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Twas the night before Christmas, when all through the house Not a creature was stirring, not even a mouse; The stockings were hung by the chimney with care, In hopes that St. Nicholas soon would be there;
The children were nestled all snug in their beds, While visions of sugar-plums danced in their heads; And mamma in her 'kerchief, and I in my cap, Had just settled down for a long winter's nap,
When out on the lawn there arose such a clatter, I sprang from the bed to see what was the matter. Away to the window I flew like a flash, Tore open the shutters and threw up the sash.
The moon on the breast of the new-fallen snow Gave the lustre of mid-day to objects below, When, what to my wondering eyes should appear, But a miniature sleigh, and eight tiny reindeer,
With a little old driver, so lively and quick, I knew in a moment it must be St. Nick. More rapid than eagles his coursers they came, And he whistled, and shouted, and called them by name;
"Now, DASHER! now, DANCER! now, PRANCER and VIXEN! On, COMET! on CUPID! on, DONNER and BLITZEN! To the top of the porch! to the top of the wall! Now dash away! dash away! dash away all!"
As dry leaves that before the wild hurricane fly, When they meet with an obstacle, mount to the sky, So up to the house-top the coursers they flew, With the sleigh full of toys, and St. Nicholas too.
And then, in a twinkling, I heard on the roof The prancing and pawing of each little hoof. As I drew in my hand, and was turning around, Down the chimney St. Nicholas came with a bound.
He was dressed all in fur, from his head to his foot, And his clothes were all tarnished with ashes and soot; A bundle of toys he had flung on his back, And he looked like a peddler just opening his pack.
His eyes — how they twinkled! his dimples how merry! His cheeks were like roses, his nose like a cherry! His droll little mouth was drawn up like a bow, And the beard of his chin was as white as the snow;
The stump of a pipe he held tight in his teeth, And the smoke it encircled his head like a wreath; He had a broad face and a little round belly, That shook, when he laughed like a bowlful of jelly.
He was chubby and plump, a right jolly old elf, And I laughed when I saw him, in spite of myself; A wink of his eye and a twist of his head, Soon gave me to know I had nothing to dread;
He spoke not a word, but went straight to his work, And filled all the stockings; then turned with a jerk, And laying his finger aside of his nose, And giving a nod, up the chimney he rose;
He sprang to his sleigh, to his team gave a whistle, And away they all flew like the down of a thistle. But I heard him exclaim, ere he drove out of sight, HAPPY CHRISTMAS TO ALL, AND TO ALL A GOOD-NIGHT!
Clement Clarke Moore
Clement Clarke Moore wrote Twas the night before Christmas in 1822. It is also known as 'A Visit from St. Nicholas'
Beloved Oscar
Louis Wain was an English artist best known for his drawings, which often featured anthropomorphised large-eyed cats and kittens. However the scope of work was far wider than this. He was a true artist but combined this with an approach to the rendering of his art in a unique and unprecedented style.
Wain was born on the 5th August 1860, so lived to the good age of 79, passing away on 4th July 1939. His father was a textile trader and embroiderer; his mother was French. He was the first of six children, and the only male child. None of his five sisters ever married.
A selection of Wains Annuals, issued from 1905 to 1914 © Louis Wain
Wain was born with a cleft lip and the doctor gave his parents the orders that he should not be sent to school or taught until he was ten years old. In his later years he may have suffered from schizophrenia (although this claim is widely disputed among many specialists if this is true or not), which, according to some psychiatrists, can be seen in his works.
Shortears Began And Sung A Solo. Then All The Cats Joined And Sung The Chorus To Madame's Satisfaction (1886) © Louis Wain/Chris Beetles Gallery London
As a youth, he was often truant from school, and spent much of his childhood wandering around London. Following this period, Louis studied at the West London School of Art and eventually became a teacher there for a short period.
Two Jugs Of Milk
At the age of 20, Wain was left to support his mother and his five sisters after his father's death.
The Naughty Puss, and of course ….
… The Good Puss
Wain soon resigned from his teaching position to become a freelance artist, and in this role he achieved substantial success. He specialized in drawing animals and country scenes, and worked for several journals including the Illustrated Sporting and Dramatic News, where he stayed for four years. He also worked for the Illustrated London News from 1886.
I am very happy because everbody loves me
Through the 1880s, Wain's work included detailed illustrations of English country houses and estates, along with livestock he was commissioned to draw at agricultural shows. His work at this time includes a wide variety of animals, and he maintained his ability to draw creatures of all kinds throughout his lifetime. At one point, he hoped to make a living by drawing dog portraits, but he didnt need to …
Dogs In Catland © Louis Wain
Wain became one of the most popular commercial illustrators in the history of England. His cats, dogs and other animals captured the imagination of the Edwardian era and his work helped to promote domestic cats to unprecedented heights. Before Wain, cats in England were often thought of with contempt, but his work humanised them and helped to show them as something to be liked, admired and even loved.
Peter the Cat, Emilys friend sat in the garden
His illustrations were so popular that throughout the beginning of the twentieth-century most homes had at least one of his famous cat annuals and many nurseries had Wain posters hanging on their walls. "He made the cat his own" H.G. Wells once remarked. "…he invented a cat style, a cat society, a whole cat world." At the age of 23, Wain married his sisters' governess, Emily Richardson, who was ten years his senior (which was considered quite scandalous at the time), and moved with her to Hampstead in north London. Emily soon began to suffer from breast cancer, and died three years into their marriage. Prior to Emily's death, Wain discovered the subject that would define his career. During her illness, Emily was comforted by their pet cat Peter, a stray black and white kitten they had rescued after hearing him mewing in the rain one night.
Apple Tree Cats
Emily's spirits were greatly lifted by Peter, and Louis began to draw extensive sketches of him, which Emily strongly encouraged him to have published. She died before this happened, but he continued to make cat sketches. He later wrote of Peter, "To him, properly, belongs the foundation of my career, the developments of my initial efforts, and the establishing of my work." Peter can be recognized in many of Wain's early published works.
See more of Wains Work here
If you wish to buy an original of Wains work then try the Chris Beetles Gallery
References: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Louis_Wain & other sources./p>
Other Illustrations by Wain using Pencil and Pen & Ink
The door of the Annual
A Cats Nightmare
A selection of Wains 'Fractal Cat' Illustrations
The Man Himself. Bringing Joy to so many, us included eh Osc.
Andean cats are rare and rarely seen. At last count it was reported that only 1,378 adults exist and those are scattered over more than 150,000 square kilometers (roughly 580,000 square miles) of highlands from northeastern Peru to Patagonia. So when Jacobo showed up there were a few puzzled faces in town.
Cat of the Month ~ December 2020
Jacobo, the beautiful Andean cat
Photograph: © https://news.mongabay.com/
Jacobo was spotted in the middle of a artificial grass football field in Bolivia, and he was far from anywhere that should have been home. Not knowing what else to do, local people put the Endangered cat in a birdcage to hand it over to authorities.
