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What is it doing now?
Evan dismissed this accident too quickly in the other thread.
As he said, it is quite complex and I am still struggling to understand the facts.
But in summary, it seems that due to a number of issues and conflicting information FOUR FLIGHT CONTROL COMPUTERS gave up on the elevator, leaving it frozen at zero, not providing even direct law control for which as far as I know said computers don't need any information or input other than the sidestick input, which was not compromised.
And, as a side note, here we have an Airbus pilot facing a very confusing situation and improvising a procedure where there was none (for loss of pitch control in take-off or landing) and resorting to manually turn the trim wheel to have some degree of pitch control, in an airplane where you NEVER make trim inputs (neither with switches or manual mechanisms) except in the sim or in a very bad day.
At the same time, the same pilot did NOT improvise and strictly followed the procedure to reset the ELAC to fix the ELAC PITCH FAULT message that was triggered.... 4 times. Maybe some more improvising and saying "ok, 2 is enough, let's land this thing now" would have been in order.
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elaw
Well clearly the answer is that they need FIVE flight control computers! https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xJxwvZ5SE_c
Be alert! America needs more lerts.
Eric Law
Originally posted by Gabriel View Post
The manuals have apparently been updated to point out the very obvious limit on resetting FCC's, and hopefully pointing out that the procedure is NOT intended to keep the a/c in service indefinitely. Also, the incident would not have happened if the ground maintenance hadn't used whatever random bunker oil they had lying about on a precision component of a passenger airliner. I doubt there will ever be an aircraft that can stand up to improvisation like that. So, fouled component, multiple fair warnings ignored and an ELAC left faulted between cycles, this is one rotten stack of swiss cheese that hopefully future crew will smell before it ever goes this far.
I have to dig up the MMEL and see what the conditions are for single ELAC dispatch.
Originally posted by Evan View Post
Well, to begin with, there is this requirement:
Elevators and roll spoilers control through the SECs is verified operative before each flight.
Kinda doubt that was done...
Why? I mean, I don't know if it was done, but apparently the SECs were controlling the elevators correctly when the ELACs stopped doing so... until the point where the SECs also stopped doing so.
What I don't understand (or rather the most important thing I don;t understand, because there is a lot I don't understand in this accident) is why the elevator wasn't available even in direct mode, where the trim is manual anyway. Having an issue with the HTS and confusion about whether the plane is on the ground or in the air doesn't seem like enough to make direct law elevator impossible.
Why? I mean, I don't know if it was done...
Obviously, MEL was not considered between these touch-and-go flights. Nor was there any instruction to do so:
Originally posted by Final Report
There is no reference in the Airbus FCTP or FCTM (in the versions published before the event) to consider MEL for training continuation on “touch and go” or “stop and go” training.
Originally posted by Gabriel
...apparently the SECs were controlling the elevators correctly when the ELACs stopped doing so... until the point where the SECs also stopped doing so. What I don't understand (or rather the most important thing I don;t understand, because there is a lot I don't understand in this accident) is why the elevator wasn't available even in direct mode, where the trim is manual anyway. Having an issue with the HTS and confusion about whether the plane is on the ground or in the air doesn't seem like enough to make direct law elevator impossible.
Warning: This is a VERY complex scenario and will be Gabriellian in length. It may contain acronyms.
As simple as I can state it: ELAC 1, which normally takes over on the ground, was not reset from a fault on a previous cycle, thus ELAC 2, (which is normally in control in the air) remained in control on the ground. When the pilot manually stopped the trim wheel, with the OVM unit malfunctioning (explanation to come), the system detected a discrepancy between the computer-commanded position of the THS (COM) and the actual position (MON) and faulted ELAC 2. At this point SEC2 took over pitch control. However, due to a VERY complex relationship between the SEC trim runaway detection logic and the LGCIU's, which are receiving data from the compression sensors on the MLG, and the bounced landing due to the failure to arm ground-spoilers (as directed in the Airbus FTCM but not in the Smartlynx procedure), one SEC lane was operating in ground mode and one was in air mode and the disagree caused both SECs to fault as well (both receive the same LGCIU data, so both experienced the same fault). This resulted in a MASTER WARNING and F/CTL L+R ELEV FAULT on ECAM, yet the crew, now well above V1, decided to continue. (I'm not sure that was the right decision, but that assumes they had situational awareness. CAS was 170 kt, and the aircraft was 1600 m from the end of the runway).
This one requires a deep dive into systems, one that few pilots will ever make. The problem initiated with the corruption of the OVM (THS override mechanism that enables the pilot to manually override the ELAC and SEC signal to the THS) by improvised and improper maintenance. The OVM is critical here because, upon touching down during touch-and-go's, the instructor pilot was manually stopping the trim wheel in order to prevent ELAC 1 from automatically resetting the THS in ground mode to 0 deg. When the pilot does this, the OVM normally operates micro-switches (The mechanical linkage forces the OVM piston to act on the micro-switches located at the OVM) to ensure that the FCC's (ELACS and SEC's) remain synchonized to the manually-selected position. Unless the microswitches are triggered by the OVM, the F/CTL computers will continue to monitor both the commanded and actual postion of the THS, and, if there is a threshold discrepancy, trigger ELAC and SEC faults. In this case, due to a fouled OVM unit, the F/CTL failed to detect the manual imputs, continued to think it was driving the THS and then detected the discrepancy of the actual (manually commanded) position, and thus the ELAC(s) were faulted each time thie trim wheel was manually arrested.
If the OVM does not work properly and for instance does not trigger the microswitches (or the microswitches do not trigger the signal) when the pilot is taking over the Trim Wheel (while the F/CTL computer in command is active on the THS), no signal is sent to the F/CTL computer and therefore the electrical motors keep driving the THS without any effect as they are mechanically disconnected. However, the F/CTL will keep monitoring the THS position and as the pilot is ordering some inputs on the Trim wheel, the actual THS position is no longer consistent with the THS position commanded by the F/CTL computer. When this discrepancy exceeds a certain threshold F/CTL computers will detect a movement of the THS MON transducer that is not consistent with the electrical command (COM transducer position), the THS servo-loop monitoring is triggered resulting in the loss of electrical control of the THS by the F/CTL computer in command and the triggering of ECAM alerts and associated failure messages:
- If an ELAC is in control, the ECAM message “F/CTL ELAC 1(2) PITCH FAULT” will be displayed (THS ACTR POS ERROR 9CE of ELAC 1 (2) if ELAC is in command)
- If a SEC is in control, the ECAM message “F/CTL STABILIZER JAM” will be finally displayed when both SECs will have lost the THS control.
So, as you can see, it is important that the OVM is working properly if you are intending to manually intervene on the trim wheel. This may be seen as a design flaw, since it is a single point of failure without redundancy, but it is a condition that requires both a highly unusual use of the trim wheel (for touch and go's) AND a rather unforgivable dose of stoogery during maintenance:
During certification, this single-failure condition wasn't considered a threat because:
Permanent electrical mode signal from 3 micro switches“ is considered to have no effect as a single failure as it requires a human action on the trim wheel to have an effect on the systems. Airbus specified that in normal operations such a human action is never requested by any procedure when the auto-trim is active, however the Airbus FCTM described pilot action "monitor/adjust the trim movement towards the green band" during touch and go.
During the investigation, it was checked that even considering this human action, the probability of the failure condition “Loss of control of both elevators, both locked neutral” still meets the safety objective.
The lack of friction, in this case due to a low viscosity oil (as revealed by the oil analysis) was not taken into account in the certification process. There is no maintenance task that is required by Airbus to detect this type of OVM failure as this failure is combined with additional failures leading to having effect on the system. FC diagram only considers failures or events and does not consider human actions and thus this failure needs an additional and independent failure (like for instance jamming of the mechanical linkage between the Trim Wheel and the THSA) in order to loss the pitch control by both ELAC’s through an OVM failure.
The improper lubricant altered the OVM friction curve, resulting in the actuator pistons not engaging the microswitches:
Therefore, the oil that was used in the gearbox was non-compliant to the CMM and can in itself explain the change in the friction curve and the intermittent misbehaviour of the OVM that led to the ELAC PITCH FAULT conditions during the event.
In addition to the lubrication error, the unit teardown revealed the following:
Disassembly revealed that there were several issues referring to the opening of the THSA gearbox - wire locking of different components was not compliant with the CMM, tab-washers were re-used, the shimming of the OVM had not been done accordingly to CMM.
The ECAM fault messages are inhibited below 1500ft, so on each climb out after the initial touch and go, the crew received warnings upon exceeding this altitude of ELAC PITCH FAULT and reset the ELAC's using the procedure. In the first instance, both ELAC's were in pitch fault and thus the law temporarily reverted to Alternate. IMHO, this should have terminated the exercise until maintenance could determine the cause.
However, importantly, during one of the subsequent cycles at 13:47, F/CTL ELAC 1 PITCH FAULT was triggered and was never reset. ELAC 1 is normally in command during ground mode. For the remainder of the flights, only ELAC 2 was available. When an ELAC 2 fault was triggered by the manual pitch trim upon the final touchdown before the event, SEC2 briefly took over. Subsequently:
The associated TSD indicated that before the failure (i.e. F/CTL L+R ELEV FAULT), SEC2 was active on both elevators and THS and both elevators were available in SEC1. Nevertheless, after the failure, SEC1 and SEC2 were no longer engaged on both sides’ elevators.
Therefore, before the event, the F/CTL system nominally reconfigured several times for elevator control:
• on ELAC2 when ELAC1 was faulty,
• on SEC2 when ELAC1 and ELAC2 were faulty (similarly like at 14:55),
but during the event, although the reconfiguration to back-up computers (SEC1 and SEC2) took place, both computers were unable to control Left and Right elevator and THS.
As for design shortcomings:
The discrepancy of the SEC`s COM and MON lanes can be determined as the root cause for the loss of elevator control by both SECs. This system behaviour, which cannot be seen as a failure, as it is part of the SEC design (hence not covered by SSA), should be considered as a weakness of the design that was revealed during this accident.
As for operator issues:
There was careless, nonstandard, improvised maintenance involved. This created the failure condition.
There were multiple, serial failures of ELAC pitch control (5 resets to ELAC1 and 4 resets to ELAC2) that were not taken seriously enough due to a weakened safety culture, including the failure of both ELAC's and the loss of normal law.
The crew neglected to reset ELAC 1 at a fateful point in the sequence of events.
The operator procedure for touch-and-go's omitted the need to arm ground spoilers.
The PIC commanded gear retraction before positive climb.
There was no consideration of MEL between flight cycles.
Ultimately, this is your classic swiss-cheese scenario, where multiple failures and errors and instances of neglect had to align in just the right way.
A shorter answer is that, in the FBW loop, in any control law, it must be able to verify that the commanded position results in the expected position. The chain-of-events described above resulted in the COM and MON lanes of the SEC's diverging beyond a safe threshold, signaling an apparent fault and causing the system to lock the elevators at neutral and hand over pitch to the mechanical backup (THS).
Not satisfactory. If I am understanding correctly (and I very well may not), the discrepancy was in the THS and not in the elevator. The elevator was working perfectly ok all the time until it did not work at all.
Who cares if the aircraft is in the ground or air to control the elevator in direct law? Even further, if the law had degraded to direct the THS would have been in manual anyway and you would not have the ELACs commanding any THS motion and hence would not have had the disagreement between COM and MON.
But the most important part is that you had 4 computers receiving correct inputs from the side stick and feedback from the elevator encoder but due to a discrepancy somewhere else "decide" to shut down entirely (oh, but they did command elevator to neutral even when all 4 of them were receiving correct and agreeing sidestick inputs and elevator encoder feedback).
Again, leaving the elevator without authority should be a last resource that is done if there is no other alternative or the alternative is even more dangerous (like risk of having uncommanded elevator inputs). Regardless of how the Airbus design was executed, it seems that this was not a requirement or input into the design to begin with.
And finally, here you have a case where more redundancy (or should I say apparent redundancy) is worse than less redundancy. Similar to a plane that has 2 engines but cannot sustain flight or cannot be controlled with 1 engine out. The additional engine is not a real redundancy but a liability. You've just doubled the chances of an accident due to an engine failure buy doubling the number of engines. In this case, a single SEC would not have detected a discrepancy between whether the plane was on the ground or on the air. It might have been wrong, but it would have kept elevator control in any case. By having 2 SECs now they disagree and both go offline (even when one was right and the other one, even being wrong, could have provided elevator control), thus leaving no elevator control.
It feels to me that Airbus computers give up too easily.
Does it? Do you think this waaaaaaaaay out there scenario is too easy? Do you realize that this incident required not only a component botched by maintenance but also a touch and go sequence with uneven gear contact and a manually arrested trim wheel (why would you ever do that on a revenue flight?) and a single ELAC operation? So, in terms of revenue service, we are talking about what... a MEL'd ELAC, a very late go-around with bounced runway contact on one MLG followed by manual pitch trim input and a sabotaged OVM unit. Do you really think that's giving up too easily?
The very cautious minds that went into designing this didn't miss much although it sometimes seems that way to avforum parlour talkers. I think they could explain their reasoning, but on the face of it, it seems that the philosophy is to remove flight control from a component that has detected a flight control fault. WIth four levels of redundancy, that's not a problem. So much went wrong here that it broke the airplane. I think, when an airline manages to defeat four levels of redundancy, you're as good as dead flying with them. I don't think it is unreasonable to have missed this as a possible scenario during certification, nor do I think it will ever happen again.
However, Airbus has acknowledged certain design weaknesses in the software and they are removing those weaknesses:
Airbus has initiated an ELAC software modification development for monitoring the THS during the THS Ground Setting phase (i.e. From 5 s after ground condition and THS back to 0o position). The aim of the modification is to mitigate the consequences of a non-detection of a manual takeover of the THS (the failure that caused the triggering of the ELAC PITCH FAULT).
The certification of the ELAC software improvement with a worldwide retrofit is planned for mid-2020.
5. Airbus has initiated a SEC software modification development to improve SEC COM/MON consolidation logics. The aim of the modification is to improve SEC robustness against landing gear bounce around logic triggering threshold (1 s) at touchdown.
(keeping in mind that pitch control is very, very, very, very rarely handled by the SEC's in the first place).
I am not talking so much about this specific accident as the design philosophy.
Why would you leave the airplane without any elevator control when there is no real reason to do so?
And is this real quadruple redundancy? Only if you are willing to call 3 pitots triple redundancy... (and when you 1 single cause making 2 of them fail you are left with zero airspeed indications).
The 2 ELACs were put off line by the same cause, and the 2 SECs put each other off-line.
Again, all 4 computers were receiving correct, valid and agreeing values of sidestick input and elevator position feedback. That's all you need for direct law (actually you only need 2 of the 4 agreeing). So why would you provide direct law control in any scenario that you don't even need to define specifically but that has the characteristic of of having at least 2 agreeing sidestick and elevator position data regardless of whatever clusterf*ck is happening around to complete the scenario.
I warned you this was complicated. The SEC's 'gave up' on elevators because the aircraft experienced a L+R ELEVATOR FAULT. That results in pitch reversion to mechanical back-up (for obvious reasons). It went into this fault mode because the system assumed there had been a 'spool valve runaway':
SEC Spool Valve Runaway Monitoring
The objective of the SEC spool valve runaway monitoring is to prevent an actuator from runaway when there is a failure in the spool valve control system (current, spool valve, sensors, wiring or COM/MON order discrepancy). The SEC spool valve monitoring compares the current calculated in the MON channel to the equivalent current measured on the spool valve position sensor, computed and commanded by the COM lane [see the first attachment].
For SEC spool valve monitoring, a trend monitoring principle is used (rather than position monitoring), which can detect erroneous control surface movement (e.g. surface movement in the opposite direction of the given order). If a spool valve runaway signal is detected, a centering command is launched, and the control is released to the next computer.
Both the ELAC's and the SEC's have three servo loops in pitch: L elevator, R elevator and THS. If any of those three loops becomes invalid, the ELAC's go into pitch fault mode. However the SEC's can remain engaged in pitch with only one of those servo loops valid, so, if a THS loop becomes invalid, the elevators loops can still be valid and the elevators will remain in direct law. However, in this rare scenario, both SEC's detected an invalid condition with the ELEVATORS, not just an invalid THS position. The system reached this assumption because the opposing air/ground signals from the LGCIU's resulted in the COM and MON lanes for the ELEVATOR position on both SEC's being in disagreement. This is because the COM lanes get their air/ground data from LGCIU 1, while the MON lanes get it from LGCIU 2. It is important to note, when launching a flight or ground law, the initial orders sent to servos are opposite on different laws [see the second attachment]. In this event, one LGCIU was in air mode and the other was in ground mode (due to the asymmetrical bounce resulting from the absence of ground spoilers). Therefore the elevator MON data diverged from the COM data on both SEC's, and thus they 'gave up'.
Now... context: this was a phenomenal event. The investigators had to do lab work to understand why the SEC's had failed. Weaknesses (very, very rare weaknesses) in the software design were revealed by the investigation. As a result, Airbus is upgrading the software to remove those weaknesses. As far as I can determine, the upgrades alter the way the SEC's receive and/or process data from the LGCIU's, probably so the COM and MON channels can share data from both LGCIU's, or perhaps it alters how the SEC's handle the initial MON data, or both. The other software alt seems to address the ELAC's to prevent a manual trim input from leading to fault detection in the event of a OVM malfunction.
With those mods in place, I don't see ANY possibility for such an event to recur. Even without the mods, I don't see any revenue service scenario where such an event could occur.
Was there a split elevator at any point?
The COM signals on both elevators would have been the same. The issue is the discrepency between the COM and MON lanes on each SEC, not between the left and right elevator commands. So I don't see anything that would create a split elevator condition.
Tha attachment shows this more clearly. See the COM and MON lanes at the bottom.
Evan,
I disagree about it being phenomenal. This is a classic software/logic timing problem. I see this problem in software all the time. This complexity arose because a computer has to translate multiple concurrent data streams into a single decision, and due to the limitations of computers -- things like sample rates, and ordering -- the logic can be quite complex and error prone. Testing of all combinations is also impossible -- usually because there is an infinite number of conditions. These failure scenarios are often quite rare -- which is why well designed systems don't fail all the time -- but under heavy use (like millions of flight hours and conditions) they tend to happen eventually. Just like this one did.
There is a big trade-off between increasing redundancy automation vs simplicity. When biasing toward the former, the problem relies on the designers and developers being able to accurate predict potential conditions that might happen and the assume certain actions will result in the right outcome. It is not dissimilar from hardware design except in software, the conditions are far more complex.
The complexity of scenarios often increases exponentially as you add redundancy which is why your definitive confidence in the risk assessment of possible problems is completely unfounded and not based on the reality of complex systems design.
These pilots were very very lucky. A lot of things went well enough for them to survive especially given that the engines lasted just long enough to support their quick turn back to the runway.
They also lucked out from the timing, it appears the only reason they were able to climb out initially was because the landing gear was in transit and the front gear pushed the nose up as the engines spooled up. This is why they were able to gain altitude and figure out how to get the plane back to the runway.
As the aircraft landing gear was in transition when the aircraft hit the ground, the initial pitch up movement (from -1,7o to +8,8o) can be explained by the front landing gear hitting the runway and changing the aircraft pitch, leading to pitch increase up to +20o with the contribution of the THS being in position 1,5o UP and both thrust levers in 42o (TOGA) position (CAS approximately 200kt).
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MPR Tar Sands Pipeline Story Flawed, Slanted
July 5, 2017 April 25, 2018 healingmn Dakota Access Pipeline, Enbridge Line 3media criticism, Mississippi headwaters, MPR, treaty rights, tribal sovereignty, wild rice
DAPL protest sign.
Let’s start watching how the media covers the proposed expansion of a tar sands pipeline through northern Minnesota, a project that threatens our environment and provides no significant benefit to Minnesota. Today’s example is MPR’s story: Minn. oil pipeline fight stokes threats, fears of Standing Rock.
Quick background: Enbridge Line 3 is a tar sands pipeline that runs from Alberta to Superior, Wisconsin, via northern Minnesota. Enbridge wants to abandon its old and deteriorating pipeline in the ground. It wants to install a new and larger pipeline, running 337 miles along a new route through northern Minnesota. It would cut through the Mississippi headwaters, threaten lakes and wild rice beds, and violate treaty rights.
The MPR story is deeply flawed. Starting with the headline, the story raises “threats” and “fears” over the pipeline fight. So the first question to come to mind is: Who is doing the threatening and creating fear?
Here’s how the story sums it up:
Activists are pressing Minnesota officials now to deny the permit and kill the project. State officials and company executives working to head off a confrontation say they’re doing more than ever to listen to the concerns of those in the pipeline’s potential path.
That may not be enough to stop a confrontation.
Comment: In this frame, activists are “pressing” and even trying to “kill” the project. (“Kill” is a violent word.) State officials and company executives, on the other hand, are framed as peacemakers. They are “working” to head off a confrontation. They are doing “more than ever to listen” to concerns. As this frame goes,all that hard work and listening might not be enough to stop the confrontation, the threats, the fears.
You get the picture. This makes the activists seem unreasonable and the state and the company seem reasonable. The people — not the pipeline and the damage it would cause — are the threat.
That’s bunk.
MPR Story Paints Unbalanced Picture
The story compares and contrasts Enbridge Line 3 with the Dakota Access Pipeline DAPL). For instance:
Those [DAPL] protests drew international attention. Thousands of tribal and environmental activists set up protest camps that were occupied for months. Dozens were injured in clashes with police.
Comment: For starters, the phrase “dozens were injured in clashes with police” is poorly written and clouds what really happened. It should have been written in a way that makes it clear who did the injuring, such as: “Police injured dozens of unarmed protesters during clashes over the pipeline.” Why not say it clearly?
Further, the MPR story fails to paint a complete picture about who created the “threats” and “fear” during the DAPL protests.
Screen capture of video showing the heavily militarized response to water protectors.
Recall that multiple law enforcement agencies responded with a very intimidating military presence to what was a peaceful protest. Law enforcement and/or private security used attack dogs, water canons (in freezing temperatures), mace, rubber bullets, and concussion grenades. Water protectors were held in makeshift chain link fence jails, their booking numbers written on their arms with markers. Law enforcement used sleep deprivation (loud noises, night flights) to stress the water protectors. They blocked the most direct road between the Standing Rock Reservation and Mandan/Bismarck to stress the Standing Rock community. DAPL company officials hired TigerSwan, a security firm trained in anti-terrorism techniques, against the water protectors. (That security firm never had a license to operate in North Dakota, an issue apparently swept under the rug until now.)
In a story about “threats” and “fears” about the DAPL conflict and Enbridge Line 3, the MPR story does not mention any of these violent acts. The story does mention one specific act of violence regarding Line 3:
“In February shots were fired at the front door and windows of Enbridge’s office in town [Bemidji].”
Why highlight this one specific act of violence and ignore all the others? The shooter wasn’t caught. It is not clear what if any connection the shooter had with the Line 3 protest. This anecdote paints Line 3 opponents as violent.
The story draws a direct tie between DAPL protests and what could happen in Minnesota around Line 3:
“If that [Line 3] permit is issued, you can be sure you will have Standing Rock in Minnesota. I will tell you that,” White Earth tribal member and Honor the Earth executive director Winona LaDuke said…
“We’ve been very clear with the state representatives, and the governor of Minnesota, that if they approve this line, there will be tens of thousands of people in Minnesota.”
Comment: This fits into the story’s theme that an Enbridge Line 3 protest will “stoke fears, threats of Standing Rock.” Put mathematically, the story reads Standing Rock = Enbridge Line 3 = Violence. That’s bad math.
Hundreds of people already are showing up to public hearings, like this one in Bemidji, to state their opposition to Line 3.
LaDuke is stating a reality: There are a lot of people who are willing to stand up for their values. The MPR story fails to mention that many religious communities took moral leadership and came out in support of Standing Rock. (Communities issuing statements and/or showing up to Standing Rocki included the Evangelical Lutheran Church in America, the Minnesota Annual Conference of the United Methodist Church, the Presbyterian Church USA, The Episcopal Church, the Mennonite Central Committee and others. See list here.)
Those religious communities would not have not have taken such an action in support of this work if the anti-DAPL camps were a violent gathering.
Here’s one example, part of the Nov. 14 statement by Rev. Elizabeth A. Eaton, presiding bishop of the Evangelical Lutheran Church in America:
Acknowledging the complexity of this issue and the limitations sin places on human decisions, I believe that we are called as a church to support the Standing Rock Sioux Tribe: to stand with the Tribe as they seek justice, to encourage our congregations to pray for them and to offer material support, and to examine the racism inherent in our system that contributes to the current crisis. As promised in our resolution repudiating the doctrine of discovery, we will listen to tribal leaders and respect their wisdom.
It is my hope that those same religious communities come out in support of prayerful, non-violent protests against Line 3.
Listening Doesn’t Mean Change
Another troubling aspect of the MPR story is how much credit it gives to DAPL officials for “listening.” Here is an excerpt:
“I think what we’re doing now that’s different is just increasing the capacity in our organization to engage,” said Paul Eberth, who directs the company’s Line 3 replacement project.
The company has added people to better reach out to tribes and others. One result of that outreach, he said, was a decision to reroute the pipeline around an important wild rice lake after the White Earth Nation voiced concerns.
“We’re working hard to respect the sovereignty of the tribes and the rights that they have both on and off reservation, and make accommodations in our project to do that,” Eberth said.
The question is, will those accommodations be enough to appease opponents who say the pipeline poses too big a pollution risk to the lakes and rivers of north central Minnesota, and would add worsen the effects of climate change?
Comment: “Listening” and “engaging” can be empty words. They can mean “check the box that said ‘Talk to the Indians’ then go ahead with what you wanted to do in the first place.”
The decision to reroute the pipeline around one wild rice lake is a token accommodation at best. The line still runs by more than a dozen wild rice lakes. It runs through the Mississippi headwaters region. This does not solve the core issue in any significant way. The story asks the question: “Will those accommodations be enough to appease opponents?” implies this is a significant accommodation. It is not. And the answer is “no,” it will not appease opponents.
Let’s make it personal. Say someone took $10 million from you and you wanted it back. How would it feel if that person said. “You’re right. I am listening and want to engage with you. I agree we need to come to an accommodation. Here’s $100. Let’s call it even.” Would that be good enough?
Further, quoting Enbridge saying: “We’re working hard to respect the sovereignty of the tribes,” doesn’t make it true. Importantly, the MPR story let’s that statement pass as true instead of challenging it. The Anishinaabe have treaty rights to hunt, fish and gather along lands that will be affected by the pipeline. That’s the law of the land. If Enbridge truly respected tribal sovereignty, it would not have started the project until it had an agreement with the Anishinaabe. Why didn’t MPR push that question?
Note: Enbridge already has started construction on Line 3 in Canada. It already is presuming it will get Minnesota approval. It has no apparent intention of making significant changes to its plans.
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Across the country, people are debating the art we display in public spaces. In the southern United States, controversies surround Confederate memorials such as statues honoring Robert E. Lee. In Minnesota, debates have swirled around historic art in the Minnesota State Capitol and the stories it tells about Manifest Destiny and white supremacy. More recently, attention has focused on the Depression-era murals in the Ramsey County Courthouse.
This page is dedicated to following the debates about changes needed to historic art in our civic spaces, such as the state Capitol or the St. Paul City Hall Chambers. People need to engage in these spaces if they want to speak to the issues of the day. We need to examine the art that diminishes or disrespects a certain portion of our population and makes these spaces unwelcoming.
Ramsey County Courthouse
One of the four murals.
The St. Paul City Council and the Ramsey County Board of Commissioners share a chambers in the Ramsey County Courthouse. Four large vertical murals dominate the chambers. Each mural depicts a scene from St. Paul’s development, from early explorers to an industrialized city.
Filling the top half of each mural is a white man: A voyageur, a surveyor, a river boat captain and an industrial worker. The bottom of each mural has a series of smaller scenes.
Women are almost absent from the art. When a scene shows a white man with person of color, almost without exception the white man is positioned above them in the place of power. For instance, there is a small image of an explorer and a Native man in a canoe; the Indian paddles while the white explorer coasts while cradling a gun. In another image, a priest extends a cross of conversion to two Native men positioned below him. In yet another, a businessman and his wife disembark a train while the African American porter carries their bags.
An inset in one of the murals.
The Ramsey County Historical Society is creating a task force of community members to select and guide local artists to create new art. The current plan is for contemporary art to cover two of the four murals at any one time. The covered murals will rotate, so two will remain visible at all times.
These are not welcoming images, and civic leaders need to push to have all four murals removed and rehung in a museum or other venue where they can be properly interpreted.
Here are blogs written on the topic:
Jan. 26, 2019: Notre Dame Covers Controversial Murals, Ramsey County Courthouse Should Follow Its Lead
Jan. 19, 2019: Change is Coming to Racist Murals in St. Paul City Hall and You Can Play a Role
Jan. 6, 2019: Community Discussion About Controversial St. Paul City Hall Murals to Be Held Jan. 10
Dec. 19, 2018: Problematic St. Paul City Murals to be Covered, and other News and Events
Minnesota State Capitol
The state of Minnesota completed a $330 million renovation of the state Capitol in 2017. (Details available at the Minnesota State Capitol Restoration Project website.) The Capitol Preservation Commission created an Art Subcommittee to examine this issue and make recommendations about historic artwork and the controversies it created.
The Subcommittee finished its work, and while it made some changes, problems remain.
Much of the Capitol art dates from the time of the building’s construction in the early 1900s, and it offers scant if any representation of our state’s increasingly diverse population. Further, some of the pieces misrepresent our history and put Native Americans in an offensive light.
We had a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity to reassess the art, the story it tells about who we are as a people, and how we want to illustrate what we value most.
The most significant change put forward was to move two controversial paintings — Father Hennepin Discovering the Falls of St. Anthony and the Treaty of Traverse des Sioux. They had hung in the Governor’s Reception Room. They will stay in the Capitol, but be moved to a less prominent space. Meanwhile, paintings like the one below got a fresh touch up and will stay in place.
This painting: “Discoverers and the Civilizers led to the Source of the Mississippi,” is in the Minnesota Senate Chambers and essentially depicts a forced conversion of Native Americans to Christianity
Art Subcommittee Membership
The Hon. Paul Anderson, Minnesota Supreme Court (ret.) Co-Chair
Sen. David Senjem, Co-Chair
Rep. Diane Loeffler, Co-Chair
Dana Badgerow, Better Business Bureau
Prof. William Green, Augsburg College
Peter Hilger, University of Minnesota
Ted Lentz, Ted Lentz & Associates, Cass Gilbert Society
Sen. Richard Cohen
Anton Treuer, Executive Director, American Indian Resource Center, Bemidji State University
Rep. Dean Urdahl
Matthew Welch, Deputy Director, Minneapolis Institute of Arts
Prof. Gwen Westerman, Minnesota State University, Mankato
If you want more background on the issues, MinnPost ran an excellent piece, titled: The other debate at the state Capitol: What to do with the building’s most controversial art?
For our coverage, see:
Jan. 22, 2018: The MN Historical Society Needs to Reflect on its Colonial History
Jan. 19, 2018: The Historical Society’s Very Weak Attempt at Truth Telling in the Minnesota State Capitol
Sept. 30, 2017: Historical Society Capitol Art Tour a Good Start, Concerns Remain
Sept. 7, 2107: New Capitol Art Tour Focuses on Controversial Art; History Center to Feature Native Artists
Aug. 3, 2017: Minnesota Capitol Art Update: Unfinished Business For the Next Set of Leaders
Jan. 26, 2017: Upcoming Events: Students Respond to Capitol Art; The Missing and Murdered Indigenous Women’s March
Jan. 5, 2017: Minnesota Capitol Restoration: The Awe and the Awful
Dec. 12, 2016 blog: St. Paul Public Schools Leading the Way in Indian Education for All
June 21, 2016 blog: Not Surprisingly, Native Voices Held Little Sway in Capitol Art Debate
June 15, 2016 blog: SPNN Interviews Jim Bear Jacobs on Minnesota’s Capitol Art; A Rant on MinnPost’s Flawed Capitol Art Story
June 10 2016 blog: Reframe Minnesota: Art Beyond a Single Story
May 13, 2016 blog: Creating Criteria for New Art in the Minnesota State Capitol
May 12, 2016 blog: Capitol Art Subcommittee Bows to Political Pressure, Ducks Tough Questions
May 5, 2016 blog: Capitol Art Update: Adding New Art; Lessons from Maine
March 19, 2016 blog: Tribes Tell State to Remove Racist Capitol Art; Native Art Galleries to Offer Alternative Vision
Feb. 25, 2016 blog: Capitol Art Update: Timid Recommendations Put Forward by Art Subcommittee
Feb. 17, 2016 blog: Art and Our Relationship to the Environment: Images from the State Capitol
Feb. 5, 2016 blog: Art Subcommittee to Recommend Moving Controversial Paintings Out of Governor’s Reception Room
Jan. 25, 2016 blog: Columbus Monument in Disrepair: Will it Get State Money?
Jan. 19, 2016 blog: Art Subcommittee Begins to Show Cards: Hopes to Remove Offensive Art Dim
Jan. 12, 2016 blog: Art Subcommittee Grants Catholic Church Request to Testify, Will Entertain Other Requests
Jan. 8, 2016 blog: Shakopee Mdewakanton Weigh In On Capitol Art
Jan. 5, 2016 blog: Capitol Art Subcommittee: One Step Forward, Two Back
Dec. 26, 2015 blog: Minnesota Could Learn from New Orleans Decision to Remove Controversial Public Art
Dec. 12, 2016 blog: The Art We See But Don’t Really See
Dec. 8, 2015 blog: Option floated to move controversial art.
Sept. 19, 2015 blog: MN Capitol Art Update: Indian Concerns at the Bottom of the Agenda
Aug. 4, 2015 blog: Capitol Art Subcommittee Says Goal is to “Tell Minnesota Stories That Engage People”
July 21, 2015 blog: Capitol Art Update: First Glimpse at the Review Process
April 23, 2015 blog: Native Americans in Capitol Art: An Opportunity for Change
Reviewing Other Public Art Controversies
May 6, 2018: Reflections on Stephan Foster, the Kentucky Derby, and Racism in Art and Song
March 11, 2018: From San Fransisco to New Hampshire, Communities Wrestle with Problematic Public Art
Reviewing Art in Other State Capitols
We have started doing some quick Internet searches to see what we can learn about art in other state capitols. Are there other controversies? Are there innovative approaches to interpreting existing art or adding new art?
Here are links to our blogs on this subject:
Alabama: While the Confederate battle flag no longer flies over the statehouse, a controversial Confederate Memorial Monument still sits on the capitol grounds,. Further, paintings in the capitol rotunda reflect the offensive values of the Jim Crow South. Our May 9, 2015 blog raises the question of whether depictions of African Americans in the Alabama State Capitol art are any different than depictions of Native Americans in Minnesota State Capitol art.
Alaska: The Alaska Capitol features several works of art by or about Alaska’s Native peoples. Our May 11, 2015 blog notes that the state has featured student art in the capitol since the late 1980s. According to the legislative website: “Student art has been brightening the halls of the Capitol for our governors, legislators, Alaskans and tourists for many years. Originally a collaboration of the Alaska Alliance for the Arts in Education, the Alaska Department of Education and the Legislative Affairs Agency, Art in the Capitol displays work by Alaskan elementary, middle and high school students.”
Arizona: Both Minnesota and Arizona have capitol art with iconic images of Manifest Destiny and of the Catholic missionaries who came to convert the native peoples. One piece worth noting is: Spirit of Arizona, with its classic symbols of Manifest Destiny. The Indian is leaving the scene, replaced by white settlers and signs of divine intervention–angelic spirits carrying agricultural bounty. The painting’s symbolism is similar to a painting in the Minnesota Senate: “Minnesota, Granary to the World. Arizona has its historic Capitol art in the Arizona Capitol Museum, separate from the day-to-day operations of state government. For more on the Arizona capitol art, see our May 13, 2015 blog.
Arkansas: The Arkansas Capitol grounds feature a number of monuments, including two to honor the Confederacy and one honoring the Civil Rights movement (“Testament: The Little Rock Nine Salute”). One striking thing is how the text interpreting the confederate monuments focuses on trivia and avoids the bigger issues of the power of these symbols. For instance, the self-guided tour text about the Monument to Confederate Soldiers avoids any historical context, but has this irrelevant nugget: “In 2004 the monument was cleaned, its base repaired and the surrounding landscaping reconfigured to resemble its early appearance.” It seems some things are still too difficult to talk about. For more on the Arkansas capitol art, see our May 19, 2015 blog.
California: The California State Capitol art includes images of conquest and the cross, from the prominent statue of Christopher Columbus and Queen Isabella in the rotunda to the statue of Father Junipero, the founder of California’s first missions. A capitol mural done by husband and wife team Arthur and Lucia Mathews includes a panel showing the arrival of European settlers, idealized as a Knight Errant and priest, with California’s native peoples shown in subservient roles. For more, see our May 26, 2015 blog.
Colorado: The art and monuments on the Colorado state capitol grounds tell the tale of two genocides. It has one monument remembering the Armenian genocide, the first genocide of the 20th Century. It has another monument to Colorado soldiers who fought in the Civil War and other 19th Century battles–including the “Battle of Sand Creek,” a massacre of 150 Cheyenne and Arapaho Indians, mostly women, children and the elderly. It is a symbol of the Native American genocide, but not named as such. Colorado has added a new plaque to characterize Sand Creek as a massacre and not a battle. The juxtaposition of the memorials raises the question of whether we are yet able to look honestly and fully at our nation’s history with Native American peoples. For more on these and art at the Colorado capitol, see our June 1, 2015 blog.
Connecticut: Connecticut is the first capitol we have reviewed that appears to make no reference to Native peoples in its art. Perhaps its not surprising since the current capitol opened in 1878, long after Native peoples had been forced out of the state. Of note is the Connecticut State Seal with the motto: Qui transtulit sustinet. It is a powerful statement of Manifest Destiny. The phrase is Latin for He Who Transplanted Sustains. For the explanation, see our June 8, 2015 blog.
Delaware: We skipped Delaware for lack of information on line.
Florida: While the Minnesota State Seal has been criticized for showing an Indian riding off into the west, here, the Florida State Seal gives the illusion that Indians were still happily welcoming Europeans with flowers when by 1868 they had been brutally driven from the land. For more on Florida’s state symbol and capitol art, see our June 17, 2015 blog.
Georgia: Part of Georgia’s troubling history with Native Americans includes the expulsion of the Cherokee peoples from their ancestral home, which led to the Trail of Tears. According to a review of more than 200 pieces of Georgia capitol art cataloged online, only one painting was found acknowledging any Native American presence in the area, and that one featured an early peacemaker. For more on Georgia’s capitol art, see our July 17, 2015 blog.
Hawaii: The Hawaii State Capitol art and architecture honor the Hawaiian environment and Native leaders. The building has a volcanic shape, a symbol of the islands’ birth. Forty columns rising 60 feet high surround the building like the royal palm trees. Surrounding reflecting pools represent the Pacific Ocean. For more on the capitol, see our July 24, 2015 blog.
Idaho: Called the Capitol of Light, the Idaho statehouse leaves the history of Native peoples in the shadows. There is no art in the capitol that tells their story. As far as lessons for Minnesota’s capitol art, the most important case study concerns a controversial mural of the lynching of a Native American man displayed in the temporary meeting space used by the state legislature during renovation. For more, see our July 28, 2015 blog.
Illinois: The Illinois State Capitol has a number of pictures of Native Americans, and they are all showing scenes pre-1900. Similar to Minnesota’s capitol art, one major piece has been criticized for its flawed depiction of Native Americans who lived in the area. For details, see our August 3, 2015 blog.
Indiana: One of the most interesting aspects of the Indiana state capitol is that the Hoosiers have not felt compelled to keep it in its original 1888 condition. (Staff at the Minnesota Historical Society have said that it is in their DNA to do preservation. As part of the renovation, they are trying to keep the Minnesota State Capitol as close to its 1905 appearance as possible.) According to the Indiana state website, both the House and Senate chambers “have seen extensive renovation not in keeping with historic tradition.” For more, see our August 8, 2015 blog.
Iowa: While the state’s very name is rooted in the name of an Indian tribe, an online search of Iowa capitol art found almost no images of Native Americans. One large piece of art (a sculpture) features a Native American, who is described simply as “friendly.” Iowa’s capitol art mirrors that found in the Minnesota State Capitol. For more, see our August 22, 2015 blog.
Kansas: Kansas has had its share of capitol art controversy, from a spat over putting a pagan god on the capitol dome to cattlemen who thought a muralist had done a poor job of capturing the image of a Hereford bull. In general, Kansas capitol art did not have the angels and cherubs of Manifest Destiny found in the Minnesota capitol, but the art still stresses importance of westward expansion and a romanticized view of early settler life. For more, see our August 25, 2015 blog.
Kentucky: Kentucky’s capitol is particularly interesting for Minnesota since in 2010 Kentucky added significant new murals to its rotunda. Like Minnesota, one of Kentucky’s large historic paintings features a major land treaty with Native Americans. For more, see our Nov. 6, 2015 blog. In a related note, see our Nov. 28, 2015 blog on the decision by the University of Kentucky to cover a controversial mural.
Louisiana: Some of the most interesting art in the Louisiana State Capitol is found on its ornamental brass doors. For more, see our Nov. 12 blog. Of related interest, the City Council of New Orleans voted in December to remove four prominent monuments honoring Confederate leaders and racial segregation. See our Dec. 26, 2015 blog.
Massachusetts: The art in the Massachusetts Statehouse includes images of peaceful and praying Indians, but ignores the deep harm done. The first Massachusetts Colonial Seal features a Native American man in a grass skirt saying: “Please Come Help Us.” See our Oct. 16, 2016 blog.
Minnesota: We have commented on the Minnesota Capitol art elsewhere, but here is an additional blog on the statue of Gov. Knute Nelson that, until recently, had flown under our radar.
Wisconsin: Wisconsin Once Had Ho Chunk Capitol Tour Guide Focused on Native Culture, What Happened? See our March 12, 2017 blog.
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Today partnerships are very crucial in the fight against deadly diseases: Lelio Marmora
Rolling out the GeneXpert is a revolutionary way of testing TB, reducing the time for getting the results from 20 days to half an hour.Shahid Akhter | ETHealthWorld | Updated: July 11, 2016, 11:31 IST
Lelio Marmora, Executive Director, UNITAID, Geneva, Switzerland talks to ETHealthworld about their latest funded projects to fight world diseases like AIDS, tuberculosis and malaria.
Please tell us something about UNITAID’s approach to scale down the infectious diseases.
The fight against AIDS, tuberculosis and malaria in the world has been very successful over the last two decades. Mortality has been cut by half. New treatments, new tests, new ways of fighting the diseases have been discovered and a massive amount of funding has been invested. But there is still is a long way to go because new innovations must be hitting the market and changing reality for saving more lives. What we do at UNITAID is making these innovations available for the populations benefitting them.
What are your funding sources and how do you decide on how to disperse these funds?
UNITAID is founded by several countries like France, UK, Norway, Brazil, Chile, Korea and others as well as the Gates foundation. 60% of the money comes from the air ticket levy adopted in several countries that is of micro solidarity tax, giving us an important amount of funding every year.
For deciding where to invest we define areas for intervention, important areas requiring innovation for example, new tests, new vaccines, new treatments, and we develop these products together with partners and then roll them out in the field.
Tell us something about your major funded projects.
We have several game changer projects that have been funded by UNITAID, one of them is in the area of tuberculosis. Rolling out the GeneXpert is a revolutionary way of testing TB, reducing the time for getting the results from 20 days to half an hour.
Another important project that UNITAID has funded is the pediatric medicines for HIV. We just announced in December last year the new pediatric treatments for tuberculosis. Another important project that we are now funding is the self-testing for HIV AIDS.
We are now developing new projects, one of them is a new test for hepatitis C, another important project in India and other countries in the world will be latent TB prevention. We are also funding the introduction in the market of the new generation of insecticides for combating malaria.
How do you promote partnerships to ensure innovations are delivered to Governments?
UNITAID operates in a very specific place between different actors. We play a hinge role articulating efforts between the government, the industry, WHO as a regulator, the civil society and other partners.
Partnerships are crucial in the fight against the three most killing diseases in the world – AIDS, Tuberculosis and Malaria. One alone cannot achieve good results, we have to work as a team.
How satisfied are you with the partnership scenario and how it is done in India?
In India we have very good projects, very successful ones. One of them is the GeneXpert this new methodology is for testing TB through which we deliver more than one million tests. We have very good partnerships with the industry in India, it is a remarkable sector developed in the last fifty years.
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In the United States in the 1800's, many congregations saw the need for new prayer-books. They wanted shorter services, translations of the prayers, less repetition and to incorporate European elements of reform as well as American values. The HUC-JIR libraries have many examples of these prayer-books and as well as congregational hymnals. HUC students and staff can access the prayerbooks here, using a login provided by the Library.
Sabbath Service and Miscellaneous Prayers (Reformed Society of Israelites, Charleston, SC)
In 1824, a group of members of the Kahal Kadosh Beth Elohim (KKBE) in Charleston, South Carolina, petitioned the congregregation to make reforms. (1) They requested that the cantor repeat some of the prayers in English for those who didn't understand Hebrew; that the service be shorter; that the practice of having members make pledges before the Torah reading be abolished; and that the synagogue's reader talk about the portion as their Christian neighbors did. They hoped their plan would revitalize Jewish life and attract more members.
When the congregation refused to consider their proposal, the group formed an organization within the congregation to promote their reforms, the Reformed Society of Israelites. Isaac Harby, Abraham Moise, and David Nunes Carvalh began to work on a prayer book and shortly thereafter, the group decided to break away from KKBE in 1826. There were apparently several different hand-written manuscript versions of the prayer-book produced in the late 1820's including this early draft by Isaac Harby.
Their final prayer-book, The Sabbath Service and Miscellaneous Prayers, was published in 1830 entirely in English. It was reprinted in 1916 by Barnett A. Elzas who made some revisions. A facsimile edition of Isaac Harby's 1924 manuscript was produced by K.K. Beth Elohim in 1974.
K.K. Beth Elohim (Charleston, SC)
While KKBE had earlier rejected reform, in 1836 they hired Rev. Gustav Poznanski who had been active in Europe's reform movement. He instituted several changes to the congregation including adding an organ, eliminating the second day of holidays, and some reforms in the service (4)
The congregation published a hymnal. We have digitized Hymns written for the use of Hebrew Congregations 3rd. ed., revised and corrected, 1866.
Sefer Tefilah : Order of Prayer (Temple Emanu-El, New York)
In 1844, Rabbi Leo Merzbacher joined a liberal cultural group which eventually became New York's Temple Emanu-El. He influenced the congregation to add an organ, change from separated seating to family pews, cease the celebration of the second day of the holidays, and incorporate the triennial cycle of Torah readings. In 1855 he published the Order of Prayer which was readily adopted by the congregation. Notably, the prayer-book contained English translations of the prayers in contrast to other early Reform works which contained German. Merzbacher omitted repetitions of the prayers and changed the wording of many of the prayers. He kept in the German hymns and expanded the Ein Ke-Eloheinu hymn.
Sadly, Merzbacher died of tuberculosis in 1856. His successor, Samuel Adler made further changes in the 1864 edition of the Order of Prayer including a prayer for the house of mourning. The Order of Prayer was relied on heavily in the later formation of the Union Prayerbook.
Olat Tamid (Einhorn)
When David Einhord chose a name for his prayer book, he picked that of a sacrifice not to show that he wished for the reconstruction of Jerusalem, but rather that prayer should become our perfect offering to God. 2 In composing Olat Tamid, Einhorn relied heavily on three earlier German Reform prayer-books, Hamurg Gebetbuch, Holdheim's Gebetbuch für jüdische Reformgemeinden, and Leopold Zunz's Die gottesdienstlichen Vorträge. Einhorn incorporated the triennial cycle of Torah reading which meant that Simhat Torah was celebrated every 3 years. He replaced some of the somber Ashkenazi hymns with more optimistic Sephardic piyutim and songs. One of his more extreme changes was to replace the shofar with a modern trumpet (or other horn) <We are undergoing an initiative to enhance accessibility of our website for individuals with disabilities. The work may affect content that was previously available. Please bear with us as we enhance our content.. >
Minhag America
Isaac Mayer Wise was an early proponent of a unified prayer book for all American congregations. Together with Rabbis Kalisch and Rothenheim, Wise edited Minhag America; a new siddur (daily and Sabbath prayers) and mazhzor for Rosh Hashanah and Yom Kippur. In his essay, "The world of my books" he recalls, "The piutim ["liturgical poems"] were, of course, discarded; everything cabbalistic and everything dealing with the sacrificial cult, the messiah, the return to Palestine, and the prayers for the heads of the Babylonian academies, as well as all laments about persecutions, were simply eliminated and were replaced by modern concepts." 5 Wise provided the English translations while Kalisch and Rothenheim translated the services into German. When it was time to produce a hymnal, Wise's colleagues were not available so the hymns were translated into English only. As several other congregations had already done, his congregation in Cincinnati gave up the second day celebration of the holidays. One of his major innovations was to introduce a Friday night Sabbath service.
Minhag America, 1872
Minhag America for New Year, 1866
Minhag America for Yom Kippur, 1866
Minhag America = Gebet-buch, 1864
Jastrow
Marcus Jastrow revised the Prayer book originally composed by Benjamin Szold (German ed., 1863; English, 1865) 2 Marcus applied his considerable scholarly skills to this venture. He focused on Biblical sources rather than rabbinic. His list of statements regarding reform shows his moderate mindset while editing the liturgy.
2nd. ed. 1885.
Avodat Yisrael = Israelitish Prayer Book v. 2 2nd. ed. 1885.
Union Prayerbook
Union Prayerbook, 1892
Other Prayer-books
Other early prayer-books that we are planning on digitizing include:
Siddur (Reform, Reformed Society of Israelites). The Sabbath service and miscellaneous prayers. New York : Bloch Publishing Company, 1916.
The American-Jewish ritual, as instituted in Temple Israel, Brooklyn New York : L.H. Frank & Co., 1870.
Siddur (Reform, Landsberg). Ritual for Jewish worship. Rochester, N.Y. : Charles Mann, 1884.
Siddur (Reform, Moses). Order of prayers and responsive readings for Jewish worship. Milwaukee : 1887.
Krauskopf, Joseph, The service-ritual. Philadelphia : J.B. Lippincott Co., 1888.
For more information, see these sources:
Zola, Gary P. "The First Reform Prayer Book in America" in Platforms and Prayer Books edited by Dana Evan Kaplan. Lanham, Maryland : Rowman & Littlefield pub., 2002.
Friedland, Eric Lewis. The historical and Theological Development of the Non-Orthodox prayer-books in the United States Thesis (Ph.D. Brandeis University) 1967.
Wachs, Sharona R. American Jewish Liturgies : a bibliography of American Jewish Liturgy from the Establishment of the Press in the Colonies through 1925. Historical introduction by Karla Goldman ; liturgical introduction by Eric L. Friedland. Cincinnati : Hebrew Union College Press, 1997.
Gordon, Theodore H. The Liturgy of the Reform Movement in America to the Union Payer book. Thesis, HUC, 1933.
Wise, Isaac, Mayer. The world of my books. Translated by Albert H. Friedlander. Cincinnati : American Jewish Archives, [1954?]
If you have any further questions about finding information on this, or any other topic, ask your local HUC-JIR librarian or email us.
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What would be accurate illustrations of vikings and viking culture?
Vikings didn't have horned helmets as is often depicted. Where can I find accurate representations how vikings and viking society looked?
ancient-history everyday-life clothing vikings
Kit SundeKit Sunde
For our purposes, there are two kinds of Vikings; western, or Norwegian Vikings that settled Greenland, Iceland, and Normandy, and eastern, or Swedish Vikings who settled Russia and the Baltic region.
There is a fair amount of literature on the first group of Vikings, who were called "Norsemen" (later Normans). One example is from Encyclopedia Britannica:
http://www.britannica.com/EBchecked/topic/628781/Viking
The reason is that their destiny later "merged" with that of (relatively literate) Western Europe, which kept track of them.
The eastern or Swedish Vikings, on the other hand, were less literate than their Norwegian counterparts, as is true of the lands they settled, vis-a-vis Western Europe. As a result, most literature on the Swedish Vikings is in the form of (their) "runic" inscriptions, which are the subject of study to this day.
There is very little evidence of cultural differences though, and most likely both groups would have dressed very similarily. – Lennart Regebro Oct 11 '13 at 7:37
@LennartRegebro: I wouldn't quarrel with that claim. But the western Vikings' activities and dress would have been better documented. – Tom Au Oct 12 '13 at 23:13
Eastern Vikings, or Varangians, were well-described as well: they have ruled Kievan Rus for centuries. As the rulers of the region they commanded all the local attention, and after Kievan Rus acquired Cyrillic writing in 10th-11th century quite a few birch sources about them appeared. Also, some Varangians went as far as South as becoming Varangian Guard in Bysantium, which was more literate then either Rus or the West at that time. – Michael Apr 28 '15 at 1:57
I don't understand the up votes for this. This answer says absolutely nothing about "how the vikings looked" which is what the main point of the question was. At least Hutton's answer (2 votes) gave a book series (Osprey) in which the OP could look up information. – Tyler Durden Apr 28 '15 at 15:48
@TylerDurden: I did give a source for western Vikings, and postulated a theory about why it was hard to pin down eastern Vikings (other than Varangians), except through runic inscriptions. – Tom Au Apr 28 '15 at 15:59
If you are happy to focus on the military side of things, you could do quite well with some of the resources for the wargaming hobby.
Osprey books, for example, have a good reputation for accurately documenting the appearance of just about every culture's military personnel. And many of the miniature manufacturers take their cues from them or similar research.
Paul HuttonPaul Hutton
Kit, Regia Anglorum are the premier Early Medieval living history society in the United Kingdom. They actively research historical social and military life, and have built permanent settlements in the Norman and Anglo-Saxon style, as well as having Viking ships. See http://www.regia.org/research/history/vikings.htm and http://www.regia.org/research/history/viking2.htm which will give you a flavour of the people we refer to as 'Vikings'.
BlueSkyDevsBlueSkyDevs
Yes, they did wear horned helms. The British Museum allegedly has a lot of horned helms and also boar helms (though for some reason they are not displayed). For example, in Beowulf you can read of the hero's helmet:
...wonderfully formed, beset with swine-forms so that it
then no blade nor battle-swords to bite were able...
Picture of vikings with boar helms (circa 8th century):
Horned helms actually predate vikings considerably and were more used by the Gaels actually, and their successors such as the Belgae, the Allobroges and the Teutons (ie Germanic Gauls of various types). The vikings did use horned helms, though of course, such elaborate headgear would be that of princes, like Beowulf, not common men. Here are two photos:
The one on the left is a detail from the Gunstrup cauldron (4th century), and the other is a depiction of a berzerker from the 7th century. Also, this quote from Diodorus Siculus:
On their heads they put bronze helmets which have large embossed figures standing out from them and give an appearance of great size to those who wear them; for in some cases horns are attached to the helmet so as to form a single piece, in other cases images of the fore-parts of birds or four-footed animals.
Tyler DurdenTyler Durden
hornet helmets were largely ceremonial, not for general use in battle... Maybe helmets had studs as vestigial horns but large ones as depicted in those pictures are just impractical in combat and vikings were practical people. – jwenting Apr 29 '15 at 4:50
@jwenting The quote from Beowulf I listed seems to suggest "boar" helmets were used in battle. More to the point, however, the OP asked "how vikings looked". The quote from Diodorus Siculus shows that he at least, a contemporaneous historian, considered ornamented helms to be a distinguishing characteristic of their appearance. – Tyler Durden Apr 29 '15 at 7:52
Didorus lived hundreds of years before the Vikings; he is no more contemporary of the Vikings than Froissart is for us. Beowulf is also pre-viking age and the boar helmets were long out of fashion when the Viking raids started for real. – andejons Oct 7 '16 at 8:08
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of provisional development orders.
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Contents and eflects of Development Orders
10. Contents of development orders.
11. Applications to local planning authority for permission.
12. Reference of applications to the Authority.
13. Appeals to Minister.
14. Applications to determine whether permission required.
15. Provisions relating to grant of permission.
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Compensation for refusal or conditional grant of
16. “Planning decision” defined.
17. Compensation for refusal of permission in certain cases.
18. Compensation excluded in respect of certain matters.
19. Compensation excluded if certain other development permitted.
20. Procedure for making claims for compensation.
21. Notification to Minister of findings of Board.
Revocation and Modification af permission to develop
and enforcement of planning control
22. Power of local planning authority to revoke or modify planning
permission.
22~. Stop notice.
2 3 ~ . Appaal to Minister.
2311. Application for injunction.
23. Enforcement of planning control.
24. Recovery of expenses incurred by local planning authorities.
25. Orders for preservation of trees and woodlands.
26. Control of advertisements.
27. Claims for compensation.
28. Power to require proper maintenance of waste land, etc.
Pmr VI
2 8 ~ . Minister may appoint person or persons with respect to appeals.
29. Powers of entry.
30. Service of notices. etc.
3 1. Regulations.
32. Offences.
33. Validating and enforcement of certain contracts.
34. Establishment of Compensation Assessment Board.
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42 ol1957,
3rd seh,
[Ist February, 1958.1 A&
4 of 1976,
27 of 1987,
3rd sck,
29 of 1991.
16 of 1993,‘
3 of 1999. 1. This Act may be cited as the Town and Country Sodtitlo.
Planning Act.
2. In this Act- Interpretation.
“advertisement” means any word, letter, model, sign,
placard, board, notice, device or representation,
whether illuminated or not, in the nature of and
employed wholly or in part for the purposes of
advertisement, announcement or direction, and
without prejudice to the foregoing provision
includes any hoarding or similar structure used
or adapted for use for the display of advertisements,
and references to the display of advertisements
shall be construed accordingly;
“Authority” means the Town and Country Planning
Authority appointed pursuant to section 3;
“Board” means the Compensation Assessment Board ;!1;8:ah
established under section 34;
“building” includes any structure or erection and any
part of a building as so defined, but does not
include plant or other machinery comprised in a
building;
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“development” has the meaning assigned to it by
section 5, and “develop” shall be construed
accordingly;
“improved value” means improved value as defined in
the Land Valuation Act;
“Judge” means Judge of the Supreme Court;
“local authority” means-
(a) in relation to the parishes of Kingston and
St. Andrew, the Council of the Kingston and
St. Andrew Corporation as constituted under
the Kingston and St. Andrew Corporation
Act;
(b) in relation to any other parish, the Parish
Council of such parish;
“local planning authority” means-
St. Andrew, the Council of the Kingston
and St. Andrew Corporation;
Council of that parisk and
(c) in relation to any area situated within two or
more parishes the person or body that the
Minister may in writing appoint;
“Minister” means the Minister responsible for town
and country planning;
“planning permission” means the permission for
development which is required by virtue of section
10; -
”road authority” has the meaning assigned to it by
the Road Traffic Act;
“specified date” means such day as may be specified
in a development order as the base date for
valuations in assessing compensation being not
more than one year before the publication in the
Gazette of the notice under section 5 in relation to
the development order under or for the purposes
of the preparation of which is done the act in
respect of which compensation is to be assessed
under this Act;
“statutory undertakers” means persons authorized by
any law to carry on any transport undertaking by
land or water, or any undertaking for the supply
of electricity, gas, hydraulic power or water, or
any telephone service.
3.-(1) For the purposes of this Act the Minister shall ::’$ appoint a person or persons to be the Town and Country Townand Country Planning Authority, and subject to the provisions of this Act, Planning
Authority. and from time to time by order published in the Gazette
define the composition, powers and duties of such Authority.
(2) The Government Town Planner shall be a member
ex oficio of the Authority.
4.41) There shall be established a body to be known as ~~‘$$$
the Advisory Planning Committee, and the members of
such body shall be appointed in accordance with the pro- +manittee.
visions of the First Schedule, and the provisions of that girhule.
Schedule shall have effect with respect to the constitution
and procedure of the Committee.
(2) It shall be the duty of the Committee with a view
to the proper carrying out of the provisions and objects of
this Act, to advise the Minister on any matter within its
knowledge or on which the Minister may seek its advice.
