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Questions destroyed with answers!
Personal questions:
Q: Who are you, and what is this website?
A: I am Julius von Brunk, the only pop-icon and living folk hero to come out of Lancaster Pennsylvania, and this is my Website of Justice! I’m an eccentric artist, actor, inventor, and animator. In recent times, I’ve gained quite a bit of notoriety for my custom LEGO models (that are obviously flaunted among this site), and chances are you found me via the viral publicity of my LEGO/Transformer mashups or the Giant LEGO NES Controller — either way, welcome to my website. . . Now grease up your eyeballs and plunge into the world of Brunk! Look around; you might just learn something!
As for me, I’m a multimedia artist in his early 30s, originally from Lancaster, Pennsylvania and currently living in Queens, New York. I build geeky things out of LEGO bricks and eat lots of tacos. As a profession, I currently work as a designer in the financial industry in Manhattan.
Q: What type of camera do you use, and what’s your studio like?
A: I currently own a Nikon D750, which is a high-end full-frame DSLR camera. Prior to spring 2014, most of my LEGO models and toy photos were shot on a Nikon D5200, which was an intermediate model; I still use that camera for animation. I use a variety of lenses, usually prime lenses, but mainly a 28mm lens as my primary lens for almost all of the photography. My studio is actually a makeshift setup in my attic apartment: I use a few softboxes with 5,500K CFL bulbs, and an interchangeable backdrop. Occasionally I’ll use sheets or LEDs for backgrounds. I always use a tripod no matter what, and almost every single photo I’ve taken since spring 2014 has been with a remote control: I want my photos to remain perfectly clear with no camera shake (also, most of the photos of myself on this site are self-portraits taken with the remote — which is why usually one of my hands is always out of shot).
Q: How many tattoos do you have, and what are they of?
A: Glad you asked! I currently have 14.5 tattoos — all LEGO or Nintendo themed, except for the tiny Romani Gypsy flag on my upper right bicep. I say “14.5” tattoos, as my LEGO spaceman minifig is one set, but broken up into two unconnected images, which isn’t quite a separate tattoo — hence 14.5! My red Futuron astronaut is in reference to my childhood fascination with the LEGO Space theme; the red astronaut was a rare minifigure that only came in expensive sets, so growing up in a poor family, I never had that little spaceman — but now, I’ve got one permanently on my arm! Also on my right arm is a Castle Forestman minifigure. On my left arm are all tattoos are Nintendo-related — notably Super Mario Bros. 3 and Legend of Zelda Ocarina of Time: Biggoron’s Sword, the Lens of Truth, 275 rupees, and an activated Bombchu. In the summer of 2015, I got two new Super Mario Bros. 3 tattoos in St. Marks Place: the first is simply an illustration of Mario from the game’s box art, and the other is a warp pipe with a piranha plant and a Goomba; both tattoo sessions were done two weeks apart, and at two different locations in the same neighborhood. A year later in 2016, I added a few more Mario tattoos to the same section: the new designs were a Koopa Paratroopa and a coin block:
The photos below are from summer 2016 before I started wearing contact lenses again:
Q: Is von Brunk your real last name?
A: Yes, my real last name is Brunk, which is a German variant to the name “Bruno”, and in various Germanic nations, you’ll see other versions of my name such as Bruun, Brunck, Bronk and even Brunswick (the latter is the British-English version of my name). My great, great grandfather was a mid-19th century German immigrant who arrived in our country from Prussia and had the last name von Brunk before he anglicized it to Brunk. When my father’s father explained this to me as I was a child, I then began spelling my name as von Brunk, but never legally changed it yet. Also, my German ancestors were noble Junkers, to whom actually possessed the title of “baron” in the classical era, therefore I opted to adopt the same noble title myself. In 2002 when I began creating online personas and launching websites, I needed a clever title; things like Dr. von Brunk or Captain von Brunk never had a good ring to it, therefore I went ahead with “Baron”, and since then it stuck! Notice how I adhere to proper German grammar by having the V in von lowercase, and not spelled “Baron Von Brunk” [sic].
In the days that used to be, I was a popular forum poster on the now defunct G4TV forums (in the 2002-2005 years), way back when the website was strictly video game themed, and integrated with the TV show — integrated in the sense that forum postings and chat conversations would be reflected on the various TV shows. Those days have long since passed, as I don’t consider myself an avid video game player anymore (despite my Legend of Zelda tattoos, which are more of a monument of my teenage years), nor is G4 anything of the least bit an innovative, interactive television network. However, I owe a lot of my career to my hours wasted on the G4 forums arguing over Gamecube and Xbox games: Because, whilst posting on the forums and getting knee-deep in pointless quarrels about gaming, I’d use image macros to express my opinions and sometimes come off as trolling. The time spent getting better and better with Photoshop gave me a skill and experience with graphic design, to the point of gradually landing freelance gigs based on my slowly-accrued artwork. As of now, I’m a professional designer of multimedia and working in New York City.
Don’t get me wrong: I still love old video games — I mean, 90% of my LEGO creations reference that, but I lost my fascination for in-depth gaming around the early 2000s when games stopped being fun and innovative. I mean, seriously, prove me wrong: you can only make so many Madden Football games or generic Halo-ripoff first-person shooters before you get fed up and say, “Screw this, I’m busting out the old Atari 2600 and playing a round of Battlezone!”
Q: Did you actually adopt a highway in Pennsylvania?
A: The following photos have not been manipulated in any other way aside from image resizing and optimization. . .
In 2005, as a publicity stunt I decided to adopt a highway in order to basically get free advertisement for my then recently-launched website. PennDOT wouldn’t allow me to put a URL on the sign, but they were able to fit my full name. Adopting a highway actually doesn’t cost any money for the person volunteering to do it, contrary to popular belief. I’ve been away from Lancaster for four years now, yet the sign still remains! Also, this is the Mk.2 version of the sign: when first installed, PennDOT spelled my name incorrectly as “BRONK”, and it took them well over a year to fix it. These particular photos shown above were taken in the fall of 2006 shortly after the sign was repaired. I won’t giveaway the exact location of this sign, rather I will say that it is in fact located somewhere in Hempfield. I pity the fool that pollutes my road.
Q: What’s your favorite color?
A: Glow-in-the-dark
Website questions:
Q: How long have you had this website?
A: The actual domain Baronvonbrunk.com was launched in late March 2005, and simply redirected to a free site hosted on 95mb.com. My old site looked absolutely nothing like the layout of today (sans the blue color scheme); the original layout was decorated with clouds, World War 1 airplane paintings and pictures of Snoopy — yes, seriously, I thought that was funny at the time. The purpose of the old BVB dot com was more or less a pointless playground where I posted image macros and nonsensical images from my various YTMND sites, and around the same time, I was gradually becoming a Flash animator for Newgrounds.com, ergo a huge function of my site was to post my original cartoons — many of which were crude video game parodies. In addition to those ventures, I had a sort of blog where I ranted (incoherently) about things that bothered me at the time. I was 20 in 2005 when this site was first launched, so you can only imagine the sort of pointless bullshrapnel I’d ramble about! More or less, my inane ramblings and offensive image macros were getting me banned from G4TV and Geocities, so I created my own domain for the sole purpose of dumping graphics, Flash, and writings onto a website that I personally controlled, rather than being censored.
Months later, I bought web space and made this into a fully-operational site with domain, e-mails, databases and all. I even added a now-defunct message board via PHBbb, and a custom Wikipedia (that’s also gone). Throughout 2005-2007, Baronvonbrunk.com evolved and flip-flopped from being a pointless image site with Flash toons to a slightly more serious cartoon site, with a strict emphasis on animation — kind of like Homestar Runner, but on a smaller more personal scale. Around 2008-2009, I took a break from making cartoons and instead focused on art and design — and in early 2010, I moved to New York City and began a successful career as a graphic artist, which means I’ve now focused on that tangent almost entirely — with LEGO models being my primary draw. The only things I’ve really retained from the original BVB site are the blue color schemes; I actually dislike the color blue, but it’s easy on the eyes and goes well with my branding.
Q: For the love of Zeus, what in Hades’ name happened to your cartoons page!? Holy shrapnel, that was my main draw to your site many years ago! I loved your hilarious Mario and Sephiroth parodies on Newgrounds — please bring them back!
A: As much as I hate to say it, the cartoons page is no longer here, and shall never be brought back in its original form. The reason being, is that many (all) of those toons were simple parodies that I created for fun at the time, and had little foresight as to potentially taking myself seriously. For some of you newer fans, long before I focused on LEGO creations, my site was actually a hub for amateur animations with crude jokes and pop culture references, back in 2005 to 2008. My first animations were created with limited quality and poor animation, that I merely threw together in spare time originally back in my early 20s. Times have changed, and although my general quirky attitude is the same (quirkier, actually), I’ve lately focused on other ventures to make a name for myself by — e.g. LEGO, graphic arts and such. In other words, the old cartoons were never made with the intention of earning a living nor gaining popularity, unlike the graphics I do that pay the bills, or the LEGO models I build which earn me multiple interviews in major magazines.
Also, if you do stumble upon my old cartoons, you’ll notice a recurring theme: typically my animations portrayed an exaggerated version of myself constantly battling weird enemies that hate me for no reason. I was young at the time, so a lot of the subtext behind my animations were references to school and childhood when I was highly introverted, bullied, and mistreated for no reason — hence there’s always conflict depicted in my early animations. A lot of the characters and villains were even caricatures of former teachers, coworkers, and family. As of now, I’m strictly a visual artist, so anything I create has little subtext and instead focuses solely on its ascetic face value.
LEGO Questions:
Q: Do you make LEGO animations (brickfilms)?
A: As of 2017, I am now animating my LEGO minifigs and models for stop-motion, using DragonFrame software. The first brickfilm I’ve ever created is the promotional video for my LEGOformer Prismatis. In 2016 I began pre-production for a stop-motion Alice in Wonderland video, and I began animating its footage in summer 2017. I plan on releasing the Alice video by the end of 2018.
Q: Are any of your creations made by other people, or do you make everything yourself?
A: Every single LEGO creation ever put on this site has been made by me, hands down, with absolutely no reblogging or reposting of other peoples’ work. My Tumblr page, my Facebook, and Instructables profiles are only specifically for the purpose of displaying my talent. Unfortunately the internet has become oversaturated with aggregate sites rather than native content, so often times a lot of peoples’ creations are simply “reblogged” in an endless sea. I’m definitely not some no-name artist, nor do I want other peoples’ work to go uncredited.
Q: I loved that Game Boy / Transformers mashup! Can you give me instructions and a parts list?
A: Certainly! View it on my Instructables page to get the lowdown. Warning: this is NOT an easy project to build nor obtain parts to, which means I only recommend experienced LEGO builders to take a stab at it! You can also substitute it with any parts you desire to swap the colors and make clones.
Q: How long have you been a fan of LEGO?
A: The word “LEGO” was actually one of the first words I could write when I was a wee lad. I think my first sets were given to me at age 2 or 3 (screw the choking hazard warnings!), and since then (the mid-1980s) I’ve been a LEGO Maniac! As evidenced by my current two minifigure tattoos, my two oldest favorite themes were space and castle, notably the Futuron astronauts and the Castle Forestmen.
Q: Where do you buy all of your pieces?
A: I rarely ever purchase new sets — let alone follow the instructions and assemble them — which means I buy almost all of my parts specifically “on demand” from www.bricklink.com, or occasionally I’ll step out to the various LEGO Stores in Manhattan to get cups of Pick-a-Brick.
Q: Which creation are you most proud of?
A: Favorite project of all time: the N64 Transformers Ultra Hexacon and Tetragon, as it’s a particular set of models which really tested my creative limits, and still holds true to this day. Favorite technological achievement? The Giant NES Controller: frankly, I’m amazed it worked.
Q: I really like [insert LEGO creation here] — can I buy it off you?
A: This is actually a question I get a lot. To be honest, I dislike selling my creations on a personal level, as I’m not a business man. HOWEVER, I have no objection selling (or even custom building) my large monumental designs to businesses and art collectors. For example, let’s say some guy from [insert well-known video game company] randomly asks to purchase my giant NES controller to keep, I’ll gladly sell it to him in a heartbeat. Otherwise, usually when a fan asks to purchase something like one of my Mario lamps, I instead give them the tutorial I made so that they could build their own. More or less, I kind of like hanging on to my own stuff, but as stated prior, this varies on a person-to-person basis. Like, let’s say Shigeru Miyamoto wants to keep my Nintendo 64 Transformer? Hell yeah, I’ll give it to ’em for free if he asked for it!
This could also change in the future; once I establish myself better as a legitimate artist, I may actually have a store on my page that sells my original LEGO models. As of now, if there’s a certain thing in my portfolio that piques your fancy, go ahead and contact me and we could arrange a deal. Maybe if you know me in person you could barter with me or something.
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Rehoboam succeeds and Jeroboam returns out of Egypt, ver. 1, 2. The peoples petition to Rehoboam, and his answer, ver. 3 - 15. Ten tribes revolt and make Jeroboam king, ver. 16 - 20. God forbids Rehoboam to make war upon them, ver. 21 - 24. Jeroboam sets up two golden calves, ver. 25 - 33.
1: Were come - Rehoboam did not call them thither, but went thither, because the Israelites prevented him, and had pitched upon that place, rather than upon Jerusalem, because it was most convenient for all, being in the center of the kingdom; and because that being in the potent tribe of Ephraim, they supposed there they might use that freedom of speech, which they resolved to use, to get there grievances redressed. So out of a thousand wives and concubines, he had but one son to bear his name, and he a fool! Is not sin an ill way of building up a family?
3: They sent - When the people sent him word of Solomon's death, they also sent a summons for him to come to Shechem. That the presence and countenance of a man of so great interest and reputation, might lay the greater obligation upon Rehoboam to grant them ease and relief.
4: Grievous - By heavy taxes and impositions, not only for the temple and his magnificent buildings, but for the expenses of his numerous court, and of so many wives and concubines. And Solomon having so grossly forsaken God, it is no wonder if he oppressed the people.
7: This day - By complying with their desires, and condescending to them for a season, till thou art better established in thy throne. They use this expression, fore - seeing that some would dissuade him from this course, as below the majesty of a prince. And answer - Thy service is not hard, it is only a few good words, which it is as easy to give as bad ones.
8: Young men - So called, comparatively to the old men: otherwise they were near forty years old.
10: Shall be thicker - Or rather, is thicker, and therefore stronger, and more able to crush you, if you proceed in these mutinous demands, than his loins, in which is the principal seat of strength.
15: From the Lord - Who gave up Rehoboam to so foolish and fatal a mistake, and alienated the peoples affections from him; and ordered all circumstances by his wise providence to that end.
16: In David - In David's family and son; we can expect no benefit or relief from him, and therefore we renounce all commerce with him, and subjection to him. They named David, rather than Rehoboam; to signify, that they renounced not Rehoboam only, but all David's family. Son of Jesse - So they call David in contempt; as if they had said, Rehoboam hath no reason to carry himself with such pride and contempt toward his people; for if we trace his original, it was as mean and obscure as any of ours. To your tents - Let us forsake him, and go to our own homes, there to consider, how to provide for ourselves.
