Since my last update, I've moved forward a couple of seasons. As I begin to shape the club, my focus on transfers, youth policy and style all change. In this post I aim to look at what we've achieved in the past two years, on the pitch and off, as well as looking at where I'm aiming to get the club now that we've made some progress. I said at the start of the save that I like to have a plan in place and with all of the changes, we're getting better placed to achieve what I want.
I don't always measure success at a club by winning trophies, although it obviously does help, but I look at the club as whole. What are the facilities like? What kind of staff is there? How many season tickets do they sell? etc etc. Commercial success is a big part of football these days and I like to see financial progress with my teams.
When I started this save, Wisla didn't have a huge amount of money. In fact, we were barely in the black. Times have changed though as we've become more stable financially. Sensible transfer business is a big part of that, but we've improved in plenty of other areas. I don't want to bog you down with figures so I'll pick out some key bits.
Doubled our monthly merchandising sales since the first season.
Season tickets up by around 30%.
Sponsorship up by €1m per season.
Big jump in corporate facilities income thanks to European campaigns.
Obviously we're spending a bit more money on player wages as we recruit better players. The wage bill has doubled, but the success it has brought has paid for itself with prize money. Wages in Poland aren't very high so I'm not throwing money away. We're only spending €163k per week at the moment.
Improving facilities is very important to the long term success of a club and I think that's very true in terms of what I want to achieve and what I'd like to leave behind if/when I eventually move on from a club. Our facilities were the most basic available. I couldn't upgrade anything until we had a little bit of money behind us. With that side of things improving, I can then talk to the board about upgrading our facilities.
At time of writing, I'm in January 2022. We've upgraded our Data Analysis Facilities five times to get up to an Average level. Youth and Training Facilities have levelled up once to Good and Great respectively. We're also working on another upgrade to training facilities, which will be finished by the end of this year.
Finally, Junior Coaching and Youth Recruitment are now at maximum levels of Exceptional and Extensive.
I tend to place quite a lot of emphasis on youngsters coming through at clubs. I'd say developing youngsters is one of the best and most frustrating parts of the game. You spend time working on players and when it doesn't work out, you can lose your motivation a bit. It's stupid, because more players fail than make the first team, but in turn, you can sell these 'failures' (they're not failures, they just don't work for you) to other teams in the league and hopefully they'll work out for them.
I'm only going to focus on a couple of young players here as I don't want to pick out eight players and then have to report in that they've all been useless.
First up is Filip Ferra. Wingers are usually the easiest to accommodate into any system. Stick them out on the wing, if they have a bad day, it's fine. Ferra falls into that category. I had a rather good winger that I got for free, but a whole host of big clubs were in for him and he eventually joined Arsenal for around €7m. I could have bought a new winger, but I had this guy waiting in the wings and decided to give him a chance. It has proven to be the right decision. He's had ups and downs, but this year he's played 29 games, scored 10 and has 7 assists. He's got some improvements to make, for sure, but for his first season as a regular starter, that's a great return. It also meant I pocketed that €7m to spend in other areas.
Dariusz Sapa was not one of my youth players. I signed him from MOSP Bialystok in the lower leagues for €10k when he was 15. I originally signed him to be a successor at deep lying playmaker, but as my system has changed, he's now working towards becoming a Mezzala. He's making big strides with the U18's and he's made ten appearances for the first team this season. One for the future, but a lot of work needed to get into the first eleven.
It's great to have made progress, but results are what define a manager. We have made some great progress in the first three years at Wisla. We were expected to finish 9th in my first year in charge, but we managed to get ourselves into an excellent third place. We were 10 points behind league winners Pogon Szczecin, but we had the best defence in the league. There was a lot to be proud of and a lot of issues that needed address. Tactically, we were a bit of a mixed bag. Starting well with a counter attacking 4411, moving to a 4141 and eventually a 4123. I had to get a plan whipped up for the next season.
The following season saw us win the title by 7 points. It was a lot less impressive than it sounds as we were 15 points clear at one stage, however, things sort of fell apart. We drew 11 games along the way to that title and it made me re-assess where I was going with the system I'd setup the previous year.
I sort of picked away with the same system in the third season, delivering another title, 9 points clear this time but still with a lot of draws. I'm not sure if we were really good or the usual suspects had been really bad.
Legia have barely challenged for the title and Jagiellonia hadn't made the Championship Group in the split since the first season. Lech Poznan finished third in my two title winning seasons, but they were some way back from the top.
I'm now into season four and with yet another tactical rejig, I'm much happier and I'll hopefully get a blog post out in the near future about my thought process behind that system and why I chose the roles I chose etc.
Last year we got to the final qualifier in the Champions League last season, only to be knocked out by Red Bull Salzburg on away goals. This season, after going through what can only be described as the longest route to qualify, we made the group stage of the Champions League. Ok, the Europa League isn't to be sniffed at for a club like us, but the Champions League is where the money is to be made and where you can really tested yourself against the best.
I've not had much luck in the Polish Cup as I've been rotating my squad for those games. We have picked up one Polish Super Cup but lost this years game against Lechia Gdansk.
I have signed quite a few players by this point. Running through every player is a bit of a pointless exercise, but I will pick out a couple of my better signings.
Petar Stojanovic joined from Dinamo Zagreb for €100k. I thought he was a pretty great backup, but after giving him some game time, he eventually worked his way into being a first team regular. Samo reliably informed me he was one of those great bargains a few games back, but I've been playing second level football and had never seen him. A bargain price for a great player. He's put in some very good performances since he arrived.
Once I'd worked out my new system, I'd come up with player profiles by default. I was now looking for certain types of player for each position and when I stumbled upon Olexandr Yakymenko at Barreirense in Portugal (he's part Ukrainian) I had to have him. When my scouts reported on him and told me he'd cost €26k, I thought I'd misread. I slapped a bid in and in he joined. He did get a high wage, but with his fee being pennies, I was ok with that. Why did I sign him? I was looking for a quick (relative to my league) wide striker that had good off the ball movement and was composed enough to finish well. He's not perfect, not by a long way, but he is very much a key part of the team. When he joined, he was a striker and I've now retrained him to play on the left.
I'm possibly tempting fate with this next one as he's only six months into his first season with us. I think just from the financial standpoint, it's a good deal. I have signed quite a few Polish players, but it's not cheap. I was desperate to sign a couple of young Polish strikers, seeing Jaroslaw Niezgoda changed my mind though. He was at Legia Warsaw in the first season before Stoke snapped him up for €3.1m. It never worked out for him and he was released from his contract after two sub appearances and a loan spell in Portugal. He's had a few injuries since he joined, but he seems to be settling in now and has 9 goals in 13(11) appearances for us. He's only 26, so he should be at the peak of his powers. Hopefully he can fire us to the top of the table again! Not a bad player for Free.
As a financial summary on my transfer deals, to date I've signed 24 players at a cost of €7m. I've also sold 24 players and received €19.5m. My highest fee spent is €1.1m and my highest fee received is €7.25m.
A lot to take in there as I do play quickly. I'm lucky that with work, when it's quiet, I work at home. This enables me to get a bit more game time than most so summaries are much more likely than year-on-year progress. I do have a tactical post in the pipeline that I'll be working on over the next week or two. Depending on how that goes, I might have to break it down into smaller pieces.
Thanks again for reading, much appreciated as always.


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With folk in the midst of a full force revival, more bands are abandoning high octane rock and roll and picking up where banjo legend Earl Scruggs left off. Rose City cow-punks The Basinbillies are one of many pioneering this trend, infusing classic bluegrass with punk rock attitude. And having grown up in southern Oregon, the band looks forward to returning to their old stomping grounds and raising hell Fri., May 13, at Oberon's in Ashland.
The Basinbillies differentiate themselves from other jug bands by writing aggressive tunes informed by the rock influences of their childhood.
"Back in high school we probably would have all considered ourselves alternative kids," says guitarist and vocalist Corry Christensen. "We all grew up on that early '90s punk scene. Several members of the band played in punk bands right out of high school. Once we all got together when we were a bit older and really enjoyed that folk, bluegrass style of music it just seemed like a natural thing combining these genre to give us an edge and touch on topics not normally rooted in bluegrass."
While the Basinbillies borrow from the conventions of early Americana, the resulting sound is a far cry from the soft banjo accompanied croonings of the 1920s.
"That's sort of what thrash-grass is," says Christensen. "Andrew and I on the guitar really aren't finesse players. We tend to hack our way through a song. We don't strive to be finesse players or fit into that new-grass jam band style, we really try to lean to the opposite side of the spectrum. That goes back to the punk feeling. We want people to stomp their feet and whoop and ha."
Since their inception in 2010 The Basinbillies have been making waves. Hot off a win at the Spirit Mountain Country Ruckus Competition the band recorded their first full-length album Whiskey on Work Night.
"We were very fortunate the first go-around to have Sunny and Jim Filburg, who are long time artist and sound engineers working the Seattle area for bands like Pearl Jam and were right there in that grunge movement," says Christensen. "They brought us in and produced our album for us pretty much pro bono."
Though the band is now headquartered in Portland, the Basinbillies are no strangers to southern Oregon. They grew up in Klamath Falls. The band has always received a warm reception in Klamath is set to play a sold-out show at the Ross Ragland cultural center Thursday, May 12th.
"When we play Klamath we still have a lot of friends and family down there," says Christensen. "It's good to go down and reconnect with people we haven't seen in a long time, play music and make people feel good."
The BasinBillies
8 pm, Fri., May 13
Oberon's, 45 N Main St, Ashland.
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Die Duwamish sind ein im Westen des US-Bundesstaats Washington lebender indianischer Stamm. Sie sprechen einen Dialekt der südwestlichen Küsten-Salish, das Lushootseed, teilen aber auch kulturelle Merkmale mit den Stämmen des Binnenlands.

