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Lim Tae-hoon (; born 9 October 1975 in Yeongju, South Korea) is a human rights defender and was a lecturer of Kangwon University. He has been committed to women, youth, sexual minority issues along with rights of conscientious objection, soldiers, riot police and so on. He was the first head of Solidarity for LGBT Human Rights of Korea (http://www.lgbtpride.or.kr/) from 1998 to 2002.

Career
From 2004 to 2005, he was imprisoned for his conscientious objection to the military service of the Republic of Korea. His case (Communications no. 1593 to 1603/2007) was viewed as a violation of the human rights enshrined in the International Covenant on the Civil and Political Rights (ICCPR). He specifically objected to the criteria for conscription examination which classifies homosexuality as a type of mental disorder and criminalizes consented homosexual intercourse of two male soldiers under Article 92 of Military Criminal Act (as of 2020, it is Art. 92–6). The Amnesty International endowed the status of conscientious objector to him for this activity.

After this experience, he continued human rights activities related to the military issues. Then around 2008, he organized an establishment for the military human rights center. In 2009, finally, he established the Center for Military Human Rights Korea (CMHRK, www.mhrk.org); he is the current Representative of the CMHRK.

Academic activities

Representative of the Center for Military Human Rights Korea (CMHRK)
The CMHRK (which is also known as the Military Human Rights Center, MHRC) focuses on counseling victims of human rights infringement cases within the military including sexual violence, bullying and beating.

He has participated in the governance body set up by the Ministry of National Defense, after the tragic death of late Army First Class Yoon Seungjoo in 2014 (The attackers were found guilty though the responsible officers were not charged). Later he was recommended by the National Assembly to be appointed as a Member of the Military Service Policy Deliberation Committee under the Defense Minister in 2018 to 2019, during which he enforced the lifting the ban on enlisted soldier's mobile phone use.

He had also taken a seat at the Advisory Committee for the Alternative Service in 2018. Later in 2020, he was appointed as one of the first Members of the Alternative Service Committee under the Manpower Administration.

Major cases and achievements

 Exemption of student loans' interest rate for the conscripted soldiers during the military service in 2011 (actualized in 2013)
 Vaccination of cerebromeningitis/ encephalomeningitis for all trainees in 2011 (actualized in 2012)
 Abolition of arbitrary detention in the military (called, 'detention in a military guardhouse') in 2013 (actualized in 2020)
 Abolition of peacetime court-martial in 2009 (partially actualized in 2015)
 Enactment of military human rights bill in 2009 (partially actualized in 2016)
 Abolition of sodomy law in the military (article 92-6 of the Military Criminal Act) in 2017 (first historic acquittal in 2019)
 Allowance of service of transgender soldiers with completion of the sex reassignment surgery in 2020 (ongoing)
 Guarantee of mobile phone use of the enlisted personnel in 2009 (actualized in 2019)
 Abolition of Defense Security Command in 2017 (partially actualized in 2018)

Abroad training

Awards

1975 births
Living people
South Korean human rights activists
People from Yeongju
South Korean LGBT rights activists

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The teams of Farr Out Guesthouse in Paternoster and Quay West Holiday Home in Velddrif wishing you and your family a very MERRY CHRISTMAS. May this joyful season greet you with health and happiness. Make every moment of the Holidays a wonderful time by spending it with loved ones. To put an end to something old, we have to start a thing new, wishing you with a joy-filled heart though the words here are few. A very HAPPY 2018!
The year started very sad as our quirky staff member Marie Murray passed away. RIP!
On a lighter note Farr Out was featured on SABC3 The Weekend Edition with "Where Josie goes" and gave us fantastic publicity.
The seriousness of the draught in the Western Cape is starting to hit us. It was officially announced that Cape Town had only 130 days left of water supply. We implemented our water catching buckets in showers and since then we are motivating our guests to support this effort so that our landscape garden has a chance to survive.
Our famous Wigwam Rising Moon also needed a bit of maintenance and got also a new "see-through" window.
2016 we had the first taste of enjoying all sliding doors exchanged but didn't manage to do it all in one go. This finally took place so that all outstanding windows were exchanged to imported PVC tilt and turn windows. So nice and easy to handle now.
The "after clean" maintenance needed to be taken care of and with shock we noticed our cookie tins were empty: quick refill!
But wait that's not all! Lots of our windows also got some "snazzy" blinds imported from Germany.
Acquired a new environmental-friendly "toy" which is so much fun to use: boil your water and cook without fire/electricity/gas on solar cooker. Energy source is our sun: most of the time very present!
No matter what but "maintenance painting" can be soooo much fun as long as the "cough medicine" goes along in the evening!
After all the hard work we didn't forget to have a little bit of team building: Cooking up a storm with all Farr Out and Quay West staff members. Best of all: we can eat it all!
We would like to reward you with our "Come-Back-Special" for online reservations and welcome you / your family / friends back at Farr Out and/or Quay West in the future! Check availability and get automatically 5 % discount on your next reservation at Farr Out.
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One of the town's most distinctive features is the abundance of fisherman houses coated in whitewashed paint. The authentic façade allows you to step back in history and enjoy the marvels of a historic town.
The "colour code" has its origins back in the day when it was considered that to coat one's house with a thin paste composed primarily of water and lime, is the most effective and economical way to paint your home. It was inexpensive and easy to maintain and when applied to a surface, the mixture forms a thin opaque film of calcium carbonate (plaster), which is non-yellowing because there is no oil binder.
Historically it was used on the exterior of the house to reflect heat and was somewhat effective as a fire retardant and thermal insulator when applied in thick layers. It was also considered a "sanitary" coating due to its disinfect qualities.
Although modern paints are now being used, the Paternoster community still currently adheres to this tradition, resulting in a charming authentic village where you can find a house of any color, as long as it is white.
SABC3 The Weekend Edition presents "Where Josie goes" on Sunday, 29 January 2017 between 6.30 and 9AM, in and around Paternoster with Farr Out Guesthouse.
Josie enjoyed her stay in famous "Wigwam Rising Moon", went for a little bit of wind in her hair with Deon in the Beach Buggy and to round it off, she relaxed in wood-fired Hot Tub in the evening.
Ask yourself the question: Are you "ready for Africa"?
o Would you enjoy a braai in a sheltered tepee and eat casually around an open fire rather tha going to a five star restaurant?
o Would you enjoy an evening under the stars without any light pollution rather than watching a movie in the cinema?
o Would you enjoy a comfortable double bedroom and watch our little game, ie duiker, mongoose, francolin, and more from the private terrace rather than staying in a snazzy hotel?
o Would you enjoy floating in a wood fired hot tub at comfortable bath temperature, drinking your champagne out of a plastic mug rather than a crystal glass and watching a falling star?
o Would you enjoy a beach buggy tailor made trip along the coastline with your hair blowing in the wind rather then driving around in a sportscar?
If you answered all questions with yes, you can get going. You are at the right place in Paternoster - at Farr Out Guesthouse. Follow this link to find out availability.


You're right about Zend 1 to 2 migrations. I maintain a Zend 1 application at work which when I inherited it, had most of the functionality stuffed into fat controllers, and while I have improved the situation it's going to take an awful lot of work to migrate it away from Zend 1. I expect it will be years before it can be fully migrated.


This luxurious hotel boasts a stunning setting, lying close to the city park at the heart of Vienna. Hilton Vienna Hotel (formerly Hilton Hotel am Stadtpark) is located just a few minutes' walking distance away from St. Stephen's Cathedral, the Staatsoper, Kärntner Street, the Ringstraße, the Stock Exchange and numerous shopping avenues. This wonderful hotel lies just 100 metres away from the nearest underground stations. Hilton Vienna Hotel is just 16 minutes from Vienna International Airport by the city airport train.
The hotel welcomes guests into a world of elegance and sophistication. The guest rooms are superbly designed, featuring functional space and a relaxing ambience in which to work and rest in comfort. The guest rooms are bright and are all equipped with air-conditioning, telephone, a chair with a large desk, safe, Wi-Fi, LCD TV and an alarm clock. An ironing set is also available to guests.
Guests can enjoy Austrian cuisine on the alfresco terrace of S'Parks Restaurant or enjoy Austrian wines and Viennese coffees at the Lobby Bar & Lounge. During the summer period the guests can enjoy a suggestive view on the terrace of restaurant.
Hilton Vienna Hotel offers a well-equipped gym with sauna. Wi-Fi is available in the public areas of the hotel. Guests can buy holiday mementos from the souvenir shop. Additional services include medical assistance, room service, laundry and a business centre. Parking facilities available to guests include a garage (for a fee) and a car park (for a fee).
Hilton Vienna Hotel features conference facilities and services, meeting rooms.
Great service by Yeego as usual. The Hilton at Am Stadtpark Wien is our usual home away from home whenever we're in Vienna. Great location, spacious rooms, excellent breakfast, excellent service and excellent bars & restaurants. Will be back soon, as usual.
Very good, Nice atmosphere,very Nice breakfest buffet and well situated!
Eventough we had reserved 2 bedrooms (one double and one triple) few weeks in advance, At the moment of the check in they did not had available rooms in the same floor and the triple room was not prepared and we had to wait for the third bed. The most positive thing that the hotel has is the excellent location respect the historic center and the easy access to public transportation. Nevertheless I recommend it and I would repeat hotel.