17: Judah - The tribe of Judah; with those parts of the tribes of Levi, and Simeon, and Benjamin, whose dwellings were within the confines of Judah.
18: Sent Adoram - Probably to pursue the counsel which he had resolved upon, to execute his office, and exact their tribute with rigour and violence, if need were.
19: Rebelled - Their revolt was sinful, as they did not this in compliance with God's counsel, but to gratify their own passions.
20: Was come - From Egypt; which was known to them before who met at Shechem, and now by all the people. Was none - That is, no entire tribe.
24: From me - This event is from my counsel and providence, to punish Solomon's apostasy.
25: Shechem - He repaired, and enlarged, and fortified it; for it had been ruined long since, (Jdg 9:45). He might chuse it as a place both auspicious, because here the foundation of his monarchy was laid; and commodious, as being near the frontiers of his kingdom. Penuel - A place beyond Jordan; to secure that part of his dominions.
26: Said, &c. - Reasoned within himself. The phrase discovers the fountain of his error, that he did not consult with God, who had given him the kingdom; as in all reason, and justice, and gratitude he should have done: nor believed God's promise, (1Ki 11:38), but his own carnal policy.
27: Will turn - Which in itself might seem a prudent conjecture; for this would give Rehoboam, and the priests, and Levites, the sure and faithful friends of David's house, many opportunities of alienating their minds from him, and reducing them to their former allegiance. But considering God's providence, by which the hearts of all men, and the affairs of all kingdoms are governed, and of which he had lately seen so eminent an instance; it was a foolish, as well as wicked course.
28: Calves - In imitation of Aaron's golden calf, and of the Egyptians, from whom he was lately come. And this he the rather presumed to do, because he knew the people of Israel were generally prone to idolatry: and that Solomon's example had exceedingly strengthened those inclinations; and therefore they were prepared for such an attempt; especially, when his proposition tended to their own ease, and safety, and profit, which he knew was much dearer to them, as well as to himself, than their religion. Too much - Too great a trouble and charge, and neither necessary, nor safe for them, as things now stood. Behold thy gods - Not as if he thought to persuade the people, that these calves were that very God of Israel, who brought them out of Egypt: which was so monstrously absurd and ridiculous, that no Israelite in his right wits could believe it, and had been so far from satisfying his people, that this would have made him both hateful, and contemptible to them; but his meaning was, that these Images were visible representations, by which he designed to worship the true God of Israel, as appears, partly from that parallel place, (Ex 32:4), partly, because the priests and worshippers of the calves, are said to worship Jehovah; and upon that account, are distinguished from those belonging to Baal, (1Ki 18:21,22:6,7), and partly, from Jeroboam's design in this work, which was to quiet the peoples minds, and remove their scruples about going to Jerusalem to worship their God in that place, as they were commanded: which he doth, by signifying to them, that he did not intend any alteration in the substance of their religion; nor to draw them from the worship of the true God, to the worship of any of those Baals, which were set up by Solomon; but to worship that self - same God whom they worshipped in Jerusalem, even the true God, who brought them out of Egypt; only to vary a circumstance: and that as they worshipped God at Jerusalem, before one visible sign, even the ark, and the sacred cherubim there; so his subjects should worship God by another visible sign, even that of the calves, in other places; and as for the change of the place, he might suggest to them, that God was present in all places, where men with honest minds called upon him; that before the temple was built, the best of kings, and prophets, and people, did pray, and sacrifice to God in divers high places, without any scruple. And that God would dispense with them also in that matter; because going to Jerusalem was dangerous to them at this time; and God would have mercy, rather than sacrifice.
29: Beth - el, &c. - Which two places he chose for his peoples conveniency; Beth - el being in the southern, and Dan in the northern parts of his kingdom.
30: A sin - That is, an occasion of great wickedness, not only of idolatry, which is called sin by way of eminency; nor only of the worship of the calves, wherein they pretended to worship the true God; but also of the worship of Baal, and of the utter desertion of the true God; and of all sorts of impiety. To Dan - Which is not here mentioned exclusively, for they went also to Beth - el, ver.(1Ki 12:32-33), but for other reasons, either because that of Dan was first made, the people in those parts having been long leavened with idolatry, (Jdg 18:30), or to shew the peoples readiness and zeal for idols; that those who lived in, or near Beth - el, had not patience to stay 'till that calf was finished, but all of them were forward to go as far as Dan, which was in the utmost borders of the land, to worship an idol there; when it was thought too much for them to go to Jerusalem to worship God.
31: An house - Houses, or chapels, besides the temples, which are built at Dan and Beth - el; he built also for his peoples better accommodation, lesser temples upon divers high places. Of the lowest - Which he might do, either,
because the better sort refused it, or,
because such would be satisfied with mean allowances; and so he could put into his own purse a great part of the revenues of the Levites, which doubtless he seized upon when they forsook him, and went to Jerusalem, (2Ch 11:13-14), or,
because mean persons would depend upon his favour, and therefore be pliable to his humour, and firm to his interest, but the words in the Hebrew properly signify, from the ends of the people; which may be translated thus, out of all the people; promiscuously out of every tribe. Which exposition seems to be confirmed by the following words, added to explain these, which were not of the sons of Levi; though they were not of the tribe of Levi. And that indeed was Jeroboam's sin; not that he chose mean persons, for some of the Levites were such; and his sin had not been less, if he had chosen the noblest and greatest persons; as we see in the example of Uzziah. But that he chose men of other tribes, contrary to God's appointment, which restrained that office to that tribe.
Levi - To whom that office was confined by God's express command.
32: A feast - The feast of tabernacles. So he would keep God's feast, not in God's time, which was the fifteenth day of the seventh month, and so onward, (Le 23:34), but on the fifteenth day of the eighth month. And this alteration he made, either,
to keep up the difference between his subjects, and those of Judah as by the differing manners, so by the distinct times of their worship. Or,
lest he should seem directly to oppose the God of Israel, (who had in a special manner obliged all the people to go up to Jerusalem at that time,) by requiring their attendance to celebrate the feast elsewhere, at the same time. Or,
to engage as many persons as possibly he could, to come to his feast; which they would more willingly do when the feast at Jerusalem was past and all the fruits of the earth were perfectly gathered in.
Fifteenth day - And so onward till the seven days ended. Like that in Judah - He took his pattern thence, to shew, that he worshipped the same God, and professed the same religion for substance, which they did: howsoever he differed in circumstances. He offered - Either,
by his priests. Or, rather,
by his own hands; as appears from (1Ki 13:1,4), which he did, to give the more countenance to his new - devised solemnity.
Nor is this strange; for he might plausibly think, that he who by his own authority had made others priests might much more exercise a part of that office; at least, upon an extraordinary occasion; in which case, he knew David himself had done some things, which otherwise he might not do. So he did - He himself did offer there in like manner, as he now had done at Dan.
33: Devised - Which he appointed without any warrant from God.
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A to Z of Proposed Kenya Constitution
Kenyans will vote in a referendum in August 2010 on a new constitution. Here’s an A to Z summary of some of what’s contained in it and the [chapters] which are cross posted at Mzalendo (where one can also download the current, proposed draft, and other analysis of the changes).
Affirmative action: provides for 1/3 women on government boards, county assemblies (177) etc. (noble, but is it practical?)
Culture: parliament will enact legislation that will see communities get royalties for use of their culture, and recognize the use of their seeds which will legalize mnazi, muratina, mayeek, busaa etc (11)
– Youth: can benefit from affirmative action and access training and employment (55), but odd for a government that continually employs retirees and has extended the retirement age
Citizenship: Dual citizenship is allowed – and a born Kenyan does not lose citizenship by becoming one of another country, and anyone who has lost it is entitled to re-acquire it (14) and (16). Also citizenship can be acquired by marriage to a citizen for 7 years, or lived in Kenya for 7 years (15) or is an orphan under 8 years can be citizens (14)
Devolution: – The 47 counties are spelt out in the first schedule and include Mombasa, Kwale, Kilifi, Tana river, Lamu, Taita/Taveta, (for what looks like coast province), while Nairobi City is a single county
– County government will have an executive committee (led by governor and a deputy governor who may not serve more than two terms) and not more than 1/3 of the assembly members.
– National laws prevail over county laws where there is a conflict (191) (e.g. Mandera town that purported to ban DSTV)
Elections: – Will be run by one body called the independent electoral and boundaries commission (82); currently there are two separate commissions, one for boundaries, one for elections. After it passes the boundaries commission will set constituencies and ward boundaries for the remainder of their term (but not county boundaries)
– Election petitions can be served by a notice in a newspaper (87)
– Independent candidates can avoid messy, expensive, party elections by running without signing on to a political party by obtaining 1,000 signatures for MP and 2,000 for senate from constituents (99). Also political parties have one year to comply with political parties act or be disbanded
– Election date is constitutionally set (101) as second Tuesday in august, every fifth year for all including president. (This will be during August holidays for most schools which also double up as voting centres, but also importantly won’t affect busy Christmas season when elections have traditional being held and which churches have complained about)
Financial Management: – No budget busting: government may not spend more than 10% in supplementary appropriations in any financial year (223)
– Parliament shall enact creation of an ethics and anti-corruption commission (79) (good because current anti corruption commissions can’t review ethical actions such as conflicts of interest actions which don’t qualify as corruption)
– Constitution defines separate roles of attorney general (156), director of public prosecutions (157) controller of budget (228), and auditor general (229)
– The human rights & equality commission, judicial service, land commission and auditor general all have power to summon witnesses in the course of their investigations (252)
– No double jeopardy: every accused person has the right not to be tried for an offence that was previously acquitted or convicted (50). Also you can’t be tried for an act that as not an offence in Kenya, or under international law (does that exclude old economic crimes which were only legislated in 2003? would Pattni, other Goldenberg offenders go free?)
– A salaries & remuneration commissions will be created (230) that is separate from the public service commissions (233)
– County Governments: are a are a new level of Government created to devolve power to the people by way of 47 county governments (176), will receive and share at least 15% of revenue raised by the state (203). Another 0.5% will go to an equalization fund (204) for the government to use to provide services to marginalized communities for the next 20 years. A commission on revenue allocation (215) formed by the president will recommend how much each county gets out of the national government while the senate will vote every 5 years on resolutions sharing resources among counties (217). Parliament till normal vote on such bills two months before the end of their scheduled terms (218). Using the 2009 numbers, of tax revenue of Kshs 480 billion, county governments will get 72 billion
– Tax separation: county governments collect property, entertainment and other taxes approve by parliament, while only the national government may collect income tax, customs, excise and valued added – VAT taxes
– County finance: county government may take loans if their assemblies approve, but only if the national government guarantees that (212). Parliament may legislate bailout of non-functioning county governments (190) and the government must operate sound financial systems prescribed by national government
Judiciary: – Kenya will now have a supreme court (163) in addition to court of appeal (164) and high court (165) and subordinate courts (169) comprising kadhi courts, magistrate courts, and court martial
– The Kadhi’s Court is limited to Moslems matters of status, marriage, divorce and inheritance (24)
– The president will appoint judges, recommended by a judicial service commission for approval by parliament (166)
– Traditional dispute mechanisms, are encouraged, but shall not violate bill of rights (159)
– Judges and chief justice lose jobs under the constitution and have to re-apply (–)
Land: – Clause (60) says land customs and practices should not have gender discrimination, but (67) which creates a national land commission also encourages application of traditional dispute mechanism in land conflicts (where daughters are routinely left out of land inheritance)
– Community land definition (63) is vague – it mentions ethnicity, but is that Masai land (managed by specific communities), (volatile) Kalenjin land, county government land, or Ogiek land (traditionally occupied by hunter gatherer tribes)?
– Land holding by non-citizens is restricted to 99-year leases (65) (takes effect as soon as the constitution is passed) and land without an heir reverts to the state (62)
– Parliament must ratify concessions of land and mining agreements (71) (no more Tiomin’s)
– In terms of land not much will change since parliament has the discretion to set rules (68) on land investment, minimum and maximum land holding, foreign ownership of land, matrimonial sharing and inheritance
Parliament/Legislature: – Is based on 290 constituencies and 47 counties.
– Parliament (97) will comprise 290 members of parliament, 47 women one from each county, 12 nominated by political parties and a speaker
– Senate (98) will comprise 47 members, one representing each country, 16 women nominated by political parties, 2 youth nominees (M/W), 2 disabled nominees (M/W) and a speaker. They will legislate on bills concerning the county governments (110)
– There will be two different speakers and two different clerks (128) in each house, and also speakers for each county
– Money bills (114) are any that touch on taxes or use of public money or guaranteeing of loans, and will be referred to the cabinet secretary and parliamentary committee first before parliament votes on it (e.g. Anglo leasing?)
– Any parliamentary vote that affects their interest e.g. salaries wont take effect until the next parliament comes in (116)
– Quorum (121) is higher for senate (15 members ~22%) than for parliament (50 members, ~14%)
– Parliament /national assembly (132) shall approve on nominees of the president for cabinet secretary (ministers), attorney general, secretary to cabinet, principal secretaries (permanent secretaries), ambassadors/diplomats
– There are no term limits for parliament as there are for presidents, county government, judiciary and government officers e.g. inspector general of police will only serve one 4-year term (245)
President: – Is (131) head of state, government, and armed forces
– Restricted powers of acting president defined (134) as well as procedure when a president is incapacitated (144) or impeached (145)
– Will be sworn in public (141) (swipe at you know who) two weeks after election results or one week after an election petition verdict by Supreme Court
– Deputy president rules are defined (148) may not be replaced on whim (150) (has to resign or be impeached) and may not serve for more than two terms (148)
– Cabinet size is defined (152) as between 14 and 22 cabinet secretaries (152) approved by parliament (no more 40 minister plus 60 deputy minister governments)
State officers: (and anti-corruption)– Have leadership rules & guidelines set out for them mainly objective service to the public (73) & (75)
– Can’t have bank accounts outside Kenya
– Restrict number of directorships to not more than 2 simultaneous ones
– Can’t be involved in politics (e.g. chair a Kengen and a political party)
-Person who has been removed from a state office for a violation is not eligible for any others
– State officers shall not have other gainful employment (77) (is this a repeal of the (controversial) Ndegwa Rule that allowed civil servants to engage in private business?
Transition/Summary
– Parliament’s calendar for the next three years to 2012 is going to be very heavy as they amend and enact new legislation to support the constitution if it is passed in August
– President Kibaki, Vice President Kalonzo,Prime Minister Raila – his deputies Uhuru & Musalia, and the bloated cabinet of 100 ministers & deputies will remain in their posts until 2012 or the dissolution of the Grand Coalition Government. During this period Kibaki can continue to make appointments in consultation only with Raila. In effect the executive and parliament have postponed the difficult decisions of trimming the cabinet and subjecting appointees for parliamentary approval to the next government, as the constitution does not provide for prime minister or deputy ministers.
– Key government officials will be forced out including chief justice Gicheru who will be out in 6 months, attorney general Wako and the auditor general who will be out in 12 months while all other state officers remain intact. In the first year parliament is to setup up system to vet existing judges. Any acting officials are left in limbo, so expect anyone serving in an acting capacity to push for confirmation before the constitution becomes effective
– The provincial administration staff will be re-deployed into government over the next 5 years
– Civic education has not been carried out adequately in the country and media and politicians have polarized on issues of the kadhi courts, abortion and land.
