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SEATTLE, Mar. 23, 2006 – Boeing [NYSE: BA] and SonAir, the air transportation arm of Angola's national oil company Sonangol, today announced a firm order to install Class 3 Electronic Flight Bags (EFB) on two 737-700s and one 737-700C with a quick-change option (convertible from freighter to passenger). SonAir will take delivery of the 737-700s beginning in 2007.
SonAir is getting Class 3 EFBs, which are fully integrated into a commercial airplane's avionics.
"The availability of leading-edge technology such as the Boeing Electronic Flight Bag played a major role in our selection of the 737," said Capt. Jose Machado Jorge, executive vice president of Operations for SonAir and a member of the board. "The EFB will help as we work to create the safest, most efficient fleet possible."
EFB is a core technology in Boeing's vision of an e-Enabled air-transport system, where data, information and knowledge can be shared easily across an aviation enterprise. Using software developed by Boeing and its subsidiary, Jeppesen, and hardware from Astronautics Corp. of America (ACA), the Boeing EFB digitally delivers vital charts and manuals that pilots need to fly an airplane, giving them quick access to the information they need. One available option is an onboard performance tool that gives pilots the ideal speeds and engine settings for an aircraft, in any weather, on any runway, with any payload, and can create vast gains in efficiency, range and payload.
"SonAir is a great example of an operator that recognizes the value and superior capability of a Boeing Class 3 EFB," said Dan da Silva, vice president of sales and marketing for Boeing Commercial Aviation Services. "Boeing is committed to helping our customers succeed, and more customers are choosing Boeing as the company that can help them flourish with a range of products devoted to efficient and effective operations and maintenance."
Installation of a multi-functional EFB is only part of what the Boeing team provides the airline, however. Jeppesen is focused on ensuring that any receiving enterprise has the infrastructure, training, systems and ability to develop additional content to take advantage of the EFB's capabilities and reap the benefits of a paperless cockpit. These are among the items critical to a successful EFB implementation and together represent a major competitive advantage for Boeing in persuading customers to choose the Boeing team's Class 3 EFB.
With 80 Gigabytes of available memory in each pilot's EFB, along with dual processors and operating systems (Windows for open applications and Linux for certified applications), the Boeing solution provides plenty of room for additional capabilities as they become available, such as enhanced fault reporting and electronic logbook; real-time weather information; en route moving maps; and real-time Notice To Airmen (NOTAM) information. In addition, the open-architecture design of the Class 3 EFB and its integration into the airplane's larger systems give it unmatched potential for even third-party software designers to create exciting applications.
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T 0164/98 (Ketene dimers/AKZO NOBEL) of 19.2.2002
ECLI:EP:BA:2002:T016498.20020219
C07C 45/89
Decision text in EN (PDF, 832 KB)
Long-chain ketene dimers
Akzo Nobel N.V.
Hercules Incorporated
European Patent Convention 1973 Art 56
Inventive step (yes) - definition of the technical problem - non-obvious solution
I. The Appellant (Opponent) lodged an appeal against the decision of the Opposition Division rejecting the opposition against the European patent No. 0 550 107 (European patent application No. 92 204 040.7), which was granted on the basis of eleven claims, the independent Claim 1 reading as follows:
"A process for the preparation of long-chain ketene dimers which comprises reacting carboxylic acid chlorides of the formula RCH2COCl, wherein R is a saturated or unsaturated hydrocarbon group having 6-30 carbon atoms, with triethyl amine to obtain an amine hydrochloride-containing reaction mixture containing ketene dimer, and treating said mixture with dilute aqueous hydrochloric acid or an aqueous solution of triethyl amine hydrochloride and hydrochloride acid to separate out the ketene dimer product, wherein the process is characterized in that said acid chloride is fed, in the absence of an organic solvent into said triethyl amine under intensive mixing at a rate of not more than 3 moles/hour per mole of triethyl amine, and mixing, feed rate and heat exchange are controlled such that the viscosity of the mixture is maintained at less than 250 mPa.s, measured at 60°C (rate of shear higher than 100 1/sec) and the molar ratio of the total amount of carboxylic acid chloride fed into the triethyl amine is 1:1,025 to 1:2."
II. The opposition was filed against the patent as a whole, and based on the ground of lack of inventive step as indicated in Article 100(a) EPC. It was supported by several documents, including:
(1) DE-A-2 927 118, and
(2) US-A-2 369 919.
III. The Opposition Division held that the problem underlying the patent in suit was to provide a process for preparing long-chain ketene dimers, whereby in particular the problems related to the use of solvents were avoided and impurities in the end products and in the waste water were reduced. Furthermore it held that the solution of this problem by the claimed process, which was in particular characterised by the absence of a solvent and the mixing conditions as defined leading to the specified low viscosity during the conversion of the reaction components, was not obvious in the light of the cited documents.
IV. Oral proceedings before the Board were held on 19. February 2002.
V. The Appellant argued that in the light of the disclosure of document (1) representing the closest state of the art the technical problem underlying the patent in suit was the provision of a process for preparing ketene dimers in the presence of a lawful environmentally-friendly solvent. The claimed solution of this problem involving the addition of the carboxylic acid chloride into the amine and the performance of the reaction in the absence of an additional solvent was, however, obvious in the light of document (2), since this document disclosed that the sequence of the addition of the carboxylic acid chloride and the amine could be reverted and that an excess of the amine could be used as a solvent. Moreover, he argued that the claimed feature concerning the viscosity of the reaction mixture was of no value and a technical merit on its own, since the viscosity directly resulted from the exchange of a conventionally used solvent for an excess of the triethyl amine, and the use of a normally applied temperature and mixing rate. He also contended that under the stirring conditions as applied according to document (1) essentially non-dendrite type crystals of triethyl amine hydrochloride would be formed, and that therefore the claimed process features leading to the specific crystal morphology disclosed in the patent in suit were of no relevance in assessing inventive step either.
VI. The Respondent argued that, compared to the process of document (1), the claimed process of the patent in suit could be carried out at a low viscosity without being burdened with the typical drawbacks connected with the use of solvents, and led to ketene dimer products being free from undesirable impurities. Concerning the cited prior art, he emphasised that according to document (1) the use of an organic solvent was necessary in order to keep the reaction mixture stirrable, and that document (2) only disclosed the optional use of an excess of tertiary amine in combination with an inert organic solvent. He concluded therefore that the claimed process involved an inventive step over document (1) and document (2), either alone or in combination.
VII. The Appellant requested that the decision under appeal be set aside and that the patent be revoked.
The Respondent requested that the appeal be dismissed or that the patent be maintained on the basis of the Claims 1 to 11 of the auxiliary request filed on 18. January 2002.
VIII. At the conclusion of the oral proceedings the Board's decision was pronounced.
1. The appeal is admissible.
Main request
2. The only issue to be dealt with is whether or not the subject-matter of the claims involves an inventive step.
2.1. In deciding whether or not a claimed invention meets this criterion, the Boards of Appeal consistently apply the problem and solution approach, which essentially involves identifying the closest prior art, determining in the light thereof the technical problem which the claimed invention addresses and successfully solves, and examining whether or not the claimed solution to this problem is obvious for the skilled person in view of the state of the art.
2.2. The Board considers, in agreement with the parties, that the closest state of the art with respect to the claimed subject-matter of the patent in suit is the disclosure of document (1).