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Why Celtic Would Be Successful In The English Premier League
ByDavid Robinson
Jan 6, 2017 Celtic, Premier League
Written by James Byrne
There has been an ongoing debate on how Scottish champions Celtic would cope moving to the league down south. This is my personal opinion on why I feel over a couple of years Celtic could become a dominant force in England.
Firstly, you need to talk about the fans. Celtic Park has a reputation of being one of the most atmospheric stadiums not just in the UK but the world. With world renowned figures such as Iniesta saying "The Celtic fans are very special and the club and the players can be very proud of them. They are the best I have ever heard." Or the special one Jose Mourhino talking about them after his Porto team beat Celtic in the Europa league final in 2004. "I fell a bit in love with Celtic because the atmosphere was amazing and the crowd was magnificent." And countless others. But the reason why this is important is that players would want to play for Celtic due to their fans. And then you argue that what don't they join now? Well sadly it is due to Celtic playing in a "tin-pot league" according to almost every Englishman. Which is sadly true, especially when the other side of Glasgow went bust. And the appearance of the new Rangers (Sevco) hardly being a threat to the men in Green and white.
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Secondly money plays a huge factor. Celtic haven't broken their transfer record since signing soon to be legend Chris Sutton from Chelsea, back in 2000 for a fee of just 6 million. Although the other way round Celtic have done very good business on making profit. Numerous examples, such as the best centre half in the premier at the moment Virgil Van Dijk who was bought from Gronigen for around £2.6 million but the later sold to his current team Southampton for 13 million. Or in my opinion Celtics biggest bargain since singing Henrik Larsson for 650k was the holding midfielder Victor Wanyama who signed for just 900k from Belgian outfit Beerschot AC and then later sold for 12.5 million, to yet again Southampton.
This proves Celtic have more than the ability to prove they can develop young mediocre players and make them into some of the world's best. Currently you get more by finishing dead last in the premier league than winning the Scottish League (not including TV money… but that story is for another time)
They have also proved themselves against English premier clubs over the last couple of seasons. Most recently against Manchester city in the Champions league this season after drawing 3-3 in an extremely entertaining game (Celtic going in front 3 times) at Celtic Park. And Manchester City gaining a very lucky point against Celtic at the Etihad.
So the bhoys have almost the perfect ingredients to perform at the highest level. Success wouldn't come straight away but if they are able to gain a comfortable position in the league for their first couple of seasons and continue to bring in the money, we could expect to see Celtic challenging not only for European places but maybe even the title.
Do you agree with this? Would Celtic make their mark in England? Let us know in the comments below!
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Behind The Scenes of "White Strobe" with The Lords
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The Lords consist of Romaan and Tony Cortez, two producers who have been bringing their French flavor of House to events all over London. Both have been DJing as solo artists for the last 15 years and have joined forces to create stunning tunes and perform high-energy sets. Also, the boys have been on quite the journey from rocky beginnings to now becoming inseparable and finding their groove. Furthermore, we caught up with The Lords to discuss their debut single "White Strobe".
Tell us a bit more about your latest single release "White Strobe"?
White strobe is our brand new track; it's a remix of Black Strobe from Italian Fireflies (out in 2002). Back in the days, we were playing Black Strobe on vinyl and loved it so much. That was such an underground track for us.
Which of your influences can we hear in this track?
We used to play this record years ago and thought that it will be nice to give our own interpretation of it. We put a strong baseline to give a "warmer" effect. The influences are definitely House and Tech House.
How long did the process take to create "White Strobe"?
The main idea was born in couples of hours and the project was finished in less than a week.
What is it like now working as The Lords: a duo rather than two solo artists?
It a lot of fun, it's more problems and too many ideas that sometimes you don't even know where to start.
How does your creative process work?
Most of the time, one of us starts with an idea that we will put on the table and work on together. For example for White Strobe, I came to the studio with the old loop of Black Strobe and Romaan wanted to give this stronger touch to it so he pitched down the main sample.
How have you both found the UK dance music scene compared to the French scene?
The UK scene is way more underground as people are slightly more open-minded to different music genres. There are also a lot of places for our music style, compare to France there are not that many clubs that play House and Tech House.
What advice do you have for artists looking to become a duo act?
We would definitely say to be ready to go through a lot of different emotions, highs and lows and to stick together no matter what. Each entity of the duo must bring its qualities in favour of the duo and not against the duo.
Always lift each other up and don't forget to have fun because if it's not fun anymore that's where it ends.
What plans do you have for The Lords this summer?
Upcoming gigs to be announced very soon including a UK festival. For now, we will be locking ourselves in the studio and producing music, but we will share on our pages for all the upcoming events.
If you could produce any other genre of music what would it be and why?
Movie Soundtracks! We love the emotion and the dimension you can put in a song when it belongs to a movie.
Finally, where can people go to grab their copy of "White Strobe"?
They can go to our Soundcloud at @thelordsaroundme, you can also find links on all of our social media.
https://soundcloud.com/thelordsaroundme/white-strobe-original-mix
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This technique is used by the military and sports professionals to help to keep them at the top of their game. Optimize your breathing, optimize your life.
I have used this method for years ever since I first discovered Commander Mark Divine, and the results only get better with time. I cannot express enough gratitude for this knowledge. Ever since I started making a conscious effort to control my breathing, I have been able to grind my short temper and anger into dust, and I am capable of more than ever before. This app is a wonderful tool to remind yourself to practice Sacred Silence daily, even if only for a few minutes. Thank you team!
Tried them all but this is the best!
So I am a fan of Sealfit and Unbeatable Mind, but box breathing has been a chore at times. Not that it is hard but to truly focus it gets hard to stay on track without an app. I have tried timers and other breathing apps that Coach Divine recommended. They all lacked something.
Now the king of Box Breathing has put an app and it is beautiful and with the game element it is looking like a fun way to really get the habit going. Can't wait to get to Master Level.


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	cpuinfo, err := ReadCPUInfo("proc/cpuinfo")
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	t.Logf("%+v", cpuinfo)

	if len(cpuinfo.Processors) != 8 {
		t.Fatal("wrong processor number : ", len(cpuinfo.Processors))
	}

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		t.Fatal("wrong core number", cpuinfo.NumCore())
	}

	if cpuinfo.NumPhysicalCPU() != 2 {
		t.Fatal("wrong physical cpu number", cpuinfo.NumPhysicalCPU())
	}

	cpuinfo, err = ReadCPUInfo("proc/cpuinfo_2")
	if err != nil {
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	}
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Rogue One writer Gary Whitta is always giving us great insights on his creative process when it comes to Star Wars, and his Twitter is a constant joy. He recently revealed the inspiration behind how a certain scene featuring a very famous not-moon came from his kitchen sink. Incredible.
One of the most iconic scenes in The Last Jedi was when, in the dark and rainy wilds of Ahch-To, Rey faced Luke after finding out Kylo's version of what happened the night he destroyed Luke's Jedi Academy. Screen Rant has reported that The Last Jedi comic book –by Gary Whitta, Michael Walsh, and Michael Spicer – adds an extra layer to it. Though they seem to think that it means Rey's strength had nothing to do with the outcome of the exchange, we think Whitta and Walsh's use of the onomatopoeia "Slip" doesn't indicate that Rey didn't beat Luke, but rather that he slipped due to her use of the Force!
If you're a Star Wars toy fan, this recent interview with Star Wars Design and Development Director Steve Evans posted on the Hasbro Instagram is for you. The short interview features Evans answering some fan questions about recent releases and classic Star Wars toys!
Although Lucasfilm won't have a Hall H presence at SDCC this week, they'll still have a whole bunch of merchandise and collectables heading to the show, including this poster which connects the three trilogies. Though details are currently scarce, it's likely you'll be able to grab this poster from the Lucasfilm booth on the show floor…that is, if you can abide the rude lack of Poe and Finn on the poster!
If you're a fan of Wookiees – and who isn't? – then you were likely very excited by the appearance of Chewbacca's new companion in Solo: A Star Wars Story. Although the Wookiee didn't turn out to be Malla, Chewbacca's wife from the much maligned Star Wars Holiday Special, he was still an important part or the scene where they escaped from the salt mines. In a radical interview, Ziro spoke to the Hungarian actor who played the new Wookiee, Sagwa!
The Force is a mysterious thing, and The Last Jedi added a whole bunch of lore to the vast and esoteric energy that connects the galaxy far, far away. In a GIF which was recently posted on Reddit and reported on by Inverse, a canny viewer noticed some echoes in Rey's training scene and the fight that Kylo and Luke have on Crait. It's a fantastic example of just how smart and complex Rian Johnson's direction is, and how powerful that direction can be.
By this point we've all heard of the very strange – and maybe fake – Google form crowdfunding attempt to remake The Last Jedi. *sigh* But have you seen FroDesignCo's incredible fake poster for the maybe fake campaign? It's a parody of what the creator imagines the vocal minority of angry misogynistic fans might've wanted to see in their version of Rian Johnson's masterpiece!
Ever wanted your own BB-8? Of course you have. While Sphero and Spin Master have created some pretty fantastic – and in the case of the hero droid, almost life size – versions, there has yet to be a full scale model of the cute BB unit…until now! Of course it's Sideshow Collectables who've provided the 37″ inch sculpture complete with "a sound feature for recreating the distinct bwoops and beeps of the iconic droid." And it'll only cost you $3,950!
Maybe you don't want a droid. Maybe you want your very own Jedi master. In that case, Sideshow has something for you, too, with this sixth scale figure of the mysterious green alien who's caused so much strife for our favorite young Tatooine farm boy. It's another detailed and super cool statue from the company, which will surely find a home on quite a few Star Wars fans' shelves.
Looks like there's a chance that Lucasfilm have been considering looking into the Expanded Universe for inspiration for their currently on-hold spin-off movies, as author Daniel Keys Moran recently revealed in an interview with Star Wars Interviews. "I've had a guy at Disney email me a couple times over the years regarding Lucasfilm adapting 'Last One Standing' into a Fett movie. Not asking permission, they own those works, just letting me know they were thinking about it. So that was kind. But after Solo stiffed, apparently there's some question about the Fett movie being made," Keys Moran explained.
Thank you all for your love and kindness. Its been overwhelming. I'm gonna start writing this show. Gonna need help cause I've never done this before. I will be trying stuff out and posting it here. Let folks know. Thanks for all your support. It means so very much to me.
During the conversations around abuse, toxic fandom, and entitlement, there was a particularly heartbreaking story which came out about Ahmed Best, who suffered from depression and suicidal thoughts after the hatred he received after playing Jar Jar Binks. Luckily, there was a positive ending to the story when Best tweeted recently that he was overwhelmed by the love and support shown to him by fans.
The animated short film series Forces of Destiny has been a complete joy for fans of Star Wars and cute collectables, and SDCC will see the introduction of a new doll to the collection! Jedi News reports that the "package carefully recreates the cockpit of the Millennium Falcon, making it perfect for display, and is sure to delight collectors and fans alike. Includes 11-inch CHEWBACCA figure, two PORG figures, PORGLET nest with two baby PORG figures, and two accessories." We cannot wait to get our hands on these super cute furry friends!