– From a taxpayer perspective, taxes are likely to go up to support devolved government structures which ill take up over 15% of money raised by the current government, and services provisions are likely to go down, in the short term as the government is already on a cash crunch and devolved government set up to take on their new roles
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nice breakdown of the constitution!
OfficialRenMan
Karimi Kanini July 23, 2010 at 1:52 pm
Thank you. Even after reading the document some of these issues were too dense for me. I dread the day I’ll have to support close to 500 elected officials while they are doing little to ensure I can make Shs as fast as they can take them. Also Kibaki will extend the current parliament to sometime in 2014/5 to allow for through debate, extension of looting and politicking.
Maishinski July 27, 2010 at 11:26 am
Fact remains, this constitution gives power to the PEOPLE.
After its enacted, we (the people) can easily restrict the size of the government. No longer will we be at the mercy of politicians!
This constitution is THE framework for a PEOPLE’s REVOLUTION.
NatObser July 28, 2010 at 3:51 am
179 pages. That is crazy! Don’t make the mistake and vote for such an unwieldy document which will forge the shackles of your slavery to the state. It grants the government authority to confiscate the fruit of a person’s labor by income taxes. Vote No.
bankelele July 28, 2010 at 5:33 am
OfficialRenMan: thanks, after reading it, i just had to write & recap it
Karimi Kanini: I dont understand this but the political class seems to be st on this. all the various drafts Bomas, Wako, 2010 have all added governemnt layers and devolved units.
Maishinski: transition clauses will be key. I just dread that have deferred implementation of many chapters to the already worrying 2012 election
NatObser: yes 179 pages, took several days to read through this.
<–you really think voting no will save you from paying taxes?!
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Nippon Paint joins hands with Playback Singer Mr. Srinivas, launches Nenjil Oru Vannam
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Chennai, March 6th 2020: Nippon Paint (India), Asia’s leading paint manufacturer today launched Nenjil Oru Vannam, a music video conceived, composed and sung by celebrated playback singer, Mr. Srinivas. Produced by Nippon Paint, the music video aims to shed light on how art and music can help individuals envision a desirable future for themselves. The launch which was held at the PVR Screen, VR Mall yesterday, saw the participation of young artists and music enthusiasts alike. Singer Srinivas, along with Mr. Mahesh S. Anand, President, Nippon Paint (India) Private Limited (Decorative Division), launched the video which was greatly received by the audience.
This strong collaboration between Nippon Paint and Singer Srinivas has resulted in Nenjil Oru Vannam, an empowering video which focuses on the girl child and her struggle to shine in a challenging environment that refuses to acknowledge her talent. The project, which encourages one to follow their passion all through life, is very close to Mr. Srinivas as it weaves through his own success story as well as others who have followed their passion.
Speaking about the initiative, Mr. S Mahesh Anand, President – Decorative Paint, Nippon Paint India commented “Nippon Paint strongly believes in colouring dreams by supporting talent and providing opportunities – this is reflected in our initiatives like the nshakti initiative which provides skilling and employment opportunity to rural women, by providing them painter’s training. This belief also extends within our own workplace where we strive to empower our women employees and nurture their professional growth. Our collaboration with Singer Srinivas for Nenjil Oru Vannam is another effort in empowering and nurturing talent in a challenging environment. We are delighted to produce this video by Singer Srinivas and in the process, colour the lives of deserving individuals”.
Speaking about the event, popular singer Kalaimamani Srinivas said, “All of us dream. Without a dream, life becomes a mechanical exercise. So it is important to dream. Someone will come along to color your dreams and make it a reality. That’s when life becomes meaningful and wholesome. Never clip anyone’s wings and never pour cold water over one’s enthusiasm. Empower the young by coloring their dreams and make them Soar High”.
Nenjil Oru Vannam will evolve further and bring exciting painting competitions to schools around the city. The students will be inspired to pursue their artistic interests and the best compositions will be chosen and felicitated at an event attended by Mr Srinivas who will personally hand out the prizes to the selected winners.
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To many scouts, Will Monday is the top punter in the class of 2011 in the country. That’s good news for Duke fans, as he’s a solid commitment to the Blue Devils and was recently in Durham for the Alabama game. BDN caught up with Will shortly after his visit.
“The visit was a lot of fun. It wasn’t really the game I was expecting, but it was a great atmosphere and it was great to catch up with the coaches, who I hadn’t seen in awhile,” Will said when describing his visit. “My parents came too and had a great time. We’re really excited to get up there next year.”
Over the summer, Will solidified his reputation as one of the best punters in the class, taking top honors out of 130 punters at the Kohl Punters’ Camp in Wisconsin in July for the second year in a row. He has also won accolades at the invitation-only “Top 12” Chris Sailer Camp the past 2 summers. Scouts have called him “the most college-ready punter in the 2011 class.” The Duke coaches expect Will to come in and compete with Alex King for the starting job right away next year.
As expected, Will’s senior year at Flowery Branch High School in Georgia is off to a perfect 4-0 start. “We have a strong defense and got a big win two weeks ago,” Will said about his team, “the offense is slowly coming along with a new quarterback and I think by the 7th or 8th game they will be hitting all cylinders and roll into the playoffs. Individually, I’ve had an excellent start for my senior year and I just want to keep it going and help the team out with good field position and getting back to a state championship.”
Will plans to take his official visit to Duke for the Boston College game in November, and has no other visits scheduled for the fall. Highlights of Will’s junior year can be viewed here.
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“Anything but bleak” – All of Me – Summerhall – EdFringe
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I am not sure precisely when shows about mental health issues become more common-place in performance, but there has definitely been a surge in recent years. Whilst I am in essence in support of such a trend, there are elements of it that I sometimes find uncomfortable or which concern me. One thing that All of Me make abundantly clear is that this is the performer, Caroline Horton’s, experience of depression. It is not a universal experience, she is not speaking for all sufferers of the condition, she is telling her own story in a unique and creative way.
“a new myth built in the image of her own imagination”
In her shouted apology that opens the show, she apologises explicitly for making “another show about [her]” and in doing so, she owns her own experience, her story, her pain, her coping mechanisms – her own depression myth – and there are just so many myths surrounding the illness. Depression is cowering in a corner, alone, in the dark under a blanket right? Wrong. She may take her physical body to bed, but the story she tells is a conversation that takes place in her mind, a new myth built in the image of her own imagination.
Her depression is personified as her dark ‘Sister’, her sister who dwells in the desert of the Underworld, wears a long dark robe that hangs the height of several people (through inventive use of scaffolds and platforms), who wears a flamboyant crown of feathers and floats bare chested through the night, watching the sands of time fall at her command. She speaks through a vocoder that makes her sound growling and beast-like. She transcribes her pain into electronic music and Caroline dances by the light of giant disco balls to clear the smoke of the Underworld. ‘Sister’ is an original; powerful, terrifying and yet pitiable. She is lonely in the underworld, she wants to be visited regularly.
“his show isn’t bleak, it’s strangely beautiful”
In her opener she also apologises for her work being “unrelentingly bleak”, but this show isn’t bleak, it’s dark but strangely beautiful. ‘Sister’ is a character I will not forget in a hurry, like the show, she is extravagant and mysterious and anything but bleak.
There is also something even more subversive at work here, the flirtation with the idea that Caroline’s ‘Sister’ is a necessary part of her psyche. “We forget how to sit in the desert… it is terrifying to be in nothingness… the void needs to speak”, she muses in an emotional moment. The world isn’t ok, it isn’t easy to navigate and we’re not all happy penguins on the penguin slide (she has a toy you might remember from childhood to demonstrate this particular analogy). We all need balance, and sister is hers. She’s certainly less terrifying than the voices of calm in a soundscape which rises to a hideous scream.
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Depression and suicidal thoughts are not simplified in this laid-bare production, which offers no easy way out, no recovery montage. ‘Sister’ will be back, and Caroline’s life a cycle of being fine and then not so fine, and that’s ok. That’s just what it looks like to see all of her, no apology needed.
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Jun 28, 2020 - Foreign Viewpoints, Historical Accuracy, Historical Amnesia/Cleansing, Slavery Worldwide Comments Off on Slavery Way Up North
Slavery Way Up North
The Simcoe Compromise bill of July 1793 did not free any slaves in then-Upper Canada, but did forbid the importation of slaves into that Province. Ironically, once Michigan was incorporated as a US territory in 1805, slaves escaping from Upper Canada were fleeing across the border – by 1806 there were sufficient free blacks in Detroit to form their own militia unit, as would be the case in New Orleans and its all-black Louisiana Native Guards. Mustered into State service in May 1861, the latter was the first black unit to serve in the American Civil War.
“The history of legalized slavery in [Canada] stretches back to 1628, when the English adventurer David Kirke brought to New France a native of Madagascar. Kirke disposed of him quickly for a handsome profit, making him Canada’s first slave. [It is believed] that by 1760 there were approximately 1,100 slaves residing in New France, most of who lived near Montreal and were either house servants or farm hands.
In the treaty of capitulation [to Britain], 8 September 1760, clause 47 guaranteed the continued servitude of all slaves to their respective masters. This same clause was included in the Treaty of Paris, 1763, and it was left in force when French civil law was restored by the Quebec Act of 1774.
By 1784 there were more than 4,000 blacks living in the British colonies north of the United States, and among them could be counted at least 1,800 slaves. To encourage settlement in British North America, the home government passed the Imperial Act of 1790, which applied to all British subjects still resident in the United States. It allowed them to import “Negroes, household furniture . . . duty free” into the Bahamas, Bermuda, Quebec, Nova Scotia, and any other British territory in North America. [Author] Robin Winks claims that free blacks were discouraged from settling.
Slave owning was widespread among the emerging political and social elite of Upper Canada. Peter Russell, a senior member of the Executive and Legislative councils and the province’s administrator in the absence of [Lt. Governor John Graves] Simcoe, was reputed to be the owner of ninety-nine slaves. Matthew Elliot, Russell’s close friend, may have owned upwards of fifty slaves, many of whom were war trophies taken in border clashes with the Americans.
(Slavery and Freedom in Niagara, Power & Butler, Niagara Historical Society, 2000, excerpts pp. 11-12; 18; 24-25)
Jun 26, 2020 - Black Slaveowners, Britain's Royal African Company, From Africa to America, Historical Accuracy, Historical Amnesia/Cleansing, New England's Slave Trade, Race and the North, Sharp Yankees, Slavery Comes to America, Slavery in Africa Comments Off on A National Institution
A National Institution
The author of the 1928 source below notes that as of that date, “Liberia, the country of free Negroes, there are over two hundred thousand slaves. In Sierra Leone, the other freemen’s colony, slavery was abolished on January 1 of this year, by decree of the Legislative Council.”
“It would be a task of many pages if I attempted to give a full account of the origin and causes of slavery in Africa. As a national institution, it seems to have existed always. Africans have been bondsmen everywhere: and the oldest monuments bear their images linked with menial toils and absolute servitude.
England to-day, with all her philanthropy, sends, under the Cross of St. George, to convenient magazines of lawful commerce on the [African] coast, Birmingham muskets, Manchester cottons, and Liverpool lead, all of which are righteously swapped at Sierra Leone, Acra, and on the Gold Coast, for Spanish or Brazilian bills on London.
Yet what British merchant does not know the traffic on which those bills are founded, and for whose support his wares are purchased? France . . . dispatches her Rouen cottons, Marseille brandies, flimsy taffetas, and indescribable variety of tinsel geegaws. Germany demands a slice for her looking-glasses and beads; while multitudes of our own worthy [Boston] traders, who would hang a slaver as a pirate when caught, do not hesitate to supply him indirectly with tobacco, powder, cotton, Yankee rum, and New England notions, in order to bait the trap in which he may be caught. It is the temptation of these things, I repeat, which feeds the slave-making wars of Africa, and forms the human basis of those admirable bills of exchange.
Such may be said to be the predominating influence that supports the African slave trade; yet, if commerce of all kinds were forbidden with that continent, the customs and laws of the natives would still encourage slavery as a domestic affair, though of course in a very modified degree.
A slave is a note of hand that may be discounted or pawned; he is still a bill of exchange that carries him to his destination and pays the debt bodily . . . Thus, slavery is not likely to be surrendered by the Negroes themselves as a national institution.”
(Adventures of a Slave Trader: Being an Account of the Life of Captain Theodore Canot, Trader in Gold, Ivory &Slaves on the Coast of Guinea: His Own Story as Told in the Year 1854 to Brantz Mayer, Garden City Publishing, 1928, excerpts pp. 126-128)
Jun 24, 2020 - Antiquity, Historical Accuracy, Historical Amnesia/Cleansing, Imperialist Adventures, Slavery Worldwide Comments Off on Slavery Way Down South
Slavery Way Down South
In the Aztec culture, war and the priesthood were the only paths “toward prestige, honors and riches,” with free land and slaves given as rewards for valor while subjugating neighbors. In the century prior to Spanish conquest, the merchant class included “slave traders whose centers of operation were in some of the large cities, but who kept purchasing bases in the furthermost cities.”
Slavery existed in all classic period Mesoamerican cultures: in Maya culture, the condition of slavery was passed down from one generation to another, often as punishment for offenses against the ruling class. “The majority of slaves, however, were prisoners of war or foreigners bought from traders. The destiny of these slaves was uncertain, and many must have ended their days as sacrificial victims.”
“Aztec conquests always had religious or economic motives . . . in the principal cities of the Aztecs and their allies lived an artisan group who were in constant need of raw materials for the manufacture of consumer goods which were traded among the Aztecs themselves or exchanged for products from their neighbors and tribute-paying subjects.
Equally important was the development of the quasi-feudal system with an increasing demand for agricultural land and serfs for the benefit of the growing nobility. Last but not least was the need for slaves to be sacrificed to the gods as state and religion merged into one unified system.
In the last years of their brief history, the Aztec nation included more than 300 vassal tribes which never amalgamated into a political or administrative entity.
While Aztec merchants traveled the trade routes, transacting business and paving the way for new conquests, the warriors and governors exercised dominion by exacting tribute and gathering the designated quotas of prisoners to be sacrificed to the many gods of the Aztec pantheon.”
(Pre-Columbian Cities, Jorge E. Hardoy, Walker and Company, 1973, excerpts pp. 124; 128; 228)
Jun 21, 2020 - Aftermath: Despotism, America Transformed, Conservatism and Liberalism, Enemies of the Republic, Fourteenth Amendment, Hatred of the American South, Lincoln Revealed, Lincoln's Revolutionary Legacy, Memorials to the Past, Myth of Saving the Union, Pathways to Central Planning, Prescient Warnings, Recurring Southern Conservatism, Republican Party Jacobins, Southern Conservatives, Southern Statesmen Comments Off on Punished for Seeking Independence
Punished for Seeking Independence
North Carolina rejected the proposed Fourteenth Amendment by a forty-five to one vote in the Senate, and by ninety-three to ten in the House. Although the amendment failed the requisite number of State ratifications, it was hurriedly and unconstitutionally enacted by Radical Republicans to maintain national political hegemony.
