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50 USC Ch. 4C: ATOMIC WEAPONS AND SPECIAL NUCLEAR MATERIALS INFORMATION REWARDS
From Title 50—WAR AND NATIONAL DEFENSE
CHAPTER 4C—ATOMIC WEAPONS AND SPECIAL NUCLEAR MATERIALS INFORMATION REWARDS
Information concerning illegal introduction, manufacture, acquisition or export of special nuclear material or atomic weapons or conspiracies relating thereto; reward.
Determination by Attorney General of entitlement and amount of reward; consultation; Presidential approval.
Aliens; waiver of admission requirements.
Hearings; rules and regulations; conclusiveness of determinations of Attorney General.
Certification of award; approval; payment.
§47a. Information concerning illegal introduction, manufacture, acquisition or export of special nuclear material or atomic weapons or conspiracies relating thereto; reward
Any person who furnishes original information to the United States—
(a) leading to the finding or other acquisition by the United States of special nuclear material or an atomic weapon which has been introduced into the United States or manufactured or acquired therein contrary to the laws of the United States, or
(b) with respect to the introduction or attempted introduction into the United States or the manufacture or acquisition or attempted manufacture or acquisition of, or a conspiracy to introduce into the United States or to manufacture or acquire, special nuclear material or an atomic weapon contrary to the laws of the United States, or
(c) with respect to the export or attempted export, or a conspiracy to export, special nuclear material or an atomic weapon from the United States contrary to the laws of the United States,
shall be rewarded by the payment of an amount not to exceed $500,000.
(July 15, 1955, ch. 372, §2, 69 Stat. 365; Pub. L. 93–377, §1(b), Aug. 17, 1974, 88 Stat. 472.)
1974—Pub. L. 93–377 in par. (a) made minor changes in phraseology, in par. (b) included information relating to the actual introduction, manufacture and acquisition, or conspiring to introduce into the United States or to manufacture or acquire special nuclear material or an atomic weapon as within the information for which a reward would be given, and added par. (c).
Act July 15, 1955, ch. 372, §1, 69 Stat. 365, as amended by Pub. L. 93–377, §1(a), Aug. 17, 1974, 88 Stat. 472, provided: "That this Act [enacting this chapter] may be cited as the 'Atomic Weapons and Special Nuclear Materials Rewards Act'."
§47b. Determination by Attorney General of entitlement and amount of reward; consultation; Presidential approval
The Attorney General shall determine whether a person furnishing information to the United States is entitled to a reward and the amount to be paid pursuant to section 47a of this title. Before making a reward under this section the Attorney General shall advise and consult with the Atomic Energy Commission. A reward of $50,000 or more may not be made without the approval of the President.
1974—Pub. L. 93–377 substituted provisions authorizing the Attorney General, with the advice of the Atomic Energy Commission, to determine entitlement and the amount of reward for a person furnishing information to the United States, for provisions authorizing an Awards Board to determine entitlement and amount of such reward, setting forth the composition of the Board and criteria for reward.
Atomic Energy Commission abolished and functions transferred by sections 5814 and 5841 of Title 42, The Public Health and Welfare. See also Transfer of Functions notes set out under those sections.
§47c. Aliens; waiver of admission requirements
If the information leading to an award under section 47b of this title is furnished by an alien, the Secretary of State, the Attorney General, and the Director of Central Intelligence, acting jointly, may determine that the admission of such alien into the United States is in the public interest and, in that event, such alien and the members of his immediate family may receive immigrant visas and may be admitted to the United States for permanent residence, notwithstanding the requirements of the Immigration and Nationality Act [8 U.S.C. 1101 et seq.].
(July 15, 1955, ch. 372, §4, 69 Stat. 366; Pub. L. 104–208, div. C, title III, §308(f)(7), Sept. 30, 1996, 110 Stat. 3009–622.)
The Immigration and Nationality Act, referred to in text, is act June 27, 1952, ch. 477, 66 Stat. 163, as amended, which is classified principally to chapter 12 (§1101 et seq.) of Title 8, Aliens and Nationality. For complete classification of this Act to the Code, see Short Title note set out under section 1101 of Title 8 and Tables.
1996—Pub. L. 104–208 substituted "admission" for "entry".
Reference to the Director of Central Intelligence or the Director of the Central Intelligence Agency in the Director's capacity as the head of the intelligence community deemed to be a reference to the Director of National Intelligence. Reference to the Director of Central Intelligence or the Director of the Central Intelligence Agency in the Director's capacity as the head of the Central Intelligence Agency deemed to be a reference to the Director of the Central Intelligence Agency. See section 1081(a), (b) of Pub. L. 108–458, set out as a note under section 3001 of this title.
Amendment by Pub. L. 104–208 effective, with certain transitional provisions, on the first day of the first month beginning more than 180 days after Sept. 30, 1996, see section 309 of Pub. L. 104–208, set out as a note under section 1101 of Title 8, Aliens and Nationality.
§47d. Hearings; rules and regulations; conclusiveness of determinations of Attorney General
(a) The Attorney General is authorized to hold such hearings and make, promulgate, issue, rescind, and amend such rules and regulations as may be necessary to carry out the purposes of this chapter.
(b) A determination made by the Attorney General under section 47b of this title shall be final and conclusive and no court shall have power or jurisdiction to review it.
1974—Pub. L. 93–377 designated existing provisions as subsec. (a), substituted "Attorney General" for "Board as administering agent", and added subsec. (b).
§47e. Certification of award; approval; payment
Any awards granted under section 47b of this title shall be certified by the Attorney General and, together with the approval of the President in those cases where such approval is required, transmitted to the Director of Central Intelligence for payment out of funds appropriated or available for the administration of the National Security Act of 1947, as amended.
(July 15, 1955, ch. 372, §6, 69 Stat. 366; Pub. L. 93–377, §1(c), Aug. 17, 1974, 88 Stat. 473.)
The National Security Act of 1947, as amended, referred to in text, is act July 26, 1947, ch. 343, 61 Stat. 495, which is classified principally to chapter 44 (§3001 et seq.) of this title. For complete classification of this Act to the Code, see Tables.
1974—Pub. L. 93–377 substituted "Attorney General" for "Awards Board".
§47f. Definitions
(a) The term "atomic energy" means all forms of energy released in the course of nuclear fission or nuclear transformation.
(b) The term "atomic weapon" means any device utilizing atomic energy, exclusive of the means for transporting or propelling the device (where such means is a separable and divisible part of the device), the principal purpose of which is for use as, or for development of, a weapon, a weapon prototype, or a weapon test device.
(c) The term "special nuclear material" means plutonium, or uranium enriched in the isotope 233 or in the isotope 235, or any other material which is found to be special nuclear material pursuant to the provisions of the Atomic Energy Act of 1954 [42 U.S.C. 2011 et seq.].
(d) The term "United States," when used in a geographical sense, includes Puerto Rico, all Territories and possessions of the United States and the Canal Zone; except that in section 47c of this title, the term "United States" when so used shall have the meaning given to it in the Immigration and Nationality Act [8 U.S.C. 1101 et seq.].
(July 15, 1955, ch. 372, §7, 69 Stat. 366.)
The Atomic Energy Act of 1954, referred to in subsec. (c), is act Aug. 1, 1946, ch. 724, as added by act Aug. 30, 1954, ch. 1073, §1, 68 Stat. 919, which is classified principally to chapter 23 (§2011 et seq.) of Title 42, The Public Health and Welfare. For complete classification of this Act to the Code, see Short Title note set out under section 2011 of Title 42 and Tables.
The Immigration and Nationality Act, referred to in subsec. (d), is act June 27, 1952, ch. 477, 66 Stat. 163, as amended, which is classified principally to chapter 12 (§1101 et seq.) of Title 8, Aliens and Nationality. For complete classification of this Act to the Code, see Short Title note set out under section 1101 of Title 8 and Tables.


