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Adam and Eve and the Sewing Needle
Posted by danielwalldammit in Movies, Native American Themes
Adam and Eve, Arctic, Before Tomorrow, Eskimo, Movies, Ray Mala, Savage Innocents, Sin, Trade
Y'all know the story. The Serpent tempts Eve with an apple, and she in turn tempts Adam with the same. …Okay, some say it's more likely to be a pomegranate. That's not the point! In arctic cinema, the temptation is more likely to be a knife or a gun.
…or a sewing needle.
The analogy isn't perfect, but with Eskimo populations, cinematic stories of a tragic fall from grace certainly do seem to start with the temptations of trade. Much as the fruit of a certain Biblical tree, these trade goods come with a cost, and with a sudden awareness of things that might best be left out of the world altogether. And just as with the story of Adam and Eve, it seems sex is very much at play in these stories.
The movie Before Tomorrow (2009) begins with a story about the Raven, which is certainly a more fitting motif than Genesis for use in an Inuit production, but its implications are no less ominous. This narrative ends badly, as does that of the movie itself. We are then treated to a joyous reunion between friends and family, one of whom carries a brand new knife made of strange materials. It's extraordinarily sharp and very sturdy. The same guest soon produces an extraordinary set of sewing needles, along with a story of the strangers from whom these items had been obtained. Everyone laughs and marvels at the wonderful goods.
Sadly, it wasn't simply trade goods these this fellow and his family picked up from the strangers, and the laughter of these opening scenes will lead us only to tears.
…many tears.
But I left out an interesting detail. You see the needles had to be obtained through sex, one night with a young woman for each needle. That was the price, so we are told. This too is cause for laughter and bawdy humor in that happy moment when the characters in Before Tomorrow can still laugh at the whole story and count the encounter with strangers as a blessing of sorts.
Before Tomorrow is an indigenous production. It handles this theme with grace and sensitivity, but of course the scene echoes others that have come before. Few things about the arctic seem to interest movie makers more than Eskimo sexuality, or more particularly those practices giving rise to phrases like 'Eskimo hospitality' or 'Eskimo Brother'. Aware that arctic natives engage in something akin to wife sharing, a number of film-makers have given this theme a prominent place in several productions. The treatment is almost always short on ethnographic detail and long on prurient interests. White Dawn is perhaps the most indulgent of these films, but the theme has a long-standing presence in the history of arctic film. It is commonly bound to the topic of trade.
…and to narratives of the fall.
(Speaking of terrible things, I must warn you that spoilers are coming.)
In the year, 1960 (when Anthony Quinn was an Eskimo), his great source of temptation was a gun. I say he was an 'Eskimo', because it really wouldn't be appropriate to saddle any specific people with the cultural baggage of Savage Innocents. a pseudo-documentary narrator notwithstanding, this film is not about any real-world population so much as a certain imaginary people best called to mind by precisely this grotesque term. Like so many films about natives of the Arctic, Savage Innocents really isn't a film about Inupiaq, Inuit, Yupik, or even Chupik. It is most certainly a film about Eskimos, and that is a topic that has interested movie-makers long before the general public learned to think twice about such vocabulary. Anyway, when Anthony Quinn was an Eskimo, it was his introduction to the gun that kicked off a crises (and hence the story) of Savage Innocents.
For all its crudeness, Savage Innocents does throw a curve ball into my analogy here. Inuk (Quinn) is the one who first falls for this great temptation. Upon learning that white men will trade a gun for a hundred fox furs, he immediately sets about getting one. His wife, Asiak (played by Yoko Tani), will have none of it. She ends up giving away the gun, because she doesn't want to live on fox meat while Inuk tries to put together enough furs for the bullets to fire it.
That's a damned sensible Eve if you ask me!
Too bad Asiak is too late in her efforts to get free of the white man's influence. A visit from a priest goes rather poorly when he refuses the food she and Inuk offer. It goes even more poorly when Inuk and Asiak offer to let the man 'laugh' with her (yes that's an innuendo). When the Priest denounces the offer in the harshest of terms, a foul-tempered Inuk accidentally kills him. (h meant to crack the man's head a little, inuk will later explain, but the man's head "cracked a lot." Legal troubles will soon follow in the form of Peter O'Toole who plays a trooper sent to catch Inuk and bring him back for punishment.
In savage Innocents, it is the gun which gets the action rolling, but it is sex that provides the tragic turn. It's an interesting variation on a theme, and of course the movie's title helps to underscore its relevance to stories of the Fall. Inuk and his wife are savages, yes, but they are also innocent (one might even say 'noble'). Their encounters with the white world bring little other than the threat of guilt. It is the wisdom of this particular Eve that saves them.
But of course all of these plot developments emulate those of the far more famous film, Eskimo, starring Ray Mala. As in Before Tomorrow and Savage Innocents, visitors bring the temptation to our main characters in the form of trade goods acquired from strangers. A sharp knife is the first temptation to make an appearance in this film, followed shortly thereafter by iron sewing needles, and then a gun. Mala and his family are suitably impressed.
Mala's wife, Aba (played by Lotus Long) asks a woman in possession of the sewing needles if she had received them from a ship's Captain. No, her guest answers; "I was only able to please the man who did the cooking."
And thus we learn the price that will be paid for these goods. Mala will of course trade many furs for his gun, but he will also have to share his wife with the strangers. Far from accepting this arrangement as the normal course of things, Mala is outraged that the strangers have taken liberties without asking for permission. this is not the sort of spousal sharing that occurs in his own village; it is violation carried out by men with no respect for either Mala or his wife, Aba.
But of course, it gets worse.
What interests me most about this, howeever, is not the he terrible consequences of trade with outsiders; it is the moment of temptation. In Eskimo that temptation plays out much as it does in Genesis. It is Aba who asks Mala to go trade with the strangers.
The white men have iron needles-
One could be even a greater hunter with a gun.
Like Eve tempting Adam with an Apple pomegranate, she urges Mala to begin the quest that will end their simple, happy existence. "The white men have black hearts," so an elder warns the both of them, and yet Mala agrees to the trip. they will go, he explains, after the long winter night has ended. Aba will herself pay the highest price of the two for this decision, but that too seems rather appropriate for stories of the fall. When such stories approach the status of mythic narratives, at least in the western traditions, women always seem to fall harder than men. Perhaps that is why they are so often portrayed as the ones most responsible for that very fall.
Why we seem to keep telling such stories is another question altogether.
Of course, the story of Adam and Eve is hardly a narrative indigenous to the arctic, but then again, only one of the three stories listed above is an indigenous production. One can almost see the story of Adam and Eve pulling on the the tragic tale in Savage Innocents and Eskimo, even as each movie grapples to one degree or another with the sensibilities of the people it depicts. And yet elements of this trope overlay nicely (though not precisely) with those of Before Tomorrow. In each case, trade with outsiders would seem to constitute the original sin, and in each case sex would appear to be part of the picture.
Sex, occupies a more tempered role in Before Tomorrow than it does in either of the mainstream productions. It's characters relate the terms of exchange (sex for needles) in matter of fact tones. They laugh yes, but they are not shocked. Perhaps we as the audience are meant to grasp the exploitive nature of the strangers approach to trade, but in Before Tomorrow that is of little consequence. In both Eskimo and Savage Innocents, it is sex itself (or the prospect of it) that triggers the coming hardship. It does so through conscious decisions of the parties involved. In Before Tomorrow, it is something far more subtle, an exchange understood by no-one present in those opening scenes.
