A drop of water falls every 21 seconds from the top of the memorial. In a year these "teardrops" represent the 1.5 million Armenians killed.
Nova Hindoyan of Pasadena shades her 97-year-old mother Nevart Derohanesian, who is an Armenian Genocide survivor.
PASADENA >> More than 1,500 members and supporters of the Southland's Armenian community gathered Saturday to celebrate the dedication of the long-awaited Pasadena Armenian Genocide Memorial.
The monument at Memorial Park stands in stoic tribute to the 1.5 million Armenians killed by the Ottoman Turks between 1915 and 1923. Its dedication comes just under a week before the 100th anniversary of the Armenian Genocide.
The memorial, which has been in planning for three years, was unveiled to applause following a ceremony attended by Armenian clergy from throughout the region and officials from throughout the region, ranging from Los Angeles County Sheriff's Jim McDonnell to Congresswoman Judy Chu.
The monument consists of a metal tripod standing 16 feet tall, in remembrance of similar tripods which Armenian leaders were hung from during the genocide. From the top of the tripod, a drop of water falls every 21 seconds. Each year, 1.5 million drops of water — one for each of the genocide victims — will drop into a basin adorned with the ancient Armenian symbol for eternity.
Then-student at Pasadena's Art Center College of Design Catherine Menard's design was selected from a field of 17 entries to become the Pasadena Armenian Genocide Memorial. She has since graduated.
Pasadena Armenian Genocide Memorial Committee board members and former state Assemblyman Anthony Portantino of La Cañada Flintridge said he was thrilled to see the monument finally unveiled.
"It's a magnificent memorial in a special city with a warm community that's faces horrendous tragedy, but thrives today," he said.
The U.S. government has not officially recognized the mass killing as a genocide.
PAGMC members thanks the vast array of community partners and donors that made the memorial possible.


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A thrombectomy is a surgical procedure used to remove a blood clot (thrombus) from a vessel.
The thrombus obstructs blood flow and may cause tissue death and even loss of a limb if the circulation is not restored promptly.
Thrombosis can occur in veins or arteries. However, thrombectomy in the venous system is rarely done since there is little threat of limb loss and there is a high incidence of recurrent thrombosis postoperatively. Consequently, thrombectomy is generally indicated only when there is an arterial thrombosis that is causing severe tissue injury in an extremity (limb-threatening ischemia).
Blood clots that may be removed using thrombectomy include those arising in the large artery of the hip and thigh (iliofemoral artery) and the artery beneath the clavicle (subclavian artery). The procedure is slightly different depending upon which vessel is involved.
This procedure is used to re-establish blood flow to large arteries completely blocked by a blood clot. Sudden blockage of large arteries that supply the legs or arms can cause insufficient tissue oxygenation that quickly leads to tissue death and possible loss of limbs.
In a thrombectomy for iliofemoral thrombosis, local or general anesthesia is administered, and the leg is enclosed in a sterile stockinette. An incision is made near the groin. Vessels around the blood clot are clamped, the artery is partially opened, and the blood clot is partially extracted with forceps. A thrombectomy catheter with a balloon at the tip is then inserted and used to remove the remainder of the blood clot. The vessel and skin surface is stitched closed.
In a thrombectomy for subclavian thrombosis, general anesthesia is administered. An incision is made along the clavicle. The subclavian artery is opened, and the blood clot is removed. There is generally no need for a thrombectomy catheter. Anticoagulant medications may be administered before and following the procedure. Prior to the procedure, an arteriogram is used to determine the exact location and extent of thrombosis.
When the thrombectomy is done promptly before prolonged loss of blood flow and tissue death (necrosis), the outcome is usually good. Re-occlusion of the vessel is more likely if there are distortions in the blood vessel wall (such as aneurysms or plaque). In these cases, the artery may require a surgically placed bypass graft (femoral artery graft, subclavian artery graft).
Complications include artery puncture or tearing, heart attack (from dislodged fragments that travel to the heart or lungs), occlusion of more distal arteries in the affected extremity, bleeding, infection (rare) and swelling of an extremity after the blood flow is restored.
Individuals on anticoagulation therapy (could be as long as 12 to 24 weeks) need to take caution against cuts and bruises, as they tend to bleed more easily. Temporary transfer to sedentary work may be needed to reduce risk of injury.
To avoid the risk of recurrent thrombus formation, individuals need to avoid prolonged periods of immobility such as sitting or standing. Those who have occupations that require prolonged standing or sitting (such as bank tellers or desk jobs) may need frequent breaks. Likewise, those in outdoor occupations (construction, landscaping) need to take precautions against dehydration.


