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Feb 4, 2012 · 12:03 pm
Cutting the faggots with the lawyers – but not cutting crime in Greenwich
Yesterday afternoon, ironically, I went to the Royal Courts of Justice in London.
The reason why it was ironic will become evident later.
I was given a private tour of the building and, indeed, taken to the very Gents toilet where future Mensa member Alfred Hinds famously escaped for a second time (he escaped three times) by locking his two guards in the toilet round the corner from the Bear Garden. He was not a prisoner to mess with, as he also successfully managed to sue a Chief Superintendant in the Metropolitan Police's Flying Squad for libel.
It is a very nice building, the Royal Courts of Justice, with allegedly 3.5 miles of corridors and 1,000 rooms, one of which is painted. I had my tour in the middle of the afternoon yesterday – Friday – and there appeared to be only one case being tried. It was suggested to me that this might have been because all the judges had knocked-off early to get to their country homes for the weekend.
Surely not.
But I was particularly impressed when I heard about the Royal Courts of Justice's ancient ceremony of "cutting the faggots". This is part of what is claimed to be the the second oldest ceremony in England (after the Coronation ceremony).
Details on this ceremony seem to be a bit sketchy but, as far as I can understand it, "cutting the faggots" is part of the feudal legal ceremony of "Rendering of The Quit Rents to The Crown".
At this point we enter the area in which it is a joy to be British.
Apparently, "the paying of Quit Rents by the Corporation of the City of London to the King (or Queen) is an annual ceremony dating back to 1235. It takes place at the Royal Courts of Justice, where the City Solicitor hands to the Queen's Remembrancer two faggots, six horseshoes and 61 horseshoe nails."
The six horseshoes and 61 horseshoe nails are around 550 years old and are in payment – as rent – for an ancient forge in Tweezer's Alley, near the Strand.
According to Wikipedia (and you could not really make this up):
During the ceremony, a black-and-white-chequered cloth is spread out — it is from this that the word "Exchequer" derives. The Solicitor & Comptroller of the City of London presents the horseshoes and nails and counts them out to the Remembrancer who then pronounces "Good number." Two knives are tested by the Queen's Remembrancer by taking a hazel stick, one cubit in length, and bending it over a blunt knife and leaving a mark. Then the stick is split in two with a sharp knife. After the two knives are tested the Remembrancer pronounces "Good service."
I am a bit confused about the centrality of faggots in this ceremony.
According to another source, the City Solicitor cuts faggots with a hatchet, and – it would seem on a regular basis – "some of the spectators are amused, while others seem to find it distasteful."
Someone told me yesterday that, apparently, the rough cost of an average hearing at the Royal Courts of Justice is £5,000 per hour.
Anyway, to explain the irony, last night, I had been in Greenwich the night before and parked my car behind the Up The Creek comedy club in a road 30 seconds walk from the centre of prim Greenwich which the famously uncaring local council has allowed to get run-down because, it appears, the councillors tend to live in flash roads and this road has only a block of council flats down one side.
Yesterday's irony is that I was looking round the Royal Courts of Justice in the afternoon and then, in the evening, my car got broken into in Greenwich (again).
It was broken into in that exact same road behind Up The Creek in December 2010. I blogged about it.
On that occasion, nothing was stolen. On this occasion, the car was parked under a streetlight with a StopLok on the steering wheel and was double-locked, which means that, if you smash the window, you cannot open the doors from the inside – the doors are double-locked.
What they did was to smash the window (the Autoglass repair man explained to me exactly how it was done, but I am not repeating it). Then someone climbed into the car through the window, looked in the glove compartment and in the central armrest and lowered the back seat to get access to the boot from inside the car. And then climbed out the window again. The car was overlooked by two buildings.
I had, alas and unusually, left a SatNav and CDs in the lower part of the two-level arm rest (it is not obvious there is a lower level). They nicked the SatNav but left my CDs. This is only the latest in a long line of people insulting my taste in music.
It was -2C when I found the car window smashed at 10.35pm. By the time I got home after a 90-minute drive with no passenger window, it was -6C.
Things could be worse, though.
When I got home and switched on my TV, the BBC was reporting 200 deaths from cold across Europe and 100 of those deaths were in the Ukraine where temperatures were -40C.
This morning, 'the world's most travelled person', Fred Finn, who lives in the Ukraine, told me in an e-mail: "I should be home by 8.00pm tonight but, given weather conditions today, anything is possible. The weather hasn't been like this for 90 years they say."
Back in Britain, the police in Greenwich told me mine was one of three cars broken into in that street behind Up The Creek last night. To me, that feels more important than the temperature in the Ukraine.
But around 100 people are dead in the Ukraine from the cold; around 200 in Europe; and over 200 were killed yesterday in the Syrian city of Homs by the Syrian armed forces.
Egocentricity is not really an admirable character trait.
I must remember.
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Meeting #1 MINUTES OF THE LONDON TRANSIT COMMISSION ON WEDNESDAY JANUARY 29, 2020 @ 5:00PM
Meeting #1
MINUTES OF THE LONDON TRANSIT COMMISSION
HELD IN THE COMMISSION BOARDROOM AT 5:00PM
ON WEDNESDAY JANUARY 29, 2020
Those present were
Mr. Phil Squire – Chair
Mr. Tariq Khan – Vice Chair
Mr. Jesse Helmer – Commissioner
Mrs. Tanya Park – Commissioner
Mrs. Sheryl Rooth – Commissioner
Also present were
Mrs. Kelly Paleczny – General Manager
Mrs. Katie Burns – Director of Planning
Mrs. Joanne Galloway – Director of Human Resources
Mr. Mike Gregor – Director of Finance
Mr. Craig Morneau – Director of Fleet & Facilities
Mr. Shawn Wilson – Director of Operations
Mrs. Caroline Roy – Secretary
Meeting to order The Chair called the meeting to order.
Completion and
Acceptance of
Agenda The Chair called for acceptance of the agenda as amended, Mrs. Rooth moves, seconded by Mrs. Park, the acceptance of the agenda as amended. CARRIED.
of Pecuniary Interest The Chair called for disclosures of pecuniary interest with respect to the agenda as amended. There were no conflicts of interest declared.
Minutes Mr. Helmer moves, seconded by Mr. Khan, the minutes of the meeting held on November 27, 2019 be APPROVED. CARRIED.
Occupational Health & Safety Work Programs – 2019 (status) and 2020 The Commission received a presentation from Rob Howe and John Gillet, Health & Safety Committee Co-Chairs regarding the Occupational Health & Safety Work Programs 2019 (status) and 2020 report, copy attached, Mr. Khan motioned, seconded by Mrs. Rooth, the report be NOTED and FILED.
YEAS: Mr. Squire, Mr. Khan, Mr. Helmer, Mrs. Park and Mrs. Rooth
CARRIED.
Letter from City Clerk re Transit Improvement Projects to West London With regard to the Letter from C. Saunders, City Clerk, dated November 27, 2019 re Transit Improvement Projects to West London, copy attached, Mr. Khan moves, seconded by Mrs. Park, the letter be NOTED and FILED.
Letter from City Clerk re Transit Improvement near Masonville Transit Hub and the Downtown With regard to the Letter from C. Saunders, City Clerk, dated January 15, 2020 re Transit Improvement Projects near Masonville Transit Hub and the Downtown, copy attached, Mr. Khan moves, seconded by Mrs. Park, the letter be NOTED and FILED.
Letter from G. LaHay re Barrier Free Sidewalks With regard to the Letter from G. LaHay, dated January 28, 2020 re Barrier Free Sidewalks, copy attached, Mr. Khan moves, seconded by Mrs. Park, the letter be NOTED and FILED.
2020 Service Plan – Conventional Transit With regard to the 2020 Service Plan – Conventional Transit, copy attached, Mr. Khan moves, seconded by Mrs. Park, the Commission:
I. APPROVE the 2020 Conventional Transit Service Plan as set out below, SUBJECT TO Municipal Council approval of the Commission's 2020 Operating Budget as submitted and noting the recommended changes represent approximately 18,000 additional service hours:
a. Route 2
i. Weekday- Increase Round Trip Time to 135 minutes between 2 pm and 6 pm
ii. Sunday- Increase frequency from 30 minutes to 20 minutes between 9 am and 11 am
iii. Sunday- Increase frequency from 30 minutes to 20 minutes between 6 pm and 10 pm
b. Route 10
i. Sunday- Increase frequency from 60 minutes to 30 minutes between 5 pm and 10 pm
ii. Sunday- Increase frequency from 60 minutes to 40 minutes between 10 pm and 11 pm
c. Route 12
i. Weekday- Increase frequency from 60 minutes to 45 minutes between 9 pm and 12 am
d. Route 20
i. Weekday- Increase frequency from 20 minutes to 15 minutes between 9 am and 2 pm
e. Route 25
ii. Weekday- Increase frequency from 30 minutes to 20 minutes between 6 pm and 9 pm
iii. Saturday- Increase frequency from 60 minutes to 30 minutes between 6 pm and 9 pm
iv. Sunday- Increase frequency from 60 minutes to 30 minutes between 9 am and 3 pm
v. Sunday- Extend service on a 41-minute frequency starting at 7 am
f. Route 31
ii. Weekday- Increase frequency from 55 minutes to 30 minutes between 6 pm and 12 am
iii. Saturday- Increase frequency from 50 minutes to 30 minutes between 8:30 am and 10 am
iv. Saturday- Increase frequency from 50 minutes to 30 minutes between 2 pm and 6 pm
v. Sunday- Increase frequency from 50 minutes to 30 minutes between 8:30 am and 8 pm
g. Route 33
i. Saturday- Introduce service on a 40-minute frequency between 11 am and 7 pm (Fall/Winter Only)
ii. Sunday- Introduce service on a 40-minute frequency between 11 am and 6 pm (Fall/Winter Only)
h. Route 34
i. Weekday- Increase frequency from 60 minutes to 40 minutes between 6 am and 7 am
iii. Saturday- Increase frequency from 60 minutes to 40 minutes between 8 am and 10 am
iv. Sunday- Increase frequency from 60 minutes to 40 minutes between 10 am and 8:30 pm
i. Route 36
i. Weekday- Increase frequency from 30 minutes to 15 minutes between 6 am and 9 am and 2 pm and 6 pm
ii. Weekday- Extend service until 7:30 pm on a 30-minute frequency
j. Route 90
i. Sunday- Extend service on a 30-minute frequency between 7 pm and 9 pm
k. Route 102
i. Weekday- Decrease frequency from 20 to 22 minutes between 6 pm and 9 pm
ii. Weekday- Decrease frequency from 35 minutes to 40 minutes between 9 pm and 11 pm
iii. Routing Modification- Remove downtown loop and operate south on Richmond to west on Queens
l. Route 104
i. Weekday- Decrease frequency from 30 minutes to 33 minutes between 4 pm and 6 pm
II. DIRECT administration report back on the final 2020 Conventional Transit Service Plan particulars subsequent to confirmation of the 2020 budget.
Commission Work Programs – 2019 (status) and 2020 (draft) With regard to the Commission Work Programs – 2019 (status) and 2020 (draft) report, copy attached, Mr. Helmer moves, seconded by Mrs. Rooth, the Commission APPROVE IN PRINCIPLE the direction of the Draft 2020 Work Program as set out in Enclosure I.
Electric Bus Assessment With regard to the Electric Bus Assessment report, copy attached, Mr. Khan moves, seconded by Mr. Helmer, the Commission:
i) APPROVE the award of a contract with the Canadian Urban Transit Research and Innovation Consortium (CUTRIC), to undertake a Feasibility Analysis & Simulations-Based Planning Study of the current route structure as it relates to options for proceeding with the introduction of electric bus technology into the fleet, at an estimated cost of $83,000 exclusive of applicable taxes; and
ii) DIRECT administration to report back on the results of the study and recommended next steps at a future meeting.
2019 – 2020 Road Construction Update With regard to the 2019 – 2020 Road Construction Update report, copy attached, Mr. Khan moves, seconded by Mrs. Rooth, the report be NOTED and FILED.
Update – New Year's Eve Service (2019) With regard to the Update – New Year's Eve Service (2019) report, copy attached, Mr. Helmer moves, seconded by Mr. Khan, the report be NOTED and FILED.
In Camera Session Consistent with the provision of Section 239 of the Municipal Act, Mr. Khan moves, seconded by Mr. Helmer, the Commission move In Camera to CONSIDER:
i) A matter pertaining to reports, advice and recommendations of officers and employees of the Commission concerning labour relations and employee negotiations in regard to the Commission's union, including communications necessary for that purpose and for the purpose of providing instructions and directions to officers and employees of the Commission.
At the In Camera session, the Commission met to CONSIDER:
Memorandum of Understanding – Renewal of the Collective Agreement With regard to the Memorandum of Understanding – Renewal of the Collective Agreement report, copy attached, Mr. Helmer moves, seconded by Mrs. Rooth, the Commission APPROVE the Memorandum of Agreement between the Amalgamated Transit Union Local 741 and the London Transit Commission as set out in Enclosure I, noting the Memorandum of Agreement sets out the agreed upon changes for a new Collective Agreement covering the four-year period of April 1, 2019 through March 31, 2023.
Date of Next Meeting The Commission confirmed the date of the next meeting as follows:
Wednesday February 26, 2020
Adjournment Mr. Khan moves, seconded by Mrs. Park, the meeting be adjourned. CARRIED. The meeting adjourned at 6:00 p.m.
Phil Squire – Chair
Caroline Roy – Secretary

