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Ange Postecoglou says there will be no excuses if the Socceroos do not grow as a team after their FIFA World Cup campaign in Brazil, where the world's elite await.
The national team coach has selected a youthful 30-man provisional squad ahead of next month's tournament in Brazil, where Australia will meet talented South American side Chile and the two 2010 finalists, holders Spain and three-time runners-up the Netherlands.
And while plenty has been made of the scale of the task facing Group B's underdogs, Postecoglou - with January's Asian Cup and future World Cup qualifying campaigns in mind - has chosen to focus on the positives of the invaluable exposure to top-level football his players are set to receive.
"(It's) a massive challenge but also a massive opportunity to lay some solid foundations moving forward," he told FFA TV.
"We are going to take a young group across ... the majority of them, this will be their first World Cup, facing the best in the world.
"From my perspective, there's an enormous opportunity there, because coming out of this World Cup, after having faced the best, there'll be no excuse for us to continually progress beyond there, there should be no barriers for us.
"I'm sure we're going to have some major obstacles on that road, but again, as I said, a tremendous opportunity for us."
Australia play a farewell friendly against South Africa in Sydney on May 26, before a warm-up clash with Croatia on June 6.
The meeting with Bafana Bafana is being viewed as a potential morale booster two days before the flight to South America, as well as a tactical run-through ahead of the Chile opener on June 13.


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I know I am very late in posting this unboxing, it is nearly the end of November and I am only finally getting round to posting the box I received in August. The theme for August's Fairyloot box was Mutinous Pirates and for me this theme was something new and exciting because it was something completely different from what we have had in the past few months.
The first item was this Exclusive "Why is the rum gone?" Water Bottle designed by KDP Letters. The quote on the bottle is inspired bu the infamous pirate Captain Jack Sparrow from the Disney Pirates of the Caribbean film. I really like this item a lot! its something different and it fits in really well with the theme.
The second item was this Exclusive Prince Elian Candle by Nerd Poured Candles. The candle is inspired by the pirate prince Elian in To Kill a Kingdom by Alexandra Christo. Again this candle fits in with the theme really well and it has such a nice fresh smelling scent.
The third item was this Exclusive Pirate Wax Seal by Fairyloot. The seal has a pirate themed symbol and comes with some fancy gold wax. I love the originality of this item and it has to be one of my favourite items to ever be included in a Fairyloot box. It might not be something that I would get round to ever using but I still really like this item.
The next item included in the box was this Exclusive Sweet Peat Sugar Scrub Soap by Geeky Clean. Apparently we will understand this item a little more when we have read the book that is included in this months box. But I have given this sugar scrub a go and it smells really nice and its something completely different.
Also included in the box was this Exclusive 'Impossible' Hanging Flag designed by Reverie and Ink. The quote featured on the flag is from Nikolai Lanstov from the Shadow and Bone trilogy. This item did arrive with a spelling mistake error, but we are being sent a corrected flag as soon as they become available. I really like the quote and it makes me want to read the Shadow and Bone series again.
The final bookish item included in this months box was this Exclusive Pirate Magnet designed by Miss Phi. The magnet features a quote from Daughter of the Pirate King by Tricia Levenseller. I love the design of this magnet and the quote is also really interesting.
Finally the book that was included in this months box was These Rebel Waves by Sara Raasch. It is an epic story inspired by the Spanish Inquisition and is full of pirates, magic, adventure and mutiny! This edition is also an exclusive edition just for Fairyloot because it has green sprayed pages and is signed by the author. The book also came with a letter from the author, a botanical plant card and exclusive artwork by Taratjah.
I really liked the item included in this months box. Everything fitted in really well with the theme and there was a range of new and different items. I really liked the bottle and the wax seal because them sort of items have never been included in a Fairyloot box before. I really liked the the book this month was actually signed by the author instead of a book plate and that this edition had vibrant green sprayed pages.
I have already subscribed to the next box, which has the theme of Starcrossed Swoons. I am excited to see what items they have planned to featured in the box because I love the theme title and the suppliers that have been revealed looks like its going to be a great box.


