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history of climate change
Of shopping and climate science…
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My supervisors say I should focus. The wife says I should focus. If the cat could talk, it would tell me to focus (on it). At least two of them are right…
Anyhows.. about the birth of the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change…
By the mid 80s, scientists were getting more and more sure – and more and more nervous – about the effects of the build-up of carbon dioxide emissions. This was especially the case at and after the 1985 meeting in the Austrian town of Villach that was sponsored by the World Meteorological Organisation, the United Nations Environment Programme and the International Council of Scientific Unions (ICSU). Just before that meeting a paper had been published that showed that the "basket" of other greenhouse gases (methane, nitrous oxides etc) was just as big a player.(1) Climate change was going to come faster – and perhaps harder- than folks had thought… Things moved on from calls for more research and 'perhaps watch out' to, 'um, guys, we are going to need to do something about this.'
Now here's a quote from a corking article called Context and early origins of the intergovernmental panel on climate change [paywalled]
Meanwhile, UNEP and its pro-active Director Mostafa Tolba had no doubts about the future course of action on climate change. Flush with the success of negotiating the Vienna Convention on Ozone, he felt that the time was ripe to repeat the ozone 'miracle' for climate. Indeed, UNEP in it its long range planning document of 1985 had called for a climate convention. In the wake of the 1985 Villach workshop, Tolba began active consultations for a possible convention with WMO and ICSU, UNEP's two long-standing collaborators on climate change. He also wrote to then US Secretary of State George Schultz urging the US to take appropriate actions (Hecht and Tirpak, 1995).
Agrawala, S. (1998a, p 609)
But it turns out that politicians and bureaucrats in the higher reaches of states don't like being bossed around and "bounced" by what they perceive to be activist/upstart scientists. Who knew? And so, over the next few years there was a very considered, very conscious, attempt to isolate the issue from the scientists, to bring them in under control… More Agrawala:
The eventual compromise: an intergovernmental assessment mechanism which the US finally proposed addressed [Department of Energy] concerns regarding involvement of 'official' experts. At the same time it precluded immediate action and provided an opportunity for the administration to buy time ('let's study the problem more'). Yet, by encouraging international participation it also made an eventual climate convention more feasible, consistent with the goals of the EPA and the State Department.
There was also a recognition that any proposed international assessment process had to go much beyond the science of climate change. Thus while WMO was a natural sponsor for such a process, it did not have sufficient expertise to cover many other relevant aspects of climate change such as policy responses. This argued for UNEP involvement though the US had some reservations about Mostafa Tolba. This is because he had alienated many close allies of the US in Latin America during the ozone negotiations. There was thus a keen interest on the part of the US not to let Tolba run climate change with the same degree of control which he had wielded over ozone. Therefore, a proposal was made for a joint UNEP/WMO intergovernmental mechanism.
"Venue shopping" – versus venue creation
Powerful actors can choose which places – courts or legislatures or even the court of public opinion – to fight for their goals. It's been called "venue shopping" –
The process for advocacy groups and policymakers of finding a decision setting that offers the best prospects for reaching one's policy goals.
(Pralle, 2003, p. 234.)
REALLY powerful actors get to create venues that suit them.
And once the Americans had insulated/controlled the advice-giving, by creating the IPCC in November 1988,, they seem to have rolled on further. Here's a quote from Agrawala's separate paper, which covers the first 8 years of the IPCC's existence.
… until then the IPCC had achieved limited success in its efforts to engage developing countries for its First Assessment cycle. This made some large developing countries, in particular Brazil and Mexico very suspicious of the IPCC …. they believed that climate change was closely linked to development, and hence not purely a technical issue (Bodansky, 1994). These countries therefore pressured a political body, the UN General Assembly, to take charge, a move which was eventually supported by the US, their close ally. These opinions came to the fore during the meeting of an open-ended ad-hoc group of government representatives convened by WMO and UNEP in September 1990. This led to the creation of the [Intergovernmental Negotiating Committee on Climate Change] under the auspices of the UN General Assembly. Climate science and policy were thus formally split and housed in two separate intergovernmental mechanisms under different sponsorships.
(Agrawala, 1998b, p. 634-5)
Please note, I am NOT saying we should or could have somehow "left it to the scientists". I am just saying we should be aware of what particular form the scientific and political bodies take, and who is pushing for them to take that form (and why!).
(1) See Franz, 1997 for more on this paper and the Villach meeting
Agrawala, S. (1998a) "Context and early origins of the intergovernmental panel on climate change" Climatic Change 39,: 605-620
Agrawala, S. (1998b) "Structural and process history of the intergovernmental panel on climate change" Climatic Change 39,: 621-642
Franz, W. (1997) The Development of an International Agenda for Climate Change: Connecting Science to Policy ENRP Discussion Paper E-97-07, Kennedy School of Government, Harvard University, August 1997 and also as International Institute for Applied Systems Analysis Interim Report IR-97-034/August.
Here's the script of a video I intend to make (but not until the Christmas break!). Not a long thing. Suggestions?
In the late 1950s scientists started to investigate the amount of carbon dioxide in the atmosphere. It was going up…. Things moved fairly slowly, as they do. There's a whole lotta acronyms between the 1950s and the late 70s. And a conference, and a worrying drought in the Sahel.
In 1979 the first World Climate Conference is held in Geneva. "More research" it said.
There were a couple of meetings under the auspices of the WMO and UNEP and ICSU in 1980 and 1983 in an Austrian town called Villach.
The 1985 one was where things kicked off. X number of scientists turned up. A scientific paper had just been published about how if you calculated the other gases besides carbon dioxide into the equation, then climate change was going to happen sooner and louder than anyone had thought.
Now remember, the Ozone hole issue has been going gangbusters. The United Nations Environment Program, a relatively small bureaucracy with a "policy entrepreneur" boss called Mostafa Tolba , wanted to repeat the ozone trick with climate. In 1986 he sent a letter to the Americans.
They didn't like being bossed around; politicians are like that. Rather than let the activist scientists keep on making policy pronouncements, they set the ball rolling, via the United Nations, to create the United Nations Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change.
Governments were "invited" in March of 1988 to . Meanwhile, in June James Hansen gave his famous testimony to the Senate and there was a big "Changing Atmosphere" conference in Toronto, where the idea of a 20% reduction in emissions by 2005 came to be seen as sensible.
In November 1988 the United Nations General Assembly okayed the creation of the IPCC.
So when some whackjob tells you the IPCC can't be trusted because its "intergovernmental" you can point out that the reason it is intergovernmental is because the Americans wanted to insulate themselves from the activist scientists, and to create a structure where extreme ideas –like I don't know, valuing a habitable planet over fossil fuel company profits – could get reined in… A generation later, we are still generating half our energy from coal. wtf. wtaf.?
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Ej att förväxla med Frykstabanan.

Fryksdalsbanan är en järnvägslinje i Sverige mellan Torsby och Kil via Sunne (i Fryksdalen).

Sträckan Kil - Torsby är 82 km. Fryksdalsbanan består av ett oelektrifierat enkelspår och saknar fjärrstyrd trafikstyrning. Persontågen tar cirka 1 timme och 11 min längs denna sträcka. Förbättringar i spårkvaliteten pågår, för närvarande varierar hastigheten på banan mellan 50 och 90 km/tim.

Fryksdalsbanan är trots sitt enkla trafikstyrningssystem vältrafikerad och har årligen 300 000 passagerare. Trafiken på Fryksdalsbanan har ökat och det finns idag inte möjlighet att erbjuda fler tåglägen under högtrafik. Det går 12 turer per riktning mellan Sunne och Karlstad C, via Kils station.

Fryksdalsbanan går till stor del längs Frykensjöarna och blev under 2006 framröstad till Sveriges näst vackraste järnvägssträcka, efter Torneträsk-Riksgränsen på Malmbanan.

Historik
Järnvägen byggdes under perioden 1910-1915 av det enskilda järnvägsbolaget Kil-Frykdalens Järnvägsaktiebolag, som bildades 1909. Göteborgsarkitekten Yngve Rasmussen svarade för stationshusens utformning.

Fryksdalsbanans södra del Kil-Sunne öppnades för trafik den 2 augusti 1913.

Den norra delen, Lysvik-Torsby, öppnades för trafik den 10 februari 1915.

Banan förstatligades 1948. Bansträckningen är i princip oförändrad från 1915.

Förbättringar på 2000-talet

Förbättringar 2006-2009
Under 2006 togs nya Itino motorvagnar i trafik på Fryksdalsbanan, som ersatte föregångaren Y1. Godstrafiken, mestadels timmer och annan träråvara, är numera delvis återupptagen efter att tidigare ha varit nedlagd sedan 1992.