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1919: Egyptian Feminist Leads Liberation March
By: Sania Sharawi Lanfranchi | July 14, 2012
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(WOMENSENEWS)–By now, a general strike was paralyzing the country. The strikers were supported by the whole population, including wealthy women who waited for striking employees outside their offices and places of work to donate their jewels to the strikers, thus compensating them for their financial losses and encouraging them to maintain the strike.
Riots sometimes degenerated into bloody battles, and both men and women were shot in the streets by British soldiers. In one unpleasant incident, a woman who held a national flag from her carriage window was badly beaten by British soldiers, who unsuccessfully tried to wrench the flag from her while some observing foreigners made fun of them.
At that point, Huda Shaarawi decided to throw her own weight into the balance. Her plan was to mount a protest march, to be organized by her circle of upper-class women. If women marched alone, she thought, nobody would dare to shoot them. Were any to be killed, she reasoned, international public opinion would not overlook such a massacre. This could offer an opportunity to bring pressure to bear on the British, because of the impact that the women's demonstration would have on world opinion. Her husband Ali could only approve of his wife's spirited response.
On March 16, 1919, Shaarawi's planned demonstration took place: some 300 or more upper-class Egyptian women marching through Cairo to bear witness to the solidarity and determination of the Egyptian people. Safia Zaghlul, Sherifa Riad, Wajida Khulusi and Dr Habib Khayat's wife Regina were among those who marched in the front ranks. This march symbolized in many ways the spirit of Egypt. Women of all classes took part, Muslims, Christians and Jews. Some held high the flag of Egyptian unity they had devised, on which the three stars embraced by the crescent on its green background had been replaced by crosses.
Marching Side By Side
Within the women's movement, rich women and poor marched side by side, in what later came to be seen as a significant event in modern Egyptian history. These were the same wealthy women as those who had offered their support to Egypt's poorer citizens during the riots and the general strike that paralyzed the country.
The Wafdist women initially consisted of the wives, sisters or daughters of men in the Wafd party, Egypt's nationalist movement that came into existence following World War I, and they enjoyed their men's support. Like other factions seeking to liberate their country from the British protectorate they regarded as so odious, Egypt's Coptic and Muslim women would sit side by side in the Committee and march shoulder to shoulder against the occupation, under the whole world's eyes.
Naturally, the British sought to halt the women's march, as they had suppressed other demonstrations. Russell Pasha, the chief of police, feared it might lead to student riots and to disturbances of a more serious nature. The British adamantly opposed the principle of any demonstration in which the students might join with the women, thus being able to use them, in Pasha's words, "as a shield against the police and troops."
The women were therefore refused permission to hold their peaceful demonstration, and their plan to march was frustrated by the presence of police cordons and British troops. Nevertheless, by arriving separately in their carriages and then descending to form up into a phalanx, the women succeeded in staging their march.
Stalling the 'Poor Dears'
Pasha took great pleasure in setting the stage for a situation that he thought would ridicule the demonstrators. In his memoirs, he recalled the day:
"At a given signal, I closed the cordon and the ladies found their way opposed by a formidable line of Egyptian conscript police, who had been previously warned that they were to use no violence but to stand still and, if necessary, let their faces be scratched by irate finger-nails. The idea of being attacked by what they considered to be extremely immodest females amused my men enormously and considerable license was given them by their officers to practice their ready peasant wit on the smart ladies who confronted them."
The idea was to keep what Pasha referred to as "the poor dears" standing under the midday sun "without fulfilling their requests."
An Egyptian contemporary observer saw the events quite differently, however:
"The spouses from the finest families marched through the various quarters of Cairo, shouting 'Long live freedom and liberty,' as the crowds thronged the pavements to applaud and cheer them on and women leaned out from windows and balconies, ululating in jubilant support. It was a fantastic scene that stirred every heart!"
Crowds had been waiting for the women near the embassies and many foreigners were present. Onlookers had brought flowers to strew on the ground as the women marched past. A few pictures remain to testify that the march took place. Veiled women carrying a flag on which the crescent and the cross symbolized religious harmony had marched unarmed, and they had been stopped by armed soldiers.
The news spread around the world and the feminists of the International Woman Suffrage Alliance heard of it, leading them to take an interest in this daring act of participation by Egyptian women in the political struggle of their country.
Excerpted from "Casting Off the Veil: The Life of Huda Shaarawi, Egypt's First Feminist" by Sania Sharawi Lanfranchi, published by I.B.Tauris, 2012. Reprinted with permission. For more information: http://www.ibtauris.com/
Sania Sharawi Lanfranchi is a freelance translator, working with organizations such as the World Health Organisation, the Library of Alexandria, the U.N. Development Programme and the Egyptian Ministry of Foreign Affairs. She holds postgraduate degrees in both English literature and Arabic literature from the American University in Cairo.
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Q: Using Custom Dataset With nprtool Am trying to clasify objects using neural networks' nprtool in MATLAB. However, loading the data (input and outputs) is my problem. I have gone through the given examples in the documentation but am not able to customize the inputs and outputs. Part of the dataset is given below for your reference; assume that the data is already normalized. How can one use the the MATLAB Neural Network Toolbox nprtool with custom data like these?
% Small vehicles
XS1 = 1.0e+03 *[3.2730    0.0712    0.0614        5.1480]; % frame 167
XS2 = 1.0e+03 *[4.4680    0.0869    0.0668        6.2370];% frame 555
XS3 = 1.0e+03 *[2.5450    0.0742    0.0659        4.6900]; % frame 780
XS4 = 1.0e+03 *[1.9830    0.0617    0.0477        2.9680]; % frame 826
XS5 = 1.0e+03 *[2.9090    0.0630    0.0610        4.1600]; % frame 880
XS6 = 1.0e+03 *[3.8460    0.0797    0.0640        5.6700]; % frame 1283

