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Max Anderson K.D. McCrite Evan Angler Jerel Law
Evan Angler is safe, for now. He lives without the Mark, evading DOME and writing in the shadows of Beacon. But if anyone asks, you know nothing about him. Don't make eye contact if you see him. Don't call his name out loud. He's in enough trouble already. And so are you, if you read his books.
Evan Angler
Markless
We live in a society of haves and have-nots. There are those of us with jobs, and wealth, and influence...and there are those of us without.
It isn't a rigid structure. Not by design, at least. But it is a structure that exists. And it is one that too easily defines us. As people. As individuals.
In my novel Swipe, I've written about this system in the context of the American Union, where passing judgment is easier than ever before; where you are either a person with rights and opportunities, treated with basic fairness and respect, or you are not; and where it all comes down to a simple Mark of citizenship that is either earned--or not.
In a culture that too eagerly idolizes the richest and most powerful among us, it has become easy to ignore those of us have-nots on the other end of the scale--to trivialize and marginalize their status, to label them failures in terms defined by people least able to walk in their shoes, and to generalize their hardship so that we may forget about them. By stripping these people of their individuality, we relieve ourselves of the burden to help, or even of the obligation to care.
But to paraphrase what Leo Tolstoy said in his banned pre-Unity era classic Anna Karenina: Marked people are all alike; every Unmarked person is Unmarked in his own way.
In this column, I'd like to profile a series of Markless individuals living in the American Union. Because their stories are extraordinary. And because we'd do well, as a nation, not to forget them.
Today, I want to take a look at Wallace. You might have read about him in my description of Logan's visit to Slog Row in Swipe--he was the man Logan fed with the leftovers of his school lunch. But you haven't yet heard the story of Wallace's life, so I'd like to tell you a little about it now.
Wallace was born Wallace Gregory Martin, son of James Martin and Leigh Martin. He was raised in the worst throes of the States War, long after catastrophic environmental devastation forced us to fight over land, water, food...long after countrymen turned on one another and the old America proved once and for all that states could never be united, that by their very nature they were separate and incompatible, that the only solution was true Unity...
Wallace grew up in the small town of Champaign, Iowa, back when it was still known as such. He lived on a three-acre plot of land, heavily wooded, and his
fondest childhood memory was one of a bright, brisk December afternoon, when Wallace scrambled happily onto a plastic blue sled and his father pulled him by a rope through the brush out back, through all those trees, to follow deer tracks in the snow. Those tracks led them to the alcove of a brook in a little clearing behind a stone wall, and Wallace stood on the frozen ice of it, breathing the crisp air, listening to the water babbling underneath, and forgetting entirely about the States War and the deadly battle that raged even in that very moment just a few miles away.
Wallace's father James was killed the following January, defending the house he had built with his own hands from a traveling gang of pilfers. He was shot through the window of his own home, just before he could finish boarding it up.
Wallace was nine years old that January, old enough that his mother couldn't carry him as she fled with him out the back door, and the thing Wallace remembered most about that morning was the pain in his shoulder as his mother dragged him through those same back woods, where she hid with him by that same frozen brook. But Wallace couldn't hear the babbling water that day.
When he was twelve, Wallace enlisted in the Iowan militia, which happened to have been a pacifist branch. Its sole purpose was to defend the Iowan borders from the advances of surrounding
states and caravan attackers. Wallace fought with this militia, with the same band of men and women, for eight years. By the time the fighting stopped, every last one of its four hundred members had been killed except Wallace, who was the medic of his band. Nearly every one of those men and women died in his arms.
When the war finally ended and Unity came, Wallace, as with all States War veterans, was given preference in receiving the Mark of citizenship for the new American Union. He was first in line over those who hadn't fought, as General Lamson was most anxious to Unite his many disparate soldiers. But somehow Wallace never made it all the way to his nearest Pledging Center, in the town of Spokie outside what now was New Chicago. Oh, he made it to Spokie, all right, but once there, Wallace just orbited. He thought of those four hundred last breaths. He thought of the familiar weight against his arms when the breathing stopped, and somehow that must have been just about all he could think of anymore, because one way or another, Wallace never did end up getting his Mark.
So instead he found his way to Slog Row, on the outskirts of Spokie, by the time he was thirty. And that's where he stayed, on the first floor of a condemned, pre-Unity firehouse, counting his breaths.
His first few years on that Row, Wallace frequented the local hospital in Spokie. He looked for work in the town's shops and restaurants. He visited the nearby schools. But because he was Unmarked, Wallace never did receive treatment for the traumas he'd suffered in the war. He never was able to buy or rent his own home, or to return to school, or ask a doctor about his rapidly failing health. He couldn't buy food, so he starved slowly. He couldn't work, so he retreated into his own mind. He couldn't vote, so his government forgot about him. He asked for help until he was sure that no one was listening, and then he stopped that silly charade.
My name is Evan Angler. I live among the Markless. And looking at Wallace's life, there is another quote of which I can't help but be reminded: "Whatever you do to the least of my brothers that is what you have done to me."
And then I think about all of us, right now, and I consider how we treat the least of our brothers.
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Former Liverpool striker Emile Heskey has this afternoon provided an insight into Mohamed Salah's mindset, amid the disappointing run of form being endured by the Egyptian.
Jurgen Klopp's Reds travelled to Craven Cottage on Sunday, for a Premier League clash.
The visitors headed into proceedings aware that a 3-point haul would see them leapfrog Manchester City and take the title of league leaders into the international break, after the Citizens secured their spot in the FA Cup's semi-finals on Saturday evening.
And secure a vital victory was exactly what Liverpool went on to do at Craven Cottage, albeit by means of a surprisingly hard-fought 2-1 scoreline.
The in-form Sadio Mane opened the fixture's scoring shortly before the half-hour mark, slotting home following a lovely piece of inter-play between the African and Roberto Firmino.
Despite Liverpool having looked largely in control, Fulham went on to pull level 15 minutes from time, though.
Former Liverpool man Ryan Babel netted the goal, following a major mix-up at the back for Liverpool between James Milner, Virgil Van Dijk and Alisson.
The away side, however, quickly bounced back, showcasing their Premier League title credentials to bag an 81st-minute winner, courtesy of James Milner's spot-kick.
On an otherwise positive outing for Liverpool, though, one concerning aspect of the Merseysiders' performance was the latest showing of Mohamed Salah.
Egyptian international Salah struggled to showcase his brilliant best yet again at Craven Cottage, continuing to be overshadowed by Sadio Mane.
The 26-year-old's blank in front of goal came as his 7th in a row, with Salah having been targeted for his 'selfish' nature by Liverpool legend Jamie Carragher in the aftermath of the clash.
Carragher: "He [Salah] has been selfish and greedy, no doubt.
Another former Liverpool star, meanwhile, in the form of Emile Heskey, has this afternoon provided his take on Salah's recent dip in form.


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Uwe Benter (* 1. Dezember 1955 in Frankfurt am Main) ist ein ehemaliger deutscher Ruderer. Der Ruderer vom RC Hassia Hanau stieß 1971 zum Bodensee-Vierer.

Neben Schlagmann Peter Berger saßen Hans-Johann Färber, Gerhard Auer und Alois Bierl in diesem Vierer. Wegen der großen Kraftwerte der vier Ruderer wurden sie als der Bullenvierer bekannt. Mit Steuermann Stefan Voncken waren die vier 1969 Europameister und 1970 Weltmeister geworden.

1971 wurde Benter als Steuermann des Achters vom Ruderclub Hansa von 1898 aus Dortmund Deutscher Meister. Vor der Europameisterschaft schied Voncken aus dem Bodenseevierer aus und wurde von Uwe Benter ersetzt. Gemeinsam gewann man die Europameisterschaft 1971.

Das seit Jahren ungeschlagene Boot war haushoher Favorit für die Olympischen Spiele 1972 in München. Am 2. September war die Regattastrecke in Oberschleißheim ausverkauft, doch der Andrang von Besuchern ohne Eintrittskarte war so groß, dass die Zäune nicht standhielten. Der Bullenvierer gewann die erwartete Goldmedaille sicher vor den Booten aus der DDR und der Tschechoslowakei, es sollte das einzige Rudergold für die Bundesrepublik 1972 bleiben. Nach den Olympischen Spielen trennte sich die Besatzung.