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Minerva Josephine Chapman (1858–1947) was an American painter.  She was known for her work in miniature portraiture, landscape, and still life.

Early life
Minerva Josephine Chapman was born December 6, 1858 in Sand Bank, now called Altmar, New York. Her parents were Josephine and James L. Chapman. Nicknamed Minnie, she grew up on Vernon Avenue in Chicago, Illinois. She had younger brothers Wilbert, Irving and James and a younger sister, Blanche.

Education
Chapman was financially able to live an independent life and pursue college and art education due to her father's success as a banker and tannery owner. At the same time, women were allowed entry into prestigious art academies in the United States and in France.

She studied at the Mount Holyoke College where she was in the junior class in 1867 and in the graduating class of 1878 In 1875 she attended the University of Chicago. Between 1880 and 1886 she studied privately with Annie C. Shaw and then with John Vanderpoel at The School of the Art Institute of Chicago. During that time she also traveled and was educated in the eastern United States.

Chapman went to Switzerland, Holland, Belgium and Paris in 1886 and studied with Georg Jocobedis in Munich, Germany. She and her sister Blanche moved to Paris and Chapman attended Académie Julian before deciding to take private lessons from Charles Augustus Lasar, who encouraged Impressionist painting of still lifes and plein air landscapes. While in Paris, Chapman also studied between 1887 and 1897 with Raphaël Collin, Gustave-Claude-Etienne Courtois, Tony Robert-Fleury, and William-Adolphe Bouguereau.

Career
Chapman made portraits, miniatures on ivory and canvas, landscapes and genre paintings. She resided for much of her career in Paris with interspersed travel to Chicago, such as in 1893 when she exhibited  The Village Church at the Woman's Building at the 1893 World's Columbian Exposition in Chicago, Illinois. Three of her oil paintings were shown at a Chicago Institute of Art exhibition in 1898. Two were portraits of women and the other was an interior painting of a studio.

She was elected as a member of the Salon of the Société Nationale des Beaux-Arts in 1906. In January 1908 she exhibited 34 miniatures at the Art Institute of Chicago Exhibition of 1907 to 1908. She was a member beginning in 1909 and was the first women president in 1914 of the International Art Union.

At the beginning of World War I, Chapman traveled from Liverpool, England aboard the SS New York in September 1914, ultimately bound for Arlington Heights in Illinois. By that time she had lived for 21 years in Paris, with trips to Chicago. During the war she lived in Chicago, Illinois and San Diego, California. She returned to Paris in 1919, intending to stay 2 years. She declared that year that she had never been married. She captured the 19th century independent, educated New Woman in her paintings, as described in the article Minerva J. Chapman's Miniatures: Costume and the New Woman.

Her oil painting, Garden of the Tuileries, Paris is in the Smithsonian American Art Museum collection. Chapman's work is also in the collections of the Mount Holyoke College, National Museum of Women in the Arts in Washington, D.C. and the Luxembourg Museum in Paris.

Her paintings have been exhibited at the Art Institute of Chicago. In New York City, her paintings were exhibited at the Society of American Artists, American Society of Miniature Painters, and the Society of American Artists.  In London at the Royal Academy of Art and in Paris at the Paris Salon de la Societe Nationale des Beaux-Arts, International Art Union Lodge, American Women's Art Association, American Women's Club, and the American Art Students Club. In addition to her exhibition at the 1893 World's Fair in Chicago, she also exhibited at the San Francisco Panama-Pacific Exposition in 1915 and 1916, where she won gold medals. Her paintings were exhibited at the National Academy of Design in Washington, D.C. and other places in the United States.

In 1925 she moved to Palo Alto, California and continued to paint until 1932 when she quit due to poor eyesight. Chapman died June 14 or June 16, 1947 in Palo Alto at the age of 88.

Legacy
A retrospective of her works was held at the Wortsman Rowe Galleries from January 18 to February 16, 1974 and in 1986 at the art museum of her alma mater, Mount Holyoke College.

Thirty of the 181 miniatures that Chapman made were exhibited at "Off the Pedestal: New Women in the Art of Homer, Chase, and Sargent" the Frick Art Museum in 2006. "New Women" were educated, capable women following the American Civil War.
In 2007 her works were part of a traveling exhibition of students of William-Adolphe Bouguereau, including Robert Henri, Cecilia Beaux, Anna Elizabeth Klumpke, Eanger Irving Couse, and Elizabeth Jane Gardner.

References

External links
Sketchbook of Minerva J. Chapman
John Pence Gallery biography
Artwork by Charles Augustus Lasar

