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Brighton Music Blog
Momotaro / Second Side Interview
Posted on 21/01/2014 by brightonmusicblog
Momotaro release their debut album Second Side on 1st February. I caught up with Peppi, Rosie and Dave to talk about their first full length long player.
Over the course of last year Momotaro put up around half a dozen tracks onto Soundcloud – all now removed – which form the backbone of the album. What appears on the record are re-recorded versions of these, showing a Second Side to the songs, hence the album name. "When we first started to write music together we were writing a song every single week, we were so excited by it. We were never really doing things by the book and we literally churned them out and I think that helped us develop." said Peppi, "We would write a song, learn it, then when we'd play it we'd come away from the gig thinking it could be so much better and that led to the newer versions of the older songs."
It's not just the songs that have evolved over the past twelve months – the way that the band work has changed too: "At the beginning we didn't have what we have now, where we have ideas as a trio. Before someone would throw an idea into the pot but we wouldn't know what to do with it, but now it's more like a collaborative sound" Peppi told us. Even the band's setup onstage feels like a more even share of duties than most bands, with Rosie's electric drum kit given equal prominence and not tucked away at the back, and Dave and Rosie swapping instruments. One thing that's key for the band is that despite playing electronica, they're not using laptops. Asked about their favourite tracks on their album Warm Step comes up, an old song which has completely changed "It's less digital – we got a ukulele which seems to have added quite a lot to our set overall" said Rosie
As well as the album coming out on 1st February, the band are hosting the launch party on the same day at the Green Door Store. First support is local electronic indie band Faux Flux, who Momotaro have played alongside a number of times, and who the band see themselves alongside as part of a growing local electronic music scene. "There's definitely a scene that we were never part of before. We seem to see a bit of a correlation, we keep playing with similar acts. It's really surprising and lovely to find all these bands through what we're doing". GAPS also get a mention – Rosie has known Rachel for years before either band were formed – as do IYES who the band regularly see when they're both rehearsing at Brighton Electric.
Second support is the Sunday Best signed Lucky Elephant, who have been in the music industry in one form or another for fifteen years. It turns out that Peppi has known Sam from Lucky Elephant for quite a while: "I've known Sam for about ten years, he was in Boomclick when I first knew him. I didn't even know I wanted to do music until I saw his studio. I worked with him in London and I started playing guitar and he offered to record one of my songs in his little home studio. I went round there and I was "WOW – I want everything that you have!". He got me into music, I can safely say that. We always said that we must make sure we play a gig together one day and I never ever thought that we would, and now he's supporting us". Momotaro will be returning the favour supporting Lucky Elephant at their album launch, also at the Green Door Store later this spring.
One of the tracks on Second Side is already experiencing a life of it's own. Blue Soul is currently being used on Australian YouTube Surf Magazine The Barrel's latest video. Through a series of contacts and coincidences some of the bands tracks got played the film makers, and ended up with their lyrics about "swimming up" accompanying videos of amazing waves. The band said that they'd like to use more visuals alongside their live music. Dave said "It's definitely something that we'd like to see more of. We're so busy making the music that we haven't yet really had time to get into too much visual stuff but in the future we'd love to". Some projections were prepared for their Source New Music show at the end of last year but technical issues scuppered that – maybe 2014 will show another side to the band.
For now though, the band's focus is to get the album out there, playing it live and getting it heard by as many people as possible, and you can do that by heading down to the Green Door Store on 1st February.
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package com.cisco.qte.jdtn.apps;

import java.io.ByteArrayInputStream;
import java.io.InputStream;
import java.sql.Connection;
import java.sql.SQLException;
import java.text.SimpleDateFormat;
import java.util.ArrayList;
import java.util.Date;
import java.util.logging.Logger;

import com.cisco.qte.jdtn.component.AbstractStartableComponent;
import org.kritikal.fabric.contrib.jdtn.BlobAndBundleDatabase;

/**
 * The media respository.  When other DTN nodes send media to this DTN
 * node, it stores the media into this Media Repository.  The storage
 * for the repository consists of file space in the server on which this
 * DTN node runs.
 * Media filename format and physical storage layout:
 *

 * <mediaPath>/<appName>/yyyy-mmm-dd-hh-mm-ss--SSS-from.extension
 *

 * where:
 *

 *
mediaPath - is the base of the physical file space where media get stored.
 *
appName - Identifies the application that originated the media and its
 *                 format.  Possibilities include (but are not limited to):
 *

