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#7998 - 08/25/03 07:55 AM Re: The Commodore 64 appreciation thread.
tekminus
Yeah I tried that too, Nigel. I like the first one cos there was always a counter move against any one move. I played alot with a cousin of mine and it was like a mind game towards the end.
My best C64 memory is when I was 9 and one day I came home to see my dad and my uncle play Missile Command in my room! I just stood there stunned in disbelief.
-tek
Loc: Scotland
Well, I must say... this is all very exciting. Who would've thought that one of the guys behind Exploding Fist II would be here in our midst???
But, before I start basking in the glory of Nigel's past life... there's something I have to get off my chest;
This Melbourne House gang- they were the ones behind Classic Adventure- the game that consisted of plain white text on a blue background. The goal in this game was to type in stuff and make your way through the different vibes.
Anyway, I spent months (maybe years!) playing that game and time after time I found myself getting trapped in a "twisting maze". It was a nightmare!!!!
And then... there was this other bit that freaked me out where it said "a shadowy figure is waving". What was the deal with that????
I must have tried everything with that shadowy dude. I tried typing "wave back", "help figure", "kill figure", "eat figure", "fight figure", "love figure", "hate figure" ...and a BILLION other variations. But every time, he just waved back at me as if hadn't done anything.
I know you weren't in on that particualar game Nigel... but after all these years I wonder if you (a guy from Melbourne House) can shed on light on any of this stuff.
Oh yeah... I almost forgot- the vending machine!!!! What in the name of Sam's Hill were you meant to do with that????
Loc: Ventura CA USA
I am not really sure which game you mean when you say "Classic Adventure" ? Melbourne House may have done a number of games I am not familiar with.
The adventure game that Melbourne House was famous for in the 80s was "The Hobbit" which came out for most platforms around at that time. It was programmed by a very clever programmer Phillip Mitchell. He no longer works in the game industry any more as far as I know.
I am currently working 16-24 hour days trying to finalize a new game on the PS2 for Sierra called Metal Arms : Glitch In The System. See http://www.gamechronicles.com/qa/metalarms/glitch.htm for a description of the game.
Never thought that when I was almost 50 I'd still be working around the clock programming video games. Pays the bills I guess But it has been a very cool career for the past 20 years. I certainly don't regret all those coins I pumped into arcade video machines between band rehearsals back in the 80s. I used to play Pacman a lot back when it first came out and then Namco paid for me to put it on video game consoles for almost 2 years. What goes around comes around I guess.
[This message has been edited by Nigel (edited 08-29-2003).]
Well... it certainly sounds better than typing out invoices in some crappy office all day.
"Classic Adventure", for what it's worth, was an adventure game that was created by Melbourne House. As far as I'm aware it one one of the very first games that came out for c64. The cover for the game shows a picture of a skull and a chest full of treasure (just incase that jogs any memories).
But I can dig what you're saying. Some of the original arcades are amazing. I know a guy who used to play the original Star Wars game (the X-wing one) for literally about 8 hours a day. Instead of going to school in the morning, every day he'd go straight to the arcade and would stay there all day playing the thing. He ended up so good at the game that one shot would last him for literally the whole day! He kept this routine going for years until eventually the arcade boss gave him a tenner and told him never to come back again!
I recently asked the X-Wing dude what his high score was for that game and he said with a totally serious face, "80 million".
-now *that's* dedication for you!!!!
Loc: Toronto, Canada.
C64....
That brings back a lot of memories. I miss the games, but none of the games that you guys mentioned ring a bell. I was more into music software I guess...
And you're both right - back in those days computer games were more interesting. I don't think there's anything cool nowadays besides Grand Theft Auto 3 or "Vice City". . Nowadays it seems that game manufacturers are focusing on graphics and music more then they care about the actual game itself. And being visually impaired I don't care about the details and complexity of graphics - The simpler the better.
A gentleman is one who never hurts anyone's feelings unintentionally.
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Originally posted by TheSonicEnergyAuthority:
I too moved on to Amiga's, and they got me MIDI sequencing.
What software did you use for sequencing on the Amiga ? I saw a few sequencers on the Amiga but the only one I felt comfortable with was Australian software called CQuin (I think that was its name as it was a long time ago ). MusicX always seemed too clumsy. I never got to try Bars & Pipes so I don't know about that one.
The Atari ST seemed have a lot more MIDI software written for it mainly because of the inbuilt MIDI ports it came with. Funny thing is that the MIDI ports were a last minute addition to the ST. They were having a chip set developed much the same ( identical actually according to their lawyers ) as the Commodore Amiga. A company called Lorraine were commisioned to design the chips. They then brought out the Lorraine Amiga ( with the audio chips ) and told Atari it didn't work out with their chips ... funny about that. Lorraine sold out to Commodore so then Atari sued Commodore over the use of their money that was used to develop the Amiga chips. Anyway Atari had to use what was available which was not capable of more than simple bleeps. To compensate for the lack of digital audio on the ST they threw on the MIDI ports to make it more attractive to musicians who were starting to use computers for music production. While it was just an afterthought it turned out to be one of the best features of the Atari ST and resulted in lots of MIDI commercial and freeware software being developed for it. Emagic's Logic started life on that platform then developed by CLab. Steinberg sequencers first appeared on the C64.
Originally posted by Equalizer:
Yes that image does seem familiar, I remember seeing boxes like that around the office. I would imagine that this was one of Phillip Mitchell's adventure games leading up to the Hobbit as he developed the language parser over time. So you may never know the answer to your dilemna.
Such is life ....
Loc: Ontario,Canada
Nice to read all this stuff about the C64. Never had one though - just a Sinclair and a TI99. Unlike Nigel I spent my programming career writing boring stuff like operating systems, compilers and communications. Still, I kept it up until my 60s (there's hope for you yet Nigel) and as Nigel points out, it brings in the money.
TheSonicEnergyAuthority
Loc: Peterborough,Cambridgeshire,UK
I was using Dr.T�s Keyboard Controlled Sequencer along with X-oR for patch editing. Great package as both programs ran together. Sure it was available for the Atari ST as well.
I�m running with emagic�s Logic and SoundDiver hoping it would be as good as the Amiga integration, it nearly manages it, but not quite as smoothly as the Dr.T�s system.
Music X promised so much, but never delivered. Bars & Pipes was ok (ish) but I didn�t get on with the graphic interface. KCS for me, I still use it for roughing out tracks�.
I believe KCS started life on the C-64 as well, but I�m not 100% sure, so don�t quote me on that.
Amiga was being designed by the team behind the Atari 8 bit micros, Commodore�s CEO Jack Trammel (not sure on the spelling) left Commodore, and bought Atari.
So as you said Commodore bought Lorraine Amiga, no doubt to give Jack a bit of a corporate headache. The ST was knocked up quite quickly, and was a pretty darn good machine, and I did give it a serious look when I was buying my 16-bit machine. The Amiga won, just!
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danb
Someone metioned about game programming like ps2, xbox, N64 and GameCube. I always have interest of doing this. Where should I start and what hardware and software should I use? I know a lot of friends who has Commodore, Amiga and Atari stuff. Thanks.


