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Q: How to check whether a review link is accessible? I'm doing a iPhone app and there are review requests from within the app. I want to show the requests only when the review link is accessible. (You cannot expect users to give reviews when there's no network at all.) How to achieve this?

A: You can use Reachability to check network status:
http://developer.apple.com/library/ios/#samplecode/Reachability/Introduction/Intro.html
However, you might want to read my recent blog post about getting 5 star reviews and re-think your strategy:
http://thedistance.co.uk/journal/2012-01/how-to-get-more-5-star-app-reviews
[Spoiler: Don't use modal alerts]

A: Actually, for your purpose I think Appirater is really helpful, it also does the network checking for you and so on.

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A Royal Songbook: Spanish Music from the Time of Columbus (1995)
performed by Geraldine McGreevy (soprano), Harvey Brough (tenor), Jacob Heringman (guitar), Jacob Heringman (vihuela), Jacob Heringman (lute), Musica Antiqua of London, Philip Thorby (conductor)
composed by Alfonso X (el Sabio), Alonso de Mudarra, Anonymous, Anonymous, Italian, Anonymous, Spanish, Diego Ortiz, Francisco de la Torre, Gabriel Mena, Garcimunos, Johannes Ockeghem, Juan de Anchieta, Juan del Encina, Juan Ponce, Luchas, Pedro de Escobar, Roman
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Madame d'Amours: Songs, Dances & Consort Music for the Six Wives of Henry VIII (2004)
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composed by Anonymous, Anonymous, English, Anonymous, French, Anonymous, Italian, Anonymous, Scottish, Antoine de Févin, Francisco de la Torre, Henry VIII, King of England, Hugh Aston, Jacques Barbireau, John Merbecke, Matthieu de Gascongne, Vincenzo Capirola
Wordplay: Italian Chansons and chansons (2001)
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Con Law I, Part 1
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Since 1999, I have been a member of the faculty at the University of Iowa College of Law. I received my B.A. from Seattle Pacific University in 1988. After working for a few years as a writer for Duke University's Capital Campaign for the Arts & Sciences, I enrolled at the University of North Carolina School of Law. I completed my law degree in 1995, then moved to Baltimore, Maryland, to clerk for Judge Francis Murnaghan, Jr., of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit. From 1996 to 1999, I was an attorney in the general litigation department of the Perkins Coie law firm in Seattle, Washington. My C.V. contains my contact information. If I ever decide to get serious about Twitter, you will find me @tepettys.
At Iowa Law, I hold the H. Blair and Joan V. White Chair in Civil Litigation. For brief introductions to Mr. White--a man who was born in Burlington, Iowa, and who passed away in 2013 after living a wonderfully successful life both at work and at home--see here and here.


As I mentioned yesterday my husband, Andrew, recently traveled to China. Many people asked "why didn't you go with him?" Well, mainly because I'd already planned a trip to Phoenix to visit my brother and his family that same week, and the China trip came out of the blue. Maybe if he returns I'll go, maybe...to be honest China has never been on my list of places to visit.
When asked what I wanted him to bring back for me, I said just photos — I wanted to see what green there was in an area that has a reputation for pollution and rampant urban development. Here's a view from Andrew's hotel room — just a small portion of the Shanghai skyline — photo taken toward Nanjing Road. Evidently there is an extensive park system in Shanghai.
Here's another image of the Shanghai skyline, this photo taken from the Jinmao Tower looking west toward the Huangpu River. Those tall buildings appear to go on forever don't they?
A Greenwall on the Bund. The Bund is an area of European colonial architecture along the Huangpu River (more info here).
Another photo from Andrew's hotel room in Old Town, Shanghai.
Close up of the balcony shown above, with plants and laundry.
Laundry poles, another Old Town street scene.
Shoe repair on Fangbang Road. This photo is the Chinese counterpart to one I took of a cobbler's shop in Florence, Italy, when we visited in 2006.
Bicycle repair, also on Fangbang Road.
There were many individual stalls, all selling their unique blend of wares.
Outside the market, Andrew spotted this Agave.
There was no price that he could see, he thought it might be part of someone's collection and thus not for sale. I think it's A. 'Kissho Kan'?
Bonsai and other plants for sale on Xizang Road.
Cactus and succulents in the window at the Volunteer Center (meaning of "volunteer center" was unclear — but it looks like they're still celebrating the New Year).
Originally Andrew wanted to photograph this mass of grafted Euphorbia outside a fancy shopping district, but when this couple decided it was worthy of a portrait session, well his photo got even better.
This scene in Jing'an Park shows just what a social center the parks are for people living in the many urban high-rise buildings.
Andrew did have the opportunity to visit a traditional Chinese Garden, Yu Garden.
This scene reminds me very much of the "Knowing the Fish Pavilion" in our Lan Su Chinese Garden here in Portland.
Here's a gigantic forge at a Hardware factory in Shanghai. Note the person (dwarfed by the machine) on the left.
Plants outside a glass factory near Wuxi.
And a lonely plant, cheering someone's workspace in a stamping and spinning factory.
An orchard as seen through a window at a threaded parts factory in the Wuxi area.
Andrew's photos are absolutely fascinating. Most people would take a few casual snaps, but he went much deeper and captured a sense of what it's like to live there. I'd love to see more!
Andrew brought back some great pictures! I can certainly see the stylistic resemblances to Lan Su, but the big difference is that the Garden of Joy looks authentically old. Also...were those crickets alive?
Yes, they were alive. The one thing Andrew brought back for himself was a cricket carrier. It's a hallowed out bamboo tube with a cap. The cap is perforated so you can hear the cricket's song.
Love this glimpse into a world I can only imagine. It may seem strange, but the traditional garden was my least favorite part of this post -- love the street shots!
Not odd at all Alan, I felt the same way. I've only warmed to Lan Su over the years because of the cool plants. The rest of it (the traditional stuff) has always left me cold.
These photographs are absolutely amazing. Thank you to you and Andrew for sharing the gardens and culture of China. I so enjoyed the virtual tour!
Thanks for commenting Lee, and I'm glad yo uenjoyed!
