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The Sun Also Sets: British Authors and the Death of the Empire
Brian Butler, Georgia Southern UniversityFollow
Master of Arts in English (M.A.)
Department of Literature and Philosophy
Joe Pellegrino
Gautam Kundu
Dustin Anderson
This thesis traces the decline of the British Empire through the perspectives of prominent British authors, beginning with Rudyard Kipling's Kim, which establishes the height of the British Empire. Thereafter, the Empire's decline is incisively chronicled through the various catalysts that contributed to the overall demise of the Empire: E.M Forster illustrates the impact of the introduction of British women into India in A Passage to India; George Orwell demonstrates the significance of burgeoning native dissent and the empowerment of the compradore class in Burma in Burmese Days; Anthony Burgess offers an exhaustive fictional meditation of the zenith of native resistance in Malaysia in The Long Day Wanes; and finally, Paul Scott provides insight into the death of the Empire where the inversion of British and native authority in liberated India has occurred in Staying On.
Butler, Brian, "The Sun Also Sets: British Authors and the Death of the Empire" (2011). Electronic Theses and Dissertations. 178. | RedPajamaCommonCrawl_4189800630584055078 | Slimpajama627bTrain/chunk1 |
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What does Corresponding mean in Math?
If you're wondering what does corresponding mean in math, simply continue reading to discover a simple easy to understand answer.
Simply put the term corresponding in math refers to objects such as angles which appear in the same exact place, in two similar situations.
What are corresponding angles and how do you go about figuring out the value of corresponding angles?
The mathematical term corresponding angles is commonly used to refer to matching angles. What are corresponding angles? When two straight lines are crossed by a third line, which is known as a traversal line, the angles in each matching corner are referred to as corresponding angles. Corresponding angles are always the same size as each other.
As an example if one angle in a matching corner is 118 degrees, the angle is the corresponding matching corner of the second line will also be 118 degrees.
How to find corresponding angles?
If you label each angle from left to right and top to bottom, you can find corresponding angles by looking at the place of each angle. Angle a and angle e, will be corresponding angles. Angle b and angle f will be matching corresponding angles, angle c and angle g will also be corresponding angles and lastly angle d and angle h will also be even, corresponding angles.
What happens if two lines are crossed by parallel lines?
As a second example, if two straight lines, which do not touch are both crossed by two parallel lines, which each cross one of the two straight lines but don't intersect each other, you'll also be able to work out various corresponding angles.
In this example, again assuming that each angle is labelled from a to b, going left to right and top to bottom, angle a and angle e are corresponding angles, angle b and angle h are corresponding angles, angle c and angle f are corresponding angles and angle d and angle h are also corresponding angles.
While it may take a couple of minutes to understand the rules which govern corresponding angles, once you're able to find out one corresponding angle, you should have no issues figuring out corresponding angles in the future.
Are there any other circumstances in maths in which the term corresponding is frequently used?
Yes, the term corresponding is often used to describe properties of congruent triangles. What is a congruent triangle? A congruent triangle is a common type of triangle where each side is exactly the same length as the other two angles. Congruent triangles also feature three internal angles a right angle and two congruent or equal angles.
As congruent triangles feature equal lines and angles, congruent triangles can also be said to feature corresponding lines and corresponding angles. If you're ever trying to explain the term corresponding in maths to a friend, it's a great idea to use this particular example, to illustrate the points which you want to make.
Hopefully you're now confident about how the term corresponding is used in mathematics and how you can effortlessly figure out corresponding angles.
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In addition to developing sound evidence for informed decision-making, DVI (Dengue Vaccine Initiative) is striving to conduct policy and access related activities to create an enabling environment for the introduction of a future dengue vaccine. The World Health Organization's Initiative for Vaccine Research (WHO IVR) is one of the DVI consortium members working towards this objective. Originally designed by the WHO and UNAIDS, the initiative is positioned within the Family and Community Health Cluster at the WHO. The unit's mission is to accelerate the development and optimal use of safe and effective vaccines and technologies, especially in developing countries. The WHO IVR has expertise in the field of product R&D, vaccine manufacturing and regulation, vaccine clinical trial, vaccine introduction and cost-effectiveness analysis.
WHO IVR's primary function within DVI is to lead the development of information and guidance documents, and in regulatory training activities. WHO IVR is currently preparing an information session on a dengue vaccine for the Strategic Advisory Group of Experts (SAGE) on immunization. SAGE advises the WHO on overall global policies and strategies. The information session regarding a dengue vaccine will pave the way for the development of a framework for an eventual SAGE deliberation. This will lead to the publication of a WHO Position Paper on dengue vaccines. A WHO Position Paper would substantially legitimize the call to include dengue vaccines in public vaccination programs.
Other key activities include designing a guide on the safety monitoring and post licensure evaluation of the new dengue vaccine. In conjunction with IVAC (last week's DVI consortium member), WHO IVR will support regulatory preparedness in countries hosting dengue clinical trials and countries likely to quickly adopt the vaccine.
Given its extensive infrastructure and network of engagement with ministries of health and national immunization programs, the WHO and its Regional Offices maintain the ability to raise visibility of dengue on global, regional and country levels. This unprecedented influence will be essential to guaranteeing that the world's most vulnerable populations have access to a future dengue vaccine. | RedPajamaC4_-6579179869558860303 | Slimpajama627bTrain/chunk1 |
A new geological map of the island of Stromboli at a scale of 1:10,000 is here presented based on 1:5000 scale field mapping, carried out in the years 1991–2001, by applying exclusively lithostratigraphic criteria and unconformity-bounded stratigraphic (UBS) units. The application of UBS units proved to be very effective, especially in such a complex succession of volcanic rocks. In total, 45 lithostratigraphic units and eight synthems, as well as various subsynthems, lithosomes, and units representing the most recent sedimentary deposits, were recognized. The resulting legend for the 1:10,000 map has been elaborated in such a way as to distinguish the lithostratigraphic units occupying a well-defined stratigraphic position from the ones for which stratigraphic attribution is uncertain; furthermore, the range of possible stratigraphic positions is also indicated. Other problems are discussed and solutions proposed, such as: (1) representing and distinguishing historic deposits that do not have any lithologic or geometric variations with respect to the recent deposits above which they have been emplaced, (2) representing units, or boundaries between units, that crop out only on vertical cliffs, (3) possible scale reduction, and (4) the cartographic problems related to structural features. Finally, the main differences from previous modern maps are described in terms of the geological evolution of Stromboli volcano, one of the best-documented examples of a multiple-collapse edifice. | RedPajamaC4_8538978669610419076 | Slimpajama627bTrain/chunk1 |
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Bray Wyatt offers to help Matt Hardy
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WWE stars unhappy about Seth Rollins taking heat for bad Hell in a Cell main event
Seth Rollins is still taking heat from fans for the horrible ending to his match with Bray Wyatt at the Hell in a Cell pay-per-view.
The heat should be directed at the company since the wrestlers in the match did not come up with the finish for that match.
Dave Meltzer noted in the Wrestling Observer Newsletter that a number of people in the company have acknowledged that the finish for that match was bad and there are people who are mad about Rollins getting so much heat for something that was not his idea.
I spoke with a couple of wrestlers who have said privately that they feel bad for Rollins.
One wrestler told me, "Seth is the hardest working guy in the company. He wants to put on the best matches so it pisses me off when fans sh** on him for a bad idea that was not his. He's a good guy and doesn't deserve any of the heat he's getting."
The only wrestler to speak out publicly on the horrible ending was Roman Reigns.
Reigns said the following during an interview with Forbes: "I think you should express your opinions, but it doesn't hurt anybody if you have a shred of respect. Have a little respect for the performers who were out there killing themselves for you. I didn't like the Hell in a Cell finish either, but I wasn't about to cuss some guys out who got hit in the head over and over. Bray Wyatt put his health on the line to entertain some fans to the best of his ability. I didn't like it, but I respect Bray's effort and willingness to go out there and do what you have to do. So, if you can, just a little bit of respect."
People involved in the creative process have privately acknowledged how bad the match was. People in the company have said that the blame falls on Vince McMahon. For what it's worth, McMahon was not bothered by the outrage and his feeling was that the fans who were upset will tune in to see the rematch.
Rollins and Wyatt will wrestle again for the Universal Championship at the Crown Jewel pay-per-view in a Falls Count Anywhere match. This time, WWE is promising that the match cannot be stopped for any reason.
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How Can a Bond Have a Negative Yield?
Why would an investor buy a bond with a negative yield?
Eric Jacobson
We haven't yet faced the sticky widespread problem of negative interest rates among conventional U.S. Treasury bonds that has beleaguered wide swaths of the global bond market (although some Treasury Inflation-Protected Securities have posted negative yields). There's currently a heated debate about the long-term impact of negative rates on global economic growth, the financial sector, and investor behavior, and some of the early evidence isn't comforting.
But while the financial press has widely reported on the growing inventory of bonds across the globe trading at negative yields, few have explained clearly how negative rates actually work or why they've come about.
Follow the Math
Observers have noted that owning a bond with a negative yield is akin to paying someone else to hold your money, but how?
Although bond math is messy, it's easy enough to understand that if you buy a plain-vanilla bond for $1,000 and it pays 10% per year (if only…), and you get your $1,000 back at maturity, you've made some money on the deal. But how can you lose money on a bond if it's making regular interest payments?
For starters, it's important to remember that there's a big difference between the very basic interest--or coupon--rate of a bond and its yield to maturity. The first one is a very simple expression of the payments a bond makes periodically, relative to its face value. On its own, it really doesn't tell you anything about a bond's overall return.
A bond's yield to maturity, however, is meant to provide a snapshot of its expected annualized total return, taking into account how much an investor pays for the bond, how much income it produces, and how much the investor gets back at the end. That's crucial because whether you pay more or less than a bond's face value up front will have a very important impact on what your ultimate yield to maturity, and thus your ultimate return, will be.
Consider some very basic examples using an even simpler hypothetical Treasury bond with a 1% coupon and exactly 10 years left until maturity. Take the most basic case first. If the market rate for that bond is a 1% yield to maturity, its price should be $1,000. (The standard denomination for a plain-vanilla Treasury.)
What would happen to the price of the same bond if market yields were to go all the way to zero? Remember, it's the same bond, so it's still paying coupons and will still return $1,000 at maturity. All other things equal, the value of those coupon payments would go up. In fact, if an investor were to purchase that bond when market yields are at zero, the price would actually rise all the way to $1,100. Put another way, the investor has to pay an extra $100 in order to make the transaction worthwhile to whomever is selling it, because the seller is giving up claim to the bond's future coupon payments.
The math is a little trickier once you get to a negative yield. In fact, the thought of it was evidently so outlandish that it seems to have left the designers of Microsoft Excel thinking it would never happen: Its standard functions won't accommodate negative yields.
We can still approximate the price one would wind up paying for a bond marked to a negative 1% yield to maturity. Although bond calculators can help produce the number, the trick is essentially to ratchet up the bond's price high enough that, at a certain point, receiving the bond's principal and interest payments will represent a loss equal to a negative 1% annualized yield to maturity.
In other words, if yields were to fall all the way to negative 1% in the marketplace, our hypothetical 10-year Treasury with a 1% coupon would actually command a large premium--$211 in this example--to its face value in order to compensate a seller enough to give up its future coupons.
Here's what the examples look like side by side.
Can a Bond Be Born Negative?
Those are examples of how transactions might look in the secondary market for bonds that have already been issued. You might wonder, though, how a government would structure a brand new bond when market yields are negative. It's not necessarily an issue of a government simply wanting to sell a bond with a negative yield, of course. Somebody still has to want to buy it. As such, each government's treasury generally prices its new bonds based on auctions whose prices affect, and are affected by, market rates.
As you might guess from the secondary market example, it all comes down to price. It remains fundamentally true that the more an investor pays for a bond the lower its return will go. So, when the market is trading such that a new 10-year government bond should carry a negative yield in order to match the market, the easiest path would be to sell new bonds without coupons---that is, zero-coupon bonds. Some European governments have done this. After all, in practical terms, you probably don't want to ask a bondholder to send coupons back to the government. Unlike a normal zero, though, which is originally priced at a discount to its maturity value so investors earn the difference, an investor who pays more than the maturity value of a zero-coupon bond will get back less at the end of its term. And the deeper the negative yield, the higher that bond's issuing price will be as well. (The U.S. Treasury has chosen not to issue any TIPS without coupons, though. The lowest one so far has been set 0.125%.)
How Does This Even Happen?
Of course, the question of why an investor would agree to buy a bond with a negative yield is a messy one of its own, and there are several explanations. The most harrowing scenarios involve a dramatic economic slowdown and the deflation that would typically accompany one. In such cases, large investors without the luxury to hide billions of dollars under the mattress, might put it into "safe" assets that charge a premium for that safety.
In today's environment, though, the most common causes involve central bank activity. When economies are sluggish and central banks are anxious to try and generate inflationary pressure (and economic activity and job growth), one of the first levers they turn to is to charge for commercial banks to deposit money with them overnight. That has the effect of pushing down short-term interest rates, and the impact typically ripples out to longer maturities depending on the market's reaction.
The other big factor most at play these days is quantitative easing. Although we've experienced it in the United States, the practice has been massive overseas, including in Europe. In effect, central banks are buying longer-term bonds out in the market place and doing so in such large quantities that they dramatically pull down supply. Doing so--and telegraphing that more is coming--also encourages investors to try and ride prices up by buying bonds before the central banks do.
The Federal Reserve just chose to leave rates unchanged, but left the door wide open for a boost sometime this year. Most investors should be reasonably content to see them go up as long as improving economic conditions are the cause. | RedPajamaCommonCrawl_7435075342183863452 | Slimpajama627bTrain/chunk1 |
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QUINCY MADISON
89 years ago, on Thursday, April 27, 1922, Jacob "Jack" Klugman was born in Philadelphia. Although best known to TV audiences as Oscar Madison, the sloppy half of "The Odd Couple," his other well-known series "Quincy, M.E." actually ran for more seasons (7 to 5) and produced more episodes (148 to 114).
Klugman began to act after serving in World War II. His early TV appearances include multiple episodes of famed series like "Inner Sanctum," "Studio One," and "Playhouse 90." Jack Klugman was a working actor, but when he was cast in the TV version of "The Odd Couple" he became a star. While the show achieved some popularity during its run on ABC (1970-1975), it was in syndication that the show really caught fire.
Postcard sent to fans of ABC's "The Odd Couple" in the 1970s.
In 1993 I interviewed Klugman and Tony Randall in Central Park while they were filming scenes for "The Odd Couple: Together Again" reunion movie. It was about three years after Klugman had surgery for throat cancer, and it left him with a slight and raspy voice. But I was a bit surprised when Klugman was actually apologetic for his inability to answer in full voice. He seemed to be a genuinely nice man.
Reverse side of the same postcard with "autographs" from the stars.
Of course, "The Odd Couple" was followed by "Quincy, M.E." on NBC in which Klugman played Dr. R. Quincy, a medical examiner (or coroner) who had no first name. In the 1980s Klugman went back to sitcoms with NBC's "You Again?" co-starring John Stamos. It lasted just one season.
Happy 89th Birthday Jack. You're an American treasure.
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74 years ago, on Tuesday, April 20, 1937 actor George Takei was born in Los Angeles. Although best known for his role as Mr. Sulu in "Star Trek," Takei has hundreds of television appearances to his credit, starting with a live episode of "Playhouse 90" in 1959.
In his 2007 autobiography, To the Stars, Takei says he and his family were among more than 100,000 other Japanese-Americans who were sent to internment camps during World War II. Takei lived in Camp Rohwer in Arkansas and Camp Tule Lake in northern California.
After the war, the Takeis returned to southern California, where George would eventually earn a masters degree in theater from U.C.L.A. in 1964.
Takei's life would change forever when he was cast as Mr. Sulu in 1965 for the second "Star Trek" pilot.
George Takei autograph signed in NYC, 1973.
The above autograph was signed by George Takei during the 1973 Star Trek Convention at New York's Commodore Hotel. I was 12 years old. What I remember most about our encounter is how George kept repeating to us all, "It's pronounced 'tuh-KAY' as in O.K." Throughout the past 38 years I have occasionally heard people refer to him as George "tuh-KIE" – and I don't know if he ever used this pronunciation. But to the best of my knowledge, from George's own mouth, "It's pronounced 'tuh-KAY' as in O.K."
While some will only remember him as Sulu, George Takei's acting career has lasted more than 50 years. Recently he had a recurring role on NBC's "Heroes" from 2007 to 2010, and this year he joined the cast of Nickelodeon's new series "Supah Ninjas" as Hologramps, the holographic grandfather.
Takei may be the only TV actor (certainly one of the few) with an asteroid named in his honor. In October 2007 the International Astronomical Union's Committee on Small Body Nomenclature approved the official, scientific name of 7307 Takei for the asteroid, which is located between Mars and Jupiter.
According to Takei's own website, he and his husband Brad Altman made television history when they became the first gay couple to appear on "The Newlywed Game" on GSN cable network in October 2009. They won the game and donated their $10,000 prize to the Japanese American National Museum in Los Angeles.
Happy birthday George… now warp speed to 75!
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RADIO GENIUS, TV COMEDIAN
88 years ago, on Monday, March 26, 1923, actor/comedian Bob Elliott was born in Boston. Though he is best-known for his work in radio, Elliott (with comedy partner Ray Goulding) starred in several TV specials and series.
Bob Elliott & Ray Goulding in the studios of WOR (AM), December 1974.
In 1946 Ray Goulding was hired to read the news for a morning show Bob Elliott was hosting on WHDH in Boston. That fateful pairing would result in a 15 minute radio show called "Matinee with Bob and Ray" and eventually their partnership as the comedy team of Bob & Ray.
Their television careers began on Monday November 26, 1951 when "Bob & Ray" (or "The Bob and Ray Show") premiered on NBC. Joining them in sketches and spoofs in this 15 minute program was Audrey Meadows. She was replaced by Cloris Leachman, who was then replaced by Audrey Meadows. The show lasted two years.
I had the pleasure of meeting Bob & Ray on three separate occasions, which are detailed in my previous post. Each time they were gracious and generous.
Bob & Ray in their WOR radio studio, December 1974, joined by students Sami Kenigsberg, Paul Messina, and Jerry Seigerman.
In addition to "The Bob and Ray Show," the duo briefly hosted a TV game show and made many TV guest appearances. One highlight was the 1979 late night special, "Bob & Ray, Jane, Laraine & Gilda" with Jane Curtin, Laraine Newman, and Gilda Radner, which I attended.
Bob Elliott has also spread his comedic genes to future generations. His son is actor/comedian Chris Elliott and his granddaughter is "Saturday Night Live" cast member Abby Elliott.
In fact, for two seasons (1990-1992) Bob Elliott portrayed the father of his real-life son Chris in the FOX sitcom "Get a Life."
Autographs in the book: "To Paul – Cheers! Bob Elliott" and "To Paul, All the Best, Ray Goulding"
Bob Elliott and Ray Goulding were inducted into the National Association of Broadcasters Hall of Fame in 1984. "The Bob and Ray Show" was inducted into the Radio Hall of Fame in 1995.
While Ray Goulding died of kidney failure in 1990, at the age of 68, Bob Elliott is alive and well and living on Long Island. Today we salute Bob wish him a Happy Birthday.
You can send a birthday greeting to Bob Elliott at: bob@bobandray.com
…or send him a note at: P.O. Box 53, Planetarium Station, New York, NY 10024-0053. I'm told Bob usually answers his mail.
Happy Birthday Bob… and thank you.
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THE SILENCE IS DEAFENING
89 years ago, on Monday, March 20, 1922, actor/comedian Ray Goulding was born in Lowell, Massachusetts. Though he is best-known for his work in radio, Goulding (with comedy partner Bob Elliott) starred in several TV specials and series.
Ray Goulding in the studios of WOR (AM) in December 1974.
Ray Goulding started his career as an announcer on WLLH radio in Lowell around 1939, and then moved to WEEI in Boston just a year later. After serving in World War II, Goulding was hired to read the news for a morning show hosted by Bob Elliott on WHDH in Boston. That fateful pairing would result in a 15 minute radio show called "Matinee with Bob and Ray" and eventually their partnership as the comedy team of Bob & Ray.
I had the pleasure of meeting Bob & Ray on three separate occasions.
The first time was in December 1974 in the studios of WOR radio. The comedy legends were nice enough to agree to be interviewed by 3 junior high school students. I was one of them. If you look closely we're wearing "Wally Ballou for Mayor" buttons given to us that day by Bob & Ray.
The second time we met was in 1979. The photos we took in 1974 gained us access to Bob & Ray's dressing room after their masterful performance in the NBC late night comedy special "Bob & Ray, Jane, Laraine & Gilda." That's when Bob & Ray were kind enough to autograph these photos.
From Approximately Coast to Coast… It's The Bob and Ray Show published by Atheneum in 1983.
The third, and last, time I met Bob & Ray was in 1983 when they came up to WPIX-TV to be interviewed about their newest book; From Approximately Coast to Coast… It's The Bob and Ray Show. I was working at the station at the time and made sure I bought a copy of their book beforehand so I could get another set of autographs. (And yes, I showed them the photos from 1974 to let them know we'd met before).
Rarely does one find geniuses to be so gracious and courteous.
Ray Goulding died of kidney failure in 1990. He was 68. Bob Elliott is alive and well and living on Long Island. He will turn 88 next week. But today we honor Ray Goulding for bringing laughter to my world and the world of television.
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We wanted to tell you about a wonderful article drawn to our attention by one of our lovely RISA members, titled My Baby Cries Too by Tracy Cassels from Evolutionary Parenting, a parenting website out of the US. We've linked to this article with permission of the writer and would encourage you to browse this excellent site if you get a chance.
This article should probably be titled 'Reflux and Lack of Sleep', as many refluxers experience both day and night time sleeping problems. Indeed lack of sleep is one of the main causes of distress for parents of refluxers and can put immense strain on your relationship with your child, partner, family and friends. It is helpful to start by clarifying what is 'normal' sleep behaviour and I use that term quite loosely, as every child is very different.
While reflux is a common issue for babies and children of all ages, we need to be careful of reflux being the catchall diagnosis for a crying baby. Even though there are a lot of different symptoms of reflux (see "How Reflux Presents") and in some cases it can be difficult to diagnose, it is important for us to keep in mind that reflux is not the only possibility and it isn't always to blame. If your baby or child is distressed or unwell, or reflux treatments don't seem to be effective, it is important not to jump to conclusions, as hard as that may be. Even if your child does suffer from reflux, it may not always be the culprit.
While dummy use is often controversial as they have known advantages and disadvantages, some infants with reflux seem to benefit from using a dummy. Dummy use is a personal choice and this may be one option you could consider. There is no evidence to suggest you should not use a dummy; however, you may like to discuss this option with your doctor or child health nurse.
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You don't remember exactly when it started, but now you can't make it through a run without that nagging pain in your hip. It came on slowly--at first just an annoying ache. But now, even after icing and soaking and resting, the pain is deep and relentless. So what gives?
Given the role of the pelvis as a fulcrum in each of the three planes of motion of the body (frontal, sagittal, transverse), there are numerous potential drivers of alignment issues. Your pain might present as a dull ache on the outside of the leg or you could feel general tightness.
The symptoms of pelvic misalignment can take quite some time to show up (and can be quite broad in nature). That's why the condition is often first recognized as a leg-length discrepancy. When the doc tells you one leg is shorter than the other, it's a diagnosis that is addressed as a permanent biomechanical issue when in fact it could be a temporary condition brought on by poor pelvic alignment. Too many folks make the leap to orthotics when appropriate corrective and preventative exercises may address the true issue.
It's always a good idea to head to the doctor armed with information and questions. Here, we'll help you understand your hip pain and how your body is functioning so you can recover quickly and get back on the road.
Hip alignment is a concern because it--or rather the functional leg-length discrepancy it tends to introduce--is a source of many potential injuries. If you can visualize the impact of running with one leg slightly longer than the other, you may be able to imagine some of the injuries listed below.
• Hip injuries or soreness: This seems the most obvious, as the increased force of impact is transmitted all the way up to the hip.
• Hamstring strains and piriformis syndrome: The longer leg can end up bearing slightly more of the work in propelling you forward, thus making the hamstring more vulnerable to strains.
• IT Band Syndrome: ITBS is seen increasingly as an issue originating from weak hips and glutes, but the increased loads from a seemingly longer leg can have the same effect.
• Patellofemoral Pain Syndrome (Runner's Knee): The knee is another joint that bears excessive forces on the longer leg, and can therefore be subject to injury.
On the "shorter leg" (lowered side of the hip), which typically ends up experiencing more of a midfoot landing, the most common issue is Achilles tendinitis (or plantar fasciitis).
Poor posture: This is a "low intensity, high frequency" contributor that can build over time. It can happen as we sit cocked slightly to one side, when we tend to lean against a counter or table while standing, and while driving--the very nature of having to use one foot can be a factor in misalignment.
Hip misalignment can best be diagnosed by a professional, who will typically have you relax while lying down with your knees pulled up then extended fully so he or she can see how your knees are positioned.
You may also get an indication of this issue if you see different wear patterns on the soles of your shoes. Often the shoe with greater heel and toe wear will be the side that is slightly longer, since it may overextend and lead to more heel striking.
Once an alignment issue is identified, the goal is to ease the muscle tightness and imbalances that are causing the problem. This is again most effectively done through at least the initial efforts of a professional such as a sports chiropractor, massage therapist or physical therapist.
Massage or active release techniques can help loosen up the muscles most often responsible for the misalignment, like the hip adductors, iliopsoas and the quadratus lumborum. Nice excuse to treat yourself to some relaxation, right?
General hip strength and mobility work focused on the hips can help with alignment, too. And any of the wide range of stretching activities, ranging from passive to dynamic approaches, can help loosen up the tight muscles driving the misalignment.
Forcefully and quickly thrust the foot of the "shorter leg" against the wall, keeping it flat. Push down on your hip on the same side with your hand, and hold the foot against the wall with your hand on the hip for 10 seconds.
This is a good exercise to do any time, but particularly as part of your warm-up routine prior to running. Over time, your hip will gradually return to better alignment. You may notice some change in your soreness patterns as your form corrects itself, particularly if you've been running with the misalignment for some time.
Strength training: Single-leg exercises such as pistol squats are particularly helpful for working through muscular imbalances.
Regular massage: Prevent muscular tightness from affecting your form by regularly working out adhesions.
Run on flat surfaces: This can be tricky, but you should run in the middle of the road when possible. When it's not possible, try to alternate sides of the road when possible.
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Converting black money to white is very common today. People use all illegal method to convert black money to white. This article is written to expose ways which people use to convert black money to white. I no way encourage any taxpayers or anyone to use any of the below methods.
Popular method people use to convert black money to white is by showing bogus loan entry. Modus operandi under this case will be people give black money to friend or relative and take a cheque from them. This is kind of bogus loan entry to convert black money to white.
In some cases people give repayment of this loan by giving back cheque. People doing this must understand that Income tax department is watching every transaction and tax payer have to prove genuineness of every transaction.
Another popular way used by people to convert black money to white is by formulating trust for social cause. They make executive bodies of own people in trust sometimes illiterate people like driver cook etc. They donate black money to this trust as charity to convert black money.
On paper it is charity but off the shelf it is conversion of black money to white.
Another popular way of converting black money in to white is by showing income as agriculture income. In order to show income as agriculture income you must possess land and it must be used for agriculture purpose like plantation, garden nursery etc.
However there are various conditions you need to satisfy in order to claim agriculture income.
Another popular way to convert black money to white is by showing income in cash. Income from tuition, professional fees or commission is shown as cash by many tax payers it is nothing but converting black money in white.
Also Read – How Salaried Person can maximize tax saving?
Go to known jeweler and give him all black money you want to convert. He will give you cheque for the same amount. He will also give you purchase bill showing you sold your personal Jewelry to him. By this way your Black money is converted to white and you need not to pay capital gain tax even.
Another method people use to convert black money to white is by making investment in cash.
People purchase insurance policy and pay premium in cash. For example if insurance premium is 50000 Rs/- payable quarterly, than people pay first premium via cheque and rest all premium in cash. This is most simple and popular way to convert black money in white.
Another popular way to convert black money to white is by getting gift from relative. Modus operandi is simple you have black money and your relative has the same amount of white money. Your relative issues cheque to you as gift and you will give your black money to him/her.
Another popular method for converting black money to white is to open bank account on each and every individual family member. Deposit black money on the name of every family member to convert it in white.
Real estate is sector where majority of black money is parked. People use real estate deals to convert black money to white. It is observed that people do fake real estate deal exchange money and cancel these deals due to non-payment of money.
Best method for converting black money to white as per me is by declaring this money to IT authorities and paying tax on this money to convert it in white.
I don't recommend readers to follow any of these methods for black money conversion. This article is just for exposing loop holes of our system. So, that RBI and the government can take appropriate action by formulating strict rules to remove black money from India. I am against black money and black money generation ideas.
If you have any information about people holding a black money and trying to launder it. Please send email on blackmoneyinfo@incometax.gov.in This email id will be monitored by special cell and immediate action will be taken on information sent by you.
Let's help government to fight against black money and tax evaders.
If I have missed any other methods which people use to convert their black money into white money I request you to share it in comment section.
Let's fight against black money and corruption.
in gujarat, the situation is somewhat different. The party who has black money has taken commission from the person whoo possess white. Black possessor takes 7% commission from the white possessor. i.e., a person who has Rs 100 white and gives it to black possessor, then black possessor takes his Rs. 100 white and gives him black Rs. 90 in return. What is the reason behind it? Why white possessor wants to turn it into black?
Probably to invest in real estate.
Dear Renukar, You need to applicable tax on amount declared by you.If it is high amount more than 10 lac rate will be 30%.
if i invest black money in credit co-operative society for convert to white can i do it?
Money which you deposit in account account you need to pay tax or declare as your income so that it will be treated as white money.
We do have contacts with Trust(Hindu / Christian) in Tamil Nadu. If you are interested to move your money to india. Please let us know.
thanks for the writing on black money white money conversions.
I want to invest money, so will u tell me best invest planning & in which sector, organisation or company for best return.
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Yagi-Uda antennas include one or more director elements, which, by virtue of their being arranged optimally at approximately a one-quarter-wavelength mutual spacing and being progressively slightly shorter than a half wavelength, direct signals of increasingly higher frequencies onto the active dipole.
* See also log-periodic antenna.
Thus, the complete antenna achieves a distinct response bandwidth determined by the length, diameter, and spacing of all the individual elements; but its overall gain is proportional to its length, rather than simply the number of elements.
All of the elements usually lie in the same plane, typically supported on a single boom or crossbar. The parasitic elements do not need to be coplanar, but can be distributed on both sides of the plane of symmetry.
The antenna gain is a function of the number of dipole elements and can be approximated (for the main lobe) as
:GT = 1.66 * N
Where N is the number of elements (dipoles) in the Yagi-Uda antenna.
Developed Yagi-Uda antennas (including the one pictured) are designed to operate on multiple bands; the resulting design is made more complicated by the presence of a resonant parallel coil and capacitor combination (called a "trap" or LC) in the elements.
Traps are used in pairs on a multiband antenna. The trap serves to isolate the outer portion of the element from the inner portion for the trap design frequency.
In practice, the higher frequency traps are located closest to the boom of the antenna. Typically, a triband beam will have 2 pairs of traps per element. For example, a typical triband Yagi-Uda beam covering the 10, 15 and 20 meter bands would have traps for the 10 and 15 meter bands.
The introduction of traps is not without cost—due to their nature, they reduce the overall bandwidth of the antenna and overall efficiency of the array on any given frequency, and radically affect its response in the desired direction.
Coverage example
Shown below is the coverage that could be provided by a 3- or 4-element Yagi-Uda array on the 41-meter shortwave radio broadcasting band. The transmitter driving the array has a power output of 20 kilowatts. The array's main lobe bearing is indicated by the red line from the proposed transmitter location in British Columbia, Canada. This predicted coverage was calculated by the VOACAP program.
The Yagi-Uda antenna was invented in 1926 by Shintaro Uda of Tohoku Imperial University, Sendai, Japan, with the collaboration of Hidetsugu Yagi, also of Tohoku Imperial University. Yagi published the first English-language reference on the antenna in a 1928 survey article on short wave research in Japan and it came to be associated with his name. However, Yagi always acknowledged Uda's principal contribution to the design, and the proper name for the antenna is, as above, the Yagi-Uda antenna (or array).
The Yagi was first widely used during World War II for airborne radar sets, because of its simplicity and directionality. Despite its being invented in Japan, many Japanese radar engineers were unaware of the design until very late in the war, due to internal fighting between the Army and Navy. The Japanese military authorities first became aware of this technology after the Battle of Singapore when they captured the notes of a British radar technician that mentioned "yagi antenna". Japanese intelligence officers did not even recognise that Yagi was a Japanese name in this context. When questioned the technician said it was an antenna named after a Japanese professor. (This story is analogous to the story of American intelligence officers interrogating German rocket scientists and finding out that Robert Goddard was the real pioneer of rocket technology even though he was not well known in the US at that time.)
A horizontally polarized array can be seen under the left leading edge of Grumman F4F, F6F, TBF Avenger carrier based Navy aircraft. Vertically polarized arrays can be seen on the cheeks of the P-61 and on the nose cones of many WWII aircraft, notably some versions of the German Junkers Ju 88 R1 fighter-bomber, and the British Bristol Beaufighter night-fighter, and Short Sunderland flying-boat. Indeed, the latter had so many antenna elements arranged on its back it was nicknamed the "Flying Porcupine" by German airmen.
Yagi-Uda antennas are widely used by amateur radio operators worldwide for communication on frequencies from shortwave, through VHF/UHF, and into microwave bands. Hams often homebrew this type of antenna, and have provided many technical papers and software to the engineering community.
Wireless energy transfer
Hidetsugu Yagi attempted wireless energy transfer in February of 1926 with this antenna. Yagi and Uda published their first report on the wave projector directional antenna. Yagi managed to demonstrate a proof of concept, but the engineering problems proved to be more onerous than conventional systems.
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External articles and further reading
* H .Yagi, doi-inline|10.1109/JPROC.1997.649674|Beam transmission of ultra-shortwaves, Proceedings of the IRE, vol. 16, pp. 715-740, June 1928. The URL is to a 1997 IEEE reprint of the classic article. See also doi-inline|10.1109/JPROC.1997.649661|Beam Transmission Of Ultra Short Waves: An Introduction To The Classic Paper By H. Yagi by D.M. Pozar, in Proceedings of the IEEE, Volume 85, Issue 11, Nov. 1997 Page(s):1857 - 1863.
* " [http://ieee.cincinnati.fuse.net/reiman/05_2004.htm Scanning the Past: A History of Electrical Engineering from the Past] ". Proceedings of the IEEE Vol. 81, No. 6, 1993.
* Shozo Usami and Gentei Sato, " [http://ieeexplore.ieee.org/iel5/7598/20722/00958785.pdf?/history_center/milestones_photos/yagi.html Directive Short Wave Antenna, 1924] ". IEEE Milestones, IEEE History Center, IEEE, 2005.
* D. Jefferies, " [http://www.ee.surrey.ac.uk/Personal/D.Jefferies/yagiuda.html Yagi-Uda antennas] ". 2004.
* [http://yagi-uda.com/ Yagi-Uda Antenna] . Simple information on basic design, project and measure of Yagi-Uda antenna. 2008
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Brent Fewell, December 21, 2015 December 21, 2015 , Climate Change, COP21, EU, Global Justice Now, global warming, Paris climate talks, President Obama, World Wildlife Fund, 0
Guest Contributor: Prof. Lucas Bergkamp
The Paris Climate Agreement has been hailed as a huge success by some and a big failure by others. Emphasizing its key role in brokering the agreement, the European Commission calls the Paris Agreement an "ambitious and balanced agreement." President Obama referred to "the strong agreement the world needed," which "makes America proud" and would constitute "a tribute to American leadership." Even some environmental groups were ecstatic; World Wildlife Fund labeled the agreement "a huge step forward." Global Justice Now, on the other hand, finds it "outrageous" to spin the Paris deal as a success, because it "undermines the rights of the world's most vulnerable communities and has almost nothing binding to ensure a safe and liveable climate for future generations." One extreme critic even called the agreement a "fraud" and "worthless words."
How can opinions on the Paris Agreement so dramatically diverge? The reason is that the agreement reflects all sorts of perspectives, and allows everybody to emphasize only the aspects he or she likes. It constitutes a carefully drafted compromise that serves many masters. Indeed, to reach agreement in Paris, the negotiators had to satisfy several conflicting demands, which drove the negotiations to a very awkward, not so common denominator. While the US wanted to avoid a legally binding treaty, so that the Obama administration does not have to obtain approval from Congress, the EU insisted on a legally binding agreement. Developing nations required both the freedom to pursue economic development and financial aid in meeting adaptation needs, but the developed nations insisted that emerging economies also contribute to emission reduction. And while the agreement suggests that it establishes a framework for ambitious science-based climate policy, it also accommodates economic concerns and possible impacts of climate policy measures.
The Paris Agreement may well have been be a huge diplomatic accomplishment. It may be the maximum that was politically feasible. But there is reason to be concerned about the historic deal, its implementation, and the potential for abuse. Not only may the agreement be short-lived, if US participation will be blocked by the courts, but it may also result in further entrenchment and protracted disputes, which could involve the courts. The reason is that the agreement gave the climate activists what they wanted by increasing the ambition, while it gratified the climate realists by not imposing any substantive obligation. As a result, the Paris Agreement has widened the gap between collective ambition and individual obligation. This does not contribute to rational climate policy-making.
Although it is already hard enough to get the world to take action to limit the temperature increase to 3 or 4 °C, in Paris, the parties committed to a common goal of "holding the increase in the global average temperature to well below 2 °C above pre-industrial levels and to pursue efforts to limit the temperature increase to 1.5 °C above pre-industrial levels." Activists have celebrated this increased ambition as a victory for the climate. But the agreement does nothing to ensure that individual countries contribute to achieving this goal; it merely requires that they submit plans, which should become progressively more ambitious. Apparently, the hope is that diplomatic, political pressure, naming and shaming, or possible unilateral sanctions, such as trade sanctions or economic boycotts, will push countries to do their part. But the effectiveness of these tools hinges on clear criteria for assessment of individual action.
Unfortunately, however, the agreement does not provide any indication or methodology for how the burden will be shared between countries. Countries are free to put all of their faith in innovation, subsidies for renewable energy, carbon sinks, emission reduction, or any combination thereof. A global stocktaking procedure should give the parties some idea about where their collective efforts are heading, but there are no substantive criteria for assessing individual countries' contributions towards the agreement's objective. With its 20/20/20 policy mix and the Emissions Trading Scheme, the EU has been taking the lead in the fight against climate change. But if it wants to stay competitive, it cannot continue to do so. Other countries have strong incentives to lag behind as much as they get away with, a problem Paris has not fixed.
So, with the Paris Agreement, the world faces exactly the same collective action problem that it faced before Paris. Paris did increase the risks of conflicts, however, by setting the expectations higher. If governments do not deliver, climate activists will likely seek the help of the courts. A Dutch group has already won a victory in court over its government's climate policy, and is now invoking the Paris deal to get the government to drop its appeal. Although these kinds of law suits are legally doubtful, it has proven possible to persuade European courts that climate change is such an urgent and existential problem that they should insert themselves into climate policy-making. This trend threatens democracy and the rule of law. With the Paris Agreement the parties intended to reinforce national sovereignty and national democratic process, as opposed to international dictates. But having stated such a high collective ambition, they now need to be mindful of the risks of the judiciary taking over.
About the author: Professor Lucas Bergkamp holds law and medical degrees and is recognized as a leading regulatory lawyer in the EU and abroad. He has published numerous articles and written several books on regulatory law, and most recently co-authored a book on EU legislative and regulatory processes. He was Professor at the Erasmus University Rotterdam, Faculty of Law, for 10 years, and now teaches in the Masters of Energy and Environmental Law Program at Catholic University of Leuven, KUL.
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Essays & Papers Cinematography Film "How does Alfred Hitchcock explore the duality of human nature in the film Psycho?"
"How does Alfred Hitchcock explore the duality of human nature in the film Psycho?"
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Film Human Nature
Alfred Hitchcock uses many ways to research the dichotomy of human nature in his movies. particularly in the 1960 horror thriller Psycho. The dichotomy of human nature represents our interior ego. facets that are chiefly antonyms. the light demoing good. the dark screening immorality. the natural and the unnatural. are merely some illustrations of human nature. Hitchcock explored the dichotomy of human nature utilizing ways such as illuming. duologue. camera angles. music. comparison and contrasting what different characters would make when confronting the same job and individualization.
Harmonizing to Carl Jung. individualization is when a individual confronts they interior side ( normally the dark. negative and evil side ) . He believed that successful individualization meant that a individual non merely confronted their dark side. but conquered it every bit good and that people needed to recognize and face the negative facets of their personality or their "dark" side would destruct the individual. This means that inside everyone. there is a darker side. an evil and bad side.
that must be confronted. or it will destroy you. By looking at the two chief characters Norman and Marion. and two minor characters. Sam and Lila. we can see the dichotomy of human nature.
Both Marion and Norman are being confronted with their inner dark ego. yet. Marion conquers her dark side. while Norman lets it take over his life. Sam and Lila. nevertheless. are largely seen as good and "natural" . There are many cardinal scenes throughout the film Physco. which explore the dichotomy of human nature. Some of these scenes include the opening scene. the scene in which Marion is driving off after taking the money and the parlour scene. The inkiness of Psycho's opening credits sequence symbolizes decease and the opening scene of Psycho starts with a pan position of the cityscape of Arizona.
The shooting. from a broad pan into a dark sleeping room. leads the spectator into a dark. close infinite. demoing the spectator instantly that we will witness something close and dark happening during the movie. The spectator besides knows that the subject of concealing from something is established. as the two are concealing their matter. and Sam is concealing. or shying off. from matrimony to Marion. We learn that the two have money jobs. from Sam. who says. "I perspiration to pay off my father's debts and he's in his grave. I sweat to pay my
ex-wife maintenance. and she's life on the other side of the universe somewhere" . and "A twosome of old ages and my debts will be paid off. and if she of all time remarries the maintenance Michigan. " Marion knows the lone job between the two of them is money. and that if it wasn't for money. the two could be together. It is at this clip. that Marion begins to face her interior ego. the demand for more money. so she herself can get married Sam. and non hold to worry about her occupation. When Marion returns to work after her "lunch hour" she complains of a concern.
When Marion' s foreman asks her to lodge $ 40. 000 for him. "I don't even want it in the office over the weekend. Put it in the safe sedimentation box in the bank and we'll acquire him to give us a cheque on Monday instead… " Marion sees this as a opportunity for her to eventually be with Sam and work out all her fiscal jobs. Behind Marion's desk are pictures of sprawling lands. including images of trees. forests and natural landscape. These images juxtapose her isolation and demo her desires for freedom. The scene in which Marion is driving off from Phoenix is besides a cardinal scene in which Hitchcock explores the dichotomy of human nature.
We see Marion driving off. after she leaves Phoenix and after she meets with the Police Officer. trades her auto. and as she does so. the audience sees how uneasy she feels. the tenseness in her looks. and we hear the fanciful voices she is hearing in her caput. about what may be go oning because she has taken the $ 40. 000. Marion is believing about what the effects of her "theft" were. and what is go oning back in Phoenix. The audience hears the voices in Marion's caput. the voices of Marion's foreman. her sister. what Marion is believing. The audience is put into Marion's head.
We feel the tenseness when she is being interrogated by the Police Officer and in a manner. we feel relieved when she is let off. even though what she did was morally incorrect. In many topographic points in this scene. we are put into the point of position from Marion's position. which brings dichotomy of human nature non merely to her. but to us every bit good. as we feel like WE are in the scene. Hitchcock does this as he wants the audience to believe. what they would make if we were Marion's place. which inquiries our ain dichotomy. Marion. while she is driving off with the stolen money. has presently let her dark. interior side return over her.
She is taking advantage of her boss's trust in her and is making this out of personally greed and wealth. Here. Hitchcock is demoing us what giving in to your interior dark side can ensue in. One of the major key scenes in Psycho that shows how Hitchcock explored the dichotomy of human nature is the parlor scene. between Marion and Norman. At the start of the scene. after Norman returns from the house with milk and nutrient. they converse briefly outside on the porch. and we see a contemplation of Norman on the window. This shows his other side. his "mother" side. which has merely been "lit" in him.
The framings of Norman and Marion are unnatural. She is roundly illuminated. while he is being lit at angles and comparatively more subdued than Marion. He is a adult male. offering milk to a adult female. and the openness he shows towards her symbolize the fact that he has chosen her as his following victim. However. it is non till they go into the existent parlour that Hitchcock explores the dichotomy of human nature even more. The parlour room is rather little. which forces Marion and Norman to sit rather closely to each other. Even though they are both in the same room. the illuming the two receive is well different.
Marion sits near a lamp. and her frame looks more illuminated. and all-around. giving her a radiance and warm feeling. as if she is good and positive. It appears to look that she is delivering herself from what bad she did earlier. Norman. nevertheless. has a frame with many shadows- a symbol of darkness and evilness and the lighting on him seems both angular and irregular. and unlike Marion. we can non see the whole of Normans face. like as if Norman is concealing something. Besides. while Marion looks like she is at entire easiness. Norman seems to be irregular and the ambiances around him seems to be evil and dark.
During about the whole scene. Norman's left side of his face is the lone side that's seeable. while we can see the whole of Marion's face. While both characters do non look to out of topographic point in they individual frames. when they are put side by side. there is a clear contrast between Marion and Norman. Marion. in light colored vesture. seems to stand for goodness and normalness. while Norman. in dark coloured vesture. seems to stand for immorality. darkness. and a sense of abnormalcy. Here. we see really. really clearly the dichotomy of human nature.
Marion typifying the good. and Norman typifying the bad. But there is even more to this scene that adds onto the dichotomy of human nature. We learn that Norman has a avocation for stuffing birds. and we see them. around the walls of the parlour. the camera frequently utilizing a low angle shooting to capture them. They seem to look over what is traveling on. and as they appear above Norman. expression as though they are overmastering him. doing his determinations and such. This shows that while Marion is seeking to suppress her interior side. Norman has already allow it suppress him.
Norman asks Marion "What are you running off from? " and Marion seems shocked that he would inquire. But when Norman says. "No. Peoples ne'er run off from anything. The rain didn't last long. did it. You know what I think? I think that we're all in our private traps–clamped in them. And none of us can of all time acquire out. We–we abrasion and claw. but merely at the air–only at each other. And for all of it. we ne'er budge an inch" . Marion begins to recognize that she needs to travel back and acquire out of her "trap" alternatively of seeking to run off from it.
We besides find out that Norman himself is besides in a trap. but he says. "I was born in mine. I don't mind it anymore" . it shows us that Norman has non been able to suppress his interior side and has let it suppress him. Unlike Norman though. Marion does suppress her interior dark ego and we know this when she says. "I'm really tired. And I have a long thrust tomorrow–all the manner back to Phoenix" . "I stepped into a private trap back at that place and I'd like to travel back and seek to draw myself out of it before it's excessively tardily for me excessively.
" This once more emphasises the point that Marion is the good and natural side while Norman is the dark. evil and unnatural side. So by merely looking at some of these cardinal scenes in the movie Psycho. we know that Alfred Hitchcock used many ways to research the dichotomy of human nature. He used illuming to convey some characters into "good light" and demo the "goodness" in some and the "darkness" in others. He besides used camera angles. the show the sense of normalcy in some and abnormalcy in others. doing them natural or unnatural.
What different characters said besides explored the dichotomy of human nature. as the duologue was really of import. as it gave us an inside position to what the characters were believing every bit good as what they said. Individuation- confronting and suppressing your interior dark side. besides explores the dichotomy of human nature. Comparing and contrasting characters was another manner Hitchcock explored the dichotomy of human nature as he compared the good characters to the bad. and what different characters would make under the same job. So. it is clear to see. that Hitchcock used many successful ways to research the dichotomy of human nature in the movie Psycho.
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Who is Alex Trebek?
Alex Trebek Career
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Alex Trebek is a Canadian-American television personality. He was born on July 22, 1940, in Sudbury, Ontario, Canada. Alex was born to George Trebek, and Lucille Trebek, with the zodiac sign Cancer. He holds a Canadian-American nationality and mixed ethnicity of French and English. With the height of 5 feet 8 inches, and weight about 61 kg, he has been able to maintain his body fit and healthy. Also, he has salt and pepper hair color, and dark brown eyes.
Alex first attended Lisgar Collegiate Institution. He graduated in 1957. Then, he attended the University of Ottawa. There he majored in Philosophy. During his university days, he was also a member of the English Debating Society. Moreover, he was interested in broadcasting news before he finished his degree.
Alex started his career in journalism. He was a newscaster and sportscaster with the CBC Channel. He was highly appreciated by the newscaster. Later, he came to be a host of "Reach for the Top", the Candian quiz show in 1966.
Alex went to the US to pursue his career in 1973. He got his first job in the US as a host in the game show "The Wizard of Odds". Then he hosted the show "High Rollers" in 1974. Likewise, he hosted the show for several years. During 1977-78, he also hosted the show "The $128,000 Question". Hosting many game shows, Alex gained popularity as a show host. Also, he was invited to the guest's appearance for many other shows.
ALex was chosen for hosting the syndicated version of the game show "Jeopardy!". He hosted the show since 1984 and is continuing the role. "Jeopardy!" is a unique game show, which was very famous and also the winner of "Daytime Emmy Awards" for several times. Moreover, Alex generated a history. He was the first person to host three-game shows at the same time, "Jeopardy!", "To Tell The Truth" and "Classic Concentration".
Furthermore, Alex returned to the CBC channel to host the "Pillsbury Bake-Off" in 1994. In 1995, he returned to his broadcast roots, working on "Good Morning America". Likewise, Alex came as a guest appearance in "Celebrity Power Showdown" in 2005, "Jimmy Kimmel Live !" in 2008 and 2011. Likewise, "Hot in Cleveland" in 2014. Also, he featured in "How I Met Your Mother".
Moreover, Alex has the record in Guinness World Record, for most episodes of a game show host with 6829 episodes.
Currently, Alex is not working as he is having some health issues. Alex is suffering from subdural hematoma. Also, he had done successful brain surgery. On December 15, 2017, Alex admitted to Cedars-Sinai Medical Center in Los Angeles. He was discharged on December 18, 2017. Besides, Alex has said that he will soon be back on "Jeopardy!" soon.
Alex Trebek is a married man. Alex tied a knot with Jean Currivan in 1990. previously, he married Elaine Callie in 1974. However, after 7 years of marriage, they divorced in 1981.
Now, ALex and Jean are living a happy married life.
Alex along with earning huge popularity has also been able to earn a handsome amount of money. His income per year is estimated to be around $10 million. In addition, Alex's net worth is estimated to be about $50 million. | RedPajamaCommonCrawl_-5846533859133304055 | Slimpajama627bTrain/chunk1 |
Jim Hughes ist der Name folgender Personen:
* Jim Hughes (Schauspieler) (1918–2001), US-amerikanischer Schauspieler
Jim Hughes (Rennfahrer) (James E. Hughes; 1930–1960), US-amerikanischer Automobilrennfahrer
Jim Hughes (Fotograf) (1937–2018), US-amerikanischer Fotograf
Jim Hughes (Dartspieler), walisischer Dartspieler
Jim Hughes (Fußballspieler, 1960) (* 1960), schottischer Fußballspieler
Jim Hughes (Fußballspieler, 1965) (* 1965), schottischer Fußballspieler
Jim Hughes (Eishockeyspieler) (* 1966), US-amerikanischer Eishockeyspieler und -trainer
Siehe auch:
Jimmy Hughes
James Hughes | RedPajamaWikipedia_-2459260431553730297 | Slimpajama627bTrain/chunk1 |
California Wives at Lincoln Hall
Wednesday, September 12, 2012 Ben Dahl Tracy Graham
There's something decidedly indie rock about California Wives. When you mix a bunch of guitars, soothing airy vocals, drums and keys, that's to be expected. When every single member of your band could easily double as a character from a music video produced decades before, and your lead singer leaves behind finishing a doctorate to pursue music, it's also easy to draw a comparison to Weezer. But, in addition to being "indie" (for lack of a better word), California Wives are also something different.
California Wives, live or otherwise, are a sonic love song to the 80's, and there's no shortage of things to love. They're indie without putting you to sleep. Rock and roll with emotional intelligence. Dancy, maybe even poppy, without being vapid and shallow. They also happen to be fun while remaining relevant. Right at home in the calm, cool lighting of Lincoln Hall, it became infinitely clear why everyone loves this band so much.
Seeing California Wives live is a bit like going back in time to attend your parents prom–without all the weirdness associated with your own mother falling in love with you. It's music in the style of an era that Autotune all but killed off. Music with passion that makes you think about TVs with antennas, boys falling in love with girls and an experience that didn't require tweets or wall posts to enjoy. Music that set the mood, put you in the moment and didn't let go until all of a sudden the show was over. Yeah, it's kind of like that.
Northpilot at Lincoln Hall | RedPajamaCommonCrawl_9169439591161060637 | Slimpajama627bTrain/chunk1 |
really its pointless leaving comments here about were the game should be played because nobody will change it from whats writing in this guestbook! Do use not agree?
There was a toss of the coin for our semi final game versus Moneyglass no members were present from either team, we lost the toss played in moneyglass and there wasnt a word about it.
Agree...it would be better to play the game in Toome or Creggan because limiteed supporters will travel that distance to Aghagallon.
We are willing to play the game in Creggan, I fail to see why yourselves don't want this as it would be good for both teams to get a run on your new field as well as saving supporters from both sides the 90 mile round trip to the Armagh border.
