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George Nacouzi, a senior engineer at the RAND Corporation, supports projects within Project AIR FORCE and the National Security Research Division. He is also a member of the Pardee RAND Graduate School faculty. Some of his current research interests include assessing the performance of space systems, traditional and non-traditional space situational awareness (SSA), space resilience, defensive counter space, small satellite applications, nuclear command, control and communications (NC3) systems, hypersonic missiles, missile defense systems, counter-proliferation strategies, and effects of evolving technologies on strategic stability. Prior to joining RAND, he worked as a senior systems engineer at TRW and then Northrop Grumman, where he performed system and mission analyses of space and missile defense systems. He has also been a lecturer at the University of California, San Diego, and taught space related courses at Northrop Grumman. Nacouzi received his Ph.D. in Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering from the University of California, Irvine.
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Памятник Пономаренко — памятник композитору, Народному артисту СССР (1990) Григорию Фёдоровичу Пономаренко в городе Краснодаре.

Памятник расположен по адресу: г. Краснодар, ул. Красная, 55.

История
Композитор Григорий Фёдорович Пономаренко (1921—1996) с 1972 года жил в городе Краснодаре по адресу: ул. Красная д. 204 кв. 80. Композитор написал пять оперетт, духовную музыку «Всенощное бдение», концерты для баяна с оркестром, множество песен (Оренбургский пуховый платок; Ивушка; Не жалею, не зову, не плачу) и др. — всего около 970 произведений. 7 января 1996 года Григорий Фёдорович погиб в автокатастрофе. Похоронен в Краснодаре на Славянском кладбище. В Краснодаре было решено поставить памятник композитору. Был объявлен открытый конкурс, в котором принимали участие 12 творческих коллективов. Победителем стали краснодарские мастера — скульптор Ольга Яковлева и архитектора Юрий Субботин.

Памятник в гипсе ваялся около двух лет, а после утверждения был отлит из бронзы в Минске.

14 сентября 2002 года в сквере на улице Красной, где жил композитор состоялось открытие памятника композитору Григорию Федоровичу Пономаренко. На открытии присутствовали друзья, родственники и поклонники творчества композитора. Открывали памятник исполнительница песен Г. Пономаренко Людмила Зыкина и супруга Вероника Журавлева

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На памятнике изображен композитор Григорий Фёдорович Пономаренко сидящим на камне в костюме. На камне выполнена надпись: «Народный артист СССР Пономаренко Григорий Фёдорович».

Рядом с ним находится баян. На баян композитор положил левую руку. Памятник выполнен из бронзы. Авторы памятника — скульптор О. Яковлева, архитектор Ю. Субботин.

В 2005 году ко дню города памятник Г. Пономаренко был перенесен ко входу в Краснодарскую филармонию имени Григория Пономаренко. Памятник стоит на возвышении, на пешеходной части улицы.

