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Court of Appeal Declare Data Protection Act Immigration Exemption Unlawful
On Wednesday, 26 May, 2021, the UK Court of Appeal issued a decision in The Open Rights Group & Anor, R (On the Application Of) v The Secretary of State for the Home Department & Anor [2021] EWCA Civ 800 declaring the unconscionable immigration exemption in the 2018 Data Protection Act (Paragraph 4 of Part 1, Schedule 2) unlawful.
The case was brought by the Open Rights Group and the3million and supported by the ICO.
The result brought some cheer to a week in which the European Court of Human Rights effectively accepted, in the case of Big Brother Watch & others v UK, that mass surveillance was compatible with the European Convention on Human Rights. The thin edge of a substantial fundamental rights offending wedge. The sole exception, among the 18 judges was Portuguese justice, Paulo Pinto de Albuquerque who, in concluding his dissenting judgment, said:
59. This judgment fundamentally alters the existing balance in Europe between the right to respect for private life and public security interests, in that it admits non-targeted surveillance of the content of electronic communications and related communications data, and even worse, the exchange of data with third countries which do not have comparable protection to that of the Council of Europe States. This conclusion is all the more justified in view of the CJEU's peremptory rejection of access on a generalised basis to the content of electronic communications , its manifest reluctance regarding general and indiscriminate retention of traffic and location data and its limitation of exchanges of data with foreign intelligence services which do not ensure a level of protection essentially equivalent to that guaranteed by the Charter of Fundamental Rights . On all these three counts, the Strasbourg Court lags behind the Luxembourg Court, which remains the lighthouse for privacy rights in Europe.
60. For good or ill, and I believe for ill more than for good, with the present judgment the Strasbourg Court has just opened the gates for an electronic "Big Brother" in Europe. If this is the new normal that my learned colleagues in the majority want for Europe, I cannot join them, and this I say with a disenchanted heart, with the same consternation as that exuding from Gregorio Allegri's Miserere mei, Deus."
I hope to get round to a more detailed assessment of the Big Brother Watch case another time but having been partly consoled by the thought that at least the immigration exemption was toast, a close reading of the Court of Appeal decision led to the unfortunate conclusion that it is still very much alive and kicking.
The short version of the story is that Lord Justices Warby, Singh and Underhill have indeed declared the immigration exemption unlawful but only on a technicality. Essentially the government didn't get all their legislative ducks in a row when passing the law and didn't follow the UK GDPR rules on how to implement a contemptible measure like this. The immigration exemption itself was not thrown out on principle.
Basically, if the UK government want to implement something like the immigration exemption circumventing data protection rights, they have to do so according to specific GDPR Article 23 rules. They failed to follow the rules, so the exemption is unlawful.
"29. The argument has been wide-ranging but I would suggest that, if my Lords agree, this appeal can and should be decided on the following short and straightforward basis. There presently exists no legislative measure that contains specific provisions in accordance with the mandatory requirements of Article 23(2) of the GDPR. In the absence of any such measure, the Immigration Exemption is an unauthorised derogation from the fundamental rights conferred by the GDPR, and therefore incompatible with the Regulation. For that reason, it is unlawful. The appeal succeeds on this aspect of Ground 2, and it is unnecessary to reach conclusions on the other issues raised."
For the Brexiters, btw, shouting we are no longer in the EU, the GDPR is indeed directly applicable in EU member states only and applied from 25 May 2018. The UK has exited the EU but the UK parliament decided to keep substantially the same law in place in the UK. As the appeal court judges say at paragraph 12,
"(1) Sections 2, 3 and 6 of the European Union (Withdrawal) Act 2018 ("EUWA") provided for certain aspects of EU law to remain in force, as part of English law, notwithstanding withdrawal. This is known as "retained EU law". The GDPR, DPA 2018, and relevant CJEU case-law pre-dating IP completion day all fell into this category.
" The Immigration Exemption is "pre-exit domestic legislation".
(3) A statutory instrument of 2019 made amendments to the GDPR and DPA 2018 with effect from IP completion day. 1 As a result the GDPR, as it applies domestically, is now known as "the UK GDPR". But the UK GDPR has the same legal status today as the GDPR had before IP completion day. Article 23 is now in slightly amended terms, but the amendments are not material. In Article 23(1), references to "the Union" and "Member State" are deleted and the power to restrict is now conferred on the Secretary of State. There is no change to Article 23(2). The Immigration Exemption is unamended."
So, the judges were free to declare the immigration exemption incompatible with article 23 of the GDPR and article 23 of the UK GDPR and to strike it out.
In paragraphs 14 to 18 the judgment is not exactly complementary on Home Office activities in this area, referring to their extensive use of the immigration exemption to deny people access to their data in 10,823 cases, "authoritative reports that cast doubt on the accuracy and reliability of the Home Office decision-making in the arena of immigration and data protection" and that "it is clear that the Immigration Exemption plays a significant role in practice as a brake on access to personal data".
When dealing with the original judge's decision approving the immigration exemption, the Court says he relied on UK domestic case law to side with the government and say they were not obliged to follow the black letter requirements of GDPR article 23. In other words he felt the technicalities of article 23 were irrelevant in this context.
The appeal court decided he got this wrong. A clear line of judgments from the Court of Justice of the European Union supports the Open Rights Group, the3million and the ICO argument that the government do have to follow the rules of article 23 if they want to ignore data protection rights in connection with immigration cases. In the Digital Rights Ireland (2014), Tele 2 & Watson (2016), EU-Canada PNR (2017), Privacy International and La Quadrature du Net (2018, decided on the same day), the CJEU was "alert to the risk of over-broad derogations from fundamental rights; requires any derogation from fundamental rights to be justified by proof of strict necessity; and does not consider that this, or the requirement of proportionality, can be satisfied unless the appropriate safeguards are built into the legislative measure."
The CJEU was aware that member states would make end runs around fundamental rights when they felt like it and wanted to set up some hurdles to negotiate if that was the aim. And the UK government's argument that we should not worry our little heads about them taking away the rights of people because, like, they can always try another law if they are worried, didn't pass muster with Lord Justice Warby and his two colleagues.
"48. As I have indicated, however, I would prefer to decide this case on a narrower basis. I do not believe Article 23 should be construed as merely requiring the state to provide a general legal framework that contains guarantees of necessity and proportionality, and other safeguards. That might be a legitimate interpretation of Article 23(1), if it stood alone. But our analysis must reflect the fact that when updating and strengthening EU data protection law in the GDPR the legislature chose to depart from the approach to derogation that it had adopted in Article 13 of the Data Protection Directive. It particularised the requirements of Article 23(1), at some length, and in some detail, in Article 23(2). It seems to me that the respondents' argument fails to explain or account for this and, in the process, leaves Article 23(2) with no significant purpose or function. In one sense, Article 23(2) clearly does provide a checklist. But I do not consider it plausible that Article 23(2) was intended to amount to nothing more than a sort of high level aide-memoire to the state about the kinds of matters it should have in mind when deciding whether to derogate from fundamental rights, in pursuit of one of the specified aims. The checklist is cast in mandatory terms, and calls for "specific" provisions. Sir James's submission that these "specific provisions" can be found in general principles of human rights or administrative law, or in existing Articles of the GDPR is unconvincing. Article 23(2) itself – on the face of it – requires them to be contained in "any legislative measure referred to in paragraph 1
49. It may be that this wording is not to be read entirely literally; but it is remarkably specific and surely must be given some meaning. At any rate, in my judgment the better view, in the light of the CJEU jurisprudence, is that Article 23(2) requires any derogation to be effected by a "legislative measure" that is tailored to the derogation, legally enforceable, and contains provisions that are specific to the listed topics - to the extent these are relevant to the derogation in question - precise, and produce a reasonably foreseeable outcome. It can, I think, be said that this interpretation follows from the CJEU decision in La Quadrature. As I read that decision, the Court adopted and applied in the context of Article 23 of the GDPR the body of jurisprudence it had built up over the preceding years when dealing with Article 15 of the e-Privacy Directive and the Data Retention Directive. More generally, in this respect the Luxembourg jurisprudence and the language of Article 23(2) seem to me to be broadly if not precisely in step. The CJEU has repeatedly rejected submissions to the effect that domestic legislation should be held to pass muster on the basis that sufficient safeguards could be found elsewhere in the overall legal framework. The language of Article 23(2) seems to me to reflect the lines of reasoning enunciated in Digital Rights Ireland [54] and Tele2 [117-118], and the legislature may properly be considered to have intended an outcome on the same lines.
50. The essence of the reasoning, as I see it, is that broad legal provisions, such as those that require a measure to be necessary and proportionate in pursuit of a legitimate aim, are insufficient to protect the individual against the risk of unlawful abrogation of fundamental rights. The legal framework will not provide the citizen with sufficient guarantees that any derogation will be strictly necessary and proportionate to the aim in view, unless the legislature has taken the time to direct its attention to the specific impacts which the derogation would have, to consider whether any tailored provisions are required and, if so, to lay them down with precision. This approach will tend to make the scope and operation of a derogation more transparent, improve the quality of decision-making, and facilitate review of its proportionality. To my mind the evidence to date as to the relevant decision-making tends to emphasise the importance of characteristics such as these."
The good judge also takes comfort to note his conclusions "are consistent with paragraphs 45-46 of the Guidelines 10/2020 on restrictions under Article 23 GDPR published by the European Data Protection Board ("EDPB")".It is clear that the immigration exemption in the Data Protection Act does not comply with GDPR article 23.
"The Exemption itself contains nothing, specific or otherwise, about any of the matters listed in Article 23(2). Even assuming, without deciding, that it is permissible for the "specific provisions" required by Article 23(2) to be contained in some separate legislative measure, there is no such measure."
What happens next remains to be seen. The Court has declared the immigration exemption unlawful but stopped short of striking it out, declaring the next steps the "subject of separate argument" for another day.
"55. The claim form seeks a declaration that the Immigration Exemption is incompatible with the Charter and the GDPR, and an order that it be disapplied, or alternatively a more limited form of declaration, specifying the conditions under which the Exemption might be lawfully applied. But at the conclusion of the hearing it was common ground that if we were in favour of the appellants the question of what relief should follow our decision would need to be the subject of separate argument...
56. The appropriate remedy in a case of incompatibility is a sensitive matter... Here, I have identified an omission that is, in principle, capable of remedy by measures that amend or supplement the existing provision. In the circumstances, I see merit in the cautious approach of both sides. I would defer a decision on relief, inviting further submissions on that issue in the light of these reasons."
The bottom line is that the reprehensible immigration exemption in the 2018 Data Protection Act is unlawful in its current form but it lives to fight another day. So, with the highest of plaudits due to the Open Rights Group and the3million for pursuing the case (and kudos to the ICO for supporting them), the knowledge that the exemption remains and the government essentially gets a license to reshape it, in a more legally acceptable form, is depressing.
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Discriminatory code: R, the academic formerly known as Ray
Issues of digital identity are always complex.
Recently my long-time employer, the Open University, implemented a blanket email format change, incorporating first names in the email addresses of all staff, except for a handful of us who became aware of an option and took steps to opt out. This was done in spite of several prior warnings about the discriminatory effects of such real names policies.
I am deeply disappointed that my university has gone ahead with this policy which I consider is institutionally sexist, racist, anti-LGBTQ, discriminatory against other marginalised groups and wholly at odds with our values.
There is a long history of real/proper/full names policies creating disproportionately adverse consequences for different ethnic groups, women, neurodiverse and LGBTQ people. There are a multitude of reasons why people would choose not to include their first name in an email address and it is incumbent upon the Open University to respect those wishes.
The opt out, incidentally, consisted of those who were concerned, in advance and sufficiently alert to the potential fallout from the imposition of the format change, that, currently, most have neither the time nor energy to expend exhausted cognitive resources upon, engaging, on an individual basis, in DIY human resources system administration to change their preferred first name to an initial, in the requisite field/s.
In essence, I am now known officially, in OU systems, as R, not Ray.
Anecdotally, in two separate Open University Adobe Connect meetings last week, I was explicitly called out by the host/s as someone with a name they could not identify.
"I see there is an R.Corrigan who I don't know..."
"R.Corrigan, I'm not sure who you are..."
Proceedings were more or less paused to invite me to say who I was.
I declined and, on the second occasion, simply left the meeting.
Consider a member of a marginalised community placed in the same predicament.
We know about the discriminatory effects of architecture and built environments.
Communications infrastructure discriminatory effects are also very real and very serious.
The Open University should not be engaging in or perpetuating them.
There was no intention, on the part of the people at the OU who conceived and implemented this policy or on the part of the University's executives who approved it, to discriminate. However, they were very clearly and repeatedly warned of the issues in advance of the policy implementation. They pressed ahead anyway. Additionally, once such infrastructure is in place, it is wholly irrelevant whether the architects intended to discriminate or not - the discriminatory effects are built in and there is no simple flick of a switch available to negate or reverse them. That is the nature of computer code.
The Open University is a unique and invaluable public service.
I expect much better of this venerable institution.
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NFT game Peter Molyneux raises $53 million
Last week it was announced that Peter Molyneux, a computer game maker best known for games like Fable and Black & White, is working on blockchain and NFT games. Since then, the game has raised $53 million.
Molyneuz's new game will be called Legacy. In the game, players can guard and manage villages and send their villagers to factories to work on digital products. Players can then sell these for crypto. Additionally, players get Legacy Keys which they can lend to new players and they can start partnerships.
according to blog post from 22cans Legacy is "an innovative new game that pushes the boundaries of Blockchain Gaming" and "a creative dream come true for an entrepreneur."
It remains unclear whether LegacyCoin has real-world value and can be traded with others on third-party marketplaces. Although this may be the goal because the game is about blockchain.
The game may have been in development for two years
The most expensive imaginary piece is currently called London and has been purchased for $900,000. This game has been in development since 2019, but was officially announced last week. The game is being developed at Peter Molyneux's British studio called 22cans.
Legacy doesn't have an official release date yet, but it's slated to be released in 2022.
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Over the weekend Garrett and I got working on a project that had been on our minds for some time. We've been looking for a bench that would give the dogs a window seat to look out at the street below and give us some much needed storage. When we couldn't find anything that fit the bill we decided to take the plunge and build it ourselves.
Ok, so you know how usually you go into a DIY project and you anticipate that something is going to go wrong or a measurement will be off or you forget something crucial at the store…none of that happened this time. We kept looking over at each other with these dumbfound faces saying "it really can't be this easy". Every time Garrett said that out loud I warned him it was jinxing us, but it never happened. This is hands down the easiest project that we've done together…and it made us excited about more projects to come in 2015.
The drive to get the bench done this month came about when Behr Paint challenged the Behr DIY Experts to take on a project that we didn't accomplish in 2014 or that we were excited to do in the New Year, using the 2015 Color Trends. The moment I read this, Garrett and I knew this was the perfect time to get our butts in gear and make the window seat a reality.
Psst – Behr Paint is also hosting a fun Pinterest contest right now where one winner will receive a $500 VISA gift card! To enter pin your favourite trend-inspired look (like maybe this project right here!) on Pinterest before Tuesday, January 27th, 2015. Then, copy and paste the link of the pin to this Facebook contest page and enter your information.
…but then I caught them doing it again and again. Any time we had a box, a chair or even a basket of blankets by the window, there was a dog on it.
It became clear that our little guys really liked looking out this window (and thankfully didn't bark very often while doing so), and the idea of a real window seat was born.
I measured out the window to see how wide we could go and how high we wanted it, so that the dogs could see out over the ledge. In the end we decided on 31″ across, 16-1/4″ inches deep at the top and 20″ tall with the cushion.
I knew I wanted to use this piece to add a little more colour and drama to our living room (which is otherwise beige, beige, beige). That's when Behr Paint's Blue Clay from the 2015 Color Trends caught my eye. It was a great moody colour with some real depth to it.
Then I was able to find light grey-green upholstery fabric for a steal ($4/meter!) to go with it and some seagrass baskets that I've had for a while.
We went to Home Depot to pick up the wood and I've found that if you go when it isn't too busy, they are usually nice about not charging for extra cuts (the first two are free). They especially like it if you come with all your cuts drawn out on paper already, instead of trying to do the math in your head on the spot! In the end we only needed ten cuts to get the pieces we needed and even if we had to pay $8 extra it would have been worth it to have it done there, and come home with all our pieces ready to go.
I marked the screw holes about 3/8″ in from the sides and Garrett drilled in pilot holes at each spot.
The top piece and bottom piece were the same, with three holes for each side piece and then another three for the middle piece.
I held the side and middle pieces in place, while Garrett continued to drill the pilot holes into those as well.
Drilling pilot holes really helps to limit twisting or splitting the wood. For screws we went with drywall screws to make sure everything was secure.
Once the base, sides, middle and top were in place, we added the back piece on and screwed it in four spots. These are the only screws holes that could possibly have been seen once the piece was assembled and they're only on the back. I filled them in with a little wood putty and allowed it to dry before sanding.
For the edges, my dad told us about this great preglued wood veneer edging. At first I was skeptical, but it ended up working really well.
The wood side is very realistic and I could see why it would work so well with staining too.
I used it to cover all the exposed edges and to add a little extra trim along the sides too (you can see it on the sides in the finished product).
The application was really simple. Using a regular household iron (on cotton setting with no steam), you press the veneer onto the edge, moving along every few seconds. Once it had dried, I took a utility knife and trimmed all the excess off. I then took my sander with fine sand paper and lightly sanded all the edges to make sure there were no small pieces to get splinters (definitely picked a few of those out of my hand before catching on).
I used a clean cloth to wipe any sawdust off and that got to work with the primer. It was really starting to look like a piece of furniture now!
…colour!!! I picked Behr Marquee in Blue Clay in a satin finish. Even though Blue Clay and the rest of the 2015 Color Trends are not part of the Behr Marquee Color Collection (and thus the one-coat coverage guarantee does not apply), the paint went on perfectly in one coat using a brush. I painted the bottom first, let it dry for a couple of hours and then propped it up on boards to do all the other sides.
We laid the board for the cushion base on top of the foam and used a marker to trace along the edges.
To cut the foam, we actually got to use one of our Christmas gifts – an electric carving knife! Not only does this thing slice turkey like nobody's business, it's also the best tool for cutting styrofoam or cushion foam.
Garrett held it steady, while I carefully cut along the lines.
It fit perfectly when we were done!
We placed the upholstery fabric with the good side down, then the foam on top of that, followed by the board. If your fabric is thick like this upholstery, you should be okay, but for thinner fabric, I suggest doing a layer of batting first. Holding the fabric taut, we went around and stapled it on.
For the corners, we folded the ends in like you would a squared corner of a bed and stapled it in place.
To attach the cushion base to the top of the bench, we drilled two 1-1/4″ screws from underneath the top piece, into the cushion base. Each piece of wood is 3/4″ thick, so it would go just through the top piece, into the cushion base, without any risk of the screw end poking through.
For the base of the storage bench and the bottoms of the baskets, I put felt furniture protection pads (those little felt stick-on circles) to prevent any scratches. I still can't get over how easy this project was – totally doable in a weekend! After that it was just a matter of letting the pooches take it for a test drive.
They jumped on it right away and settled in for some squirrel watching.
So far it's become their favourite little lookout, and I love that it gives us some extra seating when we have company too. That is, if we can get the dogs to share.
Be sure to take some time to check out some of the amazing projects from my fellow Behr DIY Experts. – there are some truly awesome and inspiring projects here that are sure to get you in the mood for a fun project to kick off 2015! And don't forget to stop by the Facebook contest page for your chance to win a $500 VISA gift card!
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Amanda!! I'm oh so loving the DIY Window Seat Storage!!! Can I have it? hehe I bet your pups won't part with it now. BEHR's Blue Clay is such a fun shade, I have it too.. but I haven't used it yet.
The project is awesome 🙂 Well done!
I absolutely LOVE window seats! I tried to make a "homemade one" for my bedroom and ones for the kitchen where the cats could sit and look outside too (didn't turn out nearly as lovely as yours). Such a great idea though, great job!!
Cute! I love that colour, its so pretty!
Hurray for projects that go smoothly. It pretty much never happens for us, either.
This looks awesome! I love that it fits your window perfectly and the pop of color is great.
Love the color you chose!
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By RILEY PITTENGER/Montana State News
The annual Cold Smoke Awards and Winter Carnival are set to take the stage of the Emerson Cultural center on Saturday, Feb. 11. The awards themselves are a Bozeman staple from their inception in the 1990s, and they continue to rouse excitement every year, even when the cold smoke itself takes its time on arrival.
"We started out as a bunch of friends who were shooting our own ski films for fun and ended up seeing the need for an independent awards show that grew every year into what it has become," Anjin Herndon, one of the originators of the Cold Smoke Awards and the film and tech editor for the company, said.
"We got in touch with people out of Jackson Hole, Wyo., and all over Colorado until the awards became a show, which became an event and grew into its current presence," he said. "We want the Cold Smoke Awards to celebrate and unify mountain culture with every aspect. We primarily receive film submissions but we are open to any aspect of mountain culture and its expression, which is why we do it."
The awards will be kicking off on Saturday night in the Crawford Theatre within the Emerson, with music and merrymaking following in the ballrooms with the Winter Carnival. Local DJ talent will be performing all night in celebration of winter, even if the ground is dry.
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A teenager has been charged following an incident involving a moped on Sunday (May 28) in Craven Park, Harlesden.
Nathan Bloomfield, 18, of Pippin Close in Brent, was charged with a number of offences including assault on police, aggravated vehicle taking, no insurance and driving not in accordance with a licence.
He has been bailed and will next appear at Hendon Magistrates' Court on Monday June 26, police said.


