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Independent voters now outnumber Republicans in California
Independents have surpassed Republicans to become the second-largest voting bloc in California, according to an analysis.
Independent voters now outnumber Republicans in California Independents have surpassed Republicans to become the second-largest voting bloc in California, according to an analysis. Check out this story on vcstar.com: http://www.vcstar.com/story/news/2018/05/29/independent-voters-now-outnumber-republicans-california/654448002/
The Sacramento Bee Published 10:35 p.m. PT May 29, 2018
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Independents have surpassed Republicans to become the second-largest voting bloc in California, according to a firm that analyzes county voter registration information for campaigns.
Political Data Inc. on Tuesday released its latest count showing that voters registered with no party preference now outnumber Republicans by about 73,000 in California. The company regularly collects raw voter files from county registrars to maintain an updated database of the state's 19 million voters.
At the close of regular registration, 15 days before the June primary, there were 4,844,803 no-party-preference voters, according to Political Data Inc., compared with 4,771,984 Republicans. Both make up about a quarter of the California electorate, trailing 8,436,493 registered Democrats, about 44.4 percent.
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It is the culmination of a trend that has been accelerating for years. California voters have shed their party affiliation at a growing rate, even as state politics are increasingly dominated by Democrats.
“This isn't surprising," Matt Fleming, a spokesman for the California Republican Party, said in a statement. "But no party preference doesn't mean voters are becoming Democrats, and we will continue to reach out to all voters. The rise in NPP suggests that voters are fed up with the status quo in California, which, by any objective measure, is Democrat control of Sacramento."
The Secretary of State's Office, which tracks voter registration statewide, did not immediately return an email seeking confirmation of the numbers. It plans to release its own count on Friday.
Paul Mitchell, vice president of Political Data Inc., also noted that, despite falling registration rates, Republicans maintain an outsized influence because they vote more consistently than Democrats or independents.
Republicans and independents who lean Republican made up about 40 percent of the vote in recent elections, he said, a rate that has remained fairly stable.
"Registration numbers don't beget turnout numbers," Mitchell said. "This is merely one metric."
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Rebels Run Wild In Homecoming Win
Updated: 10:48 AM CDT Oct 6, 2019
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Homecoming. Patrick Willis. DK Metcalf. Those were just some of the stars at Vaught-Hemmingway Stadium on Saturday night watch the Rebels defeat Vanderbilt 31-6.It was all about John Rhys Plumlee and the rushing game. The freshman quarterback got the start and responded with 165 rushing yards, beating his 54 yard record. The freshman also threw for 99 yards.The defense was led by Lakia Henry. He had a career high of 15 tackles and one of 3 sacks for the Rebls. The defense held Vanderbilt to 6 points which was the least allowed since 2015 when Ole Miss allowed 3 to the Aggies.For the first time, The Rebels had two runs go for over 75 yards in the same game. Jerrion Ealy broke for a 78 yarder and Snoop Conner topped that with a 84 yard run.The Rebels ran for a total of 413 yards. It's the most in a SEC game since 1979. Ole Miss ran for 443 yards against Vandy in 1979.Same teams and what a result all these years later.The rebels ran wild in their win over Vanderbilt, and they improve to 3-3 on the year and are 2-1 in the SEC.Next up is Mizzou in Columbia, Missouri. Their quarterback Kelly Bryant went down with an ankle injury Saturday against Troy.The Rebels are back home against Texas A&M on Oct. 19.Following the Aggie game, they have a bye week and after that they have a road game at Auburn who lost to Florida Saturday.Ole Miss is 3 wins from becoming bowl eligible.
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FINAL | Ole Miss dominates both sides of the ball, rushing for 413 yards and four TDs while holding Vanderbilt without a TD.
The Rebels improve to 2-1 in SEC play and head to Missouri next weekend.
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Homecoming. Patrick Willis. DK Metcalf. Those were just some of the stars at Vaught-Hemmingway Stadium on Saturday night watch the Rebels defeat Vanderbilt 31-6.
It was all about John Rhys Plumlee and the rushing game. The freshman quarterback got the start and responded with 165 rushing yards, beating his 54 yard record. The freshman also threw for 99 yards.
The defense was led by Lakia Henry. He had a career high of 15 tackles and one of 3 sacks for the Rebls. The defense held Vanderbilt to 6 points which was the least allowed since 2015 when Ole Miss allowed 3 to the Aggies.
For the first time, The Rebels had two runs go for over 75 yards in the same game. Jerrion Ealy broke for a 78 yarder and Snoop Conner topped that with a 84 yard run.
The Rebels ran for a total of 413 yards. It's the most in a SEC game since 1979. Ole Miss ran for 443 yards against Vandy in 1979.
Same teams and what a result all these years later.
The rebels ran wild in their win over Vanderbilt, and they improve to 3-3 on the year and are 2-1 in the SEC.
Next up is Mizzou in Columbia, Missouri. Their quarterback Kelly Bryant went down with an ankle injury Saturday against Troy.
The Rebels are back home against Texas A&M on Oct. 19.
Following the Aggie game, they have a bye week and after that they have a road game at Auburn who lost to Florida Saturday.
Ole Miss is 3 wins from becoming bowl eligible.
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Game Of Thrones Inspired Wedding In Iceland
This wedding took place in Iceland, and it was inspired by Game Of Thrones
The new season is on and we are looking forward to each episode! While we are waiting, let’s have a look at a Game Of Thrones inspired wedding in Iceland, it’s full of gorgeousness!
Italian Monica and British Ben absolutely adore Game of Thrones so when they came to marry there was only one place they wanted to do it – Iceland! Their ceremony was held in Thingvellir National Park, at the Silfra, which is actually the entrance to the Eyrie in the show. As the groom proposed there, there were no doubts about the place.
The Game of Thrones came to life so well in Iceland, with stark landscapes, waterfalls and snow, most of the guests came dressed up in medieval-style outfits. The couple chose a pagan ceremony officiated by a Nordic chieftain, and as part of the heathen ceremony, an oath stone and drinking horn were used. Each guest had to drink from the horn after saying some congratulatory words at the end of the ceremony.
The bride had her dress made for her by Rosie Red Corsetry and Couture, who also made the groom’s cape. She made the dress totally unique by embroidering the wedding vows into it. The gown was soft shades of silver and grey, with ethical leather accents to match the underbust corset.
Their reception was held at Ingólfsskáli Lodge, also in Thingvellir National Park. It was a medieval-style dinner with pelts on the table, medieval cutlery and table accessories, and a Westeros seating chart, Game of Thrones candles were wedding favors and these were also on the tables. Horn shot glasses were used for the initial toast.
Iceland became a perfect location, and the groom proposed there, so nobody doubted about the place
The ceremony was pagan, with a horn to drink beer and say wishes to the couple
The seating chart was made Westeros-style, and there were themed candles used for decor and favors
The reception took place in a lodge, with rustic and themed decor
Most of guests dressed up in medieval style to fit the wedding theme
The groom was dressed up in a cape, and the bride was wearing a fur coat for the outside ceremony
The wedding dress in greyish silver tones was made especially for the bride
The groom's suit was also made to order, and the bride was wearing a braided updo
The food was served rustic and medieval style
The wedding cake was of course with dragons - what can be more symbolic for Game of Thrones
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If you're celebrating Chinese New Year, then you know that it takes place next Friday. But like with any event in the social calendar, there's always a reason to think about what you might wear for such an occasion. So, I decided to pick the brains of InStyle China contributing editor and influencer Leaf Greener on the rules for dressing for the event. I wanted to know how much you needed to stick to traditional ways of dressing but also how to avoid offending anyone. Not only did she give me three tips that everyone can easily follow, but she also pointed out the one thing you shouldn't do when picking out your look.
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Style Notes: The traditional way to dress for Chinese New Year is to wear a qipao or a cheongsam frock. Leaf advised that traditionally, you would wear this in red. However, right now, there are many designers who have been influenced by this style. From Rixo London to Attico to Prada, you can easily find a piece that takes its inspiration from these traditional dresses.
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#2: Wear Something Sentimental
Style Notes: When I asked Leaf what she always wears on Chinese New Year, she replied that it was her grandmother’s diamond ring. While new clothes are preferable to symbolise new beginnings, there's also an emphasis on family for the day, so it makes sense to honour those close to you.
Chanel Necklace ( £708) £691
Chanel Yellow Gold Ring ( £2900) £2700
Anissa Kermiche Perle Rare Diamond, Pearl & Yellow-Gold Ring (£719)
Jacquie Aiche Diamond & Gold Necklace (£2008)
#3: Red Is Lucky for All But luckier for Certain People
Style Notes: During Chinese New Year, red is considered to be a lucky colour. Leaf told me that it means "happiness, passion and luck," which is why so many people wear it during the celebrations. But if it's your Ben Ming Nian year (your zodiac year), then the good news is red is your lucky colour. How do you know if it's your Ben Ming Nian year? Find out which animal represents the year you were born, according to the Chinese zodiac calendar. Twenty-nineteen is the year of the pig, so get your rouge on if your birth year matches.
What to Wear to a Wedding: 9 Must-Follow Rules for Every Girl
Key Buys:
Boyy Red Bobby 23 Leather Tote Bag (£725)
Tabitha Simmons Hermione Crystal Mary Jane Flats (£510)
Blaze Milano Royal Delight Double-Breasted Crepe Blazer (£1228)
Simone Rocha Crystal-Beaded Hair Clip (£95)
#4: Avoid All Black and White
A.W.A.K.E Point-Collar Cady Shirt (£288)
Topshop Satin Bias Midi Skirt (£29)
& Other Stories Wool Blend Cardigan (£79)
Marks and Spencer Textured Single Breasted Coat (£149)
Have you picked out your Chinese New Year look yet?
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2016 studio album by Arashi
October 26, 2016 (2016-10-26)
73:03 (Regular Edition)[1]
69:35 (Limited Edition)[2]
J Storm
Julie K.
Arashi chronology
(2015) Are You Happy?
(2016) Untitled
Singles from Are You Happy?
"Ai o Sakebe"
"Fukkatsu Love"
"I Seek/Daylight"
Are You Happy? is the fifteenth studio album of the Japanese idol group Arashi. The album was released on October 26, 2016 under their record label J Storm in two editions: a first press/limited edition and a regular edition.[3] The regular edition comes with a 36-page lyrics booklet and the limited edition comes with an 80-page photo lyrics and a bonus DVD with the music video and making-of for "Don't You Get It?". The album sold over 636,000 copies in its first week and topped the Oricon charts.[4][5] With more than 720,000 copies sold, the album was certified for Triple Platinum by the Recording Industry Association of Japan (RIAJ).[6]
The limited edition contains a CD with sixteen tracks and the regular edition contains a CD with seventeen tracks. The limited edition comes with an 80-page photo lyrics booklet and a bonus DVD with the music video and making of for "Don't You Get It?", while the regular edition comes with a 36-page lyrics booklet and a bonus track. The album jacket cover for both editions are different.
"Are You Happy?" includes three of the group's previously released singles: "Ai o Sakebe", "Fukkatsu Love", and "I Seek/Daylight". This album also includes nine new songs plus five of each member's solo songs. In addition to their solo songs, each of the members were in charge of an original Arashi song using the "Happy" theme.[7]
"Ai o Sakebe" was used as the background song for the Recruit Zexy commercial and "Fukkatsu Love" was used as the background song for the NTT DoCoMo d hits commercial. "I seek" was used as the theme song for the drama Sekai Ichi Muzukashii Koi starring Arashi member Satoshi Ohno, and "Daylight" was used as the theme song for the drama 99.9 Keiji Senmon Bengoshi starring Arashi member Jun Matsumoto. "Don't You Get It?" was used as the background song for Hitachi's robot cleaner commercial, "Minimaru".[8]
To support their new album, Arashi performed a live tour, ARASHI LIVE TOUR 2016-2017 Are You Happy?, performing at all the major dome stadiums in Japan. They had 18 performances beginning on November 11 at the Sapporo Dome, followed by Tokyo Dome on November 19, Kyocera Osaka Dome on December 2, Nagoya Dome on December 16, Tokyo Dome on December 26, 2016, and Fukuoka Dome on January 6, 2017.[9]
On November 9, the band announced an Album x 5-Dome Tour Collaboration Project, the "ARASHI Are You Happy? campaign", to commemorate the release of the album and the start of their dome tour. A smartphone only promotion site opened on November 11, 9:00 (JST) where eighteen original "Are You Happy?" wallpapers were made available to download for customers who purchased the regular edition of their album. A user code can be found on the cover strip of the regular edition. To access the wallpapers, customers entered the user code into the promotion site where they could pick up to three wallpapers to download.[10]
1. "DRIVE" (Supervised by Jun Matsumoto) Macoto56 Jeremy Hammond Hammond 4:23
2. "I seek" ASIL AKJ & ASIL Tomoki Ishizuka 4:45
3. "Ups and Downs" Yoshiyasu Ichikawa
Joe Lawrence
Trevor Ingram
pieni tonttu 4:29
4. "Seishun Boogie" (青春ブギ, supervised by Masaki Aiba) paddy Soul-273 ha-j 4:08
5. "Sunshine" (Sho Sakurai solo)
Sho Sakurai
Tommy Clint Ishizuka 3:28
6. "Fukkatsu Love" (復活LOVE) Mariya Takeuchi Tatsuro Yamashita Yamashita 4:54
7. "Amore" (Masaki Aiba solo) eltvo eltvo eltvo 4:01
8. "Bad boy" (Satoshi Ohno solo) Harajuku Kidz Harajuku Kidz Harajuku Kidz 4:09
9. "WONDER-LOVE" (Supervised by Kazunari Ninomiya) KOU&
Erik Lidbom
Jon Hällgren
Lidbom
Hällgren
10. "Mata Kyou to Onaji Asu ga Kuru" (また今日と同じ明日が来る, Kazunari Ninomiya solo)
Fox.i.e
Kazunari Ninomiya
11. "Daylight"
stereograph
Simon Janlov
wonder note
Hirofumi Sasaki 4:51
12. "Ai o Sakebe" (愛を叫べ) 100+ 100+ Sasaki 4:41
13. "Baby blue" (Jun Matsumoto solo) 100+ 100+ Sasaki 4:16
14. "Miles away" (Supervised by Satoshi Ohno) 100+ R.P.P metropolitan digital clique 5:02
15. "To my homies" (Supervised by Sakurai Sho)
Insist Insist 4:55
16. "Don't You Get It" KOU&
Didrik Thott
Christian Fast
Henrik Nordenback
Taku Yoshioka
17. "TWO TO TANGO" (Bonus track, regular edition only)
Harajuku Kidz
Kevin Charge
Andreas Öberg
metropolitan digital clique 3:23
Total length: 1:13:03
1. "Don't You Get It (video clip + making)" (「Don't You Get It」ビデオ･クリップ+メイキング)
"Are You Happy?" debuted at number one on the Oricon daily album chart selling 315,741 copies upon its release and selling 636,619 copies by the end of the week, topping the Oricon weekly album chart.[5][11] The album sold 56,214 copies in its second week and ranked second on the weekly album chart.[12] The album stayed in the top ten for four consecutive weeks.[13][14] With more than 720,000 copies sold, "Are You Happy?" was certified for Triple Platinum by RIAJ.[6]
Charts and certifications
Weekly charts[edit]
Chart (2016)
Japan (Oricon Albums Chart)[4] 1
Japan (Billboard Japan Hot Albums)[15] 1
Japan (Billboard Japan Top Album Sales)[16] 1
South Korea (Gaon Album Chart)[17] 43
South Korea (Gaon International Album Chart)[18] 4
Japan (Oricon Albums Chart)[19] 16
Japan (Billboard Japan Hot Albums)[20] 12
Japan (Billboard Japan Top Album Sales)[21] 13
South Korea (Gaon International Album Chart)[22] 70
Taiwan (G-Music East Asian Chart)[23][fn 1] 3
Year-end charts[edit]
Japan (Oricon Albums Chart)[24] 1
Japan (Billboard Japan Top Albums Sales)[26] 1
Sales and certifications[edit]
Certified units/sales
Japan (RIAJ)[6]
3× Platinum 750,000^
^shipments figures based on certification alone
The album was listed as one of the Best 5 Albums for the 31st Japan Gold Disc Awards.[27]
Japan October 26, 2016 J Storm CD+DVD JACA-5625-5626
CD JACA-5627
South Korea November 16, 2016 S.M. Entertainment CD+DVD SMKJT0718/B
CD SMKJT0719
Taiwan November 18, 2016 Avex Asia CD+DVD JAJCD26030/A
CD JAJCD26030
^ Position was taken from 2017 week 1.
^ 楽天ブックス: Are You Happy？ (通常盤) (in Japanese). Rakuten. Retrieved 2016-11-25.
^ 楽天ブックス: Are You Happy？ (初回限定盤 CD＋DVD) (in Japanese). Rakuten. Retrieved 2016-11-25.
^ 嵐、10・26に新アルバム『Are You Happy?』発売 テーマは「嵐が思う今の嵐」 (in Japanese). Oricon. 2016-09-07. Retrieved 2016-11-25.
^ a b 週間 CDアルバムランキング2016年11月07日付 (in Japanese). Oricon. Retrieved 2016-11-25.
^ a b 【オリコン】嵐、今年度最高初動でアルバム1位 通算15作目&13年連続 (in Japanese). Oricon. 2016-11-01. Retrieved 2016-11-25.
^ a b c 一般社団法人 日本レコード協会 (in Japanese). RIAJ. Retrieved 2016-11-25.
^ 嵐 ニューアルバム「Are You Happy?」本日発売！ (in Japanese). J Storm. 2016-10-26. Retrieved 2016-11-25.
^ 嵐が日立新CMでお掃除ロボ相手に奮戦、曲は「Don't You Get It」 (in Japanese). natalie. 2016-11-18. Retrieved 2016-11-25.
^ 嵐、5大ドーム巡る年またぎ「ARASHI LIVE TOUR」 (in Japanese). natalie. 2016-06-27. Retrieved 2016-11-25.
^ アルバム×5大ドームツアーコラボ企画嵐 Are You Happy?キャンペーン【更新】 (in Japanese). J Storm. 2016-11-09. Archived from the original on 2016-11-11. Retrieved 2016-11-25.
^ デイリー CDアルバムランキング2016年10月25日付. Oricon. 2016-10-25. Archived from the original on 2016-10-27. Retrieved 2016-11-25.
^ オリコン週間 CDアルバムランキング 2016年10月31日～2016年11月06日 (in Japanese). Oricon. Retrieved 2016-11-25.
^ "Billboard Japan Hot Albums" (in Japanese). Billboard Japan. Retrieved 2016-11-25.
^ "Billboard Japan Top Album Sales" (in Japanese). Billboard Japan. Retrieved 2016-11-25.
^ "2016년 47주차 Album Chart" (in Korean). Korea Music Content Industry Association. Retrieved 2016-11-25.
^ 週間 CDアルバムランキング 2017年01月09日付 (in Japanese). Oricon. Retrieved 2017-01-30.
^ "G-Music J-Pop Chart" (in Chinese). G-Music. Archived from the original on 2015-12-28. Retrieved 2017-01-30.
^ 【2016年 年間音楽＆映像ランキング】嵐が前人未到の記録達成！ (in Japanese). Oricon. 2016-12-24. Retrieved 2017-01-30.
^ 【ビルボード年間アルバムセールス】嵐が2年連続アルバムセールスで首位を獲得 宇多田、RADなど今年話題を集めた作品が上位にランクイン (in Japanese). Billboard Japan. 2016-12-08. Retrieved 2017-01-30.
^ "Billboard Japan Top Albums Sales Year End" (in Japanese). Billboard Japan. Retrieved 2017-01-30.
^ "The Japan Gold Disc Award 2017" (in Japanese). RIAJ. Retrieved 2017-12-16.
Are You Happy product information
Hard Copy Sales Certifications (RIAJ)
Masaki Aiba
Jun Matsumoto
Satoshi Ohno
Arashi No.1 Ichigou: Arashi wa Arashi o Yobu!
Iza, Now!
Arashic
Dream "A"live
Boku no Miteiru Fūkei
The Digitalian
Arashi Single Collection 1999–2001
5x5 The Best Selection of 2002–2004
All the Best! 1999–2009
5x20 All the Best!! 1999–2019
"Arashi"
"Sunrise Nippon / Horizon"
"Typhoon Generation"
"Kansha Kangeki Ame Arashi"
"Kimi no Tame ni Boku ga Iru"
"Jidai"
"A Day in Our Life"
"Nice na Kokoroiki"
"Pikanchi"
"Tomadoi Nagara"
"Hadashi no Mirai / Kotoba Yori Taisetsu na Mono"
"Pikanchi Double"
"Hitomi no Naka no Galaxy / Hero"
"Sakura Sake"
"Wish"
"Kitto Daijōbu"
"Aozora Pedal"
"Love So Sweet"
"We Can Make It!"
"Step and Go"
"One Love"
"Truth / Kaze no Mukō e"
"Beautiful Days"
"Believe / Kumorinochi, Kaisei"
"Ashita no Kioku / Crazy Moon (Kimi wa Muteki)"
"Everything"
"My Girl"
"Troublemaker"
"Monster"
"To Be Free"
"Love Rainbow"
"Dear Snow"
"Hatenai Sora"
"Meikyū Love Song"
"Wild at Heart"
"Face Down"
"Your Eyes"
"Calling / Breathless"
"Endless Game"
"Bittersweet"
"Guts!"
"Daremo Shiranai"
"Sakura"
"Aozora no Shita, Kimi no Tonari"
"I Seek / Daylight"
"Power of the Paradise"
"I'll Be There"
"Tsunagu"
"Doors (Yūki no Kiseki)"
"Find the Answer"
"Natsu Hayate"
"Kimi no Uta"
"Brave"
"Turning Up"
"A-ra-shi: Reborn"
2004 Arashi! Iza, Now Tour!!
Summer Tour 2007 Final Time – Kotoba no Chikara
Arashi Around Asia 2008 in Tokyo
5x10 All the Best! Clips 1999–2009
Full discography
Johnny & Associates
Arashi albums
Japanese-language albums
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Exploring Amsterdam’s Culture on Foot and by Bike
Navjot Singh
Writer & Photographer
I went here in Apr 15
Navjot recommends you:
Mikes Bike Tours Amsterdam
Tiqets - Van Gogh Museum Tour
Hotel Amsterdam De Roode Leeuw
Damrak 93-94, Amsterdam, Netherlands
total from$268.62
Nieuwekerk Church
Whenever I am in #Amsterdam, I always prefer to see the city either by walking or #cycling. This way, I get to experience the local #culture as much as possible and for as long as I can. With full freedom to wander around the narrow lanes of this tiny city, one can sometimes end up discovering more than what they hoped for.
I’ve been to Amsterdam on a number of occasions. But each time I head to this tiny capital, which is the largest city in Holland, I find it difficult to resist the temptation of cycling. One would stereotypically associate cycling with a developing economy, but here in Amsterdam it is considered one of the main modes of transportation.
When I looked at the different shapes and sizes of the bikes here, it made me realize that Europe still has some culture and historical connections with its past. This appealed a lot to me. Though it wasn’t too much of an appeal to hear when my guide told me that the city also has a high bike crime rate (far more than cars being stolen, would you believe!), so therefore Amsterdam is known as the city where people have at least two locks for every bike on the street. It’s just amazing to observe. I found the peace and tranquility of cycling an inexpensive and healthy way to see the city.
I found the peace and tranquility of cycling an inexpensive and healthy way to see the city
I used Mike’s Bike Tours in Amsterdam, book one of his trusted cycling tours here
Mike's Bike Tours and Rentals Amsterdam, Kerkstraat 134, 1017 GP Amsterdam, Nederland
Bike Tours in Amsterdam
When I am exploring a place for the first time, I always love to start from the centre of the city because not only is it easy to find but it also portrays a sense of safety for a newcomer. So, on my trip to Amsterdam, I started at Dams Square, near the central railway station.
Before I embarked on my journey, I took a few moments to appreciate the unmistakable building of “The New Church” (written “De Nieuwe Kerk” in Dutch). It is well worth a visit because it is not just a Church but a museum, and welcomes everyone from all kinds of faiths. There is also a historical exhibition in the Church itself.
1012 NP Amsterdam, Netherlands
Reypenaer Cheese
With its tiny, quiet and extremely laid back narrow lanes, I found this relaxed city reasonably easy to navigate through. It’s also interesting to know that in Amsterdam, you can easily walk from one side of the city to the other in around half an hour. So, with cycling you have to make it a bit of an effort to lengthen your journey! From up in the air, if one looks down, then Amsterdam looks rather like a set of semi-circles stacked on top of each other, with the shortest semi circle in the middle, and the largest semicircle on the outside. The gap in between each semi circle represents a canal...and that’s exactly what Amsterdam is shaped like. The tiny towns and villages just outside Amsterdam offer a rich tradition and typical Dutch landscapes with windmills, dikes and in late spring, millions of blooming tulips.
...a rich tradition and typical Dutch landscape with windmills, dikes and in late spring, millions of blooming tulips
Should you wish to embark on a walking tour, then I would like to recommend 360 Amsterdam Tours – you can book a tour with them by going to their site
Cycling along the narrow canals, my nostrils and tongue were exposed to the tastes and smells of Amsterdam’s culture and heritage - cheese, tulips, cafes and the aroma of the scrumptious Dutch cuisine. But most importantly, cycling in Amsterdam allowed me to appreciate the architecture of the 17th century houses. The marvel of genius construction lays the firm foundations for something to gasp at. Around 10 minutes after cycling from the city centre, I arrived at Amsterdam’s museum district. My eyes were greeted by a large permanent concrete structure that spelled out Amsterdam in a combination of red and white colors.
Celebrating the life and works of the famous artist, and Dutch citizen, whose name the museum bears, Vincent Van Gogh, the museum is located lies around the corner from here. I found the museum itself to be a work of art because of the magnificent architecture and extensive exhibitions that were on display.
I found the museum itself to be a work of art because of the magnificent architecture and extensive exhibitions that were on display
These exhibitions ranged from a whole host of subjects from the 19th century art period. The contrasts in culture between what’s on display at the church and what’s on display a few steps away from the church cannot be so difference.
Paulus Potterstraat 7, Amsterdam, Netherlands
One cannot help but be mesmerized by the sight.
One cannot help but be mesmerized...
Then again, that’s the beauty of Amsterdam.
I stayed at the Amsterdam De Roode Leeuw, right in the heart of the city centre.
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Amsterdam; Explore Dutch Culture Through our History and Fine Foods
by Ron Winjgaard Kaas
Travels with Mom; two Days in Amsterdam
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Stumbling Through History: Jews in Amsterdam Tour
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Bus driver critically injured, 5 hurt when bus, SUV collide
A head-on crash in Pittsburgh involving a bus and an SUV has left the bus driver critically injured and five others hurt.
Bus driver critically injured, 5 hurt when bus, SUV collide A head-on crash in Pittsburgh involving a bus and an SUV has left the bus driver critically injured and five others hurt. Check out this story on yorkdispatch.com: https://www.yorkdispatch.com/story/news/local/pennsylvania/2018/09/24/bus-driver-critically-injured-hurt-bus-suv-collide/37917903/
The Associated Press Published 8:24 a.m. ET Sept. 24, 2018 | Updated 8:26 a.m. ET Sept. 24, 2018
PITTSBURGH – A head-on crash in Pittsburgh involving a bus and an SUV has left the bus driver critically injured and five others hurt.
The crash occurred shortly before 1 a.m. Monday. Authorities say the bus driver had to be extricated from the wreckage.
Four passengers aboard the bus and the SUV driver were also being treated at hospitals for undisclosed injuries. Authorities say three of those people suffered “moderate injuries,” while the other two had minor injuries.
Their names and further details on their conditions were not disclosed.
The cause of the crash remains under investigation.
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Judy Aulich Celebrant on ABC 666 Canberra Close Up with Alex Sloan
Home/General/Judy Aulich Celebrant on ABC 666 Canberra Close Up with Alex Sloan
Close Up is a weekly feature of 666 ABC Canberra Afternoons where Alex Sloan speaks to select special guests. I was invited to be a guest and tell my life story, including my time as a Civil Marriage Celebrant. I certainly enjoyed my primary career as a teacher but my time as a Civil Marriage Celebrant continues to be a great joy. Sharing time with couples as they plan their marriage ceremony is so rewarding and fun. Being interviewed by Alex Sloan on Close Up was like having a coffee with a good friend, except I did all the talking! She is so engaging and warm, It was hard to even remember that I was in the ABC studio.
Probably the most difficult bit was choosing only four pieces of music to sum up my life. I am not sure what I chose really sums me up, but each piece tells a story. There was a bit of discussion when I chose The Eulogy song from the Chaser, but it was decided that with a warning it would be fine. And for those of you who have never seen Adam Shirley who follows Alex Sloan in the afternoons, he definitely does not have a face for radio. He is exceptionally handsome! Please click the link below for the transcript and an audio file if you would like to listen.
Canberra Close Up: Judy Aulich
Photo courtesy of Farz Edraki – ABC Local
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Map of QDS records
The map shows the QDS records, for Zambia only, in our database. The aim is to show the natural distribution of the species, so records where the plants are known, or are suspected, to have been planted are excluded.
IMPORTANT NOTE: the number of records in the system is generally not yet sufficient to show the full distribution of each species.
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Copyright: Mike Bingham, Annette Willemen, Bart Wursten, Petra Ballings and Mark Hyde, 2011-20
Bingham, M.G., Willemen, A., Wursten, B.T., Ballings, P. and Hyde, M.A. (2020). Flora of Zambia: Google maps: Plectranthus betonicifolius.
https://www.zambiaflora.com/speciesdata/utilities/google-maps-display-qds.php?species_id=207800, retrieved 19 January 2020
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March 2020 #274
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JIM Marshall was an unlikely candidate for in-house photographer of the peace-and-love generation. Renowned for his evocative pictures of Monterey Pop, Woodstock and the Haight-Ashbury love-ins, Marshall was a raging coke addict who was twice convicted of firearms offences and who is described in Show Me The Picture: The Story Of Jim Marshall as “irascible” and a “malevolent gnome”. “Marshall was an artist – he just had a different instrument”ALFRED GEORGE BAILEY Yet there is a consensus among the film’s talking heads that Marshall’s hardman exterior shielded a sensitive soul. “It was absolutely a front,” agrees director Alfred George Bailey. How else, he argues, was Marshall able to coax such candid poses from Miles Davis and Johnny Cash, or to capture a movement so effectively as in his pictures of Bob Dylan…
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St. Agnes cloister
One of the oldest and most important Gothic buildings in Prague, the Na Františku monastery, is named after its founder, the Přemyslid princess St. Agnes, canonized in 1989. Agnes of Bohemia, daughter of Ottokar I and Constance of Hungary, was an exceptional figure whose importance reaches beyond the borders of Bohemia. St. Agnes Monastery was the site of a royal coronation, witness to royal funerals and the final resting place of Agnes of Bohemia. Because of its importance, it was declared a national cultural monument in 1970.
The venue is about five minutes by walk from InterContinental Prague hotel. Monastery offers more options for a welcome drink, garden, Ambits, or St. Salvator church, where you can also organize welcome speech, or concert for your guests. During the welcome drink guests can go to see the exhibition on the first floor with a tour guide or tour around the cloister and history. The venue is suitable for party with a dj and also for an elegant gala dinner. Main room in venue is St. Francis church, maximum capacity for gala dinner is 300 guests.
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Ambits, gardens and St. Salvator church is space for welcome drinks
Ambits: standing buffet, sitting buffet, gala dinner, lounge zone
St. Salvator church: Welcome drink and cocktail, lounge zone
St. Francich church is a Main hall: gala dinner 300 guests, standing buffet, coffee breaks, lounge zone, cocktail
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St. Barbara church: gala dinner, lounge zone, coffee breaks, buffet
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Thanks to the generous support of donors, we’re making great progress toward the well-being of children and their families. These are a few of the areas we focused on in the past year:
Latest Progress
The Akkar community is located in a coastal zone in northern Lebanon and borders Syria in the north and the Mediterranean Sea in the west. It's a rural area where more than 80% of the population farms for a living. Of this 80%, the majority rent the agricultural land that they cultivate, which means that only 20% own their own land.
One of the main challenges to production is that the soil in this area is polluted. With no access to safe drinking water, most families dig their own wells. In the process, however, they often deplete underground aquifers, which are already polluted from the sewage running from other areas. Not surprisingly, the overall health of children and families in Akkar is poor. Children often drop out of school at an early age and help with farm responsibilities instead.
822 community members learned about child rights and protection issues to help ensure children's safety and participation
15 schools were renovated to create a safer and stimulating learning environment for students
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931 children were trained in essential life skills such as critical thinking, self-esteem and communication
Results achieved from October 2017 to September 2018
To ensure children can access and benefit from quality education, World Vision will assist the community to:
Provide schools with equipment and playgrounds to encourage school attendance.
Improve the quality of teaching in partnership with the Ministry of Education.
Organize life-skills programs in schools to help children gain confidence and leadership skills.
Organize opportunities for parent councils, student committees, and school directors to work together to improve the quality of education.
With the partnership of Canadian sponsors and the community, World Vision will work to:
Increase families access to health care services.
Mobilize parent action groups that will provide training on proper nutrition practices for their children.
Teach community members how to lobby for better health care services.
Train families in improved maternal and child health practices. Increase the number of schools that have at least one active health supervisor.
To ensure parents in Akkar can provide for their families, World Vision will partner with the community to:
Provide farmers with improved tools and training to boost their agriculture production.
Assist in the establishment of farmers cooperatives.
Help farmers earn a better profit through access to larger markets.
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General literacy rates in Akkar are currently very low, in particular among elementary school students. Many Grade 7 and 8 students cannot read or write, and most drop out of school instead of continuing on to secondary education. Parents are not able to financially support their children's education or help them succeed in school, due to their own illiteracy and lack of awareness about the importance of education. There are a limited number of schools in the area, and those that do exist have small classrooms, often lacking desks and chairs. There are few extracurricular activities available, and sometimes schools lack safe drinking water.
The Akkar community has one of the highest mortality rates among children under five in Lebanon. Pregnant women and mothers do not have regular access to pre- and postnatal care services, and children are rarely immunized. Access to affordable and effective health care is one of the biggest problems here.
People living in the Akkar community suffer from poor health due to polluted water resources. The use of pesticides, which pollute soil and crops, is common, and livestock are often not housed properly, further contaminating available water. With no solid waste collection system in place, it is difficult to maintain standards of hygiene and sanitation. Waterborne diseases like typhoid, Hepatitis A, and dysentery are becoming more common, especially among children.
Many parents living in the Akkar community cannot meet their families basic needs. Although many are involved in agriculture to earn a living, outdated practices and a lack of tools result in poor crop production. A farmers cooperative is needed, as most families can't access larger markets to sell their crops and miss out on opportunities to earn a greater profit.
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Study shows Alabama tornadoes are the deadliest in the U.S.
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By Joshua Gauntt | May 30, 2019 at 2:18 PM CDT - Updated May 31 at 5:58 AM
BIRMINGHAM, Ala. (WBRC) -Tornadoes are unfortunately common occurrences in Alabama. Research shows they are happening more often and are killing more people than any other state in the country.
Over the past several years, tornadoes have cut a violent path through Alabama. On April 27, 2011, a monster tornado ripped through Tuscaloosa. In just a matter of minutes, the storm destroyed nearly 10% of the city killing more than 50 people.
This past March, another massive tornado killed 23 people in Beauregard in Lee County. The storm decimated homes along its path.
Research from Dr. Victor Gensini, a prominent tornado researcher with Northern Illinois University, finds tornadoes are happening more often in the southeast which gets the nickname “Dixie Alley”.
“The trends since 1980 in the Great Plains your colloquially tornado alley Texas, Oklahoma, Kansas have been downward and they’ve been upward. So an increase in trends in places like Alabama, Mississippi, Tennessee and portions of the Midwest,” Gensini said.
Gensini’s research also shows that Alabama tornadoes are the deadliest. The state averages 14 tornado deaths a year which is the highest in the nation. From 1950 to 2016, over 630 people have died in tornadoes in Alabama compared to over 550 in Texas. Gensini says the state’s dense population and a high number of mobile homes could be some of the reasons why storms in Alabama take a deadlier toll.
“You have a lot of mobile homes, weak frame housing style where you know an EF-0 is going to completely level those types of structures. Tornadoes happen there at night more prevalent than other places in the Great Plains and there’s a lot of trees in Mississippi and Alabama and portions of the midsouth making it very difficult for tornadoes to be spotted,” Gensini said.
Gensini tells us all the ingredients for tornadoes to form in the midsouth and midwest are increasing as well. But he’s not exactly sure if that’s natural variability or if it has something to do with human climate change.
“We see tornadoes here 12 months out of the year. There’s never really a quiet month where nothing is happening. I’ve seen tornadoes in December and in July,” WBRC First Alert Chief Meteorologist JP Dice said.
JP has tracked countless tornadoes in Alabama. He says you can see storms for miles in the plains. But in Alabama storms can be harder to see.
“You can see storms in Kansas and Oklahoma visually and that tends to make people react when they see a storm 20 miles away. Here you have trees, you have terrain. It’s harder to see those storms and even harder for us to show the camera shots of those storms,” Dice said.
Dr. Gensini and JP say you can’t be complacent when it comes to preparing for severe weather. They say you need to have multiple ways to receive alerts.
“You can’t have this complacency bias where you forget that these events occur, and we need to stay vigilant regardless of what the calendar says,” Gensini said.
A 2018 study by Northern Illinois and Villanova University researchers shows a tornado is 4.5 times more likely to impact a mobile home in Alabama than in Kansas because Alabama has more mobile homes and a more sprawling mobile home distribution. Census data also shows nationally Alabama has received the fourth most shipments of manufactured homes since 2012.
You can read more on Gensini’s research here.
Joshua Gauntt
Josh joined the WBRC FOX6 News team in July 2013 as a reporter covering Tuscaloosa and other parts of West Alabama. Now, Josh serves the community as an On Your Side Investigator. He hopes to be able to continue telling stories that make a difference.
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“The Honorable Woman” on TV: an Earnest but Convoluted Look at the Israeli-Palestinian Conflict
Posted by Yaëlle Azagury
With passions about the Middle East and the Israeli-Palestinian conflict running at an all time high, the BBC/Sundance channel series “The Honorable Woman” available on DVD is a compelling addition to our televised programming. The British mini-series directed and produced by Hugo Blick gives the spotlight to the issue, rather than using it as a backdrop as in series such as “Homeland” or “24”. It is a shrewd and sagacious thriller where one feels more clever at the end, although not for its wise grasp of the political context.
The story starts with a flashback: the murder by a Palestinian terrorist of Eli Stein, an Anglo-Israeli arms manufacturer who provided weapons and bombs to Israel in the first years of the State. The crime perpetrated in revenge for the Palestinian lives he helped kill is witnessed by his young children Ephra and Nessa, who will be scarred for life, less for watching the gruesome murder of their own father though, than because they feel guilty for what their father embodied. This is not the Oresteia: Blood will not be paid for blood. Instead, Ephra and Nessa lay down the grounds for the elimination of one of the most visceral conflicts of our times. They build the Stein Foundation, whose liberal goal is to give equal opportunity to Israelis and Palestinians in the Middle East region and foster reconciliation. So far, so good.
But when the Palestinian who has just been awarded a major telecommunications contract by the Stein Foundation is found hanging dead in his hotel room, all hell breaks loose. Who killed him? Is it the Israelis? The Americans? M16 starts investigating and the delightfully named Hugh Hayden-Hoyle (Stephen Rea)-a witty and high-class inspector Columbo-type leads the way, as Nessa Stein who heads the Foundation finds herself in the midst of a vast and intricate espionage scheme. But the sub-plots (the rivalry between M16 and the CIA) and personal traumas of the characters mixed with frequent flashbacks are often so complex they threaten to obscure the political stakes Blick strives to lay out with mixed discernment.
Newly anointed Baroness for her philanthropic work, Nessa Stein is played with a mix of coolness and vulnerability well suited to her off-screen persona by the American actress Maggie Gyllenhaal. She has been praised for her perfect rendition of an upperclass British accent, but I found it a bit contrived. Nevertheless, the affectation ironically befits the stiffness of Baroness Stein. She is the honorable woman, almost too earnest, and I hope Mr. Blick intended some irony in the epithet (but I doubt it). For Nessa Stein has baggage, her personal traumas often obscuring and muddying her political inclinations.
For instance, her relationship with her brother Ephra is quasi-incestuous, while carrying the seeds of a fierce Biblical strife. They are an Abel and Cain pair, and while Ephra (Andrew Buchan) used to head the Foundation eight years ago in somewhat pragmatic fashion, Nessa usurps the title replacing his line with a stauncher idealism that favors the Palestinians. When Israeli businessman and long-time friend of the Stein family Shlomo Zahary-an obvious father figure- hopes to get the telecommunications contract that is once more up for grabs, Nessa holds it back from him because she thinks he has been compromised with terrorists (and perhaps because he is Israeli?). She has to prove her authority, metaphorically killing the father once more.
There are hints and withheld information about a traumatic event which happened to Nessa eight years ago while in captivity in Gaza after being kidnapped by a faction of the PLO. But her ordeal (I wont disclose what it is, although you could guess) which no woman, let alone a feminist in the West would accept with resignation, spurs masochistic feelings in her. She seems to suffer from acute Stockholm syndrome, and I could not help feeling disturbed by her submissiveness. Is it poise or folly that makes her so eagerly defend her executioners?
When at the end of the series, the Palestinian terrorist who admits to having ordered her father’s murder and other tragedies that befell on her confronts her, her answer is shockingly meek: “I deserved it.” One would hope for a little more combativeness in the matter.
The series is often an exercise in Western guilt about the Israeli-Palestinian conflict, with fairness in the treatment of the conflict mostly obliterated in favor of exclusive Palestinian grievances. It does not help that Israeli characters are portrayed as caricatures (they are steam-rollers and threateningly ubiquitous, or else extremists) while Palestinian terrorists are given noble motives.
Lubna Azabal is a revelation as Atika Halibi, the Palestinian nanny of Ephra and Rachel Stein’s children. The Belgian actress of Moroccan and Spanish descent has a raw beauty that captures beautifully the Palestinian plight: she still keeps a piece of shrapnel from the Israeli bomb that killed her family as a child. She is also superb as a third piece of the erotic triangle between Nessa and Ephra, while Jewish Rachel-Ephra’s wife- is fastidious as a stereotypical British JAP.
And there is no one on the other end of the argument to represent the Israeli claim to the land, or what Israel means for Jews, so it makes up for a one-sided picture. If the series is commendable for tackling an inextricable issue, it is also solipsistic for it fails to place the conflict in historical perspective. While putting up a facade of political sophistication, it actually misses its goal, confusing the personal traumas of the main character with a much wider and more complex conflict that ends up oversimplified, to the point of dangerously obscuring the issue. In the end, this is about Nessa Stein’s Way of the Cross, which is a bit strange for a Jewish character.
There is a fashionable varnish to the series certainly adding to the overall appeal: Ms. Gyllenhaal’s chic wardrobe of Roland Mouret, Stella McCartney and Burberry pieces, leaves all of us women drooling. I also loved Julia Walsh (Janet McTeer), Hayden-Hoyles’ boss- for her no-nonsense feminism. Here is what she says after meeting with her American counterparts at the CIA: “In a room full of pussies, I am the only one with a vagina.” There is a refreshing honesty in her character, unlike Nessa Stein’s bizarre fascination with the other side.
With its oriental notes, the music acts as an ominous lament much as the chorus does in Greek tragedy. It is also an attempt to add a cool edginess to the overall atmosphere, but it is pompous. As Edward Said would have said, it is a fantasy of Orientalism. Consider it a metaphor for the series itself.
“The Honorable Woman”:
Produced by Eight Rooks and Drama Republic for BBC Two and Sundance TV. Written and directed by Hugo Blick; Greg Brenman, executive producer; Mr. Blick and Abi Bach, producers.
WITH: Maggie Gyllenhaal (Nessa Stein), Andrew Buchan (Ephra Stein), Stephen Rea (Sir Hugh Hayden-Hoyle), Igal Naor (Shlomo Zahary), Lubna Azabal (Atika Halabi), Tobias Menzies (Nathaniel Bloom), Eve Best (Monica Chatwin), Katherine Parkinson (Rachel Stein) and Janet McTeer (Dame Julia Walsh).
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Paleontologists find ‘incredibly rare’ 52 million year-old fossilized berry
Geoscientists working in South America have uncovered an ancient berry.
byAlexandra Gerea
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Geoscientists working in South America have uncovered an ancient berry, a fossilized fruit belonging to a family which includes tomatoes, potatoes, and petunias.
The new fossil groundcherry Physalis infinemundi from Laguna del Hunco in Patagonia, Argentina, 52 million years old. This specimen displays the characteristic papery, lobed husk and details of the venation. Credit: Ignacio Escapa, Museo Paleontológico Egidio Feruglio
Animal fossils are much more common than plant fossils. The fossilization process itself favors the preservation of animals, which often have bones or shells, and deters the preservation of plants or fruits – this is what makes this discovery so special.
The fruit is part of the Solanaceeae (or Nightshade) family, an important and highly diversified group of flowering plants. It was found in a fossilized rainforest in Patagonia, and researchers believe it to be a Physalis – closely related to tomatillos. Tomatillos (along with ground cherries and husk tomatoes) are highly unusual in that they have papery husks that grow around their fleshy, edible berries. The entire family has a very poor fossil record, greatly limiting what we know about the evolutionary history of these plants. In fact, these new findings may very well force us to rethink what we thought we knew about nightshades.
“These astonishing, extremely rare specimens of physalis fruits are the only two fossils known of the entire nightshade family that preserve enough information to be assigned to a genus within the family,” said Peter Wilf, professor of geosciences, Penn State, who led the study. “We exhaustively analyzed every detail of these fossils in comparison with all potential living relatives and there is no question that they represent the world’s first physalis fossils and the first fossil fruits of the nightshade family. Physalis sits near the tips of the nightshade family’s evolutionary tree, meaning that the nightshades as a whole, contrary to what was thought, are far older than 52 million years.”
Dried fruit specimens of a modern coastal groundcherry, Physalis angustifolia, from Florida, showing characteristic lobes and venation similar to the new fossils from Patagonia. Credit: Peter Wilf, Penn State.
This feeling was echoed by other paleontologists. The area in Patagonia where the discovery was made is highly intriguing because it was a part of Gondwana, the supercontinent which included landmasses of South America, Antarctica, and Australia, during a warm period of Earth history, just before their final separation.
“Paleobotanical discoveries in Patagonia are probably destined to revolutionize some traditional views on the origin and evolution of the plant kingdom,” said N Ruben Cuneo of CONICET, Museo Palentologico Egidio Ferulgio.
Part of the reason why we’ve found so few nightshade fossils is that they’re extremely fragile and herbaceous. The leaves and flowers are basically completely unknown.
“These fossils are one of a kind, since the delicate papery covers of lantern fruits are rarely preserved as fossils,” Carvalho said. “Our fossils show that the evolutionary history of this plant family is much older than previously considered, particularly in South America, and they unveil important implications for understanding the diversification of the family.”
Dating was also challenging. Molecular dating of family trees relies on actual dates of fossils in the family to work from. But because previously dated fossils had very little diagnostic value, paleontologists instead dated the rocks in which the fossil was found. The fossils, 52 million years old, exhibit the same lobed husk and details of the venation as modern tomatillos.
Journal Reference: Peter Wilf, Mónica R. Carvalho, María A. Gandolfo, N. Rubén Cúneo. “Eocene lantern fruits from Gondwanan Patagonia and the early origins of Solanaceae,” Science, science.sciencemag.org/cgi/doi/10.1126/science.aag2737
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Alexandra Gerea
Alexandra is a naturalist who is firmly in love with our planet and the environment. When she's not writing about the environment or animal rights, you can usually find her in the field, doing geophysical research, or reading the latest nutritional studies.
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Exiting Shareholders Options to consider
By TODD WANT
DIRECTOR, TAX SERVICES
When a client is looking to exit from a shareholding in a private company, a direct sale of shares by the departing shareholder to the continuing shareholders is often assumed to be the best option.
However, alternative methods can be used which may provide significant advantages over a simple share sale.
Do you know whether a share sale really gives the best outcome for your client?
Share sales
Share sales are commonly recommended by advisers to exit share holders from private companies. Often the exiting shareholder’s interest in the company may be sold to continuing shareholders in that company, with the ownership percentage of the continuing shareholders increasing.
Assuming the shares are on capital account, the departing shareholder would make a capital gain to the extent that their capital proceeds exceed their cost base in the shares. Conversely, where the capital proceeds are less than the reduced cost base, a capital loss will be made. Concessions such as the 50% general discount and the small business CGT concessions can apply to reduce the assessable amount of the capital gains.
Benefits of share buy-backs
As an alternative to a share sale it may be possible for a shareholder to exit their holding by way of a share buy-back. Under a share buy-back, the company buys back and immediately cancels the shares. This means that the number of shares on issue for the company is reduced and the ownership percentage of the continuing shareholders increases accordingly.
Potential tax savings can be achieved, depending on the tax profile of the exiting shareholders. For example:
A company shareholder in receipt of a share buy-back may pay no (or little) additional tax on the proceeds;
A shareholder who is unable to access the small business concessions may achieve similar or lower tax on a share buy-back as compared to a discount capital gain; and
A company that does not pass the active asset test (say due to Division 7A loans, excess cash holdings or passive investment assets) may be able to produce a lower tax outcome for an exiting shareholder through use of a share buy-back.
In addition to the potential lower tax cost for an exiting shareholder, the use of a share buy-back can also provide advantages such as:
Funding the transaction from the financial resources of the company rather than the continuing shareholders;
Avoiding the imposition of stamp duty;
Enabling a more efficient transfer of company assets to an exiting shareholder; and
Allowing for the use of excess franking credits in the company.
Each of these advantages are considered in more depth below:
Funding of exits
Under a share sale, the acquiring shareholder needs to fund the acquisition from their available financial resources or through borrowed funds. In some instances it may be contemplated that the company itself will lend the acquiring entity the funds in order to undertake the acquisition. This can lead to Division 7A and Corporations Act issues.
However, under a buy-back, it is the private company that funds the acquisition from its financial resources and the potential Division 7A issues are removed.
Depending on the State of incorporation, stamp duty may apply on the transfer of shares (for example in NSW) however in most jurisdictions stamp duty will not apply to a share buy-back.
If assets of the company are being transferred to an exiting shareholder (e.g. a company car), it may be possible to offset the value of these assets against some of the consideration payable under the share buy-back. Doing this under a regular share sale is often more difficult and could potentially trigger Division 7A issues if not appropriately managed.
Utilisation of franking credits
If the private company has a significant bank of franking credits which are not otherwise being utilised, a share buy-back provides a useful way to unlock the value of the credits.
Taxation of share buy-backs
Unlike a traditional share sale, the proceeds received under a share buy-back are split between two components:
a capital component; and
a dividend component.
For most private companies with limited paid up capital (e.g. $2), the capital component of a share buy-back will generally be minimal. This means that the majority of the proceeds will be represented by a dividend (which may be franked).
For companies with a more material level of paid up capital, there is a particular process that needs to be followed to determine the split of the capital and dividend components for the share buy-back.
The difference in tax outcomes that can arise under a share sale when compared to a share buy-back is essentially driven by the differing character of the proceeds under each option, with the share buy-back having a dividend component which the share sale does not. Determining the correct dividend and capital split is considered in this month’s other article: Share buy-backs in private companies: what are the tax issues?
Outlined below is an example scenario which demonstrates the differing outcomes that can arise for a shareholder looking to exit a private company.
Company A has two shareholders who each own 50% of the shares on issue. The shares were acquired when the company was formed (greater than 12 months ago), but do not satisfy the requirement to be considered an active asset.
One of the shareholders is looking to exit his interest in Company A on the 1st of July and will not have any other assessable income in that financial year. The shares will be disposed of for market value consideration of $70,001.
The equity section of the balance sheet of private company A is represented as follows:
All assets & liabilities of the company are recorded in the financials at their current market values. The company also has sufficient franking credits to fully frank all of its retained earnings.
The table below summarises the tax outcomes for the exiting shareholder if they were to exit under a buy-back or via a share sale. Under the share buy-back, the dividend component has been fully franked.
In this example, the use of a share buy-back to exit the shareholder would lead to an assessable dividend (including franking credits) of $100,000. As the franking credits of $30,000 exceed the tax payable on this income, the share buy-back results in a net refund of $3,553 to the exiting shareholder.
Under the share sale scenario, the shareholder instead makes a gross capital gain of $70,000. The assessable amount of the gain is reduced to $35,000 after applying the 50% general discount. As there are no credits available under a share sale, the shareholder has a tax liability of $3,272 arising on this $35,000 of income.
While the share sale gives a lower assessable income of $35,000, compared to $100,000 under the buy-back, the presence of the franking credits under the buy-back results in the exiting shareholder getting a tax refund (rather than having an amount payable).
The difference between the scenarios in this case is a net benefit of $6,825 for the exiting shareholder under a share buy-back (being the difference between having to make a payment of $3,272 compared to receiving a refund of $3,553).
In the above example, if the exiting shareholder was a company rather than an individual, the difference in tax payable between these options would increase to $21,000. This is because under the share sale scenario, the company would not be able to access the 50% discount for capital gains and thus would have an assessable capital gain of $70,000. This amount would be subject to tax at the corporate tax rate of 30%, resulting in a $21,000 tax liability.
Under a share buy-back however, if the exiting shareholder was a company it would instead receive a fully franked dividend of $70,000 plus $30,000 of franking credits (resulting in $100,000 of assessable income). The company would have $30,000 tax to pay on this income, however this liability would be fully offset by the availability of $30,000 franking credits. This would mean that for the exiting shareholder company, a share buy-back would not lead to any net tax liability.
Other factors to consider
While the advantages outlined above can make share buy-backs an attractive option for exiting private company shareholders, other factors to consider include:
The marginal tax rate of the exiting shareholders;
Whether the exiting shareholders have any available capital losses;
The availability of franking credits in the private company;
Whether the small business CGT concessions are being applied;
Whether the shares held by the exiting shareholders are pre-CGT;
Whether the remaining shareholders would be able to fund a purchase of the shares; and
The minimum ASIC (Corporations Act) requirements and timing periods that apply to share buy-backs.
Determining the most appropriate way for a client to exit their shareholding in a private company requires a thorough consideration of tax, financial and other factors. While a share buy-back may not be appropriate in all circumstances, it provides an alternative which can be the most suitable to all entities involved in the transaction.
William Buck has assisted numerous parties in assessing and implementing the most appropriate method to exit their private company shareholding. Should you have any queries relating to the exit of private company shareholdings, or would like to know more about the most appropriate options for your clients, please contact your local William Buck advisor.
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ABOVE: Songwriter, musician, playwright, humorist and poet Billy Edd Wheeler was born Dec. 9, 1932, in Whitesville, W.Va.
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Logan County preacher “Uncle Dyke” Garrett was born Dec. 10, 1841, on Big Creek. His greatest fame was for converting and baptizing Devil Anse Hatfield in Main Island Creek in 1911.
“Wally” Barron was born Dec. 8, 1911. Barron, West Virginia’s 26th governor, achieved a remarkable record of legislative success during his term, but his accomplishments were overshadowed by the fact that he was the first governor in state history to be indicted or convicted of a major crime.
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Dec. 8, 1911: “Wally” Barron was born. Barron, West Virginia’s 26th governor, achieved a remarkable record of legislative success during his term, but his accomplishments were overshadowed by the fact that he was the first governor in state history to be indicted or convicted of a major crime.
Dec. 9, 1829: West Virginia’s fourth governor, John Jeremiah Jacob, was born in Hampshire County. He was the first governor born within the area that became West Virginia and the first Democratic governor of the state.
Dec. 9, 1932: Songwriter, musician, playwright, humorist and poet Billy Edd Wheeler was born in Whitesville.
Dec. 10, 1841: Logan County preacher “Uncle Dyke” Garrett was born on Big Creek. His greatest fame was for converting and baptizing Devil Anse Hatfield in Main Island Creek in 1911.
Dec. 10, 1949: The first class of 20 cadets graduated from the West Virginia State Police Academy in Institute. The State Police purchased property for the academy on a hilltop overlooking Institute from Kanawha County for about $3,200. Construction began in 1948, and the building was completed the next year.
Dec. 11, 1905: “Pare” Lorentz, known as “FDR’s filmmaker,” was born in Clarksburg. In 1933, Lorentz created “The Roosevelt Year: 1933,” a pictorial review of FDR’s first year in the White House.
Dec. 12, 1953: Chuck Yeager set a speed record by flying 2 1/2 times the speed of sound in a Bell X-1A. Yeager, who grew up in Hamlin, had broken the sound barrier six years earlier on Oct. 14, 1947.
Dec. 13, 1861: The Battle of Allegheny Mountain, one of the bloodiest conflicts of the Civil War’s first year, took place in Pocahontas County.
Dec. 13, 1926: Wheeling radio station WWVA-AM began broadcasting. The 50-watt station operated from the basement of John Stroebel’s house for most of its first year. Stroebel was a physics teacher and wireless pioneer.
Dec. 14, 1910: The accidental death of a Chesapeake & Ohio engineer near St. Albans led to the popular train song, “Billy Richardson’s Last Ride.”
Dec. 14, 1857: Coal operator Justus Collins was born. He owned coal mines at Glen Jean and Whipple, and the octagonal Whipple company store survives today as a local landmark.
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China sees strong industrial, retail growth in November
AFP Beijing, China Dec 16, 2019, 11.02 AM(IST)
File photo: Financial district in Shanghai, China. Photograph:( Reuters )
Industrial production increased by 6.2 per cent on-year last month, up from 4.7 per cent in October and the best reading in six months
China enjoyed a better-than-expected pick-up in the key retail and industrial sectors in November, data showed Monday, providing a further boost to Beijing after finally agreeing a mini trade pact with the United States last week.
The readings come at the end of a tough year for the world's number two economy, which is expanding at its weakest rate for three decades as it is buffeted by the long-running trade war with Washington as well as a slowdown in global demand for its goods.
Industrial production increased by 6.2 per cent on-year last month, up from 4.7 per cent in October and the best reading in six months.
There was also positive news for the country's shops, with retail sales up 8.0 pe rcent, compared with a 7.2 per cent rise the month before.
The figures exceeded expectations, with analysts surveyed by Bloomberg predicting just 5.0 per cent growth in industrial production and 7.6 per cent in retail sales.
Fu Linghui, spokesman at the National Bureau of Statistics, said the key economic indicators "performed better than expected" in the "face of mounting risks and challenges both at home and abroad".
But he warned there was still "downward pressure" on the Chinese economy owing to "increasing external instabilities and uncertainties".
Investment in fixed capital was up 5.2 per cent, the same as October and in line with predictions.
In November, Chinese shoppers set new records for spending during the annual "Singles' Day" buying spree, with e-commerce giant Alibaba saying consumers spent $38.3 billion on its platforms during the world's biggest 24-hour shopping event.
The figure was up 26 percent from the previous all-time high set last year.
China's economy is in an extended slowdown and the Singles' Day fire sale is viewed as a snapshot of consumer sentiment.
Economic growth slowed to six percent in the third quarter the most sluggish rate since 1990 as demand for exports cooled and Chinese consumers tightened their belts.
Fu said Beijing was on track to meet its full-year growth target of 6.0-6.5 per cent for 2019, but "must also acknowledge that the current international environment is still relatively complicated".
The partial trade deal had "reduced market uncertainty", he said.
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"We think this uptick will prove short-lived," said Martin Lynge Rasmussen, China economist at Capital Economics, warning of the impact of a squeeze on financing in the important real-estate sector.
"Downward pressure on growth is likely to resurface before long," he added
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Have you seen me?: Faces of missing children who may be being trafficked around the Big Game
by: Ashley Bridges
Look at these faces. Share them. Remember them. Help them.
Nexstar Nation Big Game Digital reporter Ashley Bridges spent time this week with Deborah Richardson of the International Human Trafficking Institute: that was before an Atlanta sex trafficking sting, just days before the Super Bowl, which resulted in the rescue of four victims and the arrest of 33 alleged traffickers. Richardson helped train the 10,000 Super Bowl volunteers to identify signs of trafficking.
But, Richardson said it’s important to know that the Super Bowl doesn’t cause trafficking: while the FBI reports upticks in numbers, Richardson emphasized it is a year-round problem. She also insisted that because trafficking is a function of supply and demand, it is critical to shine a light on the people exploiting the victims, not the victims themselves.
One exception: identifying victims to get them out. For the past ten years, Richardson has partnered with the organization “In Our Backyard” using targeted analytics to distribute booklets with photographs of children who were believed to possibly be trafficked around the Super Bowl. Last year in Minneapolis, the group distributed booklets with images of 34 children. While not all of those children were necessarily being trafficked, the good news is 15 of them were recovered within two weeks. Research shows that within 48 hours of going missing or running away a child or teen will be approached by a trafficker.
Richardson identified the following resources and signs:
-If you see someone you believe to be from this booklet, you can call The National Center on Missing & Exploited Children at 1-800-843-5678
-If you suspect human trafficking, you can call the National Human Trafficking Hotline at 1-888-3737-888; you can also text “help” or “info” to 233733 (BeFree)
-To help a runaway, you can call the Runaway Safeline at 1-800-Runaway
Signs of trafficking include:
-Someone not dressed appropriately: for example having no coat in the cold or young girls wearing party clothes in the early morning, a mismatch between time, place, person, and dress
-Someone traveling between locations without a phone or belongings, or with a handler
-Someone not engaging in conversation as victims are taught to stay with a strict script
Following the Super Bowl, we will have an in-depth special about trafficking and ways authorities and activists are targeting traffickers and buyers–for both sex and labor.
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Zuckerberg Doubles Down on Free Speech—the Facebook Way
The Facebook CEO didn't announce new initiatives in a highly promoted speech, but reaffirmed his view that the company makes the world a better place.
“I’m here today because I believe we must continue to stand for free expression,” Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg told an audience at Georgetown University Thursday.Photograph: Andrew Caballero-Reynolds/Getty
Mark Zuckerberg came to Washington, DC, on Thursday to claim the mantle of Martin Luther King and the Founding Fathers as a champion of free speech. Standing in the stately Gaston Hall auditorium at Georgetown University—which has hosted the likes of Bill Clinton, Barack Obama, and Bono—the Facebook CEO declared, “I’m here today because I believe we must continue to stand for free expression.”
And a city full of regulation-hungry politicians and foes of Big Tech undoubtedly thought: How’s that working out?
Zuckerberg’s highly promoted speech introduced no new Facebook features or initiatives, but was a defiant reply to critics of Facebook’s destructive effects on global society—manipulating voters, fomenting division, and even aiding genocide. He doubled down on Facebook’s handling of the treacherous business of implementing free expression at an unprecedented global scale. Despite considerable evidence that the approach has often fallen short, Zuckerberg still professes optimism: Giving people a voice and connecting the world, he believes, are transformationally positive actions. Essentially, he’s saying—as he always has—that Facebook is essentially positive.
What’s more, he was claiming high ground for Facebook’s values. If you disagree with him on speech, he implied, you’re siding with the forces of censorship and elitism. He described a “countertrend … to pull back on free expression.” His foes, he implied, are the same kind of people who wanted Eugene Debs in prison, who wanted Vietnam protesters stopped. But the people whose Facebook presence is more disturbing include the likes of Alex Jones (whom Facebook ultimately banned) or … Donald Trump. The speech didn’t really take on those kinds of choices.
Furthermore, rejecting his point of view will align you with the oppressive overlords of China! He pointedly noted that his dreams of taking Facebook to that country have been stalemated by that country’s demands on data and censorship. While Facebook’s encrypted WhatsApp service is a boon to protesters, he says, the Chinese TikTok app censors mentions of protests even for users in the US.
Zuckerberg clearly believed in what he was saying: Though his presentation was sometimes halting (maybe reflecting that he was tinkering with the speech until his deadline), his voice grew stronger when invoking Facebook as an instrument of empowerment. He spoke for almost 40 minutes, which is what happens when senators aren’t interrupting you.
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But while he constantly described Facebook as giving voice to everyday people and underrepresented groups, he gave short shrift to the way that powerful forces are using his platform to manipulate people. In the past two years, Zuckerberg and his leadership team have admitted that they were late to recognize the downside of free expression: political extremism, intentional misinformation, and political ads that baldly lie.
At every turn, the company has avoided becoming an arbiter of what is news and what political utterances are destructive. “I don’t think it’s right for a private company to censor politicians or the news in a democracy,” he said, a sentiment he often expresses. But neither does that mean that a private company has to promote outright lies and divisive content. It would have been interesting if he’d grappled with that concept more in his Georgetown address.
Maybe the most powerful part of the speech was when he said, “I’m not going to be around forever,” and so he thinks it essential to deeply embed free speech values into Facebook so the company continues giving voice to people long after he’s gone.
Zuckerberg’s foray into the belly of the Beltway to deliver a message of free speech was, in a sense, a daring gambit. It’s hard to disagree with the First Amendment, and even less attractive to align with censors. But his critics—and a lot of people who are simply unhappy with Facebook—are asking for more. Boosting speech at global scale is a tricky and unprecedented practice. Though Zuckerberg constantly cites the army he now employs in matters of security and safety (up to 35,000), it’s not clear that a “community” of almost 3 billion people can be purged of truly destructive content. Facebook is a huge experiment that constantly tests Zuckerberg’s deeply felt claim that connecting the world will yield a net positive. The results are far from settled.
After the speech, Zuckerberg took a few questions from Georgetown students in the audience (which were submitted in writing, not offered spontaneously). One questioned whether Facebook was favoring conservatives with its green light to misinformation in political ads. Zuckerberg agreed with Georgetown’s moderator that liberals are angry, too. “Right now, we’re doing a very good job of making everyone angry at us,” he said.
No one seemed to disagree with that. And things won’t change after Zuckerberg’s Tom Paine moment.
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News IoT arms race is on: #Sigfox promises 1bn connections in three years
IoT arms race is on: #Sigfox promises 1bn connections in three years
Source: Sifted / By Maija Palmer
Embattled French pioneer says deals with DHL and Amadeus will put growth back on track
It is 2020 but are you drinking from your internet-connected coffee cup yet, or getting your smart fridge to do a food inventory for you? No? Didn’t think so. The widespread Internet of Things (IoT) revolution has been a lot slower to arrive than expected.
But now Sigfox, the French company that has been one of the pioneers of IoT, says we may (finally) be at the cusp of a breakthrough.
The Toulouse-based business, which has been mired in rollout and management troubles over the last few years, is promising a sharp comeback, with plans to have 1bn devices connected on its network by 2023.
Sigfox currently has just 16m connected devices — far short of where analysts had originally expected it to be by this point — but says it is confident of reaching 1bn in three years after recently signing a number of big customers, including DHL, the delivery company, and Amadeus, the travel technology group.
Internet of Things devices are also finally becoming cheap enough to be used in bulk, says Franck Siegel, Sigfox’s chief operating officer, which means that one could, potentially be coming to a coffee cup near you soon. (Actually, in all seriousness, Sigfox already has a project to monitor not cups but coffee machines around the world).
With the cost of the cheapest devices now at just 23 cents, Siegel says it is possible to look at use cases where, for example, every posted parcel or airport luggage tag could include an IoT-connected tracker.
If Siegel’s predictions are true, we may finally be on the cusp of the long-promised Internet of Things revolution.
“If I told you the market was growing as fast as we want I’d be lying,” admits Siegel. “But it is growing and compared to the 40 years it took to establish the internet, for example, IoT is still growing faster.”
In fact, predictions for the Internet of Things market overall have been dramatically dialled back over the last few years. Back in 2012 IBM predicted there would be 1tn IoT-connected devices by 2020. Now, as we approach that date, research and advisory company Gartner says that number is more likely to be 20.4bn. Still big, but nothing like the idea that almost every item in our daily lives would be online.
Bad times
It has been a particularly sticky few years for Sigfox. The French company was one of the earliest to develop the Internet of Things but has recently found itself overshadowed by rival technologies.
One such rival technology is Narrowband IoT (NB-IoT), which has the backing of most of the large telecoms companies and has been deployed by more than 142 operators worldwide. Meanwhile, another rival LoRa is being developed by an alliance that has more than 500 members, including companies like IBM, Cisco, HP and Foxconn.
By comparison, Sigfox’s technology, also called Sigfox, is used far less widely (see chart below) and has not been adopted by any global consortiums.
Source: Data from Techno Systems Research, reprinted in IoT Business News.
On top of the user uptake issues, in 2017 and 2018 Sigfox saw an exodus of top management after several executives clashed with Ludovic Le Moan, the company’s co-founder and chief executive. High-level departures continued into early this year, but Siegel says the company has now stopped the outflow and stabilised the senior management team.
Aapo Markkanen, senior director and IoT analyst at Gartner, says it has been a tough few years for Sigfox.
“There was a lot of noise about Sigfox a few years ago, but their growth has been a lot slower than we expected. We had originally, back in 2017, expected them to have connected 70m IoT devices by now, rather than just 16m.”
He adds that other technologies have really taken off more than Sigfox.“The biggest excitement recently has been around private LoRa networks. NB-IoT, meanwhile, has become the preferred choice for mobile operators who want to offer IoT connectivity. The technology has had a few teething problems, but it is growing fast in China,” says Markkanen.
The fightback
Sigfox chief operating officer Siegel says the company, which has some 430 employees, has struggled in part because it is much smaller than its NB-IoT and LoRa rivals. Sigfox is the dominant tech business in Toulouse, but tiny in global terms.
“Their marketing and communications teams are ten times bigger than ours and they are confusing the market in telling people that we are competitors,” says Siegel.
In fact, Sigfox itself does not see NB-IoT and LoRa as competitors, as it believes these technologies will focus on completely different price points and parts of the market.
Sigfox is going for low cost and very simple functionality — it is ideal for sending very basic bits of information, like a temperature reading or geographical coordinates, over a long distance using very little power. NB-IoT, on the other hand, can send much more complex information, such as video footage, but the devices will, as a result, cost more.
“They are approaching markets that we don’t want to be in, like connecting video cameras. It’s a much more high-power, high-cost solution,” says Siegel.
In the right market?
But it may be that Sigfox failed to anticipate what businesses would want to use the Internet of Things for.
Markkanen says some of the biggest interest recently has been around private IoT networks that companies might set up in a limited location, such as a factory, port or mine, something that the LoRa companies have been quick to provide. There has been less call for the Sigfox-style solution, which is designed to work worldwide.
Sigfox recently announced that it, too, would start providing private IoT networks, an acknowledgement that it may have missed once of the biggest markets earlier on.
The race is on now for all the different technologies to build out their coverage and customer base as fast as they can. Sigfox boasts of being in 67 countries. LoRa is in 89 countries and NB-IoT is in 29 (but given that one of those countries is China, this represents a substantial increase in the number of NB-IoT devices).
The next stage is putting Internet of Things connectivity on satellites to make sure you can get a signal even in the middle of the ocean or wilderness. Both Sigfox and LoRa are planning to launch satellites over the next few years, with Sigfox planning to have three satellite deployments this year, and 30 by 2023.
Satellite connections open out some new use cases. For example, in December Sigfox signed a deal with maritime safety company Plastimo to connect life jackets and life rafts to its network, making it possible to geolocate people who have been shipwrecked or lost at sea.
IoT arms race
However, to fund this Internet of Things arms race, Sigfox is raising its seventh round of finance. The company has raised €284m from investors including Intel Capital and Salesforce Ventures. It is hoping to close this latest round in early 2020, possibly bringing in new investors from the Middle East. The company hopes to reach breakeven by 2021.
Big customer wins will be critical. Up until recently, about 90% of Sigfox’s business came from connecting alarms for Securitas Direct, the security company. Now it has won customers including DHL, where it is helping track postal trolleys and pallets (and one day Sigfox hopes individual parcels) and NICIGAS, one of Japan’s leading gas suppliers. Siegel says negotiations with big German auto manufacturers are ongoing. If Sigfox can land a deal there its prospects will start to look a lot better.
“We need a couple more wins with large companies like DHL,” says Siegel. “Then we can say IoT really has reached a turning point.”
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Men Are More Willing Than Ever to Move for Their Wives' Jobs
Newsflash: Not all husbands feel threatened by their wives' careers. In fact, a new survey conducted by the moving company Mayflower shows that nearly half of Americans know someone who recently moved for the wife's job, and far more than that would support relocation for that reason.
By Martha Sorren
Surprised? Don't be. "You can track that change to the shift in the number of women going to college," points out Fred Medway, PhD, a psychology professor for the University of South Carolina. The increase of graduates means women aren't just getting more jobs; they're getting better jobs. "Hiring really depends upon the educational factor. Companies want to hire the most competent person," says Dr. Medway.
But with the growth in promising career opportunities for women comes the all-too-often necessity of relocating. "The kind of job offers are changing. Now it's about money and benefits and people find that increasingly hard to pass up, even if the job is in another state," Dr. Medway explains. But moving for a wife's occupation isn't out of the question anymore. "The attitude toward relocation has changed positively," Dr. Medway says. "Millennials tend to have fewer preconceived notions about who should hold the breadwinning role and are more comfortable sharing the career spotlight." According to the survey, 72% of young men and women support this type of move compared to only 59% of the Boomer generation.
Still, he cautions that if you're planning on making the move for a new position, come to the decision as a couple. "The effects of moving are negative when one party feels like they didn't have a choice. Not only will they be unhappy about leaving but also they often have difficulty making connections in the new place." If you have children, Dr. Medway says they could pick up on this pessimistic attitude, and that can affect your whole family.
If your spouse is dragging his feet about making a big move to benefit your career, Dr. Medway suggests saying, "What if we do this opportunity for me, but next time we'll do the opportunity for you?" Sharing success equally allows the relationship to stay strong even during a major change.
Would you ever relocate for a job? Do you think your partner would be willing to move for yours? Share your thoughts in the comments below.
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Сімашко Дмитро Геннадійович
Director, top manager
Head of the Legal Department
from 05.2018 to now (1 year 8 months)
Representative office of China Road and Bridge Corporation in Ukraine, Kyiv (Infrastructure construction)
Providing senior leadership across the legal matters in Ukraine and the Republic of Belarus at Chinese construction corporation listed in top-100 Fortune Global 500.
•Contributing to the business's strategy and decision-making processes, including issues regarding the expediency of taking part in international and state procurements, as well as tenders based on FIDIC terms, participate in biddings and negotiations;
•Assisting the key management personnel in any matters, including government relations, banking issues, and taxation;
•Leading negotiation on complex and high-value contracts and projects;
•Implementation of key legal processes that relate to legal drafting, negotiation, and commercial settlement agreements;
•Ensuring that all aspects of legal risks are identified, covered and controlled in the implementation of new projects, systems and procedures;
•Ensuring compliance by the company and staff to legislation and company policies/guidelines.
from 06.2017 to now (2 years 7 months)
Business consulting related to China, Київ (Business consulting (China))
•Providing consulting services to Ukrainian and foreign companies with regard to doing business in China and entering the Chinese market;
•Providing consulting services to Chinese companies with regard to doing business in Ukraine and CIS countries, acquiring real estate and land, legal entities (M&A) and other assets, advising on corporate, tax, labour, migration legislation, etc.;
•Provided Chinese company with a full range of services related to acquiring mining site in Ukraine, including analysis of the respective market, forming a shortlist of mining sites met required criteria's, conducting due diligence of respective mining sites and its owners(holders), conducting a negotiation, deal structuring, etc.;
•Provided Chinese companies with a full range of services related to entering into Ukrainian market and doing business in Ukraine, including establishing an Ukrainian subsidiary (legal entity) and registration representative office in the Ministry of Economy and tax office, leasing office premises, recruiting key employers, obtaining work and residence permits for Chinese employers (migration issues), advising and dealing with all other arisen issues;
•Advised Ukrainian company regarding possibilities of relocation its manufacturing to China;
•Advised Ukrainian companies and individuals regarding investment in Chinese real estate, opening bank accounts and depositing money in Chinese banks;
•Providing Ukrainian company with a full range of services regarding entering the Chinese retail market, establishing online stores on the most popular platforms, organizing logistics, implementing a scheme of receiving payments and its withdrawal, etc.;
•Providing Ukrainian IT company with full range of services regarding establishment in China an online payment system that allows Chinese users to pay via AliPay, WeChatPay, UnionPay for the IT services and products of Ukrainian company;
•Consulting and assisting Ukrainian and USA companies regarding supplier searching, establishing contacts with manufacturers in China, bargaining price and negotiating contracts conditions, etc.
from 08.2016 to 05.2018 (1 year 9 months)
DLA Piper, Kyiv (Legal services)
DLA Piper a global law firm with offices in more than 40 countries, which Real Estate Group is one of the best in the world and Band No.1 in Ukraine.
Contributed in providing full range of legal services and advising both international (EU, US and China) and domestic clients operating in different sectors (industrial and manufacturing, agricultural, energy and renewables, sea port and road infrastructure, pharmaceutical, FMCG and retail):
-Assisting in pre- and post-contractual negotiations, drafting and negotiating all types of transaction documents related to acquiring or leasing office, industrial or commercial real estate and land, structuring of real estate deals, including asset deals and corporate acquisitions;
-Conducting full scope legal due diligence of companies and their rights to real estate, construction projects and land plot;
-Advising on all aspects of Ukrainian law regulating real estate investment, taxation, and development, including land planning and zoning issues.
Ministry of agriculture policy and food of Ukraine, Kyiv (Agriculture)
•Project manager and senior legal expert in the project related to drafting the conception and law regarding privatization of state-owned agricultural enterprises, and other projects regarding drafting land and agricultural legislation;
•Author and co-author of more than 18 drafts of legislative acts, that contains 8 draft law, including legislation acts which were adopted by the Ministry, Cabinet of Ministers of Ukraine and registered in the Ukrainian parliament.
from 05.2014 to 08.2016 (2 years 3 months)
Private legal advisor, Kyiv (Legal services)
•Advised and assisted domestic clients regarding investing in real estate and construction in China, as well as in respect of Chinese law;
•Advised foreign clients regarding the implementation of investment projects and business operating in Ukraine;
Investigator, Chief Attorney
Public prosecution bodies of region's level, Kyiv (Prosecution bodies)
Investigated crimes in the field of cybersecurity, public service and procurements, banks, real estate, land, etc.;
National Academy of Prosecution of Ukraine
Law, Kyiv
Higher, from 09.2007 to 07.2009 (1 year 10 months)
The National University of “Оstroh Аcademy” Law
Law, Ostroh
Higher, from 09.2003 to 07.2007 (3 years 10 months)
University of London, English Common Law: Structure and Principles (2019)
Accountancy, chief accountant and 1C 8.3 software package (2018)
Computer Academy "Step": "System administrating, networks and cybersecurity" (2003-2006)
University of Illinois (USA): "Strategic Leadership and Management" (part of MBA program) (2019-2020)
Language proficiencies
English — fluent
Chinese — average
Руководитель, директор, управляющий, специалист, начальник, менеджер, аналитик, 30000 UAH, Kyiv.
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#BrilliantBabe: Shame & Vulnerability Researcher Brené Brown
November 26, 2017 by Amy Waterman Leave a Comment
Brené Brown was having a breakdown.
She’d gone to her therapist with an Excel spreadsheet. She had six weeks, she explained. She needed more of the traits on this list and less of the traits on that list.
“Nothing deep,” she added. “No childhood crap or anything.”
It took longer than six weeks.
In fact, for an entire year, she lost it.
Her body was telling her that she had to stop trying to be everything to everyone. She couldn’t keep “proving, pleasing, perfecting, performing.” [1] She needed more joy in her life. She needed time to breathe, laugh, and play.
When she resurfaced, she knew she had to talk about what she’d learned.
The result—a bestselling book called The Gifts of Imperfection and a record-breaking 2010 TED talk—made Brené a household name. Oprah came calling.
Three books later (her most recent, Braving the Wilderness, just came out), the shame researcher from the University of Houston had become an international phenomenon.
Needless to say, she never saw it coming.
Her original dream had been much smaller. She wanted to start a conversation about shame.
But she knew that no one wants to talk about shame. It was a real conversation killer at cocktail parties. She explains:
When I use the word ‘shame,’ people have one of two responses: ‘I don’t know what you’re talking about, but I’m pretty sure it doesn’t have anything to do with me,’ or, ‘I know exactly what you’re talking about, and I don’t want to discuss it with you.’”[2]
We’re terrified of admitting to anyone, even ourselves, that we don’t always feel worthy of love and belonging.
And Brené herself wasn’t exempt.
In fact, her research was the trigger for her 2007 breakdown, which she now calls a spiritual awakening.
She found that some people live their lives deeply bound by shame, while others live “wholehearted” lives. She searched for patterns to tease out the differences between these two groups. Each time she found a pattern, she noted it down on a list.
One list was filled with Do’s, like joy, creativity, play, rest, vulnerability, and gratitude.
The other was filled with Don’t’s, like perfectionism, judgment, exhaustion, being cool, fitting in, and not relying on anyone.
Guess which list described her best?
The second one.
The wrong one.
Back then, Brené didn’t do vulnerability. She was a fifth-generation Texan. She liked being tough, soldiering on, and staying in control. She hated self-help.
She realizes how ironic it is that her books are now shelved in the self-help section, chockfull of personal anecdotes revealing that she’s not perfect, she makes embarrassing mistakes, and she struggles with shame and worthiness just like anyone else.
And that’s why we love Brené.
She struggles. This stuff is as hard for her as it is for us, if not harder.
She’s an academic. She’s not supposed to talk about her personal life. She’s supposed to be logical, didactic, and professional at all times.
But she’s chosen to breach that wall. She can’t teach vulnerability without practicing vulnerability herself. She made the decision to walk her talk even though it’s hard, even though it exposes her to criticism, even though it’s professionally risky.
Her example makes it safer for us to be authentic, to admit our imperfections, to dare greatly, and keep rising each time we fall.
She teaches us that we don’t have to wait until we’re perfect in order to shine.
We can shine our most brilliant light right now, not in spite of but through our broken places.
Here are 5 more reasons to love Brené Brown:
Owning our story can be hard but not nearly as difficult as spending our lives running from it. Embracing our vulnerabilities is risky but not nearly as dangerous as giving up on love and belonging and joy—the experiences that make us the most vulnerable. Only when we are brave enough to explore the darkness will we discover the infinite power of our light.”
Because true belonging only happens when we present our authentic, imperfect selves to the world, our sense of belonging can never be greater than our level of self-acceptance.”
Perfectionism is a self-destructive and addictive belief system that fuels this primary thought: If I look perfect, and do everything perfectly, I can avoid or minimize the painful feelings of shame, judgment, and blame.”
Until we can receive with an open heart, we’re never really giving with an open heart. When we attach judgment to receiving help, we knowingly or unknowingly attach judgment to giving help.”
Vulnerability is not weakness, and the uncertainty, risk, and emotional exposure we face every day are not optional. Our only choice is a question of engagement. Our willingness to own and engage with our vulnerability determines the depth of our courage and the clarity of our purpose; the level to which we protect ourselves from being vulnerable is a measure of our fear and disconnection.”
What We Can Learn from Brené
Being perfect is not a goal. Being who you truly are is.
It’s more important to admit you made a mistake than to come across as invincible.
People won’t hate you when they find out you’re imperfect. They’ll love you even more.
Our testing ground for vulnerability is our relationships.
Don’t listen to the spectators. If someone’s not in the ring with you, sweaty and dirty and committed to the fight, then their opinion is just noise.
[1] http://www.telegraph.co.uk/women/sex/self-help/9536381/Brene-Brown-on-the-power-of-vulnerability.html
[2] https://onbeing.org/programs/brene-brown-the-courage-to-be-vulnerable-jan2015/
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They didn’t know if they’d be able to succeed at their dream. But each and every one made the decision to take the first step. And the second. And the third.
We hope these profiles of brilliant women inspire you to reach for your dreams.
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31 Oct Rights group to probe death of journalist Ko Par Gyi
Written by Min Hein Htet Published in Myanmar Read 1823 times
Calls continue for justice and an impartial investigation into the death in army custody of Ko Aung Kyaw Naing aka Ko Par Gyi. Photo: Ko Par Gyi/Facebook
The Myanmar National Human Rights Commission will investigate the death of freelance reporter Ko Aung Kyaw Naing aka Ko Par Gyi who was killed in army custody, U Sit Myaing, vice chairman of the commission told Mizzima on October 30.
Officials of the Ministry of Defence and the Mon State Government have held a coordination meeting to carry out an investigation into the death of Ko Par Gyi, he said, though no clear timetable for the probe is publicly available at present.
Minister of Information U Ye Htut told Mizzima on October 29 that a group headed by a colonel in the army was formed on October 26 to investigate the case and assess the facts.
Depending on the findings of this investigation, a decision will be made as to whether the police or army will take responsibility for taking action against the perpetrator, he said.
Commission member U Zaw Win told Mizzima that while the army is conducting an investigation into the case, the commission will participate in the investigation under commission law.
Over 40 political activists including members of the 88 Generation group have demanded the formation of an investigation commission to look into the case.
At a press conference in Yangon on October 29, Ma Thandar, wife of late Ko Par Gyi, claimed that she will not criticize the investigations and will wait until the work is completed.
On 23 October, the Ministry of Defence issued a press release claiming Ko Par Gyi was a captain and information officer with the Kalohtoobaw Karen Organization. The release claims he was shot to death by a soldier after trying to escape by taking a soldier’s weapon.
Amnesty International has also called for free and fair investigation into the death of Ko Par Gyi.
Amnesty said in a press release October 30 that failure to adequately – and transparently – investigate such serious allegations and hold perpetrators to account would further entrench impunity in the country, and have a chilling effect on other journalists.
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Ex-Ald. Michael McGee Jr. leaves federal prison, to start state term
By John Diedrich of the Journal Sentinel
Jan. 24, 2013 0
Former Milwaukee Ald. Michael McGee Jr. enjoyed two days of freedom this week - his first time out from behind bars since he was arrested on Memorial Day 2007.
McGee, who was convicted of taking bribes and other crimes, was released from federal prison Wednesday. But the outspoken alderman is not done with his time behind bars.
McGee, 43, must serve a year at the County Correctional Facility-South in Franklin. McGee must report to the sheriff's office Friday morning to start serving time on his state convictions, according to court records and sheriff's officials.
While at the County Correctional Facility-South, McGee will be eligible for release to work and to help in the care of his children, both granted by Milwaukee County Circuit Judges Richard Sankovitz and Charles Kahn.
The former alderman was arrested in 2007 after FBI agents intercepted calls in which McGee discussed beating a man or possibly killing him for stealing. McGee was charged in state court with those counts as well as election-related crimes and violating court orders.
In federal court, he was charged with soliciting and accepting bribes, using his power over liquor licenses in Milwaukee to shake down business owners for cash, food and cellphones. McGee remained behind bars until his federal trial, after prosecutors successfully argued McGee was a risk to intimidate witnesses.
McGee was convicted by a federal jury and sentenced in October 2008 to 6 1/2 years in prison. He also was ordered to pay $107,000 in restitution and received three years on supervised release.
After his federal sentencing, McGee pleaded no contest in state court to the felony of lying to an elections official and the misdemeanor of violating court orders related to a secret John Doe proceeding. Ten other counts were dropped, including the charges that McGee plotted to have a man beaten.
On March 3, 2009, McGee reported to Sandstone Federal Prison, a low-security facility in Minnesota, and he was released from there Wednesday, according to a spokesman with the Bureau of Federal Prisons.
He received 519 days of credit for his earlier incarceration and had 305 days cut off for good conduct, which is standard for prisoners who avoid problems such as fights, prisons bureau spokesman Chris Burke said.
Driver's license denied
McGee tried unsuccessfully to get his driver's license renewed this week, according to a document he filed Thursday in federal court in Milwaukee.
McGee said he was denied a renewal because he has had licenses under different names.
In 2006, McGee filed to legally change his name from Michael Jackson to Michael McGee - the name he used his whole life. He later dropped the effort, and online records do not show any other efforts for his name to be changed.
According to a prosecutor's memo, McGee admitted to federal agents that he made up a Social Security number to get a new driver's license after his was suspended. He told agents his legal name is Michael Imanu Jackson but that he never had a Social Security number under that name. Instead, he had one under McGee.
When his license was suspended, McGee said, he made up a Social Security number and got a license under the name Jackson, according to the court document.
In the letter he filed this week, McGee asked U.S. District Judge Charles Clevert to issue a document stating his name is Michael I. McGee, born in October 1969. McGee said he will not be able to pay restitution without a job and he needs a license to work. He did not say what he planned to do.
"I respectively ask the court to expedite this order so that I can immediately comply with my outstanding obligations at both the state and federal levels," he wrote.
McGee did not return calls for comment Thursday.
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The Sacred Feminine Today
"The ancient Gnostic gospels were excluded from the Christian canon because they argued salvation through spiritual knowledge rather than the teaching authority of any church. And they often gave this a feminine cast, says Katherine Jansen, an associate professor of history at Catholic University in Washington, D.C.”