% Medium vehicles
XM1 = 1.0e+03 *[4.7770    0.0981    0.0663        6.9560]; % frame 167
XM2 = 1.0e+03 *[5.1050    0.0997    0.0678        7.4460]; % frame 430
XM3 = 1.0e+03 *[4.0240    0.0846    0.0619        5.4780]; % frame 2020
XM4 = 1.0e+03 *[6.9750    0.1165    0.0794        9.6280]; % frame 2982
XM5 = 1.0e+03 *[5.2040    0.1063    0.0652        7.0810]; % frame 3081
XM6 = 1.0e+03 *[3.2830    0.0733    0.0645        4.6080]; % frame 4314

% Large vehicles
XL1 = 1.0e+04 *[1.0092    0.0148    0.0089        1.4948]; % frame 1340
XL2 = 1.0e+04 *[0.9351    0.0129    0.0096        1.2444]; % frame 1375
XL3 = 1.0e+04 *[0.6021    0.0141    0.0095        1.5096]; % frame 1625
XL4 = 1.0e+04 *[0.8734    0.0143    0.0086        1.1868]; % frame 1679
XL5 = 1.0e+04 *[1.0773    0.0141    0.0100        1.4933]; % frame 2204
XL6 = 1.0e+04 *[0.8491    0.0118    0.0097        1.0556]; % frame 3535

% CONCATANATING THE OBJECT FEATURES
XS = [XS1;XS2;XS3;XS4;XS5;XS6];
XM = [XM1;XM2;XM3;XM4;XM5;XM6];
XL = [XL1;XL2;XL3;XL4;XL5;XL6];

%  inputs matrix
X = [XS;XM;XL];

%% OUTPUTS
YS ={'smallvehicle';'smallvehicle';'smallvehicle';'smallvehicle';'smallvehicle';'smallvehicle'};
YM ={'mediumvehicle';'mediumvehicle';'mediumvehicle';'mediumvehicle';'mediumvehicle';'mediumvehicle'};
YL ={'largevehicle';'largevehicle';'largevehicle';'largevehicle';'largevehicle';'largevehicle'};

% outputs matrix
Y = [YS;YM;YL];

A: As the MATLAB documentation states:

Then arrange another set of Q target vectors so that they indicate the classes to which the input vectors are assigned

Here, we need a set of Q=3 target vectors, which are 1 if a training sample belongs to that class. In your example, the target matrix looks like this:
T =

     1     0     0
     1     0     0
     1     0     0
     1     0     0
     1     0     0
     1     0     0
     0     1     0
     0     1     0
     0     1     0
     0     1     0
     0     1     0
     0     1     0
     0     0     1
     0     0     1
     0     0     1
     0     0     1
     0     0     1
     0     0     1

The first column corresponds to small, the second to medium and the third to large vehicles. You can generate this matrix from your existing cell array Y by using cellfun to compare the entries to the strings 'smallvehicle' and so on:
T = [ cellfun(@(x)strcmp(x,'smallvehicle'),Y)   , ...
      cellfun(@(x)strcmp(x,'mediumvehicle'),Y)  , ...
      cellfun(@(x)strcmp(x,'largevehicle'),Y)   ];

Then you can start
nprtool

and use X as input and T as target. Remember to select Matrix Rows and not Matrix columns. The summary on the right helps: "Inputs 'X' is a 18x4 matrix, representing static data: 18 samples of 4 elements".

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I had mentioned earlier on Saturday that I was going to go out to grab a drink. David was tired, but I was stir crazy deciding to head out anyway. I put on what I thought was a very fun out fit and tried to channel some 70's disco with a classic leather hat and a fun orange polyester shirt.
I hoofed it down to the C train at Kingston Throop. The train was super noisy tonight. I figured that it might be an interesting video to catch the approach. As you watch, notice the guy in the gray hoodie opposite the doors. You'll see his black shoes at the very end of the video opposite my comfy paint covered shoes.
As I sat down, I noticed that he had a large shard of glass in his hands (you'll see what looks like a piece of it on the floor next to his right foot). Having watched Arrow, The Flash, and Robin Hood all day, I could only think that he was a villain who wanted to do something evil to my city. Needless to say, I was on my toes for two stops until he got off.
I also noticed that there were quite a few buskers out on a Saturday night at almost 10:00 p.m. This duo caught my eye. The piano player was eating some type of noodles and taking a break. Across from him sits a lady who was on a chair oil painting the scene. I don't know that I'd want to sit and paint down there, but I would probably buy a painting of it.
I got to the gay bar and ordered a drink. This bar is called G-Lounge. It's in the heart of Chelsea which is one of the gayborhoods in Manhattan. I've been there quite a few times. The bartenders are usually wearing nothing other than a tight pair of shorts and a smile. The walls are painted white and someone has just drawn a design on them with a black sharpie. The lighting Saturday was all pink and black lights.
The vibe is usually pretty friendly and the people watching is great. Unfortunately, it also brings out many people who think that they are the only ones in the universe who know anything about fashion and can be quite judgmental. There was one couple of men who literally pointed at me and guffawed at my outfit in such a way that it could not be confused. I really love who I am. I love my style and how I dress. When someone thinks that it is appropriate to treat any other person that way, I am incensed. When it happens to me, I am torn between choosing to go up and confront them saying something rude, to walk out of the bar and go home sulking, or to just stand there and act as if I am proud of who I am and what I am wearing. I chose to stand there proudly (for about 15 minutes). Then I chose to go home. I didn't need more negative energy in my life.


