The claimant was represented by Melissa M. Olsen, Esq., Embry & Neusner, 118 Poquonnock Road, P. O. Box 1409, Groton, CT 06340-1409.
The respondents were represented by David Davis, Esq., McGann, Bartlett & Brown, 281 Hartford Turnpike, Suite 401, Vernon, CT 06066.
This Petition for Review from the February 1, 2000 Ruling on Motion to Preclude Defense by the Commissioner acting for the Second District was heard September 15, 2000 before a Compensation Review Board panel consisting of the Commission Chairman John A. Mastropietro and Commissioners Robin L. Wilson and Leonard S. Paoletta.
JOHN A. MASTROPIETRO, CHAIRMAN. The claimant has petitioned for review from a February 1, 2000 Ruling on Motion to Preclude Defense that was issued by the Commissioner acting for the Second District. He contends on appeal that the trier erroneously denied his motion because he incorrectly concluded that this Commission lacks subject matter jurisdiction over the instant claim. We find no error, and affirm the trial commissioner's decision.
The claimant is a longtime resident of Pawcatuck, Connecticut. The trier found that he was working as a truck driver in 1990 when he contacted the respondent Venezia Transport Services (Venezia), a trucking company located in Limerick, Pennsylvania, to inquire about employment prospects. His application was initially rejected because he did not have ten years of steady work experience. In June 1991, however, the respondent mailed an employment application to his home, and the claimant submitted that application. Shortly afterward, he called Venezia to check on his status, and was told that he would be hired pending a physical examination, a drug test, and his participation in two days of orientation. The claimant testified that when he left Connecticut for the respondent's Pennsylvania headquarters, he had already quit his job with a previous employer, but had not yet formally been hired by the respondent. Once he arrived, the claimant passed his tests and completed orientation. He was then told that he was officially hired, and he filled out a wage withholding statement.
Venezia commenced its use of the claimant's services on June 24, 1991, when he began hauling freight throughout the eastern part of the United States in a company-owned truck. He estimated that ten to fifteen percent of his subsequent work time was spent in Connecticut, though he did park the truck at his home in Pawcatuck on weekends, and maintained a Connecticut driver's license. The company mailed him his paychecks, and occasionally sent notices and work orders to his home. However, all of his job assignments originated from Venezia's dispatcher in Pennsylvania. The claimant underwent physical examinations at the Limerick office in 1993 and 1995, and also submitted to random drug tests there.
In May 1995, the claimant noticed swelling in his legs and visited the company doctor, who told him to see his regular physician and referred him to a Rhode Island hospital. Eventually, his ailment developed into a staph infection of the right leg, then progressed to venous insufficiency and leg ulcers. In December 1996, his doctor advised him to stop working and spend most of his time with his feet elevated. The claimant contacted the employer to inform them of his condition and tell them that he could no longer work. A few weeks later, he drove for the last time, picking up a load in Palmer, Massachusetts, and delivering it to Philadelphia before returning the truck to Venezia's Limerick headquarters. Soon afterward, the claimant filed a Form 30C seeking compensation for his vascular injuries. Because he did not receive a disclaimer from the company within 28 days, the claimant sought to preclude the respondents from contesting the compensability of his injury under § 31-294c(b). However, the trial commissioner denied that motion on the ground that the claimant's employment contract was executed in Pennsylvania, which was also the site of all his subsequent employer-employee contacts of any significance. Therefore, the trier held that this Commission lacked the necessary subject matter jurisdiction to entertain the instant claim or grant the claimant relief. That ruling forms the basis of the instant appeal.
Initially, we note that the facts found by the trial commissioner have not been challenged via a Motion to Correct as per Admin. Reg. § 31-301-4. This severely curtails our ability to scrutinize the facts found as part of our review, and as a practical matter limits us to the existing factual findings. Mitchell v. J.B. Retail Inventory Specialists, 3458 CRB-2-96-10 (March 31, 1998). Though the claimant's appellate argument partially challenges the trier's application of the law to the subordinate factual findings, which topic remains subject to full review on appeal with or without a Motion to Correct; Crochiere v. Board of Education, 227 Conn. 333, 347 (1993); he also takes issue with the specific finding that his employment contract was formed in Pennsylvania rather than Connecticut. He contends that he was hired on a probationary basis when he spoke with his employer on the telephone from his home in Connecticut in June 1991, as it was agreed that upon satisfaction of several conditions subsequent, his hiring would be confirmed, and he quit his job in reliance on this putative agreement. See Brief, p. 7.
The essence of any contract is the intent of the parties. Issler v. Issler, 250 Conn. 226, 235 (1999). In this situation, where there was no writing made to memorialize the parties' commitments, it was up to the trier to determine as a matter of fact whether the parties intended to form a binding agreement over the telephone. Id.; Zenon v. R.E. Yeagher Management Corp., 57 Conn. App. 316, 322 (2000). The trier decided that the claimant understood that he would not be hired until he was in Pennsylvania, even though he quit his previous job before he departed from his home. Findings, ¶¶ B-E. Any revision of that finding would require us to independently interpret the parties' testimony, which realm is reserved solely for the finder of fact in a workers' compensation case. Pallotto v. Blakeslee Prestress, Inc., 3651 CRB-3-97-7 (July 17, 1998). This board must refrain on appeal from reassessing the nature of the parties' intent regarding the formation of the employment contract, as the meaning and credibility of testimony is not an issue of pure legal construction. Also, these findings do not enable us to presume as a matter of law that the parties formed a contract of hire subject to a condition subsequent rather than a condition precedent, as the claimant seems to suggest in his brief. See Reid & Riege v. Brainerd Cashman Insurance Agency, 26 Conn. App. 580, 584 (1992) (discussing conditions precedent and subsequent). Thus, we cannot disturb the trier's ruling that their agreement was reached while the claimant was in Pennsylvania, and not beforehand.
The remaining issue, of course, is whether the trial commissioner correctly applied the law in the first place. In general, a state may assume jurisdiction over people who are injured within state boundaries, principally employed within the state, or supervised from a place of business in the state without running afoul of the requirements of due process. Mitchell, supra. Due process will also be satisfied if the state has the most significant relationship to the employment contract, if the parties have agreed that the state workers' compensation act should govern their rights, or if the state "has some other reasonable relationship to the occurrence, the parties and the employment." Id., quoting Simaitis v. Flood, 182 Conn. 24, 33 (1980)(citing 1 Restatement (Second), Conflict of Laws § 181). Often, states choose to limit the reach of their workers' compensation acts to some of these situations only. Connecticut is no exception. As an administrative agency with finite statutory authority, this Commission's jurisdictional boundaries are defined by the limitations incorporated into its enabling act, as well as the precedential holdings of our higher courts. Mitchell, supra; Giordano v. Morganti, Inc., 15 Conn. Workers' Comp. Rev. Op. 21, 24, 3023 CRB-7-95-3 (Nov. 9, 1995).
The controlling principle in this case is one that was set forth by our Supreme Court in Cleveland v. U.S. Printing Ink, Inc., 218 Conn. 181 (1991), where it declared that "[t]he remedial purpose of our Workers' Compensation Act supports application of its provisions in cases where an injured employee seeks an award of benefits and Connecticut is the place of the injury, the place of the employment contract or the place of the employment relation." Id., 195. In the interest of thoroughness, we should note that the Court has also applied the aforementioned "most significant relationship to the contract of employment" test in determining whether another state's laws should apply to a particular case in lieu of Connecticut's statutes. Simaitis, supra, 33-34; see also Cleveland, supra, 196-198 (Shea, J., dissenting), citing O'Connor v. O'Connor, 201 Conn. 632, 650-51 (1986). Though, where appropriate, the CRB has considered both of those approaches in its opinions; see, e.g., Mitchell, supra; Burse v. American National Airways, Inc., 3480 CRB-2-96-12 (Nov. 7, 1997); Quinn v. Mid-South Industries, 15 Conn. Workers' Comp. Rev. Op. 34, 2020 CRB-2-94-4 (Nov. 28, 1995); it is only the trio of criteria mentioned in Cleveland that concerns us today, as the trier specifically found that "[f]ollowing the claimant's hire in Pennsylvania all of the significant employer-employee contacts occurred in that state." Findings, ¶ E. The facts of this case would be unlikely to support our imposition of a contrary conclusion as a matter of law.