“The question has been asked, and will be asked again, by our children, why the Southern people did not accept the reconstruction measures and ratify the Fourteenth Amendment to the Constitution? It is impossible, at this day, to comprehend the import of this [amendment’s] language, or its effect upon the people of the South.
It is interesting to read the words of Governor [Jonathan] Worth, in his message to the Legislature of North Carolina, in submitting to them the proposed amendment. After reviewing its provisions he says he was unable to believe that the deliberate judgement of the people of any State would approve the innovation to be wrought by the amendment, and as anxious as he was to see the Union restored, there was nothing in the amendment calculated to perpetuate that Union, but that its tendency was rather to perpetuate sectional alienation and estrangement.
The committee of the Legislature, to which the amendment was referred, recommending its rejection, said:
“What the people of North Carolina have done, they have done in obedience to her own behests. Must she now punish them for obeying her own commands? If penalties have been incurred, and punishments must be inflicted, is it magnanimous, is it reasonable, nay, is it honorable, to require us to become our own executioners? Must we, as a State, be regarded as unfit for fraternal association with our fellow citizens of other States until after we shall have sacrificed our manhood, and banished our honor?
Like a stricken mother, the State now stands leaning in silent grief over the bloody graves of her slain children. The momentoes of her former glory lie in ruins around her. The majesty of sorrow sits enthroned upon her brow. Proud of her sons who have died for her, she cherishes, in her heart of hearts, the loving children who were ready to die for her and she loves them with a warm affection.”
(George Davis Memorial Address, H.G. Conner, Unveiling of the George Davis Statue at Wilmington, NC, April 20, 1911, by the Cape Fear Chapter, UDC)
Jun 14, 2020 - Aftermath: Destruction, America Transformed, Antiquity, Conservatism and Liberalism, Crusaders and Revolutionaries, Democracy, Memorials to the Past, Prescient Warnings Comments Off on The Wheel of Fortune’s Revolution
The Wheel of Fortune’s Revolution
“In the last days of Pope Eugenius the Fourth, two of his servants, the learned Poggius and a friend ascended the Capitoline Hill; reposed themselves among the ruins of columns and temples; and viewed, from that commanding spot, the wide and various prospect of desolation.
The place and the object gave ample scope for moralizing on the vicissitudes of fortune, which spare neither man nor the proudest of his works, which buries empires and cities in a common grave; and it was agreed that in proportion to her former greatness the fall of Rome was the more awful and deplorable.
Her primeval state, such as she might appear in a remote age, when Evander entertained the stranger of Troy, has been delineated by the fancy of Virgil. This Tarpeian rock was then a savage and solitary thicket: in the time of the poet, it was crowned with the golden roofs of a temple: the temple is overthrown, the gold has been pillaged, the wheel of fortune has accomplished her revolution, and the sacred ground is again disfigured with thorns and brambles.
The hill of the Capitol, on which we sit, was formerly the head of the Roman empire, the citadel of the earth, the terror of kings; illustrated by the footsteps of so many triumphs, enriched with the spoils and tributes of so many nations. This spectacle of the world, how it is fallen! How changed! How defaced!
The path of victory is obliterated by vines, and the benches of the senators are concealed by a dunghill. Cast your eyes on the Palatine hill, and seek, among the shapeless and enormous fragments, the marble theater, the obelisks, the colossal statues, the porticoes of Nero’s palace: survey the other hills of the city; the vacant space is interrupted only by ruins and gardens.
The forum of the Roman people, where they assembled to enact their laws and elect their magistrates, is now inclosed for the cultivation of pot-herbs or thrown open for the reception of swine and buffaloes. The public and private edifices, that were founded for eternity, lie prostrate, naked and broken, like the limbs of a mighty giant; and the ruin is more visible, from the stupendous relics that have survived the injuries of time and fortune.”
(The Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire, Volume III, Edward Gibbon, Modern Library, 1995, excerpt pp. 2426-2427)
Jun 4, 2020 - Memorials to the Past, Southern Conservatives, Southern Culture Laid Bare, Southern Patriots, Southern Statesmen, Southern Unionists Comments Off on No Lost Cause
No Lost Cause
Gen. Bradley T. Johnson was chosen orator at the dedication of the South’s museum in Richmond, February 22, 1896. It was the Confederate White House and home of Jefferson Davis and family, and the mansion was given by Richmond’s City Council to the Confederate Memorial Literary Society as a place for “the reception of Confederate relics and records.”
“Our memorial will be here in Richmond, the heart and grave of the Confederacy, and around it hovers the immortal soul of love and of memory, which for all times will sanctify it to all true men and women. They will know that it is a memorial of no “Lost Cause.”
They will never believe that “we thought we were right,” immortally right, and that the conqueror was wrong, eternally wrong.
The great army of the dead is here, the sentiment of the living is here, the memories of the past are here, the monuments of the future will be here. As all roads lead to Rome, so in the ages to come all ties of memory, of sentiment, of heart and of feeling, will vibrate from Richmond.
As every follower of the prophet at sunset turns his face to Mecca, and sends up a prayer for the dead and the living, so everywhere in this great South Land, which was the Confederacy, whenever the trumpet call of duty sounds, when the call to do right without regard to consequence rings over the woods and the meadows, the mountains and the valleys, the spirit of the Confederacy will rise, the dead of Hollywood and of Oakwood will stand in ranks, and their eternal memory will inspire their descendants to do right whatever the cost of life or fortune, of danger and disaster.
Lee will ride his bronze horse, Hill (A.P.) will be by his side, Stonewall will be there, Stuart’s plume will float again, and the battle-line of the Confederacy will move forward to do duty, justice and right. The memorial of the Confederacy is here, not built by hands – made of memory and devotion. What else could it be?”
(No Lost Cause; Dedication of the South’s Museum, Gen. Bradley T. Johnson, Southern Historical Society Papers, Volume XXIII, R.A. Brock, editor, excerpts pp. 371-372)
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What do mag covers tell us about teasing?
Even WH Smith suddenly seemed alluring today as I whiled away the windy minutes on the platform, awaiting the North-bound HST.
Inside, I stared at a towering magazine rack from which I had the intention of purchasing absolutely nothing.
I dimly recalled, however, that on one occasion, when trying to help a surprisingly receptive presenter keep listeners riveted to a piece of imminent fruity content, I had mumbled something about "what would they say about that on a magazine cover".
The mag rags wouldn't say "Inside: We've been interviewing Robbie", they'd cut out some mad single juicy quote or topic, exaggerate it hugely, take it out of context and stick it on the front in a horrible fluorescent splash. Simply because they needed you to be sufficiently curious and interested to lay out a few quid to buy the trashy thing.
Their front page is our 0755 link, I guess.
Still bored - and probably being observed on the monochrome CCTV by a crinkly bloke in a crimplene uniform - I jotted down a few of the front page mag splashes to see if my theory held water, or if it was just the usual pointless ramblings of a programmer.
Heat struck me. "Charlotte Crosby - my shocking nose job diary". That sort of works, I guess. Suitably specific to tempt me, if I were interested in people's nose jobs. It's certainly better than "We've been talking to Charlotte Crosby - and we'll be playing out that interview after the news". I've heard that sort of stuff. And 'diary' suggests secrets are about to be revealed.
Grazia tries the same trick with "Inside Kate's debauched divorce party". Now you're talking. Leave them in no doubt about what they're about to miss, but never give the pay-off.
Alas, nothing arose from my peering at the front page of Rail magazine.
Nor from the numerous mags which did lists of things like: '"5 reasons to retire"(The Lady).
'65 things about orgasms' (I just made that up) might have worked better, but I'm not entirely sure the old journo numbers trick works too well on radio. By the way, that's apparently: 'Number or trigger word + adjective + keyword + promise'.
Maybe try that magic on your website and social media click-bait. On-air, though, hand-pick one thing from the list, pull that apart, caress it, squeeze out the value - and you might have something.
The Traveller fared slightly better with a '"The results are in' about something or other. But the girls' mags excel: "She changed her Tinder to women only - and it got interesting" (Glamour). There's a radio plot.
The Radio Times promised "The most irritating TV ad ever". Now, who doesn't want to know which one that is - even if only to disagree. That's like 'the Number One' on a list or chart, 'the best song ever', or the 'worst song ever' (don't try but the latter, I'm just illustrating a point here). You cannot stop nosiness about which it will be. If you can elicit genuine curiosity in a tease, it works. There's a world of difference between 'In just a sec, the brand new song from Adele... Have a listen, see what you think" and "Adele's next". Implied or explicit questions are good.
Whatever the format, you want listeners to carry on listening - or to come back later.
Keeping people listening is really about forward momentum. Making your show difficult to leave because it's enjoyable and/or interesting - and satisfying a need. Making it a programme you want to come back to later - and tomorrow. Great content, of course, is key, and, dependent on the format, how it makes the listener feel - and helping the presenters become the listeners' friends and family.
'Teasing' can be a useful part, although not the whole, of the strategy. But the pointless previews and 'so what' teases which riddle British radio like a disease - probably do little else apart from delighting naieve programmers.
If you're going to tease, it needs to be more than a yellow AA signpost.
It needs to be an unfinished story, preferably with integral value, that arouses a pang of hunger.
Otherwise, readers will buy the next mag along, and listeners will have moved on.
Damn. Bloody train's late.
More about teasing in my book 'How to Make Great Radio'. Proceeds to the Radio Academy.
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This Thing Called Radio
A favourite song cheering a sullen moment in a grey teenage bedroom.
This thing called radio.
Hoping to hear the name of your school when the snow fell.
That birthday shout-out the day you were spotty sixteen.
The noisy album you won, aged 17, and wrote your name on.
The soundtrack to Summer journeys with your best friends in your first car.
Smiling on the way to another dark day in a dull job.
Upset because they moved your favourite presenter.
In bed. Wrapped up. Rain on the window pane. Cromarty. Dogger.
Stuck alone in a motorway jam. Knowing you're fighting it together.
Objective news reporting in a former dictatorship.
A wind-up set pulsing out life-saving messages on AIDS across Africa.
Risking imprisonment in Germany listening to Long Wave from London in the dark days of War.
A captive Terry Waite chained to a radiator in Beirut, hearing a World Service birthday message from his cousin.
It’s for good reason that nine out of ten people around their Globe spend as much as a quarter of their waking hours with this delightful one hundred year old medium.
Celebrate this thing.
On World Radio Day.
13th February is World Radio Day - A day to celebrate radio as a medium; to improve international co-operation between broadcasters and to encourage major networks and community radio alike to promote access to information, freedom of expression and gender equality over the airwaves
This year, the UNESCO theme for World Radio Day is 'Radio in time of Emergency and Disaster'. Radio still remains the medium that reaches the widest possible audience in the quickest possible time.
My book 'How to Make Great Radio' is out now. Proceeds to the UK Radio Academy
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No more radio ads with talkback effects, please
No no no.
Why do so many ad copywriters and producers believe the tinny sound of talkback effects works in a radio ad campaign?
I've said it before - but now this new contagion of ads bearing such effects is getting me very, very annoyed.
I can think of no TV campaign which is similarly obsessed with the intricacies of TV cameras, scripts or acting - nor a digital campaign obsessed with the intricacies of how the internet works or the font colour.
Why do we get this talkback theme repeated again and again, alongside juicy references to 'voiceovers', 'voicing' and 'we've got thirty seconds'?
These radio ads are presumably hatched by producers who just don't get radio. They don't get the relationship radio has with its listeners. They don't get that radio lives in the mind and hearts of its listeners. They don't get that radio excels in storytelling. They don't get that listeners don't see radio is a thing manufactured in a studio with panels and switches, but as a friend who shares their life.
Listeners don't see a mixing panel, they see a face.
I presume these creative folk are good at working with other media, so may I suggest they just concentrate on that. Or talk to a few radio listeners about the place that radio enjoys in their lives.
The tinny talkback effect is familiar to those of us who spend our lives in a radio studio. It means very little to those who do not. It is simply not part of their world. It relates to the life of copywriters and not to the listeners.
And, anyway, why on earth would you want to enhance the impression that the VO guy is absolutely nothing to do with the company advertising its wares - and is being told what to say by someone else?
As for the verb 'to voice'. It is only ever used in the media world. Normal people do not talk about voicing or 'voicing'.
Radio is gifted with storytelling. We remember the great TomTom 'quicker journeys' campaign (DDB Tribal Wordwide) with huge affection. A great simple theme of an uncomfortable car journey, illustrated with truly brilliant scripting and high quality acting. That's the way to do it.
We think back to the forces recruitment campaigns with young recruits speaking of their motives and dreams.
We recall the hugely powerful Cancer Research UK (Anomaly/Mediacom) fly on the wall campaign in which people affected by the disease spoke honestly about their diagnosis and everyday life - in other words, the very conversations they'd be having with their closest friends. The audio worked on TV - and probably even more powerfully - on radio.
"A yes (to a mortgage) can mean pencil marks on the wall as you watch your children grow ", says the current NatWest campaign. Visualisation and emotion in one great line. That works.
I quite like the recent Dreams radio campaign on the jolly theme of how long ago you last changed your mattress. How can any listener resist answering that dirty question in their mind? There, you just did. But why does the campaign not feature punter voices responding to that very question? It's interesting to note that on their website, they've troubled to do a video showing, well, vox pops with people. The soundtrack to those would have worked on radio too. Folk who do great video often cannot see the value of the pictures on the radio - and the power of real voices.
Dear radio campaign creatives, please, forget the studio, forget thirty seconds, forget voiceovers and talkback. Imagine a listener sat in a car in a world of their own and talk to them. It's not difficult.
My book, 'How to Make Great Radio', has lots of stuff on this theme. It's out now!
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Exploration of Matrix Effects in Laser Ablation Inductively Coupled Plasma Mass Spectrometry Imaging of Cisplatin Treated Tumours
Greenhalgh, Calum J., Karekla, Ellie, Miles, Gareth J., Powley, Ian R., Costa, Catia, de Jesus, Janella, Bailey, Melanie J., Pritchard, Catrin, MacFarlane, Marion, Pringle, J. Howard et al and Managh, Amy J. (2020) Exploration of Matrix Effects in Laser Ablation Inductively Coupled Plasma Mass Spectrometry Imaging of Cisplatin Treated Tumours Analytical Chemistry.
Exploration of Matrix Effects - AAM.docx - Accepted version Manuscript
The use of a low aerosol dispersion ablation chamber within a LA-ICP-MS set up allows for high-resolution, high-speed imaging of the distribution of elements within a sample. Here we show how this enhanced capability creates new analytical problems and solutions. We report the distribution of platinum at the cellular level in non-small cell lung cancer (NSCLC) explant models after treatment with clinically relevant doses of cisplatin. This revealed for the first time a correlation between the platinum signal and the presence of carbon deposits within lung tissue. We show how complementary ion beam analysis techniques, particle induced X-ray emission (PIXE) and elastic backscattering spectrometry (EBS) can be used to explore potential matrix effects in LA-ICP-MS data. For these samples, it was confirmed that the enhancement was unlikely to have resulted from a matrix effect alone. Thus, the presence of carbon deposits within tissue has potential implications for the effective distribution of the cisplatin drug.
Faculty of Engineering and Physical Sciences > Chemistry
Greenhalgh, Calum J.