Will there be any attempt made to change the senior fixture to saturday because of the club events this saturday night?????
to the cargin supporter, would you have accepted the decision if it had been made by a creggan man on his own? john o'boyles integrity wasnt questioned, the process by which the decision was made was!
Under no circumstances was the integrity of John O'Boyle ever questioned. Rules and procedures are put in place to be followed and in this circumstance these procedures were not implemented therefore the decision can be deemed null and void. There needs to be representatives from both clubs present when the toss is made and unfortunately there were none.
I would like to wish both minor teams the best of luck in the final and hopefully they get the weather that the occasion deserves.
In reply to Creggan Man, John O'Boyle is one of the most trusted and honest people I have had the pleasure of knowing in GAA circles, for you to doubt his integrity is shameful. Their were no Cargin Officials present at the toss either.
In reply to cargin supporter, we would have no problems playing at cargin altough we would like it to be a fair decision hence a creggan offical to be present at the flip of the coin, instead of john o boyle ( a cargin man ) doing it on his own.
Great idea having a new club house with a viewing area. Why wasnt it opened to let the spectators to watch the creggan v st johns game. We cant keep the place new forever. | RedPajamaC4_-2638019913994563792 | Slimpajama627bTrain/chunk1 |
Explore the museums, lighthouses, and other varied Kennebunkport attractions by foot, bike, or trolley!
Offering horseback riding lessons, boarding, carriage and sleigh rides.
Local bike shop, Kennebunkport Bicycle Company offers bike rentals, guided tours, gear and more. Check with your lodging provider as many offer complimentary bikes for guests to use.
Hop in a golf cart and enjoy a 45 minute tour of The Kennebunks.
Learn about Kennebunkport's history through walking tours, exhibits and events.
Enjoy this 50 minute, narrated tour of Kennebunkport's hot spots and beaches. Runs daily, every hour on the hour.
Explore this local landmark via boat cruise.
Explore different modes of public transportation through the years, at the world's oldest and largest electric railway museum. | RedPajamaC4_-8462502724006465567 | Slimpajama627bTrain/chunk1 |
Many retailers paying lip service to analytics
By: Joseph Brookes, Which-50
Too often organisations only pay lip service to big data analytics and fail to leverage a data-driven marketing strategy, according to Dr Melanie Van Rooy, marketing director, of South African retail chain Makro.
In tough times data analytics strategies are often some of the first cuts, to the detriment of the marketing department, she told Which-50 in a recent interview.
"The threat then becomes that big databases are watered down to weak, targeted email campaigns that are not based on proper customer insights," Van Rooy said.
"In some instances companies might view the implementation of big data analytics, both from a capability and a capacity point of view, by seeing it as an expense to the bottom-line rather than a profit generator."
Van Rooy will be speaking at the ADMA Global Forum 2017, held on 24 and 25 of August, where she will discuss how a rich data set forms the foundation for all omnichannel marketing decisions.
When organisations do have the foresight to invest in big data analytics and construct an accurate database the payoffs are there, Van Rooy said.
At Makro customers can only shop with Makro card. This program provides Van Rooy and Makro with rich data to inform marketing decisions.
"It is much more than a mere loyalty program. Every transaction of every customer is recorded and it hence allows an amazingly rich set of data for analysis," she said.
"This certainly gives Makro a competitive advantage in the SA retail sector."
These accurate, first hand customer insights are what allows Makro to implement data driven marketing strategies, she said.
"An accurate database allows the analytics team to do proper segmentation and other analytics, without which data-based decision making would not be possible."
Key to implementing these strategies is involving the right people right from the initial planning phase, Van Rooy said.
"Make the marketing folk part of the planning right from the start as they are the ones that will be using it after all. I often find that the IT department builds a database to suit their requirements without consulting the teams that will actually be using it."
It's also important that the databases contain as much customer information as possible which can be added to over time, she said.
While Van Rooy is adamant about the benefits of an accurate database and data-driven decision making, she concedes it is not always easy to demonstrate its impact on the bottom line and counts "keeping the management of the company convinced of its value" as one of the top challenges to data-driven marketing.
"We have not found the silver bullet yet, but certainly thorough pre- and post-campaign analysis is assisting us in doing this," she said.
CATEGORY Analytics Thought leadership Data | RedPajamaCommonCrawl_-800804157267285774 | Slimpajama627bTrain/chunk1 |
The 50th anniversary of the start of China's violent Cultural Revolution is passing without fanfare and has been almost completely ignored by the Communist Party-controlled media.
The 50th anniversary of the start of China's violent Cultural Revolution is passing without fanfare and has been almost completely ignored by the Communist Party-controlled media.
On May 16, 1966, the party's Politburo met to purge a quartet of top officials who had fallen out of favor with Communist leader Mao Zedong. The event also produced a document announcing the start of the decade-long drive to pursue class warfare, enforce radical egalitarianism and enlist the population in mass political movements.
The start of the Cultural Revolution was not widely known or understood and the time, but soon took on a violent agenda, leading to the downfall of leading officials, factional battles, mass rallies and the exile of educated youths to the countryside.
No official events were held to commemorate Monday's anniversary. | RedPajamaC4_6966807235593462378 | Slimpajama627bTrain/chunk1 |
Compact (1976–1993)
Mid-size (1994–present)
Full-size (2008–present)
The Honda Accord is the series of midrange automobiles manufactured by Honda since 1976, and sold in most automotive markets throughout the world. The Accord became the first Japanese car to be produced in the U.S in 1982, when production commenced in Marysville, Ohio at Honda's Marysville Auto Plant. It is also produced in Guangzhou, China since the 1999 inception of the Guangzhou Honda Joint Venture. The Accord has achieved considerable success, especially in the United States, where it was the best-selling Japanese car for 20 years (1982-97), topping its class in sales in 1991 and 2001, with around ten million vehicles sold.[1] Numerous test, past and present count the Accord as one of the world's most reliable vehicles.[2]
Over the years, Honda has offered several different body styles and versions of the Accord, and often vehicles marketed under the Accord nameplate concurrently in different regions differ quite substantially. It debuted in 1976 as a compact hatchback, though this style was dropped in the 1980s, as the lineup was expanded to include a sedan, coupe, and wagon. By the Accord's sixth generation in the 1990s, it evolved into a intermediate vehicle, with one basic platform but with different bodies and proportions increase its competitiveness against its rivals in different international markets. For the current generation of Accord released for the North American market in 2008, Honda again has chosen to move the model further upscale and increase in its size. This pushed the Accord sedan from the upper limit of what the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) defines as a mid-size car to just above the lower limit of a full-size car,[3] with the coupe still rated as a mid-size car.
2 First generation (1976–1981)
3 Second generation (1982–1985)
4 Third generation (1986—1989)
5 Fourth generation (1990–1993)
5.1 Minor model update
6 Fifth generation (1994–1997)
6.1 Japanese and North American Accord
6.2 European Accord
7 Sixth generation (1998–2002)
7.1 Japanese Accord
7.2 North American Accord
8 Seventh generation (2003–2007)
8.1 Japanese and European Accord
8.2.1 2006 model update
9 Eighth generation (2008–present)
9.1 Japanese and European Accord (CU2)
9.1.1 Honda Accord MUGEN 24sc
9.2.1 Restricted PZEV sales
10.1 Monthly U.S. sales
Honda chose the name Accord, reflecting "Honda's desire for accord and harmony between people, society and the automobile."[4] The initial design was changed to a fuel efficient, low emission vehicle since it was introduced during the fuel crises of the 1970s. In the United States and Japan, a version was produced using Honda's CVCC technology, meeting emission standards of the 1970s and early 1980s without a catalytic converter.
Like the smaller Honda Civic, the Accord used front-wheel drive and a transverse engine layout.
First generation (1976–1981)
Sayama, Japan
1.6 L EL1 I4
1.8 L EK1 I4
2,000 lb (907 kg)
1979-1981 Honda Accord hatchback (North America)
The first generation Honda Accord was launched in 1976 as a three-door hatchback with Template:Convert/hp, a Template:Convert/LoffAoffDbSon wheelbase, and a weight of about 2,000 pounds. It was larger than the tiny Civic at 162 inches (4,115 mm) long. The Accord sold well, due to its moderate size and great fuel economy. It was the first Japanese small car with features like cloth seats, a tachometer, intermittent wipers, and an AM/FM radio as standard equipment. In 1978 an LX version of the coupe was added which came with air conditioning, digital clock, and power steering. In 1979 a four-door sedan was added to the lineup, and power went to Template:Convert/hp with the introduction of the 1,751 cc (Template:Convert/CID) EK-1 engine. In 1980 the optional two-speed automatic of previous years became a three-speed automatic. Slightly redesigned bumper trim, new grilles and taillamps, and remote mirrors on the 4-door (chrome) and the LX (black plastic) models. The CVCC badges were deleted. In 1981 an SE model was added for the first time, with novio-leather seats and power windows. Base model hatchbacks received the same smaller black plastic remote mirror that the 4-door, LX, and SE 4-door received at the same time. Instrument cluster revised with mostly pictograms, instead of the worded warning lights and gauge markings. Nivorno Beige (code #Y-39) replaced with Oslo Beige (#YR-43). Dark brown was discontinued, as was the bronze metallic. Shifter redesigned to have a stronger spring to prevent unintentional engagement of reverse, instead of the spring-loaded shift knob of the 1976 through 1980 model cars.
The Accord competed with Japanese competitors Toyota Corona, Nissan Bluebird, Mazda Capella, and the Mitsubishi Galant.
Second generation (1982–1985)
Honda Vigor(Japan)
Sayama, Saitama, Japan
Marysville, Ohio, USA
1.6 L EL1 I4 (CAN)
1.8 L EK1 I4 ('82,'83 US)
1.8 L ES2 I4 ('84,'85 US)
1.8 L ES3 I4 ('85 US)
JDM Second Generation, Second Series Four door sedan. Second generation Japanese and European Accords had molded headlights instead of the United States Department of Transportation required glass units used in the U.S.
Second Generation, Second Series European 'Three door' Honda Accord coupé.
Debuting in 1981 in Japan and Europe, and as a 1982 model in North America, in addition to being produced in Japan, this generation of the Accord became the first to be built in the USA, at Honda's plant in Marysville, Ohio. Since its first year in the American market, it also became the best-selling Japanese nameplate in the US, holding that position for about 15 years. In Japan, a sister model called Honda Vigor was launched simultaneously with the new Accord.
Modernizing both the interior and exterior, the second generation Accord was mechanically very similar to the original, using the same Template:Convert/hp, 1,751 cc (Template:Convert/CID) EK1 CVCC engine. Fuel economy increased by nearly 15%. Vastly improved quality control, however, made this one of the most reliable cars on the US market, a position it still holds today. This automobile included popular features of the time such as shag carpet, velour cabin trim and chrome accents. An optional extra on the 1981 Accord was an Electro Gyrocator, the world's first automatic in-car navigation system.[5] Models were available in Silver, Sky Blue, and Beige. The LX hatchback offered a digital clock and slightly higher fuel economy (due to its lighter weight.)
The U.S. Department of Transportation had stringent lighting requirements which prevented Honda from including the aerodynamic molded headlight units which were used on Australian, European and Japanese Accords. The U.S. D.O.T. required the use of rectangular sealed beam glass units to prevent fogging and allow for easy and readily available replacement of units damaged by rocks or other road hazards. U.S. Accords were also required to have a side marker light installed on the side of the rear fenders. German Accords included additional reflectors which were embedded into the rear bumper as well as washer sprayers for front and rear lamps. The Japanese Accords were unique from all other markets in that they included adjustable ride height control and were unique in that their side view mirrors were installed on the mid forward fenders.
In 1983, Honda upgraded the automatic transmission to a four speed, a major improvement over the three speed Hondamatic. The manual, five speed transmission remained unchanged. A 120 mph (193 km/h) speedometer replaced the earlier 85 mph (137 km/h) unit. The Special Edition (SE) featured, novio-leather seating, power windows, power sunroof and locks. Columbus Slate Grey was added as a color option.
By 1984, Accords sold in the eastern U.S. were produced at the new Marysville plant, with quality considered equal to those produced in Japan. In late 1983, and 1984 in the US, the Accord body was restyled with a slightly downward beveled nose; and, the slightly more powerful ES2 1,829 cc (Template:Convert/CID) CVCC powerplant was used, bringing Template:Convert/hp. The redesign in late 1983 is often called the second series of the second generation. Honda integrated side marker lights into the side of the tail light units which satisfied the D.O.T.'s side marker requirements and ended the difference between cross market tail light configurations. European Accords, however, now included signal lights on the forward fenders, just behind the wheel well. The U.S. Accord still lacked the molded head light units which were used everywhere else.
The LX offered velour upholstery, auto-reverse cassette stereo, air conditioning, cruise control, power brakes, power steering, power windows & power locks (sedan only), a digital clock, and roof pillar antenna, along with thick black belt moldings and integrated bumpers. Flush plastic mock-alloy wheels covers instead of caps on steel wheels that resembled the trend-setting Audi 5000. Supplies were tight, as in the Eastern states, the wait was months for a Graphite Gray sedan, a then-popular color. The LX hatchback was the only 1984 version of the Accord to include dual side view mirrors.
The 1984 sedan was available in four exterior colors, Greek White and three metallic options: Graphite Gray, Regency Red (burgundy), and Stratos Blue (steel). The regular hatchback was available in Greek White, Dominican Red, and the metallic Stratos Blue. The '84 LX hatchback came in three metallic colors only: Graphite Gray, Regency Red, and Copper Brown. These models were on U.S. roads well past the turn of the century.
In 1985, the Special Edition returned as the SE-i, capitalizing on the final year of the second generation's production. A fuel-injected, Template:Convert/hp non-cvcc ES3 engine was exclusive to this model. The moniker, SE-i, was adapted from the SE trim, but included the "-i" to signify the higher trim level's fuel-injected engine. This 12-valve, 1,829 cc (Template:Convert/CID) engine was the first non-CVCC engine used in an Accord, and was the same basic engine design used by Honda until 1989. Like the previous SE trim in 1983, the SE-i featured novio-leather seating, power moonroof, bronze tinted glass, a premium sound system with cassette, and 13" alloy wheels.
Overseas versions of the Accord and available options differed from market to market, with the Japan generally receiving more options earlier than the rest of the world. In 1981, the Accord offered an adjustable ride height Air suspension in the Japanese market. From 1983 in Japan and 1984 in Europe, the Second Generation Accord was available with Anti-Lock Brakes (Called A.L.B) as an option. This braking system was the first time that an Accord used four wheel disc brakes. Fuel Injection became available in 1984 in the Japanese market with the earlier introduction of the ES3 engine in the SE-i, taking a year to arrive in the North American and European Markets.
The Restyled, Second Series (US 84-85) Honda Accord LX sedan
1982-83 US Honda Accord Dashboard
1984-85 US Honda Accord Hatchback (side)
1982-83 US Honda Accord Hatchback (rear)
Third generation (1986—1989)
Third generation
3-door station wagon (Aerodeck)
2.0L Template:Convert/hp I4
Hatchback: 174.8 in (4440 mm)
Sedan & Coupe: 179.7 in (4564 mm)
1986-88 Coupe: 179.1 in (4549 mm)
Hatchback & 1986-88 Coupe: 66.7 in (1694 mm)
Sedan & 1989 Coupe: 67.4 in (1712 mm)
Sedan: 53.4 in (1356 mm)
1989 Coupe: 52.7 in (1339 mm)
Template:Convert/usgal
The third generation Accord was introduced in Japan and Europe in 1985 and North America in 1986. It had a very striking shape, bearing a resemblance to the second and third generation Preludes. One notable feature was the flip-up headlights, unusual for a sedan. Sedan models sold on the European market featured fixed headlights and a different taillight cluster.
This Accord became the first Honda to employ double-wishbones at both the front and rear ends -- a layout that spread to the Civic and Prelude in 1988 and the Integra in 1990. While more expensive than competitors' Macpherson strut systems, this setup provided better stability and sharper handling for the vehicle. All have front and rear stabilizer bars as well. Brakes were either large 4-wheel discs with twin-piston calipers (as in the JDM Si model), smaller 4-wheel discs with single piston calipers, or a front disc/rear drum system. ABS was also available as an option on the 4-wheel disc brake models, though not in North America. Base model Accords rode on 13-inch steel wheels with hubcaps with more expensive models having the option of 14-inch alloy wheels.
The Accord's available engines included the following: In Japan, the A18A, B18A, and B20A; in Europe and Canada, the A16A1, A20A4, B20A2 and B20A8; in North America (excluding Canada): the A20A1, A20A2, A20A3 and A20A4 (in Japanese and European models).
The Accord's interior ranged from spartan to luxurious. In the Japanese home market, the Accord was available with a full power package, leather upholstery, heated seats, heated mirrors, a digital instrument cluster, and even climate control. The Accord Aerodeck (a three-door hatchback Accord made for Japanese and European consumers) had Recaro seats. Export Accords were not available with most of these options, presumably (and in the USA in particular) because Honda was seen as a builder of economy cars, and not to cannibalize sales from the recently introduced Acura line.
The Accord was available in several body styles throughout the world, including a 4-door sedan, 2-door coupe, 3-door liftback, and 3-door "Aerodeck" which resembled the third generation Civic hatchback subcompact and was not sold in US or Canada.
Honda Accord hatchback (US)
Euro-spec Accord "Aerodeck"
Fourth generation (1990–1993)
Fourth generation (CB7)
5-door station wagon
2.2 L F22A I4
1990-91 Coupe & Sedan: 184.8 in (4694 mm)
1990 Wagon: 186.0 in (4724 mm)
1992-93 Wagon: 186.8 in (4745 mm)
1990-91: 67.9 in (1725 mm)
1992-93 Coupe & Sedan: 67.1 in (1704 mm)
1992-93 Wagon: 67.5 in (1715 mm)
1990-91 Coupe: 53.9 in (1369 mm)
1990-91 Sedan: 54.7 in (1389 mm)
1991 Wagon: 55.1 in (1400 mm)
2,822 lb (1,280 kg)
Honda Ascot
Honda Ascot Innova
A larger Honda Accord based on the "CB" chassis was launched in Japan. This generation was the first not to feature a three-door model, and the first one to be exclusively sold by the Honda Clio dealer network in Japan. A sister car, called Honda Ascot, differing only slightly from the JDM Accord sedan, was launched for sale in the Honda Primo stores that also carried previous-generation Accords. On the other hand, the Honda Vigor, previously closely related to the Accord, became a rather different model, fitted with longitudinally-mounted inline five-cylinder engines.
The more conservative Accord now bore a resemblance to the first-generation Acura Legend and the third generation Prelude. The Accord had matured into a larger car now approaching the likes of the midsize Ford Taurus, but was still given "compact" status.
1990-1991 Honda Accord sedan (North America)
This was one of the first US production cars to feature optic reflectors with completely clear lenses on the headlamps replacing the more conventional lens diffused lighting. Unlike most manufacturers moving away from traditional sealed beam lighting, Honda chose to transition to a multi-reflector headlight style while maintaining the use of a glass lens instead of polycarbonate as is most common today.
For this fourth generation Accord Honda made significant engineering design improvements. All Accords sold in North America came with a completely new 2.2 liter electronic fuel injected engine standard, replacing the previous 2.0 liter 12-valve model from the past generation. A first in the automotive industry for a non-luxury vehicle was its all aluminum power train (engine and transmission). Also noteworthy, all Accords equipped with automatic transmissions used an electronically controlled rear engine mount to reduce low frequency noise and vibration. The mount contained 2 fluid filled chambers separated by a computer controlled valve. At low engine speeds, fluid routed through the valve damping vibration. Above 850 rpm, fluid routed around the valve making the engine mount stiffer.
In the US, the LX-i and SE-i designations were dropped, being replaced with the DX, LX, and EX trim levels. The Canadian Accord trim levels varied slightly from the US models with LX, EX and EX-R roughly corresponding to the American DX, LX, and EX, respectively. Fourth generation EXi Accords sold in Australia and New Zealand offered the same 4-wheel steering technology as was available optionally on the US Honda Prelude. US Accord Coupes were available in DX and EX trims (LX and EX-R in Canada).
A 125 HP 4-cylinder engine was offered the DX and LX models, while the EX received a Template:Convert/hp version. Cruise control was dropped from the DX sedan, with air conditioning remaining a dealer-installed option. The LX kept the same features as the previous generation including air conditioning, power windows, locks, and mirrors. The EX added 10 horsepower (7 kW) more due to different exhaust manifold and slightly bigger exhaust piping, 15 inch machined aluminum-alloy wheels, sunroof, upgraded upholstery, dual-outlet single exhaust, rear stabilizer bar and a high-power 4-speaker stereo cassette. The EX also had an optional anti-lock braking system (at the time abbreviated as ALB, now all automakers refer to it as ABS).
Because of tightening auto safety regulations from the NHTSA, all North American 1990 and 1991 Accords came equipped with motorized shoulder belts for front passengers to comply with passive restraint mandates. These semi-automatic restraints were a two component system; a motorized shoulder belt along with a non-integrated and manually operated seatbelt. The shoulder belts automatically raced around each window frame encircling both the driver and front seat passenger whenever the front door closed and reversed to release them when opened. The lap belts however, still required manual fastening.
For the 1992 and 1993 model years, the awkward motorized shoulder belt system were replaced with a standard driver-side airbag and conventional shoulder/seatbelt arrangement for all but the center rear passenger. A redesigned manual transmission with hydraulic clutch was standard equipment while an all-new electronically controlled 4-speed automatic transmission was optional for all models. Some new dealer-installed accessories were now offered including a single-disc in-dash CD player or trunk mounted 6-disc CD changer, fog lights, security system, rear wing spoiler, trunk lip spoiler, luggage rack, full and half nose mask, center armrest, equalizer, window visors, sunroof visor, car cover, and cockpit cover.
Honda Accord wagon (US)
In 1991 Honda unveiled the Accord Wagon, manufactured at the Marysville, Ohio and Sayama, Japan plants. The Ohio plant exported right-hand drive wagons and coupes to Europe and Japan. European and Japanese vehicles had options not available within the US including automatic climate controls systems, powered seats and several other minor features. The Accord Wagons were available only in LX and EX models and unlike other US Accords included a driver's side airbag as standard equipment. For the first time Honda chose to introduce the SE model prior to the end of its 4 year model cycle. It returned mid-term to the lineup without the traditional Honda-Bose high powered audio system but with an AM/FM Stereo Cassette 4x20watt EX audio system; leather-trimmed steering wheel, seats and door panels; a fuel injected Template:Convert/hp engine; 4-speed automatic transmission and ABS as standard equipment. For the first time a manual transmission was not offered. Two colors were available: Solaris Silver Metallic with Graphite Black interior and Brittany Blue Metallic with Ivory interior. Unlike previous editions, the 1991 SE was not equipped with uniquely styled alloy wheels but instead carried the less distinctive EX model wheels.
Minor model update
1992-1993 Honda Accord sedan (US)
Accords received a minor facelift for the 1992 model year. The SE version was dropped again and left behind its Template:Convert/hp engine for use in the EX model. The Accord lost its dubiously desirable automatic shoulder belt system used in 1990-1991 as all models now included a standard driver's side airbag. Anti-Lock Brakes became standard on the EX. The front and rear facias received a more rounded and updated look, coupe and sedan models received a new grille, new headlights, clear parking lights, restyled shortened taillights with inverted amber turn signal and backup light positions, slightly thinner body side molding, and updated wheel designs. The coupe's taillights resembled those from the 1990-1991 Accord. EX trim levels included a radio anti-theft function to deter stereo theft. A front driver's seat armrest was now standard on LX and EX models. Some dealer-installed accessories were dropped including the luggage rack, trunk-lip spoiler and cockpit cover. A gold finish kit was added.
In 1993 Honda released the "10th Anniversary Edition" sedan, marking the 10th year for the Accord's US production. The 10th Anniversary Edition was essentially an Accord in LX trim with the addition of ABS, 4 wheel disc brakes, 15" alloy wheels, and body colored side moldings. An automatic transmission was standard. Only three colors were offered on the 10th Anniversary Edition: Frost White, Granada Black Pearl, and Arcadia Green Pearl. The SE returned for 1993 as both a sedan and for the first time as a coupe. Another Accord first, dual airbags standard, but only in the SE sedan, but not the coupe. The 1993 SE also has matching body color for side molding trims which the 1991 and 1992 doesn't (they are black). An 8-button, 4-speaker Honda-Bose music system, automatic transmission, leather trim and body colored bumper and body side moldings were standard. The SE coupe included a factory wing spoiler. In Canada, the SE came with heated front seats and side view mirrors. Both the sedan and coupe received distinctive 15" alloy wheels as well. All SE sedans in 1991 and 1993 were manufactured in Japan, while all SE coupes were produced in the US. The sedan was available in two colors: Cashmere Silver Metallic, and Geneva Green Pearl, both with Ivory interior. The coupe was offered with two colors as well: Cashmere Silver Metallic, and Atlantis Blue Pearl, both again with Ivory interior. Sadly, 1993 would be the swan song for the SE as an exclusive, high content, limited edition Accord model. Later generations would use the SE designation intermittently as a "special-edition" model, combining an Accord LX with several EX features.
At the end of the model life of the CB Accord, a "pilarred hardtop" model called the Honda Ascot Innova was launched in Japan, based on the CB Accord chassis, but with a different, much more modern-styled body, taking cues from the 1991 Honda Prelude.
[13] CB7Tuner, a large online forum community, is based on the fourth generation Accord and contains owners of fourth generations from all over the world.
Fifth generation (1994–1997)
Japanese and North American Accord
Fifth generation
Japan and North America (CD)
Isuzu Aska
2.2 L F22B1 I4 Template:Convert/hp
2.2 L F22Z2 I4 Template:Convert/hp
2.7 L C27A V6 Template:Convert/hp
2.2 L H22A I4 200 hp (CF2 SIR)
1994-95 Sedan & Coupe: 184.0 in (4674 mm)
1996-97 Wagon & V6 Sedan: 188.4 in (4785 mm)
Coupe: 54.7 in (1389 mm)
1996-97 V6 Sedan: 55.3 in (1405 mm)
1996-97 LX Wagon: 56.0 in (1422 mm)
In 1994, the Honda Accord was moved to a yet larger "CD" chassis, primarily to better suit the requirements of the North American market. It grew in width but oddly shrunk in length, leaving it classified as a mid-size car in North America. It thus became too wide to fit within the favorable tax bracket in Japan, where its role was to be partially taken over by the smaller second-generation Honda Ascot and Honda Rafaga.
DX, LX and EX remained the American trim lines while Canada retained the EX-R. The 5-speed manual remained mostly unchanged; the 4-speed automatic transmission, noted for its hard shifts, now included a "Grade-Logic" shift program. All Accord models received a more ergonomic interior with standard safety features such as dual airbags and reinforced side-impact beams. Exclusive to the EX was a VTEC version of the 2.2-liter 4-cylinder (making Template:Convert/hp instead of 130), antilock brakes (now an option for the LX), 15" alloy wheels (instead of 14" steel), 4-wheel disc brakes, and a rear stabilizer bar; leather was an EX option. The Accord was named Motor Trend Import Car of the Year. The Accord coupe looked almost exactly like the sedan; this was the last generation of Accord to offer a wagon variant in America.
In 1995, the Accord debuted a V6 engine, the 2.7 L C27 from the Acura Legend, in the U.S. market. The V6 was offered in the LX and EX versions of the sedan. Both versions of the V6 received a dual-outlet exhaust, a 4-speed automatic transmission, 15" wheels and a slightly updated front grille. The Accord saw very little other changes in 1995 with the exception of a few different exterior/interior color combinations. Some versions sold in New Zealand had a 2.4-litre 4-cylinder while the 2.7 V6 was offered in EX trim only.
In 1996, the Accord underwent the usual mid-generation facelift. More rounded bumpers, a slightly modified front fascia with new signal lights and rear taillights give the Accord a softer look. All Hondas now complied with the Federal Government's requirement of OBD II engine diagnostics though all three engine choices remained the same. In order to increase the Accord's competitiveness against its rivals in different international markets, Honda CEO Nobuhiko Kawamoto decided on one basic platform for the sixth-generation Accord, but with different bodies and proportions for local markets. In the United States the 1996 model lineup included the 25th Anniversary Edition, a model between the DX and LX.
In 1997, Honda released the "Special Edition" version of the Accord (not to be confused with the SE). It was offered in three colors: Heather Mist Metallic, San Marino Red and Dark Currant Pearl. The Special Edition received a factory installed security system with keyless entry, single-disc CD player, body colored side molding, distinctive alloy wheels and a sunroof. It was offered in an automatic transmission only and was fitted with the same engine as the LX.
1994-1995 Accord wagon (US)
1994 Accord coupe (US)
1996-1997 Honda Accord coupe (US)
European Accord
Europe (CB)
Swindon, England
1995 European Accord Sedan
The launch of the fifth generation also marked the first time Honda marketed a Europe-only Accord model, made in its Swindon factory in the United Kingdom. The European Accord sedan was, however, not related directly to the CD Accords, but rather to the previous CB Accord, as it was a slightly reworked version of the above mentioned Honda Ascot Innova. The Swindon-built Accord sedan was accompanied in European markets by the coupe and Aerodeck estate imported from the US. Concurrently, the British Rover Group, Honda's partner at that time, launched a model called Rover 600, which was developed together with the European Accord sedan.
Sixth generation (1998–2002)
For the sixth generation, Honda split the Accord into three separate models, manufactured and sold in its most important markets.
Japanese Accord
Sixth generation
5-door wagon
Honda Torneo
The JDM Accord became narrower than the previous generation, returning to the favorable "size 5" tax bracket. A nearly identical sister car, the Honda Torneo, superseded the Honda Ascot and the Honda Rafaga in Japan. While the wagon was discontinued in North America, Honda developed a Aerodeck version of the JDM model, for sale mainly in Japan.
The (CL1)Accord/Torneo Euro R was released in 2000, featuring a Template:Convert/hp H-series (H22a7) engine, close ratio 5-speed gearbox and 'R' features such as Recaro seats, helical-torsen LSD, sports suspension, sports exhaust (including 4-2-1 headers) and titanium gearknob. It was also fitted with a unique factory bodykit that included flares and was available in some colours not available to other accords(such as Milano Red).
The (CF4) Accord SiR-T featured in 1998, was powered by a rare 2.0 liter F-Series (F20B), which has Template:Convert/hp/Template:Convert/lbft,11.0.1 compression, & revs to 8500 rpm unlike H-series V-tec engines that from factory is limited to 7800 rpms. The F20B uses a unique blue valve cover. Like all the larger displacement Honda engines, the F20B is mounted with a tilt towards the driver. The manual CF4 is coded as Accord SiR-T and uses a 200ps F20B while the auto CF4 is coded as Accord SiR and uses a re-tuned F20B giving a lower 180ps but with better midrange characteristics. While the delivering specific outputs of 90 to 100ps per litre, the F20B is also qualified as a low emissions engine. Both the 180ps and 200ps versions uses the blue valve cover.
Honda fitted the CF4 SiR with the S-Matic transmission. Moving the gear-stick over to the right allows manual selection of 1st, 2nd, 3rd, or 4th gear using up and down shift actions just like the sequential gearboxes used on the JGTC NSX. When a particular gear is selected, that gear stays at all rpm. When pushed against the rev-limiter, the engine will happily bounce against it just like a manual. However the gear ratios for each gear are the same as the normal mode and the transmission still works like a normal automatic transmission in all other operating characteristics.
North American Accord
North America (CG)
4-door sedan (US body, chassis no. CG5/CG6)
2-door coupe (US body, chassis no. CG2/CG3)
'2.3 L F23A1 I4 Template:Convert/hp
2.3 L F23A5 Template:Convert/hp
3.0 L J30A1 V6 Template:Convert/hp
Sedan: 106.9 in (2715 mm)
Coupe: 105.1 in (2670 mm)
1998-2000 Sedan: 188.8 in (4796 mm)
2001-02 Sedan: 189.4 in (4811 mm)
1998-2002 Coupe: 186.8 in (4745 mm)
1998-2002 Sedan: 56.9 in (1445 mm)
1998-2002 V6 Sedan: 57.3 in (1455 mm)
1998-2000 Coupe: 55.1 in (1400 mm)
2001-02 V6 Coupe: 55.3 in (1405 mm)
The American Accord was only available in sedan and coupe form, becoming the largest Accord to date, sharing a platform with the Acura TL and the JDM Honda Inspire. While previous generations of the Coupe were considered two-door versions of the sedan, the 1998 Coupe was the first to be given an exclusive front fascia, rear tail lights, wheels and many other body panels, and was now marketed as a somewhat separate model, the "Accord Coupe", to set it away from the more family-oriented sedan version. It also allowed the Coupe, which was exported to other markets, to fit in more easily with the local Accord versions. [6]
1998-2000 Accord sedan (US)
For the 1998 model year, the sedan was offered DX, LX, EX, and EX-V6 trims while the Accord Coupe was offered only in LX, EX, and EX-V6 trims. In 1999, the LX-V6 sedan and coupe were added to the model lineup, at roughly the same MRSP as the EX. The DX model was fitted with a 2.3 liter, Template:Convert/hp 4 cylinder engine carried over from the past generation Accord, while the LX and EX trims included a more spirited 2.3 litre, Template:Convert/hp 4-cylinder VTEC engine. All 4-cylinder models came with a 5-speed manual transmission standard with a 4-speed automatic optional. The DX remained the value-oriented trim with no audio system, manual windows, manual locks, no cruise control, rear drum brakes, and 14" steel wheels. The DX Value-Package added a radio-cassette player, air conditioning, and cruise control; this was known as the Accord DX in Canada where it was the base model of the lineup. The LX trim added power windows, power locks, door courtesy lights and 15" steel wheels; a SE (special edition) package available since 1999 added ABS and 15 inch alloy wheels. The LX-V6 included all features of the 4-cylinder LX, while adding rear disc brakes, ABS, and 15 inch alloy wheels. The EX trim added a power sunroof, a single-disc radio/CD player, alloy wheels, keyless entry, rear disc brakes, ABS and upgraded cloth. Leather seating was a factory installed option for the EX. All V6 sedan and coupe models received the new 3.0 litre, Template:Convert/hp/Template:Convert/lbft torque SOHC VTEC engine, previously used in the Acura 3.0 CL. The EX-V6 received standard leather trim, ABS, automatic transmission, and fully automatic climate control. Some dealer-installed options included: Gold finish kit, gold finish exhaust tip(s), gold finish wheel center caps, 6-disc in-dash CD changer, tape deck, fog lights, wing spoiler, alarm system, sunroof visor, car cover and accessory chrome wheels.
2001-2002 Accord EX coupe (US)
In 2001, both the American-market Accord sedan and coupe underwent a minor facelift. A new front fascia, rear bumper, side skirt alteration, new taillights and wheel designs freshened the Accord's look. The interior saw few changes with the exception of some fabric and audio configuration changes. The LX and LX-V6 now included a standard CD player, and the EX and EX-V6 now included a 6-disc in-dash CD changer with cassette player and automatic climate control. EX-V6 models also included a traction control system that could be disabled by a switch, the first Accord to have such a system included. The Special Edition returned to the coupe and sedan models. It included all the features of the LX, but adds exclusive alloy wheels, ABS, keyless entry and a single CD/cassette radio.
Honda made the decision to continue this generation of Accord an extra year. Previously, the Accord ran four years on a single body-style and facelift before being redesigned. The typical Accord generation cycle was a 2:4 trend, with a newly released model running for years 1 and 2 unaltered, then getting a facelift for years 3 and 4 before a major redesign. This generation would run a total of 5 years in a 3:5 trend, with the facelift occurring in year four, and Accord sales remained steady despite the additional year.
Despite the Accord's reputation for stellar reliability, the V6 models were plagued by transmission failures and were even included in class action law suits against the company (4 cylinder models were also affected, but not to the same extent). This caused the Honda Corporation to extend the warranties for the 1998 through 2002 models to seven years or 100,000 miles (160,000 km). Yet no formal recall occurred. In Canada, recall letters were sent out to owners who fell within a certain VIN range, this warranty was later re-extended for some owners to 7 years 11 months in length.
Beginning in 1998, Honda Accord keys were equipped with immobilizer microchips.
In 1999, the Accord was given foldable mirrors.
In 2002, the Special Edition was dropped and the DX Value-Package was re-introduced.
The 1998 Accord was also assembled in New Zealand at the very end of overall New Zealand CKD car production (due to changes in tariffs for car importation in that country). 1200 examples of the car (using the mid-sized U.S. sedan bodyshell) were produced before the Honda New Zealand factory was closed (the very first Honda owned factory operation to be closed down), production thereafter being imported from Thailand.
The European Honda Accord, also made in Swindon, became very different from its cousins in terms of styling, and was also shorter than the JDM and American-market Accords. It was available as a sedan and a 5-door hatchback (liftback), with the US-imported Coupe completing the range.
The (CH1) Accord Type R chassis was sold in UK/EU markets. Using a naturally aspirated 2.2 litre 4-cylinder H22A VTEC motor which produces 209ps @ 7,200 rpm and 215 nm @ 6,700 rpm. Recaro seats, LSD (Limited Slip Differential)and stiffer suspension came standard. Other engines in this model included a f18b 1.8 litre 130hp vtec, the f20b6 2.0 litre 145hp vtec and later, with the type-v in 2001, a H series 2.3 litre vtec.
The standard trim (and quality of interior) of the Honda Accord was way above the standard of similar cars (Mondeo, Vectra) in its class. The basic S came with ABS, alarm, immobiliser, alloy wheels and air-con as standard. With SE giving the option of metallic paint, cruise control, climate control and later, sat-nav. The 1998 - 1999 ES came with everything (except sat-nav still optional) and with a full walnut and leather interior with heated front seats. This was replaced by the SE EXEC in late 99
The EU version had a minor facelift in 2000 including changed grill, alloys, bumper and both rear and front lights. In 2001 the trim range was expanded with a Type-V; coming fully loaded with leather trim, sat-nav and (normally) tiptronic auto gear-box as standard and the 'Sport' which was as the SE with adjusted styling, spoiler, colour coded side skirt (as opposed to black plastic).
The Type-R, Type-V and Sport can be recognised by a badge on the front grill and boot lid. The top of the range Exec only became identified as such in 2000 with a badge 'SE EXECUTIVE' on the boot lid.
Seventh generation (2003–2007)
The seventh generation of the Accord was launched in 2002 (2003 model year in North America), and essentially consists of two separate models.
Japanese and European Accord
Japan and Europe
Greater Noida, India
Alor Gajah, Malaysia
4-door sedan (JDM chassis no. CL7-CL9)
2.4 L K24A4 I4
2670 mm (105.1 in)
Sedan: 4665 mm (183.7 in) Wagon: 4750 mm (187 in)
1760 mm (69.3 in)
Sedan: 1445 mm (56.9 in)
Wagon: 1495 mm (58.9 in)
See also: Acura TSX
The European and JDM Accords were integrated on the previous Japanese Accord's chassis, but with a new body. No longer made in Swindon, those Accords are all made in Japan, and come in both saloon and estate form. Although retaining the old chassis and wheelbase, the Accord grew in outside dimensions slightly, falling out of the size 5 tax band, and the Torneo version was discontinued. In some markets where both versions of the Accord are sold, such as in Australia, the JDM Accord is called "Accord Euro" to distinguish it from its U.S. counterpart. The JDM Accord is also exported to North America, where it is sold as the Acura TSX, alongside the third-generation Acura TL which is based on the U.S. Accord.
Japanese/European-spec Honda Accord Sedan
Honda Accord Tourer
Honda Accord WTCC
4-door sedan (USA chassis no. CM5/CM6)
2-door coupe (USA chassis no. CM7/CM8)
3.0 L J30A4 V6
See also: Honda Inspire
The North American Accord grew in size yet again, being available in sedan and coupe styles, though the coupe was not exported to either Europe or Japan under the Accord name. This model is also marketed as the Accord in parts of Asia (being assembled in China, Thailand, and Taiwan) and Latin America, as well as is exported from the USA to Japan to be sold as Honda Inspire. In some markets, both versions of the Accord are sold, e.g. in Australia where the smaller Japan-made Accord is called "Accord Euro" to distinguish it from the larger sedan. Now a vastly different car to the worldwide Accord, the North American model grew larger still, gaining more interior room and weight than its international counterpart. Honda sold the North American Accord in a few other markets including ASEAN (Southeast Asia)(now made in Thailand), Middle Eastern, Caribbean, Australian and New Zealand markets with mixed results.
2003-2004 Honda Accord EX sedan (US)
The North American Accord was given a new level of refinement with chrome interior accents and higher grade materials.[7] The lineup still included the DX, LX, EX, LX-V6 and EX-V6 like the previous generation. Mechanically, the 4-cylinder engine was the new K-series, and the 6-cylinder was the same J-series V6 as the sixth generation's, but revisions to the intake and exhaust contributed to a 40 hp (240 hp) increase. One of these revisions was that the exhaust manifolds became part of the cylinder head casting. A 5-speed automatic transmission was also new for 2003. For the first time, Honda offered an "enthusiast" version of the Accord in the US, adding a sports suspension and mating the 6-speed manual transmission from the Acura CL to the V6 Accord Coupe. A specific 4-cylinder model is the first production car in the world to meet California's Super Ultra Low Emission standards. The 2003 model year also debuted Honda's GPS assisted Navigation system as an option for the Accord. Prior to 2003, it was only available on the higher end Acura line as well as the Honda Odyssey. The first 2003 Honda Accord rolled off the Marysville, Ohio assembly line on September 26, 2002.
In 2004 Honda announced that they would release a hybrid version of the North American Accord called the Honda Accord Hybrid featuring Honda's IMA technology, which debuted for the 2005 model year. This Hybrid achieved a 0-60 time of 6.5 seconds, faster than the regular V6 while achieving the fuel economy better than the four cylinder. In 2004 Honda also first offered XM Satellite Radio as a factory installed option.
For 2005, the Accord received several updates, including standard side curtain and front seat side impact airbags for a total of six airbags, revised taillights (all red), more chrome on the grill, and new wheel designs. The Accord became Canada's top-selling mid-size car.
2006 model update
For its 2006 model year, which was its 30th anniversary, the North American Accord received a mid-generational refresh, though it was fairly significant and some enthusiasts called this generation 7.5.
2006-2007 Honda Accord SE sedan (US)
The exterior was revised with a new front grill inspired by that of the eight-generation Civic which also debuted that year, new rear end styling with triangular LED taillights, daytime running lights (DRLs) and heated side mirrors for US EX models. Heated mirrors and DRLs were previously available only on Accords sold in Canada. The 2006 model year also featured new wheel designs, with 17" rims being standard on V6 models. Vehicle Stability Assist (VSA) (Honda's term for Electronic Stability Control), traction control, and Brake assist became available on the V6 models for the first time.
The interior was also slightly redesigned with changes such as a new steering wheel cover, differently colored gauges and a differently styled shift knob for automatic transmission models. The GPS Navigation system was updated (4th generation) with a faster processor, more memory, and several new features, such as restaurant information from Zagat. A revised maintenance minder system was also added which gave owners reminders for scheduled maintenance such as oil changes based on operating conditions.
Powertrain improvements were made across the Accord line-up in 2006. The V6 engine's power was increased to 244 hp (+4 hp, SAE net revised 8/04*) and the 4-cylinder engine's power was increased to 166 hp (+6 hp, SAE net revised 8/04*). Power gains were achieved with extensive improvements to the airflow of the intake and exhaust systems. Due to these improvements the V6 engine was renamed the J30A5 from the previous J30A4, and the 4-cylinder from the K24A4 to the K24A8. For the Brazilian market, the 2.4L engine was dropped in favour of a smaller 2.0L 4-cylinder i-VTEC K20A engine generating Template:Convert/hp. This was done to make the car more competitive against the newly released Ford Fusion and Chevrolet Vectra. The 2006 model year is also the first year in which the V6 sedan was offered with a 6-speed manual transmission as an option. The 4-cylinder Accords were now controlled with Drive-By-Wire (DBW), rather than a throttle cable, providing for smooth operation and enhanced throttle response, while V6 Accords already utilized DBW prior to the 2006 model year.
The 2006 Accord Hybrid got the same revisions as the other Accords except for a 3.0 L V6 now making Template:Convert/hp and a larger battery pack. Features that differentiate the Hybrid from other Accords are the different rear light clusters, the antenna, the wheels, the mirror turn signals and the lack of a folding rear seat. In addition, the Hybrid version lacks a 4-way passenger seat.
The trim levels were also revised. The inexpensive no-frills Accord was no longer offered, with the DX trim being eliminated. The Accord base model was succeeded by the VP (Value Package) trim which included anti-lock brakes, front and rear disc brakes, air conditioning, keyless entry, power windows, power locks, and cruise control as standard features, while also having body-colored door handles and mirrors. In Canada, sedans came as DX-G, SE, EX-L, SE-V6, EX-L V6, EX-L V6 6MT, and the Hybrid, while Coupe trims included the SE, EX-L, EX-L V6, and EX-L V6 6MT.
For its 2007 model year, a new SE-V6 trim was introduced. The color "Cool Blue Metallic", previously only for the coupe, became available for the sedan. Despite being in its last year of the generation, the 2007 Accord was still ranked highly by reviewers, scoring slightly below the redesigned Toyota Camry in the Edmunds family sedan comparison. [8]
Eighth generation (2008–present)
Japanese and European Accord (CU2)
Eighth generation
Japan and Europe (CU2)
2.0L R20A3 I4[9]
2.4L K24Z2 I4
2.2L N22A2 I4 Turbodiesel (2009-)
Sedan: 4726 mm (186.1 in)
Tourer: 4740 mm (186.6 in)
Honda revealed some detail shots and a teaser video of the European-spec Accord in January 2008, before debuting it at Geneva Motor Show in March. The new Accord comes in both sedan and wagon forms, offering a host of engine and transmission options. Available engines are the 2.0-litre and 2.4-litre i-VTEC petrol engines, as well as the 2.2-litre i-DTEC diesel engine. All engines come with a 6-speed manual transmission, while the petrol engines get in addition to that a 5-speed automatic transmission. Dimensionally, the Accord has become longer, wider, and lower for a sleek, sporty look, along with sharper body lines and slightly redesigned headlights. Honda has built the Accord on its new ACE body structure, available with a host of new safety features.
It went on sale in Japan, Europe and South Africa in mid-2008. The Japanese-built Accord is sold in Australian and New Zealand as the Accord Euro, alongside the U.S. Accord which is simply known as the Accord. It is also available in US and Canada as the second-generation Acura TSX.
In Australia, this model won the prestigious Wheels Car of the Year award for 2008.[10]
Honda Accord MUGEN 24sc
In 2009 Tokyo Auto Salon, Honda Accord MUGEN 24sc concept was unveiled, which included a supercharged K24A inline four engine with 6-speed manual transmission, 245R35 19-inch tires.[11][12]
2008 Honda Accord (JDM and European model)
2008 Honda Accord Tourer
Sedan: Full-size
Coupe: Mid-size
3.5L J35Z2 V6
V6 Sedan: 194.3 in (4935 mm)
The North American version of the Accord sedan remains a larger and different styled car than its European counterpart. The U.S. Accord sedan is marketed as the Honda Inspire in Japan, as is with the previous generation, albeit with some minor interior and exterior changes.
2008 Honda Accord coupe (US)
The size of the 2008 Accord has been increased by 4 inches (102 mm) in length and 3 inches (76 mm) in width. As a result, the interior space is also enlarged: an Accord sedan is considered a full-size car by EPA standards, having a combined interior space of 120.0 cubic feet (3.40 m3) without moonroof and 115.0 cubic feet (3.26 m3) with. The Accord coupe is still classified as a mid-size car, as it has a combined interior space of 104.0 cubic feet (2.94 m3) without moonroof and 101.6 cubic feet (2.88 m3) with moonroof.
A hybrid version is no longer offered, as Honda felt their "hybrid system works better on smaller cars".[13] Instead, Honda offers a diesel engine version of the Accord starting in the 2009 model year,[14] which offers better fuel economy than the gasoline versions, and is 50-state emissions compliant. The Accord diesel for the US market was confirmed at the 2007 Tokyo Motor Show, and has been unveiled at the 2008 North American International Auto Show in Detroit, Michigan.
Honda has stated that the V6 engines feature improved fuel efficiency due to the Variable Cylinder Management (VCM) system, which shuts off 2 or 3 of the cylinders depending on the type of driving (i.e. city driving, uphill/downhill driving, highway driving).[15] This is supposed to increase the efficiency of the V6 models while keeping the power at Template:Convert/hp. The lack of VCM results in a decrease of 4 MPG in highway fuel economy. In addition to VCM, the new 3.5L i-VTEC V6 engine features more advanced emissions control technology, and complies with the California "Partial Zero-Emissions Vehicle" (PZEV) category. The i-VTEC V6 is mated with a 5-speed automatic transmission only; the six 6-speed manual transmission from the sedan version has been dropped. The Accord Coupe V6 with 6-speed manual transmission uses a 3.5L VTEC V6 which does not have VCM.[16] The 2009 model year increases the power of the six cylinder models to Template:Convert/hp.
The Accord received several key safety updates for the 2008 model year, most notably vehicle stability assist (VSA) and traction control, anti-lock brakes with brake assist and electronic brake force distribution, tire pressure monitoring system, and active front head restraints for all models. These new safety features contributed to high crash test scores for the Accord, earning it a "Top Safety Pick" designation from the Insurance Institute for Highway Safety (IIHS), an honor not bestowed upon most of the Accord's competitors. In IIHS tests the Accord sedan received the top Good rating in 13 of 14 measured categories, while receiving an Acceptable rating in the structure/safety cage category of the side impact test.[17][18] The Accord is the first midsize car to include stability and traction control as standard equipment across the lineup.
2009 Accord sedan NHSTA crash scores[19]:
Frontal Driver:
Frontal Passenger:
Side Driver:
Side Rear Passenger:
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The 2008 Honda Accord coupe and sedan were officially unveiled on August 20, 2007.[20] Sales for the sedan started on September 12, 2007, while the coupe followed eight days later on September 20. The 2008 model has garnered mostly positive reviews, with some noting that its chiseled looks and Teutonic styling is reminiscent of BMW's 3 and 5 Series.[21][22][23] MotorTrend magazine criticized the car for being too heavy, feeling not so nimble as the previous model, its polarizing appearance, and for its less-than-stellar showing against the considerably improved Chevrolet Malibu in their 2008 Car of the Year competition. In its March 2008 issue, Car and Driver placed the 2008 Honda Accord first in a comparison test of midsize sedans against the then recently redesigned/updated Toyota Camry, Nissan Altima, Chevrolet Malibu, Hyundai Sonata, and Dodge Avenger, as well as the Ford Fusion. Edmunds.com InsideLine also placed it in first in a comparison against the Nissan Altima, Toyota Camry, and Chevrolet Malibu, praising it for its all-around performance, high build quality, responsive handling, and excellent fuel economy. The Accord is the top pick midsize vehicle in the Consumer Reports rankings, due to its standard stability control despite having a slightly lower score than the Nissan Altima, while Consumer Guide has named the Accord a "Best Buy".[24] Several reviewers have considered the Accord Coupe superior in most categories to its primary competition, the Nissan Altima Coupe. The Accord also won Car and Driver's 10Best trophy in 2008 for the 22nd time, winning it more times than any other vehicle by far. US sales have been up 9.4%, as SUV buyers shift to the V6 Accord.[25]
In Canada, sedan trims include the LX, EX, EX-L, EX V6, and EX-L V6, while coupes have the EX, EX-L, EX-L V6, and EX-L V6 6MT. The LX designation was the de facto replacement for the VP and DX-G trims in the previous generation, while the EX replaced the SE. The LX includes anti-lock brakes with brake assist and electronic brake force distribution, front and rear disc brakes, air conditioning, keyless entry, power windows, power locks, and cruise control as standard features, while also having body-colored door handles and mirrors. The EX includes a more powerful version of the 2.4L DOHC i-VTEC engine with 190-hp, power moonroof, 17-inch alloy wheels, 8-way adjustable driver's seat, security system, and a 6-disc CD changer. EX-L denotes Accords with leather upholstery, XM satellite radio, and an optional navigation system and hands-free Bluetooth interface. V6 models have the 3.5L SOHC i-VTEC engine with 268-hp, chrome handles, dual exhaust pipes, and fog lamps. The EX-L V6 coupe has 18-inch alloy rims, a rear lip spoiler, and an option of the six-speed manual in lieu of the standard five-speed automatic transmission. In the United States, additional models offered include the LX-P sedan, which adds illuminated power window switches, an 8-way driver's seat and 16-inch alloy wheels, and the LX-S coupe, which replaces the 177-hp engine with a 190-hp, 17" alloy wheels, and a 6-disc CD changer.[26]
The U.S. Accord is also manufactured in Thailand and sold in Southeast Asia and Australia. The Japanese-built Accord is sold on the Australian market as the Accord Euro.
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Due to a smaller profit margin on a PZEV for the manufacturer, Honda has forbidden sales of the V6 Partial Zero Emissions Vehicle version of the car outside California, Florida, Vermont, Connecticut, Arizona, Maryland, Massachusetts, Pennsylvania, New York, Oregon, Maine, New Jersey, Rhode Island, New Mexico and Washington.[27]
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The 2006 Honda Accord was ConsumerSearch's "Best Family Car" in Family Sedans in June 2006.[28]
Motor Trend's "Import Car of the Year" for 1994.[29]
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Chart of census spending through four decades by The Census Project. Census 2020 is at the bottom. Sources: Congressional Research Service, Courtesy Congresswoman Carolyn B. Maloney, D-NY. Final FY2017 appropriation as passed. FY2018 level reflects the impact of the short term Continuing Resolution as signed by the President on September 8, 2017 with funding through December 8, 2017.
A Census doesn't happen all at once. While the Census year itself is the most expensive, the Census Bureau has to ramp up for the big count with a decade-long cycle of spending. We can model that cycle by looking at spending each year relative to each decade's year 1.