Llewellyn Vaughan-LeeSufi teacher and author
Posted: 03/ 7/2012 8:00 pm
Today there is a resurgence of interest in the sacred feminine. The immense popularity a few years ago of Dan Brown's The Da Vinci Code spoke not just to our enjoyment of a good thriller but also to the mystery of the divine feminine in Western culture, which is the real thread of the book's chase, from the enigmatic smile of the Mona Lisa to the search for the grail and the heritage of Mary Magdalene. We know now how the feminine mysteries were present in Greek culture and myth, as imaged in the story of Persephone, and enacted for more than 2,000 years in the initiations at Eleusis. In the early Christianity women had spiritual equality, and the significance of Mary Magdalene, the disciple whom Jesus loved more than others, being the first to see the risen Christ, points to the esoteric significance of the feminine. We have also learned how the power of the sacred feminine was repressed by the Church fathers, and Mary Magdalene purposely misidentified as a prostitute.
As we awaken from the repressions of the patriarchy we need to reclaim the sacred feminine both for our individual spirituality and for the well being of the planet. Our ecological devastation points to a culture that has forgotten the sacredness of the earth and the divine mother, as well as denied the feminine's deep understanding of the wholeness and interconnectedness of all of life. And our individual life, so often caught in addictions and starved of real meaning, has a hunger to reconnect with the soul, which has always had a feminine quality. And linking our own journey and that of the world is the ancient feminine figure of the World Soul, the Anima Mundi, the spiritual presence within creation.
So what does it mean to reclaim the sacred feminine? How can we feel it in our bodies and in our daily life? Every woman knows this mystery in the cycles of her body, which are linked to the greater rhythms of life, the cycles of the moon. And she feels it in a calling to reconnect with the power and wisdom she carries within her, a deep knowing that is not found in books but belongs to her very nature. The feminine carries a natural understanding of the interconnectedness of life, how all the parts belong together. She instinctively knows how to respond to the needs of her children, how she feels for their well being even when they are not physically present. And in her body she carries the greatest mystery, the potential to give birth: to bring the light of a soul into this world.
The feminine is the matrix of creation. And yet we have forgotten, or been denied, the depths of this mystery, of how the divine light of the soul creates a body in the womb of a woman, and how The Mother shares in this wonder, giving her own blood, her own body, to what will be born. Regardless of whether an individual woman has the physical experience of giving birth, she shares in this primal mystery and is empowered by it. Yet our culture's focus on a disembodied, transcendent God has left women bereft, denying them the sacredness of this simple mystery of divine love.
What we do not realize is that this patriarchal denial affects not only every woman, but also life itself. When we deny the divine mystery of the feminine we also deny something fundamental to life. We separate life from its sacred core, from the matrix that nourishes all of creation. We cut our world off from the source that alone can heal, nourish, and transform it. The same sacred source that gave birth to each of us is needed to give meaning to our life, to nourish it with what is real, and return us to a relationship with the wholeness of life.
Of course men also have a need to relate to the sacred feminine, to be nourished by her inner and outer presence. Without the sacred feminine nothing new can be born, and we see around us the sad plight of a masculine culture destroying its own ecosystem, unable to even agree on the steps needed to limit global warming. We all need to reclaim the living power and transformative potential of the sacred feminine, to feel her connection to the soul and the earth. And we desperately need the ancient wisdom of the soul of the world to help us at this time of global crisis. Many times before the world has been through an ecological crisis, and the world soul carries within her the memories and wisdom we need. But if we remain cut off in a mindset that sees this a problem that we need to fix with the same masculine attitude that has caused the problem, we will just compound the crisis. Only through working together with the sacred feminine can we heal and transform the world. And this means to honor her presence within our bodies and our soul, in the ground we walk on and the air we breathe.
Llewellyn Vaughan-Lee, March 7, 2012
Llewellyn Vaughan-Lee has written about the feminine and the role of women in our present time in "The Return of the Feminine and the World Soul.”
LodroZangmo1011
01:53 PM on 03/10/2012
"I so much agree with this article. All our attempts at saving our beautiful planet will be futile until we reclaim our sacred connection to life that we seem to have lost or is buried beneath our busy lives, all our accumulation of so much stuff, so much striving for what has little meaning. We forget we are mere guests on this Earth for a short time and that it would be good to behave as 'guests' and not leave a wake of chaos and mess behind when we depart. I appreciate Llewellyn Vaughan-Lee's words that remind us of the qualities needed to engage life, appreciating all the beauty of this planet, one that awakens our interconnectedness and wholeness. Thank you for reminding us to honor the feminine and call upon those qualities now when they are so needed.”
Julia Gamradt
"This article speaks to a deep need in us, both women and men, to remember the sacred feminine. When the author says, "Our ecological devastation points to a culture that has forgotten the sacredness of the earth and the divine mother, as well as denied the feminine's deep understanding of the wholeness and interconnectedness of all of life.”it hits a very painful wound. And I wonder how many of us are really aware of the innate but simple power in Remembering the Sacred in Life. If you remember life is sacred, you make different choices, you live differently in all the little ways, and sometimes big ways of life. And you relate with fresh eyes. Not the just seeing the gray distractions and ever-present divisions that abound, but what is present NOW, if we can but remember. This piece again is a precious reminder, and such a rare voice. It is most needed.”
Eladevi
10:26 AM on 03/09/2012
"The most important feminine power is the sacred substance within our bodies.We don't have to do any practices to have it, it is present already. And all we need to 'do' is to be aware of this substance , and it heals by flowing back into the world. We as women are the matrix, the seeds of creation. This creation, this earth, this world is what we need to be nourishing NOW. Healing creation will naturally and easily occur and flow from this 'milk of human kindness.' And it is just that simple. Just the understanding itself tears the veil and the truth flows through...Thanks Llewellyn, for being so crystal clear.”
Anna Florentine
"It is International Women's Day and it is also full moon today. This is beautifully synchronized. Also this article.
The moon holds a mystical place in the history of human culture and has always been the primary symbol for female energy. As the pull of the moon affects the waters of the world, so does its motion affect the body of woman. Nowdays, in the "modern world" women bodies are out of sync with the moon cycle and their spirits have forgotten the meaning of such connections. "Women carries a natural understanding of the interconnectedness of life,how all the parts belong together.” How true if feels! And this is not outdated knowledge, but a forgotten one. As Llewellyn Vaughan -Lee says here: And yet we have forgotten, or been denied, the depths of this mystery.' And he continue to say in words rarely heard:
'Regardless of whether an individual woman has the physical experience of giving birth, she shares in this primal mystery and is empowered by it. Yet our culture's focus on a disembodied, transcendent God has left women bereft, denying them the sacredness of this simple mystery of divine love.... When we deny the divine mystery of the feminine we also deny something fundamental to life.'
This is a very deep truth that needs to be remembered.”
simplevoice
"Once again, Llewellyn Vaughan-Lee's deep love for the sacred feminine and women transpires through this refreshing prose. I always read poetry in his writings, the poetry of life. I am grateful to you, beloved one, to write so poignantly about the sacred feminine. I am also most grateful to the sacred feminine, the Goddess, represented to me by both Mary Magdalene and Mother Mary, who are two aspects of one and the same, and to the sacred masculine, represented by the light of Christ. You have taught me that, in us, the Absolute becomes immanent.”
michelle eileen
This world is sacred, and it belongs to God. Our Western culture, however, has taught us that spirit and matter are separate. This masculine belief system has allowed us to see our beautiful Earth is a thing that can be endlessly exploited in order to gratify our desire for more stuff, more gadgets, more channels. We can not begin to reverse the environmental devastation we have caused to our planet, and to our own souls, by the same masculine thinking that caused the devastation in the first place. Women inherently understand the oneness of spirit and matter, and by honoring this sacred knowledge we can help to bring light back to the Earth and nourish all of life.”
'Code' and the sacred feminine
By Cathy Lynn Grossman, USA TODAY
The plot of The Da Vinci Code turns on the revelation of a "sacred feminine"core to Christianity — a secret supposedly so shocking that it might overturn the Catholic Church.
The story line is well known: Jesus married Mary Magdalene and intended for her to succeed him as leader of his church; she was pregnant when he was crucified; their child, Sarah, was first in a bloodline that continues to this day. Powerful churchmen connive and kill to deny women their rightful place in the church.
And after a thriller-killer cross-continental chase, the heroine is declared "The last living descendant of Jesus Christ.”
But how much punch does the Code's woman-power premise have? Is there really a feminine aspect to God? A theology that's been sub rosa, hidden for centuries beneath the feminine symbol of the rose, the flower reminiscent of a blossoming womb?
Author Dan Brown says one reason his book is popular with women is because it confirms their sense that Christianity has kept women in secondary roles to downplay or disguise the feminine aspect of God, maintain male religious authority and stamp out rival beliefs, such as goddess cults.
Our world today is based on "outdated male philosophy," Brown said recently on New Hampshire Public Radio. So he countered with a heroine whose very name, Sophie, means wisdom.
it's a salute to Gnosticism (gnosis is Greek for knowledge), a first-century sect some claim was more feminine-friendly. That makes some critics and scholars sputtering mad.
"God does not have a feminine aspect. He doesn't have a masculine aspect. He doesn't have a body," says Barbara Nicolosi, a former nun who founded and directs Act One, which trains Christian screenwriters to work in Hollywood.
"I'll give it a hearing that the church has discounted or devalued the contributions of women in the past," she says, "but the church is always of its time. Looking back through a 21st-century lens is wrong.”
And yet, says the Rev. James Martin, he is constantly asked why the church "is hiding proof that Christ had sex.”
Martin waxes sarcastic at celebrating Mary Magdalene "just because she's Ms. Jesus, known by her womb, not by her brains, as The Mother of Sarah Magdalene-Christ. it's disparaging her all over again because her only power comes through a man.”
But, more seriously, Martin, author of My Life with the Saints, frets when people swallow Brown's version of early church history because "they think it is purer, less complicated, with no rules or doctrines, just because it was an earlier time. In fact, it was a much more contentious scene.”
However contentious, scholars say, there was no conscious, long-term strategic effort to suppress the feminine in early and later Christianity.
"The patriarchal coloring that the church later acquired has little to do with Christian theology and much to do with the brutal military nature of society in the late Roman Empire," says Carl Raschke, professor of religious studies at the University of Denver and author Engendering God: Male and Female Faces of God.
Still, the "sacred feminine" has drawn attention for decades.
Brown draws some of his imagery from Riane Eisler's 1987 book, The Chalice and the Blade: Our History, Our Future. Eisler presents the inverted triangle as a woman's womb or chalice, and the pyramid as the blade or phallus — an image alluded to in Code. Eisler calls for balance between the two to create a cooperative, non-patriarchal society.
Other scholars say Brown's presentation of the sacred feminine is a form of nouveau Gnosticism.
The ancient Gnostic gospels were excluded from the Christian canon because they argued salvation through spiritual knowledge rather than the teaching authority of any church. And they often gave this a feminine cast, says Katherine Jansen, an associate professor of history at Catholic University in Washington, D.C.
But for some spiritual seekers, this philosophy, free of gender, is appealing. Jehanne McQuillan travels the USA as a teacher and priestess in a "tiny, little-known women's Gnostic tradition" called Laconneau.
Laconneau is an oral tradition, stressing inner spiritual growth and devotion to the "divine feminine" that has been passed from teacher to students in small, first-name-only groups since the 13th century, when they hid to escape persecution in France, McQuillan says.
"The Da Vinci Code is certainly a fiction. We do think Mary Magdalene fled to France," she says, citing clues in Revelation, the Bible's final book. "But we believe there was no child. The child of their union was actually their teachings. Mary Magdalene had a role in the foundation of the Gnostic church from the first century on.”
Laconneau, she says, draws people from every denomination "because nearly everyone has a growing undercurrent of feminist spirituality, a concept that humanity is in God's image, an image that doesn't leave out 50% of the human race.”
Silence on Self: There is nothing else to learn, realize or meditate on
Yahoo forum post # 8150
"Dear Jagbir and Violet
I appreciate your advice and guidance. Your posts touch heart. I wish everybody, at least the sahaj people could reach to this level of surrendering ignorance. I saw in India, huge Sahaj collecive indulging in treatments and rituals. People are becoming arrogant with attainment of their Sahaj knowledge but it's a shame that innocent people are just driven towards the false knowledge (of rituals and treatments involving chilles, lemons, candles, strings, paper, footsoaks etc. to clear the chakras of the subtle system).
Dear Preeti,
The need for external images and rituals is universal. Humans just do not have the honesty, faith, knowledge and gnosis to follow the esoteric path of their Holy Scriptures ........... even when they are explicitly and implicitly embedded.
"One of the messages of the Upanishads is that the Spirit can only be known through union with him, and not through mere learning. And can any amount of learning make us feel love, or see beauty or hear the 'unheard melodies'? Some have only seen the variety of thought in the Upanishads, not their underlying unity. To them the words in the sacred texts might be applied: "Who sees variety and not the unity wanders on from death to death.”
The spirit of the Upanishads is the Spirit of the Universe. Brahman, God himself, is their underlying spirit. The Christians must feel that Brahman is God, and the Hindu must feel that God is Brahman. Unless a feeling of reverence independent of the barriers of names can be felt for the ineffable, the sayings of the Upanishads is true: "Words are weariness," the same idea expressed by the prophet that "Of making many books there is no end.”
The Holy Spirit may be the nearest translation of Brahman in Christian language. Whilst God the Father and God the Son are in the foreground of the mind of many Christians, the Holy Spirit seems to receive less adoration. And in India the Brahman of the Upanishads is not as popular as Siva, Vishnu or Krishna. Even Brahma, the manifestation of Brahman as creator, and not to be confused with him, is not living in the daily devotions of the Hindu, as are the other two gods of the trinity, Siva and Vishnu. The Upanishads doctrine is not a religion of the many; but rather the Spirit behind all religions in their central theme repeated in such a wonderful variety of ways.
Brahman in the Universe, God in his transcendence and immanence is also the Spirit of man, the self in every one and in all, Atman. Thus the momentous statement is made in the Upanishads that God must not be sought as something far away, separate from us, but rather as the very inmost of us, as the higher Self in us above the limitations of our little self. Thus when the sage of the Upanishads is pressed for a definition of God, he remains silent, meaning that God is silence. When asked again to express God in words, he says "Neti, neti," "Not his, not this"; but when pressed for a positive explanation he utters the sublimely simple words "TAT TWAM ASI," "Thou art That.” "[1]
i first experienced, then cross-examined, and finally realized that the synthesis of all religions and holy scriptures can be reduced to three words: "Silence on Self.” That took me more than a decade, but now I am absolutely convinced without a shadow of doubt that Silence on Self is the deepest core of enlightenment. I know for a surety that if I take a single step in any direction to seek the Divine I am definitely going the wrong way. Last, but not the least, I know for a fact that if I now again indulge in any external ritual or image whatsoever, after having realized the nature and identity of my Self, i will be a fool insulting the Divine Mother on a daily basis.
You are in truth the visible Brahman.
I will proclaim you as the visible Brahman.
I will speak the right. I will speak the truth.
May this protect me. May it protect my teacher!
Aum, peace, peace, peace!
Taittriya Upanishads 1.1.1.
i have just started practicing Silence on Self. In it lies the gnosis and enlightenment of all religions and Holy Scriptures, the assured path of moksa and eternity. There is nothing else to learn, realize or meditate on. The real inner journey has finally begun—now I will never ever look back again, or hesitate even once, on the final leg of an epic life, from the depth of darkness, to attain emancipation.
"The yogin can choose between two distinct approaches in order to attain emancipation ... Either he sets out to discover his essence, the Self, whilst relying on his own innate strength, or else he calls for help from the Divine Being. In both cases, however, he must open himself to an order of life higher than his empirical personality. In the latter approach he makes use of the powerful human capacity for love. The inner vacuum which is created by turning away from worldly pursuits, is now filled with a truly prodigious power which assists him in overcoming even the strongest resistance of the mind to being transmuted into pure consciousness and thereby transcending the boundaries of the spatio-temporal universe. The divine grace (prasada) of Purusottama safely guards the devotee across the chasms of mundane life into the supreme abode of the Lord ...
It is self-evident that the love pulsating in the divine body of God is not of an emotional or intellectual nature. The love that flourishes eternally between God and the Self-particles who have awakened to His presence is one of ineffable divine creativity: The whole communing with Itself ... Emancipation depends on God. No amount of self-effort can bring about the final fruit of self- transcendence. We must release all tension within us and relinquish our self-will and become still. God's great work can only be accomplished when the soul has become tranquil (prasada.) Then we are able to open ourselves to the divine omnipresence. This is true bhakti, which gives birth to the grace (prasada) of God.”[2]
“When you are resurrected, and you become realised souls, one has to understand that now your movement is inward. You are moving towards your roots, and not outside. So, whatever was the endeavour before realisation has to be changed. The direction has to be changed and that point, mostly, we miss.”
V4 No 23 Sept 84 p5
So how does one recognize a Guru endowned with all this knowledge? What are the signs and qualities to look for in this dark age of Kali Yuga and false gurus? Why is a Guru so important in the first place?
"Je sayu chandaa oogvai suraj chade hajaar. Ete chaanan hodiyaa Gur bin ghor andhaar: If a hundred moons were to rise, and a thousand suns appeared, even with such light, there would still be pitch darkness without the Guru (sggs 463).
Vin gur peerai ko thaayi na paayee: Without the Guru or a spiritual teacher, no one is accepted (sggs 951).
Jin Gur gopia aapnaa tis thayur na thaayu. Halat palat doyoo gaye dargah naahee thaayu: Those who do not affirm their Guru will have no home or place of rest. They lose both this world and the next; they have no place in the God's Court (sggs 314).
How does one meet a True Guru? This age of Kal-Yug (Dark-Age) is likened to a burning fire. A soul drifted away from God becomes lost in this fire; the wilderness of suffering and miseries of this material world resulting from undigested desires or Vaasnaas of one's mind. Impelled by the spell of treacherous miseries and sorrows, such soul begins to long for God. Imploring and beseeching, such soul unconditionally surrenders to God. Entering His sanctuary, the soul prays "O Lord, I am on fire, please shower me with Your mercy.” When a soul thus becomes ready, the Lord sends him help in the form of a True Guru. To put it otherwise, one must first earn God's grace to meet a True Guru. The glance of Lord's grace comes with unconditional surrender to Him.
Pooraa satgur taa milai jaa nadar kreyee: One meets the Perfect True Guru only when the Lord bestows His Glance of Grace on him (sggs 424). Sat guru daataa Hri Naam kaa prabh aap milaavai soyi: The True Guru is the Giver of the Name of the Lord. God Himself causes us to meet Him (sggs 39). Jin Hari aap kirpaa kre se Gur samjhaayaa: The Guru instructs those whom the Lord Himself blesses with Grace (sggs 643). Kal-Yug udhaariyaa Gurdev: The Divine Guru is the Saving Grace in this Dark Age of Kali Yuga (sggs 406). Gur te saant oopjai jin trisnaa agan bujhaayee: It is from Guru that peace is evolved, which puts out the fire of desires of this sense-mind (sggs 424). Even Bible affirms that God sends the Guru, and no man finds a Guru unless the Lord Himself has drawn that person to the guru He has sent (John 6:44 and 6:65)...
A True Guru is he who is fixed in the Absolute Reality. He is liberated, and he knows the Truth. In fact, only the Guru is awake; the rest of the world is asleep in emotional attachment and desire. If one is genuinely serious about learning the transcendental science of God, one needs to approach such Guru.”[3]
Jai Shri Ganapathy,
jagbir
[1] Juan Mascaro, The Upanishads, Penguins Classics, 1965.
[2] Georg Feuerstein, Introduction to the Bhagavad Gita, Rider & Co. 1974, p. 161-2.
[3] Tara Singh, Reflections on Gurbani: www.gurbani.org/webart6
Shri Mataji Nirmala Devi
“The Self is the Spirit. This Spirit resides in the heart of every human being and is in a witness-like state. The Spirit is the projection of God Almighty, while the Kundalini is the projection of the power of God, of His desire which is the Primordial Mother, or you can call it Adi Shakti, Holy Ghost or Athena. So the Kundalini is the projection of the Holy Ghost, while the Spirit is the projection of God Almighty. The All-pervading Power of Love is the power of the Primordial Mother which creates and evolves, and does all the living work.”- Shri Mataji Nirmal Devi
Question: How does one discard all the organization and useless activities (of Sahaja Yoga) and seek her (Holy Spirit/Adi Shakti) only in the Sahastrara (Kingdom of God)?
Answer: Silence on Self
Question: I am still unable to rid myself of catches and other chakra problems despite years of daily (Sahaja Yoga) footsoaking and treatments. What do I do now?
Question: I am far from a Sahaja Yoga collective. How do I continue practicing Sahaja Yoga?
Question: My collective leader has told me to leave Sahaja Yoga due to some personal problems. What do I do now?
Question: Despite being years in Sahaja Yoga I do not agree with what our leaders are doing. I am thinking of leaving my collective. Can you suggest something that will help me continue on my own?
Question: I am a Muslim who absolutely am against worshipping of any idol or image. How then is Sahaja Yoga and Shri Mataji compatible with Islam?
Question: We are devout Christians who are very uncomfortable with Hindu rituals, and see the same in Sahaja Yoga. Is there any way we can do without such rituals?
Question: You loudly claim on your website that all religions and holy scriptures preach the same message. I don't see such evidence. What have you got to say?
Question: I do not want to meditate on anything non-Christian but agree that the Holy Spirit is feminine. How do I only worship the Holy Spirit but not the Adi Shakti?
Question: My parents and husband are against worshipping Shri Mataji. How can I solve this serious family problem but still continue to practice Sahaja Yoga without their knowledge?
Question: I completely agree with your belief that if you have to take a single step in any direction to seek the Divine you are going the wrong way. How and why did you reach this incredible conclusion only now despite spending so many years meditating, checking the scriptures and listening to Shri Mataji's speeches?
Question: How can we spread Shri Mataji's message successfully? So many have failed all these years and Sahaja Yoga is very slow. Most of the seekers have never heard of Shri Mataji. Other than Her Divine Message what can we teach new seekers that will attract them?
Question: I do not want to follow any religious organization or yoga teacher but still am interested in spirituality. You think that is possible?
Question: My mother-in-law is totally against Shri Mataji and regards Her as just another false guru. But I know Shri Mataji is the Adi Shakti and want to continue. However, I do not want to antagonize my mother-in-law. Any suggestions?
Question: I am a Sikh. I am completely against any Hindu ritual or worshipping of their idols and gods. Sikhism is completely against such practices. But Sahaja Yoga is also so full of such rituals and gods. What have you got to say, being a Sikh yourself?
Question: I am getting somewhat ridiculed for my own spiritual experiences regarding the crown chakra and the divine feminine. People think I'm weird by emphasizing that the Devi is the true nature of brahman and it is creating doubt about my path (despite my own experiences). Should I continue with my meditations and ignore them or try to explain to them? What do you suggest?
Question: There is so much information about yoga and meditation. I am so confused and do not know which path to take. What then is the truth? How do I attain it?
Question: I have been in Sahaja Yoga for years but still do not know what is Self-realization. Can you tell me in detail what you understand by it?
Question: I have been a SY for many years and some of us find shoe- beating and some rituals quite absurd. You also are against them. How then can we solve our subtle system problems without such treatments?
Question: I am a Muslim living in Pakistan who want to practice Sahaja Yoga. But there are no centers here. How can I continue?
Question: What will happen after Shri Mataji passes away? Will She still be in the photograph? Where will the vibrations come from then?
Question: I have just started meditating on Shri Mataji in the Sahasrara but find it very difficult. Is there a better way?
Question: I do not want to join Sahaja Yoga but believe in a number of Shri Mataji's teachings. Can you help me?
Question: I am an established SYogini who am concerned at the way the organization is heading. However, I still want to spread Shri Mataji's teachings. What do you suggest I tell others?
Question: I want to practice meditation but find it impossible to stop the thoughts. I value you opinion. If you don't mind my asking, but how do you do it?
Question: What is the shortest and surest route to realize God?
Question: Some religions claim that humans are divine in nature and that liberation is from within. Can you tell me how all this is realized in such a hectic and materialistic world?
Question: As a SY I am concerned that after Shri Mataji takes Mahasamadhi there will great grief and sense of loss. How can I cope with this eventuality and continue my faith and devotion? Do I continue to meditate on Her photo even though She is not physically present anymore?
Question: Jagbir, you are already telling us to discard Shri Mataji's photo and meditate on Her is the Sahasrara. A number of SYs have been offended by this and have left the forum. What makes you so sure you are right?
Question: What is the most profound and deepest enlightenment you have discovered after all these years, based on the teachings of Shri Mataji? She also claims that all religions teach the same truth about the spirit. How is that so given all the religious differences and centuries-old rivalry?
Question: Hi, man-made religions, sects and denominations are wide spread. So much misdeeds and divisions are committed and blood is shed in the name of God and religion. Is there a way to make humans realize that they are all worshipping the One and same Creator, no matter how different religious organizations have made God to be?
Question: It seems that religions are all preaching about a God that is to be found only in their organizations. Why then is it that the Divine can only be realized through one's own experience? What and where is God then?
Let there be Silence till the end of Navratri 8 October 2008
Yahoo forum post # 18729
Throughout my entire life till 1993, i.e., for my first 42 years of existence, I never knew there was such a thing as a Mother. Today, after 65 years of existence, I know there is nothing else besides the MOTHER.
Navratri is the annual celebration of the Mother. Life is the daily celebration of THE MOTHER ........... every second, hour, day, week ........... every season, year, decade, millennium .................. and every eon, every creation, every dissolution, and recreation.
i am declaring this Truth based on 2% of comprehension of THE MOTHER since 1993. That is the maximum percentage that, in my experience, can be ever attained by me. Only a fool will say 3%. Even 2% is suspect.
To attain this 2% mark requires years/decades of Knowledge and Enlightenment that comes directly from both the Paraclete/Mother without (Shri Mataji) and THE MOTHER within. Beyond the 2%, progress will only come from one overriding and essential fact - Silence!
There can be only one person, and one person only, to whom our present position and progress in enlightenment has been possible. Jesus! If not for Him none of us will be reading these lines. Period!
Happy Navratri to all,
jagbir singh
i consider "The Silence of Buddha and his Contemplation of the Truth" to be a masterpiece of enlightenment. May all read and learn from it. And nothing could be more auspicious than enlightenment during the nine holy days of Navratri that celebrates the Divine Mother who resides within all humans ..... and is our Self!
The last few days/weeks have been so extraordinarily enriching. I feel vindicated to have claimed only 2% enlightenment till date. Thanks.
Gautama Buddha "Buddha was born in or around 563 B.C. into a religious milieu which had in its tradition two distinct approaches to the pursuit and personal discovery of the Truth. The first approach was that of sharpening one's intellect through active engagement in philosophical inquiries. Truth was sought through metaphysical debates and discussions. This approach placed strong emphasis on the power of rational knowledge. The second way was to enter into seclusion and solitude and to search for the Truth in personal silence. Here the emphasis was placed on renunciation, detachment, and an ascetical way of life. Eschewing the first approach, Buddha deliberately and decisively chose the second. Mauna, rendered in English as"silence," was the chief characteristic trait of this path.”- A. J. V. Chandrakanthan
SPIRITUALITY TODAY
Summer 1988, Vol.40 No. 2, pp. 145-156.
Fr. Chandrakanthan earned his doctorate in theology at St. Paul University, Ottawa, where he also teaches Eastern Religions. This article is based on a talk he gave in July, 1986, at the Christian Meditation Centre, London.
A. J. V. Chandrakanthan:
The Silence of Buddha and his Contemplation of the Truth
In the life and teaching of the Buddha, true Silence leads to Truth by avoiding both wordiness and wordlessness because such Silence is Truth.
A philosopher once visited Buddha and asked him: "Without words, without the wordless, will you tell me the truth?” Buddha kept silence.
After a while the philosopher rose up gently, made a solemn bow and thanked Buddha saying: "With your loving kindness, I have cleared away all my delusions and entered the true path.”
When the philosopher had left, Ananda, a senior disciple of Buddha, enquired: "O, Blessed one, what hath this philosopher attained?”
Buddha replied: “A good horse runs even at the shadow of the whip!" (1)
This little anecdote eloquently illustrates the manner and method by which Gautama Buddha sought to experience and express the truth. Buddha's entire life could be briefly summed up as a relentless search, a revolutionary discovery, and a revealing experience of Truth. Stories and anecdotes attributed to him in popular Buddhist legends, like the art, architecture, and sculpture that endeavor to capture and contain the radical mystique of the person of Buddha, often, if not always, present him as a serene, sober, and silent sage. His first disciples and followers also perceived these qualities of serenity, sobriety, and silence as indistinguishable traits of his enlightened personality.
A brief exploration of our little anecdote will unfold to us the importance and the necessity of Silence as an indispensable means towards an interior experience of the Truth. Because as we shall illustrate later, silence at the interior and exterior levels is a sine qua non condition for both meditation and contemplation. In fact, despite the doctrinal differences that separate the various schools of Buddhism,(2) a remarkable unity exists among them in recognizing the indispensability of silence as a powerful catalyst for dhyan or meditation.
BUDDHA: THE SILENT SAGE
Buddha was born in or around 563 B.C. into a religious milieu which had in its tradition two distinct approaches to the pursuit and personal discovery of the Truth. The first approach was that of sharpening one's intellect through active engagement in philosophical inquiries. Truth was sought through metaphysical debates and discussions.(3) This approach placed strong emphasis on the power of rational knowledge. The second way was to enter into seclusion and solitude and to search for the Truth in personal silence.(4) Here the emphasis was placed on renunciation, detachment, and an ascetical way of life. Eschewing the first approach, Buddha deliberately and decisively chose the second. Mauna, rendered in English as "silence," was the chief characteristic trait of this path.
The word mauna is one of the few terms used commonly by all language and religious groups in India. In religious treatises and traditions, this word has a history of its own. Mauna, from which the noun muni, meaning "sage" or "hermit" is derived, has a meaning exorbitantly wealthier than its English counterpart "silence.” Mauna means blissful calmness, joyous recollection, tranquil quietude, and peaceful stillness.
In many of the legends and stories ascribed to Gautama Buddha,(5) he is referred to as Sakyamuni. Literally this means, "the silent one of the Sakya clan.” But the popular use of this name for the Buddha also contains a dual significance. For besides referring to Buddha's clan, in certain Indian languages the word sakya also refers to something "graceful" or "pleasing.” Thus Sakyamuni can also mean "one who is gracefully silent.”
Buddha began his search for the Truth as a muni walking on this graceful path of mauna, whereas the philosopher referred to in the above story symbolizes one who has chosen the first path, that of rational inquiries and metaphysical investigations. A philosopher paying a visit to Buddha to learn about the Truth was thus an exceptionally uncommon event. And because the path opted for by Buddha and the way chosen by the philosopher are two parallel lines that never meet, one can only jump from one to the other. It was indeed a rare event.
The decision of the philosopher to swerve from his path is indicative of his tacit acknowledgement of the limitations and even failures of reason and logic. It points to the philosopher's gross disappointment with metaphysical discussions and debates. He had resolved to eschew both, words (discourses and debates) and the wordless (signs and gestures), and humbly requests Buddha to tell him of the Truth, without using either words or the wordless.
Thus, in the penetrating eyes of the Lord Buddha, the philosopher had become a receptacle ideally prepared to receive the treasure of the Truth. In his humble request, Buddha astutely recognized the sense of defeat and despair.
A great mystic like Buddha could easily sense the interior preparedness of the philosopher, who had unreservedly surrendered himself, with profound trust, docile humility, and audacious hope. The very decision of the philosopher to come to him asking for an experience of the Truth was already a revolutionary step of personal conversion. Thus Buddha did not need any external force to teach him or lead him to the Truth. Neither was there any need to prescribe techniques and exercises or lessons on meditation. For Buddha, the philosopher's sheer openness, the sublime emptiness that could now be filled to the brim, was enough. He therefore compares this philosopher to a good horse that is so watchfully alert and aware that it begins to run if it merely sees the shadow of the whip. The master has only to touch the whip and the horse nearly flies. Buddha has only to look into the eyes of the philosopher and all the teaching that can ever be imparted is readily received.
TRUTH AND SILENCE
In the stories and discourses attributed to Buddha, one can clearly see a close link between Truth and Silence. Wherever Truth is mentioned in reference to Buddha it is always said in relation to Silence. In fact, popular Buddhist religious tradition attests that whenever someone asked Buddha to explain the Truth, he invariably answered by Silence. Thus he gave a new and deep significance to both Truth and Silence. His silence was not a mere absence of speech or words. Buddha's silence was eloquent! It was so blissful and ecstatic that it always provided the perfect answer to those akin to the philosopher in the above anecdote who sincerely sought for the Truth.
For Buddha, Silence as the inevitable path that leads to the Truth is not distinct from the Truth itself. That is, as the way to the Truth, Silence already contains the reality of the Truth. They are two aspects of the same reality.(6) It is no wonder that even in Christian tradition silence is spoken of as the language of God.(7) In Christian terms, we may say that for Buddha, Silence is the sacrament of the Truth.
Satya, the word translated "truth" In English, is one of the oldest words in the Indian religious heritage. It too has a wealth of meanings. Derived from the root sat, meaning "being," "existence," "pure," "holy," "perfect;" (8) etc., satya signifies the Truth in all its unlimited perfection and plenitude. As the ground of all existence, satya can only be experienced through the medium of Silence. It cannot be expressed. The moment one tries to express it, one runs the danger of falsifying it, of rendering it asatya, "untruth.” The fountain of Silence is the sole medium that is capable of delivering the Truth.
Buddha did not communicate any knowledge with his Silence, but he nevertheless communed with seekers of the Truth. He did not offer them a part of his knowledge, but imparted to them an aspect of his being. He used neither words nor the wordless (signs and gestures). Rather, the language he used was Silence in the sense of an effulgent mauna. That is why even a philosopher who counted rational power as the sole source of true knowledge could accept the failure of logic and reason and surrender to Buddha, asking him for the Truth in a medium that does not involve words and the wordless. Perhaps the experience disclosed to the philosopher both the poverty of words and concepts and the paucity of wordlessness, thereby motivating him to choose a medium that transcends them.
Buddha's Silence was not wordlessness or noiselessness. It had a transforming power, permeating and filling the atmosphere around him with such intensity that people seated at his presence experienced "The ineffable and the inexplicable.”His Silence had no movement, yet people around him moved closer to the Truth just by being in his presence, permeated and filled by the effulgence of his joyous stillness. His Silence was contagious. It was like the unseen powers of a magnetic field or the invisible sound waves that travel in the atmosphere.
The close affinity that is said to enjoin Truth with Silence is not uncommon in the mystical traditions of other religions including Christianity. Whether it be in the Sufism of Islam or in the Hasidim of Judaism, silence is always referred to as the prerequisite for an interior experience of the divine. Silence is often eulogized as the language of the heart. Buddha's Silence reveals to us the nature and significance of an ideal form of silence. This becomes more evident when we contrast the mauna with our ordinary experience of silence.
UNQUIET SILENCE
The silence which most of us have experienced or know of is an exterior absence of words or a stillness from noise. During such an experience we may not use words audibly and externally but the mind is unquiet, filled with words and noise, ideas, questions, desires, doubts, and conflicts. All this clouds and confuses the mind; silence is only on the surface. Quietude is only on the periphery. It is only a mirage or a deceptive appearance of Silence, because there is calamity inside and a pretense of calm outside. Such silence can easily be tilted by the least external noise. Instead of resulting in peace this forced stillness will explode into annoyance and irritation.
SPEECHLESS SILENCE
Persons under sudden shock or deeply excited by fear also experience a brief spell of silence. This silence may be wordless or it may render someone momentarily speechless. But there is no lasting peace or quietude. It only causes confusion and chaos, besides accelerating anxiety and tension. It is a silence thrust onto a person from outside and therefore has no natural flow or spontaneity.
TRANQUIL SILENCE
Buddha's Silence is of a third category. His Silence is not forced by any internal or external factors. It is natural and spontaneous, active and sublime. It wells up from the depths of his personality and overflows with a certain rhythm. It is mauna in the fullest sense of the term. It radiates energy and emanates vitality. Peace and joy are inseparably interwoven in its very essence. This Silence is not negative; there is no"Absence"of something. It is wholly positive, pervading the entire atmosphere around him, so that he can just sit without uttering anything and the people around him can receive wisdom. It is this pattern of Silence that the early Buddhist sculptors and artists endeavored to convey in their images and replicas of the Buddha.
Buddha's Silence was the result of a profound harmony within himself and with the world outside. It pointed to a deep concord between the center and periphery of his self and his states of awareness or consciousness. Buddhism refers to seven layers of such consciousness. A joyous quietude is attained when these seven layers throb harmoniously, pulsating in sublime awareness. Buddha is silent because he knows the narrow boundaries of rational knowledge and the blind alleys of metaphysical queries. He knows the frailty and feebleness of words and concepts. His discovery of the language of Silence helped him dispel the inner darkness and void created by a rational thirst for knowledge.(9)
SILENCE AND CONTEMPLATION
As we mentioned earlier, in the Indian languages a contemplative is a muni. Literally, this means"The silent one.”Muni refers to one who is so totally and intensely silent, calm, serene, and recollected that his very presence becomes a pool of energy, radiating an ineffable spirit of stillness. Buddha was a muni par excellence. The strength of his contemplation was rooted in his power of Silence, which led him to enlightenment.
In the Eastern contemplative tradition, the act of doing something is already the thing done. The goal of life for Buddha was the act of living it. Thus Silence as the way to the Truth is itself the Truth. In fact, in Buddha's teaching the four-fold salvific truth(10) incorporates"The path"As one of its constituents, while"The eightfold path" (11) leads to the realization of the Truth.
Buddha persistently refused to define or describe the Truth. It can only be experienced and assimilated. It was part of his very being. It cannot be communicated by words, but can only be shared with someone who possesses the right prerequisites for receiving it into his or her being.
People who came to Buddha with adequate inner preparation received at least some experience of the Truth through their trustful silence. Otherwise it is hard to give any proper interpretation to the"cult of meditation"that is integral to Buddhism and eventually blossomed into Zen. Paintings and sculpture over two thousand years old portray Buddha as a serene and silent sage, a phenomenon found in almost all countries where Buddhism claims adherents.(12) It further confirms that this elegant and eloquent trait of Buddha's personality had a universal attraction and appeal for over the millennia.
In the Christian mystical and contemplative tradition, silence is strongly recommended as an ingredient of the religio-spiritual quest. The Desert Fathers and the later monastic tradition stress the role of silence for interior spiritual growth. St. Benedict advises his followers," Monks ought to be zealous for silence at all times ...” (13) Silence creates an atmosphere and an attitude for listening and receptivity, for response and recollection. Only thus can the Truth, that is, the Divine Reality, be able to permeate our entire being.
A major question arises: how is this ideal form of Silence to be embraced? Can anyone experience it? Buddha himself provides the answer. It lies in the Buddhist understanding of the richness of emptiness.(14) As long as a person is willing to become empty(15) of all forms of desires and attachments, both within and without, and learns to avoid using any self-suppressive force, the path of silence is very accessible. It should be undertaken in an attitude of total self-surrender, humility, and trust. Otherwise it is very hard to quiet the mind, which is always clouded with thoughts and concerned with the deceptive power of the ego. This is possible only by incessant practice induced by the desire to reach into the very core of one's"Inner-self.”
A story of one of the Buddha's disciples can help us to discern how the process of achieving emptiness is an ideal means of attaining the Truth:
Subhuti was one of Buddha's disciples. He was able to understand the potency of emptiness: the viewpoint that nothing exists except in its relationship of subjectivity and objectivity.(16)
One day, when Subhuti was sitting under a tree in a mood of sublime emptiness, flowers began to fall around him.
"We are praising you for your discourse on emptiness;' the gods whispered to him.
'But I have not spoken of emptiness;' said Subhuti.
"You have not spoken of emptiness, we have not heard emptiness," responded the gods.”This is true emptiness.”
And the blossoms showered upon Subhuti like rain.(l7)
This is the only story that exists about Subhuti. There is nothing remarkable about him simply because he was one of Buddha's numerous disciples. Tradition affirms that already during his lifetime, Buddha had some outstanding persons, kings and scholars, as his disciples. But the gods did not choose them. They chose the unknown Subhuti. Herein lies the key to the Buddhist notion of emptiness, which can be understood and cherished only by being empty.
Like tranquil silence, emptiness cannot be expressed. The moment an effort is made to express it, it loses its value. It is no longer emptiness. Because in"true emptiness"even the experience disappears. This is the significance of the Buddhist notion of sunyata, the attitude that Buddha had when he left the palace and chose to become a sage. It is not a negative emptiness, but a sublime emptiness that becomes the firm foundation on which the edifice of silence can stand.
For a few elusive moments, all of us have had glimpses of emptiness and experiences of silence. But as long as the mind is there, or the ego is there, such moments pass like a dream. The closer we move towards silent emptiness, the more elusive it becomes. To grasp this moment one has to be securely rooted in openness and humility. Only then can we who are temples of the Holy Spirit can become the sanctuary of the Truth.
JESUS AS THE WAY AND THE TRUTH
The striking affinity that binds truth with silence is not uncommon in Christian tradition. We come to experience Jesus the Truth by following Jesus the Way.(18) The challenge is to travel with Jesus in our own historical context. Through this same process we can also come to experience Jesus as the Truth.
In the Gospel of John, Jesus reveals the subtle dimensions of the Truth when he says, "The Truth shall set you free" And "you shall worship in Spirit and Truth.”This gospel also presents an incident not very dissimilar to that of the story at the beginning of this article. On the very eve of Jesus' death, a knowledgeable Roman governor asked him, "What is Truth?” (John 18:38). Little did Pilate realize that Truth in its plenitude was standing before him. Jesus' answer to Pilate was very similar to that of Buddha to the philosopher—communing or conveying the Truth in Silence. But unlike the philosopher, Pilate lost the greatest opportunity he was ever afforded.
SILENCE TODAY
More than ever before, people today feel the need for silence, meditation, and contemplation. The growing number of Christian mediation groups in Europe and North America, like the mushrooming of ashrams and hermitages in South Asia, very clearly indicates their deep spiritual longing for an interior experience of the Truth through a process of silence and stillness.
Mahatma Gandhi entitled his autobiography Satya Sodhana, "an experiment with Truth.” Regularly observing one day of the week as a day of mauna viradha, "fasting by silence," Gandhi described it as one which filled him with the vitality and strength necessary for him to generate Truth to others. For him, satyagraha, "insistence on truth," was an inseparable part of life. Gandhi is also reported to have said that on this day of silent fast, he was more in contact with his inner self and feelings than with the reality of God. It was thus not so much a day of prayer as one of personal reconciliation with his inner conflicts. When these conflicts are resolved, prayer blossoms as its joyous result. Such prayer gives peace and solace, comfort and consolation. Prayer and meditation are not just ways of learning to relax with God.
Today's world is a world of the outer. It has sought and bought the outer at the cost and expense of the inner. Hence the need to return to the source and the center of ourselves in Silence and solitude to discover the treasure of the Truth buried within. As a priceless statement attributed to Buddha has it, "As long as I had no knowledge of the treasures within me, all outside things seemed valuable. Now since I have found the diamond within, all earthly diamonds have paled into insignificance.”
1) Paul Reps, (ed.), Zen Flesh, Zen Bones (London: Penguin Books, reprinted 1982), pp. 119-120.
2) The major schools of Buddhism are known as Mahayana (practiced in China, Japan, Korea, and Vietnam), Theravada or Hinayana (practiced in Burma, Ceylon, India, Laos, and Campuchea), Ch'n or Zen (China and Japan) and Tibetan Buddhism.
3) R.E. Hume, (ed.) The Thirteen Principal Upanishads (London: Oxford University Press, revised and reprinted, 1934), p. 30. See also Brihad-Aranyaka Upanishad, 5.1 to 6.5 and Mundaka Upanishad, 3.1.1 to 3.2.11.
4) For some pertinent religious texts see R.M. Panikkar, (ed.), Matranmanjari: The Vedic Experience, (University of California Press, 1977), pp. 250, 264, 412, 629-630.
5) Gautama was the family name of Buddha. Siddhartha was the name given to him by his parents. "Buddha," in fact, is a title rather than a name, meaning "The blessed" or "enlightened one.” The name Sakyamuni is used in later legends and literature.
6) See Joel Giallanza, "Silence as a Second Language" in Review for Religious, 46 (1986: 453-457.
7) Ibid.
8) R. M. Panikkar, op. cit., pp. 60-66, 110-111, 123-124, 716-720, and 740-742.
9) Ninian Smart, The Religious Experience of Mankind (London: Collins, 1986), pp. 109-117.
10) Buddhist traditions maintain that "The Four Noble Truths" were pronounced by Buddha when he delivered his first sermon. Briefly the Four Noble or Great Truths are: 1) Sorrow is associated with all stages of life (i.e. birth, aging, death etc.). 2) Selfish desire is the cause of all sorrow. 3) Emancipation from sorrow is possible only by abandoning all selfish desires. 4) The Eightfold Path is the means by which human beings can overcome all selfish cravings or desires. I have translated the word duhkka as "sorrow" but it also means "misery," "pain," and "anguish.” For more on this see P.L. Narasu, The Essence of Buddhism (Delhi: Bharatya Publishing House, 1979), pp. 128-133.
11) The Eightfold Path is said to contain the scheme of spiritual self-development leading to enlightenment. It consists of 1) right understanding, 2) right aspiration, 3) right speech, 4) right action, 5) right pursuits (including means of livelihood), 6) right effort, 7) right attitudes, and 8) right concentration or contemplation.
12) The paintings and sculptures of Buddha found in Burma, India, Sri Lanka, Japan, Thailand, Korea, and Vietnam are illustrations of this phenomena.
13) Rule of St. Benedict, Chap. 42.
14) The word sunyata is used in Buddhism to refer to the notion of emptiness. The religious significance of this term is very much similar to that of the Greek word kenosis, used by St. Paul, (esp. Phil. 2:6). Sunyata means emptiness as openness, freedom and fullness. See A.J.V. Chandrakanthan, "The Richness of Emptiness in Religious Life," a talk given on the occasion of the Silver jubilee celebrations of Sr. Anne Leonard, R.S.C.J., Canadian Provincial of the Religious of the Sacred Heart of Jesus, (mimeographed), Ottawa, 1987, pp. 2-9.
15) For more on the Buddhist understanding of emptiness, see F.J. Streng, Emptiness: A Study in Religious Meaning (Nashville, TN: Abingdon Press, 1967), pp. 43-81.
16) In Buddhism and Zen, the distinction between subjectivity and objectivity means that reality is to be understood in terms of its impermanent relationships, e.g. a middle-class rich man compared to a millionaire is a poor man.
17) Paul Reps, op. cit., p. 43.
18) Jon Sobrino, The True Church and the Poor (Maryknoll, NY: Orbis Books, 1984), p. 24.
“Now what is the Holy Ghost? The Holy Ghost is the Primordial Mother. But people never talked about Mother. They talked of the Father and the Son. Imagine, a father and a son and no mother. It is absurd. Have you seen any father and a son without a mother? Such an absurd situation comes in that people accepted because it's all mental. Somebody tells you, "No, it?s a mystery, there's no Mother," and people accepted it.
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Paula O'Neil has inherited her grandmother Emma Harte's dream for success-a magnificent business empire in London shared by Paula's daughters, Linnet and Tessa. Yet their future is far less secure than any woman imagines. For beneath the dazzling surface, flares a rivalry and discontent that leave them vulnerable to the dreams of others.Into the fray arrives enigmatic American fashion designer Evan Hughes seeking employment. But her interest in the Harte dynasty is a personal one. Bearing a striking resemblance to the Harte lineage, Evan's arrival begins to unravel a mystery that hides in the family's shadows, and that waits to be revealed in Emma's long-lost diaries.Now as the past unfolds, so emerges an extraordinary tale of money and power, passion and revenge, and survival and triumph at any price-one that will irrevocably change the lives and loves of four women and shake an empire to its very foundation.
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Physical, Thermal, and Spectroscopic Characterization of Biofield Energy Treated Murashige and Skoog Plant Cell Culture Media
Mahendra Kumar Trivedi1, Alice Branton1, Dahryn Trivedi1, Gopal Nayak1, Khemraj Bairwa2, Snehasis Jana2, *
1Trivedi Global Inc., Henderson, USA
2Trivedi Science Research Laboratory Pvt. Ltd., Bhopal, Madhya Pradesh, India
(S. Jana)
Mahendra Kumar Trivedi, Alice Branton, Dahryn Trivedi, Gopal Nayak, Khemraj Bairwa, Snehasis Jana. Physical, Thermal, and Spectroscopic Characterization of Biofield Energy Treated Murashige and Skoog Plant Cell Culture Media. Cell Biology. Vol. 3, No. 4, 2015, pp. 50-57. doi: 10.11648/j.cb.20150304.11
Abstract: The Murashige and Skoog medium (MS media) is a chemically defined and widely used as a growth medium for plant tissue culture techniques. The present study was attempted to evaluate the impact of biofield energy treatment on the physical, thermal, and spectral properties of MS media. The study was performed in two groups; one was kept as control while another was subjected to Mr. Trivedi's biofield energy treatment and coded as treated group. Afterward, both the control and treated samples were analyzed using various analytical techniques. The X-ray diffraction (XRD) analysis showed 19.92% decrease in the crystallite size of treated sample with respect to the control. The thermogravimetric analysis (TGA) showed the increase in onset temperature of thermal degradation (Tonset) by 9.41% and 10.69% in first and second steps of thermal degradation, respectively after the biofield energy treatment as compared to the control. Likewise, Tmax (maximum thermal degradation temperature) was increased by 17.43% and 28.61% correspondingly in the first and second step of thermal degradation in the treated sample as compared to the control. The differential scanning calorimetry (DSC) analysis indicated the 143.51% increase in the latent heat of fusion of the treated sample with respect to the control sample. The Fourier transform infrared spectroscopy (FT-IR) spectrum of treated MS media showed the alteration in the frequency such as 3165→3130 cm-1 (aromatic C-H stretching); 2813→2775 cm-1 (aliphatic C-H stretching); 1145→1137 cm-1 (C-N stretching), 995→1001 cm-1 (S=O stretching), etc. in the treated sample with respect to the control. The UV spectra of control and treated MS media showed the similar absorbance maxima (λmax) i.e. at 201 and 198 nm, respectively. The XRD, TGA-DTG, DSC, and FT-IR results suggested that Mr. Trivedi's biofield energy treatment has the impact on physical, thermal, and spectral properties of the MS media. As a result, the treated MS media could be more stable than the control, and might be used as better media in the plant tissue culture technique.
Keywords: Biofield Energy Treatment, Murashige and Skoog Medium, X-ray Diffraction, Fourier Transform Infrared Spectroscopy
Abstract Keywords 1. Introduction 2. Materials and Methods 2.1. Study Design 2.2. XRD Study 2.3. TGA-DTG Analysis 2.4. DSC Study 2.5. FT-IR Spectroscopic Characterization 2.6. UV-Vis Spectroscopic Analysis 3. Results and Discussion 3.1. XRD Analysis 3.2. TGA-DTG Analysis 3.3. DSC Analysis 3.4. FT-IR Spectroscopic Analysis 3.5. UV-Vis Spectroscopic Characterization 4. Conclusions Acknowledgements References
The optimum growth and development of plant tissues are vary among the plants according to their nutritive requirements [1]. The tissues from different plant parts may also have different requirements for appropriate growth. Furthermore, the plant species are sensitive to growth regulators and high salts [2]. Therefore, the tissue culture medium was selected based on the species to be cultured. Development of culture medium was a consequence of several systematic experimentation and trials [2,3]. An ideal plant tissue culture media should contain the constituents such as micronutrients (<0.5 mM/L), macronutrients (>0.5 mM/L), amino acids, nitrogen supplements, vitamins, carbon source, undefined organic supplements, plant growth regulators and solidifying agents such as agar [4,5]. The Murashige and Skoog media (MS media) is a chemically defined and most suitable classic plant cell culture medium, consisting vitamins, carbohydrates, and inorganic salts [6]. Ammonium nitrate and potassium nitrate serves as the nitrogen sources, while sucrose was used as the source of carbohydrate. The MS medium was first invented by Toshio Murashige and Folke Skoog to support the tobacco callus and regeneration of shoots and plantlets from the explants [6,7]. Autoclaving or heat treatment is the standard method of culture media sterilization [8]. However, the extensive heat treatment of complex culture media may result in nutrient destruction via the direct thermal degradation or chemical reactions between the components [9]. Therefore, it is advantageous to find out an alternative approach that can enhance the thermal stability of culture media.
Recently, the energy therapies have been reported for several beneficial effects throughout the world. Biofield energy treatment is the part of energy therapy that has been reported to alter the numerous physicochemical and spectral properties of organic compounds [10] and organic products [11]. The National Institute of Health/National Center for Complementary and Alternative Medicine (NIH/NCCAM) considered the healing energy or the putative energy fields treatment under the subcategory of energy therapies [12]. The energy therapies such as magnet therapy, bio-electromagnetic therapy, healing touch, etc. comprise low-level of energy field interactions [13]. Numerous mechanism and explanations are proposed in support of the biofield energy therapies including the consciousness. It is described as healer's intent to heal, which may interact with the physical realm [14]. Similarly, physical resonance is another concept that includes subtle energies. According to this, the energy might exchange between the energy fields of patient and therapist [15]. Thus, the human can harness the energy from Universe and transmit it to the objects (living or non-living). The objects receive this energy and respond in a useful way. This process is called as biofield energy treatment. Mr. Trivedi is well known for his unique biofield energy treatment (The Trivedi Effect/sup>) that has been studied in the field of biotechnology [16], agricultural science [17], microbiology [18], etc.
Therefore, after considering the significant impact of biofield energy treatment in different areas, this study was attempted to evaluate its impact on the plant cell culture media such as MS media. The biofield energy treated MS media, and the respective control sample were analyzed using several analytical techniques such as X-ray diffractometry (XRD), thermogravimetric analysis-derivative thermogravimetry (TGA-DTG), Differential scanning calorimetry (DSC), Fourier transform infrared (FT-IR) spectroscopy, and ultraviolet-visible (UV-vis) spectroscopy.
2.1. Study Design
The MS media was procured from HiMedia Laboratories, India. It contained several inorganic salts such as ammonium nitrate, EDTA, ferrous sulphate, magnesium sulphate, myo-inositol, potassium nitrate, potassium phosphate, sucrose, etc. (Table 1). The MS media was divided into two groups; one was kept as control while another was handed over to Mr. Trivedi to render the biofield energy treatment under standard laboratory conditions. Mr. Trivedi provided the biofield energy treatment to the treated group via his unique energy harnessing process without touching the sample. Subsequently, both the control and treated samples were analyzed with respect to physicochemical and spectroscopic properties using various analytical techniques such as XRD, TGA-DTG, DSC, FT-IR, and UV-vis spectroscopy.
Table 1. Chemical composition of Murashige and Skoog media.
S. No. Ingredients mg/L
1 Ammonium nitrate 1650.000
2 Boric acid 6.200
3 Cobalt chloride.6H2O 0.025
4 Copper sulphate.5H2O 0.025
5 EDTA disodium salt.2H2O 37.300
6 Ferrous sulphate.7H2O 27.800
7 Glycine (Free base) 2.000
8 Magnesium sulphate 180.690
9 Manganese sulphate.H2O 16.900
10 Molybdic acid (sodium salt).2H2O 0.250
11 myo-Inositol 100.000
12 Nicotinic acid (Free acid) 0.500
13 Potassium iodide 0.830
14 Potassium nitrate 1900.000
15 Potassium phosphate monobasic 170.000
16 Pyridoxine hydrochloride 0.500
17 Sucrose 30000.000
18 Thiamine hydrochloride 0.100
19 Zinc sulphate.7H2O 8.600
2.2. XRD Study
The XRD analysis of control and treated samples of MS media was done on PW 1710 Phillips Holland X-ray diffractometer with copper anode and nickel filter. The wavelength of XRD system was set to 1.54056 The percent change in crystallite size (G) was calculated using following equation:
G = [(GT-GC)/GC] 100
Here, GT and GC are the crystallite size of treated and control samples, respectively.
2.3. TGA-DTG Analysis
The TGA-DTG analysis of control and treated samples was carried out on Mettler Toledo simultaneous TGA/DTG STARe SW 8.10 thermal analyzer. The analytes were heated up to 400°C from room temperature at the heating rate of 5°C /min under air atmosphere. The onset temperature of thermal degradation (Tonset) and the temperature at which maximum weight loss occur (Tmax) were obtained from TGA-DTG thermograms.
2.4. DSC Study
The melting temperature and latent heat of fusion of control and treated MS media were determined using the Pyris-6 Perkin Elmer differential scanning calorimeter. The samples were heated up to 300°C at the heating rate of 10°C/min under air atmosphere with air flow rate of 5 mL/min.
2.5. FT-IR Spectroscopic Characterization
The FT-IR spectroscopic analysis of control and treated samples of MS media was carried out on Shimadzu's Fourier transform infrared spectrometer (Japan) in the frequency region of 500-4000 cm-1. The samples for FT-IR analysis were prepared by mixing of MS media sample (1%) with KBr powder and then pressed to a disc or pellets.
2.6. UV-Vis Spectroscopic Analysis
The UV-vis spectra of control and treated MS media were recorded on Shimadzu's UV spectrometer (2400 PC). The instrument was equipped with quartz cell of 1 cm with a slit width of 2.0 nm. The samples were analyzed at the UV wavelength region of 200-400 nm.
3.1. XRD Analysis
Fig. 1. XRD diffractograms of control and treated Murashige and Skoog media.
The XRD diffractograms of control and treated MS media are shown in Fig. 1. The XRD diffractograms showed the sharp and intense peaks in both the samples. This suggested the crystalline nature of control and treated MS media. The XRD diffractogram of control MS media showed the peaks at Bragg's angle (2θ) equal to 23.35 29.29 32.25 33.67 and 40.92 Similarly, the XRD diffractogram of treated MS media exhibited the XRD peaks at 2θ equal to 23.39 23.69 29.28 33.67 and 46.64 The result showed that positions of XRD peaks in biofield energy treated sample were slightly altered with respect to the control sample peaks. It is reported that due to the presence of internal strain within the molecules the positions and shape of X-ray diffraction peaks can alter [19]. Based on this, it is hypothesized that the biofield energy treatment possibly produced some internal strain within the treated sample. Furthermore, the average crystallite sizes of both the samples were determined using Scherrer equation [20].
The result exhibited the crystallite size of the control and treated samples as 95.53 and 76.25 nm, respectively. The result showed 19.92% decrease in the crystallite size of treated sample as compared to the control (Fig. 2). It was reported that increase in lattice strain may reduce the crystallite size of the sample [21,22]. Therefore, it presumed that biofield energy had induced some lattice strain within the treated molecules of MS media. As a result, the grains were fractured into sub grains that could lead to decrease the crystallite size of the treated sample as compared to the control. This decrease in crystallite size of the treated sample might enhance its solubility as compared to the corresponding control during the preparation of culture media for plant tissue culture [23].
Fig. 2. Crystallite size of control and treated Murashige and Skoog media.
The TGA/DTG thermograms of control and treated MS media are shown in Fig. 3. The TGA thermogram of control sample showed the three steps of thermal degradation process. The first step was started at 85°C (Tonset) and terminated at 148°C (Tendset) with 3.33% weight loss. During this phase, the maximum thermal degradation (Tmax) was observed at 120.5°C. The second step was started from 159°C and terminated at 202°C with a percent weight loss of 12.24% and Tmax of 180°C. Similarly, the third step was initiated at 210°C and terminated at 258°C with Tmax of 233°C and 12.6% of sample loss. The results exhibited a cumulative 28.17% weight loss during first, second and third steps of thermal degradation. On the other hand, the treated sample showed the two steps of thermal degradation. The first step was initiated at 93°C, which was ended at 170°C with 9.05% weight loss and Tmax of 141.5°C. The second step was initiated at 176°C and terminated at 245°C with Tmax of 231.5°C, and 7.78% sample loss. This showed the cumulative 16.87% weight loss during the first and second steps of thermal degradation.
Overall, the TGA/DTG study revealed the increase in Tonset by 9.51% (in first step) and 10.69% (in second step) in the biofield energy treated sample as compared to the control. Furthermore, the Tmax was increased by 17.43% and 28.61% in first and second steps of thermal degradation in treated sample with respect to the control. The increase in Tonset and Tmax of both the steps in treated sample suggested the increased thermal stability as compared to the control [24]. Further, the decreases in cumulative percent weight loss during the thermal degradation process in treated sample also suggested its enhanced thermal stability than the control [25,26]. Based on this, it is assumed that the biofield treated MS media is thermally more stable than the control sample.
Fig. 3. TGA-DTG thermograms of control and treated Murashige and Skoog media.
3.3. DSC Analysis
The DSC analysis was performed to determine the latent heat of fusion (ΔH) and the melting temperature of both the control and treated MS media. A considerable amount of interaction force present in the chemical bonds of any substance holds them tightly on their positions. The energy required to overcome the interaction force during the phase change (i.e. solid into liquid) is termed as the ΔH. The DSC thermograms (Fig. 4) of MS media showed the latent heat of fusion as 28.68 J/g in the control and 69.84 J/g in the treated sample (Table 2). This showed about 143.51% increase in the latent heat of fusion of treated sample as compared to the control sample. It might be due to increase in intermolecular force after the biofield energy treatment of MS media than the corresponding control. Consequently, the treated MS media molecules absorbed more heat (ΔH) to change the phase from solid to liquid as compared to the control. Previously, our group has reported the biofield energy treatment induced alteration in ΔH in organic products such as bile salt and proteose peptone [27]. Therefore, it is supposed that biofield treatment might increase the intermolecular interaction forces in treated MS media molecules, which may lead to increase its latent heat of fusion.
Moreover, the DSC thermograms of MS media exhibited the melting temperature at 132.21°C in control and 132.07°C in treated sample (Table 2). The result showed no significant change in the melting temperature of the treated sample with respect to the control.
Table 2. Thermal analysis of control and treated samples of Murashige and Skoog media.
Parameter Control Treated
Onset temperature (°C) 85.00 93.00
Tmax (°C) 120.50 141.50
Latent heat of fusion (J/g) 28.68 69.84
Melting point (°C) 132.21 132.07
Tmax: temperature at maximum weight loss occurs.
Fig. 4. DSC thermograms of control and treated Murashige and Skoog media.
3.4. FT-IR Spectroscopic Analysis
FT-IR spectra of the control and treated MS media are shown in Fig. 5. The contents like inorganic salt, plant growth regulators, and carbohydrates comprised in MS media may contain functional groups such as O-H, N-H, C-H, C=C, N=O, C-O, etc. Therefore, the FT-IR spectra of MS media may be expected with the vibrational frequencies associated with these groups. The vibration peak at 3546 cm-1 in control and 3543 cm-1 in treated sample were assigned to O-H stretching. The vibration peak at 3165 cm-1 in control sample was assigned to aromatic C-H stretching that was shifted to lower frequency region i.e. at 3130 cm-1 after the biofield energy treatment. The position of IR peak in the FT-IR spectrum depends on the force constant and the dipole moment of respective bond. The increase in dipole moment or force constant in the same atomic bond cause to increase in the frequency (upstream shift) and vice versa [28,29]. Based on this, it is hypothesized that the force constant or dipole moment of aromatic C-H might decrease; therefore, the IR peak of aromatic C-H was shifted to lower frequency region.
The IR peak at 2895 cm-1in control sample was assigned to aliphatic C-H3 stretching. This peak was shifted to 2902 cm-1in the treated sample. Furthermore, the peak at 2813 cm-1in control sample was assigned to aliphatic C-H2, which was shifted to lower frequency region i.e. at 2775 cm-1in the treated sample. This might be due to alteration in force constant or dipole moment of CH3 and CH2 group in treated sample with respect to the control. The IR peak at 1762 cm-1 in control and treated sample were assigned to N=O stretching due to nitrate salt (ammonium nitrate or potassium nitrate) present in the sample.
In addition, the peaks at 1398 cm-1 in control and 1402 cm-1 in treated samples were assigned to asymmetric NO3 vibration. Likely, the IR peak at 825 cm-1 in both the control and treated sample was attributed to symmetric vibration of NO3 group, possibly due to nitrate salts [30]. The IR peak at 1626 cm-1 in control was assigned to C=C stretching, which was slightly sifted to 1620 cm-1 in the treated sample. This showed the decrease in force constant of C=C bond of treated sample as compared to the control. The peak at 1145 cm-1 in the control sample was assigned to C-N stretching (might be due to EDTA) that was shifted to 1137 cm-1 in the treated sample. It suggested the reduction in force constant or dipole moment of C-N bond after the biofield energy treatment as compared to the control. The IR peak at 995 cm-1 in control was attributed to S=O stretching possibly due to presence of sulfates salts such as magnesium sulphate and manganese sulphate comprised in MS media [31]. This S=O stretching peak was sifted to 1001 cm-1 in the treated sample. The IR peaks at 603-663 cm-1 in control and 603-657 cm-1 in the treated sample were assigned to C-S stretching, possibly due to thiamine hydrochloride, present in the MS media [32]. Overall, the FT-IR data suggested that biofield energy treatment acted at the molecular level of treated MS media and altered the dipole moment or force constant with respect to the corresponding control sample.
Fig. 5. FT-IR spectra of control and treated Murashige and Skoog media.
3.5. UV-Vis Spectroscopic Characterization
The UV spectra of both the control and treated MS media are shown in Fig. 6. It showed the absorbance maxima (λmax) at 201 nm in control sample and 198 nm in treated sample. It is reported that the UV absorbance occurred due to excitation of electrons from highest energy occupied molecular orbital (HOMO) to lowest energy unoccupied molecular orbital (LUMO) [33]. However, the UV analysis of MS media showed no change in the λmax of biofield treated sample as compared to the control. It indicated that energy gap between the HOMO and LUMO was not altered in the treated sample as compared to the control.
Fig. 6. UV spectra of control and treated MS media.
The XRD study revealed the crystalline nature of both the control and treated samples. Moreover, the crystallite size of biofield treated sample was significantly decreased (19.92%) as compared to the control. This might be due to the fracturing of grains into sub grains caused by biofield induced lattice strain in the treated MS media. The TGA-DTG study revealed the considerable increase of Tonset in treated sample by 9.41% (in first step) and 10.69% (in second step) as compared to the control. Similarly, Tmax was increased by 17.43% and 28.61% in first and second steps of thermal degradation, respectively in the treated sample as compared to the control. This showed the increase in the thermal stability of treated sample with respect to the control. The DSC analysis showed the 143.51% increase in the latent heat of fusion of treated sample as compared to the control sample. The FT-IR spectral analysis showed the alteration in the vibrational frequency of functional groups such as aromatic and aliphatic C-H, C=C, C-N, and S=O in the treated sample with respect to the control. This might be due to alteration in the force constant or dipole moment of respective groups in treated sample as compared to the control.
Based on these results, it is suggested that Mr. Trivedi's biofield energy treatment has the significant impact on the physical, thermal and spectral properties of MS media. As a result, the treated MS media could be utilized as a better medium in the plant tissue culture.
NIH: National Institute of Health; NCCAM: National Center for Complementary and Alternative Medicine; TGA: Thermogravimetric analysis; FT-IR: Fourier transform infrared.
The authors are thankful to Trivedi Master Wellness, Trivedi Testimonials, and Trivedi Science for their sturdy support during this study. Authors would also like to acknowledge the entire team of MGV pharmacy college, Nashik for providing the instrumental facility, used in this study.
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Pure and Applied Mathematics Journal
Fixed Point Theorems for Occasionally Weakly Compatible Maps in Intuitionistic Fuzzy Semi- Metric Space
Harpreet Kaur1, Saurabh Manro2
1Department of Mathematics, Desh Bhagat University, Mandi Gobindgarh, India
2School of Mathematics and Computer Applications, Thapar University, Patiala, India
(S. Manro)
Harpreet Kaur, Saurabh Manro. Fixed Point Theorems for Occasionally Weakly Compatible Maps in Intuitionistic Fuzzy Semi- Metric Space. Pure and Applied Mathematics Journal. Vol. 4, No. 4, 2015, pp. 155-158. doi: 10.11648/j.pamj.20150404.13
Abstract: In this paper, using the concept of occasionally weakly compatible maps, we prove common fixed point theorems for two maps and pairs of maps in intuitionistic fuzzy semi-metric space. Example is also given to prove the validity of proved results. Our results extends and generalizes various known fixed point theorems in the setting of metric, fuzzy, intuitionistic fuzzy and modified fuzzy metric spaces.
Keywords: Intuitionistic Fuzzy Semi- Metric Space, Occasionally Weakly Compatible Maps, Weakly Compatible Maps
1. Introduction 2. Preliminaries 3. Main Results 4. Conclusion
Atanassove[2] introduced and studied the concept of intuitionistic fuzzy sets as a generalization of fuzzy sets. In 2004, Park[13] defined the notion of intuitionistic fuzzy metric space with the help of continuous t-norms and continuous t-conorms. Recently, in 2006, Alaca et al.[1] using the idea of Intuitionistic fuzzy sets, defined the notion of intuitionistic fuzzy metric space with the help of continuous t-norm and continuous t- conorms as a generalization of fuzzy metric space due to Kramosil and Michalek[6] . In 2006, Turkoglu[14] proved Jungck’s[4] common fixed point theorem in the setting of intuitionistic fuzzy metric spaces for commuting mappings. Later, various authors (see, [7-12]) proved various fixed point theorems in the setting of intuitionistic fuzzy metric space. In this paper, using the concept of occasionally weakly compatible maps, we prove common fixed point theorems for two maps and pairs of maps in intuitionistic fuzzy semi-metric space. Example is also given to prove the validity of proved results. Our results extends and generalizes various known fixed point theorems (see, [3], [5]) in the setting of metric, fuzzy, intuitionistic fuzzy and modified fuzzy metric spaces.
2. Preliminaries
The concepts of triangular norms (t –norm) and triangular conorms (t- conorm) are known as the axiomatic skelton that we use are characterization fuzzy intersections and union respectively. These concepts were originally introduced by Menger in study of statistical metric spaces.
Definition 2.1:[1] A binary operation * : [0,1]×[0,1] ® [0,1] is continuous t-norm if * is satisfies the following conditions: for all a, b, c, d [0,1],
(i) * is commutative and associative;
(ii) * is continuous;
(iii) a * 1 = a;
(iv) a * b £ c * d whenever a £ c and b £ d.
Definition 2.2:[1] A binary operation ◊ : [0,1]×[0,1] ® [0,1] is continuous t-conorm if ◊ is satisfies the following conditions: for all a, b, c, d [0,1],
(i) ◊ is commutative and associative;
(ii) ◊ is continuous;
(iii) a ◊ 0 = a;
(iv) a ◊ b £ c ◊ d whenever a £ c and b £ d.
Alaca et al.[1] defined the notion of intuitionistic fuzzy metric space as follows :
Definition 2.3: A 5-tuple (X, M, N, *, ◊) is said to be an intuitionistic fuzzy metric space if X is an arbitrary set, * is a continuous t-norm, ◊ is a continuous t-conorm and M, N are fuzzy sets on X2×[0, ∞) satisfying the following conditions: for all x, y, z X and s, t > 0,
(i) M(x, y, t) + N(x, y, t) £ 1;
(ii) M(x, y, 0) = 0;
(iii) M(x, y, t) = 1 if and only if x = y;
(iv) M(x, y, t) = M(y, x, t);
(v) M(x, y, t) * M(y, z, s) £ M(x, z, t + s);
(vi) M(x, y, .) : [0, ∞) → [0,1] is left continuous;
(vii) limt→∞M(x, y, t) = 1;
(viii) N(x, y, 0) = 1;
(ix) N(x, y, t) = 0 if and only if x = y;
(x) N(x, y, t) = N(y, x, t);
(xi) N(x, y, t) ◊ N(y, z, s) ≥ N(x, z, t + s);
(xii) N(x, y, .) : [0, ∞)→[0,1] is right continuous;
(xiii) limt→∞N(x, y, t) = 0.
Then (M, N) is called an intuitionistic fuzzy metric space on X. The functions M(x, y, t) and N(x, y, t) denote the degree of nearness and the degree of non-nearness between x and y w.r.t. t respectively.
If only (i), (ii), (iii), (iv), (viii), (ix), (x) holds, then the 5-tuple (X, M, N, *, ◊) is said to be fuzzy semi – metric (symmetric) space.
Remark 2.1.[1] Every fuzzy metric space (X, M, *) is an intuitionistic fuzzy metric space of the form (X, M, 1-M, *, ◊) such that t-norm * and t-conorm ◊ are associated as x ◊ y = 1-((1-x) * (1-y)) for all x, y X.
Lemma 2.1:[1] In intuitionistic fuzzy metric space (X, M, N, *, ◊), M(x, y, .) is non-decreasing and N(x, y, .) is non-increasing for all x, y X.
Definition 2.4:[1] Let (X, M, N, *, ◊) be an intuitionistic fuzzy semi-metric space. Then
(a) a sequence {xn} in X is said to be Cauchy sequence if, for all t > 0 and p > 0,
limn→∞M(xn+p, xn, t) = 1 and limn→∞N(xn+p, xn, t) = 0.
(b) a sequence {xn} in X is said to be convergent to a point x X if, for all t > 0,
limn→∞M(xn, x, t) = 1 and limn→∞N(xn, x, t) = 0.
Definition 2.5:[1] An intuitionistic fuzzy semi-metric space (X, M, N, *, ◊) is said to be complete if and only if every Cauchy sequence in X is convergent.
Example 2.1:[1] Let X = { : n } {0} and let * be the continuous t-norm and ◊ be the continuous t-conorm defined by a * b = ab and a ◊ b = min{1, a + b} respectively, for all a, b in [0, 1]. For each t > 0 and x, y X, define (M, N) by
M(x, y, t) =
N(x, y, t) =
Clearly, (X, M, N, *, ◊) is complete intuitionistic fuzzy metric space.
Definition 2.6:[4] A pair of self mappings ( f , g ) of a intuitionistic fuzzy semi-metric space (X, M, N, *, ◊) is said to be commuting if
M( fgx , gfx , t ) = 1 and
N( fgx , gfx , t ) = 0 for all x in X.
M( fgx , gfx , t ) = 1 and N( fgx , gfx , t ) = 0 for all x in X.
Definition 2.8:[4] A pair of self mappings ( f , g ) of a intuitionistic fuzzy semi-metric space (X, M, N, *, ◊) is said to be weakly commuting if
M( fgx , gfx , t ) ≥ M(fx, gx, t) and
N( fgx , gfx , t ) ≤ N(fx, gx, t)
for all x in X and t > 0.
Definition 2.9:[14] A pair of self mappings (f, g ) of a intuitionistic fuzzy semi-metric space (X, M, N, *, ◊) is said to be compatible if
limn→∞M(fgxn, gfxn, t) = 1 and
limn→∞N(fgxn, gfxn, t) = 0 for all t > 0,
whenever {xn} is a sequence in X such that
limn→∞fxn = limn→∞ gxn = u for some u in X.
Definition 2.10:[1] Let (X, M, N, *, ◊) be a intuitionistic fuzzy semi-metric space. f and g be self maps on X. A point x in X is called a coincidence point of f and g iff fx = gx. In this case, w = fx = gx is called a point of coincidence of f and g.
Definition 2.11:[1] A pair of self mappings (f, g ) of a intuitionistic fuzzy semi-metric space (X, M, N, *, ◊) is said to be weakly compatible if they commute at the coincidence points i.e., if fu = gu for some u in X , then fgu = gfu.
It is easy to see that two compatible maps are weakly compatible but converse is not true.
Definition 2.12:[3] Two self mappings f and g of a intuitionistic fuzzy semi-metric space (X, M, N, *, ◊) are said to be occasionally weakly compatible (owc) iff there is a point x in X which is coincidence point of f and g at which f and g commute.
Lemma 2.2[5]: Let (X, M, N, *, ◊) be a intuitionistic fuzzy semi-metric space. f and g be owc self maps on X and let f and g have a unique point of coincidence, w = fx = gx, then w is the unique common fixed point of f and g.
3. Main Results
Let a function be defined by : [0,1]→[0,1] satisfying the condition for all q < 1 and a function be defined by : [0,1]→[0,1] satisfying the condition for all q < 1.
Theorem 3.1: Let (X, M, N, *, ◊) be a intuitionistic fuzzy semi-metric space with continuous t-norm and continuous t- conorm defined by a * b = min { a, b } and a ◊ b = max {a, b} for all a, b in [0,1]. If f and g are owc self maps on X and
M(fx,fy,t) ≥ [ min{ M(gx,gy,t), M(gx,fy,t), M(gy,fx,t), M(gy,fy,t) } ]
N(fx,fy,t) ≤ [ max{ N(gx,gy,t), N(gx,fy,t), N(gy,fx,t),
N(gy,fy,t) } ] (1)
for all x, y in X and t > 0. Then f and g have a unique common fixed point.
Proof: Since f and g are owc, there exist a point u in X such that fu = gu, fgu = gfu. We claim that fu is the unique common fixed point of f and g. We first assert that fu is a fixed point of f.
For, if ffu ≠ fu , then from equation (1), we get
M(fu,ffu,t) ≥ [ min{ M(gu,gfu,t), M(gu,ffu,t), M(gfu,fu,t), M(gy,ffu,t) } ]
= [ min{ M(fu,ffu,t), M(fu,ffu,t), M(fu,ffu,t), M(gfu,gfu,t) } ] = [ M(fu,ffu,t) ] > M(fu,ffu,t)
N(fu,ffu,t) ≤ [ max{ N(gu,gfu,t), M(gu,ffu,t), N(gfu,fu,t), N(gy,ffu,t) } ]
= [ min{ N(fu,ffu,t), N(fu,ffu,t), N(fu,ffu,t), N(gfu,gfu,t) } ] = [ N(fu,ffu,t) ] < N(fu,ffu,t)
this a contradiction. So ffu = fu and ffu = fgu = gfu = fu. Hence fu is a common fixed point of f and g.
Now we prove uniqueness. Suppose that u, v in X such that fu = gu = u and fv = gv = v and u ≠ v. Then from equation (1),
M(u,v,t) = M(fu,fv,t) ≥ [ min{ M(gu,gv,t), M(gu,fv,t), M(gv,fu,t), M(gv,fv,t) } ] = [ min{ M(u,v,t), M(u,v,t), M(u,v,t), M(u,v, t) } ] = [ M(u,v,t) ] > M(u,v,t)
N(u,v,t) = N(fu,fv,t) ≤ [ max{ N(gu,gv,t), N(gu,fv,t), N(gv,fu,t), N(gv,fv,t) } ]= [ max{ N(u,v,t), N(u,v,t), N(u,v,t), N(u,v, t) } ]= [ N(u,v,t) ] < N(u,v,t)
this is a contradiction. So u = v. Therefore, the common fixed point of f and g is unique.
Now, we give an example which satisfies the conditions of above theorem.
Example 3.1: Let X = [ 0, 1] and : X→X , : X→X be defined as and , then (q) > q where , (q) < q where , and . Clearly, f and g satisfies all the conditions w.r.t. and . In this example, f and g are owc maps and f and g satisfy the equation (1). f and g have a unique common fixed point x = 1.
Theorem 3.2: Let (X, M, N, *, ◊) be a intuitionistic fuzzy semi-metric space with continuous t-norm and continuous t- conorm defined by a * b = min { a, b } and a ◊ b = max {a, b} for all a, b in [0,1]. Suppose that f, g, S, T are self maps on X and the pairs {f , S} and {g , T} are owc. If
M(fx,gy,t) > min { M(Sx,Ty,t), M(Sx,fx,t), M(Ty,gy,t), M(Sx,gy,t), M(Ty,fx,t) } and
N(fx,gy,t) < max { N(Sx,Ty,t), N(Sx,fx,t), N(Ty,gy,t), N(Sx,gy,t), N(Ty,fx,t) }, (2)
for all x, y in X and t > 0. Then f, g, S and T have a unique common fixed point.
Proof: By hypothesis, there exists points x, y in X such that fx = Sx and gy = Ty. Suppose that M(fx,gy,t) ≠ 1 and N(fx,gy,t) ≠ 0 for all t > 0. Then from equation (2)
M(fx,gy,t) > min { M(Sx,Ty,t), M(Sx,fx,t), M(Ty,gy,t), M(Sx,gy,t), M(Ty,fx,t) }= min { M(fx,gy,t), M(fx,fx,t), M(gy,gy,t), M(fx,gy,t), M(gy,fx,t) }= M(fx,gy,t)
N(fx,gy,t) < max { N(Sx,Ty,t), N(Sx,fx,t), N(Ty,gy,t), N(Sx,gy,t), N(Ty,fx,t) }= max { N(fx,gy,t), N(fx,fx,t), N(gy,gy,t), N(fx,gy,t), N(gy,fx,t) }= N(fx,gy,t)
this is a contradiction. Hence M(fx,gy,t) = 1 and N(fx,gy,t) = 0 for all t > 0. This implies that fx = gy. So fx = Sx = gy = Ty. Moreover, if there is another point z such that fz = Sz, then, using (2) it follows that fz = Sz = gy = Ty or fx = fz and w = fx = Sx is the unique point of coincidence of f and S. Then by Lemma 2.2, it follows that w is the unique common fixed point of f and S. By symmetry, there is a unique common fixed point z in X such that z = gz = Tz. Suppose that w ≠ z. Using (2),
M(w,z,t) = M(fw,gz,t) > min { M(Sw,Tz,t), M(Sw,fw,t), M(Tz,gz,t), M(Sw,gz,t), M(Tz,fw,t) }
M(w,z,t) > min { M(w,z,t), M(w,w,t), M(z,z,t), M(w,z,t), M(z,w,t) }
M(w,z,t) > M(w,z,t)
N(w,z,t) = N(fw,gz,t) < max { N(Sw,Tz,t), N(Sw,fw,t), N(Tz,gz,t), N(Sw,gz,t), N(Tz,fw,t) }
N(w,z,t) < max { N(w,z,t), N(w,w,t), N(z,z,t), N(w,z,t), N(z,w,t) }
N(w,z,t) < N(w,z,t)
This is a contradiction. Therefore w = z and w is a unique point of coincidence of f, g, S, T. By Lemma 2.2, w is the unique common fixed point of f, g, S, T.
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Fifty Years of Testing and Breeding Rhododendrons in Nova Scotia
By Donald L. Craig
Article #1
From the AHRS journal May 2003
A permanent printed record of the history of the Kentville Research Stations rhododendron breeding programme does not exist. As I am the only one that has the information I hope that this article will document its beginning in 1952 and step by step development up to my retirement in 1983. Over time our project revealed much new information about the diversity of the genus Rhododendron – its forms, habits, adaptability and great spectrum of colour. The endorsement of our work by the public and media was a source of inspiration. I hope that this report will be useful to the home gardener and anyone contemplating a similar programme, be it large or small. John Weagles very generous contribution to the organization and presentation of this article is acknowledged with sincere thanks. Don L. Craig
Nova Scotia is a 544 km. long, 80 km. wide peninsula between the 43rd and 47th degree north latitudes. It is surrounded by the Atlantic Ocean and barely joined to New Brunswick and the rest of North America by a narrow isthmus. Kentville is located in the agriculturally rich Annapolis Valley, which is approximately 100 km. long and 16 km. wide. The south and north mountains running west to east protect the Valley, creating a pocket where tree fruits, berry crops and ornamentals thrive. The Bay of Fundy,16 km. to the north, modifies the climate. Halifax, the provincial capital, is 107 km. east of Kentville on the Atlantic coast and has quite a different climate.
The Valley is in Plant Hardiness Zone 5b; the extreme western end of Nova Scotia and much of the coast Zone 6a, southern coastal area 6b (with a few parts perhaps even 7a or better); and the interior 5a. Weather data for Kentville for a 10-year period shows a minimum low of -23C (-9F), which occurred once in December, -24C (-11F) once in January, -27C (-17F) once in February and -20C (-4F) once in March. Winter temperatures can fluctuate from a low of -18C (0F) to above freezing in a 24-hour period. The climate is strictly maritime with snow, rain, wind, frost and moderate temperatures which can shift rapidly in winter. The Valley is considerably hotter and drier than coastal areas but can boast good deep soil.
In the beginning there were no plans to do anything more than make the vista more presentable when approaching the Kentville Research Station building complex. The approach to this view was over a pond and its large weeping willow. The banking behind the pond faces north forming a semi-amphitheatre some 30 meters high and 120 meters long. The banking was a mess of brambles and weed trees which when removed brought order out of chaos. The only gem was an old but small planting of “ironclad” rhododendrons (probably planted around 1920). They had grown well so the obvious thing was to plant more. Thus the search for plant material and knowledge had begun. We were starting from scratch.
Securing Plants
The first attempt to secure plants occurred in November 1952 when I took 200 cuttings from the Station’s “ironclads” and to my surprise most of them rooted. In due time a listing of rhododendron species seed available from the Sweden Gothenburg Botanical Garden came to my attention. At this point it dawned on me that this could serve as a starting point for a collection of species and cultivars. In April 1953 we received seed of species from B. Lindquist at Gothenburg who had just returned from Northern Japan, this thanks to our connection Dr. I. Granhall at the Balsgård fruit Institute in Fjälkestad, Sweden. Presumably a few were collected in Northern Japan: concinnum, fargesii, fauriei, fauriei var. rufescens, ferrugineum, flavum, hippophaeoides, hirsutum, insigne, intermedium, longesquamatum, luteum, ponticum, schlippenbachii, searsiae, smirnowii, tschonoskii, vaseyi and viscosum (as well as a catawbiense hybrid, Gladiolus primulinus, G. palustris and Chrysanthemum cinearifolium). And so we proceeded to produce plants. In terms of winter survival and plant quality fauriei and schlippenbachii were by far the best performers. Summer heat was a limiting factor for some while winter cold probably got the others. From then on we made many contacts for plants and information. The search extended to four nurseries on the U.S. west coast including Greer Gardens in Eugene, Oregon; Van Veen’s and Bovee’s Nurseries in Portland, Oregon. On the east coast we procured plants from Shamarello & Sons, Euclid, Ohio; Warren Baldsieffen in New Jersey; Tingle Nursery, Maryland and David Leach in Pennsylvania. In England the Knaphill Nursery, Surrey and the Goldsworth Nursery in Woking supplied material. In Sweden the Gothenburg Botanical Garden and in Canada Woodland Nursery, Mississauga, Ontario and later Bayport Plant Farm in Bayport, Nova Scotia topped of the collection. The core of the Research Station’s plantings came from these sources and, with the exception of most of the species from Sweden, the survival rate and plant performance of most plants from these sources was very satisfactory. By 1955, 42 beds had been prepared and planted; by 1957, 545 rhododendrons and azaleas were in permanent positions and by 1975, 50 beds contained 1000 rhododendrons and azaleas.
My position at the Research Station was that of a research scientist heading up the “Crop Section”, which included ornamentals. My specific task was to develop a research programme for berry crops. Two years of graduate studies at the University of New Hampshire provided an opportunity to specialize in plant breeding. I am still involved in plant breeding as a hobby.
Why a Programme
Once involved with the initial Kentville rhododendron plantings, I had an opportunity over time to visit many of the world famous rhododendron gardens. My journeys took me from Selegers Moor in Adliswil, Switzerland to the Dunedin Botanical Garden in New Zealand. Points in between included Kew, Exbury, Great Windsor Park, Savill, Wisley and Stourhead all in England. A transfer to the Scottish Horticultural Research Institute in Dundee in 1963 for a year’s doctorate work enabled me to roam at will from the Cox garden at Glencarse to Inverewe in the north west with Brodick Castle, Crathes and Sherriffs in between. of course the Edinburgh Botanical Garden was revisited several times. The Bodnant Garden in Wales was wonderful. In the US my visits included numerous East Coast, West Coast and Virginia gardens. In Canada, Vineland, Ontario and British Columbia beckoned me several times.
I pursued the Kentville programme because I wanted others to see and learn about these wonderful plants that I was privileged to see in so many of the world’s best gardens. Each garden visited was an invitation for me to come back to Kentville and attempt to improve the plantings. Sufficient money and labour were in the end critical factors that could not be overcome.
George Swain
The rhododendron programme initiated in 1952 was nicely underway when the late George Swain joined the Station’s staff in 1957. It was his gift of plant knowledge and landscaping that was mainly responsible for the numerous plantings, which became the Station’s showpieces. The collaborative breeding of Swain and Craig produced 14 cultivars.
Swain resigned in 1967, the year of the Station’s first Rhododendron Sunday. The rhododendron project reverted to my care and the tradition of having a Rhododendron Sunday has continued.
A conservative estimate of the number of people that viewed the plantings from 1967 to 1983 was in excess of 100,000.