With respect to the trier's proper application of the Cleveland doctrine, we have already explained that we must affirm the trier's factual finding that Connecticut was not the place of the employment contract between the claimant and Venezia. The appellant contends that the trier failed to consider the other two aspects of the Cleveland holding, however, as he did not discuss whether Connecticut was either the place of the claimant's injury or the place of his employment relation with the respondent. The latter point would seem to be encompassed by the trier's finding regarding employer-employee contacts in ¶ E. Although Venezia sent the claimant's paychecks to Connecticut, and presumably did not object to his parking their truck at his home on weekends, the findings also establish that the employer's office was in Pennsylvania, where the claimant traveled in order to transact significant work-related business. The appellant urges that we liken his case to Genden v. American Airlines, 3419 CRB-5-96-9 (Feb. 9, 1998), in which the trial commissioner found that Connecticut was the place of the employment relation between American Airlines and a pilot who maintained an office in his home for his airline business and flew most of his routes out of Bradley Airport in Windsor Locks. Here, however, the facts were not quite the same, and the trier did not make a similar finding; instead, he found that the most substantial contacts occurred in the state where the employer had its office. We have no cause to disturb that finding on appeal.
As for the situs of the claimant's injury, we agree that the trier did not make a specific finding in that regard. However, there is no medical or testimonial evidence in the record that would support a finding that the injury should be regarded as having occurred in Connecticut. The claimant listed the place of his injury as Pawcatuck when he filed his Form 30C, but described the injury as a loss of blood circulation in the lower legs from excessive time spent driving long-distance in the company truck. He later testified that only ten to fifteen percent of his work time was spent in Connecticut. July 19, 1999 Transcript, p. 52. There is little dispute that the claimant's development of circulatory problems was allegedly due to repetitive trauma, and not to a specific accidental injury at one particular location. The medical reports offer no contrary hypothesis. Under these circumstances, it would be irrational to single out any one state as the true location of the claimant's injury, and the "situs of injury" rationale would be a poor basis upon which to rest the argument that Connecticut should administer this claim under its Workers' Compensation Act. We thus hold that the trier of fact was not required to include a specific finding in his decision dispelling the notion that the claimant's injury occurred in Connecticut, because there was no basis in the record upon which that fact could conceivably rest.
The trial commissioner's decision to dismiss the Motion to Preclude, and the underlying claim, for lack of subject matter jurisdiction is hereby affirmed.


In order to heal we must find our way into alignment with the rhythms of nature and with our own true inner nature.
We remember the appropriate nourishment for our bodily tissues to form and function optimally.
We learn to replenish the nectar within us that makes living delicious.
We are asked to transform old patterns which have become painful into new rhythms that harmonize.
And we gently release the walls around the heart.
Our lives expand into a larger sense of Self, and we fulfill our unique purpose here on earth.
We begin to see that we can receive from as well as give back to this miraculous world in a loving reciprocal dance. Ayurveda brings an exquisite, sensuous delight to this process; the bliss it brings beckons us deeper and deeper into our unfolding.
Blissful Healing is about aligning yourself with the self-care practices that deeply nourish and support you, that are a balm for a too-busy mind, and that give your body a chance to fully exhale.
Blissful Healing is a process of gradually improving your health and wellness so that your nervous system has time to integrate transformation, your cells have time to give rise to healthier tissues, and your spirit has time to recall its true purpose.


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Q: Export variable containing special characters(args) I want to export CELERY_ARGS
CELERY_ARGS="--prefetch-multiplier=1 --loglevel=info --concurrency=1"
But when I export, I get the following issue.
export $CELERY_ARGS
bash: export: --: invalid option
export: usage: export [-fn] [name[=value] ...] or export -p

Any suggestions. Thanks

A: Exporting isn't something you do with a value; it's something you do to a name.
export CELERY_ARGS

adds CELERY_ARGS to a list of variable names (if it isn't already there) whose values should be added to the environment of a child process when it is started.
Note that this means it doesn't matter what the value of CELERY_ARGS is when you export the name (or even if the variable is defined yet); the value received by the child process is the value at process creation.
For example,
$ printenv bar
$ bar=7
$ printenv bar
$ export bar
$ bar=9
$ printenv bar
9

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Glenn Dyer reports: The Winners Nine (28%) had a close win last week over Seven (27.2%). Last night it was a rare Ten win and a foretaste of what's to come over the next few weeks as Big Brother winds down and Australian Idol warms up. Ten's Big Brother (1,459 million), Law and Order: Criminal […]
Glenn Dyer reports:
Nine (28%) had a close win last
week over Seven (27.2%). Last night it was a rare Ten win and a
foretaste of what's to come over the next few weeks as Big Brother winds
down and Australian Idol warms up. Ten's Big Brother (1,459 million), Law and Order: Criminal Intent,
(1.695 million), and NCIS (1.389 million) did the business. Nine was nowhere, while Seven had few winners except the Guiness World
Records which added 300,000 extra viewers last night. The Einstein Factor on
the ABC at 6:30pm topped the million viewer mark.
Nine's Skating on Thin Ice, a good description of
this show's progress. Viewers are not warming to it. It lost around 190,000 viewers
from the previous Sunday and was beaten by Guiness World Records and the ABC's 7pm news. Nine's 60 Minutes shed
more than 200,000 viewers from the previous Sunday as well.
News & CA
Nine News won on Sunday night but it was downhill from there. Seven News and Today Tonight won last week in Sydney and nationally. Most of the
Sunday morning chat shows were off the previous levels. Insiders saw its audience rise nicely
to 174,600 people from 125,000 a week earlier. Nine's Sunday was still the
most popular but at 284,000 viewers, that was well down on the
329,000 of a week earlier. Seven's Weekend Sunrise was watched by an
average of 200,000 people, but that too was sharply down on the 282,000 who
tuned in seven days earlier. Business Sunday was also lower, down to 141,500
people (188,000). Inside Business on the ABC (which was full of technical
glitches that shouldn't have been allowed to go to air) saw its audience
rise to 121,000 from 105,000. Meet The Press on Ten fell to 52,400
Ten won the night. Nine was second with 26.0%, Seven
a distant third on 21.4%, the ABC on 16.6% and SBS on 7.7%.
Glenn Dyer's
After Seven and Nine battled each other to a halt
last week with depleted schedules, this week there's more in the armoury
(Seven has Desperate Housewives
tonight; Nine has McLeod's Daughters
returning Wednesday). At 7:30pm tonight Nine is gambling that historical
footage of Bert Newton and friends will do enough until something more long-lasting can be conjured up. Big Brother is still doing well for Ten in its
new guise as a morality tale for modern 20 somethings.

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Land used for Defence facility gifted back to iwi
5:58pm Monday 11 Nov, 2019
The New Zealand Defence Force gifted back 77 hectares of land five kilometres south of Waiouru to the Ngāti Rangi iwi at a ceremony at Irirangi on the weekend.
Land used by the New Zealand Defence Force to provide valuable support to ships during the Second World War has been vested back to Ngāti Rangi, a central North Island iwi.
The move to gift back the land at Irirangi, 77 hectares of land five kilometres south of Waiouru, is part of the NZDF's Treaty of Waitangi Settlement commitments, under the Ngati Rangi Claims Settlement Act 2019, and within seven days Ngāti Rangi will gift the land back to the NZDF as a gift to the people of New Zealand.
Royal New Zealand Navy Chief of Navy Rear Admiral David Proctor, speaking during the blessing and unveiling of a toka (an argillite boulder collected from Whangaehu River) and plaque at Irirangi, acknowledged the significant sacrifice Ngāti Rangi had made to allow continued use of the land by the NZDF to provide security and protection to all New Zealanders.
"The NZDF has enjoyed a longstanding relationship with Ngāti Rangi and looks forward to strengthening this through working collaboratively and cooperatively to identify future opportunities," says David.
Rangi chairman and lead negotiator Che Wilson says it's a day of reflection and commemoration for the people of Ngāti Rangi.
"It is a time to reflect on the sacrifices of those who have gone before us, as we look towards the promise of tomorrow for our people," says Che.
"One of our guiding principles for Treaty settlement has been kia mau ki te wairua o Te Tiriti o Waitangi (hold fast to the spirit of Te Tiriti o Waitangi), and this day acknowledges our commitment to that kaupapa."
The vesting and gifting back is part of a redress framework agreed by the NZDF and Ngāti Rangi.
Irirangi, meaning "frequencies that float among the Heavens", was established in 1942 and was commissioned as HMNZS Irirangi in1951.
The site provided valuable support to ships at sea for the remainder of the Second World War. At its wartime peak the station had about 150 officers and ratings, 80 of whom were women, who did most of the operating.
Today, the facility is operated remotely by the Naval Communications Station at Devonport Naval Base and a small number of staff remain to maintain the site.
BOP kids surf with the best
Tauranga woman drowns in Taranaki
Hundreds turn out for Hoop Nation competition
Police ramming accused remanded in custody
Big gathering for end of year noho in Tauranga
Police appeal for information after fatal crash
Wildlife biologist speaking about pest control
Works begins on Mauao Base Track repairs
Search for White Island missing to be scaled down
Conciliation with serial complainer


At some point, and often at many points in our lives, we ask the questions: Who am I and what do I want to be (do) when I grow up? Work and career are an important means by which people manifest themselves in the world. For most of us, a large proportion of our waking hours is spent working. Because of this, it is important to an overall sense of happiness that each of us is content in what we are doing on a day-to-day basis. While some labor as a means to an end (and may or may not be happy), there are many who derive a great amount of personal fulfillment and satisfaction from their professions.