This document discloses a process for preparing long-chain ketene dimers avoiding a high viscosity of the reaction mixture disturbing the performance of the process, in which the ketene dimer products are obtained in a high purity (see page 1, line 11 to page 2, line 8, of the description). The process is carried out by reacting a carboxylic acid chloride having 12 to 22 carbon atoms with a mixture of tertiary amines containing 0.5 to 10 parts by weight of trimethyl amine per 100 parts by weight of another a tertiary amine in an inert organic solvent at a temperature of up to 90 C, washing the reaction mixture with a dilute aqueous hydrochloride, separating the aqueous phase and isolating the ketene dimer by evaporating the organic solvent (see Claim 1, page 1, lines 3 to 9, page 2, lines 10 to 32, and page 4, lines 20 to 28, of the description).
It also discloses that the use of an inert organic solvent is necessary for achieving a stirrable reaction mixture (see page 3, lines 15 to 35), and that in performing the process the tertiary alkyl amine is added to the solution of the fatty acid chloride (see page 5, lines 1 to 7, and the examples).
2.2.1. The Appellant alleged that the feed rate of at most 3. moles/hour per mole of triethyl amine, the molar ratio of the acid chloride to the triethyl amine of 1:1.025 to 1:2, and the maintenance of the viscosity of the mixture at less than 250 mPa.s, measured at 60°C (rate of shear higher than 100 1/sec) as claimed were disclosed in Example 1 of document (1).
2.2.2. However, in the Board's judgment, these features cannot be derived from said example, since
- no feeding of the acid chloride to the amine component occurs at all,
- the ratio of acid chloride to amine of 1:1.025 as calculated by the Appellant on the basis of Example 1 of document (1), which would fall within the claimed range, is not based on the amount of triethyl amine, but also includes trimethyl amine, and
- the functional feature relating to the control of the viscosity, which is interlinked with the feed rate of the acid chloride to the triethyl amine and the applied molar ratio of acid chloride to amine of 1:1.025 to 1:2, is not disclosed anywhere.
Moreover, the technical teaching of said Example 1 concerning feed rate, mixing and temperature control is closely associated with the application of an inert solvent and a reversed order of addition of the acid chloride and the amine component, and therefore cannot be generalised and applied to the process of Claim 1 of the patent in suit.
2.3. Regarding this closest state of the art, the Respondent submitted essentially that by applying the process as claimed the technical and environmental drawbacks connected with the use of organic solvents would be overcome, the viscosity of the reaction mixture would be maintained on a satisfying low level, and the presence of undesirable impurities, including solvent residues, in the ketene dimer products would be avoided.
2.4. The Appellant did not contest these submissions, but he emphasised that the essential drawback of the process of document (1) concerned the use of environmentally unfriendly solvents leading to diketene dimers contaminated with toxic solvent residues. Moreover, subsequent products, such as package paper, containing such contaminated ketene dimers might not comply with legal provisions.
2.4.1. Accordingly, in the Appellant's opinion, the technical problem underlying the patent in suit was therefore to find a lawful environmentally-friendly solvent.
2.4.2. However, this technical problem is not in conformity with the established case law of the Boards of Appeal concerning the determination of the technical problem, since a properly defined technical problem must be successfully solved by the invention as claimed (see, e.g., T 24/81, OJ EPO 1983, 133), and must not contain a pointer to its solution or partially anticipate it (see, e.g., T 229/85, OJ EPO 1987, 237; and T 422/93, OJ EPO 1997, 24).
In this context, the Board observes that, according to Claim 1, the process is carried out in the absence of an organic solvent. In the light of the description of the patent in suit, which comprises a discussion of the closest prior art document (1), in the Board's judgment, this feature can only mean that the process as claimed excludes the use of any organic solvent, which is inert with respect to the reactants and the reaction product (see page 2, line 57, and page 3, lines 34 and 35, in combination with the passage on page 2, lines 29 to 53). Thus, if the technical problem as defined by the Appellant were to concern the finding of a lawful environmentally-friendly inert solvent, it would not be solved by the process of Claim 1.
If, on the other hand, the Appellant's definition of the technical problem concerned the finding of a suitable non-inert solvent, it would contain a pointer to its solution or partially anticipate its solution. Such a definition of the technical problem would be the result of an unallowable ex post facto view being taken of the claimed invention, and therefore - as indicated above - would not be in conformity with the established case law of the Boards of Appeal on defining the objective technical problem underlying the claimed invention.
Furthermore, the Board observes that in the light of document (1) as the closest prior art the viscosity problem has been solved. Therefore, the low viscosity as achieved according to this document should be maintained.
2.5. Thus, in view of the Respondent's submissions, and having regard to these considerations, it is the Board's position, that in the light of document (1) the technical problem underlying the patent in suit can only be seen in the provision of a technically simplified process for preparing long-chain ketene dimers, maintaining a satisfying low viscosity and avoiding the presence of undesirable impurities in the end-products (see also the patent in suit, page 2, lines 56 to 59, in combination with the evaluation of the prior art, including document (1), on page 2, lines 29 to 53, and the statement on page 3, lines 40 to 44).
2.6. According to present Claim 1 this technical problem is solved by providing a process in which the reaction is essentially characterised in that:
(a) the reaction is carried out in the absence of an organic solvent,
(b) the acid chloride is fed to the triethyl amine,
(c) this feeding is carried out at a rate of at most 3 moles/hour per mole of triethyl amine,
(d) a molar ratio of the acid chloride to the triethyl amine of 1:1.025 to 1:2 is applied, and
(e) the mixing, feed rate and heat exchange are controlled such that the viscosity of the mixture is maintained at less than 250 mPa.s, measured at 60°C (rate of shear higher than 100 1/sec).
2.7. Having regard to the technical information provided in the patent in suit, in particular in the examples, the Board considers it plausible that the technical problem as defined above has been solved.
2.7.1. In this context, the Appellant disputed the relevance of the claimed features (c) to (e) indicated under point 2.6 above for the solution of the technical problem underlying the patent in suit as defined above, whereas according to the patent in suit these features would lead to the achievement of a particular crystal morphology rendering it possible to work at satisfying low viscosities without the use of an inert organic solvent (see page 2, lines 29 to 32, page 3, lines 34 to 37, and page 4, line 55 to page 5, line 2).
2.7.2. However, he did not provide any support for his contentions in this respect. Moreover, he did not dispute that the claimed process can be successfully performed at a satisfying low viscosity and in an environmentally friendly and technically simplified manner, and that the end products of the claimed process did not contain detrimental impurities.
2.7.3. Furthermore, the Board notes that according to the patent in suit a satisfying low viscosity can be achieved by applying an excess of 0.025 to 1 mole of triethyl amine per mole of the acid chloride (see said feature (d)), and according to the Examples 1 to 3 already by using a small excess of about 0.1 mole of the amine, whereas according to document (1) a solvent had to be applied in high amounts of at least an equal amount by weight on the basis of the carboxylic acid chloride (see document (1), lines 26 to 35, and the examples). Such an equal amount by weight of solvent would according to Example 1 of the patent in suit correspond to an excess of triethyl amine of at least 614.3 g or about 6 moles. Therefore, the Board concludes that the triethyl amine used in a small excess as indicated in Claim 1 of the patent in suit functioning as a solvent is essential for the solution of the above defined technical problem not on its own but in combination with said features (c) to (e).