Für den Gewinn der Goldmedaille erhielt er – zusammen mit seiner Mannschaft – das Silberne Lorbeerblatt.

Uwe Benters Bruder Lutz Benter war 1968 als Steuermann Olympiateilnehmer im Zweier mit.

Heute lebt Uwe in Frankfurt am Main, ist verheiratet und hat zwei Kinder.

Literatur
 Nationales Olympisches Komitee für Deutschland: Die Olympiamannschaft der Bundesrepublik Deutschland. München, Kiel 1972. Frankfurt am Main 1972
 Volker Kluge: Olympische Sommerspiele. Die Chronik III. Mexiko-Stadt 1968 – Los Angeles 1984. Sportverlag Berlin, Berlin 2000, ISBN 3-328-00741-5.

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Over the past three years, the History Office has documented urological artefacts in collections across Europe, unifying them all in one pan-European Museum of Urology. Though geographically divided, in the European Museum of Urology, rare and historic instruments can be viewed side-by-side in a virtual collection. The Museum also presents printed materials from the hands of the History Office in a new, digital form, narrating the earliest developments in the field.
In addition to the regular 'History of Urology' sessions at the Annual EAU Congress, the History Office periodically hosts its own International Congresses. The 6th International Congress on the History of Urology will take place in conjunction with the 31st Annual EAU Congress in Munich. The Congress offers a full-day programme, open to any urologist interested in the origins of his or her profession, or indeed anyone interested in medical history!
The History Office of the EAU is dedicated to documenting the experiences of pioneering urologists, most of whom have since retired. By capturing their personal histories in the form of long interviews or conversations with colleagues, an insight into the past is preserved for the future of our field. The first results of this long-running project will be available soon.


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Motorist racks up more than £36,000 in unpaid parking fines in two years
Motorist racks up more than £36,000 in unpaid parking fines in two years before council chiefs impound and destroy the vehicle
Van driver who was a 'persistent evader' got more than 200 tickets in two years
Officials had managed to track the owner and recover some £14,500 in fines
They have now issued warrants to recover the rest of the money from the owner
By Abul Taher for The Mail on Sunday
A motorist has racked up more than £36,000 in unpaid parking fines. In what is believed to be a British record, the van driver received 209 penalty charge notices (PCNs) between March 2018 and last August – before council chiefs impounded the vehicle and destroyed it.
The van driver was a 'persistent evader' who parked his vehicle illegally on roads in Tower Hamlets in East London, said officials.
The Labour-run council revealed the astonishing case after Freedom of Information requests made by the Tory opposition.
Peter Golds, the borough's Conservative leader, said he was furious that the council allowed the van to rack up fines for over three years before impounding it.
A motorist has racked up more than £36,000 in unpaid parking fines. In what is believed to be a British record, the van driver received 209 penalty charge notices (PCNs) between March 2018 and last August (stock image)
He said: 'The borough has an appalling record of traffic enforcement.'
Council officials revealed that they had managed to track the owner and recover £14,500 in fines – and have now issued warrants to recover the rest of the money. Last night, Tower Hamlets said: 'This vehicle was a persistent evader.'
In another case – between July 2017 and June 2019 – the owner of a VW Transporter managed to rack up 246 fixed PCNs totalling £32,000 in Tower Hamlets.
None of the money was recovered.
The van driver was a 'persistent evader' who parked his vehicle illegally on roads in Tower Hamlets (pictured) in East London, said officials
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Report: White House Plans Expert Panel To See If Global Warming Is Actually A National Security Risk
Jason Hopkins Immigration and politics reporter
The Trump administration is mulling the creation of an expert panel to assess whether climate change poses a risk to national security, but critics are denouncing the idea.
The White House may form the Presidential Committee on Climate Security to determine if global warming is a threat to national security, according to documents reviewed by The Washington Post. The committee, which would be initiated under an executive order, would be led by National Security Council senior director William Happer.
While a growing number of Democratic politicians view climate change as an existential threat, the Trump administration has disregarded the issue as a major cause for concern. The Presidential Committee on Climate Security would likely reach similar conclusions given that Happer has previously touted the benefits of carbon emissions and has sat on the board of two different advocacy groups that question the dangers of global warming: the CO2 Coalition and the George C. Marshall Institute.
"I like to call this the CO2 anti-defamation league because there is the CO2 molecule, and it has undergone decade after decade of abuse, for no reason," Happer said of his CO2 Coalition group during a presentation in 2016.
"We're doing our best to try and counter this myth that CO2 is a dangerous pollutant," he continued. "It's not a pollutant at all. … We should be telling the scientific truth, that more CO2 is actually a benefit to the earth."
The panel is already drawing objections from environmental advocates. The co-founder of the Center for Climate and Security, Francesco Femia, claims the committee will be used to undermine the scientific consensus that climate change will lead to dire consequences.
"This is the equivalent of setting up a committee on nuclear weapons proliferation and having someone lead it who doesn't think nuclear weapons exist," Femia said to The Washington Post. "It's honestly a blunt force political tool designed to shut the national security community up on climate change."
U.S. President Donald Trump speaks during a campaign rally at El Paso County Coliseum in El Paso, Texas, U.S., Feb. 11, 2019. REUTERS/Leah Millis
The White House has long drawn ire from environmental advocates. Since the beginning on his administration, President Donald Trump has led an ambitious rollback of Obama-era environmental regulations in an effort to revitalize the country's energy industry. This "energy dominance" agenda has led to an enormous amount of environmentally oriented lawsuits against the administration. One green group alone has filed over 100 lawsuits against the White House.
Nevertheless, energy advocates that have long praised the White House's energy agenda are hailing the new committee.
"It's a great idea, spearheaded by a great guy," Steve Milloy, a policy adviser for the Heartland Institute, said of the Presidential Committee on Climate Security. "Sounds like the dishonest-know-nothing climate bedwetters in the national security apparatus — as well as those across the federal government — are about to get schooled in CO2 reality."
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Betty Erichson Twining, age 96, a resident of Glenside, PA for the past 32 years died on September 30, 2019. At various times throughout her long and full life, she resided in Elkins Park, PA, Philadelphia, PA, Lower Merion, PA and Pittsburgh, PA. She was the devoted wife of the late Charles W. Twining, Sr. for 35 years until his death in 1996.
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In other words, $580,000 in 1913 is equivalent in purchasing power to about $14,892,642.42 in 2019, a difference of $14,312,642.42 over 106 years.
The 1913 inflation rate was 2.06%. The current inflation rate (2018 to 2019) is now 1.86%1. If this number holds, $580,000 today will be equivalent in buying power to $590,802.63 next year. The current inflation rate page gives more detail on the latest official inflation rates.
This chart shows calculation of buying power equivalence, often referred to as "the value of a dollar" over time for $580,000 in 1913 (price index tracking began in 1635).
Inflation can also vary widely by country. For comparison, in the UK £580,000.00 in 1913 would be equivalent to £66,369,875.26 in 2019, an absolute change of £65,789,875.26 and a cumulative change of 11,343.08%.
Compare these numbers to the US's overall absolute change of $14,312,642.42 and total percent change of 2,467.70%.
$580,000 in 1913 has the same "purchasing power" or "buying power" as $14,892,642.42 in 2019.
To help put this inflation into perspective, if we had invested $580,000 in the S&P 500 index in 1913, our investment would be nominally worth approximately $13,318,689,018.90 in 2019. This is a return on investment of 2,296,225.69%, with an absolute return of $13,318,109,018.90.
The compounding effect of inflation would account for 96.11% of returns ($12,799,429,861.04) during this period. This means the inflation-adjusted real return of our $580,000 investment is $518,679,157.86.
You may use the following MLA citation for this page: "$580,000 in 1913 → 2019 | Inflation Calculator." U.S. Official Inflation Data, Alioth Finance, 20 Apr. 2019, https://www.officialdata.org/1913-dollars-in-2019?amount=580000.