These fun damental topics of happiness, purpose, meaning, and choice are a large part of what I focus on with my clients, and were the crux of my Master's thesis at Northwestern University. The study is titled: The Quest for Happiness: An Exploration of Values, Vocational Choice, and Meaning in Life and Work. Using quantitative and qualitative survey data, I examined how those who report high and low levels of overall happiness tend to rate and rank their values, make choices with respect to work and life roles, and how they derive or assign meaning to those choices. Based on a robust sample (thanks to many of my readers for completing the survey!), the results demonstrated that there is a strong linkage between each of these factors, and that happiness and work satisfaction are directly impacted by the vocational and life choices people make.
If you are interested in reading this immensely interesting study, please send me an email at info@judahkurtz.com, along with your name, email address, and which version you're interested in me sending. You may also let me know if you are interested in the white paper.
UPDATE: Thank you to all who have requested copies of this work over the years. I am no longer sharing this, however, I am working on leveraging this and many other topics in additional writings. If you are interested in being notified when these become available, let me know and I'll add you to my confidential list. Thanks!
I just started reading a collection of passages from literature, compiled by Thomas Moore in The Education of the Heart. His intention in bringing together this information was for the purpose of showing us "how to cultivate our humanity." Within the section "The Rediscovery of the Soul," Moore introduced the discussion with his own thoughts on spirit versus soul.
I share this with you now because it sparked a paradigm shift. I have spent much of my life focused on my own spiritual evolution but am now realizing I have been neglecting aspects of my soul. I had collapsed the two concepts into one, believing the nurturing of my spirit was the same as nurturing my soul. I look forward to exploring this distinction further, and to the insights and expansion I experience as I dig deeper into my own humanity... focusing not just on the transcending of it.
"Ancient literature makes a distinction between the soul and the spirit, and this important consideration, foreign in many ways to common thinking, has been developed in creative ways by C.G. Jung and especially James Hillman. Although the issue is subtle and complicated, in general terms we can see the spirit as focused on transcending the limits of our personal, time-bound, concrete life. The spirit is fascinated by the future, wants to know the meaning of everything, and would like to stretch, if not break altogether, the laws of nature through technology or prayer. It is full of ideals and ambition, and is a necessary, rewarding, and inspiring aspect of human life.


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hoakley May 26, 2020 Macs, Technology
How to make Time Machine backups to an APFS disk
Like many Mac users, I've now phased out the use of hard disks, and although I still have plenty around, all my everyday storage is on SSD. It's then a pain having to keep two of those in HFS+ format to cater for Time Machine backups. In this article I explain how to avoid that, and keep your Time Machine backups on disks formatted using APFS instead.
If you're still backing up to hard disk, then there's no problem with continuing to use HFS+. Indeed, because of the poor performance of APFS on hard disks, I'm sure that you'd much prefer to. But with SSDs the situation is different: for instance, one of my Time Machine backup disks is a 2 TB SSD, on which those backups occupy less than 200 GB. It would be far more convenient for the whole of that SSD to be in APFS, but because Time Machine backups still rely on directory hard links, which aren't available in APFS, HFS+ it must remain. Or is there an alternative?
One way of hosting a different file system is to use a disk image, in this case a sparse bundle, which has from the first release of Time Machine been used to store backups on shared and networked storage. The core of my plan was therefore to get Time Machine to back up to an HFS+ sparse bundle on an APFS volume. But before I could do that, there were several hurdles to overcome.
Sparse bundles store their data in many files, termed bands, in the same folder. Experience with shared storage is that, if the number of bands exceeds about 100,000, then the sparse bundle is likely to malfunction. As the default maximum size of a band is 8.4 MB, a single sparse bundle containing 500 GB would require almost 60,000 bands. To improve performance and ensure that my backup sparse bundle wouldn't suffer any such problems, I wanted to keep the number of bands down to less than 2,000. For a sparse bundle of maximum capacity 650 GB, that required setting the maximum band size to around 350 MB.
No disk image utility that I know of – Disk Utility or C-Command's excellent DropDMG – gives me a simple way to create a journalled HFS+ sparse image of maximum size 650 GB and maximum band size 350 MB. So I wrote one, Spundle, to save me having to keep using the command line.
There are several other problems which I encountered during this journey. Let me explain how to solve them by stepping through the process.
Creating the sparse bundle in the first place is now very simple with Spundle: set its maximum size, the band size, the file system of HFS+J, and click Create. Save that sparse bundle straight to the APFS volume on which you're going to store your backups.
You then have to ensure that sparse bundle is mounted whenever you log in, so that it's ready for further backups. Open the Users & Groups pane, and select the Login Items tab. Click on the + tool and add the sparse bundle on your APFS volume. It's wise to restart then and verify that this works.
To set this backup in the Time Machine pane, I ensured that the hidden .DocumentRevisions-V100 folder at the top level of my Data volume was added to the exclude list. This folder contains a great many hard links, and in recent releases of Catalina often chokes first full backups, and can cause later problems too. It's only useful when you do a full volume restore anyway: saved document versions aren't restored with individual documents, or folders of them.
Ensuring that your new and empty sparse bundle is mounted, now is the time to make that the destination for your backups. But if you try to select the mounted disk in the Time Machine pane, it isn't offered as an option. Don't try adding the host APFS volume instead: all that will happen is that Time Machine will generously offer to reformat it for you in HFS+.
Instead, you have to add the sparse bundle in Terminal, using the tmutil command. Use a command of the form
sudo tmutil setdestination /Volumes/MySparseBundle
where MySparseBundle is the volume name of the sparse bundle, as shown in the Finder's sidebar. Then authenticate to enable that command to run as root.
Open the Time Machine pane again, and you should see the sparse bundle given as the destination for your backups. Turn on Back up Automatically. If it's a good while before the next scheduled backup, use the Show Time Machine in menu bar checkbox to enable you to run a manual backup now, and watch it get going.
I used my own T2M2 to watch progress more accurately, using its Check Speed button. Once Time Machine got its teeth into the files on my Data volume, its transfer rate remained around 70-75 MB per second, which is only slightly slower than the 86 MB/s that my iMac Pro achieves to a similar external SSD.
With the first full backup out of the way, I left Time Machine to get on with automatic backups, using T2M2 again to keep an eye. It has run like clockwork ever since, and the Time Machine app and Finder access to backups also work as expected.
I haven't been using this new way of backing up to an APFS disk for long, but I don't see any reason that it shouldn't continue to work fine. At present, the backup sparse bundle is 91 GB in size, has 608 GB of free space, and has 257 bands. As backups tend to grow over time, there shouldn't be issues over compaction to recover freed space, although Spundle should be able to take care of those as well as the sparse bundle permits.
The one major disadvantage of a sparse bundle solution is in using the backup from Recovery mode: unless you can mount the external volume and sparse volume from there, the contents of your backup won't be accessible. I haven't checked whether Migration Assistant can access the backup either. On the other hand, moving the backup to another disk is very simple when it's contained in a sparse bundle, but a daunting task when it isn't.
Depending on how you use your backups, using a sparse bundle hosted on an APFS disk could prove a good solution, and I recommend that you experiment with it too, if you keep your backups on an SSD rather than a hard disk. Please let me know how you get on.
Posted in Macs, Technology and tagged APFS, backup, Catalina, HFS+, macOS 10.15, sparse bundle, Spundle, T2M2, Time Machine. Bookmark the permalink.
EcleX on May 26, 2020 at 6:54 am
Thanks for the interesting article. Of course, it is possible to backup into APFS disks using applications like SuperDuper (SD) or Carbon Copy Cloner (CCC). In relation to Time Machine, it could be done as you said, but the "bands" problem can arise, as shown by DiskWarrior and reported elsewhere (DiskWarrior indicates that the contents of folders with more than 100,000 items may not be accessible):
Sparse bundles leak space
https://eclecticlight.co/2020/05/15/sparse-bundles-leak-space
Additionally, the developers of both SD and CCC advise against using disk images for backups; they recommend backing up in standard disks, without using disk images.
hoakley on May 26, 2020 at 7:33 am
Yes, I currently back up to APFS using both CCC and ChronoSync. But the instructions for Time Machine say that you can't, to the point where TM refuses to do so.
I have addressed the limit on the number of bands above – that was one of the key pieces in ensuring that it works, as I explain.
I haven't seen evidence yet of space leakage, but that's one reason why I think it needs longer-term testing. However, it's not difficult to periodically compact the sparse bundle.
Finally, if you back up using TM to shared or networked storage, you're already backing up to a sparse bundle – there's no option, as far as I'm aware. So if it doesn't work as I've described above, how come it does work to shared or networked storage?
