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Meet The Pros - Leo Abrahams
Okay perfect, well first question, how would you introduce yourself?
My name is Leo Abrahams *cough* - I wouldn't cough though.
I'm a producer, guitarist, and composer.
Guitarist and composer I suppose are at self-explanatory, but producer is one of those terms which can mean lots of different things, and that's actually the reason I like it so much (the job) because it's never quite the same role for each client.
Being a producer I think is a bit like being a midwife in that you help to deliver the vision of the artist. That's my philosophy anyway.
I always wonder when an artist wants to work with me, why are they not doing it themselves, because I really like the artist's vision to be as purely rendered as possible, and usually every artist has a slightly different answer.
For some people, they need extra musical input, some need a different perspective, some need organising, some people even need help writing. So really I just try to figure out what it is that that person needs to complete their puzzle and inhabit that role.
What would you say was your spark that made you want to get into that role?
Well, when I was about 7 years old, I was sat in front of the TV and this pop star came on, and I just thought that's what I want to do with my life, I remember it very well.
I didn't have a very clear picture of what exactly it was that I wanted to do, but it certainly was not being on stage and pissing around in front of people, it was to do with playing an instrument and making music, I just had a very very strong feeling about that.
That's the journey really, and the amazing thing is that my parents encouraged me when I became a teenager to write to that artist's manager. I sent him my demo tapes, which were absolutely dreadful by the way. Eventually, that led to me getting my first job in the industry which was with Imogen Heap when she was looking for a guitar player. She had the same manager as this artist that I saw when I was 7 whose name is Nik Kershaw.
It all started from there really.
What was the turning point that you felt like you could actually make a career out of this?
I'm still not sure I can actually do it, and that's the honest answer.
What I mean by that, is that it's sometimes difficult to continue, and you can't assume that it's just going to continue automatically. It's quite an insecure job, even having had some degree of success I suppose, but I think when I was like 16 or 17 I clarified my thinking, to the extent that I realised I just wanted to do music all the time, so that meant I didn't necessarily want to limit myself to any one area of music.
It was just my priority to do music every day and to enjoy that music rather than get trapped in a situation that I didn't enjoy musically. I don't really know at what point that suddenly started to be viable.
But… I went to music college to be a classical composer, and then left when I got this job as a guitarist with Imogen, and after about a year with her, I'd made some contacts in the industry and I was just about making a living. So I decided not to go back to college and instead embrace the profession.
Well, you have had your successes, whether or not you think it's a viable career for you, and one that stood out to me was your work with Spitfire Audio. How did that come about and what did it feel like?
Well, it came about because I would play guitar sessions for Christian Henson, who is one of the CEOs of Spitfire, and this was before he had started the company. He was always making really cool sampler instruments out of like, Tupperware and all kinds of things he finds lying around.
So when he started the company, I was one of the first people that he asked because he knew that I had a lot of unusual sounds in my repertoire. And it actually felt a bit odd, because these were sounds that are very bespoke, most of them made with software and I wasn't sure that I wanted to make them available to everybody.
But as it happened a lot of the sounds were on an old operating system that I knew I was going to have to upgrade and therefore lose, so the first edition of my library was actually a way to kind of archive those sounds. And it felt quite good to just move on from them then, and the subsequent libraries I did for them, we made bespoke.
That was a really fun, creative project that we were able to take a number of days over.
What are the differences between working with artists, and working with companies for films or like Spitfire?
The difference between making a record, and doing a score is that with a record it's a standalone entity, so the parameters for what may be right or wrong are actually limitless in one way, and in another way limited by only your taste and the taste of the artist.
With a film, there are many many more restrictions and many more opinions, and in some ways that makes it easier because usually when you put a piece of music up against a picture you just know immediately if it's right or wrong. The thing that makes it harder is that there are opinions of people who are not directly connected to music-making, such as director, producer, lots of people.
But I've been quite lucky because in my film work, I've either worked with people like Brian Eno or David Holmes who are sort of the big name, and I just get to worry about the music and not so much about the politics.
Or people come to me for what I do naturally so it's not like I'm trying to write an action cue or something I'm not familiar with, they pretty much want what I'd be doing anyway.
How do you practice leading up to a job? What sort of preparation do you need to do?
When I play the guitar on soundtracks, I just turn up on the day and I play the music.
There is creative input but it's quite a specific skill set that you need for that job, which I'm very grateful to my parents actually again for giving me a classical grounding when I was starting music, because you not only need to be able to have the sound that the composer is hearing, but you also need to be able to read music, sometimes improvise off the page, so reading and improvising at the same time, and all of these things at the same time under quite a lot of time pressure.
So unlike sessions for albums, they're charged by the hour quite strictly and you can't go over so there's always a certain quota of cues that need to be done in a session and it's quite high pressure.
You sort of need to have these different skill sets together to do it, so it's not so much about preparation for a particular session. Although sometimes you can get music sent to you in advance its more about just having your shit together generally.
Are there any moments that stand out to you from sessions with artists?
Funnily enough, last night I was listening to the album by a band called Frightened Rabbit that I produced years ago. They were quite big at the time and they still are held in quite high regard, but very sadly, the singer took his own life a couple of years ago.
So I listened to some of that music and I remember working in this studio in the countryside, Monnow Valley in Wales, and just having such a laugh all the time because the band was really lovely people; they had prepared their parts but they were open enough for experimentation.
Everyone was giving their best and we worked very, very hard and we laughed all the time and did lots of experiments with sound. Crazy things like having 8 people all playing acoustic guitar at the same time in a glass room, and the omnidirectional microphone to make it sound like some really crazy party, and that's what it's all about, it was just great fun and a good result.
Would you say it's more about the atmosphere rather than the outcome?
Well I did say it was about the band having their parts together, but also taking some chances with the recording techniques, so it's not really just about going and having a laugh, but it's nice when you can do both because people actually give their best when they're happy you know, and not when they're nervous.
So sometimes as a producer, you have to be a bit like Krusty the Clown just to stop everybody being nervous. But once you get in the swing of things and everybody is comfortable with each other it is just a joyous experience, and it's really productive and creative at the same time.
Have you ever made any mistakes?
Oh, tons of mistakes yeah!
But sadly most of the mistakes are boring, like recording something with a bit too much compression or not being able to use the first take which turns out to be best because you're still setting the levels. There are engineering things that you learn along the way.
One lesson that I learnt very close to the beginning was always to be recording, because why not? If somebody does do something brilliant, even if you don't think you have the sound right from an engineering perspective then you've done the most important thing which is capture that moment.
But in terms of bigger mistakes, I once produced a record for Paulo Notini, and he's a very, very interesting person, he's very sensitive but also really funny and quite reserved and extroverted at the same time. He's an unusual person and I really liked him and I thought that I understood everything that was going on, but what I didn't understand was that he didn't like the studio where we were working, and he just didn't tell me. I had just assumed that he would tell me.
So I don't know, maybe it's not a mistake but I didn't take enough care checking that he was really happy, and it is very important to make sure that the artist is happy, you never take that for granted.
What would you say to inspire someone who wants to get into the music industry?
I don't want to sound brutal, but if you feel that you need inspiration from someone like me then it may not be the job for you. So, all the people that I know who are successful in music, it's not a question to them, it's a compulsion.
Music and art are things that are there to be enjoyed on a human level, it's an important part of being human. Having a career in that area is something completely separate, so it's down to everybody to make a personal choice as to what sort of artist they want to be. Whether they are going to prioritise being a professional or prioritise being an artist and maybe having some other source of income to support that, and these sort of compromises manifest themselves in all kinds of ways.
Like I was saying earlier with my choices I decided very early on that I didn't want to play any music that I didn't like, at least not for a long period of time, and it's probably my greatest good fortune that I've been able to stick to that. But, it has probably meant I've missed a lot of opportunities too.
So, I mean the inspiring part of it is there's nothing better than being able to spend a lot of time doing something that you really love. The caveat is it can be painful because that's a lot of pressure on something which ought to be purely a pleasure. Most of the artists and professionals that I know are engaged in some kind of effort to balance all these different pressures really.
What other challenges do you have to overcome other than balancing the pressures?
Well, that encompasses a lot of different things. To break it down a little further, I would say there are 2 challenges.
One is the artistic challenge, to excel I suppose, and to enjoy yourself while trying to excel and failing all the time. I mean that's just what it is to try and make music. It's giving your best and not quite making what you imagined and trying harder and all of that stuff.
It's quite hard to stay sane doing that, I don't want to be overdramatic but if it's too easy, then you're probably not doing it properly, or you're a genius. But even those few people who I know who I'd call geniuses still struggle, and try really hard, so...
And the other one is financial. Obviously, we're talking about this in the middle of a lockdown and I don't need to explain to anyone what that means but, music is an insecure profession, but then I've been thinking recently that since I started, so many more professions have become what you could call insecure.
There's now the gig economy, which didn't exist 20 years ago, under that name anyway. So actually I think that maybe musicians are less unusual these days than they were. I think the best advice I can give in relation to that is that sometimes people think that being an artist isn't a proper job, but it is, so I don't think that artists should work for free, hardly ever, not unless they're doing it for a good cause or for a real friend.
I mean I remember when I was just starting out in a band, and nobody had any money, and there was this one woman who had a 7 piece band and we all just loved her and came to play for free, but she always gave us £5 for the train and bought us a beer, and even that is like a token and it's very important.
So I guess the advice there is if you're going to be professional, then respect that wish in yourself and don't get trodden on.
Have you ever worked with any egotistical artists?
No, they're all really nice. I think it's just because they do what they're wanting to do.
Sometimes when I get in a cab and I've got all my gear with me and the taxi driver wants to talk, they always ask "Who's the biggest arsehole you've ever worked with?" and I can't tell them because I never have worked with any.
I mean sometimes people are difficult but it's very rare to find someone that's actually not nice.
What do you do in your spare time that doesn't relate to music?
Oh god, this is where I get revealed as being a very boring person.
The truth is that there's always so many aspects of music I want to improve at or investigate, that it does sort of take up a lot of my time - my free time. But, I'm quite a social person, so even under lockdown I spend quite a lot of time talking to friends (doesn't sound like much but it takes up time), and I really love cooking. I try and cook something interesting and new at least every few days.
I'm really into modern art and spend a lot of time looking into that and researching it. But I was thinking I should get a hobby, I think it would be healthy but I haven't thought of one yet.
I'm not on social media. From what little I've seen, the social interactions are quite fragmentary or quite performative. I'd rather talk to a person on the phone for like an hour and a half and do that once in a while. You could say that's a hobby I suppose.
It can be working with music every day, but as long as it makes you happy it's a hobby I suppose.
It makes me happy when it's going well.
I noticed you have a page on your website dedicated to photography. Talk to me about that.
Yeah, you notice I didn't mention that in my hobbies, but that's because I can go for a very, very long time without taking any photographs.
But it started because, in my 20s I was touring a lot and going to a lot of interesting places, and I thought I would try and document... not the famous bits of the places I was going but the sort of weird bits, and often the grotty bits or the funny bits.
Also, like I said, I'm into modern art and I'm quite into abstract shapes and it just started there. Then I thought I might as well share them. Actually, when I started doing it, I'm showing my age, it was on MySpace.
I should put them all over to Instagram but there's something a bit like... I struggle a lot with showing people anything that I've done under my own name, so it seems a bit performative to put all these old photos on Instagram, so I think I'm just going to leave them where they are.
I started actually, because it's an important part of promotion and so on, but I didn't like the way... it changed my feeling about taking photographs. Because when I'm really happy taking photographs they're just for me in that moment. But I started wandering around thinking "Oh this could be on Instagram" and it spoiled it.
I had seen how some friends of mine who are artists actually, in some way begin to mediate their experience through social media. So something would happen, or someone would say something and it would turn into a tweet within 5 minutes, and I know it's down to us all to use it responsibly or as brings us pleasure, but it gave me the creeps, so I just want to stay far away from it.
It seems like there's a change though, at least in some areas between the 20-year-olds of now and the 20-year-olds of 5 years ago. I think something is beginning to shift a bit, or at least a bit more awareness of what it actually is at the end of the day.
So yeah, hopefully, we'll go back to using it as a pleasure rather than something that feels like an obligation.
What's next for you in your career and how can we follow it?
Well, I do keep my website reasonably updated and you can just google me I suppose and see what the news is.
I've had a pretty busy lockdown, so there are records coming out soon which I've produced or mixed but for my next plan, I'm building a recording studio in my garden.
I found a bomb shelter in my garden which I didn't know was there, so at the moment it's all looking quite exciting it's just basically - there's no building it's just a hole. But I'm hoping that in 4 months there will be a studio there.
I know it's a bit boring but I can't say who I'm working with at the moment, it's not because it's like Beyoncé or something, it's just because they don't want everybody to know they're making records.
I'm producing for a couple of artists and I'm working on some solo stuff, which is actually going to be solo guitar through Ableton. It's quite slow because I keep changing my mind about whether I like it or not, but I'm finally getting somewhere.
I think that's what psychologists call "the inner critic" but the inner critic is often right! It's just working out when it's right and it's not right.
The best way through that I think, is to step away from it for a week or 2 weeks, or however long you need because often if you listen back to something that you did a few weeks that you thought was shite, it might turn out to be good, and vice versa.
That's why it takes time.