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80 U.S. 156
U.S. Supreme Court Opinions > 1871 > 80 U.S. 156
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PARGOUD
December Term, 1871
APPEAL from the Court of Claims.
Pargoud filed a claim in the court below to recover under the Abandoned and Captured Property Act, the proceeds of certain cotton. This act, as by reference to its provisions, on page 151, supra, will be seen, makes 'proof that the claimant had never given aid or comfort to the late rebellion' a prerequisite to recovery. Pargoud's petition, however, averred no loyalty at all. On the contrary, it set forth in the first sentence of it 'that he was guilty of participating in the rebellion against the United States,' adding, however, 'that he had been duly and legally pardoned for such participation by the President of the United States, and that he had received a pardon under the great seal dated on the 11th day of January, 1866, which had been duly accepted by him, and that his acceptance, duly notified to the Secretary of State, was now on file in the office of that department; and that he had complied with all the legal formalities in such case made and provided, and under the proclamations of amnesty and pardon issued by the President of the United States, now stands and is entitled to be considered in law as if he never had, in point of fact, participated in the late rebellion against the United States, and consequently he now avers that in legal intendment and under the allegations already made, he has at all times borne true allegiance to the government of the United States, and that he has not in any way aided, abetted, or given encouragement to the rebellion against the United States.'
The Court of Claims decided against the claimant on the ground that the petition did not aver that he had given no aid or comfort to the rebellion, nor sufficiently aver a pardon by the President.
Pargoud now brought the case here, where, on a motion made by the Attorney-General, Mr. Akerman, and supported by Mr. Bristow, the Solicitor-General, to dismiss it for want of jurisdiction—they relying on the proviso to act of July 12th, 1870 (sometimes called the 'Drake Amendment'), quoted supra, 133, in Klein v. United States (the said amendment not having been then as yet declared, by the judgment in that case, to be void), to show that the pardon ought not to be regarded—and Mr. P. Phillips opposing the motion the whole matter was elaborately and ably argued.
The CHIEF JUSTICE now gave the judgment of the court.
We have recently decided, in the case of Armstrong v. United States,* that the President's proclamation of December 25th, 1868, granting pardon and amnesty unconditionally and without reservation to all who participated, directly or indirectly, in the late rebellion, relieves claimants of captured and abandoned property from proof of adhesion to the United States during the late civil war. It was unnecessary, therefore, to prove such adhesion or personal pardon for taking part in the rebellion against the United States.
The judgment of the Court of Claims dismissing the petition is
Supra, the case immediately preceding.
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The Lost Tributes of the NYPD – Memorial Tablet, Flag of Honor, Police Arlington Burial Site
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From Police Officer to Soldier to The Grave and Beyond
This article was released during the month of May in recognition of National Peace Officers Memorial Day, which falls on Sunday, May 15th and the National Holiday of Memorial Day, which is May 30th. This article is dedicated to the men and women who serve/served as law enforcement officers across this country; those who do/did "double-duty" in the military; and to those who sacrificed life and limb in the performance of their duties.
From one uniform service to another, police officers of the City of New York have a long and strong history of military service. From the men of the Civil War era that left New York City's Metropolitan Police Force in order to enlist or volunteer, to today's missions around the world, there are hundreds of men and women who have served in both capacities, many of whom sacrificed their lives. The department, its unions, and official and unofficial fraternal organizations do an amazing job of never allowing the sacrifices made by their brothers to be forgotten. However, history tells of several significant memorial artifacts that are long forgotten and need to be restored to their original glory and serve as they were originally intended. "Whats the Deal with; the lost tributes of the Police Department of the City of New York (PDNY/NYPD)?
By way of example, this brief article will recount the story of one officer's service and sacrifice; a man who served the citizens of New York as a Patrolman and his country as a soldier. His story is more common than extraordinary; it exemplifies the unbridled sense of service that embodies the men and women of today's police forces in New York City, and across this country.
William Edward Sheridan:
According to an article appearing in the News Eagle (Hawley, PA), on May 24, 2013, there are no living relatives to carry on the memory of William Edward Sheridan, who was one of ten children, born to immigrant parents living in Hawley. How is it then, that his name and story will not be forgotten? Let us take a look at Patrolman Sheridan's experience, service, and lasting legacy.
Patrolman (Ptl.) "Bill" Sheridan was born in 1893 in Hawley, Pennsylvania (PA). In 1911, Bill left Hawley to live in New York City and was appointed to the PDNY on October 22, 1917 (two days after his twenty-fourth birthday). After graduating the police college (as the police academy was named at the time), Ptl. Sheridan wore Shield 6817 and was assigned to the 82nd Precinct (Butler St. Station House), Brooklyn. [Footnote: 1] According to the Annual Report of the PDNY for 1918, he received a "Commendation" "for 'an act of conspicuous bravery.'[2] The incident left him with serious injuries, requiring hospitalization," however no additional details were disclosed.
Patrolman William E. Sheridan, Shield 6817
As a police officer, Ptl. Sheridan was exempt from the Draft, but took a leave of absence from the police department to join the United States Army where, after training and a transfer, he fought in Company B, 79th Division, 313th Infantry of the American Expeditionary Forces. The 313th fought with other divisions in the battle of the Meusse Argonne (Argonne Forest) which history has recorded as one of the most brutal, bloody, and fierce fought in the Great War and resulted in the war's end.
1919 – Battle of Meusse Argonne, France
Army "Corporal 'Bill' Sheridan who rallied the remaining men and made a desperate charge against the Hun," was less than three weeks shy of his twenty-fifth birthday and just over one month from The Armistice, when he was killed by enemy machine-gun fire.[3] Corporal Sheridan's body was initially buried in France, but was later re-interred in his hometown of Hawley, PA on July 17, 1920.[4]
The Annual Report of the PDNY listed eighteen other members of he department, along with Ptl. Sheridan's, who died in the service of their country in 1918.
Upon learning of his re-burial, PDNY Lieutenant Martin J. Regan, President of the department's "Honor Legion," petitioned Police Commissioner Enright to permit a delegation to attend the re-burial as representatives of the PDNYC. "Big-hearted and patriotic, Enright immediately issued an order granting the request" to allow officers to attend, all of whom were veterans of the same war," however they were required to "take leave" to attend![5]
No mention in newspaper archives of Ptl./Corporal Sheridan was found from this point to 1933, when, in The Brooklyn Daily Eagle, on May 28, 1933, it was reported that "the Police Department honored its dead who lost their lives on the battlefields of France and on the streets of this city, at Police Headquarters beside the bronze plaques bearing the names of those who died in service." Taking part in the ceremony was the department's Honor Legion as well as members of the "William E. Sheridan Police Post of the American Legion." The same newspaper, on November 5, 1932, reported under the headline "3,000 Policemen And Friends Attend Sheridan Post Ball; Legion Unit Affair Pays Honor to Policeman Who was killed During War" that Sheridan's namesake Post, number 1059, held its first annual entertainment and dance which was attended by Police Commissioner Mulroney and other officials and dignitaries. Subsequent articles reported the activities of the American Legion Post in the honor of this great man.
On July 15, 1934, New York City Mayor Fiorello LaGuardia, via live radio broadcast, simultaneously dedicated several new parks across the city. These parks were referred to as "War Memorial Parks" and are easily recognizable throughout the city by the mast-style flagpole, style of construction, and signage.
One park, located at the address 80-100 Grand Street, (between Wyeth & South 1st St.) Brooklyn, was dedicated/named the "William E. Sheridan Playground." Members of the Sheridan American Legion were present.[6] (Note: A photograph of the lot, prior to construction of the playground, appears below at the end of this article.)
80-100 Grand Street, (between Wyeth & South 1st St.) Brooklyn,
Beginning after the formation of the American Legion Post, through approximately 1941, members of Sheridan Post 1059 made a "pilgrimage" to his gravesite in Hawley, PA and participated in related tributes. In 1945, after the end of World War II, the Sheridan Post led the Macy's Thanksgiving Day Parade in New York City! As of 2013, the Hawley News Eagle reported, that there were eighteen members of the Sheridan Post. Efforts to reach the Post, if they are still active, were unsuccessful. If anyone has any information about the Sheridan police Post of the American Legion, please email the author.
So concludes this short story about just one police officer who answered the call for the service of his nation, lost his life for his country on foreign soil, was buried on foreign soil, returned home, caught the attention of his police comrades who recognized the importance of taking care of a brother after death, and whose memory remains alive vis-à-vis a playground/city park and American Legion Post. Here the story of the "lost" memorials begins.
Lost Memorials:
On June 20, 1922, at Police Headquarters, located at 240 Centre Street, Manhattan, a "World War Memorial Tablet" bearing the names of 827 members of the department who served in the Great War was unveiled in a grand manner. A parade beginning downtown at historic Fraunces Tavern, made its way up Broadway to 240 Centre Street, where a grandiose police headquarters, built in 1909, awaited their arrival. Immediately upon entering headquarters, visitors would see that the large center staircase "leading to the tablet, was heaped with floral pieces sent by various military and police organizations and individuals."[7]
1923 – Original World War tablet, located at HQ, 240 Centre St., NYC
"Headquarters" was where prisoners were "taken downtown" and Diana S. Waite, in her book, Architects in Albany, says "Hoppin's Beaux Arts training is evident in ornate town houses for such clients as James Lanier but is apparent more dramatically in the New York City Police Headquarters at 240 Centre Street. This monumental, domed structure, constrained on a triangular lot, was designed 'to impress both the officer and prisoner with the majesty of the law.'"[8]
Circa 1910 – Police Headquarters, 240 Centre St., NYC
"The interior of the building housed both the functional and the imposing. The marble-clad reception area was palatial. In the basement was a gymnasium and a firing range. On the top floor was an observation deck."[9]
After an invocation, a bugler sounded "Taps." Military Honor Guards representing all of the branches of service presented The Colors. There were musical tributes, and addresses from dignitaries and military officers. The large tablet, made of bronze, "in the form of a Maltese cross" was set between large stained glass windows which must have cast beautiful hues on it when the sun came through the windows. The Annual Report mentioned that although the "police force of New York City was, in effect, an important arm of the war forces, and its members should be exempt…nevertheless, about 8 per cent of the strength of the force elected to enlist."[10] Detailed instructions were written into the Annual Report describing dedication ceremony of the "Memorial Tablet." (Note: The General Order prescribing the ceremony appears below at the end of this article.)
In 1973, the NYPD, as it was now commonly referred to, moved into its new headquarters at One Police Plaza, near City Hall. A well-known author, who has written several excellent books on the history of the NYPD & crime related to this author that there was a departmental parade from the old headquarters to the new one followed by a parade of dump trucks containing glass plate negatives, documents, records and anything else that was there to the East River. The building was left empty and fell into disrepair until 1983 when a developer purchased the building for $4.2 million dollars and turned it into high-end condominiums that sell for millions of dollars each.
"Fidelis Usque Ad Mortem." "Faithful Unto Death" is the NYPD's motto and reflects the individual officers devotion to service and sacrifice as well as the fraternal obligation between officers. The department, and fraternal organizations do an excellent job of maintaining their memories, but a few things have "slipped through the cracks" which need to be brought to light.
Adding to a growing list of missing department tributes is the above-described "Memorial Tablet" which bears the name of Ptl. William E. Sheridan, and those of the 826 others. The present whereabouts of the tablet are not known to the author. While the whereabouts of the original tablets remains unknown, the names of officers who were killed in the service to their country appear to be present on a bronze plaque entitled "Armed Forces Memorial" which is located in the lobby of the current Police Headquarters. William E. Sheridan's name is present on the plaque, which was dedicated in 2007. Unanswered questions remain about the whereabouts of the original, or other tablets, between 1973 and 2007. If anyone has information about the whereabouts, or can add to, or correct, this information, please contact the author.
(Note: A recent photograph of the present Armed Forces Memorial tablet appears at the end of this article.)
1920 Group Photo – World War Memorial Tablet Dedication
The second lost tribute is the "Flag of Honor." The Flag was donated by a citizens' group to the police department in 1872, for the same reason as the Police Arlington; appreciation. The flag was intended to be carried in the Annual Parades and at the funerals of officers killed in the line of duty. Newspaper articles indicated that the flag was carried in the annual police parade of 1898, and in the 1909 funeral procession of the only officer in the history of the department to be killed in the line of duty overseas – Lieutenant Giuseppe Petrosino, of the "Italian Squad." Lt. Petrosino was murdered in Palermo, Sicily while gathering intelligence on criminal aliens in New York City. The Flag of Honor appears to have disappeared from mention in newspapers after 1909. A representative of the now dormant "New York City Police Museum" advised that they do not possess the flag.
The Flag of Honor
The department's official motto "Fidelis Ad Mortem" appeared beneath the words "The Citizens of New York to Their Brave Police." The motto of the PDNYC dates prior to 1871, when the words were stitched in gold thread into the flag which was made of blue silk with gold tassels.
The third tragic loss concerns the "Police Arlington," Cypress Hills Cemetery, Queens, NY. The Arlington, is a burial ground, originally purchased with donated funds made by citizens and business groups. It was dedicated in 1871 by the Metropolitan Police Benevolent Burial Association, and was intended to be used to bury officers killed in the line of duty as well as those without family, or the means to be otherwise buried. In fact, officers who, like Ptl. Sheridan, served in the military, and died for their country, are buried at the site.
The Metropolitan Police Benevolent Assn., Inc. Police Arlington, as it appeared originally. Patrolman Lester Lewis posed for the artist.
A large plot, high on a hill, overlooking Manhattan, Long Island, and Brooklyn, the site consisted of a monument with bronze tablets which supported an eight foot bronze statue. The statue was the likeness of Patrolman Lester Lewis, of the old Broadway Squad (who were selected for their height to facilitate in their direction of traffic). The statue stood for ninety-five years atop the monument, but was stolen in 1966! The whereabouts of the statue, and bronze tablets that were affixed to the monument are unknown. (Note: A recent photograph of the present condition of the monument appears below at the end of this article.)
Today, the site is owned by the New York City Police Department Honor Legion, a fraternal organization that is a corporation and not part of the department. The Honor Legion was established in 1912 to honor all of New York City's Finest who had died in the course of their duty. There are several officers who gave their lives in the performance of their duties, both as police officers and as military servicemen buried at the site. The following was related to the author by a retired police officer who discovered a deed to the site online and then visited the site.
Several years ago, he located a deed to one of the plots online. After purchasing the document, he visited the cemetery and located the plot, which was poorly maintained, overgrown, and in need of maintenance. Along with another retired officer, they cleared overgrowth, leveled and cleaned headstones, and worked with another fraternal organization to organize a memorial ceremony, held during National Law Enforcement Memorial Week, each year in the month of May. After a few years of ceremonies were attended by Police Commissioner Raymond Kelly, and other ranking members of the NYPD, efforts to restore the site to its original glory by replacing the statue and plaques were made.
A short ceremony is held annually at the site, during National Law Enforcement Memorial Week. If you have read this article this far, you likely would likely enjoy participating in this somber, solemn ceremony.
"Whats the Deal with;" lost tributes of the Police Department of the City of New York (PDNY/NYPD)? It is the responsibility, duty and solemn obligation of anyone connected with the department, fraternal organizations, and members of service, to ensure that the memories of those who gave their lives, and the tributes created in their honor, never be forgotten. There are individuals who have the means and ability to restore, and maintain, these important tributes and they are duty-bound to do so.
If the original Memorial Tablets exist, they should be displayed, or there whereabouts identified. The Flag of Honor can, and should, be recreated, and used as intended. The Police Arlington site should be restored to its original glory.
"Eternal Be Their Memory" or in Latin "Eorum Memoria Aeterna Erit."
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1923 – General Order – Describing the ceremony for the unveiling of the War Memorial Tablet at HQ
1934 – Land dedicated for the Sheridan War Memorial Playground
1933 Ceremony, Police HQ, 240 Centre St. See Caption in Photo.
The Armed Forces Memorial Tablet, Lobby, 1 Police Plaza
The monument at the Police Arlington, circa 2014, sans statue, and original bronze tablets.
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american legion police post
flag of honor
giuseppe petrosino
italian squad
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police arlington
raymond kelly
war memorial tablet
william bratton
william e sheridan
william e sheridan police post 1059
The Lost History of the PDNY's Junior Police Force? Their Story Has Never Been Told!
From Serving & Protecting a City to Serving & Fighting for One's Country; One Patrolman & Soldier's Representative Story of Heroism and Remembrance


