on 6 December 1916 at Eastport, Washington County, Maine. "Will of George W. Mabee of Eastport, Washington County, Maine, dated 12/6/1916 and proved 7/10/1917. Mentions brothers Thomas F. Mabee, Jacob P. Mabee and Fred W. Mabee and sister Mary M. Davis."10� (Witness) Census January 1920� Thomas Franklin Mabee appeared on the census of January 1920 in the household of Henry Dewey Davis and Mary M Mabee at 118 Water Street, Eastport, Washington County, Maine, ; Henry Davis, Head, M, W, 51, M, Maine, Maine, Maine, Lumber Business, owns mortgaged home Mary M. Davis, Wife, F, W, 51, M, Maine, Canada, Canada Thomas F Mabee, Brother-in-law, M, W, 57, M, Maine, Canada, Canada, Lumberman, Wood.11� Census* 1930� Thomas Franklin Mabee appeared on the census of 1930 at Eastport, Washington County, Maine. Thomas F Mabee, Roomer, M. W. 77, D, first married at 42, Maine, Maine, Canada, Jeweler, Jewelry Store.8� Death* 12 February 1934� He died on 12 February 1934 at age 81.12� Agnes G. Dennie b. Jun 1862 [S456] New Brunswick Archive, online http://archives.gnb.ca/APPS/GovRecs/VISSE/?culture=en-CA, New Brunswick Marriages. [S90] 1900 United States Census, online ancestry.com, Eastport, Washington, Maine; Roll: T623_601; Page: 2A; ED 206. [S303] 1930 United States Census, online ancestry.com, Eastport, Washington, Maine, Roll: 840, Enumeration District: 31, Image: 878. [S76] 1910 United States Census, online ancestry.com, 3-Wd Eastport, Washington, Maine; Series: T624; Roll: 547; Page: 30B; Enumeration District: 287; Part: 2; Line: 21. [S304] 1920 United States Census, online ancestry.com, Eastport Ward 2, Washington, Maine; Roll: T625_650; Page: 2A; Enumeration District: 170; Image: 400. Fred Wood Mabee M, #17320, b. 16 June 1866, d. 15 October 1941 Name Variation � Fred Wood Mabee was also known as Frederick W.� Birth* 16 June 1866� He was born on 16 June 1866 at Eastport, Washington County, Maine.1,2� (Witness) Census 7 June 1870� Fred Wood Mabee appeared on the census of 7 June 1870 in the household of Franklin Drake Mabee and Miriam M. Wood at Eastport District, Washington County, Maine, (Witness) Census 17 June 1880� Fred Wood Mabee appeared on the census of 17 June 1880 in the household of Franklin Drake Mabee and Miriam M. Wood at Eastport, Washington County, Maine, Marriage* 14 February 1892� Fred Wood Mabee married Carrie May Bogrette on 14 February 1892 at Eastport, Washington County, Maine. "by Rev. E. E. Colburn."5,6� Census June 1900� Fred Wood Mabee and Carrie May Bogrette appeared on the census of June 1900 at South Clark Street, Eastport, Washington County, Maine. Enoch Bogrett, Head, M, W, May 1840, 60, Wd, Canada, Canada, Canada, immigrated in 1860, Day Laborer, owns house free of mortgage Carry M Bogrett [Mabee], Daughter, W, F, Apr 1872, 28, M, 8, 2 children born - still living 1, Maine, Canada, Canada Fred W Mabee, Son-in-law, W, M, Jan 1869, 31, M, 8, Maine, Canada, Canada, Merchant Ashton Mabee, Grandson, W, M, Oct 1897, 2, Maine, Maine, Maine.7� Census April 1910� Fred Wood Mabee and Carrie May Bogrette appeared on the census of April 1910 at 24 Washington Street, Eastport, Washington County, Maine. Fredrick Mabee, Head, M, W, 41, M1, 14, Maine, Canada, Maine, Boarding House, owns home Carrie Mabee, Wife, F, W, 38, M1, 14, 3 children born, living 2, Maine, Maine, Maine, none Ashton Mabee, Son, M, W, 12, S, Maine, Maine, Maine, in school Wallace Mabee, Son, M, W, 4, S, Maine, Maine, Maine, none.8� (Witness) Will 6 December 1916� Fred Wood Mabee was mentioned in the will of George William Mabee on 6 December 1916 at Eastport, Washington County, Maine. "Will of George W. Mabee of Eastport, Washington County, Maine, dated 12/6/1916 and proved 7/10/1917. Mentions brothers Thomas F. Mabee, Jacob P. Mabee and Fred W. Mabee and sister Mary M. Davis."9� Residence* 12 September 1918� Fred Wood Mabee and Carrie May Bogrette lived on 12 September 1918 at Eastport, Washington County, Maine, with Ashton Morton Mabee.� Census* January 1920� Fred Wood Mabee and Carrie May Bogrette appeared on the census of January 1920 at 34 Washington Street, Eastport, Washington County, Maine. Fred W Mabee, Head, M, W, 54, M, Maine, Canada, Maine, Laborer, Factory Carrie M Mabee, Wife, F, W, 48, M, Maine, Maine, Maine Ashton M Mabee, Son, M, W, 22, S, Maine, Maine, Maine, Machinist, Factory Wallace F Mabee, Son, M, W, 16, S, Maine, Maine, Maine, Salesman, Music Store Sarah K Mabee, Daughter-in-law, F, W, 23, S, Massachusetts, England, Massachusetts John F Mabee, Grandson, M, W, 4 months, S, Maine, Maine, Massachusetts.10� Census April 1930� Fred Wood Mabee and Carrie May Bogrette appeared on the census of April 1930 at 34 Washington, Eastport, Washington County, Maine. Fred W Mabee, Head, owns house worth $5000, M, W, 60, M, age at first marriage 26, Maine, Canada, Maine, Proprietor, Boarding House Carrie M Mabee, Wife, F, W, 57, M, age at first marriage 22, Maine, Canada, Maine Ashton Mabee, Son, M, W, 33, M, age at first marriage 21, Maine, Maine, Maine, Proprietor, Retail Jewelry Wallace Mabee, Son, M, W, 26, S, Maine, Maine, Maine, Proprietor, Retail Jewelry Sarah Mabee, Daughter-in-law, F, W, 33, M, age at first marriage 21, Massachusetts, England, Massachusetts John Mabee, Grandson, M, W, 10, S, Maine, Maine, Massachusetts Robert Mabee, Grandson, M, W, 5, S, Maine, Maine, Massachusetts.11� Census 5 April 1940� Fred Wood Mabee and Carrie May Bogrette appeared on the census of 5 April 1940 at 34 Washington Street, Eastport, Washington County, Maine. Fred W Mabee, owns home worth $3500, Head, M, W, 73, M, completed 2 years high school, born in Maine Carrie M Mabee, Wife, F, W, 68, M, completed 8 years school, born in Maine Ashton M Mabee, Son, M, W, 42, M, completed 4 years high school, born in Maine, Chief Clerk, WPA, earned $1500 in 1939 Sarah K Mabee, Daughter in law, F, W, 43, M, completed 8 years school, born in Massachusetts John F Mabee, Grandson, M, W, 20, S, completed 4 years high school, born in Maine, Special Delivery Messenger, Post Office, earned $100 in 1939 Robert G Mabee, Grandson, M, W, 15, S, attended school, completed 2 years high school, born in Maine.12� Death* 15 October 1941� Fred Wood Mabee died on 15 October 1941 at age 75.1� Burial* � He and Carrie May Bogrette were buried at Hillside Cemetery, Eastport, Washington County, Maine.13� Carrie May Bogrette b. 15 Apr 1871, d. 10 May 1951 Francis Wood Mabee14 b. 19 Mar 1896, d. 26 May 1897 Ashton Morton Mabee+1 b. 2 Oct 1897, d. 24 Sep 1972 Wallace Frederick Mabee15 b. 20 Feb 1903, d. 20 Feb 1987 [S52] 1880 United States Census, online ancestry.com, Page 235B, National Archives Film T9-0490. [S14] Steve Mabie, Chronology of NB and Maine, online http://maybeesociety.org/steve/canada/…, Source: Vital Records from the Eastport Sentinel, Vol. 74 #8 (2/17/1892). [S1] Ancestry.com, Maine, Marriage Records, 1713-1937. [S76] 1910 United States Census, online ancestry.com, 2-Wd Eastport, Washington, Maine; Series: T624; Roll: 547; Page: 21A; Enumeration District: 286; Part: 2; Line: 7. [S458] 1940 United States Census, online ancestry.com, Eastport, Washington, Maine, Roll T627_1493, Page 4A, ED 15-38. [S382] Find A Grave, online http://www.findagrave.com/, Find A Grave Memorials# 78858251 & 78858224. [S241] Emails from Barbara Millar, Noble County Indiana Marriages. Carrie May Bogrette F, #17321, b. 15 April 1871, d. 10 May 1951 Birth* 15 April 1871� Carrie May Bogrette was born on 15 April 1871 at Calais, Washington County, Maine, daughter of Enoch and Mary Bogrette.2,3� Marriage* 14 February 1892� She married Fred Wood Mabee, son of Franklin Drake Mabee and Miriam M. Wood, on 14 February 1892 at Eastport, Washington County, Maine. Census June 1900� Carrie May Bogrette and Fred Wood Mabee appeared on the census of June 1900 at South Clark Street, Eastport, Washington County, Maine. Census April 1910� Carrie May Bogrette and Fred Wood Mabee appeared on the census of April 1910 at 24 Washington Street, Eastport, Washington County, Maine. Residence* 12 September 1918� Carrie May Bogrette and Fred Wood Mabee lived on 12 September 1918 at Eastport, Washington County, Maine, with Ashton Morton Mabee.� Census* January 1920� Carrie May Bogrette and Fred Wood Mabee appeared on the census of January 1920 at 34 Washington Street, Eastport, Washington County, Maine. John F Mabee, Grandson, M, W, 4 months, S, Maine, Maine, Massachusetts.7� Census April 1930� Carrie May Bogrette and Fred Wood Mabee appeared on the census of April 1930 at 34 Washington, Eastport, Washington County, Maine. Robert Mabee, Grandson, M, W, 5, S, Maine, Maine, Massachusetts.8� Census 5 April 1940� Carrie May Bogrette and Fred Wood Mabee appeared on the census of 5 April 1940 at 34 Washington Street, Eastport, Washington County, Maine. Robert G Mabee, Grandson, M, W, 15, S, attended school, completed 2 years high school, born in Maine.9� Death* 10 May 1951� Carrie May Bogrette died on 10 May 1951 at age 80.10� Burial* � She and Fred Wood Mabee were buried at Hillside Cemetery, Eastport, Washington County, Maine.11� Fred Wood Mabee b. 16 Jun 1866, d. 15 Oct 1941 [S22] Steve Mabie, Mabie/Maybee/Mabee/Mabey Family Records, online http://maybeesociety.org/steve/steve.html, 1860 census. [S442] Google Alerts from Kim Mabee MS# 78 : http://www.findagrave.com Jacob Pike Mabee1 M, #17322, b. 22 November 1872, d. 28 April 1962 Birth* 22 November 1872� Jacob Pike Mabee was born on 22 November 1872 at Eastport, Washington County, Maine.1� (Witness) Census 17 June 1880� Jacob Pike Mabee appeared on the census of 17 June 1880 in the household of Franklin Drake Mabee and Miriam M. Wood at Eastport, Washington County, Maine, Marriage* 5 September 1899� Jacob Pike Mabee married Iva N. Arris on 5 September 1899 at Lubec, Washington County, Maine. "by Rev. Monford S. Hill."4,5� Census 29 June 1900� Jacob Pike Mabee and Iva N. Arris appeared on the census of 29 June 1900 at Lubec, Washington County, Maine. Jacob P Mabee, Boarder, W, M, Nov 1872, 27, M0, Maine, Maine, Maine, Druggist Ivy N Mabee, Boarder, W, F, Sept 1877, 22, M0, no children born, Maine, Maine, Maine.6� Census April 1910� Jacob Pike Mabee and Iva N. Arris appeared on the census of April 1910 at Water Street, Lubec, Washington County, Maine. Jacob P Mabee, Head, M, W, 37, M1, 10, Maine, Canada, Canada, Druggist, own shop Ivy N. Mabee, Wife, F, W, 32, M1, 10, 2 children born and living, Maine, Maine, Maine, none Morton M. Mabee, Son, M, W, 8, S, Maine, Maine, Maine, in school Miriam E. Mabee, Daughter, F, W, 7, S, Maine, Maine, Maine, in school.7� (Witness) Will 6 December 1916� Jacob Pike Mabee was mentioned in the will of George William Mabee on 6 December 1916 at Eastport, Washington County, Maine. "Will of George W. Mabee of Eastport, Washington County, Maine, dated 12/6/1916 and proved 7/10/1917. Mentions brothers Thomas F. Mabee, Jacob P. Mabee and Fred W. Mabee and sister Mary M. Davis."8� Anecdote* 12 September 1918� Jacob Pike Mabee of Lubec, Maine, born 8 Nov 1872, registered for the draft on Sep 12, 1918 at Washington County, Maine. He was a self employed Druggist in Lubec. His nearest living relative was Ivie N. Mabee of Lubec. He was white, of short height, medium build, with gray eyes and medium brown hair.9� Census* January 1920� Jacob Pike Mabee and Iva N. Arris appeared on the census of January 1920 at Water Street, Lubec, Washington County, Maine. Jacob P Mabee, Head, M, W, 47, M, Maine, Canada, Maine, Druggist, Own Shop, owns home free of mortgage Iva N Mabee, Wife, M, W, 41, M, Maine, Maine, Maine Morton M Mabee, Son, M, W, 18, S, Maine, Maine, Maine, in school Marion E Mabee, Daughter, F, W, 17, S, Maine, Maine, Maine, in school.10� Occupation* 1935� Jacob Pike Mabee and Iva N. Arris were Jacob P Mabee (Ivie N), Propriator of Mabee Drug Store on Water Street. in 1935 at 16 School Street, Lubec, Washington County, Maine.11� Death* 28 April 1962� Jacob Pike Mabee died on 28 April 1962 at Lubec, Washington County, Maine, at age 89.12� Iva N. Arris b. Sep 1877 Morton Mayo Mabee+13 b. 5 Aug 1901, d. 6 Apr 1987 Miriam Elizabeth Mabee14 b. 15 Jan 1903, d. May 1986 [S14] Steve Mabie, Chronology of NB and Maine, online http://maybeesociety.org/steve/canada/…, Vital Records from the Eastport Sentinel, Vol. 81 #38 (9/13/1899). [S90] 1900 United States Census, online ancestry.com, Lubec, Washington, Maine; Roll: T623 602; Page: 28B; Enumeration District: 211. [S76] 1910 United States Census, online ancestry.com, Lubec, Washington, Maine; Series: T624; Roll: 547; Page: 130B; Enumeration District: 293; Part: 2; Line: 27. [S338] World War I Draft Registration Cards, 1917-1918, online http://www.ancestry.com/search/rectype/default.aspx?rt=39, Roll 1654020. [S304] 1920 United States Census, online ancestry.com, Lubec, Washington, Maine; Roll: T625_650; Page: 2A; Enumeration District: 176; Image: 512. [S1] Ancestry.com, 1935 Lubec City Directory. [S1] Ancestry.com, Maine Death Index, 1960-1997. [S1] Ancestry.com, Maine Birth Records, 1621-1922. Ashton Morton Mabee1 M, #17323, b. 2 October 1897, d. 24 September 1972 Father* Fred Wood Mabee1 b. 16 Jun 1866, d. 15 Oct 1941 Mother* Carrie May Bogrette1 b. 15 Apr 1871, d. 10 May 1951 Birth* 2 October 1897� Ashton Morton Mabee was born on 2 October 1897 at Eastport, Washington County, Maine.2,3� (Witness) Census June 1900� Ashton Morton Mabee appeared on the census of June 1900 in the household of Fred Wood Mabee and Carrie May Bogrette at South Clark Street, Eastport, Washington County, Maine, ; Enoch Bogrett, Head, M, W, May 1840, 60, Wd, Canada, Canada, Canada, immigrated in 1860, Day Laborer, owns house free of mortgage (Witness) Census April 1910� Ashton Morton Mabee appeared on the census of April 1910 in the household of Fred Wood Mabee and Carrie May Bogrette at 24 Washington Street, Eastport, Washington County, Maine, ; Fredrick Mabee, Head, M, W, 41, M1, 14, Maine, Canada, Maine, Boarding House, owns home (Witness) Residence 12 September 1918� Ashton Morton Mabee lived with Fred Wood Mabee and Carrie May Bogrette on 12 September 1918 at Eastport, Washington County, Maine.� Anecdote* 12 September 1918� Ashton Morton Mabee of Eastport, Maine, born 2 Oct 1897, registered for the draft on Sep 12, 1918 at Washington County, Maine. He was a machinist at the Dea Crab Canning Company in Eastport. His nearest living relative was Carrie Mabee of Eastport. He was white, of medium height and build, with light brown eyes and brown hair.6� Marriage* 13 August 1919� Ashton Morton Mabee married Sarah Catherine Tooze on 13 August 1919 at Saint Stephen, Charlotte County, New Brunswick, Canada.7� (Witness) Census January 1920� Ashton Morton Mabee appeared on the census of January 1920 in the household of Fred Wood Mabee and Carrie May Bogrette at 34 Washington Street, Eastport, Washington County, Maine, ; Fred W Mabee, Head, M, W, 54, M, Maine, Canada, Maine, Laborer, Factory (Witness) Census April 1930� Ashton Morton Mabee appeared on the census of April 1930 in the household of Fred Wood Mabee and Carrie May Bogrette at 34 Washington, Eastport, Washington County, Maine, ; Fred W Mabee, Head, owns house worth $5000, M, W, 60, M, age at first marriage 26, Maine, Canada, Maine, Proprietor, Boarding House (Witness) Census 5 April 1940� Ashton Morton Mabee appeared on the census of 5 April 1940 in the household of Fred Wood Mabee and Carrie May Bogrette at 34 Washington Street, Eastport, Washington County, Maine, ; Fred W Mabee, owns home worth $3500, Head, M, W, 73, M, completed 2 years high school, born in Maine Death* 24 September 1972� Ashton Morton Mabee died on 24 September 1972 at Eastport, Washington County, Maine, at age 74.11� Burial* � He was buried at Hillside Cemetery, Eastport, Washington County, Maine.12� Sarah Catherine Tooze b. 23 Oct 1896, d. 14 May 1984 John Francis Mabee13 b. 19 Aug 1919, d. 18 Mar 1988 Robert George Mabee13 b. 23 Jan 1925, d. 27 Oct 1993 [S14] Steve Mabie, Chronology of NB and Maine, online http://maybeesociety.org/steve/canada/…, Birth: A son of Fred Mabee in Eastport Source: Vital Records from the Eastport Sentinel, Vol. 79 #42 (10/6/1897). Mary M Mabee1 F, #17324, b. 19 June 1868, d. 8 October 1957 Father* Franklin Drake Mabee1,2 b. 2 Oct 1824, d. 25 Jul 1880 Married Name � Her married name was Davis.3� Birth* 19 June 1868� Mary M Mabee was born on 19 June 1868 at Eastport, Washington County, Maine.2� (Witness) Census 7 June 1870� Mary M Mabee appeared on the census of 7 June 1870 in the household of Franklin Drake Mabee and Miriam M. Wood at Eastport District, Washington County, Maine, (Witness) Census 17 June 1880� Mary M Mabee appeared on the census of 17 June 1880 in the household of Franklin Drake Mabee and Miriam M. Wood at Eastport, Washington County, Maine, Marriage* before 13 January 1892� Mary M Mabee married Henry Dewey Davis before 13 January 1892 at Campobello, Maine. "Henry Dewey Davis of Boston and Mary Morton Mabee of Eastport, in Campobello by Rev. W. H. Street."3� Census* 18 April 1910� Mary M Mabee and Henry Dewey Davis appeared on the census of 18 April 1910 at 42 King? Street, Eastport, Washington County, Maine. Henry Davis, Head, M, W, 41, M, 18, Maine, Maine, Maine, Superintendent, Gen Lumber (Witness) Will 6 December 1916� Mary M Mabee was mentioned in the will of George William Mabee on 6 December 1916 at Eastport, Washington County, Maine. "Will of George W. Mabee of Eastport, Washington County, Maine, dated 12/6/1916 and proved 7/10/1917. Mentions brothers Thomas F. Mabee, Jacob P. Mabee and Fred W. Mabee and sister Mary M. Davis."7� Census January 1920� Mary M Mabee and Henry Dewey Davis appeared on the census of January 1920 at 118 Water Street, Eastport, Washington County, Maine. Henry Davis, Head, M, W, 51, M, Maine, Maine, Maine, Lumber Business, owns mortgaged home Thomas F Mabee, Brother-in-law, M, W, 57, M, Maine, Canada, Canada, Lumberman, Wood.8� Death* 8 October 1957� Mary M Mabee died on 8 October 1957 at age 89.9� Henry Dewey Davis b. 1868 [S14] Steve Mabie, Chronology of NB and Maine, online http://maybeesociety.org/steve/canada/…, Vital Records from the Eastport Sentinel, Vol. 74 #3 (1/13/1892). Sarah Catherine Mabee F, #17325, b. 15 December 1862 or 14 December 1863, d. 14 June 1865 Nickname � Sarah Catherine Mabee also went by the name of Kitty.2� Birth* 15 December 1862 or 14 December 1863� She was born on 15 December 1862 or 14 December 1863 at Eastport, Washington County, Maine.3,4� Death* 14 June 1865� She died on 14 June 1865 at Eastport, Washington County, Maine.2� [S10] Royal A Mabee's notebook, says 15 Dec 1862. [S14] Steve Mabie, Chronology of NB and Maine, online http://maybeesociety.org/steve/canada/…, Records of Births, Deaths, Marriages and Marriage Intentions, Eastport Maine, ca. 1760 – 1930 (LDS Film 10838) says 14 Dec 1863. George William Mabee1 M, #17326, b. 14 April 1859, d. 13 May 1917 Birth* 14 April 1859� George William Mabee was born on 14 April 1859 at Eastport, Washington County, Maine.1� (Witness) Census 18 June 1860� George William Mabee appeared on the census of 18 June 1860 in the household of Franklin Drake Mabee and Miriam M. Wood at Eastport, Washington County, Maine, (Witness) Census 7 June 1870� George William Mabee appeared on the census of 7 June 1870 in the household of Franklin Drake Mabee and Miriam M. Wood at Eastport District, Washington County, Maine, (Witness) Census June 1900� George William Mabee appeared on the census of June 1900 in the household of Miriam M. Wood at Ray Street, Eastport, Washington County, Maine, ; Meriam Mabie, Head, W, F, Mar 1830 70, M, 52, 6 children born - still living 5, Canada, Scotland, Maine, N. Y. 0-1-0, owns house free of mortgage (Witness) Will 6 April 1901� George William Mabee was mentioned in the will of Miriam M. Wood on 6 April 1901 at Eastport, Washington County, Maine. "Will of Miriam M. Mabee of Eastport, Washington County, Maine, dated 4/6/1901 and proved 12/11/1906. Mentions only son George W. Mabee."7� (Witness) Census 18 April 1910� George William Mabee appeared on the census of 18 April 1910 in the household of Henry Dewey Davis and Mary M Mabee at 42 King? Street, Eastport, Washington County, Maine, Will* 6 December 1916� George William Mabee left a will on 6 December 1916 at Eastport, Washington County, Maine. "Will of George W. Mabee of Eastport, Washington County, Maine, dated 12/6/1916 and proved 7/10/1917. Mentions brothers Thomas F. Mabee, Jacob P. Mabee and Fred W. Mabee and sister Mary M. Davis."9� Death* 13 May 1917� He died on 13 May 1917 at 118 Water Street, Eastport, Washington County, Maine, at age 58.10� Probate 10 July 1917� His estate was probated on 10 July 1917 at Washington County, Maine.9� Frank D. Brown1 M, #17327, b. 10 August 1854, d. 6 April 1915 Birth* 10 August 1854� Frank D. Brown was born on 10 August 1854 at Michigan, of Nicholas H and Mary Brown.2,3� Marriage* 24 December 1880� He married Emma Maybee, daughter of George Mortimer Maybee and Minerva Jeanette Fisk, on 24 December 1880 at Watson Township, Allegan County, Michigan. "Emma R. Maybee, age 20, born in MI, married Frank D. Brown, age 26, born in MI, on Dec 24, 1880 in Allegan County."1,2� Census* 1900� Frank D. Brown and Emma Maybee appeared on the census of 1900 at Kalamazoo, Kalamazoo County, Michigan.4� Death* 6 April 1915� Frank D. Brown died on 6 April 1915 at Kalamazoo, Kalamazoo County, Michigan, at age 60.3� Emma Maybee b. 27 Dec 1859, d. 25 Oct 1925 Luella Clare Brown5 b. 12 Feb 1886, d. 29 Feb 1976 [S11] Data from the Maybee Society Card File, Allegan County, Michigan Marriages Records vol 4 p.249, #1259. [S66] Submission by Steve Mabie, Maybee Society Member No. 257., Michigan Marriages. [S1] Ancestry.com, Michigan, Death Records, 1867-1950. [S90] 1900 United States Census, online ancestry.com, Kalamazoo Ward 2, Kalamazoo, Michigan; Roll: 720; Page: 7A; Enumeration District: 0113; FHL microfilm: 1240720. Ella C Maybee1 F, #17328, b. 17 April 1864, d. 17 June 1937 Father* George Mortimer Maybee1 b. 14 Jan 1825, d. 6 May 1881 Mother* Minerva Jeanette Fisk1 b. 8 May 1832, d. 13 Mar 1912 Married Name � Her married name was Beach.2� Birth* 17 April 1864� Ella C Maybee was born on 17 April 1864 at Watson Township, Allegan County, Michigan.3,4� (Witness) Census 20 June 1870� Ella C Maybee appeared on the census of 20 June 1870 in the household of George Mortimer Maybee and Minerva Jeanette Fisk at Otsego, Watson Township, Allegan County, Michigan, ; George M. Maybee, 44, M, W, Farmer, $5000, $1600, NY Minerva Maybee, 34, F, W, Keeping House, PA Evaline Maybee, 13, F, W, Attending School, MI Emeline Maybee, 10, F, W, Attending School, MI Ella Maybee, 6, F, W, Attending School, MI Carrie D. Maybee, 1, F, W, At Home, MI.5� (Witness) Census 5 June 1880� Ella C Maybee appeared on the census of 5 June 1880 in the household of George Mortimer Maybee and Minerva Jeanette Fisk at Watson Township, Allegan County, Michigan, ; George Maybee, White, Male, 55, Head, Married, Farming, has general debility, born in Canada, Father born in New York, Mother born in New York Gennette Maybee, White, Female, 47, Wife, Married, Keeping House, born in Pennsylvania, Father born in New York, Mother born in New York Emma Maybee, White, Female, 20, Daughter, Single, At Home, attended school, born in Michigan, Father born in Canada, Mother born in Pennsylvania Ella Maybee, White, Female, 16, Daughter, Single, At Home, attended school, born in Michigan, Father born in Canada, Mother born in Pennsylvania Etta Maybee, White, Female, 10, Daughter, Single, Attending School, born in Michigan, Father born in Canada, Mother born in Pennsylvania Mary Maybee, White, Female, 8, Daughter, Single, Attending School, born in Michigan, Father born in Canada, Mother born in Pennsylvania Albert Hatcher, White, Male, 19, Servant, Single, Laborer, born in England, Father born in England, Mother born in England Byron Reck, White, Male, 16, Servant, Single, Laborer, born in Michigan, Father born in Pennsylvania, Mother born in Pennsylvania.6� Marriage* 25 September 1881� Ella C Maybee married William Horace Beach on 25 September 1881 at Watson Township, Allegan County, Michigan. "Ella C. Maybee, age 17, born in Watson, Allegan Co., MI, married William H. Beach, age 20, born in Watson, Allegan Co., MI, on Sep 25, 1881 in Allegan County."4� Census* 1 June 1905� Ella C Maybee and William Horace Beach appeared on the census of 1 June 1905 at Morse, Ashland County, Wisconsin.7� Census 1910� Ella C Maybee and William Horace Beach appeared on the census of 1910 at Mellen, Ashland County, Wisconsin.8� (Witness) Census 5 April 1930� Ella C Maybee appeared on the census of 5 April 1930 in the household of Clyde Earl Galbreath and Willa G Beach at Chicago, Cook County, Illinois, ; Clyde E Galbreath, 38 Willa G Galbreath, 30 Willa J Galbreath, 8 Eugene C Galbreath, 5 Jack M Galbreath, 11mos Ella Beach, 65 Clyde was a Dentist, owned house worth $12,000.9� Death* 17 June 1937� Ella C Maybee died on 17 June 1937 at Allegan, Allegan County, Michigan, at age 73.3,10� Burial* � She was buried at Oakwood Cemetery, Allegan, Allegan County, Michigan.3� William Horace Beach b. 21 Jun 1861, d. 24 Oct 1913 Edna Clara Beach11 b. 17 Oct 1882, d. May 1886 Eleanor Beach+12 b. 16 Jun 1894, d. Dec 1966 Willa G Beach+12 b. 4 Aug 1899, d. 5 May 1985 [S62] Submission by Thomas and Cindy Bryant, Maybee Society Member No. 49., 12 Apr 1997. [S11] Data from the Maybee Society Card File, Allegan County, Michigan Marriages Records. [S99] 1870 United States Census, online ancestry.com, Watson, Allegan, Michigan; Roll M593_660; Page: 399B; Image: 804; Family History Library Film: 552159. [S52] 1880 United States Census, online ancestry.com, Watson, Allegan, Michigan; Roll: 569; Family History Film: 1254569; Page: 261C; Enumeration District: 14; Image: 0525. [S1] Ancestry.com, Wisconsin, State Census, 1 Jun 1905, Morse, Ashland County. [S76] 1910 United States Census, online ancestry.com, Mellen Ward 2, Ashland, Wisconsin; Roll: T624_1700; Page: 8A; Enumeration District: 0017; FHL microfilm: 1375713. [S303] 1930 United States Census, online ancestry.com, Chicago, Cook, Illinois; Roll: 426; Page: 16A; Enumeration District: 0306; FHL microfilm: 2340161. [S241] Emails from Barbara Millar, Allegan Journal & Tribune, May 14, 1886. [S1] Ancestry.com, Wisconsin, State Census, 1 Jun 1905, Morse, Ashland, Michigan. William Horace Beach Birth* 21 June 1861� William Horace Beach was born on 21 June 1861 at Watson Township, Allegan County, Michigan, son of Horace S Beach and Mary Reynolds.1,2� Marriage* 25 September 1881� He married Ella C Maybee, daughter of George Mortimer Maybee and Minerva Jeanette Fisk, on 25 September 1881 at Watson Township, Allegan County, Michigan. Census* 1 June 1905� William Horace Beach and Ella C Maybee appeared on the census of 1 June 1905 at Morse, Ashland County, Wisconsin.3� Census 1910� William Horace Beach and Ella C Maybee appeared on the census of 1910 at Mellen, Ashland County, Wisconsin.4� Death* 24 October 1913� William Horace Beach died on 24 October 1913 at Allegan, Allegan County, Michigan, at age 52.2� Ella C Maybee b. 17 Apr 1864, d. 17 Jun 1937 Edna Clara Beach5 b. 17 Oct 1882, d. May 1886 Eleanor Beach+6 b. 16 Jun 1894, d. Dec 1966 Willa G Beach+6 b. 4 Aug 1899, d. 5 May 1985 Carrie D Maybee1 Birth* between 1868 and 1869� Carrie D Maybee was born between 1868 and 1869 at Watson Township, Allegan County, Michigan.1� (Witness) Census 20 June 1870� Carrie D Maybee appeared on the census of 20 June 1870 in the household of George Mortimer Maybee and Minerva Jeanette Fisk at Otsego, Watson Township, Allegan County, Michigan, Death* before 1880� Carrie D Maybee died before 1880; in 1870 census, not in 1880.1� [S11] Data from the Maybee Society Card File, 1870 Watson, Allegan County, Michigan census. Etta Maybee1 F, #17331, b. 12 June 1869, d. 23 October 1939 Married Name � Her married name was Hendrixon.2� Birth* 12 June 1869� Etta Maybee was born on 12 June 1869 at Watson Township, Allegan County, Michigan.3,4� (Witness) Census 5 June 1880� Etta Maybee appeared on the census of 5 June 1880 in the household of George Mortimer Maybee and Minerva Jeanette Fisk at Watson Township, Allegan County, Michigan, Marriage* 3 October 1888� Etta Maybee married Milo H Hendrixson on 3 October 1888 at Watson Township, Allegan County, Michigan. "by N. W.Houser, minister."2� Census* 12 June 1900� Etta Maybee and Milo H Hendrixson appeared on the census of 12 June 1900 at Otsego, Allegan County, Michigan.6� Residence* 1907� Etta Maybee and Milo H Hendrixson lived in 1907 at 130 North Street, Kalamazoo, Michigan, with William Clarence Hendrixson; Milo Hendrixson (Etta) lab res 130 North St al e Wm C Hendrixson lab bds 130 North St al e.7� Census 5 April 1930� Etta Maybee and Milo H Hendrixson appeared on the census of 5 April 1930 at Otsego, Allegan County, Michigan.8� Death* 23 October 1939� Etta Maybee died on 23 October 1939 at Allegan, Allegan County, Michigan, at age 70.4� Milo H Hendrixson b. 3 Mar 1864, d. 16 Oct 1939 William Clarence Hendrixson+9 b. 6 Aug 1889, d. 9 Jan 1949 Harry Austin Hendrixson6 b. 25 Apr 1900, d. 20 May 1974 [S241] Emails from Barbara Millar, Early Births of Allegan County Michigan. [S90] 1900 United States Census, online ancestry.com, Otsego, Allegan, Michigan; Roll: 698; Page: 4A; Enumeration District: 0022; FHL microfilm: 1240698. [S1] Ancestry.com, Publication Title: Kalamazoo, Michigan, City Directory, 1907. [S303] 1930 United States Census, online ancestry.com, Otsego, Allegan, Michigan; Roll: 973; Page: 7A; Enumeration District: 0028; FHL microfilm: 2340708. [S1] Ancestry.com, U.S., Social Security Applications and Claims Index, 1936-2007; and Michigan, Death Records, 1867-1950. Milo H Hendrixson M, #17332, b. 3 March 1864, d. 16 October 1939 Birth* 3 March 1864� Milo H Hendrixson was born on 3 March 1864 at Otsego Twp, Allegan County, Michigan.1,2� Marriage* 3 October 1888� He married Etta Maybee, daughter of George Mortimer Maybee and Minerva Jeanette Fisk, on 3 October 1888 at Watson Township, Allegan County, Michigan. Census 12 June 1900� Milo H Hendrixson and Etta Maybee appeared on the census of 12 June 1900 at Otsego, Allegan County, Michigan.4� Residence* 1907� Milo H Hendrixson and Etta Maybee lived in 1907 at 130 North Street, Kalamazoo, Michigan, with William Clarence Hendrixson; Milo Hendrixson (Etta) lab res 130 North St al e Census* 5 April 1930� Milo H Hendrixson and Etta Maybee appeared on the census of 5 April 1930 at Otsego, Allegan County, Michigan.6� Death* 16 October 1939� Milo H Hendrixson died on 16 October 1939 at Allegan, Allegan County, Michigan, at age 75.2� Etta Maybee b. 12 Jun 1869, d. 23 Oct 1939 [S90] 1900 United States Census, online ancestry.com. [S1] Ancestry.com, Michigan, Deaths and Burials Index, 1867-1995. Mary Minerva Maybee1 Married Name � Her married name was Kroft.2� Birth* 18 April 1871� Mary Minerva Maybee was born on 18 April 1871 at Watson Township, Allegan County, Michigan.3,4� (Witness) Census 5 June 1880� Mary Minerva Maybee appeared on the census of 5 June 1880 in the household of George Mortimer Maybee and Minerva Jeanette Fisk at Watson Township, Allegan County, Michigan, Marriage* 22 September 1892� Mary Minerva Maybee married Irvin Alva Kroft on 22 September 1892 at Watson Township, Allegan County, Michigan.3� Census* 20 April 1910� Mary Minerva Maybee and Irvin Alva Kroft appeared on the census of 20 April 1910 at Zeeland, Ottowa County, Michigan. Irvin Kroft, Head, M, W, 40, M1, 17, Iowa, Ohio, Pennsylvania, Stenographer, Furniture Factory Mary Kroft, Wife, F, W, 39, M1, 17, 2 children born and living, Michigan, unknown, New York Evalyn Kroft, Daughter, F, W, 12, S, Wisconsin, Ohio, Michigan, attending school Gordon Kroft, Son, M, W, 9, S, Wisconsin, Ohio, Michigan, attending school.6� Death* 11 June 1938� Mary Minerva Maybee died on 11 June 1938 at Grand Rapids, Kent County, Michigan, at age 67.4� Irvin Alva Kroft b. 11 Nov 1869, d. 12 Dec 1947 Evelyn Luella Kroft7 b. 24 Sep 1897 Gordon M Kroft+4 b. 1 Mar 1901, d. 25 Jun 1938 [S1] Ancestry.com, Michigan, Marriage Records, 1867-1952. [S76] 1910 United States Census, online ancestry.com, Zeeland Ward 1, Ottawa, Michigan; Roll: T624_670; Page: 6A; Enumeration District: 0180; FHL microfilm: 1374683. [S1] Ancestry.com, Wisconsin, Births and Christenings Index, 1801-1928. Noah Webster Houser Birth* 22 December 1843� Noah Webster Houser was born on 22 December 1843 at Ohio.1,2� Marriage* 7 March 1883� He married Minerva Jeanette Fisk, daughter of Nelson Fisk and Margaret Hickok, on 7 March 1883 at Watson Township, Allegan County, Michigan. "Noah W. Houser, 40, a farmer of Watson, born in Ohio, married Jeanette M. (Fisk) Maybee, 50, of Watson, born in Pennsylvania, on Mar 7, 1883 in Watson, Allegan County, Michigan."3,4� Death* 22 August 1922� Noah Webster Houser died on 22 August 1922 at Allegan, Allegan County, Michigan, at age 78.2� Minerva Jeanette Fisk b. 8 May 1832, d. 13 Mar 1912 [S90] 1900 United States Census, online ancestry.com, Allegan, Allegan, Michigan; Roll: T623_698; Page: 7A; Enumeration District: 2. [S66] Submission by Steve Mabie, Maybee Society Member No. 257., Michigan Marriages, Montcalm County (Page 205, Book A). Ezra George Mabee M, #17335, b. 29 August 1876, d. 2 December 1957 Father* George Nelson Mabee1 b. 19 Apr 1847, d. 23 Sep 1914 Mother* Sarah J Kraushaar1 b. 1850, d. 21 Feb 1888 Name Variation � Ezra George Mabee was also known as George Ezra.