I think that's the most powerful sermon you have ever given. It was like a slap on the side of the head of this sinner. I was foolish in my youth. Now that I'm older, I'm paying for those choices that I made so long ago. It took me a long time to admit the truth. I too, tried to rationalize my behavior. I've repented of my sins, but I still see the fallout/wrath around me and in my family. You are so right, Monsignor, we need to humble ourselves (myself), pray and seek His face and turn from our wicked and sinful ways.
Very well said, Monsignor. I pray that certain clergy who are condoning homosexuality would be enlightened by this passage from Romans.
Thank you so much for this, Msgr Charles. It has come at just the right time for me, I promise you.
I am referring to my own seeking after the real truth and the many years of working at turning my life around to properly conform with the one that God would have me live. It was Romans 1 that really hit me hard in the face, over thirty years ago, when my life was anything 'but' what God wanted from me and I knew I had to do something very serious about it.
I have been working really hard at it over those years and have had so many wonderful blessings as a result. But – it is still so easily possible to have many knock-backs and lapses and, even with a truly strong and committed faith that I now have.
I have, recently, yet again been going through a very dark place, and I am not still clear about how it will resolve, but I would beg you and others who contribute here to please pray for my faith to be further strengthened and my fears subdued by Our Lord's great mercy and compassion, so that I may once again find myself on a truly even keel once again and confident in serving Him the way I should.
It was your last quote from 2 Chron 7:14-15, that lifted me up again and has helped me to, with full trust in God, 'keep on keeping on', as the old saying goes.
Thanks again for all you do here. It is a massive but very necessary task and I continue to pray for your efforts, supported by the Holy Spirit Himself, that they will bring about the conversions and changes that are needed in we people of this world – especially today.
God bless you and all . . . . . . .
You are in my prayers. I will pray that your faith is strengthened and that the Lord washes away your fear. Remember that Jesus is in the 'boat' with you even though he seems to be asleep.
Good monsignor, you went too easy on us, me thinks. Not! As always, thanks for the tough love — in ample doses.
Not to worry, Ray from the UK. You and all of monsignor's readers are in my prayers as I'm sure those of others.
Thank You for showing us, GOD's HOLY WORD.
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I will pray that the HOLY SPIRIT will send you to Rome as a Bishop.
God bless you for this. Words fail.
Actually, it goes back much further than 60 yrs, and if you listen to tapes of radio shows from the forties, even Jack Benny, you will see what I mean.
For my money, the underlying problem is human respect. For example, something would be said, for example on the Jack Paar show in the 60″s, something just a little over the edge. How puritanical it would have seemed to get up, cross the room and turn off the TV. And the next evening, there would be something a little worse, but just a little, and we became used to sitting through it quietly. And so our morals have been walked down, little by little, till now we have "gay marriage," children being "transgendered" and polygamy starting to appear.
Yet, I do not fault the secular producers, the directors, the actors or comedians. No, it was the Catholic and Christian people who permitted this electronic garbage to flood into their homes three and fours a day. What did we think was going to happen?
Now there are many parents praying for the return of their children to the faith and who will say in sorrow, "We did everything we could to raise them right." Did they? Yes, they did many things right, for example, in sending their kids to Catholic school, in saying grace before meals, and saying the family Rosary from time to time, bringing their children to Sunday Mass. Yet, they allowed the secular culture to form the minds and imaginations of their children. Our children are merely living out the images and patterns that formed their own moral imagination, a moral imagination formed by the likes of the Weinsteins.
Please continue to inspire us through your teachings Msgr. Pope!
Is it prophetic for "our times"? If you mean the early 21st century, I seriously doubt it was written for these few decades specifically, any more than the bit about "wars and rumors of wars", for example. If by "our times" you mean "all times between Pentecost and the Second Coming, then the answer is emphatically yes.
God tells us to listen to HIS Good instruction and heed His commands so that He can Bless us with His Love and Joy in the paths of HIS Wisdom, so that we may avoid the pitfalls of the destruction of the evil one. Yes, we have made ourselves gods, we have worshiped the created and not the Creator, we have rejected the source of all Truth and so we believed a lie. We took the "image and likeness" of God and made of it an idol, we saw the human form and worshiped it, we took our eyes off GOD and made gods of the created. This is our folly, the recompense of deception we are given over to when we reject the CREATOR and worship the created. Like people groping in the dark, our hands feel across the wall and our feet trip over what we cannot even see. God help us!
This is what I call a velvet hammer. The truth delivered with love. Anyone who thinks this country is on the right path is delusional. You can't kill 60 million babies and not pay a price. You can't turn men into women and women into men and not pay a price. You can't engage in unrestrained sexuality and not pay a price. You can't engage in wanton greed and not pay a price. The price is the loss of God's mercy and protection from the temporal consequences of our choices. Every nation that has sunk into debauchery disappeared. Why should this one be different? People who think it can't happen here are ignorant of history. Our lampstand can be withdrawn. Perhaps it already has been.
Thank you, Msgr. An excellent scriptural analysis of the current state of the world–especially in the west. What is truly distressing is the fact that this tolerance, even celebration and normalization of many of the sins that plague us is coming from the very highest level of the Church. In the name of "mercy" and "accompaniment" we are marching headlong down the path of perdition. The only bridge we need to be building is the one leading us back to God.
This is heart stopping. And true. But something keeps going and going through my mind, and I can't find an answer for it. Paul (and you) say that the revelation of God through the creation is sufficient for everyone to believe in Him and know HIs commandments. The first people to know God personally disobeyed Him and were kicked out of the garden. After that, many generations passed before God revealed Himself to Israel. Many people lived who did not know God personally. They believed in many gods who controlled creation. (They knew that they had not created anything, but they did not know the One God.) I just don't know how it is that they are to blame for that. It is messing with my understanding of fairness.
Why don' t the leaders in the Church respond to the churches who preach blasphemy? Why are they allowed to preach falsely and still be a part of the Church?. Don'tthe leaders of the Church condone the blasphemy by ignoring it?
AMEN! If only all who wear the collar would preach this truth, most especially our Bishops, whose sole calling is the pastoral care of souls, as St. Pope John Paul II eloquently described in RISE, LET US BE ON OUR WAY.
Monsignor, spot on once again! Thank you: this is quite a profound insight. I never saw this before, that the progressive depravity we observe in society is a revelation of the wrath of God. Clearly this is so! Now if only we would hear this from the pulpits.
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Fair Trial Rights in Criminal Proceedings – Practitioner Training, March 16
Published 24th March 2016
Carla Camilleri, Assistant Director, aditus
Fair Trials, in conjunction with the Centre for European Constitutional Law, invited aditus to participate in a practitioner training event that centered around fair trial rights in criminal proceedings and in particular on the body of EU legislation regulating such. Although criminal law remains largely within the remit of Member State competence, increased criminal justice cooperation at an EU level and cross-border activity require harmonised measures in order to strengthen procedural guarantees and the protection of fair trial rights. The Council Roadmap for strengthening procedural rights of suspected or accused persons in criminal proceedings outlined a number of proposals for the laying down of minimum standards on procedural rights across the EU which bind national authorities in all cases, including those that do not have a cross-border element. Three Directives have been adopted since:
Right to Interpretation and Translation in Criminal Proceedings Directive (implemented by Act IV of 2014 – Various Laws (Criminal Matters) (Amendment) Act, 2014)
The right to Interpretation and Translation in criminal proceedings regulates the suspected and accused persons' right to interpretation during police interrogations, court hearings and in meetings with their lawyer and also the right to the translation of essential documents. The underlying rationale of this Directive is that non-national suspects have the right to be able to understand and to be understood during criminal proceedings when they not speak or understand the language of the proceedings. This Directive was implemented into Maltese Law by Articles 534AC and Article 534AD of the Criminal Code.
Right to Information in Criminal Proceedings Directive (implemented by Act IV of 2014 – Various Laws (Criminal Matters) (Amendment) Act, 2014)
The Right to Information in Criminal Proceedings requires that all suspects and accused persons receive information relating to their procedural rights (and Letter of Rights) and to the accusation. In addition it grants the right of access to the case file where a person is arrested and detained at any stage of the proceedings. This Directive was implemented into Maltese Law by Articles 534AB and Article 534AF of the Criminal Code.
Right of Access to a Lawyer in Criminal Proceedings Directive (not implemented, deadline for transposition is 27th November, 2016)
The Right to a Lawyer Directive reflects the key principles laid down in the landmark Salduz judgment where the ECtHR stated that "Access to a lawyer should be provided as from the first interrogation by police (…) The rights of the defence will in principle be irretrievably prejudiced when incriminating statements made during police interrogation without access to a lawyer are used for a conviction."
This Directive applies to suspects or accused persons in criminal proceedings from the time when they are made aware that they are suspected or accused of having committed a criminal offence, and irrespective of whether they are detained. Importantly, Member States need to ensure that suspects or accused persons have the right to meet in private with their lawyer, including prior to questioning by the authorities and have the right for their lawyer to be present and participate effectively when questioned.
In implementing the Directive, Member States have to ensure (i) that suspects or accused have an effective remedy under national law in the event of a breach of rights and (ii) that during criminal proceedings, in the assessment of statements or of evidence obtained in breach of the Directive, the rights of the defence and the fairness of the proceedings are respected.
The Directive has not yet been implemented into Maltese law and to date no draft bill has been made public. In particular it would be interesting to see what national rules would be introduced in the event of breach of rights, such as rules on the invalidity or exclusion of evidence taken without access to a lawyer, the redoing of certain steps by discarding those steps carried out in breach of the law or the retrial or dismissal for fundamental breaches.
The lawyers present for the training were provided with updated information on the implementation and application of the Directives and landmark case-law both from the ECtHR and the CJEU. A module on the use of EU law at national level centered around the use of Directives directly in national courts and their relationship with the European Convention on Human Rights and the EU Charter of Fundamental Rights. A national expert provided the local focus module during which the Maltese lawyers present discussed local legislation implementing the Directives and the practical difficulties faced when applying them at the stage of interrogation, pending and during trial.
Throughout the sessions it was stressed that in order for the Directives (and national implementing legislation) to be effective their provisions must and should be invoked by lawyers in individual cases at a national level. It remains to be seen which national remedies are available and how effective they will be in the event of breaches of the above rights. Information on applying EU law regulating defence rights in national courts can be found on the Fair Trials website. Additionally, information on enforcing individual rights under EU Law in Malta can be found in Enforcing One's Rights Under EU Law, 2011 (ed. Prof. E. Buttigieg), a University of Malta publication.
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Borg v Malta, (Application no. 37537/13) 12th January, 2016 (in particular the Concurring and Dissenting Opinion of Judge Pinto de Albuquerque)
Malcolm Said v Attorney General and Police Commissioner (No. 74/2014 JPG), 14th January, 2016
Dimech v. Malta, no. 34373/13, 2 April 2015.
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This interview with Jessica Backus, the Senior Director of Gallery Relations at Artsy, was conducted and condensed by frank news.
frank: One of the things that we're talking about is technology and how there are so many different ways art is moved online. Art is moved online through the public getting to create it, art is moved online through social media, art has moved online through companies like Artsy, who are providing access to people around the world in every sphere of the art world. And in other ways. Like, performance art going online. I mean, I could go on and on. When you hear this mammoth question, what are the first things you think of as the highest impact ways that people are seeing art online today?