The success of the Station in determining the adaptability and suitability of many rhododendron cultivars and species was a factor in the decision made in 1972 to form the Rhododendron Society of Canada. By 1977 the Atlantic Chapter was formed by founding members Barbara Hall, Aileen Meagher, Walter Ostrom, Dick Steele, George Swain, John Weagle and myself and now numbers well over 200 members. Rhododendron Sunday created a surge in rhododendron plantings about the province. If success can be measured in awards, there can be no doubt about the achievements of the Station which prior to my retirement in 1983 accumulated 16 major and 200 first, second and third class ribbons at national and regional flower shows. The popularity of rhododendrons in the province still climbs to this day and the wide range of cultivars available in the province is astounding.
Dick Steele
For many years Dick Steele, acknowledged as Canada’s foremost rhododendron and azalea authority, has very generously given of his talents and knowledge of rhododendrons through the regional and national societies and through public speaking, radio, TV and the media. His firm belief in so doing is that the world can be a more beautiful world for humanity if more people can be encouraged to become involved in the culture of ornamental plants. To this end, the Kentville Research Station, my own garden and those of many others have been the beneficiary of his philosophy and generosity.
During the 1953 to 1983 period the Kentville plantings progressed from a small to a large collection of display beds containing some 1000 rhododendrons and azaleas. In addition to assisting in this part of the programme he encouraged and assisted the breeding programme with planting material, pollen, knowledge and advice.
Capt. Steele’s contributions helped in making the Kentville plantings a major attraction for the public. The display of many cultivars and species became the largest in Eastern Canada affording the public an opportunity to see at first hand the diversity of plant form, flower and foliage quality and colour.
Radcliffe Pike
Another notable contributor to the Kentville programme was the late Radcliffe Pike of Lubec, Maine whom I met in 1951 at the University of New Hampshire graduate school. His knowledge of plants was amazing and his enthusiasm knew no bounds. I am certain that much of my enthusiasm for rhododendrons came via Rad.
I recall memorable trips with Rad to the Arboretum at Jamaica Plains, Massachusetts and to the Reefe Point Garden in Bar Harbor. It was at Reefe Point that I was to view the hardiest and best R. fortunei specimen that he knew. Rad crossed this fortunei with a superior selection of R. smirnowii. Pike’s records of the New Hampshire rhododendron and azalea breeding programme state that this smirnowii came via “Reefe Point Gardens, Bar Harbour, Maine. Second generation in Maine came from plants from Edinburgh Botanic Gardens, Edinburgh Scotland. The fortunei from seed from Edinburgh Botanic Gardens.” At a later date Rad sent a number of the seedlings of his fortunei x smirnowii cross to Kentville where they developed into very large and beautiful showpieces.
Leslie Hancock
The late Leslie Hancock of Mississauga, Ontario, the very well known nurseryman and plant breeder, was also a wonderful supporter of the Kentville programme. Like Pike, he was a book of plant knowledge and acknowledged as one of Canada’s foremost rhododendron authorities. Through his tireless efforts, the Rhododendron Society of Canada came into being in 1972. It was indeed an honour to have been asked to serve as a founding director of the Canadian Society and to serve as President (1984-85).
Leslie sent many plants to Kentville including seedlings from R. fortunei crossed with R. smirnowii. They were planted with the Pike plants where they have performed wonderfully well.
Cultivar Testing and Breeding
I firmly believe that cultivar evaluation is absolutely necessary as an adjunct to breeding for improvement. In the Research Station strawberry breeding programme (1952-83) many cultivars were evaluated. We made many crosses utilizing cultivars from Germany, England, New York state, California, and Canada for their desirable genetic traits, as well as the wide genetic base they provided. Thousands of seedlings were fruited from which eight outstanding selections were chosen for naming and release. Their acceptance has been phenomenal.
Using the same approach for rhododendrons we had by 1975 evaluated 81 species and 170 rhododendron and azalea cultivars. Evaluation means a yearly rating of winter hardiness, bloom date, colour, plant and flower quality. We used the hardiness rating system developed by the American Rhododendron Society where H1 is hardy to -32C (-26F), H2 to -26C (-15F), H3 to -21C (-6F).
By 1983, 234 parental combinations had been made, 15,500 seedlings produced and flowered, 94 selections made and 14 of the 94 named and registered.
The breeding philosophy was the same as that used for the strawberry; mainly that a relatively small number (approx. 100) of seedlings will reveal the value of a specific cross. Parents vary greatly in how well they combine with one another. It is called ”specific combining ability”. If they combine well the cross can be repeated on a larger scale; many selections have been made from 100 to 200 seedlings or less. Superior parental appearance does not guarantee superior combining ability. Parents must be tested first.
Over the years many of the Kentville seedlings were grown in the Station’s fields where they were exposed to all of the weather stresses such as wind, cold, no shade and no irrigation. Some were also grown in ground beds, others in ground beds under a lath shade canopy. With the exception of the very early crosses, which were made in a glasshouse, crosses were made on plants growing outdoors.
First Crosses Made 1958
That Swain and I should become involved in a rhododendron breeding programme was inevitable. George had success in breeding commercial snapdragons in Ontario and I was fresh from graduate school where the University of New Hampshire Dept. of Horticulture was strongly focused on plant breeding. I was also very much involved with Kentville’s strawberry and red raspberry breeding programme.
Swain made the first crosses in 1958. Parents involved were ‘Dr. Dresselhuys’, R. smirnowii and R. catawbiense album Glass. Inter-crossing the three in a glasshouse with their reciprocals produced 537 seedlings. These seedlings were grown in an open station field fully exposed to the elements. They grew well, flowered and were all pink, as one would expect. They were also very winter hardy. Fifteen were selected and one was named Gabriel (‘Dr. Dresselhuys’ by R. smirnowii). Several were sent to the Fredericton, New Brunswick Research Station (Zone 5A) where they performed very well in that very cold climate.
After this first year of crossing we set out our breeding objectives which were to produce rhododendrons sufficiently hardy for the colder regions of Atlantic Canada, compact enough to be useful for landscaping modern homes, a good range of flower colours, and early, mid and late season flowering. Tolerance to mildew infection was a criterion for azaleas. Many of the azalea cultivars now available are mildew susceptible while others are not. We crossed tolerant cultivars and had good results in terms of producing tolerant seedlings. Generous in saving, quick to discard is a breeding mantra which should be recited daily by the aspiring breeder.
Kentville Rhododendron Cultivars
*Royal Horticultural Society Certificate of International Registration.
Cultivar – Cornwallis (Syn. Acadia) (R*)
Parentage – R. fortunei, open-pollinated
Breeder – seed via Schumacher, Sandwich, Massachusetts.
Introduced – 1973, Registered – 1977, D.L. Craig
Habit – large upright, Colour – dawn pink, Exposure – light shade
Hardiness – zone 5b, Bloom time – mid-season
Large deep pink flowers borne in compact trusses well above the foliage are pleasantly scented. The throat is flecked oxblood.
Cultivar – Fundy (Syn. Evangeline) (R*)
Parentage – R. fortunei x R. smirnowii
Breeder – Hancock, Mississauga, Ontario.
Habit – very large, upright, Colour – neyron rose
Exposure – light shade, Hardiness – zone 5b
Bloom time – mid-season
A very large rhododendron and at 40 years old the plant is over 14 feet high. Large rose opal flowers borne in large trusses above the foliage are pleasantly scented. An outstanding rhododendron that comes into its own in 8-10 years. Can exhibit yellowish foliage in excessive sun even on the Scotian coast.
Cultivar – Gabriel (R*)
Parentage – Dr. Dresselhuys x R. smirnowii
Breeder – George Swain
Habit – tall, Colour – rhodamine pink, Exposure – light shade
Hardiness – zone 5a, Bloom time – mid-season
The hardiest Research Station introduction, performing well as far north as Fredericton, New Brunswick.
Cultivar – Minas Grand Pré (Syn. Grand Pré) (R*)
Parentage – R. catawbiense var. compactum x R. williamsianum
Habit – semi-dwarf, compact, Colour – phlox pink, Exposure – light shade
An outstanding semi-dwarf plant with small attractive roundish leaves which flush a copper colour similar to that of its pollen parent. Loose attractive clusters of attractive bell-shaped pink flowers. A must for every garden in hardiness zone 5b or milder. It seems very happy in the garden of Peter Cox in Glencarse, Scotland.
Cultivar – Bellefontaine (R*)
Breeder – R. Pike, Lubec, Maine
Habit – very large upright, Colour – rose opal, Exposure – light shade
Judged by many as the Research Stations outstanding introduction. A seedling from the same cross that produced Fundy. Very tall (14+ feet) in 40 years. Pleasantly scented rose-opal flowers are borne in large trusses above the foliage. Very good plant form but only comes into its own after 8 to 10 years.
Cultivar – Minas Peace (R*)
Parentage – [(R. catawbiense var. album Glass x R. degronianum) x R. yakushimanum]
Breeder – D.L. Craig, Introduced – 1982, Registered – 1998, D.L. Craig
Habit – medium tall, Colour – white suffused pink, Exposure – light shade
This is one of my favourite rhododendrons. The excellent foliage has a thick covering of attractive grey-orange indumentum on the leaf undersides. This habit is semi-compact. The flower buds, rose pink, open to a suffused pink, striped a deeper pink on the reverse of each petal. Flower trusses compact and above the foliage. A plant for all year round.
Cultivar – Minas Maid (R*)
Parentage – Nova Zembla x R. yakushimanum
Habit – medium tall, compact, Colour – red-purple
Bloom time – early mid-season
This most reliable rhododendron possesses a very good level of winter hardiness. Compact growth habit. Basic colour is red-purple. The ball-shaped truss is held above the foliage. Foliage quality is very good. Very floriferous.
Cultivar – Minas Snow (R*)
Parentage – Cunninghams White x R. yakushimanum
Habit – medium tall, Colour – white
Exposure – full light, Hardiness – zone 5b (plant), 6a (flower buds)
Compact growth habit and dark green foliage. Underside lightly covered with a tan coloured indumentum. Flower quality is outstanding. Flower and bud pure white. Flower trusses held well above the foliage. Minas Snow is highly regarded as an excellent white on the West Coast and eastern seaboard of the USA. Inexplicably it sometimes exhibits bud damage in early December on the Scotian coast.
Cultivar – Minas Rose Dawn (R*)
Parentage – (Nova Zembla x R. yakushimanum) x (R. catawbiense var. album Glass x Elizabeth)
Breeder – D.L. Craig
Introduced – Ag. Research Station, 1982, Registered – 1997, A.R. Brooks
Habit – medium height, wider than tall, Colour – red-purple
Exposure – light shade, Hardiness – zone 5a, Bloom time – mid-season
Flower trusses compact and above the foliage. Buds red-purple, very attractive, open funnel shape. The petal edges are wavy and darker than the main body; extensive red-purple spotting on inside of dorsal petal. Very floriferous.
Cultivar – George Swain (R*)
Parentage – Goldsworth Yellow x (R. catawbiense var. album Glass x Theresa)
Habit – medium tall, compact, Colour – ivory yellow
Exposure – light shade, Hardiness – zone 5b, Bloom time – early
Early flowering, ivory yellow of value because of its earliness and good semi-compact habit. Globular dome-shaped truss held well above the foliage.
Cultivar – Mary Craig
Parentage – Goldsworth Yellow x R. degronianum
Breeder – George Swain, Introduced – 1981
Habit – semi-dwarf, compact, Colour – pink, buds dark pink
Bloom time – early
A good semi-dwarf compact plant. Flower buds dark pink opening light pink. Flower trusses held above the foliage.
Cultivar – Sue Gunn (R*)
Exposure – light-medium shade, Hardiness – zone 5a
Spectacular in terms of its bright showy colour which is purplish-red. Wavy flower margins. Black spotting on the dorsal lobe. Very floriferous with a dense growth habit; it puts on a good show even from a distance.
Cultivar – Minas Princess (R*)
Parentage – open-pollinated Ghent azalea hybrid
Selected by D.L. Craig from seed via Schumacher, Sandwich, Massachusetts
Habit – upright, tall, Colour – pink, scented
Exposure – full sun to light shade, Hardiness – zone 5a
This is an excellent azalea. The flowers are very attractive, the scent very pleasant.
Cultivar Minas Flame (R*)
Parentage – Gibraltar x Balzac
Breeder – George Swain, Selected by – D.L. Craig
Habit – upright, tall, Colour – orange – red
Exposure – full sun – light shade, Hardiness – zone 5b
This hybrid has the appearance of most Knaphill azalea cultivars and is a strong growing plant. It has a good level of mildew resistance. Its orange-red flowers are attractive.
N.B. Many of these hybrids may require more sun on the Scotia coast where fog is prevalent.
In 1980 I selected and named a seedling azalea Minas Gold because it was mildew resistant at the time and for a period afterwards. It later, however, proved that this resistance was not present and so I discarded it. Perhaps Minas Gold was an escape or another strain of mildew caught up with it. Goldflake, for example, is a vastly superior cultivar.
N.B. The Kentville hybrids as well as a few important breeding plants can be viewed on the Chapter Website at:
http://www.atlanticrhodo.org/hybrids/f_hyb.html
From the AHRS journal October 2003.
My Favorite Kentville Cultivar
You might ask me to name my favorite Kentville bred rhododendron. Without question it is ‘Minas Peace’. ‘Minas Peace’ was entered as a numbered seedling in the Canadian Society 1976 Montreal flower show. The plant is semi-compact, leaves dark green, leaf underside covered with thick grey-orange indumentum, flower buds rosy red opening to white suffused pink with light rose stripes on the back of the corolla, flower quality superb, compact trusses borne above the foliage. If there were no flowers it would still be worth growing because of its form and foliar quality. ‘Minas Peace’ is more comfortable in Zone 6 than 5B. It was judged ‘Best’ in the Montreal show.
The first cultivars released received their names from Longfellow’s poem Evangeline. The poem tells the story of the 1755 expulsion of the French Acadians from the Grand Pré area some 16 km. east of Kentville.
The 3000 Acadians were herded onto British sailing ships; 900 homesteads in Grand Pré alone burnt to the ground. They sailed out of the tidal Minas Basin, which is part of the Bay of Fundy and only a short distance from Grand Pré. They were dispersed from New England to the West Indies. The most fortunate were put off at Louisiana where they were welcomed by their own race.
There were only a few names in the poem so to keep the historical connection the prefix Minas was used. Minas was a community not far from Grand Pré.
R. lut eum
Rhododendron luteum is a highly desirable deciduous azalea species. Its yellow tubular/funnel shaped, long-lasting flowers have an exquisite sweet fragrance which permeates the whole garden. Hailing from the Caucasus, Turkey and several rather nearby areas it is no surprise that the experience of RSCAR members is that many luteums are not terribly winter hardy including most wild collected seed and the Rhododendron Species Foundations named cultivar Golden Comet. Our good fortune was that Nova Scotia hardy luteums came from the Lindquist seed received in 1953. Twenty-five seedlings were produced. A few were planted along the top of the north facing banking in the pond area. Being over-shadowed they nonetheless flowered regularly but not well. Three more were planted in a small bed fully exposed on the crest of the hill leading to the picnic grounds; these flowered well but one was outstanding in flowering, growth, vigour, plant quality and both bud and stem hardiness. And so this outstanding luteum was a very valuable addition to Nova Scotia gardens. A few years ago seeds of these good luteums were sent to the RSCAR Seed Exchange and hopefully they have grown and flowered as well as those in my own garden. I cannot comment on the fate of all twenty-five original seedlings: the time lapse of 50 years is the culprit.
A Fundy – Bellefontaine Cultivar Comparison
The KRS cultivars Fundy and Bellefontaine were derived from the same cross and so it is not surprising that they are similar in general appearance. Members who have lost labels can easily confuse the two. Here are a few distinguishing characteristics. Twenty-five to thirty year old plants of both cultivars have reached a height of nearly 5 meters at the KRS and elsewhere. Their plant forms are equally pleasing. The main difference is that Bellefontaine is in full bloom 5 to 7 days earlier than Fundy. As well the new growth stems of Bellefontaine have a rose colour epidermal colouring whereas Fundys stems are always green. The flower colour of Bellefontaine is a lighter pink than Fundys. Bellefontaines stigmas are dark red, Fundys are yellow. The yellow brown blotch of both is much smaller on Bellefontaine.
The mature height and form of these cultivars are ideal for spacious landscapes but not for home foundation plantings. Properly presented they are of exceptional beauty.
Looking Back, Positive and Negative Comments
In 1983, the Kentville rhododendron programmes like similar programmes in Canada e.g. Vineland, Ontario, the rose breeding programme at the Central Farm Ottawa, came to a halt because of economic constraints, a shortage of money and labour and because of the need to prioritize the region’s most pressing horticultural needs. Breeding was terminated and the display beds relegated to very minimal maintenance.
It was demonstrated that with very minimal cost to establish and maintain, the Kentville rhododendrons became an excellent public relations asset. Widely known in Canada and the US by lectures, visitations, press and TV, it brought pleasure and knowledge to thousands of people.
Rhododendron Sunday held first in 1967. It is a very positive annual event providing the public the opportunity to view the great varieties in plant form and quality, season of flowering, flower colour, etc.
It helped stimulate interest in rhododendrons so that today plant purchases in Nova Scotia are at an all time high.
The great value of deciduous azaleas such as the Knaphills was demonstrated. When compared with rhododendrons the obvious thing is their superior ability to survive in challenging winter climates.
Having world experts such as Edmund de Rothschild and Robert Seleger visit the Station to view the plantings and take part in discussions was a great pleasure.
How unfortunate it is that, as of 1983, the Kentville programme ceased to function in a meaningful way.
Rhododendron Sunday is no longer the major attraction it was.
The very large number of new and improved rhododendrons are not on display for the public.
A much-needed re-organization and re-vitalization of the Kentville display beds is still in limbo.
Do We Need a Breeding Programme?
Had I known in 1952 what I knew in 1975 following 23 years of extensive testing of cultivars and species I would not have become involved in a breeding programme. In 1952 I did not know with certainty the names of the cultivars in the Station’s lone planting. By 1975 there were 174 cultivars and 81 species that had been or were still being tested. Many of these proved to be good performers (Agriculture Canada Pub. 1303 revised 1981).
Breeding with commercial aspirations is anything but easy especially for the breeder with limited resources. The Kentville programme was very small. The naming of 14 selections pales in comparison with that of the late Weldon Delp who has registered 301 cultivars and the late David Leach 85. Both, like Kentville, were breeding for winter hardiness. Leach’s facilities for breeding in terms ofland, laboratories, manpower and money were more than adequate; Kentville is very limited in comparison (Leach, ARS Jour. Vol. 41, No. 4, 1987).
The sheer number of introductions by Delp and Leach is mind-boggling. How does one adequately test so many? In my mind the numbers are excess beyond reason. Adequate testing for regional adaptability was a real constraint for breeders, especially small breeders such as the late Joseph Brueckner of Mississauga, Ontario, and others.
Reporting in his article “The Quest” (ARS Jour. V 36, No. 1) Leach states “There followed next a group of hybrids of which too many were named perhaps because they represented a success after so many failures”. Now that the market is inundated with an endless number of new cultivars, I too realize that we were in too big a rush to apply names to at least a few of our introductions. Surely from among the many cultivars from Delp, Leach and others there are new rhododendrons to more than satisfy most gardeners.
For the moment the important thing is to have the public realize the wide range of rhododendrons available for Zones 5 and 6. There are so many plant forms to choose. Bloom dates can vary from May until mid July. The range of flower and foliage colours has increased dramatically. There is now a degree of winter hardiness in some species and cultivars to make it possible to have success even under very severe winter conditions.
Having retired from the Research Station in 1983 I returned to the Station from time to time until 1987 in order to evaluate seedlings, especially 1200 azaleas I produced from seed sent to the Station from Exbury in England. The seed origin was “seed from the very best Exbury plants mainly the deep red and yellows”. Only 16 were selected due to the high incidence of foliar mildew. None were named.
More Breeding and Testing at Sunny Brook Farm
In 1987 my daughter (Sue Gunn) and I initiated rhododendron plantings at her 232 year old home 9 km north of Kentville. One acre of the 13 acre homestead is devoted to the plantings in 28 beds containing 52 azalea cultivars and 88 rhododendron cultivars plus many companion plants such as Kalmia, Pieris, Calluna and dwarf evergreens. We have also practised my “hobby” by growing 2816 seedlings from 73 parental combinations. Currently (2001) we are evaluating 113 selections from these crosses; ‘Mist Maiden’ and ‘Besse Howells’ were common contributors in many instances because of their winter hardiness, plant form and quality. The same can be said of ‘Calsap’, ‘Janet Blair’ and ‘Scintillation’; indeed our first step was to cross ‘Janet Blair’ with ‘Calsap’ and ‘Scintillation’ with ‘Calsap’. We grew 90 seedlings do each cross, selected the four best from each and then inter-crossed them. By back-crossing with ‘Calsap’ its hardiness was added, and the quality of ‘Janet Blair’ and ‘Scintillation’ were apparent in the progeny. One resembling ‘Mrs. Furnival’ was a highlight of Spring 2002. Shammarello’s ‘Besse Howells’ has attributes worthy of consideration – hardiness, compactness and semi dwarfness. From 18 yak x ‘Besse Howells’ seedlings we have four selections. Similarly 13 of 95 seedlings of a cross of ‘Minas Rose Dawn’ x ‘Besse Howells’ are on trial including my best red to date. SEL75-31, a 1971 cross of (‘Red Head’ x yak) x (catalgla x ‘Elizabeth’) has a nice compact truss, the colour of Nova Zembla, but measures only .9m high x 1.4m wide in 28 years. Several years ago John Weagle was impressed with selection S.94-04 from our cross of [(‘Bellefontaine’ x degronianum) x ‘Goldsworth’s Yellow’] S.80-07 x (aureum x ‘Prelude’) BPT#80-5. The seed parent is an old KRS hybrid, very compact and a pale yellow; the pollen parent is Captain Steeles best early yellow. The hybrid is a compact mound sporting dark yellow flowers and is now on trial. As well a sibling which I feel is superior is being tested. We are not very concerned about registration. The joy is in having them in our own garden.
During my years at the Research Station one of my main interests was the evaluation of any rhododendron or azalea cultivar or species that by definition should be suitable for Zone 5A or 5B. I have now obtained a range of new material, which was not tested at Kentville plus old standards for comparison purposes. The so-called “news” are cultivars such as Leach’s Golden Gala, Normandy, Swansdown and Cyprus; the Mezitt hybrids Henry’s Red, Jane Abbot, Olga and Aglo; Beasely’s Top of the Mountain, Cherokee and Curahee; others such as LeAnn and Bosley 1016.
Many of the ‘new’ cultivars were obtained at the American Rhododendron Society plant sales at the annual meetings at Eugene, Oregon, Williamsburg, Virginia and Cape Cod, Massachusetts.
Our garden has much greater exposure to sun and wind than the Kentville planting thus another opportunity to rate winter damage to flower buds. This we did for five consecutive years (1993-97) using scores of 4 for full flowering; 3 good flowering; 2 for scattered flowering and 1 for all buds killed.
Thirteen cultivars had perfect scores of 4, 24 were 3 or better which is satisfactory; the remainder had variable scores per year from 4 to 1 suggesting that in some years they would be less than satisfactory. None of the azaleas scored less than 3; most were 4 or slightly less. *
Winter temperatures for Dec., Jan., Feb., and Mar. for the 5 years were no lower than -24.9C (-13F) suggesting that all of the cultivars would fall within the hardiness rating of H2 yet there was significant bud damage to some cultivars in 1995 and 1996. It is worth noting that none of the deciduous azaleas were seriously damaged.
The rhododendron cultivar ‘Scintillation’ is acclaimed by many to be the premier elepidote in the New England States. Its hardiness rating is H2. Its performance at my summer cottage Sunnybrook, at the Research Station and elsewhere suggested it is over rated, an indication that rating hardiness involves complex plant and climatic functions. At Sunnybrook near Chester Basin, Nova Scotia, my Scintillation growing within 50 meters of the Atlantic Ocean performs very well when compared to another in my home garden in the Annapolis Valley. Hardiness ratings assigned to many other rhododendrons cannot be assumed to be totally accurate. Pellet and Holt of Vermont state (Vermont News Release: 1-2, Dept. of Plant and Soil Science, Burlington) that “the selection of hardy rhododendrons should not be based solely on mid-winter cold hardiness because the rate of hardiness development is an important consideration. The hardiest evergreen rhododendron may be injured when minimum temperatures are below -15C (5F) in November and early December”.
Rhododendron cultivar evaluations at Sunnybrook have been very productive. We are now aware of the value of numerous new cultivars in our garden as well as a number that are not fully satisfactory. Among my favourites are ‘Henry’s Red’, ‘Golden Gala’, ‘Swansdown’, ‘Normandy’, ‘Melusine La Fée’, Bosely 1016, ‘Olga’, ‘Aglo’, ‘LeAnn’, ‘Francesca’ and of course my own introductions. The data on date of full bloom are useful and the minimum winter temperature information helps us to understand that low temperatures in mid-winter are not the only factors causing damage to rhododendron tissues.
We take great pride in our garden, especially in view of having done it all by ourselves. We are the gardeners. For 50 years the beauty of rhododendrons and azaleas has surrounded me. I simply can never get enough.
N.B. Various Kentville hybrids can be purchased at Bayport Plant Farm, Bayport, Lunenburg, NS. ‘Minas Grand Pré’ (aka ‘Grand Pré’) is available in small sizes at Blomidon Nurseries, Greenwich, NS, Lakeland Plant World, Dartmouth, NS, Gerry’s Nursery, Centreville, NS and Murray’s Garden Centre, Portugal Cove, NF.
*Reported in RSCAR Newsletter May 1999.
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20 November 2018 5:15 AM Telopea Park School win Todd Woodbridge Cup
Telopea Park School became first ACT school to win the Todd Woodbridge Cup at Sydney Olympic Park on Monday. Telopea Park won the ACT finals in September to face 19 regional-winning schools from across NSW and swept their pool before taking down St Patrick's Albury in the final. The tennis tournament for primary school students uses modified courts and low compression 606 3
17 November 2018 7:20 AM Sibling rivalry driving Keely Froling to Capitals stardom
Their brother Harry is making waves for the Adelaide 36ers in his return to the NBL while 17-year-old Sam has the world at his feet after the Basketball Australia centre of excellence graduate joined the NCAA's Creighton Bluejays. The bloodlines make it seem like they never had a choice when it came to playing basketball - but Keely and Alicia resisted 449 1
15 November 2018 8:42 AM 'Legs like jelly': Davis' Open defence stalls after nervous start
"I was trying really hard, probably a little bit too hard. I was a little bit nervous obviously. As soon as I heard my name on the first tee the legs were a little bit like jelly and I tried a little too hard probably. "I was fine up until that point and it's something I need to get used to I guess. Other than that start I played a pretty good round 155
10 November 2018 7:02 AM Poetic justice as Santa Ana Lane sinks rivals
It was indeed poetic justice for the owners and the stable that Santa Ana Lane got the firmer surface down the straight that he had been denied in the monsoonal conditions in Sydney when he went north to contest The Everest. Like many in that race he simply could not act on the heavy ground in which the VRC Sprint Classic favourite Redzel had excelled 150
4 November 2018 7:44 AM The Magic Circle of trainer Williams and madcap Marwan
But Koukash has put his money where his mouth is and paid more than $125,000 to continue his quest for the Melbourne Cup. It started with Mount Athos, which ran third and fifth in the race that stops the nation. That is actually more than Koukash paid for Magic Circle, a $10 second favourite for Tuesday's edition. “I do think that the guy has balls to send his horse 120
2 November 2018 5:30 AM Baker rolls out stable newcomer Drachenfels to start summer turnaround
Bjorn Baker has had what he calls, politely, “a slow spring” but some new blood into the stable in former Godolphin five-year-old Drachenfels might be the start of the turnaround at Rosehill on Saturday. Baker didn’t know much about Drachenfels when he went to a tried horse auction on the Gold Coast but, after looking at the form, he seemed to be the right 112
28 October 2018 8:51 AM Victory and City go winless to begin W-League campaigns
Both Melbourne sides started their W-League campaigns without wins on Sunday, as Melbourne Victory played out an entertaining goalless draw with Adelaide United at AAMI Park and reigning champions Melbourne City lost 2-0 away to Canberra United. Victory had numerous chances to score across the 90 minutes, the best falling to English striker and captain 98
24 October 2018 3:37 AM Ryan's night star Destiny's Own looks to light up Canterbury again
“In between those two wins he ran third to a horse called Unforgotten, so he was running in some pretty good ones,” Ryan said. “He likes Canterbury and this is a race we have been looking at for a while.” Destiny’s Own runs in the same colours as Trapeze Artist and has been placed at Rosehill and Warwick Farm since returning from his long break 91
21 October 2018 6:25 AM Ben Dwarshuis fits the new and old mould for PM's XI
"The Netherlands stuff never really got moving, it was something that was a possibility if I ever wanted to go down that line, but it was a bit of a long shot with it being a few generations back in my family," Dwarshuis said. "I put that on the backburner and I’m certainly focusing more on the Australian side now. I was very excited to be a part of that Twenty 102
20 October 2018 2:44 AM Gurinder Sandhu ready to bust through another barrier
If that hadn't happened, he might not have been in the position to replicate those heroics against the fourth-best one-day outfit in the world - but it did. "I’ll be looking forward to that game and it’ll be a nice little test to see where I’m at. I’ve played two of them before so it’s almost kind of a checkpoint game to see where you’re at and what you need to work on, and how much more improvement 106
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Kempenaers, B., Borgstrom, P., Loes, P., Schlicht, E., & Valcu, M. (2010). Artificial night lighting affects dawn song, extra-pair siring success, and lay date in songbirds. Curr Biol, 20(19), 1735–1739.
Abstract: Associated with a continued global increase in urbanization, anthropogenic light pollution is an important problem. However, our understanding of the ecological consequences of light pollution is limited. We investigated effects of artificial night lighting on dawn song in five common forest-breeding songbirds. In four species, males near street lights started singing significantly earlier at dawn than males elsewhere in the forest, and this effect was stronger in naturally earlier-singing species. We compared reproductive behavior of blue tits breeding in edge territories with and without street lights to that of blue tits breeding in central territories over a 7 year period. Under the influence of street lights, females started egg laying on average 1.5 days earlier. Males occupying edge territories with street lights were twice as successful in obtaining extra-pair mates than their close neighbors or than males occupying central forest territories. Artificial night lighting affected both age classes but had a stronger effect on yearling males. Our findings indicate that light pollution has substantial effects on the timing of reproductive behavior and on individual mating patterns. It may have important evolutionary consequences by changing the information embedded in previously reliable quality-indicator traits.
Keywords: Animals; Environmental Pollution; Female; Light; *Lighting; Male; *Reproduction; Sexual Behavior, Animal/*physiology; Songbirds/*physiology; Time Factors; *Vocalization, Animal
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Schmoll, C., Khan, A., Aspinall, P., Goudie, C., Koay, P., Tendo, C., et al. (2014). New light for old eyes: comparing melanopsin-mediated non-visual benefits of blue-light and UV-blocking intraocular lenses (Vol. 98).
Abstract: BACKGROUND/AIMS: Melanopsin-expressing photosensitive retinal ganglion cells form a blue-light-sensitive non-visual system mediating diverse physiological effects including circadian entrainment and cognitive alertness. Reduced blue wavelength retinal illumination through cataract formation is thought to blunt these responses while cataract surgery and intraocular lens (IOL) implantation have been shown to have beneficial effects on sleep and cognition. We aimed to use the reaction time (RT) task and the Epworth Sleepiness Score (ESS) as a validated objective platform to compare non-visual benefits of UV- and blue-blocking IOLs. METHODS: Patients were prospectively randomised to receive either a UV- or blue-blocking IOL, performing an RT test and ESS questionnaire before and after surgery. Optical blurring at the second test controlled for visual improvement. Non-operative age-matched controls were recruited for comparison. RESULTS: 80 participants completed the study. Those undergoing first-eye phacoemulsification demonstrated significant improvements in RT over control (p=0.001) and second-eye surgery patients (p=0.03). Moreover, reduced daytime sleepiness was measured by ESS for the first-eye surgery group (p=0.008) but not for the second-eye group (p=0.09). Choice of UV- or blue-blocking IOL made no significant difference to magnitude of cognitive improvement (p=0.272). CONCLUSIONS: Phacoemulsification, particularly first-eye surgery, has a strong positive effect on cognition and daytime alertness, regardless of IOL type.
Keywords: Aged; Cataract/*physiopathology; Circadian Rhythm/physiology; Cognition/*physiology; Female; Humans; Lens Implantation, Intraocular; *Lenses, Intraocular; Light; Male; Phacoemulsification; Prospective Studies; Questionnaires; Reaction Time/physiology; Regression Analysis; Rod Opsins/*physiology; Sleep/*physiology; Physiology; Retina; blue blocker; blue light
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Figueiro, M. G., Bierman, A., Plitnick, B., & Rea, M. S. (2009). Preliminary evidence that both blue and red light can induce alertness at night. BMC Neurosci, 10, 105.
Abstract: BACKGROUND: A variety of studies have demonstrated that retinal light exposure can increase alertness at night. It is now well accepted that the circadian system is maximally sensitive to short-wavelength (blue) light and is quite insensitive to long-wavelength (red) light. Retinal exposures to blue light at night have been recently shown to impact alertness, implicating participation by the circadian system. The present experiment was conducted to look at the impact of both blue and red light at two different levels on nocturnal alertness. Visually effective but moderate levels of red light are ineffective for stimulating the circadian system. If it were shown that a moderate level of red light impacts alertness, it would have had to occur via a pathway other than through the circadian system. METHODS: Fourteen subjects participated in a within-subject two-night study, where each participant was exposed to four experimental lighting conditions. Each night each subject was presented a high (40 lx at the cornea) and a low (10 lx at the cornea) diffuse light exposure condition of the same spectrum (blue, lambda(max) = 470 nm, or red, lambda(max) = 630 nm). The presentation order of the light levels was counterbalanced across sessions for a given subject; light spectra were counterbalanced across subjects within sessions. Prior to each lighting condition, subjects remained in the dark (< 1 lx at the cornea) for 60 minutes. Electroencephalogram (EEG) measurements, electrocardiogram (ECG), psychomotor vigilance tests (PVT), self-reports of sleepiness, and saliva samples for melatonin assays were collected at the end of each dark and light periods. RESULTS: Exposures to red and to blue light resulted in increased beta and reduced alpha power relative to preceding dark conditions. Exposures to high, but not low, levels of red and of blue light significantly increased heart rate relative to the dark condition. Performance and sleepiness ratings were not strongly affected by the lighting conditions. Only the higher level of blue light resulted in a reduction in melatonin levels relative to the other lighting conditions. CONCLUSION: These results support previous findings that alertness may be mediated by the circadian system, but it does not seem to be the only light-sensitive pathway that can affect alertness at night.
Keywords: Adult; Alpha Rhythm; Analysis of Variance; Beta Rhythm; Circadian Rhythm/*physiology; Cornea/physiology; Dose-Response Relationship, Radiation; Electrocardiography; Female; Humans; *Light; Male; Melatonin/secretion; Middle Aged; *Photic Stimulation; Psychomotor Performance; Radioimmunoassay; Salivary Glands/secretion; Wakefulness/*physiology; physiology of vision; blue light; red light
Peplonska, B., Bukowska, A., Sobala, W., Reszka, E., Gromadzinska, J., Wasowicz, W., et al. (2012). Rotating night shift work and mammographic density. Cancer Epidemiol Biomarkers Prev, 21(7), 1028–1037.
Abstract: BACKGROUND: An increased risk of breast cancer has been observed in night shift workers. Exposure to artificial light at night and disruption of the endogenous circadian rhythm with suppression of the melatonin synthesis have been suggested mechanisms. We investigated the hypothesis that rotating night shift work is associated with mammographic density. METHODS: We conducted a cross-sectional study on the association between rotating night shift work characteristics, 6-sulfatoxymelatonin (MT6s) creatinine adjusted in a spot morning urine sample, and a computer-assisted measure of mammographic density in 640 nurses and midwives ages 40 to 60 years. The associations were evaluated using regression models adjusted for age, body mass index, menopausal status, age at menopause, age at menarche, smoking, and the calendar season of the year when mammography was conducted. RESULTS: The adjusted means of percentage of mammographic density and absolute density were slightly higher among women working rotating night shifts but not statistically significant [percentage of mammographic density = 23.6%, 95% confidence interval (CI), 21.9%-25.4% vs. 22.5%, 95% CI, 20.8%-24.3%; absolute density = 23.9 cm(2), 95% CI, 21.4-26.4 cm(2) vs. 21.8 cm(2), 95% CI, 19.4-24.3 cm(2) in rotating night shift and day shift nurses, respectively). There were no significant associations between the current or cumulative rotating night shift work exposure metrics and mammographic density. No association was observed between morning MT6s and mammographic density. CONCLUSIONS: The hypothesis on the link between rotating night shift work, melatonin synthesis disruption, and mammographic density is not supported by the results of the present study. IMPACT: It is unlikely that the development of breast cancer in nurses working rotating night shifts is mediated by an increase in mammographic density.
Keywords: Adult; Breast/*pathology; Breast Neoplasms/*etiology/*pathology; Circadian Rhythm/*physiology; Cross-Sectional Studies; Female; Humans; Melatonin/urine; Middle Aged; *Midwifery; *Nursing Staff; Questionnaires; Risk Factors; *Work Schedule Tolerance; oncogenesis
Stevens, R. G. (2009). Light-at-night, circadian disruption and breast cancer: assessment of existing evidence. Int J Epidemiol, 38(4), 963–970.
Abstract: BACKGROUND: Breast cancer incidence is increasing globally for largely unknown reasons. The possibility that a portion of the breast cancer burden might be explained by the introduction and increasing use of electricity to light the night was suggested >20 years ago. METHODS: The theory is based on nocturnal light-induced disruption of circadian rhythms, notably reduction of melatonin synthesis. It has formed the basis for a series of predictions including that non-day shift work would increase risk, blind women would be at lower risk, long sleep duration would lower risk and community nighttime light level would co-distribute with breast cancer incidence on the population level. RESULTS: Accumulation of epidemiological evidence has accelerated in recent years, reflected in an International Agency for Research on Cancer (IARC) classification of shift work as a probable human carcinogen (2A). There is also a strong rodent model in support of the light-at-night (LAN) idea. CONCLUSION: If a consensus eventually emerges that LAN does increase risk, then the mechanisms for the effect are important to elucidate for intervention and mitigation. The basic understanding of phototransduction for the circadian system, and of the molecular genetics of circadian rhythm generation are both advancing rapidly, and will provide for the development of lighting technologies at home and at work that minimize circadian disruption, while maintaining visual efficiency and aesthetics. In the interim, there are strategies now available to reduce the potential for circadian disruption, which include extending the daily dark period, appreciate nocturnal awakening in the dark, using dim red light for nighttime necessities, and unless recommended by a physician, not taking melatonin tablets.
Keywords: Human Health; Animals; Blindness/complications/epidemiology; Breast Neoplasms/epidemiology/*etiology/metabolism; Chronobiology Disorders/*complications/epidemiology/metabolism; Circadian Rhythm/physiology; Disease Models, Animal; Female; Humans; Light Signal Transduction/physiology; Lighting/adverse effects; Melatonin/biosynthesis; Sleep/physiology; Time Factors; *Work Schedule Tolerance
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26 March 2019 – Cycling in the Algarve
Posted on April 3, 2019 by alan_admin
We were persuaded to take an extra cycling holiday this year (didn’t take much arm twisting) to try out a new location to us, the Algarve. We did try to visit last year, but our flight was cancelled amidst the Beast from the East, so I guess this is take 2. The Portugal exploration team comprised Colette and me, along with Alison, Janette, Fiona and Sheryl.
After one day of getting our bearings, day 2 was an assault on Foia, the highest point in the Algarve. We headed away from our hotel at Praia do Vau in the direction of Alvor, but as we reached the skydive centre, everything ground to a halt in a traffic jam. There were roadworks, which held us up for maybe 10 minutes. It might have been less, but the traffic from the other direction kept on coming when the light was green for us.
As we passed through the roadworks, Sheryl rode through a sharp hole in the road, and she was lucky not to come a cropper. Luckily she was riding a gravel bike with wide tyres to absorb the hit.
After the roadworks, the line of oncoming traffic was stationary for at least half a mile, explaining their impatience. On the narrow road, that made it impossible for the bolus of cars behind us to overtake, so we had to pull over and let them pass, which also gave a chance for a good check of Sheryl’s bike.
We then had to negotiate a triple roundabout to get us onto the N125, heading west. Although a busy road, there were wide verges on either side, which made for safe cycle lanes. At the first roundabout, we left the N125 and joined the EM532, heading north towards the hills.
This new road was quieter, allowing us to feel relaxed for the first time, although the odd car did have to squeeze past, and our experience already has shown us that the drivers in Portugal are not nearly as considerate as those in the Spanish places we’ve visited. In fact, they are no better than British drivers!
One of the potential drawbacks of the route I’d drawn up was that we didn’t pass through any towns or large villages, so we weren’t guaranteed a coffee stop until the cafe at the top of the mountain. So when we spotted a roadside cafe after only 9 miles in, we decided to stop, as we might regret it later.
The coffee was strong and bitter, needing extra sugar, but at only 70 cents a cup, it was hard to complain!
Suitably caffeinated, we got going again and took the left turn onto the CM1057 a bit further on. As we progressed, we got further and further from traffic and began to really enjoy the quiet country roads. We were passing through an area dotted with low, pyramid-shaped hills, the origin of which Fiona (our resident Geography teacher) was able to explain. But I’m glad there wasn’t a test!
Pretty flower – Cistus or rock rose
One striking thing about the hills was that they were carpeted in a type of shrub with large white flowers. Very pretty. The nature of the terrain meant the road became quite undulating here, but nothing particularly steep. It was all just the kind of thing I’d been hoping for. Slightly incongruously, we occasionally heard the noise of speeding motorbikes here, although we didn’t actually meet any on the road.
We rejoined the EM532 at Montes de Cima, where there was a decent-looking coffee shop, which we might have stopped at had we not gone for the previous one. Mental note made…
Everywhere there were reminders of recent forest fires in this region
This also marked the end of the low hills and an entry to the mountainous region. There was about a mile of quite tough climbing with gradients of 8-10% that slowed us down a bit. Not Janette though, who sailed off ahead, getting practice in for Mont Ventoux later in the year.
With the hard bit over, we regrouped then turned left at Casais, which put us onto another mile or so climb at a more enjoyable gradient. I was amused to see what looked like peas growing along the side of the road. I picked a pod as I was going and found little pea-like things inside, although I didn’t eat them, much to Sheryl’s relief. There were other wild flowers growing in abundance, including yellow lupins. It’s a botanist’s dream this place.
As we got higher and the view opened out, we could see a large race track down below, which explained the loud motorbike noises we heard earlier.
We regrouped again where a single track road led off to the right. It was marked Foia, and I had chosen to go this way up the mountain, as it was likely to be fairly free of traffic. It did look quite steep to start with, which I hoped was just some introductory steepness that would soon level off. Unfortunately, that was a vain hope. It was quite a struggle to get to the first easement of gradient, where we all gathered to get our breath back.
The real steepness begins
Hard going in places, but a lovely quiet road.
It was a lovely road, winding its way up the mountain through a forest of eucalyptus trees. But it did keep hitting us with these difficult ramps of 15%+ gradient. This section was less than 3 miles long but it seemed to take an age to complete, ending where we met the N266-3 road.
Right next to the junction, there is a layby with picnic benches, and across the road is a font where fresh spring water issues from the mountainside. It tasted good, and nearly empty water bottles were replenished.
Next, we just had to ride another mile or so to the top of the mountain, which was a doddle since the gradient was now in single figures. As we completed the final part, the trees vanished, to be replaced by a rock garden of heather. The road corkscrewed round the top of the hill, coming out at a visitor centre and radar station.
I made my way to the viewpoint area just as a squall descended and the view disappeared. A chair flew across the road from in front of the cafe and didn’t stop till it hit a rock on the other side. It was hard to stand, and then the rain started!
As the others arrived, we had to take shelter from what felt like sleet but was more probably hail that was starting to melt. More chairs took off and smashed into the bike rack – luckily missing any bikes. Alison sensibly decided to hide hers round a corner out of the wind.
We then retreated into the cafe and had lunch. As we ate, the rain stopped and it started to clear a bit but the wind was still howling. I was the only one who didn’t bring any extra layers or even arm warmers, so I was feeling cold during lunch in my damp short sleeved jersey. It didn’t help remembering the fact that you always feel colder after lunch. So before we left the cafe, I grabbed a handful of paper towels from the toilet and stuffed them up my jersey.
Standing shivering outside, I couldn’t wait for the others to get ready and just launched straight into the descent. As the road unwound round the mountain, the wind went from behind me to a full on side wind. That was pretty scary, forcing me to slow right down. I was also shivering intensely with the cold. That had a strange effect on the steering, making it feel quite wobbly. Under normal circumstances, this should have been a great fun descent, but I was just keen to get it over with.
Once we reached the eucalyptus forest, there was a bit of shelter from the wind, and despite still feeling cold, I was now enjoying myself. The road was littered with debris blown from the trees but nothing dangerous. Soon, we had arrived in Monchique, where we paused at the side of the road.
Fiona arrived also shaking with the cold, in an almost hysterical state. Alison was also shivering, and had felt the same odd effect on the steering. She even stopped a couple of times on the descent, thinking there was something wrong with her wheels. Sheryl told us how to shake our arms to get the blood flowing again, which really made a difference. It was warm in Monchique, so we got back to normal quickly and were then ready to continue the descent on the N266.
Our Jet2 rep had recommended that we visit the village of Caldas de Monchique, so we detoured through there as we passed. It was akin to a small version of Port Meirion, except that the buildings were larger and not arranged quite as photogenically. I wasn’t happy with any of my photos anyway.
We didn’t stay long as we needed to get back on the road. I had originally planned to take the N266 all the way into Portimao, but cycling through the town was a bit of a nightmare the previous day and we were keen to avoid a repeat. So a few miles further down the road, we detoured right, using a smaller and quieter road heading towards Moinho da Rocha. Immediately, we were in peaceful cycling territory again. The fact that we had a few undulations to deal with was fine by us.
Finally, we reached the EM532 again, and reversed part of the road that we had taken in the morning. We again spent a short time on the N125 before approaching the area of the roadworks. In order to avoid that, I devised a cunning plan to negotiate a maze of back roads through the suburbs. Two small problems with that though: 1) some REALLY steep undulations were involved and 2) I kept getting lost! On top of that, the wee roads were so busy with people in a hurry that I began to wish I was waiting in a traffic jam instead!
Finally, we made our way to Avenue Henry Cotton, which took us past golf courses to a roundabout where we could see our hotel. Phew, we had made it back at last.
The day was a success in that we had made it to the top of the Algarve and back as planned and found some great roads worthy of repeating. Also, we had found some less good roads that we know to avoid in the future. The Algarve definitely has good potential for cycling: it’s all about choosing the right route…
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This is a few paragraphs from an article titled, "Google's search formula faces scrutiny"
"The three major Google ranking criteria are key words, fresh content and how many other sites link to yours, Treacy said. But it's more complicated than that.
About 200 different measures go into determining Google search rankings, and the company said it changed its formula about 500 times in 2010. To protect its strategic interests, Google rarely announces changes to its ranking process and never discusses the fine points of those changes. The company insists it uses the adjustments only to make rankings more user-friendly.
"We can't divulge the actual ranking signals or details about each change we make because we don't want to give people a way to game our search results and worsen the experience for all users," said a Google official who did not want to be named. "We built Google for consumers, not websites. Not every website can come out on top, or even appear on the first page of our results, so there will almost always be website owners who are unhappy about their rankings. The most important thing is that we satisfy our users."
Why? One reason is that there are many people touting SEO services. Being aware of the nature of the work they do will help you manage your own expectations and gauge their success. Another reason? Content matters. It continues to be true that in marketing and communications efforts fresh, relevant content rules.
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Art Bergmann & Viper Juice At The Wise Hall
From left, Tony Bardach, Randy Rampage, Art Bergmann and centre bottom Zippy Pinhead
Everybody who knows me, will know I am an absolute fan of Art Bergmann, the man, his music, his lyrics, his guitar playing and anything else not included in the above.
So after his concert this Canada Day Monday at the Wise Hall I received a few phone calls of protest from people citing articles about the concert that denigrated his artistic talents.
I would not even bother to mention the publications involved as most now routinely do interviews of city folk by phone or worse, by email. And in publications like the Vancouver Sun if writer John Mackie would stand up and randomly squeeze both triggers of a double-barreled shotgun he would not hit one single human being.
Nobody in this 21st century of whose mantra is, “The best price is free,” or “Good enough is good enough,” could possibly survive in this city as a rock critic. So I would take whatever such a rock critic said or wrote with an extremely teeny-weeny grain of salt. A rock critic in this city could not possibly make or break any musician, bad or good.
I am not writing the above alluding that indeed with handsome payment I would be a good music critic. That is not possible.
I write the above because if have had contact and indeed worked with very good rock critics. One of them was Les Wiseman whose In One Ear column in Vancouver Magazine was awaited monthly by a young man who now is in charge of rock music at a popular Vancouver weekly. Wiseman was uncommonly good. He almost was assigned work by Rolling Stone and Esquire (but did contribute to the legendary Trouser Press) but suffered the indignity of having seen the folks in New York when the best Canada had to offer was Red Rider. In fact Esquire editor Adam Moss (now editor of New York Magazine) told Wiseman, “I like your writing. Pity all you have to offer is Joe Clark.”
The other rock critics (not in reality just that) as they were arts critics were Globe & Mail writer Christopher Dafoe and free-lance Globe & Mail writer John Lekich. The excellence of all three blasts into a supernova with comparison to anybody who may be writing about what they wrote in our contemporary Vancouver media. Another great rock writer, Lenny Kaye even contributed to this model blog here..
It seems that the music critic in question was critical of Bergmann’s supposed drunkenness while admitting that he himself was under the influence.
Since I happened to have been back stage for most of the show and hours before I can attest to a few things that might clear the air.
For one, this last week, Kevin Lucks (the band’s bass player and organizational genius who managed to get people to show up for practice six times) found a temporary fix for Bergmann’s severe arthritis, curvature of the spine and everything else that has the man in chronic pain. This elixir is viper juice (the real snake oil!) which energized Bergmann so unlike his last appearance in 2009 when he was unable to even pick up his guitar. This time he played it from beginning to end.
Before the concert, Bergmann and company had slices at a pizza joint. Back stage they had a huge tub of iced water bottles. I did not see Bergmann open any of the beer but he did want as soon as the concert began a can of cider. I know because I was standing (and you may have seen me in my poor choice of a white T-shirt of the Odds.) behind Adam Drake the drummer when Bergmann asked for the cider.
Backstage Bergmann and Stephen Drake (who played fantastic guitar ) conspired with glee to make an issue of tuning their guitars at length. If you had seen Drake’s fine sneer you could understand that this pair was on the same wave length. And indeed they made the issue of getting the right G something very funny only if you understood the mind of the man.
Anybody who has been to an Art Bergmann concert, and I am one of those, will explain that throwing stuff, breaking microphones (as far as I know he never broke a guitar on purpose) will know that his persona is just that. Drunk or sober, on stage he will always seem drunk. In normal talk, the very shy Bergmann talks with an almost-American-from-the-South slow drawl as if he were on constant downers. This is not the case. He talks like that. In a short chat I had with another virtuoso Vancouver guitarist, Colin Griffiths, he made the comment that Bergmann was uncommonly introspective now.
The duo of Kevin Lucks and Stephen Drake (with the help of his solidly solid drummer Adam) gave Bergmann and opportunity (which Bergmann immediately understood was an offer he could not refuse) to perform when the original plan to come to Vancouver with his wife Sheri was to visit her ailing father.
I had chats (on the phone) with Stephen Drake who said that he was able to play his guitar like Bergmann and that Bergmann had noticed that. Then Drake told me something that floored me.
It went something like this, “Art tries to hide all the theoretical stuff he knows about chords and notes. He tries to make us all think it is purely intuitive. This is not the case. He understands it all deeply and we were able to communicate musically.”
What this means, from my vantage point is that every movement, every chord, every note, every lyric, every gesture, every indication of apparent drunkenness (it was once true), his violence, it is all planned or preconceived if I may insist on clarity here.
There must be a clear idea in Bergmann’s head as how things should sound and play out. Few have ever risen to that task. With minimal fuss and his original three piece band, The Young Canadians, of Jim Bescott on bass and Barry Taylor on drums was perhaps the most perfect and close knit band I ever heard. But with time things get complicated and suffer.
Monday night’s concert was none of that. Four very good musicians who have been playing for many years got together for two weeks. They played in rehearsal exactly six times. One of the players, Kevin Lucks told me, you won’t hear too much backup singing as we had little time to learn them.
Monday’s concert was one of sheer brilliance (from my amateur point of view). And specifically as I listened to most of it from very near and behind drummer Adam Drake on the side of backstage I had his precision drumming for the beat and I could hear both guitars and the bass loud and clear.
Of all the songs they played that night two stand out for me. I have always loved the whimsical lightness (until you really read the lyrics) of the Hospital Song. The version I heard was the best I have ever heard. Another favourite is Remember her Name . Because of Bergmann displaying some histrionics on the latter, it had one long and very wonderful beginning with bass and drums. It was a killer.
There are at least two thoughts I came out of after the concert. One was that the audience and Bergmann’s band have pumped him up with enthusiasm to come back and play at a larger venue. The other is that at 60 Bergmann has more brilliance to show us. I hope I am around to see and hear it.
And rock writers should realize that lucidity and listening to the music is paramount to good criticism. After all in spite of the snakes and blood good critics did note Alice Cooper’s brilliance.
Since I have yet to process all the film I shot during the concert (I still shoot film) a Fuji Instant snap that I took of the day before on Elliott Street will have to do.
Link to: Art Bergmann & Viper Juice At The Wise Hall
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London's Lacon House - pod design at its best
Painting a Picture of Sound Insulation
MACH Acoustics have experience of working with a number of constructions, from standard off the shelf lightweight metal stud walls to unusual timber cassette panels to bespoke ideas as part of a decorative effect. Whether it be a new build residential block or a Grade II refurbished building fitted for offices or teaching, MACH always take a detailed design approach to ensure a high level of acoustic performance, whilst achieving a cost effective and carbon neutral design.
MACH Acoustics were asked to investigate the level of sound insulation that would be achieved from the introduction of new glazed breakout ‘pods’ and the adjacent atrium at Lacon House in London. The interest laid in the feature design ‘picture frame’, a timber lining around the external glazed walls of each pod. Despite the open feel of these pods, the task was to ensure that noise within the atrium would not be a disturbance in the acoustically sensitive pods used as meeting rooms.
MACH applies a structured approach to these kinds of problems, realising that sound transfer not only comes through the wall or glazing, but also from flanking through junctions with adjacent elements, in this case the feature design picture frame. Simply upgrading the construction of the glazing does not work when the flanking performance is poor, hence by looking at the bigger picture MACH are able to avoid over expensive designs that don’t work and focus on cheaper, high performing solutions through clever considered engineering.
In this case, MACH componentised each possible transmission path to consider the sound reduction through each, zeroing in on the areas that had the most influence on the overall sound insulation. We used our extensive collection of manufacturer test data, on site test data and modelled performances to accurately calculate this.
This approach allowed MACH to tweak details around the frame and glazing until a high level of performance was achieved, keeping the thickness and expense of the glazing to a minimum and achieving an aesthetically pleasing design.
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On to Yakutsk (Continued from Shaun's Story Yesterday)
Xandiga...the promised land. The thing we dreamed about during the exhausting days in the swamp. The land of Milk and Honey.....well, we where a bit shocked when we first saw the place. Heaven turned out to be a nondescript small town with one soon to be paved road. The road is still under construction but according to reliable local sources should be paved by the end of the construction season. Thanks to the head of the local police, who spoke some German, we where hooked up with a safe place to park the bikes , and to the best of my memory, one of the most luxurious showers ever. The shower was a section of a green house and operated with a wood stove heating a water tank that then dispersed a trickle of water. The best part was...... there where no Mosquitoes. I am not sure how they deal with this setup in the depth of winter. I was truly amazed and very thankful that our hosts opened their home to take in three sweaty and generally grimy bikers emerging from the deep swamps of Yakutia and Far East Russia.
After we cleaned up, we where treated to a walking tour of the village which, by the way, was the home of Vasilie Saitsef (sp?)(the Soviet Sniper from the movie "Enemy at the Gates"). The tour also included a stop at the local police stations where we got to check out the comforts of the drunk tank and hang out in the commander's office for a show and tell about Yakutian Police and all sorts of other things. True to Russian hospitality standards, the entire event of our arrival, cleansing and touring was accompanied by much excellent Vodka and food. By the time we got to bed we slipped into an instant and deep coma.
The next morning started with Shaun in search of a Ventalin and a breakfast consisting of bulger wheat with Hot Dogs and.....the ever-present Vodka. This was followed by interviews with the local TV and the Regional Pravda Newspaper (our second interview)
Then, after many good bye's from our hosts it was time to once again hit the road to see what challenge Russian Road Engineers had devised for us this day. I truly believe that the road engineers in these part take a special class on how to best make roads challenging for motorcyclists. The days challenge 30 km of deep gravel. Thanks to Shaun's gravel crash two days earlier, we all decided to go slow....the wrong thing to do since going slow makes it more difficult to ride in gravel....yet, fear can be a difficult thing to overcome. Thanks to our cautious travel we ended up missing the ferry that day and spent a night camping on the beach before embarking on a relaxing ten hour ride down the Aldan River to Ustata. While in Ustata, we visited a wonderful Museum about the Sakha People and where shown the Theater and other attractions. From there we rode to Yakutsk with one more quick ferry crossing of the Lena River.
I also want to take a minute to comment on the level of hospitality we have experienced since our arrival in Russia. People from all walks of life have been absolutely amazingly outgoing, helpful and friendly. Sure, there is the occasional exception but 80% of our experiences have been wonderful. Local people have opened their homes to us, shared their food and drink with us and made sure we where safe and had a great time everywhere we went. Given that we are three rough looking bikers that butcher the Russian language horribly, I find peoples acceptance, help and hospitality absolutely wonderful. It is also interesting to Matt and I as former Military people, that we are now meeting the very people we opposed during the cold war. We kind of knew this before the trip but it became very clear to us when a former Spetznas, who's house we where staying in, showed us pictures from his tour in East Germany during the late 80's. Funny how political climates change and people, at the end of the day are just people. Discuss this post
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Writing now from the comfort of Yakutsk . . .
Seems like we are going round in circles with what we see and what we are doing, almost settling into a comfortable pattern. But just when we think that . . . .
After leaving our gracious hosts in Susuman, with a farewell riverside BBQ, compromising of beer, fish stew, and russian pop music, we were eager to once again hit the road. Little did we know that it was going to be nine extraordinary long days
before we would have a warm shower again and a hot meal. Affable hosts and foolish travelers are soon parted.
Our first obstacle was being told the main road ahead of us was soon to end with a town with no outlet. Through considerable communication between Matt (for whose language skills Henning and I are both eternally grateful) and 4 young youths on a Ural (right) we were guided to a small road that ran perpendicular to the main thoroughfare. With barely a blink we accepted this without reservation with little knowledge of the 250km of swampy marshy hell that lay ahead of us.
For the next 3 days we made slow and tedious progress through/over/under/around once of the worst roads that has been my displeasure to encounter on a motorcycle.
Our first indication of what to come what a large river where the bridge was completely out with very few indication that it had indeed ever existed. Before us, in about 5 feet of fast flowing water was a Toyota Land Cruiser which, from the helpless look of the driver standing next to the car had only just become stuck itself.
While a passing truck helped the car and it's resigned owners from that quagmire the three of us explored alternate opportunities further up the river. Another passing truck (Kamaz - the work house of the russian outback) gave us an indication of the correct route to take.
Once satisfied that this would indeed work for us we then undertook the task unloading our bikes (primarily the electronics we are using to communicate with you all) and set up support positions in case somebody dropped a bike. As we were relatively inexperienced in river crossings on bikes we certainly paid a lot of attention to this crossing, something that I now look back on with a humorous grin, considering this was one of the easier ones we have since encountered, but probably the one we put the most preparation into.
While avoiding the constant horrendous clouds of mosquito's and horseflies (which will bite through clothing!) and the passing of 2-3 hours we were all successful in crossing this first Rika with nary a mishap.
As it was now drawing close to 9pm (still wearing sunglasses) we were paying more and more attention to finding ourselves a place to sleep and rest the weary - well everything. Luckily enough the opportunity was short in coming in the guise of another river which provided some hidden spots away from any passing traffic.
As with many points on this trip, the entire setup of camp is still completely covered with our helmets and gloves on. The reason being as previously mentioned is the every present and every unpopular flying armies of mosquitoes and horseflies. Once setup is complete, we all dive into the tents still covered in mud and smelling enough to repulse anything but these creatures. The first 5 minutes after is spent killing all that accompanied us on the 3 second journey while the tent flap was open before relaxing with a mournful sigh into the relatively blissful comfort of a damp sleeping bag and a sleeping mat that is doing it's darndest to battle the stones below determined to make your sleep as uncomfortable as possible.
After a short but indeed restful sleep, briefly broken up by a van full of Russian youths who wanted to get their photo taken with us, we headed on into the swamps.
Someone with whatever wisdom I don't deign to challenge, had decided to build this entire road through a swamp. On either side of the road were marshes, harboring mosquitoes and whatever other creatures which ensures that human habitation of this area is few and far between.
As the road was in very poor shape, having potholes big enough to swallow a bus and "please can I have some more sir" this enabled the swamp to relinquish the path's right of existence. In plain speak this meant that in most parts for the next two days we were faces with a road that was more a swamp than anything else.
When faced with one of these large ponds the stopped us from making much progress at all, we had to stop to get off the bikes to inspect these hurdles. Why didn't we just go through it? Because the water was dark brown unyielding to the potential dangers in depth, boulder, logs or any other motorcycle incompatible objects below the surface.
After finding a route across we would proceed cautiously over said path one at a time with the others providing support in case catastrophe - and heed me well when I say having your bike disappear in 10 feet of mud hundreds of miles from meager civilization - that is a catastrophe!
As each passing would take up to an hour, depending on the difficulty of that particular pit and each cavity as close as 20 meters to each other we were making very very slow process. My estimates on the 10 hours given for the second day, the road surrendered only about 40km to us. That's 4km an hour or 2.5 miles per hour for our metrically challenged friends.
Water Crossing Video
After escaping the clutches of the swamps we crossed the provincial border into Yakutia where the road magically became a hundred times better and our speed increased also just as dramatically. The picture to the right shows a frozen lake and the complete exhaustion of the group. A dearth of mosquitoes also enable us to briefly relax un terrorized. The lake in the middle is frozen ice even in the heat of summer which gives an indication of how cold it gets during winter.
Our next challenge (do they ever stop) only lay ahead another 100km or so in the form of a totally impassible large river which contrary to our efforts still lay as low as 5 feet deep - impossible on our bikes. This meant finding a local Kamaz truck and convincing the owner to take us across. This was indeed a difficult task, due to the state of the local trucks but we were ultimately successful paying 200 roubles (about 7 dollars) each to make the only 10 minute trip from one side to the other. Note from the picture that the bugs had returned hence us being fully covered.
Once on the other side we were treated to an impromptu vodka picnic by some rather drunk but ultimately friendly locals who also sang some local songs for us. After one hour and begging forgiveness we took our leave to go spend another night in the swamps.
The following day started ominously with our first accident of the trip.
What lay ahead was the promised land that never seemed to materialize in form of the next big(gish) town by the name of Xandaga (harn-di-ga). It took another day of biking through what I consider some of the most breathtaking scenery yet this side of the Bering Straight, with towering snow caped mountains reminiscent of a fairy tale setting.
This led thoughts to my mind of Xandaga being a fairy tale (ok ok there is too much time to think out there on the bike - wishful thinking) city high in the clouds. This was not to be however when after one night in the mountains, the road flattened out and introduced us to the self imagined city whose streets were paved with gold.
to be continued tomorrow . . . .
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Small Journeys
When I was back in the US planning this trip, it was a simple matter of laying out a line on a map with reference to where we wanted to go that matched up to the available roads. Then breaking these down into Legs that would enable us breaks in the places that most interested us, which in turn makes up the entire journey.
It has since become apparent that traveling from each small town on the map has in itself turned out to be a passage of struggles and strengths in themselves. Looking back at the map, two off these small villages may only be maybe 300km from each other, but the printed page before us, does not yield the fact that that distance may encompass many obstacles in between.
Complications and hurdles ranging from a twisted ankle, a punctured tire that take 2 hours to fix in the rain and mud only to have a fractured valve, to a broken strap on your bag - a strap that can't be replaced and forces one to be creative in the solution if you want to maintain possession of said article.
Other impediments such as a washed away bridge may require the three of us dismounting from our heartbroken bikes to survey the river before us that at first glance looks impassable but with a seemingly dispassionate amount of time in searching for points of crossing, yields itself to our traverse.
As these challenges pile themselves one upon another, our energy and maybe moral drops as we still have little idea exactly how far the next town may lay ahead with it's bounties of a plain food, some clean water and maybe if we are blessed a shower of sorts. It's seems, as we have often commented to each other - if it's not one thing, it's another.
So far, of course, we have made it to each little point, to celebrate and let ourselves unwind, trying to avoid the thought of having to once again leave what little luxuries are offered to us, and once more start again with nay a thought of the larger journey, but leaving our thoughts and concerns to just the next 300km. Discuss this post
A quick note on time. At the moment it seems to shrink and expand like an asthmatic slinky. We try to remember what we did last week with much difficulty when only the day before seems like an eternity from a distant age.
This could be an indication of the amount of things that we are doing each day, it could also be a struggle between expired time and concluded distances. Likewise it may be the endless white nights that we are almost getting used to at these high co-ordinates.
Whatever it is, time seems to melt into itself like ice cream in a soggy cone dripping through the bottom with an irregular consistency.
We are now rarely aware as to what day it is let alone what time of day.
There is a certain satisfaction that I am finding in this myself. It is a soulful relaxation to live from one day to the next concentrating on what immediately lies ahead of oneself, whilst leaving the bigger concerns to work themselves out as they most surely do.
Work which I gave up just 2? months ago, now seems just a blink in time and importance to the whole scheme of things. I vaguely remember worrying about it all the time when I was there. I now wonder to myself why.
It's nice to let time slip past us, like sand through our hands when we were children, not worrying about how much sand was left, but enjoying the feeling of just letting it glide through our fingers. Discuss this post
Siberian Mosquitoes
If it were not for Mosquitoes and the Horseflies, this part of the trip would have almost been enjoyable (aside from the swamp that consistently threatened the struggling road and our skills as motorcyclists)
The terrain is beautiful, something reminiscent of an image from the local natural history museum, showcasing the environmental habitat of large creatures of the past.
There is an easy quiet to the place and during this part of the trip we encountered (and avoided when we could mostly due to security) only about 4 vehicles in just as many days.
However, this natural beauty was indeed spoiled by the unrelenting storms of bugs determined to make us the final supper of their short lives.
If just the barest patch of skin were available for even the briefest moments you could be assured that at least 10 bugs will land on it regardless of their impending fate when you discover your mistake.
It's difficult to describe and I hope I don't come across as whiney, but this facet of Siberia means that one has to stay covered all the time, sometimes with many layer as one layer is like stepping over a white picket fence for some of our little friends. With the sometimes stifling heat that we encountered, this not only kept us feeling like we were fermenting but also kept us from just enjoying the surroundings.
After many days of this, the ropes of insanity draw ever tighter around ones neck.
Writing from a cafe now in Yakutsk, I still remember this with a shudder, and am ever grateful for my bug free existence now. Well for the moment, unknown of what lies ahead. Discuss this post
posted by Shaun; | 9:56 AM
Pride, Prejudice and a Damaged Bike
I don't know what was damaged more - my pride or the motorbike. I suspect my pride, however I hope to atone if I may with the following confession.
After the marshes released us from their clutches, we sprang forward with unrestricted determination to reach Xandaga - our next major stop on the route Following the challenging events of riding and the skills involved, it is with remorse now, I admit that my confidence also sprang forward beyond what could be described as it's natural limitations - namely my experience in riding in deep gravel.
The story goes and I'll stick to it, that I was cruising along the dirt road and an unrestricted clip when it started to rain. Without slowing down, I pulled my visor down to protect my vision. This however had the opposite effect and succeeded in removing my line of sight completely due to the full amount of dirt covering the visor.
Whilst forgetting to slow down to hindrance, I continued forward while desperately trying to clean my visor with my now muddy gloves - a move that did not help matters at all.
It was at this moment that I hit a particularly deep section of gravel, in my estimates maybe up to a foot deep comprising of rather large unbroken river stones. As many of you know - this is not a good thing - especially at speed.
The bike, roared it's defiance to this act of stupidity of mine and just like an irate stallion sick of it's masters mistakes quickly threw me from it saddle.
250kg of bike traveling at about 40-50 miles per hour and one by now very nervous rider with nothing clasp but the empty air around him, tumbled up reaching high only to fall down (damn natural laws) with the rider very politely cushioning the bikes landing.
Luckily my leg, somewhat helped by my boot took most of the impact and after dusting myself off, I with complete anxiety turned of the engine and tried to lift up the bike to no avail.
5 minutes of dread about the damage sustained by the bike lasted before Matt and Henning appeared to help me adjust the earth to it's natural angle with the bike.
The injury's are as follows:
- One swollen and painful leg
- A slightly twisted handlebar
- Two broken turn signals
- Two twisted mirrors
- A bent windscreen
- 1 bent Jesse luggage bag
- One warped luggage frame
- 3 broken luggage straps
As Henning continued to remind me, things could have been worse, and I was most assuredly lucky they weren't. Even so it was a painful spectacle to deal with a damaged bike and the further problems that rise from this damage.
We were able to repair all of the above even though the leg is still swollen, the luggage back still bent and a turn signal still damaged (thanks to Matt for providing a spare). The rest of the bike was fixed with the help of a touch of creativity, then gentle hand of a rubber mallet and a variety of other tools to help.
I now travel a tad slower. . . . until next time. Discuss this post
-Shaun
Valentin Efremove
While out eating Scha-schlick (sp?), a Russian favorite meal of BBQ pork, Henning and I encountered a strange vehicle in the parking lot. Intrigued we both ambled over to get a better fix for our curiosity.
Before us was something straight out of the pages of the National Geographic. A large, armored vehicle that was obviously built for some serious expeditions. On the side of the truck were the words Polar Explorer in English along with the picture of a Polar Bear.
Andrey, who was also with eating us, asked if we wanted to meet the occupants of the vehicle to which we readily accepted. After the echoes of the knocking had died down, the door was opened by your very typical version of a famous explorer. Long straight hair framed a leathery lean face layered with a short salt and pepper beard. Dis-interested eyes quickly took in the sight of both Henning and I before becoming quickly focused on Andrey with the evident look of "This had better not be wasting my time".
Five minutes later after the translation came through that we were like minded travelers interested in hearing more about what he was doing, his demeanor changed and he warmly invited us into his modified military BTR-80 to share, with the help of Andrey, his story.
Born in Novgorod, 53 year old Valintin Efremove is a famous russian explorer who has had a long passion with the arctic. Trained at the Moscow University in Cosmology Engineering with the aim of working in Russia's expanding space industry, Valintin then went to work at the Chicotka nuclear power station between Russia and Alaska.
While only there for only a year, he quickly became enraptured in the Arctic environment with it's pristine beauty, unique animal inhabitants and large open spaces. Quitting his job he followed this thirst to live with the Russian Eskimos for a few years where he spent considerable time traveling the region by dogsled as well as by Reindeers and where his nights were lit up by the Aura Borealis.
His current expedition is centered around the Island of the Stone Giants. At first I thought he was talking about Easter island, but as the conversation continued on, he was in fact describing an island near Novarserbisk and Verchoynsk where the temperatures reach as low as -73 degrees Celsius.
The island is covered with stones which resemble human faces and animals as well as remnants of mammoths and an ancient cultures, which Valintin is spending his time and effort into discovering more about.
After driving us in the gargantuan vehicle of his, which was a true experience in itself to another bar, we proceeded to drink some more and meet his friends before retiring for the evening.
Encountering each other again a few days later we sat on the beach and talked some more via sign language while showering me with beer. After a short sail on his friends 38 foot Polar Circle where I met a charming couple of University students, Valintin invited me to join him next year in February or March when he is selling the BTR-80 to purchase a balloon in which he will continue his exploring. I don't know how serious he was, but it is an interesting proposition to be sure as I don't think I have anything on the calendar at that time ;-)
Being on the bikes, we have stood out somewhat and have met some of the most interesting people that one might not usually meet. I'm looking forward to meeting many more - maybe even from a balloon someday.
- Shaun
more people on the road . . .
posted by Shaun; | 5:54 PM
New Position Report
Note that I have changed the format of the Position Report to include photos, videos and other references on the map - Shaun
Two new videos for you all showcasing some of the conditions that we have encountered from Magadan to Yakusk.
The first is Dust which gives a brief view of the massive amounts of dust we have encountered everyday. As mentioned previously it coats every inch of us and quickly turns to mud when it rains.
The second video for you is Water which highlights the water crossings we have made on an extremely bad section of road which was mostly marshes. More on that over the coming days . . . Discuss this post
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Adward Spitsin
Shortly before we departed Magadan, at the Automobile Registry Agency we encountered a most interesting character. Approaching us in the parking lot with stumbling but passable English was Adward Spitsin.
Adward is 43 year old extreme sports and adventure junkie who was born in Magadan and has returned after his numerous travels. After leaving school he joined the russian navy as a submarine mechanic and spent a good number of years touring the world from the depths of below, so probably not seeing a whole lot of it.
After leaving the navy, Ad worked as a search and rescue swimmer in various spots in the russian far east as part of a helicopter rescue team. Now far from being anchored he runs a Komatsu dealership that supplies the Japanese construction equipment to the numerous mines that inhabit the region.
After showing us photos of his previous motorcycle trips around the province he then took us in search of some jerry cans we were in need of and then guided the group out to the coast where he paraglides with about 20 other fellow magadanians. He also skydives, powerchutes, kayaks and numerous other sports. Those that know me, can imagine my thrill at finding a like minded character.
To see these types of people over here is refreshing, from the perspective that regardless of the difficulties that they may have faced in the past, they are fulfilling their adrenaline needs without interference from the government. Not only is it interesting that the DRD4 gene is evident everywhere in the world one may be, but it is alive and well here in Russia.
One week after we departed Magadan, Adward was due to leave on a similar trip out to Germany on a much smaller bike. Best of luck to you Ad and it was a pleasure for all of us.
Andrey Sultashov and
Vladislav Soldatov
Yakutsk was home to us for 6 days while we tidied up various inconsistencies with our bikes and Matt attempted to no avail, to find a rear replacement tire due to the ever increasing wound in the current tire.
What can only be described as our hosts during this time were two taxi drivers who had stopped to help during the initial search for a hotel when we first arrived. For the entire week these two young enterprising native Yakutskians provided companionship, entertainment and acted as tour guides as well as assisting us in locating all the things that we were in search of.
Both were born and grew up in Yakutsk and being natives are keenly interested and involved in their indigenous traditions while at the same time listening to hip hop as loud as they can in the car and wearing the latest American fashions.
Incorporating a fascinating energy, Andrey was the personality of the two. He is only 21 years old but is worldly beyond his years. This could be due to the fact that he has been very happily married for 2 years to his beautiful wife Marina.
Russian schools are not named like I am used to, and Andrey attended High School number 14. Andrey now works full time as a taxi driver and his ambition in life is to build his own home - a rare and expensive aim in this part of the world but a worthy one. He likes cars so much that his career aim is to one day open up his own shop - maybe a car dealership. At the moment Andrey makes a small business from buying second hand Japanese cars down in Vladivostok and driving the 3,000km dusty roads back to Yakutsk where he sells them for a small profit.
While a quiet personality, Vladislav (Slava for short) had plenty to contribute to the conversation with always a thoughtful comment or two. He graced high school Number 31, and makes the time outside of his daily taxi job to attend the Yakutsk technical institute where he is in his final year of a automotive engineering course. Of the two, Slava has traveled further and has fine memories of his time in the Black sea - a popular Russian vacation spot. While also dreaming of becoming a rally car driver, he continues his studies with the aim to someday open his own garage where he can work on cars to his hearts desire. Slava is also looking for that special somebody and wants 3 children to help complete his life.
When asked what they enjoyed the most out of their childhoods, both Andrey and Slava quickly replied that the visits to their grandparents in the countryside was the best memories. Keen proponents of nature they would both tell me of the animals and natural beauties they saw, with Andreys grandfather giving him a horse and saying "with a horse you can see the world".
It was a true pleasure, not only two have the assistance of the two, but just to enjoy their remarkable energy, intelligence and good company. I'll continue to be in touch with the both of them and help them where I can, but I'm sure I'll never be able to repay the kindness they showed us during our stay.
posted by Shaun; | 12:06 PM
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John Fea on Why Jefferson and Franklin were not "Deists."
Here and here. Also order Dr. Fea's book that comes out sometime this month. It's sure to bring much greater understanding of the issue of the FFs' personal religious creed to the orthodox Christian audience to whom it is primarily directed. (Yet, I think it will also be a very valuable resources to any curious person regardless of his or her religious faith.)
Here is a taste from Dr. Fea's personal blog:
... And yes, one can be a theist and reject all the tenets of Christianity. One could certainly believe in a God who intervenes and providentially orchestrates the world without believing that that God revealed himself in the form of a human who died for the sins of the world. What I am basically doing (and I am giving a bit of my book away here) is trying to argue that the founders were neither deists or Christians, but something in-between. Some scholars have suggested that they were "theistic rationalists." I think this is a fair term (although I am not sure I use it in the book).
The larger truth that I've been pressing for years: We've got two boxes "Christian" and "Deist" each of which can have narrow or broad meanings. The narrow meaning of "Christian" is someone who believes in the Trinity and cognate orthodox doctrines, that the biblical canon is inerrant or infallible, etc. The narrow meaning of "Deist" is someone who believes in a non-intervening clockmaker God who does not reveal anything to man in any Holy Book. What a wide gulf between those two concepts! It shouldn't surprise that many Founders wouldn't fit into either box, but be somewhere in between.
The game that scholars or advocates can play is define one box strictly and one box broadly in order to capture a particular founder for a preferred outcome. Strictly speaking the first four Presidents and Ben Franklin were neither Christians nor Deists (with some admitted uncertainty regarding Washington and Madison). Broadly speaking they were both Christians AND Deists.
Are you suggesting that the FF believed in a "moral order" of the universe, that is, that God structured the world such that "order" is the "name of the game"? But, they also believed in natural rights, because of such moral order. And this was based on natural law?
The problem is with our "understanding" (really, our lack of) of quantum theory, where the order is not understood, because of man's lacking the ability to think or understand beyond 3 dimensions. Is this "god"? Is "god's providence" what we don't understand, yet, as in "god of the gaps"?
I agree that humans must base the ordering of society on some foundation. I think it is dangerous to construct a foundation that is too ordered, or too unordered. Isn't this what we have in our society, a liberal Republic"?
What I really struggle with and cannot accept, is choosing religious language for what happens, as if "god is sovereign". Sh** happens and those that are responsible for it, should be held accountable. This deters a disregarding of proper procedures that protect all of us as free individuals! So, I do not believe in leadership pre-determining another's life without thier full knowledge and consent!
Too often religious language is used to justify what would be horrendouly offensive, illegal and wrong in the "real/secular world". And this is what is offensive to me, using forgiveness language blood/cross symbolozation to justify one's actions.
Ownership of one's life means that one admits one's choices, mistakes and values. Life is a learning/growing process, and not just a "ideological" structure. So, while we have to believe in some sort of structuring of society by laws, and an order to the universe, so science can discover, we must also understand that we don't know everything, so we must not be arrogant in our assertions and leave room for "correction" or change.
As always, "the Founders" becomes Jefferson and John Adams, with a sprinkling of Franklin.
Same ol', same ol'. There were 100 other Founders.
Jason_Pappas said...
Fea's article (your second link) raises more questions than it answers. He quotes both Franklin (our 1st greatest scientist) and Jefferson (who mastered Newtonian physics and calculus) as saying that God keeps the planets in motion. If this isn't, strictly speaking, a Christian God, one has to wonder what kind of God keeps the planets in motion. What God permeates all nature and embodies nature's law? That would be a pantheist God. Since I'm sure both Franklin and Jefferson knew of Newton's law of gravitation, one wonders if such rhetoric (if it isn't just a metaphor) hints at pantheism? Now, I don't think they were but one has to wonder how they see both Newton's laws and God's intervention fitting together. As I said, it raises more questions than it answers.
As you point out, there's a vast realm between deism and orthodox Christianity.
Some such as Jurgen Multmann have suggested panentheism, which ackowledges the "cosmos" within "God". That is that everything that is exists within God...yet, God is greater....(I think I am remembering it correctly)...
Jefferson, J. Adams, Franklin had the profoundest respect for Newton.
"There were 100 other Founders."
And they didn't become Presidents. Or at least the one who did (Washington, Madison) didn't stand in any kind of stark contrast with Jefferson or J. Adams on their Providentially theistic but not explicitly, traditionally Christian personal religious creed and public religious proclamations.
"President" is not a necessary function of being a Founder, Jon. Neither was the presidency seen as the "imperial presidency" that it's considered today. Congress was where it was at.
The irony is that the first presidents were seen as largely non-sectarian affiliated, which made them attractive as consensus candidates to the battling sects. But this does not necessarily make them representative of the nation or the Founders as a whole; it's their "outlierness" that made them attractive.
The National Fast recommended by me turned me out of office. It was connected with the general assembly of the Presbyterian church, which I had no concern in. That assembly has alarmed and alienated Quakers, Anabaptists, Mennonists, Moravians, Swedenborgians, Methodists, Catholicks, protestant Episcopalians, Arians, Socinians, Armenians, &c,&c,&c, Atheists and Deists might be added. A general Suspicion prevailed that the Presbyterian Church was ambitious and aimed at an Establishment as a National Church. I was represented as a Presbyterian and at the head of this political and ecclesiastical Project. The secret whispers ran through them [all the sects] "Let us have Jefferson, Madison, Burr, any body, whether they be Philosophers, Deists, or even Atheists, rather than a Presbyterian President"...
---John Adams on the election of 1800
Jason, a God that keeps the "spheres" whirling is the Aristotelian God, the "God of the philosophers." It's also part of the Thomistic [Aquinas] "proofs of God."
If that helps. It does not necessarily suggest any pantheism. To a man [even Paine], the Founders were still Providential monotheists.
bpabbott said...
Being elected President did carry the necessity of being a popular Founder. I don't think it a stretch to say those who were elected were the more popular founders.
It's easily argued that Hamilton did as much or more "Founding" than Jefferson did. The point being that the presidency doesn't jump you to the front of the line.
Again, it always comes down to Jefferson and John Adams---most of which is from their private letters.
In my opinion, Hamilton could have become President. It was his habit for dueling that prevented him from being counted among the first five.
I have no problem counting him among the leading founders. But I don't see how that changes anything. The religion of Hamilton pre/post 1801 seems quite inconsistent.
Mark in Spokane said...
Hamilton is a far more important founder, when it comes to the eventual structure and economy of America, than Jefferson. I forget who said it, but Jefferson was the poet of America -- the one who said the pretty words that make people feel an emotional connection to the idea of this country. But it was Hamilton who figured out how to make the country actually work. And this is borne out by Jefferson's own stint as president, where he preserved intact (and in some cases expanded) the machinery of government and economy put into place by Hamilton. Forrest McDonald's biography of Hamilton is really good at pointing this out.
Hamilton never would have become president. His political career was finished by the time he was murdered by Burr. Hamilton after 1798 was becoming increasing erratic -- dreams of military glory, empire building by marching an American army into Mexico, increasing paranoia about France, etc. Most of the Federalist machinery was turning against him after the election of 1800.
As far as his religious views go, Hamilton was not particularly religious for most of his career. He did become increasing religious after the death of his son Philip in a duel. From all accounts, after his son's death, he embraced Christianity. As he was on his deathbed, he was insistent, for example, that he be given viaticum. When a Presbyterian minister wouldn't administer holy communion to him, Hamilton begged the local Episcopalian bishop to do so. And he was persistent on that point, eventually wearing the bishop down and receiving communion before he died.
What I like about our self-avowed atheist friend Ben Abbott is that he never actually crosses the line against the natural law-theism-biblical morality of the Founding vibe.
Well I'm sure he does, or has
As has every other human being with the possible exception of Jesus.
The end result remains that "faith" equals "doctrine" if you wanna be a hardass about it. But the Founders were astute enough to know, with 3 major sects---Presbyterian, Anglican and the upstart Baptists---plus all the variations thereof PLUS your Quakers and Anabapists and whatever...
Jeez, look at the scorecard, if you can buy one! The Catholics ain't even in the game yet, and the unitarians haven't even legally seized the Congregationalist churches of Massachusetts.
Jefferson's private letters back and forth with John Adams after they retired?
Aw geez. Clinton debating Bush 41 in 2001. Who gives a shit?
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Highlights from Theme C
Our Director awarded Nancy Millis medal
Professor Kerrie Wilson, our Director, was awarded the 2017 Nancy Millis medal for Women in Science!
Kerrie received the award at the annual Science at the Shine Dome event in Canberra, held by the Australian Academy of Science.
The Academy’s citation stated that she had “made significant discoveries in the environmental sciences that resulted in more effective conservation practices”.
“Professor Wilson identified how significant funds for conservation can be saved, and investments could be more equitable, through incorporating socio-economic principles into setting priorities for conservation investments,” the citation said.
“This has resulted in new theory and novel decision support tools to inform how limited conservation funds should be allocated to achieve multiple objectives, further enhancing the legacy and impact of her influential applied research program.
“Her research has led to innovative ways to efficiently protect and restore natural ecosystems and her ability to translate this new knowledge into practical applications has positioned her as a global, national and local leader in conservation science.”
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Vladimir Putin has been 'neutralised' by a stealthy coup as rumours about his health and well-being continue to flourish
Posted By: FrancisDrake
Date: Sunday, 15-March-2015 04:12:06
Vladimir Putin is supposed to hold public meetings on Monday
The Russian leader has not been seen in public for the past nine days
Putin reportedly met the head of the Supreme Court on Friday for talks
However, the video is now believed to have been taken from file footage
By Will Stewart for MailOnline
Published: 8:51 PM EST, 14 March 2015 | Updated: 8:54 PM EST, 14 March 2015
Vladimir Putin is 'alive' but 'neutralised' as shadowy security chiefs stage a stealthy coup in Moscow, it was claimed last night.
Former FSB chief Nikolai Patrushev was behind the plot, claimed chairman of the pro-Kremlin national Islamic Committee, Geydar Dzhemal.
There have been no confirmed sightings of Putin for nine days, while in the febrile atmosphere engulfing Moscow a convoy of large trucks parked outside the Kremlin fueled rumours of a flit by the president.
Read more: http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2995335/Vladimir-Putin-neutralised-stealthy-coup-rumours-health-continue-flourish.html#ixzz3URKkNopP
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Charles easley
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Huffington Post Contributor: First Article
Hey guys check out my first article as a Huffington Post contributor. I talk about the lack of support for minority athletes and entertainers that dare to use their platform to speak out on injustice rather than perform for the masses.
"But there is a lot more to this San Francisco 49ers quarterback as he finds himself in the middle of a major controversy after making the decision to not stand during the playing of the national anthem. Man what is up with you? You know folks could care less about black folks speaking their mind or showing they have intelligent thought, just throw the ball. "
Check out my article with the Huffington Post, on San Francisco's quarterback, Colin Kaepernick.
I'm Not Jova
While some of my friends have been traveling lately, I have been watching their home and taking care of their menagerie of pets, which includes three dogs and two African parrots. They have a beautiful home in Dilworth, with a grand Southern porch and pool in the back.
During one of my first stays as I unloaded my car, a neighbor walked by and struck up a conversation. It soon became obvious that he thought I was one of my friends who lives in the home. I politely said, "I'm not Jova."
I figured it was an isolated incident, but it actually continued throughout my stay. One afternoon I was coming back from the park and a neighbor began to walk toward me, speaking in a very familiar way. I replied with my now-pat response, "I'm not Jova."
Now, a few of these encounters were very understandable, as neighbors would sometimes greet me from a distance with a friendly "Hi, Jova." Or sometimes while walking the dogs at dusk, I would walk by a home and someone would greet me with an "Evening, Jova."
To be fair, my friend and play brother Jova is, like me, a tall brother with locs, but that is where the similarities end. I have locs, but I wear them differently. I am also significantly older and noticeably slimmer than Jova (friendly shade).
One of my favorite "I'm not Jova" encounters was at the park, when one woman carried on a lengthy conversation and asked about the youngest dog, which was not present, by name. She knew the dog's name, but could not see that I was not Jova.
