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The Jim Smith Room
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Forum Introductions
By davenportram, October 2, 2010 in The Jim Smith Room
davenportram 3,349
I'm dav - come back to this forum after the DET shut.
I joined this when it first started but sort of drifted out of it through trying to be on toom any forums, ended up just on DET.
Derby fan for 25 years - now that makes me fell old (and young when compared to some)
Gusboll 7
I'm Gusboll,
Used to be on the old DCFC forum and more recently the DET one. Been following the Rams for nearly 40 years now (christ!).
Live in London but get to a few games.
Boycie 17,669
Rhythm Section. Purple Gang member
East Upper - Block I
I'm Boycie from Belper.
I was on the earlier DET under Boycie, but got banned for my presence on the NEP forest forum, (also RIP)
They said I was a WUM, but I'm just misunderstood.
Season ticket in the seating area of the SE end.
red fever 1
Does WUM stand for Wind Up Misunderstood ?
nah blud, its -word up man!
Isildur1 0
Hi Isildur1
Im a legend in the making. (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Isildur1)
Im a huge fan, and I agree with the board and what they are doing.
We look to moving forward as a football club and far from looking to go backwards and i approve of it all.
Used to be a member on the DET and was pretty gutted it closed down. Anybody got any clue or real reason why it was closed down?
Nice to meet you all.
Introduce yourself you Red dog.
Don't forget ex NEP mod aswell. BOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO!
Hartley Hare 6
I'm Hartley Hare, ex-DET forum poster. Been a Rams fan for as long as I can remember, but just too young to have enjoyed the first Mr Clough's reign. I do remember the 74-75 championship tho' - just. As a child I even named my pet kitten Charlie, after my favourite Rams player, and wrote a letter to him at the Baseball Ground to let him know. Unfortunately, he left the club as my letter was in the post to him so I never got a reply - I've been unable to name a pet after a Rams player ever since, such are the depths of the scars....
Anyway, I'm not normally a prolific poster, I tend to prefer to speak only when I've got something to say. But that doesn't stop me from spouting the occasional piece of garbage from time to time, of course!
Derby_Dave_nee_Marilyn 177
Hi I am Marilyn (Not real name ) From Belper and have season ticket in SE corner although not a singer I like to be close to the atmosphere.
This seems like a genuinely decent type of place and am pleased to be here. Although it is very sad to see the DET forum gone it had gotten to feel quite bleak at times. I look forward to jollier times ahead.
Up the rams!!
red fever
life long Forest fan from the hights of Europe to the lows of the JP cup, through thick & thin.
Biggest high beating the holders Liverpool in the European cup.
Biggest low watching Brian Clough at his last ever game in charge of Forest.
I have to say red fever, that was a particularly poignant day, to see him sign off that way. He'd have probably left at the end of the 91 season if he'd won the FA cup, I reckon.
Hucknall Ram 792
Level 1 FA Coach - Working on Level 2
North Upper - Block G
Hi am Pete or hucknall ram on this forum.
Lived in Derby for 22 years, before moving to Hucknall 3 years ago when I got married, got a one year old boy called Archie. I have a season ticket in south east corner, if Derby aren't at home on Saturday you will find me at Hucknall Town. Love watching live football. Be interested to know if any of the new members live in or near Hucknall? Me and my lad don't want to be the only Derby fans in Hucknall
Perky1106 205
East Upper - Block D
I've been here a while (125 years ) but might as well introduce myself since there's a massive new influx.
I'm Joe (obviously). I'm 20, in my third year of Uni now (:eek:) so can only watch Derby occasionally which is a bummer. But if and when I graduate I'll be back in the South East corner.
I don't take too things too seriously. Apart from the football, I enjoy reading, writing stuff, music, gaming, off-colour humour, debating and getting smashed.
vicky-27 3
I'm the one that usually gets all the stick :frown:
I'm 46 and hoping i'm not the oldest on here now
Season ticket holder with the barmy army and Savage stalker
But it's all out of love.
derbydan 111
i'm dan lifelong derby fan, moved to blackpool about 4 years ago, season ticket holder in the south east corner
Old Fart 0
I am the oldest on here. Been supporting the Rams since the late 60's.
Seen all the ups and downs, more down's in recent years.
Son in law's a scabby forest fan, he's said I should go and watch them, I said I would rather stick my dick in a vice.
Alex W 644
@awebber91
Hello there, Alex W here, real name Alexander but call me Alex anyhow.
Up and coming sports journalist, 19, migrated over to the DET forum. I'll be trying to revive that site if I can. Sit in the North Stand, though will be Press Box once my site is up.
I have my own live commentary site going up soon, which hopefully will take off in a big way. It looks like it's going to anyway!
Huge football fan, just love the game in general, sometime in the future i'd like to be involved in the running of a non league club, and one day retire to New Zealand and help the game out there somehow.
That's about it really! (Well, I don't want to ramble )
My name is Luke Thornhill. I've been here since day one, well about day 3 or 4. I was on DET way back before it filled out with red dogs and mods who were more interested in protecting away fans than Derby fans.
Been a Derby fan for as long as I can remember, went to my first game at Bradford (we lost 1-0), had a season (originally in north, then in south) stands for a few seasons but couldn't afford to re-new before last season, still get to as many games as I can (only missed Cardiff so far this season)
I have aspirations in alot of things, most of which will never actually happen.
But yeah just a normal guy really, spend alot of time with the missus, at work, or (when I do get some time) on xbox or playing football.
Bristol Ram 28
I'm Bristol Ram and I've moved here from the DET forum, which I'd only recently started posting regularly on.
I am a Christian, and I work with teenagers in a church down here, so I work weird hours, meaning I'm on here at odd times.
I'm originally a South Derbyshire lad, moved here ten years ago for work and married a Bristolian, so I think I'm staying here. But I still get up for games when I can, about five or six a season. I take my youngster to the odd reserve game... he's a bit young for the real thing, but it won't be long!
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Round-the-World
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aword from oneworld: April 2009
LAN Ecuador launches first domestic flights: oneworld® now offers domestic flights in a fourth South American country, with affiliate member LAN Ecuador launching internal services in its home market. It is now linking its two hubs Guayaquil and Quito with seven Airbus A318 flights a day. Later it will connect both gateways with Cuenca and the Galapagos Islands.
Until now, it has only operated internationally, with flights between Ecuador and the USA, Europe, Chile and Argentina.
oneworld is the only alliance with any member airlines based in South America, with LAN Airlines and its affiliates already offering domestic services within Chile, Argentina and Peru, besides their comprehensive international networks.
Dragonair aims to add Guangzhou to its network from September: Dragonair is aiming to add Guangzhou to its network, with twice-daily passenger flights from September. Currently, Japan Airlines is the only oneworld airline to serve Guangzhou, formerly known as Canton and home base of SkyTeam's China Southern. Dragonair's plan to open service on this route is subject to government approvals.
Malév becomes fourth oneworld member to serve St Petersburg: Malév Hungarian Airlines has resumed services to St Petersburg after a near 10-year break. It is now operating to the Russian city from its Budapest base twice weekly during the summer season, to late October. It is the fourth oneworld member to serve the Russian city, alongside British Airways, Finnair and Iberia.
Cathay Pacific named Airline of the Year: Cathay Pacific has been named Airline of the Year 2009 in the World Airline Awards run by the Skytrax airline quality research organisation - the third time in ten years that the airline has taken the scheme's overall top award. This year, it was also named Best Airline Asia and Best in South East Asia.
Overall, oneworld's 10 member airlines took a total of seven of the scheme's top awards. LAN took two top prizes - as Best Airline South America and Best Regional Airline South America. British Airways was judged Best Transatlantic and Qantas retained its award as Best Airline Australasia.
American to make 300 of its US domestic aircraft in-flight wifi hotspots: American Airlines is to offer passengers wifi internet access in-flight on more than 300 of its aircraft flying on US domestic services within the next two years. After trials on board 15 of its Boeing 767-200s since August, it is now to install the Gogo equipment on all 150 of its MD80s and then its entire Boeing 737-800 fleet.
Gogo turns an American Airlines flight into a wifi hotspot, enabling passengers to surf the web, check email, send instant messages, access a corporate VPN and more. Cell phone and Voice over Internet Protocol (VoIP) service use will not be available. Once the aircraft has reached 10,000 ft, users can simply turn on their wifi enabled devices - such as laptops, smartphones and handheld PDAs - then open their browsers and be directed to the Gogo portal page where they sign up and begin surfing.
RJ moves alongside most other oneworld carriers at Frankfurt: Royal Jordanian has moved its operations at Frankfurt alongside those of most other oneworld carriers, in Terminal 2, leaving American Airlines the alliance's only partner now operating from the airport's older Terminal 1. Frankfurt is the only airport in the world served by all ten oneworld member airlines. RJ flies there daily from its Amman hub.
Tell us what you'd like from us - and you could win round-the-world tickets: Travellers are being invited to tell oneworld what services and benefits they would most like it to offer and their overall vision for the alliance in the decade ahead - for a chance to win a pair of Business Class tickets for travel all the way around the world on its airline members. The invitation is being made to mark the 10th anniversary of oneworld's launch. Every idea posted at www.oneworld.com/10years will be reviewed by a jury of airline industry experts, with the author of the best idea winning the pair of round-the-world Business Class. For full details, terms and conditions, see www.oneworld.com/10years.
About oneworld: oneworld brings together some of the best and biggest names in the airline business - American Airlines, British Airways, Cathay Pacific, Finnair, Iberia, Japan Airlines, LAN, Malév Hungarian Airlines, Qantas and Royal Jordanian, and around 20 affiliates including American Eagle, Dragonair, LAN Argentina, LAN Ecuador and LAN Peru. Mexicana and its affiliate Click Mexicana will join the alliance in later 2009. Diese Fluggesellschaften:
Serve almost 700 airports in nearly 150 countries, with some 8,500 daily departures.
Offer some 550 airport lounges for premium customers.
Carry 330 million passengers a year, employ 300,000 people and operate almost 2,300 aircraft.
Generate US$100 billion annual revenues.
oneworld is the only alliance with any member airlines based in Australia, South America or Asia's Middle East. The alliance enables its members to offer their customers more services and benefits than any airline can provide on its own. These include a broader route network, opportunities to earn and redeem frequent flyer miles and points across the combined oneworld network and more airport lounges.
oneworld offers a wider range of alliance fares than any of its competitors. oneworld was voted the World's Leading Airline Alliance for the sixth year running in the latest (2008) World Travel Awards. It is the only winner of this award since it was introduced in 2003.
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The French connection
Julie & Julia inspires an evening at Atmosphere
“Have you seen Julie & Julia?” our server asked us as we took our seat at Atmosphere (1620 Piedmont Ave., 678-702-1620). ??We explained that we had seen the film about Julia Child the day before and that it was, in fact, our inspiration to dine there. Atmosphere has consistently ranked among the best French restaurants in our city. ??“You’re not alone,” the server, Andrew, replied. He explained that business had been booming since the film opened. I looked around the dining room and noted to Wayne that it wasn’t exactly a young crowd. It was more like … our age.??Like most Baby Boomers, I grew up with a mother who watched Julia Child’s cooking program on public TV. Michael Pollan recently argued in a New York Times magazine essay that Child, unlike TV’s current celebrity chefs, distinguished herself by actually teaching people how to cook. The Food Network’s chefs, Pollan wrote, mainly serve as performers. They cater to people’s love of eating, whereas Child catered to what Pollan identifies as the natural but disappearing love of cooking itself.??I mainly agree with him. But Child’s lilting voice, towering height, obviously eccentric character and occasional screw-up also made watching her a spectator sport. There was something of the same in Nathalie Dupree’s cooking show, when – long before Paula Deen – she brought New Southern Cooking into national vogue.??Besides the occasional clip online, I confess that the only time I have watched the Food Network and cooking shows on other networks is a few years ago when I visited my mother in the final months of her life. The shows were on night and day and just about drove me crazy. It was quite clear to me then that most of the shows, as Pollan says, were about personality – about fame – just as the Julie in Julie & Julia is. As much as I liked the “Julia part” of the film, the “Julie part” is a rumination, intended or not, on the way ambition has rendered talent secondary. ??Manners have likewise died along with the return to caveman “viscerality.” Pollan doesn’t mention this, but one way cooking shows signal their visceral appeal to eaters instead of cooks is the weird predilection for amplifying the smacking sounds of people eating. Hosts also talk with their mouths full. I thought I was the only person who found this irritating until a friend who is a food anthropologist told me he’d noticed the same thing show after show. I suppose it’s a small thing, but in a general way expresses the state of our culture. Eating trumps cooking. Fame trumps talent. Appetite trumps manners. Generally, in short, consumption trumps skill. (And I’m not even going into the matter of the way restaurant dining rooms have become stages.)??Happily, a restaurant like Atmosphere is a pleasant blend of the sensual and the civilized. Hopeton Hibbert, formerly chef at Eclipse di Luna, is the chef here now, so you certainly can’t blame him for the fact that the menu is a bit staid. Most of the menu is devoted to classic French dishes.??I started with a charcuterie plate of six buttery, savory meats, including a house-made pate and several sausages, while Wayne ordered classic onion soup. ??Wayne’s entrée was another classic, Coquilles St. Jacques, a dish that was one of my own introductions to French cuisine when I was a kid and ate at the oh-so-elegant Magic Pan at Lenox Square. Hibbert sautées big scallops and places them over mushroom ravioli instead of tossing them with mushrooms in the usual way. It’s a great contrast of flavors and creamy textures. He also adds the surprise of crunchy asparagus, chopped so fine it’s not even recognizable in the parsley-laden sauce. ??I ordered a rack of lamb arranged about a fat, delicious polenta cake placed over a tian of eggplant and tomatoes. It’s a bit of a stretch to call the thinly layered, bare vegetables a tian, at least compared to my experience of tians in the past. That’s not to say the combination wasn’t wonderful, served with green beans and a rosemary lamb jus. ??When Wayne and I travel in France, he always goes straight for the profiteroles when it’s time for dessert. I always go straight for the ile flottante. Atmosphere doesn’t serve the latter, so we shared a dish of three profiteroles stuffed with vanilla ice cream and drizzled with chocolate sauce.??It was a great, but not inexpensive meal. Here are three of my other favorite French restaurants:??Au Rendez Vous (1328 Windsor Parkway, 404-343-4983). For the money, this is the best French restaurant in town, despite a décor that is completely functional. The chef/owner is Kiet Jean-Claude Changivy, born in Saigon but trained in Paris. I’ve been to this restaurant countless times and never had a bad meal. Over the years, I’ve been addicted to the cassoulet, the rabbit fricassee and the Boeuf Bourguignon. The only drawbacks: a location that is kind of out-of-the-way wherever you are, and no credit cards accepted.??Anis (2974 Grandview Ave., 404-233-9889). I ate at this restaurant every Friday for years with friends and still return frequently. Dining on the patio is especially pleasant. The menu changes fairly often here, but standbys are the roasted chicken and the fish of the day. There’s a daily quiche, too. ??French American Brasserie (30 Ivan Allen Jr. Blvd., 404-266-1440). This is the heir to Brasserie Le Coze, undoubtedly the best French restaurant in town during its years at Lenox Square. This successor has not impressed me as much but it’s also true that the downtown location discourages me from eating there often. The current executive chef is Stephen Sharp, an Atlanta native who was, incidentally, recently named hottest chef in Atlanta. I like the coq au vin and skate wing. There is a menu of steaks with your choice of artery-clogging sauces.
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January 31, 8:30am • Ottawa Art Gallery • part of a series on Roots
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Eve-Marie Blouin-Hudon Achieving Flow State
Welcome to a new decade of CreativeMornings Ottawa!
We ended 2019 on a super high note thanks to our incredible community, and we are continuing the trend into 2020. We hope you’ll join us!
We’re starting off the year with a well-known community member, activist, DJ and artist to speak on this month’s global theme—Roots.
Ian Campeau, also known as DJ NDN and Migizi Bebaayaad, is the co-founder and former member of the music group A Tribe Called Red (ATCR). Through a powerful combination of art and activism, he uses his notoriety to draw attention to issues of racism, gender-based violence, stigmas of mental health, and other forms of oppression.
In this talk, Ian will teach us the importance of reconnecting with our roots and how the reclamation of traditional language is essential to understanding Indigenous culture.
Anishinaabe from the Nipissing First Nation, he is a charismatic, impassioned speaker, who promotes discussion and sharing of knowledge to help bring about change.
We cannot wait to hear his talk!
Free tickets will go live on January 23 here: https://creativemornings.com/talks/ian-campeau/
See you on January 31 at the Ottawa Art Gallery!
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It’s the last CreativeMornings Ottawa of the decade and we want to make it extra special for you! That’s why this month, we have two engaging speakers from BEING Studio, a not-for-profit art space in the Bronson Centre that supports a community of artists with developmental disabilities, to speak on the theme of Silence.
What happens when you promote inclusive, unfiltered creative expression and nurture new ideas?
That’s exactly what BEING Studio is promoting and what we will explore in this month’s talk.
Speaking on the theme is Stephanie Nadeau, the Executive Director of BEING Studio and Debbie Ratcliffe, an artist at BEING.
We can’t wait to see you all on December 20 at the Ottawa Art Gallery!
Tickets will go live here on Friday, December 13 at 11:00 AM.
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This month we’re welcoming Lisa J. Weiss to the CreativeMornings Ottawa stage to speak to the November global theme Lost, as an invitation, and gateway, to creativity.
Lost is one of those words which elicits a body response. We’ve all had the experience of being lost, whether physically or emotionally. Imagine if, instead of bracing against it, we could tap into the genius of the experience and transform it into one of innovation that jump starts our ability to be creative in how we shape our world.
Join us on November 29 at the Ottawa Art Gallery! Tickets go live Friday, November 22 at 11 a.m. - don’t snooze!
Happy October, Ottawa!
We’re jumping into the new season with a fun new theme and a fantastic speaker who we cannot wait to have on the CreativeMornings Ottawa stage.
Our speaker is psychologist and expert on creativity and imagination, Eve-Marie Blouin. Eve-Marie came to us with a beautiful pitch on how she can teach and inspire our audience to get into a state of flow, and let’s just say we were sold.
So what is flow?
Flow is a state where time stops existing and the ‘sense of self’ disappears. We have all experienced this at one point in our lives, oftentimes by accident. For some of us, flow came while skiing down a difficult hill, and for others, while painting a lavish landscape or performing in a play.
Whatever the activity, flow is likely to come when the challenges of the situation match a person’s skills, when the goal of the activity is clear, and when people value the activity.
Since getting into a state of flow can help people grow their skill set and access a deeper mode of thinking (all of which are beneficial for creativity), Eve will introduce you to the concept of flow, we will reflect on our own experiences, and practice “hacking” into this state through a play-based activity.
Sounds cool, doesn’t it?
Tickets for #CMflow on Friday, October 18 will go live on October 11 right here.
Pictured: Eve’s previous flow and play workshop at the NAC.
Whether you’re a mathematician tinkering with complex equations or a musician pairing discordant notes together, searching for inspiration can often send you in circles. The longer you sit and wait for an epiphany to strike, the harder it gets to make progress.
What if you could get unstuck by turning to your muse?
This month, Ottawa-based visual artist Marisa Gallemit will share her musings on the unwieldy process of finding expansive mentors, foraging the imagination and trusting in the potency of our own innate ingenuity.
Marisa believes that old things tell stories and is motivated by the concept that every object carries its own history and energy.
Marisa manipulates, deconstructs and distorts objects into sculptural compositions which mimic the corporal and the natural, exploring the odyssey of human emotion, identity and heritage.
Her three-dimensional works use repurposed materials, rhythmic forms and organic textures, acting as tactile monuments to our collective and subtle human experiences.
You can check out more of her incredible work here: http://marisagallemit.com/
#CMmuse is on September 27. Free tickets will be released on September 20 at 11 am here: https://creativemornings.com/talks/marisa-gallemit
We want to know, what do you do to draw out your muse for creative inspiration, guiding you to new ideas? Tweet us. #CMmuse
This month theme #CMJustice, we are excited to welcome speaker Daniel Tucker-Simmons, principal lawyer and co-founder of Avant Law firm, specializing in workers’ rights, housing rights, and human rights. There’s a long-running, problematic belief that ‘law = anti-creativity’. To many, law is rarely considered as a profession that encourages freewheeling, creative thought, but in reality, lawyers are communicators; in order to problem-solve, they have to constantly find new, innovative ways to communicate and make positive, lasting change.
Creativity is a quality not typically associated with the justice system. And for good reason. In this talk, Daniel problematizes the glacial pace of innovation in the legal services sector and its contribution to the access to justice crisis, presents some imaginative innovations attempting to deal with the problem, and extends an invitation to creative minds in other sectors to turn their focus to law.
Join us on August 30 at the Ottawa Art Gallery! Tickets go live Friday, August 23 at 11 a.m. don’t snooze!
Introducing CreativeMornings Ottawa’s newest supporting partner – Cloud in the Sky
In addition to recently revealing this month’s theme, we’ve got another HUGE announcement to make! We have partnered with Cloud in the Sky Studios to help us capture our creativity-driven, community-oriented monthly meetups!
Much like ourselves, Cloud in the Sky Studios is enthusiastically devoted to encouraging all creatives to collaborate. They are an Ottawa-based video production team composed of artists, writers, directors, cinematographers, photographers, designers, and editors. Their incredible roster of clients including BlackBerry, NBA Canada, Carleton University and many more speaks to their standards.
When asked what they think makes Ottawa a creative city, Cloud in the Sky Studios’ Brittany Delgaty responded, “SO many things! We may not have the numbers of that of Toronto, for example, but we have such a diverse, active community and we believe this stimulates creativity in all forms. What makes Ottawa unique is the fact that you can get bigger-city vibes yet find nature everywhere. Nature is important to a lot of us here at the studio for staying fresh and with an open mind.”
We couldn’t more excited to have this team of award-winning storytellers help us tell our stories! So, for those of you who can’t attend, not to worry! Thanks to Cloud in the Sky Studios, everyone can tune into our talks.
Show them some social media love and follow them on Facebook, Instagram, and LinkedIn. Want to learn more about Cloud in the Sky Studios? Catch them at our next meetup on August 30th or visit cloudintheskystudios.com.
As we mentioned last month, we’re going to be talking about something completely new to CreativeMornings Ottawa for this month’s global theme END! You may have guessed it… but then again maybe not. It's definitely something that will 'bud' your interest... 😏 Okay enough with the build up! We’re so excited to welcome Jessica Hay, Creative Director at Canopy Growth Corporation to the stage to speak on the end of the marijuana prohibition and how it’s ‘budding’ new beginnings in many industries including the creative field.
Join us on July 19 at the Ottawa Art Gallery! Tickets go live THIS Friday, July 12 at 11 a.m. don’t snooze!
I wonder why the leaves on this tree differ from the leaves on this one? I wonder why the deer follow the same path and sleep here in the winter? I wonder why I’m happiest by the water? I wonder why the salamanders hide under rocks, and why frogs skin are so sensitive to the human touch?
This month’s theme on WONDER will be explored by Marlene Power, Executive Director of Child and Nature Alliance.
After this talk, our relationship with nature will be strengthened. We will learn how outdoor play, and exploring nature on a regular basis, can support children’s (and our inner child’s) innate curiosity and bring out a sense of wonder in our lives every day.
Join us on June 28 at the Ottawa Art Gallery! Tickets go live on Friday, June 21.
Introducing Banfield’s CreativeMornings monthly challenge!
We're thrilled to share that our incredible sponsor, Banfield Agency is celebrating its CreativeMornings Ottawa partnership with creative challenges surrounding our monthly global themes.
The video on this month’s theme of Wonder gave us chills! It encompasses exactly what the theme is all about and pairs perfectly with our speaker’s WONDERful topic.
Check out the video produced by Ryan Grevatt, Derrick Outram, Kelly Rusk, Emily Charette and Devin Singleton, that follows a man discovering the hidden wonders in the world around him.
Announcing award-winning architect, Darrell de Grandmont as our speaker for #CMpreserve!
Not only does Darrell have over 20 years of design experience, but he is also passionate about sustainability, biomimicry and expressive design (amazing).
Recently, he was the Chief Architect for the House of Commons, contributing in the rehabilitation of historical buildings and spaces located in the parliamentary precinct, including the West Block and Centre Block buildings.
During the talk, Darrell will share his personal journey in developing design narratives and how his most recent work has shone a light on the evolution of a building’s story.
And that’s not all we have planned this month…
May marks CM Ottawa’s 7th year! So we’ll be adding some extra special activities and goodies to celebrate our Birthday. Join us on May 31!
Registration will open on Friday, May 24 at 11 am.
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Australia Offers Refuge to White South African Farmers - ANC Says NOG OFF!
Author Topic: Australia Offers Refuge to White South African Farmers - ANC Says NOG OFF!
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'We will look after them, feed them and pay their medical bills': Hundreds of South Africans living in Australia plead with Citizenship Minister Alan Tudge to take in their farming relatives as refugees to escape 'rape and murder'
* South Africans living in Australia packed school hall at Mandurah, south of Perth
* Pleaded with Citizenship Minister Alan Tudge to let their loved ones immigrate
* One man promised to feed, pay the medical bills of his South African relatives
Stephen Johnson | Daily Mail (UK) | 4 April 2018
http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-5601799/South-Africans-living-Australia-plead-Citizenship-Minister-help-relatives-escape.html
Extract: A man known only as Dion told a packed Tuesday night forum at Mandurah, south of Perth, he would help his loved ones and spare taxpayers the cost.
'We will look after them we will feed them we will pay their medical bills — please let us get them here,' he said.
Citizenship Minister Alan Tudge told a full school hall at Mandurah Baptist College Australia could rescue white South African farmers after giving refugee status to people fleeing violence in Iraq, Syria and Myanmar.
'We have been generous to many, many other people around the world and I like to think we can be equally generous to South Africans who have been persecuted,' he said.
The minister heard from scores of people whose relatives are stuck in South Africa after black lawmakers voted to seize their land without compensation.
White farmers have been subjected to brutal assaults, with one elderly woman in the Vaal region last year tortured by having her foot mutilated with a power drill.
RL Forum Gallery Link: White Genocide in South Africa by Hidden to Guests
https://creativityalliance.com/forum/index.php?action=gallery;su=user;cat=28;u=421
One woman told the forum 'every single day a farmer is farming on his land' increased the odds of them being raped or murdered the longer they remained in South Africa.
A farmer called John, who is still living in South Africa with his wife, told the ABC he hoped to immigrate to Perth to join his daughter.
He rejected a suggestion the murders of white South African farmers were simply reflective of the nation's high crime rate.
'When you torture people, you rape women and children, and you do it in front of their husbands after they've been incapacitated that's not crime,' he said.
The local federal Liberal member for Canning Andrew Hastie said the stories told at the forum highlighted how bad the situation was in South African for white farmers.
'We need to take some sort of action,' he told the ABC's AM radio program.
Facebook: Where promotion of KILL WHITEY is a passtime
Secret Service: Man at White House Wanted to Kill 'All White Police ...
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Nov 6, 2017 - A man was arrested outside the White House Monday after the Secret Service says they learned he traveled to D.C. to kill "all white police." Michael Arega, of Dallas, Texas, was spotted on Pennsylvania Avenue near Lafayette Park about 4:05 p.m., the Secret Service said in a statement. He was ...
'Kill all white people': Suspect in killings of five white men made threat ...
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Sep 1, 2017 - The 22-year-old man suspected of shooting five middle-aged white men since last year — including four on south Kansas City walking trails — threatened in 2014 to shoot up a school and “kill all white people,” according to court records. Fredrick Demond Scott, who was charged Tuesday in two killings and ...
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"In the beginning of a change, the patriot is a scarce man, brave, hated, and scorned. When his cause succeeds, the timid join him, for then it costs nothing to be a patriot." Mark Twain.
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The horrific crimes committed on Whites in South Africa is Shocking especially when savages target old men and old woman and children , these black savages brag about putting White children in ovens to gets your cellphones and wallet , read the united nations definition of Genocide it fits what's happening to Whites letter to letter , I'm from there I've seen these crimes first hand and there after affects , hopefully Aussie has some balls and helps Whites in south africa , boycott all products from there make those savages suffer like they've made our Brothers and Sisters suffer for being White , south africa is the only country in the world where the majority has affirmative action and just for everyone's info more black savages died between 93 and 94 from black on black violence than the whole era of White Civil Rule .
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White People Now Officially Excluded from the South African Job Market.
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Last October, Jennifer took her first step towards a healthier life by linking up with Diet-to-Go. A few short months ago, Jennifer celebrated her sensational 43-pound weight loss by completing a 10-mile road race in just 90 minutes!
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Audio Interview, Ronald Gold, June 23, 1973
Homosexuality--Psychological aspects, Mass media--Public relations, Press, Homosexuality on television
Audio Interview, Mike, 1974
Transactional analysis, Masculinity, Parent and child--Family relationships, Counseling, Sex role
Audio Interview, Dean Hannotte, undated
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Audio Interview, Jim Mulcahy, March 30, 2012
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Video Interview, Ruth Rosenberg Naparsteck, September 6, 2013
Municipal archives, Gay liberation movement, Homosexuality--Social aspects, Gay bars
Video Interview, Jim Mulcahy, August 16, 2012
Homosexuality--Religious aspects, Coming out (Sexual orientation), Hospital care, AIDS (Disease), Gays--Political activity
Audio Interview, Bess Watts and Anne Tischer, September 28, 2012
Same-sex marriage, Coming out (Sexual orientation), Closeted gays--family relationships, Lesbians, AIDS (Disease), Gay bars, Domestic partner benefits, Homosexuality in the workplace, Stereotypes (social psychology)
Video Interview, Tim Tompkins, November 30, 2012
Coming out (Sexual orientation), Gay bars, Homosexuality--Social aspects, Gays--Political activity, AIDS (Disease), Gay bathhouses
Audio Interview, Tom Petrillo and Bill Reamy, March 15, 2012
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Audio Interview, Marvin Ritzenthaler, January 31, 2012
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Audio Interview, Michael Robertson, February 2, 2012
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November 2019: Launch of the Freedom on the Net Report
Digital Rights Foundation conducts its Sixth National Conference on Privacy: #PrivacyIsARight
October 2019: Wiki Gender Gap Editathon in Islamabad
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Pakistan ranked as “Not Free” by Freedom House in the 2019 Freedom on the Net Report for eight years in a row
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September 10, 2014 - Comments Off on Turkey with its 29 Tweeters Still Behind the Bars Makes IGF ’14 Quite an Ironic Event
Turkey with its 29 Tweeters Still Behind the Bars Makes IGF ’14 Quite an Ironic Event
As we close off the Internet Governance Forum 2014 here at Istanbul and as I leave for Lahore, I can’t help but feel that this year's IGF kept on with its tradition of being a "talk-house" since past few years, creating no tangible actions. Sponsored by the United Nations, IGF hosted some 3,000 government, corporate, and civil society leaders and representatives making it a perfect venue for talking about difficult challenges, moving forward and making decisions. The event is organized every year to help shape the future of the Internet, however, it feels as if this reunion every year is drifting away from the actual problems concerning the people of the Internet especially in the authoritarian countries.
IGF certainly retains its singular prestigious place for highlighting challenges in an open-ended consultative process, enabling civil society and individuals voice their perspectives and concerns during the conference. However, it was felt throughout the civil society community that government officials weren’t keen on engaging in the dialogue discussing serious concerns about unfortunate events that have happened in their respective countries.
Being hosted in Turkey, it was an important place to discuss internet governance where government officials could have set a precedent for digital governance elsewhere. Turkey’s prosecution of 29 Twitter users has been a global example for the repressive regimes. Government prosecuted these tweeters who are being tried in Izmir facing up to three years in jail for posting critical tweets during last year’s protests. This case was charged by the Turkish officials as the one to “incite the public to break the law”. It is this stark hypocritical stance of the government to host one of the most important internet governance events in the country all the while censoring and harming freedom of speech online domestically.
To talk about repressive regimes’ ruthless behavior towards human rights activists and the hush by the government officials at the IGF, a group of civil society members and individuals hosted another conference during the IGF week. Titled as Internet Ungovernance Forum, the conference was organized to demand a free, secure, and open internet with fundamental freedoms, openness and net neutrality. Proving to be a vivid example of the increasing lack of empathy on the IGF forum, this group of Turkish activists weren't allowed to attend the conference. Ungovernance Forum's stakeholders believed that due to the representation of various governments that “don’t deserve” representation at a forum like IGF, ungovernance forum is designed to talk about the most important issues, create a space to raise voices of civil society members and common people, and then solve these problems while working towards a path for action.
Participants at this year's IGF also felt an evident gender gap especially during the opening ceremony. Freedom House presented this statement about the lack of gender equality at IGF 2014:
The 2014 IGF included numerous workshops on topics of human rights, including freedom of expression, gender, privacy, and access. Yet the value of this enterprise is undermined when governments can use the IGF to promote themselves, but civil society groups are forbidden by the ad hominem principle from criticizing them. Likewise, gender equality cannot genuinely be discussed when the vast majority of individuals at high-level meetings, delivering speeches, and participating on workshop panels are men. Access also cannot be addressed when remote participation fails to adequately provide two-way discussion from those who cannot attend in person. The IGF should include these voices not only to promote multistakeholderism and inclusion, but also to improve the quality of discussion and the prospects for solutions.
Active participation of civil society members and individuals in the Ungovernance Forum shows sheer disappointment that was felt in the fraternity having attended the IGF in Turkey which failed to acknowledge its own domestic internet governance challenges. While we may dream of creating better future for Internet and its citizens, it is of the utmost importance to talk about the most pressing issues when it comes to online freedom of dissidents and common people. Failure of the host country by ignoring hard questions put up by the journalists only undermines the importance of freedom of speech online. Unless repressive regimes aren’t ready to talk about their internal issues and lack of empathy towards their own citizens, it is only but ironic to see such states having an incredible part in the future of the Internet. God forbid how oppressive and censored that future is to be.
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NEW YORK (Reuters) – Vuzix Corp, a maker of computer smart glasses used in industry, said on Wednesday it is venturing into a new market with a system that helps restore vision to U.S. military veterans who lost sight in combat in Iraq and Afghanistan.
Smart glasses have found growing acceptance in industry, helping factory workers follow assembly instructions or find items in a warehouse. Forrester Research estimates 14.4 million U.S. workers will be wearing them by 2025, about 8 percent of the U.S. workforce.
Software company CyberTimez supplied Cyber Eyez software for Vuzix’s glasses that provide magnification and character recognition capabilities, allowing users to read street signs, newspapers and other printed text, either by magnifying images or translating into audio.
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by Dobber Sports on June 18, 2019
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The 2019 NHL Entry Draft is not the most exciting one for us Swedes, and it suffers from being between a very good Swedish draft (2018) and a draft that could be the best one ever for Sweden (2020). But there are still a few very interesting Swedish prospects that will get drafted this week. In this text, I get the chance to present an overview of my top10 Swedish prospects for the 2019 NHL Entry Draft.
Victor Söderström, D, Brynäs IF, 6’0, 183 lbs, DOB 02.26.01
Söderström has had an impressive season in the SHL and has been the only -01 born player to take a permanent roster spot in Sweden’s top league. Söderström is a smart two-way defenseman that has great skating abilities. His smooth strides enable him to navigate through traffic and to pivot to avoid incoming opponents as he transports the puck zone-to-zone. If an opponent challenges Söderström he can stickhandle his way past him, as Söderström has quite soft hands and great puck control. His decision-making with the puck is superb in all three zones; he solves pressure in the defensive zone with ease, makes excellent plays to start the transition game for his team and can find openings in the offensive zone to generate a scoring chance for a teammate. If given the chance Söderström can also put the puck into the net, as he has a decent slap shot and a competent wrist shot.
Söderström uses his mobility while playing in the offensive zone, although he could be much more consistent with it as he sometimes plays a bit too safe when he shifts positions. While defending Söderström makes great reads and anticipates the play very well, he actively uses his stick to cut off angles and to put pressure on the puck. He lacks size and strength and can struggle around the boards and while defending the crease, but he doesn’t shy away from physical contact and can throw a hit to stop an opponent. Söderström should be considered a very safe pick, as his game is already very polished for his age and his core game doesn’t have any major weaknesses.
Victor Söderström kvitterar för Brynäs 3-3. #J20gifs #J20SENorra pic.twitter.com/8U9u3uB7wX
— Anton Johansson (@antonj85) October 6, 2018
Philip Broberg, D, AIK, 6’3, 201 lbs, DOB 06.25.01
Philip Broberg is probably the most talked about Swedish prospect for the 2019 NHL Entry Draft, he started the season with a great performance at the Ivan Hlinka tournament and has been considered a top talent since then. Broberg is another Swedish defenseman with strong skating, he will be among the fastest player drafted in this year’s draft as his north-south skating is fantastic. There’s room for improving his agility, as it is a few steps behind his acceleration and top speed, and it would greatly benefit his puck-moving game.
Broberg has excellent offensive instincts and will be looking to make plays from all over the ice, either by carrying the puck himself or by sending a hard, crisp pass to a teammate. He plays a quite high-risk game and sometimes forgets the defensive consequences or his actions as he can cause quite a few turnovers. Broberg also has a decent shot, he prefers to use his wrist shot over his slapshot and if he gets a bit of time to aim, he can score from far out and through traffic as he has the ability to find open net to shoot at from the blue line. If he is a bit further into the zone Broberg is able to beat the goaltender with a well-placed wrister from up close as well.
The big knock on Broberg’s game is his hockey sense, as he is prone to make less than perfect decisions with the puck, rarely adapts to his surroundings and doesn’t seem to learn from past mistakes. He can also become a bit too one-sided when he moves the puck, and once his opponents learn his patterns, he rarely changes his game. Broberg is one of the prospects that fit the bill “high risk / high reward” in this year’s draft, there’s a ton of potential there but it’s far from set in stone that he will fully pan out.
Philip Broberg utökar till 4-2 för Småkronorna. #HlinkaGretzkyCup pic.twitter.com/vunApw36FH
— Anton Johansson (@antonj85) August 6, 2018
Simon Holmström, RW, Hv71 J20, 6’1, 192 lbs, DOB 05.24.01
Simon Holmström has had an injury-riddled season, he missed most of the first half of the season due to a hip surgery he had in the off-season but managed to finish the season strong to keep his stock up for the draft. Holmström is an explosive skater, with good first steps, above-average acceleration and high top speed. He is also agile enough to make quick turns or to change direction as he moves the puck at high speed.
Holmström is a very effective player in the offensive zone, he works hard and tries to utilize his skating to create scoring chances for his team but he can also turn the pace down when he has the puck, to get more space while looking for passing lanes to open up. He has excellent vision and will find smart and creative ways to put his teammates in prime scoring positions, usually from his favorite position behind the net. He has quick soft hands and can surprise a defender with a dangle to get past on the inside at 1-on-1 situations and his puck control is clearly above average. While Holmström is a pass-first player he can still put the puck into the net, especially if he is given a chance close to the crease, his wrist shot has a deceptive release and he doesn’t need a lot of time and space to shoot a well-placed shot to beat the goaltender.
On the negative Holmström can sometimes play a bit too complicated and try to enter the offensive-zone by making an over the top dangle, which results in a turnover. He also isn’t a star in his own zone as he sometimes cheats defensively in order to try to generate offense. Holmström has many tools which could make him a good middle-six forward but there’s potential for more if he fully pans out.
Simon Holmström med matchvinnande 3-2 mål för HV71 mot Färjestad. #J20gifs #J20SESödra #2019NHLDraft pic.twitter.com/GHt3E0MbtW
— Anton Johansson (@antonj85) November 4, 2018
Nils Höglander, LW, Rögle BK, 5’9, 188 lbs, DOB 12.20.00
Höglander had a quite rough start to the season, his first in the SHL, as he struggled with positional play and looked quite out of place. He got more comfortable as the season progressed and during the second half of the season he played very well and managed to show flashes of offensive brilliance in one of Europe’s toughest leagues.
Höglander is a very quick forward, he has good first steps both while accelerating and when he makes sharps turns or shifts directions. He has decent top speed to go with it, but it isn’t elite. Höglander has good offensive instincts, both with and without the puck, he looks for openings as the play turns to create odd-man rushes and is good at anticipating plays to put him in 1-on-1 situations with defenders. He is among the best stickhandlers in this year’s draft class and can make incredible dangles both at open ice and around the net, which can catch defenders off-guard.
Even though he lacks size and strength Höglander still has a hard-working mindset and likes to fight for the puck around the net or along the boards. He has a great offensive motor and rarely gives up on a play, instead he continues to look for options to create a play with the puck and he likes to carry it around the offensive zone. Höglander’s shot isn’t the most impressive part of his game, his wrist shot has a quick release but there’s room for big improvement when it comes to velocity, he isn’t a player that typical scores from outside the circles, instead he relies on his hands, speed, work rate and smartness to find or create scoring chances close to the net. He needs to improve his defensive game, as his positional play and awareness still need quite a bit of polishing.
Nils Höglander gör ett zorro-mål. #2019NHLDraft pic.twitter.com/J81hVYRedo
— Anton Johansson (@antonj85) January 23, 2019
Tobias Björnfot, D, Djurgårdens IF J20, 6’0, 203 lbs, DOB 04.06.01
Björnfot has been a consistent contributor and leader for Djurgården’s J20 team this season and got to make his debut in the SHL as well. He is a good skater, even though he doesn’t have the highest top speed. Björnfot’s first steps are good, so is his acceleration, and his balance is superb – once he has set his mind to get the puck from point A to point B he is incredibly hard to knock off the puck.
Björnfot isn’t an incredible playmaker but he has a very strong first pass to start the transition game for his team, and he can spot passing lanes from the blue line in the offensive zone as well. He has a heavy shot from the point but he is more dangerous when he carries the puck down from the blue line and goes towards the slot or around his forward before challenging the net, as he has a quite decent wrist shot and a surprisingly good backhand shot. So, once he gets close to the net, he can be hard to read for the goaltender as he is able to finish in a variety of ways.
Defensively Björnfot is rock solid, he makes few mistakes in his own zone and has improved his positional play a ton this season. He consistently makes good reads and intercept passes before turning the play and is very strong along the boards. Björnfot’s leadership abilities are apparent when he is on the ice and he makes everyone around him better, and he seems to always be the one to step up and make the decisive play when his team needs it the most. He’ll block the last shot of the game if it is needed and he can step up to score a late goal to give his team the win all by himself. He isn’t as creative and offensive minded as some of the other top defensemen, but he has a high floor and should be considered a quite safe pick but with a slightly lower offensive ceiling than the top defensemen.
Tobias Björnfot 2-2 kvittering för Djurgården mot Frölunda. #J20gifs #J20SETop10 pic.twitter.com/KCkFwZo1hA
Albin Grewe, C/RW, Djurgårdens IF J20, 6’0, 190 lbs, DOB 03.22.01
Grewe has been one of J20 SuperElit’s best players this past season. He is like a wrecking ball when he has the puck, but it isn’t due to his skating as it isn’t his strongest offensive weapon. He has decent first steps and his acceleration and top speed is slightly above average for his age. He does, however, have great balance and lower body strength and is very hard to knock off the puck.
What jumps the page about Grewe is his strength, determination, competitiveness and aggressiveness. He is a tough player, that competes well in every shift he takes and is a pain to play against, especially for players that do not thrive when they get physically challenged or put under heavy pressure as Grewe is a smart forechecker that doesn’t give up on the play and finishes his checks. Even though Grewe is quite a typical power forward he combines it with interesting playmaking abilities. He sees the ice well and can spot less than obvious passing lanes and with his physical play he opens up plays that otherwise wouldn’t be there. Grewe’s shot good but not great but due to his other attributes he can put himself in situations from where he can score anyway, you don’t typically see him score from outside the circles. He is a player that can fit any role on a team and is very useful all over the ice. On the negative, he can be prone to take dumb penalties at times, as he cannot always control his temper.
Albin Grewe utökar till 3-0, assist till Oscar Bjerselius och Simon Holmström. #U18Worlds #2019NHLDraft pic.twitter.com/cTb20xaMDX
— Anton Johansson (@antonj85) April 25, 2019
Albert Johansson, D, Färjestad BK J20, 6’0, 168 lbs, DOB 01.04.01
Johansson has taken huge leaps in his development this season, mainly during its second half. Much of his game revolves around his outstanding skating and smartness. Johansson is a smooth skater, that is very mobile and has very good speed for a defenseman. He is a strong backwards skater and has good agility as well, even while skating at high speed. He likes to carry the puck, he will take it from his own zone all the way to the opposing net or circle around in the offensive zone, it’s a part of his game that Johansson could be more consistent with but he has the right abilities to be a fantastic puck-mover at higher levels.
He makes smart decisions with the puck all over the ice, he solves defensive situations with ease and has a strong breakout pass as well. In the offensive zone, he can make complicated passes and he quickly spots passing lanes from his position on the blue line. There’s room for improvement when it comes to Johansson’s shot, it is quite powerful but lacks accuracy and often goes straight to the goaltender or completely misses the net.
Johansson is an effective defensive player as well, he has strong positional play and makes good reads to intercept passes. He has an active stick and uses it in a smart way to put pressure on the puck and to take away passing lanes. Johansson needs to add more strength and weight as he sometimes can have issues and lose the inside around his own need against stronger opponents, it would also improve his game along the boards.
Albert Johansson 3-1 mål för Färjestad mot Frölunda. #J20gifs #J20SESödra pic.twitter.com/mAy5TAc8el
— Anton Johansson (@antonj85) November 17, 2018
Karl Henriksson, C, Frölunda HC J20, 5’9, 174 lbs, DOB 02.05.01
Karl Henriksson has been one of J20 SuperElit’s best offensive players this past season. He is far from the best pure skaters in this year’s draft, as he lacks elite top speed and acceleration, but his first steps are above average and give him an initial burst of speed forward or to the sides. Although his skating technique is a bit lacking, he is still quite agile and can be quite hard to catch as he pivots and quickly changes direction when he has the puck and he has quite good balance as well.
Hockey sense and is Henriksson’s most notable offensive weapon, he makes quick good decisions with the puck in the offensive zone and can thread the needle to give a teammate a prime scoring chance. He is excellent at anticipating plays and to spot passing lanes and if he is given a bit too much time or space with the puck, he will make a great set up. He has soft hands and uses his stickhandling to avoid pressure and to gain space, but he isn’t overly creative in the sense that he will consistently try to dangle his way past opponents. Henriksson can also put the puck into the net himself, his wrist shot is very accurate but could see an increase in sheer power. He often scores from or close to the slot as he works hard around the crease and efficiently uses his smarts to find open scoring chances and with his quick hands, he can often be the first to touch the puck.
Henriksson is also a decent defensive player but there’s room for improvement when it comes to consistency in his effort level and he needs to bulk up and become stronger as it would benefit his play in all three zones.
Karl Henriksson 5-3 mål för Frölunda mot Örebro, framspelad av Lucas Raymond. #J20gifs #J20SESödra pic.twitter.com/iR93pjF5ep
Mattias Norlinder, D, Modo Hockey, 6’0, 187 lbs, DOB 04.12.00
Norlinder, who was passed upon in the 2018 NHL Entry Draft, will be among the best pure skaters in this year’s draft class. He is a very elegant skater, that takes long light strides to gather speed. He has very good acceleration and above average top speed but it also agile enough to make use of his speed as he can make wiggles or turns to avoid opponents that are trying to stop him when he transports the puck up the ice. He uses his skating well to create odd-man rushes for his team or to join as the second wave of an attack and he is quick to make the jump once the play turns from his own zone.
Norlinder is also a decent stickhandler and has good puck control, but he isn’t a very creative player and he could make better use of his puck skills to become an even better 1-on-1-player. He has a good shot from the point and can fire off a quick wrist shot or a heavy slap shot depending on how much time he has with the puck, and he is often able to get his shot through traffic. With his accurate wrist shot Norlinder is also able to score from far out, even when there’s no traffic in front of the goalkeeper. Norlinder’s passing abilities are his main offensive weapon, he makes smart thoughtful plays and can make quick decisions to take advantage of a opponents mistake but also handle the puck to open up a passing lane. From his own end, Norlinder has a strong first pass and can create odd-man rushes or breakaways with precise breakout passes.
Defensively Norlinder is a solid piece, he plays a smart game, has top-notch awareness and makes good reads but can also step up and play physical when it is needed, and he is able to throw a hit to get a stoppage in the play.
Samuel Fagemo, LW/RW, Frölunda HC, 5’11, 194 lbs, DOB 03.14.00
Fagemo has been one of the most talked about overaged players eligible for the 2019 NHL Entry Draft. He is an offensive-minded forward that has his strengths around the opposing net. He has significantly improved his skating from last season, and he got much more power in his strides now than before, but there’s still work needed to be done when it comes to his overall skating technique. He still manages to have decent acceleration and his first steps are slightly above average, but he lacks high-end top speed. He is agile and a quite good stickhandler but lacks the puck skills to be able to consistently make good use of his moves and intentions as he doesn’t always have full control of the puck.
Fagemo puts in a lot of effort and has a high work-rate in the offensive zone, mainly around the net, and he reads the game well in the sense that he always seems to be at the right spot to find a rebound or loose puck in scoring areas. He has a strong powerful wrist shot, with a quick release but he does get stressed when he doesn’t have a lot of time to shoot, which lowers the quality of his shooting. If he has the time to aim, he is able to beat the goaltender from quite far out, even while skating at quite high speed. Fagemo’s one-time slapshot on the powerplay is among the absolute best in this year’s draft, it’s a tool he should look to include more in his offensive game.
Besides the goalscoring and offensive work rate, there are many flaws to Fagemo’s game, he is a quite average playmaker with poor decision making with the puck and his defensive work is often sub-par as he lacks awareness, doesn’t have the highest compete-level while defending and lets his offensive instincts take over too often.
Samuel Fagemo skjuter 1-0 till Frölunda mot Djurgården. #2019NHLDraft pic.twitter.com/UG57Q3mcPg
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Charter Industry Announces Its Plans to Disrupt Pittsburgh Forum on Public Education on Saturday
Prominent groups that support public schools–not charter schools or religious schools–are meeting on Saturday in Pittsburgh to discuss the future of public education with Democratic presidential candidates.
The billionaire-funded charter industry is angry that they can’t control the event and they have released their plans to disrupt the event.
Contrary to the claims of the charter industry, charter schools are not public schools. They are private contractors that receive public money and are typically unregulated and fail to meet basic standards of accountability and transparency.
Unfortunately, their leaders insist on minimal or non-regulation, assuring that grifters and entrepreneurs will be able to receive public dollars without any accountability.
The industry resolutely refuses to acknowledge, let alone curb, the waste, fraud, and abuse that has created a backlash against charter schools.
The Center for Education Reform, led by former Heritage Foundation education analyst Jeanne Allen, sent out this email:
Charter Schools in Pittsburgh & Leaders
throughout Pennsylvania Unite
Issue strong message to special interest sponsors of “Public Education Forum 2020” and the Democratic candidates ignoring parental demands
WASHINGTON – Charter school leaders in Pittsburgh, joined by others throughout Pennsylvania, and by key state democratic officials issued strong statements today challenging the Democratic candidates for president who will be in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, this Saturday, December 14, 2019, at the David L. Lawrence Convention Center for the “Public Education Forum 2020: Equity and Justice for All.” Sponsored by unions and other interest groups, the Forum has sparked strong responses from the Pennsylvania charter school community, with its unfounded attacks upon the substantive work being carried out throughout the state and right in the city where the forum will be held.
“We call on the candidates to remember those who won’t be there: the thousands of parents from underserved communities tragically forced to watch their children suffer academically because of a failed system that refuses any real reform,” said representatives of 5 of the city’s charter schools in a statement, speaking on behalf of the state’s 143,000 charter school students and their parents.
“The Democratic Presidential candidates have been summoned to demonstrate their allegiance to the unions and special interests who they believe hold the key to their nomination,” said CER Founder & CEO Jeanne Allen. “Not invited were any charter or reform minded voices to participate in this nationally televised forum where Pennsylvania Governor Tom Wolf is expected to attend and criticize the very charter schools he has tried to keep from operating.”
Many charter educators will be on the ground in Pittsburgh to make their voices heard, including Dara Ware Allen, PhD, CEO and Principal, City Charter High School; Dr. Tina Chekan, CEO/Superintendent, Propel Schools; Jon McCann, CEO, Environmental Charter School; Vasilios Scoumis, CEO, Manchester Academic Charter School; Brian Smith, Founder & CEO, Catalyst Academy Charter School; William C. Wade, Ed.S., CEO, Urban Pathways K5 College Charter School; and David Zeiler, CEO, Provident Charter School. They have issued the following statement in response to the Public Education Forum this Saturday.
“As eight potential future presidents gather here in Pittsburgh this Saturday and are hosted by some of the nation’s most powerful special interests, we call on the candidates to remember those who won’t be there: the thousands of parents from underserved communities tragically forced to watch their children suffer academically because of a failed system that refuses any real reform. It is a cruel irony that the tagline of this weekend’s forum is ‘equity and justice for all’ when all the candidates being celebrated each oppose the very policies that help our schools give such words real meaning. Thanks to school choice, our public charter schools prevail at giving life-altering opportunity to children for whom educational success – and the more hopeful and secure future that comes with it – would likely be denied.
Categories Accountability, Charter Schools, Corporate Reformers, Education Industry, Education Reform, Failure, For-Profit, Fraud, Privatization
Charter supporters wouldn’t exist without funding from a handful of Alt-Right billionaires like the Waltons, Bill Gates, Eli Broad, the Koch Clan, et al.
Yes, Bill Gates is clearly an Alt-Right billionaire in disguise, wearing the skin of a liberal and/or progressive he had kidnapped and butchered.
noun: alt-right
” (in the US) an ideological grouping associated with extreme conservative or reactionary viewpoints, characterized by a rejection of mainstream politics and by the use of online media to disseminate deliberately controversial content”
dianeravitch says:
Lloyd, you will love SLAYING GOLIATH. You know who Goliath is.
bethree5 says:
Nor would they exist without their punching-bag & back-up system/ no-fault condition, the public schools.
The public schools have been the whipping boy of the Alt-Right, neo-liberals, neo-conservatives, and libertarians for decades.
The “whipping boy” is a person who is blamed or punished for the faults or incompetence of others. The deformers, mentioned above, are all incompetent fools and frauds.
“The term whipping-boy wasn’t around at the time of either of these boys — it was sometimes known as “punishment by proxy”. The first known user of whipping-boy was a clergyman named John Trapp in a Biblical commentary in 1647.”
Ellen Lubic says:
It once it is made clear how much profiteering is at stake if charters take a cut back in favor of funding our real public schools. For this notice to compete at this late date for the attention of the presidential candidates is disgraceful. If these vigilante charter leaders interrupt candidates, and or pack the house with their inbred greed meisters, they will show their renegade goals to steal not only school funding, but also air time assigned to presidential candidates. Since so many of these charter vultures are crooks, it us not too surprising that this is their plan. I wonder if they will bring pugnacious Congressman Jim Jordan with them to destroy this well planned public meeting..
Maybe they’ll “bring” the pride of the Pennsylvania Catholic Conference, Republican state representative Greg Rothman, who “is gathering support” for Turzai’s bill to add school choice for Harrisburg school district students.
I just learned that the public relations firm promoting this protest is connected to the Trump campaign.
Máté Wierdl says:
That’s interesting, Diane. Is there a link to this?
Mate, a link to what?
Where we can read about this connection of the public relations firm to Trump.
What’s the pay of the “charter educators ” listed? How do their credentials compare with legitimate school administrators- those chosen by the public through a democratic process?
GregB says:
A page from the so-called tea party’s playbook.
Guess who’s “gathering support” for Turzai’s bill to add school choice for Harrisburg school district students?
That would be state Rep. Greg Rothman who is featured in the “Hot Issues” section of the Pennsylvania Catholic Conference site. And, what does Rothman have in common with seven other state legislators featured at the site, in Dec. and Nov. 2019? Rothman is Republican, presumably Catholic, white (based on photos) and male. There were two women in the featured list of 9 state representatives and senators (in other words about 80% are male). And, there were zero black people.
66% of the U.S. population agrees with the founding fathers- they want separation of church and state.
Udi Greenberg’s assessment of the Catholic view of pluralism and democracy appears to hold, as does its threat.
-Journal of the History of Ideas, “…Tortured Path to Religious Liberty”, July, 2018
Laura H. Chapman says:
The rhetoric is typical,melodramatic and misleading.
The charter industry lives on the junk claim that public schools are failures and the reason parents are ” tragically forced to watch their children suffer academically because of a failed system that refuses any real reform.”
I hope that more than one candidate has the courage to call out Jeanne Allen and her supporters for the massive fraud and abuse in the charter industry. One place to begin is to insist that charter schools NOT be called public schools because they are privately managed and open and close with none of the beauty of day lillies.
I hope NPE has been able to place easy to digest counterpoints in the hands of all candidates, and that the event is recorded for analysis and framing counterpoints to the usual claims of charter supporters.
LeftCoastTeacher says:
Funny how they call us unions and special interests, as if we’re a narrow slice of the population pie. When we go on strike, 80% of the whole pie supports public schools, public school teachers, and public school teachers unions.
retired teacher says:
They have the nerve to call union members “thugs.” I hope MSNBC is prepared with security that can remove the disruptors.
My prediction: every protestor will be in a payroll of a charter organization or paid indirectly by the Walton Foundation.
I predict their paid-for tee-shirts will be light blue. Bets close at midnight.
My prediction: in addition to the usual corporate suspects, there will be politically active, Trump-supporting, Catholic Republicans “on the ground” with Jeanne Allen. The U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops self-identified as “strong advocates of parental school choice …since the beginning”.
2nd prediction- media will ignore Catholic bishop and state conference involvement in school privatization.
stevenmsinger says:
Isn’t Jeanne Allen a Republican? Wasn’t she involved in GOP party politics in California? And her organization, Center for Education Reform, is a member of the American Legislative Exchange Council (ALEC) Task Force on Education and Workforce Development and plays a key role in supporting many of ALEC’s public school privatization efforts. The organization has presented at ALEC meetings as recently as 2016.
She’s almost the only person quoted in her press release. Why would the Dems invite a Republican stooge to the 2020 Dem Presidential forum on Education? Should we invite Betsy DeVos? It’s ludicrous.
And so is her complaint! How typical of the school privatization industry (which enrolls only 5% of students) to call authentic public schools (which enroll 95%) a special interest. I guess math is taught differently at charter schools.
Demanding that charter schools be as transparent, accountable and democratic as authentic public schools is not tyranny. It is responsibility. Any school that is bankrolled by taxpayers should meet that demand. The fact that charter operators see such as an attack is revealing.
They should call this The Astroturf Strikes Back.
Jeanne Allen is a DeVos Republican.
NYC public school parent says:
Wow, now charter advocates are whining because right wing Republicans who want to privatize all of public education aren’t invited to question the Democratic candidates?
Since when do right wing Republicans or those whose outrageously high salaries are from right wing Republican billionaires donating to their “I hate public education and Democrats” advocacy organizations demand the right to question Democratic candidates at a forum?
Please ask Jeanne Allen if Diane Ravitch and others will now get equal time to ask questions at every gathering sponsored by any pro-charter right wing Republican organization.
The right wing Republicans always have this double standard, where they believe that charter school advocates should always get special privileges and it is the job of those who support public education to cater to their privileges and make all the sacrifices that chatter school advocates order them to make so that their own privileges are served at the expense of the most vulnerable children.
So it doesn’t surprise me that they are once again demanding the right to continue the privilege they believe is rightfully theirs due to their strong belief that kids in public schools are worthless and they should pay for the privileges of those who hate them and want to destroy their schools and enrich themselves.
What chutzpah.
The religious like (1) DeVos (2) the President who is described by his supporters as the most pro-faith President in history and (3) Catholic bishops and state conferences believe God gives them the right to destroy democracy. They will, without conscience, invoke God’s name in a demand for civic order while social Darwinists plunder and a million people die of starvation. Ireland provides example.
Shanon Taylor (@DrSpEdinNV) says:
Wow, sure are a lot of CEOs in that list of “educators”. Funny how they don’t even bother hiding the fact that they’re not running schools, they’re running businesses and churning out product.
“the thousands of parents from underserved communities tragically forced to watch their children suffer academically because of a failed system”
Hpw about the millions of parents who do not want these “reforms”?
Mercedes Schneider posted an extensive bio of Jeanne Allen on May 19, 2019.
Jeanne’s first husband, “John Clayton Allen III was a member of the Knights of Columbus Rock Creek Council and a member of the Catholic Church of the Little Flower”.
retiredbutmissthekids says:
Tell me, will this be creative disruption?
Since disruption wouldn’t be tolerated at any other such event, will the “disruptors” be taken out? If they refuse to leave, or resist, will they be tear-gassed, hosed down or tasered? Will they be pelted with rubber bullets? If they make noise & refuse to be quiet, will there be sound provided to drown them out? (Reference: Philadelphia, 2016 DNC Convention–done to Bernie delegates, who had won the right to be there.)
& (the $10,000 question), if they persist in disrupting, will they be arrested?
I sure hope so!
All of this & more has happened to the people who were rightly protecting their native lands & save their waters from the erection of the pipelines.
Please tell those Parents to do the research on what the characters invest in such as private prisons.
That feeds the pipe line to prison, they are not marching for your children they are marching for their profit .
Charter Parents wake up if you invest in prisons then you will make sure they have the population to fill them Charter Parents your sons and daughters.
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Anastasia Music Festival Schedule & Late Night Parties Announced! Del McCoury, David Grisman, Sam Bush, Elephant Revival & More 3/16-18
Posted in Anastasia Music Festival, Uncategorized, tagged Americana, Anastasia Music Festival, bluegrass, Cabinet, David Grisman, Del McCoury, Dustbowl Revival, elephant revival, festival, florida festival, fruition, Jeff Austin, Joe Pug, late night shows, sam bush, Sierra Hull, spring festival, St Augustine, St. Augustine Amphitheatre, stage schedules, Travelin' McCourys on February 24, 2017| Leave a Comment »
Anastasia Music Festival is a Three-Day Celebration of Bluegrass Music
At The St. Augustine Amphitheatre Thursday, March 16-Saturday, March 18, 2017
Stage Schedules & After Parties Announced!
www.anastasiamusicfestival.com/schedule/
St. Augustine, Fla. — In an epic three-day celebration of traditional and modern bluegrass music, the Anastasia Music Festival will feature over 20 of the brightest bluegrass stars performing live at the St. Augustine Amphitheatre Thursday, March 16 through Saturday, March 18. Set to perform are The Del McCoury Band, David Grisman’s Bluegrass Experience, Sam Bush, Elephant Revival, Fruition, Cabinet, Jeff Austin Band, The Travelin’ McCourys, Mandolin Orange, Sierra Hull, The Broomestix, Dustbowl Revival, Joe Pug, Jon Stickley Trio, The Honeycutters and more!
Anastasia Music Festival is excited to announce late night parties each night! On Thursday, Taylor Martin will host the “Anastasia Park Players” at Hoptinger St Augustine. Firewater Tent Revival Band hosts Friday night, also at Hoptinger St Augustine. Jon Stickley Trio & Friends perform Saturday’s late night at Elks Lodge. Expect lots of special guests and late night fun! Music will be on three stages of music at the St. Augustine Amphitheater and runs until 10pm on Thursday and 10:30pm on Friday and Saturday nights with the late night parties starting directly following.
“Bluegrass music has such a rich history and to host a three-day festival celebrating the genre at the Amphitheatre is truly special,” says Ryan Murphy, Director of the St. Johns County Cultural Events Division which owns and operates the St. Augustine Amphitheatre. “We hope that music fans of all ages and families from all over will come out and enjoy traditional and modern bluegrass among the natural park setting of the St. Augustine Amphitheatre.”
This family-friendly event also features a Kid’s Tent on Friday and Saturday featuring fun activities for children and Brenda Star Walker will host daily yoga on Friday and Saturday. Children 10 and under are free with paid adult admission. Information on camping packages and other accommodations are available online at www.anastasiamusicfestival.com.
The Daily Lineup:
Performing on Thursday, March 16 will be Fruition, The Broomestix, The Honeycutters, Grits & Soul, Nikki Talley, Taylor Martin, and more to be announced. Gates are at 3pm with music starting at 4pm and music ends on Thursday at 10pm.
Friday, March 17 will feature performances by The Del McCoury Band, David Grisman’s Bluegrass Experience, The Travelin’ McCourys, Elephant Revival, Fruition, Cabinet, The Broomestix, Dustbowl Revival, Mandolin Orange, Jon Stickley Trio, The Honeycutters, Joe Pugg, Grits & Soul, Nikki Talley, Taylor Martin, Flagship Romance, I Like Dandelions, and Paper Bird. Gates are at 11am with music starting at 12pm and ending at Friday at 10:30pm.
Saturday, March 18 performances include sets by Grateful Ball with The Travelin’ McCourys and Jeff Austin, Sam Bush, The Del McCoury Band, Cabinet, Fruition, The Jeff Austin Band, Sierra Hull, Mandolin Orange, Jon Stickley Trio, Dustbowl Revival, Joe Pugg, Taylor Martin, Nikki Talley, Town Meeting, West King Band, Alastair – Byrd Revue, Robbie Dammit & The Broken Strings, and Remedy Tree. Gates are at 11am with music starting at 12pm and ending at 10:30pm.
More information on all the performers can be found online at www.anastasiamusicfestival.com in addition to camping and hotel accommodations, as well as volunteer and vending information. VIP, Three-day, and Single day tickets for the Anastasia Music Festival are on sale now at the St. Augustine Amphitheatre and Ponte Vedra Concert Hall Box Offices, online at ticketmaster.com, all authorized TicketMaster outlets, or by phone at 800-745-3000.
Anastasia Music Festival Full Lineup- 2017
The Del McCoury Band x2
David Grisman’s Bluegrass Experience
Fruition x3
Cabinet x2
Jeff Austin Band
The Travelin’ McCourys x2
Mandolin Orange x2
Sierra Hull
The Broomestix x2
Dustbowl Revival x2
Joe Pug
Jon Stickley Trio x2
The Honeycutters
Grits & Soul x2
Nikki Talley x2
Taylor Martin x2
The Applebutter Express
Flagship Romance
West-King String Band
Alastair-Byrd Revue
Remedy Tree
I Like Dandelions
Robbie Dammit & The Broken Strings
Steve Pruett
Late Night Parties:
Thursday, March 16 @ 10:30pm at Hoptinger St Augustine
“Anastasia Park Players” hosted by Taylor Martin
200 Anastasia Blvd., St. Augustine, FL
Friday, March 17 @ 10:30pm at Hoptinger St Augustine
Firewater Tent Revival Band
Saturday, March 18 at 11:00pm at Elks Lodge
Jon Stickley Trio & Friends
1420 A1A South, St. Augustine, FL
Tickets: $10 @ the door
For more information and to stay up to date on news, please visit www.anastasiamusicfestival.com, www.facebook.com/AnastasiaMusicFestival, www.twitter.com/AnastasiaFest17, www.instagram.com/anastasiafest17, and www.staugamphitheatre.com.
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Lilo Fore reflects on her promotion to the FEI’s top judge’s rank.
Lilo Fore
My recognition as a Fédération Equestre Internationale (FEI) 5* dressage judge, the highest rank given to international judges, is proof that one can achieve this status by being fair, honest and a good colleague. Our sport has grown tremendously since my judging career started in 1974 and so have the expectations of all of those who participate.
Lilo Fore judges Canadian Olympian Jacqueline Brooks at the 2013 CDI 5* in Wellington, Florida. (Credit: SusanJStickle.com)
I have always felt, and still do after nearly four decades of judging, that it is an honor when show management calls and asks me to officiate an event. It is an honor to step into the judge’s box, and I have always tried to be respectful of the riders who put their trust in me as a judge. Horses and riders are a judge’s responsibility, and we should not take it lightly. We know how important it is to be fair and honest.
This recognition has shown me that being a good judge has its rewards and is acknowledged. I am truly honored. I am amazed how many judge friends I have, and I will try to do them and this promotion justice. Through all my years as a judge, I remained true to myself and believed in who I wanted to be—straightforward, nonjudgmental, humble and not too proud to accept the educational help from more-experienced judges when I needed it. I have also tried, and hopefully succeeded, at being easy to work with and not difficult for show management. I have tried not to come across like I am more important than any other person who makes shows a success, be it a scribe, runner, office help, etc.
Since I first started judging, the quality of the horses and riders has changed tremendously. Now, more than ever, judges in this decade have the possibility to give scores within the whole scoring range (0 to 10). I have had the chance to give 10s a few times, and what a thrill it is. Scary, but a thrill. It is the ultimate score and not lightly given. It can make the placing of the class, and one wants to be absolutely certain it is deserved. But the rider should receive it if one sees only expertise and excellence. That 10 is deserved if I can’t think of anything else I want to see more of. If a judge sees a movement in a test which gives him or her goose bumps, then they should give their 10.
The sport has grown all over the world and is allowing me to travel to many amazing places across the globe. We see mostly the airports, hotels and showgrounds, but once in a while the countryside, too. I’ve met amazing people, and while we all speak different languages, our dressage language is pretty much the same.
Shows are now televised. Everyone can see results as soon as the scores are in via Facebook and other social media connections. This means the media is watching our judging, our behavior, our confidence or otherwise. It isn’t always easy to be in that judge’s box, especially for the judges who have been responsible for some of the most important events in the world. The media has knowledge about this sport, and is definitely not always easy on the judges. The spectators also have more knowledge nowadays.
As a judge climbs the ladder of status there are obligations we have to accept. It isn’t enough to judge the show. It is also our responsibility to educate as much as possible the riders—the younger generation, amateurs and professionals alike. We also need to educate the owners of the horses and the spectators if need be. Our judging is responsible for how riders will present the horses in the dressage arena. The quality of horses and riders is so exceptional, but we must be careful not to forget the correct training of these amazing horses. Our numbers and comments are what these riders pay attention to. We better make sure that we are still rewarding the classical training of horse and rider.
Trainers, teachers and judges must believe in the same Training Scale, and it is very important that we all share the same beliefs—that the correct training of amazing horses with unbelievable talent must be given first priority. Following the Training Scale should create trust and confidence, therefore also harmony and a partnership between these lovely horses and expert riders. The powerful horses we see are not as easy to ride as it seems. The truly best Grand Prix horses are the most sensitive ones and have amazing forward inclination. To channel that energy needs a secure, sensitive and expert rider to make this horse feel controlled but still allowing its athletic expression. Most judges have been riders, trainers/teachers and know how much it takes to make a Grand Prix horse. When we see a correctly trained horse and rider team it is very much appreciated.
Today we have amazing judge programs to help our judges be the best they can be. That means we older/more mature judges must be willing to help with these educational programs. We must be willing to be mentors to the new upcoming judges so that they can climb the ladder of education and status. We need them for the future. We should never make these learning judges feel that they can’t ask for help. We must remember our beginning—we all started at the bottom and had to learn to be who we are now. It takes years of judging, experience gained by judging and the willingness to share one’s experience to give us the judges we would like to have of the future. Our judge’s status brings with it these responsibilities which we should be willing to accept
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Lilo Fore is a Fédération Equestre Internationale (FEI) 5* judge. She has been a member of the ground jury for numerous U.S. Equestrian Team selection trials, the Pan American Games, the World Equestrian Games and the Olympic Games. She is also an FEI “C” judge for Para-Equestrian and a U.S. Equestrian Federation (USEF) “R” judge for sport horse. She was a founding member of the U.S. Dressage Federation (USDF) Instructor Certification Program and is currently an examiner and the chair of the program. She has chaired or been a member of numerous committees for USDF and USEF and is a successful rider, trainer and coach. She owns and operates Sporthorse America, a dressage training facility located in Santa Rosa, California.
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Volocopter Publishes Paper on Urban Air Mobility
Volocopter has published a white paper authored by Jan-Hendrik Boelens, CTO of Volocopter. The paper titled, ‘“Pioneering the Urban Air Taxi Revolution,” discusses current challenges associated with developing, certifying and launching air taxis in the megacities of the world and aims to offer solutions to those challenges.