Jessica: That's a good question. You have to think what does impact mean? And that's actually the critical question a lot of us who work in this field are working on now. Five years ago, pretty much anyone who was doing a start up, working in a museum, working in the arts, knew that access had to be front and center. That's shifted today because, by and large, we've increased access tremendously. Even five years ago a lot of museums didn't want to put their images online because they worried about things like copyright, which is definitely a valid concern and you have to understand what it meant to have art online and what the ramifications are for an artist copyright or the artist estate.
But they also thought that it would compete with in person visits. That's something where we've seen a sea change. Today, you have a lot of museums that have opened up their collections via open access APIs. An API is a big data stream that you can tap in and use to develop an app, or use for whatever purposes you want to. And that's been a huge shift, and I think that museums have been very much at the forefront there, also working with various academic institutions, and companies like Artsy. We're working to think about how we can make art—and information about that art—more accessible.
Now, that brings us to today. Where are we today and how do we define impact? I'm going to speak a little bit out of order here, but I think it's worth it to think about what that impact has been for access. A few ways to talk about that access is the fact that every major museum now has a website, they have images available—you can visit the museum website and see a million different objects in the museum's collection. Other pieces of that impact are at Artsy, and you know, not even just saying this as a plug, but honestly we have something like one million art works published on our site. And those are works from galleries often, from the primary market, from auction houses, works that most people never would have seen before.
If a gallery in, say, Dubai has an exhibition, and I'm based in New York, how am I actually going to be able to see those works? How am I going to know what's happening? You can do that online today. That was not the case five years ago. Yes, there's always room for improvement in terms of access to the actual works that are being created and access to information about artists. Now the question is becoming a lot more nuanced.
Nobody really knows how we're going to measure that impact or what that really looks like.
I always like to say that availability is not the same as access. You can put something out there, but that doesn't mean that it's going to go into the world and do anything. The big question is how do we get that art actually moving? How do we get it actually moving in the world and moving people? I don't know the answer to that, but I think if we can start to see that impact in a way that many people look at art and they're moved by it, people know more about it, they feel comfortable talking about it, and that they can have a personal relationship with it, I think that's when we'll know that we've been able to actually have an impact on access.
I had this experience once, I was walking by a school looking at a piece of art, they must have been six or seven. And it was Starry Night. And every one of the kids was like, "wait, there's one? There's one Starry Night? I've seen it. What do you mean there's one?" Mind blown. Because they didn't understand, they couldn't understand that there's only one of these paintings in the world.
I think a lot about it. Is that piece of art, that image being available online, is that access, are they experiencing it? Does it matter how they're experiencing it? Does it matter that it's different online than in a museum? You have a really good distinction of what exactly access means. But how would you consider that in person, visceral, once in a lifetime, single painting feeling? Verus how it's put online.
There's nothing like that experience in the world. That in-person experience for the work of art is so unique and it's one of the unique things that we get to do as humans. I think Duchamp said that a work of art is a rendezvous. You are meeting a new thing. You're meeting a new being. And there's a person behind it that created it and this is like a snapshot in time of that person—or a snapshot over time, because it takes a long time to make a work of art.
I can speak passionately about why I love that experience and why I love art. I kind of feel that the closest thing to love money can buy is art. Honestly. When we experience people when we're in love, it's their whole being. It's their whole self. That's why vulnerability is so important in love. And if you're making a work of art, you're making yourself vulnerable as an artist. You're taking a snapshot of part of yourself. I'm not saying that art has to be biographical, I'm not saying it's about you. I don't believe that at all. I think as an artist you have to reach a lot higher and you have to reach out into the world around you to put something forward, but ultimately you're that distillation point through which this new work of art passes into the world.
Another metaphor I like to use about art, can I continue going on here?
Okay. This is a fun thought experiment. I cannot take credit for this because I read about it in a New Yorker article. But here's the thought experiment: imagine you're a superhero and you have lots of different powers and some of them require a greater level of energy. How would you rank these super powers? Turning something a different color, making it levitate, making it disappear or making it come into being? What's the hardest?
Come into being, levitate, disappear, change color.
That's what pretty much everyone says, right? I think a lot of us think of artists as those who change the colors of things, but really they're like superheroes who have this unique capacity of actually bringing something into being. That's the hardest thing there is to do. I think that those are all of the reasons why unique art objects and that experience we have with them are always going to be a part of our lives as humans. I don't think that having access to an impression of that via an online channel is ever going to replace that, but I also don't think that's the goal of many online sites or market places.
There's parallels with the way we live our lives online. You can FaceTime with someone, but it's not the same as seeing them in person, but you're still going to FaceTime with them. Online access to the arts is kind of that analogy.
I've heard many times that we used to go online to escape our lives.
Right. But now, we shut our phones off and we get offline, to escape our lives. I wonder if the availability of art online is almost having the opposite effect that museums worry about and it's driving people into the in person experience. You see that with magazines. Now there's a ton of festivals around magazines. Music festivals are doing well. More access to art is going to create more desire to see them in person or go to a museum.
Do you think there's a bright side to having so much imagery in the sense that maybe that makes that moment even more valuable?
Yeah. I'm actually trying to think, what is the downside to having so much imagery everywhere? Historically, when we talk about the downsides, it's a fear that it's going to detract from in person visits. Or that people are going to have access to images and recreate them, and so copyright infringement has been a fear.
In general, in media studies too, there's a fear that being saturated with images means that we can't take in our real lives.
I think if anything, here I want to draw on Marshall McLuhan, the medium is the message. If anything, that is something to be aware of, in that it is going to form how you interact with these images and there is great power in being able to contribute in the way that that access is created. I think that's undeniable.
Being able to see more art is always a good thing. I do think if you're a creator and your images are getting out there, obviously you want to know that whoever is creating the ecosystem for these images has your back. You want to know that it's going to be an even playing field. You want to know that you're going to be presented in the best light. All those things are important.
One of the big barriers for people to see art in person today is that a lot of them don't know where to start.
A lot of people don't know, for example, that you can go to so many different cities around the world and go into a gallery for free and look at art and nobody is going to bother you, you don't have to pay anything, you don't have to know anything about it, you can do that. The more familiar people can get with the concept of galleries where they are, what you do in a gallery, what kind of art you're going to see there, that familiarity is actually going to decrease those barriers to entry. To go out to a part of town that you maybe never knew before and actually feel confident walking into this foreign space and know that because you have that online connection to this offline world, you can feel comfortable in that.
You bring up an interesting intersection, galleries are for commerce, but in some ways, galleries are more accessible than museums, because most museums you pay for. When you're an artist that makes too much art, your value goes down. You want to be accessible but not too accessible when it comes to the market. How do you feel about the intersection of the commerce, gallery, auction world?
There's a lot there to unpack. It's funny because there's always been a market for art. I think that's a constant. And at the end of the day artists needs to sell their art to make a living. That's always existed. This is maybe a bit of a personal bias—I studied East German art history and see what happens when the arts are almost fully government funded. Obviously that's one extreme, but basically if you don't have a market for art, the question is, how else do artists survive?
Typically that meant governments support them. And that, of course, leads to a lot of censorship around art, a lot of ideas being clamped down on, and lack of artistic expression, at the same time a lot of artists could thrive and live financially from their works.
I think the market is a vital part of how art exists in the world today and it's not so much about this divide between the commercial side of the art world and the not-for-profit side of the art world that we should be making, but more a question of how do we improve the infrastructure across the entire art world so that the artists can survive? Because every part of the art world needs the other part. You need a market for artists to be able to sell their work and survive. You need museums for people to have access to art they might not otherwise have access to. You need to have curators who can work as art historians and keep that infrastructure up and running, and also look historically back at the past and make sense of the present moment in the context of the past.
And you need auction houses to ensure that there is the secondary market for art (if you purchase a work of art and you want to resell it, you typically resell that work at an auction house). It's similar to a secondary market for concert tickets. This is a very testy subject, but, if there is a strong secondary market for tickets, people are often more likely to purchase them in the first place because they know that there's a value attached to them that they can resell. The same goes for art. That's not to say people don't buy art out of love for their art. I think most people buy art that they love, that they've fallen in love with, or that moves them. But when you're shelling out sometimes thousands of dollars for a unique work of art, the more you know that it's also some sort of value, the likelier you are to also spend more.
I like to think of museums, auction houses, and galleries not as opposed to one another, though certainly frictions crop up, but they really all are supportive of one another.
Who do you wish could see more art?
Oh. I don't like to make proclamations about groups of people. I'm not a demographer.
Let me rephrase the question. What do you think would get more people to look at, be moved by, and have access to art?
This is a huge question. I wonder if any single person knows this. I'm a bottom up kind of person in that I think the people who are closest to these issues are on the ground: artists who are actually creating their art and want to be able to create more of it; artists who want to be able to survive from their art.
When we talk about people having more access to art anyone who is out there who feels like there is something lacking in their life, they're going to be part of the change too.
For me this question comes down to who are the change agents? The art world creates something like three million jobs, and the services that people working in the art market take advantage of creates an estimated additional few hundred thousand jobs. That's a lot of people! There's also a new generation of people coming up working in the arts today.
I do want to highlight, too: I think it's very much a privilege to be able to work in the arts. The barriers to entry are high. You need to have a good education. It's not the most meritocratic industry out there by any means. If it could be a more meritocratic system I think we'd be able to attract a more diverse pool of people who work in the arts. Not that I want to make assumptions about who those people are, or what it is that they want to do, what their goals will be with their own career path, and with the place that they want art to have in the world. But I do think that the trend in the world at large is for industries to become more diverse and for the people in those industries to look for more. To want to grow the industry that they're in and to want to open up access.
What do you love most about your job? And your job could be your job at Artsy or your job as an art historian.
Wow. You know it's funny that I've talked about art a lot this time, and I've talked about it as very close to being human, but I'm also like any other person. I think one of the big things that drives me and the work that I do and the company I'm at is the people I get to work with. That's true.