Karekla, Ellie
Miles, Gareth J.
Powley, Ian R.
Costa, Catia c.d.costa@surrey.ac.uk
de Jesus, Janella janellamarie.dejesus@surrey.ac.uk
Bailey, Melanie J. M.Bailey@surrey.ac.uk
Pritchard, Catrin
MacFarlane, Marion
Pringle, J. Howard
Managh, Amy J.
Funders :
Loughborough University, Medical Research Council (MRC), MRC Toxicology Unit, Leicester Experimental Cancer Medicine Centre, Cancer Research UK, UK Department of Health, Royal Society, Engineering and Physical Sciences Research Council (EPSRC)
Grant Title :
Funded PhD studentship
© 2020 American Chemical Society
Clive Harris
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OTCQB: CDBMF $0.05
Why Invest in Cordoba Minerals?
2020 Annual & Special Meeting
Cordoba Minerals Discovers Copper-Gold Porphyry Mineralization at Costa Azul and Better Defines the Montiel West and Pirita Prospects
August 5, 2014 Download PDF
TORONTO, ONTARIO, August 5, 2014: Cordoba Minerals Corp. (TSX-V:CDB) ("Cordoba" or the "Company") is pleased to announce that the first phase of the ongoing RAB (rotary air blast) drilling program has located widespread copper-gold mineralization associated with diorite porphyry intrusions at the Costa Azul prospect. The shallow drilling program has better defined the porphyry copper-gold mineralization at the Montiel West prospect and higher-grade vein and breccia style mineralization adjacent to the Pirita artisanal underground workings, located immediately north of Montiel West.
Copper-gold (chalcopyrite-pyrite-bornite) mineralization at both Costa Azul and Montiel West is associated with quartz-magnetite stockwork and sheeted veining within diorite porphyry intrusions and adjacent country rocks. Higher-grade, gold-rich vein and breccia (quartz-pyrrhotite-chalcopyrite) mineralization has been located in a number of parallel structures at the Pirita prospect. Costa Azul and Montiel West are the first targets to be tested by RAB in an ongoing drilling program that has currently focused on the northern-most 3 kilometres of strike of the San Matias Project. Surface exploration is underway along the highly prospective additional 10 km of strike of the major north-south structure that hosts the varying styles of porphyry, vein and replacement styles of mineralization located to date within the project tenure. Currently the RAB drill is testing the Iguana target, a copper-gold soil anomaly, located approximately 800 m north of Montiel West. From there the RAB rig will test the large copper-gold soil anomaly that stretches between the Montiel West and Montiel East porphyry targets, some 800 m of strike, and adjacent to the Montiel East artisanal mine workings.
RAB drilling is proving to be highly effective in the assessment of mineralization at shallow depths and although the results cannot be used in resource estimates, each of the targets outlined by the RAB program will be drilled in the current deeper diamond drilling program.
The Costa Azul target is a 800 m x 800 m copper-gold soil anomaly in which 112 shallow RAB drill holes, to average depth of 30 metres, have been completed on a roughly 50 m x 50 m grid. RAB drilling has outlined porphyry copper-gold mineralization in both diorite porphyry intrusions, mafic volcanic country rocks and tonalite intrusions. Maximum down-hole copper and gold results (Figures 1 and 2) show significant, copper and gold mineralization (>0.3 % Cu and/or >0.3 g/t Au) over dimensions of approximately 300 m east-west by 200 m north-south, with mineralization remaining open to the west and southwest towards areas previously trenched.
Highlights of RAB intercepts include:
CARAB013: 19m @ 0.74 g/t Au and 0.32% Cu from 6 to 25 metres
CARAB079: 12m @ 0.20 g/t Au and 0.65% Cu, from 0 to 12 metres
CARAB081: 24m @ 0.53 g/t Au and 0.35% Cu, from 22 to 46 metres
(Intervals calculated with a 0.30 g/t Au and/or 0.30% Cu cut-off with no internal zones of dilution, true-widths are unknown).
Diamond drilling of the RAB outlined targets has commenced at Costa Azul.
Montiel West and Pirita
The Montiel prospect is a 1 km x 800 m porphyry cluster with associated vein and breccia systems in which 78 RAB drill-holes, with an average depth of 25 metres, have been drilled on a roughly 50 m x 50 m grid. This drilling and also trenching has outlined porphyry copper-gold mineralization in both feldspar-hornblende porphyry intrusions and mafic volcanic country rocks tracking north to the Pirita underground mine workings where higher grade gold with copper mineralization is defined by a series of parallel vein and breccia structures.
At Montiel West maximum down-hole copper and gold results (Figures 3 and 4) show significant copper and gold mineralization (>0.3 % Cu and/or >0.3 g/t Au) at shallow depths over dimensions of approximately 250 m east-west by 200 m north-south. Mineralization remains open to the south and also to the west where significant trench anomalies are evident. At Pirita a number of parallel northwest trending veins have been located that host significant gold and copper mineralization over strike lengths of over 250 m that are open to the north-west and south-east. Given the shallow depth of the RAB drilling at Pirita, more parallel vein and associated breccia structures are interpreted as being present and will be tested with deeper diamond drilling along with Montiel West. The majority of the significant intersections at Pirita remains open down-hole and incorporates significant down-hole widths indicating a potential larger tonnage target style adjacent to the Montiel West porphyry copper-gold target.
Highlights of RAB intercepts at Montiel West include:
MWRAB001: 12m @ 0.67 g/t Au and 0.60% Cu from 0 to 12 metres
MWRAB003: 9m @ 1.04 g/t Au and 0.46% Cu from 0 to 9 metres
MWRAB012: 5m @ 32.64 g/t Au and 1.09% Cu from 0 to 5 metres
MWRAB020: 13m @ 0.26 g/t Au and 0.77% Cu from 21 to 34 metres
Highlights of RAB intercepts at Pirita include:
Incl. 3m @ 4.39 g/t Au and 0.24% Cu from 15 to 18 metres
Incl. 3m @ 7.05 g/t Au and 0.24% Cu from 3 to 6 metres
Incl. 3m @ 12.38 g/t Au and 0.14% Cu from 6 to 9 metres
The Montiel West and Pirita targets will be diamond drilled on completion of the Costa Azul drilling in the current program.
"We are extremely pleased with the progress we have made in exploration this year," commented Mario Stifano, CEO of Cordoba. "The RAB drilling has provided us with a quick and effective method of evaluating our multiple copper-gold porphyries. With the information we have received, we can strategically plan our diamond drilling program to explore the targets the RAB drill has identified. As we continue to identify new mineralization in the various targets in our land package, it supports our belief that we are exploring a new copper-gold district in Colombia."
Figure 1. Maximum down-hole copper results from the Costa Azul target with trenching results on geology.
Figure 2. Maximum down-hole gold results from the Costa Azul target with trenching results on geology.
Figure 3. Maximum down-hole copper results from the Montiel West and Pirita targets
with trenching results on geology.
Figure 4. Maximum down-hole gold results from the Montiel West and Pirita targets
The technical information has been reviewed, verified and compiled by Christian J. Grainger, PhD, a Qualified Person for the purpose of NI 43-101. Dr. Grainger is a geologist with +15 years in the minerals mining, consulting, exploration and research industries. Dr. Grainger is a Member of the Australian Institute of Geoscientists and Australian Institute of Mining and Metallurgy. Results from RAB drilling are not permissible for the purpose of NI 43-101 resource estimates.
About Cordoba Minerals
Cordoba Minerals Corp. is a Toronto-based mineral exploration company focused on the exploration and acquisition of copper and gold projects in Colombia. Cordoba currently owns 100% of the highly prospective San Matias Project located near operating open pit mines with ideal topography in the Department of Cordoba. For further information, please visit www.cordobamineralscorp.com.
ON BEHALF OF THE COMPANY
Mario Stifano, President and CEO
Cordoba Minerals Corp.
Symbol: TSX-V:CDB
Contact: Sonia Tercas
Email: info@cordobamineralscorp.com
Website: www.cordobamineralscorp.com
Neither the TSX Venture Exchange nor the Investment Industry Regulatory Organization of Canada accepts responsibility for the adequacy or accuracy of this release.
This news release includes certain "forward-looking information" within the meaning of Canadian securities legislation. Forward-looking statements include predictions, projections and forecasts and are often, but not always, identified by the use of words such as "seek", "anticipate", "believe", "plan", "estimate", "forecast", "expect", "potential", "project", "target", "schedule", budget" and "intend" and statements that an event or result "may", "will", "should", "could" or "might" occur or be achieved and other similar expressions and includes the negatives thereof. All statements other than statements of historical fact included in this release, including, without limitation, statements regarding the potential of the Company's properties are forward-looking statements that involve various risks and uncertainties. There can be no assurance that such statements will prove to be accurate and actual results and future events could differ materially from those anticipated in such statements. Forward-looking statements are based on a number of material factors and assumptions. Important factors that could cause actual results to differ materially from Company's expectations include actual exploration results, changes in project parameters as plans continue to be refined, future metal prices, availability of capital and financing on acceptable terms, general economic, market or business conditions, uninsured risks, regulatory changes, delays or inability to receive required approvals and other exploration or other risks detailed herein and from time to time in the filings made by the Company with securities regulators. Although the Company has attempted to identify important factors that could cause actual actions, events or results to differ from those described in forward-looking statements, there may be other factors that cause such actions, events or results to differ materially from those anticipated. There can be no assurance that forward-looking statements will prove to be accurate and accordingly readers are cautioned not to place undue reliance on forward-looking statements which speak only as of the date of this news release. The Company disclaims any intention or obligation, except to the extent required by law, to update or revise any forward-looking statements, whether as a result of new information, future events or otherwise.
Copyright © 2021 Cordoba Minerals Corp.
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Peruvian Quipu
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The Inca quipu still remains somewhat of a mystery to today's scholars, and while there are many plausible and likely hypotheses as to the true functions this device served, a specific and definite answer has yet, and may never, be uncovered. Some believe the quipu represents a form of proto-writing, while others feel it embodies a system of writing all on its own. But regardless of the different magnitudes of functionality that are thought to have been applied to the quipu by the Incas, it is wholly agreed that it was an extraordinarily intricate system in which to store information.
Quipu Diagram
1 Brief Description
2 Encoding: The Symbolic Systems of the Quipu
3 Was It Writing?
3.1 Mnemonic Knot-Records
3.1.1 Binary Coding
4 Decoding: Unable to Crack the Code
4.1 Pops and Hisses
5 Formal Prohibitions
6 Remediation
7 Works Cited
A typical quipu consisted of a number of pendent and often subsidiary pendent strings made from cotton and sometimes wool, and were suspended from a main horizontal cord. Knots representing numbers were tied into the pendent strings and occasionally into the main cord, and the strings were dyed various colors in order to define the different subjects to which the numbers referred.
Encoding: The Symbolic Systems of the Quipu
Quipus were assigned both a vertical and horizontal direction, causing both the encoding and decoding of a quipu to be a multi-directional, or nonlinear experience. "The establishment of the points where the strings were attached did not have to follow any set left-to-right or right-to-left sequence. The positions of the strings were set by their points of attachment, and it is the relative position, along with the colors and the knots, that rendered the recording meaningful. Essentially then, the quipumaker had to have the ability to conceive and execute a recording in three dimensions with color" (Ascher 33). Similarly, the direct construction involved in recording information on a quipu depended to a large degree on the maker's tactile sensitivity. "In fact, the overall aesthetic of the quipu was related to the tactile: the manner of recording and the recording itself [were] decidedly rhythmic; the first in the activity, the second in the effect" (32). As one would continue
The overall function of a quipu was to record and store information, although exactly what kind and to what level of sophistication is debated. The process of encoding was very intricate and consisted of very specific and intentional manipulations of the string to create symbols that would correspond to any number of things, ideas, dates etc. However, there did not exist a universal book of codes in which to follow; each quipu constructed was very personal to the person to which it belonged.
When analyzing a quipu, there are several components that one must pay close attention to as a singular unit within the context of the whole quipu.
Strings/Cords
Unlike media such as clay and paper in which symbols are applied to the surface, the strings of a quipu functioned as both the surface and the writing tool itself. In addition to being knotted and dyed, the quipucomayac had the option of positioning the cords on different levels, in different directions, and in relative positions ( Archer 31).
There were several different type of knots used in the making of a quipu, some represented numbers in terms of quantities, while others represented numbers that were meant to act as labels.
Samples of Quipu Knots
Its not simply the type of knot used, the length or color of the string, or the number of subsidiary pendents employed that must be taken into account when recording data using a quipu. A quipucomayac must also attend closely to the necessary spacial arrangement that must be created for accurate evaluations.
The number of colors used on a particular quipu is dictated by the number of categories it encompasses. "So, too, a color system increases in complexity as the number of contexts it describes increases and as statements of relationship become involved" (Archer 31). Generally, the clarification of such relationships are encoded via the overall patterning used through out the quipu(Ascher 31). -Candy-Cane Effect: two solid colors twisted together -Mottled effect: two of candy-cane strings twisted together using the opposite twist direction -Joining effect: two solid colors that are joined so part of the cord is one color and the rest of it is another color. Furthermore, the color coding of cords also functions to unite the largely tactile nature of the quipu with the visual. This is accomplished as color coded cords that are closely connected become intertwined with the resistor color system.
Was It Writing?
Mnemonic Knot-Records
There are many scholars that firmly believe the quipu to be an extremely advanced and detailed mnemonic device; a function that is reported as working both very efficiently and successfully. In noting how precisely traditions and records were preserved, Sir Clements Markham describes the passing down of the Paccari-tampu myth. "It is told by Garcilasso de la Vega, Cieza de Leon, Betanzos, Balboa, Morua, Montesinos, Salcamayhua and Sarmiento, all agreeing sufficiently closely to prove that precisely the same tradition had been handed down, with the same details, to their various informants" ( Markham 140). -"The quipucamayas who had charge of them and served as the official historians of the empire evidently relied on the usual psychological expedients-association, interest, concentrations, and repition-in order to fix the facts in their memories" (Day 39-40)
Binary Coding
Perhaps the most interesting hypothesis for the potential meaning of these bundles of knotted cords is a theory proposed by Dr. Gary Urton, author of Signs Of The Inka Khipu: Binary Coding in the Andean Knotted-String Records. In his book, Urton suggests that the Inca quipuencoded more than just the previously thought commercial transactions, including the preservation of literature, poetry, science and any other information that could be documented via a system of writing. Urton describes "the beginnings of sketching out a theory of interpreting the hierarchical and asymmetrical signs of, especially, non-decimal khipu as the architecture for canonical literatures whose essential components would have been noted by khipukamayuq and used as the framework for constructing narrative recitation" (Urton 164).
Urton argues that the systems of patterned differences in spinning, plying, knotting, numbers, and colors in the quipu are all binary in nature and interact with each other to form an information system with seven-piece sequences that function in a similar fashion to the binary language employed by computers. (Urton 40) Therefore, he concludes that we must continue the analysis of the quipu with the understanding that all structural and physical features interacted on a semiotic level.