Sadly, I am accustomed to this sort of confusion. The chair of my graduate film program at Iowa constantly confused me with my best friend Jerry. We were the only two black males out of maybe 16 graduate students. Heck, on any given day, we were the only black dudes in the building. But I was tall, dark-skinned, skinny and rocked a short fade cut, while Jerry was shorter, light-skinned, muscular and sported short locks. I know, the resemblance is uncanny.
What I experienced back then and in the more recent encounters during my house-sitting stints in Dilworth is a form of racial/cultural bias. This bias refers to the tendency to more easily recognize members of one's own group. A deeper analysis of this phenomenon reveals that as a person interacts more with that other race or culture, he or she will begin to use a more holistic approach in recognition. It's called the experience effect.
To help break down this concept further, I turned to a trusted therapist, Isis Reddick-Umoja. "Historically, in our [Western] society, people of color have been invisible to the mainstream. People of color are not really seen as individuals. Negative connotations perpetuated by our society, along with fear, will sometimes interfere with one's ability to connect with people of color in an authentic way." Example: maintaining eye contact and being present enough in the moment to recognize them in a future encounter.
Everyone has experienced this at some point, confused someone for someone else, but I believe when you are accustomed to being "the other" you train yourself to be a bit more aware of subtleties that help you identify folks. It's like a muscle that gets bigger the more you exercise it.
I have found myself teaching a class and noticing, at first glance, that some students look very similar. I remember once I had a class with not one but three young white female students, all named Amber and all sporting various shades of blonde hair. I had to really work at identifying specific features, voice patterns, mannerisms and individual stories to eventually quickly assess which Amber I was addressing.
One of my favorite films, The Breakfast Club, has a very appropriate quote from one of its archetypal characters. The "nerd" responds to his principal's request to write an essay during detention: "Dear Mr. Vernon, we accept the fact that we had to sacrifice a whole Saturday in detention for whatever it is that we did wrong. But we think you're crazy to make us write an essay telling you who we think we are. You see us as you want to see us: in the simplest terms and in the most convenient definitions."
Do we reduce folks to the simplest terms? Do we get more complacent as we get older?
My most memorable "I'm not Jova" encounter supports this observation. I was on the porch one afternoon texting on my cellphone when a woman walked by with several young children. She waved and smiled at me as they passed the house and yelled out the familiar "Hey, Jova." Without missing a beat, one of the little boys looked up at me and said, "That's not Jova."
Roots Reboot
I've never been a fan of remakes.
I was not impressed with the reboots of popular franchises like Psycho,Poltergeist or The Day the Earth Stood Still. But those were movies, so imagine my surprise when I see the History Channel running trailers for, of all things, a miniseries remake of Roots.
How do you bring yourself to contemplate remaking Roots, a miniseries that changed not only television but had an indelible imprint on our history and culture? I shook my head in disbelief. This for me is another example of mainstream media and Hollywood's obsession with "slave" narratives.
My discomfort for such work started in film school when I was one of the only black students in a film theory class watching of The Birth of a Nation, the notorious 1915 silent film that casts the Klan in a positive light. I got through the film because I needed to reference it as a film theorist but I vowed I would never subject myself to sitting through it again. This ambivalence has stuck with me, although I sometimes still — for the purposes of critique — allow myself to be subjected to such visuals.
But I became almost militant against not allowing another slave narrative to breach my defenses after viewing 12 Years A Slave. I battled with my conscious for weeks after the film was nominated for Best Picture and gave in, justifying my decision by stating it was my duty as someone who critiques media and popular culture to watch a film recognized by the Academy. Boy, was I wrong.
It took me weeks to shake off the psychological funk that permeated my mind after witnessing the brutality the characters in the film endured, especially the violence inflicted on Lupita Nyong'o. The film left me feeling angry, defeated, disillusioned and off-balance. I felt like I needed to watch a marathon of Disney movies just to get back to center.
As I often do while meditating on a subject, I recently queried my social networks for thoughts on whether we really need another version of Roots. Many agree with my thoughts: that mainstream media has an agenda to support and produce narratives that show black folks being subservient that reinforce white supremacy.
And if you think this is just folks being paranoid, may I direct your attention to a recent Hollywood film,Gods of Egypt. To place the power of visual suggestion to task I viewed the film recently. I "acquired" the film, as I refused to pay and cosign what I already suspected would be a historical and culturally inaccurate hot mess. I was not mistaken. The film depicted the ancient Egyptian Gods as Caucasians ruling over darker subjects.
I remember learning about Egypt in school and marveling at how folks talked about it as some fairy tale place, never mentioning that the kingdom inspiring such knowledge, wisdom and cultural advances was indeed in Africa.
This blatant rewriting of history is intentional. The obsession with the slave narrative is out of control. We have Amistad, Django Unchained, The Birth of a Nation, the series Underground and now a newRoots.
There is a tremendous toll placed on the psyche and spirit of conscious black folks to have to watch films where people who look like them are subjected to unspeakable violence and horrors. Such narratives also give folks in the mainstream the false illusion that everything is so much better now in comparison; a dangerous falsehood. Marginalized folks are still catching hell today.
My mom required us to watch Roots when it made its historical and monumental debut on national television, still boasting as one of the most watched miniseries and programs of our time. I remember what an impact it was seeing how African-Americans lived, endured and survived slavery.
A reboot of Roots just supports a running theme of subjugation and conformity to a system of oppression. I believe the obsession with slave narratives and keeping us looking back is an attempt to distract us from real and present challenges. Those challenges include the disparity of violence against black bodies by authority figures and the ugly truth that our system will not protect us or hold people accountable for said violence, like the recent decision to clear the officer charged in the death of Freddie Gray in Baltimore. The narrative also helps distract folks from the continued insult to Trayvon Martin's family as they watch the sociopath George Zimmerman over $100K selling the gun he used to slaughter their son.
So I will pass on Roots the remix, a further distraction. I prefer to keep my focus on the very present challenges of the here and now.
Purple Haze
We all have those moments burned into our brain when something tragic or significant happens. You know you'll recall the story forever, so you store it in your memory shelf like so many virtual snow globes until the inevitable question is presented.
Last week, one of these unfortunate events played out across America. Where were you when Prince died?
On April 24, my long-time friend, Doug, had invited me over for lunch to catch up. I was on the couch watching television when he came in holding his phone with his face frozen in disbelief and said, "This can't be right."
After knowing someone for over 20 years, you can quickly surmise by their tone and demeanor when all jokes are officially aside and something tragic has happened. Doug handed me the phone as it projected a TMZ story with the simple yet direful headline, "Prince, Dead at 57." I had a sense of deja vu; I was also with Doug when we found out Whitney Houston had died. But this time, one person instantly flashed in my mind: my sister Kimberly.
We all have that one artist who is almost synonymous with our personality, character, taste, style, voice and lives. Anyone who knows me will tell you that artist for me is the diva Patti LaBelle. But for Kim, that artist is unequivocally Prince. I am a fan of Prince because I grew up with his music, but for Kim, he was her muse, musical soul mate and spirit guide. Kim is known for her funky fashion sense, which she will proudly tell you is her homage to his Royal Purple-ness.
So upon hearing the news, I immediately sent a mutual text to Kim and our cousin Kathy, because I knew I would need backup for the inevitable emotional mess my sister would turn into upon hearing the tragic news of her musical muse's sudden and untimely death. I got a text back from my sister Kim, "I can't even breathe. I logged off from work early, pls [sic] pray for me. I am not right...."
It was worse than I thought.
I finished lunch and headed home to change for work. I checked in with Kathy, who was concerned that my sister was not answering the phone or responding to text. We agreed that we would keep checking on her as the first wave of shock and grief took hold.
Once I got to work, Prince tributes were in full swing on the radio and social media. Each song brought back specific memories, especially since I grew up in the '70s and '80s. One station played "Soft and Wet" and I was immediately transported to a house party during my childhood where I stood in awe amongst older cousins and relatives dancing and having a good time until I was caught and ushered back to my room with the other kids.
I spent the evening of the 24th reminiscing over moments in my life that involved Prince. I remember blasting "Erotic City" with the windows down on my Nissan Pulsar one magical night clubbing in Austin, Texas with friends. The movie Purple Rain came out in the summer of 1984 and became not only the soundtrack of that season but carried us right into a new year of college. There were dudes trying so hard to look like Prince while girls tried to emulate Vanity 6 that semester. You see, Purple Rain was not just about the music; it had a serious impact on our culture.
I called Kim on the day following Prince's death and she was still noticeably melancholy. Eventually, she softened and even laughed a bit while recalling how she and our cousin Lisa "discovered" Prince when they went to a record store to buy a Michael Jackson album. They happpened to see this other fine dude with a big afro on the cover of a record lying nearby and bought that album instead. They felt like they had beat the crowd when they heard "Soft and Wet" a few weeks later on the radio.
We both cracked up at a memory of when Kim said our mom burst into her room and yanked the cassette out of her player because she heard her listening to "Controversy." She had heard Prince begin to recite the Lord's Prayer and immediately wanted to know what kind of blasphemous devil music she was listening to.
The laughter did not last long, however, before the reality of her beloved musical icon and spiritual muse's passing hit home again. She shared in a kind of far away voice, "He just made it ok to be different." I knew eventually she would be alright, but losing someone who had literally created her life's playlist would take some time. For the time being, she needed to process, grieve, heal and take refuge under her own "Graffiti Bridge."
Empire Strikes
Do not even think of calling or texting me on Wednesday nights at 9 p.m. That is my standing date night with my main girl Cookie, the urban diva and queen of the new series Empire.
Fox's TV drama rekindles the on-screen chemistry between Terrence Howard and Tariji P. Henson from Hustle and Flow. It may have been hard out here for a pimp, but Howard now ditches his doo rag for expensive suits, mansions, money and fame to embody Lucious Lyon, an artist who evolved from rapper to CEO of his own company, Empire Entertainment.
And like many successful men, he did not get there alone. Enter Henson's character Cookie Lyon, Lucious' ex-wife, who served time in jail to keep her family together. Incidentally, she also provided the "dirty" money that helped Lucious start the company. The drama ensues when Cookie is released from jail and rejoins the business. A dueling thread is the power struggle between their three sons over who will become the next urban king.
The series boasts a talented cast and is directed by Academy Award-winning director Lee Daniels, best known for films like Precious and The Butler. So with such talent backing this endeavor on and off the screen, why is Empire getting flack — especially from some folks within the black community?
The show's overwhelmingly popular. According to Variety.com, Empire "became the first program in the history of Nielsen's People Meters (going back to 1991) to grow in total viewers with each of its four episodes following its premiere." Feb. 18's episode hit 12.9 million viewers.
A hard-core fan, I wanted to query someone who did not share my opinion. I reached out to Charlotte filmmaker Narcel Reedus to get his opinion. The chief creativist at digital storytelling agency Story Street Studio admits he's not into the show. "I'm sure it's an entertaining, well-written and acted drama," he said. "But I take exception to the notion that the only way for black folks to be the main characters of a dramatic TV series is inside of a hip-hop box. It's reality TV with production value."
Yes, the premise is indeed built around hip-hop. But if you look beyond that, the series actually challenges some very interesting and provocative concepts.
Becky (Gabourey Sidibe) and another statuesque figure, Porsha (played by Ta'Rhonda Jones) are assistants to Lucious and Cookie. Both women are not typical characters in a mainstream corporate environment, one being a large dark woman (Sidibe) and the other (Jones) decidedly "hood." These women are more than capable in their positions, but the fact they do not fit a traditional corporate image means they would normally not have access to such opportunities.
Of course, race and media are prevalent themes throughout. For example, the show addresses co-option of culture when Lucious and Cookie both acknowledge the mainstream appeal of their non-black artists — Courtney Love plays rocker Elle Dallas — as well as the majority of hip-hop consumers being non-black.
In another scene, the youngest son Hakeem pulls a stunt at an upscale establishment, and the authorities are contacted. Both Lucious and Cookie remind Hakeem that as a young black man, his status and wealth do not make him immune to the same threats facing other young black men, due to a prevalent image in the media that, ironically, artists like himself perpetuate.
But the most compelling storyline for me is the one involving the middle son Jamal, who is unapologetically gay. Jamal not only challenges the ideals of masculinity for his family but also addresses issues of homophobia within the misogynistic world of hip-hop. If you haven't watched the show, spoiler alert ahead. In one compelling flashback, a young Jamal teeters into the living room during a house party, dressed in his mother's heels. It's a sight that enrages Lucious so much that he picks up the toddler, takes him outside and puts him into a trash can. This act of treating a gay youth as literal trash speaks volumes about the attitudes of many within the black community.
While some black viewers remain resistant to Empire's stereotypical "urban" themes and its gay content, let me say this: It is not the responsibility of one show to represent a culture. The real challenge is to have other voices present in the media to explore the rich and diverse experiences within that culture. Empire is doing its part in creating an alternative narrative, and as someone who is "Team Cookie" all the way, I feel encouraged.
The Domestic Threat
Watching folks wage a virtual war of ideologies on social media in reference to the recent Syrian refugee crisis has been both entertaining and exhausting. I'm not sure what I am more amused by; the "good" religious folks who seem to only have empathy for those in need who look like them; or minority groups who want to keep refugees out as if the mainstream wouldn't push you out with them if given the chance.
I guess, occupying the space that I do, I am more concerned about being taken out by an overzealous authority figure or some disenfranchised black youth than I am by a terrorist attack. To help you understand my position, I'll take you with me on a laundry trip last week.
"Thank you," I said to the nice, older sister that held the door for me as I entered the neighborhood laundromat down the street from the Beatties Ford Food Lion. I abhor doing laundry. It is right up there with cleaning tile grout, but it's a necessary evil when I get down to my emergency underwear, as I was that day.
Although I don't like doing laundry, I do like the conversations I participate in or overhear while there. A neighborhood laundromat is like a barber shop in that its residents comfortably discuss various topics that impact our community.
As we chatted about the military-like presence of police in our neighborhoods during my most recent trip, something began brewing outside. Customers began to notice a large group of black youth — mostly males — roaming back and forth in front of the business. It quickly became clear something was amiss. One sister came in announcing what was happening. "These chaps are crazy. They are trying to beat up some boy about something stupid," she said. "He's held up at the Subway. This is why I don't fool with these chaps. They should have their butts in school."
The sentiment was quickly shared by other patrons. One customer threatened to call the police, but others cautioned how that could end badly. Folks here no longer trust intervention from the authorities. It's an awful paradox when people feel threatened from both within and outside their community.
As a career educator, I was astounded at how so many kids could be roaming the streets on a school day unchecked. I watched as young, black youth dressed in almost cliche outfits of hoodies and sagging pants created chaos for their community, all under the watchful eye of one of those remote (tinted because they're usually empty) police units set up in the Food Lion parking lot.
Folks fell back into their routines and conversations until the news interrupted the daytime programming with what looked to be a high speed chase through a residential area. Wait? Did the reporter say near Beatties Ford Road? We could see the vehicle driving recklessly followed by several police vehicles and a helicopter when in a surreal moment we realized the sirens, horns and chopper sounds were coming from outside and not from the television. The officers finally apprehended the driver on LaSalle Street, just next door to the laundromat. Several of us piled out to see police vehicles, emergency and first responders on the scene. The group of black youth held court at the bus stop directly in front of the scene and commenced to putting on a sad minstrel show of buffoonery as to what they would have done if they were in the vehicle. Sadly, the mainstream press eagerly turned their cameras on the spectacle.
The exchange between myself and a few other older residents standing by as we watched the media frenzy summed up the general attitudes about living in what seems at times to be an occupied state. One older brother shared that it was not always like this; this area at one time was a great place to live. A general consensus among the conversants was that folks are conflicted about the police presence in the community.
I personally hope the refugees find shelter, but I have seen firsthand how we treat our less fortunate in this country. Limited resources are not the problem and folks weren't clamoring to assist veterans and the homeless prior to this emergency.
The point of this laundry-day tale is to put things in perspective, and show that some folks are too busy looking after themselves to have the luxury of worrying about the overblown possibility of threats from Syrian refugees. Every day we are dealing with more imminent threats from individuals and agencies much closer to home.
Drive By Saints
Let me preface this by sharing that I am open to whatever your belief system is or in some cases is not.
Whatever gives you peace and direction is good with me, but what I abhor is when folks become sanctimonious and aggressive in assuming that I must share the same belief system as they do.
For the last few months, I have been innundated by what I refer to as the "drive-by saints." You know, the folks who show up on the weekends or on a weekday evening after you are finally home after working like a dog all day then they want to take up an hour of the 3.5 hours you have to yourself before going to bed and getting up to start the grueling process of conformity all over again. Really?
It all started last month when I was on my way out to an early Saturday morning appointment and I heard a knock at my door. Now, all of my friends and family know that unless they are being inducted into the witness protection program and this is their last chance to say farewell, then you are not going to just show up at my spot unannounced.
I looked through the peep hole and there is this older black couple looking stern. I open the door to both greet and exit and she immediately starts her pitch. "Good morning, do you have a few minutes to discuss your faith?"
I politely reply "No, sorry I am on my way to an appointment."
"Well, can I leave this pamphlet with you and I can come back another time. When is a good time?" the saint asks. I take the pamphlet and brush past them to continue down the stairs while explaining over my shoulder that I am busy with an erratic schedule. I exhale — knowing I have escaped the first step of indoctrination — but I see them still standing in front of my door looking at each other in some weird X Files exchange that reads, "This one can be assimilated." I shrug it off and head to my appointment.
I remember reading that ants will leave an invisible pheromone trail that allows other ants to follow them to food, water, shelter or even receive messages in the scent. I think my front door was smeared with some kind of drive-by saints pheromone that told other saints there was a potential heathen ripe for the picking inside. Because the saints activity really increased after that encounter.
The next Saturday, it was the same routine, only this time the silent male partner has returned with another older brother. I guess he is the muscle. A similar routine starts.
"You are a busy man," the muscle offers. Smiling slightly I reply, "Yes, between work and classes," I respond. "Are you in school?" the muscle asks. "No, it's my class. I'm the teacher." I respond. The silent partner and muscle exchange a quick glance. I wonder whether they get extra points for converting an educator.
The next few weeks saw a steady flow of saints to my door. Side note, why do the saints only seem to stalk the "'hood?" I never see them in ritzy neighborhoods. Are they under the impression that folks in the 'hood are in more need of saving?
Anyway, the word was out somehow because I got buzzed by an older white couple that left more literature at my door. Then there was another group of women who cruised by for some light unsolicited conversation about my soul.
One evening, just as I was about to get into Modern Family, a young black dude and white dude invited me to bible study. I was starting to wonder if I was being punked by some new reality series. Another night, I saw two young Mormon dudes at my door and I was tempted to play RuPauls Drag Race loudly on the television while they made their pitch at the door, but I thought that would only put me higher on the heathen list of potential converts.
A few Saturdays ago, I was coming out of my place and there were three older black men making the rounds. One of them spoke and asked about my faith. I responded that my grandfather was a minister to which the saint responded I did not ask about your grandfather I want to know your belief. I had enough.
I took a breath and I responded that my grandfather was a man of faith that did not force his beliefs on anyone but lived his life in a way that folks wanted to know more naturally. The saint was (finally) left speechless as I turned and walked away.
Straight Outta Compton: Review and Critique
I'm at my part-time gig last week having a discussion with two guys I work with, both of which are serious hip-hop enthusiasts. They are talking about the new biopic Straight Outta Compton. The film chronicles the rise and fall of the Compton-based hip-hop group N.W.A and the sometimes turbulent relationships between members Ice Cube, Dr. Dre, Eazy-E and manager Jerry Heller.
Both guys support the general consensus of the film being well-made and riveting in its storytelling — as I am sure it is — but our conversation takes a turn when I share my reservations about supporting a group that has contributed so much to the prevalent image of thug culture and violence that ultimately plagues the black community.
Both of my coworkers are in their mid-30s and, although from the South, they both have much respect for the historical origin of hip-hop as a relatively new art form created by urban youth in the Bronx. We all agree hip-hop has changed since the original days of being a socially aware voice for a community that sometimes felt voiceless. Talented artists like Public Enemy and KRS-One whose albums Fear of a Black Planet and By All Means Necessary, respectively, heralded an era of socially conscious music with anthems like "Fight the Power" that epitomized the struggle felt by a generation of young activist committed to challenging the status quo, much like the present "#BlackLivesMatter" movement. There is a lot of hype around Straight Outta Compton and N.W.A, a group some say revolutionized hip-hop. I do not agree. I think N.W.A definitely changed hip-hop culture, but derailed a revolution that had already begun and, through it's influence, contributed to the pervasive image of thug culture, misogyny and violence that has unfortunately become a mainstay and theme in present hip-hop culture.
You see, it was by design that the powers-that-be saw the potential threat of a generation of socially conscious, educated and committed young folks and decided to lift up a group of artists that would be the antithesis of everything the current culture of activism stood for. Besides, many of these artists do not even rep the lifestyle they have sold to the general public. Isn't it time we stop trying to legitimize and give mogul status to artists who, for all intents and purposes, created, packaged and sold black culture through mainstream corporate partnerships that allow a few artists (like Dr. Dre) to build empires? At what cost does this come to the larger community, from which the art form originated? And yes, we can say these were hungry, impressionable artists seduced by the success and instant wealth. But what about when you have the opportunity to own and produce your own product as an independent agent? Why do you continue to crank out the same themes of consumption, misogyny and violence? N.W.A basically continued to pimp the larger community while cutting out the middle man.
Poet Audre Lorde said, "For the master's tools will never dismantle the master's house. They may allow us to temporarily beat him at his own game, but they will never enable us to bring about genuine change."
Imagine for a moment how different things may have turned out if the movement started by artists like Public enemy and KRS-One had been allowed to grow unchecked. Maybe that is exactly what the powers-that-be feared.
My coworkers and I continued our discussion about the evolution, or maybe more accurately, the de-evolution of hip-hop. One, named Brandon, shared an example that I believe exemplifies the current state of hip-hop. During a red carpet interview for the BET Awards, Atlanta-based artist Young Thug was questioned about the shooting of Mike Brown and the subsequent protest that followed and this was his response: "Leave that up with the critics and the laws and all that other shit. We having fun, we iced out, we having money. That's how we doing it." There is your legacy of apathy.
Here we are experiencing an epidemic of institutional violence against brown folks and you would think that an art form originated as a voice of the people would be overflowing with music and work as a counter-agent. But no, strangely, many are silent and continue to spin the same thug life rhetoric.
When we finished our discussion I agreed that, cinematically, the N.W.A biopic is most likely a compelling story. But given the present state of hip-hop, I am not in any rush to see the film as I am Straight Outta Patience.
Black Artist Speak Up and Out
I am not a sports fan, nor do I watch many mainstream award shows anymore, so I had to find out after the fact what all the commotion was about regarding two recent performances by Beyonce and Kendrick Lamar.
In both cases, according to what I was reading in my social media feeds, you would have thought these two artists had killed a young white family holding a box of puppies the way some folks were losing their minds. Once I finally saw what Beyonce and Lamar did my first thought was,"Oh, they're expressing their blackness and being unapologetic about it. I understand now."
Let me give you the CliffsNotes on both performances in case you didn't see them. Beyonce delivered a performance from her "Formation" video which payed homage to the King of Pop and The Black Panther Movement; specifically the women involved in that movement. One of the reasons we still need Black History Month is so that everyone understands the origin and intent of organizations like the Black Panthers, which was formed to protect and serve the black community. It was not a hate group, as it's been characterized in the media. Beyonce's "Formation" is an anthem that motivates folks to become more conscious while simultaneously celebrating the richness of black culture.
Kendrick Lamar followed suit with his amazing performance at the Grammy Awards on February 15. Lamar galvanized the crowd when he entered the stage shackled in chains and performed songs from his 11-time nominated album To Pimp a Butterfly. Lamar's performance continues to highlight themes explored in his music like the industrialized prison system, racial inequities and black culture.
Sadly, in this country the mainstream has been OK with famous black folks as long as they are not too black. Everything is fine as long as black stars, entertainers and athletes are performing, playing ball and entertaining the masses, but heaven help them if they use those platforms to be political or honor and celebrate black culture. (Keep dabbing, Cam!)
And this is not a phenomenon restricted to only the rich and famous. If you ask any black person who has to successfully navigate predominantly white environments, most will admit to "monitoring" their blackness so they do not make other folks uncomfortable. I have been in meetings where a white male will slam his fist, scream and froth at the mouth without anyone raising an eyebrow, but If I even lean forward and slightly raise my voice folks begin looking for the nearest exit.
An era of pacifying the mainstream has lulled us into a sense that things are better than they are and has also yielded some pretty confused black folks. We have seen an era of the self-proclaimed "New Black." Folks like Common, Raven Simone and Pharrel claim they are beyond color and have evolved to a higher state of consciousness while the rest of us drag our metaphorical knuckles along the ground because we, as mere mortals, are still bound by racial signifiers. They believe that their exceptional achievements were done by their own merit and had nothing to do with the collective sacrifice of folks who went before them to open doors. The thing that many such folks do not want to address is that their wealth, fame and status allow them to live insulated lives where such ideology can exist without being challenged.
I have seen this suppression of culture played out when attending and teaching at predominantly white institutions. Black students who walk around campus not even speaking to each other – much less a black educator – seemingly too concerned with fitting in rather than celebrating their unique identity.
So to have a new era of young, gifted black folks unapologetically embracing their black culture is not only refreshing, it is revolutionary and empowering. But this bold celebaratory attitude seems to scare some folks to death like the police unions that want to boycott Beyonce's concert events.
For whatever reason, when you say you're pro-something we immediately think it means anti-something else. Just like one can be a feminist and not be anti-men, one can be anti-police brutality – as was expressed in Beyonce's "Formation" video – but still be pro-police. Congruently, one can be pro-black without being anti-white.
And for you Lamar haters and Beyonce boycotters, how do you get to benefit from an oppressive system then have the unmitigated gaul to tell someone how they should express themselves while negotiating said system? You do not get to editorialize my experience!
Writer, educator and media artist.
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Golden Wedding - Keith and Beryl Wright
Congratulations to Keith and Beryl who recently celebrated 50 years of marriage. What a recommendation for marriage they both are – always busy, interested in village events, greatly involved with their family and always happy together and enjoying life.
Fenella has been on tv again I am told. Fenella , well known to everyone in the village and often seen trundling up to the village shop on her mobility scooter, has part ownership of a horse, which recently won. While a television presenter was interviewing the winning jockey, Fenella came up to congratulate the jockey and in true Fenella style stole the interview – more than likely having more interesting things to say than the jockey! This prompted one of the pundits to ask the question why more people like Fenella weren’t interviewed more often!
Oli Day – Friday March 15
Several friends and customers at The Bell are continuing a twice yearly event in honour of Oli Babington which he started a few years ago. He organised a “Boys’ Day Out” visiting various cities to take in the sights and culture with an occasional stop in a pub for a quick pint. There are several stories attached to these days out, and they are hoping to create a few more this year when the destination, as had already been decided by Oli, will be Soho. If anyone would like to spend the day raising a glass or two in honour of Oli, seeing the sights of Soho and finding a few pubs, and raising money for charity, please add your name to the list in The Bell. The arrangements are to meet at The Bell at 10.30am.
Chearsley Fete -Saturday June 29 2013
There will be a Fete this year. So please keep this date free to either come along with friends and family or offer your time and help beforehand and on the day. A successful first meeting was held last Monday at The Bell under the chairmanship of Angela Gray when about 10 other villagers willing to become involved with the organisation of the fete contributed ideas and suggestions. The name and theme of the Fete will be decided at the next meeting to be held in The Bell on Monday March 11 at 8pm. Many themes were discussed and there is one hot favourite. Everyone is welcome to come to contribute ideas. One of the main money makers is the Raffle and donations for prizes would be welcomed. There will be the usual fete stalls of books, cds, bric a brac, jewellery and accessories, cakes, plant, bottle tombola etc. So, if you are starting to spring clean and tidy up, please keep anything suitable for the fete. Think about growing a few extra plants when you grow your own. There will be more details of who is manning which stalls and asking for contributions nearer the time. Funds are needed to pay for activities and expenses on the day, so all contributions or sponsorship of a particular item would be very welcome.
Next Fete Meeting will be on Monday March 11 at 8pm at The Bell. As much help from everyone as possible is needed. Please come along. Email angela@grayemail.co.uk for more information.
Sunday March 10 Mothering Sunday at St Nicholas Church
Mothering Sunday will be celebrated at St Nicholas, Chearsley as part of the Family Service at 10am.
Mothering Sunday March 10 at The Bell
After church, you can then Indulge your Mother (and yourself)with lunch at The Bell. Meals will be served from 12 until 4pm. Booking advisable.
Comic Relief Friday March 15
Everyone is welcome to join Lucy, Alicia and Alex to raise money for Comic Relief at Needlemakers, Watts Green, Chearsley from 8.30am for tea, coffee and cake. There will also be a raffle. Entry fee is £5.
St Patrick’s Day March 16 at The Bell
This is being celebrated on Saturday night with a set menu. Booking essential.
Quiz and Curry Night – Sunday March 17 7.30pm
Just for this month, the quiz has moved from its first Sunday in the month position, due to Mothering Sunday celebrations.
This is next in the village on Monday March 11 from 12.20 until 12.45pm
Garage burglaries continue...
This is a Neighbourhood Alert message from Thames Valley Police, Aylesbury
The Waddesdon Neighbourhood Policing Team (NHPT) is urging residents to be vigilant following a number of burglaries reported to domestic garages in the area.
Between the 19 and 20 February a garage on Menmarsh Road, Worminghall was targeted – tools were stolen from the property, which had been left insecure. Also, a garage on Farm Close, Ickford was broken into, although nothing appears to have been taken.
Between the 14 and 15 February two garages were attacked in Long Crendon. This occurred on Bicester Road, where no property was taken and on Frogmore Lane, where an attempt was made to break in, but no entry was gained.
Please remain vigilant and ensure your premise is locked when unattended. Make sure anyone suspicious is reported immediately to the Police. If you can, please obtain a description of them, along with details of any vehicle they may be using, especially the registration number.
If you have any information about any of these crimes please call the Waddesdon NHPT via the 24 hour Police Enquiry Centre on 101.
If you don’t want to speak to the Police or give your details you can contact the independent charity Crimestoppers, anonymously, on 0800 555 111.
Fight Back Britain
RDF Television are producing a new commission for BBC1 called Fight Back Britain. They'd be very interested in hearing Neighbourhood and Home Watch members stories.
The programme concentrates on the role that the public plays in helping the police fight crime. How social networks, mobile phone footage, photos, eyewitness accounts etc. can provide crucial evidence in identifying suspects and assisting in successful convictions. The highlight of each episode will be the inspiring stories of public involvement.
As well as these stories, the programme will provide advice on how members of the public can play their part in responsibly aiding the police, as well as insights into how they can keep their family and property safe. Where relevant, they also want to include on-going cases where an appeal for evidence would be useful. The series is a BBC1 prime-time commission, with a provisional transmission date from mid-July.
They are looking for past and present stories where the public (and ideally their footage) has played a key role in the case.
If you have a story on how your Neighbourhood or Home Watch group has helped Police fight crime, please contact crime@rdftelevision.com or 0207 013 4208.
The flyer for the show can be downloaded here.
New Bells for St Nicholas
Chearsley PCC are planning for 3 new bells to be cast by the Whitechapel Bell Foundry, whose bells were seen last year leading the Jubilee Pageant on the Thames, to join the existing 3 bells in the church tower. Around £55,000 is needed. Fundraising events will be taking place throughout the coming year and donations are invited from individuals either generally or for a specific fitting. It is planned that one of the bells will be sponsored by customers and staff at The Bell and dedicated to Oli Babington, late landlord of The Bell, and be known as “the Oliver Bell”. To enable the bells to be rung regularly, more bell ringers of all ages are needed to join the group of regular bell ringers in the village. Bell ringing is a challenging and stimulating activity, good physical exercise, skill and co-ordination of working as a team, and the mental discipline of following complex instructions. Please contact Jeremy Pratt on 01844 201611 or email Jeremy@jpap.co.uk for more information.
Litter pick – this is planned for Sunday March 17 at 10.30am. Meet outside The Bell. Bags and gloves will be provided. Please come to keep our village tidy.
Chearsley Chix Race for Life
This is taking place at Waddesdon Manor on Sunday May 19 when everyone in Chearsley is warmly invited to join the Group to run, walk, skip or dance the 5k distance in Waddesdon Manor grounds, raising money for cancer. Chearsley Chix is the name of the group already set up. To take part, registration with Race for Life is necessary which can be done online at raceforlife.cancerresearchuk.org when the Group name and Group ID must be given. The group ID is AH3939. The more people taking part, the more funds for research into cancer will be raised and the more fun it will be. An after the event lunch at The Bell is also being planned.
Parish Council Meeting Monday February 18
Nic Brown chaired this meeting with only 2 other committee members present and 4 members of the public.
Public session - Damaged road edges and verges throughout the village and the immediate need to continue the kerbing programme was the first item to be discussed during the public session. Lorries delivering materials for building works in the village are often to blame and although householders were asked to ensure only small lorries were used, this often did not happen. It was suggested that photos should be taken if possible of vehicles seen causing damage and for the offenders to be approached. Later in the meeting it was agreed that the Planning Forum together with Mike Heybrook who would investigate kerbing contractors, would discuss which areas should next be kerbed according to a plan already drawn up.
Unacceptable noise from a quadbike being driven at weekends in a garden in Lower Green Lane was brought to the attention of the council and Nic agreed to talk to the householder concerned.
Blocked drains in Dark Lane was another problem and Dave Smith of AVDC would be contacted again. A footpath diversion behind Long Meadow, Dark Lane was not the within the authority of the Parish Council, but they would consider a letter of support when the appropriate authority was approached to divert the footpath.
Planning permission recently granted at The Birches against the wishes of the Parish Council was of great concern to a neighbouring householder, and it was felt a letter should be sent by the Parish Council complaining that it was considered proper procedures had not been followed by AVDC in granting the permission.
Planning Matters A site meeting was arranged at The Old House, School lane development.
Millenium Field - a lot of work has been done to reinstate this field after use as a play area. Mike Heybrook asked the council for financial help with a slab of concrete which needs to be removed. It was part of the original agreement that the field would be returned to Mike in its original state.
Village Plan – John Lewis reported that the results of the survey with nearly a 40% response would soon be published with plans for a further survey/vote on actual proposals before publication of the plan in the Autumn.
Cycle Path to Haddenham Station - it is thought possible for this to happen and will be seriously investigated with the help of the Planning Forum.
Damage to The Green – two areas which have suffered with vehicles driving over them will be re-seeded and a temporary fence put around.
The next meeting will be on Monday March 18 at 7.30pm in the village hall.
Road Closure: Lower Green Lane
Thames Water have applied to have the bottom end of Lower Green Lane closed to traffic from
The application can be viewed here. Any objections must be made to Transport for Buckinghamshire by 21-02-2013
Groundsman Wanted
Chearsley Cricket Club is offering an opportunity for an enthusiastic local person to join and potentially lead their ground staff in mowing, preparing and maintaining their excellent cricket ground.
The exact degree of time, commitment and work is negotiable dependent upon availability, ambition and expertise. It could be ideal for a person eager for a few hours’ work each week, or for someone seeking more substantial and long term work.
Please ring Peter Crook on 01844 202481 or Ian Housman on 01844 202991 for more information.
There will be a private cremation for Barbara. A Memorial Service will be held for her on Thursday March 14 in Chearsley Church at 3pm.
Fete 2013
A first meeting will be held at The Bell on Monday February 25th at 8.00pm when everyone is invited to come along and express an interest in helping in any way with a Fete this year. All ideas and offers of help are needed. A fête hasn’t been held in the village for the past 2 years – Jubilee celebrations replaced last year’s fête. Proceeds from the fête are shared between the Church, the village hall and The Village Trust. The Village trust supports financially local projects and its funds are very low. If not enough support is forthcoming to run the fête, the Trust will be in danger of closing. So please consider coming to the meeting, or letting me, or Angela Gray at angela@grayemail.co.uk know of your interest.
This will be in the village by the Green on Monday February 25 from 12.20 until 12.45pm.
At The Bell –
Pancake Races February 12
It will be remembered that The Bell won the AVDC award for Best Community Pub in the area for 2012. Sharon and her staff arranged for another such family and village event on Tuesday, Pancake Day when there were pancake races for all ages. Winners were Jack Lazaruz, Caitlin (Linda behind the bar)’s granddaughter, Julia Wicher and Paul Oliver, who all received t shirts to mark their achievements. It was also an evening to sing Happy Birthday and share cake with Natalie Birney. Love and Congratulations Nat.
Children’s Bingo – this will be held on Sunday February 24 from 4 until 5.30pm.
National Chip Week
To celebrate National Chip Week, Fish Friday on February 22 at The Bell will have many different types of chips available to try.
Pub Lunch
There will be another Pub Lunch in The Bell on Wednesday February 27 at 12.30pm. Time to contact Ann Hooton on 01844 208306 to book your place and choose your meal.
St Nicholas Chearsley
Church Services at Chearsley Church during March
Sunday March 3 : 10am Communion and Junior Church/Rock Solid
Monday to Friday March 3 – 9 : 8am – 8pm Soul Spark
Sunday March 10 : 10am Mothering Sunday Family Service
6pm Songlines when the vicar with his guitar plays his favourite religious songs
Sunday March 17 : 9am Communion
6pm Service of Healing Prayer
Sunday March 24 : 10am Palm Sunday Family Service
Friday March 29 : 10am Good Friday Service
Tuesday March 26 : 8.00pm Compline – Meditations on “Jesus at the hands of others” led by Ann Persson
Sunday March 31 : 10am Easter Day Easter Garden Service and Communion
Soul Spark – Monday March 3 to Friday 9 from 8am until 8pm - an opportunity for individual quiet reflection. It is hoped that the different “stations” arranged around the church will help visitors to focus on particular areas of life’s experiences and find space to reflect on their lives and what matters most to them. Soul Spark is intended as a way into our inner experiences and the spirit deep within us. Everyone is welcome to come down at any time and to take as long as needed to look round. It will also move on to St Nicholas Church Nether Winchendon the following week, March 10 until 17 and then to St. Mary’s, Long Crendon from March 17 until 23.
Don’t forget :
The Six Nations Rugby at The Cricket Club
Everyone is welcome to come and watch the rugby at Chearsley Cricket Club where there will be a bar and refreshments available. Saturday February 23 Italy v Wales at 2.30pm followed by England v France at 5pm. Sunday February 24 has Scotland v Ireland at 2pm.
The Neighbourhood Police update for February is now available at http://www.thamesvalley.police.uk/yournh-tvp-pol-area-n417
Pancake Day!
Everyone is welcome to pop down to the church between 4pm and 5pm to enjoy a pancake served by some of our Junior Church children.
Will Irish eyes be smiling?
Another fantastic weekend of rugby in prospect....
Will the Scots douse Italian passion?
Will the pride of Wales run the legs off the Frogs?
Come and see for yourself - we'll be showing all three games at the Cricket Pavilion this weekend.
Saturday 9th February
14.30 Kick Off : Scotland v Italy
17.00 Kick Off : France v Wales
15.00 Kick Off : Ireland v England
The doors will open half an hour before kick off. Bar and refreshments will be available.
Rob Atkinson
Rob’s funeral will be on February 14 at 11am at Chearsley Church and afterwards at Chearsley Cricket Club. Everyone is welcome to come. Family flowers only. Sue and Emily have chosen 2 charities for those wishing to make a donation in Rob’s memory. These are Cancer Research and The Dogs Trust.
It is sad to learn of the death of Barbara aged 99.
Barbara lived for over 40 years in Chearsley, at her happiest in Regency Cottage before moving to Old Plough Close until she moved to a Residential Home, where she always kept a lively interest and concern for Chearsley matters . She will be remembered by many for her tireless support of Chearsley Church where her husband Stan was a lay preacher. She was involved in many Chearsley activities not least a very keen member of Chearsley W.I. It is planned for a Memorial Service for Barbara to be held in Chearsley next month.
Bingo at The Bell - Tuesday February 5
The bingo callers were back to full strength on Tuesday when £70 was the top full house prize and £32 was raised by the raffle for charity. Each month brings new bingo players who always seem to strike lucky! Next month’s Bingo will be on Tuesday March 5. Don’t forget the Bell offers meals for Bingo players at the special price of £6.99.
This will be held in the village hall on Monday February 18 at 7.30. Everyone is welcome to attend. Come and hear what is being discussed in your village; come and put forward any concerns or points you may have in the public session. The minutes of the last council meeting are published on the CPC web page as well as on the notice board, together with the proposed Agenda for this meeting.
Valentine’s Day at The Bell
The Bell is offering a 2 or 3 course set meal for £16 or £20 for you to celebrate February 14. Booking is essential. Take advantage of eating close to home and enjoy a bottle of wine with your meal with no driving to consider. Buy a card, flowers and chocolates from the village shop to truly support our village.
Chearsley W. I.
The next meeting of the W.I. will be on Tuesday February 19 at 2.00pm at the village hall. There will be a speaker from The Thomley Activity Centre in Worminghall – a centre which works with disabled children and their families. Non-members are welcome to come at a cost of £4 which includes a cup of tea.
Chearsley Classic Car and Fun Day in September
Following the success of the first Classic Car and Fun Day last year it is planned for another one to be held at Chearsley Cricket Club on Sunday September 8 from 12 until 4. Plans are already well in hand, so make a date to come along when there will be entertainment for the whole family. The Morris Minor Oxford and Berkshire Club will be showing many of their members’ cars and many more classic vehicles will be on display. Anyone who would like to display their classic vehicle on the day is very welcome to get in touch with the organisers. There will be a car boot sale – an ideal opportunity to turn out your cupboards and sell on things you no longer need; arena events; children’s carousel rides, bouncy castle. Sideshows and stalls of all descriptions including arts and crafts with demonstrations throughout the day. Hopefully a brass band will be playing to create a perfect English day out in typical Midsomer Murder fashion.(Hopefully with no murders!) The bar will be open and there will be refreshments and ice-cream on sale. Arrangements are still in the early stages, but it is hoped to be able to organise an air display, and have a fire engine for inspection. Anyone who would like have a stall or car boot can get in touch with me in the first instance.
Please note that this Family Fun Day is not intended to replace the Village Fete on The Green. It is hoped that this will take place on June 29. A first meeting to assess interest and offers of help will be arranged shortly.
Volunteering at Waddesdon Manor
Anyone interested in getting involved at Waddesdon Manor as a volunteer is invited to an Open Day in the Manor Restaurant, Waddesdon Manor. Please contact Bonnie Bennett on 01296 653258. More details are available on the website www.waddesdon.org.uk/work-with-us/volunteer.
Rugby at The Cricket Club - Saturday February 9 - Scotland v Italy at 2.30 and France v Wales at 5pm and Sunday February 10 - Ireland v England at 3pm
Quiz Night at The Bell on Sunday February 10 at 8pm.
Pancake Day, Tuesday February 12 - Pancakes at the Church from 4 until 5 followed by Pancake Family Race at The Bell at 6.30 with more pancakes to eat.
Vamoose burglaries - Aylesbury Vale
Thames Valley Police is urging Aylesbury Vale residents to get a handle on car security by dead locking their cars and placing car keys out of sight of potential offenders.
The appeal comes after a recent vamoose burglary in Halton, Aylesbury Vale. This is where offenders break in to a house, find the car keys and steal the car. The latest incident took place on Friday 4 January (04/01).
Vamoose burglaries have increased in last quarter in Aylesbury Vale. From six in August/September to eight between 12 to 25 October. Car-owners in the rural areas of Edlesborough, Slapton and Pitstone are asked to be particularly vigilant and report any activity however trivial it may seem.
No specific vehicle type is being targeted but most have been new models which could be of a reasonable value. The offences take place at night and cars have been stolen from both occupied and unoccupied houses.
Det Insp Russ Murden who is investigating the burglaries said: “Thieves can break in almost silently and within seconds. If your front and back doors are locked securely and the keys are not adjacent to either exit, taking those extra seconds to find the keys could substantially reduce your risk of becoming a victim of a vamoose car crime.
“Vamoose’ burglaries often happen when car keys can be seen or are left next to a door or window of a building. Handbags are one of the first places offenders look to find car keys.”
In order to avoid being the victim of a vamoose burglary, house owners are advised to
Make sure that your vehicle is properly dead-locked and that the alarm is fully activated.
Lock all car windows and doors.
At home keep your car keys away from any windows and doors to prevent them from being "fished" through letterboxes, or seen from outside to tempt the offender but do make sure you know where they are in case of fire.
Anyone with any information about these vamoose burglaries should contact Det Insp Russ Murden in Aylesbury police station using the Police Enquiry Line 101.
If you don't want to speak directly to the police you can contact the independent charity Crimestoppers anonymously on 0800 555 111 or online at www.crimestoppers-uk.org . Personal details are not taken, information is not traced or recorded and you will not go to court.
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What's Happening in the Vale
Summer sensation 'Play in the Park' returns to Aylesbury
Family favourite Play in the Park is returning to Aylesbury on Wednesday 1 August. The annual event, organised by AVDC and now in its 12th year, will offer a host of fun activities, games and entertainment for all the family. This year, look out for drumming workshops, climbing wall, face painting, petting farm, electric go-karts and much more! The fun takes place in Vale Park from 11am-4pm. Entry is free, but some activities have charges of £1-£3. Click here for more information on the event.
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Want to keep the kids entertained this summer?
If you can’t attend Play in the Park, don’t worry, there are plenty of smaller-scale play sessions happening throughout the school holidays. Organised by AVDC in partnership with parish councils, Play Around the Parishes consists of 38 free sessions taking place in the Vale between 24 July and 24 August. Places hosting the sessions include Buckingham, Stewkley and Winslow. Arts & crafts, giant games, soft play, circus skills (and other fun stuff) will all be on offer. Click here for more information on these free sessions, including a list of the scheduled dates and times.
with Margaret Morbey : 01844-208913
Chearsley Flag
Have you noticed that Chearsley now has its own flag? This is with thanks to the generosity of John and Alicia Howard. Alicia designed the flag depicting red kites, the horse chestnut and The Chilterns and they have given it to the village in appreciation and celebration of the many friendships made and the good times they have enjoyed during 30 years in Chearsley. The plan is for this flag to be flown when no other flag is due to be flown.
New Yoga Class at Chearsley Village Hall
Emma Morgan is running a yoga class every Wednesday evening from 7.15 to 8.15pm. A great way to de-stress after a busy day! For more information please visit www.emmamorganyoga.com or email emy@emmamorgan.com.
Chearsley Village Classic and Vintage Fun Day is promising to be bigger and better than ever, its 7th year, on Sunday September 9, starting earlier this year at 11am. The number of vehicles already registered is up on last year. The Hurricane flypast has been confirmed and there will be a number of new events during the afternoon. Your help is needed on the day with car parking, meet and greeting vehicles, programme and raffle ticket selling, BBQ, Bottle tombola, tea and cakes. Please contact John Howard or Paula Johnson if you are able to help. The day promises to be another wonderful village day with money made going towards the Junior Section of Chearsley Cricket Club. Gates are open to the public at 11am, entry is free. Keep up to date and find out more information by going to the website www.ccvfd.co.uk
MeadowSong
There is to be another Meadow Song this year on Sunday September 2 with thanks to the kind hospitality of Ann Persson at Long Meadow with plans for a picnic from 12.30pm and the concert to start at 2pm. More details will be available soon.
Cuddington Sunshine Club Matinee Cinema
The film to be shown at The Bernard Hall on Monday July 23 is “Those Magnificent Men in Their Flying Machines”. This is a 1965 British comedy, starring an international cast including Stuart Whitman, Sarah Miles, Robert Morley, Terry Thomas and James Fox. It revolves around the craze of early aviation and tells the fictional story of a £10,000 prize for the winner of an air race from London to Paris to prove Britain was “number 1 in the air”. Come and enjoy a relaxing afternoon in front of a big screen in comfortable seats with tea and cake brought to your seat during the interval and all for £5 or £4 concessions. Please phone 01844 291526 to book your ticket. Doors open at 1pm for 1.30pm start and tickets might be available on the door.
Recycling of batteries and small electrical items
These can now be put in a plastic bag and placed on top of either the recycling or waste bin each week for collection. Small electrical items such as hair-dryers, electric toothbrushes, shavers, smoke detectors, clocks, watches, torches etc. - items no bigger than a shoe box – can also be put out weekly. Batteries, but not car batteries should be placed in a separate bag. Go to AVDC website for more details, and/or download the guide (pdf).
Church Services in Chearsley
Sunday July 22 Chearsley Praise at 10am
Sunday July 29 Benefice Holy Communion with Junior Church at 10am
Saturday September 1 Chearsley Show in the hall
Sunday September 2 Meadow Song
Saturday September 8 Chearsley Village Celebration Day
Sunday September 9 Chearsley Classic and Vintage Fun Day at the Cricket Field
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Fate: It’s the unstoppable force that drives us to an end. From the moment the first terminator came back through time to kill her and her unborn child, fate has driven Sarah Connor into the path of the machines designated as T-800s. Comprised of an armored endoskeleton wrapped in living tissue, the T-800 was designed to be the perfect infiltration unit. All too often, those terminators have presented Sarah with the same face. But the face alone doesn’t reveal the monster’s mission. Hunter. Protector. It’s a coin toss, really. Sarah’s learned not to take chances.
Now, decades after a T-800 helped Sarah to change the future, history is repeating itself. Another advanced terminator has traveled through time to murder a young woman and alter the course of history. And, once more, fate has Sarah Connor partnering with a T-800 to stop it.
The Terminator saga is back! And, in celebration of the onscreen reunion of Arnold Schwarzenegger and Linda Hamilton, we’re thrilled to bring to collectors our T-800 1:4 scale Statue from the film Terminator: Dark Fate. Standing at a menacing 18” in overall height and cast in sturdy polyresin, this statue depicts a bearded Schwarzenegger as the aged T-800 near the end of a fierce battle. Ravaged and torn, with an entire side of his endoskeleton exposed, the T-800 will continue the fight until he’s fulfilled his programing and terminated his target.
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List of artists who reached number one on the U.S. dance airplay chart
Title: List of artists who reached number one on the U.S. dance airplay chart
Subject: List of Billboard number-one dance hits, Dance/Mix Show Airplay, Dance Club Songs, List of artists who reached number one on the U.S. Rhythmic chart, List of Billboard number-one dance airplay hits
Collection: Lists of Artists Who Reached Number One on Billboard Charts
This is a list of recording artists who have reached number one on Billboard magazine's Dance/Mix Show Airplay chart. Originally at the start, Billboard began ranking dance music based on radio airplay the week ending August 17, 2003 based on data from Nielsen Broadcast Data Systems, but it was modified in November 2011 to include Mainstream Top 40 and Rhythmic Top 40 stations that feature club mix shows in their programming.
All acts are listed alphabetically.
Solo artists are alphabetized by last name, groups by group name excluding "A," "An" and "The."
Each act's total of number one U.S. dance airplay hits is shown after their name.
All artists who are mentioned in song credits are listed here; this includes one-time pairings of otherwise solo artists and those appearing as "featured".
Many dance artists and producers utilize aliases and pseudonyms - this list shows whichever artist name was used on the record.
Artists whose songs reached number one on this chart but didn't cross over to other Dance charts beyond this one are listed in bold text.
Members of groups who reached number one are not listed here separately from their groups, unless they also hit number one as a solo artist.
Q/R 17
X/Y/Z 23
Notes 25
References 25.1
Afrojack (1)
Akon (1)
Angel City (1)
AnnaGrace (3)
Tina Arena (1)
Iggy Azalea (1)
Basshunter (1)
Bellatrax (1)
Lauren Bennett (1)
Spragga Benz (1)
Big Sean (1)
Busta Rhymes (1)
Charli XCX (2)
Clean Bandit (1)
Ida Corr (1)
Deborah Cox (1)
Taio Cruz (2)
DCUP (1)
Deorro (1)
DJ Mental Theo's Bazzheads (1)
DJ Mog (1)
DHT (1)
Dirty Vegas (1)
Dragonette (1)
Hilary Duff (3)
DyCy (1)
Brandi Emma (1)
Enur (1)
Ercola (1)
Filo & Peri (1)
Flo Rida (1)
Nelly Furtado (1)
Alex Gaudino (2)
Get Far (1)
Jess Glynne (1)
Gary Go (1)
Selena Gomez & the Scene (1)
GoonRock (1)
Ellie Goulding (2)
Guru Josh Project (1)
H-Boogie (1)
Calvin Harris (7)
Emma Hewitt (1)
Icona Pop (1)
Jabba (1)
Erika Jayne (1)
Jes (1)
Vika Jigulina (1)
Alexis Jordan (1)
Kaskade (3)
Ke$ha (1)
Kimbra (1)
Matthew Koma (1)
Krewella (1)
Nick Lachey (1)
Chris Lake (1)
Lasgo (1)
Fedde le Grand (1) [1]
Blake Lewis (1)
Lea-Lorien (1)
LMFAO (2)
Eric Luminere (1)
Peter Luts & Dominica (1)
Sarah Lynn (1)
Kevin Lyttle (1)
Ayah Marar (1)
Sophia May (1)
Edward Maya (1)
M'black (1)
Lara McAllen (1)
Angela McCluskey (1)
David Morales (1)
Mr. Probz (1)
Natasja (1)
Ne-Yo (2)
John Newman (1)
Nico & Vinz (1)
Nina Sky (1)
Tina Novak (1)
OutKast (1)
Morgan Page (1)
Sean Paul (1)
Jonathan Peters (1)
P!nk (4)
Mike Posner (1)
Lucas Prata (1)
Eric Prydz (1)
Roc Project (2)
Shape: UK (1)
Sylver Logan Sharp (1)
Ned Shepard (1)
Eva Simons (1)
Sneaky Sound System (1)
Martin Solveig (1)
Kim Sozzi (3)
Alexandra Stan (1)
Stellar Project (1)
Rob Swire (1)
The Temper Trap (1)
Tiësto (2)
Timbaland (1)
Tube & Berger (1)
Usher (2)
Despina Vandi (1)
The Wanted (1)
Hayley Williams of Paramore (1)
Pharrell Williams (1)
Chris Willis (2)
X/Y/Z
Yolanda Be Cool (1)
Zedd (3)
List of artists who reached number one on the U.S. Dance chart
List of number one dance airplay hits (United States)
^ Credited because of "Let Me Think About It", for which he was the remixer.
Additional information can be found within Billboard's online archive services and print editions of the magazine.
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Bill Murray’s Rock the Kasbah in Theaters Now
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In Rock the Kasbah, which opened in theaters nationwide on October 23, Bill Murray as Richie Lanz takes a rock star adventure as a down-and-out record producer with illusions of grandeur that get him stuck in 1970s Afghanistan.
Richie’s first rising star is songbird Ronnie, played by a hilarious Zooey Deschanel, who couldn’t land a wedding singer gig let alone a recording contract. She improbably attracts the interest of a very drunk bar patron who happens to book USO acts. And, in the blink of an eye, suddenly he and his untalented crooner are off to entertain the troops in Afghanistan.
The pair have great chemistry – but unfortunately Ronnie quickly disappears, leaving Richie stranded in Kabul with no money and no passport.
Of course the vanishing act is crucial to the plot, because that’s when he discovers a young Pashtun woman, Salima (Leem Lubany) with a truly angelic voice and a dangerous dream of appearing on the Afghan version of “American Idol.”
Richie decides he has to help, but given the strict Islamic prohibitions against that sort of thing, it could get Salima killed by the Taliban – especially considering that it’s an American who’s on her side.
The 65-year-old former SNL star is joined by a rather impressive cast including Bruce Willis who told Matt Lauer on The Today Show that the film is “Murray’s best picture.”
Bruce plays Bombay Bryan, a heavily-armed fixer, the gorgeous Kate Hudson is Merci, an American enchantress with a heart of gold that runs a one-woman brothel out of a double-wide, and the always funny Danny McBride, who is a Herbalife salesman turned gun runner.
While Bill is definitely in his element as a fish-out-of-the-water character, critics have claimed that the film doesn’t quite make the mark. The screenplay gives the actors little to work with and the story just doesn’t come together.
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Orcas on Video: Some wild encounters
I thought I'd share some of the video footage I managed to get during the first couple of weeks of July in the San Juan Islands, including a couple of kayak encounters, while working on my next book (working title: Of Orcas and Men: What Killer Whales Can Teach Us, due out in fall 2014 from Overlook Press). As you can see, developing any video skills is definitely a work in progress. I need to get a directional mike, I probably shouldn't shoot immediately after paddling seven miles, and I shouldn't use a video camera the way I use a still camera.
Still, there are some fun moments here, especially when the campful of 12-year-old girls my daughter was leading got an up-close look. Enjoy.
An Ominous Alliance: Militiamen Showing Up in Wisconsin as Mining Co. 'Security'
Imagine taking a hike in your local woods and coming upon characters toting semi-automatic weapons, dressed in camo and wearing masks. Then imagine finding out they are militia-movement followers hired by a mining operation to protect against "eco-terrorists."
That's what's been happening to people living in northern Wisconsin lately. And these are the kinds of guys people are encountering in the woods:
The first of these goons to show up on behalf of the Florida-based mining company -- Gogebic Taconite, or GTAC -- that wants to rip these woods apart were employed by an outfit from Arizona called Bulletproof Securities. Then they quickly vamoosed when it emerged that they were not licensed to operate in the state of Wisconsin.
In short order, a new set of goons appeared as security for GTAC's President, Bill Williams, in his recent appearances in Wisconsin. And these men were wearing the logos of a Patriot/militia organization called the Watchmen of America -- though true to the "leaderless resistance" model of action these "Patriots" espouse, the Watchmen's organizational leaders are denying any involvement, while in effect conceding that members may be operating in Wisconsin without their approval.
Kate Sheppard at Mother Jones has been on the scene and monitoring these developments:
Local activist Rob Ganson, 56, first came upon three heavily armed guards while leading a small group on a hike to view the mining site. (The drilling site is on private land, but the owner has been given a tax break in exchange for keeping it open to public use.) The guards, said Ganson, carried semi-automatic guns, were dressed in camouflage, and wore masks covering their faces. "As you can imagine, it was quite a shock for five middle-aged people out for a walk," he said. Ganson tried to engage the guards, but was "met with stony-faced silence." He was alarmed but managed to grab a few photos of the men. "I was thinking if the worst scenario happened, at least there would be photos on my camera."
After they determined that the guards worked for Arizona-based Bulletproof Security, Ganson and the other activists posted their photos of the guards online, drawing local and national news coverage of the mine, a proposed four-mile-long, 1,000-feet-deep open pit operation in Ashland and Iron counties. In June, the company began exploratory drilling in the region for taconite, a type of iron ore used in steel.
... Last Wednesday, the mining company, Gogebic Taconite—G-Tac for short—a subsidiary of the West Virginia-based Cline Group, pulled the armed guards after finding that the security firm lacked permits to work in the state. A spokesman for the company has said that the Bulletproof guards will be back once they're properly licensed.
"Basically almost every environmental protection and public health protection you could think of is eliminated under this bill."
One of the activists in the area, however, told Mother Jones on Monday that a new group of armed guards—including one whose shirt bore the insignia for Watchmen of America, a militia group active in at least 21 states—was on patrol last Thursday, the day after Gogebic Taconite pulled the Bulletproof guards.
This was followed shortly by heated denials from the Watchmen:
On Tuesday, Mike Freebyrd, CEO of Watchmen of America, told Mother Jones that the new guards are not working for his organization. "The Watchmen of America is not a security company that provides commercial security services and we are not involved in any way in the security operations with respect to GTAC mining operation in Wisconsin, nor do we sanction or approve of any of our members doing so while wearing our patches or logos," said Freebyrd via email. "We sell many promotional materials including T-shirts, stickers, patches, pens, etc. to our public supporters, therefore we have no control if a person wears our logos while conducting activities which are not conducive to our true representation."
These denials are not particularly meaningful. After all, the Patriot/militia movement has been characterized by a "leaderless resistance" strategy that encourages individual "lone wolf" and small-cell action in which organizational leaders can plausibly deny responsibility and thus avoid any consequences for the actions of followers and colleagues.
As Mary Catherine O'Connor at Outside reports, this is all taking place in a context where the mining officials are labeling local protesters "eco terrorists" and using the flimsiest of pretexts to bring in militia-style thugs to intimidate the locals.
Let's hope Americans remember that in Italy and Germany, fascists first gained political traction and moved out of the fringe of politics in the 1920s when they were hired by large landowners and businessmen as thugs to beat up and harass union organizers and land reformers, all under the rubric of calling them "communists". This is an ominous development indeed.
Here's more from local TV station WDIO (source of the above video).
The Arizona Republic has a brief rundown of Bulletproof, the Scottsdale outfit that showed up with the masked guard unit and then fled.
Also, Blogging Blue and Blue Cheddar have more. And a bit hat tip to Indian Country News.
Cross-posted at Crooks and Liars.
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Australian businesses are urging the government to move slowly in trying to cut carbon. But when does transitional assistance become needless corporate welfare?
Going up in smoke
by Clancy Yeates, Sydney Morning Herald, February 19, 2011
Power stations are responsible for about half of Australia's carbon emissions, and the brown coal fired stations in Victoria are the dirtiest in the country. Photo: Paul Jones
Businesses are urging the government to move slowly in trying to cut carbon. But when does transitional assistance become needless corporate welfare? Clancy Yeates reports.
WHEN heads of industry met federal ministers at Sydney's Hilton Hotel earlier this month, the corporate chiefs didn't mince their words.
Executives from BHP Billiton, Woolworths and Qantas -- just a few of the household names represented on the government's business roundtable on climate change -- agreed a carbon price was needed. But with the pleasantries behind them, they were quick to direct the conversation to a more pressing concern: the impact on their bottom lines.
In no uncertain terms, the executives asked for yet more meetings with government to make sure there were no ''unintended consequences'' of putting an economy-wide price on carbon.
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The Climate Change Minister, Greg Combet -- a veteran negotiator from his union days -- is said to have worked hard to reassure the corporate chiefs. The Prime Minister, Julia Gillard, has also promised not to ignore the ''good work'' of the carbon pollution reduction scheme (CPRS), blocked by the Greens for its generosity to business.
However, the soothing words have not calmed business nerves over Labor's plan to legislate for a carbon price this year.
In Canberra, the impact of a carbon price on high-emission or trade-exposed industries is also shaping up as a key hurdle for Labor's plans to cut carbon pollution. With the Opposition opposed to the so-called ''big new tax'', the government needs to strike a delicate balance between a policy that is ambitious enough for the Greens without inflicting too much pain on industry.
No one thinks this will be easy. On one hand, business groups are warning of another ugly fight with corporate Australia if they are ignored. On the other, economists say too much compensation for industry simply passes the burden to consumers -- who are already facing surging power bills with more pain to come.
Gillard says pricing carbon will be the biggest economic reform since the wave of 1980s deregulation, which included floating the dollar and removing trade barriers.
Such changes inevitably create winners and losers, prompting calls for public assistance. Car makers, for instance, have received billions from governments of all stripes.
But there is a fine line between genuine transitional assistance and public handouts to ''rent seekers'' -- and the distinction is likely to drive much of the carbon debate in months to come.
According to a Grattan Institute report, Rudd's CPRS promised compensation worth $22 billion for emission-intensive and trade- exposed industries. Most of the assistance was targeted at aluminium, steel, cement, liquefied natural gas, and coal industries.
This time, emission-intensive and trade-exposed industries are again calling for assistance to help with transition. But while the CPRS debate took place against the backdrop of the financial crisis, much has changed in the past few years.
Now, many of the companies pushing for compensation are also benefiting from a once-in-a-century resources bonanza.
The liquefied natural gas industry -- promised $3.6 billion in free emissions permits under Rudd's scheme -- is a case in point. The chief executive of the Australian Petroleum Production and Exploration Association, Belinda Robinson, says the CPRS didn't go far enough in recognising LNG's ''green'' role as a replacement for coal overseas.
''Putting a price on carbon simply serves to make the economics of getting these projects to financial investment decision a little bit harder,'' she says. ''Shouldn't we be looking at how we can encourage the growth of that sector, not winding it back?''
But if there are genuine fears of a carbon price in the industry, it hasn't stopped gas companies from announcing $31 billion in spending on LNG projects in the last few months alone.
The Grattan Institute report found Rudd's carbon price was ''highly unlikely'' to influence investment decisions. When the oil price was $US80 a barrel (today it's $US100), the report said the LNG projects' returns on equity would be well above 12% -- and carbon was a small fraction of the capital and labour costs.
Moreover, the institute's chief executive, John Daley, says Robinson's argument that LNG is replacing coal overseas does not mean the industry should have no incentive to emit less. ''LNG is a potential replacement for coal, but [eventually] other technologies are going to replace LNG. So LNG should pay its carbon price just like everyone else,'' he says.
The coal industry -- which stood to receive more than $1 billion in compensation under the CPRS -- has also enjoyed a profit boom since the last round of negotiations. Meanwhile, global coal prices have risen between 30% and 60% in the last year alone, and Australian mines are among the least costly in the world.
Less contentious is the aluminium sector -- one of the most intensive users of electricity.
Under the CPRS the industry was to receive more than $8 billion worth of free permits, and the executive director of the Australian Aluminium Council, Miles Prosser, says he will now push for a similarly ''workable'' arrangement to prevent the industry heading overseas.
''If we did close down smelters in Australia, they would be replaced by the investment in China,'' Prosser says. ''I would be surprised if the Labor government was happy to see industry move offshore and jobs move offshore to a country which doesn't have a carbon cost.''
Steel makers have also signalled they will be asking for more, with a BlueScope Steel spokesman highlighting the competitive threat of low-cost Asian producers.
''It is not in Australia's interests -- economic or environmental -- to force domestic industries to shut down or curtail production, only to see that production replaced by higher-emission overseas production,'' the spokesman said.
Most people, including the Greens, agree these emission- intensive, trade-exposed sectors such as aluminium and steel should receive some assistance. But whether they need as much as Rudd promised is hotly debated.
Rio Tinto -- which owns half the country's smelters -- was reminded of the looming battle on this front last week after posting a record $US14 billion profit. The leader of the Greens, Bob Brown, accused the mining giant of trying to ''gouge'' public money in lobbying for compensation. He also promised to drive a harder bargain this time around, saying Rio would have pocketed $565 million a year in taxpayer support under the CPRS.
The most controversy, however, is reserved for the electricity industry. Power stations are responsible for about half the country's carbon emissions, and Labor's own climate change adviser, Professor Ross Garnaut, has argued there is no justification for giving them support. In contrast, the CPRS promised $7.3 billion in free permits.
The chief executive of the Energy Supply Association of Australia, Brad Page, says removing this assistance would ''strand'' billions of dollars worth of power station assets and threaten the sector's ability to raise capital.
Assistance is needed to help encourage investment in new plant, he says, and shut the highest-polluting power stations without punishing investors and creditors.
''That is no different to what has gone on in the automotive industry over 15 to 20 years, with well over $12 billion spent on it,'' he says. ''These can't be payments for business as usual … that's pure rent-seeking.''
But since cutting carbon has been on the agenda for the past two decades, won't it create a moral hazard if investors in the most carbon-heavy power stations are bailed out? No, says Page, who argues the public should help the investors because the community has been the real winner from unpriced carbon.
''You've got to look at who the beneficiary has been of this, and it isn't simply the power generators. Frankly the community is a massive beneficiary out of this, so there is a responsibility there for some reasonable funding for a transition.''
FOR consumers, however, all these business pleas for special treatment may be hard to stomach. At a time when electricity costs are soaring, every handout to industry comes at a price to the rest of the economy.
The executive director of the Australia Institute, Dr Richard Denniss, explains there's no ''free lunch'' when trying to reduce carbon -- it requires a change in behaviour across the economy. ''The more compensation you provide to the polluters, the duller the price signal and the less money left over to invest in alternatives,'' he says.
Compensation can make sense on equity grounds or if it is politically necessary to get what you want, Denniss says. But otherwise, the economic case for handouts is difficult to make.
The Grattan Institute's Daley adds that the CPRS arrangements were also excessive when it came to saving jobs. His research found protecting the aluminium sector amounted to a annual subsidy of $161,000 per worker.
''The most important thing is to get a carbon price in. It would be good policy to have much less compensation than was offered last time around,'' he says. ''If we're doing this to protect jobs it's not obvious that we need to do anything like what was suggested last time.''
However, these calls for restraint are unlikely to quell the demands of the many smaller businesses who are joining the rush for assistance.
The key independent Rob Oakeshott this week said small business had not been heard in the carbon debate, in a sign he could push for wider compensation for this sector.
His remarks were pounced on by the Australian Chamber of Commerce and Industry chief Peter Anderson, who is calling for small and medium companies also to be reimbursed for higher energy costs.
Heather Ridout, chief executive of the Australian Industry Group, also said a ''standout weakness'' of the CPRS was its failure to assist moderately-emitting trade-exposed industries, such as food processing, paper and chemicals. Ridout -- a member of the business roundtable on climate change -- said her lobby would push for more help for these industries.
Whatever happens in the carbon debate, it appears the big companies will face plenty of competition as they demand similar compensation to last time. In part, this is because the terms of the debate have changed. Rather than being the ''greatest moral challenge of our time'', pricing carbon has become yet another economic debate. Whether Australia opts for a carbon tax or an emissions trading scheme, there is likely to be a feisty debate over how to spend the revenue raised.
Denniss says unions who support a carbon price could be more emboldened in their demands, such as making sure higher electricity prices do not affect the quality of social services. With miners posting record profits and asking for assistance at the same time, such appeals to the public good could be popular indeed.
''People thought it was an environmental issue, but this time around it's being seen as more of a market reform issue,'' Denniss says. ''It means people say, 'If this is about the economy, why don't we spend $10 billion on education, rather than giving it to coal-fired power stations?' "
http://www.smh.com.au/business/going-up-in-smoke-20110218-1azh5.html
Posted by Tenney Naumer at Sunday, February 20, 2011
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Editor’s Note: Below is a list of the major ethnic groups found in the world according to the World Factbook 2008. Many of these groups number in the many millions and compose a significant portion of the population. Palestinians are not listed as a distinct ethnic group but are found only as “Palestinian Arabs” in the listing for the Gaza Strip. Yet much of the world believes that this small group of poorly defined Arabs deserves its own sovereign state while the many other distinct and larger groups do not.
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Country Ethnic groups
Afghanistan Pashtun 42%, Tajik 27%, Hazara 9%, Uzbek 9%, Aimak 4%, Turkmen 3%, Baloch 2%, other 4%
Albania Albanian 95%, Greek 3%, other 2% (Vlach, Roma (Gypsy), Serb, Macedonian, Bulgarian) (1989 est.)
note: in 1989, other estimates of the Greek population ranged from 1% (official Albanian statistics) to 12% (from a Greek organization)
Algeria Arab-Berber 99%, European less than 1%
note: almost all Algerians are Berber in origin, not Arab; the minority who identify themselves as Berber live mostly in the mountainous region of Kabylie east of Algiers; the Berbers are also Muslim but identify with their Berber rather than Arab cultural heritage; Berbers have long agitated, sometimes violently, for autonomy; the government is unlikely to grant autonomy but has offered to begin sponsoring teaching Berber language in schools
American Samoa native Pacific islander 92.9%, Asian 2.9%, white 1.2%, mixed 2.8%, other 0.2% (2000 census)
Andorra Spanish 43%, Andorran 33%, Portuguese 11%, French 7%, other 6% (1998)
Angola Ovimbundu 37%, Kimbundu 25%, Bakongo 13%, mestico (mixed European and native African) 2%, European 1%, other 22%
Anguilla black (predominant) 90.1%, mixed, mulatto 4.6%, white 3.7%, other 1.5% (2001 Census)
Antigua and Barbuda black 91%, mixed 4.4%, white 1.7%, other 2.9% (2001 census)
Argentina white (mostly Spanish and Italian) 97%, mestizo (mixed white and Amerindian ancestry), Amerindian, or other non-white groups 3%
Armenia Armenian 97.9%, Yezidi (Kurd) 1.3%, Russian 0.5%, other 0.3% (2001 census)
Aruba mixed white/Caribbean Amerindian 80%, other 20%
Australia white 92%, Asian 7%, aboriginal and other 1%
Austria Austrians 91.1%, former Yugoslavs 4% (includes Croatians, Slovenes, Serbs, and Bosniaks), Turks 1.6%, German 0.9%, other or unspecified 2.4% (2001 census)
Azerbaijan Azeri 90.6%, Dagestani 2.2%, Russian 1.8%, Armenian 1.5%, other 3.9% (1999 census)
note: almost all Armenians live in the separatist Nagorno-Karabakh region
Bahamas, The black 85%, white 12%, Asian and Hispanic 3%
Bahrain Bahraini 62.4%, non-Bahraini 37.6% (2001 census)
Bangladesh Bengali 98%, other 2% (includes tribal groups, non-Bengali Muslims) (1998)
Barbados black 90%, white 4%, Asian and mixed 6%
Belarus Belarusian 81.2%, Russian 11.4%, Polish 3.9%, Ukrainian 2.4%, other 1.1% (1999 census)
Belgium Fleming 58%, Walloon 31%, mixed or other 11%
Belize mestizo 48.7%, Creole 24.9%, Maya 10.6%, Garifuna 6.1%, other 9.7%
Benin Fon and related 39.2%, Adja and related 15.2%, Yoruba and related 12.3%, Bariba and related 9.2%, Peulh and related 7%, Ottamari and related 6.1%, Yoa-Lokpa and related 4%, Dendi and related 2.5%, other 1.6% (includes Europeans), unspecified 2.9% (2002 census)
Bermuda black 54.8%, white 34.1%, mixed 6.4%, other races 4.3%, unspecified 0.4% (2000 census)
Bhutan Bhote 50%, ethnic Nepalese 35% (includes Lhotsampas – one of several Nepalese ethnic groups), indigenous or migrant tribes 15%
Bolivia Quechua 30%, mestizo (mixed white and Amerindian ancestry) 30%, Aymara 25%, white 15%
Bosnia and Herzegovina Bosniak 48%, Serb 37.1%, Croat 14.3%, other 0.6% (2000)
note: Bosniak has replaced Muslim as an ethnic term in part to avoid confusion with the religious term Muslim – an adherent of Islam
Botswana Tswana (or Setswana) 79%, Kalanga 11%, Basarwa 3%, other, including Kgalagadi and white 7%
Brazil white 53.7%, mulatto (mixed white and black) 38.5%, black 6.2%, other (includes Japanese, Arab, Amerindian) 0.9%, unspecified 0.7% (2000 census)
British Virgin Islands black 83%, other 17% (includes white, Indian, Asian and mixed)
Brunei Malay 67%, Chinese 15%, indigenous 6%, other 12%
Bulgaria Bulgarian 83.9%, Turk 9.4%, Roma 4.7%, other 2% (including Macedonian, Armenian, Tatar, Circassian) (2001 census)
Burkina Faso Mossi over 40%, other approximately 60% (includes Gurunsi, Senufo, Lobi, Bobo, Mande, and Fulani)
Burma Burman 68%, Shan 9%, Karen 7%, Rakhine 4%, Chinese 3%, Indian 2%, Mon 2%, other 5%
Burundi Hutu (Bantu) 85%, Tutsi (Hamitic) 14%, Twa (Pygmy) 1%, Europeans 3,000, South Asians 2,000
Cambodia Khmer 90%, Vietnamese 5%, Chinese 1%, other 4%
Cameroon Cameroon Highlanders 31%, Equatorial Bantu 19%, Kirdi 11%, Fulani 10%, Northwestern Bantu 8%, Eastern Nigritic 7%, other African 13%, non-African less than 1%
Canada British Isles origin 28%, French origin 23%, other European 15%, Amerindian 2%, other, mostly Asian, African, Arab 6%, mixed background 26%
Cape Verde Creole (mulatto) 71%, African 28%, European 1%
Cayman Islands mixed 40%, white 20%, black 20%, expatriates of various ethnic groups 20%
Central African Republic Baya 33%, Banda 27%, Mandjia 13%, Sara 10%, Mboum 7%, M’Baka 4%, Yakoma 4%, other 2%
Chad Sara 27.7%, Arab 12.3%, Mayo-Kebbi 11.5%, Kanem-Bornou 9%, Ouaddai 8.7%, Hadjarai 6.7%, Tandjile 6.5%, Gorane 6.3%, Fitri-Batha 4.7%, other 6.4%, unknown 0.3% (1993 census)
Chile white and white-Amerindian 95%, Amerindian 3%, other 2%
China Han Chinese 91.9%, Zhuang, Uygur, Hui, Yi, Tibetan, Miao, Manchu, Mongol, Buyi, Korean, and other nationalities 8.1%
Christmas Island Chinese 70%, European 20%, Malay 10%
note: no indigenous population (2001)
Cocos (Keeling) Islands Europeans, Cocos Malays
Colombia mestizo 58%, white 20%, mulatto 14%, black 4%, mixed black-Amerindian 3%, Amerindian 1%
Comoros Antalote, Cafre, Makoa, Oimatsaha, Sakalava
Congo, Democratic Republic of the over 200 African ethnic groups of which the majority are Bantu; the four largest tribes – Mongo, Luba, Kongo (all Bantu), and the Mangbetu-Azande (Hamitic) make up about 45% of the population
Congo, Republic of the Kongo 48%, Sangha 20%, M’Bochi 12%, Teke 17%, Europeans and other 3%
Cook Islands Cook Island Maori (Polynesian) 87.7%, part Cook Island Maori 5.8%, other 6.5% (2001 census)
Costa Rica white (including mestizo) 94%, black 3%, Amerindian 1%, Chinese 1%, other 1%
Cote d’Ivoire Akan 42.1%, Voltaiques or Gur 17.6%, Northern Mandes 16.5%, Krous 11%, Southern Mandes 10%, other 2.8% (includes 130,000 Lebanese and 14,000 French) (1998)
Croatia Croat 89.6%, Serb 4.5%, other 5.9% (including Bosniak, Hungarian, Slovene, Czech, and Roma) (2001 census)
Cuba mulatto 51%, white 37%, black 11%, Chinese 1%
Cyprus Greek 77%, Turkish 18%, other 5% (2001)
Czech Republic Czech 90.4%, Moravian 3.7%, Slovak 1.9%, other 4% (2001 census)
Denmark Scandinavian, Inuit, Faroese, German, Turkish, Iranian, Somali
Djibouti Somali 60%, Afar 35%, other 5% (includes French, Arab, Ethiopian, and Italian)
Dominica black 86.8%, mixed 8.9%, Carib Amerindian 2.9%, white 0.8%, other 0.7% (2001 census)
Dominican Republic mixed 73%, white 16%, black 11%
Ecuador mestizo (mixed Amerindian and white) 65%, Amerindian 25%, Spanish and others 7%, black 3%
Egypt Egyptian 98%, Berber, Nubian, Bedouin, and Beja 1%, Greek, Armenian, other European (primarily Italian and French) 1%
El Salvador mestizo 90%, white 9%, Amerindian 1%
Equatorial Guinea Fang 85.7%, Bubi 6.5%, Mdowe 3.6%, Annobon 1.6%, Bujeba 1.1%, other 1.4% (1994 census)
Eritrea Tigrinya 50%, Tigre and Kunama 40%, Afar 4%, Saho (Red Sea coast dwellers) 3%, other 3%
Estonia Estonian 67.9%, Russian 25.6%, Ukrainian 2.1%, Belarusian 1.3%, Finn 0.9%, other 2.2% (2000 census)
Ethiopia Oromo 32.1%, Amara 30.1%, Tigraway 6.2%, Somalie 5.9%, Guragie 4.3%, Sidama 3.5%, Welaita 2.4%, other 15.4% (1994 census)
Falkland Islands (Islas Malvinas) British
Faroe Islands Scandinavian
Fiji Fijian 54.8% (predominantly Melanesian with a Polynesian admixture), Indian 37.4%, other 7.9% (European, other Pacific Islanders, Chinese) (2005 estimate)
Finland Finn 93.4%, Swede 5.7%, Russian 0.4%, Estonian 0.2%, Roma (Gypsy) 0.2%, Sami 0.1%
France Celtic and Latin with Teutonic, Slavic, North African, Indochinese, Basque minorities
overseas departments: black, white, mulatto, East Indian, Chinese, Amerindian
French Polynesia Polynesian 78%, Chinese 12%, local French 6%, metropolitan French 4%
Gabon Bantu tribes, including four major tribal groupings (Fang, Bapounou, Nzebi, Obamba); other Africans and Europeans, 154,000, including 10,700 French and 11,000 persons of dual nationality
Gambia, The African 99% (Mandinka 42%, Fula 18%, Wolof 16%, Jola 10%, Serahuli 9%, other 4%), non-African 1%
Gaza Strip Palestinian Arab
Georgia Georgian 83.8%, Azeri 6.5%, Armenian 5.7%, Russian 1.5%, other 2.5% (2002 census)
Germany German 91.5%, Turkish 2.4%, other 6.1% (made up largely of Greek, Italian, Polish, Russian, Serbo-Croatian, Spanish)
Ghana Akan 45.3%, Mole-Dagbon 15.2%, Ewe 11.7%, Ga-Dangme 7.3%, Guan 4%, Gurma 3.6%, Grusi 2.6%, Mande-Busanga 1%, other tribes 1.4%, other 7.8% (2000 census)
Gibraltar Spanish, Italian, English, Maltese, Portuguese, German, North Africans
Greece population: Greek 93%, other (foreign citizens) 7% (2001 census)
note: percents represent citizenship, since Greece does not collect data on ethnicity
Greenland Greenlander 88% (Inuit and Greenland-born whites), Danish and others 12% (2000)
Grenada black 82%, mixed black and European 13%, European and East Indian 5%, and trace of Arawak/Carib Amerindian
Guam Chamorro 37.1%, Filipino 26.3%, other Pacific islander 11.3%, white 6.9%, other Asian 6.3%, other ethnic origin or race 2.3%, mixed 9.8% (2000 census)
Guatemala Mestizo (mixed Amerindian-Spanish – in local Spanish called Ladino) and European 59.4%, K’iche 9.1%, Kaqchikel 8.4%, Mam 7.9%, Q’eqchi 6.3%, other Mayan 8.6%, indigenous non-Mayan 0.2%, other 0.1% (2001 census)
Guernsey UK and Norman-French descent with small percentages from other European countries
Guinea Peuhl 40%, Malinke 30%, Soussou 20%, smaller ethnic groups 10%
Guinea-Bissau African 99% (includes Balanta 30%, Fula 20%, Manjaca 14%, Mandinga 13%, Papel 7%), European and mulatto less than 1%
Guyana East Indian 50%, black 36%, Amerindian 7%, white, Chinese, and mixed 7%
Haiti black 95%, mulatto and white 5%
Holy See (Vatican City) Italians, Swiss, other
Honduras mestizo (mixed Amerindian and European) 90%, Amerindian 7%, black 2%, white 1%
Hong Kong Chinese 94.9%, Filipino 2.1%, other 3% (2001 census)
Hungary Hungarian 92.3%, Roma 1.9%, other or unknown 5.8% (2001 census)
Iceland homogeneous mixture of descendants of Norse and Celts 94%, population of foreign origin 6%
India Indo-Aryan 72%, Dravidian 25%, Mongoloid and other 3% (2000)
Indonesia Javanese 40.6%, Sundanese 15%, Madurese 3.3%, Minangkabau 2.7%, Betawi 2.4%, Bugis 2.4%, Banten 2%, Banjar 1.7%, other or unspecified 29.9% (2000 census)
Iran Persian 51%, Azeri 24%, Gilaki and Mazandarani 8%, Kurd 7%, Arab 3%, Lur 2%, Baloch 2%, Turkmen 2%, other 1%
Iraq Arab 75%-80%, Kurdish 15%-20%, Turkoman, Assyrian, or other 5%
Ireland Celtic, English
Isle of Man Manx (Norse-Celtic descent), Britons
Israel Jewish 76.4% (of which Israel-born 67.1%, Europe/America-born 22.6%, Africa-born 5.9%, Asia-born 4.2%), non-Jewish 23.6% (mostly Arab) (2004)
Italy Italian (includes small clusters of German-, French-, and Slovene-Italians in the north and Albanian-Italians and Greek-Italians in the south)
Jamaica black 91.2%, mixed 6.2%, other or unknown 2.6% (2001 census)
Japan Japanese 98.5%, Koreans 0.5%, Chinese 0.4%, other 0.7%
note: up to 230,000 Brazilians of Japanese origin migrated to Japan in the 1990s to work in industries; some have returned to Brazil (2004)
Jersey Jersey 51.1%, Britons 34.8%, Irish, French, and other white 6.6%, Portuguese/Madeiran 6.4%, other 1.1% (2001 census)
Jordan Arab 98%, Circassian 1%, Armenian 1%
Kazakhstan Kazakh (Qazaq) 53.4%, Russian 30%, Ukrainian 3.7%, Uzbek 2.5%, German 2.4%, Tatar 1.7%, Uygur 1.4%, other 4.9% (1999 census)
Kenya Kikuyu 22%, Luhya 14%, Luo 13%, Kalenjin 12%, Kamba 11%, Kisii 6%, Meru 6%, other African 15%, non-African (Asian, European, and Arab) 1%
Kiribati Micronesian 98.8%, other 1.2% (2000 census)
Korea, North racially homogeneous; there is a small Chinese community and a few ethnic Japanese
Korea, South homogeneous (except for about 20,000 Chinese)
Kosovo Albanians 88%, Serbs 7%, Other 5% (Bosniak, Roma, Turk)
Kosovo Albanians 88%, Serbs 7%, other 5% (Bosniak, Gorani, Roma, Turk)
Kuwait Kuwaiti 45%, other Arab 35%, South Asian 9%, Iranian 4%, other 7%
Kyrgyzstan Kyrgyz 64.9%, Uzbek 13.8%, Russian 12.5%, Dungan 1.1%, Ukrainian 1%, Uygur 1%, other 5.7% (1999 census)
Laos Lao Loum (lowland) 68%, Lao Theung (upland) 22%, Lao Soung (highland) including the Hmong and the Yao 9%, ethnic Vietnamese/Chinese 1%
Latvia Latvian 57.7%, Russian 29.6%, Belarusian 4.1%, Ukrainian 2.7%, Polish 2.5%, Lithuanian 1.4%, other 2% (2002)
Lebanon Arab 95%, Armenian 4%, other 1%
note: many Christian Lebanese do not identify themselves as Arab but rather as descendents of the ancient Canaanites and prefer to be called Phoenicians
Lesotho Sotho 99.7%, Europeans, Asians, and other 0.3%,
Liberia indigenous African 95% (including Kpelle, Bassa, Gio, Kru, Grebo, Mano, Krahn, Gola, Gbandi, Loma, Kissi, Vai, Dei, Bella, Mandingo, and Mende), Americo-Liberians 2.5% (descendants of immigrants from the US who had been slaves), Congo People 2.5% (descendants of immigrants from the Caribbean who had been slaves)
Libya Berber and Arab 97%, other 3% (includes Greeks, Maltese, Italians, Egyptians, Pakistanis, Turks, Indians, and Tunisians)
Liechtenstein Alemannic 86%, Italian, Turkish, and other 14%
Lithuania Lithuanian 83.4%, Polish 6.7%, Russian 6.3%, other or unspecified 3.6% (2001 census)
Luxembourg Celtic base (with French and German blend), Portuguese, Italian, Slavs (from Montenegro, Albania, and Kosovo) and European (guest and resident workers)
Macau Chinese 95.7%, Macanese (mixed Portuguese and Asian ancestry) 1%, other 3.3% (2001 census)
Macedonia Macedonian 64.2%, Albanian 25.2%, Turkish 3.9%, Roma (Gypsy) 2.7%, Serb 1.8%, other 2.2% (2002 census)
Madagascar Malayo-Indonesian (Merina and related Betsileo), Cotiers (mixed African, Malayo-Indonesian, and Arab ancestry – Betsimisaraka, Tsimihety, Antaisaka, Sakalava), French, Indian, Creole, Comoran
Malawi Chewa, Nyanja, Tumbuka, Yao, Lomwe, Sena, Tonga, Ngoni, Ngonde, Asian, European
Malaysia Malay 50.4%, Chinese 23.7%, indigenous 11%, Indian 7.1%, others 7.8% (2004 est.)