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The Little Assignment That Could
By Dave Kuhl
While in conversation with an art director, I listened to her detail the incessant drudgery of a recent workday. In the morning, she had to attack two 90-second TV commercial briefs. After that, she kicked off a global branding campaign for the agency's most prized account. She also had to start designing new logos for one of the biggest companies in the world. On top of all this, there's an upcoming film shoot in Fiji that she hasn't even packed for yet.
This is a made-up scenario, of course. No one in the business is that lucky. You're extremely fortunate if you have even one of those projects in an entire year. The reality is that most of us spend the majority of our days working on far more menial tasks.
There are hundreds of little assignments in your agency right now. They take a variety of forms, but they're not huge-budget TV spots or extensive brand campaigns. The briefs for these projects will contain no mention of flying to New Zealand for production. Nor will they cause calamitous fights within the agency over who gets to work on them.
Many of the outstanding ads that appear in award annuals began as something small—a little brief that was ignored until some creative sleuths realized its hidden potential."
Chris Staples, creative director at Rethink, directs his teams to make the most of every assignment, no matter the size. "At Rethink, we've always believed that you don't need a big budget to come up with a big idea. In fact, the bigger the project, the bigger the hassle you often face. More layers of approval. More research. More meddling. I'd much rather have ten awesome-but-small things in my book than one giant TV spot."
To Staples's point, you need to deftly consider every little assignment that comes your way. Many of the outstanding ads that appear in award annuals began as something small—a little brief that was ignored until some creative sleuths realized its hidden potential. They circled it like a hungry shark, conjured up a unique idea, willed it into existence and reaped the rewards.
Once you start consistently directing yourself to make the most of every assignment, you'll develop a Swiss Army knife of tactics. "Some of our best TV spots were produced for budgets of $25K or less," says Staples. "The trick is to keep the concepts simple and rely on first-time directors trying to build their reels." These are the moments when you'll want to call in those precious favors you've been building up amongst production vendors.
You should view every little assignment like a late-round draft pick—a scrappy underdog with the potential to bloom into an unexpected superstar. OK, I know what you're thinking after reading that. "Hey, Dave, I just got out of a briefing to redesign a financial client's annual report. How do I make something remarkable out of that one?" Well, maybe you won't. Don't expect every brief to be the equivalent of a ten-carat diamond ring discovered inside an inherited armoire. You'll need to heighten the radar that tingles your creative Spidey senses only when there's opportunity lurking within a brief. "Not every small job is a potential home run," Staples says. "You have to know if the conditions are right."
A few years ago, German agency Serviceplan received a panoply of press after designing an Austrian solar company's annual report. The agency created a booklet of pages that only became readable in direct sunlight, an ingeniously appropriate solution for a solar company. It swept many award shows that year—all from a brief that probably didn't appear to be full of much promise in its fledgling stages.
The next time you encounter a brief that you scoff at, give it a second thought and look at it a different way."
Social posts, typically seen as a daily chore for most creatives, can sometimes develop into unexpected treasures. On several occasions, Staples and other members of the team at Rethink have taken advantage of the medium's looseness. He comments, "Since senior clients often leave it to juniors to approve [social posts], you can even slide in cheap videos if you can shoot them yourself and use no talent." Rethink used this strategy to create a great series for Rickard's Beer called "Rules of the Round." Each short video hilariously documents the edicts of pub culture, all created within a minimal production budget.
There are even more perks that come with consistently overdelivering on the little assignments. A big one is that you and your agency will be viewed as the gives-it-all-they've-got creative team. It shows your bosses and clients how much you care.
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Q: How to remove the reference of @using @Model shown on View in MVC5 ASP.Net I have a view with the following reference at the top of the view as shown below.
@using MVC_Application.ViewModels.SPA;
@Model MainViewModel;
@{
    Layout = null;
    ViewBag.Title = "Index";
}