Decoding: Unable to Crack the Code
talk about how there are a lot of kinds, statistical, cultural, knot calendars, mneumonic devices
The cultural quipus mentioned by the Spanish chroniclers "'recorded' laws, rites, treaties, speeches, and history" (Day 39), while the statistical quipus included a catalogue of "crops and agricultural produce, herds of domestic and wild animals, stores of wool and cotton, weapons and other military supplies - everything in the empire, in fact, that could be counted" (Day 39). Yet the both employed the same
Pops and Hisses
Systems that employ color coding, or any type of representational signs and symbols, must remain relatively fixed and inflexible for it to flourish among a group of people. The meanings assigned to each color must be defined and agreed upon by everyone utilizing the system, and the amount of signs must remain reasonable to meet efficiency needs. Individual users can not alter the meaning signified by a particular color without extending that change to be acceptance unanimously. However, many of these crucial traits of a successful coding system are lost with the quipu. Of course, for the purposes of keeping this information private, the random and flexible nature employed by the quipucomayacs prevented any sort of overarching associations to be made between the sign and the signifier and signified.
no hand book to determine the possibile meanings of the sign system used
-There are so many slight variations to what can be interpreted as what kind of knot, doesn't leave room for people with different "hand writings" so to speak. While it is meant to be a very controlled and stylized process of recording, its doesn't allow any room for difference among its users. "Quipumakers differ from each other in the way that no two people write alike. Quipumakers also differ in the way that some people write more legibly then others. (Ascher Ascher70)
Formal Prohibitions
The quipu as a communicative device was highly selective; only the privileged, important men of the Inca community were taught how to create and interpret this system of recording. As aforementioned, these men were known as Quipucamayacs, or quipu-makers.
The Inca civilization functioned as a bureaucracy, which, according to Max Weber, is a type of administration that fundamentally means: "the exercise of control on the basis of knowledge" (Ascher 33). Therefore, for the Incas, knowledge truly did equal power, and that knowledge was measured in large part by the amount of records they had stored. Furthermore, Ascher and Ascher notes the characteristic nature of a bureaucracy as one where its records are peculiar to itself, and remain that way. So to be a quipucamayac signified specialized knowledge, power and status, but also the responsibility of being an official historian for the Inca empire.
Understandably, quipucamayacs "never 'let their quipus out of their hands,' says Garcilaso, 'and they kept passing their cords and knots through their fingers as to not forget the tradition' which it was their function to remember" (Day 39-40). Perhaps one of the few times the quipucamayacs would separated from their quipus was for the purpose of sending a messgae. According to Cyrus Lawrence Day, "Trained runners called chasquis were stationed in pairs at intervals of about a mile along the imperial highways. Running at top speed and handing their quipus on, one chasqui to another, as in a relay race, they could transmit a message to Cuzco from two or three hundred miles away in twenty-four hours" (39).
The only addition to quipucamayas were Amautas, or learned men and councilors, who were also knowledgeable about the techniques necessary to understand the information stored by a quipu. While they didn't have a hand in composing them, the Amautas, along with the quipucamayas, played an integral role in the maintenance of Inca culture as traditions were passed down from generation to generation.
---add: this would cause a problem, as it has indeed done today, with allowing the medium to be used on a more common level--
-Binary code with the computer
Ascher, Marcia, and Robert Ascher. "Civilization Without Writing - the Incas and the Quipu." The Media of Early Civilization. 28-33.
Ascher, Marcia, and Robert Ascher. Code of the Quipu. Ann Arbor: The University of Michigan P, 1981.
Bingham, Hiram. "The Incas and Their Civilization." Lost City of the Incas. New York: Duell, Sloan and Pearce, 1948. 4-10.
Day, Cyrus L. "Mnemonic Knots." Quipus and Witches' Knots. Lawrence: The University of Kansas P, 1967. 14-40.
Markham, Sir Clemets. "Language and Literature of the Incas." The Incas of Peru. New York: E. P. Dutton and Company, 1910. 137-140.
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Home Health Centers Diabetes
Animal Tests Point to Possible Path to Ultrafast Insulin
THURSDAY, July 2, 2020 (HealthDay News) -- An experimental ultrafast-acting insulin could work four times quicker than current fast-acting formulas, researchers say.
For the study, the researchers focused on a form of insulin called monomeric insulin. Though its structure should, in theory, allow it to act faster, monomeric insulin is too unstable for practical use, so the Stanford University team had to find a way around that problem.
"The insulin molecules themselves are fine, so we wanted to develop a 'magic fairy dust' that you add into a vial that would help to fix the stability problem," said senior author Eric Appel, assistant professor of materials science and engineering.
"People often focus on the therapeutic agents in a drug formulation but, by focusing only on the performance additives -- parts that were once referred to as 'inactive ingredients' -- we can achieve really big advancements in the overall efficacy of the drug," Appel added in a university news release.
His team identified an additive polymer that could stabilize monomeric insulin for more than 24 hours in stressed conditions. Current commercial fast-acting insulin stays stable for six to 10 hours under the same conditions.
The researchers confirmed the ultrafast action of their formulation in pigs with diabetes, the most advanced non-human animal model. Their results were published July 1 in the journal Science Translational Medicine.
In the pigs, the experimental insulin reached 90% of its peak activity within 5 minutes of injection, while commercial fast-acting insulin began showing significant activity only after 10 minutes.
The experimental insulin's activity peaked at about 10 minutes; commercial insulin required 25 minutes.
Though results of animal experiments are not always the same in humans, the researchers said the difference could be significant. It could translate to a fourfold decrease in the time insulin takes to reach peak activity in people.
"It's really unprecedented," Appel said. "This has been a major target for many big pharmaceutical companies for decades."
Additional tests are underway with an eye to applying for U.S. Food and Drug Administration approval for clinical trials in humans.
The American Academy of Family Physicians has more on insulin.
SOURCE: Stanford University, news release, July 1, 2020
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MUIRHEAD`S MYSTERIES: Pine martens on Exmoor, November 2013?
Today Jon posted on pine martens in Somerset,this evening,also Wednesday, I found this link. Judge for yourself!
https://yacf.co.uk/forum/index.php?topic=77547.0
TERATOLOGY: A gynandromorph cardinal: one half male, the other half female (Via Max Blake)
Male cardinals are bright red while females are a dull brownish color to provide camoflauge. This particular bird sports the colorations of both birds and is literall split down the middle.
Here’s photographer’s description of how he saw the bird:
"As you can see, the left side is male and the right female. For two winters the bird appeared at the feeder of a retired high school biology teacher. I was able to observe it on several occasions, and noticed that it didn’t associate with other cardinals, nor did I hear it produce any vocalizations. We attempted to capture it with mist nets so that Rob Fleischer and I could get blood samples for further study, but we caught every bird in the neighborhood except this one! Alas, it never returned the third winter.
This, by the way, is a very graphic demonstration of the differences between males and females, with the brighter color of the male almost certainly reflecting sexual selection (with bright colors presumably advantageous in males because they attract females, but disadvantageous in females because they attract predators).
Now how does this happen? I used to see this sometimes in my Drosophila flies, and we’ve long known how a half-male, half-female fly forms. In flies the sex is determined by the ratio of X chromosome to autosomes. Flies, like all diploid species, have two copies of every autosome. If you also have two X chromosomes, you’re a female because the ratio of autosomes to Xs is 1:1. If you have one X chromosome and one Y chromosome, your ratio is 2:1 and you’re male. The Y doesn’t matter here: if you lose a Y chromosome, and hence are XO, you still look like a male, although you’re sterile (the Y carries genes for making sperm).
So to get gynandromorphs in flies, all that has to happen is that one X chromosome gets lost in one cell when the initial cell in a female (XX) zygotes divides in two. One half of the fly then becomes XX, the other XO, and the fly is split neatly down the middle, looking like the one below. But gynandromorphs don’t have to be “half and halfs”. X chromosomes can get lost at almost any stage at development, so flies can be a quarter male, have irregular patches of maleness, have just a few male cells, or even a male patch as small as a single bristle.
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8=. Haunted Skies Volume One by John Hanson and Dawn Holloway (-)
8= Karl Shuker's Alien Zoo by Karl Shuker (-)
1. Journal of Cryptozoology Vol 2 (preorder) by Karl Shuker (-)
2. When Bigfoot Attacks by Michael Newton (-)
3. Cats of Magic, Mythology and Mystery by Karl Shuker (-)
4=. Journal of Cryptozoology Vol 1 by Karl Shuker (-)
4=. The Great Yokai Encyclopaedia by Richard Freeman (2)
6. Monsters of Texas by Ken Gerhard and Nick Redfern (5)
7. Orang Pendek: Sumatra's Forgotten Ape by Richard Freeman (1)
8=. Dragons: More than a Myth by Richard Freeman (3)
8=. Big Bird by Ken Gerhard (3)
Last month's positions in this pinky colour, which I think is called cerise. Sales in the US were about normal, but in the UK they were terrible - possibly the worst October ever. Hopefully they will improve as we approach what is euphemistically known as the "Festive Season"....
PINE MARTEN IN SOMERSET
One of the perennial questions asked by critics of cryptozoology, is "what animals predicted by cryptozoologists have actually been found?" In 1996 I published a book called The Smaller Mystery Carnivores of the Westcountry which - amongst other things - presented evidence for a surviving population of pine martens in Devon and Somerset. Now - 17 years later - I have been proved right, and am quietly confident that other claims that I have made over the years will also eventually be substantiated.
A confirmed sighting of a pine marten on Edington Moor has been reported to the Vincent Wildlife Trust (VWT) – the research charity which studies the wellbeing of British and Irish wild mammals.
According to the VWT, this is the first report of a Pine Marten in Somerset since human persecution resulted in the disappearance of the creatures from the whole of southern England by the end of the 18th century.
Photo by Vincent Wildlife Trust/Tony Braithwaite
"I was driving home from Burtle across Edington Moor with my daughter Sarah," said Neil Champken, who reported the sighting.
"We knew immediately that it was something that we had not seen before. It was a little larger than a stoat, with longer legs and neck, a long bushy tail and a pure black face," said Mr Champken – who is the owner of the Somerset Cider Vinegar Company and lives on the Poldens.
Read more: http://www.thisissomerset.co.uk/Confirmed-sighting-rare-pine-marten/story-16895542-detail/story.html#ixzz2mVrFAsmn
Many thanks to Richard Muirhead for this news item. Also, by the way, the VWT claim is wrong: the species was meant to have been extinct here since the end of the nineteenth century.
In an article for the first edition of Cryptozoology Bernard Heuvelmans wrote that cryptozoology is the study of 'unexpected animals' and following on from that perfectly reasonable assertion, it seems to us that whereas the study of out-of-place birds may not have the glamour of the hunt for bigfoot or lake monsters, it is still a perfectly valid area for the Fortean zoologist to be interested in. So after about six months of regular postings on the main bloggo Corinna took the plunge and started a 'Watcher of the Skies' blog of her own as part of the CFZ Bloggo Network.
Woodside Officials Try Hawk "Squawk Boxes" to Keep...
Sardine crash may be hurting brown pelicans
Bird steals camera in Australia, records journey
DALE DRINNON: Kusshi, Davis report, Gigantism
I shall be out most of the day today and so here is the short list for links for tomorrow:
New at the Frontiers of Anthropology:
http://frontiers-of-anthropology.blogspot.com/2013/12/a-probable-case-of-gigantism-in.html
http://frontiersofzoology.blogspot.com/2013/12/the-davis-report-skin-and-hair.html
http://frontiersofzoology.blogspot.com/2013/12/kusshi.html
THE GONZO BLOG DOO-DAH MAN IS MILDLY HUNGOVER
Yesterday was a very productive, but slightly strange day. Saskia our intern was here all day, and we worked incessantly on Matt Salusbury's book on Pygmy Elephants. During the day - as one does - we were talking about music, and she very shyly asked me whether I had heard of "a band called The Ramones"? To this, I burst out laughing and sand a few lines of 'Pinhead' and the rest of the day passed famously. However the evening was marred by the escape of one of Corinna's pet rats, which meant that all the carnivores were bundled off tpo bed with me so Corinna could catch the errant rodent (a process which took most of the night). I woke up late covered in dogs and cats, staggered downstairs to find Corinna (looking serene as ever) asleep on the sofa. Graham plied us each with hot beverages and Wednesday seems fair to continue as normal...
Another visit to our old friend Thom the World Poet
Today's Track of the Day is by The New Riders of the Purple Sage
http://gonzo-multimedia.blogspot.com/2013/12/the-gonzo-track-of-day-new-riders-of.html
Music tech: Podcast: SonicTALK -Vangelis' Yamaha CS80 Presets
http://gonzo-multimedia.blogspot.com/2013/12/podcast-sonictalk-vangelis-yamaha-cs80.html
Barbara Dickson & Rab Noakes to play Mareel in June
http://gonzo-multimedia.blogspot.com/2013/12/barbara-dickson-rab-noakes-to-play.html
Beach House spearhead project to tour Gene Clark's No Other album
http://gonzo-multimedia.blogspot.com/2013/12/beach-house-spearhead-project-to-tour.html
The legacy of Frank Zappa
http://gonzo-multimedia.blogspot.com/2013/12/the-legacy-of-frank-zappa.html
On this day in 1872 the Mary Celeste, perhaps the worlds most famous ghost ship, was found floating off the Azores. The ship had apparently been abandoned in a hurry by all hands even the 2 year old daughter, with no signs of struggle or panic.
How Legless, Leaping Fish Living On Land Avoids Pr...
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A new mammal species for Australia, already extinc...
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Is this video of an opossum carrying her litter on...
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You Won't Believe The Weird Sea Creature Mark Quar...
Well this is one Mary Celeste theory you might not have seen before:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2dtRRkr0AHw
MUIRHEAD`S MYSTERIES: Pine martens on Exmoor, Nove...
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THE GONZO BLOG DOO-DAH MAN WRITES AND WRITES AND WRITES AND WRITES
Graham is chopping wood outside which is very industrious of him. However, Archie (the Jack Russell, for those who didn't know) dislikes the noise, and is yapping furiously with every 'thunk' of the axe. It is a cold, crisp day outside, and = more than ever - I am very pleased to be in my warm study. Because I have so many fishtanks in with me (two four foot and two three foot tanks) it is surprisingly warm in here, and most years I never need auxiliary heating. However, in the summer the opposite apples, and it gets so hot and muggy in here that I have to have the door open for seven months of the year in order to avoid severe discomfort.
Yesterday I totally screwed up the CFZ blogs but I am rectifying this today.
NEWS Charity album for Chepstow landlady set for release features Yes and Asia keyboardist Geoff Downes
http://gonzo-multimedia.blogspot.co.uk/2014/12/news-charity-album-for-chepstow.html
Music review: After all these years, Yes they can
http://gonzo-multimedia.blogspot.co.uk/2014/12/music-review-after-all-these-years-yes.html
GONZO TRACK OF THE DAY: Soft Machine - Tale of Talesien
http://gonzo-multimedia.blogspot.co.uk/2014/12/gonzo-track-of-day-soft-machine-tale-of.html
http://gonzo-multimedia.blogspot.co.uk/2014/12/thom-world-poet-daily-poem_3.html
Steve Hackett, Genesis Guitarist, Revisits His Classic Prog Rock on tour
http://gonzo-multimedia.blogspot.co.uk/2014/12/steve-hackett-genesis-guitarist.html
The Gonzo Weekly #106
Crass, Steve Ignorant, Iona, Dave Bainbridge, Daniel Lanois, Cure, John Parr, Peter Banks, Empire, Jon Anderson, Yes, Hawkwind, and Daevid Allen and ....New Seekers fans had better look out! The latest issue of Gonzo Weekly (#106) is available to read at www.gonzoweekly.com, and to download at http://www.gonzoweekly.com/pdf/.