At first glance no bigger than a housecat, this feline had ended up such a distance from its usual haunts, high-up in the mountains of Chile, Argentina and Peru, that it was and still is, a mystery. However, this extraordinary circumstance gave conservationists a chance to learn about an animal they are dedicated to saving, but had rarely seen.
Andean cats are kind of like unicorns. There have only been 10 recorded sightings in the past 25 years. The Andean Cat Alliance (AGA) surmount incredible challenges every day to unearth the mysteries surrounding this gorgeous feline. Most AGA staff have never laid eyes on an Andean cat. Yet to them it represents all that is wild and beautiful in the Andes. "Wildlife Conservation Network"
The Andean cat ranges from remote areas of central Peru to the Patagonian steppe. Perfectly adapted to extreme environments, this small feline is though threatened by habitat degradation and hunting.
Jacobo was lucky in that he was given to the Andean Cat Alliance, and instead of being kept captive, the members agreed there and then to forego the extraordinary opportunity to study the animal it had been gifted, and instead, try to return "Jacobo" to the wild.
Cordinators Rocío Palacios and Lilian Villalba orchestrated the multinational volunteer release effort. Jacobo was first examined to reveal no health problems. The conservationists then equipped Jacobo with a GPS collar in the hope that tracking his travels will reveal new data about this particular secretive cat, and others of his kind.
Andean cats are said to be a symbol of the Andes Mountains
Jacobo was released safe and sound in the Sajama National Park, in Bolivia. After the first few days of tracking his radio signal, he began venturing farther away from the release site.
Read the full story of Jacobo and the Andean Cat Alliance (AGA) on the Mongobay website.
The elusive Andean cat caught on camera trap. A stunning feline in a stunning location
Photograph: © Wildlife Conservation Network (link).
27th October is 'National Black Cat Day' in the UK when Cats Protection highlight, in particular, all the beautiful black cats needing adoption. They have hundreds of them in their centres, so we can't work out why anybody wouldn't like to have a black cat as a companion…. they're just like any other cat, and that's straight from the horse's mouth.
National Black Cat Day was created way back in 2011, as Cats Protection statistics showed that black cats were taking longer to rehome than other domestics. This situation has gotten a lot better since then, but of course, there is always room for improvement. This special day was thought up so as to highlight the fact that these black moggies are being forgotten by families taking on a new cat. At the same time lots of happy owners celebrate the beauty of their black cats on this special day. That, reader, includes me (little Oscar).
Anyway, what better day to celebrate the happy story of one black cat called Ruby who was reunited with her happy owner just this month, after being missing for two whole years!
Cat of the Month ~ October 2020
Ruby found, safe and sound
Photograph: © Cats Protection
Ruby went missing from her home near Brogborough, close to a major junction and lorry park on the M1 motorway, in April 2018.
About three weeks ago she was found by security guard Leighton Myers on an industrial estate where he works in Coventry. He was feeding Ruby and, with the help of Cat's Protection, traced her ownership to Jordan Harvey in Bedfordshire, 60 miles away. Mr Harvey drove to Coventry to collect her and Ruby knew him immediately. Just where she was between April 2018 and October 2020 when Mr Myers started feeding her we will never know but she is healthy and happy. Both Ruby and Jordan were over the moon to be re united with each other once again.
If you think that you could give a loving home to a beautiful black cat ( or other) or support in any other way, please have a look at the Cats Protection website below.
Link: National Black Cat Day | Events | Cats Protection
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Oh, and Happy Black Cat Day one and all.
Posted on May 29, 2020 July 5, 2020
I'm Oscar and I'm Five
Hi Folks and Moggies,
Yes it's me Oscar. As you may know I help Ed with this blog quite a lot, so have been able to pull a few string to get myself on the front page again this month. I reminded Ed that it's my birthday this week, and I'm 5 Years Old. Ed said "yes I know you silly puss cat" and proceeeded to open my Birthday Card and fetch me a tasty tin of my favourite fish treat.
When he got back I asked him "as it's my special week can I please, please, be Cat of the month?". Ed thought for a bit and then said "…mmmm I'm not sure, Osc you've already had that honor bestowed upon you and there are so many brave and beautiful cats to choose from out there, I can't fit em all in".
Here I am pretending to be fed up to match that cat on my silly Birthday Card
Like a lot of countries at the moment, we are all here in Lockdown in England and it's been a time of reflection for those humans and for us cats too (oh yes, I've been chatting with my pals out the back there as we cats are immune to that bat bug so can get up to all kinds of antics). Anyway, I too have been looking back at things, now that I've reached the splendid age of five.
When I was adopted from the Rescue Shelter I was a timid thing who would slink around and jump if anyone even came in the room. Four years on I am still a very shy guy but I do walk with a bit more pride and confidence in myself and my own beauty. I still hate the doorbell with a vengeance and run behind the sofa if it goes off, but luckily it has been quiet since March of this year!
I don't like to admit it but I'm still not good at handling quick movements of humans at all, even when I know they are around. They still catch me by suprise by just coming into the room and I often cower away as I'm taken aback with a bolt of fear…. I think something happened to me as a kitten, but I can't now recall what it was these days … well after all I am five now, and it was such a long time ago.
Cat of the Month ~ May 2020
Yay, I persuaded him indoors to make me cat of the month. I look a bit odd here as I've got my eye on that back door… just in case it's dinner time again.
Photograph: Ed, who else
I sincerly hope that all those cats out there in Lockdown are OK, and that humans, if at all possible, can continue to contribute to the good work of cat and animal rescue organisations at this time, when they need it more than ever. After all it's where I came from, and without these places lots of cats would be in the sour milk for sure. I for one wouldn't be here. I'va asked my mate Ed to put a link in to one of the charities close to my heart below, so if you can spare a few coppers please? … them cats n' dogs'll benefit from it, for sure.
Dear readers, I've had a lovely birthday week and am feeling particularly magnamimous at the moment "where did you learn a word like that Osc", Ed so, please take good care of yourselves in this beautiful month of May and, do as we cats do – hunker down in a nice soft patch and let the days and other creatures go by – with the odd break for scran, stalking, hunting, climbing, exploring and generally putting a nose in where it's sometimes not wanted
Bye for now, I'm off out in that yard to see what's going down. Yup, I'm a really cool grown up Cat.
Lots of love, Osc xxx
These kind folks looked after me for ages, so if you can spare a copper or two….The Animal House Charity, West Midlands
… now, let's see whats going on up here
Steinlen Painted Cats
Théophile Alexandre Steinlen was born in Lausanne, Switzerland on 10th November 1869. Little is recorded of his childhood, but he went on to study at the University of Lausanne before taking a job as a designer trainee at a textile mill in Mulhouse in eastern France.