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I am in my late forties and my parents are now of an age where caring from them at a distance (I live in Abu Dhabi and they live in the Netherlands) is becoming very stressful. They don't want to come here and I cannot go there as I have a full-time job and my own family to take care of. They are getting very forgetful and frail. My father is particularly difficult as he is micro-managing my mother in every small thing from what she eats to how she goes about her day. This is restricting her already somewhat restricted life (she has had a mild stroke) and makes having a normal relationship with them, very frustrating. He won't listen to me in relation to health issues, financial issues or just about anything. I am thinking of finding a way to get some anti-anxiety tablets prescribed for him as he is a bag of nerves and is often also verbally abusive when I try to reason with him. Help!
Your parents are on their own, getting older (as we all are), your mother had a mild stroke recently. Meanwhile you are living far away from them with your own family and work obligations probably feeling guilty too. No wonder your father is fussing over your mum and no doubt is doing his best to look after her; while you are worrying as you all cope with your family's recent life changes.
The last thing you want to do, if they are indeed both "frail and forgetful" is move them abroad to a new country, culture, and surroundings where you are also busy living your life – as you should be. Having a "normal relationship" with them from afar at this time is also understandably frustrating and very difficult for all of you. "Lecturing" from a distance won't be well-received. Prescribing anti-anxiety tablets for him (or you, by the sound of things) is a red herring.
The key to dealing with any complex situation is to ascertain and deal with the key underlying issues and to establish a solid foundation for the future. You have to be objective and work with your father in this process. May I suggest a plan?
With the help of Dutch Social services, undertake a full medical evaluation of your parents' condition, outlook and needs. Are there other medical reasons why they are both frail and forgetful? It may be that need social interaction to keep them mobile, interested and stimulated, for example.
There are two considerations, your parents' receiving the right medical care for their conditions (including care in the home, such as nursing and personal care, known as 'district nursing'), and whether they need to consider moving into sheltered accommodation (Verzorgingshuizen) or residential care homes; both are covered by Dutch national insurance (grants are also available for home adjustments, such as installing a stairlift). For more information, check the Netherlands Health authority web site: https://www.government.nl/contact.
Meanwhile, you can stay in touch with them by regularly chatting over Skype, for example where they can see your family and share your life; and you can plan to spend the summer months with them when you can provide the kind of support they may need. However, don't let your emotions get in the way, especially any feelings of guilt. You can best express your love by helping them to the best of your abilities.
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Renewables Are Cheaper Than Ever – So Why Are Household Energy Bills Only Going up?
Not for the first time, global energy markets are in turmoil. Internationally traded gas prices more than quadrupled in 2021. In their wake, many energy suppliers have gone bust and household bills across Europe are set to soar. Energy prices are driving up the cost of living and inflation, but this is also a moment to realise the old saying: "never waste a good crisis".
Why Does Yangtze River Have its Own Protection Law?
By Genevieve Donnellon-May and Mark Wang
The new Yangtze River Protection Law (YRPL), which came into effect on March 1, 2021, is China's first legislation on a specific river basin. The Yangtze River is China's longest and largest river system, stretching over 6,300 kilometres and has over 700 tributaries. With a drainage basin covering more than 1.8 million square kilometres, approximately one-fifth of China's total land area, the river basin is home to over 40% of the country's population.
Green Gas: Energy as a By-Product of Sugarcane in Brazil
By Mario Osava
First came sugar. For four centuries, it was the main sugarcane product in Brazil. But since the 1970s sugarcane has grown and diversified as a source of energy: ethanol, electricity and biogas.
Energy Inequality in Latin America Exacerbated by Pandemic, High Prices
By Emilio Godoy
The effects of the covid-19 pandemic and high energy prices have had an impact on the consumption of polluting fuels in Latin America and the Caribbean, exacerbating energy poverty in the region.
'Great Mining Migration': Power-Hungry Bitcoin Leaves China
By Joe Coroneo-Seaman
On 14 April this year, the price of a single Bitcoin reached a then all-time-high of around US$64,870. Just over a month later, the price of the world's most popular digital currency had tumbled to $34,259.
Climate Change: Adapt for the Future, Not the Past
By Anis Chowdhury and Jomo Kwame Sundaram
Funding for developing countries to address global warming is grossly inadequate. Very little finance is for adaptation to climate change, the urgent need of countries most adversely affected. Also, adaptation needs to be forward-looking rather than only addressing accumulated problems.
Clean Energy Alone Won't Uplift Impoverished Nations — We Must Invest in People
By Philippe Benoit
Last month, at the COP 26 climate conference in Glasgow, a consortium of philanthropies, led by The Rockefeller Foundation, announced a massive program to fund renewable electricity projects for impoverished people in developing countries.
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Carbon offset markets allow the rich to emit as financial intermediaries profit. By fostering the fiction that others can be paid to cut greenhouse gases (GHGs) instead, it undermines efforts to do so.
Politicians Subsidise Fossil Fuel with Six Trillion Dollars in Just One Year
By Baher Kamal
It sounds incredible: while politicians have been cackling about the climate emergency and profiling in empty promises to halt it, they have spent six trillion US dollars from taxpayers' money to subsidise fossil fuels in just one year: 2020. And they are set to increase the figure to nearly seven trillion by 2025.
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Developing countries will surely remember the Glasgow climate summit, the most important since 2015, as a fiasco that left them as an afterthought. That was the prevailing sentiment among delegates from the developing South during the closing ceremony on the night of Saturday Nov. 13, one day after the scheduled end of the conference.
Biofuels, the World's Energy Past and Future
The number of victims of serious burns, some fatal, has increased in Brazil. Without money to buy cooking gas, the price of which rose 30 percent this year, many poor families resort to ethanol and people are injured in household accidents.
COP26 – New Toolkit to Boost Clean Energy Investments in Small Island Nations
A new toolkit launched in the margins of the UN Climate Change Conference COP26 aims to unlock clean energy investments for small island nations, many of whom rely heavily on imported fossil fuels for power generation.
Indigenous Peoples Want to Move Towards Clean Energy Sovereignty
In the community of Bella Bella on Turtle Island in the western Canadian province of British Columbia, the indigenous Heiltsuk people capture heat from the air through devices in 40 percent of their homes, in a plan aimed at sustainable energy sovereignty.
Combating Energy Poverty in Chile with Community Inclusion
By Orlando Milesi
More than 90 percent of Chile's 17.5 million people have access to electricity. But many live in energy poverty because they do not have access to hot water, have unsafe connections, houses without thermal insulation and with indoor pollution, or can't afford to pay the monthly bill.
Another Unenviable Annual Record for Global Greenhouse Gas Emissions
By Alison Kentish
A few days before the international community gathers for COP26, widely considered the most important climate conference since the 2015 gathering which resulted in the Paris Climate Agreement, the World Meteorological Organization (WMO) is reporting that despite global hits in trade and travel by the COVID-19 pandemic, the concentration of greenhouse gases in the atmosphere reached a new high in 2020.
Latin America Heads to Glasgow Climate Summit with Half-Empty Hands
Latin America and the Caribbean are heading to a new climate summit with a menu of insufficient measures to address the effects of the crisis, in the midst of the impact of the covid-19 pandemic.
Cuba's Power Crisis Drives Home Need to Accelerate Energy Transition
By Luis Brizuela
With aging infrastructure and problems with fuel supplies, Cuba is facing a crisis in its electric power generation system, which could accelerate plans to increase the share of renewable sources in the energy mix.
Climate Crisis Drives Up Cost of Electricity and Brings Big Changes in Brazil
As most of the world seeks to modify its energy mix to mitigate climate change, Brazil has also been forced to do so to adapt to the climate crisis whose effects are being felt in the country due to the scarcity of rainfall.
Argentina Takes Controversial Step Backwards in Biofuel Production
By Daniel Gutman
Argentina, historically an agricultural powerhouse, has become a major producer of biofuels in recent years. However, this South American country is now moving backwards in the use of this oil substitute in transportation, a decision in which economics weighed heavily and environmental concerns have been ignored.
Solar Energy Revitalises Indigenous and Farming Communities in Chile
Communities in Arica y Parinacota, the region in the extreme north of Chile, are using solar energy and are being empowered by projects for shrimp and trout farming, the production of yarn from camelid wool, the production of tomatoes and cheese, and even the sale of surplus solar power to the national electric grid.
How Market Knowledge is Powering Africa's Solar Irrigation Sector
By Thai Thi Minh and Cecily Layzell
'Know your customers' is arguably the first rule of marketing. By identifying and segmenting customer groups, companies can target their products and services to the right people, in the right way. This can open-up opportunities for growth, inform product development and improve customer retention.
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Parliamentarians Working to Meet SDG's
Energy plays a major role in national and international economies, geopolitical landscapes and conflict. The Sustainable Development Goals seek to promote access to affordable, reliable, sustainable and modern energy for all people. Progress towards this goal could alleviate violence and tensions within and between nations, advance economic development of individuals and communities and transform the destabilizing force of energy insecurity and inequality into the stabilizing potential of equal access to sustainable energy.
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As a business owner, you have to keep looking for ways to further improve your sales. Usually, companies will create new products and fund marketing campaigns that will increase the promotion efforts for these new items. Owners often forget how valuable customer experience is to consumers and that this is the area they should focus on.
According to a study conducted by American Express, the majority of the surveyed individuals spent more time doing business with a company that provides excellent customer service. The study revealed that Americans don't simply expect to receive good customer service. In fact, they're actually willing to pay for it. Seventy percent (70%) of the participants are okay with spending an average of thirteen percent (13%) more on companies that offer first-rate customer service. Moreover, seventy-eight percent (78%) of the customers would rather choose to drop a purchase than deal with a business that gives them awful service.
These findings reinforce the value mystery shopping provides to organizations in measuring and improving the level of the customer experience they deliver.
Decades ago, mystery shopping used to be a tool to simply measure employee performance. Nowadays, it's used by businesses in retail, hospitality, and entertainment industries to measure the quality of the customer experience they provide.
Here are the ways mystery shopping helps you improve the customer experience.
A lot of organizations use their own staff to gauge the efficiency of their service. This method has a lot of flaws and it usually results in biased observations.
Role-playing simply masks what you know about the business. No matter how hard you try to eliminate and put aside everything you know about the company, you simply can't be just an ordinary customer. Besides, your staff knows you so they'll give you special treatment which they don't do usually do for typical customers.
Having a mystery shopper do the job eliminates this prejudice and gives you the perspective of an actual customer. They're your everyday client who's fully unaware of how the business operates. They don't know your protocols and how employees are trained to respond to certain situations.
The feedback you get from mystery shoppers offers a way for your business to shift its focus from what you want to deliver to what consumers want to receive.
This simple adjustment in your business viewpoint can translate into more sales and increased brand loyalty.
You have an idea you want to try out. You've researched it well and it promises a boost in sales once implemented properly. Instructions and training were conducted and the new program is ready for action.
After weeks of trying it out, there's neither feedback from customers regarding the changes implemented nor an increase in sales. It's like the program was never carried out in the first place.
How will you know if your staff followed the program to the letter? What if they're doing exactly as you trained them but the program is just ineffective for the business? How would you measure it?
Mystery shoppers can gauge the effectiveness of the new marketing program you've executed. You can hand them down a checklist to help them objectively observe how the campaign should have affected the business sales and customer experience.
In the retail industry, employees have to look presentable since they represent the company's branding and mystery shopping can help with it. It may be a minor thing to some but it's an important part of the customer experience your business promotes.
How will you know if your employees are always following the dress code? Are they following the protocol you've trained them to operate on? An ordinary customer won't be able to distinguish whether a staff is treating them properly or not, in accordance with the business's practices.
On the other hand, you can have a trained mystery shopper help you identify compliance issues within your staffing.
Assessing how your employees are doing their job has a significant effect on the customer experience your business provides. They represent your business so you must make sure they're giving their best to every customer they encounter.
A mystery shopper can help you evaluate the integrity, professionalism, and the business knowledge that your employees exhibit. If there's a weakness in the way they handle customers, you can develop a training program that will improve their performance. Remember to invest in your employees so they can also invest in your customers.
Regularly conducting a mystery shopping program also allows you to compare your past and present performances in relation to the customer experience. It will give you a clear view on whether you remain consistent with your practices or you need to fix a few things for improvement.
There are opposing views on whether you should tell your employees or keep it a secret that you're conducting a mystery shopping program. Each option has its own benefits and drawbacks, so the basis of your decision will depend on your objectives for conducting the program. We recommend that you tell them about this as part of the organization's transparency on management decisions.
Letting them know that you're conducting a mystery shopping program to gauge their performance contributes to building trust. You don't want to be caught off guard and get rated by someone who doesn't know what you're doing, right? The same goes for your employees. Besides, the best organizations are founded on a good relationship and solid trust between employers and employees, so it would be better to practice transparency.
Another advantage of mystery shopping is that they'll be more vigilant with their actions. They'll always treat every customer special since they won't know if the one they're talking to is the mystery shopper. The engaging interaction your employees provide will reflect the quality of the customer experience you want to achieve.
Implementing a mystery shopping program also boosts employee productivity. To maximize its advantages, you can also conduct an incentive program that will award employees for achieving specific goals. This may include perfect attendance, sales conversion, referrals, and membership sign-ups.
The information a mystery shopper provides can be used to review your business processes and practices. You'll get a better picture of your strengths and weaknesses which will help you develop better business procedures that will benefit your customers.
Mystery shoppers can pinpoint the things you need to improve on and the areas your business excels in. When you have someone affiliated with your company do the assessment, they have a greater tendency to skip things that will just translate to more work on their part. You obviously don't want this to happen since this is contrary to what you want to achieve in the first place which is an unbiased assessment.
Mystery shopping agencies like SeeLevel HX can help you create programs that lean more on customer behavior. Their research can dig deeper into the emotional level of your customers and identify the experiences they want to have whenever they do business with you. The information they gather from the research can help you develop business cases, service designs, company policies, and marketing campaigns that will help improve your brand.
Remember that the level of customer satisfaction you provide can spell the difference whether your clients will remember your brand and do business with you again or forget that you even exist. Moreover, this can greatly affect the way they share and promote your business with their peers.
Keeping tabs on how competitors are doing is a sound business strategy. With the help of a mystery shopper, you can gain a better understanding of how competing organizations conduct their business.
You can identify which things work for them and which don't. You can mimic or improve upon the processes that work for them and ditch those that aren't applicable to your business.
Determine the practices they employ that give them a solid customer base. Innovate on your findings and apply it on your own procedures. Not only can this improve the way you handle customers but also help position your business ahead of the pack.
Aside from the quality of the product a business provides, consumers also focus on the level of customer service they receive. Customer satisfaction can spell the difference between brand loyalty and aversion. Now that the battle for price and quality among competing businesses is neck and neck, people look for the one that can give them better service.
Take note that customers don't just buy the products you sell. The quality of customer service you provide and the company's credibility are also factored into their purchasing decisions.
Evaluating the level of customer experience you give can be objectively measured with the help of mystery shopping. Agencies like SeeLevel HX have solutions that can give actionable insights on how to further improve the quality of customer satisfaction your business provides.
If you want to know how SeeLevel HX can help your business, just give us a call or leave us a message on our website.