PART IA. Interim Development of Land
3 / 1999 4A.-(1) The Minister may, after consultation with a
local authority, make an order to be known as interim dede%
lw=nt velopment order in respect of any land which is not the
subject of a confirmed development order, other than land
to which a Town and Country Planning (Filling Station)
Development Order relates.
s. 3.
(2) An interim development order shall state-
(a) the description of the area of land to which the
order relates;
(b) the parish in which the land is situated;
(c) the type of development which may take place
within that area without formal pIanning permission
and the conditions, if any, applicable to such
development;
(d) the time when such development may commence;
(e) the functions of the local planning authority under
the order;
( f ) that section 10 (1) (c) shall apply mutatis mutandis
to an interim development order as it applies to a
development order with the modification that the
words “paragraphs (a) to (e)” be substituuted for
for the words “paragraph (b)”;
(8) that the order is effective until a confirmed development
order comes into operation pursuant to
section 7 (2).
(3) An interim development order shall be made
without prejudice to any other order relating to development
under any other enactment.
(4) For the purposes of subsection (2) (d) the Minister
may specify different times for different development.
Preparation, Confirmation and Modification of
5.-(1) The Authority may after consultation with any :;-lion
local authority concerned prepare so many or such ;;;fiz
provisional development orders as the Authority may provisional
consider necessary in relation to any land, in any urban mentorden.
or rural area, whether there are or are not buildings
thereon, with the general object of controlling the development
of the land comprised in the area to which the
respective order applies, and with a view to securing
proper sanitary conditions and conveniences and the coordination
of roads and public services, protecting and
extending the amenities, and conserving and developing the
resources, of such area.
(2) In this Act, unless the context otherwise requires,
the expression “development” means the carrying out of
building, engineering, mining or other operations in, on,
over or under land, or the making of any material change
in the use of any buildings or other land :
Provided that the following operations or uses of land
shall not be deemed for the purposes of this Act to involve
the development of the land, that is to say-
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the carrying out of works for the maintenance,
improvement or other alteration of any building,
being works which affect only the interior of the
building or which do not materially affect the
external appearance of the building;
the carrying out by a road authority of any works
required for the maintenance or improvement of
a road, being works carried out on land within
the boundaries of the road;
the carrying out by any local authority or statutory
undertakers of any works for the purpose of
inspecting, repairing or renewing any sewers,
mains, pipes, cables or other apparatus, including
the breaking open of any street or other land for
that purpose;
the use of any buildings or other land within the
curtilage of a dwelling-house for any purpose
incidental to the enjoyment of the dwelling-house
as such;
the use of any land for the purposes of agriculture
or forestry (including afforestation), and the use
for any of those purposes of any building occupied
together with land so used;
in the case of buildings or other land which are
used for a purpose of any class specified in a
development order under this section, the use
thereof for any other purpose of the same cIass.
(3) So soon as may be after the preparation of any
provisional development order, the Authority shall cause
to be published in the Gazette and at intervals of not less
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than seven nor more than ten days in three issues of a local
daily newspaper, a noticespecifying
that the Authority has prepared a
provisional development order;
specifying the locality to which the order relates;
specifying some place within such locality or as
near thereto as may be convenient where the
provisional development order and the plan or
statements relating thereto may be inspected
without fee during such period (not being less than
fourteen days after the last publication of the
notice in a local daily newspaper) as may be
specified in such notice upon such days and at
such times as may be so specified;
specifying the name and address of some person
from whom copies of the provisional development.
order and of the plan or statements relating
thereto may be obtained on payment of a
reasonable fee specified in such notice; and
stating t.hat provision is made by section 6 for the
making of objections to the provisional development
6.--(U Subject to the provisions of this section every o ~ t i o n ~
interested person may object to any provisional develop- pron`sioad
ment order upon the ground that such order is for any ~ ~ f s o p m c n t
reason impractical or unnecessary or that it is against the
interests of the economic welfare of the locality to which
the provisional development order relates.
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(2) Every person who desires to object to any provisional
development order under this section shall give
notice in writing to the Authority within fourteen days after
the expiration of the lperiod referred to in paragraph (c)
of subsection (3) of section 5 of the ground of his objection
and of the facts and reasons upon which he relies in support
of such objection.
(3) In this section “interested person” means-
(a) any local authority concerned;
(b) any person in whom is vested any freehold estate
in any land within the locality to which the
provisional development order relates;
(c) any person in whom is vested any term of years
in any land in such locality, the unexpired portion
of which on the day on which such objection is
made is not less than three years, or who holds
an option to renew such lease for a period of not
less than three years;
(d) any person who is entitled under the Water Resources
Act to exercise any right in relation to the
use of any public water in a public stream within
the locality and whose interest therein will be
affected by the application of the order.
(4) In this section and sections 7 and 8, unless the
context otherwise requires, the expression “development
order” includes the plan and statements relating thereto,
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and the expression “provisional development order” shall
be construed accordingly.
7.41) So soon as may be after the expiration of the Confiima.
period during which notice of objection to any provisional
development order may be given under section 6 the development
Authority shall transmit such order and any objection made
to such order under section 6 and the comments of the
Authority upon such objection (if any) to the Minister.
(2) Where the Minister is satisfied that the implementation
of any provisional development order is likely to be
in the public interest he may by notification published in
the Gazette confirm it with or without modification and
thereupon such order with or without modification shall
come into operation as a confirmed development order.
(3) Every notification under subsection (2) shall also
be published in a local daily newspaper at least once in each
of two successive weeks.
8. Where after a confirmed development order has come Amendment
of confirmed
mcnt orders.
into operation the Minister is satisfied-
(a) that it is for any reason necessary or expedient
for such order to be amended substantially or so as
prejudicially to affect the rights of any person he
shall direct the Authority to prepare an amending
development order of such a nature as may effect
such amendments in the confirmed development
order referred to in this section as may be
necessary or expedient :
Provided, however, that the provisions of
subsection (3) of section 5 and sections 6 and 7
shall apply to every amending development order
as they apply to every provisional development
order;
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ment in
of provisional
(b) upon a recommendation of the Authority that it
is desirable for such order to be modified in any
manner not affecting substance and which is not
prejudicial to the rights of any interested persons,
he may direct the Authority to modify the order
in such manner as may be specified in such
directions and thereupon the confirmed development
order shall be deemed to be and always to
have been modified in the manner specified in such
directions, without prejudice, however, to anything
done under the order before the date of such
directions.
9.-(1) In the interval between the publication in the
Gazette of a provisional development order and the
confirmation of such an order pursuant to section 7
development in the area to which the provisional development
order relates may proceed either pursuant to any law
(other than this Act) relating to such development and to
any authority granted under such law or without any such
authority if there is no law (other than this Act) requiring
any such authority but upon the understanding that-
(a) nothing in such authorization or in the preceding
provisions of this section shall be construed to be
permission to develop for the purposes of this Act
or avoid any obligation to apply for permission
to develop in conformity with the confirmed
development order;
(b) all the provisions of this Act relating to
permissions to develop, including in particular
section 15, shall apply accordingly;
(c) if any development during the interval referred
to above is found not to be in conformity with the
confirmed development order that order shall
prevail in respect of such development.
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(2) The reference to development proceeding during
the interval referred to in subsection (1) shall include
development authorized or 1 awfully begun without authority
prior to the commencement of such interval as well as
development authorized or lawfully begun without
authority during that interval.
PART 111
10.-( 1) Every confirmed development order (hereafter Contents of
in this Act called a “development order”) shall- -
orders. specify and define clearly the area to which it
relates;
contain such provisions as are necessary or
expedient for prohibiting or regulating the
development of land in the area to which the
development order applies and gei,zrally for
canying out any of the objects for which the order
is made;
without prejudice to the generality of the provisions
of paragraph (h), in particular, make
provision for any of the matters mentioned in the
Second Schedule;
provide for the grant of permission for the
development order applies, and such permission
may be granted-
(i) in the case of any development specified in
such order, or in the case of development
of any class so specified, by the development
order itself;
(ii) in any other case by the local planning
authority (or, in the cases hereinafter
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provided, by the Authority) on an application
in that behalf made to the local
planning authority, in accordance with the
provisions of the development order.
(2) The permission granted by any development
order may be granted either unconditionally or subject to
such conditions or limitations as may be specified in such
(3) Without prejudice to the generality of subsection
(21, a development order which grants permission for any
development may-
(a) where permission is thereby granted for the
erection, extension, or alteration of any buildings,
require the approval of the local planning
authority to be obtained with respect to the
design or external appearance thereof;
(b) where permission is thereby granted for development
of any specified class, enable the Authority
or the local planning authority to direct that that
permission shall not apply either in relation to
development in any particular area or in relation
to any particular development.
(4) For the purpose of enabling development to be
carried out in accordance with permission granted under
this Part, or otherwise for the purpose of promoting proper
development, a development order may direct that any
enactment passed before the commencement of this Act
or any regulations made (whether before or after the
commencement of this Act) under any such enactment, shall
not apply to any development specified in the order or shall
apply thereto subject to such modifications as may be so
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11.-(1) Subject to the provisions of this section and Applicasection
12, where application is made to a local planning local
authority for permission to develop land, that authority may :::$;&
grant permission either unconditionally or subject to such Ermission.
conditions as they think fit, or may refuse permission; and
in dealing with any such application the local planning
authority shall have regard to the provisions of the
development order so far as material thereto, and to any
other material considerations.
( 1 ~ ) Where the provisions of section 9 of the Natural 9/1991
Resources Conservation Authority Act apply in respect of a
development which is the subject of an application under
subsection (l), planning permission shall not be granted
unless-
(a) an application to the Natural Resources Conservation
Authority has been made as required by such
provisions as aforesaid; and
(b) that Authority has granted or has signified in
writing its intention to grant, a permit under that
(l), conditions may be imposed on the grant of permission
to develop land thereunder-
(a) for regulating the development or use of any land
under the control of the applicant (whether or not
it is land in respect of which the application was
made) or requiring the carrying out of works on
such land, so far as appears to the local planning
authority to be expedient for the purposes of or in
connection with the development authorized by the
permission;
(b) for requiring the removal of any buildings or
works authorized by the permission, or the discontinuance
of any use of land so authorized, at the
expiration of a specified period, and the carrying
tions to
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out of any works required for the reinstatement of
land at the expiration of that period,
and any permission granted subject to any such condition
as is mentioned in paragraph (b) is in this Act referred to
as permission granted for a limited period only.
(3) Provision may be made by a development order
for regulating the manner in which applications for permission
to develop land are to be dealt with by local planning
authorities, and in particular-
(a) for enabling the Minister to give directions
restricting the grant of permission by the local
planning authority, during such period as may be
specified in the directions, in respect of any such
development, or in respect of development of any
such class, as may be so specified;
(b) for authorizing the local planning authority, in
such cases and subject to such conditions as may
be prescribed by the order, or by directions given
by the Minister thereunder, to grant permission
for development which does not appear to be
provided for in the order or in any plan or
statement deposited with the order and is not in
conflict therewith;
(c) for requiring the local planning authority, before
granting or refusing permission for any development,
to consult with such authorities or persons
as may be prescribed by the order or by directions
given by the Minister thereunder;
(4 for requiring the local planning authority to give
to any applicant for permission, within such time
as may be prescribed by the order such notice as
may be so prescribed as to the manner in which his
application has been dealt with;
(e) for requiring the local planning authority to furnish
to the Minister and to such other persons as
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may be prescribed by or under the order, such information
as may be so prescribed with respect to
any application for permission made to them, including
information as to the manner in which such
application has been dealt with.
(4) Every local planning authority shall keep,
in such manner as may be prescribed by the development
order a register containing such information as may be so
prescribed with respect to applications for permission made
to such authority, including information as to the manner in
which such applications have been dealt with; and every
such register shall be available for inspection by the public
at all reasonable hours.
12.---(1) The Authority may give directions to any local Reierenco
planning authority or, to local planning authorities cons to the
generally requiring that any application for permission to 27/1987
develop land, or all such applications of any class specified S. 3-
in the directions, shall be referred to the Authority instead
of being dealt with by the local planning authority, and
any such application shall be so referred accordingly.
ity seeks permission for a development which is not in conformity
with the development order, that application shall
be deemed to be one required to be referred by the local
planning authority to the Authority under this section.
(2) Where an application for permission to develop
land is referred to the Authority under this section, the
provisions of section 11 and of subsection (4) of section 13
shall apply, subject to any necessary modifications, in
relation to the determination of such an application by the
Authority as they apply in relation to the determination
by the local planning authority :
Provided that before determining such application the
Authority shall, if either the applicant or the local planning
authority so desire, afford each of them an opportunity of
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Minister.
3 I 1999
S. 4 (a).
S. 4 (b).
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appearing before and being heard by a person appointed
by the Authority for the purpose.
13.41) Where application is made under this Part to a
local planning authority for permission to develop land or
where such application is referred to the Authority under
the provisions of section 12, and that permission is refused
by the local planning authority or the Authority, as the
case may be, or is granted subject to conditions, then if the
applicant is aggrieved by the decision so taken he may by
notice served within the time, not being less than twentyeight
days from the receipt of the notification of the decision,
and in the manner prescribed by the development
order, appeal to the Minister and the Minister may, subject
to section 28A, hear the appeal :
Provided that the Minister shall not be required to entertain
an appeal under this subsection in respect of the determination
of an application for permission to develop land
if it appears to him that permission for that development
could not have been granted by the local planning authority,
or could not have been so granted otherwise than subject to
the conditions imposed by them, having regard to the
provisions of section 11 and of the development order, and
to any directions given under that order.
(1A) An applicant who appeals to the Minister under
subsection (1) shall at the time of lodging the appeal, pay
the prescribed fee.
(2) Where an appeal is brought under this section
from a decision of a local planning authority or the
Authority, the Minister shall make a determination with
ninety days of the hearing thereof and may allow or dismiss
the appeal or may reverse or vary any part of the deoision
of the local planning authority, or the Authody, as the case
may be, whether or not the appeal relates to that pant, and
deal with the application as if it had been made to him in
the first instance.
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(3) Before determining any such appeal, the Minister
shall, if either the applicant or the authority concerned so
desire, afford to each of them an opportunity of appearing
before and being heard by him.
(4) Unless within such period as may be prescribed
by the development order, or within such extended period
as may at any time be agreed upon in writing between the
applicant and the local planning authority, the local planning
authority either-
(a) give notice to the applicant of their decision on
any application for permission to develop land,
made to them under this Part; or
(b) give notice to him that the application has been
referred to the Authority in accordance with
directions given under section 12,
the provisions of subsection (1) shall apply in relation to
the application as if the permission to which it relates had
been refused by the local planning authority and as if the
notification of their decision had been received by the
applicant at the expiration of the period prescribed in the
development order or the extended period agreed upon as
aforesaid, as the case may be.
14.41) If any person who proposes to carry out any tionstq
operations on land or make any change in the use of land d$tgy
wishes to have it determined whether the carrying out of pennissioa
those operations or the making of that change in the use
of the land would constitute or involve development of the
land within the meaning of this Act, and, if so, whether.
an application for permission in respect thereof is required
under this Part having regard to the provisions of the
development order, he may, either as part of an application
for such permission, or without any such application, apply
to the local planning authority to determine that question.
(2) The foregoing provisions of this Part shall,
subject to any necessary modifications, apply in relation to
Applicarequired
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any application under this section and to the determination
thereof as they apply in relation to applications for
permission to develop land and to the determination of such
applications.
prohionr
ped&on.
15.-(1) The power to grant permission to develop land
under this Part shall include power to grant permission for
the retention on land of any buildings or works constructed
or carried out thereon before the date of the application,
or for the continuance of any use of land instituted before
that date (whether without permission granted under this
Part or in accordance with permission so granted for a
limited period only); and references in this Part to permission
to develop land or to carry out any development of land,
and to applications for such permission, shall be construed
(2) Any such permission as is mentioned in subsection
(1) may be granted so as to take effect from the date
on which the buildings or works were constructed or carried
out, or the use was instituted, or from the expiration of the
said period, as the case may be.
(3) Where permission is granted under this Part for
the erection of a building, the grant of permission may
specify the purposes for which the building may be used;
and if no purpose is so specified, the permission shall be
construed as including permission to use the building for
the purpose for which it is designed,
(4) Where permission to develop land is granted
under this Part, then, except as may be otherwise provided
by the permission, the grant of permission shall enure for
the benefit of the land and of all persons for the time being
interested therein, but without prejudice to the provisions
of Part V with respect to the revocation and modifimtion of
permission so granted.
under this Part for a limited period, nothing in this Part shall
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be construed as requiring permission to be obtained
thereunder for the resumption, at the expiration of that
period, of the use of the land for the purpose for which it
was normally used before the permission was granted :
Provided that in determining for the purposes of this
subsection the purposes for which land was normally used
before the grant of permission, no account shall be taken
of any use of the land begun in contravention of the
provisions of this Part.
Compensation for refusd or conditional grant of
16. In this Part “planning decision” means a decision ‘‘plannine
decision” made on an application for permission to develop land d&d.
under Part 111.
17.-(1) Where, on application made under Part I11 for arnwnmpermission
to carry out development of land, permission is r m oi
granted by the Minister subject to conditions, then if on a asa.
claim made to the Authority in the manner prescribed by
regulations under this Act, it is shown that the value of the
interest of any person in the land is less than it would have
been if the permission had been granted, or had been granted
unconditionally, as the case may be, the Authority shall
(subject to the provisions of this Part) pay to that person
compensation (to be assessed in accordance with and subject
to the provisions of the Third Schedule) equal to the mrd
(2) In determining for the purposes of subsection
(1) whether and to what extent the value of any interest
in land is less than it would have been if the permission
had been granted or had been granted unconditionally, it
shall be assumed that any subsequent application for like
permission would be determined in the same way:
Provided that if, on the refusal of permission for the
development in respect of which application is made, the
tion for
refused by the Minister on appeal being made to him, or permission in
Scbdule.
Minister undertakes to grant permission for any other
development of the land in the event of an application being
made in that behalf, regard shall be had to that undertaking
in determining the matters aforesaid.
18. Compensation under this Part shall not be payable-
(a) in respect of the refusal of permission for any
development which consists of the making of any
material change in the use of any buildings;
(b) in respect of the imposition, on the granting of
permission to develop land, of any condition relat-
Compcosaexcluded
in respect of
matters.
ing tothe
number or disposition of buildings on
any land;
the dimensions, design, structure or
external appearance of any building or the
materials to be used in its construction;
the manner in which any land is to be laid
out for the purposes of the development,
including the provision of facilities for
parking, loading, unloading or fuelling of
vehicles on the land;
the use of any buildings or other land; or
the location or design of any means of
access to a highway, or the materials to be
used in the construction thereof;
(c) in respect of any condition subject to which permission
is granted for the winning and working
of minerals;
(d) in respect of the refusal of permission to develop
land if the reason or one of the reasons stated for
the refusal is that development of the kind proposed
would be premature by reference to either
or both the following matters, that is to say-
(i) the order of priority, if any, indicated in
the development order for the area in -.
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which the land is situated for development
in that area;
(ii) any existing deficiency in the provision of
water supplies or sewerage services and the
period within which any such deficiency may
reasonably be expected to be made good;
in respect of the refusal of permission to develop
the land if the reason or one of the reasons stated
for the refusal is that the land is unsuitable for
the proposed development on account of its
liability to flooding or to subsidence;
the land, unless the improved value of the land is
reduced as a result of the refusal or the conditions
attached to a consent, to less than it was on the
specified date as defined in section 2;
where the proposed development is prohibited by
the provisions of any law in operation at the date
S. 4 (a). of the decision of the Board.
19.41) Compensation under this Part shall not be ~ ~ ~ ~ n s a -
payable in respect of a planning decision whereby excluded
permission is refused for the development of land, if, not- other
withstanding that refusal, there is available with respect ment
to that land planning permission for development to which permitted.
this section applies :
Provided that where such permission is available with
respect to part only of the land, this section shall have effect
only in so far as the interest subsists in that part.
(2) Where a claim for compensation under this Part
is made in respect of an interest in any land, planning
permission for development to which this section applies
shall be taken for the purposes of this section to be available
with respect to that land or a part thereof if, within one
month after the Board give notice to the Minister of 611985
their findings in respect of that claim, there is in force
if certain
with respect to that land or part, a grant of, or an undertaking
by the Minister to grant, planning permission for
some such development, subject to no conditions other than
such as are mentioned in paragraph (b) of section 18.
(3) This section applies to any development of a
residential, commercial or industrial character, being
development which consists wholly or mainly of the construction
of houses, flats, shop or office premises, hotels,
garages and petrol fuelling stations, cinemas (including
television cinemas), industrial buildings (including warehouses),
or any combination thereof.
mm 20.-(1) Compensation under this Part shall not be
of six months beginning with the date of the planning
decision to which it relates :
Provided that the Minister may in any particular case
(either before, on or after the date on which the time for
claiming would otherwise have expired) allow an extended,
or further extended, period for making such a claim.
(2) The Minister may make regulations under this
section-
(a) requiring claims for compensation under this Part
to be made in a form prescribed by the regulations;
(b) requiring a claimant to provide such evidence in
support of the claim, and such information as to
the interest of the claimant in the land to which
the claim relates and as to the interests of other
persons therein which are known to the claimant,
as may be so prescribed.
(3) Any claim for such compensation in respect of a
planning decision shall be sent to the Authority; and it shall
be the duty of the Authority, as soon as may be after the
clainsfor for makk payable unless a claim is made before the end of the period
receipt of a claim, to transmit the claim to the Board and to 6/1985 s. 4 (4, furnish the Board with- (b), (4.
(a) any evidence or other mformation provided by the
claimant in accordance with regulations made
under this section;
(b) such other information (if any) as may be required
by regulations made under this section, being information
appearing to the Board to be relevant
to the exercise of their powers under section 21.
(4) Where a claim is transmitted to the Board under 6/1985 S. 4 (a). subsection (3)- (b).
(a) and it appears to the Board that compensation is
excluded either by section 18 or section 19, the
Board shall notify the claimant accordingly, staticg
on which of the grounds it appears to them that
compensation is not payable, and inviting the
claimant to withdraw his claim;
(b) unless the claim is withdrawn, the Board shall give
notice of the claim to every other person (if any)
appearing to them to have an interest in the land to
which the planning decision related.
21.--( 1) The provisions of this section shall have effect Notification
to Minister where the Authority has transmitted to the Board in offindings
claims for compensation in respect of a planning decision, S. 4 (a), @).
and the claim or (if there is more than one) one or more of
such claims, has not been withdrawn.
(2) Before taking a decision under this section in
respect of any such claim the Board shall afford to
the Authority and the local planning authority concerned
and to every other person appearing to them to have an
accordance with the provisions of section 20 one or more of 6/1985 Board.
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interest in the land to which the planning decision related,
an opportunity to appear before, and to be heard by, the
611985 (3) If in any case, the Board come to the cons`
4ta)(b). clusion that the claim for compensation is valid the
Board shall forthwith give notice to the Minister of their
findings in respect of that claim; and within one month
thereafter the Minister may either---
(a) where it appears to him that permission could propzrly
be granted (either unconditionally or subject
to certain conditions) for some development of the
land in question other than the development to
which the application for permission related, give
a direction that the provisions of this Act shall
have effect in relation to that application and to
the planning decision-
(i) as if the application had included an application
for permission for that other development
and the decision had included the
grant of permission (unconditionally or subject
to the said conditions, as the case may
be) for that development; or
(ii) as if the decision had included an undertaking
to grant permission unconditionally
or subject to the said conditions (as the case
may be), for that development,
as may be specified in the direction; or
(b) offer to purchase the land, or if the owner is unwilling
to sell it, take steps to cause such land to
be acquired compulsorily, as land deemed to be
needed for a public purpose, in accordance with
the provisions of the Land Acquisition Act, save
that the compensation payable shall be assessed in
accordance with the provisions of this Act, in-
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TOWN AND COO’NTKY PLANNING 25
cluding the provisions of the Third Schedule, and Third
not in accordance with the provisions of the Land
Acquisition Act; or
(c) direct the Authority to pay the compensation
assessed by the Board, and the Authority shall give 6/1985
effect to such direction. S. 4 (a)
(4) Any expenses incurred by the Authority in
relation to thc payment of compensation claims under this
Part shall be paid from the Consolidated Fund.
(5) The Authority, a local planning authority or any
person aggrieved by a decision of the Board under 6/1985
this scction may appeal against that decision to a Judge in
Chambers whose decision in the matter shall be final.
S. 4(a)cb).
Revocution and Modification of permission to develop
22.--(1) Subject to the provisions of this section, if it Powerof
appears to the local planning authority that it is expedient, planninp
having regard to the provisions of the development order ::tfigz
and to my other material considerations that any per- ;a;nn:
mission to develop land granted 011 an application made permisuoa
in that behalf under Part 111 should be revoked or modified,
they may by order revoke or modify the permission to such
extent as appears 10 them to be expedient as aforesaid :
Provided that no such order shall take effect unless it
is confirmed by the Minister, and the Minister may confirm
any order submitted to him for the purpose.either without
modification or subject to such modifications as he considers
cxpedient.
(2) Where a local planning authority submit an
order to the Minister for his confirmation under this section,
that authority shall serve notice on the owner and on the
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occupier of the land affected by the order; and if within
such period as may be prescribed in that behalf in the notice
(not being less than twenty-eight days from the service
thereof) any person on whom the notice is served so requires,
the Minister shall before confirming the order, afford to
him, and to the local planning authority, an opportunity of
appearing before and being heard by a person appointed by
the Minister for the purpose.
(3) The power conferred by this section to revoke
or modify permission to develop land may be exercised-
(a) where the permission relates to the carrying out
of building or other operations, at any time before
those operations have been completed;
(b) where the permission relates to a change of the
use of any land, at any time before the change
has taken place :
Provided that the revocation or modification of permission
for the carrying out of building or other operations
shall not affect so much of those operations as has been previously
carried out.
(4) Where permission to develop land is revoked
or modified by an order made under this section, then if,
on a claim made to the Authority within the time and in the
manner prescribed by regulations under this Act, it is shown
that any person interested in the land has incurred
expenditure in carrying oul work which is rendered abortive
by the revocation or modification, or has otherwise sustained
loss or damage which is directly attributable to the
revocation or modification, the Authority shall pay to that
person compensation in respect of that expenditure, loss
or damage :
Provided that no compensation shall be payable under
this subsection in respect of loss or damage consisting of
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the depreciation in value of any interest in the land by
virtue of the revocation or modification.
(5) For the purposes of this section, any expenditure
incurred in the preparation of plans for the purposes
of any work or upon other similar matters preparatory
thereto shall be deemed to be included in the expenditure
incurred in carrying out that work, but except as aforesaid
no compensation shall be paid under this section in respect
of any work carried out before the grant of the permission
which is revoked or modified, or in respect of any other loss
or damage (not being loss or damage consisting of the
depreciation in value of an interest in land) arising out of
anything done or omitted to be done before the grant of that
(6) Where permission for the development of land
granted by a development order has been withdrawn,
whether by the revocation or amendment of the order or by
the issue of directions under powers in that behalf conferred
by the order then, if, on an application made in that
behalf under Part I11 permission for that development is
refused or is granted subject to conditions other than those
previously imposed by the development order, the provisions
of subsections (4) and (5) shall apply as if the permission
granted by the development order had been granted by the
local planning authority under Part 111 and had been
revoked or modified under subsections (l), (2) and (3).
(7) Where the permission which is revoked or modified
by an order under this section is permission such as is
mentioned in subsection (1) of section 17 the provision of
that section shall apply as if for references therein to the
refusal of the permission or the imposition of conditions
on the grant thereof there were substituted references to the
revocation of penmission or the modification thereof by the
imposition of conditions and subsection (1) shall have effect ---- -- ---
311999 s. 5.
as if for the words “if the permission had been granted, or
had been granted unconditionally” there were substituted
the words “if the permission had not been revoked or had
not been modified”.
(8) Where by virtue of the provisions of this section
compensation is payable in respect of expenditure incurred
in carrying out any work on land, then if the Minister takes
steps for the purchase of such land, or a claim for compensation
is made under subsection (1) of section 17 any
compensation payable in respect of the acquisition of the
land or, as the case may be, the claim for compensation
under subsection (1) of section 17, shall be reduced by the
amount equal to the value of the works in respect of which
compensation is payable under this section.
22A.-( 1) Where it appean to a local planning authority,
the Government Town Planner or the Authority that a
development specified in sukection (2) is unauthorized or is
hazardous or otherwise dangerous to the public, the local
planning authority, the Government Town Planner or the
Authority, as the case may be, shall serve or cause to be
served on any of the persons specified in subsection (3), a
stop notice requiring that person to immediately cease the
(2) A development referred to in subsection (1) is
a development-
(a) which is being carried out in breach of a condition
subject to which planning permission was granted;
(b) whioh is being carried out without the grant of
planning permission.
(3) The persons on whom a s t p ndice may be
served are-
TOWN AND COUNTRY PUNNING 29
(a) the owner or occupier of the land whermn the
development is taking place or has taken place; or
(b) any person who is engaged in the development; or
(c) any other person appearing to have an interest in
the land.
(4) A stop noti-
(a) shll state-
(i) the name of the person to whom it is
(ii) the basis on which the stop order is made;
(E) the address on which the development is
taking place or has taken place;
(iv) the nature of the development;
(v) that the notice takes effeat from the time it
is served; and
(vi) the period for which the notice is effdve;
(b) shall be for a period not exceeding ten days and
)may be extended for such further periods as the
local planning authority, the Government Town
Planner or the Authority may determine.
(5) Where a stop notice is served on a person
referred to in subsection (3), a copy thereof shall be posted
in a conspicuous place-
(a) on the premises where the relevant development
is taking place or has taken place; and
(b) in a court house, police station or other public place
in the pahh in which the development is taking
place or has taken ptace.
(6) Where a person suffers any loss resulting from
the service of a stop notice, compensation shall only be
payable where in any aation brought by him against a local
Authority, as the case may be, he expressly alleges that the
Enfommat
Plannino
oontrd
S. 6 (a) (9.
16 I 1993
S. 6 (a) (E).
S. 6 (axii).
S. 6(a)(iii).
S. 6 (a) (a).
S. 6 @).
service of the notice WGis done without reaisonable or probable
cause and at the trial of such action he proves such
allegation.
(7) Any person who fails to comply with a stop
notice shall be cable on summary conviction before a
Resident Magistrate to a fine of not less than twenty-five
thousand dollars nor more than one million dollars or in
default of payment to a term of imprisonment not exceeding
23.-(1) If it appears to the local planning authority, the
Government Town Planner or the Authority that any
development of land has been carried out after the
coming into operation of a development order relating to
such land without the grant of permission required in that
behalf under Part III, or that any conditions subject to
which such permission was granted in respect of any
development have not been complied with, then subject
to any directions given by the Minister and to subsection
(lA), the local phnning authority, the Government Town
Planner or the Authority may within twelve years of such
development being carried out, if they consider it expedient
so to do having regard to the provisions of the development
order and to any other mater;ial considerations, serve on
the owner and occupier of the land and any person who
carries out or takes steps to carry out any development of
such land and any other person concerned in the preparation
of the development plans or the management of the
development or opemtions on such land a notice under
this section (hereinafter referred to as an “enforcement
notice”) .
(1A) Where a stop notice is served under section 22A,
a looail planning authority, the Government Town Planner
or the authority, as the case may be, shall serve an enforcement
notice within fourteen days of the service of the stop
(2) An enforcement notice shall speafy the develop- 311999
S. 6 (c). ment which is alleged to have been carried out without the
grant of permission as aforesaid or, as the case may be, the
matters in respect of which it is alleged that any such conditions
as aforesaid have not been complied with, and may
require such steps as may be specified in the notice to be
taken within such period as may be so specified for restoring
the land to its condition before the development took place,
or for securing compliance with the conditions, as the case
may be, and in particular any such notice may, for the
purpose aforesaid, require the demolition or alterations of
any buildings or works, the discontinuance of any use of
land, or the carrying out on land of any building or other
operations and shall state that any person upon whom an 16/1993
enforcement notice is served is prohibited from continuing S-60~).
or carrying out any development or operations or using the
land in respect of which the notice is served.
subsection (11, the local planning authority, the Government
Town Planner or the Authority, as the case may be, shdl-
(a) muse a copy of the enforcement notice to be posted
in a conspicuous place on the development or on
the land where the development is being carried
on;
(b) cause a notice in accordance with subsection (2B)
to be displayed in a conspicuous place in a court
house, police station, p t office, p t a l agency or
other public place in the parish in which the development
is taking place or h s taken place.
(2A) Where an enforcement notice ils served under 3/1999
S. 6 (d).
(2B) The notice referred to in subsection (2A) (b) shall 3/1999 S. 6 (a). contain information-
(U) as to the place where an enforcement notice may
be inspected and a copy obtained,
(b) that any interested person may make representations
in respect of the enforcement notice to the
S. 6 (c).
Appeal to
161 1993 s. 7.
S. 7(bXi)(ii).
3/1999 s. 7 (c).
S. 7 (d) (9.
Planner or the Authority.
(2C) The loaal planning authority, the Government
Town Planner or the Authority, as the case may be, shall
from time to time cause a list of enforcement notices It0 be
published in a daily newspaper circulated in Jamaica.
(2D) In subsection (2B) (b) “interested persons” means
the owner or occupier of any premises abutting, adjoining
or adjacent to the premises in respect of which the enforcement
notice is served.
(3) Subjeot to section 23A, an enforcement notice
shall take effect-
(a) in the case of the discontinuance of material change
of use of land., at the expiration of twentyeight
days after the service there&
(b) in any other case, at the expiration of three days
after the service thereof:
Provided that where an appeal is Id@ pursuant to
section 23A, any development to which the enforcement
notice relates shall cease.
23A.41) If any person on whom an enforcement notice
is served pursuant to section 23 is aggrieved by the notice,
he may within fourteen days of the service of the notice
appeal against the notice to the Minister, and the Minister
may, subjeot to section 28A, hear the appeal.
(2) Every person who lodges an appeal pursuant
to subsection (1) shall, at the time of lodging the appeal,
pay the prescribed fee.
(3) The Minister shall, within ninety days of the
hearing of an appeal, make a determination in accordance
with the provisions of subsection (4).
(4) On hearing an appeal or upon receipt of the
findings of the person or persons under section 28A (1) (b),
the Minister mayme
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TOWN AND COUNTRY PLANNING 32.01
(a) quash the notice if satisfied that permission was
granted under this Act for the development to
which the notice relata, or that no such penmission
was required in respect thereof, or, as the case
may be, that the conditions subject to which such
permission was granted have been complied with;
(b) vary the notice if not so satisfied but satisfied that
the requirements of the notice exceed what is
necessary for restoring the land to its condition
before the development took place, or for securing
compliance with the conditions, as the case may
be; or
(c) in any other case, dismiss the appeal :
Provided that where the enforcement notice is varied or
the appeal is dismissed, the Minister may, if he thinks fit,
dirst that the enforcement notice shall not take effect until
such date (not being later than twenty-eight days from the
determination of the appeal) as the Minister may specify. 311999 S. 7(dXii).
(5) A person who is aggrieved by a decision of the
Minister may appeal against that decision to the Court of :.’;:::.
Appleal.
23B.4 1) Where Application
(a) a person on whom an enforcement notice is served injunction.
under section 23 fails to comply with the pro6 s.8.
sions of that notice within the period specified
therein; or
(b) a local planning authority, the Government Town
Planner or the Authority, as the m e may be, considers
it necessary or expedient for any perceived
breach of planning control to be restrained,
32.02 TOWN AND COUNTRY PUNNING
the load planning authority, the Government Town Planner
or the Authority, as the case may be, may awly to the
C O U ~ for an injunction, whether or not they have exercised
or are proping to exercise any of their ather powers
under ithis Act.
(2) On an application under subsection (l), the
court may grant such injunction as the court thinks appropriate
for the purpose of restraining the breach.
(3) Rules of Court may provide for such injunction
to be issued against a person whose identity is unknown.
R ~ C ~ ~ C Q of
b local
pLniop
8UthOntieS.
24.41) If within the period specified in an enforcement
notice, or within such extended period as the ld planning
authority may allow, any steps required by the notice to be
taken (other than the discontinuance of any use of land)
have not been taken, the local planning authority may enter
on the land and take those steps, and may recover as a
simple contract debt in the Resident Magistrate’s Court of
the parish in which the land is situated, from the person who
is then the owner of the land, any expenses reasonably
incurred by them in that behalf; and if that person, having
been entitled to appeal to the Minkter under section 23A,
failed to make such an appeal, he shall not be entitled in
proceedings under this subsection to dispute the validity
of the action taken by the local planning authority upon
any ground which could have been raised by such appeal.
3/iw s. 9.
(2) Any expenses incurred by the owner or occupier
of any land for the purpose of complying with an enforcement
notice served under subsection (1) of section 23 in
respect of any development, and any sums paid by the
owner of any land under subsection (1) in respect of the
expenses of the local planning authority in taking steps
required to be taken by such notice, shall be deemed to be
incurred or paid for the use and at the request of the
person by whom the development was carried out.
(3) Where, by virtue of an enforcement notice, any
use of land is required to be discontinued, or any conditions
are required to be complied with in respect of any use of
land or in respect of the carrying out of any operations
thereon, then if any person, without the grant of permission
in that behalf under Part 111, uses the land or causes or
permits the land to be used, or carries out or causes or
permits to be carried out those operations, in contravention
of the notice, he shall be guilty of an offence and liable on
summary conviction before a Resident Magistrate to a fine
not exceeding twenty-five thousand dollars, or in default of S. 8
payment to imprisonment with hard labour for a term not
exceeding twelve months, and if the use is continued after 1611993
liable on summary conviction before a Resident Magistrate
to a fine not exceeding five thousand dollars for every day
on which the use is so continued, or in default of payment i ~ i / i w 3
in the land to be forfeited to the Crown, and if the use
is continued after the second conviction, he shall be guilty
of a further offence and on summary conviction before a
Resident Magistrate the interest in the land shall be forfeited
to the Crown.
the conviction, he shall !be guilty of a further offence and S. 8 (ii).
(iii).
the Resident Magistrate shall make an order for the interest S. 8 (b) (iv).
25.-(1) If it appears to a local authority that it is Ordenfor
expedient in the interests of amenity to make provision for oftreesmd
woodlands. the preservation of trees or woodlands in their area, they
may for that purpose make an order (in this Act referred
to as a “tree preservation order”) with respect to such trees,
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32.04 TOWN AND COUNTRY PLANNING
groups of trees or woodlands as may be specified in the
order; and, in particular, provision may be made by any
such order-
(a) for prohibiting (subject to any exemptions for
which provision may be made by the order) the
cutting down, topping, lopping or wilful destruction
of trees except with the consent of the local
authority, and for enabling that authority to give
their consent subject to conditions;
(b) for securing the replanting, in such manner as may
be prescribed by or under the order, of any part
of a woodland area which is felled in the course
of forestry operations permitted by or under the
(c) for applying, in relation to any consent under the
order, and to applications therefor, any of the
provisions of Part I11 relating to permission to
develop land, and to applications for such
permission, subject to such adaptations and
modifications as may be specified in the order;
(d) for the payment by the local authority, subject
to such exceptions and conditions as may be
specified in the order, of compensation in respect
of damage or expenditure caused or incurred in
consequence of the refusal of any consent required
under the order, or of the grant of any such
consent subject to conditions.
(2) A tree preservation order shall not take effect
until it is confirmed by the Minister, and the Minister may
confirm any such order either without modification or
subject to such modifications as he considers expedient.
Act with respect to the form of tree preservation orders,
and the procedure to be followed in connection with the
submission and confirmation of such orders; and such
regulations may in particular but without prejudice to the
generality of the foregoing make provision for securing-
(a) that notice shall be given to the owners and
occupiers of the land affected by any such order
of the submission to the Minister of the order;
Ih) that objections and representations with respect
to the proposed order duly made in accordance
with the regulations shall be considered before
the order is confirmed by the Minister; and
(c) that copies of the order when confirmed by the
Minister shall be served on the owners and
occupiers of the land to which it relates:
Provided that where it appears to the Minister
that any such order should take effect immediately
he may confirm the order provisionally without
complying with the requirements of any such
regulations with respect to the consideration of
objections and representations, but any such order
so confirmed shall cease to have effect upon the
expiration of two months from the date on which
it is so confirmed, unless within that period it has
again been confirmed by the Minister with or
without modifications, after compliance with those
(4) Without prejudice to any other exemption for
which provision may be made by a tree preservation order,
no such order shall apply to the cutting down, topping or
lopping of trees which are dying or dead or have become
dangerous or the cutting down, topping or lopping of any
trees in compliance with any obligation imposed by or
under any law or so far as may be necessary for the
prevention or abatement of a nuisance.
(5) If any person contravenes the provisions of a
tree preservation order, he shall be guilty of an offence and
to a fine not exceeding one hundred dollars or in
default of payment to imprisonment with hard labour for a
term not exceeding three months, and if in the case of a continuing
offence the contravention is continued after the
conviction, he shall be guilty of a further offence and liable
on summary conviction before a Resident Magistrate to an
additional fine not exceeding four dollars fnr every day on
which the contravention is so continued.
Controlof 26.41) Subject to the provisions of this section the
ments. Minister shall make regulations under this Act for
restricting or regulating the display of advertisements in
any area to which a development order applies, so far as
appears to him to be expedient in the interests of amenity
or public safety, and without prejudice to the generality
of the foregoing provision, any such regulations may
provide-
(a) for regulating the dimensions, appearance and
position of advertisements which may be displayed
within such area, the sites on which such
advertisements may be displayed, and the manner
in which they are to be affixed to land;
(b) for requiring the consent of the local planning
authority to be obtained for the display within
such area of advertisements, or advertisements
of any class specified in the regulations;
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(c) for applying, in relation to any such consent and
to the applications therefor, any of the provisions
of Part 111 relating to permission to develop land
and to application for such permission subject to
such adaptations and modifications as may be
specified in the regulations;
(4 for enabling the local planning authority to require
the removal of any advertisement which is being
displayed in contravention of the regulations, or
the discontinuance of the use for the display of
advertisements of any site which is being used
for that purpose in contravention of the regulations,
and for that purpose of applying any of the
provisions of this Part with respect to enforcement
notices, subject to such adaptations and modifications
as may be specified in the regulations;
(e) for the constitution, for the purposes of the
regulations, of such advisory committees as may
be prescribed by the regulations and for determining
the manner in which the expenses of any
such committee are to be defrayed.
(2) Without prejudice to the generality of the
powers conferred by paragraph (c) of subsection (l),
regulations made for the purpose of this section may provide
that any appeal from the decision of the local planning
authority on an application for their consent under the
regulations shall lie to an independent tribunal constituted
in accordance with the regulations, instead of to the
(3) Subject as hereinafter provided regulations made
under this section may be made so as to apply to
advertisements which are being displayed on the date on
which the regfilations come into force, or to the use for the
display of advertisements of any site which was being used
for that purpose on that date :
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Provided that any such regulations shall provide for
(a) the continued display of any such advertisement
as aforesaid; and
(b) the continued use for the display of advertisements
of any such site as aforesaid,
during such period as may be prescribed in that behalf by
the regulations and different periods may be so prescribed
for the purposes of different provisions of the regulations.
(4) Regulations made under this section may direct
that any enactment affecting the control of advertisements
passed before the commencement of this Act or any
regulations made (whether before or after the commencement
of this Act) under any such enactment shall not apply
to the display of advertisements within the area to which
the development order relates or shall apply thereto subject
to such modifications as may be specified in the regulations.
exempting therefrom-
pensation.
27.41) Where the display of advertisements in accordance
with regulations made under section 26 involves the
development of land within the meaning of this Act, planning
permission for that development shall be deemed to be
granted by virtue of this section, and no application shall
be necessary in that behalf under any other provision of
this Act.
for com-
(2) Where for the purpose of complying with any
such regulations as aforesaid works are carried out by any
person for the removal of advertisements being displayed
on the date on which the regulations come into force or the
discontinuance of the use for the display of advertisements
of any site used for that purpose on that date, that person
shall be entitled on a claim made to the Authority within
the time and in the manner prescribed by regulations under
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`this Act, to recover from the Authority compensation in
respect of any expenses reasonably incurred by him in that
behalf :
this subsection with respect to the removal of any advertisement
which was not being displayed in an area on the date
on which the development order applicable to that area
came into force.
(3) Without prejudice to any provisions included in
regulations made under paragraph (d) of subsection (1) of
section 26, if any person displays an advertisement in
contravention of the provisions of the regulations, he shall
be guilty of an offence and liable on summary conviction
before a Resident Magistrate to a fine of such amount not
exceeding ten thousand dollars or in default of payment to hf/d.993
imprisonment with hard labour for such term not exceeding
twelve months, as may be prescribed by regulations, and in 1611993
the case of a continuing offence one thousand dollars for kkm3
each day during which the offence continues after convic- a
(4) For the purposes of subsection (3), and without
prejudice to the generality thereof, a person shall be deemed
to display an advertisement if-
(a) the advertisement IS displayed on land of which
he is the owner or occupier; or
(b) the advertisement gives publicity to his goods,
trade, business or other conerns :
Provided that a person shall not be guilty of an offence
under the said subsection by reason only that an advertisement
is displayed on land of which he is owner or occupier,
or that his goods, trade, business or other concerns are given
publicity by the advertisement, if he proves that it was displayed
without his knowledge or consent.
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land, etc.
28.-(1) If it appears to a local planning authority that
the amenity of any part of the area of that authority to
which a development order applies, is seriously injured by
the condition of any garden, vacant site or other open land
in such area, then, subject to any directions given by the
Minister the authority may serve on the owner and occupier
of the land, in the manner prescribed by regulations under
this Act, a notice requiring such steps for abating the
injury as may be specified in the notice, to be taken within
such period as may be so specified.
(2) In relation to any notice served under this
section, the provisions of subsections (3) to (5) of section 23
and section 24 shall, subject to such exceptions and
modifications as may be prescribed by regulations under
this Act, apply as those provisions apply in relation to an
enforcement notice served under the said section 23.
MiniStM 28A.-(1) The Minister may, if he thinks fit, appoint a may appoint
person or person or persons-
(a) to hear, receive and examine the evidence in an persons with
rtspeotw ;% appeal; and
S. 10. (b) to submit to him, for his determination, a written
report of the findings and recommendations, within
twenty-one days of the hearing of such evidence.
(2) A person or persons appointed under subsection
(1) shall hear the evidence within twenty-one days of
the date on which such appointment is made.
(3) Where such person or persons fail to comply
with subsection (2), the Minister shall hear and determine
the appeal in question.
(4) There shall be paid to a person or persons
appointed under subsection (1) such remuneration by way
of honorarium as the Minister shall determine.
TOWN AND COUNTRY PLANNXNG 39
Powers of 1) Any person duly authorized in writingby
a local planning authority, the Government S. 16/1993 10 (a).
Town Planner or the Authority may, at any reasonable
time, enter upon any land for the purposes
(i) observing any contravention of a development
order or conditions attached thereto;
(ii) serving any notice under section 23 (1) or,
carrying into effect any steps specified in
such notice pursuant to that section or section
24 (U, or inspecting any works being
carried out under an enforcement notice;
(b) by the Minister or a local authority or a local
planning authority, may, at any reasonable time,
enter upon any land for the purpose of inspecting
or surveying in connection withentry.
the preparation, confirmation or amendment
of a provisional development order or a
confirmed development order, as the case
may be;
any application under Part I11 or under
any order or regulations made under this
Act for any permission, consent or determination
to be given or effected thereunder;
any proposal by a local authority, the
Government Town Planner or the Authority
or a local planning authority or by the
Minister to serve or make any notice or
order under this Act, except a notice under
section 23,
and any person being an officer of the Board or authorized
in writing in that behalf by the Board, or a person duly
authorized in writing by the Authority may, at any reason-
16/1993 s. 10 0).
16/ 1993 s. 10 @I.
161 1993 s. 10 (CF
S. 4 (a) (b).
able time, enter upon any lands for the purpose of surveying
it or estimating its value in connection with any claim for
compensation payable by the Authority.
(2) A person authorized under this section to enter
upon any land shall, if so required, produce evidence of his
authority before so entering and shall not demand admission
as of right to any land which is occupied unless twentyfour
hours’ notice of the intended entry has been given to
the occupier.
(3) Any person who wilfully obstructs a person
acting in the exercise of his powers under this section shall
be liable on summary conviction before a Resident Magistrate
to a fine not exceeding ten thousand dollars or in default
of payment to imprisonment with hard labour for a
term not exceeding twelve months.
(4) If any person who, in compliance with the provisions
of this section, is admitted into a factory, workshop
or workplace discloses to any person any information
obtained by him therein as to any manufacturing process
or trade secret he shall, unless the disclosure is made in the
course of performing his duty in connection with the survey
or estimate for which he was authorized to enter the
premises, be liable on summary conviction before a
Resident Magistrate to a fine not exceeding ten thousand
dollars or to imprisonment for a term not exceeding twelve
(5) Where any land is damaged in the exercise of a
power of entry conferred under this section or in the
making of any survey for the purpose of which any such
power of entry has been so conferred, compensation in
respect of that damage may be recovered by any person
interested in the land from the Minister or Board or
authority in whose behalf the entry was effected.
(6) Any expenses incurred by the Minister, the
Authority or the Board under subsection (5) shall be paid
from the Consolidated Fund.
(7) Any power conferred by this section to survey
land shall be construed as including power to search and
bore for the purpose of ascertaining the nature of the subsoil
or the presence of minerals therein :
Provided that a person shall not carry out any works
authorized by this subsection unless notice of his intention
so to do has been included in the notice required by subsection
(2) and if the land in question is held by any statutory
undertakers and those undertakers object to the proposed
works on the ground that the carrying out thereof would
be seriously detrimental to the carrying out of their
undertaking, the works shall not be carried out except with
the authority of the Minister.
30. Any notice, order or other document required or S C U + C ~ ~ notice, etc. authorized to be served under this Act may be served
either-
(a) by delivering it to the person on whom it is to be
served; or
(b) by leaving it at the usual or last known place of
abode of that person; or
(c) by sending it in a prepaid registered letter
addressed to that person at his usual or last
known place of abode where such place of abode
is within a postal delivery district; or
(d) in the case of an incorporated company or body,
by delivering it to the secretary or clerk of the
company or body at their registered or principal
office or sending it in a prepaid letter addressed
to the secretary or clerk of the company or body
at that office; or
(e) if it is not practicable after reasonable enquiry to
ascertain the name or address of any person on
whom it should be served, by addressing it to him
by the description of “owner” or “lessee” or
“occupier” (as the case may be) of the premises
(naming them) to which it relates, and by
delivering it to some person on the premises or,
if there is no person on the premises to whom it
can be delivered, by affixing it, or a copy of it,
to some conspicuous part of the premises.
~ s g d t i ~ . 31.-(1) The Minister may make regulations under this
(a) for prescribing the form of any notice, order or
other document authorized or required by this
Act to be served, made or issued by the Board,
local planning authority or local authority;
Act-
S. *a) W.
F i i
s. 11.
s. 11 (b).
(b) for regulating generally the procedure to be followed
in connection with the preparation and confirmation
of development orders and in particular,
but without prejudice to the generality of the foregoing,
for providing for the several matters and
things mentioned in the Fifth Schedule;
(c) for prescribing the manner in which materials
whioh are used on a wnstruotion site are to be
stored,
(d) for any purpose for which regulations are authorized
or required to be made under this Act, and in
particular for prescribing anything which by this
Act is required or authorized to be prescribed by
(2) Regulations made by the Minister under this
Act shall be subject to negative resolution.
(3) The imposition of a fine not exceeding one
hundred dollars may be provided for by such regulations
for any contravention or failure to comply with the
provisions thereof.
Offencm 32. Any person who-
(a) being required under the provisions of this Act to
make and deliver a statement, wilfully or recklessly
makes any false statement, or fails or refuses
to make or deliver such statement; or
(b) uses any building or land in any manner prohibited
under the provisions of this Act,
shall be guilty of an offence against this Act and except
as otherwise specifically provided in this Act shall be liable
on summary conviction thereof before a Resident Magistrate
to a fine not exceeding one hundred dollars or in default of
exceeding three months, and in the case of a continuing
offence to a further fine not exceeding ten dollars for every
day during which the offence continues or in default of
payment to a further term of imprisonment with hard
labour not exceeding three months.
33.-(1) The validity of any contract of sale relating to validity
any land to which a development order applies, entered into sdbetween
the developer of such land and any other person, gmGf
shall not be affected by reason only of failure on the part contracts.
of the developer, prior to the making of such contract, to a 2
comply with any requirements of this Act or any development
order made thereunder relating to the development
of such land, but such contract shall not be executed by
the transfer or conveyance of such land unless and until
the aforementioned requirements have been complied with.
(2) Where a contract referred to in subsection (1)
cannot be executed because of the failure on the part of
the developer of the land, prior to the making of such
contract, to comply with any requirements of this Act or
any development order made thereunder, the other party
to the contract or any person succeeding to the rights of
that other party under the contract may, after the expiration
of such time as may be reasonable in the circumstances
of each case, withdraw therefrom and recover from the
developer of the land any moneys paid to him under the
w&lihmat
Asc#ssmmt
6/1985 s. 3.
sixth sdledula
contract, together with interest thereon at the rate of seven
per centurn per annum from the date on which such moneys
were paid.
(3) In this section the expression “developer”, in
relation to any land, means any person who carries out
or takes steps to carry out development of such land.
34.-(1) The Minister shall establish, for the purposes of
this Act, a Compensation Assessment Board which shall
determine any claim for compensation made under Part IV.
(2) The provisions of the Sixth Schedule shall have
effect with respect to the constitution and p r d u r e of the
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FIRS SCHEDULE (Section 4)
Constitutioti and Procedure of the Advisory Planning Commitfee
1. The Committee shall consist of not less than three members who
shall be appointed by the Minister.
2. The Minister shall appoint a member of the Committee to be
chairman of the Committee.
3. A member of the Committee shall, subject to the provisions of
this Schedule. hold office for a period not exceeding two years but such
member shall be eligible for reappointment.
4. The Minister may appoint any person to act temporarily in the
place of the chairman or a member of the Committee in the case of
the absence or inability to act of the chairman or of such member, as
the case may be.
5.+l) Any member of the Committee, other than the chairman,
may at any time resign his office by instrument in writing addressed
to the Minister and transmitted through the chairman, and from the
date of the receipt by the Minister of such instrument such member
shall cease to be a member of the Committee.
(2) The chairman may at any time resign his office by instrument
in writing addressed to the Minister and such resignation shall take
effect as from the date of the receipt of such instrument by the Minister.
6. The Minister may at any time revoke the appointment of any
member, including the chairman.
7. The names of all members of the Committee as first constituted
and every change in the membership thereof shall be published in the
Gazette.
Y 8 . 4 1 ) The Committee shall meet at such times as may be necess
or expedient for the transaction of business, and such meetings sha
be held at such places and times and on such days as the Committee
may determine.
(2) The chairman shall preside at meetings of the Committee, and
if the chairman is absent from a meeting the other members present
at the meeting shall elect one of their number to preside thereat.
(3) The quorum of the Committee shall consist of a majority of
the members.
(4) The decisions of the Committee shall be by a majority of
votes and, in addition to an original vote, in any case in which the
voting is equal the chairman shall have a casting vote.
(5) Minutes in proper form of each meeting shall ,be kept by
the secretary and shall be confirmed by the chairman as soon as
practicable thereafter at a subsequent meeting.
(6) The acts of the Committee shall be authenticated by the
signature of the chairman or the secretary of the Committee.
(7) Subject to the provisions of this paragraph the Committee
shall have power to regulate its own proceedings.
9. The validity of any proceedings of the Committee shall not be
affected by any vacancy amongst the members thereof or by any defect
in the appointment of a member thereof.
10. The expenses of the Committee shall be defrayed out of sums
provided for the purpose in the annual estimates of revenue and
expenditure of the Island as approved by the House of Representatives.
11. In this schedule “chairman” includes a ‘person appointed or
elected, as the case may be, to act temporarily in place of the chairman.
SECOND SCHEDULE (Section 10)
Matters to be dealt with by development orders
1. Reservation of land for roads and establishment of public rights
2. Closing or diversion of existing roads and public and private rights
3. Construction of new roads and alteration of existing roads.
4. The line. width, level, construction, access to and egress from,
and the general dimensions and character of roads, whether new or
5. Providing for and generally regulating the construction or
execution of works incidental to the making or improvement of any
road, including the erection of bridges, culverts, gullies, fencing, barriers.
shelters. the provision of artificial lighting, and seats and the planting or
protecting of grass, trees, and shrubs on or adjoining such road.
of way.
PART n
Buildings and other Structures
1. Regulating and controlling, either generally or in particular areas,
all or any of the following matters, that is to say-
(U) the size and height of buildings;
(b) building lines. coverage and the space about buildings;
(c) the objects which may be affixed to buildings;
(d) the purposes for and the manner in which buildings may be
used or occupied including in the case of dwelling-houses, the
letting thereof in separate tenements;
(e) the prohibition of building operations on any land, or regulating
such operations.
2. Regulating and controlling the design, colour and materials of
buildings and fences.
3. Reserving or allocating any particular land. or all land in any
particular area, for buildings of a specified class or classes, or prohibiting
or restricting either permanently or temporarily, the making of any
building or any particular class or classes of buildings on any specified
4. Limiting the number of buildings or the number of buildings of a
specified class which may be constructed, erected or made, on. in or
under any area.
1. Providing for the control of land by zoning for specific uses.
2. (U) Regulating the layout of housing areas including density,
spacing, grouping and orientation of houses in relation to
roads, open spaces and other buildings.
(b) Determining the provision and siting of community facilities
including shops, schools, churches, meeting halls, play centres
and recreation grounds, in relation to the number and siting
of houses.
1. Reservation of lands as open spaces whether public or private.
2. Reservation of land for burial grounds and crematoria.
3. Reservation of lands-
(U) for communal parks;
(b) for game and bird sanctuaries;
(c) for the protection of marine life.
4. Preservation of buildings, caves. Sites and objects of artistic,
architectural, archaeological or historical interest.
5. Preservation or protection of forests, woods, trees, shrubs, plants
and flowers.
6. Prohibiting, restricting or controlling, either generally or in
particular places, the exhibition, whether on the ground, on any build-
ing or any temporary erection, whether on land or in water, or in the
air, of all or any particular forms of advertisement or other public
7. Preventing, remedying or removing injury to amenities arising
from the ruinous or neglected condition of any building or fence, or by
the objectionable or neglected condition of any land attached to a
building or fence or abutting on a road or situated in a residential area.
8. Prohibiting, regulating and controlling the deposit or disposal of
waste materials and refuse, the disposal of sewage and the pollution
of rivers, lakes, ponds. gullies and the seashore.
Facilitating the establishment. extension or improvement of works
by statutory or other undertakers in relation to power, lighting, water
supply, sewerage, drainage, sewage disposal, refuse disposal or other
public services.
Transport and Comniunications
1. Facilitating the establishment, extension or improvement of
systems of transport whether by land, water or air.
2. Allocating sites for use in relation to transport, and the reservation
of land for that purpose.
3. Providing for the establishment, extension or improvement of
telegraphic or telephonic communication, the allocating of sites for
use in relation to such communication, and the reservation of land for
that purpose.
PART vu
1. Providing for and regulating the making of agreements for the
purpose of the development order by the Authority with a local
authority or with owners and other persons, and by a local authority
with such persons and by such persons with one another.
2. Subdivision of land and in particular, but without prejudice to
the generality of the foregohg-
(a) regulating the type of development to be carried out and the
size and form of plots;
(b) requiring the reservation of land for any of the public services
referred to in Part V or for any other purposes referred to in
this Schedule for which land may be reserved;
(c) prescribing the character and type of public services or other
works which shall be undertaken and completed by the
applicant for subdivision as a condition of the grant of
authority to subdivide;
(d) co-ordinating subdivision of contiguous properties in order to
give effect to the scheme of development of such properties.
(a) adjusting and altering the boundaries and areas of any towns;
(6) enabling the establishment of satellite towns and new towns;
(c) effecting such exchanges of land or cancellation of existing
subdivision plans as may be necessary or convenient for the
purposes aforesaid.