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You are here: Home / News / House of Lords / What are Lord Best's 'modest proposals' for leaseholders?
What are Lord Best's 'modest proposals' for leaseholders?
Lord Best proposes 'relatively modest reforms which would make a difference to leaseholders' lives'. But what are they?
Chairman of the Hanover Housing Association Lord Best has "a number of relatively modest reforms which would make a difference to leaseholders' lives".
Campaign against retirement leasehold exploitation has contacted the cross-bench peer to discover what these might be.
Lord Best has held a meeting of peers interested in leasehold issues. He referred to his "modest proposals" during a Lords question on Thursday.
In it the government was urged to revisit the issue of residential commonhold tenure as an alternative to leasehold.
The initiative came from Baroness Gardner of Parkes, who repeatedly raises leasehold issues in the Lords.
There was a commitment to review the 2002 Commonhold and Leasehold Reform Act 10 years after.
Baroness Gardner was backed by LibDem Baroness Maddock who said:
"It is quite incredible that many of us spent hours scrutinising the Bill well over 10 years ago. Since that 2002 Bill, there have been only 15 commonhold new developments and 152 units within blocks. That is not necessarily due to a lack of interest: there are significant obstacles for both old and new properties. Given the time that has been spent on this matter, I really think it is time that we as a Government looked at post-legislative scrutiny much more seriously, particularly in cases such as this."
Lord (Richard) Best then said:
"Would the Minister be willing to meet some of the Members of your Lordships' House who recently got together to look at these issues? We discovered that there are quite a number of relatively modest reforms which would make a difference to leaseholders' lives but which at the moment are not receiving attention."
It is unclear what these changes may be.
Campaign against retirement leasehold exploitation / LKP has contacted Lord Best for clarification.
We are not going to protect leaseholders' funds because … well, that's what the last government wanted to do After £122,000 fraud, Baroness Gardner demands protection of leaseholders' money held by managing agents Aussie baroness told leasehold law is just fine as it is Urgent need to revisit leasehold reform, say Lords
Filed Under: House of Lords, News Tagged With: Baroness Gardner, Baroness Maddock, Lord Best
Michael Epstein says
A Translation!
A few of us have got together and we reckon if we throw the peasants a few bones, we can keep a corrupt system going for our benefit!
ollie says
A proper 10 year review of the Commonhold and Leasehold Reform Act 2002 and a justification on an economic basis is what we really need. Modest reforms will not solve the leasehold system problems.
The use of freehold title , Commonhold title or Leasehold title for new build property is decided by the developer or builder who will offer whatever gives the highest profit. The residential property buyer has no decision on what title will be used even though the leasehold title is a 99 years or 125 years longterm rental agreement and there is no actual sale of the property.
The sale of property under freehold title or commonhold title is a transfer of ownership to the buyer and this becomes a savings investment for the owner. The sale of leasehold property is the sale of rental agreement paid for by a premium which slowly falls in value to NIL at the end of the lease term for the buyer. whose investment in the premium is eroded or wiped out by the decline in value of the premium.
The leasehold system actually damages the working lifetime savings of 3 million or 5 Million leaseholders whose savings base should be the No. 1 concern since the Government does not have the resources to adequately fund the future state pensions of an aging population. Also the full life time productivity of 3 or 5 million leaseholders is lost to this country.
Even Scotland and Ireland and all of Europe have stopped using the leasehold system and only in England and Wales, does the Government allow the builders to impose leasehold title on the buyers.
Lets ask the Housing Minister and Prime Minister to explain where is the economic benefit to the nation by keeping the leasehold system .
Campaign against retirement leasehold exploitation says
Good points.
AM says
Ollie's point(s) is valid and while a flat can be sold for a premium "the purchase price" that does erode over time. What reformers have to think about is the response- that erosion is offset by the spiralling values of property, far in excess of most other investments, and virtually all accessible to the average home owner, and therefore "its not a problem?! Thats like arguing I made a £1000 and it should be £1005 – burn the system down". Like it or not these are the economic arguments that will be made.
In parallel the legal arguments that "wandering into commonhold will create acres of administration and paperwork, puts buyers/sellers costs up etc, and for owners that the disputes will clog up the courts with no tribunal and no precedent to go to" will be made. The evil lawyers and agents will just be as happy as "thank you very much -with 5M existing victims here is brand new income stream".
As Ollie sais and I explained earlier about the added value retained property and contrived valued are too juicy to vanish overnight.
On balance it far more sensible to look at retaining leaseholds and
-requiring the freehold to transferred to a flat owners company
-all leases should forfeiture free( at least on SC and Rent) and 999 years long (as it was in the 1990's) or as I say perpetuity- 1 day
-where staff accommodation is provided that it is part of the freehold title.
-no common parts leases etc
This is far less confusing to buyers who won't have to choose common hold or freehold and is simple model for those who enfranchise their existing freeholds. For those issues like service charge and other disputes there is ready made system of law and tribunals and crucially the aggrieved flat owners still have rights to have matters independently determined.
Increasing values in property is not the experience of retirement leasehold.
I recently met an investor in retirement flats (who has c30) and the most he has paid is £42k and the least £24k.
My interest in this sector was when I encountered one-bed retirement flats on sale for £15,000 in north Oxford. The estate agent informed me that in the past these flats had simply been handed to the freeholder.
This research began my whole interest in retirement and non-retirement leasehold tenure and formed the basis of several articles in the Mail.