EcleX on June 25, 2020 at 7:24 pm
What version of Time Machine does macOS 11 Big Sur have? 1.x or 2.x? Can it backup into APFS disks?
According to 9to5mac, Big Sur can now back up to an APFS volume. However, they don't explain how that works: I can't see any sign of APFS supporting directory hard links, so that appears to be a mystery.
EcleX on June 27, 2020 at 6:09 am
Many thanks! Here it is:
Apple adds APFS encrypted drive support to iOS 14 and APFS Time Machine backups to macOS Big Sur
In a related note, macOS Big Sur can now make Time Machine backups to an APFS disk.
We managed to test the APFS backup with the first beta version of macOS Big Sur, and it works as expected.
https://9to5mac.com/2020/06/26/apple-apfs-encrypted-drive-support-apfs-time-machine-backups
Is it better to format Time Machine disks as HFS+ Mac OS Extended Journaled, or as APFS when using macOS 11 Big Sur?
Finally, that is great mews, since as indicated above, Alsoft could release now DiskWarrior 6 to rebuild the directory of APFS disks. Even more, future DiskWarrior versions could rebuild the directory not only of Mac disks, but also of any other ARM-based gadget from Apple, like iPod touch, iPhone and iPad. That would be fantastic. Yes, I know that APFS is much more robust than HFS+, but issues arise. You can see horror stories searching the Internet for DiskWarrior APFS, for instance.
I guess that all this could make nice articles here as well… Looking forward to them… And thanks for this great site!
hoakley on June 27, 2020 at 6:28 am
Well, I haven't confirmed that here yet. That short snippet doesn't explain how it works. I see no sign of directory hard links being added to APFS. It's plausible that TM is doing what I have already shown is possible – and used here for several weeks – and make its backups to an HFS+ volume in a sparse bundle hosted on APFS. I will check.
This doesn't mean anything for the likes of DiskWarrior or other repair tools. Yes, Apple has revised its APFS documentation, but only to add some details of the new sealing system for System volumes. So I don't know how you make the leap to conclude that third-party tools will suddenly be able to repair APFS volumes – they're still as undocumented as they were two weeks ago.
Because they (Alsoft – DiskWarrior, Micromat – TechTool Pro and Prosoft Engineering – Drive Genius) are working with Apple under NDA on this matter. They have access to such APFS documentation. Alsoft posted in twitter the following on 26th May 2020:
Until complete documentation for the Apple File System (APFS) spec has been released; it becomes difficult to provide a time frame.
Once released, we expect a 3-6 month turn around for DiskWarrior 6.
I guess such time frame applies once macOS 11 is released as final by September-October 2020. Then, we should expect DiskWarrior 6 by December 2020-April 2021 or so. At least, it seems that there is hope!
I don't see what has changed for the better, though, from two weeks ago. The public APFS documentation remains just as incomplete. Indeed, we know that Big Sur brings further changes to APFS, some of which are also undocumented. We also know that there's an implementation of APFS for Apple Silicon which is different from that for Intel Macs.
So if anything, these should delay third-party tools, which will also have to be tested against Apple Silicon systems, which won't be released until the end of the year.
EcleX on June 27, 2020 at 11:29 am
The change is that Apple is helping now these developers under NDA, and that the new Time Machine in macOS 11 Big Sur does save into APFS disks, which Alsoft said was the feature necessary for Apple to release the full documentation of a final mature (somewhat), so that they could release DiskWarrior 6 to rebuild the directory of APFS. All that is in place now.
Of course, we should wait as I said above, but things are on track now, after more than three years when Apple announced-released APFS by June-September 2017. Just about time!
On the other hand, many people have lost content from their iOS devices when used for many years, since there is no repair utility for them. The new scenario could be a huge business opportunity for such companies, since they could cover also the milliards of iOS devices (if Apple allows, of course), besides macOS.
David B. on May 26, 2020 at 8:06 am
I'm fascinated by your intricate knowledge of the Apple computer, Howard, and try to follow everything you write! I'm using macOS Catalina Version 10.15.4 on a 27 inch iMac. I have a Time Machine backup to a WD 2TB 'My Book' external hard disk. I recently ran a scan with EtreCheck. Does this extract from the scan report appear to be as one might expect?
Drives:
disk0 – APPLE SSD SM0128L 121.33 GB (Solid State – TRIM: Yes)
Internal PCI-Express 8.0 GT/s x4 NVM Express
disk0s1 – EFI [EFI] 315 MB
disk0s2 [APFS Fusion Drive] 121.02 GB
disk2 [APFS Virtual drive] 2.12 TB (Shared by 5 volumes)
disk2s1 – M************ Data (APFS) [APFS Virtual drive] (Shared – 90.64 GB used)
disk2s2 – Preboot (APFS) [APFS Preboot] (Shared)
disk2s3 – Recovery (APFS) [Recovery] (Shared)
disk2s4 – VM (APFS) [APFS VM] (Shared – 4.30 GB used)
disk2s5 – Macintosh HD (APFS) (Shared – 11.13 GB used)
disk1 – APPLE HDD ST2000DM001 2.00 TB (Mechanical – 7200 RPM)
Internal SATA 6 Gigabit Serial ATA
disk1s1 – EFI (MS-DOS FAT32) [EFI] 210 MB
disk1s2 [APFS Fusion Drive] 2.00 TB
disk3 – WDC WD10 EZEX-08WN4A0 1.00 TB
External USB 480 Mbit/s USB
disk3s2 – M******2 (Journaled HFS+) 999.86 GB (746.38 GB used)
Mounted Volumes:
disk2s1 – M************ Data [APFS Virtual drive]
2.12 TB (Shared – 90.64 GB used, 2.02 TB available, 2.01 TB free)
APFS
Mount point: /System/Volumes/Data
disk2s4 – VM [APFS VM]
2.12 TB (Shared – 4.30 GB used, 2.01 TB free)
Mount point: /private/var/vm
disk2s5 – Macintosh HD
Mount point: /
Read-only: Yes
disk3s2 – M******2
999.86 GB (746.38 GB used, 253.54 GB available, 253.48 GB free)
Journaled HFS+
Mount point: /Volumes/M********1
That looks in order to me, but you'd need to ask John Daniel, who develops EtreCheck.
As far as I'm aware, EtreCheck doesn't run checks on Time Machine in the way that T2M2 does. That appears to be just a listing of disks and volumes.
I asked him – as you suggested, Howard.
https://forums.macrumors.com/threads/can-etrecheck-find-a-rootkit-on-an-apple-mac.2238307/?post=28505733#post-28505733
John Daniels thinks installing ClamXAV on a Mac is a good thing. I have no idea WHAT it installs but I suspect that it COULD install a Rootkit.
hoakley on May 27, 2020 at 5:52 pm
What gives you that impression? Unless you have evidence of it doing so, I suggest that you don't make such defamatory allegations.
Thanks. I guess that you mean compacting sparse bundle disk images with Spundle. Right?
On the other hand, this may change, Alsoft says the following about APFS in Twitter:
"it does seem that the file system is a work in progress with documentation still changing. Time Machine 2 is a likely target".
Time Machine 2 should allow to save backups into APFS disks. Then, Apple could release the remaining APFS documentation. So, there is still home for WWDC 2020 by 22nd June.
Yes, or at the command line if you prefer. All you have to do is ensure that a backup won't be run in the next few minutes, eject the sparse bundle volume, run the compact, and mount the sparse bundle again. I dare say that someone will automate that.
No one outside Apple knows where Time Machine will support APFS as a backup destination in macOS 10.16. As it's not a developer concern, Apple might not even detail it at WWDC, if it is.
One thing we can be certain of, though, is that there will be bugs. In Time Machine, that is worrying, as it is one of the least tested parts of macOS betas.
We'll see. At least you can do this now, and don't have to wait until the autumn/fall.
Thanks. Well, developers of repair utilities (Alsoft DiskWarrior, Micromat TechTool Pro and Prosoft Engineering Drive Genius) will be interested on Time Machine 2 supporting backups into APFS target disks. On the other hand, Rusty Little (Alsoft/DiskWarrior Project Manager) said in this site that they have signed a NDA with Apple about that:
Making sense of Disk Utility and disk structure in macOS 10.13-10.15
https://eclecticlight.co/2019/12/18/making-sense-of-disk-utility-and-disk-structure-in-macos-10-13-10-15/
So, I guess that there is still hope. As you said, we will see.