It has Steve Ignorant on the cover, and features an interview with him by Yours truly. We also meet and chat with Dave Bainbridge of Iona about his new album, and legendary record producer David Mackay about his new charity single. Doug Harr goes to see Daniel Lanois (with exclusive piccies) and Mark Murdock runs into Terry Bozzio. And we send Don Falcone to a desert island. Xtul are back in the deep woods, and there are also new shows from the multi-talented Neil Nixon at Strange Fruit and from M Destiny at Friday Night Progressive, and the titular submarine dwellers are back with another episode of Sub Reality Sandwich. There is also a collection of more news, reviews, views, interviews and animals coming in two by twos (OK, nothing to do with Noah's Ark, but I got carried away with things that rhymed with OOOOS) than you can shake a stick at. And the best part is IT's ABSOLUTELY FREE!!!
Issue 104 (Adrian Belew cover)
http://gonzo-multimedia.blogspot.com/2014/11/gonzo-weekly-105.html
Issue 104 (Pink Fairies cover)
Issue 103 (Jack Bruce cover)
Issue 102 (Steve Hillage cover)
http://gonzo-multimedia.blogspot.com/…/the-gonzo-weekly-102.html
* The Gonzo Daily is - as the name implies - a daily online magazine (mostly) about artists connected to the Gonzo Multimedia group of companies. But it also has other stuff as and when the editor feels like it. The same team also do a weekly newsletter called - imaginatively - The Gonzo Weekly. Find out about it at this link: www.gonzo-multimedia.blogspot.com/…/all-gonzo-news-wots-fit…
* Jon Downes, the Editor of all these ventures (and several others) is an old hippy of 55 who - together with an infantile orange cat named after a song by Frank Zappa puts it all together from a converted potato shed in a tumbledown cottage deep in rural Devon which he shares with various fish, and sometimes a small Indian frog. He is ably assisted by his lovely wife Corinna, his bulldog/boxer Prudence, his elderly mother-in-law, and a motley collection of social malcontents. Plus.. did we mention the infantile orange cat?
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A Parallel Society in Germany
Our Flemish correspondent VH has been working overtime as a translator recently. His latest effort is to translate an article from Pro-Köln website, and in this task he had the help of our Austrian correspondent ESW.
The most striking quote from the piece is this: “Cologne-Vingst… is not a stable Central European, but a stable Turkish neighborhood.”
Germany’s Parallel Society Is Intact
Jürgen Friedrichs, professor emeritus of sociology at the University of Cologne, did mean well. The 70-year-old professor had researched the living conditions at the social fringes of [native] Germans and of Turkish immigrants in the Cologne district Vingst. To Leftist newspapers Friedrichs summed up the results of his scientific work:
“German welfare recipients are in a particularly bad situation. They are isolated, have unhealthy eating habits, have fewer visitors, live in homes that are not nearly as clean as those of their Turkish neighbors — even when those Turkish neighbors also depend on welfare payments.”
This immigrant-friendly profiling tendency in the sociologist’s findings is not enough for Leftist ideologues to legitimize his methodological approach, because he dared to split the groups to be researched into Germans and Turks. It would have been more politically correct simply to research people who, as we all know, are all the same. Therefore, Friedrichs, questioned by the MSM interviewers, had to justify his choice of research groups:
“We noticed in other social focal points that Turks condemn vandalism, the beating of their own children, teenage pregnancies and shoplifting more strongly — that is the reason for the preliminary differentiation between Germans and Turks. Our result is clear: Cologne-Vingst (a district of Cologne) has been stabilized by its Turkish residents. In many other problematic neighborhoods in the Ruhr area this will probably not be any different.”
The life story of socially derailed Germans differs significantly from that of immigrants. Therefore their self-esteem is also different:
“A German who lives in a social focal point (welfare benefit status) often has a social ‘descent’ behind him, at the end of which he finds himself moving from unemployment benefits to welfare payments. The circle of friends decreases — after all, nobody wants to be known as loser. Germans feel socially isolated and they fear they will never escape from that isolation; they no longer see any chances (of escape).”
For the Turks, the reference points concerning their self esteem are set quite differently:
“They do not compare themselves with the majority, the German society, but compare themselves to the poor eastern part of Turkey, from which many of them, or at least their ancestors, originate. In comparison with the living conditions there not only their housing situation is satisfactory, but even as welfare recipients they are materially better off than their relatives in Turkey — and not much worse than other migrants in badly paid jobs.”
Our completely politically incorrect conclusion from the study is that the Turkish-Islamic parallel society in Cologne-Vingst is intact, the separation total. The parallel society may, as formulated by Friedrich, “stabilize” the district, but it is not a stable Central European, but a stable Turkish neighborhood. [emphasis added]
The question we have to address is: Do we want more and more, ever larger and more stable Turkish-Muslim neighborhoods in major German cities? These neighborhoods were initially small islands in the Islamic diaspora. But they have grown year after year, and — if we continue the parameters of the last 20 years unabated into the future — we can foresee that in the 2030’s, at the latest, the first major German cities will capsize: they will be dominated by an Arab or Turkish majority, and the non-Muslim population will themselves become islands and withdraw into a parallel society.
Undoubtedly, Arabic- and Turkish-Islamic majority cities in Central Europe will be socially stable. Imams and large mosques will contribute to that. They represent the validity of a world order on religious foundations, a religion that in itself makes complete sense. The Germans who did not convert to Islam will become a disturbing side issue.
Do we want to accept the development into such a future without opposition? The future of Europe will depend on the answer that the majority of Germans will give to this question in the next 10 years.
John Sobieski said...
The frankness is refreshing. Of course, not he must be positively punished for his offensive statements.
It's always appalling how people treat their European compatriots, the people who have been building one's own Nation through centuries along side one's own forefathers, as if they are absoluteley dispensable.
And how they see the Turks there as something good. A Turkish Germany is not Germany, it is the Extreme Northern Republic of United Kurdistan-Uzbekistan. It really disgusts me to see the raping of Europe like this, it really does.
Europeans have to stand and educate others to treat INDIVIDUALS ALWAYS as individuals with their many individualities independently of their ethnicity, religion, etc, etc... (yes, even muslims); But Europeans also have to open their eyes to realise and educate others that they can and for sure should dislike "non-Europeans" (lacking a better a world) just because without apparent reason - because they are violating and changing forever their (chose what) Nation;
Germans and others should not need a reason to not wanting non German ethnic minorities wondering in German cities; What about those people becoming a majority in German cities...
It apears that now Argentina is "whiter" than Canada and the U.S.. There is no difference to me between North America and the rest of it. The difference is merely in terms of economic power (GDP per Capita) and it will become almost similar in the next 20 years or so.
But Europe is not America, it will perish and it will be very, very bloody. I fear the worst.
Studdy the "Reconquista" in Portugal and Spain. Remember the Inquisition that came after: A Santa Inquisição.
And something nobody remembers: For you to take an idea, that's when Portugal and Spain started to colonise the world, life sucked so much that people went to colonise distant places. And beware that there were more immigrants to Brazil and Argentina than to the United States and Canada... and we had a much smaller population.
We are getting a free ticket to destruction due to stupid anti-racism and political correctness. I just wonder if there will be one last heroic European Nation, fighting against all sides like the French like to depict Charles Magne (Carlos Magno).
We will soon see the results of German "occupation" by the Turks. The German culture and religion will be taken over and then we will see how productive the Muslims are in taking the wheel of the strongest economy in the EU.
I would suggest that anyone wanting to go on a German Christmas market tour do so immediately...
Mohammedanism desiccates and corrodes any culture it is introduced to.
We can kiss European productivity, such as it is, goodbye.
The Turks may inherit the physical plant. But they won't have any notion of what to do with it.
At the point where German engineering becomes Turkish engineering, it will be, well ... Turkish engineering.
Need one say more?
Something Under the Business Model is Drooling
How Long Will This Farce Go On?
Fjordman: A History of Optics, Part 4
The Threat of Islam in Austria
The Moral Equivocation of Bert the Weeper
The Green Vests Are the New Brown Shirts
Fjordman: Why Was There No Chinese Newton?
The Threat of Islam in Flanders
The Radicalization of Rosengård
Mayor Bloomberg Supports Wilders
Shari’a vs. Civilization
The Somali Connection
Charlie, Winston, and Geert
Obama's Signs and Signals
Have an Ice Day
Whose Mother? Whose Tongue?
IDF Soldiers, Psychopathic Baby-Killers — Same Thing
Update on Holocaust Remembrance Day in Luleå
Muslims Threaten the Citizens of Cologne
Fjordman Reviews Robert Spencer’s “Stealth Jihad”
Verdict First, Trial Later
You May Be a Taliban If…
Further Thoughts on India’s Independence
Holocaust, Gaza War — Same Thing
Our Very Own Modoggie
Hitler! Hitler! Hitler!
The Continuing Suppression of Pro-Köln
Violence Against a Pro-Israel Demonstration in Malmö
Wilders’ Judges
Free Geert!
The Dhimmi Judges of Amsterdam
Western Civilization and Socratic Dialogue
A Cat Born in a Fish Shop is Not a Fish
Support the Palestinians, Support Israel
It’s Time for a Change!
Never Mind that Peanut Butter and Jelly Sandwich
Khalid Yasin: “Wilders Should Be Flogged”
Announcing the International Free Press Society
Going After the PVV’s No. 2
Every Now and Then, the Thin Crust Gets Punctured
Not-So-Hate Crimes in Malmö
Jordan Jumps on the Bandwagon
Two Camps in the Netherlands
Overwhelming Dutch Support For Geert Wilders
Hamas: Lies, Secrets, Torture, Murder, and Intimid...
The Cause of the Forced Landing of Flight 1549
White Men Needn’t Bother
Dewinter: Wilders Will Gain Due to the Trial
Beheading at Virginia Tech
Susanne Winter Found Guilty
Contact Info for Dutch Embassies
“Eroding Traditional Dutch Liberties”
Court Imports Saudi Rules
Support Geert Wilders
Sending a Signal
Geert Wilders’ Party Faces Bankruptcy
Naming Names
The Case Against Geert Wilders
Modernity? No Thanks!
Filip Dewinter: “An Assasination Attempt on the PVV”
Virginia Tech: The Gun-Free Zone Has Another Murder
Petition in Support of Geert Wilders
The Man Behind the Curtain
A Complaint Against Harry Van Bommel
“I Will Not Stand Trial Alone”
“This is a Black Day for Freedom”
Norwegian Envoy Equates Israel With Nazis
Geert Wilders to be Prosecuted for “Hate Speech”
Reconciliation Between Church and State in the Net...
Den Neuen Lebensraum
Vlaams Belang: U.S. Embassy is “Mistaken”
Vlaams Belang: Persona Non Grata at the U.S. Embassy
Khalid Yasin’s Road Show
Moorish Genes in the Iberian Peninsula
Social Democrats Turn Out for the Terrorists
Anti-Semitic Incidents in France
Suppressing the Right Wing in Germany
The Racist Sentiments of “Moderate” Muslims
The Return of Zyklon B
World Zionism Takes a Beating in Melbournistan
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Australian Festival of Chamber Music Tickets On Sale Now
Australian Festival Chamber Music Concerts Orpheus Island Tama Matheson townsville by Caroline Russo | on April 10, 2016 | 0 comments | in Entertainment | Like it
Australian Festival of Chamber Music Will Be Hottest Tickets To Get.
They are some of the hottest tickets in the country – seats to hear music from the greatest composers, performed by the world’s finest chamber musicians at the acclaimed Australian Festival of Chamber Music – and they are officially ON SALE this coming Monday, April 11 at 9am at afcm.com.au.
Based on member pre-sales, Townsville, the host of the revered event which is now a must-attend on the world’s chamber music calendar for artists and fans alike, is readying itself for a sellout. The 26th Australian Festival of Chamber Music (AFCM) will be held from 29 July to 6 August this year, under the baton of acclaimed Artistic Director Piers Lane AO.
Executive Director of the AFCM, Justin Ankus said, “Already the number of Gold and Silver Passes sold has surpassed this time last year, just from members alone. The hottest pre-sale tickets have been Concert Conversations hosted by Piers Lane, Opening Night, Governor’s Gala and the stunning concert on Orpheus Island.”
“All tickets to all concerts are officially on sale from Monday at 9am and we encourage people not to delay. With the program featuring a star studded lineup of 35 individual artists from all over the world, six of whom are making their Australian debut, it’s one of the musical events of the year. Importantly, this will be the 10th AFCM under the artistic leadership of Lane and will be staged in theatres, churches, galleries, gardens and of course the stunning Orpheus Island.”
“Our advice is to buy quickly and start planning your trip to Townsville for July!”
Australian Festival of Chamber Music in Townsville North Queensland
The Australian Festival of Chamber Music is extraordinary, not just as a leading musical event in Australia, but for its place on the world calendar; artists and guests alike attend from all over the globe because of the incredible fusion of music, friendship, experience and celebration the event creates.
The music makers of AFCM 2016
Two celebrated Chinese artists in the charismatic pianist Sa Chen, and the superb cellist Trey Lee lead the artists making their debut in Australia at the AFCM. Others who have never before performed in Australia include Irish superstar pianist Finghin Collins, famed French horn player Hervè Joulain, multi-award winning German violinist Indira Koch, and the acclaimed German cellist Wolfgang-Emanuel Schmidt.
Returning to what promises to be rapturous applause is Tasmin Little, the effervescent violinist from the UK who so impressed audiences in 2014. She will perform in eight events throughout the festival.
Joining her in returning to the AFCM is internationally acclaimed percussionist and co-artistic director of Sydney’s Ensemble Offspring Claire Edwardes, together with the communicative clarinetist David Griffiths in company with his trio Ensemble Liaison, and one of Australia’s favourite bassists Kirsty McCahon. Bassoonist Andrew Barnes, flautist Bridget Bolliger, violinist Michele Walsh, the gifted and versatile soprano Valda Wilson and one of the most sought after oboists of his generation, Australia’s Nick Deutsch are among other marquee artists.
One of the highlights of pianist Andrew West’s festival program will be his performance with one of the greatest British baritones, Roderick Williams, in Schubert’s masterpiece Winterreise (Winter Journey), while acclaimed guitarist Karin Schaupp will collaborate with the very provocative and charming Australian actor Tama Matheson in the musical adventure special event, Don Juan.
Program highlights include the Opening Night Concert The Trout on Friday 29 July, which promises a musical feast of Ravel, Chopin, Mozart, Haydn and Schubert, followed by the famed Governor’s Gala the following evening, this year titled The Surprise!
Winter Journey, Don Juan, Opus 127 and the exquisite beach concert on Orpheus Island – a stunning tribute to the festival’s place on earth – are all standouts along with the two church concerts, while AFCM’s famed Winterschool concerts and masterclasses ensure the festival involves, engages and celebrates young talent.