I think the photos are a great gift, although the cashmere scarf is nice too! The bird/fish/insect market made me sad but I'm glad you got further proof of your statement "there's always an agave"!
Ya, I tried not to dwell on the sadness of that market. I couldn't read much of the article I linked to because of that. And YES! I'm glad you remembered the "always an Agave" line.
This is proof that "There's always an agave." Very interesting street shots. The HVAC thing is too funny!
ALWAYS! "Gay icons" is pretty much exactly what I thought when I saw that image...glad you enjoyed.
Fascinating. My brother lives 90% of the time in China, but I still have no interest or desire to go. He says there are some parts that are quite beautiful and not completely polluted. I'll take his word for it, and your husbands photos prove how interesting it all is.
One of Andrew's traveling companions remarked the air was much cleaner than "usual"...I guess he got lucky!
Thanks for the sharing. My grandparents still live in the old town. Your pictures just brought a lot of memories to me. I agree with Gerhard Bock, your husband went much deeper with his photos. Did he try the juicy small bun with pork and crab meat at Yu Garden?
SO glad you liked the photos Sherry, and I'll have to ask him about the treat you mention. It sounds like something he would enjoy!
Totally love this post. Thanks to Andrew for sharing his great photography (and you, too!). Just fascinating. That Agave is pretty darn cool. If it is Kissho Kan, I wonder if it has that form because it is growing in low light? Mine is quite tight with short leaves and red spines.
He took some great photos didn't he? And yes...definitely not a happy Agave, the low light has taken it's toll. Mine is as you describe, tight leaves with a definite red edge. If you look at the edge of the bottom of the leaves in the first Agave photo you can see a bit of red.
Thanks for pointing out the red spines at the bottom. I have to admit that I actually like its languid leaves, maybe just because it is so different. Not only does the form intrigue me, but also the fact that it doesn't seem to be reaching for the light, even though it is against a wall. I wonder if someone turns it? Sorry, it just makes me so curious!
I'm still laughing about Fangbang Road. Yes, I'm very immature but you knew that, right? I would have been so tempted to rescue those turtles. They're so cute. ... Did you notice that there were no children in the parks? I wonder if they're forced to be in school at that time. Great post. Please give Andrew a big thumbs up.
I was right there with you Grace. When Andrew was telling me about the photos we had to stop and have fun with "Fangbang Road" for quite awhile. I believe it was a weekend day when he was at the park, maybe there's a sort of play section where all the kids were?
Great photos. Two of my brothers-in-laws who are engineers have been to China for work numerous times. They returned with many interesting and scary stories. Did not make me want to rush over and visit.
If you ever get the chance to go, you should. I didn't want to go either, but a free plane ticket is a free plane ticket. It was AMAZING! Yes, some pollution and crowds, but so worth it. We happened to be in Xi'an during the world horticultural exhibition and that was crazy, like a world's fair but just for flowers.
Also, real Chinese food is soooo good.
Your logic is sound (re: free plane ticket). Mine wouldn't be though so no doubt that will factor in. World horticultural exhibition? You were lucky!
Live crickets in boxes, only in China. Chinese cities have never been on my list to visit, but there are so many botanical and geological wonders in that country. I do like that people keep potted plants around and inside the factories, even right next to where they work.
A great peek into, as you say, an entirely different culture. Fascinating post Loree. And I love your new scarf!
I just happened upon your blog because of gardening and there was a link from another blog. My daughter lived in Shanghai for 9 years. I visited twice but did not get to any gardens, though we did go to a flower market. I loved seeing these photos. Thanks.
Amazing pictures! How I would love to visit China.


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Posted by Shivver on April 28, 2015
The War Lord, the War Chief, and the Security Chief
There's just so many classic Doctor Who episodes that it's often very difficult to choose one to watch. So, one night recently, we decided to roll a die to choose the Doctor, and it came up '2'. I then listed out the Second Doctor episodes we have, and we both yelled out at the same time, "The War Games"! I believe we both had the same idea in choosing that one: we wanted to see the Second Doctor's regeneration into the Third Doctor.
I pulled down the DVD and opened the case and read the labels on the discs: Episodes 1-5 and Episodes 6-10. Ten episodes! That's nearly five hours for one story! With a bit of trepidation, we started it up and settled in. We ended up watching the first four episodes on one night, then the last six three nights later.
Summary first, so spoilers!
The Doctor, Jamie, and Zoe land in the trenches what seems to be World War I, where they are arrested by the British forces for possibly being German spies. The commander of the British forces, General Smythe, runs them through a farce of a trial, condemning the Doctor to death, declaring Jamie a deserter from the Scottish regiment and ordering him to be sent back there, and sentencing Zoe to return back to civilian lands. However, it's very obvious that he's using some kind of hypnotic suggestion to convince the soldiers to believe that the three outsiders are spies. After the Doctor escapes being executed, the three of them, plus Lieutenant Carstairs and Lady Jennifer (a nurse), who seem to have broken through the hypnosis, begin investigating and find that they're not on Earth, but instead are on some alien world which is partitioned into multiple areas, one for different Earth wars, and the soldiers there have been lifted from their times on Earth to fight the battles here instead. This turns out to be all an experiment run by an alien called the War Lord, to find the best human soldiers to create an army with which to take over the universe. The War Lord is assisted by a renegade Time Lord called the War Chief, who provided the space-time machines (the SIDRATs) used to transport the soldiers to the battle zones. The Doctor defeats the War Lord, but cannot contain him or return all the soldiers to their appropriate times, so he is forced to call in the Time Lords to take care of it. After finding the War Lord guilty of his crimes and dematerializing him, they also find the Doctor guilty of interfering and force him to regenerate, exiling him to Earth.
Ok, summary done.
