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10,000+ at Auckland anti-MOM protest
Written By: lprent - Date published: 3:14 pm, April 28th, 2012 - 87 comments
Categories: activism, democratic participation, petition, privatisation, referendum, uncategorized - Tags:
Lots of people… get down to Britomart..
Mind you Britomart is filling up rapidly. They need a few more megaphones by the look of the crowd.
Penny Bright sucks at chants. 😈
Slowly moving off. This is mining protest levels…
A lot of people… Seriously slow. Walked 50 metres. Really good humoured and highly social.
Lots of interesting banners. I will post some of them later.
Finally past Shortland Street. Lots of people signing the petition on the footpath.
1616: heading towards Wellesley Street. Hooe they stop stopping soon. Looks like rain.
1633: at a rapidly filling Aotea Square
1640: David Shearer short cogent speech concentrating on getting signatures on the petition.
1645: Russel Norman excellent speech. Sounds like our posts..
John Banks booed big time…
1650: Fiery speech from woman from NZ First. That has to be a first for me to see them at a protest.
1700: Glen Innes people evicted from state houses, occupy movement, the other Mike Smith from the hikoi
1702: Hone leads the singing….
1706 Ok.. Party time starts and we leave.
The only untoward incident was some idiots pushing down the barricades to the grass at the Aotea square. What is the bet that is what gets highlighted on the mainstream news? Rather than report how deeply unpopular the MOM asset sales are, how little economic sense they make, and the ideologically stupid way that National and their clinger parasites are pursuing it – we will find that the protest gets overshadowed by some fences…
I suspect that National are going to rue the day they came up with this weird arse multi-ownership model. MOM sucks economically.
[reports say 700-1,000 turned out in Nelson. All shows of the huge level of opposition]
87 comments on "10,000+ at Auckland anti-MOM protest "
Maybe a bit of streaming would help those around the country to build support for next weekend in Wellington. Justin.tv has a very good ap for live broadcasting from phones.
http://www.justin.tv/ to create a FREE account, no official id or credit type data required.
Once you have membership when you go to log in from your phone you will receive the link for the mobile broadcasting ap.
Your broadcast is also automatically saved on your channel for later viewing.
disclaimer: I have no association whatsoever to Justin.tv outside of being a channel surfer and occassional broadcaster. I simply think they do what they do well when it comes to free net broadcasting,
lprent 1.1
On my cell data plan?
freedom 1.1.1
i don't know about Auckland but Wellington has multiple free 30 minute wireless spots throughout most of the city. If people spend the next few days familiarizing themselves with the jtv site (and let us know of others) then perhaps the message has an honest chance to be seen. The MSM is already showing how it plans to ignore the reality of this Hikoi. Take the Stuff article below, from today, that plainly and deliberately suggests the Hikoi will not reach Wellington for another two weeks. Pathetic, that's all they are, so it is up to us all to see that NZ has a chance of knowing the truth. Aotearoa deserves to be saved from these predators.
http://www.stuff.co.nz/national/politics/6823823/Thousands-join-Queen-St-hikoi
here is the schedule for those that do not have it yet.
http://news.tangatawhenua.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/03/antihikoisched.jpg
to all pedants , – yes the schedule has a couple of typos, i was going to rewrite it when it first arrived but then the honesty of it shone through and if the media or any other apologists for this government complain about a few typos we can point them to any page of any newspaper and point out a dozen or more errors any day of the week.
if we needed any more proof that the MSM want to ignore this event,
the Herald main page and the national page are totally devoid of all references to the Hikoi.
MikeG 2.1
at least stuff.co.nz has a piece, but the photo feature is a bear falling from a tree in Colorado – obviously way more important!
just saying 2.2
It was prominently placed in the digital dom-post about a half hour ago. Unspecified "thousands" were described in what looked like a first sketch of a story.
Sorry, I'm damned if I know what consititutes the "front page" in the online format.
I'm sure the Auckland Standardistas will be out in force, maybe some even looking at other marchers not knowing that they've had lengthy discussions with them in another life.
xtasy 2.3
TVOne and TV3 showed a totally insignificant few seconds of the march, had their usual two or three liner comments, and that was it. What were all those cameramen and women doing down there though? If they were not filming for the TV companies, who the hell were they filming for? Or is the "Homeland Security" version office that we have in NZ now?
Also hundreds of photographers were on both sides on Queen Street, taking endless photos and video footage. Is this only to be shares by some as "hey, I was there too", kind of stuff, or is this seriously going to be looked at, researched and commented on.
NZ is after all a kind of "benevolent dictatorship", that is my experience and total conviction after so much protest, action and the political, economic and social realities this country faces.
True democracy somehow looks very different to what we get served every day.
Maybe Shonkey has done this deal with Mainland China, so they keep an eye and a lid on things already?
Carol 2.3.1
Police video surveillance of protests in NZ is not new, in my experience.
When I cam back to live in this part of the world back in the mid 90s (I had come from London and was heading for Aussie after a bit of a stay here), I went to the demonstrations against John major and CHOGM (Commonwealth Heads of Government Meeting). CHOGM was in Auckland that time round. There was talk in the media of a fear of agitators from outside NZ coming to disrupt the conference. In fact, the most disruptive person on that demo was Sue Bradford who got arrested – it was the first time I'd heard of her, but she was clearly well known to others and the police.
I had been used to some massive demos in London where I was just one of many many thousands (against many of Thatcher's policies, as well anti-racism, and feminist and gay demos). But when I walked up to the CHOGM protest there was only a handful of people. There was a guy wearing a jacket labelled "Police" with a video camera on his shoulder. He stood there for a long period with the camera fixed in my direction for several minutes, or maybe longer (there weren't that many people where I was standing). I guess I was a new face.
I thought I had arrived in a police state at that moment.
"What were all those cameramen and women doing down there though"
getting footage of the 75th Annivesary of the Airforce or some other vitally important civic event, meanwhile around the corner thousands of the brave men and women who these military people are menat to be protecting marched to protect the future of these airmen's children
Dr Terry 2.3.3
Yes, Xtasy, with the coming of Key the country became a "benevolent dictatorship" indeed. But because the word "benevolent" means "showing good will", "kindly", "doing good rather than making profit", I am now highly reluctant to use it. Can you (or anyone) suggest an improved alternative?
Fortran 2.4
Perhaps their reporters can count.
I could not see 10,000 – police say up to 3,000.
muzza 3
Great to see so many people there, a varied crowd too, people from all walks of life, ethnicities etc.
Salsy 4
Great turn out also in Nelson today, 700 to 1000 or so marching through Trafalgar Street, we ran out of petitions more than once, it was a signing frenzy! Have left some petitions at the Free House and also at Deville cafe. I cant see any issue getting the numbers if today was any indication.
captain hook 5
old hippy trick.
levitate the sky centre.
Eddie 6
what do you reckon the size of the protest was? 10% of the mining one, quarter, half?
Carol 6.1
Quarter. Stuff says 8,000. So maybe 10,000
Wonker 6.1.1
Yeah – about 0.57% of people likely to be Auckland.
Reality Bytes 6.1.1.1
A fantastic turn out all the same. Many people sympathetic to the cause would love to be there but were otherwise engaged or unable to attend. I couldn't make it personally, had to work, but would have liked to join in, and I'm sure I'm not the only one in that boat.
The anti-mining-conservation-land protest in Auckland was about 4 or 5 times this size, so still maybe just 3-4% of the people of Auckland, it was very impressive all the same. Biggest protest in a generation they called it, and this protest was the second biggest.
I don't see anything close to these sort of protests for supporting economic growth via mining schedule 4 conservation land or risky deep sea oil mining ventures, or selling off vital strategic national assets.
So I guess the people who give a shit have spoken.
toad 6.1.2
Yeah, I was there and reasonably familiar with estimating crowd numbers at protests from many years of previous experience.
I would agree 8K – 10K.
millsy 7
Where do I find pics?
I went on the Auckland demo. The train in from west Auckland was tightly packed standing room only, and mostly with people going to the demo. There was friendly camaraderie there with people talking to others they didn't know about the issues. Anyone not going to the demo would have learned a thing or two….hopefully…. as long as they didn't have their ears shut.
The demo was fairly big. A couple of people I talked to were unhappy about what they perceived to be lack of publicity for the demo – e.g. there had been no mention of it int he Herald this morning. As I recall, that anti-schedule 4 demo had got a mention in the Herald on the morning of the demo.
But the demo was good humoured and it got a lot of attention on the way up Queen Street. I was at the back of the demo, and we got to Aotea Square as loads of people were coming out of the Civic (from Jersey Boys? why? why there and not on the demo?), and they were asking each other why the road was blocked off by police.
Jared 9
10,000? Bit optimistic aren't you?
Jilly Bee 9.1
Jared – I would have loved to be there today, but I had prior commitments which simply had to take precedence. I have downloaded the petition and will get as many signatures as I possibly can.
Reality Bytes 9.2
4/5ths of Auckland in spirit and moral support though I recon.
Even many Nat for lifer Stalwarts are anti this stupid policy. 4 out of 5 against this is pretty realistic imo. This protest is just the a small representation of a diverse range of people who have a lot to agree with, regardless of who they voted for.
I think it was more than 10k. Felt like 10-15k when I looked back on the street. Queen street was pretty packed, but it wasn't as long as the mining march…
But this has been a quiet demo. Relatively little publicity because the petition wording was only decided recently.
lovinthatchangefeeling 9.3.1
3500 – the number of people reported by RadioLive (4pm bulletin, 28/4/2012) to be on the Aotearoa Is Not For Sale hikoi in Auckland this afternoon. (Yes; even the woeful Blues drew nearly four times that number on a wet Friday night!)
[lprent: Radio Live are outright lying. Not the first time I have noticed them doing it when they don't like the politics of what they are reporting. And it is really hard to see how they could have gained a count at that point in time. Much of the march hadn't left the Britomart area of queen street by then.]
Nick K 10
10,000?
Over a million people voted for the policy just a few months ago.
Colonial Viper 10.1
Oh yay, Nick K supports holding a referendum on asset sales to confirm his numbers!!!
Reality Bytes 10.2
So based on the turnout figures of this protest, are you implying this is some sort of referendum, the conclusion of which is 99% of us actually support strategic asset sales?
Otherwise, what conclusions have you reached from your observations of this historical event?
Pete 10.3
The reasons why people vote for a particular party are many and varied and often do not constitute a complete endorsement of a party's entire platform. For example, the National Party's stated preference to ditch MMP and go for the Supplementary Member voting system in the 2011 referendum was explicitly rejected by a sizable proportion of people who returned them to government nonetheless.
Surely the clarity a citizen's initiated referendum would deliver around the mixed ownership model would be a good thing.
Over a million people voted for a party – they didn't vote for a particular policy. Almost as many eligible people didn't vote. Using your logic, we could say that they expressed no confidence in the MOM policy since they didn't vote for it. Almost as many people voted for parties with policies against MOM.
So by your logic you just got outvoted….
But the logic is stupid and doesn't make any sense. Please avoid showing your inability to control yourself.. Public wanking is offensive to all who observe it.
Balanced View 10.5
Nick, I hope you're regretting making this comment. It is so far off the mark it's not even funny. By all accounts it was an outstanding turnout considering it is notoriously difficult to rustle up a crowd of note for these sorts of events.
Colonial Viper 10.5.1
Which side are you on Mr Laugh-a-Minute?
Balanced View 10.5.1.1
See, this is your problem Viper, thinking that you have to choose a side and then not allow yourself to view an issue from the opposite angle.
fender 10.5.1.1.1
I couldn't believe your uncharacteristically ballenced view either. Well done mate!
Balanced View 10.5.1.1.1.1
Thanks Fendles! Interesting how my views are only balanced when they happen to match yours.
Your view was more factual for a change, and you lived up to your name for the very first time.
Little wonder CV is suspicious.
Nick K 10.5.2
I know. I marched against the Electoral Finance Act (waste of time). And I marched against the repeal of section 59 (waste of time).
You've got to pick your fights in politics. I don't see the antagonists winning this one.
Anyway, I still fail to see where this "selling state assets" thing goes. The asset belongs to the company and the company isn't selling the assets. Shareholders do not own the underlying assets of the company. So selling the shares is not selling the assets.
henry olongo 10.5.2.1
Absolute bollox pal- where you been since 1984?
Draco T Bastard 10.5.2.2
Wow, the disconnect from reality gets wider and wider.
North 10.5.2.3
Nick K: that is classic, smart arse sophistry. Verbiage. Distraction . How Clever.
Meaningless in law. Ridiculous in common sense.
captain hook 11
even the Swiss never sold more than 33% of Swissair.
insider 11.1
The govt never owned Swissair, but did take a shareholding. It went bankrupt in 2001…. The remnants were taken over by Lufthansa in 2005. So apart from that you ar spot on
xtasy 12
A very good march, but sadly not big enough, that is my resume of it all. I went and saw the gathering crowds, it was encouraging, and it was overdue, after all that government propaganda about the desperate need to "balance" books, "pay off debts" and whatever else.
I got frustrated though with the lack of imagination of chants. It was dominated by the ones we know from many marches, UNITE, Socialist Aotearoa and some Maori activits groups. Fair enough with that, but "Aotearoa is not for sale", "fight back", "John Key you got mail, Aotearoa is not for sale", and similar ones are good in measure, just too limited a call to get more on board.
That is exactly what I was missing. We had a great turnout of unionists, MANA, Greens, NZ First, Labour and some Iwi supporters, yet most bystanders did not join in, perhaps too worried that this is just another one of the marches of the "radical left" and the "rent a crowd".
Indeed the march was far from that and not intended to be so limited, but I suggest that the organisers do in future perhaps get a bit more innovative and try to be a bit more "inclusive", because there is a very large fraction of NZ society, middle class, working poor and whatever you may call it, who have in this asset sale drama at least a very sympathetic sentiment.
I was not surprised by the poor clapping for David Shearer (he got some fair suppor though), but to hear the roar when Russel Norman was speaking, that was a marked difference. The lady from NZ First tried hard and got a good response too, but I would have welcomed a few more speakers of substance to stand up for the cause.
Truly, such a march should have been led by a Labour Party or Green Party leader, next to Maori doing the Hikoi. That would be true political leadership. But we have those opposition leaders hide in the crowd and leave it to the more radical activists to lead the chants and more.
What does this tell me? I still do not fully trust the opposition politicians, because their action is not enough leadership and not convincing enough. Are they worried about pressures and challenges, when they may be in government? I am sure it has at least something to do with it.
It is easy to chant, march and so forth, but to stand by principles has proved to be the greates challenge of all for NZ politicians.