 *
/text
 *
/photo
 *
/video
 *
/voice
 *

 *

 */
public class MediaRepository extends AbstractStartableComponent {

	/**
	 * A class allowing us to do file-like operations on database objects.
	 */
	public final static class File {
		public File(final BlobAndBundleDatabase.StorageType storageType, final String fileName) {
			if (fileName.contains("'")) throw new Error("Invalid filename");
			this.storageType = storageType;
			this.fileName = fileName;
		}
		final BlobAndBundleDatabase.StorageType storageType;
		final String fileName;
		public final String getAbsolutePath() { return fileName; }
		public final String getName() {
			int x = fileName.lastIndexOf('/');
			if (x >= 0) return fileName.substring(x+1);
			return fileName;
		}
		public final BlobAndBundleDatabase.StorageType getStorageType() { return storageType; }
		public final boolean exists(Connection con) {
			return BlobAndBundleDatabase.getInstance().mediaFileExists(con, this);
		}
		public final long length(Connection con) {
			return BlobAndBundleDatabase.getInstance().mediaFileLength(con, this);
		}
		public final boolean delete(Connection con) {
			return BlobAndBundleDatabase.getInstance().mediaFileDelete(con, this);
		}
		public final InputStream inputStream(Connection con) {
			byte[] data = BlobAndBundleDatabase.getInstance().mediaGetBodyData(con, this);
			if (data == null) return null;
			return new ByteArrayInputStream(data, 0, data.length);
		}
		public final boolean equals(Object other) {
			File o = (File)other;
			return this.storageType == o.storageType && this.fileName.equals(o.fileName);
		}
		long oid = 0l;
		public long getOid() { return oid; }
		public void setOid(long oid) { this.oid = oid; }

		@Override
		public int hashCode() {
			return this.fileName.hashCode();
		}
	}

	private static final Logger _logger =
		Logger.getLogger(MediaRepository.class.getCanonicalName());

	private static final MediaRepository _instance = new MediaRepository();

	/**
	 * Get singleton instance
	 * @return Singleton instance
	 */
	public static MediaRepository getInstance() {
		return _instance;
	}

	private final SimpleDateFormat _formatter =
		new SimpleDateFormat("yyyy-MMM-dd-hh-mm-ss-SSS");
	private final ArrayList<MediaEventRegistration> _listeners =
		new ArrayList<MediaEventRegistration>();

	/**
	 * Constructor
	 */
	private MediaRepository() {
		super("MediaRepository");
	}

	@Override
	protected void startImpl() {
		// Nothing
	}

	@Override
	protected void stopImpl() {
		// Nothing
	}

	/**
	 * Clean the Media Repository of all files
	 */
	public void clean() {
		Connection con = BlobAndBundleDatabase.getInstance().getInterface().createConnection();
		try {
			BlobAndBundleDatabase.getInstance().cleanMediaRepository(con, BlobAndBundleDatabase.StorageType.MEDIA);
			try { con.commit(); } catch (SQLException e) {
				_logger.warning(e.getMessage());
			}
		}
		finally {
			try { con.close(); } catch (SQLException ignore) {}
		}
	}

	/**
	 * Form the full pathname filename for a media file.  This is called from
	 * one of the DTN receive threads when they receive a bunlde and wish to
	 * store the media bundle file into the media repository.
	 * @param appName App Name (like photo, video, text, voice)
	 * @param dateReceived Date data received
	 * @param from Indication of whom the data was from
	 * @param extension Filename extension (like .jpg, .3gp. txt)
	 * @return Full pathname in the media repository
	 */
	public MediaRepository.File formMediaFilename(
			String appName,
			Date dateReceived,
			String from,
			String extension) {

        String fileName =
        	"/" +
        	appName +
        	"/" +
        	_formatter.format(dateReceived) +
        	"-" +
        	from +
        	extension;

        MediaRepository.File result = new MediaRepository.File(BlobAndBundleDatabase.StorageType.MEDIA, fileName);
        return result;
	}

	/**
	 * Move a file from one place to another.  Used to move files from the
	 * bundle directory to the media repository.  Called from DTN Apps to
	 * move a received media file into the repository.
	 * @param appName The Name of the app requesting this action
	 * @param fromFilename StorageType filename - file in bundle directory
	 * @param mediaFilename - Media filename - file in media directory
	 */
	public void moveFile(String appName, String fromFilename, File mediaFilename) {
		MediaRepository.File fromFile = new File(BlobAndBundleDatabase.StorageType.MEDIA, fromFilename);
		boolean success = false;
		Connection con = BlobAndBundleDatabase.getInstance().getInterface().createConnection();
		try {
			success = BlobAndBundleDatabase.getInstance().renameTo(con, fromFile, mediaFilename);
			try { con.commit(); } catch (SQLException e) {
				_logger.warning(e.getMessage());
				success = false;
			}
		}
		finally {
			try { con.close(); } catch (SQLException ignore) {}
		}
		if (!success) {
        	_logger.severe(
        			"MediaRepository: Failed to rename " +
        			fromFilename + " to " +
        			mediaFilename.getAbsolutePath());
		} else {
			notifyMediaEvent(
					true,
					new MediaDescription(
							appName,
							mediaFilename.getAbsolutePath()));
		}
	}