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The Unquintessential Leadership Aspects of Emotional Marketing
Posted: August 31, 2015 in General Things about Quintessential Leadership, Practical Quintessential Leadership, Qualities of a Quintessential Leader
Tags: crassness, crudeness, deceptive, dishonest, elitism, emotional marketing, fear, fear-mongering, gimmicks, insensitity, intimidation, manipulation, plays on emotions, quintessential leader, sensationalism, superiority
We live in an incredibly noisy world.
The world is so noisy, in fact, that most people have resorted to the most base tactics – and those involve emotional reactions and responses – to be seen and heard.
These tactics, which are more common than not and are all around us, even though we may not even be aware of them, include gimmicks, sensationalism, and manipulation.
But are gimmicks, sensationalism, and manipulation okay to use? Should quintessential leaders use them?
That's the topic we'll discuss in this post.
Lets look at some examples of what gimmicks, sensationalism, and manipulation look like first.
As you go through your day today, I challenge you to look at all that you read and see and be aware of whether they are gimmicks, sensationalism, and manipulation or not.
If you're paying attention, I believe you will have an eye-opening day.
The front page of the August 27, 2015 New York Daily News, pictured below is an example of sensationalism.
The ad below for the ASPCA (American Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals) featuring Sarah McLachlan's 1997 hit song "Angel" is an example of manipulation.
These quotes and titles from a random sampling of the internet in the last week are gimmicky, sensational, and manipulative.
"…with ABC company's finest immune boosting products as well as various soothing and calming treasures to help beat the stress…"
"How to Wreck Your Future"
"This Kind of Olive Oil Can Kill Cancer Cells in One Hour"
"Lose 20 Pounds in 21 Days"
What do all of these have in common?
First, they appeal directly to emotions and are designed to provoke an intense emotional response. Disgust. Sadness. Elitism. Fear. Hope. Happiness.
The second thing that they have in common is that they are dishonest, deceptive, manipulative and unproven.
The third thing they have in common is that they play on the gullible susceptibility of humans by promising, in most cases, something they can't deliver.
But this is the way the majority of society has adopted to entice people to open the doors of their message or product because "smart" marketing says if someone opens the door the odds of them coming in and staying are very high.
This is the bait and the hook. And once emotions are involved, it doesn't matter whether it's true, right, logical, factual, or proven. Because emotional decisions don't depend on anything real (how things are), but instead on sensation (how things feel).
Back in the day, this would have been called yellow journalism. Now it's called emotional marketing.
There are many things wrong with these techniques. Here are a few of them.
First, when a person or an organization is appealing to emotion, they are appealing to the irrational side of humans. Decisions made strictly on an emotional basis, with no consideration of logic and facts, are always, at the least, regrettable decisions and, at the worst, bad decisions.
And these kinds of decisions can – and often do – have disastrous consequences in peoples' lives.
Second, a person or organization using emotional marketing is being dishonest and deceptive. Not only are they promising the moon, which no human can deliver, but they are intentionally misleading and manipulating other people to buy whatever they're promoting or selling.
If a person or an organization draws people in under false pretenses and in an untrustworthy manner, then the logic follows that whatever they are promoting or selling can't be trusted in terms of efficacy, quality, or longevity.
Third, people or organizations using emotional marketing are revealing both a lack of care and concern for others and a lack of personal integrity and character.
Because emotions are subjective and easily manipulated by gimmicks and sensationalism, using this type of marketing to reel customers in is a reflection of both a win-at-all-costs and the-end-justifies-the-means mindset, which is at the core of unquintessential leadership.
Unfortunately, most people are unaware of the emotional marketing that is thrown at them continually. And because society, in general, has abandoned logic, reason, and critical thinking in all its decision-making, it's a safe bet to say that most people don't really care if they are being manipulated and deceived by emotional marketing.
But we all should be aware and we should care. Consider the following statements from a generic emotional marketing campaign:
Notice that the first statement can't be substantiated and has no objective data (ingredients that are different or better than specific competitors or the results of customer taste tests), but it promises healthier and tastier than any other tea that exists in the world.
The second statement also can't be substantiated and is again lacking objective data to quantify it (e.g., 100 people who drank XYZ brand of tea in Yuma, Arizona on a 118-degree day in August said it was refreshing).
The third statement appeals to how a person looks (less calories equals less weight) and how a person feels (better than ever before).
The question of "how do you know?" is never addressed because of our lack of awareness and lack of care about being manipulated into buying something because it appeals to us on an emotional level.
When we get accustomed to accepting things without proof, to using our emotions to guide our decisions and choices in life, to abandoning logic, critical thinking, and reason – which emotional marketing makes easier and, eventually, the default way we live life – we are at great risk for being more susceptible to deception, dishonesty, and manipulation every where in our lives.
Quintessential leaders don't use emotional marketing. They don't use gimmicks, sensationalism, and manipulation. They use facts, logic, and critical thinking. They prove what they say and do before they say and do it. And they expect everyone – their teams, their audiences, and their customers – to do the same. Nothing less than this method is acceptable.
The reality is that nothing less than this method should be acceptable for any of us, but even more so for those of us who are striving to be quintessential leaders.
The mirror test, as always, will tell us whether we have fallen into the trap of emotional marketing as quintessential leaders.
Do we consistently appeal to emotional responses by gimmicks, sensationalism, and manipulation to motivate our teams, to build our customer bases, and as a way of life?
Have we abandoned facts, logic, and critical thinking in our decision-making? Do we prove everything for ourselves or do we just accept whatever we see, we read, or we are told without any substantiation?
Have we moved more toward emotional marketing and away from factual, logical, and provable information in our lives, both as leaders and as consumers?
Do we even know the answers to any of these questions?
If we find that we don't know the answers, then now is the time to examine our lives and figure out what we are doing and why.
If we find answers that show that we have embraced emotional marketing both as leaders and as consumers, then today is the day to begin to change that with a return to facts, logic, critical thinking, and truth, which will lead to us rebuilding our integrity and becoming trustworthy.
Does this matter to you?
If not, then you cannot claim to be a quintessential leader. In fact, you can't claim to be any kind of leader. Instead, you are a duped follower of a dishonest, deceptive, manipulative, and untrustworthy system that has infiltrated every part of modern society.
If that's okay with you and you can live with it and yourself, then this post won't matter to you and you'll dismiss it along with any other things in your life – including those occasional pangs of conscience that knock on your brain but you brush away and ignore – that demand a higher standard, a different standard, a standard that sets the right example for others.
But if it's not okay with you, then join me in daring to be different and daring to do the right thing all the time and daring to become a quintessential leader in every aspect of our lives.
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A century ago, as the United States prepared to enter World War I, the military chaplaincy included only mainline Protestants and Catholics. Today it counts Jews, Mormons, Muslims, Christian Scientists, Buddhists, Seventh-day Adventists, Hindus, and evangelicals among its ranks. Enlisting Faith traces the uneven processes through which the military struggled with, encouraged, and regulated religious pluralism over the twentieth century.
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Moving from the battlefields of Europe to the jungles of Vietnam and between the forests of Civilian Conservation Corps camps and meetings in government offices, Ronit Y. Stahl reveals how the military borrowed from and battled religion. Just as the state relied on religion to sanction war and sanctify death, so too did religious groups seek recognition as American faiths. At times the state used religion to advance imperial goals. But religious citizens pushed back, challenging the state to uphold constitutional promises and moral standards.
Despite the constitutional separation of church and state, the federal government authorized and managed religion in the military. The chaplaincy demonstrates how state leaders scrambled to handle the nation's deep religious, racial, and political complexities. While officials debated which clergy could serve, what insignia they would wear, and what religions appeared on dog tags, chaplains led worship for a range of faiths, navigated questions of conscience, struggled with discrimination, and confronted untimely death. Enlisting Faith is a vivid portrayal of religious encounters, state regulation, and the trials of faith—in God and country—experienced by the millions of Americans who fought in and with the armed forces.
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A reflection on the problematic of temporality, from an analysis of On Kawara's practice, also revealing certain important aspects of Cesarco's working methods.
A Landscape of Time was originally conceived as a talk given in 2012 at Dia Art Foundation as part of their "Artists on Artists" program, a lecture series that examines the work of contemporary artists from the perspective of their colleagues. First published in Peep-Hole Sheet, the text starts with an analysis of On Kawara's practice, moving on to reflect on the fundamental philosophical question of Time. Cesarco's considerations about On Kawara thus go beyond a detailed survey of his works, also revealing certain important aspects of Cesarco's working methods and highlighting the importance and value of the often hidden links between artists' lines of exploration.
Born 1975 in Montevideo (Uruguay), Alejandro Cesarco lives and works in New York.