KYC or Know Your Customer is a customer identification process. It is under the Prevention of Money Laundering Act 2002 that the Securities and Exchange Board of India has established guidelines that make it compulsory for financial institutions and instruments such as mutual fund houses to know their clients. The KYC process helps in this and in doing so, it also prevents money laundering and wrongful dealings.
e-KYC is the process of verifying the identity of a customer through reliable documents. These documents include PAN Card (for identification and tax purposes), address proof.
To do away with the extensive and repeat submission of documents, Securities Exchange Board of India established the idea of common KYC in 2011. This meant that your first intermediary will process the KYC-related details and then send it online with the Registration Agency (KRA). After the account is active, all sorts of intermediary can utilise the same data for all account work in future.
The (SEBI) has made tirless efforts towards simplifying the process of investing in capital markets, such as mutual funds. By making use of advanced digitisation, the reach of mutual funds has gone up with an eased onboarding operation. e-KYC is the cornerstone of this effort. Making it possible for investors to handle the complete KYC procedure end to end without worrying about the cumbersome effort required by documents and office visits. All of it has been compressed to Aadhaar-PAN -and mobile number to make investments.
Initially, there was only the physical KYC process that needed you to submit paper documents such as a filled-out KYC registration form authorised by the investor. This has to be accompanied with self-attested of Identity proof document copies such as PAN card, etc. This process also mandated an in-person authentication at the local office of the KRA. The process was cumbersome and discouraged investment.
The coming of Aadhaar-based KYC means that the entire set up is changed and KYC processing is going to be faster. The online procedure has removed the requirement for huge paperwork or any in-person verification process.
Before understanding the procedure for e-KYC kindly note that one limitation of the online KYC procedure is that investors completing the process are, as of yet, not allowed to make offline investments. In a situation where the e-KYC-verified user is going for offline investment, a specific document needs to be authorised by the applicant and given to the registered KRA centre. Upon submission and verification, the applicant may initiate investments through the offline route easily.
Give your Aadhaar card number when asked. When you have an Aadhaar Card already, ensure that the mobile number is up to date with the Aadhaar UIDAI website database. Unless this is done, you will not receive the OTP. If you don't have your number registered you simply have to visit the UIDAI website to find out how to register the number.
After the input of the Aadhaar number, you may generate and get an OTP from UIDAI on the mobile number registered. Remember that the OTP can only be sent to the registered mobile number. So ensure that your cell phone is powered and receiving messages before you request an OTP.
After feeding the UIDAI OTP into the relevant text box, you will receive a document confirming the same. Next, the investor will e-sign the authorised document and send it to the KUA for completion of the Aadhaar e-KYC process. The complete process will take just a few minutes.
The e-KYC procedure so far, will make it possible for the investor to start investments in mutual funds immediately, except for a few SEBI imposed limitations.
An Aadhar based e-KYC verified investor can invest as much as INR 50,000 per fund per year. Meaning that investors making investments in 6 different mutual funds can invest as much as Rs. 3 lakhs in the year.
Biometric verification can increase the limit. This verification needs the applicant to be present at the KRA centre.
e-KYC enables to complete KYC process online with direct authorization of clients. The key objective of e-KYC is to reduce turnaround time and paper work. For instance, Reliance gives the opportunity of complete KYC formalities in real time.
This is a very secure system with respect to data, such as data on account information, demographic data, etc. are saved and relayed under encryption. This gives a certain level of security on investor personal information.
Kindly note that the e-KYC mechanism is fully consent-based. The applicant can take a decision on who accesses his/her data from the database.
Where there is paper-based system, manual checking is required for verification, leaving chances of human error delaying the KYC request process. Paperless Aadhaar KYC reduces human error risks.
The e-KYC procedure for mutual funds is fully in line with needs mentioned in the Internet Technology Act, 2000.
KYC data has real time relay without any hang ups that used to happen when there was paper system.
E-KYC has reduced the chances of such incidents due to system transparency.
Remember that the paper KYC form filled by hand can invite discrepancies and mistakes. Mistakes mean mismatch of information with the database, and hence rejection. In this situation, the whole exercise needs to be initiated from the beginning. The E-KYC automatic form and online operation makes sure that the data is verified on real time basis.
One of the frequent problems faced with KYC hard copies is the case of more than one person claiming non- consent in KYC. E-KYC in mutual fund investments, has a multi-step process that includes authentication through biometrics.
Not a direct influence on the customer, simplification of rules is equal to faster processing times.
When there was hard copy KYC only, at least some middlemen used to charge extra as KYC fee. This was almost like lenders taking money for CIBIL reports.
Initially, the KYC Registration points were given a rule to be the registered point for verification and collection of all KYC data. At first these points were recognised by the Securities and Exchange Board of India under SEBI KYC Registration Agency Regulations Act, 2011.
With the dawn of online KYC system, KRA's role has not really changed. The coming of of KRA has simplified the process and replaced the system of duplicate and multiple KYC.
The advent of e-KYC has simplified investment procedure.
The initial procedure of the customer KYC lies with the intermediary.
Modifications in KYC information are updated later.
What does an NRI need?
A non-resident individual (NRI), will be required to tick a box and wait for the NRI status to be verified by the PAN database.
Can an investor give a change of address along with redemption request?
Any change regarding change in Name-Address- Status etc. should be updated with any point of sale. The only thing required is a copy of your KYC slip and address proof.
Change in Income has to updated?
Yes. If there is an increment/decrement in your income that has an effectively influence on your income bracket previously stated in the KYC Application form, you must apply to any point of sale mentioned in the form. No proof is required.
Is there expiry for KYC acknowledgement?
None. Once you have received KYC acknowledgement and given it in for a mutual fund, there will be folio registration and future account activity quote.
Banker verification in case of signature difference.
The attestation of the signature is done to protect investors. In certain situations, mutual funds are extra diligent when signatures do not match.
Date from when it is mandatory for investor's KYC compliance.
Active from 01 February 2008, an investor putting in INR 50,000 and more requires KYC compliance.
KYC compliance for NRIs living out of India.
A soft copy of the KYC form is going to be present on the Mutual Funds website. An investor can go to the distributor for a form. The finished form and required attested documents should be deposited with the point of sale.
Mutual Fund transaction once the KYC procedure is done?
Applicant will have to affix KYC acknowledgement with the application form for first time investment.
In the situation when I am already providing my PAN Proof for the investments in Mutual Fund, is it going to be enough for meeting KYC needs?
The need to provide your PAN together with proof is enough as proof of identity. It is required that the Mutual Fund verification is extended to identity, address and to obtain further information about the investment.
If the investor is already existing, how will the KYC norms be introduced?
KYC norms are applicable to all investors. It is great if all investors obtain acknowledgment on KYC and submit it to the Mutual Fund to avoid future hassles.
Is KYC Acknowledgement a component of Mutual Fund? What are the Forms needed for time-stamping?
KYC Acknowledgement will be done on the photocopy of the form. Time stamp is not required.
As of now, KYC has no charge. It is completely free.
The parameters applicable for the Non-Resident Indians will be applicable to a Person of Indian Origin.
After starting of a mutual fund account through completion of needed formalities post investor profit, required documents that are needed for a new investment?
Investors should include their KYC acknowledgement together.
No. When an investor is not in a position to visit PoS in person, the application form together with the required documents can be put in through the representative, who will arrange a fulfilment of the KYC obligation and get the KYC acknowledgement through any of the PoS.
Is KYC applicable on everyone?
As of now, investors be individuals or non-individuals, who intend to make any investment are going to be required to be KYC Compliant. This will be applicable to Systematic Investment Plan (SIP) since 01 February 2008.
How does a minor turn to major?
Upon a Minor attaining the age of majority, the investor must be KYC Compliant and have KYC Acknowledgement of their own.
In a scenario when a KYC Application Form lacks information or is insufficiently equipped with documents, investments will not be allowed.
After receiving my KYC Acknowledgement.
After your KYC compliance is fulfilled, you will have to update your KYC details with all mutual funds where you have invested.
Multiple folios or accounts in a Mutual Fund?
You update the Mutual Fund KYC Acknowledgement update for all the folios and accounts you carry in it.
Completed the previous KYC procedure with CVL?
When KYC is using the PAN, the slip for acknowledgement received can be affixed with application for investment for first time investment.
KYC fulfilled with no PAN, using other documents for identity. In such a situation, CVL sends across communications to the respective investors requesting them to submit self-attested copy of PAN card.
This is a form meant for use by individuals and other entities. KYC form soft copies are made available on the online portals of most mutual funds.
Change of Name, Signature etc?
Update these modifications at any point of sale. You'll have to submit a copy of your KYC Acknowledgement. One will have to wait for a week before all the mutual funds database is updated.
Income detail requirements? How to save from wrong use?
It's compulsory for Mutual Funds to receive details on financial state. This is when income details are required. No documents are required.


This summer, I have been simply in awe with nature. Sight after sight this world never fails to amaze me. The following are my favorite examples.
The Oregon & California coast are breathtaking - not surprised to see those on the list! Love it.


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Скороход Костянтин Павлович ( 17 липня 1921, Ірпінь —  22 лютого 1991 Ірпінь) — український композитор жанрів класичної та популярної музики.

Біографічні відомості
Композитор К. П. Скороход народився в Ірпені 17 липня 1921 року. Він жив на вулиці Озерній. Мати працювала в місцевій їдальні. Батько загинув на війні. Костянтин Павлович теж був учасником Великої Вітчизняної, пережив блокаду в Ленінграді, але йому пощастило: залишився живим. В 1946 році він вступив до Київської консерваторії. Його вчителем був відомий композитор Лев Ревуцький. В 1951 році Скороходу була присвоєна кваліфікація композитор, педагог музучилища та музшколи.
В 1951-55 роках Костянтин Скороход працював музичним редактором видавництва «Мистецтво». В 1956 році перейшов на творчу роботу. Дружина Костянтина Павловича Людмила була юристом, працювала в Міністерстві соціального забезпечення та вдома консультувала ірпінців з юридичних питань. Подружжя виховувало три доньки. Здавалося б, тільки жити й радіти.
Але в 1963 році 43-літня Людмила тяжко захворіла і відійшла у вічність. Композитор мусив віддати дочок до інтернату. Тільки через 12 років Костянтин Павлович одружився вдруге. Але друга дружина теж померла. Для творчої людини пережиті душевні травми були занадто болючі. Композитор, як і багато чоловіків, почав шукати забуття в алкоголі. Розповідають, що в такі періоди Скороход міг продати власну мелодію за півлітра горілки. Покупці знаходились. Але митець любив свою справу, знаходив час для роботи, друзів і молодих талантів. В 1971-72 роках він працював керівником самодіяльного хору та ансамблю в Ірпінському сільськогосподарському технікумі бухгалтерського обліку. Новицький Олекса Миколайович разом із Костянтином Скороходом опікувався молодими талантами, був одним із наставників поета-початківця Проценко Володимир Миколайович, що навчався в технікумі. Він ніколи не забував про своїх дітей. Його донька Тетяна Костянтинівна нині працює директором ЗОШ № 1 і завдячує батькові, який ввів її до світу богеми. Пісні К. П. Скорохода виходили в світ окремими виданнями та збірками. Вони були популярними. Костянтин Павлович також написав гімн Ірпінської школи № 17

К. П. Скороход помер 22 лютого 1991 року.

Творчість
Трави скошені
У Святошині
І в закоханім Ірпені…

Це рядки з «Осінньої пісні» композитора Костянтина Скорохода і поета Олекси Ющенка.

З Ірпенем пов'язане життя багатьох видатних людей, хоч майже всі вони народилися далеко від міста.

В доробку Костянтина Павловича є твори для симфонічного оркестру, для хору, солістів і оркестру, для струнного квартету, для оркестру народних інструментів, понад 150 пісень (зокрема, «Знову пісня лине» на слова В.Сосюри, «Твоя правда, Тарасе, із нами!» на слова О.Новицького, «Пісня про Гагаріна» на слова Д.Луценка, «Пісня про героя-партизана» на слова П.Воронька, «Київські весни» на слова І.Пучка та інші), обробки українських народних пісень.
Пісні К. П. Скорохода виходили в світ і окремими виданнями, і збірками. Вони були популярними. Костянтин Павлович також написав гімн Ірпінської школи № 17.