With such a short summary, it's impossible to convey just what happens during the episode that takes five hours to tell the story. There's a lot of fleeing different armies that consider the TARDIS crew spies, traveling around trying to find out what's going on, and then later, the aliens trying to contain the Doctor and figure out why he's there and what he's trying to do. There's a bit of cat and mouse going on as the Doctor learns more and more and starts trying to sabotage what the aliens are doing. The most amazing thing about this episode, though, is that though the story takes five hours, it is riveting throughout the whole thing. It is paced a little slow for modern tastes, as are most of the classic episodes, but there actually was never a moment the entire time in which I sat there unentertained. There was always something going on, and it all was important. I have a tendency to play Doctor Who: Legacy on my iPad while watching shows, and I kept it next to me during "The War Games", but never once had any urge to play it – I wanted to keep my eyes on the screen. As a counterexample, I play DW:L all the way through Arrow episodes, because though they're interesting enough, the plots of the individual episodes and the characters are never compelling enough to warrant my full attention.
One of the side plots of the episode was the relationship between the War Chief and the Security Chief. The Security Chief didn't trust the War Chief, especially when he found out that the Doctor was a fellow Time Lord, suspecting that the War Chief called him in to assist him in overthrowing the War Lord. The War Chief did intend to overthrow the War Lord but not with the Doctor's help, and he hated the Security Chief because he was always in his way. Both characters were played almost to a hammy extent, but it worked well, giving them both very alien personas.
It's always a little difficult taking the special effects seriously in these old serials, and the thing that made us giggle the most were the computers and the SIDRAT controls. In this episode, they were basically refrigerator magnets of different shapes. Need to dematerialize the SIDRAT? Twist that U-shaped magnet on the panel. How about deactivating the control panel? Just take the magnets off the panel. It was absolutely hilarious, but on the other hand, it was rather ingenious. Why do highly-advanced Time Lord controls need to look like levers and toggles and dials? Why can't they be simple-looking inscrutable shapes on a flat panel?
So, bottom line, this was an excellent episode that was completely worth the time. I'm not sure I will watch it again, simply because it is so long, but it was enjoyable and I highly recommend it as a fantastic classic story.
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Hard classic data
Posted by Shivver on March 28, 2014
As a quick note, I'm going to be out of town for the next week. While I'll have access to computers at the hotel and I have a keyboard and the WordPress app on the iPad, I'm not sure I'll be able to post regularly, and certainly anything I do post won't have images. But rest assured, I'll be back. (I haven't tried out the WordPress app yet. I hope it's easy to use. For some reason, the workings of "productive" iPad apps still elude me.)
IMDB average ratings for classic episodes, with Doctors indicated
Yesterday, I wrote about the TV ratings graphs on GraphTV and discussed the ratings trends of the modern Doctor Who, and today, here's the graph for the classic series. You can see the real graph here, but the image to the left has the Doctors indicated. I don't have much time today to really look at this graph, but here are few interesting points.
First, there are few very important things to note about the data itself.
The dots indicate episode parts, not episodes themselves. For example, "The Caves of Androzani" is made up of four parts, and so there are four dots on the graph for it. Another important point is that the early episodes had different names for their parts, such as the first episode is in total made up of "An Unearthly Child," "The Cave of Skulls," "The Forest of Fear," and "The Firemaker."
The number of user ratings per dot are much lower for the classic series than for the modern series. These averages are calculated from 100-200 user ratings, while the modern series' averages are calculated from 1000-2000 user ratings.
In general, it seems that the average rating for each season is about 7.5 across the whole classic series, with a couple of very notable exceptions: the Second Doctor's second season, the Third Doctor's first season, the Fourth Doctor's first three seasons (Sarah Jane and Leela), and the Seventh Doctor's first season. I don't really know much about the history of the show itself, so I don't know why his first season was so bad, but… wow. Not a single episode rated above 7.0. He definitely makes up for it in his last season though.
It looks like the show's best and most consistent time was from the beginning of the Third Doctor through the third season of the Fourth Doctor: only rarely did the episodes dip below 7.0. I'd be interested in seeing what kinds of changes in the production staff happened at the beginning of season 15 that caused the quality to even back out to 7.5 again. The show's most inconsistent season is season 6, the Second Doctor's last season, which has some of the lowest- and the highest-rated episodes in the entire show.
One season that's worth looking at is season 21, the Fifth Doctor's last season. Mr. Davison has been quoted as saying that if he had known how good that last season was going to be, he wouldn't have left the show at that point, and the ratings show this: it started with a low episode ("Warriors of the Deep"), but then shot up and ended the Fifth Doctor's tenure on one of the best episodes in the entire series. Sadly, the average and slope of the ratings line are destroyed by the Sixth Doctor's debut episode "The Twin Dilemma," which unusually counts for season 21, instead of the Sixth Doctor's first season, season 22.
One other thing that I noticed was that while "The Trial of a Time Lord" is usually mentioned as being one of the low points of the series, on this graph its episodes average around 7.5, the same as most of the other seasons' averages, and its ratings are tightly clustered around that average, so there aren't any truly poorly-rated episodes.
That's that for now. Hopefully I'll be able to write regularly, but if not, see you all next week! To days to come!
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"The Five Doctors"
Posted by Shivver on November 15, 2013
After a hiatus of about eight years, I re-upped our Netflix subscription so that we can borrow all of the classic Doctor Who episodes they have. The idea is that we can watch all of them, and choose to buy any of them that we like. I'm hoping to eventually own every episode of the classic series, but it's prohibitively expensive to do that quickly, so I'm hoping to buy the good ones first at a rate of about once per month. That'll put me on track to own all of them by, oh, 2023 or so.
Richard Hurndall, Peter Davison, Jon Pertwee, Patrick Troughton
Last night's viewing was "The Five Doctors." It was the 20th anniversary special, aired in 1983, during the tenure of the Fifth Doctor, Peter Davison. It brought back the First Doctor (played by Richard Hurndall, as William Hartnell had passed away eight years earlier), the Second Doctor (Patrick Troughton), and the Third Doctor (Jon Pertwee) for a combined storyline that also featured the Master (Anthony Ainsley) and a whole slew of companions, including Brigadier Lethbridge-Stewart (Nicholas Courtney), Susan Foreman (Carole Ann Ford) and Sarah Jane Smith (Elisabeth Sladen), as well as the Fifth Doctor's current companions (Mark Strickson's Vislor Turlough and Janet Fielding's Tegan Jovanka). The show itself was a single episode, ninety minutes long.