shreddakj 12.1
I was involved in a very small part in the planning meetings of the march, and we had tried to get the Labour and Greens on board quite early on, but they didn't endorse it until it had already picked up some momentum and did piss all themselves to actually promote the march and get their supporters out there on the street.
My impression was that the crowd was most certainly over 10 k, I estimated at one time, it was close to 20 k, but that was perhaps a bit optimistic. Once the whole lot (most at least) had assembled in Aotea Square, the crowd was certainly 10 k plus, possibly 12 to 15 k!
That is quite a good turnout for any march, and although I would have expected more, I feel that lack of information, the usual brainwashing, distraction by the societal stakeholders of power, who are retail enterprises, biased media and wishy washy entertainment providers of weekend events, are the (usual) reasons for the crowd not having been bigger.
Does John Key every march, and what would be his turnout?
lovinthatchangefeeling 13.1
Wow how are your eyes? According to Scoop The "Aotearoa is not for sale'' protest of around 2000 people was met with a large number of police when it left Britomart train station late this afternoon.
http://auckland.scoop.co.nz/2012/04/aotearoa-is-not-for-sale-protest-in-auckland/
And that is 1500 fewer than the 3500 people reported by RadioLive (4pm bulletin, 28/4/2012)
lprent 13.1.1
How unexpected the variations on counts. But scoop puts up almost anyone's statement, including wannabe journo's. In this case it is pretty clear whoever it was wasn't reporting the protest I went to.
Sure there were police. There are for every major protest. They were mixed in with the assembling protestors at the bottom end of queen street and there were only a few.
Nearest I saw a line of police was the ones seperated by 10ft intervals protecting new grass at the Aotea centre
insider 13.1.1.1
That said it is very easy to overestimate crowds, especially if in it, and there tends to be confirmation bias. http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2011/08/110824191733.htm
Remember the 150 k on the waterfront for RWC opening that was only about 70k and the huge over reporting of Santa parade and Christmas I the park.
lprent 13.1.1.1.1
Yep. It also appears to be really easy to under estimate crowds as well. For instance the police reporting 2k at the assembly point is consistent with their usual underestimates. On Queen Street that is well less than a block in size.
I was pretty surprised at how many went. The publicity and even electronic promotion was minimal compared to the mining protest. I was only receiving emails in the last few days. I was just lucky that nothing else was scheduled.
Carol 13.1.1.1.1.1
Yes, I was fairly early to the demo due to the infrequent trains (1 per hour). And there weren't that many people to start with. There were about 4-5,000 to start with.
I'm not sure how I ended up at the end of the march. I am quite short and could not see where the front of the march was, once we were heading up Queen Street. I couldn't even hear most of the chants as there was noise coming form various directions, and a lot of load drumming, plus a guy singing with a guitar. There weren't very many police that I could see, but there had been a few about at Britomart when we were assembling.
It seemed extremely crowded with people when we got to Aotea Square.
The demo was announced a month or two ago (so I booked a day off work), but then I never heard very much about it again until the last week or so, and mostly on blogs.
xtasy 13.1.2
Were you there? Obviously not. The police presence was clearly visible at the bottom of Queen St, but hardly any at the upper end, apart from the few patrol cars. There was NO reason for police to get involved, because it was a very well organised and orderly march. There were loud chants, but not disruptions, no harassment, no issues worth noting at all.
I am surprised about your negativity, but I presume you come from the opposite camp, cheer leading a leader of little substance and of dodgy deals that will do more harm than good for most NZers.
I spare you the rest of what I think about you and your comment.
There were most certainly well over 10 thousand though!
I was surprised by how many people did turn up. I would be calling it over 10k easily.
It was a pretty average day to weather wise which never helps.
Anyway, It was a great march but I was a little disappointed to hear one lady walking along saying "Wake up you sleepy little hobbits and join the march". The best way to get people on your side is certainly not to insult them; "Come join the march" would have been enough.
dd 14.1
Peter Dunne has a poll up on his website to figure out what public opinion is on asset sales (It';s pretty obvious but he needs a bit of help).
Poll is here http://www.unitedfuture.org.nz/do-you-support-john-keys-proposal-for-the/poll.do
marsman 14.1.1
85% say NO. Hopefully Peter Dunne will take note and say NO too.
deuto 14.1.2
I had a look at that (and voted No) last night when the link was put up in comments on another post here. At that point is was running at about 80%. However, I noted that the poll does not indicate the number of votes (total or for either the Yes or No options) and also that the only two comments under the poll were dated Oct and Dec 2011. So it would look like the poll is not new and with only two comments added, it has not had many people voting – as yet anyway.
Pete George 14.1.2.1
It's an old pre-election poll that some now seem to be trying to stack with votes to make some sort of point.
Draco T Bastard 14.1.2.1.1
If it's such an old poll then why is it still active?
felix 14.1.2.1.2
It does say "Latest poll", but if as you suggest the timing of the poll is important in reading the results, what were the results showing at the time of the election?
Salsy 14.1.2.1.2.1
It also states that:
We understand clearly that the only reason for our existence is to represent the voice of the people in our parliament. We believe that any party that is not constantly in touch with the views of the people is simply not doing its job.
Is this out of date also Pete?
Olwyn 15
I am not good at calling crowd numbers, but they did swell as the march went on, with people joining in all the way up Queen St. It was all very good humoured, and a sign that amused me was "John Key, Monique thinks you're a dick."
Carol 15.1
The sign that amused this Dr Who fan said, "John Key, the 1980s called and want their failed policies back."
And the most environmentally-friendly sign was on the thin end of a branch, which forked enough at the end to hold a little card that said, "NO".
fabregas4 15.2
I do too.
yesterday on Stuff the turnout was reported as 8000, today on the Herald site it was reported as 3000. let's split the difference and call it 6,000 and focus on adding another zero to that number by the time it hits Wellington next weekend !!
Salsy 17
Its not the numbers that are in the march that count so much, its the numbers that are on the petition and how fast we can get them. Petition forms are available on the greens website.
http://www.greens.org.nz/stopassetsales
newsense 18
I can't find a report on RNZ. Can anyone else find one?
and this TVNZ report just says thousands…
http://tvnz.co.nz/national-news/thousands-join-anti-asset-sale-hikoi-in-auckland-4855916
I disagree- a march of 10,000 or near it is very intimidating, and makes people stand up and take notice. 6000 is serious.
A march of 3,500 or 3000 is a bit luke warm. Stats and the Herald were a bit of an issue on PA recently. What happened to editingtheherald? May need it back.
Jenny 18.1
At three or four thousand attendees this protest would have been the same size as the numbers officially recorded for the Watersiders protest on the 18th last month.
Having attended both I can say that yesterday's march was many magnitude bigger.
The question is; Why yesterday's march required such an official downsizing?
Jenny 18.1.1
Could the answer be, that the conservatives in the media and the government who support asset sales are not at all sure of their mandate for this policy.
Further the soon to be charged John Banks likely to lose his seat, the so called mandate evaporates into steam. Not forgetting that in the first place the government only barely achieved this shaky mandate through a political jack up signed in a dodgy tea party deal.
Gosman 18.1.1.1
Oooooh! Conspiracy theory alert. Perhaps it was the alien's at Roswell what did it.
BTW even if Bank's resigns the liklihood of a left leaning cadidate winning in Epsom is about as likely as John Key admitting he is just running NZ to improve his investment portfolio.
Colonial Viper 18.1.1.1.1
I agree and don't think a left candidate would win Epsom. Perhaps a Conservative candidate though. And there's always the Winston Wildcard.
Gosman 18.1.1.1.1.1
NZ First winning in Epsom?!? Now I know you have truly lost your mind. The majority of National party supporters probably loath Winston more than they dislike Labour.
Than 19
The reported numbers (by outlet) are; Stuff 8,000, RadioLive 3,500, HoS 3,000, and Scoop 2,000. None citing a source. I'm waiting to see the police estimate, but at the moment something like 3,000 – 5,000 seems a realistic number.
But to me the main reason JK will be able to ignore this march was how unfocused it was. If everybody on the march was yelling "No Asset Sales, No Selling Our Country" and nothing else, that might have meant something. But most of the cries were generic anti-National/JK rhetoric, combined with anti-Asset sales slogans and a grab-bag of other issues. This really negates the effect of the march. It shows that the marchers weren't people who voted National but opposed Asset sales – they were people who already opposed National anyway. John Key can't lose their votes (he never had them) so why should he care?
Deb 19.1
may I venture to suggest that the anti-JK/anti-Nat/anti-anything on the right type of rhetoric does nothing to educate fence sitters about either the negatives of or alternatives to National coalition's plan to move to the MOM. Nats got a mandate well enough and in order to have done so they spent a good deal of energy convincing people that it was a good ownership, operational and revenue gathering model. It is simply not good enough to think that oppositon for opposition's sake will sway public opinion without presenting either a solid alternative plan or presenting the facade that those who oppose are a truly united force.
millsy 19.1.1
Just over 50% of the voters chose a party that opposed asset sales:
Maori Party
The Conservatives.
Gosman 19.2
Exactly. National went to the electorate with their plans for partial asset sales. It is well aware that there are a substantrial number of people opposed. These people had the opportunity to vote against them so therefore National won't be concerned about a few thousand, (certainly not the 10,000 + implied in the heading of this thread), marching in Auckland. What you would need would be a by-election in a marginal electorate that could influence them. Not on the horizon at the moment though.
muzza 19.3
I quite agree, from someone who was at the first two meetings which kick started the march process, my observations are the following. I was also at the march on Saturday!
1: There is little cohesion by those who claim to be the "leaders" of the active community
2: There is little in the way of a clear strategy
3: The march was poorly organised – before the day, not talking about the day itself.
4: The march will have zero effect on the decisions the current government are making.
The fact that many people oppose the asset sales, which National did make public before the elections, says the following.
1: Party voters , vote for their party only, they are not able to prioritize issue critically.
2: National deceived the electorate – re 10%, 49% foreign ownership etc
3: National are blatantly working to someone else's game plan
Actually, what we do know from recent MSM articles, is the average voter no longer votes, because they do not trust politicians…
Government is not listening, and will not listen to the public, and has little to fear from what I can see of the active community.
It will take more than a by-election in a marginal electorate, but I agree with Gosman, that is one of the few factors that can make an real impact, although ultimately the game plan will continue, regardless of who is in government!
Deb 19.3.1
Muzza – I am not at all sure that people (as you say) "the average voter no longer votes, because they do not trust politicians…". I put it to you that people are disengaged because they lack comprehensive Civics education, we have an MMP system and because the overwhelming funding of the political elections comes from STATE FUNDING. People simply have no real imperative to fundraise and therefore feel part of the collective. Lack of engagement at party level is only amplified by MMP, the system that feeds parliament with party choices – and very often the Party chooses people who have been soundly rejected in their electorates.
Gosman 20
According to this report Police state only 2000 + turned up.
http://www.skynews.com.au/world/article.aspx?id=744567&vId=
http://nz.news.yahoo.com/a/-/top-stories/13544321/auckland-protest-to-oppose-asset-sales/
Wow the incredible shrinking protest march. Eventually it will become so small, John Key will be able to roll it up and stuff it into a thimble.
Jenny 21
"Big police presence as 2000 March through Queen Street….."
Scoop report by Sebastian Mackay
Umm?
Are there any photos or video evidence to back up this claim of "a big police presence"?
Could it be, there was "a big police presence", but it was swamped by the huge numbers of the march?
Surely this must be a candidate for the worst piece of reporting in the history of New Zealand journalism.
The two statements made in this headline just cannot logically be reconciled.
A large police presence and only 2000 protesters???
Having attended the march, through the crowds I personally only noticed two police men walking beside the protest. Were the rest hiding around the corner?
Were there many more there, but unnoticed by me due to the huge size of the crowd?
How many police in the view of this reporter is a "Big Police Presence"?
That level of policing, would have meant one policeman for every 10 protesters, that is if this journalist was correct and there was only 2000 protesters.
Look at the photos, obviously a laughable claim.
So in the view of this reporter was a big police presence 20?
That level of policing would have meant one policeman for every 100 protesters, that is, if there was only 2000 protesters.
This figure at a stretch might possibly fit the claim that there were only 2000 people on the march,
But is 20 police worthy of the headline "Big police presence.."
Maybe if it was describing a police presence at a drunken teenage party in suburbia.
And where were these 20 police?
I never saw them.
Scan all the photos you can. Is there any photo of this protest where there is ever more than one police officer in shot?
All I can say is that this reporter is a big fat liar and a disgrace to his profession.
Even if there was 1 police officer to every 100 protesters, ie. 20 cops, this level of policing would have been very noticeable.
It wasn't. In fact this was one of the most lightly policed and relaxed protest I have ever been on.
The inescapable conclusion is that the figures for this protest have been seriously and deliberately downgraded. Either that, or Sebastion Kay is not fit to be a journalist.
What crappy and amateur journalism, no citations, just exaggerated policing figures and belittled protester figures both just pulled out of thin air.
To recover any credibility Kay must reveal what gave him the idea there was a big police presence at this march. He might also like to tell us, roughly even the numbers that were "a big police presence".
Gosman 21.1.1
Why would I, or anyone else for that matter, take your estimate of the numbers as being any more credible than a journalist? You have a vested interest in boosting the numbers to as high as possible.
McFlock 21.1.1.1
Well, if the journalist is crap at counting cops, how are they at counting protestors?
PJ 21.1.1.2
The scoop website allows anyone to submit material. As far as I can ascertain this is the only 'story' "Sebastien MacKay" has ever submitted. Hardly a journalist.
I was there on Saturday. IMO there were many many more than 2000 people.
Officially Aotea Square's capacity is 20 000 people, at the end of the march, before people drifted off, the square was (at an absolute minimum) a third full. For me that makes "MacKay's" estimate laughable.
Than 21.1.1.2.1
That 20,000 capacity would be with people packed tightly shoulder to shoulder; a third of that is around 6,000-7,000.
But if people were, say, half as densely packed (which would still be filling the space to a casual eye) that gives a crowd of 3,000 – 3,500, which is consistent with most of the media reports. A figure as low as 2,000 is possible, but would require the crowd to be very loosely spaced.
Jenny 21.1.1.3
Gosman, I didn't give an estimate.
To be fair Jenny, Gosman's far too busy replying to stop and read the comments he's replying to.