2.7.4. Regardless of that, however, it is not sufficient in opposition proceedings for the Opponent to impugn a granted patent with an assertion which cannot be substantiated. It is true that under Article 114(1) EPC the European Patent Office, in proceedings before it, examines the facts of its own motion and is not restricted in this examination to the facts, evidence and arguments provided by the parties and the relief sought. But if the European Patent Office is unable to establish the facts of its own motion, it is the party whose argument rests on these alleged facts who loses thereby (see e.g. T 219/83, OJ EPO 1986, 211, point 12 of the Reasons).
2.7.5. Accordingly, the Appellant's assertion can only be treated as an unproven allegation which cannot counter the finding that said features (c) to (e) of Claim 1 of the patent in suit in combination are essential to the claimed invention.
2.8. In assessing inventive step the question now is whether a skilled person starting from document (1), and having knowledge of document (2), would arrive at the solution of the above defined technical problem as claimed.
2.8.1. Document (2) discloses the preparation of ketene dimers by reacting an acid halide, preferably an acid chloride, with a tertiary amine, such as triethyl amine, in which it is essential that the reaction and the isolation of the products take place under anhydrous conditions (see page 1, left column, lines 23 to 33; page 3, right column, lines 40 to 44; page 3, left column, lines 43 and 44; and page 3, right column, line 20; and the examples).
Moreover, it discloses that the reaction is carried out in the presence of any organic solvent which is inert towards the reactants and the ketene dimers formed (see page 1, left column, lines 35 to 44; page 1, right column, lines 13 to 23; and page 2, right column, line 61 to page 3, left column, line 7). The amount of solvent should be sufficient to dissolve the ketene dimer, thus facilitating the separation of the insoluble tertiary amine hydrochloride by filtration, whereby the use of 100 to 200 parts solvent per tenth mole of each reactant was found satisfactory (see page 3, left column, lines 8 to 14, and the examples).
Further to this teaching, it also contains the following statement (see page 3, left column, lines 14 to 18):
"It is also feasible to use an excess of the tertiary aliphatic amine as solvent in cases where the substituted ethenone can be readily separated from the amine and its hydrochloride."
2.8.2. The Appellant argued that the claimed process was obvious in the light of this document, since it indicated the possibility of adding the carboxylic acid chloride into said tertiary amine, and because it followed from the cited statement that the disclosed reaction could be performed in the presence of an excess of the tertiary amine as the sole solvent.
2.8.3. The Board concurs with the Appellant's point of view that the skilled person would indeed derive from the cited statement that the disclosed reaction could be carried out by adding the acid chloride to an excess of the tertiary amine without any additional inert solvent. In this context, the Board observes that said statement does not contain any pointer that the excess amine should be used in addition to another solvent.
2.8.4. However, in the Board's judgment, a skilled person would derive from document (2) as a whole, and particularly from the examples, that the disclosed embodiment using an inert solvent represents the preferred embodiment of that process, and that the alternative embodiment using an excess of the amine component as a solvent would suffer from purification problems (see column 2, lines 11 to 14 and 16 to 18, and column 3, lines 35 to 39). Consequently, a skilled person faced with the above defined technical problem underlying the patent in suit of avoiding the presence of undesirable impurities in the long-chain ketene dimers, and having regard to the teaching of document (1) emphasising the need of an inert solvent, would rather consider the preferred embodiment for its solution, i.e. the embodiment leading away from the solution as claimed.
2.8.5. Furthermore, even assuming that the excess of the tertiary amine would have about the same effect as an inert solvent, and disregarding the drawbacks of the use of this excess, a skilled person would derive from the teaching of document (2) that the solvent had to be applied in a large amount (see point 2.8.1 above, second paragraph), and that consequently the tertiary amine acting as solvent had to be applied in a large excess of about 100 to 200 parts per tenth mole of each reactant (corresponding to about 10 to 20 moles of triethyl amine).
2.8.6. Therefore, document (2) does not give any pointer to the claimed solution of the above defined technical problem with respect to the use of only a small excess of 0.025 to 1 mole of the tertiary amine per mole of the acid chloride (said feature (d) of Claim 1), let alone concerning the functional feature (e) (indicated under point 2.6 above), which is credibly essential for maintaining a satisfying low viscosity of the reaction mixture (see also points 2.7.1 to 2.7.5 above).
2.9. Thus in view of these considerations, the Board concludes that the solution of the above defined technical problem as claimed in Claim 1 of the patent in suit is not obvious to the skilled person in the light of the cited documents either taken alone or in combination, and consequently involves an inventive step within the meaning of Article 56 EPC.
Claims 2 to 11 relate to particular embodiments within the ambit of the subject-matter of Claim 1. They are therefore also allowable.
Auxiliary request
3. Since the subject-matter of the claims of the main request is allowable for the reasons set out above, there is no need for the Board to decide on the auxiliary request.
The appeal is dismissed.

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to confirm them from the particular circumstances of the Church in Connecticut. He read the letter again, commended it, spoke handsomely of the gentlemen who wrote it, and of the Clergy of Connecticut, who so anxiously strove to perpetuate the Episcopal Church--said it would be a great pity that so much piety and zeal in so good a cause should not obtain the wished for object—that the letter certainly gave an opportunity for re-considering the matter, and merited attentive deliberation, and that possibly he should yet come into the opinion of its writers. I am sorry that he leaves town next week, as I shall thereby lose the benefit of his advice and assistance.
From him I went to the Bishop of London, who is an amiable man, but very infirm, and I think his memory and other faculties are declining; he avoids business as much as possible. Having read the letter, he asked many questions, and when he fully apprehended the matter, he said that he thought that every objection was removed on the part of the Connecticut Clergy, and that an act of Parliament, which he thought might be easily obtained, would remove the impediment of the state oaths, and that he hoped the Archbishop of Canterbury would see the matter in the same light that he did. • The next morning I went to Lambeth, but missed of seeing his Grace. On the first of May I went again. His Grace's behaviour, though polite, I thought was cool and restrained. When he had read the letter, he observed that it was still the application only of the Clergy, and that the perinission was only the permission of individuals, and not of the legislature. I observed that the reasons why the legislature had not been applied to were specified in the letter, and that they appeared to me to be founded in reason and good sense that had his Grace demanded the concurrence of the laity of the Church last autumn, it might easily have been procured. That it was the first wish both of the Episcopal Clergy and laity of Connecticut to have an Episcopate through the clear and uninterturted channel of the Church of England, and my first wish that his Grace and the Archbishop of York might be the instruments of its conveyance-but that if such difficulties and objections lay in the way as it was impossible to remove, it was but lost time for me to pursue it further ; but that I hoped his Grace would converse with the Archbishop of York and the Bishop of London on the subject. He said he certainly would as soon as he was able, but that he was then very unwell. I thought it was no good time to press the matter while the body and mind were not in perfect unison, and rose to withdraw, offering to leave the letter, as it might be wanted. I will not, said he, take the original from you, lest it should fare as the letter you bronglet from the Clergy of Connecticut has fared. I left it with Lord North when he was in office, and have never been able to recover it; but if you will favour me with copies of both letters I shall be obliged to you. I promised compliance, and took my leave.
Dr. Chandler has been with him to-day on the subject of the Nova-Scotia Episcopate, which, I believe, will be effected. His Grace introduced the subject of Connecticut; declared his readiness to
do every thing in his power, complimented the Clergy of Connecticut, and your humble servant, talked of an act of Parliament, and mentioned that some young gentlemen from the southern states, who were here soliciting orders, had applied to the Danish Bishops, through the medium of the Danish ambassador at the Hague, upon a supposition that he was averse to conferring orders on them; but that the supposition was groundless, he being willing and ready to do it when it could be consistently done. These young gentlemen had met with every encouragement to tempt them to a voyage to Denmark.