	/**
	 * Write given Byte Array to given media repository file.  Called from
	 * DTN Apps to create a media file in the repository.
	 * @param appName The Name of the app requesting this action
	 * @param bytes Given byte array
	 * @param offset Starting offset
	 * @param length Length to write
	 * @param mediaFilename media repository file to write to
	 */
	public void spillByteArrayToFile(
			String appName,
			byte[] bytes,
			int offset,
			int length,
			File mediaFilename) {
		boolean success = false;
		Connection con = BlobAndBundleDatabase.getInstance().getInterface().createConnection();
		try {
			success = BlobAndBundleDatabase.getInstance().spillByteArrayToFile(con, appName, bytes, offset, length, mediaFilename);
			try { con.commit(); } catch (SQLException e) {
				_logger.warning(e.getMessage());
				success = false;
			}
		}
		finally {
			try { con.close(); } catch (SQLException ignore) {}
		}
		if (success) {
			notifyMediaEvent(
					true,
					new MediaDescription(
							appName,
							mediaFilename.getAbsolutePath()));
		}
	}

	/**
	 * Internal method to notify registered listeners when files are added to
	 * or removed from the media respository.
	 * @param addition True => file was added; otherwise, file was removed
	 * @param mediaDescription Description of the file added
	 */
	private void notifyMediaEvent(boolean addition, MediaDescription mediaDescription) {
		ArrayList<MediaEventRegistration> tempList = null;
		synchronized (_listeners) {
			tempList = new ArrayList<MediaEventRegistration>(_listeners);
		}
		for (MediaEventRegistration registration : tempList) {
			if (registration.appName.equals(mediaDescription.appName)) {
				if (addition) {
					registration.listener.onMediaAdded(mediaDescription);
				} else {
					registration.listener.onMediaRemoved(mediaDescription);
				}
			}
		}
	}

	/**
	 * Add given MediaRepositoryListener to be notified upon media repository
	 * events.  Called from DTN Service Users.
	 * @param appName AppName that service user is interested in notifications from.
	 * @param listener Service User's methods to call on media repository events.
	 */
	public void addMediaRepositoryListener(
			String appName,
			MediaRepositoryListener listener) {
		MediaEventRegistration registration =
			new MediaEventRegistration(appName, listener);
		synchronized (_listeners) {
			_listeners.add(registration);
		}
	}

	/**
	 * Remove given MediaRepositoryListener previously registered as a Media
	 * Repository Listener.  Called from DTN Service Users.
	 * @param appName AppName that service user registered for
	 * @param listener Service User's previously registered methods
	 */
	public void removeMediaRepositoryListener(
			String appName,
			MediaRepositoryListener listener) {
		synchronized (_listeners) {
			for (MediaEventRegistration registration : _listeners) {
				if (registration.appName.equals(appName) &&
					registration.listener == listener) {
					_listeners.remove(registration);
					break;
				}
			}

		}
	}

	/**
	 * Get a list of all Media files for the given AppName in the Media
	 * Repository.  Called from DTN Service users to find out what's in the
	 * media repository.
	 * @param appName Given AppName
	 * @return array of MediaDescription; one MediaDescription for each media
	 * file.
	 */
	public MediaDescription[] getMediaFiles(String appName) {
		ArrayList<MediaDescription> fileList = new ArrayList<MediaDescription>();
		File[] files = null;
		Connection con = BlobAndBundleDatabase.getInstance().getInterface().createConnection();
		try {
			files = BlobAndBundleDatabase.getInstance().listFiles(con, BlobAndBundleDatabase.StorageType.MEDIA, "/" + appName + "/");
			try { con.commit(); } catch (SQLException e) {
				_logger.warning(e.getMessage());
				files = null;
			}
		}
		finally {
			try { con.close(); } catch (SQLException ignore) {}
		}
		if (files == null) {
			return new MediaDescription[0];
		}
		for (File file : files) {
			MediaDescription mediaDescription =
				new MediaDescription(appName, file.getAbsolutePath());
			fileList.add(mediaDescription);
		}
		MediaDescription[] result = new MediaDescription[fileList.size()];
		result = fileList.toArray(result);
		return result;
	}