Maldives South Indians, Sinhalese, Arabs
Mali Mande 50% (Bambara, Malinke, Soninke), Peul 17%, Voltaic 12%, Songhai 6%, Tuareg and Moor 10%, other 5%
Malta Maltese (descendants of ancient Carthaginians and Phoenicians, with strong elements of Italian and other Mediterranean stock)
Marshall Islands Micronesian
Mauritania mixed Moor/black 40%, Moor 30%, black 30%
Mauritius Indo-Mauritian 68%, Creole 27%, Sino-Mauritian 3%, Franco-Mauritian 2%
Mayotte NA
Mexico mestizo (Amerindian-Spanish) 60%, Amerindian or predominantly Amerindian 30%, white 9%, other 1%
Micronesia, Federated States of Chuukese 48.8%, Pohnpeian 24.2%, Kosraean 6.2%, Yapese 5.2%, Yap outer islands 4.5%, Asian 1.8%, Polynesian 1.5%, other 6.4%, unknown 1.4% (2000 census)
Moldova Moldovan/Romanian 78.2%, Ukrainian 8.4%, Russian 5.8%, Gagauz 4.4%, Bulgarian 1.9%, other 1.3% (2004 census)
note: internal disputes with ethnic Slavs in the Transnistrian region
Monaco French 47%, Monegasque 16%, Italian 16%, other 21%
Mongolia Mongol (mostly Khalkha) 94.9%, Turkic (mostly Kazakh) 5%, other (including Chinese and Russian) 0.1% (2000)
Montenegro Montenegrin 43%, Serbian 32%, Bosniak 8%, Albanian 5%, other (Muslims, Croats, Roma (Gypsy)) 12%
Montserrat black, white
Morocco Arab-Berber 99.1%, other 0.7%, Jewish 0.2%
Mozambique African 99.66% (Makhuwa, Tsonga, Lomwe, Sena, and others), Europeans 0.06%, Euro-Africans 0.2%, Indians 0.08%
Namibia black 87.5%, white 6%, mixed 6.5%
note: about 50% of the population belong to the Ovambo tribe and 9% to the Kavangos tribe; other ethnic groups includes Herero 7%, Damara 7%, Nama 5%, Caprivian 4%, Bushmen 3%, Baster 2%, Tswana 0.5%
Nauru Nauruan 58%, other Pacific Islander 26%, Chinese 8%, European 8%
Nepal Chhettri 15.5%, Brahman-Hill 12.5%, Magar 7%, Tharu 6.6%, Tamang 5.5%, Newar 5.4%, Muslim 4.2%, Kami 3.9%, Yadav 3.9%, other 32.7%, unspecified 2.8% (2001 census)
Netherlands Dutch 83%, other 17% (of which 9% are non-Western origin mainly Turks, Moroccans, Antilleans, Surinamese, and Indonesians) (1999 est.)
Netherlands Antilles mixed black 85%, other 15% (includes Carib Amerindian, white, East Asian)
New Caledonia Melanesian 42.5%, European 37.1%, Wallisian 8.4%, Polynesian 3.8%, Indonesian 3.6%, Vietnamese 1.6%, other 3%
New Zealand European 69.8%, Maori 7.9%, Asian 5.7%, Pacific islander 4.4%, other 0.5%, mixed 7.8%, unspecified 3.8% (2001 census)
Nicaragua mestizo (mixed Amerindian and white) 69%, white 17%, black 9%, Amerindian 5%
Niger Haoussa 55.4%, Djerma Sonrai 21%, Touareg 9.3%, Peuhl 8.5%, Kanouri Manga 4.7%, other 1.2% (2001 census)
Nigeria Nigeria, Africa’s most populous country, is composed of more than 250 ethnic groups; the following are the most populous and politically influential: Hausa and Fulani 29%, Yoruba 21%, Igbo (Ibo) 18%, Ijaw 10%, Kanuri 4%, Ibibio 3.5%, Tiv 2.5%
Niue Niuen 78.2%, Pacific islander 10.2%, European 4.5%, mixed 3.9%, Asian 0.2%, unspecified 3% (2001 census)
Norfolk Island descendants of the Bounty mutineers, Australian, New Zealander, Polynesian
Northern Mariana Islands Asian 56.3%, Pacific islander 36.3%, Caucasian 1.8%, other 0.8%, mixed 4.8% (2000 census)
Norway Norwegian, Sami 20,000
Oman Arab, Baluchi, South Asian (Indian, Pakistani, Sri Lankan, Bangladeshi), African
Pakistan Punjabi, Sindhi, Pashtun (Pathan), Baloch, Muhajir (immigrants from India at the time of partition and their descendants)
Palau Palauan (Micronesian with Malayan and Melanesian admixtures) 69.9%, Filipino 15.3%, Chinese 4.9%, other Asian 2.4%, white 1.9%, Carolinian 1.4%, other Micronesian 1.1%, other or unspecified 3.2% (2000 census)
Panama mestizo (mixed Amerindian and white) 70%, Amerindian and mixed (West Indian) 14%, white 10%, Amerindian 6%
Papua New Guinea Melanesian, Papuan, Negrito, Micronesian, Polynesian
Paraguay mestizo (mixed Spanish and Amerindian) 95%, other 5%
Peru Amerindian 45%, mestizo (mixed Amerindian and white) 37%, white 15%, black, Japanese, Chinese, and other 3%
Philippines Tagalog 28.1%, Cebuano 13.1%, Ilocano 9%, Bisaya/Binisaya 7.6%, Hiligaynon Ilonggo 7.5%, Bikol 6%, Waray 3.4%, other 25.3% (2000 census)
Pitcairn Islands descendants of the Bounty mutineers and their Tahitian wives
Poland Polish 96.7%, German 0.4%, Belarusian 0.1%, Ukrainian 0.1%, other and unspecified 2.7% (2002 census)
Portugal homogeneous Mediterranean stock; citizens of black African descent who immigrated to mainland during decolonization number less than 100,000; since 1990 East Europeans have entered Portugal
Puerto Rico white (mostly Spanish origin) 80.5%, black 8%, Amerindian 0.4%, Asian 0.2%, mixed and other 10.9%
Qatar Arab 40%, Indian 18%, Pakistani 18%, Iranian 10%, other 14%
Romania Romanian 89.5%, Hungarian 6.6%, Roma 2.5%, Ukrainian 0.3%, German 0.3%, Russian 0.2%, Turkish 0.2%, other 0.4% (2002 census)
Russia Russian 79.8%, Tatar 3.8%, Ukrainian 2%, Bashkir 1.2%, Chuvash 1.1%, other or unspecified 12.1% (2002 census)
Rwanda Hutu (Bantu) 84%, Tutsi (Hamitic) 15%, Twa (Pygmy) 1%
Saint Barthelemy white, Creole (mulatto), black, Guadeloupe Mestizo (French-East Asia)
Saint Helena African descent 50%, white 25%, Chinese 25%
Saint Kitts and Nevis predominantly black; some British, Portuguese, and Lebanese
Saint Lucia black 82.5%, mixed 11.9%, East Indian 2.4%, other or unspecified 3.1% (2001 census)
Saint Martin creole (mulatto), black, Guadeloupe Mestizo (French-East Asia), white, East Indian
Saint Pierre and Miquelon Basques and Bretons (French fishermen)
Saint Vincent and the Grenadines black 66%, mixed 19%, East Indian 6%, Carib Amerindian 2%, other 7%
Samoa Samoan 92.6%, Euronesians 7% (persons of European and Polynesian blood), Europeans 0.4%
San Marino Sammarinese, Italian
Sao Tome and Principe mestico, angolares (descendants of Angolan slaves), forros (descendants of freed slaves), servicais (contract laborers from Angola, Mozambique, and Cape Verde), tongas (children of servicais born on the islands), Europeans (primarily Portuguese)
Saudi Arabia Arab 90%, Afro-Asian 10%
Senegal Wolof 43.3%, Pular 23.8%, Serer 14.7%, Jola 3.7%, Mandinka 3%, Soninke 1.1%, European and Lebanese 1%, other 9.4%
Serbia Serb 82.9%, Hungarian 3.9%, Romany (Gypsy) 1.4%, Yugoslavs 1.1%, Bosniaks 1.8%, Montenegrin 0.9%, other 8% (2002 census)
Seychelles mixed French, African, Indian, Chinese, and Arab
Sierra Leone 20 African ethnic groups 90% (Temne 30%, Mende 30%, other 30%), Creole (Krio) 10% (descendants of freed Jamaican slaves who were settled in the Freetown area in the late-18th century), refugees from Liberia’s recent civil war, small numbers of Europeans, Lebanese, Pakistanis, and Indians
Singapore Chinese 76.8%, Malay 13.9%, Indian 7.9%, other 1.4% (2000 census)
Slovakia Slovak 85.8%, Hungarian 9.7%, Roma 1.7%, Ruthenian/Ukrainian 1%, other and unspecified 1.8% (2001 census)
Slovenia Slovene 83.1%, Serb 2%, Croat 1.8%, Bosniak 1.1%, other or unspecified 12% (2002 census)
Solomon Islands Melanesian 94.5%, Polynesian 3%, Micronesian 1.2%, other 1.1%, unspecified 0.2% (1999 census)
Somalia Somali 85%, Bantu and other non-Somali 15% (including Arabs 30,000)
South Africa black African 79%, white 9.6%, colored 8.9%, Indian/Asian 2.5% (2001 census)
Spain composite of Mediterranean and Nordic types
Sri Lanka Sinhalese 73.8%, Sri Lankan Moors 7.2%, Indian Tamil 4.6%, Sri Lankan Tamil 3.9%, other 0.5%, unspecified 10% (2001 census provisional data)
Sudan black 52%, Arab 39%, Beja 6%, foreigners 2%, other 1%
Suriname Hindustani (also known locally as “East Indians”; their ancestors emigrated from northern India in the latter part of the 19th century) 37%, Creole (mixed white and black) 31%, Javanese 15%, “Maroons” (their African ancestors were brought to the country in the 17th and 18th centuries as slaves and escaped to the interior) 10%, Amerindian 2%, Chinese 2%, white 1%, other 2%
Svalbard Norwegian 55.4%, Russian and Ukrainian 44.3%, other 0.3% (1998)
Swaziland African 97%, European 3%
Sweden indigenous population: Swedes with Finnish and Sami minorities; foreign-born or first-generation immigrants: Finns, Yugoslavs, Danes, Norwegians, Greeks, Turks
Switzerland German 65%, French 18%, Italian 10%, Romansch 1%, other 6%
Syria Arab 90.3%, Kurds, Armenians, and other 9.7%
Taiwan Taiwanese (including Hakka) 84%, mainland Chinese 14%, indigenous 2%
Tajikistan Tajik 79.9%, Uzbek 15.3%, Russian 1.1%, Kyrgyz 1.1%, other 2.6% (2000 census)
Tanzania mainland – African 99% (of which 95% are Bantu consisting of more than 130 tribes), other 1% (consisting of Asian, European, and Arab); Zanzibar – Arab, African, mixed Arab and African
Thailand Thai 75%, Chinese 14%, other 11%
Timor-Leste Austronesian (Malayo-Polynesian), Papuan, small Chinese minority
Togo African (37 tribes; largest and most important are Ewe, Mina, and Kabre) 99%, European and Syrian-Lebanese less than 1%
Tokelau Polynesian
Tonga Polynesian, Europeans
Trinidad and Tobago Indian (South Asian) 40%, African 37.5%, mixed 20.5%, other 1.2%, unspecified 0.8% (2000 census)
Tunisia Arab 98%, European 1%, Jewish and other 1%
Turkey Turkish 80%, Kurdish 20% (estimated)
Turkmenistan Turkmen 85%, Uzbek 5%, Russian 4%, other 6% (2003)
Turks and Caicos Islands black 90%, mixed, European, or North American 10%
Tuvalu Polynesian 96%, Micronesian 4%
Uganda Baganda 16.9%, Banyakole 9.5%, Basoga 8.4%, Bakiga 6.9%, Iteso 6.4%, Langi 6.1%, Acholi 4.7%, Bagisu 4.6%, Lugbara 4.2%, Bunyoro 2.7%, other 29.6% (2002 census)
Ukraine Ukrainian 77.8%, Russian 17.3%, Belarusian 0.6%, Moldovan 0.5%, Crimean Tatar 0.5%, Bulgarian 0.4%, Hungarian 0.3%, Romanian 0.3%, Polish 0.3%, Jewish 0.2%, other 1.8% (2001 census)
United Arab Emirates Emirati 19%, other Arab and Iranian 23%, South Asian 50%, other expatriates (includes Westerners and East Asians) 8% (1982)
note: less than 20% are UAE citizens (1982)
United Kingdom white (of which English 83.6%, Scottish 8.6%, Welsh 4.9%, Northern Irish 2.9%) 92.1%, black 2%, Indian 1.8%, Pakistani 1.3%, mixed 1.2%, other 1.6% (2001 census)
United States white 81.7%, black 12.9%, Asian 4.2%, Amerindian and Alaska native 1%, native Hawaiian and other Pacific islander 0.2% (2003 est.)
note: a separate listing for Hispanic is not included because the US Census Bureau considers Hispanic to mean a person of Latin American descent (including persons of Cuban, Mexican, or Puerto Rican origin) living in the US who may be of any race or ethnic group (white, black, Asian, etc.)
Uruguay white 88%, mestizo 8%, black 4%, Amerindian (practically nonexistent)
Uzbekistan Uzbek 80%, Russian 5.5%, Tajik 5%, Kazakh 3%, Karakalpak 2.5%, Tatar 1.5%, other 2.5% (1996 est.)
Vanuatu Ni-Vanuatu 98.5%, other 1.5% (1999 Census)
Venezuela Spanish, Italian, Portuguese, Arab, German, African, indigenous people
Vietnam Kinh (Viet) 86.2%, Tay 1.9%, Thai 1.7%, Muong 1.5%, Khome 1.4%, Hoa 1.1%, Nun 1.1%, Hmong 1%, others 4.1% (1999 census)
Virgin Islands black 76.2%, white 13.1%, Asian 1.1%, other 6.1%, mixed 3.5% (2000 census)
Wallis and Futuna Polynesian
West Bank Palestinian Arab and other 83%, Jewish 17%
Western Sahara Arab, Berber
Yemen predominantly Arab; but also Afro-Arab, South Asians, Europeans
Zambia African 98.7%, European 1.1%, other 0.2%
Zimbabwe African 98% (Shona 82%, Ndebele 14%, other 2%), mixed and Asian 1%, white less than 1%
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Survey on religious sites in North and East
By Edi tor in Uncategorized January 6, 2020
The Government is to conduct a special survey on religious and historical sites located in the Northern and Eastern Province.
The move comes with allegations being raised that illegal and unauthorised constructions of religious sites have been taking place in the North and East. The survey is to be carried out by the end of January, officials told The Sunday Morning.
Additional Secretary of the Ministry of Buddhasasana, Cultural, and Religious Affairs Wijitha Nanda Kumar said that while this is not a new project, the Ministry along with the Department of Archaeology had instructed the respective divisional secretariats to carry out the survey.
“The Ministry co-ordinated with the Survey Department and requested their assistance in this regard. We had issued survey orders to some of the sites about five months ago but due to the election that was stalled. We will recommence this project in the coming weeks.”
Kumar further reiterated that the Survey Department was keen to assist the Ministry in completing this task.
Meanwhile, the Ministry had also instructed the divisional secretariats to send the preliminary details of these sites to the Survey Department, in order to efficiently carry out the survey.
– Sarah Hannan
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Throughout the seventeenth century, the English evolved into two distinct societies within the northern New England area and southern Chesapeake region. These territories contained inhabitants that were different economically, religiously, and in overall living conditions. The grounds for these distinct developments were mostly based on the type of people that came from England and the lifestyle they wanted, adapted, or were forced to live.
In the vicinity of the New England and Chesapeake region, the first differentiating quality that they had was in economics. Economically, New England had agriculture in a more diverse kind. Although agriculture continued to dominate in the New England area, it was less favorable there than in the south. The combination of hard and rocky soil along with cold weather conditions made it complicated for farming to become a main source commercial farming system, as seen in the south. To compensate, New Englanders engaged in home industries. Intermittently, these home industries provided surplus goods that one may sell or trade. Colonists worked at home as cobblers, blacksmiths, silversmiths, cabinetmakers, and printers. Some people harnessed the power of water to run small mills for grinding grain, making clothes, or processing lumber. Shipbuilding operations and ironworks also began to blossom in New England during this period. In the Chesapeake region, economics were primarily focused on farming cash crops. Fertile soil and clement weather supported the production of farming. Planters cultivated Indigo and Rice but the main source was all in thanks to Tobacco. Tobacco played a major role as it was the foundation of the southern economies success. Strong European demand for Tobacco made many farmers wealthy and several prospered. In Georgia and South Carolina, rice production under the radiating sun in knee deep mud motivated the white laborers to quit. As a result, planters took advantage of African slaves for labor and found it to be more economical and effective to get the job done.
Religious influences and objectives also differed amid these two regions. New England was a safe haven for religious tolerance; people living their religious beliefs openly. People who immigrated to the Chesapeake region had no religious motives. As a result, New England shaped a much more religious culture than the Chesapeake region. John Winthrop affirmed in 1630 that their goal was to create “a city upon a hill,” which symbolized a “pure” community, where Christianity would be practiced in the most correct manner. Equally, the Pilgrims and the Puritans were very religious people. In both cases, the local government was controlled by the same people who controlled the church, and the bible was the center for all laws and regulations. In the Chesapeake region, almost everything was exactly opposite of New England. The immigrants were not idealists, but materialists, most of whom for the most part wanted money.
Living conditions also varied in the contrasting regions of New England and Chesapeake. In Virginia and Maryland, scorching hot and humid summers assisted the spread of diseases. Water carried typhoid, cholera, and dysentery. Mosquitoes spread malaria. In addition, water from the James River was detrimental to ones health as drinking water because its high salinity damaged metabolism and occasionally killed settlers. By the mid-seventeenth century, approximately 40 percent of indentured servants in Virginia and Maryland had died prior to earning their freedom. At age 20, an inhabitant of the Chesapeake could expect to live only 20 more years. On the contrary, New England’s winters killed many pathogens, sparing New Englanders from the vigorous diseases that plagued the residents of the Chesapeake.
Additionally, the modest labor requirements of agriculture in New England secured farmers from the devastating fatigue that plagued indentured servants and slaves in the Chesapeake. Consequently, at age 20, a New Englander may possibly live 40 more years.
As a result of these differences, two totally different types of people formed in New England and in the Chesapeake region during the seventeenth century. New Englanders were faithful followers of church teaching, had a diversified economy, and lived a healthier life. The southerners of Chesapeake became independent citizens, with the capability to organize and the will to fight to get what they wanted.
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* Some Dragon Army soldiers come to see "Lord Xian" and Wei Han to ask questions.
* Hiro goes to visit the Forest of Chin to ask Pir Pir about country names.
* Takanata has tea with Master Tranh, and Scholar Turtle
[[Category:Book Three Logs]]
"Be on a horse when you go in search of a better one." The run begins on the Day of the Early Fox in the Month of the Fox in the eleventh Year of the Spider since the Third Treaty of Houses.
The run takes place on the way to and in the Harbor of Fortunate Arrival
Previous Run
1 Meeting on the Road
2 Giant Horse
3 Giant Snake
4 Giant Boat
5 The Scene of Enticing Recrimination
6 Scene of Informational Acquisition
7 Very Small Rock
8 Finding the Serpent
9 Talking to the Elders
10 Scene of Alacritous Resolutions
11 Auction Morning
12 Puttering
Meeting on the Road
Ringmaster Te calls the circus together - it's time to be going again. Their welcome is definitely starting to wear out, and there is starting to be trouble with the locals. Cai Wen got into a big brawl in the tavern last night, and is cooling his heels in jail for a few days. People wonder if they should be breaking him out, but Wei Han says it's probably just the High Warlord arranging to talk to him about Lucky Chang. The Hunter's Map doesn't show him, though - maybe that just means he's somewhere extra-safe.
A snake, a horse, a boat, and a very small rock
Grasshopper tries to convince the rest of the party to leave a message for Cai Wen somewhere saying that circus has left, but everyone else is confident that it will not be hard to track down the circus again. Disheartened, Grasshopped draws a brush painting, of a city being menaced by a giant snake, a giant horse, a giant boat, and a very small rock.
As the circus heads out and heads down the Imperial Highway towards the Hon'eth Arcade, things go smoothly for the early part of travel, but then traffic starts to slow down. People head forward to see what is going on - apparently a cabbage merchant has accidentally run over a woman with his horse and cart. The woman languishes dramatically on the side of the road, and the cabbage merchant is trying to revive her and offer her wine. Everyone rushes forward to help; Grasshopper attempts first aid and offers her water, but she would prefer the wine.
"Is there anything we can do to help?" -Xian
"Just sit here and comfort me as I drift off into the shadowed lands. And help this poor gentleman with his cart."
"Wait, are you dying?" -Xian
She seems rather well-dressed to be walking alone on the highway, making Shuyan suspicious. The woman diverts into a story of how the cart horse leapt to the side and knocked her down. Grasshopper checks to make sure the horse is okay (it is), and Xian stays with the woman while she convinces the cabbage merchant to go on again. He tries to chat with the cabbage merchant about cabbages, and is disappointed to not be remembered.
"Good luck with the red grubs next year." -Xian
"Ah, know a lot about cabbages, do you?"
"Only what you've taught me."
Anto and Kasumi head back to the circus to look for people taking advantage of what is clearly a distraction. Sure enough, they see River Ford poking around waiting to be noticed. Anto tells Kasumi to keep an eye on him while he goes to fetch the "talkers", so Kasumi wanders up to Ford to chat.
"Li Merit's not here right now, but someone will be here soon to get you some stuff."
"What sort of someone?"
"A talky someone."
"Oh, much better than a fighty someone. Not that I don't have many of my own fighty someones, ready to appear at a moment's notice."
"You were a much better bluffer last time, maybe you don't need both bags of money."
"It's been a hard week. There's a second bag of money?"
The party pulls out the cart with the tea tent to set it up on the side of the highway, telling the rest of the circus to go on ahead. Ford says that he's here to report a... predominantly successful conclusion. No, Li Kao isn't missing any limbs, but he is very stubborn, and is, even now, likely to be halfway back to his spire, escorted by the rest of the Crew. Ford tried to convince him that going back to where he was kidnapped from might not have been the best idea, but he said that he was taken by surprise before, and will not have that problem again.
As far as trouble, finding where he was being held was not so difficult, and getting past the security was not so difficult, and even getting out again was not so difficult. But at that point, the entire Hidden City was in an uproar, with thousands of Imperial Guardsmen, from there until to the end of the world. The entire Empire is up in arms, as if the Emperor himself was offended, except that there is no Emperor. They were not informed that this guest was such an important one in the initial briefing, Ford is quite sure.
"You can't have been entirely surprised." -Xian
"Come now, sir, I was entirely surprised." -Ford
"If he wasn't so interesting a prisoner, we would have hired someone less impressive."
A sea of green hats
Ford advises them to not wear green hats in the capital for a while - they arranged to have everyone there wear green hats, so that from the guard towers, it was simply a sea of green.
"So your friend here says you've got a couple of bags of gold for us." -Ford
"Someone actually said that? Of course someone said that." -Xian
Ford says that Li Kao wasn't an official prisoner - he was more like a guest being held incommunicado and not permitted to leave. That was why it wasn't so hard to get in and out.
"But he seems to have been an incommunicado guest of the emperor, except there isn't one."
"Remember when they started hunting you? That was because you found something out that they don't want anyone to know. He knows something that they don't know themselves, and that they don't want anyone else to know." -Xian
Xian sends Kasumi to get both sacks of loot (one labeled "Outstanding Balance For Services Rendered" and one labeled "Sorry About The Mess"), and gives them both to Ford. He takes his leave happily, letting Xian know that they're going to start their Master Group training montage now.
"When we meet again, we will be more skilled. And also more expensive."
Meanwhile, however, Shuyan has started to be bothered by a buzzing noise in her head. She's had it all morning, and can't seem to shake it. She wanders around the circus wagons (followed by Wei Han), trying to figure out if it's coming from somewhere in particular or is inside her head. She thinks it's a little louder outside, but doesn't seem to be coming from anywhere in the circus. She tries to meditate, which makes it less annoying, but doesn't seem to make it go away. When she checks her snakes, she thinks they are somewhat agitated as well. Grasshopper asks Ho if he can hear anything, and he howls mournfully. Grasshopper asks Xiao Fa to take a look at Shuyan, since she's easier to ask about symptoms than Ho or the snakes. Xiao Fa thinks that her chi indicates that she is under some stress, but she doesn't seem to be under an active chi effect.
Giant Horse
As the group catches up to the circus, Anto notices that there are four horses by the side of the road, lined up together and glaring at him.
"Hmm. Does the boss want to talk to us?"
"They say 'neigh!' as if to say yes." -Mike
"For the second time today, I go to fetch the talky people."
The Very Large Horse Spirit
Everyone troops in to talk to Merit's horse, and Anto says they want to talk to the boss. Everything becomes a little more crisp right around the horse, and a little dimmer outside, and the buzzing in Shuyan's head fades a lot.
The Horse grumbles that after all that negotiation, it's been several months and he has heard nothing from any of them. He nearly thinks that nobody is interested in dealing with him, and wonders if anyone has given any more thought to his offer.
Grasshopper asks if the Horse knows what was up with his bunny and its chi, and the Horse notes that he can tell Grasshopper what was up with it, if he does the Horse a little favor. Grasshopper immediately demurs, suggesting that he talk to Xian. Xian protests - he hasn't been part of the talks with the Horse before, and doesn't know what the offer is. The Horse explains that since they are already part of a cabal to displace a Great Spirit from the Cycle, they are already movers and shakers and able to help him get into the Cycle too. But they're hesitant on the trigger, so there was an agreement to start with smaller deals to build mutual trust. Like, he can explain about the rabbit hedgehog, and they can fix a little auction.
Xian asks for more details about the auction. The Horse says there will be an auction in the Harbor of Fortunate Arrival, three days hence, at which a horse will be sold. It's an excellent horse, and could, in normal circumstances, easily go for almost hundred li, or even, if the bidding is fierce, a hundred and fifty. But the world has not had a thousand li horse for many many years - the last one died with its Emperor. It is time for another thousand li horse to walk in the world. And, they will find, the better price it goes for, the better a horse it will be. Of course, when word goes through the Empire of a Thousand Li Horse, that's what the story should be. Not a story of the Great Horse Scandal, so the party has to get it right.
"Is it a magic horse?"
"All horses are magic." -Horse
"If all horses are magic, then none are." -Master Zhou
In return, the Horse could offer them something like an escape for the whole party (like in the Spider's Citadel), or a Great Puttering, allowing puttering anywhere on the map. The party asks about an Unspecified Favor to be Named Later instead, but the Horse notes that boons of that kind are more expensive, and are often given as rewards for a gift, rather than as part of a bargain. If they want the ability to leave the favor unspecified, it would be smaller.
Grasshopper offers to groom the circus horses nicely in exchange for an answer about his bunny. The Horse notes that he hopes Grasshopper is not currently grooming the horses badly. But for ten li of ribbons for the horses, he will give two short answers about the bunny.
"Or you can give me ten li and I'll give you some plausible answers." -Xian
"In the future, you might want to undercut the previous offer if you're just going to make up the answers." -Xiao Fa
The party wonders if they don't make a deal now, does that mean if they do the mission, it counts as a gift, so they can get a boon? The Horse notes that not making a bargain should not be counted upon to lead to a better reward than making a bargain.
"Do the thing, or do not do the thing. Do not muck about in the middle." -Master Zhou
Kasumi reminds everyone else that there are three other plots (giant snake, giant boat, small rock) in addition to giant horse, and time is limited. Xiao Fa takes charge, and tells the Horse that they cannot commit to the deal now. If they wish to make the deal in the future, someone can spend a karma to talk to him again. Xian emphasizes that this is a Momentous Thing that Horse is talking about, and needs careful thought - perhaps it would be better suited for some time in the future instead. The Horse notes that the House of the South Wind will not see a horse this good again for a long time, and if they can't sell this one for a thousand li, it will probably not happen for another horse any time soon.
Kasumi offers to buy ten li of horse treats for the circus horses, in exchange for an answer about the buzzing in Shuyan's head. The Horse is beginning to feel unwelcome, as they are trying to blow him off about the mission he wants done, but want random trivial questions answered. Xian does his best to be charming, and the Horse agrees to answer for fifteen li of horse treats.
"Remember the giant snake they were talking about? You have giant snake issues. The Harbor knows they have giant snake issues too, they just don't know what to do about them. That will be your job." -Horse
Then, the clarity and dimness fade away, and the circus is at the gates of the Harbor.
Giant Snake
Ringmaster Te gives directions to set up the Circus in the Plaza of Deliberate Celebration, and tells everyone to Practice. The party immediately takes off to the harbor to look for giant snakes, though Xiao Fa pauses to warn the Ringmaster - Shuyan has been having trouble with a migraine, and needs to go down to the harbor to see if they can fix it. Anto tries not very successfully to gather information, and hears that there is an auction in two days time, but there is some sort of problem with the harbor, and it might have to be closed and the auction might be delayed. There also seem to be several ships being repaired from serious structural damage.
Wei Han heads north to where the Dragon Army ships are. He's not permitted to go in armed, so he gives his sword and other weapons to Xiao Fa, who promptly puts them all in a pile to guard. Like Anto, he isn't great at gathering information, but does hear a bit about trouble with brigands and rebels.
"There are seditious and rebellious elements in the city."
"Are you sure it's not just a giant snake?" -Wei Han
"No, that's someone else's problem."
A ship tries to leave the harbor, but seems to hit something in the water, and comes back in. Kasumi sends the Hiding Monkey off - when he returns, he's wearing lipstick.
"Xian, do you have any experience with hiring ships?" -Xiao Fa
"Yes, I've found that everyone really likes riding on cursed ships. If you can just find a cursed ship, everyone will leap right on it." -Xian
Xiao Fa grumbles, and goes off in search of a boat to hire. None of the boatmen around want to be hired to go and be eaten by sea serpents. However, one of them is willing to sell them a slightly leaky longboat that seats eight, for ten li. Kasumi makes sure that they can sell it back again for five li later. The boat comes with a bucket, for bailing, and a container of pitch, for patching. Wei Han decides going out in a little boat in heavy armor is not a good idea, so takes it (and any spare ice chips of doom) back to the circus.
"There are better ways of not negotiating with the Horse spirit than dying in a boat." -Xian
"Anto, make sure you don't unbind the wrong things. Like the anchor." -Grasshopper
"Why am I even on this boat?" -Xian
Anto proves less competent at rowing than Wei Han, so the boat goes in circles for a while before finding itself heading back to the dock.
"Yay!" -Xian
After some more concerted attempts at rowing, they get farther out into the harbor. People back at the dock start waving and yelling, but it's hard to tell what they're saying. Then, there's a great lurch as something underwater bumps the boat, hard. The more dexterous people keep the less dexterous ones from falling in.
A Large Sea Serpent and a Small Boat
Xiao Fa and Shuyan jump into the water, with rope tied to them. Master Zhou jumps in after them, spurning the rope. Once Shuyan is under the water, the buzzing noise stops bothering her, and, instead, she can hear the serpent's song - it is the deeply sorrowful tale of a lost daughter (and some contempt for talking fishes). Xiao Fa and Master Zhou just think it is a terribly loud deep sonar noise.
Shuyan tries to ask how she can help the serpent - the answer comes, "RETURN MY DAUGHTER". The serpent says that she left the world for the world of death, in the harbor.
Xiao Fa tugs on the rope, and he and Shuyan are hauled back into the boat. Shuyan appears to have been trying to breathe water, which isn't very good for her, but Xiao Fa is able to resuscitate her, and she explains. The boat manages to make its meandering way back to shore, where they resell it for half price.
Giant Boat
It's gotten pretty late by now, so Anto considers - where is the nearest person who needs help? He starts heading for the Dragon Army's side of the harbor, and is quickly intercepted by a guard barring his way (and everyone else's).
Wei Han introduces himself as Shen Wei Han, late of the Dragon Army, and explains that he and his companions want to lend a hand against the people causing trouble. The guard doesn't seem willing to let a group of armed adventurers prowl around the area ostensibly to protect them from armed adventurers. Grasshopper and Kasumi sneak by, but when Anto tries, the guard spots him. Anto runs in, shouting that he heard someone calling for help, and the guard gives chase.
The party (and pursuing guard) come upon a fight - there are two black-clad people (one swordsman and one martial artist), fighting several Dragon Army soldiers on a pier with a lot of boxes. In the surprise round, half a dozen more soldiers leap out from behind the crates. It is an ambush! Anto thinks that the people who need help are the black-clad figures, rather than the soldiers, and suspects them of being Myo and Liet.
"Kasumi, it's them!" -Anto
Anto yoinks Liet towards him with his kusarigama chain, and demands to know why he is here to help her. It makes sense to her - they need help because they were lured into an ambush! The army seems happy to believe that Kasumi is the third black-clad figure on the same team, and gets chopped a bit herself. Master Zhou smacks one of the soldiers off the side of the dock into the water.
"Wait, whose side are we on?" -Grasshopper
Anto declares that the party is leaving, and does his best to drag both Liet and Myo after him, though neither of them is willing to leave the other behind, so it's slow going. Master Zhou picks Liet up and runs with her, and the group manages to escape as more soldiers emerge from boxes.
"See? I told you there were a dozen of them!" -One soldier to another
The Scene of Enticing Recrimination
Everyone heads to Lady Liet's villa, and she explains that the local Dragon Army ships have been committing acts of piracy against her house, and complaints have been ignored for "lack of evidence". So her plan was to keep beating people up until they found evidence on one of them, but that hasn't worked yet.
"Perhaps we should not have used the same battle plan four nights in a row."
The party asks if "acts of piracy" means "sea serpents", but no, it doesn't. Their ships have been boarded, and their cargo stolen, and the crew abused. Some of the more perceptive crew members spotted Dragon Army colors under the "pirate" costumes, but in the complaints, the crew has been deemed highly unreliable witnesses, as they were not themselves Dragon Army. One of their cases of wine is being sold at the upcoming auction, but not by them. Unfortunately, they do not have the technology to trace individual cases to particular ships.
"There's no greater danger to the Empire than the loss of your wine?" -Kasumi
"There's no greater danger to our house than the loss of our wine." -Liet
Her father is returning in two days, so she'd really like to solve the problem before then. Shuyan wonders if this has anything to do with the sea serpent, and explains what she learned from the big sea serpent in the harbor. For example, is there someone strange newly come to town?
Liet says that the strangest person to come to town recently is Huian the Mad, who calls himself a "natural alchemist", and spends all his time mucking around with seawater.
"I may owe you." -Xian
Master Zhou interrogates Liet about where she has been learning. She says she has been studying the manual of kung fu that was in her nurse's possessions. She shows it to Master Zhou. He is disappointed to learn that it is not a magic book that teaches you shticks; you still count as self-taught using it. Her style is Tiger-flavored and somewhat self-sacrificing, in that it tends to convert incoming damage into outgoing damage.
Kasumi asks if Liet put the lipstick on her monkey - Liet is baffled, but comments that it looks like it's laughing. Hmm. Maybe it's a message from Kasumi's ninja house. She heads off to talk to her master - she asks for a spare nose (advice from the Temple of the Invisible Wind), and lets her master know that the House of the Laughing Shadow owes a favor (or, at least, Kasumi said she'd pass that along) to the House of Night's Promise. The master ninja tells her that if she's going to be promising favors and asking for other favors, she's going to need to prove her worth to the house - for example, make sure that the House of Benevolent Oversight doesn't buy the horse at the upcoming auction.
Scene of Informational Acquisition
The news in the Grand Bazaar has some details about the auction: it is being held by the Master of Trade, as part of an economic stimulus to try to jump-start the faltering Arcade economy. Each house was required to put up at least one thing of high quality. The House of Benevolent Oversight is sponsoring the grand feast, which is actually provided by the House of Continuing Sustenance. Other items include
The House of the South Wind is auctioning off a fine black stallion with one white fetlock.
The House of Judicious Increase has some incredible jewelry.
The House of Beneficent Travel is selling a ship.
The House of Gainful Protection is selling a fine set of Great Armor.
The House of Resplendent Decoration needs a new item to auction because their bolt of enchanted silk is cursed.
The House of Enticing Vintage is selling a number of fine wines, including a bottle of Golden Palace rice wine.
The House of Quiet Concordance is auctioning a gazing ball.
The House of the Lotus is selling a year-long comp pass.
The House of Transparent Purity is selling a case of fine wine.
The House of Ornamental Vessels has a set of really excellent bowls.
The group gets Liet to introduce them to one of the captains whose ship was pirated. He swears that the guys who took the cargo had Dragon Army uniforms under their grey cloaks, but the Army wasn't interested in listening to his complaints, and after that, he's been making sure he has some support from the House of Gainful Protection nearby in case of trouble.
"You're paid up through the end of the week, but if you start going to bars again, I'm going to stop being discreet." -Yang Tsi-Ya, stepping from behind a pole
She says she's stopped a couple of attacks, but no, not by people wearing Dragon Army uniforms. The people who are familiar with Dragon Army procedure think the pirate ship sounds like a navy ship, probably detached to the blockade. They check with several of the pirate victims, and think it sounds like the same ship. Investigating the ship, Grasshopper finds a grappling hook with a bit of rope attached, which he might be able to attach to the other end of the rope, but there isn't a clear place to start looking. Ho also smells some blood, which might let him recognize someone later.
Very Small Rock
While prowling around the city, Grasshopper runs across a super-mangy dog with some ear trouble. As he does some quick veterinary fixing on the dog's ear, an urchin runs up and is happy that the dog has been found.
"Oh, and Lijuan is back!"
"No, I'm Grasshopper!"
Grasshopper asks if the urchin has seen any lost sea serpents. He hasn't, but says that with three days, he could totally help Grasshopper find one, with a lucky rock. This seems somewhat inexplicable, so Grasshopper asks for clarification. The urchin drags Grasshopper with him to demonstrate. They climb over Master Tranh's back wall, and the boy points out his rock, in the sand garden. He says that one is his, but it's not ready yet. When the rock gets to the middle of the pattern, then it will be lucky, and that's when you take it.
Shuyan, Anto, Xiao Fa, and Xian go to the House of the South Wind to look at the horse. With the Butterfly Talisman, Xian is important enough to get the others in as his assistants. It seems clear that the horse is strong and fast, and whoever owns it is clearly Important (+1 status to the rider). After looking at its chi more carefully, Xiao Fa clarifies - it is not a horse of +1 status, it is a horse of +N status, which is currently at N=1.
Finding the Serpent
Wei Han goes down to the docks to talk to the fishermen who are currently beached because of the sea serpent. Has anyone said anything interesting about catching weird fish? They mention Huian the Mad, some sort of weird water sage. Rumor has it he found a talking fish, but he threw it back, so no one believes him.
That night's circus performance takes Shuyan, Kasumi, and Anto out of the investigation for the evening. Grasshopper goes to break into the Transparent Purity warehouse by the docks. He pokes around for a while and finally finds a receipt - the wine was purchased at a very low price from "Iron".
The Harbor Master announces that the auction has been postponed for a day, due to the closing of the harbor, to give people more time to get into the city. This reassures the party, as everyone had begun to panic about not having enough time.
Xian spends the evening talking up the horse among high society, which goes pretty well, and he begins to generate some buzz. Master Zhou thinks about how to recreate the song of the sea serpent, as a person.
"Give me an int roll with... theoretical acoustics." -Mike
"I have artist, extra extra broad." -Tom
He heads down to the docks to try singing it, and in the middle of her performance, Shuyan starts getting a terrible buzzing in her head again. Meanwhile, Wei Han and Xiao Fa ask around the bazaar amongst people who might sell alchemical ingredients, if they know Huian. They know him, but don't know where he lives. One merchant notes that they could ask his servant - she's over there going down to the docks.
Xiao Fa and Wei Han run after her. Could she direct them to where the alchemist Huian lives? She is puzzled - why are they looking for him? Do they really need to know? Xiao Fa says they would really like to discuss some things with him. They want to discuss some things with him? Maybe tomorrow they could meet him? She supposes maybe they could do that, but she was going down to the docks right now, because she heard there was a sea serpent down there. She was going to go wander around down there and look. Xiao Fa offers to go with her while she goes to look, to make sure she's okay. She says that that's what Huian says too, and why she's supposed to stay home, to be okay. The three proceed to the dock, as the girl chatters, and then they find Master Zhou, singing.
"Hello, what's your name? I didn't know there were any sea serpents here other than me!"
"I am Master Zhou, of the White Pagoda."
"Ooh. What's a pagoda?"
Hearing her walk stright up to Master Zhou and identify herself as a sea serpent, Xiao Fa bows deeply to Zhou; clearly he is more skilled in these matters than Xiao Fa had dreamed. Zhou describes pagodas, sketching one, and explains that they are on top of mountains. She says that her name is Sai. Huian gave her a name, because he is very nice. Ah, has she been here for a while, then? Yes! She has been here for days and days.
The group suggests that she talk to Shuyan, who will be at the circus tomorrow. Sai says that Huian will be sad, because he went to the circus today instead. Um, no, that's not quite what they meant.
Xiao Fa looks at her chi, and thinks it is the chi of a vast creature, in an itty bitty living space. They suggest that she come by the circus in the morning, with Huian, but in the meantime, they'll escort her home.
That night, Xian has a dream, of Huian standing and speaking to him: "I hope nothing happened to you. I went to meet you at the circus, but the Confounding Xian was not performing. If you are in trouble, try to let me know. I will try again tomorrow night."
Talking to the Elders
Sai's self-portrait
The next morning, Huian and Sai show up at the circus. Sai introduces Master Zhou as another sea serpent in disguise, but admits she doesn't know anyone else's name. She also talks about how she likes talking more than singing (though Master Zhou likes singing better), and notes that Huian taught her how to talk. Huian has an expression which suggests that he didn't want to be having this conversation at all, so Xian takes him aside while Sai talks to her new friends. She says that Huian sent a talking fish to turn her into a person for a year and a day! The group warns her that her father is very sad about her being missing, and wants her to come back, but she protests - she is seeing all sorts of new things and doesn't want to go back in the water! Anto looks at her chi, to see how she is bound - principally, she is bound into this form for a year and a day, or until she is submerged in sea water. Those who are familiar with their legends and stories recall that wishes from talking fishes often have a sting in their tail. Grasshopper demonstrates his brush painting to Sai, who makes a test drawing.
Xian returns, and explains - Sai is an expert on sea water, and Huian is trying to learn how to make it from her. Oh, and Huian didn't send the talking fish. People try to persuade her to go and at least talk to her father, but she is sure that he'll try to get her if she actually gets close enough for that to happen. The party says they can protect her from him getting her - Wei Han has fought a kraken - but she also doesn't want him chopped with swords. Well, maybe the party can talk to him.
Anto and Shuyan buy a small rowboat (again!), and Anto rows back out to the middle of the harbor for Shuyan to jump in. Shuyan explains that they found his daughter, but that she wants to stay on land and see things. Her father grumbles - fool girl. However, when he hears that she's been changed into a person by a talking fish, he lashes the water into a foam and nearly upends the rowboat. Shuyan says that they haven't figured out what the catch is, but he says that she won't even remember a year and a day - she'll be on some mountain or something when she turns back. Shuyan says they can try to make sure that doesn't happen.
He grumbles a bit more, and asks where Shuyan is from. She isn't really sure, but most recently is from the Isle of Beauty - he doesn't know the name, but recognizes the Butterfly Kingdom. He says that in a year less seven days<footnote>That would be the Day of the Late Tiger in the Month of the Fox</footnote>, either his daughter will be under the water, or the Harbor of Shining Reflections will be under the water, and he leaves it to Shuyan to choose which. Then he swims away.
When Anto pulls Shuyan back into the boat, though, she's been trying to breathe water for way too long, and he is not so good with resuscitation as Xiao Fa. She puts her Serpent Ring on and dies before she dies for real.
"Well... I guess I carry her corpse back." -Anto
The talking up of the horse continues. Xian gets Ringmaster Te to come see the horse and talk about it - as the Ringmaster has some business skill, he says that he thinks the base price will be the reserve plus ten times the total buzz. There are three flavors of buzz: Status, Charisma, and Grace. Each stat can have up to three different people listed. The horse won't go for less than that - whether it goes for more, will require houses to particularly want to bid against each other. Perhaps by getting two houses in a rivalry to outbid each other for it.
Grasshopper goes to give the grappling hook to Liet, as he is not interested in searching boats. Liet says she's on it!
Xiao Fa visits Master Tranh, and hears some new news - the gazing ball that his house has put up for auction has gone missing! It was in the center of his garden, but it vanished a few days ago. Xiao Fa looks around, but is not much of a detective, though he thinks that Master Tranh is re-optimizing the garden every day or so. He meditates for a bit, and comes away thinking that no matter what the feng shui of the garden is like, it should not feel this much like Grasshopper.
Kasumi, who is boycotting the Liet/Myo plot because she thinks they're idiots, goes to see Merit's horse and spends a karma to speak to the Horse. She says that they're going to do the auction, and they want the ultimate puttering and something else that isn't related to hedgehog bunnies. However, once she starts bargaining, he's a much better bargainer, and notes that he did already tell them that putting it off until the last minute was not an excuse to raise the price. He counter-offers an escape to a moderately safe distance, or a puttering for just the eight people in the run. Kasumi says that she's not allowed to settle for less than the original price. The Horse notes with some asperity that she wants to bargain him down, but isn't bargaining in good faith if she doesn't have the authority to lower her price. He offers her the ultimate puttering, if they give him the thousand-li horse and Kasumi throws in something of her own to make up for her faux pas. She throws in 50 li more horse treats.
Wei Han goes shopping in the bazaar to try to find cheap black market wine. They aren't really selling any there, but he does get a hint as to where he might hook up with the black market - but not by showing up in Great Armor. Anyone who goes in that much looking for a fight will get one.
Master Zhou goes to talk to Myo about what the group has found out about piracy. Myo hushes him - his house is in favor of Enticing Vintage being pirated, so Myo drags him off to a private room. Unofficially, Myo is pleased to hear that they're working on it, and Master Zhou tells him to bid up the horse. The more it goes for, the better it will be. He also asks about their silk. Myo says that they had an order for three bolts of enchanted silk; they always make an extra bolt in case something goes wrong, and this one is the spare. The three bolts were delivered, but then they found out that this fourth bolt was cursed! Master Zhou thinks Xiao Fa might be able to uncurse it. Myo says that if that could happen, then the House of Resplendent Decoration would be able to bid horses up a bit higher.
Scene of Alacritous Resolutions
Anto brings Shuyan's body back to Xiao Fa, who manages to resuscitate her after removing the ring. She explains the deal with the elder serpent, and Kasumi explains that she has made the deal with the Horse.
"It's all good, no one has to worry. I took it off everyone else's plate." -Kasumi
The group also discusses the rocks in the yard plot. Maybe Master Tranh can convince the urchins to stop messing with his garden by giving them food? Well, that is a bit like a protection racket.
"It would be the lamest protection racket ever - give us sausage buns or we put some rocks in your yard." -Anto
Xiao Fa thinks that better would be a new story to tell the urchins - the Tale of the Garden and the Unlucky Rock. Grasshopper goes to look for the urchins, and explains that their lucky rocks are actually unlucky.
"My boss, he's a sorcerer. It's all feng shui and stuff, so he knows about things being unlucky. Especially the silver one."
The urchins protest - the silver one is how they're getting food! They can see where the unguarded food is! Grasshopper explains that it is luring them into a false sense of security - you depend on the evil rock, and then it betrays you! He convinces them to put all their lucky rocks back (except for one?), and then buys pork buns for everyone.
"You're learning." -Xian
Xiao Fa visits the House of Resplendent Decoration, and hears their tale of woe about the order of three bolts of magical silk, and finding out that the spare one was cursed after delivery. He make a titanic expenditure of chi and just barely manages to cleanse the silk. Whoever cursed it seems to have a Tao of 12.
Master Zhou convinces Kasumi that if she steals the wine from the glass house, that will help the horse plot, not the Liet and Myo plot that she doesn't like. She heads off to make an attempt to do so, but while she can sneak in pretty easily, she finds it hard to carry the big crate of wine with much stealth. She gets it to a nearby alley, and then puts a note on it to deliver it to the House of Benevolent Oversight, and sends an urchin to hire some crate-bearers. While she waits, some guards come out to look around, but this generally results in the crate-bearers being chased by the guards, and the House of Benevolent Oversight being vaguely framed for the trouble.
Master Zhou thinks about what he knows about military organization, and figures that the most likely culprit for "Iron" is Captain Sozhei Iron, of the ‘Greyjoy’. Xian's encounter with the black marketeer gets the same name when he drops "Iron" as a contact. Xian also talks up the horse to the black market, though they aren't really a source of buzz themselves. They might think of having Transparent Purity front for them, though. Wei Han goes drinking with some Dragon Army officers, and talks up the horse as well.
That night, Xian gets another dream from Huian - he's not really sure what Xian did, but Sai seems much happier as her father's not yammering at her any more. They'll keep working on their problem.
Master Zhou and Liet go running into the night to try to get some evidence from the ‘Greyjoy’. There's a Dragon Army ambush set up, which Liet really really wants to trigger, but Master Zhou talks her out of it.
"Can you swim? Because now we're diving into the harbor, since I just set off the ruckus." -Liet
In setting off the ruckus, she's come away with Captain Iron's logbook; sufficient KS: Dragon Army or Military Organization can pull evidence of piracy out of it. It doesn't look like it's at the behest of the army, it seems to be the captain's own initiative. Now, turning it over to the army could be tricky - it'll require someone with pretty high status to not have to answer questions about where it came from.
Auction Morning
Xiao Fa stops by Master Tranh's - he is most pleased that the gazing ball has been returned. Xiao Fa tells him about the horse.
Xian heads to the army side of the harbor to turn in the log book, and is quickly escalated all the way to Sea Lord Milora. He introduces himself as Lord Xian from the Isle of Beauty, and presents his "iron clad proof". Sea Lord Milora has enough KS:Navy to read between the lines to see the acts of piracy, and says that it will be dealt with swiftly.
"Is there anything I can do to set your mind at ease further?" -Sea Lord Milora
"No, no, you already have. In my mind it is already resolved, I need nothing more." -Xian, unwilling to try to get a favor from so suspicious a guy
Later that morning, the news comes that Soizhe Iron has been executed - his lands will be sold and the proceeds given to the House of Enticing Vintage. Liet's father comes back just in time to see this resolution, and is quite gratified.
The House of Quiet Concordance is back on track for the auction, as is the House of Resplendent Decoration. The House of Benevolent Oversight is running a little late, so the auction is actually started by the House of Judicious Increase. The House of Transparent Purity has to withdraw from the auction - they had some issues with their wine, and some of their house members were killed by a horse that was being stolen.
Everyone makes their best shot at persuasion rolls at the auction start, getting the buzz to one short of the full thousand. The bidding increases up to 990 li. There is a long pause, and then finally Liet bids one thousand li. That sparks a new round of bidding, and in the end, Master Tranh buys the horse for 1218 li, giving him a horse of +12 status, which is unfortunately overkill for his current 8 status.
Puttering
Xiao Fa builds his own miniature garden, and puts the "lucky rock" in it for several days. That doesn't help so much, but he realizes that sitting in Master Tranh's garden did make it lucky. He gives it back to the urchins, so they do have one lucky rock left.
Xiao Fa investigates Grasshopper's bunny-hedgehog-thing.
Some Dragon Army soldiers come to see "Lord Xian" and Wei Han to ask questions.
Hiro goes to visit the Forest of Chin to ask Pir Pir about country names.
Takanata has tea with Master Tranh, and Scholar Turtle
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Diagnosis and monitoring
Ferrous Metallurgy
X-ray fluorescence energy dispersive general purpose spectrometer BRA-135F
Ferrous metallurgy includes production of cast iron (blast-furnace process) and, using it as a base, production of plain, low- and high-allow steels and ferro-alloys. In blast-furnace process, the main materials to be analyzed are iron concentrate, coke, and fluxes (incoming inspection). Mg, Al, Si, Ca are to be detected both in concentrate and fluxes in addition to Fe.
The detrimental impurity – sulphur – is of primary importance in coke. As a rule, powdered samples are subject to analysis. At the blast-furnace process output, cast iron is subject to Mn, Cr, Ni, Ti, Si, S, P and carbon, which is detected through combustion. To control the process, slags are analyzed for Mg, Al, Si, Ca, Fe.
Manganese and chrome ores are processed to obtain ferro-alloys (ferromanganese and ferrochrome) used for alloying steels where the content of basic components and additives Si, Ti and S is controlled. Other chemical elements used for steels alloying are also used as corresponding ferro-alloys, which composition is strictly controlled to maintain the composition of the furnace charge of the steel grade being made.
Since certain elements are burnt and turn into slag when alloyed steels are made, the analysis of the melting progress is to be performed to bring the melt composition in compliance with that of the required grade. The only method ensuring the proper rapidity and accuracy of steels analysis in the course of melting is XSFA. Depending on the steel grade being made, alloying additives (which may include Ti, V, Cr, Mn, Co, Ni, Nb, Mo and W) usually introduced as ferro-alloys or secondary raw materials are determined. The content of these elements may vary from n×10-1 to 20 – 30%, depending on the steel grade. The melt sample is taken into a water-cooled copper mold. After the sample gets solid, it is cut, polished and sent to the laboratory via a pneumatic tube. The whole process, including the analysis, takes less than 10 minutes. If there are standard samples of all grades being made at the production facility, any method may be used for calculation of concentrations (if there are no proper standard samples, methods the theoretical correction or fundamental parameters may be used). After melting is completed, marking analysis is performed to check the quality of finished products, and results thereof along with the finished product are handed over to the consumer. Methods of steel XSFA are described in various regulatory documents. Some of them are given below:
1. GOST 28033-89. Steel. X-ray fluorescence analysis method.
2. ASTME1085-09. Standard method of low-alloy steel analysis by means of X-ray fluorescence spectroscopy.
3. ASTM E572. - 02a(2006)e2. Standard method of stainless and low-alloy steel analysis by means of X-ray fluorescence spectroscopy.
4. ISO 17054:2010. Routine method of high-alloy steel analysis by means of X-ray fluorescence spectroscopy and using the method of corrections.
General-Purpose X-ray diffractometers DRON-7(M) and DRON-8
X-ray diffractometers DRON-7 and DRON-8 are successfully used for qualitative and quantitative analysis of phase composition of ferrous and non-ferrous metals and alloys, as well as for detection of retained austenite in high-carbon steels; for control of metallurgical production waste (slags); for examination of grain patterns of rolled metal and for analysis of residual stress in steelworks.
Non-ferrous Metallurgy
As far as non-ferrous metallurgy is concerned, the metallurgical process may result in both pure metals and corresponding ferro-alloys or oxides and some metal compounds. As a rule, sulphide nonferrous metal ores (Co, Ni, Cu, Zn, Pb, Mo) are used most frequently, and for metal smelting sulphide concentrates previously separated by floatation are used. The first stage of sulphide concentrates processing is oxidizing flux roasting in reverberatory furnaces, with metal sulphides turning over into corresponding oxides. Roasting results are controlled by analysis. Further reducing roasting allows obtaining crude metals - Co, Ni, Cu, Zn, and Pb to be refined through electrolytic process. This method allows separating precious metals which are often present in detectable amounts in complex ores.
As far as metals used for steel alloying are concerned, reducing roasting with cast iron or iron concentrate and coke is used, which results in production of corresponding ferro-alloys (Ni, Mo, W). Rare metals Mo and W are processed to obtain oxides MoO3 and WO3, which are refined and used to obtain pure metals or their compounds.
Like during production of ferrous metals, fluxes and slags are analyzed during smelting of non-ferrous metals and detected for Mg, Al, Si and Ca in addition to smelted metals.
Complex processes of ferrous and non-ferrous metals production using concentrates of complex ores imply multiple analysis of early, intermediate and final products not only for base metals but also for numerous additives covering almost the whole Mendeleev's table, starting from Al, Si, S and P and ending with platinum-group metals, Au and Bi.
Use of BRA-135 is also possible and appropriate at separate stages of production of light metals (Mg, Al, Ti), for example, for control of the content of basic components and additives in ores and concentrates of these metals.
Among non-ferrous alloys, alloys based on copper (brass and bronze) and aluminum alloys are used most frequently. In addition to copper, copper-based alloys may include Zn, Ni, Fe, Mn, Sn, Pb, Bi, Si, P, Sb, Al, Be. Among all these metals only Be in beryllium bronzes cannot be detected by the XSFA method.
XSFA methods of alloys based on copper (bronzes and brasses) are described in various regulatory documents. Some of them are given below:
1. GOST 30609-98 Cast brasses. X-ray fluorescence analysis method.
2. GOST 20068.4-88. Tinless bronzes. Method of X-ray spectrum detection of aluminium.
3. GOST 30608-98. Tin bronzes. X-ray fluorescence analysis method.
Aluminium alloys may include Mg, Ti, Cr, Mn, Fe, Cu, Zn, Zr, Sn, Pb.
However one should emphasize that the method of fundamental parameters may have significant errors when applied to non-ferrous alloys often containing lead, due to micro-absorption discontinuity (lead is poorly soluble in copper and aluminium, thus producing individual inclusions). Because soft lead is spread over the surface during preparation of non-ferrous alloy samples, lathe machining rather than grinding is used.
XSFA is one of the main analysis methods for rare metal alloys that may include Al, Ti, V, Co, Ni, Zr, Nb, Mo, Nb W, Re and some additives. XSFA methods for rare metal alloys are described in regulatory documents:
1. GOST 28817-90. Hard sintered alloys. X-ray fluorescence method of metals detection.
2. GOST 25278.15-87. Alloys and addition alloys of rare metals. X-ray fluorescence method of detection of zirconium, molybdenum, tungsten and tantalum in niobium-based alloys.
3. ASTM B890 - 07(2012). Standard Test Method for Determination of Metallic Constituents of Tungsten Alloys and Tungsten Hardmetals by X-Ray Fluorescence Spectrometry.
4. ASTME539-07. Test Method for X-Ray Emission Spectrometric Analysis of 6Al-4V Titanium Alloy.
5. ASTM E2465-06. Standard Test Method for Analysis of Ni-Base Alloys by X-ray Fluorescence Spectrometry.
As with steels, XSFA is performed in the course of smelting, marking analysis of the finished product and incoming inspection using various analytical methods are performed.
Jewellery Alloys
Use of XSFA for analysis of jewellery alloys and items made thereof by means of the energy dispersion X-ray spectrometer Shimadzu, which is similar to BRA-135, is described in Application Note at the company’s site. Co, Ru, Rh, Pd, Ag, Pt, Au were detected. The content of precious metals in analyzed items equalled to 7 to 85%. A zirconium filter was used for measurements, with the 1 mm original radiation collimation. The analysis error equalled to 0.7 to 0.25%. The work by А. V. Fesenko and Н. Г. Milozorov [RUSSIAN JOURNAL OF GENERAL CHEMISTRY, 2002, vol. XLVI, №4, p.81-87.] has compared possibilities of existing analysis methods for gold alloys, including XSFA. General requirements to analysis of precious metals and their allows are described in the standard [GOST R 52599-2006. Precious metals and their alloys. General requirements to analysis methods].
Machine-building
The fist and one of the most important stages of XSFA use is incoming inspection of all the metals and alloys coming the machine-building plant. Unfortunately, this stage is often neglected, and the supplier’s supporting documentation is relied on. Rare mistakes are found only in case of failure of finished item, which leads to significant losses. A typical example thereof is supply of carbon steel pipes to Leningrad mechanical plant in 1979, without incoming inspection of escalator rollers used for manufacture, instead of chromium steel pipes. The mistake was revealed only when several cracking rollers were analyzed.
Similar cases occurred even in aerospace industries of the USA and USSR.
Incoming inspection of alloys may be performed by means of XSFA similarly to the supplier’s marking analysis, or as long as samples of all the alloys used at the enterprises are available, by means of program IDENTIFICATION-W developed in Bourevestnik, Inc. The case when a part of dubious composition has been already included into the finished item is more complicated.
Sometimes portable manual X-ray fluorescence spectrometers based on SSD may be used for composition control of such item, but the most universal method is treating the part with an abrasive paper. Alloy traces remaining on the paper may be compared to those on the paper used for treating a sample steel of the proper grade, using spectrometer BRA-135 and program IDENTIFICATION-W.
Another important task solved by energy dispersion X-ray spectrometers in machine-building is control of coating thickness and composition. Some regulatory documents on the topic are given below:
1. ASTM B568-98(2009). Standard Test Method for Measurement of Coating Thickness by X-Ray Spectrometry.
2. ISO 3497:2000 Metallic coatings -- Measurement of coating thickness -- X-ray spectrometric methods.
3. JIS H 8501-1999 Methods of thickness test for metallic coatings.
Depending on the coating and substrate composition, the coating thickness may be controlled within the range from tenths and hundredths of micron to dozens of microns. An experimental model of the X-ray energy dispersion thickness gauge of gold coatings was manufactured by Bourevestnik as early as in 1974 and tested on gold coatings of one of watchmakers. It turned out that in some cases the coating thickness reached 4 µm instead of 10 µm as per the specification.
The method of seeded directional crystallization has found a wide use in production of turbine buckets for aircraft engines all over the world since it allows producing defect-free single-crystal buckets made of heat-resistant alloys. To analyze the direction of seeds and grown buckets, X-ray diffraction method employing diffractometers DRON-7 and DRON-8 operating in sorting mode has been used successfully.
This method may be used for control of direction of single-crystal casts in machine-building production.
The X-ray diffraction method for analysis of residual stresses in various parts of machines and mechanisms is also wide-spread in machine-building.
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<-- Part 1 ... Part 2, Bars 11-21 ... Main -->
Part 2 - Kirksville, MO to Macon, MO
Kirksville, MO (continued)
#11 Too Tall's Too: The Inferno [map]
B: Bud Lite 10oz draw - $1.50
S: Fat Tire 10oz draw - $2.50
This place was originally Too Tall's, then it caught fire. It was fixed up and reopened as Too Tall's Two. Then it's owner, the mayor, burned it down for insurance money. A new owner bought it, fixed it back up again, and reopened it as Too Tall's Too: The Inferno. The fiery history is celbrated within including animated flames of light projected on one of the walls. This place seems prone to fire, even the new owner nearly did it again with an accidental trash can fire in the office one night -- spotted only because a patron outside at closing time asked about the new smoke machine. :)
After here we headed to the south end of town for our last Kirksville destination.
#12 NEMO Rocks [map]
S: Bud Lite 10oz draw - $1.25
We want to call this a biker bar... except there wwere no bikes but all pickup trucks. In any case it had a stripper pole and a cool bartender.
Novinger, MO
On the way into town we spotted a guy driving a go-cart and tried to get his picture... but he was too fast and all we got was his dust.
#13 Chevy's [map]
B: Natural Light can - $1.50
S: Natural Light can - $1.50
When we arrived in town we found three bars lined up in a row, but only the southern one was in business. Our bartender told us that she couldn't remember the name of the one in the middle but that the other one was named "Hotel California". She said that only one of the three bars ever seems to be in business at any given time, and that she has worked at each of them. By the way, how often do you see a Bible verse on the side of a bar?
Green Castle, MO
#14 Legends [map]
We couldn't go into the bar due it being rented out for a bachelor party. Luckily it had a nice outdoor beer garden. Our bartender was the former owner, a really nice guy. Meanwhile, across the street, a man struggled with a stalled tractor... We each did have to slip into the main bar to use the restroom and in doing so found that the the stripper, who was supposed to have been there by now according to the bartender, was late and only a few guys were anywhere to be seen.
We saw far too many cars parked nearby to be explained by the number of people in the bachelor party so looked around and found that the local Lion's Club meets in the "Opra" House [sic] across the street. We decided to check it out. B opened the door, and about 200 silver-haired bingo players stopped what they were doing and stared at us. B wanted to join them, but I wanted to hit the road.
As we headed back to the car B had me take a picture of something gross in the road.
Milan, MO
Pulling into the town square with its disproportionately high number of Mexican restaurants, we spotted an RV that looked like something out of a horror movie.
7:00pm (about)
#15 Afternoon Saloon (formerly Cat's Den) [map]
B: Bud Lite 8oz draw - $1
S: Fat Tire 8oz draw - $1
This place was almost cavernous and looked like it had been recently renovated. I selected a seat at some patio furniture.
Browning, MO
#16 Rob's Beer Joint [map]
B: PBR can - $2
S: PBR can - $2
Rob still owns the place but has been having health problems the last several months, so his wife is running things for him.
Some scenes on our way to the next town... unfortunately I was not quick enough to get a picture of the white kid with thee HUGE afro that we saw in Purdin, MO.
Linneus, MO
This town, with its odd street system, was supposed to product two bars. But the first address led us to a dead end in a sort of trailer park.
#17 Horseshoe Bar [map]
While we were sitting in this spacious bar the bartender's husband and 3 children arrived and sat near us. Cute kids, sipping on their Cokes. B: PBR can - $2
Brookfield, MO
#18 Lucky's [map]
B: Coors Light bottle - $2
S: Coors Light bottle - $2
Your basic strip-mall bar. When we arrived there were 2 cop cars waiting in the lot. Moments later two guys left the bar with drinks in-hand and started to get in their cars. Then they both noticed the cops and in unison turned around and went back inside.
Marceline, MO
#19 Ok Tavern [map]
B: Michelob 10oz draw - $2
S: Michelob Light 10oz draw - $2
I had mis-printed my map of this town so it took us for-e-ver to find this place... even having asked for directions. Finally I spotted the telltale neon and we eventually figured out how to get to it. The interior was pretty rustic. We were getting pretty hungry and went looking around downtown for a pizza joint we were told might still be open, but no lucck finding it.
Bucklin, MO
#20 My Place [map]
B: Busch Light can - $1.50
S: Busch Light can - $1.50
This was WELL worth the side trip and is exactly the kind of place we go on these trips hoping to experience.
The place was packed, in part due to a birthday party. Karaoke was in full swing, and a large guy in overalls named Norm was enjoying a few beers.
The karaoke DJ announced that Norm had a special talent to perform but only if the bar raised $50. The funds were quickly collected and Norm stepped just outside the door (to keep from getting the bar in trouble I think) and proceeded to remove his underwear without removing his pants. I got myself photographed with him, those are his tighty-whities hanging out of his pocket. As we were getting intot he car to leave, a woman stepped outside the bar, hocked a loogie into the street, and went back inside. Awesome.
New Cambria, MO
#21 Bottom of the Hill (formerly Jimbo's) [map]
B: Busch Light 8oz draw - $0.75
S: Busch Light 8oz draw - $0.75
Karaoke was in play here, but it was dead. We learned why when we tried it ourselves. B did a severely-truncated "You Never Even Call Me By My Name" and I did "Elvira". The karaoke guy had never done it before and apparently was uninsured because he warned both of us to be extremely careful around his "$22,000 of equipment". There was only one song book and it was fastened to the microphone stand. The songs were not organized by title nor artist, instead by what CD they were on, and most of the pages were hand-written. Several times he was unable to find the right songs using his "system". "Elvira" was my third attempt for him to find a song that he had listed, and it took him 3 tries to even find that. Wow. :) At least we got to meet the dopplegangers of Julianne Moore and Kid Rock, who were having a beer together next to us.
Macon, MO
We intended to check into a motel, hit a few bars in town, and call it a night. But first things first... starvation. We found a Taco Bell and stuffed ourselves.
Then tiredness set in.
We never made it to any Macon bars. We checked in at a nearby motel andd were out like a light. This is the first time ever that we have stayed overnight in any town and not visited a bar in that same town.
Epiloque
We slept in late Sunday morning (me with a splitting headache) and then had an average pizza buffet at a place called Pizza Works down the road in Moberly. We ended up taking back roads all the rest of the way to Kansas City, with 24 Highway being the final leg of the trip.
This was a pretty terrific road trip. With a final tally of 51 bars we were far shy of the 76 bars we visited last August, but considering we only had half the time for this trip we were actually on pace to top that one by a long shot. :)
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School Library/Literacy
Teacher-Librarian Associations
http://edselect.com/associat.htm
Me Read? No Way!
http://www.edu.gov.on.ca/eng/document/brochure/meread/meread.pdf
A practical guide to improving boys' literacy skills. - 61 page pdf file.
Principal Support: Research from Canada
http://www.ifla.org/IV/ifla63/63obed.htm
International Federation of Library Associations and Institutions paper by Diane Obeg Associate Professor, University of Alberta.
Challenging the Gender Divide: Improving Literacy for All
http://www.teacherlibrarian.com/tlmag/v_32/v_32_2_feature.html
Boys demonstrate literacy in ways the current curriculum doesn't assess
http://www.onlineopinion.com.au/view.asp?article=962
BC Coaliton for School Libraries
http://www.bccsl.ca
Does your child have a good school library?
http://www.cla.ca/slip/index.htm
School Library Programs
White House Conference for School Libraries
http://www.imls.gov/news/events/whitehouse.shtm
Presentations on June 4th, 2002.
Ontario School Library Association OSLA
http://www.accessola.com/osla/
Partners in Action: The Library Resource Centre in The School Curriculum (1982) - 53 page pdf file (slow to load)
Information Literacy: A Framework for Change (1995)- 18 page pdf file
Program Planning and Assessment, Grades 9 to 12 (2000)
See section under Role of Technology in the Curriculum for reference to School Library programs.
Ten Graces for New Librarians
http://www.well.com/user/ladyhawk/albany.html
An excellent list outlining the philosophy of librarians and their role.
Bookhounds to Cybersluths
http://www.roanoke.com/roatimes/news/story130805.html
Librarians say their job as sifters and organizers of knowledge hasn't changed, but how they do that job has.
Elementary and Secondary Schools: The Role, Challenges and Financial Conditions of School and School Library Resources in Canada
http://epe.lac-bac.gc.ca/100/200/301/nlc-bnc/elementary_secondary_schools-ef/9/1...
Share this report with fellow teacher-librarians and administrators.
http://www.teacherlibrarian.com/
The journal for school library professionals.
IP: Services for Libraries
http://www.ipl.org/div/subject/browse/hum45.00.00/
Issues, advocacy, organizing the web articles and web links. (Note: copyright information is for the U.S.)
InfoSearcher
http://www.infosearcher.com/
A compilation of reference sites for the cybrarian. Many links and definitions used in the field.
How School Librarians Help Schools Achieve Standards - The Second Colorado Study
http://www.lrs.org/documents/lmcstudies/CO/execsumm.pdf
Eight page pdf format document relating importance of libraries and librarians and media staff in effecting the increase of test scores.
Proof of the Power - Fast Facts
http://lrs.org/documents/fastfacts/164proof.pdf
Twelve page pdf format document summarizing the importance of libraries and school librarians for improvement in literacy.
Powering Achievement: School Library Media Programs Make a Difference
http://www.lmcsource.com/tech/power/power.htm
One, five, and fifteen minute PowerPoint slide presentations on school library programs and building literacy.
No Child Left
http://nochildleft.com/subscribe.html
Articles, cartoons, links and free subscription to newsletter about the American No Left Behind bill.
Library Support Staff
http://librarysupportstaff.com/
Library Publications An extensive listing of library related publications on the web - journals, library serials/publications, library articles.
Understanding Information Literacy
http://www.ed.gov/pubs/UnderLit/index.html
Article to support the library program.
http://www.memfox.net/
Click through the pages of her site to hear Mem Fox read from her book "Reading Magic". You will learn about her teaching of the importance of reading 3 books a day to your child to lead your child to literacy.
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It is the end of December 2018 and I have finally finished the covers for both sides of this story, so I am back-dating them to make them show up in the right place. Best wishes for 2019, everyone!
Ssssooo here is the first page of the other side of the story. This has been taking a while to get started, because there’s a ton of design work to do.
Who are these creatures, and what are they doing in this huge space station? Give us a couple more pages and we’ll let you know. Got to start to create a mood first.
Around about now you are probably asking yourself “who are these spooky things moving through this spooky bio-mechanical forest”. This question will be answered on the next page.
Say hello to our heroes. We hope you like these gay fungus boys as much as we do.
Like any couple, Kirt and Noa have issues they keep on bickering about.
Drawing this comic has really weird rhythms. I took this page from script to finished in three days, but there’s a page before it that took something like an entire week.
I try to make a habit of turning as much as possible into reusable elements. All those little fairy bells, for instance, are drawn with a handful of graphic styles – one for the stem, another for the leaves, and another for the actual flower. I can just pick that out of the style palette, make a quick dash with my stylus, and there it is. It’s coming up with all these things in the first place that takes ages, sometimes.
This page took seventeen forevers and I think it was worth it.
The musical notes coming out of the plants came in at the very end and really tied it all together with Noa’s whistling in the first panel. This whole fairy garden hums and chimes; I imagine the overall effect as being something like the bridge of the Enterprise, with all its reassuring little bloops and bleeps and wibbles. You don’t notice it after a little while – but you sure notice when it stops, or when a dissonant note intrudes.
I do not think it is a spoiler to say there will be dissonant notes intruding on this before the chapter is done.
When’s the last time you sat in a tranquil garden and listened to its gentle sounds? I recommend doing it as often as possible.
My, there sure is a pattern set up in this page that the last panel breaks, isn’t there? I can’t be foreshadowing anything. I’m sure absolutely nothing is going to happen, and that Noa will not be watching his boyfriend die for the sixth time in this trip. They’re just going to sit here and do their gardening and maybe find the meaning of life on this ancient space station.
Kirt and Noa continue to tend their charges: Kirt’s got gardening to do, and Noa’s got a bird to try and keep from wandering off into craziness.
We will be seeing this map again.
The next Mixolyne page is going to be yet another complicated, scene-setting drawing. I’m slowly poking at it while mostly concentrating on the VX10 side of the story.
Time to switch back to Noa and Kirt for a while. I’ve been working on this page and the next one for quite some time – I think I started it in early October of last year and it’s early May now. Admittedly I did spend most of March and April moving from Seattle to New Orleans but that’s still a long time for a spread to take!
Right now I’ve got five more Mixolyne pages with full roughs lined up. They’re mostly character art, without much new background design to do, so that should help them come out a lot faster.
I had a lot of fun making this page and the next one right at the edge of “too bright to see anything”.
This is the last of the Mixolyne pages I’m putting in the buffer right now. I’m probably gonna work on more Mixolyne pages while these are coming out; for now, we’ll be switching over to the VX10 side for most of the next month.
<More to come - we're drawing new pages as fast as we can!
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Back to this side of the story for a bit. Weird ancient architecture and a weird spiky robot-thing.
If you are beginning to get the feeling that Olivia is maybe a little overconfident, then you are probably correct. Surely this will not get her in trouble in the future.
24.3.6: Ye Beastie.
Be forthwith and unafraid of the luminous angels you may meet. You can recognize them by their colors: white with a blue-and-silver halo, black with a halo of golden spiderwebs, and maroon with a small measure of crystalline halos are the most common. Refer to appendix 24.18 for further details on less-common tranches of angels.
Thou wilt know the Keepers by their blue-and-silver halo. Keepers may assume many forms during the course of their duties, and are like the furnace of a star if not pacified. To greet a Keeper, vibrate S?QGt’VGOOf, and pet its snoot in your friendliest manner.
— VX6, Codex Serenissima, Fourteenth Revision (completely depreciated in VX8)
I just want to say that I am having a lot of fun straddling a line between making this ancient robot be both a friendly doggo and a scarily large piece of machinery.
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giant doggo is friend to all tiny mice
or at least all tiny mice whose tiny kitty friend knows the Ancient Words
It took me a while but I finally figured out what to make buildings inside the giant space station look like. Basically I looked at the sixties SF cover work of Richard Powers, thought about how he was probably going about making it happen in paint, and tried to do the same kind of thing in Illustrator.
I may be going back into previous pages and redoing some of the buildings before I declare this chapter well and truly “finished”.
This is the page where we remind you that Olivia has gotten here thanks to mysterious family secrets that she refuses to go into, and that the Baron is only going to let her get away with that so much longer.
Olivia has a big dose of that kind of impetuosity that usually only works out if you’re the heroine of a YA novel. One of these days it’s gonna backfire on her.
The bottom panel owes a ton to the cover illustration for a Tim Zahn short story I read in the eighties. Standing at the center of a big X of alternate versions of yourself was a side effect of a warp drive in this story.
We keep on going back and forth on whether this works better with or without the words formed in the panel borders. I probably just need to tweak them a little and make the white lines thinner.
Walt Simonson does this all the damn time and he makes it look so easy.
[NO SOUND IN SPACE]
You may be interested to know that in our relationship, I am definitely the Olivia, and Nick is definitely the Baron. Though we usually put it in terms of me being the Yogi and him being the Boo Boo.
Acting like you’re the heroine in a YA novel is dangerous stuff.
Back over to Olivia and the Baron for a while!
I wanted to acknowledge that Olivia’s cool prosthetic arm comes with a cost here. It can do things a flesh arm can’t but it also has problems like “sometimes the ghost of her original arm starts itching like crazy and won’t stop”.
That’s it for this batch of Vexalyne pages right now. Maybe there will be more coming by the time this goes up about a month after I’m writing this. Maybe there will be more Mixolyne pages instead. Maybe we’ll be on hiatus again. Who knows? Well, you’ll know if you’re supporting us on Patreon.
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Strengthening Our Space Technology Future: Snapshots of Success
January 11, 2016 | NASA
NASA’s Space Technology Mission Directorate (STMD) checked off a number of key accomplishments in 2015. These advancements pushed the technological envelope, not only for use near Earth, but also to support future deep-space exploration missions.
“In 2015 we have made significant progress with several of our larger technology demonstration initiatives,” explains Steve Jurczyk, NASA associate administrator for STMD.
One of STMD’s goals is to shorten the cycle of time needed to research and develop new space technologies and capabilities for flight demonstration. At the same time, the space agency’s mastery of new technologies enables high-payoff endeavors that strengthen aerospace activities in government, academia and industry. In sum, that helps keep America competitive as well as on the cutting-edge within the global space community.
The pace of progress is due in large measure to the STMD-managed nine major technology development programs carried out at each of NASA’s 10 field centers across the United States. Currently, STMD partners with 42 other government agencies on 61 programs and projects, and sponsors four projects with five international organizations.
Engaged and active
Throughout 2015, STMD was engaged and active in eight central areas:
High Performance In-Space Propulsion;
High Bandwidth Space Optical Communications;
Advanced Life Support and Resource Utilization;
Entry, Descent, and Landing (EDL) Systems;
Space Robotic Systems;
Lightweight Space Structures;
Deep Space Navigation;
Space Observatory Systems.
Within these target areas there were a number of notable achievements in fiscal year 2015. Here are a few select STMD snapshots of success.
Requirements of Being a MIL-certified Shop
11/12/2019 | Barry Matties, I-Connect007
Barry Matties speaks with American Standard Circuits’ VP of Business Development David Lackey, who has nearly 40 years of experience producing PCBs for the mil/aero market. David talks about what it’s like being a MIL-certified shop and the stringent quality and reporting requirements that it entails.
What’s Coming in 3D Printing Technology in 2018
12/27/2017 | Cullen Hilkene, 3Diligent
First, the arrival of extrusion metal printing. Today's extrusion printers are the most prevalent and, arguably, user-friendly 3D Printers in the market. Now, after years of there being zero metal extrusion printers, there will be two in the new year from Desktop Metal and Markforged. These technologies promise new materials and a higher degree of user friendliness for metal printing.
Slamming on the brakes
The scene is the U.S. Navy’s Pacific Missile Range Facility, Kauai, Hawaii. On June 8, NASA performed a critical Technology Demonstration Mission (TDM) that has major implications for future Mars missions. A Low Density Supersonic Decelerator (LDSD) test involved a rocket-powered, saucer-shaped vehicle that flew to near-space, high above Earth. The balloon-enabled mission evaluated two key technologies for landing robotic and support systems for scientific and human exploration missions on the Red Planet: a Supersonic Inflatable Aerodynamic Decelerator (SIAD), a large doughnut-shaped air brake eyed as a technology to land large payloads on Mars and other destinations that have an atmosphere, and a supersonic ringsail parachute.
That latest test followed up from a June 2014 flight and both missions validated a SIAD. The back-to-back LDSD flights also assessed a state-of-the-art supersonic parachute. It’s the largest parachute ever flown at 100 feet in diameter.
Jurczyk notes that both LDSD flights provided important lessons learned given the inability of the high-tech parachute to maintain its structural integrity.
“That’s what we’re about. We’re pushing technology and some things are going to work as we intended and some things are not,” Jurczyk points out. The LDSD team is now fully engaged in deciphering the physics behind supersonic parachute deployments, “a physically complex problem,” he adds.
Thanks to a partnership with industry and the Air Force Space and Missile System Center, a Green Propellant Infusion Mission (GPIM) is being readied for launch in September 2016, Jurczyk explains.
GPIM is designed to test the distinctive quality of a high-performance, non-toxic, “green” fuel on orbit. STMD worked with Aerojet Rocketdyne in Redmond, Washington and GPIM prime contractor Ball Aerospace & Technologies Corp. in Boulder, Colorado to develop a spacecraft with a distinctive propellant.
That “green” propellant is a hydroxyl ammonium nitrate-based fuel/oxidizer mix, also known as AF-M315E. GPIM will flight demonstrate this fuel designed to replace use of highly toxic hydrazine and complex bi-propellant systems now in common use today. Doing so means enhancing a spacecraft’s performance and “volumetric efficiency” – more oomph for the ounce.
Robotics – a helping hand for humans
In the arena of STMD’s Game Changing Development (GCD) program, an impressive research and technology agenda is ongoing involving advanced robotic technology.
At the heart of this research is tapping the strength of robotics to augment human productivity. That translates to lowering mission risk by melding “best of” attributes of humans and robots.
For instance, work is ongoing to fabricate a prototype rover in support of a NASA Human Exploration and Operations Mission Directorate effort, the Resource Prospector project. This Moon-bound mission may fly in 2020. It will demonstrate lunar prospecting skills to identify the location and composition of “volatiles”—perhaps large reservoirs of water-ice that may be buried below the Moon’s surface.
Jurczyk said that STMD’s effort in this area could lead to a “gas station” on the Moon. “Extracting water on the lunar surface could allow producing quantities of hydrogen and oxygen for rocket fuel. So we’re looking at that prospect too,” he adds.
STMD manages NASA’s Centennial Challenges program. In 2015, the space agency awarded $100,000 in prize money to the Mountaineers, a team from West Virginia University, Morgantown. They took part in the Sample Return Robot Challenge, successfully showcasing how robots can locate and collect geologic samples from wide and varied terrains, operating without human control.
Next generation tool
Significant progress has been made, Jurczyk reports, on the Deep Space Atomic Clock (DSAC).
In terms of technology, this project pushes the reset button on precision navigation in space. DSAC is headed for a test flight in September 2016.
DSAC team members wrapped up clock integration as well as clock functional, performance, vibration and thermal vacuum testing before its delivery to payload integration and testing in July 2015.
Those tests have aided in a step-by-step maturing of the DSAC’s design, composed of a small, ultra-precise, mercury-ion atomic clock, and have helped to greenlight its delivery as a host payload for liftoff in 2016.
DSAC will be onboard a Surrey Satellite Technology U.S. spacecraft as part of the U.S. Air Force’s Space Test Program (STP-2) mission to launch into Earth’s orbit atop a Space X Falcon 9 Heavy booster.
Once DSAC is on orbit, this next-generation tool will be put through its paces for spacecraft navigation and radio science, as well as its application to global positioning systems. DSAC technology can improve navigation of spacecraft to distant destinations and enable collection of more data with better precision. In fact, DSAC offers the promise of being 50 times more accurate than today’s best navigation clocks.
“The Deep Space Atomic Clock can provide higher precision navigation for our next generation Global Positioning Satellite constellation,” Jurczyk observes. “It could potentially also enable gravity mapping of one of Jupiter’s most puzzling moons, Europa.”
Nonstop thrust
Pioneering cost-effective access across the inner solar system is the bottom line of STMD’s work on solar electric propulsion. Indeed, treks across the inner solar system—to asteroids and distant Mars— are on tap for utilizing Solar Electric Propulsion (SEP).
This SEP technology makes feasible more affordable missions for commercial and government operations in Earth orbit and beyond, Jurczyk adds.
What makes SEP so important?
First of all, large solar cell arrays convert collected sunlight energy to electrical power. That energy is fed into exceptionally fuel-efficient thrusters that provide gentle but nonstop thrust throughout the mission. SEP thrusters are designed to use 10 times less propellant than comparable, conventional chemical propulsion systems.
Early SEP progress was spearheaded by ATK Aerospace and Deployable Space Systems. Working with NASA, the companies completed ground testing of large, high-power solar arrays that can be folded into small, lightweight packages for rocket launch.
In fiscal year 2015, a SEP team successfully tested a new 12.5-kilowatt Hall thruster that employs magnetic shielding making it capable of operating continuously for years—a capacity important to supporting deep space exploration missions.
“We’re very proud of this STMD technology infusion story in regards to SEP,” Jurczyk advises.
Focus on the future
Jurczyk said that NASA is poised for more technological progress in the coming years.
In particular, planning is jelling on a 2019 in-space demonstration of high-performance, high-bandwidth laser communications from deep space to Earth. “It’s important not only for NASA and other government agency partners, but also for the commercial satellite operators,” Jurczyk said.
In moving forward into the next year, “I am committed to the view that the more you fly, the faster you learn,” Jurczyk explains.
That passion is bolstered by NASA’s recently announced partnerships with nearly two dozen U.S. companies under the “Utilizing Public-Private Partnerships to Advance Tipping Point Technologies” and the “Utilizing Public-Private Partnerships to Advance Emerging Space Technology System Capabilities” solicitations. The objective of these partnerships is to advance the agency’s goals for robotic and human exploration of the solar system by guiding the development of critical space technologies.
From robotic in-space manufacturing, pushing forward on small spacecraft propulsion systems to diminutive and less power-hungry instruments for remote sensing applications, Jurczyk said, “we’re looking forward to moving those contracts and Space Act Agreements into place and developing some fascinating technologies.”
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Beukers-Stewart, Bryce Donald orcid.org/0000-0001-5103-5041, Burns, Charlotte Jennie orcid.org/0000-0001-9944-0417, Hejnowicz, Adam Peter et al. (5 more authors) (2019) Making Brexit Work for the Environment and Livelihoods : Delivering a Stakeholder Informed Vision for Agriculture and Fisheries. People and Nature. pp. 442-456.
O'Leary, Bethan Christine orcid.org/0000-0001-6595-6634, Beukers-Stewart, Bryce Donald orcid.org/0000-0001-5103-5041, McKinley, Emma et al. (5 more authors) (2019) What is the nature and extent of evidence on methodologies for monitoring and evaluating marine spatial management measures in UK and similar coastal waters? A systematic map protocol. Environmental Evidence. 34 (2019). ISSN 2047-2382
O'Leary, Bethan Christine orcid.org/0000-0001-6595-6634, Fieldhouse, Philip, McClean, Colin John orcid.org/0000-0002-5457-4355 et al. (4 more authors) (2019) Evidence gaps and biodiversity threats facing the marine environment of the United Kingdom’s Overseas Territories. Biodiversity and Conservation. pp. 363-383. ISSN 0960-3115
O'Leary, Bethan Christine orcid.org/0000-0001-6595-6634 and Roberts, Callum Michael orcid.org/0000-0003-2276-4258 (2018) Ecological connectivity across ocean depths : implications for protected area design. Global Ecology and Conservation. ISSN 2351-9894
O'Leary, Bethan Christine orcid.org/0000-0001-6595-6634, Ban, Natalie, Fernandez, Miriam et al. (11 more authors) (2018) Addressing Criticisms of Large-Scale Marine Protected Areas. BioScience. ISSN 1525-3244
Williams, Chris, Carpenter, Griffin, Clark, Robert et al. (1 more author) (2018) Who gets to fish for sea bass? Using social, economic, and environmental criteria to determine access to the English sea bass fishery. Marine Policy. ISSN 0308-597X
O'Leary, Bethan Christine orcid.org/0000-0001-6595-6634 and Roberts, Callum Michael orcid.org/0000-0003-2276-4258 (2017) The Structuring Role of Marine Life in Open Ocean Habitat: Importance to International Policy. Frontiers in Marine Science. 268. ISSN 2296-7745
O'Leary, Bethan Christine orcid.org/0000-0001-6595-6634, Woodcock, Paul, Kaiser, Michel J. et al. (1 more author) (2017) Evidence maps and evidence gaps: evidence review mapping as a method for collating and appraising evidence reviews to inform research and policy. Environmental Evidence. pp. 1-9. ISSN 2047-2382
Woodcock, Paul, O'Leary, Bethan Christine orcid.org/0000-0001-6595-6634, Kaiser, Michel et al. (1 more author) (2017) Your evidence or mine? : Systematic evaluation of reviews of marine protected area effectiveness. Fish and fisheries. pp. 668-681. ISSN 1467-2960
O'Leary, Bethan Christine orcid.org/0000-0001-6595-6634, Winther-Janson, Marit, Bainbridge, John et al. (3 more authors) (2017) Reply to White et al.: Providing perspective on ocean conservation targets. Conservation Letters. pp. 375-376. ISSN 1755-263X
Roberts, Callum Michael orcid.org/0000-0003-2276-4258, O'Leary, Bethan Christine orcid.org/0000-0001-6595-6634, McCauley, Douglas et al. (9 more authors) (2017) Marine reserves can mitigate and promote adaptation to climate change. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America. ISSN 1091-6490
O'Leary, Bethan Christine orcid.org/0000-0001-6595-6634, Kvist, Kristian, Bayliss, Helen et al. (7 more authors) (2016) The reliability of evidence review methodology in environmental science and conservation. Environmental Science & Policy. pp. 75-82. ISSN 1462-9011
Peters, Howard, O'Leary, Bethan Christine orcid.org/0000-0001-6595-6634, Hawkins, Julie Patricia et al. (1 more author) (2016) The cone snails of Cape Verde: marine endemism at a terrestrial scale : marine endemism at a terrestrial scale. Global Change Biology. pp. 201-213. ISSN 1354-1013
Hawkins, Julie Patricia, O'Leary, Bethan Christine orcid.org/0000-0001-6595-6634, Bassett, Nicola et al. (4 more authors) (2016) Public awareness and attitudes towards marine protection in the United Kingdom. Marine pollution bulletin. pp. 231-236. ISSN 0025-326X
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Carpenter, Griffin, Kleinjans, Richard, Villasante, Sebastian et al. (1 more author) (2016) Landing the blame : the influence of EU Member States on quota setting. Marine Policy. pp. 9-15.