The much-loved signature series Concert Conversations, hosted by Piers over six mornings, will give audiences the rare opportunity to engage in chats with many festival artists. Added to this in 2016 is a concert featuring the winner of the prestigious *2016 Sydney International Piano Competition together with AFCM artists.
Tickets on Sale: MONDAY APRIL 11 at 9am
Festival holiday packages also on sale.
Australian Festival of Chamber Music
29 July – 6 August 2016 | Townsville, North Queensland
www.afcm.com.au | Facebook | Twitter | #afcm16
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Posted on April 1, 2016 by Ian Chadwick
Fixing the shared services agreement
First, some history: for 15 years, Collus – now Collus/Powerstream – had a beneficial, mutually-agreed-on and successful agreement with the town to provide services back to the town at reasonable rates. These were things the town did not or could not provide itself for reasons of cost, staffing, expertise, equipment or interest. It was mutually beneficial to have Collus provide them.
The list of potential services included:
Reconnect & Collection, Meter Reading, Billing & Collecting, Customer Service, Information Technology Management, Data Tracking, Accounting, Engineering, Planning & Necessary Maintenance, Contracting with Developers, Customers & Others, Subcontracting Services, After Hours Response, Normal Hours Response, Emergency Preparedness, Provision of Supervisory Services, HR, Policy Development, Regulatory Assistance, Reporting and Capital Construction Activities.
The town, of course, had to request most of the services, and if they weren’t asked for, they weren’t provided, so the town wasn’t billed for them. What was asked for and provided was billed quarterly. These figures appeared in publicly accessible financial updates and budgets presented to council. Nothing secret here.
True, not all services on that list were provided all the time. That’s because the town never asked for that service. And it wasn’t billed for what it didn’t receive. Got that? No provision = no billing.
The agreement was supposed to be restructured in 2012 when Powerstream took over the 50% share of Collus. But the person responsible for doing so didn’t accomplish it in time and left. But Collus/Powerstream continued in good faith to provide services, billing the town only for what it did.
In fact, Collus employees have always gone well above and beyond what the service agreement stipulated. After all, the employees of Collus are also residents who love and respect their home town and want it to be the best it can be – a level of dedication one doesn’t expect from interim employees.
In July, 2014, the former council called for a new agreement to bring the contract up to date and see if there were any services to add or delete. The interim CAO was tasked with the job of having the agreement examined and recommendations made for it to be updated. Should be a simple task, right?
Instead, it resulted in the now-infamous report by True North and Beacon 2020 that condemned the agreement and Collus, publicly presented to the new council in December, 2014.
Council rightfully rejected the report and asked the consultants to fix it and bring it back with the facts straight. But that’s not what happened. I wrote about this botched report back in February, 2015.
The participants who were interviewed – including me – were asked to comment on the report and provide any corrections. My own response was 27 pages long. In total, more than 100 pages correcting inaccuracies and factual errors were presented back to the town by respondents.
The town administration chose not to include them in the final report to council, or to make them public. Administration didn’t even give them to council to review until under pressure, when they put the responses in a binder marked “confidential, not to leave this room,” secreted in the council mail room. I’m surprised staff didn’t hang a sign on the door warning, “Beware of the leopard.”*
The responses sat in the room for a few days. Number of councillors who actually took the 3-4 hours to sit in a small, airless, uncomfortable room in town hall to read the corrections over a weekend? One. Council received the allegedly “updated” report that in fact had little more than some typos corrected.
Council, now properly misinformed, tasked the interim CAO with crafting a new shared services agreement. The witch hunt was on. More consultants were hired, more of your tax dollars spent on outsiders. Then Expensive Lawyers were retained. The costs spiralled upwards.
A year later, it remains in bureaucratic limbo, but the invoices are still coming in.
(FYI, the town administration would not even allow Collus/Powerstream to respond to the latest report before it was presented to council and the public this week, but that boondoggle will be the subject of another post wherein I will wax lyrical about the bygone days of openness and transparency… last term…)
For more than a year, town administration hounded Collus staff for documents and details that were either provided numerous times or were actually the town’s responsibility to keep (Question: whose responsibility is it to keep council minutes and motions? Hint: Not Collus. Question: who should administration ask to get those records? Hint: Not Collus.)
The administration wanted to know all sorts of irrelevant and immaterial details, such as the salaries of every individual (the total salary costs were always in the annual, audited financial statements, but the administration wanted personal and even private details). The delay in completing the agreement was blamed on the lack of such irrelevant or useless information.
Surprisingly, the administration has not yet asked them what the airspeed velocity of an unladen swallow is because administrators apparently need to know that sort of thing in order to move forward. **
A digression: Collus and Collus/Powerstream employees don’t work for the town. They are not town employees: they are peers and colleagues and should always have been treated as such: with respect. Collus executives report to the utility board, not to town administration. And as a corporation under provincial law, there are legal constraints as to what it can divulge in the way of personal information.
Finally, as we learned on Thursday, the latest draft of this long-overdue agreement is finally in the hands of Powerstream for examination. If the stars and planets all align, it might even make its way back to the town later this month. A version may even be presented to council in mid-May. Almost two years since the former council first asked for it to be investigated.
Meanwhile, Collus/Powerstream has continued to provide services to the town, always acting in the best interests of everyone. Morale, however, has fallen, so I’ve been told.
Several of the services are no long viable because this council split the water utility away from the joint operation with hydro, causing a loss in the revenue for Collus/Powerstream (and additional costs for the town). That will be reflected in dwindling or even loss of dividends from hydro to the town in future years. But hey, it’s only money and council will simply raise your taxes to compensate.
Why you ask, would a town council try to destroy its own business? No one knows. Some beasts eat their own young. Some councils destroy their community. It’s a mystery.
More than a year to craft what should be a one-page agreement seems egregiously long to me. I could have hammered one out in an afternoon, over a beer, with someone from Collus/Powerstream to help with the numbers.
I have two suggestions about how to proceed.
My first is for Collus/Powerstream to tell the town to take a hike and set a deadline for stopping all services to the town under the former agreement. Just walk away.
The town has acted in such an adversarial, confrontational, invasive manner about this that the once good, mutually appreciated and respectful relationship between Collingwood and its utility is in tatters. As I understand it, there is no desire for anyone in the utility to work for or with the town. Most, I’m told, don’t even want to come downtown any more, let alone enter town hall.
So just end it. August 1 looks to me like a good date to say goodbye.
Sure it will cost the town millions of dollars to find replacement employees, hardware and equipment, but that’s clearly what most of this council wants. It’s part of its agenda, otherwise why would they have created such a hostile environment?
Council will have to find money to pay for the fallout from its witch hunt, but they haven’t been shy about raising your taxes to date. Expect whopping tax hikes in 2017.
If that’s not a viable option, then my second suggestion is: draft a short, sweet contract that says something like this:
Here are the hourly rates we will bill the town for the following services if and when the town requests such services from Collus/Powerstream, to be billed quarterly. Overtime will be billed at 1.5 times the rates below, holidays and weekends at 2 times:
Reconnect & Collection, $XX/hour,
Meter Reading, $XX/hour,
Billing & Collecting, $XX/hour,
Customer Service, $XX/hour,
Information Technology Management, $XX/hour…
…Equipment and hardware purchased for the town to provide these services will be billed at X times the market value, plus all applicable shipping and taxes, to cover costs of procurement (1.2x? 1.25x? 1.5X?).
And so on. If you want help with the wording, give me a call. Or feel free to copy and paste the above.
Cut out any service that employees or management don’t want to provide or provides no profitable return. Get a lawyer to add the requisite bureaucratese to make it legal.
That’s all anyone ever needed to do from day one. No confrontation, no erosion of trust, no recriminations and Expensive Lawyers to pontificate in front of council at taxpayer expense.
This has dragged on too long. Time to sort it out and stop harassing Collus.
* From Douglas Adams, Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Galaxy:
“But, Mr. Dent, the plans have been available in the planning office for the last nine months!”
“Oh, yes, of course. As soon as I heard, I went straight round to see them. You hadn’t exactly gone out of your way to call much attention to them, have you? Like telling anybody, or anything?”
“But the plans were on display…”
“On display? I eventually had to go down to the cellar to find them.”
“That’s the display department.”
“With a flashlight.”
“Ah, well, the lights had probably gone.”
“So had the stairs.”
“But look, you found the notice, didn’t you?”
“Yes,” said Arthur, “yes I did. It was on display in the bottom of a locked filing cabinet stuck in a disused lavatory with a sign on the door saying ‘Beware of the Leopard.”
** From Monty Python and the Holy Grail:
Bridgekeeper: Hee hee heh. Stop. What… is your name?
King Arthur: It is ‘Arthur’, King of the Britons.
Bridgekeeper: What… is your quest?
King Arthur: To seek the Holy Grail.
Bridgekeeper: Huh? I… I don’t know that.
Bridgekeeper: Auuuuuuuugh.
King Arthur: Well, you have to know these things when you’re a king, you know.
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Cardozo-Yeshiva University Waitlisted W 10/30/07 11/02/07 11/13/07 02/07/08 12 years
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St. John's University WL, Accepted A 10/26/07 10/29/07 12/07/07 04/04/08 12 years
New York Law School Accepted D W 01/09/08 01/10/08 -- 03/24/08 12 years
Hofstra University PT WL, Accepted W 10/26/07 11/16/07 12/17/07 02/15/08 12 years
Rutgers State University Newark Rejected 12/29/07 01/03/08 01/09/07 02/01/08 13 years
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Seton Hall University Rejected 12/16/07 12/28/08 01/25/08 02/11/08 13 years
Brooklyn Law School Rejected 11/19/07 11/21/07 12/10/07 02/01/08 13 years
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call st. johns and im complete. said the admissions committee wont begin making decisions until after the new year called Hofstra and Im complete
call st. johns and im complete. said the admissions committee wont begin making decisions until after the new year
called Hofstra and Im complete
Thursday, December 06 2007 at 11:30 AM
No, I'm applyng regular decision to Hofstra. You might be complete even if you didn't get an e-mail or anything. It may just be taking them a really long time to notify people that they are complete. If you are concerned, I would call them like I did. They will probably be annoyed but its better to be safe than sorry!
- sms
Same Numbers
Saturday, December 22 2007 at 11:05 PM
Hey, we have very similar numbers and are applying to similar schools. Good luck with your cycle, i'll be watching how you do and rooting for both us.
- Senator86
Giasou
Monday, December 31 2007 at 12:56 PM
looks like we are applying to two of the same schools. Good luck Xioti! Happy New Year!
- nomikos86
Saturday, February 02 2008 at 01:10 PM
I'm happy that I finally got a decision in (at the forty-day mark). Don't worry about the Brooklyn decision, I'm confident that you will be receiving acceptances soon. Which is your top choice?
Sunday, February 03 2008 at 08:32 AM
my top choice is UCLA. I am surprised that the law schools you applied to (with the exception of NYLS) are taking so long to render a decision for you. The waiting game is definitely nerve-wracking!
About Brooklyn
Sunday, February 03 2008 at 07:57 PM
I was wondering how they notified you???
- teamfunny
Help? Brooklyn?
Thursday, February 07 2008 at 05:06 PM
Hey, how did you find out that you were rejected from Brooklyn? I applied stupid long ago and still haven't heard!
- Sofya
I found out by regular U.S. mail. yeah they did take a long time
- xiotaki86
Wednesday, March 19 2008 at 01:45 PM
I emailed SJU about my application status today. I can't take the wait anymore!
Monday, March 31 2008 at 07:33 AM
they really are taking extremely long. I had called this past Thursday and was told they don't know when a decision will be given. It's been over three months already. On NYLS, I have heard a lot of good and bad things as well, but as a program it has improved quite a bit. I still have no idea if I will lay a deposit there or not. Have you received an award letter from them yet?
Wednesday, April 02 2008 at 06:26 AM
took a nose dive in the 2009 U.S. news rankings. They dropped 18 spots from last year. This sucks.
Saturday, April 05 2008 at 10:10 AM
Hey, how did you hear from SJU? I have almost the same numbers and havent heard from them as well although I applied early November. Shoot me an email.
- Guest
sorry to hear about SJU but at least you are done with the law school admissions drama. Thanks for the luck, looks like I will need all the help that I can get with these guys. My NYLS award letter hasn't been sent out yet, so I am waiting on that as well. Congrats on NYLS, and I really hope you enjoy it there.
sorry to hear about SJU but at least you are done with the law school admissions drama. Thanks for the luck, looks like I will need all the help that I can get with these guys. My NYLS award letter hasn't been sent out yet, so I am waiting on that as well. Congrats on NYLS, and I really hope you enjoy it there. Keep in touch.
Tuesday, April 15 2008 at 06:12 PM
aside from the $5K academic scholarship, the rest of it is loans. That's just not right. SWU has offered me a lot more money and there tuition is 10,000 cheaper. I'm sending out my withdrawal letter sometime this week (probably Thursday). Now I'm glad that I never put the deposit down. For the time being, I will probably attend Southwestern in the fall unless any of the three schools that I'm waiting to here from will show me some love. Hope you enjoy your stay at NYLS. Definitely keep in touch. My email is on the top.
NYLS
Friday, April 18 2008 at 04:45 PM
hey hey, fellow NYLS student :) congrats ! where are you planning on living?
- alimania
Wednesday, May 07 2008 at 01:49 PM
are you planning on riding out the waitlists for SJU and Cardozo?
Friday, May 09 2008 at 09:40 AM
I am definitely interested in them, it's just that it depends on how late in the game they will notify me of an acceptance (crossing fingers). It all depends on the timing I guess.
St. John\'s
Friday, June 20 2008 at 04:13 PM
Hey, congrads on St. John\'s as well. I am also going to be losing deposit money sent to Pace. I don\'t think loans should be a problem. Nearly the same amount in federal loans that you got for NYLS should be given at SJU. You just have to have NYLS release the funds. I\'m kind of worried about getting housing this late and hope that they still have room in the townhouses.
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Bees plans clear Mayoral hurdle
Posted on 21st February 2014 by lookwestlondon
Brentford FCs plans to build a new stadium on the Lionel Road site have passed examination by the Mayor of London.
Sir Edward Lister, the Chief of Staff and Deputy Mayor, Policy and Planning confirmed the decision of Hounslow Council Planning Committee to grant planning permission for Brentford Football Club’s planning application for a new stadium and associated development at Lionel Road South.
The plans will produce a new 20,000 capacity stadium at Lionel Road South together with other community facilities, and 910 new homes, a hotel and supporting retail uses. They remain subject to referral to the Secretary of State.
The development will turn a poorly used industrial brownfield site into a community asset, and bring new jobs and training opportunities to the area.
Commenting on the Deputy Mayor’s decision, Cliff Crown, Brentford FC Chairman, said: “Our vision of an exciting new hub at this brownfield site has taken another major step forward.”
“We firmly believe this is a once in a generation chance to create a vibrant new stadium that will add to the buzz that is going on around Brentford.
“Brentford is on the up as a destination, with new homes, retail, sports and leisure facilities which bring new jobs and vibrancy to the area.”
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