� Birth* 29 August 1876� He was born on 29 August 1876 at Homer Township, Calhoun County, Michigan.2,3� (Witness) Census 5 June 1880� Ezra George Mabee appeared on the census of 5 June 1880 in the household of George Nelson Mabee and Sarah J Kraushaar at Homer Township, Calhoun County, Michigan, ; George Mabee, White, Male, 33, Head, Married, Farmer, illiterate, born in Michigan, Father born in New York, Mother born in New York Sarah J. Mabee, White, Female, 30, Wife, Married, Keeping House, illiterate, born in Michigan, Father born in Michigan, Mother born in Michigan Miles J. Mabee, White, Male, 6, Son, Single, At School, born in Michigan, Father born in Michigan, Mother born in Michigan George E. Mabee, White, Male, 4, Son, Single, born in Michigan, Father born in Michigan, Mother born in Michigan Aaron G. Mabee, White, Male, 2, Son, Single, born in Michigan, Father born in Michigan, Mother born in Michigan.4� Census* 21 June 1900� Ezra George Mabee appeared on the census of 21 June 1900 at Eckford Township, Calhoun County, Michigan. Ezra Maybee, Servant, W, M, Aug 1877, 22, Michigan, New York, Michigan Farm Laborer for the Robinson family.5� Marriage* 2 June 1907� He married Emma May Huffman on 2 June 1907 at Frontier, Hillsdale County, Michigan.6� Census April 1910� Ezra George Mabee and Emma May Huffman appeared on the census of April 1910 at Wheatland, Hillsdale County, Michigan. Ezra G Maybee, Head, M, W, 33, M1, 3, Michigan, Michigan, Michigan, Farms own farm Emma M. Maybee, Wife, F, W, 23, M1, 3, no children, Michigan, Michigan, Michigan, none.7� Anecdote* 12 September 1918� Ezra George Mabee of RFD#2, Pittsford, Michigan, born 29 Aug 1876, registered for the draft on Sept 12, 1918 at Hillsdale County, Michigan. He farmed for himself at Pittsford. His nearest living relative was his wife, Emma May Mabee at the above address. He was white, of medium height and build, with blue eyes and brown hair.2� Residence* 12 September 1918� Ezra George Mabee and Emma May Huffman lived on 12 September 1918 at RFD#2, Pittsford, Hillsdale County, Michigan.2� Census January 1920� Ezra George Mabee and Emma May Huffman appeared on the census of January 1920 at Wheatland, Hillsdale County, Michigan. Ezra Mabee, Head, M, W, 43, M, Michigan, Michigan, Michigan, Farms own farm Emma Mabee, Wife, F, W, 38, M, Michigan, Michigan, New York, none Donald Young, No relation, M, W, 5, S, Michigan, Michigan, Michigan Mervin Young, No relation, M, W, 3yr 8 mo, S, Michigan, Michigan, Michigan.8� Census* April 1930� Ezra George Mabee and Emma May Huffman appeared on the census of April 1930 at Wheatland, Hillsdale County, Michigan. Ezra G Mabee, Head, M, W, 53, M, age at first marriage 31, Michigan, Michigan, Michigan, farms own general farm Emma M Mabee, Wife, F, W, 48, M, age at first marriage 25, Michigan, Michigan, New York.9� Census 5 April 1940� Ezra George Mabee and Emma May Huffman appeared on the census of 5 April 1940 at Bacon Road, Wheatland Township, Hillsdale County, Michigan. Ezra G Mabee, owns home worth $1500 on farm, Head, M, W, 63, M, completed 7 years school, born in Michigan, Farms own farm Emma Mabee, Wife, F, W, 58, M, completed 8 years school, born in Michigan.10� Death* 2 December 1957� Ezra George Mabee died on 2 December 1957 at Chehalis, Lewis County, Washington, at age 81.11� Burial* � He and Emma May Huffman were buried at Mountain View Cemetery, Centralia, Lewis County, Washington.12� Emma May Huffman b. Jul 1881, d. 13 Jun 1965 [S11] Data from the Maybee Society Card File, R. Robert Mutrie #23. [S52] 1880 United States Census, online ancestry.com, Homer, Calhoun, Michigan; Roll: 575; Family History Film: 1254575; Page: 242D; Enumeration District: 53; Image: 0123. [S90] 1900 United States Census, online ancestry.com, Eckford, Calhoun, Michigan; Roll: T623 705; Page: 10B; Enumeration District: 45. [S76] 1910 United States Census, online ancestry.com, Wheatland Twp, Hillsdale, Michigan; Series: T624; Roll: 649; Page: 270A; Enumeration District: 118; Part: 1; Line: 15. [S304] 1920 United States Census, online ancestry.com, Wheatland, Hillsdale, Michigan; Roll: T625_768; Page: 2B; Enumeration District: 136; Image: 532. [S303] 1930 United States Census, online ancestry.com, Wheatland, Hillsdale, Michigan, Roll: 993, Page 7B, Enumeration District: 26, Image: 526. [S458] 1940 United States Census, online ancestry.com, Wheatland Twp, Hillsdale, Michigan, Roll T627-1755, Page 1B, ED 30-26. [S1] Ancestry.com, Washington, Deaths, 1883-1960; and Washington, Select Death Certificates, 1907-1960. [S382] Find A Grave, online http://www.findagrave.com/, Find A Grave Memorials 102690999 & 102690998. Miles J. Mabee M, #17336, b. 4 June 1874, d. 18 April 1899 Birth* 4 June 1874� Miles J. Mabee was born on 4 June 1874 at Homer, Calhoun County, Michigan.2,3� (Witness) Census 5 June 1880� Miles J. Mabee appeared on the census of 5 June 1880 in the household of George Nelson Mabee and Sarah J Kraushaar at Homer Township, Calhoun County, Michigan, Death* 18 April 1899� Miles J. Mabee died on 18 April 1899 at Homer, Calhoun County, Michigan, at age 24.5,6� Burial* 20 April 1899� He was buried on 20 April 1899 at Fisher Cemetery, Homer, Calhoun County, Michigan.3� [S1] Ancestry.com, Michigan, Births and Christenings Index, 1867-1911R. Robert Mutrie #23. [S241] Emails from Barbara Millar, from cemetery records see http://www.rootsweb.com/~micalhou/cemetery/fisher.htm Sanford John Powlesland M, #17337, b. 16 January 1875, d. 31 May 1961 Birth* 16 January 1875� Sanford John Powlesland was born on 16 January 1875 at Bedford Township, Monroe County, Michigan.1,2� Marriage* 31 January 1897� He married Jessie Minerva Maybee, daughter of Edwin Dunbar Maybee and Harriet Elizabeth Smith, on 31 January 1897 at Whiteford, Monroe County, Michigan.3,1� Anecdote* 12 September 1918� Sanford John Powlesland of Temperance, Michigan, born 16 Jan 1875, registered for the draft on September 12, 1918, at Monroe County, Michigan. He was Farming. His nearest living relative was Jessie M. Powlesland, at the above address. He was white, 5'4", stout, with blue eyes and black hair.2� Residence* 12 September 1918� Sanford John Powlesland and Jessie Minerva Maybee lived on 12 September 1918 at Temperance, Monroe County, Michigan.2� Num Child* � Sanford John Powlesland and Jessie Minerva Maybee had the following children: They had three children.4� Death* 31 May 1961� Sanford John Powlesland died on 31 May 1961 at Monroe County, Michigan, at age 86.5� Burial* � He was buried at Union Cemetery, Bedford Township, Monroe County, Michigan.6� Jessie Minerva Maybee b. 5 Apr 1878, d. 5 Feb 1954 [S197] Helen W. (Betty) Gay, "Monroe County Maybees," e-mail to John David MayBee, 11 August 2001, from vital records. [S197] Helen W. (Betty) Gay, "Monroe County Maybees," e-mail to John David MayBee, 11 August 2001, from obit. [S1] Ancestry.com, Web: Monroe County, Michigan, Obituary Index,1821-2012. Monroe Evening News, Monroe, Monroe, Michigan, 31 May 1961. [S197] Helen W. (Betty) Gay, "Monroe County Maybees," e-mail to John David MayBee, 11 August 2001, from obit and cemetery records. Letta Arvilla Maybee1 F, #17338, b. 13 November 1881, d. 1964 Father* Edwin Dunbar Maybee2 b. 13 May 1846 or 19 May 1846, d. 22 Mar 1924 Mother* Harriet Elizabeth Smith2 b. 22 Dec 1850, d. 10 Sep 1908 Name Variation � Letta Arvilla Maybee was also known as Lettia.� Name Variation � Letta Arvilla Maybee was also known as Lottie.� Married Name � Her married name was Logan.2� Birth* 13 November 1881� She was born on 13 November 1881 at Whiteford Township, Monroe County, Michigan.1� (Witness) Census June 1900� Letta Arvilla Maybee appeared on the census of June 1900 in the household of Edwin Dunbar Maybee and Harriet Elizabeth Smith at 416 Bromer, Ypsilanti, Washtenaw County, Michigan, ; Edwin Maybee, Head, W, M, May 1846, 54, M, 32, Michigan, New Jersey, Ohio, Farmer Harriet E Maybee, Wife, W, F, Dec 1850, 49, M, 32, 7 children born - still living 5, Canada, Canada, Canada, immigrated in 1856 Lettie A Maybee, Daughter, W, F, Nov 1881, 18, S, Michigan, Michigan, Canada Samuel Maybee, Son, M, W, May 1887, 13, S, Michigan, Michigan, Canada Harriet M, Smith, Mother, W, F, Dec 1872, 77, Wd, 2 children born - still living 1, Canada, New Hampshire.3� Marriage* 24 December 1907� Letta Arvilla Maybee married George Washington Logan on 24 December 1907.2,4� (Witness) Anecdote 12 September 1918� George Washington Logan of 2nd St, Rochester, Oakland, Michigan, born 7 Apr 1877, registered for the draft on September 12, 1918, at Oakland County, Michigan. He was a School Professor for the Rochester School Board. His nearest living relative was his wife, Mrs Letta Logan, at the above address. He was white, of medium height and build, with grey eyes and dark brown hair.5� Residence* 1954� Letta Arvilla Maybee and George Washington Logan lived in 1954 at Flushing, Michigan.6� Residence between 1956 and 1958� Letta Arvilla Maybee and George Washington Logan lived between 1956 and 1958 at 120 S Washington, Hastings, Barry County, Michigan.7� Death* 1964� Letta Arvilla Maybee died in 1964.8� Burial* � She and George Washington Logan were buried at Flushing City Cemetery, Flushing, Genesee County, Michigan.4,8� George Washington Logan b. 7 Apr 1877, d. 16 Jul 1958 Wesley Goldsmith Logan4 b. 12 Feb 1909, d. 6 Oct 1997 Russell Arnold Logan+4 b. 25 May 1914, d. 22 Aug 1989 [S90] 1900 United States Census, online ancestry.com, Ypsilanti Ward 3, Washtenaw, Michigan; Roll: T623 747; Page: 3B; Enumeration District: 112. [S247] GedCom File from Red Logan. [S197] Helen W. (Betty) Gay, "Monroe County Maybees," e-mail to John David MayBee, 11 August 2001, sister Jessie's obit. [S1] Ancestry.com, Hastings, Michigan, City Directory, 1956 & 1959. George Washington Logan M, #17339, b. 7 April 1877, d. 16 July 1958 Birth* 7 April 1877� George Washington Logan was born on 7 April 1877 at Dunnville, Haldimand County, Ontario, Canada, son of George Logan and Rachael Thomas.1,2,3� Marriage* 24 December 1907� He married Letta Arvilla Maybee, daughter of Edwin Dunbar Maybee and Harriet Elizabeth Smith, on 24 December 1907.4,1� Anecdote* 12 September 1918� George Washington Logan of 2nd St, Rochester, Oakland, Michigan, born 7 Apr 1877, registered for the draft on September 12, 1918, at Oakland County, Michigan. He was a School Professor for the Rochester School Board. His nearest living relative was his wife, Mrs Letta Logan, at the above address. He was white, of medium height and build, with grey eyes and dark brown hair.5� Residence* 1954� George Washington Logan and Letta Arvilla Maybee lived in 1954 at Flushing, Michigan.6� Residence between 1956 and 1958� George Washington Logan and Letta Arvilla Maybee lived between 1956 and 1958 at 120 S Washington, Hastings, Barry County, Michigan.7� Death* 16 July 1958� George Washington Logan died on 16 July 1958 at Flushing, Michigan, at age 81.1� Burial* � He and Letta Arvilla Maybee were buried at Flushing City Cemetery, Flushing, Genesee County, Michigan.1,8� Letta Arvilla Maybee b. 13 Nov 1881, d. 1964 [S1] Ancestry.com, Ontario, Canada Births, 1858-1913 - whole family entry by father of 11 children on 30 May 1889 at Lambton. [S1] Ancestry.com, Michigan Passenger and Crew Lists, 1903-1965. Samuel Clark Maybee M, #17340, b. 6 May 1887, d. 1 December 1927 Birth* 6 May 1887� Samuel Clark Maybee was born on 6 May 1887 at Lambertville, Monroe County, Michigan.2� (Witness) Census June 1900� Samuel Clark Maybee appeared on the census of June 1900 in the household of Edwin Dunbar Maybee and Harriet Elizabeth Smith at 416 Bromer, Ypsilanti, Washtenaw County, Michigan, (Witness) Census April 1910� Samuel Clark Maybee appeared on the census of April 1910 in the household of Edwin Dunbar Maybee and Lida E. Manley at 1732 Huron, Toledo, Lucas County, Ohio, ; Edwin D Maybee, Head, M, W, 63, M2, 0, Michigan, New Jersey, Ohio, Farmer, General Farm, owns home Lida E. Maybee, F, W, 56, M2, 0, 4 children born and living, Ohio, Connecticut, Connecticut, none Samuel C. Maybee, Son, M, W, 22, S, Michigan, Michigan, Canada, none Edward H. Gould, Step-son, M, W, 20, S, Ohio, Ohio, Ohio, Compositor, Printing Office.4� Anecdote* 5 June 1917� Sammy Clark Maybee of West Toledo, Ohio, born 6 May 1887 in Lambertville, Michigan, registered for the draft on June 5, 1917 at Washington Twp, Lucas County, Ohio. He was a janitor at the Washington Corp in Griffen, Ohio. He was single, white, of medium height, slender build, with bright blue eyes and dark brown hair.2� Residence* 5 June 1917� Samuel Clark Maybee lived on 5 June 1917 at West Toledo, Lucas County, Ohio.2� (Witness) Census 9 January 1920� Samuel Clark Maybee appeared on the census of 9 January 1920 in the household of Edwin Dunbar Maybee and Lida E. Manley at Bedford Township, Monroe County, Michigan, ; Edward Maybee, Head, M, W, 73, M, Michigan, New York, New York, none, owns home free of mortgage Lida Maybee, Wife, F, W, 65, M, Ohio, Connecticut, Connecticut Samuel Maybee, Son, M, W, 31, S, Michigan, Michigan, Ohio, Laborer, Auto Factory.5� Death* 1 December 1927� Samuel Clark Maybee died on 1 December 1927 at Michigan Farm Colony of Epileptics, Indianfields Township, Tuscola County, Michigan, at age 40.6� (Witness) Burial � He witnessed the burial of Edwin Dunbar Maybee and Harriet Elizabeth Smith at Whiteford Union Cemetery, Lambertville, Monroe County, Michigan; MAYBEE; Father Edwin D. 1846-1924; Mother Harriet E. 1850-1908; Son Sam C. 1887-1927.7� [S76] 1910 United States Census, online ancestry.com, 1-Wd Toledo, Lucas, Ohio; Series: T624; Roll: 1207; Page: 257A; Enumeration District: 37; Part: 1; Line: 14. [S304] 1920 United States Census, online ancestry.com, Bedford Twp, Monroe, Michigan; Roll: T625_786; Page: 6A; Enumeration District: 99; Image: 73. [S382] Find A Grave, online http://www.findagrave.com/, Find A Grave Memorials 14449014, 29890022, and 29890024.	cc/2020-05/en_middle_0060.json.gz/line1503
__label__cc	0.74572	0.25428	Posted in #training, Aviation, Conformist, Human Factor, Social animal The Social Animal conformist factor behind Jet Airways B-777 serious incident at LHR Author: Capt. Amit Singh Published Date: December 5, 2018 Comments: 6 Comments The DGCA, India has released its final investigation report in which the B-777 crossed the end of the runway a 16 feet, see investigation report . An intersection takeoff was planned for runway 27 at Heathrow from intersection S4E. The commander had calculated aircraft performance (speeds and thrust) from the first four intersections on the north side of Runway 27L (NB1, NB2E, NB2W, and NB3 in Figure 1) whereas the co-pilot had used S4W. The commander had done this by selecting the “FIRST 4” option from the OPT intersection dropdown menu rather than using the “S4W” option . The Co-Pilot changed the option in her onboard performance tool (OPT) to match the commander’s option and did not select S4W again. The famous book by Elliot Aronson called The Social Animal is about humans who are social animals and society is something in nature that precedes the individual. We are conformists and most of the times would avoid a dispute with others in the society. Conformity as defined in the book, The Social Animal is the change in a persons behaviour or opinions as a result of a real or imagined pressure from a person or a group of people. Experiment: Soloman Asch a famous psychologist conducted an experiment in 1951 to investigate the extent to which social pressure from a majority group could affect a person to conform.. Asch devised what is now regarded as a classic experiment in social psychology, whereby there was an obvious answer to a line judgment task. If the participant gave an incorrect answer it would be clear that this was due to group pressure. Procedure:Asch used a lab experiment to study conformity, whereby 50 male students from Swarthmore College in the USA participated in a ‘vision test.’ Using a line judgment task, Asch put a naive participant in a room with seven confederates. The confederates had agreed in advance what their responses would be when presented with the line task. The real participant did not know this and was led to believe that the other seven participants were also real participants like themselves. Each person in the room had to state aloud which comparison line (A, B or C) was most like the target line. The answer was always obvious. The real participant sat at the end of the row and gave his or her answer last. There were 18 trials in total, and the confederates gave the wrong answer on 12 trails (called the critical trials). Asch was interested to see if the real participant would conform to the majority view. Asch’s experiment also had a control condition where there were no confederates, only a “real participant.” Result:Asch measured the number of times each participant conformed to the majority view. On average, about one third (32%) of the participants who were placed in this situation went along and conformed with the clearly incorrect majority on the critical trials. Over the 12 critical trials, about 75% of participants conformed at least once, and 25% of participant never conformed. In the control group, with no pressure to conform to confederates, less than 1% of participants gave the wrong answer. Conclusion: Why did the participants conform so readily? When they were interviewed after the experiment, most of them said that they did not really believe their conforming answers, but had gone along with the group for fear of being ridiculed or thought “peculiar.” A few of them said that they really did believe the group’s answers were correct. Apparently, people conform for two main reasons: because they want to fit in with the group (normative influence) and because they believe the group is better informed than they are (informational influence). The Captain was highly experienced with over 13,000 hours which as per Gladwels’s 10,000 hour rule made him an expert in the field. The co-pilot, on the other hand was fairly in-experienced with less than 3000hrs of flying experience. The Captain made a selection on his performance calculator by choosing the option of calculating thrust values and speeds. The error of selecting the first 4 intersection option may have been due to distraction or inaqequate attention. The co-pilot on the other hand was quite inexperienced but had made the correct calculations. In order to conform to the senior and experienced crew member, the co-pilot looked at the Captain’s selection for intersection and changed her selection too, thereby getting the same performance thrust and speeds that of the Captain. Two wrongs, therefore made one right and they continued with the SOP’s and checklists. The checklists did’t catch the error since the performance in the electronic calculator of both the crew displayed the same numbers. This error could have cost them dearly had the captain not realised by looking at the centreline lights that the runway was nearing end. He selected maximum thrust and lifted the aircraft rapidly, crossing the runway end at 16 feet and 112 feet at the perimeter road. The minimum crossing height is 35 feet with a higher speed attained. Read my paper on erroneous takeoff performance in the link below. Erroneous Take Off Performance-Final Being mindful and attentive would have saved the day for the flight crew. The Captain’s attention deficit led him to use the default values that he had been used to. The human factor part has not been addresses to in the investigation report. The co-pilot needed to be more assertive and highlighted the speed discrepancy rather than conforming to the seniors method of calculation. PDF Button Author: Capt. Amit Singh I think therefore I am https://www.linkedin.com/in/traintofly/ Airlines Operations and Safety balance expert. A former head of operations/training and safety of successful LCC's in India. An experienced member of the startup teams of these airlines has hands-on experience in establishing airlines systems and processes. 6 thoughts on “The Social Animal conformist factor behind Jet Airways B-777 serious incident at LHR” Pingback: The Social Animal conformist factor behind Jet Airways B-777 serious incident at LHR – Matthews' Blog depatridge says: Most interesting and commendable investigation, hence the reblog. Kudos. Siddharth Banga says: Interesting post indeed! Capt. Amit Singh says: Thank you, appreciate your feedback. Prof.N.K. Singh says: It is incisive paper that contains educative Prognosis.Also check with span of attention as in psychology. Thanks, yes will check for down of attention.	cc/2020-05/en_middle_0060.json.gz/line1508
__label__cc	0.528097	0.471903	Chaney report sets out measures to strengthen Australian international education sector Australia’s beleaguered international education industry has seen a couple of important developments of late. The first comes in the form of a long-awaited report from an industry advisory council that sets out a comprehensive set of recommendations to protect and strengthen the Australian industry. While the industry now looks for quick action from government on the report’s recommendations, a more immediate boost has appeared in the form of a major youth marketing campaign from Tourism Australia. New report released A new report commissioned by the Australian government on strategies for the Australian international education sector has just been released: “Australia – Educating Globally: Advice from the International Education Advisory Council.” The report is meant to signal the government’s commitment to the sector’s health and growth, and its recommendations will inform the development of a national five-year strategy for Australian international education. Many of the recommendations focus on coordination among all industry stakeholders, making it easier for genuine students to study and work in Australia via visa streamlining, and improving the quality of international students’ experience in Australia. The report was prepared by the International Education Advisory Council – chaired by prominent Australian businessman Dr Michael Chaney – and included international education experts and representatives of the Australian university sector, government, science bodies, tourism, business and industry. The first priority outlined is the creation of a Ministerial Coordinating Council on International Education (MCCIE) to be chaired by the Minister for Tertiary Education, Skills, Science, and Research and to include stakeholders from across the sector and relevant industries. Lack of national coordination has been blamed as a key problem in Australia’s international enrolment declines over the past few years, so this particular recommendation was met with enthusiasm across the sector. National coordination and improved student experience emphasised The report outlined seven main areas specifically requiring attention in order to allow Australia to realise its potential as an international education destination and to meet the International Education Advisory Council’s target of 520,000 international students studying across all education sectors and contributing around AUS $19.1 billion to the local economy by 2020. The areas identified – into which over 30 specific recommendations fall – are: “Coordination: Ensure improved coordination of government policy and programmes for international education and better consultative mechanisms for stakeholders, in order to optimise government support for the international education sector. Quality: Position Australia as a provider of the highest quality education, while reducing over-regulation, duplication, and overlap. Positive student experience: Maintain and build on Australia’s reputation as an open and friendly learning environment where international students are valued members of the community and are supported to achieve their goals. Partnerships: Encourage Australian institutions and governments to develop strong and diverse international and multinational partnerships that encourage exchange, capacity-building, and collaboration. Ensuring integrity in Australia’s student visa programme: Ensure that Australia’s student visa settings continue to be competitive and attractive in all education sectors while preserving their integrity and helping to meet national skills needs. Data analysis and research in international education: Inform Australia’s international education policy through accurate and timely data analysis and research as well as supporting increased collaboration between researchers. Competition, promotion, and marketing: Market Australia as a supplier of high quality education and continue to build its core markets while pursuing diversification through engagement with emerging markets and increase offshore delivery.” Reaction is positive The report – which is really a strategy for supporting the Council’s prediction of a 30% rise in international students over the next seven years and bolstering Australia’s reputation for international education – elicited positive reactions from stakeholders in the industry. Said Universities Australia chief executive Belinda Robinson, “This excellent report outlines a real and achievable five-year strategy to strengthen international education and we strongly commend it to the government.” The University of Western Australia’s Vice-Chancellor Professor Paul Johnson said he was “pleased with the breadth of the report,” saying it highlighted the importance of the sector to Australia’s economy and future. VET must be prioritised While specific recommendations about the Vocational Education and Training sector were not addressed in the report, the report singled out the VET sector as a “matter of priority” for the proposed new MCCIE. The industry association TAFE Directors Australia responded by saying it “welcomed” the report, especially the following recommendations within it: “The establishment of a Ministerial Coordinating Council on International Education and the development of a five-year work plan; Identification of industry champions and support for new links with education providers; The consolidation of regulatory requirements for providers serving more than one sector; Appropriate levels of support for international students, including equitable transport concessions, access to hospital treatment, and improved accommodation services; The extension of streamlined visa processing for low immigration risk providers and a review of the Genuine Temporary Entrant Criteria; The provision of incentives for offshore partnerships; Increasing the bonus programme for an Australian qualification as part of the skilled migration programme.” Also popular among those responding to the document was the report’s stated warning that Australia cannot afford to be complacent about its international sector: “National leadership at a time of global challenge is imperative. We cannot presume the sustainability of the sector is assured. The sector represents Australia’s fourth largest export industry, and its future development will require the attention of all stakeholders.” More good news: AUS $4 million global youth campaign announced Despite the country’s strong dollar, Australia’s tourism sector has been doing very well of late, as evidenced by the following statistics supplied by the Australian Department of Immigration and Citizenship: There was a 6.4% increase in tourism visitor visa applications when comparing the 6 month period of 1 July to 31 December 2012 (1,813,620) to the same period in 2011 (1,704,430), mainly driven by growth from China (up 16.5%), Malaysia (up 18.5%) and Singapore (up 28.7%); In the six months leading to 31 December 2012, a total of 136,155 Working Holiday Maker (WHM) visas were granted, a 23.2% increase compared to the corresponding period in 2011–12. And on the heels of the Chaney report, Tourism Australia has announced a new AUS $4 million campaign aimed to attract youth outside the country to go to Australia on “working holidays” – specifically, to increase the number of those on working holiday visas in the country by 20%. The slogan of the campaign is “There’s nothing like Australia,” and it piggybacks on Australia’s very successful “Best Job in the World” campaign – see here for the explanatory video, which highlights six incredible jobs across the country with six-month salary packages worth AUS $100,000 including living costs: Chief Funster (New South Wales) Outback Adventurer (Northern Territory) Park Ranger (Queensland) Wildlife Caretaker (South Australia) Lifestyle Photographer (Melbourne, Victoria) Taste Master (Western Australia) English Australia, the national peak body for Australia’s English-language sector, was quick to point out that the campaign will positively affect more than one sector. Sue Blundell, the executive director of English Australia, noted in a media release: “The working holiday visa is a highly popular way for young people from around the world to explore what Australia has to offer. The visa allows for up to 17 weeks of study to enhance the cultural exchange and work opportunities that are available to young people visiting Australia. Many visitors choose to undertake an English language course at the beginning of their stay to help them maximise both the social and work aspects of their visit.” The campaign will target those between 18 and 30 years with particular focus on international markets eligible for Australian working holiday visas, including the UK, Ireland, the US, Canada, Germany, France, Italy, Sweden, Hong Kong, Taiwan, South Korea and Japan. This entry was posted in Australia, Australia/Oceania, Higher Education, Immigration, Most Popular, Regions, Research, Vocational, Work Abroad and tagged international students, TAFE, backpackers marketing, higher education statistics, student mobility. Malaysia upgrades 78 vocational schools to colleges Report sets out strategies for building British share in international student markets US university takes out insurance against drop in Chinese enrolments Is technology the key change agent in higher education? Third-party video interview services playing a greater role in US admissions Governments and educators in Kenya struggling to keep pace with demand for higher education European survey reveals intentions of international students, compares legislation UK providers increasing focus on transnational education 5 thoughts on “Chaney report sets out measures to strengthen Australian international education sector” Andrew Smith on 14 Mar 2013 at 02:07 said: The IEAC report could simply be viewed as stating the obvious in general terms? Two important issues: 1. Like UK now, Australia’s international education industry is beholden to the poisonous politics of xenophobia with government alluding to the idea of keeping net overseas migration low……. therefore, international student numbers cannot rise (especially those studying for more than one year). 2. Australian international education sector could take note of Tourism Australia’s digital marketing strategy as many marketing decision makers do not appreciate digital which is made for Australia’s “tyranny of distance” re. important markets. 