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The Most Common Selling Mistakes Home Sellers Should Be Aware Of!
As a property seller, you naturally want the best offer for your home. But this does not mean you list your property at an excessively high price. Buyers tend to lose interest and not bother coming for viewings. Here are some common selling mistakes that all home sellers should be aware of!
Most often, lending companies over-estimate the value of your house in order to encourage re-financing. The best thing to do is to appoint a real estate agent who has vast knowledge about the local sales in your neighborhood. This will give you a better idea of your property's real value.
When trying to market your home to potential buyers, make sure you showcase your home to make it look appealing. If there are any repairs outstanding, get them done right away. A poorly kept property will lessen your chances of selling it at the price you want.
Purchasing a property can be a difficult decision for any home buyer. You must therefore allow potential buyers to properly assess the property and do not try to hard sell. Instead, be approachable and give honest answers to questions.
Potential home buyers who show interest in your property may not actually be interested at all. Most REALTOR'S® do not find buyers within 3 months as people like to weigh all their options before settling for their final choice. If they have their own homes to sell first, they will not be able to afford to buy another one.
Your assigned real estate agent should be able to competently find true buyers for you. These professionals will usually check the potential buyer's savings, or buying power to see if they have the ability to purchase. Even if your real estate broker overlooks this factor, you should do your own research to obtain this information. This will help you avoid time wasters. What is more, you may look for a new REALTOR® who is more competent than the previous one.
The other mistake you may make in selling your property is overlooking your responsibilities. It is highly important to be well-informed of the real estate contract. This is a legally binding document and can often be confusing. You should seek the advice of a lawyer first prior to signing the contract. By not getting legal advice, the terms in the contract may end up costing you thousands, so it is your responsibility to know your obligations.
You should by now have taken your time in choosing a knowledgeable real estate agent. However, circumstances may change and you may have misjudged your agent. In this case, you are within your right to move on to a new REALTOR® who can fulfill your needs. Most agencies will have no problem replacing a REALTOR® with a new one so be sure to appoint the right person before signing the contract.
Another mistake that many home sellers tend to make is limiting the advertising of their property. There are two marketing tools that most sellers use known as open houses and classified adverts. But the fact of the matter is that both of these strategies are ineffective. Less than 1 percent of properties are sold at auctions and less than 3 percent are sold through ads. REALTOR'S® only use these methods to attract potential buyers, not to sell the property.
Your assigned real estate broker should use a number of different advertising strategies. He or she should be dedicated in selling your home and must be easily contactable by potential buyers. During business hours, when the calls are received, and viewings are arranged, your real estate agent will work hard to sell your home during these hours. These professionals are especially useful when you are at work and do not have the time to show your home to prospective buyers.
The last mistake is selecting the wrong real estate agent. As selling your house is one of the most important financial transactions you will ever make, it is highly important that you choose the right REALTOR®. Experienced real estate brokers cost the same as brand new REALTOR'S®. But the chances are that the experienced broker will find you a better buyer without the hassles.
It is best to take your time in choosing the right real estate agent. Be sure to interview the candidates and ask them all the questions you have to assess their competency. If you want to have the best selling experience, it is essential that you hire the most experienced and professional REALTOR® that understands your needs and can get you the highest price.