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Identifying Uranium Cubes From Nazi Germany's Nuclear Program
by Martin M Barillas October 15, 2021 Energy 0
By Martin M Barillas
Hundreds of uranium cubes from Nazi Germany's disrupted nuclear program were lost after World War II, and researchers are developing methods to identify them when they turn up.
American researchers are reporting that new detection methods can confirm the origin of cubes of uranium that Nazi physicists and chemists devised in their race to make Germany a nuclear power. The United States was also relying on German scientists, many of whom fled Nazism's genocide of the Jewish people, to successfully produce the atomic bombs that were dropped on Japan.
These detection methods can aide law enforcement, military and border officials to detect smuggled fissionable materials, according to a press release from the American Chemical Society (ACS).
At the ACS fall 2021 meeting, scientists will present their findings virtually and in-person. The meeting features more than 7,000 presentations on a wide range of scientific topics.
Nazi scientists produced hundreds of uranium cubes, each measuring about 2 inches on each side, for ultimately unsuccessful experiments. At the end of the war, American and British troops seized the cubes. And the mystery starts there.
While most of the cubes are believed to be in the U.S. or Europe, the fate of many of the uranium cubes is unknown. The Pacific Northwest National Laboratory (PNNL) in Washington State has one, but no one knows how it arrived there.
"We don't know for a fact that the cubes are from the German program, so first we want to establish that," said the project's principal investigator, Jon Schwantes. "Then we want to compare the different cubes to see if we can classify them according to the particular research group that created them."
PNNL uses the so-called Heisenberg cube, which based on anecdotal evidence came from the Nazi lab directed by physicist Werner Heisenberg in Berlin.
German theoretical physicist Werner Karl Heisenberg (1901–1976) won the 1933 Nobel Prize for physics. (Keystone/Getty Images)
"We didn't have any actual measurements to back up that claim," said PNNL researcher Brittany Roberson.
Robertson, a doctoral student, modified certain analytical techniques and combined them with Schwantes' forensic methods to determine the cube's origins. She used radiochronometry, a technique used by nuclear physicists that resembles the geological technique that determines the age of rocks based on radioactive isotope content.
In the early 1940s, Nazi scientists sought to use nuclear fission to produce plutonium from uranium for the war effort. Heisenberg's group started in Berlin and later moved to Haigerloch to avoid Allied troops. Under Kurt Diebner, another team was located at Gottow.
Both groups produced the cubes to fuel nuclear reactors. These were hung on cables submerged in "heavy" water, in which deuterium replaces lighter hydrogen. This was in the hope that the radioactive decay of the uranium would unleash a self-sustaining nuclear chain reaction.
In the first case, the cubes consisted of fairly pure uranium metal, but over time, radioactive decay transformed some of it into thorium and protactinium. Robertson is adapting the radiochronometry procedure to better separate and quantify these elements in PNNL's cube. This should reveal when the cube was made.
She is also refining this method to analyze rare-earth element impurities in the cube, thus possibly revealing where the original uranium was mined. This could show whether it was from the Heisenberg or Diebner group.
Robertson and Schwantes are working with Carlos Fraga of PNNL to test the coatings the Germans applied to limit oxidation of the cubes. They recently discovered that a cube held at the University of Maryland is unexpectedly coated with styrene. The team thus learned that Diebner's lab shared cubes with Heisenberg, who needed more fuel for his reactor.
"We're curious if this particular cube was one of the ones associated with both research programs," Schwantes said. "Also, this is an opportunity for us to test our science before we apply it in an actual nuclear forensic investigation."
Before Germany could succeed in producing an atomic weapon, Allied forces swept into Germany and confiscated some cubes of uranium intended as fuel. Some Heisenberg cubes at Haigerloch were seized in 1945, and more than 600 were shipped to the U.S.
"I'm glad the Nazi program wasn't as advanced as they wanted it to be by the end of the war, because otherwise, the world would be a very different place," Robertson said.
Some of the cubes may have been used in the U.S. nuclear weapons effort, resulting in the atomic mushroom clouds over Hiroshima and Nagasaki, Japan later that year.
While some cubes are located at PNNL and other sites, and in the hands of collectors, no one knows the whereabouts of hundreds of others, including hundreds of so-called Diebner cubes.
Edited by Judith Isacoff and Kristen Butler
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The Alchemy of Oblique Topography
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Ryota Matsumoto is a principal and founder of an award-winning interdisciplinary design office, Ryota Matsumoto Studio. He is an artist, designer and urban planner. His artwork reflects the morphological transformations of our ever-evolving urban and ecological milieus, which could be attributed to a multitude of spatio-temporal phenomena influenced by social, economic, and cultural factors.
Serious Meditation
John Moat
On a bright, still December day author, artist and poet, John Moat, meditates on the connection sea, streams and fountain have with the Imagination and the Sacred… and much more.
Imagination is a powerful tool: why is philosophy afraid of it?
Amy Kind
Amy Kind is the Russell K. Pitzer Professor of Philosophy at Claremont McKenna College in California. Her research focuses on consciousness, imagination, metaphysics, and philosophy of mind. She is the author of 'Persons and Personal Identity' (2015) and the editor of 'Routledge Handbook of Philosophy of Imagination' (2016).
Teleological behaviourism or what it means to imagine a lion
Howard Rachlin
Howard Rachlin is an American psychologist and the founder of teleological behaviorism. He is Emeritus Research Professor of Psychology at the State University of New York, Stony Brook. His current research focuses on patterns of choice over time and how those patterns affect self-control (on which he worked with George Ainslie), including cooperation over time. His most recent book is The Escape of the Mind (2014).
The Mythic Imagination: From Ancient Troy to the Present Day
Lindsay Clarke's working life has been devoted to his two principal passions, writing and education. In both contexts he has tried to put the power of the creative imagination – in both its inventive and compassionate aspects – into the service of the radical evolution of consciousness, which he believes is seeking to happen in these transitional times. His first novel 'Sunday Whiteman' was shortlisted for the David Higham First Novel Award; his second 'The Chymical Wedding' was awarded the Whitbread Prize for Fiction in 1989; and his novel 'The Water Theatre' was longlisted for the IMPAC Dublin International Literary Award. 'Green Man Dreaming', a collection of Lindsay's essays, talks, poems and occasional pieces, was published in 2018,
Lost Knowledge of the Imagination
Gary Lachman is the author of twenty-two books on topics ranging from the evolution of consciousness to literary suicides, popular culture and the history of the occult. A founding member of the rock band Blondie, in 2006 he was inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame. He retired from music to take up BA in philosophy. He now writes for several journals in the UK, US, and Europe, lectures widely and his books have been translated into more than a dozen languages. Drawing on the work of Owen Barfield, Goethe, Henry Corbin, Kathleen Raine, and others, and ranging from the teachings of ancient mystics to the latest developments in neuroscience, his book 'Lost Knowledge of the Imagination' draws us back to a philosophy and tradition that restores imagination to its rightful place, essential to our knowing reality to the full, and to our very humanity itself.
How imagination can help people overcome fear and anxiety
Valerie van Mulukom is an Experimental Psychologist & Cognitive Neuroscientist, Coventry University. Her primary interests are in the cognitive underpinnings of imagination and the psychology of belief, which she examines using methods from experimental psychology and cognitive neuroscience. Her research takes place in the overlap between imagination, memory, creativity, and beliefs.
in Poetry