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__label__cc	0.680618	0.319382	Parenting \| Parenting Skills Understanding Why Children Don’t Listen Childcare Expert Patti Cancellier discusses why children don’t listen. Patti Cancellier: Hi! I am Patti Cancellier, the Education Coordinator and a Parent Educator for the Parent Encouragement Program. I am talking about why children don't listen. And now I'll discuss what changes have occurred between the time you were a child and now. Parents report that their parents never had to say something more than once before they jumped to do it. They even try to voice their requests in the same way their parents used with their own children but found that it doesn't work. Why is that? The main reason is that parents today are parenting in a different society than the ones they grew up in and the ones their parents grew up in. This country has changed dramatically in the past 40 years and the style of parenting has changed as well. From feudal times to the 1960's and 70's parents parented one way, the authoritarian or autocratic way. It reflected the way societies were at that time. Authority figures gave their orders and people followed them. In the family, children did what they were told or they were punished. There was very little freedom and many, many limits. Kids were more likely to do what they were told because that's what they saw everyone doing. They didn't have a choice or didn't think they did. And they received the same message from every part of life, their parents, their school, their religious institution, and the government, to do what they were told to do by the authority figures in their life. This made parenting a lot easier, but it didn't make life easier for the individuals who had no rights in our country. The US was a democracy on paper but not a democracy in reality. Things started to change after World War II in this country and particularly in the mid to late 1960's, when people began to fight for more rights. At the same time, there was concern that the harsh authoritarian parenting style produced the likes of Hitler and his followers who obeyed him blindly. A new parenting style emerged and is still in use today, it's very child-centered and designed to raise happy children. It's called permissive parenting, it allows much freedom with very few limits. The problem with this style is that it's impossible to make a child happy and set and uphold limits on undesirable behavior. So parents voice their initial request in a nice tone of voice and they may bend or break the rules when the child convinces them to do so. But eventually, parents get resentful and angry because the children do nothing and the parents do everything. Parents try to reason and convince their children of the importance of doing a particular task. They may even beg on occasion out of desperation. Children do not end up happier as a result of this parenting method. They become more anxious because of the lack of limits and routine and the unpredictability of life. Therefore, the reason that you did what your parents asked of you the first time they asked is that you were raised in a different time and in a different society. We can't pluck a technique from one parenting style that existed in a different time and expect it to work now. So next, we'll talk about what we can put in place of the authoritarian and permissive parenting styles. How to Get Children to Listen Children Listening – Being Parent Deaf Children Listening – Authoritative Parenting Children Listening – Making Them Hear You Children Listening – Offering Choices Children Listening – Limiting Power Struggles Children Listening – Resisting Repeating Requests Children Listening – Being Consistent	cc/2020-05/en_middle_0060.json.gz/line1512
__label__wiki	0.668127	0.668127	We unpack what this bold proposal is all about and find out how it wants to tackle both inequality and climate change at the same time. M24 radio app One US city that has been at the heart of the debate is Los Angeles, with its own Green New Deal. Driving the implementation of this plan is the city’s chief sustainability office, Lauren Faber O’Connor. Share chapter 1 Photo: ALAMY The original deal Twelve years ago the Green New Deal Group was created in the UK, bringing together environmentalists and experts from the worlds of finance, energy and politics. Their conclusions were published in 2008 in a report called ‘The Green New Deal’ and we meet one of its co-authors, Andrew Simms. Last week New York governor Andrew Cuomo signed into law the Climate Leadership and Community Protection Act, also billed as New York’s answer to the Green New Deal. Our Americas editor at large Ed Stocker sat down with Anne Barnard of ‘The New York Times’ – who covers the region’s climate and environment beat – to unpack the law. What role can architects play? In the US, The Architecture Lobby has come out in support of the Green New Deal, calling on architects and designers to become activists within the industry. To understand what this all means, we spoke with Sydney Franklin, the associate editor at ‘The Architect’s Newspaper’. Andrew Tuck What makes cities tick, from city hall to the suburbs. Next premiere Thursday 23 January at 20:00 UK time All episodesView schedule Want more radio episodes like these in your inbox? Sign up to Monocle's email newsletters to stay on top of news and opinion, plus the latest from the magazine, radio, film and shop. The Urbanist - latest episodes Tall Stories 190: Nonbei Yokocho, Tokyo This week we head to the alleyways of Shibuya in Japan’s capital to learn how small coincidences can make seemingly impenetrable cities feel a little more welcoming. They’re not for everyone but the best small cities can have life-enhancing advantages. Living in them isn’t only about space, comfort and affordability – but a more community-minded feel too. Tall Stories 189: Happy Foot Sad Foot This week Monocle’s Carlota Rebelo takes us to the neighbourhood of Silver Lake in Los Angeles to share the story of an unassuming city icon: a rotating sign outside a foot clinic. How does the design of a transit map help to define a city? Our host Andrew Tuck is joined by three experts and enthusiasts in the field to discuss provenance and progression in the way we chart our transport lines – from… Tall Stories 188: HoHo Wien, Vienna We visit HoHo Wien – one of the world’s tallest wooden skyscrapers. Towering 84 metres above northeast Vienna, this new wooden structure is being hailed as a “lighthouse project” of sustainable living. Best of Tall Stories 2019 We take a whirlwind trip around the world before returning home to London in our look back at the best of our Tall Stories series in 2019. Monocle’s Andrew Tuck runs through some of the highlights of 2019 on The Urbanist, including the thoughts of Los Angeles’ chief sustainability officer, a tour of the city of Cayenne and a discussion with architect Alfredo… Technology plays a huge role in our relationship with cities: from simple things such as being able to pay for your subway ride with your phone to more serious efforts such as using drones to help keep protests peaceful. Tall Stories 187: Santa Claus Village, Rovaniemi This week we head to Finnish Lapland, regarded as the home of Santa Claus, to see what life is like in a town where it’s Christmas all year round. Mayor Carmen Yulín Cruz We meet Puerto Rican politician Carmen Yulín Cruz, the mayor of San Juan and an outspoken critic of President Trump’s handling of the aftermath of hurricanes Maria and Irma. Tall Stories 186: The Doorbell Monocle’s Georgina Godwin takes us from Harare to London to explore the significance of the humble doorbell – and how its chimes can become soundtracks to the various episodes of our lives. Comedy and urbanism Laughter is often the best way to deal with complex issues so it’s no wonder that it can make city living more agreeable. This week we explore how humour can be found in the built environment. Tall Stories 185: Ghosts Andrew Tuck contemplates the urban apparitions that bring a sense of belonging to the cities in which we live. Can a city be kind? And how do citizens, activists and civic organisations show they care about building friendly places? Tall Stories 184: Bank of Georgia, Tbilisi We visit the Bank of Georgia’s Tbilisi HQ: a unique building that takes its design cues from the ‘Space City’ concept, aiming to cover less ground and give the surrounding area back to nature. The Urbanist431 Currency: GBPAUDCHFEURGBPUSD	cc/2020-05/en_middle_0060.json.gz/line1513
__label__cc	0.720722	0.279278	PROLOGICS: Unifying Process Planning and Workflow Automation Robert Hutter, Founder & CEO As business processes are becoming more virtual, integrated and mobile with every passing day, fragmentation is hitting a new high. Quite often, organizations use products from a variety of vendors that require integration into existing ecosystem to avoid bottlenecks and inefficiencies. Keeping businesses up and running in the midst of these ever changing industry trends is not the simplest tasks, and this is where PROLOGICS comes in. The company is a reputed Business Process Management (BPM) vendor that has the expertise to streamline processes and make organizations more agile. Planning and automation are equally important to effectively manage business processes. However, while certain companies focus much on the initial process planning phase and neglect the workflow execution phase, others tend to do the opposite. PROLOGICS, understanding that neither of these practices will give optimal results, architected the FireStart BPM Suite to be the perfect middleware that unites both these areas. FireStart leverages the Microsoft SharePoint collaboration platform and delivers an integrated management system with industry leading process planning and workflow automation capabilities. The application links professional process planning, powerful workflow automation and indepth process analytics in one unified solution. “We tackle bottlenecks and cost drivers the right way to improve business outcomes and reduce risks in the supply chain,” says Robert Hutter, Founder and CEO, PROLOGICS. FireStart BPM makes managing a product like Microsoft Dynamics AX‘s application development life cycle and customization a seamless task. We are the only vendor in the Microsoft ecosystem who provides a true BPM Suite with unified process planning and workflow capabilities “We are the only vendor in the Microsoft ecosystem to provide a true BPM suite with unified process planning and workflow capabilities,” states Hutter. This means, companies no longer have to choose between pure process modeling vendors and pure workflow vendors; they can get the best of both worlds from PROLOGICS. Over the years, the intuitiveness and user-friendliness of FireStart BPM Suite has won several awards for managing complex environments in a user-friendly way. With BPM set to become the core organizational topic of the future, PROLOGICS has a proven track record of building professional management systems on top of SharePoint in over ten different verticals. For instance, PayLife Bank–the largest provider of credit card payments in Austria–has only a team of 300 to processes over millions of transactions a year. As a central financial service provider, it is important for PayLife to pay close attention to service quality and customer satisfaction, which rides on efficient planning and exact execution of internal and external processes. PROLOGICS used FireStart together with SharePoint to deliver a management system for the process reorganization. The company first designed the central process landscape in FireStart and then built workflow application scenarios for human resources management within that platform. The automation of end-to-end processes provided the client with improved process transparency across the whole company. The solution coordinated cross-application execution of workflows and reduced manual post-editing of business data, while easing the risks and improving processing time. Moving forward, PROLOGICS intends to expand its global market reach, while also growing its partner networks within the Microsoft ecosystem. Hutter has plans to put FireStart on the cloud later this year and continue to implement best practices and solutions for customers helping them jump-start into BPM successfully. “We want to eliminate e-mails and replace them with workflow supported tasks, make IT more usercentric and increase corporate agility and transparency with cloud-enabled processes,” adds Hutter in regard to the future goals of PROLOGICS. PROLOGICS An Independent software vendor in the field of Business Process Management (BPM) that offers FireStart BPM suite https://microsoft.cioreview.com/vendor/2014/prologics	cc/2020-05/en_middle_0060.json.gz/line1524
__label__wiki	0.722534	0.722534	London's Other Orbitals: Walking the A504 Posted in London on Saturday 3rd June 2017 at 10:06pm A little after arriving home from this trip, news began to filter through of the terrorist attacks on London Bridge and at Borough Market. It was hard to map the scenes of quiet, empty desolation on the deserted bridge after the incidents with the busily confident, confusing and bewilderingly colourful London I'd walked across just hours earlier. Whatever people of varying political stripe will tell you, London remains one of the freest and most diverse cities on the planet, and benefits to an almost unmeasurable degree from this. With this freedom comes the opportunity to change and reinvent places, communities - and even ourselves. However, along with diversity and constant change comes an ever-shifting level of equality and sometimes a sense of alienation too. But all any Londoner needs to do to be part of something bigger, something sustaining and ever surprising is to step outside and walk in their city. London isn't an inert state capital for display purposes only - it is the sometimes confusing, often gritty and ever-remarkable product of the collective striving and will of eight million individual souls - and that's exactly why it's going to be very, very hard to repress the spirit of the city. This post doesn't stray even close to the parts of London which suffered at the hands of ideologically driven, hate-filled terrorists today - but it crosses the paths of many of the people and communities who make this city the complex, bewildering and captivating place which has consumed my enthusiasm and attention for so many years. I'm moved to remember again the word carved into the southern pediment of St. Paul's Cathedral - Resurgam. I shall rise again. With a degree of childish excitement I descended to the Thameslink platforms at St. Pancras International station. I realised as I planned today's trip that I'd never caught a train from these platforms - at least not in their current incarnation. When my more regular travels fell away during the latter part of 2012, the line remained divided - with ongoing work at London Bridge and Blackfriars before it would be possible to restore the cross London link. Indeed, on some weekends even now there is no through service as capacity improvement work continues - but today I was lucky, as everything was running smoothly and trains were passing through the city unimpeded. I didn't have long to wait on the thankfully cool platforms under the main concourse for the train to arrive - a long, white, businesslike Class 700. I hopped gleefully on board for the short ride up to Hendon, thrilled to be getting a new type of train under my belt - a rare enough experience these days. If this walk had been planned or thought through with any rigour, the theme might well have been 'my nerdiest obsessions' - though I'm equally aware that could apply to almost any of my wanders nowadays. This one however swiftly progressed from trains to roads as I disembarked at Hendon where the Midland Main Line is sandwiched into a narrow gully alongside the M1 as it accelerates away from its origins at Staples Corner a little to the south. Hendon station is situated at a point where the A504 divides to begin - or indeed end, depending on one's perspective - on the A5 at a broadly looping one-way system. I decided that to properly commence this walk I needed to circumnavigate this as a sort of ritualistic beginning - so turning my back on the motorway and the station I set off downhill. Roman Watling Street at West Hendon Hendon is a place with multiple, distinct urban centres based around transport infrastructure - and at some point there was a busy string of stores along the A5 near the station. Now, with Brent Cross Shopping Centre a stones' throw to the south and some sizeable retail developments stretching away north along the road to Edgware, the whole area looked abandoned and dilapidated. The junction where Station Road meets the straight, broad course of Roman Watling Street is pedestrian unfriendly and confusing, traffic turning left to loop right. While here I decided to venture across to look at Welsh Harp Reservoir - a fascinating feature of the map of London from my childhood. To get to the water, where the Silk Stream and the Dollis Brook meet to form the more substantial River Brent, I had to cross a new housing development which was slowly climbing around tall cranes. But surrounding the foot of the new homes were a range of mid-century public housing blocks in a fairly surprising still clearly in use despite their disrepair. A large 'Show Home This Way' banner was stretched across the entrance to this little enclave of homes, rather pointedly amplifying the difference. A little research indicated that this was the West Hendon Regeneration project, and that the process of moving tenants out to build new homes had not always run smoothly, and had rarely served the existing tenants well. This wasn't new - and it wasn't the first such situation I'd encountered on my travels in North London - but as I watched a Police Officer go door-to-door at the old, run down flats while her colleagues meticulously searched the communal waste area, I realised that like elsewhere this just wasn't working for West Hendon - a place which had little identity and even less access to services. Thwarted by barriers and the need to 'officially' be in the new development to reach the reservoir I turned back, keen not to attract the interest of the Police this early in my walk. As I traced the beginnings of the A504 via the poorly-marked junction, back to the station, I knew I needed to come back this way at some point to unravel the waterways which marked the increasingly forbidden boundaries of this area. Realising that despite an early start to the walk I'd barely set off, I strode swiftly uphil from West Hendon, crossing the railway and the M1 again near the rather fine old frontage of the Midland Hotel. After a gritty, urban beginning the A504 soon becomes a rather typical, and certainly not unpleasant North London suburban road. This stretch is lined with decently sized brick villas, and is busy with local traffic making exactly the unremarkable local journeys that I'd imagined I'd be writing about when walking these routes. And just like all of these cross-routes, the road soon meets one of the venerable arterial routes leaving the city - in this case the wide, busy dual carriageways of the A41 heading for Watford. In fact, this road seems to carry more of the burden of city-bound traffic than the A5 which I'd crossed earlier. In the midst of the carriageways was an isolated and forlorn war memorial which I reached after a struggle through confusingly unsigned subways. The paved central island doubled as a works compound for some apparently yet-to-be-realised improvements, and it was hard to conceive this location among torrents of traffic as a peaceful place of respectful contemplation. There was a hint of a fine aspect south over the valley of the Mutton Brook below, but the overgrown trees and tangle of equipment didn't allow a good view. I headed back underground to complete my crossing of the A41 and head onwards. Altogether quieter here, the A504 takes a sharp turn to the east among the buildings which form the Middlesex University Campus. The sizeable buildings occupy a mixture of impressive newly-built accommodation and former municipal technical college premises which sit alongside the impressive civic architecture of Hendon's old Town Hall and Library. The former Middlesex Polytechnic brought together a somewhat disparate range of much older teaching institutions across North London, finally coming into some sort of coherence in 1973, but still ranged across a number of sites dotting the North Circular. In recent years, the University has settled on a strategy of centralising on the Hendon Campus, and developing some smart new buildings alongside the rather fine civic centre it occupies here. It struck me that if my orbital walks had a patron educational institution, it would be Middlesex University, its scattering of former sites marking out my recent walking territory with eerie accuracy from here to Cat Hill, Trent Park, Tottenham and beyond. Turning my back on the large emblem of the now-defunct County, I press on eastwards into what may well be called Church End - a curiously unremarked urban centre which sits marooned in a diamond of suburbia trapped between the A41, the A1 and the North Circular. It was proving to be a hot morning so I loaded up on water before moving on, crossing the bustling crossroads of Church End and following the signs for Finchley. Hendon Town Hall Plunged back into typical suburban scenes, I noted the road beginning a gradual descent into the Dollis Valley. Ahead of me, a tree-lined ridge indicates a climb beyond which I'll need to tackle soon - but for now I focused on the crossing of the 'new' 1920s alignment of the A1 in the valley below. The road network of North London uses the geography of waterways as a framework, fitting into the harder to develop valleys and gullies the brooks and rivers have formed over millennia. In particular, the confluence of the Dollis Brook and the Mutton Brook provides the opportunity for the A1 and A406 to entangle in the messy, complexity of Henley's Corner. The waterways have had their last laugh perhaps though, as this complicated and congested junction is now hemmed into the confines of the site, and very hard to modernise or expand. My route crosses the A1 north of this tangle, in a rather gloomy hollow at the foot of a hill. The busy road is fringed with houses and service roads, a fume-blackened anti-pedestrian fence along the central reservation. Immediately after the crossing I'm on a bridge over the Dollis Brook, a broad and proud stream which unfortunately, today at least, reeks of sewage and decay. There is a pleasant looking path alongside it, well-signposted and inviting. I log the details for future wanders and press on uphill along Finchley Lane, a long and slow climb through fairly featureless residential streets. Along the way I spot the bus stop for 'Crooked Usage' and can't relate it to any local streets or features at first. Curious to research the unusual name later, I snap a picture and move on, feeling the net curtains of Finchley twitching behind me at my brazen display of odd behaviour. It is perhaps premature perhaps to say Finchley though, as I'll never quite get there... My route makes a sudden turn south along Gravel Hill to a crossroads with another road to Finchley which the signs also claim is the A504. No maps seem to agree, so after spending a moment pondering whether the completist in me needs to make a detour along this spur, I resolve not to be diverted. Thatcher country can wait for another walk along another road. Instead I continue into the rather prematurely named 'East End Road', a considerable length of which fringes a Cricket training ground named for Wilf Slack - the Gambian batsman who thrilled Middlesex fans in the 1980s before a shocking early passing. Across the street from these well-kept greens is the New North London Synagogue. I'd noted the smartly turned out families across Hendon and Finchley heading for their Shabbat morning services, but this was an altogether larger enterprise, attracting a seemingly much bigger congregation. I also noted the presence of considerable security along the high brick wall which fronted the site, and only a sense of decorum prevented me from photographing the curious site of a muscular, white-shirted guard cracking his knuckles menacingly in a stab vest and a yarmulke. There was a sense of tension alongside the fine clothes and family groups this morning which was sobering to a visitor from the comparatively rural west country. A406 Middlesex Crest I could hear the rush of fast-moving traffic up ahead but the source wasn't immediately evident. As I approached a deserted bus loop and a windswept public park, I realised that the tunnel carrying the North Circular was directly beneath me. Crossing to the southern side of the road, I could see the broad carriageways emerging from a surprisingly decorative brick tunnel mouth with Middlesex county crests built into the brickwork. I paused a while to contemplate the walks which I'd need to undertake to cover this lengthy, deeply polluted beast of a road. I'd navigated considerable parts of its tortured circuit on foot already, and it had been a constant presence in my walks over the past year or so - but it needed to be considered as a whole at some point. I figured it would all too soon be time. But now I had other business, and pressing on alongside the huge East Finchley Cemetery - which seems to have a tennis club embedded rather optimistically within the grounds - I entered a somewhat gentrified zone leading into East Finchley where the older route of the Great North Road crossed my path. As people strolled around with purchases from the rather fine butchers shop and bakery, I spotted a young gent in rather snug shorts using a state-of-the-art cordless vacuum cleaner to hoover up stray gravel from his driveway which also featured a huge 'Vote Labour' sign. It felt like a defining image for the maelstrom of an election campaign which was being waged across the country now. None of the parties seemed to occupy their rightful places just now. All was confusion. Blame Brexit, blame immigration, blame everyone except the often wilfully perverse voting public. East Finchley becomes Fortis Green - which may or may not be an suburb in its own right - and hereabouts the London Borough of Barnet gives way to Haringey. Not a great deal changed - the long straight road was lined with pleasant terraces, the occasional set-back cottage behind a leafy hedge, and local businesses and pubs. Traffic was a little quieter here, and only the occasional TfL bus stop reminded me that I wasn't in almost any other provincial market town. As I continued east, a sense of London returned in the long parades of victorian shop fronts and sizeable blocks of early public housing schemes. The broad avenues leading south from Fortis Green led towards a distant vista of Highgate Wood, a splash of green under a cloudless blue sky. It was easy to love these surroundings, and I'd have happily walked here for longer hadn't the call of coffee been strong. I was approaching Muswell Hill - a district I'd briefly skirted when walking the former Northern Heights railway line, but which I didn't know well. As I was following the A504, my approach was via Queens Avenue - an impressive crescent of terraces which were clearly far too big for modern dwellings, and which had been divided into flats some time ago. The splendid buildings looked decently built but sadly run-down, a forest of wheelie-bins cluttering the front yard of each, and a truly remarkable amount of fly-tipping in evidence. As I marked the curve towards the centre of Muswell Hill, stepping over microwaves and around mattresses discarded on the pavement, I wondered if perhaps my preconceptions about the area had been wrong after all? Looking down Muswell Hill They hadn't. Once I reached the epicentre of Muswell Hill - focused around a five spurred roundabout housing a bus stand - I saw that it was just as I'd expected. This bustling zone was a distinct small town, and the crowds which wandered in the midday sun were predominantly almost sickeningly happy, healthy and prosperous looking young families. As fathers hefted curious children onto their shoulders to sway through the crowds, a loud and engergetic Labour Party campaign stand was drawing attention. Hornsey and Wood Green has flipped between the main parties over the thirty years that it has existed in its current configuration, but it seemed that local activists were doing their utmost to see that Catherine West held on this time. I explored the town centre a little, until I found a coffee shop and took a quick break in the cool, dark air-conditioned comfort. Outside, the electioneering went on as loudly as ever. For the first time in this short, sharp and rather bitter campaign I began to doubt the result would be as clear as it had seemed at first. Moving on, I took the south-eastern exit from the huge roundabout and confronted Muswell Hill - the steep, long road leading down from the northern heights towards the lower-lying lands around the Lea Valley. Reputedly the steepest hill in London, it commands an impressive view towards the Isle of Dogs, and I tried to capture it on camera before realising that I wasn't going to do this scene justice at all. Instead, I gingerly set off - walking downhill is of course always preferable to heading up, but it has its own special perils for a clumsy, heavy footed walker like me. I took things steadily, letting gravity do just enough work - and working hard to stop it doing more than I'd like! Soon after setting off down the hill I spotted the underpass where the former railway crossed under the hill on route from Alexandra Palace to Cranley Gardens. Muswell Hill is surprisingly ill-served by rail nowadays, and while it figures in a good number of bus routes, it's a hike from the nearest station. Perhaps, given the evident prosperity in the area, the Northern Heights plan hadn't been such a bad one after all? I continued down the hill, the impressive front of Alexandra Palace appearing over my left shoulder, with the tall antenna pricking the blue sky beyond. My last walk here had been misty and strange - but I hadn't quite appreciated how fine the views were from up here. Beside me, cyclists struggled against the gradient, determined to make the ascent in one effort. After reaching the bottom of the hill with a little relief that I'd done so firmly on both feet, my route turned east towards Hornsey. This was an area that I had only a theoretical sense of - a railway depot, a former Borough, a station. Haringey is always described as a borough of contrasts - and the first noticeable difference was that in this lower-lying eastern part of the area, the population was far more diverse. The sea of almost entirely white faces up on Muswell Hill now seemed rather oddly homogenous. The area was also however, much less prosperous looking and felt a little down-at-heel. Street furniture wasn't repaired nearly as consistently, there were more empty shopfronts, the streets were less well-cleaned. The benefits of living in a vocal, educated middle class suburb were starkly apparent - but Hornsey High Street went about its business with pride too, and I confess to feeling much more comfortable ambling along this stretch of curious stores and patches of unexpected green space than I had while lingering in Muswell Hill. At the end of the High Street, the road passed under the East Coast Mainline with the New River skirting the foot of the viaduct. To the north, the river ran in pleasantly landscaped surroundings with new offices and apartments set among the buildings of the Victorian pumping station. Beyond the road to the south, the river disappeared into a graffiti-covered underpass surfacing east of the railway. The temptation to turn north and walk the river path was strong as ever, but having passed the midpoint of this route there was no way I'd turn aside. The New River at Hornsey From the bridge, my path continued east as Turnpike Lane - a long terrace of victorian villas fronting up against a run of cash-and-carry outlets and restaurants. Some of the terraced homes had built their fronts out to the pavement forming makeshift stalls selling exotic fruit and household appliances. The street throbbed in the heat, low beats shuddering waiting cars while people hung around on the pavement, far too warm to be in the heat inside their premises. Glancing along the streets leading north as I crossed them, I spied the totemic 'M' which topped the Mall at the former Wood Green Shopping City. It dominated the surrounding area in an oddly menancing way, breaking the suburban pattern. This also meant that I was nearing the crossing of Green Lanes at a spot I'd visited on a number of occasions. Not least when I'd traced the mysterious Moselle River in so far as it can be found nowadays. The origins of this stream in Muswell Hill weren't lost on me during todays walk, but it's hard to imagine where it might have flowed before the arrival of this busy jumble of streets. The junction of Green Lanes - or at this point Wood Green High Road - with Turnpike Lane was as ever a chaotic and frantic tumble of people. It was hard not to get swept up in the crowd, carried across the road and into the Underground station with the greater mass of people. Young shoppers laden with bags tottered along, achieving one-thumbed text message composition as they went. Drivers edged around the corners of the junction as pedestrians blindly strayed into their path. Buses shuddered and lurched away from the stops, urgently sounding horns at people who just couldn't wait to pass in front of them. Despite following a suburban A-road, here the pedestrian had asserted unofficial authority. I turned south then west, passing the routes I'd taken before in pursuit of the river, and heading into West Green Road. This involved crossing an area of the map I'd not traversed, closely shadowing the former Palace Gates railway line which had branched from the Great Eastern Mainline at Seven Sisters. I realised as I progressed along a suburban street not hugely different to others I'd encountered today, that I'd only ever crossed this zone between the main arteries of Green Lanes and Tottenham High Road by rail, despite walking the radial routes into the city many times. Perhaps this series of walks which cross the territory are long overdue? West Green was in some ways a revelation - a large African and Caribbean community made for a bustling, loud and surprisingly interesting walk, the suburbs soon giving way to a busy if officially unremarked High Street where a dizzying range of cuisines and ingredients could be found along with a vast over-provision of barbers, phone unlockers, money wiring services and apparently makeshift garages. Along the way I paused close to the sliver of Downhills Park which reaches south to the road along the old railway curve, and listened to an animated preacher belting out her witness near the war memorial. Meanwhile, across the street the congregation of the Seventh Day Adventist church were spilling into the street - a busy tumble of beautifully dressed people filled with fervour and excitement which the church, apparently converted from a suburban home couldn't contain. It was time to make once last push into Tottenham and beyond - but I was almost sorry to be leaving West Green where life appeared to continue regardless of London's swirl and bluster just on its fringes. Spotting a tell-tale rise in the road, I briefly detoured south onto Avenue Road where a bridge parapet still betrayed the route of the Palace Gates branch, now in-filled with modern low-rise housing. Further east, where the rails from Liverpool Street crossed above, the site of the former entrance to Seven Sisters Station was evident, a tumbledown newspaper shack occupying the old stairwell. The entrance had moved to more salubrious streets when the Victoria Line arrived in 1968. West Green, marooned between railways but with no station of its own, persisted nonetheless. I crossed Tottenham High Road near where my recent A503 walk had intersected it at Page Green. The reputed site of the ancient ring of trees known as the Seven Sisters now housed a ventilation shaft for the Victoria Line, the trees clustering around it in a mockery of the legend. Broad Lane continued the A504 beyond the High Road into the surprisingly quiet hinterland. I could sense the River Lea close by, my route having flattened out as it crossed the wide floodplain. Traffic was sparse, and apart from an eager religious leafleter, I was one of only a few pedestrians out in the strong sunshine. With industrial buildings looming ahead, the road took a sharp turn to the north and suddenly I was in the familiar territory of Tottenham Hale Retail Park. The shiny metal and glass units reflected the heat back at me as I passed between them, noting that on the other side of the street an old fashioned second hand shop was doing fine business on a corner. At Tottenham Hale station, my road ran out - merging into the A503 as it ploughed on over the Lea towards Epping Forest - a route I'd already taken. Navigating the complicated redevelopment of the station to find my platform, I reflected on my walk as I waited for a train back into the city. Hendon seemed so distant and alien to this familiar landscape - but on the way I'd passed through what seemed