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The Fundy Film Society
the world's best films, in Wolfville
Les amours imaginaires (Heartbeats)
Winter 2011 Features series
Sunday, January 16, 2011 at 4:00pm
Acadia Cinema's Al Whittle Theatre
450 Main Street, Wolfville, NS
Directed by Xavier Dolan
Screenplay by Xavier Dolan
Starring Monia Chokri, Niels Schneider and Xavier Dolan
Rated 14A · 1h 35m
Early accolades can be a curse to an artist’s career. Directors whose first features meet with critical hallelujahs are often harshly scrutinized for subsequent efforts. Few debuts have enjoyed the delirious reception afforded Xavier Dolan’s J’ai tué ma mère. Dolan’s second film, Les amours imaginaires (Heartbeats), one of the most eagerly anticipated films to emerge from Québec in some time, is an exhilarating exception to the sophomore jinx. It’s as good as its predecessor – maybe even better – and best of all it is radically different.
Les amours imaginaires centres on two fast friends: Marie (Monia Chokri), a supremely confident and sexually aggressive combination of Bette Davis, Carmen Maura and Anna Karina; and the cherubic, acerbic Francis (Dolan), who has managed to manoeuvre through multiple affairs without ever getting too attached. Like the aristocrats of Dangerous Liaisons transported to contemporary Montréal, Marie and Francis spend their time being fabulous, condescending and bitchy. Then, at a dinner with friends, they spot curly-haired Nico (Niels Schneider), whom they simultaneously dismiss and obsess over. Soon, Francis sets up a meeting and the three become inseparable. But the more intimate they get, the more remote and unattainable Nico becomes, sending Francis and Marie’s comic obsession into overdrive.
Part gleaming farce, part tough-minded exploration of the inherent insanity of love and desire, Les Amours imaginaires is all the more remarkable given the young age of writer/director Dolan. (Few filmmakers this young would have attempted farce, never mind triumphed at it.) The film is also a startlingly mature and cohesive distillation of Dolan’s cinematic influences. If his debut channeled Eustache and Truffaut, Les Amours imaginaires owes as much to vintage Almodovar as it does to the French New Wave. And yet the film remains entirely personal and unique. Les Amours imaginaires suggests Dolan is one of the finest young filmmakers to emerge in the last decade.
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KHELEIN HUM JEE JAAN SEY CAST
Post Share on Facebook. I don’t no why people criticize Abhishek again and again but he is one of the unique actors in industry All these translated to edge of your seat excitement worthy of any thriller, and we see how the execution of the plan turn the perpetrators from hunters into prey. Along with this, the other biggest failure of the film is that it is not able to generate the much needed patriotic feeling in the viewer, which should be a must in a film made on a real-life independence movement. A lot of things got muted in the movie, which is something not quite typical of an Ashutosh Gowariker film. People r complaining about the length of the movie
Since Gandhi had announced a ban of violence for one year, Surjya patiently waits, then raises Rs. Instead of seeing a hero who knew what he was doing backed by prior record of a successful heist that’s omitted from the film , we see a man who made kids walk into a suicide mission and then went into hiding himself, without any plan whatsoever. In fact I am going to go do that right now, to remind myself of how good of a film maker Gowariker really is. Later eight young rebels led by Pritilata Waddedar attacked the European Club. Unfortunately, he has managed to instill an insecurity and fear in me. It has the things at right place, as a movie, but when a movie about a historical incident comes, the director has to pay attention to the real events that happened. Even the climax for that matter, doesn’t leave the desired impact.
By creating an account, you agree to the Privacy Policy and the Terms and Policiesand to receive email from Rotten Tomatoes and Fandango. Asanulla Khan Munford Monty Those who played Englishmen were horribly miscast; the lesser said the better. I wish if his life story is taken in a movie depiction.
So, do we get to know the kids then? Binod Bihari was ignored. Even Abhishek Bachhan as Surya Sen seems unreal. He started understanding the difference between the crap that had dominated the popular cinema of his consciousness, the cream of the crap that had resulted in some blockbusters, and the rare cinema rooted in aesthetics of the craft. Sify movies, which also gave a two and a half rating, said that would be a film one would wholeheartedly and unabashedly recommend.
Masterda devises the plan to rock the British Empire by planning a raid on police lines Armoury, Cantonment, Telegraph office and Railway lines.
Film Review | Khelein hum jee jaan se
In the first half, we are introduced to innumerable number of characters, cat any depth or detail on any of them. Hhum they meet Masterda who asks them to prove their skills by assigning them the task of collecting information about the Cantonment. This boy, struck by the achievement and short-sighted by faith, had exclaimed among his movie-crazy friends: That our mainstream history text books don’t talk about it makes this a little piece of history obscure.
DRAMA DIL DIYA DEHLEEZ EPISODE 52
A revolutionary inspires a bunch of teenagers to play with their lives and stage a historic uprising against the British in He was dragged to the ihelein unconscious and was hanged, thus ending the glorious life of a revolutionary who became one of the living legends, who laid their lives fighting for India’s independence.
Wey movie starts with simple, yet awesome titles, and soon we are dragged into the Chotogram ofa normal village of Jaa. Through the movie, you feel regarding and remember not only the freedom fighters of the Chittagong uprising but all the unnamed people who took it upon themselves to fight to free India. Retrieved 7 January Archived from the original on 21 April The second star is for Abhishek’s performance.
They are then chasec by the army, many are killed and others are captured, and are finally sentenced to death or life imprisonment.
Khelein Hum Jee Jaan Se: All work, no play
Meanwhile, the Police SP of Chittagong and other parts press hard crackdown on escaping rebel members and search for Masterda like anything. Then they planned a raid on police lines Armoury, Cantonment, Telegraph office and Railway lines. Masterda took the way to fight against British colony not only for Chittagong but he dreamt the freedom of the whole motherland, the undivided India.
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An old-fashioned romantic tells his personal love story to a modern man who has just broken up with his girlfriend. As it esy, most of the last act turned out to be czst rushed, with fairly little being given to characterization, opting instead for quick resolution often through action sequences which do get tired after a while.
Kheley Hum Jee Jaan Sey is in two distinct parts. Let down by poor screenplay, ineffectual music, erratic editing and ordinary camerawork, the movie fails to connect emotionally.
The movie is more a storytelling than a drama. A lot of time goes into establishing the character of Masterda Surya Sen, played by Abhishek Bachchan as the school teacher who indoctrinates his class, and other followers of his exploits, into the need to drive the British out and to kheleih freedom for India, starting with Chittagong present day located in Bangladesh. I was really excited when the film was announced to be released. Surya Sen’s character surely deserved better than a clean shaven Abhishek Bachchan mouthing lines sans passion.
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Circa in Chittagong, male teenagers are asked by British soldiers to play football elsewhere. Narration is done by two different persons if one of the teenager could used for it then it would make an impact. Gowariker has successfully done that in the past and does it successfully yet again in Khelein Hum Jee Jaan Sey.
It is obvious that Varma made this film only for Suriya, for whom unfortunately, it is not the dream debut in Bollywood. His daylight robbery of the treasury at the Assam Bengal Railway in could’ve been that quick action-packed prologue for this thriller. But what the makers could have done was to mention like ‘This movie is based on the Chittagong Armoury Raid, and few events may vary from the real story.
But I felt disappointing after watching it. Usually,no director will want to miss the chance at the moment of presenting the Story with its true participant.
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The final and the most essential lesson was how passion, in fact lunacy, was essential for making a truly immortal film. In clear words, for most of the viewers it may be quite painful to watch it right till the end.
Ashutosh introduces us ihelein half a dozen characters but the screenplay doesn’t adequately flesh eje even one. It seems like Gowariker spent all his energy, money and creativity in ‘Jodha Akbar’ and whatever funds he had left went into the making of this mediocre fare.
From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia. He has lost all hope. Led by a fiery school teacher, a band of 64 revolutionaries, most of them school-going teenagers, launched five simultaneous attacks on British strongholds in Chittagong including the cantonment area and the telegraph office Ashutosh recreates this largely forgotten event with sincerity and sweat but unfortunately Khelein Hum Jee Jaan Sey comes off a high school history lesson:
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Double Gold For Matelita
Buadromo was crying when she swam the last 10 metres of the race
Team Fiji women’s swimmer Matelita Buadromo proudly shows her two gold medals won during the Pacific Games rin Apia, Samoa on July 11, 2019. Photo: Rosi Doviverata
After two Pacific Games and a collection of silver medals, Matelita Buadromo last night added not just one, but two gold medals to her name.
It was a definitely a night to remember for the tough swimmer who only three days earlier had swam in the 5km open water event to win bronze for Fiji.
She was up against the natural elements- 40 knots of wind and temperatures up to 27 degrees.
As a result she had to rest for two-days to recover from dehydration and heat exhaustion.
The rest proved useful.
Last night she only had one thing on her mind.
“How much my coach and I have been through trying to get these gold medals.
“My swim club back home helped me in the rough preparation that I’ve had and they were just going through my mind,”she said.
“I cried the last 10 metres when I was ahead. I wasn’t swimming out there alone, definitely,” Buadromo said.
She stopped the clock at 2:08.58.
SECOND GOLD
Buadromo’s second gold was in the 4 x 100m freestyle relay.
Our golden girls in Yolan Blake, Rosemarie Rova, Cheyenne Rova and Buadromo clocked a time of 3:58.24.
Upcoming events for Buadromo:
200m Individual Medley
200m Freestyle
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Family: Cyprinidae (Minnows or carps), subfamily: Squaliobarbinae
Max. size: 150 cm TL (male/unsexed); max.weight: 45 kg; max. reported age: 21 years
Environment: demersal; depth range 0 - 30 m, potamodromous
Distribution: Asia: China to eastern Siberia (Amur River system, Ref. 1441). Widely transported around the world (Ref. 7248). Persists only in Europe by stocking (Ref. 59043). Introductions often brought with it the parasitic tapeworm Bothriocephalus opsarichthydis (synonym of B. acheilognathi) (Ref. 12217). Several countries report adverse ecological impact after introduction.
Diagnosis: Dorsal spines (total): 3-3; Dorsal soft rays (total): 7-8; Anal spines: 3-3; Anal soft rays: 7-11. No barbels. Snout very short, its length less than or equal to eye diameter. Postorbital length more than half head length (Ref. 4967). 18 soft rays for caudal fin (Ref. 40476). Diagnosed from rather similar species Mylopharyngodon piceus by having the following characters: body olive to brassy green above, silvery white to yellow below; body cylindrical; pharyngeal teeth laterally compressed, serrated, with a groove along grinding surface, usually in two rows, 2,5-4,2 (Ref. 59043).
Biology: Adults occur in lakes, ponds, pools and backwaters of large rivers (Ref. 5723), preferring large, slow-flowing or standing water bodies with vegetation. Tolerant of a wide range of temperatures from 0° to 38°C, and salinities to as much as 10 ppt and oxygen levels down to 0.5 ppm. Feed on higher aquatic plants and submerged grasses; takes also detritus, insects and other invertebrates. One of the world's most important aquaculture species and also used for weed control in rivers, fish ponds and reservoirs (Ref. 9987). Spawn on riverbeds with very strong current (Ref. 30578). Utilized also fresh and eaten steamed, pan-fried, broiled and baked (Ref. 9987). Considered as a pest in most countries because of the damages made to submerged vegetation (Ref. 43281).
IUCN Red List Status: Not Evaluated (N.E.) Ref. (120744)
Threat to humans: potential pest
Country info: About 2,000 individuals were had been brought to Hawaii (Ref. 1972). Not contained in 1992 list of introduced and established Hawaiian freshwater fishes. Also Ref. 5360.
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Family: Labridae (Wrasses)
Max. size: 91 cm TL (male/unsexed); max.weight: 11 kg; max. reported age: 34 years
Environment: reef-associated; depth range 1 - 75 m
Distribution: Western Atlantic: slightly east of Halifax in Nova Scotia, Canada to South Carolina in USA; most abundant between Cape Cod and Delaware Bay.
Diagnosis: Dorsal spines (total): 16-17; Dorsal soft rays (total): 10-10; Anal spines: 3-3; Anal soft rays: 7-8. Distinguished from Tautogolabrus adspersus which occurs in the same area and further north, by its steep, rounded dorsal head profile; stouter body; scaled lower gill cover; and the more backward location of the pelvic fins.
Biology: Found close to shore on hard-bottom habitats, occasionally entering brackish water. Adult male territorial and active during the day to feed and rests in crevices at night. Prefers temperatures above 10°C. Spawning was noted in June-July in Canadian waters, but appears more protracted (April-July) in coastal waters of Virginia, USA. Feeds mainly on mussels, gastropods, other mollusks and crustaceans. This species has gained popularity as a prized food and sport fish (Ref. 6486, 4926, 41297). Investigation on the diel and seasonal activity patterns of the adult tautog in its southern range were conducted using ultrasonic telemetry (Ref. 41297).
IUCN Red List Status: Vulnerable (A2bd) (Ref. 96402)
Threat to humans: harmless
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"Apologising means that you value your relationship more than your ego"
There is a popular quote that "Apologizing does not always mean that you are wrong and the other person is right. It just means that you value your relationship more than your ego".
Even if you don't believe that 'piety requires us to honor truth above our friends', or more particularly that the very fact that you have a relationship with the person means you have a duty to tell her the truth, there are less rarefied reasons to disagree with this piece of advice.
If you apologise just to protect a relationship, it means that your apology is devalued (and by extention, and that your other apologies are devalued), and people won't know whether your apologies are genuine or whether you're apologising in order to make the other party feel good.
On a more practical level, not apologising might lead to better outcomes; the other party might realise that she is wrong, or be led to reflect on the situation. Even if this is not the case, one can at least rest assured that one was not complicit in condoning the error: "I have done all I can. The rest is up to you".
So, perhaps, not apologising means that you value the other person more than your relationship.
Labels: life, motivational shit, personal, philo
New blog picture - 10th August 2013
Does this poodle make me look fat?
The Wonders of Modern Fireworks Technology
The Langoliers
These are supposed to be upside down cat faces
Death Star/Mario's power-up mushroom
(Lake Biwa Fireworks (琵琶湖花火大会), via The Entity Formerly Known as Acidflask)
Labels: general, japs
Links - 7th August 2013
Martin Ruhs warns government over 'spectacle' immigration policy - ""In liberal democracies we don't want to do the kinds of things that are commonplace in Singapore or maybe the Middle East... The row follows the Home Office's controversial use of vans in London bearing a message encouraging illegal immigrant to "go home". Deputy prime minister Nick Clegg - who said no Lib Dem minister had known of the plan in advance - said he was "very surprised" to see vans "driving aimlessly around north London" telling illegal immigrants to go home, and that they were not a "very clever way" of tackling the issue."
Saudi cleric favours one-eye veil - "A Muslim cleric in Saudi Arabia has called on women to wear a full veil, or niqab, that reveals only one eye. Sheikh Muhammad al-Habadan said showing both eyes encouraged women to use eye make-up to look seductive. "
Veils fuel harassment in Egypt, some say - "Surprisingly, some Egyptian women say their veils don't protect against harassment, as the ads argue, but fuel it. A survey released this summer supports the view... "I think a woman who wears hijab can be more provocative to them," Sayed said. "The more covered up you are, the more interesting you are to them." Zuhair Mohammed, 60, a shopper on the same street who stopped wearing the traditional covering long ago, agreed: "I feel like with the hijab, it makes them wonder, 'What are you hiding underneath?'"... This summer, Egyptian lawmakers called Britain's advisory a slur; Britain responded that more female British tourists were harassed, assaulted, and raped, while in Egypt than in any other country... About half of all the women said they were harassed daily on the streets. Foreign women identified Egyptian policemen and other security officials as the most frequent harassers."
Mickey Mod : « C’est très compliqué pour les hommes d’avoir une sexualité libre » - "Je pense que ma façon de baiser avec quelqu’un s’apparente à une sorte de danse, tu ressens les énergies et les mouvements de ton partenaire, et si ça sonne juste, si le tempo est bon, alors tout s’enchaîne facilement. Je ne me considère pas comme dominant ou dominé, je vois ça comme une exploration sexuelle, un peu comme si j’étais un journaliste et que je me disais : “J’ai envie d’essayer ça, peut-être que je m’y connais moins que d’autres, mais je vais quand même y aller avec un esprit curieux et ouvert et ça va le faire”... Quand j’ai commencé à tourner, je pensais que le terme de “queer” me définissait pas mal, dans le sens où je suis plus intéressé par la connexion que j’ai avec mon partenaire que son genre. Mais ça ne me correspond plus, je ne rentre tout simplement pas dans une catégorie.
Pansexuel ?
Quand je pense au mot pansexuel, j’imagine un mec qui va au festival Burning Man avec un boa en plumes autour du cou… Je viens de San Francisco et là-bas les pansexuels sont plus une communauté, dans laquelle je ne me retrouve pas vraiment... C’est très compliqué pour les hommes d’avoir une sexualité libre, d’arriver à jouer dans des scènes très différentes. On est tout de suite catalogué, c’est beaucoup plus simple pour une fille d’enchainer porn hétéro, lesbien, BDSM… Je ne sais pas si c’est typique des Etats-Unis ou si c’est pareil dans le reste du monde"
What’s Behind Hollywood’s Asian Flirtation? China’s Box Office - The Daily Beast - "“Lots of big social changes have happened for purely financial reasons, and that’s OK, but I think that’s just the beginning,” says the American-born Chu. “I’m excited for a future where there isn’t just an Asian actor included for box office, but an Asian-American actor that has nothing to do with being exotic, or from another land.”
The fact that he uses "Asian-American" at the end is very telling
Chinese Singles' Hangout (local & foreign) (Singapore) - Meetup - "Given the hectic demands of Singapore's competitive economy, singles are drained both physically and emotionally, and most in this corporate jungle leave to chance, their dormant quest for meaningful love. Love should be in our hands and not in the stars. Years of passive waiting to let nature take its course can be futile. Avail yourself to the acquaintances of other singles in these interactive gatherings of free mingling, as you discover interesting personalites that stir your enthusiasm for a fulfilling companionship of love, fun and giving. Avail yourself to the door of opportunities that leads to a world of lovely singles. This hangout is for local and foreign Chinese. It is English-speaking though most are also conversant in the mother tongue. Feel free to bring your Chinese single friends along!!!"
There is also the slightly more cosmopolitan one but otherwise more exclusionary below
Singapore Dating Hut for Chinese, Japanese, Korean Singles (Singapore) - Meetup - "Are you looking for more quality singles friends or to explore opportunities of finding a partner, then join Singapore Dating Hut for Chinese, Japanese, Korean Singles! With the strong Chinese, Korean and Japanese culture via dramas, performance and music in Singapore, we hope to promote cross-cultural interaction and exchange through our singles social events...
Quality Singles Profile:
Presentable appearance
Pleasant behaviour
No ill intention
Age group from 20s to 30s
Singapore Dating Hut for Singles are made up of mainly Chinese Singles, Japanese Singles and Korean Singles. Our singles group is mainly for Singaporean and PR, with selected expats or Employment Pass holders."
Assimilation Studies - "A preference for marriage with cousins characterizes large sections of the Muslim world... the Muslim preference for cousin marriage (along with several associated social practices) helps explain why it has become difficult to reconcile Islamic social life with modernity, why Muslim immigrants in Europe have been slow to assimilate, and ultimately, why we are engaged in a war with Islamic terrorists."
There is no such thing as "King of the Belgians"... - Patricio de Aulia - "The last legitimate document concerning the monarchs over the territory of which consist now Belgium (The Netherlands and Luxemburg) is the Pragmatic Sanction of 1549. 1815 is illegitimate, 1830 is illegitimate etc."
"Seriously Mr. Patricio? You do not recognize the Miraculous circumstance which occurred in Rheims during the Baptism of Clovis as any form of indication?
It is after all none other than Pope Saint Gregory The Great that stated of the event and it's relationship to the Throne of France."
This is an amusing discussion of how divine/papal sanction legitimates European monarchies
B-society - "The B-Society is working towards making a flexible society, which can accommodate different types of families, ways of working and circadian rhythms."
21 Awesome Real Easter Eggs Hidden on the Internet Slideshow
China to Release More of Its Pork Reserves - NYTimes.com - "Some nations have strategic oil reserves. Some keep grain reserves. China has both, and something others have somehow overlooked: a national pork reserve."
Foxconn buildings covered in suicide nets, though most workers are just sleepy and bored - "The saddest part of the whole piece is that the factory workers rarely, if ever, get to use the final products that they're all helping to build - nevermind own one. Considering one of the tenents of Ford's original assembly line was that they price their cars so that everyone who worked on the line could afford one, it's sad to see the biggest electronics factories in the world today don't follow in that spirit."
▶ This is how we never met - YouTube
The Chosun Ilbo (English Edition): Daily News from Korea - Youth Unemployment at Crisis Level - "Youth unemployment has reached crisis proportions, with more than one in five people between 15 and 29 out of work, according to a survey. The survey by the Hyundai Research Institute showed that the real number of unemployed young people stood at 1.1 million in October last year, which translated into a rate of 22.1 percent. The number increased substantially from 990,000 in 2003, when the rate was 17.7 percent. But government statistics put youth unemployment at a mere 7.7 percent in 2011 and showed the number of officially unemployed young people falling from 401,000 in 2003 to 324,000 in 2011 as the young population itself dwindled. The reason for the discrepancy is that the government data do not include those who have given up looking for work altogether and those who keep returning to private training or studies to increase their chances"
No wonder there're so many Koreans in Singapore working in the service industries
Is sexual addiction the real deal? - "the brain response of these individuals to sexual images was not related in any way to the severity of their hypersexuality but was instead tied only to their level of sexual desire. In other words, hypersexuality did not appear to explain brain differences in sexual response any more than simply having a high libido... such symptoms are not necessarily representative of an addiction -- in fact, non-pathological, high sexual desire could also explain this cluster of problems."
REALLY IMPORTANT SCIENCE | Scientists clear the air: Women's farts smell worse than men's
How Chinese Ingenuity Destroyed Salad Bars at Pizza Hut - "it became a fad of sorts to build enormous fruit and vegetable structures at Pizza Hut salad bars. The reason was that customers only got one plate and one trip to the salad bar, so they wanted their visit to be worth it. And was it ever. .. Pizza Hut actually announced it was removing salad bars from its restaurants as part of a menu revamp. It was believed that salad stacking was to blame. Ya think?"
Lewis Liu's answer to Dating and Relationships: What is your definition of the term "slut?" - Quora - "Trick question. A slut is someone who's dirty about it. Cf. the German schlampe, "slattern". This is the old "how many grains of sand make a pile" except with an opportunity for quora folks to make a public profession of feminism by saying "no number is too high". And this is me being grossed out by so much enforced politically correct piety, and laughing at this hugely arbitrary assumption that pro promiscuity is automatically feminist."
George Sawyer's answer to Sex: What is it like to have sex with a flight attendant? - Quora - "he was flying Cathay Pacific, and he was flying first class. He was in his early 30s, an executive, single, and had a British passport... All the girls on the flight, as a matter of routine, checked out the passenger lists in first and business class to find good prospective husbands, and did research on the flight – asking the passengers ordinary questions ‘will you be meeting your wife in Hong Kong?” to confirm if someone was single, "what kind of business do you do?" etc. etc. Martin had not told them what hotel he was staying at, but they had his complete name from the flight manifest, and they sat down and called all the top hotels in Hong Kong until they found him. As a team they watched his hotel lobby, and one girl, who drew the long straw, was the one who ‘bumped into him’ in the lobby."
Observations - 7th August 2013
Wondering how many of those who mocked Donald Trump for being upset over Obama's 2012 victory would have condemned democracy if Romney won.
Wondering how many people support abortion rights yet are against pregnant women smoking.
If you can't beat them, hate them.
Amused half of Americans supposedly suffer from a mental disorder in their lives. If everyone's abnormal, no one's normal,
Since women don't have prostates do they not get pleasure from a good dump?
"Robin Hood is the culmination of a long line of English folk heroes - like Jack the Giant Killer or Jack of the Beanstalk - who defeat their enemies through wit and audacity. They like nothing more than to tweak the noses of their "betters", setting the low up high and bringing the high down low, by being smarter and less predictable. Sure, you can have Robin Hood a dour revolutionary who rides into battle to smash his enemies with armor and helm. You could also have James Bond a pudgy little guy who's uncomfortable around women. Either way, you'd be missing the point."
"The biggest impediment to understanding the past is that we know their future"
"We're playing ladies and gentlemen"
"is that a euphemism for a swingers party you're going to? If so you can count me out"
"Thais are horniest, Japanese are craziest, Koreans are kinkiest"
RT @dk Which joker go put a ZIP file inside a ZIP file? You think what? Inception ah?
"The academic version of Rule 34..is if it exists, there is a thesis on it"
RT @avalon: Standard response by boys about other boys who have opinions: Aiya he haven't go army yet
"with Russians, I've had to explain that something is a joke. With Germans, not only do I have to do that, but I also have to explain why it is a joke"
RT: @_ochre: who is this PR idiot who decided that it was whimsical to pour in glitter into their envelopes because guess who is covered in glitter now
RT @TooMessedUp: I just opened my closet to find my daughter dead...
Looks like some people just can't handle Narnia...
RT @CauseWereGuys: Don't ever throw away a half-drunken beer. There's sober kids in Africa.
RT: @danguterman: Couple upstairs fucking each other's brains out again. Really need to move out of my parent's basement.
"Being an ugly girl is like being a man… You’re going to have to work"
"Most women don't know what they like until they've tried it. And sadly, so many of us get to try so little before we're old and grey"
Friend: "As I approach 31 this year, I'm proud to share that I've had a grand total of four (4) people offer their seats to me on public transportation on the mistaken assumption that I'm with child. Singha has quit. As a replacement/ successor that's more in keeping with the times, we should having a national mascot that advocates consideration towards those of us who apparently have really, really stubborn belly fat issues. Please do NOT give up your seat to us until specifically asked, or there are VERY explicit and telling signs we're preggers eg hand constantly on tummy (universal code?) If u're preggers, please do the rest of us a favour and just CLAIM it. Big fat thank you in advance... *pregnant pauses for effect*"
RT @ImLeslieChow: "Bros before hoes" is something a bro without a hoe would say
"As an [imperial] agent [in SWTOR] I am surrounded by strong (albeit mostly psychotic) women"
Q: What do you call a guy who says 'don't worry, baby, I'll pull out
A: A father
RT @infinitus_ "Having daughters is better than having sons. All your money given to your son will be given to your son's girlfriend"
RT @GrowlyBear: In Victoria Secrets wearing only bra n panty is office attire. So what is casual Friday like? xD
Labels: academia, europeans, feminism, general, history, logic, observations, pc, sex, slavery, women, wth
Types of disagreement
There is a difference between being conciliatory, being forthright and being insulting.
Conciliatory: "Maybe he misunderstood the question"
Forthright: "He is wrong"
Insulting: "Fucking moron"
I don't think this is particularly controversial.
Labels: logic
Nazi Fear, Power and Collaboration
"Politically speaking, it is insufficient to say that power and violence are not the same. Power and violence are opposites; where the one rules absolutely, the other is absent. Violence appears where power is in jeopardy, but left to its own course it ends in power’s disappearance. This implies that it is not correct to think of the opposite of violence as non-violence; to speak of non-violent power is actually redundant. Violence can destroy power; it is utterly incapable of creating it." - Hannah Arendt
"Most Nazis, Arendt argued, had an “innate repugnance toward crime.” The aim of ideology, then, was to overcome that repugnance by turning mass murder into a positive moral duty. Killing Jews required the same refusal to yield to inner temptation—in this case, the desire not to kill—that not stealing required in another era. Killing all Jews, without exception, even had the imprimatur of Kant’s categorical imperative, of which Eichmann possessed a fairly coherent, if simple, understanding. Thus, to kill a few Jews out of sadism or rage was less morally worthy than killing all the Jews, without emotion and for only the purest—that is, the most lawlike and universalizable—of reasons. While fanatical Jew-killing was reminiscent of the internal renunciation described by Arendt in Origins, it was of an altogether more traditional sort, resembling nothing so much as the Christian ideal of doing the good, however malignantly defined, for its own sake. So persuasive, if upside down, was this moral world that someone like Eichmann, according to Arendt, could committ “his crimes under circumstances that [made] it well-nigh impossible for him to know or to feel that he [was] doing wrong.”
But for the most part, Arendt realized, the Nazis’ moral inversions were not successful: party functionaries still sensed, however dìmly, that they were committing evil. Had the Nazis, after all, not possessed some notion that they were doing wrong, would they have resorted to euphemistic “language rules,” where nothing—not murder, concentration camps, nor gas chambers—could be called by its proper name? One of the purposes of this linguistic obfuscation, no doubt, was to confuse foreign visitors and to conceal the Nazis’ crimes: the Nazis were worried about bad publicity and feared that should they lose the war, they would be judged in a less than positive light. But the Nazis used these words even among themselves. The Final Solution required an extensive bureaucracy, with far-flung offices throughout occupied Europe, and not every employee was a reliable foot soldier. The Nazis resorted to code words because they could not guarantee that their own ranks would accept the horror of what they were doing: euphemism was an “enormous help in the maintenance of order and sanity.” Arendt’s discussion thus suggested that the purpose of ideology was to deflect attention from—or to justify—moral horror so that its executioners could carry on their murderous business.
What made Nazi ideology persuasive to men like Eichmann, Arendt concluded, was the simple fact that so many of the men he respected seemed to believe in it. “His conscience was indeed set at rest when he saw the zeal and eagerness with which ‘good society’ everywhere reacted as he did. He did not need to ‘close his ears to the voice of conscience,’ . . . not because he had none, but because his conscience spoke with a ‘respectable voice,’ with the voice of respectable society around him.” Eichmann genuinely believed in the authority of his social betters, that their opinions were worthy of respect and emulation. They also had power, so it behooved him to subscribe to the beliefs that accompanied that power. These twin elements in Eichmann’s ideological makeup—the sincere and the instrumenta], the moral and the careerist—were inseparable, for in Eichmann’s eyes, success was a moral good, the standard by which men were judged worthy or not. As he claimed of Hitler: “[He] may have been wrong all down the line, but one thing is beyond dispute: the man was able to work his way up from lance corporal in the German Army to Führer of a people of almost eighty million. .. . His success alone proved to me that I should subordinate myself to this man”...
The Nazis faced a significant obstacle in their quest to eliminate the Jews: in Europe, there were more non-Nazis or anti-Nazis than Nazis, and in the concentration camps, more victims than perpetrators. Like all wielders of fear, the Nazis worried that disgruntlement with their rule might coalesce into organized opposition. As the Nazis accumulated more power and territory, they had good reason to be nervous, for they were attempting morally perilous and unprecedented tasks in strange lands. Terror was a means of overcoming these obstacles. It enabled the Nazis to maximize the impact of the resource they did have—violence—and minimize the impact of the resource they did not have—people. It was thus a utilitarian adaptation of means and ends, turning potential opponents, Jew and non-Jew alike, into either collaborators or cooperators.
For many readers, Arendt’s discussion in Eichmann of collaborators and cooperators, particularly among the Jews, deflected attention from the Nazis themselves, and unfairly cast the Jews as the corrupt agents of their own demise. As one of her most vehement critics noted, “Our enemies have for years been engaged in a campaign of whitewashing the culprits and blaming the victims. The latter, brutally murdered not so long ago, are now being killed for a second time by the defilers. Among these enemies Hannah Arendt now places herself.” But by focusing on collaborators, Arendt was not seeking to minimize the role of the Nazis. She was instead trying to show that terror did not entail the simple monopoly of power by the fear wielders and the total lack of power among the fear sufferers. Terror was an affair of collusion, with no “clear-cut division between persecutors and victims.” Like Hobbes, Arendt believed that nonresistance was useful to the powerful, that it inflated their power, inspiring an image of their grim irresistibility, which intimidated potential opponents. Obedience was the result of nonresistance, and “in politics,” Arendt wrote, “obedience and support are the same.” With terror, obedience and support were not quite the same, but neither were they antithetical: in the few cases where potential collaborators and cooperators resisted their assigned roles—in Denmark, for instance, where the entire country, from king to commoner, mobilized to protect the Jews—the Nazis’ power eroded, their terror proved ineffective, and the genocidal project collapsed. “The Nazis, it turned out, possessed neither the manpower nor the will power to remain ‘tough’ when they met determined opposition.” It was for that reason that the Nazis, according to Eichmann, “regarded this cooperation [between the Jewish councils and the Nazis] as the very cornerstone of their Jewish policy”...
“There exist many things considerably worse than death”—like torture—which the SS made sure were never “very far from their victims’ minds and imagination.” In not resisting, the Jews had chosen, with good reason, “the comparatively easy death the Nazis offered them—before the firing squad or in the gas chamber.” It was important to raise the issue of the nonresistance of the Jews, how ever, in order to show that it contributed to the efficacy of terror and that the Jews exercised agency in opting for it. The Jews faced a choice between not resisting and heading to the gas chamber or resisting and being tortured. It was not a good choice, and the choice they made was more than understandable. But it was a choice, and treating it as if it were not only ascribed to the victims a passivity they did not possess and to the Nazis an omnipotence they never had. Such a view almost turned the Jews into the animals the Nazis imagined them to be. It also minimized the true evil of regimes of fear, which was that they asked their victims to cooperate, willfully, in their own death. The Nazis did not grant the Jews the grace of passivity or disappeared agency. They demanded far more, that the Jews “organize their own destruction".
But Arendt had a second problem with the question “Why did the Jews not resist?” She thought it presumed that the Jews acted as a cohesive whole. in fact, she argued, the Jews, like all peoples, were divided between elites and followers, and it was the leaders of the Jewish councils and Jewish organizations who counseled their followers to take the path of cooperation and non-resistance. Terror worked best, she argued, when it conscripted indigenous leaders whom the victims trusted. Contrary to what centuries of political theorists had taught—that terror requires the obliteration of civil society—and what she had claimed in Origins, she argued that social organizations and their leaders were the transmission lines of terror. The Jewish councils were not the simple puppets of the Nazis; had they been, the Jews would not have trusted them as they did. It was precisely that the councils were somewhat independent, that they were run by men of high standing, that made them such potent authorities among the Jews. Far from the Nazi regime requiring the total abolition of autonomous social organizations, it actively fostered them, so that when the time came for more severe measures, they would have garnered enough social capital among the Jews to help implement those measures. “The whole truth,” Arendt gloomily concluded, “was that if the Jewish people had really been unorganized and leaderless, there would have been chaos and plenty of misery but the total number of victims would hardly have been between four and a half and six million people.”
The Jewish leadership, according to Arendt, chose to collaborate with the Nazis for several reasons. First, they lacked allies in the wider population. In the few cases, in fact, where the surrounding cities and countryside came to their aid, Jewish leaders were able to mount a challenge. Second, they subscribed to a belief in eternal Jewish victimhood, and viewed anti-Semitism as an intractable gentile animus. This belief induced a kind of fatalism, in which working with the Nazis seemed like the only course of action. Finally, the Jewish leadership suffered from the illusions of realism. In the name of being realistic, they sometimes forsook genuine opportunities for rebellion or opposition. If nothing else, they failed to see that had they done nothing, the fate of the Jewish people could have been no worse, and might have been a good deal better. Their realism, in other words, was more than realism: it provided active support to the Nazis.’ Though subsequent scholars—and critics at the time—have demonstrated the faulty assumptions and factual errors underlying this last argument,’ it usefully suggests the distance Arendt had traveled from Origins to Eichmann. No longer were the victims of terror simple, unthinking automatons. Instead, they were rational agents, making calculations similar to those described by Hobbes. They assumed that if they cooperated in the here and now, they might buy enough time to survive until the Allies arrived. It was not a crazy calculus, but its claims to rationality supported a logic of fear arid induced obedience.
When the history of twentieth-century fear is written, Arendt suggested in Eichmann, it would be better to dispense with grandiose notions like total terror and radical evil, and confront instead the dull realities of careerists and collaborators. By insisting on this nexus between terror and triviality, Arendt did not seek to discount the gravity of the Holocaust or, by implication, of Stalinism. She sought instead to deprive fear of any legs, to show that it could not underwrite politics. Arising from and depending upon the normal exchanges of ordinary human beings, fear lacked the mythic power she had ascribed to it in Origins. Eichrnann, the Nazis, even genocide, did not deserve the imprimatur of radical evil, which inspired a terror verging on awe. Evil, as she wrote to Gershom Scholem, did not belong to a netherworld: it was very much a part of our world, the outgrowth of mundane compromises and human, all too human, vices. "I changed my mind and do no longer speak of radical evil.’. . . It is indeed my opinion now that evil is never 'radical,’ that it is only extreme, and that it possesses neither depth nor any demonic dimension.. .. It is ‘thought-defying,’ as I said, because thought tries to reach some depth, to go to the roots, and the moment it concerns itself with evil, it is frustrated because there is nothing. That is its ‘banality.’ Only the good has depth and can be radical.”
Arendt thus dispelled the sacred aura that so many before her—and since—have found in the politics of fear, refusing to grant to it the primordial, religious overtones that linger around words like Holocaust. Her much-maligned tone of irony, her bitter laughter at the sheer comedy of Eichmann the man, reflected her effort to deny evil—and the fear of evil— the last word, something Origins had come close to granting. Laughter, as Arendt wrote in an essay on Kafka, “permits man to prove his essential freedom through a kind of serene superiority to his own failures.” Looking hard at Eichmann, Arendt finally heeded the wise counsel of Jaspers, who had warned her in 1946 not to allow the Nazis to take on a streak of ‘greatness’—of satanic greatness—which is, for me, as inappropriate for the Nazis as all the talk about the ‘demonic’ elements in Hitler and so forth. It seems to me that we have to see things in their total banality, in their prosaic triviality, because that’s what truly characterizes them. Bacteria can cause epidemics that wipe out nations, but they remain merely bacteria. I regard any hint of myth and legend with horror, and everything unspecific is just such a hint.” Though Arendt had never allowed the Nazis to take on a streak of “satanic greatness,” she had granted that mantle to total terror."
--- Fear : The History of a Political Idea: The History of a Political Idea / Corey Robin
Some claim that ideology is meaningless and just obscures more basic power relations (based on economics or politics), but really that effaces the complexities of life.
Labels: extracts, history, politics
Third-Wave Feminism and Double Standards
Unblurring the Lines | STATIC
"A recent onslaught of tits-in-your-face (TIYF) music videos has catalyzed much hullabaloo in the blogosphere...
for years I was a more or less passive acceptor of the contradictions inherent in my favorite music genres. I love hip hop and R&B...
At Stanford I had the opportunity to learn from and connect with some of the world’s foremost hip hop scholars, who dropped more knowledge on me than I knew what to do with. They encouraged me to engage more critically with the voices in my earbuds, which in turn inspired some original musings about hip hop and feminism. The more I thought about the dissonance between my personal ideologies and the hot misogynist mess that is mainstream hip hop and R&B, the less passive I became.
Coming to terms with a genre that, as the fabulous Joan Morgan so aptly wrote, “repeatedly reduces me to tits and ass” has been a long and arduous process. “Sex positivity!” one of my many shoulder devils would tell me. “If the women in the videos are okay with it, then it’s fine!” Sure, but to what extent and on whose watch? Should we assume that video girls are formally debriefed on the risks and implications of their on-camera exposure?...
The women in each of these music videos are not the problem; patriarchy is the problem"
Apparently appearing in a music video is such a dangerous thing, and girls who appear in them are so stupid, that they need to be "formally debriefed on the risks and implications of their on-camera exposure?
"Attacking “the Patriarchy,” from my perspective, seems like the squelching of male desire. And while you might think this has been a bad year for women, men haven’t had it that that great either for the past TEN years...
Having gotten back from a music festival where the majority of the women had no qualms putting some (or all) of their valued assets on display for every male (both wanted ones and unwanted ones) to ogle, it really did some quite like these lady festival-goers were all FOR blurring the lines as much as possible.
Me and my friends certainly had no issues with this, every woman has her choice to exhibit her body in any (legal) way they want, plus it was great eye candy to straight males like myself to complement the amazing music.
Where I did have a problem was that some of the OFFICIAL photographers for the event would walk through the crowd and thoroughly video tape the most attractive(and most scandily clad) women. They would walk around the girls dancing by themselves filming at all SORTS of angles, and I made sure to make goofy faces at the camera whenever I was in the shot.
I grew steadily more disgusted at the fact that some of them would even aim the camera directly at a girl’s ass as if this were an intro to a cheesy porn flick….to the point where I stopped my friends from raging to ask “Are these girls really okay with this?” And it seemed like they WERE, blowing kisses to the camera and shaking their asses right in the frame. These girls were not being paid for this, you know, voluntarily providing plenty of *free* footage of their ladyparts being accessible to any horny dude with an internet connection…..
Which brings me to my point: if, as an (articulate) speaker for Sisterhood, you really think you should call bullshit and unblur those lines, you should start by correcting the behaviors of your own kind. Men will always be men, and if women put their assets on display you have no right to be angry at them for looking at them. One thing I dont understand about this third-wave feminism is that it argues for gender equality yet holds men and women to completely different standards."
"these women (at least in “Blurred Lines” and “Tunnel Vision”) are technically not naked. They are wearing underwear. If a music video of a female artist came out and she had many beautiful men dancing around her and fawning over her–but in their underwear–would anyone blink an eye? Is addressing this issue of topless women in music videos creating MORE of a divide between genders? Topless men are socially acceptable, topless women could eventually be socially acceptable once the novelty wore off. I’m not 100% behind these videos and what they showcase, but I really don’t think drawing a lot of attention to the topless women in these videos is progressive to the feminist movement"
"You can shout about feminism and misogyny, but 50 Shades of Grey was the biggest best-seller in years and they’re making a movie of it. Without that, I don’t think these videos would be so bold and “in your face”. Thicke’s video doesn’t show women being harmed, it shows them teasing the men with their bodies and, importantly, not giving in. Try as he might to declare he knows she wants it, the women are often turned away from the men, giving them their backs. I don’t like the video but I’m not entirely sure it’s not a joke as the director says."
Labels: feminism, quoting, sexism
India: If you have casual sex, you are legally married - "“Any couple who choose to consummate their sexual cravings, then that act becomes a total commitment with adherence to all consequences that may follow,” the Madras High Court ruled in a recent palimony case in the southern state of Tamil Nadu. The grammatically inclined will note that's not actually a sentence. That’s true of most of the clauses in the judgment. But the meaning is decipherable... police frequently file rape charges against men who have had consensual sex with their girlfriends — sometimes for years — if they fail to follow through on their promises to get married... Ramaseshan fought to extricate a young woman from a relationship in which her former boyfriend had claimed they were married on the basis of Facebook photos, among other things.
Maybe this is why there're so many rape cases in India
Top Ten Horrible Book Covers - "34. Old Tractors and the Men Who Love Them
32. Who cares about elderly people?
30. Still Stripping After 25 Years
27. Games You Can Play With Your Pussy. And Lots of Other Stuff Cat Owners Should Know
25. The Big Book of Lesbian Horse Stories
22. Bombproof Your Horse
20. My big book of Pretty Pussies
19. If God Loves Me, Why Can't I Get My Locker Open?
17. Sweatshirts with Style
15. Cooking with Pooh
13. She'll Never Get off the Ground. A novel about a woman airline pilot...?!
8. The Best Dad Is A Good Lover
3. The Penetratr
2. Shag the Pony and Other Stories. London: Catholic Truth Society"
PAS moots ban on Muslim muscle men - "While praising the government’s stance in prohibiting Muslim women from taking part in beauty pageants, PAS Youth has questioned its “double standard” in not adopting the same stance for Muslim men taking part in bodybuilding competitions."
Such a valiant stance against sexism brings a tear to my eye
Sober sex is out as British couples rely on booze to get them in the mood - and one in ten haven't made love sober in six months - "Two thirds, 66 per cent, claimed that they simply 'aren't in the mood unless under the influence of alcohol'; while almost a fifth, 18 per cent, admitted that they drank regularly with their partner, and as such was often under the influence when making love... Of those who felt sexual performance suffered with alcohol, 72 per cent were male respondents. The rest claimed, however, that drinking gave them more confidence, and could therefore help them in the bedroom - and 42 per cent said it made them open to trying new things sexually."
Sex blogger’s mother to be questioned by MCMC? - "The public prosecutor argued that setting setting them free would inspire them to repeat their offences. The bail denial drew condemnation from opposition lawmakers and civil society leaders who accused the government of selective prosecution. They argued that while swift and stern action was taken on “Alvivi”, the same treatment had not been accorded on others guilty of past racial slurs, like Perkasa’s Datuk Ibrahim Ali and Datuk Zulkifli Noordin."
Scientists Trace Memories of Things That Never Happened - NYTimes.com - "The vagaries of human memory are notorious. A friend insists you were at your 15th class reunion when you know it was your 10th. You distinctly remember that another friend was at your wedding, until she reminds you that you didn’t invite her. Or, more seriously, an eyewitness misidentifies the perpetrator of a terrible crime. Not only are false, or mistaken, memories common in normal life, but researchers have found it relatively easy to generate false memories of words and images in human subjects... they have created a false memory in a mouse, providing detailed clues to how such memories may form in human brains."
Can You Get Too Much Exercise? - NYTimes.com - "the more races that someone had completed between 1989 and 1999 or the faster they had finished, the more likely they were to require hospitalization in the next 10 years for an abnormal heart beat, a condition known as arrhythmia... A 2011 study of male, lifelong, competitive endurance athletes aged 50 or older, for instance, found that they had more fibrosis — meaning scarring — in their heart muscle than men of the same age who were active but not competitive athletes."
McDonald's: Bristol couple hold £150 wedding reception for 33 guests at favourite restaurant - "Chilled food firm worker Steven proposed after a string of burger-based dates."
How To Travel — Some Contrarian Advice - "There is nothing inherently valuable in travel, no matter how hard the true believers try to convince us. Seneca, the stoic philosopher, has a great line about the restlessness of those who seem compelled to travel. They go from resort to resort and climate to climate, he says. “They make one journey after another and change spectacle for spectacle. As Lucretius says, “Thus each man flees himself. But to what end if he does not escape himself? He pursues and dogs himself as his own most tedious companion. And so we must realize that our difficulty is not the fault of the places but of ourselves.” It’s hard for me to see anything to envy in most people who travel. Because deep down that is what they are doing. Fleeing themselves and the lives they’ve created. Or worse, they’re telling themselves that they’re after self-discovery, exploration or perspective when really they are running towards distraction and self-indulgence... I don’t take it as self-evident that going to this place or that place is some accomplishment. There are just as many idiots living in Rome as there are at home... There is to me, a lot more to admire in someone who stayed put and challenged their perspectives and habits and lifestyle choices at home than there is to some first world Instagram addict who conflates meaning with checking off boxes on a bucket list."
'Discover Your Inner Economist' by Tyler Cowen - "If the quality of food is the sole mission, Cowen argues, look for contrary indicators. “Iron bars on the windows,” he writes, “and barbed wire on the fences, however bad for the residents or your own safety, are both good signs for the food.” The magic ingredient, he elaborates, is extreme income inequality, which ensures a large reservoir of cheap labor to grow and prepare the food, as well as a sufficient number of rich people who, being rich, must eat well."
Lawyer Suing Apple Is Banking On Millions of People Being As Stupid As He Was - "The alleged harm that Weiselberg suffered, besides having to watch Big Daddy, was the additional $1 he expended for an HD copy of the movie that played in standard definition. Remember, he’s complaining about picture quality for a movie he’s watching on a 3.5-inch screen, so he’s not exactly a cinematic connoisseur. A lawsuit for $1 in damages is not going to get very far, so this is a class action alleging that Apple made “millions of dollars in undeserved profits.”"
5 Business Ideas to Avoid in Singapore (2012) - "1. Small Cafes
2. Private Gyms
3. General Bookstores
4. Interior Decorating
5. Small Tuition Agencies"
How P.Z. Myers' "Incendiary Rhetoric" and "Class-War Claptrap" Shocks His Fellow Evolutionists (Prelude to a Rebuttal) - ""I was not rude enough to MacLatchie," writes PZ Myers, despite the fact that PZ recently told pro-intelligent design undergraduate student Jonathan M. that he should be "ashamed to have been responsible for this bulls--t." Apparently PZ doesn't feel it was "rude enough" to have alleged that Jonathan M.:
is a "flaming moron"
"is an idiot"
is guilty of "ignorance"
is "completely ineducable"
promotes "ludicrous nonsense"
"doesn't know word one about basic biological concepts"...
Is this the type of dialogue that new atheist evolutionists stand for? Such harsh personal attacks from PZ and his followers are nothing new. In fact, the rhetorical strategies of Professor Myers and his colleagues are so uncivil that they have earned criticism from mainstream academics and writers who are otherwise pro-evolution... A credible academic reviewing evolution blogs in a leading evolution-educational journal just said that "amateur" blogs are a "better source of information about science" than P.Z. Myers' renowned Pharyngula... 'If the goal is to create an America more friendly toward science and reason, the combativeness of the New Atheists is strongly counterproductive'... Even left-leaning media outlets like the NY Times and LA Times have taken notice of PZ's uncivil methods... the NY Times doesn't see Myers' methods favorably. Instead, the paper compares PZ Myers' blog (as well as his fellow science bloggers) to "Fox News"--the ultimate insult in the left-leaning world of the establishment media... PZ's harsh rhetorical style is, in effect, a deliberate method of silencing opposition"
Not coincidentally, he is also a feminist
The Medium - The Uses and Abuses of Science Blogging - NYTimes.com - "The stilted and seething tone of some of the defection posts sent me into the ScienceBlogs archives, where I expected to find original insights into science by writers who stress that they are part of, in the blogger Dave Munger’s words, “the most influential science blogging network in the world.” And while I found interesting stuff here and there, I also discovered that ScienceBlogs has become preoccupied with trivia, name-calling and saber rattling. Maybe that’s why the ScienceBlogs ship started to sink... PZ Myers revels in sub-“South Park” blasphemy, presenting (in one recent stunt) his sketch of the Prophet Muhammad as a cow-pig hybrid excited about “raping a 9-year-old girl.” Clearly I’ve been out of some loop for too long, but does everyone take for granted now that science sites are where graduate students, researchers, doctors and the “skeptical community” go not to interpret data or review experiments but to chip off one-liners, promote their books and jeer at smokers, fat people and churchgoers? And can anyone who still enjoys this class-inflected bloodsport tell me why it has to happen under the banner of science? Hammering away at an ideology, substituting stridency for contemplation, pummeling its enemies in absentia: ScienceBlogs has become Fox News for the religion-baiting, peak-oil crowd... Under cover of intellectual rigor, the science bloggers — or many of the most visible ones, anyway — prosecute agendas so charged with bigotry that it doesn’t take a pun-happy French critic or a rapier-witted Cambridge atheist to call this whole ScienceBlogs enterprise what it is, or has become: class-war claptrap"
Heston Blumenthal Cooks Mice - YouTube - "Heston Blumenthal cooks mice and tries to get the public to eat them. Surprisingly, they're not that up for it."
Lawyer: Apple Should Protect Me From My Porn Addiction - "The Plaintiff began desiring, younger more beautiful girls featured in porn videos than his wife, who was no longer 21. His failed marriage caused the Plaintiff to experience emotional distress to the point of hospitalization. The Plaintiff could no longer tell the difference between internet pornography and tangible intercourse due to the content he accessed through the Apple products, which failed to provide him with warnings of the dangers of online pornography whatsoever."
Why I dislike 20th Century Music
"In music, again, we find a tendency towards the same aberrations. The simple, though it produces its effect, soon appears too easy; difficulties are courted, merely for the sake of being overcome, and of thus displaying the technical skill of the performer. Sometimes the search after novelty leads the composer to venture into the field where music is weakest—that of direct imitation of natural sounds by musical notes,—a species of rivalry, the hopelessness of which makes us feel the good sense of Agesilaus' answer, when requested to hear a man sing who could imitate the nightingale,—' I have heard the nightingale herself.' Nay, musicians have attempted not merely to imitate sounds by notes, but even to represent motion—to describe the seasons— to picture sunrise or sunset—to convey the impressions of colour —or even to narrate the incidents of a battle or a campaign ; for the ingenious organist of Ferdinand III., Froberger, is said to have presented a very striking musical representation of Count Thurn's passage over the Rhine, and the dangers of the transit, 'in twenty-six cataracts, or. falls of notes.'* Indeed, when a taste for this sort of mimetic music is once introduced (the proper sphere of which would be the comic opera), it is wonderful how even the greatest genius gives way to the contagion, and follows the herd,—for a greater than Froberger, Handel, has now and then ventured upon similar tricks of sound. In the ' Messiah,' at the passage, ' I will shake the heavens and the earth,' he has introduced a sort of musical pun, by repeating the word several times on a chain of musical shakes, ' as if,' says a critic,' the 'quavering of the voice could represent the commotions of the 'world.' And, in his 'Israel in Egypt,' he has undertaken to represent, by musical notes, two of the plagues of Egypt, viz. the buzzing of flies and the hopping of frogs.
But even where these elaborate quackeries have been avoided, there is still a tendency, as music becomes more scientific, to diverge more and more from the simplicity of original melody; to give an undue predominance to harmony; to render instrumental music a series of tours de force, calculated rather to excite astonishment than to give pleasure: and then to make vocal music itself ape the capricious movements of the instrumental—
'With giddy cunning,
The melting voice through mazes running,'
till the proper object of music, the suggestion of pleasing, or tender, or elevating associations, is, in a great measure, forgotten.
It is therefore of the utmost importance, that there should exist a mass of popular song, of which the people are at once the poets and the musicians; from which an infusion of fresh vigour and original melody should from time to time be conveyed into the frame of music, to counteract those tendencies which it acquires in the hands of strictly scientific artists; and to bring it back to its proper vocation, as an art of universal application. From such sources—
'Whose birth tradition notes not, nor who framed
Their nameless strain'—
the greatest of our modern composers have drawn liberally, and with the happiest effect even on music of a scientific character. Mr Dauney accordingly notices, that to the judicious employment of these popular resources 'we are chiefly to refer what has been called the ideal system of modern music,—a system at once scientific and pleasing, and which we find carried to its highest pitch in some of the symphonial compositions of Haydn, Mozart,and Beethoven, which not only delight us by the richness and brilliancy of their harmony and instrumentation, but transport us into regions of enchantment, by the variety of characteristic associations to which they give rise; and by awakening our imaginative faculties, conjoin with what may be termed the organic pleasures of the art, all the higher enjoyment of which the poetical part of our nature is susceptible.'"
--- Ancient Scotish Melodies, from a Manuscript of the Reign of King James VI. With an Introductory Enquiry, illustrative of the History of the Music of Scotland. By William Dauney, Esq. F.S.A. Scot. Edinburgh; 4to. 1838 in The Edinburgh Review: Or Critical Journal, Volume 69
Labels: extracts, music
France 2012 - Day 10 - Orange - Theatre (Part 1)
Day 10 - 22nd October - Orange - Theatre (Part 1)
Ruined fort on Croix Rousse
Lyon bridge
"La Playa Dancing Restaurant"
"Les Dessous Chics"
This translates as "Chic Below". It's a lingerie store.
WWE Smackdown Tour
I saw a La Poste lady (postwoman) in the metro, with a mail trolley. Ahh, budget cuts!
There was one lady with a kickscooter in the metro. Since we were waiting for the train, I asked her why so many French liked them, and she said it was "pratique" (practical) - you could go into the metro with one. I commented that I didn't see people using them in other countries and she agreed.
"Power: does it have a sex?"
A gender-equality conference
"If power changes its sex, so much the better"
Presumably he would welcome a matriarchy
"Power? It has neither a sex nor a head"
Grande Ecole Cram School
Tsk. It's supported by the Ministry of Education too.
Breakfast for my ride to Orange: pain aux raisins, croissant
The hostel had breakfast from 7am but it didn't have bread when I ate, only near my departure time. Anyway this was better
Nuclear plants: "Not in my countryside"
On the rightmost cooling tower there is a representation of a child playing with water
Very low clouds
"Kill me" sign at a railway station
Orange was a little town, but not without its charms.
"Orange Chess Club"
Frédéric Mistral bust
Philosophy-Dance school: beside ads for dancing there's a performance by the Compagnie du Groupetto. Apparently it's "Théâtre-Philosophique"
Vintage gassy drinks ad on house side
Windows on house by stream
Flowers by stream
Scruffy building
Place Clemenceau
"Pétanque: Grand Prize of the Wild Boar"
Protestant Church. Or as they call it, Protestant Temple
This is probably linked to how Orange used to belong to the Princes of Orange (aka the Stadtholder of the Netherlands)
Old doorway in renovated building, Hotel Louis de Silhol
Intriguing parking: some lots are free and some are payable
Gas is apparently pumped into the wall here
And then was the sight I had come to see, the Roman Theatre of Orange.
Side of theatre
Temple and Hemicycle at side of Theatre
Various operas had been staged here:
2010 - Mireille (Gounod)
2003 - La Traviata
2002 - The Magic Flute
2000 - The Tales of Hoffman (yes, the one with the huge dolls)
1997 - Turandot
2010 - Tosca
Entrance sign
Phantom of the Opera ripoff for their multimedia show
Hemicycle
Stuff to see in "The largest Roman Theatre in Europe"
This is interesting - Japanese is for people from Japan and Chinese is for Chinese people
On the Temple
Free-standing pillar
The audioguide was very good. After the Third World (with guides with questionable English) I'd almost forgotten the joys of an audioguide.
Notice the huge swinging member (1 min in)
The video was quite interesting. After Roman tragedies they put on comedic improvisations to help the audience recover from the tragedy and distance themselves from it (this doesn't seem to be a translation - I love how amusing French writing is).
At Orange the most vulgar and obscene plays were popular.
The theatre survived because it was used as dwellings.
The theatre was the centre of the Cult of the Emperor.
In 55 BC they had the first permanent stone theatre in Rome. Before the Senate had banned them because they distracted people from their civic and religious duty, and they thought they led to Greece's decline. So they made them of wood.
They used to have open bronze jars facing the audience to improve acoustics.
More on the Theatre, which Louis XIV called the most splendid wall in his Kingdom (this is why he spared it, or he'd have destroyed it for military reasons)
It is one of the few Roman theatres left which has a stage wall. The others are in the former Eastern Roman Empire (Turkey and Syria - they claimed Orange was the best preserved)
They built a new stage roof (2006), partly to protect the wall
On the cavea, the seating area (rows)
Theatre Wall
3.55m statue of an Emperor put there in 1951. The bird likes his hand
In front of the statue was a kneeling Gaul, so this embodied intimidation. These statues were produced by the hundreds in Rome for the colonies. The heads were exchangeable for when a new emperor came along.
The red stones in the wall are due to fire when the roof burned down. The holes in the wall were for carry beams of the roof.
In Rome there were 65 days of entertainment, 45 of which were for the theatre. By the Late Empire (end 2nd/early 3rd c) there were 180 days of games, 100 of which were for the theatre. Though admission was free the social classes were separate (you were physically unable to cross into another section) - foreigners, prostitutes and beggars got the worst seats.
Greek and Roman plays were in different categories.
Actors were usually foreigners, slaves or freedmen. Except for mimes, the female roles were played by men. For mimes the audience was lewd and asked the actress to disrobe, so it became porn.
A blonde wig denoted a simpleton (hurr hurr). Hand gestures had defined meanings.
Panorama of Theatre
Below looking up
There was no privacy for the toilet - to walk to the female toilet you went past the urinal. Very good.
Side. Only the first 3 tiers of steps are from the Roman era.
Next was the "The Phantoms of the Theatre" audiovisual show.
The French Woodstock was held here. There was one sign: "Jesus sauve de l'enfer" ("Jesus saves [one] from Hell") which was amusing.
Pop and Rock were staged from 1975-1980 but apparently that era was over and the documentary didn't say why.
Town from Window
I particularly liked this clip from the "The Phantoms of the Theatre" presentation.
Carmen sexily self-upskirts while seducing Don José ("Près des remparts de Séville"). Her hands are tied, you understand, so she's limited in what she can do. At the end of the clip she mounts him. This was Beatrice Uria-Monzon in 2005 or 2006.
They also showcased the famous Giant Dolls scene from Tales of Hoffman with Natalie Dessay.
The 2001 Aida here had Golden Statues for soldiers. Certainly that would've been cheaper.
Cheap menu (but it was closed)
16€ 3 course menu in a tourist place!
Cunningly the exit route brought one inexorably by the restaurant
Most people didn't think the Emperor was a god and just paid his cult lip service. The audioguide commented that Christians declined to respect the Emperor this way "before triumphing over all other cults and eliminating them". Great phrasing.
The audioguide is so good, they put it on their website. Wah.
In Dutch it's not "Oranje"
Ironically the opera CDs on sale at the shop were all not recorded at the Orange theatre
They put both the UK and US flags here.
UNESCO World Heritage Sites in France
"Vegetable recipes"
"When our grandmothers cooked in Provence"
Swords and other thingamabobs
Mediterranean alphabets
Heritage empire - places managed by this company
On the theatre
Theatre wall from road
Women have really huge ass toiletry bags
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Technical margin
Technical result
669.3 184.3 177.0 31.5
20,662.5 20,274.0 5,295.1 5,143.1
-14,247.4 -14,451.4 -3,579.7 -3,638.8
Net acquistion and administration costs
-5,699.9 -5,582.2 -1,527.0 -1,450.7
Other net technical income
-45.9 -56.1 -11.4 -22.2
As mentioned above, considerable growth continued to be reported with reference to the technical result, which rose from € 184.3 million at 31 December 2010 to € 669.3 million, thanks to the efficacy of tariff, underwriting and claims settlement policies that resulted in a decrease in the average cost paid in the Group’s main countries of operation. These trends determined an improvement in the combined ratio, which stood at 96.5% (98.8% at 31 December 2010).
69.0% 71.3% 67.6% 70.8%
Acquisition costs / net premiums
Administration cost / net premiums
6.0% 6.0% 6.1% 5.9%
Combined ratio
Confirming the trend already seen in the first nine months of the year, the loss ratio declined (down 2.3 pps) to 69.0%. The current loss ratio related to non-catastrophic events continued to decline (down 1.7 pps) owing to the reduction seen in both the Non-motor line, in Italy and in foreign markets, especially in Germany, Central and Eastern Europe and Spain, as well as in the Motor line, especially in Italy, owing in part to the effective claims settlement activities.
The above-mentioned improvement in the current loss ratio was partly offset by the lower contribution of previous years run off, which was however obtained in the usual context of prudence in the reservation policy of the Group, as well as by the aforementioned higher reinsurance cost.
As a result of the increase in written premiums, operating expenses increased by 2.1% to € 5,699.9 million. In fact, the growth of 2.2% of the acquisition costs, which stood at € 4,461.9 million, was concentrated in the retail Non-motor line — characterized by higher underwriting costs given the line’s lower loss ratio — especially in France, Central and Eastern Europe, Latin America and Switzerland. Lastly, there was also a rise in administration costs (up 1.8%) to € 1,238.0 million, essentially due to increases reported in Latin America, owing also to the dynamics of the inflation rate that charaterizes the countries of this area.
The expense ratio remained however substantially stable at 27.6% (27.5% at 31 December 2010).
Combined ratio (*)
98.7 101.3 71.2 73.3 27.5 28.1
of which Spain
of which Austria
of which Switzerland
104.2 101.6 65.4 64.3 38.8 37.2
(*) CAT claims impact, net of reinsurance, on the Group combined ratio for 0.9 pp, of which 0.4 pp in Italy, 0.6 pp in France, 1.9 pp in Germany and 0.8 pp in Switzerland (at 31 December 2010 the total impact was 1.9 pp of which 0.8 pp in Italy, 2.3 pp in France, 1.6 pp in Germany, 5,6 pp in Central and Eastern Europe and 0.8 pp in Spain).
Breaking the performance of the combined ratio down by the Group's main countries of operation, the ratio in Italy improved by 2.8 pps, reaching 96.8%. Given the stability of the expense ratio, which stood at 22.0% owing to the containment of operating expenses, the improvement in the combined ratio was driven solely by the positive performance of the loss ratio, as a result of an effective underwriting and claims settlement policy. The latter fell by 2.8 pps, reflecting the improvement witnessed in both segments. As mentioned above, the country was affected by severe flooding in October and November, which had an impact of 0.4 pps on the loss ratio (0.8 pps at 31 December 2010).
In France the combined ratio was 98.7%. The improvement of 2.6 pps may be attributed to the decline in both the loss ratio (2.1 pps), concentrated in the Motor line, and in the expense ratio (0.5 pps), which amounted to 27.5% due to the containment of administration costs. In November, the south of the country was struck by flooding, the effects of which had an impact of 0.6 pps on the loss ratio. In the previous year, similar catastrophic events had had an impact of 2.3 pps.
The combined ratio also improved in Germany, falling to 94.4% (down 0.8%). Given that the loss ratio remained stable at 65.1%, the decrease was due to the decline in the expense ratio (down 0.7 pps), which went to 29.4% thanks to the containment of expenses. In August and September, storms struck the country, resulting in an impact of approximately € 57 million (1.9 pps). In 2010, the impact of catastrophic events had been 1.6 pps.
There was a considerable improvement in the combined ratioin Central and Eastern Europe, which remained the best at the Group level, amounting to 89.5% (down 3.7 pps). In further detail, the increase in the expense ratio of 2.0 pps, due to the rise in acquisition costs in the Non-motor line, whose weight on the total portfolio increased, was more than offset by the considerable improvement in the loss ratio (down 5.7 pps), which went to 54.5%, thanks to the contraction witnessed in the Non-motor line. That decrease was also positively influenced by the lack of catastrophic events, which had had an impact of 5.6 pps in the same period of the previous year.
The combined ratio in Austria was substantially unchanged standing at 95.3%. In further detail, while the loss ratio remained stable, amounting to 68.2%, the expense ratio rose slightly (up 0.2 pps) as a result of the increase in acquisition costs in the Non-motor line.
There was a considerable improvement in the combined ratio in Spain (3.3 pps), which amounted to 94.8%, owing to the positive performance of the loss ratio (3.3 pps) in both the Motor line and, more markedly, the Non-motor line. The expense ratio was stable.
The combined ratio in Switzerland remained stable at 95.5%. There was no change in the loss ratio,- which amounted to 69.0% - affected by catastrophic events by 0.8 pps, whereas the expense ratio decreased slightly (0.3 pps).
1,120.3 1,196.1 272.5 303.0
Current income from investments
Other operating net financial expenses
-510.7 -481.9 -149.1 -134.8
The investment result in the non-life segment, which consists of current income from investments and other operating net financial expenses, went from € 1,196.1 million at 31 December 2010 to
€ 1,120.3 million. The de-risking strategy pursued by the Group in this segment allowed it to maintain a stable current income on total investments, calculated on book values, of 4.3%, characterized by the increase in income on fixed income securities, which offset the decline in dividends, and the reduction in current income on real estate investments due to the decrease in their weight within this segment.
Current income from investments went from € 1,678.0 million at 31 December 2010 to € 1,631.0 million. As mentioned above, due to the investment strategy adopted by the Group in this segment, income from investments in fixed income securities increased, rising from € 905.5 million at 31 December 2010 to € 927.0 million, with an increase in the related return to 3.9%, whereas there were decreases in both dividends (from € 118.2 million at 31 December 2010 to € 104.5 million), although the related return increased to 2.8%, and current income from real estate investments (from € 533.5 million at 31 December 2010 to € 497.2 million), with the related return virtually stable at 8.6%.
Other operating net financial expenses, which include interest expenses on liabilities linked to operating activities and investment management expenses, amounted to € -510.7 million (€ -481.9 million at 31 December 2010).
Reinsurers' share
Non-life net insurance benefits and claims
15,294.9 15,744.7 -1,047.5 -1293.22018 14,247.4 14,451.4
Claims paid
15,163.5 15,563.4 -1,192.1 -1,303.0 13,971.4 14,260.5
Change in the provisions for outstanding claims
105.3 189.6 144.1 5.7 249.4 195.3
Change in claims paid to be recovered
-6.6 -16.3 2.5 0.0 -4.2 -16.4
Change in other insurance provisions
32.7 7.9 -1.9 4.1 30.8 12.0
Non-life segment
Net acquisition costs and other commissions
Investment management expenses
Other administration costs
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Home Sedimantery Rocks Non-Clastic Sedimentary Rock Mudstone
Non-Clastic Sedimentary Rock
Sedimantery Rocks
Mudstone is a really pleasant-grained sedimentary rock consisting of a aggregate of clay and silt-sized particles. Terms including claystone and siltstone are often used in location of mudstone, although these consult with rocks whose grain length falls inside a good deal narrower stages and underneath near exam those are frequently technically mudstones. Shale is frequently used to explain mudstones that are difficult and fissile (wreck along bedding planes). Marl is regularly used to explain carbonate-rich tender mudstones.
Texture: Clastic Sedimentary Rock
Grain size: Very fine-grained (< 0.06mm); clasts not visible to the naked eye.
Hardness: Generally quite soft, but can be hard and brittle.
Colour – variable – black, white, grey, brown, red, green, blue etc.
Clasts: Generally a mixture of clay minerals with any or all of quartz, feldspar ( orthoclase,plagioclase), mica ( biotite, chlorite, muscovite); can contain iron oxides (cause red or yellowish colouring); black colouring due to carbonaceous content and / or pyrite.
Other features – smooth to touch.
Mudstone can be separated into these categories:
Clastic sedimentary rocks are classified by size of the sediment particles making up the rock. Particle size descriptions like sand, silt, and clay have specific meaning in geology and engineering.
Shales, mudstones and claystones are rock types that are very similar to each other.
Siltstone – more than half of the composition is silt-sized particles.
Claystone – more than half of the composition is clay-sized particles.
Mudstone – hardened mud; a mix of silt and clay sized particles.
The difference between mudstone and shale is that mudstones break into blocky pieces whereas shales break into thin chips with roughly parallel tops and bottoms.
The terms shale and claystone are sometimes used interchangeably.
Siltstone
As its name implies, it is primarily composed (greater than 2/3) of silt sized particles, defined as grains 2–62 µm- more than half of the composition is silt-sized particles.
Claystone
A claystone is lithified, and non-fissile mudrock. In order for a rock to be considered a claystone, it must consist of up to fifty percent clay, which measures less than 1/256 of a millimeter in particle size — more than half of the composition is clay-sized particles.
Mudstones and shales are made of silt- and clay-sized particles that are too small to see. The only difference between mudstone and shale is that mudstones break into blocky pieces whereas shales break into thin chips with roughly parallel tops and bottoms. Both are made of ancient mud.
Shale: Exhibits lamination or fissility.
Shale is a fine-grained, clastic sedimentary rock composed of mud that is a mix of flakes of clay minerals and tiny fragments (silt-sized particles) of other minerals, especially quartz and calcite. Shale is characterized by breaks along thin laminae or parallel layering or bedding less than one centimeter in thickness, called fissility. It is the most common sedimentary rock
Argillite: It has undergone low-grade metamorphism.
Argillaceous rocks are basically lithified muds and oozes. They contain variable amounts of silt-sized particles. The argillites grade into shale when the fissile layering typical of shale is developed. Another name for poorly lithified argillites is mudstone. These rocks, although variable in composition, are typically high in aluminium and silica with variable alkali and alkaline earth cations. The term pelitic or pelite is often applied to these sediments and rocks. Metamorphism of argillites produces slate, phyllite, and pelitic schist
Cite this article as: Geology Science. (2020). Mudstone. [online] Available at: http://geologyscience.com/rocks/sedimantery-rocks/mudstone/ [19th January 2020 ]
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Gearing up for World Cup Holiday programmes
This year, IkamvaYouth will be running FIVE holiday programmes from June 14 – 26th.
In the Western Cape:
For 120 learners from Nyanga at the University of the Western Cape
For 120 learners from Khayelitsha at TSiBA
For 50 learners from Masiphumelele at the Masi library
In Kwa-Zulu Natal:
For 120 learners from Cato Crest at the Durban University of Technology
In Gauteng:
For 80 learners from Ebony and Ivory Park at the Siyakhula Centre
Morning tutoring sessions will start at 9h00 and run until 17h00, with an hour lunch break in between sessions. There will also be two shorter tea breaks throughout the day, one in the morning and one in the afternoon. Learners will be organized in groups by their subject streams and grade. All our programs offered free of charge to learners in grades 9 through 12. We work with the same learners for two to four years to ensure that they get the grades and the support needed to access tertiary education.
To improve the educational outcomes, we ensure that learners work on school studies for a minimum of two hours (often four hours) daily on school materials, working through past papers, or having key concepts and processes re-explained to them by our volunteers. Most of the tutoring is conducted by ex-learners who have returned to IkamvaYouth as volunteers while they pursue their tertiary studies. Last year, science-stream learners were able to witness their science experiments at St. George Grammar School, while other learners went for excursions such as visiting the National Gallery and Two Oceans Aquarium a week after the holiday programme. Career Planet also brought an online Mobile Kiosk with twenty computers to TSiBA to help our learners with ways of accessing online careers.
Due the lab accessibility, learners gain valuable computer literacy skills. Computer literacy is a critical skill for entering tertiary studies, learnerships, or the job market as society has become technology oriented. Most of our learners have not had any formal computer literacy classes at their schools, so these lessons are the only opportunity the learners have in acquiring such skills. Learners are engaged in discussion covering a plethora of topics from peer-to-peer relationships to waste management, creating art journals to HIV/AIDS. These discussions provided lively debate, and not only taught learners how to voice their opinions but built their confidence in speaking English.
The Media, Image and Expression programme was formally initiated during this programme. Learners were taught basic recording and filming skills and briefed to interview each other about issues that are important to them. These interviews spanned a range of topics.
Learners were also taught basic digital photography skills and given digital cameras for 2-3 days. The photographs were of an amazing standard and have already been exhibited at the Nazeema Isaacs library when IkamvaYouth had its Talent Show. The photographs provided a valuable source of revenue to continue this project, as well as, fund learner registration and application fees for their tertiary studies.
Nomad cycles to SA from Zurich to raise funds for IkamvaYouth
Joschka Thilo will be travelling by bicycle, from Zurich, Switzerland to Cape Town, South Africa. He will be travelling for about 6 months, covering 10,000km (6,200 miles). He will travel without a support vehicle which means he will be transporting all his equipment, food and water with him on his bicycle! He’s generously chosen IkamvaYouth to be the recipient of ALL the funds he’ll be raising through this trip (he isn’t even keeping any to cover his costs!). Josch writes on his site, NomadsOn2Wheels, that ” I hope to inspire the people following this journey to follow their dreams and escape from the everyday rat race. I strongly believe that there is more to life than the urban lifestyles largely based on materialistic and monetary values that so many people aspire to.”
Support his amazing courage (and IkamvaYouth!) by donating via PayPal on his website .
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Valdronius
Revision as of 17:35, 25 August 2012 by SydLexia (Talk | contribs)
Under the guise of a loyal fan, Valdronius, (commonly known as Val, Vald, Valdo, Valdro, Valde, and Valdronious), has steady advanced his plans to ultimately usurp Syd Lexia and take control of the site for his own. After outsourcing several Eastern call centres to repeatedly spam the site, Val was given authority over the SydLexian forums. This was the first major step toward his goal. The most significant step taken thus far has been the assassination of Dr. Jeebus, necessitating a replacement writer for the site. As his power and ego grow, so to does his thirst for his ultimate goal of supreme overload of SydLexia.com.
On the side he writes some kickass poetry.
1 The Forums
1.1 The Character Battles
2 Video Game History
3 Other Projects
Val was the 3rd person to ever join the forums, he is also a forum moderator. He currently holds the #10 spot in total posts on the forums. This is larely due to the fact that he almost never posts in the Movies category, and only posts in the Television category when the thread pertains to professional wrestling.
He has previously been accused of giving special treatment to certain forum members in return for sexual favours. These claims are unsubstantiated.
The Character Battles
Valdronius is still bitter over his controversial loss to Dr. Jeebus. He takes solace however, in watching the videos he made for the Character Battles. Most notably, the Tribute to Lost Members and the Jonnymorgue Smear Campaign.
Video Game History
Valdronius' first video game experiences came from his older brother's Commodore 64. He had many favourite games on this system including, but not limited to:
Ducks Ahoy
Up 'n Down
Law of the West
Maniac Mansion
Zak McCraken and the Alien Mindbenders
Beachhead 2
California Games
Donald Duck's Playground
For Christmas of 1990, Val received an NES system and a copy of Dr. Mario. He would later receive Super C as a gift.
With the money he received for his birthday in 1991, Val split the cost of an SNES system with his parents. This would become the primary system that influenced his youth, and remains his favourite system of all time.
In 1999, Val's younger brother was given an N64 for Christmas. It came bundled with Star Wars Episode 1 Pod Racer.
Early in 2000, Val bought a Playstation from one of his friends.
In 2006, Val purchased a PS2.
Valdronius is particularly proud of his collaboration with Mark McGrath to create the dearly beloved children's book, Green Eggs and Math.
Val has also created three sets of Magic: the Gathering cards in recent years. One is kind of meh and another was outdated the day it was finished. However, his set of M:tG cards based on his favourite movie, Spaceballs, still makes him laugh.
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Back HIV/AIDS HIV/AIDS Topics HIV Treatment Top 10 HIV and Hepatitis Stories of 2017
Top 10 HIV and Hepatitis Stories of 2017
Category: HIV Treatment
Published on Friday, 29 December 2017 00:00
Written by Liz Highleyman
For our last issue, HIVandHepatitis.com reviews some the year's major HIV, viral hepatitis, and related news highlights. As we enter 2018, antiretroviral treatment for HIV is about as good as it can get, use of PrEP for HIV prevention is expanding rapidly, and most people can be cured of hepatitis C with 2 or 3 months of well-tolerated therapy. But these advances are still not reaching everyone who needs them. The search for a functional cure for HIV, better treatments for hepatitis B, and management of fatty liver disease remain major challenges for the year ahead.
1. Convergence of HIV Cure and Cancer Research
Several therapies used to treat cancer are finding a new role in HIV cure studies, while discoveries by HIV cure researchers about how the immune system works are aiding the development of novel immunotherapies for cancer. The only known HIV cure to date resulted from a bone marrow transplant for leukemia. Recognizing this convergence, the International AIDS Society held the first HIV Cure and Cancer Forum(formerly known as the Towards an HIV Cure Symposium) preceding the International AIDS Society Conference on HIV Science this summer in Paris. So far, much of the joint research is highlighting why it is so difficult to cure both diseases.
2. Undetectable = Untransmittable
Increasing evidence that HIV-positive people on antiretroviral therapy (ART) with undetectable viral load do not transmit the virus has been a top story for a few years, but in 2017 "U=U" hit the mainstream. The latest results come from the Opposites Attract study, which saw no cases of HIV transmission within serodiscordant gay male couples when the HIV-positive partner was on treatment with fully suppressed viral load. The U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) acknowledged in October that undetectable equals untransmittable, and a growing movement is getting the word out to the community.
3. Dual-Drug HIV Treatment and Other New Therapies
Research continues to show that people who switch from standard 3-drug antiretroviral therapy to some 2-drug regimens can maintain viral suppression. After the SWORD trials confirmed that the integrase inhibitor dolutegravir plus rilpivirine can maintain an undetectable viral load, the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) approved this combo as the first 2-drug single-tablet regimen, known as Juluca. Next out of the development pipeline are likely to be ibalizumab, a monoclonal antibody entry inhibitor for people with highly resistant HIV and limited existing treatment options, Gilead Science's new integrase inhibitor bictegravir, and perhaps Merck's next-generation NNRTI doravirine.
4. HIV Infections Fall -- But Not for Everyone
The number of annual new HIV infections in the U.S. fell by 18% overall from 2008 to 2014, according to the latest data from the CDC. Heterosexuals and people who inject drugs saw large drops, while the HIV incidence rate remained stable for gay and bisexual men. Within the latter category, declines in some subgroups balances increases in others. Black gay men -- a group that has seen a rising incidence in recent years -- had a stable rate in 2014, but Latino gay men saw an increase. On the local level, San Francisco reported a 16% decline in new infections (similar to last year's drop), London has seen a large drop in new HIV diagnoses at sexual health clinics for gay men, and New York City recently reported that new diagnoses are at an all-time low. Experts attribute the declines to a combination of increased testing, more people starting early antiretroviral treatment, and pre-exposure prophylaxis (PrEP).
5. Trans People and HIV
The HIV community has known for some time that transgender women have a high rate of HIV infection and disproportionately poor outcomes. The same may well be true for trans men, but there isn't enough data. At this year's IAS Conference on HIV Science, researchers presented studies showing that many trans women are hesitant to use antiretroviral therapy due to concerns about interactions with feminizing hormones. Studies are currently underway to learn more about whether hormones interact with HIV treatment or PrEP.
6. New Hepatitis C Approvals -- and the End of Drug Development?
This year the Food and Drug Administration approved 2 new combination pills that work against all hepatitis C virus (HCV) genotypes. AbbVie's Mavyretis a fixed-dose coformulation containing the HCV protease inhibitor glecaprevir and the NS5A inhibitor pibrentasvir. Treatment duration for previously untreated people is 8 weeks for those without cirrhosis and 12 weeks for those with compensated cirrhosis. Gilead Science's Vosevi contains the HCV NS5B polymerase inhibitor sofosbuvir, the NS5A inhibitor velpatasvir, and the protease inhibitor voxilaprevir. It was approved as "salvage therapy" for people who were not cured with previous direct-acting antivirals. Contemporary regimens have cure rates approaching 100%, leading some experts to question whether hepatitis C drug development is coming to an end. Both Merck and Janssen recently announced that they are halting development of promising HCV therapies.
7. Can Hepatitis C Be Eliminated
Given the high cure rates of the latest treatments, researchers and advocates are asking whether hepatitis C can be eliminated as a public health threat. Small studies have shown that expanding treatment can reduce new infections within certain populations, including gay and bisexual men in the Netherlands. Eliminating HCV as a global public health concern is feasible, but to do so more people have to be tested and treated and prices of direct-acting antivirals need to come down, according to presentations at the AASLD Liver Meeting and the World Hepatitis Summit. Currently 9 countries are on track to eliminate hepatitis C, 22 are working towards elimination, and more than 60 will not be able to eliminate HCV given their current policies. In the U.S., even as more of the traditional "baby boomer" population are treated and cured, HCV infection is rising steeply among younger people in association with the burgeoning opioid epidemic, according to the CDC.
8. Hepatitis C Treatment and Liver Cancer
In 2016, researchers presented some data suggesting that people cured of hepatitis C with new direct-acting antivirals (DAAs) might be more likely to develop hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC) than those treated with interferon. But this year studies provided ample reassurance that this is not the case. At the EASL International Liver Congress, researchers presented data from a meta-analysis of more than 40 studies showing that people treated with DAAs do not have a higher likelihood of developing liver cancer. Indeed, a large study of U.S. veterans presented at the AASLD Liver Meeting showed that curing hepatitis C -- with either type of treatment -- reduces liver cancer risk by about 70%.
9. Progress on Hepatitis B
In contrast with hepatitis C, hepatitis B remains difficult to cure. Nucleoside/nucleotide antivirals like tenofovir (Viread or Vemlidy) can suppress HBV replication over the long term, but they usually do not lead to a cure, as indicated by loss of hepatitis B surface antigen (HBsAg). Researchers are exploring several approaches that target different steps of the hepatitis B virus (HBV) lifecycle, including the immune-modulating drug inarigivir (SB 9200), the nucleic acid polymer REP 2139, the RNA interference therapy ARB-1467, and the capsid assembly inhibitor JNJ-56136379.
10. Fatty Liver Disease a Growing Challenge
Progress has been slow in finding treatments for non-alcoholic fatty liver disease (NALFD) and its more severe form, non-alcoholic steatosis (NASH). As an effective vaccine reduces new hepatitis B infections, contemporary treatments easily cure hepatitis C, and the population grows more obese, fatty liver disease has become a leading cause of liver disease worldwide. There are currently no approved therapies, but researchers reported this year that theacetyl-CoA carboxylase inhibitor GS-0976 reduced liver fat accumulation and fibrosis in people with NASH in a Phase 2 study. In the meantime, as this and other candidates make their way through the development pipeline, a healthy diet and exercise have been shown to improve fatty liver disease.
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==2018: Saina, Sindhu, Srikanth, Marin get the highest prices==
[https://epaper.timesgroup.com/Olive/ODN/TimesOfIndia/shared/ShowArticle.aspx?doc=TOIDEL%2F2018%2F10%2F09&entity=Ar02611&sk=461A32F9&mode=text October 8, 2018: ''The Times of India'']
PV Sindhu, Saina Nehwal and world champion Carolina Marin were the expected top buys at the Premier Badminton League season four auction, fetching the maximum price of Rs 80 lakh each here on Monday. India’s top male shuttler Kidambi Srikanth too was picked for Rs 80 lakh at the auction.
The unexpected one was rising doubles star Satwiksairaj Rankireddy who was the highest paid non-Icon Indian player with Rs 52 lakh. With all players returning to the auction pool for the first time since 2015 and no Right to Match (RTM) card at teams’ disposal, the exercise gained more significance with franchisees looking to get the combination right besides their ideal Icon player.
Indonesia’s Tommy Sugiarto was the highest paid non-Icon Player with Delhi Dashers splurging Rs 70 lakh for his services. The Delhi outfit won a tense battle with two other teams to acquire the World No 11, paying Rs 40 lakh above his base price.
Icon players Marin and Sindhu were the obvious choice for most teams. At least four teams raised the prize purse to Rs 80 lakh, the maximum limit a team can bid for a player, before the players got assigned to the teams by a draw of lots.
Among the non-Icon Indians, Rankireddy was the top draw as Ahmedabad Smash Masters outbid the Hyderabad Hunters to secure the youngster for Rs 52 lakh, a massive jump from his base price of Rs 15 lakh.
The fourth season of the PBL will begin in Mumbai on December 22 while the final will be held in Bengaluru on January 13, 2019. A ninth team, Pune7 Aces, has been added this year and Marin will be playing for them.
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1 INDIA’S LANDMARK SINGLES VICTORIES
1.1 PRAKASH PADUKONE
1.2 SYED MODI
1.3 PULLELA GOPICHAND
1.4 APARNA POPAT
1.5 SAINA NEHWAL
1.6 PARUPALLI KASHYAP
1.7 PV Sindhu
2 International titles, victories
2.1 Asian Junior Championship
3 Premier Badminton League
3.1 2018: Saina, Sindhu, Srikanth, Marin get the highest prices
4 Statistics, year-wise
5 2014:Watershed year
6 2014: Shuttlers: Kidambi Srikanth, Saina Nehwal, PV Sindhu
7.1 Garaga, Rankireddy win Badminton Asia Championships boys doubles
7.2 October 2015: Srikanth climbs to fifth in rankings; Saina is second
7.3 Manu-Sumeeth bag GP title in Mexico
8.1 2016: Asia Championship
8.2 2016: Uber Cup
8.2.1 Women
9.1 The best players
9.2 A watershed year
9.2.1 The main stars
9.3 June: The rise of Srikanth, Praneeth, Prannoy
9.4 June: The male stars
9.5 August: World Championship, Glasgow
9.6 September: Five Indian men in top-20
9.7 November: Sindhu, Srikanth both world’s No. 2
9.8 November: Prannoy, Saina win national titles
9.9 November: China Open: loses singles quarterfinal
9.10 November: Lost in Hong kong Super Series
9.11 2017, Dec. rankings
10.1 China Open
10.1.1 Srikanth advances; Prannoy bows out
10.1.2 Sindhu, Srikanth reach quarters
10.1.3 Sindhu, Srikanth lose in quarters
10.2 Commonwealth Games
10.3 India Open: PV Sindhu, sixth loss in a final since Olympics
10.4 Indonesia Open BWF
10.5 Japan Open BWF Tour Super 750
10.5.1 Manu-Sumeeth beat Olympics silver medallists
10.5.2 Sameer wins Swiss, Kashyap Austrian Open
10.6 Sindhu, Prannoy bow out; Srikanth enters quarterfinals
INDIA’S LANDMARK SINGLES VICTORIES
The Times of India 2013/08/10
PRAKASH PADUKONE
All England title 1980; Winner World Cup 1981; Commonwealth Games singles gold 1978; Bronze at World Championships 1983
SYED MODI
Commonwealth Games singles gold 1982; Bronze at Delhi Asian Games
All England title 2001
APARNA POPAT
Runner-up World Junior Championship 1996; French Open 1998; Silver at Commonwealth Games 1998
Bronze at London Olympics 2012; Gold at Commonwealth Games 2010; 17 major international titles
The Times of India, Aug 20 2016
Manne Ratnakar
Saina's trademark clam on court helps her deal with pesky opponents who try to rattle her with body smashes and stares. Sindhu, on her part, doesn't like body smashes and would get easily rattled and concede points. It's because of this that she tended to lose many matches from winning positions.