Hammurabi[a] (c. 1810 BC – c. 1750 BC) was the sixth king of the First Babylonian Dynasty, reigning from 1792 BC to 1750 BC (according to the Middle Chronology). He was preceded by his father, Sin-Muballit, who abdicated due to failing health. During his reign, he conquered Elam and the city-states of Larsa, Eshnunna, and Mari. He ousted Ishme-Dagan I, the king of Assyria, and forced his son Mut-Ashkur to pay tribute, bringing almost all of Mesopotamia under Babylonian rule.
Hammurabi is best known for having issued the Code of Hammurabi, which he claimed to have received from Shamash, the Babylonian god of justice. Unlike earlier Sumerian law codes, such as the Code of Ur-Nammu, which had focused on compensating the victim of the crime, the Law of Hammurabi was one of the first law codes to place greater emphasis on the physical punishment of the perpetrator. It prescribed specific penalties for each crime and is among the first codes to establish the presumption of innocence. Although its penalties are extremely harsh by modern standards, they were intended to limit what a wronged person was permitted to do in retribution. The Code of Hammurabi and the Law of Moses in the Torah contain numerous similarities, but these are probably due to shared background and oral tradition, and it is unlikely that Hammurabi's laws exerted any direct impact on the later Mosaic ones.
A carving at the top of the stele portrays Hammurabi receiving the laws from Shamash, the Babylonian god of justice, and the preface states that Hammurabi was chosen by Shamash to bring the laws to the people. Parallels between this narrative and the giving of the Covenant Code to Moses by Yahweh atop Mount Sinai in the Biblical Book of Exodus and similarities between the two legal codes suggest a common ancestor in the Semitic background of the two. Nonetheless, fragments of previous law codes have been found and it is unlikely that the Mosaic laws were directly inspired by the Code of Hammurabi.[b] Some scholars have disputed this; David P. Wright argues that the Jewish Covenant Code is "directly, primarily, and throughout" based upon the Laws of Hammurabi. In 2010, a team of archaeologists from Hebrew University discovered a cuneiform tablet dating to the eighteenth or seventeenth century BC at Hazor in Israel containing laws clearly derived from the Code of Hammurabi.
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In the late nineteenth century, the Code of Hammurabi became a major center of debate in the heated Babel und Bibel ("Babylon and Bible") controversy in Germany over the relationship between the Bible and ancient Babylonian texts. In January 1902, the German Assyriologist Friedrich Delitzsch gave a lecture at the Sing-Akademie zu Berlin in front of the Kaiser and his wife, in which he argued that the Mosaic Laws of the Old Testament were directly copied off the Code of Hammurabi. Delitzsch's lecture was so controversial that, by September 1903, he had managed to collect 1,350 short articles from newspapers and journals, over 300 longer ones, and twenty-eight pamphlets, all written in response to this lecture, as well as the preceding one about the Flood story in the Epic of Gilgamesh. These articles were overwhelmingly critical of Delitzsch, though a few were sympathetic. The Kaiser distanced himself from Delitzsch and his radical views and, in fall of 1904, Delitzsch was forced to give his third lecture in Cologne and Frankfurt am Main rather than in Berlin. The putative relationship between the Mosaic Law and the Code of Hammurabi later became a major part of Delitzsch's argument in his 1920-21 book Die große Täuschung (The Great Deception) that the Hebrew Bible was irredeemably contaminated by Babylonian influence and that only by eliminating the human Old Testament entirely could Christians finally believe in the true, Aryan message of the New Testament. In the early twentieth century, many scholars believed that Hammurabi was Amraphel, the King of Shinar in the Book of Genesis 14:1. This view has now been largely rejected, and Amraphael's existence is not attested in any writings from outside the Bible.
Because of Hammurabi's reputation as a lawgiver, his depiction can be found in several U.S. government buildings. Hammurabi is one of the 23 lawgivers depicted in marble bas-reliefs in the chamber of the U.S. House of Representatives in the United States Capitol. A frieze by Adolph Weinman depicting the "great lawgivers of history", including Hammurabi, is on the south wall of the U.S. Supreme Court building. At the time of Saddam Hussein, the Iraqi Army's 1st Hammurabi Armoured Division was named after the ancient king as part of an effort to emphasize the connection between modern Iraq and the pre-Arab Mesopotamian cultures.
Richardson, M.E.J. (2000). Hammurabi's laws : text, translation and glossary. Sheffield: Sheffield Acad. Press. ISBN 978-1-84127-030-2.
Saggs, H.W.F. (1988). The greatness that was Babylon : a survey of the ancient civilization of the Tigris-Euphrates Valley. London: Sidgwick & Jackson. ISBN 978-0-283-99623-8.
Yoffee, Norman (1977). The economic role of the crown in the old Babylonian period. Malibu, CA: Undena Publications. ISBN 978-0-89003-021-9.
^ /ˌhæmʊˈrɑːbi/; Akkadian: 𒄩𒄠𒈬𒊏𒁉 Ḫa-am-mu-ra-bi, from the Amorite ʻAmmurāpi ("the kinsman is a healer"), itself from ʻAmmu ("paternal kinsman") and Rāpi ("healer").
^ Barton, a former professor of Semitic languages at the University of Pennsylvania, stated that while there are similarities between the two texts, a study of the entirety of both laws "convinces the student that the laws of the Old Testament are in no essential way dependent upon the Babylonian laws." He states that "such resemblances" arose from "a similarity of antecedents and of general intellectual outlook" between the two cultures, but that "the striking differences show that there was no direct borrowing."
^ Beck, Roger B.; Black, Linda; Krieger, Larry S.; Naylor, Phillip C.; Shabaka, Dahia Ibo (1999). World History: Patterns of Interaction. Evanston, IL: McDougal Littell. ISBN 978-0-395-87274-1. OCLC 39762695.
^ Claire, Iselin. "Royal head, known as the "Head of Hammurabi"". Musée du Louvre.
^ Clay, Albert Tobias (1919). The Empire of the Amorites. Yale University Press. p. 97.
^ a b c Davies, W. W. (January 2003). Codes of Hammurabi and Moses. Kessinger Publishing. ISBN 978-0-7661-3124-8. OCLC 227972329.
^ a b c d e Bertman, Stephen (2003). Handbook to Life in Ancient Mesopotamia. Oxford, England: Oxford University Press. p. 71. ISBN 978-019-518364-1.
^ Prince, J. Dyneley (1904). "The Code of Hammurabi". The American Journal of Theology. 8 (3): 601–609. JSTOR 3153895.
^ Kleiner, Fred S. (2010). Gardner's Art through the Ages: The Western Perspective. 1 (Thirteenth ed.). Boston, Massachusetts: Wadsworth Cengage Learning. p. 29. ISBN 978-0-495-57360-9.
^ Smith, J. M. Powis (2005). The Origin and History of Hebrew Law. Clark, New Jersey: The Lawbook Exchange, Ltd. p. 13. ISBN 978-1-58477-489-1.
^ a b Douglas, J. D.; Tenney, Merrill C. (2011). Zondervan Illustrated Bible Dictionary. Grand Rapids, Michigan: Zondervan. p. 1323. ISBN 978-0310229834.
^ a b c Barton, G.A: Archaeology and the Bible. University of Michigan Library, 2009, p.406.
^ Wright, David P. (2009). Inventing God's Law: How the Covenant Code of the Bible Used and Revised the Laws of Hammurabi. Oxford, England: Oxford University Press. pp. 3 and passim.
^ "Tablet Discovered by Hebrew U Matches Code of Hammurabi". Beit El: HolyLand Holdings, Ltd. Arutz Sheva. 26 June 2010.
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Van De Mieroop, Marc (2005). King Hammurabi of Babylon: A Biography. Blackwell Publishing. ISBN 978-1-4051-2660-1. OCLC 255676990.


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Throughout many generations, Disney's princesses changed and began to portray cultures other than your average white, skinny, blonde heroine. We've all seen Mulan, Tiana, Jasmine and Pocahontas. The representation of diverse princess characters are limited yet crucial to the growth and inclusion of young children around the world.
After 95 years, Disney is releasing its very first Jewish princess in the hit show, Elena of Alvator. The episode will be featuring a princess from a Latino-Jewish kingdom and Jamie-Lynn Sigler, a Jewish and Latina actress, will be playing the role. It will be a Hanukkah episode in which people have mixed opinions due to its brief exposure. The webpage, Forward, discloses how some feel about her appearance, "Other fans are skeptical, given the long absence of Jewish characters from Disney's canon and the fact that Sigler appears as a guest star, rather than a protagonist in her own narrative." Regarding the timing of the episode, some feel opposed. Jessica Russak-Hoffman tweeted, "Can it be a Hanukkah episode and not a 'Look, it's Christmas, but that one girl is celebrating Hanukkah' episode?" Nevertheless, this Hanukkah-themed episode will be featuring the first Jewish princess in all of Disney's history, which sparks some reflection of Walt Disney himself and his anti-semitic views.
Although Disney has never publicly spoken his views, there have been multiple instances that portray Walt Disney and his perspective on this subject. A Jewish animator named Art Babbitt had maintained a "difficult relationship" with Disney throughout the length of his career, said he saw "Disney and his lawyer, Gunther Lessing, attending meetings of pro-Nazi organization the German American Bund in the late 1930s." In addition, Meryl Streep herself once called Walt Disney a "…hideous anti-semite." Despite these past allegations, Disney fans of the present are very excited for the future princess. Jamie-Lynn Sigler tweets: "I am so excited to voice Disney's first Jewish princess." In addition, within the Jewish community, twitter user Meira Leah says: "Nothing excites (and confuses them since it's so rare) my kids more than when Jews get some air time on kids shows!! Super excited for this!!"
So, cheers to another one of Disney's firsts and let's hope that 2020 continues to bring a larger variety of cultures to the Disney princess table, allowing little children all over the world to grow a connection to the characters they view every day.
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Viktor Stepanovitsj Tsjernomyrdin (Russisch: Виктор Степанович Черномырдин, Viktor Stepanovitsj Tsjernomyrdin) (Tsjorny Otrog (oblast Orenburg), 9 april 1938 - Moskou, 3 november 2010) was een Russisch politicus, die vooral bekend was vanwege zijn lange periode als premier van Rusland onder president Boris Jeltsin van 1992 tot 1998.

Hij was in Rusland vooral bekend vanwege zijn excentrieke uitspraken, die vaak als grappen werden verteld. De bekendste was zijn commentaar op een zeer onsuccesvolle omwisseling van geld door de Centrale Bank van Rusland in juli 1993, waarbij hij verklaarde: "We wilden het beter doen, maar het ging weer zoals altijd" Deze uitspraak groeide uit tot een bekend spreekwoord.