like unremarkable suburbs, all of which had left surprisingly individual and different impressions on me. The gradual ascent to the heights followed by the sudden descent into the Lea Valley felt a little like coming home - back onto comfortable territory - but it suggested so many other walks which called for attention. As the country sat on the brink of an unexpected election, basking in an equally surprising summery weekend it was hard not to feel a little flash of optimism for London and its future. The train was late, but I was happy to spend a few more minutes watching the world pass by out here. A gallery of images from the walk can be found here. A504 Walk - Hendon to Tottehnam Hale . That content is preserved here too.	cc/2020-05/en_middle_0060.json.gz/line1525
__label__wiki	0.804912	0.804912	Single Ticket #4 - Mogwai and King Creosote & Jon Hopkins Posted in SHOFT on Wednesday 28th September 2011 at 10:09pm One of the side-effects of the computer catastrophe here has been the inability to buy music. Given that times are tight, and it's difficult to squeeze another notch on the belt, this isn't all bad - but it did delay my access to two eagerly awaited releases. King Creosote & Jon Hopkins - Honest Words And as if to tease me for my reliance on soulless, compressed digital products, King Creosote & Jon Hopkins's "Honest Words" slides in against a backdrop of tape hiss. Almost immediately, King Creosote's voice ascends into gorgeous, clear high notes while Hopkins provides a dramatic backing based around a sonorous, doom-laden organ which eventually dissolves into a twinkle of shattered electronics. The lyric is intriguing as once again Kenny Anderson elects to demolish the 'fourth wall' and bring the listener in on the songwriting craft. Listening to him singing about the process and the pain of writing is a little voyeuristic, a distant ache in the third person. As the song ends, the cycle begins again as the backing fades leaving Kenny rewriting his own ending. Supporting this King Creosote tradition of revisiting and reworking songs in new situations and contexts, the next two tracks take the rewriting process of "Honest Words" as a model. "Aurora Boring Alias" originated on the "Love + Hate = Hate" collaboration with HMS Ginafore and here is supported by a surprisingly gentle, almost absent touch of atmospherics from Jon Hopkins. Just a music box piano tinkling and the subtlest of drones shimmer in the background whilst Kenny floors me once again with one of those lyrics which grasp a mood and hold it up for inspection as he intones "a magnet at my very core pulls me northwards". With eyes turned skyward the song agains becomes self-referential with the revealingly honest claim that 'I'm aware it's me that I describe in code'. Finally a reworking of a recent reworking features in "Bats In The Attic (Unravelled)". I've never quite shaken off my love of this "Bits of Strange" song in any of it's forms, but here it becomes a gentle but powerfully phrased construction. A bit of regret, a little bitterness, some bile even. The simple melody here is reduced to a background shimmer and a quiet clanking rhythm drives the song onwards. Stripped back to this degree, King Creosote's voice is revealed even more than usual as a delight. My only sorrow is at the loss of the line about "Fife council" before song echoes away, fittingly into nothing. The critical acclaim which "Diamond Mine" has enjoyed seems to have caught this unlikely duo completely unawares, but this brief addendum to their slight but affecting and already much loved canon continues the story. I hope there is more, because I genuinely don't think I'll ever tire of listening to them. King Creosote & John Hopkins - Honest Words "Honest Words" is available from Amazon, iTunes and local record stores near you. Mogwai - Earth Division EP Coming surprisingly soon after the superbly titled "Hardcore Will Never Die But You Will" album earlier this year, I had something of a sense of dread about this EP. Often these rapid follow-up releases are nothing better than studio-floor salvages, and I didn't want that to happen to a band which has been part of my musical landscape for more years than I cared to remember. I need not have worried, because "Earth Division" is a work made entirely on it's own terms. "Get To France" opens, with poise and tension which would ideally grace the opening titles of a movie. An insistent piano refrain echoing with noirish portent. If this is the opening scene, then the closing credits could easily be delivered over the wistful and delicate "Hound of Winter". It's rare a Mogwai track features vocals in the traditional sense, but here they are just that - and allied to a surprisingly gentle folk melody complete with harmonica and accordion. The lightest wash of strings fade in and out of the track, occasionally delivering the kind of life-affirming lifts in mood which I've always associated with the band, even at their most uncompromising and impenetrable. And that is perhaps where "Drunk and Crazy" comes in...never has a song been more appropriately named as a shuddering low fidelity rhythm stutters in behind distorted guitars and a sheen of white noise which suddenly, almost clumsily gives way to an unexpected and beautiful string quartet mid-track. A stark piano accompaniment picks out the melody which just about survives from the opening section, and eventually the two halves of the track are reunited in a jagged but epic closing section. This is uplifting, wide-screen brilliance which builds on the more varied textures of the recent album by reuniting them with Mogwai's sense of the dramatic and absurdly epic which were less in evidence on "Hardcore...". Finally, the sombre "Does This Always Happen?" strips the instrumentation back to strings and piano, with a delicate and considered weave of guitar and bass slinking in mid-track. The insistent melody, the atmospheric strings, the spacious and dignified ending signify the new Mogwai. No need for explosions or hackneyed post-rock loud/quiet cliches. This is the sound of a band confident in it's own skin. Experimental and inventive, but utterly, compellingly beautiful. Mogwai - Does This Always Happen? You can purchase the "Earth Division EP" from Amazon or iTunes. Sweet Baboo, Slow Club - The Cooler, Bristol Posted in SHOFT on Sunday 25th September 2011 at 11:09pm It had been a surprising sort of day in all kinds of senses, and having set out for Bristol in the ubiquitous and mundane fashion of catching a slow, lazy sunday afternoon train but ended up completing the journey in a sports car driven by a attractive young woman, I figured anything was possible. As I wandered through a warm, damp Bristol evening to The Cooler I pondered how all my visits here were a little bit unusual and wondered how this evening would work in this odd little venue. After trying to tackle the steep hill of Park Street nonchalantly and not to appear too hopelessly knackered by the time I reached the end of the already growing queue for entry to the venue, I exchanged playful age-related insults with the owner of the venue who stood at the door checking ID. This was a very young audience, which is of course good to see however old it makes me appear. But, there were also a few faces here who I suspected had come expecting a rather sedate evening of charming folk songs, and having had the newly released "Paradise" on fairly constant rotation over the past week, I speculated that they might perhaps not quite get what they wanted from Slow Club tonight. It was going to be an interesting evening... Sweet Baboo performed in the same three-piece setup which took the stage at Homegame. However, things have been tightened up and honed considerably over the months - not least perhaps because audiences around the country are a little more demanding of support acts than the preaching-to-the-converted exercise of Anstruther. None of this however makes Stephen Black any less nervous as he breathlessly addresses the crowd after completing the opening "The Morse Code For Love Is Beep Beep and Beep Beep and the Binary Code is One One" - a title I'll never get tired of repeating. It's a jagged, bass heavy and full sound which suits the louder numbers, but adjusts surprisingly sensitively to the quiet elements of the set. A romp through "I'm A Dancer" is a crowd pleaser for sure - and it's good to see Sweet Baboo capturing the imagination of the sometimes troublesome Bristol audience. The set meanders around both the album and the more recent "Girl Under A Tree" EP, including a fair selection of more up-tempo numbers. When the band swings into these, it's with a confident, timelessly retro edge. This classic pop is reinforced with a storming cover of Simon and Garfunkel's "Keep The Customer Satisfied". The heads of the more serious folk element of the crowd starts to bob a little here, whilst the youngsters who are almost entirely oblivious to the pedigree have a bit of a dance up the front. Despite his nervous demeanour, Black is always an engaging frontman to watch - and his urgent stage direction keeps things flowing through a non-stop set which sees the band veer oddly across genres, before alighting on the infectious pop of "Bounce" which the audience seems to take fairly literally. Things come to a close with a more reflective air on "If I Died Would You Remember..." and to be honest I think the band could have happily carried on. Bristol audiences can be terribly unforgiving to support acts at times, but the strange generation-spanning crowd tonight seemed to really enjoy the unpredictable, idiosyncratic world of Sweet Baboo. I thought that the days when bands strode on stage to epic intro music had long since disappeared, but that's exactly what Slow Club do tonight as the opining bars of "Paradise" thunder around the stage as Charles and Rebecca are joined by two thirds of Sweet Baboo to provide the extra edge which features on songs from the new album. It was an unsurprisingly "Paradise" heavy set tonight, and the backing track soon subsided into the clarion call of "Where I'm Waking" with its swaggering introduction. Any sense that Rebecca's mid-tour lurgy might have prevented her voice from hitting the spot is soon dispelled as she soars and dips around the jagged guitar lines. The band is tight, focused and manages to deliver the new songs alongside subtly reinvented takes on old favourites, as "All Our Most Brilliant Friends" illustrates ably. There is a quiet tension in the older songs too - a bit like the strange creeping unease I sense during David Lynch films. And when Rebecca says they're going to play a couple "...because we'll complain" they deliver faultless, spectrally pared down takes on "Come On Youth" and "I Was Unconscious It Was a Dream". However it's encouraging to see such a strong response for the new material and personal highlights of the album "Never Look Back" and "Hackney Marsh" both receive a fantastic reception from a crowd either already familiar with the songs or more than willing to be taken along by the occasion. The harmonies on the latter are jaw-droppingly good and the now appeased folksters behind me are spotted swaying gently as Rebecca's voice hits the staggering high notes. Things just keep getting better as Steven Black turns in a surprise saxophone solo, before the band rips into a high-energy take on "Giving Up On Love". There's not a lot of banter, with Rebecca saving her vocal chords for the songs, and Charles' rather shy on-stage presence. Letting his guitar speak makes sense though, and he cranks out some surprisingly chunky, driven playing during the night. Happily there were no awkward yells of "Judas" or other Dylan goes electric moments, and everyone appeared to be won over by the bigger, feistier sound on offer. For a final encore - just when you'd think another old song would seal the deal completely, "Gold Mountain" is unveiled - and it's a revelation. A slow-burning and rather quiet interlude on the album, it is transformed into a swaying, crowd-pleasing epic here tonight. Slow Club are never a band who take the easy path, and the gamble paid off tonight with relatively new material sitting well with an adoring crowd. So, as I wander off into the weird atmosphere of a Sunday evening with desperate revellers literally falling over themselves to get the last ounce of fun out of their weekend, I'm struck by how both of these bands manage that curious trick of getting the audience on side almost effortlessly. As you see these folks singing their hearts out on stage, it's impossible not to want them to succeed. When Transport Integrates... Posted in Railways on Saturday 24th September 2011 at 10:42pm There are a whole range of preserved railways I used to consider impossible targets. The idea of integrating infrequent rail and bus services, and spending the entire visit worrying about getting back on time used to paralyse and attempt to go in the first place, unless of course they decided to put on a bus service of their own - which Barrow Hill and The Churnet Valley Railway both should claim some credit here for doing this admirably and reliably, which is of course a whole other challenge! One of these targets written off as impossible for many years was the Llangollen Railway - a very sparse service between Shrewsbury and Wrexham, meeting a two-hourly bus was just not going to get me there. But with a diesel day announced for today and knowing the service was much better these days I decided to have a look at my options. And the good news is, it's incredibly simple and quick to get to Llangollen by public transport now. A quick, early morning run up to Wolverhampton via CrossCountry where I switched to the Arriva Trains service to Holyhead, taking me all the way to Ruabon. Out into the yard near the attractive station building which is no longer in railway use, and yards away was a bus stop, with a digital "next bus" display on the flag. Every 15 minutes, a service runs from Wrexham to Llangollen, with some heading out further to serve the villages along the valley. Bang on time it arrived. I settled in for the short run through rather stunning countryside to Llangollen, with the bus delivering me to a stop beside the river, just feet from the Town Centre station site. The station itself bears some exploration - snugly squeezed into a site beside the River Dee, the additional arch of the Mediaeval Town Bridge which brought the line in from Ruabon is now stopped up. The station is long and curving, with attractive stone walls along its approach and some fine buildings. Both platforms remain in use, with a very substantial footbridge linking them, and a sizeable refreshment room near the foot. Purchased a ticket and made a dash over the bridge to catch the DMU service up the valley. I'd made some very rough plans to ensure I travelled with most of the locos out today, but I wasn't entirely confident of the crossing points, so my first run was as far as Glyndyfrdwy, where I took some pictures as the trains crossed, then explored the site with its manually operated crossing. The valley was peaceful, and despite a few spots of rain it was pleasant to just sit and relaxed in the station. Access across the platform was via the crossing, as the footbridge awaits restoration, currently having no flooring. Took the next train up the valley to the current terminus at Carrog - another substantial station with an excellent little cafe - and watch the process of running around and attaching locos while the DMU left once again on the intensive service. D5580 arrives at Glyndyfrdwy with a service to Carrog Figuring that it will of course be necessary to revisit once the railway manages to complete it's extension to Corwen, I spent a very happy couple of hours shuttling back and forth to Glyndyfrdwy and taking pictures of the crossing trains, before settling on a Class 37 hauled run back down to Llangollen. Enjoyed the splendid views over the river near the Chainbridge Hotel with its curious modern architecture alongside an older building. The bridge itself is currently unsafe I was sad to see. On arrival, wandered over the bridge towards town. The weather had brightened and Llangollen was busy with trippers and locals. I shopped a little before heading for the bus stop and back to Ruabon, arriving a little earlier than planned which allowed some wandering there too. I then retraced my steps home via a change at Wolverhampton onto a surprisingly quiet Voyager heading for Bristol. 37240 at Llangollen Station Today was just the easy day out I needed, and I was incredibly impressed with how well the transport worked. So, its now clear that a day trip to Llangollen is entirely possible. Ironically, having visited the town, I can't help but feel an overnight stay might be needed to fully appreciate this fine little railway and indeed the town itself. The Dee Valley is a curious spot, full of mysteries and oddities. It's almost no wonder they didn't like to make it too easy to get here in the past perhaps... Edward Gray - The Old Bending River Posted in SHOFT on Thursday 22nd September 2011 at 9:09pm Having suffered a fairly catastrophic computer situation here last weekend, I've had incredibly limited time to listen to music lately and an even more limited range of things to easily play. In the midst of this frustrating, tiresome and starkly tuneless week I received Edward Gray's album. It would have been easy to overlook it in the mess of things to fix and missed deadlines to catch up on, but instead I found myself returning to it again and again. Perhaps because, despite coming late to his music I feel a strange kinship with Edward Gray. For starters "The Old Bending River" is his first release for five years and having spent much of that same period wondering if I was ever really going to get excited about music again, it's easy to draw a parallel with his time in the wilderness. Starting in around 1989, making music largely never far from his Iowa City home, there is a sense of quiet industry against the odds of fierce self-critique here which appeals to me too. The singer-songwriter and self-styled noisician's wayward, outsider spirit is amply illustrated here over the course of eight simply constructed, often humbly short but surprisingly hard-edged compositions. Opening with "Chafe", Gray's voice is immediately striking. A warm, low burr which draws instant and probably tiresome parallels with Bill Callahan - but Gray manages to be at once more playful and less affected somehow, delivering these curious lyrics with a hint of humour - often of the self-deprecating variety - and a frankness which is incredibly appealing. On occasion, when faced with an impending chorus, Gray manages to soar to cracked, lonesome highs more akin to Mark Eitzel. This voice is allied to a delicate, understated backdrop which marries a swaggering rhythm section to a gentle country backing with beautifully deft licks of pedal steel. Next up "Samson" is a markedly stranger affair, a countrified polka full of lyrical drama. As the tension ramps up towards the conclusion, a violin sweeps in and dances around the song rather mournfully. Considering the simple instrumentation deployed here, the range of approaches Edward's band manages is staggering. There are points here too, where Gray displays a surprising gentleness of touch in his writing, such as "Away" which couples the simplest of melodies to some affecting, emotive vocals and a chaotic squall of guitar. It's light, easy on the surface listening, but hidden under here is emotionally complex stuff - which still manages to support just the tiniest hint of bitter humour as Gray gruffly observes "you got some brass ones, buddy" with a wry smile before wringing a wonderfully chaotic racket from his guitar. This incredible talent for shifting the mood of a piece around occurs again on the initially playful "Egg Timer Man" which is all pretty straightforward until Gray's vocal dips to a menacing, rumbling whisper to close the track. The versatility of Gray's voice, the dramatic twists and turns in his songwriting and the slick band which backs him all coming into alignment to deliver songs which reward on a scale which belies their humble origins. The album reaches a climax with the tortured, twisted yarn of "Bone" where Edward's voice is paired with a tangled, scratchy guitar line which winds around a sinuous bassline. Occasionally the guitar explodes into life with a tortured howl of melody and noise, before the song returns to it's nagging hypnotic refrain. Toughening into a menacing swagger, the song clocks in somewhere near seven minutes, Gray's voice reaching a pitch of anger and pain before sinking into resignation. This is blistering, visceral music which caught me quite unaware on my first listen. Finally "Cold Cold Man" creeps in with a sinister organ supporting quietly, menacing vocals which invoke Leonard Cohen at his playfully miserable best. Whoops of saxophone add to the atmosphere as the song shudders and stutters towards a riotous conclusion, as Gray begins to bark out the song's title over a bar-room choir of backing vocals. I'm indebted to Luigi from Almost Halloween Time Records for letting me hear this music as he prepares to painstakingly individually illustrate the lyric sheets of a very limited vinyl edition of this album - and once again, he's picked an incredible record to work on. Playful and surprising, but sometimes discordant and challenging, Edward Gray's work deserves to be far more widely known. This is an accomplished work from a veteran of two decades of self-recording, but who sounds like he's still enjoying every second of it. Long may he continue to do so. I can't urge strongly enough to ensure you get to hear this. You can purchase "The Old Bending River" from Bandcamp, but I'd recommend that you check out the very limited, hand illustrated vinyl version available from Almost Halloween Time Records. More information, including a fairly extensive back catalogue can be found here. Edward Gray - Chafe I've had a home on the web for more years than I care to remember, and a few kind souls persuade me it's worth persisting with keeping it updated. This current incarnation of the site is centred around the blog posts which began back in 1999 as 'the daylog' and continued through my travels and tribulations during the following years. I don't get out and about nearly as much these days, but I do try to record significant events and trips for posterity. You may also have arrived here by following the trail to my former music blog Songs Heard On Fast Trains. That content is preserved here too.	cc/2020-05/en_middle_0060.json.gz/line1526
__label__cc	0.584597	0.415403	Sodium chloride vs. sodium bicarbonate for the prevention of contrast medium-induced nephropathy: A randomized controlled trial Theresia Klima, Andreas Christ, Ivana Marana, Stefan Kalbermatter, Heiko Uthoff, Emanuel Burri, Sabine Hartwiger, Christian Schindler, Tobias Breidthardt, Giancarlo Marenzi, Christian Mueller Centro Cardiologico Monzino AimsThe most effective regimen for the prevention of contrast-induced nephropathy (CIN) remains uncertain. Our purpose was to compare two regimens of sodium bicarbonate with 24 h sodium chloride 0.9 infusion in the prevention of CIN. Methods and resultsWe performed a prospective, randomized trial between March 2005 and December 2009, including 258 consecutive patients with renal insufficiency undergoing intravascular contrast procedures. Patients were randomized to receive intravenous volume supplementation with either (A) sodium chloride 0.9 1 mL/kg/h for at least 12h prior and after the procedure or (B) sodium bicarbonate (166 mEq/L) 3 mL/kg for 1h before and 1 mL/kg/h for 6h after the procedure or (C) sodium bicarbonate (166 mEq/L) 3 mL/kg over 20min before the procedure plus sodium bicarbonate orally (500 mg per 10 kg). The primary endpoint was the change in estimated glomerular filtration rate (eGFR) within 48h after contrast. Secondary endpoints included the development of CIN. The maximum change in eGFR was significantly greater in Group B compared with Group A mean difference -3.9 [95 confidence interval (CI), -6.8 to -1] mL/min/1.73 m2, P = 0.009 and similar between Groups C and B [mean difference 1.3 (95 CI, -1.74.3) mL/min/1.73 m2, P = 0.39]. The incidence of CIN was significantly lower in Group A (1) vs. Group B (9, P = 0.02) and similar between Groups B and C (10, P = 0.9). ConclusionVolume supplementation with 24 h sodium chloride 0.9 is superior to sodium bicarbonate for the prevention of CIN. A short-term regimen with sodium bicarbonate is non-inferior to a 7 h regimen. European Heart Journal https://doi.org/10.1093/eurheartj/ehr501 Contrast Media Endovascular Procedures Renal Insufficiency Klima, T., Christ, A., Marana, I., Kalbermatter, S., Uthoff, H., Burri, E., ... Mueller, C. (2012). Sodium chloride vs. sodium bicarbonate for the prevention of contrast medium-induced nephropathy: A randomized controlled trial. European Heart Journal, 33(16), 2071-2079. https://doi.org/10.1093/eurheartj/ehr501 Sodium chloride vs. sodium bicarbonate for the prevention of contrast medium-induced nephropathy : A randomized controlled trial. / Klima, Theresia; Christ, Andreas; Marana, Ivana; Kalbermatter, Stefan; Uthoff, Heiko; Burri, Emanuel; Hartwiger, Sabine; Schindler, Christian; Breidthardt, Tobias; Marenzi, Giancarlo; Mueller, Christian. In: European Heart Journal, Vol. 33, No. 16, 08.2012, p. 2071-2079. Klima, T, Christ, A, Marana, I, Kalbermatter, S, Uthoff, H, Burri, E, Hartwiger, S, Schindler, C, Breidthardt, T, Marenzi, G & Mueller, C 2012, 'Sodium chloride vs. sodium bicarbonate for the prevention of contrast medium-induced nephropathy: A randomized controlled trial', European Heart Journal, vol. 33, no. 16, pp. 2071-2079. https://doi.org/10.1093/eurheartj/ehr501 Klima T, Christ A, Marana I, Kalbermatter S, Uthoff H, Burri E et al. Sodium chloride vs. sodium bicarbonate for the prevention of contrast medium-induced nephropathy: A randomized controlled trial. European Heart Journal. 2012 Aug;33(16):2071-2079. https://doi.org/10.1093/eurheartj/ehr501 Klima, Theresia ; Christ, Andreas ; Marana, Ivana ; Kalbermatter, Stefan ; Uthoff, Heiko ; Burri, Emanuel ; Hartwiger, Sabine ; Schindler, Christian ; Breidthardt, Tobias ; Marenzi, Giancarlo ; Mueller, Christian. / Sodium chloride vs. sodium bicarbonate for the prevention of contrast medium-induced nephropathy : A randomized controlled trial. In: European Heart Journal. 2012 ; Vol. 33, No. 16. pp. 2071-2079. @article{ac1812a034034cfd81cc5bcac2baec94, title = "Sodium chloride vs. sodium bicarbonate for the prevention of contrast medium-induced nephropathy: A randomized controlled trial", abstract = "AimsThe most effective regimen for the prevention of contrast-induced nephropathy (CIN) remains uncertain. Our purpose was to compare two regimens of sodium bicarbonate with 24 h sodium chloride 0.9 infusion in the prevention of CIN. Methods and resultsWe performed a prospective, randomized trial between March 2005 and December 2009, including 258 consecutive patients with renal insufficiency undergoing intravascular contrast procedures. Patients were randomized to receive intravenous volume supplementation with either (A) sodium chloride 0.9 1 mL/kg/h for at least 12h prior and after the procedure or (B) sodium bicarbonate (166 mEq/L) 3 mL/kg for 1h before and 1 mL/kg/h for 6h after the procedure or (C) sodium bicarbonate (166 mEq/L) 3 mL/kg over 20min before the procedure plus sodium bicarbonate orally (500 mg per 10 kg). The primary endpoint was the change in estimated glomerular filtration rate (eGFR) within 48h after contrast. Secondary endpoints included the development of CIN. The maximum change in eGFR was significantly greater in Group B compared with Group A mean difference -3.9 [95 confidence interval (CI), -6.8 to -1] mL/min/1.73 m2, P = 0.009 and similar between Groups C and B [mean difference 1.3 (95 CI, -1.74.3) mL/min/1.73 m2, P = 0.39]. The incidence of CIN was significantly lower in Group A (1) vs. Group B (9, P = 0.02) and similar between Groups B and C (10, P = 0.9). ConclusionVolume supplementation with 24 h sodium chloride 0.9 is superior to sodium bicarbonate for the prevention of CIN. 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Our purpose was to compare two regimens of sodium bicarbonate with 24 h sodium chloride 0.9 infusion in the prevention of CIN. Methods and resultsWe performed a prospective, randomized trial between March 2005 and December 2009, including 258 consecutive patients with renal insufficiency undergoing intravascular contrast procedures. Patients were randomized to receive intravenous volume supplementation with either (A) sodium chloride 0.9 1 mL/kg/h for at least 12h prior and after the procedure or (B) sodium bicarbonate (166 mEq/L) 3 mL/kg for 1h before and 1 mL/kg/h for 6h after the procedure or (C) sodium bicarbonate (166 mEq/L) 3 mL/kg over 20min before the procedure plus sodium bicarbonate orally (500 mg per 10 kg). The primary endpoint was the change in estimated glomerular filtration rate (eGFR) within 48h after contrast. Secondary endpoints included the development of CIN. The maximum change in eGFR was significantly greater in Group B compared with Group A mean difference -3.9 [95 confidence interval (CI), -6.8 to -1] mL/min/1.73 m2, P = 0.009 and similar between Groups C and B [mean difference 1.3 (95 CI, -1.74.3) mL/min/1.73 m2, P = 0.39]. The incidence of CIN was significantly lower in Group A (1) vs. Group B (9, P = 0.02) and similar between Groups B and C (10, P = 0.9). ConclusionVolume supplementation with 24 h sodium chloride 0.9 is superior to sodium bicarbonate for the prevention of CIN. A short-term regimen with sodium bicarbonate is non-inferior to a 7 h regimen. AB - AimsThe most effective regimen for the prevention of contrast-induced nephropathy (CIN) remains uncertain. Our purpose was to compare two regimens of sodium bicarbonate with 24 h sodium chloride 0.9 infusion in the prevention of CIN. Methods and resultsWe performed a prospective, randomized trial between March 2005 and December 2009, including 258 consecutive patients with renal insufficiency undergoing intravascular contrast procedures. Patients were randomized to receive intravenous volume supplementation with either (A) sodium chloride 0.9 1 mL/kg/h for at least 12h prior and after the procedure or (B) sodium bicarbonate (166 mEq/L) 3 mL/kg for 1h before and 1 mL/kg/h for 6h after the procedure or (C) sodium bicarbonate (166 mEq/L) 3 mL/kg over 20min before the procedure plus sodium bicarbonate orally (500 mg per 10 kg). The primary endpoint was the change in estimated glomerular filtration rate (eGFR) within 48h after contrast. Secondary endpoints included the development of CIN. The maximum change in eGFR was significantly greater in Group B compared with Group A mean difference -3.9 [95 confidence interval (CI), -6.8 to -1] mL/min/1.73 m2, P = 0.009 and similar between Groups C and B [mean difference 1.3 (95 CI, -1.74.3) mL/min/1.73 m2, P = 0.39]. The incidence of CIN was significantly lower in Group A (1) vs. Group B (9, P = 0.02) and similar between Groups B and C (10, P = 0.9). ConclusionVolume supplementation with 24 h sodium chloride 0.9 is superior to sodium bicarbonate for the prevention of CIN. A short-term regimen with sodium bicarbonate is non-inferior to a 7 h regimen. KW - Contrast-induced nephropathy KW - Prevention KW - Sodium bicarbonate KW - Sodium chloride U2 - 10.1093/eurheartj/ehr501 DO - 10.1093/eurheartj/ehr501 JO - European Heart Journal JF - European Heart Journal 10.1093/eurheartj/ehr501	cc/2020-05/en_middle_0060.json.gz/line1530
__label__wiki	0.613358	0.613358	{Photo by Michelle Bashine, Courtesy of Photoshare} Women's and Girls' Health and Rights Communities in the Mopti region of central Mali continue to grapple with widespread gender inequality, sexual and gender-based violence (SGBV), including female genital mutilation (FGM), as well as forced and early marriage and other harmful practices. As such practices are deeply rooted in the cultural, religious, economic, and social heritage of Mopti, ending them requires strong and concerted community engagement and action. The FCI Program of MSH is mobilizing leaders and communities in Mopti to advance women's and girls' health and rights. In partnership with the Malian non-governmental organization Conseils et Appui pour l'Education à la Base (CAEB, Advice and Support for Basic Education in English), the FCI Program of MSH leads the Debbo Alafia Consortium of multi-sectoral, national, and international implementing partners to carry out social and behavior change activities and to advocate for sexual and reproductive health and rights. As women and girls in the North and surrounding regions remain particularly vulnerable to sexual and gender-based violence (SGBV), the FCI Program of MSH is investigating the barriers that deter SGBV survivors from accessing care. Using the findings from this study, the FCI Program of MSH will bring together local actors to develop advocacy and program strategies to reduce these barriers to care. The FCI Program also works with trained community volunteers to refer SGBV survivors to free medical, psychosocial, and legal support services and trains health center staff on providing respectful, confidential, and safe care to survivors of SGBV. Across Mali, warehouses, health facilities, and community- based providers faced frequent stock-outs of lifesaving medicines. Managers lacked the regular, reliable information they needed to manage inventories.The USAID-funded Systems for Improved Access to Pharmaceuticals and Services (SIAPS) program, implemented by MSH, helped the Ministry of Health design and roll out an early warning system: a web-based dashboard that captures, aggregates, tracks, and reports real-time information on essential maternal and child health, family planning, malaria, HIV, and nutrition commodities, and on the patients who need them. After