For example, the 1990 Census Cycle began in 1981 with $235.1 million (table A). 1982 saw a drop in spending (1981 had included funds to process and publish 1980 Census results). 1983 to 1986 saw budgets more or less similar to 1982. Beginning in 1987, Census budgets rose significantly in preparation for address canvassing in 1988. The next two years saw steep increases as more Census operations kicked in, ultimately culminating in 1990, with a spend of $1.5 billion, fully 6.49 times the 1981 level (table B).
As Congress returns from its August recess, the U.S. House of Representatives will be considering an omnibus spending bill, H.R. 3354, Make America Secure and Prosperous Appropriations Act. The measure includes all 12 appropriations bills, including H.R. 3267, the FY 2018 Commerce, Justice, Science appropriations measure, which funds the U.S. Census Bureau. Unfortunately, H.R. 3267 allots only $1.507 billion for the Census Bureau, roughly $37 million more than the bureau's FY 2017 budget and $10 million above the Trump administration's original request (see above).
At press time, the House Rules Committee was reviewing over 900 proposed amendments to H.R. 3354, including several that proposed reducing the Census Bureau's funding further or adding questions to the 2020 Census. The Census Project is working with the Leadership Conference on Civil Rights to track these amendments and will alert the Census Project network if any census related amendments are made in order.
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The Armenian people, whose language is related probably to the Thraco-Phrygian branch of the Indo-European family, invaded the Armenian Plateau from the west. Stephen the Byzantine (5th century) cites Eudoxus (ca. 370 B.C.): "The Armenians are a people from Phrygia and in their speech resemble Phrygians." Herodotus calls the Armenians "Phrygian colonists" (7.73). The origin of Arm. hay "Armenian" is uncertain, but it may come from the name of the Hittites, through whose territory the early colonizers passed: Proto-Arm. *hatiyos yields *hayo, shortened to hay (I. M. D'yakonov, Predystoriya armyanskogo naroda, Erevan, 1968, p. 236). Others suggest that hay comes from the name of the inhabitants of the Hayasa-Azzi region in Armenia itself. Apparently subduing the Hurrian autochthons of the province of Arme-Šupria, a mountainous region to the west of Lake Van with a large Semitic colony, the Armenians became a ruling class from which were appointed satraps of the land when it was conquered by Media, early in the 6th century B.C. In this formative period the Armenians appear to have absorbed Hurrian, Hittite, and Urartian elements in their religious beliefs. Iran, however, was to be the dominant influence in Armenian spiritual culture. The Orontid, Artaxiad, and Arsacid dynasties were all Iranian in origin, and the greater part of the Armenian vocabulary consists of Mid. Ir. loanwords. The Armenians preserved strong regional traditions which appear to have been incorporated into Zoroastrianism, a religion adopted by them probably in the Achaemenid period. Despite the conversion of the Armenians to Christianity early in the 4th century, numerous survivals of Armenian Zoroastrianism remain to this day. Evidence for the study of ancient Armenian religion comes primarily from the works of 5th-century Armenian Christian historians, although later medieval sources provide valuable information as well. Recent archeological expeditions in Soviet Armenia at sites such as Artašat and Gaṙni have provided important new material, and ethnographical studies have been pursued since the mid-19th century.
Aramazd was the principal divinity of pre-Christian Armenia. The name is a loan from Parthian, cf. Gk. Aramasdēs in the Awrōmān documents (A. Meillet, "De quelques noms propres parthes," BSL 20, 1916, p. 25). The fusion of the two words Ahura Mazdā "Lord Wisdom" into one occurred in Achaemenid times. Like the Iranians, the Armenians seem to have referred to adherents of Zoroastrianism as Mazda-worshippers, Av. mazdayasna-, Arm. mazdezn (Ełišē, Patmutʿiwn Vardanay, Erevan, 1957). A native form, mazdēacʿikʿ "Mazdeans," is attested in an Armenian magical text of A.D. 1611 from Marsovan, Turkey (B. M. Or., MS 6471, fol. 133a). Aramazd is called "manly" (Arm. ari), and his temple held an image probably resembling the eidōlon tou andriantos (Dios) "image of the manly (Zeus)" destroyed by St. Acindynus (N. Marr, Bogi yazycheskoĭ Gruzii po drevne-gruzinskim istochnikam, St. Petersburg, 1901, p. 11). The Armenians made statues of their gods, or brought Greek images from the west which they installed at bagins "shrines" (probably a Parth. loanword; on Arm. loanwords with the element baga-, and on the Zoroastrian image cult, see below). Aramazd is a god of thunder, Arm. ampropayin. At Mcʿxeṭʿa in Georgia there stood an image of Zeus Keraunios "the Thunderer" (Zampropayin patkern Aramazday, Movsēs Xorenacʿi, History of the Armenians, tr. R. W. Thomson, Cambridge, Mass., 1978, II, p. 86). This is probably a function derived from a non-Zoroastrian weather god. Baʿal Šamīn, the North Semitic "Lord of Heaven," was often characterized as keraunios in inscriptions (J. Teixidor, The Pagan God, Princeton, 1977, pp. 12-14; J. G. Fevrier, La religion des palmyréniens, Paris, 1931, p. 105; Corpus Inscriptionum Semiticarum II, 3912). Baršam(in) had a temple at Ṭʿordan in the Armenian province of Daranałi, northeast of the temple of Aramazd at Ani (Movsēs 1.14, 2.14). He has the epithet spitakapʿaṙ "of white glory," and is said to have fought another weather god, the Armenian Vahagn, in an ancient tale retold by Anania of Širak (Tiezeragituṭʿiwn ew tomar, Erevan, 1940, p. 30). Aramazd is the "father of all" (Agathangelos, History of the Armenians, tr. R. W. Thomson, Albany, 1976, p. 785); Anahit is called his progeny (cnund), Mihr is his son (ordy) and Nanē is his daughter (dustr) (Agathangelos 53, 790, 786). He is the hospitable one, Arm. Hiwrənkal dicʿn Vanatri (Agathangelos 836). The temple of Aramazd was located at Ani, the site of the Artaxiad royal necropolis, where Mažan, the brother of king Artašēs, served as high priest (Movsēs 2.14, 53); it seems that the royal family presided over the cult of the supreme God, while local dynasts, the naxarars, attended to the lesser yazatas. As the center of power in Armenia shifted eastwards to Ayrarat province in the Arsacid period, the temple of Aramazd was relocated to Bagawan, where his feast was celebrated on Nawasard, the New Year (Agathangelos 836). (On the word nawasard, a loanword from Old Pers., see H. Hübschmann, Armen. Etymologie, p. 202; on the date of the festival, see S. H. Taqizadeh, "The Iranian Festivals Adopted by the Christians and Condemned by the Jews," BSOAS 10, 1940-42, p. 640.) A number of modern Armenian customs appear to be survivals of ancient rites of Nawasard (A. A. Ōdabašyan, "Navasardyan tonaxmbuṭʿyunneri verapruknerə," Patma-banasirakan Handēs, Erevan, 3, 1974). Movsēs Xorenacʿi refers to four Aramazds, including one called kund "bald" (1.31). The "bald" Aramazd may be the Zeus phalakros "bald" of Argos (Clement of Alexandria, Protrepticus 2.39, cited by Thomson, Movsēs 122 n. 1; on the Arm. loanword kund and its Iranian origins, see H. W. Bailey, "Indo-Iranian Studies III," TPS, 1955, p. 72). The four Aramazds may refer to the four days of the Zoroastrian month named after Ahura Mazdā (under the influence, according to H. S. Nyberg, of the four-fold Zurvān); or they may be the four seasonal faces of the Semitic god Tammuz, called čʿorekʿdimean "four-faced" by the 5th-century Armenian translator of St. Ephrem Syrus (Galust Ter-Mkrṭčʿyan, Hayagitakan usumnasiruṭʿyunner I, Erevan, 1979, pp. 124-25). Armenian writers distinguish the native form Aramazd from Pers. Ormizd, the latter representing the god of the proselytizing Sasanian state church for Ełišē and the god of the Zurvanite cult of the Persians for Eznik. Anania of Širak states, "Belos yunarēn Dios, heyerēn Aramazd, parskerēn Ormizd" (Bel is Greek Zeus, Armenian Aramazd and Persian Ormizd; Mnacʿordkʿ banicʿ, St. Petersburg, 1877, p. 31 ).
Anahit was called "the Lady," Armenian [Agathangelos] Anahit tikin, Gk. [Agathangelos] Artemis despoina (E. Benveniste, Titres et noms propres en iranien ancien, Paris, 1966, 46); inscriptional Pahl. ʾnhyt ZY MRʿTʾ ( = bānūg "lady") in the inscription of Kartīr KZ line 8; the "golden mother" (Arm. oskemayr, Agathangelos 809). The exact meaning of this epithet is unclear; it may refer to the golden corn and to fertility, or to a golden cult statue. Anahit possessed a great temple at Erēz, Gk. Eriza, in the province of Acilisene (Pliny, Natural History 5.34, 83; Strabo 11.16; Cassius Dio, 36.48, 53.5, calls the entire region Anaitis chōra); a hellenistic bronze head, believed to be from a statue of Anahit but more probably from a Roman temple, was found at Satala and is kept in the British Museum (B. N. Aṙakʿelyan, Aknarkner hin Hayastani arvesti patmuṭʿyan, Erevan, 1976, p. 21, pl. 21; on the temple of Anahit at Zela, see A. Perikhanian, Khramovye ob'edineniya Maloĭ Azii i Armenii, Moscow, 1959, p. 48; a dubious theory on temples of Anāhīd and Armenian manuscript painting, is advanced by C. Trever, "A propos des temples de la déesse Anahita en Iran Sassanide," Iranica Antiqua 7, 1967, p. 121). The 19th day of the Armenian month is named after Anahit, and she was worshipped on the water-holiday of Vardavaṙ; until recently, cattle bearing the brand of a star or half moon were slaughtered during the festival by the Armenians of Dersim, in Turkey, and it is probable that Anahit had absorbed these cult symbols of the Mesopotamian goddess Ištar (K. V. Melikʿ-Pʿašayan, Anahit dicʿuhu paštamunkʿə, Erevan, 1963, p. 147; Ł. Ališan, Hin hawatkʿ kam heṭʿ anosakan krōnkʿ, Hayocʿ, Venice, 1910, pp. 157-58). Cattle were sacrificed down to the 19th century at the shrine of Bānū- Pārs, probably to Arədvī Sūrā Anāhitā—who is likewise a water-goddess in origin—in the Zoroastrian community of Šarifābād, Iran (M. Boyce, Stronghold pp. 250, 255). Another feminine divinity, Inanna the "Lady of Heaven" of Uruk, was worshipped in Armenia as Nanē (on Inanna generally, see H. W. F. Saggs, The Greatness that was Babylon, London, 1962, p. 21). Her cult had become established in Elam (W. Hinz, The Lost World of Elam, London, 1972, p. 97) and was probably spread by the Achaemenid armies to eastern Iran (on her cult in Sogdia, see W. B. Henning, "The Date of the Sogdian Ancient Letters," BSOAS 12, 1948, pp. 601-15; in Kušan and Bactria, see J. Rosenfield, The Dynastic Art of the Kushans, Berkeley, 1967 and G. Azarpay, "Nanā, the Sumero-Akkadian Goddess of Transoxiana," JAOS 96, 1976, pp. 536-42). To the west, in Phrygia, Nanā was revered as the daughter of the river Sangaris and the mother of Attis (Arnobius 5.6.12), a possible clue as to the meaning of numerous mother-and-child figurines found at Artašat (Gk. Artaxata) (B. N. Aṙakʿelyan, op. cit., pls. 84-86). Nanē had a temple in Armenia at Ṭʿil (Agathangelos 786); she may appear as a luminous, supernatural being in a medieval Armenian love story, "Yovhannēs and Aša" (G. Šerencʿ, Vanay saz II, Tiflis, 1899, pp. 112-17).
Mihr, whose name is a Mid. Ir. form of Av. Mithra, had a temple in the Armenian town of Bagayaṙič (Agathangelos 790). His is the seventh month and the eighth day of the month in the Armenian calendar, and in Armenian Christianity the twenty-first day of Mehekan, Greater Mihragān in the Zoroastrian calendar, is devoted to St. George the Soldier (Taqizadeh, op. cit., p. 642). Similarities have been noted between the Mithraic tauroctony and aspects of the cult of the saint (M. Schwartz, "Cautes and Cautopates, the Mithraic Torchbearers," Mithraic Studies, ed. J. R. Hinnells, Manchester, II, p. 417 and F. Cumont, "St. George and Mithra, "The Cattle Thief", Papers Presented to Sir Henry Stuart Jones, London, 1937, pp. 62-71 ). It has been proposed that the Armenian word for a pagan temple, mehean, comes from a Mid. Ir. derivative of OIr. *māithryāna- or *mithradāna- (A. Meillet, "Sur les termes religieux iraniens en arménien," Revue des études arméniennes 1, 1920, pp. 233-36; I. Gershevitch in Mithraic Studies II, p. 357, suggests a Mid. Ir. derivation, which is unlikely as the word was a generic term by the 5th century in Armenian; but note the use of NPers. Dare-e Mehr for any Zoroastrian temple in the Islamic period). King Tiridates I of Armenia invoked Mithra, the Zoroastrian guardian of contracts, in his pact with Nero (Cassius Dio 63.5; Pliny 1.6; Dieterich, "Die Weisen aus dem Morgenland," ZNTW 3, 1902; F. Cumont, "L'iniziazione di Nerone da parte di Tiridate d'Armenia," Rivista di filologia 61, 1933), and referred to himself in a Greek inscription at Gaṙni as Hēlios "the Sun," with which Mithra was identified by the Parthians.
M. L. Chaumont's reading of Hēlios as Aurēlios, despite the title Aurēlios Pakoros Basileus Megalēs Armenias on an alter in Rome (S. T. Eremyan, "Vałiarš II kʿałakʿakan haraberuṭʿyunnerə Hṙomi ew Parṭʿevneri het," Patma-banasirakan Handēs 4, 1976, p. 37; Corpus Inscriptionum Graecarum, ed. A. Breckhins, Berlin, 1828-77, no. 6559), is not justified by the dimensions of the inscription (M. L. Chaumont, Recherches sur l'histoire d'Arménie, Paris, 1969, p. 179; on the inscription and the mehean excavated nearby, see B. Aṙakʿelyan, "Excavations at Gaṙni, 1949-50, 1951-55," Contributions to the Archaeology of Armenia III/3, Cambridge, Mass., 1968, pp. 13-199; K. V. Trever, Nadpis' o postroenii armyanskoĭ kreposti Garni, Leningrad, 1949; A. G. Abrahamyan, Hay gri ev gṛčʿuṭʿyan patmuṭʿyun, Erevan, 1959, p. 30). The classical Armenian historians four centuries later recognized Mihr not as Hēlios but as Hephaistos, the Greek god of fire, and his prominence seems to have been eclipsed by Vahagn. Mihr is called Hephaistos by Movsēs Xorenacʿi (3.17); Ṭʿovma Arcruni later identified Hephaistos with the Sun (Erevan, 1978, pp. 5l, 53, 54), but added that he had hur vars "flaming locks," recalling the hur her "flaming hair" of Vahagn (Movsēs 1.31). The Armenian hero who fought Alexander is called Mithraustēs (presumably a Gk. form of OIr. Mithra- Vahišta-) by Arrian and Vahē by the Armenians; the latter name is probably a shortened form of Vahagn (cf. the naxarardom Vah(n)uni and the vahevahean mehean, or temple of Vahagn; L. Pʿ. Sahinyan, "Movses Xorenacʿu ʿPatmuṭʿyanʾ meǰ hišatakvoł Vahei masin," Patma-banasirakan Handēs 4, 1973, p. 173). It appears that Mithra was identified with Kummarbi, the Hurrian god who created the monster Ullikummi to destroy his son Tešub (whom the Armenians identified with Vahagn) and was vanquished by Tešub (see Schwartz in Mithraic Studies II, p. 416, on pseudo-Plutarchus' story of Diorphos, a Greek version of the Hurrian myth in which Kummarbi is called Mithra; on the apparent conflict between the cults of the two yazatas in Armenia, see J. R. Russell, "Zoroastrian Problems in Armenia: Mihr and Vahagn," in Proceedings of the 1st International Conference on Classical Armenian Culture, University of Pennsylvania, November, 1979, ed. M. Stone).
The ancient Iranian festival of fire, *Āθrakāna-, Arm. Ahekan, which is celebrated by Zoroastrians with the kindling of a bonfire outside the Dar-e Mehr, is still solemnized by the Armenians under the new name of Teaṙn and aṙaǰ, the Presentation of Our Lord to the Temple, on the evening of 13 February. Originally, the feast was celebrated in Ahekan, the ninth month, corresponding to Ātar, the ninth month of the Av. Zor. calendar, when the feast of Sada is celebrated (see M. Boyce, "The Two Dates of the Feast of Sada," in Yādgār-nāma-ye Pūr-Dāvūd, Farhang-e Īrān-zamīn, 21, 1976). Ahekan renders Gk. Xanthikos in the Septuagint, which is equivalent to February (A. G. Abrahamyan, ed., Hovhannes Imastaseri matenagruṭʿyunə, Erevan, 1956, p. 81). The Armenians therefore celebrated the feast towards the middle of winter (see also M. Y. Ananikean, "Teaṙnandaṙaǰ ew erknayin hurə," Kʿnnakan usumnasiruṭʿiwnner, New York, 1932), and certain aspects of it may be related to observances in honor of Mithra.
The temple of Vahagn was located at Aštišat, and the importance of his cult is underlined by St. Gregory the Illuminator's choice of that place for the earliest See of the Armenian Church (Movsēs 2.8, 14; Agathangelos 809; S. Šahnazarean, Mšoy barbaṙə, Beirut, 1972, pp. 90, 155). The new Christian shrine was consecrated to St. John the Baptist and St. Athenogenes; the former was regarded as a protector of wayfarers, like the Iranian Vərəθraγna (Komitas vardapet, M. Abelyan, Hazar u mi xał, Erevan, 1969, p. 22). Vahagn shared his temple with Asṭłik, a goddess whose name is apparently a translation of Syr. kaukabtā "little star;" she may fulfill the function of Hepit, consort of Tešub (see G. Kapantsian [Łapʿancʿyan], Istoriko-lingvisticheskie raboty, Erevan, 1956, p. 276 on a possible connection between Arm. htptankʿ and Hepit).
The ruler of the kingdom of death to which Tir conducted the souls of the departed was Torkʿ of Anġł; Torkʿ is the Luwian Tarhunda (see E. Laroche, "Taṛḫunda," Revue hittite et asianique, Paris, 1958, p. 88) "the Thunderer," while Arm. Angel (gen. sg.) translates Nergal in IV Kings 17:30. The Orontid necropolis was located at the center of the cult of Torkʿ, at Angeł Tun, Gk. Ingilene (Movsēs 2.8; N. Adoncʿ, "Torkʿ astuac hin Hayocʿ," Yušarjan-Festschrift, Vienna, 1911; C. Toumanoff, Studies in Christian Caucasian History, Washington, 1963, p. 109 n. 68; D'yakonov, op. cit., p. 233 n. 112; A. Łanalanyan, ed., Avandapatum, Erevan, 1969, p. clxxxiii).
Arm. sandaramet "Hades" (Ezekiel 31:16) is derived from a Southwest-Ir. form in sw-; Spandaramet, with northwest-Ir. sp-, renders the name of the god Dionysus in II Maccabees 6:7 (A. Meillet, "Sur les termes religieux iraniens en arménien," Revue des études arméniennes 1, 1920, p. 233; H. W. Bailey, "Saka śśandrāmata," Festschrift für Wilhelm Eilers, Wiesbaden, 1967, p. 136). As a female yazata, Av. Spəntā Ārmaiti, Arm. Spandaramet seems not to correspond well to Dionysus, a male god, but gender was not of primary importance in establishing correspondences between gods of different traditions (e.g., the representation on Kušan coins of a goddess by a male figure and vice versa, M. Boyce, Zoroastrianism I, p. 68 n. 309); nor did the gender of all yazatas remain fixed within Iran itself; the Avestan female Haurvatāt and Amərətāt became the male Hordād and Amurdād in Pahlavi (Boyce, ibid., pp. 204-05). The Armenian translators were evidently more anxious to create a parallel of function than one of gender. At Innaknean Artašēs II built temples of "Heraklēs and Dionysus" (Ṭʿovma Arcruni, I, p. 8) = Gisanē (the shaggy one) and Demeter at Innaknean, i.e., Vahagn and Spandaramet; St. Ignatius declares that the heathens call the earth Demeter (Arm. Demetrē, in Sopʿerkʿ Haykakankʿ 22, Venice, 1861, p. 144, cited by MA III, 450), and Spəntā Ārmaiti is the earth personified. In Avestan, the grave is called "the darkness of Spəntā Ārmaiti" (Vd. 3.35); in Pahl., she is spandārmad zamīg "Spandārmad, the earth" (Bailey, "Saka śśandrāmata"); and Ṭʿovma Arcruni calls the earth her pandoki "inn" (loc. cit.).
Spandaramet is probably the šahapet of the tombs referred to by Tiridates III (Agath. 61). Arm. uses šahap "satrap" in the toponym Šahapiwan, the summer residence of the Arm. Orontids, who were satraps under the Achaemenids (S. T. Eremyan, "Osnovnye cherty obshchestvennogo stroya Armenii v ellinisticheskuyu epokhu," Tełekagir 11, 1948, p. 41); the word šahapet, however, seems to derive from OIr. xšaθrapati attested in Aram ḥštrpty. The name of the god Sadrapēs (Pausanias 6.25.6) may come from here (see A. Dupont-Sommer, "La stèle trilingue récemment découverte en Létoon de Xanthos: le texte araméen," Comptes rendus de l'Académie des Inscriptions et des Belles Lettres, Paris, January-March, 1974, pp. 136, 146). In Armenian, the šahapetkʿ are supernatural beings (Atišan, op. cit., pp. 199, 453); an Armenian miscellany of the 13th century (Oskiberan, cited by J. Karst, Mythologie arméno-caucasienne, Strasbourg, 1948, p. 55 n. 1) calls Dionysus the šahapet of vineyards; he was considered the protector of these in Pontus as well (F. and E. Cumont, Studia Pontica II, Bruxelles, 1906, p. 367). The goddess of the earth represented both fertility, particularly the fruit of the vine, and the resting place of the dead.
In accordance with pre-Zoroastrian custom, the Armenians buried their dead, as did many equally pious Iranian Zoroastrians. The Armenian kings had necropoli at Anġł, later at Ani and Bagawan (Agathangelos 785; Movsēs 2.61), with massive, impregnable tombs (cf. Pʿawstos Biwzand, Patmuṭʿiwn Hayocʿ, Erevan, 1968, IV, p. 24 on the tomb of Sanatruk); towers in which the dead were interred in the first century B.C. have been excavated at Pʿarakʿar, on the Erevan-Ēǰmiacin highway, and elsewhere (G. Tiracʿyan, "Pʿarakʿari aštarakajev dambaranə ev nman hušarjanner Hayastanum ev Aṙaǰavor Asiayum," Banber Erevani Hamalsarani 1 (10), 1970, pp. 229-39). Grave burials were numerous (Ž. N. Xačʿatryan, R. M. Ṭʿorosyan, "Nyuṭʿer Vałaršapati hyusis-arevelyan dambaranadašticʿ," Lraber 5, 1976, pp. 99; G. A. Tiracʿyan, "K voprosu o gradostroitel'noĭ strukture i topografii drevnego Valarshpata," Patma-banasirakan Handēs 2, 1977, p. 94; Ṙ. Ṭʿorosyan, F. Ter-Martirosyan, "Uš hellenistakan žamanakašrǰani dambaranner Ēǰmiacni šrǰani Aygešat gyułum," Patma-banasirakan Handēs 2, 1976, p. 265), and the Arm. tapan "coffin" is an Ir. loanword found in Khwarezmian tpnkwk "ossuary" (W. B. Henning, "The Choresmian Documents," Asia Major 11, 1965, pp. 170, 177). It is possible that the figure of a naked goddess found on the lids of glazed ceramic Parthian sarcophagi represent Spandārmad rather than Anāhīd, as R. Ghirshman suggests (Iran, Harmondsworth, 1978, p. 156). Like their Iranian neighbors, the Armenians paid reverence to the dead: Hroticʿ, the 12th month, corresponding to Av. Fravašayō in the Zoroastrian calendar, is the gen. plur. of *Hro(r)t, a loanword from Mid. Ir. fravart, Av. fravaši-, the spirit of the departed (H. Hübschmann, Armen. Etymologie, p. 184; on Arm. hr-, see A. Ghilain, Essai sur la langue Parthe, Louvain, 1939, p. 10 n. 9); it was at the end of the 12th month that the Zoroastrians celebrate Hamaspaθmaēdaya, corresponding roughly to Mid. Ir. Fravardigān "All Souls' Day." The Armenians also possess the word uru "ghost," from Ir. urvan "soul," and Agathangelos scorned the uruapašt "uru-worshipping" ancestors of the Christian Armenians (cited by Ałišan, op. cit., p. 215).
The winged disk with human figure, well attested in Ir. iconography, may represent either Ahura Mazdā or the fravaši, while the disk alone probably symbolizes Av. xᵛarənah- 'glory" (Arm. pʿaṙkʿ, from OIr. farnah-, see G. Bolognesi, Le fonti dialettali degli imprestiti iranici in armeno, Milan, 1960, p. 28; Hübschmann, op. cit., pp. 88-90, 254; but see most recently P. Lecoq in Orientalia J. Duchesne-Guillemin Emerito Oblata, Acta Iranica 23, Leiden, 1984, pp. 301-26). The winged disk, surmounted by a naked male torso in the Hellenistic style, is found on a coin of the Armenian Orontid satrap Tiribazus (4th cent. B.C., see X. A. Mušełyan, "Hin Hayastani dramayin šrǰanaṙuṭʿyan patmuṭʿyunicʿ," Patma-banasirakan Handēs 3, 1970, p. 68). Another disk, with either thunderbolts or wings on either side and no human figure, is found on a coin of the Artaxiad period (P. Z. Bedoukian, Coinage of the Artaxiads of Armenia, London, 1978, p. 31 ).
The Armenians to this day go out on the eve of Ascension Day (Hambarjman tawn) to collect bunches of the flower hawrot-mawrot, named after the Aməša Spəntas Haurvatāt and Amərətāt (G. Dumézil, "Les fleurs haurot-maurot et les anges Haurvatat-Ameretat," Revue des études arméniennes, 1926, p. 43; J. Karst, op. cit., p. 349 n. 1; Poturean, ed., Kostandin Erznkacʿi, Venice, 1905, XI, p. 5; on Sogdian hrwwt mrwwt, see W. B. Henning, Sogdica, London, 1940, p. 16 lines 16, 19). The two yazatas came to be regarded by the Armenian as lovers, because they are always mentioned together (a modern poem, Gełam Saryan, Banastełcuṭʿyunner, Erevan, 1954, p. 361, repeats a legend partly romantic, partly Koranic in origin, cf. Sura 2:96 and EI2 II, p. 272), hence the modern Armenian expression of Karin (Erzurum), Xorotə morot ē gter "Hawrot has found his mawrot," said when two fall in love (oral communication by V. Tarpinian, New York, July, 1979). Originally, hawrot and mawrot were two different flowers, and are mentioned by Agathangelos in a list (645, in G. Tēr-Mkrṭčʿean and St. Kanayeancʿ, eds., Agaṭʿangełay Patmuṭʿiwn Hayocʿ, Tiflis, 1909, pp. 330-31; tr. R. W. Thomson, The Teaching of St. Gregory, Cambridge, Mass., 1970, p. 159). The folk rituals of Ascension Day suggest the ancient identification of the two Aməša Spəntas with the plants and water, and have parallels in modern Persian customs (Fr. Epʿrem Pōłosean, Hambarjman tōnə ew Hay žołovurdi vičakaxatəə, Vienna, 1956, pp. 69ff.).
The Armenian vocabulary for evil and the demonic abounds in Iranian loanwords which indicate the influence of Zoroastrian concepts. Arm. pʿaṭʿerak "distress" comes from Mid. Ir. patyārak, a word describing in Zoroastrian theology the adverse activity of Ahriman's counter-creation (A. V. W. Jackson, Zoroastrian Studies, New York, 1928, p. 76 n. 11). For Arm. kaxard "witch," compare Av. kaxᵛarəδa (Y. 61.2) (M. Schwartz, "Miscellanea Iranica," Henning Memorial Volume, pp. 89-90); Arm. vhuk "witch," from OIr. *viθuka- (E. Benveniste, "Etudes iraniennes," TPS, 1945, p. 75); Arm. parik and yuškaparik "harpy" (Hübschmann, op. cit., pp. 199-200); Arm. Al, the demon which attacks mothers and their babies (E. Benveniste, "Le dieu Ohrmazd et le demon Albasti," JA, 248, 1960, pp. 65-74; J. S. Wingate, "The Scroll of Cyprian, an Armenian Family Amulet," Folk-Lore 41, 1930). Arm. karič "scorpion" is related to Pahl. kaṛčang "crab" (on Arm. gazan "wild beast" and Pahl. xrafstarān "noxious, Ahrimanic creatures," see H. W. Bailey, "A Range of Iranica," Henning Memorial Volume, p. 25). The Armenian name of Ahriman, Arhmn, appears to be a native form parallel in development to another Iranian loanword, arhawirkʿ "terror" (H. W. Bailey, "*Spanta," in Die Diskussion um das "Heilige"," Darmstadt, 1977, p. 171 ).
The Armenian religious vocabulary is almost entirely Iranian, and covers most Zoroastrian ideas, religious institutions and instruments: awrhnem "I bless," nizovem "I curse," paragast "God forbid;" draxt "heaven," džoxkʿ "hell," datastan "judgement," hrašakert "wonder" (Hübschmann op. cit., pp. 254, 145, 142, 183; R. Godel, An Introduction to the Study of Classical Armenian, Wiesbaden, 1975, 2.345); atrušan "Fire temple," bagin "altar," mog "Magus," zoh "sacrifice," yašt "prayer, hymn" (Hübschmann, op. cit., pp. 195, 110, 151; on Armenian terms with baga- such as the toponyms Bagaran, Bagawan and the personal name Bagarat, see A, Meillet, Revue des études arméniennes 1, 1920, pp. 233-36.) Atrušan is the only surviving form of the Parth. word for a fire temple, *ātarōšan; the bagin probably relates to the image cult suppressed by the Sasanian state and replaced by temple fires, see M Boyce, "On the Zoroastrian temple cult of fire," JAOS 95, 1975, pp. 454-65. In referring to specifically named fires other than atrušankʿ, Armenian writers use the Mid. Pers. forms ormzdakan and vṙamakan instead of Arm. Aramazd and Vahagn (cf. Ałišan, op. cit., p. 51 ), indicating that these were not institutions of the older, Armenian form of Zoroastrianism. Most vestments of the Armenian Church have Iranian names; names of specifically Zoroastrian vestments and instruments include kʿustik "sacred girdle," pʿandam "face mask," šapik, sudra "sacred shirt," barsmunkʿ "ritual bundle of twigs" (Hübschmann, op. cit., pp. 254, 211, 119; J. R. Russell, "The word kʿustik in Armenian," in J. Greppin, ed., Proceedings of the 1st International Conference on Armenian linguistics, University of Pennsylvania, publ. 1980).
It is seen that the Armenians came under Median influence at an early stage in their history, and that Zoroastrianism was introduced later, under the Achaemenids. The religion was strongly colored by local tradition and foreign influence, as indeed in Iran itself. Zoroastrian traditions were so much a part of Armenian spiritual and material culture that they survived the fanaticism of Kartīr and his successors and were absorbed into the Armenian Christian faith. The Armenian Cross itself is supported on tongues of flame and has at its center not the body of Christ, but a sunburst; an Armenian girl about to marry a Tatar khan is advised in a medieval folksong to remain true to her loys hawat "faith of light" (one recalls that King Mowbad swears in the Parth. epic Vīs and Rāmīn by "the religion of light," tr. by G. Morrison, Vis and Ramin, New York, 1972, p.144, as the "glorious religion").
But a small group of Armenian Zoroastrians, the Arewordikʿ "Children of the Sun," never converted to Christianity, and appear to have survived down to the massacre of the Western Armenians by Turkey in 1896-1922. The Arewordikʿ were never converted by St. Gregory (see the Letter of St. Nersēs Klayceʿi [Šnorhali, "the Gracious"], d. 1173, to Samosata in R. M. Bartikyan, "Eretiki Arevordi ["syny solntsa"] v Armenii i Mesopotamii i poslanie armyanskogo katolikosa Nersesa Blagodatnogo," Ellinisticheskiĭ Blizhniĭ Vostok, Vizantiya i Iran: Istoriya i filologiya. Sbornik v chest'. . . N. V. Pigulevskoĭ, Moscow, 1967 (French tr. in Revue des études arméniennes, N.S. 5, 1968, pp. 271-88). They were said to have been "infected" by Zradašt (Zarathushtra; Gregory Magistros, 11th cent., and Mxiṭʿar of Aparan, 14th cent., cited by Bartikyan, op. cit.) and were carefully distinguished from Christian heretics such as the Paulicians and T'ondrakites (loc. cit), whom they apparently taught to expose the dead on rooftops instead of burying them (John of Awjun, 8th cent., Contra Paulicianos, Venice, 1834, pp. 84-87, cited by N. G. Garsoïan, The Paulician Heresy, The Hague, 1967, p. 95 n. 46; this would indicate that both burial and exposure of the dead were practiced in Armenia, as in Iran). The Arewordikʿ spoke Armenian (Mxiṭʿar of Aparan, cited by Bartikyan), and revered the poplar and all heliotropic plants (St. Nerses, cited by Bartikyan. On the worship of plants by the Armenians, see S. Avdalbekyan, "Buyseri paštamunkʿi azdecʿuṭʿ yunə haykakan mi kʿani tełanunneri vra," Patma-banasirakan Handēs 4, 1964, p. 223 and Łanalanyan, Avandapatum, pp. liv-lv). A tree which is either a poplar or a cypress, probably the latter, which is particularly revered by the Zoroastrians, appears on an Artaxiad coin (see Bedoukian, op. cit., p. 36, no. 157). The Arewordikʿ offered sacrifices for the souls of their departed (Mxiṭʿar of Aparan, cited by Bartikyan and passed on their teachings orally (loc. cit.; on the importance of oral transmission in Zoroastrianism see H. W. Bailey, "Patvand," in Zoroastrian Problem, in the Ninth-Century Books, Oxford, 1971 ). Their leader was called the hazərpet (Arm. hazarapet "chiliarch," probably originally a Median title, see M. L Chaumont, "Chiliarque et curopalate à la cour des Sassanides," Iranica Antiqua 10, 1977, pp. 140, 143. On the etymology of the word, see O. Szemerényi, "Iranica V," in Monumentum H. S. Nyberg II, Acta Iranica 5, Tehran and Liège, 1975, pp. 354-66; on the use of the title in 15th-century Armenian, see R. H. Hewsen, "The Meliks of Eastern Armenia II," Revue des études arméniennes, N. S. 10, 1973-74, p. 300). In the late 14th century there were four Arewordi villages in the Mardin area, and others lived in Samosata and Amida (Ṭʿovma Mecopʿecʿi, 14th century, cited by Bartikyan). In the early 20th century, the Armenian quarter of Marsovan was called Arewordi; there was a cemetery outside the town called Arewordii grezman, and the Armenian owner of a nearby vineyard was named Arewordean, i. e., Arewordi-son (Letter from Mme. Maricʿa Metakʿsean, Ēpinay-sur-Seine, France, 4 July 1979, in response to an article by the author in Haratch, Paris, 1 July 1979).
See also on pre-Christian Armenian religion: Ł. Ališan, Hin hawatkʿkam heṭʿanosakan krōnkʿ Hayocʿ, Venice, 1910.
A. Carrière, Les huit sanctuaires de l'Arménie païenne, Paris, 1899.
H. Gelzer, "Zur armenischen Götterlehre," Berichte der königlichen sächsischen Gesellschaft der Wissenachaften 48, 1896, pp. 99-148.
M. L. Chaumont, Recherches sur l'histoire d'Arménie, Paris, 1969.
M. H. Ananikian, "Armenian Mythology," Mythology of All Races VII, Boston, 1925.
A. Perikhaṇyan, Khramovye ob'edineniya Maloĭ Azii i Armenii, Moscow, 1959.
On Armenian folklore of Christian times reflecting Zoroastrian and ancient influences: A. Łanalanyan, Avandapatum, Erevan, 1969.
M. Abełyan, Erker I-VII, Erevan, 1966-75, especially Vol. VII, which includes his Azgagrakan hetazotuṭʿyunner and Der armenische Volksglaube (originally publ. Leipzig, 1899).
On ancient Armenian art and archeology, the most recent general work is B. N. Aṙakʿelyan, Aknarkner hin Hayastani arvesti patmuṭʿyan, Erevan, 1976.
The most recent and compendious history of Armenia in the pre-Christian period is C. P. Ałayan et al., eds., Hay žołovrdi patmuṭʿyun I, Erevan, 1971.
On language: H. Ačaṙean, Hayerēn armatakan baṙaran I-VII, Erevan, 1926-35.
A. Meillet's armenological studies are gathered together in Arm. tr. in A. Meillet, Hayagitakan usumnasiruṭʿyunner, ed. M. Minasyan, Erevan, 1978. | RedPajamaC4_-7433731058959743574 | Slimpajama627bTrain/chunk1 |
"Plants are essential to human and animal life on earth: they create the oxygen we breathe and the food we consume. Additionally, plants provide the fibres for our clothes, the building materials for our shelter, the fuel that keeps us warm, the ingredients for our medicines, and the flowers that give us beauty. Importantly, plants are also the 'materials' with which we create and maintain group identity, social relations and a sense of community (food sharing) or social distinction (luxury foods), and individual identity (clothes, colour (plant dyes) and smells (perfumes, plant resins). Plants thus engage with our everyday lives in a variety of different ways, affecting our nutrition and health, our social practices, our emotions and our work.
The cultivation, distribution, selection, preparation and consumption of foodstuffs and the use of plants in many other day-to-day activities, are practices deeply embedded in our cultural norms. Importantly, this routine engagement with plants, enacting the same set of actions over and over again, day after day, year after year, makes us who we are. Archaeobotany, the study of the plant remains recovered from archaeological excavations, can thus provide insights into our different modes of being, as well as trace past social and cultural behaviour and continuity and change therein" (Van der Veen 2018: 53 and Van der Veen 2014).
Funded by the Leverhulme Trust (Major Research Fellowship 2008-2011), a Research Fellowship from the Netherlands Institute of Advanced Studies (NIAS, academic year 2011/12), major grants from NERC (2004, 2008), research leave funded by AHRC (2006), and a grant from the British Academy (2004).
The introduction of new plant foods into a region tends to have a significant impact on diet (increase in variety and nutrients), consumption patterns (differential social access to certain foods) and agricultural regimes (agricultural innovation). These changes interact with social, economic and cultural aspects of peoples' lives. I have studied these processes within two major projects: A) The Roman and Islamic Spice Trade, and B) The Introduction of New Foods into Roman Britain and Europe.
My work on the spice trade focused on the site of Quseir al-Qadim on the Red Sea coast in Egypt, one of the two main portals for the trade with India and the Far East in antiquity. Excavations at this site, known as Myos Hormos in Roman times and as Kusayr in the medieval Islamic period, were directed by David Peacock and Lucy Blue from the University of Southampton.
The spectacular preservation conditions (extreme aridity) meant that spices and many other foods were preserved in abundance, including black pepper, ginger, cardamom, turmeric, betel nut, banana, sugar cane, citrus fruits and aubergine, as well as rice and cotton. The results provide significant new evidence for the Eastern trade and the changes in agriculture that indirectly resulted from it. They also allow real insights into the lives of those working in the ports. They show evidence for changes in the nature and the scale of the Indian Ocean trade between the Roman and medieval Islamic periods, as well as a major shift in the way the inhabitants of the ports saw themselves and located themselves in the wider world. These changes are part of the geopolitical re-alignment of the Red Sea and its ports at that time.
Importantly, we should regard these changes in diet, agriculture and trade not as passive outcomes or consequences of these geopolitical transformations, nor foodways as a mere reflection of certain identities, but, instead, as integral parts of making those transformations and identities real. What it is to be part of the Roman or Islamic world is connected to food related practices, to the daily routines of procuring, growing and consuming food. These identities are created and maintained in part through food. In other words, geopolitics does not only concern high level political transformations, it changes the way people live their day-to-day lives; it is through these daily routines that these transformations become real (Van der Veen and Morales 2017: 285).
The impact of the Roman presence on both British society and agriculture has been the subject of considerable debate. The changes observed have often been studied in terms of 'Romanization', a concept emphasizing conformity, and describing the hierarchical process of passing down supposedly superior Roman culture and technology to the people of a new province, using the simple opposition of Romans versus Britons. Yet, it is increasingly evident that the processes that took place resulted in more complex and varied identities than the term 'Romanization' conveys.
The import and trade in 'exotic' foods, in this case black pepper, grapes, olives, figs, was accompanied by many crops that were subsequently incorporated into British farming practice (e.g. domestic apple, plum, cherry, walnut, cabbage and leaf beet). This led to a rise in horticulture in Britain and northwest Europe more widely, and thus to a significant broadening of the agricultural base, though this development was geographically restricted to areas that saw periods of stability and prosperity under Roman rule.
The new foods offered a significant broadening of the range of vitamins, minerals and fatty acids available through plant foods, while the new herbs and spices also offered new ways of preparing and flavouring basic staples. We also see the development of different consumer groups, strong regional variation and changes over the span of the Roman occupation. Through their connection with the individual, the social group and the productive economy a study of foodstuffs can enhance the archaeological and historical narrative of the Roman and medieval worlds.
Food plays an incredibly important role in our lives. We must eat and drink in order to stay alive and we use food to create or enhance group identity, social relations, and a sense of community through either sharing food or using luxuries to highlight social distinction. The cultivation, distribution, selection, preparation and consumption of foodstuffs and the use of plants in many other day-to-day activities, are practices deeply embedded in our cultural norms. Importantly, this routine engagement with plants, enacting the same set of actions over and over again, day after day, year after year, makes us who we are (Van der Veen 2018: 53; Van der Veen 2014).
This research was carried out with research grants from the Universities of Exeter and Leicester, The British Academy, NERC and a Leverhulme Trust Research Fellowship.
These quarry sites were primarily concerned with the extraction of granite and porphyry for imperial building projects and statuary in Rome. The extreme aridity in the Eastern Desert has ensured the excellent preservation of the food remains thrown away by the inhabitants of these sites (seeds, grains, pulses, fruits, nuts, vegetables, etc.) which has enabled a detailed reconstruction of the food supply.
At Mons Claudianus survey and excavations were carried out between 1987 and 1993 under the aegis of the Institut Français d'Archéologie Orientale du Caire with permission of the Egyptian Antiquities Organization, and directed by Professor J. Bingen (Brussels) with H. Cuvigny (Paris) as chef de chantier. At Mons Porphyrites survey and excavations took place between 1994 and 1998, under the aegis of the Egyptian Exploration Society with permission of the Supreme Council for Antiquities, and directed by Prof. D. Peacock (Southampton) and Prof. V. Maxfield (Exeter).
2007 Van der Veen, M. and Tabinor, H. 2007. Food, fodder and fuel at Mons Porphyrites: the botanical evidence. In V. A. Maxfield and D. P. S. Peacock (eds.) Survey and Excavation at Mons Porphyrites 1994-1998. Volume 2: The Excavations. London, Egypt Exploration Society, pp. 83-142. ISBN 978-0-85698-180-7.
2001 Van der Veen, M. 2001. The Botanical Evidence. (Chapter 8) In V. A. Maxfield and D. P. S. Peacock (eds.) Survey and Excavations at Mons Claudianus 1987-1993. Volume 2: The Excavations: Part 1. Cairo, Institut Français d'Archéologie Orientale du Caire: Documents de Fouilles 43, 174-247. ISBN 2724702913.
Weed ecology – using multivariate analyses to detect different cultivation regimes.
1984 Van der Veen, M. 1984. Sampling for seeds. In W. van Zeist and W. A. Casparie (eds) Plants and Ancient Man. Studies in Palaeoethnobotany. Rotterdam, A. A. Balkema Publishers, 193-199.
1995 Van der Veen, M. 1995.The identification of maslin crops. In H. Kroll and R. Pasternak (eds.) Res Archaeobotanicae, Kiel, pp. 335-343.
My early research was focused on agriculture and how we could use archaeobotanical data to identify different agricultural regimes and strategies. As part of my PhD research I analysed the assemblages from six Iron Age settlements in north-east England (Van der Veen 1992). The results indicate that in this region two distinct cultivation practices were in operation side by side, one representing small-scale arable production, the other indicative of arable expansion. The results also suggest that the replacement of emmer wheat by spelt wheat during the Iron Age in Britain may have been caused by a change in cultivation regime, rather than being related to climatic change or other environmental factors (see also Van der Veen 1995).
More recently, I collaborated with Glynis Jones in studying the patterning in carbonized seed assemblages from Iron Age sites in Britain. We concluded that a predominance of grain-rich samples is likely to be an indicator of the scale of production and consumption, rather than a means of distinguishing between the two, as had previously been suggested. A review of the evidence from Iron Age Britain indicates that grain-rich site assemblages primarily occur in the south of the country, and frequently co-occur with pits, used for the storage of surplus grain. Moreover, such pits are concentrated in hillforts. It is proposed that the grain stored in such pits may have been used in large communal feasts and that the hillforts functioned as locations for feasting (Van der Veen and Jones 2006, 2007).
1995 Van der Veen, M. 1995. The identification of maslin crops. In H. Kroll and R. Pasternak (eds.) Res Archaeobotanicae, Kiel, pp. 335-343.
I also worked on sites in the semi-arid regions of Libya, and work on the plant remains from Zinchecra, Fezzan, southern Libya has identified the earliest recorded evidence for agriculture in the Sahara (Van der Veen 1992; 2010). The range of crops found suggest a form of early oasis agriculture was practiced. Radiocarbon dates give a date of 900-400 cal BC for the occupation of the settlement, which is associated with the Garamantes, one of the Saharan tribes mentioned by Herodotus.
Work on the reconstruction of agriculture in the Libyan Valleys, the semi-desert area of Tripolitania, north-west Libya, has identified a flourishing arable system, with cereals, pulses, fruits and oil plants being cultivated over a long time-span (c. 1st - 7th centuries AD). Reviews discussing the evidence for the last 10,000 years have been published in Van der Veen 1995 and Van der Veen 1999.
