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Allahyar and the Legend of Markhor is not only of unprecedented quality but also a game changer for Pakistan
By Muhammad Omar Iftikhar Published: February 5, 2018
Allahyar and the Legend of Markhor has changed the game by setting a new standard when it comes to animation in Pakistan. PHOTO: FILE
Over a decade ago, when Commander Safeguard hit TV channels all across Pakistan, it set a new standard when it came to the local animation industry. Later on, 3 Bahadur, Pakistan's first animated movie, brought some hope that animation is not an entirely forgotten art in the country. Even the Milkateer series was a decent addition to the genre.
However, Allahyar and the Legend of Markhor has changed the game altogether, by setting a new standard when it comes to animation in Pakistan.
Uzair Zaheer Khan, the director and writer, and producer Usman Iqbal have brought to the industry a version of animation never seen before, emanating from the creative minds and studios of Pakistan. From the very first scene, the setting and plot grasp your attention. It is not just the dialogue or the visual imagery, nor is it just the animation and how smoothly the characters walk and talk. It is a combination of all these aspects put together, merged with the hard work and perseverance that was quite evidently put in during the production phase.
Allahyar is a boy living in the northern areas of Pakistan with his family. However, he discovers that Mani (voiced by Ali Noor) is an antagonist who has planned a devious scheme against Allahyar's father along with his accomplice, Uncle Bablu. This discovery leads to an adventure, and he ends up in a forest, where he befriends talking animals. When in the jungle, Allahyar saves Mehru, a markhor (voiced by Natasha Humera Ejaz). There is also Chakku, a baby snow leopard (voiced by Abdul Nabi Jamali), who becomes friends with Allahyar and Mehru.
However, my personal favourite in the film has to be Hero (voiced by Azfar Jafri), who is a chakor, Pakistan's national bird. Hero's humorous and witty one-liners add necessary comic relief to the movie; his presence balancing out the plethora of emotional scenes in the film.
Allahyar, Mehru, Chakku and Hero all share a common enemy in Mani. It is up to them to stop Mani from spreading havoc across the jungle, save the other animals Mani is after, and also bring him to justice. During the movie, you will also find out the secret of the legend associated with the markhor.
It is the eight-year-old Allahyar and the normal life he leads – where he hates doing his homework and gets irritated when he has to do chores – which the audience will connect with the most. Children watching this movie will find Allahyar's persona, and his likes and dislikes, to be relatable and similar to their own.
What inspired me the most when watching this movie was the Pakistani-centric theme enveloping the story. Choosing Allahyar as the protagonist's name was not just a big risk but also a creative jump, which ended up blending well with the Pakistani society the film was set in. Moreover, Allahyar is constantly seen wearing a shalwar kameez, which is also a welcome step when it comes to the character connecting with the collective conscience of viewers from all social stratas of Pakistan.
Although the editing in some parts of the movie lacked cohesion, it did not take away anything from the film. Further, despite the voiceover artists not having much experience in this domain, they have given an amazing performance, with their voice and vocal intonations giving life to the characters they portray. Anum Zaidi, the voice behind Allahyar, adds so much life to the character that it becomes a real boy in our minds. As Allahyar's mood changes across the film, and as he feels fear, courage or happiness, Zaidi's voiceover ensures that we feel it too.
Moreover, Ali Noor's portrayal of Mani also invites the right amount of anger and hatred for his character, that's how well he has voiced it.
While the strong message of the movie does leave an impact on the viewer's mind, the animation is also spot on. The vivid forests, realistic jungles, towering mountains, blue skies, and even the texture of the animals, birds and objects, is as close to reality as animation can get.
The attention to detail is simply unbelievable. Never could we have imagined a Pakistani movie going to such extents to produce a visually mesmerising animated film that seems good enough to rival its international counterparts. Allahyar and the Legend of Markhor is the new case study for aspiring animators, storytellers, voice over artists, writers and directors.
The soundtrack too has a good collection of tracks including Hum Hain Rahi, sung by Ali Noor, and Muskarai Ja, performed by Natasha Humera Ejaz, which also has a Pakistani cultural theme attached to it.
The film was thoroughly delightful to watch. Never had I thought that one day I would watch a Pakistani animated movie as crisp as that of Pixar. However, now that I have, I am proud of the entire team that made a movie so great that every scene, every dialogue, and every character will remain etched in my memory for a long time. Given the unprecedented quality of the film, I know a sequel is right around the corner.
All photos: Screenshots
The author is a freelance writer and blogger and writes for various English dailies of Pakistan. He tweets @omariftikhar (twitter.com/omariftikhar)
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My only gripe is that Allahyar being a boy should have been voiced by a boy and not a girl.Recommend
it will be very useful for future generations cause the way Barbaric Hunting is going on, very soon Markhor will be extinct then kids can see the markhor in animated movies. Good keep going pakistanRecommend
Maqsood Ahmed Abbasi
splendid work done by whole team. I please to congratulate o whole team of allahyar and markhor bring such a creative and entertaining work which is truely presents the soft image of nation, which is some time back we have loss in the means of terriorism nomination. Great work we are hoping that team will come with another creative project.Recommend
Mudi Modi
such excellent work consider that this is done where there are no technical studios in Pakistan the technical equipment is non existent and of course funding is very difficult to obtain in spite of these obstacle the entire crew of this project has done a tremendous job. But the lack of enthusiasm of the public of Pakistan is sad? they want the half clad entertainment, not intellectual stimuli to help them improve their plight!Recommend
Mohsin Ahmed
Fantastic animations. Witnessed House Full cinemas, and kids were really really overjoyed and excited. Animation movies of Pakistani cinema are truly world class.Recommend
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Infinera appoints former Altera CEO John P Daane to its board of directors
Prior to new role, Daane served a semiconductor company Altera Corporation as the president and chief executive officer and board member from November 2000 through Altera's acquisition by Intel Corporation in December 2015.
Muntazir Abbas
NEW DELHI: US-based intelligent transport networks provider for telcos, Infinera Tuesday appointed John P Daane to the board of directors.
Daane's appointment will be effective from January 14, the company said in a statement.
He also served as the chairman of the board of Altera from May 2003 to December 2015.
Under Daane's leadership Altera improved its positioning in the market and grown business considerably.
"John's perspectives and experience will be invaluable to Infinera as we embark on a journey of market share and revenue expansion," chairman of the board of Infinera Kambiz Hooshmand said.
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Q: How to mount volume for docker container via yaml manifest? I try to launch container-vm machine with following yaml:
version: v1
kind: Pod
spec:
  containers:
    - name: simple-echo
      image: gcr.io/google_containers/busybox
      command: ['nc', '-p', '8080', '-l', '-l', '-e', 'echo', 'hello world!']
      imagePullPolicy: Always
      ports:
        - containerPort: 8080
          hostPort: 8080
          protocol: TCP
      volumeMounts:
        - name: string
          mountPath: /home
          readOnly: false
  restartPolicy: Always
  dnsPolicy: Default
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I expect host home directory being accessible from the container.
However, container fails to start:
E0619 05:02:09.477574    2212 http.go:54] Failed to read URL: invalid pod:
[spec.volumes[0].source: invalid value '<*>(0xc2080b79e0){HostPath:<nil> EmptyDir:<nil> GCEPersistentDisk:<nil> AWSElasticBlockStore:<nil>
GitRepo:<nil> Secret:<nil> NFS:<nil> ISCSI:<nil> Glusterfs:<nil> PersistentVolumeClaimVolumeSource:<nil> RBD:<nil>}':
exactly 1 volume type is required spec.containers[0].volumeMounts[0].name: not found 'string']