"The Five Doctors" was remarkably fun. Technically, it wasn't a great episode – the plot suffered a bit from having to shoehorn in so many characters. Basically, a mysterious figure kidnaps the four Doctors and their companions (the Fourth Doctor was also kidnapped with Romana II but got stuck in the time vortex; plot-wise and title-wise, all of the Doctors needed to be kidnapped, but Tom Baker chose not to return to the show, so they used footage from the unfinished episode "Shada" and got him lost in the vortex) and drops them into the Death Zone on Gallifrey. They all individually decide that they must get to the tower in the center, and the show bops back and forth between the four different groups, showing their progress. They eventually figure out who the mysterious figure is and defeat him, and then bid farewell and return to their own timestreams.
The great part of the episode was seeing all of the old Doctors and companions. Mr. Troughton and Mr. Pertwee played their old roles extremely well, and the dialogue was spot-on. Amazingly, Mr. Hurndall not only looked like the First Doctor, but played the old, grumpy curmudgeon perfectly. In general, it was like watching bits of episodes of the old Doctors, spliced together into one big episode, and really, that's all it needed to be. I found myself smiling and happy at the end, and definitely willing to buy the episode for myself.
That said, there was one thing that they could have done better, to make it an even more immersive experience: they failed to show that the Fifth Doctor would know and recognize the companions and be extremely happy to see them. In the most important example, the First Doctor, accompanied by Susan, walks into the TARDIS (the Fifth Doctor's) in like he owns the place and demands to know why these strangers, Turlough, Tegan, and an unconscious young man on the floor, are in "my TARDIS." Turlough and Tegan point out that it's the TARDIS of the Doctor on the floor. This was a great scene, as the First Doctor finally realizes that he's been pulled out of time and is looking at his own, previously unknown, future incarnation. However, the Fifth Doctor revives shortly afterwards, and the First Doctor introduces Susan. The introduction is necessary, as Turlough and Tegan don't know her, but he's addressing the Fifth Doctor. The Fifth Doctor says, "Yes, I know."
And that's it – no special greeting or love for the granddaughter that he abandoned 350 years earlier. Perhaps they thought it would be really weird to have the Fifth Doctor treat Susan as a cherished, long-lost granddaughter when Ms. Ford was 12 years older than Mr. Davison, but it was completely in-character: the First Doctor had not wanted to leave Susan and missed her dearly. In the comic book The Forgotten, the Tenth Doctor underscores this when he specifically asks to see Susan one last time, so that he could apologize to her. A short bit of dialogue showing this in "The Five Doctors" would have reminded the audience that yes, the Doctor has a family and a history that is complicated by his regenerations, and given Susan more of a spotlight, which she definitely deserved.
Except for this one issue, "The Five Doctors" is worth the watch. It's not deep or emotional or mind-blowing – it's just a lot of fun.
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If we were to turn "snark" off, I would say that this is cookbook that assumes you have a large income, a strong inclination toward good appearances, and a 'sophisticated' palate. Not a pedestrian one. In other words, yes, I think this pretty much classifies as a snob cookbook. (Okay, so maybe my snark doesn't really have an "off" setting, just "low." Or "lower," anyway.) And that's okay–I carry around plenty of snobbery myself–like I'm a snob about bread, for instance; store bought pre-packaged stuff is just gross. But you should know what you're getting if you look into this cookbook.
I did find two recipes I wanted to copy out of it. One was for granola bars, and the other was for strawberry jam. Although I am going to leave the Grand Marnier out of the jam, since I am pedestrian, and I haven't been converted to using champagne vinegar in cucumber salad, and I'm not going to make truffled filet of beef sandwiches. Even if it would "make my friends swoon." You can, though!
Not Your Mother's Slow Cooker Cookbook by Beth Hensperger and Julie Kaufmann was an interesting book. I think that probably it should come instead of a manual with any slow cooker. I don't have a slow cooker; I think I would need a slow cooker roughly the size of a small watercraft in order to have it be an effective means of feeding my current crowd. I like that they are honest that certain types of cookers work better for certain types of recipes, and that they are diverse. There's, like, 34 different recipes for grain porridge. Some cookbooks would be all like, ". . . annnnd, you do can do this with lots of other grains, too. The end." Some of us are looking at cookbooks because we're short on inspiration, so it's nice to get so much of it.
I bet you a fairly large chunk of money that you would never make all the recipes in here (most people, for instance, aren't cooking rabbit). But it is a "real" cookbook, with real ingredients (not a lot of reliance on processed foods, but also not a lot of reliance on trips to specialty stores), to make real food when you really need to use a slow cooker.
I think. Not having a slow-cooker, I couldn't test any recipes out of it. But it made me want to go out a slow cooker, and I figured that was probably a pretty good review of the cookbook right there.
The Ultimate Southern Living Cookbook is a classic cookbook; by "classic," I mean that you give it to new brides so that when their mother-in-law comes to visit and they feel the need to impress they can go straight to this cookbook and look up how to make Eggs Sardou for breakfast. Or, if she's really new to this domesticated business, how to make scrambled eggs. And–how to fold the napkins, to boot.
It's a frank, down to earth, no nonsense approach to traditional American—whatever that means, since American cooking is a blend of a multitude of cuisines. New England Boiled Dinner, Homemade pasta noodles, fried oyster po' boys, Kung Pao chicken, and Huevos Rancheros with Chiles all comfortably appear in this book. You won't find modern trendy selling points plastered all over the place (just 2 1/2 ingredients and 13.75 minutes to make! Only 0.3 grams of trans fat and NEGATIVE carbs!!), but you will find almost any answer to almost any cooking question. Including, very matter of factly, how to scale a fish.
There is nothing particularly exciting! in this cookbook, but you would probably keep going back to it, over and over and over throughout this years. This is the kind of cookbook where you know it's been properly broken in when it falls open to "the good recipes" and has the splatters and stains to prove just how very often it was worth consulting.