I augusti 2008 installerades en ny fast järnvägsbro i Sunne över Frykensundet, som ersättning för en ursprungligen horisontellt svängbar bro.

Förbättringar 2010-2013
Vintern 2010 fick Fryksdalsbanan stängas i sex veckor på grund av tjällossningsproblem. Under 2011 vidtogs därför ett flertal åtgärder, bl.a. dränering, dikning, dikesrensning, isolering med cellplast och lättklinker på ett antal utpekade problemställen. Framförallt avvattningsåtgärder fortsatte Trafikverket utföra under 2012. Vidare satsade Trafikverket på att höja bärigheten på banan under 2011 och 2012.

Utöver detta genomfördes ett antal större åtgärder på Fryksdalsbanan:
 Driftplats Lysvik (Lyv): Byte till ställverk som möjliggör tågmöten med 350 meter långa tåg. Åtgärden gjorde att kapaciteten dubblerades på sträckan Sunne-Torsby.

Totalt satsades ca 110 miljoner kronor i förbättringar av Fryksdalsbanan under 2011 och 2012. Det fanns i den nationella planen för 2010-2021 inte någon finansiering för upprustning av Fryksdalsbanan. Trafikverket lyckades lösgöra resurser genom att omfördela bärighetsmedel från väg till järnväg, vilket var första gången någonsin. Den finansiella lösningen kom till stånd tack vare gott samarbete med Region Värmland samt berörda kommuner och företag.

Samhällskritik beträffande löpande underhåll 2014-2015
Under 2015 genomförde SVT:s regionala reportrar en undersökning av hur skötseln av det löpande underhållet sköts av den ansvariga myndigheten Trafikverket. Resultatet visade ruttna sliprar, räls som hänger i luften, lösa spikar och risk för urspårning.

Brister i underhållet är ett hot mot regional utveckling utefter Fryksdalsbanans sträckning, enligt VD för Värmlandstrafik Lars Bull.

Förbättringar 2014-2017
Hösten 2014 startade Trafikverket kapacitets- och säkerhetshöjande åtgärder på Fryksdalsbanan. Syftet är att höja hastigheten och öka trafiksäkerheten, primärt vid plankorsningar.

Uppdraget att upprätta förfrågningsunderlag och bygghandlingar inklusive byggplatsuppföljning för säkerhets- och kapacitetshöjande åtgärder gick till Rejlers i samarbete med Reinertsen Sverige.

 Etapp 1. 41 km, från Kil till Sunne, består av 105 plankorsningar, 6 km ny väg och ett antal snäva kurvor. Analys genomfördes under hösten 2014 till och med våren 2015 genom platsbesök. Projekteringsarbetet och ritningar togs fram under 2015 och byggarbetet beräknas vara färdigt sommaren 2020.

 Etapp 2 41 km, från Sunne till Torsby, består av 118 plankorsningar, 3,7 km ny väg och ett antal snäva kurvor. Analys genomfördes under hösten 2014 till våren 2015 genom platsbesök. Projekteringsarbetet startade 2016, och arbetet beräknas vara slutfört 2022.

Under 2014 tog VD för Länstrafikbolaget Värmlandstrafik upp diskussion i Sveriges Radio om Fryksdalsbanan bör elektrifieras till år 2025 samt en största hastighet på 160 km/tim på banan.

Astrid Lindgrens stöd mot nedläggning av Fryksdalsbanan 1981
Fryksdalsbanan var under början av 1980-talet nedläggningshotad. Sommaren 1981 skrev författaren Astrid Lindgren sitt berömda brev om "världens vackraste järnvägssträcka" och vad den hade betytt för henne. En vinterdag i januari 1971 satt hon en tidig morgon på tåget mellan Torsby och Kil. När hon tittade ut genom tågfönstret och såg solen gå upp över Frykensjöarna fick hon inspiration att skriva boken om bröderna Lejonhjärta. "Aldrig skulle det ha gått så om jag hade färdats med buss. Släpp inte fram bussarna, behåll järnvägen!"

Referenser

Vidare läsning

Externa länkar
 Fryksdalsbanan på Trafikverket
 Tidtabell nr 74
 Järnväg.net

Järnvägslinjer i Sverige
Järnvägslinjer öppnade 1915
Värmlands historia

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Ганс Зеба́льд Бега́м (, 1500, Нюрнберг — 22 листопада 1550, Франкфурт-на-Майні) — німецький художник, графік, гравер доби Відродження, учень Альбрехта Дюрера.

Біографія
Народився в Нюрнберзі у 1500 році в родині художника. Разом з молодшим братом Бартелем (1502—1540) навчався в майстерні Альбрехта Дюрера.

У 1525 році братів разом зі ще одним нюрнберзьким художником — Георгом Пенцем (1500—1550) — засудили, їх було вислано з Нюрнберга за атеїстичні погляди і висловлювання революційних ідей. У 1528 році Зебальд отримав дозвіл повернутися до міста. У 1530 — оселився в Мюнхені, а пізніше, у тому ж році — у Франкфурті-на-Майні, де і жив до самої смерті, інколи відлучаючись в околиці міста, в Ашаффенбург і до Майнцу. Для додаткового заробітку тримав винний льох.

Помер у Франкфурті-на-Майні — 22 листопада 1550 року.

Творчість
Зебальд, як і його брат Бартель, належить до майстрів гравюри малого формату, так званих «маленьких майстрів» (), хоча обидва працювали також і як живописці.

Зебальд — автор 270 гравюр та 300 політипажів. Змальовував біблійні або релігійні сюжети («Адам і Єва», «Історія блудного сина», «Йосип та дружина Потіфара», цикл «Подвиги Геркулеса» та інші), часто звертався до сцен з життя селян і ландскнехту (цикл «Гулянка селян» та інші).

У Луврі зберігається розписана і підписана художником столова дошка зі сценами з життя царя Давида; у бібліотеці в Ашаффенбурзі — чотири великі мініатюри в молитовнику кардинала Бранденбурзького. Кілька гравюр Бегама зберігаються в петербурзькому Ермітажі.

Примітки

Джерела

 Бегам Ганс-Зебальд // Брокгауз Ф. Эфрон И. Энциклопедический словарь в 86 книгах й 4 дополнениях. — Петербург : 1890—1907. — Т. 3: Банки-Бергер. — 1891. — 480 с.
 Чегодаева Н. Искусство Германии // Всеобщая история искусств. — Т. 3. — М.: Искусство, 1962 — С. 368—415.
 Hans Sebald Beham  // Енциклопедія Британіка . — Encyclopedia Britannica Inc.
 Kleinmeister (Немецкая живопись в эпоху ренессанса) // Бенуа А. Итория живописи. — СПб.: Шиповник, 1912—1917. — Т. 3. — 1913. — 510 с.

Уродженці Нюрнберга
Померли у Франкфурті-на-Майні
Німецькі ренесансові живописці
Німецькі гравери
Північне Відродження
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Q: Redirect "mydomain.com/user" to "mydomain.com/name.php?id=user" I think I can use the .htaccess file for this, but I've looked it up and not found anything useful. What I want to do is have my site redirect to a php page when a user types their username in the URL like:
example.com/username

And have it be the same as a PHP page like:
example.com/name.php?id=username

I'd like it to display as example.com/username even after it redirects, but it is not necessary. Any ideas?

A: You can use mod_rewrite to transparently rewrite your URLs on the server.
Assuming that you'd only have usernames following your domain, something like this would do what you want:
RewriteEngine On

RewriteCond %{REQUEST_FILENAME} !-d
RewriteCond %{REQUEST_FILENAME} !-f
RewriteRule .+ name.php?id=$0

A: RewriteEngine On

RewriteCond %{REQUEST_FILENAME} !-d
RewriteCond %{REQUEST_FILENAME} !-f
RewriteRule (.+) users.php?user=$1 [L]

I think that will work.
The Apache mod_rewrite guide is here
http://httpd.apache.org/docs/2.0/misc/rewriteguide.html

A: You probably want Apache's mod_rewrite.