It isn't hard to see a trace of tragedy in the globalization of the Arctic. So, I suppose it should also come as no surprise the onset of trade would provide a ready subject matter for epic narratives about loss of innocence. These stories carry different inflections, but they also carry a few common themes.
…such as , "beware of strangers with really cool sewing needles."
What are the Necessities of Life?
Canada, Eskimo, Film, Foraging, History, Inuit, Movies, Progress, The Necessities of Life
We meet the protagonist of this 2008 Canadian film in Baffin Island of the 1950s. Tiivii (played by Natar Ungalaaq) struggles for breath as he ascends a small hill in search of geese, his wife and children are just waking in their tent below. Upon seeing a boat on the half-frozen ocean, Tiivii sets aside the hunt and takes his family aboard for a series of medical tests. As the boat prepares to leave, Tiivii is told he must remain aboard, leaving his wife and children to fend for themselves while he undergoes treatment for tuberculosis.
When next we see Tiivii, he is soon staring at a tree at the hospital in Quebec City, amazed at his new surroundings and quite unprepared for the coming hardships that await him. He does not fully understand his illness, nor does he realize how long it will take him to recover. He also has no idea how his family will fair without him.
An Inuit lost in civilizations? It's an interesting twist on a familiar theme, that of a stranger in a strange land. The point is soon driven home as we see Tiivii struggle to master the use of a fork and spoon while the other hospital patients consume platefuls of pasta. He figures it out, but not before earning the derision of his roommates.
Through the story, we are invited to see the hospital and western civilization through Tiivii's eyes, to see common utensils from the perspective of one who has never used them before and to imagine a common meal from the standpoint of someone has never eaten anything like it. We can also imagine his confusion at the sterile bathroom with its flush toilet; his longing for someone to talk to makes perfect sense; as does his desire to eat familiar food.
We've seen this storyline before, a person completely out of his element. It is often used to explore the differences between civilization and savagery. This was the premise for Dances With Wolves, and before that with Little Big-Man and A Man Called Horse. It's a common enough theme in arctic films as well, being found in White Dawn and Snow Walker among others. What makes this film different is the trajectory of the stranger in this case; he has left a world unfamiliar to most of us, to enter one most of us will find rather familiar. We are used to seeing the story go the other way. Still Tiivii's journey is compelling. Through his eyes, the western world becomes strange, unreasonable, and quite insane.
This particular twist on the stranger in a strange land contains an element of nuance, however, that would be easy to miss. Audiences may think they know what it means for an emissary of modern western society to live amongst primitives, but what does it mean for such an individual to come live amongst us, or at least the 1950s variation thereof? It would be easy to think that Tiivii spends the entire story marveling at the wealth and richness of the city. In the space of a few opening scenes he has made a transition from the life of a forager scratching out a meager existence on the tundra to a cosmopolitan center with all the wonders of contemporary society. Tiivii may see this world from the shelter of a hospital bed, but he does see it just the same. How could he possibly understand the complexities which have put food on his plate in that hospital, or those that enable him to flush that same food away in the porcelain toilet? It would be awfully easy to think of this as the story of a simple man lost in the wealth of the modern world
…except that would not explain the title of the movie.
The title comes to us in a scene near the end of the film, one in which Tiivii explains to a young patient named Kaki (Paul-André Brasseur) what it is like to be out on the tundra. Although Inuit himself, Kaki, has spent his formative years in the hospitals. He does not understand the kind of life his own people have led. Asked what his homeland is like, Tiivii explains:
Beautiful. Lots of mountains. From the top you can see everything. You can see exactly where you are going. Not like here, where there are trees everywhere and you can't see ahead. There's a huge island. It takes many days to travel around it. There's everything you need, all the necessities of life. Seals. Caribou. Geese.
Tiivii's face lights up with each point of his speech, but the point of the scene would be missed entirely if this was thought to be nostalgia. Tiivii's speech provides the strongest hint in the movie as to just how he sees the world around him. It is not a world of abundance at all; it is one in which he cannot see the materials out of which to make his clothes much to less to build a home. It is a world in which he cannot see food or medicine. All of these things must be brought to him. If this is mysterious, it is not the mystery of a miracle so much as a perverse trickery, one which hides the means of life from him while doling out the necessities a little at a time. Far from marveling at the wealth of civilization, Tiivii has been lost in the desert the whole time. He doesn't see modern miracles in plumbing or cutlery. Instead he sees a world of mostly useless materials.
I think this is the real genius of Necessities of Life, that it actually flies in the face of conventional notions of the difference between foragers and civilized folks. Ever since Nanook of the North, mainstream film-makers have marveled at the struggle of arctic hunters against hunger and the elements. Time and again, Hollywood's 'Eskimos' have been portrayed as dwelling on the edge of starvation, and it would be awfully easy to see in Tiivii's story just another chapter in that narrative, one in which one of these primitives actually gets to experience the wealth of modernity. And yet, what Tiivii actually tells us is just the opposite; wealth is waiting for him back home on Baffin Island, and he cannot wait to leave the extreme poverty of the modern world behind.
Spring Break Up and a Video: No, Not that Kind!
09 Saturday Jun 2012
Posted by danielwalldammit in Alaska, Bad Photography
Alaska, Arctic, Eskimo, Ice, Inupiat, Nalukataq, Ocean, Photography, Photos, Sea
Last June I used to walk down by the beach nearly every day. It was fascinating to see the ocean slowly turning back into liquid. Since I'm in Vegas at the moment, I can only imagine what's happening now.
…or live vicariously through last year's photos.
But first some happy music!
Now, if you click on the pics, they will embiggen!
Actually this is July of 2010
July, 2010 again! (And it was the size of a small coffee table).
Early July, 2011
Now, since I am also missing the Nalukataq, the Spring Whaling Festival later this month, A Quick Video!
I know. Fire the cameraman!
Anyway, that is Barrow, AK, at this time of year.
Ten Little White Indians, Volume II (Spoilers Abound!)
Posted by danielwalldammit in Movies, Native American Themes, White Indians
A Man Called Horse, Eskimo, Grey Owl, Hollywood, Indian, Innuit, Native American, Richard Harris, Stereotypes, White Dawn
It is time for another trip through the world of the white Indian. In today's installment we will meet three very different white Indians with three very different stories and three very different fates.
A Man Called Horse
Let us begin this installment with the quintessential white Indian of the 1970s. In A MAN CALLED HORSE (1970), Richard Harris plays an Englishman named John Morgan. Captured by a Sioux-speaking tribe known as the Yellow Hand, he is humiliated and used as a horse (hence the name). But Morgan proves himself an able warrior, and quickly gains the respect of his captors. More than that, he becomes a war chief, leading them to victory against the Shoshone.
The movie seems to take its portrayal of Native American culture quite seriously, perhaps a little too seriously. The film wants desperately to show us how things really were, but its portrayal is far too filled with sensationalism to provide any real insight into anything Native American customs. In fact, of all the white Indians of movie history, this one seems to irk people the most.
In the most striking scene of the movie, Morgan is initiated into the Yellow Hand by means of a sun-vow. His chest is pierced, talons are fastened to the wounds, and he is suspended from the top of a Medicine Lodge. Upon waking, Morgan will soon make-love to the daughter of the chief (thus playing out yet another cliché – Pocahontas anybody?).
Loosely based on a Mandan variant of the Sun Dance ceremony, this scene was sufficiently close to home that many found its portrayal on the big screen quite offensive. In A man Called Horse, the logic of the ritual does less to tell us about the lives of the people with whom Morgan is living than it does to signal his great triumph, his transition from a mere beast of burden to a full member of the community (…one who is eligible to make love to the beautiful Indian princess. …yes, I said 'princess,' …and yes, I know how ridiculous that is.)