2010 Van der Veen, M. 2010. Plant remains from Zinkekra - early evidence for oasis agriculture. In D. J. Mattingly (ed.) The Archaeology of Fazzan. Vol. 3: Excavations of C. M. Daniels. London: Society for Libyan Studies, Department of Antiquities, pp. 489-519. | RedPajamaC4_6298861578001906889 | Slimpajama627bTrain/chunk1 |
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{{TOC right}} The '''[[:Category:Nomadism|Nomadic]] [[:Category:Lifestyles|lifestyle]]''' is a learning process, and you may hear words or phrases that you don't understand. Words like drifter, wanderer, derelict, hobo, itinerant, nomad, rolling stone, tramp, transient, vagabond, vagrant and gypsy. Given they may be part of a discussion, blogs and books, why not get a heads up by reading this glossary. ==A== * A-Camp - Traditionally, it been the one place at rainbow gathering where drinking is tolerated. Primarily, this camp is tolerated in the United States. * Ashram-Hindi (Sanskrit ashrama or ashramam) - a spiritual hermitage or a monastery in Indian religions. * Anam Cara - Irish/Gaelic for Soul Friend. Linked to a book by [https://www.brainpickings.org/2015/08/12/anam-cara-john-o-donohue-soul-friend/ John O'Donohue]. * The [http://nomadwiki.org/en/Russian_Academy_of_Free_Travel Academy of Free Travel] (Russian: Академия Вольных Путешествий), known by its Russian-language initials AVP, is a travel club based in Russia. * Abgefahren e.V. - is the [http://abgefahren-ev.de/blog/?lang=en German Hitchhiking association]. * Asceticism - is a lifestyle characterized by abstinence from sensual pleasures, often for the purpose of pursuing spiritual goals. ==B== * Babylon - Often used to describe mainstream society. It is a term from the Christian New Testament. It connect with [http://somewhereundertherainbow.org/the-book/babylon/ Rainbow participants] widely held belief that modern lifestyles and systems of government are unhealthy, unsustainable, exploitative and out of harmony with the natural systems of the planet. * Burner - Someone who attends 'Burning Man' - a week-long [http://burningman.org/ annual event] that takes place at the Black Rock Desert in northern Nevada, in the [[United States]]. The event begins on the last Monday in August, and ends on the first Monday in September. It also may entail belief in the [http://burningman.org/culture/philosophical-center/10-principles/ 10 Burner principles] of Radical inclusion, Gifting, Decommodification, Radical self-reliance, Radical self-expression, Communal effort, Civic responsibility, Leaving No Trace, Participation and Immediacy. * Beachcomber - A nomad/hobo/vagrant who makes some money or a living by searching beaches for articles of value and selling them. * Bum - When a nomad looses / sells his gear, and takes to alcohol. When nothing is left, except the clothes on his/her back. * [https://www.burnerswithoutborders.org/ Burners without Borders] - AKA BWB is a grassroots, socially innovative, community leadership program whose goal is to unlock the creativity of local communities to solve problems. * [http://www.burningman.com Black Rock City] Nevada is an ephemeral town that exists for only one week each year, during Burning Man. * Burnout - worn out by travel/work; it is often code for being wounded, depleted, and frayed: "I'm fucking burning. * Bugging In - Staying at your location until it is safer to bug out. * Bugging Out - Leaving your current position and moving to a safer location. * Bug Out Bag (Bob) - A bag that contains all the necessities needed to survive after a catastrophe. * Boondocking — nomad vernacular for free or low-cost camping (USA). * [https://blackbearranch.org/ Black Bear Ranch] is an 80-acre intentional community located in Siskiyou County, California, about 25 miles from Forks of Salmon. * Bikepacking - a self-supported style of lightly-loaded bicycle touring. Bikepackers typically ride on dirt roads in remote places. There is a difference between bikepacking and [http://www.worldbiking.info/wordpress/2017/03/difference-bikepacking-bicycle-touring/ bicycle touring]. * Bishop's Storehouse - free grocery markets open to people – both Mormom church members and non-believers – in need of food aid. There are over 100 of these in the United States. There are also 29 others in many countries in Latin America, where there are Mormons. ==C== * C.A.L.M. - the Center for Alternative Living Medicine, is the primary group of doctors at Rainbow Gatherings who assist people with health and wellness and take responsibility for medical emergencies and sanitation of those who attend these large gatherings. * Chumps - Normal Prople [[United States]]. * Circular Economy - An alternative to a traditional linear economy (make, use, dispose) in which we keep resources in use for as long as possible, extract the maximum value from them whilst in use, then recover and regenerate products and materials at the end of each service life. Can be applied to nomad [[events]] rainwater, renewable energy and recycling could be used to create a small-scale circular economypic. See more [https://www.theguardian.com/sustainable-business/series/circular-economy from the Guardian]. * Camps - There are many different types of 'nomadic' camps. From Protest Camp, Counterhegemonic spaces, No Border Camp, Peace Camp, Anarchist Camp, Wild Camp, Urban Camp and RV Camp, you might find a place for interaction, sleep, run, comradship and new knowledge. * Counter-Tourist - A phrase or approach to signify ways or a person who seeks to ompletely transform their experience of the tourism industry and its many sites. See also [[Countertourism]]. * Crusty - aka crustypunks. Crusies are part of the New Age Traveller Scene in the United Kingdom or can be fans of the genre of punk rock/hardcore music called crustcore, crust punk or simply crust. Some obvious looks link to crusties are black cloths, dread locks and punk rock hair styles, canine animal companions. Some popular crustpunk bands include Dystopia, Amebix, Antiscism, Mankind?, Doom, and Hiatus. * Crew Change Guide (CCG) - an underground document passed on from hobo to hobo with information about jumping freight trains in the United States. * Communal garden - often used in the plural as communal gardens) is a normally formal garden for shared use by a number of local residents, typically in an urban setting. * Cravanserai - a roadside inn where travelers could rest and recover from the day's journey. Caravanserais supported the flow of commerce, information and people across the network of trade routes covering Asia, North Africa and Southeast Europe, especially along the Silk Road. * [https://thealternativenow.files.wordpress.com/2014/08/rainbow-crystal-land-handbook-v1.pdf Rainbow Crystal Land] (RCL) envisions a global self-sufficient network of open and ownerless lands housing sustainable communities of free and equal individuals living in peace and harmony with the earth. * [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=17wZw8ZmNqI&vl Cartonera] is a social, political and artistic publishing movement that began in Argentina in 2003 and has since spread to countries throughout the World. Learn how to make a book cover from scratch. ==D== * Dirty Kids - nobody knows for sure, for some say the phrase was coined from the travelers who showed up at rainbow family gatherings early and done most of the dirty work (digging trench latrines, cutting trails, setting up kitchens). At gatherings, everyone is considered "kids" or free spirits. So being called a 'dirty kid' 'can be' a compliment. however, it has come to be used to describe a nomad, who doesn't wash (crusty), drinks and smokes (hard-to-soft) substances. Often with a dog, or with a musical instrument, you will know one if you see one. * Dirty Kid's Corner - Location, at Rainbow Gatherings, where alternative young people gather. They prefer heavy metal to psychedelic rock and reggae, and may not actually be too friendly to the family or hippies. * [[Dumpster diving]] is the the act of retrieving food or other goods from a garbage dumpster. * Dirtbag - from Urban Dictionary: "A person who is committed to a given (usually extreme) lifestyle to the point of abandoning employment and other societal norms in order to pursue said lifestyle. Originated from US climbing to describe nomadic climbers, who gave their whole live to the activity by hitchiking to mouuntains etc, giving up their jobs. Also related to "Dirtbagging." The term is now used in the [[United States]] to describe anyone who gives themselves over to a particular lifestyle, and losing any conventional life elements (i.e. full time home, job), so as to pursue that activity i.e. rail hopping. Those in their teens are usuall ycalled [http://www.pennlive.com/projects/2015/dirty-kids/#incart_m-rpt-2 Dirty Kids]. * Drainbows — individuals who are perceived to not give sufficiently of their labor or other resources for the common good, but rather are only consuming the social benefits a Rainbow gathering offers. * Downcycling - a recycling practice that involves breaking an item down into its component elements or materials. Once the constituent elements or materials are recovered, they are reused if possible but usually as a lower-value product. * Doof or bush doof - a type of outdoor dance party generally held in a remote country area, or outside a large city in surrounding bush or rain forest. Used in a Australian context. * Deutsche Trampsport Gemeinschaft or DTSG is the German [https://sporttrampen.de/en/ Sport Hitchhiking Association]. ==E== * Expediting - A job which provides you with a vehicle to make deliveries. Can be used to make/save [[Money]]. ==F== * Fauxbeaux – A nomads who has a line of credit and a stable income, but travels in a nomadic way. However, they always have a safety net, and can always pay for a hot meal and a room, and then take a plane or bus home. Associated with phrases such as summer squatter, yuppie and weekend hippie. If you feel these labels might apply to you, do not worry. Wear it like a badge. * Focalizers - A focalizer is someone who takes on the job of focusing a group's energy on a certain task. For instance, you can focalize a kitchen, group decisions. In theory, focalizers do not direct others; they just help the process along. In a sense they are managers without decision-making power. * Flying a Sign - A fly-signer is someone who uses a sign to beg for money. They can hit traffic at traffic lights, or sit on a street. See [[Begging]] for for details. * The Freight Train Riders of America (FTRA) - a [https://squattheplanet.com/threads/ftra.22097/ supposed] group of Americans who move about by freight hopping ("Catching Out") in railroad cars, particularly in the northwestern United States and southwestern Canada. Active in the 80s, and pre 9/11, but probably defunct. * Frisco circle - AKA [[magic hat]] or "kicking down (or kicking in) on a Frisco." An American phrase from old tramp tradition and it comes from the generally communist, socialist or anarchist tramps from San Francisco who rode the old Frisco Line from West Oakland to Chicago in the 1930's who sough communal meals. * [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Freetekno Freetekno] - a cultural movement that is present in Europe, Australia and North America. Freetekno sound systems or tribes form in loose collectives, frequently with anarchist philosophies. These sound systems join together to hold parties wherever a viable space can be found. * A [[flogger]] is an online storyteller who chronicles the adventures of themselves and/or others. Floggers are not reporters or journalists, they are story tellers. Their work is to create a reality based storyline that is both more compelling than current soap operas and more interactive. * Forest Bathing - [https://adventure.com/forest-bathing-oregon-japan-history/ shinrin-yoku] as it's known in Japan. The practice of going into the forest in search of mental and physical healing. ==G== * Gaia - The name of the ancient Greek goddess of the Earth, and as a name it was recently revived to refer to the hypothesis formed by [http://www.context.org/iclib/ic24/spangler/ James Lovelock and Lynn Margulis], who postulate that the whole biosphere may be alive in that the Earth's life forms are themselves responsible for regulating the conditions that make life on the planet possible. * Gutter Punks (aka Scum Fucks) - Facial tattoos, nihilistic, not caring about anything besides where their next beer is coming from. * Gurus - is a Sanskrit term that connotes someone who is a "teacher, guide, expert, or master" of certain knowledge or field. * Goddess circle - a a sacred, safe space where women come together to reconnect with their feminine energy, reflect on life's challenges and share their experiences without judgement. See [https://www.goddessfoundation.org.uk/ Goddess Foundation] and this [https://www.rte.ie/lifestyle/living/2019/0911/1075285-goddess-circle-the-wellness-ritual-jennifer-aniston-swears-by/ article] for more details. ==H== * [[Hare Krishnas]] or the "Hare Krishna movement, or the International Society for Krishna Consciousness. * Home Bum - a common term in the [[United States]] for a homeless person who, instead of travelling, typically sits in the same places every day and has a predictable routine. * Homeguard - A term used to describe someone who uses the resources provided by a city for it's homeless population, but who is not homeless and are not currently travelling. They could be an ex-hobo/tramp. * Hot-Rail - A phrase used to denote a train coming down the tracks. * Hobocore - describes a person who picks the nomad life (hitchhikes, rides freight trains, squats etc.). * Hipsters - If someone self-labels as a hipster, they probably think they are better than you! * [[Hermit]] - a person living in solitude as a spiritual/ religious discipline. * [http://hitchwiki.org/en/Main_Page Hitchwiki] - is a collaborative website for gathering information about hitchhiking and other ways of extremely cheap transport. * Hobo - is an itinerant worker, a career which sprang up during the depression. Unlike a bum, a hobo is more than willing to work, but mostly for a short duration, as their main impetus is travel, the love of the journey above the actual destination. * Hobo Aristocrat - term used now and again is the USA/UK to describe a well dressed/behaved hobo. See Fox, Charles Elmer. (1989). [https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/1044541.Tales_of_an_American_Hobo Tales of an American Hobo Singular Lives]. Fox describes Bobby uwho "sed to stay dressed up most of the time. He usually wore a suit, dress oxfords and spats and always a stiff kady hat and a dress shirt and tie" as a Hobo Aristocrat. ==I== iskcon - International Society for Krishna Consciousness. See the Hare Krishna movement or Hare Krishnas. ==J== * Jungle (- AKA Hobo Jungle) - the area where homeless/nomads people live and sleep * Jungle buzzard - a hobo who preys on their own by stealing possessions from other hobos (1930's slang, but some current usage). . ==K== * Kali - who embodies shakti - feminine energy, creativity and fertility - is an incarnation of Parvati, wife of the great Hindu god Shiva. ==L== * Leather Tramps - A leather tramp has no vehicle, and travels on foot, shoes often being made of leather. A rubber tramp is more able to decide destination than one who relies on hitchhiking -- and an unofficial status. Also see [[hitchiker]]. * Ligging - A 'ligger' (UK) is an individual who attends parties, openings, social gatherings and events such as launches and celebrity events with the sole intention of obtaining free food and drink. Sometimes called a blagger (US) or a 'pique-assiette'(France)or someone 'who picks from others,' plates. Others on the scene prefer the term eventing'. Find detail on how to lig at [[Other Food]]. * [[Lightfoot Post]] & Mail / Nomad Letter / Hitch Post / Snail mail - letters/missives/verbal messages passed onto nomads or hitchhikers to deliever by hand/face to face. Very slow speed delivery. Might also refer to a letter given to a nomad to post in the country in which it will be delievered; wherein the letter is carried by conventional postal delivery services. This is because of lower cost. * Los Algodones - AKA Slab City, in California's Badlands. * Liftershalte - official spots for hitchhikers in the Netherlands, also called [http://www.hitch-hiking.org/liftershalte.htm Liftersplaats], exist in most university cities. ==M== * A [[magic hat]], is a term that emerged from Rainbow Gatherings, and is the fund-raising in-strument for any Rainbow event. It is used in many nomadic eventsto fundraise for the supplies needed to keep everyone well-fed. * Mythogeography - A kind of walking without purpose. For more read this [http://www.mythogeography.com/starter-kit.html Starter Pack]. * Monkeywrenching - nonviolent disobedience and sabotage carried out by environmental activists against those whom they perceive to be ecological exploiters. The term came into use after the publication of author Edward Abbey's novel [https://www.britannica.com/topic/monkeywrenching The Monkey Wrench Gang (1975)], which described the activities of a group of "environmental warriors" in Utah and Arizona. * Maker movement - social movement with an artisan spirit in which the methods of digital fabrication—previously the exclusive domain of institutions—have become accessible at a personal scale. Maker spaces can be social hubs, public libraries. These are places where a nomad can find workbenches, machines, and tools that would otherwise be out of their reach. ==N== * [[New Age Travellers]] are nomadic people in the United Kingdom. They also refer to themselves as 'travellers' or 'vehicle-dweller's', or 'new traveller's.' Some call them NATS. * Nerother Wandervogel - is one of the last existing German [https://translate.google.com/translate?hl=en&sl=de&u=https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nerother_Wandervogel&prev=search] migrant fraternities, which have their roots in the historical youth movement. Their travel is primarily by [http://www.theshillongtimes.com/2018/05/21/second-visit-to-city-upsets-german-hitchhiker/ hitchhiking] * Oogle - Used by Dirty Kids in the USA, too describe anyone not sharing their tramp lifestyle or newbies/ posers. Also applied to part-time tramps. Alos called a "housey." ==O== * [[Overnighter]] - bicyclists who drive out to nature and stay over night. * Oogles - A derogatory way to refer to someone who often acts like a fake or clearly has no idea what they are doing in a given situation. used in the USA. * [[Off-the-grid]] or (OTG) refers to living in a self-sufficient manner without reliance on one or more public utilities. ==P== * [[Peace Camps]] are a form of physical protest camp that is focused on anti-war activity. They are set up outside military bases by members of the peace movement who oppose either the existence of the military bases themselves, the armaments held there, or the politics of those who control the bases. * Psychogeography links to the [[Situationist International]]. Psychogeography was defined in 1955 by Guy Debord as [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Psychogeography "the study of the precise laws and specific effects of the geographical environment, consciously organized or not, on the emotions and behavior of individuals."] * Platform cooperative, or platform co-op - a website, mobile app, or other kind of online platform that is structured as a cooperative, owned democratically by its employees, customers, users, or other key stakeholders. * Packrafting: travel with small, portable yet functional and tough backpacking boats. * Pandhandling - beg in the street or beg for something from (someone) in the street. * Preppers - from the "prepper" movement, which focuses on stockpiling weapons and resources in anticipation of the breakdown of society. Prepper - An individual who prepares for a catastrophic event. ==Q== * Quartzsite, AZ (USA) is a popular recreational vehicle [https://www.reuters.com/article/us-life-snowbirds/snowbirds-bring-boom-to-arizona-desert-town-idUSN1746251920061121 camping] area for winter visitors, an is home to the Rubber Tramp Rendezvous. ==R== * Road Dog - A person going with you during your travels. Sometimes, it might be meant literally, as a actual Dog. A Road Dog is a person who is consistently "on the road", on the go. * Rail Tramp - Tramp, Hobo or Road Dog, who hops trains. * Rainbow gathering - The Rainbow Family Of Living Light is a group of people that organize [[Rainbow gathering]]s. They have their own [http://www.welcomehome.org/rainbow/info/glossary.html Glossary]. * Road Burn - A state of mind one slips into after being "on the road" too long, e.g., exhausted and wanting to settle down for a spell. * [[Route 66]] became one of the most famous roads in America, and is central to Jack Kerouac's "On The Road." * Rubber Tramps - A rubber tramp has a car or other wheeled vehicle, and travels on the rubber tires. Rubber tramps are sometimes seen as "less valid" than leather tramps because their vehicle is viewed as a luxury item. * Right to Roam or [[Freedom to Roam]]. Also called "right to access" and /or "Every Man's Right" Basically, it means the general public's right to access certain public or privately owned land for recreation and exercise. Based on allowing what is not forbidden, it does not give permission to break any laws or regulations. * Radical Samba - Often political in nature, radical samba often seams a collection of people with drums, engaging the public during political events. * Recreational Vehicle - A recreational vehicle (RV), often called a "caravan", "camper van" and "motorhome", is, in North America. A great [[Vehicle]] to get about. * Romany Gypsies - said to have their roots in India and came to Europe in the 13th century. * RTR- Rubber Tramp Rendezvous - is a event started in 2010 in the [[United States]] for Rubber Tramps. * Roadtrek's - s Class of Motorhome in North America. * Red Point Campaign - was founded in Germany in the late sixties because many cities had highly increased the ticket prices for public transport. A simple red point was predestined for the logo and was handed out to car drivers. They should put it on their windscreen to declare their solidarity with hitchhikers and to show willingness to give people a ride. Soon, the initiative got supported by wide ranges of the public. The campaign [http://www.hitch-hiking.org/redpoint.htm lives] on. * Radical Self-reliance - often associated with [https://burningman.org/culture/philosophical-center/10-principles/ Burning Man], the phrase encourages the individual to discover, exercise and rely on his or her inner resources. * RUB- Rich Urban Biker. A middle aged, upper class, white male buys a Harley. ==S== * Squatter or [[Squatting]] occupy houses, land etc. The yare called such as okupas in Spain, Chile or Argentina (from the verb ocupar meaning "to occupy"), or paracaidistas in Mexico (meaning "parachuters", because they "parachute" themselves at unoccupied land). * [[Squat candle]] is an improvised stove/lamp which is very simple and remarkably effective for cooking, lighting and heating. * [[Sal Paradise]] is a fictional narrator in the novel [[On the Road]] (1957) by [[Jack Kerouac]]. * Summer Squatter - inspired by an 1996 [http://www.azlyrics.com/lyrics/antiflag/summersquattergohome.html Ant-Flag] song, which is critical of summer only punks/sqautters, who return to Mom/Dad when weather gets cold and money runs out etc. * Six-Up - A signal among modern day hippies (USA) that law enforcement was near. Named for the six lights that sat atop most old cop cars. * Snowbird - A person who moves from higher latitudes and colder climates of winter to warmer locales or elsewhere along the Sun Belt. * Slacklining - the activity or sport of balancing on a rope or strip of webbing that is fixed high above the ground but not stretched so as to be taut. Something you might learn at [[Circus Schools]] to earn on the road. * [[Skillsurfers]] - is (/was) a [https://we.riseup.net/tsolife+skillsurfers project] in the context of the "[[Tsoife|travelling school of life]]" network. Name which was giving to a group of people, who were doing an experiment about self-organised learning while travelling in a group. * [https://www.rainbowcircle.co.uk/safer-space.html Safe Space]- making an explicit political decision to prioritise the voices of people who are experiencing oppression at the hands of another person so that they feel empowered to participate and feel supported by a radical community. * Sadhu - also spelled saddhu, is a religious ascetic, mendicant (monk) or any holy person in Hinduism and Jainism who has renounced the worldly life. * Spange - To ask for spare change from a stranger on the fly. "Spange" (spare+ change = spange). Another related term is "crack spange", which insinuates that it is being done spontaneous. Often done in the case of needing money for something immediately. "I am ten cents short for a bottle of beer, so Im gonna go crack spange on the way to the shop". used in USA and Australia. See [[Begging]]. * Scrilla - Money, Dosh, Bread, Dough, Cash. * Seasteading - the concept of creating permanent dwellings at sea, called seasteads, outside the territory claimed by any government. Pushed by San Francisco-based [https://www.seasteading.org/ Seasteading Institute], an organisation founded in 2008. * Streamliner - Someone who travels without their own gear, their own supplies and own food & water. They tend to borrow, steal the supplies of others. * Shanti Sena - AKA "Peace army." Used at Rainbow gatherings to solve issue and conflict. Non-Violent. Original used to describe Gandhi's non-violent followers in India. * Skipping, skip diving or skip salvage, is a popular for names (Europe) for [http://trashwiki.org/en/Main_Page Dumpster Diving]. * Sojourner - a person who resides temporarily in a place. * Squat party - a party that takes place either in a disused building (broken into and secured for the party) or in an already existing squat. Also see Free Party. * Skoolies - school buses that have been turned into houses on wheels (USA). See also #vanlife. * Swami - an ascetic or yogi who has been initiated into a religious monastic order (Hinduism). ==T== * Talking circles are a [[Rainbow gathering]] way that many decisions are made and information is passed along. Groups of people (from a handful to over a hundred) sit around in a circle. Typically, a focalizer calls the meeting (circle) to order. They are often used in gatherings of all types. * Thru-hiking - Hiking a long-distance trail end-to-end within one hiking season. [[United States]]. * Travel Hacking - Activating mechanisms of countering business and institutional forces who seek to control and nudge us into certain behaviour (where they can exploit our data; nudge us to spend money on resources that should be free to all). Travel hacking seeks to disrupt rules, systems and rhythms. Like hacking, can be seen as a form of resistance. * [http://www.thetravelclub.org/travel-house Travel House - Travel Club] was/is an experiment in free housing, that moves from region t region/ country-to-country each year. * [http://technogypsie.com/ Technogypsy] - combines arts and sciences in their lifestyle. * Traveller - Irish Traveller - are a traditionally itinerant ethnic group in Ireland, the UK and the US who maintain a set of traditions. * Tramp - The definition of a tramp is a homeless vagabond who wanders from place to place. * [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Teknival Teknival] - large free parties which take place worldwide. * Turnkey (-aka - "plug and play") camps - Basically, describe camps (Burning Man, but also outside the festival) where paid teams set up infrastructure before other camp members arrive. Usually that means, attendees pay and might expect a vacation-type experiences. There is no no expectation or commitment by campers to contribute to the larger community. Such camps/ experiences are frowned upon by nomads/burners, who like to contribute to the camp they attend. * Twelve Tribes communities - a Cult founded by Gene Spriggs that sprang out of the Jesus movement in 1972. They have branches in several different countries, including the United Sates, Canada, Australia, Brazil, Spain, Germany, Argentina, and the United Kingdom. They often recruit at [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Twelve_Tribes_communities Hippie] events, or take in nomads. ==U== * Upcycling - known as creative reuse, is the process of transforming by-products, waste materials, useless, or unwanted products into new materials or products of better quality or for better environmental value. Upcycling is the opposite of downcycling, which is the other half of the recycling process. * Utopia - (lit. "non-place" as well as "place of happiness"), where an island far away holds the secrets to an ideal society. See Crystal land. ==V== * [http://nomadwiki.org/en/Vehicle Vanlife] - A current trend, with the hashtag #vanlife increasingly visible. Vanlife means nomadic travel whilst living in a van. There might be some conflict between new #vanlife adherents and older RV people. RVers are often full time, and often forced onto the road (because of the economy etc), while #vanlife people often temporary, and accused of being hipsters (e.g. doing yoga, surfing and seeking sponsorship. while posting on instagram). * Vagabonding - wander about as or like a vagabond, a person with no fixed/settled home. ==W== * Waif - A waif (from the Old French guaif, "stray beast") is a living creature removed, by hardship, loss or other helpless circumstance, from its original surroundings. The most common usage of the word is to designate a homeless person or someone who looks homeless (used in UK). * Wing Nut - Ideological extremist from either side of the political spectrum who unquestioningly repeats any and all propaganda and/or conspiracy theories propagated by their side of the political spectrum (USA). [[Category:Guides]] [[Category:Nomadism]]
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"A grain can be toxic enough to kill" - police warning over fentanyl
Dominic Gilbert
Published: 7:15 AM August 15, 2018
Police officers ram a door to gain entry at a property in order to make arrests following Operation Granary. Picture: DENISE BRADLEY - Credit: Copyright: Archant 2018
Police have warned of the dangers of fentanyl which has been cut into batches of heroin over recent months and have contributed to some local drug-related deaths.
Of the 135 people who died as a result of drug misuse in Norfolk between 2015 and 2017, 45 were in Norwich, data from the Office for National Statistics, released last week, reveal.
It means the city continues to see one of the highest rates of deaths from illegal drugs in the country.
At a rate of 12 deaths in every million, the only towns nationwide with a higher rate are Swansea, Port Talbot and Hartlepool.
Chief Inspector Sonia Humphreys, of Norwich county policing command, said: 'Deaths as a result of fentanyl nationally are rising and continue to rise. It has been since 2016 that we have been starting to see a rise in deaths. What we were finding is about 12 or 18 months ago, they found a fentanyl factory up north. Sometimes a grain of this stuff in a heroin sample can be toxic enough to kill people.
'Adding things to these drugs we weren't expecting is causing some of these deaths. We have had a couple of deaths around that locally.'
Since November 2016 Norfolk Police have been targeting Class A drug dealing in the county under Operation Gravity. Around 670 arrests have been made in that time.
'We continue to target Class A distributors in the city,' added Chief Insp Humphreys. 'We appreciate there are vulnerable people in the city and when you look at homelessness, we often find drug misuse falls within that.
'People use drugs for a whole host of reasons. The data that has come out isn't just around drug misuse at Class A levels. Some is using them for suicide purposes, and notes females are more likely to be doing that.
'We have got our mental health nurses in our control room so there is early assistance and support for people who need mental health services.
'We want to make it as hostile as possible for suppliers coming into the city. Wherever you have got demand for something you are going to have suppliers. There is a big part to play for our partners to reduce that demand, but we need to be concentrating on the suppliers.'
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The South Florida real estate market recovered from the recession of 2008 with double digit price growth from 2011 until early 2015. Pricing became over-inflated, especially in the Miami marketplace as foreign buyers took advantage of the weak dollar and falling prices by investing in Miami real estate. This fueled a buying frenzy and unsustainable… read more.
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The movie "Where the Boys Are" put Fort Lauderdale on the map in 1960 as the go to city for college students on Spring Break. Fifty-six years later, Fort Lauderdale is still a hot spot but for a different demographic. As waterfront property in Miami has become increasingly scarce and expensive, many luxury residential developers… read more.
The last couple of years, especially the overheated years of 2013 and 2014, have been banner years for the South Florida real estate market. It was primarily driven by international buyers seeking a safe investment. Developers accommodated this need by constructing high-end buildings on the water with ultra luxury amenities. The market was almost like… read more.
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at least you're not pregnant?
Should have stuck with Plan A and not gotten pregnant.
You might want to be grateful that your period is here. And if you're lucky, the shits might help you lose some weight.
Not everyone wants to lose weight.
It will help clear the other issues out of her system faster if there are still things going on.
Diarrhea is usually just losing water weight - not caloric weight. Useless AND harmful.
you do realize plan b isn't an abortion pill right? it just prevents any eggs from being released, and kickstarts menstruation so nothing can be implanted in the uterine wall.
How do you know she got pregnant?
Can we all just take a moment and appreciate OP's username?
What is wrong with you. Go slap your parents.
I hope you feel better. Praying for you.
because thoughts and prayers work so well?
I had my gallbladder removed too. the worst part is because of the surgery your body will now constantly go to the bathroom since your body processes food faster.
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CHAPTER - INTRODUCTION TO 1 CORINTHIANS 1
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This chapter contains the general inscription of the epistle, the usual salutation, and a special thanksgiving for blessings received; after which the apostle intimates the occasion of his writing, the divisions about their ministers, which gives him an opportunity of discoursing concerning the nature, end, use, and efficacy of the preaching of the Gospel. The inscription is in ( 1 Corinthians 1:1,2), in which an account is given of the persons concerned in this epistle; and first of Paul, the only inspired writer of it, who is described by his name, by which he went among the Gentiles; by his office, an apostle of Jesus Christ; and by the manner in which he came into it, being called to it not through any merit of his own, but through the sovereign will and pleasure of God: and next mention is made of Sosthenes, a brother minister of the Gospel, who was with the apostle, and joined in the salutation of the church, to whom the epistle is written; who are described, by their general character, a church of God; by the place of their abode, and seat of their church state, Corinth; and by their special characters, sanctified in Christ by election, and saints through the effectual calling; and with them are joined all other saints in Achaia, that belonged to them and the apostle, that called upon the name of the Lord; and then follows the salutation in ( 1 Corinthians 1:3), usual in all the epistles; after that a thanksgiving to God for the grace they had by Christ in general, ( 1 Corinthians 1:4), and particularly for their gifts of utterance and knowledge, which were plentifully bestowed upon them, ( 1 Corinthians 1:5), and were a confirmation to them of the Gospel of Christ, ( 1 Corinthians 1:6), and by which it appeared, that they were not behind other churches in these things; and are commended for their waiting for the coming of Christ, ( 1 Corinthians 1:7), by whom the apostle assures them, they would be so confirmed in the mean while, as to be presented blameless by him in that day, ( 1 Corinthians 1:8), of which they might be assured from the faithfulness of God, who had called them to communion with Christ, ( 1 Corinthians 1:9), upon which he exhorts them to unity of affection and judgment, for this end, that there might be no schisms among them; and this he does in a way of entreaty, and that by the name of Christ, and from the consideration of their being brethren, ( 1 Corinthians 1:10), suggesting hereby, that there were divisions among them: and signifies, that he had good reason to believe it, having had an account of them from a family of repute among them, ( Corinthians 1:11), and then expressly mentions what their differences were about, namely, their ministers, ( 1 Corinthians 1:12), and uses arguments to dissuade them from their dividing principles and practices; showing, that one was their Lord and master, Christ, who was crucified for them, and in whose name they were baptized, and not his ministers, ( 1 Corinthians 1:13), and since some among them made an ill use of their having been baptized by the apostle, he is thankful that he had baptized no more of them, and mentions by name those that he had baptized, ( 1 Corinthians 1:14-16), and gives a reason for it, taken from the principal end of his mission by Christ, which was to preach the Gospel, and not only or chiefly to baptize, ( 1 Corinthians 1:17). The manner in which he was sent to preach, and did preach it, is observed by him, not in the words of human wisdom; and that for this reason, lest either the Gospel should be of no use, or the effect of it should be ascribed to a wrong cause; and then be obviates an objection that might be made to this way of preaching, that hereby the Gospel would be brought into contempt; to which he answers, by granting that it would be, and was reckoned foolishness by them that were blinded and were lost; and by observing on the other hand, that it was effectual to saving purposes to others, ( 1 Corinthians 1:18), and though the former sort might be the wise and prudent of this world, this need seem no strange thing, since the infatuation of such persons is no other than what was foretold would be, as appears from a testimony out of ( Isaiah 29:14), cited in ( 1 Corinthians 1:19), upon which some questions are put, and inquiries made, after men of wisdom and learning, whose wisdom God made foolish, ( 1 Corinthians 1:20), the reason of which was, because they did not make a right use of their natural wisdom in the knowledge of God, wherefore it was his pleasure to save men by means esteemed foolishness by them, ( 1 Corinthians 1:21), and these wise men, who accounted the preaching of the Gospel foolishness, are distinguished into two sorts, Jews and Gentiles; the one requiring miracles to confirm it, the other seeking wisdom in it, ( 1 Corinthians 1:22), but finding neither, though there were really both, the preaching of a crucified Christ was a stumbling to the one, and folly to the other, ( 1 Corinthians 1:23), though those that were called by grace from among them, whether Jews or Gentiles, had different sentiments of it, and of Christ preached in wisdom and power in Christ and his Gospel, which the apostle, an ironical concession, calls the foolishness and weakness of God, to the wisdom and 1 Corinthians 1:25), and instances in the effectual the wise, the mighty, and noble, ( weak, and base; and the end of God, in the call of such, was to draw a veil over and bring to confusion the wisdom and power of men, ( Corinthians 1:27,28), and also that no creature whatever should dare to 1 Corinthians 1:29), but the true object of glorying in grace being in him, and from him, is suggested, ( that whoever glories, should glory in him, ( Ver. 1. Paul called to be an apostle of Jesus Christ , etc.] The author, or rather the writer of the following epistle; for the Holy Ghost was the author and dictator of it, and which was never doubted: he is described by his, name Paul, though his Jewish name was Saul; and very probably he being a Jew by birth, and yet born in a Roman city, might have two names, the one Jewish, the other Gentile; and by the one he went when among the Jews, and by the other when concerned with the Gentiles: and also by his office, �an apostle of Jesus Christ�; immediately called, and sent forth by him; had the Gospel from him by immediate revelation, and a commission to preach it; and which high office was confirmed by signs and wonders, and mighty deeds; by the extraordinary gifts of the Holy Ghost conferred on him, and on others under his ministry; and by the eminent success which attended the preaching of the Gospel by him. This his character he the rather mentions, because some in this church, through the insinuations of the false apostles, demurred upon it; whereas this was not a mere name given him by men, and by which he was only commonly called by them, but was an office he was �called� to by Christ; he did not rush into it, or assume it of himself, but had a divine warrant for it; for he was invested with it, through the will of God : both by the secret will and purpose of God, by which he was a chosen vessel, to bear the name of Christ among the Gentiles, ( Acts 9:15); and by the revealed will of God, signified by the Spirit of God, who said, �separate me Saul and Barnabas, for the work whereunto I have called them�, ( Acts 13:2), and shows, that it was not owing to any worth or merit in him, but purely to the free grace and sovereign will and pleasure of God, that he was made an apostle of Christ: and Sosthenes our brother . This seems to be the same man, who was the chief ruler of the synagogue of the Jews at Corinth; and was converted to the Christian faith by the Apostle Paul whilst there, as appears from his favouring the cause of the apostle, for which the Jews beat him before the judgment seat, and yet Gallio the Roman deputy took no notice of it, ( Acts 18:17): in the Syriac dictionary mention is made of one Sosthenes, governor of a city, one of the seventy disciples, who was educated at Pontus, and cast into the sea by the order of Nouna; and is also said to be bishop of Colophon in Ionia, (see Gill on � Luke 10:1�); but without any reason. This person the apostle joins with him, not as in equal office with him, but as a brother in Christ, and very probably a ministering brother, and a companion of his; and the rather, because he might be well known to the Corinthians, and respected by them; wherefore he chose to join him with him, to show their agreement in doctrine and discipline, and in advice to them, which might have the greater weight with them; (see Acts 18:17).
Ver. 2. Unto the church of God which is at Corinth , etc.] This epistle is inscribed to the saints at Corinth; who are described by their being �the church of God�, a particular congregated church; a number of persons gathered out of the world, and joined together in holy fellowship, carrying on the worship of God together, and walking in all the commandments and ordinances of the Lord; a very high character this, to be called the church of God, which is the pillar and ground of truth: and it may be observed, that this is here given to a people, among whom were many irregularities, errors, disorders, and divisions; which shows, that a church of God is not to be unchurched for everything that is amiss in them: they are further described by the place of their abode, Corinth, the �metropolis� of Achaia; a very large and opulent city, a place of great trade and commerce, and famous both for its wealth and wisdom; but not so famous for anything as this, that there was a church of Christ in it; of the city of Corinth, (see Gill on � Acts 18:1�); and of the church, (see Gill on � Acts 18:8�). The members of it in general, for it cannot be thought to hold good of every individual, are said to be sanctified in Christ Jesus ; not by baptism, for they were sanctified before that; but were set apart, or chosen in Christ from all eternity, to grace here, which sense the word �sanctified� is sometimes used; and to whom Christ they were sanctified by his Spirit in his name, out of that and holiness which is in him: wherefore it follows, ; for though they were chosen to holiness in Christ, and unholy; though Christ had given himself for them to sanctify and purify uncalled were impure; they fell in Adam, and became both unholy and unclean, and were so in their lives and conversations; nor are their own free will, but were become such through the powerful grace of principles of holiness were wrought in them; and by which they were called And this epistle is not only inscribed to these saints at with all that in every place call upon the name of Jesus Christ our Lord as in Achaia, of which Invocation of the name of Christ not only respects prayer to him, but being given to Christ, and perforated in his name, is a very considerable Ethiopic version here styles him, any but a divine person, one that is truly and properly God, without phrase , either, as some think, refers to �every place� and so Syriac, and Arabic versions; and the sense is, that whether in was, or the Corinthians were, or any of the other saints in signifying, that invocation of God is not confined to any particular place, rather it refers to �our Lord�, and shows that Christ is the common Lord of therefore ought to love one another. Ver. 3. Grace be unto you, and peace from God , etc.] This is an usual salutation in all Paul�s epistles; (see Gill on � Romans 1:7�).
Ver. 4. I thank my God always on your behalf , etc.] Now follows a thanksgiving for various blessings bestowed upon this church, which is a proof of the apostle�s great affection for it, and how much its welfare lay at his heart. The object of thanksgiving is God, for as he is the author of all mercies, the glory and praise of them ought to be given to him. The apostle styles him �my God�, to distinguish him from others; and to express his faith of interest in him; and to observe to this church, that all the good things they enjoyed came from him, who was his God and their God, his Father and their Father; and for which reason he returned thanks to him for them, and by so doing set them an example: the persons on whose behalf he gave thanks were not at this time himself and Sosthenes, but the members of the church at Corinth; and the continuance of his thankfulness for them, is �always�, as often as he went to the throne of grace, or at any other time thought of them: what he particularly gives thanks to God for in this verse is, for the grace which is given you by Jesus Christ : and includes all sorts of grace, adopting, justifying, pardoning, regenerating, and sanctifying grace; every particular grace of the Spirit, as faith, repentance, hope, love, fear, humility, self-denial, etc. all are gifts of God, and entirely owing to his free grace, and not to man�s free will and power, or to any merits of his; and all come through the hands of Christ, and are given forth by him, as the Mediator of the covenant, and in consequence of his blood, righteousness, sacrifice, and merit.
Ver. 5. That in everything ye are enriched by him , etc.] This is still a continuation of the thanksgiving for this church, that they were �enriched�, or plentifully and abundantly provided for by Christ, with all grace, with all the riches of grace; with his own unsearchable riches, of which they were made partakers, and the riches of glory, to which they were entitled by him; and all which come to them through his poverty, which makes his grace in the donation of these riches the more illustrious: and particularly the apostle is thankful, that they were enriched by Christ in all utterance, and in all knowledge ; that not only they had the knowledge of the truths and doctrines of the Gospel, concerning the person, offices, grace, and righteousness of Christ in the theory of them, or a speculative notion of them; but for the most part had a spiritual experimental knowledge of these things; and many of them had such large to preach the Gospel to others; nay, even had the extraordinary gifts of the utterance. .] By �the to his deity, his incarnation, his obedience, sufferings, and death, his hand, and intercession for the saints; to redemption by his blood, sacrifice, and complete salvation by his obedience and death. This, as it had them, by the signs and miracles with which it was attended; by the many of them; and by the internal power and energy of the Spirit, Ver. 7. So that ye come behind in no gift a detail of the gifts which were bestowed on them is made in ( gifts to any of the churches: ; or �the revelation� ; who will appear a second time, come in great cease and be of no more use, and when they must all be accounted for; and improved to the interest and service of Christ; who will surely come again, intrusted them with; and whose coming is to be believed, loved, looked, Ver. 8. Who shall also confirm you unto the end blessing of confirmation is not the Lord Jesus Christ, though he is antecedent to the relative �who� in this, but is not, for this confirmation is saints might be blameless in the day of Christ, and so must design some other person distinct from him, which is God the Father, ( 1 Corinthians 1:4), to whom the apostle gives thanks, and continues to do so unto this verse; in which he assures the saints of confirmation in grace by God, the author and giver of all grace: and which may be understood of their confirmation in the love and favour of God, from which there can be no separation; and of their establishment in the person of Christ, and in the doctrines of grace; and of the permanency of the grace of the Spirit in them, and of their perseverance in faith and holiness unto the end: that is, of their days; even until the day of Christ, when the good work begun in them shall be performed and finished; that is, �for ever�, as the Ethiopic version reads it; for the love of God to his people always continues; their interest in Christ can never be lost; grace in them is an immortal seed; nor shall they be ever finally and totally moved away from the hope of the Gospel: that ye may be blameless ; not in themselves, for no man is without his faults; none of God�s children are without their failings and infirmities; they have whereof to blame themselves, and may be blamed by God too in a providential way; but they are so in Christ their head, being justified by his righteousness, and washed in his blood; and so in the sight of God, as considered in Christ; and will appear such in the day of our Lord Jesus Christ , when he shall descend from heaven, and take his saints to him, and present them to himself a glorious church, without spot or wrinkle, or any such thing.
Ver. 9. God is faithful, by whom ye were called , etc.] These words contain arguments, assuring the saints of their confirmation in grace, and of their being preserved blameless to the day of Christ, taken from the faithfulness of God, who is always true to his promises: whatever he has said, he will do it; he will never suffer his faithfulness to fail; and since he has made so many promises concerning the establishment of his people, and their perseverance to grace, they may assure themselves of them; and also from his having called them by his grace, for whom he effectually calls by his grace, he glorifies; and particularly from his having called them unto the fellowship of his Son Jesus Christ our Lord ; to partake of his grace, and to be heirs of glory with him; to enjoy communion with him in private and public exercises of religion, which is an evidence of being in him, and of union to him; for it is not merely into the fellowship of his saints or churches, but into the fellowship of his Son they are said to be called; and such are members of Christ, of his body, of his flesh, and of his bone; and shall never be lost and perish, but shall be confirmed to the end; be preserved in him blameless, and presented to him faultless, and have everlasting life.
Ver. 10. Now I beseech you, brethren , etc.] The apostle having observed the many favours and blessings bestowed on this church, proceeds to take notice of the divisions and contentions which were fomented in it; and in the most kind and tender manner entreats them to take every proper step to prevent schisms among them: he does not use his apostolical power and authority, or lay his injunctions and commands upon them, which he might have done, but most affectionately beseeches them; styling them brethren, as they were in a spiritual relation, being children of the same Father, members of the same body, and partakers of the same grace, and is a reason why they should not fail out by the way: and this obsecration is made by the name of the Lord Jesus ; which he wisely judged must have its weight and influence on many of them, to whom that name must be dear and precious, and which they called upon and were called by; and shows, that he was not acting in his own name, and seeking his own profit; but was concerned in and for the name of Christ, and for his honour and interest, which lay at stake by their contentions. His earnest request to them is, that ye speak the same thing ; profess the same truths, and express them in the same words; which shows the lawfulness, yea, necessity and usefulness, of confessions and articles of faith, being made and agreed to by members of churches; and which should be drawn up in a form of sound words, and abode by; for the introducing of new words and phrases is often the means of bringing in new doctrines, and of raising great contentions and animosities; wherefore using the same words to express truth by is a very proper and prudent expedient to prevent them: and that there be no divisions , or schisms among you ; which are generally made by innovations in doctrine, or worship; by forming new schemes of religion, new articles of faith, and modes of discipline: but that ye be perfectly joined together in the same mind, and in the same judgment ; which regards not only the sameness of love and affection, to one another, being, as the first Christians were, of one heart and of one soul; but their agreement in their judgments and sentiments, of both doctrine and discipline; and such an entire harmony and symmetry among them, as in the members of the body, where each member and bone being in their proper place, exactly answer to, and tally with each other; and which is the most effectual way to speak the same things, and so bar against all schisms and divisions; and such an agreement is absolutely necessary to the peace, comfort, and well being of a church; for how should �two�, and much less more, �walk together�, unless they are �agreed?� ( Amos 3:3).
Ver. 11. For it hath been declared unto me, of you, my brethren , etc.] Lest the above advice of the apostle should be thought to be impertinent and needless, and to proceed upon groundless suspicions and jealousies of his, he signifies that he not only had some broad hints of their contentions and divisions, but the whole affair was laid open, and made manifest to him: the thing was a clear point to him; he had no reason at all to doubt of the truth of it; nor could they deny it, the proof was so strong, the evidence so full, being given by them which are of the house of Chloe . Some take Chloe to be the name of a place; a city so called is said to have been in Cappadocia; but it seems rather to have been the name of a woman. Horace several times makes mention of a woman of this name, and so does Martial f3 . Pausanias calls the goddess Ceres by it, the goddess of husbandry; the word signifying green grass of the field. The person the apostle speaks of was one that very probably lived at Corinth, and was a member of the church there, and at the head of a family of great worth and credit; who being grieved at the growing animosities, and disturbances there raised, wrote to the apostle, and gave him a distinct account of them, desiring him to use his interest to put a stop to them. He mentions this family by name, to show that he had not took up an idle tale, and received reports from anybody, nor from a single person only, but from a family of repute among them; and who could have no other views in the relation of it to him, than the good of the church, and the glory of God: and what they had made out clearly to him was, that there are contentions among you ; about their ministers, as appears afterward, as well as about opinions in doctrines, and ceremonies in worship, which occasioned undue heats, and great indecencies, tending to make rents and schisms among them.
Ver. 12. Now this I say that everyone of you saith , etc.] This the apostle affirms not upon his own personal knowledge, but upon the credit of the report the house of Chloe had made unto him; and his meaning is not that every individual member of this church, but that many of them, and the far greater number of them, were in the following factions, some being for one minister, and some for another: one part of them said, I am of Paul ; he had been instrumental in their conversion: he had baptized some of them, and first laid the foundation of a Gospel church among them; was a solid, brave, and bold preacher of the Gospel, and was set for the defence of it; wherefore he was the minister for them, and they were desirous of being called and distinguished by his name: but there was another party that said, and I of Apollos ; in opposition to Paul, whom they despised, as a man whose aspect was mean; his bodily presence weak, made no figure in the pulpit; his speech low and contemptible; his discourses plain, not having that flow of words, and accuracy of expression, as Apollos had; who was an eloquent man, and mighty in the Scriptures, who coming to Corinth after the Apostle Paul, many were taken with his way of preaching; he was the preacher for them, and they chose to be called after him, and in distinction from others: whilst another company of them said, and I of Cephas ; or Peter, in opposition both to Paul and Apollos; who with them were new upstart ministers, in comparison of Peter, who was with Christ from the beginning, and saw his miracles, and heard his doctrines; and, besides, had the apostleship and Gospel of the circumcision, on which account they highly valued him; for these must be supposed to be the converted Jews among them, who still retained a regard to the ceremonies of the law; wherefore they fixed on Peter as their minister, and to be called by his name: but others said, and I of Christ ; which some take to be the words of the apostle, declaring who he was of, and for, and belonged unto; intimating that they, as he, should call no man father, or master, on earth, or be called by any other name than that of Christ. Others consider them as the words of the Corinthians, a small part of them who were very mean and contemptible, and therefore mentioned last, who chose to be known and called by no other name than that of Christians; but I rather think that these design a faction and party, to be condemned as the others. These were for Christ, in opposition to Paul, Apollos, and Cephas, and any other ministers of the word. They were for Christ without his ministers; they were wiser than their teachers; they were above being under any ministrations and ordinances; as the others attributed too much to the ministers of the Gospel, these detracted too much from them, and denied them to be of any use and service. Some persons may be, in such sense, for Christ, as to be blame worthy; as when they use his name to deceive men, or divide his interest.
Ver. 13. Is Christ divided ? etc.] Some read the words as an assertion, �Christ is divided�; that is, his body, the church, is divided by such factions and parties; though in some copies mh , the note of interrogation, is put before the clause, and so to be rendered, �is Christ divided?� no; his human body was not to be divided; a bone of him was not to be broken, ( John 19:36 Psalm 34:20); the seamless garment he wore was not to be rent asunder, ( John 19:23,24); nor is his mystical body, the church, to be torn in pieces by schisms and divisions; nor is anyone part of his Gospel different from, or opposite to another part of it; his doctrine is the same as preached by one minister and another, and is all of a piece, uniform and harmonious. Christ is not divided from his Father, not in nature; though he is to be distinguished from him, yet not to be divided; he is one in nature with him, though he is a distinct person from him; nor is he, nor can he, or will be ever separated from him; nor is he to be divided from him in his works and actions, with whom he was jointly concerned in creation, providence, and grace; and such are to be blamed as dividers of Christ from the Father, who talk of Christ to the exclusion of the Father, or to the dropping and neglect of any of his acts of grace; as his everlasting love to his chosen ones, the eternal election of them in Christ, the covenant of grace made with him, and the instance of his grace in the gift and mission of his Son: nor is Christ divided from himself, not in his nature and person; the two natures, human and divine, are united in one person; they are to be distinguished, and not to be confounded, yet not to be separated as to wake two distinct persons: nor in his offices; a whole Christ is to be received; Christ in his kingly as well as in his priestly office; to claim him as a Saviour and disown him as a King, is dishonourable to him; it is to make one end of his death void, as much as in such lies, which is, that he may be Lord of dead and living; and argues a carnal selfish spirit, and that faith in him is not right: such are to be blamed for being for Christ, and as dividers of him, who talk of being saved by him, and yet would not have him to rule over them. Nor is he divided from his Spirit, not from the person of the Spirit; he is to be distinguished from him as a person, but is one in nature with him; nor from his gifts and graces, which he has as man and Mediator without measure; nor from the work of the Spirit; for it is his grace the Spirit of God implants in the hearts of men: it comes from him, it centres in him, it makes men like him, and glorifies him; such who cry up Christ, and cry down the work of his Spirit upon the soul, are to be blamed for being for Christ, and to be reckoned dividers of them as much as in them lies: nor is Christ divided from his church and people; there is a close union between them, and he dwells in them, and among them; and they are to be blamed that talk of Christ, and never meet with his saints in public service and worship: nor is he divided from his ministers, word, and ordinances; Christ is the sum of the ministry of the word; the ordinances are instituted by him; he submitted to them himself, and is the substance of them, and has promised his presence in them to the end of the world: and what God has put together, let no man put asunder. Was Paul crucified for you? no; he had taught them another doctrine; namely, that Christ was crucified for them, that he died for their sins, and had bought them with the price of his own blood; and therefore they were not to be the servants of men, or to call any man master, or to be called by his name, or any other man�s, only by Christ�s, who had redeemed them by his blood; so that they were not their own, nor any other�s, but his, and ought to glorify him with their souls and bodies, which were his. Or were ye baptized in the name of Paul ; no; but in the name of the Father, of the Son, and of the Holy Ghost. The apostle did not pretend to be the author of a new revelation, or the propagator of a new religion, but was a preacher of the Gospel, and an administrator of the ordinances of Christ; wherefore he baptized not in his own name, but in the name of Christ: to whose worship and service such as are baptized are devoted, and not to the service of men, and therefore not to be called after their names.
Ver. 14. I thank God that I baptized none of you , etc.] The Alexandrian copy and the Syriac version read, �I thank my God�; not that the apostle disliked the ordinance of baptism, or the administration of it; and much less that he thought it criminal, or an evil in him to perform it; nor was he at any time displeased at the numbers of persons who desired it of him; but on the contrary rejoiced where proper subjects of it were brought to a submission to it; but inasmuch as some persons in the church at Corinth made such an ill use of his having baptized them, he was greatly thankful that it was so ordered in providence, that the far greater part of them were baptized by other ministers, either by those who were with him, or came after him; and that he baptized none of them with his own hands, but Crispus and Gaius . The former of these was the chief ruler of the Jewish synagogue at Corinth, who hearing the apostle, and believing in Christ, was baptized by him, ( Acts 18:8) and the latter was a very liberal and hospitable man, and was the apostle�s host, whilst he was at Corinth; (see Romans 16:23).
Ver. 15. Lest any should say that I had baptized in my own name .] The Alexandrian copy, and some others, and the Vulgate Latin version, read, �lest anyone should say that ye were baptized in my name�; and the Ethiopic version renders it, �that ye might not say we have been baptized in his name�. This gives the true reason why the apostle was so thankful he had baptized no more of the members of this church, lest either some should reproach him, as having done it in his own name, and as seeking his own honour and interest; or lest others should affect, from their being baptized by him, to be called by his name, as if he was the author and patron of a new sect.
Ver. 16. And I also baptized the household of Stephanas , etc.] The same name with �Stephanios�, or �Stephanio� in Pliny f5 . Before he says he had baptized none but Crispus and Gaius; but recollecting things, he corrects himself, and observes, that he had also baptized the household of Stephanas, who by the Greek writers is thought to be the same with the jailer baptized by the apostle at Philippi, but was now removed from thence to Corinth, and was become a famous and useful man there. No argument can be formed from the baptism of his household in favour of infant baptism, since it must be first proved that he had any infants in his family, and that these were baptized; and if his household and the jailer�s are the same, it is certain that his household were such who were capable of having the word of God spoke to them, and who actually did believe in God. And if they were not the same, yet it is clear that this household of Stephanas consisted of adult, converted, and very useful persons; they were the firstfruits of Achaia, and had addicted themselves to the ministry of the saints, ( 1 Corinthians 16:15). Besides , that is, the above mentioned persons, I know not whether I baptized any other ; meaning at Corinth, for he might have baptized, and doubtless did baptize many more in other places, for anything that is here said to the contrary: of this he would not be positive; for though he might fully know, and well remember, on recollection, who, and how many, were baptized by him with his own hands there, yet he could not tell but that some persons might have removed thither, and become members of the church in that place, who had been baptized by him elsewhere.
Ver. 17. For Christ sent me not to baptize , etc.] Some think the apostle refers to his particular mission from Christ, ( Acts 26:16) in which no mention is made of his administering the ordinance of baptism; but no doubt he had the same mission the rest of the apostles had, which was to baptize as well as preach; and indeed, if he had not been sent at all to baptize, it would have been unlawful for him to have administered baptism to any person whatever; but his sense is, that baptism was not the chief and principal business he was sent about; this was to be done mostly by those preachers of the word who travelled with him, or followed after him: he was not sent so much about this work, but to preach the Gospel ; for which he was most eminently qualified, had peculiar gifts for the discharge of it, and was greatly useful in it. This was what he was rather sent to do than the other, and this �not with wisdom of words�. Scholastic divinity, or the art of disputation, is by the Karaites, a sect among the Jews, called �yrbdh tmkj , �wisdom of words�: this the apostle seems to refer to, and signifies he was not sent with, or to preach, with words of man�s wisdom, with human eloquence and oratory, with great swelling words of vanity, but in a plain, humble, modest manner; on which account the false teachers despised him, and endeavoured to bring his ministry into contempt with others: but this way and manner of preaching he chose for this reason, lest the cross of Christ should be made of none effect ; that is, either lest men�s ears and fancies should be so tickled and pleased with the eloquence of speech, the elegancy of diction, and accuracy of expression, the cadency of words, and beauty of the oration, with the manner, and not with the matter of preaching, and so the true use, end, and design of the doctrine of a crucified Christ be defeated; or lest the success of the ministry should be attributed to the force of enticing words, and the strength and persuasion of oratory, and not to the energy of divine power attending the doctrine of the cross.
Ver. 18. For the preaching of the cross , etc.] Not of the Christian�s cross, which he is to take up and bear for the sake of Christ; though this is a doctrine taught by Christ, and his apostles, and found to be true by the saints in all ages; and is what is had in great aversion and contempt, being very disagreeable to the natural man: but of the cross of Christ, the doctrine of salvation by a crucified Christ; or the doctrine of peace and reconciliation by the blood of his cross, and of righteousness, pardon, atonement, and satisfaction by the offering up of himself upon it as a sacrifice for sin, is here intended; and which is foolishness in the esteem of many; and that because man�s wisdom has no hand either in forming the scheme of it, or in the discovery of it to the sons of men; and besides, being revealed, it is very disagreeable to the carnal reason of man. This way of preaching is very impolite and unfashionable, and therefore despised; it is a doctrine which is not received by the wise and learned, but has been in all ages loaded with reproach, stigmatized either as a novel or licentious doctrine, and attended with persecution; though the only doctrine God owns for conversion, which administers comfort to distressed souls, and is food for the faith of believers; yea, it is a display of the highest wisdom; is what angels approve of, and desire to look into; is wiser than the wisdom of men; it has made foolish the wisdom of this world, and is what is only able to make a man wise unto salvation; and yet this doctrine is accounted foolish, yea foolishness itself; but to whom is it so? to them that perish . All mankind are in a lost and perishing condition, by reason of sin, and want of righteousness. There are some who shall not perish; the Father has chose them unto salvation, the Son has redeemed them, and the Spirit sanctifies them; but there are others who do perish in their sins; wicked and ungodly men, Carried away with their own lusts and blinded by Satan, the god of this world: these are they that are lost, to whom the Gospel is hid, and who judge it foolishness; but their judgment of it is not to be regarded, being no more capable to judge of the glory and wisdom of the Gospel, than a blind man is of colours: but unto us which are saved; who are chosen in Christ unto salvation; whose persons and grace are secured in Christ, and in the everlasting covenant; for whom Christ has wrought out salvation; and to whom it is applied by the Spirit of God; and who are kept unto the full enjoyment of it by divine grace: to these it is the power of God ; organically or instrumentally; it being the means of quickening them when dead in sin, of enlightening their dark minds, of unstopping their deaf ears, of softening their hard hearts, and of enemies making them friends to God, Christ, and his people: and it is likewise so declaratively, there being a wonderful display of the power of God in the ministration of it; as may be seen when observed who were the first preachers of it, men of no figure in life, of no education, illiterate mechanics, very mean and abject; into these earthen vessels were put the treasure of the Gospel, that the excellency of the power might appear to be of God, and not man; as also the doctrine they preached, a crucified Christ, disagreeable to the wisdom of men; the manner in which they spread it, not by force of arms, by carnal weapons, but spiritual ones; moreover, the opposition they met with from rabbins, philosophers, princes, kings, and emperors, and all the states and powers of the world; and yet in how short a time, maugre all opposition, did they carry the Gospel throughout the whole world, to the conversion of millions of souls, and the planting of churches everywhere; and which Gospel has continued and increased, notwithstanding the efforts of persecutors and false teachers, and all the power and artifice of men and devils; all which can be attributed to nothing else but the mighty power of God: add to this, that the Gospel is the power of God in the esteem of the saints, who know it to be so by inward experience; they have felt the power of it on their hearts; it has wrought effectually in them, and therefore they are the best judges, and are capable of giving the best account of it.
Ver. 19. As it is written , etc.] The passage referred to is in ( Isaiah 29:14) where it is read, �the wisdom of their wise men shall perish; and the understanding of their prudent men shall be hid�; and is rendered by the Septuagint, �I will destroy the wisdom of the wise, and will hide the understanding of the prudent�: which is much the same with the apostle�s version of it: and the sense of the prophecy is, that in the times of the Messiah, under the Gospel dispensation, the mysteries of grace should be hid from the wise rabbins among the Jews, the Scribes and Pharisees, who, with all their sagacity, parts, and learning, would not be able to comprehend the doctrines of the Gospel; by these their wisdom and understanding would be nonplussed, so that they would reject them as foolishness, because their carnal reason could not reach them; which shows what an infatuation they were given up to: and if this should be the case, as it was with the wise and learned philosophers among the Gentiles, it need not be wondered at; it was what was foretold in prophecy concerning the Jews, who had the oracles of God, and the advantage of a divine revelation; and therefore it need not be stumbling to them that are saved, that the Gospel should meet with so much scorn and contempt among them that perish in the Gentile world. These words are very pertinently cited by the apostle, since they are acknowledged by the Jews themselves to signify the departure of wisdom from the wise men of Israel, in the times of the destruction of the temple, as Jarchi on the place observes.