Primarily, the paper focuses on the topics safety & certification, noise emissions, range & speed, operating costs, capacity, and usability.
The Volocopter can be integrated into the city without adding significantly more noise pollution
Key take-aways include:
There is no single “best” eVTOL concept, because mission is paramount when designing electrically powered aircraft. The Volocopter, for instance, is designed for the commercial intra-city urban air mobility mission (UAM) so-called air taxis.
Air taxis serving the intra-city UAM mission need to cover the most popular high-traffic routes in major cities, offering meaningful time savings and/or allow connections between points that are not well served by current options. The paper shows that a range of 25 to 35 km is viable and a valid starting point to develop the market. The Volocopter with its initial range can offer inner-city taxi as well as airport shuttle services in more than 90% of relevant megacities.
Noise emissions of aircrafts are a decisive factor for urban air taxi acceptance. The Volocopter has emerged as one of the leading designs as to (low) noise signature, making it suitable to fly into the populated centres of megacities.
Certification standards for air taxis have been defined by the European Aviation Safety Agency (EASA), and Volocopter supports these high safety standards. Safety and certifiability are strongly connected to simplicity, which is a major driver of the Volocopter design.
Pricing is a key factor in making air taxis accessible to a large customer base. Keeping operating costs low to build a scalable business will allow for accessible pricing.
Volocopter’s aircraft design focuses on serving the inner-city short-range mission. Boelens makes a case for the simple, safe, and certifiable aircraft design Volocopter has been pursuing since their early days by outlining and explaining some of the technological design decisions Volocopter has taken.
The Whitepaper “Pioneering the Urban Air Taxi Revolution” by Jan-Hendrik Boelens, CTO of Volocopter is publicly available here: https://press.volocopter.com/images/pdf/Volocopter-WhitePaper-1-0.pdf
Cite this article as: Press Release, "Volocopter Publishes Paper on Urban Air Mobility," in DroneBelow.com, June 6, 2019, https://dronebelow.com/2019/06/06/volocopter-publishes-paper-on-urban-air-mobility/.
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Celebrating Dr Sarwar, DSF, Lahore, Aug 8, 2009
Video clips from the event Celebrating Dr Sarwar, DSF, Aug 8, 2009, at the HRCP auditorium in Lahore, organised by medical doctor Dr Farrukh Gulzar, Ammar Ali Jan of the Labour Party Pakistan (LPP) and friends of Dr Sarwar, now uploaded to the web. Below, the respected journalist Minhaj Barna speaking at the occasion. Other speakers included Abid Hasan Minto, I.A. Rehman, Hameed Akhtar, Zaman Khan, Afzal Tauseef, and others. For all the clips in this series, see this playlist.
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Abid Hasan Minto on Dr Sarwar and the DSF
A lifelong struggle for the downtrodden, an untiring commitment towards humanity
At Dr Sarwar's Reference, Aug 8, 2009: Abid Hasan Minto gives a lively account of the DSF struggle
Leading political activist and senior advocate Abid Hasan Minto talks to Ammar Ali Jan about the formation of the Democratic Students Federation, Dr Sarwar’s role in the student movement, and his hopes for the future
You and Dr Sarwar were together in the formation of the first left-wing student organization in Pakistan. Tell us how was the DSF created and what its aims and objectives were?
At the time of partition of India, there was no major left-wing student organization in the region that became Pakistan – the Communist Party of India (CPI) did not have many roots here. In 1948, the CPI asked some of its leading comrades to set up the Communist Party of Pakistan (CCP). Syed Sajjad Zaheer was appointed its Sectary General with the task of building mass organizations in the country. The Communist Party set up trade unions, peasant committees, women organisations and the much celebrated Progressive Writer’s Association. It was with this intent of building a mass base for the party that the Democratic Students Federation was set up in 1949.
Dr Sarwar and I were in the DSF when we were asked to join the Communist Party in 1949. I was studying in Rawalpindi at that time while Dr Sarwar was in Karachi. We had started organising the DSF throughout the country in order to build a progressive and militant student organization and to use that platform to induct new cadres into the Communist Party. During this entire process, Dr Sarwar emerged as a key figure in the DSF due to his tremendous energy and excellent organizational skills.
What role did Dr. Sarwar play in the “January student movement” in 1953?
We should first analyze the context in which this student movement occurred. Right after independence, people got disappointed by the anti-people policies of the ruling elite and their decadent political parties. The youth had hopes for a better future with the creation of Pakistan but the post-47 scenario only brought disappointment. In such a situation, it was natural that a movement challenging the status quo would definitely emerge. The important task was to build an organisation to lead that movement. It is the pre-1953 work of the likes of Dr Sarwar that has to be given a lot of importance whenever we study this movement.
Dr Sarwar would walk through the bazaars of Karachi asking people to give donations for the DSF. They would hold meetings all over Karachi and in different universities, explaining to students why things had gone wrong in the newly created state of Pakistan and why it was important to become active in politics. This groundwork laid the foundations for the 1953 movement.
When the movement broke out in January 1953 it immediately struck a chord with students all over the country and became the first nation-wide progressive movement. Seven students were killed during the demonstration of Jan. 9, 1953 and it became evident that this state would do anything crush dissent. It was alleged that the movement was being led by Communists. Given the cold war hysteria and the Pakistani State’s new-found love for the US, it was no surprise that the State acted in the way it did.
After the brutal crackdown on student activists, how did the nascent student movement react?
After the January movement, we realized that we needed to increase our strength. The DSF leadership decided to form the All Pakistan Student Organization (APSO). It was also decided that we will hold an All Pakistan students’ convention on the 25th of December 1954 in Karachi which would be organized by Dr Sarwar. We had sent an invitation to A.K. Brohi, who was the law minister at that time, to be the chief guest at the opening ceremony of the function which he had accepted. According to our information, his colleagues in the cabinet were not happy with his decision of accepting the invitation and there was a clear split in the government on whether to allow this function to go ahead, considering the violence of the January movement. Such was the power of the progressive student’s movement that the government was too scared to allow us to hold a peaceful convention despite the fact that we had invited their own law minister as the Chief Guest.
A few minutes before the start of the function, Jamiat activists, backed by the police, attacked the Katrack Hall where the event was taking place. Bricks were flying all over the venue as many students got injured by this aggression of the State machinery and the goons of the Jamiat. Mr Brohi contacted Dr Sarwar who described the police highhandedness to the law minister. Mr Brohi immediately rushed towards the spot and in the midst of Jamiat’s hooliganism, opened our convention. On this day, Dr Sarwar gave a memorable speech in which he spoke about the importance of 25th of December as the birthday of Jesus Christ and Mohammad Ali Jinnah, both of whom were born on this date. He shed light on their commitment for social change and in a masterful way, depicted the progressive movement as heirs to their legacy.
The next day, the police enforced Section 144 (forbidding public gatherings) throughout the city of Karachi and stopped us from holding any event. We were also adamant about holding the next session which was supposed to be a cultural night. We realized that Section 144 can only be imposed in the city. Hence, we rented a couple of ships and had our cultural event on the sea where the police could not interfere.
Why did the student movement in the1950s fail to change the basic structure of our State?
The biggest reason was that the movement was brutally crushed by the State and progressive trade unions and peasant committees were not large enough to come to its aid. The communist Party was banned in 1954 which was another blow as it not only deprived us of the support of a mother party, it also led to witch-hunt against all those organizations that were remotely linked with the CP. However, it would be wrong to suggest that this movement did not have an impact on the future generation of students as the powerful National Students Federation followed the legacy of the DSF. It also led to many other student struggles in the ‘50s and the ‘60s, particularly in East Pakistan. The fact that youngsters like you are trying to re-organize progressive students is a direct result of the struggles fought in the past by people like Dr. Sarwar.
Dr. Sarwar opted to leave politics after becoming a doctor. Do you think that was a loss to the left?
Absolutely. Dr. Sarwar was an excellent organizer and agitator and considering the difficulties the left was facing at that time, it was imperative to have a man of his stature with us. It is unfortunate that he decided to quit politics when his brother died and I have never agreed with this decision of his. However, he was always in touch with the masses with his clinic where he would treat many working class patients for free. This is a direct result of the philosophical training while we were engaged in the struggle. We were always supposed to keep the interest of the downtrodden above our personal interests. One can leave the Communist Party, but one can never leave the ideological commitment to the cause. I have always taken up trade union cases for free when my opposing lawyers would take hundreds of thousands of rupees defending the industrialists. The same way, Dr. Sarwar’s contemporaries went abroad and made millions but he stayed in Karachi and kept running his modest clinic for the benefit of ordinary people. This untiring commitment towards humanity was the hallmark of Dr. Sarwar’s life.
This interview was originally published in the booklet ‘Celebrating Dr Sarwar: Students Movement Re-visited’, published by the Labour Party Pakistan on the occasion of the Reference for Dr Sarwar in Lahore, Aug 8, 2009
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Celebrating Dr M. Sarwar: Student movement revisited – Aug 8 Lahore event
Dr Farrukh Gulzar & Abid Minto
Dr Sarwar’s Reference at the HRCP on Aug 8 was very well attended thanks to the passion, commitment and hard work of Dr Farrukh Gulzar, and also the involvement of Husain Naqi and Zaman Khan of HRCP and Ammar Ali Jan of the Labour Party Pakistan. The veteran journalist Minhaj Barna, despite his frailty and ill-health traveled by bus to Lahore with the political analyst and former editor of ‘Student Herald’ S.M. Naseem. Hameed Akhtar, Abid Hasan Minto, I.A. Rehman, Salima Hashmi and others spoke very well as expected.
Hameed Akhtar addressing the gathering; Husain Naqi on stairs at left
Dr Farrukh Gulzar sang Faiz’ ‘Nuskha hai wafa’ in his powerful and intense voice, carrying the audience along. Of the other speakers, Dr Haroon Ahmed could not make it because
he is unwell while Farooq Tariq was in Nepal. Zakia Sarwar wound up the evening with a note of thanks to all those present and those who made the event happen.
The LPP published a comprehensive bilingual compilation of articles about Dr Sarwar and the student movement. Farooq Sulehria in Sweden initiated the booklet, that Ammar compiled (I helped). It got a bit late coming to the venue from the printers and there was a problem with the binding but it was greatly appreciated. The remaining copies will hopefully be salvaged. The copies were to be available free of cost but the size and paper took them over budget. People are encouraged to contribute Rs 50 or Rs 100 towards this valuable historical reference.
Grateful thanks to other contributions to the evening – Waseem at the Interactive Resource Center who arranged the video recording and most importantly, HRCP for their hall and staff, and the multimedia equipment. Thanks also to PMA Karachi for the banner and to Qasim Jafri for finding Dr Sarwar’s favourite jugalbandi so that we could play it along with the slide show at the beginning, Ustads Bismillah Khan and Vilayat Ali Khan (in the rush I forgot the
CD in Karachi). Thanks also to friends at the South Asia Free Media Association (SAFMA) for hosting Minhaj Barna at their hostel and facilitating his visit by providing transport.
Photos of the event at:
http://picasaweb.google.com/beena.sarwar/CelebratingDrMSarwarStudentMovementReVisited#
— beena sarwar, karachi, aug 10, 2009
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Reference for Dr Sarwar, Aug 8, 5.00 pm, HRCP Lahore
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Meson Press: Opening Up Book Publishing
meson press publishes research on digital cultures and networked media. Our open access publications challenge contemporary theories and advance key debates in the humanities of today.
Despite our admiration for books we believe they need to be reinvented. We face changing reading habits in the era of digital media: for academic reading as well as for public outreach ›searchability‹ has become central, and as such the pdf-format of the book. At the same time we face a rise in publishing (especially with edited volumes) leading to more and more books to be released under the increasing pressure to publish. This makes it necessary to experiment with new forms of book publishing that explore the books’ digital being, e.g. shorter formats of books as well as new forms of (still rigorous) peer review.
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These developments allow authors to shape their manuscripts in a different manner. Examples for this are future book projects like the upcoming »Symptoms of Our Planetary Condition«, a critical vocabulary developed by the group terracritica.net. Or the upcoming »Terms of Media Series«, an experiment initiated by Wendy Chun, Timon Beyes, Goetz Bachmann and Boris Traue, who reinvent conference proceedings as a series of short books rather than thinking of them as an edited volume.
Generally, books by meson press are timely and of high expertise while written in a style that openly engages the reader in the spirit of Open Access. We believe in openness. For us this means that all our books are released under an open license on our website www.meson.press free of charge and that our publications can be harvested by libraries and other content aggregators using the OAI-PMH inferface. Recent publications published in this spirit include topics like »No software, just services« (Kaldrack, Leeker 2015), »The Politics of Micro-Decisions: Edward Snowden, Net Neutrality, and the Architectures of the Internet« (Sprenger 2015) or »Rethinking Gamification« (Fuchs, et al. 2014).
meson press has also published a range of translations of theoretical classics, among those Isabelle Stengers’ »In Catastrophic Times« (co-published with Open Humanities Press), the Italian 1960s classic »The Cyborg« by Antonia Caronia, or the German translation of Étienne Souriaus »Les différents modes d’existence«. As one can see from this list, our books are not only written for media scholars and advanced students of cultural and media studies, but also address the serious reader interested in digital media.
In the spirit of digital media, all of our books are published in digital formats and as print-on-demand. The visual identity of the press, which is effectively optimized for both environments, has been developed in close collaboration with the book designer Torsten Köchlin and the digital designer Silke Krieg. Working with the print-on-demand provider Lightning Source allows our beautifully printed books to be available in flexible numbers worldwide far beyond Europe including the UK, US, and South America.
Publications have become cheaper in recent years, however, publishing still isn’t free. Recent developments show that the sales especially for smaller presses are not high enough to sustain a press and its editors. This means, presses rely on a charge – hopefully paid by funding agencies or academic institutions – generally known as ›author processing fee‹ or ›print support fees‹. In German speaking countries, academic book publishing is already heavily subsidized by those fees known as »Druckkostenzuschuss«.
meson press remains an optimistic experiment despite Open Access is still highly contested in many respects and faces challenges that cannot be ignored. Taking a closer look at current developments, the suspicion against open access as not rigorous enough or the one-sided focus on OA journals quickly becomes apparent. The latter might be historically explained by the fact that the idea for Open Access was first voiced in the MINT disciplines. However, one size does not fit all in scholarly publishing and it is therefore important to us to take part in the development of Open Access publishing models more suited to the publishing cultures in the humanities and the social sciences, which still rely heavily on the book as a powerful means of scholarly communication.
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meson press is a spin off of the “Hybrid Publishing Lab” which was funded within the framework of the EU major project “Innovation Incubator” at Leuphana University Lüneburg from 2012 until 2015. Its aim was to investigate the future of scholarly publishing in digital environments and generating ideas, technologies as well as business models for supporting the development of the regional publishing industry. It is in this context that we, Mercedes Bunz, Andreas Kirchner and Marcus Burkhardt met. As a consequence, the aim of meson press is to develop an academically sound strategy for Open Access book publishing. Today, meson press is an experiment we continue with verve after our research time at Leuphana University. As academic nomads living at the moment in Munich, Cologne and London, we run meson press in a decentralized manner, while keeping our main office in Lüneburg. To stress this network-like structure as well as its participative and democratic character, we chose to organize meson press as a cooperative – a legal framework not only meeting our requirements for the moment, but also enabling us to include further members in our hopefully growing network.
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This folder contains project completion reports that were submitted by the principal investigator(s) for those Brook Trout conservation projects that received EBTJV/FWS-NFHAP funding support.
This project demonstrated that clam shells could be utilized to increase pH and decrease detrimental inorganic aluminum concentrations. In Dead Stream, water chemistry has improved by approximately 1.0 pH unit, and total fish densities increased two-fold. In Canaan Brook water chemistry has improved by 1.0 pH unit and First Lake Stream improved by 0.7 pH unit, while fish densities have increased 2- and 6- times, respectively. Macroinvertebrate communities have improved somewhat, especially among mayflies and stoneflies, while amphipods and snails have appeared for the first time. However, even at treated sites, macroinvertebrate communities continue to have low diversity and may not achieve Class A water quality. Overall, by adding buffering capacity, there has been a boost to the bottom of the food chain which has contributed to improved fish abundance and diversity. In the fourth year, biological communities are still adapting to the new conditions.
In the summer of 2011 the culvert at the Davis Creek Road (FSR 420) crossing of Tipton Creek was removed and replaced with a concrete arch, stream simulation crossing for the purpose of passing aquatic organisms, where the existing culvert was known to be a barrier to aquatic passage due to velocity and outlet drop. The crossing was sized using the 100-year flow calculation derived from the USGS Regression Equation for the mountains of North Carolina. Additionally, the width of the crossing was designed to accommodate a bankfull flow channel dimension plus a small area of floodplain. The channel was reconstructed through the crossing using the dimension, pattern, and profile of the reference reach upstream. The new channel was constructed using imported boulders and onsite alluvial materials. Grass seed was sown, and trees and shrubs were planted, both potted and live-stakes. Over the last year since construction, the site has experienced several small flood events. The site remains stable, passable to all aquatic species, and looks more and more natural every year as planted and natural vegetation establishes.
This reports provides a summary of the work completed on this project from October, 2012 to September, 2013.
The project replaced an undersized and failing stream crossing on Carloe Brook a major tributary to Clifford Lake that has wild brook trout. This stream crossing currently limits passage for trout and other aquatic organisms. The current crossing is also a significant sediment source due to improper construction and overtopping. The crossing was replaced with a 1.2 bankfull open bottom arch culvert (15ft wide) designed to allow passage at all flows.
This project was focused on removing rainbow trout from Lynn Camp Prong and re-stocking this stream with wild southern Appalachian strain Brook Trout,
The goals of the project were: (1) To remove an obstruction to upstream fish passage for brook trout, Atlantic salmon and other resident and migratory fish. (2) To restore access to 9.8 miles of stream habitat upstream of the obstruction. (3) To restore natural sediment and woody debris transport through the crossing site. (4) To improve flood capacity at the Magog Road crossing, reducing the risk of debris jams or overtopping the road. (5) To provide a demonstration site in mid‐coast Maine for an appropriate stream crossing developed in cooperation with the municipality.
As part of a plan to upgrade their public water supply to a non-dam alternative, the Borough of Galeton agreed to remove two dams and their associated impoundments. The dams were located on Wetmore Run and Right Branch of Wetmore Run, Potter County, PA. Both streams are classified as High Quality – Coldwater Fishery (HQ – CWF) by the Pennsylvania Department of Environmental Protection (PA DEP) and drain a predominantly forested watershed comprised of ~60% public land. The barriers blocked upstream Brook Trout passage to approximately 8.5 miles of headwater habitat, contributed to the elevation of instream temperatures, interrupted the natural flow regime, and negatively impacted ecosystem function. As a result of the dam removals, almost 8.5 miles of headwater habitat was reconnected to the rest of the upper Pine Creek Watershed, which contains several intact eastern Brook Trout populations.
This project replaced two degraded stream/road crossings with bankfull channel width spanning open bottom structures.
Kladder Dam was removed in September 2014 and the tributary through the former impoundment was restored to an appropriate gradient to match the watershed. Stream restoration materials included native soil and rock, clay from the dam’s core, sediment from behind the dam, and Large Wood Debris, all originating on the site. In addition, a riparian corridor was planted in the former impoundment, and several rock jack-dams and brick lining in about 100 feet of the stream channel above the former impoundment were removed by hand.
Mostly dead and/or down hemlock trees were utilized to create large woody material inspired habitat structures to increase pool habit, increase thalweg meander length, decrease bankfull width, and introduce overhead fish cover. Cross-vanes, j-hooks, wing-deflectors, toe wood, digger logs, and engineered log jams were constructed. The strategic part of this chop and drop effort was to place and anchor logs to minimize movement in bankfull or high events.
Through this project, Downeast Lakes Land Trust (DLLT) continued its work with partners to restore brook trout habitat on priority streams within its 55,678-acre Downeast Lakes Community Forest by removing passage barriers. Of the four sites included in the original proposal (Billy Brown Brook/Shaw St., Amazon Brook/Amazon Rd., Grand Lake Brook/Fourth Lake Rd., and Fourth Lake Trib./Belden Brook Rd), two were completed using NRCS funding received after the initial proposal was submitted to USFWS. As a result, Eastern Brook Trout Joint Venture funding was used to restore fish passage at two additional sites at South Branch/Little River Rd and Towers Brook/Little River Rd.
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(4AR*,8AR*)-1-BROMO-3-METHOXY-4A,5,9,10,11,12-HEXAHYDRO-6H-[1]BENZOFURO[3A,3,2-EF][2]BENZAZEPIN-6-ONE HYDROCHLORIDE (1:1)
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In the preliminary test, a very good solubility in water and a very poor solubility in n-octanol was found indicating a partition coefficient far below -2. Hence, a main test according to OECD Guidelines 107/117 (either HPLC or shake flask method) could not be applied. Therefore, the partition coefficient of the test substance was estimated using the solubility data in n-octanol (as obtained in the preliminary test) and in water. Concerning the solubility in water it is referred to in RCC study 821542 in section 4.8 Water solubility.
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Specific details on test material used for the study:
- Batch n°: RT002102G4A311
- Analytical purity: 99.4%
- Expiration date: 25 March 2002
- Storage condition: at room temperature
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other: The pH value was not mentioned, but the conditions are assumed neutral
Details on results:
- In the present study, the n-octanol solubility of the test substance was determined to be 51.8 ug/mL (see Table 1 below).
- The water solubility of the test substance was stated to be 36.4 g/L in the RCC study 821542. The latter result was used for the calculation of the partition coefficient.
- Using these values, the partition coefficient was determined to be -2.9
Table 1. Results obtained for the solubility of the test substance in n-octanol.
Initial weight of test item (mg) n-octanol added (mg) Dilution factor Area counts Measured concentration (mg/L) Solubility in n-octanol (µg/L) Mean (mg/L)
32 25 10 92954 5.01 50.1 -
38 25 10 99204 5.35 53.5 51.8
In the preliminary test, a very good solubility in water and a very poor solubility in n-octanol was found indicating a partition coefficient far below -2. Hence, a main test according to OECD Guidelines 107/117 (either HPLC or flask shaking method) could not be applied. Therefore, the partition coefficient of the test substance was estimated using the solubility data in n-octanol (as obtained in the preliminary test) and in water. The resulting estimated log Kow was -2.9.
The log Pow of the substance was estimated to be -2.9 (RCC, 2002). In the preliminary test, a very good solubility in water and a very poor solubility in n-octanol was found indicating a partition coefficient far below -2. Hence, a main test according to OECD Guidelines 107/117 (either HPLC or flask shaking method) could not be applied. Therefore, the partition coefficient of the test substance was estimated using the solubility data in n-octanol (as obtained in the preliminary test) and in water. No data on temperature are reported, however the ambient temperature of 20°C is anticipated.
Log Kow (Log Pow):
In the preliminary test, a very good solubility in water and a very poor solubility in n-octanol was found indicating a partition coefficient far below -2. Hence, a main test according to OECD Guidelines 107/117 (either HPLC or flask shaking method) could not be applied . Therefore, the partition coefficient of the test substance was estimated using the solubility data in n-octanol (as obtained in the preliminary test) and in water and a Klimisch score 2 was assigned. The resulting estimated log Kow was -2.9.
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EEAS > Kenya > Kenyan 'Ms President' visits Brussels
Kenyan 'Ms President' visits Brussels
Ms Nereah Amondi Oketch, the winner of the EU-funded Kenyan reality TV series 'Ms President', is coming to Brussels from 17 - 21 November, together with four other finalists from this highly successful show broadcast on Kenyan television. In the TV-series 71 women competed for the title of 'Ms President'. The-TV series raised awareness of the leadership role that women can and should play in society. It ended this summer with the crowning of the first Kenyan ‘Ms President’.
During their visit in Brussels, the five women will meet high level EU representatives, including High Representative/Vice-President Federica Mogherini, and civil society organisations.
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Women empowerment in motion
'Ms President' gave women across Kenya a unique opportunity to display their leadership capacity and ability.
The TV show successfully promoted the role of women in political life and made it clear to the entire nation which leadership role women should play in effective nation building. The show also aimed to empower women and girls to become key players in preventing the spread of violent extremism and radicalization.
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Throughout the process, contestants went through an extensive training course on facilitating dialogue covering a wide range of topics, including peacebuilding, reconciliation, social cohesion, human rights, women’s participation, and citizen-state relationships.
An audience of millions
The show has been an impressive success both in quality and quantity, reaching an audience of 3.5 million viewers per episode. In July 2019, the Kenyan women leaders even met with Kenyan President Uhuru Kenyatta.
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'Ms President’ started with around 1000 applicants out of which 71 were selected to go through a series of tasks and challenges during the 26-episode series. The TV show was produced by Media Focus on Africa. Funded by the European Commission’s Service for Foreign Policy Instruments, the project benefitted from additional support from High Commission of Canada in Kenya and Hivos.
Watch the first eposide of the show
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EU and member state ambassadors visit Turkana and Marsabit countiesEU envoys are on a three day visit to the northern Kenya region to inspect on-going development projects
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Impairment of common mode rejection by mismatched electrode impedances: Quantitative analysis
Alan D. Legatt
Mismatched input electrode impedances can lead to noisy EEG and evoked potential recordings even if the electrode impedances are low. This paper presents a quantitative analysis of the phenomenon and illustrative examples. At each amplifier input, the recording electrode impedance and the amplifier's input impedance form a voltage divider. When input electrode impedances are unequal, a common mode signal that is present equally at the two locations on the patient's body appears at different magnitudes at the two (inverting and noninverting) inputs of the amplifier; thus, part of the common mode signal is amplified as if it were a differential signal. The effective common mode rejection ratio (CMRR) of the amplifier is reduced to a value that can be expressed mathematically as a function of the amplifier's ideal CMRR, its input impedance, and the impedance difference between the two input electrodes. Balanced input electrode impedances are particularly important during intraoperative monitoring, when ambient electrical noise levels are typically high. Recordings between different types of recording electrodes (e.g., between needle and metal cup surface electrodes) are likely to produce impedance mismatches, and thus noisy recordings.
American Journal of EEG Technology
Electric Impedance
Intraoperative Monitoring
common mode rejection ratio
intraoperative neurophysiologic monitoring
Legatt, A. D. (1995). Impairment of common mode rejection by mismatched electrode impedances: Quantitative analysis. American Journal of EEG Technology, 35(4), 296-302.
Impairment of common mode rejection by mismatched electrode impedances : Quantitative analysis. / Legatt, Alan D.
In: American Journal of EEG Technology, Vol. 35, No. 4, 1995, p. 296-302.
Legatt, AD 1995, 'Impairment of common mode rejection by mismatched electrode impedances: Quantitative analysis', American Journal of EEG Technology, vol. 35, no. 4, pp. 296-302.
Legatt AD. Impairment of common mode rejection by mismatched electrode impedances: Quantitative analysis. American Journal of EEG Technology. 1995;35(4):296-302.
Legatt, Alan D. / Impairment of common mode rejection by mismatched electrode impedances : Quantitative analysis. In: American Journal of EEG Technology. 1995 ; Vol. 35, No. 4. pp. 296-302.
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brick,
ceramic structural material that, in modern times, is made by pressing clay into blocks and firing them to the requisite hardness in a kiln. Bricks in their most primitive form were not fired but were hardened by being dried in the sun. Sun-dried bricks were utilized for many centuries and are used even today in regions with the proper climate. Examples from approximately 5,000 years ago have been discovered in the Tigris-Euphrates basin, and the ancient races occupying this region may have been the first users of brick. In Babylonia there was a lack of both timber and stone, and the thick clay deposited by the overflowing rivers was the only material adaptable to building. The Persians and the Assyrians used sun-dried blocks of clay for walls of great thickness, facing them with a protective coating of fired bricks. The Egyptians and the Greeks used bricks only to a limited extent, as they had access to plentiful supplies of stone and marble. The Romans manufactured fired bricks in enormous quantities and gave them an important role as a basic structural material in buildings throughout the Roman Empire. Bricks played an important part in early Christian architecture until the decline of the empire. Whereas the Romans had usually concealed their brickwork beneath a decorative facing of stone or marble, the Byzantines devised a technique for exposing the bricks and giving them a full decorative expression. This technique influenced the Romanesque style and brought especially good results in Lombardy and in Germany, where bricks came to be arranged in immensely varied patterns. Since the Middle Ages, brickwork has been in constant use everywhere, adapting itself to every sort of construction and to every change of architectural style. At the beginning of the 19th cent. mechanical brick-making processes began to be patented and by the latter half of the century had almost entirely replaced the ancient hand-fashioning methods. Contemporary American building bricks are rectangular blocks with the standard dimensions of about 2 1-4 by 3 3-4 by 8 in. (5.7 by 9.5 by 20.3 cm). Good bricks are resistant to atmospheric action and high temperatures and are more durable than stone. Where heat resistance is especially important, fire bricks are used; these are made of special refractory clays called fire clays and are fired at very high temperatures.
A solid or hollow masonry unit of clay mixed with sand, that is molded into a small rectangular shape while in a plastic state, then baked in a kiln or dried in the sun.
adobe brick
Roughly molded, sun-dried clay brick of varying sizes.
backing brick
A relatively low-quality brick used behind the face brick or behind other masonry.
brick bat
A broken or cut brick that has one complete end remaining and is less than half a full brick in length.
bull header
A brick made with one long corner rounded or angled, used for sills and corners.
clinker brick
A very hard burnt brick whose shape is distorted by nearly complete vitrification; used mainly for paving or as ornamental accents.
The last stretcher brick that encompasses a course of brickwork; types include a king closer and queen closer.
Brick for building purposes not treated for texture or color.
compass brick
A wedge-shaped brick used in constructing arches or building curved walls; has the two large faces inclined toward each other.
Brick made or selected to give an attractive appearance when used without rendering of plaster or other surface treatment of the wall: made of selected clays, or treated to produce the desired color.
Brick made of a ceramic material which will resist high temperatures; used to line furnaces, fireplaces and chimneys.
gauged brick
Brick that has been cast, ground, or otherwise manufactured to exact and accurate dimensions.
glazed brick
Brick or tile having a ceramic glazed finish.
king closer
A three-quarter brick used as a closer; a diagonal piece is cut off one corner to keep the bond straight at corners of brick walls.
modular brick
A brick with nominal dimensions based on a 4-inch module.
molded brick
Any specially shaped brick, usually for decorative work.
pressed brick
A masonry unit without holes made by pressing a relatively dry clay mix into a mold, as opposed to one that is extruded.
queen closer
A brick cut in half along its length to keep the bond correct at the corner of a brick wall.
rowlock
A brick laid on its edge so that its end is exposed; used on a sloping window sill, or to cap a low brick wall.
rustic brick
A fire-clay brick having a rough-textured surface, used for facing work: often multicolored.
A brick laid vertically with the broad face exposed.
A brick laid horizontally on the longer edge with the broad face exposed.
A brick laid vertically with the longer, narrow face exposed.
wirecut brick
Bricks shaped by extrusion and then cut to length by a set of wires.
tapestry brick
Face brick that is laid in a decorative pattern with a combination of vertical, horizontal, and diagonal elements, such as a basket-weave bond.
veneer brick
A layer of bricks built outside a masonry backing or timber frame; the frame supports the load.
an artificial regularly shaped stone formed from mineral materials that takes on stone-like properties—durability, impermeability to water, and frost resistance—after firing or steaming.
The two types of brick, silica brick (lime-sand), which is made by the autoclave method, and fired clay brick (ordinary and facing), differ in initial raw material and manufacturing method. Ordinary brick is used basically as a wall material. Usually bricks are rectangular. In the USSR, brick is produced chiefly with dimensions of 250 × 120 × 65 mm, but it is also manufactured with dimensions of 250 × 120 × 88 mm (a size known as the 1½). Depending on the maximum compressive strength (1 kg per sq cm ≈ 100 kilonewtons per sq m), brick is divided into the grades 75, 100, 125, 150, 200, 250, and 300. The raw materials for brick are low-melting clays and loams in a pure form or with the addition of sand, sawdust, ash, and so forth. Facing brick is used primarily for facades and interiors of buildings. It is made out of light-firing and red-firing clays. If red-firing clays are used, a layer of light-firing clays is applied to the face of the brick, or the face is covered with a glazing, engobes, or other materials.
Brick is the oldest artificial building material. Although from ancient times until recently the most widely used brick in many countries was unburned cob brick, often with the addition of cut straw to the clay to produce adobe, fired brick has also been used since antiquity (the structures in Egypt and in Mohenjo-Daro, dating from the third and second millennia B.C.). Brick played a particularly important role in the architecture of Mesopotamia and later in ancient Rome, where it was used for complex structures, including arches and domes. In the Middle Ages, in addition to its use as a building material, brick was developed for its decorative possibilities in patterned masonry; curved, shaped, and glazed brick was used, often with terra-cotta and majolica details (the Samanidov Mausoleum in Bukhara, built in the late ninth and early tenth century; the “brick Gothic” of Germany and the Baltic littoral of the 13th-16th centuries; Russian “patterned” architecture of the 17th century). The artistic possibilities of brick have been explored in the 20th century—for example, the buildings of F. Höger in Hamburg in the 1920’s. Modern brick architecture exploits the attractiveness of facing brick and of the combination of clay and silica brick.
Until the 19th century, the methods of brick production remained primitive and labor intensive. The bricks were shaped manually; they were dried only in the summer and were burned in outdoor kilns (clamps or stove kilns) made from dried unfired brick. In the middle of the 19th century, the ring kiln and the ribbon press were developed, revolutionizing brick production. At the same time clay mills, roll mills, and pugmills appeared. In the late 19th century, driers began to be built.
Modern brick production has been considerably mechanized. The primary crushing of the clay and the removal of stones are done in stone separators. The crushed clay and water (or steam) go to the pugmill, and then the clay mass is passed through rollers and flat mills and goes to the ribbon vacuum press, which extrudes a continuous column with a cross section corresponding to the shape and dimensions of the brick. The column is automatically cut by a wire device into individual bricks; the bricks are placed on trays, and the trays are loaded onto carts that are sent to the tunnel drier. The dried brick is reloaded manually or automatically onto kiln carts that pass through the tunnel kilns, where the brick is burned at a temperature of 900°–950°C. The fired brick is graded, stacked on pallets, and sent to be stored at the finished-product warehouses.
The USSR produces solid, slotted, and holed brick as well as hollow enlarged ceramic stone possessing high insulating properties. The shaped clay brick is used especially for the masonry and lining of smokestacks, and brick is also used for the surfacing of roads (hard-burned building brick or clinker).
In the USSR, more than 80 percent of all the brick is produced at enterprises operating year-round, including large mechanized plants with a productivity of more than 200 million pieces a year. Around 34 billion pieces of ordinary brick were produced in 1972.
Tekhnologiia glinianogo kirpicha. Edited by M. M. Naumov. Moscow, 1969.
Iushkevich, M. O., and M. I. Rogovoi. Tekhnologiia keramiki. Moscow, 1969.
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[brik]
A building material usually made from clay, molded as a rectangular block, and baked or burned in a kiln.
A construction material usually made of clay and extruded or molded as a rectangular block. Three types of clay are used in the manufacture of bricks: surface clay, fire clay, and shale. Adobe brick is a sun-dried molded mix of clay, straw, and water, manufactured mainly in Mexico and some southern regions of the United States.
The first step in manufacture is crushing the clay. The clay is then ground, mixed with water, and shaped. Then the bricks are fired in a kiln at approximately 2000°F (1093°C). Substances in the clay such as ferrous, magnesium, and calcium oxides impart color to the bricks during the firing process. The color may be uniform throughout the bricks, or the bricks may be manufactured with a coated face. The latter are classified as glazed, claycoat, or engobe.
The most commonly used brick product is known as facing brick. Decorative bricks molded in special shapes are used to form certain architectural details such as water tables, arches, copings, and corners.
brick: nomenclature
A solid masonry unit, usually of clay, molded into a rectangular shape while plastic, and then treated in a kiln at an elevated temperature to harden it, so as to give it mechanical strength and to provide it with resistance to moisture; after being removed from the kiln, the brick is said to be burnt, hard-burnt, kiln-burnt, fired, or hard-fired. Bricks laid lengthwise in a wall are called stretchers; bricks laid crosswise to a wall are called headers. Bricks differ in color, ranging from dark red to rose and salmon, and from pink to blue-black and purple, depending on the type of clay and on the temperature of the kiln in which they were burnt. Various types of patterns common in laying bricks are described under bond. The current American brick is typically about 8 inches (20.3 cm) long, 33/4 inches (8.26 cm) wide, and 21/4 inches (5.7 cm) thick; other countries tend to produce bricks with their own standard dimensions. For specific types of brick, see adobe quemado, air brick, angle brick, arch brick, axed brick, brindled brick, building brick, bull stretcher, burnt brick, cant brick, capping brick, closer, common brick, compass brick, concrete brick, coping brick, cow-nose brick, dogleg brick, dog-tooth course, Dutch brick.
dipsomaniac; drinks until he feels a “click.” [Am. Lit.: Cat on a Hot Tin Roof]
See: Alcoholism
An electronics device that has been damaged or otherwise incapacitated. In other words, "as useful as a brick." A bricked device can be due to a hardware or software failure. See iBricking.
air brick
arch brick
ashlar brick
axed brick
blue brick
Bluetooth brick
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brick ashlar
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Adding, he said they have already contacted the concerned authorities to identify the areas where most of the bricks are accumulated in the sea to warn fishermen about them.
300 tonnes of bricks along UAQ beach
Paul Davies, secretary of the Buckley Society, said the bricks were in demand all over the world in the Industrial Revolution.
Mystery of how historic brick from Wales ended up under Indian Ocean
Speaking at the launch, Heinrich Schroeder, CEO and founder of Kavango Block Brick, said the project is aimed at providing dignified housing for people.
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At the heart of the display is a throne - laid out in shimmering silk and encrusted with the finest Lego brick rubies, emeralds and sapphires - on which visitors can sit and take selfies.
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They also complained that kiln owners have created shortage of bricks at the kilns in the entire Sialkot region.
Rains, kiln owners collusion taking toll on public
They demanded Rs10,000 to 12,000 per 1,000 bricks from him.
Brick rates up in Sialkot
The Ricoh's Wall of Fame features bricks that supporters paid for when the club first moved to the stadium in 2005.
Devastated fans demand their Wall of Fame bricks back from Ricoh Arena
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brick oven
brick paver
brick seat
brick slip
brick tile
brick trimmer
brick trowel
brick tumbling
brick type ASTM
brick walling
brick-and-half wall
brick-and-stud work
brickbat
Bricker, John W.
brickfielder
Brickhouse, Jack
bricking curb
bricking up
bricklayer's hammer
bricklayer's square scaffold
bricks clicks and flips
brickwork column
brickwork cube
brickwork movement joint
bridal cable
bridal hitch
Bridal Veil Falls State Scenic Viewpoint
bridal wreath
bride price
Bride, Saint
Bridehead, Sue
brideprice and bridewealth
Brides, Vampire
Bridewell
bridge abutment
bridge bearing
bridge cable
Bridge Circuit
bricklike
bricklily
Bricklin Perceptual Scales
brickly
Brickmaker
Brickmaker's anaemia
Brickmaker's anæmia
brickmaker's anemia
brickmakers anemia
Brickmaking
Brickner position
Brickner sign
Brickner's position
Bricks and clicks
Bricks and clicks business model
Bricks and Mortar Online Extension
Bricks and Mortars
bricks in
bricks shy of a load
bricks up
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Bricks-and-Clicks
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Pathways in Teaching with Simon Fischer (talk 1: intonation)
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A series of five talks at Primrose Hill Community Association, London NW1
8th March, 15th March, 22nd March, 29th March, 5th April: You can book for any dates here
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Pathways in Teaching with Simon Fischer (talk 1: intonation) quantity
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Pathways in Teaching series with Simon Fischer
We are delighted to announce that Simon Fischer will be presenting 5 sessions on Sunday afternoons in March and April 2020.
Session 1: March 8 How to practise and teach intonation
Session 2: March 15 Everything about Tone Production
Session 3: March 22 How to set up the right arm and right hand
Session 4: March 29 How to teach Vibrato
Session 5: April 5 Everything about the left hand action including shifting
It should be stressed that in every session, all other areas are necessarily included. It isn’t possible to deal with Tone without mentioning the bow arm, and vice versa. So these headings should be treated only as rough guides to the contents of each session.
See HERE to read feedback from Simon’s recent trip to Oregon.
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Simon Fischer is recognised as having a place amongst the world’s elite teachers. Having studied in London with Yfrah Neaman, and in New York with Dorothy DeLay, Fischer’s approach unites the best elements of the French, Russian and American violin traditions. He also studied Alexander Technique under Walter Carrington (himself a pupil of Alexander) for seven years.
He is a professor at the Guildhall School of Music. He has also held positions at three specialist music schools, the Yehudi Menuhin, Wells Cathedral and Purcell, For 15 years he was also a visiting professor at the Royal Scottish Academy of Music.
Fischer’s published work greatly influences the teaching of the violin. Having written for The Strad magazine from 1991-2014, his monthly articles attracted a worldwide following.
Published by Edition Peters, his technique books Basics and Practice, Scales and The Violin Lesson (translated variously into Korean, Italian, Japanese and German), have become standards on many continents – as has his DVD The Secrets of Tone Production, His book and DVD Warming Up, was described by The Strad magazine as “23 pages of pure technical gold”.
In 2014 Simon Fischer was awarded the European String Teachers Association prize “In celebration of a lifetime contribution to String Teaching”.
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HomeFright Fest 2017 Review #11 – Prophecy (1979)
Fright Fest 2017 Review #11 – Prophecy (1979)
October 21, 2017 September 5, 2018 Kevin Fentress Movie Reviewsbear, fright fest, Horror, Killer animal, Maine, monster, mutant, Nature, Prophecy, talia shire, woods
The sight of this bare bear baring its teeth may be too grizzly for some to bear.
Subgenre: Monster / Killer Animal
Summary: A mutated bear terrorizes a couple in the Maine woods.
Review: As an avid monster movie fan, Prophecy had been on my radar for some time, but I’d never gotten around to watching it. If nothing else, there’s an interesting beast at its center: a horrifically deformed bear mutated by industrial pollution. Unfortunately, that’s almost all the movie has going for it.
We open in filthy, bustling Washington, D.C., on our protagonist couple: cynical doctor Rob and his cellist wife Maggie. Rob gets an offer to do an environmental inspection in northern Maine, with the area’s industrial future at stake. Meanwhile, Maggie is newly pregnant but afraid to tell her husband, whose faith-shattering job has left him averse to the idea of having children. Soon after their arrival in Maine the two of them come across some local American Indians who are protesting the local logging operation. Unbeknownst to them all, a freakish predator lurks in the woods with bloodlust in its heart.
Prophecy earns some points early on for its strong cast and beautiful cinematography. The two protagonists are more complex than most characters in these kinds of movies, though the supporting cast all fit snugly into cliché types. There’s admirable restraint in how long the movie waits to reveal the monster, although by the end of the first act the tension building feels more like stalling for time. As for the abomination itself, the effects work ranges from goofy to gruesome; the sound design of the mutant’s inhuman screams deserves a special mention. The movie’s middle section, which reveals the monster’s origins, is its most substantial, and moves along at a solid clip. Things grind to a halt for the third act, which devolves into an endless chase scene followed by an only-decent final showdown – not to mention a lame coda that seems to forget the movie’s most intriguing plotline.
But for all its lesser flaws, Prophecy’s fundamental issue is that it can never quite decide what it wants to be. Is it a straight-faced ecological cautionary tale, or a purposefully over-the-top creature feature? The answer changes from scene to scene, and in some ill-advised moments, the movie attempts to fulfill both genres’ requirements at once. But instead of offering up a novel hybrid, Prophecy ends up failing twofold: it’s too slow and serious-minded to work as a monster movie, yet too hokey to work as an anti-pollution allegory. Its best moments are when it embraces its ridiculous premise, such as an attack on a family’s campground that perfectly straddles the line between silly and scary.
The Verdict: It has its merits, but Prophecy is ultimately too schizophrenic to truly satisfy anyone. I give it four-and-a-half murderous Maine mutants out of ten.
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Filed under: Talking Movies (Reviews) — Fergal Casey @ 1:15 pm
Tags: Andy Serkis, Begbie, Die Hard, Escape from New York, Gollum, Guy Pearce, Han Solo, James Mather, Jeremy Davies, Joseph Gilgun, Justice, Lennie James, Lockout, Luc Besson, Maggie Grace, Peter Stormare, Stephen Saint-Leger, The Dark Knight, The King's Speech, Trainspotting, Vincent Regan
Writer/producer Luc Besson’s one-man studio continues with an entertaining sci-fi actioner starring Guy Pearce attempting to rescue Maggie Grace from 500 scumbags.
Pearce is Snow, an ex-CIA agent in 2079. Snow is arrested by Secret Service supremo Langral (a wonderfully ambiguous Peter Stormare) when Snow’s mentor is killed after requesting him as back-up on an undercover operation. Snow is unable to retrieve vital exculpating evidence in a briefcase he passed to his partner Mace (Tim Plester) just before his arrest. Meanwhile First Daughter Emilie Warnock (Maggie Grace) is visiting new maximum security prison space station MS1 to ensure humane treatment of the sedated convicts. Some joyfully dumb coincidences see her taken hostage along with the crew by the newly awakened prisoners, headed by Scottish brothers Alex (Vincent Regan) and Hydell (Joseph Gilgun); who have different ideas about how to bargain their way home. Snow’s CIA friend Shaw (Lennie James) persuades Langral to send Snow to MS1 as an implausible one-man army to rescue Emilie, and only Emilie…
Lockout wastes absolutely no time in setting up its plot. Indeed it features one of the most arresting openings this year as a handcuffed to a chair Pearce is repeatedly punched out of frame to allow the credits to pop up, before he sits back up to deliver another witticism and get punched out of frame again. He even delivers a wonderful gag about why punch-lines are so titled. It’s odd to see Pearce rather than Statham in a role like this, but, following sparkling supporting turns in Animal Kingdom, The King’s Speech and Justice, it’s great to see him headlining. Pearce swaggers his way thru this film with sardonic wisecracking gusto. Grace improves once she starts to act opposite him, especially with short, dark hair; which she gets courtesy of the application by Snow of scissors and a mix of engine grease and coffee.
This is a knowing genre piece. The basic concept is a riff on Escape from New York, the friction between Snow and Emilie the girl he wished he hadn’t rescued pure Han Solo and Leia, and the sympathetic Shaw talking Snow thru the operation on MS1 obviously Die Hard. This is silly action with a wink. The ‘spectacular’ CGI motorbike chase at the start is hilariously poor, as Pearce runs from the Secret Service on what is the Bat-pod, even down to lifting the crashing thru a shopping mall shot from The Dark Knight. Such entertaining hokum is derailed by Mancunian Gilgun’s quickly irritating turn as Hydell. A cross between twitchy-twitchy Jeremy Davies as Trainspotting’s Begbie and Andy Serkis as Gollum at his most self-pitying it’s just too much for a cipher; the violent loose cannon ruining Alex’s negotiating plans.
Irish directors and co-writers Stephen Saint-Leger and James Mather got Besson’s attention with their short film Prey Alone. Lockout should get Hollywood’s.
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Tag: Roundup
Posted on September 4, 2019 in Links, Photography, Photos, Roundup
The Roundup for August 1-31, 2019 Edition
(My Most Popular Photo by Christopher Parsons)
“Talking about our problems is our greatest addiction. Break the habit. Talk about your joys.”
The whimsy, symmetry, and lines of these bowling alleys make me want to go bowling in Germany!
My ‘Songs I Liked in August’ playlist is done, and is biased pretty heavily towards rap, R&B, with some metal (i.e., TOOL).
Dave – Game Over (EP) // ’My 19th Birthday’ and ‘Question Time’ are really amazing tracks that showcase Dave’s ability to engage in contemporary social and political issues in the UK, but which also affect most developed countries. The former song grapples with the challenges he has with his first major relationship, questioning how he should behave and how he can overcome his own patriarchal attitudes towards women. The latter is an anthem for the UK under Prime Minister May, where has asks her, along with all other major UK politicians, the hard questions that were likely on the minds of most socially consciously citizens of the United Kingdom.
Dave – PSYCHODRAMA // This full-length album continues Dave’s encounters with himself, and situations of himself growing up in South London. His flow remains as strong as his earlier work, and continues to work through the challenges of growing up socially conscious, in a time that often feels more ignorant, racist, and nationalist then decades past.
TOOL – Inoculum // Their first new album in 13 years, the technical instrumental skills alone make this 80+ minute album worth the listen and the wait. But it’s more than that: Keene’s lyrics continue to impress, while deftly floating in and out of the instrumental scores.
The Secret History of the Future – Dots, Dashes, and Dating Apps // This is a fascinating episode that showcases just how much the telegraph, and writers of that era, imagined the uses of the Internet which are now commonplace. As always, everything old is new again, and it behooves is to attend to our pasts to both foretell the challenges of the present as well as better envision new futures.
Planet Money – The IT Guy vs The Con Artist // It’s fascinating to get a behind-the-scenes look of how the US Postal Office was able to take down scammers using an insider. The bravery exhibited by the protagonist in the episode, Filipe, and willingness to right wrongs, makes this a particularly positive episode to listen to.
Modern Love – The Night Girl Found A Day Boy // Modern Love has to be one of my favourite podcasts, and I really enjoyed this episode’s story of how the couple overcame a major and inflexible difference to develop a long lasting and positive committed relationship. Throughout, I was thinking about how much a couple can push through if they’re able to stand side by side together to support one another, while simultaneously appreciating and respecting one another’s differences.
The Daily – Inside Hong Kong Airport // The ongoing protests in Hong Kong are pitting democratic values against those of autocracy, and protestors are valiantly trying to secure their democratic processes. The reportage in this podcast drove home, at an emotional level, just how committed protestors are, as well as the seeming indifference or disbelief amongst mainlanders that individuals could rise up against their government on their own, and without having been manipulated by foreign government spies.
Ham of Fate // Without a doubt this is the most scathing, and articulate, assessment of Boris Johnson that I’ve read to date. Of particular note is the ways in which Johnson masks a very deep racism through elite language. Whereas Trump is blatant and boorish, Johnson is slightly more subtle and studied.
What Apple’s T2 chip does in your new MacBook Air or MacBook Pro // Gallagher has a pretty accessible, and extensive, article outlining everything the T2 chip is doing in Apple’s newest devices. I knew about the security properties but was unaware of the audio and image processing it also is involved in.
The forgotten part of memory // I’ve been pretty convinced for a long while that perfectly recording and remembering information is detrimental to a person’s life, on the basis that from an evolutionary and social perspective we have forgotten information and seemed to still persist and evolve as a species. Research in Nature showcases the apparent truth that forgetting is normal and important, and that we may do it to abstract away some details of precise encounters so as to build up abstract thinking that’s suitable to solving a range of problems, instead of being overly mired in the details of solving very specific incidents and experiences.
Combating disinformation and foreign interference in democracies: Lessons from Europe // Though written to derive lessons for the United States Government to learn from, this article from the Brookings Institute does a good job outlining the successful, somewhat successful, problematic, and disasterous responses to adversarial disinformation and influence operations campaigns. Ultimately, however, the crux is mostly missing from the article: should states and their populations truly fear disinformation—is the Swedish approach genuinely useful or is it, perhaps, just that some populations can sense disinformation when they see it? Regardless, the comparison between actions undertaken by Sweden, France, the United Kingdom, and Bulgaria provides a handy overview of some policy options available to democratic states, if not effective assessments of the utility of such options.
Influence Operations Kill Chain // Bruce’s assessment of the elements of effective influence operations is pretty on the money, though I do have to admit I’m partial to the comments made by Jones, which recognizes that while it may be hard to deal with influence operations, there are things that the government can do to address issues which arguably have much more significant (and problematic) roles on election fairness. These issues include: 1. Gerrymandering; 2. Deregulated political spending; 3. Systematic black disenfranchisement; 4. Black box electronic voting machines; 5. VoterID laws; 6. Drug felons who can’t vote; 7. Domestic for-profit news propaganda; and 8. Campaign strategies to game the Electoral College. Still, even fixing the aforementioned list will do little to prevent information operations from, over a long-term, threatening democratic integrity as clefts in society are identified and widened in efforts to decrease trust in the democratic system itself.
Housing Crisis Grips Ireland a Decade After Property Bubble Burst // Things in Ireland, like major cities in Canada, are terrible if you want to either rent or own. In effect, rent prices are too high to enable saving for a downpayment while, at the same time, owning is sufficiently affordable that — if people want — an owner can save up for another downpayment, and the cycle simply continue.
How the El Paso Killer Echoed the Incendiary Words of Conservative Media Stars // It’s one thing to strongly believe that the language of the American right wing is fuelling the violence, hatred, racism, and misogyny being expressed by a host of white supremacists throughout the country. It’s another to have the very words of American media commentators placed against the language of the President of the United States and white supremacists alike.
Acquisitions Incorporated Review // I’ve been on the fence about the new D&D sourcebook based on Penny Arcade’s adventuring groups. On the one hand, I appreciate the humour of the games but I wasn’t certain about whether the gaming supplement that’s emerged from those games was just Wizards cashing in on the popularity without adding real substance. This review has mostly convinced me that this is a neat supplement that I might want to add to my (growing…) collection of gaming books.
Facebook’s Illusion of Control over Location-Related Ad Targeting // This deep dive into how Facebook tracks location showcases just what a lie it is that you can exercise control and stop the company from tracking your location. Well researched and yet another indication as to why this is a malignant company that needs to be heavily regulated.
Do not Fall in Love with a Smart, Introverted Man // While some of the assertions of introverted men seem a bit off — we’re not all messy or nearly as eclectic as Lowe makes us out to be — I can appreciate this line: “One day, he will decide to leave you. It will be sudden and swift with no warning.” The thing is…I don’t think that’s true. The messages which communicate warning are made, deliberately and regularly, but are often unheard. And that failure to hear us is, in and of itself, one of the reasons why we may have decided “quietly, independently — because that is how he has solved every problem — that it’s over.” There’s a fundamental values mismatch, and communications mismatch, and potentially even an intellectual stimulation mismatch, and so the introverted man is making a decision they know is correct. Even if that’s not what the other partner thinks or wants.
Trails of Wind // While in our conceit, humanity may believe it changes the world without regard for the environment, a mapping of how we actually terraform the earth can showcase that we unconsciously, as a species, build in accordance with global environmental patterns and characteristics. I wonder, though: as climate forces changes in the jet stream, will we end up with monuments to the past that are left abandoned or will we, instead, re-engineer these monuments so as to continue using them?
The World’s Greenest and Most Economical Shelving System? // This shelving system is substantially based on Dieter Ram’s design philosophy and design language. While it’s expensive as hell, once invested you’d never need to buy shelves again in your life. Definitely want!
The Best VPN Services // The Wirecutter has done terrific work sifting through various VPN providers to identify solid choices. If you use or want to use a VPN then check out their work!
Paramour: A One-Shot Music Video Filmed From the Perspective of a Toy Train // Just a cool bit of filming!
Climate Change Politics Roundup
Posted on February 1, 2019 February 1, 2019 in Links, Roundup
The Roundup for January 21-31, 2018 Edition
(Smile! by Christopher Parsons)
“To create one’s world … takes courage.”
— Georgia O’Keeffe
I really appreciated the very different natures of the three shots, below, which were compiled by Mobiography as part of the 15 Superb Smartphone Photos of Urban Life challenge.
(‘Waiting for their pasta‘ by @zoyazen)
(‘PANCHIKAWATTE‘ by @the.r.a.b.b.i.t)
(‘Sunsets and silhouettes‘ by @tanvi2016)
I’ve been listening to a bunch of different playlists over the past few weeks, with my favourites being:
Apple Music – The New Atlanta // There are some amazing artists coming out of Atlanta, with 21 Savage, 6LACK, and Takeoff probably being amongst my favourites at the moment.
Apple Music – The New New York // Part of the reason I wanted to listen to this list was because Atlanta is being seen as where a lot of the freshest talent is coming from; I wanted to be able to compare between the two cities and the new artists emerging out of them. If I’m honest, I’m preferring the New York playlist with artists like Thutmose, Princess Nokia, 6ix9ine, HoodCelebrityy, amongst others.
Jasmine Jones – 🍽 // I’ve been listening to a lot of Jasmine Jones’ playlists, with her playlist for dinner parties being a really nice background playlist with interesting and cool tracks that I haven’t ever found on an equivalent playlist. Really though, all of Jones’ playlists are worth checking out!
Songs I Liked in January 2019 // I didn’t actually favourite a huge number of new songs this month, which was actually a bit shocking when I ran my script. Still, I really do like the few tracks that did get a like!
Backstory – Nixon Beyond Watergate: A History of the Presidency Before the Scandal // I really didn’t know much about Nixon other than the scandal and so, as an example, had no idea that it was under his presidency that a lot of the United States’ environmental regulation began in force. Nor was I really aware of just how effective a political communicator he had been prior to the scandal itself. If you’re interested in filling in some historical blank spots then this is a good listen.
99% Invisible – Gathering the Magic // I played Magic: The Gathering periodically during high school and university but always got out because I saw that it would demand a regular monetary investment to have the ‘best’ cards. That said, it was a lot of fun when I played. This episode goes through all of the challenges in putting together a game that is card-based and yet has a significant storyline behind it. Moreover, it talks about the politics of adding progressive cards, such as characters with non-CIS sexualities. That said, I think that the discussion of the game that fails to account for the financial rationale for putting out new decks on a regular basis papers over the fact that this is a game built to print money, and has for a long time. A more holistic accounting would have touched on the relationship between that business model and the progressive nature of that game itself (at least as presented by the persons interviewed in the episode).
The Route of a Text Message // I’ve never come across a simultaneously so-comprehensive and so-amusing explanation of a contemporary technology. Scott’s breakdown of every single element of typing a SMS message is remarkable; if only there were more such breakdowns, perhaps more social scientists would realize the importance of how policies and laws can affect protocols and code for good or ill.
Amazon Knows What You Buy. And It’s Building a Big Ad Business From It. // I had no idea how sophisticated Amazon’s advertising systems were, and that they were leveraging information given to the company, like type of car you own, purchases you make, size and composition of your family, and so on, to help third-parties target ads. This is yet another case of a company exploiting data in non-transparent ways that are, frankly, just creepy.
The Secret to Getting Top-Secret Secrets // Fagone’s article is somewhat mis-titled; it’s really a story about Jason Leopold, a journalist who’s been using the USA’s FOIA process to extract secret documents from the government to subsequently report on them. And the story of Leopold’s journalist and personal history is really, really interesting: he’s managed to turn his addictive personality from that which was destructive (e.g. drugs, alcohol) to positive (e.g. requesting documents from the government). Fagone effectively showcases the depths of Leopold’s character and, in the process, also raises baseline questions of why more journalists aren’t using Leopold’s method more rigorously given its successes.
Your Company’s Promotion Process is Broken // Mannan’s piece is a must-read for anyone who needs their regular reminder that gender and cultural backgrounds are factors managers absolutely must take into consideration when they’re evaluating employee performance. I found her honesty in presenting her own experiences, as well as how a manager productively engaged with her to improve how she wrote her own self-assessments, was refreshing and provided a good number of practical things to watch for when actually evaluating employees’ self-assessments.
The Secrets of Lyndon Johnson’s Archives // When I visited President Johnson’s ranch last year I’d never really known much about him. And, to be fair, I still know little about him. However, Caro’s article on his experiences in going through the president’s archives is deeply revealing of the limitations of other authors’ biographies of the president and the sheer amount of work Caro does in excavating the truth of his subjects. It’s a stunning article in just the process of Caro’s work, to say nothing of the actual insight he has in conducting interviews and gaining the trust of interview subjects.
The Sloth’s Busy Inner Life and Where Sloths Find These Branches, Their Family Trees Expand // These pair of articles from the NY Times’ science section are really, really interesting insofar as they explain why sloths in South and Central America risk the dangerous trip down from their trees to defecate (reason: to foster moths, which ultimately live and die in the sloth’s fur to facilitate the growth of moss that the sloth eats from its fur) and how trees in cacao plantations are helpful to facilitate survival of sloth populations. It’s incredible to realize how intricate these animals’ ecosystem has become and, also, worrying to realize how delicate these ecosystems really are.
8 Tips For Incredible Urban Photography On iPhone // This is a terrific guide for thinking about how to see an urban environment and, also, how to compose and edit the shots that you take with your iPhone or any other camera that you happen to have with you. There’s lots of good guides like this, but it was the comprehensive nature of this piece that made me really like it.
I Tried to Block Amazon From My Life. It Was Impossible. // Using a customized VPN, Hill attempted to block any access to Amazon products and realized that while avoiding Amazon retail is challenging, but possible, it is almost impossible to avoid using the company’s Internet infrastructure. In the process, she disclosed in a clear and transparent way just how broad Amazon’s power has become, and that the company arguably operates as a quasi-monopoly in today’s digital economy.
The Wave // This is an absolutely stunning piece of architecture!
Mongolian Heavy Metal with Traditional Instruments and Throat Singing // This is so far outside of what I normally listen to it’s not funny, but it’s also unlike anything I’ve ever heard or seen before.
Mathematical and Puzzle Fonts/Typefaces // These are almost all a bit silly, but I can imagine some of them would be fun for sending semi-secret messages to friends or creating puzzles for people to figure out.
Links Podcasts Roundup Sloths
Posted on January 20, 2019 January 19, 2019 in Links, Photography, Roundup
(Smile! by Christopher Parsons
I live a pretty minimalist lifestyle — I try to be super careful about new purchases and to not own more than I need — but it’s been a few months since I’ve done a purge. So over the past week I’ve gone through almost all of my clothing, cupboards, and drawers, and quickly and easily found four (small) bags of things to either recycle, donate, or sell. I still feel like I need to get rid of some additional things or, if not dispose of them, at least more tightly organize some of my spaces to dispense with any clutter in my closed storage spaces. I find that even organizing the ‘hidden’ spaces in my home — such as closed drawers that only I open — provides me with a sense of relief; it’s not sufficient that things outwardly appear organized and tidy, it’s important that even that which no one sees has the exact same properties. Sorta like how Steve Jobs demanded that his factories were organized by design principles and the insides of the early Apple IIs were meant as works of silicon-art…
“Either we all live in a decent world, or nobody does.”
― George Orwell
As is increasingly common — in part because I keep spending time looking at just how much you can get out of smartphone cameras, and even those which are years old! — I was struck by these black and white mobiography images. It’s really impressive how well the small sensors on smartphones, even those as old as the iPhone 6 and 6s, work when placed in ideal lighting situations.
‘Shapes and Shadows‘ by @bigpeabella
‘Haunted‘ by @corvis_carrion
‘Untitled‘ by @db.cooper
‘Favorite building in Los Angeles‘ by @mjhmalibu
‘Long way home‘ by Dina Alfasi
‘Untitled‘ by @agkolatt
Jrd. – Growth // I’ve been listening to this album some through the week and been really enjoying its downtempo beat; it’s been great for quietly reading or cooking. If I have one complaint, it’s that many of the tracks seem too short – just as they start to find their full on-grove, the track is over and it’s on to the next one.
99% Invisible – Atomic Tattoos // I was struck by how during the Cold War, Americans were specifically taught to engage in resiliency preparation in the case of an Atomic attack. This podcast starts by examining why certain people had their blood type tattooed on their rib cage, but then proceeds with a broader assessment of resilience and questions whether Western nations are anywhere near as resilient, today, as they believed they were in the 1950s-1970s.
Hurry Slowly – Creativity vs Efficiency // I appreciated how, in this episode, the host explores how efficiency actually can act as a barrier to creativity. The manifold numbers of hinderances in life and creation can actually fuel the creative process itself and, as such, creatives needs to reflect on whether they really, truly, want to become ‘efficient’ and if so, why and for what specific benefits.
California’s Monarch Butterflies Hit ‘Potentially Catastrophic’ Record Low // It’s hard to imagine that in a few decades the only place we might see monarch butterflies is in butterfly conservatories and augmented reality representations.
The Rise and Demise of RSS // This is a tremendous summary of the history of the RSS protocol and the reasons behind why it was forked multiple times. I don’t know that I agree with the concluding assessment — that RSS is falling increasingly out of use — insofar as it still powers a lot of the backend of the Internet, unbeknownst to many Internet users. Moreover, as companies such as Feedly grow and attract subscribers I expect that people will use RSS more and more, even if they don’t know their reading is being powered by RSS feeds. Still, it has to be admitted that outside of a relatively tech-literate audience the protocol itself is largely unknown. Less evident, however, is whether knowing about the protocol matters so long as it remains in use.
If we stopped upgrading fossil-fuel-using tech, we’d hit our climate goals // While there isn’t any possibility that the world will generally swap its infrastructure to green technologies in the near future, this study (depressingly) shows how much of a difference would be made should we adopt green infrastructure now versus by 2030. Do it now, and we would likely limit limit global warming to 1.5°C above pre-industrial times; do it by 2030, and most of the simulations put us on the wrong side of 1.5°C but below 2.0°C.
The Homebrewery // This is a pretty cool latex installation that enables a dungeon master to robustly produce documents that looks and feel very similar to official Wizards of the Coast publications.
The Confessions Game // I’m a big fan of these kinds of ‘games’, which are really facilitated conversation starters that bypass trivial talking. This looks like it would encourage some pretty intense discussions amongst friends and partners.
D&D Minimalism Podcasts Roundup
Posted on January 13, 2019 in Links, Photography, Photos, Roundup
The Roundup for December 24, 2018 – January 13, 2018 Edition
(Rusty Heights by Christopher Parsons)
Welcome to this edition of The Roundup! It’s taken a bit longer to put this together given the holidays, but I’m hoping to get back to scheduling these every other week or so. Enjoy the collection of interesting, informative, and entertaining links. Brew a fresh cup of coffee or grab yourself a drink, find a comfortable place, and relax.
Over the past few weeks, I’ve had the opportunity to take my coffee-game to a whole new level: I was generously gifted a Hario Cold Brew Coffee Pot by my family in December, and a Vietnamese Coffee Filter by a friend earlier this month. It’s been a lot of fun trying to determine which brew methods I prefer more or less and, also, meant that my coffee intake has probably doubled in the past month or so! Expect some thoughts and discussions about using either tool sometime in the future!
Be louder about the successes of others than your own.
Birthday fortune I received
In a bit of a detour from most Roundups, I’m including some of my own preferred shots that I’ve taken over the past few months.
(Ghosts and Galleries by Christopher Parsons)
(Electric Blue by Christopher Parsons)
(Safe Harbour by Christopher Parsons)
(The Deep by Christopher Parsons)
(Eat! by Christopher Parsons)
(Dive by Christopher Parsons)
(School’s In by Christopher Parsons)
(Aquatic Textures)
Bird Box (Abridged) (Original Score) // This is Trent Reznor and Atticus Ross at their best. The score is haunting, dystopia, and persistently just a little creepy.
Neisha Neshae – Poppin on the Internet (feat. Rocky Badd) (Single) // The power and energy of Neshae’s voice comes through in this single as clearly as in her EP, Queenin’. She remains as fun to listen to, now, as with her earlier work. I’m hoping that whenever she publishes a full album it manages to retain the strength and consistency of all of her work to date!
Jean-Michel Blais – Eviction Sessions (EP) // Blais’ work remains evocative and minimalist. This EP came after he was literally evicted from his Montreal apartment, and the work he played was an effort to memorialize and commemorate the space where so much of his music had been produced.
Spider-Man: Into the Spider Verse (Soundtrack) // I was absolutely amazed with how good the movie turned out to be, but before I saw it I was captivated by the soundtrack. Sunflower, Familia, Invincible, Memories, and Home were the stars of the album for me, though the entirety of the album held together remarkably well. I was surprised to hear almost all of the songs when I watched the film: these aren’t just songs intended to touch on the mood of the film but, instead, are key audio-emotional components the film itself. That they stand alone as strongly as they do is a remarkable accomplishment to my ear.
The Sporkful – When Celery Was More Special Than Caviar // I learned so much about celery in this episode! There are different kinds! There are different tastes! There is red, as well as striped, as well as ‘blanched’ celery!
The Current – ‘Don’t do it’: Trump’s criticism of central bank could backfire, warns former vice-chair // I found it most useful to hear about the difficulties in linking politics and a central bank and how, even if Trump does want to effect change quickly, that central banks and economies move so ponderously that he’s absolutely unlikely to adjust rates or the economy in a rapid manner should the current chair be replaced or the Fed totally shift its approach to the economy. Of course, neither of those things are likely and, instead, Trump will just posture for the purposes of satisfying his base.
Relationship Advice – What’s Your Fantasy? // The non-stigmatizing approach to thinking through, and engaging with, sexual fantasy in romantic relationships struck me as outlining a useful way of having conversations on the topic. Equally important was how to engage with a partner when they outline a fantasy that would be challenging or uncomfortable to satisfy, and how to find alternate means of expressing it in a manner that is satisfying and comfortable for all partners involved in it.
The Documentary – India’s battle with online porn // I went into this episode assuming, by default, that I would oppose all the proposals to ban or censor access to pornography. And while I mostly retain this position, I admit that I was shocked to learn about how common rape videos are being shared and it left me wondering about what approach makes the most sense to inhibit the spread of such violent videos while preserving basic rights. Especially given that many of the videos are shared between peers over encrypted messaging applications I don’t have an immediate response on how to deal with the sharing but, nonetheless, concur that the transmission of such videos does represent a real social ill that needs to be addressed.
Managing Burnout // As someone who’s suffered burnout a few times I think it’s really positive that a prominent member of the security community is openly discussing this challenge. Richard’s suggestions — that you build a fund for just burnout — is pretty solid, though admittedly works better in a community with above-average wages. What is missing, however, is an assessment of how to fix the culture which leads to burnout; that has to come from management since employees will take their cues from above. And to my mind management has to focus on combating burnout or else risk losing high-value employees with little opportunity to get an equivalently talented and priced replacement employee in the contemporary job market.
The 12 Stages of Burnout, According to Psychologists // Ever wonder if you or a loved one are suffering through severe burnout? This helpful list will showcase the different things that suggest burnout is being experienced with pretty clear indicators that you can use for self-diagnostic purposes.
“They Say We’re White Supremacists”: Inside the Strange World of Conservative College Women // Nancy Jo Sales’ long form piece trying to understand and express why young women support Donald Trump is illuminating, insofar as it showcases how these women hold more complex positions on some issues (e.g. abortion, rape) than might be expected while also conforming to stereotypes in other ways. What is hardest to appreciate is perhaps that they genuinely do regard feminism as ‘over’ and no longer needed, at least as they have lived their experiences as young white women. That they do not have a longer set of life experiences, such as in long term employment, nor experiences of minority populations, combined with Fox and similar news sources filling their political news appetite, makes their positions largely unsurprising. However, what also stands out is the automatic dismissal of their values and thoughts by liberal minded persons on campus: while liberalism must be intolerant of deep intolerance — such as white supremacy — that cannot apply to people who are simply holding divergent political opinions or else liberalism will have internally rebuked it’s own reason for acting as an effective and inclusive political theory.
Pilot project demos credit cards with shifting CVV codes to stop fraud // The idea that the CVV will change to combat online fraud seems like an interesting idea, though the actual security is going to be based on how effectively protected and randomized the seed for the randomization algorithm happens to be. Since attackers will have access to the actual cards — at least if distributed widely to the public in the future — then we’ll have to assume that any failures that are readable on the chip will certainly be found and exploited, so the math and tamper resistance properties are going to have to be exceptionally well implemented. Perhaps the most notable element of the proposed cards arrives at the end of Megan Guess’ article: whereas a regular card costs $2-4, those with a lithium battery to update the CVV will run closer to $15. In other words, whomever is producing the cards will need to be assured that they will, in aggregate, reduce fraud costs enough to merit the heightened production costs. It’ll be very interesting to see if the cards are suitably effective to lead to mass production or whether economics, as opposed to security, result in the cards being just a short-term trial or experiment.