Heute gehören zu den Duwamish zwei Gruppen um die Elliott Bay und am Lake Washington. Bei der Schätzung der Mitgliederzahl des Stammes folgen die staatlichen Behörden und die Duwamish unterschiedlichen Kriterien. Für die Duwamish genügt ein Nachweis in Form einer Abstammung, für die Behörden zählen die Kriterien der Anerkennung als Stamm (tribe) und des Eintrags in ein Register. Die Duwamish gaben ihre Zahl 1991 mit 400 an, 2004 mit 500.

Der Name bedeutet "die Leute von innerhalb (der Bucht)".

Geschichte

Die Duwamish lebten wohl bereits seit dem Ende der letzten Eiszeit im Großraum der späteren Metropole Seattle. Fundstätten bei West Point im Discovery Park, und bei Magnola reichen bis etwa 2000 v. Chr. zurück. Spätestens seit dem 6. Jahrhundert existierten Siedlungen im heutigen Industrial District von Seattle. Um die Elliott Bay und am unteren Duwamish River befanden sich vier größere Dörfer.

Innerhalb des heutigen Stadtgebiets lassen sich 13 dauerhaft bewohnte Dörfer nachweisen. Dabei waren die Menschen um die Elliott Bay, die Duwamish, die am Black und Cedar River als "Leute des Inneren", "des Binnenlandes", bekannt. Die Menschen um den Lake Washington wurden hingegen als "Leute vom See" bezeichnet.

Der Name der Stadt Seattle ist eine Verballhornung des Häuptlingsnamens si'áb Si'ahl, was so viel wie "Mann von hohem Ansehen Si'ahl" bedeutet, woraus Chief Seattle wurde. Häuptling Seattle lebte von 1784 bis 1866.

Die Stämme, die heute zu den Duwamish zählen, stellten, wie alle Stämme der Küsten-Salish, eher eine durch Sprache, Verwandtschaft, Tradition und gemeinsame Dörfer verbundene Gruppe dar, die allerdings ausnahmsweise recht ortsfest war. Dennoch waren dadurch die Grenzen zu den Nachbarstämmen eher fließend, wie zu den Leuten vom Lake Sammamish oder den schon etwas ferner stehenden Snoqualmie. Sie alle rechneten sich zu den Suquamish.

Ähnlich wie einige Stämme in British Columbia, die in klimatisch begünstigten Regionen ansässig waren (vor allem auf Vancouver Island), sammelten auch die Duwamish Camas, die Zwiebeln einer Agavenart, und trieben damit einen weitläufigen Handel. Auch die dazugehörigen Eichenbestände (Garry Oaks) sind noch in Restbeständen im Seward Park und im Martha Washington Park anzutreffen.

Das Renton Historical Museum bietet in kleinen Ausstellungen Einblicke in die archäologische und kulturelle Geschichte der Duwamish.

Um 1850 bewohnten die heute als Duwamish bezeichneten Stämme 17 Dörfer mit mindestens 93 Langhäusern. Die wichtigsten Dörfer lagen am Ausgang des Washington Lake und am Duwamish River.

Erste Kontakte mit Pelzhändlern

Schon der Pelzhandel des späten 18. Jahrhunderts wirkte wie ein fernes Beben, denn auch ohne direkten Kontakt veränderte sich die Ökonomie, vor allem der Handel, aber auch die Bewaffnung und die Machtverteilung im Großraum zwischen Kalifornien und Alaska. 1792 kam George Vancouver in das Gebiet des späteren Seattle.

Mächtig gewordene Stämme aus dem Norden, wo die Pelzhändler zahlreiche Waffen gegen Pelze getauscht hatten, kamen auf der Jagd nach Sklaven in den Süden. Der östlich der Kaskadenkette lebende Stamm der Yakima raubte ebenfalls am Puget Sound und verkaufte Stammesangehörige an den Columbia River. Der Suquamish-Häuptling Kitsap führte sogar einen Kriegszug nach Vancouver Island, um die Cowichan von weiteren Angriffen abzuhalten.

Die Hudson's Bay Company ließ 1827 Fort Langley, 1833 Fort Nisqually beim heutigen Dupont errichten. Erste Siedlungen der Amerikaner entstanden 1851 und 1852.

Im Jahr 1850 erreichte die Ebey-Shaw-Gesellschaft Elliot Bay und wurde von Häuptling Seattle und seinem Stamm begrüßt. Er wollte mit ihnen Handel treiben. Er vereinbarte mit Dr. David Swinson Maynard, einen Laden bei seinem Dorf nahe Alki Point einzurichten. Maynard benannte die Stadt in Seattle um. Die kriegerischen Auseinandersetzungen wurden geringer, der Handel florierte, doch das änderte sich, als 1846 das Gebiet an die USA kam und vor allem mit dem neuen Gouverneur des Territoriums Washington, der am 10. Januar 1854 Seattle erreichte.

Der Vertrag von Point Elliott
Der Vertrag von Point Elliott, der am 22. Januar 1855 geschlossen und vier Jahre später ratifiziert wurde, wurde von Häuptling Seattle (si'áb Si'ahl) und dem Gouverneur des Territoriums Washington, Isaac Ingalls Stevens, geschlossen. Doch waren nicht nur die Duwamish, sondern auch zahlreiche andere Stämme, wie die Suquamish, Snoqualmie, Snohomish, Lummi, Skagit und Swinomish beteiligt. Neben dem genannten Häuptling unterzeichneten für die Duwamish auch si'áb Ts'huahntl, Now-a-chais und Ha-seh-doo-an. Der Vertrag sicherte die lebenswichtigen Fischereirechte und Reservationen zu. So entstand die Port Madison Indian Reservation, dazu die Tulalip-, die Swinomish- und die Lummi-Reservate. Für die Skagit, die Snohomish, die Snoqualmie und die Duwamish sind jedoch nie Reservate eingerichtet worden. Sie wären sowieso im Sinne des Gouverneurs nur eine Durchgangsstation gewesen, denn sie sollten dort mit Schulen und Lehrern ausgestattet als Bauern leben, die Sklaverei sollte aufgehoben werden (die im Süden der USA bis 1865 fortbestand), sie sollten in einem langen Prozess "zivilisiert" werden. Wenn dies erreicht sein würde, sollten die Reservate aufgeteilt werden. Stevens behauptete, es gebe nur 162 Duwamish, ob in Unkenntnis, oder um das "Problem" zu relativieren, ist unklar. 1856 zählte man jedenfalls 356, im Jahr 1910 nur 20. Diese Zahlen sind daher nicht einmal ein Anhaltspunkt.

Die Duwamish, die ohne jede Kompensation ein Gebiet von 221,7 km² aufgeben mussten, gingen teilweise in die Port Madison Indian Reservation, einige in die Reservate der Tulalip oder in die Muckleshoot Reservation.

Manche Duwamish verließen das Gebiet oder wurden dazu gezwungen. Viele jedoch weigerten sich, wegzugehen, oder kehrten nach wenigen Monaten zurück. 1865 kam es jedoch zu einer gewaltsamen Vertreibung, 1893 brannte ein Siedler die wohl letzten acht Häuser nieder, die Bewohner flohen auf die Ballast-Insel in Seattle, und noch 1910 gingen Häuser in Flammen auf. Danach waren Indianer praktisch aus dem Stadtbild verschwunden. Es war nur ein einziges Duwamish-Dorf bei Foster, südlich von Seattle, übrig.

Bald schlug der Superintendent of Indian Affairs die Einrichtung einer Duwamish Indian Reservation entlang des White und des Green River vor. 1866 wehrten sich über 150 Siedler gegen dieses Reservat – mit Erfolg. Um Renton und Tukwila wurde nie ein Reservat eingerichtet, das Bureau of Indian Affairs zog seinen Vorschlag zurück.

Als Kamiakim, Häuptling der Yakama den Weißen den Krieg erklärte, drohte er den Duwamish, falls sie sich nicht anschlössen, sie genauso zu behandeln wie die Weißen. Am 26. Januar 1856 griffen einige Indianer die Siedlung Seattle an, doch erreichten sie wenig. Die Feindschaft zu den Siedlern verschärfte sich, und der Gouverneur setzte sogar ein Preisgeld auf die Skalps "schlechter Indianer" aus.