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Home News + Features Comic Creator Arvell Jones Talks Black Panther's Impact and Detroit Connection
• Cornelius Fortune | Photo by Lauren Jeziorski | Illustration by Arvell Jones
When it hits screens on Feb. 16, Marvel's Black Panther will deal a rare double punch: A black superhero and a nearly all-black cast. For insight on the character's influence - and connection to Detroit - BLAC caught up with one of Marvel's first black illustrators.
Comic books can be a lifelong obsession. Or a career. Arvell Jones made them both.
The Detroit native – a Cass Tech and Wayne State graduate – has played in the arena of the imagination and bright colorful panels, walking the corridors of Marvel Comics in the '70s and DC Comics in the '80s. All the while, Jones has represented a group of Detroit-based artists who brought their considerable talents to the comic book industry, from the late Rich Buckler to Keith Pollard.
It's an industry that has seen ebbs and flows in readership and problems with representation and diversification – though transformed, arguably, by the technological advances of special effects and the recent reality of America's first black president.
In other words, the moment for a black superhero has arrived.
Specifically, that moment falls on Feb. 16, when Black Panther – the story of brilliant warrior-king T'Challa, and the latest Marvel Cinematic Universe offering – opens in theaters nationwide. It notably also features a black director, nearly all-black cast and what might be considered a few token white actors. Since the Black Panther's screen debut in 2016's Captain America: Civil War, and maybe as far back as when Stan Lee and Jack Kirby first created him in the mid '60s, fans have wanted to see this character on the big screen.
In fact, Jones' major comic book break was as an assistant to Buckler on Black Panther. He was also involved with Milestone Media, a comic book company co-created by Detroiter Dwayne McDuffie, who died in 2011 at the age of 49.
Jones co-created the character Misty Knight, who is featured in the Marvel Netflix series Luke Cage – which features a "bulletproof" black superhero. He's also developed TV projects, and his original concept art was used in the teaser posters for the Black Panther movie.
We sat down with Jones to get his take on the cultural importance of the Black Panther, the forthcoming flick, black superheroes in general – and how Detroiters had an influence on the African king of Wakanda.
ON THE FIRST BLACK COMIC BOOK 'STAR' – A GUNSLINGER
"There was a character called Lobo – it was a Western comic. It featured an African-American as a gunslinger. I never saw the book. Most people didn't. The publisher was Dell Comics. Besides Lobo, there hadn't really been black characters as far as a major comic company."
ON THE STEREOTYPE OF BLACK CHARACTERS IN COMICS IN THE '60S BEFORE BLACK PANTHER'S APPEARANCE IN MARVEL
"Before that all, there's no good way to put this: Comic book characters, besides him, were all played as buffoons and coons for the most part. It was one of the reasons I wanted to get into comics. We as a people were always portrayed as being incompetent or something not be to taken seriously. For some reason, an African king was less threatening, culturally speaking, outside of Sidney Poitier – he was the good brother. Here (in Black Panther's first appearance in Stan Lee and Jack Kirby's Fantastic Four #52 in July 1966), you had a guy that could stand against the very best – the undefeated Fantastic Four. It made him significant."
ON THE COINCIDENCE OF BOTH THE BLACK PANTHER CHARACTER AND BLACK PANTHER PARTY ERUPTING IN THE '60S
"What I didn't know was, throughout the country, black people were picking (the comic book) up as well as white people. I think it started a ripple culturally. The Black Panther movement started around the same time. They were happening, (but) were not really influencing one another."
HOW THE 'BLACKNESS' OF THE BLACK PANTHER MADE EVEN NERDS LIKE JONES SUDDENLY FEEL COOL
"For a long time, reading a comic was just kid stuff. In fact, something to be ridiculed about – at least in my particular case. It was almost universal. What became a phenomena these days was (then) reviled. You weren't being real (in the black community). Even now, the whole Black Panther movies and ideas … it's an idea, a fantasy, that an African king can rule a nation that can never be defeated. That was allowed to prosper on its own without colonialism."
HIS FIRST JOB EVENTUALLY LANDED HIM HIS FIRST COMICS GIG BY WAY OF FELLOW DETROITER, RICH BUCKLER.
"My first job was to go into Ableman's Bookstore (in Hamtramck) and help … and draw signs. Mostly I was paid in comic books. Rich came in sorting through a stack of comics. He became the first artist outside of Jack Kirby to focus on (Black Panther's) adventures. He worked with Don McGregor, the writer on the book (Jungle Action, which Marvel released in the early '70s). Richard Buckler, me as assistant and later Keith Pollard as inker … all three of those people all come from the Detroit area. Keith had moved to New York from Ecorse, so we tried to bring our sensibilities."
YOU COULD PROBABLY CALL HIM EITHER THE 'IRON' ARTIST – OR ONE OF THE FIRST BLACK ARTISTS TO WORK ON THE MARVEL STAFF.
"Where you can say I was maybe the first? I was working on one of Marvel's core comics (around 1975) – it was an Iron Man. Billy Graham was the first black artist at Marvel (to do Luke Cage, Hero for Hire), who was good friends with Don McGregor. Billy was the first black artist to work on a mainstream black title for Marvel. It was the first fully dedicated black comic to come out for Marvel. And then Black Panther was the first character, Luke Cage was the first to get his own book. Billy was hired to legitimize the title.
"I was the first to work on a full comic book for Marvel that was in color and that featured one of the newer characters, Iron Fist. And then I was given the assignment to work on Iron Man – that was a core character. They were published bimonthly at the time. I was the 'Iron' artist at Marvel."
THOSE BLACK PANTHER MOVIE TEASER POSTERS YOU SAW LAST YEAR HAVE DIRECT LOCAL ROOTS – THEY CAME FROM NATIVE DETROITER ART SIMS (NOW IN CALIFORNIA), AN OLD FRIEND OF JONES' WHO MADE HIS LIVING DOING ALBUM COVERS AND ICONIC SPIKE LEE POSTERS LIKE DO THE RIGHT THING AND RED TAILS.
"I was involved in the process along with Art, in putting together 'key art,' (which is) art to be used as a basis (for the movie posters). … I did sketches of him (the Black Panther) looking down at Wakonda. The one with the throne – I drew that. That's pretty much my concept. They shot it from different angles. The idea of putting the Panther on the throne … they almost shot it verbatim."
ON THE RISE OF THE BLACK SUPERHERO
"This seems to be their day in the Trump era. A lot of this was probably decided on in the Obama era. I think the fact that we had a black president had a lot to do with the decision making, because, all of sudden, it's possible."
OBAMA'S A SUPERHERO? MAYBE …
"The leader of the free freaking world for the most part – he was the Black Panther. The most technologically advanced civilization in the world, the one that hadn't been defeated – if you didn't count Vietnam. You have a guy of African descent, certainly African-American, with an African name. He could rip the mask off, and you'd go, 'Oh, of course he's the Black Panther.' Everyone thought Wakanda was in Africa, but it was in the United States."
Who is the Black Panther
NAME: T'Challa
POWERS: Agility, combat, tracking
ORIGINS: Kingdom of Wakanda
WHAT IS WAKANDA? It's a small nation in Africa surrounded by Narobia, Uganda, Kenya, Somalia and Ethiopia, according to Marvel.com, and named after its native Wakandan inhabitants. "Wakanda is a nation of vast contrasts," Marvel.com notes. "While tribal in government and relatively primitive in certain aspects of its culture, it possesses technology often more sophisticated than anywhere else on Earth."
THE MAN: "T'Challa is a brilliant tactician, strategist, scientist, tracker and a master of all forms of unarmed combat," Marvel.com says. As a "royal descendent of a warrior race," he's also an armed combat expert – but favors fighting tactics like acrobatics and animal mimicry.
Black Panther Timeline
1966 – First appearance in Fantastic Four Vol. 1 #52 by Stan Lee and Jack Kirby.
1973 – The character gets a starring turn in the comic book Jungle Action featuring the Black Panther #5 written by Don McGregor. Issues 6-13, Panther's Rage, are considered by many to be Marvel's first multi-issue story arc. Detroiter Rich Buckler is the artist for the first three issues (assisted by Arvell Jones).
1998 – African-American writer Christopher Priest, Marvel's first black editor, takes over Black Panther for a critically acclaimed run.
2005 – Filmmaker Reginald Hudlin – director of Marshall (a Thurgood Marshall biopic starring Black Panther leading man Chadwick Boseman), Boomerang and House Party – writes a Black Panther comic book series for Marvel.
2006 – T'Challa – the Black Panther – marries Storm (from the
X-Men).
2010 – Black Panther animated series premieres on BET.
2016 – In April, Atlantic writer and author of Between the World and Me Ta-Nehisi Coates' first issue of Black Panther is published. In May, the Black Panther makes his first appearance in the Marvel Cinematic movie, Captain America: Civil War.
2018 – Release of the first Black Panther movie by Marvel Studios.
ON WHY BLACK PANTHER MATTERS:
"It's very important that (kids) begin to see themselves in that kind of light – as heroes. We have always been known to be there in terms of architecture, behind the lines in war, behind the factory lines. We have always had heroes. There are so many other heroes. It's very important now. We have an administration that's trying to go back to the dark ages, more or less. That's why seeing this movie and seeing us in a positive note is always important."
– Larry Green, martial arts teacher and co-founder of Alkebu-lan Village, celebrating 40 years of youth services in Detroit
"In a way, it's the right movie for the right time. It's not a renaissance, but a lot of the current black superheroes resonate very deeply. It's a time for heroes and heroes are needed. If it's not real, at least we can have fictional inspirational. That's what I feel is going on now."
– Denys Cowan, co-creator of Milestone Media
and former apprentice of comic book creator Arvell Jones
"Wakanda (Black Panther's home nation) is a big deal … it was never conquered. It's a powerful black nation. It was created that way by Stan Lee and Jack Kirby."
– Tony Isabella, creator of Black Lightning, DC Comics' first black mainstream character, now a TV series on The CW
Meet Arvell Jones and fellow Marvel comic book artist Keith Pollard during the Black Panther movie premiere presented by Alkebu-lan Village, an Afrikan-centered community-based youth organization in Detroit.
Feb. 16 | Doors open at 6:30 p.m.
Bel Air Luxury Cinema, 10100 E. Eight Mile Road, Detroit
Black Woman-Led Teeq Tequila Offers Smooth Spirits for the Grown-Up Drinker
Demeeko Williams, Founder and Chief Director, Hydrate Detroit
Tax Drive USA is Detroit's First Black-Owned Mobile Tax Preparation Service