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New iPhone in testing with 1GB of RAM, report says
By Hayley Tsukayama
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Reporter covering consumer technology
Apple is said to be testing a new version of its iPhone in labs already, and that the prototype phone is packing 1 GB of RAM.
According to a report from 9 to 5 Mac, Apple is actually testing two new devices: an iPhone and an iPod Touch. The iPhone is said to be packing a variation of the A5X chip that powers the new iPad and is supposed to make the new handset incredibly fast.
It's no real surprise that Apple would put a version of the iPad's chip into its next handset, though, as the report notes, the A5X in the tablet was built specifically to power the retina display. In the iPhone's case, the chip is meant to boost the speed.
The report indicates that Apple is testing the new build of the iPhone inside an old case to eliminate leaks, but that the hardware of the phone is expected to see a significant makeover. Apple has stuck to a tried and true formula for the iPhone's case for the past two models, making small tweaks but steering away from revolutionary changes. Many users would like to see a larger screen on the device, as its 3.5-inch display is quickly beginning to look small in the face of four-inch or even five-inch screens on Android devices that advertisers say work well for streaming video and gaming.
Another iPad feature that has been mentioned as a possible addition to the next iPhone is the inclusion of LTE connectivity. Meanwhile, analyst Brian White has said that the next iPhone will have a unibody case, Apple Insider reported, and the newly sleek look will fuel consumer desire for the new phone. White also expects a larger screen, in the neighborhood of four inches.
As for the iPod Touch mentioned in the 9 to 5 Mac report, that new device is supposed to also have major changes inside, likely also getting a chip with a dual-core graphics processor to power mobile gaming.
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I just started watching a show I found on Netflix called "Street Food Around the World", about Ishai Golan (an Israeli actor) eating street food from around the world. It is making me want to travel the world eating food. I think my favorite part is there is none of the "foodie" pretension, just pure food enjoyment. You get the feeling that everything he is trying is the absolute best thing he has ever eaten, and it is a lot of fun to watch. If you want to sit and watch jealously as an attractive man eats delicious looking food, I highly recommend it.