When this view is viewed on a browser I do see the reference shown on browser as MVC_Application.ViewModels.SPA.MainViewModel MainViewModel; at the top of the screen and rest of the View is displayed as expected.
Can someone please tell me how to remove this reference when View is viewed on a browser.

A: You are trying to use the model directive by using an uppercase M. That is the instance of the model passed in which is why you see the typename output and then the plain text of MainViewModel following it. Simply change your directive to this:
@model MainViewModel

Note: The semicolons are not needed
Bonus: You could also get rid of the @using line by specifying the full model namespace (assuming the rest of the view doesn't rely on it):
@model MVC_Application.ViewModels.SPA.MainViewModel

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Re: William Bartlett/Mary Jane McKittrick
By Marilyn Wood April 22, 2012 at 04:33:20
In reply to: William Bartlett/Mary Jane McKittrick
McTavish09 Draper 2/02/09
I just came across this last night.I am the grand daughter of Willard Ernest Bartlett.The following is the information that has been passed on to me and is hopefully correct.
John Bartlett was the father of William Bartlett who was born about 1832 in Lytchett, Dorset England. He died March 10, 1906.He married Sarah Maria Arnold who was born about 1833 in Lytchett, Dorset England.They were married on Nov. 1, 1857 in St. Matthew, Bethnal Green, London England.Their children were Anne, and Lillie, born in England . George was born on May 15, 1853 in Ly"matravers, Dorset, England and died on July 11, 1934 in Toronto.William Thomas was born on May 26, 1955 in St. Georges, Middlesex England and died March 10, 1906 at 999 Queen St., Toronto.Ernest George Newman/Bartlett was born Jan 25, 1877 in Toronto, and died August 29, 1953 in Los Angeles Ca.Jesse was born Dec. 22, 1878 in Toronto.
William Thomas and Mary Jane McKittrick's children were Ellsie Irene, born April 23, 1879 in Teeswater, Bruce. Co., Ont and died Feb. 25, 1881 in Teeswater.Willie was shorn June 17, 1881 in Toronto, Willard Ernest was born August 14, 1882 in Toronto, and died July 22, 1957 in Orillia, Ontario.Hugh Frederick was born Oct. 3, 1884 in York Co., and died in 1907.Edna Pearle was born Dec. 27, 1886 in Owen Sound, Ont. and died Feb. 10, 1894 in Toronto.Here unnamed twin has no death date so I would assume that she died at birthThomas Edward was born in Toronto and died Nov. 24, 1912 in Toronto.George Percival was born Mar 18, 1891 in Elgin Co. and died May 1i, 1920 at 999 Queen St., Toronto
I hope that this helps.Mary Jane McKittrick (Bartlett) is listed as Mary Jane Newman at the time of her father's death but as Mary Jane Bartlett (again) at the time of her death.Willard Ernest went by the name of Ernest Newman/Bartlett but all of his children had the surname Bartlett.We have been unable to find an explanation for this.Can you shed any light here?We cannot find a Newman although we believe that his name was William and that he and Ernest were both railroaders.
Also I noticed that your last name is Draper.M;y mother-in-law was a Draper.I wonder if there is a connection here.