Sam Houston State University is continually pursuing smart energy management, and reaping the rewards. SHSU has participated in the Entergy Solutions Program since 2009, completing a wide variety of energy efficiency projects that in total have saved over 7.3 million kWh, and recently SHSU received an incentive check from the program for $27,409.
The program provides technical and financial support to help commercial Entergy customers identify and implement projects that reduce energy usage. With the addition of the latest check, SHSU has earned $372,564 in incentives over the past ten years and is projected to save over $658,000 in electricity costs annually.
The most recent incentive check was earned for energy efficient projects the university completed through the Entergy Solutions program in 2018. LED lighting and controls were installed in the Life Sciences Building, the Avenue J Data Center, and the Thomason Re-purpose building. While the East Central Plant received water cooled chiller upgrades. These projects are saving 153 kW in energy demand and 508,831 kWh per year.
Since 2009, SHSU saved a total of 1,661 kw and 7,312,497 kWh, which is equivalent to reducing the greenhouse gas emissions from 1,098 passenger vehicles, according to Environmental Protection Agency calculations.
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Slide #1- Welcome to our midweek Lenten worship: This sermon series is going to be a natural follow up to a well-received Lenten sermon series I did two years ago called "Silent Sermons" where we took a moment and focused on what messages the artwork of our church's stain glass windows proclaims. It will also tie in the past Advent's sermon series on the art work we've inherited for our Christmas tree, the Chrismons.
This silent sermon series has to do with the Lenten art work we put out every year that adorns our window sills. These little shields are called Lenten Chrismons and they are symbols of Christ (hence the word "Chrismons": Christ monograms) but specifically symbols of Christ associated with Lent and Christ's passion that led to his crucifixion.
Now the next thing in getting out these silent sermons that got my attention was what order do these go in? Did you know, its only been a passage of 25 years and I can honestly say that we, as in Kathy Chizmar with altar guild and myself, don't know. There's a list of order that is in the box (slide 6) that begins with the wheat and the grapes.
However, it doesn't match with the list of order that is on the dedication ceremony. (slide #7) entitled "Life Everlasting" (slide #8). The dedication ceremony begins with the cup and the cross. (slide #9). After much struggle trying to line up the original order based on the original dedication, compared with the box's printed order, comparing it to the note cards and their numbers which don't even match the numbers on the corresponding Chrismons I've decided it's a mystery!! A grand mystery and perhaps that is what the poem on the dedication encourages us to do (slide #10) ponder the mystery that is the passion of our Lord and of his cross.
For perhaps these silent sermons were put together to more than encourage our mind to comprehend these symbols or understand their meanings but instead let it inspire our hearts, intrigue our spirit rather than just inform our minds. "The New in the Old concealed, The Old in the New revealed, The New in the Old Contained, The Old in the New explained." That's more a mystery than a definition.
Like the original dedication its supposed to be more about worship as praise and inspiration than worship as preservation and explanation. (Slide #11). So for the next couple weeks on Wednesday evenings I invite you to take a moment to join us in wondering together about the mystery of these silent sermons, these Lenten Chrismons. (Slide #12). Since there are many more of these silent sermons than there are Lenten services, I'll also be exploring their meanings during the adult forum in Sunday school. (Slide #13) so I invite you to join us for adult forum.
Finally, let me I invite you to find a moment on Sunday morning to pace the aisles near the windows and pause a moment to ponder the message these mysterious images convey to you regarding the love of God in Christ Jesus revealed through the lovely handiwork of saints that have gone one before us. (Slide #14). These lovingly hand made symbols that like Christ's passion invite us to ponder the passion, the power, the intracies, the majesty and the mysteries of God's love. Amen.