Safety has been a top priority since Florida based national, full-service electrical contractor Power Design, Inc. was founded in 1989. Power Design's commitment to safety includes its leadership role in Safety Week 2015 and OSHA's National Stand-Down to Prevent Falls in Construction events earlier this year and has allowed the company to partner with top 100 general contractors as ranked by Engineering News-Record. A commitment to safety within the broader community has also led the company to launch a safety campaign that extends well beyond its 130 active projects.
The campaign focuses on the Power of 1: The power of one decision, one action, one united team, one saved life. It's about how the decisions we make every day while driving a vehicle impact us, our families, our friends and the communities we belong to.
Statistics show that one text message read at 55 mph will cause the driver to be distracted for the length of an entire football field. One drink can slow your reaction time by 25 percent and one phone call while driving makes you four times more likely to crash.
"You've seen the numbers," says Power Design's CEO Mitch Permuy. "Now, let's take action to not become a number. We each have the power to make safe driving decisions and save lives. Let's all make the one decision to drive safer.
To drive the message home, Power Design has committed to donating $10,000 to the non-profit organization, End Distracted Driving, when 1,000 people sign the Safe Driving Pledge which can be found online. They are donating the money from their philanthropic department, Project V5, in which they collect scrap copper and metal from job sites to turn them in for cash used to help others.
After a quick four weeks since the launch of Power Design's #DecideToDrive campaign, they received more than 750 pledges, less than 300 shy of their goal. To help the company reach their goal, and to raise awareness about the dangers of distracted driving, follow the example of Power Design and take the pledge today.
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MSV is partnering with the Ministry of Health and the United Nations Fund for Population Activities (UNFPA) to provide technical support to train public and private providers in implant insertion, removal and counselling
There is currently limited access to the contraceptive implant for women in Vietnam, despite the growing demand for alternative long-term methods to the IUD. Part of the issue is that the availability of providers trained to offer implant services in commune level clinics is extremely limited, if not non-existent. Likewise, although many factories have established health stations to ensure worker health and safety, these facilities typically do not offer family planning counselling or contraception. As a result, public providers and factory health stations are failing to appropriately respond to worker health needs.
MSV will target the training towards providers who are able to deliver services to low income women, primarily female factory workers and rural women. Research among female factory workers in Vietnam showed that nearly 1 in 5 pregnancies were unintended, workers took an average of 14.8 days of leave per year for reproductive health reasons and more than two thirds had a reproductive tract infection, fifty per cent of which go untreated.