But wait!
Seriously, wait!
Return of a Man Called Horse
We must also account for THE RETURN OF A MAN CALLED HORSE (1976). Yes, that's right. This movie has a sequel (two of them in fact, but I will spare you an account of the third; it isn't even interesting in a disgusting way). In The Return of a Man Called Horse we find Morgan back at home in England, …and hating it. Surrounded by artifacts of his time among the Sioux, Morgan longs to rejoin the Yellow Hand.
When Morgan does return to his adopted people, he quickly discovers that they have fallen on hard times. Under attack from white trappers with Indian allies of their own, the Yellow hand are in sore need of great leadership. Luckily, Morgan is there to aid them. With their very own great white Indian now back among them, Morgan's friends now find their courage. Naturally, the revival begins with a sun dance.
I have to confess that when I first saw these movies I enjoyed them a great deal. Mind you, I was a teenager. It took a few years before the arrogance of the message sunk in. Unable to fend for themselves, the Yellow Hand must have a white man come and rally them to perform one of the most sacred of their own ceremonies. That's right; in this movie Lakota need a white guy to perform their own sacred rituals. I would say that it gets worse from there, but 'pathetic' is probably a better word for it.
Back when I was teaching in Navajo country, one of my classes swore up and down that GREY OWL (1998) was a good movie. I went to a video store (yes kids, that's how we used to do it) and looked at this, and looked at it some more, and …just couldn't bring myself to do it. I mean Pierce Brosnan as an Indian? I just could not wrap my mind around it. But my dear reader, I realized as soon as I started this blog series that I would have to venture onto that dangerous terrain. And last night, I finally watched this movie.
Just for you.
Okay, it wasn't as bad as I thought it would be. I really should have trusted my students. It was at least entertaining. I must give it that much.
This movie is about a real historical personage, Archie Grey Owl (1888-1938). When we first meet him, Grey Owl is entertaining tourists with Indian dances and serving as a hunting guide in the Canadian wilderness. His skills in trapping and hunting are unmatched, and his presentation of Indian customs comes across as both authentic and entertaining.
The Real Grey Owl
When Archie falls for a young Mohawk woman named Pony, his life begins to change dramatically. He gives up trapping after she adopts two beaver orphaned by his own traps and the tough old trapper finds himself unable to resist their charms. Facing ruin, Archie opts to write a book about the forests and the need for conservation. This becomes the first of many publications and speaking engagements. All seems to be going well.
…except that Grey Owl seems a little testy at times. He is nervous when told that newspaper reporters are looking to write stories about him, and inconsistencies begin to creep into his story. Why does he dye his hair? And was it his father that was Scottish and his mother Apache, or was it the reverse? Pressed on details, he becomes angry. No-one questions his adoption by a local Ojibwa community, but it becomes increasingly clear that something is wrong when Grey Owl reluctantly sets out for a 3 month tour of England. It is the chance of a lifetime. Why the hesitation?
We soon learn the answer.
While in England, amidst all the hoopla of a speaking tour which includes a performance for the King, Archie Grey Owl takes a small side-trip to a residential neighborhood he seems to know well. It turns out that he is actually Archibald Belaney, an Englishman himself. …a full-blooded Englishman, as it were, with no Apache relatives at all. Archie has a tense but pleasant meeting with the two aunts that raised him and takes a quick look in his old room where it immediately becomes apparent that his love of all things Indian had been well established as a young child.
When Archie returns home, he is invited to a great powwow where he is asked to meet with a gathering of chiefs. Only then does he confess his origins to Pony. Naturally, she forgives him.
Which leaves the gathering of chiefs…
Unable to back out of meeting them, Grey Owl enters the gathering of chiefs to a rather awkward and tense moment. Can he fool them? Well it turns out the answer is 'no'. Everybody in the whole lodge laughs at Grey Owl's deception. But all is not lost, and a Sioux chief finally explains; "Men become what they dream. You have dreamed well."
And so the white Indian of this story receives the ultimate stamp of native approval. Even his fraudulence is blessed by the old Sioux chief.
White dawn
And then of course there are white Eskimos, even black ones. WHITE DAWN (1974) begins with a maritime disaster leaving a whaling crew stranded on the ice flows off Eastern Canada. Three survivors (Louis Gosset Jr. as 'Portagee', Timothy Bottoms as 'Daggett', and Warren Oates as 'Billy') will eventually be rescued by Inuit who take them in, nurture them, feed them, and accept them as part of the community.
One might expect people in such a position to show gratitude. Well they don't, at least not all of them. Billy (Warrent Oates) is particularly contemptuous of his benefactors, insulting and exploiting them at every opportunity. Daggett (Timothy Bottoms) appears to accept his new community. In time, he has essentially gone native, or at least he tries to. If there is a definite white Indian in his story, it is Daggett. Portagee (Louis Gossett Jr.) seems content to follow the path of least resistance, and given Billy's aggressiveness, that means Portagee will often serve as an accomplice in destructive activities. Daggett may mean well, but he simply does not put up enough of a fight to reign in his companions.
The generosity of the Inuit people plays a key role in this movie. Not only do the Inuit share their food and lodging with these desperate strangers, the men also share their wives. This allusion to yet another cliché ("Eskimo hospitality") receives a lot of screen time in the movie. I would hardly suggest that the movie portrays the actual customs of spousal exchange accurately (it doesn't), but for purposes of plot development it is perhaps more important to note that the three castaways misinterpret the custom as it is understood by the Inuit characters of the movie.
A Little Wrestling Match
The Inuit men of this movie share their wives as a gesture of hospitality; they do not mean to give their wives up. In time, Billy and Portagee come to see the women as theirs for the taking. For his own part, Daggett falls in love with a beautiful young wife of community elder (yes, there is that Pocahontas theme again). As the story unfolds, each of the three men becomes more presumptuous in their approach to the women of the community.
And I suppose I should say here that the movie does very little to shed any light on the motives of the women themselves for having sex with any of thee men. Daggett's love interest appears responsive. The women are otherwise little more than pawns in a game that takes little notice of their own preferences.
Billy is the driving force for much of the movie's action, initiating one after another disruptive scheme. He is greedy, malicious, and completely unprincipled. Most importantly, Billy convinces both Daggett and Portagee to steal the community stores of fish and set sail in a small native boat. When this attempt to get home ends in yet another crash, the Inuit will once again come to the rescue. And all three must now live with the community made hungry by their theft of food supplies.
When Billy's shenanigans finally result in the accidental death of a young woman, the community takes action. Tricked into accepting mittens with no thumbs from the remaining young women of the village, Billy and Portagee are unable to defend themselves when attacked by the men of the village. There is a moment when it seems that Daggett will be spared, but that ends abruptly with an arrow to the belly.
And of course it is the death of Daggett which is most interesting here. He is the white Indian of the bunch. …or the white Eskimo as the case may be. It would be easy to think the Inuit had killed him unnecessarily. After all, he was a decent guy. Absent Billy and Portagee, one cannot help but to hope that Daggett would immerse himself in the community and live as they do. Who knows? perhaps he would even get the girl!
But of course that girl is why Daggett must die. Where Billy and Portagee use the Inuit women in the cheapest sense of the word, Daggett has claimed the love of another man's wife. For all its sincerity, Daggett's presumption reaches a scale well beyond that of his companions. He wants to keep the girl, but of course she is not his for the taking.
And thus ends the white Indian of White Dawn!