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24/01/2018 - ICROSS Kenya Annual Report 2017
Dear friend of ICROSS please download the latest annual report which is below. It is our most comprehensive annual review detailing all of our activities and programmes together with a complete summary of ICROSS initiatives, Programmes and research. As always we welcome your feedback and your ongoing support to ICROSS as we try to make the world a little better. Your support to us is what allows our work to continue and expand. With your help 2018 will be our most significant year. We thank you for your continued efforts which keep all of our projects sustainable and through you we all continue to change the world. Download it here
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17/11/2017 - The Kenyan Marathon Nairobi Fundraiser for ICROSS 2017
James Kinyua leads the ICROSS team in a global Marathon running at over 6000ft above sea level. James is part of ICROSS team leading a new generation of young Kenyans supporting ICROSS projects across the country.
06/05/2017 - Founder of ICROSS has died
The Co-founder of the International Community for Relief of Starvation and Suffering, ICROSS, has died at the age of 102. Dr Joseph Barnes MD created ICROSS with Dr Michael Meegan in 1979. Before his work with ICROSS he has already spent 4 decades in Africa and round the World serving the poorest of the poor. He was Knighted by the Pope for his work in then the Biafran war for services to humanity.
18/03/2017 - Kenyan Drought worsens 2017
On 10 February the Government declared a national drought emergency, with 23 of 47 counties affected. The number of food insecure people more than doubled – from 1.3 million to 2.7 million. Some 357,285 children and pregnant and lactating mothers are acutely malnourished. All the nutritional data indicates the over 20% of children and 14% of mothers are malnourished. See ..Drought to intensify in Kenya in 2017, new early warning system showshttp://www.reuters.com/article/us-kenya-drought-idUSKBN1421WH
22/02/2017 - ICROSS focus on the UN sustainable goals 2017
ICROSS has just completed a team workshop on the UN sustainable development goals which are detailed in depth athttp://www.un.org/sustainabledevelopment/sustainable-development-goals/
These goals can only be attained through multi lateral, bilateral and global network partnerships. For over thirty years ICROSS has been developing close working relationships with International associations, organisations, lobby groups, networks and campaign initiatives. Equally important ICROSS has developed long term partnerships with communities and local groups at village level.
25/01/2017 - ICROSS GLOBAL DEVELOPMENT PLANNING WORKSHOP 2017
This week ICROSS is working with partners and colleagues in redefining and updating our priority areas of locally owned development initiatives.
Our rights based approach continues to campaign and lobby as well as implement programmes on the ground. For 38 years this month ICROSS has been building long term sustainable programmes meeting priorities set by local communities.
24/01/2017 - MOTHER AND CHILD HEALTH ICROSS 2017
ICROSS has focused on 3 long term outcomes in our Maternal Child Health services which were developed together with Professor Joe Barnes, Co-Founder of ICROSS and Professor David Morley https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/David_Morley_(paediatrician)
25/12/2016 - Christmas Greetings From The ICROSS Family
On behalf of all the ICROSS teams and volunteers at ICROSS International, we would like to thank all our friends, colleagues and partners and wish them a Wonderful Christmas. It has been a challenging year Worldwide and we have been only able to maintain all our programmes because of your dedication and help. While we will soon be releasing the Annual Review, this is a time of gratitude and celebration on another year of service and success.
On behalf of everyone in the International Community for Relief of Starvation and Suffering including the co-founder Dr Joe Barnes ( now retired at 102 yrs old ) we wish you a Blessed and very happy Christmas.
30/11/2016 - AIDS DAY 2016
ICROSS for the last 30 years has prioritized respiratory tract infection because it remains the biggest killer in Kenya, we have seen life expectancy fall by 10 years primarily because of HIV related infections these are the second major cause of death in Kenya as you can see from our strategic plan 2015-2020 diarrhea malnutrition and malaria are also are the center of our health programme these are all among the top 10 causes of death in Kenya in 2016. The vast majority of Kenya are under 15 years old and we need an effective strategic policy to bring Kenya life expectancy up to standards of other countries.
12/08/2016 - Focus on Jennah
Jennah-Louise Salked has been campaigning for women's rights in Kenya for the last four years. She has been dynamic as an ambassador for remote rural women's groups and mother and child health, this year Jennah has set up a series of projects working with ICROSS in Kenya and its partner charity in the United Kingdom, New World International UK. To learn more about the work of both charities, you can check out our YouTube https://www.youtube.com/user/ICROSSwork and our websites http://icrossinternational.org and http://nwiuk.org . If you would like to support any of Jennah's projects, you can donate through the British charity commission regulated charity http://www.nwiuk.org/ or directly https://www.charitycheckout.co.uk/1126542/Donate .
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Brooklyn News Service reporter Lisa Flaugh explores efforts to return New York City to its one-time status as the world's oyster capital.
New York's waterways are far more polluted with raw sewage than the state Department of Environmental Conservation has been reporting under a disclosure law passed in 2012, according to a new report from environmentalists.
The state's Sewage Pollution Right to Know Act requires that the public be notified whenever there is an overflow of raw sewage or other pollutants in any New York waterway.
The database that the state environmental agency created in response to the law reported 2,696 sewage overflow incidents, totaling approximately 160 million gallons of raw sewage contamination, between May 2013 and June 2015.
But according to the report Environmental Advocates of New York released March 10, the state agency is undercounting the amount of sewage spilled by a wide margin.
Out of the 2,696 reported sewage overflows, only 15 percent of the reports included an estimate of how much sewage was discharged, according to the report. That meant that 85 percent of what the DEC actually does report leaves out the volume of sewage contamination. According to Tapping Out, if all of their reports accounted for volume, the data would show well over a billion gallons of sewage being discharged into New York's waterways.
The DEC reported in 2008 that $36 billion needs to be invested into the state's wastewater infrastructure for repairs and upgrades. However, at a Joint Legislative Budget Hearing on Environmental Conservation in 2015, former DEC Commissioner Joseph Martens said he expects that number to have grown significantly since then.