They're more commonly seen in HK in Autumn (August/September) than spring, but we might get lucky this Sunday. If you don't go, you'll never know !
March is the month in Hong Kong when our "Red Hot Poker" * trees are in blossom. Apart from the blossoms the trees are quite bare, so it is the best chance to see and photograph our resident sunbirds. These pictures were taken in Tai Po Kau Nature Reserve, but Fork-tailed Sunbirds are widespread.
* For any tree fans who may have dropped in : this tree is actually Erythrina speciosa , native to South America. Did you know Forktailed Sunbirds were first recorded in Hongkong in 1959 ?
Completed the 24th Hong kong WWF "Big Bird Race" yesterday as a "Jebsen Holidays Wandering Tattler".
Many Thanks to Jebsen for our Team sponsorship. They sponsored TWO teams in this years' race! The Tattlers were Gavin Cooper (Captain), Andrew Young, Tim Woodward and Roger Muscroft. And me.
We saw (or heard) 157 species, which put us third, the winners were the "Professionals" who scored 162, and won the most important prize, the one for raising the most money.
Our first birds were at 1700hrs on Friday evening on Pond 77 at Tsim Bei Tsui. We had a nice breeding plumage Saunders's Gull there, so we were off to a good start.
The 157th bird was Chinese Spotbill on pond 8 at Mai Po Nature Reserve.
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Home News Local government Denmark, U.S. National Archives, U.S.V.I. Collaborate to Recover V.I. Legislative Records
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Senate President Myron Jackson. (File photo)
Senate President Myron Jackson convened in a meeting with officials from the Smithsonian Institution to discuss the "USVI Legislative Records Recovery Project," which is preserving 20 bound volumes of Legislative Journals that are at risk because of damages sustained by hurricanes Irma and Maria that struck the territory in 2017, according to a press release from the Office of the Senate President.
"The Legislature of the Virgin Islands has its challenges because the Division of Legal Counsel is where the collections were stored, and after the storms occurred, later breached. The collections were relocated to St. John, USVI, and later became inundated with mold," said Sen. Jackson.
"I am hoping to retrieve the information on the collections. The collections are significant because it linked us to our past and will be utilized in the future. We have employees who function within archives which are accessible. However, they are untrained archivist[s]."
The collections were removed from the Legislative Archives on St. Thomas and St. John, transported on a plane and ground transportation from St. Thomas to BELFOR located in Ft. Worth, Texas, and freeze dried in consultation with the custodian.
Denmark, U.S. National Archives, and the U.S. Virgin Islands have collaborated to preserve the documents. Digitizing archives is the modern approach to which archivists are transferring the material. To date, archives in the territory are kept on microfilm.
In 2014, policymakers enacted into law Bill No. 30-0155 to use the Enid M. Baa Library and Archives Building exclusively for archives, records management and supportive economic initiatives. Unfortunately, a funding source has yet to be identified.
"I have passed legislation to dedicated archives in the Enid Baa Library located in Downtown Charlotte Amalie. There were challenges in bringing this to fruition. The plan was to place the archives on the top two floors. The building needs to be converted to hold central files of the government," said Sen. Jackson.
The loan period for the USVI Legislative Records and Recovery Project will commence upon all parties signing the Permission and Release Agreement. It will end on Jan. 1, 2019.
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FEMA has released $13.5 million to the U.S. Virgin Islands for the DPNR, the Department of Agriculture and the Bureau of Motor Vehicles.
Federal Government Awards $6M in Grants to V.I. Department of Health
Delegate to Congress Stacey E. Plaskett released the following statement announcing that the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services has awarded the Virgin Island a grant for health services.
Plaskett Reports $69.7M in Education Funds to Aid V.I. Schools During Pandemic
Delegate to Congress Stacey Plaskett issued a statement on the release of $69.7 million by the U.S. Department of Education to the V.I. from coronavirus relief funding recently enacted.


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Ce terme ne précise pas s'il s'agit d'un équivalent tactile d'un langage officiel comme l'ASL, ou bien d'une forme modifiée, personnelle ou intuitive.

Techniques
Jusqu'aux années 1970, la plupart des sourds et des aveugles vivaient dans l'isolement. Lorsque les professionnels ont pris conscience de ce handicap, des tentatives ont été faites pour aider les sourds-aveugles en créant des alphabets manuels ou en modifiant les langues des signes utilisées par les sourds-voyants. Le Centre National d'Hellen Keller, Le Phare pour aveugles et malvoyants et l'Institut d'Alabama des sourds et aveugles en est un exemple.