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The Polish Handball Cup is an annual competition for handball clubs in Poland. It is overseen by
the Polish Handball Federation (). The tournament was established in 1959 and takes place every year (with a few exceptions, not held in: 1961, 1962, 1963, 1964, 1967, 1974, 1975, 1991, 2020).

Orlen Wisła Płock are the current title holders, having beaten Łomża Vive Kielce in the 2022 final.

Winners
 The complete list of the Polish cup winners since 1959:

Total titles won

See also
 Polish Superliga

References

External links
 Polish Handball Federation website

Handball competitions in Poland
1959 establishments in Poland

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Q: How do the Selenium bindings work, and how do I use them? Note: This may be more of a "meta" issue of how to understand documentation rather than a specific issue with the Selenium bindings themselves.
I'm looking at the Selenium Python bindings, and I'm a bit confused.
Most examples of how to start a simple instance of the browser require something like this:
from selenium import webdriver
browser = webdriver.Firefox()
browser.get("www.google.com")

Now, I look at the webdriver.firefox object and I see that there are four methods associated with that object! I'm sure there should be more than this. Where, for instance, is .get() in my example?
So I start looking around and I see that there are a bunch of methods I can use on the webdriver.Firefox() object in webdriver.remote. But this doesn't seem to make sense? I'm not using webdriver.remote? Why are all these methods in here?
Finally, my confusion is compounded by the fact that there's selenium.selenium, which has a host of interesting and powerful methods, but I have no idea how to use them. Then don't work on the webdriver.Firefox() object, so how do I use them? Why do they never appear in any examples?

A: webdriver.Firefox() is in fact webdriver.firefox.WebDriver.
Just have a look on the code in selenium/webdriver/__init__.py and selenium/webdriver/firefox/webdriver.py, which inherits a lot from the RemoteWebDriver class.
There is a short introduction to the selenium python bindings, too. Have fun!