"The state must step up to fully implement the Sewage Pollution Right to Know Act, as well as invest $800 million in community grants annually to fix and upgrade New York's clean water infrastructure to move us towards a clean water future where the Sewage Pollution Right to Know Act is no longer necessary," Moran said.
There has been a pattern of loose implementation of the Right to Know Act since its passage, according to the report. It took the DEC a year to release the first draft regulations.
"Until final regulations are in place, there are no clear requirements on what should be reported and when, how, and what penalties exist for failing to do so," said Moran. Reporting these sewage discharges remains largely voluntary, Moran explained.
According to "Tapping Out," DEC's Division of Water has 30 percent less staff than it did 25 years ago, and merely a seventh of the budget, despite the increase in that particular division's responsibilities since then.
Moran made recommendations for the DEC and the Sewage Pollution Right to Know Act in her report, including DEC staff funding increases, no exemptions in the reporting of sewage discharges, and an $800 million investment into the state's water infrastructure.
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Environmental groups met on Friday night at St. Peter's Church in Midtown Manhattan to discuss details of possibly using offshore wind energy as a part of Mayor Bill de Blasio's OneNYC plan.
Sane Energy Project hosted the event, and among the groups attending were the National Wildlife Federation, Uprose, and Deepwater Wind. Representatives of each group spoke and opened dialogue about the offshore wind project, and what it would mean for the city.
"We know that offshore wind is on its way for New York, and we want to consider how it will impact life for all New Yorkers," said Patrick Robbins of Sane Energy.
Offshore wind turbines would not only affect people. Many in attendance had questions about how such a project would affect birds.
Birds are much less active farther out over the water because the fish are deeper, making it less hazardous for birds if the turbines are further offshore, Bowes explained. The turbines will be over 15 miles out, according to Sherrell.
According to a study done at Stanford University, 40 percent of New York City could be powered by offshore wind by 2030.
De Blasio plans to reduce carbon emissions 80 percent in New York City by 2050, and spoke Friday on the Brian Lehrer Show on WNYC Radio about how offshore wind will help achieve that.
This article appeared in the August 14, 2014 Gotham Gazette.
John Randall gestured to a pile of wood stacked to the ceiling in the corner of his company Bien Hecho's nearly 4,000-square-foot suite. He explained that some of the wood was a section of the Coney Island boardwalk that was thrown away that he had personally pulled out of dumpsters. These discarded boards will eventually become a set of chairs, tables or cabinets.
Mark Lovci explained how his company, Duggal Visual Solutions, turned a toxic building into a state-of-the-art laboratory called the Duggal Greenhouse. According to Lovci, the Greenhouse is the only one of its kind in New York City. It utilizes solar energy, organic air purification and eco-friendly building practices. It has even been used as a rehearsal space for the singer, Beyoncé.
Once bustling with around 70,000 workers building ships for the United States Navy, environmental issues were not given a second thought. Today, however, the Brooklyn Navy Yard looks a lot different than it once did.
What connects a wood shop, a visual solutions company, and an over 200-year-old naval yard is nothing more than a mindset and a willingness to act.
This shared mindset is one of sustainability.
Sustainability is a tricky concept. It has a different definition depending on whom you talk to, but its importance must be understood, according to Adam Friedman, the Executive Director of the Pratt Center for Community Development.
He described sustainable practices as a way to combat climate change, an issue he called perhaps the greatest threat civilization will ever face. He predicts that every person will need to adopt sustainable behaviors and ultimately every business will have to be green.
Tucked away in North Brooklyn, bordering the East River is the 300-acre industrial park that has embraced the importance of sustainability. The Brooklyn Navy Yard has internalized this significance and become a hub for both environmentally friendly initiatives and businesses.
For years after the 1966 decommissioning of the Brooklyn Navy Yard by the federal government, the Yard became the perfect picture of neglect; home to a crumbling infrastructure with trees growing on rooftops and piers crumbling into the East River. A buyout and subsequent financial support from the City of New York and the leadership of the Brooklyn Navy Yard Development Corporation (BNYDC) – a non-profit charged with running the Yard, has had transformative effects. The Yard is now home to over 40 buildings, 330 tenants and a committed effort to be environmentally friendly.
Like any structure or idea, a commitment to sustainable practices needs to be built from the foundation upwards and that is what has happened. New buildings at the Yard are now built to meet the Green Building Council's Leadership in Energy and Environment Design (LEED) silver accreditation or better, LEED is recognized around the globe as the leading standard for design, construction, operations and maintenance in green buildings. Energy star roofs adorn many buildings, and the water and sewer systems have been improved. Even when stepping onto the Yard, the ground underneath your feet has likely been created with the idea of sustainability in mind.
This infrastructure has not only been physical. The BNYDC also fosters an environment committed to innovation for themselves and their tenants.
The Pratt Center – a community organization connected to Pratt Institute published a 130-page report about the Brooklyn Navy Yard last year that described the Navy Yard's most important policy.
This confluence of policies is a result of the Yard's mindset and actions. It is why, when stepping onto the Yard, a visitor does not have to look far to see it at work. Wind and solar street lamps are visible across the Yard, there are nine Citi Bike locations on or within one block of the Yard to promote environmentally friendly transportation. New York City's first building with mounted wind turbines is also located there, just to name a few.
Even the Yard's visitor center, BLDG 92, which was a $25 million venture and opened in 2011, follows this same mission of sustainable practices. The building has received LEED Platinum Certification, the highest certification for sustainable buildings and it has a giant solar screen across its southern façade.
"I think every program, project or initiative is really valuable and unique in its own right, but I think what is really mind-blowing about the Navy Yard and why people are often amazed when they visit, is its concentration," Glover said referring to the many environmentally friendly initiatives on the Yard.
BLDG 92 typifies a trickle down from the BNYDC mindset to their tenants.
The Brooklyn Navy Yard reached out to local businesses on the Yard to work on BLDG 92, according to Randall, 36, who founded his company, Bien Hecho, seven years ago and has been located on the Yard from its inception. His company was contracted to do the millwork for the project.