Поеми
 «Моя Батьківщина» (1958)
 «Свято в колгоспі» (1963)
 Траурна поема (1968);

Кантати
 «Росія» (сл. О. Новицкого, 1973)
 Реквієм (1980)

Сюїти
 «На святі в Грузії» (1978)

Для симфонічного оркестру
 Варіації на укр. нар. тему (1951)
 Урочиста увертюра (1957)
 Гуртуйтесь, народи! (сл. П. Горецкого, 1984)
 Слав'янський танок (1959)
 увертюри на укр.тематику: I (1960)

Для голосу у супроводі симфонічного оркестру
 Відлуння весни (сл. Т. Масенко, 1954)
 Ода Радянській вітчизні (сл. И. Пучко, 1972), 1973),

Для оркестру народних інструментів
 Украинский танок (1972);
 Струн. квартет (1953);
 Ф-п. трио (1979);

Для труби і фортепіано
 Скерцо (1987)

Пісні
В доробку понад 150 пісень (зокрема, «Знову пісня лине» на слова Володимира Сосюри, «Твоя правда, Тарасе, із нами!» на слова О.Новицького, «Пісня про Гагаріна» на слова Дмитра Луценка, «Пісня про героя-партизана» на слова П.Воронька, «Київські весни» на слова І.Пучка, "Лілея" на слова Арсена Каспрука та інші), обробки українських народних пісень.

Джерела

 Довідник, видавництво «К. І.С»

Примітки

Посилання
 http://ikt.at.ua/publ/pamjat/kompozitory_muzykanty_artisty/skorokhod_kostjantin_pavlovich/27-1-0-246

Уродженці Ірпеня
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Українські композитори
Померли в Ірпені

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Back in MLS, Adu signs with Philadelphia
CHESTER, Pa. – Freddy Adu left Major League Soccer midway through the 2007 season.
Now, he's back ... and nearly in first place.
The highly publicized 22-year-old midfielder, who had been linked to Chivas USA in his long-awaited return to the league, reversed field and decided to sign with the Philadelphia Union on Friday. The Union plucked Adu on a free transfer from Sports Lisboa e Benfica of the Portuguese First Division.
His decision signifies an immediate reunion with Adu and Union manager Peter Nowak. Adu signed his professional contract with D.C. United at the age of 14 and spent three seasons with Nowak from 2004-06, including winning the MLS Cup in 2004.
The Union (8-5-9) play host to FC Dallas (12-6-6) on Saturday night, and enter the match just one point behind the Columbus Crew (9-7-7) for first place in the Eastern Conference.
"I think I'm a better player," Adu said, "than I was when I left MLS four years ago."
Though that doesn't mean he will start on Saturday. Nowak certainly realizes his talent level, without question. But there's chemistry to develop, and a learning curve, as well.
"Of course, we're looking to play Freddy," Nowak said. "I know he's ready to go. We have another 20 guys in the locker room ready to play as well."
The Union are already one of the more popular franchises in the league in terms of attendance. And the "Sons of Ben," a fan club named after Benjamin Franklin, is among the strongest in the league. At the All-Star break this year, Philadelphia was averaging 18,177 fans per home game.
This should only help the cause.
"I'm ready to learn, listen and help the team in every way possible," said Adu, who has scored 12 MLS goals. "Coming to Philly, it's just great. I'm excited."
He's not alone. In fact, over the last nine months, several marquee names have landed with Philadelphia professional teams. The run bagan in December, when Cliff Lee, the prize of Major League Baseball's free-agent season, decided to rejoin the Phillies. It continued in July, when the Flyers snagged the highest-scoring player in the NHL's free-agent market: Jaromir Jagr.
And then the Eagles jumped in the mix and made a huge splash after the NFL lockout ended. They signed Nnamdi Asomugha, Cullen Jenkins, Jason Babin, Vince Young, Steve Smith and Ronnie Brown, among others.
The Phillies also last month made a trade for Hunter Pence. But for one day at least, the Union stole the show in this sports-crazed town.
And a big game vs. Dallas just became a little bigger.
"I hope I get a chance to play," Adu said. "This is a big game. I've got to be ready."
Adu is used to the bright lights, and seems equipped to handle being a star. He became the youngest player to debut for Team USA at 16 years, 234 days. He played in a friendly against Canada on Jan. 22, 2006.
He also played in the 2011 CONCACAF Gold Cup, starting in a 4-2 loss to Mexico in the championship match. He assisted on both goals.


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(Natural News) Since before President Donald J. Trump took office the so-called "Mainstream" media was doing its best to convict him in the court of public opinion of "colluding" with the Russians to "steal the election" from Hillary Clinton.
In story after story, the legacy media published one suggestive story after another, each only alleging that something nefarious took place but, several paragraphs into each piece meekly acknowledging that, in reality, no evidence of criminal activity or "collusion" had been found.
But as it turns out many of these same legacy media outlets are the ones who have nefarious business ties to Russia — including the Left-wing Slate, Washington Post, and Newsweek, among others.
A dozen major American media and Internet outlets hired a Russian company called EastBanc Technologies to help with IT and web services, according to a Daily Caller News Foundation investigation. The companies include The Washington Post, Time, Newsweek, Slate, Facebook, AOL, Comcast and U.S. News & World Report.
The news site noted that former U.S. intelligence officers have deeply criticized those same media outlets for their rampant hypocrisy in retaining the services of a Russian firm, while at the same time pointing a finger at Team Trump and others within the president's circles who have, at best, inconsequential ties to Russia.
Though EastBanc is incorporated in Washington, D.C., and on the surface, it looks like a stand-alone American information technology firm, it's not. A counterpart firm, also called EastBanc, is based in Novosibirsk, Russia, which is located in Siberia.
The company provides typical IT services — data analytics, business intelligence, and cloud services, among others. The relationship between both firms is located in a 2014 PowerPoint presentation produced by the company, which posted Russian and U.S. officers side by side along with their U.S. and Russian clients.
Since Trump won the 2016 — quite unexpectedly, given the pre-election polling data nearly everyone believed — the U.S. "mainstream" press has been hammering home the false narrative that Trump and Moscow colluded, and that Team Trump members have nefarious and illegal connections to the Russian government.
But come to find out U.S. media and Internet companies comprise EastBanc's biggest client collection, 12 of 54 listed customers. "About a quarter of its clients listed on its American website are media and Internet companies," The Daily Caller reported.
An editorial board member on NATO's Defense Strategy Communications Journal, J. Michael Waller, told The Daily Caller that EastBanc's ability to access the back end of American media and Internet companies could provide a boon of sensitive — and perhaps even classified — data to Russian government officials.
Read more about Left-wing hypocrisy at Libtards.news.