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Philipp Plein (München, 16 februari 1978) is een Duitse modeontwerper en oprichter van de Philipp Plein International Group die de merken Philipp Plein, Plein Sport en Billionaire omvat.

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Philipp Patrick Hannes Plein werd op 16 februari 1978 geboren in München. Plein volgde de middelbare school op Schlossinternat Salem en studeerde rechten aan de Friedrich-Alexander-Universität in Erlangen-Nürnberg toen hij begon met het ontwerpen van luxe hondenbedden. Al snel trokken zijn ontwerpen de aandacht van experts uit de interieurbranche en in 1998 werd het bedrijf opgericht in München, Duitsland.

Plein begon met het maken van tassen en accessoires van de overgebleven exotische leersoorten, die naast zijn designstukken op beurzen werden verkocht. Zijn eerste winkel opende hij in de discotheek 'P1' in München.

In 2011 was Plein jurylid bij de ProSieben castingshow 'Fashion and Fame'.

Plein wordt in 2019 door het zakenblad Bilanz vermeld als een van de rijkste personen of families van Zwitserland in de jaarlijkse 'Die 300 Reichsten' met een vermogen van 300 miljoen Zwitserse franken.

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Beleaguered Little vows to fight on
Andrew Little
Labour leader Andrew Little says he revealed his proposal to stand down because he wanted to be honest and take responsibility for Labour's poor position.
He insisted today that he was not giving up on the election, and would be working twice as hard to get Labour into government.
In a surprise admission yesterday, Mr Little said he met with senior colleagues last week to discuss whether he should stand down.
His caucus colleagues told him to stay on. It came as a new One News Colmar Brunton poll showed Labour at 24%, its lowest recorded result. Mr Little said he publicly revealed his proposal to the Labour caucus because he wanted "to be honest about it".
"It's an inevitable question that comes up. I'm the type of guy who does take responsibility."
He added: "I felt honour bound to raise that as a valid option."
Now that he had his caucus's backing, he said he would "stepping up" his campaign and "spending even more time" on the road over the next two months than initially planned.
"I'm in this fight. And I'm going at it hammer and tongs because there is too much at stake for far too many New Zealanders."
Asked whether 24% was Labour's low point, Mr Little said "it better be".
"I'm not planning on an alternative, I'm getting absolutely stuck into the campaign that we've got."
Prime Minister Bill English did not celebrate the new poll, saying that his party could still lose the election despite Mr Little and Labour's woes.
"Even with the Labour Party doing badly, the Greens on their policy problems over welfare, and New Zealand First promising everything to everybody, they could form a government," he said.
"On that poll last night, the Government could lose the election. So we've got a lot of hard work to do over the next two months because we have to get our support up."
He warned National supporters against complacency, repeatedly saying that National needed to lift its vote if it wanted a "strong, stable government" which did not depend on NZ First.
Mr English rejected suggestions that NZ First could overtake Labour, saying that Labour remained a "strong brand".
Mr Little's leadership has come under intense scrutiny after he failed to get traction in the polls and Labour started slipping from the 30s. He has also faced comparisons with his deputy leader Jacinda Ardern, who quickly overtook him in the preferred Prime Minister stakes.
However, there has been little appetite to replace Mr Little so close to an election. Labour's leadership rules allow caucus to elect a new leader itself rather than put it to the membership vote if the job comes up within three months of an election.
He would not reveal who the colleagues were, but it is likely they included Ms Ardern, Phil Twyford and Grant Robertson.
In other results, National was holding steady on 47% and NZ First was steady on 11%. The Opportunities Party had made further gains up one to 2% and the Maori Party was on 1%.
Mr Little referred to the party's polling at the launch of Labour's campaign for the Maori seats in Mangere today, telling supporters the polling had been "a bit rough".
"And I get that. But I look at what the Labour Party stands for, what we've spent the last three years talking about our kaupapa. And it is a strong kaupapa."
He urged supporters to keep that message uppermost in their minds and to campaign hard.
He saidhe was not giving up.
"The result is naturally disappointing. A tough fight just got tougher."
He said the things Labour stood for could not happen unless the Government changed "and only party can guarantee that, and that's Labour." NZME

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News & what's on - Written by Barry & Richard on Thursday, July 12, 2012 3:28 - 1 Comment
Nightmare on Elm Street over? SFO raids CPS, HMRC and Attorney General's Office for new blood
Tags: CPS, Crown Prosecution Service, David Green CB QC, general counsel, Geoffrey Rivlin QC, Kevin Davis, Kristin Jones, Matthew Wagstaff, Serious Fraud Office, Vivian Robinson QC
Long before the SFO moves out of its Elm Street Offices to new premises in Cockspur Street there are signs that confidence is returning to the SFO. Barely three months into his new role as Director of the SFO, David Green CB QC, has wasted no time in implementing some of the changes he trumpeted on his arrival.
Last week we reported that at the C5 conference Mr. Green trailed some internal changes at the SFO with two fraud casework teams and two bribery teams, each led by a senior civil servant together with a new quality assurance function.
It is reported that in an announcement made with Dominic Grieve QC, MP, the Attorney General who is known to be a staunch supporter of the Serious Fraud Office, David Green announced some new appointments to the SFO. Those appointments are:
His Honour Geoffrey Rivlin QC will be advisor to Mr Green focussing on quality assurance on cases. The judge who presided over some of the most complex fraud trials before his retirement earlier this year will be well placed to vet investigations and prospective prosecutions in order to avoid some of the recent criticism of the SFO and bungled investigations, notably in relation to the Tchenguiz investigation.
Matthew Wagstaff, formerly of the Crown Prosecution Service will join as one of four case division heads.
Kristin Jones, formerly of the Attorney General's Office is head of policy.
Alun Milford, formerly of the Crown Prosecution Service will be the new General Counsel replacing Vivian Robinson QC who left a year ago to join a US law firm.
Kevin Davis is chief investigating officer on a two year attachment from HMRC.
The appointments are significant in two respects:
First the individuals themselves are respected among the white collar community as excellent professionals in their field.
Second, lately it has been more common to read of departures from the SFO. The SFO is known to have had difficultly in finding replacements against a backdrop of the uncertainty surrounding the future of the agency. The fact that the SFO is now able to recruit people of this calibre is good news for the agency which has had its share of unwanted headlines of late.
Contrary to the views expressed by some the fortunes of the SFO appear to be changing for the better. In recent weeks the SFO has found itself in receipt of fresh political support and extra funding to investigate the LIBOR matter, while re-opening the Weavering Capital hedge fund case.
Mr. Green is already beginning to deliver on the promises he made on his appointment.
Don't bank on the SFO being toothless.
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Watch IPL 2015 Match 50 Live: KXIP vs RCB Live Streaming and TV Information
Kings XI Punjab vs Royal Challengers Bangalore Where to Watch Live IPL 2015 Match on TV and Online
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The last time Kings XI Punjab played Royal Challengers Bangalore, Chris Gayle went ballistic with RCB, as a result, picking up a record win. With their playoff hopes gone, and that scathing loss probably still in the back of their minds, KXIP will need to invoke those form ghosts, which seem to have deserted them in IPL 2015, from somewhere if they are to stop the RCB juggernaut.
RCB are the form team in IPL 2015 at the moment, with their "man I would pay a lot of money to see them" top three finding form at just the right time. It took them a while to realise the importance of playing Gayle, Virat Kohli and AB De Villiers in the top three, but after finally coming to the right decision, RCB have motored on in some style.
"They are the best in the world in this format," RCB batsman Mandeep Singh said of the RCB superstar batting trio. "Their experience definitely helps. If one of them clicks, then the opposition nearly always end up on the losing side. It is good that our best players are playing the maximum number of balls."
After Gayle hit a stunning century, which helped RCB thump KXIP by a record 138 runs, it was De Villiers' turn to grab the spotlight in the innings of IPL 2015 so far.
De Villiers, when he catches fire, is unstoppable. So good is he that even Gayle pales in comparison, as the Mumbai Indians found out last Sunday.
"There was a problem with the coordination and combinations were not up to the mark [in the early part of the season]," Mandeep added. "Now the combinations have been set right. After playing four-five matches, we got to know of the right combinations. We know who will open, who will play in the middle-order, etc.
"We have done well in the last six-seven matches. We are taking one match at a time without thinking too far ahead."
RCB will, however, be certainly thinking about finishing in the top four, based on their current form. They are currently in fifth on 13 points from 11 matches, three behind CSK, who have played two games more. Win the remaining three matches and they could quite easily finish top of the points table, considering their net run rate is the best of the lot after a few thumping wins.
For KXIP, this match is another opportunity to restore that pride which has remained stuck in last season. So disappointing has been their batting this campaign, that is it almost impossible to imagine it is pretty much the same lineup that thumped bowlers for fun last year.
David Miller showed exactly what he is capable of with a knock-and-a-half against SRH in the last game, a half-century which nearly won KXIP the game, but, yet again, that team batting effort was non-existent.
KXIP, who will be without Shaun Marsh and Mitchell Johnson, after releasing the Australian duo, need to find a way to get their openers scoring, because without a good start, it does become difficult for the middle order to gain some momentum. The fact that they have persisted with the always-flattering-to-deceive Murali Vjay for pretty much the entire tournament is a little bit puzzling.
Yes, Vijay gives you that more conventional batting style at the top to complement one of Virender Sehwag or Manan Vohra, but KXIP won so many games last season playing attacking, fearless cricket, and asking Sehwag and Vohra to go gung-ho from ball one, instead of playing within themselves, or another batsman "holding" one end up, might be the best way to spark this batting order into life.
"I think changing the team a lot of times could have an effect on the players," Miller told IPL's official website. "But, we do have a lot of depth in the squad and trying a few options upfront was probably a good thing to do.
"Last year we did get off to a lot better starts and this year we haven't quite kicked off with consistent starts. But such is the nature of T20 and it can happen. Last year we were consistent and things went our way but this year we haven't clicked.
"There are certain things that happened last year which was great but those little things have unfortunately failed to happen this time around."
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KXIP vs RCB Match 50 of IPL 2015 is scheduled for an 8 pm IS (3.30 pm BST, 10.30 am ET) start with live TV coverage in India on Sony Max (Hindi), Sony Aath (Bengali), Sony Six (English) and Sony Kix (Tamil and Telugu). Hotstar and Starsports.com will also provide online coverage of the match via free live streaming.
Audience watching the match in the UK and Europe can go to Sky Sports2, while the live stream option is on Watch Sky Sports and Sky Go.
Viewers in the US can catch the IPL 2015 action live on ESPN, while the game can also be live streamed on ESPN Cricket.
Audience across the world can also go to Cricketgateway to watch Kings XI Punjab vs Royal Challengers Bangalore.