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Saturday, 9 June 2018
Current Location: Halden, Norway
Distance Cycled This Trip: 158k
"My nose just skidded in my yoghurt," I told Judy and waited for her reaction. She laughed, and continued licking her plate. I wiped the blob of yoghurt off the end of my nose with a grubby finger and licked that. Every mouthful counts when you are cycling touring, and day one would be no different from the others that follow.
After three days we are slipping back into our old ways - getting up, breakfast, ablutions, packing the tent and sleeping bags and loading the bike. It's a familiar routine although we haven't toured with a tent since 2015.
Some things are different though. We are surprised at how hard the cycling is - especially when we are no more than 200 metres above sea level and it would be exaggerating to say the countryside is anything more difficult than rolling.
On day three, from Utne to the fortress town of Halden in southern Norway we had a fresh headwind and the temperature was around the mid 20s, which seemed hot after our few days inside the Arctic Circle. After 54k we were exhausted as we struggled into town and pushed the bike uphill to a campground which lies nestled in a 17th century fortress built to repulse the Swedes. The fortress worked and today it is a treasured monument to when the Swedes were the "enemy".
Some excellent cycle paths in Norway, but for the first few days we struggled
to get back into the old routine.
Bridge under a bridge. A clip on for
the exclusive use of cyclists and
pedestrians.
We called for a rest day and discussed why the cycling was so tough. Was it because we are that much older? Should we have trained more? Is it the winding nature of the cycle ways and their intersections which prevent us from building up speed. Could it just have been that headwind which made itself felt on two of the three days? Are we carrying too much luggage? It's probably a combination of several factors and we can only hope things get better or this is going to be a tough trip.
There have been a couple of other issues as well. The bike's old clicking noise returned at the very onset of the trip and we can't trace its source. It's irritating, and I worry that that something is about to fail on the bike. It only happens when we pedal - downhill coasting is fine - so I suspect the transmission. I tried oiling the brand new chains in the unlikely event there was a stiff link. I tightened the bolts that adjust the chain tensions. There was no excess play or rumblings in the pedals and no noise from the bottom brackets that might suggest a problem there. All good, so the search widened. At Judy's suggestion I let some air out of the tyres. Still no difference. Finally I fiddled with the couplings that enable the bike's frame to be separated in two for transport. All to no avail. The exasperating clicking sound continues and we have no idea how to stop it. If it is still with us in Germany we might throw ourselves at the mercy of a bike mechanic. Maybe they have an expert on strange clicking noises.
We are also having some navigation issues. The cycling here in Norway is wonderful in a sense. Cycle paths are everywhere, and on the odd occasion they are not, cyclists are allowed to ride on the footpaths. There are so many options with paths crisscrossing each other, going through tunnels under the roads and on bridges over motorways and railway lines. And signposts to places we have never heard of.
George the GPS - in his more wilful moments referred to as the Bastard Child - has worked pretty well guiding us through this labyrinth but the routes I designed on Map My Ride back in NZ are about to run out. The planning was just to get us started. Now with Garmin's idiosyncrasies, erratic wifi and only an iPad it is going to be difficult to keep on top of the navigation. We don't really want to use paper maps at this stage, we know they won't have the detail we need and are likely to be out of date as more cycle routes are developed. All we can do is take it one day at a time and avoid riding on the M6 motorway which is often not far away from us as we head south from Oslo.
The border town of Halden, Norway. Best known for its fortress, infamous for its scraps between local politicians and home to one of Norway's two nuclear reactors.
Fredriksten Fortress offers views over Halden and some
nice walking - once you are up the hill.
Handel in Halden
As we rode into Halden yesterday we spotted a couple of notices posted in the outskirts. "Handel in Halden" they said with today's date underneath.
"Fancy a bit of culture", asked Judy. We agreed a concert - perhaps even an outdoor one held at the fortress - could be fun if the tickets weren't outrageously expensive.
This morning we promenaded along the waterfront with lots of happy Norwegians enjoying another fine, sunny day, all the time keeping an eye open for any more of the posters and a clue to where and when today's performance was to be held. No sign. And the Tourist Information Office wasn't open.
We came across a busy Saturday market, selling the usual knick knacks, food and drink and hardly cheap clothing. Still nothing.
In desperation Judy contemplated going into a pharmacy to ask, then asked herself,"why would they know".
I spotted what looked like a ticket office - it said something like biticklrts on a sign. As we came closer we saw it wasn't a booking agent. It was a fast food joint selling pizzas and kebabs.
Judy tried a bookshop - "they're the sort of people who might know." But she emerged saying there was a sale underway and the staff were far to busy to interrupt them.
Back in the street market we thought our luck had changed when we stumbled across a stall selling festival tickets for next month. If anyone would know, they would.
Judy explained. "We are cyclists. As we rode into town we saw signs for Handel in Halden, but we can't find out anything more. Can you help us?"
"You're here," someone responded at once. "Handel means um... shopping. This is the shopping market on a Saturday."
"So has Handel in Halden got anything to do with Handel, you know, the classical composer guy?"
Laughter.
Public performance on the Halden waterfront.
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A Kökup... Or How To Avoid Cycling an Awfully Long Way
Current Location: Bergen, Norway
Distance Cycled This Trip:53km
Current Weather: 29/17 sunny
"Isn't it great there's nothing much to see here" - Judy the Stoker.
She's right. We are enjoying Bergen, Norway's second city, and the fact that we feel there is NOTHING WE MUST DO. Instead we have been catching up on sleep, walking, people watching and adjusting to Norway the way Norwegians like it.
Not a tandem in sight, but Judy
takes an opportunity to pose.
That last bit means Sunday is a day of rest (shops are closed), heavy metal rules, kindergartens place their emphasis on social skills rather than "proper" learning (no school until age six), people tend not to wear hats in the sun (haven't they heard of skin cancer?), electric and hybrid cars outsell diesel and petrol ones and Norwegian men are far too sensible to give in to the dictates of fashion and wear a stubble.
Sunbathing in a Bergen park. Hats are seldom seen.
On top of all that, Norwegian politicians of all persuasions are used to a tradition of consensus and coalition building.
It all sounds too good to be true but it is. And the sun hasn't stopped shining since we arrived.
Who hasn't seen The Scream by Edvard Munch. But the real thing
in Oslo's National Gallery reinforced the anguish of the desperate
soul. Was it the couple, oblivious, or as Dylan sang, "the sky is on fire."
Inside Oslo's Opera House - impressive enough to
give the Sydney Opera House a run for its money.
The Beast is Shackled
The tandem languishes in a hostel basement in Oslo - the result of stunningly bad planning on my part.
Back in New Zealand with my feet up, a beer in one hand and a map of Europe's long-distance cycleways spread on my lap, it was easy to be ambitious. I focused on the Eurovelo 7, a 7,000km jaunt that meanders its way south from Nordkapp in the Arctic Circle to Malta.
Somehow I got the idea past Judy. "We could do it over two summers," she said.
Before Judy changed her mind, I booked an eye wateringly expensive cabin on a ferry to Honningsvag, inside the Arctic Circle. The ship would have plenty of room to take our tandem and I was happy to be setting us up for an epic bike ride.
Judy tests her travel pillow before
takeoff from Auckland airport.
The plan started to come undone when Judy read an eBook with the title: Kök and Tvätt - Through Scandanavia on a Tandem. It was by an English couple who had done exactly the ride we were contemplating - down the EV7.
"You know, it sounds terrible," Judy reported back. "It's 3,000km just to get out of Scandinavia. The EV7 led them all over the place. And all there is to see are trees, with really long distances between places to buy food. It's really expensive. It rained the whole time. They nearly froze to death. And the mozzies are so bad she had to go to hospital."
I detected a small problem. While Judy had not declared open revolt, I knew the signs. Besides, the sound of those mozzies was putting me off as well.
Time for a rethink, made trickier knowing I had paid half the fare on the Hurtigruten ferry and in time the company would come chasing me for the other half.
We went for a walk and I hatched a new plan.
Sunset in Bergen. An old lighthouse down the road from our Airbnb.
Norway celebrates Constitution
Day with a mix of marching bands,
flags and hotdogs.
Fly to Oslo and leave the tandem there for a couple of weeks. Train to Bergen on Norway's western coast, ferry to the Arctic, fly back to Oslo and start cycling. We would cut out a vast chunk of Scandinavia and escape most of the mozzies.
"Done deal," said Judy. So here we are in Bergen minus the bike.
By train from Oslo to Bergen. It was late May and still plenty of snow as we
gained altitude through the mountainous interior.
"By the way what's the deal with the weird name of that book - Kök and Tvätt?" I asked Judy.
"Oh that. There were signs on two doors in a Swedish campground. They assumed one was the men's toilets and the other the women's. Turned out one was the kitchen and the other the laundry. They thought it was funny. Bit of a Kökupreally."
GPS George to the Rescue
The Beast has clocked up 53km so far this trip. That's the distance from Oslo airport to our hostel on the outskirts of the city centre. We made the ride with scratchy eyes and almost hallucinating after the long flight from New Zealand - 17 hours on the Auckland-Dubai leg, a two hour stopover and then hours to Oslo.
It took us four hours to get through the airport formalities, find the bike and reassemble it in a quiet corner of the terminal. We were too knackered to take our usual photo of the assembly process. We changed into our cycling gear, dumped the cardboard boxes behind a rubbish bin and pushed out into the street.
We spent a pleasant few days at the Youth Hostel in Oslo.
It was 4pm. We hoped desperately that George the GPS (also known as the Bastard Child) would behave himself, and for once he did. My downloaded map of Norway came up after a couple of minutes, the familiar black triangle showed us we were exactly where we knew we were, and a blue line led off into the distance. Oh happy days.