3. Making any provisions necessary for-
THIRD SCHEDULE (Section 17)
Provisions relating to compensation under Part IV
For the purpose of assessing any compensation payable under Part IV
of this Act being compensation in respect of the compulsory acquisition 6/1985
of any land or in respect of the depreciation in value of any interest s. 4(a)@).
the Board shall. notwithstanding anything contained in any law
in relation to compensation for the compulsory acquisition of land, act
in accordance with the following rules-
(1) No allowance shall be made on account of the acquisition
being compulsory.
a) The value of the land shall, subject as hereinafter provided,
taken to be the amount which the land if sold in open
market by a willing seller on the specified date might be
expected to realize: Provided always that the Board ~haU 6/1985
be entitled to consider all returns and assessments of capital (S. 4 (a))).
value for taxation made or acquiesced in by the claimant.
(6) For the purposes of this rule “the specified date” shall
be the date named in the development order as the specified
(3) The special suitability or adaptability of the land for any
purpose shall not be taken into account if that purpose is a
purpose to which it could be applied only in pursuance of
statutory powers, or for which there is no market apart from
the special needs of a particular purchaser or the requirements
of any government department or any local or public
authority :
Provided that any born fide offer for the purchase of the
land made before the commencement of this Act which may
be brought to the notice of the Board shall be taken into 6/19g5
consideration. S. 4 (a).
(2) be
(4) Where the value of the land is increased by reason of the use
thereof or of any premises thereon in a manner which could
be restrained by any court, or is contrary to law. or is detrimental
to the health of the inmates of the premises or to the
public health, the amount of that increase shall not be taken
into account.
(5) Where land is, and but for the compulsory acquisition would
continue to be, devoted to a purpose of such a nature that
there is no general demand or market for land for that
purpose, the compensation may, if the Board are satisfied that
reinstatement in some other placeis bona fide intended, be
assessed on the basis of the reasonable cost of equivalent
(a) The provisions of rule (2) shall not affect the assessment of
compensation for disturbance or any other matter not directly
based on the value of the land.
(7) Where any interest in land is subject to a mortgage-
(a) any compensation as aforesaid which is payable in
respect of the depreciation in the value of that interest
shall be assessed as if the interest were not subject to
the mortgage;
(b) a claim for any such compensation may be made by
any mortgagee of the interest, but without prejudice
to the making of a claim by the person entitled to the
interest;
(c) a mortgagee shall not be entitled to claim any such
compensation in respect of his interest as such;
(d) the compensation payable in respect of the interest
subject to the mortgage shall be paid by the Authority
to the mortgagee or, where there is more than one
mortgagee to the first mortgagee. and shall in either
case be applied by him as if it were proceeds of sale.
(8) For the purposes of this Schedule the Board shall be entitled
to be furnished with such returns and assessments as they
may require.
611985 s. 4 (8).
S. 13 (a).
FOURTH SCHEDULE [Repealed by Act 3 of 1999.1
FQmH SCHEDULE (Section 31)
Matters in relation to which Regulations may be made
1. The documents (including maps, plans and statements) which
are to be prepared by the Authority and the time at or within which
such documents are to be deposited.
2. The inspection, by persons interested, d documents (including
maps, plans and statements) prepared in pursuance of the regulations.
3. The manner in which and the- times or within which objections
to or representations in respect of a provisional development order may
be made.
4. I.br securing co-operation by the Authority with owners of
property and other persons likely to be affected by a development order.
5. For enabling the Authority to obtain (without charge) information
which they require for the purposes of or in connection with the
preparation or making or carrying into effect of development orders by
inspection of documents which are not in their custody.
6. For enabling the Authority to deal, subject to the provisions of
this Act, with lands and buildings, the ownership of which is doubtful
or uncertain.
SIXTH SCHEDULB (Section 34) 1611993
Constitution and Procedure of the Compensation Assessment Board
1. The Board shall consist of not less than five nor more than nine Appointment
members. members who -&all be appointed by the Minbter.
unable to act. the Minister may appoint another person to act temporarily
as chairman or as such other member.
be the chairman thereof.
2. If the chairman or any other member of the Board is absent or TcmWrW
3. The Minister shall appoint one of the members of the Board to Chairman.
4. (1) The appointment of every member of the Board shall be Tenureof
evidenced by an instrument in writing, and such instrument shall specify oflice.
the period of office of the member which shall not exceed three years.
(2) Every member of the Board shall be eligible for reappointment.
(3) The Minister may at any time revoke the appointment of the
chairman or any other member of the Board.
any time resign his office by instrument in writing addressed to the Minister
and transmitted through the chairman, and from the date of the
receipt by the Minister of such instrument, such member shall cease to
be a member of the Board.
6. The names of the members of the Board as first constituted and PuMicaticm
every change in membership thereof shall be published in the Guzetre. igbh-
5.41) Any member of the Board other than the chairman may at Resignation.
witnesses.
7. All documents made by, and all decisions of, the Board may be
signified under the hand of the chairman or the secretary or any member
or officer of the Board auithorized to act in that behalf.
8 . 4 1 ) The Board shall meet at such times as may be necessary or
expedient for the transaction of business and such meetings shall be
held at such places and times and on such days as the Board may
determine.
(2) The chairman shall preside at meetings of the Board, and if
the chairman is absent from a meeting the members of the Board present
rhall elect one of their number to preside at the meeting.
(3) The quorum of the Board shall be the chairman or the person
elected under sub-paragraph (2) and two other members thereof.
(4) The decisions of the Board shall be by a majority of votes
and, in addition to an original vote, in any case in which the voting is
equal, the chairman or the person elected to preside, as the case may
be, shall have a casting vote.
(5) The validity of any proceedings of the Board shall not be
dected by any vacancy amongst the members thereof or by any defect
(6) If in any case the Board finds that a claim for compensation
is not valid the Board shall, at the request of any person having an
interest in the claim, give reasons for its findings.
(7) Subject to the provisions of this Schedule the Board shall
have power to regulate its own proceedings.
9.41) The secretary shall keep a record of all proceedings brought
before the Board.
(2) The Board may, With the approval of the Minister, make
rules prescribing the forms to be used in proceedings before the Board
and generally for regulating procedures and practices related to the
conduct of its proceedings.
10.41) The Board shall have power to summon any person to
attend before the Board and to give evidence or to produce any paper,
book. record or document in the possession or under the control of
such person.
(2) A summons under this paragraph shall be in the form
prescribed by rules.
(3) A summons under this paragraph may be served either
personally or by registered post.
(4) The Board shall have power to administer oaths to or take
the affirmation of any witness appearing before them.
11.41) Any person summoned to attend and give evidence or to Duty and
Privilege3
produce any paper, book, record or document before the Board-
(a) shall be bound to obey the summons served upon him;
(b) shall be entitled, in respect of such evidence or the disclosure
of any communication or the production of any such paper,
book, record or document, to the same right or privilege as
he would have before a court;
(c) shall be entitled to be paid, from public funds, his expenses,
including travelling expenses, at the rates prescribed by the
Witnesses Expenses Act for witnesses who are entitled to have
their expenses paid from public funds :
Provided that the Board may disallow the whole or any part of such
expenses in any case, if it thinks fit.
(2) Any person who-
(a) without sufficient cause, fails or refuses to attend before the
Board in obedience to a summons under this Act, or fails or
refuses to produce any paper, book, record or document which
he was required by such summons to produce; or
(b) being a witness, leaves the Board without the permission of
the Board; or
(c) being a witness, refuses, without sufficient cause, to answer
any question put to him by or with the permission of the Board;
(4 wilfully obstructs or interrupts the proceedings o€ the Board,
shall be guilty of an offence and shall be liable on summary conviction
before a Resident Magistrate to a fine not exceeding two hundred dollars.
12. There shall be paid to the chairman and other members of the Ramera-
Board such remuneration (whether by way of honorarium, salary or tion of
fees) and such allowances as the Minister may determine. mernben.
13. The Minister shall make such arrangements in relation to the Ofacepa-d
provision and remuneration of officers and servants of the Board as rervanta
may from time to time be necessary.
14. No action, suit, prosecution or other proceedings shall be brought ptotection
or instituted personally against any member of the Board in respect of
an act done born fide in pursuance or execution or intended execution
of this Act.
memben.
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The 'Wednesday Rule' that keeps Bec Judd's marriage strong
By Jo Abi| 2 years ago
Seven years and four children later
Rebecca Judd doesn't do anything by halves -- whether it be fashion, marriage, motherhood, career and now, a book about raising babies.
"I've been asked so many questions about so many different facets of being a parent," 35-year-old Judd told 9Honey. "From exercise to routines to what I pack when we travel and what I did with the twins on the plane."
And so, Judd enlisted the help of a slew of experts to write the ultimate baby book for parents called, The Baby Bible.
Featuring the likes of Dr Len Kliman, Dr Andrew Ngu, Midwife Cath, women's health physio Shira Kramer and paediatric sleep specialist Amanda McGill, The Baby Bible is basically an encyclopedia for new parents.
Read more: Rebecca Judd's way-too-honest parenting moment
"I've been lucky enough to surround myself with some of the most brilliant pregnancy and baby experts in Australia," the mother-of-four said.
"I'm not an expert, but over the years I've learned so much," says Judd, who is married to former AFL star Chis Judd.
Christmas Day ski runs with my bestie.
A post shared by Rebecca Judd (@becjudd) on Dec 25, 2017 at 1:03pm PST
Bec has been pregnant three times with Oscar, seven, Billie, four, and twin sons, Tom and Darcey, one.
She says each experience has been vastly different -- from pregnancy to birth to breastfeeding.
"When Oscar was born I felt nothing," she told 9Honey. "I knew I was supposed to have these feelings of overwhelming love but it took time."
With daughter Billie, however, Bec said the feelings of love were "instantaneous".
The Melbourne-based mum says she's happy she had twins later in the birth order because it's been an experience unlike any other.
"I looked like an alien," she said of being pregnant with her twins. "I will never forget the pain of growing two humans."
It's important to Bec to share realistic experiences of motherhood, from stress and fatigue to working to keep her marriage healthy.
The model and mother has been married to former Carlton captain Chris for the past seven years.
She told 9Honey a non-negotiable date night each week is key to their continued happiness while raising four children.
"We have a date night every Wednesday," she said. "We book in the babysitter and Chris is really busy and so am I [but] even if it's just playing tennis, it's really important to have that time together."
iPhone memories reminded me that on this day 1 year ago, I looked like this alien- measuring 47 weeks 😱. I will never forget the pain (and associated bawling 😭) of growing two humans. To all the multiples mums out there, I feel ya. Ps. It's actually the best thing you'll ever do. PPS. I still have that linea nigra almost a year on. Twin hormones are next level. #waddlewaddle
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The TV presenter talks throughout the book about the need for women to support each other, particularly when it comes to being a parent.
"Mums have enough to deal with every single day without worrying what everyone else is thinking of their parenting skills," she said. "As long as our babies are safe and loved, they will be okay."
(Image: Graham Denholm/WireImage)
Bec said while the experience of giving birth to her children was "overwhelming and amazing", it wasn't what she thought it would be.
"You think when you have a baby it's all music and tears and magic, but it's not like that," she told 9Honey.
"It's a shock. The obstetrician hands you a baby and the responsibility hits you."
If she had to give one piece of advice to mums she'd tell them to "relax" and take it all in their stride.
"It can be really hard, but it will all come to you," she said.
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"Even when it comes to breastfeeding. With Oscar I really struggled and I got mastitis so I called it quits. With Billie, breastfeeding was a breeze."
Judd gives lots of advice on raising twins throughout the book, saying mums of multiples hold a special place in her heart.
"I'm casual with them and they're great," she said of navigating her twin boys.
"And they are so different. Darcey is crazy and a risk-taker and Tom is calmer."
The book even covers practicalities, like items expectant parents need to buy ahead of the birth of their child.
Hey Perth, Sydney and Melbourne followers! Join me for a special @businesschicks cocktail event to celebrate my new book- The Baby Bible. Bring your girlfriends, sip on rosé, nibble on delicious canapés and chat to me about work, life, kids, babies, motherhood and everything in between (plus you can buy the book and I’ll sign it for ya too if you’re keen 😜). Dates are- Sydney: Westin Hotel - Monday April 30th 6-8.30pm. Melbourne: Glasshouse – Thursday May 3rd 6-8.30pm. Perth: Perth Arena Thursday May 10th 6-8.30pm. I’d love to see you all there. Click the link in my bio to secure your ticket.
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"I tell them just to buy lots of Bonds 'onesies'," she told 9Honey. "My twins are still in onesies."
"When you go to the hospital you pack all the cute little outfits with suspenders and buttons but they're just so impractical."
Practicality and convenience are key to raising four children under seven.
Of baby showers, Judd said she feels there are no rules.
"I love a party and for me, having a baby shower each time I am pregnant is about getting my girlfriends over and the excitement of having a baby," she told 9Honey.
"It's not about the gifts. If you have a baby shower each time you are pregnant people think you are greedy. So I just say, 'No presents, just good company'."
You can purchase Bec Judd's book The Baby Bible through Booktopia.
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Briefly Noted: More of Rousset's Salieri (CD of the Month)
by Charles T. Downey | Saturday, July 13, 2019
A. Salieri, Tarare, C. Dubois, K. Deshayes, J.-S. Bou, J. van Wanroij, Les Talens Lyriques, Les Chantres du Centre de Musique Baroque de Versailles, C. Rousset
(released on July 12, 2019)
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Among Christophe Rousset's major accomplishments as a conductor is his revival of the operas of Antonio Salieri. We took note of his recording of the composer's Les Danaïdes a few years ago. The latest in the project, Tarare, coincides with Alex Ross's on-point reconsideration of Salieri's place in music history. The superlative playing of Les Talens Lyriques, especially the whisper-fine traverso flutes, reveals this melodically rich score in its best light.
Tarare has some interesting overlaps with Mozart's career at the same time. Beaumarchais himself wrote the libretto for the French premiere in 1787, the version recorded here. Then Lorenzo da Ponte reworked it in Italian as Axur, re d'Ormus for the Viennese premiere the following year. (In the film Amadeus, Salieri is seen conducting the finale of the Viennese version, its success earning Mozart's scorn.)
Beaumarchais drew the story from a curious literary source, a collection of English exotic tales published as The Tales of the Genii, or The Delightful Lessons of Horam, the Son of Asmar. The author, James Ridley (the pseudonym of Sir Charles Morell), claimed to have translated the stories from a Persian source, but they are decidedly European visions of the East. Salieri, master of the dramatic gesture, has the orchestral intro to the Prologue interrupted by entrance of the soprano Judith van Wanroij as Nature, accompanied by the chorus of unchained winds. In the frame narrative of the French version, the shades nominate one of their number to become the despotic ruler Atar and another the soldier Tarare. The five acts that follow are the account of what became of them in their lives.
The king, jealous of the happiness and popularity of the soldier, orders Tarare's wife, Astasie, to be kidnapped and transferred to his harem. In a twist of reversal from stories like The Magic Flute, the slaves in Atar's household are Europeans -- and singers to boot. The chief eunuch, Calpigi, is even a castrato from Ferrara, who reveals his king's evil plan to have Tarare killed. Tarare manages to elude all of the plots to torture and kill him and is eventually named king after the suicide of Atar. Salieri uses jangling Janissary sounds throughout the opera, starting with the loud overture that introduces Act I. One unusual facet of the plot involves the disguise of Tarare as a black slave, who is then to be married to his own wife, who ends up sending another servant in her place. Such wife-swapping aspects crop up in Figaro and Cosi, among other works of the period.
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Sinai Terror Attack Could Easily Have Been in Minneapolis - Daniel John Sobieski
by Daniel John Sobieski
We need a president who doesn't think the war on terror is won or over, or that it doesn't matter here what happens over there.
Before the Russian Airbus 321 was blown apart 30,000 feet over the Sinai by what a growing consensus of intelligence experts believe to be a bomb planted by a passenger or airport worker, a man who would later fight and die for the Islamic State (IS) worked at the Minneapolis airport with security clearance and access to the tarmac and aircraft.
It could have happened here. It may yet. As Investor’s Business Daily reported in September, 2014:
Fox affiliate KMSP-TV in Minneapolis-St. Paul has reported the case of Abdirahmaan Muhumed, who, before he went to Syria to fight and die for IS, worked at Delta Global Services, a wholly owned subsidiary of Delta Air Lines. His job was to clean aircraft, and he had a security clearance that gave him unfettered access to the tarmac and passenger jets….
The New York Daily News reports that the 29-year-old Muhumed died in the same battle as 33-year-old Douglas McCain, another Minnesotan recruited by IS. Muhumed and McCain were said to be friends in high school, with Muhumed becoming politically active in the Twin Cities Somali community. He was one of at least 16 Minnesotans, according to Reuters, who have gone overseas to fight and train with IS.
So we have already had one airport worker with Islamic State sympathies who instead of fighting and dying over there could have easily become one of the “lone wolves” the Islamic State constantly recruits through videos, statements, and social media.
The documented security failures of the TSA do not reassure us that American security is any better that the security at Sharm el-Sheikh. As ABC News reported in June:
An internal investigation of the Transportation Security Administration revealed security failures at dozens of the nation’s busiest airports, where undercover investigators were able to smuggle mock explosives or banned weapons through checkpoints in 95 percent of trials, ABC News has learned.
The series of tests were conducted by Homeland Security Red Teams who pose as passengers, setting out to beat the system.
According to officials briefed on the results of a recent Homeland Security Inspector General’s report, TSA agents failed 67 out of 70 tests, with Red Team members repeatedly able to get potential weapons through checkpoints.
In one test an undercover agent was stopped after setting off an alarm at a magnetometer, but TSA screeners failed to detect a fake explosive device that was taped to his back during a follow-on pat down.
We can safely say that the Islamic State, while ruthless and barbaric, is not stupid. And we face the very real possibility that al-Qaida, which the pundits told us were repelled by Islamic State tactics, may soon be working in tandem with it, if it hasn’t been already. The Nigerian terrorist group Boko Haram has sworn allegiance to the Islamic State and the Sinai bombing took place on Muslim Brotherhood turf where Egypt is battling the Islamic State in the Sinai. As the International Business Times reported in September:
Al Qaeda leader Ayman al-Zawahiri called on the group's militants to cooperate with Islamic State (IS) in fighting the US-led coalition in Syria and Iraq, though refused to endorse the group's self-proclaimed caliphate….
"Despite the big mistakes [of IS], if I were in Iraq or Syria I would co-operate with them in killing the crusaders and secularists and Shi'ites even though I don't recognize the legitimacy of their state, because the matter is bigger than that," said the Egyptian doctor, who took control of the jihadist group after Osama bin Laden was killed in 2011.
So the enemy of my enemy can be my friend, which begs the question, was it in the Sinai? Was it really a coincidence that a Russian airliner was brought down shortly after Moscow starting a bombing campaign in Syria to prop up the Assad regime?
Incredibly, the Obama administration wants to add to the Islamic State sympathizers that are already here and possibly already working at our airports by importing 10,000 Syrian refugees which the head of the FBI, who says there are active terror investigations in all 50 states, admits cannot be properly vetted. If there are not among their number Islamic State agents ready to exploit our generosity, then certainly there are young and bitter Arab males vulnerable to Islamic State recruiting. As the Daily Caller notes:
FBI director James Comey said during a House Committee on Homeland Security hearing on Wednesday that the federal government does not have the ability to conduct thorough background checks on all of the 10,000 Syrian refugees that the Obama administration says will be allowed to come to the U.S.
“We can only query against that which we have collected,” Comey said in response to a line of questioning from Mississippi Rep. Bennie Thompson .
“And so if someone has never made a ripple in the pond in Syria in a way that would get their identity or their interest reflected in our database, we can query our database until the cows come home, but there will be nothing show up because we have no record of them.”
What we need is a president who doesn’t think the war on terror is won or over and thinks that it doesn’t matter here what happens over there. They are still trying to kill us. They are learning how to work together And they have already worked at our airports.
Daniel John Sobieski is a freelance writer whose pieces have appeared in Investor’s Business Daily, Human Events, Reason Magazine and the Chicago Sun-Times among other publications.
Source: http://www.americanthinker.com/articles/2015/11/sinai_terror_attack_could_easily_have_been_in_minneapolis.html
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The How and the Why
Two Crows Theatre Company
Slowpoke Lounge & Cabaret, Spring Green 137 W. Jefferson St., Spring Green, Wisconsin 53588
Eric Schabla
Zora is an acclaimed, 50-something evolutionary biologist at Harvard. Rachel is an ambitious, 20-something graduate student in the same field. Both have devoted their academic lives to learning about how women’s bodies work and why menstruation and menopause were important factors in evolution. Sparks fly when they clash with each other and the male establishment. Two Crows Theatre’s production features APT artistic director Brenda DeVita and core company member Kelsey Brennan
1/23-2/2, Slowpoke Lounge, Spring Green, at 7:30 pm Thursdays-Fridays and 1 & 6 pm Saturdays-Sundays (no 1 pm show 1/25). $25/$20.
press release: Two Crows Theatre Company’s second production of their second season will be The How and The Why by Sarah Treem (House of Cards, The Affair). The How and the Why opens January 23 in the theatre at Slowpoke Lounge & Cabaret and runs until February 2, 2020. Directed by Laura Rook, the play takes place on the eve of a prestigious conference as an up-and-coming evolutionary biologist debates the findings of an established leader in the field. This intimate and keenly perceptive play explores the difficult choices faced by women of every generation. Evolution and emotion collide in this sharp play about science, family, and survival of the fittest.
Tickets on sale now: twocrowstheatre.org. $20 - $25
Two Crows Associate Artistic Director Kelsey Brennan says this play offers females a very rare opportunity to talk about subjects that we rarely get to talk about - on stage or off, and Sarah Treem’s incredible wit and smart language mixed with a truly remarkable story augment that opportunity.
The How and the Why will feature American Players Theatre Core Acting Company Member and Two Crows Associate Artistic Director Kelsey Brennan, and American Players Theatre Artistic Director Brenda DeVita.
The How and the Why Special Events
Sunday Jan 26, following the 1pm and 6pm performances: Women's Health Forum featuring Dr. Mark Timmerman of Sauk Prairie Healthcare. Join Dr. Timmerman and The How and the Why director Laura Rook to discuss women's health topics and the scientific theories explored in the play.
Wednesday Jan 29, 6-8pm - Slowpoke Lounge & Cabaret: Spring Green Menopause Cafe. At a Menopause Cafe people, regardless of gender or age, come to eat cake and discuss menopause. There is no agenda, expectations, or experts. These pop-up cafes exists all over the world and provide a respectful, confidential place to talk about menopause. Learn more at www.menopausecafe.net and join us for Spring Green's first Menopause Cafe! Coffee provided. Participants are encouraged to bring a baked good.
What critics have said about the play:
"Sarah Treem's play brims with ideas and emotional colors that eddy and refract like rivulets in a lively, plunging stream." — Washington Post.
“An exhilarating, intellectual evening out." — Star-Ledger.
"A moving portrait of a woman meeting with equanimity - an unexpected, often painful series of questions about the choices she made in the past." — NY Times.
"Two absorbing hours with two finely formed, interesting, smart, and captivating women...a very rare achievement indeed for women in and at the theater." — Feminist Spectator.
Location Slowpoke Lounge & Cabaret, Spring Green 137 W. Jefferson St., Spring Green, Wisconsin 53588 View Map
Event Categories Theater & Dance
Date & Time Jan 23, 2020 7:30 PM Jan 24, 2020 7:30 PM Jan 25, 2020 6:00 PM Jan 26, 2020 1:00 PM Jan 26, 2020 6:00 PM
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The International Islamic Trade Finance Corporation, (ITFC, International Islamic Trade Finance Corporation) (ITFC-IDB.org), a member of the Islamic Development Bank (IsDB) Group, and OCP Africa ) (OCPAfrica.com), a subsidiary of OCP SA, have signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) that will cater towards strategic funding, innovation and capacity building measures to increase agricultural production yields and income levels for Africa’s smallholder farmers. The agreement was signed between Mr Karim Lotfi Senhadji, CEO, OCP Africa and ITFC CEO, Eng. Hani Salem Sonbol.
The MoU will increase collaboration between ITFC and OCP Africa in various areas, including smallholder farmer training on sound agricultural practices; soil testing and fertility management to support better yields; innovation and digitalization tools to modernize agricultural practices; and capacity building and support of young farmers for sustainable and inclusive development.
Commenting on the MoU, Eng. Hani Salem Sonbol, CEO, ITFC, said that the cooperation with OCP Africa is in line with ITFC’s mandate to support the development of strategic value chains in countries member of the Organization of Islamic Cooperation (OIC). “The services provided by ITFC in the agricultural sector, both in terms of trade financing and tactial support, has expanded significantly over the past years, targeting critical areas of the value chain, from farm input to processing, pre-export, and export. The sector is also one of the value chains that is ready for innovation and SME development.”
OCP Africa’s CEO, Karim Lotfi Senhadji said, “The smallholder farmer is central to OCP Africa’s strategy to support the transition of farming communities from subsistence farming to modern, sustainable agri-business. Our aim is to strengthen the continent’s agriculture ecosystems thus enabling African farmers to prosper. The agreement with ITFC will support efforts to train farmers on best farming practices, test soils for accurate fertilizer recommendations, facilitate access to financing, and improve access to markets”.
ITFC and OCP Africa will jointly introduce a new “OCP School lab” campaign in Senegal in November 2019. A flagship program of OCP Africa, OCP School Lab is an innovative program aimed at increasing the yields and the incomes of smallholder’s farmers on strategic crops by offering a full set of agri-services:
A School: interactive training sessions with live demos on good agricultural practices and animated videos in local dialects for higher impact
A mobile Lab: Soil-testing using latest innovations (X-rays, big data and machine learning) and live information on soil needs and fertilizer recommendations
ITFC has been providing significant support to ensure food security in Sub-Saharan Africa. In 2018, trade finance approvals for the food & agriculture sector amounted to US$749.6 million, representing 14.4% of the total trade finance portfolio, a 71% increase compared to the previous year. Sub-Saharan Africa accounts for 50% of ITFC’s food & agriculture sector financing extended in 2018.
Distributed by APO Group on behalf of International Islamic Trade Finance Corporation (ITFC).
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About OCP Africa:
OCP Africa (www.OCPAfrica.com) is a subsidiary of OCP Group is a leading global provider of phosphate and its derivatives with almost 100 years of experience. Based in Morocco, OCP Africa, was created to work hand-in-hand with farmers to contribute to unlocking Africa’s vast agricultural potential, in 2016. OCP produce fertilizer solutions customized to local conditions and crop needs, and works with partners in many different African governments, non-profits and private enterprises to connect farmers to agricultural services, knowledge and resources they need in order to prosper. With a presence across the continent, OCP understands the diversity and complex needs of Africa’s soils, and is committed to offering the right fertilizer products at the right time, in the right place, at the right price.
For more information go to: www.OCPAfrica.com
About the International Islamic Trade and Finance Corporation (ITFC):
The International Islamic Trade Finance Corporation (ITFC) (ITFC-IDB.org) is a member of the Islamic Development Bank (IsDB) Group. It was established with the purpose of advancing trade among OIC member countries, which would ultimately contribute to the overarching goal of improving socioeconomic conditions of the people across the world. Commenced operations in January 2008, ITFC has since consolidated all trade finance businesses that used to be handled by various windows within the IsDB Group. Earning the A1 rating by Moody’s reflects the Corporation’s efficiency in service delivery by responding swiftly to customer needs in a market-driven business environment.
Since 2008, ITFC has provided more than US$45 billion of trade financing to OIC Member Countries, making the Corporation the leading provider of trade solutions for OIC Member Countries’ needs. With a mission of being a catalyst for trade development among OIC Member Countries and beyond, the Corporation helps entities in Member Countries gain better access to trade finance and provides them with the necessary trade-related capacity building tools, which would enable them to successfully compete in the global market.
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The International Islamic Trade Finance Corporation (ITFC) and OCP Africa unite for the strategic financing, innovation, and capacity building of agriculture in Africa ITFC and OCP Africa will jointly introduce a new “OCP School lab” campaign in Senegal in November 2019 RABAT, Morocco, October 21, 2019/APO Group/ -- The International Islamic Trade Finance Corporation, (ITFC, International Islamic Trade Finance Corporation) (ITFC-IDB.org), a member of the Islamic Development Bank (IsDB) Group, and OCP Africa ) (OCPAfrica.com), a subsidiary of OCP SA, have signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) that will cater towards strategic funding, innovation and capacity building measures to increase agricultural production yields and income levels for Africa’s smallholder farmers. The agreement was signed between Mr Karim Lotfi Senhadji, CEO, OCP Africa and ITFC CEO, Eng. Hani Salem Sonbol. The MoU will increase collaboration between ITFC and OCP Africa in various areas, including smallholder farmer training on sound agricultural practices; soil testing and fertility management to support better yields; innovation and digitalization tools to modernize agricultural practices; and capacity building and support of young farmers for sustainable and inclusive development. Commenting on the MoU, Eng. Hani Salem Sonbol, CEO, ITFC, said that the cooperation with OCP Africa is in line with ITFC’s mandate to support the development of strategic value chains in countries member of the Organization of Islamic Cooperation (OIC). “The services provided by ITFC in the agricultural sector, both in terms of trade financing and tactial support, has expanded significantly over the past years, targeting critical areas of the value chain, from farm input to processing, pre-export, and export. The sector is also one of the value chains that is ready for innovation and SME development.” OCP Africa’s CEO, Karim Lotfi Senhadji said, “The smallholder farmer is central to OCP Africa’s strategy to support the transition of farming communities from subsistence farming to modern, sustainable agri-business. Our aim is to strengthen the continent’s agriculture ecosystems thus enabling African farmers to prosper. The agreement with ITFC will support efforts to train farmers on best farming practices, test soils for accurate fertilizer recommendations, facilitate access to financing, and improve access to markets”. ITFC and OCP Africa will jointly introduce a new “OCP School lab” campaign in Senegal in November 2019. A flagship program of OCP Africa, OCP School Lab is an innovative program aimed at increasing the yields and the incomes of smallholder’s farmers on strategic crops by offering a full set of agri-services:
ITFC has been providing significant support to ensure food security in Sub-Saharan Africa. In 2018, trade finance approvals for the food & agriculture sector amounted to US$749.6 million, representing 14.4% of the total trade finance portfolio, a 71% increase compared to the previous year. Sub-Saharan Africa accounts for 50% of ITFC’s food & agriculture sector financing extended in 2018. Distributed by APO Group on behalf of International Islamic Trade Finance Corporation (ITFC).
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Parliament session of 2022 will be held in new building: Om Birla
Vikash Aiyappa
Oneindia 9 January 2020
New Delhi, Jan 09: Lok Sabha Speaker Om Birla said that to mark the 75th anniversary of the country in 2022, the parliament session will be held in the new building.
"...to fulfil the dream of 'New India'. Indian parliament will hold its session in 2022, in new Parliament House to mark the 75th anniversary of its independence," Birla said, speaking at the 25th Conference of Speakers and Presiding Officers of the Commonwealth (CSPOC) in Ottawa in Canada.
Noting that the Parliament House Building has completed 92 glorious years after it was made functional in 1927, Birla said in a statement issued by Lok Sabha Secretariat that there is an urgent need to provide sufficient space and facilities for the Members of Parliament and the staff in Parliament House to fulfil the dream of 'New India'.
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Birla also made it clear that members and staff of parliament will be consulted before undertaking the renovation and reconstruction and that too, within the prescribed time limit with minimal capital and without any interference in the parliamentary work.
The speaker said the redevelopment of the Central Vista from Rashtrapati Bhavan to India Gate has been initiated and the aim of this exercise is to fulfil the needs for the next 250 years.
"Architecture of Parliament building symbolises the aspirations of the State and its people; it also epitomizes the character of the State, its traditions and cultural heritage," Birla was quoted as saying in the statement.
With the increasing number of lawmakers and the ever-growing mandate of Parliaments, he said, the legislatures across the world are also expanding.
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The speaker emphasised that the renovation and reconstruction of Parliamentary building facilitate transformation in cultural, technological and infrastructural spheres which strengthen the interface of citizens with parliament and in turn consolidates democracy.
Birla said legislatures across the world have been contemplating to renovate and redevelop parliamentary buildings to address the emerging requirements of the 21st Century.
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by timotr | Aug 29, 2011 | Collection Tips & Techniques | 0 comments
Major Dundee, in the movie of the same name returned to his troops after an extended leave and called in a young lieutenant who was played by the actor Jim Hutton.
“When I left here” the Major said, “I gave you an order.”
“No sir,” replied the younger officer. “When you left here you gave me a command. After that, I gave the orders.”
A slight pause and the Major agreed, “So I did.”
When we delegate, whether to staff, significant others or kids – do it all the way. There will be blood, mistakes will be made, and it is expected and even somewhat desirable. But don’t buy a dog and bark yourself.
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The star of the hour!
by Times of News February 6, 2018 06
Ranveer Singh is on everyone’s mind. While Padmavaat is raking in the moolah, the actor has been garnering loud and tall praises from all and sundry. Shubarna Mukerji Shu takes notes as Singh talks about the film that made his seven-year-old career, seven times brighter
Ruthless, rugged and relentless, Ranveer Singh will be sweeping all the awards for his portrayal of Allauddin Khilji in Padmaavat, which has entered the 200 cr club. While the actor is busy with his next film, and revelling in the accolades, we thought we will speak to him about the journey of Padmaavat that has expanded his fan base even further and won over critics alike.
“I keep saying this for me it is the journey that matters. It is the process of becoming Allauddin Khilji that was the greatest prize for me. I know there are a lot of people out there, saying a lot of good things but for me it is the journey that will remain the highlight.
Everyone knows that I almost didn’t do the film, because I feared diving into the depths of Khilji’s soul. His depravity and his cunning would have been too much for me, Ranveer, to conquer. But I am so glad that Mr Bhansali convinced me to take the plunge. Of course, once we wrapped the shoot, and cut that cake, I threw that garb of being Allauddin for good. No way am I getting to that space again!”
When the dark gets ugly
For me, as a person, with my moral compass – everything about Allauddin Khilji would point to the negative. However as an actor it is exciting to be able to play a negative character. It was something that I always wanted, but like they say – watch what you wish for, because I got to play the worst of the lot. The role was challenging and being Khilji took a toll on me. I knew if I would sign that dotted line, I would most likely lose myself in it. But I did come out of it, a little bit more evolved in my craft, a little bit more mature as a person. I am very happy and fulfilled about the process.
The making of Khilji
Did you know all the eccentricity and the idiosyncrasies in this character were not there on paper. I sort of added a lot to it myself, but even more than me, Mr. Bhansali added to it. We added layers, we added nuances, we added so many things to what we had in the written material, that actually makes this character more unique and fresh; it made him exciting to watch, unpredictable. What I like best is the fact that whenever people are coming upto me, telling me they like a certain moment in the film, each of their collective feedback are about scenes we had come up with spontaneously or improvised.
Like for instance, the scene where I throw that perfume on the girl and rub her against myself, that was Mr Bhansali’s idea, he came up with it on the spot. The part when I go into the fortress, and sharing lunch with Raja Ratan Singh, I sniff the food… that’s my doing. We improvised because when I suggested I will take a sniff at what’s served, Sir said perhaps that’s because he is suspicious of what is served, so he should switch the plates… and so on…. Mr Bhansali and I, free styled a lot through the making of it. like Jim Sarbh called me up and asked, how I feel about all the scenes that got cut, well, that’s what is filming a film all about, we shoot 8hours of a film and showcase only two and half. A lot is bound to go, but you enjoy the process….
Shahid feeling like an outsider…
I did my best to make him feel comfortable but perhaps because this is his first period film or a costume drama he felt a wee-bit uncomfortable. It is a whole different kind of cinematic experience when you are working on a period film, it does take a while getting your head around it. But I will tell you this, it is listening to Raja Ratan Singh’s words to Khilji, that helped me build my character.
The Bhansali-Ranveer magic
Mr Bhansali has a style that is unique to him, there is a very special bond between Bhansali sir and me, I have been thinking about it a lot. Today if a Rohit Shetty, Zoya Akhtar, Kabir Khan who are each unique directors, are very secure in their ways of filmmaking, if they feel excited about having me aboard their film, thinking to achieve something different through me, the potential they see is what Mr Bhansali has unlocked.
I genuinely think we match on many levels, we are both extremists, we are both attracted to heightened emotions and both are high risk takers. My choices as an actor will always bend towards taking the leap and his as a filmmaker too, is the same. Our synergy is great. Even Adi Sir believes we have some kind of a magic together. We have seen it through the history of cinema that a filmmaker finds a certain actor, and they go on to create a vast legacy of work together and you know it is, the same thing about sir and me. I understand all too well what he has done for my career, he has given me my biggest hits and more than that, he has shaped me into the artist I am done.
Article source: http://www.freepressjournal.in/entertainment/the-star-of-the-hour/1216502
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Brief report: Sound output of infant humidifiers
Allison K. Royer, Paul F. Wilson, Mark C. Royer, Richard Miyamoto
Otolaryngology-Head & Neck Surgery
The sound pressure levels (SPLs) of common infant humidifiers were determined to identify the likely sound exposure to infants and young children. This primary investigative research study was completed at a tertiary-level academic medical center otolaryngology and audiology laboratory. Five commercially available humidifiers were obtained from brick-and-mortar infant supply stores. Sound levels were measured at 20-, 100-, and 150-cm distances at all available humidifier settings. Two of 5 (40%) humidifiers tested had SPL readings greater than the recommended hospital infant nursery levels (50 dB) at distances up to 100 cm. In this preliminary study, it was demonstrated that humidifiers marketed for infant nurseries may produce appreciably high decibel levels. Further characterization of the effect of humidifier design on SPLs and further elucidation of ambient sound levels associated with hearing risk are necessary before definitive conclusions and recommendations can be made.
Otolaryngology - Head and Neck Surgery
Hospital Nurseries
infant equipment
sound pressure levels
Royer, A. K., Wilson, P. F., Royer, M. C., & Miyamoto, R. (2015). Brief report: Sound output of infant humidifiers. Otolaryngology - Head and Neck Surgery, 152(6), 1039-1041. https://doi.org/10.1177/0194599815580977
Brief report : Sound output of infant humidifiers. / Royer, Allison K.; Wilson, Paul F.; Royer, Mark C.; Miyamoto, Richard.
In: Otolaryngology - Head and Neck Surgery, Vol. 152, No. 6, 05.06.2015, p. 1039-1041.
Royer, AK, Wilson, PF, Royer, MC & Miyamoto, R 2015, 'Brief report: Sound output of infant humidifiers', Otolaryngology - Head and Neck Surgery, vol. 152, no. 6, pp. 1039-1041. https://doi.org/10.1177/0194599815580977
Royer AK, Wilson PF, Royer MC, Miyamoto R. Brief report: Sound output of infant humidifiers. Otolaryngology - Head and Neck Surgery. 2015 Jun 5;152(6):1039-1041. https://doi.org/10.1177/0194599815580977
Royer, Allison K. ; Wilson, Paul F. ; Royer, Mark C. ; Miyamoto, Richard. / Brief report : Sound output of infant humidifiers. In: Otolaryngology - Head and Neck Surgery. 2015 ; Vol. 152, No. 6. pp. 1039-1041.
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Use of non-mammalian alternative models for neurotoxicological study.
Randall T. Peterson, Richard Nass, Windy A. Boyd, Jonathan H. Freedman, Ke Dong, Toshio Narahashi
The field of neurotoxicology needs to satisfy two opposing demands: the testing of a growing list of chemicals, and resource limitations and ethical concerns associated with testing using traditional mammalian species. National and international government agencies have defined a need to reduce, refine or replace mammalian species in toxicological testing with alternative testing methods and non-mammalian models. Toxicological assays using alternative animal models may relieve some of this pressure by allowing testing of more compounds while reducing expense and using fewer mammals. Recent advances in genetic technologies and the strong conservation between human and non-mammalian genomes allow for the dissection of the molecular pathways involved in neurotoxicological responses and neurological diseases using genetically tractable organisms. In this review, applications of four non-mammalian species, zebrafish, cockroach, Drosophila, and Caenorhabditis elegans, in the investigation of neurotoxicology and neurological diseases are presented.
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Peterson, R. T., Nass, R., Boyd, W. A., Freedman, J. H., Dong, K., & Narahashi, T. (2008). Use of non-mammalian alternative models for neurotoxicological study. NeuroToxicology, 29(3), 546-555. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.neuro.2008.04.006
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In: NeuroToxicology, Vol. 29, No. 3, 05.2008, p. 546-555.
Peterson, RT, Nass, R, Boyd, WA, Freedman, JH, Dong, K & Narahashi, T 2008, 'Use of non-mammalian alternative models for neurotoxicological study.', NeuroToxicology, vol. 29, no. 3, pp. 546-555. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.neuro.2008.04.006
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Peterson, Randall T. ; Nass, Richard ; Boyd, Windy A. ; Freedman, Jonathan H. ; Dong, Ke ; Narahashi, Toshio. / Use of non-mammalian alternative models for neurotoxicological study. In: NeuroToxicology. 2008 ; Vol. 29, No. 3. pp. 546-555.
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Tag: Dr. Seuss
A Christmas cinematic double feature: Mary Poppins and The Grinch
Yesterday I mentioned something about saving my “grumpy about Christmas” post for today. But I’ve decided not to bah humbug it up.
It helps that I slept most of the day drugged up on advil and dayquil, so I’m a bit more chill.
Instead, I figured why not talk about movies?
After all, there’s nothing open over Christmas, so my family has had a lot of time to watch movies while I’ve laid about in a sickened stupor. Tonight I wanted to feature what I’d consider the double feature of “movies that are reboots of older things that nobody asked for and shouldn’t exist.”
Starting with the sort-of sequel to the 1964 Disney classic, “Mary Poppins,” and followed up with the Illumination take on Dr. Seuss’s classic, “The Grinch.”
Image courtesy of IMDb
So right off the bat, I think it’s fair to let you all know that I don’t have a hugely nostalgic connection to the original Mary Poppins. I’ve watched it and had the songs engrained in my head, but I didn’t walk into this pseudo-sequel with any inflated expectations.
That being said, I still fully appreciate the original for what was so groundbreaking about it. “Mary Poppins Returns” seems to appreciate it too, but to a fault.
The reason I keep calling the movie a “sequel” conditionally is because this movie essentially isn’t.
Yes, it takes place a few dozen years later and follows the exploits of the children from the first movie, now with families of their own. But the actual content of the movie is essentially just the original with a new coat of paint.
I’m not kidding. All of the musical numbers, from one set in a fantastical 2D world to one featuring the lamp lighters (a proxy for the original chimney sweepers) happened in just about the same sequence.
It even features all the same overarching messages about family and the importance of childhood wonder.
So really, think about “Mary Poppins Returns” as a reboot more than it is a sequel and certain elements about it become much better. But there are also elements that become far worse.
In the prior category: The visuals. All of the magical sequences and music numbers are gorgeous and well-composed. Most of them take on a similar style to their original counterparts and feel classic with updates to not be 50 years outdated.
Special props go to the portion of the film where Mary takes the Banks children into a porcelain bowl. There are little touches like everyone’s feet clinking while they walk that makes the whole sequence outstanding.
On top of that, I’d say that Emily Blunt and Lin-Manuel Miranda do pretty good jobs fitting the large shoes left behind by Julie Andrews and Dick Van Dyke.
Unfortunately, the movie doesn’t give them a whole lot to work with.
My problems: Nothing outside of the visuals are memorable. There isn’t a single song I remembered, which is a shame considering how timeless and integral pieces like “Spoonful of Sugar” were to the original’s longevity.
It also falters from being a “sequel” that basically isn’t. There’s no exposition when Mary Poppins arrives, as it seems assumed that the audience has seen the original. She shows up, the parents remark that they remember her but don’t believe she was actually magic and then simply let her come in and bath their children.
It’s honestly that quick, which makes it clear the movie wanted to get to the whimsey without any of the groundwork.
A more nitpick-y personal gripe is that the movie is very inconstant with its rules. For instance, the parents remark on their disbelief of her magic but do not broach into the issue of her looking exactly the same outside of a quick joke.
Also, when Mary remarks that adults always forget the youthful joy of her magic, that’s quickly contradicted by the appearance of Miranda’s character — apparently one of the child chimney sweeps from the original — who happens to remember her.
I don’t want to harp on it too long at risk of sounding like someone leveling deeply analytical complaints at a children’s movie, but because of the lack of memorable songs and rehashed plot I was so bored by the middle of the film that I couldn’t help but nitpick it.
If you’re looking for a very pretty movie to park your kids in front of (or you adore the original), you’ll get a lot out of Mary Poppins Returns as a visual spectacle.
Outside of that, however, there isn’t a ton there that isn’t done better in the original. I’d say it’s average at best, and I likely won’t remember much of it next month.
Unlike Mary Poppins, I would count myself as an invested Grinch fan thanks to the wonderful 1966 Chuck Jones and Boris Karloff “How the Grinch Stole Christmas!” It’s a true family classic that’s near perfect.
In contemporary cinematography, the Grinch has had a rougher time.
So with Illumination taking the helm of a second reboot in what I guess can be called the Dr. Seuss’s Grinch franchise, I was cautiously optimistic. I do like other movies of theirs like “Sing,” but bemoaned the possibility of it being very out-of-touch.
Having seen the movie now, I can pretty easily say it’s somewhere in the middle.
Outside of an unnerving character design for the titular character (those human-like pearly whites never sat well with me), “The Grinch” is a gorgeous movie. The environments especially, with a mix of Seussian winter wonderlands and more modern, opulent town settings.
However, I’d be lying if I said I didn’t cringe almost immediately hearing the rap version of the 1966 Grinch song. The soundtrack was probably the worst part of the movie if you ask me.
Either there was unfitting rap, too many modern day Christmas tunes that made me question just how human the Whos were in this universe, or a few strangely Jesus-heavy songs that made me question whether the Whos had a religious part of their Christmas traditions.
Are there Jewish Whos, in that case?
Outside of musical choices, the rest of the movie was handled was better than I had expected. The hour-and-a-half runtime mostly went quick. Pharrell Williams as the Narrator was… Okay. As was Benedict Cumberbatch as the Grinch.
I actually quite liked the way they handled his interactions with Max. Most of the best scenes in the movie were between the two of them, as it gave a lot of background to why they’re such good friends. More than the 1966 version, in a good way. Ties into the whole family narrative.
I’ll give Illumination props for it.
They also give Cindy-Lou Who a much larger role in the story, which is an idea I appreciate considering she is the crux that changes Grinch’s mind.
However in execution she’s pretty much every ‘I want to catch Santa’ cliché you’ve ever seen, has a design that was uncomfortably close to Edith from “Despicable Me” and has a ‘quirky’ character trait of carrying around a hockey stick for whatever reason.
The way her storyline intersects with The Grinch is predictable, but for a kids movie she serves her purpose well enough.
All-and-all, I’d say “The Grinch” 2018 was fun and well animated. Pretty good for what it was, even if parts of the set dressing were strange and uncomfortable for my tastes.
Though maybe I’m just too old and yelling at the kids on my lawn for their rap musics while lauding the original through rose-colored glasses.
That being said, I think the 1966 version and even (I shutter to admit) the Jim Carrey version did get something right which was almost detrimentally wrong with Illumination’s version.
You know how earlier I mentioned appreciating how cute the stuff between The Grinch and Max were? I do think it’s a nice touch, but it’s emblematic of the fact that the main character is made a little TOO cute, sympathetic and ‘relatable.’ The movie leans hard into his tragic backstory as justification for him acting like a jerk when in all honesty he’s probably the funniest, cutest Grinch we’ve ever seen.
But maybe that’s just a personal problem for me. After all, who am I to argue with a fun-loving misunderstood cool guy of a Grinch who uses lots of sweet gadgets in an (admittedly pretty great) Christmas-stealing montage.
It’s definitely not the worst version of the story you could show off.
Jim Carrey took that prize years ago.
Featured image courtesy of Thomas’s Pics via Wikimedia Commons
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Movie Magic, ladies and germs
Ever since my dad shifted careers to start working for the movie ticket broker Fandango, we’ve had the chance to enjoy a number of benefits.
Up to this point those benefits have been rather specifically movie ticket related (for obvious reasons). However, today we got to take advantage of benefits related to the company’s attachment with NBC Universal:
That’s right, we went to Universal Studios, y’all.
I had a blast spending the day with my family — pictured above in the featured image if it wasn’t clear to everyone — and just wanted to take a little bit of time to debrief myself from the trip and publish a couple of the pictures. Who knows, maybe that can serve an auxiliary purpose of showing some people the theme park/studio lot who can’t get there.
He says as if there aren’t plenty of outlets for that already.
But I digress. The day began, funnily enough, with work. I still work with the Gladeo League, and every two weeks (more or less) we have meetings over Google Hangouts. Naturally I forgot that today was the day I had a meeting at the same time as we needed to drive up.
Luckily it took plenty of time to get up to Universal.
Check out that fancy map
I would like to take this chance to apologize to Michelle and everyone else again for having to deal with my jostling around in the car during our meeting. If any of you happen to be reading this.
That said, even if you guys are reading this, I’m sure neither you nor the rest of the audience is interested in the logistics of driving to a theme park.
It’s all about the parking, after all.
Yeah we parked in the Frankenstein Lot. Also yeah, I got my sister to pose like everyone’s favorite amalgamate Universal monster. Also also yeah, my dad photobombed the picture.
But do I care?
Nah. It’s a great shot.
But hey, let’s jump into the park shall we?
Just kidding, got you! First I wanted to talk about this.
Look at these trees with me. These are trees outfitted with mist sprinklers. Sprinkler trees. I don’t know who came up with this idea or where they are now, but wherever they may be they should be happy I’m not there. Because I’m not sure whether to smack them for being so silly or hug them for being a genius.
It’s just so perfectly weird in all the best ways. I’m still trying to sort through my thoughts and we caught these walking into the park at 10 a.m. or so.
Okay. Now let’s get into the park. Seriously this time.
The first thing we did was wander the length of the main level to check out the different facets made available to us. Eventually we settled on the Studio Tour as our first stop.
Not included in my photo slideshow above is the interactive portions of the Tour, most notably.
The ‘ride,’ if you’re interested in calling it such, features two 3D virtual experiences. They both took place inside dark rooms with imposingly large screens surrounding the trams, which sat on rocking bases to simulate motion. One was based on King Kong and the other was based on Fast and the Furious.
There were also a number of examples of soundstage tricks throughout the time strolling around the studio lot, all capped off with a fun, snarky tour guide. Who started off the journey making fake airhorn noises.
Also in case you were curious, the Fast and the Furious portion of the Tour was just as ridiculous as the movies. Somehow they managed to pack two-and-a-half hours worth of insanity into about five minutes. Great stuff, honestly.
After finishing the Studio Tour, we moved over to check out the Simpsons region of the park.
Welcome to Springfield, population… A lot.
“Closed until Disco comes back.”
Playing carnival games!
Winning three-eyed fish off of carnival games! Also a blue monkey.
The wait for the Simpson’s Ride was a little rich for our blood, so we decided to go straight from there to the Lower Lot.
I didn’t get a picture of the escalators down, but there were seriously at least seven. The lot is built into a crazy steep mountain.
At the bottom there are a few rides, but Aly and I did not tackle the Jurassic Park ride specifically. A few years ago I took the literal plunge with my dad when we weren’t expecting what it entailed, and the picture that was taken of us that day still graces out living room.
But that’s a story for another day.
Today our time in the Lower Lot consisted of two rides: Transformers and the Mummy.
The Transformers ride was okay, though I frankly don’t have much to say about it. It was a 3D experience similar to the two portions of the Studio Tour I described, except moving around rather than being stuck on a single panel.
It did manage to be just as ridiculous as the Fast and the Furious portion of that Tour, however. Though that is a given considering it was based on a Michael Bay experience.
I think my tweet from that time sums up my thoughts pretty succinctly.
Time to find out what it’s like to not know where we are in a scene because of bad cinematography. Except in real life. #UniversalStudios #TransformersYall pic.twitter.com/9VOsA7PraL
— Jason Rochlin (@jdrochlin) April 13, 2018
Somehow the ride incorporated that mentality while also containing an arc where Optimus Prime died, then came back to help save the day. All within the span of about five minutes. Good stuff.
From there we moved into the Mummy, where a lot of the fun came from the lead-in. Mostly watching Aly freak out as we got closer to the front.
Here she is stealing a book.
Gotta love the magic of subtitles.
The ride itself actually wound up being way more intense than either of us expected. It accelerated ridiculously quickly — but of course the park planned things specifically to take photos right when those G-forces hit.
As a result, we got this gem.
I thought very hard about using this for the featured image.
But if I did, I wouldn’t be able to zoom in like this:
Talk about 100 percent pure magic.
After finishing in the Lower Lot, we moved up into the place my family was looking forward to most:
Hewlett Packard land. Everyone’s favorite technology-driven world.
I jest of course, but we really were excited for the Harry Potter stuff.
There were a couple of awesome things about this part of the park specifically. First and foremost, Butterbeer:
That stuff is real good. Enough said.
Then of course, the wands:
So many wands, so little time.
My dad’s job includes a discount at all the stores in the park, so we were all able to get wands of our own. Personally, I snagged a Luna Lovegood wand because of how beautiful a shape it takes:
It looks like a broom or an arrow, and it’s great. I also managed to get the last Snitch keychain on the rack and it’s just as beautiful. I’ll have to figure out what to do with it, since I’m not sure I want to actually stick it on my keys. Looks fragile, man.
My dad also got one of the special wands that interacted with parts of the park and he looked real cute walking around waving it at things.
But anyway, the other great thing about Harry Potter was the fact that my friend Tiana just so happened to be coming to the park today as well, so we met up there and jumped on the big attraction.
This statue was a little too suggestive for us to handle like reasonable adults…
But otherwise the decor was amazing.
Honestly the line going into the ride was the best part. It had so many amazing facets to explore that were all recognizable rooms from the movie.
The ride itself was just okay, though. Fun but a little overwhelming when it rolls you totally upside down as your feet hang free.
I tapered off on photos around this part of the day. My phone had trickled down into single-digit percentages so I didn’t have a lot of confidence in my abilities to keep it alive. Basically we ate at Mel’s Diner, I had an obscenely complicated trip around the park attempting to find a bathroom and we wound up over at the Minion’s Ride. Based, of course, on Illumination’s Despicable Me.
I’ll be honest, that ride was probably the worst part of the day. It was cute, but very impersonal compared to the way a lot of the other rides were presented.
Also it reminded me a little too much of the mobile game my sister messed around with a few years back, honestly.
On the way out we hit a couple of stores.
Welcome… To the photo I forgot earlier.
Aly being her dorky 50’s obsessed self.
The globe store.
Aly being a dork x2.
Also here’s something we found in one of the stores that will stare into your soul for the next few nights.
From there we left the park, took that neat-o picture I used for my post’s featured image out by the big globe and went over to City Walk so Aly could drag us to Voodoo Donuts.
That, in a not-so-concise nutshell, was my day at Universal Studios. From there we drove home, where I got in some more Don’t Starve on the oh-so-convenient Nintendo Switch:
Guess who unlocked his favorite character during the drive home from Universal? This guy. ❤ pic.twitter.com/0RbcIxG7Oa
Then I started working on this blog post.
Don’t think I have too much more to say without things getting weirdly meta and self-contemplative, so I’m going to leave off where I started. I had a great day with my family and I can’t wait to see where we wind up next.
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John Lydon – Psycho’s Path
May 3, 2013 May 4, 2013 / Jason's Jukebox
Part 44 of a series that will run throughout 2013 as I discuss records that have affected me throughout the years – Flashback Fridays
What does the term “punk” mean? The other day I was driving in my suburban neighborhood and noticed a group of teenagers hanging outside of Starbucks (Dr. Evil’s Headquarters). Does social and monetary status define how we define ourselves? It’s a difficult question to answer, really. I remember in the early 90’s when I was discovering the original punk scene I’d mock those kids who wore Rancid shirts (I probably hadn’t heard of Operation Ivy yet) and blabber on about the Sex Pistols and The Clash. An old friend recently sent me an article on The Onion from 2003 featuring a guy ranting on about how he was a true punk – cause he’d seen the 1996 Sex Pistols reunion show and how could kids in 2003 be old enough to remember that? Sigh. I was BORN in 1977.
Although my primary interests quickly moved on from punk to post-punk, I’ve always held on to a deep love for several of the original punk bands – The Sex Pistols being an obvious one. What is startling about the career of John Lydon (aka Johnny Rotten) is how quickly he transitioned from being one of the true originals in punk to a true original in the post-punk scene (with a little help from his friends). Out of the 1st 4 LP’s Lydon was involved with, no less than 3 of them are considered masterpieces by most music critics (I’d count all 4 as masterpieces – Never Mind the Bollocks, 1st Issue, Metal Box, The Flowers of Romance – and don’t count The Great Rock n Roll Swindle as a full length record). Things are a little hit or miss after that for me.
In 1997 I happened to be at Tower Records in Philadelphia with a friend and heard a unique blend of electronic music & ghostly vocals. It seemed familiar yet I just couldn’t grasp what it was. After checking with the clerk I was stunned to find out it was the new John Lydon solo record, Psycho’s Path. I instantly bought the CD and was mesmerized by the sounds contained within. It has been a record that I’ve come back to often over the last 15 years or so.
…like a drowned man, clutching at straws (album breakdown)
Grave Ride – ominous bass heavy synths fill the mix, almost screaming “90’s Electronica” until the sinister voice of John Lydon enters the mix. Whispering / singing his way through the track as an overall feeling of dread never lets up. Towards the end of the track Lydon lets his emotions loose as his vocals are sung with a sense of urgency. The music might sound different from his other projects but the lyrics tie it all together:
I heard some friends got taken for a ride,
A one way journey, everybody died.
It’s not unusual, many go that way.
Their numbers mounting every single day,
Dog – One of the greatest songs Lydon has ever been involved with and I don’t say that lightly. The track slowly fades in with wordless vocals and slight electronic embellishments before a heavy beat enters the mix. Lydon chants “You can look to the future when you’re confident” repeatedly before asking various questions and answering himself. Sounds a bit…unhinged. And it is, brilliantly so. Features some vintage Lydon lyrics:
Nothing has an answer and that’s a fact
And all religions are the devils pacts
And one step forward is two steps back
And you know and I know and that’s a fact
And as we stand, we are innocent
Adam and Eve are innocent
And all mankind is innocent
We can all do without judgement
Psychopath – the title track ebbs and flows, building atmosphere without reaching the climax the listener might hope for. Is this a bad thing? Not for me – sometimes a tight track is perfect for the feel of the record. This track is one of the few that sounds like it’d fit in on a Public Image Limited record. Noisy guitar squalls compliment Lydon’s smooth vocals perfectly. “And as I reach into the sky, the Devil and the Angels just pass me by.”
Sun – An accordion led waltz – of course this was the single! I honestly can’t imagine any form of radio playing this track very much, especially when it was released. That being said, this track is perfectly executed and will have you muttering “the idiot dance” under your breath after you’ve heard it just once. As always, Lydon’s vocals never cease to amaze. He dances around phrases, rhymes where it doesn’t seem possible and generally holds everything together.
Another Way – One of the strongest tracks on the record, if not THE strongest track. The electronic beat is front and center in the mix with Lydon turning in a Johnny Rotten worthy vocal performance. One of those tracks that builds and builds on the dark atmosphere as it progresses, it is a remarkable song. The way the song allows the layered atmospheric build up stand in stark contrast to the isolated (and amazing) vocals by John Lydon is something that needs to be heard to be believed. Another set of lyrics that are stunning:
One Upmanship is a game you play.
Competition is a game you say.
Well rules are rules
And rules are for fools.
This gravy train led by mules.
Dis-Ho – The track starts off with an uptempo beat before suddenly shifting about a minute in. The track morphs into a dark techno masterpiece, the incessant beat combined with sinister vocals providing an intoxicating mix. “Now don’t be told your life is order / You bite this hook, your life is over”
Take Me – This is the track I would have chosen for the single off of the record, if I had been a record company executive in 1997 and not a 20-year-old hipster geek. Very strong chorus, catchy music and perfect vocals. Shows a slight electronic influence but isn’t afraid to show off its pop leanings. Key lyrics:
Don’t want your world
Don’t want nothing in it
I seen your world
I been around
Don’t know why we’re in it
A No and a Yes – a case of Lydon sounding like the bands he has influenced on this track, but no one has the golden pipes that he does. Is that damning praise? I don’t know – this is a deeper album cut that has a weak chorus, strong music, and absolutely stunning vocals. Key lyrics:
Too much confusion these days
Between a no and a yes who knows?