Tooth loss affects both your appearance and the functionality of your teeth. It is no wonder why so many people are constantly seeking restorative treatments that bring their smile back to life. Today, there is an array of options available, with the most sought after treatment being dental implants. Implants offer a permanent solution to tooth loss, providing maximum strength and stability.
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Dental implants are an all-around better solution for restoring missing teeth. One of the main advantages of implants is the esthetic implication involved. They look and feel like they are your own, natural teeth. Since implants are surgically placed into the structure of your jawbone, they prevent the loss of bone and gum recession that often occurs with other tooth restoration procedures.
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Algerian Singer Djouher Pours Her Heart Out In Debut EP 'Kingdom'
The Algerian enchantress serenades her admirers with a much-anticipated debut EP.
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Djouher is a phenomenal artist based in Algeria who, through her transcendental indie-pop, signifies realms of self-reflection, growth and her omnipresent reality. She alternates between English, Arabic and French in order to encapsulate her emotions and embed them into her music. After some time in hiatus, the Algerian singer pours her heart and thoughts on pen and paper to present her debut EP 'Kingdom'.
The singer's emergence occurred in 2018 with her first single 'Always On My Mind', followed by two more singles in the same era. Her first three singles give off a shoe-gazey vibe with heavy percussion and not to forget the recurring theme, which is her magical vocals.
In late 2022 Djouher took part in Spotify's 'SAWTIK' initiative allowing her to link with a plethora of artists from the region, who inspired her to embrace her heritage and broaden her horizon, sonically of course. The singer then released a single titled '111' where she utilized her vulnerability to transmute nothing but power, allowing her to share the beauty in her weaknesses.
She has recently released a single called 'Ghouyoum' which translates to clouds, the track is 21 around a conversation she's had with clouds. "When I contemplate the world, I perceive it as a symbol of freedom and peace. Throughout this conversation, I've realized that, just like us, clouds are guided by the wind to places they don't choose to be. As I compare their movement to my destiny, telling them that, just like them, the universe takes me to places unknown to me, they tell me that everything is temporary and that with time I'll understand that''. The singer emphasized.
In her new 'EP' kingdom the singer conveys the movement of our emotions as we grow, going from being controlled by them. "The EP touches on themes of darkness, Where I share the story of a girl who built a kingdom of all her fears and weaknesses," Djouher tells #SceneNoise. "However, musically, the EP is a variety of sounds and nuances that capture the feelings we may have when we're vulnerable, slowly building into more upbeat, confident tones. It's a mix of different languages, different vibes and one world."
To indulge on this emotion-fueled new release, it's now available for mass consumption across all streaming platforms.
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TBILISI, DFWatch–Georgia has bolstered the quality of its higher education and research, thanks to its inclusion in the European Higher Education Area (EHEA), the authors of a new report argue.
By joining the EHEA, popularly referred to as the Bologna process, Georgia improved the legal framework and quality of its higher education system and brought in a three-level degree system with BA, MA and PhD.
Since 2005, Georgia has developed a framework of qualifications for higher education, implemented quality assurance standards and a credit system. Another change is that Georgian students have been able to participate in exchange programs and get higher education abroad.
The process launched with the Bologna Declaration in 1999 is one of the main voluntary processes at a European level, and is currently implemented in 48 countries which make up the European Higher Education Area (EHEA).
Georgia joined the Bologna process in 2005. On the one hand, this was the core of the reforms in higher education; on the other hand, this was an expression of the western orientation of the country following the peaceful Rose Revolution in 2003.
In the course of the decade of reforms, education has also been a contentious issue which has uncovered different views about how the reforms are implemented, lastly in a student protest at Tbilisi State University in the spring of 2016, when education reform was one of the main demands.
The report presented on Wednesday by the Social Science Centre and Open Society Foundation offers an overall optimistic assessment of how Georgia's higher learning institutions have been improved the last decade.
The collapse of the Soviet Union led Georgia into two secessionist wars and a civil war in the early 1990s. Amid poor economic, political and social conditions in the country, the education system also collapsed. Joining the Bologna process may also be seen in light of this period of post-Soviet instability, as it addressed problems that had emerged during years of mismanagement.
The report concludes that despite significant achievements, the Georgian higher education system still has problems to deal with, such as lack of qualified lecturers, as well as poor studying environment and lack of vocation education and access to high quality studying material.
The authors are now offering their recommendations based on the report's findings to the Ministry of Education and Science the, National Center for Quality Assurance, higher education institutions and other relevant agencies.