	/**
	 * Remove a Media File from the Repository.  Called from DTN Service users
	 * when it is determined that a media file can be removed.
	 * @param mediaDescription The Description of the Media File to delete
	 * @return True if deletion successful, false otherwise
	 */
	public boolean removeMedia(MediaDescription mediaDescription) {
		File file = new File(BlobAndBundleDatabase.StorageType.MEDIA, mediaDescription.mediaFilePath);
		Connection con = BlobAndBundleDatabase.getInstance().getInterface().createConnection();
		try {
			BlobAndBundleDatabase.getInstance().cleanMediaRepository(con, BlobAndBundleDatabase.StorageType.MEDIA, file);
			try { con.commit(); } catch (SQLException e) {
				_logger.warning(e.getMessage());
				return false;
			}
			return true;
		}
		finally {
			try { con.close(); } catch (SQLException ignore) {}
		}
	}

	/**
	 * A little class which keeps track of MediaRepositoryListener registrations.
	 */
	public class MediaEventRegistration {
		public String appName;
		public MediaRepositoryListener listener;

		public MediaEventRegistration(
				String aAppName,
				MediaRepositoryListener aListener) {
			appName = aAppName;
			listener = aListener;
		}
	}
}

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Weinstein family paid a ransom in attempt to free him
By Rebecca Kaplan
Updated on: April 26, 2015 / 1:00 PM / CBS News
The family of Warren Weinstein, a U.S. contractor kidnapped in Pakistan in 2011 and held by al Qaeda, paid a ransom of about $250,000 to try to secure his release, a person familiar with his ordeal tells CBS News.
Weinstein was one of two hostages - the other an Italian aid worker - who were inadvertently killed by a U.S. drone strike in January. The White House publicly announced their deaths last week.
Weinstein's family transferred the ransom in good faith, the source tells CBS News, but he was not returned.
A spokesman for the family said they made "every effort to engage with those holding him or those with the power to find and rescue him."
"This is an ordinary American family and they are not familiar with how one manages a kidnapping. As such, they took the advice of those in government who deal with such issues on a regular basis and were disappointed that their efforts were not ultimately successful," the spokesman said.
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U.S. policy prohibits paying ransoms to hostage takers and reportedly warned the families of James Foley and Steven Sotloff, two American journalists who were kidnapped and beheaded by the Islamic State of Iraq and Syria, that they could be prosecuted if they tried to do so.
The increasing frequency of Americans being kidnapped overseas prompted President Obama to conduct a review of hostage policy in November. A U.S. official tells CBS News that part of the review, which is still preliminary, will look at how the government engages with the families of hostages.
The official said that the review will likely recommend that the families no longer be threatened with prosecution, but that the government will maintain its no-ransom policy. That person told CBS News that the government is examining how to make sure families are made aware of the law but do not feel like they are being threatened with prosecution. The official emphasized that the government has never prosecuted or taken action against families even when they became aware a ransom payment was made.
The main consideration right now is how to address complaints from families that they are not receiving timely information about their loved ones. Currently, families are assigned one case officer who serves as the main representative of the government.
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"The assistance we received from other elements of the U.S. government was inconsistent and disappointing over the course of three and a half years," Elaine Weinstein said in a statement. "We hope that my husband's death and the others who have faced similar tragedies in recent months will finally prompt the U.S. government to take its responsibilities seriously and establish a coordinated and consistent approach to supporting hostages and their families."
CBS News Senior National Security Analyst Juan Zarate, who used to oversee U.S. hostage policy for the White House as the deputy National Security Adviser under former President George W. Bush, said it is one of the hardest issues for officials to deal with.
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CBS News' Julianna Goldman and Jenna Sawkwa contributed to this report.
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In the case of less serious infections, there are fewer symptoms – usually only diarrhoea two or three times a day for a couple of days.
Most mild types of salmonella infection clear up in four to seven days without requiring any treatment other than rest and plenty of liquid.
A more severe infection may cause excessive diarrhoea, stomach cramps and general health problems.
In such cases, treatment with hospital admission for rehydration and possibly antibiotics may be needed.
When is it necessary to contact a doctor?
If diarrhoea continues for more than 24 hours.
If the diarrhoea is frequent and intense.
If the patient has severe stomach cramps.
If there is blood in the faeces.
If the patient has fever of 38oC or higher.
If you work in the food or health industry.
If there are signs of jaundice – a yellowish discolouration of the skin or eyes. This may indicate problems with the liver or the bile ducts that take the bile from the liver to the stomach.
Frequent diarrhoea and vomiting may drain the body of fluids, salts and minerals.
Dehydration occurs when the patient loses more liquid than they can take in. Cases of dehydration should always be checked by a doctor and can be very dangerous in babies and the elderly.
How can salmonella infections be prevented?
Make sure that all food is thoroughly cooked.
What are the basic rules for preparing food hygienically?
Always wash your hands with soap after going to the toilet and before preparing food. Dry them on a dry towel.
Wash your hands when you switch from preparing one type of food to another, eg vegetables to meat. This helps prevent the exchange of bacteria between different ingredients.
Kitchen utensils must be properly washed with soap and water before use with another type of food. Again, this stops bacteria being exchanged.
Use different cutting boards and knives for preparing different foods.
Change the dishcloth every day. Wash dishcloths in water that is at least 60oC.
Store food in the refrigerator and store cooked food above uncooked, so juices from raw meat or fish cannot drip on to cooked food causing contamination. Meat, poultry and fish must not be left out of the fridge for long periods.
How should food be cooked to avoid salmonella poisoning?
The only effective way to kill salmonella bacteria is with heat. For this reason it is essential to cook food thoroughly.
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South Africa is an amazing country to visit. With a colorful and vibrant vibe, coupled with an abundance of attractions to visit and places to see, this is a destination that has much to offer!
In fact, one destination that the country loves to boast about is Pretoria. With architectural delights such as Union Buildings, the National Heritage Site, Voortrekker Monument, the State Theater and Reserve Bank, expect to be spoiled for choice when visiting this wonderful part of the world.
Whether you are heading to this destination for business or pleasure, you may be wondering how you can get great luxury car rental in Pretoria. After all, staying in an amazing city, calls for having amazing transport! So what are some tips and tricks that can have you making a great reservation for luxury car hire? Here come a few to get you started.
If you are serious about hiring a luxury car in Pretoria, then it's vital to do the leg-work before you actually arrive. There are many companies who offer competitive car rental, with some firms specializing in particular cars and comfort levels.
To make sure that you will be able to enjoy a stress-free driving experience while in the city, take the time before you travel to analyze the options available. Make a list of companies who seem to meet all of your requirements, then give them a call or send them a mail to see what their price would be.
Tip 2 - Bring Everything You Need!
The last thing you want to happen when away, is to have successfully made your reservation and to be anticipating enjoying to rent a luxury car in Pretoria, only to encounter problems when you arrive. To avoid any issues make sure you bring a printed confirmation of your car rental reservation, along with your driver's license and passport. In addition, many companies will only accept credit card payments, so rather than carry a lot of cash, make sure you have a valid credit car with you when you arrive at the car rental firm.
While enjoying your time in the city, as well as enjoying your chosen choice of travel, staying safe behind the wheel is vital. Here are a few driving regulations that will help you to do just that.
- In South Africa you drive on the left hand side.
- You are not allowed to use a mobile phone while driving.
- In general built-up areas have a speed limit of 60 km/h and open roads have a speed limit of 120 km/h.
So now you know the importance of making a reservation in advance, as well as bringing all the necessary documents with you to the company. All that's left to do now is familiarize yourself with the road and traffic regulations in South Africa, pick up your luxury car and enjoy a great city.