Bien Hecho, is one of the companies on the yard that markets itself as a green or environmentally sustainable company. According to the 2013 Pratt Center report, 19 percent of firms on the Yard, market themselves in this way.
This transmission of beliefs from the BNYDC to their tenants is shown in the Pratt Center study. The report showed that 47 percent of the tenants surveyed stated that the investment in green infrastructure is either crucial or important to their business, while 33 percent said that they have adopted sustainable business practices as a result of being located at the Navy Yard.
The Yard houses a lot of small niche manufacturers like Bien Hecho, but it is also home to larger environmentally friendly businesses, such as IceStone and Duggal.
IceStone is a manufacturer of durable surfaces that are often used as countertops or bathroom vanities. These surfaces are made out of 100 percent recycled glass and cement and the company has won nine awards for their sustainability efforts.
Duggal, a company with nearly 300 employees and a total of seven buildings has been lauded for their own environmental efforts as well, including their innovative Greenhouse on the Navy Yard, according to Lovci, Duggal's Vice President of Business Development.
Duggal provides printing, computer imaging and other services, while their sister company Lumi Solair built the wind and solar powered streetlights that are stationed around the yard. Since these lights generate their own power, they were some of the only lights working in the area after Hurricane Sandy struck the city in 2012.
Lovci sees the BNYDC's mindset on the cutting edge, and their commitment to sustainability to be the new normal, and moving in the same direction as the city of New York.
Greenery covers the roof of building three on the Yard. Kale, bac choi, carrots, pepper and other produce are grown on the 65,00-square-foot Brooklyn Grange rooftop farm. The farm helps capture and divert one million gallons storm water run-off each year, according to Glover. The farm was financed by a Green Infrastructure grant from the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA).
This grant represents just a fraction of the support the Navy Yard has received from the government and private investors. The Yard has received approximately $250 million in public capital funding for wide scale improvements over the past 18 years – compared to $3 million the Yard received during the previous 30 years, demonstrating a commitment to the Navy Yard and their mission that had not been there in the past. This, at a time while under Mayor Michael Bloomberg, the city launched a number of environmental initiatives like plaNYC and the Greener Greater Building Initiative. Both programs were created to combat the dangers of climate change and address the environmental factors that can negatively affect living conditions in the five boroughs.
The new 220,000-square-foot Green Manufacturing Center on the Yard that is targeted to lease to green manufacturers is an example of these exciting opportunities. The center alone has brought in $18 million in grants according to the Pratt Center report, highlighting the support for green projects.
"Under the Brooklyn Navy Yard Development Corporation's leadership, the Navy Yard has been transformed from the nation's largest ship building facility to a national model for sustainable industrial parks," said EPA Regional Administrator Judith A. Enck in an email.
While the government and organizations such as the New York State Pollution Prevention Institute, who recognized the BNYDC last year for their recycling program, have acknowledged the collective efforts at the Brooklyn Navy Yard, they recognize there is still plenty of work to be done.
The BNYDC has instituted a pilot waste-management program that has encouraged more recycling and has helped reduce truck traffic on the yard by 90 percent, according to Glover. However, Randall, who had opted to participate in the program until recently, described some flaws in the program, including glitches and a dramatic rise in costs, demonstrating that a mindset where sustainability is a significant factor has to be continually adapted.
"What is green today is not going to be green tomorrow," Friedman said.
There is no easy solution of how a company or organization can be perfectly sustainable, or how to offset the environmental footprint each person leaves on the Earth, but the BNYDC seems aware that in order to continue to be sustainable, they must change as technologies and the world change around them.


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IKO Shortlisted For 3 Awards in 2 Months
IKO PLC has been nominated in three separate awards schemes in September and October – the Highways Award for Sustainability & Environmental Performance, the LRWA Award for Liquid Waterproofing Project of the Year and the CMA 2017 Award for Best Social Media Campaign. The nominations, plus four earlier in the year, show the scope of IKO's operations in different industries: roofing, waterproofing, highways/civils, and car parks.
IKO was shortlisted for the Highways Award for the use of IKO Permatrack on projects including Tower Bridge in London and Netheridge Swing Bridge, Gloucester, which both demanded high environmental standards. The mastic asphalt used on both projects was entirely offset using internationally approved carbon credits.
The LRWA (Liquid Roofing and Waterproofing Association) Award nomination covers IKO's work on Broadway Plaza, a large multi-use complex in central Birmingham. Winners are announced on 8th November.
The CMA Award finalist for Best Social Media Campaign is for the #NoMorePotholes campaign. To celebrate the anniversary of the campaign in February 2017, IKO gave away 500 plastic ducks via social media. The ducks have been pictured in potholes around the country, showing the inefficiency of most repairs and IKO's long-lasting solution. They've even found their way into the hands of MPs and have helped to secure some pothole repairs!
Earlier this year IKO celebrated two wins in the MAC Awards, an NFRC Award nomination for Tower Bridge and being shortlisted in the British Parking Association Awards for Best Car Park Refurbishment. The different nominations highlight IKO's position as a leading supplier across the board.
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HOW TO AVOID THE PITFALLS IN THE VIDEO PRODUCTION?
HOW TO AVOID THE PITFALLS IN THE EXPLAINER VIDEO PRODUCTION PROCESS?
Do you know how explainer video works? We guess that a lot of people are afraid of using explainer video for promotion of their business, because they don't know the main principles of its introduction. But we can persuade you to pay attention to this way of boosting any business. Nowadays a lot of companies offer their video production service, because this field of activity is gaining popularity. Of course, you ask what is the reason for such tendency and as always answer is self-explanatory. Earlier people preferred to use a written form in line of thoughts, but now we've got an opportunity to present all the materials in a form of video presentation. Whether it's good or not, but as experience shows we need to follow this trend to present any our beginnings as well as possible. If you've decided to rely on explainer video, we'd like to help you to be in smooth water.
Are you fond of long and boring video content? We don't think so. That's why all you need is to remember that "Less is better". 90 seconds is definitely enough to present your idea so that it will be clear and interesting. A long duration leaves for cartoons, your goal is to build trust with your audience and show that exactly your product is worth noticing. There is nothing complicated at first sight, but usually, this point goes unseen.