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France wants important partner India to play more critical global role
French President Nicholas Sarkozy on Saturday described India as one of his country's most important partners, and urged it to play a more critical role on the international stage, including in the ongoing Group of Twenty (G-20) deliberations. Sarkozy conveyed this view to Indian Prime Minister Dr. Manmohan Singh on the sidelines of the fourth Group of Twenty summit being held here. He told Dr. Singh with France taking over the G-20 presidentship later this year, he was looking to India for greater cooperation in G-20. Recalling the twelve-year-old strategic partnership between India and France, Dr. Singh said he looked forward to President Sarkozy and French First Lady Carla Bruni's visit to India later this year. According to a government spokesman, both leaders discussed the outcomes of Sarkozy's visit to India. President Sarkozy recalled Dr. Singh's visit to Paris for the French National Day celebrations in July 2009, including the laudable step of sending a tri-services contingent to take part in a military parade. Sarkozy reiterated his country's support for India acquiring permanent membership of the United Nations Security Council (UNSC) and New Delhi's efforts on the counter-terrorism efforts. On bilateral ties, the two leaders discussed a wide range of issues, including the status of France as India's largest trading partner among European Union countries.


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(10466) Marius-Ioan est un astéroïde de la ceinture principale.

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(10466) Marius-Ioan est un astéroïde de la ceinture principale. Il fut découvert le  à l'Observatoire de Siding Spring par Schelte J. Bus. Il présente une orbite caractérisée par un demi-grand axe de 2,33 UA, une excentricité de 0,09 et une inclinaison de 4,2° par rapport à l'écliptique.

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Q: Docker & Django: Pytest doesn't run I'm running Docker to load my Django project locally. Pytest works perfectly without Docker, but since I am using Docker, running the command in my container bash brings back lot's of errors.
My docker-compose
version: '3'

    services:
      db:
        image: postgres
        ports:
          - "5432:5432"
      web:
        build: .
        env_file: .env
        volumes:
          - .:/code
        ports:
          - "8000:8000"
        depends_on:
          - db
        container_name: local

Dockerfile
# Pull base image
FROM python:3

# Set environment varibles
ENV PYTHONUNBUFFERED 1

# Set work directory
RUN mkdir /code
WORKDIR /code

# Install dependencies
RUN pip install --upgrade pip
RUN pip install pipenv
COPY ./Pipfile /code/Pipfile
RUN pipenv install --deploy --system --skip-lock --dev

# Define ENTRYPOINT
COPY ./docker-entrypoint.sh /docker-entrypoint.sh
RUN chmod +x /docker-entrypoint.sh
ENTRYPOINT ["/docker-entrypoint.sh"]

# Copy project
COPY . /code/

My initial thought is that docker doesn't let pytest create the test database. Did you ever had issues with that and can tell me how to fix it?
Console log with failures >

A: You have omitted the most important part of the exceptions, but based on the errors I'm guessing you haven't run your database migrations due to which the Postgres database does not have the necessary tables for the tests.

A: What container image are you using to run the python code? (it seems to be missing from your compose file).
Based on the deprecation warnings it seems your calling a method that does not exist (i.e. callable is None). Are all dependencies installed in your container?
Additionally, do you have a DockerFile available that installs all dependencies?
Something like:
# Use an official Python runtime as a parent image
FROM python:3.6-slim

# Set the working directory to /app
WORKDIR /app

# copy requirements.txt
ADD ./requirements.txt /app/requirements.txt

# Install any needed packages specified in requirements.txt
RUN pip install --trusted-host pypi.python.org -r requirements.txt

# Copy the current directory contents into the container at /app
ADD . /app

And then in the compose file you could build it like this:
web:
  build:
    context: ./
    dockerfile: /path/to/Dockerfile
  command: cd /app/path/to/where/pytest/should/be/executed && pytest

Note that this answer does not rely on a host-mounted volume, but rather copies your code into the container, and creates an image that can be used everywhere.

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About 4 or 5 years ago, I found a piano on Craigslist – for ONE DOLLAR! I contacted the seller, made arrangements to get it and low-and-behold, I was once again a piano owner! As my husband loves to point out, a piano that costs $1 still weighs the same as one that costs thousands. Especially when said musical instrument must be hefted from the depths of a seller's walkout basement.
As is typical, the $1 purchase led to a $160 bill from an excellent tuner (oh, how I wasn't prepared for that afternoon of c,c,c,c,c,c,d,d,d,d,d,d#,d#, d#, and to think my baby girl slept through the whole ordeal!).
Today, it still sits, always open and waiting for to be played. Though it likely needs to be tuned again, both kids spent a few moments plunking away this afternoon. I'm thankful for music and for the opportunities to share it with those I love. And come Christmas time, I'm oh-so-grateful for the (limited) ability to sing carols with the family.
When I sat down to write our annual Christmas letter, I got the itch to do something a little different. So I carefully crafted a poem that chronicled our adventures this year. When I proposed both versions to G. he preferred the traditional letter. I agree there's a lot left unsaid in the poem version, but I still wanted to put it out there. I do know that I have a handful of people still waiting for their card (I've never claimed to be perfect!) but I thought tonight was as good a night as any to share. I'd love to hear your thoughts, so please, post a comment! If you want the traditional version too, let me know and I'll get that posted as well. Which reminds me…is there are an etiquette rule for Christmas card lists? Meaning, if we don't receive one…ever…from someone, should we keep sending ours? Just wondering….
I'm always amazed by God's timing and how He allows me to hear exactly what I need, at precisely the moment I need to hear it. We just settled in tonight around 7:30 after spending four days celebrating the holidays with Garth's family. It was fantastic to feel the energy of a big family Christmas, see C. getting lots of good Gma and Gpa time, sit back and relax and share food and fun with each other.
Even though the bedtime wasn't back to "normal" yet tonight, there's something refreshing about returning home after time away. As I think about these last hours of 2007, make my resolution list for 2008, the idea of "home" will certainly be in my thoughts.


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Ethics complaint filed against councilmembers Armintor and Meltzer
by Ryan Higgs
An ethics complaint against Denton city council members for At Large Places 5 and 6, Deb Armintor and Paul Meltzer, was filed on Monday, according to correspondences with councilwoman Armintor.
The nature of the complaint and the identity of the complainant remains confidential until the complaint is either dismissed or placed on agenda for consideration by the Board of Ethics, according to city of Denton's Ethics Ordinance.
Armintor acknowledged she is unaware of the context or reason behind the complaint but she presumes it is in response to deliberating and voting on matters relating to polling locations at UNT earlier this month. Armintor and Meltzer were previously barred from deliberating on matters relating to UNT after an ethics panel found conflicts of interest were present within the councilmembers relationship to the university earlier last month.
Meltzer's wife and Armintor are both employed by UNT.
"I'm so relieved we finally have an ethics ordinance," Armintor said. "But it's definitely a work in progress.
Under the city of Denton's Ethics Ordinance, once a complaint is approved by the city auditor and deemed "administratively complete," the complaint is then referred to the chairperson of the Board of Ethics. Within five days of receiving the complaint, the chairperson will then assign the complaint to a panel for preliminary assessment.
Denton's Board of Ethics Chairman Jesse Davis declined to comment on the substance of the complaints against Meltzer and Armintor.
"I've assigned the complaints to two three-member panels for review, as the code requires me to do," Davis said. "I am not a member of either panel."
Davis, who is also a candidate for Denton City Council District 3, temporarily stepped aside earlier this month after receiving an ethics complaint brought by Meltzer, according to the Denton Record-Chronicle. The complaint, which was found to baseless, contended that Davis should have recused himself from election-related matters pertaining to UNT.
Armintor said that strong municipality ordinances, as found in the city of Dallas ethics ordinance, "expressly prevent" individuals from serving on ethics committees, let alone the chair of that committee, while as a candidate. The current ethics ordinance, which was approved by city council in a 7-0 vote last May, does not require members of the ethics board to resign or recuse themselves from board duties while acting as a candidate for elected public office.
Armintor said if the ethics complaint was filed against herself and Meltzer relating to their role in UNT's polling location earlier this month, it would not affect the inclusion of an early election and day-of election polling location being added at the Greek Life Center.
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Davis should have assigned the issue of the polling to others on the board in the first place. He had already declared his own candidacy and should have stepped down from the board completely before or at the time of doing so. He had already made a partisan ad for the GOP, which was released 2 days after he filed to run for Council, and had appeared at a campaign event for another candidate just days before announcing. None of this is ethics board behavior. Now he accuses his opponents of being divisive.