Self portrait with cats 1921. The one on his shoulder is getting very friendly.
Steinlen is well-known for being very fond of Cats. He was fascinated by them and drew, painted and sculpted them many times. He tried to capture each subtlety of their poses and movements, and from looking at his works we can see he has achieved his goal.
Des Chats. 1889. Looks like half a gallon of Milk in that bowl
The famous poster of
'Chat Noir' Nightclub 1896
Moving with his new wife to the Montmartre Quarter of Paris at the age of 21, Steinlen was befriended by the illustrator Adolphe Willette, who introduced him to the avant-garde literary and artistic environment of the Chat Noir cabaret which had been founded not long before.
Little Girl With Cat. 1889. The poor creature is distraught. How'd you like if I picked you up like that Osc.
His house on the Rue Caulaincourt was, according to contemporary accounts, a meeting place for all the cats of the arrondissement. In his early years as an artist, he would sell drawings of cats in exchange for food, and in later years a cat began to be incorporated in many of his drawings, magazine illustrations, lithographs or posters, almost to the point of being his unique personal trade mark.
Old Cat 1902
Steinlens' talent was spotted by owner of the 'Chat Noir' Caberet club, Aristide Bruant and he commissioned Théophile to do poster art and illustrations of its satirical and humorous journal, also called 'Chat Noir'
Study in pencil, for a milk company poster called 'Lait pur sterilise'.
Steinlen went on to form artistic collaborations with writers such as Emile Zola, poets such as Jean Richepin, composers such as Paul Delmet, artists such as Toulouse-Lautrec, all of whom he encountered at Le Chat Noir.
Cat of the Month ~ April 2020
Cat On the sofa. ~ 1889
In the early 1890s, Steinlen's paintings of rural landscapes, flowers, and nudes were being shown at the Salon des Indépendants. Throughout Steinlen's life Montmartre became a favorite subject of his work and he often painted scenes of some of the harsher aspects of life in the area. Steinlen undoutedly had a great love and admiration for cats of all kinds, as is seen in his paintings, sketches and sculpture. Cats often find thier way into his paintings of street scenes and alongside the characters he saw on the streets of Paris.
Poster for the vetinary clinic sharon. 1905
Théophile Steinlen died in 1923 in Paris and was buried in the Cimetière Saint-Vincent in Montmartre.
Two cats on a cabinet. 1914
Today, his works can be found at many museums around the world including at the Hermitage Museum in St. Petersburg, Russia. and the National Gallery of Art in Washington, D.C., United States.
The artist at work in his studio
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How Do We Preserve Artifacts From the Capitol Attacks?
Photo: Samuel Corum/Getty Images
This past weekend, the Washington Post noted that a few artifacts from last week's riots were already being collected by a Smithsonian curator. That got several Curbed editors wondering what else should be preserved to commemorate this horrible event and how and where it all should be presented. On Monday, news editor Megan Barber (who is trained as a historian), city editor Christopher Bonanos (who has written books about New York history), and architecture critic Justin Davidson got into these questions on Slack.
Megan Barber: I think the impetus to preserve things from this event is spot on, but actually how and what we save is a much more difficult question. This is, first and foremost, a still functioning federal office building.
Justin Davidson: Well, we can save a lot, even if it doesn't get displayed. The first things that come to mind are the elements that starred in the video record — in some cases, even if they weren't left at the scene. The zip ties, for example. The gallows. The panel with "Murder the Media." The broken sign to Nancy Pelosi's office (which was preserved, reportedly). I think the 9/11 Memorial & Museum is an excellent model of how to deal with an abundance of recent artifacts interlaced with digital artifacts.
M.B.: The visual record for this is abundant, for sure.
J.D.: This is going to have to be told as a story, and it will be contested. Whose story is it?
M.B.: Right. Remembering is always a political act, and we're talking about how to do it less than a week after a profoundly disturbing event.
Christopher Bonanos: You can imagine this story being told by some people as a story of plucky election-defending protesters, which would be monstrous.
J.D.: Yes, exactly. My criticism of the original planning of the 9/11 Memorial is that it happened too quickly, before the meaning of the event had registered. Now, as then, we don't know whether it's the beginning, middle, or end of a story.
C.B.: The catch, of course, is that the people collecting artifacts don't have the luxury of time. The cleanup started the next day.
J.D.: Right. That's why they can't be too discriminating now.
C.B.: I suspect that you grab what you can at a moment like this.
J.D.: I remember going out to a hangar at JFK where artifacts from the WTC were stored and labeled. It was gargantuan.
C.B.: That was one reason I tweeted about a window full of bullet holes that I thought should be tagged and saved. I thought it might not be removed so fast — that curators would have time to grab it.
J.D.: The repairs have to be made quickly, but some physical damage can and must be preserved, like the bomb damage at the JPMorgan building on Wall Street from the 1920 attack.
M.B.: A frozen-in-time approach just won't work here, in my opinion.
J.D.: Where there's a particularly evocative example of damage, especially to masonry, it can be preserved without danger. You can't leave a doorway full of broken glass, though.
M.B.: Right. And you can still be preservation minded while also repairing what's needed. Repairs don't have to mean erasure.
C.B.: Especially a window that stopped a bullet. It has to be made bulletproof again!
M.B.: We're also looking at the potential for continued violence. An FBI report today warned of even more mobs in the run-up to Biden's inauguration on January 20.
J.D.: Let's keep in mind that this was an assault on people more than on a building.
That's what makes it so chilling. Preserving a broken window can actually wind up trivializing the real murderous energy of the attack. We saw the physical damage to files, offices, windows, etc., right away. What came out over the ensuing days was something quite different. The beating of Officer Sicknick, for example. It's taken a little while for the real violence to sink in.
M.B.: The images and videos can tell a much fuller picture.
C.B.: That's true, Megan, but you also want physical artifacts — the fraught object has a special power.
M.B.: Absolutely. Depending on what type of memorial this ends up being, videos of people attacking Capitol Police next to a bullet-ridden window could be especially powerful. You get both the actions of the mob and the fraught object.
C.B.: I think of the flour sack at the National Museum of African American History and Culture, which leaves people (including me) sobbing. The humbleness of the object and the deep terror that lies behind it.
J.D.: As Carolina Miranda pointed out in the L.A. Times, the Capitol is already a kind of pictorial representation of American history, albeit a pretty distorted one. One of the missions here is to extend and expand the ways in which the Capitol tells that story — and this is a good place to start.
M.B.: And whose story is it telling?
J.D.: Getting that right will be a huge curatorial job. The question is whether the Capitol itself is best equipped to tell it, as opposed to, say, the Smithsonian.
A window with bullet damage. Should it go to the Smithsonian? Photo: Samuel Corum/Getty Images
C.B.: Michael Kimmelman made the argument that the broken windows and other damage should be left in place — "Let's show everyone what they did." I respect his instinct, and I understand it, but I don't think that is quite right.