I think the livelihoods of thousands of freeholders, lawyers and surveyors etc depends on leasehold not working very well. But consumers are ill-served by it.
You obviously have a sincere interest in this subject and more to say on it than can be addressed in comments. If you wanted to write a longer article for publication I would happily edit and assist.
A number of lawyers and others write for LKP / Campaign against retirement leasehold exploitation, and alternative views are welcome.
OK I will think that over. Posting here does tend to be "stream of consciousness" so it might be a little easier to digest in the form of a considered article 🙂
Trevor Bradley says
I think that time is way overdue for AM to declare who he actually is, who he represents and what he actually does. It would then be far more clearer for many other posters on this site to understand his stances in so many "difficult comments " he posts.
I have no problem in declaring in full what I do in life. Does he?
Dear Trevor,
I don't agree. Some people who comment on this site have to do so anonymously. For example, they might be employees in the sector.
We welcome many and varied opinions on all issues. Anyone who thinks we are talking rubbish is free to say so.
LKP / Campaign against retirement leasehold exploitation might not have the right answers, but it is asking the right questions and the more people engaged with leasehold reform the better.
AM delights in being contrarian, but has made some very valid points at times. If you think he / she is talking gibberish, fire back!
No, I certainly do not think AM/he/she is talking gibberish. However, AM does at times make some concerning comments that do not, for better or worse, confirm where he/she actually "stands".
I beleive in absolute total transparancy and, if by being that way it means I would lose my job then so be it. That is how I so strongly feel about all the "theft" that goes on in the leasehold sector.
Thhis is one of the few criticisms I have of this/similar sites, posters "hide". Come on everybody – lets get EVERYTHING, names and alll, out in the open
But Trevor I am simply making a point for people to consider- it is clear that I am a reformer but appreciate that simple reforms often lead to complicated and unintended consequences, and do not always see the need to start over with CH (and its risks) as many here do.
There is no need for total transparency as this is an exhange of ideas and positions, and as explained the notion of "nothing to hide" is easily countered with " those that know everything about you can do anything to you". Sadly, in the property sector, I have had to pick of the peices of 2 people who had disagreed with people in the line of work, and who were then victimised and targeted in a vile and viscous way, one resulting in divorce over rumours and false social media posting.
I have even stuck up for Bem Mire who appeared on a leasehold site to answer questions about residents complaints on their sites and in the end all he got was abuse and very very little in the way of actual problems which he was wiling to discuss. One of the famous named landlords even targeted me and one of the other lawyer posters for the advice that we gave on countering late payement and subletting fees.
There are some nasty people and the internet can be dangerous
Besides, cynically, I might tell you that I am Sir Hubert Hyphen Hypen a major beneficiary of a Landed London Estate and then post as Sally the aggreived Council leaseholder. At least this way i am honest about saying that for commercial and personal reasons I prefer not to.
sorry typo "Ben Mire" not Bem.
AM, thank you for your reply. I feel more comfortable now. Lets push on.
To me the unique strength of all the campaigning sites is that we learn and grow through alternative opinions. To deny this we just become a mob. I undestand why the identity of AM needs to be protected (though after 12 he should post as PM!!)
Here is the weblink to the 15K flat with 9K service charges :
http://www.dailymail.co.uk/property/article-1354186/MARKET-WATCH-The-15-000-flat-fees-9-300-year-surprisingly-buy-it.html
Can anyone post a break down of the service charge costs for this site ?
Its excessively high service charges which destroys the life time savings when investing into new leasehold retirement property .
Further to my posting on May 11 calling for 10 year review of the CLRA 2002, I wish to point out that Land Registry record shows average price of E&W property is £ 169 ,124 whereas Nationwide claims £ 183,577
If we take the average price of property at £170,000 i.e conservatively value , the total amount of investment in E&W leaseholds will amount to £170,000 x 3 Mil = £ 510 Bil or £170,000 x 5 Mil = £ 850 Bil depending on whether you take the total leaseholds in E&W as 3 Mil or 5 Mil.
At the end of the lease term of say over 100 years , this total investment falls to Nil value when the leases reach expiry date and the property must be returned to the "freehold reversioner" and the savings of up to £ 850 Bil from job earnings of 5 -10 generations of leaseholders is wiped out. This savings wealth would not be wiped out if the leasehold properties were originally sold under freehold title or commonhold title as the owners of the property would have gained the benefit in rise in property value.
The UK National debt now stands at around £1,370 Bil so I think Campaign against retirement leasehold exploitation needs to educate the MPs how the expansion of the leasehold system is damaging E&W economy. Its only E& W which keeps the leasehold system. The rest of Europe uses Commonhold.
Or remain as an assured tenant….
Actually its very good for the economy.
1. One of the problem with housing need and demand is that there are lot of properties which are not being sold and are underoccupied and represent a substantial but static asset base. Leases ending will release some of those for sale.
2. Freeholders will then have 5 million properties to sell and 5 million buyers have to borrow money and spend on lawyers and surveyors fees to buy them and all the elective spending on furnishing etc.
I am not saying that this is morally right, merely responding to one fallacious argument with another 🙂
AM, this is the most outrageously contrarian comment you have made. I am glad that you acknowledge that it is morally dubious. I fear you will go far in the world of leasehold.
But you are a defender of this form of tenure, so what is the justification for this wealth erosion?
A recent LKP reader who had paid off his mortgage and ceased working, had to resume in order to extend his lease.
Residents outside England and Wales look askance at this sort of thing and wonder why we put up with it.
😀 it was contrarian response to a rather poorly thought out post. I did qualify the post so that it should be taken as seriously as the one that I responded to.