Jeugd en carrière
Viktor Tsjernomyrdin werd geboren als een van de vijf zonen van een arbeider (een chauffeur). Hij voltooide zijn middelbare school met matige cijfers; de helft bestond uit 3-en (het hoogste cijfer in Rusland is een 5) en hij had geen enkel attestat (getuigschrift) op zijn rapport. Hij ging werken als technicus in een olieraffinaderij in Orsk, waar hij onafgebroken bleef werken tot 1962, behalve tijdens zijn tweejarige militaire dienstplicht van 1957 tot 1960. Hij was naast technicus ook afwisselend machinist, bestuurder en hoofd van de technische installaties.

In 1962 werd hij toegelaten tot het Industrieel Instituut van Koejbysjev (nu Polytechnisch Istituut van Samara). Tijdens zijn toelatingsexamens deed hij het erg slecht. Hij zakte voor wiskunde en moest het examen overdoen, waarbij hij een 3 kreeg als gemiddelde; alleen op de Russische taal haalde hij een 4 en voor de rest alleen 3-en. Hij werd daarop alleen toegelaten omdat er dat jaar slechts weinig mensen aan zijn studie wilden beginnen. In 1966 studeerde hij af aan het instituut en volgde daarop een schriftelijke cursus aan de Faculteit voor Economie van het Polytechnisch Instituut van de Sovjet-Unie, waar hij afstudeerde in 1972.

Carrière binnen het aardgaswezen en de CPSU
In 1961 werd hij lid van de CPSU. Vanaf 1967 begon hij carrière te maken binnen de partij. Van 1967 tot 1972 werkte hij voor de regionale CPSU-afdeling van Orsk. Van 1973 tot 1978 werkte hij vervolgens als directeur voor de aardgasfabriek van Orenburg en van 1978 tot 1982 werkte hij weer voor de CPSU; voor de divisie zware industrie van het Centraal Comité van de Communistische Partij van de Sovjet-Unie.

In 1982 werd Tsjernomyrdin benoemd tot viceminister van aardgasindustrieën van de Sovjet-Unie. Daarnaast leidde hij vanaf 1983 Glavtjoemengazprom, een industrieverband voor de ontwikkeling van aardgas in de oblast Tjoemen. Van 1985 tot 1989 was hij minister van aardgasindustrieën. Toen dit ministerie in 1989 omgezet werd naar het staatsbedrijf Gazprom werd Tsjernomyrdin verkozen tot voorzitter van dit bedrijf, een functie die hij zou behouden tot 1992, toen hij werd opgevolgd door Rem Vjachirev.

Premier van Rusland
In mei van dat jaar benoemde president Boris Jeltsin Tsjernomyrdin namelijk tot vicepremier, met verantwoordelijkheid voor brandstof en energie. Op 14 december 1992 werd Tsjernomyrdin benoemd tot premier van de nieuwe Russische Federatie.

Op 12 mei 1995 stichtte hij het politieke blok Ons Huis is Rusland, dat bedoeld was om de centrale macht te worden in het parlement (de Staatsdoema). Doordat het blok bij de verkiezingen echter slechts 10% van de stemmen kreeg, werd deze poging gedwarsboomd.

In de zomer van 1995 was Tsjernomyrdin persoonlijk betrokken bij directe onderhandelingen met de Tsjetsjeense terrorist Sjamil Basajev, die met een gewapende groep een groep mensen in het ziekenhuis van Boedjonnovsk had gegijzeld. Na deze onderhandelingen werden enkele gevangenen vrijgelaten.

Op 23 maart 1998 werd Tsjernomyrdin plotseling met zijn hele regering afgezet door Jeltsin en werd hij als premier - nadat Jeltsin een dag als interim-premier had opgetreden - vervangen door Sergej Kirijenko.

Opvolgingsperikelen tijdens de Roebelcrisis en latere activiteiten in Rusland
Na de Roebelcrisis van augustus 1998 werd Kirienko op 23 augustus op zijn beurt weggezonden, nadat deze had geprobeerd om Gazprom 2,5 miljard aan achterstallige belastingen te laten betalen en in verband hiermee ook probeerde beslag te leggen op de activa van het bedrijf en bedreigde bovendien de positie van Boris Berezovski, waarop deze een lastercampagne in de media organiseerde en druk uitoefende op Jeltsin om hem te ontslaan. Jeltsin probeerde daarop Tsjernomyrdin opnieuw aan te stellen als premier, maar de Staatsdoema blokkeerde dit besluit tot tweemaal toe. Hierdoor zat er voor Jeltsin niets anders op dan een ander te kiezen als premier. Dit werd Tsjernomyrdins rivaal Jevgeni Primakov op 11 september 1998.

Van juni 1999 tot juni 2000 was Tsjernomyrdin vervolgens een van de voorzitters van de toezichtsraad van Gazprom, waarna hij werd opgevolgd door Dmitri Medvedev. In december 1999 werd Tsjernomyrdin verkozen tot afgevaardigde voor de Staatsdoema door middel van direct mandaat. Zijn politieke blok Ons Huis is Rusland haalde echter niet de 5%-kiesdrempel en werd vervolgens opgeheven.

Ambassadeur voor Oekraïne
In mei 2001 benoemde president Vladimir Poetin Tsjernomyrdin tot ambassadeur in Oekraïne. Deze zet werd door sommige Russische media gezien als een poging om Tsjernomyrdin weg te krijgen uit het politieke centrum. Deze positie wordt gezien als louter ceremonieel en grotendeels bedoeld om de belangen van Gazprom veilig te stellen, zoals bij het Russisch-Oekraïens gasconflict. Tijdens de Oekraïense presidentsverkiezingen van 2004 werd hij dan ook nauwelijks actief betrokken bij de mislukte verkiezing van Viktor Janoekovytsj, waarvoor de machthebbers in Moskou hun eigen adviseurs naar de Donbas stuurden.

In 2003 verwierp hij in zijn functie als ambassadeur besprekingen over verontschuldigingen of compensatie voor de Holodomor-hongersnood, met de verklaring dat er niemand zou zijn waaraan een verontschuldiging kon worden afgelegd. In 2009 werd hij ontheven uit zijn functie en aangesteld als adviseur van de president en presidentieel vertegenwoordiger voor economische samenwerking met GOS-lidstaten. In november 2010 overleed hij.

Premier van Rusland
Communist uit de RSFSR
Russisch diplomaat
Russisch politicus
Russisch topfunctionaris
Minister van de Sovjet-Unie