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The FIA World Endurance Championship (WEC) is where some of the world's most outstanding drivers defy the odds to compete a battle of endurance. Racing for between 6 and 24 hours, drivers relay the world's fastest cars around iconic race courses from Silverstone and Nürburgring to Autodromo Hermanos Rodriguez and Le Mans. There is also the added drama of seeing teams from major names such as Porsche, Ferrari and Aston Martin race against independent groups known as 'privateers'.
WEC was originally designed to bring the spirit of the legendary Le Mans 24 Hour Endurance race to a worldwide audience and is now sanctioned by the FIA – the motorsports industry's governing body.
From the start, WEC knew that in order for the series to run smoothly, there was a need for outstanding performance in logistics as well, particularly as the races not only test the stamina and skill of the drivers but also the durability and reliability of their cars.
Recognizing DHL's longstanding experience and expertise in the area of motorsports logistics, they appointed DHL exclusive Logistics Partner of FIA WEC shortly after the series was launched in 2012. The partnership with WEC is the perfect showcase for our professional logistics capabilities, as the range of services we deliver to the Championship organizers and teams very much reflects what we do for everyday customers. Our role includes booking of planes and managing customs clearance of freight whether it's travelling by air, ground or sea. We work with the teams to ensure precision of export and import documentation which is vital to ensure smooth on-time delivery and we also prepare load-plans, provide packing materials and handle ad-hoc shipments.
WEC is now one of the fastest growing global motorsports, attracting more than 133 million fans. In 2017 the event calendar features nine races in countries including Britain, Bahrain, Germany, Japan, Shanghai and the USA.
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It is important to clean static control equipment to maintain its efficiency. This applies to all static neutralisation and generation electrodes - Bars, Blowers, Guns and Airknives. Regular cleaning will also help to increase working life and improve overall performance.
The Fraser Anti-Static Kit is designed to keep your static control equipment performing to the highest level. It consists of a brush and special cleaning fluid.
1. The strong electric field naturally attracts airborne dust and contaminants.
2. Carbonisation of the air by the high voltage results in a deposition of carbon onto the body of the electrode.
3. In some applications, such as coating and printing, the contamination may be from the ink or coating.
Some plastics applications produce gases which can cover the electrode with a conductive coating. Contamination reduces performance by diverting energy away from the emitter pins - the dirtier the ioniser, the less efficient it is. In some cases the contamination may overload the system, causing it to shut down.