Die Duwamish arbeiteten nun auf den Hopfenfeldern, doch in den 1880er-Jahren verzeichneten diese Betriebe einen wirtschaftlichen Niedergang. Die Indianer versuchten es mit der Holz- und in der Fischindustrie. Sie durften während dieser Zeiten auf Ballast Island leben.

Der Kampf um Landrechte

Die Duwamish verloren ihr Zusammengehörigkeitsbewusstsein nie. So errichteten sie 1925 eine Verfassung und eine Binnenstruktur. Schon in den 1920er-Jahren traten sie mit der Forderung nach Anerkennung und nach Land an die Gerichte heran. So verlangten sie 900 Dollar Entschädigung für jedes der 56 zerstörten Langhäuser. 1946 klagten sie auf Anerkennung ihres Gebiets im Umfang von 54.790 Acre (Stichtag 8. März 1859). Zunächst erhielten die Duwamish 12.000 Dollar, am 20. Juli 1962 weitere 62.000. Damit lag der Preis pro Acre Land, das heute den Kern Seattles ausmacht, bei 1,35 Dollar. Der Court of Claims lehnte den Widerspruch der Duwamish 1963 ab.

Doch erst ab 1974, als durch die Boldt Decision das grundsätzliche Landrecht anerkannt wurde, das die Indianer in den USA hatten, verbesserten sich die Aussichten auf Erfolge.

Zusammen mit den Snohomish und den Steilacoom (Chillacum) klagten sie 1977 um Anerkennung – ein seit drei Jahrzehnten nicht abgeschlossenes Verfahren. Mitte der 1980er-Jahre lehnte das Bureau of Indian Affairs die Anerkennung mit der Begründung ab, der Stamm habe kein Land. Dennoch ist es inzwischen vielen Individuen gelungen, als Angehörige der Duwamish anerkannt zu werden. 1988 erhielt der Stamm Unterstützung von 72 Nachkommen der frühen Siedler, die Mitglieder der Pioneer Association of the State of Washington waren.

Da die Duwamish nach Meinung des Distriktrichters George Boldt nicht ununterbrochen als organisierter Stamm greifbar sind – angeblich bestand eine Lücke zwischen 1915 und 1925 – sprach er ihnen 1979 auch das im Vertrag von 1855 vorgesehene Fischereirecht ab. 1996 lehnte auch das Bureau of Indian Affairs die Anerkennung ab. Obwohl der Stamm im Januar 2001 anerkannt wurde, wurde die Entscheidung bereits im Mai 2002 revidiert, weil es nach Meinung der Regierung Formfehler gab.

Aktuelle Situation

Neben den Bemühungen um Anerkennung, Land- und Fischrechte kämpfen die Duwamish auch kulturell ums Überleben. Seit langer Zeit werden Interviews durchgeführt und die Sprache beforscht und unterrichtet. Erst seit 1906 wurden archäologische Fundstätten, allerdings nur auf staatlichem Land, unter Schutz gestellt.

Angeführt von dem Puyallup Bob Satiacum, dem Mitbegründer der United Indians, Bernie Whitebear von den Colville Confederated Tribes und anderen, besetzten Indianer im März 1970 Fort Lawton. Nach schwierigen Verhandlungen wurde der Gruppe das Land (etwa 70 Hektar) in der Nähe des Discovery Park auf 99 Jahre verpachtet. Dort entstand ab 1977 das Kulturzentrum (Indian Cultural Center).

Seit 1980 war James Rasmussen Führer der Duwamish beim Kampf um die Renaturierung des Duwamish River, wobei sie starken Rückhalt in der Stadt fanden. Die letzten acht Flusskilometer zwischen Turning Basin und Herring House Park stehen inzwischen unter Schutz. Auch die Fundstätten am unteren Duwamish sollen geschützt werden.

Im Januar 2009 konnten die Duwamish ihr neues Duwamish Longhouse and Cultural Center einweihen, das neben dem Stammesbüro einen Ausstellungsraum und eine historische Dauerausstellung beherbergt.

Siehe auch
 Geschichte der Küsten-Salish
 Geschichte Washingtons
 Indianerpolitik der Vereinigten Staaten
 Kikisoblu

Literatur
 Robert H. Ruby und John A. Brown: A Guide to the Indian Tribes of the Pacific Northwest, University of Oklahoma Press, 2. Aufl. 1992, S. 72–74 ISBN 0-8061-2479-2
 William C. Sturtevant (Hrsg.): Handbook of North American Indians. Band 7: Wayne Suttles (Hrsg.): Northwest Coast. Smithsonian Institution Press, Washington D.C. 1990, ISBN 0-87474-187-4.

Weblinks
 "Coast Salish Villages of Puget Sound" Übersicht über die Stämme der Küsten-Salish (englisch)
 "The Lushootseed Peoples of Puget Sound Country", University of Washington Libraries: Essay über die Indianer im Raum Seattle (englisch)
 Rede des Häuptlings Seattle von 1854

Anmerkungen

Indianerstamm in Washington

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Lorella Belli of the eponymous London-based agency has sold film rights in Taylor Adams' thriller, No Exit, to Hollywood studio 20th Century Fox....
Lorella Belli of the eponymous London-based agency has sold film rights in Taylor Adams' thriller, No Exit, to Hollywood studio 20th Century Fox.
"Logan" scriptwriter Scott Frank is attached to produce, whose other credits include such films as "Wolverine", "Minority Report" and "Get Shorty", as well as being the writer/director/producer of upcoming seven-part Netflix western "Godless" debuting next month.
No Exit, a novel published by specialist crime and thriller publisher UK-based Joffe Books, follows college student Darby Thorne, who, while on the way home to visit her mother, gets stranded in a blizzard at a highway rest stop for a night with four strangers. During the night, Thorne discovers a little girl locked in the trunk of one of the cars but she doesn't know whose car. Without cell or phone reception and trapped by the snow, she must figure out who is the kidnapper.
The book has already sold over 70,000 copies, according to Belli, who further divulged the agency was finalising deals in 12 languages, with audio rights sold at auction to Brilliance Publishing, following Frankfurt Book Fair.
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At The Old Priory school we cater for a total of 30 students, although the number on role can vary.
We expect our students to have excellent attendance and punctuality and through support and guidance from all staff involved in the young person's life, we aim to achieve this.
Where students have a record of poor attendance or erratic educational experience we tailor a transition programme to enable the young person the best chance of succeeding with us and engaging in education.


It's that time again……….and I want IN!!!
For those who either forget, or are doing the best to block it from their minds, The April A-Z blog challenge starts on Friday, April 1st. One new post each day except Sundays.
Zulu Delta 45 will be there…….for as long as I can.
As always, I'll try to keep more of my posts shorter, find my spelling mistakes earlier, limit my enthusiasm for The Partridge family, temper my pontification on the existence of Aliens………AHHHHH! SCREW THAT; lets just find out what I write about next………I don't even know, but I'd appreciate it if you came along for the literary ride!
This year, I'm going to attempt to write a little more about a recent trip to Europe, and some of the observations of travel in general.
Comments are always welcome! "See you" soon.
I am ready! Carry on!


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The calotypes of Gustave de Beaucorps and Louis de Clerq in the photography collection of the University of Navarre Museum constitute the essential benchmark in the formal and conceptual organization of this project. According to Martí Llorens, "The application of historical photographic procedures and equipment constitutes a valuable tool when it comes to studying, understanding and also really enjoying this valuable cultural heritage".
This work photographs the Castle of Montjuic in Barcelona. Situated on the top of this mountain, it has formed part of the history, of the memory and also of the images of the city since the middle of the 17th century. The concept of temporality is addressed. The castle of Montjuic is a place of contrasting uses and meanings, of conflicting memories and images used politically by some or by others throughout the years. The aim of this project is to look at, consider and portray the Castle of Montjuic now as a strange space, in the wrong time and out of context, questioning it as a lost object and definitely outside its initial use. And it tries to make its new aesthetic meaning visible. The photograph shows, therefore, the artificial nature, the fragility and lightness of the merely chronological vision of places. The time acceleration process started up by the Modern Age aims to eliminate this temporal experience.
The photographic medium that is used in the project corresponds to this conflicting superimposition of times, memories and visions: The waxed paper negative, a historical procedure that is also in the wrong time. The "négatif papier ciré" was a procedure used to obtain negatives, patented by the French photographer, Gustave Le Gray in 1851, as an advanced variation of William Henry Fox Talbot's calotype. Digital technology has led to the disappearance of concepts such as "negative" and "positive". This scenario proposes the conceptual, aesthetic and formal revision of the actual negative, and consequently its new enhancement as a genuine photographic object.
English field camera of the decade 1880-90, with 30×40 cm format. The optics used, comprised of two chromatic lenses for landscape photography, are also valuable 19th century pieces, in perfect conditions of use.
To select the shots, the guideline used by Llorens is an original manuscript written around 1823, whose author appears to be a French soldier, who gives a detailed description of the castle.
Negatives with a format similar to the 30×40 cm. Some larger pieces, 40×50 cm maximum, which will be displayed in six glass cases with back lighting.