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Directed by Rebekah Scallet
Arkansas Shakespeare Theatre
The Lawn at University of Central Arkansas
June 9th, 2017 - July 7th, 2017
Scenic Design: Nicholas Schwartz
Costume Design: Sandra Spence
Lighting Design: Kevin Allinder
Sound Design: Brandon Reed
Props Design: Daniel Lynn
Photos taken courtesy of Eric White.
About The Play
King Ferdinand of Navarre's "no fun" edict includes scholarly endeavors, quiet contemplation and complete commitment to chastity for three entire years. His closest courtiers reluctantly sign on. But this is a comedy and it doesn't take long for everyone to figure out that the whole thing is a bad idea and rules are meant to be broken—especially when the French Princess and her beautiful entourage arrive on the scene. The young men's studies soon give way to secret letters and amorous vows as the women set out to teach the men a thing or two about love.
The Sound Design
Song of Winter and Spring
Composer: David Greenberg, Mix: Brandon Reed
By the end of the play, the princess and her companions leave the men on a somber note as they don't end in a typical Shakespearean marriage. Rebekah wanted the show to end on a more positive note, wanting to see the men go through a montage of redemption that may or may not end up with the groups together. Thanks to David Greenberg we were able to have a song that was perfect and fit within the design concept.
Turn on the Catwalk
For the first couple of scenes in the play, we have a traditional Elizabethan classical perspective. However, as the princess and her company are introduced, we begin to see the fusion with modern runway fashion. Therefore, a remix by Black Violin introduces this modern clash with the classic.
Confusion
As the play progresses, confusion is abundant as love letters are mixed up and relationships are tested. The music continues to evolve and blend between the modern and the classic as these bonds are continually forming and breaking. This is another track by the group Black Violin.
The Nine Worthies
As the Nine Worthies make their introduction in the second half of the play, they perform their own catwalk as they take the stage.
The Russians Are Coming!
Tension is high from the perspective of the king's men as they are sure to be losing the affection of the princess and her companions. However, the women are aware of their game and decide to teach them a listen. A high energy track is played by Young Mozart to take us into the final scene.
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Ivy League Puffery–Very Fake News: CNN's Jake Tapper Caught Misstating His Background on Live Television
Matthew Boyle
23 Jul 2017 Washington, D.C.
Jake Tapper, a CNN anchor, has been caught misstating his background on live television on Sunday.
During an interview with President Donald J. Trump's new White House Communications Director Anthony Scaramucci, Tapper inflated his background to make it seem as though he was more in touch with people with working- and middle-class beginnings than he really is. At one point late in the lengthy and testy interview—where Scaramucci even offered to bring CNN some Kleenex to wipe away its tears after what he says will be President Trump's re-election victory in 2020—Scaramucci was discussing how he stands with the "people I grew up with."
Scaramucci comes from humble beginnings in a blue collar neighborhood on Long Island in New York. He discussed during the Tapper interview, which came after he discussed it even more in his first exclusive interview as communications director for the White House—in an interview with Breitbart News Saturday on SiriusXM Patriot Channel 125.
"I think the thing that Breitbart has done is you've captured the spirit of what is actually going on in the country, where there is a large group of people for whatever reason—we can go over all of them—have been disaffected from the economic franchise," Scaramucci said in that exclusive interview. "One of the most successful things about the president is that he has a vision for these people, but he also identified that way earlier than what I would call the typical politician who really wasn't focused on it. So what I'm going to be doing over there is bringing staff in and developing messages so we can go out there and reach the people that need the most help in the United States."
LISTEN TO ANTHONY SCARAMUCCI ON BREITBART NEWS SATURDAY:
Scaramucci further explained in the Breitbart News interview that during the campaign, when he was with the president in New Mexico, "it's one of my first campaign stops with the president—we're on then Trump Force One, we land in Albuquerque. We go over to the Albuquerque Civic Center—Matt, I take my Secret Service day pin off and I go behind and around the security perimeter into the crowd. There's 8,000 people there. I'm shaking hands with these people and then it dawns on me, 'Oh my God, these are the people I grew up with.'
"These are blue-collar, middle-class people who are shifting into the lower class because of some level of economic desperation. Factories have been shut down, opportunity has been lost in these little towns. Since NAFTA, we have lost 70,000 factories in the United States. So, it was the president—this is one of the most admirable things about him—it was the president who showed me, who grew up in a middle-class area like that what was going on in my hometown. Matt, I was spending too much time trying to spiral my way up into the global elite—I went to some fancy schools and then I worked at Goldman [Sachs] and I was trying to make myself some money to become financially independent and I missed it. So, it's one of the reasons why I'm so passionate to get reconnected to that and to help the president help those people."
So, when Scaramucci appeared afterward on Sunday on CNN's State of the Union with Tapper—who also hosts "The Lead with Jake Tapper" on weekdays—he was talking about it again. And interestingly, Tapper puffed up his own credentials trying to link himself back to the middle class and the working class in America—a link he does not have.
"I grew up in a very similar neighborhood in Philadelphia," Tapper told Scaramucci on Sunday.
Tapper, when he was growing up, went to a private elite high school with exorbitant tuition rates. The Akiba Hebrew Academy in Bryn Mawr, Pennsylvania. His father was a graduate of Harvard Medical School, and a wealthy pediatrician. Before Harvard, Tapper's father went to Dartmouth—another Ivy League school that Tapper would eventually attend.
Tapper and CNN spokeswoman Lauren Pratapas have not answered detailed questions from Breitbart News about how much money Tapper's family paid for him to go to Akiba or how they paid it—renamed in 2007 the Jack M. Barrack Hebrew Academy after a $5 million donation from the Barrack family. Tuition at the Barrack Hebrew Academy, according to its website, is now in the range of $26,500 to $32,500 per year. The school's finance director has not responded to a request for comment on how much tuition would have been in the 1980s when Tapper went there.
Tapper and Pratapas have also not answered what years Tapper went to Akiba, but from publicly available news reports it appears Tapper went there from at least eighth grade through his senior year of high school to graduation in 1987. He may have gone there longer, as it appears that the school—at least now—offers classes from sixth grade through high school.
They have also not answered how Tapper got into Dartmouth, and whether the fact that his father was a graduate of the Ivy League school played any part in getting him in—or how much Tapper paid to Dartmouth in tuition and how he and his family paid it. They have also declined to answer how much the house he grew up in was worth.
When Breitbart News contacted Tapper with these questions Sunday afternoon after he made these comments earlier in his interview with Scaramucci, Tapper added Pratapas—CNN's corporate communications spokeswoman—onto the email. He has not answered any of them, nor has Pratapas. Instead, Tapper took to Twitter to try to pre-empt this Breitbart News investigation into the latest fake news from CNN—going on a Tweet-storm on Sunday afternoon with a number of comments about this matter.
Someone asked about my saying I grew up in a neighborhood similar to @Scaramucci so wanted to expand on that. Mom and Dad moved to Philly 1/
— Jake Tapper (@jaketapper) July 23, 2017
That someone was us at Breitbart News–with the above-mentioned questions.
https://twitter.com/ArthurSchwartz/status/889210620851171328
Tapper went on for many more Tweets.
2/ when I was a couple months old. My mom still lives in the same house in Queen Village – right on the border with South Philly. There was
3/ subsidized government housing (Southwark) half a block away. When I was 8 my parents divorced and dad moved to suburbs in 1979 after
4/ he remarried. My parents had joint custody so I split time with them. My dad is a doctor so we were never wanting; plenty of working
5/ class people lived/live where my mom still lives. And indeed I talked to some of them when we covered the Dem convention in Philly …
6/ last year! https://t.co/IC3kMP2uVl
7/ Trump won a ward in South Philly (and 2 in NE Philly) which did not surprise me after Mr Termini told me about "leaners" (watch the clip)
8/ Philly represent! Have a great Sunday — pic.twitter.com/de2Rl0kpL9
It is interesting that Tapper decided to Tweet out a non-response in attempt to pre-empt this Breitbart News investigation into his background that he misstated on live television–over-inflating his ties to working-class Americans. It is interesting because many people at CNN, including Tapper, were critical of Donald Trump Jr., for releasing emails via Twitter before the New York Times published them. In fact, CNN reporter Dan Merica Tweeted this just 12 days ago, back on July 11:
Worth noting Trump Jr. tweeted his emails because the NYT first contacted him with questions about those emails. https://t.co/LDrHepsl2c
— Dan Merica (@merica) July 11, 2017
Tapper retweeted that Tweet from his colleague Merica.
Tapper and Pratapas have not responded to a follow-up email seeking comment on why Tapper's behavior–tweeting to pre-empt a news investigation–was acceptable, given the fact it was the same thing Trump Jr., did.
Tapper is already coming under serious criticism for what he did to inflate his connections to blue-collar Americans–when he is in fact an Ivy League elite.
This latest screw-up by CNN comes amid the worst stretch in the network's history. The network previously attacked, falsely, Scaramucci–accusing him of having "meetings" that never happened and being under Senate Intelligence Committee and Treasury Department investigation for those non-existent meetings, something that was untrue. A Breitbart News investigation uncovered the fact that the Senate Intelligence Committee was not in fact investigating this and that the Treasury Department–at the urging of Sen. Liz Warren (D-MA) to now Treasury Secretary Steve Mnuchin before Trump's inauguration–had looked into these scurrilous and inaccurate accusations against Scaramucci and determined them to be entirely "without merit."
CNN was forced to retract the very fake news hit piece as a result of Breitbart News' investigation, and three of the network's senior-most editorial staffers, including the head of CNN's investigative unit resigned in disgrace. The network–including Pratapas and other spokespersons like Emily Kuhn, Richard Hudock, and Liza Pluto–continue to refuse to answer any questions about the scandal. The network refuses to be transparent about this matter and a whole host of others, abandoning the pretext of journalistic integrity.
More from Breitbart News' investigation into the very fake news scandal engulfing CNN is forthcoming.
MediaPoliticsRadioAnthony ScaramucciCNNDonald TrumpEmily Kuhnfake newsJake TapperLauren PratapasVery Fake News