What is the correct way to specify a volume for container?

A: Try replacing hostDir with hostPath as mentioned in v1beta3-conversion-tips-from-v1beta12.
Try replacing
volumes:
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A: There is a simple way to do it:

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          hostPort: 8080
          protocol: TCP
      volumeMounts:
        - name: string
          mountPath: /home
          readOnly: false
  restartPolicy: Always
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JPMorgan Chase names two women executives to lead the biggest U.S. consumer bank
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JPMorgan Chase has named Marianne Lake and Jennifer Piepszack to run the company's sprawling consumer banking operations after its long-time manager announced his retirement.
Lake, the bank's former chief financial officer who most recently served as consumer lending head, and current CFO Piepszack will jointly run the division, New York-based JPMorgan said Tuesday in a statement. They will report to Gordon Smith until he retires at the end of the year, the firm said.
The move shores up the succession planning for CEO Jamie Dimon, which has been a priority of the board as he is 65 years old. The two female executives are considered front-runners to eventually succeed Dimon. With this move, they will have broad experience running key businesses, as well as stints as finance chiefs.
"We are fortunate to have two such superb executives in Marianne and Jenn – they both are examples of our extremely talented and deep management bench," Dimon said in the statement. "Both have proven track records of working successfully across the firm and both are well known and respected within the financial industry for their exceptional character and capabilities."
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The bank named Jeremy Barnum, head of global research for the corporate and investment bank, as CFO to succeed Piepszak.
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Experts point to opioids and pandemic cash as contributing to record number of overdose deaths
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SANTA MONICA, Calif. — Nearly two years ago, Cortland Soulia had his life sorted out and put his 21 years of drug and alcohol addictions behind him, with the help of the Salvation Army Adult Recovery Center program.
"I ended up assistant managing restaurants and stuff like that while I was out here. Making money. Meeting my girlfriend at the time, having a son and doing everything I could to make things work out here," Soulia said.
93,000 overdose deaths recorded during the pandemic, fueled by opioids according to the CDC
The Salvation Army Recovery Center in Santa Monica saw pandemic assistance and isolation create challenges for those struggling with addiction
Then the pandemic hit, turning the world he built upside down. He lost his job and was left feeling isolated.
"There was no personal contact. There was nobody that I could reach out to and get together with because of COVID. So, I started to smoke and drink again. And then, it escalated. One night I had a blackout and things went south at my house," Soulia said.
Like Soulia, many individuals struggling with addiction found the pandemic to be a trying time. For some, it even pushed them over the edge.
According to the CDC, about 93,000 people died from an overdose during the pandemic, nearly a 30% increase nationwide and a new record. Capt. Timothy Pemberton, with the Salvation Army's Adult Recovery Center in Santa Monica, shared that the government's financial assistance during the pandemic is part of the reason why recovering addicts in isolation were led to relapse.
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Q: How do I grant a database role execute permissions on a schema? What am I doing wrong? I am using SQL Server 2008 Express edition.
I have created a Login , User, Role and Schema.
I have mapped the user to the login, and assigned the role to the user.
The schema contains a number of tables and stored procedures.
I would like the Role to have execute permissions on the entire schema.
I have tried granting execute permission through management studio and through entering the command in a query window.
GRANT EXEC ON SCHEMA::schema_name TO role_name

But When I connect to the database using SQL management studio (as the login I have created) firstly I cannot see the stored procedures, but more importantly I get a permission denied error when attempting to run them.
The stored procedure in question does nothing except select data from a table within the same schma.
I have tried creating the stored procedure with and without the line:
WITH EXECUTE AS OWNER

This doesn't make any difference.
I suspect that I have made an error when creating my schema, or there is an ownership issue somewhere, but I am really struggling to get something working.
The only way I have successfully managed to execute the stored procedures is by granting control permissions to the role as well as execute, but I don't believe this is the correct, secure way to proceed.
Any suggestions/comments would be really appreciated.
Thanks.

A: There are couple of issues that I can see in your case.
First of all you would need View Definition granted for you to be able to see the objects in the Management studio.
I would recommend this if you want the role to have all permissions,
GRANT EXECUTE, SELECT, INSERT, UPDATE, DELETE, VIEW DEFINITION
    ON Schema::SchemaName TO [RoleName/LoginName]

Also make sure the owner of your user-defined schema is "dbo".