I would be interested in hearing from anyone who has had the same terrible experience as I have had with Optus' Travel Pack. I purchased the Travel Pack for a day on which I had to make business calls back to Australia but, when I returned to Australia, found that Optus set up the Travel Pack according to the date of the country I was in and not the date in Australia. I have spoken to a couple of Optus people who have struggled to explain this clearly. In particular, it is difficult to obtain an explanation of why it makes sense that I would have been covered if I had been travelling in New Zealand (two hours ahead of Australia) rather than Canada (behind Australia) - Optus shouldn't care which country I am travelling in unless the aim of this system is to find a way to maximise the number of days customers are required to purchase the Travel Pack for.
Oddly enough I have read a similar complaint but I don't recall when it was or what the outcome was. I think I would be pushing for some form of compensation on that and support on the live chat link below might be the first place to start. Failing that you could always take the matter further if you wish and the second link below gives you information on how to do that.
I have complained to three people at Optus. Two of them were highly officious and said that their system "could not be wrong" (I have this in writing from a live chat coversation).
I am interested in hearing from others about their experiences before I complain to the Telecommunications Industry Ombudsman about poor disclosure on the product.
Hi @the_hudsons - thanks for reaching out. Not great to hear that your Travel Pack was set from the wrong date. We do apologise for your experience over Live Chat. When purchasing a Travel Pack, we do request that you use the dates of the country you're travelling to. More information around this can be found here → https://goo.gl/xDFeVt under 'How Do I Purchase a Travel Pack'.
That being said, we're happy to take a look at the charges for you if you can send me a private message with your full name, date of birth, and account or service number (for privacy reasons).


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A Brief History And Overview
The issue of national health insurance was debated periodically in the United States after World War II. Gradually, the focus shifted to a strategy to begin with older persons. President John F. Kennedy made this one of his major campaign issues in 1960. But it was not until 1965, during a period of considerable social activism, that the legislation was finally passed. Persons over the age of sixty-five were singled out because they had higher rates of poverty and lower rates of insurance than other groups. As a social insurance program, the goals of Medicare have been to provide equal access to care for those who are eligible, supported by taxpayers (who will later become beneficiaries). By most accounts, it has been extremely successful.
Initially, everyone over the age of sixty-five in 1965 was eligible to participate in Medicare when it began in July of 1966. After that, eligibility was limited to persons over the age of sixty-five who qualified for some type of Social Security benefit, usually as a worker or dependent. This still captures about 98 percent of all persons age sixty-five and older. In 1972, the program's scope was expanded to include persons who receive Social Security Disability Insurance, following a two-year waiting period. In addition, persons with end-stage renal disease—who face costly kidney dialysis treatments— were also added to the program. Over 39 million persons, nearly one in every eight Americans, were enrolled in Medicare in 2000, up from 19 million in 1966.
The benefits covered by Medicare have been altered little since 1965, although changes in the way care is delivered in the United States have affected the size of the various components of the benefit package. Part A of Medicare, also called Hospital Insurance, covers inpatient hospital services, up to one hundred days of care in a skilled nursing facility following a hospital stay, and hospice care. Part B of Medicare, referred to as Supplementary Medical Insurance, covers physician services, outpatient hospital care, laboratory testing, and ambulatory services. Home health care services—skilled care such as rehabilitation services provided to persons who are homebound— have been subject to a number of changes in recent years; presently these services are divided between the two parts of the program.
Part A of Medicare is financed by a payroll tax of 1.45 percent of all wages assessed on both employers and employees (when the program began, that tax rate was 0.35 percent, and has gradually increased over time). The rate of the tax has not changed since 1986, although the amount subject to tax has risen. In 1993, the upper limit on the tax was eliminated so that all wages are subject to the Medicare payroll tax. Part B is voluntary and financed by premiums on beneficiaries and by general revenues sufficient to make up the level of spending required. The premium initially paid 50 percent of the costs of Part B, but legislation reduced this share beginning in 1972 because Medicare's costs were growing substantially faster than incomes of beneficiaries. It was set at 25 percent of the costs of a beneficiary's benefits on a temporary basis starting in 1982, and it became a permanent requirement in 1997.
When Medicare began, it was dominated by inpatient hospital care, which accounted for about two-thirds of all spending. Indeed, most of the focus of debate before Medicare's passage was on Part A of the program. But as care has moved out of the inpatient setting, Part B has become Figure 1 SOURCE: Health Care Financing Association, Office of the Actuary 1997 a much larger share of the program. Care in hospital outpatient departments and in physicians' offices now replaces many surgeries and treatments formerly done only in inpatient settings. In addition, skilled nursing facility care and home health—referred to as post-acute care—have also increased in importance over time. When individuals leave a hospital after only a few days, post-acute care is often needed as a transition. But these benefits have also come under increased scrutiny for moving Medicare into the domain of long-term care services.
Another original principle of the program was that it would not interfere with the practice of medicine. Payments were designed to be as much like the standard insurance policies then in place as possible. But costs for the program rose rapidly almost from the beginning, and in the mid-1970s it became clear that the government needed to slow spending growth. This was done largely through application of new payment policies. Traditional Medicare has remained a fee-for-service program in which beneficiaries are free to see any hospitals or doctors they wish.
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Missed Fortune's Douglas Andrew on Predictable Rates of Return
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Indexing is in, says Douglas Andrew, and it provides predictable, worry free returns.
Salt Lake City, Utah – August 17, 2012 – Douglas Andrew, founder of Paramount Financial Services and creator of the popular Missed Fortune Asset Optimization program, announces that investors of the 2000-2010 decade have an alternative to traditional financial planning. Douglas Andrew offers the advice that this financial strategy comes in the form of indexing.
According to Douglas Andrew, creating predictable rates of return in the most unpredictable of economies isn't as difficult as many are led to believe. Even those who lost a huge chunk of their nest egg in 2003 and 2008, when many retiree hopefuls lost nearly 40%, can capture reliable returns. Many individuals got scared at that time, says Douglas Andrew, and moved their money to a traditional bank account.
Douglas Andrew points out that the pitfall to this financial transition is the amount of interest earned on the funds. Looking at a retirement fund of $1 million, Douglas Andrew illustrates the difference by pointing out that, in a previous earning situation, the account owner was netting a $6,000 gain per month. This is assuming a very reasonable 6 percent. After moving these funds to a savings account at a traditional banking institution, the returns equal a mere $6,000 per year – a $66,000 per year difference.
The lost decade, which according to Douglas Andrew is the years between 2000 and 2010, had two of the hardest hit years in recent history. 2003 and 2008 both saw losses of 40% in the market. The reason Douglas Andrew refers to the 2000s as the lost decade is because many investors are ending the decade where they started, with no growth. It took the entire time frame just to break even.
Even in that time, however, as America's stock markets were tanking, Douglas Andrew points out that properly structured indexed universal life enjoyed gains of 7.23%. Indexing, through maximum funded tax-advantaged life insurance, is a safe way to optimize assets, says this retirement expert. Since indexing is basically a measuring stick to monitor the positive aspects of the market, they don't suffer the same losses. According to Douglas Andrew, maximum funded tax-advantaged life insurance performs quite well without putting the principal or prior gains at risk. It is a very safe environment.
At Paramount Financial Services, Douglas Andrew utilizes the multi-trillion insurance industry that earns predictable rates. Insurance institutions ranked higher than banks and credit unions in overall stability over the last hundred years, points out Douglas Andrew.
Douglas Andrew claims that individuals can utilize insurance indexing even in a down period since these policies do not lose value due to market downturns. He does caution that they are not a miracle fund and may have years where they do not gain but they will never lose value.
Douglas Andrew is a Salt Lake City, Utah, retirement planning expert with over 30 years of experience. He is the founder and owner of Paramount Financial. For more information contact Douglas Andrew at 888.897.5665 | www.missedfortune.com
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Buying and taking care of your home is very important and should be taken seriously. Why take a gamble on your home not being in the best condition? A home inspection can save you future time and money spent, making you aware of problems before it's too late.
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Many investors and buyers will not even think about buying a building without ensuring that it is structurally sound. Inspectors look closely at things such as weight-bearing roofs and bridges to determine the strength and stability of the house or building. In some cases, if an inspector determines that the building is structurally improper, it may not be possible to sell the property until it is fully stabilized or removed. We recommend that realtors also have inspections done, therefore giving a better representation of the property to potential homeowners.
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On Remembrance Day I was privileged to attend five events in Dudley.
At 11am I joined thousands of Dudley residents at Coronation Gardens to pause for a two minutes silence to remember those service men and women who have made the ultimate sacrifice for their country. It was incredible to see so many people paying their respects with thousands of people attending – many more than I remember when I marched through the town on Remembrance Day with the Cubs as a child.
As I laid my wreath I reflected on how fortunate we are to live in a country where we take freedom and democracy for granted. We owe an incredible debt to all of the people who fought and died to defend these basic values.
I also thought about the 6,000 dedicated, patriotic service personnel currently serving in Afghanistan. Their actions seek to provide stability for those whose names they do not know, in the knowledge that we as a country have responsibilities beyond our borders and that our security at home is dependent on those who serve overseas.
I also had the privilege of visiting troops at Dudley's Territorial Army base on Vicar Street. All across Britain people show huge respect and support for the work of our armed forces, but nowhere is that truer than in Dudley, where our local squadron and the wider regiment are at the heart of the community and have the freedom of the borough.
Earlier in the day I attended the Grazebrook Remembrance Service at Grazebrook Park which I organise along with Cllrs Shaukat Ali, Steve Waltho and Safeena Arshad and the Friends of Buffrey Park. We were joined by Dudley Air Cadets and several local veterans including Gordon Willetts and John Deane who read the Words of Commemoration. Reverend Caroline Wickens kindly led our service and local singer Annie Hodkinson led the singing with a beautiful rendition of Abide With Me.
We first organised the service seven years ago after organising a campaign to get the memorial cleaned of rubbish and graffiti. This year more people than ever turned out to pay their respects, and it is a very dignified and moving community remembrance service.
I was humbled to think of the contribution made by so many Dudley men and women to the cause of freedom and democracy and by the commitment of local people to remember these sacrifices.
I was concerned to hear recently that Dudley's Walk-in Centre at Holly Hall could be closed down.
Just like everyone in Dudley, I've used the walk-in centre when I've needed a doctor out-of-hours. It's the best way of getting treatment if you can't get an appointment with your GP.
It's clear that the centre is popular, with 50,000 people using it every year. Any change to services at the centre has to be on the basis of better care for local people, but I'm concerned that closing the walk-in centre would make out-of-hours care worse, not better.
I'm calling for the walk-in centre to be saved, and in the long run I want to see better access for patients in the evening and at weekends. People who go to work every day ought to be able to see a GP without having to take a day off.
It's really important that as many local people as possible reply to the consultation on these plans, as that's the only way we'll get a clear plan that improves out-of-hours care.
The consultation runs until 24 December, and you can submit a reply by writing to FREEPOST RTGH-YKLH-AZXZ, Dudley Clinical Commissioning Group, Brierley Hill Health & Social Care Centre, Venture Way, Brierley Hill, DY5 1RU or by responding online at https://www.surveymonkey.com/s/YHGYBHP.
Price hikes announced by the big six energy companies are kicking in over the coming weeks, and millions of people will start paying the price for David Cameron's failure to stand up to the energy companies.
Prices and bills keep going up, but wages stay the same. Under this government, prices have risen eight times faster than wages, leaving the average family in Dudley £1,500 a year worse off.
That means that energy bills have gone up by £300 a year since 2010, and businesses say it's the biggest cost they face. But Britain's big six energy companies have seen their profits rise by a massive £3.3 billion.
It's time David Cameron took action to tackle his cost-of-living crisis, but instead of helping ordinary families by backing Labour's plan to freeze energy prices and reform the market, he's decided to take the side of the energy companies instead.
It's another example of how he always seems to be helping the wrong people.
The next Labour government will replace Ofgem with a tough new regulator to stop overcharging. And we'll implement an immediate two-year of gas and electricity prices, saving a typical household £120 and an average business £1,800.
That's the sort of straightforward action we need, but there are two more winters to get through till then and the government should act now.