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When we were working in Toproom in June we didn't only record for the next album, we also did a special recording. For the first time ever we have recorded a cover-song. The occation being that Metal Hammer Germany asked us to participate in a tribute to Metallica, they asked several bands to record songs from the Black Album. It's 20 years since the album was released and it has become one of the most selling metal albums of all time, counting over 15 million now.
We have recorded My Friend of Misery for this, and it's to be released with the Magazine at 24th of August.
As you can see ICS Vortex also did a contribution, and as it turned out Vintersorg did all the vocals on our recording.
As far as I know, this album will be out with the German Metal Hammer.
Excellent! you picked one of the best songs of the album!
I require this!!!!!!!!!!!! Is there any way to aquire apart from mag subs?
Great!!!, usually i hate covers, but im sure this time I will enjoy it a lot!
By the way!….You said that since Vortex did a contribution, Vintersorg did all the vocals on Borknagar recording?…Hahahaha!…that means that we will need to still waiting for the Borknagar's upcoming album to listen that so long awaited duet! DAMN!!!
Badass! That's one of my favorite songs on there! Can't wait to hear it!


India, China and Indonesia will be home to three-quarters of the world's population by 2030. The three countries will be home to half the world's urban population. This will have a significant impact on the demand and food production, as urban consumers have more diverse diets and convenience food.
The brand will unveil three new offerings – English Toffee Peanut, Mexican Jalapeno Peanut and Thai Coconut Peanut – in 2019, according to the Instagram account of the food vlog SnackChatLive, which included a photo of the trio.
Häagen-Dazs' app brings real-time visibility between delivery driver and customer to the food delivery space, even when the customer is moving. This technology, which seems to operate like Uber for ice cream, could be a powerful differentiator for the General Mills brand.
Cargill has entered the Polish poultry market for the first time, as it has acquired Polish poultry producer Konspol for an undisclosed figure. As part of the deal, Cargill will purchase the Polish assets of Konspol's food and fresh chicken business and will acquire Konspol's portfolio of branded and private label products, as well as its customer and supplier relationships.
Consumers are looking for exciting and innovative flavors, but they also want to know where herbs and spices come from, Ricardo Ibañez, marketing manager for Sensient Technologies Corp. in Europe, the Middle East and Africa, told the publication. The company has introduced 100% natural and organic Sensient Natural Origins extracts to respond to this demand.
PreviousIndustry 4.0 and Food Manufacturing: Is There a Match?


Paperback, 9.5 x 11.75 in. / 88 pgs / 31 color / 88 bw.
Text by Jörg Daur, Matthew L. Levy, Roland Mönig. Preface by Harald Kunde.
David Novros (born 1941) is internationally known as an exponent of Minimalism, working and exhibiting alongside artists such as Carl Andre and Donald Judd. This first major publication of the artist in many years shows his sculptural canvases from the pivotal phase of his career, between about 1965 and 1975.
FORMAT: Pbk, 9.5 x 11.75 in. / 88 pgs / 31 color / 88 b&w.


Remember those giants robots aren't there just to look pretty. There here to help us to stop and track the mutant threat. Don't worry, unless you're a mutant. They might be constantly watching us, lurking around every corner, but that's for our safety.
If one needs to scan you, we recommend them letting them, you have nothing to fear, unless you're one of them.


Asthma is a condition where the breathing tubes can narrow causing wheeze and difficulty in breathing. This is called "reversible hypersensitivity". The wheezy noise is produced by the rapid movement of air through a narrow channel making noise due to air turbulence in the same way that a whistle makes a noise.
The above may occur in response to, or be worse after exercise or other triggers (e.g. pets, exposure to cold or damp air).
History of improvement in symptoms or lung function in response to treatment.
Asthma can be managed using a range of drugs that can help your child breathe more easily.
Relief medication is used to treat an acute attack of asthma. Relief treatment helps the airways to relax and open up, making it easier to breathe. There are a number of medicines that can be used when symptoms start to worsen (increased cough, wheeze or shortness of breath). It is important to learn how to manage your asthma so that you can not only prevent attacks but also predict when you need to increase your treatment.
Your GP or paediatrician will prescribe a combination of medication which will usually include a relief medication along with some preventer medication.
In the UK, salbutamol is one of the most commonly used inhalers. It usually comes as a blue inhaler and once given begins to become effective after 10 minutes. It's effects may last upto 4 hours but sometimes it has to be given more frequently, particulalrly if the child is struggling to breathe. This will be covered in more detail in the "Emergency treatment" section. It's important to get the relief treatment in early, before the symptoms become too severe.
The leukotriene receptor antagonists, Montelukast & Zafirlukast can be used in children with chronic asthma either alongside an inhaled steroid or instead of an inhaled steroid if this cannot be used. An inhaled steroid with a leukotriene receptor antagonist appears to be a particularly effective combination. These medicines are given as either granules or tablets.
In patients where there is a clear allergic component to their asthma, an anti-histamine such as cetirizine or loratadine might be useful.
If a child with asthma is unwell enough to attend hospital, they will usually be given a short 3 day course of steroids . Steroids help to reduce the inflammation in the airways therfore making it easier to breathe.
Omalizumab is a type of drug known as a monoclonal antibody. It is used in severe persistent allergic asthma in children over 6 years of age who have requred frequent treatment with steroid tablets (4 or more courses within a year).
The commonest method of drug administration in children is to use a metered dose inhaler (known as a MDI) together with a spacer device such as a volumatic or aerochamber. It is extremely important that the spacer and MDI are used in the correct way as this determines how much medicine gets into the airways and lungs where they are needed.
Spacers help the delivery of medicine to the airways & lungs of a child with asthma by making it easier to inhale the medicines and making sure they get to where they are needed.
There are different types of spacers available including volumatics,nebuhalers and aerochambers. The different spacers have different characteristics but all try to improve the delivery of medicine to the chest of children with asthma.
Before you use a spacer for the first time it's important to wash in warm soapy water and allow to drip dry (do not rub it dry using towels). This reduces the amount of static electricity on the inside of the spacer and therefore improves the delivery of medicines.
Using spacers in the correct way with metered dose inhalers (MDI's) helps to optimise the delivery of medicine to the chest of patients with asthma.
The following videos show how to use a spacer with an MDI in a child.
Sometimes treatment needs to be given using a nebuliser. This involves giving a higher dose of medication in an aerosoled form through a mask. Nebulisers are usually needed if a child with asthma is particulalrly unwell and struggling with using spacers to get their medication into their airways.
In order to prevent an attack it is important to take preventer & relief treatment as prescribed by your doctor or asthma nurse. How well the lungs and airways are functioning in an asthmatic patient can be measured using a peak flow meter. This is a measure of how fast and hard a patient can breathe out. Most asthma patients will have a "predicted" peak flow that is dependent on how tall you are. This is the peak flow that you should be able to achieve for your height. Click on the following link to see what your child's predicted peak flow is: Predicted Peak Flow.
Some asthma patients learn what their "best peak flow" is over time and use this as a baseline. By measuring your peak flow regularly you can learn to predict when your symptoms are likely to deteriorate and therefore increase your medication as outlined in your asthma treatment plan. There are different types of asthma treatment plans available, the one connected to the following link has been developed by Asthma UK: Children's Asthma Treatment Plan . It is important for you to complete and understand your child's treatment plan with the asthma nurse or doctor so that you know what to do if your child's symptoms escalate and you also know who to contact for advice.