three years, 98 percent of facilities and warehouses were regularly reporting data, and stock-outs in 32 warehouses were cut by more than half. The dashboard, now also introduced in Guinea and South Sudan, improves forecasting and planning, prevents stock-outs, and ensures that commodities are used before they expire. Building sustainable change in Mali through the Keneya Jemu Kan project From Hot Spots to Holy Places: Group Sales of Health Products Contribute to Women’s Empowerment and Better Health in Mali Promoting Access to Health Services for Women in Mali The Medicines, Technologies, and Pharmaceutical Services (MTaPS) Program Pharmaceutical Management, Global Health Security Malaria, Women's, Children's, and Adolescents' Health, Tuberculosis 2018 - 2023 African Strategies for Health Completed Leadership, Management & Governance, Financing Health Services Malaria, Tuberculosis, Women's, Children's, and Adolescents' Health, HIV & AIDS 2011 - 2016 Systems for Improved Access to Pharmaceuticals and Services (SIAPS) Program Completed Pharmaceutical Management, Financing Health Services, Global Health Security Malaria, Tuberculosis, HIV & AIDS, Women's, Children's, and Adolescents' Health 2011 - 2018 Debbo Alafia Consortium Completed Women's, Children's, and Adolescents' Health Women's, Children's, and Adolescents' Health 2014 - 2019 Prevention and response to gender-based violence in Mopti and Douentza, Mali Completed Leadership, Management & Governance FCI Program of MSH 2014 - 2016 Building local capacity to provide holistic services to survivors of sexual and gender-based violence in Mali Completed Women's, Children's, and Adolescents' Health, FCI Program of MSH Women's, Children's, and Adolescents' Health 2016 - 2017 Overcoming barriers to care: Research study to inform policy on care for survivors of sexual violence in Mali Keneya Jemu Kan (KJK) Completed Leadership, Management & Governance Women's, Children's, and Adolescents' Health 2014 - 2019 Adama Sanogo Monitoring & Evaluation Specialist Fatimata Kané New Paper Discusses How Digital Health Technology Can Help Reach UHC Goals Management Sciences for Health to Strengthen Health Systems in Ten Countries In the Mopti region of Mali, the Debbo Alafia consortium mobilizes citizens, community-based organizations and religious leaders to end the practice of female genital mutilation. From Data to Action: Data-Informed Decision Making in Pharmaceutical Systems Leading Voices: Meet Hawa Coulibaly Kone Leading Voices: Meet Hammouda Bellamine Mali Keneya Jemu Kan Project Fact Sheet Health Systems Strengthening: Stronger Health Systems, Healthier Families and Communities Related to Mali	cc/2020-05/en_middle_0060.json.gz/line1534
__label__cc	0.712241	0.287759	Books by Brainard Carey The Art World Demystified Making it in the Art World New Markets for Artists School of Wishing Art of Hugging How I got into the Whitney Biennial Fund Your Dreams Succeed with Social Media Author Website for Brainard and Delia Carey Get a Signed Copy, Signed by the Author Learn how today’s artists survive, exhibit, and earn money, without selling out! This book explains how to be a professional artist and new methods to define and realize what success means. Whether you’re a beginner, a student, or a career artist looking to be in the best museum shows, this book provides ways of advancing your plans on any level. Making It in the Art World is an invaluable resource for artists at every stage, offering readers a plethora of strategies and helpful tips to plan and execute a successful artistic career. Topics include how to evaluate your own work, how to submit art, how to present work to the public, how to avoid distractions in the studio, and much more. ABOUT BRAINARD CAREY Brainard Carey was born in Manhattan, New York, and grew up in Yonkers. Read more→ Join the 70,000+ readers and every Sunday you will get a newsletter that has listings for major grants, awards, as well as interviews of artists from Yale University radio that I conduct. You will also get notices on Wednesdays about upcoming free webinars where you can learn more and have the option of taking classes if you want, but the webinars are always free. I will also send occasional stories and thoughts about being a working artist, during the week. Are You Thinking of Warmer Days? Find Grants Here Know Where to Look FOLLOW ME ELSEWHERE AUTHORSITE Copyright © 2020	cc/2020-05/en_middle_0060.json.gz/line1538
__label__wiki	0.505436	0.505436	Fitness Article Home Peak Items In the News So this week has been a busy week for My Peak In case you missed it, here's a round up of some of the news articles we have featured in. Mum invents app that gets you fit without having to go to the gym Gym owner is particularly targeting new mums with tech that means you can train and eat a nutritional diet at home A Devon mum has launched a fitness programme via an app to help those who are wary of joining a gym or unable to attend exercise classes – so they can work out from their own home. Jo Taylor, a personal trainer who owns a Tavistock gym with her partner John Phillips, wanted to create a health-and-fitness service especially designed for those who weren’t comfortable in a gym environment – as well as stay-at-home mums with young children and others who aren’t able to leave their homes to exercise. Jo has already helped hundreds of people to build successful fitness routines during her time at the gym, and wants to reach out to others, particularly women and especially new mums, who might not otherwise be able to work out. My Peak is an online fitness platform providing workout plans and guides, alongside nutritious recipes and healthy eating plans, with access to Jo’s expert advice on demand. Users only need to download an app to a smartphone, tablet or log in online via a PC. Jo, who has a seven-year-old daughter, said: “I totally get that the gym isn’t for everyone – and as a working mum, I know how hard it is to make fitness a part of your everyday lifestyle and routine. “I wanted to do something to help the people who wanted to get fit but didn’t know where to start; maybe they’re at home with a new baby or a young toddler and they can’t get to the gym, or maybe they just don’t feel comfortable going to a gym environment to work out.” “My Peak is a really easy way of starting a fitness programme from your own home, and it’s designed for everyone, from those who have never exercised before to people who want a more advanced workout.” All of the workout plans can be done without any equipment, and there are video tutorials to explain each exercise and show how it can be done at home. Many can be adapted to suit those who might have limited mobility too. My Peak’s fitness programmes combine HIIT – High Intensity Interval Training – exercise with a balanced diet plan. “My Peak aims to dispel the myth that you need to live off salad or workout for hours on end to be healthy,” Jo said. “Not all fitness journeys are about losing weight either – health and fitness comes in all shapes and sizes. Article by William Telford, Plymouth Live. Images by Stuart Bailey, Tamar Valley TV. Sign up today to be able to track your progress and customise content. WOD#78 Fitness WOD Fitness Recipe mypeak@peakhealth.fitness Peak Health and Fitness Gym, Unit A, Westbridge Trading Estate, Westbridge Industrial Estate, Tavistock, PL19 8DE Visit Our Gym Achieve your goals in the best equipped gym in Tavistock. Your Fitness Career Achieve personal trainer qualifications with our experienced tutors. Copyright © 2020 Peak health and fitness. All rights reserved. Privacy. Terms & conditions. made by Matrix. We use cookies to ensure that we give you the best experience on our website.We use cookies.	cc/2020-05/en_middle_0060.json.gz/line1543
__label__cc	0.698577	0.301423	Home » Posts tagged 'United Kingdom' Tag Archives: United Kingdom Flag and hits 0rphan drug status (174) 2020 APPROVALS (1) accelerated approval (1) Acute Hepatic Porphyria (1) Acute myeloid leukaemia (1) African medicine (6) ANDA (5) Anthony crasto (38) ANTIBODIES (52) antiglaucoma (1) Antihypertensives (1) antimalarials (6) ARAB MEDICINE (5) Biosimilar drugs (39) BLA (3) Breakthrough Therapy Designation (57) china 2019 (1) china pipeline (34) CHINESE HERBS (24) chronic kidney disease (1) CLINICAL TRIALS (10) Contrast agent (7) CYSTIC FIBRIOSIS (1) DNDi (1) Drug discovery (22) DRUG MARKETING (5) DRUG REVIEW (8) Duchenne muscular dystrophy (1) EU 2003 (1) EU PIPELINE (61) EU SUBMISSION (32) EXTENDED USE (1) FAST TRACK FDA (65) FDA 15 (4) FDA 2010 (2) FDA 2014 (52) female sexual dysfunction (1) flow synthesis (14) FORMULATION (14) Generating Antibiotic Incentives Now (1) GENERIC DRUG (105) GENERICS (21) glenmark (18) GLIPTIN (1) Greek medicine (3) hepatitis C viral infections (1) Herbals (8) Human medicines European Public Assessment Report EPAR (2) idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis (3) IND 2017 (2) IND Filed (2) Investigational device exemption (IDE) approval (2) Japan marketing (31) Japan pipeline (35) korea 2012 (1) Market info (3) Marketing authorisation application EU (4) MEDICAL DEVICE (9) Monoclonal antibody (74) NCE (2) NDA (52) NDA JAPAN (3) Neutraceuticals (1) New Drug Application Resubmission FDA (5) NEW DRUGS (76) New drugs canada (5) New drugs china (6) New drugs EU (10) New drugs Japan (2) NEW USE DRUGS (1) Newzealand (2) NUCLEOTIDES (1) ocular hypertension (1) organic chemistry (12) Peptide drugs (23) PHASE 1 (70) PHASE1 (135) Phase2 drugs (243) plaque psoriasis (1) POLYMORPH (10) Preclinical china (12) Preclinical drugs (117) Premture ejaculation (3) prime designation (1) Priority review (75) Promising clips (9) QbD (2) QIDP (21) radio labelled (1) RADIOLABELLED (7) Resubmission FDA (2) Scottish Medicines Consortium (1) sex arousal (2) SFDA FAST TRACK (2) sNDA (12) sNDA JAPAN (2) spectroscopy (16) SYNTHESIS (10) Translational medicine (2) Transverse myletis (2) Tropical Disease Priority Review Voucher (1) UNANI MEDICINE (2) US HERBS (7) USFDA SUBMISSION (1) Givosiran, ギボシラン , December 23, 2019 Golodirsen, ゴロジルセン; December 20, 2019 FDA approves novel treatment Oxbryta (voxelotor) to target abnormality in sickle cell disease November 26, 2019 FDA approves new treatment XCOPRI (cenobamate tablets) for adults with partial-onset seizures November 22, 2019 FDA approves first treatment Givlaari (givosiran) for inherited rare disease November 21, 2019 Subscribe to New Drug Approvals by Email FDA approves Odactra for house dust mite allergies March 2, 2017 8:51 am / Leave a comment The U.S. Food and Drug Administration today approved Odactra, the first allergen extract to be administered under the tongue (sublingually) to treat house dust mite (HDM)-induced nasal inflammation (allergic rhinitis), with or without eye inflammation (conjunctivitis), in people 18 through 65 years of age. “House dust mite allergic disease can negatively impact a person’s quality of life,” said Peter Marks, M.D., Ph.D., director of the FDA’s Center for Biologics Evaluation and Research. “The approval of Odactra provides patients an alternative treatment to allergy shots to help address their symptoms.” House dust mite allergies are a reaction to tiny bugs that are commonly found in house dust. Dust mites, close relatives of ticks and spiders, are too small to be seen without a microscope. They are found in bedding, upholstered furniture and carpeting. Individuals with house dust mite allergies may experience a cough, runny nose, nasal itching, nasal congestion, sneezing, and itchy and watery eyes. Odactra exposes patients to house dust mite allergens, gradually training the immune system in order to reduce the frequency and severity of nasal and eye allergy symptoms. It is a once-daily tablet, taken year round, that rapidly dissolves after it is placed under the tongue. The first dose is taken under the supervision of a health care professional with experience in the diagnosis and treatment of allergic diseases. The patient is to be observed for at least 30 minutes for potential adverse reactions. Provided the first dose is well tolerated, patients can then take Odactra at home. It can take about eight to 14 weeks of daily dosing after initiation of Odactra for the patient to begin to experience a noticeable benefit. The safety and efficacy of Odactra was evaluated in studies conducted in the United States, Canada and Europe, involving approximately 2,500 people. Some participants received Odactra, while others received a placebo pill. Participants reported their symptoms and the need to use symptom-relieving allergy medications. During treatment, participants taking Odactra experienced a 16 to 18 percent reduction in symptoms and the need for additional medications compared to those who received a placebo. The most commonly reported adverse reactions were nausea, itching in the ears and mouth, and swelling of the lips and tongue. The prescribing information includes a boxed warning that severe allergic reactions, some of which can be life-threatening, can occur. As with other FDA-approved allergen extracts administered sublingually, patients receiving Odactra should be prescribed auto-injectable epinephrine. Odactra also has a Medication Guide for distribution to the patient. Odactra is manufactured for Merck, Sharp & Dohme Corp., (a subsidiary of Merck and Co., Inc., Whitehouse Station, N.J.) by Catalent Pharma Solutions Limited, United Kingdom. (sublingually) to treat house dust mite (HDM)-induced nasal inflammation (allergic rhinitis), with or without eye inflammation (conjunctivitis), in people 18 through 65 years of age /////////////Odactra, Merck, Sharp & Dohme Corp, Catalent Pharma Solutions Limited, United Kingdom, FDA 2017, approves, house dust mite allergies FDA approves new diagnostic imaging agent FLUCICLOVINE F-18 to detect recurrent prostate cancer May 28, 2016 5:28 am / Leave a comment FLUCICLOVINE F-18 Cyclobutanecarboxylic acid, 1-amino-3-(fluoro-18F)-, trans- [ Molecular FormulaC5H818FNO2 Axumin (fluciclovine F 18) fluciclovinum (18F) GE-148 NMK36 trans-1-Amino-3-(18F)fluorcyclobutancarbonsäure [German] [ACD/IUPAC Name] trans-1-Amino-3-(18F)fluorocyclobutanecarboxylic acid [ACD/IUPAC Name] UNII-38R1Q0L1ZE anti-1-amino-3-[18F]fluorocyclobutane-1-carboxylic acid FDA approves new diagnostic imaging agent to detect recurrent prostate cancer The U.S. Food and Drug Administration today approved Axumin, a radioactive diagnostic agent for injection. Axumin is indicated for positron emission tomography (PET) imaging in men with suspected prostate cancer recurrence based on elevated prostate specific antigen (PSA) levels following prior treatment. Prostate cancer is the second leading cause of death from cancer in U.S. men. In patients with suspected cancer recurrence after primary treatment, accurate staging is an important objective in improving management and outcomes. “Imaging tests are not able to determine the location of the recurrent prostate cancer when the PSA is at very low levels,” said Libero Marzella, M.D., Ph.D., director of the Division of Medical Imaging Products in the FDA’s Center for Drug Evaluation and Research. “Axumin is shown to provide another accurate imaging approach for these patients.” Two studies evaluated the safety and efficacy of Axumin for imaging prostate cancer in patients with recurrent disease. The first compared 105 Axumin scans in men with suspected recurrence of prostate cancer to the histopathology (the study of tissue changes caused by disease) obtained by prostate biopsy and by biopsies of suspicious imaged lesions. Radiologists onsite read the scans initially; subsequently, three independent radiologists read the same scans in a blinded study. The second study evaluated the agreement between 96 Axumin and C11 choline (an approved PET scan imaging test) scans in patients with median PSA values of 1.44 ng/mL. Radiologists on-site read the scans, and the same three independent radiologists who read the scans in the first study read the Axumin scans in this second blinded study. The results of the independent scan readings were generally consistent with one another, and confirmed the results of the onsite scan readings. Both studies supported the safety and efficacy of Axumin for imaging prostate cancer in men with elevated PSA levels following prior treatment. Axumin is a radioactive drug and should be handled with appropriate safety measures to minimize radiation exposure to patients and healthcare providers during administration. Image interpretation errors can occur with Axumin PET imaging. A negative image does not rule out the presence of recurrent prostate cancer and a positive image does not confirm the presence of recurrent prostate cancer. Clinical correlation, which may include histopathological evaluation of the suspected recurrence site, is recommended. The most commonly reported adverse reactions in patients are injection site pain, redness, and a metallic taste in the mouth. Axumin is marketed by Blue Earth Diagnostics, Ltd., Oxford, United Kingdom http://www.google.com/patents/WO2014023775A1?cl=en The non-natural amino acid [ F]-l-amino-3-fluorocyclobutane-l-carboxylic acid ([18F]-FACBC, also known as [18F]-Fluciclovine) is taken up specifically by amino acid transporters and has shown promise for tumour imaging with positron emission tomography (PET). A known synthesis of [18F]-FACBC begins with the provision of the protected precursor compound 1 -(N-(t-butoxycarbonyl)amino)-3 – [((trifluoromethyl)sulfonyl)oxy]-cyclobutane-l-carboxylic acid ethyl ester. This precursor compound is first labelled with [18F]-fluoride: II before removal of the two protecting groups: IT III EP2017258 (Al) teaches removal of the ethyl protecting group by trapping the [18F]- labelled precursor compound (II) onto a solid phase extraction (SPE) cartridge and incubating with 0.8 mL of a 4 mol/L solution of sodium hydroxide (NaOH). After 3 minutes incubation the NaOH solution was collected in a vial and a further 0.8 mL 4 mol/L NaOH added to the SPE cartridge to repeat the procedure. Thereafter the SPE cartridge was washed with 3 mL water and the wash solution combined with the collected NaOH solution. Then 2.2 mL of 6 mol/L HCl was then added with heating to 60°C for 5 minutes to remove the Boc protecting group. The resulting solution was purified by passing through (i) an ion retardation column to remove Na+ from excess NaOH and Cl~ from extra HCl needed to neutralise excess of NaOH to get a highly acidic solution before the acidic hydrolysis step, (ii) an alumina column, and (iii) a reverse-phase column. There is scope for the deprotection step(s) and/or the purification step in the production of [18F]-FACBC to be simplified. Example 1: Synthesis of f FIFACBC No-carrier- added [18F]fluoride was produced via the 180(p,n)18F nuclear reaction on a GE PETtrace 6 cyclotron (Norwegian Cyclotron Centre, Oslo). Irradiations were performed using a dual-beam, 30μΑ current on two equal Ag targets with HAVAR foils using 16.5 MeV protons. Each target contained 1.6 ml of > 96% [180]water (Marshall Isotopes). Subsequent to irradiation and delivery to a hotcell, each target was washed with 1.6 ml of [160]water (Merck, water for GR analysis), giving approximately 2-5 Gbq in 3.2 ml of [160]water. All radiochemistry was performed on a commercially available GE FASTlab™ with single-use cassettes. Each cassette is built around a one-piece-moulded manifold with 25 three-way stopcocks, all made of polypropylene. Briefly, the cassette includes a 5 ml reactor (cyclic olefin copolymer), one 1 ml syringe and two 5 ml syringes, spikes for connection with five prefilled vials, one water bag (100 ml) as well as various SPE cartridges and filters. Fluid paths are controlled with nitrogen purging, vacuum and the three syringes. The fully automated system is designed for single-step fluorinations with cyclotron-produced [18F]fluoride. The FASTlab was programmed by the software package in a step-by-step time-dependent sequence of events such as moving the syringes, nitrogen purging, vacuum, and temperature regulation. Synthesis of [18F]FACBC followed the three general steps: (a) [18F]fluorination, (b) hydrolysis of protection groups and (c) SPE purification. Vial A contained K222 (58.8 mg, 156 μπιοΐ), K2C03 (8.1 mg, 60.8 μπιοΐ) in 79.5% (v/v) MeCN(aq) (1105 μΐ). Vial B contained 4M HC1 (2.0 ml). Vial C contained MeCN (4.1ml). Vial D contained the precursor (48.4 mg, 123.5 μιηοΐ) in its dry form (stored at -20 °C until cassette assembly). Vial E contained 2 M NaOH (4.1 ml). The 30 ml product collection glass vial was filled with 200 mM trisodium citrate (10 ml). Aqueous [18F]fluoride (1-1.5 ml, 100-200 Mbq) was passed through the QMA and into the 180- H20 recovery vial. The QMA was then flushed with MeCN and sent to waste. The trapped [18F]fluoride was eluted into the reactor using eluent from vial A (730 μΐ) and then concentrated to dryness by azeotropic distillation with acetonitrile (80 μΐ, vial C). Approximately 1.7 ml of MeCN was mixed with precursor in vial D from which 1.0 ml of the dissolved precursor (corresponds to 28.5 mg, 72.7 mmol precursor) was added to the reactor and heated for 3 min at 85°C. The reaction mixture was diluted with water and sent through the tC18 cartridge. Reactor was washed with water and sent through the tC18 cartridge. The labelled intermediate, fixed on the tC18 cartridge was washed with water, and then incubated with 2M NaOH (2.0 ml) for 5 min after which the 2M NaOH was sent to waste. The labelled intermediate (without the ester group) was then eluted off the tC18 cartridge into the reactor using water. The BOC group was hydrolysed by adding 4M HC1 (1.4 ml) and heating the reactor for 5 min at 60 °C. The reactor content with the crude [18F]FACBC was sent through the HLB and Alumina cartridges and into the 30 ml product vial. The HLB and Alumina cartridges were washed with water (9.1 ml total) and collected in the product vial. Finally, 2M NaOH (0.9 ml) and water (2.1 ml) was added to the product vial, giving a purified formulation of [18F]FACBC with a total volume of 26 ml. Radiochemical purity was measured by radio-TLC using a mixture of MeCN:MeOH:H20:CH3COOH (20:5:5: 1) as the mobile phase. The radiochemical yield (RCY) was expressed as the amount of radioactivity in the [18F]FACBC fraction divided by the total used [18F]fluoride activity (decay corrected). Total synthesis time was 43 min. The RCY of [18F]FACBC was 62.5% ± 1.93 (SD), n=4. /////FDA, diagnostic imaging agent, recurrent prostate cancer, fda 2016, Axumin, marketed, Blue Earth Diagnostics, Ltd., Oxford, United Kingdom, fluciclovine F 18 C1[C@@](C[C@H]1[18F])(N)C(=O)O FLUCICLOVINE LINK https://newdrugapprovals.org/2016/05/28/fda-approves-new-diagnostic-imaging-agent-fluciclovine-f-18-to-detect-recurrent-prostate-cancer/ SEE EMA Axumin : EPAR – Summary for the public EN = English 06/07/2017 http://www.ema.europa.eu/ema/index.jsp?curl=pages/medicines/human/medicines/004197/human_med_002100.jsp&mid=WC0b01ac058001d124 Marketing-authorisation holder Blue Earth Diagnostics Ltd Date of issue of marketing authorisation valid throughout the European Union 215 Euston Road London NW1 2BE Manufacture, characterisation and process controls The active substance fluciclovine (18F) is prepared from the precursor AH113487 by nucleophilic substitution of a triflate group by 18F-fluoride, followed by two deprotection steps. Due to the short half-life of the 18Ffluorine radioisotope, each batch is prepared on the day of clinical use. The active substance is prepared in a proprietary automated synthesiser unit. The synthesiser module is computer-controlled. A fluid path for synthesis is provided in the form of a single use cassette (FASTlab). The cassette contains 3 reagent vials and 3 solid phase cartridges. Two other reagent vials are supplied separately as they have a recommended storage temperature of 2-8°C. These 2 vials are inserted into the cassette on the day of production. EMA/237809/2017 Page 13/90 Fluciclovine (18F) is produced in a continuous operation from the precursor AH113487. Due to the radioactive nature of the process, and the short half-life of [18F] fluorine, intermediates are not isolated and there is no opportunity for operator intervention or in-process testing. Control of the synthesis of fluciclovine (18F) from the precursor is achieved through the automated synthesis platform, which is pre-programmed with synthesis parameters optimised for the process. On-board detectors record transfers of radioactivity through the fluid path at critical points and monitor temperature and pressure as appropriate so that the operator may track the progress of the synthesis. The active substance fluciclovine (18F) progressses immediately to purification, formulation and dispensing as the finished product within a single, continuous operation. Validation of the manufacturing process for fluciclovine (18F) is therefore described as part of finished product validation. The characterisation of the active substance is in accordance with the EU guideline on chemistry of new active substances. As mentioned, the manufacture of the active substance and finished product takes place in a single, continuous process. The active substance is not isolated at any point. Therefore, relevant information about impurities is given only for the finished product. For the same reason, information for the container closure system is provided only for the finished product.http://www.ema.europa.eu/docs/en_GB/document_library/EPAR_-_Public_assessment_report/human/004197/WC500230836.pdf	cc/2020-05/en_middle_0060.json.gz/line1548
__label__cc	0.610053	0.389947	Best Of Tnr 2008: Salter Ego Michael Crowley profiles McCain speechwriter Mark Salter, the "high priest of the McCain cult," and explains how Salter is the dominant force in creating the "McCain code": Almost nine years later, Salter is still McCain's chief wordsmith as well as a top campaign operative and, for all practical purposes, McCain's brain. Indeed, he is the one senior aide to have survived McCain's multiple campaign staff shakeups. "Salter's just spent so much time with McCain that I don't know if McCain's figured out Salter or Salter's figured out McCain," says former McCain media adviser Mark McKinnon. Another person friendly with both men calls it a "mind meld." But Salter not only channels McCain better than anyone. He has also demonstrated a one-of-a-kind instinct for how to craft McCain's public image. Over the years, he has taken the raw material of McCain's biography and temperament and turned it into a compelling narrative that supersedes politics--one about an independent-minded war hero who celebrates courage and humility, demands individual sacrifice, and excoriates vanity. Click here to read the rest of the article. The Plank, Person Career, Mark Salter	cc/2020-05/en_middle_0060.json.gz/line1551
__label__wiki	0.594361	0.594361	Home / 2012 / December / 04 / A mutt called Frances helps teach students at UBC’s Okanagan campus A mutt called Frances helps teach students at UBC's Okanagan campus By Jody Jacob on December 4, 2012 Ty Binfet and Frances Education professor incorporates therapy dog into curriculum and research A mutt named Frances from the streets of LA has found her calling as a teaching assistant. UBC education professor Ty Binfet rescued the female dog just over a year ago and put her through extensive training to become a highly skilled therapy dog. Animal-assisted therapy promotes social and emotional well-being in individuals through animal contact. It is designed to calm clients, facilitate social interactions, build confidence and can bring individuals out of their shell. Binfet and Frances arrived in August at UBC's Okanagan campus, where the dynamic duo provides education students with a unique classroom learning experience. "I use Frances in my behavior management and childhood development classes in both an active and passive way. It is a progressive way of teaching, and one that I've found to be very effective," says Binfet. For instance, in Binfet's behavior management class, education students strategize and plan a behaviour exercise to teach Frances, and then attempt to do so within a set amount of time in front of their classmates. This challenge provides a safe and honest training ground for students to learn about approximations and shaping of behavior, explains Binfet. "We draw parallels between Frances and kids in classrooms," he says. "I am in no way saying kids are like dogs, but there are a lot of commonalities in how, as teachers, we might manage our approaches and guide the development of desirable behaviour. Frances is a very compliant participant who allows students a living lesson where they can assess their own delivery of skills, as well as practice and hone their skill development." In addition to his innovative classroom work with Frances, Binfet will begin a research project this February by examining how animal-assisted therapy impacts feelings of homesickness and sense of social isolation in first-year university students living in residence at UBC's Okanagan campus. "Thanks to Frances and funding that has come our way, we’re looking at the use of animal assisted therapy by matching 10 St. John Ambulance volunteer dog handlers and dogs with homesick students here on campus," says Binfet. His job is to empirically assess whether the use of these dogs on campus can increase a sense of belonging and institutional affiliation to combat some of the loneliness, social isolation, and home sickness students can experience during their first year of university. The project, which will run for eight weeks, is called Building Academic Retention with K9s (BARK), and is supported by Ian Cull, Associate Vice President Students. "There's a lot of information available about animal-assisted therapy but very little rigorous, empirical work, so that’s my contribution to the field." Binfet is quick to note that he does not advocate everyone bringing their dog to work, and wants to remind people that Frances has advanced behavior certification and university approval. However, ultimately, he would like to work towards establishing a K9 daycare for the pets of UBC staff and faculty that also serves as a drop-in centre for students to connect with pets and allows them establish feelings of connectedness, reducing their sense of isolation. "I purposely drive to campus every day on Innovation Way to remind myself that I am here to be a different kind of thinker. I'm here to push the boundaries a bit, and here to do what I think is intuitively good for the social-emotional well-being of students and evaluate that in an empirically rigorous way," says Binfet. "Having dogs on campus is one way of maybe getting us to reconsider things like how people feel accepted in classrooms, in dorms, and what a community can look like with the addition of four-legged companions." View a UBCO.TV video interview with Ty Binfet and Frances Posted in Media Releases \| Tagged Faculty of Education, Learning Jody Jacob E-mail: jody.jacob@ubc.ca See other posts by Jody Jacob	cc/2020-05/en_middle_0060.json.gz/line1552
__label__wiki	0.939166	0.939166	Mathematical and Physical Sciences (MPS) Home Astronomical Sciences (AST) Chemistry (CHE) Materials Research (DMR) Mathematical Sciences (DMS) Physics (PHY) Office of Multidisciplinary Activities (OMA) Get MPS/DMR Email Updates Get MPS Email Updates Contact MPS/DMR MPS on Twitter NSF on Facebook Mathematical and Physical Sciences A good first step toward nontoxic solar cells Engineers discover lead-free perovskite semiconductor for solar cells Engineers have discovered a lead-free semiconductor for solar cells. Credit and Larger Version Solar panel installations are on the rise in the U.S., with more than 2 million new installations in early 2019, the most ever recorded in a first quarter, according to a recent report. To meet the ever-increasing demands, low-cost and more efficient alternatives to silicon-based solar cells — currently the most widely used technology — are desirable, scientists say. In the past decade, lead-halide perovskites have surged as the most promising class of alternative materials; however, they are unstable. They contain lead, which is toxic and poses potential health and environmental hazards such as groundwater contamination. Now, using a novel double perovskite oxide discovered through data analytics and quantum-mechanical calculations, engineers at Washington University in St. Louis has found what they believe is a more stable, less toxic semiconductor for solar applications. Their work was published in Chemistry of Materials. NSF-funded materials scientist Rohan Mishra led the team that discovered the new semiconductor, made of potassium, barium, tellurium, bismuth and oxygen. The lead-free double perovskite oxide was one of an initial 30,000 potential bismuth-based oxides. Of those 30,000, only about 25 were known compounds. Using materials informatics and quantum mechanical calculations on one of the fastest supercomputers in the world, researcher Arashdeep Singh Thind found the semiconductor to be the most promising of the 30,000 potential oxides. "We found that this looked to be the most stable compound and that it could be synthesized in the lab," Mishra said. "I commend the team on this important finding that is more sustainable," says Lynnette Madsen, a program director in NSF's Division of Materials Research. "Sustainability continues to be important to NSF, as our new program on Critical Aspects of Sustainability indicates." The research is funded by NSF's Division of Materials Research. -- NSF Public Affairs, (703) 292-7090 media@nsf.gov	cc/2020-05/en_middle_0060.json.gz/line1559
__label__cc	0.676803	0.323197	Congress, the Presidency, and the Taiwan Relations Act James Hsiung (Editor), Louis Koenig (Editor), Kingyu Chang (Editor) Hsiung, J., Koenig, L., & Chang, K. (Eds.) (1985). Congress, the Presidency, and the Taiwan Relations Act. New York: Praeger. Congress, the Presidency, and the Taiwan Relations Act. / Hsiung, James (Editor); Koenig, Louis (Editor); Chang, Kingyu (Editor). New York : Praeger, 1985. Hsiung, J, Koenig, L & Chang, K (eds) 1985, Congress, the Presidency, and the Taiwan Relations Act. Praeger, New York. Hsiung J, (ed.), Koenig L, (ed.), Chang K, (ed.). Congress, the Presidency, and the Taiwan Relations Act. New York: Praeger, 1985. Hsiung, James (Editor) ; Koenig, Louis (Editor) ; Chang, Kingyu (Editor). / Congress, the Presidency, and the Taiwan Relations Act. New York : Praeger, 1985. @book{3a0a439056ba4d6d85f2b9c35fecb154, title = "Congress, the Presidency, and the Taiwan Relations Act", editor = "James Hsiung and Louis Koenig and Kingyu Chang", publisher = "Praeger", T1 - Congress, the Presidency, and the Taiwan Relations Act A2 - Hsiung, James A2 - Koenig, Louis A2 - Chang, Kingyu M3 - Book BT - Congress, the Presidency, and the Taiwan Relations Act PB - Praeger CY - New York	cc/2020-05/en_middle_0060.json.gz/line1562
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__label__cc	0.722276	0.277724	Why Can’t Ocean Beach Preserve Its ‘Open Space’ Instead of all the Planned ‘Enhancements’ for Our Waterfront? by Source on May 9, 2017 · 16 comments in Ocean Beach Who is behind drive to develop “enhance” Saratoga Park? Is it the owners of the “millionaire -dollar” condos? Are Owners of the Millionaire-Dollar Condos Driving Development of Saratoga Park? By Geoff Page There was a story in the OB Rag on Thursday May 4, “Concerns About Plans for Saratoga Park: Loss of Green Space and View Corridor” by a man named Scott. He was expressing serious concerns about the children’s play area at what is called Saratoga Park. Scott began his piece by admitting he had not been able to attend one of the workshops on the park. Well, I did attend the last one about two weeks ago and I too definitely wanted to say something about it but was not able to until now. I am not in favor of this thing and there were a number of people at this workshop who were also against it. You might say, ‘What kind of cold-hearted bastards could be against a children’s play area, what kind of people are we?’ We, referring to those of us who don’t like the idea, just have a different idea what it means to play. We live at the biggest playground in the world, the Pacific Ocean. People spend thousands of dollars and travel as many miles just to come here and swim in the ocean and play in the sand. They don’t come here to play in a structured play area that can be found in any city park across the country that doesn’t have an ocean. And what’s wrong with a nice expanse of grass where people can, oh, do what they do now, gymnastics, yoga, soccer, throw frisbees, eat, sleep, and kiss? So I went to the workshop and my first surprise, and not a happy one, was to see the thing was being run by former Republican Councilman Byron Wear. Scott’s story contained a graphic of this monstrosity that will take up a big portion of the grassy area. My first question was ‘who was behind this project and why was it happening?’ Wear eventually said it was in the community plan and he provided a reference that he read a little of. It didn’t sound very definitive, made me wonder if someone was stretching the language, so I decided to see for myself and I had a sad surprise. The Ocean Beach Community Plan has a section that discusses parks. There is a formula for population-based parks meaning that the amount of parkland a population should have is a determined by population. The plan somehow came up with a population figure of 15,701 residents for Ocean Beach as the “projected population at full community development.” That size population should have 42.20 acres of parkland. OB is only 742 acres total and it clearly doesn’t have that much park acreage. Oddly enough, all the parkland at Robb Field, Dusty Rhodes, or Bill Cleator Field don’t count because they are not within OB’s boundaries. But, this is ridiculous of course because OBceans have the easiest access to all of that parkland than any other community. And then there is the ocean. So, if a community is deficient in actual park land, there is something called “park equivalencies.” The community plan says: “Park equivalencies are things that can be done in lieu of more land and might include: joint use facilities, trails, portions of resource-based parks, privately- owned publicly-used parks, and non-traditional parks, such as roof top recreation facilities or indoor basketball or tennis courts.” In section “6. Recreation Element” of the community plan is “Figure 6.2 Park Equivalencies.” This is a color-coded map and it contains red areas that are marked as “Park Equivalencies.” I was surprised to see two areas marked out at the beach, one titled “Saratoga Beach Park” and the other titled “Veteran’s Park.” Why was I surprised? Well, I was of the naïve opinion that these were proposed projects and not set-in-stone projects. There was more. Not only are they on the map, they are described in detail. In the section titled “Recreation Opportunities and Park Equivalencies” the plan mentions three pocket parks and then states: “The three pocket park sites within Ocean Beach Park are referred to by the community as: Brighton Avenue Park, Saratoga Beach Park and Veterans Park. Within Brighton Park additional park amenities include walkways, picnic areas, lighting and barbeques and hot coal receptacles. Within Saratoga Beach Park additional park amenities include walkways, children’s play area, plaza area, fitness course, seating and lighting. Within Veterans Park additional park amenities include a plaza area, walkways, seating, interpretive panels relating to Veterans, lighting, landscaping and a park sign.” This was when I began to realize that the powers behind this park idea and the Veteran’s Park, that will take up even more of the little parkland we have at the beach, got this stuff into the OB community plan so that one day, when someone like me asked, who’s behind thus and why is it happening, someone like Byron Wear could hold up the community plan and say with all innocence, why, it’s in the community plan. I know a lot of really good OB people worked on this community plan so I’m hoping some will chime in here and provide any background they have on how these two parks came to be in the plan. I have a theory that sounds like a conspiracy theory, and I’m leery of such things but I have to wonder. One of the commenters to Scott’s story said it too, mentioning the possibility that the ownership behind the very expensive condos and vacation rentals might have exerted had some influence for this. I had the same thought and I wondered the same thing about the surveillance cameras. If you look at the park design, there is green space between the condos and the proposed park and then more landscaping. The footprint of the park will push other users further toward the sand and away from the building. Whether it is this ownership or the general thrust of money now in OB, this kind of thing is what follows when real estate becomes expensive, a desire to neaten up and arrange and organize every space so that odd things are discouraged and uniformity is celebrated. This is the opposite of what OB used to be. Sadly, it looks like it’s going away. At the workshop, Wear mentioned that there were several organizations who were behind this and they were listed on the Ocean Beach Community Development Corporation or OB CDC’s website. I checked the list after the meeting and it included the OB Town Council, The OB Mainstreet Association, the OB Planning Board, the OB Community Foundation, and the OB Lifeguards and Firefighters. One OB resident at this meeting was very upset about this park idea and had done a good deal of research on it. He claimed he spoke with the firefighters and lifeguards and they had not openly expressed support for the park. He accused the OB CDC of trying to piggyback on the generally good feelings people have for the firefighters and lifeguards. He said that the firefighters and lifeguards planned to contact the OB CDC and have that supposed support removed. The alleged support by the first responders is now gone from the OB CDC website. But, they still kept the imagery as much as they could, keeping in their narrative: “At an OB Town Council meeting, Ocean Beach lifeguards and firefighters suggested constructing an adult fitness area in Saratoga Park – a location these first responders often work out at without any equipment.” I agreed with the accusation offered, I mean really, who can be against children and the first responders? That should be a slam dunk. Finally and ironically, there is a section in the community plan titled “Recreation Goals,” which I found odd because the word “recreation” is a noun, not an adjective, and one of the goals seemed to conflict with this park idea. It said: “Parks, open space, and recreation programs in the Ocean Beach Community that are preserved, protected, and enhanced.” So what happened to preserving our park, our open space, of which we have very little at our beachfront? Why aren’t these particular spots being protected and preserved instead of being “enhanced” in the image of those who feel enhancement is better than just open space where people and children can use the space as they might want to, not just as those who are behind this park think they ought to use this space. That is my personal beef. I’m an ocean guy, I’ve lived almost all of my life near the Pacific and I do not see why that can’t be enough of a play area with some grassy area for some other imaginative pursuits. There is nothing more egalitarian than the beach. It doesn’t cost much, anyone can bring towels and sunscreen and sand toys for the kids and a cooler and some chairs and maybe an umbrella and enjoy themselves. Maybe that’s the problem, anyone can come. When money moves in. money tries to move others out, get rid of the common people, the riff raff. I think this project and the Veteran’s Park project use up entirely too much of what little beachfront park we have and I think we should all speak out and oppose both of them. Let’s just enjoy the park the way each of us wants to, not how someone else wants us to. kh May 9, 2017 at 1:05 pm Is this drawing the most current proposal? Because it looks much better than the ambitious idea I saw, which takes over the majority of the open park space. https://static1.squarespace.com/static/5589a5b9e4b0c9c67babf022/t/5851daa137c58186144b6a2d/1481759414883/ scott May 10, 2017 at 3:41 pm Wow, kh that is a crazy rendering. I’ve never seen that one, where did that proposal come out of? It looks as if that one was an attempt to extend the “boardwalk” – something the community has repeatedly shot down over the years. From that proposal to the current the size is shrinking, I guess that’s an improvement. I’m going to be optimistic and put my faith in the OBDCD board. I know there are good people on there and my guess is that as they here community feedback they will listen and if not eliminate the idea to preserve the green space than they will at least dramatically shrink it down to the least possibly intrusive size. I’m also very curious for the reasoning why other OB parks are actually part of the mission bay park system. This makes little sense as they are completely integrated with OB and are geographically isolated from mission bay. Was this some political maneuvering for alterior motives, or does this arrangement actually benefit OB somehow? And does it play any role in the development of park areas that are within OB proper? The park areas that are surprisingly NOT within OB boundaries are: Robb Field That is a whole lot of acreage. Marc Snelling May 10, 2017 at 9:39 am Those parks are included in the acreage for Mission Bay Park because of a City Charter rule that limits commercial development of the ‘park’ to 25%. Including the OB parks acreage allows more hotels, amusement park, and other development in Mission Bay Park. Frank Gormlie May 10, 2017 at 10:52 am Could not have said it better. One by one these OB parks were ripped off OB and handed over to Mission Bay. Look at any current map; where Robb Field used to be is now called Mission Bay Park. And now there is a move to do the same thing to the small, so-called “OB Entryway Park”. Lois Lane May 9, 2017 at 8:30 pm I wondered that too. I think it was because dedicated parkland which is a part of Mission Bay Park has much more lenient use restrictions – think hotels, commercial use, etc. This means that Robb Field could someday look like Mission Bay Park just across the bridge without revising the City Charter. I’m sure people won’t believe that, but you can always read Section 55 of the city Charter. Zig May 9, 2017 at 9:41 pm I agree with this whole article. There is also playground equipment 1/4 mile away in the Rec Center/School area. Open space is important and playgrounds are just not the same thing. How many events like parades will be disrupted when this space cannot be used because of swing sets? Other ideas to make the beach more child friendly are upgraded and cleaner bathrooms and showers. Or a small roped off area that is kept extra clean for sand playing. Or make the volleyball nets adjustable so they can be lowered for a kids game. A better place for a playground if the city determines OB needs another one would be in Robb Field as close to the Bacon entrance as possible. There is now some sort of charter school there, as well as children already there playing sports. sloanranger May 10, 2017 at 3:40 am I dislike even speaking of such things as I become very angry. What is so difficult to understand about those two words – open – space? Beachfront or indeed, any waterfront belongs completely and to all the people – up to the high tide – water mark. Waterfronts, beaches, bays, rivers, etc. should not be developed, but kept in common for the general benefit of the population. If developed at all, it should begin no closer than 1 or 2 blocks from the shore, and if more than one story, done by using those farthest away and descending stories as one gets closer the water. This increases, views, property values and more tax revenue for the city. It is not rocket science but common sense. But the fact is, if we let them they will take it all;so lets not let them. Rufus May 10, 2017 at 5:11 am Block the view of the ocean with a playground? Really dumb idea! Tyler May 10, 2017 at 8:09 am I agree. Why also are we attempting to build another needless war memorial that will take up openspace as well? Zig May 13, 2017 at 8:06 pm Yeah we have plenty of those already too, including on Cabrillo Point very close by and the tacky new one around Mt. Soledad 15 mins away. Debbie May 10, 2017 at 1:41 pm Mr. Wear with all his contacts and knowledge should have helped fight for the 30-foot height limit (in his community where he lives and used to represent) which has and continues to be violated. It’s not too late for Mr. Wear to rally people and help the fight and show the people that pay taxes which gives him a hefty pension a thank you. Instead…this goofy park is be pushed. Maybe all those VRO can add this amenity to their rental ads??? Whatever…. it will just deteriorate like everything else the city builds-look at the weeds at the entryway! I can’t recall exactly right now and I can’t find the OB Rag write-up but there’s 10 feet of city land in front of the vacation rentals at Saratoga Park that was vacated to the developer for some reason (it’s currently separated from the park by a concrete strips and signs that say private property). That strip of land was public property – fire access I believe – maybe the community can get that back to help mitigate some of the loss of park space. There was some talk of that issue in this story… http://obrag.org/?p=83514 Marc, thanks. I just reposted it. Geoff Page May 11, 2017 at 1:19 pm The developers said that the space you mentioned would be open to public use because it doesn’t belong the project. Then, the signs appeared that I believe are illegal. The signs quote a legal code, Penal Code 602, but do not cite a specific part of that code and it has a lot of subsections, “a” to “y” and some of these have subsections. I read it and none of it appears to apply to this piece of land. I believe they put these up to scare people off when, in fact, that is public land. Older Article: Mickey Kasparian Removed from San Diego Labor Council by AFL-CIO Newer Article: CONSTITUTIONAL CRISIS: Echos of Watergate and a Whiff of Fascism	cc/2020-05/en_middle_0060.json.gz/line1565
__label__cc	0.585824	0.414176	omne Spring Y3 8.29.19 - 10.13.19 by Split, 08-31-2019, 09:06 PMRE: News Archive It's time for an update to how we handle time! Now that we are a couple days into the first season of this year, I'll explain how our flow of time will now work. We will be keeping double time, but our time will be more fluid. Essentially, from here on, you will be allowed to back date threads. All threads from here on out will need to have a date AND time listed in the thread title. This will allow users to see exactly when a thread occurred. Previously, if you posted a new thread, the time and date that thread was posted was the time in which that event was happening. We are altering the rules regarding timelines to allow you to backdate threads for any date in the current year. (This is Year 3.) So this year started on 8.29.19. You may date a thread from the current date backward to the first day of the year. So as today is 8/31/19, you may date a thread for any date between 8/29/19 and 8.31.19. You may not date threads forward. So as the year progresses, you will be able to date threads for any time that has already passed in the year, but you must be careful not to break your own character's timelines. The best way to track a character's timeline is to go to their profile and click the button on it labelled "Thread Log". It shows every thread the character has ever participated in. Likewise, events that would break your timelines should also be carefully monitored. So, for example, if I posted a thread for a character dated for today in the desert, it would break the timeline if I posted a thread dated for the 29th in which they ended up dying. Excessively breaking your own timelines or other characters' timelines is frowned upon and if done consistently, Staff may intervene. Tomorrow I will be instituting changes to leader logs and pregnancies that reflect these changes, so keep an eye out! Please DM or PM a staffer if you have any questions. Character OTS Katchneil Relationship OTS Ariodeoux & Dragon Player OTS Kaitlyn Thread OTS Detatched [AW] [Birth] Detatched Profile Thread Gems: 118 Gems Posts: 102 (of 451) Other Accounts Mewwn Kicheko Kuruan I'm only joking, I don't believe a thing I've said. Karama Uzoh [M] Because Karama considers murdering a newborn She failed. There was no stopping the arrival of Shikikan's spawn. Perhaps Karama should have turned to other options when it became obvious that sufficient runestones wouldn't have been able to been found. It was far too late, now. Karama retreated into the depths of the Rainforest, determined to find the most isolated cluster of foliage possible. Toward the more southwestern area of the territory, she found a suitable spot to endure. A fallen tree, decorated by unorganized clouds of foliage that would at least hide the hyena from whoever wasn't looking (or smelling) hard enough. She ducked under, straining to fit until she had laid in a way that allowed her to take up less space. She shuffled until she was even remotely comfortable, and she sighed miserably. Why? Why did this have to happen? -Fade out/in- The process felt much more taxing than it had when she had Aesir. Maybe it was the addition of emotional and mental distress she felt during. And since...how long had it been? She didn't count. She didn't care. Point was, she had felt like shit for months. Maybe even years, if at a lesser intensity. She felt dizzy as she raised her head, turning it slightly. No, she couldn't look. But... she wanted to. It was too tempting. Her dark eyes locked onto the single cub, and Gods did she regret giving in to the urge. So tiny, and so helpless. So dependent on its mother. Karama wouldn't be its mother. She refused to. If she had the energy, she would have walked away, right now. Left it for whatever and whoever to find. But instead, she continued to stare. Her focus locked around its little neck. It could be so quick. So quick. But easy? The hyena fidgeted slightly as she licked her lips slowly. She could wrap her teeth around that ivory neck and just click her teeth together. It wouldn't even know what was happening. But when Karama opened her mouth, slowly leaning forward, she felt herself freeze. Such a thing was better said than done, it seemed. A chill of disgust overtook the gray hyena as all she could do was bury her head into her forepaws and sob. She had to do anything in her power to not become attached. She couldn't become attached. First step was to resist the need to lap her tongue over its ivory fur. So wet and dirty, begging to be cleaned by mother. Karama wouldn't. She could not let herself fall into it. If she dare fail and become attached, she knew she would just be asking to get it swiped away. If she didn't become attached, then it would hurt much less to lose. Maybe Kimagure would take it. Kimagure sure liked taking from her. Karama was sure she'd enjoy another Aesir. She couldn't let a bond form between herself and the cub. She knew she would regret it if so. "I can fake it all." What are you smoking? I'm just a-fuckin' with your head. Art by Aviaku \| Coding by Mewwn Avatar Stock Find Reply Gems: 2 Gems Posts: 2 (of 384) Other Accounts Nibi Amanakai Caelia Klavdiya Who could ever leave me, darling? But who could stay? She went from curled up and warm to being wet, cold, and feeling alone. At first, the tiny cub only sniffled a bit, wiggling in the damp earth where she'd landed beneath the tree. She was unaware of anything but the desire for touch, milk, warmth. After a few miserable minutes growing colder, she began to make little squeaking sounds; her little lungs more developed than the horns that she would grow in or her stubbed tail. Her tiny squeaks grew louder as she squirmed, trying to find the one thing that made any sort of sense. Mother. Milk. The tiny cries would have become sobs, but the blind, mewling cub could not quite form such sounds. She could only squirm helplessly in the direction she hoped, she felt, she was determined to be Mother and Milk. The instinct to live outweighed all else. Unable to hear, unable to see, the baby was helpless, unaware of her surroundings, unaware of the hatred Mother felt for her existence. Survival was in her blood, as much as it was in Karama's, and the tiny, crying ball of white fur managed to squirm her way close enough to find warmth. The warmth was a good start. She could rest now that she had found something sort of soft and warm. She could take a moment. Her cries went quiet, having to take the time to gather the energy to resume. She needed milk. She needed to be washed. She needed things she did not know and she was getting none of it. Not that she knew, or even suspected. Harsh words were all she'd ever known from Before. It was a blessing she could not hear or see or tell just how harsh the words had been or would become. @Mewwn @Split OC Note: Kusari can be skipped and I'm giving permission now in front of God and everybody that Mew and Split can move Kusari as they need for plot purposes in this thread. "Speech" Shikikan Gems: 97 Gems Posts: 58 (of 562) Other Accounts Kimagure Mitis Shakkuru Vhynan Ever vigilant, he had smelled the labor before it began in earnest and trailed the hyena to her birthing nest, careful to keep well enough distance. She would call, surely, if she needed assistance. Labor was woman's work and no man had any right to tell them how they should labor. He saw himself as no exception and allowed her relative privacy as he waited quietly for her to deliver his child a little ways away, listening and keeping watch to ensure she was not disturbed until the babe was brought into the world. He had no way of knowing that the labor was complete until the shrill cries of a child filled the air. They were not contented cries. A frown darkened his face and he took to his feet just as a heavy rain began to fall. As the fat drops rolled off the canopy above and fell down onto the massive man's coat, he walked toward Karama's birthing nest and stopped before her, looking for the children. At her belly he saw none, but as his eyes wandered, he spotted a small, white bundle that was already wet and shrilling for its mother. He had not seen Karama move to pull it closer to her and he already did not like it. The foul tempered woman was unpredictable at best and this was his first child after returning to life. He slowly bent down and plucked the child from the ground, feeling how cold it already was. His lips curled in disdain as he seated himself before the hyena, placing his massive forepaws together before he lay the babe on his paws, grooming the moisture from her fur and protecting her from the earth that sought to chill her to death. She had a nub tail, but was a large cub and bore horns like both her parents as well as noticeably longer canines. He could not say what gave her the defective tail, perhaps the mixed heritage inflicted upon her by her parents' differing species. It would likely affect the lion cub's balance, but the King would withhold judgements for now. The child needed to be cleaned and warmed if it was to survive at all. He shielded it from the rain that fell upon them, hunching over it so the rain fell on his back and shoulders instead while he warmed the girl and cleaned her. When she was a little more dry, he turned his icy gaze to the weakened female. "Did you intend to care for this child or were you hoping it would die before I discovered it was born?" he asked cooly, eyes aiming to pierce Karama's. Kimagure Stagner a beating heart of stone The ivory had been shell shocked, trying to understand how she was supposed to move past this. She had been growing in confidence, preparing to move against her father when the time was right, but that day in the savannah had sucked the life from her. She had instead been consumed by flashbacks and memories and the fear that her father's seed would quicken within her. The fear had been founded and in time her belly had grown heavier, though she did not carry as heavy as she had with Johann and Tamotsu's litter or the litter she lost before them. It sickened her. She could do nothing while there was a child in her belly and even less once it was born, not if she didn't want to risk not only the death of her older fox son and the child she now carried. The lioness was consumed with a potent mixture of disgust and desperation, and it only intesified when she felt the first labor pains. It was her third time, after all. The rain began to fall heavily just as she began to move toward the shelter she had prepared. Throwing herself into work had been the only escape she had. It had left her prepared, fortunately. She slipped inside, finding it relatively dry, though she was wet. The lioness wondered if this was how her own mother had felt when she queened Kimagure's litter. She lay down inside, tucking herself to the back wall as she allowed herself to go through the process of birthing, trying to put what would come after out of her mind. -fade to black- -fade in- The ivory was left breathless by the labor and while she did not want to see the father of the singular male cub she had produced, she did want to see her own mother. Kimagure already knew there were things wrong with her son. The lack of a tail and the multitude of toes was a giveaway. The only assets he seemed to possess were tiny wings upon his back, small and possessing only the beginnings of feathers, and of course the fact that he was already very large. She could not help but love him, even as despair consumed her at his blond coat and what he symbolized. The love she bred fear because if Shikikan thought he was flawed, Kimagure could only imagine what he would do to the boy. The lioness was in no place to defend her son either, the only people who perhaps could were Karama and her mother, but Kimagure had no reason to believe Karama would and her mother had already been bested once. She called out the den softly, quieter roars meant to draw whomever was near rather than the entire pride to her den. She could only hope it was a member of the pride who responded and not her father, someone who would find Kuruan for her. She wasn't ready to face him, much less alone and wounded with a son who might be even more deformed than she could tell. @Mewwn @Nibi She walks... She talks... She thinks... Image by Aviaku YspobDon Katchneil Tabira Soft roars had Colbert speeding over like a mad fox. He could smell Kimagure. Karama. Shikikan. And... oh no. Oh, no no no no no. What was the strange scent? He was close enough to smell it. What was it? No unrecognizable scent was ever good in these parts, no, no, no. Serpentine dread clutched Colbert's heart and began to wring his neck. It crawllHis stomach felt like there was a knot in it, keeping it all from working. He felt sick. What was going on? A figure quickly came into sight; as stated before, Colbert had been close to start with. He moved as a force unburdened by gravity; he would fight gravity, heaven, and hell to reach his destination, only paw steps ahead. He would fight gods and titans. He had to know. He just had to know. Paw steps later, Colbert felt a jolt strike him from above and trace down his spine. The elements seemed to attack him with one last hurrah, finally beating him down to a stop with all their might. Everything felt cold. Everything felt like abyss. All that was ahead was a white form... and a blond one. Small. Well, not as small as one might've expected. But smaller than Kimagure, that was for sure. Did it have tiny wings? Did it have a tiny tail? Colbert couldn't tell. All he could parse was its location, its scent, and its color. Blonde. Kimagure. Wasn't. Blonde. Snake of dread, cut him dead, Colbert went and lost his head. He could feel his breath leaving him, as wrath boiled rising tides of blood and water to his eyes and face. It was like filling up a water balloon with the most potent bile one could find. It was the feeling of disgust and terror that lathered Colbert's insides, sticking to him, oozing around inside of him like the gel of a slug. He had a guess-- no, he knew what this was. Never before in his life had he more wanted to rip someone apart. Yet still, looking upon this babe here, Colbert felt this ironic twinge of surprise, of compassion, as one would feel for a normal child at its birth. It felt so out of place to feel now. It hit Colbert then that... this was his sibling. The first one he'd ever seen born, the first one's life he'd be actually able to participate in from the start. This child was also his to protect, not only by familial duty, but by law of Shison, however "lawful" it may be. This poor cub was his family, and it was already in so much danger. It made Colbert want to cry. With burning, watery eyes, a sensation that was becoming so familiar it was almost like the feeling of his eyes coming home, to their natural state, to Colbert, the little fox would approach. Cautiously. Shakily. Quietly. He did not want to be caught by anyone but her, the sufferer, the mother, the white lioness set to coddle the infant. "M-Mother-- Kimagure?" he would whisper to her, trying to get her attention. "I-It's Colbert." His voice was wavering, ephemeral, as though all the air in his lungs and the control in his body was in danger of being whisked away with the smallest breeze. He would be there, expression soft, paws light, barely holding it together. What a scene this must be to an outsider. No normal creature would ever consider the birth of new life this sad. But perhaps they would if they understood all that was happening here and now, all the unspoken words haunting the air, doting upon Colbert as though he were the grim reaper itself. Who wouldn't weep when the eldest death met the newest life? Who wouldn't weep? Extended Signature: 1.) As of 2-8-2019, 10:46 PM [Pied Piper Event]: Colbert wears a little lily-shaped stud earring with a softly glowing pearl-esque orb in the lily's pistil on the outer part of the base of his left ear, with the lily facing towards his front so that all approaching Colbert from the front may see it. It should be assumed Colbert is wearing this earring in the aforementioned way unless stated otherwise. 