Carbon monoxide is a poisonous gas. It is found in the exhaust fumes of petrol engines. It is also found in the blood of smokers. It is known as 'The Silent Killer'. It has neither smell nor colour.
Carbon monoxide displaces oxygen from the blood. The blood has an affinity for carbon monoxide 300 times that for oxygen.
The carbon monoxide level in a non-smoker's breath is about 5 parts per million. The level found in smokers can be 10 - 15 times this.
Carbon monoxide is found in coal gas. It is not present in North Sea gas nor in diesel fumes. It is a component of the fumes from poorly ventilated gas or coke stoves and water heaters.
Carbon monoxide is measured using a Bedfont Smokerlyser. Blowing into the machine through a cardboard tube until there is no more breath left ensures that the last puff is captured for analysis. This last puff is in equilibrium with the blood.


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Gatwick Airport Shut Down by 'Deliberate' Drone Incursions
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Gatwick Airport In UK was closed to air traffic for more than 24 hours — at the peak of the holiday season, no less — amid repeated incursions by flying gizmos of the sort that might be found in a box in a hobbyist shop.
"This hasn't happened anywhere in the world before," said Richard Gill, the founder and chief executive of Drone Defence, which helps institutions guard their perimeters against drones. The Gatwick shutdown scrambled hundreds of flights, stranded tens of thousands of passengers and reduced the British government to playing cat-and-mouse with the drones. Controlled, perhaps, by little more than an iPad, they were repeatedly sent over the runway of the country's second-largest airport in what officials called a "deliberate act."
On Thursday, about 20 police units searched the perimeter of the airfield for the drones' operators. By nightfall, the government said it would deploy the military in a bid to reopen the airport, though it was not clear what its role would be. Police sharpshooters were spotted at Gatwick, though officials at one point had precluded that option, citing the risk of a stray bullet hitting someone.
With the authorities still at a loss over what to do, the episode was proving not only a humiliation for aviation officials but also the starkest evidence to date of how vulnerable airports across the world are to the readily available flying devices. "Over 90 percent of airports in the world are unprepared for drones," said Tim Bean, the founder and chief executive of Fortem Technologies, which is testing a drone defense system on several American runways. "Airports, stadiums, borders, oil and gas refineries — they spend a lot of money on ground security, but I think they now need to think about their airspace security."
The number of aircraft scares involving drones recorded by the British government has shot up to more than 100 this year; there were none in 2013. In Mexico and Canada, planes recently survived collisions with what appeared to be drones.
The authorities have so far released little information about the type of drones that were buzzing Gatwick, though airport officials said they captured surveillance footage of them. "As yet, the drone has not been identified," the Sussex Police said in a statement.