I'm slightly perplexed. You indicated that you use IKEv2/IPSEC to connect to NordVPN. From what I understand, NordVPN uses OpenVPN and OpenVPN doesn't support IKE/IPSEC? So, I'm at a loss as to what OpenVPN is actually using when you select IKEv2/IPSEC, or even how it's allowing you to select IKEv2/IPSEC. Are you running a MAC as well, which does connect via IKEv2/IPSEC?
Looking at the modem VPN settings and running a test program.
I had a look at the processor specs. It supports the Advanced Encryption Standard – New Instructions. Using that instruction set for VPN purposes should result in faster VPN throughput.
So, I've been looking around for references to enable AES-NI in OpenVPN and haven't found a clear reference or instructions to do this. OpenVPN should support AES-NI out of the box, but, I'm still trying to confirm this.
Can you run a speedtest thru some of NordVPNs servers in Europe? I'm thinking maybe the servers in the UK, Netherlands and Germany. Have a look to see if there are major differences in the throughput rates, as suggested in the comparison.
VPN throughput rates. Reading thru some of the pages spread across various site, the subject of encryption comes up. This makes sense, as you use higher encryption levels, the encryption/decryption load goes up. Have you run any tests to see what effect if any occurs when you select a different encryption standard? It might be that your throughput is so low, that it doesn't matter which encryption standard you choose.
Can you have a look at the modem's VPN passthrough settings. Log into the modem and navigate to SECURITY …. VPN Passthrough. My modem is running in Bridge mode at the moment so I don't have access to that page. Previous versions had an IPSEC, PPTP and L2PT Pass-Through. Can you have a look to see if SSL is available as those other settings won't help. If there is an SSL or SSL/TLS selection, please enable it, save the setting and reboot the modem …. ADMIN ….. DEVICE RESTART …. Reboot.
I'd like to see the results for a speedtest thru a European Nordvpn server, just to see what difference there is. This might answer the question on its own.
Reading thru various pages, it looks like OpenVPN is a pig to run. It might be an idea to load a different VPN application to see if you end up with better results. I don't know what applications are out in the wild, either free or licenced. In either case, I'd be looking for AES-NI support to get the pc's VPN throughput running at its maximum. Looks like Windows has its own Microsoft VPN Client built in. It might not be as fancy as the OpenVPN client, but, it's probably worth looking at for test purposes.
OpenVPN appears to run UDP or TCP/IP. UDP is a fire and forget type of protocol. It will either get to its end destination or it won't. TCP/IP requires packet receipts, so, once a packet is sent, it should arrive or be retransmitted. One way or the other, it will get to its end destination. Problem is, the TCP/IP transmit/receipt protocol slows traffic. So, fwiw, you could try running UDP and see what you get for results, both in terms of reliability, and in speed.
That shouldn't be an issue given the bandwidth that you have available, but, it's rather interesting.
OpenVPN supports IPV6. Just for test purposes, try disabling IPV6 in the modem and see what happens to the VPN performance, if anything. Navigate to BASIC …. GATEWAY FUNCTION, and change the Router Mode from Dual (stack) to IPV4. Save the changes. It will take a couple of minutes for the modem to switch to IPV4 "only" mode. I usually reboot the modem after this. Run the ADMIN …. DEVICE RESET …. Reboot function. At the same time, reboot the pc. After the reboots, run another test thru the VPN to see what you end up with for results.
I came across a post for OpenVPN running on PfSense, which is a firewall operating system that is loaded on a pc. The post indicated that OpenVPN is a single thread application, so, it doesn't matter how many processor cores there are, or if the processor has hyper-threading running, this is a single thread application. The only way to run the VPN faster is to run a faster processor. So this is rather interesting. When you're running the VPN, bring up the Windows Task Manager and select Performance …. CPU to look for CPU loading. It would be interesting to know what the CPU loading is when the VPN is running. I came across a request in the OpenVPN Wishlist to include multi-core support, so, this looks like a problem. This gets back to the AES-NI support which should direct encryption processing to the onboard hardware processor, assuming that there is one built into the CPU. The question in this case is whether or not that processor is tied to the CPU clock rates, or if it can operate independently of the CPU? The CPU load might be a hint, low load, maybe the processor is doing the work, high load, the CPU is doing the work, in which case, what's the status of the AES-NI support in the NordVPN OpenVPN application. Hopefully you can see why I'm asking this.
Fwiw, there is an upcoming firmware change for the CODA-4582 modem to improve the performance of IKE/IPSEC which is used by MACs when they connect with NordVPN. I don't know if that will result in any corresponding improvement in VPN performance. Right now, the Hitron modems will limit IKE/IPSEC to 25 Mb/s. That's either a firmware problem, or a firmware limit that's existed since 2008 from the original Puma 5 modem manufactured by Texas Instruments (my guess). This might be part of the problem that you're seeing, although I still don't understand how you're using IKE/IPSEC in the first place.
Ok, so, this is a little bit of homework. As I indicated earlier, there doesn't appear to be a single magic bullet that will solve the problem. One item that does come to mind is to call NordVPN tech support and ask the Customer Service Rep if AES-NI is already running in their OpenVPN client, and if not, what has to be done to enable AES-NI. I haven't found any specific info for it, so, maybe the support is built in. If you do have to enable it, you might not find any difference in throughput rates if all of their North American servers are running very slow. It's entirely possible that you could put a great deal of effort into this and not get anywhere due to their server throughput rates. Only way to determine that is to try different servers, or possibly even a different VPN provider.
What setting are you using for the encryption? AES-128-CBC, AES-192-CBC or AES-256-CBC?
WOW very nice reply indeed..
Nordvpn is done all they can do they say.
Using Europe's servers yields nothing better really!
Maybe the new CODA version of firmware, if and when it arrives, will be better.
- The European Servers are not any better in speed.
- the AES-NI is not Running in their client as it does not work well with their servers.
I do have a Netgear WNDR 4000 router with DD_rt that I would like to bridge with the CODA but not sure if it will be making a difference..
Time to look to another vpn perhaps.
Any suggestions of VPN services working great with the CODA router? in Canada and specifically rogers?
Again Awesome reply and thank you for taking all the time to post..
@flyboy50 I don't have any good suggestions for VPN services in Canada as I don't use a VPN (I probably should) . I'd be hesitant to buy a router from any specific service unless you absolutely had the ability to load it with something else such as PfSense, and that router had AES-NI support. Fwiw, the next PfSense version will require AES-NI support. My guess is that it won't load unless AES-NI support is present.
The Asus RT-AC88U, RT-AC3100, RT-AC5300 and RT-AC86U has IPSEC support when loaded with Merlin's Asuswrt. As far as I know, only the RT-AC86U has AES-NI support which results in much faster IPSEC throughput rates. You would have to look around to see what else might run AES-NI with IPSEC support.
Fwiw, QOS is an issue with Asus router. Seems this goes back a long ways. I don't use QOS so I haven't kept up with its current status.
Here is one small thread from that forum.
There is a better thread regarding the RT-AC86U and VPN support, just have to find it somewhere.
Then, all of a sudden I started getting warnings that my backups weren't completing in the time allowed - transfer rates to Azure are now 420kb/s instead of 42,000kb/s. But, my fast.com results are still returning 800/45. Spent hours troubleshooting Azure, rebooting firewall and modem to no avail.
VPNs are very important to many of our customers, so please update us once the tech has come to replace your modem and let us know if that resolves it.
@EricMc usually when tech support can't push a firmware upload to the modem, that's an indication of an external cable and / or connector fault. Do not let the tech leave without him or her checking the cable signal levels, which can be done via the techs wireless tablet or laptop. That connects to the Rogers system, allowing the tech to look at the signal levels without connecting directly to the modem or its RG-6 cable.
Personal opinion, the first thing that should be done is to check the signal levels, take whatever corrective action is required, then consider swapping the modem.
That seems to be a common issue - They have replaced the wiring from street to demark twice now to try and resolve issues. It was originally RG-6 which was then reduced to a lighter cable. I've getting fantastic speeds with data that isn't being encapsulated in IPSec packets, even other VPN style packets are fine - I expect it's a firmware problem that Rogers just doesn't know about/doesn't want to admit to.
Actually low IPSEC data rates with Intel Puma modems, which includes the Puma 5, 6 and 7, are a known issue. There is an upcoming update which will hopefully resolve the low data rates. Won't know until that's released and users have a chance to test it. So, swapping the modem will not do anything to increase the IPSEC data rates.
The black Hitron modems are Puma 6 modems, the white Hitron modem is a Puma 7 modem.
This problem probably dates back to 2008 when Intel bought the Puma modem line from Texas Instruments and dropped in an Arm and Atom processor into the design. Either the IPSEC limitation was in the original Puma 5 modem that Texas Instruments built, and that limitation was dragged 10 years into the future, or, the limitation was caused by the chipset design changes that Intel introduced.
Other users who require IPSEC data transfer have simply left Rogers and gone elsewhere, where IPSEC isn't an issue.
Edit: You should find that you're limited to 25 Mb/s over an IPSEC VPN, which is an Intel Puma 5/6/7 modem limitation. If you were running the new Ignite TV service, with a Technicolour XB6 modem instead of the Arris XB6 modem you might see higher IPSEC data rates. The Technicolour XB6 is a Broadcom BCM-3390 modem, the Arris XB6 is an Intel Puma 7 modem. Now having said that, when someone with a Technicolour XB6 manages to really test IPSEC VPNS, we'll find out if there are any additional network issues lurking about as well, and that possibly this isn't just a modem issue. I haven't seen anyone with the Technicolour XB6 post any IPSEC results, but, one of these days it will happen. I'm looking forward to those results, whenever they show up.
I've been reading about 'updates' as far back as 5 years ago - I don't think they are coming 'soon' anymore. That said, everything was working fine until Thursday last week with the exact same traffic - I've essentially uploaded 100s of TBs across the pipe over the last year. I had this issue with the an older model (likely the PUMA6, it was black) which caused us to upgrade to the coda-4582u modem against Rogers recommendation at the time. I went month-to-month for 6 months before signing a contract to make sure the issue didn't return. According to Rogers, nothing has changed that would cause this, so this is why I'm scratching my head... If nothing changed, what changed?
Have a look at my additional "Edit" above. There is an update in the works, just not sure if its going to be included in the next one or two updates. I'll inquire about any progress on this.
First thing that comes to mind is a cable issue. Its possible that the problem is beyond your cable system, somewhere between the local tap, which you are connected to, and the neighbourhood node. As I indicated above, the first item that comes to mind when tech support can't push an update is a cable issue. Since your cabling was replaced very recently, I would suspect some issue further upstream, in which case tech support should have dispatched a senior tech, not a contractor tech.
Then there is always the possibility of some configuration change witin the Cable Modem Termination System (CMTS). Your modem connects to the CMTS via the neighbourhood node. Any configuration change, accidental or deliberate can result in issues for users.
Are you running IPV6 by any chance, and if so, does your transfer target use IPV4 or IPV6? If you're running IPV6, I wouldn't be surprised if there was a configuration change with the CMTS which is causing IPV6 problems for users connected to that particular CMTS.
You should be able to log into the modem using 192.168.0.1 or 192.168.100.1 if the modem is in Gateway mode, or by using 102.168.100.1 if the modem is in Bridge mode with a router behind it. You can log into the modem thru the router.
If you can log into the modem and its running in Gateway mode, you will see two WAN addresses in the upper right hand data block on the Status page. That page is displayed automatically when you log into the modem. The upper right hand corner is the WAN address block and it will show both IPV4 and IPV6 addresses if the modem is running IPV6.