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Chikungunya a mosquito-transmitted viral disease
Chikungunya is an acute mosquito-transmitted viral disease. Fever (>39ºC [102.2°F]) and severe, often debilitating polysrthralgias that are typically bilateral and symmetric present 1-12 days after a bit by an infected mosquito. Other symptoms may include headache, myalgia, conjunctivitis, nausea/emesis, and fatigue. Patients may have arthritis and/or maculopapular rash on physical exam. Laboratory studies may show lymphopenia, thrombocytopenia, an elevated creatinine, and/or elevated hepatic transaminases.
Chikungunya is most commonly transmitted via the bites of Aedes aegypti and Aedes albopictus mosquitoes, the latter of which can be found within the United States. The disease is endemic in many parts of Africa and Asia, especially in and around the Indian Ocean and Southeast Asia, as well as parts of Oceania; autochthonous transmission has been documented in the Caribbean since 2013. Rarely, chikungunya virus can be transmitted from blood-borne exposure or in utero and intrapartum from mother to neonate.
The risk of a person transmitting chikungunya to a biting mosquito or through blood is highest when the patient is viremic during the first 2-6 days of illness. Individuals suspected or confirmed to have chikungunya should therefore be instructed to stay indoors and avoid mosquito bites during their first week of illness. Patients should be encouraged to aggressively control and eliminate mosquitoes around their homes and businesses by eliminating areas of standing water. Windows and door screens should be checked for holes/tears and repaired. Individuals should use mosquito repellents containing 20-30% DEET and wear long sleeves and pants when possible.
Diagnosis can be made via serological methods to detect evidence of acute infection (IgM and neutralizing antibiotics) as well as via polymerase chain reaction (PCR) testing for virus in viremic patients. Acute antibodies should be detectable ≥4 days after onset, but all patients suspected of having chikungunya should also have convalescent-phase testing performed. PCR testing will most often identify virus in samples collected in the first 8 days of illness.
You may have to have testing through your local DOH.
chikungunya virus, mosquito, transmitting chikungunya
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The Senate health care bill would leave millions of women uninsured, cause a spike in unintended pregnancies, and increase Medicaid spending on births, the Congressional Budget Office projects.
How Far Can American and Israel Trust the Instincts of Saudi Arabia's New Heir?
The timing of the news out of Saudi Arabia was unexpected. But the die had been cast and the result was inevitable: King Salman's son, Muhammad bin Salman (MBS), was elevated to Crown Prince, displacing his older cousin, Muhammad bin Nayef (MBN). Like monarchs everywhere, Saudi kings favor passing the throne to their direct descendants.
Read more about How Far Can American and Israel Trust the Instincts of Saudi Arabia's New Heir?
ROCKFORD, Ill.—Illinois Rep. Cheri Bustos is the only member of Democratic Party leadership from the Midwest, and now she has a new job: tutoring her fellow House Democrats on talking to the rural voters that her party has lost to Republicans.
As one of just 12 Democratic House lawmakers representing a district carried by President Donald Trump in last year's election, the future of Ms. Bustos's party may depend on her instruction.
Under "Trumpcare," formally known as the American Health Care Act, Republicans want to strip the "essential health benefits" provision, according to TIME's Money feature. Under the Affordable Care Act, also known as Obamacare, those essential benefits covered 10 categories that included coverage of maternity and newborn care. If eliminated, insurers could once more sell plans that do not cover pregnancy-related costs — which is bad news for moms, families, and babies.
Reports suggest that President Trump has finally decided to pull out of the 2015 Paris climate agreement after many weeks of a back and forth administration tug-of-war. Trump himself has tweeted that he will make an official announcement in the coming days. I have followed the ups and downs of this debate more closely than most, and weighed in where I could, because, as the U.S. special envoy for climate change, I led the U.S. negotiating effort from the start of the Obama administration through and beyond the Paris talks.
When Kyrin Falcetti dropped her 4-year old son Cole off at the babysitter, she had no idea it would be the last time she'd see him.
One hour in, the young boy somehow got his hands on a loaded gun at the sitter's house and shot himself to death.
"I don't want to be burying my son," Falcetti. "He didn't do anything wrong."Cole's babysitter shared a home with her fiancé who is a sheriff's deputy in training.
Two more states — Arkansas and Georgia — have passed "campus carry" laws permitting licensed gun owners to pack concealed firearms at public universities, on the bizarre premise that students will be more secure from the nation's epidemic of gun violence if there are more guns.


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O foguete Zenit-3F (em ucraniano, Зеніт-3F, que significa Zênite-3F), é um veículo de lançamento descartável
ucraniano, também conhecido como Zenit-3SLBF ou Zenit-2SB/Fregat, membro da família de foguetes Zenit, projetado pelo Yuzhnoye Design Bureau.

O primeiro voo ocorreu em 20 de janeiro de 2011.

Família Zenit de foguetes
Veículos de lançamento espacial da Ucrânia


Twin towers actually attacked by the US.
It allowed the US forces to advance their troops onto Afghanistan and united the whole of America behind the cause. This benefitted the US both financially and politically.
No one has yet found any physical evidence of a 'grand conspiracy' by U.S. officials regarding 9/11.
None of the hijackers were American.
Iran was planning to trade their oil in currency other than USD. Esssentially lowering the value of the Dollar.Iraq had already begun trading in currency other than USD. The Attacks of 9/11 put the U.S. in the two main positions to make a "show of force" to Iran as well as seize Iraq oil.
The security of WTC and an airport involved were enforced by the same family that funded the terrorists. Additional suspicion also arises when Bertha Champagne dies in the Bush's driveway, crushed by her own car, which then drove past the checkpoint and into the woods.
If a country knows the number of flies on the other side of the world, how they cant detect unknown planes inside the air spaces. Funny.