Upon the whole, you will perceive that your letter has done great service of itself; and it has enabled me to open a new battery, which I will mount with the heaviest cannon and mortars I can muster, and will play them as vigorously as possible. · I anxiously expect the next arrival from New-York, in hopes I shall receive the act you refer to respecting the Church in Connecticut, and which his Grace thinks will be necessary to enable him to proceed.
I hope, my dear friend, that I shall be with you in the course of this summer, and be happy with you in the full enjoyment of our holy religion. Make my most affectionate regards to the Clergy as you have opportunity. No one esteems them more, or loves them more than I do: They are the salt which must now preserve our Church from all decay, and in perfect health and soundness.
I shall wait on his Grace on Wednesdaythis is Monday-and if I am fortunate enough to see him, shall put a note for you into the mail which will close on Wednesday night for New-York.
Believe me to be
Your ever affectionate friend,
and very humble servant,
SAMUEL SEABURY.
(NO. X.]
LETTER TO THE REV. MR. JARTIS.
LONDON, MAY 24, 1784. MY DEAR SIR,
BY the last packet I wrote to you as Secretary of the Episcopal Convention in Connecticut, under cover to Mr. Ellison at New-York, and a day or two after by a vessel to Rhode Island, under cover to Mr. Jona. Starr, of New-London. Both which letters, I flatter myself, will get safe to you. Since those letters I have had two interviews with his Grace of Canterbury, the last this morning. He declares himself ready to do every thing in his power to promote the business I am engaged in ; but still thinks that an act of Parliament will be necessary to enable him to proceed ; and also that the act of the Legislature of your State, which you mentioned would be sent me by Mr. Leaming, is absolutely necessary on which to found an application to Parliament. I pleased myself with the prospect of receiving the copy of that act by the last packet, the letters of which arrived here the 15th inst.; but great was my mortification, that no letter came to me from my good and ever dear friends. What I shall do I know not, as the business is at a dead stand without it; and the Parliament is now sitting. If the next arrival does not bring it, I shall be at my wits end. Send it therefore, by all means even after the receipt of this letter; or if you have sent it, send a duplicate.
His Grace says he sees no reason to despair ; but yet that matters are in such a state of uncertainty that he knows not how to promise any thing. He complains of the people in power; that there is no getting them to attend to any thing in which their own party interest is not concerned. This is certainly the worst country in the world to do business in. I wonder how they get along at any rate. But if I had the act of your State which you refer to in your letter, I should be able to bring the matter to a crisis, and it would be determined, one way or the other. And as it is attended with uncertainty whether I shall succeed here, I have in two or three letters to Mr. Leaming, requested to know, whether in case of failure here, it would be agreeable to the Clergy in Connecticut that I should apply to the nonjuring Bishops in Scotland, who have been sounded and declare their readiness to carry the business into execution. I hope to receive instructions on this head by the next arrival, and in the mean time must watch occasions as they rise.
Believe me, there is nothing that is not base that I would not do, nor any risk that I would not run, nor any inconvenience to myself, that I would not encounter, to carry this business into effect: And I assure you, if I do not succeed, it shall not be my fault. '
There is one piece of intelligence we have heard from Nova Scotia that gives me some uneasiness, viz: that Messrs. Andrews, Hubbard and Scovil are expected in Nova-Scotia this summer, with a large proportion of their congregations. This intelligence operates against me. For if these gentlemen cannot, or if they and their congregations do not choose to stay in Connecticut, why should a Bishop go there? I answer one reason of their going is the hopes of enjoying their religion fully, which they cannot do in Connecticut without a Bishop.
I beg my most respectful regards may be made to the Clergy of Connecticut, and that they will believe me to be anxiously engaged in the fulfilment of their wishes in the business of the Episcopate * proposed.
· Believe me to be, dear Sir,
your hearty well wisher, and
very humble servant.
FOR THE CHURCHMAN'S MAGAZINE.
HEATHEN MORALITY,
[Continued from page 120.] BE slow in deliberation, but quick in execution. When you ask the advice of any one in the conduct of your affairs, consider in the first place how he manages his own; for he
who conducts badly for himself, will never be a good counsellor in the business of another.
If you consider well the mischiefs of rashness, you will learn to take prudent counsel : For when we have experienced the miseries of sickness, we take more prudent care of our health. • Qualify thyself for superiority over others, yet conduct towards them as if thou wert but an equal; so wilt thou appear to cultivate justice, not from weakness, but a sense of equity.
Prefer honest poverty to unjust gain : For justice is better than wealth, inasmuch as the latter can profit us only while we live, but the former may procure us glory after death; the latter may fall to the share of the very worst men, but the former can be possessed only by the virtuous.
Envy none who are enriched by unjust lucre, but make much of those who from their love of justice suffer wrong: For the just, if in nothing else they excel the unjust, are certainly superior in hope.
Provide carefully for every thing which may contribute to thy well-being in life, especially be intent upon the improvement of thy understanding. For the greatest thing among smaller is a good mind in a sound body.
Be ever active in body, and studious in mind; that by the one thou mayest execute thy determinations, and by the other know how to provide for thy future good.
Study well what thou art about to say, for there are many whose tongues outrun their thoughts.
Have but two occasions of speaking, the one, of subjects well understood, the other, of those necessary to be spoken. In these two cases alone is speech preferable to silence; in all others it is better to be silent than to speak.
Consider that nothing human is stable; hence thou wilt learn not unduly to exult in prosperity, nor to be confounded by adversity.
It is thy duty to rejoice in prosperity, and with firmness endure calamity; and each without ostentation. For it is absurd to lay open our minds to the observation of every one, while with caution we conceal our wealth.
Avoid just reprehension more cautiously than danger: For formidable as death to the wicked should be an ignominious life to the virtuous. Fate has, as it were, condemned all to death, but by the constitution of things the good alone can be honoured in death.
CHRISTIAN BIOGRAPHY.