2.) As of 7-29-2019, 5:35 PM [The Basics Thread]: Colbert wears a leather satchel that fits him quite well -- it does not drag on the ground or hinder his movement all that much. It is often dirty, but one can see that it has floral engravings all across the front flap. It is rectangular in shape, and can carry an average amount of items. It should be assumed Colbert is wearing this satchel unless stated otherwise. Profile Thread Here Stock for Avatar (by Split!): https://pixabay.com/en/zoo-mammal-nature...e-3759937/ Dragon had stopped feeling so much like a hover father when winter had fallen upon the lands. As his dark color returned but his horns and fangs remained, the feline was aware that he was changed. For better or worse now, as his tongue passed over his sharpened teeth. He had been teaching Nala and Widders as best he could the art of fighting, teaching Nala to hunt and Widders to scout. Passing on everything he had wanted to teach his own children. They were his own children now. And he loved them dearly, no matter the cost to himself or his safety. The only thing he could do was protect them from Shikikan. Be good enough to keep them from becoming part of his dorei. Be a figure they could look up too. Rolling over and accepting defeat was not something he could ask of either of them, so why did it seem so easy for him? Ears pressed back against his head and the man paused for a moment, staring at a patch of grass four feet from his paws. He remembered that poor little wild dog's concern and his muzzle twitched into a smirk. Jaws parted and Dragon collected himself, #flamethrower spilling out more easily now that he knew what he was doing. Control, concentration, the flood of magic that he stopped by snapping shut his teeth. He bounced forward, trampling the area beneath his front paws with the help of #fireproof keeping him safe. It was good to have fire again. It was brilliant to have fire again. He ignored the little needling voice at the back of his mind that said it would be simple to ruin Shikikan with the fire. Just for now. Just for the moment he put it aside - again - and then his ears, alert once more, twitched in the direction of a sound. Softly, just a little call, just a few alerting roars. Kimagure. Somehow, through the anger at having to raise her daughters, through the horror of having to watch with Shikikan had done to Karama, through it all he still found himself breaking into a jerky run, bounding in the direction of the queen. He smelled blood first and reeled back from the den, pausing, hesitating, and made a slow arc from one side of the entrance to the other, sniffing the air. Blood, an unfamiliar scent, Kimagure's scent obscured by both and the fresh scent of .... that fox? Ears pressed back and the man wondered who the father of the child was. "Kimagure?" He did not enter the den, having never even approached his own mate until she called for him after she whelped. Kimagure had called for someone, but not the whole pride. She had someone there already. "Do you need anything or should I go?" He asked, voice level and calm, raised enough to call into the den without yelling. He did not know, could not know, and therefore was calm. "I don't give a-" stock table by Darku The mewling should have been expected. Karama had forgotten how noisy and desperate newborns were. She pulled her legs toward her belly, an unspoken refusal to make herself available to the cub. It wasn't just her rejection of a bond that made her stomach clench at the noise. It was the noise itself. Too loud. Too demanding of attention. Her teeth pressed together tightly as she hissed the start of a shush. As if it would listen, right? It was all as hopeless as ever. Karama couldn't expect any of it to be in her favor. Not even the mere wish of wanting to passively eliminate the burden. No, now she had eyes, and the most undesired pair over her. Her jowls lifted softly in a cringe, only as far as her energy could offer as her eyelids halfway concealed her eyes, pupils locking at Shikikan's paws. She ignored his correct accusation, eyes failing to resist the sight of the cub. It was so tiny. 'Stop it.' She forced her head to turn until she could no longer see the precious cargo Shikikan had intercepted, but not before noticing the lack of a proper tail. She had her excuse. Would Shikikan accept it? She was about to find out. "It's deformed." She pointed out in a weary whisper. Would Shikikan accept a tailless offspring? He watched her with a steely stare, his eyes narrowing as he tracked her gaze to his daughter. She claimed the girl was malformed, and while it was true that she lacked a tail, that wasn't a choice for Karama to make. Shikikan didn't trust the hyena bitch as far as he could throw her, and he already knew her judgement was less than perfect. He trailed his tongue over his lips, letting them curl back. He toyed with the idea of cutting the hyena down while she was too weak to pose any threat. She had never been anything but a hassle and the man didn't see it as a wise choice to just set her free. If he did that before he was sure Kimagure had delivered her children, the girl child might starve waiting on the white queen. There was nothing to be done besides returning the cub to Karama to nurse when necessary until he could foist his offspring off on the white lioness. Surely she would have sense enough not to try to harm his child. He was about to open his mouth to speak when he heard soft calls for those nearby. He recognized the roar. Eyes narrowed, he observed Karama for a moment more. "Let me make something perfectly clear to you Karama, you are not permitted to make any decisions. You've proven yourself too stupid to be trusted with such a responsibility. Until Kimagure births her cubs, you will nurse this cub, and if something should happen to it... natural or otherwise, I'll rip your belly open and leave you at the edge of the savannah to see if we can attract any more wild dogs... understand?" he asked coldly, his eyes aiming to bore into hers. "Since you've proven yourself incapable of doing even the simplest of tasks without direct supervision, you're going to get up and follow me to see if Kimagure has queened her cubs. I care little whether or not it hurts you or you are tired... seeing as you could not spare my daughter even the warmth of your belly until I arrived. Now get up and come, before I make you get up," he snarled, lifting the cub into his jaws very carefully in order to avoid hurting her as he stood up and turned toward the source of the calls, turning back to look to see if Karama was going to follow orders. 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__label__cc	0.504076	0.495924	Tag Archives: brass Book of the Week — The Architextures 1-7: The Man of Music Posted by rarebooks in Book of the Week ≈ Comments Off on Book of the Week — The Architextures 1-7: The Man of Music abaca, Anthropology, Belgium, bookbinding, brass, California, Cambridge, Carolee Campbell, clamshell, English, Felix Titling, Fuji Paper Mills Cooperative, Fulbright, Guatemala, history, Ian Robinson, initials, Japan, Jonathan Cape, Katie MacGregor, King's College, kyosei-shi, letterpress, London, London School of Economics, MacGregor/Vinzani, Maine, Meridien, Nathaniel Tarn, Ninja Press, Pablo Neruda, papermaking, Paris, poetry, Princeton University, Rutgers University, Sherman Oaks, Tokuschi-ma, United States, University of Chicago, Vandercook Universal I, Whiting, wood blocks, Yale University “Who are we that fled the thousand lives we did not lead in order to escape the very one life that we were destined for?” The Architextures 1-7: The Man of Music Nathaniel Tarn (b. 1928) Sherman Oaks, CA: Ninja Press, 1999 PS3570 A635 A7 1999 Nathaniel Tarn was born in Paris and lived in Belgium until he was eleven. He studied history and English at King’s College, Cambridge. After returning to Paris he studied anthropology and received a Fulbright grant. He studied at Yale University and the University of Chicago and did his doctoral fieldwork in Guatemala. He then completed his graduate studies at the London School of Economics. Tarn published his first volume of poetry, Old Savage/Young City, in 1964. His next published work was a translation of Pablo Neruda’s The Heights of Macchu Pichhu, published by Jonathan Cape, in London. He joined Jonathan Cape as General Editor of its international series. In 1970, he immigrated to the United States, became a citizen, and taught as Visiting Professor of Romance Languages at Princeton University, and later, at Rutgers and other universities. Of his poetry, Ian Robinson wrote in 1982, “Landscape, geography, and the history and culture of that landscape, that geography, of the societies living there now and that lived there once, all of the present in its present, are the key factors for Tarn.” The Architextures 1-7 are the first seven from a collection of seventy prose poems. The book was handset and letterpress printed on a Vandercook Universal I with Meridien type in six colors and 72pt Felix Titling for display and opening initials. Paper is dove-gray abaca, made by Katie MacGregor at the MacGregor/Vinzani papermaking studio in Whiting, Maine. Six-color wood blocks illustrate the text throughout. Ninja Press was begun in 1984 by Carolee Campbell, whose main publishing focus is contemporary poetry. Carolee began her book work as a photographer working with nineteenth and twentieth-century photographic processes. Binding her photograph sequences introduced her to bookbinding and experimental book structures. She then expanded her book work with letterpress printing. Bookmaking opened “the way into contemporary poetry — confronting it for the first time with a directness and penetration she seldom experienced as a reader.” (Ninja Press) All book work from Ninja Press is by Carolee Campbell. Bound in torched and patinated thin brass boards, with a spine of brass and stainless steel hinges. Issued in a clamshell box covered in black kyosei-shi, a handmade paper from the Fuji Paper Mills Cooperative in Tokushi-ma, Japan. Edition of sixty-five numbered copies, signed by the poet and the bookmaker. Follow Open Book via Email On Jon's Desk Physical Exhibitions Rare Books Loans Recommended Exhibition Recommended Lecture Recommended Workshop Book of the Week — Home Thoughts from Abroad Donation adds to Latin hymn fragments: “He himself shall come and shall make us saved.” Medieval Latin Hymn Fragment: “And whatever with bonds you shall have bound upon earth will be bound strongly in heaven.” Books of the week — Off with her head! Medieval Latin Hymn Fragment, Part D: “…of the holy found rest through him.” rarebooks on Medieval Latin Hymn Fragment: “Her mother ordered the dancing girl…” Jonathan Bingham on On Jon’s Desk: Pioneers and Prominent Men of Utah, A Celebration of Heritage on Pioneer Day Robin Booth on On Jon’s Desk: Pioneers and Prominent Men of Utah, A Celebration of Heritage on Pioneer Day Mary Johnson on Memorial Day 2017 Collett on Book of the Week — Dictionnaire des Proverbes Francais	cc/2020-05/en_middle_0060.json.gz/line1571
__label__wiki	0.554294	0.554294	‘Combs of light’ accelerate communications Researchers exploit optical frequency comb sources on silicon chip for terabit data transmission. Single laser light generates multitude of spectral lines, forming the "comb". Miniaturized optical frequency comb sources allow for transmission of data streams of several terabits per second over hundreds of kilometers – this has now been demonstrated by researchers at Karlsruhe Institute of Technology, Germany, and the Swiss École Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne in work recently published in Nature Photonics. The team says that these results "may contribute to accelerating data transmission in large computing centers and worldwide communication networks." Wavelength division multiplexing allows transmission of several data channels on one optical fiber, thereby enabling extremely high data rates. However, scalability of such systems is limited, as presently an individual laser is required for each channel and it is difficult to stabilize the wavelengths to prevent crosstalk. The researchers applied a miniaturized frequency comb as optical source, achieving a data rate of 1.44 Tbits/s over a distance of 300km. This corresponds to a data volume equivalent to more than 100 million simultaneous phone calls or 500,000 high-definition videos. For the first time, say the KIT and EPFL scientists, this result shows that miniaturized optical frequency comb sources are suited for coherent data transmission in the terabit range. Conventional frequency comb sources are bulky and costly devices and hence not very well suited for use in data transmission. Moreover, spacing of the spectral lines in conventional frequency combs often is too small and does not correspond to the channel spacing used in optical communications, which is typically larger than 20GHz. Optical microresonator The German-Swiss teams have now demonstrated that integrated optical frequency comb sources with large line spacings can be realized on photonic chips and applied for the transmission of large data volumes. For this purpose, they use an optical microresonator made of silicon nitride, into which laser light is coupled via a waveguide and stored for a long time. Jörg Pfeifle, who performed the transmission experiment at KIT, explained, “Due to the high light intensity in the resonator, the so-called Kerr effect can be exploited to produce a multitude of spectral lines from a single continuous-wave laser beam, hence forming a frequency comb.” This method to generate these so-called Kerr frequency combs was discovered by Tobias Kippenberg, at EPFL, in 2007. So-called "Kerr combs" are characterized by a large optical bandwidth and can feature line spacings that perfectly meet the requirements of data transmission. The underlying microresonators are produced with the help of complex nanofabrication methods by the EPFL Center of Micronanotechnology. “We are among the few university research groups that are able to produce such samples,” comments Kippenberg. Work at EPFL was funded by the Swiss program NCCR Nanotera and the European Space Agency ESA. KIT scientists are the first to use such Kerr frequency combs for high-speed data transmission. “The use of Kerr combs might revolutionize communication within data centers, where highly compact transmission systems of high capacity are required most urgently,” said Christian Koos, project coordinator at KIT. Matthew Peach is a contributing editor to optics.org. École Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne Karlsruhe Institute of Technology Nature Photonics article High-speed laser project aims for the stars KIT develops 'ultra-small, ultra–fast' electro-optic modulator Optical circuits sparkle over diamond structures	cc/2020-05/en_middle_0060.json.gz/line1573
__label__cc	0.527772	0.472228	Waveguide-enhanced Raman platform promises rapid diagnosis of disease Project from University of Southampton and Dstl will develop a compact and versatile device. Sensor chips: chemically adaptable to detect small molecules Portable and easy-to-use photonics devices can potentially offer substantial advantages in the diagnosis and prevention of disease, and a new project at the University of Southampton Optoelectronics Research Centre (ORC) could see a significant new step made towards this goal. Supported with £1 million from the EPSRC Healthcare Technologies Programme, ORC and its collaborators at Southampton's Department of Chemistry and the UK Defence Science and Technology Laboratory (Dstl) intend to develop a low-cost instrument suitable for use in GP surgeries, hospital wards, or in remote communities, using cheap, disposable plug-in sensor chips. These chips will be chemically adaptable to detect small molecules, proteins or DNA, with fluid samples simply being dropped onto the sensor surface, to rapidly detect infection and diagnose disease. According to ORC, the new project will build upon research by Southampton's Zilong Wang on waveguide-enhanced Raman spectroscopy (WERS), along with work on biochemical detection currently underway between the University and Dstl. In principle WERS offers a solution to the inherent issue of low sensitivity to which Raman spectroscopy is prone. Rather than employing free-space optical components, WERS incorporates Raman spectroscopy into a waveguide structure, allowing the waveguide to transport incident light, excite Raman scattering, and collect the emission. Wang's research, published as part of his PhD studies at Southampton, demonstrated how guided light in a suitable dielectric thin-film waveguide can be squeezed to dimensions similar to its wavelength, which results in a large optical intensity over a long propagation range. Analyte molecules close to the waveguide's surface then interact with the evanescent field of the waveguide, becoming Raman excited and allowing their emission to be collected. Environmental monitoring and security This effect could be particularly valuable for analytical applications in real-world biological sensors, if it allows detection of particular species to be made through repeatable activity over relatively large enhanced surfaces, rather than the highly localized enhancements often employed to produce single-molecule detection. "Highly specific, sensitive sensors interfaced with portable, easy-to use, low-cost instruments are needed for rapid point-of-care infection diagnostics, leading to better targeted therapy, shorter time to treatment and reduced morbidity," notes OFC in its WERS research literature. "We aim to realize a generic, flexible, compact sensing platform with high sensitivity and selectivity, building upon our recent work on WERS to realise a sensor chip which shows surface enhancements comparable to those of surface-enhanced Raman spectroscopy, with improved application flexibility and manufacturability. These will have wide application in the diagnosis of disease." As well as point-of-care applications, the platform could also prove valuable in broader settings such as environmental monitoring and border security, and should be readily configurable for new locations and analytical challenges. In its project announcement, ORC indicated that the sensor will first be demonstrated using clinical samples from volunteers who have been exposed to controlled experimental infections in the NIHR Southampton Clinical Research Facility, and will also be assessed as a potential method of analysis for international priority pathogens such as Ebola and plague. Analyst sees $1.8BN market for Raman by 2021 Raman method shows progress of Alzheimer's disease at cell level Raman reveals molecular details of degenerative diseases	cc/2020-05/en_middle_0060.json.gz/line1574
__label__cc	0.697742	0.302258	Home / Bible Commentaries / Sutcliffe's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments/ Isaiah Sutcliffe's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments Isaiah Isaiah 6 Isaiah 5:1. My well-beloved; the Messiah, who certainly was Lord of the Vineyard, and the men of Judah were his pleasant plants. Psalms 80:14-15. Ezekiel 17:6. Hosea 10:1. Matthew 20:1-16. They were a people whom he cultivated, and with whom he delighted as a garden. To understand this vineyard of a fruitful horn is diverting enough; for a horn, like a mountain, is elevated. So Dr. Lowth, for two pages; and so Erasmus makes us merry in his battle of grammarians. Isaiah 5:2. The choicest vine; literally, the vine of Sorek, a valley not far distant from Eshcol, from which the spies brought the large clusters and branches of the vine.—A wine-press. Mystically understood of the atoning altar, as the pleasant hill and the tower are understood of the temple. Isaiah 5:10. A homer shall yield an ephah; just one tenth of what was sown. Isaiah 5:11. Strong drink. The LXX, σικερα, wine made from the nuts of the date, or palmtree. See Exodus 15:27. We have this passage more at large in Amos 6:3-6. Dr. Lowth here quotes Pliny, who says that strong drink means palm wine. Isaiah 5:14. Hell—opened her mouth, as a wide cavern. See on Psalms 9:17; Psalms 16:10. Isaiah 5:18. That draw sin as with a cart rope. This simile is so unnatural that we suspect a mistake. The LXX, “a long rope.” This idea indicates a long continuance in wine, and long continuance in vice, which bears away and overpowers the whole force of public morals. Others say, the punishment of sin as a load on their conscience. Isaiah 5:25. Their carcases torn in the streets, with dogs, it might seem: but the LXX more naturally say, as dung in the streets. This was fulfilled when the Chaldeans filled the streets with the slain. Ezekiel 11:6. Isaiah 5:26. He will lift up an ensign to the nations from far; as is repeated, chap. 10:5. Ho to the Assyrian, the rod of mine anger, the staff of my indignation, &c. From this elegiac song of the vineyard, which our Saviour seemed to utter over Jerusalem, we learn that God took great delight in Israel. The temple was his palace, the people were his family, and the whole land his favourite garden. He fenced it round with a wall; yea, his cloud which awed the Egyptians, was a wall of fire which no invader could pass, unless he first gave him a commission to punish apostasy. The heavenly owner digged out the stones, removed both the Canaanites and their idols, and planted it with a choice vine. His church, his statutes and ordinances, were in the midst of them. Moses, Joshua, Caleb, Samuel, and others were flourishing branches of this church. His winepress or sacred altar was in the midst of it, and thence flowed all the reviving ministry of the holy prophets. We have the disappointment of the divine expectation, if we may speak after the manner of men. When God looked for rich clusters, he found nothing but wild, bad, or putrid grapes, such as resembled Jeremiah’s naughty figs: Isaiah 24:2. Instead of love, there were bitterness and wrath; instead of piety, there was a contempt of his easy yoke; instead of holiness, sin of every kind abounded in the land. As Nathan made David the judge in the case of the ewe lamb, so the Lord now makes the men of Judah judges in the case of his vineyard. How terrible then is the state of apostate and wicked men, when their own conscience shall be the first to give sentence against them. How silent, how speechless will they be at the bar of God. This silence of the wicked farther appears from the grand question, What could have been done more to my vineyard that I have not done? Could purer statutes, could better prophets, and a happier diversity of mercies and judgments have been extended towards it? The Lord might have put the same question, before the Romans finally destroyed Jerusalem. God may put the same question to every sinner; and perhaps the day is not distant when God shall put the same question to Britain. And alas, if he take away our hedge, being revolted at our bitter fruits of sin; where will the despisers of his gospel find a refuge! Isaiah improves the vision by calling every class of sinners to repentance. The covetous who live to augment estates, the drunkards who waste their substance, and the circles of pleasure who draw iniquity with long ropes of vanity and lies. He pressed repentance the more, for he saw hell enlarging her jaws to swallow the wicked; and he beheld the Lord beckoning to nations from afar, to come and avenge his quarrel with the sword. Sutcliffe, Joseph. "Commentary on Isaiah 5:4". Sutcliffe's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments. http://odl.studylight.org/commentaries/jsc/isaiah-5.html. 1835.	cc/2020-05/en_middle_0060.json.gz/line1578
__label__cc	0.646033	0.353967	NOLA Crime News laissez les bon temps rouler Murder and Shootings NOPD Recruitment Murder Clearance Rates in NOLA One of the effects of a smaller police force has been a sizable drop in the number of officers assigned to NOPD’s homicide unit. As I previously showed, NOPD had 41 sworn officers assigned to homicide in mid-2013 and has only 29 officers assigned there as of this month. Not all sworn officers assigned to the homicide unit are actual homicide detectives working cases. There’s also the unit’s leadership, several officers assigned to cold cases, and a couple of officers performing victim assistance roles. In 2013 there were 4 sergeants and 30 detectives specifically working new homicides. That was down to 3 sergeants and 19 officers as of March 2017, according to MAX. The effect of the manpower drop on homicide clearance rates is clear. I took NOPD’s homicide spreadsheets (provided through public records request) for each year 2010 through 2016 and calculated the percent of murders in each year that were cleared by arrest or exception in that year. The result can be seen in the below table. The results are even more jarring when the age, race and gender of the victim are taken into consideration. Black males make up the vast majority of murder victims with 962 of 1,211 murder victims (79.4 percent) from 2010 to 2016 being black males. The clearance rate for black males, however, is typically much lower than the clearance rate for all other race/gender groups. The below table shows the clearance rates for a black male murder victim by age group with the overall black male clearance rate, the overall non black male clearance rate and the overall citywide rate below that. The correlation between manpower and clearance rates is predictably very strong. As these tables show, falling murder clearance rates is a major problem for New Orleans that desperately needs solving. jeffmasher When A Decrease In Crime Isn’t Necessarily A Decrease In Crime The Four Major Trends of NOLA Crime in 2017 & What They Might Mean for 2018 NOLA Armed Robberies Are Down Bigly Measuring Luck in NOLA Gun Violence in November Updating on NOLA Gun Violence Trends Subjects Select Category Armed Robberies Crime Totals Manpower Response Times Uncategorized View Crimealytics’s profile on Twitter	cc/2020-05/en_middle_0060.json.gz/line1581
__label__wiki	0.854575	0.854575	Oshkosh Defense Vehicle Platforms Light Tactical Vehicles JLTV L-ATV S-ATV Medium Tactical Vehicles FMTV A2 MTVR Heavy Tactical Vehicles HEMTT A4 LVSR Wheeled Tanker M-ATV Aircraft Rescue Fire Fighting (ARFF) Command Zone™ TAK-4® Technology Demonstrators TerraMax® Parts and Services Field Service Support Parts and Kits Recapitalization C4ISR and C4 Systems Integration Leadership Biographies Secretary of the Navy Thanks Oshkosh Defense for Work on JLTV Program October 10, 2019 \| JLTV,News OSHKOSH, Wis. (October 10, 2019) — Oshkosh Defense, LLC, an Oshkosh Corporation (NYSE: OSK) company, announced today that the company received a visit from Secretary of the Navy, Honorable Richard V. Spencer. The Secretary addressed team members at the facility and awarded Oshkosh Defense with a Bravo Zulu Award for delivering JLTVs to the Navy and Marine Corps ahead of schedule and below budget. 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You’ll see that on the face of every team member in our organization.” The JLTV program is currently in Full Rate Production (FRP) and has completed all reliability qualification and performance testing as well as logistics supportability evaluations around the country. In August 2019, the United States Marine Corps reached Initial Operating Capability (IOC), almost a full year ahead of schedule. Secretary Spencer was sworn in as the 76th Secretary of the Navy in August 2017. Prior to his nomination, the Secretary served on the Defense Business Board and the Chief of Naval Operations Executive Panel. Secretary Spencer graduated from Rollins College in 1976 with a Bachelor of Arts in Economics. Upon graduating, he joined the United States Marine Corps where he served as an H-46 pilot until 1981 before departing active duty to enter the private finance sector. 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__label__wiki	0.840886	0.840886	NBC Latino on feed NBC Latino on tumblr NBC Latino on facebook NBC Latino on twitter Topics: Jose Enrique, Puerto Rico, puerto rico violence, ricky martin, Todos somos Jose Enrique, Victor Manuelle Ricky Martin was one of the many people who tweeted in solidarity with Jose Enrique Gómez Saladín, who was brutally murdered on Thursday in Puerto Rico. Federal authorities have taken up the case. Ricky Martin, Victor Manuelle tweet “Todos somos Jose Enrique” after Puerto Rico murder by Adrian Carrasquillo, @RealAdrianC Follow @NBCLatino 1:19 pm on 12/05/2012 Publicist José Enrique Gómez Saladín was driving home after a work-related event in San Juan, Puerto Rico on Thursday. He called his wife to say he was stopping for food and would be home soon. But Gómez Saladín never made it. He was carjacked and beaten to death and his body was burned in a shocking murder that has led federal authorities to take jurisdiction in the case. “We are assuming jurisdiction over all those implicated. This case is eligible for the death penalty,” U.S. Attorney’s Office spokeswoman Lymarie Llovet said. RELATED: Puerto Rico Inmates ‘Tweet’ to Help Reduce Crime The case has mobilized many in Puerto Rico and online who want justice for the 32-year-old publicist and an end to violence in Puerto Rico. A movement has begun on Twitter, made up of people, including prominent Puerto Ricans like Ricky Martin and salsa singer Victor Manuelle, who are posting photos with signs in Spanish that say, “Todos somos Jose Enrique” (We are all Jose Enrique). Victor Manuelle tweeted, “We have to create awareness! We’re all José Enrique.” Hundreds of tweets were sent in solidarity with justice for Gómez Saladín and increased awareness was aided by the nearly 8 million followers of Ricky Martin and Victor Manuelle who saw the call to action. According to Caribbean Business, his badly beaten and burned body was found at the shuttered penal camp in the Guavate area of Cayey on Monday night. Police were led there by one of the suspects in the case. Earlier in the day, police found the torched remnants of Gómez Saladín’s Toyota Matrix abandoned in a wooded area in the Tomas de Castro area of Caguas. Two male suspects were in custody by Tuesday morning and authorities had detained two women by the evening. The first detainee was turned in by his mother, who recognized her son from security camera photos that spread through social media sites like Facebook and were broadcast by media outlets. One of the young men arrested told investigators that Gómez Saladín was killed at the Guavate site between midnight and 2 a.m. on Friday, within a few hours after he was carjacked. Puerto Rican newspaper El Nuevo Dia, acquired an eight-page confession one of the suspects gave to police and explained that the suspects and his friends needed money for rent and decided to go rob somebody. Gómez Saladín begged for his life but in a bout of almost unthinkable violence, the group is said to have doused him with gasoline and beaten him to death. The brutal death of Gómez Saladín and the murder of boxing champion Hector “Macho” Camacho a little over a week ago have once again brought the problem of violence on the streets of Puerto Rico to the forefront of public discussion. RELATED: Drug Cartels Descend on Puerto Rico The two sides of Arizona’s SB1070 “Political Football” – GOP grapples with immigration reform Year of action may take patience on immigration reform Lawmakers, first lady put faces to SOTU immigration message Brain-dead woman’s husband named unborn child Immigrant rights group: reform must include citizenship path In search of “pavochón”—Puerto Rico’s delectable answer to the Thanksgiving turkey Celebrating Dia de los Reyes Magos with your kids How to make perfect tostones in 5 simple steps How to make: perfect white rice 5 Spanish-learning programs for kids Death of Aaron Hernandez's dad in 2006 deeply impacted his life What am I? Chef Patricia Jinich on being Mexican-Jewish and reflecting her culture in the kitchen Roberto Clemente's family writes very personal book about a great legend Michelle Rodriguez Gives Her Advice Mother of Texas teen speaks out Principal bans mom from school Penelope Cruz and Javier Bardem name daughter Twinkies under new Mexican ownership Georgia man kills young latino The Grio's liberal video from NBC News 2013 Almas with Pitbull and J Lo A healthy idea: caldo verde, Portuguese potato and kale soup Chef José Andrés talks nutrition, hunger in America: “We have a responsibility” JLo, Pitbull to shake World Cup opening ceremonies Female “Carlos Santana” rocks out for clean water, civil rights More in People… Speaking multiple languages may help to prevent dementia What you need to know about epilepsy More in Parenting & Family…	cc/2020-05/en_middle_0060.json.gz/line1598
__label__cc	0.723006	0.276994	Jane Arnold Lincove UMBC School of Public Policy Institutional Affiliation: Tulane University August 2016 Match or Mismatch? Automatic Admissions and College Preferences of Low- and High-Income Students with Kalena E. Cortes: w22559 We examine the role of information in the college matching behavior of low- and high-income students, exploiting a state automatic admissions policy that provides some students with perfect a priori certainty of college admissions. We find that admissions certainty encourages college-ready low-income students to seek more rigorous universities. Low-income students who are less college-ready are not influenced by admissions certainty and are sensitive to college entrance exams scores. Most students also prefer campuses with students of similar race, income, and high school class rank, but only highly-qualified low-income students choose institutions where they have fewer same-race and same-income peers. July 2015 Apply Yourself: Racial and Ethnic Differences in College Application with Sandra E. Black, Kalena E. Cortes: w21368 Access to higher education begins with a student’s decision whether and where to apply to college. This paper examines racial and ethnic differences in college application behavior of high school graduates, using two recent graduation cohorts from Texas. We estimate racial and ethnic differences in the probability of applying to college, controlling for a student’s college readiness, high school quality, certainty of college admissions, and high school fixed effects. We then investigate racial and ethnic differences in the choice of where to apply. We enhance the typical model of college matching by considering the social setting and high school feeder patterns of state universities. We find that racial and ethnic gaps in application rates, particularly for Hispanic students, are not expla... December 2014 Efficacy vs. Equity: What Happens When States Tinker with College Admissions in a Race-Blind Era? College admissions officers face a rapidly changing policy environment where court decisions have limited the use of affirmative action. At the same time, there is mounting evidence that commonly used signals of college readiness, such as the SAT/ACTs, are subject to race and socioeconomic bias. Our study investigates the efficacy and equity of college admissions criteria by estimating the effect of multiple measures of college readiness on freshman college grade point average and four-year graduation. Importantly, we take advantage of a unique institutional feature of the Texas higher education system to control for selection into admissions and enrollment. We find that SAT/ACT scores, high school exit exams, and advanced coursework are predictors of student success in college. However, w... Published: Efficacy Versus Equity: What Happens When States Tinker With College Admissions in a Race-Blind Era? Sandra E. Black, Kalena E. Cortes, Jane Arnold Lincove Educational Evaluation and Policy Analysis Vol 38, Issue 2, pp. 336 - 363 First Published June 1, 2016 https://doi.org/10.3102/0162373716629006 January 2014 Can You Leave High School Behind? with Sandra E. Black, Jenna Cullinane, Rachel Veron: w19842 In recent years, many states, including California, Texas, and Oregon, have changed admissions policies to increase access to public universities for students from lower socioeconomic backgrounds. A key concern, however, is how these students will perform. This paper examines the relationship between high school quality and student success at college. Using newly available administrative data from the University of Texas at Austin, we take advantage of the unique policy environment provided by Texas's Top Ten Percent automatic admissions law, which has not only increased the diversity of high schools in the state that send students to the university, but also provides an admission criteria based on a sole observable characteristic: high school class rank. We find that high school charac... Published: Black, Sandra E. & Lincove, Jane & Cullinane, Jennifer & Veron, Rachel, 2015. "Can you leave high school behind?," Economics of Education Review, Elsevier, vol. 46(C), pages 52-63. citation courtesy of	cc/2020-05/en_middle_0060.json.gz/line1599
__label__wiki	0.663903	0.663903	On the impeachment calls against Supreme Court Chief Justice Corona By SIMOUN RIPLE Spokesperson, Kabataang Makabayan (KM, Patriotic Youth) KM Southern Mindanao Chapter The recent Supreme Court hullabaloo triggered by the impeachment of its Chief Justice Renato Corona highlights the deep-seated and now intensifying contradictions between two representatives of the ruling classes — the Arroyos and the Aquinos — in defending their respective self-interests. One ruling class faction cries foul over railroading legal processes while the other maintains running after corrupt leaders. However, both of them only want to make sure they maintain their hold to power. Kabataang Makabayan (KM, Patriotic Youth) in southern Mindanao believes that with this, the youth and the people should all the more pursue genuine justice and national democracy, trampled upon by these imperialist’s lapdogs. Both the Arroyo and the Aquino governments hold accountability to their crimes against the Filipino people. Arroyo, for nine years, had showed itself as a loyal lapdog to the US imperialist. Her promise of a strong republic is a promise of empty words and high prices of basic commodities and services. 