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Q: Caught OutOfMemoryException makes debugging difficult When I debug my program, and try to do certain things in the immediate window, it sometimes shows an error message in the immediate window saying:

The function evaluation was disabled because of an out of memory
  exception.

It also shows that when viewing the properties of object by hovering over them.
After trying to find the cause of the problem, I narrowed it down to this small code sample:
using System;
using System.Text.RegularExpressions;

namespace ConsoleApplication2
{
    class Program
    {
        static void Main(string[] args)
        {
            try
            {
                //outofmemoryexception can be thrown by Image.FromFile("path/that/does/not/exist.png")
                //if the path points to a file that is not an image
                throw new OutOfMemoryException();
            }
            catch (OutOfMemoryException ex)
            {
                //caught the exception
                //so no problem, right?
            }

            //Random object to use in immediate window
            Random rand = new Random();

            //Also, try hovering over this regex and take a look at its properties.
            var test = new Regex("");

            //put a breakpoint here (at the next closing curly brace) and try calling rand.Next() in the immediate window
        }
    }
}

It seems that the debugger freaks out when an OutOfMemoryException occurs, even when it's caught...
I can imagine that no one ever thought it would be possible to debug a program that has had an OutOfMemoryException. But sadly enough Image.FromFile throws that error when the file is not an image...
Questions:

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*Does the above code sample give problems to anyone else?

*Can someone clarify this a bit? Why does this happen exactly?

*And lastly, how can I prevent this?

A: Yes, it is expected behavior.
You need to let debugger to run (step over or put breakpoint on next line and click F5) for it to recover from such state. Even that sometimes it does not help and running till you hit some other function higher on the stack usually makes debugger to cooperate again.
Note that OOM is not the only case - i.e. long running code in Immediate window will get debugger into the same state.
More information - MSDN Function evaluation is disabled..., SO - Function evaluation disabled because a previous function evaluation timed out

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Competition: Win 'Elysium' *closed*
From Oscar-nominated South African writer and director Neill Blomkamp (Best Adapted Screenplay, 2009's District 9) comes his latest visionary sci-fi action thriller Elysium (2013), available to own on Blu-ray and DVD with UltraViolet from Monday 26 December, courtesy of Sony Pictures Home Entertainment. To celebrate the long-awaited release of Blomkamp's Elysium, we have THREE Blu-ray copies of the sci-fi actioner to give away to our loyal readers, courtesy of the film's distributors. This is an exclusive competition for our Facebook and Twitter fans, so if you haven't already, 'Like' us at facebook.com/CineVueUK or follow us @CineVue before answering the question below.
In the year 2154, two classes of people exist: the very wealthy, who live on a pristine, man-made space station called Elysium, and the rest who live in an overpopulated, ruined Earth. Secretary Delacourt (Jodie Foster) will stop at nothing to preserve the luxurious lifestyle of the citizens of Elysium – but that doesn't stop the people of Earth from trying to get in by any means they can. Max Da Costa (Matt Damon) agrees to take on a life threatening mission, one that could bring equality to these polarised worlds. Elysium also stars Alice Braga, Sharlto Copley and Diego Luna.
To be in with a chance of winning one of THREE copies of Elysium on Blu-ray, just answer the following simple question:
Elysium director Neill Blomkamp was once attached to a big-screen adaptation of which popular sci-fi shooter series?
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To enter, simply fill out the contact form below with your name, email address, subject ('Elysium') answer and postal address.*
Elysium is released on DVD, Blu-ray and UltraViolet from Monday 26 December, courtesy of Sony Pictures Home Entertainment.
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Twitter shares rise after short seller predicts big rally for the stock
Published Mon, Aug 13 201811:30 AM EDT Updated Mon, Aug 13 20185:55 PM EDT
Tae Kim@firstadopter
Citron Research's Andrew Left says Twitter shares will go higher due to the company's initiatives to deliver "personalized content."
The investor compared Twitter's future potential to China-based Toutiao in a report on his website.
Andrew Left, Citron Research
Michael Newberg | CNBC
Citron Research's Andrew Left is bullish on Twitter
shares again after his earlier negative call.
"$TWTR has hit a level of relevancy as never before. With privacy concerns in its rear view & execution on all fronts -Citron expects new highs. Tgt price-$52," Left said on Twitter Monday.
Twitter shares closed up 2.5 percent Monday at $32.80.
"Toutiao: if you don't know the name, read the story," the investor also said, in reference to a China-based news and information platform. The parent company of Toutiao is seeking $75 billion valuation round, according to Left, and he says in a report that should raise the perceived value of Twitter.
Toutiao's "success has largely been attributed to the platform's ability to deliver personalized content via a simple user interface, something Jack and his Twitter team has been very focused on," Left said.
Left's latest remarks on Twitter came after he was bearish on the social media company in March and bullish on the stock in January. The investor is most known for his bearish calls against stocks like the one-time Valeant Pharmaceuticals, which has since been renamed.


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Meet Tamid's Leaders
Tamid's innovative spirit has a clergy, staff, and faculty of Jewish professionals who are post-denominational and comfortable in a multi-cultural setting. They share the entrepreneurial goal of building Jewish life for the purpose of continuity, societal advancement, and positive identity formation. We strive to accomplish this through learning, community building, pastoral care, and life-cycle observances (baby naming ceremonies, b'nai mitzvah services, weddings and funerals).
Rabbi Darren Levine, D. Min, Founding Rabbi
Darren holds ordination from Hebrew Union College-Jewish Institute of Religion and a Doctorate in Ministry from the Post-Graduate Center for Mental Health. Darren is a devoted father, has three sons, and was formerly the Assistant Rabbi at Temple Shaaray Tefila in New York City and was a Chaplain Officer in the US Army. He is a member of the Central Conference of American Rabbis and the International Positive Psychology Association and works closely with the Interfaith Community of New York. Reach Rabbi Darren directly: dlevine@tamidnyc.org and read his full bio here.
Christina Broussard, RJE, Director of Education
Christina is originally from Louisiana and holds a Master's Degree in Jewish Education and Organizational Management. Prior to her appointment as Tamid's first Director of Education, Christina served two of the most innovative and well recognized synagogues on the East Coast. She was the Youth Director at Temple Israel in Boston and served as the Associate Director of the Religious School at Temple B'nai Jeshrun in Short Hills, NJ. cbroussard@tamidnyc.org.
Chesney Polis, Family Educator
Chesney is a native of Philadelphia and coordinates the young family programs at Tamid, serves as full-time educator and coordinates the B'nai Mitzvah program, and is Tamid's female vocalist. Chesney inspires people with deep love for Judaism and her ability to relate with people of all ages. Her signature program, Chesney and Friends, brings the joy and warmth of Judaism the youngest set. chesney@tamidnyc.org
Adam Blotner, Musical Director
Adam is a professional musician and Tamid's Worship Leader and director of music in our Hebrew School. Adam is steeped in Jewish music and brings to Tamid the soulful combination of teacher, worship leader, and mensch. Originally from Southern California, Adam is available to lead music at your personal family gatherings and celebrations. Please reach adamblotner@gmail.com