Plusieurs méthodes de communication avec les sourds-aveugles ont été développées, notamment:

 Main sur la main (également connue sous le nom de signature pratique): Les mains du récepteur sont placées légèrement sur le dos des mains de l'émetteur pour qu'il lise les signes par le toucher et le mouvement. La langue des signes utilisée dans la signature manuelle est souvent une version légèrement modifiée de la langue des signes locale; c'est particulièrement le cas lorsqu'il est utilisé par des personnes qui ont appris à lire les signes visuellement avant de perdre leur vision comme avec le syndrome d'Usher . La langue des signes utilisée peut également être une version codée manuellement de la langue orale locale (telle que l'anglais signé), ou un intermédiaire entre les deux, connu sous le nom de langue des signes de contact.
 Suivi : Le récepteur place légèrement sa main sur les poignets ou les avant-bras de l'émetteur pour l'aider à suivre visuellement les signes (car le récepteur connaît l'emplacement de ses propres mains et peut ainsi se concentrer sur la ou les mains de l'expéditeur). Le récepteur qui utilise le «suivi» a généralement un champ de vision limité.
 Orthographe tactile : une forme manuelle de l'alphabet dans lequel les mots sont épelés (voir l'alphabet manuel) est peut-être la plus connue car c'était la méthode qu'Anne Sullivan utilisait pour communiquer avec Helen Keller. Différents alphabets manuels peuvent être utilisés, comme l'alphabet ASL à une main ou les alphabets manuels à deux mains utilisés, par exemple, en Grande-Bretagne. Encore une fois, le récepteur place une main sur celle de l'émetteur. Cet alphabet est également rarement utilisé aux États-Unis.
 Lorm : alphabet tactile développé au  par l'inventeur et romancier sourd-aveugle Hieronymus Lorm et utilisé dans plusieurs pays européens.
 Traçage ou impression sur la paume: traçage des lettres (ou formes) sur la paume ou le corps du récepteur. Les majuscules produites de manière cohérente sont appelées «alphabet bloc» ou «alphabet spartiate».
 Signature en braille : Utiliser six points sur la paume pour représenter les six points d'une cellule en braille. Alternativement, l'émetteur peut «taper» sur une table comme s'il utilisait une machine à écrire en braille (voir Perkins Brailler) et le récepteur placera ses mains sur le dessus. Cette méthode peut avoir plusieurs récepteurs les uns sur les autres, mais un récepteur assis en face lira la cellule braille à l'envers.

De plus, des moyens simples de répondre, comme un tapotement pour «oui» ou un mouvement de frottement pour «non», peuvent être inclus. Au Japon, un système développé par une femme sourde-aveugle est utilisé pour représenter les cinq voyelles et les cinq consonnes majeures de la langue japonaise sur les doigts, où le signataire «tape» sur une table et le récepteur place ses mains sur le dessus pour "écouter" .

Ce qui était particulièrement difficile, c'était de communiquer avec des enfants ou des bébés nés sourds et aveugles qui n'avaient pas eu l'occasion d'apprendre une langue naturelle (parlée ou signée). Voici quelques-unes de ces tentatives.

 Signature co-active : l'émetteur déplace et manipule les mains et les bras de la personne sourde-aveugle pour former des formes de signe ou des mots à la main. Ceci est souvent utilisé avec les enfants sourds-aveugles pour leur enseigner les signes et avec les personnes ayant une déficience intellectuelle.
 Signature sur le corps : le corps de la personne sourde-aveugle est utilisé pour compléter la formation des signes avec une autre personne. Par exemple: menton, paume, poitrine. Souvent utilisé avec des personnes ayant également une déficience intellectuelle.

Développement de communautés
Au fil des décennies, les sourds-aveugles ont commencé à former des communautés où le langage tactile est né. Comme les sourds, qui ont d'abord utilisé des formes inventées de langage parlé puis créé leurs propres langues, les sourds-aveugles dans les communautés ont d'abord utilisé des formes modifiées de langage visuel, et créent maintenant leurs propres langues tactiles naturelles. Voici des exemples de langues des signes visuels: l' éducation des sourds ; Liste des langues des signes ; Langue des signes nicaraguayenne. L'une des communautés les plus actives se trouve dans la région de Seattle, dans l'État de Washington.

Comparaison avec la langue des signes visuelle
Il existe peu de données sur les spécificités des variations entre l'utilisation visuelle et tactile de la langue des signes. Cependant, les études suggèrent un degré significatif de différence. Dans la signature main dans la main, les éléments des langues des signes des sourds appelés caractéristiques non manuelles (telles que l'expression faciale) ne seront pas reçus et devront être remplacés par des informations supplémentaires produites manuellement. Les caractéristiques non manuelles courantes utilisées dans les langues des signes des sourds qui sont absentes dans la signature tactile incluent les sourcils levés comme marqueur de question et une tête tremblante comme négation.

La langue des signes tactile se pratique également dans un espace plus petit que celui du langage visuel des signes. Les signes qui touchent le corps peuvent être déplacés vers l'avant dans un espace plus neutre. D'autres signes qui sont généralement produits dans un endroit «hors de portée» (comme la jambe) peuvent être modifiés (soit épelés, soit en utilisant une variante).

Différentes règles régissent la prise de parole, les salutations et les adieux.

Un exemple d'une langue qui s'est naturellement développée chez les sourds-aveugles est la langue des signes des îles de la Baie du Honduras.

Interagir avec les sourds-aveugles
Lors de l'interaction avec des sourds-aveugles, un certain nombre de considérations peuvent être prises en compte.

Beaucoup de sourds-aveugles tirent le meilleur parti de leur vue restante, donc un bon éclairage est vital. La plupart du temps, la lumière claire et uniforme (évitez les reflets) est la meilleure, mais certains préfèrent une lumière faible, il est donc préférable de demander.

Susie Morgan suggère les lignes directrices suivantes pour l'apparence et la tenue vestimentaire des interprètes travaillant avec des clients sourds-aveugles:

Portez des vêtements qui créent un contraste avec vos mains. Tenez compte des éléments suivants lors de la sélection des vêtements:

 Couleurs foncées (noir, bleu marine, marron, vert foncé, etc.) pour les personnes à peau claire
 Couleurs claires (blanc cassé, beige, pêche, etc.) pour les personnes à la peau foncée
 Vêtements de couleur unie (évitez les rayures, les pois, etc. )
 Encolures hautes (pas de décolletés ou cols bas) Des couleurs contrastées entre le teint et les murs d'arrière-plan peuvent également aider.

Il vaut mieux éviter les bijoux qui peuvent être gênants, soit tactilement (par exemple, bagues et bracelets) ou visuellement (par exemple, boucles d'oreilles étincelantes). Les ongles doivent également être courts et lisses. Une couleur neutre de vernis à ongles peut être portée, mais les rouges vifs et les couleurs sombres peuvent être trop forts. Lorsqu'ils travaillent à proximité des clients lors de l'utilisation de signes tactiles, les interprètes doivent être conscients des odeurs fortes telles que les parfums, la fumée de cigarette ou le souffle d'oignon.

La signature tactile peut également être épuisante pour l'interprète et le client sourd-aveugle. Les pauses sont encore plus importantes qu'avec une interprétation régulière et devraient être prises plus souvent. Une assise correcte peut également réduire le risque de tension des blessures; les deux partenaires de communication doivent être à l'aise et à hauteur égale. Des tables rembourrées spécialement conçues pour la signature tactile peuvent être utilisées.

Histoire
En 1648 en Angleterre, John Bulwer a écrit à propos d'un couple qui était compétent dans la communication de signes tactiles:  "Nous avons un exemple évident de la capacité du toucher à compenser l'absence d'autres sens chez Babington de Burntwood dans le comté d'Essex, un ingénieux gentleman, qui, par une maladie, devenant sourd, voit des signes dans l'obscurité, comme s'il avait un œil dans ses doigts. Sa femme discute parfaitement avec lui par une étrange façon : un alphabet inventé sur les jointures de ses doigts; elle le prend par la main dans le la nuit, et peut ainsi parler avec lui très exactement, car il fait correspondre les jointures qu'elle touche aux lettres, puis en mots. Par ces exemples [se référant à ce cas et à celui d'un abbé devenu sourd, muet et aveugle, qui comprenait l'écriture tracée sur son bras nu], vous pouvez voir à quel point le Toucher est prêt à compenser les défauts des autres sens, comme étant le sens le plus fidèle à l'homme, étant à la fois le Fondateur, supérieur à tous les autres. "

Voir également

 Braille
Type de lune
 Langage des signes
Langue des signes des îles de la Baie du Honduras
 Tadoma

Références

 Frankel, MA (2002), Interprétation pour sourds et aveugles: utilisation par les interprètes de la négation dans la langue des signes américaine tactile, in Sign Language Studies 2.2, Gallaudet University Press.
 Mesch, J. (2000), Lange des signes tactile suédoise: Prise de parole dans les Conversations de sourd-aveugles . Bilinguisme et identité dans les communautés sourdes, éd. M. Metzger, 187-203. Washington, DC: Gallaudet University Press.
 O'Brien, S. et Steffen, C. (1996). ASL tactile: ASL utilisé par les sourds-aveugles . Forum de communication de l'Université Gallaudet. Volume 5. Washington, DC: Gallaudet University Press.
 Bulwer, J. (1648) Philocopus, ou l'ami du sourd-aveugle, Londres: Humphrey et Moseley.