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On the Charts: A Conversation with David Laney
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David Laney
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Where some saw chaos, Laney was inspired to put the teachings of Fisher, Deming, Wheeler, and others to bear on the problem and ended up changing how we think about P charts and U charts.
We recently had a chance to talk with Mr. Laney about his inspirations and about Minitab's new features, the P' Charts and U' Charts that bear his name.
Minitab: You introduced the Laney P' and U' charts in a 2002 paper. In a nutshell, what are they for and what is innovative about them?
Laney: What they're for is to correct an inherent error in the P chart and the U chart, which are—in a word—wrong. They're wrong because they assume that all the variation in the entire process is within-subgroup variation, or sampling variation.
It's important to not blindly look at a control chart whose limits are very close together, and with data all over the page and say, "We've got utter chaos here." No, you don't. What you've got is a lot of variation between subgroups. This variation is not explained by the binomial or Poisson assumptions alone, yet needs to be accounted for. That's what the P' and U' charts do.
Minitab: What got you thinking about these issues with the P and U charts?
Laney: At BellSouth, we started doing total quality in a big way in 1990. I was teaching lots of people how to use control charts. Then something interesting happened. We had a project to look at Emergency-911 calls in Florida each month and track the proportion of calls that did not get through. That's a pretty important statistic—you know, lives are at stake!
So I looked at the chart for this project. It was a P chart, but the upper and lower control limits were about a millimeter apart. And the data were all over the page. This was the first time I ever saw that. I said, "Now, how is it possible for every point to be out of control?" So I went to the AT&T handbook and looked it up, and learned that yeah, this can happen when you've got large, large samples.
Minitab: That's called overdispersion?
Laney: Right. If the samples are large enough, the sampling variation is driven practically to zero; the P chart puts the control limits too close together and the data seem to be escaping. So the handbook says to just use an XmR chart. Okay.
Minitab: When you say XmR chart, just for clarification, it's what we call an I-MR chart in Minitab?
Laney: Exactly, or an "individuals and moving range" chart. The control limits are based on moving ranges of size 2, which measure short-term variation.
Dr. Shewhart taught us that short-term variation is the key. Because if you use long-term variation you may be allowing trend and seasonality to interfere with your attempt to differentiate between special causes and common causes.
Not long after the 911 project, I was in Knoxville, Tennessee, sitting in a hotel conference room listening to Dr. Don Wheeler. He was talking about analysis of variance, detecting the difference among several means, and so on. Well what does that use? That uses the principles introduced by Fisher -- a comparison of within-group variation and between-group variation. And it makes a careful distinction between those two in order to assess what's going on. Where does the P chart do that? The P chart doesn't do that.
Minitab: Why should the P chart do that?
Laney: Well, in the real world, problems, defects and defectives, can be dependent on things that change from day to day—like rain, or temperature, or phases of the moon. Telephone system problems vary a lot depending on how many thunderstorms you have that month.
I got to thinking about all this. What bothered me about using the I-MR chart shortcut was that its control limits were, by definition, flat -- despite the substantial difference in sample sizes from month to month. The number of calls to 911 in Florida tend to be very high in the summer, when there are more cases of heat-related illness. There are fewer calls in the winter. Well, larger subgroups mean more statistical certainty. We would expect a P chart, with varying sample sizes, to have "wiggly" control limits, with wider limits for smaller subgroups and narrower limits for larger subgroups, right?
Minitab: Right.
Laney: How many individuals charts have you ever seen with wiggly control limits? [laughs]
Minitab: None.
Laney: At some point it hit me—instead of an I-MR chart I could use a Z chart.
Minitab: A Z chart has wiggly control limits?
Laney: Well, no, but the Z chart does account for differences in sample size. To create the Z chart, you convert the p-values into z-values using the formula:
zi = pi – pbar / Sigma of pi
where zi is the z-value for a subgroup, pi is the proportion of defectives for that subgroup, pbar is the average proportion of defectives. Sigma of pi is the standard error for the subgroup.
The control limits on the Z chart are always straight, but Sigma of pi is smaller for larger subgroups. For the same pi, a large subgroup size will cause zi to be farther from the center line, which is always at zero. So in both the P chart and the Z chart, extreme values for the proportion of defectives are more likely to fall outside of the control limits if they occur in larger subgroups.
Now, in the classical Z chart we know that 3 standard deviations encompass 99.73 % of the data so therefore we're going to set our control limits at +/-3. Right? No we're not! Because I remember what Wheeler said, "Why assume the variation when you can measure it?"
Why would we sit there and just blindly assume, "Well, the upper limit must be 3." Why don't we use moving ranges of size 2, like the I-MR chart does, and find out what it is?
So I came up with what I called the Z' chart. I didn't know what else to call it. I wanted it to have a DNA linkage to the Z chart, but I wanted it to be sufficiently different. I used the moving ranges of size 2 to estimate the standard deviation of the z-scores, and called that "Sigma Z". Then I set my control limits at +/-3 times Sigma Z.
Minitab: Did the 911 data look different on the Z' chart?
Laney: Absolutely. All of a sudden the limits went out to where the data were. Instead of the P chart where almost every point was out of control, on the Z' chart, only the usual 1 or 2 points out of 20 were out of control. What it showed was that the upper limit wasn't really 3. It was more like 15, because there was 5 times more variation from month to month than the binomial formula alone could predict.
So we started using the Z' chart with great success, but then, as you might suspect, a number of our clients would say, "What's a Z? What does this mean?"
So now we have a new problem. I've got something that I know is right, but I can't sell it because nobody can spell it; "lay" people can't seem to twist their thinking around into the Z-plane and understand what's going on.
The solution was to convert the Z data back into P data, to turn it into a type of P chart again.
Minitab: A P' chart?
Laney: Exactly. In the P' chart, Sigma Z is used to adjust the values so you have realistic upper and lower control limits.* In a regular P chart, the control limits are:
+/- 3 x Sigma of pi
In a P' chart the control limits are:
+/- 3 x Sigma of pi x Sigma Z
Now I had a chart that showed the actual recorded proportions of defectives, rather than contrived z-values. So we had something that worked and was easy for everybody to understand.
One of the first people I told about this was Forrest Breyfogle, who'd invited me to attend his new Advanced Black Belt course. On the side, I told him about what I had just discovered, and he was very interested. I mean, I could tell he was struck by this simple but incredibly powerful concept, because it was correcting something that had been an issue for 70 years.
Not long after that, out came a fabulous book called Implementing Six Sigma, by Forrest W. Breyfogle. And on page 177 he gave me credit for inventing the new Z' chart, which he called the "Z&MR chart" He didn't take it all the way back to the P' chart. Ever since, a growing number of people have become early adopters of this method.
Minitab: Of the P' chart?
Laney: Yes. One of the first was Scott Wise, the first Master Black Belt at Dell Corporation. Other early supporters included Bill Woodall at the University of Alabama (now at Virginia Tech), Tom Pyzdek, Don Wheeler, and Roger Hoerl. And then there was a fellow named Mohammed Mohammed, a professor at the University of Birmingham, England. (I'm in Birmingham, Alabama!) I have no idea how he heard about me, but I got an email from him and he had a problem that was a perfect one for the P' chart. And so I explained it to him, he got me to help him write a little paper for a British medical journal, and it's caught on pretty well over there.
People kept bugging me, saying, "You know, you really ought to write this up." Well, I'm not in academia. I don't publish or perish. But I had about 30 years' service in industry by that time and I was looking at what to do next. So I wrote an article and sent it in to Quality Engineering. They published it in 2002, just one month before I left BellSouth and started teaching at Samford University.
Minitab: Clearly, they saw a lot of value in what you wrote.
Laney: Here's the thing I want people to take away from this discussion, and I say this with almost religious fervor. Fisher taught us that there's more to life than short-term, or within-group variation. There's also between-group variation, and if we don't come to grips with that fact, we're doomed. We can't understand data if we don't look at it that way.
Minitab: Have there been any reservations about using your charts?
Laney: Well, the only reason that I can imagine that they haven't had immediate acceptance is the law of inertia. Engineers are supposed to be innovative, but sometimes old habits die hard.
Minitab: How does that play out in a practical situation?
Laney: Well, people naturally ask, "How might I know when I should use a P' chart?" Well now Minitab has a test they can run to see whether they need to use the P' chart or whether they could just rely on the P chart.
Minitab: Yes, the P Chart Diagnostic.
Laney: If your data do not overwhelmingly argue in favor of the P' chart, then the diagnostic says you can use the P chart. But why would you want to settle for that? For example, suppose a Sigma Z of 1.20 doesn't trip your test. Why would you want to use the P chart when there is arguably 20% more variability in your data than the binomial can predict? You can end up dealing with more false alarms just because the diagnostic test has a low alpha and wants to be convinced beyond a shadow of a doubt before it recommends the P' chart.
Even if Sigma Z is 1.01, I'd still rather use the P' chart! Why wouldn't you? Now that Minitab is doing the calculations for you, it's just as easy to click on P' chart as it is on P chart. Now, the P' chart won't make any noticeable difference if Sigma Z really is 1.01 But again, "Why assume the variation when you can measure it?" I would also say, "Why do your analysis in a way that could be wrong when you could do it in a way that's always right?" Then you don't have to worry about the diagnostic test.
There are going to be people who are hard to change, skeptics. Deming said that change occurs on a generational basis. That's why it was good that he lived to be in his 90s so he could actually see some change taking place in this world. We don't change quickly, so after 70 years of using a P chart there are going to be people who don't necessarily understand or believe that the P' chart is better. I'll be happy knowing that if they at least run your test, and let that tell them they should be using the P' chart, then they'll use it and save themselves a whole lot of unnecessary busy work chasing false alarms.
Minitab: The P' chart and U' chart seem like powerful and versatile tools. And it's no small feat to come up with such an elegant solution to a problem that has plagued the quality community for decades.
Laney: Thank you. Really, I revere the giants on whose shoulders I stand: Wheeler, Breyfogle, Woodall, Pyzdek, Hoerl,... I can't help but think that if those people are behind me I can't possibly be wrong.
Minitab: Are there any conditions under which you would not want to use the P' chart instead of the P chart?
Laney: No. Categorically, positively, no. For the same reason I brought up before: there's no such thing in the real world as a perfect normal, binomial, or Poisson distribution. In the same spirit that a statistician can reasonably say that the normal assumption is always wrong, we can quote George E.P. Box: "All models are wrong. Some models are useful." And I would be willing to stake my reputation on the statement, "The blind reliance on the binomial or Poisson distribution embodied in classical attributes control charts is also always wrong." Because there is variation in everything. Say, isn't that Chapter 1, Page 1 of every SPC text—"There is variation in everything"?
The binomial assumption is never, ever exactly right. So why would you not want at least the slightest little nudge in the right direction?
Part of me still laments that when the time comes that I'm down there smiling up at everybody…I got that from George Carlin …there will always be a bit of regret that in my lifetime there was never a time that everybody just automatically used the P' chart and the U' chart.
Minitab: We couldn't help but notice that when you wrote your Quality Digest article, you closed by saying "My life's goal is to get this into Minitab."
Laney: That's right, exactly. One of my sons is a quality engineer. He's going to continue the "family business" throughout his career and I hope he will continue to sell this idea. But he will be able to do something I couldn't do; he'll be able to call these charts up in Minitab and show his clients, "See, they're the real deal."
From now on I can point to this day on the calendar and say "There, right there, is where it changed." And I can't tell you how happy that makes me. Because now I don't have to push anymore. With Minitab taking over the reins of this stagecoach, I know that the strongbox is going to be delivered.
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Last week, Borealis Philanthropy and Grantmakers for Effective Organizations (GEO) announced Marcus Walton, our Co-Director of Racial Equity Initiatives (REI), will be transitioning to a new and exciting role as the President and CEO of GEO.
We are thrilled for Marcus, and we will miss his leadership and his work with the REI team at Borealis.
Read our interview with Marcus as he shares what he feels proud of during his time at Borealis, what he's looking forward to seeing next from our racial equity initiatives, and what learnings he will bring to GEO.
When you look back on your time at Borealis, what do you feel proud of?
When reflecting on my experience at Borealis, I am very proud of the team we collectively built for the racial equity initiatives. Together, we defined values, identified accountability systems, established shared language and role clarity, agreed upon communications processes, and created a high-performing culture that contributed to early progress and seamless operations. The process we used to cultivate trust and rapport is one I will bring with me to my new role.
When you think about what's next for our racial equity initiatives at Borealis, what are you most excited about?
I am excited that the racial equity work at Borealis is being led by a dynamic group of women who share my personal vision for advancing racial equity in the philanthropic sector.
Maya Thornell-Sandifor, the current Co-Director of REI, will assume the role of Director moving forward, overseeing all of our racial equity funds. I am eager to see and support her leadership of the REI team which includes Kristell Caballero Saucedo, the Program Officer for the REP Fund, and Truc Anh Kieu, Program Associate for REI.
Ultimately, I know that this team will support grantees to continue working together cooperatively, learning from each other, and deepening capacity to advance racial equity in different sectors.
What learnings from your work at Borealis will you bring with you to GEO?
I have learned that creating a dynamic culture for change is critical to efficiently and effectively advancing a change agenda. Since this work is disruptive, by definition, staff is well served to be equipped with various frameworks, tools, and coaching support to manage disruption. We cannot fully invest ourselves into racial equity or justice work without being shaped by it, directly.
Working with the REI team at Borealis helped me grow as a leader, and I also learned a tremendous amount from all Borealis staff. Understanding the work of all of Borealis' donor collaborative funds helped me appreciate the value and complexity of intersectional work.
My experience at Borealis has also demonstrated the impact of developing trust with peers and colleagues responsible for the work. The result of that trust and open conversations within the REP Fund, for example, has been the creation of racial equity-informed investments that respond directly to the source of need for grantees and beneficiaries, alike.
I am grateful for the insights grantees and donors have shared with me in our work together, which have confirmed for me that racial equity work is people work. I am eager to bring this reflection and everything I have learned to my new role at GEO, and to continue building upon the relationships I cultivated at Borealis.