Kengo Kuma’s Architecture of the Future // Kuma-san’s efforts to make architecture disappear, and work in contravention to the fantastic metal and glass structures of modernism and post-modernism, strike me as a kind of attempt to envision wabi-sabi in structures. In effect, his focus on the natural and celebrating the traditional and honouring its (often imperfect) characteristics seem to align with a need to seek peace and simplicity absent overt efforts to establish egoist-driven artefacts devoted to humanity’s triumphs.
This is how Canada’s housing correction begins // Kirby does a good job in collecting data to suggest a serious market correction could be coming as the Bank if Canada increases rates, which has had the effect of squeezing a large portion of homeowners who have grown up — and relied upon — cheap credit to buy homes and other consumer goods. Key is that the assessment doesn’t just indicate a forthcoming housing correction but, also, potentially a serious recession. Moreover, just how widely will this ‘correction’ be felt: will it mostly be younger millennials or include aging boomers who have drawn against their homes to support their children’s education and home purchases?
Great Expectations // Reflecting on what are non-negotiable traits in relationships is something that I do with some regularity, and this Medium post does a good job of summarizing many of the basic expectations that should be realized in any loving relationship. I particularly liked how the author ends by asserting that it’s critical for partners to engage in kindness in communicating, or work to avoid brashness and hostility in communications and instead focus on communicating our feelings in an open, transparent, and loving manner.
The US Military Is Genetically Modifying Microbes to Detect Enemy Ships // That humanity is modifying bacteria to react in the presence of different types fo fuel exhaust and related exhausts from ships, for the purposes of surveillance of maritime environments, is the thing of science fiction. And it’s going to start happening, soon!
GE Powered the American Century—Then It Burned Out // In an exceptional long-form piece, Thomas Gryta and Ted Mann document the slow, though hastening, fall of the General Electric. It’s stunning to read just how hard it has been for the company, and its CEOs, to effectively reposition the company in the face of major economic and political hurdles, and without clear evidence that the company will manage to survive in its conglomerated form over the coming decade.
Apple Expands AirPlay 2 Video Streaming To TV Sets // Benjamin Mayo’s Assessment that Apple licensing AirPlay 2 is a good thing, because while it might cannibalize Apple TV sales it will increase the joy of using an iPhone and the overall value of Apple services, is dead on.
Why Cider Means Something Completely Different in America and Europe // It makes sense, but I hadn’t thought of how important alcoholic cider was for colonial Americans (and the British, more generally) for ensuring that there was a drinkable liquid available that didn’t include harmful contaminants. Nor had I thought of how the temperance and prohibition eras would have transformed the nature of cider production, and led to the destruction of orchards that contained high-tannin apples that were principally grown to make cider. If you’re interested in cider and the broad strokes of its history in the United States of America, this is a good article to read through!
D&D’s Nastier Specials // I like the idea of slightly reskinning spells and adding them as a special ability of some monsters, such as enabling a mentally disturbed abomination the ability to cast a psychic variant of Wall of Fire, which does psychic instead of fire damage.
Rebranding of the ESA // Some of these proposed logos for different missions are absolutely striking. I’m not certain that the band ‘fits’ the ESA, but the proposals are definitely aesthetically pleasing.
Apple Music Wrapped: A Shortcut to Visualize Your Most Listened Songs, Artists, and Genres of the Year // Why the hell doesn’t Apple natively have this in the Music app!?!
Vader Episode 1: Shard of the Past (A Star Wars Theory Fan-Film // The production quality on this film is remarkable, and the story itself is also commendable. I’m looking forward to the next part of the fan series!
Coffee Links Photo Podcasts Roundup
Posted on August 5, 2018 in Links, Photography, Roundup
The Roundup for July 30-August 5, 2018 Edition
The Seat by Christopher Parsons
I’m finally back in the swing of regularly getting up, and out, to make more photos. It’s once again an almost meditative activity: the process of carefully looking at my surroundings, thinking through what might be aesthetically appealing, and then trying to push myself to realize what I see in my minds eye is deeply relaxing. It’s leading me to start looking at the world as someone involved in photography: even when I don’t have camera in hand I’m trying to ‘see’ the shots around me, the focal ranges I’d want, apertures I’d prefer, and so forth.
Strapping on my camera has also been good in getting me to walk around areas of the city that I haven’t visited in too many months or, in some cases, years. Huge parts of my city have transformed themselves in short periods of time, with new art installations scattered throughout the core, old places I liked to photograph having been torn down, and new places being built right now.
In case you’re interested in seeing more of my photos, I post them more regularly at Instagram, despite my annoyance with certain elements of that social media platform.
Inspiring Quotation of the Week
“When you take responsibility for your life, you can choose peace instead of drama, growth instead of complacency and love instead of abuse.”
– Kyle D. Jones
I’m continually impressed with just how much can be done with smartphone cameras; a recent set from Mobiography on the topic of ‘stunningly beautiful world inspired’ photos led to some great shots.
‘On this dreary day, memories of Provence sunflowers make me smile‘ by Barbara Frish
‘Foggy morning‘ by Liz Anderson
‘Out of the mist they come‘ by @Rawdeb
Underworld and Iggy Pop – Teatime Dub Encounters (EP) // The curious combination of electronic dub and Iggy’s mostly spoken word contributions make for a unique listening experience. I keep thinking that it reminds me, here and there, of a very very upbeat Leonard Cohen. And then a few bars later (and Iggy’s own screechy voice) and I recant that position.
Sam Hague – Altered Carbon (Playlist) // I loved Altered Carbon when it came out: it was the gritty cyberpunk environment that I love that was accompanied by a decent plot and sufficiently interesting characters. The original series’ soundtrack is good, but I find that Sam’s playlist does a better job at more broadly capturing the ambiance and mood that I associated with cyberpunk settings.
Tool – 10,000 Days // Not a new album by any stretch, but I’ve been listening to this regularly all week. I love the instrumentals in Jambi and how in-depth the instrumentals and vocals are for Wings for Marie, Pt. 1 and 10,000 Days (Wings, Pt. 2).
Planet Money – Venezuela’s Fugitive Money Trades // A discussion of why the current government of Venezuela is struggling to shut out groups who are providing US dollars to citizens, and the potential for the Venezuela economy to spontaneously shift default currencies to one pegged to the US dollar.
The Heart – No: Answers // (Part three of a four part series; trigger warning) In this episode, Kaitlin talks with men about why, and when, they ignored when when women said they wanted a given sexual activity to stop. It’s a raw, hurtful, episode to listen to. And it’s critical than discussions like this are listened to, widely, by men to understand the threats that many women have already faced, and many more fear facing in the future.
Lawfare – Should Humans Communicate with Aliens? // Shane Harris hosts a fun discussion about the ethics of communicating with foreign beings, and works through a series of different thought experiments with his guests (e.g. what if we get a message from 50,000 years ago? What if spaceships suddenly appear over our cities?). One thing that stuck with me was that we are likely to be deeply challenged in speaking with any visitors; we can’t current communicate with intelligent life forms on Earth such as dolphins, whales, or octopi; why do we think we’ll be any more successful with beings not of this earth?
Wag the Dog – Dark, Dirty, and Disruptive // A new episodic and intermittent CanadaLand podcast, Allison Smith and Jonathan Goldsbie look over what Doug Ford has done since becoming Premier of Ontario, and what those actions means for how Ford will govern and Ontario likely fare under his dictates.
Good Reads for the Week
The most relaxing vacation you can take is going nowhere // I’m anticipating a staycation at some point in the coming year or so, and have a list of specific things I want to do (mainly engage in photography around the city, where I’m unlikely to otherwise venture out to). Friends of mine have taken these for years and swear by their relaxing quality; while I don’t want to give up travelling for vacation, I also want to find ways of appreciating where I live that much more.
At any given time in their lives, people have two dozen regular haunts // Based on research, scientists have found that humans seem to have an upper limit of places that they regularly visit or spend time at. This research makes me want to think through the different places I regularly frequent and determine just how many frequent haunts I really do have, as well as when they change and perhaps why.
Inside the World of Racist Science Fiction // An insightful look at how the tropes of white nationalist literature now pervade the very language used by the White House.
Photo of Kissing Gay Couple Sparks Controversy at One of Brazil’s Most Important and Iconic Tourist Sites // Sometimes people ask how they can be an ally of a group they support, but do not belong to; this business owner shows how it can be done.
Your IoT security concerns are stupid // Robert Graham has a very contrarian position on IoT security: the issue isn’t patching or DNS, but something we can’t really see yet. Solving for old problems in policy is going to cost more than the benefit and, so, he argues we should let technologists just solve things at market speed instead of waiting for politics to catch up.
When Rio Tinto Met China’s Iron Hand // A truly stunningly detailed investigative report that unpacks how Chinese security and intelligence services are weaponized against foreign companies. Particularly noteworthy is the decision by Rio Tinto to maintain dealings with Chinese companies despite knowing they are compromised and targeted: the lure of profits mean that they will continue to negotiate and contract despite being at gross informational disadvantages.
Google Plans to Launch Censored Search Engine in China, Leaked Documents Reveal // When Google left the Chinese market it was heralded as a demonstration of how corporations could, and should, behave to advance human rights. Google’s plans to return to China are a serious, and painful, blow to those who have campaigned for internet freedom and human rights across the world.
Jeff Bezos’s $150 Billion Fortune Is a Policy Failure // The Atlantic argues that Bezos’ fortunes are the result of economic policies that disenfranchise those least well off in society while, simultaneously, externalizing the costs of wage depression and associated health challenges to the public purse. While the article concludes by arguing Bezos, himself, hasn’t necessarily done anything wrong I don’t think this holds up to the article’s own assessment of Amazon: a history of deliberately busting union-organizing, promoting non-compete agreements to inhibit worker mobility, and efforts to avoid paying taxes are all indications that the company — and Bezos by extension — is more interested in exploiting persons and localities than ?supporting the communities that it’s located within. Communities, like the humans they employ, are merely disposable assets.
The World Economy Runs on GPS. It Needs a Backup Plan // GPS is critical to almost all aspects of contemporary life. While Russia and the EU, along with China, have or are deploying their equivalents to reduce their dependence of American system, those very systems are vulnerable to interference that could shut down vast swathes of our lives. This is an issue that all governments need to seriously address, and soon, rather than just waiting until something bad happens.
Links Meditation Photography Roundup
Posted on July 29, 2018 in Links, Photography, Roundup
The Roundup for July 23-29, 2018 Edition
Stay Frosty by Christopher Parsons
For several months it’s been hard for me to get out and take photos. Not because I didn’t have the time but I wasn’t in the right state of mind to work through the challenges in my life through shutter therapy. In the past few weeks I’ve pushed myself out to take a few photowalks and they’ve been immensely helpful in just helping me to slow down, to get into a different-than-normal creative flow, and to create things that I find captivating and beautiful. And, in the process, it’s been helpful to reflect on the past, the present, and contemplate my future.
For the past several months I wanted to avoid excessively taking photos to avoid capturing that time in amber; instead, I wanted to have memories develop that would fade and twist and turn over the coming years. I wanted to avoid capturing too many images that might, in time, come to feel painful upon reflection and consideration. I don’t know if this was the ‘correct’ decision or whether I’ll regret not spending more time to capture more images. Regardless, that die is cast.
At least for now, I’m motivated to get back out and shoot, often with particular aims and ends and shots in mind. One of the things that I’m finding most curious is that in returning to certain locations that I trend towards in the city, I’m not necessarily seeing them in different ways but, instead, seeing the breadth of scenes slightly differently. That is, I’m not just seeing the ‘kind’ of image that I’d like to make in a given location; I’m also seeing how to try and get that image, and a series of different techniques that might let me accomplish that goal. I’d be lying if I said that I’ve been successful in achieving many of those shots but I’m getting a lot more of them, now, than I ever would have a year or so ago.
I had a small moment of digital indigestion over at my professional site this week – a maintenance update didn’t take, leaving my site in a permanent state of ‘This site is temporary unavailable for maintenance’ – and fortunately the Internet had me covered to quickly fix the problem.
“Stay away from negative people. They have a problem for every solution.”
The shots that won in the iPhone Photography Awards this year are, as always, stunning. It’s really amazing to see how much can be done with the relative small sensors in contemporary mobile phones.
blackbear – cybersex // I’m really appreciating the fusion of solid beats and good flow across the majority of the album.
Jazz Cartier – Fleurever // I’ve only listened to this a few times through at this point, and while I think that I prefer his earlier album Hotel Paranoia the beats and flow, again, are great in this. The opening — with a reference to Spadina station in Toronto — was really eerie when I first heard it; I’d thought I started listening to something entirely unlike what I thought was coming.
Dear Sugars – Trust Your Body // This is a strong episode from Dear Sugars, with solid examinations of the kinds of body issues that people carry with them, the rationales behind them, and ways in which our bodies react to our being in the world. While the emphasis is on destigmatizing our perceptions of the body, I found that it was equally helpful to just think through the ways in which we inhabit our bodies and why.
Song Exploder – Action Bronson – The Chairman’s Intent // I’m not going to lie: “The Chairman’s Intent” is far from a good song. The lyrics are…poor. But the beat is pretty impressive and, more generally, I found it interesting to hear the producer and artist talk through how over-the-top they perceived the song as they were getting it ready.
The Daily – Which to Believe: Trump’s Words, or His Acts? // In a start admittance, the Secretary of State was led to assert that Trump’s words meant little compared to actions and, upon realizing what he was saying, retreated quickly from that position. However, what was asserted was how members of the administration have been talking about Trump — and how persons surrounding the administration have been reassuring allies since Trump’s election — and that there is considered a problem in admitting to the public what we already know just further indicates the chaos built into the current administrations behaviours and associations with trust.
Planet Money – The One-Page Plan to Fix Global Warming Revisited // This is a superb overview of the rationales for a carbon tax and is helpful for showcasing how idiotic is that conservative populist leaders in Canada and the United States alike are abandoning a solution that would economically motivate the world towards a less carbon-intensive future.
Seeing My Body With Fresh Eyes // This is a beautiful personal essay that showcases the challenges of dealing with our bodies and the value of positive affirmations by those near to you. As someone who suffered negative body issues for years, issues which were exacerbated by persons who were close to me and deeply critical of my appearance, I can say that time spent with a loving partner who was supportive of my body made a huge difference in recuperating my own sense of self, and in finding comfort and safety in the body I inhabit.
Tony // This is a wonderful telling of who Tony Bourdain was, through the eyes and using the words of one of America’s best storytellers. It captures the heart of who Bourdain was and why his death is a loss for us all.
The SIM Hijackers // An long form piece of journalism that examines how easy it is to hijack your phone number, and the consequences of a malicious operator doing just that. In effect, there is the high potential for the operator to subsequently gain access to your online accounts regardless of whether you’ve set up two factor authentication.
Kinder Morgan company used private investigators to monitor pipeline protestors. Here’s how it worked // A detailed investigation into how Kinder Morgan — and now, perhaps, the federal government of Canada — uses private investigators to spy on protestors so as to obtain evidence used to strengthen penalties against those who participate in peaceful civil disobedience.
Beat Generosity Burnout // ”Generosity means caring about others, but not at the expense of caring for yourself. By protecting yourself from exhaustion, you may feel less altruistic. Yet you will actually end up giving more.”
Why I’m Deleting All My Old Tweets // I deleted a lot of old tweets earlier this year, and just went through the process of deleting almost all of them. Twitter is deliberately designed to be a reactive medium and, as such, I tend to regard it as a medium that should be relatively ephemeral. It’s a shame Twitter themselves haven’t set up their service such that tweets over a certain age are automatically deleted/archived/removed from public view.
When a Stranger Decides to Destroy Your Life // An investigation by Gizmodo which showcases how much harm random strangers can cause, and how such harm is sometimes linked to a lack of empathy between persons communicating over social media.
Behind the Messy, Expensive Split Between Facebook and WhatsApp’s Founders // Facebook: ruining otherwise good applications and services since it began acquiring them. In the absence of the pro-privacy founders of WhatsApp, who had designed the service to be profitable but not as profitable as Facebook desires, WhatsApp will now “be run by Chris Daniels, a longtime Facebook executive who is tasked with finding a business model that brings in revenue at a level to justify the app’s purchase price, without damaging the features that make it so popular.” Expect the app to suck, fast, and for people to hate it as much as they do Facebook Messenger, Facebook’s social media platform and, increasingly, Instagram itself.
How Silicon Valley Became a Den of Spies // This is the second piece I’ve read in recent history on the counterintelligence operations that the FBI undertakes in Silicon Valley. The article specifically speaks to some of the methods used by Russian, Chinese, Israeli, French, and South Korean intelligence services, and the rationales driving different kinds of operations. If you’re interested in the significance of intelligence and counterintelligence operations in the United States then this article’s for you.
How octopuses battle each other // A short video on how octopuses fight one another, and the distinctive tactics they adopt as aggressors and victims.
Music Photography Politics Roundup
Posted on July 3, 2018 July 3, 2018 in Links, Quotations, Roundup
The Roundup for June 16-July 1, 2018 Edition
Monsterous Weather by Christopher Parsons
The past few weeks have been clustered with travel across Canada for work and personal reasons, and a lot of packing as I prepare to move a few kilometres in my city. (I suspect it won’t be until after I move that things settle down and return to a more regular posting schedule.)
I’ve made a small change in this Edition that I’ll be carrying forward in all future roundups: beside each link is a little more information about the item in question to clarify what will be found on the other end of the link. I hope you like it.
A person’s dignity does not depend on them being a citizen, a migrant, or a refugee. Saving the life of someone fleeing war and poverty is an act of humanity.
Daniel Mercadante’s light photography is just magical.
The Carters – Everything Is Love//This might be the surprise album of the season, with APESHIT looking like it might be the Hotline Bling of 2018.
Jay Rock – Redemption//I hadn’t come across his work in the past, and it’s slowly starting to grow on me.
NAS – Nasir//I can’t pretend to appreciate many of NAS’ lyrics — the nonsense he writes about vaccines, in particular, are frustrating at best — but in terms of flow NAS’s new album is pretty terrific.
Policy Options – Why does encryption policy matter?//A terrific and succinct introduction to the importance of cryptography for all walks of life, and why the Canadian government should support strong encryption.
Intrepid – Interview with Bob Paulson (Former Commissioner of the RCMP//This is a helpful interview for gaining insight into the national security challenges facing Canada’s federal policing agency.
Interview with Ragnar Axelssom//An interesting, if sad, interview with a photographer who’s watched climate change damage and destroy otherwise pristine northern environments.
Instagram’s Wannabe-Stars Are Driving Luxury Hotels Crazy//More and more companies are capitulating to ‘influencers’ coming to promote their businesses. But to no one’s surprise, many of those so-called influencers really just want a free trip and a place to take swimsuit shots.
8 Men on What It Was Like When Their Partner Had an Abortion//An honest account of the often complicated, and hard to express, feelings pro-choice men have in cases of unintended pregnancies.
Friends and enemies: Reacting to Apple’s privacy stance//”Is Apple your friend? No. Of course not. It’s a company that sells stuff. But, right now at least, it’s an ally. And The Macalope doesn’t know about anyone else, but he’s not clear on the rationale behind the “Always shoot your allies first” policy.”
The Death of a Once Great City: The fall of New York and the urban crisis of affluence//This is an ode to the downfall of New York that has been brought about by speculative land development, rising property taxes, and a hollowing out of what made the city itself. But the same thing could be written for any of the cities that are now experiencing hyper-inflated rent increases, declines of social and public services, and a general shift toward transient populations over permanent residents. What will become of these cities in ten or twenty years time?
Canadian winemaker Norman Hardie accused of sexual misconduct//The Globe & Mail’s investigation of sexual impropriety in the food and beverage business has revealed that one of Canada’s more notable winemakers has a long history of harassing women. And, once more, the reporting reveals that basic power imbalances led women to just leave bad situations instead of feeling like they could demand accountability and justice. If there is any silver lining, it’s that the story is coming out, now, and that there were at least some persons who refused to have business transactions with Hardie after realizing what he did to women who were around him. Sadly, such refusals were often premised on a personal realization of the truth of the behaviours: the men who stopped doing business with Hardie didn’t choose to believe women from the get-go.
A Janitor Preserves the Seized Belongings of Migrants//Looking at these everyday items which were (and are) seized and discarded by American border authorities I’m reminded of a Canada 150 exhibit where the contents of migrants’ bags were presented. Many of the ‘inconsequential’ things like rice, or toilet paper, held incredible value for those making the trip to Canada; while they might have been ‘inconsequential’ to the eyes of Canadian authorities, I’m very happy that we didn’t take away those things that provided a sense of security to the persons migrating to Canada.
How Tidal Got So Fucked//A deep dive into the problematic business practices associated with Tidal, Jay-Z’s music stream service. The title of the article is entirely apt.
It Can Happen Here //”In their different ways, Mayer, Haffner, and Jarausch show how habituation, confusion, distraction, self-interest, fear, rationalization, and a sense of personal powerlessness make terrible things possible. They call attention to the importance of individual actions of conscience both small and large, by people who never make it into the history books.”
Explaining the ‘Mystery’ of Numbers Stations//A great deep dive into how messages are decoded from numbers stations, as well as whom has used them and to what effect.
Intel and the Danger of Integration//Intel has been stumbling for years now, as evidenced in the inability of companies like Apple re reliably provide new processors with meaningful changes into their product lines for the past several years. At the same time, other chip designers and foundries are racing ahead of Intel. Thompson’s article does a good job in laying out how Intel got into its current conundrum and the corresponding implications.
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Keep fighting! We must not learn from our wars.
By Larry Kummer, Editor / 29 Comments / 5 December 2013 29 April 2015
Summary: We were ejected from Iraq, gaining nothing we sought. No oil, no ally against Iran, no unsinkable aircraft carrier in the Middle East. All but the mad hawks realize we gained nothing in Afghanistan. Now comes the post-game show, as our military’s boosters attempt to fog our vision and erase our memories, preparing us for more wars. The truth is out there, if only we would make an effort to see.
Learning is one way to honor their sacrifice
We lose because we’re ignorant of history and refuse to learn
Bitter fruit from our failure to learn
The history of counterinsurgency by foreign armies, a history of failure
A more detailed explanation of why foreign armies fail at COIN
A closing note from Friedrich Schiller
(1) We lose because we’re ignorant of history and refuse to learn
“Keep Fighting: Why the Counterinsurgency Debate Must Go On“, Mark Stout (Director of the MA Program in Global Security Studies at Johns Hopkins), War on the Rocks, 3 December 2013 — Opening:
Counterinsurgency (COIN) doctrine in general and the military’s FM 3-24 in particular have been the subject of extensive and often vitriolic debate in recent years. Now the debate is finally subsiding, but not in a satisfactory way. It must not be allowed to die yet.
This reasonable article by an expert avoids the big question: why have we learned so little after six decades of failure by foreign armies fighting local insurgencies? It suggests that the next round of debate about counter-insurgency warfare will produce still more tortured history justifying the next war (we could have won!) and happy theory (next time we’ll convince the locals to have good government).
Let’s rewind the tape to see what we learned from the last round. For example, how many counter-insurgency experts listened to Martin van Creveld’s warnings? Such as this from Chapter 6.2 in Changing Face of War (2006):
What is known, though, is that attempts by post-1945 armed forces to suppress guerrillas and terrorists have constituted a long, almost unbroken record of failure … {W}hat changed was the fact that, whereas previously it had been the main Western powers that failed, now the list included other countries as well. Portugal’s expulsion from Africa in 1975 was followed by the failure of the South Africans in Namibia, the Ethiopians in Ertrea, the Indians in Sri Lanka, the Americans in Somalia, and the Israelis in Lebanon. … Even in Denmark {during WWII}, “the model protectorate”, resistance increased as time went on.
Many of these nations used force up to the level of genocide in their failed attempts to defeat local insurgencies. Despite that, foreign forces have an almost uniform record of defeat. Such as the French-Algerian War, which the French waged until their government collapsed.
Seven years later and we’re still attempting to avoid learning from our failed wars.
(2) Bitter fruit from our failure to learn
Some people are running the sums to see the results of our most recent infatuations with counter-insurgency. Before we let our military experts repeat this history let’s remember the results of their projects in Iraq and Afghanistan. Here’s a look at Iraq: “Rumsfeld’s War and Its Consequences Now“, Mark Danner, New York Review of Books, 19 December 2013 — Excerpt (red emphasis added):
A bare two weeks after the attacks of September 11, at the end of a long and emotional day at the White House, a 69-year-old politician and businessman — a midwesterner, born of modest means but grown wealthy and prominent and powerful — returned to his enormous suite of offices on the seventh floor of the flood-lit and wounded Pentagon and, as was his habit, scrawled out a memorandum on his calendar:
Interesting day— NSC mtg. with President— As [it] ended he asked to see me alone… After the meeting ended I went to Oval Office—He was alone He was at his desk— He talked about the meet Then he said I want you to develop a plan to invade Ir[aq]. Do it outside the normal channels. Do it creatively so we don’t have to take so much cover [?]
… Nearly 2 years have passed since the last American soldier crossed the Iraq border into Kuwait, ending in quiet ignominy the American phase of a war that had begun in highly ballyhooed “shock and awe” more than 8 years before.In Iraq, the sectarian guerrilla war set off by the invasion goes on, the suicide bombers continue their work, hundreds of Iraqis die in horrific violence every month.
That most Americans would prefer to ignore this does not alter the reality that we live in a world the Iraq war has made. Before the war, Iraq had served the United States as a check on the revolutionary ambitions of the Islamic Republic of Iran — a “tilt” to Iraq that Donald Rumsfeld had personally set on course, during talks with Saddam in Baghdad in 1983 as President Reagan’s special envoy. It took the American invasion two decades later to make of Iraq an Iranian ally.
Under Saddam, Iraq had been devoid of Islamic jihadists; it took the American occupation to make of Iraq a breeding ground for jihadists and a laboratory for developing and honing their techniques of asymmetric warfare: the car bombs, kidnappings, improvised explosive devices, and other ruthless tactics in a cheap and effective “toolbox” that has been employed with considerable success from Afghanistan to Yemen to Mali. Iraqi jihadists, many of them former soldiers and officers in the Iraqi army that the American occupiers abruptly dissolved in the summer of 2003, have become the proud foot soldiers of the “Islamic State of Iraq and Syria,” a proclaimed zone of insurgency and Wild West lawlessness that stretches west from Fallujah through Anbar province and into the heart of Sunni Syria.
While the increasingly repressive Shia government that the Americans helped install in Baghdad collaborates with Tehran in its support of Bashar al-Assad in Damascus, the Sunni insurgents that the Americans unleashed struggle to overthrow Assad in what is becoming the central battle of the three-continent-wide Salafi uprising that al-Qaeda, by its audacious September 11 attacks, had been determined to ignite and foster. Now the Sunnis are increasingly striking back at Hezbollah and its Iranian sponsors in Lebanon.
The Sunni–Shia struggle set in motion by the American invasion of Iraq has become the vortex of a violent political struggle that stretches from South Asia to the Gulf. Meantime, al-Qaeda in the Arabian Peninsula has grown fivefold. Bin Laden is dead, but in Pakistan and Somalia and Yemen the drones go on striking, killing by now several thousand, and more rise to take their place. The jihadists are not winning but they are not disappearing either. There is no end in sight.
Though Bush is long gone, replaced by a president who had seemed to voters to be in many ways his opposite, this geopolitical reality has hardly changed. As Rumsfeld remarks to {Errol Morris in the film The Unknown Known}:
Barack Obama opposed most of the structures that President George W. Bush put in place: Guantánamo Bay, the concept of indefinite detention, the Patriot Act, military commissions. Here we are, years later, and they’re all still here. I think that has to validate, to some extent, the decisions that were made by President George W. Bush.
One needn’t accept such “validation” to concede that more than a dozen years later we still live in the world that Bush’s “war on terror” made. The “state of exception” that began on September 11, 2001, has not ended, owing not only to the political compromises and misplaced priorities of the Obama administration but to the terribly misbegotten and self-defeating way the “war on terror” was conceived and waged.
(3) History of counterinsurgency by foreign armies, a history of failure
We cannot excuse our ignorance about counter-insurgency’s record of failure by saying it is hidden or difficult to see.
(a) For an introduction see this review of the rise and fall of COIN by Kelley Beaucar Vlahos, one of America’s finest journalists: “Learning to Eat Soup with a Spoon“, American Conservative, 31 August 2012.
(b) For deeper analysis see:
How often do insurgents win? How much time does successful COIN require?, 29 May 2008 — Robert W. Chamberlain (Captain, US Army) gives the answer in the Armed Forces Journal.
Max Boot: history suggests we will win in Afghanistan, with better than 50-50 odds. Here’s the real story., 21 June 2010 — Boot discusses 7 alleged victories by foreign armies fighting insurgencies. They’re not.
A major discovery! It could change the course of US geopolitical strategy, if we’d only see it, 28 June 2010 — The doctoral dissertation of Erin Marie Simpson (Political Science, Harvard) examines the present and past analysis of counter-insurgency.
A look at the history of victories over insurgents, 30 June 2010 — RAND counts the record of failure
COINistas point to Kenya as a COIN success. In fact it was an expensive bloody failure., 7 August 2012 — Debunking bogus history.
(4) A more detailed explanation of why foreign armies fail at COIN
(a) The first lesson of our failed wars: we were warned, but choose not to listen — Speech by Martin van Creveld, February 2008
(b) “On Counterinsurgency”, Martin van Creveld, from Combating Terrorism, edited by Rohan Gunaratna (2005)
How We Got to Where We Are is a brief history of insurgency since 1941 and of the repeated failures in dealing with it.
Two Methods looks at two paths to victory at counterinsurgency: President Assad’s suppression of the uprising at Hama in 1983, and the British operations in Northern Ireland.
On Power and Compromises draws lessons from the methods just presented and goes on to explain how, by vacillating between them, most counterinsurgents have guaranteed their own failure.
Conclusions — let’s hope we learn.
(5) For More Information
(a) Reference pages listing posts about:
Military and strategic theory and practice
our wars – Iraq, Af-Pak & elsewhere
(b) The two most important posts about counterinsurgency on the FM website:
Kilcullen’s 28 Articles: a guide to failure in Iraq, 7 May 2007 — Kilcullen’s article gave good advice, but it works only for our enemies. Not us.
How America can survive and even prosper in the 21st Century – part I, March 2007 and revised June 2008
(c) Other posts about COIN:
The 2 most devastating 4GW attacks on America, and the roots of FM 3-24, 19 March 2008
A key to the power of FM 3-24, the new COIN manual, 20 March 2008
Dark origins of the new COIN manual, FM 3-24, 23 March 2008
Another “must-read” presentation by Kilcullen about COIN, 27 May 2008
COIN – a perspective from 23rd century textbooks, 10 June 2008
Is COIN the graduate level of military hubris?, 30 July 2008
COIN as future generations will see it (and as we should see it today), 1 July 2010
COIN – Now we see that it failed. But that was obvious before we started (when will we learn?), 6 December 2011
COIN, another example of our difficulty learning from history or experience, 7 December 2011
As we start new wars, let’s see an expert at COIN review a classic textbook about COIN, 25 February 2012 — Review of Galula’s Counterinsurgency Warfare – Theory and Practice
“COIN of the Realm” – reviewing one of the books driving our strategy in the Long War, 18 March 2012 — Review of Nagl’s How to Eat Soup with a Knife
A look back at the madness that led us into our wars. How does this advice read 6 years later?, 26 June 2012
(6) A closing note from Johann Christoph Friedrich von Schiller
From “Die Jungfrau von Orleans” (The Maid of Orleans), Act III, Scene vi (as translated by Anna Swanwick) (1801)
By Paul Newman
Folly, thou conquers, and I must yield!
Against stupidity the very gods
They contend in vain. Exalted reason,
Resplendent daughter of the head divine,
Wise foundress of the system of the world,
Guide of the stars, who art thou then if thou,
Bound to the tail of folly’s uncurbed steed,
Must, vainly shrieking with the drunken crowd,
Eyes open, plunge down headlong in the abyss.
Accursed, who strives after noble ends,
And with deliberate wisdom forms his plans!
To the fool-king belongs the world.
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My guess as to why our experts fail to learn from the history of failure by foreign armies fighting local insurgencies — imagine the result if we let the Pope choose the scientists doing genetic research. After 60 years of brilliantly written research and poor real-world results, we might notice they’re all creationists.
Proving that the US military cannot conduct large scale counter-insurgency operations gets you exiled from the cool kids table in the lunchroom. No invitations to the fancy conferences funded by defense contractors, and no grants. You’re ignored by the stream of officers who fill the masters and PhD programs.
The important but unspeakable reality is that our military experts — and most of our geopolitical experts — are warmongers in the literal sense. For details see What is a warmonger? Who are the warmongers?, 10 March 2011.
I think we have to be careful about the word “failure” here. Look at the trillion dollars spent in Iraq and Afganistan. The private corporations who directly and indirectly benefit from this largess of (borrowed) money would chortle at the idea that they have “failed” in any way.
Just like the Prison Guard Unions and the Prison-Industrial complex love them some War on Drugs, a war that costs trillions in long term costs and has imprisoned an amazing percentage of the population. Failure? Look at our stock price and my executive salaries!.
That is an important point, vital to understand why we spend so much on the military, intel, and security — despite getting so little from it. Public spending, private profits.
Steve Phillips
I’m not so sure that this is a matter of learning nothing from experience. I think it’s more a matter of following the money to see who profits from endless war and perpetual occupation.
I see now that Mr. Obama has broken another promise. This time it’s the one about extricating our military from Afghanistan. Apparently a deal is being cut to allow anywhere from 6,000 to 15,000 American troops to remain there until 2024, and thereafter! Of course, we should not be surprised, since once we invade someplace, we never seem to leave. For some reason, the US presently maintains around 702 military bases in 130 foreign countries. Why have such a large number of bases if they are not to be used at some point? Well, world domination via overwhelming police action would be my guess. For God’s sake, we still have military presences in current allies, Germany and Japan since 1945, and South Korea since the early ’50s!
It’s no wonder that this country is broke, and cannot provide adequate social services without taxing its base into a recession. That’s why we need an unending stream of crises, whether real, manufactured or assumed, to cow the public into our serial acts of aggression. In an era of increasing budgetary constraints, to support the same level of, or proliferation in, military spending, it has become traditional practice to confront an ever more cash-strapped electorate with vicious response to threat after threat from distant potentates who have no means whatsoever of actualizing their threats against us. Fear and the perception of looming danger always provide a productive environment for unthinking and unqualified support of military strength.
The US is truly the champion state for military spending. Many vested interests certainly do not want to see the least bit of reduction in the absolutely bloated defense budget. Consider the following metrics for military spending for the 18 largest spending nations in 2009, in terms of 2008 purchasing power parity. First is the nation, second is $billions in reported military spending, and third is % military spending to GDP: USA, $663 billion, 4.3%; China, 99, 2.0; UK, 69, 2.5; France, 67, 2.3; Russia, 61, 3.5; Germany, 48, 1.3; Japan, 47, 0.9; Saudi Arabia, 39, 8.2; Italy, 37, 1.7; India, 37, 2.6; South Korea, 27, 2.8; Brazil, 27, 1.5; Canada, 21, 1.3; Australia, 20, 1.8; Spain, 19, 1.2; Turkey, 19, 2.2; Israel, 14, 7.0; and Greece, 14, 3.6.
The above numbers show that the US spends 6.7 times the amount that China spends, 10.9 times that of Russia, and 1.9 times that of the next 5 biggest spenders. The US spent $663 billion as compared to the next, 17 largest spenders, who in aggregate, paid out a total of $665 billion. The US spent as much for military adventures in 2009 as the next 17 largest countries combined!
My assertion is that powerful, vested interests in the US profit from war and war readiness. Since all organizations take steps to perpetuate themselves, the military interests will take steps to increase their power, control, and profit. Spending for imperial purposes in such magnitude is difficult to effect in an era of stability connoting generalized peace. Instead, we are, and will be under our current elites, confronted with an Orwellian construct out of “1984,” where war, or war footing is permanent.
PS: I really like your website. Whether I agree (almost always) or disagree (seldom) with your analyses and worldview, your posts are always interesting, reasoned, and well-written.
That, and your following analysis, are spot on.
You are rightly reminding me of the punchline to the old joke, when the Lone Ranger and Tonto are surrounded by hostile indians. Tonto says “What do you mean by ‘we”, paleface?”
We have learned nothing. But our leaders might have learned much.
As for our geopolitical and military experts, many of them appear to have learned nothing. Upton SInclair tells us why (from his 1935 book):
“It is difficult to get a man to understand something when his salary depends on him not understanding it.”
The above reply was addressed to Brian in error. It was in reply to Steve’s comment.
I have corrected the text.
Hoyticus
As previously mentioned in FM’s excerpt from Martin van Creveld, post-1945 counterinsurgents have a nearly unbroken record of failure.
Interestingly enough, one of America’s best paid propagandists (Max Boot) wrote a whole book about insurgency and even made a database attempting to catalogue various details about them. I haven’t attempted to investigate his assertions (yet), but here it is.
http://www.cfr.org/wars-and-warfare/invisible-armies-insurgency-tracker/p29917
Hoyticus,
(1) “counterinsurgents have a nearly unbroken record of failure.”
More specifically, counterinsurgency by governments usually wins.
Governments so weak that they need foreign boots on their soil — usually lose.
See the reports cited in this post for the grim details.
(2) Max Boot
Wrong way Boot, one of our largest engines of disinformation on military matters. Given his articles misinformation about basic history, I suggest not relying on his work.
See posts about his “work” here:
http://fabiusmaximus.com/tag/max-boot/
I agree that for the most part anything written by Boot is disinformation/propaganda.
However, the salient point from Martin van Creveld’s “On Counterinsurgency” is that foreigners never win against a native insurgency (post-1945). The point being, America is not culturally similar enough to Vietnam, Afghanistan or Iraq to be able to wage counterinsurgency and win, i.e. we cannot be the British in Northern Ireland or Hafez al-Assad in Syria because the places we invaded are fundamentally different from America.
Also, as van Creveld stated, both places were already being ruled over by the same governments/forces that later acted as counterinsurgents. In other words, we cannot defeat insurgencies therefore we should stop invading countries and inadvertently birthing them or exacerbating them.
So the question is why has such an obvious point — visible in both history and common sense (the former a better guide than the latter, imo) — eluded most of our military and geopolitical experts? And journalists? And the hordes of mil-bloggers, many of whom are well-educated, often with ample relevant experience?
There is no one answer, or one perspective from which to see it. I use the Observation-Orientation-Decision-Action loop as a framing context, and describe the problem as a Failure to Learn.
That’s of course not the end of the answer. Beyond that explanation lies the question WHY, usually the most difficult of question — and necessary to develop a workable solution.
“Wrong way Boot, one of our largest engines of disinformation on military matters. ”
Who are some of the others?
Also, are there any writers – preferably modern or contemporary, and besides Boyd and van Creveld – whose works you would recommend to those attempting to acquire a good or better understanding of warfare?
Let’s look at some of the good guys.
William Lind, co-author of the semi al “Into the Fourth Generation” in the Marine Corps Gazette. Now writes at Am Conservative and TraditionalRight.
Colonel Gian Gentile, officer and a history professor at the United States Military Academy at West Point. Read his books and articles.
Andrew J. Bacevich. Colonel, US Army, retired. Now Prof History at Boston U. Books and articles.
Books: The Utility of Force by Rupert Smith (General, British Army, retired).
Chet Smith books.
There are others. The key point is that we have no shortage of real experts. We just prefer shills and charlatans. It is our choice.
Thanks for the list.
I had sort of written Lind off after having read his attacks on the critical theorists of the Frankfurt School, so I’ll be interested to see whether his writing on military affairs are of higher quality.
Lots of people writing about military affairs have weird views on wider subjects.
Fair enough, and it’s not my intention to place you in a position to explain or defend Lind’s more outrageous statements. From a relatively neutral perspective, though, I think that the point you made raises some interesting questions (I apologize in advance for topic drift):
– Is the phenomena of an expert in one field acting as though clueless in another field a common attribute of experts making claims outside of their area of specialty? Or is this more common amongst military experts, and if so, why?
– If this is a general pattern of experts (perhaps spurred on by their successes in one domain they feel they can tackle all), what becomes of the project of becoming a well rounded individual, conversant in many diverse topics?
I am aware that Boyd, who I’d argue (or agree) is the most important military thinker of modern times, intended his theories to be applicable to domains of conflict outside of warfare. So that to me implies a search for common principles and/or the possibility of a meta theoretical system capable of subsuming many areas of inquiry (branches of science, etc.), even if restricted to conflict.
Ironically, in light of Lind’s disparaging remarks about ‘cultural Marxism’ or whatever procedure that has supposedly set itself in opposition to cultural conservatism, Osinga’s scholarly treatment of Boyd’s work makes many comparisons to Boyd and postmodernism and goes as far as to characterize Boyd as the first postmodern military strategist.
Common as dirt. I have no idea why.
“If this is a general pattern of experts what becomes of the project of becoming a well rounded individual, conversant in many diverse topics?”
A “well-rounded” individual has not become a universal savant. Rather he or she is a good citizen, functional in many aspects of life, able to converse with a wide range of people, and appreciate a wide range of life’s experiences.
Brian M nails it. You say “We gained nothing” from our endless unwinnable foreign wars since 2001, FM…but who is “we”?
If you mean the bottom 99% of the population, certainly, they gained nothing. But if you look at the military contractors, the Pentagon brass who need their ticket punched for promotion and pay raises, if you look at the think tanks and the foreign policy “experts” who make 6-figure salaries and posh academic careers by parroting the Pentagon’s Quadrennial Defense Review, if you look at the congressmen and senators who boosted their careers and won re-election by talking tough about “defeating terrorism” and “fighting over there so we don’t have to fight them over here,” all these people benefited immensely from our foreign wars over the last 10 years.
“People say the Pentagon does not have a strategy. They are wrong. The Pentagon does have a strategy; it is: Don’t interrupt the money flow, add to it.” — Col. John R. Boyd
I agree. I said so upthread. I even gave the exact same Upton Sinclair quote.
William Lind has some odd views about contemporary society — for example, like Mencius Moldbug, he’s a neoreactionary politically who advocates a return to an hereditary monarchy (!) and who believes Western society went wrong with the French Revolution (!!), but Lind’s analysis of military affairs is absolutely stellar.
Lind’s final “On War” column from 15 December 2009 is directly on point with what FM has been posting about the U.S. military. In fact, Lind’s entire column is what Chuck Spinney would call a Schewrpunkt:
“Parting Thoughts, For Now,” William S. Lind, 15 December 2009.
Duncan Kinder
Re: Lind and the conundrum of how one so wise in one field could be so foolish in another. Socrates discusses the matter in Plato’s Apology:
“At last I went to the artisans, for I was conscious that I knew nothing at all, as I may say, and I was sure that they knew many fine things; and here I was not mistaken, for they did know many things of which I was ignorant, and in this they certainly were wiser than I was.
But I observed that even the good artisans fell into the same error as the poets; because they were good workmen they thought that they also knew all sorts of high matters, and this deceit in them overshadowed their wisdom; and therefore I asked myself on behalf of the oracle, whether I would like to be as I was, neither having their knowledge nor their ignorance, or like them in both; and I made answer to myself and to the oracle that I was better off as I was.”
Duncan,
That is a definitive answer. Thanks for posting it!
Thanks for this contribution to the question I posed. I find it highly intriguing, but not definitive.
Socrates suggests that knowledge of one domain implies ignorance in another. The question amounts to what, if any, common principles are transposable from one discipline to another (hence my earlier reference to Boyd intention that his theories apply to other forms of conflict besides warfare).
Socrates points to conceit as the culprit in deceiving people that their excellence in one field will translate to another. In a sense, the source of their error is the same as the source of their eminence: their belief in their capabilities. If they had doubted their capabilities they would not have fallen into the error recognized by Socrates, but they perhaps also would not have become eminent in their field to begin with. Doubt is truly a double edged sword, the etymology of the word doubt stemming from the word double (or so I’ve heard).
“In a sense, the source of their error is the same as the source of their eminence: their belief in their capabilities”
That seems likely to me. Doctors and scientists are, I find, especially prone to this behavior.
This quickly goes over my pay grade, but perhaps the Duning – Kruger effect plays a role here. From Wikipedia:
The Dunning–Kruger effect is a cognitive bias in which unskilled individuals suffer from illusory superiority, mistakenly rating their ability much higher than is accurate. This bias is attributed to a metacognitive inability of the unskilled to recognize their ineptitude. Actual competence may weaken self-confidence, as competent individuals may falsely assume that others have an equivalent understanding.
David Dunning and Justin Kruger of the Cornell University conclude, “the miscalibration of the incompetent stems from an error about the self, whereas the miscalibration of the highly competent stems from an error about others”.
I want to add that Socrates doesn’t seem to doubt that knowledge of one domain will result in ignorance in another which forms part of the scaffolding of the narrative. In some cases that may not be true, so why should he prefer to remain as he is?
Blake’s words are also interesting in light of Socrates’ narrative:
“If the Sun and Moon should doubt
They’d immediately go out.”
As are Kerouac’s (from memory): ‘No one believes that there’s nothing to believe in.’ A person would have to literally be no one otherwise they still harbor at least one belief, their self.
FM: sorry once again for the topic drift.
“sorry once again for the topic drift.”
It’s topic drift, but to subjects oft discussed here. The reliability of experts, the boundaries of our knowledge, reliability of our views of the world.
Also, I’m cool with discussion of almost anything in comments when at this level.
OldSkeptic_2
There is another factor and it is hurtful to some in the US, but is actually a very good thing and shows, that at its core, it is a good(ish) society. The US is bad at warfare, of any kind (except a few limited, though sometimes important, parts).
In most cases it’s biggest contributions was by making things.Poor militarily, to non-existent in WW1, It was terrible in WW2 at the strategic and the tactical levels as well as just the basic fighting levels.
Even a cursory glance at Korea, Vietnam and all the rest show a military .. that is very poor by any objective standards.
That, if you are an American is something you should be proud of. Again, at its core, US society is non-militaristic. Despite the endless attempts by its ‘elites’ to make it so (though I say to them, be careful of what you wish for). The “I love my military’ love-in in US society these days is only a post WW2 thing, it never existed before, where the majority of people, correctly, held the military in contempt.
You look at the US between WW1 and WW2, it was as profoundly a non-militaristic society as you could hope to get. The military, tiny as it was, was so unattractive to ordinary people that starvation looked like a better alternative. Even at the heights of the 20’s/30’s Depression the US military was not actually swamped by people trying to join(even the poorest had their pride).
The downside was that, when it got bigger post WW2 the direction it set on was by clowns, idiots and corrupt people (Patton, Eisenhower and MacArthur in that order) with strategic directions set by people who had no idea about war at all (Marshall basically).
Now I have insulted the pantheon of US military people, but deliberately. Because if you want to really change things then everyone has to face the truth first.
Eg: MacArthur may be some sort of hero to some people(sod knows why), but was that man on the take….
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The Hydrologic Cycle
Storm Sewer Network (Figure 20)
Water cannot be understood as an isolated system. It is dynamic and moves from the oceans to the atmosphere, to the land and back to the oceans. During and after rainstorms, water moves across the land as stormwater runoff when the surface of the land is impermeable or becomes saturated. A portion of this rain or snowfall soaks into the ground and percolates slowly through the soil and weathered bedrock to a zone of saturation. Here water slows but does not stop, draining along the gradient of the water table through fractures, or pore spaces in the rock. It reappears weeks or months later at the surface of the land as springs or seeps. These sub-surface pathways reflect the underlying geology. Water that has infiltrated into the ground and emerges in the stream channel is called “base flow.” The springs and small tributaries known as “first order” streams combine to form larger creeks and stream such as Meeting of the Waters and Morgan Creeks. The shape and location of streams is also determined by the groundwater discharge or base flow combined with surface runoff of stormwater.
In the Piedmont, rain falls with sufficient intensity to produce surface runoff approximately thirty days in a given year. During the remaining eleven months, base flow keeps the streams flowing. In an undisturbed and forested landscape in the North Carolina Piedmont, the annual rainfall averages about forty-five inches a year. Of this total, only a relatively small fraction runs off the ground during storms — on the order of eight to ten inches a year. A much larger amount of thirty-four to thirty-six inches soaks into the soil mantle. Much of this water is returned to the air as evaporation and transpiration from the vegetation. Approximately 15% or about 6 to 8 inches finds its way to the aquifers in the deeper bedrock, to reappear as base flow in the streams.
The paved surfaces of our developed communities disrupt this natural hydrologic cycle. They unbalance the equation and turn rainfall into runoff. Every square foot of impervious surface — roofs, roads, parking lots, etc. — produces as much as three additional square feet of runoff per year. The immediate effect of this change in the hydrologic balance is the torrents of muddy water pouring off roofs and rushing down streets in a storm. Not so obvious is the critical loss of base flow to local streams. The net result is a stream which is either inundated by floods with unstable banks and a rapidly migrating channel or dry and without the water to support aquatic life.
The damaging effects of flood and drought are the unnecessary results of thoughtless and unsophisticated land development. This report will pinpoint areas of the University where the hydrologic cycle is out of balance and suggest methods and approaches to planning and design that will help to restore that balance and with it the health of the water system.
Small streams become inundated during floods and dry with a low base flow between storm events (Figure 21)
Watersheds and Drainage Patterns
The report divides the University property into coherent small drainage units or sub-basins. While it often goes unnoticed that the University is part of two larger watersheds, it is even more difficult to identify the smaller drainage divides. Local ridges and high points, as well as drainage infrastructure, divide the Campus into 21 smaller watersheds or sub-basins (Figure 18). Within each sub-basin the land surface drains to a given surface stream or swale, although many of these drainage elements have been buried overtime and are not obvious (Figure 17). Most Campus residents are totally unaware of these drainage elements as they move across the campus and do not divide the landscape into watersheds, but this structure will serve to measure the basic land and water system for much of the analysis that follows.
Since these sub-basins form the basic unit of the analysis, both natural and man-made land cover characteristics are aggregated by sub-basin. Because the planning boundaries that exist within the Campus property rarely coincide with sub-basin boundaries, the analysis first examines sub-basin characteristics on a watershed basis in order to evaluate the overall health of each sub-basin (Table 1). The US EPA states that watersheds that experience urban growth resulting in impervious cover greater than 25% are highly impaired and present tremendous challenges to remedy. Many sub-basins within and surrounding the University property have already been impacted by development with impervious percentages exceeding 25%. Therefore, as we look toward the future and proposed expansion of the Campus, it is important that we are sensitive to the existing sub-basin conditions as we plan within the boundaries of the University.
In order to document the net impacts of development on stormwater runoff volume, the changing patterns and composition of the land cover are aggregated by sub-basin as well as the analysis planning area (Tables 2 and 3). For example, the total amount of stormwater runoff, as well as the pollutant load generated during a storm, can be estimated by measuring the amount of impervious surface that covers the sub-basin area within University property. This information lends itself to a comparison of existing sub-basin characteristics on Campus and the future characteristics proposed by the Campus Master Plan.
The Water Balance Model
This report will use a “water balance model,” a form of bookkeeping based on the hydrologic cycle, to analyze the effects of the impervious and pervious surfaces at the University on the amounts and quality of runoff, as well as to highlight the net changes in the entire water system. The model Is based on the idea that the hydrologic cycle, as described above, is an input/output system. For example, if water is nor recharged within the sub-basin where it falls, this loss cannot be made up on another site in an unrelated sub-basin. W hen the natural hydrologic cycle is sufficiently changed by development, only solutions that replace water that previously infiltrated the ground (or evaporated and transpired by vegetation) will address the broad issues. These issues include increasing flood and drought peaks, non-point source pollution, the excessive nutrient loads that are carried to local reservoirs, and loss of soil and natural vegetation with their complex interrelationships to the health of both land and the water.
The various methods and materials that are proposed for sustaining the hydrologic balance on the developing Campus are intended to replicate the natural balance. Their efficiency can be tested using the Water Balance Model as detailed solutions evolve in different portions of the Campus. For example, the most highly impervious portions of the Campus offer very limited opportunities to return runoff to the soil mantle, since little open land remains. In these locations, structural systems that intercept rainfall on rooftops and return it to the atmosphere by vegetative systems attempt to replicate the lost vegetation from the land surface, and can reduce the runoff volume increase by 50%. Other systems that capture and re-use rainfall also serve to replace the natural functions of the soil.
Various types of impervious surfaces will generate greater or lesser concentrations of pollutants, and these differences can also be documented by the model and included in the analysis of mass transport of sediment conveyed by runoff. All of these analyses of the natural and man-made systems require a form and structure, which takes the form of the topologic boundaries of the sub-basins created by the drainage patterns.
Hydrologic Soil Groups
Hydrologic Soils Group (Figure 22)
To understand if it possible to infiltrate water within the area Campus, it is necessary to identify the undeveloped degree of soil permeability. This physical property of soils largely governs the amount of stormwater runoff during precipitation. The USDA-SCS analysis of soil series by drainage characteristics has resulted in a classification system that ranks soil by its ability to infiltrate rainfall. The system classifies each soil in a hydrologic group ranked from A (dry) to D (wet), with the group providing the best soil drainage conditions. In Figure 22, soils with a greater infiltration capacity that are less likely to produce runoff are shown in lighter colors, while the wetter, less permeable soils are shown in darker colors.
Surface Permeability (Figure 23)
As can be seen in Figure 22, Main Campus, south of South Road is comprised mostly of B soils. These soils may be suitable for infiltration and recharge techniques. Mason Farm is comprised of both C and D soils, shown in Figure 22. These soil groups have a lower infiltration rate and consist of soils that are poorly drained.
Soils that have been significantly altered by filling or regrading are shown in gray, and may have variable drainage properties. The Historic Core of Main Campus consists largely of these altered soils, and any conclusions about drainage characteristics here must be determined by field tests.
Land Cover Types
Large relic trees on the Campus greens. (Figure 24)
Campus parking area with a wooded edge. (Figure 25)
In order to quantify the amounts of stormwater runoff currently generated and to estimate the increase in runoff after redevelopment of the Campus, land cover types were identified by permeability. Land Cover is generally considered as pervious or impervious. However, in order to model more accurately how a change in land cover will impact the runoff volume produced by a given rainfall, an additional classification has been created to describe the land surface that has been disturbed and probably re-compacted, and planted in turf or other landscaped areas. Therefore, three land cover types can be described by permeability; pervious, semi-pervious and impervious as described below:
Pervious – Natural forest and woodland that are considered fully pervious for infiltration.
Semi-Pervious – Lawns and landscaped areas where compaction and grading during construction have reduced soil permeability are considered semi-pervious.
Impervious – Surfaces that include all the paved surfaces that are built to ensure that water does not penetrate.
Permeability Percentage (Figure 26)
Areas in forest retain spongy, absorbent soils that hold water and allow it to seep slowly back in to the groundwater. On the southern portion of Main Campus, some of the slopes have been left in forest and are the major areas of recharge returning stormwater to the aquifer. On the flat plateaus of the Historic Core, the land is covered in a mixture of impermeable paved areas and semi-permeable grassy open space — “the greens.”
Turf varies in the amount of runoff it produces. While well-maintained grass produces little runoff, turf in poor health, on compacted soils, or on steep slopes may produce volumes up to 25% (Watershed Protection Techniques, 2(1): 239-246). In these cases, the improvement of turf grass health, or its replacement with vegetation better suited to harsh growing conditions, may provide water quality benefits.
The relative timing of fertilizer applications and water inputs — from irrigation or heavy rainfall — will also influence the leaching and transport of nutrients to ground water. The careful monitoring and management of lawn care can, therefore, make a difference to groundwater quality within the current landscape.
At present, the soils of the “greens” are heavily compacted. Soil compaction occurs when surface weight, whether it is repeated foot traffic or machines, collapses the spaces where water, air, and soil organisms can move, creating a hard, solid, non-living mass. Soil compaction is an insidious problem because the effects are often understimated. Heavily compacted soils act as a barrier to root growth, inhibit the exchange of atmospheric gases and also restrict the infiltration of water. Significant recharge cannot occur in these areas unless the compacted surface layer is broken through and replaced with a porous substrate.
The high percentage of impermeable surface on the South Campus has exacerbated the amount and speed of stormwater runoff, as well as the amounts of non-point
source pollutants that reach Meeting of the Waters, Morgan Creek and other surface tributaries that lie south of the Campus. Consequences to these stream channels that flow in The North Carolina Botanical Garden, the Mason Farm Biological Reserve and adjacent community parks such as Jones Park are severe. In particular, stream channels have migrated and their banks have been destabilized in an effort to handle the increased water volume and velocities and the increased sediment load.
Stormwater Runoff Estimates
In the Water Balance Model, the description of land cover composition by sub-basin is used as the basis to estimate how much of a given rainfall amount will be transformed into direct and immediate runoff. Using a methodology called the Cover-Complex Method (USDA, SCS, 1967), the combination of vegetative cover and soil hydrologic group is classified by a term called Curve Number. This is a designation that refers to a set of curves derived from the basic equations for rainfall-runoff relationships. Based on these estimated Curve Numbers, each type of cover can be used to calculate the net runoff for a given frequency and amount of rainfall, as shown in Table 4.
The statistics developed in Table 5 can be considered preliminary based on the best available existing data. The initial comparison of 1998 impervious cover and projected Master Plan impervious cover indicated a net increase of only a few acres. The net increase of 13.5 acre-feet is still a relatively small increase in runoff volume from the Campus, but serves as the initial target for volume mitigation measures. A more meaningful statistic is the total runoff volume during a 2-year frequency rainfall of 3.6 inches, a figure that represents some 96% of the total rainfall in a normal year. This total volume of 1,234 acre-inches (161 acre-feet) from the Campus would fill the football stadium (4.3 acres at mid-height) to a depth of almost 25 feet. It is this volume of runoff that flows from the Campus downhill to the receiving surface streams every year.
Table 1. UNC-Chapel Hill: Existing (1998) Land Cover: Characteristics by Sub-Basins
Sub-Basin
Total Area (acres)
Total Sub-Basin Area Within UNC Property
Total Impervious Area*
Total Pervious Area**
(acres)
BA-1 257 134 52% 52 20% 205 80%
Bolin Creek
BO-1 145 20 14% 67 46% 79 54%
Chapel Creek
CH-1 157 77 49% 20 13% 137 87%
CH-2 106 53 50% 17 16% 90 84%
CH-3 217 138 64% 37 17% 180 83%
Meeting of the Waters Creek
ME-1 89 86 97% 50 56% 39 44%
ME-2 48 48 100% 37 78% 10 22%
ME-5 137 132 96% 44 32% 93 68%
ME-6 32 18 55% 4 13% 28 87%
ME-8 244 22 9% 32 13% 213 87%
MO-1 608 51 8% 75 12% 533 88%
MO-2 157 16 10% 16 10% 142 90%
MO-4 179 83 46% 7 4% 172 96%
MO-5 407 227 56% 29 7% 378 93%
MO-7 674 438 65% 8 1% 667 99%
MO-8 979 133 14% 5 0% 974 100%
*Includes Building Rooftops, Roads and Walkways
**Includes both Pervious and Semi-pervious Surfaces
Table 2. UNC-Chapel Hill: Existing (1998) Land Cover
Land Cover Analysis by Campus Property
Total Sub-Basin Area Within UNC Property (acres)
UNC Property Total Impervious Area
Woodland (acres)
Lawn/Maintained Grass & Shrubs (acres)
UNC Property Total Pervious Area
BA-1 134 25 19% 76 33 109 80%
BO-1 20 7 37% 0 13 13 63%
CH-1 77 4 5% 55 18 73 95%
ME-1 86 48 56% 3 35 37 44%
ME-4 54 19 36% 10 24 34 64%
ME-5 132 44 33% 39 49 88 67%
ME-6 18 2 11% 13 3 16 89%
ME-8 22 1 6% 18 2 20 94%
MO-1 51 19 36% 12 20 33 64%
Totals 742 245 247 250 497
Table 3. UNC-Chapel Hill: Master Campus Development Plan
Land Cover: Land Cover Analysis by Campus Property
ME-7 24 8 33% 9 6 15 64%
MO-1 51 25 49% 9 17 26 51%
Note: Proposed water feature areas have been excluded from the analysis because they do not possess properties of either pervious or impervious surfaces for the runoff analysis.
Table 4. UNC Rainfall and Runoff Estimates based on the Cover-Complex Method
(Assumes all soils are hydrologic group B)
Rainfall (inches/24 hours)
1-yr
10-yr
100-yr
3 3.6 4.7 5.4 6.4 7.2 8.0
Land Cover/Use
Curve Number
Runoff (inches/24 hours)
Impervious
Roofs, pavement 98 2.8 3.4 4.5 5.1 6.2 7.0 7.8
Residential use 85 1.6 2.1 3.1 3.7 4.7 5.4 6.2
Lawn, fields 98 0.7 1.1 1.8 2.3 3.1 3.8 4.5
Meadow, shrubs 98 0.5 0.8 1.5 1.9 2.7 3.3 3.9
Woodland 98 0.3 0.6 1.1 1.5 2.2 2.7 3.3
Table 5. Comparison of Net Increase in Runoff Volume for 2-Year and 100-Year Storm Events
Existing Volume
Ac-In
Master Plan Volume
100-Year
BA-1 162 171 593 605
BO-1 39 43 115 121
CH-1 64 64 294 294
ME-1 202 216 540 561
ME-4 96 105 291 302
ME-6 17 19 70 73
ME-7 32 39 111 119
ME-8 17 36 81 112
MO-1 91 108 275 301
Totals 1234 1395 3839 4079
Net Increase for Master Plan
161 ac-in (13 ac-ft)
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OLED will bring revolution to people’s lives LG Display CEO tells IFA 2015
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Dr. Sang Beom Han, CEO and President of LG Display, the world’s leading innovator of display technologies, said today that OLED represents a revolutionary leap in display technology that will change people’s lives as he delivered the opening keynote speech at IFA 2015 in Berlin. Dr. Han told the audience that OLED is the only technology that overcomes the limitations of conventional displays because it offers enhanced reality combined with dynamic form. OLED offers superior light and color expression because it is based on self-emitting light sources. Its flexibility and its transparent nature are the result of the development of innovative OLED materials. These essential attributes mean OLED can bring to reality what has only been imagined until now.
Although LG Display has chosen a difficult path in pioneering OLED technology, Dr. Han said the company is proud in achieving the goal of making a display that realizes people’s imagination and dreams. He predicted that OLED has a bright future because of the convergence of different technology sectors, with the participation of outside partners benefiting from OLED’s growth.LG Display presented several OLED prototypes at IFA keynote event. The company introduced a 111-inch “wave” double-sided display(Vertical Tiling OLED), made out of three attached 65-inch Ultra HD OLED displays.
LG Display also showed a 55-inch double-sided commercial display with a thickness of approximately 5.3mm, which is thinner than the latest smartphone, and weighing only 12 kilograms, making it suitable to be shown in a variety of locations. In addition, the company presented a 55-inch “wallpaper” OLED display with a thickness of less than 1 millimeter that can instantly be attached to and removed from walls because of its magnetic backing.
Referred as “The Father of OLED,” Dr. Ching W. Tang, a professor at the University of Rochester in New York and the Hong Kong University of Science and Technology; Prof. Dr. Peter Zec, founder and president of the Red Dot Design Award; and Udo Heider, Vice President of Merck, the global chemical and materials company, made appearances during the keynote presentation and stressed the possibilities that OLED offers of turning imagination into reality.
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These amazing armchairs are made with airplane engines and we love the idea as a decorative piece of industrial style
Decorative styles are always quite subjective issues and in reality much depends on our tastes. Some and some are more classic, others modern while some prefer the industrial style that is very fashionable. However, for a few, including myself, a eclectic decorating style It seems to be the key to feeling good at home.
If you have an interior decoration with touches of industrial or eclectic style these pieces of furniture are really objects that you will love. Not only because of the curious appearance that reminds us of a great classic of the armchairs but also because of the way in which they are manufactured. Indeed, it is about armchairs made with airplane engines. More specifically with Boeing 737 engines, nothing more, nothing less.
The idea arises from the creative minds of the Plane Industries company that is dedicated to transform parts of airplanes into furniture and decorative objects such as wall clocks, lamps, table or armchairs among others. It is an original and surprising way to recycle parts of an airplane to create unusual objects that stand out above many other decorative creations.
There are two models of armchairs manufactured from aircraft engines, one of two circumference measures whose origin is an engine of Boeing 737 while the other model, smaller, is part of a BAE 146. Each armchair is made to order and has a chromatic appearance that gives it a lot of character. Undoubtedly an original idea that will turn your living room into an exceptional space with an eclectic decoration out of the ordinary.
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If you are one of those who can not stop reading your decoration magazines or in the most intimate moments you will like this invention. You will no longer have excuses to leave them lying around, because with this magazine rack that hangs from the toilet tank they will always be collected. It is cheap, $ 8.95, and its installation is very simple, you just have to insert the hook into the tank, below the lid.
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Moscow, Hotel Ukraina, Hotel Radisson Collection, 32-34 floors
The Troubadour karaoke-restaurant is located inside the monumental building – one of the seven legendary Stalin-era skyscrapers – premium class “Ukraina” Hotel
Mon – Sun: from 8 pm until 7 am
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The Troubadour karaoke-restaurant is located inside the monumental building – one of the seven legendary Stalin-era skyscrapers – premium class “Ukraina” Hotel. Cozy halls are located at the birds eye height, with access to the open terrace, which lets you see the city from high above.
Enjoy the music, cozy home-like atmosphere, Italian and Japanese cuisines, extensive wine list, designer cocktails, variety of song repertoire and a good company – all at 32nd to 34th floors of a unique historic building.
Restaurant’s interiors Troubadour up close. Be inspired by designers’ work, their attention to details and original atmosphere.
The one and only Christian Lorenzini is the restaurant's Chef.
Christian Lorenzini
Christian developed his interest to cooking at the age of 15, when he used to help his father at his family restaurant in Toscana every day after school. It was there that he picked up many traditional Toscana recipes — from homemade pasta to Florentine Steak.
After graduation from institute, Christian started to work as Chef's assistant at the best restaurants of the Italian Riviera during summertime, and - for two winter seasons — as main course cook at the five star Cristallo Hotel.Thats where he became a more professional Chef and enriched his knowledge of classic regional cuisine.
Then Christian was appointed as chef at one of the most popular restaurants in Sienna. After two years, Christian was sent to run the kitchen in a newly-opened restaurant in Swindon, England. He created a menu there in full accordance with his cooking philosophy based on respect to natural qualities of products and focus on absolute freshness. In a few months, he met an oligarch who opened a door for him into Russia's restaurant business. After two years of work as a private Chef at an out-of town villa and opening kitchens of several restaurants, Christian became chef of the legendary Mario restaurant on Presnenskaya, where he cooked for such stars as Naomi Campbell, Eros Ramazzotti, Mick Jagger, Sting, Paris Hilton and others.
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The last few weeks have provided us, as always, An almost inconceivable number of new games, Many of which are unfamiliar or particularly interesting, some great and widely spoken AAA titles - and some interesting games from previous years who are immigrants to the big platform and you should definitely know about their existence.
The most prominent on the list is undoubtedly the title of the colorful and refreshing action Sunset Overdrive, Created by Microsoft Studios collaboration with developer Insomniac (responsible for the Ratchet & Clank series, Spyro The Dragon and Resistance) - as one of the console's exclusive launch gamesXbox One. The game did not win a leading brand of the console, but now it seems that it enjoys a renewed delight in the PC with 90 positive percentage in the game,Steam, Four years after its original launch.
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I hope they do remastered to Onimusha 3: Demon Siege I just have to play again with Jan Reno !!! The game was removed from the sets in 2015 due to licensing issues ... But along with the Riesmstrad of the first there is hope for the Rymstrad of the second and perhaps also of the third. What is going to determine what continuity to Ramsters is is how far the Ramster's first will sell. And for anyone who has never played a game during the PS2 period or in the rare computer version that has just come out of Russia and Asia, you should try even through PCSX2. I would describe it as an Evil Resident with katanas and light elements of horror, demons (gnome), mighty boss fights, and high-quality Catsins.