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The Nine-Step Website Redesign That Won't Let You Down
We all know it's true, so I'm just going to go on and say it: Website redesign projects suck. Time, money, resources. They suck almost as much as being rickrolled sucks.
(Sorry.)
Sometimes, it feels like a website redesign project sucks the motivation right out of the you. Like an energy vampire.
But at least, in the end, everyone gets a terrific new site that yields great results, right?
Wrong. In most cases, when I ask (non-client) contacts about their recent website design, they tell me, "It's okay." Then they recount the nightmare involved in getting it done. Or, they tell me it's still a nightmare. Or they shrug and say, "We paid a lot of money for it." Um. End of story? That should definitely not be the end of the story.
Yet it often is.
For an asset that is central to an organization's identity, reputation, and ability to serve customers and prospects, this is a sad state of affairs. It's also completely unnecessary. A website redesign project ought to be fun, energizing, and result in not only a great-looking site, but one that genuinely serves the most important needs of the organization.
Impossible? Not at all. For fifteen years, my team has done exactly this for our clients. And now I'm going to show you how.
But first, let's talk about the common causes of website redesign failure…
If you're feeling all the feels right now, odds are you've had a website project fall prey to one of these fatal mistakes.
Trying to handle content in-house without allocating dedicated resources to its production.
Expecting the website company to handle the content without separately vetting the quality of their content production team.
Failing to establish requirements with all of the relevant stakeholders, resulting in a process mired in disagreements.
Expecting a technical team to lead strategic website conversations.
You know you've hit on that last one when the meeting gets bogged down in discussions about image resolution sizes, client-side form validations, and pixelated widgets. (I made that last one up, and it's still not the most ridiculous thing a meeting's ever gotten bogged down in. There was that one meeting… oh, never mind. Another time, perhaps?*)
Let's not do it that way again, shall we?
The birth of a new approach
As a content company with an emphasis on storytelling, we approach website design differently than most. For one thing, we don't do design. Or development. Why? Because those aren't the driving elements of a successful website design & development project.
Sure, it's important that the website does a good job of representing the brand visually, and it's important that the technical development fulfills the business requirements. But neither of those two things will happen if the process is driven by design and development.
Think of it like building a house. You don't start to build a house by planning which wallpaper to use in the kitchen. You start with a vision and a plan based on your needs and expectations and how you will use the home. You design a structure around your vision, then build it from the foundation up.
You don't start with deciding which nails to use or which color carpet goes with which drapes, so why would you start a website redesign with colors and image resolution?
Instead, a successful website redesign starts with, and is driven by, business goals and how visitors will use the site. Here's how.
Nine (repeatable) steps to a successful website redesign
When we define a "successful" website redesign, we don't just mean that it looks nice and everyone likes it. Your website ought to work as hard as you do, and so we think about success in terms of results.
For every company, the concept of "results" means something different. Maybe it's leads generated, sales supported, or reduction of needless customer support calls. That's why we start by defining results, so we'll know whether we've been successful. Here it is, step by step.
Step One: Engage Stakeholders
Get all the decision makers and influencers to the table. You'll need consensus on the importance of the project as well as its goals if you're to avoid frustrating late-stage delays and scope changes.
Step Two: Uncover Website Goals
If you don't know where you're going, you're unlikely to end up where you want to be. With all the stakeholders at the table, define whether you expect the new site to serve as a simple online brochure, a supporting resource for the sales department, a lead generation engine, a client resource, a content marketing tool, a sales engine… or what. Discuss what "results" would look like, and establish clear metrics where applicable (for instance, leads generated is a commonly used metric for success). Most companies have multiple goals—get them all documented.
Step Three: Define Your MVP
One of the most consistent complaints we hear about website projects is that they drag on and on and on. Unlike nearly everything else in the digital world, most website design is still approached in a traditional front-end, design-and-then-build way, in which all of the requirements for everything are established, everything is built out to meet all of the requirements, and then the whole behemoth project is launched all in one day.
This is insanity.
Instead, we advocate a lean approach, as further explored in this excellent series of articles by Carmen Rojas. In brief, the lean approach starts by identifying the "minimum viable product" (MVP) necessary to launch the site. This MVP will contain the core functionality necessary to serve the site's most important functions, and nothing more. Defining the MVP starts with identifying the most important audiences to serve and the most important needs the site will serve for them. Which leads us to…
Step Four: Map the Audience Journey
Once you understand the website's goals and have considered your MVP needs, take the time to document your most important visitor personas, and to understand how each one arrives at the site, why they are there, and what role the website plays in their buying/engagement journey. Use whatever means necessary (interviews with salespeople who interface with them, interviews with prospects, interviews with clients) to get inside the heads of your visitors and understand their biggest pain points. This will be critical in developing your messaging and content later.
Step Five: Identify "Next Steps" for Visitors
Where does each visitor persona go when they are done on your site? Do they contact you? Download something? Know what you want them to do before they leave, so you can design the site to encourage the behavior you want. If you miss this step, odds are the first place they'll go after clicking away is to see how you compare to the competition.
Step Six: Map The Visitor's Journey Through the Site
In step three, you identified how the visitor arrives at the site, and in step four, what they do before they leave it. Now it's time to plan the steps in between. How will they get their critical questions answered? When will they see your value differentiating content? For each relevant visitor persona, map a journey through the site that helps them meet their needs and expectations, while moving them closer to the action you want them to take. Then make it easy and low-risk for them to take that step.
Step Seven: Develop Structure and Content
With an approved map in hand, it's time to start building content, structure, and design. Though these are separate processes, they usually occur simultaneously and, in the best-case scenario, are collaborative. It's important during this stage to assign clear responsibility for driving the project to someone who understands the strategic goals for the site, who has been engaged with the project from the beginning, and who understands the technical details enough to oversee the project and provide guidance, but who won't get bogged down in those details. This person can be internal, but is more often an external consultant, and may be a member of the content team (like us, for instance), the design team, or the development team, depending on who can provide the leadership you need.
Step Eight: Put it Into Development
Once you have approved the content and design, the development team will bring it to life. If your site is built on a template (as opposed to completely custom design), this step may occur simultaneously with design.
Step Nine: Mock-Up Review
Your developers will mock the design up on a "dummy" site, where you can view it and interact with its elements, before it becomes visible to the public. The first time you see the dummy, it's likely to have lots of little glitches. Some content may be missing or in the wrong places, and some interactive elements may be missing or not lead where they're supposed to. This is normal for a first iteration.
Remember that person you put in charge of driving the project? She's going to walk you through the review, point out known problems, ask for your feedback and approval on elements that need your immediate input, call your attention to elements for your later review, and request that you take the time to go through and point out any additional problems you see for the team to address.
Step Ten: Pre-Launch Review and Approval
Based on your feedback and their own interactions with the mock-up, your content, design, and development teams will coordinate to bring the site in alignment with the vision as defined in the early stages of the project. They will ask you to review it at least one more time and, when it's ready, to provide final approval and okay for launch.
Step Eleven and Eleven-and-a-Half: Launch and Optimize
Once the site meets stakeholder approval, it's ready to launch publicly. But that doesn't mean it's done. Now you can start planning phase two, as well as optimizing the existing content.
Approach phase two in the same way you approached the first phase: Identify the next most important business goals, and walk through each step with these goals in mind, including designing a second stage "MVP."
Simultaneously, it pays to continually optimize existing content. To do this, you need to know what's working, what's not working, and how the site is performing against your organization's goals for it. Although we put this step at the end, it's present through all of the process, starting with the definition of goals. To get the most out of optimization, companies must define key performance indicators and hook the site up to the right analytics and reporting tools to measure performance against those KPIs, then adjust its structure and content periodically to get the best results.
Okay, but what does all this look like in practice?
If you're interested in seeing how this process works for a real company, stay tuned. I'll be walking you through the design and development and ongoing optimization of an integrated architecture, engineering, and environmental consulting firm located in Tampa, Florida. I'll show you the specific challenges they were facing, their goals for the new site, and the steps we took, in detail, to get them what they needed. Use the little button thingy at top right to receive notification when the new content is ready for you!
Or, you know, if you'd like us to drive your next website redesign project, get in touch. I promise—we're never gonna make you cry. (Oh, admit it, you're still singing it in your head, aren't you? Me too.)
*Oh, all right. I'll tell, but it's embarrassing. Several years ago, at the beginning of a client kick-off meeting, I discovered that the participating stakeholders were not in agreement on whether they wanted to participate. They literally wasted an hour arguing about whether we were wasting an hour. Thus, Step One was born. Happy birthday, Step One.
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Fen Druadìn Head (formerly Heather Head) is an author, as well as the founder of Scopcity. When she is not writing, running the business, or chasing down bad guys on Twitter, she enjoys hiking, snuggling with her husband and three boys, and avoiding the kitchen.
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Lesmurdie Falls in winter and spring is one of Perth's most popular leisure destinations.
Stunning views over the Swan Coastal Plain are available from lookout platforms which are a short walk from the picnic area on Falls Road.
The main picnic area (above the head of the Falls) contains a large car park, three large picnic tables with shade, toilet facilities and rubbish bins. Disabled access is available to toilets and picnic tables. The lower level carpark has basic picnic facilities only.
The area is especially popular in Spring when the falls are flowing and wildflowers are on display.
The Falls Trail. 640m return, Class 2, allow 30 min.
The Shoulder Trail. 1.5km return, Class 3, allow 1hr.
The Cascade Trail. 300m return, Class 3, allow 30 min.
The Foot of the Falls Trail. 2km return, Class 3, allow 1hr.
The Valley Loop Trail. 3km return, Class 3, allow 2hrs.
Please take your own drinking water as there is none available at this site. (Information above is adapted from the DPaW website).
Trails WA has extensive information on Lesmurdie Falls walks.
Visit the Life of Py page.
Visit the Weekend Notes page.
The main access to the upper Falls is via Falls Road as shown on the map. However the bottom of the Falls can be easily accessed from Palm Terrace, at the end of which lies the lower level picnic area. Refer to main Park signage image.