Ver. 20. Where is the wise? where is the Scribe? etc.] These are the apostle�s own words; though he may allude to ( Isaiah 33:18) where there are some phrases much like these, but the meaning is very different.
Though they are interpreted by the Talmudists in a sense pretty near the apostle�s; for thus they remark upon them, �where is the Scribe? he that counts all the letters which are in the law; �where is the receiver, or weigher?� who weighs all the light and heavy things in the law; �where is he that counted the towers?� he who counts, or teaches the three hundred traditions:� so that they understand these of their Scribes and Misnic doctors, and such that are curious searchers into the hidden senses of Scripture. The apostle also seems to allude to a distinction that obtained among the Jews, of wise men, Scribes, and mystical interpreters of the word. They had their ymkj , �wise men�, which was a general name for men of learning and knowledge; and their yrps , �Scribes�, who interpreted the law in the literal and grammatical sense; and their yn�rd , �preachers, or disputers�, who diligently searched into the hidden meaning of the Scriptures, and sought for and delivered out the mystical and allegorical sense of them, and who used to dispute about them in their schools. These three are sometimes to be met with together, and as distinct from each other. They say that �God showed to the first man every generation, wy�rwdw , �and its expounders, or disputers�; and every generation, wymkjw , �and its wise men�; and every generation, wyrpwsw , �and its Scribes.�� And the apostle�s sense is, �where is the wise?� the man that boasts of his superior wisdom and knowledge in the things of nature, whether among the Jews or Gentiles; �where is the Scribe?� the letter learned man, who takes upon him to give the literal sense of the law; where is the disputer of this world? the Jewish world, who pretends to the knowledge of the more abstruse and secret senses of Scripture; where are these men? they are not to be found among those that God employs in the ministration of the Gospel; he has laid them aside, and chosen others, where are they? what use have they been of to men? are men under their instructions the better, either in principle or practice? where are the thousands that have been turned to God by their wisdom, as can be shown by the faithful ministers of the Gospel? where are they? let them come and produce their cause, and bring forth their strong reasons against the Gospel they account foolishness, and try if these will stand before its superior power and wisdom; where are they? are they not fools, with all their wisdom and learning? The words may be rendered, �where is the searcher, or inquirer of this world?� and may design the same sort of persons whom the Jews call rqjmh ymkj , �the wise men of search, or inquiry� f9 , and sometimes rqjmh y�na , �the men of search, or inquiry� f10 ; by whom they seem to intend such who search into the nature of things, who study natural philosophy. Hath not God made foolish the wisdom of this world? by bringing in the Gospel scheme, which the men of the world, the greatest wits in it, are not able to understand; by laying their wisdom aside as useless in the business of salvation; by showing it to be vain and empty, and of no service in things spiritual and divine; by detecting, through the ministration of the Gospel, the sophisms of men, and showing that the schemes both Jews and Gentiles give into abound with folly, with stupid notions, and are full of gross errors and fatal mistakes.
Ver. 21. For after that in the wisdom of God , etc.] These words contain a reason proving the infatuation of men, with respect to �the wisdom of God�; by which may be meant either Christ, who is the wisdom of God, was in the world, and yet the world of the Jews, and their chief Rabbins among them, with all their wisdom, neither knew him, nor God his Father; or the Gospel, which is also so called, and though this was come, both into the Jewish and Gentile world, yet neither of them, by their natural wisdom, knew the God of grace, so manifestly revealed in it; or rather the works of creation, in which there is such a visible display of the wisdom of God: yet �the world by wisdom knew not God�; the author of them: the Gentiles knew him not in any spiritual and saving manner, as in Christ, or the God of all grace; yea, they knew him not as the God of nature to be the one, only, true God; they knew him not so as to glorify him as God, or to worship him in a right way and manner: wherefore, it pleased God by the foolishness of preaching to save them that believe ; it was his purpose and decree within himself; it was his sovereign good will and pleasure; it was what he, without any motion from, or merit in the creature, resolved of himself from all eternity that he would �save�, not the wise man, the Scribe, the disputer of this world, the rationalist, the talker, nor the worker, but �them that believe� in his Son; that look unto him, venture on him, and commit the care and keeping of their souls to him, however weak, mean, and despicable they may otherwise be; or whether they believe with a weak, or a strong faith, so be it, it is but true: the Ethiopic version reads, �that believe in this foolish doctrine�; and this he determined to do, and did, �by the foolishness of preaching�; or by that sort of preaching, which both for the matter of it, Christ, that itself, and the manner of it, the world reckons foolishness; and which are the things of the Father�s grace in election, of the Son�s grace in redemption, and the Spirit�s in regeneration: so the wise men of the world, with all their wisdom, are left ignorant of God, and perish in their sins, whilst the Gospel they despise is the power of God unto salvation to all that believe in Christ; this, through efficacious grace, becomes the means of regenerating and quickening men, showing them their need of salvation, and where it is, and of working faith in them to look to Christ for it.
Ver. 22. For the Jews require a sign , etc.] The Jews had always been used to miracles, in confirmation of the mission of the prophets sent unto them, and therefore insisted on a sign proving Jesus to be the true Messiah; except signs and wonders were wrought, they would not believe; and though miracles were wrought in great numbers, and such as never man did, they remained incredulous, and persisted in demanding a sign from heaven, and in their own way; and it was told them that no other sign should be given them, but that of the prophet Jonah, by which was signified the resurrection of Christ from the dead; this was given them, and yet they believed not, but went on to require a sign still; nothing but miracles would do with them, and they must be such as they themselves pleased: the Alexandrian copy, and some others, and the Vulgate Latin version, read �signs�, in the plural number: and the Greeks seek after wisdom ; the wisdom of the world, natural wisdom, philosophy, the reason of things, the flowers of rhetoric, the ornaments of speech, the beauties of oratory, the justness of style and diction; as for doctrines they regarded none, but such as they could comprehend with, and account for by their carnal reason, everything else they despised and exploded. Hence we often read of tynwwy tmkj , �the Grecian wisdom�, or wisdom of the Greeks; which, the Jews say f12 , lay in metaphors and dark sayings, which were not understood but by them that were used to it; the study of it was forbidden by them, though some of their Rabbins were conversant with it f13 .
Ver. 23. But we preach Christ crucified , etc.] Regardless of the sentiments and opinions of Jews and Gentiles, of what the one required and the other sought after; and in opposition to all their senseless and groundless cavils, the apostle and his fellow ministers continued preaching the doctrine of salvation by a crucified Christ, and him only; though it was unto the Jews a stumblingblock ; as was prophesied it should be, and as it came to pass; for they not only stumbled at the meanness of his birth, parentage, and education, at his ministry, miracles, company and audience; but especially at his sufferings and death: it was a stumbling to them that he should die at all, for they understood out of their law, that Christ should abide for ever; and it was more so that he should die the death of the cross, by which, according to their law, he appeared to be accursed; and most of all this was stumbling to them, because they expected a temporal kingdom to be set up by him: and unto the Greeks foolishness ; as that the Son of God should be crucified; that riches should come through his poverty, and men be brought to a kingdom and glory through one so mean and abject; that there should be life for men in his death, and salvation through his crucifixion, or the shameful death of the cross; that blessings should come through his being made a curse; and that his death should be an expiatory sacrifice for the sins of men; and that justification should be by one that was condemned; and peace and pardon should be by his blood; and that he should be raised again from the dead. These things were the subject of their ridicule and banter, and, in their opinion, deserved rather to be laughed at than credited. The Alexandrian copy, and others, and the Vulgate and all the Oriental versions, read, �unto the Gentiles�.
Ver. 24. But unto them which are called , etc.] Effectually, by the grace of God, not merely externally, but internally; these have other sentiments of Christ, and the doctrine of salvation by him; for being called out of darkness, and savingly illuminated by the Spirit of God, they see wisdom, beauty, glory, excellency, and suitableness in Christ, and in his Gospel; and having felt the power of it upon their souls, with them, both Jews and Greeks , of whatsoever nation they be, and whatsoever their prejudices have been, Christ, to them is, the power of God, and the wisdom of God : he is �the power of God�; this is opposed to the Jews who stumbled at his weakness, his sufferings and death, even the death of the cross; and is to be understood of him, not as God, in which sense he is Mighty, yea, the Almighty, and which appears by his works of creation and providence; but as Mediator, and of him in his low and mean estate, and even when he was crucified through weakness; in respect to that very thing in which he was weakness, and so stumbling, to others, he is to them that are called the power of God; as is clear by his bearing all the sins of his people in his own body, on the tree, the cross whereon he was crucified, and all the punishment due thereunto; and yet he failed not, nor was he discouraged, nor did he give out, till he had satisfied law and justice perfectly, and made a full end of sin, and an entire reconciliation for iniquity; as also by destroying, by his death, the devil, who had the power of death, and spoiling all his principalities and powers, triumphing over them on his cross; by redeeming his people from all their sins, and the curse of the law, and from him that was stronger than they; by abolishing death, and at last raising himself from the dead; all which show him, even when and �though� crucified, to be the power of God, or to be possessed of Almighty power; for these are things which a mere creature could never have done: and he is �the wisdom of God�, also, in the account of these persons; and which likewise is to be understood, it being opposed to the opinions the Greeks had of him, not of him as the essential wisdom of God, as he is the wise Creator and Governor of the universe; but of him as Mediator, and in respect to that for which the Greeks accounted him foolishness: for in redemption and salvation by a crucified Christ, God hath abounded towards us in all wisdom and prudence: there is in this article a high display of the wisdom of God; for hereby justice was satisfied in that nature which sinned, and Satan destroyed in that nature which he himself had been the ruin of; hereby sin was condemned, and yet the sinner saved; pardon and justification came to be in a way of grace, and yet of strict justice; all the divine perfections harmonize, and are glorified, and God has hereby executed his wise designs and counsels of old; yea, even the wisdom of God is seen in Christ�s dying the death of the cross, whereby he appeared to be made a curse for us, that he might redeem us from the curse of the law, and that the blessing of Abraham might come upon us.
Ver. 25. Because the foolishness of God , etc.] Not that there is any such thing as �foolishness� in God, nor the least degree of weakness in him; but the apostle means that which the men of the world esteem so, and therefore, by an ironical concession, calls it by those names; by which is intended either Christ, who, as crucified, is counted foolishness; yet he �is wiser than men�: yea, even than Solomon, who was wiser than all men besides; Christ is greater than he in wisdom, having all the treasures of wisdom and knowledge in him; yea, in redemption by the blood of his cross, which is accounted such an egregious instance of folly, there is such a display of wisdom as surpasses all the wisdom of men and angels: and though he is, as crucified, esteemed as the weakness of God , yet in this respect, is stronger than men ; stronger than the strong man armed; and has done that by his own arm, has brought salvation for his people, which neither men nor angels could ever have done: or all this may be understood of the Gospel of Christ, which is condemned as folly and weakness, and yet has infinitely more wisdom in it, than is to be found in the best concerted schemes of the wisest philosophers; and has had a greater influence on the minds and manners of men than theirs ever had; it is the manifold wisdom of God, and the power of God unto salvation. Moreover, these words may be applied to the saints, called in ( 1 Corinthians 1:27) the foolish and weak things of the world ; and yet even these, in the business of salvation, how foolish soever they may be in other respects, are wiser than the wisest of men destitute of the grace of God; and however weak they are in themselves, in their own esteem, and in the account of others, they are able to do and suffer such things, through the strength of Christ that no other men in the world are able to perform or endure. The phrases here used seem to be a sort of proverbial ones; and the sense of them is, that whatever, in things divine and spiritual, has the appearance of folly and weakness, or is judged to be so by carnal men, is wiser and stronger not only than the wisdom and strength of men, but than men themselves with all their wisdom and strength. It is very likely, that proverbial expressions of this kind, with a little alteration, were used by the Jews. The advice the young men gave to Rehoboam is thus paraphrased by the Targumist f14 , abad hytrwbg �m apyqt ytw�lj , �my weakness is stronger than the strength of my father�; which is very near the same with the last clause of this verse.
Ver. 26. For ye see your calling, brethren , etc.] That is, those that were called by the grace of God among them; for as circumcision and uncircumcision stand for circumcised and uncircumcised persons, and election for elect persons, and righteousness for righteous persons, ( Romans 3:30, 11:7 2 Peter 3:13) so here �calling� designs men called by grace; the manner of whose calling, and what sort of persons they were, the apostle signifies, they did or might, or ought, to see, observe, and consider; for respect is here had, not, as some have thought, to the first preachers of the Gospel, who were mechanics, fishermen, illiterate persons, very mean and despicable; but to the members of the church at Corinth, whether public preachers, or private members. The city of Corinth had in it many noble families, of high birth and quality, abounded with learned philosophers and rich merchants; and yet it was easy to be seen, how that not many wise men after the flesh, not many mighty, not many noble are called . The apostle does not say that there were none of the wise, the mighty, and noble called; for there were Crispus, and Sosthenes, rulers of the synagogue, and Gains a rich hospitable man, and Erastus the chamberlain of the city, and it may be some others of a like or better figure in life; but there were not many of them; instances of this kind are but few recorded in the Scripture; as Joseph of Arimathea a rich counsellor, Paulus Sergius a Roman deputy, Dionysius the Areopagite, and some in Caesar�s palace; which show that nobility, riches, and learning, as they do not at all contribute towards a man�s salvation, so neither can they hinder it where grace takes place; but, generally speaking, God has thought fit, for wise reasons, to choose and call persons of different characters.
Ver. 27. But God hath chosen the foolish things of the world , etc.] So the Jews, in distinction from their wise Rabbins and doctors, call others, aml[d �y�pj , �the fools of the world� f15 ; the persons whom God made choice of from all eternity, as appears by his calling them in time, are such who with respect to the wisdom of the world are foolish; have not those natural parts and abilities, that sagacity and penetration in things natural and civil, that knowledge and learning which many others have; and are therefore esteemed foolish by the men of the world, in comparison of whom; who are the wise and prudent, they are but babes: and God�s end in his choice of them, and calling them, is to confound the wise ; who sooner or later will be brought to shame and confusion, to see such idiots, as they took them to be, wiser than they in the business of salvation; having been directed and influenced by divine grace to choose that good part, which shall never be taken from them, when they will be stripped of their nobility, wealth, and wisdom; to see these men go into the kingdom of heaven, and they themselves shut out: and God hath chosen the weak things of the world ; who cannot boast of their birth and pedigree, of their ancient and illustrious families; have no titles of honour to aggrandize them, nor estates, possessions, and worldly substance to support themselves with; and this he has done, to confound the things which are mighty ; as Haman was by the advancement of Mordecai. It will be to the utter confusion of the rich and mighty, to see persons of the lowest class in life made kings and priests by Christ, set among princes, and upon the throne of glory; and they themselves fleeing, and calling to the mountains to fall upon them, and cover them from the sight of him that sits on the throne, and the Lamb.
Ver. 28. And base things of the world , etc.] Who are reckoned the filth of the world, and the offscouring of all things; men of mean birth, education, and business of life: and things that are despised ; and set at nought, as poor persons generally are; yet God hath chosen them; even the poor of this world, rich in faith, and heirs of a kingdom: yea, and things which are not ; some think the Gentiles are here intended, who by the Jews are called �things that are not�: as in the apocryphal books: �O Lord, give not thy sceptre unto �them that be nothing�, and let them not laugh at our fall; but turn their device upon themselves, and make him an example, that hath begun this against us.� (Esther 14:11) �56 As for the other people, which also come of Adam, thou hast said that �they are nothing�, but be like unto spittle: and hast likened the abundance of them unto a drop that falleth from a vessel. 57 And now, O Lord, behold, these heathen, which have ever been �reputed as nothing�, have begun to be lords over us, and to devour us.� (2 Esdras 6) See Gill on � Romans 4:17� for note on non-entities, or such who are not in being, are meant; but who are not accounted of, or are reckoned as nothing; and these the Lord calls by his grace, as a fruit and evidence of electing love: to bring to nought things that are ; who, on the account of their noble birth, large possessions, and high attainments in knowledge and learning, thought themselves something; all which will one day be abolished, and will stand them in no stead with regard to future happiness and glory. The Jews f16 have a saying quite contrary to all this, that �the Shekinah, or presence of God, does not dwell on any but upon a wise man, a mighty man, and a rich man.�
Ver. 29. That no flesh should glory in his presence .] That is, �in the presence of God�, as some copies, and the Arabic and Ethiopic versions read; not in their blood, birth, families, lineage, and natural descent; nor in their might, power, and dominion; nor in their riches, wealth, and substance; nor in their wisdom, learning, and parts: for however these may be gloried in before men, yet not before God. These are of no account with him, nor will they be regarded by him, or men on account of them; and he has taken a method in choosing and calling the reverse of these, to stain the glory of all flesh, that no man may attribute his salvation to any thing of the creature, but wholly to the sovereign grace and good pleasure of God.
Ver. 30. But of him are ye in Christ Jesus , etc.] These words, as they direct to the proper object of glorying, Christ, so they show the high honour the called ones are brought to in and through Christ, and are opposed to their outward meanness, folly, weakness, poverty, and contempt. They are first of God the Father, of his own rich free grace and goodness, without any regard to any motive, merit, or desert of theirs, put into Christ by electing grace, in whom they are preserved and blessed; and which is their original secret being in him; and is made manifest by regenerating grace, by their being made new creatures; which also is not owing to their blood, or to the will of the flesh, or to the will of man, but to God and his free favour in Christ: and in consequence of their being in Christ, as their head and representative, he becomes all to them, which is here expressed; who of God is made unto us wisdom . Though they are foolish creatures in their own and the world�s esteem, yet Christ is their wisdom; he is so �efficiently�, the author and cause of all that spiritual wisdom and understanding in divine things they are possessed of; he is so �objectively�, their highest wisdom lying in the knowledge of his person, blood, and righteousness, of interest in him, and salvation by him; with which knowledge eternal life is connected: and he is so �representatively�; he is their head, in whom all their wisdom lies; he acts for them as their wisdom to God, he is their Counsellor, their Advocate, who pleads and intercedes for them, and as their wisdom to men, and gives them a mouth and wisdom which their adversaries are not able to gainsay; and having the tongue of the learned, he speaks a word in season to themselves, when weary, distressed, and disconsolate, and for them in the court of heaven; he is their wisdom, to direct their paths, to guide them with his counsel, in the way they should go, safe to his kingdom and glory: and righteousness . He is the �author� of righteousness; he has wrought out and brought in one for them, which is well pleasing to God, satisfying to his justice, by which his law is magnified and made honourable; which justifies from all sin, and discharges from all condemnation, is everlasting, and will answer for them in a time to come; this he has brought in by the holiness of his nature, the obedience of his life, and by his sufferings and death: and which is �subjectively� in him, not in themselves; nor does it lie in any thing wrought in them, or done by them; but in him as their head and representative, who by �imputation� is made righteousness to them; and they the same way are made the righteousness of God in him; or in other words, this righteousness, by an act of the Father�s grace, is imputed, reckoned, and accounted to them as their justifying righteousness: and sanctification ; Christ is the sanctification of his people, through the constitution of God, the imputation of the holiness of his nature, the merits of his blood, and the efficacy of his grace, he is so �federally� and �representatively�; he is their covenant head, and has all covenant grace in his hands for them, and so the whole stock and fund of holiness, which is communicated to them in all ages, until the perfection of it in every saint: this is sanctification in Christ, which differs from sanctification in them in these things; in him it is as the cause, in them as the effect; in him as its fountain, in them as the stream; in him it is complete, in them it is imperfect for the present: and they have it by virtue of union to him; sanctification in Christ can be of no avail to any, unless it is derived from him to them; so that this sanctification in Christ does not render the sanctification of the Spirit unnecessary, but includes it, and secures it: likewise Christ is the sanctification of his people �by imputation�, as the holiness of his human nature is, together with his obedience and sufferings, imputed to them for their justification; Christ assumed an holy human nature, the holiness of it was not merely a qualification for his office as a Saviour, or what made his actions and sufferings in that nature significant and useful, or is exemplary to men; but is a branch of the saints justification before God: the law required an holy nature, theirs is not holy; Christ has assumed one not for, himself, but for them, and so is the end of the law in all respects: and this may be greatly designed in the whole of this passage; �wisdom� may stand in general for the wise scheme of justification, as it is laid in Christ; �sanctification� may intend the holiness of his nature; �righteousness� the obedience of his life; and �redemption� his sufferings and death, by which it is obtained: but then justification and sanctification are not to be confounded; they are two distinct things, and have their proper uses and effects; sanctification in the saints does not justify, or justification sanctify; the one respects the power and being of sin, the other the guilt of it.
Moreover, Christ is the sanctification of his people �meritoriously�; through the shedding of his blood, whereby he has sanctified them, that is, expiated their sins, and made full atonement for them; (see Hebrews 10:10,14 13:12). Once more, he is their sanctification �efficiently�; by his Spirit, as the author, and by his word, as the means; he is the source of all holiness, it all comes from him, and is wrought by his Spirit in the heart; which lies in filling the understanding with spiritual light and knowledge; the mind with a sense of sin, and a detestation of it; the heart with the fear of God; the affections with love to divine objects and things; the will with submission and resignation to the will of God in all respects; and is exercised in living a life of faith on Christ, and in living soberly, righteously, and godly, before God and man: and this, though imperfect now, will be perfected from and by Christ, without which it is impossible to see the Lord: and redemption ; which he is by the appointment of his Father, being foreordained to it before the foundation of the world; and this sense of the word made will agree with every clause in the text; and he is so efficiently, having obtained eternal redemption from sin, Satan, the law, and this present evil world, for his people; and �subjectively�, it being in him, and every other blessing which is either a part of it, and comes through it, or is dependent on it, as justification, adoption, and remission of sins. Moreover, this may have respect not only to redemption past, which is obtained by Christ; but to that which draws near, the saints are waiting for, and to which they are sealed up by the Spirit of God; even their redemption and deliverance from very being of sin, from all sorrow and sufferings, from death and the grave, and everything that is afflicting and distressing.
Ver. 31. That, according as it is written , etc.] ( Jeremiah 9:23,24). He that glorieth, let him glory in the Lord ; not in his own wisdom, riches, and strength; but in Christ, as his wisdom, righteousness, sanctification, and redemption.
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Hankook Supplies Special e-Tyres for Porsche Taycan Electric Sports Cars
Hankook is contributing to the Porsche Taycan with its Ventus S1 evo 3 ev, which has been specially developed for the needs of electric vehicles. In the size 225/55R19 XL 103Y on the front axle, 275/45R19 XL 108Y on the rear axle and "NF0" on the sidewall, the Ventus S1 evo 3 ev hides a lot of technical refinements that bring the performance of electronically driven sports cars optimally onto the road.
Hankook Delivering for Porsche
"We are proud to equip the first fully electric sports car from Porsche with our tyres. Providing the original equipment for sporty premium vehicles is already a tradition at Hankook. Our engineers have shown that with our products we are well prepared for the new demands in the field of electric sports cars and are therefore well positioned for the future," says Sanghoon Lee, President of Hankook Tire Europe.
The tread pattern of the Ventus S1 evo 3 was adapted in the ev version for Porsche in such a way that it reduces in particular those tyre noises which may be perceived as annoying in the vehicle interior due to the absence of engine noise by about three decibels. To meet the heavy demands of the high performance of electric sports cars, the tyre has a reinforced bead with so-called bead-packing technology, as well as high lateral stiffness for precise handling even at high speeds.
"With the tyre development for the Porsche Taycan, our development team has moved into completely new dimensions and we are proud of the result. For the original equipment engineers, such a development project represents a special challenge – because solving the conflict of objectives for optimising the various performance criteria in an e-vehicle like this high-performance sports car requires the highest level of expertise and the latest technologies", explains Dipl.-Ing. Klaus Krause, head of the European research and development centre at Hankook.
To meet the specific demands of an electric vehicle such as the Porsche Taycan, Hankook's developers have also discovered an optimally balanced vulcanisation process for the tyre compound that ensures the right balance of temperature, time expenditure and pressure. As a result, Ventus S1 evo 3 ev achieves 30% greater durability compared to a standard tread compound. Abrasion resistance has been improved by 5% compared to the conventional model and rolling resistance has been improved by 13% overall.
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Battle of Sedan
This article is about the Battle of Sedan in the Franco-Prussian War. For the World War II battle, see Battle of Sedan (1940).
The Battle of Sedan was fought during the Franco-Prussian War from 1 to 2 September 1870. It resulted in the capture of Emperor Napoleon III and large numbers of his troops and for all intents and purposes decided the war in favour of Prussia and its allies, though fighting continued under a new French government.
Part of the Franco–Prussian War
Fighting at La Moncelle during the battle of Sedan
Sedan, France
Decisive German victory
Fall of the Second French Empire
Surrender, capture, and abdication of Napoleon III
North German Confederation
Bavaria French Empire
Wilhelm I
Friedrich Wilhelm
Albert of Saxony
Patrice de Mac-Mahon
Auguste-Alexandre Ducrot
Emmanuel Félix de Wimpffen
Units involved
Third Army
Fourth Army
Army of Châlons
1,310 killed
6,443 wounded
2,107 missing
14,811 wounded
104,000 captured
558 guns captured
6,000 horses captured
1,000 wagons captured
Total: 122,000
The 130,000 strong French Army of Châlons, commanded by Marshal Patrice de MacMahon and accompanied by Napoleon III, was attempting to lift the Siege of Metz, only to be caught by the Prussian Fourth Army and defeated at the Battle of Beaumont on 30 August. Commanded by Generalfeldmarschall Helmuth von Moltke and accompanied by Prussian King Wilhelm I and Prussian Chancellor Otto von Bismarck, the Fourth Army and the Prussian Third Army encircled MacMahon's army at Sedan in a gigantic battle of annihilation. Marshal MacMahon was wounded during the attacks and command passed to General Auguste-Alexandre Ducrot, until it was taken over by General Emmanuel Félix de Wimpffen.
Pulverized from all sides by superior German artillery firepower and with all breakout attempts defeated, the French Army of Châlons capitulated on 2 September, with 104,000 men passing into German captivity along with 558 guns. Napoleon III was taken prisoner, while the French government in Paris continued the war and proclaimed a Government of National Defense on 4 September. The German armies besieged Paris on 19 September.
2 Battle
3.1 Casualties
After its defeat at the Battle of Gravelotte on 18 August, Marshal François Achille Bazaine's 154,481-man Army of the Rhine retreated to Metz where it was surrounded by 168,435 Prussian troops of the First and Second Armies in the Siege of Metz beginning on 19 August.[1] Emperor Napoleon III, along with Marshal Patrice de MacMahon, formed the new French Army of Châlons on 17 August to march on to Metz to rescue Bazaine. With Napoleon III personally leading the army, and with Marshal MacMahon in attendance, they led the Army of Châlons after 23 August in a left-flanking march northeast towards the Belgian border in an attempt to avoid the Prussians before striking south to link up with Bazaine.[2]
The Prussians had repeatedly outmaneuvered the French in the string of victories through August 1870, and the march both depleted the French forces and left both flanks exposed. The Prussians, under the command of von Moltke, took advantage of this maneuver to catch the French in a pincer grip. Leaving the Prussian First and Second Armies besieging Metz, Moltke took the Prussian Third and Fourth Armies northward where they caught up with the French at the Battle of Beaumont on 30 August.[3]
After a major defeat in which he lost 7,500 men and 40 cannons, MacMahon aborted the planned link-up with Bazaine and ordered the Army of Châlons to withdraw north-west towards the tiny, obsolete 17th-century fortress of Sedan.[4] His intention was to rest the army, which had been involved in a long series of marches, resupply it with ammunition and, in his words, maneuver in front of the enemy.[5] MacMahon underestimated the German strength and believed the hills surrounding Sedan would offer him a major defensive advantage.[6] The French rear was protected by the fortress of Sedan, and offered a defensive position at the Calvaire d'Illy, which had both hills and woods to provide cover for any defense.[6] MacMahon denied a request from General Félix Douay, commander of 7th Corps, to dig trenches, claiming the army would not remain at Sedan for long.[6]
Upon arrival in the vicinity of Sedan on 31 August, MacMahon deployed Douay's 7th Corps to the north-west on the crest between the Calvaire and Floing.[6] Auguste-Alexandre Ducrot's 1st Corps faced east, while Lebrun's 12th Corps garrisoned Bazeilles.[6] The recently-arrived General Emmanuel Félix de Wimpffen took over command of 5th Corps from Pierre Louis Charles de Failly, the unit having been routed at Beaumont.[4] 5th Corps was placed in reserve in the centre.[6]
Moltke divided his forces into three groups: one to detain the French where they were, another to race forward and catch them if they retreated, and a third (the smallest force) to hold the river bank.[7] The Saxon XII Corps crossed the Meuse to the Chiers, with the Prussian Guards on their right.[7] The I Royal Bavarian Corps under General Baron von der Tann moved up to Bazeilles and the Bavarian engineers deployed two pontoon bridges across the Meuse to secure their way across.[8] The Prussian V and XI Corps completed the encirclement of the French army to the north-west by 0900 on 1 September.[9]
BattleEdit
"Now we have them in the mousetrap."
Helmuth von Moltke[8]
The battle opened with the Army of Châlons, with 202 infantry battalions, 80 cavalry squadrons and 564 guns, attacking the surrounding Prussian Third and Fourth Armies, which totaled 222 infantry battalions, 186 cavalry squadrons, and 774 guns.[10]
"We are in the chamber pot and about to be shat upon."
Auguste-Alexandre Ducrot[8]
Napoleon had ordered MacMahon to break out of the encirclement, and the only point where that seemed possible was La Moncelle, whose flank was protected by a fortified town. The Prussians also picked La Moncelle as one point where they would mount a breakthrough. Prince George of Saxony and the Prussian XI Corps was assigned to the task, and General Baron von der Tann were ordered to attack Bazeilles on the right flank.[11]
Situation at 10:00 on 1 September
This was the opening engagement, as the French 1st Corps had barricaded the streets, and enlisted the aid of the population.[8] Von der Tann sent a brigade across pontoon bridges at 0400 hours in the early morning mist, the Bavarians rushing the village and capturing it through surprise.[8] The French Marines of the 1st Corps fought back from stone houses and the Bavarian artillery shelled the buildings into blazing rubble.[8] The combat drew new forces, as French brigades from the 1st, 5th, and 12th Corps arrived. At 0800 the Prussian 8th Infantry Division arrived, and von der Tann decided it was time for a decisive attack. He had not been able to bring artillery to bear from long range, so he committed his last brigade to storm the town, supported by artillery from the other side of the Meuse. His artillery reached Bazeilles at 0900 hours.[11]
The fighting continued to spread to the south of the town, and the 8th Infantry Division was sent to reinforce the Bavarians fighting at La Moncelle, where they had tried to break through the French defense.[11] Fighting began in earnest at 0600, and the wounded MacMahon had appointed General Ducrot to command, who received the news at 0700.[11] Ducrot ordered the retreat that Moltke had expected, but was overruled almost immediately by General Wimpffen, who had been given a commission by the government to succeed MacMahon were he to become disabled.[12][13] Wimpffen then threw his forces against the Saxons at La Moncelle. This led to a brief rally for the French, who drove back the artillery around La Moncelle and pressed the Bavarians and the Saxons.[11] However, with the taking of Bazeilles at 0800, and the arrival of fresh waves of Prussian troops, the counter-attack began to collapse.[13]
By 1100 hours, Prussian artillery took a toll on the French, while more Prussian troops arrived on the battlefield. The Prussian V and XI Corps reached their designated positions to the west and north-west of the French army by 0730 and 0900, respectively.[14] A French cavalry unit advancing west was slaughtered by Prussian infantry and artillery fire.[9] The Prussian artillery batteries took up positions along slopes overlooking the French army.[9]
The Prussian Guards at the battle.
Nonstop German artillery fire on the helpless French infantry and artillery, Prussian attacks from the northwest and east and Bavarian attacks from the southwest drove the Army of Châlons north into the Bois de la Garenne, where it was surrounded.[9][15] Wimpffen at 1300 gave orders for a breakout to the south.[16] The attacks failed completely or did not get going at all and Douay's 7th Corps front line was broken under the weight of German firepower.[17] Douay's left flank had been dug in in two lines of trenches above Floing, their fire keeping the Germans pinned down in the village.[17] By 1300, the German artillery had destroyed Douay's and the German 22nd Division turned Douay's left flank, defeating all counterattacks by French infantry and lancers.[18] Douay directed General Jean Auguste Margueritte's cavalry squadrons to open an escape route by launching three desperate attacks on the nearby village of Floing where the Prussian XI Corps was concentrated.[19][1] Margueritte was mortally wounded leading the very first charge, and the two additional charges were mowed down by German infantry fire at 1500, the number of French killed and wounded amounting to 791.[1][19]
A mural painted in 1884 by Carl Steffeck depicts General Reille delivering Napoleon III's letter of surrender to King William I at the Battle of Sedan on 1 September 1870. It was at the former Ruhmeshalle in Berlin and was destroyed by bombs during World War II.
By 1400, the German infantry had seized the Calvaire and opened fire on the huddled French masses in the Bois de la Garenne.[17] The Germans then closed in for the kill from all sides.[20] The French 7th Corps under Douay dissolved into a panic-stricken horde, seeking refuge in Sedan while pounded by German artillery.[21] Ducrot's 1st Corps was routed by the artillery of the Saxon XII Corps and the Prussian Guards Corps.[21] The Bois de la Garenne was subject to constant German artillery fire from multiple sides and when the Prussian Guards infantry captured the forest at 1430, the French survivors inside it surrendered en masse.[21][22]
By the end of the day, with no hope of breaking out, Napoleon III called off the attacks.[23] He ran up the white flag on the fortress walls of Sedan and sent General André Charles Victor Reille to deliver a letter of surrender to the Prussian Royal Headquarters, situated on the hillside above Frénois.[23] Wilhelm and Bismarck read the letter and Bismarck accepted it.[24] Wimpffen attempted a last-ditch negotiation maneuver, seeking an "honorable capitulation" over prisoner-of-war status for the Army of Châlons, but Moltke rebuffed him, pointing to the French lack of ammunition and food, the 250,000 troops on the German side against the mere 80,000 fighting for the French and the concentric German position.[24] Wimpffen received only the prolonging of the truce until 0900 on 2 September.[25]
AftermathEdit
Napoleon III conversing with Otto von Bismarck after being captured in the Battle of Sedan (1878 painting by Wilhelm Camphausen)
By the next day, at 11:30 on 2 September, Wimpffen signed the surrender of himself and the entire Army of Châlons to Moltke and the Prussian King.[25] The French soldiers marched under heavy rain to an improvised German POW camp, where they starved for the next week.[26] On 3 September, Napoleon III left for a comfortable captivity in Schloss Wilhelmshöhe near Kassel.[26] The French prisoners of war viewed his departure with indifference.[26]
The capture of the French emperor left the Prussians without an opposing government willing to make a quick peace. Indeed, two days after news hit Paris of Emperor Napoleon's III capture, the French Second Empire collapsed in a bloodless revolution, leading to the creation of a Government of National Defense which would carry on the war for five more months.[27]
However, the defeat at Sedan and the capture of Napoleon III and France's second line army, and with the first line French Army shut up in Metz, sealed the doom of France and thus decided the outcome of the war in Prussia's favor.[25] By 19 September, the Prussian Third and Fourth Armies went on to besiege Paris.[26]
The Brandenburg Gate lit up on 'Sedantag' in 1898. In English, the sign reads "What a change through God's guidance"
In recognition of the role this battle played in German Unification, many Germans celebrated Sedantag (Day of Sedan) on each 2 September until 1919. The Kaiser himself refused to declare 2 September an official holiday; instead, it became an unofficial day of celebration.
CasualtiesEdit
The Germans lost 9,942 men, with 1,310 killed, 6,443 wounded and 2,107 missing.[1] The French Army of Châlons suffered 3,220 killed, 14,811 wounded, and 104,000 captured, along with 558 guns.[1] The French army also lost 1,000 wagons and 6,000 horses to the Germans.[25]
Pascal Olivier Count de Negroni
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CitationsEdit
^ a b c d e Clodfelter 2017, p. 185.
^ Howard 1961, p. 150.
^ a b Howard 1961, pp. 161–163.
^ Howard 1961, pp. 162–163.
^ a b c d e f Howard 1961, p. 163.
^ a b Howard 1961, p. 164.
^ a b c d Howard 1961, p. 168.
^ a b c d e Howard 1961, p. 166.
^ a b c Howard 1961, p. 170.
^ Zuber 2008, p. 299.
Clodfelter, M. (2017). Warfare and Armed Conflicts: A Statistical Encyclopedia of Casualty and Other Figures, 1492-2015 (4th ed.). Jefferson, North Carolina: McFarland. ISBN 978-0786474707.
Howard, M. (1961). The Franco-Prussian War: The German Invasion of France 1870–1871. London: Rupert Hart-Davis. ISBN 0-24663-587-8.
Zuber, Terence (2008). The Moltke Myth: Prussian War Planning, 1857-1871. Lanham, Maryland: University Press of America. ISBN 978-0761841616.
Lowe, W. J. The Nest in the Altar or Reminiscences of the Franco-Prussian War of 1870 reprinted by Chapter Two, London in 1999, ISBN 1-85307-123-4.
Hervé, B. (2008). Le docteur Henri Conneau et la famille impériale à Biarritz, ou en un autre lieu illustre: Milan, 1803 – La Porta, 1877: médecin particulier de la reine Hortense et de la famille Bonaparte: ami le plus fidèle, confident le plus intime de l'empereur Napoléon III [Doctor Henri Conneau and the Imperial Family in Biarritz or another Illustrious place Milan, 1803 – La Porta, 1877 Private Physician of Queen Hortense and the Bonapartes' Friend Most Faithful, Most Intimate Confidant of Emperor Napoleon III] (in French). Biarritz: Bernard, Hervé. OCLC 762872292.
Horne, A. (1965). The Fall of Paris: The Siege and the Commune 1870–71. London: Macmillan. OCLC 490599556.
The battle of Sedan features prominently in Émile Zola's novel La Débâcle, whose protagonist Jean Macquart takes part in the battle.
The French Army 1600-1900
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From U.S. to Japan, Lawmakers of Opposing Parties Unite Across World to End 'Naive' China Strategy
By David Brennan On 6/5/20 at 12:34 PM EDT
World China
Lawmakers across multiple nations have announced the launch of the Inter-Parliamentary Alliance on China (IPAC)—a body seeking a fresh "strategic approach" to issues related to China.
The group, which includes U.S. Sens. Marco Rubio and Bob Menendez, has been set up to work "towards reform on how democratic countries approach China," according to its website. Lawmakers from the U.K., Australia, Canada, Japan, the European Union, Germany, Sweden, and Norway are also involved, with more nations to be represented soon as additional politicians sign up.
The group's launch comes at a time of historically poor relations between China and the democratic international community. Long-standing concerns over human rights and trade practices have been exacerbated by the COVID-19 coronavirus pandemic and Beijing's plan to criminalize dissent in the semi-autonomous territory of Hong Kong.
In the U.S., a struggling President Donald Trump is doubling down with his tough-on-China approach as the economy nosedives and protesters take to the streets. Eager not to be outdone, Democratic presidential hopeful and former Vice President Joe Biden has been bolstering his own China-skeptic message.
In a video message announcing IPAC's launch, Rubio said: "China, under the rule of the Chinese Communist Party, represents a global challenge...We the Inter-Parliamentary Alliance on China stand together to coordinate the response to this great challenge."
Newsweek has contacted the Chinese embassy in Washington to request comment on the launch of IPAC.
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Western politicians and corporations once hoped that China was heading down a more liberal and democratic path. When Chinese Premier Deng Xiaoping began opening the country's mammoth market from the late 1970s, foreign capitalists were eager to take advantage. When China joined the World Trade Organization in 2001 it removed many remaining barriers to business, propelling China's economic growth.
But prosperity did not pull China away from authoritarianism. The Chinese Communist Party (CCP) crushed reformist demonstrations in 1989 and has since adopted modern technology to fortify its totalitarianism. The CCP is now marching the country towards superpower status with an unapologetically dictatorial model, while foreign nations re-evaluate their ties with Beijing.
Sir Iain Duncan Smith—a former leader of the British Conservative Party who still sits in parliament—told Newsweek that the free world had been "naive" in its approach to China, settling on the "unfounded" hope that free markets would lead Beijing to democratic reforms.
Beijing has made no secret of its authoritarianism, and certainly not since President Xi Jinping took office in 2013 and began centralizing power. But democratic governments continued to do business with China and deepen economic integration. Smith—a long-time China-skeptic—said that it took recent crises—Xinjiang, the South China Sea, Hong Kong and now coronavirus—to highlight the unsustainability of the free world's ties with Beijing.
"The nature of the Chinese government became very much on display for the first time for a long, long time," Smith said of the COVID-19 pandemic. "And I think that is what has certainly convinced many people around the world that this is a very, very difficult government to deal with."
Rubio concurs. He told Newsweek that democratic states "underestimated the Chinese Communist Party's drive for power and influence, both inside and outside the People's Republic of China" and failed by "making economic interests our guiding star."
"This erroneous concept for dealing with Beijing, however, was born from hope and the idea that it was worth taking that risk. We now have to face the reality that we were wrong and redirect our policy to accept the realities and the threats the CCP posed to the world," Rubio said.
In the U.S., there appears to be growing bipartisan agreement that China is an issue to be addressed, whether due to its trade practices, spreading global influence or human rights abuses. "The actions of the CCP have brought policymakers from different political views together in many ways," Rubio said.
The EU has trodden a softer line on China than the U.S., refusing to indulge in the open attacks and conspiracy theories favored by President Trump. EU leaders have courted Chinese economic opportunities while warily watching Beijing's investment in the Balkans and the east of the bloc, fearing China might try to undermine its influence there.
Indeed, one of IPAC's missions is to protect national integrity: "The PRC must not be permitted to compromise the sovereignty or institutions of any developed or emerging markets through lending, investment, or by any other means."
The EU has also spoken out against human rights abuses in China, despite protest from Beijing. Miriam Lexmann is a member of the EU Parliament from Slovakia, belonging to the center-right Christian Democratic Movement. She told Newsweek that Europeans must put their values at the lead of the bloc's foreign policy.
"Now is the moment where we have to change certain approaches to China but also our foreign engagement in general," Lexmann said. "Our policies should support the well-being of our citizens...but human rights in general."
European concerns about Chinese investment, firms like Huawei, and disinformation and censorship disputes efforts have all informed growing Beijing-skepticism in the bloc.
Such issues are highlighting the "loopholes" in EU policy, Lexmann said. This is prompting a backlash on the continent amid concerns that Chinese actions are now threatening European security, she added.
Reinhard Butikofer, a German member of the EU Parliament for the Alliance 90/The Greens party, said that Europe "cannot return to business as normal" with China given its human rights abuses and totalitarianism, though acknowledged it is always difficult for such a diverse bloc to agree a common approach.
Across Europe, the 5G debate has raised questions about the security threat posed by China. Chinese firm Huawei is at the forefront of 5G rollout, and despite American protests was poised to be a leading provider of 5G infrastructure for European nations. But China-skepticism has hindered Huawei's projects.
In recent months, British Prime Minister Boris Johnson was forced by Conservative colleagues—led by Smith—to agree to sideline Huawei from the 5G network, despite having initially agreed to give the firm a limited role.
Canadian Conservative Party MP Garnett Genuis said his country has been going through its own "very difficult interactions with China" in recent years, not least what he called the "hostage diplomacy" that emerged from Canada's arrest and proposed extradition of Huawei CFO Meng Wanzhou to the U.S. on fraud charges. Shortly after Meng's arrest, China detained two Canadian citizens.
This and other Chinese controversies have "spawned a great deal of sensitivity and realism among the public when it comes to how to respond to Chinese government aggression," Genius told Newsweek.
This extends to security issues in Canada as well, Genius explained. The pandemic has shown "the implications for our own security of China's totalitarian system and repression of information," he said.
Economics often takes precedence in national political debates, but Genius said that security threats like COVID-19 "have massive economic implications... We can't just think about economic issues in a vacuum."
For these reasons and more, Smith said it was not difficult to get lawmakers from around the world to sign up to IPAC, such is the concern about China's malign intentions. "That's why this is just a wake-up call to everybody," he said. "We have to act now."
But modern China is far richer and more influential than it was in the 1970s, or even the 2000s. Pushing back against Beijing will likely come with costs, at a time when the world is facing its worst economic depression in living memory thanks to the coronavirus pandemic.
Americans have already suffered from Trump's trade war with China, paying the price via higher import costs and fewer exports. Asked whether it was fair to make Americans pay to pressure China to reform, Rubio replied: "We cannot allow Beijing to profit from its broken agreements and egregious human rights violations that undermine American values and international norms."
He added that democracies "face economic costs by not holding the Chinese government and Communist Party accountable...Whatever short-term profits are earned by not responding to these government policies comes at the long-term expense of our economy as a whole."
The coronavirus crisis has torpedoed global economic growth projections, and thrown the U.S. economy into turmoil just months before what was already going to be a highly charged presidential election. Rubio said the pandemic is "the product of an authoritarian party-state that censors information to such an extent that medical professionals are prohibited from sharing relevant notes without attracting the police."
Smith—a vocal supporter of the U.K.'s departure from the EU, which remains shrouded in uncertainty and concerning economic predictions—said the world needs to make the shift now rather than later.
"Yes, these are going to be tough decisions, but they have to be taken now," he said. "Because the further down the road we allow this to slide, the more dependent we become and the more difficult this decision will be to make."
The magnitude of the change requires multinational cooperation, Smith said. "No single country can do this alone." Collaboration may help soften the blow of decoupling with China, to whatever extent that is possible. "Governments need to say there are strategic areas where, frankly, we cannot be in the hands of the Chinese."
Butikofer said no one is picking a fight with Beijing, but instead lawmakers are "standing up for our own interests and our values." He said EU politicians want China to allow a level playing field for European firms and end state-directed economic nativism.
"Even before we invented the word 'decoupling' in D.C., China started decoupling actively," Butikofer said, citing the ban on foreign technology for all Chinese officials.
Genius said that all trade with China is mutually beneficial, so any pain felt in democratic nations will also be felt in Beijing. "I think there needs to be strategic, thoughtful, principled engagement," he said. "Nobody in this group is calling for a wholesale isolation of ourselves. We just need to take the rose-colored glasses off, to recognize the problem."
"The challenge is to realize that a lot of the things we wished were true may not be true," Genius said.
This article has been updated to include comments from Reinhard Butikofer and Marco Rubio.
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Taksi is a local game which can be likened to ten pin bowling ("bowling" for short). Whereas bowling needs a bowling lane, taksi needs only a dry and solid ground; whereas bowling needs ten pins and a special ball to knock the pins out, taksi needs only coins and a cue coin with which to take the bets off. Needless to say, taksi requires much lesser space than the area used for bowling.
The players agree on the value of the coin bet, draw a square on the ground, place the bets at the center of the square, draw a big letter "H" with a long horizontal but with shorter vertical lines few feet away from the square. Each player stands as near as the bets and toss the cue coin to the letter "H". The player who can land his cue coin (ball) at or nearest to the center of the vertical line of the H will start the game by throwing at the bets in the square to remove at least one coin (pin) out of it. The act of successfully removing a bet (pin) from inside to outside the square with the use of a cue coin (ball) is called "punggit". The usual rule is, when a player shoots out a bet from the square at the start of the game, he gets all the bets. Game over for that set. The players would again put bets on the square and start the same process.
The player who starts the game aims to punggit the bet. The next players have the option to either punggit the bet or hit the first player's cue coin to eliminate him from the game.
When the second player, for example hit's the first player's cue coin, the 2nd player eliminates the first player, removes the 1st player's bet, and starts punggit-ing the bets even before other players have not started yet. This time, the second player can get close to the square and therefore has a more accurate shot at the bets, and the freedom to choose whichever direction he wants his cue coin to go to. Players however may agree on the rule that each player may only approach the square and attack the bets from the direction of his cue coin.
Any player may not aim at the bets in the square or at the other players' cue coin. Instead, he may toss his cue coin in a spot where the cue coin of a player who could not hit and remove the bet from the square would go.
Like any other game, taksi needs accuracy and planning. Because it is a game played by children who cut classes, or by drop-outs, taksi has become associated with them and earned its notoriety as such. But as taksi become known it will also someday have the respect it deserves. Like Billiards. Before Efren "Bata" Reyes, it used to be a game played only in stalls inside wet markets.
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Wow! Is this true? Hahaha. Well, let us all hope for a better future this 2010 election.
Is "taksi" being played in the many parts of the country?
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Q: gstreamer: create rtp-stream out of mp4-file without transcoding I wanted to create a RTP-stream of a mp4-file with gstreamer.
I am using gstreamer 1.18.4 on debian bullseye.
To create a mp4-file I recorded an RTSP-stream from my webcam using the following command:
gst-launch-1.0 -e rtspsrc location="rtsp://192.168.111.146/axis-media/media.amp" port-range=28000-38000 buffer-mode=0 latency=80 ! rtph264depay ! h264parse ! mp4mux ! filesink location=filename.mp4
After recording the file filename.mp4 I tried to stream it using RTP:
gst-launch-1.0 filesrc location=filename.mp4 ! qtdemux ! h264parse ! avdec_h264 ! x264enc ! h264parse ! rtph264pay ! udpsink port=50000 host=127.0.0.1
And the playback of the stream could be started using the following command on the same machine:
gst-launch-1.0 udpsrc address=127.0.0.1 port=50000 auto-multicast=true ! application/x-rtp,encoding-name=H264,payload=96 ! rtph264depay ! avdec_h264 ! autovideosink
Everything works as expected!
But since I don't want to transcode the file, I just wanted to skip the decoding and encoding part. Therefore, I created the following pipelines:
gst-launch-1.0 filesrc location=filename.mp4 ! qtdemux ! h264parse ! rtph264pay ! udpsink port=50000 host=127.0.0.1
and
gst-launch-1.0 filesrc location=filename.mp4 ! qtdemux ! rtph264pay ! udpsink port=50000 host=127.0.0.1
However, if I retry the playback pipeline (the pipeline with udpsrc) on both pipelines the stream is not displayed.
Interestingly, nload shows network traffic on lo.
What is wrong with the streaming pipelines?
Did I miss some magic-plugin in between?
A: Meanwhile I found an answer to my question.
Changing the stream-server-pipeline from
gst-launch-1.0 filesrc location=filename.mp4 ! qtdemux ! h264parse ! rtph264pay ! udpsink port=50000 host=127.0.0.1
to
gst-launch-1.0 filesrc location=filename.mp4 ! qtdemux ! h264parse config-interval=-1 ! rtph264pay ! udpsink port=50000 host=127.0.0.1
solves the issue.
Thus, the difference is setting the parameter config-interval=-1 for h264parse.
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Lessons learned from traveling in Malawi.
Last week, I traveled overland from Livingstone, Zambia to Lilongwe, Malawi. It took me 3 days, 2 big buses, 1 mini bus, 2 shared taxis, and 3 regular taxis to complete the trip. Each leg I was the only foreigner on the conveyance.
One of the things that I noticed during my never-ending bus ride was the luggage that the locals were carrying. They all seemed to be storing blankets (in clear plastic duvet covers) under the bus.
I thought this was odd and kept wondering what was inside the blankets — assuming that each traveler had wrapped the blanket around something precious that they were carrying on their trip.
When I reached my final destination in Lilongwe, I met up with Lois, the sole in-country representative for Madonna's Raising Malawi Foundation. We had a lovely lunch during which she told me about the struggles of women in the rural areas of Malawi.
In particular, she told me about women who need to travel great distances to receive medical care during pregnancy and one of the concerns for these women (among many) was that if they had to travel overnight they would need to take the family blanket.
Apparently in most Malawi families, the children sleep with the parents in one bed and share one blanket. So if the mother-to-be took the blanket with her to the medical clinic, her husband and children would have nothing to keep them warm as they slept.
Lois' story gave me great pause. Here I had been assuming that the blankets my fellow bus-mates were carrying were hiding something valuable. It never occurred to me that it was the blanket itself that was valuable. Imagine: a blanket being your families' most prized possession.
This realization is one of my most humble moments in memory and one that will stick with me a long time. I will never look at a blanket the same again. You know, as just a blanket.
Now a blanket will always symbolize the warmth of a family, the closeness of children as they sleep, and an irreplaceable comfort during childbirth. A family in Malawi is lucky to have a blanket. And I'm lucky to have learned the value of a blanket.
This entry was posted on Saturday, September 24th, 2011 and is filed under Heart.
Erin, this post really, really touched me. Thanks! Especially on Rosh Hashanah and the beginning of the new year, it good to keep what is really important in focus. This entry keeps in prospective what is really valuable; what is a true need and a true possession. .. and, what is not.
This story tugs at the conscience, the soul and the mind. because it should stimulate action, not pity. it should make one ponder why such disparity exists … and what steps should be taken to help others get Out of Poverty.
Loved that article. Last night I was wondering if I needed my lighter blanket or a quilt. It was hot and now it's cold – you know San Francisco. The fact that I had many choices just for me, is humbling indeed when I read this story! I, like you, will never look at a blanket the same way!