Saina, a proven champion, interestingly does not believe she is a natural stroke maker. She has herself admitted on a number of occasions that she lacked natural talent compared to some other players. Saina relies more on hard work and training and needs at least six to eight weeks to peak before a tournament.
PARUPALLI KASHYAP
Bronze at Commonwealth Games 2010
Badminton, P V Sindhu, Marin and Saina Nehwal; Graphic courtesy: The Times of India, August 20, 2016
Bronze at World Badminton Championships, China, 2013
PV Sindhu has seized the opportunity to unleash her electric prowess as a shuttler on the greatest stage of all, eventually becoming the first female sportsperson to win a silver for India.
Sindhu has numerous chinks in her defence but in 2016, she has worked hard on reducing the chinks. She looks solid in defence now and has sur prised many with her retrieving ability . Saina likes faster court conditions -when the shuttle is moving fast between the courts it will be advantage Saina. Sindhu prefers the opposite, she likes if the shuttle is slow. That is why in Asian conditions, where they use air conditioners, the shuttle moves well and Saina performs better. In Brazil, however, the shuttle moved slower and Sindhu was on a roll.
At the Olympics 2016, Sindhu has been a revelation. She was cool like a cucumber even in the gold medal match and hardly ever seemed annoyed throughout her memorable campaign.
Standing tall at 5'11“, Sindhu likes to pack her shots with a lot of power. Saina, however, is a rally player who wears down the opponent and pounces on the mistakes of others.
International titles, victories
Asian Junior Championship
July 23, 2018: The Times of India
1965: Gautam Thakkar won the boys singles gold
2012: PV Sindhu was the first girl to achieve this honour.
2018: Lakshya Sen toppled top seed and reigning world junior champion Kunlavut Vitidsaran to become the first Indian boy after 53 years to win the Asian Junior Championship, in Jakarta. The 16-year-old needed just 46 minutes to beat Kunlavut 21-19, 21-18 in the final.
2009: Mixed doubles pair of Pranaav Chopra/Prajakta Sawant claimed bronze.
2011: Sameer Verma won silver
2011: Sindhu clinched bronze.
2012: Sameer Verma won bronze.
2018: Saina, Sindhu, Srikanth, Marin get the highest prices
October 8, 2018: The Times of India
Statistics, year-wise
2014:Watershed year
UNPRECEDENTED LEAP IN BADMINTON
Amit Kumar Das
It turned out to be a watershed year for Indian badminton as the home shuttlers clinched no less than eight individual titles and also broke new grounds in team championships, making India a dominant force at the international stage Saina Nehwal and K. Srikanth clinching titles at China Super Series Premier and P.V. Sindhu bagging five bronze, including a World Championship medal, besides the historic bronze medals at Uber Cup and Asian Games, were the highlights of the year in which Indian badminton achieved unprecedented success at the global platform. If Saina led the resurgence of Indian badminton in the last few years, the year also saw the emergence of younger stars, who made it a terrific season with the help of their stupen dous performance.
While Saina scooped three titles, Srikanth, Parupalli Kashyap, Aravind Bhat, Sindhu and H.S. Prannoy -all laid their hands on the crown at least once in the year gone by.In fact, Saurabh Verma and P.C. Thulasi also won titles in the International challenge category.
It was yet again Saina who set things in motion with a victory at the India Grand Prix Gold, which finally broke her long title drought. The Indian ace added two more titles to her kitty, clinching the Australia Super Series at Sydney in June and China Super Series Premier at Fuzhou in November.
While Saina blew hot and cold, teen sensation Sindhu continued to make big strides in world badminton with her performance, which saw her reach the finals of India Grand Prix Gold first in Lucknow and then winning the bronze at the Asian Badminton Championship in Gimcheon.
In fact, Indian women's doubles pair of Jwala Gutta and Ashwini Poppanna also made their presence felt by clinching the bronze in the same tournament in April.
Next month, India hosted the prestigious Thomas and Uber Cup Finals for the first time and Saina and Sindhu ensured that it turned out to be a memorable one as they shepherded the women's team to a historic bronze.
Sindhu had a golden chance of winning the Commonwealth Games women's singles title in July but the Indian had to settle for a bronze when she lost to Michelle Li of Canada.
2014: Shuttlers: Kidambi Srikanth, Saina Nehwal, PV Sindhu
The Times of India, Dec 31 2014
The fabulous feats of Indian shuttlers made 2014 the breakout year for Indian badminton. But no one could match the achievement of Kidambi Srikanth. Defying all predictions, the 21-year-old won the China Open Super Series, beating multiple World and Olympic champion Lin Dan in the final. He finished the year ranked No. 4 in the world. After a barren 2013, Saina Nehwal made an impressive comeback this year. She thrashed World Champion Carolina Marin of Spain to clinch the Australian Super Series and then grabbed the China Open, beating the Chinese on way to the final. PV Sindhu bagged bronze in Glasgow and helped the Indian team claim its first-ever Asiad and Uber Cup bronze.
Garaga, Rankireddy win Badminton Asia Championships boys doubles
The Times of India, October 12, 2015
The budding doubles duo of Krishna Prasad Garaga and Satwiksairaj Rankireddy clinched boys doubles gold in the Badminton Asia Championships in Kudus, Indonesia Jayaram outclassed Raul Must of Indonesia in straight games 21-12, 21-18. Under-17 boys Krishna and Satwik, who train at the Pullela Gopichand Badminton Academy , trounced Jun Hau Leong and Fong Hau Sim of Malaysia 21-16, 21-15 in straight games. Such was the domina tion of these Hyderabadi shuttlers that they did not even lose a single game in the entire tournament. Not only that, they were not even forced to save a game point. In 2014, KrishnaSatwik claimed bronze at this Continental meet.
October 2015: Srikanth climbs to fifth in rankings; Saina is second
The Times of India, Oct 30 2015
Srikanth climbs to fifth in rankings; Saina is second
Top Indian male shutler Kidambi Srikanth climbed up place to fifth, while Saina Nehwal remained static on No. 2 in the atest Badminton World Federa ion (BWF) rankings released on Thursday . Srikanth gained a spot n the men's singles ranking.
Manu-Sumeeth bag GP title in Mexico
The Times of India Dec 22 2015
Ending a five-year drought, the fast rising doubles combination of Manu Attri and Sumeeth Reddy claimed their maiden Grand Prix crown with a 22-20, 21-18 victory over BodinIssara and NipitphonPuangpuapech of Thailand in the Mexico Open final on Sunday . The duo, who trains at the Pullela Gopichand Academy here, faced a stiff resistance in the first game as the Thais saved four game points from 1620 before the Indians claimed it. In the second, the Indians got off to a brisk start and maintained a healthy lead over their rivals right throughout. After Olympians Rupesh Kumar and Sanave Thomas won the Bitburger Open in 2010, this is the best ever performance by an Indian men's doubles team. “This is a great win for both of us.We've worked really hard and this is the result of our hard work. We would like to thank our coach Pullela Gopichand, doubles coach Kim Tan Her and BAI officials for supporting us. Many thanks to our parents, it's because of their prayers and blessings we are here,“ Manu told TOI from Mexico City on Monday . The players, who have been consistent this year, were close to clinching their first GP title twice before. They missed out winning the titles in US Grand Prix in June and Dutch Open in October despite dishing out some inspired performances in the initial rounds. “It turned out to be a good year for us. And finishing off with a title is amazing. We started confidently . It was a bit tricky in the final, it was all about speed and tactics,“Sumeeth said.
2016: Asia Championship
The Times of India, Feb 21 2016
Shuttlers lose in Asia C'ship semis
HS Prannoy , saviour of the hosts for the last two days, could not repeat the magic as his team bowed out of the tie much before his arrival, losing 1-3 to Indonesia in the semifinals of the Badminton Asia Team Championships at the Gachibowli Indoor Stadium. With this loss Indian men bagged the bronze medal, their first in last three decades.
Though Kidambi Srikanth gave a solid start to his team, the hosts lost the next three ties and crashed out of the tournament. After winning the first game without much difficulty against in form Tommy Sugiarto, Srikanth was unlucky to lose the closely-fought second game. However, the top ranked Indian shifted gears in the decider and played an attacking game to oust Tommy 21-14, 23-25, 21-9.
Doubles pair of Manu Attri and Sumeeth Reddy proved no match for Mohammad Ahsan and Hendra Setiawan 21-11, 2110. In the second singles, world No.25 Ajay Jayaram tried hard before going down to Anthony Ginting 15-21, 20-22.
2016: Uber Cup
The Times of India, May 20, 2016
Quarterfinals When the top gun, misfired youngster RuthvikaShivani came to the rescue with a stupendous display to assure her team of a bronze with a 3-1 victory against Thailand in the Uber Cup quarterfinals on Thursday.
This will be only the second medal for India at this prestigious team event. Indian women had won bronze at the last edition.
For a long time, Saina Nehwal had carried Indian hopes. But the off-colour Hyderabadi faltered on the day to give India a poor start. PV Sindhu, however, stepped up and put the campaign back on rails with a dominant 21-18, 21-7 victory against Busanan Ongbumrungphan.
JwalaGutta and Ashwini Ponnappa made it 2-1for with a 21-19, 21-12 win against PuttitaSupajirakul and SapsireeTaerattanachai.
Ruthvika then proved her mettle. No one expected her to get past a tough opponent like NitchaonJindapol, the world No.25 who has been giving top shuttlers a tough time. She had even defeated PV Sindhu in January this year.Ruthvika came up with a stunning show and registered a 21-18, 21-16 victory . Leading 20-10, Ruthvika conceded eight points before winning the first game at 21-18.
Badminton Jan to June 2017
The best players
TOISA 2018 NOMINEES: BADMINTON, January 25, 2018: The Times of India
KIDAMBI SRIKANTH (World No. 3 )
Building on the promise shown during his run to the quarterfinals of the men’s singles at the 2016 Rio Olympics, Srikanth made it large last year. He won four Superseries titles in 2017, the most ever by an Indian, and moved to No. 2 in the BWF men’s singles rankings. Srikanth’s first title was the Indonesia Open, where he beat Japan’s
PV SINDHU (World No. 3)
After claiming a breakthrough silver medal at the 2016 Rio Olympics, Sindhu lived up to her billing as the queen of Indian badminton this year by winning two Superseries titles, a silver medal at the Badminton World Championships and another at the BWF World Superseries Finals. Her first Superseries win came in April, when she beat Olympic champion Carolina Marin 21-19, 21-16 to win the India Open for the first time. Days later, she rose to a careerhigh No 2 in the BWF women’s singles rankings. After claiming a silver medal at the Badminton World Championships, only India’s second ever, Sindhu went on to win her second Superseries in October Kazumasa Sakai 21-11, 21-19, and a week later he vanquished the world and Olympic champion Chen Long in straight games 22-20, 21-16 to claim the Australia Open. Later, Srikanth became the second Indian after Prakash Padukone to win the Denmark Open and then created history by claiming the French Open. In addition, Srikanth also reached the final of the Singapore Open.
when she became the first Indian to win the Korea Open. Her other title was the Syed Modi International Grand Prix Gold. Other close finishes came in the final of the National Badminton Championship and the Hong Kong Superseries, where she was runner-up both times.
SAINA NEHWAL (World No. 10)
A successful, injuryfree year for the 2012 London Olympics medalist. Saina won a Grand Prix Gold, a bronze at the World Championships and her third national title. Won the Malaysia Masters Grand Prix - her 23rd title overall. Won a bronze medal at the Badminton World Championships having reached her recordbreaking seventh consecutive quarterfinal. Beat Olympic gold medal winner and two-time world champion Carolina Marin 22-20, 21-18 in round one of the Denmark Open.
HS PRANNOY (World No. 10)
His most successful year ever, Prannoy won a Grand Prix Gold, reached the semifinals of two Super Series and won the national title for the first time. Claimed his third Grand Prix Gold title by beating compatriot Parupalli Kashyap 21-15, 20-22, 21-12 in the final of the US Open.
Reached the semi-finals of the Indonesia Open Super Series and the French Open. Became the first Indian to beat the big four of world badminton: Taufik Hidayat (2013), Lin Dan (2015), Chong Wei (twice in 2017) and Chen Long (2017). Achieved a career-best position of No. 10.
B SAI PRANEETH (World No. 16)
Having never made it past the quarters of a Super Series of a Grand Prix Gold tournament, Sai beat Kidambi Srikanth in the final of the Singapore Open. In this tournament, he also beat Denmark’s Emil Holst, world No. 23 Qiao Bin, eighth seed Tanongsak Saensomboonsuk and Korea’s Lee Dong Keun to meet Srikanth in the first all-Indian Super Series final. Won his second title of the year in June, beating Indonesia’s Christie Jonatan 17-21, 21-18, 21-19 to clinch the $120,000 Thailand Open. Runnerup at the Syed Modi Grand Prix.
A watershed year
Action Replay 2017: BADMINTON, December 28, 2017: The Times of India
2017 Was A Watershed Year For Indian Badminton As Players Broke New Ground, Writes M Ratnakar
If Saina Nehwal’s hat-trick of titles in 2010 was the catalyst which propelled Indian badminton to a different plane, 2017 has proved to be a watershed year for the sport as Kidambi Srikanth led the boys’ victory parade with four Super Series titles in a calendar year. Since 2010, the sport has witnessed a spiralling success rate every year. The Olympic medal came in 2012 with Saina’s bronze and a podium finish at the World Championships became a regular feature thereafter.
Sindhu’s Olympic silver at the 2016 Olympic Games catapulted the game to new heights of popularity.
However, 2017 has seen greater performances from the Indian shuttlers as 13 major titles have been won by seven different players, apart from PV Sindhu’s silver and Saina’s bronze at the World Championships. Sindhu’s one hour 50-minute marathon against Nozomi Okuhara of Japan in the Worlds final will go down in history as an epic encounter.
Never in the past had so many Indian players figured among the winners’ circle. Until 2017, the success stories have been confined to Saina, Sindhu and Srikanth but this year ‘so-called fringe players’ like SAI Praneeth, Sameer Verma, HS Prannoy and even doubles pair of Pranaav Chopra and Sikki Reddy have ensured that the Indian flag flutters with pride at various international events. For a change the boys have leapt past the girls and cornered more glory in 2017. Sindhu won two Super Series titles —India Open and Korea Open — and capped the year with a silver at the year-end Finals in Dubai.
But the year belonged to Srikanth and Co, who have virtually dominated the men’s singles with élan. The Indian boys were everywhere in 2017, winning titles, stunning champions and dominating the men’s singles category. Sameer Verma started it by trumping SAI Praneeth at the Syed Modi Grand Prix Gold final in January. Thereafter, SAI Praneeth took charge by pocketing his first Super Series at the Singapore Open in April. Interestingly, here too, Praneeth’s opponent was none other than Srikanth.
Praneeth also clinched the Thailand Open Grand Prix Gold in June. A fortnight later Srikanth triumphed in the Indonesia Open, the richest Premier event of the year. The 24-year-old went on to clinch back-toback titles, a first in his career, by emerging victorious at the Australian Open Super Series the very next week.
While Indian fans were busy celebrating the unexpected success of their boys, experts have observed a fascinating trend behind these stupendous performances. The Hyderabad boys have been assisting each other in the victories as if they have learnt the art of ‘hunting in packs’.
At the Indonesian Open, HS Prannoy had stunned Malaysian legend Lee Chong Wei and Olympic champion Chen Long to clear the path for his training partner Srikanth. Later, Prannoy said that he took tips from seasoned campaigner Parupalli Kashyap on how to beat the Chinese superstar. Prannoy lost to Kazumasa Sakai in the semifinals but passed on some key information to Srikanth, who defeated the Japanese shuttler in the final.
Even at the Denmark Open in October, Prannoy helped Srikanth by ousting Lee Chong Wei in the second round itself. With easier opponents to negotiate at the latter stages, Srikanth claimed his third Super Series title by defeating Korean veteran Lee Hyun Il in the final. The next week at the French Open, Prannoy ousted Lee Hyun in the first round before going down to Srikanth in a keenly-contested semifinal. By claiming top honours in Paris, Srikanth became the fifth shuttler in badminton history to win four Super Series titles in a calendar year. Incidentally, these were also Srikanth’s second back-to-back titles.
It is no secret that the dexterous efforts of Pullela Gopichand is behind their success and the newfound vigour. All these players hail from his academy and have been with him since their childhood.
About five years back, when Saina and Sindhu were making all the headlines, Gopichand had predicted that the boys too will replicate the girls’ success stories soon. But very few took him seriously at that time. However, once Srikanth burst on the scene with a sensational mauling of Lin Dan in the China Open finals in 2014, people began to notice that the boys were coming to the party.
The coach, who is building Indian badminton brick-by-brick, has immense faith in the abilities of his players and is always confident about breaching the difficult barriers. “In my playing days many used to tell us that we can never reach the level of the Chinese. But I always believed that if we have the facilities in place we can achieve a lot. I am only putting a system in place and I am not surprised with these results,” Gopichand said.
Gopichand changed the landscape of badminton but the Dronacharya awardee is yearning for more. He has a few budding shuttlers who are aspiring to follow the footsteps of their illustrious seniors.
But despite these fabulous feats, the bigger trophies like Olympic gold, World Championships crown and All England are missing from the cupboard.The only way the forthcoming years can beat the success of 2017 is if the shuttlers bring these elusive trophies home.
The main stars
M Ratnakar, Smashing success: India ruled the courts, December 28, 2017: The Times of India
It wasn’t just all about Srikanth and Sindhu. Prannoy and Praneeth made heads turn too
—M Ratnakar
Popularising the whiplash smash and reinventing the aggressive style of badminton, Kidambi Srikanth made 2017 the best ever for Indian men. Of the seven Super Series titles India won, Srikanth bagged four. In the first quarter of the year, Srikanth did not do much as was he was recovering from his injuries. But in April he struck form. He lost to Sai Praneeth in the Singapore Super Series final and went on to win back-to-back Super Series titles in Indonesia and Australia. Though he had a disappointing World Championships, he was on a roll in October, once again claiming back-to-back titles in Denmark and France. With these amazing triumphs, Srikanth became only the fifth shuttler in the world to wear four Super Series crowns in a calendar year.
Even though she did not win many titles, Saina Nehwal still made her presence felt in 2017. The seasoned campaigner won only one title — the Malaysia Masters — in the last 12 months apart from the bronze at the Worlds, her second successive medal at BWF’s biggest event. However, her crowning glory was the straight-game victory over PV Sindhu in the National Championship final. The ace shuttler, who returned to the Gopichand camp in August after a three-year hiatus, will be keen to win a few more titles with the help of the Dronacharya awardee.
SAI PRANEETH
The supremely talented shuttler lived up to the expectations with two major titles. He started the year by reaching the final of the Syed Modi Grand Prix Gold tournament. But the biggest victory of his career came in April when he beat title favourite Srikanth in the final to win the Singapore Open Super Series. He also won the Thailand Grand Prix Gold title in June.
HS PRANNOY
If there was one shuttler who lady luck did not oblige this year, it has to be HS Prannoy. The Kerala shuttler, who is regarded as one of the most deadliest attackers on the circuit, could have won at least two Super Series titles this year. He beat the best in the world, but fortune deserted him at crucial moments. Though he stunned Olympic champ Chen Long and Malaysian great World No.1 Lee Chong Wei, he failed to convert such major victories into titles. However, he helped his friend Srikanth by mowing down these tough nuts. He ended the year with a dominant victory against Srikanth in the National badminton final.
June: The rise of Srikanth, Praneeth, Prannoy
Manne Ratnakar, June 27, 2017: The Times of India
Having played second fiddle to Saina Nehwal and PV Sindhu for long, India's male shuttlers, led by K Srikanth, have suddenly created big buzz with several stunning international triumphs recently. TOI looks at the phenomenon...
`Hunting in packs' is the new mantra in Indian men's badminton. The exploits of Kidambi Srikanth, Sai Praneeth and HS Prannoy have catapulted Indian badminton to a new high as a group of Indian men have begun dominating men's singles as never before. Led by Srikanth, they have achieved a rare Super Series hat-trick besides notching up title wins in four of the last five big international tournaments.While Srikanth won the Indonesia and Australia Open Super Series titles, Sai bagged the Singapore Super Series and Thailand Grand Prix Gold crowns.
The support cast too has played a key role in the number of titles won by the Indians. Prannoy and Parupalli Kashyap may not have won titles but they had helped their friends by clear ing their path. In Jakarta, Prannoy knocked out the legendary Lee Chong Wei and Olympic champion Chen Long, thereby letting Srikanth negotiate an easier opponent in the final.
In Australia, Kashyap shut out Indonesia Open finalist Kazumasa Sakai at the qualifying stage itself.
The sterling performance of the Indian boys in the last two months have made them one of the most feared gang of shuttlers in the world arena. Interestingly, most of them are in the 22-24 years age group, making them bright prospects for marquee international events which are coming up -like the Olympic and World Championships.
What makes the scenario even more heartening is that besides these four, there are other talented shuttlers like Ajay Jayaram, Sameer Verma and Sourabh Verma who have been keeping the Indian flag flying.
Undoubtedly, this is the best phase ever in men's singles for India. Earlier, success in this sphere was limited to Prakash Padukone (All England title in 1980) and Pullela Gopichand (All England title in 2001).
After the two major titles _ which were separated by more than two decades _ the best feats were Kashyap win ning the Commonwealth Games Gold and Srikanth clinching the China Open Super Series Premier in 2014. Srikanth added the Indian Open Super Series crown in 2015 while the likes of Jayaram and Sai Praneeth claimed Grand Prix Gold titles. But the major push came in last two months.
Gone are the days when Indians struggled to clear the qualifying stage and breaking into the top-50 was celebrated as a major feat. Our men are in the elite league now. It has taken years of hard work, sweat, sacrifice and a lot of planning to bring about this transformation. A lot of credit for this turn around has to go to National coach Gopichand.
As a player, he faced a series of difficulties, got injured often, found no proper system but still achieved success.Once his career ended, he was determined to build a system. “There was never a dearth of talent in our country .Even during my time we had extremely talented players like Chetan Anand, Anup Sridhar, Arvind Bhatt, Nikhil Kanetkar. But what I realised was that all were crafty but lacked fitness, strength, speed and endurance. To get these things we needed to create a group of people around a player. In our days we never had a proper coaching system, no concept of having a physio, nothing like that. These are the basic necessities and thankfully we have created them now,“ Gopichand said.
Gopichand also realised that the thought process of Indian shuttlers needed to change. “I always used to think different from others. In those days we were told to pick and play small tournaments, win some and improve the rankings. I thought it was wrong. So, I started making Saina (Nehwal) play in Super Series events. We need to believe in ourselves, think big and do what it requires to reach there,“ Gopi said.
Though Gopi achieved success with the girls _ Saina and PV Sindhu _ it took a while for him to replicate it in men's singles. “Success in women was achieved fast because I got two strong girls in Saina and Sindhu. But it took time for me to build that strength and fitness in men. Another area I succeeded in was converting the success at the junior level to senior stage. I also got an excellent support staff,“ Gopi said.
India have as many as six men in the top-35 of world rankings at present. It's a promising position and if the players keep improving, India can become a global power.
With the longevity of shuttlers increasing due to modern training methods, Srikanth & Co will be around for at least another five years during which time they can take Indian badminton to a higher plane. With talented youngsters like Lakshya Sen and Siril Verma waiting in the wings, the future seems to hold exciting prospects for India.
June: The male stars
Jun 27 2017: The Times of India
KIDAMBI SRIKANTH (24, ranking 11)
The form man of world badminton right now, Srikanth has risen fast to become the poster boy of men's badminton in India. He is expected to be ranked around 5 in the world when the fresh list is announced on Thursday.
PARUPALLI KASHYAP (30, ranking 116)
He has been the guiding light to all the men's singles shuttlers. His victories at the international level, particularly the 2014 Commonwealth Games gold, gave confidence to others like Srikanth, Prannoy and Sai Praneeth. He was also the first Indian man to reach the Olympic quarterfinals. Kashyap has been fighting injuries in the last two years but is now back on court.
HS PRANNOY (24, ranking 21)
HS Prannoy, who trains at the Gopichand Academy in Hyderabad, has always been regarded as a very talented shuttler. His big break was the Swiss Open Grand Prix Gold title last year.He also created a splash by stunning Olympic gold medallist Cheng Long and silver medallist Lee Chong Wei at the recently Indonesia Open.
AJAY JAYARAM (29, ranking 15)
Till recently, Ajay Jayaram was the top-ranked Indian men's singles shuttler. Unlucky to miss the London Olympics berth by a whisker, Jayaram won the Dutch Open Grand Prix Gold twice -2014 and 2015. He missed a Dutch hat-trick when he lost in the final last year. Jayaram, who trains under Tom John, also reached the finals of the Korea Open Super Series in 2015.
SAI PRANEETH (24, ranking 16)
His Singapore Open triumph made him only the second Indian after Srikanth to clinch a Super Series title. He made it two titles in a row by claiming the Thailand Open Grand Prix Gold as well. The crafty player is expected to pose a major threat to the top shuttlers in the world.
SAMEER VERMA (22, ranking 32)
The younger of the Verma brothers, Sameer's best show so far was reaching the final of the Hong Kong Open Super Series in November 2016. The 22-year-old is a hard-working shuttler who defeated Sai Praneeth to win the Syed Modi Grand Prix Gold title in January this year. His elder brother, Sourabh Verma, who is 24, is ranked 35th in the world and is yet another player to watch out for.
August: World Championship, Glasgow
Aug 28 2017: The Times of India
In a first, two Indians finished on the podium. Sindhu -who had earlier won bronze medals at the 2013 and 2014 World Championships -won the silver and Saina a bronze.
September: Five Indian men in top-20
Five Indian men shuttlers in top-20, Sep 29 2017:: The Times of India
Five Indians find themselves in the top-20 of the BWF men's singles rankings with H S Prannoy being the biggest gainer after his quarterfinal showing at the Japan Open. Prannoy has jumped four places to be world no 15 while Kidambi Srikanth, who too lost in the quarterfinals in Japan, remains the highest-ranked Indian male player at eighth. Ajay Jayaram remains at the 20th spot while B Sai Praneeth too has not moved from his position of 17th. Sameer Verma has gained a couple of places to the 19th.
November: Sindhu, Srikanth both world’s No. 2
Manne Ratnakar, Double joy: Sindhu and Srikanth ranked No. 2, November 7, 2017: The Times of India
The rise and rise of the Indian shuttlers has been awe inspiring.
Four Super Series title triumphs catapulted Kidambi Srikanth to world No.2. It's a new high for Indian badminton as two shuttlers are currently ranked No.2 in the world, a feat accomplished for the first time.While PV Sindhu reached there a few weeks back, Srikanth joined her.
Until 2016, the script involved the success stories of Saina Nehwal and Sindhu. Saina's title-winning spree made it look difficult for others to emulate her till Sindhu started winning medals on a bigger stage. Inspired by the girls, the boys took charge in 2017 and collected more than half a dozen titles.
Srikanth may even become No.1 very soon.
The efforts of coach Pullela Gopichand are responsible for the badminton revolution in the country . But the Dronacharya insisted that the success story is a culmination of a lot of things. “It is a culmination of a lot of things. Each and everybody's contribution is very important. Be it the Sports Authority of India (SAI), government, sponsors, coaches and also senior players like Saina and Kashyap,“ Gopichand said.
Saina and Kashyap made others believe that success at highest level could be achieved.
November: Prannoy, Saina win national titles
Suhas Nayse, Sizzling Saina surprises Sindhu, November 9, 2017: The Times of India
Achievements, Men's singles, Women's singles, Men's doubles, Women's doubles, Mixed doubles, 2017
From: Suhas Nayse, Sizzling Saina surprises Sindhu, November 9, 2017: The Times of India
Women's singles final and Men's singles final, some facts, 2017
From: November 9, 2017: The Times of India
Back With Coach Gopi, Nehwal Claims Third National Title; Prannoy Shocks Srikanth For Maiden Crown
Form and rankings went for a toss as Saina Nehwal and HS Prannoy stunned hot favourites PV Sindhu and Kidambi Srikanth to emerge champions in the 82nd Senior National Badminton Championship.
The packed stadium with around ten thousand spectators at the Divisional Sports Complex witnessed some spectacular badminton from the country's premier shuttlers which kept them on the edge of their seats till the last point of the week-long tournament.
The dream summit clash between Saina and Sindhu lived up to expectations with both the players slugging it out for each point resulting in long and pulsating rallies.
Saina, seeded second, proved a point or two to her detractors by upsetting top seed Sindhu 21-17, 27-25 in 54 minutes to clinch her third title. The 27-year-old thus maintained her perfect record in the Nationals with three titles in as many appearances.
Incidentally , she marked her comeback to the Nationals after a gap of almost ten years with the crown. As a teenager, she had triumphed at Goa in 2008 where she had defended the title she had won for the first time at Patna in 2007.
Saina was fully fired up while taking on Sindhu as she made swift movements to jump to a comfortable lead in the first game. Besides excellent court coverage, the world No. 11 executed several bodyline smashes which Sindhu found too hot to handle. Sindhu reduced the deficit in the end but could not stop Saina pocketing the first game at 21-17.
Stunned by the reversal, Sindhu bounced back gallantly in the second game. Although the scores were al most equal at the start, Sindhu surged ahead by three points and looked set to restore the parity.
However, Saina was in no mood to let it go. She fought back like a true fighter and saved a couple of game points to stop Sindhu. Sindhu too was equally determined to take the match into the decider. After six deuces, Saina finally managed to convert her sixth match point.
At 26-25, both the players were engaged in another long rally , keeping the entire crowd breathless. After around twenty strokes, Sindhu fai led to return one of Saina's sharp half-shashes and hit the shuttle in the net as Saina punched the air in jubilation.
Saina thanked her support staff and coach Pullela Gopichand for the turnaround in her fortunes. “I am surprised with the way I played today .I moved well and picked Sindhu's difficult shots. It was a great match and I am glad that I could finish it off in two games. I would like to thank all the support staff and Gopi Sir for working hard on me in the last couple of months,“ an elated Saina told TOI af ter the final.
Earlier, the men's singles final bet ween Srikanth and Prannoy also saw a big upset. Second seeded Prannoy edged out top seed and world No. 2 Sri e kanth 21-15, 16-21, 21-7 in a battle which lasted 50 minutes. It was a special mo . ment for Prannoy as he had never won any National title in any age group.I Prannoy celebrated his first entry o into the final in style by overcoming e the stiff challenge from his regular practice partner. The Kerala youngs ter also avenged his defeat to Srikanth in the semifinal of the French Open Super Series a few days back.
Ashwini Ponnappa bagged a double crown by claiming women's doubles and mixed doubles titles. Top seeds Ashwini and N Sikki Reddy stopped the giant-killing run of unseeded Maharashtra pair of Sanyogita Ghorpade and Prajakta Sawant in the women's doubles final.
In the mixed doubles final, Ashwini teamed up with teenager Satiwik Sai Raj to annex the mixed doubles final. The new combination shocked top seeds Pranaav Jerry Chopra-N Sikki Reddy 21-9, 20-22, 21-17.
November: China Open: loses singles quarterfinal
Suhas Nayse, Defending champ Sindhu stunned, November 18, 2017: The Times of India
Defending champion PV Sindhu found Chinese teenager Fangjie Gao too hot to handle and bowed out of the China Open Super Series Premier badminton in Fuzhou on Friday.
Nineteen-year-old Gao shattered the hopes of Sindhu with a clinical 21-11, 21-10 win in a one-sided women’s singles quarterfinal. Throughout the 38-minute encounter, Sindhu never looked in control and was completely surprised by the qualifier ranked 89th in the world.
Aiming to defend the title, Sindhu’s bid was foiled by an inspired local girl, regarded as one of the most promising shuttlers in China after the era of three Wangs and Olympic champion Li Xuerui.
November: Lost in Hong kong Super Series
November 26, 2017: The Times of India
PV Sindhu's gallant fight ended in agony as she suffered a second successive loss to world no. 1 Tai Tzu Ying of Chinese Taipei at the summit clash of the $400,000 Hong Kong Super Series.
Playing her fifth straight tournament, Sindhu, who had a 3-7 head-to-head record against Tai before the match, never lacked in fitness and fought throughout the match before going down 18-21 18-21 to the defending champion in a 44-minute women's singles final.
This is Sindhu's second loss in the four finals that she reached this season. She had lost to Japan's Nozomi Okuhara at the World Championship final, while clinched two titles at India and Korea this year. In the opening game which lasted 21 minutes, Tai moved to a 3-0 lead early on before Sindhu made a good judgement at the baseline to log the first points. However, Tai unleashed her wide repertoire of strokes and varied the pace well to lead 7 -2.
Sindhu then started to dominate the rallies by using her deep clears and drew the Taiwanese close to the net. She used her reach to catch the shuttle early and placed it in difficult positions to narrow the deficit to 6-7.
A deceptive net return gave Tai a point. The Taiwanese then produced a smash on the deep backhand corner of Sindhu and moved to 10-7. Sindhu unleashed a body smash to perfection before Tai's flat straight return bamboozled the Indian.
At the break, the Taiwan had a three point advantage.
After the breather ,Tai committed a couple of unforced errors at both the flanks, while Sindhu came up with a backhand return near the net to reduce the margin to 10-13 but Tai quickly recovered to extend her domination to 16-13.
Sindhu tried to anticipate her deceptive rival and put Tai in awkward positions a few times, but she hit long or at the net to allow the Taiwanese lead 18-14. A gritty Sindhu, however, kept breathing down her neck and soon clawed back at 18-18.
During the next rally, the string of the Sindhu's racquet broke and Tai unleashed a smash which left the Indian frustrated. Tai produced another smash on Sindhu backhand to move to game point. She then grabbed the opening game after winning a video referral when her shuttle landed on the line.
In the second game, Sindhu was left to deal with some indecision due to the sidewise drift which gave early advantage to Tai but the gritty Indian levelled the score at 4-4 with a superb return at her rival's forehand.
The duo moved to 7-7 before Tai hit wide and lost a referral too.
Sindhu produced a overhead backhand flick, a deceptive return at the forecourt and another smash to move to 10-7 before entering the lemon break with a two-point advantage when Tai found the net. However, Tai dominated the proceedings after the interval, despite a fighting Sindhu trying to snap at her heels.
The Indian lost a referral and then failed to retrieve a shot at the forecourt as Tai led 12-11.
At 13-12, Sindhu was not allowed a video referral by the line judge and after that the match slipped away from the Indian even as Tai produced a stroke on Sindhu's forehand to perfection. With the Indian failing to finish the rallies, it allowed Tai to lead 17-12.
Another weak return by Sindhu and Tai was leading 18-12. The Indian produced a cross court smash to break the rhythm, but she again hit long. Tai faltered at the net and then miscued a lift from the front court. She then hit long as Sindhu conjured up hopes of a turn around, moving to 16-19.
However, a long rally ensued which ended with Sindhu's lift going long and Tai earned the match point at 20-16. Sindhu saved two match points before a perfect drop shot from Tai sealed the title for the Chinese Taipei shuttler.
2017, Dec. rankings
Srikanth fourth in rankings, December 8, 2017: The Times of India
Kidambi Srikanth improved a rung to be at the 4th position, while promising Indian shuttler Lakshya Sen entered the World top 100 after jumping 19 places to reach the 89th spot in the latest BWF ranking.HS Prannoy and B Sai Praneeth were static at the 10th place and 17th spots respectively. In women’s singles, PV Sindhu and Saina Nehwal retained their third and 10th places respectively.
Srikanth advances; Prannoy bows out
Suhas Nayse, Satwiksairaj-Ashwini Pair Moves Up, September 21, 2018: The Times of India
A day after Manu Attri and Sumeeth Reddy knocked out world No. 13 Chinese Taipei pair, Satwiksairaj Rankireddy and Ashwini Ponnappa stunned world No. 12 pair of Marcus Ellis and Lauren Smith of England in the China Open World Tour Super 1000 tournament in Changzhou.
Reigning national mixed doubles champions Satwiksairaj and Ashwini overcame a mid-match slump to edge out Commonwealth Games silver medallists Ellis and Smith 21-13, 20-22, 21-17.
Kidambi Srikanth overcame a late fightback from Rasmus Gemke to post a 21-9, 21-19 win in the men’s singles first round. In a first match between the two players, seventh seed Srikanth ousted Denmark’s Gemke, ranked 23 in the world, with brilliant display.
The 2014 champion will now lock horns with Suppanyu Avihingsanon of Thailand for a spot in the quarters. The Thai player is world No. 28 and Srikanth has a perfect 2-0 record against him. But they havent’s faced each other since 2013 Malaysia GP Gold.
Srikanth’s practice partner HS Prannoy failed to clear the first round hurdle. The national champion lost to eighth seed Ng Ka Long Angus of Hong Kong 16-21, 12-21.
In a big upset, Gao Fangjie of China upset world No. 1 and top seed Tai Tzu Ying of Chinese Taipei 21-17, 21-16 in 37 minutes.
INDIAN RESULTS (Round 1) Men’s singles: 7-Kidambi Srikanth bt Rasmus Gemke (Denmark) 21-9, 21-19; HS Prannoy lost to 8-Ng Ka Long Angus (Hong Kong) 16-21, 12-21; Men’s doubles: Satwiksairaj Rankireddy-Chirag Shetty lost to Goh V Shem-Tan Wee Kiong (Malaysia) 19-21, 20-22; Women’s doubles: Ashwini Ponnappa-N Sikki Reddy lost to Kim So Yeong-Kong Hee Yong (Korea) 10-21, 18-21; Mixed doubles: Satwiksairaj Rankireddy-Ashwini Ponnappa bt Marcus Ellis-Lauren Smith (England) 21-13, 20-22, 21-17.
Sindhu, Srikanth reach quarters
Suhas Nayse, September 21, 2018: The Times of India
PV Sindhu and Kidambi Srikanth survived scares against their respective opponents — both from Thailand — to reach the quarterfinals of the China Open in Changzhou on Thursday.
Third seed Sindhu rallied against Busanan Ongbamrungphan 21-23, 21-13, 21-18 in a marathon match which lasted for an hour and nine minutes. Sindhu went in as the favourite, with a 8-0 head-tohead record against the 22-year-old. However, Busanan came up with a much-improved display to test the Indian.
In the men’s singles second round, Srikanth came from a match-point down to pip Suppanyu Avihingsanon 21-12, 15-21, 24-22 in 63 minutes.
After promising a lot in the last couple of days, India’s doubles campaign came to an end in the pre-quarters.
Satwiksairaj Rankireddy and Ashwini Ponnappa lost 14-21, 11-21against top seeds Siwei Zheng and Huang Yaqiong of China. Pranav Jerry Chopra and Sikki Reddy also could not get the better of sixth seeds Christinna Pedersen and Mathias Christiansen of Denmark and lost in straight games. In the men’s doubles, Mannu Attri and B Sumeeth Reddy were overwhelmed by Chen Hung Ling and Wang Chi-Lin 9-21, 10-21.
Sindhu, Srikanth lose in quarters
Indian challenge in China Open Badminton tournament came to an end with the defeats of PV Sindhu and Kidambi Srikanth at Changzhou on Friday. Third seed Sindhu went down fighting against Chen Yufei of China 11-21, 21-11, 15-21 in 52 minutes. The fifth seed Chinese shattered the hopes of the Indian with a commanding performance.
The 2016 champion Sindhu had a psychological advantage going into the match against the local girl as she was leading 4-2 in terms of head-to-head record. Sindhu had also won the last two encounters against the Chinese but on Friday she failed to extend her dominance and crashed out.
In the deciding third game, Yufei established an early lead and maintained it till the end. The only survivor in the men’s singles Srikanth also bowed out. The seventh seed found third seed Kento Momota too hot to handle and lost 9-21, 11-21 in 28 minutes.
The in-form Japanese made the light work of former world No. 1 and stormed into the semifinals in style. The last week champion at the Japan Open look set to pocket yet another title in the dream season. With this crushing win, Momota now improved his career record against Srikanth to 8-3. It was second quarterfinal defeat for Srikanth in as many weeks.
Indian coach Amrish Shinde was disappointed with the result but admitted that Sindhu fought gallantly.
Biju BabuCyriac, Displaying Her Trademark Grit, A Resurgent Nehwal Downs Sindhu For A Famous Triumph, April 16, 2018: The Times of India
Saina Nehwal beats PV Sindhu 21-18, 23-21, at the Commonwealth Games, 2018
From: Biju BabuCyriac, Displaying Her Trademark Grit, A Resurgent Nehwal Downs Sindhu For A Famous Triumph, April 16, 2018: The Times of India
One is the pathbreaker in the sport in India. The other, the opponent, is the new sensation. And when the two clashed in the final of women’s badminton at the Commonwealth Games here, spectators the world over got nearly an hour of exhilarating edge-ofthe-seat action. Former World No. 1 Saina Nehwal gave a master-class of attacking badminton to win India’s 26th gold, beating teammate and Olympic silver medallist PV Sindhu on the final day at the Games here on Sunday.
It was one of India’s bestever showing in a Games abroad — 26 gold, 20 silver and 20 bronze, across nine disciplines. And fittingly, India’s final gold came from the pioneering shuttler Saina, who beat Sindhu in 21-18, 23-21 in the final. The 56-minute blockbuster got the fans on the edge of their seats at the Carrara Sports Arena as the two of the world’s best players traded rallies — the best being a 64-stroke heart-stopper in the second game — and fought tooth and nail for each point.
It was a clash of contrasting styles. Saina, who opened the proceedings, took a 6-4 lead in the first game forcing the point with a superb crosscourt drop after dictating terms in a long rally. Soon she was stretching her lead to 12-6 but an agitated Sindhu pulled the next three points back to narrow the gap to 9-12.
Saina, appearing more agile now after having shed some weight during her preparations for Gold Coast, then forced an error from Sindhu at the net but the lanky Hyderabadi returned the compliment to stay in the hunt at 11-16. Even as Sindhu tried to wriggle out of the corner, Saina moved ahead to 20-14 and set up six game points. Sindhu now found a different gear to race up with her experienced teammate saving four game points, but Saina was only waiting for her chance and pulled the trigger smashing the winner to an open court to take the first game at 21-18.
The start of the second game saw Saina drifting a bit and Sindhu did the needful to stretch her lead to 9-6 following a 39-stroke rally which Saina netted. A mix of Sindhu’s class and Saina’s errors helped her pull away to 15-10, but the latter was in no mood to let the momentum shift. She came up with series of powerful smashes that Sindhu couldn’t return.
At 14-15, Saina appeared to have the match under control, but Sindhu, who recovered from a minor injury, was in no mood to go down without a fight as she ran up to an 18-14 lead and then took it to 19-16. But Saina was not to let her attacking ways go and won a draining 64-shot rally, it lasted all of 68 seconds, before going level at 19-19.
Sindhu then served on game point but it was soon 20-20. Next it was Sindhu’s turn to save a match point but it was all over soon with Saina smashing away to victory getting past of the best of retrievals from Sindhu. It was an epic clash and in the end, her experience and a seemingly newfound ability from Saina came to fore announcing that a change of guard at the top will still take some time.
Srikanth ends second best
World No. 1 Kidambi Srikanth was forced to settle for silver after losing a riveting match in the men’s singles final to Malaysian Lee Chong Wei 21-19, 14-21, 14-21.
Chong Wei raced to a 5-0 lead in the opener but Srikanth, who beat the Malaysian in the team event here, caught up with the 36-year-old three-time Olympic silver medalist at 7-7. The next seven points saw an array of superb strokes from both the players. The two were again level at 15-15, 17-17 and 19-19 but Srikanth kept his nose in front finding vacant spots on the court. In the end, it was Srikanth who took the game at 21-19.
The second game, which saw a 42-stroke rally, began in the same fashion with both the players going for the deceptive angles and net flicks in addition to the power hitting. It was all even till the break at 11 but Chong Wei soon opened up a lead. The Malaysian opened up a big lead again in the third as Srikanth got buried under his errors. Chong Wei was up 7-1 in no time and from then on Srikanth had a hard time catching up.
India Open: PV Sindhu, sixth loss in a final since Olympics
Saumyajit Basu, Sindhu slips in the final, February 5, 2018: The Times of India
Zhang Is The New Champion; Shi Yuqi Claims Men’s Crown
In the end, a Chinese and an American of Chinese descent swept the honours on the final day.
After Shi Yuqi won the men’s singles title to become the first Chinese to do so in the India Open, Beiwan Zhang taught PV Sindhu such a bitter lesson that she refused to attend the customary aftermatch press meet on Sunday evening. For Sindhu, it was her sixth loss in a final since her Olympic silver, to go with two title wins.
Sindhu kept hopes alive till the very end but Zhang looked destined to write a beautiful story of her own. Having already scalped Saina Nehwal on Friday, she upstaged Sindhu 21-18, 11-21, 22-20 to win her first Tour title to fulfil a longcherished dream.
“I wanted to win a tour title this year,” the world No. 11 had said after her quarterfinal victory over Saina. That she could tilt the tightly-fought final game on Sunday her way, is something she would savour for long. “It is the best moment of my career,” the 27-old Zhang said after matching the world No. 4 point for point.
“I used the smash more than usual to quell Sindhu, who seemed to be under a lot of pressure. She was playing in front of the home crowd. I had nothing to lose,” said a beaming Zhang, before rushing off to catch the earliest flight out.
While the fifth seeded Zhang pocketed $26,250 and 9200 ranking points for her effort, Sindhu had to be content with $13,300 and 7800 ranking points.
Unlike Zhang, Shi Yuqi used the smash with rare precision to undo Chou Tien’s challenge. What Lin Dan couldn’t achieve in his few attempts, Yuqi did it in his first. “I am not a big fan of Super Dan,” said the champion moments after he calmly decimated Chou Tien Chen 21-18, 21-14. Even trailing till 17 in the first game, the 21-year old Chinese never looked ill at ease. Armed with an intelligent all-court game programmed by anticipation, Yuqi even returned Chou Tien’s supposed winners, much to the frustration of the Chinese Taipei player. He clocked four points on the bounce to reach game point and logged home the first with a lot of confidence.
In the second, however, Yuki didn’t let Chou Tien nose ahead. Consummately in control and using the smash only when absolutely sure of it being a winner, Yuki showed that his second singles title, after the French Open in 2016, was just a dawn of a shining day ahead. “He is sure to make the China’s Thomas Cup team,” said an official accompanying the China team.
RESULTS (ALL FINALS) — Men's singles 4-Shi Yuqi bt 3-Chou Tien Chen 21-18, 21-14 ; Women's singles 5-Beiwen Zhang bt 1-PV Sindhu 21-18, 11-21, 22-20; Men's doubles: 1-Marcus Gideon/ Kevin Sanjaya bt 4-Kim Astrup/Anders Skaarup Rasmussen 21-14, 21-16; Women's doubles: 3-Greysia Polii/ Apriyani Rahayu bt 2-Jongkolphan Kititharakul/Rawinda Prajongjai 21-18, 21-15; Mixed doubles: 5-Mathias Christiansen/ Christinna Pedersen bt Praveen Jordan/ Melati Daeva Oktavianti 21-14, 21-15.
Indonesia Open BWF
Manne Ratnakar, Sindhu, Prannoy bow out as Indian challenge ends, July 7, 2018: The Times of India
PV Sindhu and HS Prannoy bowed out in the quarterfinals of the Indonesia Open BWF World Tour Super 1000 tournament in Jakarta. With the exit of these two shuttlers, the Indian challenge ended in the $1.25 million tournament. Sindhu lost to China’s He Bingjiao 21-14, 21-15 and Shi Yuqi defeated Prannoy 21-17, 21-18.
Prannoy failed to win the big points towards the end of both games. At 18-18 in the second he committed unforced errors and surrendered the advantage to his Chinese rival. Sindhu failed to find her range even as Bingjiao controlled the game. The Indian kept pace with her rival till 10-10, thereafter it was Binjiao all the way. From 13-11, the Chinese girl raced ahead giving the Indian no chance to come back.
Not giving much lift to the bird, Binjiao restricted Sindhu from executing her trademark smashes or overhead drives. It was no different in the second game as Binjiao broke free from the 7th point to emerge victorious.
Japan Open BWF Tour Super 750
Manu-Sumeeth beat Olympics silver medallists
Manne Ratnakar, Stunning win for Manu-Sumeeth duo, September 13, 2018: The Times of India
Manu Attri and Sumeeth Reddy stunned Rio Olympics silver medallists Goh V Shem and Tan Wee Kiong 15-21, 23-21, 21-19 to make it to the pre-quarterfinals of the Japan Open BWF Tour Super 750 tournament in Tokyo.
The Indians saved a match point to beat the Malaysian in 54 minutes. Staring down the barrel at 19-20 in the second game, Manu-Sumeeth won two crucial points to force the decider. In the keenly-contested third game, the Indians trailed 17-19 but did well to seal the issue.
It was this killer instinct that was missing from this pair. At the Asian Games in Jakarta, the duo could have won a medal. Leading 20-18 in the third game, they lost to Chinese pair of Li Junhui and Liu Yuchen in the pre-quarterfinals.
“We are playing well now. We kept our nerves and supported each other. This victory will give us a lot of confidence for future,” Attri said. The world No. 28 Indians will face world No.18 Chinese pair of Qiang Tan and He Jiting in the second round. This would be the first meeting between the two teams.
The junior men’s doubles team of Satwiksairaj Rankireddy and Chirag Shetty and the women's outfit of Ashwini Ponnappa and Sikki Reddy lost their first round matches. While Satwik/Chirag lost to third-seeded Japanese Takeshi Kamura and Keigo Sonoda 12-21, 17-21, Ashwini-Sikki went down to South Korea’s Chang Ye Na and Jung Kyung Eun 17-21, 13-21.
PV Sindhu, Kidambi Srikanth, HS Prannoy and the mixed doubles duo of Pranaav Jerry Chopra and Sikki Reddy will play their second round matches. Sindhu faces Chin’s Gao Fangjie.
Sameer wins Swiss, Kashyap Austrian Open
February 26, 2018: The Times of India
Sameer Verma won the first biggest title for India in 2018 by emerging triumphant in the Swiss Open Super 300 badminton tournament in Basel on Sunday.
Though they reached the finals, neither Saina Nehwal (Indonesia Masters) nor PV Sindhu (India Open) could clinch the titles this season. But Sameer faced no such final blues as he notched up a fluent victory against former Jan O Jorgensen of Denmark 21-15, 21-13.
The Pullela Gopichand Academy trainee needed just 36 minutes to ease past the former world No.2. Jorgensen, who won the World Championships bronze in 2015, was out of sorts as Sameer looked in full low. Sameer started with a 3-0 lead in the first game and the closest Jorgensen came was at 10-12. Sameer then produced a five-point burst to took the issue beyond the Dane.
Sameer was even more dominant in the second game as he took off from 11-9 to 17-9 in one serve.
A few hours earlier about 720 kilomtres away from Basil, Sameer’s senior pro Parupalli Kashyap clinched the Austrian Open.
Ending a long title drought, Kashyap annexed the Austrian Open International Challenge title with a convincing victory against June Wei Cheam of Malaysia 23-21, 21-14. The 31-year-old, who was struggling to comeback after recurring injuries, was in complete control despite a tough first game.
Having enduring tough time ever since he won the Commonwealth Games men's singles gold at Glasgow in 2014, Kashyap is pleased with the victory.
“For any player it is important to win titles, I’ve to get into a habit of winning titles,” Kashyap told ToI from Vienna. The seasoned campaigner is always hailed as the shuttler who make rapid strides before the younger lot led by Kidambi Srikanth began dominating men's singles.
Kashyap always believes that he has several good years of badminton left in him. Even last year he reached the finals of US Open.
The shuttler now wants to focus on getting some ranking points which would help him improve his ranking. “With this win I will get some points which will help to improve my ranking. I am playing some tournaments in Europe next month. So I hope to continue this winning form there as well. I’ve to keep improving myself,” he said.
Sindhu, Prannoy bow out; Srikanth enters quarterfinals
September 14, 2018: The Times of India
Fatigue caught up with India’s premier shuttler PV Sindhu as she was upstaged in straight games but Kidambi Srikanth entered quarterfinals of the $700,000 Japan Open here Thursday. Sindhu was beaten by China’s Gao Fangjie in the women’s singles second round, her first preliminary exit in almost a year. The Indian went down fighting 18-2119-21in 55 minutes to the world no 14 Chinese. She had lost in the opening round at the Denmark Open in October 2017.
Former world no.1 Srikanth, however, didn’t break a sweat as he avenged his Asian Games loss to Hong Kong’s Wong Wing Ki Vincent with a clinical 21-15, 21-14 victory to enter the men’s singles quarterfinals. The seventhseeded Indian, who won a silver at the Commonwealth Games, will face Korea’s Lee Dong Keun next.
However, it was curtains for the other Indian in the men’s draw, HS Prannoy, as he went down to giant-killer Anthony Sinisuka Ginting. The world no.10 Indonesian defeated formidable Japanese Kento Momota and Olympic champion Chen Long at the Asian Games.
Sindhu, who has endured a hectic BWF season reaching five finals including three majors at CWG, World Championship and Asian Games, seemed mentally drained as errors crept into her game. The Indian put up a decent fight as she recovered from 2-8 down in the opening game but squandered a 17-14 lead.
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Shattered Warmers Become Global Mourners
It’s unsubtle, twice as long as it needs to be, it’s unashamedly smug, and worth watching.
Be patient with the start. (Click on the pic to go to PJTV)
Betrayed By Climategate, …
PJ TV
“It was supposed to be hot dammit!”
“I just had faith that everything wouldn’t work out…”
“This is how I knew was better than other people”
This is gratuitous “rubbing-it-in”.
Shattered Warmers Become Global Mourners, 10.0 out of 10 based on 1 rating
The short killer summary: The Skeptics Handbook. The most deadly point: The Missing Hot Spot.
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43 comments to Shattered Warmers Become Global Mourners
janama
beautiful, but so true – thanks for the link Jo.
Colin Henderson
In the beginning I believed, and having a broad science background decided to educate myself about global warming. This was in part motivated by my complete inability to to understand the physics behind how CO2 could trap heat. So three years ago I started reading, many books (pro) AGW, books on climate, articles on physical chemistry and heat exchange, etc. I read all the associated historic papers I could find, including Joseph Fourier’s 1824 summary of his work on global temperature regulation (a great read!). As all the lies got stripped away I continued to believe in global warming – thinking that people just didn’t understand its underlying mechanism. After finishing ‘The Deniers’ by Lawrence Solomon I remember my shock when I realized that global warming itself was also a lie!
So glad to have found your blog and realize that I am not the one who is delusional.
Colin in London, Ontario, Canada
Dean Turner
“Divinely created” is where this video totally lost me. It was quite funny for a while but as soon as the line about creation slipped out, it showed itself to be nothing more than a bible bashing crock.
BTW: Global warming is rubbish, but so is creation.
val majkus
Thanks for the link Jo; and relevant to this topic I’m sure you’ve all heard about Virginia Attorney General, Ken Cuccinelli’s investigation of alleged climate science fraudster, Michael Mann; here’s a link to a great article by John O’Sullivan How to Expose Post-Normal Junk Climate Science in Five Steps in which John (a legal advocate and writer who for several years has litigated in government corruption and conspiracy cases in both the US and Britain) examines the legal aspects of the case http://co2insanity.com/2010/05/07/how-to-expose-post-normal-junk-climate-science-in-five-steps/
and leave a comment
Gregoryno6
“It’s what made me better than other people and now it’s gone.”
Bullseye.
‘Chuckle’; Humour is the prerogative of the winners. It’s too bad the Monty Python boys are not still about, they would have made an absolute banquet out of AWG.
P Gosselin
Most, I have to say, haven’t yet gotten to that stage. They think that it’s still warming, but maybe not as much as Gore said it would.
Bulldust
I feel for the yoof that were brought up believeing this drivel, because they will be shocked to their foundations when they find out the truth:
http://www.abc.net.au/unleashed/stories/s2892022.htm
The funny thing is… I didn’t recognise the name of the author, but merely looking at the picture told me what the slant in the story was going to be. I wasn’t disappointed … my spidey sense is still working.
There’s a bit of a danger in insufferable smugness, that it causes the people who got it wrong to entrench themselves in their wrongness (and we must live with those people).
For example, I very much doubt that laughing at religious people ever encouraged one of them to reconsider their faith.
Ah but Tel… you ignore that it can be so much fun. If not for the religions of the world our hard working comedians would have so much less to talk about. I guess it was why politicians were invented… so we could diversify our sources of comedy.
Bulldust @ 8
I like the comment from Crispy:
Clearly relying on a government to do your bidding is not working. If you are so concerned about climate change… start a company or organization and provide cleaner products or do research into them. Getting the big man with the big stick to whip the world into shape for you and your ideas is just straight up dictatorship mentality. I don’t see why anyone else should help or fund you let alone the government. If anything the state will only use it for personal expansion. If your idea has legs and is credible it will gain legs… if it doesn’t it will get amputated. If climate change is an issue maybe take a jumper off if it is too warm or put one on if it is too cold. Outside of that… pushing me to pay for the popularity of your ideas through force is facism.
The fact which obviously escapes young Amanda and many like her is that the drive for improved efficiency is a fundamental part of Western capitalism. If it wasn’t, her personal computer would be the size of a warehouse.
She is young and naive yet… and she is yet to be released from the programming of her teachers in high school who probably played An Inconvenient Truth to her… poor thing. My hope is that one day she learns to think critically and wakes up from her stupor.
the Govt may have shelved the ETS for the moment but it still has a Renewable Energy Target designed to ensure that 20 per cent of Australia’s electricity supply will come from renewable sources by 2020 http://www.climatechange.gov.au/government/initiatives/renewable-target.aspx
how realistic is this and how much money will it cost us; here’s an article by Terry Cardwell who worked 25 years for the Electricity Commission of NSW working, commissioning and operating the various power units. His last commission was at the Munmorah Power Station near Newcastle, with four (very large!) 350 MW power generating units.
The Madness of King Rudd.
In 1994 they made a movie called ‘The Madness of King George.’ A true story about the eccentric and erratic behaviour of King George the 3rd of England, who exhibited increasing strange and eccentric behaviour, ignoring all logic and common sense to do as he wished.
In the near future they will no doubt be making another one based on the same behaviour of Kevin Rudd, called ‘The Madness of King Rudd.’
In spite of all the screaming facts from all corners of the globe that now has become apparent about renewable energy and global warming Kevin Rudd still refuses to listen or look at the truth and still declares that 20% of our power generation will be renewable energy.
——- IT IS PHYSICALLY IMPOSSIBLE TO DO THAT.
And if it was possible (and I repeat it is not) the influence from the unreliable wind or solar generators would cause instability in the power grid system as they continually change without any warning.
Also there would have to be a spinning reserve in the grid system in excess of 20%. plus normal spinning reserve to cover the largest unit ( in N.S.W. 660MWs) plus spare.
That reserve would be covered by thermal power station units backed off sufficiently in load to immediately pick up if required. This affects their generation efficiency as they are at maximum efficiency at full load. Thus increasing generation cost.
And no you cannot just ‘turn them on and off’ like light switches. To bring a coal fired thermal unit to at least mid load or better operating level can take up to twelve hours or more from a cold start.
Hot starts are quicker but are not good for the unit on a continuous basis. Generators are designed to stay on line and operating continuously and they normally do that for months on end. Usually more than a year requiring only normal service shutdowns.
The power grid system in any country is a very closely controlled, finely tuned and highly sensitive network that must maintain the system voltage and frequency within very fine limits.
To subject it to major (i.e.20%) unregulated continual variations in power input can create control problems and instability.
More gas turbine are being installed but these only have a relatively small output and are used for peak loads, not load control.
I read an article recently by a Melbourne university lecturer where he stated that coal fired thermal power generation units were slow and could not respond to load changes.
It is this type of erroneous completely wrong statements from someone who should know better, that deliberately mislead the community.
Coal fired thermal power generators can respond rapidly to system load changes and can cover the instant loss of the largest unit (660 megawatts) without instability being created in the system. It is this type of response that is required to compensate for the erratic output from wind and solar generators if they were to have a 20% input to the grid.
One wonders if Kevin Rudd has an ulterior motive for doing his best to destroy the power industry. Surely no one can be that blind and stupid to not see the glaring truth about the so called renewable energy farce.
It is not about what political persuasion or beliefs you have. It is about facts and the truth. Certainly anything cleaner or cheaper is welcomed but only IF it IS cheaper, NOT because the greenies or wind generator and solar array manufacturers say so.
The cost to install, operate and maintain them is very high. Wind generators have killed hundreds of thousands of birds with bird strikes throughout the world.
Here are some of those “screaming facts.’
In the early 1980s California was seduced by renewable energy and proceeded to offer subsidies to anyone wanting to erect a wind generator. This subsidy ceased in the late 1990s as they ran out of money due to bankruptcy.
By 2008 they had over 18000 wind generators scattered across California——————————-14000 of them no longer operate, some were cannibalised to keep the other running.
California power cost has now doubled. Their thermal power generation has increased continually to compensated for this disaster and the input from the wind generators, after 30 years of development,produces only 2.3% of California’s electricity. An extremely small percentage and erratic output.
There is also over 15000 birds killed per year by bird strikes from wind generators.
Spain also embraced renewable energy with wind generators and solar array farms. A recent detailed analysis found that for every job created by state-funded support of renewables, particularly wind energy, 2.2 jobs were lost. Each wind industry job created cost almost $2-million in subsidies.
They now have an unemployment rate of 19%. The cost of power has gone up 100% and they are forced to import power from other countries.
Germany has over 7000 wind generators with over 2500 wind generator failures last year alone. The German experience is no different. Der Spiegel reports that “Germany’s CO2 emissions haven’t been reduced by even a single gram,” and additional coal- and gas-fired
plants have been constructed to ensure reliable supply.
Sweden has 5000 wind generators and 2000 wind generator failures.
During the cold weather in Europe last December a large number of wind generators froze up and did not work at all. When they finally did they only generated 4% of their capacity.
Denmark, the world’s most wind-intensive nation, with more than 6,000 turbines generating 19% of its electricity, has yet to close a single fossil-fuel plant. It requires 50% more coal-generated electricity to cover wind power’s unpredictability, and pollution and carbon dioxide
emissions have risen by 36% in 2006 alone and continues to rise.. Its electricity generation costs are the highest in Europe.
Niels Gram of the Danish Federation of Industries says, “Windmills are a mistake and economically make no sense.”
Aase Madsen , the Chair of Energy Policy in the Danish Parliament, calls it “a terribly expensive disaster.”
Wind generators only generate an average of 30% of their capacity averaged over a month and are completely inconsistent, varying in output between zero and 70% and rarely reaching their maximum capacity.
For wind generators to provide 20% renewable energy in Australia there would have to be over 7000 of them assuming they were 5MW units with the usual generation capability of 30%.
Every Megawatt they generate would have to be backed up by a spinning reserve in the power grid system ready to compensate for their inconsistency. Which neutralises any advantage they may offer.
Wind generators are ideal for boats or isolated areas where they can charge a bank of wet cell batteries providing a continuous power supply. But are of great expense and are of no advantage to the power grid system.
Solar power Generation is in two forms.
Solar thermal generation is where the reflectors are concentrated on a central receiver which then heats a liquid such as sodium, which in turn heats the water to generate steam that drives a turbine coupled to a generator.
The problem is the heat is only available in strong sunlight and increases throughout the day and then falls off to nothing in the evening when there is insufficient sunlight to heat and drive the turbine. It then stops generating. This inactivity occurs for 14hrs of the day and the continual heating and cooling is not good for steam turbine operation.
These units, even though they cover a large area, only generate small amounts of power and add little to power demands.
Solar Electric Generation through solar array farms is more common where the panels generate power from sunlight stimulation. They are very expensive per kilowatt generated to install and require high maintenance to keep them clean and are susceptible to damage from storms and falling objects.
The total peak power generated in Australia is approximately 50,000MWs.
The World’s largest (currently) operating solar power generation plant is the Olmedilla Photovoltaic Park in Spain, and this needs an area of 250 hectares to generate 60MWs in bright sunlight. So let’s put this into perspective.
There are 100 hectares to the square kilometer, and using Olmedilla as a guide, one square kilometer will generate 24MWs.
Theoretically therefore, at maximum generation on a bright sunny day the generation of 10,000MWs to power 20% of Australia’s needs would require a solar array covering an area of 420 square kilometers – a massive area.
However because such a plant would only generate at approximately 20%-30% of its capacity measured over a year, the full size area needed would have to be five times larger, i.e. 2100 square kilometers.
Then there is a minor (?) problem: these plants do not generate at night!!
So, here are some hard facts about solar generation:
1. Supply is more consistent in continually sunny areas e.g. Saudi Arabia, Queensland, Africa, etc., therefore solar generation would not be very effective in areas such as U.K., Europe, Russia, etc. where it is far more overcast. Solar power requires bright sunlight for maximum performance. The output can vary dependent on how overcast it is.
2. Solar generation is only possible during daylight hours where there is sufficient sunlight, approximately eight to ten hours per day; therefore it does not generate anything for between 14 and 16 hours per day.
3. Output cannot be controlled except for changing angles of those arrays fitted with moving solar panels.
4. The supply is unreliable, although more consistent than wind generation which is notoriously unreliable and thermal, nuclear, or hydro power (if available) is required to carry sufficient reserve in the grid system to compensate for any changes in solar plant output due to any changes in sunlight during the day.
5. It is very expensive per kilowatt to install, and expensive per kilowatt to operate and maintain. The solar panel receivers have to be continuously kept clean of bird droppings, dust, and rubbish; and they can be damaged in severe weather (for example in the recent severe hailstorm in Melbourne).
As a power ‘add on’, solar ‘farms’ are useful but could never play anything more than a small part of the grid system because of their inflexible and unreliable nature. The same applies even more so to wind generators.
A note about solar power generation for your home:
The solar program subsidised by the federal government has an output of 1 to 1.5 kilowatts. Provided the sun shines brightly and there is no cloud cover.
The power usage of the average Australian family (i.e. 2 adults + 2 children) is approximately 3 to 4 kilowatts during the day and the additional power required would be drawn from the grid system
Even at night while you are asleep some 0.8 to 1.5 kilowatts is still required to keep things going, such as a refrigerator If you start to run things such as air-conditioning then inevitably your power demand must increase and all power is drawn from the power grid.
The cost of a 1.7kW system is somewhere between $7,000 & $8,000 after allowing for the present Australian Government subsidy. The cost before the subsidy is somewhere between $13,000 & $14,000.
The good news is that a far more efficient solar photovoltaic panels has been invented in Israel, and this is reported to be 400% more efficient than present panels. However these are still being tested and developed and not yet ready for general use.
Hydro Electric is the perfect Power Generation but we are using all available water resources and there is no more available to increase its capacity.
Hydro generation is 4.6% of total generation and can only run when there is sufficient water from spring snow melt and rain water.
Geothermal is good if you are in New Zealand but there is none in Australia except for the ‘Hot Rocks’ experiments which so far has only met with failure.
Tidal and wave Generation is being developed but would only have a very minor possible power generation capability for the foreseeable future. In the distant future (50 years) I believe we may develop it substantially.
Nuclear Power generation is proving throughout the world to be the ideal power generation system. Especially with the new revolutionary 4th generation Liquid fluoride Thorium Reactor systems that solves all the problems associated with nuclear power. LFTRs consume 100% of the thorium fed to them and can be started with spent fuel rods or old nuclear warheads.
LFTRs will inevitably be used as janitors cleaning up old nuclear waste.
A very exciting concept for power generation.
In the past three years the Rudd government has squandered billions of dollars on;
A. Clean coal technology. A complete failure.
B. Hot rocks programmes, Still struggling to get any form of result.
C. Power stations with CO2 deep storage. Massive cost for a teaspoon of power.
D. Renewable energy projects. Could never achieve a viable usage or cost.
E. Home Insulation programmes. A total waste of money and a disaster.
F. Solar Power on homes. Will have negligible effect on power generation.
All have been either a failure or worse a disaster as in the insulation program.
AND FOR WHY?
Oh yes that’s right !!! To reduce our ‘carbon footprint’. What a ridiculous name. One imagines a big black boot covered in graphite leaving a mess on the carpet. When they actually mean carbon dioxide emissions.
Carbon Dioxide the gas essential to all life and they call it a pollutant.
SO HOW DOES ALL THE ABOVE REDUCE CARBON DIOXIDE EMISSIONS.
Ah yes! By reducing the amount of electrical power from the thermal power stations that generate over 94% of our energy. Therefore reducing the CO2 coming out of the stacks.
Except for one minor point!!!!!!
In 2008-2009 Australia’s power stations produced approximately 276 billion kilowatt hours (TWh) of electricity*, 71.5% more than the 1990 level and growing at 4% pa.
This growth in production is normal and has not even dropped in the slightest due to the above programmes.
The power returned to the grid system from domestic solar panels would be an irritating and a very expensive teaspoon full in a 200 litre drum.
The federal and state governments have spent many billions of dollars of ours and our children’s economic future chasing butterflies.
One final point; NOT ONE of the doomsday predictions from as far back as 1979 has eventuated or proven to be true.
Global warming will be forever in our history as the biggest scam EVER perpetrated on mankind putting billions of dollars in the pockets of those that have promoted the scam and those ‘scientists’ that have been highly paid to come up with ‘positive’ results.
( Remember the computer 2000 millennium bug.)
The eruption of the volcano in Iceland that is emitting millions of tons of sulphur dioxide, ash and carbon dioxide daily make man’s efforts extremely puny and ridiculous.
The madness of the federal and state governments in this horrific waste of money must be stopped before they bankrupt the country.
sorry I can’t link to it; it’s not on the net
Allen Ford
Dear Shattered Warmers,
Boo hoo!
val majkus: @13
good post – just a correction – the 1.5kW home solar unit produces 9kW over 6 hours which covers the 3 -4kW consumption, (provided you have full sun all day) – the problem is the power company doesn’t need it because, as you rightly point out, they can’t turn their generators down to compensate.
thanks Janama for that comment; I’ve sent it to Terry Cardwell who wrote the article for his comment;
Wouldn’t the 1.5kW and 3-4kW numbers be hourly consumption? Heck I run two PC’s that have 500watt power supplies in them, and that’s just for starters. Then there’s the electric hot water system, fridge, plasma, electric induction stove, lights etc…
If you are talking a rate of consumption the convention is to use kW… whereas total energy consumption is based on kWh.
e.g. my last Synergy bill for 63 days usage was 1139 + 357 units = 1496 units
I am pretty sure that 1 unit = 1 kWh
So that puts my average daily usage at 1496 / 63 = 23.75 kWh. Given that the two of us are often out or working/sleeping, you figure that is 2-3kW per hour for when we are at home using the PC’s, cooking, watching TV etc. Sounds about right for an apartment. Given that the typical household is a house I would expect their consumption to be higher are around 3-4kW per hour. So I think the original statement rings true.
Janama; Terry says the 1.5kw is PER HOUR. That is the power generated. Total daily power would be 9 to 12kws.
Here’s what he said:
The power usage of the average Australian family (i.e. 2 adults + 2 children) is approximately 3 to 4 kilowatts during the day
it’s all a bit vague – I do know the solar kits are 1.5kW output (1.575kW to be precise) from 9 x 175W panels. The average sunlight in the mid NSW latitude is around 6 hours per day hence 9kW/day.
My own consumption is more like Bulldust suggested – 12.86kW – and I’m a single dweller.
the real joke is that I pay $3.28c per day (3.92C/kW). The solar panel person will receive 60c/kW from the government! so they will have an income of 9x.60c = $5.40c which will well and truly cover their additional electricity costs.
Val et al
The rating you mention is 1.5 kW – which means it generates 1.5 kWh per hour AT FULL LOAD. Obviously this relies on how sunny it is at the time. In Perth, Australia, we have a 2.3 kW system on the roof at home. Over the year it generates about 10kWh per day. Power costs A$0.17/kWh so the solar array is producing about A$1.70 of power per day on average. The system cost us about A$21,000 so it isn’t a very good investment. Rule of thumb for Perth is about 4.25 kWh per day per kW of installed capacity.
By the way, solar panels lose efficiency when they get hot. The rated capacity is based on 20 degrees celcius – on the roof on a hot sunny day here it can be 50 or so. (The photovoltaic cell also heats up nicely as a black panel ;( .) Which means the solar panels don’t run to capacity when the sun is peaking.
Plus, the inverter has a life of about 5 – 10 years, after which we’re up for another $2000.
As always, it’s not quite as simple as the greenies tell us.
It’s the equivalent of me going to my local corner store and insisting that the government has determined that they purchase my home made ice cream for $60.00 even though they sell it for $3.92. it’s a farce!
Anyway.. minor corrections here and there aside, I think we all agree that solar power is ridiculously overpriced at the moment and can in no way reduce the load on the Aussie grid for the foreseeable future. This is hardly news to anyone that pays attention to the facts… unfortunately the Greens run their party based on ideology and the politicians have to weigh that into their decision making, especially around election time when preference systems become important factors in political life.
Until someone makes the courageous political decision to allow nuclear power installations in Australia we won’t be making significant reductions to our CO2 emissions. At best you can hope for a transition from coal-fired to gas-fired stations and reducing emissions that way. Not that I am suggesting CO2 emissions are a problrm, of course… that was a hypothetical statement. Besides there is no way WA will be installing major gas-fired electricity generators until the price of NWS gas contracts drop significantly. That won’t happen unless we can enforce the domestic supply from the new LNG projects in the near future.
It is an interesting exercise, by the way, to compare domgas supply prices versus what the householder pays for gas. You’d be amazed at the markup.
val majkus @13
About the Melbourne University lecturer: Mate he’s a University lecturer he doesn’t need to check his facts. The facts are whatever he says, and if any of his students question him he will mark them down.
How do you think the situation got where it is in the first place. These guys are feudal lords in their own little kingdoms, and no one dares question them.
They are literally the kings of the kids. Which is why, now that they have come out and started trying to tell adults what to do, they are shocked and stunned that they are being questioned.
J.Hansford
“This is gratuitous “rubbing-it-in”.”……… Deservedly so, I might add;-)
Our household (2 adults + 3 kids) uses about 30-35 kWh/day. This is about 30 times less than Al Gore’s domestic electricity consumption.
I find that it is impossible to get kids to turn off lights, computers and TV’s unless you get severely antisocial at them. In the end, it was easier for me to install a solar cell and yell at that instead – the PV array seems to take more notice of me than the kids do…
Ronnell
Shocker: Solar panel manufacturing creates potent GHG’s
http://wattsupwiththat.com/2008/10/27/shocker-solar-panel-manufacturing-creates-potent-ghgs/
Louis Hissink
Speedy @ 20
So you have had your Damascene experience re solar cells? I started using them in 1995 to run my small field camp in the north Kimberley. Two panels 80 watts each, 2 6 volt Trojans, and a portable fridge that only needed 2 amps or so to run.
Now I use unisolar panels that are heat tolerant on the top of the caravan, peak sun gives me 16 amps, with another two angled 45 degrees facing west to capture the setting sun, so I should be getting 12 amps continuously from 10 am to sundown.
But I have not had the time to monitor the system but from experience solar power is not what the Greens think it is.
I am more interested in working out how to tap into the Earth’s ambient electric field of 100v per vertical metre.
Jo,
Thanks for this thought-inspiring clip. It got me to wondering what made the AGW so attractive to begin with. I think I’ve figured it out.
I wrote small piece about this at my site.
Rereke Whaakaro
Louis Hissink: #27
Best of luck there, old son. Like a lot of folks I could mention, the ambient electric field is all potential, but nowt else.
It is all about the air not being a good conductor, and stuff like that.
You can trust me in this, I am an Engineer.
Rereke @ #29
I recall a young Australian school child (girl) doing a physics assignment and she decided to make a solenoid – problem is that solenoids with a single layer of coiled wire are not linear. For reasons she could not explain, she wound it differently and ended up with a soloneid with a pronounced bulge in the centre. Result was a solenoid that exhibited linear behaviour. The news article reporting mentioned that she cracked something engineers etc couldn’t.
But thanks for the good wishes – all it needs is a little lateral thinking, I suspect.
Seems no one but Speedy got the units right. kW per hour was especially disturbing. At least I know what was meant so never mind.
Waylander
Bulldust@ 8
I followed up your link and You were right . Picture was a dead giveaway , I read through some of the comments and noticed You were in there ,swinging away at the AGWists with logic . Poor bastards , they`re not used to logic and independant thought. Still , if they`re going to try to pass of their religion as science , it serves `em right .
Brian G Valentine
This video is a lot of fun, but unfortunately not the realistic response from global warmers.
The actual response has been, to redouble their attacks on the “deniers” as if more forcible attacks on them would make their sincere desire for “man-made global warming” come true
The alarmists have two things on their side. firstly climate is always changing, and secondly, most people are susceptible to scares. But scares are normally soon found out and if they are genuine then people manage them. If they are a long time being identified as false and the very enquiry generates income for people, then the supporter of the scare becomes entrenched emotionally and economically.If you then add a superstructure of dumb but powerful politicians you have a dangerous mixture. When it all goes wrong the withdrawl can be painful, expensive, and long drawn out. Lucky are those who haven’t invested a cent/dollar in green ideas. Soon to be poorest are those who have invested fortunes.
I talked with a friend about unusual units mentioned above and he came up with an explanation I would like to share.
Let 1gor = 1kW/h
Now one can think of a gor producing device (gorgon) and a gor consuming device (gorge) with interesting properties. Both devices when operating (even independently) lead to runaway warming (but never cooling) which easily reach a million degrees beyond our feet.
Is it possible that our climate scientists are using gores in their models…
Sorry, couldn’t resist.
… the 1.5kW home solar unit produces 9kW over 6 hours which covers the 3 -4kW consumption, (provided you have full sun all day) – the problem is the power company doesn’t need it because, as you rightly point out, they can’t turn their generators down to compensate.
At least in New South Wales we have a number of gas turbine power stations and they switch on and off quite rapidly. Gas is relatively cheap and easy to transport and the gas turbine stations tend to be smaller than the coal plants. They are an excellent choice for standby power (if you have plenty of gas, like we do).
If we could get cheap, high efficiency solar cells onto regular household roofs it would not solve our energy problems but it would be well worth doing, just to reduce coal consumption (which will eventually run out). The current problem is that solar cells are very expensive, and not dropping in price at the same rate as other technology (e.g. laptops, phones, TV sets, etc).
Bernd Felsche
Tel @36:
First, there is plenty of coal in Australia for electricity generation. Estimated reserve 100+ years.
Gas and oil are another issue.
Solar is very inefficient in terms of the total cost to provide supply capacity. Short of hiring lawyers to pedal bicyle generators, I can’t imagine anything sillier for domestic electricity consumption where it’s easy to be grid-connected.
“Renewable” energy sources that are intermittent and essentially unpredictable are impossible to integrate into the supply grid in any significant quantity. E.On’s wind energy reports of 2005 and 2006 (IIRC) outlined the extensive experience with integrating substantial wind power into the supply grid. Surges and sudden lulls have produced waves of power outages across Europe already, simply because the grid cannot manage such rapid changes in generated energy.
It’s a control system problem. Control systems designed and built to cope with a few managed generators and many consumers do not scale well to also having many unmanaged generators added.
Moreover, E.On’s later report indicates that the supplier has to provide 90% shadow capacity for all renewables, which end to be gas-fired because they have to respond quickly to respond to a supply gap/surplus as wind/solar varies.
Gas-fired power generation is somewhat less efficient than coal-fired, so the cost of supply is higher. Suppliers pass on all cost increases (and then some) to consumers.
Keep in mind that the high cost of electricity has already resulted in many of the most energy-intensive manufacturing industries in the EU being moved to other locations. Leaving hundreds of thousands without a job. The EU is now exposed to the vagaries of cost fluctuations in “unstable” economies, reducing the viability of other manufacturers that rely on those materials. e.g. they have to pay about 20% more for the stuff now than what they did a year ago, simply because of exchange-rate fluctuations.
Affordable energy is a fundamental component of any viable, independent economy.
Terence Cardwell
Bernd in correct in mostly what he says except;
A. There is over 380 years of coal in Australia at current usage and export, plus areas not yet further explored. B. Gas firing is not less efficient but it is far more expensive. C. Coal fired power station are just as responsive as gas fired stations. D. The grid system does not manage the generators. The generators control the system and maintain system voltage and frequency automatically by continually varying load on units selected for frequency control. otherwise spot on Bernd.
Do you ever hear an AGW believer talking about voluntarily and radically reducing their personal consumption? Do any of these people start saving the world by getting rid of all non-essentials? One of the reasons I am skeptical is that I don’t see a change in behaviour befitting the belief (i.e. they practise hypocrisy).
I looked into alternative power supply for my property. My motivation being “security” of supply, since I life rurally and am the last property on the grid with a 1km lead from the road to the house.
With solar water heating I would have had to replace my hot water cylinder and the current location was unsuitable, so I would have been up for a lot of expense that made it non-viable. To convert to photovoltaic with wind and back up diesel generation, I would have needed to install a massive bank of batteries that would need replacing after a ridiculously short term. On top of that I would have had to convert all my lighting to 12V and replace all my appliances with low power consumption units. When I added up the capital cost involved and then worked out the interest on the capital involved it proved to be very expensive compared with staying on the grid and risking the possibility of an extended outage.
Some might have applied the precautionary principle – but I applied the economic principle.
Terence @38:
Figures vary … (PPT) page 14ff put coal-fired efficiency at up to 47% and gas (without combined cycle) at up to 42% with boiler and a couple of percent lower with turbines. Turbines are generally used to respond to rapidly-changing supply-demand variations, and therefore the preferred means for shadow capacity provision with wind turbines and solar in the grid.
Other (PDF) document to read shows relative, international scales of power generation.
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Jim Reedy
Bernd Felsche and Terence Cardwell
Also of course if you take into account nuclear (and why wouldn’t you) Australia has millenia of cheap power in front of it.
Why spend money on renewable at this time?
Are those people in the video for real? Seems a little overdramatic and staged to me. If they are real, all I can say is Schadenfreude!
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More than 25 years making music, the Melvins are credited with influencing scores of bands (including Nirvana and Soundgarden) but no one sounds just like them. Their creations are grungy, often slow but still powerful and slide into sludgy metal territory occasionally. They have two drummers in what is currently a four member outfit (got to expect a few line up changes in two and a half decades) who have been together for three albums now.
On The Bride Screamed Murder the Melvins are, if not experimental, at the very least non traditional in their music arrangements. There’s never a sense of
bowing to any kind of convention in the music. When voice is used, it’s as an instrument itself, not as a way of conveying opinion or an observation set to music, and they don’t stick to one time signature or tempo. If you’re unprepared for this, the way the songs play out is disorienting. My first listen of The Bride Screamed Murder, particularly the first two tracks, left me wondering what was going on. ‘Evil New War God’ comes to an almost dead stop before changing direction. I thought it had skipped to track three but it was still the same song.
Despite my initial confusion, there was enough I recognised as good music to want to go back and listen again. Each play of the record, the confusion was lessened, giving way to a realisation of the planned complexities in the music. This is definitely an LP that grows on you, whose creativity and intelligence is revealed as you get to know it better. The more you listen, the more you like it until it becomes addictive. Stand out tracks were ‘Pig House’ which is a more traditional rock style arrangement, and ‘Electric Flower’ which has a serious, disciplined feel, opening with arpeggios that get sideswiped by powerful riffs, building a sense of dark anticipation that is broken down by explosive voice work. These elements are then repeated, each time in different ways, the anticipation rebuilding before being destroyed again throughout the song. This is in no way typical of other tracks though, which are just as likely to leave you hanging, slowing down and bringing in strange new elements from the top of the keyboard and what sure sounds like puppies squealing (‘Hospital Up’) until the song drops off.
There is a quote by Franz Kafka that goes something like this… You do not need to leave your room. Remain sitting at your table and listen. Do not even listen, simply wait, be quite still and solitary. The world will freely offer itself to you -to be unmasked, it has no choice, it will roll in ecstasy at your feet. This is how you need to listen to The Bride Screamed Murder. With full attention, without preconceptions, until its brilliance is freely revealed.
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"Landlords and their aides can do EXACTLY as they please - and Thou will not challenge one of John Prescott's departments. If you do, we'll make you pay for it. You'll see with whom the power rests" (My perception of events in 2004)
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Local Government OMbudsman - Re. Jefferson House, 11 Basil St, London SW3 1AX
In reading this page on the Local Government Ombudsman remember that the ROOT CAUSE for his actions and lack of action is a thoroughly evil, greed-ridden, vampiric, multi-criminal Rachman crook, Andrew David Ladsky...
...- deciding, with his gang of racketeers (1) that I (and fellow leaseholders) would be made to pay for:
(2) Amazingly, by 2016, they had 'disappeared': Gerrard # 30
...that was: "categorically NOT going to be built" (Brian Gale, MRICS, 13.12.02 "Expert Witness" report to the tribunal - # 7.1),
...sold for £3.9 million (US$6.9m) in Dec 05, and on the market in Oct 07, for £6.5m (US$11.5m)
For whom the Local Government Ombudsman joined the other assassins - in saying:
Yes! Of course! O' Great One!
In reading this page, remember also the claims by the then Prime Minister, David Cameron - in Jan 12:
"...Britain...[has a] well regarded legal systems and...a long and exemplary record on human rights..."
"We are not and never will be a country that walks on by while human rights are trampled into the dust"
(But then, the UK's Human Rights Act excludes 2 critical articles: Article 1 - Obligation to respect Human Rights; Article 13 - Right to an effective remedy = the Act is a sham).
(1)- My 17.09.04 complaint against Kensington and Chelsea Housing.
(2)- Local government and Local Government Ombudsman report to the same minister.
(3)- The corrupt henchman, Patrick Moriarty, decided to 'punish me' by dishing out a hefty dose of criminal psychological harassment.
(4)- The little dictator appeared to have had his cage rattled.
(5)- The evidence demonstrates that, like the Legal Government Ombudsman, Kensington & Chelsea Housing had also opted for 'punishment'.
(6)- (Moved to # 5, above).
(7)- At the end of August 2006, I finally obtained some of the missing information to the 2002 and 2003 'accounts' showing that a massive fraud had taken place.
Was Patrick Moriarty, Investigator, Local Government Ombudsman, aware of this at the beginning of 2005 when he challenged me on my claim that the accounts were not compliant with my Lease, as well as legislation? I am inclined to say: YES!
The last letter was a typical 'Get Lost!', and 'Do it yourself!'
The Local Government Ombudsman (LGO) is the department 'officially' positioned to address complaints against local government. Officially in inverted commas - for the reasons detailed on this page.
My first contact with this department was in Jun 02, with Jack McKenna, when I complained about the fact that the Kensington & Chelsea Planning department had granted a 13.11.01 application to 'Steel Services' (= Andrew David Ladsky) to build a penthouse. It breached the maximum permitted height of the building.
The outcome was a continuation of the treatment dished out to me by the planning department: 'Get lost!'; 'Sort it out yourself!' (Planning # 3 ; Doc library # 5.2).
My second contact with the department started in Sep 04 when I sent Jerry White, LGO, a complaint against Kensington & Chelsea housing, as it still had not helped me get the year-end accounts, as well as trustee accounts for Jefferson House (KC from # 1).
My dealings were then with Patrick Moriarty, Investigator, Local Government Ombudsman.
(1)- I was 'daring' to challenge my employees (as a taxpayer): Patrick Moriarty's mates in the council, and then Moriarty himself;
(2)- my having the information I was asking for - to which I was legally entitled - would add very damning proof of the corruption by the judiciary (# 3, below);
...- these self-important, ego-crazed, power-corrupted monsters decided to punish me by indulging further in the criminal psychological harassment tactics...
- thereby aiding and abetting the ongoing harassment I was being subjected to by Andrew David Ladsky and his gang of racketeers.
The way I was, yet again, treated, reflects the perception of the Establishment and of its henchmen (like e.g. the LGO) of the 'little people' 'like me' - who 'dare' to stand-up against their, and hangers-on's belief of being entitled to self-enrichment at the expense of 'the little people' - as:
pieces of dirt, non-entities who do not have the right to have rights, there to be used, abused and tormented at will - BY ALL...
...with women, in particular, perceived as ideal targets for ill-treatment.