M.B.: Yeah, Kimmelman's argument is missing the mark a bit. Things need to be saved, but leaving them in place implies that we already know what type of commemoration is going to happen out of this. And, frankly, it's too early.
C.B.: Time makes things clearer, and so do changing senses of what matters — I remember that when the White House was renovated in the late 1940s, they uncovered some beams that were charred from the burning of the building in 1812. And I don't think they were saved, and perhaps you would now want to have those in place, behind glass or something.
There's also the practical problem that you don't want everyone to have to go to work next month surrounded by bullet holes. It is going to freak people out for quite a while.
M.B.: God, yes. The trauma of that.
C.B.: Not everyone is wired to appreciate this stuff in the long view, the way historians are.
M.B.: Right, and even then it will be contested. The most powerful memorials allow for a reckoning with how the history is remembered, too.
J.D.: Leaving damage in place becomes an architectural problem — how to integrate it into a functioning government building that is also open to the public. (Though it may become a lot less open — one of the potential consequences of the storming.) Take the door where Ashli Babbitt was killed … Multiple windows were broken — only one, I think, completely, the one she tried to climb through before she was shot. That breakage pattern is part of the drama of those moments. But I assume that, because it's so close to the House chamber, it will have to be replaced. So maybe you remove the entire door, complete with broken window panes (if it's not too late), and preserve that for display elsewhere.
C.B.: Here's a good thread by Erin Blakemore about how Norman Foster handled that when renovating the Reichstag.
M.B.: It's hard to know where we stand in the timeline of preserving these things.
But I think that's the exact right approach, Justin.
C.B.: Then you hit a separate, albeit less pressing, problem: If it's a 150-year-old door, in a building that has significant historic fabric, do you really want to remove it?
M.B.: The layers-of-history argument.
J.D.: Maybe it can be reinstalled later on, once new protocols are in place and there's a historical context. Part of the issue is that the damage, and the debris, are all over the building, not localized in one or two spots.
C.B.: You can also reproduce it, install the reproduction, and put up a sign.
M.B.: And yet, Justin, as you mentioned, the Capitol wasn't structurally damaged beyond repair.
J.D.: You can't turn the whole building into a display.
C.B.: That is true. Because the assault on the Capitol was an attack from within the country, rather than from (let's say) a war of independence, this is never going to be something we can glorify. It's different from, say, Nassau Hall at Princeton University, which has a big divot in one of the exterior stones where a cannonball hit it during the Revolution. They're proud of it — they point it out on campus tours and keep the ivy trimmed back around it.
M.B.: Well, the victors always decide how things are memorialized, so.
J.D.: To my mind, putting the physical artifacts and the damage in historical context, along with video artifacts and text, is more important than leaving them in place. We're not going to reerect the gallows on the plaza, for instance (or wherever it was).
M.B.: Oof, I just cringed at that.
C.B.: Good Lord, yeah. Though I could see preserving one plank in a museum exhibit or something.
J.D.: But that's one of the most appalling objects from the whole day, and it needs to be part of the story.
M.B.: Absolutely, especially in the context of how many people died, something that really only came into focus in the hours and days after the attack.
J.D.: I think if you could preserve the whole thing — the gallows — that would be ideal, but I assume it's already been destroyed.
C.B.: You know, I am of the "preserve everything" school of thought, but I'm really okay with that.
M.B.: With the gallows being destroyed?
C.B.: Yeah.
J.D.: Broken windows are eloquent. Broken windows + Auschwitz shirt + Trump & Confederate flags + zip ties + gas masks and helmets are much more eloquent.
M.B.: The collective can really tell the fuller story. The difference between one pair of shoes at Auschwitz and thousands.
J.D.: This was an assault organized partly via social media, so those pages are also part of the artifact collection.
M.B.: How historians tackle social media is a whole other can of worms.
C.B.: Until a couple of years ago, the Library of Congress was archiving every tweet, but it stopped. I think dropping that program was a mistake, myself.
M.B.: So we've come to the conclusion that preserving as much as possible right now is the goal, but we really don't know much else. Will a future Capitol memorial be a site for truth-telling? A place of national mourning? The start of reconciliation for a divided country? Or will the story be about the reassertion of democratic values? It's too early to know.
J.D.: The story of January 6 will be told in multiple ways and in many different places, in part because the artifacts are dispersed. How it's told at the Capitol (or the Smithsonian, or whatever) will compete with the way it's memorialized in Trumpland and by its successors. Perhaps even at the … [ominous music] Trump Presidential Library.
C.B.: That will be fascinating. Like the highly modulated Watergate exhibit at the Nixon library, but a hundred times worse.
J.D.: Yes. One big question is whether the storming of the Capitol gets seen as its own discrete event or as part of the narrative of the Trump presidency.
M.B.: And some of that narrative still has to be played out over the next nine days. This certainly has me worried. We don't really know if the violence at the Capitol was the culmination of Trumpism or just the start of the last chapter.
C.B.: We might have to have this conversation again in a week and a half. I hope not.
J.D.: At the 9/11 Museum, where you have both the magnitude of the historical event, the scale of destruction, and an array of very personal, heartbreaking items — including voice-mail messages — they did a fantastic job of integrating all those things.
M.B.: Those voice-mail messages destroy me. Which is entirely the point.
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23. Allan Shivers
Robert Allan Shivers (1907-1985), governor of Texas, was born on October 5, 1907, in Lufkin, Texas, the son of Robert Andrew and Easter (Creasy) Shivers, and spent his early childhood at Magnolia Hills, the family home near Woodville. By the age of thirteen he was "doing a man's job" after school and during the summer at a nearby sawmill. When his father moved to Port Arthur, Shivers completed his secondary schooling, graduating from Port Arthur High School in 1924. He then entered the University of Texas, intent upon becoming a lawyer like his father. At the end of his first year he dropped out of school to work at an oil refinery in Port Arthur. But by 1928 he had reentered the University of Texas, determined to participate fully in campus life and to graduate. He ran for and was elected president of the Students' Association and was a member of the Friars, the Cowboys, and Delta Theta Phi law fraternity.
In 1931 Shivers graduated with a B.A. degree and also passed the state bar exam, although he did not receive his LL.B. degree until two years later. He engaged in private law practice in Port Arthur until 1934, when he was elected as a Democrat to the state senate, at age twenty-seven the youngest member ever to sit in that body. In 1937 he married Marialice Shary of Mission, whose father, John H. Shary, was a prominent citrus fruit grower, cattleman, banker, and realtor in the Rio Grande valley. In 1943 Shivers entered the United States Army and during the next 2 1/2 years served with the Allied Military Government in North Africa, Italy, France, and Germany.