James Harpur has had six poetry collections published by Carcanet and Anvil Press, including his latest, The White Silhouette (2018), an Irish Times Book of the Year. Angels and Harvesters (2012), was a PBS Recommendation and shortlisted for the 2013 Irish Times Award. In his poem, Opera, he celebrates the imagination – "an impromptu school trip back in the day which was as much as an opera as the actual opera we went to see".
The Purkinje Pattern
Dana Simmons
Dana Simmons is a neuroscientist, science-artist, and medical writer in Chicago. While at the university, Dana transformed Purkinje neurons into art by testing the limits of confocal microscopy and adding an artistic touch. She is endlessly fascinated by the beauty in the brain and the patterns that are ever-present throughout microscopic and macroscopic nature. In 2016 she received the Passion in Science: Arts & Creativity award from the New England Biolabs.
On Philosophy and the Imagination
Nicholas Wiltsher
Nicholas Wiltsher is a philosopher, working on imagination, philosophy of mind, aesthetics, phenomenology, and feminist philosophy. He is currently a Marie Skłodowska-Curie Individual Fellow in the Centre for Philosophical Psychology at the University of Antwerp. In this exclusive interview he discusses his ideas on the relationship between philosophy and the imagination.
We are Beings of Light
Arjun Rathi
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Supergirl Review (S1E5): "How Does She Do It?"
By Hank Rea November 26, 2015
★★★★☆ (4/5)
'Supergirl' continues to find its groove with some fantastic effects, positivity, and unyielding enthusiasm. The dialogue could use some work and the DEO scenes still need a kick in the pants, but as long as Melissa Benoist is on the screen the show is alive.
Subtlety is still not the show's strong suit as it usually hammers home the episode's theme. Monday night's 'How Does She Do It?' drove the narrative about juggling different aspects of one's life. Kara with her day job and superhero duties and Cat with her empire and son. The opportunity comes up to help Cat with her many duties by babysitting her tween son who just happens to be a huge fan of, you guessed it, Supergirl.
At least, young Carter Grant's crush is based on Supergirl's bravery and desire to help people. It shows that she's relatable to boys too and it's not for shallow reasons. Kara is a lot of things but maybe not the best sitter. Carter spends most of the time in the office but finds a kindred spirit in Winn and video games.
Kara is pulled away by a mad bomber terrorizing National City. The beauty of 'Supergirl' is that such a powerful hero requires larger-than-life action and the show constantly delivers. It might be CGI-heavy at times but seeing Kara hold up a building while using her laser eyes to harden support beams is something you can't see anywhere else on TV.
The conclusion of the episode wasn't as clear-cut as others. There's an emotional and moral dilemma when Kara has to make decisions like saving people at the airport or on Maxwell Lord's bullet train. Of course, Carter is on the train (some babysitter) and she rushes to save him. Meanwhile, Alex and Hank are trying to disarm the bomb at the airport. Luckily, the red-eyed, super-strong, Hank stealthily deactivates the bomb. Could Hank be the Cyborg Superman from the comics? The show keeps teasing so it's certainly getting more and more possible.
The time comes to face the bomber at the head of the train, trying to talk him out of detonating the bomb killing dozens of people. Kara tries to reason with Ethan Knox, who's distraught about losing custody of his sick daughter, but despite her pleas he is resolute. He does give her a chance to save the others while reluctantly letting Knox loose to get far enough before he blows himself up. Empathy and understanding outweighed sheer strength in this confrontation with Knox. Kara isn't able to save Knox and so the ending is thrilling with a somber loss.
Letting Knox go to his death to save everyone else weighs on Kara's mind and dismisses the popular thought he was just crazy. He was sad she tells the others and finds out why. Lord financed his daughter's medical care in exchange for Knox setting up those bombings. The confrontation between Kara and Lord felt a little familiar. It was reminiscent of Superman confronting Lex Luthor in the 1978 movie. He was testing her, using the calamities he orchestrated to see what she was capable of. The quality of baddie on the show just leveled up to psycho billionaire terrorist.
There are some romantic complications with James, Lucy Lane, and Winn. The writers artfully avoided painfully cliched love triangle tropes with only slightly cringe-worthy cliched love triangle tropes. In the end, despite Kara's feelings for James she encouraged him to work things out with Lucy. Thus, the lovey-dovey couple last week when the episodes were swapped because of the show's bombing plotline was too close in timing to the attacks in Paris.
There was also some tension between Alex and Lord which could prove troublesome going forward.
Seeing Kara struggle, learn, and overcome obstacles is part of the draw here because even though she's as powerful as Superman she's still in training. Everything doesn't always come easy and with Melissa Benoist's effervescent spirit and charm it helps carry Kara through virtually anything. There's always room for a hero that's positive, inspiring and embraces her powers for good.
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Category: Dawn Raid
Insurance companies raided by antitrust agency for alleged rate-setting collusion
Posted on August 25, 2022 August 25, 2022 by Editor
PRICE-FIXING ALLEGATIONS LEAD TO THURSDAY'S DAWN RAIDS AT MAJOR SOUTH AFRICAN INSURANCE COMPANIES
By Michael-James Currie and Joshua Eveleigh
On 25 August 2022, the South African Competition Commission ("SACC") announced that it was conducting so-called 'dawn raids' as part of an ongoing investigation into the industry, initiated in 2021. The raid took place simultaneously at 8 of South Africa's major insurance firms: Discovery Limited; Hollard Insurance Group (Pty) Ltd; Momentum, a division of MNI Limited; Old Mutual Limited; BrightRock Life Limited; FMI, a division of Bidvest Life Limited; Professional Provident Society Limited, and South African National Life Assurance Company (Pty) Ltd (together, the "Insurance Firms").
Notably, all of the Insurance Firms operate within the long-term insurance market.
The SACC's decision to raid the premises of the Insurance Firms comes as the result of suspicions that the they had agreed to fix prices and/or trading terms in relation to certain investment products in contravention of section 4(1)(i) of the Competition Act, 89 of 1998 ("Competition Act"). Specifically, the SACC stated that it was in possession of information implicating the Insurance Firms in a scheme to share information regarding premium rates on risk-related products and fees for other investment products.
Says John Oxenham, a lawyer with Primerio Ltd., "[a]lthough dawn raids form part of the SACC's ordinary evidence gathering procedure and is not indicative of the guilt of the Insurance Firms, the sharing of information would enable the coordination of increased prices." Given that the clients of the Insurance Firms include both natural and juristic persons, the effect of the alleged conduct would have far-reaching and adverse effects on consumers, particularly where those consumers are sensitive to price increases. Continues attorney Oxenham: "In this respect, it would be unsurprising if the SACC were to continue on its path of highlighting 'public-interest' objectives by pursuing the investigation against the Insurance Firms and seeking the maximum penalty in respect of a contravention of section 4(1)(b)(i) – 10% of the Firm's annual turnover in and from South Africa, for first-time offenders."
Mr. Oxenham's colleague, Andreas Stargard, notes the size of the RSA insurance market, and points out that the dawn raids occurred across the entire geography of the Republic of South Africa: "South Africa alone makes up over two-thirds of all African insurance premiums continent-wide! Today, the SACC's spokesperson Sipho Ngwema confirmed today that 5 sites were raided in Gauteng, 2 in the Western Cape, and 1 in KwaZulu-Natal. This simultaneous and unannounced action is testament to the Commission's bench strength, no doubt assisted by local provincial law-enforcement authorities, as is usually the case across in antitrust raids across the globe, where the actual evidence-gathering procedure is not only undertaken by government competition lawyers, but rather significantly assisted by local police, sheriffs, or similar enforcement agencies". Finally, Stargard notes, "it remains to be seen whether this raid occurred as a result purely of the agency's prior sector investigation, or whether there was (or were) any whistleblower(s) seeking leniency for their participation in the alleged cartel conduct, thus enabling the SACC to pursue a targeted and well-founded raid."