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UK grabbing attention with S. China Sea mission — paper
BEIJING — Britain's Defense Ministry is trying to justify its existence and grab attention with a planned mission by a British warship to the disputed South China Sea next month, a Chinese newspaper said on Wednesday.
A British warship will sail through the South China Sea to assert freedom-of-navigation rights, British Defense Secretary Gavin Williamson said in remarks published on Tuesday during a visit to Australia.
British officials first flagged the voyage six months ago and the journey is likely to stoke tensions with China, who claim control of most of the area and have built military facilities on land features in the sea.
Brunei, Malaysia, the Philippines, Taiwan and Vietnam also have claims to the energy-rich sea through which billions of dollars in trade pass each year.
The widely read state-run tabloid the Global Times said Mr. Williamson needed to state clearly the purpose of the mission.
"If not provocation, the Royal Navy should behave modestly when passing through the South China Sea," it said in editorials published in its English and Chinese-language editions.
"By acting tough against China, Britain's Ministry of Defence is trying to validate its existence and grab attention," it said.
The paper wondered whether the Royal Navy could actually complete the trip, considering budget cuts and problems with a new aircraft carrier that has a leak.
"As the Royal Navy has been hit by news such as a leaky aircraft carrier and the UK government has a tight budget, it appears a difficult mission for the Royal Navy to come all this way to provoke China," it wrote.
China has repeatedly accused countries outside the region — generally a reference to the United States and Japan — of trying to provoke trouble in the South China Sea while China and its neighbors are trying to resolve the matter through diplomacy.
Speaking of Britain's plan, China's Foreign Ministry said on Tuesday it hoped "relevant sides don't try to create trouble out of nothing."
Britain, which will be leaving the European Union next year, has looked to China as one of the countries it wants to sign a free trade deal with once it leaves the bloc. British Prime Minister Theresa May ended a largely successful trip to China earlier this month. — Reuters
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Selangor ready with offers for water players February 13, 2009
Posted by elizabethwong in Current Affairs, Economy, Malaysia.
Tags: Gamuda, Puncak Niaga, Selangor, Syabas, water
By Yong Min Wei, The Edge Daily
In a move to prevent a tariff hike and takeover of water assets by the federal government, the Selangor state government is ready to make formal takeover offers to the four water concessionaires in the state.
According to a statement yesterday, the state executive council (exco) has agreed to issue an offer letter within two days to the four concessionaires — Konsortium ABASS Sdn Bhd, Puncak Niaga (M) Sdn Bhd, Syarikat Pengeluar Air Selangor Holdings Bhd (Splash) and Syarikat Bekalan Air Selangor (Syabas).
Puncak Niaga and Syabas are controlled by Puncak Niaga Holdings Bhd which is listed. ABASS is controlled by Kumpulan Perangsang Selangor Bhd (KPS) while Gamuda is among the shareholders of Splash.
The state government came up with the valuation six months after embarking on a study of a restructuring scheme of all water assets in the state.
"It must be emphasised that the state government, through a special panel formed to study the restructuring process for the Selangor water industry, has made a detailed study into the valuation of all the assets and equities of the companies concerned," said the statement issued by the media secretariat of the Menteri Besar's Office.
"The state government feels that the offer to be made to all the concessionaires is fair and took into account the interest of all parties. No party would lose out from the offer. In fact, the profit rate given to the concessionaires is quite reasonable," the statement added.
The state government said it wanted to ensure that the restructuring exercise would be smoothly implemented with the aim of bringing maximum benefit to its citizens.
"The main priority is to make the best decision in the name of public interest," the state government pointed out.
It hoped that all parties would agree to the offer so that their restructuring process could be implemented before March 31, as ordered by the Ministry of Energy, Water and Communications.
It also said everyone's cooperation could help prevent a water tariff hike which would surely be a burden to the public, especially during this time of economic hardship.
Last week, Menteri Besar Tan Sri Abdul Khalid Ibrahim confirmed that he had asked Energy, Water and Communications Minister Datuk Shahziman Abu Mansor to terminate Syabas' 30-year Selangor water concession agreement as the water distributor had allegedly violated the terms of the concession agreement.
The agreement, from Jan 1, 2005 to Dec 31, 2034, was signed between the federal government, the Selangor government and Syabas. Puncak Niaga has 70% equity in Syabas while the remaining 30% is held by Kumpulan Darul Ehsan Bhd (KDEB).
In an earlier report, Shahziman said the Selangor water service assets were worth RM5.5 billion and included main pipes, water treatment plants and water catchment areas. The assets belonged to the Selangor government and the four water concessionaires concerned, he said.
The minister noted that consumers in Selangor risked paying 37% higher water tariff should the state government fail to hand over its water service assets to Pengurusan Aset Air Bhd (PAAB) by March.
According to the plan, PAAB would take over the assets and lease them back to the concessionaires who would operate the assets.
The handing over by Selangor to PAAB, which is under the Finance Ministry, was aimed at reducing the financial burden of water management in Selangor, which also supplies water to Kuala Lumpur and Putrajaya.
As the restructuring of the water assets involves the people, the statement said that the Mentri Besar's office would hold a briefing for the public so that they understand the issues at hand which required detailed analyses.
Dengue Hotspots in Selangor January 30, 2009
Posted by elizabethwong in "We can do better", Note2Self.
Tags: dengue, health, mosquito, public service announcement, Selangor
(According to districts)
Petaling (Flat A and Flat C Section 7, Terrace A Section 7, Terrace A and Terrace B Section 18, Section U3 Subang Perdana and Section U10 Puncak Perdana);
Kajang (Taman Kajang Perdana, Taman Semenyih Indah, Taman Koperasi Cuepacs Batu 12, Taman Cheras Jaya, Taman Industri Mega, Taman Sri Jelok, Taman Zamrud, Taman Kajang Baru, Taman Kajang Jaya, Section 2 Bandar Sri Putra, Section 2 Bandar Rinching, Zone 1 Taman Sepakat Indah, Zone 1 Section 8 Bandar Baru Bangi, Zon 3 Section 16 Bandar Baru Bangi, Zone 5 Section 16 Bandar Baru Bangi and Zone 4 Taman Bukit Mewah);
Shah Alam (Perdana Apartments Section 13, Flat 18/3 (Eps 2), PKNS Flats Section 20, Section 6 flats, Padang Jawa B, Padang Jawa C, Pangsapuri Anggerik Section 16, Section 10, Section 11, Taman Alam Indah Section 33, Terrace A Section 25, Terrace C Section 27, Terrace A Section 25 and Terrace A Section 8);
Gombak (Bandar Baru Selayang F2, Kampung Laksamana, Taman Pinggiran Batu Caves Z2, Taman Samudera Timur and Taman Sri Gombak Zone 3);
Subang Jaya (Taman Puchong Perdana and Taman Serdang Perdana);
Hulu Selangor (Bandar Baru Batang Kali);
Hulu Langat (Kampung Sg Kantan Kajang and Kajang Prison quarters); and
Sepang (Taman Seroja Zone A).
The overall number of dengue cases recorded from 1 to 25 Jan: 4,521 cases and 13 deaths.
Xin nian kuai le | Happy Chinese 'Niu' Year! January 27, 2009
Posted by elizabethwong in Event.
Tags: Bukit Lanjan, Bull, Chinese New Year, CNY, Selangor, Subang, xin nian kuai lek
(Top: Bukit Lanjan state assembly / Subang Parliament CNY card)
Thank you all for a great year of the Rat; here's wishing a 'moo'valous year ahead for everyone! 🙂
Gabfest 2008 December 22, 2008
Posted by elizabethwong in "We can do better", Current Affairs, Democracy, Huh?!, Malaysia, Politics.
Tags: Bukit Antarabangsa, CPO, Hudud, landslide, MCA, Selangor
The end of the year is fast approaching. It appears that politicians and all their ilk can't stop gabbing, hoping to hang on to the ebbing twilight of 2008.
Case 1:-
"The Sultan is disappointed with the actions by some irresponsible people for exploiting children in their campaigns or demonstrations.
He has expressed concern on the matter and wants the police to take stern action against those involved," Khalid told reporters here today. (Malaysia Today)
At the start of every Exco meeting, the MB would relay to us some pertinent points raised during his weekly tete-a-tete with HRH Sultan of Selangor.
Last Wednesday, the issue of Jerit was brought up. We were informed that HRH was concerned, and advised us if possible, not to involve children.
Not once was the issue of punitive action brought up. There was no laying down 'the law' or that there must be punishment etc. From our extremely limited dealings with HRH, the impression given was that he was for reasonableness, not one hell-bent on punishing this or that person.
PKR and DAP should make their stand on PAS' goal to implement hudud law should the Pakatan Rakyat win in a general election, MCA Youth Chief Datuk Dr Wee Ka Siong said.
"Other political parties in the Pakatan Rakyat should announce publicly whether they agree with PAS on the implementation of hudud law," he said. (Malaysia Today)
If Wee bothered to do his study before blabbing, he would know PKR's and DAP's positions are not for Hudud, and that Wee's own party MCA hid in the corner nibbling on some stale cheese when UMNO via Dr. Mahathir declared Malaysia an Islamic state.
Case 3:- (This one took the cake and made me choke on my Pho Bo!)
"When the state is governed by another party, then there is a difficulty in the chain of command.
"Who is in charge and where do staff of the Public Works Department or the police get their orders from?" he (Datuk Nazri Aziz, Minister in the Prime Minister's Dpt) asked. (The Star)
There is a set SOP (Standard Operating Procedures) when it comes to disaster response. Surely you should know the answer to this. In fact, this was the first set of documents all Exco received when we entered the Selangor state office.
Question is: Was the SOP followed during Bukit Antarabangsa? Why was there so much wrangling over whether to give us the information or not? Why must emergency situations be politicised? (See also Perak's response)
Perhaps in the past, it was easy for UMNO/BN Federal government to make life difficult for the one lone Opposition state i.e. Kelantan.