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The explanation may not be unconnected with the order by the Transportation Minister, Mr Rotimi Amaehi to the various leaders of customs brokers and freight forwarders to register with the Council for the Regulation of Freight Forwarding in Nigeria (CRFFN) or lose their licences.
Amiwero who is against this order by the Minister argues that both customs brokers and freight forwarders are different professionals, adding that compelling customs brokers to register with the CRFFN was uncalled for.
In the letter, he argued, "Freight forwarding either as Transport function and legal practice is not contained anywhere in the Customs and Excise Management Act C45 2004, the only legal and operating function is the CUSTOM AGENT under section 153-156 of the Customs and Excise Management Act.
On the order by the Minister for registration with the CRFFN, he said this would amount to duplicated registration, which according to him would eventually create serious conflict in control due to the individual registration, which according to him had not been trained on the rudiment of licensed custom agency business.


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'The Island President' and 'Into The Abyss: A Tale of Death, A Tale of Life' will be available on Volta
26th March 2012 2 Mins Read
From Friday 30th, March The Island President and Into The Abyss: A Tale of Death, A Tale of Life will be available on Volta, the Irish video on demand service, on the same day as their theatrical release.
Volta, the Irish video on demand service launched in January 2012 and operated by Element Pictures, today announces that two independent films will be available nationwide on Volta on the same day as their limited theatrical releases in Dublin this Friday, March 30th.
INTO THE ABYSS is Werner Herzog's latest stunning documentary, exploring the human cost of crime and its consequences, which follow the moving story of Michael Perry and Jason Burkett, two young men who were found guilty of three capital murders. THE ISLAND PRESIDENT is a documentary from Jon Shenk that tells the story of Mohammed Nasheed, recently ousted as President of The Maldives, and his fight for the future of his country as it risks being submerged by rising water levels due to global warming which leads him to the climate change summit in Copenhagen in 2009.
Both films are receiving small theatrical releases (INTO THE ABYSS will run at the IFI Dublin and THE ISLAND PRESIDENT will run at Light House Cinema, Smithfield), but their availability online increases the potential audience nationwide for these brilliantly realised films. Typically, independent documentary cinema is not featured at local multiplexes; Volta allows anyone in the country with a computer to enjoy these excellent films from the comfort of their own homes.
INTO THE ABYSS director Werner Herzog sat with Volta for an exclusive interview about this and his other films which will be available to watch on Volta for free this week. Both films are priced at €5.99 per rental.


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Plate lunch: meat + rice + macaroni salad. A winning formula, and Zippy's does it right. No trip to Hawaii is complete without a stop here. This is hearty fare, perfect for replacing the calories you just burned surfing or hiking.
Korean Fried chicken: crispy and coated with a sweet garlic sauce.
The beloved Zippy's chili. They will ship to the mainland for the die-hard fans.
Fried noodles: Sophie's favorite dish.
From Napolean's Bakery--the associated pastry shop within Zippy's. This is their Reese's Cup Doughnut. Sophie referred to it as "the Holy Grail of Doughnuts." We were saving room for shave ice, or I would have had a coconut napple--a flaky coconut filled turnover unique to Zippy's.