Interestingly, a U.S. consulting firm, McKinsey, which has been involved with several South African government agencies and quasi-governmental entities, recently published an article entitled "Africa's insurance market is set for takeoff", noting that the "African insurance market's immaturity points to significant scope for growth":
Africa's insurance industry is valued at about $68 billion in terms of GWP and is the eighth largest in the world—although this is not equally distributed across the continent. Markets are inconsistent in terms of size, mix, growth, and degree of consolidation, with 91 percent of premiums concentrated in just ten countries. South Africa, the largest and most established insurance market, accounts for 70 percent of total premiums. Outside of South Africa, we see six primary insurance regions in Africa. In the Southern Africa region, 54 percent of premiums are for life insurance. Nonlife insurance, however, plays a larger role in anglophone West Africa, North Africa, East Africa, and even more so in francophone Africa
It remains to be seen whether the effect of today's raids in the RSA will hinder the predicted "takeoff" of the insurance industry, or assist in its growth within permissible, lawful boundaries.
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South Africa: Dawn Raids on fresh produce markets
Posted on March 24, 2017 April 11, 2017 by Editor
By AAT Senior Contributor, Michael-James Currie
The South African Competition Commission (SACC) conducted yet another set of dawn raids, this time on the premises of nine of South Africa's largest fresh produce market agents.
The agents raided, which had operations at the Tshwane Market in Pretoria and the Joburg Market in Johannesburg, include the Botha Roodt Group (Botha Roodt); Subtropico (Pty) Ltd (Subtropico); RSA Group (Pty) Ltd (RSA Group); Dapper Market Agents (Pty) Ltd (Dapper); DW Fresh Produce CC (DW Fresh); Farmers Trust CC (Farmers Trust); Noordvaal Market Agents (Pty) Ltd (Noordvaal); Marco Fresh Produce Market Agency (Marco); and Wenpro Market Agents CC (Wenpro).
Although South Africa has about 30 fresh produce markets agents, the 6 largest agents allegedly account for approximately 80% of the fresh produce intermediaries. This means that the SACC included 3 agents in its raid which would not ordinarily be regarded as 'large agents'.
The raid, according to the SACC's media release, follows from a complaint which the SACC received from the Department of Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries. The media release alleges that the agents engaged in prohibited cartel conduct, in contravention of Section 4(1)(b) of the South African Competition Act, in that they:
entered into an agreement and/or engaged in a concerted practice to fix the price and trading conditions for the supply of freshly produced fruits and vegetables in South Africa;
are involved in prohibited coordinated activities aimed at undercutting the prices charged by smaller intermediaries by charging way below the market price for certain agreed periods of a trading day;
keep their prices unsustainably low during these periods where after they (by agreement) quickly increase prices significantly as soon as the smaller agents run out of stock. Accordingly, certain volumes of fresh produce are sold during the late hours of trading with the sole aim of manipulating prices;
further make decisions regarding the actual timing of the price increases; and
reserve certain fresh produce grades for particular buyers, therefore, engaging in price discrimination based on the identity of buyers.
These agents facilitate the selling of fresh produce on behalf of farmers, for a commission (which rate they have allegedly also fixed over the years), to wholesalers, retailers and hawkers. Accordingly, the alleged conduct is considered particularly harmful as it affects the most vulnerable households. Additionally, SACC Commissioner Tembinkosi Bonakele stated that "…cartel activities in this sector serve to keep out emerging black farmers and agents out of the market. It is for these reasons that this sector ranks high in our priority list, and cartels, big or small, will be rooted out".
Notably, the SACC in its statement indicated that the alleged conduct is believed to be ongoing. This may raise serious issues for the agents concerned as the SACC has not yet clarified how they intend on dealing with ongoing conduct for purposes of constituting an offence under section 73A of the Competition Amendment Act (In terms of the section 73A, any director or person with management authority may be held criminally liable for 'causing' or 'knowingly acquiescing' in cartel conduct). Accordingly, how this uncertainty will impact on the SACC's corporate leniency policy remains to be seen. For more info on this, see South African Competition Commission… More Dawn Raids!
In conclusion, the timing of this dawn raid coincides with the SACC's recent (ongoing) Market Inquiry into the Grocery Retail Market Sector. However, to what extent, if any, the Market Inquiry has had any relevance or impact on this dawn raid is unclear and remains a matter of mere speculation.
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South African Competition Commission… More Dawn Raids!
Posted on September 29, 2016 September 30, 2016 by Editor
By AAT Senior Contributor, Michael-James Currie.
On 28 September 2016, the South African Competition Commission (SACC) conducted a further set of dawn raids. This time, on various cargo shipping liners based in the provinces of Kwa-Zulu Natal and the Western Cape.
The SACC indicated that "Hamburg Sud South Africa (Pty) Ltd, Maersk South Africa (Pty) Ltd, Safmarine (Pty) Ltd, Mediterranean Shipping Company (Pty) Ltd, Pacific International Line South Africa (Pty) Ltd and CMA CGM Shipping Agencies South Africa (Pty) Ltd have engaged in collusive practices to, inter alia, fix the incremental rates for the shipment of cargo from Asia to South Africa in contravention of the Competition Act".
The investigation is allegedly a result of a complaint received from a member of public.
The SACC has not provided an indication of the period over which conduct took place and whether this investigation relates to historical or on-going conduct. This is an important consideration in light of the introduction of criminalisation of cartel conduct, which came into effect as of 1 May 2016. In terms of the Section 73A of the Competition Amendment Act, any director or person with management authority may be held criminally liable for 'causing' or 'knowingly acquiescing' in cartel conduct.
Since the notion of criminal liability was put raised as far back as 2008, there have been substantial concerns raised about the effectiveness of the SACC's corporate leniency policy which in effect, offers immunity to a company who whistle blows, from an administrative penalty only. The CLP does not offer immunity to any individual from criminal prosecution, as the discretion to prosecute an individual under Section 73A, rests solely with the National Prosecuting Authority.
The interplay between the introduction of criminal liability and dawn raids will, in our view, be quite significant as there have been a number of respondents who have thought to approach the SACC for leniency, off the back of a dawn raid. A decision which a company may think twice about if its directors may potentially be held criminally liable.
Regardless of the impact which the criminalisation of cartel conduct may have on the whistleblowing regime, the SACC remains committed to utilising dawn raids as one of its most powerful investigative tools.
The SACC has been strong proponent of dawn raids and despite having conducted its first dawn raids in the early 2000's, the past 18 months has seen a marked spike in the number of dawn raids conducted across a broad range of sectors.
The shipping industry in particular has been the subject of significant attention from the South African Competition Authorities and last year saw substantial administrative penalties, of over R95 million, levied by way of a settlement agreement on WWL and NYK Shipping Liners respectively for having engaged cartel conduct in relation to certain shipping routes. This investigation, however, remains on-going.
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Namibian Competition Commission Conducts Dawn Raid in the Oil & Gas sector
Dawn raids are gaining significant traction throughout the African agencies following the Namibian Competition Commission (NaCC) very recent (16 September 2016), raid conducted at the operations at Puma Energy in Windhoek. The raid follows the NaCC having received numerous third party complaints alleging that Puma Energy was abusing its dominance by engaging in excessive pricing practices in the aviation fuel supply market.
The NaCC had recently published Guidelines in relation to Restrictive Practices. The Guidelines focus primarily on the NaCC's investigative powers and in particular, search and seizure operations. Africanantitrust suspected that the Guidelines would result in a move by the agency to be more proactive in its efforts to detect, prosecute and ultimately combat anti-competitive practices.