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Braille
Langue des signes

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Crane Point Hammock, Marathon
Explore Crane Point Hammock in the Keys
Nestled in the heart of the Marathon shopping district near MM 50, lies Crane Point Hammock, a 64-acre tropical paradise rich in history, museums, nature trails and Florida wildlife. Considered one of the most important historical sites in all the Florida Keys, Crane Point Hammock also contains the last virgin palm hammock in the United States. The Florida Keys Land and Sea Trust, a private organization working to protect the Keys, owns and manages the hammock.
Meandering through the extensive trails of this beautiful site you will find it is abundant with much to see and discover. Walking these trails, you will see over 160 species of plants native to the Keys and witness wildlife including white crowned pigeons, raccoons, ibis, herons, dragonflies and butterflies. As you explore, take a moment to enjoy Casa Iguana, the resident iguana habitat, and the saltwater lagoon where you can observe a variety of Keys fish.
at Crane Point Hammock in the Keys
On the trail near the entrance to Crane Point, you will encounter the Museum of Natural History. Rich with exhibits and dioramas, adults and children can learn about the history of the Keys, life cycle of sea turtles, shipwreck treasures and see Native American artifacts. Next of course is the Children's Museum where kids of all ages can play on a realistic wooden pirate ship – AARGH! It's Blackbeard! – enjoy a shell exhibit and interact with the sea creatures of the Keys in the touch tank.
As you stroll along the trail, you will come upon the Adderley Town Historic Site where George Adderley, an immigrant from the Bahamas, and his family set up a home in the early 1900's. The Adderley's made their living by making charcoal, gathering, and selling sponges they collected from the surrounding waters of the Keys. Their home that was built out of burnt seashells, has survived for over 100 years and is still standing. It is the oldest Keys house outside of Key West.
Stroll the beautiful Nature Trails
Next on the list to explore is the Marathon Wild Bird Center where you will view rescued pelicans, ospreys, falcons, herons and other birds. The Center's goal is to rescue and rehabilitate injured and orphaned birds for eventual release into the wild.
Continue along the trail and experience Crane Point itself along with a spectacular view of Florida Bay.
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Podcast - Driving Discussions: The impact of Covid-19 on European biofuels markets and HVO
Posted 29 abril 2020
Author Argus
Join the latest Driving Discussions podcast for coverage of the European HVO and biofuel markets amidst the Covid-19 pandemic.
Tune in to our Driving Discussions podcast with host, Josefine Alströhm, VP - Business Development, and resident Argus experts, John Houghton-Brown, Editor - Biofuels, and Giulia Squadrin, Senior Reporter. This episode focuses on the European HVO and biofuels markets.
Josefine: Hi and welcome to another podcast in the Argus series, "Driving Discussions," where we're focusing on the road fuels markets. Today, we are looking, in particular, at the European biofuels market. A market of growing importance as the transport sector here in Europe is trying to decarbonize, and we will discuss how this market has been affected by the coronavirus situation. My name is Josefine Ahlström, VP Business Development for Europe here at Argus. And with me today, I have the pleasure of having my colleagues, John Houghton-Brown, the editor of Argus Biofuels Report, and Giulia Squadrin, senior reporter. Very welcome, John and Giulia.
John: Hi, Josefine.
Giulia: Hi.
Josefine: Welcome to both of you. My first question is really around to what extent lockdowns across the EU member states have affected the domestic biodiesel market in terms of traded prices and consumptions? What do you see in the market on this, John?
John: So, lockdowns across the EU have seen a dramatic decline in road fuels demand, which in turn has limited the demand for biofuels blending. Following this, biodiesel spot prices were set at record lows through March. That theme has continued somewhat through April. The industry benchmark, biodiesel benchmark, FAME 0, hit lows in late March, not recorded since Argus began assessing the product in 2011, pricing it around the mid $500 a ton. The grade's price has never fallen below the $700 a ton mark before the middle of that month, just to give a bit of an idea. Another Argus benchmark, rapeseed oil methyl ester, or RME, which is largely produced in Europe, slipped below its feedstock price for the first time ever. Now, negative production margins for RME and FAME 0, of course, the slowdown in EU biodiesel production in April as some major producers have shut down output altogether.
On the fossil side, while prices have declined significantly as well, gas oil markets in North Sea Dated have been reasonably strong for the most part during the crisis, even spiking to the highest since 2018 at the end of March. Consumers are stocking up on heating oil while the outright price is low, and road diesel demand has fared much better than gasoline, especially in Germany. Suppliers estimate local filling station diesel demand is down by only 10% to 40% there because of the crisis, a considerable amount, but this is compared to 50% to 80% for gasoline with industrial vehicles that run on diesel more likely to still be moving around. And biodiesel markets are seeing less of an impact than ethanol markets because of this.
Josefine: So, John, then why have prompt feedstock prices at times surpassed and sort of have been actually higher than the value of the actual end biofuels product?
John: Well, it's really an unprecedented situation. While prompt rapeseed oil prices hosted strong losses, these were more measured than those for RME, and feedstock price surpassed the value of the final product in several trading sessions. EU imports of rapeseed fell significantly in late March and early April, which drove an increase in RSO prices. With thinner feedstock demand from the biodiesel complex, European rapeseed crushers and mill operators are now switching their feedstocks to soybeans to produce soybean meal that can be sold as compound feed to livestock farmers, which is reducing European RSO output.
Beyond the short-term, harvest forecasts for this are uncertain as dry April weather in countries in the Black Sea region, which including Ukraine, which is the EU's largest rapeseed supplier for the current season, may hamper yields. But waste biodiesel grades are incentivized by EU Transport Renewables legislation, and spot prices remain relatively high compared with the other biodiesel grades with production margins still positive. Biodiesel made from used cooking oil, or better known as UCOME, has been supported by a tight supply of a limited waste collection and major exporting countries such as China as well as locally.
Josefine: So, John, when it comes to assessing these markets, I mean, we have seen biodiesel spot trade continue at a greater pace, now, here in March, April than it did the year before despite the current lockdowns [inaudible 00:04:33] due to the corona situation, what's your view on that? What's the explanation for this high market activity?
John: Well, in such circumstances, you could expect trading activity to slow down completely, but there are many market participants with large positions to reduce or they were during March, and this snowballed into April. At the same time, large stock volumes have maintained liquidity albeit at record low prices. Commitments via term contracts as well as those for associated products such as glycerin have also supported trade. Biodiesel spot trade on Argus Open Markets for FAME 0, RME, and UCOME totaled 128,000 tons in March, only slightly lower than the 179,000 tons traded in February and compared with 147,000 tons in January. These high and transparent volumes set the Argus benchmark price assessments as a weighted average ensuring our assessments are robust even in times of volatility.
More broadly, we're in an environment of the higher mandated blending targets in all EU member states as we approach the conclusion the original EU Renewable Energy Directive, or RED. With diesel use reasonable in the context of a crash in gasoline demand and lockdowns expected to ease in a number of countries in May, the FAME 0 price will be supported with much of what is sold at current value, likely cheaper product being brought into the EU from abroad, and volumes of imports generally limited. Spot trade tends to pick up in the third and fourth quarter as obligated parties move more quickly to meet their yearly target. In the context of lower EU member state blending targets in 2019, trade of FAME 0, and RME, and UCOME on Argus Open Markets totaled 483,000 tons and 594,000 tons respectively. And I think we can expect a big pickup come the third and fourth quarters here in 2020.
Josefine: Thanks, John. That's very interesting. And I mean, it's a matter close to our hearts and it's great to see this big liquidity for these important assessments. So, switching over to ethanol from the biodiesel, how has the ethanol market reacted to the current crisis environment that we're in?
John: Well, as I mentioned earlier, the ethanol market has seen a much more severe impact than the biodiesel market based on diesel and gasoline use in Europe. Regional demand fuel ethanol has dropped with the lower gasoline consumption, up to as high as 90% in the case of Italy, and more broadly in line with declines in Germany. Prices for Argus Eurobob Oxy gasoline are now around record lows through April, gasoline margins to crude, some to discounts in Northwest Europe. Prices for 50% to 60% greenhouse gas savings ethanol dropped to €349 a cubic meter on 24th of March. That's the lowest level since Argus began assessing it in July 2011 with no demand for higher greenhouse gas savings products either as exemplified by flat price with the Argus 68% greenhouse gas savings assessment. The collapse in prices led to production cuts by major European producers including Alcogroup, Cristalco, and Vertex. There'll be some extra demand for ethanol for hand sanitizer production, but the increased demand in industrial grade doesn't come close to compensating for the drop in demand for fuel ethanol, normally constituting around 80% of EU output.
Josefine: Okay, thanks. Thanks. That's useful to know on the ethanol side. But over to, I mean, the renewable diesel side, Giulia, can you please explain for our listeners, what is it that you are covering on HVO, the so-called hydrotreated vegetable oil? What is it that you're doing there?
Giulia: Yeah. So, HVO is a drop-in renewable fuel that, when compared with the more conventional biofuels, has the advantage of not being subject to the 7% blend rule when blended for diesel. In Europe, blending targets do surpass conventional blend rules, and this has supported demand for HVO. Before the COVID outbreak, the expectation was that demand for HVO would increase rapidly in the coming months and years as blending targets rose further. And with strong demand and limited capacity, HVO is usually priced at a significant premium to biodiesel. What we do? We publish a monthly commentary on EU HVO prices. We focus on Northwest European markets and include a variety of feedstocks, mainly used cooking oil, animal fats, and palm oil. And every month, we speak to a wide range of key players in the market including producers, traders, brokers, and end-users.
Josefine: That's useful to know. So then, how has this very popular product been affected by the coronavirus situation?
Giulia: During March and April, HVO prices have declined somewhat. And this has mostly been driven by declines to diesel prices. But compared with the wider biofuels complex, HVO's price's reaction to the coronavirus crisis was somewhat delayed, especially for HVO produced from waste. With European biodiesel plants closing or reducing production, I mean, negative margins, rapeseed oil has been seen by HVO producer as a viable feedstock whereas previously this had been considered too expensive given high production costs of HVO, in general, and lower prices for other vegetable oils like palm oil. So, this is still likely to be only a temporary switch.
The HVO spot market is usually pretty liquid with most volumes moved on a term basis, and prompt activity has slowed down further since the outbreak of the coronavirus. Uncertainty about when road fuel demand might pick up again has even affected negotiations for contracts in third and fourth quarters, and buyers are reluctant to take positions as they wait for prices to drop further.
Josefine: So, Giulia, then looking further ahead here then, what's your view on meeting the mandated target this year that's set out by the Renewable Energy Directive John mentioned before, also known as the RED? Wouldn't it be easier with now less demand and hence less volume of biofuels needed to meet those targets?
Giulia: Well, as things stand, there is a 10% transport renewables target for 2020 under the RED legislation. And this is a significant increase for the majority of EU countries compared to last year. And this is especially true considering that some countries failed to reach their targets already in 2019. The less fuel demand following the pandemic will bring down the volumes of biofuels required to meet the targets, but at the same time, most member states will still have to work hard regardless given the wider context. We had so far seen decent spot liquidity for biodiesel through March and April with the FAME 0 having a daily record of 25,000 tons of trade in one session. This was just last Friday, and this is likely because many in the market do anticipate a strong increase in consumption once lockdown restrictions across Europe are eased and have moved to store products when values are around historic lows.
Josefine: And, John, also looking further ahead here, I mean, the other question I have is, what do you think is the mindset of the European Union on decarbonization once it's come out of the corona emergency situation? Do you think it's possible that the pressure for decarbonization will accelerate further, or that the regulators may even turn a bit of a blind eye to fulfill targets while they're trying to get the sort of badly hit economies back on the feet? What's your view on that?
John: Well, I think the broader view is that generally, a recession would put climate concerns on the back-burner. But that said, given the pace at which targets have increased, as Giulia just said, to meet the EU's RED 10% target in 2020, it could well be full steam ahead once we emerge from the current situation. With any return to economic growth, meaning oil demand growth, in this context that should mean more biofuels blending. The industry is now well established, and supply chains are developed. And there'll be a strong pressure from the biofuel sectors as well as other sectors such as agriculture to maintain the momentum of the past few years. Further to that, reducing emissions is now more commonplace discussion within EU member states in 2020. And I can see a lot of resistance to countries reneging on their mandated renewables targets in the future. In fact, I think there may be widespread encouragement to accelerate current progress given the relatively slow progress previously of transport decarbonization when you're comparing it with other sectors of the economy.
Josefine: So, even further ahead here, I mean, and the plans for the EU on decarbonization, so how are we here at Argus looking at RED II, so the next step in the legislation? And what pricing solutions are you and your team putting in place, for example, for the waste feedstocks?
Josefine: So, RED II, which runs to 2030, maintains support for crop-based biofuels and waste-based ones under Annex IX, Part B, the waste biofuels, including used cooking methyl ester or UCOME, but it ramps up the requirement to blend advanced biofuels from a wide array of feedstocks under Part A of Annex IX. We've begun to price a number of these feedstocks listed in Part A. These include wastes from palm oil production, one such price being the palm oil mill effluent price. These prices will only grow in relevance through the decade while pricing for the already established grades biodiesel will continue to underpin the market.
Josefine: Thanks, John and Giulia, for this very useful update on the European biofuels market. And for anyone wanting to follow the market with more information like we discussed today on RED II, corona impact, and so on, we can recommend the Argus Biofuels Report, which we publish on a daily basis. And if you, in particular, want to track the immediate fallout from the coronavirus on the commodity markets like biofuels, then we have our dedicated hub page on the Argus Media website, which is www.argusmedia.com/coronavirus. Many thanks, John and Giulia. And thanks everybody for listening.
John: Thank you.
Giulia: Thank you, Josefine.