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QR to axe train services during Commonwealth Games
As predicted by BrizCommuter last November, it is looking like Queensland Rail's (QR) Rail Fail is going to seriously impact SE Queensland commuters during the Commonwealth Games, being held on the Gold Coast between the 4th and 15th of April 2018.
The Courier Mail recently ran an article on this subject, based on concern from Rail Back on Track, which included this quote:
" ... Asked about the risk of another rail fail debacle from extra stress on the network during the event, Commonwealth Games Minister Kate Jones yesterday said: "We are very confident that both TransLink and the Director-General of Transport and Main Roads [Neil Scales] have given their assurance that we can deliver the additional capacity."
BrizCommuter is very concerned that Commonwealth Games Minister Kate Jones is being kept in the dark about the impending Commonwealth Games Rail Fail, just as ex-Transport Minister Stirling Hinchliffe was kept in the dark about Rail Fail. Kate, you might want to read the below blog post...
Not enough drivers + extra Gold Coast Line services = axed train services for other lines
It has already been stated by the Strachan Inquiry that there will be insufficient train crew to run the full "October 2016" timetable until late 2018 with overtime, and mid/late 2019 without overtime. These dates are after the Commonwealth Games. As there are plans for increasing train services on the Gold Coast Line during the Commonwealth Games to 8 train per hour (tph) (from the current 2tph off-peak), then it is pretty obvious that train services will need to be reduced on QR's other train lines due to lack of drivers. The delay to New Generation Rollingstock (NGR) trains will also not help the situation, though the lack of driver issue seems to be far more pressing.
Unfortunately, at this stage it is unknown how bad these service cuts are going to be. Since the start of #RailFail, QR and TransLink have provided inadequate timetables, the worst of which have been:
Summer School Holiday Timetable - QR axed up to 60% of peak services on some lines, and eliminated express services, despite demand only being 25% less than usual. This caused severe overcrowding on some services, and commuters angry with longer commutes.
Easter Timetables - QR ran hourly train services, the worst Easter period train service in Oceana (yes, even worse than Adelaide and Wellington), causing commuter backlash.
Friday timetable - confusingly different to the Monday to Thursday timetable, QR's Friday timetable makes the rail network barely useable to many users, with hourly peak service gaps, and severely overcrowded trains.
Based on recent experience of QR and TransLink's complete disregard for customers, the cut timetables may only be announced a few weeks before the Commonwealth Games, with many commuters being completely unaware of the changes until their usual train fails to appear. What service cuts might be expected during the Commonwealth Games?
Weekday peak services - the combination of driver, train, and track capacity resources is likely to result in some train lines having peak services reduced by around 50%, and some express services may be eliminated (including quite possibly on the Gold Coast Line). Despite the Commonwealth Games being held during the Easter School Holidays, this service will still be inadequate for those who need to get to work on-time.
Weekday off-peak services - due to more drivers being required on the Gold Coast Line, then BrizCommuter expects that the already butchered 15 minute off-peak services will be axed, with a 30 minute off-peak service in place. This will be annoying for shift workers, and those trying to get to appointments, shopping, events, and entertainment in and around Brisbane. It will also increase journey and waiting times for passengers trying to connect to the increased Gold Coast Line services.
Weekend services - depending on the driver situation, there may be no change to the usual 30 minute off-peak, though the worst case scenario is the return of the horrendous hourly train services as per the Easter 2017 timetable. This would be disastrous for passengers connecting to the increased Gold Coast Line services. It should be noted that Brisbane already has the most infrequent weekend train services in Oceana.
Of course, this is in stark contrast to the highly successful London 2012 Olympics where train service frequency (typically 24tph), and operating hours were increased on all Tube lines during the event.
Enhanced Gold Coast Line services
The problem with 3 tracks
Lack of drivers and trains is not the only issue for the 2018 Commonwealth Games train services. On QR's project page for the Coomera to Helensvale duplication, it is mentioned that the Gold Coast Line will run 8tph in both directions during the Games. That is a train on average every 7.5 minutes in each direction.
To operate the above mentioned bi-directional 8tph service runs into a few issues due to lacking track infrastructure on the Gold Coast/Beenleigh Line corridor. Due to a half-baked infrastructure projects during the Beattie/Bligh era, there are only 3 tracks between Park Road and Kuraby (when there should have been 4), and only 2 tracks between Kuraby and Varsity Lakes (with a 3rd track at Bethania). This allows an 8tph service in one direction with express Gold Coast trains able to overtake slower all stations/stopping Beenleigh Line trains. But in the opposite direction, the Gold Coast trains are unable to overtake the Beenleigh Line trains as they have to share the same track.
As trains are unable to leapfrog each other, this is likely to be causing a major headache for QR's schedulers. BrizCommuter doubts that the claimed bi-directional 8tph services will be possible, without either slowing down Gold Coast train services, or severely limiting services calling at Beenleigh Line stations. Just to exacerbate the issue, the normal peak service direction will be the opposite to the Commonwealth Games peak traffic direction. Thus QR will have to choose between either slowing down regular commuters trying to get to/from work in Brisbane, or slowing down passengers trying to get to/from the Commonwealth Games on the Gold Coast.
Unreliable EMU Trains
Due to the serious NGR project failure, it is likely that very few NGR trains will be in service by April 2018. Thus QR will still be relying on their geriatric EMU fleet of trains. There seems to be a noticeable decrease in EMU reliability recently. A broken down EMU train blocking the path of trains trying to get to/from the Gold Coast could be disastrous during the Commonwealth Games. Also, a broken down train on other lines will make the reduced train service frequency even worse.
It looks like the policy failures of three successive Queensland state governments, combined with institutional incompetence in QR, is going to make SE Queensland look even more backwards on the world stage (well, ex-British Empire stage) during the 2018 Gold Coast Commonwealth Games. This impending issue is already starting to attract the international press. Rail Fail may make getting stuck in traffic on the M1 the more attractive option for getting around SE Queensland during the Games.
Addendum 23/04/17
The Courier Mail have reported that Commonwealth Games chiefs in London had written to the "Palaszczuk Government warning the event was at "significant risk" due to the magnitude of transport planning problems faced". This of course, no surprise to many BrizCommuter readers who can quite clearly see that decades of continuing 1960s road-centric transport policy in SE Queensland has placed the urban conurbation into a transport nightmare. This is confounded when you have to efficiently move hundreds of thousands of event goers. Will this be a wake up call that Brisbane is far behind other Oceana cities when it comes to public transport? Or will SE Queensland's politicians just continue with their spin and denial?
Posted by BrizCommuter at 11:45 AM 3 comments:
Labels: #RailFail, 2018, Axed, Brisbane, Commonwealth Games, Cut, Driver, Fail, Gold Coast, Kate Jones, Lack, Line, Neil Scales, Peter Beattie, QR, Queensland Rail, Rail, SE Queensland, Services, Train
QR's Easter Rail Fail - The Backlash Begins
Queensland Rail - Not many trains this Easter
BrizCommuter has reported on Queensland Rail's (QR) Easter Rail Fail with unacceptable hourly train services over two weekends, in a few recent blog posts - here, here, and here.
QR and TransLink's contempt for the travelling public has been displayed in responses to complaints about the timetable, such as this example:
"These changes have been put in place to ensure reliable services and to give certainty to commuters, while helping to manage our resources. We know that 68 percent fewer people travel by rail over the Easter long weekend. With that in mind, hourly services on most lines will ensure reliability and certainty, while still delivering an adequate frequency for the decreased demand"
Hourly services are not adequate in the slightest, irrespective of demand - people still have to get to/from work, university, shopping, family, events, and entertainment. That is why every other urban rail system in Oceana is running trains between every 10 to 30 minutes. Even Adelaide and Wellington have more frequent train services than Brisbane! To then classify the service changes as "minor" is quite insulting to the travelling public. Are QR and TransLink living a parallel universe of delusion and spin?
Not surprisingly, there has already been a lot of backlash on QR and TransLink's social media (Facebook and Twitter) - not helped by multiple late running trains on Saturday 8th April (none of which were reported on-line by TransLink). As QR conveniently keep deleting their Facebook posts and thus negative comments, BrizCommuter has kindly archived some of them below:
"It's taken me 3 hours to get from Bethania to Nundah due time timetable changes.
I've just lost a $100 job now as I have missed my appointment. I only allowed 1.5 hours to travel this short distance.
I feel like moving away to a real city with modern services.
Brisbane is a second rate city with third rate transportation.
The slowest, over priced trains I have seen anywhere.
What a rip off!"
"Rosewood train 15 minutes late?! You have less services and you still can't run on time. Great, thanks. Incompetence."
"Wow! Trains running hourly on the ipswich line for the next two weekends hey? Thanks for the signs and announcements, not! Not like I'm trying to get to work. Which I'm now going to be late for because u didn't bother to let anyone know about this. Typical bloody Translink and QR. I will be writing a formal complaint about this. Not impressed!"
"How do you guys manage to have hourly trains STILL run late.
Also why have less trains (on school holidays) when there's more people?
Someone needs to be bloody sacked."
Or maybe pay me back the hours pay I lost (essentially a $30 ticket) to get to my destination in the first place."
"Joke Translink. What other cities change trains to run hourly. No wonder we get called the nanny state. Not enough drivers and saving $'s more like it."
"It's got nothing to do with reduced patronage. That is a complete distraction. It's got everything to do with poor planning over years which has resulted in a shortfall in drivers. Disgusting."
"If you're going to change the trains to hourly without warning could you at least make sure the train comes on time and not have an announcement that the the train is 10 minutes late as it arrives. It was kind of evident that the train was 10 minutes late when it arrived 10 minutes late."
"Many people took the 4.46 train from Central Station to Redcliffe Peninsula and got off the train at Bowen Hills because of the speaker saying that it was express from Bowen Hills to Northgate stopping only at Eagle Junction and it wasn't true!! Stopped all stations!!!!"
"Not happy QR last time I had to worry about ever missing a train and having to wait an hour would have been the 1990's! Those used to a 15 minute service are now 30mins! I heard this happens again Easter weekend too. Lord help those on the Sunshine Coast line, I believe it is two hours between services. Sharpen up QR!"
"Shout out to all those uni students which have mid semester exams on saturdays - they still need to get in and out of uni and running trains hourly is a huge inconvenience. Imagine if an hourly train gets cancelled - they will have to wait two hours to get to uni and will likely miss their exam. I understand reduced services for holidays, but it doesn't make sense when it is only school holidays and not public holidays? Uni students and workers still need to get in and out of the city....not happy at all "
"Why are pax told to detrain at Yeerongpilly on Corinda via Yeerongpilly services?"
"QR, the only place you pay full price for the privelidge of inconvenience."
"Yay to my 4 hour trip tomorrow! With my 57 min wait. thanks translink."
"Over priced, unreliable & no concept of customer service...
Yep, that's Queensland Rail!"