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Home Civil Rights Greensboro 4.23.870-01
[Notes on interview with Dr. George and Anna Simkins by William H. Chafe]
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1 ' (
Interview with Dr. and Mrs, George Simkins, July 19, 1972
Most of the following is with Mrs. Simkins. Her husband came in and
Mrs. S. came here 21 years ago. Mr. S. was born here and they live in the
house his father built and he was born in. She came in 1951 from Charleston,
then Winston-Salem — graduated 1946 from college — a No. schl, Penn State.
George went to Herzel, then Talladega, then Mahari.
Mrs. S's father was a civil rights lawyer before it was fashionable — father
went yo Yale, then practiced in Houston — Jay Alston Atkins — once of the
1st black lawyers to practice before the Supreme Court in the Texas White
Primary Case.
George would have been known as a conservative, except in civil rights (their
daughter calls her grandparents "Victorian")
pMrs. S's background accustomed her to the fight, and her father has been
] one of George's staunchest aids — he came out of retirement to take the
C golf case, Dec. 7, 1955
She remembers the Klan in Texas — led a sheltered life — travel was
[the only time she came face to face with the reality of segregation, and
(then the family made special arrangements to avoid problems — private
schools, etc/
In the early 1950's she was morehopeful than she is now ~ then she had
"possibly rather limited goals in light of the present time." — like
public accomodations, going downtown with ease, attending .concerts,
not sitting in the back of the bus — things that the law could change^,
"specific things.
All of us considered the '54 decision a great victory? — great deal of
hope, but In the 1st 12-15 years it didn't matgHaHw — her general
•ghought was that whites and blacks would be going to school" together —
there seemed a possibility for something better, especially for our children —
she knew what black schools were like and how unequal they were.
Dr. S. comes in here and says "When I got into the courts and saw the injustice ■
Judges grinning, witnesses lying," it was disillusioning and embittering —
arrested in golf case — the city leased the white course for a $1 to the
chairman of the Recreation dep't — he and his friends decided to challegge
this and on a Wednesday afternoon they wwent out — the pro cursed and
threatened them 444I4M4<L — whY were they there? — "for a cause" —
what cause? — "the cause of democracy" — the guy followed them around cursing
and at night the police came by. to arrest them —
Did they have wide support for what they did? — lost of blacks didn't
agree with what they'd done — why? — possibly because in general things were
not as bad here as in Montgomery where the other demos were going on — GB
a moreliberal place at least by reputation — there's more support where things
are worse (of course not many blacks played golf which might have had most to
do with the absence of popular support).
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Title [Notes on interview with Dr. George and Anna Simkins by William H. Chafe]
Creator Chafe, William H., 1942-
Biographical/historical note William H. Chafe was born in Boston, Massachusetts, in 1942. He was raised in Cambridge, attended the public schools there, and then went to Harvard College, where he graduated magna cum laude in history in 1962. After a year at Union Theological Seminary in New York, he taught for two years at Columbia Grammar School, a private preparatory school in New York City. Starting in 1965, he was a student in the graduate program in American history at Columbia University where he received his Ph.D. in 1971. He taught for one year at Vassar College, and then in 1971 began his career at Duke University.
Much of Dean Chafe's professional scholarship reflects his long-term interest in issue of race and gender equality. His dissertation and first book focused on the changing social and economic roles of American women in the fifty years after the woman suffrage amendment. Subsequent books compared the patterns of race and gender discrimination in America. His book on the origins of the sit-in movement in North Carolina helped to re-orient scholarship on civil rights toward social history and community studies. Chafe has written two books on the history of post-World War II America, and a biography of the liberal crusader Allard Lowenstein. The author of eight books overall, he has received the Robert F. Kennedy Book Award (1981) for Civilities and Civil Rights: Greensboro, North Carolina and the Black Struggle for Freedom (1980) and the Sidney Hillman book award (1994) for Never Stop Running: Allard Lowenstein and the Struggle to Save American Liberalism (1993).
Professor Chafe's activities at Duke have also reflected these interests. He has been co-director of the Duke Oral History Program, and its Center for the Study of Civil Rights and Race Relations; he is a founder and the former Academic Director of the Duke-UNC Center for Research on Women; he is also a founder and senior research associate of the Center for Documentary Studies at Duke University. In 1988 he was named the Alice Mary Baldwin Distinguished Professor of History. He is the recipient of numerous fellowships from the National Endowment for the Humanities, the Rockefeller Foundation, the John Simon Guggenheim Foundation, the National Humanities Center, and the Center for Advanced Study in the Behavior Sciences. From 1990 to 1995 Chafe chaired the Duke University Department of History. In 1995 he became Dean of the Faculty of Arts and Sciences and in 1997 added to that title new responsibilities as Dean of Trinity College. He has most recently been appointed Vice Provost for Undergraduate Education. He is married to Lorna Waterhouse Chafe, Coordinator of Child Care Services at Duke. They have two children, Christopher, 30, and Jennifer, 28.
-From Chafe's personal webpage, http://www.aas.duke.edu/admin/deans/faculty/chafe.html.
Subject headings Greensboro (N.C.) -- Race relations
Segregation in education--United States
Topics School desegregation, 1954-1958
Business desegregation
Description This is a four-page, typed set of notes by William Chafe on a July 19, 1972, interview with Dr. George and Anna Simkin. Shorthand is used throughout, including "GB" for "Greensboro." Chafe notes that the Simkins discussed their childhoods and education. Anna shared her support of school desegregation, and George recalled protesting the policy of segregation at Gillespie Park Golf Course. They both discussed Greensboro's failure to comply with Brown v. Board of Education, and Anna talked about forming a committee to aid black families in enrolling their children at all-white schools. They discussed the generational divide in the black community and communication between black and whites in Greensboro. These interview notes form part of Duke history professor William Chafe's research culminating in his 1980 book Civilities and Civil Rights.
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Title 4.23.870-01
Full text 1 ' ( Interview with Dr. and Mrs, George Simkins, July 19, 1972 Most of the following is with Mrs. Simkins. Her husband came in and out. Mrs. S. came here 21 years ago. Mr. S. was born here and they live in the house his father built and he was born in. She came in 1951 from Charleston, then Winston-Salem — graduated 1946 from college — a No. schl, Penn State. George went to Herzel, then Talladega, then Mahari. Mrs. S's father was a civil rights lawyer before it was fashionable — father went yo Yale, then practiced in Houston — Jay Alston Atkins — once of the 1st black lawyers to practice before the Supreme Court in the Texas White Primary Case. George would have been known as a conservative, except in civil rights (their daughter calls her grandparents "Victorian") pMrs. S's background accustomed her to the fight, and her father has been ] one of George's staunchest aids — he came out of retirement to take the C golf case, Dec. 7, 1955 She remembers the Klan in Texas — led a sheltered life — travel was [the only time she came face to face with the reality of segregation, and (then the family made special arrangements to avoid problems — private schools, etc/ In the early 1950's she was morehopeful than she is now ~ then she had "possibly rather limited goals in light of the present time." — like public accomodations, going downtown with ease, attending .concerts, not sitting in the back of the bus — things that the law could change^, "specific things. All of us considered the '54 decision a great victory? — great deal of hope, but In the 1st 12-15 years it didn't matgHaHw — her general •ghought was that whites and blacks would be going to school" together — there seemed a possibility for something better, especially for our children — she knew what black schools were like and how unequal they were. Dr. S. comes in here and says "When I got into the courts and saw the injustice ■ Judges grinning, witnesses lying," it was disillusioning and embittering — arrested in golf case — the city leased the white course for a $1 to the chairman of the Recreation dep't — he and his friends decided to challegge this and on a Wednesday afternoon they wwent out — the pro cursed and threatened them 444I4M4
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Gokokuji Temple
The fifth shogun Tsunayoshi Tokugawa built Gokokuji Temple for his mother Keishoin on a spacious land that used to be a large herb garden. The principal object of worship at the temple is Keishoin's nenjibutsu (a statue of personal worship), Nyoirin-Kanzeon-Zo. It is exhibited on the 18th day of every month.
Nio-Mon was built with Kiritsuma-zukuri (gabled roof) style during the Genroku period.
Hondo (Kannon-do) was completed in 1697.
Tsunayoshi, known for "edict forbidding cruelties to living things," was born as the third son of the third shogun Iemitsu. Tsunayoshi's mother Keishoin is said to be a daughter of vegetable shop owner in Nishijin, Kyoto. And she became a concubine of shogun. So, this story is the origin of the word "tamanokoshi (Cinderella story)" and a symbol of success.
It is said that this palanquin is the one Keishoin used.
The highlight of Gokokuji Temple is Hondo completed in 1697 during the Genroku period. It is well-known for the most magnificent architecture in Tokyo which survived two large disasters, the Great Kanto Earthquake and the Great Tokyo Air Raid. Today, its appearance tells us the Genroku culture.
Hondo with Goma-dan. It was the place for Tokugawa family to pray at the time of Tsunayoshi's reign.
33 statues with dignified atmosphere.
The inner room enshrines 33 statues of Kannonbosatsu because Kannonbosatsu helps people by transforming into 33 kinds of form. Keishoin dedicated all of them to the temple when it was built. And also, it is said that Keishoin put her hair into them. It is a magnificent view of 33 different statues including Taishakushin and Ryushin. The inner room is not open to public but you can see those statues from Hondo. (But you are not allowed to take a picture of the inner room.)
You can feel the ideas of mandala of Shingon Buddhism here, which is one of the attractions of Gokokuji Temple. You will see various images of Buddha in Buddhism art like paintings and statues.
48 keyaki pillars have sustained the building for 330 years and they are known as "Hugging Pillars." If you hug them, it may bring a good fortune to you.
"Shicchiin" was written by Tsunayoshi himself.
It is located in the city but has full of green. You can spend calm time here. Hondo has a serene atmosphere and some people pray losing track of time. Please have a peaceful holiday at Gokokuji Temple which has the taste of Edo period.
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5-40-1, Otsuka, Bunkyo-ku, Tokyo
Hours: 9:00 – 16:00
http://www.gokokuji.or.jp
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Santiago, Chile, August 16, 2013 - The Chile Volleyball Federation have put forward a project to the South American Confederation (CSV) to create a Volleyball Development Centre with the objective of enhancing and training young volleyball players in districts with high social risk factors.
Since March, Desiderio Farias (FIVB Level III international coach) has been responsible for the local Development Centre, which currently operates in the Cerro Navia and Pudahuel communes of the nation's capital, Santiago.
Activities at the Centre take place on Tuesdays, Thursdays and Saturdays, with each including the participation of 20 girls between 10 and 13 years.
One of the long team aims of the Centre and of Farias is to see some of the young player invited to train at the Olympic Training Centre.