EcleX on June 3, 2020 at 11:35 am
This is shocking:
Carbon Copy Cloner 5.1.18
Starting in 10.15.5, CCC will no longer back up a macOS Catalina System volume to a disk image destination (i.e. a sparseimage or sparsebundle disk image file). We're making this change reluctantly, unfortunately we just can't get reliable results when using Apple's proprietary utility with disk images.
https://bombich.com/kb/ccc5/release-notes
Joss on May 26, 2020 at 11:50 am
In theory—at least so I assume,—you could also do it with network-attached storage: use an external SSD, attach it to a Mac, format it as APFS, then use a Raspberry Pi, install Paragon's APFS driver for Linux, attach the AFPS-formatted SSD to the Pi, configure it all for Time Machine (either with Samba/SMB or netatalk/AFP), and then (on your Mac) Time Machine would recognize the Pi's storage over the network, and then (with the first backup) it would create a sparsebundle in the correct manner, as it would with other unsupported filesystems like EXT4 or btrfs.
Afaik, the above solution works with HFS+ on a Pi, which is something I plan to do at some point, so it should also work with APFS… with the correct drivers, of course. With APFS it's a no-brainer: you can only use Pargon's driver. But with HFS+ it might be a problem. The HFS+ built-in driver for Linux is read-only. There's a third-party driver with r/w, but some users report problems with journaled filesystems. So you might need the HFS+ driver for Linux by Paragon after all.
A nice side-effect, whether with HFS+ or APFS: you can detach the external HDD or SSD from the Pi, and use it as a directly-attached Time Machine drive on your Mac, e.g. when you're on the road. HFS+ has an advantage here, of course, because it's plug-and-play… with APFS you'll need to mount the sparsebundle first.
hoakley on May 26, 2020 at 12:59 pm
Please don't try using APFS in that case, and I wouldn't even worry about HFS+. If the file system can store a sparse bundle which you can (auto)mount on your Mac, then it's good too. This is how NAS work – they provide an 'alien' file system to host the sparse bundle, which is then accessed via SMB. What's essential is that the sparse bundle itself has a 'virtual' HFS+J file system, or TM can't back up to it.
A Pi should do very nicely.
Alec on May 26, 2020 at 3:37 pm
Howard, would you suggest to use Spundle to create a sparsebundle on an attached (HDD) NAS? I'm currently using a Synology Diskstation as a backup target for Time Machine from my MBP, but after some weeks the constant change of the small bands seem to lead to disk fragmentation – or for some other reason the backup speeds are only ~10MB/sec. Using larger bands might improve this, but would TM be able to auto mount such a sparsebundle (and then unmount again once the backup is done) the way it usually does? Thanks!
I would hope so. Why not give it a try? After Spundle is free. The only thing that it can't do at present is create encrypted sparse bundles. I've been looking at how it might do that, though.
Howard, I just tried and failed. Maybe I've done something wrong though:
1) I mounted the share from my NAS used by Time Machine, used Spundle to create spundle.sparsebundle.
2) In console I ran sudo tmutil setdestination -a smb://username:pass@diskstation._smb._tcp.local./share_name/spundle.sparsebundle (because using tmutil setdestination -a /Volumes/share_name/spundle.sparsebundle would result in "Invalid destination path. (error 22)").
3) I unmounted the share, asked Time Machine to backup and it failed with a message like "the status could not be queried" (I'm running MacOS in another language, so I don't know the exact words in english).
tmutil destinationinfo shows both the normal backup destination as smb://username@diskstation._smb._tcp.local./share_name and the new destination as smb://username@diskstation._smb._tcp.local./share_name/spundle.sparsebundle , but it only manages to properly mount the share when the destination is the share and not a specific file on the share.
Maybe the workaround is to create another share on the NAS, let TM create a sparsebundle, then delete that and replace it with the Spundle version with the same name. I'd prefer not to have to do this workaround. Do you happen to have any other suggestions?
PS: encrypted would be great.
Thank you. I'm sorry that was unsuccessful. A couple of thoughts:
– I don't think that you're using the correct volume name, which shouldn't have the sparse bundle extension, I suspect. You need to specify the same volume name as when the sparse bundle is mounted in the Finder.
– but I'm not sure that would work either, as TM is mounting and unmounting that volume to make backups. I don't know how it's doing that, but suspect that step won't happen with this sparse bundle. So unless it's left permanently mounted, TM won't be able to find it. There might be something in tmutil to handle that, perhaps?
Alec on May 27, 2020 at 8:09 am
Howard, when only specifying a volume name with tmutil, Time Machine will connect to that share if not connected yet and search for a sparsebundle with a specific name: [hostname].sparsebundle. I already have such a file on that share (it's where my current backups are), so when I'd want to add a second backup destination it seems I have to specify a new share and create a sparsebundle on that share with spundle with also exactly that name. Time Machine isn't smart enough to realise that the URL passed to tmutil setdestination contains a share *and* a sparsebundle and then first mounts the share and only then attempts to mount the sparsebundle.
Thank you. In that case, there should be a workaround, perhaps.
Alec on June 3, 2020 at 11:13 am
Howard, I've tested the following setup (and failed): I created a new share on the NAS, added that share to Time Machine destinations, started the initial backup and cancelled it after a minute. I then deleted the file on the share named [hostname].sparsebundle and created a new sparsebundle with 200MB bands in it's place with Spundle. I unmounted the share, started a new backup. Time Machine warned me that the destination changed and asked if I wanted to continue, I said yes. 10 hours later the backup was complete, I mounted the NAS and found two files in that share: once "[hostname].sparsebundle" with (unfortunately) only 700MB size, plus "[hostname] 1.sparsebundle" with 200GB. Unfortunately this file has the default 8MB bands size. So for some reason Time Machine did not want to use the file created by Spundle. Here the logs:
21:40:29: Starting manual backup
21:40:29: Attempting to mount 'smb://[user]]@[nas]/[share]'
21:40:30: Mounted 'smb://[user]]@[nas]/[share]' at '/Volumes/com.apple.TimeMachine.tmalex-27F7743F-52BD-48D4-93B9-5742F2E787B9'
21:40:30: Failed to find matching sparsebundle in directory '/Volumes/com.apple.TimeMachine.tmalex-27F7743F-52BD-48D4-93B9-5742F2E787B9', directory contents: (
"mbp2016.sparsebundle",
21:40:36: User continued after being warned of changed destination volume identity
21:40:36: Creating a sparsebundle using Case-sensitive Journaled HFS+ filesystem
21:41:58: Renamed '/Volumes/com.apple.TimeMachine.tmalex-27F7743F-52BD-48D4-93B9-5742F2E787B9/EA9C9471-A16F-5F96-85CD-29A635CFAE00.sparsebundle' to '/Volumes/com.apple.TimeMachine.tmalex-27F7743F-52BD-48D4-93B9-5742F2E787B9/mbp2016 1.sparsebundle'
21:41:58: Successfully created '/Volumes/com.apple.TimeMachine.tmalex-27F7743F-52BD-48D4-93B9-5742F2E787B9/mbp2016 1.sparsebundle'
Alec on June 3, 2020 at 12:54 pm
It seems that copying com.apple.TimeMachine* from an existing time machine sparsebundle to a new sparsebundle created with spundle allows Time Machine to use it as a backup destination. I'm now running a new backup and am seeing 50% increased transfer speed (now at ~15MB/sec). A ssh to the NAS shows that Time Machine is using the file created by spundle and not recreating its own file as with the first attempt.
hoakley on June 3, 2020 at 1:06 pm
Brilliant! Congratulations.
Is there anything I can do in Spundle to make this easier?
Alec on June 3, 2020 at 1:35 pm
Howard, as for Spundle I suggest adding a note somewhere how to trick Time Machine into using a sparsebundle created by Spundle stored on a network share (maybe all it takes is to place a generic plist in it, if yes then Spundle could auto-create it if asked to). Also: it would be great if Spundle could create encrypted files. I'm not planning to save the contents of my encrypted laptop on an unencrypted disk at home, this was just for testing. I'll see if I can find a way to encrypt an existing sparsebundle, but I believe even if there is, it's not a good idea to process a 200GB file over wireless. So I'll delete it in a few days and hope to find a different way to start off with an encrypted sparsebundle with larger bands.
I had a quick look at encryption and will go back to it again next week, when I've got my current work for MacFormat finished and submitted.
Howard, that's much appreciated!
Bob on May 30, 2020 at 4:14 pm
Hi Howard,
In regard to this statement : "No disk image utility that I know of – Disk Utility or C-Command's excellent DropDMG – gives me a simple way to create a journalled HFS+ sparse image of maximum size 650 GB and maximum band size 350 MB"
Have you tried something like this:
$ hdiutil create -type SPARSEBUNDLE -size 650G -fs HFS+J -imagekey sparse-band-size=716800 image-name
sparse-band-size is in 512-byte sectors, so that's your 350MB bands.
Thanks, Bob. I know that hdiutil can create such sparse bundles, but it's not a GUI disk image utility. I didn't pay £5000 for this Mac to have to perform basic tasks at the command line. And if you look at the utility which I wrote, Spundle, you'll see that it uses commands similar to that – because there's no other interface to access this everyday feature of macOS. Isn't that shocking?