Africanantitrust had noted that search and seizure operations by competition law agencies across Africa were on the rise. The South African Competition Commission has drastically increased its utilisation of dawn raids as an investigative tool in its arsenal. The SACC has, furthermore, provided guidance and training to a number of other African jurisdictions respective agencies on search and seizure operations and how to conduct effective dawn raids under the auspices of the African Competition Forum. Says John Oxenham, competition practitioner with Pr1merio: "2016 saw Kenya conduct its first dawn raid in the fertiliser sector as well as Zambia increasing the number of dawn raids conducted."
The South African Competition Commission's advocacy efforts should be considered in light of the number of recently concluded Memoranda of Understanding which the SACC has entered into with other regional agencies as well, including the NaCC.
In terms of the MoU with Namibia, it is envisaged that there will be greater cooperation in relation to information exchanges and assistance with common investigations between the NaCC and the SACC.
The NaCC is yet to prosecute an abuse of dominance case and we will ensure that Africanantrust continues to monitor this case and provide our followers with timeous updates should any significant further developments take place.
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Dawn raids on the increase across Africa
Posted on March 23, 2016 March 24, 2016 by Editor
By Michael-James Currie and Jenna Foley
March 2016 has been a busy month for the competition agencies of South Africa and Kenya respectively. Both agencies carried out search and seizure operations as a result of alleged collusion within various sectors of the economy. While the March dawn raids are not connected, the South African Competition Authority, as part of its advocacy outreach, provided training to the Competition Authority of Kenya relating to inter alia, search and seizure operations.
On 23 March 2016, the South African Competition Commission carried out search and seizure operations in the automotive glass fitment industry, as part of its continued investigation into alleged collusion within this sector.
Accordingy to the SACC, the raid was carried out "at the Gauteng premises of PG Glass, Glasfit, Shatterprufe and Digicall as part of its investigation of alleged collusion. PG Glass and Glasfit are automotive glass fitment and repair service providers; Shatterprufe supplies PG Glass and Glasfit with automotive glass while Digicall processes and administers automotive glass related insurance claims on behalf of PG Glass and Glasfit."
John Oxenham, founding director of Pr1merio, notes that "[t]his most recent dawn raid follows on from those carried out towards the latter part of 2014 and 2015 and confirms that the SACC has adopted a more robust approach to investigating alleged anti-competitive practices." In this regard, Commissioner, Tembinkosi Bonakele, confirmed at the 9th Annual Competition, Law, Economics and Policy Conference in November last year that the Competition Commission has in the past two years, "conducted more dawn raids than those conducted in preceding years since the Competition Commission came into existence" (nearly 16 years ago).
For an overview of dawn raids and cartel investigations in South Africa, please see the following GCR Article.
This month the Competition Authority of Kenya ("CAK") conducted its first dawn raid. The search and seizure operations were carried out in respect of two fertiliser firms, Mea Limited and the Yara East Africa, based on the CAK's suspicion of price fixing occurring between these two firms, who together control approximately 60% of the fertiliser market. The CAK conducted the raid in accordance with Section 32 of the Competition Act, 2011 which provides for the Authority to enter any premises in which persons are believed to be in possession of relevant information and documents and inspect the premises and any goods, documents and records situated thereon. This follows an inquiry which was launched last year by Kenyan competition authorities into what the CAK termed "powerful trade associations exhibiting cartel-like behaviour specifically targeting banks, microfinance institutions, forex bureaus, capital markets as well as the agricultural and insurance lobbies". The fact that the CAK has carried out its first dawn raid demonstrates its growing stature.
The fertiliser industry appears to be a priority sector for a number of African jurisdictions as the CAK's investigation into this sector follows the South African Competition Commission's investigation into the fertiliser industry (which resulted in a referral before to the South African Competition Tribunal for adjudication some years back). In this regard, the South African Competition Commission's spokesperson stated that the "fertiliser sector is viewed as a priority sector, due to the its importance as an input in the agricultural sector" (as reported here on African antitrust)
Interestingly, the Zambian Competition and Consumer Protection Commission ("CCPC") had, in 2012, conducted dawn raids at the premises of two fertiliser companies, as a result of alleged collusion within the industry.
On a Path to Harmonisation?
While there are a number of practical and legislative hurdles to effectively carrying out cross border search and seizure operations, it appears that cross border investigations may not be too far off. This is particularly so as the various agencies within the Southern African Region have identified similar priority sectors (as evidenced by both the investigations into the fertiliser sectors as well as the various market inquiries into the grocery retail sector).
Posted in AAT exclusive, BRICS, cartels, collusion, Dawn Raid, Kenya, South Africa, Uncategorized, ZambiaTagged auto glass coordination enforcement fertilisers harmonisation investigationsLeave a comment
Dawn Raids in ZA: Liquefied Petroleum Gas offices searched by Competition Commission
Posted on October 14, 2015 by Editor
Five LPG firms raided
As the South African Competition Commission announced today, it raided the offices of Liquefied Petroleum Gas suppliers today, 14 October 2015, seizing documents and other evidence from African Oxygen Limited, Oryx Oil South Africa (Pty) Ltd, EasiGas (Pty) Ltd and the Liquefied Petroleum Gas Safety Association of Southern Africa (LPG Association) in Gauteng and KayaGas (Pty) Ltd as well as Totalgaz Southern Africa (Pty) Ltd in the Western Cape.
According to the Commission's press release, "[t]he five firms are competitors in the market for the supply of Liquefied Petroleum Gas (LPG) and gas cylinders. The LPG Association is an association of firms which are active at various levels of the LPG sector. The Commission has an ongoing market inquiry into the broad LPG sector. This dawn raid operation forms part of the Commission's investigation into alleged fixing of the price or deposit fee for gas cylinders, and is unrelated to the ongoing market inquiry. The Commission is conducting the dawn raid operation with due regard to the rights of the firms and all affected persons. During the search the Commission will seize documents and electronic data, which will be analysed together with other information gathered to determine whether a contravention of the Competition Act has taken place. In terms of section 48 of the Competition Act, the Commission is authorised to enter and search premises and seize documents which have a bearing on an investigation. The Commission duly obtained warrants authorising it to search the offices of the firms at the High Courts of South Africa, namely: Gauteng Division in Pretoria and Western Cape Division in Cape Town. Commissioner Tembinkosi Bonakele said, "The Commission believes that the information that will be obtained from today's operation will enable the Commission to determine whether or not the firms have indeed engaged in collusive conduct. However, as part of any investigation, we also wish to urge anyone, be it business or individuals with further information to come forward and assist the Commission in concluding this investigation."
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Left Handed J.P. Sauer & Sohn Model 3000 Luxury Grade, 23 11/16″ X-Bolt Drilling & Zeiss Diavari Scope MFD 1965 C&R
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Make: J. P. Sauer & Sohn, West Germany
Model: 3000 Drilling Deluxe Grade – Left Handed
Serial Number: F4357
Year of Manufacture: Dec. 6, 1965
Caliber: The shotgun barrels are 12 gauge. The rifle barrel is .30-06 Springfield.
Action Type: The rifle barrel is below the double shotgun barrels. The action is a top lever break open crossbolt action. The there is a slider on the upper tang that selects the right trigger to fire either the firing pin for the right shotgun barrel or for the rifled barrel.