It's a real privilege to be working in the tech industry, helping drive innovation forward and meeting lots of amazing people along the way. I'm lucky enough to work with so many incredible colleagues – especially women.
Women play a crucial role in the tech industry. And yet often we find it difficult to find women represented equally within our workplaces. The gender pay gap is a continuing struggle, and we still don't see enough female leadership on the boards of tech firms especially.
This is a subject I'm really passionate about, so lots of people ask me if I have any ideas for a solution.
And I always tell them: yes, I do! At the moment, I am focused on one idea in particular: social capital.
Social capital relates to the way in which your colleagues see you. Do they hold you in high regard? Are you well known for the right things? When you have developed the right social capital, you can leverage it to ensure that all women in the office are heard and valued.
So in this blog post I'm going to talk about why social capital matters, and give some advice on how we can put it to use to make our workplaces better for everybody. Keep reading to find out how you can make a difference!
In my observation, women get a lot of things right. There are three things in particular that they're great at: they are smart, well-educated, and work really hard at learning new things.
But they are lacking one piece of the puzzle. They need to build networks and make themselves and their work visible within their organisation. When managers start looking to select someone for a promotion, they automatically think of someone who is well known, or whose work they have seen and liked.
Being known for your talents doesn't happen organically. You have to work hard to become the 'go-to' person (this is something I have written about on my blog).
It can be difficult for women to find a way to do this, because we are told at a young age: don't be loud, don't be bossy. We need to break out of that mould, and be unafraid to shout about our great work.
I find it really hard to – I'm Swedish, and it really is not in our culture to 'talk up' our achievements! – but once you make a habit of it, it will have an explosive impact on your career.
What should organisations be doing?
So I've spoken about the cultural factors at play in this issue. But what's the role of the organisation? How can a company generate the cultural change that allows women to break the mould they might have grown up with?
For me, the number one thing an employer should focus on is building an environment where everyone can be heard.
Meetings are a really great example of this. Typically, men are happy to jump in and give their opinion on whatever is being discussed, whereas women tend to wait until they have been invited to speak. This means women have to compete with their male colleagues, and they don't get a chance to contribute.
To combat this, organisations should foster a meeting culture where you go around the table and take it in turns to add something. This is a more inclusive approach which benefits everyone, since it's not just women who might struggle with a loud culture, but introverts too.
Managers should take charge of this. If a woman at the table comments, you could call attention to the point she has made by repeating it or agreeing with it (only if you actually agree, of course).
Women in particular have to do this as a way of supporting other women, to help balance the scale towards equality.
But what about the individual? Every one of us has a part to play to drive change, just as much as our organisation.
For me, the golden rule is: you have to act.
If there's no women's network, then set one up. If nobody is talking about equality in your workplace, start the conversation.
Establish a community, and you will find ways to be strong together.
In my career so far I have had the privilege of speaking at a few different tech conferences – including my favourite, Fujitsu Forum, where I have delivered a talk two years in a row!
Being visible in this way has had a hugely positive impact on my career. And, perhaps more importantly, it has helped me bring attention to the issues I really care about – equality in the workplace being first among them.
You can do this too, by lifting the women around you. Highlight a point that they have made in a meeting, or shout about the good work they have done.
I love seeing panels talking about women in tech (and I love being on them!). But I also think we need to remember something: to create real change, we need to have more than just women in the room.
The key is to look at mixed leadership. Both men and women need to play a part in making the workplace a better environment for women.
After all, it is a shared workplace, and this means we all share in the responsibility to make it more equal. So my third piece of advice: work together with men as you create change.
If you take one thing away from this blog post, I hope you remember how important it is for women to use their social capital to support other women in the workplace.
It's about being strong together, and not about excluding men from important conversations on this issue. It's definitely not about women making careers at the cost of others.
When women support women everyone profits. It's a simple fact. Now employers and employees have to find their best way of making this happen.
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ERA-Net on the Blue Bioeconomy (BlueBio) – Unlocking the Potential of Aquatic Bioresources
The 1st Transnational Call for research proposals under the ERA-NET Bluebio is now open. BlueBio aims at achieving a sustainable and competitive Blue Bioeconomy in Europe. The goal is to generate knowledge for Blue Bioeconomy value chains and improve the transfer of bio-based products and services from research, innovation and demonstrations to production scale implementing the multi-actor-approach. BlueBio contributes to the production of safe, nutritious and valuable bio-products and services, while applying the food first principle. BlueBio launches calls to attract projects that work on the use and value-added of aquatic biomass in integrated value chains from primary production to processing, generating innovative products and services within the bioeconomy.
Proposals may be submitted under four priority areas as follows:
Priority area 1: Exploring new bio-resources
Priority area 2: Exploring improvements in fisheries and aquaculture
Priority area 3: Exploring synergies across sectors
Priority area 4: Exploring Biotechnology and ICT
The Cofund is being coordinated by Norway and consists of 28 partners from 16 countries with an estimated fund of €29.25m. The main objective of the Cofund is to establish a coordinated Research and Development funding scheme that will strengthen Europe's position in the blue bioeconomy.
The funding available for Irish partners is 1,500,000 Euro, which is being supported by the Marine Institute and Science Foundation Ireland. A summary of the National Funding Guidelines are published on the BlueBio ERA-NET website. Any queries relating to the Call should be sent to funding@marine.ie or the nominated National Contact Points listed in the BlueBio call documents. For further information regarding SFI's engagement, please contact eu-cofund@sfi.ie.
Closing Date for Pre-Proposals - 17 March 2019 at 13:00 Central European Time (12 noon Irish Time).
A brokerage event was held in Norway on 30 January 2019.
Please refer to the Ireland National Rules, which requires Irish partners to complete and submit the Ireland National Process Form to funding@marine.ie by 17th March 2019 12 noon (one per proposal). Two Information Sessions were held on 12th February in the Marine Institute HQ in Galway and 14th February in Dublin. The National Rules for Ireland and the National Process form can be found on the Marine Institute website.
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One of the questions I get asked most is the kind of asset allocation I follow and what are the current investments I am having. While readers of my blog will understand my openness in sharing a lot of personal details, I am obviously a bit uncomfortable in sharing the direct monetary figures of this. At the same time, I do want to share as much information as possible in the blog as I know many people benefit from the same.
I have therefore come up with an idea of Financial Independence Units, where each FIU has a certain value, suppose it is X. Now if I say my net worth is 100X, then it will not reveal my real net worth for you do not know X. Yet, you will be able to understand my asset allocation and the relative investment figures that are currently there.
Note that this is my current asset allocation and it was obviously a fair deal more before the current drop in the markets. In terms of general asset allocation principle, with the real estate and insurance out of the equation, I normally try to maintain a 60:40 ratio between equity and debt. Right now this ratio is more like 54:46 and therefore I am looking at investing more in stocks over the next 2 months or so.
Fixed income allocation gives me a certain amount through interest earnings.
Dividend from some equity MF schemes.
Capital gains from FMP redemptions.
Capital gains from any hybrid fund redemption.
I can also withdraw from my PPF account but I have never done it so far in my life and do not anticipate doing it for another 6 years at least.
All this basically means that my PPF will be useful for me in the age band 60-70 and beyond 70 I will be using my equity assets for the rest of my life span.
A lot of investors are a worried lot looking at the market performance in September. It has been exceptionally poor and completely contrary to what most experts thought will happen. I had thought that after the smart recovery in August, September will be similar performance though a little muted. In reality, the market has tanked quite a bit and as of now does seem to be in a strong bear grip.
I think the next quarter is going to be a challenge in terms of the markets and unless there is some very good news on the economic or political front, I do not see any good recovery happening. Specific to the Nifty, the resistance level of 11150 is very strong and the support level of 10800 or so is not so. As such it is quite easy for it to slip down to lower levels and even breach 10500 easily. As far as my own portfolio goes, it has taken a big hit recently, going down by 15 % over the last month or so. Given that my portfolio in both stocks and MF is substantial, the absolute level of loss is a staggering one. However, given the fact that I do not need to redeem any of these investments in the next few years, I am not too worried about the impact on my net worth just yet.
So the key question for me is how do I plan to change my investment strategies for the next quarter. As I see it, despite the ongoing mayhem expected to continue, this is a real good time to invest in quality stocks. This is also supported strongly by the asset allocation principles, where you need to move some money from debt to equity. With this broad strategy as the base, here are the actions I will take.
Look at investing in Mid cap and Small cap MF only for the next quarter out of my active income surplus. I think these make more sense as compared to large cap or multi cap MF right now.
So far I was using any FMP redemption this way – use the capital gains for my regular expenditure and reinvest the Principal amount into some other FMP or Debt fund. In the changed situation, I will invest the principal amount into stocks or some close ended MF that seems potentially good to me.
Any other income such as interest from tax free bonds, dividends from MF schemes, dividends from stocks etc will be used to make selective purchases into my stock portfolio. There are a lot of stocks available at very attractive prices and it will really make sense to take advantage of these over the next few months.
In short, though it is a tad painful to see a lot of red in my portfolio over the last 2 months, I am rather optimistic and excited about the opportunity presented by the current markets. As I do not have to depend on my earnings from here in the short term or medium term, I believe I have time on my side. The key attribute will be to identify good companies that will hopefully stand the test of time, at least the next decade !!
As an investor, you too should look at your situation and figure out how you want to get things done. Whatever your strategy is, keep asset allocation in mind and take advantage of the current and future market levels. For the markets, things will definitely get far worse before they get better – but that is also an opportunity that you must seize.
I have been writing this blog for over 3 years now and one of the most common queries that I get from readers is whether I provide any Financial Planning services. Let me be upfront about this at the start – I do not provide such services in the way they are normally understood, nor am I a SEBI registered Financial Planner. In fact, I have absolutely no intention of being one too as I do not see this as my profession.
However, I do provide a service to select people who approach me directly. I have given the acronym of HELP to it. The expanded form is Holistic Engagement in Life Planning. In this post I will explain about this service and explain as to how interested people can avail of my services for this. As I have explained in several posts of my blog, life planning must precede financial planning. As an individual or as someone responsible for your family well being, you will need to plan the important life events as well as the lifestyle choices you want to maintain. Note that the typical financial planning process assumes that people will by and large plan for typical goals such as children's education, marriage, own retirement etc. I find this a completely unsuitable way of doing things as the life of each individual is unique and needs to be catered as such.
Son wants to take up a career in Bio technology, daughter wants to be a film maker.
Your wife is 38 and gave up her career for her kids 10 years back – she now wants to open up a boutique of her own in the next 3 years.
You are interested in starting your Consultancy practice by the time you are 50 and for that you need to be financially independent.
All of you like travelling and want to take a domestic vacation every year apart from short trips and also an international vacation every alternate year.
The idea of HELP is to bring out these life goals and lifestyle choices clearly, so that it can be determined what kind of financial support these would require and how can that be organized. Yes, the last part will involve financial planning but it will be in a very different way than just how to buy MF through SIP etc.
Advised a Colonel in Indian army as to how he could fulfill his dream of migrating to Canada in a teaching role.
A software professional in Kolkata was worried about longevity of job and worked out an alternate plan should such an event occur.
Got several people started on building a stock portfolio from scratch.
Note that in all of these cases, the people already had a financial plan made through a SEBI accredited Financial planner but they were not happy with their life and lifestyle.
BE in Computer Science & Engg from Jadavpur university, Kolkata in 1986.
PGDM from IIM Calcutta in 1988, with major in Marketing and Systems.
Overall experience of 30 years plus, 27 years in regular corporate roles and nearly 3 years now in my Consultancy practice.
I have worked almost entirely in the software services and BPO space.
Have worked as a CXO for 15 years plus, nearly half of this in 2 publicly listed companies.
Lived in Kolkata, Delhi, Chennai and Hyderabad besides having travelled widely all through the world for my work.
Have been financially independent since 2014 and writing a blog since 2015 June. The blog has had views in excess of 3.5 lacs till date.
My daughter is BE from BITS, PGDBM from XLRI and working in a Consultancy firm now. My son is in his final year at BITS, doing a dual degree – Msc Maths + BE in Computer Science.
I am associated with helping students in career counselling for Engineering / MBA.
Am in the Hyderabad panel for IIMC admissions.
I believe in the Indian context, I am one of the few people who are able to deliver a service such as HELP. This has been proven by the 10 situations where this is done.
So if you are interested in knowing more about this, how do you get started? Well, the first step will be to write to me at rajshekhar_roy@yahoo.co.uk expressing your interest to avail of this. I will then ask a few questions over mail to assess your current situation and then we can have an introductory call. After this I will let you know if I can do this for you and what will it cost.
Typical duration for the complete exercise is 1 month, with 2 interactions over phone per week and costs can range between 20000 and 30000 for the first year. Yearly reviews after first year will be 25 % of the year 1 costs.
If you reach out to me, do not get offended on my inability to take you up ( if that happens ). I am doing this to add real value to the lives of the people and therefore cannot spread myself too thin.
Look forward to hearing from some of you – believe me, your life will undergo a serious transformation once you go through this exercise.
I have been away from the blog for a week now owing to a travel to Mauritius. It was nice to see that the blog had good readership even in the absence of any posts from my side and that I got several requests to post something on current market situation.
Of course, while I have been away from writing posts in the blog, I have not been away from the markets. In the present state of financial independence, the markets are quite important to me and, despite my significant experience with them, it will really not be very true to say that the volatility has not really caused any anxieties in me. Of late the indices have plummeted again after a good recovery where both Nifty and Sensex had reached their life time highs. Does this mean the recovery is over and we are back in a bear market? The short answer to this question is No. For the long answer, let us look at the levels of indices.
I will look at Nifty 50, Nifty Midcap 100 and Nifty Smallcap 100 as these will give us a very good view of the overall market. Thanks to SEBI, the definitions are now quite clear and investors can invest in both stocks and MF with a lot more clarity than before.
What is Nifty telling us based on current levels and DMA?
Closing value today is 10967, about 800 points shy of lifetime high. Note that the lifetime high was achieved in the previous month itself.
YTD returns as well as returns for all periods up to 3 years are positive, except the 1 month period. The range is 9.7 % for 6 months and 39 % for 3 years. For 1 month it is -3.7 %.
Current level of Nifty is well below 30, 50 DMA and just more than 150 and 200 DMA.
Based on this I predict that Nifty still has some downside left and can well go to earlier territory of 10500 or so in the near run.
However, it is likely to get support thereafter and be range bound between 10500 and 10800.
Unless some out of the way good news is there on the political or economic front, I do not see it going above 11000.
If BJP loses the upcoming state elections then a drop to 9500 or so cannot be ruled out.
What is Nifty Midcap 100 telling us based on current levels and DMA?
Closing value today is 17847, just above 52 week low of 17430, and well below the lifetime high of 21840.
YTD returns and returns for other periods in this year are negative. 1 year return is also negative at -3.1 % while 3 year returns are nearly 43 %.
Current level of Nifty Midcap 100 is significantly lower than 30, 50 and 150 and 200 DMA.
Based on this I predict that Nifty Midcap 100 still has some downside left and can well go to 17500 or so in the next 1 month.
However, it is likely to find support thereafter and be range bound between 17500 and 18500.
Unless some out of the way good news is there on the political or economic front, I do not see it going above 19000.
If BJP loses the upcoming state elections then a drop to 17000 or so cannot be ruled out as it will very likely breach the 52 week low levels.
What is Nifty Smallcap 100 telling us based on current levels and DMA?
Closing value today is 6722, just above 52 week low of 6644, but well below the lifetime high of 9656.
YTD returns and returns for other periods in this year are negative. 1 year return is – 13.3 % while 3 year returns are nearly 33 %.
Current level of Nifty Smallcap 100 is significantly lower than 30, 50 ,150 and 200 DMA.
Based on this I predict that Nifty Smallcap 100 still has some downside left and can well go to 6300 or so in the next 1 month.
However, it is likely to rebound thereafter and be range bound between 6800 and 7500.
Unless some out of the way good news is there on the political or economic front, I do not see it going above 8000.
If BJP loses the upcoming state elections then a drop to 6000 or so cannot be ruled out as it will very likely breach the 52 week low levels.
So what does all this mean for your investments and how should you tackle your existing MF portfolio? Well, this post is already quite long, let me address that in the next post.
I received a lot of feedback on my earlier post about the CRISIL ratings of MF schemes. Many readers expressed surprise that their schemes were not in the Rank 1 or 2 categories, while others wanted to question whether the CRISIL ratings are really trust worthy. Well, the report is available in the public domain so I will definitely recommend that you get hold of it and read it, it does contain a lot of useful information. As far as my opinion goes, I found the report to be quite a good one and fairly objective in assessment of the different MF schemes.
So why are the erstwhile favorite schemes such as HDFC top 100, DSP small cap fund, Sundaram Select mid cap etc not doing well according to this report? Well, the issue is largely with the funds and not so much with the rating. You need to remember that the strict rules by SEBI has led to a fair bit of portfolio churning for several MF schemes and these are now really aligned to their respective categories. So it is now not possible for a fund manager of a Large cap fund to take some Small cap bets in order to increase the returns. All of this will be great in the long run but can have a dampening effect on the performance of the more popular funds in the short run. As I said, there is no need of a knee jerk reaction right away, wait for a couple of quarters to see if they recover.
However, if you are starting off with a new portfolio, then it surely makes no sense to invest in the funds that are currently doing poorly, such as the HDFC Top 100 etc. It will be way better to look at funds that are doing well in the context of the past few quarters. As I have said repeatedly in my blog, a well constructed MF portfolio should have about 4-5 funds from different categories. As we are talking about an initial MF portfolio here I will look at 4 types of funds, 1 in each category namely, large cap, multi cap, mid cap and small cap. The allocation can differ based on the risk temperament but for a long term portfolio, it will be fine if you invest equal amounts in each of them.
You can take any of these portfolios ans start investing for a year, keeping a look at how their ratings change every quarter. After one year if you are not happy about the performance of any scheme, look at changes.
My feeling is that sustained investment in any of these portfolios over the long term will create serious wealth and help you achieve all your life goals.