The route was almost entirely on cycle paths - this is Europe after all - but one modest hill threatened to be our undoing as we huffed and puffed our way up. Time was dragging on, but we need not have worried. It was still very much daylight when we rode into our hostel at 9pm.
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Saga of a woman extraordinary
This is a story that evolves into a narration that finds true identity amid the hurdles of bureaucracy and life, especially of a woman's
By Dr. Lopamudra Maitra Bajpai Nov 17, 2021
"…I was coming of age, certainly but with a well-defined understanding of global dynamics and a determined desire to learn. To learn from the best. As time would tell…" (pp.81) "Retirement will set me free as then I will speak for myself alone." (pp.94).
Flipping through the pages of 'Bidisha and Bureaucracy' by Rupa Chakravarti, these lines seemed to connect themselves into a portrait of the understanding and learning the author speaks about in her second book, which is also an autobiographical reflection. As a woman anthropologist, author and educator myself, the book came to me as an important reminder of the erudite journey of all women, which the author seems to highlight through a retelling of her life's voyage.
Overcoming bureaucratic hurdles
The expressions, representations, rhythm and repertoire of the prose expresses the sense of freedom which Chakravarti speaks about -- one which reflects from the heart as the desk of the author resumes its almost languid rhythm. Ensconced within the title of bureaucracy, the story of Bidisha seems to cut across all bureaucratic hurdles to reflect a story of a woman and the many women who seemed to have added an important colour to the easel of her life -- all of whom are or have been important parts of Chakravarti's own life.
This includes the strong matriarch of the household: Dadi or Bidisha's paternal grandmother, followed by her educationist mother, the female officers of the Indian Foreign Service, her forever loyal helps Jordette and Maya and of course her daughters Bindu and Indu.
The story of Bidisha has a male protagonist as well and other male characters, represented as counterparts, but their presence has only made the narrative more succinct -- a balance and an interlude between conversations and the various phases of the life of the protagonist Bidisha.
This is a difficult process as more often than not, identities and representations within retellings by women seem to get lost within the ambits of the patriarchal doldrums of storytelling. This could have been more so as Bidisha's exposure to bureaucracy comes from her marriage to an officer at the Indian Foreign Services, just like Chakravarti's own marriage to Ambassador Sarvajit Chakravarti and Former Secretary to the Government of India.
However, the story evolves into a narration which finds its true identity amidst the hurdles of bureaucracy and life, especially of a woman's.
The story of Bidisha begins with an engagement breaking off of the protagonist with the family members worrying over her future -- with one exception -- Dadi, her paternal grandmother. Widowed at the tender age of 21, Bidisha stressed her significant influence on her life throughout the book.
Marries a diplomat
She kept assuring Bidisha to "never ever settle down" or look for the ordinary. Forever in her life, Bidisha held these words and the fragrance of jasmine from her home close to her heart. These always acted as her comfort space, amidst known and unknown paradigms alike. Soon, Bidisha is married to Apurbo, a young officer who has just begun his career in the Indian Foreign Service.
With a very brief stint in India, Bidisha's journey began almost a pilgrimage of experiences starting with Spain and ending with Slovenia, 40 years later. In between, she had the fortune of finding the most from amidst overwhelming situations associated with bureaucratic duties and responsibilities, which also includes the spouses.
For many of the responsibilities Bidisha was unprepared, but managed to find solutions, remembering the words of her Dadi and the fragrance of the jasmine flowers from her home. Through her many and varied explorations, even over bus drives in remote locations, her discoveries stood out as enriching learning experiences, which were her very own.
Forty years later, when Bidisha and Apurbo returned home, after retirement, their two daughters were settled in various parts of the globe, having been exemplary students themselves. Bidisha returned to the very reminiscing smell from yesteryears, finding answers to many questions, knowing plenitude amidst scarcity and finding a strength of donning many hats and yet rediscovering oneself through the lanes charted out through one's own diligent efforts.
Story from the heart
It is also important to mention the episode of mental breakdown that Bidisha went through. Having articulated it openly, Chakravarti speaks from the heart as she mentions about the gloom and the despair and also about the support of her family, including her parents, who all lend a patient and tender touch and the much-needed comfort which Bidisha's troubled mind was seeking.
Amidst the comfort of home, Bidisha gathered the strength to finally fight the gloom and find an answer to her state of anguish. She emerged like the fragrance finding its identity.
The characters of the story, especially the women, lend power to the narrative. Reading through some of the formative stages of Bidisha's life, I really coveted to know more about them and was looking forward to reading more about many of them, especially Dadi, a character I really ended up greatly admiring. Bidisha's mother, taken after Chakravarti's mother -- author, poet and educationist and former principal of Calcutta International School -- Nonda Chatterjee, is a well-known figure in the world of education.
I was also looking forward on reading more about her, especially as my interest grew after reading about the pivotal role in shaping the academic life of Bidisha's elder daughter Bindu. Perhaps, the author might think about writing about the many inspiring women in her life. Such a work will be priceless.
Chakravarti, a global educator, with a graduate degree in English Honours from Presidency College (now known as Presidency University) has a Master's degree in Education and accreditations from Cambridge University as Examiner in both English Language and Literature.
A versatile personality
A talented dancer, painter and singer, Chakravarti hails from a reputed lineage from Bangladesh, comprising of well-known educators. She has spent a lifetime teaching at various international schools, from the very junior and primary levels to high school across several countries.
She has also served as a language consultant in Business English to multinational corporations like Janssen-Cilag in Milan. As a trained ESL teacher, she has served as a coordinator in many international schools globally. As the story of Bidisha echoes, Chakravarti's association with the desk and the pen seems to be a given -- coming from a family of reputed scholars and educationists. Chakravarti's mother, Nonda Chatterjee, touched the hearts of hundreds of students who still remember her fondly at various occasions. The reviewer has the fortune of meeting some of them over many pluralistic discussions and they would always connect Chakravarti's association with the education field and the pen as a gift from her mother.
Female identity is a process and Chakravarti's work reflects the same, clarifying the distinctive engagement with her characters and indicating an analogous relationship between reader and characters and most importantly, being an expressive representation of memory. This book, successfully portraying a unique, whole and coherent identity, is a must read for all.
Title: Bidisha and Bureaucracy; Author: Rupa Chakravarti; Publisher: Aabs Publishing House, Kolkata; Pages: 161; Price: Rs 699)
(The reviewer is a visual anthropologist, author and international columnist)
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By Joshua Frank	Climate Change, Energy, Land, Politics
Why the Whole Idea of the U.S Achieving 'Energy Independence' Is a Sham That Enriches Big Oil and Coal
Whether it is the hucksters pushing for the Keystone XL pipeline to cut across the Heartland, or the coal barons who are ramping up their exploits in Powder River Basin, a familiar refrain can be heard echoing throughout their propaganda: America must produce its own energy and stop relying on "terrorist" countries to keep our homes heated, cars running and economy kicking.
"The United States consumes 15 million barrels of oil per day and imports 11 million," Russell K. Girling of the TransCanada Corporation, which is to build the Keystone pipeline, recently wrote in The Hill. "Keystone XL offers Americans the choice of receiving their oil from a friendly, secure supplier in Canada, instead of importing crude from unstable, volatile foreign nations such as Venezuela, Libya and other areas of the Middle East."
In late August, Oil Change International shattered the myth that the Keystone XL, which is to transport tar sands from Alberta, Canada to Port Arthur, Texas, will be used domestically. Refiners based in Port Arthur, where the oil will end up, are focused on exporting oil to Europe and Latin America. The majority of the heavy tar sands oil extracted in Alberta will never end up being burned in the United States.
"To issue a presidential permit for the Keystone XL, the administration must find that the pipeline serves the national interest," says Stephen Kretzmann, executive director of Oil Change International. "An honest assessment shows that rather than serving U.S. interests, Keystone XL serves only the interests of tar sands producers and shippers, and a few Gulf Coast refiners aiming to export the oil."
Additionally, Valero, which is to be one of Keystone XL's main customers, purchasing 76 percent of initial production, has detailed to its investors that the crude it is to buy is mainly set for export. To top it off, Port Arthur, where the dirty oil is to be refined, is in a Foreign Trade Zone, where the company can operate without paying any U.S. taxes. Valero's contract is to last until 2030 and the company is to take around 100,000 barrels of tars sands per day.
Despite an outpouring of opposition to the proposed pipeline, which culminated in over 1,200 arrests in late August and early September outside the White House, the Obama administration is likely to rubber-stamp the deal. President Obama's jobs advisers are lending support for the pipeline and he is also likely getting pressure from within his own party to give the project a green light.
In 2008 Paul Elliot, who now serves as TransCanada's chief Washington lobbyist for Keystone XL, served as a national campaign manager for Hillary Clinton's presidential race. Additionally, as was discovered by anti-Tar Sands activists from Nebraska as they prepared for hearings on the matter at the State Department, the hearings were being held by a company called Cardno Entrix. It turns out that Cardno Entrix is contracted to run the environmental-review for the Keystone XL pipeline, but lists TransCanada as one of its major clients on its website.