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Molly with Charles
Molly with Charles is a Bay Area-based collaboration between singer Molly Arizona and composer Charles Nutrivore. Their style ranges from smooth contemporary R&B to upbeat neo-soul. The band draws a lot of inspiration from the exacting, soulful minimalism of artists like Sade, Frank Ocean and John Mayer, and their live performances have drawn comparisons to popular neo-soul groups such as Hiatus Kiayote, Daniel Caesar and Phony Ppl. Their work is also a testament to the diversity of the Bay Area music scene, with contributions from Vacaville jazz trumpeters, South Berkeley rappers and Oakland guitarists. The duo has released two EPs and is currently working on their first full length album.
Austin Prince
Exploring the emotional undercurrents of our daily lives, evoking hope and longing in equal parts, Oakland native Austin Prince makes music that hits listeners between the heart and gut. Creating music to fill his own need for connection and understanding, Austin is influenced by Alabama Shakes, Jack Johnson, and Frank Ocean.
His last single "Sadie" was placed on Spotify's New Music Friday playlist and has set the tone for what The Deli Magazine called his "minimalistic pop-meets-soul" sound. Back from a 3-week National tour with half•alive, Austin is shaping and building this project and getting ready to release his next single "Jesus When It Rains" in April 2019.
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Nebraska Lutheran Campus Ministry's (NeLCM's) 2013 Pillar of Fire will be held this weekend, February 1 & 2, at Carol Joy Holling Camp near Ashland, Nebraska.
Forty-two students and staff from six of NeLCM's ten ministry sites (Beatrice, Kearney, Lincoln, Midland, Norfolk, Omaha-UNO, & Wayne) will gather for worship, fellowship, pseudo-competitive winter "Olympic" events & other games of skill, wisdom, and chance.
Bob Henning & Frieda Brown were the recipients of Walking On Water Awards at St. John's 2013 Annual Meeting.
These awards were presented for their fearlessness in looking to grow and walking on water by stepping out of the boat.
Both Bob & Frieda were happy, humbled, and honored to receive these awards. We congratulate and celebrate with them and their faithfulness!
St. John's Lutheran Church in Norfolk, Nebraska, held its 2013 Annual Meeting on Sunday, January 27, 2013, beginning with a potluck meal at Noon, followed by the meeting at 1 p.m.
Because of the seriousness of the decision St. John's is facing with regard to staffing and funding of ministry in 2013, the Church Council recommended that the congregation delay the adoption of the proposed 2013 General Fund Budget until a special congregational meeting to be held on Sunday, February 24, between the worship services.
The congregation voted in favor of this proposal, 66-44.
If you were unable to attend the meeting, Annual Reports are available in the church office.
A reminder: this Sunday, January 27, 2013, following our 11 a.m. Celebration Worship service at approximately Noon, we will hold a Potluck Dinner, featuring a variety of delicious dishes that will come from whatever you and your fellow members of St. John's bring to enjoy. Following the Potluck Dinner, at approximately 1 p.m., St. John's Annual Meeting will be held. All voting members are encouraged to attend this meeting. The meeting will include discussions on the 2013 proposed general fund budget, which includes staffing changes, as well as voting on new Church Council members, a new member of the Benefaction Board, and lay voting members for the 2013 Nebraska Synod Assembly, which will be held May 31-June 2, 2013, in Kearney, Nebraska.
Funeral services for Veona Rasmussen, age 90, will be at St. John's on Saturday, January 26, at 10:30 a.m., with Pastor Justin Wiese & Betty Schambach officiating. A luncheon will follow immediately after worship in the St. John's fellowship hall, and committal at Pleasant View Cemetery in Plainview will follow the luncheon. See Veona's obituary below.
Graveside services for Helen L. Blatt, age 98, formerly of Norfolk and long-time member of St. John's, will be 2:30 p.m. Thursday, January 24, 2013, at Prospect Hill Cemetery in Norfolk, with Pastor Justin Wiese officiating. View Helen's obituary & connections with St. John's below.
Click here to view the Bulletin Announcements for January 19-20, 2013.
Funeral services for Jim Wilcox will be held Saturday, Jan. 19, at 10 AM. A meal will be served following the service at the Norfolk VFW.
Be sure to attend the Financial Forum on Sunday, Jan. 20, at 9:45 am. Important matters will be discussed regarding proposed staffing cuts and the 2013 budget.
Funeral services for Ken Sunderman will be held Wednesday, January 16, at 10:30 am. Blessed are those who die in the Lord.
Dave Ramsey's Financial Peace University will not be offered at this time as previously stated. Watch for announcements after the Easter season about this upcoming opportunity!
Below are the words that Pastor Justin said while writing with chalk above the doors at church this weekend. This didn't make it into the bulletin, so here's your online exclusive extra!
13: and thirteen years ago.
+: and remain with us throughout the new year.
On May 22, 2011, a multi-vortex EF-5 tornado ripped a 13-mile path of destruction through Joplin, Missouri and its neighboring communities. The devastation left behind was impossible to imagine, affecting thousands of residents and taking 162 lives. While the storm hit well over a year ago, much work remains to getting the community fully back on its feet.