Well, that was then, this is now.
Time to grow up UMNO. Start operating like a government, not some partisan-centric-frog-under-coconut-shell party. Get over it, or get out public office, please.
(Signing off from Hoi An :D)
Tan Kee Kwong, Nik Mohd Zain head Selangor Land Taskforce May 29, 2008
Posted by elizabethwong in Current Affairs, Democracy, Malaysia, Note2Self.
Tags: Gerakan, Land, Lim Keng Yaik, Mess, Nik Mohd Zain, Selangor, Tan Kwee Kwong
Updated:-
Er… Najib tells Tan Kee Kwong to resign from his party.
I didn't realise he was a member or advisor of Gerakan?
On Wednesday's state exco meeting, I had the pleasure of meeting Dr. Tan Kee Kwong and Dr Nik Mohd Zain Nik Mohd Yusof who will head the Selangor Task Force on Land Management. One could tell they were decent, capable people ready to take on this unenviable job. They spoke succinctly, with calm soft tones during their introduction to us. I like them already.
Not surprisingly, the media zeroed in on the fact that Dr. Tan is a member of Gerakan, though it should not even be of any consequence, as oppose to the dire need for sorting out land matters in Selangor. The issue at hand is the mess that is of the state's land management, not partisan politics. Both men are capable in handling the task force. Why not?
So, here's hoping the advisor of Gerakan won't 'sai how sui' and go pffstff pffftsss ffftss… 😀
FT Gerakan Chief Confirms Taking Up Pakatan Rakyat's Offer
By Alan Ting
KUALA LUMPUR, May 28 (Bernama) — Federal Territory Gerakan chief Datuk Dr Tan Kee Kwong Wednesday confirmed that he has accepted an offer from the Pakatan Rakyat (PR) controlled Selangor government to head a special task force on land management.
Tan, 61, a former deputy minister, has followed the example of former Gerakan deputy secretary-general Datuk Lee Kah Choon, who accepted the PR Penang government's offer to head two key state agencies – InvestPenang and Penang Development Corporation.
"Yes, I have taken up the offer to be joint chairman of the six-member task force.
I'm thankful to the Selangor Government for the trust they have placed in me and to tap on my experience in dealing with land matters.
"A lot of things need to be done and we have been given three months to come out with a report to the Selangor government on the matter of land titles," he told Bernama when contacted late Wednesday night.
Selangor Mentri Besar Tan Sri Abdul Khalid Ibrahim Wednesday evening announced the formation of the task force comprising six members to be jointly chaired by Tan and Datuk Dr Nik Mohd Zain Nik Mohd Yusof.
Tan was deputy land and cooperative development minister from 1999 to 2004 while Mohd Zain had been the ministry's director-general from 1996 to 2002.
Asked why he decided to accept the offer, Dr Tan said: "As you know, I have always been seen as the "thorn in the flesh" or "trouble maker in the party".
"I have tried to do something for Gerakan but have always been regarded as the person who went against the system. I'm already 61 years old now and I'm pleased that Tan Sri Khalid appreciates my past experience. My party does not appreciate me," he added.
Asked whether he would resign from Gerakan, Dr Tan said: "Let the party leaders see the news Thursday and I will wait to see what they are going to do".
Meanwhile, Gerakan secretary-general Datuk Seri Chia Kwang Chye, when contacted, said the party would like to hear from Dr Tan himself on his decision to accept the Selangor government offer before making any statement.
"Until then, that is my comment. Until now, we have not received any notification from him," he said.
Live webcast: Selangor state assembly from Wednesday May 20, 2008
Posted by elizabethwong in Current Affairs, Democracy, Malaysia, Politics.
Tags: DUN, Selangor
In the interest of transparency and good governance, the sitting of the Selangor state assembly will be Live webcast-ed at http://www.selangor.gov.my starting Wednesday.
Not just the first half hour (that's just warm up), but available in its entirety 😀
What in store?
Balkis, abandoned projects, land scam from previous regime, Teng Chang Khim in full Speaker regalia, Khir Toyo not looking too happy (jeng, jeng, jeng!) etc.
Enjoy the fireworks!
(Schedule will be posted later today)
Wednesday (approx 9 am – 10 am) – Sessions adjourns for the day after the Royal Address from the Sultan of Selangor
Thursday: 10 – 11 am Question Time; 11-12.30 pm Debate on the Royal Address; 12:30-2.30 pm Lunch; 2.30-4 pm Debate continutes
Friday: 10 – 11 am Question Time; 11-12.30 pm Debate continues; 12:30 pm Session adjourns til Monday.
Monday: As Thursday.
In addition, there will be a motion moved by Pakatan Rakyat backbencher Lau Weng San calling for the release of Manoharan (Kota Alam Shah) and all other ISA detainees.
The paper trail vanishes March 18, 2008
Posted by elizabethwong in "We can do better", Current Affairs, Democracy, Human Rights, Malaysia, Politics.
Tags: ADUN, Exco, Kedah, Penang, Selangor
C'mon guys. All paperwork, even of MPs and ADUNs (state assemblymen), should be transferred over and there should be a proper transition. Like when an office has new staff coming in or after a company takeover. How about itsy-bit of professionalism here?
Here's hoping that the incoming Selangor exco won't be facing the same problems. Does it mean no paperwork = no proof = contract/agreements null and void? Wow, a clean slate 😀
Kedah official papers missing
Monday, 17 March 2008All documents from the offices of the Mentri Besar and executive councillors in Kedah have gone missing.
The PAS-led government which took office after 12th general election on March 8 will lodge a police report based on the findings of an internal investigation.
Mentri Besar Azizan Abdul Razak has appointed state executive councillor Phahrolrazi Zawawi to investigate the case of the missing documents.
"Phahrolrazi will investigate what happened.
"I do not want to accuse people without proof," said Azizan who found that the Mentri Besar's office was void of documents after the swearing-in ceremony last Sunday.
The newly appointed executive councillors, who were sworn in on Wednesday, found out the next day that their offices were also empty.
"There is not a single paper left in all the offices. We view this very seriously because the documents belong to the executive council, not to any individual," said Phahrolrazi.
He said most of the documents were classified.
"We are questioning the government officers on duty. No one has a right to transfer the documents without permission," he said.
Phahrolrazi said the former executive councillors did not have the right to enter the offices without permission.
"We need the minutes of the meetings to check the progress of projects and other matters that were discussed at the executive council meetings," he said. – THE STAR
Penang excos start work in 'bare' offices
Bernard Cheah and Opalyn Mok
PENANG (March 17, 2008): The new state executive councillors (excos) started their first week in office to govern with a clean sheet, literally.
They found their offices cleared of all government documents and minutes of the previous Barisan Nasional (BN) government. All records of projects, completed or current, approved by the previous government are missing.
Health, Welfare and Caring Society Committee chairman Phee Boon Poh said: "The action taken by the previous excos have hindered our work."
"They (the previous exco) claim the documents are 'personal property' and cleared the offices," he told reporters.
The new line-up would have to get copies of the documents from the state secretary's office.
"We have the resources to track down these documents. They (state secretary office) would still have copies of whatever 'approval' documents. If the documents are not approved yet, they still have to come back to the exco for approval," he said.
Public Works, Utilities and Transport Committee chairman Lim Hock Seng said "we have to start from scratch".
"We will have to go and get copies from various department heads on previous projects," he said.
Phee said the previous exco members did not follow the conduct of former Chief Minister Tan Sri Dr Koh Tsu Koon who has been a gentleman all the way.
"If they (the previous exco) really loved the people, they should not have used such obstructions to try and stop us," said Phee.
In Alor Star, the PAS-led Kedah government also found all documents in the offices of the Mentri Besar and excos missing when they took office after the 12th General Election on March 8.
Mentri Besar Azizan Abdul Razak has appointed state executive councillor Phahrolrazi Zawawi to probe the case of "missing government documents".
He also said a police report will be lodged after the "internal probe". – THE SUN
What are they trying to hide? March 12, 2008
Posted by elizabethwong in "We can do better", Current Affairs, Democracy, Economy, Malaysia, Politics.
Tags: Khir Toyo, Selangor
Fortunately, some members of the media caught this on camera.
Unfortunately, we can't march right in to stop them because (i) we haven't been sworn in; (ii) police has cordoned off the state office since Saturday night.
Incommunicado March 11, 2008
Tags: GE12, PRU12, Selangor
I shall be incommunicado until the swearing-in ceremony. Please bear with the radio-silence until the dust clears.
I'm told there are pics in the Chinese papers Monday evening edition of a Selangor state offices where there's evidence of burnt documents (I have no access to those pics at this point in time – if you have the link, please ping the link here). In one of the offices, we were informed that papers were mockingly torn in front of our supporters.
Nope it's not over yet. Someone else still harbours ambitions of being Chief Minister again.
Now for a little fact to whet one's appetite.
The Semanjung (Peninsular) Malaysia votes for KeADILan-DAP-PAS was 51.79% 50.21% (initial mistake was due to total lack of sleep) compared to BN's 49.79%.
This means the once thought to be impenetrable monolithic BN does not command the majority of votes here!!! It was only saved by Sabah and Sarawak.
(GE12) PKR reps in a rush to get down to work March 11, 2008
Posted by elizabethwong in "We can do better", Current Affairs, Democracy, Malaysia, Politics.
Tags: Bukit Lanjan, GE12, KeADILan, PRU12, Selangor
(Malaysiakini) A real carnival atmosphere was evident at PKR's de facto Anwar Ibrahim's house in Segambut last night. The reason was obvious – the party has had its best ever results in a general election, winning 31 parliamentary and 40 state seats.
The manner in which the party's new Yang Berhormats patted each other on the back and shook hands, it was evident that this was a significant achievement for the party.
More interestingly, they had achieved this as a single party with three different races fighting on issues for everyone instead of their own communities.