Now which side of the fence
Is best who knows
Stump – a masterpiece sequenced towards the end of the album. Dark electronic music, evoking visions of a carnival in hell. Lydon spouts off various lyrics about hypocrisy in others as well as ourselves and whole track seems to be heading off a cliff. This is a classic Johnny Rotten – I mean Lydon – vocal performance. Key lyrics:
You will condemn in me, the things you
Love the most
You will condemn and roast the things you want the most
You could never find an answer inside a book
Armies – A Nine Inch Nails type industrial beat opens the track as synthesizers fade into the mix. Nursery rhyme vibe married to a sound collage – this could be released in 2013 and still sound current. There isn’t a strong chorus to the track, but that really isn’t the point. Key lyrics:
And every scene is seen as obscene
The spoken word should never be heard
And every nude is soon subdued
And every thought should end in nought
Open Up (Chemical Brothers remix) – There are a few remixes tacked on to this album, but this is the only one that is a unique track (and thus the only one broken down here). More of a techno feel to this track, which might not come as a surprise since the Chemical Brothers are involved with the mix. The beat is dance floor ready, fading away as Lydon delivers his vocals in a ghostly affectation. Lyrics aren’t quite as strong as the music here, but this is a nice line: “You lied. you faked. you cheated. / You changed the stakes.”
Another decade and a half would go by after the release of this record before the world heard the famous Johnny Rotten lend his pipes to new compositions (with the 2012 release of Public Image Limited’s This is PiL). I think this record (again, the ONLY one released under his own name) gets unfairly overlooked. Am I really comparing it to his groundbreaking work with the Sex Pistols and Public Image Limited? Not really – I think it exists in a universe of its own. Nothing else sounds like it in the Johnny Rotten / Lydon discography and is a record that deserves to be sought out and listened to by music fans. Join me next time as I discuss my favorite record by The Beatles, Rubber Soul.
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Nice write up. I enjoyed reading your look at Lydon’s solo album. I bought this album the day it came out and I instantly fell in love with the awkwardness and creative structures of the songs. And I’ve always enjoyed the fact that Lydon uses his voice as an instrument, especially on this album. I think this record is a real gem. Have you ever heard the few bootlegs floating around from the aborted tour for this album? I think Johnny did two or three shows in Japan. Good stuff! Psycho’s Path has it’s place next to Flowers of Romance or First Edition. Nice job. Cheers.
Jason W. Adolf
thanks for reading my little write up! I love this album and have always thought it was a shame that it has kind of gotten forgotten about as the years pass. I haven’t heard any of the bootlegs from the tour, I’ll have to do some “internet research” to see what I can dig up! I’d agree with you regarding its spot in Lydon’s recording history – top 5, easily. Haven’t really thought about how it compares to the PIL reunion album which I enjoyed (though its not quite as unhinged as I’d hoped)
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3. The rhythm of walking movements in Periplaneta, Blatta, Dytiscus, Hydropkilus, Carabus, Blaps and Chrysomela obeys two rules: (i) no foreleg or middle leg is protracted until the leg behind has taken up its supporting position; (ii) each leg alternates with the contralateral one of the same segment. Other pterygote insects appeared not to differ from the species studied in any essential feature.
4. An increase in speed is accompanied by a decrease in the times of both protraction (p) and retraction (r), a shortening of the stride length, and an increase in the distance between the successive points d'appui. The range of speeds is continuous and no distinction could be recognized between walking and running.
5. Several gaits have been observed, the most common order of protraction being R1, L2, R3, L1 , R2, L3, R1, etc., but these grade into one another if the ratio p/r is altered and the two rules obeyed. A system of rigidly alternating tripods would result if the ratio p/r was unity, but this is never quite realized as there is always a delay, sometimes extremely short, between the protraction of the three legs of a triangle. At very slow speeds the rhythm R3, R2, R1, L3, L2, L1 , R3, etc., may be present.
6. It is concluded that insects are the end-product of a process of limb reduction among terrestrial Arthropoda in which p/r may be increased to nearly one and yet the animal retains static stability throughout the whole cycle. This is impossible with fewer than six legs.
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The Passion Of The Parsnip: Vegetarianism And The Feelings Of Plants
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Arguing about food is totally a thing in this waning year, and now Natalie Angier has thrown her hat into the ring by claiming that plants have feelings too.
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[B]efore we cede the entire moral penthouse to "committed vegetarians" and "strong ethical vegans," we might consider that plants no more aspire to being stir-fried in a wok than a hog aspires to being peppercorn-studded in my Christmas clay pot. This is not meant as a trite argument or a chuckled aside. Plants are lively and seek to keep it that way. The more that scientists learn about the complexity of plants - their keen sensitivity to the environment, the speed with which they react to changes in the environment, and the extraordinary number of tricks that plants will rally to fight off attackers and solicit help from afar - the more impressed researchers become, and the less easily we can dismiss plants as so much fiberfill backdrop, passive sunlight collectors on which deer, antelope and vegans can conveniently graze. It's time for a green revolution, a reseeding of our stubborn animal minds.
She then launches into a series of anecdotes about the ways plants protect themselves from getting eaten, all of which are entertaining, and all of which seem slightly beside the point. Anyone who's ever eschewed meat has encountered more than one person who makes jokes about cruelty to carrots, usually with the goal of making vegetarians feel like idiots. They do this because vegetarianism often feels like a judgment, implicit or explicit, against the way omnivores live their lives. But the fact that brussels sprouts combat hungry caterpillars by releasing compounds that summon caterpillar-eating wasps doesn't invalidate vegetarianism anymore than the sheer number of sick people in the world invalidates medical care. We can never end all suffering, and the assumption that this is the goal of all vegetarians misunderstands what vegetarianism is about — a misunderstanding unfortunately fostered by some vegetarians.
Angier's real point isn't actually that vegetarianism is dumb, or that we should all subsist on fruit and dead bugs. Rather, her argument is that all eating is a compromise. Angier writes that she no longer eats "mammalian meat," but still consumes fish and poultry. She continues,
My dietary decisions are arbitrary and inconsistent, and when friends ask why I'm willing to try the duck but not the lamb, I don't have a good answer. Food choices are often like that: difficult to articulate yet strongly held.
The truth is, the best thing human beings could do for (almost) every other species on Earth would be to cease to exist. Anytime we choose to keep ourselves alive at the expense of other living things — which we do all the time, consciously or not — we sacrifice a certain amount of our moral purity. This is something people on both sides of the debate about food politics have to accept — that vegetarians will never be entirely morally perfect, and that this lack of perfection doesn't invalidate what they're trying to do.
Food politics are ancient, as a look at any religion's dietary laws will attest. And as Angier says, people often believe in their food choices almost as deeply as they believe in their gods, making many a dinner table a kind of culinary Middle East. Arguing about food can be just as thankless as trying to talk someone into or out of belief in God, and at this point we might do well to accept an interfaith model of eating. Yes, food is about morality, and yes, we can judge others' dietary morals if we wish. But food, like religion, can also be about comfort, memory, tradition, transcendence, and joy, and these are things people can share even if they're not eating the same dish. It might be time to focus on them.
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Автор: Casey Watson
Жанр: Научно-образовательная Популярная Психология
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Home Sport Cricket
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Thomas Cover and Lachlan Williams after their 158 run unbeaten opening partnership.
Cricket was the winner at the inaugural Under 13 youth cricket championship held in Maitland this week.
After an off-season shake up of the Cricket NSW pathways program, Newcastle entered the carnival with two sides, Lake Mac Attack and Newcastle.
Lake Mac Attack finished the 3 day carnival on top of their division losing only one match of their five played.
A performance of note was Lachlan Williams’ 82 not out in a 158 run opening stand with Thomas Cover who finished with 52 not out. Batting second after Central Coast posted a total of 156 Williams and Cover chased down the runs with aplomb.
Williams stroke play was a highlight of his innings caressing boundaries to all parts of the ground.
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Another highlight from the carnival was the innings of Kel Wilson on day 2, scoring 49 from 35 balls with 6 fours and 2 sixes, one of which was a sight to be seen sailing deep over long on.
The Newcastle side also tasted success with 3 wins from 5 matches.
The star for the Newcastle side was Austen Hiskins who scored 223 runs at an average of 55.75 over the 3 days. His carnival was highlighted by a beautiful 94 from just 68 balls against the Hunter Valley today.
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About EPF
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General As the key financial organization in Lao PDR to provide sustainable financing for projects/activities related to the strengthening of environmental protection, the sustainable natural resources management, biodiversity conservation and associated community development, the EPF works closely with the different Government Agencies in providing policy support and subsequently identify investment requirements. For this the EPF ensures that its activities are closely coordinated with all agencies and existing development funds, namely the Poverty Reduction Fund and Forestry Development Fund and others aiming at the complementarities.
ADB Environment and Social Program Loan In the starting phase, the Government has received financial support from the Asian Development Bank (ADB) to establish an US$ 5.7 million endowment fund to operate and maintain its executive office. The financial support was provided through the Environment and Social Program Loan (Loan 1867-LAO and TA 3746-LAO), which intended to support the policy reform agenda of the Government of Lao PDR (the Government) for improved environmental management and social safeguards in the energy and transport sectors. As part of the Environment and Social Program Loan, the EPF was established through the issuing of Prime Ministers Decree 146 on June 7, 2005, the subsequent appointment of the EPF Board of Directors and Executive Director, the approval of the EPF Charter and Operations Manual, and the authorization to set-up authorized bank accounts locally and overseas to invest the EPF funds.
World Bank Environment and Social Project Subsequently, the World Bank (WB) is currently supporting the EPF through the Lao Environmental and Social (LENS). The LEnS Project is designed as a complimentary activity to the NT2 project as stated in the GOLs Letter of Implementation Policy (GLIP) for NT2: We are seeking support from the World Bank for a nation-wide Environment and Social (LENS) Project, addressing the need to mainstream environmental and social safeguards in infrastructure development, strengthen biodiversity conservation in Central Lao, and increase the publics knowledge of and support for environmental management. As further defined in the LEnS Development Grant Agreement between the Lao PDR and World Bank (No H177-LA dated 15 August 2005), the LENS Project has been integrated as specialized financing windows under the Environment Protection Fund (EPF).
The linkage with NT2 Project has been integrated into the LEnS DGA through key-covenants related to the main sub-components. Notably, the covenants are related to the National Policy on Environmental and Social Sustainability of the Hydropower Sector (see Annex VIII), support for the integrated management of the Nam Theun/Nam Kading river basin, the implementation of the Decree on Resettlement and Compensation (see Annex III), Protected Area management, and support for communities on sustainable environmental management activities.
Strategic Plan To sustain the operations and financing opportunities of the EPF, the Executive Office is further expanding its strategic partnerships to seek additional funds and to establish sustainable financing mechanisms. As described in its 5-year Strategic Plan, these will include:
Grants and Loan from foreign entities, to complement the existing Grants.
State Budget: Lao PDR has high potential to fund the environment from the natural resources use and activities (hydropower, mining, eco-tourism..), EPF will undertake a study on the fees and surcharges from the resource use that will provide contribution to the EPF.
Contributions from business and person entities: The contribution from provide sector is highly promising as the GOL provide policy for hydropower sector to contribute to the EPF and many other business developed have agreed with the GOL to contribute to the EPF, the EPF Office will further work with these entities and other GOL agencies about the contribution.
Interest or benefits accrued from investing the EPF endowment: EPF will invest the fund that will not be immediately used for the EPF activities such as the endowment fund from the ADB.
For More Detail, Please Download file Below:
List of Mining and Hydro contributed to EPF for FY 2016 ( Oct/2015-Dec/2016) Download
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Book Review: ‘Redemption Songs: A Year in the Life of a Community Prison Choir’ by Andy Douglas
Posted on Aug 1, 2019 by Melody Dworak
Redemption Songs: A Year in the Life of a Community Prison Choir
Andy Douglas — Innerworld Publications
Andy Douglas reading
Prairie Lights Books & Cafe — Friday, Aug. 16 at 7 p.m.
What can music do for the incarcerated soul? Turning trauma into personal transformation, music and art creates a nest in even the most locked-up hearts.
Iowa City author Andy Douglas explores this idea in his 2019 book, Redemption Songs: A Year in the Life of a Community Prison Choir. Douglas has been an “outsider” member of the Oakdale Community Choir, led by conductor Mary Cohen, for seven years. His book takes us on a season-by-season tour of his experiences. Making music together — singing in a group — affects both insiders and outsiders alike in very powerful ways.
Oakdale’s official name is the Iowa Medical Classification Center Correctional Facility. It’s a medium-security prison that holds roughly 1,000 inmates in an unassuming campus on Coral Ridge Avenue.
Tyrone, an inmate quoted in the book, says, “I want you to know that the choir is a shining high point of our week. When I leave rehearsal, I go back to my cell, all hyped up, and my cell-mates are like — ‘What’s with you?’ We just appreciate you guys so much.”
In his book, Douglas grounds such experiences in research. He notes findings that music affects insiders in several areas: “Teamwork, group order, social adjustment, new companionship, fair play and sense of cooperation, decreased prejudice and a healthy sense of community cohesiveness.”
Readers might find themselves wanting to sing along. The book’s other strengths include moving lyrics written by prisoners themselves and reflections by experts who work with prison populations.
The storytelling would be stronger had we gotten to know the prisoners better. It is difficult to tell which inmate he is talking about when he just uses a first name and a vocal section. Despite this drawback, anyone who works in the public service sector, who believes in social justice or who aspires to “love thy neighbor” would benefit from reading this book.
This article was originally published in Little Village issue 268.
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How to Deal With Your Boyfriend Being Away on Base
by Genevieve Van Wyden
You are dating a member of the military. It doesn’t matter whether he is in the Army, Marines, Air Force or Navy -- he will be away and you are going to miss him. It is often said that being in the military isn’t what someone does -- instead, it is who he is. This might be true for your boyfriend. While he is gone, you need to know how to cope with loneliness and missing him.
Understand Your Role in His Life
Making the decision to date someone in the military is not a decision to make on the fly. He will have to go into the field for training missions. He will have to deploy overseas, sometimes for training and other times, because his unit is needed in a war zone. He made this commitment when he signed his enlistment paperwork, according to the Married to the Army website. He obviously cannot go to his commander and tell him, “My girlfriend is going to miss me too much, so I can’t go.” If he bailed out because of your relationship, he would be considered AWOL, absent without leave, a criminal offense in the military.
Send Him Small Gifts
Your boyfriend might be stationed in another state, making it hard for you to see each other. Let him know you have not forgotten him. Make up small care packages filled with items he might need or enjoy, such as books, CDs, personal-hygiene products, non-perishable snacks and DVDs, suggests the Singing Through the Rain website. Caveat: If he is stationed in a country with strict religious rules, skip over the soft-porn movies and books. Choose something else to send, instead.
Connect With Support Groups
Even though you are not married yet, you should seek out and join support groups for spouses and significant others. Other girlfriends and spouses are going through the same things you are experiencing. Being able to talk about your feelings, fears and thoughts will help you get through those difficult times, according to the Military SOS website. When you have questions, someone will be able to answer them for you.
Communicate As Often As You Can
You won’t be able to communicate every day, but do commit to communicating with your boyfriend as often as his mission allows. Send him letters, make phone calls, connect on Skype and send emails. Frequent communication makes your long-distance relationship stronger, according to the Online Dating Magazine. When you are talking to him, tell him what you are feeling. By doing so, he will feel reassured that you are more strongly committed to your dating relationship.
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Genevieve Van Wyden began writing in 2007. She has written for “Tu Revista Latina” and owns three blogs. She has worked as a CPS social worker, gaining experience in the mental-health system. Van Wyden earned her Bachelor of Arts in journalism from New Mexico State University in 2006.
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Program Feedback
Volunteer Advocates Who Are Also Available for the Houston Task Force
Lone Survivor Foundation has a small staff, but we’re doing big things! In 2011, we conducted just four therapeutic retreats. In 2017, we conducted thirty-eight retreats and we’re working on building a second retreat facility so that we can keep reaching more of the families that need us. This exponential growth was accomplished through the power of word-of-mouth marketing thanks to a community of supporters who believe in our mission. If your passion for the veteran community runs deep, and you want to learn how you can directly assist LSF’s efforts, we invite you to join us as a Volunteer Advocate!
Our Volunteer Advocates are a nationwide extension of our team who come together with the shared mission to restore, empower, and renew hope to our wounded service members. They are our boots on the ground and our voices in the community who spread our message much further than our small staff could on our own.
We empower our Advocates to help the LSF mission in several ways:
LSF Volunteer Advocates Facebook Group
We communicate to our team of Volunteer Advocates online through a Facebook Group where Advocates can engage directly with staff and with each other. We also have live Q&A sessions, share tips on networking, and discuss our current needs and goals as well as ask for the feedback of the community.
PsychArmor Institute Training
We’ve arranged for all of our Advocates to have access to a custom designed series of courses from the PsychArmor Institute. These courses are designed to help you engage effectively with the military community and they cover military cultural competency and the Invisible Wounds that our retreat program focuses on.
LSF Education
Advocates receive a booklet titled “The Volunteer Field Manual: Everything you need to know about Lone Survivor Foundation.” This booklet includes information on our history, our program, and all of the different ways our supporters can become involved with LSF.
WHAT OUR VOLUNTEER ADVOCATES DO
The primary function of our Volunteer Advocates is to engage directly with Lone Survivor Foundation as a community of supporters who are actively involved in the Foundation’s goals. Advocacy looks different for each individual as everyone has different interests, strengths, and personal networks. The following are just a few examples of ways that Volunteer Advocates have chosen to harness their passion and get involved.
Share LSF messages and graphics with their personal social media networks
Invite their friends to like and share LSF social media posts
Add LSF events to local calendars and share with their networks
Share information about LSF in online groups
Create online fundraising campaigns using Everyday Hero or Facebook Fundraisers
Request auction item donations for LSF fundraising events
Attend networking groups
Host third-part beneficiary events
Speak to employers about hosting military awareness and fundraising events
Attend events on our behalf as a representative for LSF
Educate personal, business, and governmental networks about LSF and present opportunities to support the Foundation
LSF Advocates are asked to help us network in their local community in whatever ways they are able and to engage with potential donors, sponsors, fundraisers, volunteers, and retreat participants. LSF Swag can be earned through referrals that lead to a successful outcome in the following categories:
Beneficiary Event Organizers
Houston Task Force
The Houston Task Force is a group of Volunteer Advocates who are also available to help us staff events, complete occasional administrative tasks, and attend volunteer meetings in person in the greater Houston area. Members of the Houston Task Force will be asked to join a second Facebook Group so that we can communicate about in-person volunteer opportunities.
Most Volunteer Opportunities will consist of staffing our merchandise booth and networking at events which are managed by third-parties to benefit Lone Survivor Foundation. Volunteers are asked to use their personal cell phones to collect payments via credit card via the free PayPal HERE app at these events.
There are also a limited number of opportunities to help in our corporate office, located at 610 and Kirby in Houston. Typical assignments include helping with mailings and light data entry.
The Houston Task Force also participates in quarterly Volunteer Meetings to discuss the Foundation’s current goals.
A Facebook account is strongly recommended as the majority of communications will happen via Facebook through our Volunteer Advocates Group. We also ask that volunteers join the LSF Supporters Facebook Group which is linked to our official Facebook page.
LSF Volunteer Advocates are enthusiastic veteran advocates who represent Lone Survivor Foundation. As such, we ask that they read the Volunteer Field Manual and become familiar with the LSF Program.
Volunteers must accept the Volunteer Agreement and the Volunteer Release of Liability upon signing up. The forms will be available online and will also be mailed to you.
REQUIREMENTS SPECIFIC TO THE HOUSTON TASK FORCE
LSF employs a small staff. When you commit to a volunteer assignment, you become a valuable member of the LSF Team and play an important role in the success of the mission. LSF understands that things can happen that may interfere with your ability to volunteer. However, when a volunteer cancels or doesn’t show up to a shift that they have committed to, it can put a strain on the Foundation and fellow volunteers. If a volunteer is assigned to help with an event, cancellation may also impact the agreement that the Foundation has made with the Event Organizers who have chosen LSF as a beneficiary. Therefore, we ask that our volunteers not make any commitments that they may be unable to fulfill.
Volunteers are required to wear a Lone Survivor Foundation shirt when working at events. One will be provided to you upon signing up. Additional shirts can be earned through service. Some events may require a different dress code, and this information will be provided on the invitation to sign up for the volunteer assignment.
Since most events are not managed by LSF, there may be times when we don’t have complete details for our volunteers. While we make every effort to get you all of the information that you need about an event, a good attitude and the ability to improvise and adapt are required!
Volunteers are asked to use their personal cell phones to process purchases and donations through the free PayPal HERE app.
Click here to be taken to the sign up page. You will enter all of your contact information and acknowledge your acceptance of the Volunteer Agreement and Release of Liability.
You will receive confirmation from LSF staff along with instructions on how to join the appropriate Facebook groups and access your training.
Sign up for the Volunteer Force!
The Lone Survivor Foundation is a Federal 501(c)3 Non-Profit Founded in 2010 by Navy SEAL (Ret.) Marcus Luttrell. EIN: 27-1850918
Website and Contents © 2019 The Lone Survivor Foundation. All Rights Reserved.
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Researchers review the clinical potential of senolytic drugs on aging
September 4, 2017 , Mayo Clinic
Credit: Mayo Clinic
Researchers are moving closer to realizing the clinical potential of drugs that have previously been shown to support healthy aging in animals. In a review article published online in the Journal of the American Geriatrics Society, Mayo Clinic aging experts say that, if proven to be effective and safe in humans, these drugs could be "transformative" by preventing or delaying chronic conditions as a group instead of one at a time.
The drugs being tested are called senolytic agents, because they target senescent cells. These are cells that have stopped dividing and secrete toxic chemicals that damage adjacent cells. Accumulation of senescent cells, which increases with age, is associated with chronic conditions, including diabetes, cardiovascular disease, most cancers, dementia, arthritis, osteopetrosis, and frailty.
Researchers at Mayo Clinic's Robert and Arlene Kogod Center on Aging developed the first senolytic drugs to target these harmful cells. In a recent study led by The Scripps Research Institute, Mayo Clinic researchers and others confirmed that the senolytic drugs discovered at Mayo effectively clear senescent cells while leaving normal cells unaffected. The study, which was published in Nature Communications, also describes a new screening platform for finding additional senolytic drugs that will more optimally target senescent cells. The platform, together with additional human cell assays, identified and confirmed a new category of senolytic drugs, which are called HSP90 inhibitors.
James Kirkland, M.D., Ph.D., director of the Kogod Center on Aging, explains that the platform will help researchers quickly identify additional drugs that target aging processes, which he says will be useful as they move closer to clinical intervention. "We've moved rapidly in the last few years, and it's increasingly looking like senolytic drugs, including the recently discovered HSP90 inhibitors, are having an impact on a huge range of diseases. We will need to continue to test whether there are more optimal drugs or drug combinations to broaden the range of senescent cell types targeted."
As senolytic drugs and drug combinations are discovered, researchers then will need to test them in clinical trials. Dr. Kirkland and authors on the review article, "The Clinical Potential of Senolytic Drugs," acknowledge the unique challenges of these trials in the field of aging, including the difficulty of testing long-term end points, such as life span and health span - the healthy, productive years of life. Outcomes such as effects on median or maximum lifespan cannot be tested feasibly in humans. That's why Mayo Clinic and others are using new clinical trial paradigms, which include testing the effects of senolytic drugs on co-morbidity, accelerated aging like conditions, diseases with localized accumulation of senescent cells, potentially fatal diseases associated with senescent cell accumulation, age-related loss of physiological resilience, and frailty. The authors also call out a need for additional geriatricians with research training to lead future clinical trials.
"The emerging repertoire of senolytic drugs shows that they are having an impact on a huge range of diseases," says Dr. Kirkland. "Our goal is to achieve the same success in humans as we have in preclinical animal models in efforts to prevent or delay the conditions associated with aging."
Journal information: Journal of the American Geriatrics Society , Nature Communications
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John Hunt, 85, was diagnosed with asbestosis and asbestos related pleural disease in the early 2000s after working in asbestos-contaminated environments at Bundaberg Sugar's Fairymead Mill for 38 years. Sarah Steger
FIGHTING FOR BREATH: Ex-worker sues Bundaberg Sugar for $2m
by sarahsteger
6th Dec 2018 6:00 AM | Updated: 2:13 PM
AN 85-year-old man left permanently disabled after being exposed to asbestos during his 38 years of working for Bundaberg Sugar is suing the company for more than $2 million, claiming the milling giant is behind his never-ending pain, suffering and reduced life expectancy.
Between 1958 and 1996, Bundaberg resident John Hunt worked as a mill worker, fireman and engine driver at Bundaberg Sugar's Fairymead Mill.
When he retired 22 years ago (in 1996), Mr Hunt was ready to settle down and reap the rewards after years of hard work and physical labour.
But in the early 2000s, Mr Hunt was diagnosed with asbestosis and asbestos related pleural disease, which has caused him shortness of breath, impaired lung function and pain throughout his body.
John Hunt, 85, and wife Joan Hunt, 78, holding a 1996 copy of the NewsMail from when he was featured on the front page in honour of his retirement from the Fairymead Mill. Sarah Steger
Wife of 59 years and Mr Hunt's full-time carer, Joan Hunt, 78, said her husband's quality of life had spiralled over the past decade.
"He was coughing a lot when he first retired so I said 'you should go to the doctor'. We didn't know what it was, that's when they said he only had 50 per cent of his lungs left," she said.
Mr Hunt was unable to speak to the NewsMail yesterday, having just come back from a doctor's appointment.
"Today's a really bad day for me, I'm not in a good way," he said before passing the phone to his wife.
Mrs Hunt said her husband's condition was a terrible thing to watch unfold.
"He's now only got 20 per cent of his lungs. He can't walk from one room to another room, it's very difficult for him," she said.
"He has to sit down by the window throughout the night and put his head forward because his breath cuts off."
Mrs Hunt explained her husband barely slept three hours a night because he "can't lie down much".
Now, the father of three, grandfather of nine and great-grandfather of seven children is claiming loss and damages of $2,011,580 from Bundaberg Sugar.
John Hunt, 85, celebrating his retirement in 1996 on his last day working at the Fairymead Mill. Sarah Steger
In a claim lodged in the Supreme Court of Queensland last month, Mr Hunt's solicitor Jonathan Walsh alleged his client's former employer not only breached its duty of care in exposing him and other workers to asbestos products but also breached its contract of employment.
"As a consequence of the plaintiff's (Mr Hunt) inhalation of asbestos dust and fibre during the course of his employment ... (he) has developed asbestos and ARPD ... for which the defendant (Bundaberg Sugar) is liable," the statement of claim alleged.
"The cause ... was the defendant's (Bundaberg Sugar) negligence and breach of contract."
Mrs Hunt said she "was going" with her husband when he first started working at Fairymead Mill.
"He did two crushing seasons, then we got married two years later in 1960, when he went full time," she said.
"He gradually got his tickets ... and started driving the engines, the turbines that ran the mill. He was out there for 38 years."
It is alleged Mr Hunt "handled, mixed, applied, removed and otherwise worked with asbestos insulation, including ... raw loose asbestos products" throughout the four decades he worked for the company.
"(He) worked in an environment that was contaminated with respirable asbestos dust and fibre..."
John Hunt, 85, on the front page of the NewMail in 1996 on his last day working at Fairymead Mill. Sarah Steger
As a consequence, the claim alleged the asbestos particles were "released" into Mr Hunt's "breathing space and onto (his) hands, clothes, person and work environment".
Asbestosis and asbestos related pleural disease are permanent, progressive diseases and have no cure, according to the Asbestos and Mesothelioma Association of Australia.
According to the Asbestos and Mesothelioma Association of Australia, both diseases can take between 10 and 30 years to appear after initial exposure to asbestos, and typically result after sharp, microscopic asbestos fibres become lodged in a person's lungs, causing a build-up of scar tissue.
Mrs Hunt said being her husband's full-time carer and watching what he was going through was "very hard and stressful".
"He used to be very active. He could do anything, he built houses, boats, anything, he'd do it. He was that sort of man, so now, being like this, it worries him," she said.
"He keeps saying to me 'I cant do anything anymore. The kids have invited us for Christmas, but he can't even go to their house now.
"He's sick all the time and he can't do anything anymore. Everything is hard because he can't breath. His lungs fill up with fluid, all the fibres are in his lungs, and they get infected. He gets pneumonia a lot and coughs constantly."
Being diagnosed with asbestosis is a significant risk factor for more serious asbestos-related diseases such as pleural mesothelioma and lung cancer as well, something the Hunts are now all-too-aware of.
"He (Mr Hunt) knew he was working with asbestos, they all did (the workers). And they knew it was dangerous," Mrs Hunt told the NewsMail.
"When everyone was putting claims in, they pulled the Fairymead Mill down about 10 years, but most of them, the Fairymead workers, are gone now, they died. A lot of them got lung cancer."
In the statement of claim, Mr Hunt's solicitor alleged Bundaberg Sugar has been negligent by failing to "provide a safe place of work ... and require the plaintiff (Mr Hunt) to wear protective equipment, including effective dust respirators" while working in asbestos-contaminated environments.
He is suing for a total of $2,011,580, with the most significant damages being claimed stemming from past voluntary assistance ($1 million claim) and general damages ($400K claim).
"The plaintiff has been left with permanent disability of the function of his person ... will suffer a reduced life expectancy ... (and) has endured and will continue to endure pain and suffering." the statement of claim alleged.
Bundaberg Sugar yesterday refused to comment.
Asbestos is a naturally occurring mineral industries mined and integrated into a wide variety of products until largely phasing it out in the 1980s. Working with asbestos produces dust in the form of extremely thin, sharp fibres the human body cannot dissolve.
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Franklin Scott Spears
Full Name: Franklin Scott Spears
S 26 Jan 8, 1963 - Jan 10, 1967 59th 58th (1) Democrat San Antonio / Bexar Bexar
S 26 Dec 22, 1961 - Jan 8, 1963 57th (2) Democrat San Antonio / Bexar Bexar
H 68-2 Jan 10, 1961 - Dec 14, 1961 57th (2) Democrat San Antonio / Bexar Bexar
H 68-2 Jan 13, 1959 - Jan 10, 1961 56th Democrat San Antonio / Bexar Bexar
(1) 58th Legislature - Drawing for Terms of Office, 1/9/1963, p. 16. Drew 4-year term. Senate Journal.
(2) In Senate, Franklin S. Spears, in special election 12/16/1961, sworn 12/22/1961, succeeded Henry B. Gonzalez, elected Congressman, 25th District, 11/4/1961, resigned Senate seat 11/5/1961. Spears' first session in the Senate was 57th 3rd Called Session. In House, Rudy Esquivel, in special election 12/16/1961, took office 12/22/1961, succeeded Franklin S. Spears, resigned 12/14/1961. Esquivel's first session was 57th 3rd Called Session. Members of the Texas Congress 1836-1845; Members of the Texas Legislature 1846-2004, 2005.
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57th Legislature, R.S., HSR 67. Resolutions - Congratulatory and Honorary.
Biographical sketch and portrait, Franklin Scott Spears, Associate Justice, Texas Supreme Court, 1979-1990. Relatives: J. Franklin Spears - father, Franklin Scott Spears - son. Justices of Texas, 1836-1986 (Tarlton Law Library, The University of Texas at Austin), 2004.
Memorial, September 1996, p. 819. Texas Bar Journal.
Photo and biographical sketch, Supreme Court of Texas, April 1985, pp. 432-434. Texas Bar Journal.
United States Army, Captain. "Upon graduation in 1954, he was commissioned a second lieutenant in the United States Army, and was designated a Distinguished Military Graduate. After serving served two years active duty in Germany and honorably discharged as a captain in 1956." Biographical sketch, Supreme Court of Texas, April 1985, p. 434. Texas Bar Journal.
United States Army. Photo and salute. With Honor and Gratitude: A Special Thank You to Our Texas Senate Members Who Served Our Country, 2017.
Photograph. Franklin Spears, 56th Legislature, State Preservation Board
Photograph. Franklin Spears, 56th Legislature, Texas Yearbook, 56th Legislature
57th session composite photo of Senate members (Ground floor corridor, south wall. GE.C1). State Preservation Board.
56th session composite photo of House members (Ground floor corridor, south wall. GW.C1). State Preservation Board.
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Camille Bloch, Swiss ingenuity since 1929
Luxury / Swiss News
Switzerland is the king land of chocolate and Camille Bloch is one of the key players of a flourishing industry. The Swiss company was founded in 1929 and its history is marked by determination and innovation, always thinking out of the box. Today, 87 years after the company creation, Camille Bloch launches Ragusa Friends and a very special edition Lara Gut, celebrating the tremendous performance of the Swiss Skier.
Camille Bloch, Swiss chocolate avant-garde since 1929
Switzerland’s chocolates have earned an international reputation for high quality with many famous international brands. From the 19th century until the First World War and throughout the Second World War the Swiss chocolate industry was very export-oriented. Today most Swiss chocolate is consumed by the Swiss themselves (54% in 2000 and 45% in 2014), and Switzerland has the highest per capita rate of chocolate consumption world wide (11.6 kg (25.6 lbs.) per capita per annum). The Swiss Chocolate industry represents more than 200 companies acting locally and worldwide. The Swiss Chocolate federation has 20 active members from Nestlé to Camille Bloch. The industry employs 4’241 employees for a total sales of CHF 1.743 billion. Exports remain strong, especially towards Germany and the United Kingdom. The national market is strong as well. Swiss chocolates are consumed by Swiss inhabitants but also by foreign tourists visiting the country. Exports have been gaining some field as areas like Asia or Middle East represent a double digit growth for the past 5 years. So key players like Camille Bloch has its role to play.
When Camille Bloch created his company, the world was facing a strong economic crisis and Switzerland was not preserved. When the famous economic crack hit the world in 1929, Switzerland had a hard time. Exportations just melted down, unemployment was at 8% and almost a fifth of the population was facing poverty. Many Swiss people decided to leave the country and try their luck somewhere else. Others decided to capitalize on Swiss know how and dare to resist to economic recession. That was the case of Camille Bloch. His passion for chocolate started in 1926 when he had a commercial apprenticeship at Tobler AG in Bern. He understood there was a great opportunity to establish his own business and that’s why he created “Chocolats et bombons fins Camille Bloch”. Initially he would buy the chocolate paste already manufactured but he decided quite fast to manufacture chocolate himself. That is why he acquired in 1934 an old factory in Courtelary – Bern Jura. After several works to adapt the factory to a Chocolate manufacture. After a full year of preparations, the company opened its new facility under the name “Chocolats Camille Bloch SA”.
The Ragusa, an innovative idea that became an icon of Swiss Chocolate
A few years later, the world get into the Second World War and very fast, all transports are blocked, importations become complex to manage as several war zones would monopolize the transportations flows. Switzerland had a very difficult position as the country was stuck in the middle of the war between Germany, France and Italy. So borders were pretty closed with very few exchanges. Why this is important for the chocolate industry? To produce chocolate, we need cacao beans and these cannot be grown in Switzerland or even Europe. Cacao beans were imported at that time from South America and Africa. As we can imagine, not easy to travel in a world at war. So Swiss companies needed to find ways to use less cacao beans in their chocolate and still keep the same production volumes. Several recipes and production secrets were found. Camille Bloch did not wish to compromise quality, taste and their know-how as chocolate manufacturers, so the only solution was to think out of the box. And this is what Camille Bloch did. In order to save the chocolate paste and still propose a tasteful product, he had the idea to transform hazelnuts coming from Turkey into a paste. He would add whole hazelnuts and recover everything with a thin yet consistent chocolate paste. And Ragusa was created! We were in 1942. Why Ragusa for the name? According to the brand, Camille Bloch used to go on holidays to Croatia, in the city of Dubrovnik. This city was called Ragusa until 1918, date in which the name was changed to Dubrovnik. Camille Bloch thought that Ragusa was a great name that could work in several languages, so the name was chosen.
Camille Bloch, a success story until today
After the Second world war, the 50’s brought a new positive wave to the country. Industrial development allowed progress and a new era started. Chocolates went from a luxury good to a more mass distribution business model. The development of better machines allowed to serve a demand for more chocolate, so the production of chocolate bars in series was possible. Camille Bloch being well established since 1929 and keeping his innovator spirit decided to embrace this new era and launched another iconic product: the Torino.
The Swiss company was one of the first Swiss Chocolatiers to produce chocolate bars in series. The success of Torino is also due to its formula. Only the best ingredients are used to provide this tender and soft Praline heart loved in a fair layer of best chocolate. Due to the fact that there were no fridges in the stores in the 50’s and the 60’s, Camille Bloch could only deliver the chocolate bars in autumn and winter. So every year a strong advertising campaign in Autumn would take place to remind people they can get their preferred chocolate bar again. This situation lived still for a while and only the 80’s brought a solution to this problem so Camille Bloch could finally please the aficionados all year long. With Ragusa and Torino, Camille Bloch was able to build a consistent and sustainable business over the years. We should also add a third arrow to the company’s bow: the Liqueurs.
Thanks to an innovative manufacturing process, the chocolate maker brought a very original product to the market, for fine liquors amateurs. The recipe comes from Camille Bloch himself and has been used for the past 60 years. From Cognac, to Williams, Kirsch, Grappa or Cointreau, Camille Bloch proposes a vast range of fine spirits.
Ragusa friends, a new way to share good moments
Chocolate is made to procure you happiness and positivism. It might be the sugar, or the magnesium. But in all cases is because you can share it with your family and friends. That is why Camille Bloch wished to celebrate the passion for sharing in launching Ragusa Friends. By launching this small format, Camille Bloch changes the Ragusa product but keeps the philosophy that animates this product over decades. Now you can please a friend, or even yourself with an indulgent moment. Available on a pack of 4 or 12 pieces, it is the perfect item on the go in your urban life. Here is the TV Spot to present the universe of the new product.
With the new Ragusa Friends, Camille Bloch proposes a younger vision of Ragusa that will adapt to a modern lifestyle: spontaneous, active and gourmand.
As we can see, Camille Bloch has been innovating for the pleasure of our senses since 1929. 87 years of creation at the service of quality, heritage, innovation and Swiss ingenuity. You can check more about Camille Bloch by visiting the official website:
http://www.camillebloch.ch
Last but not least, Camille Bloch made a limited edition to celebrate the amazing performance season of Swiss skier Lara Gut. It is a limited edition of Ragusa Blond only available in a few point of sales, especially online.
Info sourced at Camille Bloch official communication release. Thanks to Mr Fabrice Aubert for his help and information. All content is copyrighted with no reproduction rights available. Images are for illustration purposes only.
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Gork
Gork about to eat a planet like a space jellybean.
GORK IS BEZT AT KRUMMPIN'ND BASHIN WAAAAAAAAGH!!!
- The Words of Gork summing up Ork Kulture
IntroductionEdit
Gork is one of the two Ork gods, the god of cunning brutality. He is the more brutal but cunning out of the twins, while Mork is the more cunning but brutal. The core "difference" between them is that Mork will hit you when you aren't looking, while Gork will hit you harder when you are.
Prior to 7th edition, Orks had no idea which god was Gork and which god was Mork (and debates were just another excuse to fight each other). This was eventually dropped because it was super awkward to write. Most likely, the Prophet of Gork and Mork laid down his head-canon, and the other Orks figured he was big enough to close the matter.
Gork HimselfEdit
Gork, as noted, is the Ork god for sheer might and power. Some may debate that the ork Gods can compete with the Chaos Gods when talking about cunningness or power, but there is no way of knowing for sure. As the Warp's nature is ever-changing and spontaneous, the might of a certain god is never set in place. Although, there is a fact that each race's feelings are represented by an entity in the Warp and as the ork population and crusades grow in number, so does the might of Gork and Mork. In the long run, in a sense, he could arguably be one of the most powerful entities in the warp along with his twin Mork and the Chaos Gods. Unlike his twin, Gork favors (and in turn is often favored by) the likes of Warbosses and Nobz as well as countless other Orks due to his manifestation of the Ork's prime brutality and CQC fighting. Due to this, Gork may be more physically powerful than Mork but is less intellectually competent and cunning as a result, creating a balance of power between the twins.
What Gork and Mork do in their free time, harassing the Emprah.
From what can be determined, given what little (if any) history is available on the Orks, both Gork and Mork came into existence upon the Orks' creation when they inadvertently started channeling their essence (and wanton violence) into their gestalt field, similar to that of the Eldar; however the Orks' gods often like to get a bit more 'personal' with their subjects i.e. will offer cosmic aid to whoever is chanting their names long enough and if they decide they are worthy enough of their aid; if they are considered worthy, then woe to any forces opposing the tsunami of green people.]] Although they are both idolized upon, the Orks often have no idea who they are directly praying to resulting in much lulz if a Weirdboy praying for Gork's space foot to crush the enemy summons Mork instead, who makes his head explode for mistaking their identities (not that they care THAT much).
The only distinction that can be made between the two is that Gork is the more favored of the two gods for the more common greenskins, as he is the manifestation of power and might for the Orks, while Mork is more favored towards Orks that possess a sheer level of intellect and cunning such as BigMeks, Gretchins, Flashgitz and other Oddboyz. Whatever is the case, both are rumored to be more powerful than Khorne, due to the sheer psychic might of the Orks, and may actually have the power to snap Khorne like some sissy daemonette.
Mirroring the Orks as a faction themselves, Gork and Mork united could probably overpower any other god. Also much like the Ork race, they fight each between themselves as much as external threats, much to the galaxy's relief. Fundamentally, this is the reason for the Orks to venerate twin gods. Though mild distinctions can be drawn, in practice Gork and Mork are identical. The reason there must be two is that Orks prize the glory of combat above all things. Why have two gods where one would suffice? So they can fight.
Although no one has the faintest idea on what these twin gods may truly look like, they can at least be interpreted through the various designs of the BigMek's Stompas and Gargants, which are noted to be effigies of the two gods.
On the TabletopEdit
A classic magic spell for the Orcs in WFB is the Foot of Gork, where the Orcs use their magic to manifest Gork's massive foot whereupon he uses his mighty size to stomp whatever unlucky git is in the way flat into the mud. It is rendered in all its awesome glory in Total War: Warhammer.
The Foot of Gork also has an on-again-off-again relationship with 40k. Sometimes it's a normal Weirdboy spell sometimes it's rendered Apocalypse only, sometimes the writers think their army bright red Mad Max rovers with flamethrower guitars filled with fungus football hooligans is too serious for the magic spell about stomping on people. Luckily that last phase doesn't last long. In 8th edition the Foot of Gork has been renamed to Da Krunch, but the fluff paragraph confirms that it's still our beloved god of cunning brutality taking his time out of his day to stomp da runty gitz.
In WarhammerEdit
In WHFB, Mork and Gork are the deities of the greenskin faction, Gork is mainly worshipped by the more brutal orcs while Mork is worshipped by goblins .
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Prep boys basketball preview: Madison East hungry for more than a Big Eight title repeat
BOYS BASKETBALL PREVIEW | BIG EIGHT CONFERENCE
From the Prep boys basketball previews: Team-by-team capsule previews for area teams, conferences series
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Madison East's Anthony Washington (4) lays up a shot over the defense of Madison Memorial's Logan Younk (12) during the first half of Madison East's 56-50 Big Eight Conference win at James Madison Memorial High School in Madison, Wis. Thursday, Jan. 24, 2019. JOHN HART, STATE JOURNAL
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BIG EIGHT CONFERENCE
2018-2019 STANDINGS
Team: Conf., All
Madison East: 17-1, 22-2
Madison La Follette: 14-4, 20-6
Madison Memorial: 13-5, 17-7
Sun Prairie: 12-6, 21-7
Middleton: 10-8, 13-10
Madison West: 7-11, 9-14
Janesville Craig: 7-11, 11-13
Verona: 6-12, 7-16
Janesville Parker: 2-16, 4-19
Beloit Memorial: 2-16, 3-20
Top WIAA tournament performances: Sun Prairie was the D1 runner-up, losing 69-52 to Brookfield Central; Madison La Follette lost to Sun Prairie, 66-53, in D1 sectional final.
RETURNING ALL-CONFERENCE PLAYERS
First team: Anthony Washington, sr., Madison East.
Second team: Ben Probst, sr., Madison La Follette.
Honorable mention: Keonte Jones, sr., Madison East; Dayne Armwald, sr., Madison West.
COACHES’ FAVORITES
1, Madison East; 2, Madison La Follette; 3, Sun Prairie.
TEAM CAPSULES
Beloit Memorial Purple Knights
Coach: Dondre Bell, second year (3-19).
Returning starters (2): Jaden Bell, 6-3, sr., G (9.1 ppg); Cam Boyd, 6-3, sr., G (3.9 ppg).
Other returning letterwinners (4): Azeez Ganiyu, 6-4, sr., C (5.5 ppg); Kobe Chandler, 6-0, sr., G (3.4 ppg); Cordell France, 5-8 sr., G (2.6 ppg); Elontae Phiffer, 5-7, jr., G (1.0 ppg).
Key fact: The Purple Knights add Shelvin Garrett — a first-team All-Big Eight football player and a state qualifier in the triple jump — to a group bursting with length and athleticism.
The lowdown: Senior Jaden Bell will lean on his two years of varsity experience to lead a team that managed just two conference wins a year ago. The Purple Knights will return four players with significant varsity experience to pair with some electric athletes who were unable to play last season. The lanky Azeez Ganiyu is expected to create problems on the block with his size and play at the rim.
Quotable: “I expect our team to be right in the middle of the Big Eight this year,” Bell said.
Janesville Craig Cougars
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Coach: Ben McCormick, third year (22-25).
Returning starters: None.
Other returning letterwinners (2): Angelo Rizzo, 6-2, jr., G (7.0 ppg, 3.6 rpg); Caleb Scoville, 6-3, sr., G (2.7 ppg, 2.3 rpg).
Key fact: The Cougars lost nine varsity players to graduation, including their top three scorers. The Cougars will have to grow quickly if they want to stay out of the bottom half of the Big Eight.
The lowdown: Junior Angelo Rizzo is the only player with serious experience, averaging 7 ppg as a sophomore. Rizzo will have to step into a leadership role for the Cougars to show improvement this season. Sophomore Marshaun Harriel could be a contributor following a successful junior varsity season a year ago.
Janesville Parker Vikings
Coach: Matt Bredesen, second year (4-19).
Returning starters (4): Matthew Hartwig, 6-3, jr., F (8.0 ppg, 4.2 rpg); Robert Delong, 6-0, jr., G (7.0 ppg, 3.0 rpg); Brady Biba, 6-5, sr., C (5.9 ppg, 4.9 rpg); Brendan Weis, 6-5, jr., G (5.2 ppg, 2.4 rpg).
Other returning letterwinners (2): Ethan Thompson, 5-10, jr., G (3.4 ppg); Nick Galvan, 6-1, jr., G (1.4 ppg).
Key fact: The Vikings’ only graduation loss from the starting lineup was Tremar Curry, a third-team All-Big Eight pick who led Parker in points, rebounds and assists.
The lowdown: Janesville Parker is a young team with tremendous experience for its age. Their six core players have considerable varsity exposure, even though there is only one senior on the roster. The Vikings have plenty of size and hope to jump-start a program that hasn’t had a winning season since 2001-2002. Outside of the six letterwinners, Parker will give chances to a variety of juniors — and freshman Sam Bess who Bredesen thinks could make an immediate varsity impact.
Quotable: “We played five sophomores and a junior a ton last season, and I expect that experience to be valuable,” Bredesen said.
Madison East Purgolders
Coach: Matt Miota, ninth year (125-96).
Returning starters (4): Anthony Washington, 6-3, sr., G (16.9 ppg, 5.0 rpg); Keonte Jones, 6-3, sr., G (10.0 ppg, 3.1 rpg); Marcus Justice, 6-5, sr., F (6.0 ppg, 5.1 rpg); Jevan Boyton, 6-4, jr., F (7.8 ppg, 5.7 rpg).
Other returning letterwinners (5): David McKinley, 6-1, sr., G (3.8 ppg); Michael McIntosh, 6-1, jr., G (3.3 ppg); Max Baumann 5-10, sr., G (2.3 ppg); Moses Fadele, 6-0, sr., G (1.1 ppg); Jack Tupta, 5-11, sr., G (0.9 ppg).
Key fact: The Purgolders ended the regular season last year ranked No. 1 by The Associated Press, but were left with a bitter taste by their regional final loss to Racine Horlick.
The lowdown: The Purgolders enter this season, despite losing Big Eight Player of the Year Damontae Thompson to graduation. The rest of the core is back, and the backcourt defense will be a considerable strength with the return of Washington and Jones.
Quotable: “Team expectations are to win conference and state,” Miota said.
Madison La Follette Lancers
Coach: Curtrel Robinson, sixth year (61-61).
Returning starters (4): Isaiah Stewart, 6-0, sr., G (10 ppg, 3.6 rpg); Ben Probst, 6-2, sr., G (15 ppg, 3.8 rpg); Derek Gray, 6-2, sr., PG (7.5 ppg, 2.5 rpg); David Gray, 6-2 sr., G (5 ppg, 3.5 rpg).
Other returning letterwinners (2): Dakovin Prather, 6-3, sr., F (3 ppg, 2rpg); Charlie Kunkel, 6-3, sr., F/G (3 ppg, 2 rpg).
Key fact: Ben Probst will return as the Lancers’ leading scorer.
The lowdown: Four starters from the 2018-2019 season return for the Lancers, who finished second in the league race and went 20-6 overall last year. Probst, who quarterbacked the Lancers’ football team to a successful year, is ready to step into the role of team leader and go-to scorer.
Madison Memorial Spartans
Coach: Steve Collins, 22nd year (414-106).
Returning starters (1): Kyle Yu, 6-4, jr., G (8.8 ppg).
Other returning letterwinners (8): Justin Jackson, 6-3, sr., F (5.0 ppg); Kwan Lewis, 6-2, sr., G (4.5 ppg); Drew Collins 6-2, sr., G (3.9 ppg); Yacouba Traore Jr., 6-6, sr., F (3.2 ppg); Logan Younk, 6-5, sr., F (2.4 ppg); Kole Kerkhoff, 6-2, sr., G (1.3 ppg); LaQuandis Cannon 6-3, sr., F (1.0 ppg).
Key fact: Multi-sport athlete Yu returns as the only starter from last year for the Spartans. Yu has impressed area scouts with his basketball and baseball skills.
The lowdown: Despite losing four of five starters, the Spartans return a lot of experienced players who came off the bench a year ago. The team has seven seniors to pair with Yu. A few of those seniors will be expected to make major strides for the Spartans to compete in a Big Eight Conference filled with talent and athleticism.
Madison West Regents
Coach: Keith Stewart, 11th year (83-154).
Returning starters (2): Dayne Armwald, 6-5 sr., F (17.2 ppg); Elliot Berry, 6-1 jr., G (8.0 ppg).
Other returning letterwinners (3): Demond Thompson, 6-5, jr., C (2.7 ppg); James Richmond, 6-3, sr., F (1.7 ppg); Jerome Jacobs, 6-3, so., F (5.0 ppg).
Key fact: The Regents return Dayne Armwald, the leading scorer in the Big Eight last season.
The lowdown: West won’t blow most opponents away with an explosive offense, but they will lean on Armwald to provide offensive production after a successful junior season. The graduation of second-team All-Big Eight selection Cliff McCray will hurt the Regents, but they still expect smart play from their returning core.
Quotable: “We are expecting a very exciting year,” Stewart said. “We have great guard depth and multiple players who can play both sides of the floor with intelligence.”
Middleton Cardinals
Coach: Kevin Bavery, 14th year (187-120).
Returning starters (1): Henry Patterson, 6-3, sr., F (3.7 ppg).
Other returning letterwinners (7): Parker Van Buren, 6-9, sr., F/C (6.5 ppg, 2 rpg); Billy Johnson, 6-4, sr., F/C; Logan Schultz, 6-4, sr., W; Cole Deptula, 6-3, sr., G (4.9 ppg) Tyler Huff, 6-1, sr., W; Emmett Smith, 5-10, sr., G; Cain Carlson, 6-2, sr., F (2 ppg).
Key fact: Bavery stands eight victories away from reaching 400 for his overall career.
The lowdown: Parker Van Buren has gone from a 5-11 freshman to a 6-9 Division 1 volleyball recruit for Loyola University in Chicago. Also filling things up on the inside will be senior Billy Johnson, a 6-4 Air Force football recruit who will play center. While the Cardinals don’t return much varsity experience, the players that do return bring a lot of athletic ability. The inside size has the coaching staff changing the offensive approach “with a commitment to get the ball inside,” Bavery said. “We feel we have kids coming from the under level teams to continue that down the line.”
Quotable: “We don't return a lot of varsity experience, but our senior class has some late bloomers,” Bavery said. “We should have a really good mix of inside and outside scoring.”
Sun Prairie Cardinals
Coach: Jeff Boos, 25th year (294-247).
Returning starters (2): Colin Schaefer, 6-0, sr., PG (11.3 ppg, 3 rpg); Delaware Hale, 6-6, sr., F ( 12.2 ppg, 3.8 rpg).
Other returning letterwinners (7): Dawson Hughes, 5-11, sr., G (7.2 ppg, 2.2 rpg); Carter Amundson, 5-10, sr., G; Cole Amnudson, 5-10, sr., G; Zay Lyles, 6-0, sr., G; Caden Fritz, 6-4, sr., F; Sylvester Ware, 6-5, sr., F; Deante Luster, 6-4, sr., G.
Key fact: Last year’s leading scorer, Brock Voigt, is playing at UW-Eau Claire. … Six wins this year will give Boos 300 at Sun Prairie.
The lowdown: Despite taking fourth in the Big Eight during the regular season, Boos’ Cardinals got hot during the postseason and advanced to the WIAA Division 1 state championship game, where they lost to Brookfield Central. It was the Cardinals’ second consecutive trip to the state tournament. With Voigt gone this year, the leadership roles will transfer to Schaefer, Hale and Hughes, giving Sun Prairie a go-to player at every spot on the floor. Hale has shown remarkable growth and added maturity after a solid junior season, and Schaefer and Hughes are ready for their time in the spotlight.
Verona Wildcats
Coach: Eddie Singleton II, first year.
Returning starters (2): Malik Odetunde, 6-2, sr., G (9.1 ppg); Haakon Anderson, 6-2, sr., G (7.9 ppg).
Other returning letterwinners (3): Adam Bekx, 6-3, sr., G (5.1 ppg); Cam McCorkle, 5-10, jr., G (2.2 ppg); James Rae, 6-4, jr., F (2.0 ppg).
Key fact: Singleton, a first-year head coach, previously served as an assistant at Madison La Follette for four years, which could mean a couple of interesting matchups against his former players during the Big Eight season.
The lowdown: The Wildcats hope to compete in a conference packed with talent, despite the return of only two starters. Beyond the projected starting five, there are no players with varsity experience. Adam Bekx and Haakon Anderson were part of the offensive attack that led Verona football to a second-place finish in the Big Eight. Big man Trevin Lieck, a 6-7 senior, gives the Wildcats an option inside. He is back after deciding not to play last season.
Quotable: “We just have to show up and work hard every day, control the things we can control and punch the clock ready to work hard,” Singleton said.
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Teads and Adform partner for brand-safe programmatic
Teads Programmatic Adform GDPR
Media platform Teads has announced an official partnership with independent adtech platform Adform that will see Teads gain direct integration with Adform’s programmatic buying platform. The integration will enable Adform’s agencies and advertisers to access Teads’ cross-screen outstream inventory via an exclusive private marketplace. Teads’ inventory includes some of the world’s largest publishers, including the BBC, The Washington Post, Slate, Newsweek, ESPN, Forbes, The Economist, El Pais and more.
“We’re delighted to broaden the scale of Teads’ premium inventory through our integration with Adform,” said Hugues Templier, EMEA programmatic business development director at Teads. “As one of the exclusive RTB buying platforms connected to Teads inventory, advertisers and agencies will have access to the world’s best quality publishers through Adform, so they can be confident their ads will appear in viewable, brand-safe environments.”
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“GDPR is still in its implementation phase, it takes time for the advertising ecosystem to adapt,” said Pierre Chappaz, founder and executive chairman at Teads. “The Information Commissioner’s Office, like other European regulators, understands this. Apart from the increase in technical workload, publishers have not yet seen any significant impact from GDPR.
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Do you mean Christmas, or what holiday in particular?
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it lasts for about 354 years thanks jojo
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How long does Halloween candy last?
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How long does the Macy's parade last?
Tips For Attending the Parade The duration of the parade depends on where you view it from.Near the beginning of the route, it will last about one-and-a-half hours, closer to Macy's, the parade will last closer to three hours.
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How long does homemade pumpkin pie last?
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How long does carnival last in Brazil?
Officially, Carnival in Rio starts on Friday, after work time, ending on Wednesday, noon.So 5 days.But, depending on your level of interest or if you work to build (yes, build, not make - the parade cars have some degree of engineering on them) Carnival, it can last for a full year long.
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Boxing Week.Boxing Week is a period of six days or more that starts with Boxing Day on December 26 and ends with New Year's Eve on December 31.The term was invented by the retail industry around the mid-2000s as an attempt to extend their Boxing Day sales through much of the Christmas season.
How long does pumpkin bread last?
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How long does Saki last once opened?
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How long does a 40 lb bag of pellets last?
Q: How long does one bag of pellets last? A: According to the Pellet Fuels Institute, a 40-lb bag of pellet fuel can provide up to 24 hours of solid heat.A winter's supply of wood pellets is about 100-150 bags—depending on climatic and lifestyle variations.
How long does a typical New Year's resolution last?
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How long does day of the dead last?
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How long does pie last in the fridge?
Properly stored, freshly baked apple pie will last for about 2 days at normal room temperature.How long does apple pie last in the fridge? Freshly baked apple pie will keep well for about 4 to 5 days in the refrigerator; cover loosely with foil or plastic wrap.
How long does Day of the Dead last for?
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How long does pureed pumpkin last in fridge?
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How long does pumpkin pie last in the fridge?
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How long a carved pumpkin will last?
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How long will a carved pumpkin last?
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How long will a painted pumpkin last?
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What causes fluorescent lights to not come on?
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How long does See's Candy last in the refrigerator?
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How long does harvest festival last these days?
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Hill-Behan: A New Concept In Building Materials Merchandising
By Thomas Rosell on November 17, 2017 • ( 27 )
former Hill-Behan Lumber Company Home Improvement Store. Biloxi, Harrison County, Miss. 3-21-2015
Today’s featured newspaper clipping notes the introduction a convenience we take for granted today. If you’ve ever been hot and sweaty working on a project and had the frustration of needing one more widget or sprocket to finish said project on a Sunday afternoon, an air-conditioned home improvement store can be a godsend. In his book Building a Market: The Rise of the Home Improvement Industry, 1914-1960, Richard Harris cites local lumber dealers as the primary precursor from which modern home improvement stores emerged. The Hill-Behan Lumber Company can be seen as one example of this type of store. According to the obituary of William L. Behan Jr.,
Founded in 1912, Hill Behan Lumber Company was a prominent retailer of lumber and building materials with locations in four states: Missouri, Illinois, Mississippi and Louisiana… Hill Behan Lumber Company first began operations in Brookhaven, Mississippi in 1943 as Columbus Lumber Company, a Southern Yellow Pine sawmill and lumber treatment plant. Hill Behan Lumber Company later added a retail building material outlet serving Southwest Mississippi home builders and homeowners.
In 1970 Hill-Behan decided to expand into the Biloxi-Gulfport market with the construction of a store on Beauvoir Road.
Hill-Behan Lumber Company from Biloxi Daily Herald June 21, 1970
FIRM TO OPEN IN BILOXI
Hill-Behan Lumber Company will open a new business in Biloxi in September, offering a new concept in building material merchandising.