CHICO -- As Red Cross shelters filled up across the area, community members were opening up their own pop-up shelters.
"A home that can just go from a home to nothing, how can an entire house just be gone?" said Brigitte Randall.
Randall lost everything she owns in the Camp Fire but Tuesday she was still out helping her neighbors.
"I think it's probably just a nurse thing," Randall explained. "We like to work. We're not used to twiddling our thumbs."
After evacuating her house in Paradise, Randall jumped into action, starting a free clinic for evacuees.
"We have this population that is low income and actually has chronic health issues," Randall said.
She set up shop at a pop-up shelter at East Avenue Church in Chico. In a matter of hours, other nurses and doctors came to pitch in. Most used to work at Feather River Hospital, which was badly damaged in the fire.
"It started with us literally writing on a trash bag of people's prescriptions and medical needs and trying to call in their prescriptions," Randall said.
They have helped roughly 200 people, including 89-year-old Patty Saunders.
"I had no other place to go," Saunders said.
She has a hard time walking and needs round-the-clock medical attention, which she has been getting at the free clinic.
"It's a family and I feel so much love. God is love," she said.
Its help Randall knows is desperately needed for people who just had their whole world go up in flames.
"I have no job. I have nothing to do for who knows how long, so I need to work," Randall said.
The entire shelter and clinic are running off of donations. If you would like to help, you can call the church at 530-342-1806. It is located at 1184 East Ave.


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Alice Moyer Plans to Wed
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Mr. and Mrs. F. Stanton Moyer of Haverford, Pa., and Vero Beach, Fla., have announced the engagement of their daughter, Alice Eyre Moyer, to Dana Haines Stewardson, the son of Mrs. Jeremiah Ford 3d of Princeton, N.J., and Nantucket, Mass., and the late William Emlyn Stewardson. A September wedding is planned.
Miss Moyer, a graduate of the Agnes Irwin School in Rosemont, Pa., is a placement consultant for Dart Associates in Philadelphia. She and her fiance graduated from Ohio Wesleyan University in 1984. Her father is a vice president and the resident officer in Philadelphia for Kidder, Peabody & Company, the investment banking concern, where her fiance, a graduate of the Taft School, is a broker.
Mr. Stewardson's mother, Elizabeth Stewardson, is a vice president of Stewardson-Dougherty Real Estate in Princeton, of which his father was a founder and president. The future bridegroom's stepfather is a partner of Short & Ford Architects in Princeton and is directing the restoration of the New Jersey State House.
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Victoria announces second round of flood repair funding
Victorian Minister for Local Government Jeanette Powell has met with representatives from Buloke, Loddon and Gannawarra shire councils to announce almost $850,000 in grants from Round 2 payments of the Local Government Clean Up Fund.
The Round 2 payments to assist flood-affected municipalities with the long and costly clean-up process are in addition to $100,000 each Shire Council received in Round 1 funding.
"The Local Government Clean Up Fund was a special Coalition Government initiative to help councils deal with the range of clean-up and repair tasks resulted from the floods.
"Removing the general debris the floods produced was a significant expense for councils across the state.
"As the municipalities hardest hit by the floods, Buloke, Loddon and Gannawarra shire councils will receive the most funding from the Clean Up Fund," Mrs Powell said.
The funding is as follows
Buloke Shire Council will receive a total payment of $446,078
Loddon Shire Council will receive a total payment of $393,717
Gannawarra Shire Council will receive a total payment of $307,062
The three shires have now received more than $1.14 million from the $5 million Local Government Clean Up Fund.
The fund has assisted 29 councils throughout Victoria in dealing with the cost of cleaning up after the floods.
The joint Commonwealth-State Natural Disaster Relief and Recovery Arrangements picks up the cost for much of the other recovery and reconstruction work undertaken by councils.


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Focusing on composition will help you take a wonderful photo of the sea or ocean. Instead of taking the picture straight on, you might want to consider taking a photo of the coast at an angle. Incorporating natural features, such as rocks and driftwood, can also make the photograph more interesting. If the beach is bare, without cliffs, rocks or other natural features, consider taking photos of people walking or of footprints in the sand. Incorporating these features can help make your seascape pictures more interesting.
Consider your camera's shutter speed settings when taking photographs of the ocean. Slower speeds will blur the motion of the water, which can be an artistic decision you may wish to make. However, most photographers want to freeze the water in place. A faster shutter speed will help you capture the ocean's waves without blurriness. Aim for a shutter speed of 1/20 or faster to adequately capture the water's motion without blur.
Plan your seascape photography trip for the right time of day. It's widely acknowledged that seascape photography is at its most beautiful at sunrise and sunset. Shooting into the light at these times can lead to beautiful and memorable photographs. You can also consult tide tables to find out when the tide is moving out. Shooting a wet beach offers beautiful reflections that you don't get during harsh daylight.
Taking a trip to the beach for seascape photography is a fantastic idea for both beginners and professionals. Whether you live next to a coast and you want to use it as inspiration for your next photo shoot or you're taking a special trip, seascape photography is a fun and often very memorable endeavor. The next time you're taking a trip to the ocean, use these tips to take beautiful pictures you'll treasure.