My battle with the Local Government Ombudsman and Kensington and Chelsea Housing spanned nearly one year, and cost me:
c. 300 hours of my life (based on a 35-hour week = 9 weeks), and
c.£600 (US$1,060) in costs
(See Doc library # 5.3 and # 5.4)
As I discovered subsequently: I am not alone in my dissatisfaction with the LGO -
see 'Campaign against bias and maladministration in the Local Government Ombudsman Service' http://www.ombudsmanwatch.org; Ombudsman Watcher's Resource Centre.
Of note, from the European Court of Human Rights case, E v UK (2003) 36 EHRR 31 (para.112):
"the Local Government Ombudsman was incapable of providing an effective remedy as it only had the power to make recommendations"
The European Court determined the same thing in relation to the Parliamentary Ombudsman.
In her 2015 speech, (The Guardian) Her Majesty The Queen announced a "Draft public services ombudsman bill":
"This will merge the existing parliamentary and health service ombudsman with the local government and potentially the housing ombudsmen’s offices." (1)
"The ombudsman is where the public can appeal over the way their complaint has been handled by local services." (2)
(1)- Making it easier to share the 'Get Lost' template for the 'replies' to complainants;
or, as succinctly summed-up by the epitome of the British Establishment, Boris Johnson, then Mayor of London and Head of the Mayor's Office for Policing and Crime, in his reply to a taxi driver, on 18 Jun 15: "Fuck off and die!"
(2)- Oh! Yeah! "They can appeal"
= Waste their time and money, not to mention, add to their anguish, distress and sense of being treated, in this island-Kingdom, like a piece of dirt, a non-entity who does not have the right to have rights - there to used, abused and tormented at will - by ALL...
....- as undeniably demonstrated by my experience with the local government ombudsman (i), and with the parliamentary ombudsman (ii).
(i)- And other people's experience.
(ii)- And yet more people's experience.
I headed my 17.09.04 complaint to the Local Government Ombudsman against Kensington & Chelsea Housing department with:
"Evasion of its duty under Section 34 of the Landlord & Tenant Act 1985, which states: "Proceedings for an offence under any provision of this Act may be brought by a local housing authority"
and backed-it up with 11documents.
Under para.16, I wrote,
"As so common nowadays with government departments, I have had to push and chase every step of the way.
(If I adopted the same attitude when they ask me to pay for my council tax, no doubt they would not waste any time prosecuting me)"
The 21.09.04 acknowledgment from the Local Government Ombudsman stated:
a reference number for my complaint; and
You should hear from us within the next eight weeks as to whether we will pursue your complaint"
In his 05.10.04 letter, Patrick Moriarty, Investigator, Local Government Ombudsman, informed me:
"...the Local Government Ombudsman [*] has asked me to consider your complaint..."
"...you first made a complaint about the service the Council was giving you when you wrote to Councillor Ritchie on 30 August 2004 [K&C # 2.3]"
So it seems to me the Council may not yet have had a reasonable opportunity to deal with your complaint." (1)
"For the moment you need take no further action on your complaint.
Once the Council has considered your complaint, if you are still unhappy, please send me the papers and say why you are dissatisfied".
"If I do not hear from you within the next 8 weeks [2], I will write to you again to see if you are satisfied with the outcome"
[*] Identified on the letter as Tony Redmond.
(1)- (i)- By then it was 6 weeks since Shireen Ritchie had forwarded my letter to Gerald Wild, Chief Housing Officer (her 02.09.04 email).
(ii)- I had been chasing Wild by email and a phone call and, by 15 Sep, he had not established contact with me.
(iii)- Moriarty knew from my 17.09.04 complaint that I had first started to complain in my 06.08.04 letter to John Hutchings, Tenancy Relations Officer, about his fobbing off excuse: "we can't do anything because Steel Services is registered in the BVI"
My 06.08.04 reply had evidently thrown a spanner in the works of the cabal as - typically - it went into silent mode (K&C # 2.2).
(2)- "8 weeks" - For me, this rung the alarm bell to 'very loud' as, by then it was:
10 weeks since Hutchings had sent a 25.06.04 s.21 Notice to MRJ, cc'd CKFT - quoting the legal requirements to comply with the demand "within 21 days" (!!!) (K&C # 2);
4 months had elapsed since I had first approached the Housing department by letter of 06.06.04 (K&C # 1)
Because Patrick Moriarty's above letter had rung the alarm bell for me,...
...it led me to explore where exactly the Local Government Ombudsman fitted within the government organisational structure, and to discover that (at the time) it came under...
Nick Raynsford who also had responsibility for Local Government.
(Raynsford came under John Prescott i.e. part of the Office of the Deputy Prime Minister).
While I admit to not knowing the detail of the activities, this looked to me like a conflict of interest (similar to e.g. the Law Society, Bar Council, RICS, ICAEW, etc. being both, trade associations and so-called 'regulatory' bodies...
- which leads to the standard 'Get lost!' verdict - and no point going anywhere else, as they have implicit / explicit 'Memorandums of Understanding' e.g. Law Society and police (copy)).
Hence, from then on, I knew that my complaint was a dead duck - but I was not going to let them mess me around.
I then received a 15.10.04 letter from Gerald Wild, Chief Housing Officer, Kensington Housing.
As discussed under the section (K&C # 2.4), by then, I had become extremely tired of the pushback = 'Get lost!' letters I kept receiving from government departments I turned to for assistance (Summary of my complaints).
On the upside, they had made me aware of the psychological manipulation tactics and tricks used by these departments to get rid of 'persistent' people like me.
Hence, to short-circuit my being made to go through any more 'loops' all with the aim of wearing me down so that I gave up, I made it bluntly clear in my (8-page) 11.11.04 reply that I understood the underlying strategy.
(What also prompted me to make the various comments was my experience with the then London Leasehold Valuation Tribunal (Overview # 2). Like Local Government, it also reported to the then head of the department, John Prescott).
After Gerald Wild's letter, I received a 25.10.04 ridiculous request for documents 'from' John Hutchings, Tenancy Relations Officer, Kensington Housing, that was clearly intended to add to the criminal psychological harassment (KC # 2.5).
I played the game. To address the request required my writing this 11.11.04 42-page document, I supported with a c.170-page bundle of 135 enclosures. As in the case of 5 council individuals, I copied Moriarty on the letter, as well as the enclosures, and also copied him on my 11.11.04 reply to Gerald Wild.
In my 11.11.04 covering letter to the LGO Jerry White (wrongly addressed; see below)) , I stated:
"It is now more than 5 months since I first contacted the RBK&C Housing Department for assistance in obtaining the 2002 and 2003 year-end accounts for Jefferson House."
"The amount of time that has elapsed, as well the content of the 15 October 2004 letter from Mr Gerald Wild, Chief Housing Officer, lead me to the crystal clear conclusion that the department does not intend to assist."
"In order to prevent unnecessary communication, I should add that 'yes, the name of your department makes your coverage and remit absolutely clear' - and additional clarity is provided by the fact that your unit comes under Mr Nick Raynsford's department which also comprises 'Local Government'"
As can be seen below, these letters 'did not go down well' among the ego-crazed, power-corrupted elements.
The outcome of the above was that the corrupt henchman, Patrick Moriarty, Investigator, Local Government Ombudsman, in tandem with his mates in the council decided to punish me...
for, I assume, being a 'daring', insignificant 'Prole', a 'nobody', an "Oik" - or other perceptions in a similar vein - who had 'the audacity' to do that to the 'great' 'almighty' public sector staff.
However, there was another factor also at play: the usual public sector automatic siding and closing of rank in order to protect its tribe members:
(1)- between the council and Moriarty - as evidenced in Moriarty's initial letter of 05.10.04 (# 1, above) that was pre my letters challenging their 'Get lost!';
(2)- between them and the local corrupt 'brothers' in West London County Court and Wandsworth County Court who were still in the process of actively helping 'the brother' Andrew David Ladsky rip-off the Jefferson House leaseholders.
Therefore, they and Ladsky did not want me to have the 'accounts' (as can also seen below, under # 7), because I knew that he and his gang of racketeers had lied to the leaseholders in order to defraud them (Overview from # 1 to # 3)...
- and I knew this for a fact - as I had been challenging the demand in the London tribunal: # 4.
(With my 25.06.04 letter to Hutchings I had provided him with evidence of the fraud (K&C # 2); I had done the same thing with Shireen Ritchie: K&C # 2.3; and then provided ALL with a large amount of supporting evidence in my 11 Nov 04 letter to John Hutchings: # 2, above).
Also, at the time, I was battling with both courts, and had sent a 29.06.04 'cry for help' to Lord Falconer of Thoroton (snapshots under Doc library # 1.3 , # 1.4 , # 1.5)...which would have translated among the tribe as: 'more reasons to help'.
It all amounted to the Establishment typically closing rank with the objective of blocking information that would help expose the part it played in the criminal activities (Overview ; Extortion).
Patrick Moriarty, Investigator, Local Government Ombudsman, copied me on his 16.11.04 email to Gifty Elida, Director of Law and Administration, Kensington & Chelsea council - in which he stated:
"I referred this complaint to you on 5 October as a premature complaint [1] and I have seen a copy of the response [KC # 2.4] which was sent to the complainant."
"The complainant has written to us again saying she is not satisfied with this response and asking us to investigate her complaint."
"We will treat this as a new complaint which will be registered in due course." (2) (3)
But reading the copy correspondence you have sent, it seems that the council gave a deadline of 29 October to the landlord and intended to review its decision on prosecution after that date had passed." (3)
"There is presently a six week delay in allocating complaints to an investigator..." (2)
It was clear to me that I was the prime addressee for this email.
(1)- "premature"?!? I repeat my comments # 2, under # 1, above i.e. that by 5 Oct 04, it was:
It amounted to blatant endorsement of the council's appalling conduct.
(2)- Why "treat it as a new complaint"? The council was using bogus excuses, tricks and get out clauses, to avoid performing its statutory duty; that was certainly part of the same complaint.
I repeat my above comments.
(3)- "giving a 29 October deadline" (as stated in Gerald Wild's 15.10.04 letter: K&C # 2.4)...
... when they had quoted legislation, nearly 5 months previously, that "the landlord has 21 days to respond"
Secondly, the '29th October deadline' had passed more than 2 weeks previously. Perhaps it was '29th October' of the following year, or of the year after that,...?
The collusion and conspiring with Andrew David Ladsky and his gang of racketeers were glaringly obvious.
In my 17.11.04 email, I replied to Moriarty that, given the contents of his (above) 05.10.04 letter, I assumed that an error had been made.
To this, Patrick Moriarty, Investigator, Local Government Ombudsman, replied, on the same day, in his (11h03) 17.11.04 email:
"No the statement you quoted is not an error.
Your complaint was closed as a 'premature' complaint on 5 October and sent to the council for it to put through its complaint procedures."
"Premature": I repeat my above comments # 3.
Moriarty's email of 17.11.04 (cont'd):
"You were asked to contact us again if, when the council had considered your complaint, you remained dissatisfied with its response." (1)
Your letter of 11 November to Mr White, the Local Government Ombudsman in Coventry, was passed to me to carry out a preliminary screening as I was the officer who considered your original complaint."
It seemed to me your letter [K&C # 2.4] was an expression of dissatisfaction with the Council's response to your complaint which I took to be its letter to you dated 15 October.
For that reason I decided that your letter be registered as a new complaint (which it must be as your old complaint is closed)". (2)
At the time the complaint was unregistered, and currently there is a delay of about six weeks between receipt of a complaint and its allocation to an investigator." (3)
"At that time I, or whichever investigator is allocated, will consider if it is a complaint the Ombudsman should pursue [4] - at that stage, for example, checks are carried out to confirm that the complaint is in the Ombudsman' jurisdiction." (3)
(1)- Moriarty's (above) 05.10.04 letter - that stated: Once the Council has considered your complaint, if you are still unhappy, please send me the papers and say why you are dissatisfied"
It was glaringly obvious 'from' Gerald Wild's 15.10.04 letter that the council was not going to action my complaint - and more to the point: that it was not going to perform its statutory remit (K&C # 2.4).
This was continuing to be confirmed not only by Patrick Moriarty, but also the following month, in the 16.12.04 letter 'from' Jean Daintith, Executive Director (K&C # 2.6).
(2)- I repeat my above Comment # 2.
(3)- Moriarty ought to have passed the public sector-run courses on How to Frustrate and discourage complaints (header 2) and dish out criminal psychological harassment - with flying colours.
(4)- 2 months since my 17.09.04 detailed complaint - and they still 'had not determined' "whether it is a complaint that the Ombudsman should pursue"!!!
What a mafia of thoroughly evil, rotten to the core monsters!
All of them sure make a perfect match with Andrew David Ladsky and his gang of racketeers.
Patrick Moriarty, whom, by then, I perceived as a corrupt henchman and little dictator with a grossly inflated sense of power (*), ended his email with:
"I cannot confirm at this stage that your complaint will be pursued or what further action will be taken"
To which he could have added: as dictated to by our masters, 'the brothers', we'll keep on stringing you along until you finally give up.
(*) = Another one from the same mould as e.g. Acting Chief Inspector Steve McSorley, Head of 'Professional Standards', at Kensington police.
At least, the benefit of my approach was that I had saved myself endless hours of pointless letter writing and photocopying, as well as a substantial amount in postage.
I then received a 16.11.04 confirming the content of the emails, adding that my "complaint has been given a new reference number" i.e. that my complaint had gone back to square one!
The wonders of the Establishment, in "fantastically corrupt", very sick Britain - in which the State acts as one with 'certain criminals'.
I also repeat my above note, as well as my comments under the Introduction.
In my 24.11.04 letter to the Parliamentary Ombudsman (PHSO # 3), I referred to my experience with the Local Government Ombudsman.
Rightly or wrongly, I believe that this then Ombudsman intervened 'behind the scene' as,...
...I received a 13.01.05 email from Patrick Moriarty, Investigator, Local Government Ombudsman:
"I understand that the accounts you were seeking have now been sent to you." (1)
"I have seen a copy of the council's letter to you dated 16 December 2004." (2)
"As it seems you have now received the accounts you were seeking, can you please let me know if you wish to proceed with your complaint."
(1)- No, they had not.
(2)- 'From' Jean Daintith, Executive Director (K&C # 2.6) - I had not wasted my time replying, no doubt causing all considerable frustration.
My not replying, led to another email from Moriarty, on 26.01.05 (this includes copy of both emails), as well as a phone call a few days later. I considered his tone at the beginning of the conversation as dictatorial and commented on it.
In his emails, Moriarty stated: "I understand you have received the accounts". In fact, I had not - which, no doubt, he knew.
In my (7-page) 27.02.05 letter to him, I related, among other, what I had told him during the course of our conversation on 1st /2nd February, namely that in 'her' 16.12.04 letter (K&C # 2.6),
"Jean Daintith, Executive Director, Housing & Social Services triumphantly announced that MRJ had told Mr Hutchings that the accounts had been sent which therefore vindicated the Council's stance" .
2. I had not received the accounts i.e. for 2002 and 2003.
3. In spite of the detailed, comprehensive evidence I provided to the Council, Mrs Daintith opted to (based on her letter) believe that MRJ had sent me the accounts instead of ascertaining that I had indeed received them."
4. I then told you: "what would it have cost the Council to enclose a copy of the accounts? Based on previous years, at most it will be c. 4-5 pages for each year"
5. At this point you replied to me: "There is no hidden agenda".
I put it to you that any reasonable people when considering the evidence would conclude otherwise"
In his 09.02.05 letter, Patrick Moriarty stated:
"We have spoken by telephone and I have also spoken to the council about the accounts you are seeking."
"The council has now sent me copies of the accounts [1] which it had been told would be sent to you during week commencing 8 November 2004." (2)
"I enclose a copy of these accounts for you [2002 and 2003 so-called 'accounts'].
"It seems to me that this is the remedy you sought in making your complaint...." (3)
(1)- Yeah! right!
(2)- See # 5, below
(3)- It most definitely was not - see # 7, below.
I repeat my above notes.
(5)- The evidence demonstrates that, like the Local Government Ombudsman, Kensington & Chelsea Housing had also opted for 'punishment'.
In my (above) 27.02.05 letter to Patrick Moriarty, Investigator, Local Government Ombudsman, I also drew attention to the fact that:
The fax from Barrie Martin, FRICS, Martin Russell Jones, to John Hutchings, Tenancy Relations Officer, was dated 05.11.04 i.e. 3 months earlier.
Martin only referred to sending, on that day, by fax "the 2003 accounts" (which Hutchings, no doubt on orders from higher up, had not sent me) - not the 2002 accounts.
Leading me to ask:
"When were the 2002 accounts received by Mr Hutchings?"
"Why were they not sent to me at the time?"
In addition to being another example of the dominant English public sector's psyche, it was also another example from one of John Prescott's departments, that leaseholders who 'dare' challenge a 'sacrosanct' landlord, in particular a Mason and, to top it all, also 'dare' to challenge some of his departments, would not 'get away with it'.
In which part of the private sector would employees be allowed to behave in this manner towards their employer? (As a taxpayer: I pay for the Local Government Ombudsman, as well as for the council).
In the rest of my (above) 27.02.05 letter to the 'little dictator' and henchman, Patrick Moriarty, LGO Investigator, I challenged many other points in the 16.12.04 letter 'from' Jean Daintith, Executive Director of Kensington & Chelsea housing - highlighting the deliberate misinformation, as well as contradictions in the excuses provided.
Among others, in the series of "justification" provided for not prosecuting (see also # 7, below, re. the 12 May 05 'reply' from Moriarty).
I concluded on the section by stating to Patrick Moriarty, Investigator, Local Government Ombudsman:
"And you expect me to believe that "there is no hidden agenda"?"
(The comment made by Moriarty in reply to my saying to him on 1st / 2nd February that:
"it was now very clear to me that the RBK&C Housing Department was protecting Steel Services" ) (= Andrew David Ladsky)
I followed by this relating my experience with him and, in the latter part of my letter wrote:
"Yes Mr Moriarty, there is a hidden agenda which is now very clear to me: a dictate [NB: should be 'diktat'] that landlords are sacrosanct and, quite clearly, some more so than others.
While, as a result of my horrendous nightmare experience now going into its 4th year, I firmly believe that the leasehold system must be abolished, I would suggest that, at a minimum, some discretion is used in implementing the dictate [NB: should be 'diktat'] from the top.
The benefit of doing this ought to be obvious to those with the most at stake"
I concluded with the following:
"The government would like the public to believe that 'customer orientation' is the new 'mot d'ordre' for government departments.
Quite clearly, this message has yet to filter down to Kensington & Chelsea Housing Department.
Indeed, in her letter of 16 December 2004, Mrs Daintith [the Executive Director] makes it clear that improvements in the service provided by her department are not on the agenda:
[para.2] "To create one central manual containing a "comprehensive repository of lessons learnt from previously identified failings" of this or any other local housing departments as you suggest would be both impractical and unworkable"
Re. the reply from Jean Daintith: good of her to confirm that the failings of her department, as well as others, are so numerous that there is no hope of improvement. What a gem!
Oh well, at least she demonstrated some honesty, unlike David Cameron et.al. who make extensive use of this catchphrase as a way of brushing their accountability and responsibility under the carpet.
(I repeat: note that the conduct of the Local Government Ombudsman and of Kensington & Chelsea Housing are a typical representation of the dominant English public sector psyche). (There are some very brave souls in the public sector but, if they 'dare' stand up for the 'little guy', they are likely to be persecuted: whistleblowers examples).
(NB: 4 years later, this kind of arrogant, know it all attitude led to the appalling death of a toddler in another council. It also shows that councils put down not only their employers: the taxpayers - but also their own staff - see Whistleblowers).
(6) (Moved to # 5, above)
(7)- At the end of August 2006, I finally obtained some of the missing information to the 2002 and 2003 'accounts' - showing that a massive fraud had taken place.
In my (above: 1st, 2nd) 27.02.05 letter to Patrick Moriarty, Investigator, Local Government Ombudsman, under '1. Enclosures', I also drew attention to the following:
"Page 1 i.e. the commentary for both, the 2002 and 2003 accounts states: "...show how they are reflected in the service charge demands and specifies the amount payable by each lessee" (NB: This is Clause 2(2)(f) of my Lease).
"This schedule was not enclosed for the 2002 accounts, nor for the 2003 accounts"
I attributed this to the fact that Martin Russell Jones, Cawdery Kaye Fireman & Taylor (CKFT) and their client, Andrew David Ladsky, had something to hide. I was right!
After a (typically) unbelievable one year+ battle with the Institute of Chartered Accountants in England and Wales (ICAEW), in relation to my complaint against the accountants, Pridie Brewster ((A)-snapshot of complaint)...
- with its 29.08.06 correspondence, it sent me the missing parts: detail of the contributions paid by the majority of the apartments.
See Overview # 3 that summarises the massive fraud that took place.
Consider my findings, in the light of the fact that Patrick Moriarty, Investigator, Local Government Ombudsman, 'replied' to my 27.02.05 letter,...
...by email on 14.04.05 (yes, nearly 2 months later!)
"I have sent you the summaries of service charges to 31 December 2002 and 31 December 2003."
"As I understand it you remain unhappy that the summaries do not show how costs are or will be reflected in demands for service charges."
"I am happy to pursue this matter with the council for you if you can direct me to the wording in the Act which makes this requirement of the summary of costs.
You said to me on the telephone, and indeed mention in your letter, that this is covered by Clause 21(5) of the Act, but I have been unable to find this wording in our office copy." (*)
(*) On page 3 of my 27.02.05 letter, I quoted exactly as per the s.21(5) of the Landlord & Tenant Act Act.
In my 17.04.05 reply to Patrick Moriarty, Investigator, Local Government Ombudsman, I stated:
"Mr Hutchings sent a Section 21 Request to Ms Hathaway, dated 25 June 2004, in which he stated among others:
"S21(5) sets out the format the summary should take..." [K&C # 2]
"As I explained in detail in my letter to you dated 27 February 2005, the accounts supplied by Mr Barrie Martin, MRJ, do not meet what Mr Hutchings asked MRJ to supply."
= Get yourself a new "office copy" Mr Moriarty or, more accurately: remove your corruption blinkers off.
Further, I also quoted on pages 2 and 3 of my 27.02.05 letter, my Lease - which is a legal contract between the landlord and lessee - very specifically states the requirements under Clause 2(2)(f) - extracts.
Did Patrick Moriarty know about the content of these enclosures? I consider this a fair question for me to ask (*)
In the light of my assessment, above, under # 3: I conclude that the answer to my question is: YES!
I repeat my comments under # 3, Comments # 4.
(*) Of course, it would have been a complete and utter waste of time to ask - as suggested by e.g. a subsequent 4 Dec 06 Guardian article: "Afraid of the daylight" (back-up extracts) - see Falconer # 6 for extracts.
(NB: I highlight that, at the time, I had sent a 06.04.05 'cry for help' to Michael Howard, then Leader of the Conservative party (same party that has had a long-standing control over Kensington & Chelsea council.
In this letter, supported by summaries and enclosures, I related my horrendous experience with the local public sector departments: courts, police and councils (below, my comments # 9).
In the light of the automatic closing of rank between the tribe members, my letter will have added more fuel to the fire they had set up to burn me at the stake.
He did not even acknowledge my letter).
The 12.05.05 'reply' to my above 17.04.05 letter, 'from' Patrick Moriarty, Investigator, Local Government Ombudsman, falls back on the 'old favourite'
"I understand that you remain unhappy with the accounts..."
"But it seems to me that these accounts comply with s21(5) of the Landlord and Tenant Act 1985". (1)
"This too is the view of the council (2)
"And it seems to me that although s34 states that proceedings for any offence under the Act may be brought by a council, this is at its discretion." (3)
"The council takes the view that the courts are not interested in the complexity of the case [4], only that the freeholder has complied with s.21 and s.22" (5)
"For this reason, even if the freeholder had not complied with the terms of s21(5) as you allege [6], it is the council's view that it would not be in the public interest to prosecute the case." (7)
"This is a decision the council is entitled to take and it is not for the Ombudsman to criticise such a decision provided it was taken without administrative fault" (8)
"For this reason it is my decision not to pursue your complaint further"
"It remains open to you to bring a private prosecution against the landlord if you so wish" (9)
(1)- I repeat my above comments.
(2)- Oh well, that 'must be true' then!
(3)- And here start the backout / get out clauses on 'the assessment' that the so-called accounts "are compliant with the Act": 'it is up to the council to decide whether or not not it should perform its statutory remit'!
And it sure was not the first time that it was failing to do this: other examples, K&C # 3.
(4)- More backout clauses: using the usual ping pong game of referring to the other party (a 'Frustrate and discourage' tactic (header 2):
the reference now to the lapdog council is now bringing in "the courts" + "the complexity of the case" (another of the favourite ones).
The local corrupt courts sure would not want to deal with that! Would they? I repeat my above assessment under # 3.
(5)- Ha!Ha!Ha!Ha!Ha! "the courts are only interested in whether the freeholder has complied with the Act"
I repeat my above assessment under # 3 - and also add the below references, under my Comments # 9.
And: "the freeholder" had not "complied with the Act"
(6)- And now, backtracking on the 'must be true version': "even if the freeholder had not complied with the terms of s21(5) as you allege"
(7)- And another backout and get out clause: "not in the public interest" - one of the standard hymns of the public sector (another one is about "learning lessons") -which amounts to a typical 'Get lost!'
Others, in addition to Patrick Moriarty, Investigator, Local Government Ombudsman, telling me the same thing at the time:
(1)- 'my' Ward Councillor, Shireen Ritchie: Kensington & Chelsea council # 2.3;
(2)- Gerald Wild, Chief Housing Officer: K&C # 2.4;
(3)- Jean Daintith, Executive Director Housing: K&C # 2.6;
(4)- John Prescott # 2.3...
...- reflecting the perception of the public sector (set at the top) that 'the Proles' / "the Oiks"` / "the Great Unwashed" / "the Lobbyists" - are there to be trampled upon.
In the light of the above, it certainly would not be "in the [sacrosanct] landlord's interest to prosecute the case" ...(assuming, of course, that it would not have been a kangaroo court...which would be extremely unlikely).
= A 'reply' dictated to the puppets by 'the brothers' - starting with those in the local courts.
Meanwhile the government evidently considered it "in the public interest" to squander £ billions of taxpayer money e.g.
Mail on Sunday, 8 May 06 - "The Eurofighter project has been plagued by technical problems for years, resulting in extra costs to taxpayers of at least £20 billion"
Independent, 5 Sep 06 article - "A major computer system used to process payments has been shelved, the Government confirmed today...
The BBC Radio 4 Today programme reported that it had cost £141 million [US$250] in the three years since it had been first set-up and had been designed to save around £60 million for the taxpayer"
Independent, 15 Dec 06, "Anger as Whitehall spends £7bn on private consultants" (backup extracts) -
"Government departments have spent £7.2bn on consultants in three years, but appear not to have a clear idea of what value they got for their money, according to the first authoritative survey by the official public spending watchdog"
(8) - How about the council's failure to perform its statutory duty?
(9)- Another one of the English public sector's favourite: 'Do it yourself!'
So much for housing departments being the "prosecuting authority for contraventions of Landlord - Tenant legislation"
- as detailed, under para.5 of the 16.12.04 letter from, Jean Daintith, Executive Director, Housing & Social Services for Kensington & Chelsea -
who was quoting from s.34 of the Landlord & Tenant Act 1985.
I contend that, to the above 12.05.05 letter, can be added:
'As you know from your first-hand experience with the local:
(1)- West London County Court (kangaroo court # 2) (summaries: Events ; Breaches of the law ; Overall outcome on me);
(2)- Wandsworth County Court (kangaroo court # 3) (summaries: Events ; Breaches of the law ; Overall outcome on me);
(3)- police (summaries: Sections overview ; Breaches of the law ; Overall outcome on me)..
...added to, of course, your experience with the local council...
- this is not going to get you anywhere: Landlords are untouchable'.
Shortly afterwards, I came across an article in The Times of 16.08.05, in which the journalist wrote:
"...LGO Watch... called for the setting up of an independent local government complaints commission to bring order into a system it described as "morally corrupt"
...the 2000 Act was supposed to herald a regime of quality, efficiency and leadership.
In fact, it has meant the introduction of the payroll and pork-barrel politics into English local government, along with the acceleration of an arrogant, managerial style of operation"
(I wrote a letter to the journalist to compliment him on his insights)
THE LOCAL GOVERNMENT OMBUDSMAN, KENSINGTON AND CHELSEA HOUSING, MY WARD COUNCILLOR, AND THEIR THEN OVERALL HEAD, JOHN PRESCOTT CAUSED ME TO DEVELOP THIS WEBSITE - AND THEN MAITAIN IT.
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SBA Releases a Flurry of Regulations For Small Government Contractors
By: Ann Sullivan
If you’ve read any of my blogs on regulations, you know that regulations are published on Regulations.gov. You also know that there is a process to take a proposed regulation all the way to the final release. In case you missed it, regulations are called “rules” in government speak.
In the past several months, SBA has taken significant actions on contracting policy that affect small government contractors. They are in various stages—some proposed rules, some finalized. Since this has been difficult to keep track of, below is a summary and status of the actions federal contractors should be following. Most of our summaries have been prepared by the law firm PilieroMazza because we couldn’t have said it better.
1. SBA Adopts a Five-Year Calculation Instead of the Current Three-Year Size Calculation for Revenue Based Size Standards. Effective January 6, 2020. Final Rule.
· This regulation implements a change in the law through legislation known as the Small Business Runway Extension Act passed in 2018.
2. Changes to the HUBZone Program. Effective December 26, 2019. Final Rule.
Key changes to the HUBZone Program include:
· An individual will continue to be treated as a HUBZone resident if that individual worked for the firm and resided in a HUBZone at the time the concern was certified or recertified as a HUBZone—even if the area where the individual lives no longer qualifies as a HUBZone or the individual has moved to a non-HUBZone area; HUBZone firms will only be required to certify on an annual basis, meaning such concerns will no longer be required to expressly qualify as a HUBZone at the time of each offer for a HUBZone contract and award; for compliance purposes, HUBZone firms must maintain at least 20% HUBZone residents as employees when performing on HUBZone contracts, or SBA will propose the firm for decertification.
· HUBZone firms have an affirmative duty to notify SBA if they fall below the 20% attempt to maintain the standard; when a company buys an office located in a HUBZone or enters into a long-term, 10-year lease for such office space, intending the space to be its principal office, the concern will be able to meet the principal office HUBZone criterion for a period of at least 10 years—even if at some point after the property is purchased or leased, the office location no longer qualifies as a HUBZone. The idea behind this rule is that the HUBZone program should incentivize and reward companies that invest in HUBZones.
3. Implementation of Changes Contained in FY2016 and FY2017 NDAA and the RISE Act. Effective December 30, 2019. Final Rule.
Subcontracting Plans
· Consistent with the 2017 NDAA, the Rule provides that it will be a material breach of contract when a contractor or subcontractor fails to comply in good faith with its subcontracting plan requirements, including failing to provide reports and/or cooperate in studies or surveys to determine the extent of compliance. The Rule provides a number of examples of what constitutes a failure to make “good faith” efforts, including, among others, (1) failing to timely submit subcontracting reports and (2) failing to pay small business subcontractors in accordance with the terms of the contract. According to SBA, the examples set forth in the Rule are not intended to be inclusive and factors beyond those identified in the Rule may be considered in determining whether good faith efforts were made. The Rule also provides that failure to make a good-faith effort may be considered in any past performance evaluation of the contractor.
· With respect to subcontracting plans, the Rule also requires other than small prime contractors with commercial subcontracting plans to include indirect costs in their subcontracting goals.
Small Business Contracting in Disaster Areas
· As provided in the RISE Act, SBA is establishing contracting preferences for small business concerns (“SBC”) located in disaster areas and will provide agencies with double credit for awards to such concerns. SBA will use the existing Federal Acquisition Regulation definitions to provide that an agency will receive credit for an “emergency response contract” awarded to a “local firm” that qualifies as an SBC under the applicable size standard for a “major disaster or emergency area.”
· According to the Rule, a concern is “located in a disaster area,” if, during the last twelve months, it had its main operating office in the area and that office generated at least half of the firm’s gross revenues and employed at least half of the firm’s permanent employees. The Rule provides a number of factors that SBA will consider if the firm does not meet the foregoing criteria in order to determine whether the firm resides or primarily does business in a disaster area.
NMR Size Standard Does Not Apply to ITVAR Procurements
· The Rule amends the NMR to expressly state that a firm may qualify as an SBC to provide manufactured products or other supply items as a nonmanufacturer if, among other things, it does not exceed 500 employees “(or 150 employees for the Information Technology Value Added Reseller exception to NAICS Code 541519, which is found at § 121.201, footnote 18)”. According to SBA, because contractors under the ITVAR exception are non-manufacturers, it would make no sense for SBA to retain a 150-employee size standard if concerns could also qualify under the NMR 500-employee size standard.
Allowing a Set-Aside Within a Set-Aside
· The Rule provides contracting officers the authority to set aside orders for a socio-economic small business program (e.g., 8(a), HUBZone, SDVO, WOSB) under a multiple award contract (“MAC”) awarded as a generic small business set-aside. This is significant because although SBA has considered implementing such a rule in the past, it has chosen not to, in part because it was concerned that such a rule would unfairly deprive SBCs of an opportunity to compete for orders issued under their MACs.
4. Mentor/Protégé, Joint Ventures and 8(a) Changes. Proposed rule. Status: Public comment period ends January 17, 2020.
Mentor-Protégé Programs
The proposed rule would:
· Merge the 8(a) Mentor-Protégé Program into the All Small Mentor-Protégé Program; clarify eligibility criteria for proposed mentors and request comments on whether mentors should be restricted to mid-sized firms; provide flexibility for mentors with protégés with principle places of business in Puerto Rico; provide relief from the two mentors over the life of a protégé rule; and; provide generally that protégés should be performing work under the North American Industry Classification System (NAICS) code used to qualify for the program.
· Eliminate joint venture approval requirements for competitive 8(a) contracts, but not sole source awards; eliminate the “three in two” rule; disallow substitution of joint venture partners who exceed the size standard for long-term contracts prior to recertification; and allow joint ventures to be populated with FSOs and provide guidance to agencies on when to allow joint ventures to bid on contracts requiring a clearance.
Multiple-Award Contracts (MAC)
· Require contracting officers to assign the most appropriate single NAICS code to each order under an MAC, whether for a supply or a service to ensure compliance with the non-manufacturer rule, requiring that each NAICS code be included in the underlying MAC; require an offeror to certify as to size and status in order to qualify at the time it submits its initial offer including price for an order under an UNRESTRICTED MAC, except for orders or BPAs issued under an FSS contract; require that, where the socio-economic status is first required at the order level, firms must qualify at that time; and permit size and status protests where the underlying MAC was unrestricted, except for BPAs and orders issued under an FSS schedule.
Self certification
· The proposed rule would allow a prime to rely on the self-certification of its subcontractor, provided the prime does not have a reason to doubt the certification.
· The proposed rule would clarify that if a party to a joint venture becomes acquired or merges, only that partner (and not the non-affected partner) must recertify in order to qualify the joint venture to recertify; a firm that mergers between proposal submission and award does not qualify for award if it could not or did not recertify, though size protests are permitted; and tribal entities are not required to recertify where ownership changes but the firm is owned to the same extent (i.e. 51%) by the ultimate entity.
8(a) Program
· Define “follow on contract” for purposes of retaining requirements in the program; loosen the prohibition on immediate family members owning 8(a) firms; allow for certain changes of ownership to occur without prior SBA approval; clarify SBA policy on voluntary withdrawals and early graduations from the program; and under some circumstances, allow firms to seek and obtain a multiple contract waiver from the sole-source restrictions for failure to comply with the business activity targets where certain extenuating circumstances exist that apply to multiple contracts.
Small Business Rules
· Require that mixed contracts include any combination of services, supplies, or construction though construction was inadvertently omitted from the proposed rule; require that contracting officers consider past performance of first-tier subcontractors for certain bundled or consolidated contracts and for MACs over a certain dollar threshold; clarify that affiliation may be found under the newly organized concern rule where both former and current officers, directors, principal stockholders, managing members, or key employees of one company organize a new company in the same or a related industry; and request comments on how the non-manufacturer rule should be applied to multiple item procurements where one or more of the items are subject to a class waiver.
Posted by Ann Sullivan at December 12, 2019
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India coach resigns after Asian Cup group exit
Published on September 17, 2019 in zczhszan by admin
The All India Football Federation (AIFF) have announced they’ve accepted Stephen Constantine’s resignationThe English coach had been in charge of India for the last four years in what was his second spell with the national team.But a 1-0 defeat to Bahrain on Monday ended India’s hopes of reaching the knockout stages of the Asian Cup for the first time in their history after Jamal Rashed’s injury-time penalty.The result left India eliminated by finishing bottom of Group A with Constantine announcing his resignation to the press afterwards.“We haven’t received any official communication from him yet but we accept his decision and thank him for his contribution to Indian football,” read a statement from the AIFF General Secretary, Kushal Das, on Twitter. AIFF wants to change the face of Indian football Manuel R. Medina – August 7, 2019 The All India Football Federation (AIFF) is working closely with FIFA in order to fix the state of football in the country that has two first division football leagues.“Mr Stephen Constantine has announced his resignation as the Head Coach of the Indian National Team.“We haven’t received any official communication from him yet but we accept his decision and thank him for his contribution to Indian football.”Mr. @StephenConstan has announced his resignation as the Head Coach of the Indian National Team. We haven’t received any official communication from him yet but we accept his decision & thank him for his contribution to #Indianfootball: Mr. Kushal Das, General Secretary, AIFF pic.twitter.com/S792tJ6r1h— Indian Football Team (@IndianFootball) January 14, 2019 read more
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Google Earths new Carmen Sandiego game will awaken your inner gumshoe
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Online Gaming Can you find Carmen Sandiego in Google Earth’s new game? Google Earth It’s been almost 30 years, but Carmen Sandiego isn’t done jet setting around the globe and teaching us about it. The international master thief, a positive role model of course, has taught us the capitals of countries, the locations of historic events, and other geographical facts. Sandiego was such a staple for ’90s kids that Google said it’s releasing a series of games in Google Earth. The first, The Crown Jewels Caper, is available now and pays homage to the original franchise. You can play on web browser, Android or iOS. Your assignment from ACME is to track the elusive Sandiego from London to her hideout. You’ll use the magnifying glass to interview witnesses in different cities and gather clues. When you think you’ve figured out the next step, click the airplane icon to fly to the next city.”[O]ur game is an homage to the original. It’s for all those gumshoes who grew up with the chase, and for the next generation feeling that geography itch for the first time,” Vanessa Schneider, program manager at Google Earth, said in a blog post Wednesday.In January, Netflix released a reboot of the show. Gina Rodriguez lends her voice to Sandiego. The show announced its second season in February.Originally published March 13.Update, March 18: Added more details Carmen Sandiego game. Post a comment Google Tags 0 Share your voice 1:20 Now playing: Watch this: This $150 smartwatch lets kids call and text their parents read more
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2 drug officials suspended over substandard medicine
Published on September 3, 2019 in mngtztlr by admin
A health ministry official on Thursday informed the High Court that two officials of Directorate General of Drug Administration (DGDA) have been suspended for their negligence in dealing with case filed over deaths of 28 children in 2009 after taking substandard medicine produced by Rid Pharma.Health Secretary (service) Sirajul Haque Khan appeared before the High Court bench comprising justice Syed Muhammad Dastagir Husain and justice Md. Ataur Rahman Khan and said assistant director Shafiqul Islam and deputy director Altaf Hossain of the Directorate General of Drug Administration have been suspended over the matter.The court exempted the secretary from personal appearance during the future hearing dates as he offered unconditional apology.The court had ordered the health secretary to appear before it on 21 August and he complied with order. The court on that date wanted to know ministry’s action against those two officials, who have been found guilty of negligence in dealing with the sensational case.The court had asked the ministry official to submit a report in this regard within 72-hour.The ministry submitted a report on 21 August, saying the two officials have been warned. After that the court again asked the secretary to appear before the court yesterday to explain ministry’s stand on the matter.The secretary appeared before the court yesterday but the court was not happy with his reply and asked him to appear again today. read more
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Depicting the rich culture of Rajasthan
Rama Theater Natya Vidya (RATNAV) will perform ‘Thakur Zalim’, ‘Sultana’ and ‘Giraftari’ from November 19 till 21 at the Shriram Center.The first play ‘Thakur Jalim Singh’ is a folk story of a cruel, dominating king who was only interested to expand his kingdom through war. But at the end surrenders his empire to a saint for two drops of water, who preaches him about the reality of life. The second drama ‘Sultana’ is a story of Sultana of Rajasthan, where his father was having his marriage with a man of old age, unlike Sultana raised her voice in front of everyone. Also Read – Add new books to your shelfRegarding the third performance titled, ‘Giraftari’, Rama Pandey, CEO of RATNAV said that this story is an adaptation of the popular novel ‘The Trial’ by 20th-century well-known author Franz Kafka. This is the story of a man of the present time and based in Delhi who is alienated in society. The story is an actual depiction of a common man in Indian society in today’s political scenario. Rama Pandey said that this is a foundation for the preservation of tradition oral arts of India. “We are working to promote, protect and give education through theatre play,” she added. Talking about the intricate elements used in the plays, she elaborated saying, “We are using a fusion of dying Indian oral and folk form in the play and to present the play we are using ‘Keerat’ from Rajasthan and Tasha, Dhol and Nafiri instruments from the street of Delhi.” read more
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Building custom views in vRealize operation manager Tutorial
Published on August 26, 2019 in iwinrazz by admin
A view in vRealize Operations manager consists of the view type, subject, and data components: In this tutorial, the view is a trend view, which gets its data from the CPU Demand (%) metric. The subject is the object type, which a view is associated with. A view presents the data of the subject. For example, if the selected object is a host and you select the view named Host CPU Demand (%) Trend View, the result is a trend of the host’s CPU demand over a period of time. Today we will walk through the parts needed to define and build custom views in vRealize Operations manager, and learn to apply them to real work situations. This article is an excerpt from Mastering vRealize Operations Manager – Second Edition written by Spas Kaloferov, Scott Norris, Christopher Slater. Adding Name and description fields Although it might seem obvious, the first thing you need to define when creating a report is the name and description. Before you dismiss this requirement and simply enter My View or Scott’s Test, the name and description fields are very useful in defining the scope and target of the view. This is because many views are not really designed to be run/applied on the subject, but rather on one of its parents. This is especially true for lists and distributions, which we will cover below: What are different View types The presentation is the format the view is created in and how the information is displayed. The following types of views are available: List: A list view provides tabular data about specific objects in the environment that correspond to the selected view. Summary: A summary view presents tabular information about the current use of resources in the environment. Trend: A trend view uses historic data to generate trends and forecasts for resource use and availability in the environment. Distribution: A distribution view provides aggregated data about resource distribution in the monitored environment. Pie charts or bar charts are used to present the data. Text: A text view displays text that you provide when you create the view. Image: An image view allows you to insert a static image. List A list is one of the simplest presentation types to use and understand, and at the same time, is one of the most useful. A list provides a tabular layout of values for each data type, with the ability to provide an aggregation row such as sum or average at the end. Lists are the most useful presentation type for a large number of objects, and are able to provide information in the form of metrics and/or properties. Lists are also the most commonly used presentation when showing a collection of objects relative to its parent. An example of a list can be found in the following screenshot: List summary A summary is similar to a list, however the rows are the data types (rather than the objects) and the columns are aggregated values of all children of that subject type. Unlike a list, a summary field is compulsory, as the individual objects are not presented in the view. The summary view type is probably the least commonly used, but it is useful when you simply care about the end result and not the detail of how it was calculated. The following example shows Datastore Space Usage from the cluster level; information such as the average used GB across each Datastore can be displayed without the need to show each Datastore present in a list: Although it will be discussed in more detail in the next chapter, the availability of creating simple summary views of child resources has partially removed the need for creating super metrics for simply rolling up data to parent objects. Trend A trend view is a line graph representation of metrics showing historical data that can be used to generate trends and forecasts. Unlike some of the other presentation types, a trend can only show data from that subject type. As such, trend views do not filter up to parent objects. A trend view, in many ways, is similar to a standard metric chart widget with a set of combined preconfigured data types, with one major exception. The trend view has the ability to forecast data into the future for a specified period of time, as well as show the trend line for historical data for any object type. This allows the trend view to provide detailed and useful capacity planning data for any object in the vRealize Operations inventory. When selecting the data types to use in the view, it is recommended that, if multiple data types are used, that they support the same unit of measurement. Although this is not a requirement, views that have different unit types on the same scale are relatively hard to compare. An example of a trend view is shown as follows: Distribution A distribution view is a graphical representation of aggregated data which shows how resources fall within those aggregation groups. This essentially means that vRealize Operations finds a way of graphically representing a particular metric or property for a group of objects. In this example, it is the distribution of VM OS types in a given vSphere cluster. A distribution like a summary is very useful in displaying a small amount of information about a large number of objects. Distribution views can also be shown as bar charts. In this example, the distribution of Virtual Machine Memory Configuration Distribution is shown in a given vSphere cluster. This view can help spot virtual machines configured with a large amount of memory. An important point when creating distribution views is that the subject must be a child of the preview or target object. This means that you can only see a view for the distribution on one of the subject’s parent objects. Both visualization methods essentially group the subjects into buckets, with the number of buckets and their values based on the distribution type. The three distribution types are as follows: Dynamic distribution: vRealize Operations automatically determines how many buckets to create based on an interval, a min/max value, or a logarithmic equation. When dealing with varying data values, this is generally the recommended display. Manual distribution: Allows the administrator to manually set the range of each bucket in the display. Discrete distribution: Used for displaying exact values of objects rather than ranges. A discrete distribution is recommended if most objects only have a few possible values, such as properties or other binary values. Text and images The text and image views are used to insert static text or image content for the purpose of reports and dashboards. They allow an administrator to add context to a report in combination with the dynamic views that are inserted when the reports are generated. Adding Subjects to View Although the subjects are generally selected after the presentation, it makes sense to describe them first. The subject is the base object for which the view shows information. In other words, the subject is the object type that the data is coming from for the view. Any object type from any adapter can be selected. It is important to keep in mind that you may be designing a view for a parent object, however, the subject is actually the data of a child object. For example, if you wish to list all the Datastore free space in a vSphere Cluster itemized by Datastore, the subject will be a Datastore, not a Cluster Compute Resource. This is because although the list will always be viewed in the context of a cluster, the data listed is from Datastore objects themselves. When selecting a subject, an option is provided to select multiple object types. If this is done, only data that is common to both types will be available. Adding Data to View Data is the content that makes up the view based on the selected subject. The type of data that can be added and any additional options available depend on the select presentation type. An important feature with views is that they are able to display and filter based on properties, and not just standard metrics. This is particularly useful when filtering a list or distribution group. For example, the following screenshot shows badge information in a given vSphere Cluster, as long as they contain a vSphere tag of BackupProtectedVM. This allows a view to be filtered only to virtual machines that are deployed and managed by vRealize Automation: Adding Visibility layer One of the most useful features about views is that you have the ability to decide where they show up and where they can be linked from. The visibility layer defines where you can see a hyperlink to a view in vRealize Operations based on a series of checkboxes. The visibility step is broken into three categories, which are Availability, Further Analysis, and Blacklist, as shown in the following screenshot: Subsequently, you can also make the view available in a dashboard. To make this view available inside a dashboard, you can either edit an existing one or create a new dashboard by navigating to Home, Actions, then Create Dashboard. You can add the desired view within your dashboard configuration. Availability The availability checkboxes allow an administrator to devise how their view can be used and if there are cases where they wish to restrict its availability: Dashboard through the view widget: The view widget allows any created view to be displayed on a dashboard. This essentially allows an unlimited amount of data types to be displayed on the classic dashboards, with the flexibility of the different presentation types. Report template creation and modification: This setting allows views to be used in reports. If you are creating views explicitly to use in reports, ensure this box is checked. Details tab in the environment: The Details tab in the environment is the default location where administrators will use views. It is also the location where the Further Analysis links will take an administrator if selected. In most cases, it is recommended that this option be enabled, unless a view is not yet ready to be released to other users. Further Analysis The Further Analysis checkbox is a feature that allows an administrator to link views that they have created to the minor badges in the Object Analysis tab. Although this feature may seem comparatively small, it allows users to create relevant views for certain troubleshooting scenarios and link them directly to where administrators will be working. This allows administrators to leverage views more quickly for troubleshooting rather than simply jumping to the All Metrics tab and looking for dynamic threshold breaches. Blacklist The blacklist allows administrators to ensure that views cannot be used against certain object types. This is useful if you want to ensure that a view is only partially promoted up to a parent and not, for example, to a grandparent. How to Delete a View Views show up in multiple places. When you’re tempted to delete a view, ask yourself: Do I want to delete this entire view, or do I just want to no longer show it in one part of the UI? Don’t delete a view when you just want to hide it in one part of the UI. When you delete a view, areas in the UI that use the view are adjusted: Report templates: The view is removed from the report template Dashboards: The view widget displays the message The view does not exist Further Analysis panel of badges on the Analysis tab: The link to the view is removed Details > Views tab for the selected object: The view is removed from the list vRealize Operations will display a message informing you that deleting the view will modify the report templates that are using the view. Now, you have learned the new powerful features available in views and the different view presentation types. To know more about handling alerts and notifications in vRealize Operations, check out this book Mastering vRealize Operations Manager – Second Edition. 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It's Not Working: Steeltown USA and Worker Ownership
In the late 1970s American manufacturing was in extreme difficulty. The Carter administration turned to a series of radical (for the American government) new inititatives including letting workers buy their workplaces when the owners wanted to pull out.
1936: Report On The Revolutionary Movement In Barcelona
Submitted by Reddebrek on Sep 21 2019 07:36
Documentary film made by the CNT/FAI showing the first days of the Spanish revolution in Barcelona. Spanish Audio with English subtitles.
El Salvador, Another Vietnam?
Submitted by Reddebrek on Apr 23 2019 20:45
A documentary made during the US backed civil war in El Salvador, documenting the social conditions of the country and many of the atrocities.
The French Army Mutinies of 1917
Submitted by Reddebrek on Feb 10 2019 19:42
In the Spring of 1917, many French army units mutinied after enduring years of slaughter and appalling conditions during World War One. Much of the French army on the Western Front was affected. Hear first-hand accounts of the mutiny from the BBC archive.
Strikers in Saris - The Grunwick Strike
In 1976 South Asian women workers who had made Britain their home, led a strike against poor working conditions in a British factory. Lakshmi Patel was one of the South Asian women who picketed the Grunwick film-processing factory in north London for two years
1979 Soviet Invasion of Afghanistan
Submitted by Reddebrek on Dec 31 2018 08:40
An interview with a former Soviet army veteran and a member of the Soviet News Agency's Afghan news desk about the Soviet Union's invasion of Afghanistan. Covers some disturbing subjects, CW: discussion of suicide.
1831 The Jamaica Slave Rebellion
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A short account of the Baptist War, the revolt by Jamaican slaves in 1831 that forced the British Empire to abolish slavery within its borders in the aftermath.
Letters of Insurgents - Audiobook
An unabridged reading of Fredy Perlman's novel Letters of Insurgents by the group Audio Anarchy.
The Peterloo Massacre - BBC Discussion
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A Radio Four discussion by Melvyn Bragg and three historians about the Peterloo Massacre. The discussions attempts to show that bloody day in August 1819 in the context of growing social and political tension and resistance. As such it also covers other personalities and events both before and after Peterloo that are often overlooked.
The Brazilian Dictatorship and the Battle of Maria Antônia
An interview with two former students about one of the most famous events in Brazil during the dictatorship period. The student street battles at Maria Antônia street and its impact. As well as a discussion on the legacy of the battle and the dictatorship particularly on contemporary Brazilian politics.
The condition of women in America, 1619-1851 - Howard Zinn
Howard Zinn on the position of women and the struggles of working-class women for equality from the 17th to the 19th centuries.
The Makhnovist movement and the national question in the Ukraine, 1917-1921
A detailed account and analysis of the Ukrainian revolutionary anarchist army, during the Russian revolution, written by Aleksandr Shubin.
The “war on the unions” - its meaning and the response we need
Stories about the government threatening a “crack down” on trade union power emerge almost on a loop. Particularly in times of heightened class antagonism. But far from showing the unions as...
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Posted 07/07/2014 by McKinley Noble in MMA Buzz
B.J. Penn Retires: The Bright Side to a Sad UFC Career Finale
At some point, there’ll be a series of stories detailing the twilight years of broke, crippled, former UFC fighters.
B.J. Penn will thankfully, hopefully, not be one of those stories.
Thanks to a career-long friendship with UFC president Dana White, not to mention a historic legacy inside and outside the Octagon, Penn will be one of the promotion’s few fighters who retires with plenty of money and a (relatively) clean bill of health. Between the two, the latter is just as important as the former.
If it wasn’t obvious, B.J. Penn—a broken-down, 35-year-old fighter coming off a year of ring rust—should never have gotten in that cage.
Hindsight, in a single image.
Unlike the Hawaiian superstar, Frankie Edgar is still in his athletic prime, more than capable of beating several top-tier fighters in at least two divisions. It was a grim reminder of the difference between him and Penn, as Edgar effortlessly landed punches at will, completed takedowns with no resistance, and brutally beat Penn into a bloody pulp on the cage mat at The Ultimate Fighter Season 19 Finale. Even Penn had to later admit the uselessness of the bout despite his legendary ego, realizing that he was foolish to try and defeat a younger, stronger fighter who clearly had his number.
And so, B.J. Penn is now retired.
But for all the horror stories that MMA gives us, Dana White offered some surprising levity to the situation, reminding people that B.J. Penn has an essential UFC pension:
“B.J. does [have a UFC job].
“We did a UFC Gym with B.J., y’know. That’s no joke. He’s a partner in that thing, and it’s kicking ass.
“He comes in, shakes hands, kisses babies, and walks around the gym, and then leaves. It’s not like he’s in there training people and scrubbing the floors, cleaning the mirrors. B.J.’s doing all right.”
As horrific as Penn’s last few fights have been—and the last two were definitely a nightmare to cringe through—it’s good to know as a regular UFC customer that the man who built the lightweight division isn’t going to worry about money in old age or anything else for the rest of his life.
Keep in mind, not every UFC “Legend” gets that same deal.
Ken Shamrock faced poverty, legal troubles, and an assault charge before becoming a celebrity bodyguard. Frank Shamrock remains scrubbed from UFC history. Tim Sylvia’s stuck somewhere in Maine or Iowa, hoarding fast food coupons and old copies of UFC 59 on DVD. Tito Ortiz randomly shows up at UFC Fan Expo events hoping that people remember him. And if you walk around the right parts of the regional MMA scene, you can still hear fairly recent stories about Tank Abbott fighting in smokers with a shirt on.
So as bad as we want to feel for B.J. Penn, let’s just give the UFC some rare credit for giving him the greatest gift of all—the ability to never fight again.
McKinley Noble is an MMA conspiracy theorist. His work has appeared in PC World, Macworld, GamePro, 1UP, GamesBeat, Cox Sports, Bleacher Report, CNN, and The Los Angeles Times. Follow him at @KenTheGreat1 on Twitter.
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End 2002 - Our MEP team of full-time staff reaches 6 employees.
December 2002 - MEP appointed to carry out a cost saving review of the engineering systems design of the Medical Center to be located near the Krylatsky Hills Business Park.
December 2002 - MEP are proud to be appointed by the architects ABD on the project to produce the Scheme Design and Tender Design for the Krylatsky Hills Business Park.
August 2002 - MEP are appointed to produce the Tender Design for Citibank’s new international Call Centre in Moscow.
June 2002 - MEP have been appointed by the General Contractor Skanska Olson to produce the Working Design for the new TV and Radio Broadcasting Studio for the BBC in Moscow.
May 2002 - MEP Engineering open our new office on Taganskaya in the centre of Moscow that provides 80m2 of space for our staff.
January 2002 - Ove Arup & Partners appoint MEP Engineering to produce the Detailed Design for Deutsche Bank’s head office renovation in Moscow.
December 2001 - MEP Engineering becomes an officially registered company in Moscow after working in the Moscow construction industry for many months under the license of its clients.
The specialists from the Moscow office were hired by the American company Arcadis to provide with the engineering systems Due Diligence for the Object we are familiar with - the five-star Belmond Grand Hotel Europe, located in St. Petersburg.
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FP&Lies
November 6, 2016 DReynolds
“A wolf in sheep’s clothing…masquerading as a pro-solar initiative”
Florida Supreme Court Justice Barbara Pariente on Amendment One on Florida’s ballot
I am not yet old enough to vote this year so I desperately need your help. Please. I need you to vote NO ON AMENDMENT ONE to stop the deception Florida utilities are perpetuating on those of us who can vote. I need your help so we can grow solar power in Florida. PLEASE.
You see, my dream is to see solar power everywhere in Florida. It makes NO sense to me what-so-ever that ‘The Sunshine State’ is not already THE Solar State. Florida ranks as the state with the 4th highest potential to generate power from the sun yet we are 17th in actual solar production.
Experts concluded that 50% of all of Florida’s power needs could be generated from solar power by 2045, in just 29 years. Can you imagine the businesses and jobs that we can create in Florida, good paying, clean, sustainable jobs? Or how a real commitment to solar power would allow us to dramatically reduce our carbon pollution production? And for the consumer, there is the not so small fact that your solar system generates power from the sun that’s free.
So if you are asking yourself why Florida does not already produce far more power from the sun, you are not alone. But, then again, this year’s election has given us at least 40 Million examples of why Florida ranks so low. $40 Million dollars that is. That’s the estimated amount of money from power company profits (including our very own Florida Power & Light) that have been spent trying to deceive you into thinking that the proposed Amendment One somehow promotes solar. So why is it that the utility industry would spend such a large amount of money promoting Amendment One?
Well, simply stated, solar represents perhaps the only true competition the powerful monopolies that are our power companies have likely ever faced. And they are scared. Really, really scared that free, clean, power from the sun threatens their ridiculous profit margins and polluting ways.
In a few seconds I will prove to you that FP&L has virtually no interest in promoting solar power, but before I do that let me again urge you (beg you really) to please VOTE NO ON AMENDMENT ONE in Tuesday’s election. Do not let yourself be deceived and lied into thinking that Amendment One does anything to promote or expand solar power in our state. In fact, it’s exactly the opposite.
So, now, allow me to share with you what is really happening and why Florida Power & Light and their peers are trying to deceive voters this year.
First, the excellent work by Miami Herald reporter Mary Ellen Klas (click here to read one of her articles) has thankfully exposed their plot. Ms. Klas uncovered the boasts a senior official at something called the James Madison Institute made about how brilliant it is that the utilities and its Political Action Committee, the pro-solar sounding ‘Consumers For Smart Solar’, are in creating and touting Amendment One to deceive voters. Speaking at a power utility association meeting the electrical industry representative called the power companies creating and backing the proposed Amendment ‘incredible savvy maneuvers’. He then went on, she reported, to call the utilities’ deception an ‘act of political jiu-jitsu’ by, as she explained it, ‘attempting to deceive voters into supporting restrictions on the expansion of solar by shrouding it as a pro-solar amendment’. Thank you Ms. Klas for exposing what so many of us who advocate solar know; that the power companies have no interest in actually promoting solar power and, instead, see it as a threat to their profits and businesses.
Amendment One is a sham.
A farce.
A lie and an illusion designed by the electrical power industry to mislead voters. To trick you.
In fact, Floridians can already do everything the proposed Amendment suggests it ‘allows’. That’s right, we don’t need to change our Constitution to have a solar system permitted and installed or to operate safely or even to sell any extra power your solar system generates back to the power company. You can already do all of those things, but the utility industry wants to control and limit solar. That’s exactly the type of thinking that our state, country and world’s society must change if we are to ever change our ways and move away from the fossil fuels that pump carbon pollution into our air and oceans and that are warming our planet at alarming rates.
“This is deceptive in that all the things the advocates could say could happen with this Amendment can happen without this Amendment. You don’t need to have a constitutional amendment to have adequate regulatory power over solar. You don’t have to have a constitutional amendment to have safety.”
Bob Graham, Former Florida U.S. Senator and Governor
So why would Florida Power & Light, our state’s largest utility, spend an outrageous $22.2 Million to limit the use of solar power? Or for that matter Florida’s second largest, Duke Energy, spend $13.3 Million? Or our third largest Florida utility, Tampa Electric, spend $4.7 Million? All told, over $ 40 MILLION is being spent by Florida’s electrical power companies to tout the proposed amendment and when I think that that money comes out of the rates we pay them for power, all of this makes me terribly angry and sad. Yes, Florida electrical power company customers are paying for these companies to deceive us with our own money. That’s just disgusting.
What I have learned (including first hand in how hard my family had to fight to connect our solar home in the Florida Keys to the electrical grid so as to allow our excess solar power to benefit other customers and reduce their carbon footprint through net solar metering) is that the established power companies have little interest in creating, using, promoting or selling solar power. It’s just not what they do, or do well, and that certainly includes Florida Power & Light. FP&L, like the other power companies in their regions, operate as a monopoly. By law, FP&L and their parent, Next Era Energy (how funny is it that their name suggests a new era of power and they don’t even really support solar?) can’t have any competition and are entitled to make a profit by charging rates that the Florida Public Service Commission (PSC) approves.
If you are like me, you’ve read and seen a lot about FP&L in the media in recent years as they have;
Lobbied the PSC to receive a significant rate increase to fund two new nuclear reactors at Turkey Point in South Miami Dade,
As they have worked to avert a crisis from earths’ rising temperatures and the antiquated system they use to cool their two reactors,
As they have been asked to address the public’s concern over the elevation of their Turkey Point plan’s equipment in a world of rising sea levels and
As the public has learned that their Turkey Point plant has been leaking what we are told are ‘small’ levels of nuclear waste from its canal, water laced with a poisonous, radioactive, chemical called Tritium.
And perhaps you have the sense that FP&L likes to tout how much it loves solar power, yet their own website shows that they generate 3/5ths of 1%, barely more than 1/2 of 1%, of their power from solar systems. Here is what they say on their website (that’s their chart, note how little is from solar power, or ask yourself where power from the ‘wind’ or hydro power ranks):
FPL uses a diverse mix of fuels at our power plants to generate reliable electricity. Because of our fuel mix, FPL is recognized as a clean energy company, with one of the lowest emissions profiles among U.S. utilities. FPL’s carbon dioxide emissions rate, for example, is 35 percent better than the industry average. FPL currently obtains most of our electricity from clean-burning natural gas. Nuclear power, which produces no greenhouse gas emissions, is responsible for another significant portion of power production. In addition, FPL has begun operation of three commercial-scale, emissions-free solar energy facilities in the Sunshine State.
Need more evidence about how small the state’s largest utility’s commitment is to expanding carbon free power from our sun is? Well, in its 156 Page Annual Report FP&L’s parent company, Next Era Energy, explains FP&L’s sources of power on page 8 with the following chart:
That chart is followed by a footnote that reads as follows; ‘Oil and Solar are collectively less than 1%’.
I don’t know about you, but it sure does bother me that FP&L has lumped fossil fuel (Oil) in with Solar. Somehow they doing this in their own Annual Report helps illustrate the point about how little they value the power of the sun, but if that did not explain their lack of a commitment then page 10 of the same Annual Report’s section on solar power seems to make it clear;
Solar Operations
Solar generation can be provided primarily through two conventions: utility-owned and customer-owned or leased. In utility-owned solar generation, the energy generated goes directly to the electric grid, whereas customer-owned or leased solar generation generally goes directly to the location it is serving with any excess over that local need being fed back to the electric grid. There are two principal solar technologies used for utility-scale projects: PV and thermal. In December 31, 2015, FPL owned and operated two solar PV generation facilities, which provided a total of 35 MW of generating capacity, and a 75 MW solar thermal hybrid facility. FPL supports the advancement of solar generation primarily for its fuel diversity and emissions reduction benefits, and plans to continue to support, study and pursue solar generation that is beneficial for FPL’s customers. FPL is in the process of building three solar PV projects that are expected to provide approximately 74 MW each and be placed into service by the end of 2016.
Yeah, I bet there will be a lot more to ‘study’ before they change their business in a meaningful way and grow solar. The fact is that FP&L generates far less than 1% of its power from solar within a business whose net income in 2015 was $2,750,000,000 ($2.75 Billion!) versus $2,470,000,000 in 2014 or $1,910,000,000. In a place like The Sunshine State I’d think that the supposedly smart people at a ‘power’ company making all of these billions and growing like they have been would have been able to figure out how to generate much more clean (and free) power from the sun but, then again, what do I know?
What I know for certain is that solar power is a threat to FP&L and their peers and this election they have proven this to everyone by resorting to lying to voters. Their industry has given us over $40 Million examples of proof by their overt support of a deceptive, unnecessary amendment to Florida’s constitution that does nothing but protect their old fashioned ways and profits at the expense of our planet and your intelligence, much less your vote.
Please join me in putting a stop to the lies and by showing Florida’s power companies that we demand they shift to sustainable energy from places like the sun, wind and water. Please become informed about this deception and VOTE NO ON AMENDMENT ONE.
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ESSEX MUSICAL ASSOCIATION CONCERT
A Festival of Firsts for the centenarian EMA. Helping to fill the gap left by the Cathedral Festival, they abandoned Thaxted this year for the County Town, programming two major choral works for the first time. The choirs were Brentwood, Havering, Ingatestone and the Davenant Foundation, with support from Dovercourt.
Bruckner's Third Mass was the major work. Hundreds of singers, four soloists and the might of the Essex Symphony Orchestra combined to suggest the religious fervour of the piece. The brass at the end of the Gloria soon after the Qui Tollis sequence, the soloists in the Credo, especially baritone Ben Beurklian-Carter, added to the drama of this monumental setting. The choral singing was not always totally accurate, but the power of the voices carried the day.
Elgar's mighty Te Deum and Benedictus veer between the grandiose and the devout. The choirs, under the energetic direction of Keith Orrell, did not always sound comfortable with the music, but there were some wonderful moments, such as the blaze of Glory at the end of the Benedictus.
The instrumental interlude was provided by the young Hungarian
Tamas Balla, who played an enjoyable, if inauthentic, Marcello oboe concerto. But the real treat was his encore: five minutes of unaccompanied Bach. The perfect phrases rang around the Cathedral,
bone-dry Krug after Asti.
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Accept, Startup
Январь 3, 2013 admin
Microsoft’s Terry Myerson Sees Windows Phone As A “Well-Funded Startup,” Downplays Smartphone Rumors.
Microsoft Windows Phone chief Terry Myerson took the stage at the D: Dive Into Mobile conference this morning, and wanted to make it very clear that he sees Windows Phone a little differently than others might.
Given that Windows Phone is still an underdog when it comes to the mobile OS arms race, it’s not exactly a surprise to hear Myerson characterize the WP team as a scrappy (albeit “incredibly well-funded”) startup operating within Microsoft — especially since Myerson himself helmed a startup that was ultimately acquired.
As such, there are certain places where Windows Phone is performing admirably (Fried points to recent reports that Windows Phone is outselling Apple’s iPhone in certain markets) and Myerson says Microsoft is keen to capitalize on those hotspots where they can. That’s not to say that Microsoft isn’t committed to making a splash in the United States where Windows Phone hasn’t been able to move the needle very much, but Microsoft seems eager to strike wherever those potentially fruitful opportunities arise.
“We need to be successful somewhere before we can be successful everywhere,” he said.
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With the help of Donovan’s gritty photographs, the world started to look to London for inspiration, and the whole youthquake was born. Vidal Sassoon was combing out those beehives, giving hair a cut and a freedom it had not experienced in many years; Mary Quant was snipping off skirts into minis that were barely respectable. Donovan was recording all of this, taking us out of frosty locations such as Belgravia to the streets of his youth in the East End.
He was generous and gentle; he was also a very wise man. I sought his advice on everything from decorating my apartment to whether I should accept a job on Vogue or not. He was always there for me. A true friend till the day he died.
Later on in my life when I became a fashion editor, I was happy to work with him again. Shoots were always a pleasure. With Terry, one would spend one’s day laughing until one’s sides ached. But he always had such a great command of the situation, no fussing about, always so direct. His portraiture was masterly and he had a fascination for still life too, the result of tireless hours of lighting and creating special effects.
Basically, he just loved photography and it showed. He loved all cameras, but I think he had a real affection for plate cameras. There was something so proud and solid about them. I have always admired Donovan’s fashion photography with men. While other photographers resorted to cropping the model’s head off to make the picture acceptable, he created a style at About Town magazine that was revolutionary.
He ruled his life with an army-like precision as he cruised around London in his huge Bentley, his office on wheels. An invitation to lunch would go like this, ‘Burkes, Thirteen-hundred hours’, and woe betide you if you were late. But through all the years that he was part of my life, his beady eye guided me and his knowledge of all the things directed me, and his humour will keep me laughing for ever.
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Summer Activity
The New Britain Falcons Ski & Golf Club was established during the ‘07-‘08 ski season by president Rich Sadanowicz under the Falcons Nest 88 wing. It joins previously established sects for Ping Pong, Hunting Club, and Soccer, and provides members the opportunity to join Falcons Nest 88 as well.
Born of the idea to establish a Polish Ski Club in New Britain, the club has grown through its active participation and involvement in the Connecticut Ski Council programs. The mission of the club is to promote skiing and snowboarding on an amateur level, and has met with great success. Our latest membership count is approximately three hundred members, of which one hundred and fifty are families.
Hollidays, Relaxations
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» Not So Free Chat
» Vaccinate Your Children!
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GW Johnson
From: McGregor, Texas USA
Re: Vaccinate Your Children!
Louis:
The links between vaccines and things like autism were thoroughly debunked years ago. It is unpoliced social media that still spreads those lies, and you seem to have fallen for those lies, hook, line, and sinker.
That is not to say big pharma wouldn't sell something harmful if they thought they could get away with it, because they would, and they have. The giant corporations will always need vigilant policing, because money is power, and lots of it corrupts absolutely. We have known that for centuries.
But we have also known (for over 2 centuries now) that vaccines do lots of good with trivial (virtually-zero) harm. It REALLY IS THAT SIMPLE.
McGregor, Texas
"There is nothing as expensive as a dead crew, especially one dead from a bad management decision"
Who Should NOT Get Vaccinated with these Vaccines?
kbd512
GW,
I always thought that protecting our children from painful and ugly deaths due to debilitating or lethal diseases would be less controversial than it is, but apparently not.
From: Lancashire
louis,
Vaccination works *by* stimulating the immune system. It primes the existing immune system so it's ready to fight off infection. It's no different to deliberately trying to get exposed to chickenpox to acquire an immunity, except that the virus is pre-killed so you can't actually develop an infection (which is why we can use it for very dangerous viruses - try having a polio party instead of vaccination and see how far your legs take you afterwards).
"I guarantee you that at some point, everything's going to go south on you, and you're going to say, 'This is it, this is how I end.' Now you can either accept that, or you can get to work." - Mark Watney
An expert witness (pro vaccine) has blown the whistle on how the cover up was implemented:
https://vaccinedeaths.com/2019-02-15-go … utism.html
This just confirms for me my suspicions.
I've seen in my own working life how surveys can be manipulated to deliver the right answer statistically (e.g. judicious choice of statistical parameters like confidence levels plus use of misleading language).
Let's Go to Mars...Google on: Fast Track to Mars blogspot.com
If this is true in that Big Pharma has great influence over the CDC and the FDA then why no federal investigation.
Also if found true then out of my family of 6 which we had 3 would fall into the pool of effected by vacine reactions or allergies.
Since many vacines are food protein containing there is a greater chance for those that are food allergic to have a reaction but thats not a creation of desease which have no bases on food allergies.
From all I have read (in what you might call the "vaccine-sceptic" media), genetic predisposition seems to be key to vaccine damage so it will likely affect some families disproportionately.
SpaceNut wrote:
We keep looking for evidence to support such an assertion and keep rolling a donut in the evidence department. If we could find such evidence, you can bet your last dollar that liars, I mean lawyers, and competitors would be all over that like flies on the stinky brown stuff. We've tried again and again. Some theories just don't pan out. String theory comes immediately to mind, for example. Some part of it may be true, but we just can't seem to find anything we can measure in the physical world to lend creedence to the idea and few believe it's for lack of trying.
JoshNH4H
From: Pullman, WA
louis wrote:
...https://vaccinedeaths.com/2019-02-15-go … utism.html...
Ah yes the website vaccine deaths dot com. Seems very unbiased and trustworthy, yes. I'm sure that's where educated people go to try to hash out evidence-based answers to scientific questions, definitely.
If a predisposition is a detectable genetic test and then you monitor for the marks that show its changed after taking the vacination then you might have the smoking gun.
In Joshworld there are never vaccine deaths...?
JoshNH4H wrote:
If a vaccine had a 1% noticeably harmful effect on 5% of the population but in diverse ways, varying from minor to life-changing, I doubt it would be picked up by these studies given all the other statistical "noise"...especially if people don't actually want to find that result. Lots of people do get compensation for vaccine damage but in the USA and UK the state has separated out the compensation scheme from the general judicial system, so it is far less "visible" in the media.
kbd512 wrote:
Per post 32 above, Louis already says he goes to "vaccine-skeptic" media for his facts. He misspelled it as "sceptic", but so what? Perhaps that is a UK spelling. Not important.
This is important: my point is that you don't go to a conspiracy-theory echo chamber if you want facts! We've already seen that in countless topic areas and issues, and it does damage. If you don't hear dissenting views, then you are in an echo chamber listening to propaganda lies, not truth. Simple as that.
Vaccines work. The harmful outcome rate has historically been way far smaller than 1%, and yes, that is EXACTLY the sort of tiny effects they look for in those studies.
The thing you need to worry about is not the vaccine, because those development procedures put the harmful outcome rate in the 1/100,000 to 1/1,000,000 class. The thing you need to worry about is adequate regulation and liability laws so that the profit motive does not trump ethics.
If you don't watch close enough, they will use bad quality to raise profit, which does kill. The bigger they are, the more likely this is, and the closer you need to watch them. That is the history lesson of millennia of human experience with market-type economics that use money.
You watch the giant corporations' behavior, you employ the finicky procedures that produce good, effective vaccines. Then you allow only tiny amounts of medically-necessary exemptions, so that otherwise-mandatory-for-public-health widespread vaccination produces herd immunity, and effectively wipe out the disease.
It has become politically-popular to allow philosophical or "religious" exemptions, which is THE reason for the recent outbreaks of measles, etc. Once again we have been betrayed by pandering politicians willing to damage public health to get more votes.
THAT is the real ugly truth here, not any of that anti-vax nonsense.
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Another study finds no link between autism and measles, mumps and rubella vaccine
There is an autism epidemic. It's time to stop this absurd fairy tale that it's down to "increased diagnosis".
New Jersey's rate rose to 1 in 22 boys in 2014! This is a horrific health crisis. In a population of 1 million boys that will mean over 45,000 boys in effect are cognitively crippled to varying degrees for life: this is a life sentence.
"Dr. Walter Zahorodny, an assistant professor of pediatrics at the University of Medicine and Dentistry of New Jersey in Newark and he was the lead researcher on the New Jersey portion of a CDC rate study. He was interviewed for Philly.com in March, 2014 about the update in the autism rate to one in every 68 children. Zahorodny said, 'It's a true increase. It's a change of great magnitude. It's silly to go on debating that.' Furthermore, he said the numbers are going to get even worse."
https://www.ageofautism.com/2018/05/aut … ersey.html
No one knows what is causing the rise but it seems difficult to see an alternative explanation to general vaccination. Pollutants? The US is far less polluted now than it was 50 years ago in most regards, although water is contaminated with medical residues and so on...
I suppose the growth in microwave transmissions might fit the bill, but no one I know of has linked them. I have heard microwaves transmission mentioned as a possible explanation for the huge reduction in insect life across the western world (something I can confirm to be the case since these days on the motorway your car no longer gets covered in flies in summer).
I adopt a precautionary approach to all these big environmental/health issues. I think we should certainly begin by reigning back on the introduction of new vaccines. We then need a rational appraisal of all vaccines. We've never given cholera vaccines to children in the UK because cholera was eliminated through good public health measures.
Good videos from Wakefield (who has been censored out of existence in the UK):
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Rv4qUymig9M
The above video shows that the really huge reductions in mortality with the classic vaccination diseases occurred well before introduction of vaccines. Improved sanitation and nutrition was the key. Had we not gone down the vaccination route, the likelihood we would have seen continued falls in any case.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=d7kbWfsygG4
Disclaimer: I'm not a doctor and don't play one on TV.
If I had to guess, the increases we're seeing in ASD's boil down to three things:
1. men and women are waiting until they're way past their prime to have children, and have damaged sperm and embryos as a result
2. environmental factors- certain chemicals cocktails can profoundly affect early development
3. broad spectrum diagnoses that may be incorrect, since there's no objective test for ASD's
A kid who won't sit still in class may have any number of things going on. It may not have a thing to do with ADHD, even if it gets diagnosed that way by intellectually lazy adults.
One really interesting thing about this is that louis earlier made the claim that studies could not find evidence of harms caused by vaccines and is now making the claim that there is an obvious problem with an obvious answer. Generally when things are obvious they are also easier to study.
Anyone reading or posting on this forum is by definition a person who interacts with a group of people that might be called (in the most positive possible way) "internet nerds". Based on anecdotal evidence, autism and aspergers are much more common among that subset of the population. I have to say that in my opinion our community and many others are better off for it.
So here's another lens through which to look at it: We have an imaginary relationship between vaccines and ASDs, vs a very real relationship between a lack of vaccines and all sorts of archaic diseases.
Well neither am I but I am sure No. 1 would have been subject to statistical analysis. I have never heard anyone claim it's related to parental age but obviously it should definitely be considered.
No. 2 is certainly a possibility and needs to be investigated.
No. 3 - I don't think anyone is suggesting there hasn't been more diagnosis of autism but the broad spectrum approach became common at least 20 years ago in advanced societies and whilst text books may think in terms of spectrum there is generally resistance from the state to commiting huge resources to what might be mild symptoms - ie I am sure there are many parents trying to get their diagnosed with ASD but are not having success, so it's as likely that mild forms are undiagnosed in the official statistics.
Well see the Wakefield video - vaccination was not what really vanquished the mortality rates from childhood diseases: it was good sanitation, good accommodation and good nutrition. You might say vaccination applied the icing to the cake but to ascribe the elimination of mortality from these diseases principally to vaccination is just plain wrong in the advanced societies. Of course if I was living in a Kenyan slum with no proper sanitation and with a malnourished family I would favour vaccination. It would be a rational choice.
It's true that functioning adults on the ASD spectrum can contribute fantastically to society. People at that end of the spectrum tend not to get referred to specialists during childhood. Their problems tend to emerge more in teenage and adult years.
If there was a vacine for Fybromyalgia that would be also a step in a direction but its the broad symptoms that are the issue and no real test that can be performed to show that its real. The one thing that is known is sensitive to the touch all over painfrom even light pressure, pain from even moving which echo authoritis and a plausible coulprit in tick born desease but not lyme persay. What we have found is the desease does run the course but the damage is lasting for the person even when doing all that you can as recogmended by the doctors. Time frame is 12 plus years and for most it seems around 16 that the sensitivity is gone but the pain from authoritis continues with movement.
The author’s observation might be truer than he imagined. In a new study, scientists found that broken DNA builds up in brain cells in the daytime, and that repair work only reverses the damage during sleep.
Sleep repairs DNA
cognitively crippled
Oh no! Whatever will I do? According to louis, I am serving a life sentence with no possibility for parole...
The obvious way to check if it's simply down to people being more alert is to see if rates among adults have increased as well. I'm not talking about rates among people *seeking* diagnosis, either - a lot of people who would have met the requirements as children won't be seeking out a diagnosis today, so they won't be counted.
The increase is also at the 'milder' end of the spectrum. If 5% of boys had classic autism, it would be pretty obvious.
https://annals.org/aim/article-abstract … k5oqHxhqTw
Big study in Denmark. Published and peer reviewed!
Elderflower,
Thank you for that. I just heard about that on the radio while driving my kids to school.
If there's a link between autism and vaccinations, we've spent an awful lot of money on trying to establish a link and keep coming up empty-handed. Maybe, just maybe, we should start looking elsewhere so we stand some chance of actually finding the link. The definition of insanity is doing the same thing over and over again, expecting a different result. We've tried like hell to find easy answers and establish obvious links between vaccinations and other illnesses. We just can't seem to find them. There's no squirrel up that tree. Barking at it some more won't cause the squirrel we're chasing after to materialize.
Novonordisk, the prime funders of the study, are a multinational pharmaceutical company that makes products used in vaccine manufacture. Would you trust a health study about cigarette smoking from a tobacco processor, however much it might have been "peer-reviewed"? Of course not. I don't see why we have to take these studies on trust. I would only give credence to studies undertaken by paediatricians.
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Fingers pulled from bag in court
A woman caused uproar in court when she pulled two fingers from her handbag claiming they had belonged to one of her six children.
Remi Fakorede, who was convicted of a £925,000 tax credit fraud, told London's Snaresbrook Crown court they had fallen off following a curse.
She said the same voodoo curse had caused her to participate in the fraud.
The 46-year-old from Hackney was convicted of fraud committed between 1 August 2002 and 26 June 2007.
When the child's fingers were produced, one juror burst into tears while the judge immediately adjourned the case for the rest of the day.
Reporting of the incident, which happened during the trial, was only lifted once the guilty verdict was returned.
Police were called to the court and took a statement from the Nigerian-born defendant.
Social Services and the Child Protection Agency were also contacted.
I have never experienced anything as horrific as this
Judge Jacqueline Beech
Although it is understood one of her children had lost part of her hand after suffering renal problems and developing gangrene, DNA test results are now awaited to determine who the body parts belonged to.
Fakorede was convicted of one count of fraud totalling £925,933, while one of her daughters, 21-year-old Denise Shofolawe-Coker, was found guilty of laundering £70,000 of the stolen money.
Remanding them in custody and adjourning the case until 8 September for pre-sentence reports, Judge Jacqueline Beech warned the pair they faced "inevitable" imprisonment for their "breathtaking" dishonesty.
Lifting the reporting ban on the earlier "fingers" incident, the judge said it must have been "unpleasant" for the jury, and added: "I have never experienced anything as horrific as this."
The court heard Fakorede, who holds joint Nigerian and British citizenship, invented 20 aliases to make 39 false tax credit claims over a five-year period.
She was found out when she then tried to claim childcare as well.
Fakorede blamed the fraud on unknown "forces of darkness", who she said had placed a "voodoo" curse on her family.
She then produced the fingers as evidence, saying the magic was so strong it caused one of her children to lose them.
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The battle for our children's minds
by Kevin Donnelly
News Weekly, February 26, 2005
In the US, it's known as the culture wars: the battle between a liberal-humanist view of education based on the disinterested pursuit of truth and those committed to overthrowing the status quo and turning students into politically-correct new-age warriors.
The editorial in the latest edition of English in Australia, the journal of the Australian Association for the Teaching of English (AATE), provides ample evidence that the culture wars have reached our shores and that those seeking to control our schools prefer indoctrination to education.
Wayne Sawyer, the president of the NSW English Teachers Association and chairman of the NSW Board of Studies English Curriculum Committee, bemoans the fact that the Howard Government was re-elected and cites this as evidence that English teachers have failed in their job.
To read and write
Parents and the general public might be forgiven for thinking that English teachers, instead of teaching students the "right" way to vote, should be more concerned with teaching students to read and write and to value good literature. Not so.
Sawyer asks: "What does it mean for us and our ability to create a questioning, critical generation that those who brought us balaclava-clad security guards, Alsatians and Patrick's stevedoring could declare themselves the representatives of the workers and be supported by the electorate?
"Three years before, Howard had headlined the non-existent children overboard; he had put race firmly on the agenda as an election issue and cynically manipulated the desperation and poverty of our Pacific neighbours. What does it mean for us and our ability to create a questioning, critical, ethical citizenry that that kind of deception is rewarded?"
One might imagine, in a democracy such as ours, that once the people have voted, those who voted the other way would accept the outcome and respect the people's judgment. Not so Sawyer.
As is so characteristic of the elites who seek to control Australia's cultural agenda, Sawyer refuses to accept that the people may have got it right and that their decision, while unacceptable to him, might be based on sound judgment.
What Sawyer also fails to consider is that such was the Howard Government's record - high employment, low inflation and secure borders - and the dismal performance of the ALP, that voting for the Coalition might have been the action of a sensible person.
Even worse than Sawyer's jaundiced view about the election - and the apparent failure of English teachers to get tomorrow's adults to vote the way he would like - is what the editorial tells us about how English is now taught.
In the postmodern classroom, literacy is defined as social-critical literacy and texts are "deconstructed" to show how disadvantaged groups, such as girls and women, are marginalised and dispossessed. Ignored is the aesthetic and moral value of great literature.
The result? Traditional fairytales such as Jack and the Beanstalk and children's classics such as The Magic Far Away Tree are criticised for presenting boys as masculine and physically assertive and for failing to show girls in dominant positions.
The English classroom was once a place to learn how to read and write. In the edubabble much loved by teacher educators such as Wayne Martino, this more traditional approach is considered obsolete and, as an alternative, the English classroom must be "conceptualised as a sociopolitical site where alternative reading positions can be made available to students outside of an oppressive male-female dualistic hierarchy - outside of an oppressive phallocentric signifying system for making meaning".
In line with the PC approach to curriculum, the AATE also argues that competitive assessment is inequitable and socially unjust, and that testing and failing students in areas such as literacy is bad for their self-esteem.
Given that the AATE has promoted such failed fads as whole language, it is understandable why the association refused to accept the results of the 1996 national survey that showed 27 per cent of Year 3 and 29 per cent of Year 5 students failed to reach the minimum standard in reading.
"Manufactured crisis"
In the words of a past president of the AATE, Margaret Gill, all is well in Australia's classrooms and the concern about standards is simply a "manufactured crisis".
A federally funded survey of Australian parents carried out in 1997 discovered that 60 per cent of those interviewed did not believe that teachers were professional enough or well enough trained to teach about politics without bias. Judged by the actions of professional associations such as the AATE, it appears that they are correct.
Kevin Donnelly, a former chief of staff to federal Employment Minister, Kevin Andrews, is author of Why Our Schools are Failing (Duffy & Snellgrove, 2004).
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Representative Michael Vose, Epping
Member, NH General Court 2015-2018, 2019-2020, Assistant Majority Leader 2017-2018
Representative Michael Vose
Issues/Accomplishments
Special Election in October
admin / June 19, 2019
With the resignation in May of Rep. Sean Morrison, Epping voters are being asked to choose his replacement in a Special Election on October 8th. Former Rep. Michael Vose issued the following statement about this election:
“My heartfelt thanks to everyone who came out to vote in the Primary on August 20th. I sincerely appreciated the outpouring of support. Now, I ask for your vote in the General special election on October 8th.
“I am running in this election to tackle some big issues, including:
Reducing business taxes
Working against broad-based taxes, including a carbon tax
Eliminating the interest & dividends tax
Eliminating regulation, especially on small business
Protecting the sanctity of business hiring practices
Reducing electricity costs
Protecting our water supply
Protecting individual freedoms
Keeping government as small as possible
Safeguarding 2nd Amendment rights
Promoting choice in education
Using education funds more efficiently
Preserving voting integrity
Protecting the genuinely vulnerable
“I served as one of Epping’s State Representatives from 2014-2018, and became a member of the House Republican leadership team in 2016 when Speaker Shawn Jasper appointed me to be an Assistant Majority Leader. I served on the Science, Technology, and Energy committee for four years and devoted many long hours to understanding our state’s complex energy economy.
“I never forgot about the Epping citizens who sent me to Concord. I helped a local business that wanted to build a biofuel plant by filing a bill to permit such a use, not allowed under the law in effect at the time. Earlier, I had helped promote legislation that allowed that same business to sell some of its wood derived from clean construction/demolition debris to a waste-to-energy plant near Concord.
“On behalf of the Epping Selectmen, I filed a bill to allow funds accumulated in an ambulance revolving fund to be rebranded to include fire services. This change let the Epping Fire Department acquire another fire truck at no cost to taxpayers.
“The Epping Planning Board found itself wrestling with the problem of unused zoning variances and special exceptions. Some of these unused authorizations were 25 years old. A lot can change in 25 years, and the Board needed a way to make sure it got to review the use of an old permit. I filed a bill that the Board used this past March to implement a new zoning ordinance to equitably retire those older variances/exceptions.
“I filed energy bills designed to make our electricity markets more transparent and accountable. Governor Sununu came to Epping twice to sign some of these bills into law. These new laws will be tools in the ongoing effort to provide relief to energy ratepayers.
“I ask for your vote because I have proven that I can get the job done. I live by a set of basic principles that revolve around personal responsibility, the natural rights of every citizen, and frugality. I understand the imperative that government should serve its citizens, and ensure equal opportunities, not outcomes, for everyone.
“Please come to the Epping Middle School gym to vote between 8:00 a.m. and 7:00 p.m. on October 8th. I pledge to work hard for you, and I appreciate your support.”
Thank You, Epping!
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