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*[[/Archive 1]] ---- ==New Changes== Folks, with the new receptions in ROCOR please understand that the party line vs. facts thing has to stop. Some new FACTS. 1) St Hilarion press is not named after Archbishop Hilarion so there is no "different Archbishop Hilarion". 2) Metropolitan Hilarion (formerly Archbishop of both Sydney and New York) are all the same guy. 3) He blessed Fr Aidan to use the same text as Milan's Western Archdiocese, largely Fr Aidan's own work. 4) He blessed Fr David (Pierce, formerly Father Cuthbert) to continue as he was, and he was using Milan's Eastern Archdiocese texts. 5) That makes the "majority" ROCOR texts, in fact, Milan Synod usages. If you can get over jurisdictional bickering and focus on what is liturgically accurate, folks, a lot of pain will be avoided in this transition. Thank you.--[[User:JosephSuaiden|JosephSuaiden]] 06:10, October 1, 2008 (UTC) :Do you happen to have citations for the ROCOR receptions? — by [[User:Pistevo|<font color="green">Pιs</font><font color="gold">τévο</font>]] <sup>''[[User talk:Pistevo|<font color="blue">talk</font>]]'' ''[[User talk:Pistevo/dev/null|<font color="red">complaints</font>]]''</sup> at 06:31, October 1, 2008 (UTC) Physically? No, I just have public confirmations of them online. Hieromonk Aidan was received as a hieromonk last week. http://groups.yahoo.com/group/OrthodoxWest/message/18669 http://groups.yahoo.com/group/Occidentalis/message/13045 Hieromonk David (formerly Fr Cuthbert, which makes no sense, given David was his birthname) was confirmed by Fr Steven Ritter. http://groups.yahoo.com/group/Occidentalis/message/13121 I was not pleased with either of these confimations from my perspective, of course, but they did happen. Both were received in by chierothesia. --[[User:JosephSuaiden|JosephSuaiden]] 06:40, October 1, 2008 (UTC) :The Archbishop Hilarion of Texas mentioned on the title page of the Sarum Missal published by St Hilarion Press is NOT the same person as Metropolitan Hilarion of New York (formerly Archbishop Hilarion of Sydney and Australia). This is a factual point. The Missal was not published with the authority of ROCOR. Authority for use in ROCOR, if granted, was very much later than original publication of the missal. [[User:Chrisg|Chrisg]] 09:41, October 1, 2008 (UTC) :: Methinks the issue here is of some ambiguous wording: "In 2008, a former hieromonk of the Milan Synod, Father [[Aidan (Keller)]], was blessed to use his own translations of the pre-schism [[Sarum rite]], found in the ''Old Sarum Rite Missal'', by Metropolitan Hilarion (Kapral) of the Russian Orthodox Church Outside Russia." :: This could be read in (at least) two ways: 1. +Hilarion did the blessing. 2. +Hilarion wrote the missal. I think Joseph is reading it as #1, while Chris is reading it as #2. Maybe y'all will want to work out some wording that's less ambiguous. —[[User:ASDamick|<font size="3.5" color="green" face="Adobe Garamond Pro, Garamond, Georgia, Times New Roman">Fr. Andrew</font>]] <sup>[[User_talk:ASDamick|<font color="red">talk</font>]]</sup> <small>[[Special:Contributions/ASDamick|<font color="black">contribs</font>]] <font face="Adobe Garamond Pro, Garamond, Georgia, Times New Roman">('''[[User:ASDamick/Wiki-philosophy|THINK!]]''')</font></small> 19:29, October 1, 2008 (UTC) ==Splitting up article== The article is getting huge, and y'all's good suggestions and plans would seem to make it even bigger. Perhaps it should be transitioned into a general article with multiple sections, then each section having a "''Main article: [[Foo]]''" included at the top where [[Foo]] becomes the more detailed article on that subject. --[[User:ASDamick|Rdr. Andrew]] 12:55, 9 Apr 2005 (EDT) ==Lack of liturgical continuity== Another thing this brings to mind is the note in the article on [[Daniel (Alexandrow) of Erie]] : "Also, simply doing his own extensive research on ancient rites came in useful during the elevation of Metropolitan Philaret in 1964. This was the first time the Russian Orthodox Church Outside Russia had elected a successor who was not a Metropolitan in episcopal rank, and inasmuch as the remainder bishops were of lesser rank themselves, many were unsure of the elevation in such a situation. However, thanks to the research of Bishop Daniel, who was yet a reader, the Synod of Bishops was able to essentially replicate the office of elevation of a Metropolitan as performed in 15th century Russia." - [[User:Aristibule|Aristibule]] : I'm also reminded of the restoration of the rite of [[enthronement|enthroning]] a patriarch of Moscow that was enacted when St. [[Tikhon of Moscow]] was elected. {{User:ASDamick/sig}} 08:04, November 7, 2005 (CST) ==Miscategorization of links== The letter of Patriarch Sergius I to Vladimir Lossky is not a 'criticism' of the Western Rite, but rather pro-Western Rite. - [[User:Aristibule|Aristibule]] == Blogs?? == Do we really want to include links to blogs as part of this encyclopedia? Blogs have nothing to do with [[NPOV]], and they often stray far afield from the purported topic. One I glanced at was recommending the writings of William F. Buckley, Jr. -- nothing whatsoever to do with Western Rite Orthodoxy! --[[User:Fr Lev|Fr Lev]] 08:31, March 2, 2006 (CST) : If they're exclusively (or near-exclusively) topical, then linking them is fine. If not, then no. If the only thing that distinguishes the weblogs in question is that they're owned by WR people, then that doesn't seem enough to warrant a link. Individual articles posted there could certainly be linked if they're substantial and contribute significantly to the topic. There's no reason that the links couldn't be added to [[Online Orthodox Communities]], though. {{User:ASDamick/sig}} 08:38, March 2, 2006 (CST) :: The blogs I linked were three: :: **[http://homepage.mac.com/gthurman/iblog/C931234280/index.html The Western Rite section of Fr. Matthew Thurman's blog] (the section I linked) consists primarily of historical documents written by such as Fr. Alexander Turner, first Vicar-General of the Antiochian WRV -- precisely the sort of thing that should be linked to this page as a resource. :: **[http://westernorthodox.blogspot.com Western Orthodoxy] is the blog to which our critic refers. Somehow he scrolled two screens down, skipped a photo and news story about the first Continuing Anglican bishop ever to convert to the WRV, and "glanced" at a sentence in the middle of a post about Western spiritual books, located above several stories concerning objections to the Western Rite and an article written by Fr. Hieromonk (Dom) James Deschene of Christminster Monastery (ROCOR, WR). Further down, he would have found patristic quotations on feast days, Byzantine practices that correlate with the Western Rite, and news about new Western Rite communities entering Oriental Orthodoxy. Our critic "glanced" only a one-sentence aside well down the blog, then hastened here to present it as the only content in the entire blog, which allegedly has "nothing whatsoever to do with Western Rite Orthodoxy!" How odd. :: **Subdn. Benjamin Andersen's [http://occidentalis.blogspot.com Occidentalis] is a source for this OrthodoxWiki webpage and is acknowledged as such. Certainly his valuable blog is on-topic. ::As you can see, all are exclusively or near-exclusively topical. As such, I've added them all back to the page under "News and Views." If the editorial team disagrees, feel free to remove them. ::All three blogs are more on-topic for this OrthodoxWiki page than the listservs. This is particularly true of "Occidentalis," which primarily discusses liturgies not currently practiced anywhere in Orthodoxy (I'm not referencing the "Old Sarum Rite" here but others besides that not authorized '''anywhere'''), acts as a clearinghouse for inaccurate anti-WRV rumors, and allows vagante Old Catholics to promote their own churches and titles. :Too bad my blog http://orthodox-okie.blogspot.com wasn't restore as well - it also is mostly a Western Rite Orthodox blog, though more towards the ROCOR usage (which might be why it was snubbed?) - [[User:Aristibule|Ari]] 15:41, March 7, 2006 (CST) :::Ari, don't imagine slights where there are none (especially during Lent, ''mon frere''). I didn't restore your blog, because occasionally you go 2-3 posts on something unrelated -- and I thought if a detractor was going to go crazy over one stray sentence, perhaps I'd better err on the side of caution. I added your blog to the [[Online Orthodox Communities]]. Feel free to add your blog to the [[Western Rite]] page, too. No offense meant to an outstanding blog. -- '''Willibrord''' :::: That was tongue in cheek. ;) No problem, I've actually thought about separating all the Western Rite Orthodox (and other Orthodox posts) to a separate blog, separate the wheat out from the tares. That might be a more appropriate link. [[User:Aristibule|Ari]] 08:21, March 9, 2006 (CST) My remarks have been misunderstood and mischaracterized. I didn't say that the blog in question had nothing to do with Western rite Orthodoxy -- I said that the comments about William F. Buckley have nothing to do with Western Rite Orthodoxy. (BTW, I happen to like Mr. Buckley.) And although I didn't see anything outrageous on the website, I have seen other "Orthodox" blogs that do mix in a fair amount of partisan politics, and it's a road I would rather us not go down. --[[User:Fr Lev|Fr Lev]] 09:52, March 9, 2006 (CST) :: With all due respect, I believe my comments were a fair reading of your words above, and your words above were not a fair reading of my blog nor even the post in question, for the reasons I pointed out. But it seems this discussion has run its course. -- '''Willibrord'''. ::: As a related issue, it is perhaps best not to be involved in the promotion or lack thereof of one's own material. Putting up a link is one thing, but if it becomes a contentious issue, it would seem best for the sake of neutrality to let others decide whether one's material is worthy of inclusion. It's an inherent conflict of interest to do otherwise. {{User:ASDamick/sig}} 17:05, March 9, 2006 (CST) == Some Corrections re France == I deleted some inaccuarate information. (1) The Gallican liturgy was not a usage of the Roman rite. (2) The Gallican rite as restored by Bishop Jean Kovalevsky was almost entirely Western, drawing on various Western missals, sacramentaries, etc. Most of the borrowings from the Byzantine that form part of the ordinary today (which is a small part of the liturgy) were added c. 1960 at the direction of St John of Shanghai and San Francisco. (3) Alexis van der Mensbrugghe was not a member of the French Church -- he worked with the French Church and taught at its St Denys Institute while the French Church was still a part of the Moscow Patriarchate. (4) I replaced the decription of the French Church as "in canonical limbo" with "isolation." The use of the term "canonical" here is inappropriate. A good source for understanding this common misuse of the word is Fr Alexander Schmemann's article on the situation of the Church in America. --[[User:Fr Lev|Fr Lev]] 16:41, March 2, 2006 (CST) == Reworking == I have substantially re-worked sections of this article in order to redress perceived (my perception) inadequacies/imbalances and to perhaps bring some sections more up to date I deleted the section headed "criticisms" simply because I see no reason why we should be required to give space to the critics of Western Rite within Orthodoxy. No one is going to take kindly to my adding a paragraph of criticism to a section of Orthodoxwiki which details the use of Chrysostoma in the diaspora, so I see no reason why we should have a criticism section here. I filled out some of the details of ROCOR's Western Rite activities and made other more minor adjustments. I will be only sporadically available over the next few weeks to defend my changes - so please don't take silence for anything other than the fact that I may not have seen a comment. Suggestion: Do we need to include the picture of the "circus". This is ammunition for the critics of Western Rite - it even causes severe criticism within the ranks of Western Riters. I see no reason for including this weapon which our detractors can and do use to disparage us. Offieriad-Mynach First of all, I am not sure why the page is closed off. There are certain numbers of facts that are incorrect. The second largest grouping of Sarum-use parishes in the US is the Milan Synod, an Old Calendarist group. The growth of the Synod has been a direct result of Orthodox people who have been fed up with the Vicariate's policy. The Milan Synod's Western rite numbers are larger than that of ROCOR's. Secondly, the Sarum use in Milan is not significantly different from that of ROCOR. Even Fr Aidan Keller's work on the Sarum rite is not all that different; and that never was the official use of the New York Archdiocese anyway. -- Suaiden :See the rest of this talk page for why this article was protected - edit-warring, basically, mainly over the l'ECOF. Of course, this is - as far as I can tell - quite unrelated to your points, so you may want to suggest the change on this page, where it can be incorporated into the article. That said, I'm going to leave it to others (currently, tiredness is probably not helping my critical judgement) as to where Milan Synod fits into [[OW:MCB]]. — by [[User:Pistevo|<font color="green">Pιs</font><font color="gold">τévο</font>]] <sup>''[[User talk:Pistevo|<font color="blue">talk</font>]]'' ''[[User talk:Pistevo/dev/null|<font color="red">complaints</font>]]''</sup> at 12:15, April 27, 2008 (UTC) And why is the eccleasistical status of the Synod of Milan somewhat down in the artile, while the Orthodox Church of France's was allowed to be placed in the lead section?--[[User:Fr Lev|Fr Lev]] 18:15, April 28, 2008 (UTC) :Not sure exactly what is being referred to...? :In any event, I don't see why either should be placed in the lead section - the point of OW is for those classed under MCB (i.e. the 14/15 autocephalous churches), which neither belong to. — by [[User:Pistevo|<font color="green">Pιs</font><font color="gold">τévο</font>]] <sup>''[[User talk:Pistevo|<font color="blue">talk</font>]]'' ''[[User talk:Pistevo/dev/null|<font color="red">complaints</font>]]''</sup> at 23:00, April 28, 2008 (UTC) == Language about the Church of France == The language I used is taken from the article on the Orthodox Church of France and was the result of one of the moderators, Fr John, resolving a dispute. --[[User:Fr Lev|Fr Lev]] 17:31, February 13, 2008 (PST) :: Not exactly. Fr. John's [http://orthodoxwiki.org/Talk:Orthodox_Church_of_France#Non-canonical_Orthodox_groups.2Fbodies exact wording] said nothing about "the ancient patriarchates" but mentioned "the ECOF not being in communion with any of the recognized Orthodox Churches." That is broader than merely "the ancient patriachates." L'ECOF is not in communion with any local Orthodox Church, either; hence, more precise language is needed. (This is, of course, a sanitized way of noting L'ECOF is not in communion with anyone and hence not canonical.) -- [[User:Willibrord]] Yes, EXACTLY. I pasted and clipped the sentence from the opening section of the article on the Church of France as Fr John approved it (and froze it). Your use of "canonical" is not accurate language, nor is "recognized Orthodox Churches" particularly illuminating -- recognized by whom? --[[User:Fr Lev|Fr Lev]] 06:11, February 14, 2008 (PST) : In some universally recognised Orthodox Churches, episcopacies are sold. By doing this, these churches are "uncanonical", but are still universally "recognised" churches. The term "uncanonical" is not congruent with either "generally recognised" or "universally recognised". In this context, "uncanonical" really is quite unhelpful. chrisg 2008 Feb 15 o2:51 EAST ::Fr. John's exact wording is vastly superior to yours -- which again is inexact and misleading. By mentioning only "the ancient patriarchates," you may lead the reader to believe L'ECOF is in communion with some other autocephalous or autonomous Orthodox Church. You are not. Surely you don't wish to mislead anyone. Hence, clarification is needed -- probably on the L'ECOF page, as well. ::"chrisg," such character assassinations, inaccuracies, and malicious generalizations will not be useful on this site. -- [[User:Willibrord]] The exat wording approved and frozen by Fr John in the article is "The Orthodox Church of France currently functions as an independent body, and is not recognized by any of the Orthodox Churches in communion with the ancient patriarchates." You misrepresent what this says, since is refers not only to the ancient patriarchates, but to "any of the Orthodox Churches in communion with the ancient patriarchates." --[[User:Fr Lev|Fr Lev]] 08:03, February 14, 2008 (PST) Willibrord's continued attempts to edit the language adds NOTHING to the description except redundancy -- patriachates are autocephalous. --[[User:Fr Lev|Fr Lev]] 09:03, February 14, 2008 (PST) :Yet Fr. John's exact wording was more precise than your continual edits. :If you intention is to communicate that L'ECOF is not in communion with any autocepahlous ''or'' autonomous Orthodox Church, surely you don't object to this being spelled out explicitly. There are those, like myself, who may not understand the nuance of your wording, which implies a different reality. After all, an The Orthodox Church of France is not currently recognized by nor in communion with any [http://orthodoxwiki.org/List_of_autocephalous_and_autonomous_churches autonomous or autocephalous church] is not necessarily a "patriachal" church, and some (the OCA) are not recognized by all "the ancient patriarchates." Yet the OCA does not recognize L'ECOF, either. Is L'ECOF in communion with some Orthodox Church, any Orthodox Church at all? If not, this wording better describes that and should not be changed to something more ambiguous. :Looks like it's time for someone to freeze this section again. -- [[User:Willibrord]] First, it isn't my language that I'm repeating. Second, how does your edit add ANY information? Is there an Orthodox Church you have in mind that is NOT included in the phrase "any of the Orthodox Churches in communion with the ancient patriarchates"? Your language is less precise and less accurate. There are disputes as to what Orthodox Churches are autocephalous, for example. --[[User:Fr Lev|Fr Lev]] 09:13, February 14, 2008 (PST) : For the last time, not all "autocephalous and autonomous churches" are patriarchal, nor are all those listed on OrthodoxWiki recognized by "the ancient patriarchates." (I'm thinking specifically of the OCA.) :As noted, Fr. John's [http://orthodoxwiki.org/Talk:Orthodox_Church_of_France#Non-canonical_Orthodox_groups.2Fbodies exact wording] mentioned "the ECOF not being in communion with any of the recognized Orthodox Churches." As you note, "recognized Orthodox churches" is not a widely used term; "autocephalous and autonomous churches" is a more understandable substitute. Thus, my edit more closely reflects his wording and intentions than yours. It should replace yours, both here and in the L'ECOF article, and be frozen.-- [[User:Willibrord]] There is no ambiguity or imprecision in the original wording. The OCA is "in communion with the ancient patriarchates." --[[User:Fr Lev|Fr Lev]] 09:24, February 14, 2008 (PST) :There is greater precision on this language (not to mention an additional link to OrthodoxWiki). It seems your language is antiseptic and intended to introduce ambiguity about L'ECOF's actual canonical situation (namely, that it is in communion with no one). L'ECOF is not, in fact, in communion with anyone, is it? Why the roiling displeasure when this is so noted? :At any rate, this is a matter the administrators will have to settle. --[[User:Willibrord]] It's not my language, and it's certainly not intended to introduce ambiguity. The language of "in communion" is imprecise, in that other Churches have certainly communed both lay and clerical members of the Church of France -- with the blessing of hierarchs of those Churches. --[[User:Fr Lev|Fr Lev]] 09:36, February 14, 2008 (PST) :I'm not sure how many times this article (and the Orthodox Church of France article) has basically been changed between one edit to the other, but I'm fairly sure it's in the double digits. :Irrespective, perhaps someone would be able to enlighten on why, in an overtly [[OW:MCB|Mainstream Chalcedonian Bias]]ed Orthodox encyclopaedia, it is not possible to say 'presently outside the Orthodox Church'? It's not as if there is any ambiguity about the status, like there was until recently with ROCOR - this revert war has been between one set of words and the other set, when the point to communicate is that it is currently outside the Church, which can be done without needing to resort to any word above three syllables. — edited by [[User:Pistevo|<font color="green">Pιs</font><font color="gold">τévο</font>]] <sup>''[[User talk:Pistevo|<font color="blue">talk</font>]]'' ''[[User talk:Pistevo/dev/null|<font color="red">complaints</font>]]''</sup> at 09:42, February 14, 2008 (PST) First, we have had many months of peace and stability on these articles. Second, I have yet to see how changing the statement is in any way an improvement. Third, I think Pistevo's comments are unhelpful. What is the point of mentioning "Chalcedonian" when the French Church is clearly Chalcedonian. And I don't I think saying "outside the Orthodox Church" is at all accurate. When "the Orthodox Churches in communion with the ancient patriarchates" includes Churches and hierarchs who certainly view the Church of France as Orthodox (though irregular due to its current lack of an autocephalous sponsor) and have accepted its ordinations and communed its laity and clerics, then it is simply wrong to suggest it is outside the Orthodox Church. --[[User:Fr Lev|Fr Lev]] 10:08, February 14, 2008 (PST) ==Article protection== Gentlemen, this article has been protected to stop the revert-war that has been ongoing today. ''Mainstream Orthodox Church'' is the usual, non-controversial term here on the wiki. This explicitly refers to the [[list of autocephalous and autonomous churches]]. It is not controversial to say that a particular group is "not recognized by" or "out of communion with" the churches on that list. I've adjusted the language to what I regard as more precise and less inflammatory. Though the "is not recognized by any of the Orthodox Churches in communion with the ancient patriarchates" language is true, it could at least be seen to imply a semi-papal ecclesiology (i.e., that the ancient patriarchates define what it means to be Orthodox). ''Uncanonical'' is not generally a useful term here, since its definition in common usage is all over the map. What can be verified, however, is which churches make it onto which diptychs (which is the technical meaning of ''not recognized by'' or ''out of communion with''). If y'all move your edit war (i.e., repeated reversions to the same edit) to another article, then you'll both be banned temporarily to allow a cooling-off period. —[[User:ASDamick|<font size="3.5" color="green" face="Adobe Garamond Pro, Garamond, Georgia, Times New Roman">Fr. Andrew</font>]] <sup>[[User_talk:ASDamick|<font color="red">talk</font>]]</sup> <small>[[Special:Contributions/ASDamick|<font color="black">contribs</font>]] <font face="Adobe Garamond Pro, Garamond, Georgia, Times New Roman">('''[[User:ASDamick/Wiki-philosophy|THINK!]]''')</font></small> 11:09, February 14, 2008 (PST) ::I'm apologize that I've let this go on so long. ::I agree with Fr. Andrew about the term "uncanonical" but I'm also concerned about the phrase "Mainstream" (I know we use it in the style manual for our famous NPOV, but I think it fits better there)... If "uncanonical" is too vague, "mainstream" seems too relativist... On a previous revision of the article I had suggested "not recognized any of the Orthodox Churches in communion with the ancient patriarchates." I think Fr. Andrew is right in his caution -- it is not simply the antiquity or prestige of these churches that makes them reference points. At the same time, "not currently recognized by nor in communion with any autocephalous or autonomous Orthodox Church" is certainly written from a "Mainstream Chalcedonian Bias" which is actually fine here. I like Fr. Andrew's sentence: "What can be verified, however, is which churches make it onto which diptychs (which is the technical meaning of not recognized by or out of communion with" -- with this, there is no need for additional accusations invective, or high emotions. This is simply a question of fact. With this in mind, I'm going to change "mainstream" back to "any autocephalous or autonomous Orthodox Church." ::If anyone has a better idea of how to work this balance out, let's talk here first. I'll watch the page to keep in the loop. Thanks, — [[User:FrJohn|<b>FrJohn</b>]] ([http://www.orthodoxwiki.org/User_talk:FrJohn&action=edit§ion=new talk]) ::: "Any autocephalous or autonomous Orthodox Church" has problems, too (e.g., the [[Ukrainian Autocephalous Orthodox Church]], the [[Macedonian Orthodox Church]], the [[Montenegrin Orthodox Church]], etc.). There has to be some way to refer to what makes it onto [[list of autocephalous and autonomous churches|this list]] which is both descriptive and exclusive. I prefer ''mainstream'' (linked to the list), since even the OCists often use the term. —[[User:ASDamick|<font size="3.5" color="green" face="Adobe Garamond Pro, Garamond, Georgia, Times New Roman">Fr. Andrew</font>]] <sup>[[User_talk:ASDamick|<font color="red">talk</font>]]</sup> <small>[[Special:Contributions/ASDamick|<font color="black">contribs</font>]] <font face="Adobe Garamond Pro, Garamond, Georgia, Times New Roman">('''[[User:ASDamick/Wiki-philosophy|THINK!]]''')</font></small> 11:33, February 15, 2008 (PST) ::...why not just say that the group isn't in communion with the Orthodox Church? Between MCB and the fact that they're not in communion with, well, anyone, this is both accurate and brief. And, I'm fairly certain that 'autonomous' is superfluous - an autonomous church, in external relations, still under its autocephalous mother church. — edited by [[User:Pistevo|<font color="green">Pιs</font><font color="gold">τévο</font>]] <sup>''[[User talk:Pistevo|<font color="blue">talk</font>]]'' ''[[User talk:Pistevo/dev/null|<font color="red">complaints</font>]]''</sup> at 13:20, February 15, 2008 (PST) Which brings me back to the original language -- how was referring to "any of the Orthodox Churches in communion with the ancient patriarchates" inadequate? That covers all of the autocephalous and autonomous Churches. It also avoid the less than correct language about "not in communion." A more descriptive statement would be that it exists in a state of "impaired communion" in that at least some of the other Churches recognize the ordinations of the French Church and have (officially) communed their clerics at the altar. --[[User:Fr Lev|Fr Lev]] 15:20, February 15, 2008 (PST) :Because Rome is an ancient patriarchate? :Who officially communes them? Recognising the orders is no guarantee - [[Alexis Toth|we recognise(d) Catholic orders]], but that doesn't mean that we're in communion. — edited by [[User:Pistevo|<font color="green">Pιs</font><font color="gold">τévο</font>]] <sup>''[[User talk:Pistevo|<font color="blue">talk</font>]]'' ''[[User talk:Pistevo/dev/null|<font color="red">complaints</font>]]''</sup> at 16:08, February 15, 2008 (PST) Rome is not "one of the Orthodox Churches in communion with the ancient patriarchates." I've personally received communion from the head of one autocephalous Church and concelebrated with and received from the head of an autonomous Church, and been allowed to receive at the altar by the senior bishop of one of the ancient Orthodox patriarchates. --[[User:Fr Lev|Fr Lev]] 16:22, February 15, 2008 (PST) :No. It's an ancient patriarchate which is outside the Orthodox Church, demonstrating that age and prestige do not denote within-the-Church-or-not. :One person's experience would constitute either 'original research' or 'improper sourcing' - and even so, it can be seen as a sequence of isolated cases, rather than acceptance by the Church in question. — edited by [[User:Pistevo|<font color="green">Pιs</font><font color="gold">τévο</font>]] <sup>''[[User talk:Pistevo|<font color="blue">talk</font>]]'' ''[[User talk:Pistevo/dev/null|<font color="red">complaints</font>]]''</sup> at 16:47, February 15, 2008 (PST) You seem to miss the point of the original wording -- "any of the Orthodox Churches in communion with the ancient patriarchates" excludes Rome and non-"mainstream" Orthodox Churches but includes the OCA, etc. I wasn't trying to "source" the article by my own experience; I merely answered your question on this talk page. However, since I have been directly involved with the hierarchs in question, I do think I am in a better position to address the question than someone who has not been. But it is also more than just my experience; when I was given permission to receive at the altar by the primate's chancellor in one jurisdiction, I was told that this was his Church's policy regarding our clergy -- policy, and not an isolated or idiosyncratic event. That same chancellor later offered to receive me into his Church and give me a parish. When the chancellor of another Church here telephoned a patriarchal bishop in Europe to ask about the status of our clergy, he was told "Of course they are Orthodox." I have not tried to put any of this into the article; I am simply responding to the questions asked. --[[User:Fr Lev|Fr Lev]] 17:10, February 15, 2008 (PST) :The point of the original wording (or any wording) is to communicate an idea, but what that wording communicates is that being an ancient patriarchate is the primary measure, when it's clearly not. Even if it was, it would simply be a case of double-repetition - the aforementioned Orthodox Churches, in this MCB'd encyclopaedia, constitute the Orthodox Church. :The point of asking that wasn't to give a bait-and-switch - I was actually asking about any official policies, edicts, proclamations, etc. regarding l'ECOF. Are there any issued, who from, and what are they? — by [[User:Pistevo|<font color="green">Pιs</font><font color="gold">τévο</font>]] <sup>''[[User talk:Pistevo|<font color="blue">talk</font>]]'' ''[[User talk:Pistevo/dev/null|<font color="red">complaints</font>]]''</sup> at 17:32, February 15, 2008 (PST) ::Not sure where Pistevo's "bait and switch" comes in, but I'm still interested in other ways to phrase this... — [[User:FrJohn|<b>FrJohn</b>]] ([http://www.orthodoxwiki.org/User_talk:FrJohn&action=edit§ion=new talk]) :::Just trying to make explicit the fact that the question was not asked for disingeneous reasons... — by [[User:Pistevo|<font color="green">Pιs</font><font color="gold">τévο</font>]] <sup>''[[User talk:Pistevo|<font color="blue">talk</font>]]'' ''[[User talk:Pistevo/dev/null|<font color="red">complaints</font>]]''</sup> at 03:37, February 16, 2008 (PST) ==Reverts to inaccuracies about ROCOR, Czechs, Poles== Saying Christminster is the same of Mount Royal is incorrect. I have personal emails from Dom James (directing edits to the Christminster website) that explain clearly: Mount Royal still exists, and since its reception in 1962, and the election of the Prior as Abbot Augustine in 1963 - remains as Mount Royal (in Florida since 1993, where the Abbot retired in that year.) Christminster is a daughter house, founded in 1993 with Dom James as the Abbot (he was previously the Prior of Mount Royal.) I think some ROCOR clergy have also made other edits: about the Czech, and Polish Western rite - that were deleted (for which we have evidence from diocesan archives, as well as from our clergy who were there.) The Czech diocese was founded in 1898. Twenty-three years later the Serbians along with Met. Anthony (Khrapovitsky) of ROCOR consecrated St. Gorazd (Pavlik) as bishop for that diocese - which remained Western rite for a few more years. More than 'half a dozen parishes', the whole Diocese of Grodno was established with Bp Alexis consecrated as Bishop of Grodno for the received 'Polish Catholic National Church (not the same as the PNCC.) 'Dwindling' doesn't describe what happened to that body: they, like St. Gorazd, were largely arrested by the Nazis and placed in death camps. According to Fr. Michael Keiser (DME-AOCNA), there still exists one Western Rite community in the Polish Church in Poland. [[User:Aristibule|Aristibule]] ==Sarum Usages== I am not an expert on this topic and do not claim to be, although I have some older and also recent sources dealing with Sarum usage, and am interested in western rites generally, (as well as Eastern and Oriental rites). I also want to avoid generating any heat on the topic. I also understand there is no definitive Sarum Usage, but a number of usages belonging to that family. So with that in mind, I have made a few changes in the body of the article just now and pray no-one is offended by them. It appears to me the reports of 2008 that Met Hilarion of ROCOR permitted the use of Fr Adrian Keller's selections and translations of the Sarum usage, alters the general picture somewhat and the article needed minor corrections to reflect that. If any contributor can improve on what I have altered, please do so. [[User:Chrisg|Chrisg]] 02:42, January 26, 2009 (UTC) I added a few more changes on top of your changes. Most of the Sarum usages are essentially the same, generally qualifying only as individual local customs. On paper there is virtually no difference between them, though there are minor points of dispute between users of the rites. In actual fact, between Holy Name Abbey's and Fr Aidan's usages (both of which ROCOR approved), the differences are primarily stylistic in terms of rendering the English. I'm not an expert, but seeing this use often and using both the Abbey's and Father Aidan's texts, there is nothing in them that is essentially disparate (and I am certain the Cascades Sarum used in Australia is also very similar), save for their translators' views on how to render individual texts. The whole question of "authentic" versus "inauthentic" Sarum was nothing more than politics, when the texts themselves really weren't that different to begin with. --[[User:JosephSuaiden|JosephSuaiden]] 02:52, January 26, 2009 (UTC) ==Liturgy== The article on Liturgy, as it is now, says "The majority celebrate the Liturgy of St. Tikhon of Moscow, which is an adaptation of the Communion service from the 1928 Anglican Book of Common Prayer[4]". I earlier questioned the date of 1928. St Tikhon did his preparatory work in the early 1900s. Earlier in the main article it says his work was based on the 1898 (USA) Book of Common Prayer which derived from the Scottish Book of Common Prayer, not the English BCP. The citation given does not seem to support the 1928 date. In addition, one of the professors at the nearby national Episcopalian seminary (Rev Dr Joseph Frary) tells me the Saint Tikhon liturgy is almost completely the same as the 1898 (USA) BCP. Perhaps another citation could be found justifying the 1928 date, or the date changed to 1898. Thanks. [[User:Chrisg|Chrisg]] 02:56, January 26, 2009 (UTC) I'm not against changing the date to 1898; I am not an expert on the date. But almost every source I read, including the footnote given in that essay, says "1928 Book of common prayer". I am not against putting it at 1898. I am against taking out a date altogether until we revert to the intellectually dishonest "ancient Orthodox use of the English Church", which has happened before, resurrecting the whole blasted fight. I have an idea for a fix.--[[User:JosephSuaiden|JosephSuaiden]] 03:02, January 26, 2009 (UTC) The Liturgy of St Tikhon was compiled by Fr Jospeh Angwin and was based on the 1928 BCP, which was the use in his parish, the Church of the Incarnation, Detroit. St Tikhon did not produce a liturgy. --[[User:Fr Lev|Fr Lev]] 03:04, January 26, 2009 (UTC) Was that the English 1928 BCP (which parliament rejected)? [[User:Chrisg|Chrisg]] 03:06, January 26, 2009 (UTC) No, the American BCP. --[[User:Fr Lev|Fr Lev]] 03:10, January 26, 2009 (UTC) So, strictly speaking, it would be wrong to say the Liturgy of St Tikhon was approved by the Holy Synod of Moscow, but more correct to say the Holy Synod of Moscow approved the concept in principal but the rite now in use is based on the (Protestant Episcopal Church of USA) Book of Common Prayer of 1928? [[User:Chrisg|Chrisg]] 03:13, January 26, 2009 (UTC) That's right. Moscow gave permission to St Tikhon to produce an Orthodox version of the American BCP, but that never happened. --[[User:Fr Lev|Fr Lev]] 03:16, January 26, 2009 (UTC) Could you or Joseph perhaps rewrite the article to clarify those details please? There has been widespread confusion over this for many years now. Thanks [[User:Chrisg|Chrisg]] 03:21, January 26, 2009 (UTC) ==Congregations== Hello, just an fyi... I found this article on the Wikipedia: [[w:Orthodox-Catholic Church of America (OCCA)|Orthodox-Catholic Church of America (OCCA)]]; I do not think I saw a reference to this non-canonical group in this article's section on congregations. Anyways, I was wondering if someone with knowledge of this would be able to clarify who this group is in a succint way and add it to the section on Congregations? Or if it even applies here...(i.e ''Old Catholic'' versus ''Western Rite''??) ?<br> Cheers [[User:Angellight 888|Angellight 888]] 01:54, February 6, 2009 (UTC) : This is one of the [[Independent Orthodox churches]] and as such isn't included in our standard articles. —[[User:ASDamick|<font size="3.5" color="green" face="Adobe Garamond Pro, Garamond, Georgia, Times New Roman">Fr. Andrew</font>]] <sup>[[User_talk:ASDamick|<font color="red">talk</font>]]</sup> <small>[[Special:Contributions/ASDamick|<font color="black">contribs</font>]] <font face="Adobe Garamond Pro, Garamond, Georgia, Times New Roman">('''[[User:ASDamick/Wiki-philosophy|THINK!]]''')</font></small> 12:16, February 6, 2009 (UTC) == Images under "Congregations" == All images should be related to the article's main points. Thus, I deleted the image of the "Old Sarum Rite Missal," which is not being celebrated anywhere within mainline Orthodoxy. (Except, perhaps, in one man's home prayers?) Fr. Alexander Turner was consequential in establishing many, many WRO congregations and seems a more representative image of Western Rite Orthodoxy (in both theory ''and'' practice). However, I kept a link to the image of the non-canonical Milan Synod's authorization of the "Old Sarum Rite Missal" as a footnote, as there had been none.--[[User:Willibrord|Willibrord]] 12:19, February 15, 2009 (UTC) :Once again we see aggressive promoters of the "Old Sarum Rite Missal" invade the board. I see in retrospect the picture labeled "Synod of Milan Authorisation of Sarum Missal, ed Fr Aidan Keller" does not actually mention the authorization of the OSRM; it's just a picture of the MS Metropolitan Evloghios stuck in the missal. (Of course, the monastery that produced the "Old Sarum Rite Missal" once had [http://www.orthodoxchristianity.net/forum/index.php?action=printpage;topic=4012.0 a picture of the Patriarch of Antioch in its vestibule with the words "Our Patriarch" on it], as though they were Antiochian, so this picture doesn't carry much weight for me.) It would be an odd authorization, because Abp. John LoBue did NOT authorize its use in his Eastern USA archdiocese, preferring his own (superior) translation. To my knowledge, the OSRM was not used MS-wide (or widely even within the Western USA archdiocese). :I should add, '''I'm not sure a missal that is not celebrated anywhere in Orthodoxy''' (with the possible exception of a spare room in one person's sister's apartment) '''is even appropriate to an article on the Western Rite and its "Congregations."''' Since I was [http://www.orthodoxwiki.org/User_talk:Willibrord#Vandalism falsely accused] of [[OrthodoxWiki:Vandalism|"vandalism"]] for editing this page, I could see the uproar if I removed it on my own. But frankly, Orthodox priests use all sorts of things for their private prayers; the moderators may want to consider whether one person's private prayers are material to the page at all. --[[User:Willibrord|Willibrord]] 21:40, February 15, 2009 (UTC) "DELETED PER WILLIBRORD'S REQUEST". Fr Aidan's contribution to Western Rite Orthodoxy has been substantial, and while it is controversial to some, it shouldn't be ignored. His work is far from simply "celebrated in a room in his sister's house", and as I can't even see the link you have put up, I see no real reason to believe this bizzare claim about the picture. It should be noted that Fr Aidan's work is occasionally consulted in the Eastern Archdiocese, and the widely popular "Orthodox Prayers of Old England" is considered an invaluable resource by many. As one who has access to both translations, I see value in both of them. It is an awful shame that you have this amazing disdain for a priest of a sister church of yours that you have gone on this tangent. I find the politicizing of this article on your part totally despicable, and will continue making corrections and now adding information you deleted. For the record there is no such thing as a "Holyrood/St Petroc liturgy". Holyrood has always-- and continues to use the Milan Synod texts. I also found a better picture for "congregations" to use.--[[User:JosephSuaiden|JosephSuaiden]] 01:46, February 16, 2009 (UTC) == Images under "Congregations" 2== ::Joseph, it seems your comments meet the OrthodoxWiki definition of [http://orthodoxwiki.org/OrthodoxWiki:Disciplinary_policy#Uncivil_behavior Uncivil Behavior] in full: ''ad hominem'' name-calling, imputing motives, and attributing an emotional state/ulterior motive to others. It certainly does not promote communication. :: We have debated this before on other WR Talk pages, but I will reiterate: OrthodoxWiki is not a forum for subjective opinions but an encyclopedia containing objective facts. ::The facts remain clear: ::a) OrthodoxWiki is an encyclopedia of objective fact, not the place to express your opinion of the "value" of various books; ::b) This article has a subhead about WRO "Congregations"; ::c) The "Old Sarum Rite Missal" is not celebrated by any congregation; ::d) If one person is praying it privately while celebrating the Byzantine liturgy, it is not particularly relevant to the Western Rite, period. Priests pray a variety of things privately with bishops' approval. ::For some reason, supporters of the "Old Sarum Rite Missal" seem intent on using the internet to equate "true" WRO with the OSRM, but OrthodoxWiki is not a forum for such advocacy. ::Other edits seem incorrect, as well: ::"There is no no such thing as a 'Holyrood/St Petroc liturgy'." Interesting; I'll have to let the hieromonks and faithful associated with Holyrood and St. Petroc know that. They all seem to think otherwise. Fr. Michael would be the first to say the St. Petroc recension of Sarum bears little resemblance to the OSRM. ::"Holyrood has always-- and continues to use the Milan Synod texts." According to Hieromonk David, he celebrates the Mt. Royal Order of Mass, which is available online and is clearly not the Milan Synod text. That would be impossible, since it predates the Milan Synod texts; Mt. Royal was [http://www.westernorthodox.ca received into Orthodoxy in 1962], 35 years before the MS had any Western Rite parishes. ::You state Hieromonk David uses "propers" from the Milan Synod; if true, that would be different than the Ordinary. ''If'' even that fact were true, the fact would remain that no quotation from Hieromonk David substantiates this. Can you provide one? ::Whatever your opinion of Benjamin Andersen's Occidentalis blog, '''it does not does not give you the right to remove it as a source''' for this article. It was/is clearly an invaluable contribution that informed much of this entry. ::You added a nice bit about Villate; I see no reason to take that out. --[[User:Willibrord|Willibrord]] 05:37, February 16, 2009 (UTC) I would ascribe nothing but malice to spreading an unsubstantiated claim of theft even after repeated attempts at correction. (http://westernorthodox.blogspot.com/2007/07/orthodox-prayers-of-old-england-buyers.html) You seem to assume that I myself am a partisan of the OSRM in question. I am not. Thus I did not get involved until your behavior seemed motivated by spite. You are being dishonest about Holyrood. The text is only the text of the invariable parts of the service, which are almost the same as English translations of the Tridentine anyway. ALL the moveable parts come from the Milan Synod usages. Any quote of his usage would be anecdotal. Same on your part. However, I am not against removing mention of him altogether. RE: the blog-- to whom was it invaluable? Not me; I am not part of the 'club'. I am simply restating a previous complaint. Unless you can show that what I added was NOT factually correct, please, just stop.--[[User:JosephSuaiden|JosephSuaiden]] 06:01, February 16, 2009 (UTC) A couple of other points-- 1) A major difference between the Milan texts and others is the inclusion of sequences and other parts of the texts that make a major difference in the size of the liturgy. Because of this, a simple Gregorian Mass and Sarum are very different. The ordinary is almost the same across the board. Thus, the liturgy itself would appear as that of a Milan Synod liturgy. 2) I wasn't calling you Torquemada; I meant that again the "Inquisition" mindset was returning, and that this was an argument against using post-schism services.--[[User:JosephSuaiden|JosephSuaiden]] 06:23, February 16, 2009 (UTC) Gentlemen: Take a deep breath. Enhance your calm. Cease inspiring the administration to just delete every WR article and put a permanent ban on their re-creation. Thanks! :) BTW, Mr. Andersen's weblog was indeed used as a source for the original formation of this article (I wrote it). Whether it remains a source or not depends on the current content. OW articles are never set in stone, so their sources can't be, either. —[[User:ASDamick|<font size="3.5" color="green" face="Adobe Garamond Pro, Garamond, Georgia, Times New Roman">Fr. Andrew</font>]] <sup>[[User_talk:ASDamick|<font color="red">talk</font>]]</sup> <small>[[Special:Contributions/ASDamick|<font color="black">contribs</font>]] <font face="Adobe Garamond Pro, Garamond, Georgia, Times New Roman">('''[[User:ASDamick/Wiki-philosophy|THINK!]]''')</font></small> 15:16, February 16, 2009 (UTC) ::Perhaps as a moderator and original author you could peruse the article as it stands and verify that Subdn. Benjamin Andersen's blog remains a source? (I think it obviously does, but one read would verify it.) Joseph's argument, as far as I can tell, is that the blog should not be listed as a source because he (Joseph) has not been invited to participate in it. ::Otherwise, the matter is simply one of verifiable facts vs. speculation. Generally articles are ill served by replacing sourced statements with unsourced statements and matters that are off-topic. ::I'm not sure anything I've done has shown anything other than calm, good form, and attention to fact/source. '''There is, however, a personal slander of me on this page''' (concerning my blog); as such, I should either answer it or ask that it be deleted. I think the latter would be most appropriate. Please advise. --[[User:Willibrord|Willibrord]] 18:13, February 16, 2009 (UTC) I was not the first to make the complaint, though I noted this, this time around, for the same reason: Information which can only be gained through personal access should not be allowed. If we cannot gain access through a library nor even an archeological dig I question its value. Anything could be cited. Can you follow that logic? As for just following 'good sound form', you realize your contributions can be tracked, right? And as for the "Torquemada" issue, as anyone can see on recentchanges, I've been given a second warning.--[[User:JosephSuaiden|JosephSuaiden]] 18:28, February 16, 2009 (UTC) ::I was referring to this slander: "I would ascribe nothing but malice to spreading an unsubstantiated claim of theft even after repeated attempts at correction. (http://westernorthodox.blogspot.com/2007/07/orthodox-prayers-of-old-england-buyers.html)." This is off-topic, personal, and wrong. As such, it should be deleted. ::The fact that a blog is "closed" does not mean it did not serve as a source for this article. And Subdn. Benjamin Andersen has always been good about adding people who wish to see his blog, provided he doesn't feel they are acting in bad faith. As for your comparison: we cannot lay our hands on, for instance, private correspondence by historical figures, but historians can -- and they can write about what they see. That does not change the fact that the correspondence serves as a source of their biographies. ::I had not seen the second warning. Section deleted. --[[User:Willibrord|Willibrord]] 18:38, February 16, 2009 (UTC) You are correct. It *is* personal. Which is why I put it up. I believe your behavior is not based on doing right by the wiki but exacting a continued attack on Father Aidan Keller. (More proof can be found by searching "Keller" on the blog.) In that particular case, I note that you ignored attempts at factual correction (the customer received his book) because at least two attempts were my own. I thought what was done was unethical, and I stand by that. I also have the verbal testimony of Bp Jerome (Shaw) concerning your actions towards his reception in ROCOR.--[[User:JosephSuaiden|JosephSuaiden]] 18:47, February 16, 2009 (UTC) As for why that is relevant, see here: [http://orthodoxwiki.org/OrthodoxWiki:Frequently_Asked_Questions#But_I.27m_here_to_bring_you_The_Truth.21] This is simply not the place to continue an argument with Fr Aidan Keller (or about him) on these subjects. If you want to try to have me banned at this point go ahead. But now I am not ascribing a motive. I put up a link. That it *appears* that you have *personal issues* with Fr Aidan is obvious to any objective reader, thus making the motivations behind your deletions suspect. I put up all sorts of things "I don't like" on this Wiki-- because they are verifiable facts. Where I don't cite, I delete. Simple. --[[User:JosephSuaiden|JosephSuaiden]] 19:09, February 16, 2009 (UTC) : From the point of view of an (occasional) academic writer, sources that are not publicly accessible are indeed not to be relied on overmuch. A historian might get access to archival material, but one might presume that any historian could probably (given the right credentials) also get such access. : I'm not really sure why it is Mr. Andersen chose to make his weblog private, but it does put anything based on his writing in the position of needing to be revised, since readers and editors won't have the option of checking the research. : Anyway, I'm not sure that there's anything of exclusive value on his weblog that can't be sourced elsewhere. And really, why should anyone care where material is cited from, so long as the content itself is present? There seems to be a bit of a sectarian approach in your edits, [[User:Willibrord|Willibrord]]. I encourage you to set aside whatever prejudices for or against certain sources you might have and simply help to make sure that factual content is being presented and cited from reputable, third-party sources. —[[User:ASDamick|<font size="3.5" color="green" face="Adobe Garamond Pro, Garamond, Georgia, Times New Roman">Fr. Andrew</font>]] <sup>[[User_talk:ASDamick|<font color="red">talk</font>]]</sup> <small>[[Special:Contributions/ASDamick|<font color="black">contribs</font>]] <font face="Adobe Garamond Pro, Garamond, Georgia, Times New Roman">('''[[User:ASDamick/Wiki-philosophy|THINK!]]''')</font></small> 22:11, February 16, 2009 (UTC)
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By Briennewalsh @BrienneWalsh
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I might do a Friday post every week about things that make me angry. For instance, I’m all worked up this morning about what Kate Middleton’s been wearing on her Pre-Olympic appearances.
Like, alright, this would be nice if she was fucking going to a Sunday morning baby shower on Long Island, but she is a fucking PRINCESS. I swear to God, I have the exact same wedges from Payless. And that belt, I gave it away at my stoop sale because I bought it at the bargain bin at H&M.
All of the nicer fashion blogs are all excited that Kate bought the dress above for 35 pounds sterling, or whatever the fuck. They praise her because she buys her own clothing on a shoestring budget. WHY THE FUCK IS SHE BUYING HER OWN CLOTHING?? If there’s anything the British royal family should be investing in, it should be dressing Kate Middleton, because Lord only knows she’s the only cash cow in the family now that William is balding.
Is it so wrong that I want her to stop dressing like a lipstick lesbian at a volleyball tournament?
Or a PTA mom?
Princesses are supposed to wear tiaras and Valentino, not fucking Reiss and Zara. Get it together, Kate. You’re ruining my morning.
Another thing that’s making me really angry is that this morning, this dickhead driving a dump truck told me to shut the fuck up.
Granted, I started screaming at him first. But come on, take my side of the story.
I was riding my bike back to Brooklyn from Physique 57, down Spring Street, in the bike lane, when this r***rd sideswiped me. “What the fuck dude!” I screamed as he raced through a yellow light, full on drove up on the sidewalk, and turned down Lafayette.
Fortunately, I was able to catch him at the next block. I could see him watching me in his rear view mirror as I approached him, furiously shaking my head like, “Oh no you didn’t, and now you’re trapped at a light, and have to confront me.”
Just as he started saying, “I’m sorry, I didn’t see you,” I screamed, “You drove up on the fucking sidewalk, dickface.”
Now, some of you know that I take quite a bit of authorial license on this blog, and exaggerate the truth almost constantly. But I really did say that to this dude, who strangely looked something like a meth addict. I say strangely because garbage dump drivers in New York usually look like an ethnic group that has a strong three block neighborhood in Queens.
“Shut up, you fucking bitch!” he screamed back at me.
I zipped past him, flipped him the bird, and then continued my head shake. He turned left at the next stop light to avoid me.
Anyone who drives any kind of moving vehicle in New York knows that there there is a roiling—and delicate—ecosystem that exists on the streets. Not only are there cars and pedestrians, there are also sanitation trucks, police vehicles, delivery men, and, due to Bloomberg’s introduction of bike lanes throughout the city, an increasing proliferation of bike riders. None of these vehicles co-exist peacefully. In fact, they are all almost constantly at war.
This war really gets crazy in Chinatown, where the streets are narrow, the elderly people crossing the streets do not give a fuck, and there are tons of tourists. I’m not saying anything about Asian drivers.
One of the most dangerous things to look out for, if you’re basically anyone, is minivans. In other cities, minivans are symbols of safety, stability, and family, but in New York, they’re almost universally driven by Chinese men or Hassidic Jews, who, when behind the wheel, are weapons of mass destruction. They will fucking run you over, because you are a lesser being than them. By standing in their way, you are slowing down whatever vaguely illegal activity they have planned for the day. Unless you are in the car with them, you are the scum of the earth.
A few blocks down from my altercation, I ran into a minivan at an intersection, and immediately slowed down. It was behind an SUV which was stopped at a green light. Whoever was driving it had their head down, and didn’t notice that the light had changed. The driver of the minivan started furiously honking his horn.
I watched, unsurprised, as the SUV passed me through the intersection. I say unsurprised because it was driven by an Asian lady. Through the window, she and her passenger had the expressions of goldfish focussed on a light in a fish bowl.
As soon as there was room for the minivan to pass, it swerved around them. The driver rolled down the window, and revealed himself to be a potbellied Chinese man. “Motherfucking motherfuckers,” he screamed. “You fucking motherfuckers!!!”
This made me happy, both because I feel justified in my stereotypes, and because it was funny as shit. For that reason, I have no other complaints to air this morning.
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Tunisia approves law excluding presidential candidate leading in polls
Tunisia's parliament has passed an amendment to its electoral law that would bar businessman Nabil Karoui, owner of a private TV station critical of the government, from running for president in a vote expected later this year.
The amendment says that Tunisia's elections commission must reject candidates who benefit from "charitable associations" or foreign funding during the year before an election.
In April, police stormed the offices of Karoui's Nesma television station and took it off the air over accusations it had breached broadcasting rules, which Nesma called a move to silence its voice criticising the government.
Karoui, who polls show to be in the lead in the presidential campaign, ahead of the prime minister and incumbent president, described parliament's action on Tuesday as "a strong setback to nascent democracy".
"It is a law dedicated to my exclusion from the race after polls revealed that millions of Tunisians intend to vote for me," Karoui told Reuters.
Karoui founded the Khalil Tounes Foundation in 2017 to provide aid to the needy in the economically troubled North African country and the charity garnered widespread publicity thanks to coverage by Nesma.
The police raid in April followed the revocation of the Nesma channel's licence last year by broadcasting regulator HAICA. It fined Nesma for broadcasts the body described as exploiting poor people and promoting Karoui's political agenda.
Nesma rejected the fines and said it did not recognise the rulings by HAICA, which it said were motivated by the broadcaster's criticism of the government.
The government, a coalition of the secular Tahya Tounes party and the moderate Islamist Ennahda party, has denied any responsibility for rulings by the HAICA.
Nesma has since resumed broadcasting without a licence and police to date have taken no further action.
Government spokesman Iyad Dahmani said political parties had been banned from receiving support from charities or foreign funds since 2014 and the decision extended the measure to independents like Karoui "to protect democracy".
Parliamentary elections are expected to be held on 6 October with a presidential vote following on 17 November. Among the declared presidential candidates are Hamadi Jbeli, the former Islamist prime minister and Karoui.
Tunisia has been hailed as the only democratic success of the Arab Spring uprisings against dictatorship, with a new constitution and free elections in 2011 and 2014.
But political progress has not been matched by economic advances. Unemployment stands at about 15 percent, up from 12 percent in 2010, due to weak growth and low investment. (Reuters)
Domestic power struggle in Tunisia: A faltering democracyEssebsi breaks with Ennahda: Farewell to Tunisia's "national consensus"Social unrest in Tunisia: You′re on your own
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Post by SirClive » Wed Apr 09, 2008 12:47 pm
Just got this from HMV...
Hi Gordon
As you may have seen on hmv.com we have sold out of our initial allocation of Grand Theft Auto IV, and are now unable to guarantee delivery for release date on any orders placed on or after 9th April.
The good news is that your order with us was placed before this date, and is secure. We'll be shipping the game to you in time for launch on April 29th, don't worry - your order is safe with us.
Don't forget, we'll also be sending you 1000 Xbox LIVE points and a voucher book with over £130 worth of savings with your game!
We hope you're as excited about Grand Theft Auto IV's imminent release date as we are.
hmv.com games department
Can't believe it is selling out. Its only a game for gods-sake, not like its hard to manufacture enough to meet demand.
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Re: GTA IV
Post by bonerlaw » Wed Apr 09, 2008 12:50 pm
SirClive wrote: Just got this from HMV...
Ive always said that Rockstar are the masters of gaming publicity...by making it sell out on the first day, they are drumming up more and more press and public interest, in turn raising the profile of the game further, and therefore making a massive increase in sales overall!
Got mine on order though......hope im not disappointed!
Wildnites
Post by Wildnites » Wed Apr 09, 2008 12:51 pm
Game also are saying that they can not guarantee delivery for release date if order on or after the 7th April....
Good work I ordered my months ago
Game are also saying that for Wii Fit.
Please Sir I cannot tell a lie......
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Post by RetroKingSimon » Wed Apr 09, 2008 1:08 pm
I find it quite amusing. I've never really understood why the games are so popular. Yes, they're good, but are they really that good? Do people want to fantasise about being violent criminals that badly? The only 3D GTA I've played is Vice City, and even then only once. I guess I'm just not really into modern games these days. Still, I'm not trying to convince anyone to stop playing them, far from it. I just don't get the hysteria is all
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Post by C=Style » Wed Apr 09, 2008 1:32 pm
RetroKingSimon wrote: I find it quite amusing. I've never really understood why the games are so popular. Yes, they're good, but are they really that good?|
They are if you get right into them, like I did with Vice City. That became an obsession trying to get 100%, really there's not another game out there that offers the same experience, there's just so much to do and see! I've known a few people that think the GTA series are overrated but these are people who never really got right into like I'm saying. They just took it all at face value and worked their way through the missions etc, but not taking there time to appreciate all the cool little touches, details and hidden things that makes GTA such a unique game.
I also have real fond memories of GTA 3 when it first came out for PS2, that was the game that made me buy one in the first place, and I wasn't disappointed, a true genre defining game, but I'm not so sure GTA 4 is gonna feel so fresh to play. I think it's inevitable it won't live up to the hype, it just can't.
I was actually going to pre-order it, but I think I'll wait a few more days till the second lot of stock are in, there's really no hurry for me.
Fair enough, thanks for explaining. I still miss DMA Design though
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Post by will2097 » Wed Apr 09, 2008 1:44 pm
I can't be bothered. I think I gave up at Vice City. If IV is any good one player, I'll ask someone to get it for me for Christmas. i guess it'll be around £20 by then
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Post by James A » Wed Apr 09, 2008 2:13 pm
Asda or Tesco just pick it up on the day they always have hundreds of copys ready to go. Don't see what the fuss is you should be able to get a copy on release date without a problem.
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Post by ShadowMan » Wed Apr 09, 2008 2:24 pm
This isn't the only site that is selling/sold out of GTA IV. Glad I pre ordered mine a little while ago (hopefully getting in on release). For me, I really can't wait to get it. San Andreas had me addicted for months on end and I only completed about 80% of the total game, and I reckon Rockstar will be able to top that with this!
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Post by JackPainter » Wed Apr 09, 2008 2:30 pm
I'm buying it on its release date.
Although, I'm going to try and save it for a few weeks. I have my exams during that period of time and I know I'll get addicted to it.
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Post by necronom » Wed Apr 09, 2008 2:36 pm
The GTA games (GTA III onwards) are possibly my favourite series of games ever. Vice City was the pinnacle for me (it was written for me personally, I think ).
I have done all 5 games to 100% apart from GTA III which is on about 98% because of me leaving the Ambulance mission till near the end where it is impossible to do when all the gangs are attacking you on sight
There is so much to do, they last for months.
I have GTA IV pre-ordered from Amazon (£35), and I can't wait.
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Post by Sureshot » Wed Apr 09, 2008 3:29 pm
I won't be getting it yet, no 360 or PS3. Shame PC owners get screwed on this series!
Also, I didn't like SA that much, so it would need to improve on that somewhat.
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Post by Dan1980 » Wed Apr 09, 2008 3:32 pm
This is also my favorite series of games and i have the whole collection starting from the ps1, i do get a bit addicted though
Sureshot wrote: I won't be getting it yet, no 360 or PS3. Shame PC owners get screwed on this series!
I agree, SA was my least favourite by far, something about it just didn't click with me. I still put in about 100hrs worth of play but it was nowhere near as absorbing as VC.
Vice City was, indeed, the daddy.
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Je suis chargé de vous annoncer que vous serés presentés au Roi vendredi prochain,7 si vous voulés bien vous rendre ici vers dix heures du matin. Mr. Le Comte de Vergennes espere que vous voudrés bien ensuite lui faire l’honneur de diner avec lui. J’ai l’honneur d’etre avec la consideration la plus distinguée Messieurs Votre très humble et très obeissant serviteur
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7. March 20. The commissioners had been trying for almost a month to be officially received at Versailles, as a public recognition by the King of the sovereignty of the United States; see above, XXV, 710–11. Now the moment had come, for France had informed Britain of the Treaty of Amity and Commerce and the two countries were breaking diplomatic relations; Stormont had already announced his recall, and on the 17th the French Ambassador was ordered home from London. See Dull, French Navy, pp. 103–5.
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I am honoured with your favor of yesterday on the subject of the laws of the U.S. furnished to you from my office. I would with pleasure add a third copy, but that, your Excellency will percieve, on turning to the act of Congress which establishes my department, that that has fixed the number of copies of the laws to be furnished by me to the Executives of the states, and of course that the Treasury department could not pass my accounts but by the rule there prescribed. Otherwise the propriety of sending a third copy is too obvious to have produced a moment’s hesitation.—I have the honour to be with the greatest respect & esteem Your Excellency’s most obedt & most humble servt,
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Indiana mother believes someone beat her toddler to death
Posted 11:22 PM, March 25, 2013, by rebachenowethfox59 and Aishah Hasnie
Police in Texas are still investigating the death of a 3-year-old girl while her mother in Indianapolis is convinced someone beat her to death.
Anastasia Williams was living with her father, Robert Williams, in Hurst, Texas. A Texas medical examiner found she suffered a lacerated liver, because of an assault.
“She was my princess. She was my little girl,” said the girl’s mother, Angela Turnpitt.
Turnpitt said when she questioned Williams about what happened, his girlfriend told her a story that didn’t add up.
“She said, Robert had laid Stasia down for a nap, went to go wake her up, she wouldn’t wake up, he called 911, and when he touched her she was stiff.”
Turnpitt said she and Williams were no longer together and when she became pregnant with her second child, Williams offered to care for Anastasia and she agreed.
“He was always a good dad. Always,” she said.
However, Turnpitt said, he never returned her, even when she asked. She hadn’t seen her daughter for almost two years and never fought a custody battle, because she thought she wouldn’t win. Still, she doesn’t believe Williams would ever hurt their child. She thinks it was someone else in the home.
“I think somebody beat my child to death. Can I pinpoint who? No,” she said. “She was supposed to come home in a couple of weeks. I mean I had somebody that was willing to help me out, to go get her. And that’s never gonna happen now.”
There have not been any charges filed in the case yet.
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HOBBIES!!
Re: HOBBIES!!
What a fantastic thread @Bananatime04! Here are some of my hobbies:
Swimming - I love the feeling of being in the water, it's exercise but you don't feel the sweat! I also love the fact that it is hard to think about anything but breathing and moving, it's very calming.
Cooking - I love to cook dinner for my family, I find it really therapeutic and rewarding to make something that we can enjoy together. It also feels good to contribute to my household's chores, because my family doesn't like cooking very much and finds it kind of tedious after a long day at work, but I don't so it's a win win.
Music - I have played the clarinet for 10 years, and the saxophone for 7, so I whip out my instruments from time to time and work on a few pieces. However, I know that this isn't an accessible hobby for everyone, so my other love is listening to music. Sometimes I spend time searching through Spotify for new music I have never heard before, or organise playlists for different occasions.
Listening to audiobooks - I'm not a big reader, but I love listening to stories! I always pop on an audiobook when I'm travelling to work/uni, or when I am at home by myself. It makes me feel like I have company to hear someone reading to me, and I get so engrossed in the story that I forget everything else. It's a great tool to use if you don't like being alone! I never used to eat in restaurants by myself, but now I pop on an audiobook and it's like dinner for two
Thank you so much @queenP those are some great hobbies! You never told me you play instruments!
HERE IT IS! Ah I remember seeing this one and completely forgetting about it but now I've found it again!
I love this thread @Bananatime04! Such an awesome topic to talk about. Gymnastics is such a cool hobby, if you're feeling disinterested maybe there's something similar to gymnastics you could try? Hopefully some of the (amazing!) suggestions in this thread will give you some ideas
@xXLexi_Lou122Xx those are some awesome hobbies! Do you have any favourites? Music can be such a fantastic and rewarding hobby, as well as art and crafting! You definitely have some awesome skills in art from what you've shared with us
@scared01 woo more arts and crafts! You're all so talented here! Planning "fake" holidays sounds so interesting, what have been some of your favourites?
@mspaceK gotta love cleaning! Admittedly it's not my favourite but it can definitely be so rewarding to declutter and organise and clean things What are some of your favourite sports? (also YES to soundtracks/movie scores! )
@redhead The art and photos you've shared on RO have been so amazing, you are so talented! Video games are so fun too! I don't really know Borderlands (LEGO is more my speed ) but it sounds like you enjoy it!
@hellofriend ooh mountain bike riding??? That sounds so cool! You have awesome hobbies, do you have any favourite movies/tv shows at the moment?
@queenP swimming is pretty great! I love the "exercise but you don't feel sweat", it's so true! I couldn't get into audiobooks but they're great when you don't have the time to sit down and read, do you have any favourites?
Aww... Thanks @N1ghtW1ng!
my favourite one so far is Perth @N1ghtW1ng its somewhere ive wanted to go for a long time and this way i can travel without actually travelling but eventually i would like to go there
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Great thread idea, @Bananatime04!
I like to sing and play guitar because it's fun and I just like music in general. I also like to draw with a felt tip pen because it's a creative outlet for me, for example, I might draw about something that's going on in my life. It's a good way for to express my feelings. I also like to listen to audiobooks that I borrow from the local library because, although I do like reading, I'm finding that my concentration isn't as good anymore... there are a lot of books that I haven't finished. With audiobooks, I just listen and it's easy to get to the end if they're good. Same with podcasts!
I've never been to Perth either @scared01, but it sounds like a lovely place. I hope that one day you will be able to go
@cupcakes_032 guitar is cool! I used to play as well but fell out because I went away and didn't play for a year Do you have any favourite audiobooks or podcasts?
Soooo manny hobbiesss!!
For me I have a few, some I engage in more than others
polymer clay (I've made a few things, I want to do more but haven't had the time recently)
listening to music and tv series/movies and half watching while I colour (sometimes I do pay full attention to them though )
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@Bananatime04 I struggle with hobbies too! But here are some of mine:
1. Watching tv shows (this is a big one haha)
2. Exercising - I mostly go to the gym but I want to start going for walks and runs now that the weather is not so hot
3. Cooking/baking
4. Sometimes reading
Hey @N1ghtW1ng that's cool that you used to play guitar! were there any songs you liked to play on it?
I don't think I have a favourite audiobook yet.. the local library's selection doesn't have a lot of books on audiobook so it's kind of limited but I want to listen to 'Every Note Played' by Lisa Genova because I enjoyed reading 'Still Alice', one of her other books. I started following a bunch of podcasts on Spotify recently, I think I got too excited with all the podcasts out there haha. I used to listen to 'Life Matters', 'All in the Mind' and 'Big Ideas' and they're pretty interesting, but at the moment I'm just listening to random episodes of new podcasts I've found, whatever I feel like that day!
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Geocaching Topics
General Geocaching Discussions
Waning interest in puzzles
By J Grouchy, October 18, 2019 in Geocaching Topics
+barefootjeff 2130
barefootjeff 2130
35 minutes ago, Ry Dawg said:
That’s the basis of my frustration with puzzles. In the guidelines it states that everyone one needs to solve the puzzle should be on the geocache page. Reading the hiders mind would not be included in this.
I tend to skip over most puzzles for that reason, other than ones that clearly state what is needed to solve them.
Well, not quite. The Help Centre actually says "All clues needed to solve the puzzle must be on the cache page, and the information to solve the puzzle must be publicly available." I have puzzles where the clues are on the cache page but further research might be needed to solve them. Often those clues aren't "clearly stated" but that doesn't mean they're not there; maybe you need to read between the lines or look in some of the more common places where clues might be concealed (html source, image EXIF data, RGB codes, grammar, punctuation, a play on words, etc.). I sometimes provide multiple clues to the same thing, concealed in different ways, in the hope that someone might spot at least one of them.
That's not to say there aren't puzzles out there that aren't just an exercise in mind-reading, but from what I've seen they tend to be in the minority. The reviewers here are also fairly strict now on getting the CO to explain each step of the puzzle solution in their reviewer note, so that probably helps too.
+Ry Dawg 1
Ry Dawg 1
55 minutes ago, barefootjeff said:
I have, more often than not, seen just a “code” to be solved, without any to clue as to what it is or where to begin solving it anywhere on the page. I understand a lot of these are common so one assumes it’s self explanatory, when it is not to people who have found very few puzzles. I envy a world where things are hidden in html and page sources, etc, and admire hiders who can hide things so well.
Alas, if I don’t know how or where to begin to search for something, even finding a clue, it will simply “pass” on that cache. This is why I avoid the majority of puzzle caches. Whether the overall waning is similar to my reasoning, I know not. Merely a suggestion. If there’s a lot of newer people (smartphones) they may also not know where to begin on these.
+BendSinister 24
BendSinister 24
1 hour ago, barefootjeff said:
^ Very much this! I now seem to spend almost as much time writing an explanation of the puzzle (often in its own turgid reviewer note setting out complete workings) as I do on the puzzle text itself.
I don't think a reviewer has ever actually demanded changes to the "meat" of any puzzle but the process of writing the explanation in parallel with the puzzle actually helps clarify for myself where, for example, hints could be improved, before a reviewer even has to look at it. I very much doubt a genuinely incoherent "read my mind" type affair would get through, at least in my area in 2019.
If there’s a lot of newer people (smartphones) they may also not know where to begin on these.
This seems like a potentially important factor. People would definitely struggle with some of mine if they solely used their phone. (Actually, I know some have.)
Edited October 30, 2019 by BendSinister
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fizzymagic 435
3 minutes ago, Ry Dawg said:
I have, more often than not, seen just a “code” to be solved, without any to clue as to what it is or where to begin solving it anywhere on the page. I understand a lot of these are common so one assumes it’s self explanatory, when it is not to people who have found very few puzzles.
Frequently it is NOT self-explanatory. In fact, I think "mystery ciphers" where you are expected to figure out what the cipher is, are not particularly good puzzles. I think that despite having built myself a lot of tools to diagnose and solve said ciphers. Making the cipher type unknown, without any logical path to figuring it out, is frequently (IMO) laziness on the part of the hider; they can't make a good enough puzzle without adding some needless difficulty that doesn't contribute to the experience.
For a set of exceptionally good cipher-based cache puzzles, look at the Heroes of Bletchley Park series in England. Outstanding and educational, albeit quite difficult, puzzles. They describe exactly what you need to do to decrypt them, and require no mind-reading.
1 hour ago, BendSinister said:
I have a multi with virtual waypoints at three railway stations whose names I wove into the cache page's story:
the overarching Koo Lee Wong is a stanchion on Koolewong station
the place by the river where hawks are buried is Hawkesbury River station
the noctural temptress Wanda Byne is Wondabyne station
The names aren't actually part of the field puzzle, just a bit of stage-dressing, and I assumed our local reviewer would recognise them and realise that, so I just included details of the actual objects on each station where the required information could be found. But at the time I submitted it he was on leave and an interstate reviewer had to deal with it. He was totally confused by the temptresses and buried hawks and thought it should be listed as a puzzle, so I had to write a detailed explanation about the names. It did eventually get published as a multi, with no changes needed to the cache page, but I've learnt my lesson to not assume the reviewer will have any local knowledge.
This is a very small sample size but I'll be interested to see if it's true. I placed a new series of 7 caches, 6 needed to be found before the 7th (series finale) can be accessed and they went live Saturday morning. I live in a very active community, although the FTF race has dissipated since I started. I placed 2 traditionals, one multi, one Wherigo, one puzzle, and one LBH. The Wherigo and LBH have each been found once, the puzzle and multi not at all, and the 2 traditional caches have been found 6 times.
+arisoft 695
arisoft 695
15 hours ago, Ry Dawg said:
I would recommend that for every new puzzle the CO should demonstrate that at least ten local players can solve the puzzle before it will be published.
There's a fine line between being clue-led and having to mind-read. A simple cipher one could say requires mind-reading if you've never seen it before. If you have, then it could be simple. It's a big grey area; the more you stray from the most common cipher methods, or mix many together, or insert little adjustments to make them unique, etc, the harder it could be to recognize the method visually.
But there's also the scale between encoding and encrypting; 1-to-1 conversions, where the new character set (changing from A-Z to numbers, for instance) can be recognized easily, and ciphers where a complex algorithm is used to encode a message. The mind-read style would more akin to using a cipher to encode the message but not giving a hint as to which cipher. Encoding the message under a different character would just be a matter of reorgnizing the new character set. It might require some research, but it's much less a mind-read.
In a sense, if the solution isn't recognizable and needs to be determined by process, then it could definitely become a mind-reader. If the solution can be determined by looking at it, a stronger argument could be made that it's not a mind-reader because it's discernible just by looking at it. But then there's that huge scale in between... a string of numbers could fall into quite a few encodings and encryptions, even though the possibilities are reduced by seeing which numbers are there, or how they're spaced, etc.
IMO, there's no distinct line crossing into mind-reading; it's more a matter of how much trial-and-error is required in order to determine any next step in the puzzle, without the existence of any clue or nudge in any way, even if you know the method of encoding/encrypting. Those are the ones I don't like. I might try a few ideas based on looking at the puzzle, and still love the puzzle if I find the solution. But at some point, I'm going to think "this is a mind-reader, there are too many possibilities and I don't know if it'll be the next one I try or there's some additional twist I missed with something I already tried."
Solving one of those for the first time, I might get an 'aha' and learn about the new method, but if it's not a visually recognizable method, it could become another mind-reader in a future puzzle.
What irks me the most are mind-read puzzles where the cache title has nothing to do with the puzzle. If there's ONE place a hint could be dropped about the solve method (especially if it's not visually discernible) or truly lead someone off track, it's the Title.
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baer2006 403
13 hours ago, BendSinister said:
I very much doubt a genuinely incoherent "read my mind" type affair would get through, at least in my area in 2019.
I have spoken to two reviewers in my area about exactly this issue: Moon-logic puzzles, for which you have to guess without any clue ("hidden" or not) what the CO wants. Both reviewers said essentially the same: They only care, if the puzzle is formally correct. I.e., if you guess right and correctly read the CO's mind, then you will arrive at the intended solution. They don't care at all, if this it's virtually impossible to make the right guesses.
Case in point: A few days ago, FTF was logged on a mystery, which had been published several months ago. All members of the FTF openly stated in their logs, that they could only "solve" the puzzle because the CO helped them several(!) times which were, to all intents and purposes, pure guesswork.
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14 hours ago, fizzymagic said:
Thank you for pointing those out. That'll help the time pass during the dark months.
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dprovan 1129
3 hours ago, thebruce0 said:
I agree there's no hard line. To me, for a really hard puzzle, it boils down to whether, once I find the solution, I can look back and see that there were really good reasons for me to have tried the correct approach a lot sooner than I did. For poor puzzles, it's obvious that there really was no other way than to rule out the other 99 possible approaches one by one.
1 hour ago, dprovan said:
For poor puzzles, it's obvious that there really was no other way than to rule out the other 99 possible approaches one by one.
One big reason for this kind of trial-and-error puzzles is geochecker. It is used to "fix" the broken puzzle which have no unique solution.
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MtnGoat50 39
On 10/18/2019 at 7:18 AM, J Grouchy said:
I guess my point in posting this is to find out if this is a general trend in caching all over or just a local 'lull' in interest.
I don't have any hard data to back it up but my sense is that the same thing is happening in my local area. What's interesting is if you'd posted this 7 years ago I would have agreed then too (it's just worse now).
I've always enjoyed puzzles and I enjoy solving puzzle caches although I generally skip the "guess what I'm thinking this morning" variety that seem to be the most popular these days. The few puzzle caches I've placed have all been based on puzzle ideas that I enjoyed and thought others would enjoy solving. My most recent puzzle cache simply requires understanding the different coordinate formats (DD.ddddd, DD MM.mmm, DD MM SS.ss) and converting between them. It's located in a city park, on level ground and I explain exactly what needs to be done, and how to do it. The first and only find was over a month ago, since then crickets... [:(]
As a case in point, I just solved a 4.5D puzzle in my area that's been baffling everyone here for 2 weeks. This one sort of fit into that grey area for me; but looking back on it I enjoyed it, despite a couple of aspects that could be honed a bit - not to make it easier or harder, but for the general puzzle-solving experience.
+kunarion 1703
kunarion 1703
A Tribbo-lite from the Crustacean Period
28 minutes ago, thebruce0 said:
Some of the problems I have with puzzles are the way they show up in a cache description, which changes when viewed in various browsers. Sometimes the wrapped line of a cipher is intended to be columns and rows, sometimes it's just one long line. And it's hard to tell where the puzzle starts and where the text about the puzzle ends. So it's not a moon logic puzzle, except for the part about figuring out where the "puzzle" is within the cache description.
Yep, one of the first things I do is check the web page version of the listing. If anything because it's about the only place you'll determine if there's a background image which can be used in puzzles. The web page is the best place to look at puzzles.