The building is now under construction on a 10-acre site fronting Beauvoir road between the L&N Railroad and the Jefferson Davis Shrine.
Dennis Behan, vice president and general manager, pointed out that 11,200 square feet of the 19,600 square foot building will be air-conditioned.
The air-conditioned area will include a show room area. Hardware items, paint, and wood products sold by Hill-Behan will all be under the same roof, Behan stated.
Behan said the structure will be a wood building with cedar shake roof in the front, built with attractiveness in mind.
The building, which will cost $82,000, has been under construction about a month, and Behan said, “We hope to be opened in the early part of September.”
This will be the 25th such business of Hill-Behan in operation in the St. Louis, Chicago and New Orleans market areas, according to Behan.
He also noted the company owns and operates its own sawmill in Brookhaven, Miss.
Biloxi Daily Herald June 21, 1970
The store would also sell tools. Stylistically, the building seems to follow a corporate design for all Hill-Behan stores of the period. This store opened just shy of a year after Hurricane Camille hit in August, 1969, so there was certainly a market demand for the firm’s stock in trade. In 1970 the competitor chain Builder Square, then known as Home Centers of America was founded, and 1971 was when Handy Andy Home Improvement Centers opened their first expansion store. It certainly seems to be a time period when this new type of retail was flourishing. I believe Hill-Behan would also open stores in Jackson and Brookhaven. Does anyone recall other Hill-Behan stores in other parts of Mississippi?
Hill-Behan Ad detail from Biloxi Daily Herald December 21, 1970
When the Hill-Behan Company closed in 2001, the chain had been reduced from thirty-some stores down to eleven stores. I don’t recall that the Biloxi store was one of those, having closed earlier. For as long as I care to remember this structure has been for sale or lease. For being a decorated shed, the building still is impressively intact, retaining its mansardic facade, cedar shingles, and signage. As this building is only a few years away from reaching the “magical” fifty-year mark for being eligible for inclusion on the National Register of Historic Places, what do you think its chances of survival are? Do you remember your first experience encountering a store of this type?
former Hill-Behan Lumber Company Home Improvement Store. Biloxi Harrison County, Miss. 3-21-2015
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wojacobs
November 17, 2017 • 7:01 am
Brookhaven did have a store which was located on the grounds of the Brookhaven mill. That building still exits but now serves as a warehouse for the mill – still named Columbus Lumber Company but no longer owned by the Behan family. Dennis Behan who was quoted in the Daily Herald story lives in Brookhaven.
Thomas Rosell
November 17, 2017 • 5:10 pm
Interesting. Thank you for sharing the Brookhaven store location. Is that the site of what is now Rex Lumber or is Columbus Lumber Company a different location?
David Cobb Craig
An excellent rundown not only on the lumber concern but also on how this style of prosaic architecture has become the predominant feature of the American landscape (sadly). Well done!
Thank you. I’m glad you found it as interesting as I have.
ELMalvaney
November 17, 2017 • 10:23 am
The lumber yard/home improvement store of my youth was the Hall’s Ace Hardware in Milton, FL, where my dad would go and do business and I would enjoy turning the big metal nail bins full of different size nails and such. Halls is still going, although they’ve moved into a new building and have more home/gifty items than they used to: http://www.hallshardware.com/
What a great place. Do they sell both lumber and hardware at Halls?
Is Halls where you got your first Ghillie Suit? :-)
http://www.hallshardware.com/product.php?productid=21266&cat=62&page=1
Measure twice, cut once.
Interesting read. I’d not stopped to think about Hill-Behan being the predecessor of the big box home improvement stores, but that makes perfect sense. When they opened in Jackson on Presto Lane I was a teenager. Often went on Saturdays with my dad and thought it was an awsome place because they had, in my mind, combined a lumber yard with a hardware store. Shopped there myself until they closed vs. going to Home Depot or Sutherlands, before Lowe’s reinvented itself. The building became a Salvation Army thrift store until it unfortunately was destroyed by fire in the winter of 2014. I’m guessing January just because I remember it being a very cold day.
Apparently the parent company is still around and has a few lumber yards in Missouri and maybe Illinois. Just went back to their roots rather than broader home improvement.
Thank you for the compliment and thank you for identifying the Jackson Hill Behan location. Wow it is nearly the identical building. It does seem to be a combination hardware and lumber yard that catered to a property owner as well as building professionals. Interesting that the locations for both stores appear to be by rail lines. i was curious if the Biloxi Store ever had a rail spur, but the historic topo maps I looked at did not indicate that their was a spur. Do you recall a rail spur at the Jackson location?
November 27, 2017 • 12:56 pm
No rail spur at the Jackson store. There was one across the street at the Presto plant, but I don’t guess that would matter.
Ah! I never realized the old Salvation Army building had that history–thanks for cluing us in!
Mary Holmes
I also often went with my father to the Hill-Behan location on Presto Lane when I was a child. It was very convenient, since we lived nearby. I had never thought before of it as the predecessor to Home Depot, but it really was. Thanks for the memories brought forth by your article.
Beauregard Rippy
I think this site in Tupelo on Nelle St. is where Lowe’s used to be. I do not know if it was a Hill-Behan business before Lowe’s. Does it look like a Hill-Behan building?
https://www.google.com/maps/@34.2594665,-88.7317814,3a,48.2y,333.41h,86.91t/data=!3m6!1e1!3m4!1sEalxwhTUm7J4akuDMkKPXQ!2e0!7i13312!8i6656
Oh wow, how bizarre! The 2008 Google Street View shows the structure with Lowe’s signage. Maybe it was a Hill-Behan? Do you have access to old city directories or phone books at the Tupelo Library? That could confirm the suspicion. It definitely looks like it was built specifically as a home improvement / lumber yard facility.
I do have some city directories. Have a 1972 one and some from mid-1960s. I don’t live in Tupelo now but I do know that the Lee County Library (Tupelo library) has several city directories. Some are REAL old like from the 1950s. HA!
I have put in a question to a Facebook friend from Tupelo who used to work at Lowe’s. Checked my city directories. The 1971-72 is the newest one I have and it does not have a listing for Lowe’s or Hill-Behan.
December 7, 2017 • 11:43 am
Thanks! Please let us know if you hear anything back.
In Hattiesburg is a building that struck me as similar to the Tupelo building you shared.
hmm. In a 1972 aerial photo the front part of the structure was under construction and towards the rear of the property was a since removed rail line. A definite possibility for a Hill-Behan store.
https://www.historicaerials.com/location/34.26023136827483/-88.73132050037384/1972/18
DENNIS W BEHAN JR
There were no Hill-Behan Stores in Tupelo or Hattisburg. The southern division stores of Hill-Behan Lumber at its peak were as follows: Harahan, LA, Algiers, LA, Gentlilly(New Orleans East), LA, Houma, LA, Covington, LA, Franklin LA, Lafayette LA, Reserve LA, Brookhaven, MS, Jackson MS, Biloxi, MS. My great grandfather started the company in 1912 with Mr. Hill. The two of them used to buy lumber by the car load and sell the product as soon as they purchased it. As it happened, one of the deals went south and they needed a place to store the lumber so they bought a piece of land on Page Ave in St. Louis MO and thus spawned Hill- Behan Lumber Co and the eventual store concept. In the early 20’s they bought Columbus Lumber Co. saw mill in Columbus, MS and later moved it to Brookhaven. In the 1950’s they began to open retail stores in the south. My father, Dennis Behan Sr, was in charge of the Southern Division. He wanted to expand the company into the Austin, TX area in the early 80’s but his father was not very keen on the idea so LA and MS were the only stats in the southern division. When Home Depot came to MS and LA market in the 80’s the game changed. It became more difficult to make signifigant profit margins. My father used to tell me that before that time all you had to do was put the key in the door and you could make good money! When Lowes arived in the early 2000’s it became apparant that our model was over with. The decision to liquidate was made. Over 85 year in business! Hope this helps answer some of your questions,
Dennis Jr.
January 12, 2018 • 9:56 am
Thank you for sharing the background of your family business, especially the insight behind the decisions as to where the stores in the Southern Division would be placed.
Dee Singleton
August 23, 2018 • 10:04 am
Hello Mr. Behan, I am in search of my father who worked for Hill Behan, probably in the late 50s to maybe the 90s! Is there any way that you can help me in that area?
We lived in Houma, LA, but he would travel there to work. He either lived in East Feliciana Parish, St. Mary Parish or Orleans Parish.
DENNIS W BEHANDe Jr
In regards to the inquiry about rail spurs, all of the stores had rail spurs at one time. With the exception of maybe Franklin and Reserve. (Built in the 80’s) We used to buy lumber by the car load in the 50’s 60’s and 70’s and have it delivered to the individual stores. In the 80’s we began to stop that practice and some of spurs were removed by the railroad. However, we would still get car loads of spruce studs from Canada delivered to the Harahan, LA location (HQ) and would ship them to the yards on a tractor trailer in bunks with other dimensional lumber mixed in. If you look the map you will notice that most every Hill Behan store was built next to a railroad. In later years when the big boxes were building in more desirable,heavily trafficked parts of town the railroad sites were less desirable.
Thank you for confirming the theory about the rail spurs!
April 8, 2018 • 11:33 am
My dad, uncle and grandfather worked for Hill-Behan in Chicago. All had great stories of cruising timber for the company up in Canada. They would look at trees the morning and then fish the rest of the day. My understanding was that all of the Chicago locations were on a rail spur. My uncle worked for Hill-Behan his entire life.
Columbus Lumber Co used to be a customer of mine back in the 90’s. I did not know that they were part of Hill-Behan at the time.
Mr. Behan’s list didn’t include Canton, but Phillip’s Lumber in Canton reminded me of the Hill-Behan design. It’s also on the railroad, and it’s still open!
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Tottenham vs. Sheffield United: League Cup Semi-Final Preview and Prediction
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Competition: Capital One Cup Semi-Final First-Leg
Venue: White Hart Lane
Odds: Tottenham 1/3 – Draw 9/2 – Sheffield United 8/1
Tottenham Hotspur welcome cup specialists Sheffield United to White Hart Lane on Wednesday night for the first-leg of their League Cup semi-final.
The Blades have been incredible in domestic cup competitions in recent times and travel to London looking to beat a Premier League side for the sixth time in 12 months.
The League One outfit have already beaten West Ham United and Southampton in the competition this year and they also beat Queens Park Rangers 3-0 in the FA Cup earlier this month.
Spurs will need to be wary, though manager Mauricio Pochettino is ready to make plenty of changes, as this is the sixth game of nine in a hectic January for the Lilywhites.
Tottenham’s home record in League Cup: Played 3 – Won 3 – Drawn 0 – Lost 0
Tottenham are unbeaten in nine at home and have beaten Nottingham Forest, Brighton and Newcastle at White Hart Lane in the Capital One Cup this season.
Sheffield United are chasing promotion to the Championship in the third tier of English football and have only lost two of their last eight in all competitions.
Sheffield United’s away record in League Cup: Played 3 – Won 2 – Drawn 1 – Lost 0
Blades manager Nigel Clough always gets the best out of his players for cup games and Wednesday night should be an intriguing tie.
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This will be the first meeting between the sides in eight years and Spurs have only won one of the last five against the Blades.
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Translation of Acción piece
[ETA: I’ve been informed that this translation is illegal. I’m indexing this post and leaving it here for now, but if I am asked directly to remove it, I will. A .pdf of this part, along with the bio that accompanied the original article, which is not included here, is currently available at RichardArmitageNet.com, so if it’s important to you to save a copy, download it there. In that translation, “ensayo rodado” is translated as “filmed rehearsal” on the recommendation of Antonia Romera; below, Violet suggests “extended take.”]
Hi, here’s my translation. I made it for RA Net, and when it posts there, I will take it down from here. Enjoy. Corrections welcome. I have a BA in Spanish, but I’m not a native speaker.
Exclusive: Richard Armitage
Interviewer: Jesús Usero
Perhaps in in our country he may be more known for his television roles in series like Robin Hood or Strike Back, but we have also seen him in Captain America. All of this remains tiny in comparison with his most recent job, Thorin, the dwarf leader in Peter Jackson’s The Hobbit. An experience that the actor himself says that, if it were the last one of his life, it would make him happy. And he tells us all this in an exclusive interview he gave to Acción.
The first thing we’d like to do is thank you for your time and ask what you can tell us about The Hobbit, one of the most anticipated films of the year.
Well, I think that the reason that it might be one of the most anticipated films of the year is that it’s going to be a cinematographic event like no one has seen before, which has to do mainly with the return to Middle Earth and the way that Peter has created this work, in 3D, filming at 48 frames per second … I think it will be a very special event.
And how did you get a role in such a special project?
I got to do an audition for two roles: one for Bard and the other for Thorin, and then I met Peter Jackson, Fran Walsh and Philippa Boyens, and I didn’t prepare anything from the film, but rather a mixture of everything in which Thorin believes and all of his characteristics, I read this and we talked about the character, about Middle Earth, about how the film would be. … And we talked about Thorin’s quest, his dignity, his mission to recover his homeland … and it seemed that we had similar ideas and they offered me the role. When I met them, I had just injured my shoulder in a television role, and it hurt quite a bit, I had taken some relaxants, but they didn’t have much effect (laughs) … but I believe that they noticed a certain pain in my voice and my eyes that somehow helped me to personify Thorin.
Was there any point at which you thought you would pass up the role, say no to this film?
No, on the contrary, I don’t know how I would have been able not to do it. I remember when they were making the first films, and I would have liked to have been part of them. And when this appeared on the path … Obviously I knew they were going to film The Hobbit, but all the while it was delayed, and delayed, and I couldn’t believe that in the end we would be making the film, delayed, and I told Peter, I would have given my arm to work on it, and although I don’t think it will happen, if this were my last job, I would still be very, very happy.
And with all these delays that you mention, was there any moment in which you were afraid for the film, at which you thought to yourself that The Hobbit was a project that would never be filmed?
Yes, and I remember that a moment came when they were saying to me that they had to make a decision, because I had already turned down one project in order to be in The Hobbit, but the film was not getting a green light to be filmed. But I knew that it was going to be made, I knew that Peter was going to get to finish making it. And when you have the chance to do this role … you don’t think about other options. I remember saying to myself, if I make this act of faith, if I decide to stick with it, then the film will be made. And here we are, talking about a film that will be screened this Christmastime.
Definitely. And what do you like best about Thorin? What attracts you most about this character?
I think that what I like best about him is the idea that Thorin develops in a very unexpected way, the way in which he changes over the length of his life. It is a very interesting path that he travels. There’s a piece of guilt in him, but also a big piece of ferocity, a big internal struggle with himself, with which he begins the adventure, and all the catastrophic events that happen over the length of the story create an interesting drama, inside the character and at the same time, in the story. But at the same time, around the end of the film, there’s a feeling that the character achieves what he deserves, and that his relationship with Bilbo, which goes from the beginning to the end of the film, is a relationship that helps him to understand who he is. That this relationship in constant development makes Thorin who he is.
And how was your arrival in this very special universe? How was it to arrive in New Zealand and see the sets and the whole operation?
I think that this is part of what made of this a different experience for everyone. You go to the other side of the world, and coming from the UK I can’t think of many places much further away to go, unless it would be the South Pole. Basically, this experience makes you think that you’re taking a long trip to do it, that you’re going to Middle Earth, because I think that a lot of people see New Zealand as Middle Earth, and you’re going to see these places, the ones that appear in the first films, and you’re going to travel to this magical land. And from the moment in which we got on the plane, we were going on creating this sort of mystique in which our characters were going to exist. One of the most memorable moments for me was, the first day of filming, the ceremony on the set that the Kiwis [as they lovingly call the inhabitants of New Zealand] did, and it was right before we started to film for the first time, even though it was at night, we were in the entry to the studio and the sun was starting to set, while they were singing a song, the song of blessing. It was such an emotional moment, I thought, that we would all be blessed filming this film in this so special place.
And I assume that it will have been an extended filming period, more than a year. How did you live there?
It was about 18 months, because we got there at the beginning of 2011 and we left in August of 2012, so that probably it was about 18 months. And part of what made the experience so special was spending all this time with the people you are working with there, to feel yourself part of a long journey that isn’t even over yet. But it is something that unites people. You can talk with anyone who worked on The Lord of the Rings, and the feeling is the same. It’s a time that you spend together, you work in such unity … that it is something that I will never forget.
As well as Peter Jackson, who is one of the most important directors of our age. How was it to work with him?
From the first moment I was with him in a room, and he told me about the character, and the way in which he shaped it, I knew that Peter was a person very similar to me. He doesn’t like to lose time, he likes the camera to be filming constantly, and he does this thing he calls ensayo rodado [there’s probably a jargon word for this – possibly “one- take”?], where there’s no cut between takes, and then he ends up using it, I call this masterwork. I give the best of myself when I am working and working in the character without many cuts. But also at moments of doubt, when you feel like you’re not inhabiting your character, and you turn to him and you know, because you’ve seen it in the Lord of the Rings films, that he has all the characters in mind, that they will all appear, each with his own individual delight, because there’s not one single weak character in The Lord of the Rings. So that even when you plunge in, when you know that you are in deep waters, he is going to get you to the other side perfectly.
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95 Responses to “Translation of Acción piece”
Love it! I had my daughter working on it, but she was doing as a favor and will be relieved it’s already done. LOL!
a liberal arts degree oughta get ya something, no? 🙂 even if it’s quick translations of frivolous news 🙂
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Richard, International « RAFrenzy said this on November 23, 2012 at 10:27 pm | Reply
I’m just going to skate right past the fact that you have a BA in Spanish and just thank you for the translation! 🙂
AgzyM said this on November 23, 2012 at 10:28 pm | Reply
youthful folly. Think of that way.
Sure, came after Rocket science and before Maths 😉
By the way, I was just thinking that an RA fan has the edge when translating an interview like this. I mean we all know how he ‘sounds’ when answering such questions and you’ve certainly read your fair share of them. Just a thought, as it’s really RAish to read!
To quote RA, “I am horrid at maths.” Which shuts out rocket science.
I translated this *very* literally. So if there’s a place where a verb tense sequence didn’t make sense to me, as if he got lost in his thoughts, that’s reflected in the interview. It read to me like someone had taped the interview and then translated the tape into English, very stream of consciousness.
Thanks for the translation. I like this Q&A style much better than those article that are heavily edited and filtered through the lens of the interviewer.
Jane said this on November 23, 2012 at 11:00 pm | Reply
You’re welcome. Totally agree.
Thanks, Servetus. I was going to cancel an appointment so I could charge out and go into town tomorrow morning on the early train, then hunt at the newsagents. I still want to get a copy of the magazine, and of course, I speak, read, and write Iberian Spanish. It sounds like you didn’t miss a trick.
Leigh said this on November 23, 2012 at 10:37 pm | Reply
You should be obscura’s interpreter — I’ll put you guys in touch.
Muchas gracias, Servetus. I will be reblogging. 😀
fedoralady said this on November 23, 2012 at 10:38 pm | Reply
Reblogged this on the armitage effect and commented:
Dr. Servetus kindly translated the Accion article that went with that divine pic. Muchas gracias!
Thank you very much for the translation, Servetus!
Ania said this on November 23, 2012 at 10:44 pm | Reply
You’re welcome. And on notice that I cannot read Polish, so you will have to step up.
Fantastic!! You’re a gem.
Fanny/iz4blue said this on November 23, 2012 at 10:44 pm | Reply
anything for you.
I wish I had beer import connections 😉
Fanny/iz4blue said this on November 24, 2012 at 5:02 am | Reply
So do I. I wish Westvleteren made some beer for export, too 🙂
Funny, I heard about that beer from you first! Might ask someone to bring back a bottle 🙂
Fanny/iz4blue said this on November 25, 2012 at 6:23 pm | Reply
I adore this part: “we were in the entry to the studio and the sun was starting to set, while they were singing a song, the song of blessing. It was such an emotional moment, I thought, that we would all be blessed filming this film in this so special place.”
Wow! I think most of us felt what he described as we watched that ceremony. Can this get any better?!!
Thanks for the “youthful” translation. My 1yr of Jr. high, 1 yr of high school and 1 yr of college Spanish didn’t get me very far. 🙂
The Queen said this on November 23, 2012 at 10:46 pm | Reply
me 2, I loved that bit.
I noticed he didn’t mention that he played an important part in that ceremony.
would it be any other way? 🙂
That unshakable modesty is one of the most attractive things about him IMO – I don’t think it is something that anyone could manufacture so constantly.
obscura said this on November 24, 2012 at 12:07 am | Reply
I live in awe! Is there anything you don’t do? I need an interpreter for a tour group to Spain in 2014 – interested? (seriously?) Thanks!
obscura said this on November 23, 2012 at 10:47 pm | Reply
My spoken Spanish isn’t that great anymore because I almost only ever speak German, and on top of that my Spanish sounds very Mexican. I sort of fell asleep when we were supposed to learn those Iberian verb forms. But you should get together with Leigh. Hers is probably great!
Yeah – she is Andalucia yes? I’m doing Roman/Islamic Spain (lots of stuff in that area) I have 18 months to learn at least a little Spanish (it seems so rude not to) I’ve done Italian, French, Greek and Latin, but no Spanish.
I’ve never learned Italian but Spanish easier than all the others, IMO. And all those romance languages you’ve had, can’t be too hard.
I haven’t used anything but Greek in a very long time 🙂 Even there, the Greeks usually answer me in German. (from there hilarity ensues)
Yes, I’m in Andalucia , in a tiny pueblo blanco– the closest city is Ronda. There is a ruined Roman theatre nearby at Acinipo, Arab baths that have been excavated and restored somewhat so you can visit them, The remnant of a mihrab marks the church of Santa Maria Mayor as the mosque it was before King Ferdinand and his knights took the city and made it into a church. The Moorish murallas have been restored (not entirely faithfully). There used to be part of a Roman aqueduct near the Sevilla road, but I’m not sure if it’s still there. As you say, there’s lots of stuff all through here.
Managing Spanish if you know other Romance languages is not difficult. The key words you need, however, are idiomatic, e.g., “servicios?” means “where’s the restroom?” I’d be happy to help.
Agree about the Romance languages. I took quite a few years of Latin and have had no problem with French, Spanish and Italian. I also took some Greek in college. But I’ve never spoken it. Well, not much anyway.
I found that Greek, like Russian, is a fantastic language in which to curse. Still, after more than 30 years, I remember next to nothing.
I agree…Romance language cursing still sounds pretty to my American ear…Greek cursing has a kind of staccato harshness that reinforces the point. (Although, as a woman, I don’t think I’m supposed to appreciated that 🙂 )
The really bad stuff in Iberian Spanish has a tone as if you are scolding a pet and often the translation does not seem as appalling as the meaning really is. The hand gestures that women use among themselves are silent but particularly expressive (e.g., the extended pinky droops).
Funny I was taught Russian for 8 long years but we never learned a single curse word. Not one! I can still recite poems about Comrade Lenin though. 😀
Judit said this on November 24, 2012 at 12:10 am | Reply
Joanna said this on November 24, 2012 at 1:31 am | Reply
I feel like “buen provecho” is very useful.
I don’t have the full itinerary mapped out – a colleague and I are coming over next summer – in August (she says will be I quote “hot as balls”) but it’s the only time we can both go- to map things out and get a feel for how things work. I used a tour company in Greece, but I’m not sure what we’re doing in Spain yet. It just sort of came up – along with the funding to pay for faculty participation (thanks to some creative budgeting)
I definitely want to include some time in Madrid with a side trip to Segovia. I suspect that I will be in an area moving between Seville, Cordoba and Valencia…she’ll be up around Barcelona focusing on the Spanish Civil War. The idea is to book the airfare as one group and then split up based on which students want which courses – I’m running to concurrently to maximize our draw.
That could be a little awkward. The best way IMO to get around Spain is by rail. Madrid connects to Sevilla by Ave, a very fast train. There’s a decent Sevilla to Cordoba run, but Valencia is probably easier to get to if you go back through Madrid, which is the country’s rail hub. You can get an idea of routes, types of trains, and prices at renfe.es. I recommend not only the side trip to Segovia, but also a day trip to Toledo. Depending on the makeup and disposition of your group, you may want to look into staying at one of the convents that offers accommodations.
Leigh said this on November 24, 2012 at 12:05 am | Reply
That is the very info that I need to work out – OK if I email you periodically?
Claro que si! (= yes, of course)
Gracias (that’s pretty much it 😉 )
With all those languages under your belt you probably already speak Spanish without even realising it! Son is reading Latin, French and Italian at uni: he tells me that if he reads a newspaper article in Spanish he can get the gist of it at the very least.
wydville said this on November 24, 2012 at 8:09 am | Reply
yeah, it’s not just the vocab but the grammatical structures are similar as well. The only thing that gets confusing is keeping the false cognates straight.
One smart son you ahve!
When I was prepping Italian in grad school, I had a prof who advised me to remember my Latin and squint – think that will work for Spanish?
obscura said this on November 25, 2012 at 1:55 am | Reply
Spanish is *way* easier than Latin. I had Spanish first.
Servetus said this on November 25, 2012 at 2:29 am | Reply
Fantastic service, Servetus! I was so disappointed that I couldn’t read it, but just trust the Armitage Army that someone is kimd enough to do this.
Nice interview, quite to the point, very little about non-related Armitage. Clever, clever man!
guylty said this on November 23, 2012 at 10:48 pm | Reply
The reason the bio isn’t here is because Ali and I both think there’s an error in it, and she’s querying the interviewer before we publish it. But that’s where the “non-related” stuff is.
You seem to have a few spare degrees that you might not need, could I have one please? As agzy said its just so casually mentioned!
It’s a good article, thoughtful questions with RA answering them thoroughly. I look forward to reading more of them. I think there are some coming from Outer Mongolia and Latvia so I am assuming you will be doing the translation for those as well.
Rosiepig said this on November 23, 2012 at 11:00 pm | Reply
I think I only have one “extra,” but I’d be happy to give it to you. It’s not very useful, though.
There are readers on this site from some Baltic countries, not sure about Latvia, so we can rope them into it if it comes out.
Outer Mongolia?? I shall look out for very obscure ones!
Where *is* outer Mongolia, exactly? (I see a graph of page views based on a world map with the basic political lines drawn on it). It’s not a state, is it?
http://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Outer_Mongolia
Rosiepig said this on November 24, 2012 at 12:23 am | Reply
OK — thanks for the clarification! No, I don’t get hits from there (neither from the state of Mongolia, nor, apparently from China — although I suspect that maybe this site is not visible in China). Also, I can’t read any of those scripts except I can pronounce the Cyrillic (another youthful folly — ah, the language courses we will take a semester of for love). So, Rosiepig, I am pretty sure you will have to take this over when it arises. I’ll be in touch.
Servetus said this on November 24, 2012 at 12:37 am | Reply
Maybe I should start doing a Mongolian A Level? Who needs English Literature!
Rosiepig said this on November 24, 2012 at 2:12 pm | Reply
Anything to do with China is useful these days 🙂
I keep telling my son that…he has an interest in the east anyway – might as well make himself marketable 🙂
Thanks for this Serv.. didn’t know about your BA in Spanish sandwiched between Maths and Nuclear Engineering LOL (sorry! Joking!) Anyway YOU ROCK!!! Should there be an Italian article I’ll have a go at that. 🙂
Judit said this on November 23, 2012 at 11:01 pm | Reply
nuclear engineering would Mr. Armitage’s father (also joking).
I mean I’ll have a go at translating it. I’m completely knackered should be in bed really.
if we put our heads together, we can do almost anything.
Yes, Judit, you should be in bed; you need to beat this infection so you’ll be strong for the London premiere. And if you think I nag, wait ’til you hear what Guy will have to say…
All right Mom, I’m going, I’m going! 🙂
Thank you Servetus
khandy30 said this on November 23, 2012 at 11:29 pm | Reply
Oh, terrific! Thanks so much for translating this article, Servetus–I saw a small picture of it online and loved the photo but the words were too blurry to read when I enlarged it.
I loved hearing more about his audition! That description was the best yet. I knew all the candidates had read for Thorin, but I wondered what else went into the decisionmaking process. So he was injured in the shoulder during that Spooks stunt…I wonder when all that happened.
Wow, a BA in Spanish, too? Lovely.
saraleee said this on November 23, 2012 at 11:34 pm | Reply
he hurt his shoulder during Robin Hood as well (ask Jane for reference), so it seems like a vulnerable point.
I thought it was interesting that he read for Bard. That piece of information will make mulubinba very happy, as she was regularly lobbying all over the place on the Internet on behalf of that.
Thanks for the translation. I was also thinking of Mulibinba when I read about him auditioning for Bard. All her early work may well have contributed to get him the audition. I miss her blog and hope that she gets to enjoy all the hobbity madness that are now escalating by the minute
L said this on November 24, 2012 at 6:12 am | Reply
She may come back. She’s hidden her blog before and come back. I hope so, too. I think she was going to Wellington for this.
LOL, I used to be a much better walking RA archive than I am now! I think he mentioned should and neck problems, thought I don’t recall an injury. During RH the press always said he was responsible for injuries Keith Allen and Jonas Armstrong got during filming, though at least in the first case that isn’t necessarily true.
Jane said this on November 24, 2012 at 8:14 am | Reply
I thought *you* told me he had had physical therapy for an injured shoulder.
Ensayo rodado… to translate as ‘extended take’?
Thank you for your swift translation, Servetus.
VioletsTFB
violetsframework said this on November 24, 2012 at 12:05 am | Reply
Super — thanks for the suggestion. I don’t know anything about filmmaking but I guess I am about to learn.
Simplegirl said this on November 24, 2012 at 12:11 am | Reply
Thank you, this was really interesting. And so he did audition for Bard as well, this was a role that many RA fangirls wanted him to get – and they were much closer to the mark than many gave them credit for a the time it seems!!
kaprekar said this on November 24, 2012 at 12:19 am | Reply
Yes. It’s interesting (note above), isn’t it?
I freely admit that I did put down anyone who mentioned a hope that RA could be cast as Bard because I was convinced it would be totally out of his league. I also freely admit that I was wrong and apologize.
My feeling is always that these fan campaigns don’t influence anything — they merely serve to get fans excited about spending money. However, it looks like in this case they were paying more attention than we realized.
Servetus, thank you!
Snoozie said this on November 24, 2012 at 1:37 am | Reply
Many thanks,Servetus! 🙂
It’s amazing how fast any RA news is made accessible worldwide! Thank you so much Servetus! 😊
Suse (@suseng3) said this on November 24, 2012 at 2:09 am | Reply
Yes, thank you for the translation and for being so giving. RA is such an eloquent and expressive person. I especially liked that he talked about acts of faith and being blessed. Oh well, back to the Pride and Prejudice marathon — Darcy’s just about to dive into the lake.
sloan said this on November 24, 2012 at 6:05 am | Reply
Thank you very much for the translation! Thank you also for your great blog!
mariana said this on November 24, 2012 at 3:02 pm | Reply
Thanks for all the kind comments!
[…] 2) Richard Armitage’s interview with Jesus Usero is in Accion Cine at http://www.accioncine.net/contenidos-revista/1745-revista-accion-no-1212-mes-diciembre-de-2012.html; the RANet link for the English translation provided by Me + Richard Armitage blogger Michaela Servetus was found at http://www.richardarmitagenet.com/images/articlescans/Hobbit/AccionCine-23Nov2012.pdf, the pdf starts with an RA biography which Servetus says she translated falthfully, but she has a question or two about the facts contained in that bio. For my money it is, RA wanted to be an architect? Here is Servetus’ blog post with the translation in it, https://meandrichard.wordpress.com/2012/11/23/translation-of-accion-piece/ […]
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Thank you so much for doing this, it was a great read. 🙂
Many thanks for the translation Servetus. 🙂
april73 said this on November 27, 2012 at 2:33 pm | Reply
A reblogué ceci sur April's violet and commented:
Translation in English of Richard Armitage’s interview published in the Spanish magazine “Accion Cine” by Servetus. 🙂
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HEY, PAULINGTON: ‘The Banana Splits,’ Autographs, Summer Movies, and Food!!
HEY, PAULINGTON: The Banana Splits, Autographs, Summer Movies, and Food!!
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Hey, Paulington! Is a new Cinephile advice column that looks at life, love, and the movies. Anyone can send in a question, and Paulington will answer it. Sure, it's a really cryptic, cliched concept that has been around since the dawn of time. But we're going to spice it up a little bit. Topics can range from anything: Sex, violence, haints and taints, your favorite movie! Paulington doesn't care. He's basically doing it for a paycheck. He's not really an expert on anything. But he sure does know a lot about movies and human nature. You can send your questions to (as in, click on the giant red letters and you will automatically be sent to his email, you big dummy):
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And he will be sure to answer all of them in a very timely manner. Here are this week's letters. Enjoy!
My wife and I can't agree on 1960's and 1970's children's' programming. I believe The Banana Splits Adventure Hour was the superior live action/animated grab bag children's television program of all time. But my wife disagrees. She maintains that The Skatebirds was better, even though it only ran for one season. I mean, there's no comparison! The Splits had Danger Island and "Uh Oh Chongo!" All the The Skatebirds had was three crappy Robonic Stooges and the voice of Mickey Dolenz. We argue about this frequently, and I fear for our relationship. I don't want us to say something that we can't take back. I don't want to end up only seeing my two children every other weekend. All because my wife doesn't know what the hell she's talking about. How can I help her see the error of her ways? - Signed, "Going Bananas!"
Dear B-A-N-A-N-A-S. There are worse things to fight about, and I certainly don't want to see you sharpening knives in a hotel room while your wife and kids foreclose on your goodwill. First step to enjoying married life (which you know you know at this point): Tell her she wins! Embrace those fucking awful Skatebirds with every ounce of your being. But know in your heart and soul, you are right. How could you not be? The Banana Splits Adventure Hour is the single best children's show ever produced, and certainly one of the best programs of all time, period! It is the first and only time in history that Hanna-Barbara and The Kroffts joined forces. What they created is nothing short of a television miracle. Their theme song also wins, hands down, as the most humable ditty to ever wax itself across Saturday morning. That said, your argument is null and void. Comparing The Splits to The Skatebirds is like trying to decide between a White Strips CD and a Raconteurs album. Pointless. Only in this case, Sid and Marty are Meg White (though I refuse to watch their sex tape; ick!). Even Will and Joe admit that The Birds was a direct rip-off of The Splits, and that they were only trying to recapture some of that original Banana magic. By 1977, when The Birds premiered on September 10th (my birthday!), Sid and Marty had gone on to create their own Saturday morning empire. The ten year old Splits were experiencing a popularity resurgence due to copious affiliate reruns, and like they did with Scooby-Doo, Joe and Will wanted to bring them back for a new generation. But they couldn't, because the costumes all belonged to The Kroffts, who, at the time, were embroiled in a lawsuit with the McDonald corporation. Have you ever wondered why you don't see Mayor McCheese, Officer Big Mac, and fish sandwich pirate Captain Crook or McDonaldland anymore? It's because McDonald's ripped off the Krofft aesthetic, and lost those beloved characters in court. Hanna-Barbara didn't want to go down that same road, so they created a whole new batch of childhood Ids for their skating bird show. The concept is the same, though. A bunch of grown men in animal costumes dance around, get into highjinks, and then introduce a series of short animated and live action serials. Banana's Fleegle, Bingo, Drooper, and Snorky were sixties hipsters, and certainly the cooler members of this crowd. Satchel, Knock-Knock, and Scooter were fey flippin' birds! The Hannah Montana's of their time. And because of that, they mostly appealed to girls. One show is geared towards the feminine mindset, the other is clearly marketed to young males. No wonder you are fighting over which one you like better. In naming The Skatebirds a lesser show, you failed to mention some of its highlights. There was more to this messy rip-off than just a couple of robot stooges and Mickey Dolenz. The Great Scatman Crothers voices Scat-Cat, the bird-hungry feline. Mystery Island rivals Danger Island (again, a cheap knock-off, but still fun), and then there's Clue Club, which was spun-off into its own show! Come on, those are all pretty great! Sadly, neither show is available on DVD at this time. But The Splits are currently making a comeback via WB Kids. Hooray! Let's see if those pesky Skatebirds get the same treatment! I'm assuming these arguments arose because you have kids? Some might find it odd that parents continue to choke their children with musty, dust covered nostalgia. But I get it. I fully understand the conceit. My folks made me watch The Gumby Show and Beany and Cecil, and I will probably subject my kids to 5,000 Fingers of Dr. T, H.R. Pufnstuf, and The Banana Splits Adventure Hour at a young age, too. These old, odd outings insure that your offspring won't to turn into a gelatinous imagination-deficient robot. But, as upstanding parental units, you must let the child watch both The Splits and The Skatebirds. Let them decide which one they like the best. Also, don't suffocate them with programming from the 70s and 80s. I know that children's' programming came under attack in the 90s, with new government regulations placed on how much educational material needed to be included in each half hour segment. This movement stifled a lot of creative minds (just listen to the commentary tracks on The Weird Al Show: The Complete Series), but we are once again seeing a surge in electrifying kid shows. Let your two little ones discover some of these gems on their own. Let them have a crack at that nostalgia bat. Gustafer Yellowgold is as trippy as anything the Kroffts ever produced, Yo Gabba Gabba! already has a pretty huge following amongst kids and hipsters alike, and Wow Wow Wubbzy is fucking infectious. There's hope yet that your kids might have fond memories of their own childhood shows when they grow up. And that's cool.
I'm getting pretty jazzed about this summer's film line-up. Nearly every single weekend sees something awesome coming out at our local theater. A couple of old friends from college just moved to town, and I want to celebrate by organizing a weekly "dinner and a movie" outing. Do you have any ideas about which meals go best with which movies? Signed - "Starving Marvin"
Dear Marvin. You just made me hungry. Why not start off this weekend by organizing a trip to your local Italian eatery for a traditional spaghetti and meatballs dinner served with a vintage red wine. Preferably a '96. This will go very well with a late night screening of Obsessed. On May 1st, you'll want to hit your favorite steakhouse for a tender and juicy aged prime rib, Aussie fries, and an oilcan of Fosters before attending an evening show of X-Men Origins: Wolverine. The following weekend, you and your buddies will have to hit the near-by Japanese establishment for some sushi and sake before attending the futuristic sci-fi adventure Star Trek. On May 15th, you'll want to have your friends over to the house for homemade pepper and parmesan crusted scarlet snapper, served with passion fruit vinaigrette and a nice house salad. You'll also want to pick up a fairly inexpensive bottle of white wine. Then, when you are all filled-up, why not hit the Cineplex for a screening of Ron Howard's Angels & Demons. Terminator Salvation should be followed by a good old fashion hobo meal of beans and corn out of a can, some cabbage cooked on an open grill, and a bottle of Maddog 20/20. Why not discuss the awesomeness of Up with a trip to Baskin and Robbins afterwards? On June 5th, you should all have a raging, alcohol-infused party. Then get up the next morning, go to your favorite dumpster bar, and indulge in some hot wings and bloody maries before heading off to see The Hangover. The Taking of Pelham 1 2 3 will be best enjoyed with a trio of New York pizza pies beforehand. Year One definitely calls for some good ol' fashion southern fried chicken with a side of greens. And Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen? Fast food, of course. You should really hit up Burger King, since they are doing a commercial tie-in, and the movie will more than likely be on par with the food being served there. Then, on July 15th, make sure you head down to your favorite English pub for some Shepard's pie, bangers and mash, peas, and a pint of Guinness before heading off to see Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince.
To round out the summer "dinner and a movie" experience, you'll definitely want to plan a picnic before heading off to see G.I. Joe: Rise of Cobra. Make it American: Hamburgers, hotdogs, chips, and sodas. The works. Invite the entire neighborhood. And only serve Pabst Blue Ribbon and Miller High Life if you are going the beer route. Hope those suggestions help. I'm off to get a snack!
I notice you do a lot of interviews there at your little website. I always wonder if you ask for autographs when you do them. If so, can i request a couple? - Signed, "Timbuck Two"
Dear Dimbuck. No, you may absolutely not request a couple of autographs. What do I look like? Your little sack lunch monkey? This is a job, and I try to remain as professional as possible. Sure, most actors are gracious enough to jot out their name when approached in a confined space such as an interview. But it goes against my moral code as a journalist. Plus, it gives whatever bloated celebrity seen pimping there shit in a given week the upper hand in our conversation. An interview is a promotional tool, not a fanboy autograph hound solicitation arena. If you want an autograph, go to a collectibles show, or attend Comic Con. Hit up your favorite celebrity on the red carpet of their latest premier. If they waltz over to the drooling fan stand bleachers, you'll know its okay to ask. Or pony up the bucks on Ebay. I'm not going to risk my livelihood so you can have Joe Pesci's scribble on a piece of worn out notebook paper. If I get you one, then my niece will want one. Then her friends down at the playground will want one. Then I'm up to my neck in autograph requests. There are places designated for autograph seekers. A junket is not one of them. Dick. And don't ask me again. Or you'll get my autograph sprayed on the side of your studio shoebox apartment in dunkle brown.
Send your questions about love, life, and the movies to:
Hope you have a great week! See you next time. (If you click on the big red letters, you will be taken to an email address where you will be able to leave your questions.)
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Robert Schrader is a writer, photographer and editor of travel blogs Leave Your Daily Hell and Japan Starts Here. His travels have thus far taken him to more than 80 countries on all six inhabited continents, although he plans to visit Antarctica at some point as well. He talks to Mr Hudson about his passion for travel, and some of his favourite places.
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I’m someone who’s perpetually in the process of transformation. A broken human being who has used travel to put himself back together. A colourful soul who escaped the black-and-white United States. A starving artist who learned to feed himself. My two travel blogs—Leave Your Daily Hell, and Japan Starts Here—have been the foundation of these and most of the other paradigm shifts in my life the past decade or so.
What destination has lived up to the hype?
Most destinations meet my expectations, though few truly “wow” me. My all-time favourite country is probably Japan; other countries I’ve fallen deeply in love with include Brazil, Iran, Israel, Italy, Nepal and Thailand. Certain countries were amazing in some way (Ethiopia for the visuals it offers; Mongolia for the fact that most people live today as they did a millennium ago) but were ultimately not enjoyable—they lived up to the hype, but they weren’t particularly livable.
What destination hasn’t?
I’d say Bali is probably the worst place in the world.
What is your favourite place in the world?
Kyoto during cherry blossom season just before sunrise. It’s beautiful during the day too, of course, but the crowds can be overwhelming. I love heading out into the city (any city, not only Kyoto) just after my morning run, and watching it wake up.
Iran | Photo: Robert Schrader
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What is it about travel that you enjoy most?
I enjoy the truth it makes me see. When you get on a bus or train or plane, you leave certain things behind—physical, emotional, even financial ones in some cases. Changing environs, on the other hand, force you to accept the things that never change, most importantly your character. I take so much inventory when I travel; when I’m home (which is currently Bangkok), I begin to clean house, as it were.
What is the best hotel you’ve stayed at?
In terms of the best overall experience, I’d probably have to say the Four Seasons Serengeti in Tanzania. But truth be told, I’m not a huge hotel snob. If a hotel embodies what I call the “three c’s”—chic, comfortable and centrally-located—I’m a very happy camper.
What does your ideal trip look like?
I like to stay busy and to enjoy a diversity of experiences, including nature, culture, cities, food, history and human interaction. A one- or two-week trip to a country I’ve either never been to, or one I know well enough to do a precise, effective deep dive is my raison de voyager these days.
Tokyo | Photo: Robert Schrader
Sleep with at least one local person in every country you visit
Who is the most interesting person you’ve met while travelling?
A young Swiss woman named Bianca, whom I met 12 years ago on a trip through Europe. We’d remained close all these years—we even lived together at a couple of junctures, and have travelled in several countries on more occasions than I can count. It’s difficult and expensive to maintain a friendship with someone who lives on the other side of the planet, but someone like Bianca, who has been by my side during basically every phase of my adult life, is more than worth it.
What are your favourite places in Japan that people need to know about?
I write a website about Japan and know more about it than the average gaijin, so let’s talk about Japan! I’m currently writing you from the city of Matsumoto, which most people don’t even know exists, but is the perfect place for exploring the Japanese Alps (to say nothing of the 17th-century castle here, one of 12 remaining original such structures in Japan). Shikoku, the smallest of Japan’s main islands, is also hugely underrated. From Shikoku’s own collection of castles to lush Ritsurin Garden to sprawling Kotohira-gu temple, and from the bizarre Naruto Whirlpools to Dogo Onsen, the oldest public bath house in all of Japan, Shikoku is a true gem. Certainly, I prefer it to Kyushu and Hokkaido, the latter of which I find especially overrated. With this being said, Hakodate city at the southern tip of Hokkaido is another gem, and not just because of the “dancing squid” thing that went viral a few years ago.
What is your best-kept travel secret?
It wouldn’t be a secret anymore if I told you, would it.
Any recommendations for gay travellers?
Sleep with at least one local person in every country you visit—and accept the truth once and for all: Not wanting to sleep with someone because of the colour of their skin is the definition of racism. Get the fuck over that shit.
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NM04.09.02 : Lignin-Derived Carbon Fibers as Efficient Heterogeneous Solid Acid Catalysts for Esterification of Oleic Acid
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Shiba Adhikari
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Shiba Adhikari1 Zachary Hood1 Nidia Gallego1 Cristian Contescu1
1, Oak Ridge National Laboratory, Oak Ridge, Tennessee, United States
A solid acid catalyst has been synthesized from lignin-derived carbon fiber via a straightforward sulfonation reaction. The carbon fiber (CF) and sulfonated carbon fiber (CF-SO3H) catalysts were characterized by different techniques like PXRD, TGA, TPD-MS, SEM, and XPS to understand the surface chemistry and the nature of sulfonation. It was confirmed that sulfonated sample bearing a high concentration of acid sites (1.86 mmol/g) possess sulfur in its surface in the form of sulfonic acid (-SO3H) groups. Its catalytic activity was studied using the esterification of oleic acid as an example of biodiesel production, where a quantitative yield of 92% ester was achieved at 80 oC for 4 hours with 10 % of catalyst (based on oleic acid mass used) and at a 10:1 molar ratio of methanol/oleic acid. More importantly, CF-SO3H showed excellent regenerability and stability during catalysis, demonstrating their potential use in the production of biodiesel. In addition, this material is obtained from low-cost lignin which could be a good alternative solid acid catalyst to produce biodiesel such that this fuel can compete with current fossil fuels.
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The Gang of Eight Bill’s Big Lie - ALIPAC
WILL OBAMA DESTROY THE GOP WITH AMNESTY FOR 40 MILLION UNREGISTERED NEW DEMS?
THE FALL OF MARCO RUBIO – THE GOP’s LA RAZA SUPREMACIST for Obama’s amnesty and open borders
http://mexicanoccupation.blogspot.com/2013/05/the-collaspe-of-obamas-la-raza.html
Byron York: Immigration could spoil Marco Rubio's presidential chances
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In November 2007 I traveled around western Iowa with Sen. John McCain as he tried to claw his way back into the 2008 Republican presidential primary race. McCain's campaign had famously melted down a few months earlier, sending him plunging in the polls. Things didn't look good.
As we rode in a battered minivan, I asked McCain about his troubles, mainly campaign money problems and then the fallout from his stand in favor of immigration reform. Which was worse? I asked. McCain answered quickly: Immigration.
"I can show you polling numbers that it really didn't have anything to do with the financial situation," McCain told me. "As the immigration issue became hotter and hotter among Republicans, I started down."
To recover, McCain talked tough on immigration. His mantra became "secure the border first." It was enough for him to get back on his feet and eventually win the GOP nomination, despite a fourth-place showing in Iowa.
Now, potential Republican presidential candidates are making their way to Iowa again. So far Marco Rubio, Rand Paul and Scott Walker have made the trip, with Rick Santorum planning to go soon. And despite the belief in some quarters that immigration will be a less potent issue among Republican voters this time around, so far it appears to be having a serious effect on Rubio, the potential candidate most identified with the issue.
Over the weekend I emailed a number of Iowa conservatives to ask them a few general questions about the GOP field. I didn't mention immigration or any other issue; I just wanted their thoughts. What I got back, as far as Rubio was concerned, was all about immigration, and nearly all negative
"Over the last three months, Marco Rubio's name and face and voice have been so attached to the comprehensive immigration bill that it has virtually killed any enthusiasm among Republicans in Iowa for a Rubio presidential candidacy," said GOP State Central Committee member Jamie Johnson. "Most Republicans here now see Rubio as the amnesty candidate."
"Rubio seems to be so damaged it will be very difficult for him to recover here in Iowa," said Rep. Steve King. "My perspective is that the immigration issue will sort Republican candidates."
"Rubio has hurt himself immeasurably with his support of the current immigration bill," said Sioux City conservative radio host Sam Clovis. "The rule of law still trumps all the feel-good aspects of the bill."
"Immigration will be a separator issue, for sure," said Chuck Laudner, a longtime GOP activist allied with King and an influential supporter of Santorum in 2012.
Those are all opinions from the party's more conservative wing, but of course conservatives remain quite influential in Iowa. Take a step back, though, look at the whole Iowa GOP, and some will argue that immigration hasn't sunk Rubio's chances at all. The problem is, it has made him a divisive figure.
"Rubio is somewhat polarizing in Iowa," said Craig Robinson, who runs The Iowa Republican, an influential blog in state GOP circles. "Some conservatives think his push for immigration reform has ended any thought of him running for president in 2016. I am not ready to write him off. Sure, it's not going to endear him to the Steve King loyalists in the state, but he is still someone that people generally like and respect."
The bottom line is that by pushing so hard for comprehensive immigration reform, and by working so closely with intensely partisan Democrats like Sen. Charles Schumer (as McCain had with the late Sen. Ted Kennedy), Rubio has lost some of his appeal to GOP voters in the nation's first-voting state.
A candidate doesn't have to win Iowa to win the nomination. And perhaps Rubio's problems won't last. McCain made the mistake of promoting immigration reform at the same moment he was gearing up his run for president. Rubio has two years before he starts running full time. Memories might fade.
But one thing probably won't fade, and that is the conservative voter's attitude toward government. Rubio's immigration proposal is a sprawling plan that would legalize millions of currently illegal immigrants and give new powers to the secretary of Homeland Security, while promising enhanced border security within a few years. It's a promise many Republicans didn't believe a few years ago.
In '07, I asked McCain what was the most fundamental problem with his reform proposal. "What I underestimated was the lack of trust and confidence in government," he told me. "I mean, I said time after time, 'We'll enforce the borders. We'll enforce the borders. Here's X billion dollars to do it. We'll enforce the borders.' They just didn't believe us."
They still don't, and that could mean serious trouble for Marco Rubio.
Byron York, The Washington Examiner's chief political correspondent, can be contacted at byork@washingtonexaminer.com. His column appears on Tuesday and Friday, and his stories and blogposts appear on washingtonexaminer.com.
THE OBAMA PLAN:
THE OBAMA CONSPIRACY TO UNITE AMERICA WITH MEXICO, OPEN THE BORDERS WIDER and KEEP WAGES DEPRESSED WITH 40 MILLION NEW “UNREGISTERED DEMS”…. WHICH WILL EFFECTIVELY DESTROY THE GOP AS WELL.
SOCIOPATH OBAMA – ALL HIS WARS ARE TO PROTECT THE BORDERS OF THE MUSLIM DICTATORS HE PROPS UP ON OUR TAX DOLLARS, EVEN WHILE HE SABOTAGES OUR BORDERS WITH NARCOMEX TO BUILD THE DEMS’ PARTY BASE OF ILLEGALS…. AND THEY GET ALL THE JOBS, WELFARE AND OBAMACARE!
http://mexicanoccupation.blogspot.com/2013/05/what-has-fucker-obama-done-all-jobs-go.html
OBAMA and the MEXICAN FASCIST PARTY of LA RAZA – HIS LONG TIES
THE LA RAZA “THE RACE” MEXICAN LOOTERS: OBAMA’S PARTY BASE of ILLEGALS… really want to hand 40 million of these people LA RAZA SUPREMACY and LEGALIZED LOOTING in our borders? THE DEMOCRAT PARTY DOES!
http://mexicanoccupation.blogspot.com/2013/05/la-raza-fascism-reality-of-obamas-la.html
EISENHOWER’S PROTECTION of HOMELAND SECURITY & OBAMA’S ENDLESS SABOTAGE TO BUILD THE LA RAZA DEM PARTY of ILLEGALS
OBAMA’S AMNESTY FOR LEGALIZED MEXICAN LOOTING, THE RISE of LA RAZA FASCISM IN AMERICA (funded by Obama) and the GROWING OBAMA DICTATORSHIP… what would President Eisenhower, who lead the nation to fight against German Fascism before it climbed our borders, think of Obama, America’s biggest threat since WWII?
http://mexicanoccupation.blogspot.com/2013/05/obama-la-raza-fascism-and-open-borders.html
IS IT REALLY AMNESTY and SURRENDER OF OUR BORDERS TO NARCOMEX, or is it ALSO DESTRUCTION OF THE GOP WITH 40 MILLION NEW “UNREGISTERED DEMS” AND MORE JUMPING OUR OPEN BORDERS and JOBS DAILY???
HOW OBAMA’S AMNESTY HOAX DESTROYED the GOP and BUILT the LA RAZA MEXICAN FASCIST WELFARE STATE IN AMERICA.
WHAT WOULD AMERICANS THINK IF THEY KNEW ABOUT OBAMA’S TIES TO LA RAZA SUPREMACIST PARTY, WHICH HE FUNDS WITH AMERICAN TAX DOLLARS AND OPERERATES OUT OF THE WHITE HOUSE UNDER CECILIA MUNOZ?
http://mexicanoccupation.blogspot.com/2013/05/how-barack-obama-perpetrated-amnesty-to.html
It proves the Obama administration is willing to go to any extent - including gaming the courts - to continue stonewalling the full story of its lawless release of illegal aliens. Now, with the prison floodgates being thrown open to illegal aliens under the phony pretense of abiding by sequester cuts, it is more important that details of this threat to the public safety be revealed.
A week later, Rep. Steve King (R-Iowa) said the immigration bill was “far worse” than ObamaCare: He described the bill as an attempt by Senate Democrats “to establish another monolithic voting bloc” among Hispanic Americans.
THE DEMOCRATS’ AMNESTY HOAX: DESTRUCTION OF THE GOP, THE AMERICAN MIDDLE CLASS AND 40 MILLION “UNREGISTERED DEMS” VOTING FOR MORE LA RAZA SUPREMACY AND LOOTING OF AMERICA.
http://mexicanoccupation.blogspot.com/2013/05/america-under-la-raza-dem-rule.html
"Remember 187 -- the Proposition to deny taxpayer funds for services to non-citizens --- was the last gasp of white America in California." --- Art Torres, Chairman of the California Democratic Party… NOW THE PARTY for LA RAZA SUPREMACY… do a search for Barack Obama and LA RAZA.
http://mexicanoccupation.blogspot.com/2013/05/how-barack-obama-built-democrat-party.html
THE REALITY OF THE OBAMA – McCAIN AMNESTY… It’s all about keeping wages depressed, and destroying the GOP.
HERE’S WHAT IT LOOKS LIKE TO THE AVERAGE AMERICAN WHO LOSES THEIR JOB TO AN ILLEGAL BUT STILL GETS THE TAX BILLS FOR THE LA RAZA MEXICAN WELFARE STATE THE DEMOCRAT PARTY HAS BUILT.
JOE LEGAL vs JUAN ILLEGAL – JOE LEGAL STILL GETS THE TAX BILLS FOR JUAN’S WELFARE STATE, UNDERGROUND ECONOMY, ANCHOR BABY BREEDING FOR 18 YEARS OF WEFLARE, OBAMACARE, “FREE” EDUCATION, “FEE” EMERGENCY ROOM PLAN HEALTHCARE, AND “FREE” DREAM ACTS HANDED OVER BY THE DEMS TO BUY JUAN’S ILLEGAL VOTES!
The danger, as Washington Post economics columnist Robert Samuelson argues, is that of “importing poverty” in the form of a new underclass—a permanent group of working poor.
http://mexicanoccupation.blogspot.com/2012/03/assualt-on-american-worker-joe-legal-vs.html
"We could cut unemployment in half simply by reclaiming the jobs taken by illegal workers," said Representative Lamar Smith of Texas, co-chairman of the Reclaim American Jobs Caucus. "President Obama is on the wrong side of the American people on immigration. The president should support policies that help citizens and legal immigrants find the jobs they need and deserve rather than fail to enforce immigration laws." REP. LAMAR SMITH – OUR NEXT PRESIDENT!
HOW BARACK OBAMA DESTROYED THE GOP and AMERICA WITH BLANKET AMNESTY, NON-ENFORCEMENT, NO E-VERIFY and SABOTAGE OF AMERICAN BORDER SECURITY and STATES ATTEMPT TO CURB ILLEGALS FROM VOTING…
IS AMNESTY only A DEVICE TO DEPRESS WAGES ore REALLY A CONSPIRACY TO AMNESTY DESTROYED GOP?
HOW SENS. JOHN McCAIN and MARCO RUBIO BUILT OBAMA’S LA RAZA DEM PARTY and the MEXICAN WEFLARE STATE in AMERICA and DESTROYED THE GOP IN SO DOING.
http://mexicanoccupation.blogspot.com/2013/05/how-sens-john-mccaina-and-marco-rubio.html
“In other words, the Republican Party is finished. As their numbers grow through immigration and welfare, democrats will become the wholesale dominant party in America until everyone’s money runs out by all those who milk the system, i.e., 45.2 million Americans subsisting on food stamps and assisted house, energy, medical care and electricity—will ultimately grow to 90 million and more. All of who work will be paying for all those who choose to live for free forever.”
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Is Sen. Marco Rubio hiding from ALIPAC? AS THE OBAMA AMNESTY HOAX GOES DOWN IN FLAMES
from alipac offices:
We are getting lots of complaints from activists that say they cannot reach a human staffer at illegal alien amnesty front man Marco Rubio's (R-FL) US Senate offices.
Senator Rubio is given millions of our tax dollars each year to hire staff to answer your calls and relay the sentiments of the public to the Senator.
We need to determine if American citizens who oppose amnesty for illegal aliens can or cannot reach anyone in Rubio's offices.
This is the contact number listed on Rubio's official website paid for by We The People.
284 Russell Senate Office Building
Please call this number again and again to tell them that you oppose Marco Rubio's efforts to help Obama pass amnesty for millions of illegal aliens.
Please post a comment at this link each time you try the number to let us know if you do or do not reach a person. We need to create an online log at this link to document this effort. If you do not have an account to post at www.alipac.us, just create one and post your comment when your account is ready.
Did you reach a person at Rubio's offices? Yes or No, post here....
http://www.alipac.us/f8/can-anyone-r...0/#post1346456
Thank you for standing with Americans for Legal Immigration PAC (ALIPAC) against any form of amnesty and against the costly and deadly illegal immigrant invasion of America!
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THE OBAMA DICTATORSHIP: House Judiciary investigating whether Holder lied under oath - The Hill's Blog Briefing Room
House Judiciary investigating whether Holder lied under oath - The Hill's Blog Briefing Room
PRESIDENT OBAMA ASSAULTS COMMENTATOR TAVIS SMILEY
TELLS SMILEY TO SHUT THE mUCK UP ABOUT MY ENDLESS HISPANDERING TO ILLEGALS AT THE COST OF BLACK AMERICA!
http://mexicanoccupation.blogspot.com/2013/05/president-obama-tells-tavis-smiley-to.html
OBAMA’S CRONY CAPITALISM – A NATION RULED BY CRIMINAL WALL STREET BANKSTERS AND OBAMA DONORS
http://mexicanoccupation.blogspot.com/2013/05/pritzker-obama-adds-to-his-harem-of.html
Culture of Corruption: Obama and His Team of Tax Cheats, Crooks, and Cronies
In her shocking new book, Malkin digs deep into the records of President Obama's staff, revealing corrupt dealings, questionable pasts, and abuses of power throughout his administration.