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Hot Roads - The World's Most Dangerous Roads
A risky expedition along thoroughfares that harbor mortal danger for those who use them or live on them.
They run through deserts, ice and snow, deep in the jungle, along water and over mountains: the world's most dangerous roads. Many risk their lives along these roads. Yet for lack of alternative routes, locals continue to use them for transportation. This series tells stories that take place along the routes, of the people who live along them and for whom these are part and parcel of their personal destiny.
The landscapes through which these routes wind are unique and exert their never-ending fascination even on regular travelers. "Hot Roads – The World's Most Dangerous Roads" accompanies people on adventures where the journey is its own reward. The filmmakers tag along in the driver's seat of trucks, on the rear benches of busses and in the passenger seat of regular cars to experience the danger and beauty these roads offer from different perspectives – through the windshield and in the rear-view mirror simultaneously.
S1 Episodes:
1. The Manahli-Leh Highway
2. The Nawabpur Road in Dhaka
3. The Adriatic Highway
4. The Hot Routes of Mali
5. The Long Road to Sibiria
1. The Road To Death In The Andes
2. The Racing Cyclists Of Burundi
3. The Sichuan-Tibet Highway
4. The Philippine Serpentines
5. The Canadian Ice Roads
Title: Fahrt Ins Risiko
Additional Genres: TRAVEL
Release: S1: 2010, S2: 2015
Language: English, German
Format: S1: 5x45' (GER, FRE, 3 Eps ENG), S2: 5x45' (ENG, GER, FRE)
Produced by: S1: berlin producers, ZDF, arte, S2: Fernsehbüro, ZDF, arte, LIC, Autentic


The thirty-seventh volume of the Archives of Maryland series was published in 1917, with Bernard Christian Steiner as the editor, under the direction of the Maryland Historical Society. This volume covers the Proceedings and Acts of the General Assembly from May 21, 1730 through August 8 of 1732. An appendix includes private acts which were not published in earlier volumes and the Calvert Papers from 1729-1732.
The first digital edition of the Archives of Maryland series is being published by the Maryland State Archives through a grant from the Information Technology Fund of the State of Maryland. As part of an ongoing effort to provide greater access to Maryland Legal History, the Archives will be bringing the printed Archives of Maryland series online and expanding the contents with links to scans of historical documents.