I see your point. GUIs certainly have their virtues, and overall I'd say the Mac platform is the best (so far) of marrying many OS capabilities to the GUI. As an old-school IT person, I'm partial to the command line for administrative tasks for the following reasons:
– Explicit actions are easy to document in my notes, with absolute precision
– Line commands can be put directly into a script
– Since it's text-based, it means code can generate code easily.
And on a practical level, it solves a problem I have: I often have to remotely do things on my home "server" and I prefer to use ssh because if I use a VNC connection for long periods of time, and the server hasn't been rebooted in days, some annoying process called WindowServer will, on some time period, peg the CPU and the whole GUI hangs; cannot even type into a terminal window. This happens not only to the remote VNC session, but also right at the machine as well. Then after some seconds, it will free up and all the interrupts are handled. If I don't reboot the machine, that period gets shorter and shorter, and the hangs last longer and longer. Logging out solves the problem; I think WindowServer associated to the session, but I don't know what it does (other than interfere with housekeeping.)
John Gilbert on August 21, 2020 at 5:52 am
I know the standard advice is not to use APFS on HDD, but:
I have been using the BS betas for about 2 weeks now and have been using Time Machine to an APFS partition on a directly attached USB HDD. It is so very much faster than previous TM backups to an HFS partition.
I have yet to test a full restore, but otherwise it looks very promising and hope that Apple decide it is completely reliable and backup to APFS (HDD) makes it into the release version.
To be honest it is the only good thing I have found in BS.
hoakley on August 21, 2020 at 6:11 am
The main reason for avoiding APFS on hard disks is the extreme fragmentation which results. The situation is likely to be very different when using it for a backup, because the storage is used in a more static way. That may not result in the same problems, so it's potentially one of the few good reasons for using APFS on a hard disk. We'll only know as experience grows.
I also don't know what fixes or improvements there might be in Time Machine backing up to HFS+ volumes.
Martien on August 30, 2020 at 11:07 am
I noticed a backup made over the network created the CaseSensitive version of the HFS+ file system
I used disk-utility to erase the HFS+J and replaced it with a HFS+JCS and all seems to work fine…
You might consider updating Spundle with this option
hoakley on August 30, 2020 at 11:42 am
I have deliberately avoided adding either of the case-sensitive variants (of HFS+ or APFS) because I have only ever known them used by mistake on a Mac. I've never heard of Time Machine ever intentionally creating backup volumes in a case-sensitive format, except in error.
I'm very reluctant to add support for either CS format, as it will only encourage error here too. Are you really sure that CS was the only option here? Which version of macOS was this?
Bogdan Stoica on November 20, 2020 at 8:52 am
Thank you for this post! It works like a charm. I have a mini linux server at home and I have mounted a network as a samba share then created the Spundle image on that share and using it for Timemachine backups.
hoakley on November 20, 2020 at 9:15 am
Thank you – I'm delighted it has worked for you.
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It's okay. I'm kinda over it now.
I should just be happy I've seen Al before.
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Blue Star Museums = free admission for military families
By Visit Indiana on May 30, 2011
Today is Memorial Day, a holiday set aside to honor those who have served our country as part of the military. Beginning today and continuing through Labor Day, active duty members of the military and their families can enjoy free admission to more than 1,000 museums across the United States.
Indiana museums participating in the Blue Star Museums initiative include:
Auburn Cord Duesenberg Automobile Museum (Auburn, IN)
Benjamin Harrison Presidential Site (Indianapolis, IN)
Camp Atterbury Veterans' Memorial Museum (Edinburgh, IN)
CANDLES Holocaust Museum and Education Center (Terre Haute, IN)
Center for History (South Bend, IN)
Conner Prairie (Fishers, IN)
Dubois County Museum (Jasper, IN)
Eiteljorg Museum of American Indians and Western Art (Indianapolis, IN)
Evansville Museum of Arts, History & Science (Evansville, IN)
Garrett Museum of Art (Garrett, IN)
Indiana Historical Society/Eugene and Marilyn Glick Indiana History Center (Indianapolis, IN)
Indiana State Museum (Indianapolis, IN)
Indianapolis Museum of Art (Indianapolis, IN)
James Whitcomb Riley Museum Home (Indianapolis, IN)
Lubeznik Center for the Arts (Michigan City, IN)
Minnetrista (Muncie, IN)
Monroe County History Center (Bloomington , IN)
Muncie Children's Museum (Muncie, IN)
National Automotive & Truck Museum of the U.S. (Auburn, IN)
National Military History Center (Auburn, IN)
Ruthmere Museum (Elkhart, IN)
Science Central (Fort Wayne, IN)
Snite Museum of Art (Notre Dame, IN)
Starr-Gennett Foundation (Richmond, IN)
Studebaker National Museum (South Bend, IN)
Switzerland County Historical Society (Vevay, IN)
Tippecanoe Battlefield Museum/Interpretative Center (Battle Ground, IN)
Wayne County Historical Museum (Richmond, IN)
For more information on eligibility for this great benefit, click here.


Israel's general elections will be held in April, seven months ahead of their scheduled date in November 2019, the Coalition party heads decided on Monday afternoon, after being unsuccessful in finding a compromise for the Draft Law which would appease all Coalition members.
On December 2nd, Israel's High Court for Justice granted the government an additional 45 days to finalize an agreed upon version of the Draft Law after the original deadline expired. The new deadline set was January 15, 2019, by which time the Coalition parties must present a new version of the law to replace the previous one which the HCJ ruled to be unconstitutional as it stands against the principal of equality. On Monday morning, Prime Minister Binyamin Netanyahu called a meeting of the Coalition party heads, at the end of which the disbandment of the Knesset was announced.
"Out of fiscal and national responsibility, the Coalition party heads have unanimously decided to disband the Knesset and go to elections in early April," a joint statement of the Coalition heads read, adding that the government will continue to function throughout the election process.


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Doha | Location-based Workshops | Track 3: Msheireb Properties
Location-based Workshops Fayruz 1
Nov 09, 2021 11:00 AM - 06:00 PM(Asia/Qatar)
20211109T1100 20211109T1800 Asia/Qatar Doha | Location-based Workshops | Track 3: Msheireb Properties
Track 3 : Smartness and Development
Location: Msheireb Downtown Doha
Workshop Schedule:
Assembly time
Introduction and site expert' keynote
Workshop-related papers and cases
ISO444: Urban Regeneration using GIS-based methodology as an approach for the redevelopment of historic commercial city cores: Case study of Kolkata, India, Susmita Paul
ISO565: Building on Tradition, The New Architectural Language of Qatar, Fatima Mohamed Fazwy Hassan
ISO576: Transition to Sustainable Smart Energy: An analysis of human-building interactions in Qatar Using Machine Learning Techniques, Esmat Zaidan
Workshop Charette discussion
Room: Juman
Workshop Topic:
Msheireb urban regeneration project was awarded as one of the most sustainable city neighborhoods in the world. In this workshop participants will be introduced to the planning matrix used in developing the project. Crucial questions will be answered including the main concept generation? Why bringing people back to Doha heart is significant? How the project established a model to be adopted locally, regionally, and internationally?
Local experts will share with the participants the whole narrative of the project. Then a walking tour will be conducted to explore the different components and spaces. The workshop will be conducted with a round table discussion to stimulate a dialogue related to smart sustainable and livable urban regeneration; lessons learned and future visions.
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Workshop Coordinators:
Dr. Ali Abdelraouf
Fatima Al-Bader
ISOCARP Workshop Representative
Guy Perry
Transition to Sustainable Smart Energy: An analysis of human-building interactions in Qatar Using Machine Learning Techniques.View Abstract
Research Paper 11:00 AM - 06:00 PM (Asia/Qatar) 2021/11/09 08:00:00 UTC - 2021/11/09 15:00:00 UTC
Human-oriented factors present unavoidable challenges and uncertainties in building energy strategic planning. The uncertainties escalate when the target society is not fully known to the decision-maker and can create performance gaps between the expected and actual outcomes of sustainability targets. This article aims to investigate the role of socioeconomic and behavioral dimensions in residential energy consumption patterns among regions that host high proportions of migrant communities with diverse cultural and ethnic traits. This study evaluates the patterns in human-building interactions and energy behaviors among local and migrant communities based on empirical evidence and survey analysis. The survey data are investigated via machine learning approaches to identify the interdependencies between and feature importance of critical factors that influence human-building interactions and to determine elements that help to discern the energy behavior of locals and migrants. A simulation analysis is conducted to analyze residential energy consumption under different human indoor thermal comfort preferences in multiple case scenarios to demonstrate how improvements in human-building interaction can create saving opportunities. The findings capture the main socioeconomic and behavioral contributors in residential energy consumption and demonstrate the impact of human factor at a high level in regions with imbalanced demographics and societies in transition.