Markings: The left shotgun barrel is marked "J. P. SAUER & SOHN GEGR., 1751 IN SUHL / MADE IN WESTERN GERMANY / 12/30.06 SPRG.". The right shotgun barrel is marked "SPEZIAL LAUFSTAHL BOCHUMER VEREIN" and with "BGV" in a circle. The undersides of all three barrels are marked "NITRO PROVED". The underside of the rifle barrel is also marked "K / DL / 30-06" and "F4357". The left side of the rifle barrel at the chamber is marked with an "Eagle / N" proof and "65" and the right side is marked with a circled "SS" logo and "30-06 SPRG." in an oval. The bottom of the lug on the rifle barrel is marked "V". The flats on the undersides of the barrels are marked "12/70 / 2 ¾"" and with an "Eagle / N" proof. The flat on the bottom of the right barrel is also marked "***" and "HALF CHOKE". The top surface of the forend iron and the top left edge of the water table are marked "F4357". The underside of the receiver is marked "ORIGINAL / SAUER" with a picture of a man holding a rifle in the center, and with a circled "SS" logo. The receiver is richly scroll engraved with a game scene of a moose on the left side and a grizzly bear on the right.
Barrel Length: The barrels are 23 11/16" in length with a full length top rib. The shotgun barrels are on the top with the rifled barrel below them.
Choke: The left barrel is choked about Extra FULL and measures 0.685" at the muzzle. The right barrel is choked about FULL and measures 0.692" in diameter at the muzzle. These numbers differ slightly than the information provided with the gun. Please see Accessories, below.
Sights / Optics: The front sight is a brass bead dovetailed into the top of the barrel rib in a fore-aft slot. The rear sight is a folding leaf sight whose base is dovetailed into the barrel rib. The leaf is folded down flush with the top of the rib, and when raised will not stay up. The rear face of the sight is finely stippled to reduce glare and is marked "100". There is a scope mounted to the top of the barrels' rib using two offset ribs on the bottom of the scope instead of rings. The scope is marked "CARL / ZEISS" in an oval and "DIAVARI / 1.5-6X" and its elevation adjustment cap is marked "Made In Germany". The reticle is a German post and the lenses are clear and free of distortion. The eyepiece turns freely to adjust the magnification and the serrated outer rim of the eyepiece can be turned to adjust for focus. There are several light marks on the scope's body but only a single mark through the finish on the rear edge of the objective on the bottom left side. The scope is in about Fine plus condition.
Stock Configuration & Condition: The stocks are two piece fancy European walnut with a lacquered finish. The buttstock has a fiddleback pattern and is really beautiful so please see our pictures. The stocks are hand checkered with skip-line checkering with a pistol grip with a black plastic grip cap with white spacer, a cheekpiece on the right side of the buttstock for a left-handed shooter, and a vented brown recoil pad. The recoil pad also has white and black spacer, but they have been covered with lacquer when the stock was refinished, and are now brown. The top of the comb is arched down at the back, which technically makes in a Monte Carlo comb, since the middle of the comb is higher than at the rear, but there is no step, just a gentle arch. There is a latched cover in the belly of the stock, which covers four holes in the stock for storage of extra ammunition. The cover is left "In The White" and is scroll engraved. There is a sling swivel mounted in front of the latched cover and another on the bottom of the rifle barrel in front of the forend. There are a few light marks in the buttstock with two tiny dings in the right flat behind the receiver and a hairline crack in the flat at the edge of the receiver. The front edges of the flats are slightly dull. The forend also shows a few light marks scattered over its smooth surfaces. The checkering shows light wear with no mars. The wood to metal fit is excellent. The LOP measures 14 7/8" from the front of the forward trigger and 13 15/16" from the front of the rear trigger to the back of the recoil pad. The recoil pad is soft and supple, shows no marks and is in about Fine condition (it would be excellent except for the stain on its white spacer). The stocks rate in about Fine condition.
Type of Finish: The barrels are blued and the receiver is left "In The White". The lever is blued and the trigger guard is painted black. The top and bottom of the receiver are scroll engraved and the sides are engraved with game scenes of a moose on the left side and a bear on the right. The barrel pivots are engraved with starburst patterns. Even the screw heads are engraved. Please see our pictures for a better description than we can put in words!
Bore Condition: The rifle bore is bright with light war in the rifling. There is no erosion. Our bore gauge measures a ME of 1.0. The shotgun barrels are bright with no erosion.
Overall Condition: This drilling retains about 92% of its metal finish. The shotgun barrels show a very few very light marks along their length and thinning on their sides at the receiver. The edges of the receiver, safety and upper tang are coated with lacquer from where the stock was refinished with the receiver attached. There are light scratches from sanding in the lower tang, giving it a dull look. The receiver engraving is immaculate with all of its fine detail still present. The knurling on the safety knob is sharp. The screw heads are sharp and the markings are clear. This rifle rates in about Fine condition.
Mechanics: The action functions correctly. The safety is on the right side of the wrist and the barrel selector is on the upper tang. The action on this gun is exceptionally tight. We took it apart to check the barrel markings and almost didn't get it back together. We have seen new double barreled shotguns from the factory that weren't this tight. The right trigger also is adjustable for trigger pull. The right trigger currently breaks crisply and is very light. Both hammers are of the rebounding type. We have not fired this rifle.
Box, Paperwork & Accessories: The attached scope is include. Also included is paperwork showing that the original purchaser was an Airman 2nd Class Albert S. Challenger and he was authorized to ship this drilling home from the Chateauroux Air Station in France on Aug. 12, 1966. The original invoice for this drilling and scope dated Dec. 9, 1965 is also included, listing their make, model, and serial number, plus the calibers of the drilling. Also included are two signed test target for the rifled barrel, shot at 100 meters. One shows a 3 shot grip measuring 0.90" center to center and the other shows a 3 shot cloverleaf hole measuring about 0.21" center to center. WOW! There is also a card showing performance of the shotgun barrels shot at 40 yards into a 30" circle: the left barrel scored 71% hits and the right barrel scored 65%. These patterns correspond roughly to FULL and IMPROVED MODIFIED, respectively, which differs slightly from our measurement of the bore diameter at the muzzle.
Our Assessment: The European hunting culture brought out a gun that like no other reflects the ingenuity and the art of gun making at its best: the drilling. This is a J. P. Sauer & Sohn Model 3000 Deluxe Grade drilling in 12GA and .30-06 Springfield. It has blued barrels while the receiver was left "In The White" and elaborately scroll engraved with game scenes on the sides of the receiver. This is an exquisitely made drilling with beautiful engraving and a fancy European walnut left-handed stock. There is even an engraved cover in the belly of the stock that when opened reveals four holes for storage of extra rifle ammunition. The gun is in about Fine condition with 92% of its finish remaining. It shows thinning at the rear of the shotgun barrels and sanding marks in the finish of the tang behind the trigger guard. There is varnish on the edges of the receiver, its upper tang and on the safety – it appears the rifle stock was refinished while still attached to the receiver. The wood shows only a few light marks. The bores are bright with no erosion and the rifling shows light wear. Our bore gauge measured a ME of 1.0. This action on this gun is very tight – we almost didn't get it back together after taking it apart to record the barrel markings. This drilling was originally purchased by a US Airman while stationed in France in 1965, and comes with an original invoice from J.P. Sauer, a card showing the shotgun barrel test patterns and two test targets for the rifled bore – one showing a three shot cloverleaf hole pattern only 0.21" center to center when shot at 100 meters. The detail on this drilling is amazing, and it's way too pretty to end-up with a shooter. Some high-end collector is sure to pick this up – if only because it looks so nice and is so well made. But – if you were left handed and wanted a single gun you could take into the field and bag whatever you came across from a partridge up to an elk, this would it.