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APTI, Day 5 – A Hindu Wedding
Posted on July 7, 2008 by Cal Deobald
While we were in London, Steven had received a call from his friend and colleague, Sachin inviting us to his brother's wedding, and we had agreed to go. As it turns out, the wedding was at 7:15 in the morning. We wondered about the timing of the event, but thought perhaps the it was a judicious choice to avoid the heat of mid-day. In fact, we found out later from some of Steven's other friends, the timing of a Hindu wedding is governed by the horoscopes of the bride and groom, and is set at a time that is deemed to be auspicious for the marriage.
Having set our alarms for 5:00 a.m. we got up and made our way to Steven's office, where Sachin had arranged for a driver to pick us up at 6:45. The driver was a bit early, which was a good thing, since the wedding took place at a community hall far across the city. After many nervous calls from Sachin, we fortunately arrived in time for the ceremony.
Steven had attended a Jain wedding some time earlier, so he had warned us to expect having tea and coffee offered to us many times and to pace ourselves. No sooner had we arrived at the wedding than Sachin offered us tea and coffee. While we were laughing and explaining to Sachin about Steven's warning, Sachin's uncle came up to us and, assuming that Sachin had not yet fulfilled his duties as host, coached him, "Tea or coffee," with attendant Hindu head-bob.
Those of you who have "endured" lengthy Roman Catholic or Greek Orthodox weddings can rest easy. You ain't seen nothing until you've been to a Hindu wedding. The ceremonies had begun the night before with various rituals which Sachin explained to us.
In the morning, the rituals continued. The first part of the ceremony we witnessed involved the "revealing" of the bride to the groom. Each stood on a small platform covered in a bed of rice, while relatives held a silk screen between them.
The groom drapes flowers over the bride
The bride and groom are blessed
Sand "painting" outside the hall
The entire ceremony is conducted in Sanskrit, which would be the direct equivalent of a western, Christian wedding being conducted in Latin. In other words, none of the participants in the ceremony understand the various incantations, although the Pandit did stop to explain the meaning of each portion to the bride and groom, but since that explanation was in Maharathi, we were pretty much left to our own interpretations of events and to Sachin's occasional explanations. But even Sachin admitted, with some exaggeration, "I don't know what goes on here; I only know that if I do this, I get a wife."
The initial morning ceremony only took about half an hour, which surprised us. After that, we were immediately ushered downstairs for breakfast, a simple rice flake dish, and more tea and coffee. That was when we learned that the ceremony was continuing upstairs. We wandered up to watch more of the rituals. In all, there were more than seven hours of ceremony over the two days. Yet this was an abbreviated ceremony, since the community hall in which it was held is nestled tightly in a suburban neighbourhood that doesn't appreciate some of the rowdier activities in a full ceremony. These "banned" activities include having the groom ride into the ceremony on a white horse and the "Baraat," a parade involving music and dancing.
However, the atmosphere of the ceremonies bears little resemblance to its Christian equivalent. While a certain solemnity accompanies parts of the rituals themselves, the atmosphere surrounding them is anything but solemn. People mill about and come and go as they please, chatting amongst themselves enthusiastically. Even during the initial morning ceremony, the bride's sister fussed with the bride's hair during the ceremony.
I had been unsure of whether to bring my camera, but I decided to bring it and follow the lead of other guest in deciding whether or not to pull it out. I needn't have worried. Cameras were everywhere and all parts of the ceremonies were photographed. In fact, the entire function was photographed and videotaped by two gentlemen who were being anything but unobtrusive. The videographer had a huge light on top of his camera that seared the eyeballs of anyone in its path. One had to feel sympathy for the bride and groom who spent much of the day in its blinding light and withering heat. Just to give you an idea of the heat output of this monster, at one point in the ceremony the Pandit needed to pour some ghee (clarified butter) on a small bonfire as part of the ceremony. Unfortunately, the ghee had hardened. No problem. The videographer came to the rescue by focusing the blistering heat of his lamp on the ghee, which melted in seconds, and the ceremonies continued.
The photographer was even more intruding. Often, no sooner had the Pandit managed to herd participants into place when the photographer would intervene and re-position them for a better shot.
While the star of a western wedding is undoubtedly the bride, in a Hindu wedding, that honour goes to the groom. The bride may be beautiful (in this case, she could have easily served as a stand-in for actress Thandie Newton) and she may wear an equally beautiful sari, but the groom's clothes are every bit as elegant, and far more plentiful. As we bade farewell to the couple as we were about to leave, Irene asked Amit, the groom, how many outfits he had worn that day. He confessed that the western suit he was currently wearing was his fifth set of clothes.
As elaborate and prolonged as the ceremonies were, there probably isn't time and space here to document everything, even if I had understood it all and could remember it. There are however, some features that may be worth noting.
Part of the initial ceremony had the entire audience (congregation?) throwing rice at the couple at various intervals. We just followed everyone else's lead on this. Sachin's uncle brought us more rice at one point and cautioned us not to throw it all at once, but to "throw it in installments."
There is an extended portion of the ceremony which has the bride, groom, and pandit seated around a small bonfire and performing various rituals. This caused each of them some discomfort from smoke drifting in their eyes, until someone figured out just which fans to turn off to allow the smoke to travel upward. Near the end of this session, the groom leads the bride around the bonfire several times with their shawls entwined.
In western terms, the bride is "given away" quite late in the ceremony. In this case, because the bride's father had passed away, that function was performed by her uncle, who had travelled from Massachusetts. Both he and his American wife were unaware that they were to be part of the ceremony or that, as the eldest uncle (and aunt), the wedding invitations had actually been sent out in their names.
One interesting tradition has the bride's brother twist the groom's ear and admonish him to treat his sister well. In this case, the scenario took on a certain comic element because the bride's only brother was barely in his teens. The picture at the right shows Amit, the groom offering the brother a bribe to stop the "torture."
Flowers feature almost as large as rice in a Hindu wedding. For example all the women attending the wedding are offered garlands of jasmine flowers for their hair, giving the entire hall an intense but pleasant fragrance. One of the prettier rituals involved the groom leading the bride along a platform strewn with flowers.
Later in the day, someone steals the grooms shoes, and he must go searching for them. In the end, he pays a ransom to recover them. We thought this was an interesting "tradition" but later one of Steven's friends informed us that this wasn't, in fact, any long-standing Hindu tradition, but something Hindu weddings had "acquired" from a very famous and popular Bollywood movie. As if they needed more rituals!
We didn't stay until the very end, but apparently, in the final ritual of the day the bride leaves her family and crosses over to her husband's family. In Indian culture, this is much more than a symbolic move. Hence, it is accompanied by much wailing and caterwauling on the part of the bride's family. We had been warned by Sachin and others that this might be part of the ceremony we would like to miss out on, so we did.
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On the road to nowhere......
NZ has some unique problems other countries don't face.....
Under investment in the transport sector for thirty years.
An uncompetitive and very slow road building industry.....they would last 5 mins in Europe
A narrow gauge railway system...what were they thinking?
A Railway system that was sold to a US company to make a few very rich, asset stripped and is in dire need of investment and bigger subsidies and hopefully renationalised.
New Zealand is a linear country, population centres run up and down unlike other countries maybe except Chile. This makes it difficult to build to future proof your investment.
Before the usual suspects start with snowflake commie remarks it should be noted that all the worlds railway systems are tax payer subsidised and mostly state owned with the exception of Japan . In fact the price of rail travel is so cheap several countries are thinking of making it free.
It costs nearly as much as the ticket price to collect, account and finance the ticket system in some countries. It is for the economic benefit of the country if goods and people can be moved swiftly and as cheap as possible. Imagine if there was a high speed rail link between Hamilton and Auckland and how that would affect employment and living standards.....35 minutes @ $15 one way. That is the price you would pay in most EU countries.
Moving freight off the road onto rail should be prioritised as apart from road damage it causes pollution, immense frustration, delay and cost to the motorist and to the country. It is the trucking industry that is being subsidised by the tax payer as money set aside for repairs is mostly wasted unless it is the first repair and done well. Filling pot holes with aggregate and slapping a seal on is not a repair and will not last. Unless you start with a good base on a well made road you are wasting time and money which is why investment is needed, not to repair bad roads but to replace them.
It is a balance between road, rail and coastal shipping that is needed but to do that the Government needs more legislative control because as the British found out the hard way privatisation with shareholders dictating investment did not work out well at all. The worst service in the EU, the highest fares and the dirtiest trains....oh, and the best paid CEO's.
Posted by Lord Egbut Nobacon at 11:53 PM
Andrei said...
"A narrow gauge railway system...what were they thinking?"
New Zealand is a mountainous country with a small population and it would have cost a lot more by several orders of magnitude to build the railways in standard guage and have taken a lot longer. That is what they were thinking.
How much would it cost to build a TGV like system between Auckland and Wellington and how many people would use it?
Paris urban area has a population of 11 million, the greater Lyon area about 2 million - the countryside between the two is relatively easy going so a high speed rail link is viable though it looses money.
Basic economics
gravedodger said...
"several countries are thinking of making it free."
Another melon stuffed with hypocrisy.
Soak the rich pricks to give an imaginary belief it's "FREE" when it is a poor bugger living way down in struggle street with little understanding ;little money and little resources who will be forced to pay while the so called rich prick from the propaganda news reel has hived off to a Swiss Bank with his dosh.