My problem with the commonhold v leasehold argument is exactly the point that you are making. While it might help new builds,it doesn't help existing owners who do have leases and who, whether they extend or convert to CH, will have to compensate the landlord, rightly or wrongly, for the extension and rental income loss. As a result I don't see it as an either or, you simply require instead, by law, that leases only have a peppercorn rent and are 999 years or "Perpetuity – 1 year" long, in all future grants, and that as result the freehold is transferred to an RMC.
I am now off to invent a peppercorn virus that destroys peppercorn crops making such investments very valuable- "excellent" ( in Monty Burn's voice) 🙂
Mystified says
I totally agree with Campaign against retirement leasehold exploitation.
I am pretty much in that position. I have paid my mortgage a long time ago,
lived on Peverel owned property over 30 years. Now I am forced to get an extension to my Lease yet
there is nearly 90 years left of the original.
E&M is very difficult to deal with. Don't know how it is going to end. I been made to understand that somehow I have breached the Lease. I have never knowingly or unknowingly done such a thing.
It is totally untrue.
Why are your "forced"? 90 years is more than adequate for a mortgage term and for sale in the next few years. If you are thinking long term then you are right the sooner the better but I am intrigued as to why you see yourself as "forced|?
chas says
Mystified,
Can I help, Sebastian can give you an email, contact me?
Thank you Chas,
I have sent you an email. I hope you have received it by now.
In my posting dated 20 May 2014 ( and it was not poorly thought out), I tried to show the total value of the leasehold system in E&W at roughly £510 Bil or £ 850 Bil, depending on whether you take the total mumber of leaseholds at 3 Mil or 5 Mil. This value is also an estimate of the family savings which may be lost by the several generations of leaseholders due to declining value of the lease. No other country and Government in this world would allow such a huge debt position to be created for generations of its own citizens.
Probably the largest company within Vincent's freehold portfolio is Proxima GR Properties Ltd Co. 3829939 which has reported 2010 accounts to Companies House, as having issued capital of £28 Mil and freehold assets valued at approx £0.85 Bil. Using a ratio of 100:1, we can estimate this one company alone has assets which includes many leaseholds to the value of £85 Bil i.e roughly 15%% of 3 Mil or 10% of 5 Mil leaseholds respectively. About 2 years ago, one national paper quoted Vincent claiming his freehold portfolio is worth £2-£3 Bil and this implies owning 25%-50% of the total stock of leasehold properties in E&W. And all the freeholds in his companies are ultimately controlled by Tchenguiz Family Trust based in the British Virgin Islands).
This situation probably means very little to the average man in the street, but just view the situation as brilliant dealing such that only £28 Mil down plus lending by recklessly managed US, Icelandic and Scottish banks, has helped Vincent to put the handcuffs on the future savings of several millions of E&W Leaseholders, present ones and future generation successors. What's NOT brilliant is the UK Government attitude and the Housing Ministers' total lack of understanding of the economic consequences and not even making any effort to investigate why so many leaseholders are being exploited by front line companies such as E&M ( on global subletting fees) Kingsborough Insurance Services ( on extracting 40%+ commissions), Peverel Management in Retirement Homes ( rigging of prices in work contracts) etc.
We really need Baroness Gardner and Baroness Maddock to take the lead to establish an APPG at Westminster to investigate and expose the economic issues. Simply reporting leasehold abuse and overcharging does not attract enough support from MPs in Parliament to bring about reform.
Ollie,
A well put together comment, regarding the Tchenguiz Family Trust and Proxima GR Properties Ltd.
The British Governments Ministers do not find mileage, as yet,in taking on board the Leasehold Problems, they only take up the cuddle's, when they can benefit by turning the complaints into votes for themselves?
We have been informed that the TFT pay a very large sum of money for Lobbyist and to the Tory Party?
Not surprising when the appointment of Paul Lester CBE, to Peverel Management Services as an Independent Non-Executive Chairman who is also a member of the HM Treasury Major Projects Review Group?
Also when Janet Entwistle stated that the existing management team will focus on delivering best- in- class service for all Peverel`s Customers? That is unless you are one of the 65 developments, that the then Peverel Management Services and Cirrus Communications, cheated residents out of up to £1.4million from 2005 to 2009, out of Service Charges for works that were either not required or stated that the system requires updating?
The reason is clear, it allowed Cirrus Communication to tender for all the work knowing they would win all the tenders, as the stooge companies were sent the Cirrus Tended Price, so they could bid less? These corrupt practices carried on from 2004 to 2009, until the papers caught up with them?
My friend in Epsom has written and emailed Paul Lester and has yet to receive a reply, similar to askjanetaquestion, which no longer exists?
Askjanet was the way Janet could find out what we knew About Peverel???
Chas,
May I clarify a point concerning the 65 developments yopu mention that were victims of the Peverel/Cirrus price fixing.?
Whilst you are correct that Peverel/Cirrus was found guilty concerning 65 developments the OFT made it very clear that this was a minimum number, it was very likely that other developments would have been involved. The OFT having established guilt at the 65 developments did not see any point in further investigation as the verdict (and lack of penalty) would have remained the same even if the true number was 130 developments.
The OFT having established guilt did so on what they were given by Peverel Services Ltd I believe informed by who are the Holding Company and has 20 subsidiaries?
I am aware that it was a minimum number as those who remained were protected, and those that had left were thrown to the wolves?
Surely those involved must see that they have been left high and dry, so who will come forward with more evidence, maybe we can offer a decent reward???
Send your complaint and OFT findings to Serious Fraud Office for followup prosecution.
Campaign against retirement leasehold exploitation,
Any reply from Lord Best about his modest proposals ?