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Q: silently ignore duplicate entries on inserting into database Zend framework I m using zend framework and want to insert data in mysql data base. The program throws error while it encountered row that already exist in database. How to simply ignore the duplicate data and proceed to the next row. Is there any way such as insert ignore in Zend framework?
I could not find exact answer to this question in the web
Thanks

A: I would suggest to wrap the insert into an Try/Catch Block, something like this:
try {
   $db->insert(array());
} catch (Zend_Db_Exception $e) {
  // ignored
}

Better would be to check if the exception if thrown becuase an unique violation, if not throw an new Exception to get the "other" errors.
Other Solutions "expensive because you have to quest the db first"
$validator = new Zend_Validate_Db_NoRecordExists(
    array(
        'table' => 'database_table',
        'field' => 'your_field_to_check_for_unique'
    )
);

if ($validator->isValid('your_field_to_check_for_unique) {
         // DO Insert
}

A: It is possible to use a "raw" query.
This is an example how to skip already created records and update specific values:
$query = 'INSERT IGNORE INTO table_name (col1, col2, col3)  VALUES (1, 2, 3), (4, 5, 6) ON DUPLICATE KEY UPDATE col3 = VALUES(col3)';
$dbAdapter->query($query);

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Groves Chapel: 2013 and now (April daily photo 22)
Artwork on the boarded-up windows of Groves Chapel, 22 April 2013
Today's 'April daily photo' was taken on this day in 2013. It's a piece of street art — part of 'Phil's Street Art Project' — next to a rather tatty-looking advertising flier, both of them stuck on what appears to be an empty building, with boarded-up windows.
It's actually the front of Groves Chapel, on Clarence Street. Phil and everyone else could have been forgiven for thinking it was an empty building, as it certainly looked like one. It's had boarded-up windows for years and years. Since at least 2004, when I first took a photo of it, and probably for decades before that. Because the chapel hasn't been used a chapel since the 1970s.
It is still in use, by the health service, though you wouldn't know that from looking at it. And the sale of it, an unwanted property asset, puts funds back into the health service, though you wouldn't know that from reading recent letters to the Press. The granting of planning permission for a convenience store and residential accommodation in and behind the existing building has provoked angry comment.
I find all this interesting, as I've been walking past this building for years, and have written about it several times since it went on the market. (And carry on doing so, as it's interesting to follow the progress of the plans.) If it does house a Sainsbury's convenience store then that will be very convenient for me, and hundreds of other people who live within walking distance. Most people I've spoken to who live near enough to be potential customers are in favour of the plans, as are many people who visit the nearby hospital regularly.
But people who live further away have felt strongly enough about it to write to the Press in response to the planning permission. One letter came from Brian Watson (former councillor) on Beckfield Lane (Acomb), who said it was the worst place in York for a supermarket, accompanied by another from a resident of St Paul's Square (Holgate): 'Filled with sadness as iconic building is turned into another supermarket'.
I don't like the idea of anyone being filled with sadness, particularly about a building, and particularly because I've felt great sadness myself on occasions about particular buildings. But that's usually because the buildings were going to be destroyed, demolished. Groves Chapel isn't. It's being saved, and refurbished. Its impressively confident front will still proclaim its name and year of erection/opening in stone across the wide junction towards the Groves area it was built to serve. Hidden away from public view what's left of the historic parts of its interior will be repaired and preserved above the supermarket's ceiling. And a lot of the people in the Groves will no doubt flock over there to its entrance to buy groceries, just as our ancestors flocked over there to worship.
I appreciate that this change of use may be troubling. But the chapel presumably closed because of dwindling congregations, just like many others in this city and elsewhere, and because large grand chapel buildings like this are expensive to maintain.
Though they've not all closed. One was featured in the Press some months back: £3m plan announced to turn York city-centre church into community centre.
Letters and online comments about Groves Chapel have called it 'iconic', 'beautiful'. It might have been once, but it's a shadow of its former self inside. Whereas the Central Methodist chapel is beautiful inside, with similar features, but in this case preserved and cared for, and still in use, though it's 40 years older than Groves Chapel.
It has characterful curved pews in its handsome gallery, colourful glass in its windows and a fine-sounding organ, which I heard on one memorable occasion, on one of the Heritage Open Days a few years back.
If we really care that much about these large Methodist chapels built by our ancestors then perhaps we could divert some of our energies and attention to supporting the Central Methodist church on St Saviourgate?
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Another cracking piece.
I don't think that it's a case of people being concerned about the change of use of the building. It's more of a case of what may happen in the future when /if the new owners decide to move on and sell the building. We only have to look at the situation with Trinity Chapel on Clifford Street: which you featured back in October/December 2015 and the developers original plans which would have almost completely erased any vestige of the original chapel. This place is part of our recent past, our known history: even though as individuals, we've taken for granted that it will always be there, we'd bloody well miss it and bemoan its' disappearance, should it ever be 'renovated; re-modelled;' or just plain old, knocked down.
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Q: Cant seem to get my SEO friendly URL's to work (htaccess) I'm pretty new to using htaccess files, and I'm trying to have SEO friendly links. Right now I have it setup so that the .php extension is omitted from pages with the following code:
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Then I tried to make it so that there were more SEO friendly links, for example
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would become:
htp://www.website.com/view-item/5

However, I tried the following code, completely after Fig 1. and it doesn't work:
RewriteRule ^view-item/([0-9]+)/$ view-item.php?id=$1

...it gives me a 404. Any help is greatly appreciated!

A: Your rewrite rule has a small mistake:
RewriteRule ^view-item/([0-9]+)/$ view-item.php?id=$1
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This will only rewrite urls that have the form of:
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Notice the ending slash.
If you remove it, it should work:
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or:
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Knowing itself sometimes makes the difference!! - IT's A JOURNEY . . .
Not that everything needs to be mastered. Understand, few things need to be learnt, paid attention to, applied, experienced but sometimes it just helps to know things. Its amazing how sometimes just knowing certain things, just being familiar with them can help to make better choices when need arises.
Physical – It starts with the body. Take care if it and it takes care of so many things for you. Keep it moving and it keeps you moving. Ever got stuck up at work, couldn't figure a way out, not sure what to do, emotions are heavier and you feel like you do not know what to do? MOVE – "Take a walk". Easiest thing to get your life oriented well is to get some exercise going. You get moving, you life gets going!! And then what you eat decides who you are. Yes, its ok to eat junk once in a while, but its the daily eating that makes a big difference. Ever tried fasting, go ahead, try it, it will get you oriented well to handle so many other things in life with clarity. When gut is clogged, so is your thinking!!
Mind – Its here that resides the secret to your prosperity. The quality of life is more than often proportional to the quality of your thoughts. To refine your thinking you need to feed your mind. Do you even have a control over what goes into your mind or do you have no filter & let anything get into your mind. Look at what you have been lately listening, watching … Chances are you are thinking what you watching & listening. Feed the mind good stuff and it helps you create a good life. No wonders someone rightly said – "A good book is man's best friend". Your thinking controls so many things in your life, refine your thinking by listening to other thinkers, reading and hanging around critical thinkers. Real problem is not that you really have problems, its that your thinking is a problem.
Emotional Health – We are but emotional creatures. We may wear tough covers to hide our emotions but when mounted under pressure of life we do feel the need for that emotional reach out. Who do you have to reach out to when life pushes you around. Have you deposited into some relationships that you can reach out to when you feel the need for. Do you go to bed at peace knowing who's got your back. Do you have that one person; who may not be your best friend but he's the one you can count on. If you do, invest in that relationship, you cannot keep withdrawing without depositing. And then again is that feeding of mind enabling you to be emotionally strong & stable. It boils down to your mind, doesn't it?
Spiritual Health – Its not that you have to publicize your Faith. But do you have a spiritual grounding? You can acquire all the knowledge, all the material possessions and yet feel empty. Till the time you do not have spiritual backbone, you may not be able to stand up for & against things that make a difference. When you know that you are more than who you are and you represent the bigger whole, you would have courage to face anything and live through anything. Even during the days of joy you would remember the source of all joy, all sorrow!!
There's many ways to look at life and into life, start by knowing these 4 areas and lot will go for you versus against you. Go live your life!!
I agree and its the spiritual health that lets you take those leaps of faith knowing that nothing is permanent here. When you look at this world from the spiritual eye you will know that whatever we are doing is just a fraction of what we will be doing in this lifetime or next and that gives you enough motivation and strength to keep going without worrying about the outcome.


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Q: Connecting to MQTT broker (Mosquitto) installed on a Raspberry Pi over the Internet I am planning to create a very simple home\office monitoring system, where I will be able to connect sensors using Mosquitto broker on a Raspberry Pi. The sensors will publish data to the broker and I will be able to see the data as a subscriber.
I have a publisher that periodically publishes messages to the Raspberry Pi (Mosquitto broker) in the house in the same LAN network. But I want to connect a sensor that will be located at my office to the same broker, so the connection can't be except online.
The problem that I am facing at the moment is that I want to connect a sensor to the Raspberry Pi but I need to do it over the Internet given the limitations of hardware. How do I connect the sensor to publish to the broker that resides in the Raspberry Pi from outside the LAN network? I just checked and my public IP address could have thousands of addresses underneath it, how do I know which one is me and connect to it?!

A: Somewhat depends on your home network. If your ISP uses so called "Carrier Grade NAT" which is increasingly common due to the fact that few IPv4 addresses are now available, you cannot make a connection from the Internet to your local network.
Otherwise you can make a connection inwards and so your remote sensor just needs a TCP/IP connection. We would need more information on the sensor to show you how to do that. To find your public IP address, you visit https://www.whatismyip.com/ from a computer on your local network. (To find out if you are stuck with carrier grade nat, ask your ISP or do a reverse lookup on your public IP address, you may be able to tell). You will also need to configure the firewall on your router so that it allows inbound connections to a PORT that you choose (on the outside) and map that to the internal IP address of the Pi and the port configured on Mosquitto for handling MQTT traffic.
For carrier grade NAT or if you cannot configure your router's firewall to allow incoming connections, you should use another MQTT broker on the Internet somewhere. Then configure your Pi broker to bridge to the Internet broker.
The Owntracks documentation has a quick tutorial. There is also information in the Mosquitto documentation on how to do this.
In this case, your Pi broker is making a connection out to the internet which works fine on any WAN if you are not excessively blocking outgoing traffic.
In either case, do not forget that any traffic over the Internet is insecure. You will need to set up SSL certificates along with a username/password combination to secure the traffic.

A: Easy!

*

*Just add a port forwarding (in your local router 192.168.x.x) to your raspberrPi ip and MQTT (usually port 1883).

*Then your sensor should be connected to internet and send a topic/payload to your public IP address at home...

I do this for android apps
- owntrack
- juiceSSH
- raspicheck
- myMQTT
- openHAB
- Yatse (For Kodi remote)
But do not forget when you open a port you will need to secure it access somehow...
and your public i.p. can be automatically change by your ISP (InternetServiceProvider)