"Fantastic work Translink, 58minute wait at the station for my train to the Gold Coast, the schedule isn't just hourly it isn't even the same normal times, great work! You're in Public Transport, you don't see Airlines creating a special Easter Schedule, they hire appropriate numbers of staff to handle it!"
"I'm disgusted. Don't have occasion to use the trains much but trying to get to Southbank and back was just awful. You can do better than this. Brisbane deserves better."
"It's great when Brisbane hosts a world class event like the Davis Cup, encourages visitors to use the train network to get to the venue, then cancels half the trains so we can sit at Park Road for 50 minutes. Hourly trains are not good enough, and you wonder why patronage is down??"
"Left work early so I could get home at a reasonable time and actually see my kids, knowing that if I didn't, I'd be waiting over 50 minutes for my train. Train turns up late anyway. Can't wait till next weekend when I get to deal with this nonsense all over again."
"I was shocked when I found this out today. The funny thing is the 500 bus leave 4 mins before the train is due so you have to wait another hour for a bus home. If the trains changes should the buses not change to meet the trains. Why does this not happen."
"Yeah pity about the extra hour it'll take me to get home though because of the infrequency of services."
"Normal high fares and service levels below the already subpar levels!"
"I see Coles are advertising on TV Every Checkout Open this Weekend from 10am to 6pm 8th & 9th April 2017. Where was Queensland Rail's TV advertising telling us that you have reduced services for this very same weekend and passengers may also miss train and bus connections due to the changed passenger train tables. Queensland Rail > " We aim to be Australia's best performing railway delivering safe, on time, customer-focused and efficient rail services." Can you please let us know when you plan on delivering on this statement."
"Thank you Translink, I'm late for work again"
Bit of a disaster isn't is QR and TransLink? And it's not even the Easter weekend yet!
Labels: #RailFail, 2017, 60 minutes, April, Backlash, Delay, Easter, Facebook, Fail, Hourly, Infrequent, Late, QR, Queensland Rail, Rail, service, Social Media, Train, Twitter, Weekend
NGR - RTI Access Denied
It is a mirage, or a real NGR?
BrizCommuter recently reported on the heavy delays to the New Generation Rollingstock (NGR) project. Rather than being managed by rail operator Queensland Rail, this disastrous project is being managed by the Department of Transport and Main Roads (TMR). TMR were also behind the significant delays to the Moreton Bay Rail Link due to signalling incompatibilities. The Director-General of TMR is none other than Neil Scales, who has recently been Acting CEO of QR, during which he has overseen the debacles of the inadequate School Summer Holiday Timetable, the Xmas Day cancellation-fest, and the planning of the disgraceful Easter Holiday Timetable. Mr Scales was also reportedly involved with $116m spent on an aborted tram scheme in Liverpool, UK. Concerned?
With all of the alleged NGR project issues, it is no surprise that multiple parties have made Right to Information (RTI) requests to the Queensland Government to access project information. In a continuation of the non-existent transparency that Queenslanders are sadly used to - all RTI requests about the NGR project have been either denied, withdrawn, or the decision being delayed as long as possible. Not a single RTI request related to the NGR project has been disclosed to the public. For example:
Correspondence between Queensland Rail CEO Helen Gluer and Director-General Neil Scales regarding the New Generation Rollingstock Project from 1 January 2015 and 31 December 2016.
Currently being processed - i.e. no decision
Documents relating to:
1. Agreed project milestones for the New Generation Passenger Rollingstock (NGR) Project.
2. Copies of any annual performance reviews of the NGR project.
3. Reports/briefing papers/minutes of NGR project monitoring committee meetings.
Time period/date range for request: 1 January 2015 - 30 January 2017.
Application refused
- abatements involving Queensland Rail re Citytrain services
- a copy of the letter attached to an email to Neil Scales on October 21 labelled as "disruptions.docs"
- documents discussing issues relating to Moreton Bay Rail Link signalling and the New Generation Rollingstock project
- documents relating to disputes in relation to the New Generation Rollingstock project.
Application withdrawn
Briefing notes and correspondence regarding the commissioning of New Generation Rollingstock including risks, variances, crew requirements. Time period / date range for request: February 2015 - October 2016.
135/04570-MIN
All documents relating to any discussions, briefings, meetings between the Minister for Transport and a)Translink, b) Queensland Rail representatives and c) Queensland Rail board members that relate to
1. train driver capacity for the South East network over the year 2016 with particular reference to the impact of the opening of the Redcliffe line;
2. overtime for QR drivers;
3. possible train driver shortages;
4. the NGR trains - capabilities, timing in terms of being ready for passengers and/or and changes to those timings; and
5. the NGR trains and any concerns and or issues relating to design, braking systems, safety requirements.
Time period/date range for request: 1 January 2016 - 1 November 2016. (This application was made to the Minister for Transport and the Commonwealth Games)
Departmental and Ministerial Briefing Notes and attachments, reports, emails and internal correspondence to and from Queensland Rail, relating to:
1. New Generation Rollingstock (NGR);
2. QR driver recruitment.
Timeframe: 01/01/2015 to 01/11/2016.
Currently being processed - i.e. no decision made
All documents related to, but not limited to, correspondence between Minister Stirling Hinchliffe and other parties regarding the New Generation Rollingstock. Time period/date range for request: 1 August 2016 - 31 October 2016.
(This application was made to the Minister for Transport and the Commonwealth Games)
Would Mr Scales like to explain exactly what the Department of Transport and Main Roads is trying to hide?
TMR's RTI (lack of) disclosure log:
http://www.tmr.qld.gov.au/About-us/Right-to-Information/Disclosure-log
Posted by BrizCommuter at 6:30 AM 6 comments:
Labels: Application, Delay, Department of Transport and Main Roads, Fail, failure, Government, Neil Scales, New Generation Rollingstock, NGR, Project, QR, Queensland, Queensland Rail, Refused, Right to Information, RTI, TMR
QR's Easter Rail Fail - Brisbane vs Everywhere Else
Melbourne - Easter trains up to every 10 minutes
BrizCommuter's most recent blog post looked at the awful news that Queensland Rail (QR) will reduce train frequency to hourly services over the Easter Weekend (14-17th April 2017), and the weekend before (8th/9th April 2017). It is not known whether this is directly caused by the lack of drivers issue, or whether it is an excuse for QR to reduce their driver overtime costs. In this blog post, BrizCommuter shows how bad this situation is, comparing Brisbane's rail services on these affected days to other cities in Oceana. Typical daytime service frequencies at stations 10km from CBD are shown.
Brisbane - 60 minutes (1tph)
Melbourne - 10 to 20 minutes (3 to 6tph)
Sydney - 15 minutes (4tph)
Perth - 15 minutes (4tph)
Adelaide - 30 minutes (2tph)
Auckland - 30 minutes (2tph)
Wellington - 30 minutes (2tph)
Winner of Easter Egg Train Hunt is Melbourne, with up to a 500% more frequent train service than Brisbane over the Easter period. Sydney and Perth are in joint second place, with four times as many trains as Brisbane.
Adelaide, which has half the population of Brisbane, has experienced improved service frequencies in recent years. Aside from a couple of short branch lines, Adelaide will be running twice as frequent train services than backwards Brisbane. In fact, its light rail line (outside of the scope of this comparison) will be running trams four times more frequently than Brisbane's trains over Easter.
Auckland, a city slightly smaller population than Brisbane on its own (excluding the rest of SE Queensland) manages to run a 30 minute train service on it's recently electrified rail network. Finally, Wellington, with a population of just 1/10th of Brisbane, still manages to run train services at twice the frequency of failed rail operator QR. It is thus confirmed that Brisbane will have the worst Easter train service of all Oceana (Australia and New Zealand) urban rail systems.
Sadly it is not just the frequency and number of train services where Brisbanites and SE Queenslanders will be missing out. Due to the Easter services running at different clock face times than usual, usual bus and train connections will be missed. So far, TransLink and QR have failed to effectively communicate the Easter service changes to customers, which will result in some commuters having a very nasty Easter Egg surprise from QR.
Brisbane the "New World City" is currently more like Brisbane the "New World Laughingstock".
Labels: #RailFail, 2017, 60 minutes, Adelaide, Comparison, Easter, Fail, frequency, Hourly, Infrequent, Melbourne, QR, Queensland Rail, Rail, service, Sydney, Train
QR Spoils Easter for SE Queensland
Last updated 3/4/17 6:30am
As previously rumoured, failed SE Queensland rail operator Queensland Rail (QR) have sunk to a new low in customer service. Whilst the news is currently saturated with the post Cyclone Debbie natural disaster, the Deputy Premier and Minister for Transport Jackie Trad conveniently announced that Easter train services, and also the weekend before Easter (8-9th April), will only run hourly. Trains services will only run every 2 hours on the Sunshine Coast Line. Only the Airport Line will still run the usual 30 minute service. The train times will also be at a different time to the normal clock face times, which will frustrate passengers with even longer waits and missed bus/train connections.
The spin is that this will make Easter services more reliable, though QR appear to run an unreliable service irrespective of frequency. This horrendous service reduction will take QR back to era of diesel hauled services in the late 70s, early 80s. BrizCommuter is very disappointed that Neil Scales (A/CEO of QR, and D-G of Department of Transport and Main Roads) saying that the "2017 timetable would be in place for the whole of 2017" turned out to be a lie.
Quite clearly, QR do not care the slightest bit about the travelling public including those who need to travel over Easter and the weekend prior, including:
Hospital and Emergency Service workers.
Hospitality and restaurant workers.
Retail workers.
Students travelling to/from University Exams on Sat 8th April.
People wanting to go shopping (or other amenities) in and around Brisbane CBD.
Families wanting to get to/from various events in and around Brisbane (and there are a lot of events on over Easter).
People wanting to travel to/from the Gold and Sunshine Coasts.
People wanting to get to/from 5 major sporting events over the Easter weekend.
Anyone else trying to avoid Easter road congestion.
BrizCommuter has just cancelled a restaurant reservation in Brisbane's CBD on Easter Saturday, as he can't face up to a 59 minute wait for a train home. BrizCommuter's work colleagues will struggle to get to work by train, and will have to add to road congestion on the Pacific and Bruce Highways instead. Also, at the time of writing, TransLink have failed to publish any .pdf timetables. Lets hope QR make more of an effort at informing customers about the Easter changes than the previous #RailFail changes.
QR's worsening #RailFail begs quite a few questions:
Are there going to be any more cutbacks to the "2017 timetable". Are more weekends going to see hourly services?
Do QR realise the damage this will cause businesses and events?
Do QR understand the further reputational damage this will cause to Brisbane and SE Queensland?
What is the point of the seemingly useless Citytrain Response Unit, if it does not prevent further service cuts?
Just when commuters didn't think #RailFail could get any worse, it does. Public transport operation, and governance need a complete overhaul in Brisbane. With utter contempt for public transport users, the ALP Palaszczuk government appears to be handing the next election on a plate to the LNP.
Government spin:
http://statements.qld.gov.au/Statement/2017/4/1/easter-train-timetable-to-ensure-reliability-for-commuters
TransLink information:
https://translink.com.au/service-updates/121051
Meanwhile in Western Australia, which will be running trains every 15 minutes, there is an increase in long distance public transport services for Easter...
Posted by BrizCommuter at 4:06 PM 10 comments:
Labels: #RailFail, 2017, 60 minute, Brisbane, Cuts, Disgrace, Easter, Fail, frequency, Hourly, Infrequent, Jackie Trad, public holiday, QR, Queensland Rail, Rail, SE Queensland, Services, Train, Weekend