THE LIFE OF ST. MATTHEW. ST. Matthew was a native of Galilee, and a publican, or a taxgather under the Romans. He was collector of the customs at the port of Capernaum, a maritime town, on the sea of Galilee. His office consisted in collecting the taxes upon all goods that were there imported or exported, and receiving the tribute which all passengers by water are obliged to pay. The occupation of a publican was
- a most* invidious employment, and to the Jews was peculiarly odious
and detestable, as they had been so long free, and so indignantly supported the Roman yoke. In passing through Capernaum our Lord saw this worthy publican situated in the tax-gatherer's office, and by his perfect knowledge of the human heart, for the evangelist John tell us he wanted no information concerning any ohe's character, knowing him to be a person of virtuous and amiable dispositions, he said to him, follow me. Upon this invitation he instantly arose and mingled in his train. But undoubtedly his conscientious regards to the common obligations of justice would induce him to secrete nothing, but to deliver in his accounts in an upright manner to those who had employed him. We afterwards find this Apostle making a grand entertainment at his house, to which he invited Jesus and a great number of publicans and their friends ; apparently with this good design; that by the personal converse of Jesus, their preju. dices against him might be softened or removed, that they might have an happy opportunity of seeing the amiable endowments which distinguished him, and consequently be disposed to think favourably of him for relinquishing his employment to follow such an instruct. or. This benevolent design of Matthew, one may conjecture, had all its effects; for we afterwards find the publicans among our Lord's auditors, and devoutly attending his ministry. From the time of this invitation to be his follower and disciple, Matthew continued with Jesus Christ; distinguished with the honour of being one of his twelve Apostles, a familiar attendant on his person, a spectator of his public and private conduct, an hearer of his discourses, a witness of his temper and morals, and an evidence of his resurrection. After our Saviour's assumption, he was along with the other Apostles at Jerusalem ; and on the day of Pentecost, was endowed with spiritual gifts and miraculous powers. He was crowned with martyrdom, as is commonly believed, in Æthiopia, in a city called Nadabbar, or Naddaver. The testimonies of ancient writers concerning him and his gospel may be seen in that most accurate and useful work of the learned and judicious Dr. Lardner, entitled, the Credibility of the Gospel History, in supplement vol. 1. p. 95. 2d edition, 1760. Learn. ed men are not agreed about the exact time in which St. Matthew published his gospel. If Irenæus may be relied upon, who expressly declares that Matthew published his gospel when Peter and Paul were preaching at Rome, it must have been when Paul was in that city the second time ; about the year of Christ 64 ; the time when Nero persecuted the Christians. Baronius, Grotius, Vossius, Jones, and the late learned professor Wetstein, concur in the opinion that it was published in the year 41, about eight years after our Saviour's ascension. Dr. Henry Owen, in his late Observations on the Four Gospels, hath fixed the date of its publication much earlier ; about the year of Christ 38, the second of Caligula, and the fifth from our Lord's assumption. But though learned men differ in ascertaining
* Theocritus being once asked, which was the most cruel of all beasts, made answer; that among the wild beasts of the forest they were the Lion and the Bear: but among the beasts of the city, they were the Parasite and Publican.


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Tajikistan exports more electricity to Afghanistan
KABUL (Pajhwok): Energy-starved Afghanistan has imported 205.2 million kWh of electricity from Tajikistan during the current month, a media report said on Thursday. The electricity imported by Afghanistan from the former Soviet republic is 23.6... read more
Mattis says withdrawal, contractors still options
WASHINGTON (Pajhwok): US defense secretary Jim Mattis said Monday "all options — from withdrawal, to using private contractors, to adding thousands of US forces to the fight — remain on the table for Afghanistan." Mattis repeated the White House... read more
Russian opposes privatisation of Afghan conflict
KABUL (Pajhwok): A former Russian ambassador says America's military campaign in Afghanistan has failed and the US needs to withdraw its troops from the war-devastated country. "Moscow has never hastened the withdrawal of the US troops from... read more
Afghan spymaster urges VP Dostum to return home
KABUL (Pajhwok): The Afghan spymaster has urged First Vice-President Gen. Abdul Rashid Dostum, currently in Turkey, to return to Kabul, the BBC Pashto Service reports. National Directorate of Security (NDS) head Masoom Stanikzai met the VP at his... read more
Afghan war a generational struggle: Petraeus
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Outrage in Waterford city after chicken 'used as football by intoxicated young adults'
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Outrage in Waterford city after chicken used as football by intoxicated young adults
Outrage has ensued on social media after a Waterford charity found a chicken that was allegedly used as a football in the city.
Read more: Gardaí in Waterford investigating burglaries
A Waterford Animal Welfare spokesperson said the charity received a call from the gardaí on Monday evening in relation to the incident at Templars Hall. According to witnesses, the chicken was being used as a football by a group of intoxicated young adults.
"When we arrived we found the chicken cowering in a corner surrounded by beer cans. It was taken to City Vets by us for treatment. It was soon evident that the poor chicken had its wings clipped and was unable to walk. This resulted in its underbody becoming raw and infected," a Waterford Animal Welfare spokesperson said.
The charity slammed the "horrendous, cruel act" which resulted in the chicken been put to sleep by the vet.
Hundreds of locals have taken to social media to voice their anger. One person described it as an "absolute disgrace", while another called for those responsible to be prosecuted. Another called for "stricter animal welfare laws together with actual enforcement to get rid of this kind of thing entirely from our society where it has no place. I feel sick thinking about it. What sort of people think it's fun to treat a living thing in such a way? Disgusting."


This week I've watched a documentary on the homeless and hungry kids in the US, and this morning I've been reading an article about the way the new housing benefit caps are forcing young British kids (primarily those who live inner London) out of the neighbourhoods where they've grown up and into areas where housing is cheaper.
Desperation. Dislocation. Despair. Perfect fodder for a YA novelist who fancies herself a bit "gritty", right?
You'd think so. Then why is my heart sinking, not soaring?
Because I'm a writer of fiction, and these stories are all too real. That's one thing. This week's episode of Panorama highlighted an American family who lived in a cheap roadside motel. No feckless sponging workshy types in this story--when Dad lost the good job that kept the family in a comfortable house, he wasn't eligible for unemployment so he took another job. That, unfortunately, paid too little for them to pay rent for anywhere larger than a motel room, so that's where the family now lives. The accommodation is cramped, the area is crime-ridden, the kids are stressed and have worries that are blighting their childhoods.
In the UK, the situation is slightly different, of course. There is something called housing benefit, which helps support needy individuals and families to pay their rent. The problems is, according to the Government, that too may families are living in high priced housing areas and it is "unfair" that that should be the case. If you can't afford to live in Westminster, you should live somewhere cheaper. Not a motel, necessarily, but a cheaper London borough, or another part of the country altogether, where your capped benefit will be enough to keep a roof over your head. And, I suppose, there is a point of "fairness." When housing is so expensive for everyone, many people, even those with relatively steady and secure incomes, struggle to find an affordable house or flat, and have to compromise on location.
But, as I said, as a writer there are certain elements that I'm forced to consider. The first thing, of course, is some sort of "agency" for a main character, some way for this boy or girl to find a solution, defeat the bad guys, slay the monster, get out of the mess they've found themselves in. How's the girl who lives in Marylebone and is about to be moved to another school, another borough to do her GCSEs going to find a solution for herself? The answer is, of course, that she isn't. So, the story would have to be about how she copes at her new school, how, with the help of some new friends, she succeeds against the odds, raising the hopes of her family in the bargain. OK. I can do that. And the boy living in the American motel? He, too, can find a way to rise above his circumstances, stand up to the drug-dealing monsters.
So that's encouraging. In fiction, as in reality, many young people are required to rise above the circumstances they find themselves in. Every day, ordinary kids cope with serious issues such as bullying, bereavement, family breakup, crime. As I said before, poverty and homelessness are real--and have been treated sensitively and bravely by many writers for children and young adults.
But there's another story element that any writer has to consider--the villain. A good villain or nemesis is essential for any novel, regardless of genre. There must be a wicked witch or a big bad wolf or a troll under the bridge or, at the very least, an evil stepmother.
So, in the story of the homeless children in America or the young people whose education and stability is being disregarded and disturbed in the UK, who's the monster? Who do those kids need to slay in order to succeed in their real-life narrative? Is it their parents, who at some point might have made a wrong decision or run into a patch of bad luck--such as needing to flee from a war, perhaps? Is it the government? A decent liberal is the President of the USA, and a seemingly benign coalition is in charge in the UK. Cameron and Clegg present themselves as "fair" and reasonable--hey we're all in this together, right?
As villains go, neither Barack Obama nor the Cameron/Clegg clones seem meaty enough. Where's the venom? Where's the mwah-hah-ha cackle? In short, where's Thatcher when you bloody need her? A proper villain--big bad wolf, wicked witch and evil stepmother all rolled into one?