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New Petition to save Lifta
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Lifta, a most picturesque Palestinian village, lies on the slopes of West Jerusalem below the highway linking it to Tel-Aviv. It has been abandoned since the invading Hagana underground forces backed by the Stern Gang drove the last of its Palestinian inhabitants in 1948 during the ethnic cleansing of Palestine.
It was the one single event which changed the nature of the place and the whole region. Although dozens of houses were destroyed, many of them still remain poised on the landscape.
Lifta is considered by many as a rare and fine example of Palestinian rural architecture with narrow streets aligned with the slopes of the mountains around it. Its cubist forms are a wonderful manifestation of the mastery of the Palestinian stone masons who were the indigenous owners and builders of these houses.
Today Lifta is more or less a ghost town suspended in space and remains deserted despite the fact that most of its original Palestinian inhabitants live in the surrounding communities. The Israeli authorities refuse to allow them to return.
Now the Jerusalem Municipality has produced plans to turn Lifta into a luxurious and exclusive Jewish development – reinventing its history in the process.
The Plan, numbered 6036, was designed by two architectural offices: G. Kartas – S. Grueg and S. Ahronson, as part of the "local space planning of Jerusalem". The plan was submitted on June 28, 2004, and according to its title refers to "The Spring of National". The plan, submitted to the Jerusalem Municipality Planning Committee in 2004, was approved by a regional committee.
In 2005, objections to the Plan were raised by several groups, including Bimkom (alternative center for Israeli planning) and the representatives of the regional committee of the organization and construction for the Al Quds-Jerusalem area.
In January 2011, the Israel Lands Authority published a tender for 212 luxury apartment villas and a hotel to be built in Lifta. The published tender means gave contractors until March 6 to submit their bids for the project, which has already been approved by the Interior Ministry and the Jerusalem Municipality. The project was designed by the Ehud Tayar Engineering Firm.
In March 2011, a judge issued a restraining order so the plan to destroy Lifta is on hold for the meantime. Now the struggle to prevent the destruction of the village moves to the public sphere.
Main Issues:
• The original Palestinian inhabitants of Lifta, their memories of the village, their exile and longing to return to Lifta are not mentioned, or even considered by the Municipality Master Plan.
• Lifta captures the moment of destruction of Palestinian life in 1948. Its 3,000 original inhabitants fled – mostly to East Jerusalem and to the Ramallah area. However, unlike many of the 530 Palestinian villages and towns conquered and bulldozed during the war of 1947/48, a few of Lifta's houses remain almost intact, yet deserted and declared 'officially' resettled.
• These set of circumstances have placed Lifta in a unique position: its original inhabitants are still around, living in the OPT and the Chicago area with a desire that the injustices done in 1948 be acknowledged and repaired.
• In Israel, renovation projects are frequently used to build a national narrative, ignoring the deep contradictions between planning and human rights that inevitably arise out of such initiatives.
• With Lifta, we have a place where a new national transformation results in the erasure of another' people's memory as evidenced in the new Masterplan.
• Lifta is a tangible embodiment of the larger context of events in the region during 1947/48. Lifta can be a vital place for contemplating and understanding the concept of historical continuity.
• Lifta's heritage is a story of a multicultural society, embracing a strong sense of an ethnically and religiously diverse community of Muslims, Jews and Christians which encapsulated a healthy civil equality amongst its inhabitants and the neighbouring communities. If Lifta were to be rejuvenated with due care to preserving its memory, it could offer a unique opportunity for the start of a new dialogue towards a conciliatory outcome.
Petition's Aim:
This petition aims to save Lifta through the World Monuments Fund , amongst others, and to draw attention to this site which has been threatened by neglect, vandalism and forced occupation by extremist settlers.
1948 - Lest We Forget
Architects and Planners for Justice in Palestine
Bimkom - Planners for Planning Rights
Foundation for Achieving Seamless Territory
Jews for Justice for Palestinians
Lifta Society
Rabbis for Human Rights
Tarabut – Arab–Jewish Movement for Social & Political Change
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The centenarian rode 24.25 km (15.1 miles) in 60 minutes watched by crowds of cheering supporters at the International Cycling Union (UCI) velodrome in Aigle, Switzerland.
The feat does not threaten the 49.7 km (30.8 miles) achieved by Czech cyclist Ondrej Sosenka in 2005 at the age of 29, but it will be recognised by the UCI in a new over-100s category.
"But basically, I am like everybody," said Marchand. "I am lucky that I haven't had any major health problems. My advice to anyone, young or old, is to keep moving. I do 'physical culture' every day. It works out my whole body and keeps me supple. Some people when they reach 80 years old, start playing cards and they stay immobile. Not me. I've never been able to keep still." Clearly.


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The Traveling Locals
Milan Italy, Walking in Da Vinci's Steps
The Milan Catherdral or Duomo di Milano
Milan Italy usually conjures up images of tall, skinny runway models wearing oversized sunglasses while indoors during fashion week. Based upon the amount of wannabe Instagram models all posing in the same cliched poses at all exact same spots, I'd say this stereotype of Milan is very alive and well for a lot of people. This is the Milan a wanted absolutely nothing to do with. After you get past the mob of shady characters offering you "friendship" string bracelets and the queued up 20 year olds waiting to take the same picture with the same fake expression as the previous 40 women, you'll find a Milan with a rich history that's impacted the culture of the entire world.
Amazing Glass Ceilings in Galleria Vittorio Emanuele
Piazza del Duomo and Galleria Vittorio Emanuele II
I was in Milan for a business meeting, and I was fortunate to extend for a few extra days to explore the city that was once the capital of the Western Roman Empire. I was staying at the Grand Hotel Villa Torretta in Sesto San Giovanni, a short metro ride away from the Piazza del Duomo. I've been really impressed with the train systems in Italy, they're easy to understand, reasonably priced and usually on time. Getting off at my metro stop, I climbed the stairs and emerged into the light of the spectacular Piazza del Duomo and had my first glimpse of the Milan Cathedral, or Duomo di Milano. This Gothic style church is the largest in Italy and is about 600 years old. The piazza is surrounded by more modern building, but this space dominated by the cathedral. On the highest of the many pinnacles, you can spot the glint of gold on the Madonna statue, marking the highest point of the structure. The piazza is usually very busy with people snapping photos, sitting on benches or having an Italian drink in one of the nearby outdoor cafes. On the left side of the piazza, you'll find the ornate entrance to the vaulted glass ceilings Galleria Vittorio Emanuele. This is Italy's oldest shopping mall, built in the late 1800's and is filled with local shops and restaurants. The glass ceilings were heavily damaged in WW2, but they've since been restored to the former glory and still attract the packs of aforementioned Instagram models.
Sforza Castle Tower and Fountians
Sforza Castle and Leonardo da Vinci's Early Work
A short walk from the Milan Cathedral through the city will bring you to the impressive and sprawling Sforza Castle. This walled fortification has changed hands numerous times throughout history and it now houses several museums within it's high walls. You can purchase a ticket at the main entrance, and exhibits include famous paintings, sculptures, tapestries, Egyptian artifacts and a very impressive music instrument display. Leonardo da Vinci was commissioned here early in his life and one of his projects was decorating the walls and ceilings of a large room in the tower with realistic vines, trees and branches. Incredibly this was soon completely painted and plastered over when the caste was taken over by the French and the space was used to stable horses! The work here of da Vinci was forgotten and remained covered for several hundred years until plans began to restore the castle. The original work of da Vinci was barely detectable under the paint and plaster, but restoration processes were able to uncover most of it, including original black and white sketches outlining the project created by da Vinci himself. The museum features and interactive light show in the room that lets you visualize how it was painted and restored on the actual surfaces of the building.
Leonardo da Vinci's Scetches
Sforza Castle Courtyard and Towers
Santa Maria delle Grazie and The Last Supper
Walking out through the same gates that Leonardo surely did countless times, you emerge into an enormous park with manicured lawns and gardens. Oddly enough, the entire park is a free wifi hot spot and you'll find lots of people working on laptops on picnic tables throughout the park. While the park is only a little over 100 years old, the city of Milan exhibits a lot of notable sculptures within the gardens. The Arch of Peace (Arco della Pace) is located on the far side of the park opposite the castle. From here is set out to see one of da Vinci's most famous works, The Last Supper. This mural is located on a wall in a dining room of Santa Maria della Grazie, a church and convent. It's a profound feeling looking up at this work of art, wondering if da Vinci knew or understood how this painting would effect the world, hundreds of years later. The fact that we still have this to view is just short of a miracle, considering the
extremely poor treatment it's faced in the past 500 years. French soldiers threw stones and attempted to carve out the apostles eyes, and after it was used as a stable and then a prison! Several restoration attempts have cracked or destroyed parts of the painting, and nearly the entire building it resides in was bombed and destroyed in WW2. Fortunately, conservation of this piece of world culture and history has been treated much better in recent times and this work of art should remain visible to the public for hundreds of years to come. There is an admission fee, and a you can purchase tickets in advance online. It tends to sell out, so make sure you reserve your spot as early as possible.
Leonardo da Vinci's The Last Supper
Finally, no travel post about Italy would be complete without at least one food mention. Italy is by far my favorite food destination, and for good reason, almost every city has it's own distinct culture and foods. While in Milan, I wanted to eat where the locals ate, and I found my way to the small locals restaurant Salsamenteria di Parma (Via San Pietro all'Orto 9, 20121,Milan). Like many local spots, it's not the fancy exterior that impresses, it's the fresh generations old recipes inside that count. I usually try and ask the servers or locals what they'd recommend if they were eating there, and in this case the waitress pointed me in the direction of the tripletta parmigiana. Fresh pumpkin ravioli, ricotta cheese with savory culatello cream sauce with a local bottle of Lombardy wine,Sforzato di Valtellina and you have the kind of Italian meal you don't find at the Olive Garden back in the states.
Fresh Pasta at Salsamenteria di Parma, Milan
Where We Stay: Grand Hotel Villa Torretta (Via Milanese, 3, 20099 Sesto San Giovanni MI, Italy). A 17th-century building that once belonged to Milan's most famous and wealthiest families. About a 10 minute walk to the M5 metro Line.
Where We Eat: Salsamenteria di Parma (Via San Pietro all'Orto 9, 20121,Milan). Fresh pasta
Piz (Via Torino 34, 20123, Milan) Fresh Local Pizza
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Staden Jaigaon ligger i Västbengalen i norra Indien, på gränsen till Bhutan. Ove Strand har besökt Kjell Borneland English School i staden och träffat engagerad skolpersonal - och alla underbara barn. Dessa har genom den här skolan och dess lärare fått en chans till en skolgång de aldrig annars kommit i närheten av. Ombedd att hålla ett tal till föräldrar, personal, barn och lokala politiker var det inte svårt att välja fokus: Barns Rätt och The Convention On the Rights of the Child, naturligtvis.
På bilden ovan ser vi hur talet översätts till det lokala språket nepali på Parents Meeting den 17 nov.
"There were lots of questions regarding Child Rights from the parents and it was good that some of them had never heard about Child Rights. We all the teachers explained to them and the meeting had been very interactive. We will surely work together in expressing the importance of Child Rights and education to all the people of our village and Jaigaon."
"... I am 63 years old and sometimes I forget what my professor told me. I feel I'm too old now to learn new things. This visit to India proves me wrong every day. Almost every minute. And it's a tuff match to face how much this ageing boy still have never heard of.
But a few things I do know.
Like how to tie my shoes. And how to drive a car. And - one perhaps a bit bigger thing: how to make a better world.
Step 1. Gather children - in India and in Sweden - and tell them, inform them about the Convention On the Rights of the Child.
Step 2. Gather grown ups - in India and in Sweden. Not only inform them, but teach them about the Convention On the Rights of the Child.
Step 3. Make us sit down together under a beautiful Indian or Swedish tree. And talk about what is said in the Convention. And what this means to our everyday life.
- what is best for children - is best for everyone."