CONGRESS DECLARES THAT ILLEGALS SAP TAX DOLLARS… SO THEN WHAT WOULD 40 MILLION LEGALIZED MEXICAN LOOTERS DO??? GO OUT AND VOTE GOP?
http://mexicanoccupation.blogspot.com/2013/05/congress-declares-illegals-drain-on-tax.html
2/3S JOBS – NAFTA
Government of, by, and for the banks
Five years since the 2008 financial meltdown, the speculation and fraud that caused the crash are back in full force in the United States. Flush with the $85 billion in cash printed up and handed to the banks every month by the Federal Reserve, business at the Wall Street casino is booming. Stock values are at record levels and so are bank profits, amidst declining wages and mass poverty.
http://mexicanoccupation.blogspot.com/2013/05/obama-and-his-criminal-banksters-their.html
Big Banks Get Break in Rules to Limit Risks
OBAMA-STYLE CRONY CAPITALISM… business as usual for Obama’s banksters!
OBAMA AND HIS CRIMINAL BANKSTERS… THE LOOTING GOES ON, AND AS PER OBAMA’S PROMISE…NONE HAVE GONE TO PRISON!
http://mexicanoccupation.blogspot.com/2013/05/crony-capitalism-obama-style-his.html
“The changes to the rule, which will be announced on Thursday, could effectively empower a few big banks to continue controlling the derivatives market, a main culprit in the financial crisis.”
AMNESTY for 40 MILLION NEW UNREGISTED DEMS: House, Senate nearing showdown over immigration reform | WashingtonExaminer.com
House, Senate nearing showdown over immigration reform | WashingtonExaminer.com
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ATP and presentation service for Mizar formalizations
Josef Urban, Piotr Rudnicki, Geoffrey Sutcliffe
This paper describes the Automated Reasoning for Mizar (MizAℝ) service, which integrates several automated reasoning, artificial intelligence, and presentation tools with Mizar and its authoring environment. The service provides ATP assistance to Mizar authors in finding and explaining proofs, and offers generation of Mizar problems as challenges to ATP systems. The service is based on a sound translation from the Mizar language to that of first-order ATP systems, and relies on the recent progress in application of ATP systems in large theories containing tens of thousands of available facts. We present the main features of MizAℝ services, followed by an account of initial experiments in finding proofs with the ATP assistance. Our initial experience indicates that the tool offers substantial help in exploring the Mizar library and in preparing new Mizar articles.
Journal of Automated Reasoning
Adenosinetriphosphate
Acoustic waves
Automated reasoning
Automated reasoning in large theories
Interactive theorem proving
Urban, J., Rudnicki, P., & Sutcliffe, G. (2013). ATP and presentation service for Mizar formalizations. Journal of Automated Reasoning, 50(2), 229-241. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10817-012-9269-y
ATP and presentation service for Mizar formalizations. / Urban, Josef; Rudnicki, Piotr; Sutcliffe, Geoffrey.
In: Journal of Automated Reasoning, Vol. 50, No. 2, 2013, p. 229-241.
Urban, J, Rudnicki, P & Sutcliffe, G 2013, 'ATP and presentation service for Mizar formalizations', Journal of Automated Reasoning, vol. 50, no. 2, pp. 229-241. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10817-012-9269-y
Urban J, Rudnicki P, Sutcliffe G. ATP and presentation service for Mizar formalizations. Journal of Automated Reasoning. 2013;50(2):229-241. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10817-012-9269-y
Urban, Josef ; Rudnicki, Piotr ; Sutcliffe, Geoffrey. / ATP and presentation service for Mizar formalizations. In: Journal of Automated Reasoning. 2013 ; Vol. 50, No. 2. pp. 229-241.
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Oct 22, 2018 Monroe History1 Commentplaces, wehiaCollege Avenue
Blog post by Randi Richardson
An early view of the west side of Bloomington’s square from the author’s postcard collection.
On December 21, 1929, the front page of the World Telephone was devoted to a view of College Avenue both in the day and in the past. Several photographs of current (1929) business owners and the new Eagle building were included. Let’s take a walk on the Avenue and see how it looked in 1929. Should you want to continue your walk, or know more about these businesses than the brief descriptions included below, check out the newspaper on microfilm at the Monroe County Public Library.
College Avenue was considerably different in 1929 than it was thirty-five years earlier. It was called College Avenue because Indiana University was located at the southern end of the Street. In the late 1900s it was the best residential section of the city.
Dr. W. L. Bryan, president of Indiana University, had his first home on College Avenue after he became president. Among other prominent families who have lived or are currently resided on the street include: Joseph G. McPheeters, for many years postmaster of Bloomington; James A. Karsell, flour mill owner and grocer; Walter Collins; Walter Woodburn, for many years cashier of the First National Bank; Henry T. Simmons, former owner of the Corner Clothing Store where the Kresge Company now has its 5 and 10 Cents store; Dr. James A. Woodburn, professor emeritus of Indiana University; Tobe Batterton; Capt. W. J. Allen; Walter Cornwell; Mrs. Lou Helton; Dr. J. W. Crain; John H. Louden; John C. Dolan; Tolbert H. Sudbury; Moses Kahn; George W. Bollenbacher; James K. Beck; Rev. William Telfer; Dr. L. T. Lowder; Dr. David Maxwell; Joshua A. Howe, B. F. Adams; W. H. Adams; Dr. Dodd; C. N. S. Neeld; Mr. Sheeks and many others.
Initially, College Avenue was almost a quagmire after a hard rain. It was the first street in Bloomington to be paved. For many years, it was not opened north father than Eleventh Street. That changed when the Kenwood Land Company was formed and began the sale of lots up to Sixteenth Street. About 1927, it was extended to Seventeenth Street and about 1929 was extended through the Showers and Miller lands to Cascade Park.
Bloomington’s biggest hotel is located on College Avenue. H. B. Gentry built the Gentry Hotel at College and Sixth streets. At the time it was constructed, it was considered one of the best hotels between Louisville and Chicago. Since that time it has been rebuilt and in 1929 the new Graham Hotel is one of the finest 8-story hotels in the U. S.
Mr. Gentry also bought several other buildings on College Avenue including what was formerly known as the Bowles Drug Store corner, later occupied by the Citizens’ Loan and Trust Company, and a building where Kresge’s Five and Dime Store is located on the west side of the square.
Several years before the invention of the auto, Craig Worley owned Bloomington’s largest livery stable at College Avenue and Seventh Street. He sold the property to W. T. Hicks who, in turn, disposed of it to the U. S. Government for a fine, new post office.
At one time the Evening World office was printed on the second floor of a building on College Avenue owned by Gus C. Davis opposite the post office. It was moved to its present location in 1907 by Oscar H. Cravens who had a building erected as the permanent home of the paper.
The property where Bloomington’s beautiful Masonic Temple is located at College and Seventh streets was once home to Charles Ousler. He lived in a 12-room, brick building that was one of the first houses ever to be erected in the city. Ousler used his home as a rooming house.
Three doctors had offices on College in years gone by—Drs. Maxwell, Dodds and Lowder.
As many as fifty years ago a large number of students attended Central School on College. That building is still standing and is the oldest school in the city. Anna McDermott taught at the school longer than any other teacher in Bloomington schools. Central and the colored school building were the only public school structures in the city then.
Sullivan’s Store is among the new buildings on College. William E. “Sully” Sullivan, formerly associated with the Johnson Creamery, is the current owner of the business long known for its “men’s furnishings.” He bought the store from Joe Kadison in 1925 and remodeled it extensively.
The Hesler Brothers established Bloomington’s first Super Service Station on College about 1919. It is one of the largest and finest in Southern Indiana providing motorists with 24-hour service daily.
The Reliable Watch Shop at 108 S. College went into the pawn shop business last year giving Bloomington its first pawn shop. J. E. Young, a native of Bloomington, is the manager.
The Eagle Clothing Store on College recently opened a new store on College west of the square after 26 years in business. Attention was called to the “unusual” windows which were of the latest design.
Clyde “Curly” Hare gave one of the most distinctive additions to Bloomington’s architectural beauty when he built the Hare Motor Sales building on South College in 1928. He is an IU graduate and was connected with the Showers Bros. for five years before entering the automobile business. Ralph Nelson is the sales manager.
Another of the new buildings on College is the Hook Drug Company. They opened in September 1928, burned out in January 1929 and reopened just recently.
All these businesses and more will prompt former IU students and residents to be pleasantly surprised with the many positives changes to College Avenue upon their next visit to Bloomington.
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By IhorOn December 15, 2019 In Essays
Mark Twain’s novel, The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn, is based on a young boy’s coming of age in Missouri in the mid-1800s. The adventures Huck Finn gets into while floating down the Mississippi River depict many serious issues that occur on the shores of civilization, better known as society. As these events following the Civil War are told through the young eyes of Huckleberry Finn, he unknowingly develops morally from the influences surrounding him on his journey to freedom and in the end, becomes a mature individual.
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Huck’s evolution begins before he ever sets foot on the raft down the Mississippi. His mother is deceased, while his father customarily is in a drunken state. Huck grows up following his own rules until he moves in with the Widow Douglas and her sister, Miss Watson. Together, the women attempt to “sivilize”(Twain, 3). Huck by making him attend school, study religion, and act in a way the women find socially acceptable. However, Huck’s free-spirited soul keeps him from joining the organized life the two women have in store for him.
The freedom Huck seeks in Tom Sawyer’s gang is nothing more than romantic child’s-play. Raiding a caravan of Arabs really means terrorizing young children on a Sunday School picnic, and the stolen “julery”(12) is nothing more than turnips or rocks. Huck is disappointed that the adventures Tom promises are not real and so, along with the other members, he quits the gang. Still, Huck ignorantly assumes that Tom is superior to him because of his more suitable family background and fascination with Romantic literature.
Pap and “the kidnapping” play another big role in Huck’s moral development. Pap is completely antisocial and wishes to undo all of the bad things that the Widow and Miss Watson have attempted to instill in Huck. However, Pap does not symbolize freedom because he promotes drunkenness, prejudice, and abuse. So, Huck escapes the cabin to search for the freedom of which he is in need. It is after Huck Finn escapes to Jackson Island that he meets the most influential character of the novel, Jim.
After conversing, Huck learns things about the runaway slave of which he had never been aware. Jim has a family, dreams, and talents such as knowing “all kinds of signs”(40), people’s personalities, and weather forecasting. However, Huck sees Jim as a gullible slave. He plays tricks on him like the rattlesnake that he puts in Jim’s bed that nearly gets Jim killed. At this point in the novel, Huck still holds the belief that blacks are essentially different from whites. Also, Huck’s conscience constantly reminds him that he is an abolitionist for helping Jim run away from his owner.
Huck does not see that Jim is looking for freedom just as he is. The first adventure Huck and Jim take part in while searching for freedom is the steamboat situation. Huck shows development of character in tricking the watchman into going back to the boat to save the criminals. Even though they are thieves, and plan to murder another man, Huck still feels that they deserve a chance to live. Some may see Huck’s reaction to the event as crooked but, unlike most of society, Huck Finn sees good in people and attempts to help them as much as he can.
Getting lost in the fog while floating down the Mississippi River leads to a major turning point in the development of Huck Finn’s character. Up to this event, he has seen Jim as a lesser person than himself. After trying to deny the fog event to Jim, he says, “It was fifteen minutes before I could work myself up to go and humble myself to a [slave]; but I done it, and I warn’t ever sorry for it afterward, neither”(74). He continues by explaining how he could never do such a thing again. Huck has clearly gained respect for Jim here and shows it by feeling so horrible over what he did.
The feud between the Grangerfords and the Shepardsons adds to Huck’s disliking of society. In this adventure, Huck learns what a feud is and also witnesses the horrid result the hostility brought upon the two families. After that, Huck and Jim meet up with the Duke and the King. The two con-men use Huck and Jim to aid them in their scams. The con-men’s attempt to act as the brothers of Peter Wilks is an important part of Huck’s development. The Duke and King try to take Peter’s money, however, Huck decides to return the money to Peter’s three daughters.
He wants to set himslef apart from the thieves because he knows that he doesn’t belong with them and he feels bad that the daughters are getting tricked so badly. He cannot bare to see such a disgusting scam go through. This action demonstrates further growth and maturation, as does his choice to leave the two con-men.. The most climactic point of Huck’s maturation is when he exclaims “All right then, I’ll go to hell! “(180). He has decided to go against his conscience by freeing Jim, and in doing so, reject society.
While the society he has grown up in teaches that freeing slaves is wrong, Huck has evolved to a point where he can realize that what he feels is right, and that his own beliefs are superior to those of Southern civilization. Jim has taught him what it is like to feel free while gliding down the Mississippi. When Huck would need safety from the dry land, Jim has always been supportive. However, the next situation Jim and Huck go through will bring a turning point for the worst. When Jim is caught by Tom Sawyer’s relatives, Huck decides he will get his friend back.
He sees Uncle Silas as such a good man, but fails to see that he owns slaves like all the rest. Then, Huck meets back up with Tom Sawyer, and let’s his useless rescue attempts jeopardize Jim’s freedom. Huck lets Tom Sawyer take the controls and sits quietly while Tom puts Jim through ordeal after ordeal. When it is made certain that Jim is a free man, Huck learns the truth about his father’s death and who was in the floating house at the beginning of the journey. This information is taken by Huck in a very mature manner and his respect for Jim grows even more.
Huckleberry Finn was able to raise above the rest of society. As a young boy, he learned many things about the cruel world, and what freedom really means. Huck will never accept civilization and he will always go back to living on his own terms. Though there were times when Huck made the wrong decision, the reader must realize that growing up is making mistakes; and the mistakes are what people learn from. The journey that Huckleberry Finn went through during the course of the book, helped him become a mature young man and helped him in his ongoing struggle with society.
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One more reason why the MMT Jobs Guarantee is a con job Wednesday, May 9 2018
Uncategorized JG, jobs guarantee, MMT, monetary sovereignty, Ten Steps to Prosperity Rodger Malcolm Mitchell 3:15 pm
The previous post, The MMT Jobs Guarantee con job, gave several reasons why JG is unworkable, and in fact, will hinder employment. For example:
Jobs are not hard to find. There are millions of jobs available.
May 8, 2018: U.S. employers post record high 6.6 million open jobs
By Christopher A. Rugaber Associated Press
U.S. employers advertised 6.6 million open jobs in March, the most on records dating back to December 2000, suggesting businesses want to staff up to meet strong demand.
Job openings rise to record high as employers battle for qualified workers
The number of U.S. job openings increased by 472,000 to a seasonally adjusted 6.6 million in March, a record high, the Labor Department reported Tuesday. The latest statistics in the monthly Job Openings and Labor Turnover Survey suggested that as hiring has improved, employers have found it increasingly difficult to find qualified workers.
A job is not hard to find. The right job is hard to find. The job in the right location — the job you want to do and are qualified to do — that job is hard to find.
Congratulations on your JG job.
JG will not find the right job for you. At best, it might find a job, take it or leave it.
Most people do not work for the joy of labor. Most people work for money, or more accurately, for financial benefits.
Continuing the above article:
The unemployment rate is at a 17-year low, but stagnant wages, chronic underemployment and growing inequality are leading more Americans to take on so-called side hustles.
Some want to supplement their incomes. Others are just trying to eke out a living. Nearly 1 in 4 Americans now earn money from the digital “platform economy,” according to the Pew Research Center.
Most of that work is for domestic tasks, such as housecleaning and repairs, or driving for companies such as Uber.
By moving into shops and cafes, on-demand work stands to reshape a broader slice of the U.S. economy. There are implications for low-wage workers, too, as a new class of employers fills its labor pool with on-call temp workers.
Retail and hospitality — which accounts for 20 percent of U.S. positions, according to the Bureau of Labor Statistics — is the on-ramp for many employees to better jobs.
But the sector is also pinched by rising minimum wages and health-care costs, and employers are seeking more flexible work arrangements that respond to the ebbs and flows of their businesses.
But labor experts say companies such as Snag Work could set a dangerous precedent. Employers are already wary of hiring full-time employees because of overtime and health-care costs, they say, and having a pool of potential gig workers at the ready could make matters worse for those seeking the stability, benefits and protections that come with full-time work.
Despite JG beliefs, laboring for money neither is inherently more moral or emotionally more satisfying than receiving money without labor.
Many retired people and wealthy people tend to be quite satisfied with their lives, while not having a paying job.
You can see other reasons why JG is unworkable by visiting The MMT Jobs Guarantee con job, but there is one additional reason, not mentioned in the prior post.
What becomes of JG job searchers, creators, supervisors and trainers when jobs are plentiful vs. when jobs are scarce?
The reason relates to the current situation where unemployment is low, and available jobs are plentiful. This is not a permanent or even a long-term situation.
Unemployment and jobs availability change markedly through time.
But by any measure, implementing JG would require a large federal bureaucracy, and depending on the degree to which state and local governments are involved, large state and local bureaucracies.
These bureaucrats not only would require significant training themselves, but any private job searchers, job creators and job trainers would need to be hired and trained.
So the question becomes:
3. What would happen to the thousands of people hired to implement JG during those periods, like today, when JG scarcely is needed, if at all?
Would these thousands of people be retained during slack periods, to twiddle their thumbs? Or would they be fired, which later would require another round of hiring and training?
And if the latter, wouldn’t this new round of hiring and training always be behind the curve, so that many months or years pass before the program once again, is up and running?
If you have had occasion to debate with a JG adherent, you probably have discovered there are an infinite number of JG’s. For each objection, a new JG is invented, until the only common element is the words “Jobs Guarantee.”
In my personal experience discussing and debating JG, I’ve been told the program involves one or more of:
–federal jobs, local government jobs, and/or private jobs
–JG implementation government or private employees, or no program employees
–supplementary Basic Income payments
–minimum wage (about $7 hour) or enhanced minimum wage of $15 hour
–prior job training by program trainers, or on-the-job training by the employee’s supervisors
–Benefits like vacations, health insurance, prenatal programs, education, special clothing, IRAs
–Part time, temporary, or full-time jobs
I also have been told JG employees would not compete with or replace existing employees, though I cannot imagine how that would work.
4. Finally, the private sector already is doing JG, far better than the government would. Continuing with the article:
Snag Work and other new platforms are the go-betweens, allowing users to pick up open shifts from retailers, restaurants and hotels that have gaps in their schedules.
Wonolo, which bills itself as 40 percent cheaper than traditional temporary staffing companies, counts Coca-Cola, McDonald’s and Papa John’s Pizza among its clients. Other start-ups include AllWork and Coople.
Snag Work, which recently expanded to Washington, D.C., says the arrangements are mutually beneficial for cash-strapped workers and understaffed businesses. “Workers now have lots of options to pick up shifts — Instacart, TaskRabbit, Postmates, Lyft,” said Peter Harrison, chief executive of Snag, the parent company of Snag Work, which says it has 2.1 million active users.
“But for small businesses, there are not ways for them to participate in this revolution. They’re suffering for it because they’re losing workers to these other platforms.”
That’s where Snag Work comes in, he says. This is how it works: Interested workers sign up online and are vetted by Snag Work via Skype interviews and background checks. They can search for open shifts — which typically pay $10 to $15 an hour — on the company’s app and sign up for the ones they’re interested in.
They clock in and clock out and are paid through Snag Work’s online platform. A spokeswoman for Snag Work said the company provides workers’ compensation coverage to all workers.
The federal government should encourage and regulate businesses like Snag Work, rather than create a competitive, job-hunting/ job-creating business of its own:
Temporary workers also have fewer rights. They can’t unionize and don’t have the same legal protections against workplace harassment that other employees do, according to Erin Johansson, research director at Jobs With Justice, a nonprofit that advocates for workers’ rights.
State legislatures across the country are considering bills that would legally classify gig workers as independent contractors, stripping them of a number of workplace rights and protections.
Until now, the distinction between on-demand employee and contractor has been largely unclear, as evidenced by a number of lawsuits alleging that companies such as Uber, Grubhub and Handy are incorrectly classifying their workers as independent contractors.
Stallings, the full-time gig worker, said he regularly picks up dishwashing shifts at the Five Guys near Virginia Commonwealth University.
“The other workers get a little upset when they hear I’m making more than minimum wage,” Stallings said. “You’ll hear them talk about how they’re struggling to keep full-time hours, and then I come in to wash dishes, and at $10 an hour, am making almost as much as the cooks are.”
In summary, JG is a complex, convoluted, naive program created by people who seem not to understand the realities of job hunting. So they assume they simply can supply A JOB, and anyone unemployed will be delighted to have it.
Think of how much easier, faster and more beneficial it would be simply to:
Step #1. Eliminate FICA, then
Step #2. Expand Medicare to cover everyone, then
Step #3. Give Social Security to everyone, then
Step #4. Provide free education for everyone who wants it, then . . .
You get the idea. I’m suggesting the 10 Steps to Prosperity (below) — good at all times for all economic situations.
The most important problems in economics involve the excessive income/wealth/power Gaps between the have-mores and the have-lesses.
Implementation of The Ten Steps To Prosperity can narrow the Gaps:
1. ELIMINATE FICA (Ten Reasons to Eliminate FICA )
Although the article lists 10 reasons to eliminate FICA, there are two fundamental reasons:
*FICA is the most regressive tax in American history, widening the Gap by punishing the low and middle-income groups, while leaving the rich untouched, and
*The federal government, being Monetarily Sovereign, neither needs nor uses FICA to support Social Security and Medicare.
2. FEDERALLY FUNDED MEDICARE — PARTS A, B & D, PLUS LONG TERM CARE — FOR EVERYONE (H.R. 676, Medicare for All )
This article addresses the questions:
*Does the economy benefit when the rich can afford better health care than can the rest of Americans?
*Aside from improved health care, what are the other economic effects of “Medicare for everyone?”
*How much would it cost taxpayers?
*Who opposes it?”
3. PROVIDE A MONTHLY ECONOMIC BONUS TO EVERY MAN, WOMAN AND CHILD IN AMERICA (similar to Social Security for All) (The JG (Jobs Guarantee) vs the GI (Guaranteed Income) vs the EB (Economic Bonus)) Or institute a reverse income tax.
This article is the fifth in a series about direct financial assistance to Americans:
Why Modern Monetary Theory’s Employer of Last Resort is a bad idea. Sunday, Jan 1 2012
MMT’s Job Guarantee (JG) — “Another crazy, rightwing, Austrian nutjob?” Thursday, Jan 12 2012
Why Modern Monetary Theory’s Jobs Guarantee is like the EU’s euro: A beloved solution to the wrong problem. Tuesday, May 29 2012
“You can’t fire me. I’m on JG” Saturday, Jun 2 2012
Economic growth should include the “bottom” 99.9%, not just the .1%, the only question being, how best to accomplish that. Modern Monetary Theory (MMT) favors giving everyone a job. Monetary Sovereignty (MS) favors giving everyone money. The five articles describe the pros and cons of each approach.
4. FREE EDUCATION (INCLUDING POST-GRAD) FOR EVERYONE Five reasons why we should eliminate school loans
Monetarily non-sovereign State and local governments, despite their limited finances, support grades K-12. That level of education may have been sufficient for a largely agrarian economy, but not for our currently more technical economy that demands greater numbers of highly educated workers.
Because state and local funding is so limited, grades K-12 receive short shrift, especially those schools whose populations come from the lowest economic groups. And college is too costly for most families.
An educated populace benefits a nation, and benefitting the nation is the purpose of the federal government, which has the unlimited ability to pay for K-16 and beyond.
Even were schooling to be completely free, many young people cannot attend, because they and their families cannot afford to support non-workers. In a foundering boat, everyone needs to bail, and no one can take time off for study.
If a young person’s “job” is to learn and be productive, he/she should be paid to do that job, especially since that job is one of America’s most important.
Businesses are dollar-transferring machines. They transfer dollars from customers to employees, suppliers, shareholders and the federal government (the later having no use for those dollars). Any tax on businesses reduces the amount going to employees, suppliers and shareholders, which diminishes the economy. Ultimately, all business taxes reduce your personal income.
7. INCREASE THE STANDARD INCOME TAX DEDUCTION, ANNUALLY. (Refer to this.) Federal taxes punish taxpayers and harm the economy. The federal government has no need for those punishing and harmful tax dollars. There are several ways to reduce taxes, and we should evaluate and choose the most progressive approaches.
Cutting FICA and business taxes would be a good early step, as both dramatically affect the 99%. Annual increases in the standard income tax deduction, and a reverse income tax also would provide benefits from the bottom up. Both would narrow the Gap.
8. TAX THE VERY RICH (THE “.1%) MORE, WITH HIGHER PROGRESSIVE TAX RATES ON ALL FORMS OF INCOME. (TROPHIC CASCADE)
There was a time when I argued against increasing anyone’s federal taxes. After all, the federal government has no need for tax dollars, and all taxes reduce Gross Domestic Product, thereby negatively affecting the entire economy, including the 99.9%.
But I have come to realize that narrowing the Gap requires trimming the top. It simply would not be possible to provide the 99.9% with enough benefits to narrow the Gap in any meaningful way. Bill Gates reportedly owns $70 billion. To get to that level, he must have been earning $10 billion a year. Pick any acceptable Gap (1000 to 1?), and the lowest paid American would have to receive $10 million a year. Unreasonable.
9. FEDERAL OWNERSHIP OF ALL BANKS (Click The end of private banking and How should America decide “who-gets-money”?)
Banks have created all the dollars that exist. Even dollars created at the direction of the federal government, actually come into being when banks increase the numbers in checking accounts. This gives the banks enormous financial power, and as we all know, power corrupts — especially when multiplied by a profit motive.
Although the federal government also is powerful and corrupted, it does not suffer from a profit motive, the world’s most corrupting influence.
10. INCREASE FEDERAL SPENDING ON THE MYRIAD INITIATIVES THAT BENEFIT AMERICA’S 99.9% (Federal agencies)Browse the agencies. See how many agencies benefit the lower- and middle-income/wealth/ power groups, by adding dollars to the economy and/or by actions more beneficial to the 99.9% than to the .1%.
Save this reference as your primer to current economics. Sadly, much of the material is not being taught in American schools, which is all the more reason for you to use it.
The Ten Steps will grow the economy, and narrow the income/wealth/power Gap between the rich and you.
12 Responses to One more reason why the MMT Jobs Guarantee is a con job
Alastair Fraser says:
I read this article. It was little but blithering negative and defeatist nonsense. Good luck
Thank you for your interesting facts, a real benefit to all.
Rodger,
Maybe the bigger problem is the existence of money. It’s such a pain. Inflation seems to eat away at progressive change. Eventually, the federal budget will be in the tens of trillions of dollars. It’s so silly-sounding.
Money is just a number, so the budget could be many trillions of dollars. For convenience, we simply could remove a few zeros, and keep going.
Dan Lynch says:
Agree, Rodger.
Uncle Sam is highly competent at writing checks, but has a mixed track record at doing other things. I suggest that Uncle Sam should maintain a healthy economy by doing what it does best — writing checks!
This could be something along the lines of your 10 point program, or the Abba Lerner / C.H. Douglas proposal to give every citizen a “social credit” calculated to keep the economy at full employment, or Henry Wallace’s proposal to release just enough federal grant money each quarter to maintain full employment, or Nixon’s “revenue sharing” with the states. Just write checks until the economy is humming.
My first choice would be to write checks only to the people who need checks. My second choice would be to write checks to every citizen. My third choice would be to write checks to states, local governments, or government contractors with the hope that some of those dollars would trickle down to the people who need them.
You and I are hurting a lot of MMT feelings by pointing out the obvious flaws of their beloved JG that they just know would be best for poor people even though MMTers themselves have zero intention of working in a JG.
“Hurting feelings” is an understatement. One of the leading JG advocates in America, a professor at UMKC, wrote to me,“Are you serious, or just yet another crazy, rightwing, Austrian nutjob jacking off in public to get your jollies off?”
No kidding. See: https://mythfighter.com/2012/01/12/mmts-job-guarantee-jg-another-crazy-rightwing-austrian-nutjob/
And this was back in 2012.
Oh yeah. They attack you personally, or they suggest that you have not read the JG literature. It couldn’t possibly be that you have real world experience and they don’t.
christopher aaron says:
The negative income tax, universal basic income, social dividend, by whatever label seems appropriate has some pluses. If it was just about the level of a federal minimum wage 40 hr week job, and universal health care for all, then all employers would be free of having to worry about the minimum wage and providing health benefits. If someone wanted to work at a part time job with a pay that is possibly lower than the minimum wage, it would be ok because the worker is already getting the minimum wage and health care just for waking up in the morning. Also, the majority of people like to do something, and if they do, they earn more income, and the combination of a basic income and a decent private sector job market (with, of course, the money supply being kept at a good level), would help reduce poverty greatly. However, there is no doubt that part of this equation should be the public infrastructure issue. That alone would be a ”job guarantee” for at least a decade. After much of the work is done, and as automation advances, then a basic income, and a government sector that does what needs to be done (not creating work just to put people to work) and a good entrepreneur climate should be a good formula for real beneficial economic performance.
Gary Goodman says:
I like almost all of your posts but I think your attack on the JG is unfair and short-sighted, unimaginative.
There is already a vast federal and state Nanny State bureaucracy to deal with the effects of unemployment and poverty. That is, crime, cops, prison officials, judges, probation, social services to encourage people to search for jobs, etc. I can imagine a JG shifting people from ethically difficult and uncomfortable positions at public prisons and private prisons and social services counseling and monitoring to helping implement JG work.
I don’t imagine a JG would eliminate crime, but I do imagine that people who AT LAST have an opportunity and incentive to go to work — they could be volunteering at Habitat for Humanity but you don’t get paid — is helpful to keep people off the streets and out of trouble. Yes, social management, but less so and less punitive than current systems.
JG is designed to be voluntary and to incentivize work over cash benefits, without the fear of losing Medicaid because you took a temp job.
JG is designed to PULL people into private sector jobs, to help the private sector find viable experienced basic labor, AND to help them hire people and expand by increasing Demand in tandem with the supply of Labor to fill that Demand.
I just learned about a New Deal era proposal to make 30 hours = Full Time. That was defeated by the New Deal, but some companies implemented it anyhow.
We have cities and states asking for *volunteers* to work on public cleanup projects and other projects, because local govts lack tax revenue to actually hire people. Hospitals even use elderly volunteers at their front desk.
Without explaining, I can understand why BIG would be inflationary. In the past, govt and experts determined that a cash allocation handout program which would be large enough to really eliminate poverty without stubborn pockets would inherently be inflationary, which would quickly eat up the gains of the anti-poverty program.
I think you know, the real definition of inflation isn’t merely rising prices over time, but a spiraling accelerating effect month after month for a certain number of months.
(And of course the super wealthy LOVE inflation and OPENLY CELEBRATE inflation — inflation of the prices of assets they own and hope to own. The inflation they hate is wages increases and prices of things they don’t own, aka costs.)
JG, to me, looks like many useful mechanical and electrical machines that are designed with negative feedback loops as limiters.
BIG and such looks to me like positive feedback loops, which means a runaway system … more like the Housing Bubble where feedbacks increase inputs in an upward spiral.
I understand WHY you were branded a closet Austrian, unfairly. That is, ugly as it may seem, and Milton Friedman noted this, a social services system run thru social services institutions and workers is politically self-perpetuating. There are internal advocates who — for selfish and unselfish reasons — want to see it continue to exist. Unemployment and speculative bubbles and busts are inherent to capitalism, so there’s no reason to believe the need for mitigation will vanish some day.
In contrast, Milton Friedman’s ideal was to run his idea of social services — here’s a check, spend it wisely, good luck — and ELIMINATE EVERYTHING ELSE — with no internal political pressures for COLA increases or to prevent cutbacks, because the compassionate hand of this Nanny State would be run thru IRS officials and IRS computers.
As much as people like to hate “gubbermint” I hope it’s obvious that there are broad conceptual fundamental difference between robust social services via HUD and similar agencies vs robust social services via the Internal Revenue Service.
Ajax the Great says:
After reading this, while I still would not oppose a JG, I can’t help but think that the real reason why a JG is more popular than a UBI is because of the outdated and specious notion that “everybody needs to work for a living”. The late, great Buckminster Fuller must be spinning in his grave right now.
But back to the actual merits of a JG, I do think that Pavlina Tcherneva did make a good economic case for one nonetheless. Personally, I would prefer there to be both a UBI and a JG.
Ajax, I can’t say I know a lot of studies, but several MMT and JG proponents said the Jeffes program in Argentina was successful because people wanted to work.
Part of that may be the culture and shame of “mooching”. FDR was aware that many people wouldn’t accept Social Security if they believed it was “charity” — pride and shame would prevent the SS program from being a huge success, including success in boosting Demand during the Depression and preventing future Depressions.
“Everybody needs to work at a stupid job for a living” may be false, but I think it’s true that people thrive and feel better when they are participating with other humans in doing something good and useful — all the better if they get paid.
For MMT people, the point of the JG isn’t work or starve. They want to keep and even expand Unemployment Benefits, SNAP, etc. Many people may need some months to seek a position vs taking a $10-15 JG near full time. That’s the purpose of unemployment benefits … and that shouldn’t leave people desperate. If you had a middle class home and cars before you were laid off, being a good and useful consumer, possibly owing loans, you shouldn’t be reduced to 2/3 max or minimum wage where you can’t make your house payment or rent or car note. That’s just the unnecessary imposition of fear.
I have read the critiques of UBI and have a rough unschooled in econ idea of why they feel UBI is untenable wrt inflation. We are talking about paying UBI to millionaires and billionaires too … it’s “universal”. AND why a bare minimum income with no evident upward mobility option — including stuff like getting my lazy butt out of bed and off of Twitter — is less useful than the option of a JG that has at least some measure of opportunity behind it.
You’ve probably read or heard Warren explain that employers usually have strong trepidation about taking the risk of the long shot of hiring the long-term unemployed who may have never showed up to a job every day, both looking at prejudices and looking at real risks and real likely costs.
In that realm, a JG is evidence that a person showed up at work every work day for 26 or 52 weeks. Hopefully that would blossom into an $18 or $20 job for people who are capable of more than the bare minimum, and go from there.
I’m thinking of a few guys I saw hanging out at McDonalds … one said he was working as a dishwasher at another joint, but my initial impression was “group home” except they didn’t have a caretaker with them. Having attended AA meetings for 30 years, I can tell you that some members are skilled workers, licensed professionals, business persons, executives, politicians, IT, sales, etc. but there are plenty more who read at 4th grade to 8th grade literacy and comprehension, and may not display a lot of ‘couth’ that is important in the business world, even checkout cashier.
Not to mention those I’ve met with disturbing emotional and cognitive issues which they were medicating with abuse of alcohol and drugs.
I’ve met people with physical disabilities such as pain that allow them to work a few hours per day but not 40-50 hour weeks.
Some of these people ought to be on a disability check.
Some ought to have a part time job option other than roofing and construction with functional drunks and addicts who smoke crack or shoot up during the work day. That would be good to have a JG choice. Hopefully, JG supervision should minimize that nonsense (ok, that’s pie in the sky but we can dream). JG is “guaranteed” opportunity, but within guidelines not free-for-all any nonsense.
Jordan Peterson pointed out that even when the US military is eager to take “bodies”, they reject anyone whose IQ tests below 72 (I think he said), and that’s some 15% of the population who can’t even join the Army. What can business and society do with them? Monthly housing and allowance isn’t *universal* incomes for all.
Zachary18 says:
Lowering the definition of Full-Time work without loss of pay would put upward pressure on wages and increase employment. In my view this needs to be a necessary part of any UBI program. This part pries money from the non-productive paper wealth generating more paper wealth sector. Coupling this with a modest UBI, we can discuss the nominal rate, is superior to a Job Guarantee, but I won’t get into that now.
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Was the Minotaur a single being, or a race?
In the legend of Theseus and the Minotaur, we know that the Minotaur dwelled at the center of the maze built by Daedalus. However, the creature itself (part man, part bull) doesn't appear to show up in any other well-known legends.
Was this Minotaur the only being like him, or was he part of a larger "race" of creatures?
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LunaLuna
In Greek Mythology, the Minotaur was a singular creature, the man/bull hybrid offspring of King Minos' wife. Minotaur is a proper noun meaning "bull of Minos", while the creature itself was known as Asterion in its native Crete.
The use of Minotaur as a species name, and the idea that more of these creatures exist, is a purely 20th Century concept, exampled in such works as The Lion, the Witch, and the Wardrobe and Thomas Burnett Swann's Minotaur Trilogy. In Dante's Inferno (14th C) he is still very much the singular Minotaur.
See here for various references from Classical sources about the Minotaur as a singular creature.
PiperPiper
The Minotaur was a lone creature, the first and only of it's kind. The unfortunate result of a Greek God loosing his temper.
Shortly after King Minos (or Minos The King) ascended to the throne of the island of Crete, he began to pray to Poseidon for a sign of his right to sit on said throne.
Poseidon sent a snow-white bull, the Cretan Bull, out of the sea as a gift to Minos and as proof that he was indeed worthy to be king, and in turn Minos promised he would sacrifice the bull in Posidean's name.
Unfortuanlty, Minos' wife Pasiphaë, took a liking to the bull and begged Minos to spare it. Minos did, and sacrificed a different bull in it's place.
Unfortuatly again, Poseidon was not easily deceived and when he learned of Minos' treachery, he promptly cursed Pasiphaë with zoophilia...
It get's creepy from here on...
Pasiphaë's zoophilic urges got the better of her but alas, she could not seduce the Cretan Bull. So she had a wooden bull built. Apparently a very realistic and attractive wooden bull. And proceeded to climb inside and wait for nature to take it's course. Sure enough this did the trick and soon the palace was blessed with the pitter-patter of cloven feet.
The Minotaur, which they named Asterius, was an abomination. So with the help of Daedalus, The Labyrinth was constructed. As Daedalus puts it, it was a :
chamber that with its tangled windings perplexed the outward way
Minos placed Asterius in the centre, and as he didn't want anyone to know about his odd step-son, he threw Daedalus and his son Icarus in too, but they escaped.
And so the poor Minotaur languished in The Labyrinth alone, for the rest of his miserable days.
...until Theseus paid him a visit.
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How to Write a Nazi
The New York Times's profile of Tony Hovator shows how rhetoric is fascism's real battleground.
By Josephine Livingstone
Earlier this month, Decca Aitkenhead published a profile of British Vogue’s outgoing editor Alexandra Schulman in The Guardian. Her piece is an object lesson in letting one’s subject dig her own grave. Aitkenhead presses Schulman amiably over her feeble record of featuring black women on her cover. Then she quotes Schulman’s own garbled responses, without editing and without commentary. “I’m just getting more coffee because it’s so stressful, that whole thing about models—black—the whole thing,” Schulman says. What Aitkenhead doesn’t write is as loud as what she does. Aitkenhead knows exactly how Schulman’s answers will sound in the reader’s head, and gives enough space for her self-incrimination to ring out. She builds a cave; she introduces the voice.
Profiles come in a few different classical forms. Aitkenhead’s “let them hang themselves” style is only one. There’s the anecdotal style, in which the journalist describes nutshells of gesture and speech and behavior that capture the subject. In the famous “Frank Sinatra Has a Cold,” Gay Talese describes how “the common cold robs Sinatra of that uninsurable jewel, his voice, cutting into the core of his confidence, and it affects not only his own psyche but also seems to cause a kind of psychosomatic nasal drip within dozens of people who work for him, drink with him, love him, depend on him for their own welfare and stability.” The psychosomatic nasal drip turns Sinatra into a kind of virus himself, even though the cold virus is an incidental guest in his body.
Then there’s the analytical style, in which the journalist conducts an interview and weaves the subject’s words into a broader context. This is usually just called reporting.
When The New York Times sent journalist Richard Fausset to profile a “normal” white supremacist in a now widely derided piece, he chose the wrong form. Fausset chose the “hang themselves” style, letting Tony Hovator express his fascist views in his own words so that they could echo. The details that Fausset added were of the domestic type, describing Hovator’s wedding registry and his cat. As thousands of readers agreed, the effect of Fausset’s stylistic choices was the rhetorical equivalent of pointing the gun the wrong way around. Fausset normalized Hovator’s life, and quoted his bigoted words without analyzing them, thus suggesting that the words were normal also. He brought the voice out, but built the wrong cave.
Fausset’s intention, it seems, was to let Hovator’s extraordinary views form a contrast to his ordinary lifestyle, thus demonstrating the old lesson about the banality of evil in a new context: contemporary America. But the outcome was to bleed the two together. It was not clear what was meant to be ordinary, the pet cat or the fascist views.
One reason for this confusion is the abnormal state of political discourse in America today. Up is down, left is right, and we are governed by a villain who persistently says the unsayable. The line between the normal and the abnormal in public life is not sufficiently clear for a Nazi to condemn himself simply by being a Nazi. “Most Americans would be disgusted and baffled by his casually approving remarks about Hitler, disdain for democracy, and belief that the races are better off separate,” Fausset writes of Hovator. Would they?
Fausset continues: “[H]is tattoos are innocuous pop-culture references: a slice of cherry pie adorns one arm, a homage to the TV show Twin Peaks.” Those two sentences together do not form a contrast. They harmonize.
In a response published in the Times on Monday, the paper’s national editor Mark Lacey defended his writer by pointing out that, “We described Mr. Hovater as a bigot, a Nazi sympathizer who posted images on Facebook of a Nazi-like America full of happy white people and swastikas everywhere.” That is true. But Fausset failed to mention that being a bigot is wrong, and so left space for the idea of a “good bigot.” He failed to recognize that fascism operates on the level of rhetoric.
The “hang themselves” form of profile-writing requires that the reader and the writer have a one-to-one agreement on what is and is not damning. The technique is only effective when the content of the subject’s words are very clearly ludicrous for the intended audience, as in the bond between the liberal Guardian readership and the disdainful Aitkenhead. Without that connection, the un-analyzed quotation will not ring out correctly, but instead clang with the confusing implication of endorsement.
“Our reporter and his editors agonized over the tone and content of the article,” Lacey wrote. “The point of the story was not to normalize anything but to describe the degree to which hate and extremism have become far more normal in American life than many of us want to think.” This sentence recalls that line from the horror movie Deep Blue Sea, just after the scientists have confessed to genetically engineering the sharks’ brains to be enormous: “As a side effect, the sharks got smarter.” In describing Nazism as normal, in observing that evil is banal, the Times managed to make those things normal and banal.
When Hannah Arendt coined that phrase in The Origins of Totalitarianism (1951), she did it in the last of the three profile-writing styles, the analytical. “‘I think he was a guy who really believed in his cause,” Hovator says of Hitler in Fausset’s piece. “He really believed he was fighting for his people and doing what he thought was right.’” Fausset says nothing more. When Arendt writes about the murder of millions in the Congo Free State by colonizers in the late nineteenth century, she quotes Conrad’s Heart of Darkness to describe their thinking. The solution comes to them as “a flash of lightning in a serene sky: ‘Exterminate all the brutes.’” But Arendt then goes on to report the repercussion of that insane thinking, which is not only mass death, but also the normalization of mass death. The Belgian actions in the Congo Free State resulted in “20 to 40 million reduced to 8 million people; and finally, perhaps worst of all, it resulted in the triumphant introduction of such means of pacification into ordinary, respectable foreign policies.”
Fascism is made out of lies. The more lies that fascists tell, Arendt teaches us, the more that the reader’s conception of the damning and the not-damning is blurred. As a result of that loss of perspective, writers who simply represent (rather than report on) extremists leave rhetorical spaces open for Nazi ideology to flood in. You cannot let a Nazi hang himself, because he is the one left holding the rhetorical rope.
“In order not to overestimate the importance of the propaganda lies,” Arendt further writes in The Origins of Totalitarianism, “one should recall the much more numerous instances in which Hitler was completely sincere and brutally unequivocal in the definition of the movement’s true aims, but they were simply not acknowledged by a public unprepared for such consistency.” In a society vulnerable to fascist ideology—the country we live in, right this very moment—political reporting must be prepared for this terrible consistency.
Part of Arendt’s point is that Hitler’s lies became impossible to counter with truth, because the truth was deleted as a useful category in the citizen’s mind. Again, this was a rhetorical trick of fascism, played out in the medium of mass communication. Written arguments are the very ground on which that battle is fought. To preserve the value of truthfulness in public discourse, newspapers need to be much, much smarter about the way rhetoric is deployed. The normal—which in America is composed of the post-war meanings of the words “true,” “just,” “lawful”—is under very serious assault. Truth cannot play a liar’s game; it can only describe it from the outside.
Josephine Livingstone is the culture staff writer at The New Republic.
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The Naze, Essex - 11th Aug 2010
Ringed Plover chick
It seems like a long time since the opportunity has arisen to make a break out of Mother Hackney (at least for avian / nature-related reasons), but a narrow window opened up this week and Amity and I stole away to the coast for a brief intake of sweet n' salty air.
Generously accomodated for by our good friends the Higgins clan, we arrived on the Essex coast on the afternoon of the 10th under battleship skies and torrential rain (and via a Yellow-legged Gull on the beach at Clacton-on-Sea). By the time we hit the sack in the early hours however, the skies had cleared and a magical meteor shower was raining over Walton. The following morning, sunny skies and a warm westerly encouraged us out onto the Naze for a full day's leisurely ramble around the land and coastline.
No headline-grabbing gems uncovered or the like, but a full day with a distinct spring in our step and plenty of natural goodness to soothe the soul; the Naze itself was showered with butterflies and day-flying moths, crammed with Common Whitethroats and plenty of other passerines, and looking like a dream of an observatory that never was.
Plenty of warblers besides the above, including a sprinkling of Chiffchaffs, Reed Warblers, Blackcaps and Lesser Whitethroats, and lots of sulphur-coloured Willow Warblers, largely faithful to roving flocks of Long-tailed Tits. All three hirundines were pleasingly ubiquitous, with mixed groups of local breeders and migrants twittering and performing throughout; Swifts, too, were gunning south or hanging on around their natal streets.
A Marsh Harrier - presumably a juvenile judging by its impeccable plumage - appeared over the coast in the morning, snacking in mid-air, before purposefully drifting south and well out over the sea.
Waders were generally confined to the liberally-spread Ringed Plovers (including the family on the pools), Curlews, Oystercatchers, and several impressively summer-plumaged Turnstones; tide-timing was far from focused this time, and flocks of Golden Plovers, Little Egrets and various other species were confined to the distant saltmarsh of the backwaters.
Cuckoo - carefully stalked and then spooked by dog-walker....
However, a highlight of the day was the regular presence of Whimbrels, both overhead and, most impressively, on the saltmarsh bordering the channel. Despite being disturbed by pleasure boats and the like, they remained, behind gulls and wagtails, the most tame and tolerant species.
By happy coincidence, our dear friends and legendary Essex torch-bearers Simon and Pat had the JW reserve festooned with mist-nets, and with no Hippolais or Lanius to distract, an entertaining couple of hours was passed at the tip of Naze in their company.
After walking much of the coast we wound up on the pier, and after negotiating the wonderfully trashy 'entertainments' we found ourselves with just a handful of Deliverance extras disguised as anglers for company; that is, apart from four brave gulls - three of which were, happily, Mediterranean.
Mediterranean Gulls
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FišerkaLocality
ČomordankaLocality, 1½ km northeast
Luník VLocality, 1½ km southwest
Luník ILocality, 1½ km west
Luník VILocality, 2 km southwest
Luník IIILocality, 2 km west
Štátna vedecká knižnicaLibrary
Pongrácovsko-forgáčovský palácBuilding
Coffee WorldCafé
Štátna vedecká knižnicaLibrary, 110 meters southwest
Čierny OrolBuilding, 140 meters north
Východoslovenská galériaArts centre, 140 meters north
A good traveler has no fixed plans and is not intent on arriving. - Lǎozǐ
Popular Destinations in Slovakia
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Issue 36: Reconstruction
On Global Warming
Note from La Paz
Andrew Ellner
The Trouble with Being German
Johannes Türk
My Life and Times in American Journalism
Short Story & Novel
Stephen Burt
Academic Criticism
American Writing Abroad
Memoir & Criticism
Vivian Gornick
Gerald Howard
Reader as Hero
Why Repeat These Sad Things?
Meline Toumani
Afternoon of the Sex Children
Grégoire Bouillier
John Haskell
Melodramatic Installations
Ilya Kliger
Rebecca Schiff
The Joy of Edge Tools
Misha Hoekstra
Death Sentences
J.D. Daniels
Published in Issue 4: Reconstruction
Publication date Spring 2006
Reading, Writing, and Publishing
One afternoon in 1984, an editorial colleague of mine came back to the office hugging herself with delight at the delicious linguistic artifact her film-scout companion had bestowed on her at lunch. The wonderful new movie-biz coinage she shared with us was the phrase “high concept,” which needs no explanation now, but which then contained, ab ovo, the whole subsequent history of the Hollywood film.
I can’t be as specific about the year when a phrase equally full of portent for the publishing business, “literary fiction,” came into use. Sometime in the early 1990s feels about right. You can’t use it without feeling mentally slack and lazy, but it is ubiquitous publishing shorthand. Push in on it, unpack the forces that have made “literary fiction” a necessary formulation, and you might just see why the writers and publishers of serious fiction are unsure whether its needle points toward commerce or art.
When I first started working as an editor in the late ’70s, there were categories of fiction, of course. “Commercial fiction” referred to thrillers and such aimed at the best-seller lists instead of the forebrain, and the genres and niches each had their designations—“crime” or “mystery fiction,” “romance fiction,” “horror fiction,” “science fiction,” et cetera. Everything else of a made-up prose nature was simply “fiction.” Differentiating judgments were made about such works’ high- or middle-browness, their appeal to a male or a female readership, but publishers and booksellers still felt comfortable with the baggy, inclusive term.
As vague a categorical designation as “literary fiction” is, it bestowed on non-genre novels the gift or illusion of a brand, a more secure niche and identity within the expanding universe of consumer goods. As critically meaningless as a term may be that can apply to such wildly disparate works as Sue Monk Kidd’s sentimental blockbuster The Secret Life of Bees and David Markson’s radical anti-novel Wittgenstein’s Mistress, its acceptance and use signified publishers’ acquiescence to and accommodation of new marketing and retailing realities. It is both a comfort and a necessity for editors anxious to know what sort of books they are acquiring and for salespeople needing to know what sort of product they are selling.
I remember the meeting at Penguin in the middle ’80s when the notion of putting bar codes on our books first came up. I could see why such a thing would be helpful for our self-help and reference and practical books, but Penguin was a pretty high-toned place and for most of our titles it just seemed unnecessary. “What, do you think that Waiting for the Barbarians and The Grapes of Wrath are going to be sold in some supermarket or mall?” I sarcastically asked, demonstrating the same far-seeing percipience that a decade earlier had me predicting the swift disappearance of the newly launched People. Soon enough, our operations manager was reading Barcode News.
Both the publishing and the bookselling businesses have grown in size, complexity, and corporate sophistication ever since, in classic push-me/pull-you fashion. Most publishing houses of any size are parts of huge media conglomerates, which have imposed their own requirements for strict accounting, consistent growth, and managerial accountability. The bookstore chains now account for the lion’s share of book sales in the country, much of this business fueled by the proliferation of the 50,000-title (and up) superstore, itself made possible only by the digital technology (and those bar codes) necessary to track and manage a huge product inventory. Borders and Barnes & Noble now stand cheek by jowl off the interstate next to Bed, Bath & Beyond and Home Depot, and a surprisingly wide variety of books may be found at Target, Costco, and Sam’s Club (albeit saddled with a brutally short shelf life, which skews the selection decisively toward books that sell quickly—that is, already minted best-sellers). Even many independents like Powell’s in Portland, Oregon, and Tattered Cover in Denver have had to hypertrophy themselves to big-box size or focus on online sales to compete and survive.
In some ideal Republic of Letters, such a situation might obtain without significant literary blowback. The novelists would toil away at their visionary labors in their cabins in the woods (or, more likely, their university writing programs) and present them to their publishers with sublime indifference to the means of cultural delivery. But, to invoke T. S. Eliot, there is the mind that creates and then there is the man that suffers—and pays the mortgage and the kids’ orthodontist bills. A palpable pressure to perform presses in on editors and novelists alike, and a sense that one has to not only write and edit as well as one can but be adept at gaming the system.
Like Oedipus, we flout the warning, and we’ll act surprised, even outraged, when we find out what we’ve done.
Every now and then he looked up to ask what Evo was saying, since at his seventy-two years of age, Hugo Blanco is nearly deaf.
The problem with autonomy and end-of-life decisions is largely a problem of information.
It is not possible to be a German. If it were, hardly anyone would like to be one.
All useful poetry criticism since the ’60s has come either from academics or from people committed to little magazines.
Literature is only an art. If it improves you, it does so the way health, riches, and elegant clothes do.
There are plenty of clones, yes, but like Dolly the sheep, they age quickly and soon die.
In the age of BookScan, only an unpublished writer is allowed to keep his dignity.
It is in an aroused consciousness that the solace and excitement of literature are to be found.
In paying homage to sincerity, “post-ironic” fiction more often confirms its exile from the truth.
Our generation seems far too aware that reading is safe and fun, that literature is spectacle.
You, dear reader, are also supposed to be a clone among clones. And really, who’d be the wiser?
Never trust a man who insists that he is sincere. How does Vollmann intend to be helpful, to save a life, to benefit someone?
I gave in to my sentimental and distinctly un-businesslike impulse to save a book I loved all those years ago.
A Rare Bird of the Lyrical Left
Barney Rosset not only had taste, he had nerve and he was shrewd as hell.
On Barney Rosset
No Argument Here
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500 S. Kraemer Blvd., Suite 307 Brea, CA 92821
Home About Us Our Company Our Team
Meet NUCO’s management team and read about their biographies.
Farid Tahvildari
Mr. Farid Tahvildari has over 25 years of experience in Finance, Accounting and Management field. Mr. Tahvildari oversees NUCO’s business operations, liaise with stakeholders, drive strategic company growth, and is responsible for the overall performance of the business. In addition, Farid leads the group to develop and maintain research and development programs to ensure that the NUCO remains at the forefront in the industry, applies the most cost-effective methods and approaches, provides leading-edge products and services and retains its competitive edge.
Prior to joining NUCO, Farid acted as VP of Finance for multiple hotel management groups and in that capacity he was involved in acquisition of new properties, liaised with investment groups and oversaw Finance departments at properties within management group’s portfolio.
Mr. Tahvildari has a BA and an MBA in Finance.
Noushin Shamsili
Ms. Noushin Shamsili is President of NUCO Logistics with over twenty five years of experience in Logistics’ industry.
NUCO Logistics is FMC-OTI licensed NVOCC and Forwarder in United States. NUCO is also a woman-owned and operated Freight forwarder certified by the Women Business Enterprise National Committee (WBENC) and Women-Owned Small Business (WOSB).
Prior to establishment of NUCO Logistics, Noushin worked in different capacity for international logistics’ companies in Middle East, Chicago and Los Angeles.
Early on in her career, Noushin had realized that there is a niche in the U.S. market for a freight forwarder company with extensive knowledge in Chemical products that specializes in shipment of products (Hazardous and Non-Hazardous), in Isotank, Flexibag, Dry Container, LCL cargo as well as arrange for Customs Clearance and documentation (such as Certificate of Origin and Bill of Lading) and to provide cargo marine insurance and consulting services in International Trading on “Letter of Credit” with banks as well as related document management. With that philosophy in mind, Noushin struck on her own and started NUCO Logistics, Inc. in August of 2008.
Noushin has earned a BA in English Literature and has continued her education at institute of Chartered Ship Brokers (United Kingdom).
Shirin Babak
Director of Sales & Operation
Ms. Shirin Babak is the Director of Operation and Sales at NUCO Logistics with over twenty years of experience in Logistics’ industry.
In her capacity, Shirin oversees and negotiate the freight rates with Steamship Lines on a quarterly and / or ad-hoc basis, assist with compiling the tender rates, monitor the rate enquiries by the overseas agents and attends Tender briefings prior to annual tenders of multi-national corporations. In addition, Shirin helps Manage day to day aspects of imports and exports shipments with operation team in both Brea and Houston office.
Shirin also plays a leadership role in long-term planning, including initiatives geared toward operational excellence and overall operational management, planning, systems and controls.
Shirin has a BA in math and has also earned her MBA.
Lorena Quintanilla
Branch Manager – Houston
Ms. Lorena Quintanilla is Houston Branch Manager at NUCO Logistics. She has helped to expand the Houston office and leads the operations team in Houston.
Lorena has a bachelor’s degree in Business Administration with a major in International Business from the University of Houston Downtown. She has been in the shipping industry for over 10 years with previous experience as the Latin America Traffic Line Manager at Mediterranean Shipping Company. She has joined NUCO Logistics in September 2017.
With her knowledge and solid experience in the ocean shipping line company and now as an NVOCC and Freight forwarder, Lorena has a broad range of expertise and knowledge in shipping industry. In the life of every shipment a lot can happen and Lorena and her team are ready to handle any challenge that is faced during this process.
Lorena is continuing to expand our Houston office by hiring talented agents to coordinate shipments from the beginning to the end. Building independent agents to oversee accounts is one of her main roles.
NUCO Logistics, Inc. Offices/Branches
500 S. Kraemer Blvd., Suite 307
Texas Branch Office
4801 Woodway Dr, Suite 465-E,
Monday-Friday : 7am – 5pm (local time)
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1984 First Comics Tim Truman Ad
Not to be confused with the '84 The First Choice Subscription Ad, which was just a collection of clip art from the comics. Here, a young Truman drew his then-signature characters from Grimjack and Starslayer in his own style, and then tried to ape the look of the other First artists on their books. His Mike Grell on Jon Sable is convincing, and the Warp heroes are mostly on-model. Truman pulls off Joe Staton on Mike Mauser, but his attempt on E-Man looks processed through Joe Rubenstein. He has in interesting take on Mark Hempel's Mars, but his style is way off on Howard Chaykin's American Flagg! Regardless, if Truman hadn't been the only artist to sign off on this, I'd've never taken this for the work of one hand.
1991 Tundra Publishing "Violent Cases" Ad
Emanuelle in America Theme (Instrumental Version)
DC Challenge #6 (April, 1986)
A Frank Review of The Monster Squad (1987)
nurghophonic jukebox: "Bernadette" by The Four Top...
A Frank Review of "Farinelli: Il Castrato" (1994)
1992 Amazing Heroes #202 Jim Lee Sketch
A Frank Review of True Blood (1989)
Emanuelle in America (Epilogue, 1977)
A Frank Review of "Live Free or Die Hard 4.0" (200...
Scapegoat in Four Colors by Charles Meyerson
nurghophonic jukebox: "My Girl Bill" by Jim Staffo...
A Frank Review of "D.C. Cab" (1983)
Emanuelle in America (Part 6, 1977)
A Frank Review of "White Zombie" (1932)
A Frank Review of "Across the Universe" (2007)
DC Challenge #5 (February, 1986)
1994 Marvel Comics Pepsi Prisma Cards
Ruins (1995/2009)
DC Challenge #4 (2/1986)
A Frank Review of "Slumdog Millionaire"(2008)
A Frank Review of "Fidel" (2000)
1985 DC Comics Robert Bloch Hell On Earth Adaptati...
nurgh's Worst. Songs. Ever. #3: "Smoke" by Natalie...
"The Sand Pebbles" Cast and Crew on Marayat Andria...
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Characters, Human, Female,
Enhanced Speed and Reflexes
Bad (Older Brother)
Ayumi Mano
Jackie Lastra
Zenko (ゼンコ, Zenko) is the younger sister of Metal Bat.
Zenko is a young girl with similar facial features to her older brother. She wears a light colored cardigan & frock, and black flats & high socks with frills. She has shiny black hair in a Showa era hair style which she keeps around chin-length and clips aside with a floral clip.[1]
Full body appearance
Zenko Colored from Volume 21
Zenko is just as strong-willed and headstrong as her brother but dislikes violence.[2] She is caring and very protective of her brother. In addition, she is quite fearless as she was willing to go into an evacuated city during a monster crisis and was not afraid to stand up to Garou. Like her brother, she is very hot-headed, to the point of even arguing with Garou despite risking both her and her brother's lives. However, she is also quite humble, refusing to boast about her hero brother in front of other school kids.[3]
Hero Association Saga Edit
Alien Conquerors Arc Edit
Zenko has a piano recital during the alien invasion.[4] She later calls Metal Bat, when he is arguing with Sweet Mask. She also asks for Sweet Mask's autograph.[5]
Hero Hunt Arc Edit
She calls her brother to ask for help with carrying her shopping bags, but Metal Bat tells her to wait because he is on an important assignment. This causes her to cry and hang up.[6]
Zenko is protective of her older brother
When Metal Bat is about to hit Garou, she shouts, "Big Brother!".[7] Noticing that his sister is here, he stops his swing centimeters away from Garou's face. Garou takes this opportunity to punch Metal Bat and before the two could clash again, she risks her life for her brother and jumps right in front of Metal Bat and covers him in a protective stance, and tells Garou about Metal Bat's promise to her. Garou listens, respects her wishes and accepts her persistence for anti-violence. He then quickly makes up an excuse and leaves the siblings alone.[8]
After a brief conversation with her brother about how she knew where Metal Bat was, Metal Bat tries to go back to fighting Elder Centipede. Frustrated that she is unable to convince him otherwise, Zenko smacks him on the back of his head, unintentionally knocking him unconscious. She then tries to drag her brother home.[9]
She is later seen watching over Metal Bat as he is taken to the hospital.[10]
Zenko visits her brother in the hospital and watches the news about the Monster Association.[11]
Despite being a seemingly average human girl, she possesses a few skills that no normal girl at her age would have.