So, the most demoralising thing about these stories is that there aren't any real bad guys here--there's only us. There's only the society that we've willingly created, one that accepts that it's "fair" that the poor get dislocated or demonised while the rich can avoid or escape taxation.
Finally, the other thing a good story needs is a sense of hope. A sense that things will get better, or that people will find away to thrive--or at last survive-- in spite of terrible obstacles. As people, we have the responsibility to raise our voices against government actions that we find unjust or unfair. We may not agree on politics or on what constitutes "fairness", but if we have both a voice and the right to speak, we should use them both to put our points of views across.
And as writers, we have a responsibility to stay aware of the demons and dragons that are out there for young people. It's not all doom and gloom, of course, and the best writers, in my opinion, are the funny ones. But let's never forget that some vampires and werewolves and ghosts and zombies have human faces and look an awful lot like us.
One of the things that impressed me about your book was how many shades of gray you found in painting your characters. There is only us, indeed. The devil is not in the detail but in all the happenstance we find ourselves in. Nice one!
So perhaps the villain is despair? Or even complicity and complacency? I see interesting parallels in the Arab Spring, but a year on it's easy to see all of the flaws and unanswered questions that revolution leaves in its wake.
I've been trying the opposite approach and imagining worlds where these problems have been solved. I hope that by reflecting such a fantastical world onto ours, I can help young people to see the possibilities in the future as well as the pitfalls.
Good point, Nick. Despair certainly is one villain...and one that has to be overcome. You're right that we need present an optimistic view of the future, as long as we're aware of the obstacles that keep the fantastical from becoming reality. Excellent comment, Nick. Thanks!


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Affiliation: Common Ownership in 8 Firms Leads to Finding of Affiliation Based on Common Investment Afffiliation
On December 23, 2015, the SBA's Office of Hearings and Appeals (OHA) issued a decision in the Matter of: Size Appeal of Tenax Aerospace, LLC. (Tenax) This appeal, fiiled by Tenax Aerospace, LLC, arose out of a size protest filed by Flight Support, Inc. (FSI) (an unsuccessful offeror) and subsequent size determination by SBA that Tenax was not an eligible small business for purposes of the procurement at issue.
Background and Facts
The procurement in this case was issued by the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) and was set aside for small businesses under NAICS Code 532411 (Commercial Air, Rail, and Water Transportation Equipment Rental and Leasing) which has a corresponding size standard of $32.5 Million. Appellant Tenax Aerospace submitted a proposal certifying that it was a small business.
Thereafter, the FBI notified unsuccessful offerors that the contract had been awarded to Tenax. Within the appropriate time period, FSI protested Tenax' status as a small business for purposes of the procurement at issue. In response, the SBA Area Office issued its decision that Tenax was not an eligible small business and Tenax promptly appealed the SBA's decision.
The specific facts and basis for finding Tenax to be other than small were:
Tenax is majority owned by TAH, a holding company which is in turn majority owned by Investor 1.
TAH is a minority owner (33.33%) in a company called Tri-Jet.
Investor 1 and Investor 4 have common ownership in eight (8) companies.
The combined revenues of Tenax and its affiliates (Tri-Jet and the 8 other companies commonly invested in by Investor 1 and Investor 4) exceeded the $32.5 million size standard.
In response, Tenax argued the following:
There is no evidence Tenax can control the other entities.
Tenax had established a clear fracture with the other companies because it does not share facilities, employees or equipment with the other firms; it is in a separate line of business from the other firms; and no financial assistance, loans or subcontracting has taken place between it and the other firms.
SBA OHA's Decision
In denying Tenax' appeal and upholding the SBA's size determination that Tenax was not an eligible small business because of its affiliation with other firms which caused it to exceed the applicable size standard, the OHA made the following relevant points:
When the basis for a finding of affiliation is common investments, whether the firm at issue has established a clear fracture with the other alleged affiliate firms is irrelevant, as clear fracture applies when identity of interest is based on familial relationships.
A finding of affiliation based on common investments presumes that the investors have a common purpose. In order to rebut the presumption, it must be established that the parties do not have a common purpose.
In this case, Tenax had failed to establish that Investor 1 and Investor 4 did not have a common purpose or did not invest together in 8 firms.
This case is significant because it provides guidance on what might implicate common investment affiliation (i.e., how many companies might trigger affiliation), an area that generally does not get a lot of attention or discussion in OHA decisions presumably because it does not occur that often.
Significantly, companies owned by Native Hawaiian Organizations (NHOs), Tribes and Alaska Native Corporations (ANCs) enjoy an exception to affiliation. However, the companies at issue must all be majority owned by the same NHO, Tribe or ANC in order to take advantage of the exception. We do a significant amount of work with NHO-owned and individual-owned 8(a) companies and we consistently advise them to be mindful of the ownership that minority owners have in other entities. While we may sometimes sound like a broken record, we believe this OHA decision reinforces our words of caution and serves as a reminder of the importance of maintaining this exception.
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The Year In Electronic Music (So Far)
written by David Aleksov on March 24, 2017
If the past few years are any indication, the album format has been on the rise in electronic music. This wasn't always the case, as EPs had long dominated the landscapes of all its subgenres at least tangentially related to the dance floor. That still holds true today, but there's definitely been a recent tendency of artists turning to the LP as a means of branching out and experimenting with their sound, and 2017 has been no exception. As a result, these past three months have already provided us with an array of stellar electronic albums. Below, I'll cover some of my personal favorites.
Always Riled Up: Protest Music For A New Era, Part 2 – the Thor Harris Interview
written by Bill Fetty on February 15, 2017
Known internationally for his work with Shearwater, Smog/Bill Callahan, the Angels of Light, Swans, and Devendra Banhart, Thor Harris is also a legendary craftsman whose woodworking skills are apparent in the handcrafted percussive instruments he employs – Monofonus Press. Our latest piece in this series on protest music and art is an interview with Thor Harris, he of the crushing soothing percussive sounds behind Blog faves, Swans, and lately more notorious for having been banned from Twitter for either a video on how to punch a Nazi (don't do it unless you have to) or for images used on his profile. YMMV.
Various Artists – NOISE
written by Scott Murphy on January 19, 2017
In their down time from story-boarding episodes of Rick and Morty and Mr. Pickles for Adult Swim, the team at Williams Street Productions has been an odd source of quality underground music compilations and albums. Not only does their catalog feature works from the likes of Captain Murphy (a.k.a Flying Lotus) and Destruction Unit alongside annual, multi-genre compilations, nearly all of these albums are entirely free to stream and download. If you're searching for a negative here, there isn't one, a point the company proved yet again last month with their most avant-garde offering to date. The appropriately blunt title for NOISE should point to the abrasiveness of this collection of tracks; an eclectic range of compositions from an equally broad roster of artists, all of whom approach "noise" as a malleable concept meant to be stretched to its limit.
Heavy Blog Staff's Top Ten Albums of 2016
written by Heavy Blog on December 21, 2016
With our general list for 2016 out of the way, we can now shift the focus from our aggregate opinion to individual ones. Both outlooks have their own merit; the former provides us with an overview of our year in music. However, the latter shines a light on something we're extremely proud of and that's the varied and eclectic nature of our staff these days. We used to have a very certain type of music associated with Heavy Blog and while we still have a long way to go, we feel like we've done a good job at expanding our palettes and the representation of different kinds of music and metal in our staff. The lists below reflect that; you'll find black metal, avant-garde, technical thrash metal, hip hop, rap, noise, ambiance, post metal and rock, melodic death metal and much more throughout these lists.