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Arsalan Anwar (born 4 November 1986) is a Pakistani cricketer. He scored a century in his single Test innings for the Pakistani national under-19 side, played two first-class matches for Sialkot during the 2007–08 season, and later moved to Ireland where he played Twenty20 matches for Munster Reds.

Born in Sialkot, Punjab, Arsalan made his debut for the Sialkot District under-19s in July 2003, aged 16. A right-handed batsman, he played in the 2003–04 Inter-Region Tournament, scoring consecutive innings of 88 not out and 99 against Quetta and Multan. In the same tournament the following season, he had a run of six consecutive half-centuries – 66 and 54* in a three-day match against Rawalpindi, 67* in a one-dayer against Faisalabad, 123 and 84* in a three-day match against the same team, and finally 112 in a three-day match against Quetta.

The Sri Lankan under-19s toured Pakistan late in the 2004–05 season, playing two under-19 Tests and three under-19 One Day Internationals (ODIs) in March and April 2005. Arsalan was selected in Pakistan's squad for the tour. He did not play in the first Test, but was one of three inclusions for the second – he, Nawaz Sardar, and Zohaib Ahmed came into the side, while Abid Ali, Nauman Alavi, and Uzair-ul-Haq were excluded. In the match, played at the Multan Cricket Stadium, Arsalan came in seventh in the batting order, with the score at 118/5. He proceeded to score 103* from 216 balls, including thirteen boundaries, and featured in a 143-run sixth-wicket stand with Fawad Alam, who scored 75. Arsalan did not bat again in Pakistan's second innings, as the match was drawn after four days. Having not been dismissed in his only innings, he finished his career without a batting average. Arsalan was less successful in the three ODIs on tour, with 62 runs in total and a best of 38.

Arsalan played for the Sialkot under-19s during the 2005–06 season, captaining the side at both inter-district and inter-regional level. In the inter-district tournament, he scored 160 against Mandi Bahauddin District and 102* against Gujrat District, and in inter-region one-day matches, he scored 105* against Rawalpindi, 104 against Peshawar, and 91* against Karachi Urban. Arsalan finished the latter tournament with 373 runs at an average of 93.25, the most of any player. Later in the season, he made his senior debut in Pakistani domestic tournaments, scoring a century on debut for Pakistan Army in Grade II of the Patron's Trophy. After playing for Sialkot's senior side in inter-district matches over the preceding seasons, Arsalan was selected to make his first-class debut during the 2007–08 season of the Quaid-i-Azam Trophy. In his two matches, against Habib Bank and Pakistan Customs, he scored only 41 runs, finishing his career with an average of 10.25. Arsalan played no further high-level matches for Sialkot, with his last recorded game coming in July 2008, an inter-district fixture against Gujranwala District.

He made his Twenty20 cricket debut for Munster Reds in the 2017 Inter-Provincial Trophy on 16 June 2017 against Leinster. He played his second, and to date final, T20 appearance a week later against North West Warriors. He skippered Limerick Cricket Club in the 2020 season.

Arsalan's older brother, Shaiman Anwar, is an international cricketer for the United Arab Emirates.

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1986 births
Living people
Pakistani cricketers
Cricketers from Sialkot
Sialkot cricketers
Munster Reds cricketers
Pakistani expatriates in Ireland