Enhanced Speed and Reflexes: Zenko is surprisingly fast, as she was able to intervene between Garou and Metal Bat before they were able to clash again.[12]
Enhanced Leap: She is capable of jumping fairly high for a child, as shown when she jumped to reach her brother's head in order to hit him.
Enhanced Strength: Zenko can easily hold a flower bouquet that is almost as big as her brother with one arm. She was also able to (accidentally) knock Metal Bat out when he was injured.
Miscellaneous Abilities Edit
Great Piano Player: According to her older brother Bad, Zenko plays the piano. She also appears to be quite skilled at it, as she got 3rd place in a piano concert she participated in.[5]
Zenko Original Design
"Zenko" (ゼンコ, Zenko) means expressive, diplomatic, and refined in nature. Zenko demonstrates these traits when she tries to negotiate a resolution with Garou.
↑ One-Punch Man Stream; 30/12/2015
↑ One-Punch Man Interview; One Punch-Man: Hero Perfection Q&A, page 206-207
↑ One-Punch Man Interview; One Punch-Man: Hero Perfection Q&A
↑ One-Punch Man Manga; Chapter 30, page 5
↑ 5.0 5.1 One-Punch Man Manga; Big Construction
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Business news from Ukraine
UKRAINIAN PRESIDENT ACCEPTS CREDENTIALS FROM SOME FOREIGN STATES
Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky has accepted credentials from ambassadors of some foreign states: Estonia – Kaimo Kuusk, France – Etienne de Poncins, Austria – Gernot Pfandler, the Netherlands – H. E. Jennes de Mol, the United Kingdom – Melinda Simmons, the press service of the head of state has reported.
During a conversation with Estonian Ambassador Kuusk, an active political dialogue was noted between the two countries. Zelensky expressed gratitude to Estonia for the decision not to recognize Russian passports that are illegally issued to Ukrainian citizens in Donbas.
“I want to thank you, the government and the president for Estonia’s tough reaction to the issue of passports of the Russian Federation in the temporarily occupied territories,” he said.
The head of state expressed hope for enhancing trade, economic and investment cooperation with Estonia. Significant potential for cooperation in the areas of digitalization and e-governance was also noted.
During a conversation with Austrian Ambassador Pfandler, Zelensky thanked Austria for its continued support for the sovereignty and territorial integrity of Ukraine, as well as for practical assistance to the Ukrainian state in overcoming the consequences of Russian aggression.
“I would also like to thank Austria for the powerful sanctions policy towards Russia,” the president of Ukraine said.
Zelensky also thanked Austria for helping to rehabilitate the children of ATO participants.
“I know that about 500 children of ATO participants received rehabilitation assistance from your country,” he said.
The parties agreed on the need to intensify the political and economic dialogue between Ukraine and Austria.
UKRAINIAN PRESIDENT MEETS WITH NEW BRITISH AMBASSADOR TO UKRAINE MELINDA SIMMONS
Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky has discussed the importance of negotiations on a new agreement between Ukraine and the United Kingdom, which will guide relations after Brexit, with British Ambassador in Ukraine Melinda Simmons. The press service of the president reported that on Wednesday after accepting credentials Zelensky thanked the United Kingdom for help in conducting reforms and strengthening Ukraine’s defense during the conversation with the ambassador.
High intensity of political dialogue was noted, in particular at the level of leaders of the two countries.
“The importance of continuing negotiations on a new agreement between Ukraine and the United Kingdom, which will determine the political and economic relations between the two countries after the United Kingdom leaves the EU, was also discussed,” the press service said.
In turn, according to the British Embassy in Ukraine, Ambassador Simmons said that she is looking forward to welcoming Zelensky to the U.K. later this year to discuss Ukraine’s progress and consider how the U.K. can support the Ukrainian president further in his ambitious program for the development of Ukraine.
She said that The United Kingdom remains Ukraine’s steadfast friend and partner on your path of reforms, as well as in your efforts to defend your sovereignty, independence and territorial integrity.
MELINDA SIMMONS, VOLODYMYR ZELENSKY
MAJOR BUYERS OF UKRAINIAN ELECTRICITY ARE HUNGARY, POLAND. SLOVAKIA, ROMANIA, MOLDOVA
TRANSPORT ENTERPRISES OF UKRAINE RAISE CARGO TRANSPORTATION IN 2019
FARMAK PHARMACEUTICAL COMPANY TO INVEST UAH 1.2 BLN IN DEVELOPMENT
OFFICIAL RATES OF BANKING METALS FROM NATIONAL BANK AS OF JANUARY 22
NATIONAL BANK OF UKRAINE’S OFFICIAL RATES AS OF 22/01/20
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Digital Archaeology and Forensics
Archives New Zealand and the University of Freiburg are cooperating on a data recovery project. The archive received a set of 5.25 inch floppy disks from the early 1990s that contained records of a public organization dating back to the mid 1980s. These floppies were not readable in standard X86 machines with a 5,25 inch floppy drive attached to it. The general information on those floppy disks is sparse and the organization wanted to retrieve any files that could be read off of the disks and get any information possible from those files.
This is a very nice use case for a national archive as it often receives objects quite some time after they have been created (20 years++). To be able to recover raw bit streams from obsolete floppies the archive purchased a special hardware device with the ability to make images of floppy disks.
First Step – Bit Stream Recovery
The digital continuity team at Archives New Zealand thought it would be a great opportunity to demonstrate the practical use of the Kryoflux device and gather more information on the work required to incorporate it into archival processes. The first step in the process was to visually examine the disks to find out any technical metadata that was available. The disks had labels that identified them as DS QD 96 tpi, which refers to Double Sided, Quad Density, with 96 tracks per inch. A 5.25 inch drive was attached to the KryoFlux which itself was connected to a modern Windows X86 machine using a USB connection. The KryoFlux works by reading the state of the magnetic flux on the disk and writing that signal into a file on the host computer. Different output options are possible: A proprietary KryoFlux stream image formatted file, a RAW formatted file, and a MFM sector (BTOS/CTOS) formatted image file were all created from the disks.
A major component beside the hardware device is the interpretation software to translate the recorded signal into image files that are structured according to various floppy disk-formatting standards. After recovering a couple of disks it became clear that they were not following any known filesystem standard supported by today’s operating systems. Thus it was impossible to directly mount them into the host filesystem and read the files from them. But nevertheless it was possible to analyse them with a hex editor. This showed that the reading process was producing some meaningful data. A couple of “words” like sysImage.sys were repeated over all readable disk images, thus seeming to represent some structural filesystem data. By searching the internet for this string and others it was possible to deduct that the disks were likely created on a computer running the Burroughs Technologies Operating System (BTOS) or its successor the Convergent Technologies Operating System (CTOS). Fortunately more in depth information could still be found at some site describing the file system. After some more research it was concluded that there is currently no software available to properly interpret disks or disk images formatted with this file system aside from the original software and its (obsolete) successors. As they are no emulators available for this system either so an emulation approach was not a viable option too. Thus a bachelor thesis at the computer science department of the Freiburg University was offered to dig into the problem and finally create an application to interpret the file system on the disks using the information available on the internet.
Second Step: The Interpreter
The preservation working group in Freiburg was able to attract a bachelor student for the task to write an interpreter and file extractor for the images files. This is a nice challenge for a computer scientist as knowledge of operating systems and filesystem concepts are required and could be used practically. As there is no demand for a whole filesystem driver for any modern operating system a bitstream interpreter is sufficient. The Python script programming language was used to write a first prototype of the interpreter as there were no performance requirements and it is very well suited for rapid development. By the end of the year a tool was produced that is able to read the filesystem headers and produce directory listings from them. A partial output looks like:
------------------------Name------------------------------
Image: 1_10.img
------------------------Status----------------------------
VHB Checksum Error
File Header Block: OK
Directory Filename Size
sys fileHeaders.sys 49152 Bytes
sys mfd.sys 512 Bytes
sys log.sys 0 Bytes
sys sysImage.sys 0 Bytes
sys badBlk.sys 512 Bytes
sys crashDump.sys 0 Bytes
SYS DEC/APP.92/1 39424 Bytes
SYS 92/AP92.11/f424 3072 Bytes
SYS 92/452 33280 Bytes
SYS 92/92.62/f426 5632 Bytes
SYS 92/App.92/17&18 26112 Bytes
SYS 92/INDEX 11264 Bytes
Directories: 2 Files: 29 Total Size: 311808 Bytes
In this example the volume header block (VHB) produces a checksum failure, but with correct File Header Block the simple directory structure is readable. The listing seems to be correct as it reproduces the filenames like sysImage.sys which was readable in the hex editor. With this listing at least some information might be read from the filenames itself. The next stage would be the file extraction feature which could cut single files out of the image or dump all contained files into some folder on the host system. These could be then inspected further on to gather more knowledge on their original purpose.
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Osram develops brighter LED for car headlights
Output of 1400 lm and 200 Mcd/m2 achieved in the laboratory.
Every headlight function but from a unit smaller than a box of matches - says Osram.
Osram Opto Semiconductors (OS) took the opportunity offered by last week’s car industry Vision Congress in Paris, France, to showcase its new LED for car headlights.
The manufacturer claims the new source delivers a luminance three times that of existing versions, which would mean that a single LED could be used to provide a complete low beam. Conventionally, several LED chips have always been required.
The high brightness is the result of a combination of Osram’s established UX:3 chip technology, ceramic conversion technology and high-current technology used in projection applications. In future, says Osram, “it will be possible to design much smaller headlights – with every lighting function smaller than a box of matches.”
Stefan Grötsch, Senior Key Expert at Osram OS, commented, “In developing this LED, we applied our experience in projection applications to combine the high-current technology used in such applications with our UX:3 chip technology and ceramic conversion technology, which is standard practice for developing white headlight LEDs.”
A low beam unit measuring only 30x50mm generating 1400 lumen from a single LED chip as its light source could be reality in only a few years time, says the manufacturer. At 200 megacandelas per m2, this LED has three times the luminance of existing light emitting diodes for these applications and loses less than 10% of its intensity even at high operating temperatures of 85°C.
Even the special mounting technology based on the Osram Ostar platform was transferred from projection to this automotive application. This involves soldering the chip directly to the copper. The large amounts of heat produced as a result of the high output can be dissipated more easily, which improves the thermal connection.
Grötsch added, “The high brightness values were measured in the laboratory but they should be achieved soon also by series production LEDs. The results of research and development work will be gradually flowing into product development at Osram Opto Semiconductors next year.
”Together with the use of laser technology which produces very high luminance, a series LED could lead to extremely compact headlight solutions, expanding the Osram product portfolio in this sector. It is conceivable, for example, that headlights will become ultra-compact, comprising a laser high beam and LED low beam, and that other automotive applications such as interior lighting and new types of head-up display will follow.
”These displays will project important information directly onto the windshield, such as video of the area directly in front of the car, or navigation instructions, and will be much more vivid and graphic than is the case with existing systems. They will therefore be classed as "augmented reality" displays because they enrich the viewing experience with additional information and therefore create a fresh impression of reality.”
A single LED for low beam. The distribution of light under laboratory conditions indicates that the relevant standards will be met.
Research association reaches significant milestone on road to intelligent headlamps
UX:3 chip
Vision Congress
LED forecasts highlight China and MR lamp sales
Osram and Toyoda Gosei extend their usage agreement
Osram and Vatican extend LED lighting agreement
Osram targets auto for OLED deployment
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Adam takes his stand on the Grammar and maintains its authenticity with earnestness. The great world war has indeed emphasized the immense power of ideas. And shall we bear in mind also that the reading public of a work of French fiction excludes in France the “young person” of whom the American library public is largely made up? It can also be shown that the “communal conscience” reacts upon the “individual conscience” in inverse ratio to the latter’s emotional or intellectual capacity for resistance; and that the “communal conscience” (identified at a later stage of this inquiry with “Cosmic Suggestion”) is the integral product of the numerical and dynamic strength of the convictions of the members of the community, and operates upon the “individual conscience,” either consciously or subconsciously, in the same way that “Suggestion,” according to the law discovered by Liebeault and employed by the Nancy School, operates in hypnotic phenomena. I shall not go into a formal argument on this subject, for fear of being tedious, nor endeavour to enforce it by extreme cases for fear of being disgusting; but shall content myself with some desultory and familiar illustrations of it. How fine is the constancy with which he first fixes his eye on the dead body, with a forced courage, and then, as his resolution wavers, how natural is his turning his face away, and the reflection that strikes him on her youth and beauty and untimely death, and the thought that they were twins, and his measuring his life by hers up to the present period, as if all that was to come of it were nothing! We have seen above that Augustus pronounced it the best form of proof, but other legislators and jurists thought differently. The original is in short, aphoristic sentences, and was, no doubt, chanted with a rude rhythm: “What time the sun shall brightest shine, Tearful will be the eyes of the king. To be observed, to be attended to, to be taken notice of with sympathy, complacency, and approbation, arc all the advantages which we can propose to derive from it. If we add private purchasers to the libraries I have little hesitation in saying that the money spent on books in any community is quite enough to buy all that the community needs. They are endless, and language wants names to mark them by. The two words _kin-il cim-il_ maybe translated “At the time of the killing.” The syllable _cim_ is expressed in several variants in the Codices, examples of two of which, from the Dresden Codex, are presented in Fig. No one can observe a dog during a walk with his child-comrades without noting how readily he falls in with their playful proposals. Many curious privileges and customs the lords of the manor derived in those days—for we find in 33rd of Edward the 1st, 1305, William le Parker was entituled to receive wreck of sea, lagan, and resting geld, customs, and other profits upon the sea and land, and of every crew of a ship or boat washing their nets in the said village after Michaelmas to Martlemas, an hundred herrings, and also a fee for goods, chattels, &c., coming to land by sea, without the help of the said William or his servant, or resting upon the land one day and one night; and if the said William or his men, &c., immediately after imminent danger, or after shipwreck, shall do their endeavour to save such things, then the said William shall have a third part of all such things, or the value of them, unless of his good will he will omit something, but must not be asked.—Among the land customs was the bed gild, and at every wedding, noble or ignoble, the lords of the manor had the privilege of consummating the nuptials of the bride, or receiving a fee instead. The majority of the small library’s purchases are books as currently issued. The residents of this circle are in a position to give testimony regarding the library’s local services. Indeed the terms mean nothing as applied to this question. His zeal, however, was as great as theirs, and his learning and his eloquence greater; and he poured out such torrents of texts upon them, and such authorities from grave councils and pious divines, that the poor women were defeated, and forced with tears in their eyes, to surrender their natural feelings and unenlightened convictions to the proofs from reason and Scripture, which they did not know how to answer. The dialogue between Hubert and Arthur, and that between Brutus and Cassius are among the finest illustrations of the same principle, which indeed is every where predominant (perhaps to a fault) in Shakespear. When she speaks, popular term paper editor website us she articulates with perfect clearness and propriety, but it is the facility of a singer executing a difficult passage. The Psalmist ascribes both these functions to the Almighty himself. He says: In our high schools we spend literally millions of dollars to equip laboratories, kitchens, carpenter shops, machine shops, and what not, to be used by a small part of the pupils for a small part of the short school day.
paper term editor website popular us. They would endeavour, therefore, to supply their ignorance of these, by whatever shift the language could afford them. In all cases it is necessary to know every extreme view and error to which the human mind is liable, and where these exist, as inmost cases of insanity, to endeavour to counteract them by clear and beautiful views of the truth. Whatever the library has tried to do or to be, whether success or failure has attended it, it has never ceased to be a library–a keeper and purveyor of books. If they do not learn good colloquial spoken English at home, they are apt to remain uneducated in this respect. It is hardly needful to point out that men’s judgments of the laughable element in breach of rule will be relative. If we can answer all these questions we can at least make an attempt at estimating the probable situation at a given future time. It is impersonal, and no one else could have made it. III.–_Of Universal Benevolence._ THOUGH our effectual good offices can very seldom be extended to any wider society than that of our country; our good-will is circumscribed by no boundary, but may embrace the immensity of the universe. The owner of the copy, so far from setting any high value upon its resemblance to the original, is often anxious to destroy any value or merit which it might derive from this circumstance. The Earth had hitherto been regarded as perfectly globular, probably for the same reason which had made men imagine, that the orbits of the Planets must necessarily be perfectly circular. But the man who not only solicits, but procures it, is more peculiarly considered as his patron and benefactor, and is entitled to his respect and gratitude. This recognition of the capacity for appreciating a joke as a human attribute which it is well not to be without is, of course, very far from being proof of a genuine love of fun in the recognisers themselves. In the case of music, however, only the popular term paper editor website us skilled musician, as a general thing, is able to read a page of music “to himself”, as he would read a page of written language. So may we see in library machinery an aid to the accomplishment of that “far-off divine event” toward which our whole modern library creation has been and is still silently, but no less powerfully moving–the bringing into intellectual relationship of each living human brain within our reach with every other companionable or helpful human brain, though physically inaccessible through death or absence. There are many community gatherings that can be best administered on the plan of a paid admission. The writings of Ptolemy were translated from Arabic into Latin; and the Peripatetic philosophy was studied in Averroes and Avicenna with as much eagerness and as much submission to its doctrines in the West, as it had been in the East. _R._ Not much. But both the shuttle of the weaver, and the needle of the embroiderer, are instruments of imitation so much inferior to the pencil of the painter, that we are not surprised to find a proportionable inferiority in their productions. He forbids absolute lying, but advises equivocation and ambiguous promises, and then, if the prisoner is deceived, he has only himself to thank for it.[1800] In fact, these men conceived that they were engaged in a direct and personal struggle with the Evil One, and that Satan could only be overcome with his own arts. The profligacy of a man of fashion is looked upon with much less contempt and aversion, than that of a man of meaner condition. Valentini’s theory of the formation of Landa’s alphabet; and not satisfied with lashing with considerable sharpness those who have endeavored by its aid to decipher the manuscripts and mural inscriptions, he goes so far as to term it “a Spanish fabrication.” I shall not enter into a close examination of Dr. First of all, languages are by this simplification rendered more prolix, several words having become necessary to express what could have been expressed by a single word before. Modern tragedy, in particular, is no longer like a vessel making the voyage of life, and tossed about by the winds and waves of passion, but is converted into a handsomely-constructed steam-boat, that is moved by the sole expansive power of words.
We outgrow ourselves. The ordinary velocity of the principal currents of the ocean is from one to three miles per hour; but when the boundary lands converge, large bodies of water are driven gradually into a narrow space, and then, wanting lateral room, are compelled to raise their level. When we say “by a happy chance”, we go back to this primitive meaning. My being led to perform different actions with which the same abstract idea of utility is connected is not therefore properly owing to association, but because any ideas or motives of the same kind whether derived from a new impression, or made out by the imagination, or only general feelings must naturally influence the will in the same manner, and this impulse being once given, the understanding makes choice of such means as are perceived to be necessary to the attainment of the given object. Footnote 17: There is a fellow in Hogarth’s _Election Dinner_, holding his wig in one hand, and wiping his bare scalp with the other. If the reader, from disinterested and merely intellectual motives, relishes an author’s ‘fancies and good nights,’ the last may be supposed to have relished them no less. Three handfuls of this water are then drunk by the accused, and if within fourteen days he is not visited with some dreadful calamity from the act of the deity or of the king, “he must indubitably be acquitted.”[1093] In adapting the ordeal system to Christianity the natural substitute for this pagan ceremony was the administration of the Eucharist. The readers of Miss Kingsley’s _Travels_ need not to be reminded of the fecundity of amusing reflection which her humour showed in circumstances which would have depressed many a man.[278] It was with a like readiness to smile that Goldsmith’s genial spirit faced the blows of destiny, giving back, as his biographer has it, in cheerful {329} humour or whimsical warning what it received in mortification or grief. Though other people abuse them, they can still praise themselves! Fear, however, is a passion derived altogether {29} from the imagination, which represents, with an uncertainty and fluctuation that increases our anxiety, not what we really feel, but what we may hereafter possibly suffer. It was placed in the remote past—according to Sahagun, perhaps the best authority, about the year 319 before Christ.[121] All arts and sciences, all knowledge and culture, were ascribed to this wonderful mythical people; and wherever the natives were asked concerning the origin of ancient and unknown structures, they would reply; “The Toltecs built them.”[122] They fixedly believed that some day the immortal Quetzalcoatl would appear in another avatar, and would bring again to the fields of Mexico the exuberant fertility of popular term paper editor website us Tula, the peace and happiness of his former reign, and that the departed glories of the past should surround anew the homes of his votaries.[123] What I wish to point out in all this is the contrast between the dry and scanty historic narrative which shows Tula with its Snake-Hill to have been an early station of the Azteca, occupied in the eleventh and twelfth century by one of their clans, and the monstrous myth of the later priests and poets, which makes of it a birthplace and abode of the gods, and its inhabitants the semi-divine conquerors and civilizers of Mexico and Central America. She may be a librarian of the day before yesterday, of yesterday, or of to-day. There had even been a feeling, at some time in the past, on the part of some members of the board, that a graded staff was not a good thing, popular term paper editor website us as it would hamper freedom of control. C—— is the only person who can talk to all sorts of people, on all sorts of subjects, without caring a farthing for their understanding one word he says—and _he_ talks only for admiration and to be listened to, and accordingly the least interruption puts him out. From the point of view of literature, the drama is only one among several poetic forms. lat.) and a large proportion of this warmth is retained, even where the stream reaches the 43° N. We may now turn to those deeper currents of change which together make up social progress; including all distinct advance from lower to higher forms of intelligence, sentiment and character, as well as from lower to higher types of social life; and, along with these, the growth of institutions in which these changes express themselves. There are at present a great many separate libraries in greater New York. Lawrence river and to the south quite to the Archipelago of Chiloe. Hincmar, the most conspicuous ecclesiastic of his day, stood boldly forth in defence of the unhappy queen, and in his treatise “De Divortio Lotharii et Teutberg?,” although no one at the time seriously thought of impugning the authority of ordeals in general, it suited his purpose to insist upon their claims to infallibility. In presenting this little volume to the public I am fully conscious of my presumption in introducing my personal views in a region where many hundreds of better qualified writers have devoted their best efforts. Quentin allow to the disappointed pleader unlimited recourse against his judge.[341] Towards the latter half of the thirteenth century, we find in the _Conseil_ of Pierre de Fontaines the custom in its fullest vigor and just on the eve of its decline. What wit will applaud a _bon mot_ by a rival? The merry interchange of intellectual attack and defence, which relieves so many serious relations of adult life, grows naturally enough in the case of children out of their relation of subjection to the grown-ups. Imitation in itself is unobjectionable. When the dancer, moving with a step of this kind, and observing this time and measure, imitates either the ordinary or the more important actions of human life, he shapes and fashions, as it were, a thing of one kind, into the resemblance of another thing of a very different kind: his art conquers the disparity which Nature has placed between the imitating and the imitated object, and has upon that account some degree of that sort of merit which belongs to all the imitative arts. Unfortunately, books very rapidly become out of print, and if his bibliography or list is even two or three years old he cannot be sure that his work of selection is not in vain. He does not care whether that man begins at the north or the south end, or whether his shovelfuls are small or large. Dizier to the city of Ypres for solution, as they were bound to do by their charter. He affects even to despise it, and endeavours to maintain his assumed station, not so much by making you sensible of his superiority, as of your own meanness. From this same theme is derived the verb _nihillape-wheu_, to set free, to liberate, to redeem; and from this the missionaries framed the word _nihillape-whoalid_, the Redeemer, the Saviour. He was calm: his attention appeared to be arrested by his new situation. This dull, phlegmatic, retiring humour is not in a fair way to be corrected, but confirmed and rendered desperate, by being in that work held up as an object of imitation, as an example of simplicity and magnanimity—by coming upon us with all the recommendations of novelty, surprise, and superiority to the prejudices of the world—by being stuck upon a pedestal, made amiable, dazzling, a _leurre de dupe_! Two companies are simply a nuisance, involving duplication of plant with no resulting convenience. 13. The hare, and all those other timid animals to whom flight is the only defence, are supposed to possess the sense of Hearing in the highest degree of activeness.
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<h3>Rolemaster Standard System</h3> <p data-rte-fromparser="true">In 1995 the game was revamped and re-released as Rolemaster Standard System (RMSS). The biggest changes were to Character Generation, particularly in the number of skills available and the way bonuses for the skills were calculated. Skills were now grouped into Categories of similar skills and one could buy ranks separately in the Category and the actual Skill. Also the combat sequence was revised again, and some of the details of spellcasting were changed. The way Spell Lists were learned was completely overhauled and most of the Spell lists were adjusted and rebalanced. The actual method of attacking and adjudicating damage did not change much, and there weren't much more than cosmetic changes to the stats for Creatures and Monsters. </p><p data-rte-fromparser="true" data-rte-empty-lines-before="1">Like most changes, opinions on whether the changes were for the better or not vary widely; some fans really liked the changes, while others were unimpressed and elected to stick with the more familiar RM2. For the most part the objections from RM2 players had more to do with feeling that Rolemaster did not need such a radical overhaul, and disappointment over the fact that RM2 was no longer going to be supported as such. </p><p /> <!-- Saved in parser cache with key ogres:rte-parser-cache:2619 -->
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Oxford Research Encyclopedia of Politics
Oxford Research Encyclopedias Politics
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Advocacy Coalitions in Foreign Policy
Jonathan Pierce and Katherine Hicks
Policy, Administration, and Bureaucracy, World Politics
ACF Overview
Theory of Advocacy Coalitions
Theory of Policy-Oriented Learning
Theory of Policy Change
Applicability of the ACF to Foreign Policy Analysis
Past Examples of Foreign Policy Applications
Comparative Foreign Policy Analysis
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The advocacy coalition framework (ACF) was developed to explain policy processes where contentious coalitions of actors seek to translate competing belief systems into public policy. Advocacy coalitions may include interest groups, members of the media, scientists and academics, and government officials that share beliefs about a public issue and coordinate their behavior. These advocacy coalitions engage in various strategies using resources to influence policy change or stasis. As part of this process, advocacy coalition members may learn within and/or across coalitions.
This framework is one of the most prominent and widely applied approaches to explain public policy. While it has been applied hundreds of times, in over 50 different countries, the vast majority of ACF applications have sought to explain domestic policy processes. A reason for the paucity of applications to foreign policy is that some ACF assumptions may not seem congruent to foreign policy issues. For example, the ACF uses a policy subsystem as the unit of analysis that may include a territorial dimension. Yet, the purpose of the territorial dimension is to limit the scope of the study. Therefore, this dimension can be substituted for a government body that has the authority or potential authority to make and implement foreign policy. In addition, the ACF assumes a central role for technical and scientific information in the policy process. Such information makes learning across coalitions more conducive, but the ACF can and should also be applied to normative issues, such as those more common among foreign policy research.
This article introduces the ACF; provides an overview of the framework, including assumptions, key concepts and theories, and transferability of the ACF to foreign policy analysis; and discusses four exemplary applications. In addition, it proposes future research that scholars should explore as part of the nexus of the ACF and foreign policy analysis. In the final analysis, the authors suggest the ACF can and should be applied to foreign policy analysis to better understand the development of advocacy coalitions and how they influence changes and stasis in foreign policy.
Keywords: policy process, subsystem, coalition, policy change, learning, belief system
Jonathan Pierce
Institute of Public Service, Seattle University
Katherine Hicks
Seattle University
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Pennsylvania Moratorium Coalition
Jurors in capital cases face serious challenges
By Nicole C. Brambila, December 14, 2015
The jurors who sat through eight days of testimony this summer in a capital
trial for three homicides voted 12 times before reaching a sentencing
But even then, the unanimous decision for a life sentence rather than
execution for Michael A. Wilkins was reached for only one of the murders.
With the jury deadlocked on Wilkins’ culpability for the other two, Berks
County Judge Scott D. Keller sentenced the 41-year-old to three consecutive
life sentences.
Two jurors – a male and female who had never before served on a jury –
agreed to speak anonymously about a decision-making process that typically
remains behind the scenes.
Attorneys burned through more than 100 prospective jurors before agreeing
on 12 and two alternates. To be selected to sit on a capital trial, all
those designated had to agree they could sentence someone to death.
That would prove to be the easy part.
Detectives had collected a bevy of evidence – surveillance video footage,
fingerprints, shell casings, purchase receipts, eyewitnesses and more. But
deciding a man’s fate and arriving at a verdict – beyond a reasonable doubt
– isn’t as straightforward as the characters on “Perry Mason” or “Law &
Order” suggest.
The evidence presented in court, these jurors said, created an incomplete
and often confusing puzzle.
“It was one of the most stressful things I have ever done in my life,” the
female juror said, noting she lost sleep over the case. “It takes a toll on
you. You see stuff on TV and it’s nothing compared to you being there
experiencing it.”
The case itself was ghastly.
Wilkins – and his younger brother in a separate trial – stood accused of
the retaliatory killing of two drug dealers who had ripped them off, and
the torture and murder of a witness who was set on fire and her body
dumped. A forensic pathologist couldn’t determine whether Jennifer
Velez-Negron was dead before she was set on fire.
Authorities identified Wilkins’ brother in surveillance footage, where he
could be seen firing the fatal shots in the 1100 block of Franklin Street
The jurors retreated to a locked deliberation room, each with his or her
own opinion as to Wilkins’ guilt or innocence. Taking turns around the
room, everyone shared whether they thought Wilkins was guilty and why,
these jurors said.
The room boiled over with emotion, especially among the older jurors with
children and grandkids the victims’ age. Rafael Alequin and Dario McLemore
were both 22. Wilkins’ tortured girlfriend, Velez-Negron, was 26.
And then confusion set in.
If Wilkins was there but didn’t shoot and kill Alequin and McLemore, was he
still culpable, the jurors wanted to know. The female juror said they sent
notes to the judge asking for clarity.
Under Pennsylvania law, a defendant does not have to directly carry out a
murder to receive the same sentence as the one who did.
In the end, both jurors said, it just came down to what the law said.
Both jurors said it would have been easier had there been more footage. Or
DNA evidence. Or tested gunshot residue. Or any host of other evidence that
solves the crime in a 60-minute TV drama.
The male juror said at the trial’s conclusion, “It’s certainly a doozie of
a first trial.”
The jury deliberated a little more than five hours over two days, finding
Wilkins guilty of all three murders.
“I can’t imagine any other serious duty imposed by the commonwealth,”
Keller told jurors, who later thanked them for their service.
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Senate guts 1st Amendment to Guard Israel from Boycott, but Ilhan Omar can’t Bring up AIPAC
February 12, 2019 Juan Cole News & Analysis
Ilhan Omar (D-MN) has stirred controversy by replying to scurrilous statements of her Republican opponents in Congress by suggesting that they are shilling for anti-Palestinian and anti-Muslim lobbies that back the right wing Likud government of Israel to the hilt because they receive campaign contributions from the Israel lobbies.
It's all about the Benjamins baby 🎶 https://t.co/KatcXJnZLV
— Ilhan Omar (@IlhanMN) February 10, 2019
When Rep. Omar was criticized for this tweet, others replied:
The GOP’s biggest donor, Sheldon and Miriam (a US-Israel dual national) Adelson are outspoken about their unconditional support for Israel and Netanyahu.
Newt Gingrich, a recipient of Sheldon Adelson’s financial largesse, described Adelson’s “central value” as Israel. https://t.co/6KX5xJZqyt
— Eli Clifton (@EliClifton) February 11, 2019
Would love to know who @IlhanMN thinks is paying American politicians to be pro-Israel, though I think I can guess. Bad form, Congresswoman. That's the second anti-Semitic trope you've tweeted. https://t.co/FTCaCe7WyG
— Batya Ungar-Sargon (@bungarsargon) February 11, 2019
It should be pointed out that Rep. Omar has been relentlessly hazed because she is a Somali Muslim and critical of Israeli policy toward their Palestinian semi-chattel. One of her critics is close to the hate figure Frank Gaffney, purveyor of anti-Muslim conspiracy theories of the sort the Nazis used to circulate about Jews.
The critic who provoked the Benjamins tweet, House minority leader Kevin McCarthy, ironically charged that Michael Bloomberg, George Soros and Tom Steyer, prominent wealthy Jewish-Americans, were trying to “buy” the election.
While @GOPLeader directs islamophobic attacks at @RashidaTlaib & @IlhanMN in the name of “defending” Jews, never forget that he tweeted out antisemitic conspiracy theories about George Soros after Soros was targeted in an attempted bombing. #NotInOurNamehttps://t.co/nlnfFcy2PE
— Sophie Ellman-Golan (@EgSophie) February 10, 2019
That charge really is anti-Semitic since he is attacking them on no other grounds than that they are Jewish. A critique of Israel West Bank policy on the other hand is no more anti-Semitic than a criticism of Nigeria is anti-Black.
She may be wrong about the motives of some of her opponents. The anti-Palestinian politicians in the United States may have come by their determination to keep millions of displaced people stateless and without basic human rights honestly. That is, many may just be racists who believe that brown people should be kept down.
Nor should consideration of the Israel lobbies only focus on money. Their propaganda techniques, for instance of equating any criticism of Israeli colonization of the Palestinian West Bank to terrorism, are also extremely effective.
But it certainly is the case that many American politicians are funded by the Israel lobbies, coordinated by the American Israel Public Affairs Committee (AIPAC), and the shocked protests to the contrary by the Washington elite are disingenuous or propaganda.
Chelsea Clinton piped up, but her own mother exemplifies the syndrome. Hillary Clinton was once a level-headed, smart analyst of Middle East affairs, in the 1990s. And she pointed out that the Palestinians deserve their own state. The Israel lobbies came after her viciously and silenced her. And then gradually she started giving these robotic speeches that seem to have been written for her by AIPAC. I heard one with my own ears and it was hard to sit there. And pro-Israel PACs and individuals swung around to her. I don’t think it would be easy to count all the money they gave her political campaigns. Obviously it wasn’t decisive, since she lost two of her runs at the presidency (the Israel lobbies do lose some key fights). She started saying things she must know to be untrue and blaming the Palestinians for their own plight, which was imposed on them by the Israeli military. I.e., this sort of thing, below, is the Israelis’ fault, not that of the Palestinians, and yet we don’t see Chelsea Clinton speaking out again sheer ethno-nationalist theft of land even though Rep. Omar seems to have gotten under her skin:
Israel says will legalize West Bank homes built on private Palestinian land – Israel News https://t.co/QZHOmHgGKT
— Ruth L Hiller 🔥 (@hillerruth) February 11, 2019
The first thing the newly elected senate did this year was betray the Constitutionand gut the First Amendment by passing a bill encouraging states to refuse to do business with contractors who boycott Israel. Congresswoman Rashida Tlaib said on Twitter that they had forgotten which government they work for, and it is hard to fault her. This measure damages American norms of liberty on behalf of a foreign government. The cheerleader for the unconstitutional bill (the Supreme Court has found political boycotts legal) is Marco Rubio, who has received hundreds of thousands of dollars from Sheldon Adelson, the corrupt casino mogul who is a major backer of Israel’s corrupt prime minister, Binyamin Netanyahu. Although senators maintained that the measure only affected businesses, they seem unaware that or don’t care that speakers at university campuses are classed as contractors and are being affected by such state laws.
The senate act should have caused the firestorm, not the correct observation that the only way to explain this extraordinary piece of treason by 70-some elected senators is that they were paid to do it.
The best recent discussion of this issue is Kirk Beattie’s Congress and the Shaping of the Middle East.
But the short version is in this tweet:
Remember that time when GOP and Dem leaders in Congress forgot to take AIPAC's name off of a letter they sent to the White House?
Ooopshttps://t.co/piYFIR22uv
— (((YousefMunayyer))) (@YousefMunayyer) February 11, 2019
The average contribution of the major pro-Israel lobbies to the campaigns of US Congressional representatives 1990-2018 appears to have increased from around $4,000 to nearly $20,000.
American politics is highly polarized and many districts or states, such as Ohio and Florida, are evenly divided between Republicans and Democrats. Even a few thousand extra dollars to spend on e.g. radio ads can be important. Moreover, you wouldn’t want the money to go to your opponent or you would suffer twice– from not having it, and having it work against you.
The respected Foreign Policy Journal published a piece a few years ago entitled “The Best Congress AIPAC can Buy.” Some basic figures for the Senate are here, though note that these numbers disregard the many donations of less than $200 per donor that the lobbies are able to mobilize.
Because of the long and horrific tradition of European anti-Jewish bigotry, it is difficult to speak of the power of the Israel lobbies, and bringing the subject up often attracts charges of anti-Semitism. That is because European Christians created false and outrageous accusations against Jews of stealing Christian babies and using their blood in rituals, or of being unduly influential in banking, or of secretly forming a cabal to control governments. These anti-Semitic tropes (which led to the Nazi genocide of 6 million Jews) are hurtful, false and ultimately murderous.
But this history of Christian irrational bigotry is no excuse to deny that Jewish nationalists or Zionists have indeed organized themselves to fund political campaigns at a much higher level than average Americans, and to strategize influence in the US government.
It is important to underline that relatively few American Jews support the tenets of the Israel lobbies, such as the right of Israel to annex permanently and colonize with its own people the Palestinian West Bank and Gaza. About a third of Jewish Americans have reported in some polls that Israel is not significant to them. Others may desire to see their coreligionists live in security and prosperity without approving of the colonization project in the Occupied Territories.
It is further important to underline that even the Greater Israel fanatics are not doing something unusual in American politics. There are many ethnic lobbies that have deeply influenced US foreign policy. The Cuban-American lobby is an example, but there are many others. The anti-abortion crusade of the Religious Right is a coalition of Protestants and Catholics. The Catholic wing of the movement depends to some extent on lobbying by Irish-Americans and Italian-Americans and Hispanic Americans, though not all members of those ethnic groups are Catholics, and not all those who are Catholics oppose abortion.
The Evangelical wing of the Israel lobbies is not nearly as important as AIPAC and the Sheldon Adelsons, but they do lend heft in the electorate to anti-Palestinian policies.
Finally, the Israel lobbies don’t control anything and they do lose big political fights (the right wing lobbies did not want Obama’s Iran nuclear deal but it was briefly victorious nevertheless; The lobbies did help kill it subsequently, but probably could not have succeeded had Trump not desired to for his own purposes. And note that the Iran nuclear deal was supported by several pro-Israel stalwarts in the Senate).
All that said, AIPAC and the Israel lobbies are enormously influential in American politics and putting discussion of them off limits, as the lobbies would like to do, is a diminution of our democratic discourse and a sort of totalitarianism.
To that extent, whatever one thinks of one tweet by a first-term congresswoman, she is doing us a favor to provoke the forbidden discussion.
This article first appeared on Informed Comment.
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Juan Cole is the founder and chief editor of Informed Comment and Richard P. Mitchell Professor of History at the University of Michigan.
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Donald Trump returns to the UK - this is what happened during his last visits
Philip Whiteside
Tuesday 3 December 2019 12:07, UK
Image: Donald Trump and his wife Melania visit London for the second time in his presidency
Donald Trump has arrived in London for two days of meetings with NATO leaders ahead of a summit.
It is his third trip to the UK as president - after two trips that were highly controversial and resulted in widespread protests.
As he arrived, during the closing stages of one of the most polarised general elections in decades, there are concerns his presence in Britain could again spark anger.
Image: Donald and Melania Trump arrive at Stansted in July 2018
Much attention will be paid to whether he goes against the advice of his White House officials and wades into the election campaign, having previously shown support for Brexit, Nigel Farage and Boris Johnson.
In case his past visits could serve as an indicator for what is to come, here is a reminder of what happened before:
Mr Trump's first trip to the UK as president was said to be a working visit.
Immediately as he arrived in the UK he was met with protests.
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Such had been the concerns about what would happen that Mr Trump was kept largely away from London and, instead, was hosted at a reception at Oxfordshire's Blenheim Palace.
Image: Protesters gathered around a giant balloon depicting Donald Trump as an orange baby
But, while he was eating Herefordshire beef and Scottish smoked salmon at Winston Churchill's birthplace, groups of placard wavers set up at the US ambassador's residence and at the palace's gates.
Before he even arrived in the UK, Labour's Dennis Skinner branded the president a "fascist" in the House of Commons.
The next day, ahead of his taking tea with the Queen at Windsor Castle, two large demonstrations began to wind their way around the capital.
One was a march by women who aimed to form a "wall of noise" by staging a "carnival of resistance".
Image: A protest march snaked its was down Regent Street to Trafalgar Square
Organisers of the other protest claimed more than 250,000 people took to the streets, weeks after more than 1.8 million signed a petition against the visit.
Security around London was estimated to have cost the UK taxpayer more than £12m.
The following day an estimated 100,000 returned to central London to pack Trafalgar Square, after heading down Regent Street.
Image: The blimp portraying Mr Trump was launched in Parliament Square
Police avoided a flashpoint when a rival pro-Trump march by supporters of Tommy Robinson was kept to Whitehall.
A notable feature of the demonstrations was the "Trump baby", a six-metre balloon depicting the president as a nappy-clad orange infant.
The president later flew on to Scotland, where he planned to play golf at his Turnberry resort, but was again followed by demonstrations.
Image: Tommy Robinson and pro-Trump supporters came together on Whitehall for a rival protest
A motorised paraglider flew over where he was playing with a banner message saying "Trump Well Below Par" and thousands more gathered in Edinburgh.
Mr Trump shrugged it all off, claiming there were "many, many protests in my favour", but the diplomatic fallout was difficult to gauge, especially as his relationship with then PM Theresa May suffered a blow.
As the plates were being cleared at the end of the dinner in Blenheim, The Sun published an interview it had carried out earlier in which it said the president claimed Mrs May had "wrecked Brexit".
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Afterwards, as he drove to the airport in a 30-car motorcade, a Washington Post opinion column said the backlash of the visit would be felt for years to come.
Mr Trump's second trip was a full-blown state visit and had been expected to feature the usual ceremony that comes with the arrival of a head of state in the UK.
Image: US President Donald Trump inspects an honour guard at Buckingham Palace
But a carriage procession down The Mall was cancelled amid fears it was too much of a security risk.
Mr Trump was also not afforded the chance to address both houses of parliament due to opposition from the then Speaker John Bercow.
Instead, his official welcome took place in the garden of Buckingham Palace - an event avoided by Trump critic the Duchess of Sussex, as she was apparently on maternity leave.
A huge police presence looked on as his lengthy motorcade snaked around Westminster.
Image: The Queen raises a glasses with US President Donald Trump during a state banquet
Things had started badly even before the trip got under way when he called London mayor Sadiq Khan a "stone cold loser", crossing a diplomatic line before he'd even stepped off the plane.
At his first news conference he suggested the NHS may be up for grabs in a trade deal and discussed successors to Mrs May as she stood next to him.
The confusing messages continued - he seemed unsure about exactly who Jeremy Corbyn was and, in Ireland, he appeared to think Irish prime minister Leo Varadkar wanted a wall along the border with Northern Ireland.
Image: Demonstrators wore increasingly elaborate costumes to make their points
The security fears were substantiated as the demonstrations got under way.
Banners went up across central London - on bridges, on walls, and carried by thousands of protesters.
Senior politicians from across the left, including opposition leader Jeremy Corbyn, took to a stage to denounce his visit.
The Trump Baby made a reappearance, along with a talking 'robot', paid for by a US businessman, of Mr Trump sitting on a toilet, making flatulence noises.
Image: A Trump robot was styled to look like the president sitting on the toilet
The demonstrations continued for several days.
But, from a royal point of view, the three days of events went largely without a hitch.
His state banquet at Buckingham Palace was widely cited as a success, apart from his once putting his hand on the Queen's back.
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Home News India PM pays tributes to Sardar Patel on death anniversary
PM pays tributes to Sardar Patel on death anniversary
New Delhi: Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Sunday paid tributes to Vallabhbhai Patel on his 69th death anniversary, saying the country remains inspired by his exceptional services.
India’s first home minister died in 1950 in Mumbai.
“Tributes to the great Sardar Patel on his punya tithi (death anniversary). We remain eternally inspired by his exceptional service to our nation,” Modi wrote on Twitter.
The ruling BJP believes that had Patel handled the Jammu and Kashmir issue after Independence, the situation there would have been better.
The Statue of Unity, a 182-meter tall statue of Patel, was unveiled by Prime Minister Modi in Gujarat last year. (PTI)
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New White Sox Announcer Calling Games for His Childhood Team
Nick Blumberg | May 10, 2016 4:50 pm
Homewood native Jason Benetti took over calling White Sox home games this season from veteran play-by-play announcer Hawk Harrelson. (Harrelson, who lives in Indiana during the baseball season, is calling the team's road games.)
Benetti grew up a White Sox fan and says calling the team's games sometimes feels surreal. He joins “Chicago Tonight” to talk about how he keeps his adrenaline in check, balances a busy schedule calling other games for ESPN and how having cerebral palsy has taught him empathy.
It’s a dream job, no doubt about it. But Benetti works hard to keep his cool while calling games for the team he grew up rooting for.
This year marks Jason Benetti’s first season as play-by-play TV announcer for most White Sox home games.
“In order for me to do my job as well as I’d like to do my job, the level of adrenaline has to match what I’ve always done for games,” Benetti said. “It can’t be any more exciting in terms of how I’m reacting, because if there’s too much adrenaline, you lose focus, any number of psychological things happen. However, when I go walk around the concourse of the ballpark, or I’m looking out at the park from the booth, I basically have to slap myself every night and say, is this happening?”
This year marks Benetti’s first season as play-by-play TV announcer for most White Sox home games. Benetti, who also calls games for ESPN while the Sox are on the road, says he loves a wide variety of sports, but that there’s something special about baseball.
“You get to know the players’ tendencies so much more thoroughly than in any other sport, simply because of the length of the schedule and the depth of the schedule. To me, that’s my favorite part of any sport,” Benetti said. “I love third down and three in the red zone, a fast break play in basketball is fantastic, I’ve done lacrosse and hockey and I love those too. But I love knowing the players as well as you know them in baseball.”
Benetti says White Sox fans have been welcoming to a new voice on the broadcasts. And while sports fans sometimes, shall we say, lack an abundance of tact, the fact that Benetti was born with cerebral palsy hasn’t changed the way Chicagoans treat him.
“I think empathy is one thing that comes along with having a disability that I’d never trade,” said Benetti.
“I get just about zero tweets about my disability or about the fact that I can’t look directly into the camera. If fans think I’m terrible, it’s because they think I’m terrible at the job, and there’s no more of a badge of honor. If I’m going to be bad, let it be substantively bad.”
While some might see it as an impediment, Benetti says both his worldview and his work have been positively affected by cerebral palsy.
“I think empathy is one thing that comes along with having a disability that I’d never trade. I also think perception and the way people react to someone with a disability made me dive deeper than I would have into the craft of doing games. I love the English language and what doing games means. I can’t just go in front of the camera and have people say, that guy! That’s the one I want! I think in part that helped me understand how important the substance of what we do is.”
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San Francisco Labels NRA a ‘Domestic Terrorism Organization’
Jack Crowe
National Review September 4, 2019
The San Francisco Board of Supervisors passed a resolution on Tuesday declaring the National Rifle Association a “domestic terrorism organization” due to its opposition to more stringent gun-control legislation.
The resolution accuses the NRA of not only resisting legislative reforms that its drafters believe would help curtail the country’s “epidemic of gun violence,” but also of “incit[ing] gun owners to acts of violence.”
“All countries have violent and hateful people, but only in America do we give them ready access to assault weapons and large-capacity magazines thanks, in large part, to the National Rifle Association’s influence,” the resolution says.
The resolution also declares the Board’s intent to “limit those entities who do business with the City and County of San Francisco from doing business with this domestic terrorist organization.” It was drafted following a shooting at the Gilroy Garlic Festival last month that resulted in the deaths of three people, according to local Fox affiliate KTVU.
The NRA responded to the provocation by accusing the Board of seeking to distract from the city’s shortcomings.
“This ludicrous stunt by the Board of Supervisors is an effort to distract from the real problems facing San Francisco, such as rampant homelessness, drug abuse and skyrocketing petty crime, to name a few,” the statement said, according to KTVU. “The NRA will continue working to protect the constitutional rights of all freedom-loving Americans.”
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Silverman: Brutality In Hockey Is Running Amok, And That Needs To Change
Filed Under:Brad Richards, Marian Hossa, Patrick Kaleta, Raffi Torres, Ronny Keller, Stefan Schnyder, Steve Silverman
Patrick Kaleta #36 of the Buffalo Sabres gets a penalty for checking from behind and a game misconduct as he hits Brad Richards #19 of the New York Rangers into the boards. (Photo by Bruce Bennett/Getty Images) Patrick Kaleta #36 of the Buffalo Sabres gets a penalty for checking from behind and a game misconduct as he hits Brad Richards #19 of the New York Rangers into the boards. (Photo by Bruce Bennett/Getty Images)
By Steve Silverman
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Disaster was averted when Patrick Kaleta checked Brad Richards headfirst into the boards last Sunday.
Richards was on the ice at a very awkward angle with his neck bent in a direction that looked gruesome. Richards was able to get up and he should be back in the lineup shortly.
Disaster was not averted in Switzerland, however, when player Ronny Keller was left paralyzed by a hit to the boards on March 5 by an opponent named Stefan Schnyder.
The only difference between the two hits was that Schnyder raced a longer distance to hit Keller and he appeared to deliver more force than Kaleta brought in his check of Richards.
But the NHL should not be feeling very good about itself just because Richards got up after the hit by the Buffalo goon. It was simply a matter of physics and luck that Richards was not left paralyzed, just like Keller.
The Kaleta suspension needs to be revisited. This may be the United States, where the concept of double jeopardy applies in the courtroom, but it does not necessarily apply in the NHL.
Kaleta could have paralyzed or killed Richards with his hit. He has been guilty of horrible behavior on the ice before and this marks his third suspension by the NHL.
A five-game suspension for Kaleta is a joke.
Raffi Torres of the Phoenix Coyotes was suspended 25 games (later reduced to 21 games) by the NHL for his brutal hit on Marian Hossa of the Chicago Blackhawks in last spring’s playoffs.
If the NHL wants to take mayhem out of its games, it must severely punish all guilty parties. If you hit-check a player into the boards from behind, you must be hit with a severe punishment.
25 games is just the jumping-off point. If you want to save players’ lives or make sure they can walk away from the game when they decide to retire, it’s time to suspend them for a year for such hits or perhaps even ban them for life.
I had never heard of Schnyder or Keller before seeing the brutal check, and I would not be surprised if Schnyder is regretful about the incident. He may have had a clean record prior to the hit.
It doesn’t matter. He should never be allowed to play organized hockey again at any level.
Police are investigating the incident, and that’s just what should happen.
The NHL has reacted quickly to protect players from blindside hits and head shots. However, there are still dunderheads like Kaleta who still don’t get the message.
Kaleta was disturbed about his hit on Richards. He was upset that he put his team in the position of having to defend a five-minute power play.
“I’m just sorry for the position I put the team in, trying to kill that penalty,” Kaleta told the Buffalo News. “I feel for that, for putting the penalty killers out there and them getting the two goals. It makes me feel like a bag of garbage after seeing that.”
Kaleta is right. He is a bag of garbage. Not for leaving his team shorthanded, but for nearly causing a tragedy on the ice.
It is distasteful, but watch the video in the link above a couple of times. Watch how Keller gets catapulted into the boards by the ferocity and viciousness of the hit.
It only takes one hit like that to ruin a person’s life and damage the sport in a brutal manner.
This is no time to step back from serious justice being meted out to offending players.
Lives are at stake and so is the reputation of the National Hockey League.
Is hockey too brutal these days? If so, what needs to be done to fix the game? Sound off with your thoughts and comments below…
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PXG used golf-ball technology as an inspiration to boost distance in its Gen3 irons
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PXG’s Gen2 irons came more than three years after the introduction of its first iteration. The follow up to Gen2, the Gen3 – which encompasses the XP, P and T irons – took far less time.
Unveiled less than two years after the Gen2 irons, the new Gen3 offering, while similar in look to the Gen2 series, is decidedly different. “We used TPE [a polymer] for feel and sound and produced a club that performed well, but we started to work on being better,” said Brad Schweigert, chief product officer for PXG.
“TPE is a filter that helped produce excellent sound and feel, but not quite the distance we were seeking. Once we understood that we looked for materials to produce more distance. We were able to do that in Gen2, but we lost some of the soft feel. We knew we had to address that on Gen 3. We needed a material that is softer but behaved more like a super ball than a dampener.”
Seeking to check that design box, PXG took inspiration from golf ball technology in which multilayer balls have a soft, responsive core covered by a firm mantle layer. That led Schweigert and Mike Nicolette, the company’s director of club design to produce a new “Impact Reactor” inside the hollow heads with a dual core that utilises a soft polymer core that helps the face load while storing energy instead of having it dissipate. The firmer polymer outer core provides stability to an extremely thin (1.5mm) face that leads to higher ball speeds.
“We started working with golf ball materials but we didn’t end up there,” said Schweigert, who declined to reveal exactly what the material is. “Some of the challenges were manufacturing it. How do you get those materials inside of the head. But we’ve been looking at those higher COR materials for some time. It’s hard to go thinner on the face because of how thin we already are, but we’re doing things to activate the face more.”
The company also uses internal face channel wraps around the perimeter with a cutout design that enhances speed and forgiveness. Other enhancements include robotically polishing the heads instead of hand polishing for consistency from club to club. “It’s as close to a fully machined head as you’ll get without being fully machined,” said Schweigert, noting the reduction in the possibility for human error. The face remains HT1770 Maraging Steel face and is an ultra-thin 58/1000ths of an inch, or slightly thicker than a dime. The company’s hallmark lightweight titanium and heavier tungsten weights remain, optimising centre of gravity location and moment of inertia properties.
From model to model there is a consistency in look, something that was front of mind when designing the line. “We wanted a cohesive look for all models to make it easier to mix and match sets,” said Schweigert.
Regarding each specific model, the 0311 XP is the most forgiving and is a larger clubhead with higher MOI, but with a lighter clubhead. Because of that, it has a slightly longer shaft for more distance. It also has a wider sole and larger Impact Reactor than the 0311 T and 0311 P. The specs on the T and P models are identical to their predecessors with the head size and sole bounce similar. The topline on the T – which is their tour model – has been made slightly thinner. The P, while also a better players club, has more forgiveness than the T to fit a wider array of players. Each of the irons has a number of custom shaft offerings.
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These Are the Best Places in the World to be a Woman Entrepreneur
The United States has emerged as the best place globally to be a woman entrepreneur, according to a new report from Mastercard.
The North American nation narrowly surpassed last year’s leader, New Zealand, to rank as the global powerhouse for female founders in Mastercard’s Index of Women Entrepreneurs 2019, which was released Wednesday.
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Contents of Petition
Certification of Private Employee Representative Filed by an Employee/Group of Employees/Individual/Labor Organization. A petition for certification of private employee representative filed by an employee/group of employees/individual/labor organization, shall contain the following:
Name, address, telephone number of the private employer, as well as the name of a multi-employer association, if such organization is involved in the unit requested;
The address(es) of the establishment involved;
The general nature of the employers business;
A description of the bargaining unit claimed to be appropriate for the purpose of exclusive representation by the petitioner. Such description shall indicate the general classifications of employees sought to be included and those sought to be excluded and the approximate number of employees in the unit claimed to be appropriate;
Name, address and telephone number of the recognized or certified exclusive representative, if any, and the date of prior certification or recognition and the expiration date of any applicable contract, if known to the petitioner;
Names, address(es) and telephone numbers of any other interested labor organizations, if known to the petitioner;
Whether a strike or picketing is in progress at the establishment involved, and, if so, the approximate number of employees participating, and the date such strike or picketing commenced;
A statement as to whether a valid election has been held within the alleged unit or at the establishment within the preceding 12 months;
Any other relevant facts;
Name and affiliation, if any, of the petitioner and its address and telephone number;
The signature of the petitioners representative, including his title and telephone number;
A petition shall be accompanied by a showing of interest of not less than 30% of the employees in the unit alleged to be appropriate. Showing of interest means the evidence of support a petitioner must show in a bargaining unit or proposed bargaining unit before its petition will be acted upon. The showing may be made by authorization cards or petitions which must include a statement of a desire by affected employees to be represented by the petitioner for the purposes of collective bargaining and which must be signed and dated by employees in the unit during the 90 days preceding the filing of the petition; by dues records or payroll deduction records showing the employees to be current members of a petitioning organization; or, by an existing or the most recently expired bargaining agreement in the unit, to which the petitioning organization was a party;
If a petition was filed with the National Labor Relations Board, state what action, if any, was taken.
Certification of Private Employee Representative Filed by Private Employer.
A petition filed by a private employer shall state that a request for representation or continued representation has been made by one or more labor organizations and that the private employer has a good faith doubt concerning the majority representative of its employees;
A petition shall contain all of the information set forth in section (1) of this rule, except subsections (j) and (l) thereof.
Decertification of Private Employee Representative Filed by an Employee/Group of Employees/Individual/Labor Organization.
A petition for decertification shall contain the following:
A statement that the individual or labor organization currently certified or recognized by the private employer no longer represents a majority of the employees in the bargaining unit in which it is currently certified or recognized;
A petition shall contain the information set forth in section (1) of this rule; and
A petition shall be accompanied by a showing of interest of not less than 30 percent of the employees in the unit alleged to be appropriate.
Showing of interest means the evidence of support a petitioner must show in a bargaining unit or proposed bargaining unit before its petition will be acted upon. The showing may be made by authorization cards or petitions which must be signed and dated by employees in the unit during the 90 days preceding the filing of the petition; by dues records or payroll deduction records showing the employees to be current members of the petitioning organization; or, by an existing or the most recently expired bargaining agreement in the unit, to which the petitioning organization was party.
Clarification of Unit or Amendment of Certification Filed by the Recognized Individual/Labor Organization/Private Employer. A petition shall, in addition to setting forth the information required by section (1) of this rule, except subsections (d) and (l) thereof, further contain the following:
A description of the present bargaining unit and the date of the certification or recognition;
Proposed clarification or amendment of the unit; and
A statement by petitioner setting forth specific reasons as to why clarification or amendment is requested.
Representation Petitions 115-060-0005
Petitions for Clarification or Amendment of Bargaining Unit 115-060-0010
Contents of Petition 115-060-0015
Timeliness of Petitions 115-060-0020
Validity of Showing of Interest 115-060-0025
Withdrawal or Dismissal of Petition 115-060-0028
Posting Notice of Petition 115-060-0030
Intervention 115-060-0035
Consent Election Agreement 115-060-0040
Hearing on Petitions; Notice; Conduct and Evidence 115-060-0045
Appropriate Bargaining Unit(s) 115-060-0050
Notice of Election; Improper Use of Notices 115-060-0055
Original Source: § 115-060-0010 — Contents of Petition, https://secure.sos.state.or.us/oard/view.action?ruleNumber=115-060-0010 (last accessed Jan. 19, 2020).
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(1)(a) A Selection Committee shall be established for each Program Project. The Selection Committee, on behalf of the Designated Agencies, shall determine the scope, direction, and particular needs of the Project. Except as provided in subsection (b) of this rule, the Selection Committee is solely responsible for artist selection, review of design, execution, placement and acceptance of Works of Art, and shall communicate such progress to the Designated Agencies.
Exception to sole responsibility for review: The Oregon Arts Commission and the Contracting Agency shall identify other review bodies whose oversight may be required by law or agency policy including, without limitation, state or local historic preservation committees, city design review committees and formalized campus design committees. In such cases, the Selection Committees recommendation will be submitted for review and approval by these bodies prior to execution of any contracts for Works of Art.