What to you think of looking fierce in the city by wearing 'urban safari' clothes. Correct me if I am wrong here, but this fashion trend is another one that continues to inspire modern styles and designs and that it comes back every so often.
So what is so special about this trend anyway? First of all, it makes any woman look wild and an individual. Then comes the bold yet simple shapes and to top it all off since most of looks are not skinny they do not make you look uncomfortable (thumbs up for comfort). I personally love the overall appearance including geometric patterns, earthly tones, and that hints of tribal and animal prints.
Yep, you got your green color shirts, lightweight leopard print vest, floppy sun hat and bold accessories. There is no doubt in my mind that this trend will allow you to make yourself stand out, feel sophisticated and somewhat adventurous.
I'm feeling this trend and the first thing that you notice is the color. Truth be told I am not a fan of the olive green or khaki colour as I don't feel that they suit me, however when paired with beige, ochre, camel, and the many other shades and hues of earthly colors then it's a whole different story. Not to mention the bold prints, fierce hues (leopard, snake, zebra, as well as giraffe) finishing the look with some metallic accessories.
Of course like in any trend you can own it and make it work by putting your own personal touch by mixing your style to a piece from the trend and you got the look of the real safari girl down path.
It can be the nice khaki green jacket or the olive slipdress styled with boho inspired garments, like the ever so stylish floppy hat. Or how about the simple, wrinkled beige shirt-dress, a cool baseball cap and combat boots.
Anyway enough of my overly excited post and will let the picture to all the talking.