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OFSTED and SIAMS
Literacy and Numeracy
Maintenance Grant
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Designated Child Protection Officers
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JCQ official documents
KS4 Preparation Materials
KS3 Curriculum Structure
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'the body is one and has many members, and all the members of the body, though many, are one body'
1 Corinthians 12:12.
Stopfordian Ethos
Bishop Stopford's School strives to be a Christian Community of Love and Learning. The way we are taught, the way we are nurtured, the way we are valued has an incredible impact upon how we develop and mature into the people we become. Christ confronts us to turn our lives and the practice of our faith upside down and back to front in order to see God in all things and so bring Him in to the centre of our lives each and every day.
For our students and parents, the fact that we are a faith school has enormous significance. We seek as a community of learners to live the truths of the Gospel, to live in peace and harmony with each other, to work for reconciliation and tolerance among all peoples, and we live in the hope of heaven.
Our School Prayer
Each week pupils will attend a school assembly which contains an act of Collective Worship. The theme of the week will be presented by a member of the Senior Staff in a presentation, pupils will lead prayers for the world and school community and the school prayer will be said in mass.
Pause for Thought
Daily worship is an essential part of the school community and all form groups follow the school 'Pause for Thought programme which is linked to the theme of the week. These sessions can be teacher or pupil lead and contain Biblical passages, music and film clip videos and prayers.
End of Term Holy Communions
Holy Communion, the sacred meal instituted by Christ himself as the way of remembering his love and the Word of life he gave us in the holy scriptures are celebrated at the end of each term in the school. Two houses attend daily in the last week of term; pupils read the Bible and lead the worship, prayers and music. Each day we welcome the Bishop of Edmonton or a local priest or minister from the Anglican church to celebrate the Holy Communion.
Patronal Festivals
Once a year each house celebrates their patronal festival. The Dates are as follows:
King Alfreds
This celebration provides pupils with an opportunity to worship within their house community and give thanks for fellowship and love they receive. Each of the six Houses celebrates their annual Patronal Festival with a special Holy Communion. These special celebrations offer a real opportunity for each House to showcase the success and gifts of their particular members through music, drama and art, as well as providing a space to look at those Patrons associated with each House and to draw strength and wisdom from the example. Each celebration sees staff and students working closely together in the presentation and preparation of these services. At each festival we welcome a local priest or minister from the Anglican church to celebrate the Holy Communion.
Corporate Worship
In addition to our Collective Worship pupils have the opportunity to worship God in smaller services held in the chapel. Morning Prayer is said weekly and is lead by staff and pupils.
Annually the school celebrates its Foundation with a service of celebration in the school hall. This takes place in the first week of July. A chamomile plant and the school rolls are presented the new Head Boy and Girl and the Prefects for the forthcoming academic year are presented to the school. These all serve as symbols of the past struggles, the present day workings and the future glory of the school.
Our Carol Service
At the end of the first term the school celebrates the birth and incarnation of our Lord with a carol service. Pupils will read, sing and lead prayers in celebration of Christmas.
Our School Chapel
At the heart of our school stands the Chapel. The Chapel provides an opportunity to be close to God and appreciate and contemplate his glory.
The Prayer for all Stopfordians
Every Monday morning the Prayer for all Stopfordians is offered by the Chaplain and pupils and a candle is lit for all Stopfordians.
Once a term the worship committee meet to review, discuss and plan the Religious Life of the school. This committee is made up of Governors, Staff and pupils.
Reception of Communion
All students and staff who regularly make their communion in their own parish or church are welcome to receive Holy Communion at any of our School celebrations of the Holy Eucharist. Anyone who is unable to do so is encouraged to come to the priest and to ask for a blessing.
Clergy who support our School
Father Taemin
Father Taemin is the vicar at St George's Freezywater on Hertford Road. He is Korean and studied at St Stephen's House Theological College in Oxford.
He supports us at school by celebrating Holy Communion for the Year Group Eucharists.
Rev Jackie
Jackie works at St Mary Magdalene Church in Enfield.
Born and raised in Enfield she attended Suffolk School which was the building that is now our school.
Jackie has been supporting our school for a number of years and has celebrated Holy Communion at St George's House festivals and whole school Eucharists.
Father Henderson
Father Henderson is a priest at St James's Church on Hertford Road and works with Father Ian.
Father Henderson is a retired school teacher, who worked in Tottenham for a lot of his career.
He is a regular visitor at Bishop Stopford's and has celebrated Eucharists for our year 11s and at our whole school services.
Bishop Rob
Bishop Rob is the Bishop of Edmonton. Bishop Rob started this appointment in September 2015 after being a vicar in Hackney. Bishop Rob held his welcome service for the Enfield area at our school and was deeply impressed with our school choir. He regularly visits us and preaches and leads our Founders' day service.
Father Ian
Ian is originally from the USA, and lived in Germany before coming to Enfield.
He is the vicar of St James's Church, Enfield.
Ian is a school governor at our school and is a welcome and frequent visitor.
Father Nigel
Father Nigel is vicar of St Mary with St John's Church on Dyson Road.
He has supported our school for a number of years and regularly celebrates Holy Communion with the whole school.
Father Stephen is vicar of the parish of St Mary's, Gordon Hill, Enfield.
He has been providing spiritual support to our School for over 20 years. Prior to becoming a priest he was a teacher in our Science Department,
Father Stephen was a member of Trinity House
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Januri is a fast-rising Indonesian painter with diverse proficiency in styles and media. Januri grew up in a remote farming village which has deeply influenced his themes. Over the years, his work evolved both in terms of the visual language and themes represented. Since the beginning of his career, human figures have been the focal point of his work. In his early practice, he depicted them with transparent color, reflecting on the political condition of his country, while the scenery in the background only had a function of supplementing the figures. Over time, Januri began using darker colors, placing more emphasis on the background. In his recent works, the landscape takes more central role, being rendered with the same strength as his subjects. Many of his works could be considered as conceptual artworks with a social narrative. Januri feels his work continues the art tradition of artists such as Beckman, Chagall, Francisco de Goya, Gustave Courbet, Diego Rivera, Affandi, Hendra Gunawan, Sudjojoo, Sudjono Kerton and Djoko Pekik, among others. In his latest works, he has explored Cubism where he has successfully depicted three-dimensional abstract figures on a flat canvas to create intimate narratives. Fun Fact: Januri is a sculptor as well and models statues inspired by the characters in his paintings. When he was younger, he was trained by the famous late painter Harjiman who worked on decorative forms of traditional Javanese batik.
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The Empire of Japan occupied the Dutch East Indies (now Indonesia) during World War II from March 1942 until after the end of the war in September 1945. It was one of the most crucial and important periods in modern Indonesian history.

In May 1940, Germany occupied the Netherlands, and martial law was declared in the Dutch East Indies. Following the failure of negotiations between the Dutch authorities and the Japanese, Japanese assets in the archipelago were frozen. The Dutch declared war on Japan following the 7 December 1941 Attack on Pearl Harbor. The Japanese invasion of the Dutch East Indies began on 10 January 1942, and the Imperial Japanese Army overran the entire colony in less than three months. The Dutch surrendered on 8 March.  Initially, most Indonesians welcomed the Japanese as liberators from their Dutch colonial masters. The sentiment changed, however, as between 4 and 10 million Indonesians were recruited as forced labourers (romusha) on economic development and defense projects in Java. Between 200,000 and half a million were sent away from Java to the outer islands, and as far as Burma and Siam. Of those taken off Java, not more than 70,000 survived the war. Four million people died in the Dutch East Indies as a result of famine and forced labour during the Japanese occupation, including 30,000 European civilian internee deaths.

In 1944–1945, Allied troops largely bypassed the Dutch East Indies and did not fight their way into the most populous parts such as Java and Sumatra. As such, most of the Dutch East Indies was still under occupation at the time of Japan's surrender in August 1945.

The occupation was the first serious challenge to the Dutch in their colony and ended the Dutch colonial rule. By its end, changes were so numerous and extraordinary that the subsequent Indonesian National Revolution became possible. Unlike the Dutch, the Japanese facilitated the politicisation of Indonesians down to the village level. The Japanese educated, trained and armed many young Indonesians and gave their nationalist leaders a political voice. Thus, through both the destruction of the Dutch colonial regime and the facilitation of Indonesian nationalism, the Japanese occupation created the conditions for the proclamation of Indonesian independence within days of the Japanese surrender in the Pacific. However, the Netherlands sought to reclaim the Indies, and a bitter five-year diplomatic, military and social struggle ensued, resulting in the Netherlands recognising Indonesian sovereignty in December 1949.

Background
Until 1942, what is now Indonesia was a colony of the Netherlands and was known as the Dutch East Indies. In 1929, during the Indonesian National Awakening, Indonesian nationalist leaders Sukarno and Mohammad Hatta (later founding President and Vice-president), foresaw a Pacific War and that a Japanese advance on the Dutch East Indies might be advantageous for the independence cause.

The Japanese spread the word that they were the 'Light of Asia'. Japan was the only Asian nation that had successfully transformed itself into a modern technological society at the end of the 19th century and it remained independent when most Asian countries had been under European or American power, and had beaten a European power, Russia, in war. Following its military campaign in China, Japan turned its attention to Southeast Asia, advocating to other Asians a 'Greater East Asian Co-Prosperity Sphere', which they described as a type of trade zone under Japanese leadership. The Japanese had gradually spread their influence through Asia in the first half of the 20th century and during the 1920s and 1930s had established business links in the Indies. These ranged from small town barbers, photographic studios and salesmen, to large department stores and firms such as Suzuki and Mitsubishi becoming involved in the sugar trade.

The Japanese population peaked in 1931 with 6,949 residents before starting a gradual decrease, largely due to economic tensions between Japan and the Netherlands Indies government. A number of Japanese had been sent by their government to establish links with Indonesian nationalists, particularly with Muslim parties, while Indonesian nationalists were sponsored to visit Japan. Such encouragement of Indonesian nationalism was part of a broader Japanese plan for an 'Asia for the Asians'. While most Indonesians were hopeful for the Japanese promise of an end to the Dutch racially based system, Chinese Indonesians, who enjoyed a privileged position under Dutch rule, were less optimistic. Japanese aggression in Manchuria and China in the late 1930s caused anxiety amongst the Chinese in Indonesia who set up funds to support the anti-Japanese effort. Dutch intelligence services also monitored Japanese living in Indonesia.