Heavy Blog's Top 50 Albums Of 2016
We wrote a pretty big check to ourselves when we closed off 2015. Publishing not only a list which proclaimed the triumph of 2015 but also a whole editorial dedicated to the idea of "The Golden Age of Metal", we set ourselves up for disappointment. Like the rest of the music establishment which, in numerous places implicit and explicit, was apparently ready to join in the social lynching of 2016, we were well positioned to find it a sobering, dreadful, faith shattering year for music in general and metal specifically. Except it was nothing of the sort and we cannot stress our amazement at metal/music journalism's reaction so far. 2016 was an absolutely fantastic year, building on the trend of solid and often groundbreaking releases from established acts and simply astounding, out of left field releases from virtually nameless bands. Sure, it had its disappointments for us from huge bands we had expected more from (although signs of their demise were certainly forthcoming) but, overall, it was a year which will surely be remembered in our circles as one of the best years for music in general.
Soundtracks for the Blind – David Toop // Entities Inertias Faint Beings
Soundtracks for the Blind
While it's unfair to call the "electroacoustic" tag unhelpful, the meaning of it's name is far more self-explanatory than the works it labels. For those unfamiliar with the genre, the underlying concept is relatively straight forward: electroacoustic music applies any number of digital effects to acoustic (or more accurately, non-electronic) recordings, whether it be instruments, found sounds or field recordings. This method creates a certain detached tangibility – a recognition of the deliberate, musical purpose of sounds which you often times can't quite link to a specific source. Such an odd bricolage may cause some to question the musicality of these works, but to the contrary, it's precisely this careful crafting of disparate sounds which established the genre as a unique art form all its own. The process experimental music veteran David Toop used to create Entities Inertias Faint Beings illuminates precisely why this is:
What Heavy Blog Is Really Listening To – 12/2/16
written by Heavy Blog on December 2, 2016
For those who missed our last installment, We post biweekly updates covering what the staff at Heavy Blog have been spinning. Given the amount of time we spend on the site telling you about music that does not fall neatly into the confines of conventional "metal," it should come as no surprise that many of us on staff have pretty eclectic tastes that range far outside of metal and heavy things. We can't post about all of them at length here, but we can at least let you know what we're actually listening to. For those that would like to participate as well (and please do) can drop a 3X3 in the comments, which can be made with tapmusic.net through your last.fm account, or create it manually with topsters.net. Also, consider these posts open threads to talk about pretty much anything music-related. We love hearing all of your thoughts on this stuff and love being able to nerd out along with all of you.
FULL ALBUM STREAM: Bless Your Ears With Lowlands' Gloomy Post-Punk Debut, Lovers Blessings
written by Scott Murphy on October 13, 2016
Saying any particular genre is dead has to be one of the lazies things a (supposed) music fan can do. Punk bears the brunt of these types of claims, but I've seen virtually every genre from hip-hop to black metal to jazz receive some variation of this critique over the years. Saying this is an indication of laziness more than anything else; given the intersection of genre proliferation and the ease of music discovery, there's really no excuse for missing the multitude of bands who either pay homage to or actively progress virtually every genre in existence. Post-punk is a solid example of this – so many people are content rocking their Unknown Pleasures shirts and remaining oblivious to the fact that the genre didn't start and end with Joy Division. There are notable installments made in the genre each year, and with their debut album Lovers Blessings, NYC-based duo Lowlands makes a compelling case for why they're the post-punk act of the year.
Wovenhand – Star Treatment
written by Jimmy Rowe on September 14, 2016
Currently at the unlikely crossroads of doom metal and alt-country rests singer-songwriter David Eugene Edwards, a pioneer in the fringe genre of Gothic Americana. With roots in more sonically-traditional folk outfit 16 Horsepower in the 90's, Edwards' penchant for minor-key melodies and somber, washed-out aesthetic lead the musician to adopt sounds that were truly "heavy" within the context of country/western music. Throughout the years, Edwards would have a turn in legendary Australian post-punk outfit Crime & The City Solution, 16 Horsepower would dissolve, and Edwards would pursue a new full-time passion project, Wovenhand.
Wrekmeister Harmonies – Light Falls
written by Scott Murphy on September 1, 2016
A collective in both genres amassed and sheer body count, Wrekmeister Harmonies has made good on its multifarious ethos. Founder and principal member JR Robinson has enlisted a slew of metal and experimental musicians over his past three records, including Jef Whitehead of Leviathan; Lee Buford and Chip King of The Body; members of Indian, Corrections House and Twilight; and Marissa Nadler, among several others. Robinson's fourth album under the Wrek-Harm name – Light Falls – arguably contains his most high-profile ensemble yet, as he's joined by three members from seminal post-rock pioneers Godspeed You! Black Emperor (Thierry Amar on bass and contrabass; Sophie Trudeau on piano, violin and vocals; and Timothy Herzog on drums). Yet, despite the notability of this trio's inclusion, it's not the most striking feature of Light Falls, an album which changes a crucial aspect of Wrek-Harm's compositional approach up until this point.


Top 20 City Tours in New Orleans, LA 2019 - TripShock!
The route and driving were fantastic! I saw so much that I had never seen or knew about after my 1st visit to NOLA.
We've done many of these city tours across the world. Although not the longest tour it was good value and very informative. We did the full tour non-stop on day one and then hopped off where we wanted on subsequent trips. Big shout out Heidi and Trudy - the best tour team overall.
Heidi did a fabulous job...both with NOLA info...and getting people on and off at designated stops!!! She communicated wit "Trudy P" —-who was driving our bus!!! 5 stars for each of them!!!!


Did I mention magnets? I've never magnetised anything but bases before, and I think I've thrown myself into the deep end.
At first I was drilling a recess into the arm, and into the socket. I found it easier to drill the size of both magnets into the socket, and have the magnet external on the arm.
Couple of questions for you. I don't quite follow what you did with the magnets on these arms. Could you elaborate on what you did if possible? Without magnetizing did you have issues with the arms snapping off? Also, how did you go about painting the armor on the Chaos warriors? Was it silver with a purple wash?
I've been searching the net trying to find people who have painted this team and yours is all I have found.
I wanted to magnetise the arms because of all the mutation options for them. My partner did the arms on the Minotaur, so I tried to copy. Which was drilling into the parts and glueing the magnet internally.
I tried a few of the others this way, but I didn't like it.
I ended up drilling only into the body of the miniature, but deep enough for two magnets to fit, and flatten the edge of the arms for a magnet to be glued onto. You obviously have to be careful when lining it up that you don't glue the magnets together haha!
The painted armour of the chaos warriors is silver fully highlighted, warplock purple thinned down with medium and then further highlights with silver. I also added a thin black shade to add some shadow, but highlighted up again where needed.
Also, they were very heavy, and hard to balance, so I dropped them often and arms fell off, and paint gets chipped. I would've preferred them in resin.
Thanks for the clarification! I am starting to prefer resin over metal for the same reasons. I've found mounting the mini to a wine cork stops me from dropping them while painting, but I've never been able to stop paint from chipping off metal regardless of how much varnish I use.
Great paint job and a very fine looking team.


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The Symbolic Wall: Notes from the Field
Ellen Van Damme
Criminologist, researching female migration from Honduras to the United States, at the Center for the Study of International Migration (CSIM) of the University of California Los Angeles (UCLA)
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In this piece, criminologist Ellen Van Damme, who is doing research on female migration from Honduras to the United States (USA), at the Center for the Study of International Migration (CSIM) of the University of California Los Angeles (UCLA), reflects on her first impressions on the visit to the USA-Mexico border. She went to San Diego as part of the commencement of the Fulbright enrichment program, which was taking place at the University of California San Diego (UCSD), and organized by Ms. Ann Kerr, Fulbright Coordinator at UCLA.