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Photo: USMC — President David Mulroney Addresses the Class of 2017.
Two weeks ago, on Wednesday, September 20, President David Mulroney presented his Annual Report to the University of St. Michael's College (USMC) Collegium in Elmsley Hall's Charbonnel Lounge. A day later, Mulroney's office released the report on the USMC website. Mulroney's report outlines some of the changes to student life, academics, and clubs/organizations that USMC students can expect for this 2017–18 year.
The document, alongside his presentation, also provides students with some insight into the work USMC administration did in the 2016–17 academic year, which saw periods of tense conflict between USMC leadership and USMC's largest student governance body, the St. Michael's College Student Union (SMCSU).
Mulroney views the past year as one of revival for the undergraduate experience at USMC. "My second year (2016/17) has been focused on reanimating and reinvesting in undergraduate student life," he writes, a process he says began in the 2015–16 academic year with the hiring of several key personnel to the college's administration, including Principal and Vice President Randy Boyagoda (The Mike's own faculty adviser).
Another component Mulroney noted in his 2016 address was the introduction of a hard liquor ban in USMC residences, and the prohibition of served alcohol at student-sponsored events.
Mulroney begins his reflection on the previous academic year by listing his administration's e orts to revitalize the USMC undergraduate experience. Points of interest include: the hiring of six new professors and two post-docs, the introduction of the Gilson Seminar as the SMC One program, planning of projects for the renewal of Brennan Hall, and the reconstruction of the governing principles of student government at USMC.
Mulroney has already entered the final term of his three-year contract to serve as the president of USMC (his term officially expires in June 2018). Efforts by a Presidential Search Committee to find his successor are currently underway. These included soliciting input from students in the form of a survey sent around in early September.
Mulroney describes the hiring of six new professors and post-docs as a demonstration of the college's commitment to its academic programs, as well as a response to the criticism that USMC had failed to invest enough in its academic programs. The new hires should provide the college's sponsored programs with greater stability, as they would need to rely less on an ever-changing group of sessional instructors.
Mulroney then goes on to highlight the work of Boyagoda over the past academic year to revitalize the SMC One program. His efforts came to fruition this fall with the introduction of the Gilson Seminar, which Mulroney claims had the most competitive enrolment of all the College One programs.
Perhaps the most tumultuous and divisive period of Mulroney's tenure thus far contained his handling of the various 2016–17 SMCSU scandals. This period included both scandals that occurred in late 2016 and involved the then present SMCSU administration, as well as USMC's choice to only partially disclose the results of an investigation into the SMCSU's gross financial mismanagement and poor governance dating back over the previous decade.
These tensions ultimately resulted in the disbandment of SMCSU for the latter half of the 2016–17 academic year. USMC has gone without a functioning student union ever since.
Mulroney also announced that USMC has created a new Student Society Leadership Policy that has since become effective. He also mentioned that the college's administration will continue to oversee the transfer of the SMCSU's student levy to the SMCSU. He also noted that SMCSU will resume operations this fall, following their upcoming elections. This appears to be good news for student government at USMC.