"The pipeline company recommended the firm they wanted to review them, a firm that listed the pipeline company as one of their major clients," writes Bill McKibben and Naomi Klein. "Perhaps–just perhaps–that explains why the review found that Keystone XL would have 'limited adverse environmental impacts,' a finding somewhat at odds with the conclusion of 20 of the nation's top scientists who wrote the president this summer to say it would be an environmental disaster."
It appears that TransCanada is doing all it can to impact the Obama administration's decision on the matter by hiring a former Democratic campaign manager, and has certainly pushed Obama's State Department to hire a company with close ties to the very company it is supposed to independently review. Additionally, some have criticized the job numbers for the project. In 2010, TransCanada said that, "During construction, Keystone XL would create 13,000 jobs and further produce 118,000 spin-off jobs." But a report from Cornell University says these numbers are inflated, writing that the project will create no more than 2,500-4,650 temporary construction jobs for two years based on the data TransCanada has given the State Department.
Not only will hundreds of thousands of jobs not be created, and not only will tax revenue not help the country get back on track, the majority of the oil from the tar sands will end up not even being used in the United States. Debunking these myths are just one part of the fight for a clean energy future.
And it is not just the tar sands and the Keystone XL pipeline facts that need to be straightened out; the coal industry is currently on a major PR push to pressure the public into believing that locally produced coal is a crucial part of the U.S.'s energy independence. The U.S. is the fourth largest coal exporter in the world and companies are working hard to increase production and shipments.
"America's abundant coal reserves — and our continued use of coal to generate electricity — also promote greater U.S. energy security," said American Coalition for Clean Coal Electricity, a front group that is made up of over 40 coal industry companies. "The reason is simple: The coal we rely upon is found right here at home, and we have a more than 200-year supply based upon today's rate of usage."
While it may be true that the U.S. has some of the world's largest reserves, along with Canada a total of 29 percent of the globe's recoverable coal, major companies like Peabody and Arch Coal are looking more and more at oversees markets and mines to turn a profit. They know the jig is up here at home, where dozens of new coal plant proposals are being tossed in the trash. As such, China is increasingly coming into play, as the country continues to build two mid-size power plants a week. In 2007 the Energy Watch Group reported that China could reach maximum production by 2015, which means they will have to get much of their coal from elsewhere.
This is why companies operating in the coal-rich Powder River Basin are increasingly eyeing potential coal export facilities up and down the West Coast. There are only two coal terminals that ship coal to Asia; one in Seward, Alaska and another major terminal in Vancouver, B.C. Coal exports from the U.S. to Asian markets during the first six months of 2010 increased almost 400 percent compared to the entire year of 2009. It's one of the only shimmering lights on the horizon for the struggling coal industry, which is facing increased opposition in the U.S. as old power plants are shuttered and new proposals are being met with stiff resistance.
This hasn't stopped the Obama administration from pumping hundreds of millions into "clean coal" projects or from allowing the Bureau of Land Management from opening up public lands in the Powder River Basin for coal mining. Nonetheless, as awareness of coal's contribution to global warming and human health impacts grows, American coal companies are going to fight to keep the mines operating and the coal burning. Even it if means helping to fuel one of our country's main economic rivals, China.
This brings us to the curious case of natural gas, the one fossil fuel that continues to be deemed a clean energy source by many despite the fact that its extraction through fracking could have catastrophic impacts, not to mention global warming causing emissions from leaks and carbon from its burning. There is no doubt there is a natural gas boom taking place across the country, with proposals for new fracking operations spreading from California to New York. But how much of this proposed natural gas will actually be used in the United States in the future is a question that has yet to be answered.
The first natural gas export from the United States was recently approved for Cheniere Energy in March 2011 by the Department of Energy. It will be the first large natural gas export out of the Gulf of Mexico, with other proposals in the pipeline by companies wanting to sell American natural gas to the global market. Their loyalty isn't to America, but to their bottom line.
The Keystone XL pipeline saga and the recent misinformation about coal development illuminate how these resource profiteers market their destructive endeavors to normal Americans — as a means of energy independence and national security. Nonetheless, as the U.S. public looks to wean the country off of dirty fossil fuels, it's a safe bet that the extraction industry will have little problem selling their dirty products to anyone who's ready to buy.
This article first appeared on Alternet.org.
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By Jeff Schweers| 2021-08-22T13:43:11+02:00	August 21st, 2021|Let's Get Lost|
Florida's Atlantic Beach: April is not August.....
n late spring — April, to be precise — a group of us gathered at the Florida beach house of a married couple, mutual friends of ours. We were celebrating. We had all been fully vaccinated against the deadly coronavirus whose spread had all but set the world ablaze for more than a year, killing millions and turning the world as we knew it upside down .
It was the first time we'd had a mass gathering like this since the pandemic hit the United States in early 2020.
Call it the Post-Vaccine Big Chill Blowout weekend. It fell on the one-year anniversary of Florida's decision to lift a month-long anti-infection lockdown. Make no mistake: COVID, hit Florida (a state filled with retirees seeking warm-weather) hard.
When I consider the mood at our April party and look at the situation now it seems as though to exist in parallel realities.
Who among us in April knew that the heralded vaccines (name a brand, any brand) were anything but a guaranteed fix, and that while the ballyhooed RNA cocktail was no more than a useful but far from foolproof shield against the devious inner workings of COVID-19? We were April fools.
At the same time, our joy was understandable.
Who among us in April knew that the heralded vaccines were anything but a guaranteed fix?
It had been more than a year since we'd begun to don masks and gone into isolation, and more than a year since most of us had seen each other face-to-face, let alone banded together in a large group. Mask-less, no less.
I'd known most of the participants in our celebration for most of my adult life. So, coincidentally, had my girlfriend, proof of how overlapping friendships can go unnoticed until times of crisis. She knew some from an internet dating site, no less.
Our group was a mixed bag. Two newspaper reporters, a freelance magazine writer and artist, two novelists, a teacher, a social worker, an accountant for an environmental agency, and a lawyer who worked in state government.
We arrived stiff and grumpy after the three-hour drive from Tallahassee to Atlantic Beach. Our hosts, a married couple, got us out of our travel funk with a warm welcome.
The two-story beach house had been in his family for decades but its current occupants, also family, were away for the weekend, which made it available for our get-together.
By the time we'd settled into our room and returned downstairs, most of the guests had arrived. It wasn't all smooth going. I saw a one-time friend I'd had a tiff with years ago after visiting his daughter in Paris years ago.
That tension had sprung up from a comment I made about Bunny's mother, who cooked gourmet meals for guests while serving mac and cheese to her kids in their rooms. Ironically, Bunny, maybe tired of mac and cheese, would decide to take Paris cooking classes to she could match if not surpass her mother's skills. Time flies; people change.
Still, the legacy of the Bunny encounter weighed on the room, the bygone lingering.
Bottom lime, nothing can mend a fractured friendship like a weekend of great food and booze.
I mention all this because we were a little like kids who'd been stuck in their rooms for a year.
On the first night, our hosts made an Italian meal of sausages, eggplant parmesan, salad, and assorted side dishes. Since the last couple had yet to arrive, that meal was preceded by a fish dip I'd picked up from a small seafood joint in an obscure coastal town called Panacea.
Wine flowing amply, we sat around a huge wooden table on the patio, the ocean breeze keeping us cool and comfy. Liberated, we talked, joked and laughed late into the night.
The next day we walked and talked some more, the beach our magic carpet. We visited an apartment, whose walls were lined with paintings by Mrs. Host.
The conversation turned to editing, freelancing, and journalism.
Suffice to say, this is not a golden age for magazine freelancing. Still, though the volume of available work is down, it's still out there.
For one brief and shining moment, we felt lighter than air.
Our host husband, ever the organizer, decided it was time for all of us to take to the icy Atlantic, which we did (briefly) before making for the pool and hot tub.
Scrabble followed, and since we couldn't get a reservation at a local seafood place, we cobbled together leftovers from the night before.
The next night came an all-night dance party, and watching my friends levitating like ballroom shamans, seemed to chase away a year's worth of sour tidings, replacing doubt with hope. Inside, I thanked my friends for having pulled this off. The togetherness made us all feel a little less oppressed.
The next day we all gathered in the kitchen for one last meal and some coffee. One by one we gathered our gear and said our good byes.
Four months ago, for all the reasons mentioned here, a sense of optimism came over us for the first time since the virus hit.
Now, the Delta variant has stripped us of the little hope we'd managed to piece together. We're being forced to recalibrate our expectations. Wearing masks in public places. That magic word, vaccine, doesn't meant what it did in April.
That said, I'm not here to put a damper on things. Instead, I'm here to say that for one brief and shining moment, we felt lighter than air. And I'd like to think, however long it takes, the virus will in the end recede, and that feeling of collective joy, one we all need and treasure, will come back.
About the Author: Jeff Schweers
Jeff Schweers is an award-winning political and investigative journalist based in Tallahassee, Florida. A New York transplant, he has a passion for food, culture and travel, which he covers in a blog also titled Let's Get Lost.