In November 1941, Madjlis Rakjat Indonesia, an Indonesian organisation of religious, political and trade union groups, submitted a memorandum to the Dutch East Indies Government requesting the mobilisation of the Indonesian people in the face of the war threat. The memorandum was rejected because the Government did not consider the Madjlis Rakyat Indonesia to be representative of the people. Less than four months later, the Japanese had occupied the archipelago.

Invasion

On 8 December 1941, the Dutch government-in-exile declared war on Japan. In January the American-British-Dutch-Australian Command (ABDACOM) was formed to co-ordinate Allied forces in South East Asia, under the command of General Archibald Wavell. In the weeks leading up to the invasion, senior Dutch government officials went into exile, taking political prisoners, family, and personal staff to Australia. Before the arrival of Japanese troops, there were conflicts between rival Indonesian groups where people were killed, vanished or went into hiding. Chinese- and Dutch-owned properties were ransacked and destroyed.

The invasion in early 1942 was swift and complete. By January 1942, parts of Sulawesi and Kalimantan were under Japanese control. By February, the Japanese had landed on Sumatra where they had encouraged the Acehnese to rebel against the Dutch. On 19 February, having already taken Ambon, the Japanese Eastern Task Force landed in Timor, dropping a special parachute unit into West Timor near Kupang, and landing in the Dili area of Portuguese Timor to drive out the Allied forces which had invaded in December. On 27 February, the Allied navy's last effort to contain Japan was swept aside by their defeat in the Battle of the Java Sea. From 28 February to 1 March 1942, Japanese troops landed on four places along the northern coast of Java almost undisturbed. The fiercest fighting had been in invasion points in Ambon, Timor, Kalimantan, and on the Java Sea. In places where there were no Dutch troops, such as Bali, there was no fighting. On 9 March, the Dutch commander surrendered along with Governor General Jonkheer A.W.L. Tjarda van Starkenborgh Stachouwer.

The Japanese occupation was initially greeted with optimistic enthusiasm by Indonesians who came to meet the Japanese army waving flags and shouting support such as "Japan is our older brother" and "banzai Dai Nippon". As the Japanese advanced, rebellious Indonesians in virtually every part of the archipelago killed groups of Europeans (particularly the Dutch) and informed the Japanese reliably on the whereabouts of larger groups. As famed Indonesian writer Pramoedya Ananta Toer noted: "With the arrival of the Japanese just about everyone was full of hope, except for those who had worked in the service of the Dutch.

Japanese administration
Expecting that Dutch administrators would be kept by the Japanese to run the colony, most Dutch had refused to leave. Instead, they were sent to detention camps and Japanese or Indonesian replacements were installed in senior and technical positions. Japanese troops took control of government infrastructure and services such as ports and postal services. In addition to the 100,000 European (and some Chinese) civilians interned, 80,000 Dutch, British, Australian, and US Allied troops went to prisoner-of-war camps where the death rates were between 13 and 30 percent. The Indonesian ruling class (composed of local officials and politicians who had formerly worked for the Dutch colonial government) co-operated with the Japanese military authorities, who in turn helped to keep the local political elites in power and employ them to supply newly arrived Japanese industrial concerns and businesses and the armed forces (chiefly auxiliary military and police units run by the Japanese military in the Dutch East Indies). Indonesian co-operation allowed the Japanese military government to focus on securing the large archipelago's waterways and skies and using its islands as defense posts against any Allied attacks (which were assumed to most likely come from Australia).

The Japanese divided Indonesia into three separate regions; Sumatra (along with Malaya) was placed under the 25th Army, Java and Madura were under the 16th Army, while Borneo and eastern Indonesia were controlled by the 2nd South Fleet of the Imperial Japanese Navy (the IJN) based in Makassar. The 16th Army was headquartered in Jakarta and the 25th Army was based in Singapore until April 1943, when its command was narrowed to just Sumatra and the headquarters moved to Bukittinggi.

In Java, the Japanese 16th Army had planned to manage Java as a single entity. However the army had not brought enough administration experts to set up a separate body. A large number of Japanese residents in Java, who could have advised the occupiers, were taken to Australia at the outbreak of war, while a group of civilian administrators were killed in the Battle of the Java Sea. Problems were compounded by the fact that very few Indonesians spoke Japanese. It was only in August 1942 that the administration was formally separated from the army command. The military government () was then headed by the 16th Army chief of staff (). His deputy headed the most important section of the administration, the Department of General Affairs (), which acted as a secretariat and issued policies. There were three Gunseikan for Java during the occupation:
 Imamura Hitoshi
 Harada Kumakichi
 Yamamoto Moichiro

Sumatra also had a Gunseikan. In the region controlled by the navy, the plan was to turn to area into a permanent colony administered by civilian Japanese bureaucrats, but still subordinate to the navy. Therefore, the IJN brought administrators with them. The chief civil administrator () reported directly to the commander of the Southwest Area Fleet. Under the Sōkan were three regional administrative departments based in Makassar, Banjarmasin, and Ambon.

Treatment of the Indonesian population
Experience of the occupation varied considerably, depending upon where one lived and one's social position. Many who lived in areas considered important to the war effort experienced torture, sex slavery, arbitrary arrest and execution, and other war crimes. Many thousands of people were taken away from Indonesia as forced labourers (romusha) for Japanese military projects, including the Burma-Siam and Saketi-Bayah railways, and suffered or died as a result of ill-treatment and starvation. Between 200,000 and half a million romusha recruited from Java were forced to work by the Japanese military.

Tens of thousands of Indonesians were to starve, work as slave labourers, or be forced from their homes. In the National Revolution that followed, tens, even hundreds, of thousands, would die in fighting against the Japanese, Allied forces, and other Indonesians, before independence was achieved. A later United Nations report stated that 4,000,000 people died in Indonesia as a result of famine and forced labour during the Japanese occupation, including 30,000 European civilian internee deaths.  A Dutch government study describing how the Japanese military recruited women as prostitutes by force in Indonesia concluded that among the 200 to 300 European women working in the Japanese military brothels, "some sixty five were most certainly forced into prostitution."
Other young women (and their families), faced with various pressures in the internment camps or in wartime society, agreed to offers of work, the nature of which was frequently not explicitly stated.

Underground resistance

Next to Sutan Sjahrir who led the student (Pemuda) underground, the only prominent opposition politician was leftist Amir Sjarifuddin who was given 25,000 guilders by the Dutch in early 1942 to organize an underground resistance through his Marxist and nationalist connections. The Japanese arrested Amir in 1943, and he only escaped execution following intervention from Sukarno, whose popularity in Indonesia and hence the importance to the war effort was recognized by the Japanese. Apart from Amir's Surabaya-based group, the active pro-Allied activities were among the Chinese, Ambonese, and Manadonese.