All Achievements are the same regardless of console, with the exception of Completionist which is exclusive to the PS3 version. All Achievements from the main game are obtainable in the DLC Campaign as well.
Get an agent of each class to Rank 5 within a single Campaign 30 Gold Indiana Jones and the Raiders of the Lost Ark .
Incidentally, Crystal Skull shows that the warehouse is, in fact, Area 51--- also known as Groom Lake Base: the game's first level.
Complete all Investigations in the base within a single campaign 30 Gold After every major operation, talk to people around the base. Once you get an Investigation underway, use F5 and follow the blue icons to find the objective. Don't forget that you can hit space to go into Battle Focus at any time, and "O" to see current Operations.
Complete the game without a single agent bleeding out. 50 Gold Can be gained in both the main Campaign and the Hangar 6 DLC.
Motto of armed forces around the world, common game achievement.
Complete an entire Operation without the player firing a weapon or using a grenade 40 Silver Carter's use of abilities does 'not disqualify (ie, Heal, Lift, Drones, Silacoids, Mind Control). Take Packs that reduce Ability reload times. Reccomend to try on smaller Minor Operation maps.
Beat the game on Commander Difficulty without ever changing it 50 Gold On the Emblem of XCOM: Enemy Unknown. Easily done using the shorter and easier Hangar 6: R&D DLC, and remember, Explosives are your friends.
Attach 10 Sticky Grenades onto Outsider enemies within a single campaign 20 Bronze Reference to Star Wars. The description is misleading, as other alien species such as Sectoids, Mutons or Sectopods also count towards this achievement. Therefore, larger aliens such as Sectopods are Mutons are the best enemies. Immobilize them with Lift, throw a few grenades on them, and watch the fireworks.
Finish off 20 aliens using melee attacks within a single campaign 30 Bronze Independence Day .
Use all of the agent and player abilities in the field within a single campaign 50 Gold This will require at least two of every class, and to level Carter enough to learn Mind Control. Make a checklist at the start of a campain if you want to go for this one.
Perform 15 unique scans within a single campaign 20 Bronze Thundercats. While in Focus mode, hold F to angle the camera and scan aliens, weapons, ect.
Take down 20 Outsider Shields using laser-based guns within a single campaign 20 Bronze Natrually, the Shield Disruptor Pack (or the Rupture Pack) greatly assists in this. As shielded Outsiders are common, you'll likeley get this sometime on your frist playthrough.
Strip all of the armor off of 5 Mutons before killing them within a single campaign 30 Silver Reference to The Avengers. Armor Peicer or Rupture Pack. Catching a Muton in an explosion helps, too. Armor on each limb, body armor, and helmet.
Customize an agent 10 Bronze Reference to Men in Black.
Often when entering the 'arena' for an engagment, enemies, such as low-level Outsiders will be wandering around unalerted. Take initiative with a careful headshot with any scoped weapon you may have, such as the Sniper Rifle.
There are 11 Secret Achievements.
Closure 35 Bronze Storyline mission pun on WWII's Axis Powers and Allied Powers, and alien Commander "Axis"
Beat Hangar 6 R&D without firing any alien weapons 40 Silver The Microwave Gun counts as a conventional human weapon. Have fun with Muton Elites.
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Adam Tadeusz Bujak (ur. 12 maja 1942 w Krakowie) – polski fotograf. Kawaler Orderu Orła Białego.

Życiorys
Syn żołnierza Legionów Polskich

Od lat 60. fotografował Karola Wojtyłę, a po wyborze na papieża towarzyszył mu – jako Janowi Pawłowi II – w jego licznych pielgrzymkach. Jest autorem ponad 130 albumów fotograficznych, a ponadto plakatów i kalendarzy. Publikował w "Tygodniku Powszechnym", z którym w 1989 r. jednak zerwał współpracę. Ponadto jego zdjęcia ukazały się w albumach wydawnictwa Calvarianum, niemieckiego Verlag Herder i austriackiego Verlag Styria. Od 1996 roku nieprzerwanie współpracuje z krakowskim wydawnictwem Biały Kruk, w którym ukazało się blisko 100 pozycji z fotografiami Bujaka. Od 2010 r. jest członkiem redakcji miesięcznika "Wpis".

Od 1967 r. jest członkiem Związku Polskich Artystów Fotografików. Od 1970 należy do Royal Photographic Society w Londynie, a od 1965 do Arcybractwa Męki Pańskiej w Krakowie. Od 2009 jest członkiem Społecznego Komitetu Odnowy Zabytków Krakowa (SKOZK).

Jest laureatem wielu nagród krajowych i międzynarodowych. W 1973 został laureatem Nagrody Miasta Krakowa za "całokształt działalności artystycznej, upowszechniającej piękno Krakowa". W 2003 otrzymał Nagrodę Totus za "osiągnięcia w dziedzinie kultury chrześcijańskiej". 5 października 2005, podczas uroczystości w krakowskim magistracie został uhonorowany przez ministra kultury Waldemara Dąbrowskiego Srebrnym Medalem "Zasłużony Kulturze Gloria Artis". Jego dzieła kilkakrotnie zostały odznaczone książkami roku, m.in. albumy "Ars. Dzieje św. Jana Marii Vianneya" (2009), "Polska. Panoramy" (2011) czy "Wiara" (2012). W 2014 roku został laureatem medalu Per Artem ad Deum (Przez sztukę do Boga), który odebrał 9 czerwca 2014 podczas wystawy Sacroexpo w Kielcach. 5 grudnia 2014 Bujakowi został wręczony Feniks Maltański, nagroda corocznie przyznawana wybitnym osobistościom kultury i sztuki, "za wypełnianie przestrzeni publicznej znaczącymi wydarzeniami artystycznymi, niosącymi przesłanie wartości chrześcijańskich." W lutym 2017 r. został odznaczony nagrodą Książki Roku 2016 za książkę "Dziedzictwo Chrztu. 966 – 1966 – 2016". 3 maja 2017, w uznaniu znamienitych zasług w działalności na rzecz rozwoju i popularyzowania kultury chrześcijańskiej, prezydent Andrzej Duda nadał mu Order Orła Białego.

W 2005 był członkiem Honorowego Komitetu Poparcia Lecha Kaczyńskiego w wyborach prezydenckich.

29 maja 2018 został powołany na członka Kapituły Orderu Orła Białego.

30 maja 2019 został odznaczony przez ministra kultury prof. Piotra Glińskiego Złotym Medalem "Zasłużony Kulturze Gloria Artis". Minister podkreślił, że polska kultura ma w osobie Adama Bujaka wielki filar i podporę.