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Lewis W.K. Booth
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Mr. Booth served as Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer of Ford Motor Company, a global automobile manufacturer, from November 2008 until his retirement in April 2012. He was Executive Vice President of Ford of Europe, Volvo Car Corporation and Ford Export Operations and Global Growth Initiatives, and Executive Vice President of Ford's Premier Automotive Group from October 2005 to October 2008. Prior to that, Mr. Booth held various executive leadership positions with Ford, including Chairman and Chief Executive Officer of Ford of Europe, President of Mazda Motor Corporation and President of Ford Asia Pacific and Africa Operations. He worked for Ford in various positions from 1978 to 2012.
Mr. Booth was appointed Commander of the Order of the British Empire in June 2012 for his services to the United Kingdom's automotive and manufacturing industries.
Director Qualifications:
During his career at Ford, Mr. Booth gained global business experience and led operations in Africa, Asia and Europe. In these and other roles, he successfully implemented major growth initiatives, business restructuring and cost management, and was involved in strategy, product development, marketing and operations.
Mr. Booth held a variety of positions on Ford's Finance staff. As Ford's Chief Financial Officer during the 2008 financial crisis, Mr. Booth led a restructuring of Ford's balance sheet and a return to growth and profitability.
Mr. Booth is a Chartered Management Accountant.
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Q: Create hashid based on mongodb '_id` attribute I have my mongo db schema as follows:
var MyTable = mongoose.model('items', {
name: String,
keyId: String
});
I would like to store keyId as a hashid of '_id' for the item being created.
Eg.
Say, i add an item to db "Hello world", and mongodb would create some '_id' for the item while inserting.
I would like to make use of the _id so that i could use that and generate a hashid for the same item being inserted. Something like this:
var Hashids = require("hashids"),
hashids = new Hashids("this is my salt");
var id = hashids.encrypt("507f191e810c19729de860ea");
Is there a way, I could know the id before hand. Or I could let mongodb generate value for my id field based on criteria I specify.
A: You can use pre save middleware to perform operations on the object instance before it gets saved.
var MyTableSchema = new mongoose.Schema({
name: String,
keyId: String
});
var Hashids = require("hashids");
MyTableSchema.pre('save', function(next) {
if (!this.keyId)
this.keyId = new Hashids("this is my salt").encrypt("507f191e810c19729de860ea");
next();
});
var MyTable = mongoose.model('items', MyTableSchema);
A: Just a note on this. The Hashids module has an EncryptHex (or EncodeHex in v1.x), that is intended for use with mongodb ids.
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Tata Consultancy Services (TCS) and Indian Institute of Technology Madras (IITM) is jointly organizing a colloquium series in Computer Science and Engineering. The series will be inaugurated on Jan 25, 2018, at Aryabhatta Hall. The details of the first talk is here. | RedPajamaC4_-841984126087570111 | Slimpajama627bTrain/chunk1 |
Q: dojox.charting axis labels dropping Using dojox.charting to create a column chart. The x-axis labels are dates, and only one label seems to print if the number of series is 10 or more, even though dropLabels: false is being used.
When I tweak the loop to stop at 9 iterations, it prints all the labels just fine. As soon as it hits 10 items, only one label will print. I even tried shortening the label length in case that did something, but the same thing happened.
Anyone know why this would happen? Is it a bug or are we just doing something wrong?
Edit:
I discovered something interesting. It's not just that only one label prints if you're at 10 or more iterations. Only the 10th label prints.
Here's how the chart object is being instantiated. If more detail would be helpful, I can provide it.
chart = new dojox.charting.Chart2D("lineChartDiv");
chart.addPlot("default", { type: "ClusteredColumns", label: true, labelStyle: "outside", labeloffset: 5, gap: 15, minBarSize: 15, maxBarSize: 15, enableCache: true });
chart.addPlot("other2", { type: "Columns", gap: 30, minBarSize: 50, maxBarSize: 50, stroke: { color: "rgba(0,0,0,.3)" }, fill: "rgba(0,0,0,0)", enableCache: true });
chart.addPlot("other3", { type: "Columns", gap: 30, minBarSize: 50, maxBarSize: 50, stroke: { color: "rgba(0,0,0,1)" }, fill: "rgba(0,0,0,0)", enableCache: true });
chart.addPlot("other", { type: "Grid", hMajorLines: true, hMinorLines: false, vMajorLines: false, vMinorLines: false, majorHLine: { color: "rgba(0,0,0,.3)", width: 1 }, renderOnAxis: false, enableCache: true });
console.log('labels', labels);
chart.addAxis("x", { labels: labels, stroke: "#a6a6a6", majorTicks: true, minorTicks: false, minorLabels: false, dropLabels: false });
chart.addAxis("y", { vertical: true, stroke: "#a6a6a6", majorTickStep: EachTickStep, minorTicks: false });
chart.addSeries("Actual Burnup Past", actualBurnupPast, { stroke: { color: "#00b7e2" }, fill: "#00b7e2" });
chart.addSeries("Planned Burnup", plannedBurnup, { stroke: { color: "#a6a6a6" }, fill: "#a6a6a6" });
chart.addSeries("Hardening", hardening, { plot: "other2" });
chart.addSeries("Regression", regression, { plot: "other3" });
chart.render();
A: Apparently, the issue was related to the property majorTickStep. If it's not defined, it seems to be defaulting to 10 if there are 10 or more series being displayed. When I explicitly set the value, then the labels print as expected.
majorTickStep: 1
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Wildcats release 20-year-old forward Liam Dunda
MONCTON N.B. – The Moncton Wildcats have released 20-year-old forward Liam Dunda.
After playing four seasons in the Ontario Hockey League; totalling 232 regular season CHL games, the Wildcats acquired Liam this past summer as a free agent after being placed on waivers from the OHL. Since his arrival in Moncton, Liam has been in the lineup for 33 games, recording 13 points.
"Liam was a great person to have," said Director of Hockey Operations, Roger Shannon. "The decision was made as a staff to release Liam, he will now go back home to Ontario and finish his year there. Short term it made sense for us to keep Liam, but looking at the long term, we want to be able to give our younger players a chance at more ice time as we move forward."
The Wildcats would like to thank Liam for his time here in Moncton and his impact both on and off the ice, and wish him nothing but the best. | RedPajamaCommonCrawl_-7470289439530569382 | Slimpajama627bTrain/chunk1 |
Magento is a big application. There are tens of thousands of files and directories to navigate when developing for the platform. It can be very overwhelming in the beginning. It can also be very confusing knowing where to put your own custom files. This article helps you know where to place your files and why they should be placed there.
So, what's the difference? An example of the difference would be a banner slider on your home page. You leveraged the JQuery library to write a banner slider script. JQuery would belong inside the js/ folder, and the script you wrote to create the slider functionality would belong inside the skin/ folder.
There is another rule of libraries. If you have common code shared among multiple modules, (such as APIs), you can place those inside of the lib/ folder, making it easier to manage dependencies among modules.
For example, lets say you have an integration API to your ERP. You need it for multiple modules. You can create a library for the ERP API that other modules can leverage.
Whenever you are placing files of different sorts among the Magento application, it is important to place these files inside a namespaced subdirectory. This applies whenever you are placing files in folders that are also shared among the Magento core. Examples of this would be the var/, media/ and js/ folders. This helps avoid naming conflicts in these folders.
An example would be the var/import folder. It is very common to create order import functionality. All too often, modules name their csv files very generic names, (such as orders.csv). If you place your files in the same folders as other modules, you run the risk of overwriting or conflicting with other modules. So, instead of just placing orders.csv inside of var/import, place it in var/import/namespace instead.
Another area where you should use appropriate namespacing is whenever you rewrite classes of other modules. This makes it much easier to manage rewritten classes. You can tell immediately where your rewritten module classes belong.
A simple example would be rewriting helper classes. Many modules have a Data.php helper class. If you need to rewrite the base helper of multiple modules, you will have a naming conflict unless you separate them into multiple subdirectories.
All to often, this seems to be a confusing folder for many developers. Leveraged like the linux var/ directory, this folder contains all data that is specific to your particular installation. You'll see subdirectories such as var/cache, var/log, var/import, etc.
This folder should not contain any sort critical data for your application to run. Meaning the moment you are about to commit something from the var/ folder into version control, STOP. This folder is meant for dynamically generated data that is intended to have a limited lifespan. Files like temp files, log files, cache files, lock files are good examples.
Many times, developers write command line scripts to be executed on cron, or on demand when they are inside the console. Many times, they write a php script, place it in the root directory, and attach to the cron. What many developers do not know is that Magento gives them two different means to create console scripts.
The first method is via standard Magento Cron Jobs, that they can attach to their Magento modules. You can create cron jobs that are handled by the Magento Cron.
The second method is via the shell/ directory. You can create scripts that let you run scripts via the command line. You can even leverage the shell abstract class already provided by Magento. It is located in the shell/abstract.php file. It will bootstrap the Magento runtime for you, so all you have to do is write your customization. Writing shell scripts is beyond the scope of this article, but take a look at this file and others in this folder to get an idea of what to do.
In conclusion, Magento is a big application. It can be very confusing in the beginning to know what goes where. With a little practice, you will learn exactly where to place your files for maximum flexibility and organization. | RedPajamaC4_-5342394492427564036 | Slimpajama627bTrain/chunk1 |
Rasm al-Anz – wieś w Syrii, w muhafazie Hama. W 2004 roku liczyła 379 mieszkańców.
Przypisy
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Q: Ant build error = exec-shell returned:1 I am doing one demo project in Kony Studio. While running application for Android, I always getting Ant build error.
Please check the error log,
-post-package:
[exec-shell]
[exec-shell] /Users/mac/Library/Android/sdk/tools/ant/build.xml:1037: The following error occurred while executing this line:-do-debug:
[exec-shell]
[exec-shell] [zipalign] Running zip align on final apk...
[exec-shell] /Users/mac/Library/Android/sdk/tools/ant/build.xml:1039: The following error occurred while executing this line:
[exec-shell] /Users/mac/Library/Android/sdk/tools/ant/build.xml:336: Execute failed: java.io.IOException: Cannot run program "/Users/maca/Library/Android/sdk/tools/zipalign" (in directory "/Users/mac/KonySampleApps/temp/DisplayText/build/luaandroid/dist/DisplayText"): error=13, Permission denied
[exec-shell] at java.lang.ProcessBuilder.processException(ProcessBuilder.java:478)
Log says there is a permission issue with file, but I gave both read/write permission, even no luck and I am using MacBookPro. Help me to come out from this issue. Thanks in advance.
Got solution from this post
A: Check that /Users/maca/Library/Android/sdk/tools/zipalign exist and is executable. Google often moves zipalign (among other tools) around.
If it is missing copy one (the newest) from /Users/maca/Library/Android/sdk/build-tools/… to /Users/maca/Library/Android/sdk/tools.
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Connect can now be used to send alarm alerts to dispatchers.
Connect can also create activity records in Perspective for events that don't require an alarm or dispatch to be issued to the dispatcher.
Using the new Alarms Management panel in Dispatch, dispatchers can escalate the alarm to create a new dispatch or acknowledge and/or close the alarm in both Dispatch and the source system.
Alarms in Dispatch come with many of the same features available for dispatches, including visual alerts, timers, conversations (messaging), and more.
Dispatch administrators can now enable a user's ability to create temporary locations from the panels by selecting the "Allow add Locations on the Fly" checkbox in a user's profile. These locations are automatically removed from the system once the dispatch is closed and removed from the Closed Dispatches panel.
Dispatch administrators can now control whether global addresses (a new feature that displays world map locations) and Perspective site rollups appear in location search results. When enabled, users with the "Allow add Locations on the Fly" option enabled in their profiles can use these search results to create temporary locations.
Dispatch location fields now display recent and most commonly used locations for each user.
Dispatchers can now reassign officers to a task without deleting and recreating the task.
It's now possible to perform bulk actions in Dispatch (e.g. Close or Reassign) using the new multi-select enhancement in the Dispatches, Officers, and Alarms panels.
The Dispatches panel now includes Dispatcher, Location, and Call Category filters.
The Closed Dispatches panel now includes filters to narrow down which records are displayed.
Improved the display for location search results and the current location in the Map panel in Dispatch.
Improved Dispatch performance for systems with a large number of locations.
The new "Update Query" option in Perspective Custom Reports modifies a report to ensure it reflects the most recent version of the associated query or queries.
All API services (Perspective/Integration Services/Dispatch Services) now provide health data for better uptime monitoring during load balance management.
Improved translation for the German (de-de) and Dutch (nl-nl) Perspective language packs.
Full language support is now available for the Web Portal and Officer Mobile applications. Translations are also available as part of the updated language packs.
Full support for TLS 1.2 security protocols is now available.
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Ten years ago, Essi's mother died in a strange accident. She left a USB flash drive with a locked folder called "X-note". Unable to understand the purpose of it, Essi continued living her life as a normal junior high school student. However, Essi is hardly normal, for she possesses power beyond normal humans.
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This year's Forum Safety & Security promises to be a must-see virtual event with dozens of instructive talks and high-profile keynotes, spearheaded by Hans Adlkofer, Senior VP Automotive Systems Group at Infineon. Weka Fachmedien, the renowned publishing and event organizing specialists behind many of Germany's leading publications, conferences, and gatherings in the areas topping the industrial IT and technology agenda, have again assembled a great cast of speakers to highlight new innovations and current progress in three dedicated sessions: Automation, Automotive, and Methods & Tools, preceded by a very special opening seminar on 21 June on "Functional Safety and Security in Embedded Systems."
In his lunchtime talk on "Securing and licensing valuable IP in devices" (12:30 to 1:05 pm CEST) as part of the Automation session on Wednesday, 23 June 2021, our very own Guenther Fischer, Senior Licensing and Protection Consultant at Wibu-Systems, will be looking into the threats faced by the makers and operators of embedded software in industrial devices. This means preventing the risks to business continuity created by threats of manipulation, intrusion, or – an ever topical issue – ransomware and shielding the invaluable IP contained in both the software running industrial machines and the production data and product designs they handle every day. And all of this has to be achieved on an industrial scale: highest security standards, industry-grade hardware and software reliability, compatibility and long-term availability for the timeframes that manufacturers have to reckon with, and a level of sophistication to match the nature of modern connected industry. Guenther Fischer reveals how Wibu-Systems' technology empowers manufacturers not only to protect their infrastructure and data, but also to venture into new commercial opportunities with intelligent licensing.
With Wibu-Systems as one of the earliest proponents of top-class security, protection, and licensing technology for embedded systems and dedicated versions of CodeMeter Embedded designed to safeguard this backbone of the modern industrial world, the Forum Safety & Security will offer a great opportunity for loyal fans and newcomers to discover the capabilities of CodeMeter for the future of connected industry and a smarter economy.
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Sarrant ist eine französische Gemeinde im Département Gers in der Region Okzitanien mit Einwohnern (Stand ). Sie ist dem Kanton Gimone-Arrats im Arrondissement Condom zugeteilt.
Das Dorf ist seit 1999 als eines der Plus beaux villages de France (Schönste Dörfer Frankreichs) klassifiziert.
Geografie
Der Gemeinde liegt in der Lomagne, einer Landschaft in der Gascogne als Teil der historischen Provinz Aquitanien, rund 47 Kilometer westnordwestlich von Toulouse. Sie wird vom Fluss Gimone und dessen Zufluss Sarrampion durchquert. Am linken Ufer des Sarrampion befindet sich auch die als Bastide entworfene mittelalterliche Stadt.
Geschichte
Antike und Mittelalter
Sarrant folgte einer antiken Siedlung, die an der Römerstraße von Toulouse nach Lectoure lag und sich entlang des rechten Ufers des Sarrampion erstreckte. In der Tabula Peutingeriana ist sie als Sarrali eingetragen. Die antiken Wurzeln des Ortes wurden 2004 durch den Fund eines römischen Sarkophag, der mit Tegula-Ziegeln bedeckt war und vor dem 4. Jahrhundert entstanden sein muss, bestätigt.
Im Mittelalter wuchs Sarrant kreisförmig um die Kirche die dem Hl. Vincent von Agen († um 290) geweiht war. Eine Charta aus dem Jahr 1265, die 1307 vom französischen König Philipp dem Schönen bekräftigt wurde, hält fest, dass es sich bei der Bastide Sarrant um ein "königliches Kastell" handelt, das von einem so genannten Consulat verwaltet wird und keiner lokalen Herrschaft unterstellt sein darf. Im 15. Jahrhundert existierten drei Burgen und Schlösser in der Gemeinde. Das Schloss Savailhan gehörte der Familie Mauléon. Ihr Vertreter Denis de Mauléon war ein enger Getreuer von Henri de Navarre, dem nachmaligen König Heinrich IV. Von der mittelalterlichen Burg Reychac ist heute nichts mehr zu sehen. Sie bestand aus einer rechteckigen, einstöckigem Saal, der von einem runden Turm flankiert war. Von dieser Warte konnte Baron Jean-Jacques de Reychac die beiden ihm gehörigen Täler überblicken. Das Schloss Cédailh schließlich liegt nahe dem Dorf und war von Jean de Cédailh, einem Bürger und Händler von Beaumont-de-Lomagne, bewohnt.
Neuzeit
Im 16. Jahrhundert war Sarrant eine prosperierende Pfarrgemeinde mit rund 2000 Einwohnern, wobei 400 innerhalb der Stadtmauern wohnten. Die Bevölkerung lebte vorwiegend vom Getreideanbau, dem Weinbau und der Schafzucht. Das Handwerk wurde von Webern dominiert, die Wolle und Flachs verarbeiteten. Während der Hugenottenkriege wurde Sarrant mehrmals angegriffen und geplündert. Im Jahr 1590 wurde die Stadt besetzt, wobei der Turm Schaden litt. Sarrant musste sich darauf teuer loskaufen; nur Dank der Verpfändung des Kirchenschatzes konnten weitere Brandschatzungen verhinderte werden. In den Jahren 1628 und 1631 forderte die Beulenpest einige hundert Tote in der Gemeinde.
Bemerkenswert und wohl einmalig in der Gascogne war die Existenz einer großen Bruderschaft von Musikern in der Stadt. Für die Jahre 1580 bis 1640 sind mehr als hundert Musiker, darunter Geiger, Drehleier-, Psalterium- und Flötenspieler, nachgewiesen. Viele von ihnen waren blind. Die Geigenlehrer von Sarrant bildeten damals viele Schüler von nah und fern aus, so auch Jungmusiker aus der Provinz Béarn, dem Baskenland und der spanischen Grafschaft Rosselló.
Während der Revolutionswirren wurde auch Sarrant von Plünderern und Brandschatzern heimgesucht und konnte sich nur dank einer spontan gebildeten Bürgerwehr vor noch größerem Schaden bewahren. Im Jahr 1813 wurde die Zugbrücke durch eine Steinbrücke ersetzt. Zur Anbindung an das moderne Straßennetz musste auf der Ostseite der Stadtmauer eine große Öffnung gerissen werden. Zwischen 1853 und 1863 wurden die Gräben zugeschüttet und mit Platanen bepflanzt.
Wappen
Blasonierung: In Silber ein grüner Tannenzapfen.
Bevölkerungsentwicklung
Sehenswürdigkeiten
Stadttor als Teil der alten Festungsanlage aus dem 14. Jahrhundert, von einem quadratischen Turm überragt
Kirche Saint-Vincent aus dem 14. Jahrhundert, nach den Hugenottenkriegen im 17. Jahrhundert in vergrößerter Form neu aufgebaut, mit Turmhelm aus dem 19. Jahrhundert.
Kapelle'Notre-Dame de la Pitié ("Barmherzige Maria") aus dem 17. Jahrhundert vor dem Stadttor neben den Fundamenten eines ehemaligen römischen Brunnens
Auf der rechten Seite des Stadttores ist ein dem Mittelalter nachempfundener Garten angelegt.
Weblinks
Einzelnachweise
Ort in Okzitanien
Bastide
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The future - political and otherwise - of the Vales
Philip White reports that the three major candidates running for election in the wine region he loves agree on critical issues.
Philip White @whiteswine
The Hut Block - proposed site of a new hotel.
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We had a meeting of interested residents of McLaren Vale in the Boccé Club.
The big hall quickly filled. Folks came from McLaren Flat, Blewett Springs, Willunga and their surrounds and the suburbs along the coast. The three major candidates for the seat of Mawson – sitting ALP Member Leon Bignell, Liberal candidate Andy Gilfillan and the SA Best/Xenophon candidate Hazel Wainwright – agreed to sit onstage with the Onkaparinga Mayor, Lorraine Rosenberg. I led them through a brisk agenda of planning issues for an hour, then they took questions from the floor for another hour.
There was no biffo. Rarely have I seen a public meeting where people came so early, in spite of vintage getting its throttle to the floor. Many of the longstanding sage identities and Vales venerable were prominent.
Considering the fractal nature of this election, with three gangs loose in the yard instead of the old duopoly, it was encouraging to see how the candidates agreed on several critical issues.
Glenthorne Farm, the 200-hectare scientific research station on O'Halloran Hill, is neither within the seat of Mawson or the official boundary of McLaren Vale as delineated in the McLaren Vale Character Preservation (McLaren Vale) Act 2012. But it does lie within the official, internationally-gazetted Geographical Indications boundary of the region, and as such, is seen by many in the south as their last bastion of fresh green country in a relentless onslaught of suburbia.
In 2001 this former defence and CSIRO property was gifted to the University of Adelaide which agreed to preserve and conserve it and use it for agriculture, horticulture, oenology, viticulture, buffer zones and for community recreation while university research, education and winemaking continued.
Contrary to the highly specific deed, the university has long sought to subdivide the land for quick cash. It has never really attempted to conform to the deed, which repeatedly states that urban development is not only forbidden but even thinking about or planning it is a breach of the deed.
All three candidates were adamant that there be no housing subdivision on Glenthorne should they take power. Both Labor and Liberal have discussion briefs on the internet, in the hope of reaching some community agreement about possible uses for the site. The Libs' plan includes a shooting range and gun club; Labor wants a mini farm so local kids can learn those old agricultural crafts. Neither lot will say what's wrong with the conditions of the current deed other than to suggest the university is the wrong owner: Bignell made no bones about taking the farm back from the university and getting straight on with establishing the country's primary collection of vine cultivars.
Another issue which had locals concerned was the 150 suite five-star resort Richard Hamilton plans to instal on his Hut Block Vineyard between The Salopian Inn and Wirra Wirra. An hotel with two restaurants, a café, an indoor swimming pool, a gymnasium, a day spa, conference facilities and a two-storey carpark would make a huge impact on the aspect of that agricultural precinct well outside the surveyed town boundary.
All three candidates agreed that the Hut Block is the wrong site; the Mayor explained the developer has been advised to re-apply as the initial application did not conform to the restrictions in the protective legislation.
Ultimately the decision could be hand-balled to the Planning Minister John Rau, who's also the Attorney-General and Deputy Premier. Bignell claimed he would have little trouble convincing his colleague the development was needed but should conform to the preservation legislation and therefore be constructed within the town boundary instead of being imposed on prime agricultural land.
Which led to some intense discussion about the look of the towns as they fill. If the Government's exemplar development, the droll, hyperintense housing now covering Seaford Heights is any guide to what we can expect, lord have mercy on our poor souls.
This, in turn, led to repeated discussion about forming a regional residents' association as many folk agreed there was a communications gap between governments and citizens, and planners extant could sure use some more forceful guidance about their ratepayers' preferences for the look and feel of their townships.
The politics of water in the McLaren Vale region aren't quite equal to the treacherous scandals unfolding in the Murray-Darling Basin, but they nevertheless maintain their own provincial air. As the irrigating vignerons of the vignoble use recycled water from the intensive housing along the coast, there are contentious issues to address about storing more of this water in a major dam, so more growers have ready access to it. Not to mention those who'd like to make some money out of it.
Local wine businessmen wanted to build this on Bowering Hill, the last place along the coast where the vines can actually grow down to the sea. Those friends of the Willunga Basin who spent years fighting to save those Bowering coastal slopes from development are adamant it should be anywhere but there. There's talk of waterproofing old sand quarries for this storage; even putting the water into the aquifers for pumping. Watch this space.
Bignell insisted the best site is near the current storage, on the inferior black clay west of the Aldinga airport.
There was some discussion about the local roadways and whether or not the newly-widened Main South Road needed an overpass at Tatachilla Road – maybe – and then popular calls to have the railways extended further into the vignoble. Back where they used to be.
Another unresolved mess is the region's burgeoning mountains of plastic waste: since China no longer accepts the world's junk it seems we're just stacking plastic into old quarries that bleed straight into the aquifer and then the sea. Another one for the new residents' association to address once this election's done and vintage is in the tank.
As convenor and moderator of this gathering, I was probably too busy on the night to best evaluate the participants' performances, but I gotta say Kangaroo Islander Andy Gilfillan is a good honest soul, successful organic farmer, and earnestly well-intentioned. Good bloke.
Hazel Wainwright, graphic designer and Onkaparinga councillor seems a little unsure of how she fits across two tiers of government but she's certainly not the only one in the rookie Xenophon cabal to face that learning curve. Her self-assuredness and sheer energy might get her there.
These folks sat in contrast to Bignell, who was polished and practised in comparison, and took the agenda quite forcefully, dealing deftly with issues, as he does. He knows how to make the most of his huge advantages as a minister, Cabinet member and long-term holder of the seat.
I can't comment on whether he looks more at home campaigning on Kangaroo Island than Andy Gilfillan appears when he faces such a roomful of eager souls in this northern extreme of what has become a most intriguing electorate.
Similarly, I can't imagine how Hazel Wainwright would frame her will to the rugged determination of the Islanders. But I have my suspicions.
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Green Lighting Acquisition Alert: Acuity Buys Adura
An exit in the green lighting space, but at an unclear return to investors.
Jeff St. John January 09, 2013
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Adura Technologies, a Bay Area stalwart in the networked lighting space, has been acquired by Acuity Brands, a giant in commercial lighting. It's the first in what may well become a wave of acquisitions in networked lighting, where startups like Adura, Daintree, Enlighted, Digital Lumens and others have staked significant claims in the still-nascent field.
It's as yet unclear whether the financial terms of Adura's acquisition should be cheering or dispiriting for the sector, however. Acuity didn't disclose its purchase price, though the Atlanta-based company, which had $1.9 billion in 2012 revenues, said it was "not expected to materially impact Acuity Brands` fiscal 2013 consolidated financial performance."
Adura, founded in 2005, has raised about $25.5 million from investors including NGEN Partners, VantagePoint Capital Partners and Claremont Creek Ventures. In that time it has networked lights across about 7 million square feet of commercial real estate. Some 4 million square feet of that is in parking garages, but the San Francisco-based company has also gone into a few showcase office spaces, where it has claimed energy savings of 50 percent to as high as 80 percent.
Those are fairly standard efficiency claims for networked lighting, though getting more than 50 percent reductions requires a clever mix of technology and behavior change to reach. Still, it's an indication of how much efficiency remains to be seized in commercial lighting, which uses roughly a quarter to a third of the energy use in typical buildings.
Industry experts say that only 10 percent to 20 percent of commercial real estate has sophisticated lighting controls. The market for wireless and wired lighting, along with the array of sensors that check for daylighting, occupancy, temperature and other key variables, could add up to a $15 billion to $20 billion industry over the coming decade or so, research predicts.
That makes it a wide-open market, with a relatively small footprint. Adura's 3 million square feet of non-parking garage space is less than rival Daintree Network's 10 million square feet under networked lights, or Enlighted's 5 million square feet, although both of those companies haven't been on the market as long. (UPDATE: A previous version of this story misstated Daintree's most current figures for square footage,.)
Adura, which underwent a CEO change and reorganization in 2010, once predicted it would have 100 million square feet under management by now. Why haven't it and its competitors reached such lofty goals? Well, lighting is a highly fragmented industry, with lots of component and integration players on the manufacturing side, as well as a dense network of regional distributors and contractors. Since lights are supposed to keep working for decades, turnover in technology is slow.
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National: How Supreme Court Decision on Voting Rights Act is Affecting State Laws | ProPublica
NationalBy admin November 8, 2013
Last year, we wrote extensively about photo ID laws and the Supreme Court's decision to strike a key section of the Voting Rights Act of 1965. Now, with gubernatorial elections in New Jersey and Virginia, and the debt ceiling and healthcare debates already shaping the 2014 midterms, we're revisiting voting policies to see which states have enacted tougher restrictions since the Supreme Court ruling in June. Under the Voting Rights Act, states and localities with a history of racial discrimination needed to get permission from the federal government to enact any changes to their voting laws, in a process called "preclearance." As of June 2013, nine states, mostly in the South – Alabama, Alaska, Arizona, Georgia, Louisiana, Mississippi, South Carolina, Texas and Virginia – needed to get any new voting laws pre-approved. Some counties and townships in California, Florida, New York, North Carolina, South Dakota and Michigan were also subject to preclearance. Section 5 first applied to states that imposed literacy tests or other unfair devices, and had low voter registration or turnout. Congress later expanded the law to add jurisdictions with sizable minority populations and English-only election materials.
Florida: Detzner continues to push voter purge by a different name | Miami Herald
FloridaBy admin November 8, 2013
The Secretary of State doesn't call his plan to remove ineligible voters from the rolls a "purge" or "scrub." "List management" is Ken Detzner's preferred terminology. But the plan is still raising the ire of Democrats, and supervisors of elections continue to express concerns. Many Democrats believe that Detzner is trying to solve an issue that doesn't exist while ignoring more pressing elections and voting issues. "Has there been a clamoring from supervisors?" Rep. Mike Clelland, D-Lake Mary, asked during Tuesday's House Ethics and Elections Subcommittee hearing.
Editorials: The Wrong Ways to Elect America's Mayors | Phil Keisling/Governing
EditorialsBy admin November 8, 2013
Yesterday's voting brought an end to the 2013 election cycle. Ten of America's 30 largest cities — including Boston, Detroit, Los Angeles, New York and Seattle — elected mayors this year. Another 13 of those 30 cities elected mayors during the 2011 cycle. And regardless of election year, the vast majority of American cities also allow candidates to skip a November contest entirely by winning a majority of votes cast in typically low-turnout first-round elections. America's local elected officials still enjoy far higher citizen trust than their state (and, especially, their national) cousins, so it's worth asking why so many local governments continue to risk their relatively favored status by structuring their election systems to virtually guarantee abysmal voter turnout, thus essentially disenfranchising huge numbers of citizens. New York City's mayoral contest exemplifies the problem in two ways. First, like about 20 percent of all U.S cities, the Big Apple still elects mayors on a partisan basis. Just 22 percent of New York's 4.2 million registered voters turned out for this September's party primaries. Mayor-elect Bill de Blasio won the Democratic nomination with a plurality of just 280,000 votes – less than 7 percent of the city's registered voters. De Blasio's primary win virtually guaranteed yesterday's victory over Republican nominee Joe Lohta in a city where Democrats hold a 6-to-1 party-registration edge. Meanwhile, 700,000 non-affiliated voters, locked out of the party primaries, had no meaningful say in this election.
Alaska: Language of Voting | State of Elections
AlaskaBy admin November 8, 2013
Proper oversight of voting policy and procedure is being questioned in Alaska's elections due to the lack of language assistance for Yup'ik speakers. The federal lawsuit, Toyukuk v. Treadwell, filed by the Native American Rights Fund (NARF), claims that Alaskan officials have violated the Voting Rights Act, as well as the 14th and 15th Amendments, by failing to provide appropriate language assistance to native Yup'ik speakers. The suit claims this lack of assistance has prevented them from fully participating in the election process and suppressed voter turnout. According to a case update on the NARF website, Natalie Landreth, Senior Staff Attorney with NARF, "Without complete, accurate, and uniform translations, the right to register and to vote is rendered meaningless to many Native voters." Precedence on this issue is found in similar lawsuits (such as Nick et al. v. Bethel et al settled in 2010) that have questioned the implementation of language assistance mandated by the Voting Rights Act of 1965. According to the Alaska Division of Elections, the state of Alaska is covered under section 203 of the Act which has led to specific implementation strategies. The Alaska Division of Elections website states "In addition to on-call translators available on Election Day, the Division of Elections provides oral language assistance through the use of bilingual registrars, outreach workers, bilingual poll workers, and translators in communities where there is a need."
Indiana: Lawson announces testing on ePollBooks | Greensburg Daily News
IndianaBy admin November 8, 2013
Indiana Secretary of State Connie Lawson announced today the Voting Systems Technical Oversight Program (VSTOP) at Ball State University's Bowen Center will begin testing electronic poll book systems commonly referred to as ePollBooks. Secretary Lawson approved the Bowen Center's ePollBook testing standards, clearing the way for testing to begin. "The Secretary of State's office has always been a leader in using technology to modernize the way we do business as a state," said Secretary Lawson. "Today, we continue that tradition by modernizing the electoral process. Indiana is now the first state in the nation to have ePollBook certification standards. "We took the first leadership step by giving every county in the state the option to deploy ePollBooks. Now we take the next step in protecting Hoosier voters as they sign-in to vote by ensuring only the best quality ePollBooks are used in Indiana."
Ohio: Kasich signs bill on ballot access for minor parties | The Columbus Dispatch
OhioBy admin November 8, 2013
With the Libertarian Party threatening a legal challenge, Gov. John Kasich signed a bill yesterday requiring minor political parties to collect about 28,000 signatures next year to be recognized in Ohio. And it wasn't the only measure raising Democratic objections yesterday. The Senate passed a bill designed to establish uniform rules for the mailing of absentee-ballot applications. The bill on minor parties moved quickly. Republicans pushed to get it signed into law by the end of the day — so it would not take effect after the Feb. 5 filing deadline for 2014 candidates and give minor parties another legal argument to use against the law. Republicans argued the law is long overdue, filling a void left after the federal courts struck down Ohio's prior minor-party law in 2006. Secretaries of state have been giving blanket recognition to a handful of minor parties since that ruling — and Speaker William G. Batchelder, R-Medina, said it was time to stop letting the courts and a statewide officeholder set Ohio's election law.
Pennsylvania: Straight party independent vote questioned | Citizens' Voice
PennsylvaniaBy admin November 8, 2013
A few onlookers attending the unofficial vote count late Tuesday in Luzerne County questioned whether voters should have had an option to vote straight party for independent candidates. The straight-party option may have helped independent candidate Rick Williams retain a seat on county council. Williams is 79 votes ahead of Republican Sue Rossi for the fifth and final winning slot in the council election, according to the latest unofficial tally on the county website. The unofficial count had 3,861 straight-party ballots for Republicans, 5,956 for Democrats, 758 for independents and eight for non-partisan. Williams is ahead of Rossi 17,226 to 17,147, and the official count is scheduled to start Friday. County Councilman Stephen J. Urban, a Republican, claimed the straight-party option should only be offered to official parties. Bob Caruso, a Democratic committeeman from Wilkes-Barre Township, also objected to straight-party voting for independents.
Texas: Election suggests trouble on the horizon | MSNBC
TexasBy admin November 8, 2013
For years, Stephanie Cochran has voted without any problems. But when she went to the polls Tuesday in her upscale, diverse neighborhood here, things went a lot less smoothly—thanks to Texas' strict new voter ID law. On the voter rolls, she's listed as Stephanie Gilardo Cochran, while on her driver's license, she's Stephanie G. Cochran—a mismatch common to married or divorced women including Wendy Davis, the likely Democratic candidate for governor next year. As a result, Cochran faced what she described as a barrage of questions from poll workers about the discrepancy. In the end, Cochran was able to vote by signing an affidavit in which she swore, on penalty of perjury, that she was who she claimed to be. But the experience left her angry: She told msnbc that she sees the law as an attempt to keep women from the polls. "It's against us," Cochran said. "It's to keep us from voting for Wendy."
Kansas: Kobach has lawsuit against voter ID law moved to federal court; attorney disputes change | Associated Press
KansasBy admin November 8, 2013
Secretary of State Kris Kobach and an attorney challenging a Kansas law requiring voters to show photo identification at the polls are locked in a dispute over which court should hear the lawsuit. Kobach said Tuesday that he sought to have the case moved from state court to federal court because Wichita attorney Jim Lawing has raised federal election law issues on behalf of two retired northeast Kansas residents. In a court filing, Kobach's lawyer noted that the lawsuit cites a U.S. Supreme Court decision in an Arizona case this year. "Most voting cases do end up in federal court," said Kobach, a conservative Republican who pushed for passage of the photo ID law in 2011. Kobach moved last week to have the case removed from Shawnee County District Court to federal court, and it has been assigned to U.S. District Judge Kathryn Vratil, though no hearings have been set. Lawing, who ran for Congress as a Democrat in 1998, declined to comment Tuesday about the lawsuit being moved to federal court, but a few hours later, he filed a request to have the case returned to state court.
Editorials: The sort-of right to vote in Texas | CNN
Almost before the smoke had cleared at Pearl Harbor, he had enlisted to serve his country in the Army Air Forces. He viewed the war in the South Pacific through the bomb sight of a B-24 Liberator as a second lieutenant and was awarded the Distinguished Flying Cross for bravery. When he got home to Texas, he was eventually elected to Congress and served 34 years, including a term as speaker of the U.S. House of Representatives. But Jim Wright found out the other day he wasn't qualified to vote in the election in his home state. Wright, who no longer drives at 90, tried to get a voter card under a new Texas law and was told his expired driver's license and university lecturer's ID were not adequate proof of his identity. A war hero and former congressman had to go home and dig through old files to return with his birth certificate. Hurrah for the flag of the free? Although there has been only one indicted incident of voter fraud in Texas since 2000, Gov. Rick Perry and the GOP-controlled legislature passed a stringent voter ID law.
Utah: Voter Turnout Higher in Vote-By-Mail Test Cities | KUTV.com
UtahBy admin November 8, 2013
Two cities in Salt Lake County that agreed to be test cases for voting by mail recorded higher turnout in their municipal elections than most other cities across the state. "I'd like to think that we had great voter turnout because we had great candidates and they wanted to vote for the mayor. I would like to think that, but I know better," said reelected Cottonwood Heights Mayor Kelvyn Cullimore, Jr. "We had the opportunity to be one of the test cases for voting by mail, and we thought that was a great opportunity to engage our citizens more than is typical in a municipal election." Cullimore and city council members approved the vote-by-mail election this year, after the county asked them if they were interested. The turnout in Cottonwood Heights was about double what previous municipal election in the city have yielded, according to Cullimore. "We had 40 percent voter turnout, and that was incredible for a municipal election," Cullimore said. The other test case in Salt Lake County, West Jordan, saw 30 percent turnout, as voters weighed in on a nearly $500 million Jordan School District Bond.
Virginia: Possible discrepancy in Fairfax absentee votes could affect count in AG race | The Washington Post
VirginiaBy admin November 8, 2013
The Fairfax County Electoral Board is investigating a possible irregularity in the number of absentee ballots cast in Virginia's largest jurisdiction that Democrats say could shift votes in the still-unresolved race for Virginia attorney general. As of Thursday evening, state Sen. Mark D. Obenshain (R-Harrisonburg) led state Sen. Mark R. Herring (D-Loudoun) in the contest by 777 votes – or .03 percent of the 2.2 million votes cast — according to the State Board of Elections' Web site. Local election boards are now counting provisional ballots, cast by people without ID or in the wrong polling place, and canvassing the returns looking for any possible errors. Both campaigns have said they will consider asking for a recount, depending on the results of the review. One oddity was flagged in Fairfax County by the political team of Rep. Gerald E. Connolly (D-Va.). The State Board of Election's site shows absentee ballots cast in each county broken down by congressional district. Fairfax County includes portions of three districts: Connolly's 11th, Rep, Frank R. Wolf's (R) 10th and Rep. James P. Moran Jr.'s (D) 8th.
Virginia: Provisional Ballot Battles Loom Ahead Of Virginia Recount | TRNS
Amid wild rumors, frantic fundraising and legal maneuvering, Virginia's attorney general election hangs in the balance. Shades of Florida 2000? As of Thursday afternoon, Republican Mark Obenshain held a 681 vote lead over Democrat Mark Herring, out of 2.2 million ballots cast. But more ballots are still out there. Thousands of provisional votes — 492 in Fairfax County alone — have yet to be counted. Both parties are gearing up for a county-by-county fight to include or exclude those ballots, which were cast by people who didn't present legally permissible identification at the polls. All these battles come before the inevitable statewide recount. Virginia election results are due to be finalized Nov. 25.
Voting Blogs: Thousands of Votes Discovered 'Unaccounted For' in Virginia AG Race | BradBlog
Voting BlogsBy admin November 8, 2013
With more than 2.2 million votes cast, the margin between Mark Obenshain (R) and Mark Herring (D) has been within a few hundred votes since Election Night on Tuesday. Within the last few hours, an unexplained discrepancy has been discovered by those combing over the reported numbers in Fairfax County. The county leans heavily Democratic and, unlike much of the rest of the state which uses 100% unverifiable touch-screen, Fairfax uses optically-scanned paper ballots for its main vote tabulation system. After Democrats reportedly won both the Governor and Lt. Governor races, only the AG's remains undecided at the top of the ticket. For the last 24 hours or so, the Republican Obenshain has been leading during the canvassing of ballots by about 700 votes, as absentee and provisionals are tallied and doubled-checked. But now, thanks to some smart detective work by both a Democratic political team in Fairfax County and by Dave Wasserman of the non-partisan Cook Political Report, the fortunes for the Democrat candidate Herring may just have taken a big turn, even as a new mystery is added to the equation.
Wisconsin: Elections official testifies in voter ID case | Journal Times
WisconsinBy admin November 8, 2013
One of the biggest challenges in rolling out Wisconsin's 2011 photo voter ID law was training the state's unusually large number of election clerks, a top elections official testified Thursday during a federal hearing over the stalled law. Kevin Kennedy, the head of the state's Government Accountability Board, said there were about 1,850 clerks in Wisconsin at the time the law was passed. That's one-sixth the number of clerks in the entire nation, he noted. An attorney asked Kennedy whether it was difficult to train so many workers on the details of the new law. "It's never an easy process," he said, shaking his head. Wisconsin is one of a handful of states that administers its elections at the local level, Reid Magney, a Government Accountability Board spokesman, told The Associated Press. Many states run elections at the county level, but Wisconsin defers control to the state's 1,852 cities, towns and villages. That means the state elections board has to train all 1,852 clerks, who then instruct 30,000 poll workers, Magney said.
Editorials: Don't change voter ID law; get rid of it | Milwaukee Journal Sentinel
Some Republicans in the state Legislature want to tweak the state's voter ID law to address objections that are now being debated in federal court. This law doesn't need to be tweaked. It needs to be rescinded. The changes being proposed and that might be voted on next week would allow people to vote without a photo ID if they signed affidavits stating that they were poor and could not obtain an ID without paying a fee; they had a religious objection to being photographed; or they could not obtain the documentation needed to get an ID. Right. That's exactly what's not needed at the polls: different standards for different voters. Democrats who raised objections Wednesday were right. Ballots cast by people without an ID could be subject to more scrutiny than other ballots; people who voted without an ID could be embarrassed by being labeled poor; and they could face investigations for false swearing if someone accused them of signing affidavits if they weren't qualified to vote without an ID. "It will intimidate (poor people) and then make them even less likely to go to the polls on election day," said Rep. JoCasta Zamarripa (D-Milwaukee). Of course, that could be the aim of Republican legislators.
Australia: Antony Green says Western Australia Senate result comes down to just one vote | ABC
AustraliaBy admin November 8, 2013
ABC election analyst Antony Green says the outcome of the Senate vote in Western Australia would have come down to a solitary vote. The Australian Electoral Commission (AEC) today released the party-by-party tally of votes counted in the days after the election. Earlier this week the AEC declared the results of the poll despite admitting that it had misplaced 1,375 ballot papers in the recount. The tally sheets released today include the lost votes. Green says if the missing votes were to be included in the recount, the Palmer United Party (PUP) and Labor would have won the final two Senate spots and not the Greens and the Australian Sports Party. "If these votes could be included in the count, then they would produce the closest Senate election result in Australian history with a gap of just a single vote determining the final two Senate seats," Green wrote in his election blog.
Falkland Islands: Islanders elect legislature of 8 members | Associated Press
Falkland IslandsBy admin November 8, 2013
Falkland Islanders on Thursday elected a new government to manage the transition of the small British territory as oil exploration turns to development. Five members of the Legislative Assembly were selected to represent Stanley, the capital, and three for Camp, which is everywhere else in the South Atlantic territory of mostly remote sheep farms and small settlements. For the first time, the legislative positions will be full time. Those elected will receive a salary and must quit any other jobs. Officials said 75 percent of Stanley voters participated and just over 85 percent of the Camp constituency cast ballots. That was 1,046 votes in Stanley and 242 for Camp.
Kosovo: Only a minor disturbance | The Economist
KosovoBy admin November 8, 2013
Masked men storming polling stations during Kosovo's local elections, on November 3rd, was the image that captured the interest of the international media. But as Petrit Selimi, the country's deputy foreign minister, says, events in three polling stations "don't make an election, they make good visuals for TV." The polling stations, in the divided city of Mitrovica, were important, but Mr Selimi has a point. Overall, Kosovo's poll was remarkable for being so smooth and uneventful. Kosovo's general election, in 2010, was tainted by accusations of "industrial-scale" fraud. This time no one has made any significant complaints. The turnout was also far higher than for local elections in most of the rest of Europe.
South Africa: Voter registration to go ahead despite threats: IEC | SABC
South AfricaBy admin November 8, 2013
The Independent Electoral Commission (IEC) says its officials and those wanting to register for next years' poll this weekend cannot be threatened to stay away. Some communities have warned IEC officials to stay out of their areas because service delivery issues that have not been addressed. Residents of Leratong Park, outside Kimberley, say they have been fighting for decent houses for more than 15 years, and are threatening to abstain from voting next year. Some say the IEC must stay away from their area this weekend. One of the residents who refused to be mentioned says: "We are not going to vote. Nothing changes and all stays the same." Residents in Noupoort and some villages in Kuruman have also threatened to stop IEC officials from doing their jobs this weekend. IEC Deputy Chairperson, Terry Tselane says: "We expect a smooth weekend. People can't hold democracy at ransom." In Malamulele, residents have mixed views on the registration process. The area has been engulfed in violent protests in recent weeks. Officials are concerned.
Tajikistan: President Reelected in Landslide Victory | Associated Press
TajikistanBy admin November 8, 2013
Tajikistan's president has won a fourth term in an election that has been criticized by Western observers and extends his more than 20-year rule in the ex-Soviet Central Asian nation. The Central Election Commission said Thursday that Emomali Rakhmon won 83.6 percent of the vote, but monitors from the Organization for Security and Cooperation in Europe, the top trans-Atlantic security and rights group, criticized the previous day's vote. They say that state media had been dominated by coverage of Rakhmon's campaign and that registration requirements were designed to limit competition. "While quiet and peaceful, this was an election without a real choice," Gerdana Comic, Special Coordinator for the OSCE mission, said in a news conference in Dushanbe. The Tajik government long has drawn criticism for its crackdown on dissent and its tight grip on the media.
Editorials: Britain must give prisoners the vote – and fast | Telegraph
So here we are, embroiled in a mess of Parliament's own devising. The European Court of Human Rights has repeatedly ruled that a blanket ban on prisoner voting is incompatible with European law. The UK Parliament has repeatedly flouted that edict. Now, more quickly than expected, the court has announced that it is reopening the 2281 cases involving British prisoners, despite previously saying it would put them on hold. Premature and disrespectful, say some Tory MPs. Maybe. But hell could freeze over before our legislature would willingly hand the vote to a single inmate of Her Majesty's jails. Leave aside for now the argument that loss of freedom should automatically mean loss of franchise, and look at the practical consequences. | RedPajamaCommonCrawl_2733003168956694690 | Slimpajama627bTrain/chunk1 |
Bitcoin Price Rises 1000% in Zimbabwe Following Forex Ban
By Osato Avan-Nomayo July 18, 2019
Zimbabwe's economy has been in dire straits for many years, forcing citizens to adopt bitcoin and cryptos. Massive hyperinflation brought on by poor government policies has seen many descending into poor living conditions.
But like most governments, Zimbabwe is skeptical about cryptocurrency, as it fears that it might upset its financial system. The Zimbabwe government has also warned citizens that investment in cryptocurrency is a risky venture. A recent development, however, has caused a spike in cryptocurrency adoption in the country.
Locals Turn to Bitcoin in Zimbabwe
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In June 2019, reports emerged that the Zimbabwe government placed a ban on the use of foreign currencies, including the U.S. dollar, South African rand, the British pound, among others, as a legal tender in the country.
In response, locals have turned to bitcoin causing the local price of the cryptocurrency to skyrocket. Local premiums aren't a novelty in the market as they crop in several countries.
The popular Kimchi premium in South Korea can see the local BTC price by as much as 20%. Places where there is massive government scrutiny like India also results in inflated bitcoin prices.
With the country's almost worthless Zimbabwe dollars, locals used foreign currency alongside the country's, to carry out transactions. Now the government wants the hyperinflated Zimbabwe dollar to be the lone currency used in the country. Dealing in foreign currency, which is now illegal, would earn the offender a 10-year jail term.
Back in 2018, the Reserve Bank of Zimbabwe (RBZ), banned financial institutions from transacting or trading in bitcoin and other cryptocurrencies. The RBZ further warned citizens about the risks involved in crypto trading and stated that neither the central bank nor the regulatory agency would help Zimbabweans who become victims of fraudulent crypto exchanges.
Crypto Adoption on the Rise in Zimbabwe
However, locals are not deterred by the government's stance on virtual and foreign currencies. A recent report by the Voice of America (VOA), Harare, stated that more Zimbabweans are turning to cryptocurrency, following an inflation rate of 175% in June 2019.
According to Confidence Nyirenda, Director of Zimbabwe-based Golix crypto exchange, more people are turning to virtual currency, as evident in the number of requests the company gets.
In Nyrirenda's words:
"We've seen a lot of people coming to us to say I want to move X amount of money or I want to purchase a car in Japan and stuff like that. We are accommodating them. It's really a huge advantage to our side and I think also it will enhance our business in the long run".
The Golix Director also spoke about the RBZ ban last year which affected the virtual currency company, saying the main issues the government include scamming investors and money laundering.
Crypto to the Rescue for People in Failed Economies
There is no doubt that cryptocurrency serves as a balm to countries with crippling economies. Apart from Zimbabweans turning to cryptocurrency to escape hyperinflation, Pakistan's crumbling economy pushed citizens to turn to the nascent digital currency.
With the rupee at the edge of the cliff, Pakistanis resorted to virtual currency, in the hopes of escaping economic crisis. Interestingly, the government prohibited banks and other payment service providers from transacting in crypto.
Venezuela is another example of a country whose economy has rolled over the edge. In 2018, the International Monetary Fund (IMF) declared that Venezuela's hyperinflation level could reach one million percent by the end of 2018.
The state of Venezuela's economy is not lost on her citizens, as locals have also resorted to cryptocurrency. In a bid to salvage the situation, the government launched a stablecoin, Petro. However, the stablecoin has come under severe criticism from experts, who believe that the petro fails woefully as a cryptocurrency.
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Review: Falling Into Bed With a Duke by Lorraine Heath
Posted October 22, 2019 by Holly in Reviews | 1 Comment
Reviewer: Holly
Falling Into Bed with a Duke by Lorraine Heath
Narrator: Helen Lloyd
Series: The Hellions of Havisham #1
Format: Audiobook
Point-of-View: Alternating Third
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Genres: Historical Romance
Length: 10 hours and 5 minutes
Reading Challenges: Holly's 2019 GoodReads Challenge, Holly's 2019 Historical Challenge
In the first in a dazzling new series, New York Times bestselling author Lorraine Heath introduces the Hellions of Havisham—three charismatic rogues destined to lose their hearts...
After six unsuccessful Seasons, Miss Minerva Dodger chooses spinsterhood over fortune-hungry suitors. But thanks to the Nightingale Club, she can at least enjoy one night of pleasure. At that notorious establishment, ladies don masks before choosing a lover. The sinfully handsome Duke of Ashebury is more than willing to satisfy the secretive lady's desires—and draws Minerva into an exquisite, increasingly intimate affair.
A man of remarkable talents, Ashe soon deduces that his bedmate is the unconventional Miss Dodger. Intrigued by her wit and daring, he sets out to woo her in earnest. Yet Minerva refuses to trust him. How to court a woman he has already thoroughly seduced? And how to prove that the passion unleashed in darkness is only the beginning of a lifetime's pleasure?
Falling into Bed with a Duke is the first book in the Hellions of Havisham series by Lorraine Heath. I've enjoyed the few books I've read by Heath and I plan to dive further into her backlist this year. This was available in audio at the library, so I decided to give it a try. I enjoyed the narrator.
Miss Minerva Dodger is tired of fortune hunters. She's had 6 seasons out, and hasn't come close to finding someone who wants her for her, rather than her enormous dowry. Disgusted with the whole process, she decides to forego marriage altogether and instead vows to live for only herself. She and her friend ferret out the name of a club that caters to the needs and privacy of women, and she attends, thinking to finally take hold of her future. She doesn't expect to meet the Duke of Ashebury there, or to be so attracted to him. But a man as beautiful as Ashe would never be interested in horse-faced Minerva…would he?
Ashe has been on a mission to capture parts of the female form in photograph, and the lovely woman at the Nightingale Club has the perfect legs for what he has in mind. Unfortunately, she isn't interested in letting him photograph her. Undeterred, he vows to convince her the next time they meet at the club. Only, he's certain he knows her. The rules of the club forbid him from asking, but he's almost certain she's the lovely Miss Dodger. As he pursues her both in the club and out, he gets tangled in a web of lies he can't seem to get out of. But one thing is for certain, he wants Minerva, any way he can get her.
"Don't take it personally, Sheridan," Lord Whittaker said. "She denied us all a chance at her dowry. She wants love."
"She's not going to find that now, is she, the little termagant? Why would any man want to be saddled with a woman who spouts her own view on matters rather than agreeing with his? Makes her deuced irritating."