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Der Hamburg Cemetery ist eine Kriegsgräberstätte mit 676 Soldatengräbern des Ersten Weltkriegs und 1889 Soldatengräbern des Zweiten Weltkriegs, die  von der Commonwealth War Graves Commission (CWGC) errichtet wurde und betreut wird. Der Soldatenfriedhof ist ein besonders ausgewiesenes Begräbnisareal innerhalb des Hauptfriedhofs Ohlsdorf in Hamburg.

Gräber des Ersten Weltkriegs
Während des Ersten Weltkriegs wurde ein Teil des Hauptfriedhofs Ohlsdorf als Grabstätte für über 300 in der Kriegsgefangenschaft verstorbene alliierte Soldaten genutzt. Im Jahre 1923 hatte die CWGC beschlossen, für alle Opfer und Gefallenen des Commonwealth vier zentrale Gedenkstätten bzw. Soldatenfriedhöfe zu erbauen; einer dieser Hauptfriedhöfe wurde in Hamburg auf dem Friedhof Ohlsdorf errichtet.

Später wurden von 120 vorläufigen Soldatenfriedhöfen aus Schleswig-Holstein, Mecklenburg, Oldenburg, Hannover und Braunschweig, Sachsen und Westfalen wurden die Gefallenen und Toten auf dem neuen Soldatenfriedhof beigesetzt.

Insgesamt wurden 708 verstorbene oder gefallene Soldaten des Ersten Weltkriegs beigesetzt oder auf Ehrentafeln erwähnt. Hier wird besonders der verstorbenen Kriegsgefangenen aus Parchim durch Ehrentafeln gedacht, deren Grabstätten nicht aufgefunden werden konnten. Eine weitere Ehrung kommt den 25 – nicht identifizierten – Marineangehörigen zu, die 1916 mit einem U-Boot vor Helgoland gesunken waren. Der Volksbund Deutsche Kriegsgräberfürsorge nennt 676 beigesetzte Commonwealth-Soldaten aus dem Ersten Weltkrieg. Eine Namensliste der im Ersten Weltkrieg gestorbenen britischen Soldaten liegt vor.

Gräber des Zweiten Weltkriegs

Nach dem Zweiten Weltkrieg wurden 1.466 Soldaten des Commonwealth beigesetzt. Sie gehörten zu den Flugzeugbesatzungen, deren Flugzeuge abgeschossen wurden, oder sie waren als Besatzungsstreitkräfte eingesetzt. Es folgten einige Jahre später noch weitere 378 Beisetzungen von Angehörigen des Commonwealth. 14 Gräber wurden für Soldaten anderer Nationalitäten errichtet. Der Volksbund Deutsche Kriegsgräberfürsorge nennt 1.889 beigesetzte Commonwealth-Soldaten aus dem Zweiten Weltkrieg. Eine Namensliste der im Zweiten Weltkrieg gestorbenen britischen Soldaten liegt vor.

Gestaltung
Die Bebauung und Bepflanzung auf diesem Soldatenfriedhof folgt den Bestimmungen der CWGC, die auf allen Kriegsgräberstätten einheitlich sind. Der Blick in die Anlage erlaubt eine weite Sicht über die Grabreihen und wird im Hintergrund durch eine Ehrenhalle abgeschlossen. Die Anlage wurde durch Robert Lorimer gestaltet.

In der Sichtachse hebt sich das große Kreuz mit angebrachtem Kreuzritterschwert (Cross of Sacrifice) deutlich hervor, ihm folgt der Altarstein (Stone of Remembrance) mit der Inschrift "Their Name Liveth For Evermore".

Die aus weißem Kalksandstein ebenerdig aufgestellten Grabsteine sind einheitlich mit dem Emblem der militärischen Einheit des Bestatteten, seinem Todestag, der Religionszugehörigkeit (soweit bekannt), dem Namen und Dienstgrad und ggfs. einem Erinnerungsvers von Angehörigen beschriftet.

Die Grünfläche ist durchgehend mit einem Rasen bepflanzt, die kleinen Grabsteinbeete sind überwiegend mit halbhohen Rosenstauden geschmückt. Nur vereinzelte Bäume lockern die symmetrisch angelegten Grabsteinreihen und Gebäudeteile auf.

In einem der "Wachhäuschen"  befindet sich ein Besucherbuch.

Einzelnachweise

Filme
 hamburg friedhof ohlsdorf commonwealth war graves auf youtube.

Weblinks

 Website Commonwealth War Graves Commission – Hamburg Cemetery (englisch)
 Hamburg War Cemetery (mit vielen Bildern) (englisch)
  (PDF-Datei; 8,14 MB)
 Friedhof Hamburg-Ohlsdorf

Soldatenfriedhof in Deutschland
Friedhof in Hamburg
Hamburg-Ohlsdorf
Commonwealth War Graves Commission
Gegründet 1923
Kriegsgräberstätte in Hamburg
Bauwerk im Bezirk Hamburg-Nord
Friedhof in Europa
Gedenkstätte des Ersten Weltkriegs
Gedenkstätte des Zweiten Weltkriegs


In hardware and software, fragmentation is inevitable. Eventually newer software will demand too much of older hardware, and the older hardware will need to enter the realm of being unsupported. Sure, this can be caused artificially by the software or hardware maker not wanting to put forth the effort to support the past. The decision can also be made for the sake of not impacting the experience of a device. No one wants to run software that performs poorly because the hardware can't keep up.
Normally this retirement process takes years. But as technology moves forward at an ever increasing pace, the span between hardware debut and retirement is closing faster than ever. Sometimes it is done out of necessity, and other times artificially.
Let's take the Mac. Apple tends to support hardware with software on the Mac for about five years. This day and age, that is plenty reasonable in my book. Apple's approach is to support the hardware until it becomes a technological burden to the advancement of the software. The chief exhibit is the current version of Mac OS X — Snow Leopard. Snow Leopard cut off support for the old PowerPC architecture. Folks with PowerPC Macs are cut off using Leopard until they buy a modern Mac.
Why did Apple need to do this? Because supporting older hardware was eating up too many development resources for newer software. Eventually you have to stop supporting things you no longer make. When Apple cut off PowerPC support, Mac OS X went from an installed hard drive footprint of around 13 GBs to 6 or 7 GBs. The result was a faster, leaner operating system.
In the upcoming Mac OS X revision — Lion — Apple will be dropping support for 32-bit Intel processors, which were the first Intel Macs. Again, these Macs are 5 years old. And the reason this time is to cut out supporting 32-bit and 64-bit processors, especially at the kernel level. The goal is to be faster and leaner.
Now, let's look at iOS. This is a whole different ballgame, as mobile development is moving so much faster than desktop and notebook development. There have been 4 iPhone and iPod touch generations. The current generation of these devices are leaps and bounds faster and more efficient than the first generation models. Yet Apple supported first-generation devices through the third OS revision. With iOS 4, Apple finally pulled the plug on those first-generation devices, because the software had truly outstripped the hardware.
Here is where Apple made a bit of a mis-step though. They were still selling the second-generation devices as discount, entry-level prices just before iOS 4 shipped. So they felt obligated to support them. And that didn't work out so well because the second-generation of handheld iOS devices shared much of the same hardware as the first-generation. This caused these devices to perform poorly, and Apple scurried to optimize iOS 4 for performance on these older devices in 4.1 and 4.2. But it really wasn't enough. So with iOS 4.3, Apple pulled the plug on support for second-generation hardware, which I am sure they didn't want to do until iOS 5.
What I've described above for iOS is only one side of the coin. Those were necessary hardware retirements. That isn't to say that Apple hasn't artificially retired features improvements along the way. For instance, iOS 4 brought along Game Center integration. This was included in the second-generation iPod touch, but not the second-generation iPhone. I can't imagine that was truly a hardware limitation. Or how about this: iOS 4.3 brought Personal Hotspot to the iPhone 4's tethering ability, but not to the iPhone 3GS, despite the fact that jailbreakers can do Personal Hotspot on the iPhone 3GS. Are artificial limitations a jerk move? Yeah, they are. And everyone can be a jerk at times.
The point is not that carrier or manufacturer customizations should be abandoned entirely (we know how much those guys hate standardization), it's that some of them are so poor that they actually detract from the Android experience. Going forward, it's entirely in Google's best interest to nix the pernicious effects of these contaminant devices and software builds. The average smartphone buyer is, ironically enough, quickly becoming a less savvy and geeky individual and he (or she) is not going to tolerate an inconsistent delivery on the promise contained in the word "Android."
Google has also started delaying the release of Android code to the public, putting smaller device makers and developers at a disadvantage. On Mar. 24, Bloomberg Businessweek reported Google won't widely release Honeycomb's source code for the foreseeable future.
The company's moves are hardly unprecedented in such a fast-moving industry. Google owes it to its partners and consumers to prevent Android from running amok.
Android has been running amok. It is saddening when I hear some friends — who are normal, non-geeky people — lament about how the phone they bought three months ago isn't getting the new features of so-and-so's phone from last week.
Nobody "opens" the parts of their business that make them money, maintain barriers to competitive entry, or otherwise provides significant competitive advantages. That's why Android's basic infrastructure is "open", but all of Google's important applications and services for it aren't — Google doesn't care about the platform and doesn't want it to matter. Google's effectively asserting that the basic parts of a modern OS — the parts that are open in Android — are all good enough, relatively similar, and no longer competitively meaningful. Nobody's going to steal marketshare from Google by making a better kernel or windowing API on their competing smartphone platform, regardless of whether they borrowed any of Android's "open" components or ideas derived from them. But Google's applications and services are locked down, because those are vulnerable to competition, do provide competitive advantages, and are nowhere near being commoditized.
Unfortunately, Google spent the last few years letting Android's core experience go unchecked, allowing the carriers to decide whether or not to use Google's applications and services, and whether a certain phone gets an update or not. Google hasn't been giving Android a chief place in their bottom line, they've let carriers use Android to pump up their bottom line, and have been sticking it to customers.
It all comes down to this: let the end-user be your customer, and use the carrier as the channel; or let the carrier be your customer, and the end-user is the channel.