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Shivers and wife Marialice visit O'Daniel and wife Merle
Shivers relaxing
Upon his discharge from the army in 1945 with the rank of major (with five battle stars and the Bronze Star), Shivers became general manager of his father-in-law's business enterprises. But he soon decided to pursue an ambitious political career. In 1946 he ran for and was elected state lieutenant governor; he was reelected two years later. Together with Democratic Governor Beauford H. Jester, Shivers helped bring Texas into the twentieth century. As lieutenant governor he initiated the practice of appointing senators to specific committees and setting the daily agenda. Subsequently, the Senate passed a right-to-work law, reorganized the public school system with the Gilmer-Aikin Laws, appropriated funds for higher education, including the Texas State University for Negroes (now Texas Southern University), and provided monies for improvements of state hospitals and highways.
On July 11, 1949, Beauford Jester died; subsequently Shivers assumed the governorship, which he held effectively for the next 7 1/2 years. During his tenure he pushed through significant legislation as well as reforms of state government. He helped create the Legislation Council, which researches and drafts bills, and the Legislative Budget Board, which sets the budget for legislative consideration. Shivers also expanded state services by pushing tax increases through the legislature. His administrations thus augmented appropriations for eleemosynary institutions, retirement benefits for state employees, aid for the elderly, teacher salaries, and improvements for roads and bridges.
Shivers with President Dwight Eisenhower
Shivers with Adlai Stevenson
Third inauguration in 1955
During his terms of office the legislature also enacted laws pertaining to safety inspection and driver responsibility, legislative redistricting in 1951 (the first in thirty years), and the expansion of juries and grand juries to include women in January 1955. But Shivers was probably best know for defending state claims to the Tidelands against the Truman administration and his break with the national Democratic party over this issue. As a result, he was instrumental in delivering the state's electoral votes in 1952 to Republican nominee Dwight D. Eisenhower and the subsequent congressional approval in 1953 of the state's claim to the Tidelands.
During the last years of his governorship, his popularity diminished. Because of his support of Eisenhower in 1952 he was accused of disloyalty to the Democratic party. He also lost support for his opposition to Brown v. Board of Education, which legally ended segregation. And even though Shivers was never implicated in any way, his administration became tainted with corruption because of state scandals involving insurance and veterans' lands.
Price Daniel, Allan Shivers and Preston Smith at the 1974 inauguration of Dolph Briscoe
After retiring from politics in January 1957, Shivers served in a number of capacities. He actively managed vast business enterprises in the valley, which his wife inherited. He served on the board of directors or as chairman for a number of banks, including the Austin National Bank (later Interfirst Bank Austin) and Texas Commerce Bank. He was president of the United States Chamber of Commerce and, for a time, chairman of the advisory board of the Export-Import Bank of the United States.
In 1973 Shivers was a appointed to a six-year term to the University of Texas Board of Regents, whereupon he served as chairman for four years. During this time he donated his Austin home, the historic Pease mansion, to the university to help raise funds for the UT law school. In 1980 he was instrumental in securing a $5 million grant for the UT College of Communications, which soon thereafter established an endowed chair of journalism in his honor. On January 14, 1985, Shivers died suddenly from a massive heart attack. He was survived by wife Marialice, three sons and a daughter, and ten grandchildren.
BIBLIOGRAPHY: Austin American-Statesman, January 15, 1985. Current Biography, 1951. George N. Green, The Establishment in Texas Politics (Westport, Connecticut: Greenwood, 1979). D. B. Hardeman, "Shivers of Texas: A Tragedy in Three Acts," Harper's, November 1956. Sam Kinch and Stuart Long, Allan Shivers: The Pied Piper of Texas Politics (Austin: Shoal Creek Publishers, 1973).
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How Technology is Simplifying Wheel Loader Operation
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By Curt Bennink
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With skilled operators harder to find, new technologies can help fill the void by easing the burden for both novice and skilled operators alike.
"I have trained a lot of people over the years," recalls John Chesterman, product marketing manager for production class wheel loaders, Deere & Company. "Probably the most common mistake is they are not entering the pile with the bucket level. Almost every wheel loader has a return-to-dig. If it is properly set, it is a feature that can at least get the bucket level to the plane of the tires to go into the pile."
Automating bucket functions reduces the operator's workload. "There have been several technologies integrated with hydraulic controls which simplify operation and help less experienced operators be more productive, such as Automatic Bucket Leveling, which allows the operator to self-level the bucket without having to manually manipulate the bucket position," says Chris Connolly, product manager, GPE products, Volvo Construction Equipment. "Another feature is the Boom Kick-Out, which is beneficial to operators if they are loading a truck to one height all day long. The operator just performs one stroke of the lever rather than having to hold the lever.
"To assist with returning the bucket to a set level with one stroke, we have… Return-to-Dig, which moves the boom down to a preset height with a push of the lever," he adds. "These features are excellent for making operation smoother and helping to reduce cycle times."
"Controlling the lift arm and the attachment precisely is a challenge for novices," notes Martin Koller, Liebherr. "Having the bucket in the right position is vital for entering into the material effectively. With the help of the new electrohydraulic (EH) system, lift arm and bucket positions can be programmed."
EH controls offer enhanced precision. "The Liebherr control lever, which is built into the operator's seat as standard, allows all working and maneuvering operations to be performed with a high degree of precision and sensitivity," says Koller. "The proportional control of the hydraulic attachment is carried out by the Liebherr control lever with mini joystick. The hydraulic joystick can be controlled with great sensitivity and very ergonomically. The tipping speed for tilting back and dumping can be regulated individually and quickly via the touch screen display."
Better Control Through Electronics
EH controls are the building blocks of many time-saving technologies. "Electric-over-hydraulic controls allow the operator to have less fatigue in operation, more consistent operation with their hand controls and the increased performance of their machine based on operator input," says Brad Stemper, product manager, Case Construction Equipment.
EH controls are coupled with proximity sensors to control automatic bucket functions, such as return-to-dig. "Now an operator can position the loader arms or bucket in the right position and press and hold the activate switch for those functions, much like you would preset a radio station," says Stemper. "When it beeps, it tells you that position is now saved. The next time you activate it, the loader is going to return to that height or bucket orientation automatically when you use the detent function within the joystick control."
EH controls have also simplified setup of auxiliary controls for novice operators. "Auxiliary hydraulic flow can be adjusted from inside the cab using the 8-in. touch screen display panel on the Case G Series," says Stemper. "The touch screen also allows a certain level of customization where operators can make adjustment to idle speed, automatic idle shutdown and reversing fan settings."
The ability to automatically control flow electronically results in a more efficient system. "In the old pilot systems or mechanical controls, when you grab that joystick and move it, there was immediate response to the spools," Stemper notes. "You were asking the hydraulics to immediately turn on."
With the flow not yet moving, this created a lot of wasted effort. "There was a lot of friction and heat loss," says Stemper. "With the EH control, you can watch and monitor joystick movements. There is a ramp-up process that the controls actually have built into them." This increases the efficiency as it allows momentum to build up before applying more pressure. "There is better management of hydraulic flow in the application."