+papu66 43
papu66 43
On 10/30/2019 at 4:11 PM, arisoft said:
Individually or as a group?
I was curious and looked at the listing. In my view this is not a "moon logic" puzzle at all (can't go into details, obviously), and actually well thought out. I wish we had more puzzles like that in my area...
+niraD 2233
niraD 2233
One of my favorites is a D5 puzzle cache that has been found in at least 3 ways to my knowledge. I solved the puzzle "as intended", by figuring out how to use an Enigma machine simulator to decrypt the message. This method required a certain "Aha! moment" of letting go of an assumption that was "obvious" but incorrect. It has also been found by brute-forcing the encryption, trying every possible key until something meaningful popped out. And it has also been found by someone who brute-forced the final using the theme, and the holes in the saturation map around the posted coordinates.
But it hasn't been found for a few years.
51 minutes ago, baer2006 said:
Did you solve it? I didn't say it was moon logic, but there are aspects that could be clearer.
35 minutes ago, niraD said:
One of my favorites is a D5 puzzle cache that has been found in at least 3 ways to my knowledge.
haha, I think it's great when people find 'other' ways to solve puzzles If I make one like that I try to think of other ways and add stuff in just for those people
2 hours ago, papu66 said:
On 10/30/2019 at 7:11 AM, arisoft said:
It took me a minute to understand and appreciate this excellent question. There's no question my favorite puzzles -- and the favorites of many others in my area -- are the Venona puzzles that come out every few years. They are always solved through cooperation between many people in a public forum. Yet even as complex and convoluted as they are, after the solve, the logic of each step can be traced through the entire effort. There's a tradition of one of the participants volunteering to write up the process, not only for posterity, but also to make sure anyone that wants to can see the thinking that led to the final answer.
Yes, I solved it. Without knowing the solution, it's usually impossible to judge a puzzle's logic.
+CAVinoGal 354
CAVinoGal 354
I always found the puzzle aspect a fun little extra challenge in geocaching...much better than always just going out to find some hidden object...an extra dimension that spiced it up a bit. But perhaps most other people don't want to put in that extra effort?
I try to place caches that I would enjoy finding. That includes puzzles, as I enjoy the extra challenge intrying to solve a variety of puzzles. I have a series of 3 puzzles along a walking trail, you can grab the first one quite near parking, but you have to walk for the other two; they are also precursors to a "bonus" puzzle that is also a walk along a different trail. These walks are not long, a half mile at most, but the stats are interesting.
My 3 puzzles each have 33 solvers, according to Certitudes. #1, near parking, has 8 finds. #2, .2 mile walk away, has 6 finds. #3, .3 miles from #2 and .5 miles from parking, has 4 finds. (These were placed in May of this year; we have had some hot summer days but I've walked the same trail a few times on lovely days!) The final bonus cache is on another trail in another part of town, and is less than .2 miles from parking; it's had 5 solvers (you need clues from the logsheets of the 3 precursor puzzles, but it appears someone brute forced the solution or got the codes from a friend, as only 4 have found #3!) and 3 finders.
People want park n grabs it seems, more than puzzles to work out, or hikes to get to caches. I'd rather work out the puzzle and then go on a hike and find the cache! I've got several solved puzzles waiting for a day when I have some time to go hiking for them! And I have a geocaching girlfriend who doesn't have the patience for puzzles - she'll gladly go with me after I've solved it and help look for it!
+bflentje 304
bflentje 304
On 10/31/2019 at 1:00 PM, dprovan said:
I am 100% unequivocally against this idea.. even though I despise 5 star multifaceted puzzles.. that block entire swathes of the map. Don't we have enough stinking rules? Jeez.
On 11/4/2019 at 3:10 AM, bflentje said:
5 star multifaceted puzzles.. that block entire swathes of the map.
Wait, they do stuff to the map that, say, a D1.0 cache doesn't?
Since I don't think it's clear from your quoting, I want to point out that I'm against the idea of proving 10 geocachers can solve a puzzle, too. What I responded to was someone cleverly pointing out that a possible interpretation of the quoted passage is that one group of 10 geocachers working together could be the standard as opposed to what I suppose to be the original intention: that 10 geocachers working individually be used. My reply was based on what I assumed the second, unquoted responder was suggesting: with the standard being 10 geocachers working together, virtually any puzzle can be solved.
I have no idea how the idea blocks any part of the map, though. Maybe something about there not being 10 geocachers in an area to begin with?
48 minutes ago, dprovan said:
I'd be struggling to come up with ten active cachers from my region. For my recent challenge cache submission, the list of ten pre-qualifiers I put in my reviewer note only had three from my area, with the other seven being from the adjoining Sydney and Newcastle regions.
8 hours ago, barefootjeff said:
Ok. I don't think any "show 10 that can X" rule is very good to begin with, but I agree it would not even be logical if it doesn't account for situations where there aren't 10 to begin with.
On 11/5/2019 at 10:52 PM, dprovan said:
Interesting. I didn't think my statement was that unclear but I suppose it could have been. I am an IT guy with a background in chemistry.. certainly not a wordsmith. I meant, a map filled with many multifaceted puzzles. I don't like multi-layered puzzles. And even worse are a bunch of multilayered puzzles littering my map that I don't want to solve for various reasons. LOL.
18 minutes ago, bflentje said:
Interesting. I didn't think my statement was that unclear but I suppose it could have been.
It wasn't your words. It was the fact that you left out the comment I was responding to and instead had me responding to something else that was making the opposite point.
+gpsblake 8
gpsblake 8
One thing to note, is how people geocache today versus that of say, 7 years ago. Most now simply use their phone and an app, however, I found that solving puzzles is much harder using a phone versus going on a PC in my opinion. A lot of apps (geocaching. C:GEO etc) don't really play nice with true puzzle caches. With a PC, you have the cache on one tab and simply open another tab to search the information, or to do things like view html code easily. With a phone, even the process of checking a website requires you to get out of your geocaching app and into a web browser app, etc. etc.
Edited November 8, 2019 by gpsblake
+Max and 99 913
Max and 99 913
CONTROL's highest ranking agents
My interest in puzzle caches has declined over the years. One big factor for me has been the trend of requiring me to text the CO, thereby revealing my personal phone number, in order to be given the final coords. I still enjoy a challenge once in a while, but my interest has declined.
+MNTA 120
MNTA 120
I don't want to beg someone I don't know for help in solving a puzzle. Sometimes the hint is just as obtuse as the puzzle. Then add to the older puzzles no checker and the co may be inactive who knows if it is missing or you were wrong. GS could help here by including a checker automatically.
If I can figure it out on my own I'll do one every once in awhile.
1 hour ago, Max and 99 said:
Hmm, I'd have thought any puzzle requiring you to contact the CO would be in breach of the guidelines.
The information needed to find the cache
Must be available to the general caching community.
Can require geocachers to do research on public websites.
Cannot require geocachers to email the cache owner for information needed to find the cache.
Well the Help Centre says email the cache owner but I'm sure texting them would fall into the same category. If I came across one like that I'd be logging an NA.
+DerDiedler 280
DerDiedler 280
6 minutes ago, barefootjeff said:
I think the word "requiring" is miss used here.
A personal need to contact the CO (or instead anyone who has solved the puzzle already) for getting a hint or two, doesn´t mean that there is no way to solve the puzzle without contacting the owner.
3 hours ago, DerDiedler said:
That's not what was said. Max stated a requirement, not a "need" or desire, to contact the owner for final coordinates, not for a hint or help.
5 hours ago, Max and 99 said:
One big factor for me has been the trend of requiring me to text the CO, thereby revealing my personal phone number, in order to be given the final coords.
As Jeff has stated, I'd be filing that NA as well.
+lee737 177
lee737 177
12 hours ago, Max and 99 said:
I've never seen this here - if it is happening, its a clear breach of guidelines....
+cerberus1 2205
cerberus1 2205
Curious, is there wording on the cache page that actually says that to solve this puzzle you'll need a sorta-smart phone ?
My dumb phone doesn't text...
I still us a GPSr, and don't really have a desire for another sorta-smart phone at this time.
- It'd be easy to ignore if they did have that "requirement" on the cache page. Easy for the Reviewer to act on also.
My interest in puzzle caches has declined over the years. One big factor for me has been the trend of requiring me to text the CO, thereby revealing my personal phone number, in order to be given the final coords.
Why don't you report them to HQ? Guidelines: "Cannot require geocachers to email the cache owner for information needed to find the cache. " I think this falls to all methods to communicate directly with the CO.
On 11/8/2019 at 7:26 PM, MNTA said:
GS could help here by including a checker automatically.
Not sure that's a great idea, at least not without improvements to the existing built-in checker.
For one thing, the coordinates derived from a puzzle on the page are not always the final coordinates. A bit of work in the field, at preliminary waypoints, can be required. The built-in checker didn't seem to cater for this last time I considered it.
Also, some puzzles are inherently ambiguous. eg. I know of a few where you need to determine which -- from a small group of possibilities -- is the likely GZ. It would be better for the uninterested to simply ignore such puzzles rather than effectively making them into mindless brute force exercises.
For a vast number of puzzles you definitely know when you've solved it. With the already high levels of coordinate-sharing and brute-force-ing the provision of a checker represents a 'risk' that puzzle-creators should decide for themselves whether to take. I generally provide one but the abuse (even by people seeking a shortcut on the very last step of a puzzle they obviously understand!) makes it clear why some might be hesitant to provide them.
Edited November 10, 2019 by BendSinister
On 11/8/2019 at 10:26 AM, MNTA said:
Then add to the older puzzles no checker and the co may be inactive who knows if it is missing or you were wrong. GS could help here by including a checker automatically.
What is the problem being in a wrong place? It happens also with traditional caches when coordinates are wrong. You post DNF and proceed to the next cache if you can not find it.
7 hours ago, arisoft said:
What is the problem being in a wrong place? It happens also with traditional caches when coordinates are wrong.
You post DNF and proceed to the next cache if you can not find it.
Not sure when it became a hand-holding thing, but the hobby sure has changed.
I thought the whole idea of a "puzzle" was to head out and see if you're correct. No longer any risk involved, what's the draw ?
Used to be you went to the coordinates you believe correct, and you either found it, or "back to the drawing board" to try again.
This is sorta inline with the FTF side-game now too.
- Some feel you should let everyone know you found it, so others don't "waste their time" attempting to be FTF.
Sheesh...
+Harry Dolphin 800
Harry Dolphin 800
Major Porpoise
3 hours ago, cerberus1 said:
Went for a three trads with a bonus mystery final. Could not find one. That left me with the north coords only. Spent several hours following that line. And I found it!!
3 hours ago, Harry Dolphin said:
A few times I've done something similar, with a partial solution reducing it to a line search so I was able to find it just by looking in likely hiding places along that line. Most memorable of those was on my 500th find, a T4 multi on Lord Howe Island where I'd totally messed up the access route to the first and second waypoints so, rather than spend half the day backtracking, I was able to see where the line my partial coordinates gave crossed a likely walking track and sure enough made the find.
On one of the multis in my Chasing Waterfalls series, there are four choices to make at each of three waypoints, so a total of 64 possible final locations. Someone didn't want to go clambering around on the waterfalls so she eliminated many of the possibilities that were over water, on people's houses or within 161 metres of other caches, then bush-bashed her way through lantana thickets and swamps to each of the others. She finally found it in a spot that's much more easily accessed - it became a standing joke between us at events after that as I'm sure it would've been much easier for her to have just visited the waterfalls.
I once found a puzzle cache that had 6 separate puzzles for the 6 digits of the decimal part of the minutes. I had solved 5 of the 6. I just couldn't figure out the 6th, so I checked the 10 potential locations for plausibility. One looked likely, so I searched and found the cache. Then, armed with the digit I needed from the 6th puzzle, I was able to see the pattern and solve it.
I've used the 'incomplete coordinates' tool a lot to work out puzzle solutions..... its very useful....
On 11/7/2019 at 6:02 PM, dprovan said:
I suck at using the quoting.. there was nothing nefarious about it.
+ghhs72 0
ghhs72 0
In southern california, we have had a surge in puzzles due to some challenge cache that require puzzle finds on every day, so many days in a row, in multiple states, counties, etc.
+ecanderson 104
ecanderson 104
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On 10/22/2019 at 11:25 AM, Moun10Bike said:
To be honest, challenge caches (identified as being mystery caches with "challenge" in the title) account for an extremely small number of logs on the mystery cache type (about 5%):
Looking through the fuzz, I do see an interesting (and unsurprising) trend. Note the peaks in puzzle find % that occur in January~February -- when the weather goes to crap in a lot of places, and there's a good chance to sit down and try to solve a few. I can relate to that. Then there's the valleys in July~August.
Another thing that came to mind with challenge cache find logs being a small portion of mystery cache find logs, challenge caches pose another dynamic - people will work to qualify for them and post a Note about their progress or qualification, whether or not they ever get around to finding the physical cache. So there are two 'hurdles' to logging a challenge cache found. I suppose you could say the same for puzzles, with one hurdle being solving the puzzle, but you can also just get the final coordinates and find the puzzle (and I suspect that happens a lot more than we may think).
Anyway point being, if it were possible to also track how many "I qualify! I'll find later" notes are posted on challenge caches, that would be interesting to see as well.
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SegaWorld Birmingham, Tamworth, Wolverhampton
Discussion in 'General Sega Discussion' started by Black Squirrel, Nov 4, 2014.
Nov 4, 2014 #1
Waiting for you on the beach Wiki Sysop
Northumberland, England
the chiral network or something idk
Wikipedia thinks they existed, but I can't find photos or other proof. Can you?
And if you're living in the US, we likely need to identify the locations of every Sega Center, Sega-branded Time-Out and possibly every GameWorks.
Japanese Sega arcades would be cool too. It's confusing me at the moment because there are apparently three in Akihabara alone and they all look similar.
http://segaretro.org/Category enues
There's also Sega Cities and possibly more Sega Parks to be found. I want to find homes for the coins.
Cheers me dears.
Hivebrain
53.4N, 1.5W
HivePal 2.0
The Tamworth location is in the middle of nowhere. Found it on streetview but older photos are going to be rare. Postcode is B79 7ND.
Birmingham location is a lot more central. Found a picture of the Blockbuster whose upper floor was the arcade (it's a gym in the photo). I think a period photo might be doable. Postcode is B23 6SA.
Wolverhampton might have a bit more info because it was destroyed by a fire. The building has been demolished now but it's still on streetview. Postcode is WV10 9LG.
Article about the fire with some history: http://www.expressandstar.com/comment-and-opinion/2013/12/23/strykers-was-key-part-of-growing-up-in-wolverhampton/
Archive of bowling alley website circa 2009: https://web.archive.org/web/20100223070835/http://www.strykersbowling.co.uk/
A few more Sega-branded arcades mentioned here:
http://homepage.ntlworld.com/r.attenborough1/ukarc.htm
Also got a couple in Spain
http://I.imgur.com/wNJE5vY.jpg
http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_uL9KUtj72Bs/Rx9jBwo8jqI/AAAAAAAAAQM/gIQs-8sgWDo/s1600/Sin-t%C3%ADtulo-1.jpg
Can't quite work out where they were though, or if they're even the same place from different sides. Word on the street seems to be these popped up quite a bit in the early 2000s but most (if not all) have since closed.
Sploit
I don't believe that other official SEGAWORLD locations in the UK existed...
...the reason being that I was fortunate enough to be able to go the London location multiple times (from when it first started and you had to pay for admission - still got my paid ticket - to later on when it became free and gradually scaled down), and during none of those visits do I recall ever seeing any advertisements for other locations. Presumably they would have promoted them had they existed? Perhaps they were planned?
There were tons, but the London one was the centerpiece, built with indoor rides and whatever. Most of the others were Sega-branded arcades, but for example, the Bournemouth one was used as a location test for all new Sega arcade machines.
...did we just switch realities? Moderator
Berkshire, England
Learning Cymraeg
Yeah, I also visited the Southampton one around 2001 - was a glorified arcade, as noted.
Xilla
....and you may now look back at your screens. Member
There was a bowling alley in Glasgow many moons ago which briefly had its arcade section with the SegaWorld branding in the early 90s. It died a death though and the Sega stuff was soon replaced with Street Fighter 2 and the likes.
Ah yes Glasgow is another one I couldn't find much about. These half-SegaWorld, half-bowling alley setups are a recurring theme (and there are also cases of sharing space with Virgin Megastores or Blockbuster).
Ashura96
HEROIC VERSE Oldbie
Sigh, I miss GameWorks. The info on the Grapevine, Texas location closing date is correct. (remember all too well...)
But...another Japanese company (Round1) is opening a location in the area soon, and if you haven't heard, they are basically the biggest arcade/amusement/bowling/etc company in Japan and have expanded into the US in the last four years or so...and with that they bring a lot of games you rarely see outside of Japan or Asia to begin with that I am very excited about.
ICEknight
Researcher Researcher
Black Squirrel said:
The post where the pics come from says that they were in Jeréz (Cádiz) and Cartagena (Murcia) respectively, and have already been closed since.
Then, from the comments:
-Two more in San Fernando (also Cádiz), also closed now.
-Another one in Marbella, status unknown.
-One in Málaga in the late 90s, didn't last long.
-Possibly at one point in Chiclana, Puerto Real and El Puerto de Santa María, but not sure.
I didn't even know these things existed in Spain...
GagaMan
There was a Sega Park in Balsidon I used to go to, next to a food court in a shopping center. Shame I never managed to get photos of it, but it had some great artwork of Daytona and Virtua Cop on the walls that that Sonic carpet I'm sure you may have all seen on UK:Resistance
Some other early Sega arcades:
"Metropolis" was situated in a basement of Hamley's (the big London toy store), circa November 1992. No idea what the story was there, but there was merchandise!
(wiki page in a bit)
"SegaFolies" opened in Spring 1993 in a Marseilles (France) branch of Virgin Megastores. Good luck finding anything on that.
When Euro Disney opened (now Disneyland Paris) there was also a Sega venue of some description which apparently counts as the first Sega-branded arcade in Europe. Except I can't prove it existed yet. Quite a lot about the construction of Euro Disney though - it's almost interesting.
EDIT: oop from a press release in 1996:
Sega Worlds at:
Stakis Hotel, Westover Rd, BOURNEMOUTH;
Strykers Pleasure Bowl, Castle Ground, River Drive, TAMWORTH, Staffs;
Strykers Pleasure Bowl, Shaw Rd, Bushbury, WOLVERHAMPTON;
Blockbuster Video, 53-59 High Rd, Erdington, BIRMINGHAM.
Sega Parks at:
Super Bowl, Pincent Lane, READING, Berks;
Super Bowl, Royale Leisure Park, Western Avenue, Park Royal, LONDON;
Arena One, Brunel Way, Ashton Gate, BRISTOL.
Sega Zones at:
12 Powis St, Woolwich, LONDON;
30-32 Electric Avenue, Brixton, LONDON.
Planet Sega, Queens Ice Rink, 155 Queens Court, Queensway, LONDON;
I went to Metropolis when they held a Sonic 6th Birthday party thing which I won a ticket for in Sonic the Comic. I have home videos of it on youtube: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TJSmPQI-Lbw (yes that is me shouting "He's cutting the caaaake!" I was a noisy kid.)
I have a small collection of those badges somewhere, I'll get photos of them at some point.
Okay so I was wrong about those other locations, but...
...Metropolis wasn't the same thing as SEGAWORLD, that I am sure of.
I went there too and got the badge you have shown in that picture. The place was tiny in comparison and paled in comparison.
In fact, Metropolis may even have opened after SEGAWORLD's demise (or at least definitely when things were going downhill towards the end).
One thing I wish I had done as a kid, was get a picture of the golden Sonic statue that stood above the main Trocadero building entrance when SEGAWORLD was in its prime. Have never seen any pictures of it online, but it was definitely there. It stood on a base that was above the entrance, and it had like a thing under the base where red text scrolled along advertisting it.
I believe the only SegaSonic machine in Europe was in Metropolis for many years! Alas when I finally visited it (2 months before it got converted to a GAME) it was well gone.
Original Sega Park website: https://web.archive.org/web/20010302025512/http://www.segapark.com/
It specifically says there are 10 locations (presumably not including Sega Worlds). Can we account for them all?
Colindale, Brighton and Southampton confirmed; plus Reading, London and Bristol need checking. That's 6.
Glasgow would be 7.
Xilla said:
The machine was probably moved over to there from SEGAWORLD upon its decline/demise.
I remember the SegaSonic machine in SEGAWORLD, it was on the Top Floor just before the exit, right next to Sonic The Fighters.
My dad always got me a couple of credits on Sonic The Fighters, but SegaSonic was always broken for one reason or another, watched it's attract mode plenty though.
Once upon a time UK:Resistence were sent some photos of a Sega Hi-Tech Land. I don't know where this is/was - do you?
It may have been re-branded. The Akihabara branch was:
http://segaretro.org/File:SegaHiTechLand_Japan_Akihabara.jpg
http://segaretro.org/File:ClubSega_Japan_Akihabara.jpg
http://segaretro.org/File:ClubSega_Japan_Akihabara_Alt.jpg
bonus points if you can add to Club Sega or Sega World (Japan).
Would a scan of my SEGAWORLD London admission ticket be of any use for the wiki?
I could perhaps take a couple of pictures of some of the merchandise I have from there too. I don't have loads, but have a few bits n bobs that my dad bought me when he took me there as a kid.
A couple of years back I also bought some SEGAWORLD jackets off ebay, which appeared to be branded staff uniform items (I sold one of them - a sleeveless leather jacket thing, but still have 2 jackets and a clip on tie thing).
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10,000 Ukrainian soldiers have deserted since April 2014
From Macedonia Online — MINA
More than 10,000 cases of desertion have been registered in the Ukrainian Army since the outbreak of the Donbass war in April 2014, Ukrainian Vesti reported.
In 2014 the army suffered heavy desertion and nearly 30 percent of the servicemen called up in the first wave of mobilization (March 17) abandoned their positions, Ukrainian President Petro Poroshenko said.
Ukrainian parliament Verkhovna Rada has announced six waves of mobilization so far. By the end of 2014 the strength of Ukrainian Armed Forces grew from 130,000 to 232,000.
Ukrainians have been protesting against the mobilization. They travel to work abroad or simply reside at their relatives’ in other countries. Almost 1,3 million Ukrainian draftees live in Russia.
Since April 7, 2014 the Kiev authorities have been waging war against Donbass self-defense forces who rejected the legitimacy of the coup-imposed Ukrainian government and declared the independent republics of Donetsk and Lugansk.
Official figures estimate the number of victims to near 6,500. But the German intelligence reported of 50,000 victims in February 2015.
http://macedoniaonline.eu/content/view/27592/53/
Tagged deserters, desertion, mobilization, Ukraine military
Ukraine’s Neo-Nazi police state: Maidan criminalizes itself
From Unz Review
The following text is translated from Russian. It points to the total lack of support for the Kiev regime, as well as the implementation of an all encompassing Neo-Nazi Police State apparatus, based on fear, intimidation and racism, directed not only against the Russian speaking population: Ukrainians who oppose the government and exercise free speech can be arrested, journalists are arrested and disappeared.
by Anatoly Karlin
The following leaflets are being spread in Slavyansk, a once focal point of the Donbass resistance that was recaptured by Ukrainian forces in July last year:
How to recognize your typical separatist?
Calls for the entry of Russian troops or suggests surrendering to Russia.
Propagandizes Russian symbols and spreads the idea of the “Russian world.”
Denigrates the values of the Ukrainian people, expresses doubts about the fact of the existence of the Ukrainian nation, Ukrainian language, etc.
Spreads rumors about the non-existent threats to the Russian language or Russian speakers in Ukraine.
Denigrates Ukrainian state symbols – the flag, national anthem, coat of arms, etc.
Praises the so-called DNR and LNR.
Protests against military mobilization.
Initiates events in which people call for overthrow of the government and mass riots.
Spreads lies and inflames interethnic hatred (racism, xenophobia, anti-Semitism).
Promotes fear, panic, and defeatist attitudes.
A SEPARATIST IS EVEN SOMEONE WHO AGITATES AGAINST MOBILIZATION OR AWAITS PUTIN’S ARRIVAL! Punishment: 7-12 years imprisonment (Article 110 of the Ukrainian Criminal Code).
If you have encountered a case of separatism, please call the SBU or the government hotline and record the evidence on your phone, video recorder, photo camera.
0 800 507 309 – Government hotline
0 800 501 482 – SBU hotline
Toll free from landline phones.
Useless to argue the morals of this; it is justified or not depending on your particular partisan sympathies and the consistency of any convictions you might have on free speech, etc. So I won’t bother.
I will however make a few wider points:
1) The utter hypocrisy (and hardheaded practicality) of a regime that came to power through an illegal coup on a wave of mass riots now banning the same thing that got them into power in the first place. And of course the incredibly hardline restrictions on free speech implicit in all this, which are and will continue to be abused (Your neighbor’s dog is too loud? Maybe he’s a separatist!).
Lest one think this all just talk, consider the case of Ruslan Kotsaba, a (West Ukrainian!) journalist arrested for making a video in which he came out against mobilization, which is strictly speaking without legal basis during a time in which war has not been declared, i.e. up till now. He faces up to 15 years in prison. This is just what is probably the most visible case; there have been sackings, denunciations, business shakedowns, arrests, and imprisonments for non violent expressions of different opinion (or allegations of such) on a scale that would have saved Yanukovych’s “bloody regime” had he been even a tenth as ruthless.
2) A corrolary is that the results of opinion polls, which generally show drastic declines in attitudes towards Russia, while certainly real at some level, surely overstate the level of the decline. If you live in Kharkov and some unknown person phoned you and asked you for your opinions on Crimea then you’d have to be fairly brave or at least confident that you are dealing with an ethical pollster before voicing any opinion that goes against the Maidan party line.
3) As the Ukrainian economy plummets into the abyss with a helping hand from the IMF, the incidence of repressions (of which witchhunts for separatists is but a part) is ratcheting up and this process will continue further because after all they will have all been organized by Russia. After all, what possible valid reason could a pensioner with skyrocketing heating bills and devalued savings living on $50 a month have for opposing the oligarchs who rule Ukraine? And with the regime having promoted plenty of Neo-Nazis to positions of power, who’ll be happy enough to crack heads while the money continues flowing.
The fact that the regime is driven to such repressive measures is an indication that it does not enjoy firm and overwhelming support from the population. With things likely to get much worse before they get better, it is only a matter of time before the regime will have to drop what remains of its liberal democracy European values facade.
Copyright Anatoly Karlin the Unz Review, 2015
http://www.unz.com/akarlin/maidan-criminalizes-itself/
http://www.globalresearch.ca/ukraines-neo-nazi-police-state-the-maidan-retroactively-criminalizes-itself/5442413
Tagged Maidan, mobilization, police state, protests, separatists, Slavyansk
Search for 8,000 army draft evaders unleashed in Ukraine’s south-west
Posted on Strategic Culture Foundation, February 24, 2015
TASS – Authorities in Ukraine’s south-western Ivano-Frankivsk region have opened a search for about 8,000 men who are evading conscription for military service as part of the government’s yet another wave of mobilization, the Vesti news portal said on Tuesday.
Yuri Veranovsky, a deputy military commissar of the Ivano-Frankivsk regional military board told reporters the majority of those on the ‘wanted list’ were absent from the places of their official permanent residence while the mayors of rural communities refused to assist the workers of military boards in handing the call-up notifications to the designated population.
Local military commissars say many of the men, who were be drafted, had left for other countries while many others were hiding out on their private households and refusing to let anyone in.
Ukrainian legislation specifies punishment for evasion of military service. Any evader can be imprisoned for a period of up to five years.
In 2015, the Ukrainian Armed Forces hope to draft up to 200,000 conscripts as part of the fourth, fifth, and sixth waves of mobilization. Also, about 40,000 men should be drafted for regular military service.
http://www.strategic-culture.org/news/2015/02/24/search-for-8000-army-draft-evaders-unleashed-in-ukraine-south-west.html
Tagged conscription, draft, draft evaders, mobilization, wanted list
A whole village in Odessa region kicks out the military recruiters in protest of mobilization
Posted on Fort Russ
Alexander Ignatiev – Politnavigator
Translated by Kristina Rus
In the village of Kulich, Odessa region, locals rebelled against mobilization and expelled military officials from the village.
According to local residents, they learned in advance, that 240 army summons are coming to the village, and in a few minutes about 500 people gathered in the center. Six representatives from the military showed up to give out the mobilization papers, but were not met with understanding from the local population, writes the newspaper “Timer”.
In response to the statement that refusal from mobilization shall be punished by law, the people began to shout “No to war!” and “We are for peace!”, recalling that the country has not yet declared a martial law, and that the Minsk agreements have not been canceled. In this regard, the people refused to accept the summons, called the new wave of mobilization illegal and forcible, and kicked out of the military reps from their village.
People wrote an official address to the local authorities, calling mobilization illegal. They declared that they refuse to join the army, and any attempt to pick up their loved ones by force will be sabotaged by the entire village.
Update: According to social media this a Bulgarian village, please watch the video of the protest: “Let Yatsenyuk and Poroshenko fight in the first rows”
http://fortruss.blogspot.com/2015/01/a-whole-village-in-odessa-region-kicks.html
Tagged draft, Kulich, Minsk, mobilization
Adviser to Poroshenko writes about the high number of draft evaders and the resistance to the mobilization
From Ruposters.com, January 27, 2015
Presidential adviser Yuri Biryukov wrote on his Facebook page on the frustration of the fourth wave of mobilization and the number of draft dodgers in the western regions of Ukraine.
So, according to him, the head of 14 village councils, Ivano-Frankivsk region, refused to receive the notification on the agenda. 57% of reservists notified by Ivano-Frankivsk region have not arrived at the passage meditsinkoy Commission, while 37% of reservists notified by Ivano-Frankivsk region basically left the territory of Ukraine.
“The heads of village of Ternopil region pleased to openly sabotage activities on notification, in the case of in district representatives of RVC notifications – inform their residents and surrounding villages” writes Biryukov
The adviser said that the head of the village Selrady Grooms, Kozova Raion, reported on the eve the local population hired two buses and drove them to the territory of the Russian Federation.
In the small town of Mukachevo, Kolchyno district, Transcarpathian region, of 105 people notified, presented only three: 9 persons did not reside at the address register, and 93 people in January were eliminated for seasonal agriculture.
“Over the past 30 days the state border in the Chernivtsi region has crossed 17% of the total number of area reservists. From unofficial sources we know that hostels and motels in the border area of neighboring Romania completely filled with draft evaders, “- said Biryukov.
He also said that 19% of notified conscripts of Volyn region refused military service on religious grounds, although in recent years the percentage refusal under this formulation did not exceed 0.7%.
“Patriots, mlyat. Warriors of Light, mlyat. Cowardly mongrel! “- Summed up the adviser.
In Ukraine, the fourth wave continues partial mobilization. In 2015 it is planned to mobilize in the Ukrainian army 50 thousand people; if necessary – 104,000. According to the Minister of Defense of Ukraine, the mobilization is planned in two stages – 24 000 people and 26 000 people.
http://ruposters.ru/archives/11400
Tagged draft dodgers, mobilization, resistance, Romania, Yuri Biryukov
26 busloads of men leave Ukraine to avoid mobilization
Yurasumy, January 25, 2015
Translated from Russian by Kristina Rus
…On January 19, the day before the official start of the partial mobilization campaign, about a thousand men from Pereginskaya left to work abroad – in Russia. 26 buses with workers went to Krasnoyarsk.
This was announced at a meeting on the issues of mobilization that took place today in the Ivano-Frankivsk regional state administration with the participation of the military commandants of all districts of the region, representatives of power structures and social activists.
This fact was voiced by an [Maidan] activist from the town of Kalush in the address to Kalush District Commissar, which oversees Rozhnyatovsky district. The activist expressed surprise that this fact was unknown to the military Commissar. Before the Commissar said that it is impossible to locate Pereginskaya men and to subject them to mobilization.
“It’s all excuses. I know that almost everyone came back home for the Christmas holidays. And after they all leave. Therefore don’t say they are impossible to find. It’s just our stupidity,” – responded the Chairman of Regional State Administration Oleg Goncharuk.
Out of 17 400 inhabitants of Pereginskaya, among which there are about 7000 men of military age, in 23 years of independence of Ukraine only one resident of the village served in the army. This man volunteered to the war zone in the East and now defends Ukraine in one of the volunteer battalions.
The Chairman of regional state administration declared that during the following closed session of the meeting with commissars will be decided how to strengthen the district military Commissar of the Kalush area.
The second session of the meeting was held behind doors closed for journalists. Public activists headed by Roman Ostrovsky were present at the meeting. Roman Ostrovsky started an argument that the meeting should be closed to journalists. Finally, the journalists were asked to stay behind the door. http://kurs.if.ua/news/do_rosii_na_zarobitky_vyihaly_naperedodni_mobilizatsii_26_avtobusiv_cholovikiv_iz_prykarpatskogo_selyshcha_pereginsk_13247.html
This is how mobilization is going…
P. S. As written in the comments to the previous material about mobilization in Sumy, summons are delivered to the factories. Accept the summons – you can work, if not – you have to quit. People are quitting en masse (there are no idiots).
http://www.fortruss.blogspot.com/2015/01/russia-invaded-by-26-buses-of-ukrainian.html
Tagged mobilization, Pereginskaya
Poroshenko signs law on partial mobilization in Ukraine
From Sputnik News, January 19, 2015
According to Ukrainian parliamentary portal, President Poroshenko signed a partial mobilization law Monday.
IEV, January 19 (Sputnik) — Ukrainian President Petro Poroshenko has signed a law on partial mobilization in the country, Ukrainian parliament portal reported Monday.
The status of the adopted law says that the document “has been returned with the President’s signature on January 19”.
On January 15, the Ukrainian parliament approved the partial military mobilization act that requires three waves of mobilization in 2015. The act also stipulates the spring demobilization of servicemen who joined the military during 2014’s first wave of mobilization in March.
According to the Ukrainian Defense Ministry, the first mobilization wave of 2015, during which 50,000 troops are expected to be added to military ranks, is expected to begin on January 20. Overall the three-stage military mobilization would add a total of 104,000 soldiers to the country’s army.
Kiev began military operation against the self-proclaimed Donetsk and Luhansk people’s republics in April and carried out three mobilization waves in 2014.
http://sputniknews.com/europe/20150119/1017079312.html
Tagged mobilization, Poroshenko, Ukrainian Defense Ministry
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Ocean Viva Silver – Îpe
On January 20, 2020 January 20, 2020 By 429harrowroadIn Album reviewsLeave a comment
Ocean Viva Silver is the pseudonym of Valérie Vivancos, a Paris-based sound artist whose work centres around an interest in the physical properties of sound. Îpe, her new cassette for Industrial Coast, forms part of a series called Releasing The Spirit Of Object wherein a combination of electronics, found sound and musique concrète electroacoustics are used to explore a particular object. In the case or îpe, that object is a piece of wood, the intention being to identify its distinct voice within two twenty-minute compositions.
The end result is forty minutes of complex and thrilling noise, carefully curated so as not to become a sprawling, dissonant, ugly collection. On ‘Par Le Menu’, you hear blocks of reverberating sound juddering into view, forming a murky bass tone underpinning squeaks, taps, hissing, violent squalls of distorted electronics and an unpredictable universe of sonic colour. There are moments here of intense beauty, ambient pads emerging suddenly out of nowhere to give the piece a symphonic, beatific edge.
The B-side, ‘A Contrario’, dispenses with the languid pace of its counterpart and instead opts for a sense of turbulent volatility, all skittish sounds and a wild, restless, ever-changing harshness, interspersed with indecipherable vocal incantations.
Îpe by Ocean Viva Silver is released January 20 2020 by Industrial Coast.
Words: Mat Smith
(c) 2020 Further.
Robert Haigh – Black Sarabande
Everything I’ve ever written about any album, concert or piece of music is wrong.
I know this because of something that happened while I was quietly listening to ‘Arc Of Crows’ by pianist Robert Haigh, a track taken from his new album Black Sarabande, at the weekend while reorganising my loft. The experience was a poignant one in more ways than one, but not because of the crawling around on my knees sorting out boxes; that was just painful.
‘Arc Of Crows’ is an arresting, quiet, delicate piece of piano music nodding gently and reverently in the direction of Satie and it immediately stopped me in my tracks, a box of Christmas decorations in hand, and I found myself standing there for the entirety of its three minutes and forty-eight second duration, in that brief passage of time contemplating everything I have ever done, everything I have ever hoped for, the highs, the lows, the disappointments, the missed opportunities, the what-ifs, the future – the lot.
It very possibly had the profoundest effect on me that any piece of music has had or will ever have. Possibly this was owing to its sparseness, being simply Haigh’s piano accompanied by a soft, imperceptible sound in the background, somewhere between a brushed cymbal, muted traffic noise or a curtain of rain; or possibly because of its textures, its hidden depths and its delicate, resolute, outline.
Toward the end of my immersion in my thoughts, my teenage daughter arrived in the room in which the loft happens to be, and visibly and audibly recoiled at Haigh’s piece. She complained of it making her feel claustrophobic, panicked, uncomfortable and very possibly called it ‘weird’ (both of my daughters call all of the music I listen to ‘weird’, incidentally). She was still griping about it over lunch the next day. I’m at a loss to understand what it is that she heard that I didn’t, what quality it was that I found mesmerising but which she found anxiety-inducing.
Hence my conclusion that you can’t trust anything I write. Read on at your peril.
The reason Black Sarabande might have got me in a contemplative mood is possibly because it finds Haigh ruminating on his own life, specifically his childhood in the mining village of Worsbrough in South Yorkshire; his father was a miner and his early years were spent among the strange culture clash between the vestiges of the Victorian Industrial Age and the rural hills and dales through which progress had permanently left its mark.
That tension can be be found mournfully lurking in pieces like ‘Stranger On The Lake’ or ‘Ghosts Of Blacker Dyke’, not in an air of machine-driven harshness but just a sort of echo of one; little sounds drift in and out of view, sometimes melodically, sometimes as what could be a distant train clattering on its tracks, sometimes as unidentifiable noises with a brittle edge as if broken forcibly from something else, leaving only a vague impression of what was there before. Other pieces, like the genteel arpeggios of ‘Progressive Music’ are simply unadorned moments of intense wonder, like a hopeful sunrise on a frosty morning, full of promise and serenity and freighted with a welcome, disarming clarity.
Black Sarabande by Robert Haigh is released January 24 2020 by Unseen Worlds.
VEiiLA – The Nation Of One
On January 10, 2020 January 9, 2020 By 429harrowroadIn Album reviewsLeave a comment
The thing that instantly grabs you about The Nation Of One, the debut album from Saint Petersburg duo VEiiLA, is the smoke-shrouded vocal of Vif Nüte. Possessing a voice capable of delicate musing to anguished frustration, hers is a vocal infused with equal doses of rich jazz phrasing and raw bluster, often within the same track. That vocal is best showcased on the pairing of ‘Dust’ and ‘Trust’ that open The Nation Of One, or the languid Balearic shimmer of ‘ReDive’. On these pieces, her voice is matched to delicate, if restless, electronics, a natural sparseness in these accompanying structures allowing the voice to powerfully occupy the foreground with a beautifully devastating depth.
These tracks are perhaps atypical for VEiiLA, however. Their principle focus is on tracks conforming to clubbier expectations, Nüte’s voice becoming a texture within a grid of beats, pulses and the obligatory rises and falls of any descendant of house music. Here you find a a compelling tension between Nüte’s innately soulful leaning and the clinical precision of her and Bes Eiredt‘s music, with tracks like the restrained and bitter ‘Exorcism’ carrying a stridency and emotional power as the song slowly rises to a necessary release.
Elsewhere, the evolving, transcendent ‘Farewell’ might be the duo’s most complete statement, with a crisp, crunchy beat, Rhodes-esque keys and jazz piano knitting seamlessly together with a mournful and tenderly enveloping vocal. Its concluding moments unexpectedly coalesce into a clamorous, edgy stew of melodic spirals, angular bass shapes and ghostly, evocative howling.
The Nation Of One by VEiiLA is released on January 15 2020 by Womhole World.
John Chantler / Steve Noble / Seymour Wright – Atlantis
On January 9, 2020 By 429harrowroadIn Album reviewsLeave a comment
Atlantis is the second album from electronic musician John Chantler’s vibrant trio with drummer Steve Noble and alto saxophonist Seymour Wright. Their first, Front And Above, was recorded at Dalston’s Café Oto, the Ground Zero of London’s improvised music scene and the birthplace of many new and sonically challenging collaborations, including Wright’s ongoing work with Noble and his GUO unit with Daniel Blumberg. Their first album with Chantler was heavily edited to draw out a focus on its emptiest passages, whereas Atlantis’s feisty declaratory aura bespeaks a wildness that was more or less intentionally scrubbed out from Front And Above in the manner of Robert Rauschenberg’s 1953 Erased De Kooning sketch
Not that this is just some on-the-spot spontaneous date lacking any sort of overarching vision: though Atlantis was recorded and mixed in a single day (24 January 2018) at the very Stockholm studio space that ABBA once called home, it was preceded by a week of intense trio rehearsals at the Fylkingen arts space in the city and a smattering of gigs in Norway. Listening to the three pieces presented here, that time spent in each other’s company creates a sort of seamless, highly responsive intermeshing of the three musicians, threaded through which emerges a kind of restless, gripping energy and tension.
A key ingredient in pieces like the twenty-two minute ‘Class I – A Single Entrance Created From A Gap In The Bank’ is a sort of power drumming that’s often absent from improvised music, where the emphasis is more frequently on balance, texture and abstract percussive pointillism. Some of the impact here comes from the studio itself, where the space’s dynamics created a rich, natural reverb that loaned itself to a heavier form of playing. Many of the most thrilling moments arrive when Noble works himself into a cyclical frenzy, the response from Wright being a howling, guttural tone and through which Chantler weaves elastic drones and grimy extraterrestrial splinters.
Introspection also emerges elsewhere in that piece’s passage. A delicate tipping point arrives in the middle five minutes involving what sounds like tuned percussion interacting with a shimmering, enveloping blanket of lyrical synth tones and an engaging high-pitched whine like compressed air escaping gradually from Seymour Wright’s sax. When the piece inevitably builds back up toward its denouement, it is led by Chantler’s synths becoming restless and as angry as a swarm of irritated hornets, inspiring a heavyweight percussion response and angry saxophone growls.
Atlantis by John Chantler / Steve Noble / Seymour Weight is released January 16 2020 by 1703 Skivbolaget.
Several Questions & Many Answers: A Decade Of The Tapeworm
On December 31, 2019 December 31, 2019 By 429harrowroadIn Interviews
The Tapeworm logo. Designed by Edwin Pouncey / Savage Pencil.
In 2019, The Tapeworm cassette label celebrated ten years of issuing contrarian works of sound art. Starting out as a resolutely tape-only label with no accompanying downloads, The Tapeworm has since expanded to encompass music on other formats through The Wormhole and exquisitely-typeset books through The Bookworm. The label was formed in London by Philip Marshall, Touch co-founder Mike Harding and illustrator / writer / musician Edwin Pouncey (Savage Pencil).
In a rare interview, Further. spoke to Philip about the early years of The Tapeworm, how it feels to be celebrating a decade of operations, the occasion of releasing over 100 cassettes and the label’s ongoing ethos. “The Tapeworm was always structured to be a way of freeing ourselves from having to do any promotions or interviews,” he says. “You bastard! Look what you’ve done to me. I’m sitting here doing a fucking interview. I agreed to it in a moment of weakness. Damn you Smith.”
From a very young age I was obsessed by music, but I was never ever any good at it.
In my early twenties I figured out a way to be around musicians and get into clubs and gigs for free, while at the same time thinking about how I could support these people: I could do flyers. I could design things, like record sleeves. I realised that I could be involved in music through design.
I’d always been a fan of Touch, Mike Harding and Jon Wozencroft’s label. By about 2000 I’d gotten to know them through a mutual friend. They had a terrible website, and I was doing a lot of digital design at the time, so I decided that I would say to them, ‘Your website’s shit and I could do you a better website. I don’t want paying for it. I’ll just do it as a favour for the label – just give me a bunch of records for free.’ And that friendship then developed. Mike, Jon and I got on very well, and as that friendship deepened, a working relationship evolved out of it.
Fast forward eight years. I’m living in Paris, and I’m just ending a relationship. I’m a bit sore about that. I’m feeling a bit fed up and looking for something to do. Mike Harding said said, ‘Pull yourself together and get on with something. Let’s do a new project.’
Just before that an artist friend of mine in Berlin, D-L Alvarez, had invited me to take part in a group exhibition called Psychometry (The Space Between Seeing And Knowing Is Haunted). D-L asked me to do some sound work, so I did this installation called Three Questions And An Answer. It was a looped piece of tape playing in a corner of the gallery based around the theme of the exhibition. I said to Mike, ‘Why don’t we do a cassette? Why don’t we put it out?’ So we did a cassette on Mike’s label Ash International, and it sold out. I had no name as a musician, people only knew me as a graphic designer, but the thing sold out.
I thought to myself, ‘Oh, that’s a curious thing.’ Mike and I were steeped in tape culture. After all, Touch obviously came out of being a cassette magazine in the early Eighties. We both had a great love of that culture, but even so, we were amazed that people would buy, for no reason at all, a tape by an unknown name. Around the same time, we were getting frustrated by spending a vast amount of time and energy for next to no dividend in putting together releases that would be sent out to press or sent out to stockists, yet which would get no traction at all. Those releases were very much reliant on a good review in The Wire, or someone’s blog, but then for an arbitrary reason could be ignored. So we asked ourselves, ‘How can we make a structure of a business that doesn’t need promotion, that feeds itself.’ Almost like a tapeworm, you might say.
So we came up with this idea of having this thing where we could say to an artist, ‘Well, there’s no money here, but do you have something in your archive, or do you have a piece of work that is not part of your core body of work, but which something that you’ve always wanted to do?’ Choosing tape as the format created certain practicalities and gave a certain physicality to it. It dictated the duration and restricted the programming because you can’t easily shuffle through it. We were also interested in the more philosophical qualities of tape: it’s about memory, it’s about recording a memory, it’s an imprint, and then there’s the whole magnetism of it all.
I remember that we were sitting in a garden in Balham, where Touch are based. Vicki Bennett from People Like Us was there that day, and we just said, ‘Hey, do you want to do a tape?’ And she was like, ‘Yeah, yeah, yeah. I’ve got my gran, and her best mate, and they do readings of texts – why don’t we do that? What shall we read?’ And then we gave her a copy of Le Xerox Et L’Infini by Baudrillard and two weeks later she came back with a recording of these two ladies doing this blind reading of this book of French philosophy. It was one of the most standout hilarious things we’d ever heard.
At the same time we’d emailed the turntable artist Philip Jeck and he said, ‘I’ve got these recordings where I’m doing the same live set-up with a bass guitar, which I can’t really play.’ So then we had our first two releases. Savage Pencil – Edwin Pouncey – met with us the day after and we said, ‘Oh you must be involved – we’d love you to do the artwork.’ And he said, ‘What’s it called?’ And we said, ‘We don’t know.’ We came up with some really bad names – terrible, horrendous names. And Edwin said, in a very gruff, very blunt way, ‘Look, it’s called The Tapeworm.’ And there was no arguing with Edwin, so that was the name of the label. He drew the worm and said, ‘There’s your logo.’
Philip Jeck – Spool (The Tapeworm, 2009 / TTW#01)
For perhaps the first five years, we made a decision to not fess up to who was behind The Tapeworm. We wanted to be like Basic Channel: we liked the idea of being as anonymous as possible. Because if you suddenly go, ‘It’s Philip, who works with this bunch of people, and Mike Harding with his history of Touch, and Edwin Pouncey, Savage Pencil, who’s got this other history,’ it becomes a bit too fucking obvious about where it’s coming from. So we liked the idea of being a slightly weird, connected, underground thing that never revealed itself. In that way, the label became a personality rather than the people behind it. It started off with the intention of being a collective, and then I pushed my way to the front, because I was the person with the energy.
When we started The Tapeworm in 2009, cassettes were still quite an underground thing. Things have changed now. I don’t blame myself for the fact that you can buy Kylie’s Greatest Hits on cassette today – that’s probably a fucking brilliant release, but you don’t need it on cassette, do you? There’s no need for that. It’s kitsch. We always wanted to be a label that was investigating a format and being honest about the format, and its limitations, and its strengths, and its beauty. The initial call-out we gave to artists was all about making people consider the format. Nowadays cassettes have become a kind of thoughtless marketing tool
We’ve never allowed the releases to be released digitally at the same time. We’ve just done this Jay Glass Dubs tape, Two Devotional Songs For Spacemen 3 In The Style Of Love Inc., and I’ve literally had eighteen emails in the last two days from people who bought the tape asking ‘Where’s the download?’ We’ve always made it clear to the artists that they will retain the copyright of the audio, and if they want to release the audio digitally, afterwards, that’s brilliant: that’s their choice, but we’d prefer them not to because this is about an investigation of the format and the sound of the format and what the format means. We’ve always wanted people to be more precious. We wanted to create this idea of an intimate art object that sells for a fiver, and which is only available for a short run. But it’s also affordable and accessible to anyone, as long as you’ve got a tape player. And if you haven’t got a tape player, why the fuck are you buying a tape? It fucking annoys me. The only reason to buy things in a certain format is because you want to interact with the format. Maybe I’m old fashioned in that regard. I think people just expect to offer a download with your tapes these days. Fuck that shit. I can’t be bothered with that.
It’s strange to be celebrating ten years of The Tapeworm. It’s funny – we thought, collectively, that it wouldn’t work as an idea at the very beginning. And then, to make that worse, I had the idea that I wanted to release a stupid amount of things constantly, and so I think in the first year we put out something like twenty releases. That’s stupid, but then they all sold out and they all did quite well. We started off being really awkward about insisting on the cassette format, I think. After the first ten or fifteen releases, it seemed a bit silly to be less awkward. The series was working, so I think we just decided to just keep on being awkward.
Despite having a very distinct manifesto at the beginning, but we never had any forward-looking plans. Over the decade, things have shifted a bit. Opportunities would arise where we’d go, ‘Oh, you know, this doesn’t quite fit into this tight remit, but now we’ve got this history and body of work we can go different places with it.’
But that brings us to an interesting juncture, because we now release things on other formats through The Wormhole. We were doing The Tapeworm, and so we had to release everything on tape. Mike Harding had done a recording as Souls On Board for our seventh cassette and that featured Bruce Gilbert and Daniel Menche. Mike’s tape was brilliant. At our first live London gig at Café Oto in November 2009, Mike performed as Souls On Board, and Edwin and Sharon Gal performed as Melatot – Melatot was our eighth tape. We got the recordings back from the gig, and they were brilliant. Mike said, ‘We’ve got to release these.’ And I said, ‘It’s a tape!’ And he said, ‘No.’ At the time we had this principle that we would only ever release artists once. So we had this principle that we’d never return to an artist, like, ‘Okay you’ve done your tape, fuck off and never come back.’
So Café Oto had recorded our debut gig. We had these two brilliant recordings, and Mike said, ‘Well, we need to release this.’ And I said, ‘Tape.’ And he said, ‘No, we can’t do this on tape, I’m going to do a vinyl.’ So he released a vinyl on Ash International. At that time, I’d said, we could do a sub-label, for Tapeworm things that doesn’t fit onto tape, and we could call it The Wormhole. And he said, ‘No, we can’t do that – it’s far too complicated.’
Then a few months later we’d done this tape with Leslie Winer, & That Dead Horse, and Leslie turned to us and said, ‘Would you like to release this record of mine?’ It was her and Christophe Van Huffel under the name Purity Supreme. And I said to Mike, ‘Wormhole!’ And he said, ‘No. We can’t do that, there’s not enough time, I’m going to put it out on Ash.’ So those two records – the Souls On Board / Melatot performance from 2009 and the Purity Supreme 12-inch from 2011 – should have been the first records released on Wormhole, in my opinion. They were literally down the wormhole. In maybe every sense, every Wormhole release shouldn’t exist.
Then we decided to put out books. The Bookworm happened because a very dear friend of ours, Leif Elggren – one of the Kings of Elgaland-Vargaland – sent us a copy of one of the books he’d done, and I was like, ‘Oh we should do a book.’ ‘What shall we call it?’ ‘Let’s call it The Bookworm’. ‘What shall we do?’ And so then another mutual acquaintance of ours, Ken Hollings, formerly of Biting Tongues and a broadcaster on BBCs Three and Four, had written an essay, and so we brought out a book of the first 25 illustrations of The Tapeworm releases and Ken’s essay, Parasitic Infestation.
Again, it was quite a nice object and we really liked what it was, so we thought we’d do some more of those. It’s like, once you’ve done one you can’t just have one, can you? I mean, that’s just crap. You need to do a couple more, so we did a couple more, and they’ve sold as well. The third book was by Stefan Goldmann, Presets – Digital Shortcuts To Sound. It’s an epic book on presets. Right now we have this book out by Savage Pencil and Barbara Frost, which is amazing, a real bodice-ripping page-turner.
SavFrost – Cuckoo Head Cool Dog (The Bookworm, 2019 / TBW#04)
Once you’ve done one thing, you can just go, ‘Oh, that’s it.’ So once you’ve done one record, one Wormhole, you’ve got to do more, once you’ve done a hundred tapes you’ve got to do a hundred more. And then you’ve got to move on to other things. At the moment, I’m almost breaking the original idea of The Tapeworm, but it’s almost like we have to contradict ourselves eternally. I’m considering doing a label called Digital Archives Of Tapeworm, or DAT, which is going to be an archive of Tapeworms digitally, just to shut people up more than anything else. Once you’ve done one thing you might as well do them all. I gave myself rules and now I’m going to break them. I don’t like rules.
Having reached 100 releases on The Tapeworm this year, Mike, Edwin and I talked about starting again in exactly the same order, but we didn’t do that because it seemed too much like hard work. In any case, we realised that we couldn’t, because some people had died, and it would have got quite a bit complicated. But conceptually, it was a very interesting idea, and that’s what matters: having the idea was good, doing it didn’t matter so much.
Interview: Mat Smith at Fork, Bloomsbury, November 12 2019.
A Mortality Tables project.
Visit The Tapeworm at www.tapeworm.org.uk
The Bassturd feat. The Fantastic Plastics – What Even Is A Christmas Anyway?
On December 30, 2019 By 429harrowroadIn Single reviewsLeave a comment
When is it appropriate to stop listening to Christmas songs in the twilight period between December 25 and New Year? In our house, it’s only about now that we start going back to our old playlists, still slipping in the odd cheeky spin of a few festive Christmas classics if it feels like the seasonal spirit might be in danger of slipping away from us.
This is a long way of justifying why I’m only just getting around to writing about ‘What Even Is A Christmas Anyway?’, a collaboration between The Fantastic Plastics and The Bassturd which forms part of the latter’s dizzyingly ambitious project 2019: The Year Of The Turd, which saw the secretive and industrious musician releasing a new track every single day in 2019. This track was number 337. Details on the full project can be reached through the Bandcamp stream below.
I didn’t do a rundown of my favourite albums of 2019, but if I had, The Fantastic Plastic’s sublime Malfunction from October would have been right up there near the top. I’ve followed this band since they first got in touch with me hawking their debut album Devolver in 2015 and their mix of high-energy pop, jagged guitars, retro synths and punky vocals has been a staple part of my listening diet ever since. As for The Bassturd, according to the bio, “The Bassturd was born, and now occasionally plays music. He does not care for deep house or cucumbers. Influences include alcohol, cigarettes, psilocybin and cats.” So there you go: not one for cucumber fans.
‘What Even Is A Christmas Anyway?’ consists of brilliant, effortlessly evocative one-note synth melodies, obligatory jingle bells, an unexpected banjo conclusion and a chunky beat, all infused with a certain lo-fi charm. Topping that is the kind of infectious, wry and adept observational lyrics that Tyson and Miranda from The Fantastic Plastics have made their own, the lyrics covering everything from the disappointment at never getting kissed under the mistletoe to the perpetually-overheard statement that people seem to start putting their decorations up ever earlier with each passing year. At its heart, the song is a deft commentary on the over-commercialism of the modern Christmas, dressed, as The Fantastic Plastics know best, as a smart electronic pop song.
Listen to ‘What Even Is A Christmas Anyway?’ at Bandcamp below.
2019: From The Side Of The Desk
On December 21, 2019 December 21, 2019 By 429harrowroadIn Album reviewsLeave a comment
My desk at home is a mess, as Mrs S continually points out to me.
It is a place for incoming mail to accumulate, a home for broken bits of things that need to be repaired, seven-inch singles that were taken out of their alphabetised boxes and which never quite found their way back, research materials for projects I may or may not ever finish, an in-tray containing goodness-knows-what and somewhere, somewhere, somewhere, a miniature Zen garden; I imagine that if the bird statue could come to life it would be shaking its head in dismay at the very un-Zen chaos that surrounds it.
On the left hand side of the desk is a pile of CD promos graciously sent to me over the course of the year which never quite got reviewed. This troubles me endlessly. And so, in an effort to repay that generosity and goodwill, and so I can show Mrs S that I’ve cleared at least some of the detritus off my desk, here’s a clutch of short reviews of some of the albums I never quite got around to in 2019.
“A good many back payments are included,” said Ebenezer Scrooge as he whispered his donation to the same charity collectors he had dismissed several pages before in A Christmas Carol, and so this is for all the labels and PRs and artists who graciously shared their music with me this year but which I then seemed to uncharitably ignore.
I’ll keep the desk – both physical and digital – clearer in 2020; I promise.
Jazzrausch Bigband – Dancing Wittgenstein (ACT)
In which the Roman Sladek and Leonhard Kuhn-led forty-piece big band’s 2018 self-released album gets a shiny reissue by the ACT imprint. The album found the band showcasing their distinctive flavour of acoustic jazz augmented by techno beats and authentic synth flourishes, with lyrics derived directly from the work of Austrian philosopher Ludwig Wittgenstein. It’s bonkers, but it works – honest.
The album’s finest moments arrive on the eponymous opening ten-minute piece – replete with cycles of Terry Riley motifs – and the hypnotic house pianos of ‘Continuous Dirichlet’, the latter forcing headache-inducing Googling of incomprehensible statistical theory.
Lumen Drones – Umbra (Hubro)
Umbra is the second album from Norway’s Lumen Drones, a trio of esteemed fiddle maestro Nils Økland, guitarist Per Steinar Lie, and drummer Ørjan Haaland. Lie and Haaland’s day jobs in the post-rockers The Low Frequency In Stereo provides the weighty folk-blues bedrock of the standout ‘Droneslag’, whereupon Økland’s Hardanger fiddle provides a noisy, discordant tension.
In complete contrast, the trio’s seamless interplay on ‘Etnir’ produces the album’s most serene and dreamlike piece, full of beguiling wonder and ethereal, mystical texture. Umbra was released on the inestimable Hubro label, the first of three releases in this list that I failed to review this year.
Elephant9 – Psychedelic Backfire I & II (Rune Grammofon)
Norway jazz-rock supergroup Elephant9’s double live collection was recorded at Oslo’s Kampen Bistro in January 2019 and finds the trio of Ståle Storløkken (Hammond, Rhodes, Minimoog, Mellotron), Nicolai Hængsle (bass) and Torstein Lofthus (drums) ripping through white-hot takes of tracks from their five studio albums.
The first set features energetic re-treads of their debut album’s title track ‘Dodovoodoo’, which here seems to traverse the paper-thin frontier between Can at their most freeform Chick Corea’s Return To Forever at their most lysergic. Two versions of the evolving groove of ‘Habanera Rocket’ – one on the first set as a trio performance and one on the second augmented by Reine Fiske’s additional guitar – riff on the track’s central rhythmic shuffle, the latter featuring Fiske’s guitar prowling feistily around Storløkken’s dexterous keyboard work in a truly breathtaking duel.
Afenginn – Klingra (Tutl Records)
The work of Danish composer Kim Rafael Nyberg, Afenginn offers a distinctive take on modern classical composition that draws parallels with the work of Yann Tiersen. Tiersen’s vocal collaborator Ólavur Jákupsson can be heard across the eight pieces included here, as can The Danish String Quartet, percussionist Knut Finsrud, bassist Mikael Blak, drummer Ulrik Brohuus, the twin pianos of Teitur and Dánjal á Neystab and the mournful violin of Niels Skovmand.
To call this body of work haunting would be an understatement, with the gentle melodic washes, electronic textures and layered jazz percussion of ‘Ivin’ and the growling analogue synth-heavy coda on the towering ‘Skapanin’ having a particular resonance.
Jo Berger Myhre / Ólafur Björn Ólafsson – Lanzarote (Hubro)
Lanzarote is the second outing on Hubro for Norwegian bassist Jo Merger Myhre and keyboard / percussion guru and Jóhann Jóhannsson collaborator Ólafur Björn Ólafsson, and follows 2017’s The Third Script.
Their new album finds their simpatico approach to texture and sound augmented by resonant brass contributions from Ingi Garðar Garðarsson and Eiríkur Orri Ólafsson. The slow-build and ultimately noisy layered crescendo of ‘Atomised – All We’ve Got’, features buzzing electronics, urgent drumming and anguished horns, the whole thing sounding a lot like the end of days before collapsing into a passage of muted reflection. The tuned drums of the quiet ‘Current’ evokes comparisons with Manu Delago, its percussive core offset by Myhre’s searing double bass melodies and gentle spirals of delicate, inchoate Moog.
Armin Lorenz Gerold – Scaffold Eyes (The Wormhole)
Armin Lorenz Gerold is a an Austrian multimedia artist who also performs under the name wirefoxterrier. Currently based in Berlin, Gerold’s primary focus of late has been on altering perceptions of the radio play, with Scaffold Eyes taking the form of a live performance for Gerold’s voice augmented by pre-recorded sounds delivered through a binaural speaker installation.
Originally performed at Berlin’s KW Institute in November 2017, the CD release on The Wormhole presents Gerold’s rich narrative as a noir soundworld, featuring occasional forays into café jazz, harpsichord classicism and delicate sections of pianissimo texture. Gerold’s soft diaristic delivery is accompanied by additional segments performed by Doireann O’Malley and Miriam Stoney, each word imbued with a strange, haunting resonance, even when describing quotidian events and observations. The effect is not dissimilar to the strange, unresolved ambience of Patrick Modiano’s Missing Person, and it’s hard not to imagine Gerold’s work resplendent in murky monochrome, lit by the diffuseness of ineffective street lighting.
Frode Haltli – Border Woods (Hubro)
Frode Haltli is an accordionist and no stranger to the Hubro imprint. For Border Woods, he is joined by the esoteric percussion of Håkon Stene and Eirik Raude, and his distinctive accordion playing is interwoven with Emilia Amper’s nyckelharpa (a Swedish keyed fiddle).
On tracks like the concluding ‘Quietly The Language Dies’, the quartet’s unified sound centres on a seamless interplay between the accordion and nyckelharp, veering from stirring (if mournful) melodic alignment to powerfully discordant drones. Beneath them, Stene and Raude’s percussion is ephemeral and textural, a gentle foundation of tuned drums providing an unexpected counterweight. At the other extreme, the fifteen minute ‘Mostamägg Polska’ channels a particularly vivid flavour of traditional Nordic folk music, interspersed with moments of beatific ambience.
With thanks (and apologies) to Ian, Jim and Philip.
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dietdnadna analysis
Sorry, DNA-Based Diets Don’t Work
Your genes don't hold the answers to all your problems.
by Brad Jones / February 21 2018
Diets have always gone through fads. The grapefruit diet, Atkins, paleo, Whole30 — like a many-headed weight-loss hydra, just as soon as one falls out of favor, another rises in its place.
The weight-loss technique du jour: DNA-based diets. Companies such as DNAFit and Helix suggest consumers pay about $100 and a simple cheek swab; the resulting genomic analysis will purportedly show them what kind of diet will keep their bodies in peak health. Maybe a low-fat diet would work best to help you slim down — or maybe it’s a low-carb diet. These companies claim (with some scientific support) that individuals’ genomic code can hold information about a person’s propensity to obesity – and that the diets they suggest would counteract that.
But a recent study shows these DNA-based diets may be just another fad.
In the study, published recently in the Journal of the American Medical Association, researchers put 609 overweight adults on one of two diets: a low-fat diet, or a low-carb diet. Both groups successfully implemented their new eating habits, and both lost weight over the course of the year. Using DNA tests, and by assessing a number of other biological factors, the researchers hypothesized whether a low-carb or low-fat diet should work for each person.
People in both groups did lose weight over the course of a year: an average of 11.7 pounds for the low-fat group, and 13.2 for the low-carb set. But the difference between how much weight people lost on average was so small that researchers don’t consider it to be statistically significant. And when they compared participants’ genetic analysis across groups, they found no correlation. That is, people seemed to respond about the same to the weight loss regimen, no matter what their genetics might indicate.
Someday, this could all change — DNA has the potential to help us figure out the best things to eat. DNA analysis yields pretty much the same results each time, but it’s the interpretation that varies because the results are probabilistic. A certain genetic variant might mean someone is more likely to display a particular trait, but it gets complicated when you start to take other genetic variants into account that might turn others “off” or “on.”
When you start to think about the effect of the environment on these genes, the picture starts to get way more complicated. It’s all a matter of drawing conclusions from the data that’s available. For now, scientists haven’t been able to untangle all those factors. That will likely change as they get a better sense of the inner-workings of the genome.
Yes, these diets could someday be much more prescriptive and individualized. But that day is not today. At least for now, these diets are pretty useless.
Here’s some good diet advice: eat more fruits and vegetables. That’s one tidbit that will never go out of style.
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George's War Letters
GWL 23rd August 1917
GWL 31st August 1917
GWL 5th September 1917
GWL 25th December 1914
December 25, 2014 richardpower7 Leave a comment
“A Merry Christmas and Happy New Year to you all at C.G.. We are still quite comfortable and dry. I wrote to Mother to-day and asked her to show you the letter. We gat a present from Princess Mary [see below]. I am sending you the card. All the men got a card from the King and Queen, but the officers did not. I am rather disappointed. Last night it froze a bit and has dried the ground a bit. The C. Company Mess is a very happy affair indeed. The Christmas dinner consisted of beef and rum; very good! So far no mails and baccy was getting a bit short. Luckily Princess Mary’s baccy turned up…….This really is a most interesting old town. There are one or two very old houses and a couple of quite nice churches. One very small one and only about the height of a two-storied house with an enormous spire.
It is getting rather late and I must go to the house of the maker of paints. Had a bath to-day – wonderful the amount of dirt that came off – the first since leaving England. Mrs Land-lodgings doesn’t understand baths. It is as much as she can do to empty the slops. Dad’s cigars were lovely; alas, they are nearly finished. We have come to the conclusion that the best way to pay for our groceries is for the others to pay me. I shall be kept in petty cash and will not have to draw on paymaster. If I get too much I can send you home some. Always have the bill sent with the goods.”
(extract from letter1 to Ashburn Place). “…..From the row there must have been a pretty big show last night. I am second-in-command of C.Company now, having given up the M.G. section. A German aeroplane came over last night, but was bagged further north of us with twoGermans inside.”
Clearly no sign of a Christmas truce in this sector. The “show” was probably the ongoing defence of Givenchy.
The present from Princess Mary was a baccy tin which remains in the family and is pictured below.
{next post 29th December}
Christmas present from Princess Mary
GWL 22nd December 1914
“This,be it understood, is a Christmas letter. We wish you all a Merry Christmas. D. Burges and I are, this night, at a railway goods station rather cold and dinnerless and the prospect of being up all night for no reason at all. We had a very tedious journey in the train, also rather cold, but by filling the carriage up with hay we managed to make it very comfortable in the end. We stopped for a short time at a certain place you and I know. It was the terminus of a very pleasant trip we had just before we were engaged, when your Aunt Alys was so amusing. When this row ends we will go back and have tiffin at the same cafe. Now we are in billets in another town. The men are in barracks but the officers are in the town. I am billeted on a maker of paints; my arrival was rather comic. Knowing how much French I can speak you can imagine the scene, I expect. The landlady is very small and rather plain, wife of maker of paints. We had a long discussion as to whether she could give me some space to cook or not. It was eventually decided she could not, so we proceeded upstairs to view the chamber. Quite a nice looking room in which a charming-looking maiden, in an extraordinary dress, was making the bed. The room was evidently hers’s& she was very fed up at having to turn out, and when I could not understand a remark of the land-lady she repeated it at the top of her voice. I expect she will trot back again tonight as I am on this outpost job. Funny world. I took an hour to shave this morning not having to do so since we left England. I have come to the conclusion that a diary is beyond me, because (i) in this division we are not allowed to refer to places in a private diary until the event is a week old, therefore (ii)I should get horribly out of date and become inaccurate. I think that supplementing letters is just as good in the end. Please send me a refill for my oriflux lamp on receipt of this – The lamp is most useful…..”
It is likely that the billet was in Aire. An oriflux lamp was an early electric torch/signalling lamp.
“We are all tucked away in a large shed at a certain place in the pleasant land of France and expect to move up by rail soon. We got dry by degrees on board and were quite comfortable although rough and rather cold for n hour or so. To-day is lovely. Burges and I are drinking Bock in a small brasserie. Two very amusing local soldiers are playing dominoes opposite. I think you had better pass my letters on to Mother and the people at Ashburn Place; I will write to them as often as I can but I don’t imagine we shall get very much chance until we have settled down thoroughly….”
At this stage the Battalion were billeted in Aire in Northern France just back from the Belgian border. On the 20th a number of officers moved up to visit the 1st battalion (involved in the defence of Givenchy) to get their first insight into trench warfare and it is likely that George was one of these.
The First World War Letters of George Power OBE
December 17, 2014 richardpower7 2 Comments
Welcome to the centenary “blog” based on the letters of EGH (George) Power written home through-out the First World War to his wife Marion. The Gloucestershire Regiment in the War 1914-1918 by Everard Wyrall (www.naval-military-press.com) is also a significant source along with other histories of the Great War.
George was the eldest son of Edward John Power of Etchingham in East Sussex. He was born in Putney on 23rd July 1887. He had four brothers and a sister and was educated at Rugby School. After leaving school he went to RMA Sandhurst. Although there was a family business importing grain from North America. There was also a tradition of service in the Armed Forces. George was a good shot,a skilled horseman, and he enjoyed playing polo.
At Rugby he became friends with Ion Benn whose father was a successful businessman and politician (MP for Greenwich). In the summer holidays George visited the Benn’s on their yacht.
George and Ion on Ion’s father’s yacht
During this time George met Ion’s sister Marion. Love blossomed and George and Marion were married on April 5th 1913.
EGH (George) Power in 1912
Having passed out from Sandhurst, George was commissioned into the 2nd Batallion the Gloucestershire Regiment.
2nd Lt EGH Power
Cap badge of the Gloucestershire Regiment
In the lead up to the outbreak of war the batallion was stationed in Tientsin in China as part of a multinational force including German forces. By all accounts relationships between the two nationalities were cordial as the picture of the Kaiser’s Birthday Parade indicate.
The multinational force also included Russians and combined exercises took place.
Multi national field day, China 1914
At the outbreak of war the national forces went their separate ways. In September the Battalion along with families returned to England via India on the P&O Arcadia. As a footnote they were accompanied by the mount of Capt Vicary (who features later in George’s letters). “The Sikh”, survived the entire war and died peacefully of old age at Lt Col Vicary’s home in Devon – a true War Horse! Vicary also acquired the Battalion canine mascot “Buller”, by all accounts a powerful bull terrier, who also survived the entire war and joined Vicary and The Sikh in Devon.
The Battalion arrived in Southampton on November 8th 1914 and then moved to Winchester for kitting out and training. On December 18th the Battalion left for France and on arrival on French shores moved to Aire back from the front line. George’s first letter home is on December 20th. Each letter will be posted in “real time” with a brief background. The last letter is posted on 2nd July 1919 which is when the Battalion finally arrived back in England.