Both highs and lows have encompassed Terrelle Pryor's career so far, but as he ventures into the second half of his time at the helm, he is still working on that one final word to describe his game as a quarterback: complete.
Best known for his ability to make his opposition pay with his legs, Pryor has rarely been seen as a player who was going to dominate with his arm, until he did so against Oregon.
Whether the 266 yards and two touchdowns against the Ducks to win the Rose Bowl is going to be just one game or an every-game possibility remains to be seen.
Pryor, however, continues to work in order to be known as a quarterback, not just an athlete lining up at the position.
He did at times silence his doubters, especially in the Rose Bowl, where his blend of pass and run finally bewildered a defense. After other games like OSU's loss to Purdue, however, the talk that Pryor can't play quarterback was heard loud and clear.
In the second half of his career, Pryor knows he must eliminate the mistakes and mental errors which have affected him in seasons past. He said for him, the game is finally starting to change.
The expectations for him, which were sky high when he stepped onto campus, have continued to rise. Not only his expectations for himself, but those of his fans, teammates and coaches have risen substantially.
He was expected to manage games and limit mistakes, like he did later in the season against Iowa and Michigan. He will now be expected to win games and make plays as the most experienced weapon on a veteran offense.
One word will finally stop being used to describe the nation's former No. 1 recruit: young. At times in the first two seasons, when a pass didn't find a receiver or the ball was intercepted or fumbled, the fact that Pryor was new to the game of college football was used to buy him more time. That will no longer be the case, as Pryor is now on the backside of his career.
Pryor admitted it took time for him to realize that college football wasn't going to come as easily as high school football did, when he "was a quarterback who could throw the deep pass 60-yards and would connect with somebody," he said.
Now Pryor isn't looking to just find his receiver, but do all the things a quarterback should when completing a pass. He said he has worked tirelessly on timing and footwork, trying to complete a pass to his receivers in stride while also putting the ball on the correct shoulder.
For Pryor to finally become a complete quarterback, he will have to master the art of decision making. If the Rose Bowl was any indication of what defenses he will have to deal with in 2010, Pryor will be difficult to contain.
Pryor said his decision-making process will be judged by the game situation and if he feels like he could easily pick up the yards or a first down with his legs, he would do so. He has worked to improve his arm but he doesn't want to forget what makes him such a threat.
The progression of Pryor has taken part mostly on the field, but he didn't doubt that he sees changes in himself off the field as well. Maturity and growth is something all players strive to experience, but for Pryor, his progression as a quarterback and even as a person have come full circle.


Fans of world-famous taxi app, Uber, can now get around by UberX in Zagreb, Zadar, Split, Sibenik and Dubrovnik. Launched in Zagreb at the end of 2015, in Split and Dubrovnik in mid-2016, Zadar in late 2016 and Sibenik in 2017, Uber has provoked strong protests from traditional taxi drivers but has been welcomed by residents and visitors. Nevertheless, the expansion continues. Services have also become available from the popular festival sites of Tisno and Zrce to Zadar, Split and Dubrovnik. There's even a pioneering new service, Uber Boat.
Note that UberX is available in Dubrovnik only during the high season from June to October.
In Zagreb, Uber has unveiled a new service called UberSelect which allows passengers to choose newer, larger and more comfortable cars at a nominal extra cost.
For those unfamiliar with how Uber works, it's simple: download the app, set up an account using PayPal or a credit card and start arranging rides. Your credit card is debited automatically; no cash needs to change hands. This is a substantial advantage for those arriving in Croatia without kuna. It's also possible in Croatia to pay the driver in cash if you wish as long as that option is chosen under "payment method". And, the prices are cheaper than taking local taxis.
Rides from popular destinations have a fixed rate. For intra-city rides the cost of UberX is 6Kn starting fare and then 3Kn/kilometre and .45Kn per minute. The minimum is 10Kn. For UberSelect the price also starts at 6Kn but then costs 4Kn per kilometre and .60Kn per minute.
Uber drivers in Croatia (unlike other locations) are licensed professional drivers and fully insured. At the end of the ride you will be emailed a receipt for the cost of the journey. Tipping is unnecessary.


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Bitcoin Is a Commodity Not a Currency, Says South Korean Central Bank Chief
The head of South Korea's central bank has ruled out classifying bitcoin as a currency, arguing that cryptocurrencies are a form of commodity instead.
According to Seoul-Yonhap News, Bank of Korea governor Lee Ju-yeol rejected the idea when asked on Monday whether it's possible to accept cryptocurrencies as legal fiat. The declaration is the latest official assessment on the tech following a ban on initial coin offerings.
"Regulation (for virtual currencies) is appropriate because it is regarded as a commodity, not at the level of legal currency," Lee said during an audit of the government by the National Assembly, the country's legislative body.
"It is not a situation for the Bank of Korea to take such an action at the present," he added.
That Lee would throw his weight behind legislative solutions to regulating the space is notable, given that work in this area has already advanced in some form.
Back in August, some lawmakers argued for tightened regulations to apply to cryptocurrency exchanges in South Korea in light of the spiking trading volume since earlier this year. Last month, the country's financial regulator also took a notable move in cracking down on activities around the ICO funding model.
During the legislative session, Lee also acknowledged that the central bank could do more on research around both cryptocurrencies as well as blockchain more generally.
"We also refer to a lot of virtual currency research conducted in countries like Sweden. The Bank of Korea will also put more emphasis on virtual currency research," he was quoted as saying.
Editor's Note: Some of the statements in this report have been translated from Korean.
City of Tokyo Announces Blockchain Startup Accelerator
AMD CEO Sees 'Leveling Off' in Cryptocurrency Mining Demand