In the past I have spent a great deal of time, and gone to a lot of effort, to put together a comprehensive list of Cape Town restaurant specials. My problem is that the specials change quite regularly and without notice and it's hard to keep on top of these changes.
So I've worked out the best solution – put some of the top restaurant special links in one place, including Cape Town winter specials, and create a resource that cuts down on the admin of looking for the specials online!
Whale Cottage Blog – Chris does a great job of updating exhaustive lists of restaurant specials, both for summer and winter, including a list of specials available in the Winelands.
No Bucks – These guys are great, they have a calendar so you can select specials for a specific day. They are also good at keeping an up-to-date list of drinks specials.
Table Magic – This online restaurant booking site keeps an up-to-date restaurant specials list. They usually have a couple of different options including specials at recently opened restaurants.
FoodBlog.Cape-Town.info – Here you can find a list of Cape Town sushi specials, as well as restaurant specials in Cape Town.


They are hydraulic works. Usually, they are found on the landscapes of large rivers' banks.
There are large pine nut pine masses in Tordesillas, which are also known as "doncel". Usually, lands assigned to be forests use to be sandy and poor quality for agriculture. However, it is perfect for a highly adapted species such as the pine.
The typical landscape of cereal steppe is dominated by dry land cultivations such as barley, wheat, oats and sunflower... which are the commonest ones of this area.