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Some Thoughts on "Lovecraft Country"
Over the course of the past few weeks, I've found that blogging less has made me much more productive as a book writer. I've churned out 25,000 words of my new book on midcentury panics in the past five or six weeks, and I am remarkably pleased with the results. However, I can't let weeks pass without offering at least a few words about the new series Lovecraft Country, currently airing on HBO. The series, based on a 2016 novel I have never read (having a kid really cuts down on reading time), transforms traditional horror tropes by filtering them through the experience of midcentury Black Americans, directly critiquing the racism inherent in classic horror stories, especially H. P. Lovecraft's.
Review of Jordan Peele's "The Twilight Zone," Season 2: Another Bad Trip
Rod Serling has always been a bit of a ghost hovering over my life. I grew up in Central New York, where Serling once lived, amidst the places whose names littered The Twilight Zone. When I was a young teenager, I watched the entire run of the The Twilight Zone in order and then the Night Gallery after that. Although I was born years after Serling died, my parents knew some of his friends, and I heard many stories about his life, particularly times spent boating with him on the Finger Lakes. I went to the college where Serling taught in his final years and took classes in the classroom where he once held court. For many years after I graduated, my picture hung in the hall of the Roy H. Park School of Communications next to Serling's Emmy awards. Discovering that Serling had helped to shepherd the ancient astronaut theory from the fringes of science to mainstream media success shaped my research and formed one of the lynchpins for my first book.
Review of "The Order" Season 2: Trash TV as Fascist Propaganda
The Order was never a good show. It also didn't try to be one. When the Netflix occult thriller debuted in early 2019, it looked and felt like a throwback to the kind of knockoffs of Buffy the Vampire Slayer that littered the airwaves in the early 2000s. I reviewed the first season of the show, and I kind of liked it despite some problematic narrative choices. Now that the second season has debuted this week on Netflix, I am a little annoyed that I wasted so much time and trouble looking for something redeeming in a pointless garbage fire that seems to see Sharknado as an aspirational high to strive toward. The new season also has a troublingly conservative bent that seems out of step with the subject matter and the times. The Order has gone from entertaining b-movie storytelling to actively awful trash.
Two Faces of Evil: Reviews of "Reality Z" and "Curon"
When I wrote my 2008 study of the horror genre, Knowing Fear, I remarked that horror is essentially conservative since it revolves around disruptions to the status quo and efforts, successful or not, to restore that status quo. At a macro level, the inherent conservatism of horror also tends to limit the originality of its stories, with new innovations being few and far between. Two new international Netflix horror series released last week illustrate these two points but do so in ways that vary greatly in their success as they work to add something new to two very familiar stories.
Review of "October Faction" (Netflix)
In its quest to be all things to all people, Netflix releases a lot of content that wouldn't make the cut at most networks. This filler tends to get dumped on off days, or in the shadow of higher-profile series. October Faction, nominally a supernatural monster-hunting drama, premiered just one day before the release of the next batch of episodes of the similarly themed Chilling Adventures of Sabrina, and Netflix made it quite clear that October Faction was a dud. The show, filmed more than a year ago, dropped on a weekday with virtually no promotion, and for good reason. It's bad, at least based on the first half of the season, which was as far as I got before I couldn't take the inanity any longer.
Review of Mark Gatiss and Steven Moffat's "Dracula" (BBC/Netflix)
The new version of Dracula airing on the BBC and Netflix this week comes to us from Mark Gatiss and Steven Moffat, whose previous collaborations on Doctor Who and Sherlock share more than a little DNA with the thematically muddled but intermittently interesting three-part vampire drama. Like Sherlock, their Dracula aims to reinvent Bram Stoker's novel, but the result is more of a pastiche of a century of Dracula adaptations spiced with a superficial gloss on toxic masculinity and feminism and wrapped in a veneer of pseudo-camp and linguistic anachronism that cut hard against the vestigial Gothic horror the miniseries retains from the source material. British critics loved the series, but I wonder if it doesn't play more to a British sensibility than to an American one. I have a hard time buying any Dracula who quips like a Batman villain as a timeless supernatural menace.
Review of "Daybreak": A Netflix Apocalypse Comedy That's Really About TV
When I first got Netflix, the service's algorithms had me pegged as a fan of horror, science fiction, and other genre staples, and its recommendations were targeted accordingly. Then one day the magic computer systems that measure our every action calculated that I was gay, and so overnight Netflix started recommending all manner of programming about drag queens and some Golden Girls-adjacent category they called "strong female friendships"—subjects of no interest to me. Stubbornly, Netflix refused to let the stereotype go despite my manifest uninterest, even sprinkling in shows about decorating and fashion. What, really, do they program their algorithms to believe? After a couple of weeks of this, the computers tried a new tack and suddenly all of the thumbnails for shows featured shirtless young men smiling and flexing, even when the content had nothing to do with the imagery. Eventually, Netflix's algorithms calmed down and settled back into highlighting genre fare, but it was instructive to see the way the service's marketing changes according to how they stereotype their users.
Tuesday Terrors: Reviews of "Truth or Dare" and "Head Count"
My computer was supposed to be fixed and on its way back to me by now, but it still hasn't left the repair center, so I remain limited in my ability to work. With the extra time, I've seen a few movies for the first time in ages. Having a toddler tends to make it hard to find long blocks of time to devote to movies. I can't remember the last time I went to a movie theater. But I was struck by the contrast between two superficially quite similar films, Truth or Dare, a paint-by-numbers 2018 horror movie streaming on HBO this week, and Head Count, an independent horror thriller that just began streaming on Netflix after a very brief theatrical run this spring.
Science Fiction / Horror Short "Occupant" Treads Waters Familiar to "Us"
Yesterday was a busy day for me and a slow day for fringe history, so I do not have much to say today. Instead of trying to come up with something just for the sake of writing, I will present you with a short film that is being released today. I received a screener for it prior to its release with a request to review the film. The short, called Occupant, stars Dan O'Brien of Grey's Anatomy and is being released by Gunpowder & Sky. I cannot imagine how one reviews a 4-minute short, but here goes: It's a minor effort that delivers an eerie feeling but is ultimately far too short to have anything real to say. The plot is unfortunately far too similar to the Jordan Peele film Us from only a few weeks ago, and the comparisons make this look like a deleted scene from the movie, and not necessarily in a good way.
The YouTube video link will become active at 10 AM ET and can be viewed directly on YouTube here.
Review of Netflix's Supernatural College Drama "The Order"
Jake Manley in "The Order" (Netflix)
In the streaming era, TV shows come and go so quickly that there is barely time to binge-watch one before the next drops. Frankly, I don't know where people find the time to watch 10 or 13 hours of TV in a period of just 24 to 48 hours. Because I don't have that kind of time, it took me more than a couple of days to make my way through Netflix's new supernatural comedy-drama, The Order, which touches on many of the themes and leitmotifs that I discuss here on this blog: Gothic horror, Hermetic secret societies, ritual magic, Nephilim, ancient books of wisdom, and the connections between all of these and questions of institutionalized power and privilege. These themes make what would otherwise be a pleasant but forgettable college-set teen drama into something a little more interesting.