Learning New Technologies
"Certainly, with having more advancements on the machines, that's often going to mean there is a learning curve and a larger degree of awareness required on the operator's part," says Connolly, "and it can sometimes be more involved to run the machine. However, once the operator is familiar with the machine and all its features, having electronic controls ultimately helps to eliminate operator fatigue and makes operation of the machine more efficient and increases productivity."
One example is the payload management system. "Volvo launched Load Assist on the Volvo Co-Pilot in-cab display. A real-time payload management system, Load Assist provides a visual representation in real time for operators to see how much material is in the bucket, which increases accuracy of each load," says Connolly. "This is beneficial to new and experienced operators, making every operator more productive."
Advanced electronic controls often imply there is a level of difficulty. "However, many of the functions are engineered to be intuitive, reducing the input from the operator and allowing the loader to run at maximum productivity as it adapts to the environment and application," notes Sam Shelton, marketing manager, KCMA.
For example, KCMA uses electronic controls to improve loading efficiency. "KCMA has developed a system we call Intellidig that balances the hydraulic power and rimpull so that the loader can dig through materials more effectively," Shelton indicates. "We also built special logic into the powertrain that avoids upshifting as the operator approaches a truck, or allows the operator to use both boom and bucket functions simultaneously while digging to improve control and performance.
"Advancements in the KCM wheel loaders, like the 'efficient acceleration' feature, will make an operator more fuel efficient without requiring operator input," she continues. "The automatic reversible cooling fan is another feature the operator never has to think about, but it is engineered to improve machine performance."
Tier 4 engine technologies are another area that may require a learning curve for operators. Depending upon the solution used, operators may require additional training.
The use of diesel particulate filters (DPFs) and regeneration add to the knowledge required by an operator. "As you get novice operators into the machine, they might not have heard of Tier 4," Stemper comments. "If they have, they might not be fully aware of the different types of systems. With the inclusion of more complex technologies, they could have multiple signals informing them of DPF regeneration, DEF fill and additional maintenance." In many cases, the operator may have to watch for items such as combustible material buildup on the machine.
Case has addressed this learning curve with an SCR-only solution for Tier 4. "By going that SCR-only route, we have eliminated a great deal of extra needs the operator would need to be aware of," says Stemper. "The machine is a much simpler machine."
There is no DPF. "There is no forced regeneration, active or passive. There is no additional concern for combustible materials piling on the machine or coolers," Stemper points out. "The only thing operators really need to worry about on our full-size Tier 4 Final wheel loaders is they need to have the DEF tank topped off at the beginning of the day."
Drivetrain Considerations
There have been many drivetrain advancements that simplify operation for novice operators.
In order to be productive with a traditional torque converter powershift machine, an operator must perform a "dance" coordinating engine speed and hydraulic control, says Chesterman. "A skilled operator is intuitively always adjusting if the material is not a homogenous pile of gravel," he states. "If you happen to be out in a clay bank with a lot of dirt and construction activity, you must vary your inputs to get that bucket loaded effectively."
One of the challenges with the conventional torque converter-equipped wheel loader is the torque output and hydraulic speed are tied to the engine speed. "The torque converter machine is a balancing act," Chesterman asserts.
This can be a challenge for novice operators. "For a wheel loader to do its primary job of loading the bucket, about half of the bucket is filled by the machine simply pushing the bucket into the pile," says Chesterman. The rest of the bucket fill occurs as the operator lifts the boom just enough to transfer the weight onto the front of the machine for maximum traction, then pushes that bucket into the pile further and curls the bucket. "The operator needs to learn the coordination of pushing enough, getting into the pile and then learning to lift and curl the bucket."
John Deere currently offers two electric hybrid wheel loaders that can make this task much easier for novice operators. "If you put a below-average operator in our 644 Hybrid or 944 Hybrid, they can be very productive with the machine. The learning curve is very short," says Chesterman. "Both models use electric motors to drive the wheels. The engine is primarily running a generator and hydraulic pumps. The pushing power of the machines has nothing to do with the engine speed, assuming you are in the operating range and not sitting at idle."
Also, the hydraulics remain at maximum flow. This eliminates having to rev the engine to make the boom go up faster.
"The 644 Hybrid has an electric drive motor that drives a simplified transmission. But it still has driveshafts that drive a front and a rear axle," says Chesterman. The 944 features an electric motor driving a planetary gear final drive at each wheel of the machine. "[It is] driving independent wheels, but with that, every machine basically has standard traction control."
Unlike mechanical-driven machines with open differentials, when a wheel leaves the ground in uneven operations, it cannot "run away." All wheels constantly turn at the same speed, which reduces the workload for the operators — they no longer have to watch as closely for tire slip and the possibility of a runaway wheel. "The feedback we have on the 944 Hybrid is that it does not spin a tire," says Chesterman.
The smoothness of the electric drive 644 further benefits novice operators. "With a conventional drive machine, depending upon the engine, sometimes during a reversal in a truck loading operation, the operator lets off the throttle to make a smooth reverse to forward shift," Chesterman comments. "The engine speed can go way down at the same time the operator wants to accelerate the machine toward the truck and raise the boom to get the bucket up over the truck. As engine speed drops down to 1,000 or 900 rpm, the hydraulics get pretty darn slow." The available torque also drops at a time when it is needed for acceleration.
"With an electric drive machine in the same instance, they are not dropping to the really low engine speed, so the hydraulics are always fast," says Chesterman. "And when the loader gets hit with this high load, the engine is already up to speed." You don't have to wait for a turbo to spool back up.
"When you talk about the unskilled operator who is not used to coordinating all of this, they can literally perform faster," Chesterman states. "The expert operator is already performing because he knows all of the tricks on a conventional machine."
Volvo also offers innovative driveline solutions. "New engine and drivetrain technology have had the greatest impact on the total cost of operation and operator productivity," says Connolly.
Reverse-by-Braking (RBB) is a feature Volvo introduced to reduce stress on the wheel loader by novice operators. "If an operator shifts from reverse to forward without applying the brakes, it puts stress on the torque converter to decelerate. RBB helps to avoid this problem by reducing the engine's rpm and automatically applying the service brakes when the operator changes the direction of the machine," Connolly explains. "Optishift combines RBB with a lockup torque converter that eliminates power losses, reduces wear on the driveline and increases fuel efficiency by about 15%."
Volvo also automates shifting during loading operations. "When loading the bucket with material, you always want to be in first gear as soon as the bucket penetrates the material," says Connolly. "For newer operators, it can be a challenge to have the coordination to know the optimal time to shift into first gear. That's why Volvo has automatic downshift, which will automatically shift the wheel loader into first gear when there is enough resistance. Most experienced operators will manually select so they can have the optimal amount of torque while loading."