College of the Rockies' HCA students look forward to starting their careers as Health Care Assistants. Students are pictured here along with instructors Michele Knox (second from left) and Kathy Poland (third from right, standing).
College of the Rockies' Golden campus' is wrapping up the semester for their largest intake of Health Care Assistant (HCA) students ever. Fourteen students have completed their final practicum and will soon be prepared to help fill the demand for HCAs in the region.
The HCA program is a 27-week program that prepares students to provide personal care to individuals in long-term care as well as in community settings like home support and assisted living. The program involves both in-class theory and a practicum placement in the field.
According to the WorkBC website, a strong demand for care aides is contributing to higher salaries and increased employment opportunities. As the provincial government is increasing the number of long-term care beds available in BC, more employment opportunities are expected to result. WorkBC forecasts close to 900 job openings for Health Care Assistants in the Kootenay region alone. These positions will result from replacement of retiring workers as well as new job openings due to economic growth.
The HCA program is offered yearly at the Cranbrook campus, and rotates on an annual basis to most regional campuses.


using pick file: filter list not working?
eg, I want to only allow them to select files of type "sqlite"
Re: using pick file: filter list not working?
That's interesting. I can make it work with other file extensions but for some reason I can't get it to work with .sqlite and .db3.
Contact JMP Technical Support and they can investigate and tell you what's going on.


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Lanza, Clara
(1859-1939) US author, a marquise by marriage into the Italian nobility in 1878, whose Mr Perkins' Daughter (1881) flirts with Amnesia on the skirts of the fantastic; her sf novel, Scarabaeus: The Story of an African Beetle (1892) with James Clarence Harvey (1865-1945), features a camera capable of photographing the past (see Time Viewer), a scene in which retinal images identify a murderer (a commonplace of speculative forensics at this time; see Scientific Errors), while carrying its cast to ...
Cultural Engineering
A phrase not especially common in sf Terminology, although what it refers to is fundamental to the genre. The idea of humans deliberately altering the nature of alien cultures (or of Aliens doing it to us), or indeed of doing the same to isolated cultures on Earth or colony worlds, is often evoked in sf – sometimes approvingly, slightly more often disapprovingly. This is especially so in stories in which Anthropology, Colonization of Other Worlds and Sociology are dominant themes. ...
Thorpe, Francis Newton
(1857-1920) US historian, political scientist and author, whose second novel, The Spoils of Empire: A Romance of the Old World and the New (1903), locates a Lost Race in the Mexico of late Aztec times. [JC]
Weird and Occult Library
UK pocketbook magazine, three numbered, undated issues 1960; published by G G Swan, London; no editor named, but was Gerald Swan (1902-1981). Weird and Occult contained a mixture of weird, sf and mystery stories, most of which had been gathering dust in Swan's drawer since World War Two. Unlike its companion, Science Fiction Library, the fiction was mostly by British writers including A M Burrage and John Russell Fearn. Like its companion it was in such small print that it was difficult to ...
Mandel, George
(1920-2021) US Comics artist who drew some Superhero figures including The Woman in Red – first seen in Thrilling Comics #2 (March 1940) and identified as the first female masked crime-fighter – Black Marvel for Timely and Blue Bolt for Novelty, until he was badly wounded in World War Two. / Mandel then turned to writing, beginning with the early Beat novel Flee the Angry Strangers (1952). Of sf interest is Crocodile Blood (1985), a tale Equipoisal between rationalized horror ...