This scheme works always and everywhere. Any explainer video is created to describe a key problem in plain language, that's why you should find the way specifically appropriate for your service. First of all, outline the problem you want to solve with your video, then give some arguments and try to persuade people that your product is the best one. It should be mentioned that each video starts with a creative brief (in other words, it is a step which figures out target audience goals), it's very important to know the opinions of people who are interested in your product and understand what results they would like to see.
Unique style is your trademark!
Don't use design templates. Of course, it's possible to make explainer video at the touch of a button, but it won't be an original content. Such method of video creation process completely limits your opportunities. As the result, you'll get a patterned video without a good idea and an indifferent animation. The only advantage is a cost of such type of work, but if you pay attention to all disadvantages, you'll understand that it is not worth the effort. A template-based approach doesn't kindle anybody's interest and doesn't attract attention to the things you do. We are sure that if you opt for explainer video, an application of such technique won't give an easy win. Give preference to animation studio or find a freelancer, both can help you to create a unique style for your brand, that will be identifiable and be crafted just for you. Here you can get more information about using templates!
Maybe, some of you consider that voice over is of no importance, but it's definitely not true. No accent voice over artist is a key. People should concentrate not on a pronunciation, but on the idea of your video. Nothing can draw attention away from a message, but an absence of native speaker usually does, it can cause lack of interest among your target audience and play a sick joke. All these steps are necessary to make an undoubted masterpiece, that's why try to avoid typical mistakes.
If you are a brand that really cares about its identity and aims at success, you should think over all the details carefully, not to get screwed. It's not easy to create a high-quality video presentation, so it's better to use a time-honored approach and take it very seriously.


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WWE Champion Jinder Mahal def. Randy Orton (Punjabi Prison Match)
PHILADELPHIA — Jinder Mahal left Randy Orton in ruins inside the Punjabi Prison at WWE Battleground to retain the WWE Championship, and he had some big help in achieving the task.
No, it wasn't The Singh Brothers who enabled Mahal to escape the Prison to achieve the victory. The Modern-Day Maharaja's trusted lieutenants were initially barred from entering the champion's chosen battleground, and they met a grisly fate when they defied that mandate. Mahal's help came in the form of his "personal hero" and the originator of the Punjabi Prison itself — former World Heavyweight Champion The Great Khali.
The Great Khali stuns the WWE Universe with a surprise appearance to assist WWE Champion Jinder Mahal in a barbaric Punjabi Prison Match against The Viper: Courtesy of the award-winning WWE Network.
The Punjabi Giant's return didn't come a moment too soon, either. Orton's prediction that Mahal had blundered by locking himself in a cage with The Viper had proven to be incredibly prescient. Orton used every inch of the steel-enforced bamboo to accentuate his cruel intentions, and the best thing Mahal could say about failing to walk through three of the inner cage's four doors in the allotted 60-second increments was that Orton had failed to do so as well.
The Modern-Day Maharaja only made it through Door No. 4 after The Singh Brothers emerged from under the ring and helped haul him, half-unconscious from an RKO, through the door. What followed was a literal race to the end, as a groggy Mahal attempted to climb the outer structure while Orton effortlessly scaled the inner cage and stepped over to the outside one, landing right next to the champion and instantly resuming the punishment.
The Modern-Day Maharaja steps into the dangerous Punjabi Prison to put his WWE Championship on the line against the retribution-minded Viper.
The Apex Predator managed to get Mahal off the cage by slamming his head into it, and The Singh Brothers struck again, yanking the 13-time World Champion off the cage and feeding him into a knee from Mahal. The Viper once again dismantled Sunil & Samir, even punching the latter off the side of the structure and through the commentary table when Samir wormed his way through the holes of the cage and attempted to counter Orton's ascent.
With Mahal down to one foot-soldier, a battered and bruised Orton went to work with a steel chair, lacing into The Maharaja and Sunil Singh with impunity. Now with a clear path to the outside, Orton began his exit — and then The Great Khali made his entrance. The 7-foot-1 titan shook the entire structure with bare hands, causing Orton to nearly fall from the top. Khali then wrapped his massive hand around The Viper's neck and refused to let go.
Mahal paused only to sneer in the ensnared Orton's face before continuing his descent down the structure to the floor for the win. With his championship in hand, his country behind him and a giant at his side, Mahal came to Battleground with a prison to his name. Before this is all over, he may well end up with an empire.
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Regional human rights courts sign cooperation pact
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Important for courts to share experiences in order to address various issues they are dealing with, says official
James Tasamba | 30.10.2019
The African Court on Human and Peoples' Rights signed an agreement Tuesday with the European Court of Human Rights and the Inter-American Court of Human Rights aimed at enhancing collaboration.
The agreement was signed by Justice Sylvain Ore, president of the African Court on Human and Peoples' Rights, Angelika Nussberger, vice president of the European Court of Human Rights, and Eduardo Mac-Gregor Poisot, president of the Inter-American Court of Human Rights.
The signing took place at the conclusion of the first meeting of the International Human Rights Forum in Uganda's capital Kampala.
The meeting was hosted by the African Court and attended by judicial officials from the European Court of Human Rights and Inter-American Court of Human Rights under the theme "Operationalizing the International Human Rights Forum and Enhancing Jurisprudential Dialogue."
Under the agreement, the courts will collaborate on issues relating to the organization and operation of the International Human Rights Forum with the aim of strengthening dialogue.
They will also collaborate on staff exchanges, capacity building and the establishment of focal points for system information and knowledge sharing among judges and staff of the respective courts on issues relating to jurisprudence, procedures and operational matters.
Speaking after the signing ceremony, Nussberger said the memorandum of understanding means that the three courts are committed to building human rights everywhere for everybody.
Ore said it is important for the courts to share their experiences in order to address the different kinds of issues they are dealing with such as the implementation of court decisions, jurisprudence and ratification since human rights are universal regardless of where one lives.
"We should have a certain harmonization on judgements we deliver. We had it in mind when we reached this memorandum of understanding," he said.
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