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Hilton Garden Inn Singapore Serangoon appoints General Manager
Theodore Koumelis – 13 October 2017, 00:05
With more than 19 years of hospitality experience, Moral was most recently Director of Operations of the multi-award winning Hilton Pattaya, Thailand, leading the operations team toward excellence in service and hotel recognition.
SINGAPORE – Hilton Garden Inn, Hilton's upscale global brand of hotels, announced the appointment of Eva Moral as General Manager of Hilton Garden Inn Singapore Serangoon, the first Hilton Garden Inn property to open in Singapore, in June this year. Moral replaces Carey Osborne, pre-opening General Manager for the hotel.
With more than 19 years of hospitality experience, Moral was most recently Director of Operations of the multi-award winning Hilton Pattaya, Thailand, leading the operations team toward excellence in service and hotel recognition. In addition to this role, she was also the Corporate Responsibility champion for the cluster of Hilton properties in Thailand, Singapore and Philippines, where she launched the Soap for Hope program for soap recycling in many of the properties in that region.
"I am extremely excited to join the team at Hilton Garden Inn Singapore Serangoon. It is amazing to be part of this journey as we introduce one of our world-class brands into Singapore in a culturally-rich and vibrant Little India, a tourist hot spot for travelers visiting this island city," said Eva Moral, general manager, Hilton Garden Inn Singapore Serangoon.
Moral joined the Hilton team in 2007 and has since forged her career with the company, strengthening her experience in her work across multiple geographies including Dubai, Spain, Portugal and Thailand, at various Hilton, DoubleTree by Hilton and Hilton Garden Inn properties. As General Manager of Hilton Garden Inn Singapore Serangoon, Ms Moral will be responsible for leading the team to deliver the quality, service and brighthearted hospitality for which the brand is known.
Situated at one of Singapore's top historic enclaves, just off Serangoon road, the Hilton Garden Inn Singapore Serangoon property offers travelers a bright and energetic welcome to the Garden
City. The hotel is a short 400-meter (or six-minute) walk from the centrally-located Little India MRT station, providing guests easy access to key areas like Orchard Road and Marina Bay, which offer a myriad of shopping, dining and entertainment options. Business travelers will also find the location convenient, with the Suntec Convention & Exhibition Centre and Singapore's central business district located about two kilometers (or an eight-minute drive) away from the hotel.
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A monastery of friars, especially those of a mendicant order.
These imposing gothic friaries with their distinctive tapering towers and extensive claustral complexes became as much a symbol of that newly prosperous and confident society as the castles and tower houses of their patrons' (p.
Given Coventry's history of bombing and bulldozing we would not expect much evidence to survive of friaries here.
Relations with the ecclesiastical establishment are also examined, but, as the studio had no faculty of theology, the web is finer spun, and we are reminded that in Florence teaching in this faculty for much of the time was tacitly relegated to the friaries.


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Wed, Jan 22 12:30 pm to 3:30 pm Central Library, Info Commons Lab
The U.S. Census Bureau is currently hiring for a variety of temporary full-time and flexible part-time jobs. No resumés or cover letters are required to apply. Pay rates start at $20 per hour!
You will have the opportunity to learn about...
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Please join us for a participatory education workshop on secure use of the technology we all rely on. This workshop will leave you with the knowledge to protect your rights, encrypt sensitive data, and secure your communications. You will also...
Library Lanes: Older Adults Bowling League
Thu, Jan 23 10:30 am to 12:00 pm Central Library, Info Commons Lab
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Please join our premier virtual bowling team. Participants will learn how to bowl using a Microsoft Xbox One. After some practice, we will challenge other libraries around Brooklyn Public Library, to meet and compete with...
Motion Graphics with After Effects
Thu, Jan 23 4:30 pm to 8:30 pm Central Library, Info Commons Lab
Adults bric techknowledge
Adobe After Effects is the industry standard for creating dynamic motion graphics and video effects compositing. This course covers the basics of the After Effects interface, text and layer animation, chroma-keying, video effects, keyframing,...
Games! Games! Games!
Sat, Jan 25 2:00 pm to 5:00 pm Central Library, Info Commons Lab
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Come and play various video games from different consoles such as XBOX1, Oculus VR (PC), Switch, and some tabletop games.
Never Too Late to Learn: Computer Topics for Older Adults
Mon, Jan 27 11:00 am to 12:00 pm Central Library, Info Commons Lab
Older Adults adult learning computer basics computer programming
Learning to use a computer is not just for young people. Join as we explore the world of technology, using laptops.
Topics include computer basics, internet, email, online banking, online health information, Microsoft Word, Microsoft...
Know Your Rights, Keep Your Apartment
Mon, Jan 27 7:00 pm to 9:00 pm Central Library, Info Commons Lab
Adults legal resources social services
As gentrification of Brooklyn neighborhoods continues, pressure on tenants builds from landlords anxious to increase rents. The Prospect Heights Neighborhood Development Council has teamed up with IMPACCT Brooklyn, JustFix.nyc, the Legal Aid...
Tue, Jan 28 11:00 am to 1:00 pm Central Library, Info Commons Lab
Adults bric photography techknowledge
Retouch, crop, and color balance your digital photos before showing them to the world. Get hands-on experience with GIMP, a free, versatile photo editing software program.
Email Part 1
Tue, Jan 28 1:00 pm to 2:15 pm Mapleton Library
Adults email
Learn how to create an email account with sending and receiving email correspondences
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Wed, Jan 29 1:00 pm to 2:15 pm Mapleton Library
Mobile Phone Podcasting
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Learn to use your mobile device to record and edit podcasts. We'll start with simple interview and recording techniques. You'll also explore the editing and recording apps to help you produce your podcast content anywhere and anytime.
Get to Know Your Camera
Learn photography basics like camera settings, resolution, exposure levels, composition theory, and shot types that make your pictures pop.
CyPurr Session: Cyber Harassment and Harm Reduction
Sun, Feb 2 2:00 pm to 4:00 pm Central Library, Info Commons Lab
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Cyber harassment and stalking may not always come from random strangers; sometimes our privacy is compromised by the folks closest to us.
For this month's Cypurr Session, we'll be focusing on cybersecurity, talking about ways that...
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Introduction to Proposal Writing (By Candid, formerly Foundation Center, staff)
Tue, Feb 4 2:00 pm to 4:00 pm Central Library, Info Commons Lab
Adults business research
Candid (candid.org) is a new 501C3 nonprofit organization created when Foundation Center (foundationcenter.org) and GuideStar (guidestar.org) joined forces in early 2019. Candid connects people who want to change the world to the resources they...
Adobe Premiere Pro Essentials: Beyond the Basics
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Learn next-level editing techniques, and how to organize and manage your projects in Adobe Premiere Pro the way the professionals do it.
In this three-hour workshop you will learn how to streamline your productivity and maximize...
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This class covers the basics of using social media to market your show, podcast, or product. You'll learn the different uses of each social media platform: Twitter, Facebook, and Instagram, and devise a marketing plan for your project.
Make a Digital Story for PC
Learn simple steps to turn your still images and sound clips into a compelling digital video story. Also learn about various types of digital story formats, narrative tips, interviewing techniques, and how to combine your pictures and audio...
BKLYN Early Childhood Educator Series: Materials for the Arts - Project Based Learning for Young Children
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Materials for the Arts: Project-Based Learning for Young Children (CTLE Credits: 3)
Get creative with re-used materials!
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Edit Photos on Your Phone
Tue, Feb 11 11:00 am to 1:00 pm Central Library, Info Commons Lab
Up your social media game and learn to make your photos web-ready with this free two-hour class on editing photos using Adobe's FREE photo editing software. For iPhone and Android users. Note: Please come to class with Adobe Photo Express...
BKLYN Investment League
Tue, Feb 11 6:00 pm to 7:30 pm Central Library, Info Commons Lab
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Are you interested in investing in the stock market, but not sure what it's all about? Join the BKLYN Investment League and learn how to make informed financial choices. Financial professional Mina Ennin Black will explain the...
Our Bodies, Our Planet: Public Health and the Climate Crisis
Wed, Feb 12 7:00 pm to 8:30 pm Central Library, Info Commons Lab
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What is the impact of the climate crisis on our bodies? Fossil fuels already affect the health of New Yorkers, with some communities suffering far greater harm than others. As we fight warming temperatures, pollution...
Thu, Feb 13 10:30 am to 12:00 pm Central Library, Info Commons Lab
Intro to Audition
Thu, Feb 13 5:30 pm to 8:30 pm Central Library, Info Commons Lab
Adobe Audition is an industry standard audio editing software for Mac and PC. This course covers how to start an Audition project, importing and layering audio files, basic editing techniques and effects, as well as how to export a finished...
Sound Stories and Audio Collages in GarageBand
Sat, Feb 15 2:00 pm to 3:30 pm Central Library, Info Commons Lab
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Many people have done some kind of creative visual scap-booking, where you assemble magazine clippings, photographs, writing, or drawings. But have you ever done the same with audio recordings? Once you start recording and assembling audio, you...
In two hours, learn the tools and techniques to create an animated film. Spend course time working on a short, animated video, with the potential to exhibit online or on Brooklyn Free Speech.
Brooklyn Bird Club Presents: How to Take Better Photos of Birds
Adults all ages environment
Birds make beautiful pictures. And photos can be useful in making tough IDs and also serve as memories of great experiences. But birds can be very difficult to photograph well.
This workshop covers everything you need to know to make...
SCRIE: #RentFreeze Homeowners and Tenants Enrollment Event
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Enroll in the NYC Rent Freeze Program
Seniors and People with Disabilities, Keep Your Rent From Increasing, If You:
- Are you 62 years or older (18 years old if disabled);
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Citizenshipworks Naturalization Application Workshop
Fri, Feb 21 10:00 am to 1:00 pm Central Library, Info Commons Lab
A free workshop to help eligible lawful permanent residents (green card holders) prepare their N-400, Application for Naturalization. Immigration experts will be available to answer legal questions and review applications. Registration is not...
Questions to Ask Yourself When Starting a Podcast
Do you have an idea for a podcast, but aren't sure where to start? Do you want to learn more about what producing a podcast entails? In this class, we'll go over some of the first questions you should ask yourself (and your potential listeners!)...
Make a Digital Story for Mac
How to Record Your Podcast
Learn about podcasting and inexpensive equipment options to get you started.
How to Edit Your Podcast
Learn about simple editing tools to make your podcast sound better, as well as free and inexpensive software options for editing at home or on the go.
CyPurr Session
Sun, Mar 1 2:00 pm to 4:00 pm Central Library, Info Commons Lab
Stop by to get advice on your cybersecurity and hardware problems, or just chat with folks about the big digital issues of the day! Snacks and kids are welcome. Open to beginner and seasoned techies alike. Topic TBD.
The CyPurr Collective...
Mon, Mar 2 11:00 am to 12:00 pm Central Library, Info Commons Lab
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Introduction to Foundation Directory Online (By Candid, formerly Foundation Center, staff)
Tue, Mar 3 2:00 pm to 4:00 pm Central Library, Info Commons Lab
Looking for grants for your organization?
Come learn how to use Foundation Directory Online (FDO), the most comprehensive prospect research tool for fundraisers, with over 156,000 grantmaker profiles. You will...
BRIC Media Arts Orientation
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Thu, Mar 5 10:30 am to 12:00 pm Central Library, Info Commons Lab
Intro to Photoshop
Thu, Mar 5 4:30 pm to 8:30 pm Central Library, Info Commons Lab
Learn how to use Adobe Photoshop for photo enhancement, typography, and graphic design.
This class meets for three mandatory sessions on 3/5, 3/12, 3/19. Registration is required for all three sessions.