All to benefit the job secure public funded Crat to ride the cheep train to work while playing games on a MacBook Air listening to music through the Air Buds and watching the aforementioned grifter out the 'free' train window working his arse off to pay for all the free stuff "from the ever generous(paid for with other peoples money) Nanny State.
Evs are free from oppressive taxes of RUCs and Energy taxes on fuel, guess who can afford the nice EV certainly not that poor bugger down in Struggle Street, he is desperately trying to keep his 1998 corolla on the road with a wof(every six months)rego and 91 petrol nearing two bucks (half that taxes) a litre, no f*&*&*g subsidy there eh.
As for "Coastal Shipping" might as well bring that subsidised benefit for Union organised charlatans as well, worked so well lasst time because the average joe citizen had no freekin idea how much that little pile of excrement actually cost in price, inefficiency and losses.
Legbut
There you go again!
Many of Australia's freeways were build by NZ road building companies. I used to drive on one of them for four days each week.
You clearly would not be talking such nonsense about narrow gauge railway if you had even one small ounce of engineering knowledge. I suggest you look up the word 'terrain.'
Did you know Western Australia's rail system is narrow gauge?
Have you seen the remarkable rail system between Mendoza and Santiago? It wan opened in 1910 and is standard gauge. One of the most remarkable feats of engineering I have seen
For how long has either the feseral or a state government in the USA owned railways?
Tom Hunter said...
Just a note to "Eat-The-Rich" (no irony there regarding GD's points). I've deleted your comment not because it was stupidly abusive - witty abuse I can appreciate - but for the very simple reason that it added precisely ZERO to this debate. You came off sounding like a drunken Public Bar thug.
There is so much wrong with this post that it almost deserves a counter-post by itself, but that would feel too much like tit-for-tat, so....
On what numerical basis can this be claimed? Compared to what theoretical amount of investment? To achieve what level of transport system quality and efficiency? For example, we certainly don't have enough dual-carriage expressways in areas of high traffic and accidents (yay Kapiti Expressway and Waikato Expressway), but somehow I don't think Green-Labour regard that as an under-investment problem. I'd love to see more double-tracked rail and wider tracks - but even Green-Labour faint at the prospect of the amounts of money needed to make that happen, yet without such things we're stuck with a boutique rail system.
Interesting. Like home building in NZ vs. the USA perhaps? Again, numbers would be helpful in supporting this claim.
It was renationalised in 2008.
Meanwhile the whole "asset-stripped" claim is just such 90's/00's Labour propaganda crap.
The privatized Tranz Rail carried more freight per tonne/km than ever before, mainly by just making bigger, longer trains. They increased shipping milk and coal by rail. They actually reopened some branch lines for freight (like Dargaville). They bought a brand new ferry, whereas the state-owned outfit had last got one in 1983 and before that in 1974! They started the Lynx Fast Ferry service - and that was killed off by complaints against waves in the Marlborough Sounds and a speed limit under RMA rule. Hell even, their long-distance passenger service expanded for a while, until it was screwed down by airlines figuring out discounting.
None of that sounds like "asset stripping" to me! The main bitch and moan from Labour was the reduced spending on track, but that was down to a mid-80's engineering report that pointed out that tracks had overengineered for purpose in many cases - which you could probably set down to the usual Government Department approach to spending all its annual budget in the 1970's.
it should be noted that all the worlds railway systems are tax payer subsidised and mostly state owned with the exception of Japan
Not the only excepton. I can't speak to Europe (inc. Russia), but the entire US rail freight system, including the tracks, is privately owned. That's because it makes sufficient money to Capex both track and equipment and still make a profit. It carries lots of freight but note that it's bulk or containerised freight shipped over long distances (see how this fly-in-the-ointment keeps popping up re NZ rail).
The rail that is not privately owned in the USA is passenger rail, which the companies abandoned decades ago when they saw numbers dropping as early as the late 1940's against competition from planes and cars, and the latter was before the advent of the Interstate expressway system.
Typically, as in NZ, successive US governments refused to accept this and so took over the passenger business at a Federal level. the result is Amtrack, which is notorious for things like $10 hamburgers on which it still loses money, along with losing money on everything else. Even in a city like New York where such car/plane competition amounts to nothing, the whole thing is such a financial disaster that the city can't pay to refurbish the tracks and carriages.
... the Government needs more legislative control because as the British found out the hard way privatisation with shareholders dictating investment did not work out well at all
Oh god. The Great Central Planning Genius argument raises it's head again.
Privatisation seems to have worked well even in NZ for things like airports and sea ports: you may have noticed how well Auckland airport and Tauranga seaport have been doing in the last twenty years in particular, and others are in good shape, if not expanding at the same rate. By contrast there's Auckland's council-owned seaport, which is a dog getting its lunch eaten by Tauranga.
And as far as the Poms are concerned, especially when to comes to the wonders of high-speed rail, note that privatisation of UK rail started in 1994, while the first TGV line in France started in the early 80's, the first German ICE trains in 1991 and the first Italian high speed line in the late 70's. So what stopped it happening in the UK when it was state owned?
I'd also note that British train passenger use is now at its highest since the 1950's, which speaks well of privatisation.
In fact one of the saddest, if typical stories of British technology was the high-speed APT train tech, which was sold to Fiat, which made a commercial go of it and sold the trains back to Britain. I say typical because it reminds me of how many brilliant aerospace stuff was developed in 1950's/60's Britain - only to be canned by various British governments who had the same brilliant planning foresight in those areas too.
Lord Egbut Nobacon said...
Can't answer all of the straw man arguments.....I did not mentioan British railways usage. I mentioned condition and captive audience.....passenger numbers have risen since 1950 because the population has increased (Doh) parking charges and emission zones. Overcrowding is endemic.
Kiwirail was taken back into Govt ownership in 2008 from Toll holdings, it had been asset stripped and this continued under thr Key Govt in order bolster revenue.
Fancy having a rail network with no central city stations CHC gone
https://www.rnz.co.nz/news/national/282303/wellington-railway-station-may-be-on-the-block
Clarke Govt...."In recent years, Toll Holdings has worked hard to turn this around, but in the end all have acknowledged that it is not possible to run an effective rail network in New Zealand without significant financial support from the New Zealand taxpayer."
https://www.railnews.co.uk/news/2008/07/01-new-zealand-renationalises.html
The 1 July deal was the New Zealand Labour government's second major transport renationalisation. It bought back Air New Zealand after it nearly collapsed in 2001, 13 years after the carrier had been privatised.
Ask Veteran how well Auckland airport is doing :-)
The US rail Freight is not a comparison that can be used. It is fifty different counties with differing systems, some are doing all right others are not.
Chunter...DO NOT delete comments on my blog..put it back other wise you start blog wars...you are beginning to act like a dominatrix.
Eat the rich......feel free to repost and I will delete if you overstep.
Yes it's a pity Tom deleted that comment. I must take some of the blame for failing to properly brief him when he first came here that we don't enter other author's blogs without permission.
I note your message to the dopey bastard who commented. What are your blog rules? What do you deem to be overstepping? It would e helpful if you published whatever rules you may have in your profile.
Adolf.......Chunter has been around blogs since Jesus was a water skier...he knows exactly what he is doing.
My rules...common sense and relevancy.
Beginning to?
I gave up posting here because of Chunter's antics.
Chunter...DO NOT delete comments on my blog...
Well I have an agreement with Adolf and Gravedodger to delete stupidly abusive comments about the two of them and I when I saw GD's comment followed by that crap I simply reacted. Won't happen again.
Also I can't bring it, although if you contact Psycho he may be able to retrieve the precious gem.
Somebody call the Wahmbulance! I've not deleted any of your comments on my blog, no matter how nasty, stupid and abusive they've been, which is almost all of them. Can't say the same for those you've posted on GD and Adolf's blogs as per the agreement mentioned above.
Presumably Adolf and GD have access to your blog, if that is the case we may as well switch off comments.
Precious is in he eye of the beholder and I haven't beholded yet.....don't be a smart arse otherwise you will have me believing that your dad and my dad standing shoulder to shoulder, pushing a bayonet for bob a day is a big fib.
You should not presume.
Blog authors at no Minister gave access to each others's blogs. GD is not a No Minister author. There has been an understanding that an author will not interfere with another author's blog or with the comments thereon.
Psycho Milt said...
The platform we're on here is a very basic one, so there is no technical separation into individual blogs - only an agreement among the authors that we treat each others' posts as though they were not ours to mess with unless requested to. I have deleted comments from other authors' posts, but only if they make claims about the identity of the author, and I usually advise the other author I've done it.
Unfortunately, once a comment is deleted, there's no recovering it. Wordpress and some other platforms have a lot more functionality than this one and give the administrators a lot tools for moderating comments, but that comes at the expense of having to put more effort into figuring out how to run things, and all of us here have other things in our lives besides this, so we stick with Blogspot.
Gravedodger not an author...mmmm, I think the literary aware amongst us came to that conclusion a number of years back.
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"On the Road to Nowhere"
Oh the delicious irony of the post's title.
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How Privileged Are You?
CAN THE BUDGET NUMBERS BE TRUSTED?
Rugby World Cup - Helping Shag with his team
THE KIWIFLOP TRAINWRECK OMNISHAMBLES GATHERS PACE
A LESSON IN WHIST HOLDING.
Photo of Trump and the Queen....wrong
A MOMENT OF HISTORY
Vietnam & Dartmouth
WHAT HAPPENED IN INDIA?
D for Donald day
USA: Silly Silly Saliva
JUST WHEN YOU THOUGHT IT COULDN'T GET MORE STUPID,...
THE SCREWED UP STATE OF THE BRITISH BODY POLITIK
Real Socialism (UPDATED)
MSM or not to MSM........
DOING THE BUDGET NUMBERS
LETS HOPE NOT TOO MANY ARE GENDER CONFUSED?
Accountability and other Laughter
Chernobyl (2019): TV Review
REDUCING SPEED LIMITS WILL SAVE LIVES, WONT IT?
Nothing Succeeds Like Success
What then Masters?
The Trump circus has hit town.
NOW THAT IS SPIN!
Dinosaur Wars and The Nine Foot Problem.
NO WE FEEKING WELL ARN'T
SURPERLATIVE RUGBY
NOT ALL BAD NEWS I SUPPOSE,
LIKE THIS FROM STUFF
A SETBACK FOR THE 'NICE' MR CORBYN