Presenters ESMAT Zaidan
Associate Professor, Qatar University
Building on Tradition, The New Architectural Language of QatarView Abstract
Case Study Report 11:00 AM - 06:00 PM (Asia/Qatar) 2021/11/09 08:00:00 UTC - 2021/11/09 15:00:00 UTC
How can cities respond to the new and emerging challenges that we are facing today? How can they stand differently and offer a new way of living that best meets their professional requirements and a healthy and social lifestyle? These questions were the cornerstone for Msheireb Properties to plan and build Msheireb Downtown Doha, the world's first sustainable downtown regeneration project located in Qatar's capital city. For achieving this, Msheireb introduced a new architectural language that is relevant, enriching and uniquely Qatari. This relies on what Msheireb Properties calls "The Seven Principles" to secure continuity between the past, present and future. It is clearly reflected through the integration of Qatar's architectural past with contemporary design and the latest eco-friendly technology, to present a unique city district that is sustainable, smart and enhances social connectivity. In June 2019, Msheireb Properties launched the book 'Building on Tradition, The New Architectural Language of Qatar' at a special event held at RIBA, The Royal Institute of British Architects in London. The book details the seven principles of architecture that were developed through a three-year collaboration with some of the world's leading academics and urban planners including Mossessian Architecture, Eric Parry Architects and John McAslan + Partners. The new architectural language aimed to restore the uniqueness of Qatar's built environment and strengthen the social ties that define Qatari culture. It is modern yet inspired by traditional Qatari heritage and architecture – its proportion is based on simplicity, space, light, layering, ornamentation, and response to climate. The strategic objective of the research is to show how Msheireb Downtown Doha is reimagining the pattern of development in Doha, which has in the past tended towards isolated land use, reliance on car transportation and energy hungry structures. Msheireb Downtown Doha is about socializing and connectivity and serves as a new social and civic hub in the city centre—a place where it is enjoyable to live, work, shop, visit, and spend time with family and friends. The book is a reference for all companies, architects, researchers in the Gulf region and globally to know more about this unique project and benefit from its outcomes. It is available on-line in PDF formats and in hard copies. It serves as a reliable open-source of information that sets a concrete base to change the current trends in building to a new one that is deeply rooted in culture and enables residents to connect and re-socialize.
Presenters Fatima Mohamed Fazwy Hassan
Design Manager , Msheireb Properties
Urban Regeneration using GIS-based methodology as an approach for the redevelopment of historic commercial city cores: Case study of Kolkata, IndiaView Abstract
In 1772, Kolkata (Calcutta) was announced as the first capital of British India, having a major port and a rich cultural and built heritage in its core. As a result, Kolkata became the British's commercial center, and the city developed in terms of urban planning. Later on, Kolkata became the melting pot of a diverse complex amalgamation of communities with multiple claims, occupancies, conflicts, harmony, and unified entities from a wide range of ethnic and geographic origins like different states of India and also from the neighboring countries. In 1960, the satellite towns of Kolkata started growing towards the periphery of the city with the IT-driven economy. Due to that shift towards satellite towns, this polycentric, linear, unplanned city core is facing multiple problems like losing value of culture and heritage; economical degradation, trading practice failure, insufficient infrastructure, major traffic congestion, safety issues due to poor urban environmental infrastructure. It is an urgent need to develop the high value land without losing the heritage and cultural identity of these historic markets. From the point of view of economic efficiency, the neglected historic urban center of Kolkata has cultural potential and represents a foregone opportunity for growth in State income as a state capital. An attempt to understand the urban narratives and everyday urbanism of this historic urban core of Kolkata has been undertaken to obligate urban regeneration strategies based on planning and harnessing of local economy by fostering social, physical and cultural attributes of the area. The aim of the research is to develop a holistic conceptual framework to identify areas required for urban regeneration, using geographic information systems (GIS) as a tool to decipher the urban narratives in the old historic commercial centers of the city. These historic markets in this city have a rich historic value, heritage potentials and influence in eastern India, but are on the verge of losing their significance due to lack of interventions, initiatives and awareness. The investigations are based on quantitative and qualitative data analysis which are collected from the historic core areas and market places through field surveys. In this discourse, GIS as a tool has been used for developing databases for the urban fabric and correlating those data for earmarking of each affected region. In the successive stages, the graphical and non-graphical data has been converted into graphical data in the form of algorithm structure and scoring system has been developed for each parameter. The paper focuses on cluster-based intelligent regeneration strategies, where these territories can set in motion innovative mechanisms of economic regeneration and enhance substantially. Within these environments, new knowledge functions and business models can appear and thrive relying on collective intelligence, technology transfer and collaborative agglomeration of economies. Based on the findings, the sub-regions for urban regeneration have been determined. The strategies for urban regeneration focus on qualitative improvements to existing conditions, and also anticipating future needs. The study concludes with planning decisions to develop policies for historic core development based on its potential and cultural values.
Presenters Susmita Paul
Young Professional, National Institute Of Disaster Management, Govt. Of India
Fatima Mohamed Fazwy Hassan
Msheireb Properties
Dr ESMAT Zaidan
Ms Susmita Paul
National Institute of Disaster Management, Govt. of India
Ms Fatima Al Bader
Expert_Architect Engineering
Maha Salah Ahmad Alanbar
Researcher - planning and quality
Planning and statistic authority
Roda Alqubaisi
Mubarak Alnaimi
Mrs Etab Batra
Hangwelani Hope Magidimisha
Professor In Town and Regional Planning
University Of Kwazulu-Natal
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launch TeamViewer from command line in terminal?
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Little Red Riding Hood Character Analysis
Witch Like traditional "bad guys", the witch wears darker colors, mostly darker shades of purple such as that of her cape. Other markings of her evil are stereotypically villainous and attractive features which included her ugliness (warts, long nose, wrinkles), her old age (gray hair, hunchback), and her uneven, wooden staff which reflects her ugliness. The large amount of purple in the Witch's costume as well as that of the Baker and the Baker's Wife emphasized the fact that they were one of the most important characters of the play since they were the ones creating a new fairy tale. Furthermore, it ties her to the rest of the main cast. In the second act, she wears a red cape tying her to the main cast. This red also represents the upcoming danger. The Witch then drastically changes appearance during the first act, from a dark, ugly, and old witch to a light, beautiful young woman. In terms of her costume, she still wore purple, but in a much lighter shade, allowing for the connection between her and the Baker and his wife to remain and her to be considered "good". However, she soon turns to a darker purple again. This change represents a deep understanding of what it means to be "good" and "bad". For example, when she changes from darker clothes to…show more content…
Because Little Red Riding Hood mostly wears red, she lacks connections to the majority of the cast. However, the pelt of the wolf her grandmother later makes connects her to the Wolf. Furthermore, her bonnet serves to connect her to both her grandmother and the baker, seeing as the shape of it is similar as that of her grandmother and the color of the ribbon is
St Kucy's Home For Girls Raised By Wolves Summary
240). The epigraph suggests that by this stage, the girls will be adjusting smoothly to the demands of St. Lucy's. The events of this part of the story reveal how different Claudette's experiences of Stage 4 are from the handbook's descriptions. During Stage 4 the nuns organize a Debutante Ball for the wolf-girls and Claudette struggles to meet the expectations of the dance, including her disastrous efforts to perform the Sausalito. This results in her becoming "just a terrified animal again" (p. 243), which makes it clear that Claudette is still not comfortable in human
St Lucy's Home For Girls Raised By Wolves Short Story
There are many literary devices used across stories. Color imagery is one of these literary devices that is used when colors give objects a symbolic meaning. In the short story "St. Lucy's Home for Girls Raised by Wolves" by Karen Russell, girls who have been raised as wolves are thrust into the unknown as they are forced to adapt to human society. Their childhood was spent living with wolves, however they are taken in by nuns of St. Lucy's who attempt to assimilate them into the human world through different phases. Throughout the story, color imagery is used to emphasize the key theme of unity, establish the conflicted tone, and metaphorically develop Claudette's character.
Wizard Of Oz Film Analysis
The fact that they made the ruby slippers heels, a more grown-up shoe, is also telling. They originally belonged, we assume, to a grown-up witch - but when Dorothy has her black utilitarian flats traded for the very sexy red heels - it makes her seem one step closer to adult-hood. Her hairstyle is also eventually made more grown-up; once she reaches Oz, her braids are traded in for a looser style. On the other hand, the Wicked Witch of the West has a green face which indicates to the audience that she is evil and unfriendly. She is also in all black with a cone-shaped head piece and broomstick to add on to the image of being evil.