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By Elena Stone Last updated: January 9, 2021
Outer space has inspired artists from the beginnings of humankind. This includes of course jewelry makers. And why not? a lot of the genuine materials we can get here on Earth are pieces of rock (meteorites) that have fallen from the sky.
I mean, think about it. It is actually possible to own a piece of real space jewelry that actually came from out of this world. How cool is that?
In this guide, we are going to take a look at the best pieces you can find and purchase online. Here are the rules we followed to select the items:
The center rock or main component must be made out of space components
No radioactive materials allowed
Must be legal to purchase (lunar rocks brought by the Apollo belong to the U.S. Government). More on the legality of buying meteorites here.
– But wait, don't all precious metals technically come from outer space?
Well, that is correct. Most elements in the periodic table, including precious metals like gold, silver, platinum or palladium were at some point created in the core of a star through a process called stellar nucleosynthesis.
When we refer to rocks or materials that come from space, we are talking about specific meteorites that weren't found previously on Earth. There's a certain magic to owning something that spent millions of years traveling across the vastness of the universe and found its way here.
A piece of jewelry with meteorite pieces contains an implicit message. It talks about everlastingness, progress, and about finding your way to the places you are meant to be in.
They make excellent gifts for significant others, family members, or even yourself. One of the great things about jewelry is the meaning that lies behind it and there's a lot of meaning to these pieces.
With all that being said, let's get to our list of the best space jewelry.
Starborn Moldavite Pendant
Sterling silver moldavite pendant
Metal 925 Sterling Silver
Gem Moldavite
Pendant size 0.75 inches
Moldavite is a mysterious looking silica green rock. It has been found only in small areas, specifically, around southern Germany and the Czech Republic.
Scientists believe moldavite is a byproduct of a meteorite impact that happened 15 million years ago. This was probably the same impact that created the Nördlinger Ries crater in Germany.
The purest samples of moldavite are so rare they are usually reserved for museums or research. They can be distinguished because their color is a brighter shade of green and is generally more translucent than other pieces. The pieces with the highest grade after that are the ones used for jewelry like this pendant.
We don't really know how much moldavite really found its way to Earth but it isn't much for sure. No other meteorite that contains it has been found so far.
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Muonionalusta Sterling Silver Pendant
Muonionalusta pendant
Stone Muonionalusta
Certificate of authenticity Yes
As of today, the Muonionalusta meteorite is the oldest meteorite impact in the world that we know about. Scientists believe it impacted Earth around one million years ago and it was discovered in 1906.
Muonionalusta crashed around the area that is now the border of Sweden and Finland. Only about 40 large pieces of it have been recovered, making its pieces quite rare. It is mostly made out of iron and nickel, but a small percentage of its constitution is rare elements like gallium, germanium, and iridium. These rare metals have made the pieces more desirable for collectors, which in turn has made its price go up in comparison to other similar meteorites.
The design of this pendant reminds is very fluid. It has some themes of balance, water, and protection.
It comes with a certificate of authenticity and is made by Starborn, a company that has a good reputation and uses genuine materials in their jewelry.
Campo del Cielo Meteorite Bracelet
Stones Campo del Cielo meteorites
In Spanish, Campo del Cielo means Sky Field.
This is the name of a place in Northern Argentina that is known for having been hit by dozens of small iron meteorites only 4 or 5 thousand years ago. At least 26 craters exist in the area. The largest one is almost as big as a football field.
With the force of the impacts, fragments of these meteorites scattered across a vast area that includes multiple countries. Meteorite hunter is a real profession for some people in the area. What they do for a living is seek these pieces day in and day out to sell them to collectors, museums, and jewelry manufacturers.
Like many similar meteorites, the Campo del Cielo fragments are mostly made out of iron with a small percentage of nickel. Trace amounts of rarer elements like Iridium and Germanium have been found in some cases.
This bracelet is made of many small meteorite pieces lined by a sterling silver bracelet. It makes for a wonderful, memorable gift.
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Source – Campo del Cielo on Wikipedia
Stainless Steel Gibeon Meteorite Watch
Metal Titanium body
Meteorite Gibeon meteorite
The Gibeon meteorite is one of the oldest meteorites that have been found on Earth. It fell in the prehistoric era in the area that is now Namibia, in Southern Africa. It was named Gibeon after the closest town to where it was found.
About 33 fragments of the meteorite were found in the early 1910's and they weighed about half a ton. Some fragments made it out of Namibia after it was found, but in the 1970s the Namibian government changed the laws to protect the asteroids as national monuments. It is now illegal to extract and commercialize any new fragments that are still being found today. That means only the pieces that had already left the country are available to collectors and jewelry manufacturers.
The story of this meteorite is quite interesting, you can read more about it here. Its pieces are becoming rarer and more expensive as time goes by.
This watch has a minimalistic design that fits very well the texture of the faceplate which is made out of a piece of the meteorite.
There is a women's version of the same style with a lighter, thinner design.
Moldavite Faceted Sterling Silver Earrings
Meteorite Moldavite
Comes with gift box Yes
We already talked about moldavite on the first pendant presented in this list, but here's another piece that shows why are these rocks so popular.
Moldavite pieces are one of the one few meteorites that have the reflective properties necessary for polishing it and shaping it on a diamond-like rock.
These 5mm earrings have a classic butterfly back. The small bubbles of gas and water trapped in the moldavite plus the faceted design give it a unique and mysterious texture.
The company makes these pieces by hand and they are located in Pennsylvania.
Agoudal meteorite spiral cage pendant
Agoudal meteorite pendant
Meteorite Agoudal meteorite
In ancient times, it was believed amulets made out of meteorites enhanced the wearer's balance, strength, and good luck.
The Agoudal meteorite, also known as the Imilchil or High Atlas Mountains meteorite reminds us of these stories with its black, deep, tones. It was found very recently – in geological terms – in the mountains of Morocco in the year 2,000.
A huge fragment weighing almost 60 kg (about 132 pounds) was recovered. The rest of the pieces were small pieces like the ones used for this elegant pendant.
The curious lack of nickel in comparison to other similar meteorites is what gives it its profound color.
Gibeon meteorite fire pendant
Bead size 19x5mm
You will see a few pieces in this list are from the Gibeon meteorite. That is because its composition and size allow jewelry makers to make all types of pieces with the fragments.
The almost steel-like, scratched texture of the meteorite blocks gives the jewelry unique textures that would be hard to find on iron blocks found on Earth.
The circular design of this pendant reminds us of planets orbiting a star or fiery balls circling something. It projects balance, protection, and movement.
Also, check out the other designs by the same seller. Even though they don't use space rocks in many of their designs, they are still worth taking a look at.
Sterling Silver Moldavite, Muonionalusta, and Campo del Cielo Meteorite Pendant
Meteorite Moldavite, Muonionalusta, and Campo del Cielo Meteorites
Gift box Yes
Here's one of our favorite pieces on the list.
It combines fragments from three different meteorites we have already mentioned. The centerpiece of the pendant is made out of the Muonionalusta meteorite, the top rock is from Campo del Cielo, and the little "jewels" that tie everything together are made out of moldavite.
This is for the kind of people that really want to have a story to tell when they get asked what their pendant is made out of. Learn a few of the facts that we have presented about each rock and you'll impress at least someone at the next party you attend.
The design is great. It uses the strengths in texture and shape of each of the pieces. It is a risky design because they could have easily overdone it but it came out very elegant.
JTV Green moldavite pendant
Gift box Unknown
Talk about impressive designs.
This moldavite pendant isn't scared of having a bold design. It is drop-shaped and made of white topaz stones surrounding a bunch of moldavite droplets and a few golden accents.
It is truly a beautiful piece of jewelry with a weight of 6.6 grams. If you are looking for something with a lot of impact, this pendant is an excelent option.
10. Men's Starry Night Goldstone Ring
Metal Titanium
Glass Glodstone
Most of the items in the list so far are for women so we thought adding something for the guys might be fair.
Goldstone is a type of glass that can be polished to get a beautiful glittering finish that looks just like a starry night. It has a certain elegance to it that goes well with the enclosing tungsten carbide band they chose for this ring.
The ring is very elegant and makes for an incredible present for a man that likes space but also has to show up to the meeting with the clients.
Tateossian Campo Del Cielo Meteorite Black Rhodium Plated Cuff Links
Metal Black Rhodium
Meteorite Campo del cielo
A list featuring the best pieces of space jewelry wouldn't be complete without an awesome pair of cuff links.
These cuff links by Tateossian have a very interesting. The cuff links hold the rocks with 5 arms that resemble a star. The rocks come from the Campo del Cielo meteorite. Cuff links tend to be more subtle and plain, but these still manage to keep a certain air of elegance while trying something different.
They also make a great conversation starter.
Space Dust Necklace
Material Carbonaceous chondrite
Not everything has to be rock fragments when it comes to space jewelry. Sometimes meteorites collide with Earth so hard or break up in the atmosphere and all that remains is a handful of dust.
This space dust can be collected and used to make this beautiful – and very affordable – vials filled with stardust.
The specific dust for this comes from a carbonaceous chondrite asteroid. It was found in Northwest Africa and is some of the oldest known matter on Earth.
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Author Elena Stone
Elena is a Canadian journalist and researcher. She has been looking at the sky for years and hopes to introduce more people to the wonderful hobby that is astronomy.


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iPhone 13 Pro: How to Shoot Macro Photography
Friday September 24, 2021 2:28 PM PDT by Tim Hardwick
With the launch of the iPhone 13 Pro and Pro Max, Apple introduced Macro mode, a new camera feature that's exclusive to the Pro models and brings the immensely detailed world of close-up macro photography to iPhones for the first time. Keep reading to learn how it works.
With Macro mode enabled, you can take pictures or video of subjects that are as close as 2cm to your iPhone's camera lens, which means you can now take shots of flowers, textures, insects, or pretty much anything small or at close distance, with accurate focus, rich detail, and no blurring.
Here's how to use the Macro mode feature on iPhone 13 Pro and iPhone 13 Pro Max. Bear in mind that Macro mode is exclusive to these models and isn't supported on iPhone 13 mini or iPhone 13.
Launch the Camera app on your iPhone 13 Pro.
Make sure Photo mode is highlighted in the camera mode menu. If you're shooting video, swipe to Video mode instead.
Line up your close-up subject in the viewfinder and allow the camera to switch to the wide-angle lens. Move in closer – the subject can be as close as 2cm away from the lens (you can use the zoom if necessary).
Hold the phone steady. Once the lens has focused on the subject, tap the shutter to take the shot or begin capturing video. If you're shooting video, tap the shutter button again to finish.
When you're experimenting with Macro mode, you'll likely notice that your iPhone 13 Pro switches automatically to the new mode as soon as it detects an object that's within 14cm away from the lens. This can cause the viewfinder to jitter as it switches between the wide-angle lens to ultra-wide angle, which can be quite jarring and distracting.
As of writing, there's no way to prevent this behavior when taking macro photos. If you're shooting macro video, however, you can prevent it by enabling the Lock Camera option under Settings -> Camera -> Record Video.
Apple says that a forthcoming update, due in the fall, will allow users to specifically turn off automatic camera switching when shooting macro photography at close distances.
Have you taken a cool macro shot on your iPhone 13 Pro? Show it off in the comments below!
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Only took 20 or so photos so far and I feel like every macro shot is rewarding…
LiE_
Here's one I took earlier.
Denzo
Ever wanted to look down the barrel of a straw on your ice latte? Me neither. ?
Yeah, but what use is it in the real world ('https://www.macrumors.com/2021/09/24/iphone-13-pro-first-impressions/')?
Well, let's do a more extensive quote from that article
There are new camera capabilities, including a Macro mode. It's fun to play around with, but will have limited use in the real world.
Clearly, the author of that article has an easy time reading the serial number off the bottom of a Mac or back of an iPad, or from the strap slot of a Watch, or the IMEI from the SIM card holder of an iPhone.
I guess you can call that limited use. How often do most of us need to give those numbers to Apple tech support so we can arrange a repair? But I guarantee you that there are Etsy jewelry designers and eBay antiques dealers who are delighted to have this new tool.
But let's face it, a lot of "real world use" has nothing to do with practicality. What practical use is a football or tennis racquet, jewelry or a Halloween costume, a painting by Renoir or a Chopin etude?
As someone who purchased his first macro lens more than 50 years ago, the real world use is that it gives photographers another way to view the world around us. One of my favorite statements to make with a macro lens is "You can find beauty in the ugliest of places if you look closely enough." There has to be some real world value to that.
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Moakesy
And this is why the posts about phones not being the same as DSLR's / you can't beat the laws of physics etc annoy me so much.
This is shot with a phone you stick in your pocket. And look at it. It's beautiful. Sure, if you pixel peep and are hyper critical, it won't match pro level gear, but this tool we now can carry around with us all the time is simply incredible.
Great shot and well done.
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With the launch of the iPhone 13 series, Apple introduced several new camera features that take advantage of the A15 Bionic processor and advanced machine learning. One of these is called Cinematic Mode. This article explains what Cinematic Mode is and how to use it. What is Cinematic Mode? Cinematic Mode utilizes Dolby Vision HDR and a technique called "rack focus" to seamlessly shift the...
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Apple designed its iPhone software so that you don't have to close an app when you're not using it, since most apps that are not active remain in a suspended state and don't use up any resources or eat up battery. However, if an iOS app becomes unresponsive, you may need to force quit the app and restart it to get it to work properly again. Here's how you can do that on both older and newer ...
How to Close or Force Quit iPad Apps
Apple designed its iPadOS software so that you don't have to close an app when you're not using it, since most apps that are not active remain in a suspended state and don't use up any resources or eat up battery. However, if an iPad app becomes unresponsive, you may need to force quit the app and restart it to get it to work properly again. Here's how you can do that on both older and...