The social media was all abuzz last month with Facebook taking over Instagram. I took a hard look at this uber-popular image sharing app. I'm still wondering why it got so popular. Here's my Instagram story on Social Samosa.
Read the full Instagram story on Social Samosa.
Yes,we tweeters are a snooty bunch, not unlike American High School movies. Shortly after, a friend 'shared' his post with me, which gave me a link to get into the network but not use it. This morning, I found I was suddenly in and able to create circles and 'share' myself. So I now have the latest snob-value accessory of the online-techy crowd – a Google Plus account.
I've spent the last hour exploring its features and occasionally tweeting about it. The fundamental premise that Google Plus is being marketed on, is the ability to share updates (and other things) selectively with only certain parts of your network (called Circles). Now Facebook allows for many of the same features but their privacy settings are rather clunky. What's more, the past year has seen a few Facebook breaches and lapses which probably makes this feature of Google Plus, a definite, well, plus.
On the other hand, I'm wondering whether in the rush to get into the social networking race with Facebook, whether Google Plus really will sustain or just fall by the wayside (anybody remember Buzz?). For starters, there's no other particularly interesting feature over Facebook. There is an easy way to integrate Twitter and Flickr but again, these can be done on Facebook with apps. Even the look and feel of Google Plus is very like Facebook (minus the ads). There's a Stream which is like the Live Feed. Settings and Notifications are in pulldown menus in the top right-corner of the screen (a minor change over Facebook which has Notifications in the mid-left corner). Profile is laid out in much the same manner with photograph on the top left, main news in the middle body and friends details in the middle-to-bottom left.
You can update your status in a very similar fashion to Facebook (on the Stream or the Profile) but you can instantly choose who you want to share it with. You can also tag people by adding a '@' which will then give you a dropdown of names to choose from (a lesser-known but very nice feature of Facebook). And finally, people can comment or +1 (similar to Like) your comment.
The photograph feature is pretty good since the first picture I took and posted to my network showed up within seconds on my computer screen. Within the Stream, I clicked a tick icon. It turned out to be a GPS location tracker. What was really freaky was even though I clicked 'No' to enable GPS, it actually gave me a list of options based on addresses close to where I was at that moment! This is the one place I feel Google's 'Big Brother is watching you' syndrome coming on since now, in addition to my email and network details, they also know my location.
It still is early days (or should that be early hours?) for Google Plus. I think the real shift will come if they can provide better add-on features via apps. A lot of Facebook apps are created by third-parties and presumably they'll get on the Google Plus bandwagon too. What will be interesting is if Google Plus manages to make the app integration easier for the developer as well as the user. Also, I'd like to see them leverage the Android platform to create a good mobilephone-network interface as well as phone versions of the apps. I've been a Facebook loyalist but as the owner of Marvin, I'm certainly rooting for the latter.


Is solo travel lonely? 6 surprising reasons why it isn't.
I wouldn't call myself "outgoing" or "the life of a party".
As personable as I might have seemed to others growing up, there was always an intrinsically quiet and shy person inside, who longed to be a social butterfly, but felt like a failure at it. Always awkward at parties, my inability to connect with small talk chit-chat, weather, politics, business, verbal jousting (all totally not my thing)… all enhanced my flailing confidence. Those pinches of social loneliness haunted me into my adult years.
But then that all changed, when I began traveling alone. Solo travel boosted my social life!
For a while, I believed this myth about solo travel being lonely. The mere thought of it reminded me of the pain of my social awkwardness. As a result, I put off solo travel for a long time. We assume that "Solo" equals "Alone" and "Alone" must mean "Lonely".
Is traveling alone lonely? Nope. Solo travel will give you a better social life.
There are a handful of challenges solo travelers face but loneliness is very low on the totem. Having been a solo traveler for over six years, I find traveling alone is actually seldom lonely. It's actually quite opposite. This was something my first solo trip to India revealed to me and has continued since. Traveling alone made me realize I am quite social, well-adjusted to meeting people, adaptable to changing cultures and conversational. If you can travel the world and converse with people from all corners of the globe, but can't do so in a party at home,… then what gauge will you trust?
No, I'm not broken. Traveling alone, I've learned that… I'm just fine.
– Difficulty aligning travel plans with friends.
– No one is interested in the countries you're interested in.
– And you're tired of waiting on other people to start your dream to travel.
These days, I meet more and more women traveling alone. I also meet many first-timers and when I ask them if they feel lonely, a majority of them deny the myth of loneliness. Many tend to say the same thing– I feel I'm almost never alone.
Of course, there's always exceptions to the rule. Admittedly, I have my winces of loneliness, but they're nowhere near the loneliness of being at a party among people I had no shared interests with or I'm traveling with someone, whose travel style is not a good match. Solo travel has opened me to a larger and more vibrant social life. It's better and more active than my social life at home. How can this be?
1. Solo travel enables you to make friends with more people.
Alone, I have the potential to meet more people than I do when I'm traveling with a partner. Alone, I'm forced to chat with others and make friends. If you're shy you might feel like this doesn't pertain to you, but the truth is living in society, being a wallflower at a party or the quiet one amongst co-workers is different from being on the open road. On the road, travelers are living in the moment and excited to share, meet, explore the adventure around them… which is travel. Travel is the conversational piece that binds and you'll share trip itinerary ideas, tips on getting around, cultural insights, etc.. You won't find much small talk or struggling to find things to talk about here ~ you'll be helping travelers by sharing your experiences and they'll be helping you back.
2. Being alone makes you approachable.
Locals and travelers are more inclined to offer you aid when you look lost, if you're alone. Being alone makes you less intimidating. Of course, it can also make you more approachable to undesirable people. Read my Safety Tips for Solo Travelers and How to deal with touts, scams, beggars.
3. People feel protective towards women traveling alone.
I always find people soften towards me because I am a woman and then because i'm alone. Fellow travelers, local mothers, men.. many have offered protective shelter at some point and have been watchful eyes looking out for my safety. I've gotten this type of help a lot in India where female safety is a concern for families. I've had local families offer assistance or take me under their wing to tell me what to watch out for, if they see danger headed in my direction.
Travelers often carry a little fear or reluctance, when entering "foreign" environments. It's natural to be cautious when you're stepping outside your comfort zone. As I don't have a partner to buffer my fear, I have to be-friend my foreign surroundings quickly and find resource in it. I have to seek trustworthy locals for friendship or advice for getting around or finding great local restaurants. Like moving into a new apartment, I have to adapt and blend quickly in order to make "foreign" feel like home.
5. Survival instinct forces you to be direct and outgoing.
If you're shy, solo travel is a perfect cure to break you out of your shell. Based on the innate will to survive and the fact I'll need help to get around, I'm forced to talk to strangers to get crucial information. On my first solo trip to Nepal, night had fallen fast when on a country bus returning to my guesthouse and I couldn't see my bus stop (sometimes, I go by visual direction). I pretty much went down the aisle asking strangers if they knew where my stop was. This is something my embarrassment keeps me from doing, but it was dire. Some locals banded together to figure it out and let the bus attendant know where to stop. The greater your need, the less self-conscious you feel asking for it and the success will make you more confident. Developing solo travel confidence is like learning to ride a bike~ the more you do it, the more natural it will feel.
6. With solo travel, you have the power to create your travel experience.
Solo travel freedom can empower your travels and life. It shows me that the world is a buffet and I can pick and choose my experiences and who I want to travel with, dine with, share a ride with, etc… Being on the road makes me open-minded to experiencing new things. Many travelers I meet are open to making friends and in activities; thus, for me, being alone is a choice.
Ever experienced solo travel? What are your fears and concerns? What did you discover when you traveled alone? Was your solo travel lonely?
I found traveling alone as a single man in his 30's people regard you with suspicion, light to moderate fear, have less reservation about arbitrary hostility or contempt, zero sympathy and negative empathy. But, if they haven't attacked you or stolen your wallet, they warm up after a while.