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Matylda, królowa Belgów z domu hrabianka d'Udekem d'Acoz urodzona jako Matylda Maria Krystyna Gislena d'Udekem d'Acoz (Mathilde Marie Christine Ghislaine d'Udekem d'Acoz, ur. 20 stycznia 1973 w Uccle) - belgijska logopeda i psycholog polskiego pochodzenia, członkini belgijskiej rodziny królewskiej; od 21 lipca 2013 królowa Belgów jako żona króla Filipa I.

Matylda d'Udekem d'Acoz urodziła się w 1973 roku w Uccle jako pierwsze dziecko Patryka d'Udekem d'Acoz i jego żony, Anny Marii. W 2000 król Belgów przyznał jej rodzinie tytuł hrabiów, dziedziczony w linii męskiej.

W 1994 ukończyła studia w Institut libre Marie Haps w Brukseli na kierunku logopedia, w 2002 Université catholique de Louvain w Louvain-la-Neuve na kierunku psychologia.

W 1999 poślubiła Filipa, księcia Brabancji, z którym ma czworo dzieci: Elżbietę, księżną Brabancji (ur. 2001), księcia Gabriela (ur. 2003), księcia Emmanuela (ur. 2005) i księżniczkę Eleonorę (ur. 2008).

Po ślubie otrzymała tytuł Jej Królewskiej Wysokości Księżnej Brabancji. Po abdykacji teścia w 2013 i wstąpieniu na tron męża, została Jej Królewską Mością Królową Belgów. Jest pierwszą w historii królową tego kraju, pochodzącą z Belgii. Królowa uczestniczy w oficjalnych wizytach dyplomatycznych, wydarzeniach odbywających się w królestwie i poświęca się działalności charytatywnej.

Pochodzenie
Matylda d'Udekem d'Acoz urodziła się 20 stycznia 1973 roku w Uccle na przedmieściach Brukseli. Jest najstarszym z pięciorga dzieci hrabiego Patricka d'Udekem d'Acoz (1936–2008) i hrabianki (obecnie hrabiny) Anny Komorowskiej (ur. 24 września 1946 w Białogardzie) Polki, wnuczki Adama Zygmunta Sapiehy. Jej rodzeństwo to:
 hrabianka Maria Alix d'Udekem d'Acoz (1974–1997; zginęła w wypadku samochodowym),
 hrabianka Elżbieta d'Udekem d'Acoz (ur. 17 stycznia 1977),
 hrabianka Helena d'Udekem d'Acoz (ur. 22 września 1979),
 hrabia Karol Henryk d'Udekem d'Acoz (ur. 13 maja 1985).

Przyszła królowa dzieciństwo spędziła w pałacu Losange w Villers-la-Bonne-Eau.

Edukacja
Matylda uczęszczała najpierw do szkoły podstawowej w Bastogne, a następnie do Institut de la Vierge Fidèle w Brukseli, gdzie zdała maturę. Następnie studiowała logopedię w Institut Libre Marie Haps w Brukseli, którą ukończyła z wyróżnieniem w 1994 roku. Przed ślubem prowadziła własną praktykę, pracowała również z autystycznymi dziećmi. Po ślubie studiowała natomiast psychologię na Katolickim Uniwersytecie w Lowanium, którą ukończyła z wyróżnieniem w 2002 roku.

Królowa Matylda mówi biegle po francusku, niderlandzku, angielsku i włosku. Porozumiewa się także w języku hiszpańskim (częściowo), natomiast po polsku potrafi powiedzieć kilka zdań.

Królowa ma szerokie zainteresowania. Uwielbia muzykę, sztukę, literaturę oraz sport (szczególnie tenis i pływanie).

Życie prywatne
W 1996 roku Matylda poznała starszego od niej o trzynaście lat Filipa, księcia Brabancji, w czasie gry w tenisa. Filip był synem panującej belgijskiej pary królewskiej, króla Alberta II i królowej Paoli oraz następcą tronu. Zaręczyny ogłoszono 13 września 1999, co było wydarzeniem niespodziewanym, bowiem relacja księcia utrzymana była w tajemnicy przed mediami.

4 grudnia 1999 para zawarła cywilny związek małżeński w brukselskim ratuszu w czasie ceremonii, w której użyto języka francuskiego, flamandzkiego i niemieckiego. Następnie miał miejsce ślub religijny w katedrze Świętego Michała i Świętej Guduli. Panna młoda, będąca pochodzenia flamandzkiego przed ślubem mieszkała w Walonii, co miało duże znaczenie dla nadziei na złagodzenie waśni pomiędzy podzielonymi etnicznie Belgami. W uroczystości wzięli udział przedstawiciele wielu rodzin książęcych i królewskich, w tym przedstawiciele polskich rodów Komorowskich i Sapiehów, a także monarchowie Grecji, Danii, Liechtensteinu, Luksemburga, Niderlandów, Norwegii, Szwecji i Hiszpanii.

Po ślubie Matylda otrzymała tytuł Jej Królewskiej Wysokości Księżnej Brabancji. Małżonkowie pojawili się na balkonie Pałacu Królewskiego w towarzystwie swoich rodziców, a następnie udali się na przyjęcie weselne w pałacu w Laeken. Para spędziła miesiąc miodowy w miejscu zatajonym przed mediami.

W maju 2001 rodzina królewska ogłosiła pierwszą ciążę księżnej Brabancji. 25 października 2001 w Erasmus Hospital w Brukseli urodziła się córka pary, księżniczka Elżbieta Teresa Maria Helena. Dziewczynka, zgodnie z belgijskim prawem, zajęła drugie miejsce w linii sukcesji tronu i została pierwszą w 171-letniej historii kraju kobietą, która urodziła się jako przyszła dziedziczka tronu i nie mogła zostać wyprzedzona przez narodziny młodszego brata. W 2013, po abdykacji króla Alberta II, Elżbieta została następczynią tronu i księżną Brabancji.

20 sierpnia 2003 w Erasmus Hospital w Brukseli księżna Matylda urodziła drugie dziecko, syna, księcia Gabriela Baudouina Karola Marię, który zajął trzecie miejsce w linii sukcesji belgijskiego tronu.