Frontline health and security staff at WA's major hospitals will receive more protective equipment to increase their safety.
The WA Government has committed $2.2 million to protect public health workers against rising rates of violence in hospitals.
More than 11,000 incidents of violence and aggression were reported in the Western Australian health system during 2016–17.
Over the next three years, WA Health will purchase 250 anti-stab vests for the state's major hospitals, and 2500 personal mobile duress alarms to reduce the risk of injury at home visits and to help protect staff in remote nursing posts.
"Frontline health workers perform a vital service in our community, so it is essential we do all we can to ensure their safety," said Health Minister Roger Cook.
"Hospital staff have a right to feel safe in their workplace and this important election commitment will provide extra protection.
"The provision of protective equipment in the form of anti-stab vests and duress alarms is an unfortunate but necessary precaution given the levels of violence and aggression being reported across our health system, particularly in our hospital emergency departments.
"The purchase of this equipment will complement a range of other security measures in place to enhance the safety of the work environment for these highly valued workers."
The security needs of high-risk sites will be addressed in 2018–19, with protective equipment to be rolled out at other at-risk sites in subsequent years.
WA Health will continuously work with individual health service providers to develop, monitor and evaluate security implementation plans for these at-risk sites.
The funding — to be announced in the 2018–19 State Budget — fulfils an election commitment for the state government.