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With summer in full swing, many of us are spending our days cooling off at the pool or lake, but one downside of splashing around in the water all day is feeling like you brought home half the lake in your ears.
Leftover water in the ear canal after swimming or showering can leave damaging effects, including an infection called swimmer's ear. This infection of the outer ear canal is often brought on by water remaining in the ear after swimming, creating a dark, damp environment that is perfect for growing bacteria.
According to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), swimmer's ear results in an estimated 2.4 million healthcare visits every year, and most cases are reported in the summer months from June to August.
Your outer ear canals have natural defenses that help keep them clean and prevent infection. Earwax and the natural shape of your ear canal protect you from bacteria entering the canal, but excess moisture, especially from swimming, can weaken these defenses and promote bacterial growth. Other factors including heavy perspiration, scratches or abrasions in the ear and allergic reactions to certain jewelry or hair products can also increase your risk of infection.
1. Be Careful When Cleaning Your Ears.
Cleaning out earwax with a Q-tip or scratching inside your ear with a finger or other pointed object can cause small breaks in the skin, which can lead to infection.
2. Keep Your Ears Clean and Dry, Especially After Swimming.
Make sure to thoroughly dry each of your ears after swimming or showering. Tilt and shake your head to the side until all of the water runs out of your ear.
3. Avoid Swimming in Dirty Water.
If you swim in a lake or stream, make sure to rinse out your ears afterwards with clean water to prevent bacteria from remaining in the ear canal.
4. Cover Your Ears While Swimming.
Wearing earplugs while swimming can help prevent swimmer's ear, but make sure to get ones that fit properly and are intended to keep water out of the ear. A swimming cap can also help keep your ears dry.
5. Leave Your Earwax Alone.
Earwax can be annoying and gross, but in reality it helps protect your ear canals by trapping bacteria and repelling moisture.
If you or a family member contract swimmer's ear, your doctor may gently clean out your ear canal to remove bacteria and will prescribe antibiotic eardrops that will help clear up the infection within a few days.
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Graduate Admissions, 701 S. State Street, Ann Arbor, MI 48109, USA
Phone: 734.764.0537 | Website: www.law.umich.edu
The University of Michigan Law School, one of the oldest and most renowned centers for legal study and research in the United States, has welcomed graduate students from around the globe since the 1890s. Graduates of our programs teach, hold government positions, and practice law in more than 80 countries.
Our Graduate Degree Programs include Master of Laws (LLM), Doctor of the Science of Law (SJD), and the new intensive Master of Advanced Corporation Law (MACL), inaugurated in the summer of 2019. Our graduate degree programs are intended primarily, but not exclusively, for lawyers trained overseas who wish to conduct advanced legal research, engage in comparative legal study, gain a better understanding of the United States legal system, or pursue a field of specialization.
Our Law Faculty (82 full time, 57 part time) consists of leading scholars who contribute to cutting-edge legal scholarship and reform in a wide variety of areas. Many are multidisciplinary scholars, combining law and fields such as history, economics, political science, public policy, psychology, sociology, philosophy, and literature.
Our Law School is situated in the heart of the University of Michigan campus, at the center of Ann Arbor, a city as diverse and sophisticated as it is pleasant and easy to live in. Ann Arbor has a welcoming community with the energetic atmosphere of a significant cultural and educational center. It is located 30 minutes from Detroit Metro Airport (DTW) with nonstop service by major carriers to Europe and Asia and one-hour flights to New York; Washington, DC; and Chicago.
Law School Enrollment (Fall 2018)
JD students: 1,014
General LLM students: 34
SJD students in residence: 8
Michigan Law alumni: over 22,200 worldwide
Size: over one million volumes
Regular hours: 8:00 a.m.–midnight
Professional librarians, most of whom also hold JD degrees
Access to major legal databases including Bloomberg Law, LexisNexis, and Westlaw
Campus-wide wireless network
University recreational facilities (gyms, pools) within walking distance
Lawyers Club residence
Lawyers Club dining hall
Lawyers Club
Student dorm for 227 JD and LLM students (single rooms with private or semiprivate bathrooms)
Located on the beautiful Law Quad, across from classrooms and library
Meal plan with 12 meals per week
Meal plan or individual meals also available for nonresident law students
Includes laundry facilities, recreation room, 11 convenient corridor lounges, and one central elegant student lounge
Munger Graduate Residences
University housing for graduate students of all disciplines. Offers a holistic community where students develop networks across disciplines
Apartment-style suites with 6 to 7 bedrooms; each bedroom has a private bathroom and suite-mates share a common kitchen and living space
Five-minute walk from the Law School
Northwood Community Apartments
University housing for single graduate students and students with families
Studio, one-, two-, and three-bedroom units available
Located on North Campus, a short, convenient bus ride away
Diverse off-campus housing options include co-ops, town houses, apartments, and efficiencies, all within walking distance or on convenient bus routes.
Advanced Programs/Areas of Specialization
In the general LLM program, students are equally welcome to focus on a specific area as they are to explore a broad array of legal fields according to their own interests. Michigan SJD students primarily research and write in the areas of tax, human rights, corporate law, and both public and private international law. We offer one specialized program, in corporate and securities laws: the intensive Master of Advanced Corporation Law (MACL), which is one semester long (June – August) and designed for practicing lawyers who may not be able to take a whole academic year away from work and family.
The LLM
Our LLM program consists primarily of courses and seminars, and requires students to complete a research paper under faculty supervision on a topic of their choice. They may also elect to do more than one research paper. The LLM degree is awarded upon completion of 24 credits with at least a 2.7 ("B-") average in two terms (eight months) of study.
Michigan LLM students enjoy great freedom to choose from the entire curriculum of the Law School and from graduate programs at other departments or schools of the university (up to 6 credits).
Our LLM students take all classes and seminars with JD colleagues, except the following two courses designed specifically for LLM students with a civil law background:
Introduction to Constitutional Law and American Legal Process
Research and Analysis in American Law
The SJD
The SJD program is intended for individuals who have exhibited outstanding scholarship and capacity for advanced legal research. SJD applicants are typically engaged in, or plan to pursue, academic law careers. The SJD candidate must have excellent academic credentials and demonstrate the capacity for completing an SJD dissertation of publishable quality, which will provide lawyers, scholars, or governmental officials with a useful understanding, not previously available, of a particular area of the law. SJD students devote their energies to researching and writing a doctoral dissertation under the close supervision of a dissertation committee composed of three faculty members. SJD students benefit not only from expert faculty guidance and close mentorship, the library's extensive collections and other resources of the Law School and the university, but also from participating in a Law School colloquium organized for doctoral students. Supervision of doctoral research demands specialized faculty expertise and interest; therefore, some qualified applicants may be denied admission because an appropriate faculty member is not available to serve as dissertation supervisor.
Application Requirements for the LLM and SJD Programs
Application deadline: January 31
Completed application form, including
at least one essay (as specified on the application form)
at least two letters of recommendation
all postsecondary transcripts
all postsecondary degree confirmations
valid TOEFL scores (total of at least 98 Internet based, or 100 iBT) or valid IELTS scores (total of at least 7.0)
application fee of $75
Additional SJD Application Requirements
SJD thesis proposal, in sufficient detail to indicate its significance and originality. It should describe the nature of the topic, the questions to be explored, and the research methodology. It should also designate at least one Michigan Law faculty member in your field of interest.
At least one letter of recommendation from the applicant's law school commenting specifically on demonstrated capacity for advanced legal scholarship and prospects for an academic career. If an applicant has been enrolled in an LLM program at another US law school, one of the letters of recommendation must be from a faculty member of that law school.
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In the absence of these materials, applicants to the SJD program will be considered only for admission to the LLM program.
MACL
The Master of Advanced Corporation Law degree is designed to help midcareer practitioners advance their careers. It is the first program of its kind, designed for US and internationally trained lawyers who want to specialize in US corporate and securities law while gaining an international comparative perspective on both. It is an intensive, rigorous, single-summer residential experience.
Taught by faculty experts, MACL comprises 20 credits of mandatory and elective classes, a writing requirement, and a workshop. Students earn a master's degree in 12 weeks.
Applicants must be practicing lawyers or have a practicing-level law degree from the United States or abroad.
Application Requirements for the MACL Program
Application deadline: Applications will be received on a rolling basis and will be considered for admission as long as space in the class remains available. International students must apply early enough for the visa process to be completed before program orientation on May 15.
Completed MACL application form, including
a Statement of Purpose (as specified on the application form)
Michigan Law students can choose from an enormous range of activities and organizations—from eight student-edited law journals to over 50 student organizations, including the Intellectual Property Students Association, the International Law Society, and the Women Law Students Association. In addition, there are numerous university student groups for the greater community, including organizations of many countries around the world.
Many of Michigan Law's most illustrious alumni are graduates of one of the school's advanced degree programs, and the Office of Career Planning (OCP) is frequently instrumental in helping graduates along the path to success.
individualized counseling, specialized group seminars and programs;
excellent career library, online career databases, and Internet resources;
Overseas-Trained LLM Student Interview Program in New York; and
facilities for photocopying, facsimile, and telephone services
Law School Tuition and Fees (2019–2020): Approximately $65,944 for the eight-month academic year. For SJD students, starting in the second year of full-time studies in residence, tuition is reduced to the lower SJD dissertation rate of approximately $8,470 per semester. For MACL students: $32,763 ($30,763 for Michigan residents).
Living Expenses (2019–2020): Approximately $23,000 for a single student, including mandatory health insurance and textbooks for the eight-month academic year. For MACL students: $8,485.
For more information about Michigan Law's graduate degree programs, please contact
Dora-Maria Sonderhoff
Assistant Director, Graduate Admissions
Email: law.grad.admissions@umich.edu