What Fenny Said To Red Riding Hood Analysis
"Say, good lookin, what brings you out thisway amongst the fanged and fluffy? Grandma, huh? Some ol bag too lazy to pick up a pot, too feeble to flip a flapjack- and you all dolled up like a fire engine to cruise these woods?" (What Bugs Bunny Said to Red Riding Hood) The context clue "dolled up like a fire engine" indicates that she's wearing something red since the American media tends to color fire trucks red.
St Lucy's Home For Girls Raised By Wolf Analysis
Most people do not have to remind themselves of things like not chewing on their shoes or being shunned, but in "St. Lucy's Home for Girls Raised by Wolves" by Karen Russell, Claudette is forced to worry about both, along with many more. Through Claudette's journey she is faced with several obstacles and challenges that test her commitment and determination to become "civilized and ladylike, couth and kempt" (237). Claudette makes the transition from wolf to human girl by beginning to act more civilized with a changed mindset and separating herself from the pack. Throughout this story, the wolf pack is forced to go through a drastic change in their lives.
Cinderella Archetypes
In each story she is beaten down only to rise up through the ashes from the fire her "family" ignited. Cinderella, the Grimm Brother's version, "Cinderella", and the "Little Golden Book Cinderella", have vast similarities, but in each one of the story there is something that stands out. The theme, archetypes, and the deaths in all of the Cinderella stories play enormous parts in what makes these stories similar, and what makes them unique. The theme in each story plays a significant part in what makes each story unique varying from vengeance, to hard work and respect.
Little Red Riding Hood Archetypes
Hi Vivian, I also enjoyed the fairy tale "Little Red Riding Hood" when I was a child over the other fairy tales. It is definitely one of the most prominent fairy tales and I never really looked at the fairy tale in how it displays archetypes. Little Red Riding Hood is definitely an innocent like you mentioned, she didn't do anything wrong to harm anyone, even being too innocent to view the wolf as being a bad creature. I agree with most archetypes you grouped the characters in, such as the wolf being the villain, but I cannot really find the justification for Little Red Riding Hood's mother being a good person.
The Three Archetype In The Story Of Cinderella
There are three archetype in the story of Cinderella. The most obvious one is Cinderella, a girl who is treated wrongly by her stepmother, the second archetype is her wicked stepmother, the "obstacle" of Cinderella and the third is the prince, which is the hero of the story. The structure of Cinderella make the story archetypal, the characters and plot are similar to those in literature culture. A hopeless character (Cinderella) who has to face obstacle that is making the life of the main character difficult (Stepmother) but is eventually saved by someone/thing (Prince).
Little Red Riding Hood Analysis
The following paper will demonstrate how across time the different writers of the Little Red Riding Hood, fight for independence, knowledge and most of all, equality. In the first edition is Little Red Riding Hood written by Charles Perrault, The Little Red Riding Hood was on the way to her grandmother 's house as she ran into the wolf who was craving to eat her but did not because there was a woodcutter that was working nearby. So the wolf finds out where she was headed to and goes to the grandmother 's house pretending to be the little girl and ate the grandmother. However the wolf's craving was not yet satisfied as he had not eaten in more than 3 days, so he wore the grandmother's nightclothes to deceive the little red riding hood into believing that he was the grandmother.
Little Red Riding Hood Symbolism
The "Company of the wolves" by Angela Carter is similar to the fairytale story known as the "Little Red Riding Hood" but is retold in a different way which is often known as feminist perspective. Angela Carter has changed the conventional heroine of the fairytale into someone who is brave and courageous. The story by Angela Carter is the retelling of the fairytale story but have deeper meanings in terms of the symbols used, the feminist perspective, the gender role and generation gap. The story by Angela Carter has many symbols used in to show that it is not a fairy tale.
Analyzing Perrault's Versions Of Little Red Riding Hood
In many other versions of this story we see a happy ending however, in Perrault's version there is no happy ending where the wolf emerges the victor of the encounter, Red. His version of this tale also shows that Red does not escape from the wolf after being seduced by him, asking her to take her clothes off and get into the bed and soon after getting eaten. He constructs his ideology for his version of Little Red Riding Hood through the reflections of women in France and how during his time this was where women were grasping more knowledge because they were allowed to attend school and have an education for themselves.
Chapter Review: 'Madre, Mujer, Bruja'
Chapter two is called "Madre, Mujer, Bruja" which means mother, women, and witch in Spanish. The name of the chapter set up with what Ms. Glass-Coffin talks about in this chapter. She looks at how the history of healings and rituals and how it has contributed to the contemporary perception of what healers do. When situations like the story of Maria de la O and her daughter Manuela the church would become involved and they would put these perceptions of witchcraft on the women. In contemporary times shamanic healers are mostly men, this is because the churches ideologies which were European made their way to Peru.
Where Are You Going Where Have You Been Short Story Theme
The story Where Are You Going Where Have You Been has similar elements to fairy tales. However critic Christina Gills says that the reader is " forced to consider the distinctions between fairy tale and seduction narrative" (Gillis Gale). There are differences between a fairy tale and this short story. Differences include that the girl gets the prince and the villain gets either killed or locked up, and they live happily ever after. In real life this doesn't happen, the so called villain can get away and come after it's victim again.
Sound In The Film 'The Witch'
How did the sound of The Witch shape the audience's understanding of the film? Sound shapes the audience's understanding by shaping the audience's attention, feeling and by the revealing character. Firstly, the sound shapes the audience's attention by utilizing increased volumes of sound in specific points. For instance, in the scene of Caleb and the "young women" went from a very quiet whistling and opera singing that increased as Caleb went closer to the woman and reached its highest volume with the sound of a bass drum when the witch's hand is revealed.
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California Group Pledges $100 Million To Battle Homelessness
Monday, May 8, 2017 | Sacramento, CA | Permalink
A homeless person sleeps on a sidewalk in Sacramento, Calif., Tuesday, April 23, 2013.
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(AP) - A San Francisco-based nonprofit has pledged to raise $100 million to reduce chronic homelessness in the city by half over the next five years.
Tipping Point Community announced Monday it would raise the amount from private donations and give the money to nonprofit groups as well as the city and county of San Francisco to address homelessness.
The office of San Francisco Mayor Ed Lee says this is the largest private commitment ever made in the city to combat homelessness.
The nonprofit said in a press release that it has already raised $60 million. The money will go toward affordable housing and more treatment and services for people with mental health issues.
The mayor's office reports there are about 2,000 people in the city who are considered chronically homeless.
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Is my girl at peace?
My daughter died at Christmas three years ago and we can't come to terms with it. We are a close family and look after each other.
Her last two years were spoilt by a bullying husband who she eventually left. She had a heart of gold but she wouldn't let us help her. She joined us for Christmas but wanted to go back home, despite our efforts to stop her. We had no reply to phone calls made after the New Year.
My other daughter went to her flat but sadly found her dead in bed. She had an unlit cigarette in her hand and had a book in her lap so her death must have been sudden.
How can we tell her how much we love and miss her?
Sally says: Your daughter was an amazing person who idolised her family. I believe she knew she was ill but she was proud and didn't want to burden you all.
There is nothing I can say to justify why your daughter was taken from you. It is something a parent can never get over.
However, please be assured that your daughter is in a better place. She is no longer suffering, is free from pain and she's happy. She is still around you all and it is important to her for you to talk about her, remembering all the happy times you spent together.
Because of your connection you will feel her presence around you. She is looking out for you all and she wants to comfort each and every one of you.
Can I save my marriage?
I am having doubts about whether my marriage will last. I love my husband but at times I don't like him and I don't think he likes me either. He is always angry with me. He sometimes treats strangers better than me.
I have so much stress in my life and all I want is a man who will treat me right. I do all the work at home and I am a full time carer for my son, but with my problems, I go to my parents.
He also goes to karaoke a lot and goes mad if I say I want to go with him. On top of that, I've put on about five stone. I don't even want to cuddle or kiss him, or tell him I love him because he never does that for me. What should I do?
Sally says: My first piece of advice would be communicate. Although you and your husband live together, you are almost leading two separate lives. Your relationship has lost the enjoyment of being together. You need to identify why this has happened.
The breakdown of your relationship has led to you feeling vulnerable and in order to be happy in life you have to be content in yourself. You are comfort eating and looking at your life in a negative way.
Sit down with your husband and get to the bottom of how you are both feeling. Speak to a professional relationship adviser – they will give you information and share experiences from others in the same situation.
My wife died – how is she?
Can you please contact my wife Christine who died of cancer in February 2009? Although I am with another woman now, are you able to tell Christine that I still miss her?
Sally says: Geoff, your wife is smiling. She knows how much you love and miss her, you were soulmates and nothing will ever change that. Often, those left behind feel a huge guilt in moving on but it is completely natural to do so.
You have met someone else who makes you happy but that won't change how you feel for your wife. She misses you dearly but is in a place surrounded by love and feels very satisfied to know that you have found someone else to care for and be a companion to.
She's going to need that advice soon by the looks of what's going on with her stage career! LOL!