Olympus introduced their Four Thirds system not too long ago. Then they dropped it and ran with the Micro Four Thirds system and it looks like they are going to run pretty far with it. As far as I know there are only two companies currently using the M4/3 system; Olympus and Panasonic. Olympus is utilizing it in their smaller interchangeable lens cameras which are pretty cool if you ask me. I purchased a Olympus PEN as a M4/3 test mule recently and I love it. And then there is Panasonic with a similar line-up of small cameras. However, Panasonic took it one step further with their new AG AF-100.


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Actual Madrid coach Carlo Ancelotti has described fringe midfielder Dani Ceballos as 'untouchable', regardless of the 26-year-old beginning solely 4 instances in La Liga thus far this season.Ceballos has struggled to carry down a spot ever since he moved to the Bernabeu from Actual Betis in 2017 and in addition spent two years on mortgage at Arsenal. His contract is up on the finish of the season, which raised the potential of a sale this month to keep away from letting him go for nothing in summer season.However Ancelotti seems decided to maintain maintain of Ceballos, who has really began each of Actual's final two La Liga wins, for a minimum of the short-term."He's an 'untouchable' participant," Don Carlo urged following victory in Bilbao."It's true that he has not performed a lot, however at this level within the season we want everybody and hopefully he can take part extra in these video games which are arising."Planet League's Wealthy Holmes & Sustainable Clarets' Cat Jebson be a part of Shebahn Aherne to have soccer's local weather dialog forward of Inexperienced Soccer Weekend. For those who can't see this embed, click on right here to hearken to the podcast!One other of Actual's fringe gamers out of contract on the finish of the season is Nacho, now in his twenty third 12 months with the membership after first becoming a member of the youth ranks again in 2001.The 33-year-old defender began solely his second La Liga sport of the season in opposition to Athletic Membership as Actual saved a clear sheet at San Mames to remain inside three factors of Barcelona on the high of the desk. However, afterwards, he appeared to counsel he isn't happy together with his position."This 12 months is being a troublesome 12 months for me, however I present that after I play I do it properly," he stated instantly after that sport in Bilbao. "I'm glad after I play. When not, issues are totally different…"


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The Alucitidae or many-plumed moths are a family of moths with unusually modified wings. Both fore- and hind-wings consist of about six rigid spines, from which radiate flexible bristles creating a structure similar to a bird's feather.

This is a small family, with about a global total of 210 species described to date (though it is likely that some undescribed species remain to be discovered). They are found mostly in temperate to subtropical (but not tropical) regions. But they are rare even in parts of their core range; both in Great Britain and North America for example, only one species is found – the twenty-plume moth (Alucita hexadactyla) – and in the latter region, it is introduced. This smallish moth can often be found fluttering in the evening twilight or resting with its "wings" outstretched. Its larvae feed on honeysuckle (Lonicera). On the other hand, in Continental Europe a considerable number of species, mostly of the large genus Alucita, occur.

Systematics and taxonomy
The taxonomy of this family is somewhat disputed. Here, they are united in superfamily Alucitoidea with the Tineodidae, a diverse group of numerous small genera with about 20 species all together. However, the two supposed Alucitoidea families may be polyphyletic with regard to each other, and Tineodidae better included in Alucitidae. In any case, the similar-looking plume moths (Pterophoroidea) are widely held to be very close, if not the closest living relatives of the Alucitoidea.

Earlier, many authors assumed that the fruitworm moths (Copromorphoidea) were also very closely related to the Alucitidae (and the fringe-tufted moths, Epermeniidae) – according to some, closer in fact than the Pterophoroidea and even the Tineodidae. In this Alucitoidea do not exist; Alucitidae and Tineodidae are assigned to different (but still most closely related) superfamilies. In the treatment here, the Copromorphoidea are presumed to be the most advanced of these lineages of small but fairly "modern" moths, while the Alucitoidea and Pterophoroidea are more primitive.

Genera
The genera presently placed here, sorted alphabetically, are:

 Alinguata
 Alucita
 Hebdomactis
 Hexeretmis
 Microschismus
 Paelia
 Prymnotomis
 Pterotopteryx
 Triscaedecia

Footnotes

References
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  (1991): Tentative reconstruction of the ditrysian phylogeny (Lepidoptera: Glossata). Entomologica Scandinavica 22(1): 69–95.  (HTML abstract)
  (2003): Alucitoidea. Version of 2003-JAN-01. Retrieved 2011-SEP-24.

External links

 CSIRO High resolution images of two species.
 Deltakey Family description.


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Günther Klotz (* 21. März 1911 in Freiburg im Breisgau; † 7. April 1972 in Karlsruhe) war von 1952 bis 1970 Oberbürgermeister des baden-württembergischen Stadtkreises Karlsruhe.

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Klotz wuchs in Freiburg mit seinen zwei Brüdern Hans Klotz (Geschäftsstellenleiter beim Landgericht Offenburg) und Werner Klotz, der später im Zweiten Weltkrieg fiel, auf und studierte Bauingenieurwesen in Karlsruhe. 1935 trat er eine Stelle bei der Stadt Karlsruhe an, die er 1939 zugunsten einer Anstellung bei einer Baufirma aufgab. Während des Zweiten Weltkriegs war Klotz in Frankreich und Italien für die Organisation Todt tätig.

Nach dem Krieg wieder nach Karlsruhe zurückgekehrt, machte er sich vor allem einen Namen als Organisator der Enttrümmerung von Karlsruhe. In dieser Zeit wurde Klotz auch politisch aktiv und war für die SPD ab 1947 Mitglied des Gemeinderats. 1952 kandidierte er erfolgreich für den Posten des Oberbürgermeisters, den er bis 1970 innehatte. Während seiner Amtszeit entstanden in Karlsruhe neue Wohnviertel, unter anderem im Mühlburger und Rintheimer Feld, auf dem Bergwald, in Oberreut sowie die Waldstadt. Er setzte sich intensiv und erfolgreich für die Bundesgartenschau 1967 in Karlsruhe ein.

Am 29. Oktober 1970 wählte der Landtag von Baden-Württemberg Klotz mit 60 von 99 abgegebenen Stimmen zum Richter am Staatsgerichtshof für das Land Baden-Württemberg. dem er bis zu seinem Tod angehörte.

Die Stadt Karlsruhe wie auch die Partnerstadt Nancy verliehen ihm die Ehrenbürgerwürde. Darüber hinaus wurde eine in den 1970er und 1980er Jahren ausgebaute Grün- und Freizeitanlage an der Alb 1985 nach ihm benannt (Günther-Klotz-Anlage).

Sein Ehrenmal auf dem Friedhof in Karlsruhe wurde von Gudrun Schreiner gestaltet. Klotz war Mitglied der Studentenverbindung Freie Landsmannschaft Markomannia Karlsruhe im BDIC.

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