So the properties and their environs are to be sold. £11.6 millions gross is received. Cornwall Council receives £11.17 millions net and is then able to build 206 houses at a total cost of £54,223 for each dwelling. Land and build costs of £54,223 for each dwelling? Where in Cornwall are they going to be able to "articulate" this?
Closing hospitals is an utter disgrace. Our population goes up but the civil servants wish to get rid of hospitals which the public need as a convenience near to where they live, and not have to travel fifteen, twenty or more miles to get to a hospital. Are these people trying to kill all the real people off, so as their rich chums can have even more holiday homes.


A Unison legacy station faceplate is held in place by a metal spring that is in the bottom of the station electronics. If this part is missing, the faceplate will be loose and will not remain firmly in place over the electronics.
The part number for this wire clip is 7081A3035, and it can be ordered from any ETC dealer.


Peter Cozzens, "The Shipwreck of Their Hopes: The Battles for Chattanooga"
Civil War enthusiasts will welcome this concluding volume of Peter Cozzens's highly praised trilogy on the Civil War in the West. The battles around Chattanooga in the late fall of 1863 were among the most decisive of the Civil War, opening the Deep South to the Union and setting the stage for the Atlanta campaign and the March to the Sea. After Chattanooga, the principal Confederate army in the West fought without spirit or hope of victory. Cozzens's comprehensive account details movements of individual regiments, even as it reveals the larger impact of the campaign on the outcome of the war. In The Shipwreck of Their Hopes, Cozzens draws on his acclaimed storytelling skills and exhaustive research efforts to fully chronicle one of the South's most humiliating defeats. As in his earlier books, he brings to life the officers and enlisted men who fought the war.


Wegmans Food Markets, which will soon be unveiling a location in Westchester, is now just two stores from having 100.
That means the family-owned supermarket chain based in Rochester, will open its 100th store in 2019.
Wegmans has plans for 14 other new stores in the next two years, including one along Westchester Avenue in Harrison near three major highways -- I-684, I-287 and I-95 -- as reported here by Daily Voice.
Wegmans signed a purchase agreement in December 2016 with Normandy Real Estate Partners for a 125,000-square-foot grocery in Harrison, where site work has begun.
Wegman's 18th Pennsylvania location and 98th overall, in Lancaster, is having its opening on Sunday, Sept. 23.
The retailer's website says three new stores are due to open next year in Brooklyn, Virginia Beach, VA, and Raleigh, NC.
According to this report in Supermarket News, the Lancaster store will mark several firsts for Wegmans in Pennsylvania: The Burger Bar, a casual family restaurant that serves burgers, fresh salads, sandwiches, specialty milkshakes, soup and side dishes; The Pizza Shop, with a rotating brick-hearth oven that quick-fires pizza on volcanic stone from Mt. Vesuvius; and a made-to-order salad station.
With indoor and outdoor seating for 300 people, the store will also feature Wegmans' Market Café offering restaurant-quality prepared foods for dining in or takeout.
Besides the Pizza Shop and salad station, the café includes a sandwich shop serving hot and cold artisan sandwiches, subs, wraps, party trays and cookies; a sushi station, including made-to-order selections; The Buzz Coffee Shop; offering breakfast sandwiches and organic specialty coffee, tea and espresso drinks; and a soup station with up to six seasonal varieties of hot soup.
Wegmans currently has six stores in Massachusetts, nine in New Jersey, 11 in Virginia, eight in Maryland and 46 in New York. Wegmans' last grand opening was in Chantilly, Va., in June.
Wegmans' website lists another 11 future store sites, including the one in Harrison, although no opening timetable is given.
The other locations include three in North Carolina (Cary, Chapel Hill and West Cary), one in Middletown, NJ, ;one in Rockville, MD; one in Washington, D.C.; ad four in Virginia (Alexandria, Arcola, Reston and Tysons Corner).


When I clone a datepicker text field , I get the following error when the clone gets the focus.
Can you provide the code for or a URL to a page that demonstrates the problem?
The datepicker adds a _calId attribute to the input field to link it to the internal instance and settings. This attribute is not being cloned for some reason and needs to be copied manually following the clone process.


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Der tollkühne Jockey (engl.: Money from Home) ist der einzige 3D-Film des Komiker-Gespanns Dean Martin und Jerry Lewis und zugleich ihr erster Farbfilm. Das Drehbuch entstand nach einer Vorlage des amerikanischen Autors Damon Runyon.

Handlung

Herman 'Honey Talk' Nelson hat unvorsichtigerweise eine Menge Spielschulden angesammelt. Nun wird er von einem Wettbetrügerring erpresst, ein Rennpferd zu manipulieren. Honey Talk heuert seinen begriffsstutzigen Cousin Virgil Yokum an, einen Tierarzt-Gehilfen. Virgil soll eigentlich dafür sorgen, dass das berühmte Rennpferd als letzter durch das Ziel geht, doch mit ihm als Reiter wird es sogar Erster.

Sonstiges
Der tollkühne Jockey soll einer von nur zwei 3D-Filmen sein, der in einem Dreistreifen-Technicolor gedreht wurde. Der zweite Film war "Flucht nach Tanger" (Flight to Tangier, 1953) mit Jack Palance.

Die Filmsongs stammen aus der Feder von Jack Brooks, Burton Lane und Joseph J. Lilley.

Kritiken

Auszeichnungen
Pat Crowley gewann sowohl für ihre Leistung als Dr. Autumn Claypool als auch für den Film Die pikanten Jahre einer Frau den Golden Globe Award als beste Nachwuchsdarstellerin.

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Filmtitel 1953
US-amerikanischer Film
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Agosto, moglie mia non ti conosco è un romanzo umoristico di Achille Campanile pubblicato in prima edizione nel 1930; una seconda edizione riveduta fu pubblicata nel 1959.

Il titolo è una versione alternativa del proverbio "D'agosto moglie mia non ti conosco".

Trama
Nel romanzo si narrano le vicissitudini di un gruppo di passeggeri imbarcatisi sul piroscafo "Estella". Durante il naufragio della nave in prossimità di una frequentata località balneare, per un errore del capitano, invece delle usuali cinture di salvataggio i passeggeri e i marinai indossano delle cinture di castità. I naufraghi riescono tutti a salvarsi e a raggiungere la riva vicina, ma le chiavi delle proprie cinture di castità sono finite tutte in mare. La gran parte dei passeggeri decide di fermarsi nella pensione "La vigile scolta", di proprietà del cavalier Afragòla, in attesa di liberarsi delle scomode cinture. Si è nel pieno della stagione estiva, sbocciano effimeri idilli e si prospettano avventure galanti, ma le cinture sembrano inviolabili e i reduci del naufragio sono condannati a una forzata e sgradita continenza.