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Did anybody face this kind of issue?
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HOME > NEWSROOM > PRESS CENTER > NRB Rejoices Over News of Meriam Ibrahim's Flight Out of Sudan
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NRB Rejoices Over News of Meriam Ibrahim's Flight Out of Sudan
Manassas, VA– Dr. Jerry A. Johnson, President & CEO of NRB, rejoiced at news that Meriam Ibrahim, her husband, and her two young children were able to fly out of Sudan early Thursday morning – one month after her release from prison. Mrs. Ibrahim, who had been sentenced to death for her Christian faith, landed safely in Italy with her family.
"I thank God for Meriam Ibrahim and her family's safe journey out of Sudan," said Dr. Johnson. "May the Lord richly bless them as they start a new chapter in their lives. And may He bless those in the world who continue to endure hardships and persecution because of their faith in Him. Let us not forget them!"
Mrs. Ibrahim was arrested last August and sentenced to death this past May for "apostasy" – leaving Islam – although she's been a Christian all her life. She was further ordered to receive 100 lashes for "adultery" because the Sudanese authorities would not recognize her marriage to a Christian man, Daniel Wani, who is an American citizen. She, her 20-month-old son, and infant daughter, who was born in prison, were incarcerated by the Sudanese government until her apostasy and adultery convictions were overturned last month on appeal.
In a letter sent earlier this year to U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry, Dr. Johnson urged the United States to intervene on Mrs. Ibrahim's behalf.
"We find it unconscionable and intolerable that the Sudanese government would violate its own law and international covenants by treating any individual with such enmity and abuse because of her faith in the Lord Jesus Christ," wrote Dr. Johnson. "We urge that the United States act expeditiously in defense of Mrs. Ibrahim, Mr. Wani, and their little ones."
Now that they are out of Sudan, Mrs. Ibrahim and her family reportedly will remain in Italy for a short time and then travel on to the United States.
Dr. Johnson's full letter to Secretary Kerry is available online here.
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Steven Rutledge
Steven Rutledge fondly remembers the time his father spent with him and his brothers when they were boys. Every Friday night, he took them to McDonald's, and then to a movie. Every Saturday, he took them to a softball field and taught them how to play the game.
"We had a lot of fun," he says of those days growing up in Brooklyn, NY. The whole family was together -- Mom and Dad, the boys (sisters came later). "In my opinion, those were the best years." And when he talks about them now, the first thing he mentions is those weekend outings with his father.
The family later moved to Pawleys Island, SC, where he graduated from high school in 1981. He moved back to New York for a time, but eventually, he came back South. He was married, and he and his wife had four children of their own.
Things were good, his marriage was solid. When he lost his job as a painter, things fell apart -- his marriage, his relationship with his family, everything that mattered.
On a fateful day in November 2013, Gamble Anderson, an attorney with the SC Department of Social Services, asked him he could make a payment. "No," he said. "I'm flat broke." He hadn't made a payment in five weeks. "I was expecting to go to jail that day."
But something else happened. She sent him to A Father's Place, one of the programs across South Carolina under the aegis of the SC Center for Fathers and Families, a ministry of the Sisters of Charity. Today, he holds not one job, but two. He's completely up-to-date on his child support payments. And better than that, he's able to be a Dad to his children again.
"If someone asks, 'Who was your father?', you need to have a long list of things to say," says Steven. Good things. Now, he feels that his daughters will have such good things to say about him. Read more about Steven here.
Dale Crawford
Dell shares how the Lancaster Fatherhood Program creates a brotherhood where fathers encourage one another to be better men and better fathers.
Michael is the 46 year old father of two girls, ages 14 and six, married, but separated. Michael described his personal relationship with the mother of his daughters as neutral; however, she had a strong desire for the two girls to have a close and positive relationship with their father. Although Michael was court ordered to pay child support, he could not make consistent payments. Since he had several prior charges and/or convictions, finding steady employment was challenging. Serious about making positive changes in his life, Michael was eager to access the services of the Midlands Fatherhood program and he became very focused in the program and anxious to overcome the obstacles in his life.
After enrolling in the Midlands Fatherhood Coalition program in rural Fairfield County, Michael committed to improving his life and the lives of his children. During a one-on-one session, Michael expressed an interest in becoming a certified electrician. Because of his ambition, staff connected him to the Palmetto Training program and in July 2010 Michael began the Palmetto Training program. He received a certificate of completion for NCCER Core, NCCER Level I & II Performance in the Electrical Trade in October 2010. Since achieving his certification Michael has become gainfully employed with Elite Electronic Systems.
While Michael was enrolled in the training program, his daughters were experiencing increasing difficulties living with their mother. One day he received a call from his 14-year-old daughter letting him know that she and her sister were in the custody of the South Carolina Department of Social Services Child Protective Services. During this ordeal, Michael continued to work full time and attend group sessions. Had Michael not already been actively involved in his daughters' lives, they may easily have been processed into the foster care system. Because of his active involvement, Michael received a court order to appear at a hearing on behalf of his daughters which he attended. The support that Michael received from the program and his own readiness led to being granted temporary custody of his daughters. From there Michael pursued custody and, in December of 2010, he was granted full custody of his daughters. While he continued to attend the program, Michael was able to improve his parenting skills and communication with his daughters.
Nathan, a 41 year old divorced father of two teenage children, entered the Lancaster Fatherhood program in rural Lancaster, South Carolina trying to find help to provide for his family. Nathan's relationship with his estranged wife was very volatile. He had been court-ordered to pay child support; but, being unemployed made that very difficult. Speaking with a program counselor, Nathan expressed his embarrassment at not being able to provide for his children.
One of the foundations of the fatherhood programs is to help participants put together personal goals. Nathan's goals included: gaining employment, becoming financially literate, traveling and spending time with his children and being able to financially support his daughter to attend college. Nathan attended the weekly group sessions to gain skills and information on men's health, self concept and work, values clarification, verbal communication skills, decision-making, parenting, healthy relationship skills and communicating with his children.
With guidance and transportation assistance from the program, Nathan raised his commitment level to making his job searching an every day practice. He applied in person, completed on-line job applications, and visited his local One Stop office in search of job openings. After several weeks of despair, disgust, and a brief incarceration for non-payment of child support, he landed a position at Caro-winds' Amusement Park, making $7.25/hour.
For two months Nathan experienced a three-hour transport from home to Caro-winds and worked a three hour shift. He did not give up; rather, Nathan continued to job search and eventually landed an interview for a position with a substantial pay increase at a manufacturing plant closer to his home. After several interviews and training classes, Nathan became employed as a machine operator at an hourly rate of $17.50, plus benefits. Soon thereafter, Nathan met with child support enforcement and requested wage withholding.
Nathan's daughter is currently enrolled in college; he and his son are spending more quality time together. Nathan also created a budget and savings plan to further his goal of becoming financially literate. His desire to improve upon his goals is strong; and, Nathan has re-visited them several times. While his gratitude for what the program has done for him is very evident the program staff often reminds him that his achievements are due to his own elevated commitment, desires, personal discipline and accessing services offered.
Sidney came to the Upstate Fatherhood Coalition (UFC) not really knowing what to expect. A few things were obvious: he was unhealthy because had not taken very good care of himself and his self esteem was very low. Sidney had four child support orders that he could not afford to regularly pay due to being unemployed. Sidney also shared with his counselor that he had good relationships with three of his four children; however, he wanted to be more active, supportive and improve relationships with their mothers. Sadly, he had no communication with one of his children.
Sidney enrolled in the program and began to attend job readiness, parenting and healthy relationship classes. Within a few short weeks Sidney gained part-time employment at Red Lobster; soon thereafter he obtained a second position with Diamond Detail which offered full-time hours and a salary adequate to fulfill his financial obligations as a father. As Sidney began to feel better about himself and his direction his efforts to improve stepped up.
Through continued work with staff, attending and engaging in peer support sessions, Sidney began to understand more clearly about life's choices and decisions. He made a conscious effort to become a better person and father. Communication with the mothers of his children showed considerable improvement. By working through the court system and with the Department of Social Services (DSS) one of the mothers closed her child support case which led to more regular visitation for Sydney and the child. He also established new child support orders with the other mothers and has committed to making regular payments towards the child support orders. Having successfully reached out to the mother of the child with whom he had no communication, Sydney has begun to receive pictures of his daughter for the first time. All of his continuous efforts have given Sidney a sense of joy and decreased the stress and tension in his life.
Sidney feels that he has learned a great deal about relationships. Throughout his time as a program participant Sydney has expressed his enjoyment and thankfulness for the insight, support, encouragement and food (smiles) provided by the UFC staff. Even though he has graduated, he continues to be an active part of the fatherhood program. To Sidney, we have become family!
Henry came to the program discouraged, unemployed, and separated from his children. The father of five, Henry was very disheartened because he was unemployed, unable to pay child support and unable to spend time with his kids, one of whom was disabled. The disabled child was diagnosed with a cerebellum that was too small, missing brain parts and requiring the aid of a feeding tube. Often neglected, the disabled child was dropped off to different people while the mother went out on weekends to party with friends. The baby's feeding tube stayed dirty; and, she was not getting medicine administered to her which resulted in being very underweight for a 12-month-old. Henry felt hopeless, like giving up on everything, because there was nothing he could do.