Wystawy indywidualne (wybór)
 Fotografia makabryczna, Jazz Club Gallery, Kraków (1961)
 Pamięć i martyrologia, Galeria WSP, Kraków (1963)
 Trzy reportaże, Galeria Iskra, Toruń (1971)
 Misteria, Galeria Krzysztofory, Kraków (1971)
 Misteria, Galeria Współczesna, Warszawa (1972)
 Misteria, Muzeum Sztuki, Łódź (1972)
 Misteria, Galeria Fotografii, Wrocław (1973)
 Misteria, Galeria BWA, Tarnów (1974)
 Misteria, Stara Galeria ZPAF, Warszawa (1975)
 Misteria, Chapelle des Colderiers – Musée Lorrain, Nancy, Francja (1975)
 Polacy, Galeria Kamieniołom, Kraków (1980)
 Polacy, Galeria ZPAF, Kraków (1980)
 Polacy, St. Klarakirche, Norymberga, Niemcy (1983)

Publikacje
 Apostoł narodów. Jubileuszowa pielgrzymka Jana Pawła II śladami św. Pawła, wyd. Biały Kruk
 Arcybractwo Męki Pańskiej, wyd. Biały Kruk
 Ars. Dzieje życia św. Jana Marii Vianneya, wyd. Biały Kruk
 Asyż. Nadzieja świata, wyd. Biały Kruk
 Auschwitz. Rezydencja śmierci, wyd. Biały Kruk
 Bazylika Mariacka, wyd. Biały Kruk
 Betlejemska noc 2000, wyd. Biały Kruk
 Bliskie spotkania z Ojcem Świętym. 20 lat pontyfikatu, wyd. Biały Kruk
 Bonifratrzy. Z Andaluzji do Polski (współautor Wacław Klag), wyd. Biały Kruk
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 Jan Paweł II i Benedykt XVI śladami Jezusa, wyd. Biały Kruk
 Jan Paweł II. Portrety (kalendarz), wyd. Biały Kruk
 Jan Paweł II. Syn tej ziemi (współautor Ryszard Rzepecki), wyd. Biały Kruk
 Jasna Góra. Częstochowa, wyd. Biały Kruk
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 Koszalin, wyd. Biały Kruk
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Przypisy

Bibliografia
 Fotografowie 1946-2006. Słownik biograficzny fotografów polskich, ZPAF, 2006, .
 Biografia Adama Bujaka na stronie wydawnictwa Biały Kruk

Członkowie Kapituły Orderu Orła Białego (III Rzeczpospolita)
Członkowie Związku Polskich Artystów Fotografików
Laureaci Nagrody Miasta Krakowa
Ludzie urodzeni w Krakowie
Odznaczeni Srebrnym Medalem "Zasłużony Kulturze Gloria Artis"
Odznaczeni Złotym Medalem "Zasłużony Kulturze Gloria Artis"
Odznaczeni Orderem Orła Białego (III Rzeczpospolita)
Urodzeni w 1942
Biografie kanonu polskiej Wikipedii
Współpracownicy Jana Pawła II