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Alistair Brown, 17.08.2016
What happened to the Welsh Museums Review?
I was in Wrexham last week to discuss the aims of the new Welsh Government Museums Strategy, which is due to be launched in spring 2017.
Wales, which launched the first national strategy for museums in the UK in 2010, has led the way in thinking about the strategic goals for the sector. But, as with all strategies, this new version can only succeed if matched by a real plan of action.
Wales already has a template for this plan of action. In fact, it has a rather long to-do list in the form of last year's Welsh Government Expert Review of Local Museums.
This independent review criticised the sector and its funders, memorably coining the term "zombie museums" to describe the 10% of local authority museums which are operating with limited collections management and low visitor satisfaction.
The review highlighted the absence of Renaissance in the Regions investment in Wales and the limited training and development opportunities in the country.
The review made ten recommendations to get local museums back on their feet. Some of these could make a real difference to the sector, such as creating three regional museum bodies across local authority areas.
These bodies would be able to manage museums more effectively than individual local authorities; they would be better able to attract the partnership funding that has made museums such as Storiel and Wrexham into local success stories; and they could provide museums with freedom to experiment with different business models. They might also improve the seriously low visitor numbers and poor targeting of tourists by many museums.
However, in the year since publication, very little has happened. The (then) deputy minister for culture, Ken Skates, quietly accepted the outcome of the review some eight months after publication. But the funding required for implementing the recommendations – calculated at as little as £500,000 over five years – is nowhere to be seen.
As a result, the Welsh government's attempts to transform the sector have stalled. And with further public sector cuts likely, continued inaction will mean museum closures and more services reduced to little more than the "zombie museums" identified in last year's report.
That's not good enough – and any new strategy document worth its salt should identify the delivery of the expert review's recommendations as a central plank of the Welsh government's work in the years to come.
Director General, National Museum Wales - Amgueddfa Cymru
Whilst supporting the aspiration we all share to implement the Expert Review to move the sector in Wales forward, I want to defend the proposal in the Review that there should be a Museums Council for Wales (whatever it is called).
This is certainly not envisaged as a rehash of CyMAL or MALD - both of which were/are part of government - or as an old style 1970s area museum council. The recommendation as I understood it is to create a national partnership to lead sectoral change - something that could be very new and positive.
If need be, let's change the name, not the recommendation.
This blog has sparked a great deal of discussion in the office this morning. Alistair Brown with this blog title suggests that welsh museums are the Titanic of the sector.......whilst acknowledging that times are hard, welsh museums are definitely not out!
Wales has always been financially deficient in comparison with the other UK regions and undoubtedly the Welsh Government needs to invest in the recommendations of the Expert Review. However, we also need to differentiate between those recommendations that are feasible and those that are antiquated in their own right. For instance a Welsh Museums Council is very much a tried and tested thing of the past which went on to be replaced by CyMAL and now MALD.
However, the Welsh sector has been incredibly vocal that these recommendations offer a lifeline. Since the publication of the review many of the museums listed have already converted to trust, closed or are facing significant funding challenges. Without financial investment from the Welsh Government this cannot be addressed. Until Local Authority Museum employees are able to vocalise the issues that they face freely and without censorship from their authority these will be difficult to address. An open dialogue is essential.
Limited training and development opportunities are very much ruled by geographical inconsistencies in funding opportunities. For instance the MA's transformers scheme does not allow for more than one candidate per year from Wales due the origin of funding being Arts Council England. Wales need a level playing field for our professionals and volunteers. This will help raise standards and would be key to revitalising those working in the sector.
As for the regional museum bodies most of us would concur that this was a sound idea however the number is irrelevant, instead it should be based on effective working across the regions, opening up opportunities to share skills and expertise across Wales.
The central plank in Welsh Governments work should be policies like the Future Generations Act, which is the first of its kind in the UK. Welsh Government needs to invest time and support in the museum sector which is of concern considering the Ministerial portfolio has expanded even further to economy and infrastructure at a time when issues like the steel industry form part of the context.
Rachel Silverson
President/Museum Curator, Firing Line
I would agree with the points made here. Museums in Wales have suffered due to the amount of time that has passed between the publication of the Expert Review on Museum Provision and implementation, and many organisations have been forced to change their model of delivery in the meantime. In some cases some of these museums have tragically not survived.
However, the Review's recommendations offer such opportunity for Wales, opening up potential for a real seed-change across Wales offering new and dynamic ways of working to revitalise the sector.
The Federation of Museums and Galleries of Wales carried out consultation with organisations in Wales to uncover opinion on these options and they were overwhelmingly viewed as positive and feasible, as long as the Welsh Government puts into place the financial measures to make this happen....and quite frankly that museums deserve.
The regional bodies offer the chance to use the Welsh workforce more effectively and to reintroduce specialism back into organisations. This in turn has a real impact on the professional development and skill-building of those working in museums, as well as those visiting them.
Museums offer so much more than access to collections and it is time for us to be proud of what we do and to shout much louder about the value of and contributions that museums make to Tourism, employment in Wales, the economy and in reference to the Future Generations Act passed by the Welsh Government, the role we play in helping people live healthy and happy lives, where a resilience and robustness becomes embedded into day to day life in Wales.
The strategy will need to verse itself in many languages to speak to those who influence, legislate and make decisions, to enable understanding of our work to funding bodies and as significantly to communicate with the public as to how we enhance, impact on and change lives.
Alistair Brown
Policy Officer, Museums Association
Hi Anonymous! I'm certainly not trying to suggest that Welsh museums are the Titanic of the sector - it's the disappearance of the Expert Review itself that I am concerned about, and to which I was referring in the headline.
Moreover, I agree wholeheartedly that some of the recommendations in the Review are more necessary than others. The idea of a Museums Council is reinventing the wheel and hardly an urgent priority.
On the other hand, changing the governance of local authority museums so that regional bodies can manage provision appropriately would, I think, be a worthwhile structural change, and would help to open up the kind of dialogue that you mention. I'd also like to see increased Welsh participation in schemes such as Transformers - but that does require strategic investment from the Welsh Govt and other sector bodies.
I was disappointed that the Expert Review didn't make any concrete recommendations about working across departments in the Welsh Government in order to improve tourist footfall or to deliver against wider social agendas - both of which would fit neatly into the Future Generations Act. So I'd like to see these ideas feature in a Museums Strategy as well.
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Human rights are under assault like never before; supporting local activists can change that
James Logan, Director of the Fund's European Office
The Fund for Global Human Rights kicked off 2018 with excitement and a renewed sense of determination. Nowhere is this greater than in London, where we are creating new capacity and opportunities for the Fund in Europe. With a new office, a new vision, and new staff (including myself), we are ready to promote the voices of and mobilize support for frontline human activists like never before.
I began as Director of the European Office at the end of 2017 and am thrilled to be taking on this role, at this moment in time, and with this set of colleagues.
I bring a diverse set of experiences in the human rights field to this challenge—as an activist, a grantmaker, a manager—as well as a personal commitment to justice and fairness. This background has instilled in me a deep appreciation of the Fund's unique approach and work.
I began my career at Amnesty International, where I was a country specialist working in Turkey. I saw there how communities could be subjected to some of the worst abuses imaginable; but I also saw how local activists could help restore dignity and justice to these communities, paving the way to a better life. I will never forget working with Tahir Elçi, a Kurdish lawyer who worked for years with the families of people who had been killed or 'disappeared' during the conflict that had raged across his region. Against almost insurmountable odds, Tahir managed to secure prosecutions of those responsible and obtain compensation for families who had lost their loved ones.
After my time at Amnesty, I was fortunate to work with two leading private institutional funders, Oak Foundation and Open Society Foundations, that work to promote human rights globally. This allowed me to meet inspiring individuals and groups, and see how they were using a human rights framework to achieve lasting and positive change. In addition to a shared commitment to dignity and justice, these human rights defenders had many challenges in common, including a lack of resources to help sustain their activism and threats from the powerful actors opposed to their work.
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Gareth Evans' International Relations Society Lecture
13.10.2014 by Waheed Jayhoon
After giving a lecture earlier this year in August for the International Relations Society 10th Anniversary Breakfast, the Chancellor and Honorary Professorial Fellow of the ANU Gareth Evans returned to give a similar lecture once again for POLS1006, a Global Contemporary Issues class.
Although known for his significant contribution to domestic politics, in a number of different capacities – most notably as Foreign Minister from 1988 to 1996 – his work was just as relevant on an international scale after leaving office.
From 2000 to 2009 Evans was the president and CEO of the International Crisis Group, an organisation that had a substantial impact in providing early intervention and mediating conflict in Darfur, Ethiopia, and Sudan. He also co-chaired the International Commission on Intervention and State Sovereignty, an endeavor that was supported by the Canadian government to address the issue of mass atrocity crimes. His involvement with this commission was the main source of inspiration for his talk.
After a short introduction from the course class representatives, Evans spoke at length about how global events in the last 30 years required a shift in international thinking on how to appropriately respond to civilian threats in other countries. He also detailed the role of his efforts in finding a practical solution to the problem, which manifested into what has since been called the "responsibility to protect" (R2P), a concept that has changed our understanding of international relations in subsequent years. The R2P stated that civilian protection was a global responsibility and that military intervention may be necessary to achieve this goal, an argument that clashed heavily with the prevailing view of letting countries sort out their own domestic issues. Given that the idea of R2P is largely credited to Mr. Evans, this guest lecture drew upon many of his personal experiences with the issue. He also elaborated on why he felt that R2P was the most prudent conclusion in answering the question of whether and the extent to which the international community should take action in cases of potential civilian threat.
After a Q&A session between the Chancellor and students, Evans was presented with a bottle of wine as a token of appreciation.
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Is HTML a programming language?
By Jay Wengrow, CEO of Actualize
Technically, HTML is a programming language. In fact, HTML stands for Hypertext Markup Language. Whether or not HTML is a real language is a matter of semantics, and not terribly important.
What is important, though, is to understand that HTML - and CSS, for that matter - are quite different than most other languages, and that it's difficult to get a big picture of what coding is like from those two languages alone.
How are HTML and CSS different than other languages?
HTML and CSS are declarative languages. That is, they are basic statements declaring what should exist on a web page. Here's some sample HTML:

This is the headline within this section.

This is a paragraph within this section.

Basically, the above HTML says that this webpage should contain a section, and the section should contain a header and a paragraph. There isn't any sort of computation - it's a simple statement of fact. This is what I refer to HTML as a declarative language.
Similarly, here's some sample CSS:
The above CSS says that all paragraphs on the webpage should have text that is red, a size of 12 pixels, and should be aligned in the center. Again, there's no computation - it's just a series of simple declarations.
While HTML and CSS are declarative, most coding is computational - and it's what most other coding languages are designed for.
Here's some computational code that calculates the average of a list of numbers:
list = [5, 2, 10, 8, 9, 4, 7]
sum = list.sum
average = sum / list.size
This code, instead of making declarations, is performing a series of computations in order to achieve an end result. The first line initializes the list of numbers. The second line calculates the sum of all the numbers in the list. The third line computes the average by dividing the sum by the number of items in the list.
The vast majority of coding languages involve writing computational code. Computational code isn't always mathematical in nature, but it's code that creates functionality. While HTML and CSS are declarations about what should appear on a web page, computational code is what makes stuff happen. Adding an item to your shopping cart, shooting a bad guy in a game, deleting an item from your spreadsheet - these are all examples of functionality, and are accomplished through computational code.
The reason why this distinction is important is because many people begin their coding journey with HTML and CSS. And while that's a fine place to start, it's important not to jump into a new career based on your experience with those languages alone. It's premature to assume you enjoy coding and, say, sign up for a coding bootcamp, if you've only had experience with HTML and CSS. To truly know whether you'd enjoy coding, you'll want to have some experience with a classic, computational language, as most programming jobs are primarily about writing computational code.
If you're deciding which computational language to try first, check out our blog post on that topic here.
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