On the contrary, the posts on 20th May and 3rd June are poorly thought out as the assumptions are nonsensical. The "theft" of £5 or £8.5 B is hardly a theft when every buyer (save the reckless or ill advised one) knows that it is a wasting asset. Moreover, it is loss or theft that is generational, between 4 and 6 for most , or 50 in the case of 999 year leases, and one that can easily be averted with a lease extension when the cost, or loss/theft, is relatively small. Taking your average figures, then what we are talking about is low millions not high billions. In government terms, thats lunch money.
It would be a reckless or utterly stupid act to allow those savings to be lost and your rationale is therefore preposterous, as is only likely to occur in a handful of the 5M cases.
Comparing the worth of the company to the value of leaseholds is simply using big scary figures which do not stand analysis. While some value refers to lease extensions, much of it refers to the ground rent income, some to notice fees and consent fees, development rights and retained premises eg the house manger flats etc, and common parts leases, and some might relate to other income streams such as the commissions. These are distinct assets that have little to do with leasehold flats or their values.
Your own figures of comparing the asserted value of the companies and the value of all leaseholds proves my argument, you only have to look at the reported number of properties under management and the number of new builds, and have a little understanding of the market, to see that they are nearer 10%, through all their holdings, at best.
There is therefore no dire economic peril to look at, the existing issues of lease extensions costs exit/ transfer fees, the lack of a binding code of practice on all landlords, not simply agents, and the appalling exploitation ( though the average council could give "Chengooz" a run for his money on that score).
Presenting such inflated and contrived arguments only undermines the real need for reform.
Points to consider when buying a new retirement flat …
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Posted on 3rd April 2020 4th April 2020 by Piping Press Leave a comment
Time to harness the creative thoughts and banish the lockdown blues with a new piobaireachd. Piping Press is once more partnering the Shasta Piping Society in the US and Canada's Burley Bagpipe Co. in promoting their composing competition 2020.
Judges for the contest will be Piping Press Editor and Piobaireachd Society President Robert Wallace, South African piobaireachd expert Chris Terry and New Zealand's double Gold Medallist Greg Wilson.
Steve Rooklidge, the man behind the initiative and host of the popular internet radio show 'Piping Hour', has re-introduced it to help focus pipers' collective endeavours during the virus pandemic.
Adjudicator Chris Terry
Said Steve: 'Since there will be a lot of bored pipers out there, I thought it worthwhile to revive the piobaireachd composing contest for 2020. The deadline for tunes is August 1. We are looking forward to receiving a fine selection of entries as we have done in the past.
'As before we have attracted an international panel of judges. Each will select his favourites independently and submit his choices to myself.'
Judge Greg Wilson is pictured here at the Northern Meeting with his prize-winning son Campbell
Get full info on the contest here. The piobaireachd submissions must be original to the composer(s), of any style, and cannot have been published before. Prize awards for the top three tunes will be £500/£250/£100. Submissions must be received by August 1, 2020, and winners will be announced on Piping Press in September, 2020. Other rules:
The musical score must be submitted as a PDF file, labelled as 'SPS Contest', with no indication of the composer's identity or composition name on the file. The score must be generated by computer in a recognizable arrangement format (Piobaireachd Society, Binneas, McIntosh, CC). Hand-written scores or written notations on the score are not accepted.
Submissions must also include an audio electronic file (e.g.MP3) of the composition played on pipes or practice chanter (not necessarily by the composer), with no voice or identifying markers. Name the audio file: 'SPS contest'.
Composers will retain all copyright, but must agree to grant the sponsors free right to publish the score in a music collection and use a recording of the arrangement for the winning announcement and to advertise future competitions.
Composers must have the ability to receive monetary awards from the sponsors by paypal account, or be willing to waive prize payment or donate in their name to an approved charity that accepts payment.
All decisions made by the representatives of the sponsors are final. Entries to be emailed to shastapipingsociety@gmail.com NOT Piping Press.
Judging: Piobaireachd score and audio entries will be catalogued, provided individual identification, and sent under blind cover to the panel of judges. Results of the competition will be announced to each of the composers during September, 2020, and announced to the public on PipingPress.com and the Shasta Piping Society website shortly thereafter. Awards will be distributed within 30 days of the winner's announcement by PayPal payment.
Steve Rooklidge, Shasta Piping Society, Cottonwood CA started playing snare drums in a pipe band in 1976, and played until he went to university. Leaving it throughout his engineering career, he started piping in 2013 and has since dipped his hand back into drumming. He started the Shasta Piping Society with the intention of forming a charitable trust but instead opted simply to gather a few friends together to try unusual ways of getting pipes into the hands of interested kids and to foster composition and playing of new piobaireachd music.
Philanthropic projects include this ceol mor composing contest with Burley Bagpipes here on Piping Press, funding prize pipe awards for amateur competitions, donating to Highland games in need of help and school bands needing instruments, hands-on projects such as blackwood conservation in Tanzania and construction of the new path to the Iolaire monument, and so far has awarded eight sets of renovated pipes to young students in need of instruments.
The efforts were financed initially by seed money from the Rooklidge Family Trust and now rely on the 10% sales profit of vintage pipes restored by Burley Bagpipes sold at the SPS webpage and other donations by family and friends of the cause. Funds are not solicited or accepted from the public, and it is through the gracious assistance from tutors, scholarship recipients, and organizations like Piping Press and others that make all the difference.