Critica
Per Giulio Carnazzi in questo romanzo l'umorismo dell'autore «si esprime nella sua forma più limpida ed efficace. L'estro dello scrittore dà vita a una serie inesauribile di trovate, di paradossi, di battute talora memorabili. Ma la comicità di Campanile non ha nulla di farsesco: essa è sempre tenuta sotto controllo da una vigile coscienza letteraria». Per Piero Luxardo Franchi «questo romanzo è importante al di là dell'intrinseca ricchezza inventiva perché lo scrittore sembra voler sistematicamente approfondire e portare a conseguenze estreme il congegno dell'equivoco linguistico. [...] il libro annovera diverse ipotesi di applicazione pratica dei meccanismo [...] procedure e stilemi tipici di un umorismo aereo e funambolico che troverà poi netta affermazione e larga applicazione soprattutto attraverso alcuni giornali umoristici come il romano Marc'Aurelio e il milanese Bertoldo». Enzo Siciliano, dopo aver osservato che «il meglio di sé Campanile lo diede negli anni del fascismo», aggiunge che «Agosto, moglie mia non ti conosco può essere letto come una presa in giro, condotta con una mano svagata e schizofrenica, dei costumi idioti dei benpensanti d'una volta. [...] In Campanile c'è l'eco di un futurismo disinnescato da qualsiasi miccia superoministica. È il futurismo che se la prende con la logica del linguaggio comune. Diciamo: invece che Marinetti, è presente il Palazzeschi del Codice di Perelà o dei Lazzi, frizzi, schizzi, girigogoli e ghiribizzi»

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Regional students now have access to free learning skills advice in their own backyard. Our Learning Skills Advisor Program has been created specifically for regional students and is delivered across the CUC Network in each of our Centres. Read more about the program below.
One of the biggest challenges that online students face is the lack of visible support and feeling isolated. This is particularly challenging for first year students who are not familiar with university technology, terminology, and expectations. Assisting our students to settle into their study and creating a connected learning community are two of our key goals for 2020.
"The LSA program is designed to build confidence and academic skills for regional students who are studying via distance. Getting settled into study and learning the skills required to be successful at university, such as navigating online portals, creating study plans, and understanding new university terminology can be difficult. This program offers local face-to-face support to assist students in achieving their study goals. " – Monica Davis, Director of Educational Delivery.
Our amazing LSA team have already hosted a number of workshops on a range of topics such as time management, academic writing, and student wellbeing. The workshops also give students the opportunity to get to know each other and expand their local networks. You can find out more about the events hosted at each of our Centres by visiting their website here.
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"Being an external student and still being able to access face to face assistance for academic advice has been invaluable. I have attended multiple workshops, at the beginning of my first year and they were a great introduction into university life. Re-attending them again in second semester and found they really helped solidify my knowledge, and the tips and tricks were more relevant and useful once I had some experience behind me."
Shanique has been accessing CUC Far West since it opened in 2018, and has benefited from the LSA workshops.
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SAN DIEGO (Nov. 23, 2009) — Domusstudio Architecture, with more than half a dozen stations built or in design and construction throughout Southern California, recently celebrated a groundbreaking for La Quinta Fire Station No. 32.
Expected to be built in early fall 2010, the $6.8 million project in the renowned golf community in Riverside County incorporates a 7,200-square-foot fire station as well as improvements to the neighboring City Corporate Yard, where public works equipment is parked.
"The selection of Domusstudio Architecture was based on their experience and the fresh outlook they had for what we wanted to do," explained CALFIRE/Riverside County Fire Division Chief Dorian J. Cooley. Cooley was part of the three-person selection committee, which reviewed more than 20 proposals.
Featuring state-of-the-art technology and energy-efficient systems, the new fire station meets the ongoing needs of firefighters but also fits into the character of the Spanish Colonial-themed La Quinta Village area, according to Wayne Holtan, a principal at Domusstudio Architecture in San Diego.


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Those teams chasing – led by GBR Red, France Blue in third and the potent Hong Kong team in fourth – did a good job to minimise the damage inflicted yesterday. The Irish managing to extend the gap over the second-placed team, but only by 2.5 points.
Conditions were perfect for the two races with brilliant sunshine and more breeze – 14-17 knots from the northwest for the first, dropping off to 10-15 for the second. First up was an inshore race around the length and breadth of the eastern Solent, followed by a shorter windward-leeward course set off Hill Head on the mainland shore.
In the big boat class race one saw a rare corrected time tie between Anthony O'Leary's Ker 39 Antix (IRL), maintaining her perfect scoreline for the Irish team, and Nicolas Loday and Jean Claude Nicoleau's Grand Soleil 43 Codiam in France Blue. While Antix remains the boat to beat among the big boats, it was Codiam that scored two bullets today.
Perhaps it was a coincidence, but in Class 2 another Grand Soleil 43 shone today with former RORC Commodore Peter Rutter's Quokka 8 (GBR Red) scoring two bullets ahead of UNCL Commodore Marc de Saint Denis and Géry Trentesaux's Coup de Coeur (FRA Blue) and Ireland's marinerscove.ie, belonging to David Dwyer. Quokka 8 rates at 1.103 under IRC compared to Codiam's 1.110 as the French boat has a larger sail plan.
In the second race Beadsworth was particularly pleased when his call to go left up the first beat came good, despite dissenters on board. They ended up reaching the weather mark a minute ahead of the competition.
In Class 3 Marc Alperovtich and Jerome Huillard's A-35 Prime Time won today's first race for France Yellow, while Robert Davies' Roxy 6 took the second for the Irish. But once again it was France Blue that came to form with Samuel Prietz' X-40 Goa claiming second in both today's races.
Tomorrow, the complexion of the Rolex Commodores' Cup changes with the start at 10.30 BST of the 24-36-hour offshore race. The weather is also expected to take a turn for the worse with the passage of a front tomorrow afternoon. According to meteorologist Mike Broughton, working with the Irish team, this will bring with it 20-plus knot winds, before conditions lighten on Wednesday night, and then fill in again on Thursday. "It means it won't be a complete lottery. There will be no thermal switch off," he advises.
Offshore in waves with a mix of wind conditions, along with the rigours of racing at night, maintaining focus with little or no sleep, perpetually on the rail, after up to 36 hours of racing – will a new group of boats come to the fore? Past experience indicates that the French and British teams have proved strongest in the Rolex Commodores' Cup two-and-a-half points scoring offshore race. And, if there are stronger gradient winds – will the Irish continue to be the class act?
Full results and team lists are available at commodorescup.rorc.org.
The 2010 Rolex Commodores' Cup continues todau with the long offshore race that counts 2.5 points and will be designed to keep the yachts at sea for 24 – 36 hours. Provisional courses posted at 18:00 BST on 16 August indicate an easterly start from the Royal Yacht Squadron line at Cowes with 191 nautical miles for Class 1, 173nm for Class 2 and 156nm for Class 3. The forecast weather is for 12 – 15 knots from the west around the 10:30 BST start time, with the possibility of showers and stronger gusts.


"Drug-Induced Pulmonary Arterial Hypertension: a Review." by Lohit Garg MD, Ghulam Akbar MD et al.
Pulmonary arterial hypertension (PAH) is a subgroup of PH patients characterized hemodynamically by the presence of pre-capillary PH, defined by a pulmonary artery wedge pressure (PAWP) ≤15 mmHg and a PVR >3 Wood units (WU) in the absence of other causes of pre-capillary PH. According to the current classification, PAH can be associated with exposure to certain drugs or toxins such as anorectic agents, amphetamines, or selective serotonin reuptake inhibitors. With the improvement in awareness and recognition of the drug-induced PAH, it allowed the identification of additional drugs associated with an increased risk for the development of PAH. The supposed mechanism is an increase in the serotonin levels or activation of serotonin receptors that has been demonstrated to act as a growth factor for the pulmonary artery smooth muscle cells and cause progressive obliteration of the pulmonary vasculature. PAH remains a rare complication of several drugs, suggesting possible individual susceptibility, and further studies are needed to identify patients at risk of drug-induced PAH.