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The impetus for this work has been part of an ongoing struggle. A struggle that has been uniquely mine yet paradoxically experienced by each of us at various points throughout life. From the earliest stages of human development, each of us learns about self through the experience of contrast between us and that which is other. A baby begins to comprehend the difference between self and mother through the contrasts created by the touch. sight, and sound of its mother versus that of its own. Later in life, we often learn to distinguish who we are through the experience of contrast between the ways others (friends, parents, classmates…) are like us or different from us.
This process of self-discovery continues throughout the life cycle because each of us is always changing. The person you were at 3 is still present within your DNA and consciousness but is definitely not the same person who is reading this post right now. This process of continual growth and deepening consciousness requires that we not only discover who we are in terms of likes and preferences but also necessitates that we come to know self with depth and profundity. In a sense, one could postulate that we don't actually learn who we truly are, but rather that we find the courage and strength to discover, and then become who we truly are. That living a conscious life is a continual process of becoming or embodying the spiritual beings whom we truly are.
As our eternal being, our essence becomes more fully integrated and embodied within us it shines forth more brightly through us under the guise of personality. In order for this to occur, we must first find the willingness to look within, the strength to face what we find there, and finally the courage to be that person in the world regardless of what others may say or think about us because of it. This kind of courage requires that we commit ourselves to complete truth and authenticity in all of our interactions. That you find the courage and commitment to be and do YOU in every aspect of your life – no matter what the circumstances. No facades, no compromises to get along, no hiding how you really feel or think to fit in, no holding back your truth for another's sake…etc. I'm talking about having the courage and determination to be who you are in every way you can, under any and all circumstances.
Each of us has the right and the responsibility, to be who we are and do what we want as long as we are honest and forthright in our intentions, and do not hurt or harm others in the process. This kind of freedom can only be achieved by operating from a level of truth and authenticity that most of us are not willing to live from. In my opinion, this is the kind of commitment to truth and authenticity which lies at the core of 5th chakra symbolism.
The 5th chakra's core principle is truth. It is the first chakra to move us beyond the boundaries of our physicality and connect us to the higher realms of consciousness by acting as a conduit for the expression of vibration, sound, and speech. Thus it is associated with the throat, neck thyroid, shoulders, arms, and hands. When we deny the truth within ourselves, or continually speak or act in ways which lack integrity or truth this chakra can easily become clogged or choked thereby weakening its' vibration. When fully opened, this chakra gives one the courage and commitment to express one's self in truth and authenticity.
This has been the focus of my struggle. To not only know, "Who I am" but to strive to authentically "be me" in all situations and circumstances. To stop worrying about, "how others view me or my art?" If speaking my truth will cost me friends or prestige? Will people not like me if I show them who I really am or what I'm about? To be true to self is the simplest yet most difficult of endeavors. This year I am determined to open and clear this chakra. To let the real me shine forth and open up like as a flower opens to the receive the rays of the morning sun! To open to my truth, and express that authenticity in all my interactions. This is the Flowering of Truth.
The flower upon which the figure sits is also a lotus. I purposely used the varying shades of blue for this composition since the primary colors associated with the chakra are cerulean blue and turquoise. This flowering lotus is opening because the figure seated upon it is chanting the seed sound "Ham" as a mantra as she meditates upon the qualities associated with the 5th chakra.
Since the seated figure is meditating upon the 5th chakra and chanting its' seed sound, I chose the lift her head and expose her neck – the primary body part associated with the 5th chakra. I intentionally placed the tale end of the seed symbol in the lotus above her head near the figure's throat in order to further accentuate her neckline and the connection between sound/mantra, the symbol, and the chakra's connection to the throat.
My intention was to strike a balance between the areas that were more highly rendered (the opening lotus and the figure's flesh) and the more graphic areas (the lotus above the figure and the figure's clothing in order to create a visually energetic push-and-pull between the various portions of the composition. This tension helps to create a downward movement which draws the eye from the face down through the opening lotus. I chose to keep the background soft and muted so that it would not distract from the main focal point of the composition – the meditating figure.
I know its been 4 months since you heard from me, but you haven't been forgotten. I've been pressing on, but there hasn't been much creating. My last post in July was part of my normal summer slowdown, but unforeseen circumstances burst onto the scene commanding a large portion of my time and attention. The darker sides of life and people often present themselves to us at unexpected times in unexpected ways.
So I was reminded that into each life, some rain must fall. All of life is a revolving series of endings and beginnings – the sun rises and sets, the seasons transform and change, joys bring us light and sorrows bring the blues. The people and things we love most are very often the sources of our brightest days and darkest nights. The winds of change blew a storm my way and I got the blues.
People say that time heals all wounds, but what we do between the hurt and the healing can make a world of difference. It's not just the time, but what we do during the time which determines whether we heal in a manner which is conducive to future growth, or just an exercise in repression which eventually leaves us with more psycho-spiritual baggage. These unseen scars cause more damage and heal much slower than our physical bodies, so we must be more intentional about our healing by doing so from the inside out just as our bodies do.
Every day, everyday I have the blues.
Speakin' bout hard times and trouble, you know I've had my share.
The term enlightenment is derived from the notion of light. The light of consciousness, the light of knowledge, the light of awareness that breaks through to us, and in us. Light comes to us in the midst of our ignorance, blindness, our will to power, and our pain. As we receive that light we slowly but surely ascend. We accelerate the process when we consciously and deliberately choose to consistently go within. These epiphanal glimpses of light inspired Ascension II.
As I reflect upon it now, the creation of Ascension II was almost inevitable. The thoughts and feelings which led to its creation are evidence of the natural process of expansion and deeper consciousness that accompanies the path to enlightenment. The Buddha is not necessarily a person. A more accurate characterization would be to identify it as a state of being, or conscious awareness that can be reached by anyone. This truth ensures that there have been, and will be many Buddhas throughout the course of history. The Buddha is a nature which one acquires as one seeks to go ever deeper within. It is believed that some who have reached this state were able to literally shift their vibration to such a high rate that they disappeared into the realms of higher consciousness.
One of the first things you will notice about this piece is the horizontal format. I intentionally chose to use this format because I wanted to emphasize the point I made in my discussion of Ascension I regarding enlightenment as a process of expansion and not the upward movement we so often assign to it. Just as the first piece was long and vertical, this piece is wide and horizontal (36h x 48w) to reflect the notion of expansion as both upward and outward movement.
The four figures located in the corners of the image are seated in various meditation poses. They represent adepts who are following the teachings of the Buddha, and the Four Noble Truths of the Buddhist tradition (suffering, craving, there is an end to suffering, follow the path). Each figure is surrounded by an auric field which is not complete because they have not yet achieved enlightenment but are still walking the path.
The Buddha is encompassed within an eight-rung wheel which is reminiscent of the eight-fold path that is followed by all who seek to ascend in this tradition. The Path is characterized by the concepts of: right understanding, right thought, right speech, right action, right livelihood, right effort, mindfulness, and singularity of mind (enlightenment). It is the possession of these virtues which leads one toward ascension. The deep purple which comprises the wheel and the four figures is indicative spiritual strength-an essential for any transformation.
The Bodhi tree at the bottom center of the composition is a historical reminder that it was during meditation under a such a tree that Siddhartha achieved his enlightenment and thus ascended into the realms of Nirvana.
My use of the star-shaped figure around the wheel symbolizes both light, and the sudden flash of spiritual insight which can often accompany periods of deep meditation. One is often privy to sudden flashes of understanding which lead to even deeper levels of inner light and spaciousness.
In the center of the composition, we find the Buddha himself. He is sitting in a full lotus position with his eyes closed in deep meditation. He levitates above and within the spiritual energies which surround him. I wasn't really interested in representing the chakras in this image. My main concern was to depict spiritual light and create a sense of vibration and spiritual power. The lighter pastel colors which form the auric field, are not necessarily based upon the chakras.
All of the colors used in this piece were carefully chosen after numerous color roughs to determine which tones would work together seamlessly. It may seem random but the placement of the colors was carefully worked out so that they would all work together and compliment one another. Many pastel colors can be symbolic of higher energies without necessarily referring to the chakras. From a frequency perspective the many of the colors we associate with cooler temperatures (blue, green, violet) are actually of a higher wavelength frequency than those we think of as warm (red, orange, yellow).The magenta cloud is juxtaposed to the deep blue clouds in an interplay of light and dark. The deep blue representing spiritual darkness or the unexamined state while the higher vibrations of magenta and the rays of green and yellow light break through the darkness.
Inspiration is a funny thing. It is often born from the most unlikely sources and flashes into consciousness at the worst possible moments. Yet these capricious insights are an integral part of the creative process. To be inspired is to be "in Spirit" and that was exactly how the seeds of this image began to sprout.
Over the course of 3 weeks, I had been listening to several talks by various thinkers and intuitives on the topic enlightenment and the expansion of consciousness. The more I absorbed their perspectives and meditated upon the topic the more insights poured into my mind and spirit. Over those weeks, I felt a growing need to not only synthesize these insights but to share them with others.
As human beings, we often think of ascension as an upward, and often hierarchical movement, but in reality, ascension is circular and holistic. Ascension is about expansion! The expansion and integration of one's consciousness throughout all levels of self. Thus, one becomes fully self-actualized and self-aware physically, mentally, spiritually, and energetically. From this perspective, one can only ascend outward and upward to the level or depth one has also gone downward and inward.
This can be evidenced not only in Jesus' life and ministry but in the writings and biographies of all the spiritual masters. We see what can best be described as a kind of implosion. Each master first begins by going within in an effort to know the self's inner world and locate that quiet, silent place of inner spaciousness. But in each instance, the master begins to discover that the journey within is simultaneously connecting her/him more deeply to all that is without and beyond. Paradoxically, each one discovered that the universal resides within the particular. Yet each reached a point upon the inward journey where there was no further they could go. The journey inward was then replaced by an opening, a flowering, or a rapid outward expansion which completely altered their way of being. This transformation occurs as a result of the inward exploration and is directly linked to the act that we refer to as ascension.
I chose Jesus because he is the most easily recognizable figure within my particular context. Since Jesus' ascension is directly linked to his death and resurrection, I felt it was extremely important to make reference to these events within the work so that one can see the continuity between them. I began researching Jesus and the ascension using various theological texts and the biblical narratives. The main features of the biblical narratives are Jesus ascending up into the heavens, the presence of heavenly beings, the elements, and the disciples who stand in witness.
The image is painted using acrylic paints on a large solid wood board. I actually found the piece of board lying outside near a trash pick-up site. I was walking down the street and noticed this large piece of wood supported by a couple of trash bins. The wood's surface was distressed by scrapes, peeling layers, and various rippling textures. Normally I wouldn't even have paid attention to something like this but the surface was so intriguing that I decided to take it to my studio. It literally sat in my studio for a month and some days I would just sit in the studio and stare at it. I felt a connection to it in some way but I had no idea what to do with it? It wasn't until I was halfway through my sketches for Ascension that I understood why I had been drawn to this block of wood.
The panel is 1.5 inches thick and weighs about 80lbs. Its surface is rough, pitted, and unfinished. This large piece of wood is reminiscent of the Jesus' death on the cross. Its surface and texture are not only symbolic of a cross but it is earthy and grounding just as Jesus' death truly was. It reminds me that life, death, and ascension are not heavenly conceptualizations to be spiritualized, but real-world, natural, embodied experiences that are played out within the earthly realm.
The two angels found on the upper right and left portions of the composition are representative of heavenly witnesses and guides. The angel on the left holds an ankh which symbolizes rebirth and new life. The angel on the right wields a spear which makes reference to Jesus' death by human hands and the piercing of his side by the Roman centurion's spear during his crucifixion.
The elements of cloud and sky have always held a prominent place in spiritual symbolism. The clouds symbolize both the divine presence and the biblical narratives' description of Jesus ascending up into the clouds as he entered the heavenly realms. In the biblical tradition, the divine presence is often symbolized by clouds so I felt they were appropriate for this image. The golden-yellow sky is symbolic of light and spiritual illumination. The divine light pours forth bringing both physical and spiritual illumination to Jesus and the disciples who see and comprehend the events with supra-natural clarity. The symbol floating in the sky above Jesus' head is the West African Adinkra symbol for transformation.
The silhouetted figures found in the bottom portion of the composition represent the disciples who not only witness the ascension but later receive a portion of Jesus anointing and divine power with the arrival of the Holy Spirit as it is described within the biblical book of Acts. These figures are in various positions of prayer and supplication as they worship their ascending master. Each figure is not only connected to the next, but each is connected to Jesus through the orange mandorla which surrounds Jesus who is ascending up above them. The deep blue depicts the figure's silhouettes since they are surrounded by the dark clouds of divine presence. They are also encircled by red and orange halos (respectively). The former represents Jesus' shed blood which covers the figures and provides both protection and connection with the divine presence. The orange halo is symbolic of the disciples sharing in the same spiritual power that Jesus himself possesses.
Jesus is depicted within the very center of the composition floating upon a cloud as he ascends into the heavenly realms. The viewer's eye is directed to this focal point by the use of an orange mandorla surrounding Jesus. The same orange also surrounds his actual figure as an aura. Orange is an expansive color that is often used to symbolize energy and power. Since ascension is expansion I thought the orange was an appropriate means of symbolizing this reality. In addition, the biblical narrative clearly connects Jesus' ascension with the notion of power, both spiritually and physically ("All power in heaven and on earth has been given to me…"). This power pours forth from the figures' eyes and body (if the eyes scare you stop watching so many horror films). The symbol that accompanies this new state of ascended transformation is the reiki symbol for enlightenment emblazoned upon his forehead in red. The red robe is reminiscent of Jesus' death and the blood he shed upon the cross. His sacrifice will be the catalyst through which those who follow him will gain access to the heavenly realms. His hands are outspread in a gesture of welcome as his forefingers grasp his thumbs to form a mudra.