Graham Burley – The Burley Bagpipe Company, Naramata BC has been piping for 47 years and making pipes for 20 years. During his piping career, he accumulated a modest collection of prizes in all levels of solo piping, and also has performed in a couple of celtic folk bands, where in addition to playing highland pipes, he played penny whistles and provided backing vocals. Graham has composed a handful of pipe tunes and loves working on competition pipe band medley arrangements.
Graham started to learn pipe making 20 years ago, while working through his machinist apprenticeship under his father's guidance, and has since made and sold close to 100 sets of custom hand-turned pipes. His customers play in all levels of band and solo piping. Graham has recently been developing Scottish smallpipes and Irish uilleann pipes to add to his product offering available through his website.
Although the ceol mor composing contest is restricted to over 21s, Piping Press is accepting new piobaireachd as part of its Lockdown Challenge. So if you are a young piper anxious to make your mark as a composer let us have your works. They'll be published on PP with a good prize for the winner. Send an audio of the ground along with a PDF of the tune to pipingpress@gmail.com.
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Hermès has been the topic of many posts here. Most of these past topics have covered fashion law cases filed by Hermès. Today I bring you a product that is infringing but has not (yet) been the subject of a lawsuit: the Beachkin, a product of a company named Hang2dry.
As you can see in my previous post about Hermès fighting infringers, Hermès has a trademark on the shape of its Birkin.
Trademark infringement and dilution are present here. Trademark infringement is present when goods use an identical or substantially similar mark of an existing trademark. Trademark dilution is when a famous mark faces a lessening ability to identify and distinguish its goods.
The name of the bag makes use of the familiarity of the Birkin name. This kind of clever attempt at word play can get Hang2dry in trouble. Attorneys for Hermès could potentially claim that Hang2dry sought to use an unfair advantage of the fame and reputation of the Birkin bag.
A weaker but also available claim is that the similarity between the Beachkin name is dilution by blurring because its similarity to Hermès impairs the distinctiveness of the famous Birkin name.
A stronger dilution complaint against Hang2dry is dilution by tarnishment. Because the infringing products are made of inferior materials and quality inspections than would be used by Hermès. If people believe this fashion house licensed the Birkin with inexpensive goods, its reputation for quality and commercial integrity would be tarnished. Such an argument would be akin to Hermès' claims against the canvas totes that sported Birkin images.
The Beachkin design clearly copies the protected design of the Birkin.
Also, Instagram users posting photos with the infringing bags (like here, here, and here) are dressed in brand names, making it further plausible that onlookers may link these products as a licensed Hermès creation.
In a trademark infringement complaint, a mark owner's attorneys should request an injunction to stop sale of goods. In the prayer for relief, a fashion lawyer should request the court preliminarily and permanently enjoin the defendants and participating parties from directly or indirectly making unauthorized use of the owner's marks.
Prayers for relief in trademark actions also commonly request the deliver and/or destruction of all goods made along with the means to make them.
I admit, it would be sad (but probably necessary) and probably toxic, to burn Beachkins.
Beachkins remind me of the limited edition vinyl "un voyage au pays des merveilles" Kelly bags created for an Hermès exhibition in Japan in 1997 (see it here). The fact that Hermès has not filed a fashion law case against Hang2dry may just mean that they have not become aware of the infringement.
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November 29, 2018 | By a Minghui correspondent in Jilin Province, China
(Minghui.org) A young woman in Changchun City was dealt another blow when her father was arrested again, on October 12, 2018, for practicing Falun Gong, a spiritual discipline that has been persecuted by the communist regime since 1999.
Ms. Zheng Xianchu was only four when her father was first targeted for his faith and sentenced to 12 years in prison on March 6, 2002. That day, her mother, also a Falun Gong practitioner, held her and waited outside the courthouse, as they were not allowed to attend the hearing.
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His case was submitted to the Nanguan District Procuratorate on November 23 and the procuratorate has 7 days to decide whether or not to approve his arrest and indict him.
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Ms. Zheng's mother, Ms. Shen Jianli, was a math teacher at Jilin University. Her family never saw her again after she was arrested outside the courthouse while awaiting the results of her husband's trial on March 6, 2002.
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Seven-year-old Zhen Xianchu Endures Hardship and Sorrow Because Her Mother, Shen Jianli, Was Tortured to Death in 2002
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NEW ORLEANS—FBI and Kenilworth Science and Technology Charter School officials aren't saying why the FBI converged on the Baton Rouge school's campus Wednesday evening, carting off boxes.
But the school has ties to a controversial education movement inspired by a Turkish Muslim scholar, Fethullah Gulen. And other schools connected with that movement have reportedly been investigated by the FBI.
The Philadelphia Inquirer reported in 2011 that the FBI was investigating whether employees of charter schools affiliated with the Gulen movement were kicking back part of their salaries, funded by taxpayers, to the Turkish Muslim movement of "Hizmet." The Inquirer reported the investigation was "nationwide," but coordinated by prosecutors in Pennsylvania, where Gulen lives.
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The salarians are amphibian haplo-diploid egg-layers; unfertilized eggs produce males and fertilized eggs produce females. Once a year a salarian female will lay a clutch of dozens of eggs. Social rules prevent all but a fraction from being fertilized. As a result, 90% of the species is male. Salarians have photographic memories and rarely forget a fact. They also possess a form of psychological 'imprinting,' tending to defer to those they knew in their youth. Salarian hatching is a solemn ritual in which the clan Dalatrass (matriarch) isolates herself with the eggs. The young salarians psychologically imprint on her and tend to defer to her wishes.
During the hatching of daughters, the Dalatrasses of the mother and father's clans are present at the imprinting. This ensures the offspring have equal loyalty to both, ensuring the desired dynastic and political unity.