Preventing wheel slip can be beneficial to all operators, particularly novices. "Volvo now has the ECO Pedal, which is a great way to prevent wheel slip," says Connolly. "When the operator applies pressure to the accelerator pedal and gets up to two-thirds pressure on the pedal, they can actually begin to feel the resistance. There is also a visual status meter that will show the foot's pressure on the pedal. This is a useful feature for operators because it provides both visual and haptic feedback. The operator can learn the limits of the machine to keep it operating most efficiently, keeping fuel costs down and avoiding unnecessary wear and tear on the machine."
Traction control innovations increase tire life. "Liebherr wheel loaders offer high levels of tractive force," says Koller. "The tractive force needs to be controlled by the operator in order to prevent wheel spin, for example, when entering the material. This is why Liebherr offers its continuous tractive force regulation, which works automatically — a true asset for novice wheel loader operators. Together with the automatic self-locking differentials, the continuous tractive force regulation prevents wheel spin and reduces tire wear to a minimum."
The Operator Environment
"In addition to innovative technologies, the operator needs a comfortable working environment to work productively," says Koller.
On its XPower wheel loaders, Liebherr strove to ensure the displays, operator elements and driver's seat form a single ergonomic unit that can be adjusted by the operator to suit their individual needs. "For example, the driver can select one of three adjustment options on the steering column," says Koller. "The movement-following Liebherr operating lever is integrated into the driver's seat as a standard feature and allows accurate and intuitive control of the working and driving functions. These investments in the comfort of the driver facilitate fatigue-free and focused work."
The operator's environment was also a major focus on Case G Series wheel loaders. "One of the goals with that update was to impact the operator's experience — whether it be quality of ride or how they can become more proficient within the cab," says Stemper. "One of the things we tried to do inside the G Series cab is create a simpler working environment with less clutter, less material and more space around the operator, so when they sit down there is much more concentration on what needs to get done than on how to operate. This includes the simplicity to operate things like lights, windshield wipers and cab climate."
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I know of a few friends who at the moment are in the middle of a lonely season. I say season, because I firmly believe that it will pass. Loneliness is something each one of us has experienced or will experience at one time or another.
Loneliness is a season, that God will use to teach you things about yourself and about Himself.
God is the only one who can satisfy you. When you try to use people to fill the God shaped space in your heart – you will put too much pressure on yourself and them, they will fail as will you, you will get hurt and He will patiently wait for you to realise that.
The pursuit of a relationship or the desire for romantic love, can become an idol. You really don't want the type of relationship that you will settle for when you are at this point. You don't want to make someone who you know doesn't really fit the bill – fit the bill.
God will give you His best when He can see that is what you want. Surrendering your own will to His is an ongoing daily practice – always.
God will give you His best when you realise and acknowledge that He is all that you need. I believe we all reach Abraham and Isaac moments in our lives, sometimes we have them multiple times. God will ask you to show Him what it is that you truly believe you need. Hint: it's Him.
God doesn't ever forget you – you forget Him. He wants your attention. He is, as His word says, a jealous God, talking about this recently I think all that phrase means started to come home to me. God is a jealous God, He is not envious, He is jealous. One definition of jealous is: fiercely protective of one's rights or possessions. What this means for you, is that you are His, He does not like to see you placing more importance or significance on anyone or anything that is not Him.
Feeding on the entertainment offered by a world that does not value Him is going to do nothing other than stir up dissatisfaction within you. All it will do for you is leave you feeling discontent, unsatisfied, unhappy and … Our world places too much importance on who we are with romantically rather than who we are. We, none of us, should be defined by any relationship other than the one we have with our Saviour… If you are right now thinking the perfect relationship will make you complete, it won't, it may, in fact, just highlight for you how incomplete you truly are without Him.
You can't short-cut this process – you can't trick God into believing that you are through these steps. I know because I tried. My friend, He knows your heart. He sees the things that no one sees. He knows when you are ready.
Spend your time praying in the way a wise friend of mine always tells me to pray.
Ask God to remove desires from your heart that have not been placed there by Him.
Ask Him to strengthen you as you wait on Him.
Ask Him to help you to surrender your will to His.
Ask Him to prepare your heart for His will, whatever that may be. He will honour your prayer.
If you are at all like me my friends, it's going to hurt, it will be worth it, you will get through it.
At this time pray also that if there is a partner of His choice waiting for you that they too, will be doing this while they wait for you.
If, at the end of this season, God grants you the desire of your heart and you do end up with someone – you won't end up with a perfect person ( sorry dear husband). As I heard a preacher once say "if you're looking for the perfect person, what makes you think that they will be looking for you?" A little confronting – but true. God will place you with someone who will encourage you to continue to grow more into the image of His Son. In the experience of most, this does not happen in the days of wine and roses. This happens in times of adversity, you won't always make each other happy, you won't always agree, but the one thing you want to be sure of is that you will always encourage each other to cling to Him, to trust in Him, to rely on Him, to turn to Him, and to grow in grace and in the knowledge of Jesus Christ.
Pray for this – while we pray for you. . . and maybe have a read of this old one too.
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TVNZ 2 is dropping re-runs of The Simpsons and the latest season of Little Big Shots for Friday night movies.
This follows two weeks of low ratings for Little Big Shots in its new 8.00 Friday slot.
The latest revamp of the network's light-ent line-up will take effect from September 28, when the movie Wild Hogs will replace them from 7.30.
This will push back the start time of the 9.00 movie Focus to 9.30.
Friday's episode of The Simpsons averaged 4.2% of 25-54 year-olds and 3.7% of 18-49 year-olds.
In the same core demos, lead-out Little Big Shots averaged 3.2% of 25-54 and 2.8% of 18-49.
Both lost to TVNZ 1's MasterChef Australia and while The Simpsons out-rated Three's The Project, LBS lost to a re-run of The Graham Norton Show.
And Car Crash TV at 9.00 finished well behind Three's 7 Days and, in the 25-54 demo, TVNZ 1's A Place to Call Home.
TVNZ 2 has struggled all year to compete effectively against Three on Friday nights, with The New Legends of Monkey being its most spectacular failure.
Next month it will try to reverse this by airing Doctor Who in the 7.30 Friday slot from October 12 ahead of 8.30 movies.
But given the sci-fi show will be available for streaming several days earlier on TVNZ OnDemand, it's unlikely to rate higher than what new episodes of The Simpsons would have averaged.
So by the time we get to the end of September TV2 will have 7 movies across the week in primetime? Fridays – 2 movies, Saturdays – 2, Sundays – 2 and Mondays 1? Is it a hollowing out or is it just the only thing that makes money is cheap old movie content with decent ratings cf expensive new content that doesn't pull in the viewers?