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Barcelona By Sights – Casa Batlló
kim April 26, 2013
Art & Architecture · Europe · Photography & Video
An earlier project by Gaudi, Casa Batlló is completed in 1906. Even though it's just a few blocks down the street from Casa Mila, somehow I missed this building during my previous visit to Barcelona, but that just meant I got the delight of experiencing this building for the first time. Casa Batlló was a renovation project for Gaudi, which included re-building the main street-facing façade. It's a bold, exuberant composition of natural organic forms, symbolism, and brilliant color, with a generous and playful use of mosaic glass and ceramics. The top of the façade is famously known as the dragon's back because the curving shape looks like a spine and the colored masonry tiles are its iridescent scales.
The Batlló family had a private residence entered through the ground floor entrance hall. The level of detail on the interior reflects the detail on the exterior; this was not merely a pretty shell. Notable again is the abundant natural light that comes in through the huge openings on the exterior wall where the family could watch the hustle and bustle below on the Passeig de Gràcia. But it's the careful design and follow-through of every detail that brings this building to life. The patterns in the ceilings, the design of the doors, the light fixtures and stair railings; each piece tells a part of a story about the natural world, and in turn connects us closer to it.
One of Casa Batlló's amazing ceilings
The upper floors of the house are connected with a common stair surrounding a light well topped with a skylight bringing the Mediterranean sunshine down into the center of the building. There are apartments on each floor now used as offices. The attic space or loft, originally used as a service area for laundry and storage, utilizes a series of catenary arches similar to Casa Mila but with an entirely different effect. Here, the sixty arches and their connecting walls are whitewashed and with the light streaming in through the windows and it feels like you're in a hilltop Mediterranean village. At the same time, the series of white arches resembles a rib cage and are often referred to as the rib cage of the dragon on the roof.
Two outdoor spaces are an important part of the design: the private courtyard off the dining room of the Batlló residence, and the common use roof-top. Both spaces continue the themes of the building with their playful-yet-functional organic forms, symbolism from nature, and a riotous use of color. The main roof terrace allows the visitor to get closer to the dragon's back as well as view the four chimneys, which, as expected from Gaudi, are not just artful but functional.
Casa Batlló was a spectacular surprise for me and a delight. The level of detail inside and out, the shimmering color, the movement, the fantastical references to animals and the sea; all in a space that is truly functional and modern with open, sun-filled rooms that come together to make a magical and otherworldly progression of spaces.
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Barcelona By Sights - Park Güell
We spent our final day in Barcelona visiting Park Güell, originally conceived as a residential suburban development opened to the public as a park in 1923.
Barcelona By Sights - Casa Mila
Designed by Gaudi and completed in 1912, Casa Mila (aka La Pedrera) is an apartment building in the Eixample neighborhood. At just over 100 years old, it was not only innovative for its time but is still a model for multi-family housing today.
Barcelona By Sights - Sagrada Familia
I've had three architectural experiences that have, literally, brought me to tears: Le Corbusier's Notre Dame du Haut de Ronchamp, Carlo Scarpa's Brion Cemetery and most recently, Antoni Gaudi's Sagrada Familia.
Barcelona By Sights - La Boqueria
Nestled off La Rambla lies one of Barcelona's great landmarks, the Mercat de Sant Josep de la Boqueria - more commonly known as La Boqueria. A public market with roots dating back to the 13th century, it is as much a feast for the eyes...
Barcelona By Sights
With beautiful architecture that changes from building to building to building, I've never enjoyed exploring a city so much as I did Barcelona, and I can't wait to return and find new places and spaces to lose myself in all over again.
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That said, Louisiana is not the most dangerous state. Over in Alabama, the rate was 19.4 deaths for every 100,000 people. Arkansas had a rate of 16.4 deaths for every 100,000 people, just a tick higher than Louisiana. In Mississippi, the rate was a staggering 23.1 deaths for every 100,000 people. Wyoming also broke the 20 barrier, with 21.2 deaths per 100,000 people.
Some of the safest states are Rhode Island (7.8), New York (5.0), New Jersey (6.9) and Massachusetts (5.1). On the whole, the east coast tends to have far fewer traffic deaths per 100,000 people, while the rates in southern states tend to be abnormally high.
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Home Markets Exceptional wines from the 2017 vintage in South Africa
Exceptional wines from the 2017 vintage in South Africa
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The South African wine grape harvest is slightly larger than last year following a dry season and consumers can look forward to exceptional wines from the 2017 vintage.
The wine industry body VinPro (non-profit company which represents 3 500 South African wine producers) says the 2017 harvest, that is at 1 425 283 tonnes 1.4% larger than in 2016, was initially expected to be smaller. "A decrease was expected due to the second consecutive very dry, hot season. However, cooler nights throughout the growing season and the absence of significant heatwaves during harvest time buffered the effect of the drought to some extent," says Francois Viljoen, manager of VinPro's viticulture consultation service.
The Swartland and Paarl regions obtained much larger crops following sharp declines in 2016. Robertson's production was close to the record harvest in 2016, while Olifants River and Breedekloof increased somewhat following small crops last year. Slightly smaller yields were noted in the Northern Cape, Stellenbosch and Worcester and a much smaller harvest in the Klein Karoo.
Although higher rainfall brought some relief in certain regions, it was still very much below average and the warmer weather conditions required producers to manage water usage very closely.
On the plus side, the dry conditions resulted in very healthy vineyards and smaller berries with good colour and flavour concentration. These conditions, along with the ideal cool weather during harvest time formed the perfect combination for an exceptional quality wine grape harvest, according to Viljoen.
Wines of South Africa CEO, Siobhan Thompson is positive, "Having spoken to many of our producers, general sentiment is that the harvest was one of the best seen in many years, specifically in terms of quality. The cooler than normal weather experienced in February saw to more even ripening periods and winemakers from various regions have commented positively on the outcome, despite the challenging weather conditions we've experienced. We are looking forward to seeing what this somewhat exceptional vintage does for South African wines as a whole in international markets."
"We are grateful that the weather played along during the 2017 harvest, but looking towards the 2018 wine grape season that is around the corner, we are really hoping for rain during the upcoming post-harvest and winter period," says Viljoen.
South Africa is the 8th biggest wine producer world-wide and produces about 4.1% of the world's wine.
Total crop size:
The 2017 wine grape crop is estimated at 1 425 283 tonnes according to the South African Wine Industry Information and Systems (Sawis) at the end of April 2017. This is 1.4% higher than in 2016.
The 2017 wine harvest – juice and concentrate for non-alcoholic purposes, wine for brandy and distilling wine included – is expected to amount to 1 106.3 million litres, calculated at an average recovery of 776 litres per ton of grapes.
2016/17 Growing season:
The post-harvest period (April and May) was very hot and dry, which led to early leaf-fall in some areas, and the accumulation of reserves was moderate.
Winter arrived late in most regions, but was cold enough to break dormancy. Although rainfall was higher than the previous season in some areas and could carry the harvest through, it was still below average and the dam and soil water levels remained under pressure. Producers therefore had to irrigate meticulously.
Spring arrived on time and warm weather in August contributed to somewhat earlier than normal, but even bud burst. However, cooler weather in September resulted in some instances of later and more uneven bud burst. October and November was characterised by cool nights and warm days, that was beneficial to flowering and berry set. Some producers in the Breedekloof and Worcester regions experienced black frost in October, which resulted in limited crop losses.
The growing season and especially harvest time will be remembered for cooler nights and warmer, drier days. Harvest time kicked off on time in most regions, with the exception of the Northern Cape that started two weeks late due to frequent rainfall. Big showers at the beginning of the Stellenbosch region's harvest resulted in bottle-necks in the harvesting of some cultivars.
The generally dry season resulted in very healthy vineyards with limited occurrence of pests, diseases or rot.
Wine potential:
"Consumers can definitely look forward to an exceptional 2017 vintage," said Viljoen.
The dry, warm weather resulted in healthy grapes and small berries with good intensity. Greater variation between night and day temperatures during the ripening stage gave the colour and flavour formation a further boost, which are indicative of remarkable quality wines.
Grape analyses look promising, with most regions characterised by sufficient sugar levels and low acidity.
Overview of regions:
Breedekloof: A Slightly smaller harvest than in 2017 after one of the driest growing and ripening periods ever.
Klein Karoo: A much smaller harvest due to dry conditions and a shrinking area under vines.
Malmesbury/Swartland: A considerably bigger and exceptional crop after a sharp decline in 2016.
Northern Cape: A season of extremes and variation between producers contribute to an overall decrease.
Olifants River: Ideal weather conditions contribute to a slightly larger harvest of good quality.
Paarl: A good hike in production following a much smaller 2016 harvest, with favourable grape analyses.
Robertson: A dry, hot season resulted in an above-average yield, close to the record harvest in 2016.
Stellenbosch: A challenging season contributed to a smaller, but promising wine grape harvest.
Worcester: A healthy and average sized harvest for this region, but still slightly smaller than in 2016.
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Are you familiar with the old addage "Nice Guys Finish Last?"
Take it from me, that saying is 100 percent accurate! But probably not for the reasons you expect.
Yup, it's true. The Nice Guy isn't really being nice, he is being EMOTIONALLY GREEDY.
Perhaps the biggest problem faced by guys who are struggling to succeed with women is that they allow themselves to be handicapped by something I call "the Nice Guy factor."
This stems from the fact that often a guy has so little self-esteem and sense of himself that he bases his own self-worth on what other people THINK OF HIM.
Guys like this put themselves at the mercy of the other people in their lives, and they spend a lot of time trying to please them, believing that if others think highly of them, then they can feel good about themselves.
On the surface, this doesn't seem so bad, and it does feel good when others approve of you.
The trouble is, most people will look at this behavior and instantly place these poor men into the "Nice Guys" column. They recognize that these are guys who do not like conflict, and who only want to keep everyone happy.
These guys are also some of the more selfish people you will ever come across.
Seriously. How do I know this? Because I used to be one of these guys, so I know exactly how they think! And I do not mind one bit if anyone who thinks of themselves as "nice" now feels really, really pissed off!
The way I see it, all of you "Nice Guys" reading this article are nothing more than "people pleasers." At some point in your lives, you discovered that pleasing others was a sure way to get them to like you, and whenever you did this the result was you ending up feeling good about yourself. Maybe it was acclaim from your parents, or the acceptance of your friends you sought, but somehow YOU LEARNED that what other people think of you is important to how you feel about yourself.
What I am telling you now is that using other people's feelings and goodwill this way is not only harmful, it's dishonest!
Anyone who declares "I hate conflict!" or "If you cannot say anything nice, don't say anything at all!" should do us all a favor and move themselves to the planet "Ideal" where life is wonderful, and we all have transparent heads, and wars have long since been banished. Only on Planet Ideal will are you likely to find that everyone is hapy to give you all the moral support you need.
But that's really the crux of the issue right there. "Nice Guys" tend to believe that "I am so loving and giving and nice that I feel you ought to treat me the exact same way that I treat you."
The real world doesn't work that way though, does it?
--"It's really not fair of you to disagree with me because I do so much for you!"
--"Please offer sympathy, and give me comfort when I'm upset because I'm needy and I cannot comfort myself."
--"You should always be in a good mood because I am constantly trying to make you happy and when I can't, I feel ashamed and mad at you!"
--"You should pay attention to me. After all that I've done for you, I deserve it!"
--"You need to take care of me by doing what I am afraid to do for myself! I take care of you, so you need to return the favor!"
Now, if these are typical thoughts that run through the heads of Nice Guys (and they are), then ask yourself this: "If someone was SAYING these things to me, how would I react?" Probably not so well, right? Well, now you know where women are coming from when they decide that they don't want to have relationships with "Nice Guys."
Once the woman subconsciously makes this decision and the needy demands of the "Nice Guy" go unmet, he then falls into a deep well of self-pity and depression. He also feels shame and anger at his failure to please the women he wants, and even though this "Nice Guy" can keep his pleasant demeanor up for a considerable time, his resentment towards this woman he wanted to please now grows and grows until it finally explodes in anger and rage directed at others or himself.
This "Nice Guy" mentality therefore tends to sabotage itself, and invites loss of self respect when women put you at arm's length. When you repeated go into a funk because of this it causes others to not want to be around you.
So what is a "Nice Guy" to do?
The answer is that if you want to be successful with women, you need to stop being agreeable all the time and instead be straightforward and honest. If you have to go against the wishes of others and disappoint them, well, so be it! There is no reason that you cannot do this with kindness and sensitivity, but you MUST do it.
Only by being honest with others, and with yourself, will you manage to overcome those selfish "nice guy" habits that are holding you back. By doing this, you will cease to care about what others think of you. Instead, the source of your validation will come from being true to yourself and straightforward with others. Before you know it, all your resentment and anger will disappear, and you will have more respect for yourself and a lot less depression.
The bottom line is that if you want to become the type of man other people can respect then you truly have to stop being a "Nice Guy". Yes, it can be hard to be honest with others (eand with yourself), but in the end you will find it far more rewarding than you do your current mode of behavior.
If you are unsure about how you can create the opportunities with women you'll need to practice being straightforward and honest with them, pick up a copy of my book "The Art of Approaching", and I will teach you EXACTLY how to become the kind of man that women respond to.
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NEW YORK — With time running out on NHL labor talks, commissioner Gary Bettman cautioned Thursday that the league is prepared to lock out its players if a new collective bargaining agreement is not reached by Sept. 15, when the current deal expires.
"Time is running short and the owners are not prepared to operate under this collective bargaining agreement for another season, so we need to get to making a deal and doing it soon," Bettman said after the two sides met at the league headquarters.
When asked if Sept. 15 is a hard deadline, Bettman said, "Our efforts are going to be devoted to trying to make a deal." He then reiterated his previous statement that owners aren't prepared to operate under the current system.
Saying a "wide gap" still existed between the two sides on numerous issues, Bettman added the potential for a lockout is something the NHL Players' Association has been aware of for much of the past year.
Fehr returned to the negotiating table after a trip to Europe, where he met with players in Moscow and Barcelona.
The NHLPA head did not have an immediate response to Bettman's comments, because he spoke before the commissioner made himself available to reporters. Fehr did reiterate the union is open to continuing talks beyond Sept. 15 if no deal is reached, and entering the season under the current system.
Talks are scheduled to continue Friday in New York, before shifting to the union's headquarters in Toronto next week. That's when Fehr expects to make a formal counteroffer to the league's initial proposal.
The union did make a presentation to the NHL on Thursday, outlining some of its economic positions in response to what the league has put on the table.
The NHL is proposing to cut players' share of revenues from 57 percent to 46 — and that percentage drops to 43 when taking into account revenues the NHL deems should not be shared with players. That would translate into as much as a $450 million shift in revenue in the owners' favor.
Fehr, on Thursday, said the NHL is essentially asking its players to pick up all the costs in a new deal. He also questioned whether NHL teams have any desire to share revenues among themselves to maintain a level of parity.
Bettman did confirm that the NHL is seeking to decrease the players' share.
"We start from the premise that the fundamental proposal, our initial proposal, relates to the fact that we need to be paying out less in player costs," Bettman said.