Informal committees established by any of the Designated Agencies, such as user groups of a Project, shall be kept informed of Selection Committee progress, but have no role in approval of the Selection Committees recommendations. The Designated Agency that establishes an informal committee is responsible for notifying the Selection Committee of the establishment of the informal committee.
The Selection Committee shall consist of up to nine members designated by the Oregon Arts Commission as follows:
The Project Architect;
The Director of the Oregon Arts Commission or designee thereof;
Up to three visual artists or other design professionals appointed by the Oregon Arts Commission (the selection of the design professionals will be made after consultation with the resident agency). The Arts Commission shall strive to appoint Selection Committee members with varied perspectives, including multicultural representation;
The Director of the contracting agency, or designee thereof, most appropriately the planning/construction project manager;
The Chair of the Capitol Planning Advisory Board, or the Chairs designee, if the project is in Marion or Polk County area (ORS 276 .028);
Up to one representative of each resident agency, or in the case of a University, each program, college or school with significant use of the facility;
Such other people who qualify and are approved by the Designated Agencies.
Up to 5 Non-Voting Advisors may be appointed by the Contracting Agency and Resident Agency of the facility to serve on the screening committee and may include: students, museum director, curator, educator, art historian, collector, and concerned members of the community, or other qualified individuals
Chairman of the Selection Committee: The Public Arts Coordinator of the Oregon Arts Commission shall serve as non-voting chairman.
Voting: Each member of the Selection Committee designated pursuant to Section (2) of this rule will have one vote. A majority vote of members present shall determine the selection recommendations to be made to the Designated Agencies. At least one-half of the members of the Selection Committee must be present to have a vote.
Overview of Program 123-475-0012
Public Art Advisory Committee 123-475-0013
Prequalified Artist Roster 123-475-0015
Selection Committee 123-475-0025
Selection Committee Procedure 123-475-0030
Criteria for Selecting Works of Art 123-475-0035
Inclusions 123-475-0040
Exclusions 123-475-0050
Responsibilities 123-475-0055
Scope and Nature of Expenditures 123-475-0060
General Principles and Procedures 123-475-0065
Documentation and Evaluation 123-475-0074
Relocation and Deaccession 123-475-0080
Criteria for Relocation or Deaccession 123-475-0085
Procedure for Relocation or Deaccession
Original Source: § 123-475-0015 — Selection Committee, https://secure.sos.state.or.us/oard/view.action?ruleNumber=123-475-0015 (last accessed Jan. 19, 2020).
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Our father among the [[saint]]s '''Arsenius, Bishop of Tver''' was able to end the discord that had enveloped the principality of Tver. During his episcopacy he was able to restore and build a number of cathedrals.
''See also disambiguation of the name [[Arsenios]]''
Our father among the [[saint]]s '''Arsenius, Bishop of Tver''' was a [[monk]] of the [[Monastery of the Kiev Caves|Kiev Caves monastery]], noted for his piety and saintly life, who was called upon in the late fourteenth century to become the bishop of the troubled city of Tver, Russia. Through example of his saintly and prayerful life and his efforts as a peacemaker, he was able to bring peace to the city. He is commemorated by the church on [[March 2]].
==Life==
Arsenius was born at Tver, and in his early years received [[monasticism|monastic]] [[tonsure]] in the [[Monastery of the Kiev Caves|Kiev Caves monastery]]. Even among the [[monk]]s of this ancient [[monastery]], distinguished for their piety, Arsenius was noted for his saintly life as well as for his strictness in keeping his monastic vows, his knowledge of the Church typikon, his study of Holy Scripture, and his love for work. Under Metropolitan Cyprian of Kiev (1380-1382) he served as [[archdeacon]], and when the Metropolitan was absent, he governed the administration of the Kiev metropolitanate.
Arsenius was born at Tver, and in his early years received [[monasticism|monastic]] [[tonsure]] in the Kiev Caves monastery. Even among the monks of this ancient [[monastery]], distinguished for their piety, Arsenius was noted for his saintly life as well as for his strictness in keeping his monastic vows, his knowledge of the Church typikon, his study of Holy Scripture, and his love for work. Under [[Cyprian of Moscow|Metropolitan Cyprian]] of Kiev he served as [[archdeacon]], and when the Metropolitan was absent, he governed the administration of the Kiev metropolitanate.
On [[July 3]], 1390 he went with Metropolitan Cyprian to Tver, where at the request of Prince Micjae of Tver, a Council of Russian and Greek hierarchs had been convened to pass judgment upon Bishop Euthymius of Tver. The prince and the bishop were involved in a lengthy dispute, and many of the people of Tver made serious accusations against the [[bishop]]. After unsuccessful attempts to restore peace to the Tver church, [[Metropolitan]] Cyprian deposed Euthymius as bishop and sent him off to Moscow to the [[Chudov Monastery]]. Arsenius was appointed to the Tver cathedra, but he was both troubled and afraid to accept this position, in view of the great enmity and spite in that place. Upon the return of Metropolitan Cyprian and archdeacon Arsenius to Moscow, the Prince sent his nobles to the Metropolitan with a petition to consecrate Arsenius as Bishop of Tver. This time Arsenius also refused. In the words of the chronicle for the year 1390 "even at the Metropolitan's entreaty, Archdeacon Arsenius would not go to Tver." After threatening Arsenius with suspension, the Metropolitan and the Prince finally got him to agree to accept episcopal [[consecration of a bishop|consecration]], which took place on [[August 15]], 1390. Among the bishops taking part in the laying on of hands was St [[Stephen of Perm|Stephen]], Bishop of Perm.
Bishop Arsenius, as a man of great prayer and peacemaker, was able to end much of the discord in the Tver principality. During his episcopacy, from 1390 to 1409, cathedrals were built and consecrated in honor of the Archangel Michael at Staritsa and Mikulina, and the Savior-Transfiguration [[cathedral]] was restored with the construction of a cathedral belltower. The saint founded the Zheltikov monastery on the river Tmaka near Tver, where a church was built in honor of Ss [[Anthony of the Kiev Caves|Anthony]] and [[Theodosius of the Kiev Caves|Theodosius]] of the Kiev Caves, and a stone Dormition cathedral. Desiring that the monks of this new monastery would always be edified by the asceticism of the Fathers of the Caves, St Arsenius gave orders to compile a list from the Kiev Caves Paterikon, using the most ancient manuscripts of this precious memorial of Russian literature. This compilation was known as the Arseniev Redaction. The saint died on [[March 2]], 1409 and was buried in the Zheltikov monastery of the Dormition of the Most Holy Theotokos, which he founded. In 1483 his [[relics]] were found incorrupt and were placed in the monastery cathedral. In the same year hieromonk Theodosius composed a Life and a Canon in honor of the holy bishop.
On [[July 3]], 1390 he traveled with Metropolitan Cyprian, who had become Metropolitan of Moscow in 1381, to Tver, where at the request of Prince Micjae of Tver, a Council of Russian and Greek hierarchs had convened to pass judgment upon Bishop Euthymius of Tver. The prince and the [[bishop]] had been involved in a lengthy dispute. Many of the people of Tver also made serious accusations against the bishop. After unsuccessful attempts to restore peace to the Tver church, Metr. Cyprian [[deposition|deposed]] Euthymius as bishop and sent him to the [[Chudov Monastery]] in Moscow. Arsenius was appointed to the Tver cathedra, but he was both troubled and afraid to accept this position, in view of the great enmity and ill feelings in Tver. After the return of Metr. Cyprian and archdeacon Arsenius to Moscow, the Prince sent his nobles to the Metropolitan with a petition to consecrate Arsenius as Bishop of Tver. Again Arsenius refused. In the words of the chronicle for the year 1390 "even at the Metropolitan's entreaty, Archdeacon Arsenius would not go to Tver." After threatening Arsenius with [[suspension]], the Metr. Cyprian and the Prince finally got him to agree to accept episcopal [[consecration of a bishop|consecration]]. This took place on [[August 15]], 1390. Among the bishops taking part in the laying on of hands was St [[Stephen of Perm|Stephen]], Bishop of Perm.
At a Council of 1547 St Arsenius' commemoration was established throughout all the Church. He is commemorated by the church on [[March 2]].
Bishop Arsenius, as a man of great prayer and peacemaker, was able to end much of the discord in the Tver principality. During his episcopacy, from 1390 to 1409, cathedrals were built and consecrated in honor of the Archangel Michael at Staritsa and Mikulina, and the Savior-Transfiguration [[cathedral]] was restored with the construction of a cathedral belltower. The saint founded the Zheltikov monastery on the river Tmaka near Tver, where a church was built in honor of Ss [[Anthony of the Kiev Caves|Anthony]] and [[Theodosius of the Kiev Caves|Theodosius]] of the Kiev Caves, as well as the stone Dormition cathedral. Desiring that the monks of this new monastery would continue to be edified by the asceticism of the Fathers of the Caves, St Arsenius directed that a list be compiled from the Kiev Caves Paterikon, using the most ancient manuscripts of this precious memorial of Russian literature. This compilation became known as the Arseniev Redaction. The saint died on [[March 2]], 1409 and was buried in the Zheltikov monastery of the Dormition of the Most Holy Theotokos, which he founded. In 1483 his [[relics]] were found incorrupt and were placed in the monastery cathedral. In the same year [[hieromonk]] Theodosius composed a Life and a Canon in honor of the holy bishop.
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At a Council of 1547, St Arsenius was recognized as a saint, to be commemorated on March 2.
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See also disambiguation of the name Arsenios
Our father among the saints Arsenius, Bishop of Tver was a monk of the Kiev Caves monastery, noted for his piety and saintly life, who was called upon in the late fourteenth century to become the bishop of the troubled city of Tver, Russia. Through example of his saintly and prayerful life and his efforts as a peacemaker, he was able to bring peace to the city. He is commemorated by the church on March 2.
Arsenius was born at Tver, and in his early years received monastic tonsure in the Kiev Caves monastery. Even among the monks of this ancient monastery, distinguished for their piety, Arsenius was noted for his saintly life as well as for his strictness in keeping his monastic vows, his knowledge of the Church typikon, his study of Holy Scripture, and his love for work. Under Metropolitan Cyprian of Kiev he served as archdeacon, and when the Metropolitan was absent, he governed the administration of the Kiev metropolitanate.
On July 3, 1390 he traveled with Metropolitan Cyprian, who had become Metropolitan of Moscow in 1381, to Tver, where at the request of Prince Micjae of Tver, a Council of Russian and Greek hierarchs had convened to pass judgment upon Bishop Euthymius of Tver. The prince and the bishop had been involved in a lengthy dispute. Many of the people of Tver also made serious accusations against the bishop. After unsuccessful attempts to restore peace to the Tver church, Metr. Cyprian deposed Euthymius as bishop and sent him to the Chudov Monastery in Moscow. Arsenius was appointed to the Tver cathedra, but he was both troubled and afraid to accept this position, in view of the great enmity and ill feelings in Tver. After the return of Metr. Cyprian and archdeacon Arsenius to Moscow, the Prince sent his nobles to the Metropolitan with a petition to consecrate Arsenius as Bishop of Tver. Again Arsenius refused. In the words of the chronicle for the year 1390 "even at the Metropolitan's entreaty, Archdeacon Arsenius would not go to Tver." After threatening Arsenius with suspension, the Metr. Cyprian and the Prince finally got him to agree to accept episcopal consecration. This took place on August 15, 1390. Among the bishops taking part in the laying on of hands was St Stephen, Bishop of Perm.
Bishop Arsenius, as a man of great prayer and peacemaker, was able to end much of the discord in the Tver principality. During his episcopacy, from 1390 to 1409, cathedrals were built and consecrated in honor of the Archangel Michael at Staritsa and Mikulina, and the Savior-Transfiguration cathedral was restored with the construction of a cathedral belltower. The saint founded the Zheltikov monastery on the river Tmaka near Tver, where a church was built in honor of Ss Anthony and Theodosius of the Kiev Caves, as well as the stone Dormition cathedral. Desiring that the monks of this new monastery would continue to be edified by the asceticism of the Fathers of the Caves, St Arsenius directed that a list be compiled from the Kiev Caves Paterikon, using the most ancient manuscripts of this precious memorial of Russian literature. This compilation became known as the Arseniev Redaction. The saint died on March 2, 1409 and was buried in the Zheltikov monastery of the Dormition of the Most Holy Theotokos, which he founded. In 1483 his relics were found incorrupt and were placed in the monastery cathedral. In the same year hieromonk Theodosius composed a Life and a Canon in honor of the holy bishop.
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Inequality Before the Law is Natural & Proper to Man
Men are not equal. Some are therefore rightly more authoritative, more influential, and more important than others. The law ought to recognize this reality – and it does. The question is not whether it does recognize this reality, then, but whether it does so justly.
Brett Stevens points out this morning that:
Egalitarianism acts like a virus: once you accept it, it uses you to replicate, spreading both to others and to areas of thought unrelated to its entry point. For example, if you think one day that yes, people should be equal before the law, soon you will find yourself thinking, yes, they should be equal in social matters, too.
For this reason, people lose control of themselves once they say “yes” to that first touch of egalitarianism. If they fail to keep being egalitarian in all areas of life, they are rejecting the idea of egalitarianism itself, which because it is not tied to any specific context, infects all contexts.
People are not naturally egalitarian. They are naturally authoritarian: the newborn finds himself in a world that is wholly structured by the unquestionable authority of his parents, his grandparents, and his elder siblings. He is junior even to the pets.
Nor does this condition of unequal authority ever end. We are all of us ever subject to some other, higher authority.
It is natural to us then to treat others as either more or less authoritative than we, and much of social life consists in rituals that enable us to determine our authority vis-à-vis that of some other.
It is foolish to think that this reality of social life has been transcended in egalitarian societies like that of America, which pretend to have abolished social classes. It has not. America has not abolished social classes, but rather only obscured them. All that has happened with the ostensible abolition of social classes is that the ascertainment of social class has become more difficult, expensive, and prone to error than it might otherwise have been. Explicit social classes reduce the expense and difficulty of that ascertainment.
Inequality is a fact of social life. Hierarchy of authority is a fact of social life. These facts then ought to be recognized in law. We ought not to be equal before the law. The law rather should reckon our real differences, and take account of them.
Not that the upper classes should be less constrained by law than the lower. It’s just the opposite.
The nobler you are and the greater your power and authority the more ought you to be constrained by laws. The greater your authority, the greater your responsibility. The noble are responsible in fact for the acts of their subsidiaries, and can therefore be justly penalized for those acts. The greater your authority, the more burdensome your duties. As superlatively virtuous, aristoi ought furthermore to do far more for the polis than hoi polloi, and ought therefore to be held to account for more and more various derelictions of duty than their subsidiaries. When the ship runs aground, the captain pays with his career, even if he was asleep at the time.
Society is furthermore harmed more by the death of a noble man – a superlatively virtuous and rightly authoritative man – than it is by the death of a common man. It is far more advantageous in war to kill an officer than any of his troops, mutatis mutandis. It is only proper, right, and natural that the law should recognize this plain fact. Usually it has. So it was that under Anglo-Saxon and Babylonian law the penalty for the murder of a nobleman was much greater than that for the murder of a serf or commoner. This seems abhorrent to modern Americans. But it persists today in tort law under the aspect of human life value: if your product killed a young attorney, you will pay a lot more than if it killed an aged bum.
There is a different legal system for the wealthy, and there ought to be. But it ought to be tilted in the opposite direction than is ours today. Hillary Clinton has so far gone unpunished for her gross dereliction of duty respecting state secrets. Meanwhile a sailor has been jailed for his innocent detention of petty secrets. If a sailor can be jailed for taking a few photos (but not transmitting them), then Clinton – who of course knew far better exactly what she was doing with her private server – ought to be drawn and quartered.
The law should levy its harshest burdens upon the wealthy, the powerful, the influential. Not that its burden upon their lessers should be lighter than at present, to be sure. It should not. Perhaps, indeed, it should be harsher than at present. But the aristoi should pay far more than hoi polloi for their crimes; for, they are in a position to inflict far more suffering; and ought to know far better what the right is, and that they ought to do it; and are in a far better economic case to do it.
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JustSomeGuy | February 22, 2018 at 2:53 AM
It’s always simultaneously amusing and depressing to watch weaponized egalitarianism play out in reality. Because egalitarianism is self-contradictory and thus logically explosive, you constantly see people using it to give themselves victim-status, since they can use it to beg whatever questions they like.
When I want to do something that you won’t let me do, it’s because you’re oppressing me – making me less than equal – and thus tyrannizing me.
When you want to do something that I won’t let you do, it’s because you’re elevating yourself – making yourself more than equal – and thus tyrannizing me.
And so egalitarians make themselves just as authoritarian as anyone else, but they do so from behind a mask which pretends to non-authority, attempting to claim the moral high ground while really just begging all questions in favour of whatever they happen to prefer.
It’s all just one great non serviam, but with a cloaking device. It allows people to sincerely believe and feel like they’re taking a principled stand, while really just empowering them to do whatever they like, that is, empowering them to ignore all responsibilities, because responsibility is just another tyranny.
Kristor | February 22, 2018 at 3:05 AM
It’s all just one great non serviam …
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David Robertson | February 22, 2018 at 5:47 AM
Very interesting and thought provoking, albeit controversial post. My question is, in such a society, how would it go by enforcing against potential corruption of the higher classes. Surely they will wield a power that is quite difficult to enforce, despite the deterrences of strong punishments that you’ve suggested. Who would be in charge of making sure the top of the hierarchy stay in line?
No one has a greater stake in the general prosperity of his subsidiaries than the aristo, to whose personal fisc it redounds. The aristoi themselves, therefore, are the surest guarantors of sanity and probity among their own company.
The king is first among barons, and subject to their confidence. Woe betide him, should he lose that confidence!
I would say theoretically and practically that’s true. But historically, the aristo has too often succumbed to the temptations of such power, the instant gratification and pleasure that a role can bring. With that being said, a truly developed hierarchical system like the one you’ve proposed has never really been fully realised, so there’s room for optimism. Though it would be hard to convince “commoners” that they’re in a sense inferior to the aristo.
Kristor | February 22, 2018 at 6:39 PM
One of the things that comes along with a legitimate hierarchy that enjoys the Mandate of Heaven – that, i.e., is recognized as just and proper by all and sundry – is noblesse oblige. To this day, we expect more of prominent people than of commoners. We feel more crestfallen at their moral failures, and somewhat betrayed. In a true aristocracy, the aristoi expect more of themselves, too. They feel themselves obliged to their people.
That breaks down only when factions arise – when, i.e., the social fabric is somewhat disintegrated. Then, you get contests among factions for the state’s power to exploit the commoners.
Thomas F. Bertonneau | February 22, 2018 at 1:27 PM
Let me propose a distinction between principle and modus operandi. I strongly dislike the phrase “equality before the law” and the principle that attaches to it. I would replace that phrase with another: “The law should be indifferent regarding persons and stations,” which implies a different principle that has rid itself of the toxic delusion of equality. The modus operandi of the new principle would be triage: By a built-in prejudice, prosecution would begin with the biggest fish, who, on conviction, would receive the sternest sentences; and it would work its way down from there. Mitigation of sentences would only be active below a certain level. Injustice, as when higher-ups escape punishment for crimes that land Joe Blow a stiff sentence, sickens the national psyche. The cure is unavoidable, in-your-face, public perp-walks for higher ups.
That triage was what I was getting at in the post, and with its title. Equality before the law is a mirage in any case. It always has been, thank Heaven: judges have broad discretion in their determination of justice under this circumstance or that, and prosecutors too have discretion in their determination of what cases to bring.
Focusing prosecutorial effort and juridical sentencing with particular force and relentlessness upon the depredations of the high and mighty would have a salutary effect from the top to the bottom of society. Seeing the Clintons doggedly pursued and then fitly punished for their crimes would increase everyone’s respect for the law, and incline them to lawfulness in their own lives. When the Clintons go scot free, everyone loses respect for *every social institution.*
thordaddy | February 22, 2018 at 7:36 AM
I wrote this earlier today, Feb. 21st… Perhaps some synchronicity?
https://eradica.wordpress.com/2018/02/19/what-does-it-mean-to-cooperate-with-an-investigation-2/#comment-64893
Total collapse is literally “universal equality” by which the mechanism of perpetual r/evolution is both ends and means. (t)otalitarianism be a mere pre-collapse.
Egalitarianism is the ideology of (t)otalitarian pre-collapse.
(Universal) “Equality”before the law is the inevitable collapse of law and a violent insurgency of inequality.
Those that DEMAND “equality” are motivated by a malevolence to be found at the origin of the demand.
Nathan A. Rinne | February 22, 2018 at 1:48 PM
Your post is wrong, because the standard of the law does not change ; only how it is administered in certain circumstances.
“For example, if you think one day that yes, people should be equal before the law, soon you will find yourself thinking, yes, they should be equal in social matters, too.”
Could you give some examples?
Right — and here we really are equal. Of course, God doesn’t submit to the world’s definitions of what that word means means. For instance, the world also has its own ideas about what constitutes “equality,” but God, like a few in classical antiquity, alludes to “equality under the law” — His law, of course. As regards His own demanding, punishing, rewarding, etc. He insists, quite firmly and repeatedly, that He doesn’t “play favorites” (see Acts 10:34-35, Rom. 2:9-11, I Pet. 1:17, Eph. 6:8-9, Col. 3:25).
Of course. There are some we should obey because of their offices, insofar as we can without sin. That said, all are equal before God’s law, and insofar as we are able to do so here on earth, it is good that we apply equal standards as well and do not play favorites.
That said, as Martin Luther put it, “[A]ll laws that regulate men’s actions must be subject to justice [Billicheit], their mistress, because of the innumerable and varied circumstances which no one can anticipate or set down.” (LW 46:103; WA 19:632)
Here, the equal punishments demanded by the law are mitigated, but even this is done with justice.
And… as you imply, it makes sense that those with greater power have greater responsibility, and therefore can expect less mitigation, whatever their circumstance.
“if your product killed a young attorney, you will pay a lot more than if it killed an aged bum.”
Right — and it shouldn’t matter who kills them.
Thanks, Nathan, and welcome to the Orthosphere.
You say that the post is wrong, but then in what I suppose you take to be your disagreements you proceed to say a lot of things that I might have said myself – and that nowise contravene the suggestions of the post. For example:
… the standard of the law does not change; only how it is administered in certain circumstances.
… the equal punishments demanded by the law are mitigated, but even this is done with justice.
… as you imply, it makes sense that those with greater power have greater responsibility, and therefore can expect less mitigation, whatever their circumstance.
Yes! Exactly.
Well, the classic example is the extension of the franchise to the unpropertied, then to women, then to teenagers.
Yes. The basic penalty for murdering any man ought to be the same (and of course very severe). If the victim was noble, the penalty should be greater. If the murderer was noble, it ought to be greater.
T. Morris | February 22, 2018 at 8:32 PM
I lol’d at this because it is almost word-for-word how I would have responded.
Beyond all of that, though, it seems like Nathan might be missing an ingredient in all of this that extends beyond the mere individual. (I entertain doubts as to the veracity of the claim that the adoption of a bad principle *necessarily leads to* the adoption of its offspring as pertains *to individuals* only)
The data overwhelmingly suggests and teaches us that *over time* the seed (in this case, the idea that “people should be equal before the law”), once embraced, will eventually blossom and produce its own kind of fruit containing its seed within itself. All the information for production of the fruit is there in its seed.
In other words, one’s grandparents, say, might well have adopted the abstract principle without succumbing to the absurdity of “marriage equality,” as an example. But by the third or fourth generation following, their grandchildren most likely will have taken it to its logical conclusion(s).
infowarrior1 | February 23, 2018 at 12:08 PM
Although shedding innocent blood is the same. It’s capital punishment whether commoner or noble.
How can the penalty be greater with capital punishment prescribed for all at least for murder?
There could be financial penalties levied in addition to corporeal penalties. This was pretty common in the legal systems of the Scandinavians. If you killed a man, you could discharge part of your penalty – and in some cases even avoid the death penalty – by paying a huge sum to the family of the victim. Sometimes such a financial penalty was combined with, say, the loss of a hand or a foot, or an eye.
Then also, there are degrees of murder. Not all of them are capital crimes. And then there’s manslaughter, negligence, and so forth.
infowarrior1 | February 25, 2018 at 2:04 PM
Maybe the manner of trial and execution should be more grandiose as a result.
Kristor,
“in what I suppose you take to be your disagreements you proceed to say a lot of things that I might have said myself…”
As I said.
It matters how you get there.
OK, than the standard of the law does not change. The law is no respecter of persons. Its not that the idea of equality under the law is wrong. Its that everyone is to lazy to define what that means or should mean.
The law should be no respecter of persons in that it should not change depending who is on trial. It should not, i.e., be capricious. If murder is to be illegal, it should be illegal no matter who the murderer is; and the murderer should be brought before the bar of justice on account of the murder.
But the law ought to be *administered* differently depending on who the murderer is. A noble man should pay a greater penalty for crime x than should a commoner. And a greater penalty should be levied for crime x perpetrated upon a noble man than upon a commoner, if only because ceteris paribus a truly noble man’s time (spent on coping with the sequelae of the crime) is more valuable to society than the time of a commoner.
Ian | February 23, 2018 at 8:13 PM
There can also be more or less painful and more or less humiliating executions. For example, St. Paul is said to have been beheaded rather than say, crucified, because he was a Roman citizen.
Another example: in England, to be hanged, drawn, and quartered was a method of execution reserved for the worst crime, high treason.
T. Morris | February 23, 2018 at 10:06 PM
Nathan:
Its not that the idea of equality under the law is wrong. Its that everyone is to lazy to define what that means or should mean.
The idea of ‘equality under the law’ is highly *misleading* to many many people. Intellectual laziness in defining what it means and doesn’t mean is certainly a factor, but it isn’t the only factor by any stretch. There is ignorance, the cause of which can be one of any number of things, or any number of combinations thereof; there is irreligion, the cause of which can be any number of things more or less the fault of the individual(s) in question. And so on…
But, sure, if we could somehow figure a way to make everyone equally industrious and vigilant in his pursuit of truth and useful knowledge, equally scrupulous of religious principle; and dare I say … equally *traditional* in his world and life view, then all would be well. Unfortunately (or fortunately, by another light) the world we inhabit doesn’t permit of such, and, moreover, never will.
So, … best to do as Kristor says – make it explicit that the law in fact *does not* see every person as “equal” to every other person, nor does it treat them so. We’d all be better served for elimination of that primary source of confusion.
Kristor | February 23, 2018 at 11:10 PM
Yeah … what Terry said.
Kristor and T. Morris,
Kristor says: “The law should be no respecter of persons in that it should not change depending who is on trial.”
Right. The law does not change and applies to all persons because God is not a respecter of persons and it is good and right to imitate him. This is what we always need to start with, and this is why we are all equal under the law. When you say “But the law ought to be *administered* differently depending on who the murderer is” I agree, but that has nothing to do with people not being equal under the law.
Many people want to speak this way, however, in order to say that we are, basically, not all equally man, as I am sure you well know.
And that, is bullshit. We might not all act as man should act, but that does not mean that any human being is any less than fully human, fully man.
I understand that you men are not looking to go in this direction, but many are. And to them, we must say: “Shut up. God is no respecter of persons and so and so is your brother, and you are his keeper.” There is certainly room to talk about how we must first attend to our natural families, how in-group preference is not an inherently evil thing, etc, etc.
But the Good Lord demands more. And all of us, in our time of need, would hope that a Samaritan we definitely do not have an in-group preference for, would help us.
And no, that does not mean open borders, globalism, etc.
Every human is in imago dei, of course. Men are all equally men. But not all men are equal. The law must take account of both these facts, if it is to be properly fitted to reality – if it is to be apposite, and so is to have a shot at achieving justice.
Zippy | February 25, 2018 at 1:59 AM
The law does not change and applies to all persons …
Right (kind of). The law which says that the property at 123 Elm is owned by Fred applies to everyone: to Fred, to Bob, to trespassers, to thieves, and to tax collectors.
But it certainly doesn’t treat various parties equally. Every law by its very nature discriminates authoritatively. That is what law is: authoritative discrimination. By its nature the law cannot treat everyone equally; it can only treat various controverted desires and choices justly or unjustly, by authoritatively discriminating either justly or unjustly.
And actually the law frequently does change, for that matter.
The phrase “equality before the law” is one of those liberal slogans which is either vacuous or incoherent, depending on how it is interpreted.
When you get right down to it, *every statement whatever* – aye, even every act – is a putatively more or less authoritative discrimination of some sort. Every act is an effectual assertion that some x is correct. This is so even of comedy; for, comedy depends upon discriminations that turn out to be hilariously wrong or inapt.
I agree; except in the peculiar cases of females and homosexuals, who are most certainly *not* fully human.
How do I know? Easy. The argument is very frequently made that women and homosexuals cannot, by their natures, control their impulses. Therefore, if straight men *can* control their impulses, while women and homosexuals (et al) can’t, then, by dint of common reasoning, someone or other among them is less human.
I’m going with my instincts on the question and asserting that woman and homosexual are less human. Lol!
Sorry to make a joke at your expense, Nathan, but I couldn’t resist. Which probably means I’m less than human. Dang!
T. Morris | February 26, 2018 at 1:23 AM
infowarrior1:
When some of us pronounce, as we do on occasion, that certain federal judges ought to be publicly strung up and tarred and feathered on Washington Ave. for their crimes, we mean it in both a figurative and a literal sense. Impeachment isn’t even a good scare crow, as Jefferson so rightly observed, and as our own experiences should have thoroughly taught us by now.
Nevertheless, in high government positions of authority the potential for doing permanent and irreversible damage is enormous and ever-present. One way to prevent its frequent occurance with men disposed to abuse their authority is to make the consequences so fearful and dreaded that they will *most usually* avoid it like the plague despite their dispositions.
The death penalty is, in my personal view, not too harsh a penalty for a federal judge who rules in favor of “gay marriage,” or the wholesale abortion of unborn children. It can be administered “humanely,” whatever that means to people and if they insist upon it, but it is still a high crime and ought to punished accordingly.
Meanwhile, if Joe the Plumber procures an abortion for his secret girl friend, he ought to be punished to the full extent of the law, but there isn’t much of a reason to make a public spectacle of it unless it is meant to deter other Joe Plumbers from doing the same thing. But in no way should the law treat the two cases the same because they’re not the same. Even if the punishment is essentially the same.
But on the issue of liberal slogans like that under discussion, whenever people start touting them (especially people who think they have it all figured out how to keep the proverbial stallions in the makeshift coral), my “Monarchist” shields automatically throw themselves up, and I say to myself, ‘what is the “equal protection of the laws”; who can give it any definition that does not leave the utmost latitude for evasion?’
And the obvious answer is why our celebrated monarchist thought the Bill of Rights would be the death of the Constitution. Plausible pretenses and all that.
cyborg_nomade | February 22, 2018 at 3:40 PM
formal equality is an epistemological matter: a central authority does not know who is worth more or less, and has no means to produce this knowledge. therefore it shouldn’t assume it has this knowledge, but start from ground 0: everyone is equally worthless unless proven contrary.
net productive worth provides a more or less accurate measure of people’s different worth, while at the same time allowing for dynamics in this social worth (one may be born rich and die poor because of bad decisions).
Net productive worth is indeed a pretty good metric. There would need to be some others: bishops and abbots, for example, are noble, even though they own little or no personal property.
Of course, once you explicitly specify the metrics, then the central authority *does* have a way of knowing who is noble and who is not. It is when the criteria of nobility are intentionally obfuscated – as in the modern West – that the central authority is “ignorant.” Note well those scare quotes. The central authority is *not* in fact ignorant of who is noble, and who is not.
This is why Hillary Clinton roams free, while the poor sailor languishes in the brig.
Everyone knows the score perfectly well. They just have to pretend that they don’t.
Scott in PA | February 22, 2018 at 7:24 PM
re: “The law should levy its harshest burdens upon the wealthy, the powerful, the influential.”
In some respects it already does. Do I take it that Kristor supports a graduated income tax? If so, then the more important principle of government neutrality between the classes is lost. Even under a single tax rate, the wealthy would pay more because the laws of mathematics dictate that. But at least here the principle of a single standard is preserved, and the government does not pick sides. Under graduated rates, the government heaps burden upon burden.
I fear the politician who uses such Kristorian rhetoric like, “The law should levy its harshest burdens upon the wealthy…”. What’s the limiting principle here?
I don’t support a graduated income tax; not because I support a single rate of income taxation, but because I don’t support income taxation per se. Transaction taxes are the way to go (plus tariffs, tonlieux, tolls, and fees); and the most efficient way to collect them is to set a single rate for all transactions.
But anyway the OP was not about public policy. It was about criminal justice.
I fear the politician who uses such Kristorian rhetoric like, “The law should levy its harshest burdens upon the wealthy …” What’s the limiting principle here?
Politicians are always to be feared, no matter how smooth their tongues.
The limiting principle is – always – the sagacity and prudence of the electorate, and below them of the commoners. Under aristocracy, the electors are aristoi, so presumably they are more sagacious and prudent than our current electorate; and as better governed than at present, so would the commoners under a proper aristocracy be more prudent and sagacious than our commoners are today.
NB: that there are electors does not imply that elections are mediated by vote. Electors are those who are in charge of deciding – somehow or other – who is in charge. There are always electors.
winstonscrooge | February 22, 2018 at 7:50 PM
Kristor, does your ideal system allow for social mobility? Could or should a man born to a lower class rise to a higher class through merit? Or should he be content with his low status as a general proposition?
Yes. Classes, not castes, with the ever present danger of a fall from one class to another due to imprudence or ill fortune, and the ever present opportunity of rising through prudence, enterprise, or good fortune. *And,* under a proper social order, all men should be able to understand their station as inherently dignified; should understand themselves in their daily lives as doing the Lord’s work, howsoever humble. I’ve worked as a dishwasher, a janitor, a mail clerk, a runner, a stock clerk (in a fabric store), and a woodcutter. In each of these humble jobs I was able to figure out how to make them occasions for the production of beauty; of added value. I took pleasure in doing them well, for their own sake. If circumstances had kept me in one of those jobs for my whole life, I would have been content.
What grinds a man’s gears is the contempt of others; the neglect of what is due to him on account merely of his inherent, basic dignity qua man. And, by exactly the same token, nothing enlarges a man more wonderfully than the respect shown to him qua man by a man he deems noble.
Did you hear what he said? Us lions. That means him and me. Us lions. That’s what I like about Aslan. No side, no stand-off-ishness.
CS Lewis: The Lion, the Witch, and the Wardrobe, Chapter 16
The Good Master then understands his subsidiaries as his proximal relatives, merely on account of their common humanity, and treats them as he would want his own master to treat him. The Good Shepherd gives his life for the sheep.
I could certainly abide by a system such as that. I have always considered the phrase “equality before law” to mean the law is indifferent to person or station as Mr. Bertonneau previously articulated. I never agreed with political correctness which is a perversion of that idea. From one former dish washer to another, I thank you for your thoughtful reply.
Well, but while the law itself should be indifferent to person or station – should, i.e., be written so as to cover all men without exception – its administration should *not* be indifferent to person or station. This was the whole point of the post. Professor Bertonneau went on to specify a modus operandi for the law, under which it would treat people differently on account of their person or station.
And, in fact, the administration of the law *never is* indifferent to person or station. It always treats people differently, depending on who they are. It must. The only question, as I said at the beginning of the post, is whether the differences in its treatment of different people are just, or not.
Yes, I understand both your and Professor Bertonneau’s points. I was only describing my historical view of the phrase “equality before the law.”
Unrelated – I wonder if all Orthospherians agree with your “classes not castes” system. I suspect some — perhaps the ones who call other people “stupid” for disagreeing with them might not be in favor of social mobility and might also not be content to find themselves born in a low situation.
Down with “welfare” and “safety nets” and programs for “upward mobility” administered from on high! If we must have them (and we must), then let them originate and be administered at the local level. The localer the better.
The level of the local parish or monastery seems about right.
Agreed. But only if the family hasn’t the resources to do it. (N.B. that I didn’t say “if the family refuses” its assistance.)
Excellent, yes. And if the family hasn’t the resources, and the local parish is tapped out, then there’s a phone call to the Diocese, etc.
But not to the County, or the State, or the Feds.
Ian | February 23, 2018 at 3:13 AM
The concept of ‘equal protection under the law’ is vacuous.
What people mean when they say they believe in ‘equal protection under the law’ is that they believe certain features should be deemed irrelevant when determining justice, for instance race. But in that case, saying that you favor ‘equal protection of the law’ is far too vague to have any meaningful, stable content: every person means something different by it. Everyone, liberals and conservatives alike, wants the law to discriminate on the basis of certain features but not on others.
The law by its very nature must discriminate (you cannot have a law that does not discriminate in one way or another). ‘Equal protection under the law’ is too vague for it to do any real work: any given case always comes down to the particulars, where the law discriminates in one way or another based on the particulars of that case. Every single law treats some people differently from others. And every time a law is executed, it is treating the individual against which the law is executed differently from other people because of particular features that differentiate that individual from others.
The million dollar question then is which features and distinctions matter and which features and distinctions don’t matter? That’s what needs to be debated.
I recall when I was still a classical liberal arguing against ‘gay marriage’ on the grounds of equality under the law: the conservative position treats homosexuals and normal people equally and makes no distinction between them: anyone – whether homosexual or normal – is free to marry someone of the opposite sex.
Of course, leftists would argue for the exact opposite conclusion also on the grounds of equality under the law.
And if two people can come to exactly the opposite conclusions arguing from the same principle, that ought be a hint that the principle in question might be meaningless.
The law by its very nature must discriminate (you cannot have a law that does not discriminate in one way or another).
This is a profound insight. It is Zippy caliber stuff (I congratulate you, Ian; I almost never come up with Zippy caliber stuff – no one does)(hey there, Zip!). Law *just is* a formal, and indeed ritual, act of utmost discrimination, that is then ritually reenacted – concretely, upon real victims, and bloodily! It marks out certain sorts of acts as categorically forbidden, regulated, abjured – then, punished. No discrimination, no law; and, no social order, of any sort.
No sacrifice, no society. It’s worth pondering. As our masthead says: Wherever an altar is found, there civilization exists.
The million dollar question then is which features and distinctions matter and which [don’t] matter?
Aye. Given that discrimination of some sort is inherent to law as such, the question is then: is the discrimination explicit in this law truly just?
Yeow, awesome! A trifecta in one comment!
Is there any effect of law upon society, if in its effection there be no blood? I doubt it. Toothless law that never absolutely rends, that never rends to death himself, is at last … toothless, moot, gormless, absurd. Ergo, despicable, by all and sundry. Law that speaks no death, to anyone, is no law to begin with. It is rather only and no more than vain windy posturing. Its propagators are then worthless, abhorrent, as altogether missing the point of their due professional endeavours, which are their plain duty; who ought to be then justly abjured; to be themselves rightly destroyed, as witnesses to and for evil.
This is a profound insight. It is Zippy caliber stuff…
High praise, thanks!
Actually, my comment was mostly copied and pasted from a private email correspondence with a friend from a few years ago on this very topic. I recall at that time thinking to myself, “I bet Zippy has something intelligent to say on this subject” and so I searched his blog for ‘equality under the law’, and this post came up. As is typical, Zippy had already gotten there years before I did. (And you’ll see me recounting this anecdote in the comments to that post).
So credit for anything profound or original in my comment should probably go to him. He’s certainly influenced my thinking on topics like this.
winstonscrooge | February 24, 2018 at 5:25 AM
If it is natural for man to live under a monarchy then how does one account for the fact that most people do not live under a monarchy? Moreover, if Christianity and monarchy are intrinsically linked why are the only real monarchies in our time Muslim in character?
Winston, your questions have nothing to do with the OP. Nevertheless I shall respond to them.
Who said that it is natural for man to live under monarchy? Who said that monarchy and Christianity are intrinsically linked?
I should say rather that it is best and most proper for man to live under monarchy. As to whether Christianity and monarchy are intrinsically linked, I can’t see that they are.
Winston, may I make an observation on your style of questioning *without* giving the impression I’m purposely trying to insult you? Okay, here goes:
Do you *really* want to know why Kristor thinks Monarchy the most suitable form of government to man? If so, try this:
Enter the term “monarchy” in the search bar. A lot of articles/posts will come up. Most of which include the by line Kristor.
Read them. And when you are finished, bring whatever questions occur to your mind forward.
It is *really* that simple. But just keep in mind, always, whole-to-part methodology. Its opposite almost always results in the nonsense on display.
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Well, I’m sorry to see that most everyone here has presumably drank the Kool-Aid.
Of course the purpose of the law is to discriminate. The primary purpose of the law – and the primary purpose of the phrase “equality under the law” — is simply to discriminate vs. good and bad behavior without respect to persons. Good behavior like marriage for example and bad behavior like homosexual activity. The enacting of the consequences for breaking the law – with mitigating circumstances taken into account — is a related to this and not insignificant, but is not the primary point of talking about “equality under the law”. The laws of men certainly do change, and they will always track with, more or less, (sometimes much less) God’s law which does not.
The gymnastics on display here are a sight to behold, and indicate how bad things have gotten. What with both the left’s and now the right’s abuse of language and meaning.
Zippy | February 26, 2018 at 3:41 PM
Addressed here:
https://zippycatholic.wordpress.com/2018/02/25/equality-before-the-law-means-inequality-before-the-law/#comment-51003
Replied to there.
newscluesandafewblues | May 14, 2018 at 1:32 PM
An interesting post. Equality is a human construct evolved over the millenia to appease, keep in check and slowly change the constant, brutal and barbaric practices perpetrated by human species over one another; it is an ideal much akin to fantasy or religion and merely a theory to titillate the sensibilities of the wealthy and aspiring wealthy.
Scoot | November 19, 2018 at 3:26 PM
I understand that this was written in February and it is now November–I was looking for a way to email my question (since I have seen reference to emails) but maybe putting my comment through moderation will draw your attention.
I unfortunately only discovered Zippy through Kristor’s Eulogion and since then I have read with great interest his comments and those here in the Orthosphere. I *think* I grok the premise of Equality before the Law but I wanted to ask clarification.
I understand Equality before the Law as a misnomer borne from egalitarianism. We cannot expect Equal treatment before the law, because the law must necessarily discriminate. I believe I saw somewhere that laws should indeed be DRAFTED and WRITTEN to apply to all citizens the same way. But implementation and adjudication of the law should be Just before it is Equal. Justice before the law is what people mean when they ask for Equality before the law.
Justice is under no obligation to be equal or ‘fair’, but to be Right. Justice is the idea of getting to the truth of things, which is why we swear oaths before testimony and why perjury is a crime.
I hope my understanding so far is hitting the mark. I’d like to run it through an example to illustrate my understanding and hopefully highlight anything about it that might be wrong.
I protest the loudest about Equality before the law when it comes to Taxation. (I saw elsewhere a discussion on whether Income tax or transaction tax is preferred, that is secondary to my point here).
Income taxes are created through Law, and so fall under that realm. a progressive income tax by definition *does not* apply to all citizens the same way. I have been known to say that such a system violates the idea of Equality before the Law, because Citizen A and Citizen B get different tax rates. By my former logic, Government shouldn’t discriminate between Citizen A and Citizen B. Both should be treated the same.
But by this new reasoning, my protest isn’t really about equality before the law, it’s about Justice. A progressive income tax may not seem Just because it applies differently to different citizens, but Citizen A and Citizen B are not of equal circumstance, so it may indeed be a just taxation system to tax one at a higher rate than the other.
By counterexample, the impoverished have greater need for resources than the rich, and I wouldn’t give equally to both. Though that’s more a question of prudence than justice.
The result of all of this, is that the Government CAN discriminate between Citizen A and Citizen B If and only If said discrimination can be considered Just, and the law authorizing said discrimination is otherwise beyond reproach.
Something doesn’t feel right about my reasoning so I believe I am missing a piece of it. Am I close?
Kristor | November 19, 2018 at 6:47 PM
I think you are on target.
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Adele regrets working with Damon Albarn
Adele regrets “hanging out” with blur star Damon Albarn as she worked on her comeback album because the experience wasn’t what she thought it would be. The odd couple hit the studio together and tried to work on new material, but the union wasn’t productive. Albarn and Adele didn’t even complete one track and the Blur singer subsequently admitted he thought the Rolling in the Deep singer was “insecure”. “It ended up being one of those ‘don’t meet your idol’ moments,” Adele tells Rolling Stone. “And the saddest thing was that I was such a big Blur fan growing up. But it was sad, and I regret hanging out with him.
“None of it was right. None of it suited my record. He said I was insecure, when I’m the least-insecure person I know. I was asking his opinion about my fears, about coming back with a child involved - because he has a child - and then he calls me insecure?” The Hello singer admits she’s curious to know if she would still be as successful if she was thinner. “Would I show my body off if I was thinner?” she muses to Rolling Stone. “Probably not, because my body is mine. But sometimes I’m curious to know if I would have been as successful if I wasn’t plus-size.
“I think I remind everyone of themselves. Not saying everyone is my size, but it’s relatable because I’m not perfect, and I think a lot of famous people are portrayed as perfect, unreachable and untouchable.” “I’ve been asked ‘Would you do Playboy?’ so many times, it’s ridiculous,” she adds. “Is that because I’m a woman or because I’m fat?”
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Norway to participate in the third licence - 22.11.2013
Norway has decided that Petoro, the state oil company of Norway, will participate in a 25 % share of the third licence for exploration and production in the Dreki Area.
Potential participation by the Norwegian state in a new licence for exploration and production of hydrocarbons - 16.10.2013
Orkustofnun has today sent the Norwegian authorities a draft of a licence to the Chinese oil company CNOOC International Ltd., daughter company in Iceland, and Eykon Energy ehf. and requested the formal decision from Norway on participation in the licence. The Norwegian State has a right to participate with an interest of 25 % in the licence involved which is 6,227 sq. km in area. Norway has 30 days to make their decision.
Successful seafloor sampling in Skjálfandi Bay - 15.10.2013
Orkustofnun recently collected cores from the seafloor of Skjálfandi Bay in order to seek thermogenic gas in the sediments.
Report on Sediment Cores from the Dreki Area. - 28.8.2013
Orkustofnun publishes a report with preliminary results on the litho- and biostratigraphy of sediment cores from the Dreki area.
Research project on the roots of geothermal systems - 19.6.2013
The science community, energy companies and Orkustofnun have agreed to devote about ISK 100 million to research on the interaction of water and magma in volcanic roots. To learn how this interaction occurs and how heat is transferred from the magma into the geothermal systems is key to acquiring a deeper understanding of the rational utilization of geothermal energy. Read more
A Chinese oil company will participate in the application by Eykon Energy - 5.6.2013
The Chinese oil company CNOOC International Ltd has decided to participate in the application of Eykon Energy for an exploration and production licence in the Dreki Area. Read more
The third licence in the Dreki Area in progress - 3.5.2013
Progress has been made on the processing of the application by Eykon Energy for a licence for exploration and production in the Dreki Area. Read more
Lecture on MSc project - 19.4.2013
Sigríður Magnúsdóttir, MSc-student in geophysics, will give a lecture on her MSc-project on Monday, April 22 at 14:00 in Askja, room 132. The title of the project is: "Post‐glacial tectonics of the Skjálfandadjúp Basin, Tjörnes Fracture Zone, N‐Iceland". The project was supported by Orkustofnun.
Annual meeting of Orkustofnun - 8.4.2013
The annual meeting of Orkustofnun will be held next Friday from 14:00 - 17:00 in Nauthóll. Orkustofnun has invited two speakers from Norway, Øyvind Tuntland and Finn Carlsen from the Norwegian Petroleum Safety Authority. The presentations by the Norwegians will be given in English, but otherwise the language of the meeting will be Icelandic.
Specialist/project manager in monitoring and surveillance of exploration and production of hydrocarbons - 19.2.2013
Orkustofnun, the national energy authority of Iceland, advertises the position of a specialist/project manager in monitoring and surveillance of exploration and production of hydrocarbons.
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The first PhD student from the UNU - GTP is defending her doctoral thesis today - 15.2.2013
Pacifica f. Achieng Ogola
will defend her doctoral thesis:The power to change: creating lifeline and mitigation-adaptation opportunities through geothermal energy utilization today at 14:00-16:00 in the main building of University of Iceland,
Exploration and Production Licences in the Iceland Continental Shelf Portal - 12.2.2013
A data layer with information on the areas of licences for exploration and production of hydrocarbons has been added to the Iceland Continental Shelf Portal (ICSP). The Portal gives an overview of the licences and the location of miscellaneous exploration data.
Renewable energy as a driver for economic and sustainable growth – The Icelandic Perspective - 14.1.2013
Economic growth and development of the nation into a modern community with a relatively high standard of living goes hand in hand with its exploitation of sustainable natural energy resources says Guðni A. Jóhannesson, Director General at Orkustofnun in an article published in Future Perfect.
Iceland issues the first licenses for exploration and production of hydrocarbons in the Dreki Area. - 4.1.2013
Orkustofnun has today, in the presene of the Norwegian Minister of Petroleum and Energy, Ola Borten Moe, and Minister of Industries and Innovation, Steingrímur J. Sigfússon, issued two licences for exploration and production of hydrocarbons in the Dreki Area.
Press conference regarding the granting of the first licences in the Dreki Area - 2.1.2013
Orkustofnun will issue two licenses for exploration and production of hydrocarbons in the Dreki Area on Friday, January 4, 2013. Licenses will be granted to Faroe Petroleum Norge AS, Branch in Iceland, Iceland Petroleum ehf. and Petoro Iceland AS, on the one hand, and Valiant Petroleum ehf., Kolvetni ehf. and Petoro Iceland AS on the other.
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Police Issue Warning About Suspicious Man In Troy Hill
Filed Under:Cowley Park, Pittsburgh Police, Sarah Arbogast, Troy Hill, Yellow Cab, Zone 1
PITTSBURGH (KDKA)- Zone 1 police have issued a community alert in the Troy Hill neighborhood.
They say a suspicious man has been spotted in the Cowley Park area.
The man is driving a Yellow Cab van. Police say he has been visiting the park for the past several days and asking juveniles to dance for him and then asking them to go for a ride with him.
Police are told that the man exposed himself at least once.
Bill Howard is worried about his two young daughters.
Over the weekend, his 8-year-old Haylee was playing with friends at Cowley Park when the man in the cab pulled up.
“He kept telling all of us to get in the van and to dance on him,” Haylee said.
The kids ran off, but the man followed.
“We went all the way up to the park and he kept on driving around until he could get to where all of us — to the park — down that street where he could get us at,” Haylee said.
Haylee told her mom what happened.
“She ran out and confronted him, she said, ‘If you come back here agian, we’re calling the police or my husband is going to kick your butt,'” said Bill Howard.
Police notified the neighborhood, but say the van has been spotted several times since then. One woman noticed it Wednesday.
“It’s scary because I’m a mother of five, you know, and that really scares me, but you just got to be cautious and take care of your kids and watch out for them,” said Twyla Perdue.
Anyone who spots this man driving a Yellow Cab van should get a good description of him and call 911.
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FAI May Have To Sell Aviva Stadium Share To Balance Books
Ben Finnegan @_BenFinnegan
The FAI has been asked to consider selling its stake in the Aviva Stadium in an attempt to ease its cash flow crisis.
It's believed experts from European football's governing body UEFA have discussed the move as they review the finances of the association, according to the Irish Independent.
Meanwhile, the Chair of the Oireachtas Sport Committee says the FAI needs to appoint an independent chairperson quickly in order to restore some form of credibility.
Fergus O'Dowd says the current situation is absolute chaos and cannot continue.
Yesterday, John Foley, a former Chief Executive of Athletics Ireland, announced he would not take up the role as its interim CEO.
The Minister for Sport says only strong reforms will see its funding restored.
"The name is there, it's been with them for some weeks now with the nomination committee in the FAI," said Deputy Fergus O'Dowd - the Sport Committee chair.
"I think to give the size of leadership clear direction and a completely fresh start - you need such a person to take over at the helm right now."
Following the announcement from Mr Foley that he would not be taking over the role - the FAI released a statement:
"The Board of the FAI notes with great regret John Foley’s decision not to accept the role of Interim CEO with the Football Association of Ireland.
"Throughout our dealings with John, his suitability for the role was beyond question and the level of professionalism and clarity he could bring to the Association would have been invaluable.
"John’s experience and influence will be especially missed by our staff who would have benefitted greatly from his arrival.
"The Board of the FAI will meet to discuss the next steps."
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Flexible Working Policy
Section 1 - Background and Purpose
Section 3 - Policy Statement
Section 4 - Procedures
Part A - Types of Arrangements
Part B - Agreement Flexibility
Part C - Requests
The Staff Member
Assessing Requests
Response to Staff Member
Part D - Monitoring and Evaluation
Termination of Arrangements
Part E - Responsibilities
Manager Responsibilities
Section 5 - Definitions
(1) La Trobe University is committed to providing a diverse, inclusive and respectful working environment for all staff, including parents.
(2) The University is committed to providing, whenever practicable, flexible work arrangements as requested by staff, while still taking into account business requirements and service delivery.
(3) This Policy applies to all permanent staff of the University, providing they have completed at least 12 months continuous service with the University immediately before making the request.
(4) Casual staff are entitled to make a request, in accordance with the Fair Work Act 2009 provisions, if:
they have been employed by the University on a regular and systematic basis for a sequence of periods of employment of at least 12 months immediately before making the request; and
there is a reasonable expectation of continuing employment with the university on a regular and systematic basis.
(5) This Policy also covers Collective Agreement related matters, which are detailed in the La Trobe University Collective Agreement 2018, approved by the Fair Work Commission (‘the Collective Agreement).
(6) La Trobe University is committed to:
attracting and retaining staff by offering flexible working arrangements where appropriate;
providing a work environment which promotes a healthy work-life balance;
providing staff with a consultative process when requesting flexible work arrangements;
giving all requests reasonable consideration in relation to the facts and circumstances relating to the request and meeting legislative obligations;
requests confined to the matters detailed in the Collective Agreement under ‘Agreement Flexibility’ are to be managed in accordance with the procedures detailed in the Collective Agreement.
(7) The University will try to facilitate flexible work arrangements when requested and will consider all requests carefully. The business case must be clear and measurable and the arrangement must be balanced with business need. Requests are not automatically granted; granting a request is entirely at the discretion of the University, but requests will not be unreasonably refused.
(8) Approved flexible work arrangements will be reviewed in accordance with the procedures, however will generally operate for a maximum of 12 months.
(9) Not all roles are suited to all types of flexible work as meeting business needs is paramount. Therefore, on some occasions it may be necessary to reject a request, or suggest an alternative arrangement.
(10) The University is committed to providing, whenever practicable, flexible work arrangements that support staff while considering business requirements.
(11) Any staff member of the University may make a request for flexible work arrangements.
(12) Flexibility arrangement options (Agreement Flexibility) will be managed in accordance with the Collective Agreement however are detailed below for ease of reference.
(13) Should the Collective Agreement clause be amended or changed, the new Collective Agreement clause will replace the below.
(14) Other options which may be available to staff include:
a job share arrangement
to work from a different location
catering for child care arrangements
caring arrangements for disabled children
(15) This Procedure does not cover ad-hoc situations where a staff member may need to work from home for a day, at short notice. Such arrangements can be agreed in advance and verbally with their immediate manager at the time.
(16) Clause 6 of the Collective Agreement states that an employee and the University may agree to make an individual flexibility arrangement to vary the effect of terms of this Agreement, which will be confined to one or more of the following matters:
allowing for the ordinary hours of work of the Employee to fall outside the span of hours in subclause 58.2 provided that the flexibility arrangement must specify alternative ordinary hours of work for that Employee and that Clause 60 (Overtime – Professional Staff) will apply provided that any reference to “ordinary hours” in Clause 60 shall be taken to be a reference to “ordinary hours” specified in the Flexibility Agreement;
48/52 (or other variant) arrangement;
development of overseas exchange agreements between an Employee of the University and an Employee from an overseas university, in order to ensure no disadvantage to the Employee as a consequence of the exchange;
allowances;
additional unpaid parental/child rearing leave, or unpaid carer's flexibility leave;
leave loading.
(17) It is recommended that staff discuss flexible work requirements with their manager initially. Thereafter the staff should refer to the Flexible Work Toolkit in support of their formal application for flexible work. It is important for the staff member to detail the reasons why the University should approve their request.
(18) When completing the flexible working application, staff and managers are asked to consider some of the following:
Can the role be best performed through the flexible working arrangement the staff member wishes to request?
What impact will the arrangement have on the team?
How will critical deadlines and on-campus requirements be met?
What obstacles might managers or the team face with this arrangement, and how can this be mitigated?
What impact will the arrangement have on customers?
What tools and resources are required to ensure success in the arrangement?
Will there be any changes in how work, performance and success is reviewed and evaluated?
Are there any reasonable adjustments or OHS issues to consider?
(19) Consider a trial period for the proposed flexible work arrangement. A manager should schedule regular meetings with employees to assess how the new arrangement is working.
(20) All requests will be responded to within 21 days in accordance with the Fair Work Act 2009.
(21) Managers should formally record the reasons for approval/denial of the flexible work arrangement.
(22) Acceptance or rejection of requests for flexible work arrangements will be in writing. If rejected, it is good practice to meet with the employee and provide the business reasons.
(23) Keep a record of all discussions, as well as any other information that was used to come to the decision.
(24) All flexible working arrangements will be reviewed periodically (recommended to be quarterly) throughout the arrangement by the staff member and the manager to ensure ongoing suitability.
(25) The review is to ensure that the arrangement is working successfully for both the employee and the business.
(26) Termination of flexible work arrangements will vary depending on the initial agreement and the actual arrangement agreed at the time, noting that the University may, at its discretion, terminate the arrangement.
(27) Staff and their managers should work together to promote a better work-life balance, while also ensuring the University achieves its goals.
(28) An understanding and recognition that not all flexible work options are suited to every role. Staff need to be flexible in their approach and implementation and should:
Refer to the Flexible Working Toolkit when requesting a flexible work arrangement.
Be open to genuine negotiation about the type of flexible work arrangements available.
Work with their manager to ensure flexible work arrangements operate effectively in the workplace.
Partake in regular reviews of the arrangement as set by their manager.
(29) Managers are responsible for building a climate that is supportive of flexible work arrangements including communication of the business needs in which flexible work options may operate.
(30) Develop a strategic approach to flexible work and ensure that University objectives can still be met.
(31) Consider the impacts of flexible work arrangements on staff within the team and stakeholders and work to address these openly and transparently.
(32) Ensure there is capacity to implement the decision and that a regular review of the arrangement takes place with the staff.
(33) Incorporate flexible work options into team planning to ensure workloads are managed and the team remains supportive and cohesive while implementing these arrangements.
(34) Nil.
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Paul McBride
Record review: Thao & the Get Down Stay Down – We The Common (2013 LP)
March 6, 2013 Paul McBride Leave a comment
San Francisco songstress Thao Nguyen allegedly began learning to sing and play guitar while working at her mother’s laundromat as a twelve year old. Sixteen years of gigging experience and three albums later, and the multi-talented singer/guitarist is a confident and accomplished frontwoman in a band that not only has one of the best monikers around, but has put together an appealing and eclectic set of songs on We The Common. Straight-up ’60s-style pop mashes with ’70s soul, ’80s hip-hop, and ’90s dance to make a fresh and fun album with a socially-conscious heart, with Nguyen’s engaging voice and witty and cutting lyrics at the centre of everything. Equal parts St. Vincent, Kim Deal, and Beck Hanson, Nguyen explores themes from penal incarceration, feminism, and social equality with a boundless energy and inventiveness. Sprightly opener ‘We The Common (For Valerie Bolden)’ recalls Nguyen’s time doing volunteer work with women prisoners, while the funky ‘City’ sounds like a female-fronted Red Hot Chili Peppers circa 1994, and folkie Joanna Newsom pops up on the deft duet ‘Kindness Be Conceived’. New single ‘Holy Roller’ is a catchy, finger-pickin’ pop song that benefits from John Congleton’s (The Walkmen, Black Angels, Modest Mouse) production, which is crisp and clean throughout. Unconventional and charming, We The Common is an experimental approach to pop music that will see Thao Nguyen getting under your skin and staying there. (Ribbon Music)
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