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On the 3rd of April in 1895, the famous trial against the Marquess of Queensbury began. Queensbury had left a calling card for "Oscar Wilde, posing Somdomite" and Oscar Wilde accused Queensbury of libel. As a result of the trial, salacious details of Wilde's private life were scrutinised.
The defence held suggestive letters that Wilde had written to his lover. Wilde described how a man had attempted to extort money from him for one of these love letters.
On the 3rd of April in 2010, these wonderful photographs document scenes from Saturday all over the world. Perhaps one day, these documents will be worth £60 in the right hands?


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Patient-led haemochromatosis project wins Patient Safety Learning award
Peter Walsh (centre) with Yvonne Francis and Neil McClements
Congratulations to Neil Clements, Yvonne Francis and Haemochromatosis UK, who have won the inaugural Patient Safety Learning/AvMA award for "engaging patients and their families in safety improvement initiatives". The award recognises and rewards healthcare workers for making patient safety improvements, working effectively with families and improving culture to better support patient safety learning.
The winning project was a collaboration between Neil, a haemochromatosis patient; Yvonne, a haematology clinical nurse specialist from Guy's and St Thomas's NHS Foundation Trust; and Haemochromatosis UK. It won the award for "defining and promoting venesection best practice".
AvMA chief executive and member of the judging panel, Peter Walsh, said: "The judges were particularly impressed by this initiative because of how it emanated from real patient experience and was patient-led resulting in a powerful collaboration between the patient, the NHS trust, a national charity, and is bringing about demonstrable patient safety improvement".
Corrina Towers, Chair of Trustees at Haemochromatosis UK said, "It's great that HUK's work to bring together nurses, patients, academics and professional bodies to share best practice, improve safety and drive consistency of treatment has been recognised with this award. It gives us confidence to continue our work to create venesection protocols and training resources so that any healthcare professional treating any GH patient in any setting can access the right guidance at the right time."
See more information on Haemochromatosis UK's website
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Charles Van Commenee is the former Head Coach of UK Athletics and one of the most respected coaches in the world. Dubbed the "Volcano", the disciplinarian Dutchman played a fundamental part in the development of Mo Farah, Jessica Ennis and the strategy that led to 'Super Saturday' at London 2012. In England, his achievements have been honoured by being the first foreign coach to be included in the Hall of Fame for Coaches.
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In 1994 Charles started working with British athlete Denise Lewis coaching her to gold at both the Commonwealth Games and European Championships in 1998 before taking a silver medal at the 1999 World Championships. At the 2000 Sydney Olympic Games Denise took gold to become Olympic Champion. In 2004, Charles became Performance Director of the Netherlands Olympic Committee where he was to lead them to their second-highest ever Olympic medal tally at the 2008 Beijing Olympics, Charles returned to the UK to take up the position of Performance Director in January 2009 and is seen as the catalyst for Great Britain's most successful period in the history of the sport.
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