The First World War seen through the letters of George Power
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GameSalad in the News: GameSalad Featured in Mobile Development Textbook
Announcements, Education
A new textbook, written by Kimberly Unger and Jeannie Novak, has been introduced to aid developers in the mobile game development.
is the first entry in a series solely focused on mobile gaming. The book features instruction on popular tools, production tips, game art, design, and programming. The textbook also covers multiple platforms including iOS, Android, Windows Phone, Java ME, and Blackberry formats. Successful mobile development companies are featured including GameSalad, Headcase Games, Appy Entertainment, ZeniMax, Spacetime Studios, 2K Games, and Digital Chocolate.
“With mobile games, you can try anything, experiment with a new type of gameplay, kick the tires on an unusual type of storytelling or test out an all-new gameplay mechanic,” says Kimberly Unger, co-author and CEO of indie mobile studio Bushi-go.
“We wanted Mobile Game Development to give students the kind of solid foundation they need to launch a career in an industry that is evolving and innovating on a weekly basis.”
The textbook is available for purchase on Amazon.
Source: Pocket Gamer
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Home Drones
The AirSelfie2 Is The Most Interesting Take on Photography I’ve Ever Tried
In its second generation, the AirSelfie2 has improved on a lot of the things people wanted from the first unit we saw displayed at the Consumer Electronics Show, but one thing is worth asking: Do you need it, and why?
The AEE MACH 1 Drone Is Flying Fun for Everyone
Drones are awesome. They look cool, often take impressive photos and videos and are just fun to fly. Sadly, my drone experience has put me on track to get a doctorate in “drone crashing.” Seriously, when it comes to flying a drone, I suck. Then I got to review the AEE MACH 1. It’s as easy as it is awesome.
Lume Cube Is the Best New Lighting Accessory for Cameras
I get home from work and there is a box on the front porch and inside the box is a little cube. The Lume Cube. What is the Lume Cube you ask? Honestly, I would almost call it the greatest little accessory for modern photography and videography.
DJI is the top drone maker for many reasons. One is the software and infrastructure they built for previous drones make each new one want to watch. It’s for their dedication to this market is the reason why I bought the Mavic Pro over anything else. There is no contest. DJI is the best.
The Holy Stone F181 Quadcopter: An Entry Level Drone That Punches Above Its Weight
In the last decade, drones have gone from the stuff of dystopian sci-fi to an integral piece of technology. Drones are changing agriculture, disaster relief, home delivery, filmmaking, and more. And they’re also extremely popular with hobbyists.
The Parrot Bebop 2 FPV Kit: Fun to Fly, and a Price You Can Afford
I’ve piloted a number of drones in my day, and I have to say that the Parrot Bebop 2 FPV surprised me. Equipped with a 1080P video camera that can take 14-megapixel stills, a capable remote controller, and first-person-view glasses, the Bebop 2 FPV competes with the big boys when it comes to specs, footage, and fun.
Parrot Makes Fathers Day Gift Giving Simple and Fun
Are you looking for a last minute Fathers Day gift? Look no further than Parrot, as they have everything a tech-loving dad could want. Drones from toy, to consumer, to prosumer levels, headphones, and connected gardening solutions, Parrot has something for everyone. Check out the list below for our suggestions, but be sure to check out Parrot’s website for more.
The DJI Spark Drone Is the Smallest, Cheapest Drone for New Pilots
Drones are sweeping the world. Today, they’re being used in so many different industries and for so many different purposes that they are becoming a staple tool. They’re being used in construction for development, surveying and more. They’re being used in retail and online sales for warehouse maintenance and shipping.
The Yuneec Breeze Is a Fantastic Budget Drone for Beginners
The Yuneec Breeze is an interesting entry-level drone, as it’s equipped with a 4K camera, is controlled with your mobile phone, weighs just under one pound, and is extremely portable. It can be flown right out of the box with very little training required, so it’s perfect for beginner pilots. The Yuneec Breeze will set you back around $399.
CE Week WrapUp Interviews: Smarthomes, Robots, Editor Projections!
If you didn’t make it to CE Week last week, then you missed a great series of panels, including mine on Robots, Printers, and Games that featured Davin Sufer, CTO of WowWee; Kilian Saekel, Founder of A-Champs; and Max Bouge, Co-Founder and CEO of Wobbleworks — best panel ever!
The DJI Phantom 3 Advanced from Drone World Flies High Above the Competition
Plain and simple, the DJI Phantom 3 Advanced is the most fun I’ve ever had piloting a drone. Its simple controls and fantastic stability can make even a novice drone pilot like myself feel invincible. Paired with the multi-functional DJI Go app, the Phantom 3 Advanced is out of this world. Get yours now for $799 from Drone World.
Yuneec’s Typhoon H Drone with 4K Video is Available for Preorder Right Now!
Yuneec Aviation, makers of the picture perfect Typhoon Q500 4K, have announced the pricing and preorder of their newest drone, the Typhoon H. Available for preorder today, the Typhoon H is ready to fly right out of the box and features 4K video, ultrasonic collision avoidance, retractable landing gear, and more. The Typhoon H is competitively priced at $1,299.99!
Skeye Nano Drone with Camera Review
Quad copters were all the rage last Christmas. I’ve been wanting one, but I wasn’t willing to drop the cash on a DJI Phantom until I flew something else first. That’s why I jumped at a chance to check out the Skeye Nano Drone with Camera from TRNDlabs, which happens to be the hardest thing I have ever flown.
The SKEYE Hexa Drone is a Hex of a Good Time!
The SKEYE Hexa Drone is the latest flying gadget from our friends at TRNDlabs. Forgoing the typical four-propeller design, the Hexa Drone has a six-propeller array that’s completely ready to go straight out of the box. The additional two propellers give the drone more stability in the air. The SKEYE Hexa Drone comes ready to fly for $59!
Parrot Disco Ultra-Light Fixed-Wing Drone Announced at CES, Taking Flight in 2016
Parrot, French purveyor of drones, mini-drones, and car speakerphones, unveiled their Parrot Disco prototype at CES today. It’s an ultra-light airplane-shaped drone with fixed wings on the side, a 1080p camera on the nose, and a propeller in the rear. Its wings are detachable for easy travel and to start flying, the pilot simply tosses it into the air. The Disco can be controlled using Parrot’s Skycontroller, connected via extended…
Deals, Gift Guides
TRNDlabs Is Offering 20% off Everything Black Friday through Cyber Monday!
TRNDlabs, the guys who brought you the SYEYE Mini Drone and other cool gadgets, are having a 20% off sale site-wide in celebration of Black Friday! You can finally pick up that limited edition black SYEYE Nano Drone, or even the new SKEYE Hexa Drone, which Gear Diary will be reviewing shortly. Be sure to shop TRNDlabs Friday though Monday!
Yuneec Typhoon Q500 4K Quadcopter Is an Aerial Photographer’s Dream Come True!
Yuneec Electric Aviation has set its sights on the aerial photography market with it’s new Typhoon Q500 4K quadcopter. The Typhoon sports a Ground Station with integrated Android-powered touchscreen, and 3-axis gimbal camera capturing 4K/30fps ultra high-definition or 1080p/120fps slow motion video with a no-distortion lens. The Typhoon starts at $1,199.99 with a standard case and one battery pack.
Take off with a Parrot Minidrone! #ad
This post brought to you by Parrot. The content and opinions expressed below are that of Gear Diary. I recently had the chance to check out one of the new Parrot MiniDrones. There thirteen “ultra-technological connected robots” in the Parrot MiniDrone lineup and each has something special to offer.
PowerUp Toys Unveils PowerUp FPV Paper Airplane Drone with Live Video Streaming
Have you ever wanted to control a paper airplane in flight? How about watching a first-person view live stream of the flight as if you were in the cockpit? PowerUp Toys has realized this dream in their new camera-equipped Paper Airplane Drone, called the PowerUp FPV. PowerUp FPV will be launching on Kickstarter this November for a Summer 2016 release!
The SKEYE Mini Drone by TRNDlabs is 4 Times the Excitement!
TRNDlabs has a winner on it’s hands with its new SKEYE Mini Drone. This quad-motored drone is simple to use and can be flown by a beginner in less than 5 minutes. It’s got an onboard 2MP 720p camera and comes with a microSD card for capturing your flight. It sells for $99 and you’ll be flying in no time!
TRNDlabs Announces the SKEYE Mini Drone with HD Camera
TRNDlabs has announced it’s new SKEYE Mini Drone with HD Camera is now on sale! It’s a nicely designed mini drone with built-in LED lights for night flying. It packs a 2 megapixel HD camera to capture in-flight video and the driver can easily perform trick maneuvers like flips. The SKEYE Mini Drone is on-sale now for $99.
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BayHawks Launch New Community Program, Project: HOPE
Official Release | November 15, 2018
ERIE, PA – The Erie BayHawks, NBA G League affiliate of the Atlanta Hawks Basketball Club, announced today a new community program called Project: HOPE, which stands for “Helping Create Opportunities and Possibilities for Erie’s youth.” The program is aimed at helping create more opportunities for Erie’s minority youth in the areas of education, careers and overall quality of life.
Project: HOPE will include a series of events throughout the BayHawks season that will encourage select youth to realize their potential for success now and into the future.
“Our goal is that kids participating in Project: HOPE know that they can achieve whatever it is they aspire to, and there are people and organizations willing to help them along the way,” said BayHawks Team President Matt Bresee.
BayHawks staff, along with several community members, formed an advisory council to help shape the program’s goals and identify how the program can make a positive impact in the community. The advisory council will select as many as 100 seventh grade students within the inner city to participate during the first year.
Project: HOPE events planned for this season include a meet and greet with program participants meeting various community leaders and business people at a BayHawks game, job shadows and workplace visits, college visits, participation in the BayHawks MLK Celebration game on January 19, and an opportunity for participants to play basketball at Erie Insurance Arena and meet BayHawks players and coaches. The team plans to make Project: HOPE an annual program.
The BayHawks will be back in action Friday night at Erie Insurance Arena as the Westchester Knicks come to town. Tickets can be purchased online at eriebayhawks.com or at the Erie Insurance Arena box office.
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MLS Power Rankings: LAFC remain top, but Wondo is the king
245dJason Davis
Man United's stalled Fernandes deal exposes naivety over transfers
58mMark Ogden
Barlow the hero for 10-man Red Bulls (1:20)
Tom Barlow's first MLS goal was also the winner for the New York Red Bulls, as they overcame Atlanta United despite being a man down for much of the game. (1:20)
Jason DavisU.S. soccer writer
We may never see another player like Chris Wondolowski. Not only is Wondolowski a unique blend of talent, perseverance, humility and guile, he followed a path to an all-time goal-scoring record in Major League Soccer that is practically gone in 2019.
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As teams rush to develop players at younger and younger ages, the possibility of a late bloomer in the Wondolowski mold getting a chance to work on his game for multiple years before finally earning a shot to play and grow into an all-time great is almost difficult to imagine.
On the occasion of Wondolowski's record-breaking performance, it's worth repeating that the San Jose player is one of a kind.
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1. LAFC (9 wins, 4 draws, 1 loss)
Previous ranking: 1
Next MLS match: Friday, May 24, 10:30 p.m. ET vs. Montreal, ESPN+
It's the old Thursday-Sunday-Friday run for LAFC, who maintain their "best in MLS" status after the Thursday and Saturday legs and four points earned against FC Dallas. Bob Bradley's team was just a little off in front of goal over the two games, but that's admittedly a quibble.
2. Seattle Sounders (7-5-1)
Next MLS match: Sunday, May 26, 6 p.m. ET at Sporting Kansas City
Wednesday was about winning. Saturday was about not losing. That's the reality for a team crossing the country on short rest to face a quality opponent coming off a week's preparation, so credit Brian Schmetzer and the 63 different players (roughly) he used between the two games.
3. Houston Dynamo (7-2-2)
Next MLS match: Saturday, May 25, 8 p.m. ET at Minnesota, ESPN+
Good soccer team the Houston Dynamo got a game-winner from Tommy McNamara -- his first goal in two years -- on Saturday to close out a four-point week. Whether good soccer team will be without star attacker Alberth Elis for any length of time, after the Honduran left the D.C. United match early, is a concern.
4. Philadelphia Union (7-3-3)
Next MLS match: Saturday, May 25, 7:30 p.m. ET vs. Portland, ESPN+
The harsh take is that a true contender should be able to handle a weakened version of a good team at home. The kinder take is that Philly was the better team against Seattle and can take confidence from a goalless draw. Good thing Philly sports fans are known for being reasonable.
5. D.C. United (7-3-4)
Next MLS match: Saturday, May 25, 7:30 p.m. ET at New England, ESPN+
United somehow managed to survive a Canadian barrage on Wednesday and get a point in Toronto, then collapsed in two minutes on the way to a frustrating loss in Houston on Saturday. It was a "that's so MLS" type of week, with D.C.'s young, rotated team getting the tough result and the first choice side dropping the game in Texas.
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6. LA Galaxy (7-1-5)
Next MLS match: Friday, May 24, 7 p.m. ET at Orlando
No Zlatan Ibrahimovic, no goals and a loss against the worst team in the league. It's hard to see how Sunday could have been any worse for the Galaxy, short of major injury to a crucial player. No Zlatan for the trip to Orlando on Friday either. If LA manages to lose to the Lions, there won't be many good feelings left.
7. New York City FC (4-6-1)
Next MLS match: Saturday, May 25, 3:30 p.m. ET at Chicago
A week off for the Bronx-dwellers, the kind that can either be a welcome respite from a busy schedule or a brick wall to well-earned momentum.
8. FC Dallas (5-3-5)
Next MLS match: Saturday, May 25, 7 p.m. ET at Vancouver, ESPN+
Back-to-back matches against LAFC -- one in LA, one in Texas -- revealed FC Dallas to be what we knew them to be: talented, tough but a level below the elite of Major League Soccer. The toughness will be the takeaway, especially considering they played a down a man for most of the second half.
9. Toronto FC (5-2-5)
Next MLS match: Sunday, May 26, 7:30 p.m. ET vs. San Jose, ESPN+
Zero goals on 45 shots this week from the Reds, who won't want to dwell on the rough results in a pair of games. Alejandro Pozuelo's blistering start in MLS was always going to cool off, but it doesn't appear Toronto was ready to pick up the slack elsewhere. If the defense doesn't get better, Toronto might be in trouble.
10. Montreal Impact (6-3-5)
Previous ranking: 10
Next MLS match: Friday, May 24, 10:30 p.m. at LAFC, ESPN+
Ignacio Piatti is back. After two months out injured, the Argentine returned to the field as a sub in Saturday's draw in New England. No one outside of Carson relies on one player to drive the attack more than the Impact, and he could not have come back at a better time: Friday's trip to LAFC is the toughest match of the year.
11. New York Red Bulls (5-2-5)
Next MLS match: Wednesday, May 22, 8 p.m. ET vs. Vancouver, ESPN+
Wondolowski breaks Donovan's MLS goals record in San Jose rout
San Jose's Chris Wondolowski has broken Landon Donovan's all-time MLS goals record with the first two of four strikes in a 4-1 win over the Chicago Fire.
No one does emotional, desperation wins like the Red Bulls in 2019. Sunday's 1-0 victory over Atlanta definitely fit that bill, with New York playing the last 55 minutes of the match down a man and the winning goal coming from a player signed from the USL team less than two weeks ago.
12. Atlanta United (6-2-4)
Next MLS match: Friday, May 24, 9 p.m. ET at Salt Lake
Since we last met, Atlanta squeaked out a win in Vancouver and extended their run without conceding a goal, then saw that streak ended by a 10-man Red Bull team on Sunday. Flat Atlanta -- Flatlanta, if you will -- was back with a (dispiriting) vengeance this week. Over to you, Frank.
13. Minnesota United (5-3-4)
Next MLS match: Saturday, May 25, 8 p.m. ET vs. Houston, ESPN+
Once upon a time, Ethan Finlay was a red-hot goal-scoring winger for the Columbus Crew. Then the Crew traded him to Minnesota. In early 2018, he tore his ACL and missed the rest of the season. On Saturday, Finlay scored for the first time since coming back from that injury to lead the Loons to a win against the Crew. The end.
14. Real Salt Lake (5-1-6)
Next MLS match: Friday, May 24, 9 p.m. ET vs. Atlanta
We're officially filing a request with Major League Soccer and Real Salt Lake for Sebastian "Bofo" Saucedo to score more long-range blasts because it's so much fun to yell "BOFO!" It might not be the best nickname in MLS -- there's a guy called "Cobra" in Dallas -- but it's close.
15. Columbus Crew (5-1-8)
Next MLS match: Saturday, May 25, 9 p.m. ET at Colorado, ESPN+
Not only did the Crew slip below the playoff line in the Eastern Conference this weekend, they're slipping quickly into the "bad" part of the power rankings. Losing seven of your last eight will do that sort of damage to your standing, but it's the lack of goals (six in those eight matches) that should set off alarms.
16. Portland Timbers (3-2-6)
Next MLS match: Saturday, May 25, 7:30 p.m. ET at Philadelphia, ESPN+
One more road match until the grand reopening of Providence Park, Timbers fans. May your dreams be filled with visions of Sebastian Blanco setting up Brian Fernandez for goals in the Timbers Army end from now until June 1. Here's a tip: Imagine Fernandez's equalizer against Houston, only in Portland.
17. Orlando City (4-3-6)
Next MLS match: Friday, May 24, 7 p.m. ET vs. LA Galaxy
Nani is OK, Tesho Akindele's feeling fine and the Lions head into a showdown with the Zlatan-less Galaxy next Friday bursting with confidence following a big win. Orlando fought FC Cincinnati, the heat and the quick turnaround after a midweek trip to Seattle and won -- that's worth a some dap.
18. Vancouver Whitecaps (3-4-6)
Next MLS match: Wednesday, May 22, 8 p.m. ET at RBNY, ESPN+
The Caps are spirited, which is just a nice way to say they're mostly mediocre with an occasional burst of hard-won success. Wednesday's match against Atlanta at BC Place was mediocre, hence a goalless performance and a loss. Saturday's draw in Kansas City was ... spirited.
19. San Jose Earthquakes (4-2-6)
Next MLS match: Sunday, May 26, 7:30 p.m. ET at Toronto, ESPN+
Wondo did it in Wondo style, popping up at the back post, taking advantage of defensive mistakes and calmly finishing first-time chances. He'll tell you that the win was what mattered -- he celebrated with his teammates on all four goals -- but Saturday was Wondo's day. He earned every bit of it.
20. Chicago Fire (4-4-5)
Next MLS match: Saturday, May 25, 3:30 p.m. ET vs. NYCFC
The Fire's lamentable performance in San Jose will mercifully get buried by the story of Wondolowski's ascension to the top of the all-time MLS goal-scoring list. It's like being the bar during a world-record high jump: essential to the proceedings but nothing more than a prop.
21. Sporting Kansas City (2-5-4)
Next MLS match: Sunday, May 26, 6 p.m. ET vs. Seattle
Sporting's injury crisis is so bad that the injuries have injuries. Peter Vermes was forced to use the league roster contingency rules to make up the numbers against Vancouver, a game that saw the club fail to win for the seventh straight match. The gut-punch equalizer scored by the Caps only adds to the cumulative hurt.
22. New England Revolution (3-3-8)
Next MLS match: Saturday, May 25, 7:30 p.m. ET vs. DC United, ESPN+
The Bruce has arrived in New England. Updates as events warrant. A goalless draw doesn't really count.
23. FC Cincinnati (3-2-8)
Next MLS match: Saturday, May 25, 7:30 p.m. ET vs. RBNY, ESPN+
Through 125 minutes, Yoann Damet looked like a miracle worker. Then the wheels came off in Orlando. Damet can't be held responsible for Kendall Waston going full Curt Hennig on Lamine Sane, but the eventual 5-1 humiliation against the Lions will take some of the shine off the 29-year-old's start as interim FCC boss.
24. Colorado Rapids (1-2-9)
Next MLS match: Saturday, May 25, 9 p.m. ET vs. Columbus, ESPN+
THE RAPIDS WON A GAME. It doesn't matter how, or who didn't play for the other team. THE RAPIDS WON A GAME. And on the road!
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Science & Technology Brave South African Teens to fly from Cape to Cairo in a...
Brave South African Teens to fly from Cape to Cairo in a self-assembled aircraft
Twenty brave South African teenagers will fly from Cape to Cairo (and back) in a self-assembled aircraft that uses ordinary motor fuel and was built in only three weeks.
The historic aviation challenge is earmarked to start on the 12th of June 2019. Different teams of the twenty teenagers will pilot the Sling-4 aircraft and charter a course that will cut across several African cities and towns spreading the key messages of an African narrative that started as a dream.
Teen pilot, author and motivational speaker Megan Werner (17) from Krugersdorp, Johannesburg, sparked by her passion to inspire, founded U Dream Global Foundation to uplift, empower, equip and transform the lives of thousands of youth throughout Africa and the world by dreaming and achieving the impossible as well as succeeding beyond expectations.
“The Challenge has enabled us to take a lot of teenagers from different backgrounds to teach and equip them with life skills that they can take with them into the future,” says Megan. “Throughout Africa, we are hoping to do similar impacting thousands of lives of the youth that are the future of the continent.” – says Megan
Following final inspections and flight certifications, Megan and various teen co-pilots are now set to fly the light aircraft from Cape Town to Cairo, charting a course across Africa to visit towns and cities in Namibia, Zimbabwe, Malawi, Tanzania, Kenya, Ethiopia, Eritrea to Egypt and a return trip that will include Uganda, Rwanda and Zambia.
The Sling-4 Plane being assembled.
Voluntary support for logistical aspects of the flight is being provided by CFS, ExecuJet, Worldfuel and Mike Blyth, founder of The Airplane Factory – the enterprise that designed and built the original Sling plane series. The prototype of the Sling 4 was chosen because this type has already been flown twice around the world.
Using specially modified, self-made drones, the Challenge will be documented on video as some of the teenagers fly alongside adult supervisors who will use a second Sling-4 aircraft for support to monitor proceedings.
To raise funds to cover the costs of fuel, accommodation, crew support, commercial flights, branding and documentation of the trip, the team hopes to raise a total of R 350 000 through a campaign launched on donation based crowdfunding platform, BackaBuddy.
“By doing this project we can show the youth and people right across the world that anything is possible if you set your mind to it. If teenagers can build a plane and fly it Africa what is stopping you? We hope the public will support our BackaBuddy campaign because a journey of 1000 miles starts with a single step!” says Megan.
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opennwt.ca OpenAssembly (Hansard) Debates 2018 November 1st
Debates of Nov. 1st, 2018
This is page numbers 4677 - 4704 of the Hansard for the 18th Assembly, 3rd Session. The original version can be accessed on the Legislative Assembly's website or by contacting the Legislative Assembly Library. The word of the day was housing.
Members Present
Minister's Statement 127-18(3): Anti-Poverty Update
Minister's Statement 128-18(3): Northwest Territories Housing Corporation Community Housing Plans
Minister's Statement 129-18(3): Energy Initiatives Update
Minister's Statement 130-18(3): Municipal Government Elections
Air Tindi 30th Anniversary
Infrastructure Projects in the Sahtu
Carbon Tax Impacts on Traditional Economies
Kole Crook Fiddle Association
Trapping Season in the Beaufort Delta
Hay River Town Council Elects
Passing of Agnes Sutherland
Recognition Of Visitors In The Gallery
Question 486-18(3): Carbon Tax Impacts on Traditional Economies
Question 487-18(3): Home Ownership Programs
Question 488-18(3): Prime Fur Bonus Program
Question 489-18(3): Reduction of Non-Renewable Energy
Question 490-18(3): Home Ownership Program in Fort Simpson
Question 491-18(3): Fur Harvesting Programs
Question 492-18(3): Availability of Family Planning Tools
Question 493-18(3): New Government Building Name
Question 494-18(3): Sole-Source Contracting for Fuel Resupply
Question 495-18(3): Flexibility for Large Tenders/Northern Bids for Contracts
Question 496-18(3): New Government Building
Tabled Document 286-18(3): Grants and Contributions Results Report 2017-2018 Tabled Document 287-18(3): Energy Initiatives Report 2017-2018
Tabled Document 288-18(3): Northwest Territories Housing Corporation Annual Report 2017-2018
Tabled Document 289-18(3): Northwest Territories Health and Social Services Authority 2017-2018 Annual Report Tabled Document 290-18(3): Annual Report 2017-2018 NWT Health and Social Services System Tabled Document 291-18(3): Tlicho Community Services Agency Health and Social Services Annual Report 2017-2018 Tabled Document 292-18(3): Annual Report 2017-2018 Hay River Health and Social Services Authority
Tabled Document 293-18(3): Inter-Activity Transfers Exceeding $250,000 (April 1 to June 30, 2018) Tabled Document 294-18(3): Public Accounts 2017-2018, Sections I, II, III and IV
Tabled Document 295-18(3): Annual Reports for Northwest Territories Education Bodies for the 2017-2018 School Year Ending June 30, 2018 Tabled Document 296-18(3): Operating Plans for Northwest Territories Education Bodies for the 2018-2019 School Year Ending June 30, 2019
Tabled Document 297-18(3): Annual Report on the Activities of the Rental Officer April 1, 2017 to March 31, 2018
Tabled Document 298-18(3): Correspondence from Native Women's Association to Health and Social Services Minister Abernethy, Received Oct. 31, 2018 regarding Auditor General of Canada 2018 Report on Child and Family Service Delivery Tabled Document 299-18(3): Correspondence from Deninu Kue First Nation to Health and Social Services Minister Abernethy on Reopening 'Our Great Elders Facility' in Fort Resolution, Dated October 12, 2018
Motion 25-18(3): Appointment of Chair to the Northwest Territories Honours Advisory Council, Carried
Motion 26-18(3): Appointment to the Special Committee on Transition Matters, Carried
Motion 27-18(3): Appointment to the Human Rights Adjudication Panel, Carried
Motion 28-18(3): Establishment of a Special Committee to Increase the Representation of Women in the Legislative Assembly, Carried
Motion 29-18(3): Appointment of Human Rights Commission Members Carried
Motion 30-18(3): Extended Adjournment of the House to February 5, 2019, Carried
Bill 31: Northwest Territories 911 Act
Bill 32: Naturopathic Profession Statutes Amendment Act
Consideration In Committee Of The Whole Of Bills And Other Matters
Report Of Committee Of The Whole
Bill 20: Ombud Act
Assent To Bills
Orders Of The Day
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Members' Statements
Kieron Testart Kam Lake
Mr. Speaker, it has been nearly 100 years since the end of the First World War. Around the world, it is known as Armistice Day, Memorial Day, National Independence Day in Poland, and in the Commonwealth as Remembrance Day.
November 11th is the day for us to solemnly reflect upon the sacrifices made by those who preceded us, making a decision that many of us will hopefully never have to. Remembrance Day is a chance for us to show thanks to those who are to this day buried in lands not of their birth and far from their homes and families. It is an opportunity to share with those who were fortunate enough to have returned our thanks and reverence, while remembering all those who were left behind.
Remembrance Day is not about the glorification of armed conflict. Rather, it is an opportunity for us to show reverence and respect to our elders who have made a decision harder than many of us will ever have to face; to go off beyond the horizon to defend that which they hold dear, to leave behind compatriots and to return to a home having experience they can share with oh so few. Many returning veterans are burdened with traumas which few in the general public fully comprehend. Veterans should rightly be proud of their experience and achievements, and we in the public should not be allowed to have them forgotten.
Mr. Speaker, I want to take this moment to ask all Members in this House, as well as Northerners, to take a moment to reflect, however they best see fit, upon the sacrifices of veterans past, present, and future. We must never cease to show our gratitude to our service men and women, for even today these words still ring true: "Never in the field of human conflict was so much owed by so many to so few." Thank you, Mr. Speaker.
The Speaker Jackson Lafferty
Masi. Members' statements. Member for Tu Nedhe-Wiilideh.
Tom Beaulieu Tu Nedhe-Wiilideh
Marsi cho, Mr. Speaker. Mr. Speaker, [Translation] they are talking about the carbon tax today, so I am going to ask the Minister: the tanks that are getting delivered into the communities, we are talking about it. They are saying that it was not to be taxed the way they are working. I don't understand exactly what is going on. The people who deliver the fuel within a community or the boats that are delivering it, maybe they are the ones who are paying the tax. The heating fuel is not supposed to be taxed for the people that are hunting and living on the land. [Translation ends]
[Microphone not on] ... on a couple of questions my constituents have over carbon tax. I know that some of the fuels will be exempt. I will be asking the Minister of Finance about what fuels will be exempt. My understanding is maybe fuels that are needed to travel, but I'm not sure if that includes travelling on the land for individuals to go out hunting for the elders in the community, or if it is only specific to fuels that are used for boats and ships or airplanes, for people who have to travel.
In at least one of my communities, we have no highway. Then, in three of the communities that I represent, there are highways, and people use their vehicles to hunt. I don't know if that means that there will be an exemption on the gas that they purchase in order to go hunting.
[Translation] And the people who are travelling, going out on the land to heal themselves, either by boat or Skidoo, going to some of the cultural activities out on the land, and the gas that is being used for those trips in the Skidoos. I don't understand if it's being taxed or not, too, so I'm going to ask the Minister of Finance today. Thank you very much. [Translation ends]
Masi. Members' statements. Member for Nahendeh.
Shane Thompson Nahendeh
Thank you, Mr. Speaker. Fiddle music came to the NWT with the voyageurs and has been ingrained in northern culture and music since the first traders. Angus Beaulieu, Stanley Lafferty, and Colin Adjun are some of the best known, but there are many other fine northern fiddlers. Kole Crook represented the next generation.
Kole was a much-loved young fiddler known for his gentlemanly ways and selflessness and generosity of spirit. He was a deeply spiritual man, who lived his Christian faith by sharing himself, his money, and means with whoever might need it. He spent much time with the elders, observing their wisdom and teachings.
Kole travelled from community to community, introducing children to the joy of fiddling and bringing the benefits of music to the youth of his communities. He led by example. With youth, Kole always had time to teach children on how to fiddle, keeping the music tradition alive. With elders, Kole helped them with their chores, listening to their stories, and maintained traditional values. All generations and ages were brought together through music he played.
Kole's death on his way to a New Year's event in Tulita was a tragic loss, felt by all those who knew him, met him, or heard his music. Kole passed on his joyful music playing generous spirit and sharing of musical tradition lived on through the Kole Crook Fiddle Association. They continue to change young people's lives forever through the music.
Since 2003, the association has been actively continuing the work Kole did in so many of the communities. Youth and elders connecting in performance with the youth at the elder care centres is always a magical experience.
Communities, concerts for the whole families, toe tapping, jigging, and laughing together. The annual January jamboree in Fort Simpson brings nearly 100 fiddlers together for a fun-filled weekend of fiddling and dancing.
The association has donated fiddles and taught many NWT communities over the years. They have established fiddle programs in 17 communities. The association has been moving forward on a wing and a prayer. A friend's kitchen became a fiddler's repair shop. The association's president kept a room in her home for teachers and lent out a car for teaching tourists. Angus and Dorothy Beaulieu donated accommodations. Buffalo Air donated free flights for the association's teachers.
There has been Arts Council and MACA support for the Kole Crook Fiddle Association, but much more each could be done with the help of this Assembly to support the organization fully. Thank you, Mr. Speaker.
Masi. Members' statements. Member for Mackenzie Delta.
Frederick Blake Jr. Mackenzie Delta
Thank you, Mr. Speaker. Mr. Speaker, today is the opening season in the Beaufort Delta for trapping. Many people are very excited to go out on the land and continue our traditional way of life. Please be safe as our warmer temperatures and swift water can make the ice unsafe on the rivers, creeks, and rivers as you begin to open up your trap lines and start setting traps.
Mr. Speaker, it is pretty neat to see that my constituents continue to this day to bring their children with them and teach them our traditional way of life. Also, Mr. Speaker, we have some elders who are in their 70s and 80s who are still trapping to this day. They are true role models to our younger generation. They are teaching our next generation that, with true trapping, you can not only provide for your family, but also live a healthy way of life. Thank you, Mr. Speaker.
Masi. Members' statements. Member for Yellowknife Centre.
Julie Green Yellowknife Centre
Mahsi, Mr. Speaker. Mr. Speaker, the issue of carbon pricing and how to encourage reduced use of fossil fuels takes up a lot of space in our national debate and, of course, it's a popular topic in this House, as well. These are vital issues for many reasons. I would like to give my assessment of where we are at in the NWT and where we need to go.
Cabinet announced details in July of a scheme that would meet the federal requirements of a carbon tax. Cabinet said its made-in-the-NWT framework takes into account our cost of living by establishing a system of immediate tax exemptions and cost of living rebates. To offset increased costs, the GNWT created a cost of living offset to refund the tax to individuals and families.
I had hoped for a more comprehensive package of measures, including dramatic increases in rebates and incentives to improve the energy efficiency of homes and buildings. Increases to energy alliance programs have come thanks to new federal dollars. I applaud the GNWT's announcement this week of an additional $1.8 million under the new Government Greenhouse Gas Grant Program. That is progress, but we need much more ambitious supports.
I am also convinced industry is willing to meet the low carbon challenge. The Canadian Mining Association is on the record in support of "a broad-based carbon price that is applicable to all sectors of the Canadian economy." One of our mines took action more than a decade ago with a big investment in wind power generation because this makes economic sense. I believe the industry is willing to do more to meet shareholder demands that they take action on greenhouse gas emissions. As to the notion that carbon pricing is a job killer and stunts economic growth, the facts soundly refute this misconception.
When I lend an ear to this issue in the NWT, I am not hearing the public outcry about a carbon tax. I believe our residents have the learned and factual warnings of the extraordinary hardships facing our planet as a result of climate change, and they are willing to act. What is needed is inspirational leadership, not fearful hesitancy. For the sake of our children's future, we must keep our international promises and work towards a lower carbon future. I will be asking our government how they can better support our response to climate change. Mahsi.
Masi. Members' statements. Member for Hay River North.
R.J. Simpson Hay River North
Thank you, Mr. Speaker. Mr. Speaker, on Tuesday, November 6th, Hay River's new town council will be sworn in. While there will be some familiar faces, six of the nine members are newly elected. That means we will be saying goodbye to quite a few people, and I would like to take this opportunity to say thank you to Donna Lee Jungkind, Vince McKay, Jason Coakwell, Roger Candow, and Mike Mahar for their service over the past three years.
I especially have to thank our outgoing mayor, Brad Mapes, who has always been willing to work closely with me during my time as MLA so we could advance the interests of our community. I look forward to continuing this good working relationship with mayor-elect, Kandis Jameson, who I would like to congratulate on her election by acclamation.
Congratulations, as well, to returning councillors, Steve Anderson and Keith Dohey, and newly elected councillors, Robert Bouchard, Jeff Groenewegen, Emily Chambers, Linda Duford, Joe Melanson, and Brian Willows. They will face many challenging issues in the coming years, including the power franchise decision, which will have ramifications for the entire territory; the economic growth that will be associated with Pine Point Mines, the pellet mill, the long-term care unit, and all the associated spin-offs; as well as our future population growth and development issues.
I know they are up to the challenge, and I look forward to working with them. Thank you, Mr. Speaker.
Louis Sebert Thebacha
Mr. Speaker, people in Fort Smith and throughout the Northwest Territories were saddened to hear of the passing in St. Albert, Alberta, of Agnes Sutherland, in August of this year at the age of 92.
Sister Agnes Sutherland was born in Fort Chipewyan, Alberta, in 1926 and joined the Grey Nuns in 1943, pronouncing her vows in 1946. She was a teacher in St. Albert, St. Paul, Fort McMurray, and Fort Smith, where she lived for many years. She also worked as a religious education specialist and found time to write several books.
She was an advocate for women seeking shelter when fleeing abusive relationships and was a driving force in the establishment of a shelter in Fort Smith which bears her name, Sutherland House. She was also a strong advocate for seniors and those with disabilities. She leaves many friends and admirers.
Mr. Speaker, a long life well lived. Thank you.
Our condolences to the family members and also to the community, as well. Members' statements. Item 4, returns to oral questions. Item 5, recognition of visitors in the gallery. Member for Yellowknife North.
Cory Vanthuyne Yellowknife North
Thank you, Mr. Speaker. Earlier today in the House, we acknowledged the 30-year anniversary of Air Tindi. Today, we have with us in the House and I want to recognize them: President Al Martin; we have HR Manager Belinda Beck; and we have Vice-President Trevor Weaver from Air Tindi. Welcome and thank you for being here.
Masi. Recognition of visitors in the gallery. Member for Inuvik Twin Lakes.
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An Opportunity for Globalist Centrist Liberalism
Source: National Review
The world may appear to be sharply divided among the far left and the far right on the social media, and even on the mainstream media these days. However, you could make the case that with the election of Emmanuel Macron as the French President, some hope has been revived in centrism and globalist liberalism. Because the polls in late April were nothing less than a scare with Marine Le Pen ending up neck-a-neck.
One of the features of the shifts to far left and far right camps in public discourse has been the cynicism toward centrism and pragmatism. Candidates such as Hillary Clinton have been condemned as “neo-liberal” by progressive and leftist activists, who could have prevented the Trump Presidency by turning out in greater numbers for her favor. The shift toward absolutism might sound romantic to some in a twisted way, but it has given us politicians such as Nigel Farage, Marine Le Pen and perhaps even Trump on the right and Jeremy Corbyn and Tulsi Gabbard on the left. Of course, each honest in their own dangerous way. I am deliberately not mentioning Bernie Sanders in this list, whose proposals of single payer healthcare is anything but an extreme view for a centrist liberal, but he has a rather unhealthy obsession with the Wall Street.
While still both the left and right in the West are variants of liberalism, relatively speaking, but both have seemed to lose the essence of its ideals of late. The left continues to demonize the idea of private property while the right frequently compromises the liberties of people who either look different or are less fortunate. And another group simply refuses to pay for just about anything. Did I mention Ron Paul in the list?
Since when have these ideas become abominations to the people?
There is no wonder even today a majority of the population might agree on centrist ideas and fortunately that is still what a lot of voting pattern around the world follows. Though that voting pattern has been consistently shifting rightward, evident in Turkey, India, and Israel. Common sense, yes, you hear this expression very frequently in the campaigns of more conservative politicians in the West. But actually, you would rather associate this term with more centrist and pragmatic liberals beyond party lines.
The disillusionment and cynicism of the recent years have particularly been on the rise as a “people’s awakening” of sorts. This has been generally true for the attitude toward the United Nations but the precarious unity of the EU has particularly brought it into light. Blame it on the operational and bureaucratic flaws of these globalist bodies but there is no reason why the ideals behind them should be targeted without anyone putting up a reasonable defense for them.
On the other hand, there is really nothing about centrism or economic liberalism that necessitates apathy toward those who are less fortunate in the society. This ideological direction does not necessarily eliminate a social democracy. It is not as if most of the moderate British conservatives would be effectively killing the NHS, despite their fiscal conservatism. Certainly, not the Liberal Democrats. I guess centrist liberals would only be more respectful of private property and freedom for businesses than obsessing over bringing the budget into surplus too much.
Most moderate Republicans would not dare criticize late night host Jimmy Kimmel making a case for healthcare safety nets by bringing up his sick child. It is precisely the mindset that attacked him for it that a centrist liberal would discourage. Long story short, centrist liberals are more likely to side with a pragmatic, practical direction, keeping a balance between the bleeding heart and the facts of the world. Most of them would at least entertain the idea of a single payer healthcare approach while respecting private caregivers for humanitarian reasons, despite the controversy around its ideological correctness.
Another reason why globalist and centrist liberals are important is their interventionism, another point that gets under the skin of people on both extreme left and right. While there is no point getting behind a warmonger, an isolationist progressive or libertarian would be as caustic to world peace as a relentless hawk.
As much as we would like to hate President Bill Clinton and President George H. W. Bush, their timely humanitarian action in Bosnia and Kuwait goes unappreciated. It is amazing how the critics of American imperialism completely fail to recognize how the intervention has saved the freedom for the people of South Korea and West Germany. Furthermore, globalist liberals would be all for aid and accepting refugees and intervening to prevent a genocide, while an isolationist nationalist or an apathetic progressive could prove to be a humanitarian disaster. But enough of what they might mean for a government.
Despite the apparent lack of enthusiasm, the ideological polarity itself ironically presents an opportunity to the third way liberalism to bring people from left and right together. At least as a practical electoral alliance holding your nose. In a way, the rise of Donald Trump represents that possibility as opposed to someone like Sen. Ted Cruz who could become the President too. Although some could argue the same about Bernie Sanders over Hillary Clinton.
The person of Donald Trump has always appeared to be pragmatic and centrist, even liberal, in his approach to things but it is unfortunate that he relied on more far right policies and people to run his campaign. Perhaps that was the only way he could win this election. The policies he is enacting are not any more encouraging either. But who knows, that might change with time as he is beginning to figure out the realities of the political world and governance. And say, if Jared and Ivanka do not stay too far. Hanging on to a thread, are we not?
But don’t get too depressed. The world may still give sanity a chance.
It’s not too late.
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Serving Paducah and the Western Kentucky region since 1846
Below you will find a catalog of recorded worship services at Grace Episcopal Church. The sermons–delivered by Father Charles Uhlik, Deacon Richard Paxton (, & others–generally begin around the 18-minute mark.
January 19, 2020: 2nd Sunday of Epiphany with Holy Baptism
https://graceepiscopalpaducah.files.wordpress.com/2020/01/january-19-2020-2nd-sunday-of-epiphany.wav
January 18, 2020: Burial Service for Mary Jane Turok
https://graceepiscopalpaducah.files.wordpress.com/2020/01/january-18-2020-burial-of-mary-turok.wav
January 5, 2020: 2nd Sunday of Christmas
https://graceepiscopalpaducah.files.wordpress.com/2020/01/january-5-2020-2nd-sunday-of-christmas.mp3
December 25, 2019: Christmas Day Morning
https://graceepiscopalpaducah.files.wordpress.com/2019/12/december-25-2019-christmas-morning-day.mp3
December 24, 2019: Christmas Eve Choir Concert and Holy Worship
https://graceepiscopalpaducah.files.wordpress.com/2019/12/december-24-2019-christmas-eve-concert-and-worship.mp3
December 22, 2019: 4th Sunday of Advent
https://graceepiscopalpaducah.files.wordpress.com/2019/12/december-22-2019-4th-sunday-of-advent.mp3
Lessons and Carols Service
https://graceepiscopalpaducah.files.wordpress.com/2019/12/december-22-2019-lessons-and-carols.mp3
December 15, 2019: 3rd Sunday of Advent
https://graceepiscopalpaducah.files.wordpress.com/2019/12/december-15-2019-3rd-sunday-of-advent.mp3
December 8, 2019: 2nd Sunday of Advent with a visit from Saint/Bishop Nicholas of Myra
https://graceepiscopalpaducah.files.wordpress.com/2019/12/december-8-2019-2nd-sunday-of-advent-with-bishop-nicholas-visiting.mp3
December 1, 2019: 1st Sunday of Advent
https://graceepiscopalpaducah.files.wordpress.com/2019/12/december-1-2019-1st-sunday-of-advent.mp3
November 24, 2019: Christ the King Sunday with Healing Prayers
https://graceepiscopalpaducah.files.wordpress.com/2019/11/november-24-2019-christ-the-king-sunday.mp3
November 17, 2019: 23rd Sunday after Pentecost
https://graceepiscopalpaducah.files.wordpress.com/2019/11/november-17-2019-23rd-sunday-after-epiphany.mp3
November 10, 2019: 22nd Sunday after Pentecost and Honoring our Veterans
https://graceepiscopalpaducah.files.wordpress.com/2019/11/november-10-2019-22nd-sunday-after-pentecost.mp3
November 3, 2019: All Saints Sunday
https://graceepiscopalpaducah.files.wordpress.com/2019/11/november-3-2019-all-saints-sunday.mp3
October 27, 2019: 20th Sunday after Pentecost
https://graceepiscopalpaducah.files.wordpress.com/2019/10/october-27-2019-20th-sunday-after-pentecost.mp3
https://graceepiscopalpaducah.files.wordpress.com/2019/10/october-20-2019-19th-sunday-after-penecost.mp3
October 6, 2019: 17th Sunday after Pentecost
https://graceepiscopalpaducah.files.wordpress.com/2019/10/october-6-2019-17th-sunday-after-pentecost.mp3
September 29, 2019: 16th Sunday after Pentecost
https://graceepiscopalpaducah.files.wordpress.com/2019/09/september-29-2019-16th-sunday-after-pentecost-m.p..mp3
https://graceepiscopalpaducah.files.wordpress.com/2019/09/september-22-2019-15th-sunday-after-pentecost.mp3
September 8, 2019: 13th Sunday after Pentecost
https://graceepiscopalpaducah.files.wordpress.com/2019/09/september-8-2019-13th-sunday-after-pentecost.mp3
September 2, 2019: Reedia Blackford’s Burial Service
https://graceepiscopalpaducah.files.wordpress.com/2019/09/september-2-2019-reedia-blackfords-burial-srv..mp3
September 1, 2019: 12th Sunday after Pentecost, Labor Day Weekend
https://graceepiscopalpaducah.files.wordpress.com/2019/09/september-1-2019-labor-day-weekend.mp3
August 25, 2019: 11th Sunday after Pentecost, Acolyte Ribbon Sunday
https://graceepiscopalpaducah.files.wordpress.com/2019/08/august-25-2019-acolyte-ribbon-sunday.mp3
August 18, 2019: 10th Sunday after Pentecost
https://graceepiscopalpaducah.files.wordpress.com/2019/08/august-18-2019-10th-sunday-after-pentecost.mp3
August 11, 2019: 9th Sunday after Pentecost
https://graceepiscopalpaducah.files.wordpress.com/2019/08/august-11-2019-9th-sunday-after-pentecost.mp3
August 4, 2019: 8th Sunday after Pentecost
https://graceepiscopalpaducah.files.wordpress.com/2019/08/august-4-2019-8th-sunday-after-pentecost.mp3
July 28, 2019: 7th Sunday after Pentecost
https://graceepiscopalpaducah.files.wordpress.com/2019/07/july-28-2019-7th-sunday-after-pentecost.mp3
June 23, 2019: Bishop Terry White’s visit with Adult Confirmation
https://graceepiscopalpaducah.files.wordpress.com/2019/06/june-23-2019-bishop-white-visit-and-adult-confirmation.mp3
June 16, 2019: Trinity Sunday/Father’s Day
https://graceepiscopalpaducah.files.wordpress.com/2019/06/june-16-2019-trinity-sunday-fathers-day.mp3
June 9, 2019: Pentecost Sunday
https://graceepiscopalpaducah.files.wordpress.com/2019/06/june-9-2019-pentecost.mp3
June 2, 2019: Sevent Sunday of Easter, The Sunday after Ascension
https://graceepiscopalpaducah.files.wordpress.com/2019/06/june-2-2019_10.mp3
May 26, 2019: Sixth Sunday of Easter-Memorial Day Weekend
https://graceepiscopalpaducah.files.wordpress.com/2019/06/may-26-2019_09.mp3
May 19, 2019: Fifth Sunday of Easter-Deacon Richard Paxton’s Farewell
https://graceepiscopalpaducah.files.wordpress.com/2019/06/may-19-2019_08-deacon-richards-farewell.mp3
April 28, 2019: Second Sunday of Easter
https://graceepiscopalpaducah.files.wordpress.com/2019/06/april-28-2019_49.mp3
April 21, 2019: Easter Sunday
April 19, 2019: Good Friday
April 18, 2019: Maundy Thursday
April 14, 2019: Palm Sunday
April 7, 2019: Fifth Sunday of Lent
https://graceepiscopalpaducah.files.wordpress.com/2019/06/april-7-2019_44.mp3
March 27, 2019: Mid-week Lenten Ecumenical Series with Broadway Methodist Church
https://graceepiscopalpaducah.files.wordpress.com/2019/06/march-27-2019_42.mp3
March 24, 2019: Third Sunday of Lent
March 17, 2019: Second Sunday of Lent
March 15, 2019: Dr. Greg Baur’s Burial Service
https://graceepiscopalpaducah.files.wordpress.com/2019/06/march-15-2019_39-greg-baur-funeral.mp3
March 10, 2019: First Sunday of Lent
March 9, 2019: Dr. Ron Slatick’s Burial Service
https://graceepiscopalpaducah.files.wordpress.com/2019/06/march-9-2019_37-ron-slatick-funeral.mp3
March 3, 2019: The Last Sunday of Epiphany
https://graceepiscopalpaducah.files.wordpress.com/2019/06/march-3-2019_36.mp3
February 24, 2019: Seventh Sunday of Epiphany
https://graceepiscopalpaducah.files.wordpress.com/2019/06/february-24-2019_35.mp3
February 17, 2019: Sixth Sunday of Epiphany
February 10, 2019: Fifth Sunday of Epiphany
February 3, 2019: Fourth Sunday of Epiphany
https://graceepiscopalpaducah.files.wordpress.com/2019/06/february-3-2019_32.mp3
January 27, 2019: Third Sunday of Epiphany
https://graceepiscopalpaducah.files.wordpress.com/2019/06/january-27-2019_31.mp3
January 20, 2019: Second Sunday of Epiphany
January 13, 2019: Baptism of the Lord Sunday
January 6, 2019: Epiphany Sunday
https://graceepiscopalpaducah.files.wordpress.com/2019/06/january-6-2019_28.mp3
December 30, 2018: Second Sunday after Christmas Morning Prayer
https://graceepiscopalpaducah.files.wordpress.com/2019/06/december-30-2018_27.mp3
December 24, 2018: Christmas Eve Service
December 24, 2018: Christmas Choral and Organ Recital
December 24, 2018: Chrismas Eve Children’s Pageant
https://graceepiscopalpaducah.files.wordpress.com/2019/06/december-24-2018_07-childrens-christmas-eve.mp3
December 23, 2018: Lessons and Carols
https://graceepiscopalpaducah.files.wordpress.com/2019/06/december-23-2018_06-lessons-and-carols.mp3
August 5, 2018:
https://graceepiscopalpaducah.files.wordpress.com/2019/01/august-5-2018_5-2.mp3
July 29, 2018: Tenth Sunday After Pentecost:
https://graceepiscopalpaducah.files.wordpress.com/2018/07/july-23-2018_4.m4a
July 1, 2018: Sixth Sunday After Pentecost:
https://graceepiscopalpaducah.files.wordpress.com/2018/07/july-1-2018.m4a
June 17, 2018: Fourth Sunday After Pentecost:
https://graceepiscopalpaducah.files.wordpress.com/2018/06/june-17-2018.m4a
June 10, 2018: Third Sunday After Pentecost:
June 3, 2018: Second Sunday After Pentecost:
https://graceepiscopalpaducah.files.wordpress.com/2018/06/june-3-2018.m4a
May 31, 2018: Funeral Service for Dan Songer:
https://graceepiscopalpaducah.files.wordpress.com/2018/06/dan-songer-burial-service-may-31-201.m4a
May 27, 2018: First Sunday after Pentecost:
https://graceepiscopalpaducah.files.wordpress.com/2018/06/may-27-2018-2.m4a
May 20, 2018: Day of Pentecost (Whitsunday):
May 13, 2018: Seventh Sunday of Easter, Youth Sunday and Mother’s Day Service:
https://graceepiscopalpaducah.files.wordpress.com/2018/05/m_ext_01.mp3
April 29, 2018: Fifth Sunday of Easter:
https://graceepiscopalpaducah.files.wordpress.com/2018/05/april-29-2018.wav
April 22, 2018: Fourth Sunday of Easter:
https://graceepiscopalpaducah.files.wordpress.com/2018/04/april-22-2018.m4a
April 15, 2018: Third Sunday of Easter:
April 1, 2018: Easter Sunday:
https://graceepiscopalpaducah.files.wordpress.com/2018/04/february-25-2018_7.m4a
March 30, 2018: Good Friday:
March 29, 2018: Maundy Thursday:
March 18, 2018: Fifth Sunday of Lent:
March 11, 2018: Fourth Sunday of Lent:
https://graceepiscopalpaducah.files.wordpress.com/2018/03/march-11-2018.m4a
March 10, 2018: Funeral Service for Richard Friend:
https://graceepiscopalpaducah.files.wordpress.com/2018/03/funeral-richard-friend.m4a
March 4, 2018: Third Sunday of Lent:
https://graceepiscopalpaducah.files.wordpress.com/2018/03/march-4-2018.m4a
February 25, 2018: Second Sunday of Lent:
https://graceepiscopalpaducah.files.wordpress.com/2018/03/february-25-2018.m4a
February 21, 2018: Part 1 of Ecumenical Lenten Series: “Dying & Rising Together”:
https://graceepiscopalpaducah.files.wordpress.com/2018/02/voice-001.m4a
February 14, 2018: Ash Wednesday:
February 11, 2018: Last Sunday after the Epiphany:
January 21, 2018: Third Sunday after the Epiphany:
https://graceepiscopalpaducah.files.wordpress.com/2018/02/song-name_7.m4a
January 16, 2018: Funeral Service for Robert Odle:
December 24, 2017: Nativity of the Lord:
December 24, 2017: Christmas Eve Pageant and Worship Service:
December 24, 2017: Fourth Sunday of Advent, Lessons and Carols:
https://graceepiscopalpaducah.files.wordpress.com/2018/02/song-name.m4a
December 17, 2017: Third Sunday of Advent:
https://graceepiscopalpaducah.files.wordpress.com/2018/02/december-17th-2017-3rd-advent.m4a
December 10, 2017: Second Sunday of Advent:
https://graceepiscopalpaducah.files.wordpress.com/2018/02/december-10th-2017-2nd-advent.m4a
December 3, 2017: Downtown Paducah Advent Walk:
https://graceepiscopalpaducah.files.wordpress.com/2018/02/december-3rd-2017-advent-walk-reconc.m4a
December 3, 2017: First Sunday of Advent, Saint Nicholas Celebration:
https://graceepiscopalpaducah.files.wordpress.com/2018/02/december-3rd-2017-st-nicholas.m4a
November 26, 2017: Last Sunday after Pentecost, Christ the King:
https://graceepiscopalpaducah.files.wordpress.com/2017/11/november-262017.mp3
November 19, 2017: Paducah Cooperative Ministry Interfaith Thanksgiving Service:
https://graceepiscopalpaducah.files.wordpress.com/2017/11/november-19-2017.mp3
November 12, 2017: 23rd Sunday after Pentecost:
https://graceepiscopalpaducah.files.wordpress.com/2017/11/november-12-2017.m4a
November 5, 2017: All Saints’ Sunday:
https://graceepiscopalpaducah.files.wordpress.com/2017/02/november-5-2017.mp3
October 15, 2017: 19th Sunday After Pentecost:
https://graceepiscopalpaducah.files.wordpress.com/2017/02/oct-15-2017-10am-2017-10-15-11-1-2.mp3
September 24, 2017: 16th Sunday After Pentecost:
https://graceepiscopalpaducah.files.wordpress.com/2017/02/september-24-2017.mp3
https://graceepiscopalpaducah.files.wordpress.com/2017/02/sept-10-2017-10am-2017-09-10-11-17.mp3
8 am SUNDAY, Holy Eucharist Rite I: an intimate, traditional service without music.
10 am SUNDAY, Holy Eucharist Rite II: a contemporary, family-friendly service with music. Nursery open for infants & toddlers. Children pre-K-fifth grade are invited to Children's Chapel.
Noon WEDNESDAY, Holy Eucharist Rite I: a brief contemplative mid-week service without music.
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9 am - 4 pm MONDAY - THURSDAY
9 am - Noon FRIDAY
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Universal Basic Income in India: Download PDF Notes in Hindi & Eng
Updated : Jun 19, 2019, 12:45
By : Preeti Kaushik
Nowadays Universal Basic Income (UBI) is seen as a remedy to eradicate poverty but Is India really prepared for this mega step? Here in the article, we are addressing Universal Basic Income in detail wherein it is dealt in with different perspectives. India is taking baby steps towards a Universal Basic Income (UBI) variant on a pilot basis in order to check the viability of the same.
At the end of this article, you also can download the Universal Basic Income PDF in Hindi and English.
UBI is a periodic cash payment unconditionally distributed to all on an individual basis, and the expenditure of the same can be chosen freely by the people concerned.
This scheme is designed to eliminate misallocation, exclusion, and leakage.
In India, the scheme’s scope will be limited to people belonging from economically weaker sections of the society.
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Economic Survey 2016-2017
The Economic Survey 2016-17 recommended the concept of Universal Basic Income (UBI) as a substitute for various social welfare schemes to reduce poverty in the country. The survey points out the costs and benefit of the UBI scheme.
The Survey states that the UBI is based on the principles of universality, unconditionality, and agency. It is a conceptually appealing idea but in reality, a numerous challenge in implementation may render it as a useless add-on rather than a replacement of current anti-poverty and social programs.
Also, improper allocation of resources to 6 largest Central Sector and Centrally Sponsored Sub-Schemes across districts, points out that the districts wherever the requirements are highest are precisely the ones where State capacity is the lowest.
This implies that a more efficient way to address poverty would be to provide them resources directly, through a UBI.
Exploring the laws and prerequisites for the foolproof implementation of UBI, the Survey points out two prerequisites:
Operational JAM (Jan Dhan, Aadhar and Mobile) system that ensures, the cash transfer credits directly into the account of a beneficiary
Centre and State government to negotiate on cost sharing for the program.
The Survey states that a UBI that reduces poverty to 0.5% would cost between 4-5% of Gross Domestic Product, supposing those in the top 25% income bracket do not participate.
The current subsidies cost about 3% of GDP, on the contrary.
According to the survey, the UBI is a strong concept but not mature enough for implementation but is certainly mature for a serious discussion.
Merits of UBI:
Social Justice: UBI promotes the basic values of a society by considering every individual as equal and free. It promotes liberty of choice and let people choose a decent way of living as per their needs.
Poverty Reduction: It is the fastest way of reducing poverty as it hits it directly.
Agency: An unconditional cash transfer treats citizen as agents, not as subjects. By changing the unit of beneficiary from household to individual, UBI can enhance agency, especially of women within households.
Employment: UBI could also open up new possibilities for labour markets. It creates flexibility by allowing individuals to have partial or calibrated engagements with the labour market without fear of losing benefits.
Administrative Efficiency: With fully operational JAM, the administration could be made efficient by having a single subsidy line than a multiple of subsidies given at different points via different modes.
Socio-economic empowerment: Parameters like health, education, financial inclusion etc. will boost the overall socio-economic condition of people.
Demerits of UBI:
Huge financial resources are needed.
UBI reduces the very incentive to work. People may not work if they start getting things for free.
Issues like illiteracy and lack of financial inclusion could hamper the effective functioning of UBI.
It can potentially shrink labour force participation.
Indian case
In order to benefit the elderly, widows and people with disabilities, the central government already operates several social assistance programs and pensions.
The Indira Gandhi National Old Age Pension Pension Scheme, the Indira Gandhi National Widow Pension Scheme, the Indira Gandhi National Disability Pension Scheme and the National Family Benefit Scheme are some of these schemes.
Many states also have programs of this kind. One such system, named Destitute Widow Pension Scheme, is the widow pension scheme of Tamil Nadu. It offers widows with a pension if they fulfill certain circumstances.
Another scheme is the Agriculture Investment Support Scheme or the Rythu Bandhu scheme of Telangana. In this system, each season the state government gives out Rs 4,000/- per acre per farmer to buy agricultural inputs.
Thus, while the discussion of offering revenue for the poor is gaining traction, the idea of supporting revenue for the poor is not completely new.
UBI Trending Recently
After a declaration by Sikkim Chief Minister Pawan Kumar, the concept of Universal Basic Income (UBI) again struck the headlines.
By 2022, if re-elected to power, the Sikkim Democratic Party (SDP) proposed a basic income.
Then the north-eastern state could become the country's first to attain the UBI implementation milestone.
UBI envisages a network of social security that seeks to ensure a dignified life for all, a concept that is supposed to gain traction in a global economy filled with uncertainties due to globalization, technological change and automation.
The person behind the system, former CEA Arvind Subramanian, suggested that it can be possible to roll out this innovation in phases.
He suggested scrapping nearly 940 welfare systems to discover the cash for the same, which could be approximately 4.9% of GDP.
On a pilot basis, few other states such as Madhya Pradesh, Gujarat, and Maharashtra launched UBI.
For example, it was introduced in eight villages in Madhya Pradesh, out of a complete sample of 20 chosen villages with the assistance of the Self-Employed Women's Association (SEWA).
The research produced beneficial outcomes in terms of decreased starvation, malnutrition and disease, and improved attendance at college.
The World Economic Forum valued this experiment, although it does not subscribe to the basic income concept.
The WEF saw it as a positive move towards sustainable and inclusive growth.
The fact that there was no conspicuous consumption or social evil spending by the villagers is also remarkable, thereby dispelling a common criticism of the system.
UBI - Global models
The idea of UBI is not new. Several experiments and pilot project have been implemented across the world earlier, but not fully adopted by any country.
Countries like Canada and Brazil have experimented with their own models and applied them to solve the gaps in their welfare schemes.
America has no UBI, but it provides social insurance-an income given if the person loses his or her work or becomes sick. The reach of the system, however, is restricted to those below the poverty line or those who, if they stop earning, are likely to fall below the line.
Bolsa Familia is a welfare system envisaged by the Brazilian government in 2003 where it offers 70 reals indirect transfers to low-income households.
This plan is considered a success story as Brazil saw a 28% decrease in poverty.
Other areas of the globe, including New York City and the Philippines, have replicated this model.
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THE PNG Family Planning Health Association is a non-governmental organisation (NGO) which is focused on family planning, sexually transmitted infections and HIV/AIDS counselling, abortion counselling and gender based problems. The association’s Program Officer Jennifer John said the organisation was started in 1996 and is based in Lae at the Central Arcade, Top Town. It is an associate member of the International Planned Parenthood Federation which is an international organisation that helps them with technical support, finance and logistics. She said they have community-based programs in the rural areas of Morobe including Bulolo, Huon, Nawaeb, Markham and Finschaffen that are aimed at awareness for family planning and sexual health. The program includes training rural councillors to help the people in the community and the distribution of family planning methods which include condoms, pills and injection which is aimed at assisting for proper family planning. “We do not perform abortions for women but we give them counselling before or after they have an abortion,” she stressed. Last year, the organisation employed a male Health Extension Officer who takes care of men’s sexual health and clinical services for men. They also perform men and boy’s outreach which addresses issues like drinking, drug abuse, and sexual behaviours affecting relationships. “We have seen positive results from this outreach which saw the men accompanying their wives for family planning counselling and helping their wives when going to the hospital,” she said. She said family planning still remains a sensitive issue where some men are not supportive towards their wives who would want to use the family planning methods. “We need to educate our men so they will understand that family planning is not for the women only but it needs the support of the men when their wives would want to take it up,” she said.
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The Children's Place (Canada) LP recalls Boys' Knitted Fleece Varsity Jacket
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Joint recall with Health Canada, the United States Consumer Product Safety Commission (US CPSC) and The Children’s Place (Canada) LP.
Boys' Knitted Fleece Varsity Jacket
This voluntary recall involves boys knitted fleece varsity jacket. The jacket is blue and grey in colour with a baseball and bats embroidered on the front upper right side.
The recalled jackets can be identified by the following:
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40465 6-24 months
2T to 5T
The Style number can be found on a price ticket/hangtag. The Vendor, PO and CA numbers can be found on sewn-in clothing tags at the side seam.
Hazard identified
The metal snaps on the jackets may detach when pulled, posing a choking hazard.
Neither Health Canada nor The Children’s Place (Canada) has received any reports of consumer incidents or injuries in Canada.
In the United States, The Children’s Place received one report of the metal snap detaching. No injuries were reported.
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Approximately 2,200 units were sold in Canada, and approximately 13,700 units were sold in the United States.
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The recalled products were sold from December 2014 to July 2015 online and at various retail locations across Canada.
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We are currently experiencing system issues which have impacted the MemberClicks Product. Our engineers are aware and are currently investigating. We will let you know as soon as we have updates.
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Thank you for patience. We wanted to give a quick update as to our progress. We have identified the root issue, however, the resolution is more complicated than we previously anticipated. We have been pursuiing two key options in conjunction with our systems team to restore the front end websites and administrative access. We will continue to post updates here as we make progress.
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We are still working through the issues that we encountered tonight. We expect the product to be down over the next several hours. Our team along with our hosting partner are diligently working through the issues. This is a tandem effort and one that we are taking very seriously. We don't currently have an eta in place. However, we will update you again no later than 5:00 am EST.
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We've narrowed in on the issue and expect to have restored service in the next several hours. We are continuing to investigate root cause while making restoring the product our first and foremost priority. We expect to have another update by 8 AM EST.
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The product has returned to normal operation at this time and your organization’s website should be loading on both the front end and the back end of the MemberClicks product. We sincerely apologize for any inconvenience this has caused you.
The MemberClicks Engineering Team, in conjunction with our data center partner, has worked diligently to identify the root cause of this downtime. While we’re still working to identify the root cause, we have pinpointed the specific issue and narrowed our focus to our network file system infrastructure.
It’s important to note that any file that has physically been uploaded into the MemberClicks system since Monday night at midnight will need to be reuploaded. This would include file uploads to media manager, committee attachments, social community & community forum uploads, etc. Forms and profile data are not affected and should be current.
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We sincerely apologize for any inconvenience this has caused you. We have all hands on deck internally to return the product to full operation as soon as possible.
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Update: All older messages prior to January 2014 from Contact Center & E-List are now accessible. We have been working to fully restore these messages and they are now available in the product.
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We wanted to let you know that as of yesterday early evening we restored the product to normalized performance levels. We have worked exhaustively over the last two days with our data center provider to establish a root cause for the experienced down time. Through that process a human error on the part of our data center partner was revealed as the cause for our experienced outage. On Tuesday evening, our partner was performing routine diagnostic and optimization checks. Through that process they identified an opportunity to improve the current back up speeds. Unfortunately, there was a critical mistake made at that time that essentially brought down both our primary and secondary Network File Mounts. At that point, the only course of action was a full restore of both systems. These systems are very large and maintain millions of files and are of significant size.
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Tesla Model S seven-seater version in the making, will be tested at the Green Hell
A number of developments have taken place at Tesla’s stable ever since its CEO, Elon Musk, announced that the company will test its Model S at …
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A number of developments have taken place at Tesla’s stable ever since its CEO, Elon Musk, announced that the company will test its Model S at Nurburgring. Just to jog your memory; the information was shared by Elon after he took a jibe the Porsche Taycan models’ name. So, while the company prepares to put the Model S through its paces on the famed Nurburgring, the entrepreneur has shared another interesting information to keep the buzz high. Elon Musk recently revealed that the Tesla Model S at the Green Hell will be a seven-seater model. This certainly takes things up by a notch because originally, the Model S was supposed to lap Nurburgring to beat Porsche Taycan’s lap record at the ring. Currently, Taycan is the fastest four-door EV to go around the circuit, but it is also the only one in its category.
However, the latest piece of information shared by Elon hints that the company will attempt to set a new record at the Green Hell for fastest lap by a seven-seater car. Currently, the title for fastest seven-seater car around Nurburgring belongs to Skoda Kodiaq RS seven-seat version which lapped the Nordschleife in 9.28 minutes.
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Another piece of information coming out of Tesla’s stable involved a new world record. Tesla Motors revealed that its Model S became the fastest car at the Laguna Seca by going around the track in 1.36.55 minutes. This makes the Model S quicker than Jaguar XE SV Project 8 by almost a second. However, the car wasn’t a production-spec model but part of an advanced R&D testing. The company noted that it was testing a new powertrain–Plaid– on the Model S, which is powerful than the Ludicrous mode and makes use of three electric motors instead of two. The Plaid powertrain will also make its way to Model X and Tesla Roadster in all likelihood. Currently, the Ludicrous mode helps the Model S dispatch the 0 to 100 km/h run in a mere 2.4 seconds.
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We lapped Laguna Seca @WeatherTechRcwy in 1:36.555 during advanced R&D testing of our Model S Plaid powertrain and chassis prototype
(That’s a second faster than the record for a four-door sedan) pic.twitter.com/OriccK4KCZ
— Tesla (@Tesla) September 12, 2019
Author hiswai publishingPosted on September 13, 2019 Categories PeopleTags Book:Tesla, Inc., Car classifications, Cars, Elon Musk, Nikola Tesla, Roadsters, Tesla Inc., Tesla Model S, Tesla Model X, Tesla Motors, Tesla Roadster, Transport
The Less Big News It Makes, the More Attractive Tesla Stock Gets
Markets like calm and that is particularly true when it comes to Tesla (NASDAQ:). Tesla stock often is volatile to in large part to CEO Elon Musk having …
Markets like calm and that is particularly true when it comes to Tesla (NASDAQ:). Tesla stock often is volatile to in large part to CEO Elon Musk having a penchant for the controversial and flamboyant.
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At one point on Wednesday, Sept. 11, Tesla stock was higher by about 5% as the shares paced for their best intraday performance in seven weeks, extending the stock’s September gain to 8%.
That after Tesla stock dipped 7% in August. A simple tweet from Musk noting that Tesla’s flagship Model S recently set the record for seemed to be the catalyst for Tesla stock on Wednesday.
Of course, there’s much more to the story than that and investors should not caught up in something as superficial as an automotive test. Much of the story, meaning can the company produce cars at a rapid enough rate to meet current demand and lure more luxury car buyers away from internal combustion engines (ICE) to electric vehicles.
There are signs electric vehicle demand is growing, as expected. For example, Chilean lithium producer SQM recently said it plans to invest $2.1 billion over the next to bolster production of the material that is a vital ingredient in the production of the ion batteries that power electric vehicles.
Additionally, a recent permit application with the city of Fremont, Calif., Tesla’s headquarters, indicates the company is looking to build another assembly line, which could be used to manufacture the Model Y crossover vehicle slated to debut in 2020.
Reasons to Cheer and Be Skeptical
Few companies divide investors the way Tesla does. the only source of investment decisions for investors, but in the so-called “FinTwit” space, the segment of the social media platform where money managers and pundits dwell, an investor is just as likely to find some noted folks saying Tesla stock is a four-digit name in the future as they are to find someone referring to the stock by the ticker “TSLAQ” with the “Q” referencing a bankrupt company.
Tesla management has previously been prone to bombastic claims regarding cash flow and production targets, so some skepticism is warranted.
“2019 delivery guidance remains 360,000-400,000 vehicles and management said it feels the company is self-funding and able to generate free cash flow except possibly during product launches such as the Model Y crossover next fall,” said Morningstar . “We have heard this assertion on self-sufficiency as recently as late last year and then Tesla raised capital in 2019 so we are somewhat skeptical.”
Conversely, the company has its supporters, including JMP analyst Joseph Osha, who rates Tesla stock “outperform” with a price target of $337, about 40% above the Wednesday, Sept. 11 close. The analyst likes and views rival offerings as “weak.”
Speaking of market position, integral to the Tesla stock thesis is understanding what market the company operates. This is a luxury car company with comps being Lexus, BMW or Mercedes, not a mass-market maker like Chevy, Honda or Toyota.
“Tesla has a chance to be the dominant electric vehicle firm and is a leader in autonomous vehicle technology, but we do not see it having mass-market volume for at least another decade,” said Morningstar. “Tesla’s product plans for now do not mean an electric vehicle for every consumer who wants one, because the prices are too high.”
Bottom Line Tesla Stock
At 42.37x forward earnings, Tesla stock is certainly and that would be a hurdle unto itself if value stocks continue rebounding.
More specific to the Tesla stock thesis is what investors’ tolerance level will be for the company’s spending plans, which could require capital raises. The company is building a gigafactory in Nevada, as noted above is planning a Fremont, Calif. expansion and must effectively integrate SolarCity into its fold. None of those efforts will come cheap and they don’t include new vehicle launches, such as the Tesla pickup truck.
Tesla’s room for growth is compelling, but the company’s ability to manage the cost of that growth is something investors must be aware of going forward.
Todd Shriber does not own any of the aforementioned securities.