Having completed the intake process, Henry began attending helpful sessions, including: negotiating legal systems, how to get the job and keep it, men's health, building healthy relationships, how to be a better parent, establishing paternity, anger management, effective communication skills, making right decisions, and being financially stable. The Fatherhood program was able to help him acquire a job, modify his child support order to a manageable amount, and to get joint custody of his four children and full custody of his disabled child as a result of the mother having been charged with neglect and child abuse.
Henry credits the program for supporting him when his baby needed surgery, providing one-on-one counseling when he was depressed and frustrated certain that no one understood what he was going through. Today, his relationship with both mothers is much improved; and, he confirms that the fatherhood program helped him to make life-changing decisions that resulted in him becoming a better father. Henry is now the primary care-giver for his disabled daughter who is now four years and weighs 32 pounds. He has become a teacher to the nurse assistants, demonstrating how to handle his little girl and provide the proper care. Henry stated, "If it wasn't for the program I wouldn't be where I am today."
Deltavis
Deltavis or "Tavis" as his friends call him voluntarily enrolled in the Father-to-Father program in November of 2005. Although he came from a sound family background, he succumbed to the temptations of the streets and pursued a life of easy money and quick highs and was actively using drugs and alcohol at the time of his enrollment in the program.
Tavis has a GED and is the father of five children by four different women. He does not work because of a physical disability. Having realized that living the street life was not good for him or his children, Tavis came to the program simply to ask for help. He was weary from "living that life."
Becoming active in his church and the father-to-father program, the only time Tavis missed a meeting was to attend a church function. He freely admits that he lived a life of drugs and alcohol; but, with the help of the Father-to-Father Project, Inc. and his decision to give his life to Jesus Christ, Tavis has conquered all of his addictions and is now focused is on being a better man, a better father and a better Christian.
When Tavis enrolled in the program, he scored 19 on the Barksdale Self-esteem Scale. A score of 50 or less indicates a "crippling" lack of self-esteem. Prior to graduation from the program, Tavis took the Barksdale Self-esteem again and scored an impressive 88.
A truly changed man, Tavis gives most of the credit to his relationship with Christ; but, a significant credit also goes to the North Charleston Father-to-Father Project.
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The Suburbans
thesquonk / 1 week ago January 9, 2022
I've found that there are some people that like to rag on the suburbs. I get it. It's easy to say the suburbs are boring, full of cookie-cutter houses that all look the same. I, however, have spent most of my life in the suburbs, so it's what works for me. I would never, though, claim the burbs are particularly "rock and roll." If I started a rock band, I certainly would never call it "The Suburbans." That sounds like an invitation to get beat up. In the world of the movies, however, specifically, the 1999 film called The Suburbans, once upon a time there was a band with that name that made a minor splash on the charts.
Our film picks up many years after the band has split up due to scandals and the inability to successfully navigate the shift to music videos in the 80's. The four members are played by Craig Bierko (Mitch), Will Ferrell (Gil), and co-writers Tony Guma (Rory) and Donal Lardner Ward (Danny), who also directed. After reuniting for a few tunes at Gil's wedding, the band is approached by a record company executive named Cate (Jennifer Love Hewitt) who sees an opportunity for a big comeback. Apparently big multi-million dollar record companies hire execs right out of high school, as Hewitt would've been a mere 19 years old at the time this film was in production.
Cate is super enthusiastic about the project, as she was a bit of a fangirl for the Suburbans in her youth, but the reunion proves to be more challenging than anyone imagined. The four middle-aged former heartthrobs all have their own sets of at home problems and they soon find working with each other to be just as difficult as it was when the band split up. Things get more complicated as the lovely young Cate clearly has goo-goo eyes for Danny, who is navigating his way through a strained relationship with his girlfriend Grace, played by Amy Brenneman.
The basic idea behind The Suburbans is not without merit. I've often found myself driving around listening to oldies radio (which now means the bands and songs I grew up with) and wondering what are those guys doing now? I mean, do they have real jobs? What's it like to have a cubicle next to the guy that used to be the bass player for Cinderella? So, the set up is good, but I think the film struggles with what tone it wants to have for tackling this subject. The film jumps back and forth between trying to be really weighty and serious, and then going for absurdist comedy. Truthfully, the absurdist moments are the ones that work better. There a handful of wonderfully goofy scenes that feature Jerry and Ben Stiller as the father/son heads of the record company. They are clearly improvising their performances, regaling us with stories of they were responsible for telling Berry Gordy the name "The Temptones" was awful and should be changed to "The Temptations." This stuff is funny! But then we jump to scenes of Danny being afraid to grow up and commit to Grace and the whole energy of the film comes crashing down.
One of the film's biggest hurdles is that the central characters, the band themselves, are the least interesting in the film. I hate to say it, but all four are kind drips and there's not much for us as the audience to latch on to. Even Will Ferrell, who had been on SNL for several years at this point, brings almost none of the comedic energy he is known for. The characters that surround these pre-MTV hasbeens are much more intriguing. Amy Brenneman as Grace brings a performance that balances the serious and comedic far better than the script of the film itself does. Bridgett Wilson is also a lot of fun as Rory's girlfriend Lara, who is always wrangling her bevy of obnoxious children. Then we have Jennifer Love Hewitt, who is kind of adorable in this film. Yes, her character is very problematic. She's sooooooo young, throwing herself at her 5th grade celebrity crush. Yet, there's still a sweetness to her character.
There are a few minor bits of fun to have along the way. The film's friendly jabs at the world of pop music in the early 80's will be fun for anyone that lived through it. The outfits and hairstyles that the band sported in their prime, and awkwardly try to recreate for their comeback, are a kick. The film opens with a great flashback of an appearance by The Suburbans on American Bandstand, complete with Dick Clark himself. It is a spot-on recreation. Former MTV Music News anchor Kurt Loder also turns in an appearance, as does JJ Abrams as a music reporter. This film was an early producing effort for Abrams.
I think if The Suburbans had gone all out with a more absurdist comedic tone it would've had greater success. You know, something more along the lines of This is Spinal Tap or Walk Hard: The Dewey Cox Story. With its uneven tone and bland central characters, what we end up with is what some consider the suburbs themself of being…kind of flat and bland.
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Enjoying the Sunday Paper
December 23, 2007 by Lee Goldberg
There's a lot to enjoy in today's LA Times Book Review. For one thing, there's Seth Greenland's amusing essay on why everybody in Starbucks is writing novels instead of scripts these days (and it's not because of the strike).
Remember when your real estate agent was working on a screenplay? Or
that one your cousin the accountant was writing? Or the script your
dental hygienist was laboring on, which she pitched to you in its
entirety while your mouth was wrapped in a dental dam so you couldn't
politely beg her to shut up?
That's so true. I was immediately reminded of my partner Bill Rabkin's wedding. Just before the ceremony, his Rabbi pitched us a detective show about three private eyes — one blind, one deaf and one who couldn't speak. I once got a pitch while getting a flexible sigmoidoscopy (don't ask). Seth goes on to say:
Those days have mercifully ended. Now, aspiring writers in
Southern California are abandoning their Final Draft software and
thronging to the novel writing classes at UCLA Extension. What's going
on here? Are there larger cultural doings afoot?
I know that's true, too. My brother Tod has had more than a few screenwriters and showrunners in his novel-writing class lately. Seth attributes the change to Hollywood's growing reliable on blockbuster, high-concept films .
Dialogue and character? Forget it! What people really wanted was
spectacle. The thinking writer's Hollywood was disappearing. The
aesthetic shift ushered in by Spielberg's mechanical shark was
completed two years later with the release of "Star Wars." This,
essentially, is the movie business today. And yet, this is also why a new generation of novelists is being born
I also enjoyed reading Mark Lamster's wickedly critical review of John Silber's "Architecture of the Absurd," a book I bought two weeks ago in the museum shop at the Pompidou Center in Paris and read on the plane home. I'm not plugged into the architecture scene, but reading the book, I got a sense there was more to Silber's critique than met the eye. Turns out I was right:
That Silber sees the architect as inordinately powerful is not
surprising. His father, the book's dedicatee, had an architectural
practice in Texas, for which Silber fils
occasionally worked. Ever since, it seems, he has engaged in a kind of
Oedipal drama, brazenly attacking the profession's authority figures.
He recalls an incident at a dinner in 1952 when, "much to the
consternation" of his father, he attempted a battle of wits with Frank
Lloyd Wright: "Wright was not impressed and quickly dismissed my
impertinence." Years later, we find Silber, now a professor at Yale,
pestering Louis I. Kahn for not putting Plexiglas switch plates in the
university's art gallery. "There was no response." Go figure.
Predictably, Silber is the hero of his story, a one-man bulwark against
architectural folly. At Boston University, he claims to have overseen
more than 13 million square feet of construction. Nearly all of it
lacks intellectual ambition, and no wonder. Under his regime,
architects were kept in line: "I dismissed their elaborate, high-flown
aesthetic justifications of design features as gratuitous bloviation."
He would know about bloviation. In a book devoted to architectural
indulgence, Silber sets a standard for arrogance far exceeding that of
his subjects.
The pictures in the book are still worth the cover price. All in all, the book review section today was surprisingly enjoyable and accessible…something you could never say about the LATBR under Steve Wasserman's watch. That said, I'd still like to see more mysteries and thrillers reviewed…and judging by the LA Times Bestseller list, in which six of the ten books are mysteries or thrillers, it's what Southern Californians are reading.
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Seth also teaches at UCLA, so he's seeing it first hand as well. And most of the crime reviews in the book review are being handled by Sarah Weinman in her online column for them, though I do know a certain someone who is reading a crime novel this very moment for a review in January, so there's that.
Sue Trowbridge
Anyone who's interested in crime fiction reviews should check out Eddie Muller's monthly column for the San Francisco Chronicle Book Review, "Guilty Bystander." He is, of course, a great writer and the column frequently includes interviews as well as reviews.