So Stoked!!! i won the Adult Animals Category for the Plymouth 'Focus on Nature ' photography competition with my pic of a Male Speckled Bush Cricket (leptophyes punctatissima).
The photos of all the winners are being shown amongst the insanely good wildlife photorapher of the year exhibition at the Plymouth Museum . There will also be an overall winner for the local photos so get down the museum check out all the amazing photographs and vote now! Its free entry to the gallery too!


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E3 2021 remains a mystery even as shows like CES successfully pivot to digital
By Giovanni Colantonio January 11, 2021
CES 2021 is in full swing, though in a much different form than attendees are used to. Like many in-person events over the past year, the tech show pivoted to an all-digital show filled with creative Zoom sessions. While the showcase signals a forward-thinking reimagining of physical events, the video game industry remains a Tale of Two Cities. While some of gaming's biggest events have gone digital without a hitch, others are still struggling to adjust to the times, if not downright resisting it.
The expo power vacuum
In denial
Take E3, for instance. The legendary gaming expo was one of the first major in-person events forced to reckon with COVID-19. The show's organizers insisted that it would still go on as planned in June. With no digital back-up plan in sight, it was ultimately canceled just a few months before the show. The Electronic Software Association planned to hold online events that week but ultimately canceled those too, leaving studios to do the creative heavy lifting instead.
Shortly after the cancellation, the ESA set the dates for E3 2021. Organizers said that the show would be "reimagined," but gave no indication of whether or not that translated to "digital." Since the April announcement, there's been no further news on that front. Digital Trends reached out to the ESA to check in on the show's progress and received no response by the time of publication.
Considering that video games themselves are an entirely digital medium, it's a little ironic that some of the shows built around them are so reluctant about embracing virtual meetups.
With a physical E3 2021 looking more unlikely by the day, the continued mystery threatens the expo's once-dominant position in the gaming world. For decades, the convention has been the ultimate marketing stop for games, with studios holding their biggest announcements for the show. E3's tight grip on the industry's pulse was already starting to loosen in recent years, with companies like Sony and Nintendo opting for separate digital events over proper press conferences. Even before 2020, fans were asking if E3 was really necessary at all anymore.
The ESA's reluctant pivot during the pandemic has only made that a hotter question. With a power vacuum forming during the months of silence, others swooped in to fill the void. Geoff Keighley organized the Summer Game Fest, which was a suitable replacement for E3 in 2020. He doubled down later in the year with a successful online version of The Game Awards filled with major announcements. Elsewhere, IGN and GameSpot held summer gaming showcases, while Wholesome Direct stepped in to spotlight smaller indie developers.
These various broadcasts prove that digital gaming conventions are not just possible, but necessary to stay relevant in a rapidly shifting landscape. The longer details on E3 2021 remain sparse, the harder it is to imagine that giant companies like Microsoft will risk holding their biggest announcements for a show that might not even happen.
E3 isn't the only conference that's been slow to adjust. Back in August, the organizers behind the Game Developers Conference announced that it intended to hold a hybrid show in 2021 that still included a physical component. Just last month, PAX set the dates for this year's show and expressed confidence that it would be fully in-person. Culturally adjacent shows like GenCon and San Diego Comic-Con are still plotting normal shows as well.
With optimism and safety in mind, we're announcing our #PAX 2021 Dates. Read the full statement below: pic.twitter.com/dDMhsJwd7t
— PAX (@pax) December 4, 2020
The plans are optimistic considering the reality of the COVID-19 pandemic, which is worse now than it was when those shows were forced to shut down last year. While vaccines are finally out in the world, rollout has been notably slow, making it unlikely that enough people will have it in time to return to a packed convention center. That's not to mention skeptics of the vaccine who don't plan on taking it at all.
It's hard not to feel frustrated watching physical convention plans shape up across the industry. Expos like PAX had a long runway to figure out creative alternatives for 2021 that took advantage of the digital shift. While organizers say they're aware of the COVID-19 situation and could go virtual if need be, even hypothetically planning for a massive in-person event at this juncture feels like a denial of reality.
CES 2021 provides a strong case study of how a digital show can work with unwavering commitment and resources behind it. Rather than waffling and hoping for good news, CES locked in an all-digital approach back in July. Those months of focused planning led to a confident event that's been robustly built-out with virtual meetings in mind. It's not the party attendees are used to, but it's safe. At the moment, that takes precedence over anything.
When it comes to E3, the ESA may just be keeping details under wraps because it's not entirely sure what a "reimagined" show is going to look like yet. The lack of commitment may have less to do with secret hopes for a physical show and more to do with not knowing what a virtual one really looks like. Still, a little extra transparency could go a long way for fans and partners alike. If E3 is going to keep its position as the gaming industry's super bowl, the ESA needs to instill confidence that the show is as modern and quick-moving as the industry it's built around.
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Understated and refined in shades of blue and black suede. Sits discretely on the shoulder. The two interior pockets will keep your most precious of items safe and sound. Carry by the hand with the two top handles or sling it over your shoulder with the two long shoulder straps when it's a bit full. Together we'll go from the market, to your business meetings, and hit the gym…we'll be inseparable from the start.


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This BMW i4 EV Prototype Looks Surprisingly Normal
There's not much i Vision Dynamics Concept to see here.
Collin WoodardWriter
If you've seen some of BMW's recent EV concepts, it would be easy to assume the German automaker plans to give its long-range electric cars some pretty radical styling. From the 2017 i Vision Dynamics concept to 2018's Vision iNext concept, they've been pretty out there. But as you can see in these spy shots, when the BMW i4 goes on sale, it will actually look a lot more like a regular car.
Granted, this isn't a huge surprise. Last year, Adrian van Hooydonk, BMW's head of design, said to expect the brand's future EVs to look a lot like their gas-powered counterparts. Still, this is one of the first times we've seen just how normal the i4 will actually look. If we didn't know better, we'd probably have assumed the car shown here is the new 4 Series Gran Coupe.
With the front end covered up, there's little if anything that suggests we're looking at an electric vehicle. We assume the production version will have its own interpretation of BMW's twin-kidney grille, but will it look like the version we saw on the iNext concept? All we can say right now is that the regular BMW grille this concept looks like it has appears to be a plastic cover attached to the front end.
Move to the side, and it immediately becomes clear we're looking at an electric car. After all, it clearly says "Electric Test Vehicle" on the driver's door. It also looks like the door handles have been integrated into the bodywork for better aerodynamics. It isn't entirely clear, though, how they'll work. Around back, there's a set of fake exhaust tips that appear to be painted onto the bumper, further confirming that this is an EV.
With the i4 set for a 2021 launch, don't expect to see it officially revealed in the next few months. Instead, the Frankfurt auto show in September seems like a more likely option. Hopefully, we'll learn more about the powertrain and projected range then.
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" if you are an Amiga software developer and would like a showcase to market your Classic or Next-Generation software to the Amiga community please send an email to: contact (at) a-eon.com"
Last edited by TrevorDick on 17-Feb-2014 at 09:50 AM.
I think you forgot about the 2nd store which has been on AmigaOS for sometime now. Sure it doesn't process purchases, its all about free downloads and OS4Depot and encouraging donations from users to developers.
Good luck with the endeavour, I am sure its going to be difficult to encourage (being the key word here) developers to sell their software rather than give it a way for free.
Last edited by djrikki on 17-Feb-2014 at 09:54 AM.
Maybe you should see it from a business point of view. What would Trevor gain, if he supports e.g. AROS? Does AROS do anything in regards of promoting e.g. the X1000? Or would it in case of Cyrus? How? With promoting "cheap" x86 platforms?
Sometimes people talk about OS4, as it would be the only one "dividing" the community.
Well, guess what, all "camps" are doing this.
A shop system supporting all platforms is definetly nice. But it is not the thing "saving" the Amiga as we knew it. We have three different systems now, and we should learn to live with this. I think that in the distant future the systems will divide even more, and the "all in one" shops will reduce to "just one".
But it only runs on "AmigaOS" (=PPC)?
I see it from a business view. A shop-system only supporting one platform is not helping the market as a whole. Such a solution is a necessity for commercial developers but I would have preferred one solution for all instead of two solutions (partly) competing (at least at the moment in this situation).
I do not talk about "AmigOS" "only one" dividing the community. There is much room for all camps to improve cooperation (to say it carefully) but in this case it is about a one-platform shop-solution. Trevor certainly has best intentions but he often look at everything too much with his "X1000-glasses". If the platform (and there I include all camps) wants to get a step forward we need more common solutions and not more "one-platform" ones.
"I think that in the distant future the systems will divide even more, and the "all in one" shops will reduce to "just one"."
That is a risky bet. By that (and it is partly already sadly the case) you force most developers to support only one platform because supporting more platforms is too difficult. What happens if most developers (and the new ones hopefully entering) decide for another platform. Then you are in the cold and die out.
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Unless developers do not want to be?
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// Thing that I should find more time for: CC64 - 64bit Community Computer?
He did not say that. Only that AmigaOS 68k might be also sold with it. Not that it runs on other platforms than AmigaOS PPC. At least I understand it this way up to now.
And on another thread Pascal is asking if there is interest in Aeros PPC. Certainly it is not first priority on the short run but it is possible if there is enough interest.
I think that there is no "market as a whole".
AROS for example is a whole "market" for itself, considering how many hardware platforms are a target for it and how many "distributions" are out and will arise in the future.
MOS is more similar to OS4, but it�s a market for itself, too.
Cooperation is IMHO possible for software development itself (there is some coop already, although it�s plagued by envy already... divide...), but not for software "sales". Regarding money, it�s just a question of time until another "divide" shows up.
Might be that there is interest for AerosPPC. That says what, exactly?
we share (more or less) the same API. For a software developer a "market" is defined by how difficult it is to support the platforms. If camps would not (at least partly) make it more difficult than it must be than we would have more software for all camps. AROS is covering different hardware but basically it is just a recompile of the same sources to support all. That "should" be not only the case for AROS but for all camps.
Hmm... where�s the problem? The shops for the other systems still are alive then. The "market as a whole" still exists. If there are most developers preferring the other systems except one, the users of the one system won�t get much new software anyway, the system�s dead then. This is no question of "how many shops are there", it�s a question of software and quality.
the risk is that it takes away enough sales to kill the other shop (worst case I do not expect). Yes there are always risks in life but you can maximize the risks.
As I said making the API partly artifically incompatible to other platforms is a kind of bet. You force developers to decide for your OS and against the others, that is a good choice (from business point of view) if you are a company like Microsoft who is big enough to force it on others. If you are not successful with it devs decide for the other choices and game over. MorphOS and AROS are much more similar because they share many common components and sources so it is easy to support both. That is not the case for AmigaOS.
I would hope for more cooperation and creating its own one-platform shop is at least no sign in this direction (sadly). Trevor is certainly mainly driving AmigaOS development so he cancertainly influence it.
Last edited by OlafS25 on 17-Feb-2014 at 10:52 AM.
we share (more or less) the same API. For a software developer a "market" is defined by how difficult it is to support the platforms. If camps would not (at least partly) make it more difficult than it must be than we would have more software for all camps.
Well, we should stop here before I ask you some unconvenient questions about AROS lacking 3rd party software developer�s support and the reasons for this.
I get your point from an AROS user�s POV. But that�s not the only and only true POV, that�s the problem.
Nothing stops a developer from releasing there software to different shops.
* Will require the shop to filter out what is supported and is not supported by the running Operating System and CPU.
* More software to administrate.
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I assume that they will. It is good that someone like Trevor invests money in the platform but I would hope he would see the platform as a whole and not just one part of it.
Well, in my mind, Trevor can only use his time on so much.
Too much fragmatation of a buissniss, and the core focus might suffer. Not sure if thats even close to the case or not. I just think that there is only 24 hours in a day etc, and prioities gotta be made.
What I do like about Trevors approach is that he goes all in. Very clean/efficient presentation of webfronts and overall as "professional" as you can expect for a small impact platform.
Its almost like is following a construction chart, building foundation for the future.
As for webstores getting "killed off". Well, not sure how that works, but I do know I only load up Origin on the PC when I want to play BF4. Steam starts automatically when I start my computer.
Its mostly used as a chat client, but obviously also used for shopping.
So if Trevor is very visible and vocal about his/their Amistore, then other shops might suffer.
Userfriendliness usually decides who lives and dies.
Again Origin vs Steam. Origin is slow and clumsy. Steam is relativly easy to use and good functionality.
If Aeon ever developed AmigaStore to "steamish" level, I dont see anyone being able to compete on AmigaOS platform.