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JERSEY CITY, N.J. -- Mrs. Sally B. Colvin Singletary, formerly of Chester, died Saturday, June 16, 2007.
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#include <shogun/lib/config.h>
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Jon Gosselin's Shocking Revelations About Kate After 10-Year Gag Order Is Lifted
Former reality star Jon Gosselin is breaking his silence on ex-wife Kate now that a 10-year gag order has finally been lifted.
The exes are the parents of 19-year-old twins Cara and Mady, and 15-year-old sextuplets Aaden, Collin, Joel, Alexis, Hannah and Leah. The Gosselins split in 2009 after 10 years of marriage while still filming their TLC reality show "Jon & Kate Plus 8." Jon currently has custody of Hannah and Collin.
Jon appeared on "The Dr. Oz Show," where he blasted Kate and her "twisted belief system."
According to E!, Dr. Oz asked if Jon thought Kate was an "unfit mother," he replied, "Well, I believe that her belief system is skewed. That's what I believe. I believe her intentions, in the beginning, were good intentions. Bringing kids into the world that she fought to have, these kids. But I think once fame and money got involved, it twisted her belief system. On my end, I've been fighting to get my kids off TV forever."
Taking on theories that it was the show that drove the couple apart, Jon said he thinks they would have eventually split "because of personality."
Kate Gosselin Explains Her Kids' Roles in Her Dating Life
"It would have fizzled out anyway, because we, first of all, I got married at 22 years old — you just don't know," the star explained.
During the split, Jon refused to continue filming and was sued for breach of contract. Jon said, "I literally hung a sign on my gate saying, 'If any crew members show up I'll have you arrested for trespassing.' They [TLC] sued me for breach of contract. I pretty much bankrupted myself, but I did it for moral reasons, obviously."
He went on, "I've spent $1.7 million in lawyers fees from when TLC sued me and the divorce," adding, "TLC paid for [Kate's] attorneys in the lawsuit and for her divorce."
When Kate decided to star in a new reality show called "Kate Plus 8," Jon said he didn't understand at first, but now he does.
"All she wanted was legal custody to film my kids to sustain her lifestyle and their lifestyle," he claimed. "It gets all warped. That's fame though. It just twists things around."
What is Jon and Kate's relationship like now?
"We don't have a relationship right now," he said. "We don't talk, nothing… the only time I see my ex-wife is in court. Because we've exhausted all opportunities to co-parent, like it is just never going to happen, due to personality disorders and everything else. We just have different aspects on how we want to parent. Moving forward… my twins are 19 years old now and my sextuplets are almost 16 so we are moving down the path of two more years we are going to have all adults."
In a preview, Jon claims that Kate has a "narcissistic personality disorder" and that he has "PTSD."
TLC has not responded, but Kate told People in a statement, "I have consistently made it a rule never to respond to Jon's delusional ramblings, and I will not break that rule now. However, at some point soon, I look forward to making sure the absolute truth about our family is known."
Watch the full episode today on "The Dr. Oz Show."
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Q: Remote Desktop connect at host resolution vs default client resolution? I have a laptop that is HD 1920x1080 and a home desktop which is 4K 3840x2160.
I want to use remote desktop from my laptop, but see the full desktop 4K resolution.
I expect to have scroll bars to scroll the full resolution which the laptop cannot display.
Most third party apps like TeamViewer do this by default or allow zoom scaling for different resolutions.
Is there a way to have remote desktop behave this way as well?

A: Using Windows RDP, you can specify the remote desktop size and position in an RDP file.

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A: Try with the resolution slider as shown in the screen shot:

I used my small screen Laptop (1366x768) and set the slider to full screen (farthest right) and was able to see the remote screen in a larger resolution (1920x1280).


In Ohio, incarceration and use of an ignition interlock device once limited driving privileges are reinstated become mandatory with a second conviction for driving under the influence of alcohol within a six-year period. So do display of specially designed offender plates and a 90-day "immobilization" (i.e., booting or impoundment) of one's personal vehicle after s second operating a vehicle while intoxicated (OVI) conviction.
The minimum period during which no driving is permitted at all raises from 15 days to 45 days.
Many of these penalties apply to a driver found guilty of driving under the influence of drugs, as well. All drivers must understand that one type of DUI counts as a previous offense for the other type; that is, a first alcohol DUI will make for tougher penalties for a later drug DUI.
A final caution regarding escalating penalties for multiple drunk and drugged driving offenses is that the person under sentence generally must pay for all of the equipment and health treatments involved. For instance, the cost of a stay at a rehab facility will likely come out of the person's pocket because health insurance policies generally only cover portions of alcohol or drug addiction care. Also, a house arrest monitor must be rented on a daily basis then calibrated on a set schedule.
To discuss ways to defend against a second or subsequent OVI/DUI charge, call a Franklin County Ohio OVI attorney from The Maher Law Firm at (614) 205-2208. Consultations can also be requested online.


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Vitamin B12 for Fertility - Does It Work?
Thinking of using vitamin B12 for fertility?
From animal studies, it is known that vitamin B levels can affect fertility rate and the quality of the egg.
B-vitamin and homocysteine status determines ovarian response to gonadotropin treatment in sheep. Kanakkaparambil R, Singh R, Li D, Webb R, Sinclair KD.
But how common is vitamin B12 deficiency in humans and is there any link to infertility?
The second study answers this all important question.
Prevalence of low serum cobalamin in infertile couples. Pront R, Margalioth EJ, Green R, et al.
One hundred and seventy one couples who experienced difficulties in getting pregnant were invited to participate in this study. Their cobalamin (vitamin B12) levels were measured.
In 74 couples (43%), one couple had B12 deficiency and in 13 couples, both partners experienced B12 deficiency.
Moreover, in 39% of men who had poor sperm quality, they had a deficiency in vitamin B12.
This study supports the theory that low B12 levels is linked to infertility, although it doesn't say if taking B12 supplement would help improve fertility rates.
Nevertheless, the researchers recommend supplementation for both male and female trying to conceive a child. This will ensure that both partners are not deficient in this essential vitamin.
Females suffering from PCOS often have poor quality eggs and a low fertility rate. Research studies have shown a link between high homocysteine levels and poor egg quality in animal studies.
Note: Homocysteine is an amino acid and its level can be increased with deficiencies in folic acid, vitamin B6 (pyridoxine) and vitamin B12 (cobalamin).
In the 52 women with PCOS undergoing IVF, the researchers looked at the quality of the eggs and the homocysteine and vitamin B12 levels.
They found that higher homocysteine levels were related to low vitamin B12 levels and lower fertilization rates.
Although it is not possible to conclude with certainty if taking vitamin B12 would improve the quality of the egg, it is easy enough to avoid deficiency by taking a vitamin B12 supplement.
What is a suitable dose of vitamin B12 for fertility?
There are no clinical trials to show what is the best dose to use for improving fertility. All the research studies looked at the relationship between infertility and vitamin B12 levels.
The recommended dose is 1 to 25 mcg daily (which is a really conservative dose). Even high doses up to 1,000 mcg daily do not result in risk or toxicity.
Consult your doctor to discuss taking vitamin B12 for fertility.
Instead of just taking vitamin B12 for fertility enhancement, consider taking a B-complex vitamin instead. It will ensure that you get all the needed B vitamins.
Educated and discriminating individuals are aware that there are natural alternatives to improving the chance of getting pregnant and conceiving a child.
Two products come to mind that are very helpful in boosting fertility and promoting reproductive health. Each one is specifically formulated.
There is good evidence that low vitamin B12 levels may contribute to lowered fertility in both men and women.
To avoid deficiency, both men and women planning to conceive should consider taking a 50 mg B-complex vitamin.
B-complex vitamin is regarded as safe to use even during pregnancy.
As well, our must-read article Herbs to Increase Fertility reveals many useful natural remedies that can boost fertility and increase the chances of getting pregnant.
There are also many other supplements such as Coenzyme Q10, Maca & Melatonin that affect fertility levels in men and women.
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Beijing [China], January 17 (ANI): China's loans to Sri Lanka have been a contentious subject, with fears that the government would struggle to repay them and that Beijing would use them to challenge India and US influence in the Indo-Pacific region.
US President Biden, Japanese PM Kishida to meet virtually on Jan 2
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Washington [US], January 17 (ANI): Amid China's growing assertiveness in the Indo-Pacific region, US President Joe Biden will meet Japanese Prime Minister Fumio Kishida virtually on Friday (January 21) to discuss issues pertaining to the Quad (an alliance of US, Australia, Japan and India).
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Beijing [China], January 8 (ANI): Chinese President Xi Jinping is focusing on the military modernisation of the country to dominate the Indo-Pacific region amid the growing presence of the US with Quad and AUKUS alliances in the region and Washington's promises to stand with Taiwan against B
Is Biden's new Interest Europe and Indo-Pacific?
Islamabad [Pakistan], January 8 (ANI): The strategic orientation of US foreign policy has shifted dramatically under the Joe Biden Administration and it appears that now the Greater Middle East Region is a minor area of interest and, Europe and the Indo-Pacific Region (IPR) are more importan
Japan, Australia sign defense cooperation pact amid China's growin
Tokyo [Japan], January 6 (ANI): Japanese Prime Minister Fumio Kishida and his Australian counterpart Scott Morrison on Thursday signed a treaty to facilitate joint exercises and strengthen security cooperation while expressing serious concerns over China's growing influence in the Indo-Pacif
Biden signs USD 768 billion defence bill with eye on China
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Washington [US], December 28 (ANI): US President Joe Biden has signed the USD 768 billion defence spending bill for 2022 which includes some USD 7.1 billion for operations in the Indo-Pacific region and calls for developing a "grand strategy" with respect to China.
Power shifting eastwards, towards India, Australia and Indo-Pacifi
New Delhi [India], December 24 (ANI): Underlining that multilateralism is under stress and new arrangements such as Quad are filling the gaps, Foreign Secretary Harsh Vardhan Shringla said that wealth and power are shifting eastwards towards India, Australia and the Indo-Pacific region.
China has become more aggressive on borders since Xi Jinping's ris
New Delhi [India], December 24 (ANI): China has become much more aggressive in the borders towards the east and west and in its relations with other states since the rise of Xi Jinping as President in 2012, an Australian foreign policy expert has said and noted that the world is heading for
AUKUS meet focuses on Indo-Pacific stability, reaffirms pathway fo
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Washington [US], December 18 (ANI): Australia, the United Kingdom and the United States of America recently held the inaugural meetings of the AUKUS Trilateral Joint Steering Groups and agreed on the next steps to define the optimal pathway for Australia to acquire nuclear-powered submarines
US, Japan to hold ministerial talks on security issues on January
Tokyo [Japan], December 15 (ANI): Japan and the United States have decided to hold a meeting of their foreign and defence ministers in Washington on January 7 to discuss major security issues, local media reported citing officials on Wednesday.
Blinken during Indonesia visit, seeks to bolster alliances against
Jakarta [Indonesia], December 14 (ANI): Amid concern over China's "aggressive actions" in the Indo-Pacific region, US Secretary of State Antony Blinken on Tuesday sought to bolster alliances against Beijing to "defend the rules-based order" stating that countries should have the right to "ch
Japan, Australia pledge to promote security co-operation of Quad t
Liverpool [UK], December 12 (ANI): Japan and Australia have pledged to promote security cooperation of the Quad group, also including the United States and India in response to China's rising assertiveness in the Indo-Pacific region, a media report said.