Actually, it will be eight — there also will be The Hangover movies on Wednesday nights. Despite being able to view them on multiple platforms, movies remain a FTA staple and a useful way to right a listing ship. They can plug temporary holes in the schedule until new series start, as The Hangover movies will do until new seasons of Young Sheldon and The Big Bang Theory launch, and are more commonly used at this time of the year when the networks have spent many of their biggest guns.
Sorry Philip but c50% of a primetime schedule as movies is not plugging temporary holes in a schedule.
It's showing a systemic failure of new content in terms of attracting viewers. At this rate it won't be long until we see am AMC-style outcome with movies at 8.30 every night.
I disagree, Trevor – I think Friday night is great – it's a night families can watch together. Also, unlike Prime, if you can't wait TVNZ are making it available immediately on TVNZ OnDemand as soon as it has gone to air in the UK – so it's a win win for fans new and old alike! Personally, I love the idea of date night with fish and chips with The Doctor!
Fish fingers and custard, Tony.
And no sign of season 30 of the The Simpsons. It's a huge milestone and I'll be downloading it to not miss out.
I don't understand TVNZ 2's strategy with new seasons of this show. It messed about with its Sunday scheduling, then just as it hit ratings paydirt with new eps in a 7.30 Friday slot, where it caught up to the US, it's about to lag behind again because of Doctor Who taking over the slot from next month for 11 weeks. Expect The Simpsons to resume mid-December. But chances are they will be re-runs and TVNZ 2 will hold S30 until February.
We need to replace everything on Friday nights with smarter shows. Those leading into Doctor Who need to be fresher.
Agreed with the revamp for Fridays, but Dr Who needs to be way earlier in the week … errr … like Monday!
Probably a bit too niche for earlier in the week. Although I'm surprised they didn't go 8:30 Mondays.


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#pragma once

#include "megaapi.h"

namespace mega
{
	using namespace Windows::Foundation;
	using Platform::String;

	public enum class MErrorType
	{
		API_OK = 0,
		API_EINTERNAL = -1,		// internal error
		API_EARGS = -2,			// bad arguments
		API_EAGAIN = -3,		// request failed, retry with exponential backoff
		API_ERATELIMIT = -4,	// too many requests, slow down
		API_EFAILED = -5,		// request failed permanently
		API_ETOOMANY = -6,		// too many requests for this resource
		API_ERANGE = -7,		// resource access out of rage
		API_EEXPIRED = -8,		// resource expired
		API_ENOENT = -9,		// resource does not exist
		API_ECIRCULAR = -10,	// circular linkage
		API_EACCESS = -11,		// access denied
		API_EEXIST = -12,		// resource already exists
		API_EINCOMPLETE = -13,	// request incomplete
		API_EKEY = -14,			// cryptographic error
		API_ESID = -15,			// bad session ID
		API_EBLOCKED = -16,		// resource administratively blocked
		API_EOVERQUOTA = -17,	// quote exceeded
		API_ETEMPUNAVAIL = -18,	// resource temporarily not available
		API_ETOOMANYCONNECTIONS = -19, // too many connections on this resource
		API_EWRITE = -20,		// file could not be written to
		API_EREAD = -21,		// file could not be read from
		API_EAPPKEY = -22		// invalid or missing application key
	};

	public ref class MError sealed
	{
		friend ref class MegaSDK;
		friend class DelegateMRequestListener;
		friend class DelegateMTransferListener;
		friend class DelegateMListener;

	public:
		virtual ~MError();
		MError^ copy();
		MErrorType getErrorCode();
		String^ getErrorString();
		String^ toString();
		static String^ getErrorString(int errorCode);

	private:
		MError(MegaError *megaError, bool cMemoryOwn);
		MegaError *megaError;
		MegaError *getCPtr();
		bool cMemoryOwn;
	};
}

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Court hears complaints on 'foreign agent' law
Home / Regional News / Court hears complaints on 'foreign agent' law
The Russian Federation's Constitutional Court hears complaints relating to the law on "foreign agents"
St Petersburg, 6 March 2014
The Constitutional Court, under its chairman, Valery Zorkin, began hearing complaints from Russian NGOs on the "foreign agents" law on 6 March.
The third sector was represented in court by a member of the Presidential Council for Civil Society and Human Rights (PCCSHR), Ilyia Shablinsky, his PCCSHR colleague and head of the "Agora" Human Rights Association, Pavel Chikov, and "Agora's" human rights analyst, Yuri Kostanov.
Following his introductory remarks, Valery Zorkin, expressed regret that the Federation's former Human Rights Commissioner, Vladimir Lukin, hadn't been able to attend the session, and warned those present that political statements would be inadmissible, according to the Open News Agency. He was followed by the court's rapporteur, Sergei Knyazev, who provided details of the complaints. Introductory remarks were also made by a representative of the federal ombudsman.
Legal counsel and lawyers representing the NGOs then argued their case to the court: "By forcing an organisation to be registered by a foreign agent, the state not only demeans their members, but also undermines its very modus operandi. At a meeting of the Presidential Council for Human Rights, I asked the Justice Minister a question as to the definition of a "foreign agent", but he wasn't prepared to give an answer" said Shablinsky. He also wondered how one differentiates between civil and political action.
Ramil Akhmetgaliev gave an account of an argument he'd had with a member of the Prosecutor's office on how to apply an understanding of the dictionary definition of the term "agent". "You can praise members but not criticise them, which affects the way an organisation operates. This is an infringement of freedom of speech. As the Public Prosecutor told the court "you can register yourself as an agent and criticise all you like. The law is discriminatory. Employer associations don't have to be registered by an agent, yet worker organisations do. Where's the fairness in that?" said Akhmetgaliev.
Yuri Kostanov reminded the court that the Russian Federation's Prosecutor General, Yuri Chaika, had spoken of large sums of money that Russian NGOs had received from abroad, although he had yet to receive confirmation of this. In his turn, a representative of the Federation's State Duma spoke of the rather "questionable" idea that the public through civil associations could participate in state affairs. A representative of the Presidential Council stated that "we would have liked to have found out how NGO money is being spent. Foreign countries will help us, but should not interfere" he said.
A Presidential representative asked for a number of NGOs to be excluded from the complainants. A member of the Federation's Justice Ministry, Tatiana Vagina, reported that third sector organisations had received 40 billion roubles from overseas sources during 2013.
The Open News Agency reported that no questions relating to the role of the President's office, State Parliament and Federation Council had been raised with the judges. After all parties had been heard, Valery Zorkin closed the proceedings, explaining that an announcement of the court's judgement would be made in due course.
Earlier, the department responsible for implementing the "foreign agents" law submitted their response to the Constitutional Court to complaints raised both by the third sector and Vladimir Lukin. This made clear that officials and deputies do not believe that the law is in open breach of the Russian Constitution.
Author: Georgi Ivanushkin
http://www.asi.org.ru/news/konstitutsionnyj-sud-rf-rassmotrel-zhaloby-na-zakon-ob-inostrannyh-agentah/