Last month, mechanical engineers at Carnegie Mellon University reported the development of a new conductive soft material that can spontaneously self-repair after sustaining a mechanical damage.
Two breakthroughs in soft conductive materials and artificial skins could lead to human-like robots, but their applications extend beyond robotics.
In HBO's hit series "Westworld" *SPOILER ALERT*, park visitors can abuse its humanoid robots, known as 'hosts', as they see fit without fear of ethical retaliation.
That's before things get out of control as androids living in the Old West-themed amusement park start questioning their existence.
We are still a long way away from lifelike robots like those depicted in Westworld, but advances in robotics technology are getting us closer and closer to such a reality.
Engineers are working to bring robots to a higher stage of sophistication by endowing them with human-like abilities.
Self-healing and the sense of touch are two human abilities that, if replicated in robots, would go a long way into making them more sensitive, dexterous, autonomous, and, in a word, more "human".
Self-healing is a natural recovery process of all organic life forms on Earth, including the human body that's biologically designed and structured to repair itself.
The new material is a made of liquid metal droplets suspended in a composite elastic polymer (elastomer). In response to damage, nearby droplets connect to each other and make new electrical connections around the damaged area.
Soft conductive materials with self-healing ability could find their way not only into soft robotics, but also wearables, stretchable electronics, power and data transmission, and inflatable structures.
Imagine a domestic robot that can simply touch your skin to detect a fever or even hold and coddle a baby as well as a human does.
Other than having to be smart enough for such tasks, robots have to have a human-like haptic sense that's made possible thanks to a sensitive skin laden with multiple afferent nerves.
An international team of chemical engineers from Stanford University (U.S.) and Seoul University (South Korea) developed an artificial nervous system capable of activating a contraction reflex in a cockroach leg and identifying the Braille alphabet.
"[the team] combined a pressure sensor, a ring oscillator, and an ion gel–gated transistor to form an artificial mechanoreceptor. The combination allows for the sensing of multiple pressure inputs, which can be converted into a sensor signal and used to drive the motion of a cockroach leg in an oscillatory pattern, said researchers in a paper (Science magazine).
Researchers hope their artificial nerve circuit is a first step toward an artificial skin for robots and prosthetics to provide them with a set of sensations (texture, changes in temperature and pressure, etc.).
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Allegri's announcement: "I'm studying English, back in June"
Rest is good, but Allegri wants to get back on a bench. The former Juventus coach, after the decision to take a year off following the exemption, is already preparing for the next season. "I'll be back in June. I don't know if it can be called a sabbatical year or not – explained the Tuscan coach to Espn Fc -. As soon as the relationship with Juventus ended, I immediately decided to stop for a year. I became a football player for 18 years and I am a coach by 16. I stopped this year after 34 years. at the theater, at art exhibitions, reading books ".
"I'm studying english"
Since Allegri left Juventus, with which he has won five championships in a row in the last five seasons, in addition to the one he won with Milan in 2010-11, for him the foreign sirens are mostly played. And the same coach from Livorno, who has never hidden the desire to have an experience outside of Italy, admits that he is working on his English: "I'm taking lessons here in Milan. Now I can speak quite well. I find the part of "I'm listening a little harder. If I talk to someone who helps me by speaking a little more slowly – Allegri explains – then I understand. I watch films in English and if I read something in English I understand it". There are many big Europeans looking for a coach on whom to build a new cycle: from Arsenal, which according to the English rumors would have already probed Allegri after Emery's exemption, receiving however a polite refusal to return immediately to the Manchester race United, whose Solskjaer bench is increasingly shaky, passing through Bayern Munich which confirmed the Flick ferryman at least until January waiting for a long-term decision. "Next year will be an important year – emphasizes Allegri -, for the choice I will make and the need to be prepared for this. After a year out and five at Juventus, I do not want to go back into the game and hurt myself. It would hurt".
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This is an old recipe from 1772. This year promises to be a good year for pears again. Such is the fecundity of nature we end up with loads of ripe fruit all at the same time. We give a lot away to friends and neighbours and preserve the rest. These are great served cold and can be bottled for Christmas.
Cover the pan and place in a moderate over for 45 minutes, Remove the cloves.


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Q: Is every nondecreasing function necessarily a pointwise limit of strictly increasing functions? Suppose I have a function $f$ defined on the compact convex set $\mathcal{D} \subseteq \mathbb{R}$, with the values in $\mathbb{R}$, and this functions is nondecreasing. Is it necessarily a pointwise limit of some sequence of strictly increasing functions?

A: Yes:$$(\forall x\in\mathcal{D}):f(x)=\lim_{n\to\infty}\left(f(x)+\frac xn\right).$$

A: The first answer is pefectly fine, but we can also archieve uniformly convergence for non-compact sets.

We can assume that $f$ is defined on $\mathbb{R}$ and is nondecreasing.

First note, that $\mathcal{D}$ have to be an interval [m,M], where $m = \inf \mathcal{D} \in \mathcal{D}$ and $M = \sup \mathcal{D} \in \mathcal{D}$, because of the compactness and convexity. We may also note that any montone-increasing function can be extened to $\mathbb{R}$ by just defining$$g(x) = \inf_{y \geq x, y\in \mathcal{D}} f(x).$$
Another example for approximate sequence, which also converges uniformly, is
$$f_n(x) =f(x) + \frac{1}{n} \arctan(x).$$