Sedbergh riders represented their school at South view competition centre in the NSEA championship qualifiers.
These were the last qualifying rounds before heading off to Buckinghamshire in October. The riders competed in Dressage, Showjumping and Arena Eventing at 8 different levels. We took 8 riders who in teams and as individuals rode a total of 11 horses between them.
Senior school riders were Darcey Wilkinson, Georgia Turner, Elizabeth Gale, Katie Gill, Laura Holley, Grace Gale and Alicia Newing. Prep school was represented by Scarlett Holden.
The weekend was an incredible success with all members playing their part to gain qualifications in every single class they entered. Class sizes were huge with between 50 and 60 very competitive riders from all over the North West. Individual wins went to Alicia, Laura, Darcey, Elizabeth and Georgia, with Scarlett and Grace achieving top 5 results in each of their classes.
This event is a good test of where we stand going into the championships as it is generally one of the hardest qualifiers we attend. Looking at the results across the board its left the team feeling confident that the Championships should see Sedbergh riders featuring heavily in many top placings.
As always a massive thank you to parents who work tirelessly all year with preparations and training in order to have these young athletes and their mounts on top form.
We had six riders competing at Bishop Burton in the North East on the same weekend as South View. Sadly two riders could not compete due to horse injuries, which affected the teams, but the rest showed true Sedbergh spirit and gave it their all. Unfortunately no qualifications were to be had, but our riders had a great time and a good run out in preparation for Nationals in classes they had previously qualified for.


In a large bowl, mix together the oregano, thyme and cumin with 1/2 teaspoon of the salt. Add the chickpeas and then the olive oil, and toss until the chickpeas are evenly coated with the spice mixture. Spread the chickpeas out onto the baking sheet and bake for 20 minutes.
Add the parsley leaves to the bowl where the chickpeas were tossed. Gently stir the parsley leaves so they are coated with the leftover oil and spices and set aside.
While the chickpeas are cooking, whisk together the yogurt, lemon juice, tahini, garlic and remaining 1/2 teaspoon salt in a medium bowl. Refrigerate until ready to serve.
To serve: On a large platter, put down a layer of the chopped lettuce and top with the tomatoes and cucumbers. Scatter the crispy chickpeas over the top of the salad. Drizzle the yogurt and tahini dressing over top of the chickpeas, sprinkle with the sesame seeds and serve with hot sauce on the side if desired.
Be careful when removing the chickpeas from the oven, as they have a tendency to pop. Allow to the chickpeas to cool slightly before moving them around on the baking sheet in order to prevent this from happening.


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I'm happy to announce the update of the chorus and the universal variable delay based on the Audio Toolkit. They are available on Windows and OS X (min. 10.11) in different formats.
This release fixes the noises that can arise in some configuration.


A traditional facelift is designed to address the signs of aging on multiple parts of the face. For some people a full facelift is not required. A simple cheek lift procedure can address signs of aging such as sagging jowls and often deep crease lines between the nose and mouth, without having to address the areas around the neck or eyes.
For all intents and purposes a cheek lift is an upper facelift. It is less invasive than a traditional facelift and thus calls for a less extensive incision strategy.
At your initial consultation, you should let Dr. Weil know about any medications or medical conditions that might increase your bleeding risk. Plan to take a week off of work to allow your body to focus on the recovery process.
The night before the cheek lift, you should abstain from eating or drinking after midnight. Since you will need to be fully sedated, you will need to arrange to have a friend of family member drive you home.
During the procedure the skin around the cheeks is tightened as are the underlying layers known as the Sub-Muscular Aponeurotic System. This effectively rejuvenates the upper face, cheeks and jowls.
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Metro acquires 10 electric Chevy Bolts for non-revenue fleet
by Steve Hymon , September 22, 2017
Photo: Juan Ocampo for Metro.
I know there's a lot of interest in Metro's efforts to electrify its bus service — with the Metro Board of Directors earlier this year embracing a goal of a fully electric fleet by 2030 with plans to electrify the Orange Line and Silver Line by 2020.
On another front, Metro recently purchased 10 Chevy Bolt electric cars to use as part of its non-revenue fleet used for field operations. The Bolt is a zero emissions vehicle with an estimated range of 238 miles per charge and helps fulfill Metro's goal of lowering the agency's overall greenhouse gas emissions (greenhouse gases are the cause of climate change).
The agency will test of the vehicles over the next year to see if they're a good fit for the agency. Most of the vehicles in Metro's non-revenue fleet are already hybrids, so this takes things a step further.
As part of the pilot program, Metro staff will try to determine the expense of operating electric vehicles versus hybrids. The upfront costs of EVs are usually higher but operating costs and maintenance for EVs may be lower over the long haul.
More pics of the new Chevy Bolts are in this Flickr album.
Categories: Policy & Funding, Projects
Tagged as: bus fleet, Chevy Bolt, climate change, electric vehicle, greenhouse gas emissions, Metro Board of Directors, non-revenue fleet, pilot program
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Why are they not looking at smaller 2 seater cars? How often during normal use are these cars (or those for driver relief) driven with 2 total persons in the vehicle? How often with 3 or more? How often would a vehicle with a range of 130 miles (needing 4 or more hours to recharge) suffice? I suspect that there are several less expensive (to acquire and/or operate) options available.
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I drive a 2005 Prius with 225.000 miles on it (although I now mostly use the Expo line and my bike) and never had any problems. It still has the original brakes (!) and I consider it the best car I've owned. I had Chevy's, Fords and Chrysler cars and they were all pieces of crap. Although now I'm seriously considering a Bolt or Volt since a Tesla 3 will have too long a wait time.
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My experience with the Toyota Prius was they were pieces of junk that had slow acceleration and felt to be very cheaply made. In addition it seemed they were always in the non revenue shop which made it difficult to even have regular maintenance on the Road Supervisors units. At about the same time the MTA purchased some small Pontiac economy cars that were used as CEA units in the Divisions. I rarely saw them in the shop although in my estimation they were operated under much harsher conditions. Hopefully these Chevy's will perform much better than the Toyota's.