14 kwietnia 2005 poinformowano, że para książęca spodziewa się narodzin trzeciego dziecka. Ich syn, książę Emmanuel Leopold Wilhelm Franciszek Maria, przyszedł na świat 4 października 2005 w Erasmus Hospital w Brukseli.

Czwarta ciąża księżnej została ogłoszona 4 października 2007. Druga córka pary urodziła się 16 kwietnia 2008 w Erasmus Hospital w Brukseli i otrzymała imiona Eleonora Fabiola Wiktoria Anna Maria. Wpisana została na piąte miejsce w linii sukcesji belgijskiego tronu.

Królowa Belgów
Gdy 21 lipca 2013 r. Filip został królem po abdykacji swojego ojca, króla Alberta II, Matylda stała się pierwszą królową urodzoną w Belgii. Poprzednie królowe pochodziły z:
 Paola Ruffio di Calabria (ur. 11 września 1937) z Włoch,
 Fabiola de Mora (ur. 11 czerwca 1928) z Hiszpanii,
 Astrid Bernadotte (1905–1935) ze Szwecji,
 Elżbieta Gabriela Wittelsbach (1876–1965) z Niemiec,
 Maria Henrietta Habsburg (1836–1902) z Austrii,
 Ludwika Maria Orleańska (1812–1850) z Francji.
Od wstąpienia męża na tron może korzystać z prawa występowania w białym stroju podczas audiencji u papieża, tzw. przywilej bieli.

Odznaczenia
 1999 – Wielka Wstęga Orderu Leopolda (Belgia)
 2000 – Krzyż Wielki Orderu Izabeli Katolickiej (Hiszpania)
 2001 – Krzyż Wielki Orderu Gwiazdy Polarnej (Szwecja)
 2003 – Krzyż Wielki Orderu Świętego Olafa (Norwegia)
 2004 – Krzyż Wielki Orderu Róży (Finlandia)
 2004 – Krzyż Wielki Orderu Zasługi (Polska)
 2006 – Krzyż Wielki Orderu Oranje-Nassau (Holandia)
 2006 – Krzyż Wielki Orderu Chrystusa (Portugalia)
 2007 – Krzyż Wielki Orderu Zasługi Adolfa de Nassau (Luksemburg)
 2010 – Krzyż Wielki Orderu Grobu Świętego (Watykan)
 2015 – Order Orła Białego (Polska)
 2017 – Order Słonia (Dania)

Genealogia
Matka królowej Matyldy, Anna Maria, pochodziła z polskiego rodu Komorowskich. Urodziła się w Białymstoku, ale większość swojego życia spędziła poza granicami Polski. Matylda spokrewniona jest z byłym prezydentem Polski, Bronisławem Komorowskich. Poprzez rodzinę Komorowskich królowa jest daleką potomkinią Giedymina, wielkiego księcia litewskiego.

Babcią królowej była Zofia, księżniczka z rodu Sapiehów. Poprzez tą linię królowa jest potomkinią Szymona, wielkiego księcia Litwy, panującego w XV wieku, poprzez dwóch jego synów.

Przodkowie

Przypisy

Linki zewnętrzne

 Genealogia ks. Matyldy na stronie potomków Sejmu Czteroletniego http://www.sejm-wielki.pl
 artykuł o księżnej Matyldzie

Belgijska rodzina królewska
Belgijskie królowe
Odznaczeni Krzyżem Wielkim Orderu Zasługi Rzeczypospolitej Polskiej
Odznaczeni Orderem Białej Róży Finlandii
Odznaczeni Orderem Chrystusa (Portugalia)
Odznaczeni Orderem Grobu Świętego
Odznaczeni Orderem Gwiazdy Polarnej (Szwecja)
Odznaczeni Orderem Izabeli Katolickiej
Odznaczeni Orderem Leopolda (Belgia)
Odznaczeni Orderem Oranje-Nassau
Odznaczeni Orderem Orła Białego (III Rzeczpospolita)
Odznaczeni Orderem Słonia
Odznaczeni Orderem Świętego Olafa
Odznaczeni Orderem Zasługi Adolfa Nassauskiego
Polonia w Belgii
Belgowie pochodzenia polskiego
Urodzeni w 1973
Ludzie urodzeni w Uccle


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Silent Doyle Part 3
In part 3 of Howard Ostroms essay series "Silent Doyle" - a study of Doyles non Sherlock stories silent films, we take a look at the films created through 1916-1923.
silent_doyle_part_three.pdf
Delay to HOTM Part 2
Sadly due to faults with youtubes upload speed the release date for Part 2 of Heat Of The Moment is going to have to be pushed back. With any luck it will be out as soon as is possible.
If you have not yet had a chance to see part one though you can over on the episode page by clicking here.
In part 2 of Howard Ostroms latest essay series "Silent Doyle" we examine what the years 1914-1915 brought for Doyles non Sherlock Holmes related stories film adaptions. As well as taking a look at the likes of "Brigadier Gerard" part 2 also examines appearances by Doyle himself in news reels and documentaries during this time.
silent_doyle_part_two.pdf
Silent Doyle Part One
Despite the title used here, Sir Arthur Conan Doyle was not actually very silent at all, in fact he was rather vocal in expressing opinions .
But "Silent Doyle" actually refers to a brand new 4 part essay series from Howard Ostrom which examines the silent films adapted from Sir Arthur Conan Doyles non Sherlock Holmes related stories.
Howards latest venture came about after noted Sherlockian, Peter Blau, commented on his 'Silent Sherlock' essay series and mentioned; "I won't expect instant action on my suggestion that you also consider exploring silent films of Conan Doyle's non-Sherlockian works . . . there are some . . . "House of Temperley" and "Brigadier Gerard" and "The Fighting Eagle" among them, and I'm sure there is much more to be discovered."
Never one to falter when it comes to research of the Sherlock Holmes universe and all subsequent extensions, Howard took to the challenge with gusto - the results of which you will be able to read over the next few days.
silent_doyle_part_one.pdf
Heat Of The Moment Part 1
Today we have part 1 of the latest No Place Like Holmes Episode "Heat Of The Moment" - The 3rd in the 4th Series.
In this episode Madeline Chambers continues to delve into Sherlock Holmes past and comes across one particular tale of interest from 1890. When two Russian spies break into a military protected building and steal sensitive war plans, the safe recovery of them falls to the Brothers of Deduction Sherlock and Mycroft.
For optimal viewing remember to change settings to 1080HD.
For Part 2 come back on the 31st December 2013.
The Diogenes Club Library Now Open
Today see's the opening of a new section of the NPLH Website - "The Diogenes Club Library".
Video might be the main produce NPLH puts out but as you know we do have ventures outside that.
The Diogenes Club Library houses an easy to navigate section dedicated to all the essays that NPLH has published including "Silent Sherlock" and "Voices In Darkness".
We are also celebrating the opening with a brand new previously unseen essay by Professor Marino C.Alverez - author of "A Professor Reflects On Sherlock Holmes".
Alverez's essay discusses how scientific instruments mentioned in stories by A. Conan Doyle have served as precursors to modern day forensic procedures.
For consideration for submitting your own essay to the library please use the contact form to discuss.
The Club Library also has a shelf for "NPLH In The Media" where you can find a selection of links taking you to external interviews/articles and features to do with No Place Like Holmes.
So if you fancy catching up on your reading why not go check out the library now by clicking here.
Holmes In Time For Christmas *Full Episode*
Today we have a full length version of the NPLH Episode "Holmes In Time For Christmas" which originally ran between 18th December 2010 to the 24th December 2010. It was the fourth and final episode of the 1st series.
The episode is largely set within 1893 with Holmes retelling the events in 2010 to Dr.Watson.
The adventure see's the Holmes brothers teaming up with the woman Irene Adler to stop a spate of mysterious Christmas killings in one sleepy Sussex village.
Earlier this year it was adapted into a novel and published by MXPublishing in both paper back and e book formats.
If you would rather watch the episode in six parts then click here to begin.
NPLH Series 3 - The Missing Blooper Collection.
Today we have scoured the archives from the 3rd NPLH Series files to compile a blooper reel from the missing bloopers that did not make it into the original respective blooper reels.
The 3rd NPLH series ran between the period of 21st July 2012 - April 21st April 2013 and consisted of the episodes "Red Rising" "Reign Will Fall" and "Dialysis Murder".
Silent Sherlock - Final Part -
And then they discovered talking.........
It has been quite an eventful ride these past weeks with Howard Ostroms amazingly detailed and well written series "Silent Sherlock" which he has managed to construct in an alarmingly short period of time to an extraordinary high standard.
If you have been following it you have no doubt learnt a great deal about the era of "Si-lock" and who the players of it were. I would like to say a big thank you to Howard for his hard work on these and if you too have enjoyed them or have any comment of your own to make why not send him a message on twitter @HowardOstrom or via the contact form and I will pass it on.
But now the moment you have all been waiting for - "Silent Sherlock" Part 20.
silent_sherlock_part_twenty.pdf
Heat Of The Moment Release Schedule and Title Card Artwork
Today we have the title card artwork for the next upcoming NPLH episode "Heat Of The Moment" drawn by Eldred Ryan of NXG Comics.
Heat Of The Moment is the 3rd Episode of the 4th Series and is scheduled for release as follows.
PART 1 - Tuesday 24th December 2013
PART 2 - Tuesday 31st December 2013.
To see photos from the episode click here.
For more NPLH related artwork why not check out the rest of the gallery here.