The rare salarian females are cloistered on their worlds out of tradition and respect. Powerful female Dalatrasses are dynasts and political kingpins. They determine the political course of their respective regions through shrewd negotiation. Though male salarians rise to positions of great authority in business, academia, or the military, they rarely have any input on politics.
Due to their method of reproduction, salarians have no concept of romantic love, sexual attraction, or the biological impulses and social rituals that complicate human lives. Male-female relationships are rare (due to the scarcity of females) and more akin to human friendship.
Sexuality is strictly for the purpose of reproduction. Ancient social codes determine who gets to fertilize eggs, which produces more daughters to continue a bloodline. Fertilization generally only occurs after months of negotiations between the parents' clan, and is done for purposes of political and dynastic alliance. No salarian would imagine defying this code.
Salarian names are quite complex. A full name includes - in order - the name of a salarian's planet, duchy, barony, fiefdom, family, and finally, the given name.
The salarian government is called the Salarian Union. It is a labyrinthine web of matrilineal bloodlines, with political alliances formed through interbreeding.
In many ways, the salarian political network functions like the noble families of Earth's Medieval Europe. Structurally, the government consists of baronies, duchies, planets, and marches (colonization clusters). These are human nicknames; the original salarian is unpronounceable. Each area is ruled by a single Dalatrass (matriarchal head-of-household) and represents an increasing amount of territory and prestige within the salarian political web.
Approaching 100 members, the first circle of a salarian's clan comprises parents, siblings, uncles, aunts and cousins. The next circle includes second cousins, etc., and escalates to well over 1,000 members. The fourth or fifth circle of a clan numbers into the millions. Salarian loyalty is greatest to their first circle and diminishes from there. Their photographic memories allow salarians to recognize all their myriad relatives.
Before they joined the Citadel Council, the salarians' most potent military tool was a small reconnaissance team known as the League of One. Their primary training was in espionage and assassination. Never more than a dozen strong, the team was adept at infiltrating the tightest defenses and eliminating all necessary obstacles.
Only a few top members of government and military were privy to the League's identities. League members wore no distinguishing garments, and held no particular rank. The only evidence of their participation in the League was a small medallion presented to each member upon induction. This secrecy was maintained until the formation of the Council.
In an effort to dispel rumors and appease their new asari partners, the Salarian Union released all classified documents pertaining to the League. The League of One was suddenly exposed and in danger of being hunted by enemies of the salarians. Before any harm could be done, the team mysteriously disappeared. Most assumed this was a convenient lie to help hide their identities, but a few months later, the inner cabinet was murdered. Though there was no incriminating evidence, it was clear who was responsible.
Realizing the threat posed by this rogue outfit, the Special Tasks Group dispatched a team of hunters. When they didn't return, the STG dispatched ten of its brightest operators with broad discretionary powers. Only two returned; they reported no evidence of the League.
No further incidents were reported and it was assumed the League was wiped out. Some recently declassified documents, however, have suggested there may have been a thirteenth member who eluded the salarian military.
In principle, the salarian military is similar to the Alliance, a small volunteer army that focuses on maneuver warfare. What differentiates the salarians is not their equipment or doctrine, but their intelligence services and rules of engagement. The salarians believe that a war should be won before it begins.
Conventional wisdom holds that the salarians know everything about everyone, and this is not far from the truth. In war, the unquestioned superiority of their intelligence services allows them to use their small military to maximum effectiveness. Well before fighting breaks out, they possess knowledge of their enemy's positions, intentions and timetable.
In every war the salarians have fought, they struck first and without warning. For the salarians, to know an enemy plans to attack and to let it happen is folly. To announce their own plans to attack is insanity. They find the human moral concepts of 'do not fire until fired upon' and 'declare war before prosecuting it' incredibly naïve. In defensive wars, they execute devastating preemptive strikes hours before the enemy's own attacks. On the offense, they have never telegraphed their intentions with a declaration of war before attacking.
Biotics are virtually unknown in the salarian military. Those with such abilities are considered too valuable to be used as cannon fodder and are assigned to the intelligence services.
While capable of defending themselves against most threats, the salarians know that they are small fish in a universe filled with sharks. As a point of survival, they have cultivated strong alliances with larger powers, particularly with the turians. Though the relationship between the two species was rocky at first due to the krogan uplift fiasco, the salarians take pains to keep this relationship strong enough that anyone who might threaten them risks turian intervention.
Salarian intelligence field agents are grouped into an organization called the Special Tasks Group. STG operators work in independent cells, performing dangerous missions such as counterterrorism, infiltration, reconnaissance, assassination, and sabotage.
The STG is a proactive organization, puncturing worrisome trends before they become movements. At any time, a dozen groups are operating covertly within the lawless Terminus Systems, sowing dissent among the various factions. Civilians analysts also note how troublesome 'hinge point' individuals in Terminus frequently meet unexpected deaths.
STG operators are feared throughout the galaxy for their clear-eyed, remorseless practicality. They are willing to do whatever it takes to achieve their mission, even if it kills civilians or results in the team's own destruction. In many ways, they are akin to the Council Spectres.
Recently, a number of STG cells have been redeployed from Salarian Union. It is assumed they are in the Terminus and Attican Traverse, investigating reports of geth activity beyond the Perseus Veil.