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So what's your packaging hero from the past 50 years? That was the topic of the latest #packchat on Twitter. The top five results were Tetra Brik, Modified Atmosphere Packaging, recyclable PET bottles, tamper evidence, and track and trace.
Have you seen this? http://vimeo.com/46439060 It was one of the highlights of an interesting #dmtalk twitter chat Tuesday afternoon on the strengths of direct mail.
It was with palms sweating, heart rate elevated, and eyes staring down the path towards another exhibition season that I began work on this issue of Print Monthly.


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Is The Great Barrier Reef Obituary Helping Or Harming Conservation?
Outside Magazine's article sparked a lot of conversation, but will it inspire action?
"The Great Barrier Reef of Australia passed away in 2016 after a long illness," Outside Magazine declared this week in a viral obituary. "It was 25 million years old."
The controversial article racked up nearly 350,000 shares across social media, sparking countless think pieces commenting about coral bleaching and the reality of the Great Barrier Reef's decline.
While the obituary is hyperbolic and sensationalistic, it has accomplished one part of its likely goal: to draw attention to the plight of the Great Barrier Reef and compel us to take action.
There's no mistaking that the natural wonder off the coast of Australia is in serious trouble. This year, the Great Barrier Reef experienced its worst bleaching event on record, with 93% of reefs along its length affected.
However, it isn't clear if publishing the obituary has helped or harmed preservation efforts.
Coral scientists have called the obituary "wildly irresponsible." They worry the fatalistic tone sends the wrong message, prompting people to give up instead of taking action.
"Large sections of it (the southern half) escaped from the 2016 bleaching, and are in reasonable shape," Terry Hughes, Director of the ARC Centre of Excellence for Coral Reef Studies, told the Huffington Post. "The message should be that it isn't too late for Australia to lift its game and better protect the GBR, not we should all give up because the GBR is supposedly dead."
Other experts say this approach could be exactly what's needed. Greta Aeby, a coral expert with the Hawaii Institute of Marine Biology at the University of Hawaii, told the Huffington Post:
"As a coral biologist who has been working for a decade and a half to understand the reefs problems, and let reef managers and others know what the problems are so they can be addressed, I can tell you it is a very frustrating and heart-breaking job. So maybe an article like that is what is needed ... although I doubt if it will really make a difference."
Russell Brainard, an oceanographer at the Coral Reef Ecosystem Program at NOAA's Pacific Islands Fisheries Science Center, told the Huffington Post he's concerned those who don't know any better "are going to take it at face value that the Great Barrier Reef is dead."
His worries are not unfounded. A cursory Google search of "Great Barrier Reef dead" brings up plenty of news articles with headlines proclaiming the end of the reef.
Environmentalists just declared the Great Barrier Reef dead—and it's been a long time coming: https://t.co/6i3b0rjEl1 pic.twitter.com/ToJvjKpVVj
— Fusion (@Fusion) October 14, 2016
But all hope is not lost. There have been signs that coral could be able to adapt and evolve, The Guardian reports. And while the Great Barrier Reef is far from good health, stronger corals could help reefs eventually migrate away from the equator.
"We're very far from an obituary," Brainard told the Huffington Post.
If there's a single lesson we can take away from the obituary and the surrounding conversation, it's that we need to take action. We can do that by getting serious about climate change and adopting more sustainable habits.
Do you think the conversation generated by Outside Magazine's obituary helps or harms sustainability efforts? Share your thoughts in the comments.
Trump Brings Back The Dakota Pipeline. The Resistance Begins
"The message should be that it isn't too late for Australia to lift its game and better protect the GBR, not we should all give up because the GBR is supposedly dead."
Terry Hughes
Veemo: A New Twist On An Old Idea For Urban Transportation March 10th, 2017
I think we're creating a new niche for urban travel.
9 Last-Minute, Eco-Friendly Gifts for Kids December 20th, 2016
Yes, it's possible to give a great gift and save the planet.


Channel 9's "Chasing News " just posted a video about The Nature Conservancy's efforts to save and protect Hammond's Yellow Spring Beauty, a globally rare plant found only in New Jersey.
Look out for Snapping Turtles if you are driving near the Celery Farm.
I rescued one from the southbound lane of Franklin Turnpike earlier today -- glad I have gloves.
I grabbed by the sides of the shell so as not to get bitten -- pick turtles up by the tail can injure them.
The Record's James O'Neill has a compelling story about the Red Knot, a migratory shorebird who travels thousands of miles each spring, and whose numbers have been in steep decline.
The article is here. The picture above is of a Red Knot being banded along New Jersey's Delaware Bayshore in 2015.
This time of year, the Fell House has a show-stopper of a tree -- a pair of Kentucky Yellowwoods, a.k.a. American Yellowwoods, in full bloom. Close-up, above.
More on the trees here.
Allendale's Marsh Warden Emeritus Stiles Thomas (center) once again participated in the the town's annual Memorial Day service.
We salute the local veterans who led us in honoring those who died for their country.


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Housing Authority to fork over billions to settle housing claims
Justice at last?
June 12, 2018 10:13 AM by Brandon Pho
(New York, NY) — The nation's largest public housing agency will surrender billions of dollars to settle claims that it lied to the federal government about squalid conditions in units housing low-income residents and their children, federal prosecutors said Monday.
US Attorney Geoffrey Berman (AP)
"Today marks the beginning of the end of the nightmare for these residents," U.S. Attorney Geoffrey Berman, who also detailed the complaints in an 80-page federal court filing, said at a news conference.
The settlement comes at the conclusion of a 31-month investigation that found widespread mismanagement at the New York City Housing Authority, which has received thousands of complaints each year about broken elevators, insufficient heat, mold, and pest problems.
"NYCHA has repeatedly made false statements to HUD and the public regarding these issues and has deceived (U.S. Housing and Urban Development Department) inspectors," the federal complaint filed in Manhattan Federal Court asserts. "The people who suffer as a result of NYCHA's misconduct are its residents, including lead-poisoned children, elderly residents without heat in winter, asthma sufferers whose condition is worsened by mold and pest-infested apartments, and disabled residents without functioning elevators."
Berman accused NYCHA and the city Health Department of understating the amounts of lead poisoning in children living in public housing units and choosing not to correctly count the number of people testing positive for blood-lead levels considered dangerous by the federal government.
"These conditions are an assault on the health, safety and dignity of hardworking, rent-paying residents, and these violations will no longer be tolerated," Berman said. "Today marks the beginning of the end of this nightmare for NYCHA residents."
The settlement requires that NYCHA pay at least $1 billion annually for four years and then $200 million every year until the conditions are improved at a satisfactory level.
"I think the federal government owes them an apology. Recent administrations going back 30 years owe them an apology. I think the state government owes them an apology, also going back decades. I think the city government owes the apology. My administration and I will offer an apology. But the administration before me should offer an apology, too," said New York Mayor Bill de Blasio, who denied claims he was forced into contributing city money toward the settlements.
In a statement, U.S. Housing and Urban Development Secretary Ben Carson said the "historic agreement marks a new era for New York City's public housing, one that puts families and their children first."
It should be noted that Carson unveiled a plan to increase rent for low-income public housing residents on April 25 in a legislative proposal entitled the Making Affordable Housing Work Act.
In an April 30 statement, the New York City Housing Authority said that the HUD proposal, which would increase public housing residents' rent from 30 percent of their gross income to 35 percent, would affect around 55,000 of the agency's two-unit households, and that over 35,000 publicly housed seniors could experience increased rent costs as well.
All of this comes amid an affordability crisis in New York City and a period of remarkable tumult for NYCHA, which houses around 400,000 people. The agency's embattled chair, Shola Olatoye, stepped down in early April over the controversy surrounding the lawsuit against the agency by attorney Jim Walden over squalid housing unit conditions.
"We have fallen short in some areas that are frustrating for me, for our residents, and for our city as a whole," said Olatoye on April 10, when she officially announced her resignation.
Author: Brandon PhoBrandon Pho is a sophomore journalism major at Cal State Fullerton, operating out of Los Angeles. When he's not writing, he's driving up Pacific Coast Highway without any destination.