The post appeared first on InvestorPlace.
Author hiswai publishingPosted on September 13, 2019 Categories PeopleTags Car classifications, Cars, Elon Musk, Gigafactory 1, Nikola Tesla, SolarCity, Tesla, Tesla Inc., Tesla Model 3, Tesla Model S, Tesla Roadster, Transport
Tesla Channels Elon Musk in Not-so-Humble Model S Brag
Elon Musk gushed that a prototype for the Tesla “Plaid Model S” broke the speed record for a four-door sedan at the Laguna Seca racetrack in …
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Tesla channeled CEO Elon Musk in its not-so-humble brag about the Model S that set a speed record at California’s Laguna Seca racetrack. | Source: REUTERS / Brendan McDermid (i), Tesla/YouTube (ii). Image Edited by CCN.
Elon Musk gushed that a prototype for the Tesla “Plaid Model S” broke the speed record for a four-door sedan at the Laguna Seca racetrack in California.
Musk excitedly shared the news on Twitter. He noted that the Plaid Model S would be more expensive than other Tesla models but less than its competitors.
The current version of Plaid has a base price of about $101,000. That’s considerably less than its rival, the Porsche Taycan Turbo S, which starts at $187,610.
Elon Musk says the Tesla Plaid Model S (on top) will be better-priced than its rival, the Porsche Taycan Turbo S. (Source: Tesla and Porsche websites)
Plaid Model S won’t go on sale until 2020
However, Musk pointed out that the Plaid Model S “is about a year away from production.”
Tesla‘s official Twitter account posted a video of the Plaid completing the 2.2-mile circuit in one minute and 36 seconds.
Tesla Model S beat record set by Jaguar
The Plaid Model S beat the speed record set last year by the Jaguar XE SV Project 8 by one second.
In September 2018, the Jaguar XE lapped the Laguna Seca racetrack in 1:37.54, Motor Trend reported.
Tesla tweeted about the achievement:
Elon Musk is thrilled that the Tesla Plaid Model S prototype set a new speed record at a California racetrack. (Source: Twitter)
Volkswagen CEO heaps praise on Elon Musk
Meanwhile, Volkswagen CEO Herbert Diess denied speculation that the German auto juggernaut wants to acquire Tesla.
“I wouldn’t consider a stake in Tesla,” Diess told Observer. “I wouldn’t buy a stake because I think all they are doing, we can do.”
As CCN reported, Volkswagen (the maker of the Porsche Taycan) has been investing heavily in electric cars. In January, Volkswagen announced plans to invest $800 million to expand an electric vehicle plant in Tennessee. The facility is expected to roll out its first EV in 2022.
Herbert Diess: I’m a proud Tesla owner
Despite the competition between Tesla and Volkswagen, Herbert Diess says he admires Elon Musk. He’s also a proud Tesla owner.
“When it comes to the next big thing, which is software, Tesla is strong in software,” Diess said. He also rubbished rumors that Tesla will go bankrupt anytime soon because of its recent financial problems.
“I don’t believe that [bankruptcy] will happen,” Diess said. “I like Elon quite a lot and I wish him all the best. Tesla is close now to profitability.”
Shanghai Gigafactory making huge strides
Last week, Tesla announced the roll-out of its Model 3 electric cars in Hong Kong. However, the dubious timing raised eyebrows because Hong Kong has been besieged by protests since June.
That said, Tesla is incredibly popular in Hong Kong. The territory remains a massive market for electric vehicles, thanks to a government policy aimed at reducing traffic congestion.
In mainland China, Tesla is making tremendous progress with the construction of its Gigafactory in Shanghai. In fact, the substation for the Gigafactory 3 site could be operational by September 30, according to Chinese news reports.
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Author hiswai publishingPosted on September 11, 2019 Categories PeopleTags Car classifications, Cars, Elon Musk, ERM, Nikola Tesla, Roadsters, Tesla, Tesla Inc., Tesla Model S, Tesla Roadster, Transport
Tesla claims Laguna Seca lap record and has eyes on the ‘Ring, but what’s under the hood?
When that car set a new Nurburgring Nordschleife EV lap record of 7:42, Tesla’s Elon Musk was quick to respond that its own ‘Ring attempt was …
Quick? Yes. Record-setting? No.
We may never know for sure exactly what started the EV performance wars of 2019, but the arrival of the Porsche Taycan on the scene really stirred things up. When that car set a new Nurburgring Nordschleife EV lap record of 7:42, Tesla’sElon Musk was quick to respond that its own ‘Ring attempt was coming (an attempt that Porsche eagerly welcomes). But Musk is now claiming that his company has secured the sedan lap record at California’s Laguna Seca Raceway.
I’m not so sure.
After many tweets surrounding a Nurburgring run for the Model S, on Wednesday Musk claimed the record in the tweet below, promising a video was coming in the next day.
Model S just set record for fastest 4 door ever at Laguna Seca, video tmrw
— Elon Musk (@elonmusk) September 11, 2019
Today, Tesla dropped the promised video of a 1:36.555 lap time around Laguna Seca, indicating that time is a full second faster than “the record for a four-door sedan.”
That appears to reference to the 1:37.54 lap time set by the Jaguar XE SV Project 8 almost exactly a year ago. On the surface, Tesla has indeed set a faster time — but dig a little deeper and it’s clear that Jaguar still holds the record for a sedan.
Bozi Tatarevic on Twitter was quick to point out that the car appears to have significant modifications, including a Model 3 steering wheel. Exactly what other modifications the car is running remain to be seen. (We’ve reached out to Tesla for clarification and will update this if any further details are provided.)
The car is obviously extensively modified even down to the steering wheel which appears to be from the Model 3. pic.twitter.com/pP1J31YpL7
— Bozi Tatarevic (@hoonable) September 12, 2019
Tesla itself said that the car is running a new drivetrain dubbed Plaid (“The only thing beyond Ludicrous is Plaid,” per Musk). This three-motor configuration was first announced to be part of the new Roadster, due next year, but Musk recently clarified that Plaid will also appear on the Model S sedan and Model X SUV.
Given the Plaid drivetrain isn’t available to consumers, and given Tesla hasn’t clarified other details such as suspension and tires, it’s impossible to call this lap time any kind of record. But is it impressive? Absolutely. And though we’re on the edge of our seats waiting for the next assault’s results, we’ve got some video footage of this new Plaid-spec Model S on the Nurburgring courtesy of YouTuber Automotive Mike.
Does the modded Model S look like it’s fast? Absolutely, but it’s worth saying that it doesn’t exactly look graceful as it carves its way through the corners. What’s more, its tires sound like they’re also exceedingly unhappy with what’s being done to them thanks to the Model S’ certified Thicc-boi weight of nearly 5,000 pounds.
Much like with the Laguna Seca situation, the Nurburgring “record attempt” doesn’t seem to have a specific class in mind. Nor does it seem to be sanctioned by the ‘Ring itself, with Tesla again having ignored the process for setting a time that’s been adhered to by other manufacturers. Beyond that, our pal Bozi — the Encyclopedia Brown of car esoterica on the internet — points out that there is no official record for electric sedans at the ‘Ring so the Tesla would have to gun for one of three records, two of which are possible and one which is seriously never going to happen.
Those records are for “midrange cars,” which is held by the Jaguar XE SV Project 8 with a time of 7:23.164; “executive cars,” which is held by Mercedes-AMG’s GT 63 S 4Matic+ with a time of 7:30.11; and the “electric (sports) cars” record which Volkswagen set at 6:05.336 with its ID.R and is currently the second-fastest time ever set there. We’ll leave it to you to figure out where Tesla might try and slot itself in.
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Author hiswai publishingPosted on September 11, 2019 Categories PeopleTags Car classifications, Cars, Electric car, Elon Musk, Hatchbacks, Motor vehicles, Nikola Tesla, Sports sedan, Tesla Model 3, Tesla Model S, Tesla Roadster, WeatherTech Raceway Laguna Seca
Prototype Tesla Model S ‘Plaid’ (Available 2020) Breaks 4-Door Sedan Lap Record At Laguna …
Elon Musk has confirmed that this version of the Model S will go into series production around a year from now, and the same powertrain option will …
Published on September 12th, 2019 | by Dr. Maximilian Holland
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Proving the superior performance of electric vehicles, a prototype Tesla Model S with “Plaid powertrain and chassis” has broken the outright 4-door sedan lap record at the famous Laguna Seca Raceway, in a time of 1:36.555. Elon Musk has confirmed that this version of the Model S will go into series production around a year from now, and the same powertrain option will also be made available for the Tesla Model X.
There’s potential for this Tesla Model S to put in an even faster lap time, since the 1:36.555 lap was driven by what Tesla refers to as “a member of the Tesla development team (amateur driver).” The previous lap records for 4-door sedans were held by the limited production (300 unit) Jaguar XE SE Project 8 (1:37.54 — video), at an MSRP of $187,500, and the slower Cadillac CTS-V (1:38.52 — video), at MSRP $89,000. Both were driven by pro racing driver Randy Pobst. In the hands of such a pro, shaving another second or so off the Model S lap time may be possible.
For context, the BMW M4 GTS, BMW M5, Alfa Romeo Giulia QV, and other renowned sports sedans are all a good bit slower to lap the Laguna Seca circuit. Beyond the sedan category, the only faster “4-seat” cars around the circuit are 2-door “coupes” — a couple of Porsche 911 variants, a couple of Nissan GTR variants, and the Camaro ZL1 1LE. Calling these “4-seaters” is a stretch — we’re talking about very cramped jump seats in the back, with almost no head or leg room — only really suitable for small children. In terms of practicality, these are obviously a far cry from a spacious and comfortable sedan like the Model S.
Aside from the above, only 2-seat performance cars and exotic supercars (e.g. McLarens, Ferraris, and Lamborghinis) can lap this circuit faster than the Model S (here’s a decent list of Laguna Seca lap times).
The “Plaid” powertrain goes beyond “Ludicrous” (and former “Insane”) modes (a nomenclature of scale derived from the classic Spaceballs movie), and was previously only known to be planned for the upcoming Tesla Roadster. Unlike previous Tesla Performance powertrains, Elon Musk confirmed that “Plaid” uses 3 electric motors, and that this configuration will be available in both the S and X (as an option) as well as in the Roadster (as standard).
In the case of Model S (and likely Model X), the new variant also features chassis changes, and probably also includes more overall power, likely a track mode, and almost certainly advanced cooling design for the battery, power electronics and motors (among other changes). Musk also made clear that there are no plans to feature this Plaid powertrain setup in the Model 3 or Model Y.
Finally, Musk clarified that the pricing for this powertrain option will be above the current Performance variants, yet more affordable than competitors:
Yes. To be clear, Plaid powertrain is about a year away from production & applies to S,X & Roadster, but not 3 or Y. Will cost more than our current offerings, but less than competitors.
The Tesla Model S — presumably in a similar Plaid prototype form — is currently in tuning for performance and safety on the Nürburgring Nordschleife, in preparation for setting a competitive lap time. Musk has indicated that it will be another week or two before everything is ready for a safe attempt at the actual timed lap. For example, the Flugplatz area, around 50 seconds into the circuit, involves a high speed jump just before a fast corner, which requires detailed suspension work to be undertaken for safety, especially in heavier EV vehicles.
But we probably won’t try for best lap time this week, as we need to review & tune Model S thoroughly for safety on Nürburgring, especially Flugplatz section
The Laguna Seca lap time result, combined with all we now know (and can reasonably estimate) about the new powertrain, suggests that the Model S Plaid prototype should handily beat the recent 7:42 Nordschleife lap time set by the Porsche Taycan Prototype. It will probably also beat the lap times of the Porsche Panamera Turbo and BMW M5, even though these have a considerable top speed advantage down the long back straight. Unless the Plaid powertrain has boosted the Model S’s top speed … ?
Musk has also stated that the upcoming Tesla Roadster will tackle the Nürburgring Nordschleife next year (likely still in pre-production prototype form):
We earlier speculated that a new Tesla Model S powertrain would likely be used to set the Nürburgring Nordschleife lap time. We now have some of the details (Musk says more will be revealed soon). What’s your guess as to some of the other specs of this upcoming “Plaid” Model S? What kind of lap time do you think it will achieve at the Nordschleife? Please let us know in the comments.
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Global adviser needed for Islamic finance, says IDB
May 20, 2013 Editor Middle East, Scholars Global sharia board, global sharia board for islamic banks, IDB, IDB and IFSB, IDB sharia board, International sharia board
The Islamic Development Bank (IDB), a Jeddah-based multilateral institution, has called for the creation of a global sharia advisory board that can offer greater uniformity for the Islamic finance industry, its president said on Thursday.
A centralised format to the supervision of sharia-compliant banking products is gaining favour across the globe, as regulators seek to standardise industry practices and improve consumer perceptions.
“IDB and IFSB (Islamic Financial Services Board) should study ways for creating globally acceptable references for the industry for the benefit of all,” IDB president Ahmad Mohamed Ali said at a conference in Kuala Lumpur.
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Islamic scholars propose new sharia board model
September 16, 2012 September 16, 2012 Editor Scholars islamic banking model, Islamic finance and sharia, islamic scholars, islamic scholars and islamic finance, new model in islamic finance, new theory in islamic finance, sharia board model
(Reuters) – A group of Islamic scholars is proposing a fresh solution to charges that banks’ sharia boards are open to conflicts of interest: create partnerships between the boards and Muslim depositors, to insulate the boards from pressure exerted by bank managements.
Sharia boards, composed of experts in Islamic financial law, supervise Islamic banks’ activities and products to make sure they conform to religious principles, such as bans on interest and pure monetary speculation.
Traditionally, banks appoint prestigious scholars to their sharia boards and pay them handsome fees and retainers. This has left the system vulnerable to charges of conflict of interest: the scholars are being paid by the institutions which they are supposed to be supervising impartially.
A group of scholars in South Africa, led by Durban-based Ebrahim Desai, a senior figure in the city’s Muslim community, proposes that Muslim depositors in each bank fund a sharia compliance body that would be created separately from the bank.
http://in.reuters.com/article/2012/09/13/islamic-finance-scholars-idINL6E8JU8VU20120913
IFIBAF signs collaboration agreement with Dubai Dar Al Sharia
June 30, 2011 Editor Europe, Middle East, Scholars
ubai based Dar Al Sharia which is the leading provider of Shariah services in the region has signed a collaboration agreement with the Frankfurt based Institute for Islamic Banking and Finance (IFIBAF).
The relationship between these two organizations originates from a highly success Islamic Finance Trade Mission to Europe conducted by Dubai Exports, an agency of the Dubai Department of Economic Development. The Islamic Finance Trade Mission sought to increase the awareness of Islamic financial service providers and institutions from the UAE in the European markets. (press Release)
source : opalesque
Plans for certified syariah experts in Islamic finance
September 16, 2010 Editor Scholars
Leading Islamic finance scholars are preparing the first global certification for syariah experts, seeking to bolster the industry’s reputation and make it easier for banks to find qualified advisers.
The International Syariah Research Academy for Islamic Finance in Kuala Lumpur will pick a board of regulators by year-end to issue permits for scholars qualified to sit on syariah boards, said Aznan Hasan, president of the oversight committee. The scholars decide whether financial products meet the religion’s precepts, including a ban on interest payments.
“We are worried that people who aren’t qualified to be syariah scholars may enter and become members of the advisory boards as the market flourishes,” Aznan said in an interview in Kuala Lumpur.
“Banks try to search for competent advisers. Sometimes they get the right person, sometimes they get the wrong person.”
Attempts to set up an organisation with a code of ethics to certify Islamic scholars have been frustrated by differing interpretations of syariah law across the Muslim world, Madzlan Mohamad Hussain, a partner at Zaid Ibrahim & Co, Malaysia’s largest law firm, said in an interview.
Scholars are now required to have recognised university degrees before they can act as advisers to banks and companies.
The council of scholars at the academy includes Sheikh Nizam Yaquby of Bahrain, Mohammad Daud Bakar of Malaysia and Abdul Sattar Abu Ghuddah of Syria, who were all ranked among the top 10 experts in a 2008 report by the Chicago-based Failaka Advisors LLC, an advisory company that monitors and publishes data on Islamic funds.
Yaquby serves on the Islamic boards of 52 institutions, including the New York-based Citigroup Inc and London-based HSBC Holdings plc. Daud advises firms such as the Paris-based BNP Paribas SA, according to the data.
“The whole idea is to further strengthen confidence by making syariah scholars truly professional,” Madzlan said, adding that the majority of experts also have full-time careers.
“The plan will materialise because there’s a need for it.” A shortage of scholars versed in syariah law means they tend to sit on a number of advisory boards simultaneously, which increases the risk of conflicts of interest, according to the Bahrain-based Accounting & Auditing Organisation for Islamic Financial Institutions, or AAOIFI.
“We desperately need an institution that could certify and standardise different Islamic products in the market,” Kaleem Iqbal, a senior executive vice-president at Al Baraka Islamic, a unit of the Bahrain-based Albaraka Banking Group, said in an interview yesterday from Islamabad, Pakistan.
“The banking community will certainly welcome a common platform with a global mandate.”
Syariah-compliant bonds returned 10 per cent this year, according to the HSBC/Nasdaq Dubai US Dollar Sukuk Index, while debt in developing markets gained 12.5 per cent, JPMorgan Chase & Co’s EMBI Global Diversified Index shows. The Islamic notes rose 1.3 per cent in August after a 2.6 per cent increase a month earlier.
The spread between the average yield for emerging-market sukuk and the London interbank offered rate narrowed 16 basis points, or 0.16 percentage point, to 385 last month, according to the HSBC/Nasdaq Dubai US Dollar Sukuk Index.
Global sales of sukuk have dropped 13 per cent to US$10.1 billion (RM31.5 billion) so far this year, compared with the same period in 2009, according to data compiled by Bloomberg.
The yield on Malaysia’s 3.928 per cent government Islamic note was little changed at 2.72 per cent yesterday and dropped 21 basis points from the end of July, according to prices from Royal Bank of Scotland Group plc.
It reached a record low of 2.63 per cent on August 24. The Islamic finance industry, with US$1 trillion (RM3.1 trillion) in assets, is facing a challenge to develop global standards to attract funds from the world’s 1.6 billion Muslims.
The AAOIFI, whose standards have been adopted in countries including the United Arab Emirates and Qatar, is proposing rules for scholars to reduce the risk of conflicts of interest, Mohamad Nedal Alchaar, secretary-general of the organisation, said in an interview in Kuala Lumpur.
The guidelines by the AAOIFI may address whether syariah scholars can own shares in the institutions they serve and how many advisory boards they can join, he said.
A centralised regulator for scholars will help increase investment because banks will save time in choosing experts to ensure products meet religious principles, said the academy’s Aznan, who also serves on the syariah board of Malaysia’s central bank.
“Global regulation is beneficial, be that through a test of fit and proper criteria as to what makes one qualify as a scholar,” Omar Shaikh, a board member of the Islamic Finance Council in the UK, said in an e-mail yesterday.
Plan for global syariah adviser platform
September 8, 2010 August 30, 2010 Editor Scholars
A GLOBAL authority may be set up to oversee Islamic finance syariah advisers, a religious scholar said, amid calls to address the fragmented regulation which threatens to slow the industry’s growth.
The role of syariah scholars has been a growing point of debate as the US$1 trillion (RM3.1 trillion) industry’s rapid rise raises issues such as the shortage of advisers, conflicts of interest and a lack of transparency in their rulings.
Syariah scholars shape the direction of the Islamic finance industry by issuing fatwas on financial instruments and banking practices.
The International Syariah Research Academy for Islamic Finance (Isra), which is backed by Bank Negara Malaysia, has initiated plans for a global regulatory body for syariah advisers, and a group of religious scholars are studying the plan.
Isra’s executive director Mohamad Akram Laldin said the proposed authority would be similar to other professional groups such as legal or medical industry bodies but its precise remit has yet to be finalised.
Potential issues that could be dealt with include licensing syariah advisers and ensuring a continued supply of these scholars, he said.
“We have a number of scholars who are there but what about the second, third generation?,” Akram said by telephone.
“We need to plan in order to ensure that there will be no interruption in the industry. We hope that the different jurisdictions will recognise this as the platform to license syariah advisers.” He said the recently established committee comprising Malaysian and Middle Eastern scholars hoped to have a clear plan by next year.
Malaysia, Pakistan and Sudan have national level syariah advisory councils but most other countries do not exercise similar regulation over syariah advisers.
Bahrain-based industry body AAOIFI recently announced plans to overhaul rules dealing with scholars’ shareholdings and their conduct on banks’ syariah boards but compliance with its guidelines are voluntary.
There are over 200 scholars but a small group sit on multiple boards and some also run their own syariah advisory services, raising concerns about conflicts of interest.
The top 6 of 221 scholars including Sheikh Nizam Yaquby, Sheikh Abdul Sattar Abu Ghuddah and Mohamed Ali Elgari sit on almost a third of the entire universe of almost 1054 board positions, according to a Funds@Work report in April this year.
But differing jurisdictions, regulators and legal frameworks could complicate the task of establishing a single syariah adviser platform.
“It’s very difficult to set up an international body which actually has power to effect these changes,” said Muneer Khan, Islamic finance head at Dubai-based lawyers Simmons & Simmons.
“It all depends on voluntary cooperation. A lot of work would have to take place behind the scenes to get regulators to sign up.”
source : bttimes
Sharia depositors’ funds may be haram in Indonasia
April 17, 2010 March 29, 2010 Editor Scholars, South East Asia indonasia deposits, indonasia islam, indonasia islamic banking, indonasia islamic investments
A discussion at Nahdlatul Ulama’s (NU) 32nd national congress in Makassar, South Sulawesi, ended on 25, March, 2010 with a conclusion that Sharia banks in Indonesia had yet to provide fully ‘halal’ fund management.
A young scholar who was also the deputy head of the contemporary religious issues deliberation division at NU headquarters, Cholil Nafisia, said Islamic institutions in Indonesia still lacked ability to verify funds managed by Sharia banks.
“It’s still possible that the funds of Sharia banks’ depositors are managed or invested in ‘haram’ ways,” Cholil said during a meeting at Makassar’s Sudiang haj dormitory.
Depositors usually did not realize this, he said, as the initial process of the investment generally appeared halal.
“When a depositor first makes the [transaction deal] to invest funds at a Sharia bank, everything will look fine and ‘halal’.
“The mess will happen after that, when the bank invests the funds into various investment schemes,” he said.
A sharia investment will not benefit its customer with interest. Sharia banks invest the funds in the stock market and share only a certain percentage of the profits with customers.
Each Sharia bank implements unique methods of sharing and profit calculation, making it harder for Muslims to determine whether the funds are really managed accordingly.
Once a single rupiah of a fund is invested in a haram business, the entire investment of a particular depositor would be haram, Cholil said.
“That’s why it’s hard to supervise all of the investing processes.”
Cholil suggested that the NU play a significant role in tackling such issues.
“Make more ulema into auditors and make more auditors become ulema,” he said.
“I have asked the auditors association and they confirmed that only a small number of auditors in Indonesia were skilled in auditing Sharia investments,” he said.
Cholil refused to comment if banks only used the label “Sharia” to attract customers.
source : jakatapost
Experts Gather To Find Solutions To Islamic Banking & Finance Issues
March 7, 2010 March 3, 2010 Editor Islamic Finance, Scholars Islamic Finance
Some 20 papers that will revolve around the theme, “Contemporary challenges of Islamic finance: towards realising the goal of Shari’ah”, will be presented during the two-day International Conference on Islamic Finance.
According to Unissa Rector Dr Haji Serbini bin Haji Matahir, the main objective of the conference is to consolidate and find solutions on issues of Islamic banking and finance “based on the fundamental Shari’ah principles and maqasid al-Shari’ah”.
One of the challenges faced by the Islamic banking and financial institutions is developing products and services approved by Shari’ ah or legitimate from the Shari’ah perspective.
Dr Haji Serbini hopes that the conference can “positively contribute to the development of a more globally harmonised Islamic banking and finance industry that would better serve the Muslim Ummah”.
The conference, which was officiated by Minister of Finance II Pehin Orang Kaya Laila Setia Dato Seri Setia Awang Haji Abdul Rahman bin Haji Ibrahim yesterday, will conclude today. Among the papers that will be presented today are “The Bruneian Perspective Towards Islamic Banking System In Brunei” by Azme Haji Matali, and “The Shariah Process In Produet Approval In Islamic Banking & Capital Market” by Dr Ahcene Lahsasna.
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The Lanesborough's Library Bar turns from cognac to whisky
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Many of us associate The Lanesborough hotel with the luxurious world of cognac. Its dark, sultry wood-panelled Library Bar is home to a collection of cognacs dating back to the French Revolution.
That could all be about to change as the historic hotel turns its attention away from cognac (if just for a second), to declare 2018 The Year of the Single Malt in partnership with The Balvenie.
Single malts are so 2018, according to William Grant & Sons' annual report which shows the market is now worth a rather impressive £175m.
Library bar manager Mickael Perron is all in, telling Imbibe that whisky, in many ways, is a more inclusive spirit than others.
'I've always been about being inclusive rather than exclusive, and whisky has a broader spectrum of price and appeal,' says Perron. 'Someone with less cash in their pocket can come and try a more entry-level whisky, and then develop a love and relationship with the category. They can then come back when they have more to spend, and will remember that relationship. The Lanesborough has always been about cognac, and now it's about whisky. Whisky is cool!'
Possibly not so inclusive are the two finest and rare expressions of The Balvenie range that the hotel has just acquired, making it the only hotel in Europe to serve these expressions.
First up, there's a bottle of The Balvenie 50yo - only 131 are available across the globe. The Library Bar will also have the oldest expression of The Balvenie ever released in its cabinet, a 55yo whisky distilled in 1961 and chosen by malt master David Stewart MBE to be bottled as part of the DCS Compendium Chapter 3.
If you're not willing to delve quite as deep into your pocket, The Lanesborough's collection includes classic Speysides and whiskys in cocktail form. In fact, The Library bar's signature cocktail has become the Gaspari Manhattan, made with The Balvenie Caribbean Cask 14yo – a whisky matured for 14 years in American oak, before being finished for six months in ex-Caribbean rum casks.
But why the sudden shift in focus? ‘We are spoiled with cognacs,’ explains Perron, ‘but that doesn’t mean that we are not looking for something very special to add to our collection for our guests to enjoy.
Shaking on it: bar manager Mickael Perron with Balvenie malt master David Stewart MBE
'Connecting with our guests is a joy at The Lanesborough, and we are able to do this with whiskies, especially, because the growing interest and excitement for the single malt category is incredible,' he concludes.
The Year of the Single Malt was launched at the hotel in front of the brand, media and key drinks industry players, including long-time malt master David Stewart MBE.
'I’m so pleased to see The Balvenie 50yo and the 1961 single cask whisky from our DCS Collection launch in the hotel and sit alongside our classic whiskies such as the 12yo Double Wood and 21yo Port Wood,' says Stewart.
'The care with which the collection of whiskies has been curated for the Lanesborough’s Year of the Single Malt mirrors the same ethos that I bring to crafting our whiskies at The Balvenie, and to have so many of The Balvenie whiskies here for guests to enjoy is a real honour.'
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Posted 05/29/2019 | by ICSN | in School News
Eagle charter school celebrates start of summer break with dance party
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EAGLE, Idaho — Teachers and administrators at North Star Charter Elementary School in Eagle treated the students to a very special send-off as they left for summer vacation.
For the last several years, they’ve held a end-of-year celebration and dance party on the last day of school.
“We all come out after school and have a big dance party with a loud speaker playing cool music,” said 2nd grader Ethan Juedes.
Kindergarten teacher Tisha Vanderwill says its the perfect way to end the school year.
“We like to send the kids off in style for summer and just send them off on a happy note and all the teachers come out and kinda do their best dance moves and send them out with one last giggle and a bright smile,” she said.
There’s even a bit of a friendly competition among the teachers when it comes to the dance party.
“Miss Davis, she like does funky dances sometimes and then like, everyone has their own dance they do,” explained 2nd grader Sophie Hansen.
Jaycee Miller, a 5th grader at North Star, agrees that the teachers dancing is a highlight of the party.
“It’s really funny, but it’s also really cool,” Jaycee said. “It makes us happy and just seeing us happy I think that makes them happy.”
Principal Shay Davis said it’s a good time for everyone.
“I think that they realize that they’re important to us and they love seeing us celebrating with them,” she said.
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Bold And the Beautiful News: Darin Brooks Lands Exciting New Film Role
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By Joanna Mazewski On Jun 15, 2019
He’s bold, he’s beautiful, he’s super talented and now fans are going to see even a little bit more of him! Bold and the Beautiful actor Darin Brooks (Wyatt Spencer) has just landed a brand new role and we’ve got all of the details that you need to know right here.
According to reports, Darin is set to star in an upcoming thriller called The Missing Sister. Craig Goldstein will direct the film and along with Brooks it will also star Katrina Begin, Diora Baird, Mark Famiglietti, Brooks as Frank, Katie Michels, Maia Guest, Momo Dione and many more. It sounds to us like Darin is in great company.
The tagline reads: “When Sharon finally tracks down her estranged sister Raven, she’s elated to be back together until she begins to suspect that Raven isn’t her sister at all, but rather an opportunistic impostor.”
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While there are no additional details available about the movie right now, we do know that it is slated to debut sometime later this year. We’re very excited for Brooks as this is a great opportunity for him. We are yet to see him in a thriller role!
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Meanwhile, it looks like Brooks is going to be dealing with a lot of drama over at The Bold and the Beautiful. That’s because his character Wyatt Spencer will soon find out that his girlfriend Flo Fulton (Shauna Sand) isn’t the wonderful and honest person that he thinks she is.
Flo has been keeping a secret to herself for many months now and it’s one that is going to rock everyone’s worlds once it comes out. In fact, the Spencer, Logan and Forrester families will all be impacted by this scandal.
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There’s a very good chance that Wyatt might end up pulling the cord on his relationship with Flo the same way he did with his ex, Sally Spectra (Courtney Hope).
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After all, Wyatt has proven time and time again that family means everything to him. He will always be there for his brother Liam Spencer (Scott Clifton), for better or for worse. Needless to say, fans will have to tune in!
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How We Met: Hamish Blake reveals the way Andy Lee completes him
By Imogen Dewey| 1 year ago
The True Story hosts show 9Honey what true love looks like
Hamish Blake and Andy Lee, hosts of True Story with Hamish & Andy – or as you may know them, "Hamish" and "Andy" – are deeply in love.
Andy casts his mind back to the day they met and throws a quick, tender look at Hamish, who is lost in thought.
"It was actually a blind date," he tells 9Honey. "We were set up by a guy called Pete."
Andy recalls he and Hamish's first 'blind date'. (9Honey)
"Who I think was looking for a three-way friendship," Hamish says.
"But as often happens in three-ways, you can't really gauge who should be getting the most attention. In the end, the attraction between Ando and I—"
"—too strong," Andy says.
They have this knack of completing each other's sentences. And though they've been together nearly 20 years (come 2021), their chemistry is still palpable.
A post shared by Hamish & Andy (@hamishandandy) on Apr 10, 2018 at 3:14am PDT
"Pete was left standing there, watching," Hamish continues. "And eventually walked off—"
"—to a consumer behaviour tutorial," Andy finishes.
Yes, like so many great romances, Hamish and Andy's journey began at university – a Pretty Woman story, they joke affectionately.
The way Hamish tells it, a chivalrous Andy swept in to save him in his time of need. (Andy had three jobs; Hamish had none.)
The happy couple recounting their 'Pretty Woman' days. (9Honey)
"I had a socioeconomic condition known as 'being broke'," he explains. "Andy was a generous lifeline, a generous benefactor."
"I'd take you to go get some garlic naan," Andy recalls, eyes misty with nostalgia.
"Then they'd say, 'We can't serve you sir, you need two dollars to buy the garlic naan,'" Hamish says. "Later on, when I did have two dollars, I came back in and said, 'Big mistake.'"
He pauses.
"Huge mistake," they chime in unison.
A post shared by Hamish & Andy (@hamishandandy) on Jan 3, 2018 at 9:28pm PST
So what do they have planned for the big anniversary?
"I don't want to say too much, because I've booked a little something" Hamish says with a sly grin.
"Let me just say, it starts with 'tram'. And ends in 'restaurant'." (Author's note for anyone not from Melbourne: It has a tram restaurant.)
Andy laughs delightedly.
* Laughs delightedly. * (9Honey)
When asked what they most love about the other, Hamish and Andy are stumped.
"There's too many to list," Hamish says, grey-green eyes glistening with unshed tears.
"Too many things."
Both, on the other hand, are full of good ideas about things they could change.
Andy would like Hamish to be the world's fastest runner, largely for the "cool lifestyle". Hamish would like to change Andy into a big eagle he could ride.
"I'd change his back to have huge wings," he elaborates.
"I'd change his torso to be longer; I'd change his personality be one of that of an animal that enjoys being saddled, that takes directions well."
Belief in each other, the capacity to see the other's potential, the desire to help that person grow... all unmistakable hallmarks of 'the real thing'.
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For a couple with two decades of memories, they seem to have very few regrets. But of course, there's always something.
"We've never won an eating challenge," Andy says heavily, running a weary hand through his dark, glossy locks.
"We always get very, very close," Hamish says. "We always get to the 80 per cent mark. But we've never finished an eating challenge."
"And there are the times where you look at each other and go—"
Andy sounds close to breaking.
"—what are we doing?" Hamish says, gently.
"Are we the same people we still were when we got together?"
'Are we the same people we still were when we got together?' (9Honey)
A pregnant silence descends on the room.
And this haunting absence on their trophy shelf is clearly not the only rift between them. It's not long before Hamish raises the prickly subject of Dimitri, his personal trainer.
"He keeps saying there's nothing there," Andy says, troubled.
"He's a good laugh," Hamish says breezily. "I'm training him up to be my Andy."
A post shared by Hamish & Andy (@hamishandandy) on Aug 31, 2015 at 6:38am PDT
Andy looks pained.
It seems like a good time to steer the conversation onto safer ground. Like, say, what have these two men taught each other? What have they learned from each other – indeed, from love?
"What have I learnt from Andy?"
Hamish stops, uncharacteristically solemn.
"I think my life's had a lot more adventures with Andy than without. He's a good missing link. He's a good other side of the spirit and excitement to go off on an adventure."
A post shared by Hamish Blake (@hamishblakeshotz) on Feb 16, 2014 at 2:52am PST
"Without him, there'd be a lot more times in my life I'd feel like it'd be fun to go and have an adventure, but would never actually get around to doing it."
He looks tenderly to the man who has so expansively opened up his world.
"I have learned how to lie better," says Andy.
Watch True Story with Hamish & Andy at 8.40pm on Tuesdays on Nine.
To see more stories from 9Honey's How We Met series, head here. And if you know someone with a beautiful love story of their own (or you have one), email me: idewey@nine.com.au
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Revelstoke Invests in Hospice Provider The Care Team
By Jim Parker | October 21, 2019 October 21, 2019
Denver-based private equity firm Revelstoke Capital Partners has made a significant investment in Michigan-based hospice company The Care Team, a large provider in the Great Lakes region. The two companies would not divulge the investment dollar amount, but the move contributes to a growing trend of private equity interest in the hospice space.
Revelstoke indicated that the firm intended for the investment to support The Care Team’s growth objectives. The Care Team did not respond to Hospice News’ requests for more details on those objectives, but indicated in a statement that the company intends to expand to new markets.
In addition to hospice care, The Care Team providers in-home nursing services, physical therapy, home health care and speech and occupational therapies. The company also employs medical social workers.
“This investment is the result of a multi-year outbound search in the home health and hospice industry for providers that can offer excellent outcomes for patients in the lowest cost-of-care setting,” said Russell Cassella, managing partner at Revelstoke. “Our partnership with [The Care Team], a leading home health and hospice agency that is well-positioned for growth and consolidation, achieves this objective. [The Care Team’s] management team has developed the infrastructure and capabilities needed to provide patients and families with exceptional and cost-efficient care. With consolidation in the industry expected to accelerate, we are seeking other leading agencies to partner with so we can further expand the [Revelstoke’s] reach and capabilities.”
Private equity interest in the hospice market has been driven by multiple factors, including the fragmented nature of the industry, increased acceptance of hospice and palliative care services, demographic tailwinds, the changing regulatory landscape, and the gradual transition towards a value-based care model, such as the Medicare Advantage hospice carve-in slated for 2021.
A number of high-profile hospice transactions involving private equity firms have occurred thus far during 2019.
Private equity firm Towerbrook Capital Partners and health system Ascension Health have agreed to purchase the Nashville-based hospice provider Compassus at a valuation of $1 billion, with multiples of EBITDA in the low teens, PEHub.com reported earlier this month. The two companies will split ownership of Compassus down the middle, each holding an equal stake.
Also this month, Missouri Home Hospice, LLC, a firm with portfolio companies throughout the post-acute care space, and MHS Equities, LLC acquired Missouri-based Transitions Hospice, marking the third 2019 acquisition for Missouri Home Hospice.
Texas-based Three Oaks Hospice in September acquired three hospice agencies in Dallas, Fort Worth and San Antonio — Total Hospice & Palliative Care, ABS Palliative and Hospice Care and Fellowship Hospice — after receiving more than $21 million in private equity funds from Granite Growth Health Partners, Health Velocity Capital and Petra Capital Partners.
Earlier this year, a Salt Lake City-based private equity firm has purchased Comfort Hospice & Palliative Care in Portland, Ore., for $20 million. The purchasing company — a large regional operator with 30 additional hospice locations primarily in the Western United States — has not been identified publicly. Comfort Hospice & Palliative Care earns nearly $8.3 million in annual revenues and cares for an average of 143 patients per day in four Oregon counties.
The Revelstoke deal with The Care Team keeps the hospice provider’s founder and CEO Jason Laing in place, according to Revelstoke.
“Over the last four years, The Care Team has grown into a leading regional provider of home health and hospice care, serving patients across Michigan,” Laing said. “Partnering with Revelstoke will provide us with the expertise, capital and guidance needed to expand our presence in Michigan and enable our entry in new markets.”
Companies featured in this article:
Revelstoke Capital Partners, The Care Team
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Jim Parker is a subculture of one. Swashbuckling feats of high adventure bring a joyful tear to his salty eye. A Chicago-based journalist who has covered health care and public policy since 2000, his personal interests include fire performance, the culinary arts, literature, and general geekery.
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Our trip started auspiciously with a lecture from a Fish & Game warden at the put-in. He told us of kayakers getting lost in the back stretches of the Black River, and how local authorities had to effect nighttime rescues. He mentioned that kayakers were found, in the dark, standing in freezing water. He then said, “But you look like an experienced group - just be careful, because thunderstorms may be coming through.“ We listened politely, and set off. Within ten minutes, we were enveloped by quietness. Every now and then, the stillness was broken by John announcing “There’s another tree down”. It seemed as if the channel had not been maintained in years. Remarkably, we had to portage around only three blowdowns. We were able to run the others (either before or after some judicious pruning). We also spent a good deal of time deciding which rivulets through the vegetation represented the true course of the river. Finally, hours later, we got to the heron rookery and were rewarded with the sight of at least 22 nests. At this point, the river finally began to open up and turned into a navigable stream. Further down the river, after wending our way through the marshes, we encountered three very low bridges. After playing limbo underneath the first, we had to give up and portage the next two (almost getting hit by an ambulance and a subsequent police car while we were carrying the canoes across the road). Finally we reached the sluice gates. We ran the gate on the left and had the joy of paddling moving water from there to the take-out at the mill. No one swam, no one got lost, no one complained. A very nice day on a very quiet part of New Jersey.
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London Olympics Preview: The High Jump
1 Comment Posted by hurdler49 on June 3, 2012
The high jump, as with all technical events, is a tough event to call. In this article, I’ll be doing my utmost best to provide the facts and make a sound judgment on my predictions for the upcoming London Olympic Games.
Photo from Nigel Chadwick
Women’s High Jump
Anna Chicherova Анна Чичерова (2.02m SB, 2012 world leader) is the hands down favorite for the Olympic title. The Russian has figured in the top three of all major championships since 2007, crowning her gradual rise with the world title in Daegu, in an epic duel with archrival Vlašić. The once dominant Croatian has taken a low profile since the 2011 world championships, opting to skip the indoor season.
Chicherova (L) and Lowe (R). (Photos from Erik van Leeuwen)
Chaunté Lowe (1.98m SB in 2012), the American record holder and the 2012 World Indoor Champion, has shown fine form this year. So has Svetlana Shkolina (Светлана Школина), who has recently cleared a new outdoor personal best of 2.00m in Eugene. The defending Olympic champion, Tia Hellebaut, has gradually recovered her old winning form since making a comeback from pregnancy and retirement. To date, the Belgian has a season’s best of 1.96m.
Hellebaut (L), Di Martino (C), and Friedrich (R). (Photos from Erik van Leeuwen and InsaneDesign)
Chicherova is my pick to win the London Olympic gold medal. She has played bridesmaid for so long. At 29-years old and having played bridesmaid for so long. London should be the Russian’s playground – and the crowning glory of an illustrious career. In the battle for the minor medals, Lowe is ahead of the pack. Hellebaut, should she recover her old form, and the evergreen Antonietta Di Martino have strong chances to land a podium spot – although beating Chicherova and Lowe seem far-fetched.
The in-from Shkolina, a resurgent Emma Green-Tregaro, or the comebacking Ariane Friedrich might spring a surprise.
Vlašić’s recovery from an ankle injury has been hampered by a bacterial infection; hence, she remains “doubtful” for the London games, according to news reports.
The Croatian, with a personal best of 2.08m from 2009, trails only world record holder Stefka Kostadinova in the all-time list. Chicherova is fourth in the list, with her 2.07m clearance in Cheboksary last year. Friedrich, recovering from a torn achilles’ tendon, has a classy personal best of 2.06m from 2009. Lowe (2010) and Hellebaut (2008) have identical best marks of 2.05m. Di Martino has a lifetime’s best of 2.03m (2007).
Top Three Predictions:
Gold: Anna Chicherova
Silver: Chaunte Lowe
Bronze: Tia Hellebaut/Antonietta Di Martino/Ariane Friedrich
Men’s High Jump
In the past three editions of the World Championships, the women’s high jump top three was spread amongst just four women (Chicherova, Vlasic, Di Martino and Friedrich). Whereas, in the men’s competition, eight different athletes figured in the top ranks (Williams, Dmitrik, Barry, Rybakov, Iaonnou, Spank, and Bednarek). Unlike the women’s event, the battle for men’s gold is wide open.
The United Kingdom’s fast-improving Robert Grabarz is currently in pole position, with his world-leading 2.33m clearance from the Rome Diamond League. The American Ricky Robertson (2.32m) and the surprise 2012 World Indoor Champion, Dimítrios Chondrokoúkis Δημήτρης Χονδροκούκης (2.32m), round up the next two. The World Champion from Daegu, Jesse Williams, has a season’s best of 2.31m.
Williams (L) and Rybakov (R). Photos from Erik van Leeuwen)
To date, the highest ranked Russian is the mercurial Ivan Ukhov (Ива́н У́хов). Expect the other members of the crack Russian high jump corps (Aleksey Dmitrik Алексей Дмитрик, Yaroslav Rybakov Ярослав Рыбаков, Aleksandr Shustov Александр Шустов, and Andrey Silnov Андрей Сильнов) to turn in impressive marks as the their country’s outdoor season unfolds. The Bahamian Trevor Barry, the Bahraini youngster, Mutaz Essa Barshim, and Chondrokoúkis, are also prime contenders for a spot on the podium. Silnov is the defending champion from Beijing.
Ukhov (L), Dmitrik (C), and Chondrokoúkis (R). (Photos from Erik van Leeuwen)
In terms of outdoor personal bests, Silnov leads the pack with 2.38m from 2008. Williams is a 2.37m (2011) jumper at his best. Ukhov (2010), Dmitrik (2011), and Shustov (2011) has each sailed above 2.36m.
With such a lineup – and with no hands-down dominant force – selecting a definite top three is terribly difficult. In light of the depth of talent, anyone could rise to the ocassion and crown himself Olympic champion. Barring any unforseen hitches, Williams, an experienced international campaigner and the reigning world champion, should have a slight advantage over the others.
I’m banking on a narrow Grabarz win over Williams and the rest of the Russians.
Gold: Robbie Grabarz
Silver: Jesse Williams
Bronze: The Russians (Ukhov, Dmitrik, Shustov, Andrey Silnov)/Dimítrios Chondrokoúkis
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Istanbul 2012: Top Seven Performances
Leave a comment Posted by hurdler49 on March 13, 2012
Amongst the major international athletics championships, the World Indoors is the most underrated. Big name stars like Usain Bolt usually opt out of the biennial meet, especially in crucial Olympic years. Indoor athletics has a far smaller reach than its outdoor counterpart, with the smaller venues usually found in the frigid countries of the northern hemisphere.
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Nevertheless, it has that obscure charm. When I first saw the start lists of some events, I thought that the rest of the non-European, non-American world was underrepresented. I thought wrong. As soon as the 60m dash heats came out, a cacophony of athletes from small countries – from Mongolia in the Gobi desert to Fiji in the Pacific – competed amongst their more illustrious counterparts.
Even if I had to rely on live streaming links and my less-than-perfect internet connection to watch the World Indoors, I must say that I had a grand time. Despite the absence of most of the track & field titans, the festivities were certainly not devoid of memorable athletics moments. The three-day event has seen former World Indoor champions like Elena Isinbayeva Елена Гаджиевна Исинбаева, Justin Gatlin, and Valerie Adams re-emerge on the big stage, whilst playing host to bevy of promising talent.
One Gold, Three Silvers (Photo from Zimbio/Getty Images)
The women high jumpers deserve special mention too, as the troika of Antonietta Di Martino, Anna Chicherova Анна Владимировна Чичерова, and Ebba Jungmark shared a the second spot on the podium, behind the champion, the come-backing Chaunté Lowe (1.98m). The three athletes had equally identical sheets, with each clearing 1.95m.
The United States topped the overall standings with a staggering 18 medals, 10 of which were gold. Great Britain had 9, while African distance powerhouses Ethiopia and Kenya won 5 and 4, respectively.
The following list enumerates my favorite performances from Istanbul (aside from the 60m hurdles, of course!):
4x400m relay, Adam Kszczot, Andrew Osagie, Anna Chicherova, Antonietta Di Martino, Ashton Eaton, Augustine Kiprono Choge, Bernard Lagat, Britney Reese, Chaunté Lowe, Darya Klishina (Дарья Клишина), Denisa Rosolová, Distance Events, Анна Владимировна Чичеров, Елена Гаджиевна Исинбаева, Наталя Добринська, Олексій Касьянов, Татьяна Сергеевна Чернова, Ebba Jungmark, Edwin Cheruiyot Soi, Jakub Holuša, Janay DeLoach, Jessica Ennis, Jumps, Justin Gatlin, Michael Rutt, Mohamed Farah محمد فرح, Mohammed Aman, Natalia Dobrynska, Nicola Sanders, Oleksiy Kasyanov, Olga Rypakova, Perri Shakes-Drayton, Pole Vault, Sanya Richards-Ross, Shana Cox, Sprints, Tatiana Chernova, Throws, Track, Valerie Adams, Yamilé Aldama, Yargelis Savigne, Yargeris Savigne, Yelena Isinbayeva 000m Run, 4x400m relay, 800m run, Adam Kszczot, Andrew Osagie, Anna Chicherova Анна Владимировна Чичерова, Antonietta Di Martino, Ashton Eaton, Augustine Kiprono Choge, Bernard Lagat, Brittney Reese, Chaunté Lowe, Christine Ohuruogu, Darya Klishina (Дарья Клишина), Denisa Rosolová, Елена Гаджиевна Исинбаев, Елена Гаджиевна Исинбаева, Наталя Добринська, Олексій Касьянов, Татьяна Сергеевна Чернова, Ebba Jungmark, Edwin Cheruiyot Soi, Elena Isinbayeva, heptathlon, Istanbul, Jakub Holuša, Janay DeLoach, Jess Ennis, Jessica Ennis, Justin Gatlin, Long Jump, Mabel Gay, Michael Rutt, Mo Farah, Mohamed Farah, Mohammed Aman, Nataliya Dobrynska, Natallia Dobrynska, Nicola Sanders, Oleksiy Kasyanov, Olga Rypakova, Pentathlon, Perri Shakes-Drayton, Sanya Richards-Ross, Shana Cox, Tatyana Chernova, triple jump, محمد فرح, Valerie Adams, World Indoor Championships, Yamilé Aldama, Yargeris Savigne
Track Beauty of the Week: Anna Chicherova Анна Владимировна Чичерова
1 Comment Posted by hurdler49 on August 14, 2011
Anna Chicherova Анна Владимировна Чичерова is this week’s track beauty!
Chicherova is amongst the very best of Russia’s impressive array of high jumpers. She first came into international prominence in 2003, when she first cleared 2.00m in Moscow, seven days shy of her twenty-first birthday. Two days after turning twenty-one, the talented Russian again sailed over 2.00m, in a strong gesture that the first instance wasn’t a fluke!
Photos from Sporting Heroes and Peoples.ru
The Russian missed out on a first-ever major international medal at the 2005 Helsinki World Championships, where she placed fourth. After a forgettable 2006 season, Chicherova has been on a steady climb to the top echelons of the discipline since winning double World Championship silver medals (Osaka and Berlin) and an Olympic bronze medal in Beijing.
Chicherova missed the 2010 season following the birth of her first child. She came back with a bang in 2011, despite juggling her commitments on the track and raising a newborn daughter.
Read: “Russia’s Anna Chicherova gives Chaunté Lowe a lesson to ponder”
At the Russian Championships this year, Chicherova sent a strong message to defending World Champion Blanka Vlasic as the former notched an impressive personal best of 2.07m (ninth in the all-time list). The Russian, with her remarkable post-maternal comeback is now the fourth-best high jumper of all-time.
With Vlasic seemingly in a slump (she has a 2011 season’s best of 2.00m, relatively low by her standards), Chicherova has a golden opportunity in Daegu to finally snag that elusive crown.
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HV Morton: Travelling into the Light
In the Steps of Morton in the Moor
(or, “I’ve had a ride in a Bullnose Morris!”)
… being the story of the recording of a BBC radio 4 programme presented by John McCarthy, produced by Stephen Gardner, entitled: “H V Morton: Travelling into the Light”, broadcast on Friday Sept 21st 2012 at 11.00am (originally circulated as HVM Society Snippets no’s. 140a and b).
Anyone who wishes to hear the broadcast can do so, until roughly September 2013, using the BBC’s “Listen Again” facility on this link: www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b01mqr4t
Uncle Tom Cobbleigh and all
Prelude:
On the 22nd of June I was approached, via the HV Morton website, by Stephen Garner of BBC Radio 4 who announced he was making a programme about HV Morton. He said the broadcast was intended to “to retrace one of Morton’s journeys as featured in the book In Search of England and mark the differences which have taken place in England since its publication whilst reflecting on his memoirs and diaries, discovering the life and personality of this intriguing and charismatic man whose influence continues to this day“. Cunningly, he also made complementary remarks about the web site and suggested it would be useful to have me along on the recording which was scheduled for some time in August. Well, how could a lover of both Radio 4 and an admirer of Morton resist such an opportunity (or indeed, such flattery) – I agreed to help by return of post.
In subsequent correspondence I discovered that the programme was to be presented by John McCarthy, the well known journalist who was also a lover of Morton’s writings and of Devon, which he had visited many times as a child. As we got closer to the time of the recording the date was set for Tuesday the 21st of August, when we were to visit 3 locations in Devon to recreate parts of chapter 5 of “In Search of England”. The actual broadcast was finally scheduled for 11.00am on the 21st of September.
I was asked if I could track down a Bullnose Morris car of the sort driven by Morton which could be included in the programme as this was an aspect of the journey which they wanted to explore – and a recording of its Hotchkiss engine during an interview would make for excellent radio!
This task proved somewhat tricky, almost impossible in fact, as I was told repeatedly by everyone I asked that the amount of notice was insufficient and besides, this was the height of the motor show season when many owners would be tied up with other things. Finally however, and to my great relief, Malcolm McKay of the Bullnose Morris Club, showing incredible patience in the face of my repeated pleadings, came up trumps by personally phoning the few members in that area who didn’t have email so hadn’t been contacted earlier. It was one of these, the last on his list infact, who finally answered my call.
I managed to book the day of the recording off work in order to visit each of the three scheduled locations to get a feel for how the programme was to be made to mark the occasion for the HV Morton society by giving this account. I had also been asked to take part myself by giving an interview.
I arranged a photographic unit (my wife Alison, to whom I am incredibly grateful, acting above and beyond the call of duty!) to record the day for posterity and before we knew it the day had arrived.
The day arrives, controversy at Widdicombe:
“… I saw Widecombe! A line of tiny, white thatched cottages lying in luscious hedges, a hollow full of thick green trees, the tall grey tower of a church above them, a village green, an inn; and over the roofs, whichever way you look, the smooth, bald heads of the moor making a curve against the sky”
HV Morton – In Search of England 1927
We set off from Glastonbury at 8.00am on Tuesday 21st August and made excellent progress heading South West to our first destination, Widecombe in the Moor, where we were to meet Stephen and John. We got off to a lovely start, the weather was beautifully warm with fleecy clouds in the sky and patches of sunlight on the tors as we got closer to Dartmoor. Finally we were treated to the magnificent approach to Widecombe itself, down a steep road to a collection of cottages at the bottom, dominated by a large church, surrounded by a patchwork of green fields, each bounded by neat dry-stone walls. We arrived in the centre of the village which, unlike so much on the modern tourist trail seemed utterly unspoilt. With the pub, the tea-room and the village shop all completely in keeping with the rest of the village, we felt that we had actually stepped right into chapter five of “In Search of England”. Surely this had to bode well for the rest of the day to come.
We had arrived about 9.45am so had some time to spare which we spent meandering around and taking a few photographs. During our wanderings we met, leaning on a walking stick of indeterminate direction, a robust and merry silver haired gentleman with whom we had a most pleasant chat while we waited. Morton’s “Uncle Tom Cobleigh” made flesh to be sure!
Pretty soon a small blue car appeared from the end of a little lane and out stepped John McCarthy with notebook in hand and Stephen Gardner clutching armfuls of audio equipment. They had both stayed in the Warren House Inn the previous night.
Hands were shaken and we were introduced properly to “Uncle Tom” whose real name it turned out was Tony Beard, retired farmer, broadcaster, historian and past president of the Devonshire association, otherwise known as “The Wag from Widecombe” who, as the local expert, was here to be interviewed for the programme.
John McCarthy and “The Wag from Widecombe”
Tony guided us to the beautiful church yard set at the bottom of the green bowl of fields and moorland all around us. John and he sat on a low bench, Stephen presented the microphone, and the interview began.
Well, I suppose controversy makes for good journalism but I don’t think anyone was expecting it when Tony’s first comment, delivered in his lilting Devonshire accent, was to the effect that, having read Morton’s section on Widecombe, he was of the opinion that Morton had never even visited the place.
This assertion was based on the report of the white thatched cottages which Morton describes as he approached the village in the mid 1920’s after having visited Cornwall. Tony, born in 1936, stated with great certainty there had never been white thatched cottages in the village so Morton’s account couldn’t be authentic.
As I looked around (once I’d picked my jaw up off the floor!) I noted the cottages in view were indeed of dark, ruddy, Dartmoor stone. I also recalled however, several cottages we had passed on the way (and later we were to see many other similar ones) which although not actually in Widecombe itself were close by, and which were of a pale stone or even whitewashed, and thatched to boot. Morton would certainly have driven past such dwellings on the way to Widecombe nearly a century ago, and they may have caught his eye as being typical of the region therefore worth including in his account. Perhaps a combination of a changing village landscape and a touch of artistic license might account for this apparent anomaly, who can say.
The interview progressed well despite this slightly wobbly opening with John, an admirer of both Morton and Dartmoor, managing to keep things light and with Tony imparting many fascinating facts about the village and its legends, people, history and landscape. By way of compensation perhaps for his initial remark Tony conceded happily that he had particularly enjoyed Morton’s description of the charabancs bringing tourists to the village at the time of his visit, something he himself remembered from years gone by. At the conclusion (and after some prompting from the producer) Tony suggested that John should see the prison at Princetown next (in fact they had been there the day before and done interviews at that time, such is the magic of broadcasting!).
In fact we were off now, not to Princetown but to the village of Bow, near Exeter for the highlight of the day (for me anyway) when we were to come face to face with a real live Bullnose Morris…
The Bullnose Morris:
“He asked me where I was going in that little blue motor-car.”
We arrived just after 11.00am at the house of Nicholas Rhodes, owner of a two seater “sports type” Bullnose, circa 1923. This would have been similar to Morton’s (also a two seater), the most obvious difference being the colour of the body work which in this case was a deep maroon rather than blue as Morton describes his car. Other parts were a mixture of polished brass and gleaming chrome with a varnished plank of pine which served as a dashboard into which instruments were set, screwed or nailed apparently at random.
There was a large clock which wouldn’t have looked out of place on a mantelpiece, which Nicholas assured me was extremely accurate but only twice a day! Next to the clock was an old fashioned brass light switch which in turn was set next to a large brass lever. The driver’s foot-well was stuffed full of more impressive-looking levers and pedals of unfathomable purpose. The eponymous Bullnose shaped radiator was surmounted by a device of brass and clear glass within which was set a tiny indicator needle I was informed was a thermometer, to give the driver an idea of engine temperature.
Finally the moment had arrived and, after John McCarthy had been for a spin and done his interview, it was my turn to play. Without such modern luxuries as doors it was was one foot on the running board and a low hop over the gunwale to get settled into the somewhat small passenger seat. As soon as I had a decent grip on the brass handles inside the car (which seemed to be the nearest anyone got to seatbelts in the 1920’s) we were off into the byways of Devon.
The Bullnose Morris in full flight
The first thing that struck me was the impression of speed as we bowled along at what felt like a considerable rate of knots. Doubtless this feeling was enhanced by the precarious nature of the ride; open topped roof, no seatbelt and a worrying proximity to the solid walls of those notoriously narrow lanes; but actually we did seem to be going at quite a lick for such a tiny and venerable old vehicle. We whizzed along, frightening passers-by with the rich whine of the engine and the rattle of the superstructure, at one point bellowing a hearty good morning to a lady and her Jack Russell terrier as we roared past leaving them pressed into the hedge in our wake. It was all I could do not to shout “Poop poop!”.
As we drove Nicholas told me a little bit about the car which Morton, in his original Daily Express articles had christened “Maud” to lend a little light hearted colour to his accounts. The Morris-Cowley Bullnose was the most popular car of its day, being turned out at a rate of 10,000 per year at peak production in the 1920’s. It toppled the spindly Model-T ford from its premier position by virtue of being simpler to run and to maintain and went on to become the real “people’s car”, a direct precursor to the Minis and Morris Minors of the modern age.
Accordingly it suited Morton’s needs perfectly, lending a popular touch to his accounts as he set out to encourage a love and understanding of the countryside as the road network improved and personal transport developed and became affordable. According to Nicholas the car was also incredibly robust and when I mentioned Morton had taken “Maud” to the Scottish Highlands at a time when the roads in that region were even more wild and untamed than they are now he replied that he wouldn’t hesitate to do the same today. Apparently the Bullnose is “built like a tank” underneath.
Finally, with a roar and a waft of petrol we were back and shooting up the drive into the garage where, despite a frantic flicking of the big brass switch, the Bullnose obstinately continued to rumble and shake, and pour out a rich exhaust. I was told by Nicholas that this “running on” was because the magneto was failing to earth (I nodded politely at this, even though my understanding of things mechanical is approaching zero). It was only when he turned a tap under the dashboard to cut off the fuel supply that the racket finally subsided. Was this, I wondered, a case of “hysterical engine” as reported by Morton?
After politely declining the offer of a cup of tea and promising to send on photographs of the occasion we hopped back into our decidedly more mundane steed of the road and headed North, on the long trek to Clovelly.
Clovelly, the interview and home:
“Somewhere a donkey brays; and you walk slowly up the hill.”
Clovelly harbour at low tide from Morton’s “In Search of England”
Clovelly harbour today – a very well preserved village!
We arrived at Clovelly just before 2.00pm, somewhat later than scheduled. Stephen and John had already descended to the harbour to continue the recording and, after contacting them via the wonders of the mobile phone, we were shown past the reception point and through into this most precipitous of villages. It was the first and almost certainly will be the last time I have ever been able to say “Let me through, I’m with the BBC”!
After a precarious wobble down the steep cobbled street towards the harbour, taking in donkeys en route, we arrived breathless at the bottom, where I prepared to hold forth on the subject of my favourite author. Having now driven around 150 miles in hot Summer weather my old pate was becoming somewhat addled as we walked round the harbour wall to find a spot which was quiet enough to conduct a recorded interview yet still had enough background noise to lend a bit of atmosphere. A small part of me was beginning to question the sanity of my bright idea of following the recording all day as it processed around Devon.
Nevertheless I hope I acquitted myself passably well and managed to convey some of the reasons for my love of Morton’s works and the role of the HV Morton society in trying to promote the man and his writings, as well as talking a little bit about Morton and his Bullnose Morris into the bargain. How much of it will make sense when played back or, in fact, will survive the editor’s scalpel remains to be seen. Responses are always so difficult when one is put on the spot in-front of a microphone; it’s always so easy to think clearly after the event about what it might have been better to have mentioned or indeed, not to have mentioned.
Stephen, who did the interview, was first class however. The questions were straightforward and he managed to put me at ease as the consummate professional he clearly is.
Finally it was the parting of the ways, after a quick chat with the people responsible for marketing Clovelly in the competitive tourist business and a quick photo of John and me against the beautiful (and, yes, still “quaint”) harbour. Everyone shook hands with a feeling the day had gone well and then it was that weary, but oh so picturesque, climb to the top of the village, a quick ice cream from the gift shop and back into the car to begin the journey home to Somerset.
A career highlight – John McCarthy gets to be photographed with the coordinator of the HV Morton Society!
So, all things considered, a great day out which I wouldn’t have missed for all the tea in China. Tiring certainly and occasionally a little nerve racking to one unused to being interviewed and unversed in media techniques but a once in a lifetime experience for me. I now have a greatly increased respect for those professionals who do this sort of thing every day for a living, as well as for those amateurs we see being interviewed on the news from time to time who seem to come across so well; not at all like my tongue-tied ramblings!
The highlight of the day for me was without doubt whizzing precariously through the country lanes in a Bullnose Morris, getting a real, first-hand idea of how Morton might have felt, all those years ago, as he set out on his adventures, leaving his beloved London and going “In Search of England”.
Niall Taylor, Glastonbury, Somerset, UK
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Photosynthesis Bike Purifies the Air as You Ride
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<a href="https://inhabitat.com/photosynthesis-bike-could-purify-the-air-as-you-ride/air-purifying-bike-1/" rel="attachment wp-att-594007"></a> <a href="https://inhabitat.com/more-than-1000-london-cyclists-stage-die-in-to-call-for-greater-road-safety/">Biking</a> to work is about to get a whole lot greener. Not only are bicycles better for the Earth than driving and a great way to keep in shape -- but <a href="http://www.fastcoexist.com/3023176/purify-the-air-as-you-ride-with-this-photosynthesis-bike%232">a new bike concept</a> recently unveiled by Bangkok-based <a href="http://www.lightfog.co.th/">Lightfog Creative & Design Company</a> could actually purify polluted air as you pedal around the city. The bike's aluminum frame is designed to generate oxygen through a “photosynthesis system” that initiates a reaction between water and electric power from a lithium-ion battery....<br><br><a href='https://inhabitat.com/photosynthesis-bike-could-purify-the-air-as-you-ride/'>READ ARTICLE</a>
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Biking to work is about to get a whole lot greener. Not only are bicycles better for the Earth than driving and a great way to keep in shape -- but a new bike concept recently unveiled by Bangkok-based Lightfog Creative & Design Company could actually purify polluted air as you pedal around the city. The bike's aluminum frame is designed to generate oxygen through a “photosynthesis system” that initiates a reaction between water and electric power from a lithium-ion battery....
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National Commission at last takes up Seafarers’ plight
Bureau News Shipping July 11, 2019
Expressing serious concern over the rise of human rights violations of seafarers, the National Human Rights Commission has said that it would look into all the aspects of human right violations of seafarers and initiate action accordingly.
The NHRC said this during a meeting in New Delhi on human right issue of the sea goers. During the meeting, the NHRC was told that about 200 seafarers were now jailed in foreign countries. It was the first meeting with respect to the issue of the seafarers.
The meeting had been convened after the Forum for Integrated National Security, a Mumbai based think tank had petitioned the Commission on the serious issues related to seafarers.
The Commission was also informed about the numerous fraudulent agencies who duped the young people by promising lucrative jobs in merchant navy. It has also been said that these agencies never supported the seafarers or took the responsibility once they land up in foreign prisons.
The commission also took stock of the illegal institutions in the country that promised employment after the course. The commission was also told about the seafarers being stranded in abandoned ships without any salary.
In most of the cases where the seafarers are jailed, they are released after they spend about 12 to 15 months in jail. All these seafarers are declared innocent and sent off. It was pointed out that the companies who recruit these seafarers never bother to arrange any legal facilities or give the salary due to them for the period that they spend in the prison because of no fault of theirs.
Kadpuram.com had in May, 2019 brought out a similar fraud by a recruiting agency in Kerala, which had duped several youngsters promising them lucrative jobs. These youngsters had given money to the recruiting agencies to get a job. It was later known that these agencies even did not posses valid registration for recruiting.
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Winnipeg, Manitoba Canada
The Department of Applied Computer Science at The University of Winnipeg invites outstanding candidates to apply for a tenure-track appointment at the rank of Assistant Professor. The ideal candidate will possess a Ph.D. in Computer Science or related fields at the time of appointment. Candidates sh...
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Professor or Assistant Professor (Tenure Track) of Electronics
Zurich, Zurich Switzerland
→ The Department of Information Technology and Electrical Engineering (www.ee.ethz.ch) at ETH Zurich invites applications for the above-mentioned position. → The new professor will lead a strong and innovative research and teaching programme in the area of integrated circuit design. The exact resea...
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Program Business Manager & Senior Solutions Architect Webscale
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Principal Electrical Engineer
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Bremen, Georgia
The Principal Electrical Engineer for the EPC Division is an engineering position responsible for supporting both front end sales efforts and back end project management support for high voltage EPC substations while providing electrical engineering labor quotations and project evaluation. This job ...
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Machine Learning Engineer - SEAL
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Smyrna, GA US
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PCB Design Engineer - ICL
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RF Communications Signals Analyst (RxII / Sr. Rx) - CIPHER
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Junior DSP/FPGA Programmer - EOSL
Job Description The Electro-Optical Systems Laboratory (EOSL) RF Photonics and Advanced Materials (RFPAM) Division is currently seeking qualified candidates for a Junior DSP/FPGA Programmer. The successful candidate will conduct analysis, design, development, implementation, and testing of a variety...
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Soils are a double-edged climate sword. They are huge reservoirs of organic carbon and can act as a carbon sink. But they can also release CO2 into the atmosphere when used unsustainably. Forests are often called the lungs of the planet because of the way they "breathe" in carbon dioxide. The role…
The sixth Global Environment Outlook (GEO-6) Assessment for the Pan-European region
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Soil health and carbon management
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OECD Monitoring land cover change
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Soil resource efficiency in urbanised areas - analytical framework and implications for governance
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Effect of lead, cadmium, and mercury co‐contaminants on biodegradation in PAH‐polluted soils
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EXECUTIVE PERSPECTIVE: To feed future generations, countries must invest in living soils
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Just published : Land and soil jeopardized: Anthropic pressures (Responsabilité & Environnement) July issue
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Preventing and Remediating Degradation of Soils in Europe – RECARE Final Policy Conference
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Mainstreaming International Biodiversity Goals for the Private Sector: Main Report and Case Studies
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Asia, arid lands, best practices, digital mapping, energy security, infrastructure, land use planning , sustainable development
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Land Use and Spatial Planning
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Multi-objective land use allocation modelling for prioritizing climate-smart agricultural interventions
Climate-smart interventions in agriculture have varying costs and environmental and economic impacts. Their implementation requires appropriate investment decisions by policy makers that are relevant for current as well as future scenarios of agro-ecology, climate and economic development. Decision…
Economic Development in Africa Report 2018 - Migration for Structural Transformation
Images of thousands of African youth drowning in the Mediterranean, propelled by poverty or conflict at home and lured by the hope of jobs abroad, have fed a misleading narrative that migration from Africa harms rather than helps the continent. The latest edition of the UNCTAD flagship Economic…
Climate Solutions: Best practices and success stories in ecovillages facing climate change.
Climate Change is a global phenomenon that affects the world in diverse ways, based on the fluctuations in your area and your geography. Problems range the spectrum in extremes, include drought, flooding, crop destruction, dangerously high temperatures, larger and more powerful storms, refugees…
Report Examines Legal Foundations of a Global Pact for the Environment
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'Women as Environmental Stewards’ -Publication Showcases Women’s Contributions to Environmental Management
'Women as Environmental Stewards’ presents case studies from Armenia, Belize, China, Colombia, the Gambia, India, Mauritius, Morocco, Paraguay, Peru, Turkey, Uganda and Viet Nam that show how, when women are empowered and have equal opportunities to contribute to sustainable development, it leads to…
Global Trends to 2030: Challenges and Choices for Europe
Roughly a third of the five hundred million people living in the European Union is younger than 30 years old. According to a new EU report, demography is one of the three mega-trends that will shape Europe’s future up to 2030. Demographic trends show that Europe’s population is growing too slowly…
OECD Employment Outlook 2019
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Interactive SDG Dashboards- a visual representation of countries’ performance by SDGs to identify priorities for action
The interactive 2019 SDG Dashboards provide a visual representation of countries’ performance by SDGs to identify priorities for action.
1.5°C or 2°C: a conduit’s view from the science-policy interface at COP20 in Lima, Peru
Two degree Celsius climate change target 'utterly inadequate', expert argues. The findings are timely as the long-term goal to stay below 2°C warming is currently undergoing a 2013-15 Review, the results of which are expected this June and could be adopted in Paris at COP21 in December 2015
Ecological Tapestry of the World
The Global Ecological Land Unit map is the most detailed look ever at Earth’s ecosystems. Basically, it partitions the planet into squares 250 meters on a side—roughly the size of a couple of football fields. An ecosystem looks at lithology (that’s rocks and dirt), climate, topography, and land…
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Regex Paths must be configured in the Decibel reporting App, after which the rule will apply to all subsequently recorded pageviews.Regex (or Regular Expression) Paths are used to describe patterns where multiple URLs may actually identify a single page on the website. For example, on a billing system, the customer’s Contract ID may be used within the URL structure, as shown in the following sample URLs:
www.mywebsite.com/Billing/374-3D3-AK4/
www.mywebsite.com/Billing/F92-K52-V88/
www.mywebsite.com/Billing/98D-NMK-3S2/
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^Billing/[A-Z0-9]{3}-[A-Z0-9]{3}-[A-Z0-9]{3}/$
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The first regular expression is more precise, only matching URLs that start with “Billing”, while the second regular expression will match any URL that ends with a Contract ID and retain the start of the URL. In both of these examples, all three URLs above will be converted to “www.mywebsite.com/Billing/”.
Regex Paths must be configured in the Decibel portal, after which the rule will apply to all subsequently recorded pageviews.