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package org.hisp.dhis.program;

import static org.hisp.dhis.i18n.I18nUtils.i18n;

import org.hisp.dhis.i18n.I18nService;
import org.springframework.transaction.annotation.Transactional;

/**
 * @author Chau Thu Tran
 */
@Transactional
public class DefaultProgramStageSectionService
    implements ProgramStageSectionService
{
    // -------------------------------------------------------------------------
    // Dependencies
    // -------------------------------------------------------------------------

    private ProgramStageSectionStore programStageSectionStore;

    public void setProgramStageSectionStore( ProgramStageSectionStore programStageSectionStore )
    {
        this.programStageSectionStore = programStageSectionStore;
    }

    private I18nService i18nService;

    public void setI18nService( I18nService service )
    {
        i18nService = service;
    }

    // -------------------------------------------------------------------------
    // ProgramStageSection implementation
    // -------------------------------------------------------------------------

    @Override
    public int saveProgramStageSection( ProgramStageSection programStageSection )
    {
        return programStageSectionStore.save( programStageSection );
    }

    @Override
    public void deleteProgramStageSection( ProgramStageSection programStageSection )
    {
        programStageSectionStore.delete( programStageSection );
    }

    @Override
    public void updateProgramStageSection( ProgramStageSection programStageSection )
    {
        programStageSectionStore.update( programStageSection );
    }

    @Override
    public ProgramStageSection getProgramStageSection( int id )
    {
        return i18n( i18nService, programStageSectionStore.get( id ) );
    }

    @Override
    public ProgramStageSection getProgramStageSectionByName( String name, ProgramStage programStage )
    {
        return i18n( i18nService, programStageSectionStore.getByNameAndProgramStage( name, programStage ) );
    }
}

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