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Women on the Front Lines of Halting Deforestation
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Study finds climate, biodiversity at risk from tropical forest fragmentation
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FuturePolicy.org is an online database designed for forward-thinking policy-makers, to simplify the sharing of existing and proven policy solutions to tackle the world's most fundamental and urgent problems. Grown from the conviction that solutions exist for the most essential challenges to humanity…
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Plants vs Sand. How the World Food Programme is helping communities use plants to stop sand dunes in Mauritania
A lone grain of sand, on its own, is completely harmless. It travels on its journey carried by the wind, by water, or even hitchhikes on a living being, barely noticed as it meanders through the landscape. When a grain of sand joins up with others to become a sand dune, it can become a force that…
Restoring forests and landscapes, the key to sustainable future.
This publication provides facts, figures and key messages to encourage more investments in forest and landscape restoration, leading to more restoration action. The GPFLR outlines how we can reach the 2020 and 2030 targets, and how we can best collaborate, using regional and global platforms. The…
Mapping Social Landscapes: A Guide to Identifying the Networks, Priorities, and Values of Restoration Actors
The guidebook takes a new approach to environmental governance by focusing on identifying the social capital of actors within the landscapes. It centers on two main approaches: 1) mapping actors' resource flows and 2) mapping actors' priorities and values. Co-written by WRI international offices,…
OpenForests-The interactive map-based platform is designed to present forest and landscape projects and tell their stories
OpenForests ( https://openforests.com ), an innovative German forest consulting and tech company, has officially launched the explorer.land platform on the 1st of November. The interactive map-based platform is designed to present forest and landscape projects and tell their stories while connecting…
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The European Commission calls for a climate-neutral Europe by 2050. On 28 November 2018, the Commission presented its strategic long-term vision for a prosperous, modern, competitive and climate-neutral economy by 2050. The strategy shows how Europe can lead the way to climate neutrality by…
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Our larger data set focused only on forest ecosystems and it revealed that enhancement of overall biodiversity also differs among taxonomic groups. Nevertheless, the recovery of vegetation structure and species similarity and composition are likely to take orders of magnitude longer than species…
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The benefits of pulses to soil mean that they can also help combat land degradation. Healthy soil not only makes food more nutritious it also helps keep carbon out of the atmosphere by storing it underground. Pulses include peas, beans, chickpeas and lentils. They are particularly popular in South…
Global assessment of Sand and Dust Storms
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Sand and dust storms pose a major challenge to sustainable development in arid and semi-arid regions of the planet. They occur when strong or very turbulent winds blow over dry, unvegetated soils and lift loose particles from the Earth's surface to the atmosphere. The concentration of airborne…
Global Land Outlook- support our THUNDERCLAP action
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CWDM8 MSA releases specifications covering 400 Gbps over 10 km
Members of the CWDM8 Multisource Agreement (MSA) have released a new technical specification for 400-Gbps optical links at distances up to 10 km over duplex single-mode fiber. The new specification represents the industry's first 400G at 10 km interface focused specifically on implementation in next-generation optical module form factors, such as QSFP-DD or OSFP, for high-density data center networking equipment, the group asserts.
The new 10 km reach specification is a companion for the technical specification covering 400-Gbps optical transmission at distances up to 2 km over duplex single-mode fiber that the CWDM8 MSA released in November (see "New CWDM8 MSA specifications cover 400 Gbps over 2 km").
According to the group, the 400G CWDM8 optical interfaces were developed to support an array of high-bandwidth networking applications in data center, campus, enterprise, and metropolitan area networks.
The CWDM8 MSA group was formed to address 400-Gbps applications using NRZ modulation on the optical end, while maintaining compatibility with 50-Gbps per lane electrical interfaces (see "CWDM8 MSA targets 400G at 2 km, 10 km via NRZ wavelengths"). The group, which announced its formation this past September, says it is now accepting new contributor member companies.
The specification is available for download at www.cwdm8-msa.org.
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What are the top Physics Colleges in Rochester, MI?
Rochester has a general population of 10,467 and an overall student population of 19,810. Approximately 18,918 of Rochester's students are enrolled in schools that offer physics programs.
Of the 1 physics schools in Rochester, the largest physics school, by student population, is Oakland University. In 2010, Oakland University graduated approximately 10 students with credentials in physics.
A total of 15 students graduated with credentials in physics from physics schools in Rochester in 2010. If you decide to join their ranks, you can expect to pay an average of $19,262 per year in tuition if you are eligible for instate tuition. Out of state tuition for all Rochester physics schools was an average of $30,977 per year in 2009.
You should also anticipate spending about $1,107 for physics related books and supplies every year. And if you live on campus at one of the Rochester-based physics schools, you will have an added expense of $7,350 per year, on average, for room and board. Students who live at home can cut this cost down to approximately $11,390.
After graduating with your credentials in physics, if you decide to work as a physicist in Rochester, your job prospects are not very good. The government projects that the number of physicists in Rochester will increase by 7% by the year 2018. This anticipated change is slower than the projected nationwide trend for physicists.


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Boys Double Duvet Set from the Thomas the Tank Engine Patch range.
A very colourful, boys double duvet set from the TV series, Thomas The Tank Engine. The blue background is patterned with white stars, lots of steam and our favourite, No 1 train engine himself.
The reverse has rows of smaller images of Thomas on a broad, blue and white striped background.