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Michael Dobbs
THE UNWANTED >
SIX MONTHS IN 1945 >
Berlin July 1945
Author Q and A
DOWN WITH BIG BROTHER
Saboteurs
Madeleine Albright
"It is a fantastic commentary on the inhumanity of our times that for thousands and thousands of people a piece of paper with a stamp on it is the difference between life and death."
-- Dorothy Thompson, 1938
America, Auschwitz, and a Village Caught in Between
The Unwanted tells the story of Jewish families from the village of Kippenheim on the edge of the Black Forest desperately seeking American visas to escape Nazi Germany. Some make it to the United States, after battling formidable bureaucratic obstacles. Some are turned back. Some perish along the way. Some are murdered in Auschwitz. It is a German story that is also an American story.
Drawing on previously unpublished letters, diaries, and visa records, Michael Dobbs paints a vivid picture of what it was like to live among increasingly hostile neighbors, waiting for "the piece of paper with a stamp" that would determine their fate. He describes the expulsion of these "unwanted" German Jews to France in 1940 and their continuing quest for American visas. And he recounts the heated debate taking place in the United States over whether or not to admit refugees and the national security threat from "Fifth columnists," both real and imagined. The result is a page-turning narrative filled with memorable characters facing life-or-death moments that will resonate with readers today.
Why did you choose the village of Kippenheim?
I came across some rare photographs showing the deportation of Kippenheim Jews to Gurs in October 1940. I wanted to know what happened to the people in the images after they were forced to leave their homes. I discovered that a ten-year-old boy in the photograph below, Kurt Maier, worked at the Library of Congress in Washington D.C., very close to my place of work, the U.S. Holocaust Memorial Museum. I contacted Kurt, who described his extraordinary good fortune. Following their expulsion from Germany, the family received American visas and were able to reach the United States. People featured in several of the other photographs, including Max and Fanny Valfer, were murdered in Auschwitz. Starting with these powerful images, I was able to piece together the story of how "a piece of paper with a stamp," in Dorothy Thompson's phrase, meant "the difference between life and death" for many German Jews.
Kurt Maier (circled) was deported from Kippenheim to Gurs with his family in October 1940.
Max and Fanny Valfer were deported to Gurs in 1940 and murdered in Auschwitz in 1942.
How did you carry out your research?
I was lucky to be able to interview several survivors and their children, who shared extensive family correspondence, photographs, and memoirs with me. I discovered a lot of material in archives in the U.S., Germany, and France that shed light on what happened to the people in the book. To tell the story through the eyes of the leading characters, I followed in their footsteps. I made two visits to Kippenheim, and visited concentration camps like Dachau in Germany and Gurs in France to try to understand what they went through.
Some critics have said that your books read like novels. Is that intentional?
I think that non-fiction writers, particularly historians, have a lot to learn from the writing techniques of novelists. These include memorable characters, vividly described places and scenes, the use of dialogue, and a plot that keeps readers turning the pages. But there is an additional requirement in the case of non-fiction: you can't make anything up! Every incident, and every scrap of dialogue, in The Unwanted is accompanied by an endnote. Readers can check the source of a quote, or surprising piece of information, in the back of the book.
Why is this important for us to know about today?
I agree with the sentiment attributed to Mark Twain, "History does not repeat itself, but it rhymes." My goal was to recreate the past as accurately as possible, rather than look for explicit parallels with the present. But readers will certainly find echoes of our modern-day debates and controversies in The Unwanted and draw their own conclusions.
Consider using The Unwanted as a text for your book group or classroom discussions. For suggested questions, click here.
Praise for THE UNWANTED
The Washington Post: "A heartbreaking and timely read...With a reporter's eye for narrative and a historian's attention to detail and context, Dobbs...re-creates Jewish life in Kippenheim, a German village near the French border, on the eve of the Nazi onslaught. Then, thanks to a trove of carefully assembled archival material, photographs, and oral histories, he follows these Jewish families through harrowing cycles of deportation and desperation as they attempt to flee to safety."
The New York Times: "What's most chilling about Dobbs's book is how his account of the early years of World War II echoes our politics today...[The Unwanted] provides a glimpse of how we may be judged by future generations."
The Wall Street Journal: "A devastating tapestry of too many hopes wrecked and too few lives saved...[Dobbs] chronicles in meticulous, suspenseful detail the desperate perseverance of one Kippenheim family after another to find an escape from Nazi Europe. These stories--recovered and reconstructed through letters, memoirs, family photographs, and oral histories--make up the book's most wrenching sections."
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Booklist: "Dobbs transforms an extremely painful, violent, and devastating event into a narrative of survival, compassion, and perseverance."
The National: "An engrossing and shattering piece of non-fiction...The parallels with today's refugee crises are so vivid that Dobbs doesn't need to mention them."
Bookpage: "This is more than the history of one town: Kippenheim stands in for the thousands upon thousands of other villages, shtetls and neighborhoods that disappeared in the wake of the Holocaust"
New York Journal of Books: "A combination family history and national tragedy on two continents. it includes tales of heroism and sacrifice, ambition infected by evil, and politics tainted by corruption and ineptitude, and maybe worse, indifference."
Kirkus: "A welcome addition to Holocaust literature that remains relevant to our current isolationist times."
Serge Klarsfeld, historian and Nazi hunter:
"A captivating, remarkably well-documented book that tells the little-known story of German Jews deported by the Nazis to unoccupied France in October 1940...The author keeps the reader breathless as he relates, with great precision, the history of U.S. diplomacy toward the Jews of the Third Reich."
Michael Chertoff, former Secretary of Homeland Security:
"Michael Dobbs has written a moving and powerful book that delves into detailed historical records of a single German town to offer a vivid portrait of the human costs of Nazi antisemitism and the tragic consequences of an unresponsive refugee policy."
Deborah Lipstadt, author, Anti-Semitism Here and Now:
"Michael Dobbs has written a compelling history of the Jewish community of one town. We come to know these individuals in a deeply personal way. He brings us into their lives and we experience their desperate struggle to survive at a time when they were abandoned by the world."


Zambia's newly-elected President Edgar Lungu initiated Tuesday talks with mining companies over a controversial tax increase in an attempt to calm investor nerves.
Zambia tripled mining royalties to 20 percent from six percent on January 1, putting the government at loggerheads with mining firms already buckling under a fall in global commodity prices.
While on the campaign trail, Lungu had promised to maintain the increased taxes despite threats by mining firms to cut jobs and investment.
A delegation led by Zambia Revenue Authority chief Berlin Msiska has been tasked by Lungu to "expedite dialogue with mine owners and promptly resolve the impasse over the new mining tax regime," said a statement from the president's office.
It said the decision came after Lungu addressed a special session of cabinet "to consider the impasse over the new mining tax regime and the outstanding VAT refunds for mining companies."
It was not clear when the talks will take place.
Lungu's rival in the January election, Hakainde Hichilema, had promised to reverse the tax regime, calling it business unfriendly.
Cooper mining, the backbone of the southern African country's economy, was expected to be hit the hardest by the regulation.
Copper contributes around 70 percent of foreign exchange earnings, in a country ranked among the world's most poverty-stricken nations.
The country is the world's eighth largest producer of copper -- a metal used in plumbing and heating pipes, and electrical and telecommunications wiring.


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Q: How to create multiple WAR files from single pom.xml? I am having single build.xml, Which is creating multiple WAR files for my project. I am doing migration from Ant build to maven build. How to create multiple WAR files from single pom.xml?

A: I strongly suggest to build a multi module maven project, where each war is the output of a single module.
Look at the mini guide for multiple modules and this multimodule reference for more details.
I hope this helps.

A: You can use build different maven profile to build each wars

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