This refrigerator cake can be made up to a week ahead, provided you keep it nice and cool. Serve as a treat with coffee or as a sweet canapé. It's frighteningly moreish, and a great one for Christmas Day dessert if you're hosting people who don't like traditional festive puddings.
Our matcha mille crêpe cake looks really impressive but is also easy to make. It's no-bake so you don't need an oven to make it. Create this beautiful green tea inspired cake using layers of crepes and custard cream and dust with some matcha powder to finish.
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Supernotes by Agent Kasper and Luigi Carletti treads too uncertain a line between its "Thriller" subtitle and its "Based on True Events" tagline. Here's an excerpt from my review in the Washington Post:
Supernotes are counterfeit $100 bills, primarily in circulation in Asia and produced so superbly that they thwart even the most advanced detection methods. But the new book Supernotes takes that description even further: "Authentic banknotes, but printed in a place that's not the U.S. Mint. And therefore false? No. Different. But real."
The source of these counterfeit c-notes is central to this new thriller. But the story focuses more extensively on the detention, imprisonment and torture of an Italian man in a Cambodian prison. We follow his struggles to escape while his family's attorney in Rome works to obtain his release. As the story shuttles between the horrors of prison life and the frustrations of legal maneuvering, it also weaves back and forth in time to reveal the prisoner's history and the events that led to his incarceration.
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Birmingham City University students create life-size effigies of Shakespeare and some of his most iconic characters
A life-size installation featuring more than a dozen of Shakespeare's most famous creations – handcrafted from paper and cardboard – is open to the public, free of charge, at Birmingham City University.
Tamora, Queen of the Goths (from Titus Andronicus).
With scale models over six feet tall, a three-metre-high balcony and even a walk-in tavern, it has been made as a tribute to mark 400 years since the Bard's death.
Each piece in the installation was individually crafted by 22 first year students from the University's Design for Theatre, Performance and Events degree course.
Romeo and Juliet.
The students used techniques learned on the course to sculpt 780 metres of corrugated cardboard and nearly 5,000 metres of brown paper into the setting and characters.
Among the figures are a likeness of William Shakespeare himself, writing at his desk, and full size replicas of King Lear, Caliban, Richard III, and Romeo & Juliet.
Caliban (from The Tempest).
The exhibition took nearly three weeks to create, with students working day and night to make each component from scratch, as well as selecting music and lighting to complement each element.
The installation is housed in the Shell space at the University's Parkside Building. It is open to the public, with free admission, until Friday 26 February.
Viola (from Twelfth Night).
The Shakespeare Birthplace Trust helped students research the project. When the project ends, a number of characters and settings will be transported to Stratford-upon-Avon for display.
Shakespeare at his desk.
The tavern in the installation is intended to replicate London's historic Gorge (or "George") Inn, sometimes referred to as "Shakespeare's Local".
Traditional Elizabethan music plays in the exhibition hall, while words from The Two Noble Kinsmen – thought to be Shakespeare's final play – make a poignant tribute to the Bard.
Juliet (from Romeo and Juliet).
"It's very rare that you get an art installation that really looks at the times that Shakespeare was writing in," says the Shakespeare Birthplace Trust's Marie Brennan.
"As well as looking at new interpretations of his own work. It's really an unusual and creative concept to bring those two together into one installation.
Peter Quince (from A Midsummer Night's Dream.
Titled "The Figure in Space – Shakespeare", the exhibition is on until Friday 26 February at Birmingham City University: The Parkside Building, 5 Cardigan Street, Birmingham B4 7BD. Admission is free.
Go here for a map and directions.
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