I really loved how Minerva decided to embrace her Spinsterhood and refused to settle for just anyone. I also loved her unconventional family and how her parents encouraged her in everything. She was well read and had a head for business and investments that rivaled many men, and her family encouraged her in these pursuits. Her close relationship with her parents and brothers came across well. I especially enjoyed the closeness she had with her father.
"And if my happiness rests in doing something I ought not?"
"Like stealing my cigars?"
Her eyes widened. "You knew?"
"I can count inventory."
"Could have been my brothers."
He gave her a stern look. "They've never been as daring as you."
Her insecurities in her appearance, and how she'd been made to feel she had no worth to men outside her dowry, also came across well and broke my heart.
I enjoyed the romance as well. Watching her and Ashebury circle around her identity and eventually come together was very satisfying. I had a hard time with the secrets he kept, however. I wish he'd come clean sooner. Still, I enjoyed the story and found the ending to be very satisfying.
Rating: 3.75 out of 5
Hellions of Havisham
Tagged: 3.75 Reviews, Audiobooks, Avon, Hellions of Havisham, Historical, Holly's Reviews, Lorraine Heath, Reviews
Review: When the Marquess Falls by Lorraine Heath
Posted March 17, 2017 by Rowena in Reviews | 2 Comments
When the Marquess Falls by Lorraine Heath
Series: Hellions of Havisham #3.5
Also in this series: Falling into Bed with a Duke, The Earl Takes All, The Earl Takes All, The Viscount and the Vixen
Publication Date: March 14th 2017
The long-anticipated and utterly extraordinary tale of the Mad Marquess that proves love truly does last forever
The Marquess of Marsden always follows the rules. Expected from birth to adhere to decades of tradition, he plans to marry a proper young woman from a good family. But when a beautiful, and completely unsuitable, woman snags his heart, he begins to realize that to get what you want, sometimes you have to break the rules.
Linnie Connor dreams of the independence of running her very own bakery. And while she may be allowed to be a marquess' childhood companion, the baker's daughter never ends up with the handsome nobleman. Determined to achieve at least one of her dreams, Linnie makes plans to leave her sleepy village for London, intent on purging him from her heart. And yet, when an invitation to the Marsden annual ball arrives, she can't refuse her one chance to waltz in his arms.
It will be a night that stirs the flames of forbidden desires and changes their lives forever.
Lorraine Heath did something with this story and I wasn't even aware that I wanted this story until I picked it up for review. You see, this story is about the Mad Marquess of Marsden. The crazy man that walks the moors because he swears that his wife's ghost is there with him. For three books, we've seen Marsden as an eccentric aristocrat who is just waiting for death to come so that he can reunite with his loving wife, Linnie.
This was a different sort of romance in the sense that we know what happens to the main couple later on and that casts a slight shade on the romance in this one but I don't even care because Lorraine Heath did a great job of telling Marsden and Linnie's story. While I was reading this short story, I wasn't thinking about what is to come for these two. I was just enjoying the story of two best friends falling in love and finding a way to be together.
Linnie was everything that I was hoping she'd be from the descriptions of her from the other books in this series. Goodness, if only Locke had gotten to know his mother because she was freaking awesome but as awesome as it was to get to know her, it was Marsden that I was happy to get to know all over again. A young Marsden was a hunky piece of yumminess and I loved seeing him before he went mad for love of his wife. I also really enjoyed seeing Ash and the twin's parents as well. All in all, this was a short bunch of sweetness that I loved from beginning to end. In the short amount of pages included in this story, I laughed and I even cried a little bit because gah…it was good stuff. You guys should definitely read this one. It's the perfect ending to a fabulous series. I totally recommend!
Tagged: 4.0 Reviews, Avon Impulse, Harper Collins, Hellions of Havisham, Historical, Lorraine Heath, Romance, Rowena's Reviews
Review: The Viscount and the Vixen by Lorraine Heath
The Viscount and the Vixen by Lorraine Heath
Series: Hellions of Havisham #4
Also in this series: Falling into Bed with a Duke, The Earl Takes All, The Earl Takes All, When the Marquess Falls
Love begets madness. Viscount Locksley watched it happen to his father after his cherished wife's death. But when his sire arranges to marry flame-haired fortune hunter Portia Gadstone, Locke is compelled to take drastic measures to stop the stunning beauty from taking advantage of the marquess. A marriage of mutual pleasure could be convenient, indeed... as long as inconvenient feelings don't interfere.
Desperation forced Portia to agree to marry a madman. The arrangement will offer the protection she needs. Or so she believes until the marquess's distractingly handsome son peruses the fine print... and takes his father's place!
Now the sedate—and, more importantly, secure—union Portia planned has been tossed in favor of one simmering with wicked temptation and potential heartbreak. Because as she begins to fall for her devilishly seductive husband, her dark secrets surface and threaten to ruin them both—unless Locke is willing to risk all and open his heart to love.
The final hellion gets his story told in this book and as always, Lorraine Heath delivers a dramatic but intensely compelling story about two people who didn't trust each other and yet were drawn to each other at every turn. Their passion turns into so much more than either of them wanted or was prepared for.
Locke is the lone bachelor in the hellion bunch and he is a-okay with that. He's not in any rush to get married or sire an heir because he's not ever going to fall in love. He makes this decision because he grew up with a father who turned away from life and went crazy over the loss of the love of his life. Locke's mother. Locke has lived his life without a mother and because of how crazy his father goes after her death, he lived his life without much of a father as well. I mean, sure Marsden is around and he loves Locke but Locke lived a pretty lonely life when he was a kid before the other hellions came to live with them. As an adult, Locke prefers his own company instead of being part of a crowd or what not and that probably has a lot to do with being surrounded by whispers about his mad father but his reasons are his own. When Portia comes waltzing into his home, claiming to marry his father, Locke is taken aback because 1) who the hell does she think she is and 2) she is a hot mama and he wants her instantly.
Portia has a secret she is determined to keep and she'll do whatever it takes to protect this secret. Like, marry a complete stranger because she is in dire need of the protection only a Lord of the aristocracy can give her. Her plan to marry the Marquess of Marsden is perfect because he's old as hell and she'll be able to live a peaceful life as his companion but when her plans get turned around and she ends up married to Marsden's younger and more virile son, Portia's world tilts and she has no choice but to ride it out.
Heath brings the angst with every book she writes and she does a great job of pulling the reader along for the ride. I was curious about what Portia's secret was and even though I thought it took her far too long to come clean about it all, I thought the whole drama made for an entertaining read. Seeing Locke fall head over heels for Portia at the same time that Portia was doing the same thing had me happy sighing all over the place. These two were determined to do their duty and that's it but life doesn't always go the way you think it will and I loved seeing Portia and Locke work their way to that happy ending.
This was a great addition to the series and overall, I enjoyed the emotional journey through each book. Heath did it again, she rocked my socks with a romance that I ate right up and I definitely recommend this one.
Tagged: 4.0 Reviews, Avon, Hellions of Havisham, Historical, Lorraine Heath, Romance, Rowena's Reviews
Guest Review: The Earl Takes All by Lorraine Heath
Posted April 29, 2016 by Tracy in Reviews | 0 Comments
The Earl Takes All by Lorraine Heath
Series: Hellions of Havisham
Also in this series: Falling into Bed with a Duke, The Earl Takes All, The Viscount and the Vixen, When the Marquess Falls
One summer night, Edward Alcott gives in to temptation and kisses Lady Julia Kenney in a dark garden. However, the passion she stirs within him is best left in the shadows as she weds his twin, the Earl of Greyling. But when tragedy strikes, to honor the vow he makes to his dying brother, Edward must pretend to be Greyling until the countess delivers her babe.
After her husband returns from a two-month sojourn, Julia finds him changed. Bolder, more daring, and more wicked—even if he does limit their encounters to kisses. With each passing day, she falls more deeply in love.
For Edward the embers of desire sparked on that long-ago night are quickly rekindled. He yearns to be her husband in truth. But if she discovers his ruse, she will despise him—and English law prevents him from marrying his brother's widow. Yet he must dare to risk everything and reveal his secrets if he is to truly take all.
Edward Alcott went on safari with his brother and twin, Albert. It was to be their last adventure before Edward calmed his rakish ways and joined parliament. Unfortunately, Albert is killed during the safari. Before he dies he asks Edward to pretend to be him so that Albert's wife, Julia, doesn't lose the baby she's carrying due of grief. Edward agrees and brings his brother's body back to England but tells everyone that it's Edward that died.
Edward manages to pull off his ruse with Julia but the longer he hangs around her the more he falls in love with her. Strangely enough Edward discovers that Julia didn't hate him as much as he had thought as she mentions things about him (Edward) that surprise him time and again. After she gives birth he knows that he should tell her who he is but he just wants to be Albert for a while longer so that Julia will love him even though he knows she would be loving Albert and not Edward – as long as he can be with her. Edward knows that she will hate him once she discovers the truth and he's not sure he can bear it.
Julia knows that there's something different about her husband but she thinks it's just because he's been away for four months and is now grieving over the death of his twin. She does know that she has fallen farther in love with Albert than she had ever been and loves the changes in him. When she finds out that he is actually Edward and not Albert she hates him, but love and hate are so closely connected she's confused about her feelings for Edward. When she finally admits to herself her love for Edward, the problem comes up that because of British law they can never be together. Do they live separate lives and continue to yearn for each other or do they continue with the ruse and have Edward play the part of Albert for the rest of their lives?
Normally when I read romance novels I don't particularly care for the characters pretending to be someone or something they aren't. Knowing that Edward was going to be playing the part of his brother in this book truly had me contemplating not reading it but Heath had me connecting with the characters in book one and I couldn't fathom not reading their story. I'm so very glad I did because I ended up loving this book.
When I read stories about people playing someone they aren't it makes me nervous for that reveal. I'm almost coming out of my skin as I read waiting for when they are discovered. This one certainly had me on the edge of my seat but the author did such a fantastic job of telling me Edward and Julia's story that I almost forgot about the deception at times. The emotions involved in every aspect of this story really got to me. Albert dying (and Edward telling how he died) had me in tears. Every time I thought of him dying the horror of it, it just made my heart hurt. And Edward having to witness it and the reasons it happened? Oh my lordy it was sad. Albert was such a good man and husband and I hated to read about his death but then we wouldn't have had Edward and Julia's story.
The romance was sweet and quite touching. I honestly didn't think that I would like this book as much as I did. No, we didn't get to know Albert very well in book one but he was a fine upstanding man that of course I didn't want to die. That being said, I totally fell in love with Julie and Edward as a couple and wanted nothing more than for them to be together – but I just couldn't see how the hell it was going to work! The emotions were so high and there was so much at stake and all the ins and outs of "being" Albert or telling the truth (after Julia found out) were heart-wrenching. I teared up more than once near the end of the book as it was a bit overwhelming. I also loved the fact that Heath didn't diminish the love that Julia had for Albert or make her love for Edward any greater. It was just different and I so admired the characters for each recognizing that fact.
Edward's character shouldn't have been one that I ever liked. In the first book in the series you could tell that he could be kind to his friends but I never thought I would love him. When we find that for the most part he was more playing a part than actually being a total wastrel/rake/drunkard and the reasons behind it I understood him a lot better. I ended up liking him even more than Julia (even though I really like her too, don't get me wrong) and that's saying something about this author's writing skill, imho.
The Earl Takes All is my favorite book of the year so far. It's April and it's my first five star read. I love this book and I highly, highly recommend it.
Tagged: 5.0 Reviews, Avon, Guest Reviews, Hellions of Havisham, Historical, Lorraine Heath, Reviews, Tracy's Reviews
Review: The Earl Takes All by Lorraine Heath
Posted April 21, 2016 by Rowena in Reviews | 0 Comments
The Earl Takes All is the second book in the Hellions of Havisham series and it packed an emotional punch because everything that I was afraid was going to happen in the last book…happened and I was so scared to read this one because I didn't know how to feel about what I knew was going to happen. If that doesn't make any sense, sorry but that's what I got for you.
Albert and Edward Alcott are twins that lost their parents when they were young boys. They were shipped off to live with the Marquess of Marsden at Havisham Hall, a friend of their fathers who was going to raise them along with the Duke of Ashebury and his own son, Locke. The Marquess of Marsden is known in the ton as the Mad Marquess because he's gone mad ever since the love of his life died. He didn't pay much attention to the boys when they were younger so they had free reign to run wild all over Havisham. They earned their reputations as the hellions of Havisham but they're all grown up now. Ashe has married and taken his rightful place as the Duke of Ashebury. Albert has married and taken his rightful place as Earl of Greyling.
Edward and Locke are the lone bachelors in their group and the two of them have different reputations. Locke is the quiet one, the one everyone thinks is going to follow in his father's footsteps and turn mad just like him. Before I get into the rest of my review, I am so looking forward to getting more Locke in his book. I'm so anxious to see where Heath takes his character because I love the hell out of him and we've gotten little information about him so far. Edward, on the other hand is the group weasel. He's a dick to his sister in law, he lives his life with abandon not caring one whit about anything real or lasting. He lives for adventure and is known as the group scoundrel. The worst of the lot.
Edward invites Albert to go on one last safari with him before Albert's baby is born and won't have time for adventures anymore. It was to be Albert's last hurrah before settling down for good into the family life. When tragedy strikes on the safari, Edward comes home with a promise to Albert to fulfill and a whole lot of regret.
Lorraine Heath hit me in the feels at every turn in this book. First there was Albert's death and then Edward's promise and then as the story unfolds and you see Edward and Julia getting closer and closer and your heart pounds because it's such an impossible situation for Edward but what other course was there for him? What else could he have done to protect his brother's child and wife?
Oh man, this book was good. Lorraine Heath really shines with these complex characters and stories. I tried to prepare myself for the angst that I knew was waiting for me within the pages of this book but like Edward, the romance that blossomed between him and Julia knocked me on my ass. I didn't think I could love any of the hellions more than I loved Ashe but holy cow, Edward. I wasn't prepared for the wealth of love I would develop for him. I think I loved him more than Julia did.
I thought Heath did a wonderful job of balancing the new romance between Edward and Julia without taking away from Julia's love for Albert. There were little moments where I was unsure how things would work out for the both of them but I never once doubted the love between both Albert and Julia and then Edward and Julia. I really loved that she didn't sacrifice one character to further another character's story. This book was handled with a sensitivity that I think would be hard to write without making the reader hate one, if not all of the characters involved so I was impressed with Heath's efforts. There wasn't a thing that was taken lightly, nothing was brushed over and I liked that.
This was a good book and even with the complicated romance, I highly recommend.
Tagged: 4.5 Reviews, Avon, Hellions of Havisham, Historical, Lorraine Heath, Regency, Romance, Rowena's Reviews | RedPajamaCommonCrawl_-7866668010907876297 | Slimpajama627bTrain/chunk1 |
Updated: A Good Samaritan rescued a boater whose 35-foot fishing vessel sank off Shilshole this morning, Seattle Fire says.
The call came in at 8 a.m. for a sinking boat, and Seattle Fire dispatched its fireboat as well as a full response to the Shilshole Marina area on Seaview Ave. N. Harbor Patrol also responded.
Medics were evaluating the boater on the shore. No word on the person's extent of injuries.
Seattle Fire says it appears the vessel has sunk. According to the scanner, one of the rescue vessels is going to use their sonar to attempt to locate the vessel underwater.
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There's No Service Like Wire Service, Vol. 39
By Paul Lukas, on February 27th, 2012
Finally clearing out the last of my wire service backlog. Contributors for this batch include Mark Kluczynski, Mike Hersh, Jerry Wolper, Bill Henderson, Brendan Slattery, Bruce Menard, Warren Humphries, and Mark Peterson. Thanks, guys!
• Turns out you can come up with a uni design that evokes the Maryland flag but doesn't look like shite. Not sure what team that is.
• Lots of logos and wordmarks floating around in this 1952 Bears photo, but the one that particularly interests me is the walking bear on assistant coach Paddy Driscoll's jacket at lower right.
• Always interesting to see Joe D. in an A's uni. (And while we at it, here's a much younger DiMaggio, from his minor league days.)
• Can't mention Joe D. without also mentioning Teddy Ballgame, this time in his Navy baseball uni. Kinda startling to see him holding a bat with anything other than "9" on the knob.
• Check it out — the AP was doing some uni-watching in 1987!
• Here's a nice shot of Royals equipment manager Al Zych just after the team added the Dick Howser memorial patch.
• You don't often see a 1910 baseball player wearing a turtleneck.
• This might be the most indecipherable sleeve logo I've ever seen.
• Who's that punting for West Point? None other than a young Dwight Eisenhower.
• Always good to have another view of the Tribe's 1921 "Worlds Champions" uni.
• Here's something people often forget: In 1975, the Phillies wore white shoes.
• This might be the coolest use of the wishbone C — or maybe just the coolest baseball uniform, period — ever! That's a Negro Leagues team from Hawaii called the Chinese Tigers. Holy moly!
• Whoa, check out this early Packers photo, from 1921. Look at that goalpost — looks like a junior high shop project!
• Here's a seriously rare sight: Willie Mays wearing the tools of ignorance. (And while we're at it, you can see the Say Hey Kid in a Puerto Rican winter league uni here and here.)
• Here's Rogers Hornsby checking out his new Giants uni in 1927. I'm assuming the other gent is a clubhouse attendant — interesting that he got to wear a jersey.
• I really like everything about this Phillies jacket. The buttons, the chest logo, the raglan leather sleeves, the collar, the works.
• Here's Warren Spahn in a different kind of uniform than we're accustomed to see him wearing. Note that he's holding his rifle left-handed, as befits the man who's still the winningest southpaw in MLB history.
Culinary Corner: A chicken wing comes in three parts — the drumette, the flat, and the tip. If you order wings at a restaurant or bar, you only get the drumette and the flat. But if I'm making wings at home, I always leave the tip attached to the flat, because I like the tip — it's mostly just skin, fat, and cartilage, which means it's a chewy, crunchy delight (not unlike my very favorite part of a chicken, the tail).
People who write chicken wing recipes apparently don't agree, however. Such recipes invariably include the line, "Remove tips and discard or save for stock." For years — for decades — I've responded to this line simply by muttering, "Screw that" and moving on. But for some reason something snapped in my head last week when I was reading the new issue of Saveur, which included a recipe for chicken wings. Sure enough, there it was: "Remove tips and discard or save for stock." This time, for reasons I can't explain, I somehow viewed this line as an affront — not just to me, but to all that is good and delicious. "Fuck it," I said to myself, "I'm gonna make a batch of wing tips. Just the tips."
And that's precisely what I did yesterday. I had a bunch of friends coming over to play seven-inch records, so I figured the wing tips would make a good party snack. First I bought a pair of chicken wing family packs. Then I removed all the tips, which left me with this (as usual, you can click to enlarge):
I figured wing tips are too small to serve as a sauce delivery device (plus we were all playing records, so I didn't want things to get too messy), so I decided to toss them with a dry rub instead. I used my standard rub, which has paprika, cayenne, chili powder, mustard powder, cumin, salt, pepper, and a few other things, but you could use whatever you like. Here's how the tips looked after a quick toss with the rub:
Then I spread the tips out on a baking pan and popped them in a 350 º oven for about 25 minutes. That turned them golden brown, but I wanted to get them a bit crunchier, so I put them under the broiler for a few minutes. That left me with this:
The result what exactly what I'd hoped for: a chewy, crunchy, spicy snack that everyone liked (even the people who initially regarded the whole enterprise with a bit of skepticism). Each tip had one bone in the center, sort of akin to an olive pit, so I provided a little bowl where people could discard the bones:
In short: Success! "Discard or save for stock" my ass. As for the rest of the wings, I put them in my freezer and will cook them later. But they won't be as good without the tips.
Horn-Toot Dept.: Lots of extracurricular stuff in the hopper at the moment. Here's the rundown:
• I'm going to be one of the instructors for a summer session in design writing and research being conducted by the School of Visual Arts. I'll be presenting a session called "Object Lessons," about extrapolating stories from seemingly mundane objects, and my co-presenter will be America's foremost design historian, Steve Heller. I've known Steve for over 20 years (back when I worked in publishing, I edited a few of his books) but have never had a chance to work with him before — very exciting. Lots of other great instructors are involved as well. If you're interested in enrolling, full info is available here.
• I'll be talking about uniforms and other things on WFMU's excellent "Seven Second Delay" show on Wednesday, March 7, 6pm. This show is aired live from the Upright Citizens Brigade Theater in Manhattan, and you can attend the live broadcast by purchasing tickets here. I'm told that one of the other guests on the show that evening will be New Yorker writer Susan Orlean, who's really talented (although she once snubbed me at a party back around 1995, and it still bugs me).
• After a year-plus run at the City Reliquary, my Open Mic Show-and-Tell series is settling in for a spring residency at Cabinet magazine's exhibition space in Gowanus (300 Nevins St., Brooklyn). The first Show-and-Tell event at Cabinet will be on March 15, 7:30pm. Same format as before: Anyone can bring an object of personal significance and talk about it for up to three minutes, or you can just be part of the audience (because you can't have show-and-tell unless there are people to be shown and told). Either way, it's a good time. Free admission + free beer = duh, show up already.
• There's a new entry up on the Permanent Record blog. Also, there will be new PermaRec material on Slate in another week or two, and then (I hope) roughly every six weeks after that.
• Although it hasn't been officially announced yet, I can tell you that the next Brooklyn Beefsteak event will be on April 22, so mark your calendars. As usual, I'll be selling T-shirts and hopping onstage to assist in Susquehanna Industrial Tool + Die Company's rousing rendition of "The Song of the Beefsteak."
Uni Watch News Ticker: I didn't watch the NBA All-Star Game, so I have no idea whether any players wore the compression-style uniform instead of the regular one. Anyone..? "¦ The Cardinals are adding a championship patch, and boy do I hate the way that red area extends into the white outlining. "¦ Here's the Mets' memorial patch for Gary Carter. Kinda plain. But if they'd tried anything more creative, they probably would've screwed it up, so maybe it's for the best. … Meanwhile, looks like the Mets have removed the metallic flake from their batting helmets. … And one more Mets note: Sure looks purdy without the black. … Missouri State has inked a deal with Adidas. … New logo apparently in the works for Utah State. … The earliest known football footage has been discovered. … Ohio State athletics will no longer retire any numbers (from Jason Hillyer). "¦ Michael Martin lives in Tupelo, Mississippi, where the local newspaper previewed the state basketball tournament by running this graphic. Simple but effective. "¦ Manny Ramirez, who wore No. 99 with the Dodgers, will wear No. 1 with the A's. Has anyone else ever worn both of these numbers? "¦ Who says MLB doesn't cater to the ladies? Classy move, gang (thanks, Kirsten). … Check out Warren Sapp in a Jags hat (with the original logo!). "It's from the 1995 Scouting Combine," says Lou DeGeorge. "The Jags had yet to begin play, but I guess Sapp may have been campaigning for them to take him with the No. 2 pick that year, before he famously fell all the way down to the Bucs at No. 12." … With St. Paddy's Day approaching, here's a nice shot of the uni that started the whole "Let's wear green" thing. Wish Grif had learned to blouse his cuffs, though (from Brice Wallace). … "Just saw an MLB Fan Cave commercial with Matt Kemp, who wakes up wearing an Oklahoma City Thunder jersey with 'M. Kemp' and #27," writes Mike Chamernik. "Kemp wears 27 with the Dodgers and is from Oklahoma, but I have no idea why they included his first initial on the NOB." … Matt Aballi conducted a quick interview with a guy who has a collection of over 1100 fitted caps. … New 25th-anniversary logo for Arena Football (from HHH). … Tim Lincecum is once again tinkering with his footwear during spring training. His latest brand: New Balance. … Here's a really good piece about where curling stones come from and how they're made (big thanks to Doug Kalemba). … New stadium-anniversary logo for the Buffalo Bisons (from Kevin Clark). … Whoa, scroll down and check out this amazing streamroller logo! It appears on the sleeve of this jersey. … The NBA used a new basketball design for the Rising Stars game (good spot by Kenny Loo). "¦ Anthony Emerson notes that the Red Sox are not wearing BP caps for spring training workouts. "¦ Kudos to the A's, who are giving away striped socks on June 16 (from Chris Flinn). … Here's a rundown of this year's MLS kits (from George Chilvers). "¦ New away kit for Portugal. "Same kit, different toilet, or something like that," says Leo Thornton. … Here's something odd: a 1909 photo showing a catcher with no shinguards while the batter has one on his back leg (from Daniel Pesce). … Here's an article that's sort of Uni Watch for the presidential candidates (from Tom Mulgrew). "¦ Lots to like in this WVU/Texas football program cover illo (nice find by Jason Bernard). "¦ A little boy in Illinois needs to wear a helmet while his head continues to fuse together, so they made him a Bears helmet (from Nick Yelverton). "¦ What's with the umps in civvies? Those shots are from the 7/10/79 Astros/Pirates game. "According to the next day's Pittsburgh Press, the umpires' equipment didn't arrive, and there was a 13-minute delay before the umps were ready to start the game," says Jerry Wolper. "¦ The Astros are "leaning heavily" toward new uniforms for next season (from David Cline). "¦ Also from David: There's a lot going on in this photo. The player on the right is from South Charleston High in West Virginia, which apparently uses SNOB. The guy on the left plays for Wheeling Park. Looks like they use single-quotes around their nickname — that's a new one on me. "¦ Thanks for the beer, Rafael.
Culinary Corner, History, Wire Service Photos
179 comments to There's No Service Like Wire Service, Vol. 39
BurghFan | February 27, 2012 at 7:50 am |
Maybe it's "M. Kemp" so nobody will confuse Matt with Shawn. Of course, Shawn is better remembered in the pre-Oklahoma City uni.
ACMESalesRep | February 27, 2012 at 11:36 am |
My thoughts exactly. Though it seems a tad ridiculous–I really don't think anyone, except possibly the Bennett clan, thinks the Thunder has a legitimate claim to the Sonics' actual history. Shawn Kemp never played for OK City, and never will.
Seattlearmyguy | February 27, 2012 at 1:48 pm |
I know that OKC keeps trying to retire Gary Payton's number, but he won't have anything do with the OKC franchise, and won't have his number retired until Seattle gets a team back. Maybe Shawn Kemp is in the same thought.
chris | February 27, 2012 at 10:01 pm |
OKC keeps trying to HAVE NOTHING TO DO WITH SEATTLE. Stop the b.s. Carry on, get a new team or get over it. Yes, you got screwed. Let it the F*** GO. The same thing with every other retired Sonics jersey. The team doesn't care anymore!
Arr Scott | February 27, 2012 at 7:58 am |
The photo atop the lede reminds me of a hazy memory of a conversation with a guy I know who's a walking encyclopedia of Balmer sports history where he described a crest like that. I'll drop him an email today, but I'm thinking it's one of many teams in all sports to call itself the Baltimore Orioles.
On the indecipherable sleeve patch, I'm seeing NYFG, or New York Female Giants. Wikipedia seems to agree, for what it's worth:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/New_York_Female_Giants
Similar mess on the sleeves of the women in the article's main photo.
Also, while I always love the Wire Service entries, this one is particularly awesome. From Ike, Army punter to the Navy Splinter to Joe D, Don to the '87 Rawlings unis, this one borders on the epic.
Kevin Poss | February 27, 2012 at 7:59 am |
Good to know Paul also plays "Just the Tip"…
"…Just to see how it feels."
scott | February 27, 2012 at 8:08 am |
That Buffalo Bisons patch is likely to mark the anniversary of its stadium, not the team, which has been around for more than a century.
Paul Lukas | February 27, 2012 at 8:11 am |
Right-o. Will fix.
Lloyd Davis | February 27, 2012 at 10:04 am |
Scott is correct that it is the stadium that dates back to 1988. (At first, I thought the 25 might refer to the number of names the park has gone by over the years, but that would be — a slight — exaggeration.)
The Bisons have been at Triple A since '85, and before that they were in Double A from 1979 to '84. Before Global Soft Drink Park opened, they played at the old War Memorial Stadium (the Rockpile) seen in "The Natural."
But one small correction: the original Bisons, with roots that go back to the 1870s, left town in 1970. Between 1971 and '78, Organized Baseball was absent from the Queen City.
And I should correct myself. The ballpark is currently known as Global Soft Drink ***Field***.
scott | February 27, 2012 at 3:27 pm |
And the park has had a corporate sponsor since day 1, which I didn't realize as an impressionable kid in the 1980s. I just figured calling it Pilot Field was a tribute of some sort.
JTH | February 27, 2012 at 5:26 pm |
I just learned yesterday that the Marcus amphitheater in Milwaukee is named after a corporation and not a person (or people).
Connie | February 27, 2012 at 8:14 am |
"… This might be the most indecipherable sleeve logo I've ever seen…"
NYFG. New York Female Giants, women's team during the 1910s (I think). I also think I first saw that photo on this page, but don't ask for a citation.
That photo of Ted Williams in the Navy uni also features fellow BoSoxer Johnny Pesky, a pretty good ballplayer in his own right.
Sorry! Didn't notice that Scott was all over the NYFG enigma.
The Astros ticker item has this quotation:
"We'll get some of the staff and some of the fans in on the next look, and hopefully we'll make a decision on the deadline that they're requiring if we're going to make a decision," [owner Jim] Crane said.
Seems to suggest strongly that the team already has a set of new-uni finalist designs in hand and is closing in on a choice. Like they're ready to take a couple of alternatives to focus grouping.
Ben Fortney | February 27, 2012 at 1:39 pm |
It seems that lately every design decision goes through the MLB offices, I'm not expecting anything that'll knock our stirrups off.
Freeb | February 28, 2012 at 8:59 am |
Rainbow Guts!!!
Gary | February 27, 2012 at 8:20 am |
The hockey jersey is the Baltimore Orioles of the Eastern Hockey League… They played in Baltimore in the 30's and 40's
Not that its for sale, but here's a Baltimore Orioles Hockey club jacket from the 40's… love it.
http://parkwaypastimes.com/item.php?id=943
Nice find! The EHL/EAHL in that era included one of the all-time great team names: the River Vale Skeeters, a New Jersey club.
Gary | February 27, 2012 at 10:22 am |
They also had the original Jersey Devils, based out of Cherry Hill.
Joe Hilseberg | February 27, 2012 at 8:23 am |
"Turns out you can come up with a uni design that evokes the Maryland flag but doesn't look like shite. Not sure what team that is."
That is actually pulling from the Baltimore City Flag.
http://fotw.fivestarflags.com/images/u/us-md-b.gif
Baltimore was a big hockey town, so my guess is that it was a local club team???
Trey | February 27, 2012 at 8:46 am |
Dwight Howard wore the compression jersey last night. I didn't notice it on anyone else.
Interesting — he was the only one to wear it last year, too.
Simply Moono | February 27, 2012 at 10:58 am |
That definitely seems to be the case here, here, and here. Also, if you compare that last photo to this one, he — and many other All-Stars from last night — played around with different shoe colorways during the game.
wayne | February 27, 2012 at 11:59 am |
His jersey fade is also considerably different than the James jersey, unless they all had variation.
MRB | February 27, 2012 at 12:00 pm |
Last year Howard wore a compression jersey under his regular, non-compression jersey. This year's looked more like a dye-sub'd wife beater than a poly-type jersey.
I also suspect the compression jersey is made by a different mfgr – note here that Howard's jersey sports the collar contrast stripe in the back of the neck, unlike D-Rose and others' jerseys.
eethy | February 27, 2012 at 8:51 am |
Glad I'm not the only one who loved wing tips. So crunchy, sweet and salty.
HHH | February 27, 2012 at 11:52 am |
Are wingtip shoes named after chicken wing tips?
Also, thank you for the primer on chicken wing anatomy. I always assumed drumettes (or "drum sticks" as I used to call them until today) were a chicken's leg, and that the flat was really the wing. I was always confused as to why a batch of wings also included legs, LOL!!! Now, if tips were also thrown into this mess I'd be completely dumbfounded as to what they were supposed to be.
As you can tell I don't cook for myself. :-P
Do you know what part of the chicken is the McNugget?
HHH | February 27, 2012 at 1:47 pm |
LOL! Of course I do!
The McNugget is the part of the chicken you see after they dip the chicken in boiling water–alive–to remove its feathers.
Ready for your Happy Meal?
Defo Maitland | February 27, 2012 at 4:48 pm |
Drumsticks are indeed part of the leg. I think drumettes are just the part of the wing that vaguely resembles the real drumstick, hence the name. The poultry equivalent of the faux-filet perhaps?
James Ryan | February 27, 2012 at 10:50 pm |
Definitely the best part!
bill | February 27, 2012 at 9:02 am |
My money is on the Baltimore Orioles of the old Eastern Hockey League. They were the precursors to the Baltimore Clippers.
A real quick search did not turn up that uniform, but here is an earlier doozy.
http://scottywazz.blogspot.com/2010/02/baltimore-hockey-history-first-team.html
Would like to see that in color.
"… Here's the Mets' memorial patch for Gary Carter. Kinda plain. But if they'd tried anything more creative, they probably would've screwed it up, so maybe it's for the best…"
I like it a lot.
I don't like the use of the plate, which is more of a universal baseball symbol than a catcher's symbol. (The Tigers used it for their Sparky memorial patch last year, e.g.) Feels too generic and derivative. If they wanted to use a shape, why not the outline of a catcher's mitt?
But a silhouette of a catcher's mitt would be a nigh-uncrecognizable blob. Home plate is much more pregnant with meaning. Instantly recognizable, instantly understandable to anyone who knows what position Carter played (and for anyone who doesn't, the memorial patch is not the place to try to educate them), and then there's the metaphorical significance of the idea of home plate – coming home, the final destination we're all running toward, etc.
It's not that home plate is insufficiently specific, it's that it may be insufficiently personal, and switching from a plate to a glove wouldn't make it more personal. Something like including Carter's distinctive signature, for example, or a silhouette of Carter's head with his mullet bursting out under his cap, would be more personal, and so possibly a better memorial.
walter | February 27, 2012 at 9:45 am |
No! No! Enough with the overdone memorials and breast-beating! Remember how shitty the Yankee uniforms looked last year? Black armband and a number eight… simple! Somber! Dignified.
I respectfully disagree. The simpler the better.
Simple is fine — like, if they'd gone with a circle, no problem. But if you're gonna use a shape, how about using a shape that (a) wasn't just used last year by the Tigers, and (b) relates more specifically to catchers.
Plate-nickname-number — feels like a copy of the Sparky patch.
Ricko | February 27, 2012 at 11:16 am |
Considering that both Anderson and Carter had extensive careers elsewhere, I wonder if the use of a generic home plate by the Tigers and now the Mets possibly isn't a way of saying, "We're not claiming he belonged only to us; he belonged to baseball."
Sam D. | February 27, 2012 at 3:14 pm |
I think you can't get much more specific than home plate for a catcher. The Mets are finally starting to get things right in the uni department, so why so nit-picky, Paul?
Matt dub | February 27, 2012 at 9:20 am |
Yeah it seemed to be only Howard. Though Wade and Lebron were wearing tighter fitting jerseys as well. Before tipoff Kobe could be seen laughing and it looked like he said they looked like the we're wearing "wife beaters."
walter | February 27, 2012 at 10:03 am |
Freedom of speech lives! Mad love for Kobe.
Andy | February 27, 2012 at 9:26 am |
Some of the best wings I've ever had included the entire wing, drum to tip. Pok Pok in Portland (I believe there's also one or two in New York as well). Definitely worth trying.
Yeah, I like that style too. Kinda depends on what mood I'm in…
Marc | February 28, 2012 at 3:16 am |
OMG…Pok Pok Wings…truly other worldly. I'm going to be in SE PDX tomorrow…I might just have to make the pilgrimage to this wing mecca once again.
Adam R. W. | February 27, 2012 at 9:32 am |
The new NBA basketball (used in the rising stars game) has been used all season in the d-league, where they had been using the old new basketball before this season.
http://www.freshtrend.com/images/spalding-new-nba-basketball.jpg
Leo | February 27, 2012 at 10:36 am |
They also used it in the All-Star game. Looks like a ball change next season because they use the D-League for testing issues
New Ball: http://solecollector.com/media/u/images/blake-griffin-nike-zoom-hyperdunk-2011-galaxy(1).jpg
Wheels | February 27, 2012 at 3:26 pm |
Why would they be looking into changing the design of the ball again? Doesn't anyone remember the disaster of the last attempt at using a new ball? It was like 6 years ago, and it lasted about a month into the season until everybody protested so much that they changed it back.
Bernard | February 27, 2012 at 9:33 am |
This amazing steamroller logo, and this jersey, have got to be from Steelton-Highspire High School in Steelton, PA (the Steamrollers).
Their current helmet is also pretty cool.
timmy b | February 27, 2012 at 8:29 pm |
The school is locally know by one and all as simply "Steel-High." Most call the sports teams the Rollers.
Least obtrusive "think pink" jerseys ever?
http://grfx.cstv.com/photos/schools/pur/sports/w-baskbl/auto_bsiwide/7496945.jpeg
Chance Michaels | February 27, 2012 at 9:34 am |
I hate to argue with the boys over at MEARS, but I'm very skeptical about that "1921 Packers" photo.
1920, possibly. But those uniforms don't match any 1921 Packer getup I'm familiar with.
Jeff | February 27, 2012 at 10:11 am |
I second Chance's skepticism, and I doubt it's from 1920, either. The Packers didn't wear socks with stripes like that until the late '20s. Uniform numbers also came along later. The earliest uniforms were quite plain. There's a fair amount of baloney in the auction house's description of this photo.
Jeff Ash, Packers photo archivist, Green Bay Press-Gazette
Chance Michaels | February 27, 2012 at 10:21 am |
Thanks for the backup, Jeff!
They're dating the photo primarily via its provenance from the estate of Buff Wagner, who played for the Packers in 1920 and 1921. But even if he is in fact pictured in the photo, which is by no means guaranteed, we don't know that he never played for a semi-pro team.
And since when did Curly Lambeau "join the team" in 1921?
I've had a blog post on this photo percolating since that auction, might be time to dust it off and finish it. Very sloppy, and very unlike MEARS.
hugh.c.mcbride | February 27, 2012 at 3:16 pm |
Regardless of when it was taken, that photo is a thing of beauty.
Jason M (DC) | February 27, 2012 at 9:39 am |
I think retiring numbers is dumb and cliche at this point. I'm glad that Ohio State is deciding against it. Retiring numbers in football is especially dumb when you consider how many players you have to have on your team combined with the position-specific numbers. Redskins fans and radio talkers get bent out of shape if a new quarterback wants to wear 7 or 17 or something.
I think Rings of Honor and Halls of Fame are more appropriate for honoring past players.
For colleges, I absolutely agree. No one player can make that level of impact in four years.
For the pros, I still like the practice, although I wish that some teams were more selective. It's absolutely insane that the Vikings, Patriots and Lions each have more retired numbers than the Packers do.
BrianC | February 27, 2012 at 1:55 pm |
I agree. I seem to be the only one who likes the Maple Leaf system of "Honored (or "Honoured") Numbers. The only ones they actually retired, 5 & 6, Barilko and Bailey, have tragedies associated with them, although Ace Bailey requested that his 6 be "unretired" for Ron Ellis.
Kyle | February 27, 2012 at 2:24 pm |
It looks as though the Calgary Flames are moving toward this system as well as they honour Al MacInnis tonight and raise a banner with his number on it without physically retiring the number. This seems far more sensible to me; just one look at the Celtics or Canadiens roster of retired numbers and you'd wonder how there are even enough two-digit numbers to go around at this point. The Celts alone have retired 21 numbers in 66 years, which is friggin' ridiculous.
Also, a big thanks to Paul for linking to my article on curling stones (and to Doug Kalemba for the recommendation)! Any time I can manage to work sports onto a geography website, I do it (especially when the topic is explicitly uni-related.
In other news, I was really getting my 70's on with that picture of the umpires with improvised uniforms. Notice you can't tell who the home team is? Good times.. good times.
Rob Ullman | February 27, 2012 at 10:15 am |
Anybody else shocked to discover that the Arena Football League Shop isn't just a CafePress store?
What does SNOB stand for? I checked the Uni Watch Glossary and it's not listed.
Paul Lukas | February 27, 2012 at 10:16 am |
School Name on Back.
Lol, I like that, it IS kinda snobby to put your school's name on the back of all your jerseys, haha!
So if South Charleston's school name is on the back of their basketball jerseys, what is on the front? Usually high school and college bball teams have the school name on the front, so if the school name is on the back, would we have SNickNOF? (School Nickname on Front?)
For example, if UConn did this, it would say "UConn" on the back and "Huskies" on the front.
Davis J | February 27, 2012 at 10:16 am |
In the Ticker, it should read "WVU/Texas football program cover illo," for West Virginia University, not "WUV."
Thanks. Now fixed.
BDR | February 27, 2012 at 10:22 am |
Hey, it's WFMU's annual two week marathon! Urge your readers to throw them some coin, please. Have fun with Andy and Ken!
Ferdinand Cesarano | February 27, 2012 at 10:26 am |
It's interesting that that AP photos of the new 1987 uniforms shows the Braves' unis with a front number, in keeping with the earlier iterations of the tomahawk uni. Evidently the team decided at some point between March 25 and the beginning of the season to remove that number.
I find it very satisfying to see that three of the designs that are shown there (Braves, Twins, A's) have remained mostly intact 25 years later. (And a fourth, that of the White Sox, was replaced in 1991 by a design that has endured for over 20 years.) Continuity in a team's visual identity is a Very, Very Good Thing.
Mark in Shiga | February 27, 2012 at 12:34 pm |
Ferdinand, I was just about to mention that. They never did play a game with the front number, did they? What did they wear in spring training? The old royal-and-baby-blue outfits from the previous year?
Ferdinand Cesarano | February 27, 2012 at 4:03 pm |
I would assume so; though I haven't found any pictures that would prove that.
Chance Michaels | February 27, 2012 at 4:05 pm |
This photo shoot for the new uniforms, from the AP in January 1987, doesn't feature front numbers.
StLMarty | February 27, 2012 at 10:56 am |
Bikini and tuxedo t-shirts aside, my question was never answered yesterday.
Is it required that all NASCAR cars have headlight (and grill) decals?
This is rather silly. No?
wayne | February 27, 2012 at 12:04 pm |
I think its to appeal to the consumer, so the car on the track looks like the car in the show room. In the late nineties, some teams/manufacturers started to add them.
http://static.ddmcdn.com/gif/1996-nascar-results-1.jpg
Thats from '96, and the 43 has got them, whereas the 3 has just the outlines. As for it being required, i'm not sure
Bernard | February 27, 2012 at 12:08 pm |
From Wikipedia (yeah I know, but still):
"A stock car, in the original sense of the term, described an automobile that has not been modified from its original factory configuration. Later the term stock car came to mean any production-based automobile used in racing. This term is used to differentiate such a car from a race car, a special, custom-built car designed only for racing purposes."
I'm pulling all of this out of my ass, so all or none of it might be true, but…
1. The headlight/grill decals are an (admittedly laughable) attempt to make these templated vehicles look more like "stock cars".
2. They are an immediate visual identifier for fans of individual auto manufacturers (it's easy for enthusiasts to tell a Dodge crosshair grill from a Ford razor grill at a glance). This probably makes it easier for fans to root at 185 mph.
Tom V. | February 27, 2012 at 12:28 pm |
From what I could find the headlight stickers are (like mentioned above) to make the car look more like a specific manufacturers car. The grills are more somewhat more identifiable though I think, you can't mistake a dodge grill, but the other grills are somewhat generic, although they do match the manufacturers grill.
Nationwide cars are required to look more like their showroom counterparts, the challengers and mustangs make them easily identifiable and makes for a more classical look on the racetrack since they are retro styled cars.
Andy | February 27, 2012 at 2:26 pm |
It's really just another form of advertising. Hense the big 'FUSION' or 'CAMRY' stickers out front. If the opportunity presents itself for the manufacturer to advertise one of its production cars by decorating its race vehicles to look vaguely like it, I think they'll do it ten times out of ten.
*hence*
Chris Holmes | February 27, 2012 at 11:14 am |
Where do all these excellent wire service photos come from anyway? Is there a searchable archive, or is it specific to certain newspapers?
The original prints are often sold on ebay.
Anthony Emerson | February 27, 2012 at 11:15 am |
The NBA All-Star Game also used that new ball:
http://i.imgur.com/mhgzY.jpg
Mike Engle | February 27, 2012 at 11:20 am |
What!? Never heard chatter about that one! Is there any word as to whether this new ball is leather or composite? My guess is that it's leather, as per the status quo. (Remember what it was like when the NBA tried to introduce that composite ball? Yikes, Epic Fail.)
JTH | February 27, 2012 at 11:39 am |
"Never heard chatter about that one!"
Scroll up.
Lee | February 27, 2012 at 11:25 am |
Nice column today, lots of interesting tidbits.
Dave Mac | February 27, 2012 at 11:41 am |
I hope that later this spring you'll provide another great Passover-related blog entry. Sure, it's not uni-related, but I find those posts very interesting.
K.C. Watt | February 27, 2012 at 11:43 am |
NOOOOOOO!!! No "Culinary Corner"!!! Noooooobody cares!!!!! ARRRRRGHHHHH!
And JESUS H. FUCKING CHRIST, the Carter patch is TOO PLAIN!??!?! TOO PLAIN!??!?!? ARE YOU SERIOUS?
The patch is CLASSY, SIMPLE, UNDERSTATED – and you STILL can't bring yourself to approve!
I know – you hate it because it's BLACK! NOOOOOOO! NOT BLACK! HOW DARE THEY PUT BLACK ON A COMMEMORATIVE PATCH!!! ARGGHHHGHGHG THIS BLOG IS DRIVING ME INSANE
Life is really hard. Isn't it, K.C.?
It's amazing that we can even get out of bed in the morning.
Do your best to make some lemonade. Things will pick up.
I think I'm gonna do a whole week's worth of Culinary Corners. That should be fun!
I recommend that you do so in all caps.
Mike Engle | February 27, 2012 at 12:08 pm |
Something vegan for April Fool's Day?
JTH | February 27, 2012 at 12:10 pm |
Only a week? Don't hold out on us, Paul. March has 31 days.
I wouldn't mind a whole week of Culinary Corner as long as it was sports related. I consider today's post about chicken wings to be sports related because wings are ubiquitous at sports bars and have become synonymous with watching sports at home.
How about black pudding? Blackened chicken?
Brinke | February 27, 2012 at 12:32 pm |
watch the language, dude.
George Chilvers | February 27, 2012 at 1:45 pm |
Agree. I'm no prude, but we don't know who reads this.
Phil Hecken | February 27, 2012 at 5:48 pm |
"we don't know who reads this"
It sounds like the name of a Radiohead album.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kid_A
Oopsies.
The Carter patch does.
That was the first thing I thought of when I first saw the patch.
The DiMaggio (in the Dons uni) photo has me puzzled. I don't recall he ever played for any minor league team other than the Seals. Is this a USF Dons jersey?
Would like to know the what, why and when for this image.
Josie B | February 27, 2012 at 1:07 pm |
was wondering the same thing. DiMaggio dropped out of high school, so not USF, but it's mentioned that he was playing Semi-Pro ball before the Seals signed him. However, no article I've read lists the name of the club, not even baseball-ref
Gary | February 27, 2012 at 1:55 pm |
Went back to my copy of "The Hero's Life" (Ben Cramer's DiMaggio bio) and found no mention of the "Dons." However there is a notation that he "would play for five or six clubs in the spring and summer of 1932." (Chapter 3).
Or is it equally possible that he donned a USF uniform for an exhibition game at some point?
BSmile | February 27, 2012 at 11:42 pm |
The DiMaggio brothers did in fact play in several different exhibition games in S.F., including after Joe retired from the Yankees in 1951.
gtv | February 27, 2012 at 11:57 am |
The 1903 football footage is awesome. Only 40 years after the civil war.
George Chilvers | February 27, 2012 at 12:17 pm |
If you're interested in old soccer footage:
http://www.youtube.com/user/BFIfilms/search?query=football
Don | February 27, 2012 at 12:01 pm |
Shot of the left side of the infield for my high school alma mater, the Silsbee (TX) Tigers: https://fbcdn-sphotos-a.akamaihd.net/hphotos-ak-ash4/418531_3129673173495_1614699726_2556528_1463147906_n.jpg. I've never been prouder.
Connie | February 27, 2012 at 3:04 pm |
Great picture. Are you in it?
FYI–Lincecum shoes- he wore NBs last season too, as well as Mizuno. Methinks no shoe deal after a long time with Reebok. I think I've seen him in Nike, too.
Graf Zeppelin | February 27, 2012 at 12:36 pm |
Another step in the right direction for the Mets, removing the metallic paint flake from the batting helmets. Been wondering about this recently, surprised I didn't think of it back in the fall during the run-up to the unveiling. (Not that it matters, since it's not going to be worn often and will be gone next year anyway, but I wonder if they're going to do that with the black helmets as well.)
I think the Carter patch is fine. No need to reinvent the wheel.
It's good to see the Mets, after so many years of getting practically everything wrong, start getting things right. One of the few positive things I've seen lately is the image of the Mets at Spring Training wearing blue, orange and white.
Phil P | February 27, 2012 at 12:48 pm |
Not the first time I've seen the Portugal away shirt, but I like it. Definitely an improvement over the previous one, and it's clear some thought went into the design, as opposed to a generic template.
Interesting take with just making the wing tips, we actually had wings a few nights ago and my wife made them with the tips on, definitely a fun thing to gnaw on.
Paul Lukas | February 27, 2012 at 12:56 pm |
I just received a very amusing piece of hate mail, which said (among other things):
Come on Paul, enough with the crap about trying to be weird or different. There's a fucking reason you throw out the wing tips, because they suck. No one would ever try to make something out of them, especially not with guests coming over. … In fact, every time I make chicken wings from now on I'll purposely throw that part out, maybe even call them lukas tips as I spit on them and throw them in the garbage.
Lukas Tips — I like it!
This gentleman also had opinions on many other aspects of my life. I'm flattered by his attention, natch, but I suspect he might be better off coming up with more productive uses of his time than obsessing about me (or sending hate mail while his boss isn't looking).
Christopher F. | February 27, 2012 at 2:15 pm |
Man, I'd love to see your inbox. You must get the most amusing hate mail.
I mean, I love this site… but its not exactly serious business. While I no longer partake in political discussion, I get how people send hate mail to Politico or HuffPo or whatever. Its stupid and trite, but I get it.
That's some good stuff.
Paul Lukas | February 27, 2012 at 2:24 pm |
I give him credit for actually sending a real email from a real (I think) email address, instead of just anonymously posting a hate comment like the cowardly trolls usually do.
I'd actually like to see a post of fun and/or interesting hate mail you've gotten. Maybe you could respond to them and/or give a little setup as to what it was in response to (if it isn't clear from the contents of the message).
Good and/or bad idea? You be the judge and/or jury.
Mike V. | February 27, 2012 at 2:54 pm |
Yowzas! I am huge fan of the culinary corners because I fancy myself a guy who can turn meat from red to brown with a delicious outcome. Now, even after reading today's entry, I still am going to nip the tip and have no real urge to eat them. However, I can respect that others may like them and I can't begrudge them that. Hell, before you know it there will be 5-star eateries serving these things for $35 a plate.
But writing an email like that over a chicken wing part really shows this guy 'flew off the handle'. Ahhhhhhh puns. Paul, you don't think it was Phil Knight who wrote that email do you?
StLMarty | February 27, 2012 at 6:07 pm |
I have no problem with the Culinary Corner, or anything else Paul and Phil care to share.
In fact, I would have liked to get a listing of the various songs played at the listening party. Information is good.
Winter | February 27, 2012 at 11:34 pm |
Keep doing what you're doing, Paul. I've enjoyed the butcher shop stuff, the pencil sharpeners, the permanent records, all that.
If someone doesn't like what you put on your blog, they're free to stop reading.
Nick | February 27, 2012 at 12:48 pm |
To reiterate the obvious, the Mets hit the nail right on the head with removing the black. For doing so little, they did so much.
Also, the Carter patch is fine.
Ben Fortney | February 27, 2012 at 12:58 pm |
Apparently Virginia native (and Hokies fan) David Wright lost a Sugar Bowl bet to Michigan alum (and Mets VP) Jeff Wilpon.
Wright's rocking a personalized Denard Robinson jersey in Port St. Lucie today.
Ricko | February 27, 2012 at 1:16 pm |
Ah-ha! Visual evidence that Navy & Yellow is a great color combination that, sadly, is missing from MLB. *
Yes, yes, I know about the Brewers. But Yellow (not Cheddar but Maize-Yellow) accents on Navy would be a bright, welcome addition (I thought it would good from the Rangers, but given their success lately there isn't much likelihood of a change there).
* Ditto for Maroon or Burgundy & Cheddar.
Ricko, I'm pretty sure you and I have had this discussion before. Yellow is sorely lacking from the MLB pallet – Pittsburgh and Oakland are the only two these days. Houston, Seattle, Tampa and San Diego are all prime candidates IMHO.
dude yellow/maize would be blinding as a primary, cheddar/gold is better, but isn't manly
i agree with ricko that navy/maize would be a sweet combo, but the accents you'd need to bring out the maize would cause too many bumperstickers … so you'd be stuck with another navy jersey
better to keep the softball tops away from baseball altogether and if you want yellow/gold, add them to the white/gray and make the players wear rups…you'll get plenty of colour that way
pajamas absolutely ruin a uni because so much is lost to the lower leg stylins
Wasn't specifically thinking of navy jerseys.
Just that navy with yellow/maize accents would look pretty sweet as an MLB color scheme.
Michigan generally has had nice looking unis over the years.
But, yeah, yellow on navy would make for a great BP jersey, as those photos of Wright illustrate.
muddlehead | February 27, 2012 at 1:19 pm |
love the 03 grid vid. nary an empty seat in the house. someone throw a flag on the split end. offsides, bro.
Simply Moono | February 27, 2012 at 1:24 pm |
My Dad and I were talking about Kobe's nose getting Big Ben'd by Wade last night, and he brought up whether or not Kobe will wear one of those plastic masks to protect it. Assuming that he'll wear one, has Kobe ever worn a mask before?