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Questa è la cronologia completa delle partite ufficiali della Nazionale di calcio di San Marino dal 1990 a oggi.

Partite dal 1990 al 1999

Partite dal 2000 al 2009

Partite dal 2010 al 2019

Partite dal 2020 a oggi

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, född 27 september 1997 i Niigata prefektur, är en japansk fotbollsspelare.

Nakamura började sin karriär 2020 i Ventforet Kofu.

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Botany and zoology puzzles, card games and booklets broaden children's awareness. The children will also carry out various science experiments in the classroom. Working with these cards or puzzles helps the child become more observant of the characteristics of things which grow in their own environment.


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Barack Obama breaks his silence to attack Donald Trump, asking 'how hard is it to say Nazis are bad?'
Rozina Sabur, Washington
8 September 2018 • 3:07am
Rozina Sabur
Barack Obama has launched an unprecedented attack on Donald Trump's presidency as he returned to the political spotlight for the first time since leaving the White House.
As he returned to the political spotlight ahead of November's midterm elections, the former US president accused Mr Trump of "cosying up" to Vladimir Putin and adopting the "politics of fear and resentment".
In a speech which lasted more than an hour, Mr Obama delivered a series of attacks against Mr Trump's policies since entering office, from tax cuts for the "wealthiest Americans" to repealing climate change legislation.
Mr Obama rebuked Mr Trump's response to a violent white supremacist rally in Charlottesville, Virginia last year, asking a crowd at the University of Ilinois: "How hard can that be, saying that Nazis are bad?"
Mr Trump said there were some "very fine" people on both sides of the protests, in which neo-Nazis clashed with anti-racism demonstrators leaving one woman dead and several injured.
Mr Trump claimed the "alt-left" bore some responsibility for the violence and refused to condemn the "alt-right" activists.
Barack Obama delivered a sharp rebuke to Donald Trump's presidency Credit: Reuters
In a reference to the incident on Friday, Mr Obama told the audience: "We're supposed to stand up to discrimination. And we're sure as heck supposed to stand up, clearly and unequivocally, to Nazi sympathizers. How hard can that be, saying that Nazis are bad?"
Mr Obama also poked fun on the issue the current president frequently heralds as one of his greatest achievements - the strong economy.
Mr Obama was eager to "remind" voters that the economic recovery - one of Mr Trump's favourite talking points - actually began "in 2015" under his presidency.
"When you hear how great the economy's doing right now, let's just remember when this recovery started," he said.
Mr Obama also hit out at the current face of the Republican Party, calling it a "radical" organisation which has embraced conspiracy theories, attacked voting rights and rejected climate change.
He said: "What happened to the Republican party? Its central organising principle in foreign policy was the fight against communism and now they're cosying up to the former head of the KGB, actively blocking legislation that would defend our elections from Russian attack. What happened?"
He went on to attack the administration's repeal of climate change legislation, saying: "They've made it so that the only nation on earth to pull out of the global climate agreement, it's not North Korea, it's not Syria, it's not Russia or Saudi Arabia. It's us. The only country."
Pressuring aides
Mr Obama was especially stern in his condemnation of Mr Trump's pattern of pressuring law enforcement officials, including Attorney General Jeff Sessions.
Mr Trump has repeatedly called on Mr Sessions to fire special counsel Robert Mueller and earlier this week blamed the Justice Department for charging two incumbent Republican members of Congress, arguing the moves could jeopardise their seats ahead of the election.
"It should not be a partisan issue to say that we do not pressure the attorney general or the FBI to use the criminal justice system as a cudgel to punish our political opponents," Mr Obama said. "Or to explicitly call on the attorney general to protect members of our own party from prosecution because an election happens to be coming up. I'm not making that up. that's not hypothetical."
As he was making the remarks, Mr Trump was aboard Air Force One telling reporters that Mr Sessions should investigate the author of a highly critical op-ed published in the New York Times earlier this week.
Mr Obama also referenced the anonymous piece, apparently written by an apparent senior official who claimed a "resistance" within the White House was working to "disrupt" Mr Trump's "misguided" policies.
"The claim that everything will turn out okay because there are people inside the White House who secretly aren't following the President's orders, that is not a check," said Mr Obama.
"They're not doing us a service by actively promoting 90 per cent of the crazy stuff that's coming out of this White House, and then saying, 'Don't worry, we're preventing the other 10 per cent.' That's not how things are supposed to work."
He went on: "This is not normal. These are extraordinary times. And they're dangerous times."
'Bigots and 'fear-mongers'
Noting the history of former presidents avoiding the rough and tumble of politics, Mr Obama acknowledged his sharp critique of Trump was something of a departure from tradition. But he said the political moment required a pushback and called for better discourse.
"Appealing to tribe, appealing to fear, pitting one group against another, telling people that order and security will be restored if it weren't for those who don't look like us or don't sound like us or don't pray like we do - that's an old playbook," he said.
"It's as old as time. And in a healthy democracy, it doesn't work. Our antibodies kick in and people of good will from across the political spectrum call out the bigots and the fear-mongers and work to compromise and get things done and promote the better angels of our nation."
In a preview of his message on the campaign trail over the next two months, the former president said: "In two months we have the chance... to return some semblance of sanity to our politics. Because there is actually only one real check on bad policy and abuses of power, and that's you".
Trump 'fell asleep during speech'
Mr Trump was dismissive of the former president's speech.
"I'm sorry, I watched it but I fell asleep," he said during a fundraiser in North Dakota. "I found that he's very, very good for sleeping.
"I'm sorry. I watched it but I fell asleep," Donald Trump said at a fundraising event when asked what he thought about Barack Obama's speech — criticizing Trump and the GOP — in Illinois earlier today. https://t.co/z1ErY07VNw pic.twitter.com/e58yl81QXi
— POLITICO (@politico) September 7, 2018
"I think he was trying to take some credit, he was trying to take credit for this incredible thing that's happening to our country.
"If the Democrats got in, I have to say this to President Obama, and it wasn't him, but would have been the same thing - if the Democrats got in with their agenda in November of almost two years ago, instead of having 4.2 up, I believe honestly you'd have 4.2 down, you'd be negative, you'd be in negative numbers right now. You'd be in negative numbers."
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