1,206 activists were killed; and political clans and her cohorts from the ruling elite have equally enjoyed special privileges with her fascist rule. On the other hand, Aquino pledged to tread a righteous path and counter corruption. Yet he had not sided with the peasants that his family has murdered both literally and figuratively. Under his rule, Aquino continued to implement anti-poor programs such as the Private-Public Partnership which essentially privatizes basic social services; and the Oplan Bayanihan which is a crooked way of solving the root of armed conflict and only targets human rights defenders as targets. At these times when the ruling classes are divided, the youth and the people should be more united in exposing the contradictions among them. Are they fighting for us? Will the people’s interests be upheld in this crisis among those who are in power? The answer is “no”. The conflict between the Arroyos and the Aquinos will soon come to a compromise. Although, this outcome would definitely leave the people with the same basic problems of landlessness, lack of decent jobs and wages, no access to basic social services, and with still barely anything to eat. Only a change of the existing system will bring genuine peace, justice, and democracy. Democracy is when the majority of the people’s call for land is answered. Justice is having a chance to live decently in a society where people are treated fairly. Peace will only exist when justice is served. No ruling elite will ever give up their hold on to power. With this, the Kabataang Makabayan calls on the youth to be the people’s defender. Youth rise up! Take up arms and continue the national democratic revolution! Latest from Statements Repeated offer of Duterte for one-on-one in Manila is a trap and is aimed at preventing peace negotiations The repeated offer of Duterte for me to have a one-on-one meeting Reset of deadline for scheme to destroy the NPA will surely fail as people’s war will intensify The Duterte regime has reset by three years the deadline for its Highest military subordinates of Duterte oppose resumption of GRP-NDFP peace negotiations The highest military subordinates of Duterte (national security adviser Esperon, defense secretary	cc/2020-05/en_middle_0060.json.gz/line1601
__label__wiki	0.963203	0.963203	The Observer is a student-run, daily print & online newspaper serving Notre Dame, Saint Mary's & Holy Cross. Learn about us. ND Volleyball Irish sweep three ACC teams, bring conference win total to nine Elizabeth Greason \| Tuesday, October 25, 2016 The Irish picked up their first in-conference loss of the season to No. 8 North Carolina in a heart-breaking five-set match. Notre Dame (18-4, 9-1 ACC) had a strong bounce-back performance however, sweeping all three of its matches over break, taking down North Carolina State, Pittsburgh and Virginia Tech each in straight sets. The Irish have now won 10 of their last 11 matches. Notre Dame came out strong against the Tar Heels (18-2, 10-0 ACC), winning the first set 25-18. However, it was as if a completely different team took the court to start the second set. The Irish came out flat-footed, allowing North Carolina to get out to an 8-0 lead, before the UNC scoring run was finally stifled by its own attack error. The Irish changed the momentum as they fought back and crawled within reach of the Tar Heels at 14-11. The large margin between the two teams from the start of the second set proved too much for the Irish to make up, as they ultimately dropped the set, 25-19. Irish head coach Jim McLaughlin felt that the second set was an example of his team’s grit, but also of its susceptibility to losing focus. “I think, you know, when you go through little lapses in performance, it gives them an opportunity to get back in or seize the momentum or just win the game,” McLaughlin said. “I think we’ve gotta figure that stuff out a little bit and just play for longer periods of time and I think our girls understand that.” Wei Cao \| The Observer Irish sophomore libero Ryann DeJarld sets the ball during Notre Dame’s 3-1 victory over Duke on Sept. 30 at Purcell Pavilion. The Irish dropped the third set to the Tar Heels with the same score as the second set to put UNC up 2-1. By this point, junior setter Caroline Holt had picked up a double-double, with 28 assists and 10 digs. The fourth set started out as a nail-biter with the two teams trading points until a kill by freshman outside hitter Jemma Yeadon put the Irish up 12-9, giving them some room to breathe. Yeadon went on a tear, picking up four more kills in the fourth set. The Mercer Island, Washington, native finished the match with a double-double, her seventh of the season. McLaughlin discussed the fact that he has come to expect double-doubles from Yeadon, although he has still higher expectations for the freshman. “I think she could have been a little more consistent, but she knows that,” McLaughlin said. “I mean, nobody wants to be better than Jemma [does] and she’s learning every day and she’s getting better every day and she’s a dependable kid.” The Irish dominated the fourth set, winning by a nine-point margin, 25-16, to tie up the match and force a fifth set. In the fifth set, the Irish struggled to start once again, allowing the Tar Heels to jump out to a 6-1 lead. Notre Dame was able to make up the gap and pull themselves even with UNC at nine points apiece. The two squads started trading points until North Carolina called a timeout with the teams tied at 13. The Tar Heels came out of the timeout with renewed energy, easily taking the next two points and the match. McLaughlin said that the fact that the match was a winnable one for the Irish does not make him feel any better. “To me, a loss is a loss,” McLaughlin said. “You just, you keep fighting and we’re always gonna fight, so it just stinks when you lose. I don’t feel good about it. But we’ve just got to get back on the horse and go.” McLaughlin considered the match a learning experience and said that he was proud of his team, despite the result. “Win, lose or draw, you’re in this process of improving,” McLaughlin said. “We’re gonna learn a lot from this match. I think, you know, they were ready to play, they came out with good emotion and I’m proud of the effort, I’m proud of the energy, all that stuff.” Sophomore libero Ryann DeJarld finished the match with 40 digs, a career high that put her in second place in the Notre Dame record books for digs in a match. DeJarld downplayed the accomplishment in the context of the loss. “I was just trying to do my job and get some good ups for Caroline to set and make my team better,” DeJarld said. “I’m confident that we’re gonna learn a lot of things from this game and be ready to move forward and prepare well for every game.” And the Irish were ready to go Oct. 16 as they rebounded against N.C. State (13-9, 6-4 ACC). Senior middle blocker Katie Higgins led the charge for the Irish registering 11 kills on just 16 attempts, giving her a hitting percentage of .625. The Nebraska native also registered six blocks in Notre Dame’s takedown of the Wolfpack in straight sets: 25-19, 25-17, 25-23. On Friday, Notre Dame looked to restart a winning streak as it hit the road to play the Panthers (15-7, 6-4 ACC). The Irish took down the Panthers in straight sets: 25-19, 25-20, 25-21. The Irish service game was a highlight versus the Panthers. Junior middle blocker Sam Fry posted three aces during the match, followed by DeJarld’s two and one from junior libero Natalie Johnson. DeJarld currently leads the ACC in aces per set, while Fry sits in third place. The Irish extended their winning streak to three Sunday as they took down Virginia Tech (8-13, 3-7 ACC) in Blacksburg, Virginia, for the first time in program history. Higgins once again led the Irish to victory with 11 kills, followed by 10 kills from Fry. The win over the Hokies gives Notre Dame its most in-conference wins since joining the ACC with nine. The Irish return home to play Miami at 7 p.m. at Purcell Pavilion on Friday before taking on No. 11 Florida State at 1 p.m. on Sunday. Tags: Caroline Holt, Haley Bonneval, Jemma Yeadon, Jim McLaughlin, Katie Higgins, Natalie Johnson, Notre Dame Volleyball, Rebecca Nunge, ryann dejarld, Sam Fry, Sydney Kuhn About Elizabeth Greason Elizabeth is a senior studying civil engineering from New York, NY (yes, the actual city). She is a proud resident assistant in McGlinn Hall and is a die-hard Mets and Giants fan. She is currently serving as assistant managing editor of The Observer and she also has an obsession with golf that is bordering on unhealthy. Contact Elizabeth Holt’s injury stalls Irish conference success After winning just seven matches in 2015, the Irish were looking for a clean... Notre Dame falls short against Miami, Florida State Irish cruise to undefeated start at Golden Dome Invitational Irish sweep first ACC matches of season 1 A note about South Bend 1 Jenkins releases details on first 2020 presidential debate 1 The dehumanization of Uber 1 Sexual misconduct reported in men’s residence hall Twitter Feed Twitter Icon Tweets by @ObserverSports In an email to the Notre Dame community sent late Social Media Editor Mary Bernard (@mbernardreports In honor of #MLKday, Maria Luisa Paul uncovered th "Hesburgh received a call at his office in the Mai "'We need a league win,' Brey said before the game Moving into the new decade, do you want to see how To uncover the truth and report it accurately. Suggest a Story Idea Like what you see? Help support student-run publications. Phone: (574) 631-7471 / Fax: (574) 631-6927 / Address: The Observer / P.O. Box 779 / Notre Dame, IN 46556	cc/2020-05/en_middle_0060.json.gz/line1602
__label__wiki	0.535835	0.535835	Akka.NET Near-Term Roadmap: 1.1 Akka.Cluster RTM on June 14; 1.5, 1.6 Releases Feature Releases for Akka.NET in 2016 It’s been a while since we’ve published an official roadmap update for Akka.NET. We are still on track to achieve the goals of the previous roadmap, but with a few minor changes that I will explain here. Akka.NET 1.1 - Akka.Cluster Release to Market; Akka.Streams Beta We’ve publicly committed to releasing Akka.NET 1.1 on June 14th, 2016: Coming soon to @AkkaDotNET - Akka.Cluster stable release. June 14 target ship date, along with the to-do list :p pic.twitter.com/f4UKOASowR — Aaron Stannard (@Aaronontheweb) May 23, 2016 This release has the following goals: Officially releasing Akka.Cluster to market, signifying “it is ready for full-blown production use;” Deploy Helios 2.0 transport to production, which is significantly faster, more memory efficient, and more reliable than the current Helios 1.4.1-based transport; Releasing the MultinodeTestRunner and the Akka.Remote.TestKit, used for testing distributed systems built with Akka.NET; and Releasing the very first beta of the new Akka.Streams module, which you can read more about here. Akka.Cluster has been available as a beta package for nearly two years and has had thousands of users. It is currently serving production workloads both on Linux and on Windows for a variety of different types of customers. During this period we have collected lots of bug reports, feedback, and data that has been used to help improve its reliability and performance. This will be a tremendous opportunity for Akka.NET users to build high availability systems of all shapes and sizes on any cloud they wish. Akka.NET 1.5 - TLS, New Serializer, Faster Transports The next major release we have planned following Akka.NET 1.1 is Akka.NET 1.5. This release will introduce some breaking changes at the dependency level. We are making the following two important changes: Switching from the Helios transport to the new NetworkStreamTransport, which can achieve end-to-end speeds of roughly 110k messages per second per connection right now. The NetworkStreamTransport will be built into Akka.Remote itself and will also include TLS support for Akka.Remote from day 1 of release. Switching our default serializer from JSON.NET to Wire. The NetworkStreamTransport will be fully backwards compatible with the previous Helios transports. Wire, however, poses a challenge to users who have been using JSON.NET in production. For Akka.Persistence (still in beta) you may need to ETL existing data into the new format. For Akka.Remote users you may need to take your services offline to change the serializer, since it will disrupt communications between upgraded nodes and yet-to-be-upgraded nodes. Why Wire? JSON.NET has served our needs well for nearly two years, but we’ve had the following historical problems with it: Poor support for F# types, such as discriminated unions; Trouble with C#6 features, such as automatic properties; and Most importantly, not being able to handle surrogate types - needed to serialize complex objects such as System.Collections.Immutable collections, which are needed for Akka.Cluster.Sharding. Wire was developed by Roger Johansson to solve these issues with Akka.NET specifically and in addition to handling those type safety issues well it also happens to perform up to 25x faster than JSON.NET and even compresses larger message sizes more effectively on the Wire. We will be releasing Akka.NET 1.5 after the 1.1 release has been shipped to market, in order to allow for additional QA to be performed on Wire as well as the new transport. The Wire Serializer is already available as a NuGet package if you wish to start using it now. Follow the Wire Serializer installation instructions for Akka.NET here. Akka.NET 1.6 - Akka.Persistence Akka.Persistence is already in a near-complete state, and we have a large number of plugins that already support it (scroll to the bottom.) However, we have a final bit of QA to do on Akka.Persistence for a handful of specific plugins and want to officially switch serializers before giving our users the “all clear” signal to use it en masse. That’s why it’s sequenced to go in 1.6 instead of earlier. The API for Akka.Persistence is already frozen, so it’s safe to use. Overall Timeframe We expect to achieve the following timeframe for these releases: 1.1 - June 14th, 2016 1.5 - July 31st, 2016 1.6 - September 30th, 2016 The timelines may slip, but these are our goals and we will work hard to achieve them. Akka.Cluster.Tools, Akka.Cluster.Sharding, Akka.IO Akka.IO has been available in the core Akka package for a while now, and will be getting a major facelift as part of our Akka.Streams development process. We haven’t begun work on this yet as the core Akka.Streams library itself is still being finalized for its beta, so no timeframe is available on this yet. Akka.Cluster.Tools and Akka.Cluster.Sharding are already available for use as beta modules; no timeframe for full release of those is available just yet since they depend on the 1.1, 1.5, and 1.6 releases being completed first. If you have any questions about this timeline as relates to your projects specifically, you can ask them in the comments below or you can email us directly at [email protected] The Akka.NET community is looking forward to shipping these soon. Written by Aaron Stannard on May 27, 2016	cc/2020-05/en_middle_0060.json.gz/line1607
__label__cc	0.716699	0.283301	Five Wyoming firefighters treated for minor injuries as truck slides into creek on a call Posted September 24, 2019 : Featured, Front Page, News. A tow truck operator from Preferred Towing watches as Pumper No. 2 from the Wyoming department is righted. The vehicle slid into a ditch responding to a pick up truck on fire in a soybean field on London Line. Five Wyoming firefighters were taken to hospital with minor injuries after the fire truck they were on tipped into a creek while responding to a call. The department was called to London Line this morning after a stolen pick up truck caught fire in a bean field north of London Line near South Plympton Road. Chief Steve Clemens says the pumper operator got out of the vehicle to look at the mowed grass pathway beside the field and felt it was stable enough to use as a road for the truck. Less than halfway down the path, Clemens says the saturated bank gave way and the truck fell onto its side. Clemens says the firefighters had minor injuries, bumps, bruises, cuts and strains, similar to being in a minor car accident. All have been released from the hospital. The Ministry of Labour and the town’s health and safety committee are investigating the accident. Around 3 pm, two trucks from Preferred Towing were righting the vehicle. Clemens says it may take a couple of weeks for the pumper to be inspected and re certified for use again. One Response to “Five Wyoming firefighters treated for minor injuries as truck slides into creek on a call” Tracey September 24th, 2019 God bless the firefighters. Glad they weren’t seriously injured.	cc/2020-05/en_middle_0060.json.gz/line1608
__label__wiki	0.975608	0.975608	Q&A: Internet extremism and how to combat it by Dee-Ann Durbin The Union flag flies at half mast in Whitehall, central London, Sunday June 4, 2017, after Saturday night's terrorist incident on London Bridge and at Borough Market. Several people were killed in the terror attack at the heart of London and dozens injured. Prime Minister Theresa May convened an emergency security cabinet session Sunday to deal with the crisis. (Stefan Rousseau/PA via AP) In the wake of Britain's third major attack in three months, Prime Minister Theresa May called on internet companies to do more to block extremist groups who use the web to recruit members and send coded messages. Here's a look at terrorism on the web, what's being done to stop it and what could come next. Q. What are technology companies doing to make sure extremist videos and other terrorist content doesn't spread across the internet? A. Internet companies use technology plus teams of human reviewers to flag and remove posts from people who engage in terrorist activity or express support for terrorism. Google, for example, says it employs thousands of people to fight abuse on its platforms. Facebook, Microsoft, Twitter and YouTube late last year teamed up to create a shared industry database of unique digital fingerprints for images and videos that are produced by or support terrorist organizations. Those fingerprints help the companies more quickly identify and remove terrorist content on the web. After the terror attack on Westminster Bridge in London in March, Google and other tech companies also agreed to form a joint group to accelerate anti-terrorism efforts. Twitter says in the last six months of 2016, it suspended a total of 376,890 accounts for violations related to the promotion of terrorism. Three-quarters of those were found through Twitter's internal tools; just 2 percent were taken down because of government requests, the company says. A person, centre, is led away at an address in Barking, east London, during a police operation Sunday June 4, 2017, following Saturday night's terrorist incident at London Bridge. Several people were killed in the terror attack at the heart of London and dozens injured. Prime Minister Theresa May convened an emergency security cabinet session Sunday to deal with the crisis. (Stefan Rousseau/PA via AP) Facebook says it alerts law enforcement if it sees a threat of an imminent attack or harm to someone. It also seeks out potential terrorist accounts by tracing the "friends" of an account that has been removed for terrorism. Q. What are technology companies refusing to do when it comes to terrorist content? A. After the 2015 mass shooting in San Bernardino, California, and again after the Westminster Bridge attack, the U.S. and U.K. governments sought access to encrypted—or password-protected—communication between the terrorists who carried out the attack. In both cases, the tech companies involved—Apple and WhatsApp—refused, although the governments eventually managed to go around the companies and get the information they wanted. Tech companies say encryption is vital and compromising it won't just stop terrorists. Encryption also protects bank accounts, credit card transactions and all kinds of other information that people want to keep private. But others—including former FBI Director James Comey and Democratic Sen. Dianne Feinstein of California—have argued that the inability to access encrypted data is a threat to security. Feinstein has introduced a bill to give the government so-called "back door" access to encrypted data. An armed Police officer looks through his weapon on London Bridge in London, Saturday, June 3, 2017. British police said they were dealing with "incidents" on London Bridge and nearby Borough Market in the heart of the British capital Saturday, as witnesses reported a vehicle veering off the road and hitting several pedestrians. (Dominic Lipinski/PA via AP) Q. Shouldn't tech companies be forced to share encrypted information if it could protect national security? A. Richard Forno, who directs the graduate cybersecurity program at the University of Maryland, Baltimore County, said weakening encryption won't make people safer. Terrorists will simply take their communications deeper underground by developing their own cyber channels or even reverting to paper notes sent by couriers, he said. "It's playing whack-a-mole," he said. "The bad guys are not constrained by the law. That's why they're bad guys." But Erik Gordon, a professor of law and business at the University of Michigan, says society has sometimes determined that, in times of war, the government can intrude in ways it might not normally. He imagines a system where law enforcement would have to ask a judge for a warrant to retrieve encrypted information. London Bridge, left, and The Shard are seen following an attack in central London, Saturday, June 3, 2017. Terrorism struck at the heart of London, police said Sunday, after a vehicle veered off the road and mowed down pedestrians on London Bridge and gunshots rang out amid reports of knife attacks at nearby Borough Market. (Yui Mok/PA via AP) "If we get to the point where we say, 'Privacy is not as important as staying alive,' I think there will be some setup which will allow the government to breach privacy," he said. Q. Is it really the tech companies' job to police the internet and remove content? A. Tech companies have accepted that this is part of their mission. In a Facebook post earlier this year, CEO Mark Zuckerberg said the company was developing artificial intelligence so its computers can tell the difference between news stories about terrorism and terrorist propaganda. "This is technically difficult as it requires building AI that can read and understand news, but we need to work on this to help fight terrorism worldwide," Zuckerberg said. But Ross Anderson, a professor of security engineering at the University of Cambridge, says blaming Facebook or Google for the spread of terrorism is like blaming the mail system or the phone company for Irish Republican Army violence 30 years ago. Anderson says instead of working together to censor the internet, governments and companies should focus on working together to share information more quickly. Police sniffer dogs on London Bridge after an incident in central London, Saturday, June 3, 2017. British police said they were dealing with "incidents" on London Bridge and nearby Borough Market in the heart of the British capital Saturday, as witnesses reported a vehicle veering off the road and hitting several pedestrians. (Dominic Lipinski/PA via AP) Former Secretary of State John Kerry also worries about placing too much blame on the internet instead of the underlying causes of violence. "The bottom line is that in too many places, in too many parts of the world, you've got a large gap between governance and people and between the opportunities those people have," Kerry said Sunday on NBC's "Meet the Press." Armed police on St Thomas Street, London, Sunday June 4, 2017, near the scene of Saturday night's terrorist incident on London Bridge and at Borough Market. Several people were killed in the terror attack at the heart of London and dozens injured. Prime Minister Theresa May convened an emergency security cabinet session Sunday to deal with the crisis. (Dominic Lipinski/PA via AP) UK targets WhatsApp encryption after London attack Citation: Q&A: Internet extremism and how to combat it (2017, June 4) retrieved 22 January 2020 from https://phys.org/news/2017-06-qa-internet-extremism-combat.html A few questions about Potential Energy Test a cheap Surge Protector Power Strip (US 110V)? What do they mean when they say something is so many light years away Is the concept of "wave function collapse" obsolete? Graduate Quantum as an Undergrad PF5 Problems and Errors More from Physics Forums \| Science Articles, Homework Help, Discussion Tech companies move to target terrorist propaganda online Facebook, Twitter failing on extremist content: UK MPs Lawmakers want social media companies to report extremists (Update) France, Germany want encrypted app makers to help stop IS Turning point as social media tackles online 'terror' European Parliament adopts copyright reform in blow to big tech Facebook's messaging ambitions amount to much more than chat Apps send intimate user data to Facebook: report New bug prompts earlier end to Google+ social network Twitter bots had 'disproportionate' role spreading misinformation in 2016 election: study Web pioneer wants new 'contract' for internet	cc/2020-05/en_middle_0060.json.gz/line1611
__label__cc	0.728549	0.271451	Pithy Pontifications A Quantity Spinoff of the Quality Blog The Facts about Ron Paul’s Newsletters and the Racist Articles Today, Congress Will Kill 387 People The arrogance of government is not only obvious and crazy, when it's ordering everyone to get up an hour earlier...it's also fatal. No, I don’t mean Congress will order the execution of 387 people today. I’d almost respect that more, because it’d be direct and therefore, in a sense, far more honest. But, according to a snowballing body of science, the sleep deprivation you’re suffering today because of Daylight Saving Time ends up killing hundreds of people, and causing thousands of additional accidents…and government, like everyone else, is responsible for the consequences of the force they impose. What’s more, after all that, Daylight Saving Time actually ends up wasting energy, instead of saving it. While even the obsessively pro-big-government Washington Post says Daylight Saving Time is a Scam, and various usually-statist news sources run more articles each year outlining the harm it causes, like The Baltimore Sun, NBC, or the local news, what’s unusual is to see the death toll in real, human terms: Sticking to only relatively conservative surveys, the stress caused by forcing 300,000,000 people to get up an hour earlier adds up to (1) a 10% increase in heart attacks for the first few days, (2) a 17% increase in traffic accidents for the first week, and (3) a 6% increase in workplace injuries. Given (1) 500,000 heart attacks per year, (2) 34,000 automotive deaths per year, and some (3) 7,000 workplace deaths, that adds up to Daylight Saving Time causing a minimum of nearly four hundred needless deaths each year. Of course this number is a rough guess, and simplified, but other surveys say it’s even higher, for example a 6% increase in heart attacks, but spread over a full week. That’s nearly six hundred deaths caused by DST, just from heart attacks. I couldn’t find a solid number for the increase in suicides for this week every year, but let’s not forget that (4) little bonus. And, as you probably have heard on the news by now, the trivial amount of lightbulb electricity saved is far less than the extra air conditioning electricity that DST causes people to waste. So it doesn’t even have a real reason to exist, in the first place. Of course some government apologists will try to say blow off the death toll, denying responsibility. They will cry “but we’re not responsible for what people choose to do, even if our laws set the conditions! We’re not really killing those people”. But the consequences of their actions fall under what is called, in the world of justice, the Felony Murder Rule: If you commit a felony, therefore a really inexcusable crime, and because of the situation action created someone dies, you can be charged for murder, even if it clearly wasn’t your intention that he died. In other words, when you commit a wrong, you become responsible for all of that wrong’s unintended consequences. A concept that’s a no-brainer to anyone who doesn’t belong to the political class. This was true when government banned the disabling of airbags by short people who would be killed by them, and is true of them needlessly forcing every single person to get up an hour earlier for reasons that, themselves, are false in the first place. Filed under health, Politics Tagged with ben franklin, daylight saving time, daylight savings time, dst, felony murder, heart attacks, sleep deprivation, traffic accidents Search Pithiness You Likey? 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__label__wiki	0.712042	0.712042	Two legends of the German Krautrock and electronic scene —Steve Schroyder, former member of Tangerine Dream, and Zeus B. Held, Birth Control member of many years — have joined forces to start their new music project: Dream Control. Steve Schroyder started to develop his musical vision with an electronic organ and his own films. He founded the group Turning Free giving a string of improvised concerts in Berlin clubs before meeting Edgar Froese in 1970 to mutually further develop the vision of ‘cosmic music’ resulting in recording the Tangerine Dream albums "Alpha Centauri" and "Zeit". In 1972 he left TD and joined Ash Ra Temple. Further creative collaborations and projects include Scarecrew and Augenstern. In 1987 he met Hans Cousto and the Cosmic Octave. Together they released the albums "Klänge Bilder Welten" and "Sun - Spirit of Cheops." In 1989 he foundet the Star Sounds Orchestra with Jens Zygar. He was on tour with Anne Clark, produced the album "Qigong Dancing" with Alien Voices and performs with Irina Mikhailova and Zraëli Karus in the Star Sound Kontinuum. For biography in detail please click here. Zeus B. Held began his musical career in 1972 in French progressive art-rock band Eruption before joining successful German prog rock group Birth Control, performing and writing with them 1973 – 1978. He was one of the first musicians to use the Sennheiser Vocoder VSM 201 in his live sets. Zeus’ production work with cult project Gina X Performance transformed him into an electronic specialist producer settling down in London for over 20 years. In his London studio he worked with artists including John Foxx, Dead or Alive, Men Without Hats, Transvision Vamp and Gary Numan, did a series of international soundtracks and further productions with Nina Hagen and Udo Lindenberg. After numerous trips around the globe he composed and produced a collection of his own albums. See also A Beginner’s Guide To ZEUS B HELD at www.electricityclub.co.uk Artist-Homepage: dream-control.com Zeitgeber by Dream Control	cc/2020-05/en_middle_0060.json.gz/line1623

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