On Saturday November 6th, 2021 9:40 am, I met up with Orlando, a Fulbright fellow in San Diego, and his girlfriend Emily1 at the Old Town train station of San Diego, from where we took the trolley (tram) to 12th & Imperial (the Syncuan Green Line), and then another one to San Ysidro (the UC San Diego Blue Line), the final stop to arrive at the border with Mexico. Orlando, who also has experience in migration studies, guided our way along the border using Google Maps, and gave some very valuable insights and information. For example, Biden still did not (fully) undo the Remain in Mexico policy installed by Trump, which requires people seeking for asylum to wait in Mexico until their case has been processed.
The first thing we saw when stepping out of the trolley in San Ysidro was a McDonald's. This is the place where asylum seekers are often dropped off once granted asylum status in the USA ("Welcome to America!"). The asylum seekers, often arriving with no money at all, would go into McDonald's to ask for food or for coins to make a phone call from the public phone booth at the trolley station. Orlando pointed at the old public phone booth, which reminded me of the movie Sin Nombre, where the main character, who had lost both her father and brother along the migrant trail, finally made it across the border and called a family member from a similar-looking old public phone, making a llamada cobrada (reverse charge call).
In front of McDonald's is the San Ysidro Land Port of Entry, where those with legal permits to cross the border enter into the USA by foot. If we would have walked straight down, in the opposite direction of the trolley line, we would get to the place where you can cross the border with Mexico on foot. We took some pictures with the three iron conchas (symbolizing the Mexican sweet bread), and started walking west in the direction of the fence.
(C) Ellen van Damme, 2021
While crossing the bridge, we saw the tunnel through which people crossed the border to the USA by car. Right next to it, was an area where selected cars and the passengers were being checked. When the passengers do not pass the border control, their car was being confiscated, and they would have to walk back to where they came from. The confiscated cars were stored on the other side of the bridge, in an outdoor area. Some car windows looked either rolled down or smashed. Cars with an A or a word beginning with the letter A, allegedly belong to those suspected to enter the USA to ask for asylum. Border control agents are said to refer to them as "Apples" or some other A-words, in order not to use the word "asylum seeker". Orlando said that people would sometimes rent expensive looking cars in Mexico to cross the border, to attract less the attention of border control agents.
At the other end of the bridge in Tijuana, we could see a huge bow. On the USA side was another border crossing, where loads of cars were going towards Mexico. The USA-Mexico border, supposedly still closed because of Covid, was a pretty busy crossing.
We continued walking west in the direction of the fence. Orlando pointed at an asylum detention center, which we passed by before getting to the fence. I could neither see nor hear anyone. When we finally reached the wall, we realised that the wall is actually a double wall. The old wall, closest to the USA side, was old, low and rusty, with holes and barbed wire. A few meters behind was the newer, taller, and sturdier wall. High poles carried spots to brighten up the walls at night. In the distance, we could see how massive the wall was. It made me think of the Chinese wall that meanders up the mountains. The only difference is that here people risk getting shot if they would walk on the wall.
We walked through some lower bushes and along the road, up until the fence all of a sudden became lower (because the sidewalk was higher), and we were able to look over the fence. A bit further down, the wall ended. The only thing that stopped us from crossing, was a sign that read "No Trespassing".
We continued walking down the road until we arrived at the Tijuana River Valley. There we headed on the trail that would take us to the Friendship Park. It was 1 pm, we still had a one-hour hike ahead of us, and according to Google the park would close at 2 pm. We decided to grab an Uber, so that we would get there on time. After the first Uber driver cancelled, the second one showed up 20 minutes later. After a 10-minute drive, the roads were blocked and we had no other choice then to continue on foot.
We sat down for a minute, trying to decide what to do. Orlando and Emily were so kind to share their lunch with me. I was badly prepared: I had brought one bottle of water, no food, no hat, no sunscreen. After a quick bite, we decided to continue. We asked around about the park, but nobody had heard of it, even though it was close by.
Walking through the park, the contrast could not be any bigger: luxurious houses across the fence in Tijuana, and dessert as far as you could see in the US.
After half an hour, we arrived at a big gate. It was 2:20 pm, but there was no sign of people who had met up with their family members on the other side of the wall. A border control agent was guarding the fence. He covered his face with a bandana when he saw me taking pictures of the fence and its surroundings. Orlando flipped his Border Angels hat and approached the guard to ask about the family reunions. Although we had thought that the families could meet in the area in-between the two fences, that was not the case at all. Family members from the USA side could cross the first fence, to get closer to the other fence, through which they could talk with their loved ones in Mexico. However, the fences had remained closed for more than a year. The guard said that they were closed since "around the time of Covid".
We walked down towards the ocean, where the fence all of a sudden ended. The second (USA) fence ended several dozen meters before that. The last bit of the fence had no barbed wire on it and was much lower. You could easily swim around it. We could walk to the fence with Mexico, but we refrained from doing so. We were not in a position to get in trouble with border patrol agents, so we stood there for a while, on the USA side, staring at the other side of the wall. Looking at the waves crashing into the final bit of the wall, I could not stop pondering to myself: what does freedom mean?
The fact that the fences teasingly end a couple of meters into the ocean, shows that the wall is a symbolic wall. In fact, the wall is a one sided wall because there is significant medical tourism from the USA to Mexico, and many Americans live in luxurious apartment buildings in Tijuana, and commute to their jobs in the USA. What does freedom mean?
While staring at the people on the other side of the wall, Orlando asked me which emotions represent my experience in San Diego. My three emotions were ambivalent. When I arrived in San Diego I felt relaxed: the city gave me a very laid-back impression which is in stark contrast with the hasty business of Los Angeles. Arriving at Barrio Logan the night before, the area and loud Latino music reminded me of Honduras and made me feel home and happy. But I also felt a deep sadness: to hell with the fucking wall! I saw the children running around on the Mexican beach, peeking their heads through the fence to look at us. What does freedom mean?
While we were guarding our distance from the fence, complying with the warning signs, we saw a group of four white adults walking all the way up to the fence. We were shocked and at the same time curious to see how quick a border patrol agent would come down to tell them off. But nothing of the sort happened. The American tourists took pictures, selfies, wandered around, laughing at the fact that they were actually not allowed to be there, completely oblivious of their white privileges.
When I walked back uphill, in the direction of the public restrooms, a young Latino man came walking downhill. He was wearing a black shirt and had a black face mask in his hand. All of a sudden, a white border patrol SUV came racing downhill, followed by a military-like guy on a quad. The SUV almost ran over the Latino man. He stopped, was questioned, put against the car, on the ground, had to hand over his belongings, and was carried away in the car. Apparently, he walked a bit on the road next to the wall, where it says "No Trespassing". The white people wandering around at the fence did not even get a warning, the young Latino man was arrested. What does freedom mean?
I always love washing my hands whenever I am in the proximity of the sea or ocean. Here it was not allowed to get into the water, supposedly because of drainage pollution. But is this really the reason? The drains pollute the ocean in LA too whenever it rains. This only means a ban on entering the water for a limited time, for example 72h. Here the ban means you cannot swim in the ocean, ever. What does freedom mean?
1 Orlando & Emily are pseudonyms.
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