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Everything Is Figureoutable-marie Forleo
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The Other Side Of Israel -susan Nathan
The pioneering autobiographical story of a British Zionist in her fifties who moves to Israel and chooses to live among 25,000 Muslims in the all-Arab Israeli town of Tamra, a few miles from Nazareth. Susan Nathan’s revelatory book about her new life across the ethnic divide in Israel is already creating international interest. At a time when Middle Eastern politics (in many ways central to the current world disorder) have become mired in endless tit-for-tat killings, Susan Nathan is showing – by her own daily example – that it is perfectly possible for Jews and Arabs to live peacefully together in a single community, recognising their common humanity. The author’s familiarity with the former injustices of apartheid South Africa enables her to draw telling comparisons with the state of Israel. The increasing segregation of, and discrimintation against, the million-strong Arabic population of Israel is something she witnesses at first hand
She Said -jodi Kantor And Megan Twohey
For many years, reporters had tried to get to the truth about Harvey Weinstein’s treatment of women. Rumors of wrongdoing had long circulated. But in 2017, when Jodi Kantor and Megan Twohey began their investigation into the prominent Hollywood producer for the New York Times, his name was still synonymous with power. During months of confidential interviews with top actresses, former Weinstein employees, and other sources, many disturbing and long-buried allegations were unearthed, and a web of onerous secret payouts and nondisclosure agreements was revealed. These shadowy settlements had long been used to hide sexual harassment and abuse, but with a breakthrough reporting technique Kantor and Twohey helped to expose it
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The Palestinians-rosemary Sayigh
As the Israel-Palestine conflict rages on, it is increasingly important to understand the history of the Palestinian people. Rosemary Sayigh's The Palestinians is a classic of radical history. Through extensive interviews with Palestinians in refugee camps, she provides a deeply-moving, grassroots story of how the Palestinians came to be who they are today. Reissued with an extensive new foreword by Noam Chomsky, which brings the story that Sayigh tells up-to-date in the context of the Hamas victory and the war in Lebanon, this book is both a fascinating historical document and an essential insight into the situation in the contemporary Middle East
Women have always played an important role in the history of the United States. But before they were women, they were regular girls just like anyone else. So how did these seemingly ordinary girls grow up to be such extradorinary women?
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This Is a Movie Review: The Mule SNL Review December 15, 2018: Matt Damon/Mark Ronson and Miley Cyrus
This Is a Movie Review: Mortal Engines
jmunney Cinema, Movie Reviews Christian Rivers, Hera Hilmar, Hugo Weaving, Jihae, Leila George, Mortal Engines, Patrick Malahide, Robert Sheehan, Ronan Raftery, Stephen Lang Leave a comment
CREDIT: Mark Pokorny/Universal Pictures
This post was originally published on News Cult in December 2018.
Starring: Hera Hilmar, Robert Sheehan, Hugo Weaving, Jihae, Leila George, Ronan Raftery, Patrick Malahide, Stephen Lang
Director: Christian Rivers
Rating: PG-13 for Guns, Knives, and Giant Metal Gears
It’s not very often that you encounter a premise as fresh as that of Mortal Engines. In a dystopian future in which society has rebuilt itself following a planet-destroying war, cities are mobile, with the larger populations swallowing up smaller settlements as they chug along the land. Also, there’s a bizarre reference to the Minions of Despicable Me fame. The opening segment is invigorating, as the facially disfigured Hester Shaw (Hera Hilmar) gets consumed into London and attempts to assassinate Thaddeus Valentine (Hugo Weaving), head of the Guild of Historians. The clanking machinery and whirring gears are stunningly realized, bizarre but never quite disorienting. With a script by the Lord of the Rings team and a steampunk aesthetic, the pedigree and look are familiar, but with a first-time director in Christian Rivers (the storyboard artist for most of Jackson’s films) and a cast mostly made up of little-knowns, the vibe at first glance is wholly fresh.
Alas, after that kickoff, Mortal Engines mostly relies on tired fantasy tropes. There are discoveries about the truth of one’s parentage, flashbacks to growing up with a makeshift guardian, a long and arduous journey for characters to complete a mission and learn more about themselves along the way, and a big climactic battle in which all the chickens come home to roost. That formula can still work in this day and age, but it is just not particularly compelling in this case. At least there are some unique visual flourishes here and there to tide us over.
There is also plenty of room to ponder the philosophical query of what geographically defines a city in its most fundamental terms. If cities are constantly moving around, then what are they traversing across? Immobile cities, or something that we don’t even have a conception of in 2018? Of course, the cities of today are also moving, insofar as Earth is always orbiting around the Sun. Rivers and his cast and crew may very well have benefited from really poring more deeply into the quandary of relativity of location.
Mortal Engines is Recommended If You Like: Steampunk, Ambition above all else
Grade: 2.5 out of 5 Traction Cities
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Civility Rule
Res ipsa loquitur – The thing itself speaks
Criminal law, Lawyering, Media, Politics January 17, 2019 January 17, 2019
Giuliani: “I Never Said There Was No Collusion Between The Campaign, Or People In The Campaign”
Another interview, another controversy. Trump counsel Rudy Giuliani has found himself in another firestorm after telling CNN host Chris Cuomo: “I never said there was no collusion between the campaign, or people in the campaign.” The problem is that his client has . . . repeatedly.
Update: In what has become a pattern, Giuliani spent the next today walking back his statements.
Giuliani made some good points in the interview but whatever progress was made was quickly lost in the pileup over the collusion line. Giuliani was trying to focusing on the evidence against the President: “There is not a single bit of evidence the President of the United States committed the only crime you can commit here, conspiring with the Russians to hack the DNC.” In the heated exchange, he then said “I never said there was no collusion between the campaign or between people in the campaign… I have not. I said the President of the United States.”
Giuliani also said Trump has never denied there was no collusion:“[Trump] didn’t say ‘nobody,’ he said he didn’t, How would you know nobody in your campaign…” However, Trump has denied precisely that. This includes just last month, the president posted on Twitter, saying there was no collusion. In August, Trump tweeted “Russian collusion with the Trump campaign, one of the most successful in history, is a TOTAL HOAX.”
I will add that I continue to find the new and open advocacy of hosts like Cuomo to be jarring. There was a time when hosts tried to be neutral and allow for civil debate between guests. Hosts are now the advocates offering determined arguments for or against Trump.
If there is a strategy here, I cannot see it. Chaos is a situation, not a strategy, in litigation.
Giuliani put himself again at odds with what his client has said:
Moreover, Giuliani himself has made such denials.
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In deterministic chaos there are strange attractors.
Mr Kurtz says:
try and say something relevant to any of the topics at hand. any of them! and in case you did not ever tell this to your students let me tell it to you. being oblique in writing is not better than being CLEAR
I merely repeated what can be found in any mathematics text on deterministic chaos.
Learn to use your search engine and grow a little. As it stands you appear to be one of the Verkrampte.
mespo727272 says:
Mr. Kurtz:
Prof Benson thinks being inscrutable makes him erudite. i think it makes him silly.
Late4Dinner says:
Mr Kurtz says: January 17, 2019 at 1:59 PM
i like what turley said. in litigation chaos is a situation not a strategy
actually for some people it can be a strategy, just an ineffective one usually, which is why the saying arose.
David B. Benson says: January 17, 2019 at 9:27 PM
try and say something relevant to any of the topics at hand. any of them!
Well, then, there you have it. Kurtz is aware of exactly one of his thoughts at the time that Kurtz thinks it. And then it’s gone. Poof. Voila.
Mr Kurtz & mespo727272 — if you don’t appreciate the humor, ignore the comment.
Kenneth Tennant says:
IOWA WITHHELD EXONERATING EXCULPATORY EVIDENCE TO OBTAIN CONVICTIONS FOR PROFIT! http://www.youtube.com/user/KornKobIowa OUTRAGEOUS EGREGIOUS PROSECUTORIAL MISCONDUCT
“If the FISA court judges don’t have hearings on the false “dossier” applications soon, they will be complicit.”
– Mark Levin
Yeah where are those high priests of the law dedicated to ethical conduct and ever willing to impose their will on citizens at the behest of the government?
Roll out a whole lotta guillotines!
The customers are lining up!
Darren Smith says:
“Sometimes I guess there just aren’t enough guillotines.”
– Robesgump
The kindergartners are so incognizant they really, really think they have something on Giuliani and, by extension, President Trump. Giuliani simply said that he is representing President Trump, not the campaign or other individuals – that he has no facts about the campaign in general or other individuals.
Chuck’s found his “temper tantrum” and its in the sand box of CNN – home of his play-date-mate, Adam Schiffy.
Now you know why the American Founders restricted the vote to Male, European, 21 year-olds with 50 lbs. Sterling or 50 acres.
The noose is beginning to tighten on the Obama Coup D’etat in America and all of its co-conspirators:
Sessions, Rosenstein, Mueller/Team, Comey, McCabe, Strozk, Page, Kadzic, Yates, Baker, Bruce Ohr, Nellie Ohr, Priestap, Kortan, Campbell, Steele, Simpson, Joseph Mifsud, Stefan “The Walrus” Halper, Kerry, Hillary, Huma, Mills, Brennan, Clapper, Farkas, Power, Lynch, Rice, Jarrett, Obama et al.
“Bruce Ohr Testimony Undercuts Adam Schiff’s Defense Of FBI”
“Justice Department official Bruce Ohr’s testimony about his meetings with FBI officials regarding dossier author Christopher Steele severely undercuts claims made in 2018 by California Rep. Adam Schiff and his fellow Democrats on the House Intelligence Committee.
Ohr told lawmakers Aug. 28, 2018, he briefed top FBI officials Andrew McCabe and Lisa Page in early August 2016, just days after he met with Steele, a former British spy who was investigating then-candidate Donald Trump.Ohr testified he told McCabe and Page about his interactions with Steele, who was working at the time for Fusion GPS, a Democrat-funded opposition research firm. The FBI relied heavily on Steele’s unverified dossier to obtain Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act (FISA) warrants against former Trump campaign adviser Carter Page. Republicans have focused on the Ohrs’ link to the dossier and Steele. In a memo dated Feb. 2, 2018, House Intelligence Republicans, led by then-Chairman Devin Nunes, asserted the FBI filed to disclose in their FISA applications Ohr’s wife, Nellie, worked for Fusion GPS. They also noted in the so-called Nunes memo that the FISA applications do not reveal Steele’s anti-Trump bias. Ohr claimed Steele told him during a meeting Sept. 23, 2016, he was “desperate” that Trump not win election. Ohr testified he had shared details of his contacts with Steele with the FBI prior to the election. In addition to the meeting in early August 2016, Ohr met in late September 2016 or early the next month with Page, FBI counterintelligence deputy chief Peter Strzok, and Justice Department officials Bruce Swartz, Zainab Ahmad and Andrew Weissmann. Ahmad and Weissmann are currently working on the special counsel’s investigation. Representative Adam Schiff (D-CA) departs at the conclusion of a closed-door meeting between the House Intelligence Committee and White House senior advisor Jared Kushner on Capitol Hill in Washington, U.S. July 25, 2017. The FBI obtained its first FISA against Page on Oct. 21, 2016, weeks after that meeting. Ohr’s testimony conflicts with House Intelligence Democrats’ claim in a memo released Feb. 24, 2018, that served as a rebuttal to the Nunes memo. That document sought to defend the FBI’s handling of the Steele dossier and its applications for the first FISA warrant. Democrats asserted Ohr did not meet with the FBI until after the 2016 election and thus had no opportunity to tell the FBI his wife worked for Fusion GPS. He was also unable to relay that Steele had communicated anti-Trump bias to him. “[Republicans] mischaracterize[s] Bruce Ohr’s role, overstates the significance of his interactions with Steele, and misleads about the timeframe of Ohr’s communication with the FBI,” the so-called Schiff memo reads. Democrats claimed only in “late November 2016” Ohr informed the FBI of “his prior professional relationship with Steele and information that Steele shared with him.” “This occurred weeks after the election and more than a month after the Court approved the initial FISA application,” reads the memo, which included the emphasis on “after.” “The Majority’s reference to Bruce Ohr is misleading,” Democrats asserted.
The revelations in Ohr’s testimony create a bit of a dilemma for Schiff, who is chairman of the House Intelligence panel. In a Feb. 6, 2018, interview with The Atlantic, Schiff remarked on “how flawed the Nunes memo is.”
– Chuck Ross | Reporter
Tom Nash says:
https://www.newyorker.com/humor/borowitz-report/putin-angrily-resigns-from-trumps-reelection-campaign
Look, even IF there was “collusion”, that’s ancient history now.
This article, nearly 2 years old now, documents the rift between Trump and Putin that makes future collusion virtually impossible.
Natacha says:
Turley says: “I will add that I continue to find the new and open advocacy of hosts like Cuomo to be jarring. There was a time when hosts tried to be neutral and allow for civil debate between guests. Hosts are now the advocates offering determined arguments for or against Trump.”
Again, I say, Turley’s problem is viewing Trump as though he belongs in the ranks of Abraham Lincoln, JFK, FDR and other POTUSs. He does not. Are interviewers supposed to ignore all of the criminal conduct by his campaign? How about all of the daily, incessant lying? How about the lack of leadership, advocacy for Russia, putting innocent children in cages, and racist, misogynist utterances? Is the main stream media, as informers of the people, just supposed to go along with that and not question it, as if it’s normal? How about the historic deficit, tax cuts primarily for the wealthy, insisting on a border wall instead of smart, relevant and current technology to curb illegal immigration,, refusal to budge and shutting down the government in response to a pundit’s criticism? How can anyone be neutral when discussing any of this? What “civil debate” can there be about such matters? Send in the clowns. Giuliani is the head clown.
This is absurd x 2 says:
Are interviewers supposed to ignore all of the criminal conduct by his campaign?
It’s not difficult to ignore. It doesn’t exist. They’ve spent 30 months scrounging for it to please themselves and people like you, and they’ve found bupkis.
What about the indictments, the guilty pleas, Manafort’s convictions?
Manafort has been convicted for things that had nothing to do with the Trump campaign. Some of the things he has been charged with and did with the Ukranian government were done by the Podesta Group as well. In fact Hillary had more interractions with the Ukranians then did Manafort both before and after representing Trump. The Ukranians had to appologize to Trump for dealing with Hillary.
Natacha, your head is filled with junk.
see allan they are graceless conversants who challenge you and then always fail to admit or concede a point. natch is the worst, but some of our other partners in dialogue here are worthy of respect. she however has declared that she has not respect for karen so surely she has no respect for me. nor do I wish for her respect i spurn it and i spit on it and I laugh at her insofar as I even notice
Acromion says:
Understood that bupkis is all you could possibly be aware of from where you stand, confusing your opinion with facts, facts that no one has but Mr. Mueller. So we will see. Perhaps you are correct. Or not.
https://www.politico.com/story/2018/10/19/mueller-investigation-findings-914754 prepare for disappointment. ready your talking points to declare victory and retreat
The legendary Jim Lehrer of PBS Newshour once said that he saw his primary obligation as “telling the viewers what happened”; i,e., reporting the news.
Journalist like Lehrer, or Brian Lamb of C-Span, are very rare.
They are “straight down the middle” reporters who report the news, equally treat and challenge any subject they interview with scrupulous objectivity, and conceal their own political leanings.
“Turley’s problem” is the death of that kind of reporting, replaced by “advocacy reporting”.
I won’t get into Natacha’s problems, as I have other things to do for the next 10-12 hours.
More From That WSJ Story:
TRUMP, COHEN, JERRY FALWELL JR..
AND THE MYSTERIOUS ‘POOL BOY’..!!
Today we learn one small yet dramatic story that shows the way he and Trump did business. The Wall Street Journal reports:
In early 2015, a man who runs a small technology company showed up at Trump Tower to collect $50,000 for having helped Michael Cohen, then Donald Trump’s personal lawyer, try to rig online polls in his boss’s favor before the presidential campaign.
In his Trump Organization office, Mr. Cohen surprised the man, John Gauger, by giving him a blue Walmart bag containing between $12,000 and $13,000 in cash and, randomly, a boxing glove that Mr. Cohen said had been worn by a Brazilian mixed-martial arts fighter, Mr. Gauger said.
Mr. Cohen disputed that he handed over a bag of cash. “All monies paid to Mr. Gauger were by check,” he said, offering no further comment on his ties to the consultant.
Mr. Gauger owns RedFinch Solutions LLC and is chief information officer at Liberty University in Virginia, where Jerry Falwell Jr., an evangelical leader and fervent Trump supporter, is president.
If the connection between Cohen and Jerry Falwell Jr. rings a bell, that may be because of the bizarre story that came out last year, in which Falwell and his wife, on a stay at a luxury hotel in Miami, developed a “friendly relationship” with a pool boy. Two years later they began loaning the pool boy (by then, all of 22 years old) funds that would total $1.8 million to start a business. BuzzFeed reported that “Falwell had discussed the [pool boy] case with Cohen prior to his unexpected decision to lend his backing to Trump,” an endorsement Cohen arranged and that was incredibly important to Trump in obtaining evangelical Christian support in 2016.
I leave it to you to fill in the blanks on that one, but the point is that it has become amply clear there were many instances, like the hush-money payoffs to Stormy Daniels and Karen McDougal, when Trump needed something a little shady taken care of and Cohen was the person he turned to.
Edited from: “Michael Cohen Is About To Sing, And Trump Is In Big Trouble”
Today’s WASHINGTON POST
RE. THE JERRY FALWELL JUNIOR CONNECTION:
Three years ago observers were surprised when evangelical leader Jerry Falwell Junior threw his support to Donald Trump. Trump had never been thought of as a ‘Christian’ conservative. One could hardly imagine Trump hanging out with southern Baptists. After all, Trump had a decades-long image as that of a New York playboy. ‘Why would evangelicals embrace a penthouse womanizer’?
Well it now appears that Falwell Junior had something to hide, perhaps. Therefore Falwell struck an odd alliance with Donald Trump in exchange for.. (fill in the blank).
All of Washington now eagerly awaits Michael Cohen’s February 7 appearance before Congess.
Peter, do you do anything but regurgitate the day’s talking points? Even if Cohen’s not lying for effect, this is silly. No one pays any attention to online polls.
Tabby, the WSJ story, that I presume you read, is ‘not’ about online polls.
Correction to above comment: The story is about Michael Cohen’s efforts to manipulate online polls. And the odd connection to Jerry Falwell Jr.
Peter, make up your mind.
DSS, Peter chronically has his finger down his throat.
” And Trump Is In Big Trouble”
I don’t know how many times the Shill posting ends with the above. Is that the Shills signature?
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Extreme conditions no match for latest motorola solutions radio
We all know that Motorola produce the best two way radios and claim to be best in class, that can be backed up, by just using their products. This article (original can be found here) focuses on radios for the fire service, but as we all know they are well adapted for the police, ambulance and search and rescue teams.
Motorola Solutions (NYSE: MSI) continues its legacy of designing best-in-class digital radio solutions for firefighters and other professionals who face extreme conditions with the introduction of the APX 8000XE two-way radio and APX XE500 RSM. The newest entries into Motorola Solutions’ award-winning APX portfolio of Project 25 (P25) digital radios have been developed using the company’s well-established practice of hands-on research with firefighters and other first responders who need the most reliable mission-critical communications to do their jobs efficiently, effectively and safely every day.
The APX 8000XE features all-band functionality and is a rugged P25 two-way radio that can be used in either analog or digital mode across 700/800MHz, VHF and UHF bands. Time is of the essence for firefighters and they can be ready in moments by programming the radio remotely via Wi-Fi and radio management software to operate securely on different radio networks, allowing them to quickly help neighboring counties during large-scale emergencies.
Motorola Solutions works closely with firefighters and other radio users to find out exactly what they need and the APX 8000XE is the latest example of that thinking. It features the trusted ergonomics of the APX XE radio series, designed for easy operation in harsh conditions. The right-sized radio has a large top display, exaggerated controls for gloved hands and a dedicated push-to-talk button. It also provides best-in-class audio with a 1-watt speaker, three built-in microphones and automatic noise suppression for clarity in the loudest of environments.
“The APX 8000XE is an all-band rugged and submersible portable radio made for firefighters,†said Lieutenant David Hudik, Elgin, Illinois Fire Department. “With Wi-Fi access, we can reprogram the APX 8000XE on the fly when we are providing mutual aid assistance out-of-state.â€
Most firefighters use a remote speaker microphone with their radios and the APX XE500 RSM is designed specifically for demanding environments, whether combating a fire or providing medical services at the scene of an accident.
- With five strategically placed microphones and automatic noise suppression, the APX XE500Â provides clear communications when worn on either shoulder, center chest, or over the shoulder
- It can be submersed in 2 meters of water for up to 4 hours
- It withstands heat conditions of up to 500°F (260°C) for up to 5 minutes
- A channel knob automatically controls the channels of the user’s portable APX radio
“With the APX XE500 RSM, I can completely control my APX radio without having to hunt under my bunker coat for it,†said Lieutenant David Hudik, Elgin Fire Department. “With improved water porting, you can carry the APX XE500 upright or upside down for fast water drainage while maintaining clear voice communications.â€
“Customer input is essential to our design and the Elgin Fire Department was right at our side as we tested the capabilities of the APX 8000XE and APX XE500 RSM,†said Claudia Rodriguez, vice president, Devices Product Management, Motorola Solutions. “The latest XE radio means firefighters will be able to talk with other first responders at the scene and across municipalities and regions. The new rugged RSM means they can communicate clearly in the loudest fireground environments, including blaring horns and wailing sirens.â€
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Tag: Macmillan Cancer Support
Plain Jane 250915: A trip down memory lane
In a spirit of better late than never, we are posting this anyway even though half of it is now past its sell-by date. But they’ll be an autumn production from the Minster Playhouse. And Love, Life and Laughter will return. Come next time! 🙂
As in life, so in Downton Abbey. Sunday evenings are bright again with the return of the addictive period drama, but now it is 1925 and the arguments wrangle over who should best administer the local hospital and which members of staff will face redundancy.
“Does anyone have an under-butler these days?” muses Hugh Bonneville as the Earl of Grantham. I’ve no idea but I wouldn’t mind. Should I ever take possession of the Euromillions, I would happily eschew yachts and diamonds for the luxury of a dark-suited Jim Carter look-alike gliding towards me in tails with sage words and a small sherry. Harbouring as I do, a quiet adoration for the inscrutable Carson, only matched by my adulation of Maggie Smith playing the dowager. (I am still grieved I missed the chance to fling roses at her feet when she was filming in Broadstairs last winter.) “I wouldn’t let standards slip that far,” she announces at any suggestion of letting her own salver-bearer go. Those were the days…
If you too, like harking back in time, may I urge you to trot along to Minster Village Hall tonight or tomorrow to watch A Bolt From The Blue, the weird and wonderful tale of a man whose body clock reverses. I am so confident it will be terrific that I am writing this (such are the vagaries of local paper deadlines) before I’ve even been to see it myself. I don’t mention the thriving village of Minster-in-Thanet often enough, so here is a big shout-out for the Minster Playhouse, whose production it is, and for which my esteemed and excellent dentist, David Downes-Powell, is a whiz with the lighting and known for his special effects. David Tristram’s play promises to deliver more of the same – I have already heard rumours of lightning strikes and bodily explosions – and I fully expect the performance in general to be up to its usual high standard. It’s use it or lose it, when it comes to quality local drama. Go get your bum on a seat.
Or why not do it twice. Sunday night sees the return of the fund-raiser Love, Life And Laughter at the Sarah Thorne Memorial Theatre in Broadstairs. I am down as MC, together with the ever-fabulous Lisa Payne, to introduce an ultra-talented cast in an evening of songs, poems and sketches, and as they say, so much more. If past years are anything to go by, you’ll be in for a treat. With the warm glow of knowing you’re boosting a really good cause. All proceeds from the event go to Macmillan Cancer Support and you don’t get much more worthy than that. It starts early, at 6pm. You’ll be home for Downton Abbey…
Read the original at: http://www.thanetgazette.co.uk/Plain-Jane-trip-memory-lane/story-27861756-detail/story.html
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BALLARD HISTORY
1. Nathan BALLARD was born between 1794 and 1796 in NC. He was
living 1814 in Grainger CO.,TN. then Bedford CO.,TN.
before going to Jefferson Co., IL by 1830. Nathan died between 1860
and 1870.
Nathan married Jane (Unknown).
Jane was born between 1788 and 1790 in NC. She died between 1860 and
+2 i. Robert M. BALLARD (born on 12 Dec 1822).
+3 ii. Thomas M. BALLARD (born in 1823).
4 iii. Matthew BALLARD was born in 1825 in Bedford CO., TN. He
died on 22 Nov 1847 in Vera Cruz, Mexico during the Mexican War.
2. Robert M. BALLARD1 (Nathan-1) was born on 12 Dec 1822 in Bedford
CO.,TN. He died 15 Jan 1892.
He was buried in Jefferson CO.,IL So Hickory Hill cemetery.
He served in the Mexican War.
He was married to Sarah Jane TWITTY (daughter of Sarah Jane "Shuby"
TWITTY) on 17 Dec 1852 in Jefferson CO., IL.
Sarah Jane TWITTY was born in Feb 1830 in White CO., TN. She died on
24 Jul 1909 in Mt Vernon, Jefferson, IL.
She was buried in Jefferson CO., IL So Hickory Hill cemetery.
5 i. Elizabeth M. BALLARD was born on 1 May 1854. She died on
3 Oct 1856. She was buried in Jefferson CO., IL So Hickory
Hill cemetery.
+6 ii. Robert Mitchell BALLARD (born on 12 Sep 1857).
+7 iii. Mary E. BALLARD (born on 16 Mar 1867).
3. Thomas M. BALLARD (Nathan-1) was born in 1823 in Bedford CO.,
TN. He served in the Mexican War.
He resided in Jun 1887 in , Lane, OR.
He was married to Nancy Ann WILSON on 2 Mar 1846 in , Jefferson, IL.
6. Robert Mitchell BALLARD (Robert M.-2, Nathan-1) was born on
12 Sep 1857 in Jefferson CO., IL.
He died on 8 Sep 1924 in Jefferson CO, IL. He was buried in Jefferson
CO., IL Wolfe Prairie cemetery.
He was married to Tabitha Jane WELLS (daughter of Pinckney E. WELLS
and Nancy E. FORD) on 18 Feb 1880 in Jefferson CO., IL.
Tabitha Jane WELLS was born on 10 Feb 1861 in IL. She died on 23 Mar
1952 in Elgin, Kane, IL.
She was buried in Jefferson CO., IL Wolfe Prairie cemetery.
+8 i. Morton Robert BALLARD (born in May 1882).
+9 ii. Sarah Emma BALLARD (born in Apr 1883).
+10 iii. Earl Pinckney BALLARD (born on 27 Sep 1886).
+11 iv. Mary Jennie BALLARD (born on 3 Feb 1888).
+12 v. Ollie Myrtle BALLARD (born on 17 Jun 1893).
13 vi. Arthur William BALLARD was born in May 1895 in Jefferson
CO., IL. He died on 24 Dec 1941 in Chicago, Cook, IL.
He was
buried in Jefferson CO., IL Wolfe Prairie cemetery. Unmarried
+14 vii. Metta Mae BALLARD (born in Apr 1899).
7. Mary E. BALLARD1 (Robert M.-2, Nathan-1) was born on 16 Mar
1867 in Jefferson CO., IL.
She died on 15 Feb 1922 in Mt.Vernon, Jefferson ,IL. She was buried
in Mt.Vernon, Jefferson, IL Oakwood cemetery.
She was married to Newton E. PASLEY (son of Henderson PASLEY and Arminta
TAYLOR) on 22 Sep 1887 in Jefferson CO., IL.
Newton E. PASLEY was born in 1862. He died before 1900.
+15 i. Edith PASLEY (born in Nov 1889).
Mary was married to Homer KNIFFEN (son of James KNIFFEN and Elzora Schuster
GALBRAITH) in 1901.
Homer KNIFFEN was born in 1870 in IL.
8. Morton Robert BALLARD (Robert Mitchell-3, Robert M.-2, Nathan-1)
was born in May 1882 in Jefferson Co., IL.
He died on 24 Apr 1950. He was buried in Jefferson CO., IL Wolfe
Prairie cemetery.
He was married to Hattie JINES (daughter of Gabe JINES and Eune B. THOMAS)
in 1922. They were divorced.
+16 i. Earl Richard "Hop" BALLARD.
Morton Robert BALLARD married Nettie and had the following children:
+17 i. Jewel BALLARD.
9. Sarah Emma BALLARD (Robert Mitchell-3, Robert M.-2, Nathan-1)
was born in Apr 1883 in Jefferson CO.,IL.
She died in 1964. She was buried in Jefferson CO., IL Wolfe Prairie
cemetery.
+18 i. Virgil BALLARD (born about 1915).
Sarah was married to Aaron B. MIKEL. She was divorced from Aaron B.
MIKEL.
10. Earl Pinckney BALLARD,(Robert Mitchell-3, Robert M.-2, Nathan-1)
was born on 27 Sep 1886 in Dodds twp, Jefferson CO., IL.
He died on 16 Aug 1981 in Mt.Vernon, Jefferson, IL. He was buried in
Jefferson CO., IL Wolfe Prairie cemetery.
He was married to Maud Ellen PALMER (daughter of Edward R. PALMER and
Mary Elizabeth WHITAKER) on 22 Jul 1911 in Mt.Vernon, Jefferson ,IL.
Maud Ellen PALMER was born on 5 Sep 1890 in McClellen twp, Jefferson,
IL. She died on 1 Sep 1978 in Mt.Vernon, Jefferson, IL.
She was buried in Jefferson CO., IL Wolfe Prairie cemetery.
+19 i. Alma Maud BALLARD (born on 13 Jun 1912).
+20 ii. Gale Robert BALLARD (born on 7 Nov 1913).
+21 iii. Melvin Earl BALLARD (born on 3 Jun 1917).
11. Mary Jennie BALLARD (Robert Mitchell-3, Robert M.-2, Nathan-1)
was born on 3 Feb 1888 in Jefferson CO.,IL.
She died on 13 Oct 1987 in Centralia,Marion,IL. She was buried in Jefferson
CO.,IL Wolfe Prairie cemetery.
She was married to Fred MURRAY on 22 Nov 1910 in Benton,Franklin,IL.
Fred MURRAY was born on 31 Jul 1885.
He died on 12 Oct 1969. He was buried in Jefferson CO.,IL Wolfe
22 i. Orville L. MURRAY was born on 21 Feb 1913. He died
on 23 Apr 1976.
23 ii. Paul Hayward MURRAY was born on 22 Apr 1924. He
died on 9 May 1924.
24 iii. Henry Russell MURRAY was born in 1925. He died
in 1944 in France.
25 iv. Marcella Sue MURRAY was born on 6 Oct 1929. She
died on 17 Oct 1929.
26 v. Fredia H. MURRAY.
+27 vi. Evelyn MURRAY.
+28 vii. John Robert MURRAY.
12. Ollie Myrtle BALLARD (Robert Mitchell-3, Robert M.-2, Nathan-1)
was born on 17 Jun 1893 in Jefferson CO., IL.
She died on 13 Dec 1975 in Woodstock, McHenry, IL. She was buried in
Harvard ,McHenry, IL Mt Auburn cemetery.
She was married to James Oliver SMITH (son of J. D. SMITH and Sarah
SMITH) in 1914 in Jefferson CO., IL.
James Oliver SMITH was born in 1886. He died before 1972.
29 i. Harlen SMITH.
+30 ii. Alvin SMITH (born on 3 Feb 1917).
31 iii. Marion SMITH was born on 5 Feb 1919. He died on 15 Jul
2000 in Woodstock, McHenry, IL.
32 iv. Lois SMITH.
14. Metta Mae BALLARD (Robert Mitchell-3, Robert M.-2, Nathan-1)
was born in Apr 1899 in Jefferson CO., IL.
She died Jul 1985 in Miami, Dade, FL. She was buried in Jefferson CO.,
IL Wolfe Prairie cemetery.
She was married to Albert WICOFF on 20 Aug 1923. She was divorced from
Albert WICOFF in 1929 in Champaign CO., IL.
She married Jack TARRO. Jack TARRO died before 1952.
33 i. Josephine Metta TARRO.
15. Edith PASLEY (Mary E. BALLARD-3, Robert M.-2, Nathan-1) was
born in Nov 1889 in Jefferson CO., IL.
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HISTORY AND RESEARCH FOR HAM FAMILY
Christopher Devalcourt HAM
Standing out distinctly as one of the central figures in the history
of Jefferson county is the name which introduces this sketch, a name better
known perhaps than any other in the specific line of endeavor with which
it was so long and so honorably identified. Prominent in local business
circles and equally so in other than his own field of effort, with a reputation
in one of the most responsible and exacting callings which won him a name
for distinguished service, second to none of his contemporaries there was
not in his day a more enterprising and successful man than Christopher
D. HAM, and t is with pardonable pride that the people of his native county
revere his memory and ascribe to him high honor as one of their leading
citizens. Mr. HAM, for many years an influential factor in the financial
affairs of Jefferson county, belonged to an old and widely known family
whose earliest representatives in Illinois appear to have been Moses and
James HAM, natives of Virginia, who migrated westward in the pioneer period
and settled in Jefferson county where in due time both became large cattle
owners and prominent in public affairs. Moses HAM, the father of James,
and grandfather pf our subject, took an active part in county affairs,
accumulated a handsome competency and stamped his individuality upon the
community in which he lived as one of the influential men of his day and
generation. James HAM was in the prime of life when he came to Jefferson
county and like his father bore a prominent part in the settlement of the
country and the development of its resources. He, too, became a noted figure
in the early history of the county and for a number of years was one of
its leading citizens and well-to-do men. In addition to large agricultural
interests he conducted for some time a very successful mercantile business
and later established a tannery, one of the first in the county, which
like his other enterprises proved the source of a very liberal income.
Christopher Devalcourt HAM, son of James and Frances (CRISEL) HAM, was
born in Jefferson county, Illinois, September 10, 1838, and spent his childhood
on the family homestead at HAM's Grove near the site of the present town
of Opdyke. His early environment was conducive to moral as well as mental
development, his home influence being such as to implant in his mind and
heart those principles of rectitude which make for strong character and
well rounded manhood, and while still young he laid broad and deep the
foundation upon which his subsequent career was so solidly built. With
the object in view of fitting him for the legal profession his parents
gave him the best educational advantages the country afforded and after
the usual intellectual course in the schools of his own county and higher
institutions elsewhere he entered the Law School of Cincinnati and in due
time was graduated therefrom with a creditable record and was licensed
to practice by the Supreme Court. Having no taste for the profession, however,
he did not engage in the practice, but turning his attention to a pursuit
more in harmony with his inclinations he soon became one of the leading
merchants of Mount Vernon and made an honorable name in the business world.
In connection with merchandising be was also engaged in the manufacture
of woolen goods, and during the period of the Civil war conducted a very
profitable business in this line in partnership with James D. JOHNSON,
the firm thus constituted operating for several years the woolen mills
at Mount Vernon. After a long and remarkably successful career as a merchant;
Mr. HAM turned his attention to another important business enterprise,
having been one of the leading movers in the organization of the old CarlinCross
Bank, which subsequently became the Mount Vernon Bank and still later was
re-organized as the HAM National Bank. He served as president of the institution,
always kept in close touch with its affairs and to him as much as to any
other man was due the rapid growth and continued success of the bank, during
the early years of its history.
Mr. HAM was remarkably successful in his business affairs and everything
to which he devoted his energies appears to have worked to his advantage.
He was not only fortunate in a monetary sense but also manifested an abiding
interest in whatever tended to advance his city and county materially and
otherwise and for a number of years took an active part in public matters,
serving several successive terms as a member of the local school board
besides filling other positions of responsibility and trust
The maiden name of Mrs. Christopher D. HAM was Helena Ann GRANT. She
was the daughter of Angus McNeil GRANT, who came to Illinois from Kentucky
about the year 1835 and subsequently became one of the leading business
men of Jefferson county. Seven children were born to Mr. and Mrs. HAM,
only three of whom survive, namely: Mrs. Martha HAM PAVEY, of Mount Vernon,
whose husband, Louis G. PAVEY, is cashier of the HAM National Bank; Sidney
Breese HAM, a sketch of whom appears elsewhere, and GRANT TAYLOR HAM, president
of the Mount Vernon Brick Company and one of the city's most enterprising
citizens. Three children died in infancy and Bernadine after reaching the
age of young womanhood. Mr. HAM's distinguished business career has few
parallels in the history of Jefferson county and he will live in the memory
of his fellow citizens of Mount Vernon as one who contributed liberally
toward the growth of the city and gave stability to its business and financial
interests. He died at Eureka Springs, Arkansas, April 1 7, 1899, and left
to his family and the community the heritage of a well spent life and an
honorable name.
Christopher was one of three children, a sister having died while still
quite young; and O. M. D. HAM, of Mount Vernon, the only surviving member
of this old and highly esteemed family whose history during the last three
quarters of a century has been closely identified with that of Jefferson
Angus McNeil GRANT, father of Mrs. C. D. HAM, was an early settler of
Jefferson county and one of her men of influence. His arrival, as already
indicated, was about the year 1835, and in the course of a few years he
became the possessor of a large amount of land, which soon increased greatly
in value and to him also belongs the credit of adding very materially to
the growth and business interests of the county seat. Soon after locating
at Mount Vernon he engaged in merchandising which he carried on with marked
Success for a number of years and at one time he held the office of County
Judge, besides being honored with various other positions and taking an
influential part in public affairs. He was one of the organizers and first
president of the Carlin-Cross Bank, the first institution of the kind in
Mount Vernon and for a number of years thereafter kept .in close touch
with monetary affairs and was long regarded as one of the sound, far-seeing
and successful financiers of Jefferson county, and Southern Illinois. Despite
his frail physique and modest demeanor he was an influential factor in
promoting the advancement of Mount Vernon and the welfare of the people
and to him as much as to any one man is the city indebted for its continuous
growth and the prosperity for which it is now distinguished. Mr. GRANT
possessed business ability of a superior order and was also noted for his
inflexible integrity and the high sense of honor which characterized all
his relations with his fellow men. A man of noble aims and high ideals,
he made his influence felt for good in business as well as in social and
religious circles and for many years he was a noted character in his city
and county and as a leader in the world of finance.
When a young man Mr. GRANT married Miss Martha ANDERSON, of Tennessee,
who proved a true wife and helpmeet until her lamented death in the year
1883, and who bore him three children: Mrs. Helena Ann HAM, of Mount Vernon;
Mrs. M. M. POOL, of the same place, and Mrs. W. C. POLLOCK, who lives in
Washington, D. C. Mr. GRANT's long connection with the banking interests
of Mount Vernon added much to the financial credit of the city and gave
it an honorable reputation as a safe place for the judicious investment
of capital as well as a desirable and attractive place of residence. He
was always enterprising and public-spirited and gave his hearty support
to all enterprises that tended to the advancement and progress of his fellow
Source: Walls History Of Jefferson County 1909
Submitted By: Misty Flannigan Dec 27, 1997
The funeral party in charge of the remains of the late C. D. Ham, who
died at Eurka Springs, Ark., Monday afternoon, reached here on the L &
N train at noon today. Dr. A. C. Johnson, Mrs. Ham and daughter, Miss Martha,
who accompanied the body home from the place of death were met at St. Louis
by a deputation of citizens this morning and acted as a guard of honor
to this city. The funeral party was met at the railroad station by a large
number of the friends of the deceased who followed the hearse to the family
residence at 124 East Maple street, many of them lingering to express to
the sorrowing wife and children the sympathy they felt in the bereavement
which had befallen them. The funeral will take place from the First M.
E. church at 2 o'clock tomorrow afternoon under the ministration of Pastor
John F. Harmon assisted by Rev. H. B. Douglas of the Presbyterian church.
The interment will be at Oakwood cemetery where the services will be under
the auspices of the Masonic order of which Mr. Ham was a member. An opportunity
will be given the friends to view the remains of the deceased at the family
residence this evening or any time previous to the funeral tomorrow. The
band has courteously tendered its services and will pay homage to the memory
of the dead by taking part in teh funeral services.
April 19, 1899 Mt. Vernon Register News
submitted by: Sharlet Bigham LaBarbera
Marriage licenses were issused Wednesday afternoon to Joel H. Ham and
Susan A. Emmons, both of Dodds township; Percy A. Harris, of Venedy and
Lillian Stonemetz, of Opdyke; Thos. A. Clark, of Farrington and Dora Smith
of Shiloh.
December 1, 1899 Mt. Vernon Register News
Joel Harvey Ham 13 April 1916, b, 09 Feb 1851, Ham Co., Il, d. 08 Apr
eldest son of John - d. 1868 & Sibby Ann (Jordan) Ham. Married Susan
Ann Emmons, July 1899- she d. 07 Oct 1902; 1 son, Geirge W. Ham. married
Rose E. Story, 13 Feb 1910; no children. Leaves wife; 1 bro.: Logan Ham;
1 sis. : Orlena Ham; 1 half- bro.: Thomas Ham interred Ham's Grove
Source: Legacy of Kin Harold Felty 1994
HAM, ARTAMISSA CUMMINGS, HEZEKIAH 06-21-1855
HAM, ARZILLA ATCHISSON, SAMUEL 01-21-1847
HAM, C D GRANT, ANNIE H 10-16-1865
HAM, DIANNA WATSON, ASA B 06-27-1833
HAM, DORCAS SMITH, WILLIAM 02-14-1842
HAM, FRANCES T TAYLOR, JEREMIAH 08-28-1848
HAM, JAMES L EUBANK, SUSAN E 10-25-1871
HAM, JEMINA ADAMS, JOHN 04-08-1864
HAM, JOEL H EMMONS, SUSIE A 12-20-1899
HAM, JOHN JORDON, LIBBY ANN 12-23-1849
HAM, KELSSERNA BRADFORD, WILLIAM 05-30-1841
HAM, LOUISA SMITH, JAMES 12-19-1833
HAM, MORNING ORLENA MCCANN, S A D 03-15-1879
HAM, MOSES BLISS, ELIZABETH 10-16-1843
HAM, ORLANDO M D GOODNER, MARINDA E 02-10-1861
HAM, ORLEY T HOLDEN, CLARA H 09-28-1893
HAM, PERRY SUMMERLAND, LURINDA 09-13-1871
HAM, PERRY ROSE, NANCY JANE 02-05-1852
HAM, SARAH WILBANKS, ROBERT A D 11-19-1829
HAM, VIENNA HARRIS, RICHARD H 05-12-1845
Legacy Of Kin Book 1 By Harold Felty
Ham, Sibba A. - female, white, age 80y8m25d, b. Missouri, lived
in Illinois 78 yrs., widow, house maid. Died June 12, 1908, 7:30
P.M. in Dodds TWP. of heart failure complicated by paralsis.
Buried Ham Opdyke
Ham, Susan A. Emons- female, white aqe 23y 8d , b. Jefferson
County, Il lived in Ill 23 yrs, married,wife. Died Oct 7. 1902, 9
PM in Dodds TwP., Jefferson Co., of tyfoid Fever. Buried Ham's
Grove Cem, Jefferson Co., IL Opdyke
LEGACY OF KIN VOL 2 1958-1992 by Harold Felty
1965-91 HAM, Recy ........ Kniffen; Times Leader, OB Jul 1965; b.
21 Sept 1886, Hamilton Co; d. 06 Jul 1965- resident of Mt. Vernon;
dau of John and Eliza Jordan Kniffen. married (John A. Logan Ham,
1907- from 1925-50 namnes children) Leaves 2 sons; bro.; 6 grch.;5
gr grch. Opdyke Cm.
Submitted By Misty Flannigan Mar 1999
Submitted by: Elizabeth Parr-Johnston Aug 2001
Angus McNeil Grant
Grant Taylor Ham, Leota and Helene
Article from the Mt. Vernon Registered News, Mt. Vernon Ill. 8/25/1905
THE WAY OF LOVE
Grant T. Ham and Miss Leota Pope Ward Married Last Night
Look down, ye gods
and on this couple drop a blessed crown.
Shakespeare.
One of the most beautiful weddings Mt. Vernon has ever known, was solemnized
last night at the spacious home of Mr. and Mrs. G. F. M. Ward, when their
daughter Leota Pope, became the wife of Grant Taylor Ham , of this city.
For the event, the Ward home was most beautifully decorated throughout
with sweet peas and asparagus, a color scheme of pink, green and white
being prettily carried on.
In the halls vines and asparagus were daintily entwined in the grills
and the stairway; and here the guests were served to punch by two young
ladies. In the library where the ceremony was performed a bower was built
of ferns, asparagus and potted plants. Two large white pillars around which
were clinging vines marked the limits of the bridal altar. Around the room
were hung sprays of asparagus over which were festoons of daisies tied
with baby ribbon, producing a strikingly dainty effect.
The decorations in the dining room were pink and white. The table was
decorated with pink and white ribbons, wound with southern smliax, drawn
form the chandelier to the four corners of the table. Dan Cupid in a miniature
automobile laden with pink and white sweet peas steered his way down a
rice strewn road while from the other chandelier over his head swung another
cupid. The room was lighted, entirely, by pink shaded candles, diffusing
their soft light on an entrancing scene, producing a beautiful effect.
Promptly at 8:30 o'clock, to the strains of the Lohengrin wedding march,
played by Miss Ethel Ruth Johnson, the bride leaning on the arm of her
father descended the stairs and proceeded through an aisle of ribbons to
the bridal bower where they were met by the groom, and Elder C. M. Smithson
and to the accompaniment of the soft sweet music the impressive ring ceremony
of the Christian church was read, joining together two young and happy
hearts. After the bridal pair had received congratulations from the guests,
delicious refreshments were served. The bride was attended by two little
cousins, Hiley and Merill Ward, who carried the ribbons which formed the
aisle for the bridal party. Mis Ward was a beautiful bride, and her gown
was an exquisite, imported, embroidered cream net over white silk, princess
style; it was simple yet beautiful due to its simplicity. Her tuille veil
was held by chaplets of sweet peas and she carried a large bouquet of white
sweet peas.
The bride and groom are two of Mt. Vernon's most popular young people
and the realization of the esteem in which they are held by the people
who know them is a source of much satisfaction. The bride is the only daughter
of Mr. and Mrs. G. F. M. Ward and her numerous accomplishments have well
fitted her to grace a home with a perfection that is seldom equalled and
never excelled. Mr. Ham is the youngest son of Mrs. Annie Ham and is a
prominent young business man associated with the Mt. Vernon Press Brick
Co., as secretary and assistant manager.
The presents were numerous beautiful and costly.
The out of town guests were Mrs. Emeline Pope, Grandmother of the Bride,
P. [Pleasant] D. Pope and wife, P.[Pleasant] N.[Newton] Pope, wife and
daughter, Emily, B.[Benjamin] F. Pope and wife, H. O. Pope and wife, Dr.
R. D. Pope and wife, Karl D. Pope, J. H. D. Pope, J. H. Ward and wife,
W.[William] D. Ward, wife and daughter, Miss Myrtle, Snider Ward and wife,
Mrs. Mamie Ward and sons, Hiley and Merrill of Du Quoin; Clarence E. Pope
and wife, E. St. Louis; J. Soloman and Miss Helen Soloman, Chicago; Mrs.
Henry Watkins, Owensboro, Kentucky; Miss Grace Ham, Opdyke.
Mr. and Mrs. Ham left on the Southern last night, for Louisville Kentucky,
and from there they will go to other points in Kentucky expecting to be
gone about a week after which they will return, to make this city their
The Register joins their many friends in extending best wishes for their
happiness with the hope that no greater trouble will every assail them
then on the day when the bride said "yes".
They will be at home at [4] Grant Place after September first.
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Rapper in critical condition after Chuck E. Cheese shooting
Posted 10:23 am, December 3, 2019, by Nexstar
CORDOVA, Tenn. — A Memphis rapper who goes by Casino Jizzle was the victim in Saturday's shooting outside a Chuck E. Cheese restaurant in Cordova, according to his manager.
Police identified the victim as Robert Tunstall. The 23-year-old man was rushed to the Regional Medical Center in critical condition.
According to authorities, Tunstall and his girlfriend were inside the Chuck E. Cheese on North Germantown Parkway redeeming tickets when he told her he was going out to his vehicle. Several minutes later he returned with a gunshot wound.
Investigators said they located a handgun on the ground outside and one spent shell casing.
Tunstall's manager, Angie Strange, said he is in ICU with a gunshot wound to the back and chest, but is expected to be OK.
Friends said Tunstall was at Chuck E. Cheese with his girlfriend and her kids.
This isn’t the first time Tunstall has been involved in violent crime. He pleaded guilty to felony theft and robbery in 2014, and Memphis Police say they got a call earlier this year about a drive-by shooting in his Hickory Hill neighborhood.
Tunstall’s sister told police she believed her brother was the target in that shooting.
Strange said Tunstall, aka Casino Jizzle, is unsigned but has interest from major music labels, and he's trying to change his life. Just four days before the shooting, he was giving out Thanksgiving meals in Memphis.
“I know he’s a gangster rapper but he’s used his music to change his life," she told WREG. "He’s got major labels looking at him & has had good local success. He’s worked hard to become a positive person & we’ve been very proud of his progress as an artist & as a man.”
Police recovered surveillance video which showed the victim walking outside. There was reportedly a flash followed by the victim running back into the building.
WREG has been unable to reach Chuck E. Cheese' corporate office to get a copy of that video.
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Tornadoes in NE Iowa, SE Minnesota; Record Rain in Rochester
reported tornadoes - National Weather Service
Rochester, MN (KROC AM News) – It was a stormy ending to the Memorial Day weekend for residents in NE Iowa and parts of SE Minnesota as strong storm cells produced tornadoes and heavy rain.
The National Weather Service has received reports of widespread damage in NE Iowa between Charles City and Lime Springs. There is a report of extensive damage to the Floyd County Fairgrounds where a suspected tornado touched down around 12:30 PM Monday. The damage included destroyed buildings. Some nearby houses were also damaged. The NWS says survey crews assessed the damage and rated the twister at high-end EF-1, with maximum winds in the 100-110 mph range.
There was also a report of a tornado on the ground near the town of Elma at 1:30 PM and a short while later, another twister was reported in Lime Springs. The report indicates there was roof, home and tree damage, and downed power lines. Law enforcement reported “house to house searches were being conducted” in the town located near the Minnesota border.
A tornado was reported on the ground around 2:00 PM in SE Minnesota near the Fillmore County town of Carimona and it was moving north toward Preston, Fountain, Chatfield, and Pilot Mound. That led to a tornado warning from there northward through SE Olmsted County but there have been no reports of tornadic activity from that area.
There was also a report of a tornado near Glenville in Freeborn County around noon Monday. Some large trees were knocked down and power outages were reported.
Meanwhile, heavy rain has led to rising rivers and streams across SE Minnesota, causing high water problems.
The Monday rainfall total at the Rochester airport as of 3:00 PM was over 3 inches. This not only shattered the previous record for May 27 but is also the second-highest daily total for the month of May.
It appeared rain was moving out of the Rochester area as of 3:00 PM. Although dry weather is expected Tuesday, more rain is in the forecast for Tuesday night and Wednesday.
News update: A deadly head-on wreck in south-central Minnesota involving two pickup trucks.
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Source: Tornadoes in NE Iowa, SE Minnesota; Record Rain in Rochester
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InCrowd receives double nomination in the 2017 Sport Business Awards
11th April 2017 /in News /by Alex Edney
To follow on from our recent Sport Industry and Sport Technology Award nominations, InCrowd have received two separate nominations at the 2017 Sports Business Awards.
InCrowd’s in-stadia digital display software, TribeCast, has been shortlisted within the ‘Sports Innovation Award’ category and faces strong competition from British Rowing – Go Row Indoor, InCrowd – TribeCast, Jockey Club Services, Levy Restaurants UK, Runbritain Click Your Click, Table Tennis England and TASS (Talented Athlete Scholarship Scheme).
Additionally, the InCrowd official club app platform, represented through the official Aston Villa FC app, has been shortlisted in the ‘Best in Sports Media’ and faces competition from Dunsar Media, Football Whispers, iSportconnect, Liverpool Football Club, Olympic Channel and Sky Sports.
The full list of finalists can be found here.
We would also like to congratulate InCrowd clients and associates Cardiff City FC, Premiership Rugby, Brighton & Hove Albion FC and Onside Law.
InCrowd have their fingers firmly crossed for the Friday 2nd June when the winners will be announced during a lunchtime ceremony at the Brewery in London.
https://incrowdsports.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/04/incrowd-logo-top.png 0 0 Alex Edney https://incrowdsports.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/04/incrowd-logo-top.png Alex Edney2017-04-11 14:20:092017-04-11 14:20:09InCrowd receives double nomination in the 2017 Sport Business Awards
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IHS Press Announces Release of For Duty and Destiny: The Life and Civil War Diary of William Taylor Stott, Hoosier Soldier and Educator
Indianapolis—The Indiana Historical Society Press is proud to announce the release of For Duty and Destiny: The Life and Civil War Diary of William Taylor Stott, Hoosier Soldier and Educator. Edited by author and educator Lloyd A. Hunter, this biographical book explores the life of William Taylor Stott, native Hoosier and Franklin college graduate.
William Taylor Stott was an 1861 graduate of Franklin College, who later became the president who took the college from virtual bankruptcy in 1872 to its place as a leading liberal arts institution in Indiana by the turn of the century. Stott was an inspirational force in the Indiana Baptist community, a foremost champion of small denominational colleges and of higher education in general, and a figure of note in local politics and in the Grand Army of the Republic. He also fought in the 18th Indiana Volunteer Infantry during the Civil War, rising from private to captain.
Stott’s diary reveals a soldier who was also a scholar in camp and on the march—one who took every available moment to read theology, philosophy and great literary works. While amazingly ecumenical for that era, he was nonetheless a Baptist through and through, insisting on baptism only by immersion and displaying a hatred of alcohol and its effects on his comrades. A scion of Baptist preachers, Stott championed temperance in the army and inherited an antislavery fervor. Stott the thinker, however, had a playful side, slyly exposing a dry wit and a sense of humor that can sneak up on the reader.
Lloyd A. Hunter, is a professor emeritus of history and American studies at Franklin College, where he founded and directed the American studies program and occupied the Roger D. Branigin Chair of History. Hunter received recognition by the Carnegie Foundation for the Advancement of Teaching and Council for Advancement and Support of Education as the 2003 Outstanding Indiana Professor of the Year.
Title: For Duty and Destiny: The Life and Civil War Diary of William Taylor Stott, Hoosier Soldier and Educator
Illustrations: black-and-white illustrations
Cover: Cloth
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Range Hood Advice from Indoor Air Quality Researcher
Most Americans don’t realize cooking can be a major source of indoor air pollutants, unless they’ve recently burned something on the stove. But studies have shown that cooking-related contaminants can cause health problems such as respiratory illness and asthma attacks.
To learn more, I spoke with Brett Singer, PhD, a scientist at Berkeley Lab who investigates indoor air quality. Recently, he measured the levels of pollutants emitted from gas cooking burners and ovens in several Bay Area homes. I asked him about this study and for advice on how to reduce cooking pollutants.
Are harmful pollutants emitted when cooking?
A gas burner almost always produces significant quantities of nitrogen dioxide, which is a respiratory irritant. Depending on the burner configuration, it can also produce carbon monoxide, which is regulated by the Environmental Protection Agency. In general, newer cooktop burners don't produce much carbon monoxide because of design improvements. Finally, the gas produces ultrafine particles, smaller than 100 nanometers, which are dangerous because they can move around your body in ways that larger particles can't.Electric burners don't produce carbon monoxide and produce only small amounts of nitrogen dioxide. But an electrical coil burner can produce ultrafine particles, particularly when you first turn it on.
Cooking food on either type of burner also produces fine particles and some organic chemicals, including acrolein and polynuclear aromatic hydrocarbons that are known to be hazardous. Frying, broiling and other cooking at high temperatures generally produces more pollutants.
However, these pollutants can be easily addressed with good kitchen ventilation, which is especially important if you live in a small home.
What did your in-home study find?
We went into moderately sized homes — eight 1,400 to 2,500-square-foot homes and one small apartment — with common, well-functioning equipment that had been in use for a few years. We measured the concentrations of pollutants in the kitchen and elsewhere as we boiled and steamed water on the cooktop and/or oven, with and without ventilation. We found issues in half of these homes and that's not good. In four of the homes, we showed that the gas-cooking burners emitted enough nitrogen dioxide to exceed the health standards for outdoor air.
What are your tips to minimize these cooking pollutants?
The first tip is to ventilate when you cook, and to ventilate more the more you cook. Range hoods are the most effective way to do this, if your range hood actually moves air out of the kitchen. If you have a range hood that just recirculates air back into the kitchen, you need to use another exhaust fan — for example, from a nearby bathroom — or open windows.
You also need to use your hood or exhaust fan regularly. Based on several surveys, many people only occasionally use them.
People report not using them because they're noisy, because people forget to turn them on or because they aren't needed unless removing smoke, odors and moisture — like when frying something stinky. Those are good reasons to use ventilation, but people can't sense pollutants, so they may not be ventilating sometimes when it's really needed.
If you're buying a new range hood, buy a quiet one that you like. If it isn't quite as efficient but you're happy with it and you'll use it, then great. To improve on that, a range hood needs to have higher flow rates and cover the front burners.
Beyond that, almost any range hood works better if you cook on the back burners. If you put it on a low speed and cook on a single back burner, then you'll typically capture 50 to 70 percent of the pollutants.
What is the ultimate goal of your research?
The goal of our work on kitchen ventilation is to help people cook all they want — with gas or electric — without exposing themselves to harmful air pollutants. This is an important part of our broader work on high performance homes that use very little energy and provide a healthier environment for their occupants. We try to provide the science to inform builders, retrofit contractors and the general public.
Jennifer Huber
Brett Singer profile
Study on cooking pollutants
Performance Assessment of U.S. Residential Cooking Exhaust Hoods
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In Bag Review of Academy/Minicraft/Donetsk ? 1/72nd scale U.S. Vega PV-1 "Ventura" Bomber
Kit no. F240
HISTORY:
The PV-1 Ventura, built by the Vega Aircraft Company division of Lockheed (hence the "V" Navy manufacturer's letter that later replaced the "O" for Lockheed), was a version of the Ventura built for the U.S. Navy .
The main differences between the PV-1 and the B-34 were the inclusion of special equipment in the PV-1, adapting it to its patrol bombing role. The maximum fuel capacity of the PV-1 was increased from 1,345 gal (5,081 l) to 1,607 gal (6,082 l), to increase its range; the forward defensive armament was also reduced for this reason. The most important addition was of an ASD-1 search radar.
Early production PV-1s still carried a bombardier's station behind the nose radome, with four side windows and a flat bomb-aiming panel underneath the nose. Late production PV-1s dispensed with this bombardier position and replaced it with a pack with three 0.50 in (12.7 mm) machine guns underneath the nose. These aircraft could also carry eight 5 in (127 mm) HVAR rockets on launchers underneath the wings.
The PV-1 began to be delivered in December 1942, and entered service in February 1943. The first squadron in combat was VP-135, deployed in the Aleutian Islands in April 1943. They were operated by three other squadrons in this theatre.
From the Aleutians, they flew strikes against bases in Paramushiro and Shimushu, Japanese islands in the Kurile chain. Often, PV-1s would lead B-24 bomber formations, since they were equipped with radar. In late 1943, some PV-1s were deployed to the Solomon Islands as night fighters with VMF(N)-531, a Marine Corps fighter squadron.
This kit was willed to me by a friend that died of cancer years ago. I assume it was in a box originally.
However, a study of the instructions in the bag for the Academy kit show that the parts trees illustrations do not match the ones in the bag. However, this could be a re-boxing of the Academy kit where they altered the parts arrangements on the trees. Also, the fuselage halves are off white where the rest of the trees are medium-grey?
Looking into the origins of the kit it appears it was originally molded by Frog with the molds eventually finding their way to the Russian company Donetsk who marketed the kit with the decals in the review. The Frog kit number was F240 and appears on all of the trees.
The trees are not alphabetized.
The first medium-grey tree holds: crew figures, propeller, tail wheel, top and bottom of one wing, control yoke, main wheels, DF loop, pitot tube, landing gear doors etc. (20 parts)
The second medium-grey tree holds: elevator halves, bomb bay doors, machine guns, cockpit floor and rear wall, 3 disc shaped parts (not shown in the instructions). 2 white fuselage halves for which I am not certain if they were from the kit originally or another manufacturer.
The third medium-grey tree has a tab on it that says MADE IN USSR and another tab says F240. This number is on all of the trees. This tree holds: engines and their mounts, drop tank halves, rudders, a main wheel. (13 parts)
The fourth medium-grey tree holds: the other wing''s halves, gear legs, seat, twin machine guns etc. (12 parts) This tree also has a tab on it saying F240. The instruction call out this kit no., but the parts trees illustrations differ from the trees. The second propeller and crew seat were loose in the bag.
The clear cockpit windows etc. are next (12 parts) It has a tab on it saying F240 also and it does not match the parts trees illustrations but dose match the Frog/Donetsk parts trees.
The instructions consist of 3 Xeroxed pages in 8 1/2" x 11" format, each printed on one side.
Page 1 has a black and white photo of the model made up in a U.S. scheme that is not included on the decal sheet that is in the bag. This is over the history of the Ventura and the parts trees illustrations.
Page 2 and 3 give a grand total of 10 assembly steps.
The decal sheet has markings for a French Air Force and a Royal Australian Air Force Ventura on it. No marks for the one shown on the instructions with U.S. markings ? The origin of this decal sheet is most likely from the Donetsk kit.
This is one mixed-up model and kind of a head scratcher. Otherwise good detail and recommended.
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representing, distributing, commercialising all or part of Codata Key Plans,
providing directly or indirectly all or part of Codata Key Plans to a third party, ex gratia or against payment, by rental, sales, handover, loan or outsourcing.
The client is held responsible for all unauthorised data reproduction or communication, whether it results from a mistake, a negligence or a simple omission on his part. The client is informed that files may include watermarks and tamper-evident technology to control their use.
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1 - Definitions:
Codata Services: the company owning the database.
Codata Services Sa
Registered office: 143-145, Avenue du Bourgmestre Jean Materne, 5100 Namur – Belgium
Company registration number BE 0505 976 645
Codata Database: Database that is developed, managed and updated by Codata Services.
Providing data on retail and on commercial real estate in various European countries (namely Germany, Austria, Belgium, Spain, France, Italy, Luxembourg, the Netherlands, Portugal, Switzerland)
Including – but not limited to -
descriptive alphanumeric and georeferenced data on retail locations, commercial sites and projects
descriptive alphanumeric data on retailers and service providers active in the commercial real estate and retail sectors
cartographic data
Xls Files and Pdf Files: file formats used to transfer data from Codata Database. Other file formats may be used. In such cases, these formats are named in the price quotation sent by Codata Services to the Client.
Client: any legal or natural person to whom data is provided upon payment of a fee.
Fee: Price that the Client has to pay according to a price list set by Codata Services, communicated to the Client and accepted by him. The fee is valid for a licence to use the provided file for one year - taking effect from the date mentioned on the invoice.
2 - Subject matter of the contract
Only the present general terms are valid, even if it is otherwise mentioned in the Client’s terms of purchase. Ordering implies express and full acceptance of the present terms.
The present document aims at defining the general licence terms of use of all or of part of Codata Database as data files or maps.
This contract is in no case a sales contract. The company Codata Services remains owner of the database and of all or part of the database excerpts.
3 - Licence
3.1. Principles
Codata Database, whose exclusive producer and one and only owner is Codata Services, is original - i.e. the used methods of data collection, the choice of information and its arrangement and the nature of information that the database comprises are original. Codata Database is an intellectual creation protected by legal provisions for Intellectual Property, both as copyright and as the sui generis right as database producer.
The licence granted by Codata Services is a licence for personal, non-exclusive and non-transferable use. It is a licence to use all or part of Codata Database reproduced as files in Xls, Pdf or other formats. The licence is subject to the terms stipulated below. Within this framework, the Client is entitled to use Codata Database for his own needs.
Granting a licence to use does not involve the transfer of property rights to the Client. Codata Database remains property of Codata Services or of its authors, regardless of the form, language and medium.
The Client commits himself to not impair the intellectual property rights of Codata Services, whether directly or indirectly via third parties, and notably refrains from:
reproducing all or part of Codata Database on any medium,
translating, adjusting, arranging or modifying and/or correcting Codata Database and from reproducing its resulting changes,
representing, disseminating, commercialising all or part of Codata Database,
providing directly or indirectly all or part of Codata Database to a third party, ex gratia or against payment, notably by rental, sales, handover, loan or outsourcing.
The Client is held responsible for any unauthorised data reproduction or communication, whether it results from a mistake, a negligence or a simple omission on his part. The Client is informed that files may include watermarks and tamper-evident technology to control their use.
As a general rule, the Client shall under no circumstances prejudice the interests of Codata Services and shall refrain from competing directly or indirectly with the products and services of Codata Services.
However, there are two admitted exceptions to the principles mentioned above, namely the Reproduction Rights and Data Integration Rights. Both are detailed hereinafter in points 3.2 and 3.3 respectively.
3.2. Reproduction Rights and Additional Fee
3.2.1. - By way of derogation from Article 3.1, the Client is granted Reproduction Rights of all or part of Codata Database within a Limited Framework.
The Limited Framework is defined as follows:
Compilation of reports, analyses and studies in order to transfer them to third parties, either for free or against payment.
In any case, the mentioned reports, analyses and studies aim at making propositions or recommendations or at giving advice to a third party.
Reproduction Rights are defined as follows:
Within the framework of the compilation of the mentioned reports, analyses and studies, the Client is allowed to:
use all or part of Codata Database,
partly reproduce Codata Database, with the exception of any raw data reproduction,
aggregate all or part of Codata Database.
3.2.2. - Any dissemination or commercialisation of all or part of Codata Database remains forbidden outside the framework of compilation of files, reports, analyses and studies as defined above.
3.2.3. - In compensation to the authorisation granted above in point 3.2.1, the Client binds himself to:
use Codata data exclusively for business purposes,
remain within the Limited Framework defined above in point 3.2.1,
always indicate unambiguously data origin and dates,
not alter the provided data without any clear and unambiguous indication,
not use Codata data to design sales brochures or any other media that aim at promoting the Client’s products and services,
to pay an additional fee equivalent to 50% of the basic annual licence fee.
3.3. Data Integration Rights and Additional Fee
3.3.1 - By way of derogation from Article 3.1, the Client is granted Data Integration Rights of all or part of Codata Database within a Limited Framework.
Integration of all or part of Codata Database into any medium put at the disposal of third parties against payment,
The mentioned media integrating in any case data from other origins, compatible with Codata data,
The mentioned media can under no circumstances be put at the disposal of third parties free of charge.
Data Integration Rights are defined as follows:
Within the framework of the mentioned media made available for third parties, the Client is allowed to:
reproduce all or part of Codata Database, with the exception of any raw data reproduction,
3.3.2. - Any dissemination or commercialisation of all or part of Codata Database remains forbidden outside the framework defined above in article 3.3.1.
3.3.3 - In compensation to the authorisation granted above in point 3.3.1, the Client binds himself to:
to pay an additional fee equivalent to 100% of the basic annual licence fee.
4 - Property
In accordance with the current legislation in force, the database, from which data - the subject matter hereof - is coming, is the exclusive property of the company Codata Services, as an author and a producer.
5 - Guarantees - Liability
Codata Services took properly and reasonably care to design and compile its database, subject matter of the present licence, according to the rules of database creation. However, should mistakes or anomalies remain or occur, Codata Services cannot accept liability for their consequences.
Codata Services is not responsible for the Client’s use of data coming from its database. The Client waives the right to institute proceedings against Codata Services regarding the use of its data.
6 - Duration
The licence is granted to the Client by Codata Services for one year taking effect on the date mentioned on the invoice. The Client shall refrain from using the Database at a later date.
7 - Right of withdrawal
Files are instantly delivered by downloading as soon as the Client has been informed by email that his payment has been validated and that the files he ordered are available for download.
Codata Services begins to perform its obligation (data download) in accordance with the Client’s will and with the specifications that Client has chosen, validated and/or accepted while ordering.
Thus, the parties agree that downloading files shall not lead to the exercise of any right of withdrawal.
8 - Cancellation
The company Codata Services reserves the right to end the present licence if the Client fails to fulfil his contractual obligations. The Client shall be notified by recorded delivery with acknowledgement of receipt. Cancellation shall take effect immediately and the Client shall refrain from using the Database at a later date.
9 - Price
The licence is subject to the payment of an annual fee, whose price is set according to the nature of the file, i.e. the ordered product. All prices are in euros, excluding VAT. They are firm.
The prices are proposed to the Client, file by file, on the basis of a price list available online. If not, the price shall be offered by Codata Services to the Client by means of an estimate sent by email or post.
In addition to the unit price by file, the Client may also be charged with order management fees, including the costs of the selected medium or shipping costs. In that case, these charges are added to the estimate offered to the Client.
VAT is applied at the rate in force when ordering.
The company Codata Services reserves the right to alter prices any time without notice. Modifications shall be notified to the Client without any further formality. However, the ordered files are invoiced at the price in force when ordering.
10 - Payment
The order shall be processed as soon as it has been fully paid. There shall be no order processing and no file delivery without prior full payment of the order.
The Client may pay via a secure online payment facility (subject to availability) or by bank transfer to the account mentioned on the estimate or on the online ordering service.
The order can only be paid in euros.
11 - Delivery
Any delivery depends on the receipt of the Client’s price validation and the Client’s validation of the licence terms. If need be, the delivery of an order may also depend on the Client’s validation of the estimate. In any case, it depends on the receipt of its full payment on Codata Services’ bank account. A payment advice or a proof of payment are insufficient.
11.1. - Mode of delivery / Delivery period
Files delivery involves downloading by the Client on his own computer. Files can be downloaded by clicking on the download link provided by Codata Services.
The Client is responsible for starting the download of his delivery.
The Client has to download the file within a maximum of fifteen (15) days.
11.2. - Special terms
The company Codata Services has the right of retention of title and/or has the right to cancel some orders, notably:
orders from purchasers whose personal information or information regarding the order would be insufficient,
or orders for which Codata Services would not succeed in contacting the purchaser to check his identity and the validity of his order.
Any order placed on weekends (from 12 p.m. on Friday, on Saturday and on Sunday) shall only be processed on Monday morning from 9 a.m. In that case, no claim can be initiated against Codata Services.
11.3. - Details / Invoices
A confirmation email is sent to the Client as soon as the download link of his order is online.
One invoice is sent for each order validated by the Client on the ordering site or on the estimate. Each invoice is sent by email. The company Codata Services does not send paper invoices to the Client. This invoice summarises the order detail: price of the files, management fees, shipping costs and VAT.
The company Codata Services disclaims all responsibility for any incident that might occur during downloading, for non-delivery or for any damage to the delivered contents that would result from a service provider of Codata Services, from a third party, or from the Client’s mail server or computer equipment.
12 - Contents of files
The contents of files being ordered are in any case described on the websites of Codata Services or on the estimate sent to the Client.
The Client declares that he is fully informed and agrees to waive claim if the delivered file corresponds to the announced contents.
13 - Litigation - Attribution of jurisdiction
Should any difficulty relating to the interpretation or performance of the present terms arise, the parties agree to attempt to resolve this issue amicably. In the event of any dispute, the parties expressly agree to give jurisdiction to the Commercial Court of Namur, even in case of summary judgment or multiple defendants.
In this context, the parties expressly agree that they are mutually bound exclusively by the French version of the present general licence terms. This translated version is provided for information purposes only in order to facilitate understanding between the parties.
Client’s identity
Company / Firm:
Represented by Mr/Ms:
Choice of licence:
Annual licence to use without Reproduction Rights or Integration Rigths such as defined in article 3.1 in the present terms. Subscribing to this licence commits the taker to confidentiality and to the non-disclosure of Codata data apart from the above mentioned Company/Firm.
Annual licence to use with Reproduction Rights such as defined in article 3.2 in the present terms.
Annual licence to use with Integration Rights such as defined in article 3.3 in the present terms.
(We shall gladly help you choose the licence that meets your needs.)
Acceptance of the General Licence Terms
Done at .............................................................., On ...... / ...... / 20.....
(preceded by the handwritten words
"Acceptance, Read and Approved")
Company stamp
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143-145, Avenue Jean Materne
5100 Namur - Belgique
VAT (BE) 0505.976.645 RPM Namur
Tél.: +32 (0) 81 21 53 48
info@codata.eu
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