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Europe's "Arab Spring": "They are overrunning us," Hungary deploys the army
By Pamela Geller - on September 21, 2015
Eurabia: Dhimmitude
Al-Qaeda's as-Sahab Media has released episode 3 in Zawahiri's series "The Islamic Spring."
And that's exactly what Europe is experiencing, their "Arab Spring," and it will have the same effect as it had in Egypt, Libya, Syria, etc. And the media, which mythologized the Islamic revolutions as the "Arab Spring," is doing the same thing with the ongoing invasion of Europe. This time they are calling a "humanitarian crisis".
"They are over-running us… They're not just banging on the door, they're breaking the doors down on top of us." – Viktor Orban, Hungarian PM
In the real world, Hungary's parliament authorized the government on Monday to deploy the army to help handle a wave of Muslim migrants.
"Hungary PM Orban: Europe borders threatened by migrants." BBC, September 21, 2015
Hungary's PM has said Europe's borders are threatened by migration, at the start of a week of intense diplomatic activity on the crisis.
Viktor Orban said migrants were "breaking the doors" and that a united stance was required.
Ministers from Poland, Hungary, the Czech Republic and Slovakia met to discuss an EU proposal for quotas, which they oppose.
Some EU countries want migrants shared out more evenly across the EU.
Germany and France are among those who back plans to share the burden of relocating 120,000 migrants from Greece, Italy and Hungary.
"They are over-running us," said Mr Orban, shortly before Hungary's parliament agreed to hand more powers to the army.
"They're not just banging on the door, they're breaking the doors down on top of us. Our borders are under threat. Hungary is under threat and so is the whole of Europe."
The new law allows Hungary's army to use rubber bullets, tear gas and net guns to control migrants at its border.
Agence France-Presse reported that police would also now be allowed to enter private homes to search for people they believed had entered the country illegally.
Mr Orban, whose stance on immigration has drawn heavy criticism from European colleagues, made the comments at the start of a week of critical talks.
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Q: Adding grouped mean values to column in data frame I'd like to calculate group means in a data frame and create a new column in the original data frame containing those group mean values. (I'm doing a repeatability study and I want the mean value over measurements within an insertion, unit, and channel in a new column so I can subtract it off and calculate residuals.)
My data:
> head(mytestdata,15)
   Insertion Measurement Unit Channel Value
1          1           1   A5      10  9.41
2          1           1   A5      11  9.51
3          1           1   A5      12 10.59
4          1           1   A5      13  9.45
5          1           2   A5      10  9.42
6          1           2   A5      11  9.03
7          1           2   A5      12 10.62
8          1           2   A5      13  9.39
9          1           3   A5      10  9.38
10         1           3   A5      11  9.87
11         1           3   A5      12 11.34
12         1           3   A5      13  9.59
13         2           1   A5      10 12.10
14         2           1   A5      11 11.28
15         2           1   A5      12 12.95

Specifically, I want to calculate the mean Value per Insertion, Unit, and Channel, and add it to the data frame as meanValue. Then subtract meanValue from Value to get Residual.
Should look like this:
   Insertion Measurement Unit Channel Value meanValue
1          1           1   40      10 11.79     11.56
2          1           1   40      11 11.01     11.38
3          1           1   40      12 10.86     11.19
4          1           1   40      13 10.29     10.91
5          1           2   40      10 11.47     11.56
6          1           2   40      11 11.84     11.38
7          1           2   40      12 11.39     11.19
8          1           2   40      13 11.25     10.91
9          1           3   40      10 11.42     11.56
10         1           3   40      11 11.28     11.38
11         1           3   40      12 11.31     11.19
12         1           3   40      13 11.18     10.91
13         2           1   40      10 10.97     11.55
14         2           1   40      11 11.78     11.87
15         2           1   40      12 11.48     11.25

I know how to get the group means using by, aggregate, etc, which get me a second list or table with the values in it. I'm also confident I could get what I want using some convoluted looping procedures, but I'm looking to stuff them back in the same data frame in an elegant one- or two-line solution, and I figure there's got to be a way to do it but after days of searching I'm not finding it. I don't want a cumbersome solution because I want it to work well when I scale up to lots more data.

A: You can use ave to calculate the groupmeans:
df$MeanValue <- with(df, ave(Value, Insertion, Unit, Channel, FUN = mean))

Then calculate the residuals:
df$Residual <- df$Value - df$MeanValue
df
#   Insertion Measurement Unit Channel Value MeanValue     Residual
#1          1           1   A5      10  9.41  9.403333  0.006666667
#2          1           1   A5      11  9.51  9.470000  0.040000000
#3          1           1   A5      12 10.59 10.850000 -0.260000000
#4          1           1   A5      13  9.45  9.476667 -0.026666667
#5          1           2   A5      10  9.42  9.403333  0.016666667
#6          1           2   A5      11  9.03  9.470000 -0.440000000
#7          1           2   A5      12 10.62 10.850000 -0.230000000
#8          1           2   A5      13  9.39  9.476667 -0.086666667
#9          1           3   A5      10  9.38  9.403333 -0.023333333
#10         1           3   A5      11  9.87  9.470000  0.400000000
#11         1           3   A5      12 11.34 10.850000  0.490000000
#12         1           3   A5      13  9.59  9.476667  0.113333333
#13         2           1   A5      10 12.10 12.100000  0.000000000
#14         2           1   A5      11 11.28 11.280000  0.000000000
#15         2           1   A5      12 12.95 12.950000  0.000000000

Or you could use dplyr
library(dplyr)

df %>% group_by(Insertion, Unit, Channel) %>% mutate(MeanValue = mean(Value), Residual = Value - MeanValue)

A: Using data.table
library(data.table)
setDT(mytestdata)[, c("MeanValue", "Residual") := {m= mean(Value);list(m, Value-m)}, by=list(Insertion, Unit, Channel)]

mytestdata

#        Insertion Measurement Unit Channel Value MeanValue     Residual
#       1:         1           1   A5      10  9.41  9.403333  0.006666667
#       2:         1           1   A5      11  9.51  9.470000  0.040000000
#       3:         1           1   A5      12 10.59 10.850000 -0.260000000
#       4:         1           1   A5      13  9.45  9.476667 -0.026666667
#       5:         1           2   A5      10  9.42  9.403333  0.016666667
#       6:         1           2   A5      11  9.03  9.470000 -0.440000000
#       7:         1           2   A5      12 10.62 10.850000 -0.230000000
#       8:         1           2   A5      13  9.39  9.476667 -0.086666667
#       9:         1           3   A5      10  9.38  9.403333 -0.023333333
#      10:         1           3   A5      11  9.87  9.470000  0.400000000
#      11:         1           3   A5      12 11.34 10.850000  0.490000000
#      12:         1           3   A5      13  9.59  9.476667  0.113333333
#      13:         2           1   A5      10 12.10 12.100000  0.000000000
#      14:         2           1   A5      11 11.28 11.280000  0.000000000
#      15:         2           1   A5      12 12.95 12.950000  0.000000000

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