Jet | February 27, 2012 at 1:28 pm |
I might have to fly 3,000 miles to Oakland to get a pair of those striped socks at the June 16 game…
-Jet
The Missouri State link took me to a page that featured an ad for these shoes. Obviously, I was blown away, for they truly are the pinnacle of fashion. But, little did I know that six links later, my world would be rocked once again.
Tom V. | February 27, 2012 at 2:44 pm |
Shown in todays ticker?
Yes, I'm referring to two links in today's ticker. What exactly are you asking?
Was just curious why you'd repost something that already appeared in the ticker (or if you did catch it in the ticker). No biggie.
Well, I did specifically reference "the Missouri State link" and then indirectly referenced the Yankees shoe link by stating that it was "six links later" so I thought it was pretty obvious that I was talking about today's ticker.
I just thought it was more than coincidence that the rotating ad on the one page came up with something that was so damn similar to a write-up about a shoe that Paul linked to elsewhere in the ticker and that it came up BEFORE I followed the Yankees shoe link.
"Always good to have another view of the Tribe's 1921 "Worlds Champions" uni"
That Indian is none other than Smoky Joe Wood, who switched to the outfield after burning out his pitching arm.
Since this is Uni-Watch, can I point out that Warren Spahn was playing a non-com, not an officer?
Excellent point! (He's referring to the original wire caption.)
Think Spahn ever looked down at his movie costume and thought, "I wonder how many wins these sumbitches cost me?"
unless he was a selfish self-centered prick athlete who hates america
then he might have thought that
abmir | February 28, 2012 at 3:50 pm |
Also, he isn't carrying a rifle at all. It's a submachine gun (MP40?).
Also; good call on the wing tips. As a former butcher who has had to separate hundreds and hundreds of whole wings for "party wing" mixes (just the separate forewings & drumettes) I've taken home and gotten creative with my share of wing tips.
Samuel | February 27, 2012 at 2:29 pm |
Manny Ramirez for photoshoot wearing old A's cap. Must have had some size 8 1/2 in storage in back or something…
https://fbcdn-sphotos-a.akamaihd.net/hphotos-ak-ash4/404856_10150633348229293_769054292_9121218_1863569866_n.jpg
Man, the A's really need to ditch the white shoes if that's the way so many of their players are going to wear their trousers.
Benjamin J. Douthett | February 27, 2012 at 2:37 pm |
That Cardinals patch looks a whole lot like the one the Giants wore last season. Is it going to be a new tradition, sorta like MLB's version of the scudetto?
Kaw6 | February 27, 2012 at 2:41 pm |
During last night's all-star game there was a point where there were three players in the game wearing #9. I think it was the east where two players had 9. Can't remember who.
Luol Deng, Andre Igoudala and Rajon Rondo for the East and Tony Parker for the West all wore #9 last night. I know Deng, Rondo and Parker were in the game together at one point, but was there ever a point where all four of them were?
Really, that goes into the spam queue?
Anyway, Deng, Igoudala and Rondo for the East and Parker for the West.
And since my original comment will be freed eventually, I'll expand on it. The East team also had a pair of #1s (Rose & Bosh) and a pair of #55s (Hibbert and Johnaon).
Johnaon? Make that Johnson.
Alex | February 27, 2012 at 3:06 pm |
Odd ball used this weekend for the NBA all star game festivities:
http://sportsillustrated.cnn.com/vault/gallery/featured/GAL1195350/5/15/index.htm
Looks like the one from a couple years ago.
In St. Louis it's actually become popular for the babies who have to wear those helmets to make them up like St. Louis Blues helmets since they sort of resemble hockey helmets.
I don't have a picture, but my wife's cousin did it for their child (who is a girl – the dad is a big Blues fan). It's to the point that whenever I see a kid in one of those around here it's either going to be Blues themed or pink if it's worn for a girl.
I kind of wonder if it's the same for other hockey cities around the country.
Martyn | February 27, 2012 at 3:34 pm |
Small note on Toronto FC of the MLS. The two year rotation is up for the away kit. After holding a fan design contest last year, the winning jersey will be the new road kit this season. They haven't officially unveiled it yet, but here it is.
http://www.footballkitnews.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/01/New-Toronto-FC-Soccer-Jersey-2012.jpg
NY Giants helmet timeline
walter | February 27, 2012 at 5:55 pm |
It's missing the Pisarcik helmet: Giants' wordmark with white cage and white/red/white stripe.
Can't say I blame them.
The Jeff | February 27, 2012 at 8:36 pm |
I'd blame them, how do you leave out the best helmet the team ever wore?
Rydell | February 27, 2012 at 8:43 pm |
I thought the Giants at one time had a giant throwing a ball atop the stadium, ya know which one I mean?? (i plead ignorance to posting a link to a pic on here..) It might of been one of their first logos, never on a helmet. This one I'm thinking of is my personal fave.
Yeah they did, but that was a program/ticket/letterhead/etc logo, it doesn't need to be represented in a helmet timeline.
Bob A. | February 27, 2012 at 5:11 pm |
Paul, the picture of the players with the wishbone C intrigued me as I had never heard of the Chinese Tigers. And Google showed nothing. However the Cincinnati Tigers were a franchise in the Negro Leagues during the 30s I believe. Any chance the pic was misidentified by the wire service? Either way it's a he'll of a cool jersey.
Any chance the pic was misidentified by the wire service?
A media outlet making an error? Surely you jest.
John Ekdahl | February 27, 2012 at 5:48 pm |
Looks like they might get the Daytona 500 in tonight after all. Yesterday everyone at the track was saying it had no chance of running today.
My feet are still drying out from yesterday.
Well well well… How ya like them apples?
I sure hope those headlight stickers get put to good use.
how come the pace car gets headlights?
John Ekdahl | February 27, 2012 at 10:13 pm |
What a disaster.
Phil Hecken | February 27, 2012 at 10:27 pm |
maybe the formula 1 guys should stick to that
Patrick_in_MI | February 27, 2012 at 7:10 pm |
I had plans for this evening but now I just may be led astray by the COTD (nice new photo btw). Totally suits a map geek like myself, any others out there?
Also, when I opened the page today I got some sort of audio ad. I had to refresh to get rid of it, damn that was annoying.
Beats | February 27, 2012 at 8:06 pm |
I would love to see the San Jose Earthquakes further embrace their NASL heritage and ditch that awful blue and black color scheme in favor of their old red and white scheme. Hopefully moving into their new stadium in the next couple years will give them the opportunity.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/San_Jose_Earthquakes_(1974—88)
DJ | February 28, 2012 at 5:34 am |
I think Quake fans would prefer switching from black to the blue that they won two MLS titles wearing.
Skycat | February 27, 2012 at 9:33 pm |
Found this hat which may have the image you're looking for.
http://www.hatland.com/store.cfm/hats,4,13976.html
Actually a much better place to look is at Chris Creamer's Sports Logos — one of the Uni Watch links. There are several examples there.
nobody | February 27, 2012 at 11:03 pm |
This one?
http://sportslogos.net/logo.php?id=917
Jim Roddy | February 27, 2012 at 9:13 pm |
I agree — this is an epic jersey fail:
http://failblog.org/2012/02/27/epic-fail-fail-nation-jumping-on-the-bandwagon-fail/
Then again, Jeremy Lin's D-League jersey did just sell for $13,800, so maybe a do-it-yourself Lin uniform is reasonable:
http://www.goerie.com/article/20120226/BASKETBALL04/302259895/Lin%27s-BayHawks-jersey-sells-for-$13800
Nathan | February 27, 2012 at 10:23 pm |
Hey what is up with the new catch of the day picture? I like it. Looks like Nyjer Morgan but Im not sure.
It's Nyjer Morgan. The uncropped picture has his shadow on the wall next to him. I'd guess Paul changed it for baseball season.
Kee-reck.
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FMCG Briefing: Wake-up call for palm oil
By April Streeter on Jun 22, 2016
The RSPO's suspension of IOI in April has forced even laggard companies to take a closer look at the 'carbon bombs' in their supply chains
The recent suspension of Malaysian palm producer IOI by the Roundtable on Sustainable Palm Oil (RSPO) after satellite pictures showed it had been involved in deforestation has intensified the debate over the scrutiny of palm supply chains. Even the fast moving consumer goods companies that have been least proactive on this issue have begun to "take their heads out of the sand", as one NGO observer put it.
This will intensify after this month's news that Swiss-based PanEco, which runs the Sumatran Orangutan Conservation Programme in Indonesia, quit the RSPO, the first NGO to do so. PanEco said RSPO has failed to rein in an industry tainted by environmental destruction and human rights abuses
To understand why FMCGs are under increasing pressure to evolve more meaningful goals around palm oil it is useful to look at the history. Palm oil seemed like a godsend when fast-moving consumer goods (FMCG) companies started using it en masse just over a decade ago. Consumers were clamouring for a substitute for dreaded trans fats, which were thought to play a role in coronary disease and were present in many snack foods. Palm oil, squeezed from bright orange, fast-growing palm fruit, was trans-fat free yet had all the best qualities for trans fats: it was cheap, neutral-tasting, shelf-stable. By 2012 the US was importing seven times as much palm oil as it had in 1999, when the Food and Drug Administration first proposed mandatory labelling.
Swift and widespread palm oil production started devastating tropical rainforests and animal – especially orangutan – habitats in Indonesia and Malaysia, as huge new corporations and smallholders alike cut and burned tropical forests to plant palm fruit trees.
A $50bn industry developed, while the cutting and burning scarred the land, belched hazardous smoke and climate-changing gas, and started underground peat fires (known as "carbon bombs" for their intense emissions releases), almost impossible to extinguish.
After a few memorable activist NGO campaigns (such as Greenpeace's series of Kit-Kat advertisements), the largest palm-oil-using brands, led by Unilever, Nestlé and Ferrero Rocher, began to make goals around the sustainability of palm oil in their supply chains.
Greenpeace activists deliver petitions of PepsiCo in Sydney
At the same time, the RSPO became the industry's standards and governing body. Formed in 2004, with input from WWF and Unilever, among others, RSPO promised to provide oversight. Soon it launched the GreenPalm certificates programme (now administered by the UK's Book & Claim company) so that palm oil producers certifying their oil to RSPO standards could receive certificates, and manufacturers buying them could claim they were using sustainable palm oil. Producers are tasked to spend GreenPalm certificate revenue on initiatives to create more sustainable supplies.
Criticisms of RSPO
RSPO has helped increase the amount of sustainable oil get into the market: by the end of 2015, 21% of the global supply of palm oil was RSPO-certified. But GreenPalm and RSPO have both been harshly criticised: buying GreenPalm certificates is not the same as a company buying physically verified sustainable palm oil. And a late 2015 report by the UK's Environmental Investigation Agency (EIA) pointed to weaknesses in RSPO's certifications and auditing system. EIA says the auditing firms that monitor palm oil companies' operations are colluding with the companies to hide violations, while RSPO is slow to respond to NGO complaints.
And RSPO's efforts haven't slowed palm oil's role in deforestation. Indonesia has become the fastest forest-clearing nation in the world, ahead of Brazil - a situation that became impossible to ignore in 2015 when horrendous round of forest fires in Indonesia spread haze beyond its borders and made this island-nation the fourth-largest global emitter of greenhouse gases in addition to its position as the world's largest palm producer.
Peat fires in Indonesia have spread haze beyond its borders
Nearly all big FMCG companies have sustainable palm oil policies. In general they have partnered with groups such as the Consumer Goods Forum and the Forest Trust to set goals. But, as the activist NGO Rainforest Action Network (RAN) notes, most of the policies have too much wiggle-room.
"Most companies figure out lots of ways to include loopholes," says Emma Lierly, RAN's forest communications manager. "What we are instead pushing companies, urging companies, to do is to take responsibility for the entire supply chain and have it audited and verified by a legitimate third party."
Scoring the food brands
Because snack and other convenience foods play such a huge role in the negative impacts of palm oil production, both Greenpeace and RAN have devised scorecards so that consumers can see how their favourite food brands are doing. In Greenpeace's Palm Scorecard, Nestlé and Ferrero Rocher (maker of the popular spread Nutella) are rated highest in getting to the goal of healthy rainforests by continually improving sourcing, and in Ferrero's case, helping to reform the industry through partnerships, while Nestlé is applauded for the transparency of its reporting. They beat Unilever, which only scores "decent" marks for responsible sourcing and transparency.
Greenpeace says Colgate-Palmolive, Johnson & Johnson and PepsiCo cannot sufficiently trace the palm they use and rely too much on GreenPalm certificates, though in the wake of the scorecard, Colgate-Palmolive announced a phase-out of GreenPalm certificates.
RAN's Snack Food 20 Scorecard, launched in 2015, also lauded Nestlé as a frontrunner, with a palm oil policy that had early commitments through a supplier code that goes beyond RSPO principles.
RAN and Greenpeace agree that true leaders among FMCG companies are still emerging. Ivy Schlegel, Greenpeace's commodity research specialist, says thus far no large company has published a time-bound sustainable palm implementation plan that achieves verified traceability, cuts bad producers, and maintains transparency in reporting in a way that shows a 100% responsible palm oil supply.
"The goals should be strong and binding and include zero deforestation, no peat disturbance, and no exploitation of local communities and workers," says Schlegel.
RAN and Greenpeace also agree that among the big snack food companies PepsiCo is currently the biggest laggard on palm oil/deforestation policies.
RAN in particular has not let up on Pepsi. An ad it produced on how Doritos chips may contain "traces of rainforest" went viral in 2015. PepsiCo spokesman Dan Strechay says the company takes palm responsibility "very seriously" and will be tracing its palm "all the way to the mill" by the end of this year .
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But that is not enough to satisfy RAN. "The policies just lack enough detail to make every level of the supply chain accountable," said RAN's Lierly, adding that tracing to the mill instead of the plantation is problematic, as is not applying the palm oil policy to joint venture partners. PepsiCo's partner Indofoods is Indonesia's third-largest palm oil producer, and also one of the country's biggest food conglomerates.
In April RSPO's unexpected move suspending the certification of IOI, a founding member of the organisation, supercharged the debate. Satellite images and investigation by the near-real-time forest mapping service Global Forest Watch showed there was deforestation on IOI lands considered of high importance for conservation and for carbon storage. Investigations on the ground also documented the draining and burning of peatlands.
Satellite pictures of deforestation in West Kalimantan prompted RSPO to act
The impact of RSPO's action was immediate. IOI's share price fell sharply. Unilever, Nestlé, Hershey's, Kellogg's, Colgate-Palmolive, Johnson & Johnson, Procter & Gamble, and SC Johnson quickly cancelled contracts with IOI. IOI retaliated by saying it would sue RSPO in a Swiss court – though it later said it would withdraw the lawsuit.
The RSPO move also had an impact on another major palm oil producer. Malaysia's Felda Group voluntarily withdrew 58 of its mills' RSPO certificates, saying it would now address sustainability issues along its supply chain, a move that caused its shares to rise on the Kuala Lumpur stock exchange.
"That move [by RSPO] created a lot of disruption of procurement," says Ignacio Gavilan, sustainability director for the Paris-based Consumer Goods Forum, which in 2015 put together sustainable palm sourcing guidelines for its 400 members, building on its 2010 commitment to net zero deforestation in supply chains by 2020. "A few of our members were caught by surprise. This move shows RSPO's leadership at a point when the organisation needed to show its teeth."
Global opportunity
Perhaps sensing leverage, a group of 31 NGOs most active in reducing deforestation and other negative impacts of palm cultivation drafted a letter to all the other brands using palm asking them to cut ties with IOI. This is important, because, as Gavilan noted, while snack food and consumer goods companies have been in the NGO activist spotlight, thousands of companies don't pay any attention to responsibly sourcing their palm oil.
For example, Rizhao Changhua Aquatic Food, which processes imitation crabmeat, is among the largest importers of palm oil to China from Indonesia and Malaysia. It has no sourcing policy for palm oil or soya, no deforestation policy, and does no reporting.
Indonesia and Malaysia are the biggest palm oil suppliers by far
The RSPO's powerful move may be emboldening those beyond the corporate sphere: in late May, the Indonesian government rejected 61 requests by palm oil companies to expand plantations into forested land.
Not everyone is convinced of RSPO's new-found toughness: since its 2004 formation just 15 members from the organisation, mostly palm oil traders, have been terminated for not submitting reports on progress for three consecutive years, and just two, including IOI, have had plant certifications suspended.
Meanwhile RSPO has more than 2,800 members, and the disastrous environmental, health, and social impacts of palm plantations continue.
RSPO has worked on an upgrade and overhaul of its principles, called RSPO Next, launched in February 2016, but it is a voluntary addition for members ready to take next steps. Those next steps are around zero deforestation, no planting on peatlands, and enhanced human rights obligation goals. IOI has now promised to bring itself into line with Next by the end of this year, though has not given details of how it will do so.
Bright spot amid the palm oil haze
Greenpeace, meanwhile, said RSPO should follow the lead of the Palm Oil Innovation Group. POIG, formed in 2013 by WWF, RAN and Greenpeace, and three companies, Brazil's Agropalma, New Britain Palm Oil of Papua New Guinea, and Colombia's Daabon Organic, in March released a set of verification indicators to be used by independent third parties to ensure that palm actors are really breaking the link to deforestation.
There are other bright spots in the peat fire haze. All the major palm oil producers – Wilmar International, Cargill, Golden Agri Resources, Asian Agri, Musim Mas and Astra Agro Lestari – have signed the 2015 Indonesia Palm Oil Pledge (IPOP) for "no deforestation, no peat, no exploitation".
A 2013 protest outside Wilmar's offices in Jakarta
The top 50 largest palm producers are also assessed for their social and environmental commitments through the UK-based Zoological Society of London's SPOTT scorecard.
But as activist groups make clear, transformational change will not happen overnight. Even those FMCG companies rated best are just beginning to eradicate bad palm oil from their supply chains. Only Ferrero Rocher can now trace 100% of its palm oil to Malaysian plantations, while Nestlé says it hopes to trace 80% of its palm oil to mills by the end of 2017, with just less than half (46%) traceable to plantations.
Nestlé spokeswoman Nina Caren Kruchten says the company is focusing its current efforts on technical assistance to smallholders through a Forest Trust partnership. This, she says, "will be a more effective and direct way of improving our responsible sourcing and [will] make a bigger difference to the livelihoods of farmers".
Nestlé's focus on farmers also highlights what activists say will be the next bar for FMCG companies to clear, as consumer awareness around the social and labour issues in palm oil production grows.
The challenges ahead
Pablo Pacheco, principal scientist at the Center for International Forestry Research, based in Bogor, Indonesia, says all the players in the palm oil trade will need to "embrace collaboration" as never before to make the world's palm oil supplies sustainable and responsible, something he admits will be a hugely challenging.
This view is shared by Nigel Sizer, president of the Rainforest Alliance, which has its own palm oil certification scheme and has been working with companies, including Unilever, to trace their palm oil supply chains.
The palm oil supply chain is complex and spans the globe
He wasn't concerned that Unilever had been outpaced by Nestlé and Ferrero on deforestation in Greenpeace's report card. "These rankings are difficult to do. You can weigh different variables in different ways so you come out with slightly different results," Sizer says. "The key thing isn't the order of the top 10, but that there's a top 10 doing a lot and an awful lot more doing very little or nothing at all. For some it is harder than others. Unilever is a huge company and it's challenging for them, but they are investing a lot in it and we know they are making real progress."
Slippery 'sustainable' palm
What is sustainable palm oil? For the Roundtable on Sustainable Palm Oil, a membership organisation of producers and users, it means palm oil grown on plantations managed and certified according to RSPO principles such as traceability, minimizing the use of hazardous chemicals, and reducing greenhouse gas emissions.
Sustainable palm oil isn't necessarily deforestation-free. RSPO instead refers to reducing fires and preserving "high conservation value" forests. There are also multiple levels within the RSPO system, with segregated being the highest category, in which palm oil is fully traceable to RSPO-certified suppliers, while one step down, in the mass balance model, there is traceability but the resulting oil is a mixture of sustainable and conventional oil. Book and claim is a category in which companies simply buy Green Palm certificates. It was designed as an interim measure while traceability was established.
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Changes in Pay Structure and Revision of the three Pay Matrices – (2.57 to 2.67.)
May 5, 2017 by admin Leave a Comment
Modifications in the 7th CPC recommendations on pay and pensionary benefits approved by the Cabinet on 3rd May, 2017
The Union Cabinet chaired by the Prime Minister Shri Narendra Modi approved important proposals relating to modifications in the 7th CPC (Central Pay Commission) recommendations on pay and pensionary benefits in the course of their implementation. Earlier, on 29th June, 2016, the Cabinet had approved implementation of the recommendations with an additional financial outgo of ₹84,933 crore for 2016-17 (including arrears for 2 months of 2015-16).
The benefit of the proposed modifications will be available with effect from 1st January, 2016, i.e., the date of implementation of 7th CPC recommendations. With the increase approved by the Cabinet, the annual pension bill alone of the Central Government is likely to be ₹1,76,071 crore.
Some of the important decisions of the Cabinet are mentioned below:
1. Revision of pension of pre – 2016 pensioners and family pensioners
The Cabinet approved modifications in the recommendations of the 7th CPC relating to the method of revision of pension of pre-2016 pensioners and family pensioners based on suggestions made by the Committee chaired by Secretary (Pensions) constituted with the approval of the Cabinet. The modified formulation of pension revision approved by the Cabinet will entail an additional benefit to the pensioners and an additional expenditure of approximately ₹5031 crore for 2016-17 over and above the expenditure already incurred in revision of pension as per the second formulation based on fitment factor. It will benefit over 55 lakh pre-2016 civil and defence pensioners and family pensioners.
While approving the implementation of the 7th CPC recommendations on 29th June, 2016, the Cabinet had approved the changed method of pension revision recommended by the 7th CPC for pre-2016 pensioners, comprising of two alternative formulations, subject to the feasibility of the first formulation which was to be examined by the Committee.
In terms of the Cabinet decision, pensions of pre-2016 pensioners were revised as per the second formulation multiplying existing pension by a fitment factor of 2.57, though the pensioners were to be given the option of choosing the more beneficial of the two formulations as per the 7th CPC recommendations.
In order to provide the more beneficial option to the pensioners, Cabinet has accepted the recommendations of the Committee, which has suggested revision of pension based on information contained in the Pension Payment Order (PPO) issued to every pensioner. The revised procedure of fixation of notional pay is more scientific, rational and implementable in all the cases. The Committee reached its findings based on an analysis of hundreds of live pension cases. The modified formulation will be beneficial to more pensioners than the first formulation recommended by the 7th CPC, which was not found to be feasible to implement on account of non-availability of records in a large number of cases and was also found to be prone to several anomalies.
2. Disability Pension for Defence Pensioners
The Cabinet also approved the retention of percentage-based regime of disability pension implemented post 6th CPC, which the 7th CPC had recommended to be replaced by a slab-based system.
The issue of disability pension was referred to the National Anomaly Committee by the Ministry of Defence on account of the representation received from the Defence Forces to retain the slab-based system, as it would have resulted in reduction in the amount of disability pension for existing pensioners and a reduction in the amount of disability pension for future retirees when compared to percentage- based disability pension.
The decision which will benefit existing and future Defence pensioners would entail an additional expenditure of approximately ₹130 crore per annum.
3. Changes in Pay Structure and Revision of the three Pay Matrices:
The Cabinet, while approving the 7th CPC recommendations for their implementation on 29th June, had made two modifications in the Defence Pay Matrix as under:
(i) Index of Rationalisation (IOR) of Level 13A (Brigadier) may be increased from 2.57 to 2.67.
(ii) Additional 3 stages in Levels 12A (Lt. Col.), 3 stages in Level 13 (Colonel) and 2 stages in Level 13A (Brigadier) may be added.
The Cabinet has now approved further modifications in the pay structure and the three Pay Matrices, i.e. Civil, Defence and Military Nursing Service (MNS). The modifications are listed below:
(i) Defence Pay Matrix has been extended to 40 stages similar to the Civil Pay Matrix: The 7th CPC had recommended a compact Pay Matrix for Defence Forces personnel keeping in view the number of levels, age and retirement profiles of the service personnel. Ministry of Defence raised the issue that the compact nature of the Defence Pay Matrix may lead to stagnation for JCOs in Defence Forces and proposed that the Defence Pay Matrix be extended to 40 stages. The Cabinet decision to extend the Defence Pay Matrix will benefit the JCOs who can continue in service without facing any stagnation till their retirement age of 57 years.
(ii) IOR for Levels 12 A (Lt. Col. and equivalent) and 13 (Colonel and equivalent) in the Defence Pay Matrix and Level 13 (Director and equivalent) in the Civil Pay Matrix has been increased from 2.57 to 2.67: Variable IOR ranging from 2.57 to 2.81 has been applied by the 7th CPC to arrive at Minimum Pay in each Level on the premise that with enhancement of Levels from Pay Band 1 to 2, 2 to 3 and onwards, the role, responsibility and accountability increases at each step in the hierarchy. This principle has not been applied in respect of Levels 12A (Lt. Col. and equivalent), 13 (Colonel and equivalent) and 13A (Brigadier and equivalent) of Defence Pay Matrix and Level 13 (Director and equivalent) of the Civil Pay Matrix on the ground that there was a disproportionate increase in entry pay at the level pertaining to GP 8700 in the 6th CPC regime. The IOR for Level 13A (Brigadier and equivalent) in the Defence Pay Matrix has already been revised upwards with the approval of the Cabinet earlier. In view of the request from Ministry of Defence for raising the IOR for Levels 12 A and 13 of the Defence Pay Matrix and requests from others, the IOR for these levels has been revised upwards to ensure uniformity of approach in determining the IOR.
(iii) To give effect to the decisions to extend the Defence Pay Matrix and to enhance the IORs, the three Pay Matrices – Civil, Defence and MNS – have also been revised. While doing so, two calculation errors noticed in the MNS Pay Matrix have also been rectified.
(iv) To ensure against reduction in pay, benefit of pay protection in the form of Personal Pay was earlier extended to officers when posted on deputation under Central Staffing Scheme (CSS) with the approval of Cabinet. The benefit will also be available to officers coming on Central Deputation on posts not covered under the CSS.
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Marico Q1 profit jumps 23 per cent to Rs 388 crore
Mumbai (Maharashtra) [India], July 27 (ANI): Fast-moving consumer goods major Marico on Monday reported 23 per cent surge in its consolidated net profit to Rs 388 crore for the first quarter ended June compared to Rs 315 crore in the same period a year ago.
Lower tax cost and better operating performance also boosted profitability. However, its revenue from operations fell by 11 per cent to Rs 1,925 crore as against Rs 2,166 crore in the same period.
Total expenses declined by 7.4 per cent to Rs 1,501 crore in Q1 FY21 compared to Rs 1,752 crore in Q1 FY20.
At the operating level, earnings before interest, tax, depreciation and amortisation (EBITDA) grew by 1.3 per cent to Rs 467 crore due to 140 basis points improvement in gross margin following lower raw material cost and margin expanded 300 basis points to 24.3 per cent in Q1 FY21 due to 37 per cent cut in advertising and promotion expenses.
Domestic sales were down 15 per cent at Rs 1,480 crore over Rs 1,731 crore in the same period a year ago, impacted by disruption in supply chain due to continuing lockdown to contain the outbreak of COVID-19.
Revenue from the international business was up 2 per cent to Rs 445 crore as against Rs 435 crore in Q1 FY20. (ANI)
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PARTITIONED INDIA (BROKEN BHARAT), GET UP NOW.
Forget the past. \\\\\\\\\\ Get up now. \\\\\\\\\\\\\ Christianity and Islam have divine command as well as unfettered fundamental right to slay Vedic Panthies. [Article 29 (1) of the Indian Constitution]. They are shielded vide Sections 196 and 197 of the Criminal Procedure Code by Governors. \\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\ Christianity and Islam are cults invented to enslave humanity. Christianity and Islam have been created to reduce human beings into dinosaurs. Why should we allow such Indian Constitution survive, which has provided unfettered fundamental right to Muslims and Christians to slay us as per Article 29(1)? \\\\\\\\\\\\\ It is time to wake up and fight against these cults, as they are threat to humankind and there can be no co-existence with Muslims and Christians. As long as Muslims and Christians believe in Muhammad and Jesus, they are a threat to others and even to themselves. Secularism and Multiculturalism is bankrupt against Judaism's, Christianity's & Islam's demand for every civilization to submit. {Azaan, (Koran, 2:191-194 and 8:39) and (Bible, Exodus/ Chapter 20 / The Ten Commandments/ Verses 3 and 5 and Luke 19:27)}. The culture of tolerance collapses in the face of the sacred intolerance of dualistic ethics. Intellectuals respond by ignoring the failure. (No freedom of faith). Muslims and Christians must leave their Christianity and Islam, discard their cultures of hate (Azaan that Allah is the only God and declaration that Jesus alone can grant salvation) and join the rest of humankind as fellow humans, or non-Muslims and non-Christians must separate themselves from them, ban Christianity and Islam, end the immigration of Muslims and Christians and slay those, who plot against humanity and refuse to integrate. Christianity and Islam are incompatible with humanity and morality. These are warring creeds {(Koran 2:216 and 8:65) and (Bible, Matt 10:34 and Luke 12:49)} that use democracy to destroy humanity and to establish itself as a worldwide dictatorship. The only way to avert the clash between this barbarity and civilization and a world disaster, is to expose the fallacies of Christianity and Islam and demystify them. Muslims and Christians must be weaned from Christianity and Islam for humanity to live in peace.\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\ "We, Vedic Panthies are proud to belong to Vedic Sanaatan Dharm which has taught the world both tolerance and universal acceptance. Liberty is our birth right. No one has right to snatch our liberty. We are proud to belong to a nation, which has sheltered the persecuted and the refugees of all religions and all nations of earth. While Aryans' Vedic Sanaatan Dhram provided shelter to every faith, killer cultures Judaism, Christianity and Islam have annihilated every culture it has invaded or immigrated to. \\\\\\\\\\\\\ Our ancestors have sacrificed their lives for freedom. We decline to submit to Christianity and Islam. We have legal right of private defence as per section 102 of the IPC. No one can deprive us from our right. \\\\\\\\\\ Jews, Christians and Muslims are indebted to Vedic Sanaatan Dharm that did not kill them for turning apostates. I suggest Jews, Christians and Muslims to not to fall prey to Christianity and Islam. Revive your liberty and moral values. Join Vedic Panth. \\\\\\\\\ Article 29(1) of the Indian Constitution has given Christians and Muslims unfettered fundamental right to slay loot and rape women on the pretext of secularism. Governors have taken oath to defend these cultures. (Article 159 of the Indian Constitution). Under section 196 of the CrPC both Christianity and Islam enjoy immunity. No judge can try these criminals and no complaint can be lodged against Christians and Muslims without sanction of LG under section 196 of the CrPC. \\\\\\\\\\\\\ There are several groups fighting against cow slaughter, Bangladeshi immigrants, love jihad, Ganga water, Ram Temple and on and on. The root cause of these crimes is Christianity and Islam. Can you dare to join us in the eradication of Christianity and Islam? Yours faithfully,\\\\\\\\ Ayodhya Prasad Tripathi, (Press Secretary) =================================================== 000000000 | RedPajamaCommonCrawl_6547718740524343109 | Slimpajama627bTrain/chunk1 |
The historic town of Conwy is a delight to visit. I'd been before, on a grey and damp day, but on this occasion the summer evening was glorious. I walked around the entire medieval town walls and fetched up at the castle, where I took this photo just as the sun was preparing to disappear. | RedPajamaC4_-3463303249039820637 | Slimpajama627bTrain/chunk1 |
News Forum - What next for Bali as Indonesia bans sex?
December 8, 2022 in Thaiger News
In a draconian overhaul of the country's criminal code, Indonesia has criminalized sex outside marriage. The reforms include a ban on cohabitation between unmarried couples and would apply to both Indonesians and tourists. The angered rights activists and prompted protests in Jakarta. However, the reactions in Bali range from scepticism to concern. Santi Aprilia, an Indonesian housewife, told the Guardian… "These rules were proposed a few years ago, and it didn't happen … so I don't know if the government will really implement this. "Indonesia needs tourists to come, but what if foreigners that aren't married want to come here? […]
The story What next for Bali as Indonesia bans sex? as seen on Thaiger News.
It hasn't banned it, yet and it won't ban it. So Bali will be fine and life will go on.
Ramanathan.P
How do the authorities know...are they going to have candle light vigilance?.....ha..ha....Just close the door and pull the curtain to enjoy life
3 hours ago, Ramanathan.P said:
While that's true, I believe it is linked to a law which make cohabiting before marriage illegal. In which case, hotels would need to request proof of marriage. It's simply not going to happen. Watch this space, or rather it will just die without any fuss.
Wackamole
7 hours ago, Soidog said:
You really gotta give it to the enlightened men who come up with ideas like that. I hope you're right, but they remain a menace nonetheless.
15 hours ago, Soidog said:
I agree. Wether this law will pass or not, Bali will stay as it is, same as Pattaya will stay as it is although prostitution is illegal in Thailand.
I think Vietnam actaully has this law on the books but they sort of ignore it.
Go a step further Many companies have uniforms Our niece got her 1st job at a multinational Japanese company in Thailand and we had to buy her uniforms for work Very similar to any school uninform you'd see And you often see ladies working in offices in Bangkok wearing uniforms as well But that's all over Asia, not just Thailand | RedPajamaCommonCrawl_6610756961882036050 | Slimpajama627bTrain/chunk1 |
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I got into soccer the same way I got into horse rescue...
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Ministers of health from the 9 member states of the South-eastern Europe Health Network (SEEHN) and the partner state of Slovenia gathered in Tel Aviv, Israel, on 10 July 2018 for a meeting focused on ensuring primary health care for an ageing population.
The meeting also served as a follow-up to the South-eastern Europe Health Ministerial Meeting on Immunization, held in Podgorica, Montenegro, on 20 February 2018, and to the 4th South-eastern Europe Health Ministerial Forum, held in Chisinau, Republic of Moldova, in 2017. In Chisinau, all ministers of SEEHN member countries signed the Chisinau Pledge to work towards the health goals and targets of the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs).
The meeting in Tel Aviv provided an opportunity for ministers to share good practices from their countries, especially in the area of healthy ageing. Israel in particular shared innovations in policies and technologies for their ageing population.
The meeting also served as a platform to receive feedback from the ministers on actions taken after signing the Statement of Intent on Immunization in Podgorica. Discussions and experiences shared there have been instrumental in strengthening further cross-border collaboration on various common health challenges faced by SEEHN member countries.
WHO Regional Director for Europe Dr Zsuzsanna Jakab set the scene for the meeting by reviewing the progress that member countries have made towards implementing the SDGs and the Chisinau Pledge, saying, "We should not forget that the right to health and leaving no one behind are at the centre of development." Dr Jakab underlined the importance of moving towards universal health coverage, along with the vital role that strengthening health systems and primary health care must play in this process.
Member of the Knesset Rabbi Yakov Litzman, Deputy Minister of Health of Israel, and Dr Mira Dasic, Director of the SEEHN Secretariat, also provided opening remarks.
Promoting collaboration on a range of health issues
Mr Moshe Bar Siman Tov, Director-General of the Ministry of Health of Israel, addressed the primary topic of caring for an ageing population. He gave a presentation on innovative policies for healthy ageing, which was followed by a roundtable discussion. The meeting also covered a range of important health issues on which SEEHN member countries make efforts to collaborate.
Building on the meeting in Podgorica, the agenda included discussions of the importance of vaccination as a critical public health intervention, and specifically the cross-border joint procurement of vaccines. Ministers had the opportunity to report back on actions taken since the meeting in February. Two separate technical briefings covered the health challenges of ageing, and tuberculosis, HIV/AIDS and hepatitis.
Additionally, an afternoon session offered the chance to discuss the outcomes of the recent high-level conference in Tallinn, Estonia, "Health Systems for Prosperity and Solidarity: leaving no one behind". The final session of the meeting addressed emergency preparedness for SEEHN member countries, including a briefing on the implementation of the International Health Regulations (2005) and a discussion about concrete ways that WHO can support countries in strengthening their emergency preparedness.
The meeting concluded with the signing of the first Subregional Cooperation Strategy of the WHO Regional Office for Europe by Dr Zsuzsanna Jakab on behalf of WHO/Europe and Dr Dasic on behalf of SEEHN.
Meeting participants included ministers of health, deputy ministers of health and state secretaries from Albania, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Bulgaria, Israel, Montenegro, the Republic of Moldova, Romania, Serbia, Slovenia and the former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia.
SEEHN is a political and institutional forum that was established in 2001 to promote peace, reconciliation and health in the south-eastern European region. Its next plenary meeting is scheduled to take place at the end of 2018.
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THE owner of the bull involved in an incident during the recent Gympie Bull n Bronc event has insisted the three-year-old was not "incapacitated" but "having a tantrum" amid calls for vets to be mandatory at all rodeos across the state.
This year's event attracted strong reactions on local Facebook groups after Animal Liberation Queensland posted a one minute, 38-second clip of the incident, which seemingly showed the bull's hind legs go limp before it appeared to collapse in the show ring.
Rodeo clowns were seen making multiple unsuccessful attempts to get the bull to its feet before its flank strap was removed, it eventually righted itself and appeared to trot out of screen.
Bull collapses at Gympie rodeo: An animal rights group say the bull was in obvious distress, but a local vet said the bull appeared to suffer no injury.
READ MORE: Is this the fiercest bull in Gympie?
In sharing the video, filmed by a Bull n Bronc attendee, ALQ rodeo campaign director Gayle D'Arcy said the group wanted to highlight the lack of legal requirements for vets to be present at state rodeos.
"It doesn't matter if you do or don't support rodeos, vets being mandatory should absolutely be the case everywhere," Ms D'Arcy said.
She said the bull looked to be in obvious discomfort in the video, but Bull n Bronc stock contractor Kerry King denied her animal had received any injury.
"He's a bad tempered little fella, it was his first rodeo, but he's perfectly fine," she said.
"He's a naughty boy, but he'll outgrow it."
The National Rodeo Association, which sanctioned the Gympie Bull n Bronc event, released a statement saying all NRA rodeo affiliations were not accepted unless a vet was either on call or present on the paperwork.
"Animal welfare is always top priority for the NRA, we have strict guidelines that are followed set by the animal welfare code, to ensure that all livestock used are healthy before and after all events," NRA animal welfare executive director Steven Augustin said.
Gympie Veterinary Service's Greg Cavanagh said the bull appeared to make a "complete recovery once the flank strap was removed".
"It would appear that there was no injury. It is possible to conclude from the video that the flank strap attributed to the ataxia (loss of muscle control)," Dr Cavanagh said.
"Bos indicus cross cattle are known to 'sulk' under times of stress and therefore this would explain the reason for staying down until the flank strap was removed," he said.
Dr Cavanagh indicated he would support the implementation of an Australian Veterinary Association policy stating rodeos "should be permitted only where there is appropriate legislative control to ensure the welfare of the animals involved".
He said long distances and availability would make compulsory vet attendances "problematic" but having vets on call "would be a positive step".
State Agriculture Minister Mark Furner said making vet presences mandatory at rodeos was being considered during the government's development of new animal welfare standards and guidelines for rodeos. | RedPajamaC4_-7786401269337911327 | Slimpajama627bTrain/chunk1 |
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An Atlanta Video Derby Night is a great choice for a themed party event. Video horse racing gets all your guests involved and they will feel like they are at an actual horse track.
Please note: Our screen requires a ceiling height of at least 8.5'.
Guests each receive Horse Racing Programs and play money.
The Master of Ceremonies will explain how the betting works.
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The Glider Symbol
The content of this page is has been lifted from ERS' Hacker Emblem FAQ
What is the emblem?
The graphic at the top of the page is called a glider. It's a pattern from a mathematical simulation called the Game of Life. In this simulation, very simple rules about the behavior of dots on a grid give rise to wonderfully complex emergent phenomena. The glider is the simplest Life pattern that moves, and the most instantly recognizable of all Life patterns.
Why have an emblem at all?
To some hackers, having an emblem might smack too much of groupthink. But the hacker community is, in fact, a community, knit together by trust bonds over the Internet. One thing we've learned since 1991 is that visible emblems of community are just as valuable to hackers as they are to other kind of human beings. They help us recognize each other, help us affirm common values and cooperate more closely. They're useful social engineering.
Using this emblem means something a little different from just presenting yourself as a Linux fan, or a Perl-monger, or a member of any of the hacker subtribes that have become so successful since the mid-1990s. These are relatively recent developments in a tradition that goes back decades. Back to the homewbrew microcomputer experimenters of the early 1970s; the earliest Unix developers and ARPANET engineers in 1969; and to the SPACEWAR hackers at MIT in 1961.
The hackers, in the broadest sense, are the people who built the Internet, and Unix, and the World Wide Web; our dreams of freedom have changed the world everybody lives in. See How To Become A Hacker for an in-depth look at what that means. If you find yourself nodding in agreement as you read that document, you are one of the people who should be using this emblem.
Why this emblem?
The glider is an appropriate emblem on many levels. Start with history: the Game of Life was first publicly described in Scientific American in 1970. It was born at almost the same time as the Internet and Unix. It has fascinated hackers ever since.
In the Game of Life, simple rules of cooperation with what's nearby lead to unexpected, even startling complexities that you could not have predicted from the rules (emergent phenomena). This is a neat parallel to the way that startling and unexpected phenomena like open-source development emerge in the hacker community.
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The Future Once Happened Here
By: Fred Siegel
"In The Future Once Happened Here, Fred Siegel tells an incredible story about the fate of America's most influential cities: New York, Washington, D.C., and Los Angeles. Standing as metaphors for America's urban life because of their stature as nerve centers of the nation, these three cities-once celebrated for their excitement and creativity as well as their ability to incorporate immigrants and solve the nation's problems-were all caught up in the social policies born in the '60s and '70s and, as a consequence, faltered badly in dealing with the politics of race and the quality of their residents' lives in the '80s and '90s.Each of Siegel's three urban portraits shows the desperate remedies undertaken by cities searching for a lifeline back to the future whose promise they once seemed to embody. In a narrative that acknowledges the large historical forces that have remade the face of America over the last three decades, but insists that social policies are not merely foregone conclusions waiting to happen, Siegel holds up a mirror to our urban naure and tells us much about the way we live now."
1997 Fred Siegel
Encounter Books
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This post from our Coaches Series was written by Justin James, Assistant Coach at University of California, San Diego. He took over there in January 2017, having coached the previous two seasons at Point Loma Nazarene University. UCSD is currently 13-3. Under James' direction, Point Loma posted a 3.15 earned run average in 2016, good for No. 10 nationally and second-best in the PacWest and West Region. The Sea Lions also ranked among the country's top 10 in three other pitching categories, finishing second in walks allowed per nine innings (2.16), eighth in strikeout-to-walk ratio (3.23) and ninth in WHIP (1.20). Point Loma's ERA dropped in successive years, going from 4.17 in 2014 to 3.83 in 2015.
I was the pitching coach at PLNU and implemented the Driveline program immediately after the '15 season. After months of research between several programs I believed, understood, and connected best with the Driveline philosophy and training protocols. One of the most influential parts of the programing was, and is, having a plan that includes intensity and hard work with limited-to-no excuses.
Having a data-drive pitching program for monitoring and motivational purposes is what I wanted to run. Being the pitching coach who constantly barked after each pitch in a pen or warm-up and guessed what was happening in training or delivery is what I knew I didn't want to be. Having clear warm-up and post-throwing protocols based on workload was essential and should be in any pitching program.
One of the most underrated parts to the program is the ability of the Plyo Balls to sufficiently warm up an athlete BEFORE they started playing catch. I'm sure it's been written several times, but warming up to play catch is better than playing catch to warm up.
The Plyo Ball also became the pitching coach. Overload and constraint training significantly changed what old PC verbiage "tried" to do: in other words, "get your arm up in time," "land in a straight line," "load the scaps," "stay connected at footstrike"…the list goes on and on.
We are in the age of developing players as individuals and not be prescribed cookie cutter advice. This is exactly what this program has done for my staff. Their bodies reorganize themselves through various overload/underload training with intent. This program has also started to teach a certain mentality on the mound as well. When we trained with intent and purpose, the benefits easily spilled over into mound presence, approach and confidence.
When approached to take over a new pitching staff at UCSD, it was difficult to leave the training atmosphere, routine, and approach that had been established the past few seasons. However, the new HC was extremely into the process and also believed in this approach to training pitchers, which made the transition easier.
I knew my staff had to be a Driveline staff. However, the main issue was a concern about there not being enough time—which is similar to what many HS/college programs hear and say about the program at conventions.
This is common misconception I've run across: timing on when to start the program.
Do you wait till summer, Christmas break, fall ball?
In my specific case, I had 30 days until first pitch. When you get a hold of HTKC, the training programs provided are a fantastic tool for everyone and cover almost every unique situation.
This is where I started with my new staff.
When asked if I would implement the Driveline training immediately, my answer was 100% yes. The second question asked was how I would do this. My answer was "An On Ramping Blend of a Blend." This means that it would be an on ramping but with many freedoms and blends to help get ready for the fast-approaching season.
No program is or should be set in stone, and there has to be room for tweaks and personalization. In this case, the whole staff would be closely monitored daily to make sure everything was done correctly. However, before that, it is imperative for today's pitchers to know the "why" before total buy in can happen.
It's ok for a pitcher or parent to be skeptical, because it's their career, not yours. In fact, I welcome it because it presents an opportunity to show how the training is not guess work or a time filler. If a pitcher knows why we do each drill, warm-up, recovery, and their relationship to health and specific movement patterns, the results speak for themselves.
Make sure your HC is on board for timing purposes before each practice. It doesn't take long to get ready; it's actually more efficient when done correctly. If that means adding a base running or individual D segment to practice to allow a proper warm-up, it's easy to do and the benefits are immeasurable.
Buy Hacking The Kinetic Chain, read it, then reread it.
Set up a time to go over the video examples with your staff or find some way of sharing them. Imprint the movements they will be performing, and explain WHY each drill is part of the daily routine.
Get your pitchers assessed. This will help you make individual tweaks in how to provide optimal programming for your pitchers. program. I was lucky it was done before I got here. You may be surprised to learn that many people do not do this. I was really lucky that someone had done it before I started. It's great when one of your staff members knows someone to help provide this function for your local team to keep them healthy and fit.
Buy video equipment. The reality is not everyone has $10,000 cameras like the Driveline team. However, I am a huge fan of video ,and a new iPad or phone have capabilities to get started with—so don't be discouraged. Some coaches don't believe in spending so much time with videos because it makes them think about "mechanics" too much. I'm the complete opposite. I provide constant video for my staff. (Velos as well—they waste precious time trying to get it too.) Simply set up a photo-sharing folder for each guy, add new footage every time, or simply look back every few months to see improvements. This is invaluable in my opinion. It's important because the intent (aka intentions) behind daily drills can improve when watching and fully understanding what the coach is talking about instead of guessing. Very rarely, if not ever, do I ever guess when asked about what they thought I saw. Guessing is a waste of time and often wrong.
Purchase the daily items needed: foam roller, LAX ball, shoulder tube, wrist weights, bands, Plyo/Weighted Ball set and a mini trampoline. You can do this without spending a lot. Be creative; you don't need to get ripped off. Search Amazon, Driveline's site, or Craigslist for these items. I always say split it with someone! This helps not only cheaper but you also instantly have an accountability partner to train with, which is invaluable. When in doubt, ask for it for your birthday or as a Christmas gift.
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Introduce the routine/expectations, and demo the whys. The staff then experimented with each weight and drill at 60% perceived intensity. I filmed each guy's bullpen and Plyo work to establish a baseline understanding on how each pitcher moved. I kept the guys on what I called an "On Ramp Freedom" for each throw day. Listening to their arms and giving me feedback daily was the goal. I didn't force intensities yet; I just focused on helping them get comfortable with the new daily routines/habits.
One suggestion to try is to allow for taxed days to be Plyo only (catch play is not mandatory certain days) or for them to determine the reps when starting so close to season. For catch play, we predominantly stayed in the extension phase and used our pulldowns or compression throws for PFP and team defense to control the initial new stressors.
You must stay on top of their post-throwing recovery too because it is often new to some pitchers and creating that habit is essential for durability and staying healthy. Personally, I would rather have a kid leave a drill early and get his post-throwing protocols in than stay in a drill for only a few reps and rush off to class and do nothing to start the recovery process.
Now the staff is familiar with the routine and timing of each day's events. They all have videos of their delivery off a mound and during Plyo work. I started slowly on their higher-output Plyo days (typically a Bullpen Day) to get velo baselines on each drill and each ball (see the sheet provided in Hacking The Kinetic Chain).
Once that was done, I put into the plan the intensities at which I wanted each day to be. Often, they don't know exactly what the percentage of intensity means, so having the radar gun to show them helps. This is no different from lifting and having a percentage chart to go off of. Once again though, I will always allow freedom in this. I have had to push some guys from being too careful, which is completely natural and part of the learning curve. When they have more understanding of the drills and purpose, I start to tweak drills based on their individual needs.
Some guys need more Walking Windups and some need more Pivot Picks as an example. This is where having video plays a huge roll. Show your pitcher his footage off the mound. Target the specific part of the movement you want to concentrate on. When they see it, they get it; when they only hear it, they don't always grasp it.
Then, some simple guidance can come in. You can mention during a specific drill that you want them to feel this for the first 5 reps or so. The second set of 5 is all theirs, so they can do what they want and let their bodies reorganize themselves. This has been more effective than trying to bring up the issues and guesses during a bullpen.
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A 30-year-old man with a history of robbing banks — who was once called "an urban terrorist" by a judge — faces charges for a new string of heists in Toronto.
But this time, Toronto Police claim the convicted bank robber acted as the getaway driver for a 15-year-old bandit.
"He probably realized if he walked into a bank we were going to recognize him from the security video because we've had contact with him in the past," Acting Insp. Domenic Di Passa, who heads up the Hold-Up Squad, alleged Wednesday.
He said the accused could have worn a ski mask to hide his identity, but that disguise tends to attract unwanted attention.
So instead it's alleged the man waited in a nearby vehicle while a teenage boy held up 10 banks between Aug. 10 and Oct. 6.
In the final heist — which unfolded barely an hour after another bank job — a bandit walked into a bank in the area of Lakeshore Blvd. W. and Mimico Ave. wearing sunglasses and a hoodie.
"He approached the teller and presented a note demanding cash and (stating) that he had a gun," Di Passa said, explaining the bandit was given an undisclosed quantity of money.
But the crook didn't get away with the cash that time.
Police received a call during the holdup and responding officers arrived in time to catch a suspect while he was still inside the bank. Di Passa alleged he then told arresting officers about the getaway driver parked outside.
As cops approached the suspect vehicle, the driver took off and a pursuit ensued.
"The driver eventually bailed out and took off on foot, but he was caught after a brief foot chase," Di Passa said.
A 15-year-old North York boy, who can't be named under the Youth Criminal Justice Act, faces 10 counts each of robbery and wearing a disguise with intent.
Leonardo Peralta, also of North York, is charged with 10 counts of robbery and one count of dangerous driving.
In 2008 at age 20, Peralta was sentenced to eight years behind bars after pleading guilty to charges stemming from three bank robberies in Ottawa on Aug. 10, 2007 and another six Toronto bank jobs earlier that summer.
During sentencing, Justice Peter Griffiths reportedly called him "an urban terrorist" for threatening bank staff with the claim of being armed with a gun or bomb. Court heard Peralta wanted the money to feed a drug habit he'd had since age 14.
In April 2014, Peralta was arrested by Toronto cops and accused of robbing three banks in the city's west end the month before.
"He was acquitted of those charges," Di Passa said.
Aug. 10: Bank near Kipling Ave. and Rexdale Blvd., 12:25 p.m.
Aug. 17: Bank near Weston Rd. and Finch Ave. W., 2:58 p.m.
Aug. 22: Bank near Avenue Rd. and Lawrence Ave. W., 12:48 p.m.
Aug. 31: Bank near Weston Rd. and Eglinton Ave. W., 3:10 p.m.
Sept.1: Bank near Allen and Rimrock Rds., 12:43 p.m.
Sept. 10: Bank near St. Clair Ave. W. and Oakwood Ave., 3:05 p.m.
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Erik Lamela reveals Tottenham player suggested Sevilla move to him
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Erik Lamela has revealed that Tottenham Hotspur left-back Sergio Reguilon talked up the move to Sevilla, recommending the Spanish club to the Argentine (Sevilla FC).
The 29-year old left Spurs this summer after spending eight years at the club since signing from Roma all the way back in 2013.
He was part of a swap deal that saw talented winger Bryan Gill come the other way, with Spurs paying Sevilla an extra €25 million (The Guardian).
Reguilon spent the 2019/2020 season on loan at Sevilla from Real Madrid. It was incredibly successful as the left-back played 38 games in all competitions, including the final of the Europa League in which Sevilla came out winners, beating Inter Milan 3-2 in 2020.
His performances for the club on loan resulted in Tottenham splashing £25 million on the left-back – and he proved his worth, impressing last season despite the club's disappointing campaign under Jose Mourinho.
Lamela, speaking to new club Sevilla, revealed that Reguilon spoke to him about joining the Spanish club.
He said: "I spoke with Reguilon a lot. Ever since his arrival to England, he spoke wonders about the club.
"I knew that was the case – I know many Argentines who played here and they all speak well of the club. Federico Fazio, Perotti.
"I already knew it was a great club."
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Seeing Lamela wearing another team's shirt is strange. But the move was definitely right especially given the acquisition of Gil – a talented youngster who could be a breath of fresh air.
Reguilon seemed to play a big part in one convincing Gil to come, and two convincing Lamela about Sevilla.
Tottenham-linked striker once admitted he used to support Arsenal
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