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Home/PLAYING DETROIT: Krissy Booth Shares Eye-Opening Single "Lose Sleep With You"
PLAYING DETROIT: Krissy Booth Shares Eye-Opening Single "Lose Sleep With You"
After releasing her entirely self-produced experimental pop album, VIVID, in 2015, Detroit-based songstress Krissy Booth has fully transitioned to the bright side of pop with her single "Lose Sleep With You." Where VIVID is built on dark warbly bass and the pain of a bad breakup, "Lose Sleep With You" shows Booth in a completely different light, embracing the bubbly optimism of pop music.
Part of the song's uplifting aura comes from its subject matter — a whimsical whirlwind romance built around a love for nightlife. "I had just ended an on and off again sort of relationship that was very safe," says Booth. "I got on bumble, started talking to a guy, and we met later that week and had this wild adventure… I felt really alive after being so sad." Booth's reinvigorated outlook on romance is made evident through her whipping vocal line that mirrors the heart spikes induced by a new crush.
Booth's buoyant vocals are paired with Red Jumpsuit Apparatus drummer John Espy's booming pop production. The match-up is Booth's first full collaboration with another artist and brings her closer to mainstream pop's center. However, the epicenter of pop is where Booth feels most comfortable anyhow. "The music I make feels true to who I am and I'm super proud of it," says Booth, "It's pop, I love pop music, and I love electronic music."
Listen to "Loose Sleep With You" below.
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About the Author: Sara Barron
Sara Barron plays and writes about music in Detroit, Michigan. Her work has been featured in the Detroit Metro Times, Audiofemme and Interview Magazine.


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Don't let Assad sign the Chemical Weapons Convention on Syria's behalf
Allowing Bashar al-Assad to sign an international treaty on behalf of Syria further legitimises his brutal regime.
by Joshua Meir Freedman
Recognition by the international community allows Assad to seek military aid from other countries, contends Freedman [Getty Images]
On September 12, Syria's Foreign Minister sent a notice to the Organisation for the Prohibition of Chemical Weapons (OPCW) of his government's decision to sign the Chemical Weapons Convention (CWC).
The OPCW, and the UN Secretary-General as the depositary of this treaty, should have rejected this request. To allow President Bashar al-Assad to sign the convention on behalf of Syria endorses his position as the leader of the country, a move which is not only symbolically important for Assad himself, but also affirms the coveted legal status which separates his regime from those in the opposition.
The Assad government does not need to sign this treaty in order to give up the large chemical weapons arsenal he has now admitted to possessing. However, there are two reasons why he might like to do so anyway.
First, once you've been coerced into abandoning your chemical weapons through the threat of air strikes, as Assad appears to have been, signing a treaty prohibiting their use is a low-cost gesture towards internationalism. As important as the CWC is for the norm against chemical weapons, US coercion and Russian diplomacy are doing the majority of the legwork in this case.
Second, signing an international treaty - whatever its content - allows Assad to engage in the quintessential act of statecraft, reaffirming himself as Syria's only legally recognised government, in what a year ago appeared to be a crowded field of his competitors.
Denying Assad the opportunity to sign the Convention would not have in itself led to the collapse of his government, but it would have affirmed the principle that a regime cannot claim the right to rule based on its application of brute force against its own citizens.
Delegitimising Assad's regime
The international community has spent the last two years trying to delegitimise Assad's regime, in part by making rhetorical commitments to recognise Syria's opposition as the country's "legitimate representative". To date, over 30 countries have recognised the Syrian opposition in this capacity. This includes the six-member states of the Gulf Cooperation Council, France, Turkey, Britain, and the United States. While symbolically important, such efforts fell considerably short of removing legal recognition from the Assad government.
This has created a disconnect between who the international community recognises as Syria's legitimate representative, and who they recognise as having the legal authority to act on behalf of the Syrian state. The recent move by Assad's government to join the CWC exacerbates this tension. While Syria's accession to the CWC may present itself as a political victory for the standard against chemical weapons, the OPCW should have more seriously reflected on whether it is indeed progress to allow Assad to act on behalf of a state he is widely considered of having lost the legitimacy to govern.
Assad remains the only legally recognised government in Syria, and in this capacity he has the legal standing to enter into and sign treaties on behalf of the Syrian state. This standing, however, is dependent not only on Assad's ability to effectively control the territory he purports to govern, it is also dependent on the willingness of external states and organisations to recognise his legal status. By denying Syria's accession to the Chemical Weapons Convention under Assad's tutelage, the OPCW would have been able to deny Assad's legal right to behave as the Government of Syria in the international arena. It should have embraced this possibility.
The alternative would be to respect the conventional notion that as long as Assad controls the capital of his state, regardless of how repudiated his rule is, both within Syria and beyond it, he is entitled to all the legal rights and duties of statehood. While exercising legal non-recognition through the denial of CWC accession may be unorthodox, the broader practice of government non-recognition is not without precedent or significance. It is precisely because the international community appears unwilling to have their political recognition of the Syrian rebels inform their judgment of Assad's legal status that has, to-date, allowed Assad's regime to operate with a considerable sense of impunity.
Coveted 'legal recognition'
With legal recognition, Assad's regime can continue to accept large shipments of conventional weapons from his Russian patrons. Similar attempts to arm the Syrian rebels by the United States or any other foreign entity would be categorically illegal under international law, a precedent set in the Nicaragua case three decades ago. Likewise, as Syria's sovereign representative, Assad has the power to provide legal cover for foreign agents and states wishing to militarily intervene in the country's civil war on his behalf. The Syrian opposition may have the coveted international title of Syria's "legitimate representative", but they have no parallel legal capacity to request US military support against what remains of Assad's legally-recognised government in Damascus.
Assad has lost enough domestic and international legitimacy to warrant calling his legal status into question. Denying Assad the opportunity to sign the Convention would not have in itself led to the collapse of his government, but it would have affirmed the principle that a regime cannot claim the right to rule based on its application of brute force against its own citizens.
Joshua Meir Freedman is a PhD student in the Department of Political Science at Northwestern University.
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Here's a clip of Americana-Indie outfit and songwriting vehicle for Mark Oliver Everett (AKA 'E') Eels, with their 2005 song "Railroad Man" as taken from the album Blinking Lights And Other Revelations .
Trains and railroads are singular metaphors in rock n roll, and in the traditions that feed rock n roll. Usually, they refer to the passing of time, and ultimately of the inevitability of death. Yet, when Johnny B. Goode was learning guitar, he played beside the railroad tracks, 'strumming to the rhythm that the drivers made'. Maybe this is where the music sits in the grand scheme of things, at least where the metaphor is concerned. Maybe getting in tune with the rhythm of one's life, whatever that rhythm is, holds the key to it as well. And if Johnny B. Goode can figure it out, why not the rest of us?
Mark Oliver Everett understands this very well, having written this tune which is about taking your time while on the line, walking along the tracks at your own pace. Yet still in this song, there is a sense that the way the tracks lead may not be suited for a vintage train, one that is not in such a hurry. This is a pretty easy connection to make, especially in changing times when life is getting faster and faster, seemingly with every passing day. Yet, ultimately I think this is a song about hope as much as it may be counted among the songs about getting older.
This is a statement about self-sufficiency, about not letting the world set the pace, but rather about setting one's own place, and letting the world react however it will.
For me, E is like Beck for the more introspective listener, and certainly one of the most eloquent songwriters working today.
For more information about Eels and Mark Oliver Everett, check out the Eels official website.