I created a Python add-in with the wizard. Then I created a toolbar with a couple of combo boxes and tools. Lastly, I added a menu to hold three buttons that will generate PDF maps that I call the print menu.
I've got the combo boxes initializing as enabled = False, then changing them to true after the user selects some features with the tools. All pretty nice.
I'd like to make the buttons on the print menu disabled until the combo boxes have accepted their value entries. But there's a problem.
If you try to set them to enabled with the combo box you get a message that the item doesn't exist. That's because those three items haven't been created or initialized yet.
The buttons in the print menu don't initialize until someone clicks the menu name on the toolbar. At that point, the three buttons are initialized and set to be disabled.
The menu items don't exist in the Python script that is user editable, so you can't control them there. They only exist in the config.xml file.
My question, then, is if there is a way to initialize the menu and its buttons when the toolbar initializes?


Meet & Greet at Airport and transfer and transfers to Hotel. Check-in into Harbour Plaza 8 Degrees (STD check-in time @ 1400 Hrs.).
Hong Kong is official Special Administrative Region of the People's Republic of china.
Ocean Park Hong Kong, commonly known as Ocean Park, is a marine mammal park, Oceanarium, animal theme park and amusement park situated in Wong Chuk Hang and Nam Long Shan in the Southern District of Hong Kong.
Covering an area of 91.5 hectares (226 acres), the park is separated by a large mountain into two areas, The Summit (Headland) and The Waterfront (Lowland).
Morning breakfast at hotel and later proceed to Full Day Disney Land.
The park has a daily capacity of 34,000 visitors — the lowest of all Disneyland parks.
10.00 AM: Check out from Hotel.
13.00 PM: Arrive Macau, clear immigration & meet our representative and transfer to Hotel.
15.00 PM: Check-in into Hotel Venetian and day set free for leisure.
Visiting Ruins of St. Paul's, Na Cha temple, Old City Walls, Mount Fortress, A-Ma Temple, Souvenir Shop with Lunch & Macau Tower (at Optional Cost).
Rest day free for leisure till departure.
Given cost is estimated, based on lowest airfare and hotel rates existing as of now. We dont hold any confirmation for Hotels/Airline. Its Subject to availability at the time of booking. Any difference in cost shall be borne by passenger.
Room allocation Twin rooms /Double room will be as per the availability at the time of check in. There is no guarantee for room with Double Bed.
There is No Refund for unutilized Service.
International Hotel Check in time 1400hrs, Check out Time 1200hrs.
If Dinners are booked you will be given Dinner Vouchers excluding transfers. You will need to make your own way at Restaurant for booked time.
Baggage allowance is 20 Kg for Check in Luggage. Hand Bag allowance is 7Kg.
The above program is only indicative and the passenger has to verify each days program from the local guide.
It is always advisable to keep 2 Photographs with you during the journey. Please keep one Xerox copy of your passport with your relative in India and one Xerox copy of passport with you during the travel.


Today's Dior show can be seen as the ultimate style between sportswear and tailoring. Yes, the 49 models looked perfectly dressed, but they still had enough streetcred too. They sported their pleated pants with logo printed sweaters. Suits had stoles/scarves attached to them, which were wrapped around the models bodies (inspired, Kim Jones said, by a 1955 dress from the Dior archive). Classic pants were paired with structured utilitarian tops in the same color palette. Cross body bags and sporty boots added to the urban/youthful feel of the collection. Leopard print details and fur pieces seemed a bit of a distraction, but the collection's true message came across cleary. Kim Jones has introduced the new way of dressing for men for the upcoming seasons. Not just sportswear, not just suits, but a perfect fresh menswear style approach in between.


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Amu is the journey of Kajori Roy (Konkona Sen Sharma), a 21-year-old Indian American woman who has lived in the US since the age of 3. After graduating from UCLA Kaju goes to India to visit her relatives. There she meets Kabir (Ankur Khanna), a college student from an upper-class family who is disdainful of Kaju's wide-eyed wonder at discovering the "real India". Undeterred, Kaju visits the slums, crowded markets and roadside cafes of Delhi. In one slum she is struck by an odd feeling of déjà vu. Soon after she starts having nightmares. Kabir gets drawn into the mystery of why this is happening, particularly when he discovers that she is adopted.


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Q: Does Spring @Autowired create a new instance for every new API request? I want to know if Spring @Autowired creates a new instance every time for a new API request. I am using @Autowiredfor my service class.

A: No it doesn't unless you have specifically created your bean to Request scope.
When you create a bean by annotating the service class with @Service, @Component etc. or by creating a method which instantiates your service class and is annotated with @Bean the default scope is singleton. So only one instance will be created and injected to all the places where @Autowired is used.
If you need request scope you need to annotate the service class or bean creation method with @RequestScope or @Scope("request"). This is only supported inside of a Web app context.

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The newly revamped Froth has now been relocated to Ascott Raffles Place Singapore from its former location at BIG hotel. Just a stone's throw away from Raffles Place MRT station, Froth's new spot in the financial district area still manages to conjure an arsenal of their signature dishes and Asian-infused dishes.
The new Froth now sits above a spiral staircase from lobby of the Ascott hotel, providing a slightly more private dining area as compared to its previous café-styled incarnation. The 140-seater restaurant seems like a more grown up version now clad with black and white elements, exuding a minimalistic vibe with a large seating space that's perfect for private dining events.
Also located adjacent to the hotel's reception at the lobby area is the Froth Bar, which is an extended bar area offering a cosy ambience with happy hours and beverage promotions. Many might miss it or mistake it as the hotel's lobby lounge bar, but we definitely recommend pulling up a seat and savour in the bar's classiest cocktails and bespoke beverages. Guests can also order their food here if they prefer a more intimate dining and change of pace from the restaurant located on level 2.
The menu now boasts a variety of newly-created dishes and had retained some of Froth's all-time favourites which were popular with their customers. With a penchant for using unconventional culinary techniques, head chef Derrick Ow creatively invented several western dishes that's infused with a local flair bursting with strong robust flavours.
We started the evening with one of Froth's starters – the Hot & Cold Foie Gras ($23.90). It was certainly a culinary experience to match these two forms together – starting with the 'hot' side of things with the pan-seared foie gras on toasted butter brioche. We then savoured in the 'cold' foie gras, revealing in itself a liquid centre of apple and kiwi puree. Though the liquid centre didn't flow out as smoothly as we hoped, the contrasting texture and flavours was certainly a unique experience altogether.
The Ponzu Soya Cod ($35.90) was next up on the menu, a firm cod fish cooked in a sous vide technique, then placed in a 45 degree water bath for 50 minutes. Paired with ponzu and sesame soya glaze, the meat was especially firm yet tender with a crispy skin crackling to chew on. Served with wasabi edamame puree, smoked mash, baby peaches and bok choy, this artfully plated dish was very enjoyable.
Now who can resist a creamy disposition of a plateful of risotto and seafood tom yum? So pleasing to the eyes, the al dente rice infused with a stock of spicy and tangy tom yum flavours certainly left us with the right impression of the familiar Asian tom yum fragrance. Served with fresh tiger prawns, flower clams and squid, the Seafood Tom Yum Risotto ($29.90) is a tantalizing dish that's not to be missed.
Featuring our favourite dish for the evening, the Five Spice Wagyu Patty Burger ($34.90) is interestingly derived from our Singapore traditional Ngoh Hiang! A juicy five spice wagyu patty wrapped in a crispy beancurd skin is then sandwiched in between fluffy bread buns! The price for this dish falls slightly on the steeper side but definitely worth every cent!
As the name suggests, the SioBak Aglio sees the epitome of infusing Asian flavors into the usual Western dish. Tossed with the well-loved hawker dish of tender and chunky siobak atop of the al dente linguine, this is a perfectly executed dish. I especially love the crispy homemade honey bak kwa (bacon), which was sinfully addictive, matched with the roasted pork belly and layers of crispy crackling skin. This is also quite a spicy dish as the pasta is tossed in a fiery olive oil and garlic mixture, so definitely be warned for those who can't take the spice and inform the staff when placing your order.
Known for their wondrous infusion of signature Taro waffles back when they were at BIG hotel, their latest culinary creation is the French Toast Waffle ($16.90). Just imagine deep fried waffles topped with huge chunks of fried banana batter (goreng pisang), such an ingenious creation. Drizzled with condensed milk and cereal flakes with a scoop of gourmet ice-cream, it was a sweet finale to our beautiful evening at Froth.
* This was a media invite and is written in collaboration with Froth.