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Miranda had been paying the FGBC at least GBP £500 (USD nearly $790) per month over a period of well over a year: Miranda was inspired to write a trilogy of novels and of course this takes time. Mucho months at GBP £500 a hit.
A genuine book publisher: what more could you ask for?
Happily for Miranda, the FGBC guaranteed that she would find her a "genuine publisher" (GP) for her books: a real, traditional publisher who wouldn't expect Miranda to shell out any money because of course, he was a genuine, traditional publisher and these types of publisher don't expect authors to pay out.
As a GP, his business would absorb all production costs and would submit a cover design, although Miranda wanted a specific cover picture which she commissioned and paid for.
GP was quite happy to go along with this despite the fact that it was not necessarily the most attention-grabbing option for a book cover that should have been selling the sizzle in the sausage, rather than the sausage itself, as old-fashioned advertising wizards used to say.
Could GP and FGBC perhaps not have given a sh*t? Good Heavens, perish the thought.
**FGBC hooks author by saying she can guarantee that she will find a "publisher" for author's book as long as author works with her.
**FGBC stiffs author for £500 a month for a weekly exchange of emails, comments on work done so far, and one phone call. This goes on for several if not many months. Note: FGBC "edits" the work but although the spelling and grammar are OK, it's speckled with glaring content and contextual mistakes. Not the FGBC's problem!
**FGBC works in cahoots with a GP (possibly one of several) who of course falls in love with the author's book and offers to publish it for nothing on Amazon print and Kindle. Maybe even pays a small advance. Author is thrilled to have a "real" publisher, not a co-op or self-pub service.
**FGBC pays GP a couple of hundred quid (maybe three hundred bucks) to, in effect, self-publish the book via Amazon Createspace and Kindle … however author thinks it's a traditional trade publishing deal with a strong focus on Amazon.
**FGBC may have a variety of different relationships with these GPs, but you get the drift.
And does every book-coached author live happily ever after?
Perhaps, in the true spirit of storytelling, we should leave the answer to this one to our imagination?
If in the meantime you're looking for help to get you through the book-writing/publishing process honestly, please be careful who you choose.
Much more to the point, however, be assured that there are many book coaches who, unlike these types I write, er, fiction about, actually do a good honest job and make their clients proud.
But have you come across Fairy Godmother Book Coaches (FGBCs) and Genuine Publishers (GPs) like these?
Please share if you have, and let us know how your book writing/publishing journey has progressed.
I am a professional book editor and writing coach and I have NEVER done anything like this to any of my clients. I don't promise what I can't deliver and I always deliver what I promise. My clients are quite happy with my services.
I've never stiffed anyone – not even by a penny.
No editor that I know of can guarantee a writer that a publisher will take their book. Surely there is enough knowledge floating around for a writer – even a newbie – to know that.
I charge a fair price to my clients. Also I have what I call my 'starving student' rate, which I will offer to hard-working writers who simply do not currently generate enough income. And they do work hard, they are responsive, they know they are getting a special rate and the work flows back and forth very well. No one yet has taken advantage of my goodwill in this regard.
hind end hang out and be known. That should keep the bad acting down to a dull roar or less.
I would love to name the perpetrators here, Leslie, but the truth is the author doesn't know about this. Personally I have nothing to gain by telling her, frankly, as I don't normally work as a writing coach but only as a book marketer. I know she would be very upset to realize that she has been scammed in this way. The best I can do for her now is to help her with her marketing so that despite the publishing smoke and mirrors she can sell enough of her books to make all her hard work worthwhile anyway. So far, it's looking good.
If, one day, she does realize what has happened then I will name and shame, certainly. I have enough proof to do that without fear of getting sued. It's a difficult decision at the moment though, with a client who really doesn't need to be hurt and disillusioned. My view, as I said above, is to help her make the best of it. What would you do in my shoes?
And please be assured, this article was not intended to be a slur against genuine, honest editors and coaches like you. It's just a warning that – as in so many other disciplines – there are mavericks out there trying to make a quick buck.


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