In September 1943 at Amuntai in South Kalimantan there was an attempt to establish an Islamic state, but this was soundly defeated. In the 1943–1944 Pontianak incidents (also known as the Mandor Affair), the Japanese orchestrated a mass arrest of Malay elites and Arabs, Chinese, Javanese, Manadonese, Dayaks, Bugis, Bataks, Minangkabau, Dutch, Indians, and Eurasians in Kalimantan, including all of the Malay Sultans, accused them of plotting to overthrow Japanese rule, and then massacred them. The Japanese falsely claimed that all of those ethnic groups and organisations such as the Islamic Pemuda Muhammadijah were involved in a plot to overthrow the Japanese and create a "People's Republic of West Borneo" (Negara Rakyat Borneo Barat). The Japanese claimed that-  "Sultans, Chinese, Indonesian government officials, Indians and Arabs, who had been antagonistic to each other, joined together to massacre Japanese.", naming the Sultan of the Pontianak Sultanate as one of the "ringleaders" in the planned rebellion. Up to 25 aristocrats, relatives of the Sultan of Pontianak, and many other prominent individuals were named as participants in the plot by the Japanese and then executed at Mandor. The Sultans of Pontianak, Sambas, Ketapang, Soekadana, Simbang, Koeboe, Ngabang, Sanggau, Sekadau, Tajan, Singtan, and Mempawa were all executed by the Japanese, respectively, their names were Sjarif Mohamed Alkadri, Mohamad Ibrahim Tsafidedin, Goesti Saoenan, Tengkoe Idris, Goesti Mesir, Sjarif Saleh, Goesti Abdoel Hamid, Ade Mohamad Arif, Goesti Mohamad Kelip, Goesti Djapar, Raden Abdul Bahri Danoe Perdana, and Mohammed Ahoufiek. They are known as the "12 Dokoh". In Java, the Japanese jailed Syarif Abdul Hamid Alqadrie, the son of Sultan Syarif Mohamad Alkadrie (Sjarif Mohamed Alkadri). Since he was in Java during the executions, the future Hamid II was the only male in his family not killed, while the Japanese beheaded all 28 other male relatives of Pontianak Sultan Mohammed Alkadri. Later in 1944, the Dayaks assassinated a Japanese man named Nakatani, who was involved in the incident and who was known for his cruelty. Sultan of Pontianak Mohamed Alkadri's fourth son, Pengeran Agoen (Pangeran Agung), and another son, Pengeran Adipati (Pangeran Adipati), were both killed by the Japanese in the incident. The Japanese had beheaded both Pangeran Adipati and Pangeran Agung, in a public execution. The Japanese extermination of the Malay elite of Pontianak paved the way for a new Dayak elite to arise in its place. According to Mary F. Somers Heidhues, during May and June 1945, some Japanese were killed in a rebellion by the Dayaks in Sanggau. According to Jamie S. Davidson, this rebellion, during which many Dayaks and Japanese were killed, occurred from April through August 1945, and was called the "Majang Desa War". The Pontianak Incidents, or Affairs, are divided into two Pontianak incidents by scholars, variously categorised according to mass killings and arrests, which occurred in several stages on different dates. The Pontianak incident negatively impacted the Chinese community in Kalimantan.

The Acehnese Ulama (Islamic clerics) fought against both the Dutch and the Japanese, revolting against the Dutch in February 1942 and against Japan in November 1942. The revolt was led by the All-Aceh Religious Scholars' Association (PUSA), and was centred around Tjot Plieng village religious school. Japanese troops armed with mortars and machine guns were attacked by sword-wielding Acehnese led by Tengku Abdul Djalil. The Japanese suffered 18 dead in the uprising while over a hundred Acehnese died, and the school and village mosque were destroyed.

Japanese effort in building a puppet state

In the decades before the war, the Dutch had been overwhelmingly successful in suppressing the small nationalist movement in Indonesia such that the Japanese proved fundamental for coming Indonesian independence. During the occupation, the Japanese encouraged and backed Indonesian nationalistic sentiments, created new Indonesian institutions, and promoted nationalist leaders such as Sukarno. The openness now provided to Indonesian nationalism, combined with the Japanese destruction of much of the Dutch colonial state, were fundamental to the Indonesian National Revolution that followed World War Two.

As Japan's territorial expansion was halted, then reversed, Japan, the 16th Army in Java in particular, became more favorable to the idea of Indonesian involvement in the governance of Java. A Central Advisory Board was established, headed by pre-war independence figure Sukarno, with Indonesians appointed as advisors. In October 1943, the Japanese established a volunteer force to defend against a future allied invasion, the Defenders of the Homeland (, PETA; ) Then in 1944 the Java Service Association (Jawa Hokokai) was formed to mobilise the masses for Japanese interests.

On 7 September 1944, Japanese Prime Minister Kuniaki Koiso promised independence for the 'East Indies' "in the future". The authorities in Java then allowed the flying of the Indonesian flag at Jawa Hokokai buildings. Naval liaison officer in Batavia Rear-admiral Tadashi Maeda  provided official funds for tours around the archipelago by Sukarno and fellow independence activist Hatta, officially as part of their Jawa Hokokai responsibilities. In October 1944, Maeda established a Free Indonesia Dormitory to prepare youth leaders for an independent Indonesia. With the war situation becoming increasingly dire, in March 1945 the Japanese announced the formation of an Investigating Committee for Preparatory Work for Independence (BPUPK), comprising members of the older political generation, including Sukarno and Hatta. Chaired by Rajiman Wediodiningrat, in two sessions in May and June, it decided on the basis for an independent nation and produced a draft constitution. Meanwhile, the younger activists, known as the pemuda, wanted much more overt moves towards independence than the older generation were willing to risk, resulting in a split between the generations.

On 29 April 1945, Lt. Gen. Kumakichi Harada, the commander of 16th Army in Java established the Investigating Committee for Preparatory Work for Independence (; , Dokuritsu Junbi Chōsakai), as the initial stage of the establishment of independence for the area under the control of the 16th Army.

End of the occupation

General MacArthur wanted to fight his way with Allied troops to liberate Java in 1944–45 but was ordered not to by the joint chiefs and President Roosevelt. He did successfully conduct the Western New Guinea campaign in 1944 which liberated much of Dutch New Guinea. The U.S. built Naval Base Morotai, which opened in September 1944 after the Battle of Morotai, so they could use the facilities for the Philippines campaign. Some Australian bases were built during the war. The Borneo campaign between May and July 1945 was ordered by MacArthur to liberate British Borneo and Dutch Borneo. The Japanese occupation officially ended with the Japanese surrender in the Pacific and two days later Sukarno declared Indonesian Independence; Indonesian forces spent the next four years fighting the Dutch for independence. According to historian Theodore Friend, American restraint from fighting their way into Java saved Japanese, Javanese, Dutch, and American lives, but also impeded international support for Indonesian independence.

At the end of the war, there were around 300,000 Japanese civilian and military personnel in the East Indies. The Dutch East Indies, alongside French Indochina, were transferred from the American-led South West Pacific Area Command, to the UK-led South East Asia Command with effect 15 August 1945. Consequently, the UK became the lead nation in the reoccupation of the territories.  The priorities for the UK occupation was to take the surrender of, and repatriate, Japanese forces, and also the Recovery of Allied Prisoners of War and Internees (RAPWI) operation. Repatriation of Japanese prisoners of war was delayed due to their low priority for sea-borne transport in the Allied Shipping Pool. By April 1946, only 48,000 had been repatriated, however, the majority were evacuated in May and June. However, around 100,000 Japanese prisoners of war were retained for use as labour until early 1946.  It was reported that approximately 25,000 Japanese soldiers allied themselves with Indonesian nationalists and were subsequently beyond Allied control. Some eventually assimilated themselves into local communities. Many of these soldiers joined the TNI or other Indonesian military organizations, and a number of these former Japanese soldiers died during the Indonesian National Revolution, such as Abdul Rachman (Ichiki Tatsuo).

The final stages of warfare were initiated in October 1945 when, in accordance with the terms of their surrender, the Japanese tried to re-establish the authority they relinquished to Indonesians in the towns and cities. Japanese military police killed Republican pemuda in Pekalongan (Central Java) on 3 October, and Japanese troops drove Republican pemuda out of Bandung in West Java and handed the city to the British, but the fiercest fighting involving the Japanese was in Semarang. On 14 October, British forces began to occupy the city. Retreating Republican forces retaliated by killing between 130 and 300 Japanese prisoners they were holding. Five hundred Japanese and 2,000 Indonesians had been killed and the Japanese had almost captured the city six days later when British forces arrived.

From 6 March 1946 to 24 December 1949, the returning Dutch authorities held 448 war crimes trials against 1,038 suspects. 969 of those were condemned (93.4%) with 236 (24.4%) receiving a death sentence.

See also

 Bulu prison massacre
 Japanese colonial empire
 Japanese-run internment camps

Notes

References

 Dennis, Peter (1987). Troubled Days of Peace: Mountbatten and South East Asia Command, 1945-46. Manchester: Manchester University Press. .

Further reading

External links

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Indonesia in World War II
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1940s in Indonesia
Japan–Netherlands military relations
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Invasions of the Dutch East Indies
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