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On our travels along the gorgeous Vecht canal (see our earlier blog) we were surprised to find a lovely tjalk (Dutch barge) coming alongside us as we were moored at Hinderdam. It turned out the tjalk was owned by Joop and his wife – they had a problem with their engine and tied off to Endellion to let it cool before heading home not far away. In conversation it turned out Joop is a painter .. fancy that, we had been trying to find a painter for our roof since our winter in Paris.
The boat builders had neglected to put any primer or undercoat on the entire roof, they just slapped one coat of paint on and then fitted all the handrails, ventilation units, etc and sent us on our way. The roof is now nothing but rust and we have to remove all of the fittings and start again. It needs a professional .. and finally, by happenstance, we found the man for the job!
So our plan from Amsterdam pivoted around repainting our roof – work will start on the 5thSeptember (at least one week's worth) and will be done at Weesp .. a delightful place to spend more time.
Map from PC Navigo showing our Amsterdam circuit.
Amsterdam back to Weesp (for painting and repair meetings) this time back out across the Amsterdam harbour through the Oranjesluizen (lock), along the Buiten IJ into the IJmeer (inland sea) and across to the Vecht at Muiden, a few kilometres from Weesp.
Weesp to Nieuwegein the ultra-quick way, up the Amsterdam-Rijn Canal and into the Merwede – a rough ride but faster than the Vecht.
Nieuwegein to Gouda – along the fantastic Hollandse Ijssel.
Gouda to Rotterdam – using the ever-widening Hollandse Ijssel until it flows into the faster-flowing Nieuwe Maas and turning up the Delftshavense Schie canal near the city centre.
Rotterdam to Leiden via Delft using the Reijn-Schiekanaal.
Leiden to Amsterdam via Kagerplassen (lake), along the Ringvaart van de Haarlemmer-meerpolder (we won't make it to Haarlem this time), across the Westeinderplassen to Aalsmeer, along the Schinkel of Kostverlorenvaart into Amsterdam's outer harbour around the point and into Westerdock (our Amsterdam home).
We love Amsterdam – as you will know from our last blog.
Walking past the 'Coffee Shop' is best done on the other side of the road!
The museums, our 'village' of Jordaan, the endless beautiful canals lined with ancient buildings tilting this way and that, the classic churches .. the overall atmosphere – even though we have to tolerate the relatively frequent whiff of something smoky and sickly as we pass the 'Coffee Shops' (yes, marijuana or stronger is available it seems but confined to specific 'shops' who may also happen to serve coffee).
Amsterdam for us is very accessible .. the one slight challenge is using the buses.
Stewart finally heading up the steep ramp into the bus, from the narrow waiting platform.
Most of them have a steel ramp which is manually dropped by the 'conductor' .. the challenge is where they drop it. The bus stops often share space with the tram stops and these are on a small island in the middle of the road. The space for Stewart to turn onto the dropped ramp on the island is usually so narrow he has to approach the ramp from the side which is very difficult. When disembarking it's the same in reverse, ie, he often has to go down the too steep ramp, drop down the pavement step and into the road as the island is too narrow to contain the ramp and the wheelchair. Needless to say .. the 'can do' attitude of Stewart and his hero TDX meant he always made do.
Before Mary left us for the south of France we had a busy time, one day joining a guided tour on the subject of World War II and the Holocaust, starting at the Anne Frank house. This was where Anne's father (Jewish) hid seven members of his family and friends but they were betrayed after two years and sent to Auschwitz in August 1944. Amsterdam was occupied by the Germans during the war and as we toured the streets we were reminded of the horrors of war once again .. as Stewart said in his 'Radio Endellion Gay Parade' video, it wasn't only Jews (10% of Amsterdam's population at that time were Jewish) who were sent to the death camps, also homosexuals, the disabled and of course political protestors.
Thankfully our spirits were greatly lifted immediately after the tour when we met up with Paul and Kien Honen who live in Amsterdam. Paul was an old schoolmate of Stewart's from Canberra Grammar – the last time Stewart actually saw Paul was 43 years ago, the last year of school.
On our own again we headed back to Weesp to meet with Joop (our painter) and Marco (for general boat repairs and maintenance while the painting is being done).
The IJsselmeer - more suited to sails.
us because he wanted us to give him more room. The only way to do that would have been to tie off on the side of the tiny dinghy ahead of us .. not possible! We all made it in one piece despite this .. and thankfully we pottered on through the open gates and soon were left behind as we headed out onto the lake .. everyone in such a hurry in these parts.
The Ijsselmeer (or IJmeer) is vast and enjoyed mostly by sailing yachts with a significant keel beneath them, it's not really for flat-bottomed barges like ours. The weather was good, not much wind, the water therefore relatively flat so we had a great crossing back into the Vecht canal at Muiden.
Coming in off the IJsselmeer into the Vecht, couldn't miss the castle.
Once into the calmer, narrower waters of the Vecht we were reminded that we were still in the school holiday period .. everywhere was frantically busy, boats jostling for moorings and positioning for first place in the locks and at lift/swing bridges – very entertaining. We wondered if these skippers think if they hurry more and are first everywhere they will have more holiday time!
Endellion moored on the Small Weesp canal with Hank's speedy cruiser behind us.
At the now very familiar town of Weesp we met up with our painter and repairer – and one very important immediate job was to change our fuel filter (again) as we could see more black muck in the bowl – bacteria.
That done we headed south again into 'new territory'.
The beast overtakes us leaving water splashing into the engine hold.
We were familiar with the Amsterdam-Rijn canal having crossed it on our way into Amsterdam .. but now we had decided to use it to make a quick run south to get to the Hollandse Ijssel (recommended to us by skipper Hank, who moored next to us at Weesp after an amazing performance of extremely fast manoeuvring in his big cruiser).
Choppy water along the Amsterdam-Rijn canal.
Well .. the major Amsterdam-Rijn we knew was a bit choppy but going the 20 odd kilometres up it with massive commercial barges all around us was discovering what rough water meant. By the end of it we had taken on quite a lot of water in the engine hold, which came in through the air vents as these mighty commercial beasts passed us close by, at twice our speed, spraying water everywhere, and to our horror we found the entire fuel filter (a new element fitted that morning) was now completely black with muck.
(obviously sucked up on our very rough ride down the Amsterdam-Rijn) and insisted we wouldn't have any more problems so no need to empty our fuel tank and start again.
any bugs), which Jan now told us was a total waste, "throw it in the bin", he said. This time, we realised (with hindsight) the dirt must have been from the Heusden bunker-barge where the pump operator had to change bowsers as we had emptied the first one. We now get the idea: If it's the bottom of a fuel bowser (what luck to have this twice) we will get the dreaded muck. So we are planning on installing double filters when back in Weesp .. another thing to add to our long list of things to do.
Lovely green stretches of the Hollandse IJssel canal.
Quiet and beautiful stretches of the upper Hollandse IJssel.
With a relatively healthy boat again we headed along the same few kilometres to be back on track for Oudewater, a gorgeous town crisscrossed by small canals quite like Utrecht, and then into one of the loveliest towns in a while, Gouda.
Coming into the harbour at Gouda we pass the Maritime Museum, open air.
The town hall at Gouda.
Famous for its cheese of course but in fact it has so much more to offer .. in particular we loved St John's church with its famous stained glass windows, 60% of all of those in the Netherlands. Many from the mid-1500s .. wow, what stories they tell. Touring town we could hardly believe our eyes when we came across the most striking and stylish Town Hall, 16th century .. weddings taking place regularly as we noted. And the Waag (weighing house) for the famous Gouda cheese – a classic building although not accessible which is inexcusable as it would have been easy to put in a ramp.
The excellent 'Cow and Cheese' restaurant in Gouda, note the image above the door.
And a special treat .. we came across a really interesting restaurant, the 'Cow and Cheese' (when translated) and here they served the perfect steak, as you'd imagine, so good we didn't even have any cheese to follow!
Many modern apartment buildings stretch along the canal coming into Rotterdam.
The next day (we should have planned a longer stay at Gouda) we went back into the Hollandse Ijssel canal (there's one lock and lift bridge in and out of Gouda) to continue on a long stretch of wide and relatively calm water which finally took us into the Nieuwe Maas for Rotterdam – the second biggest port in the world apparently, the biggest in Europe anyway.
The Algerabrug - part of the Hollandse IJssel storm system coming into Rotterdam.
On the Maas we again experienced a very rough ride, a bit like the Amsterdam-Rijn, and worried about any remaining dirt in the fuel being sloshed through the filter.
Erasmus bridge, a classic structure, Rotterdam.
It's so wide there seemed no danger of being in any commercial ship's way. Our plan, having previously telephoned the very busy harbour master, was to moor at Veerhaven, close to the city centre, and this is where we headed.
We were on an out-flowing river running at least a strong three kilometres per hour which made it doubly difficult for Stewart to bring Endellion in to the relatively narrow Veerhaven entrance where it was also very choppy. He had to put on big revs to stop going down river and then we faced a sailing yacht coming out who kindly beckoned us in as he waited. Phew, we could enter the relatively calm marina and the yacht motored out past us. We could then see the harbour master calling to moor to the side of the big barge we were approaching. "But my husband can't get off there" .. do as you're told was the instruction, so we had to obey. He came over to the side of the barge and we could explain the wheelchair – his first response was that it was easy to get off over the top of the barge. Well no.. considering we were about six feet below its deck and there was only a narrow walkway from there to shore!
Endellion moored at Cool Haven in Rotterdam, John's old converted commercial behind us.
So out onto the frantic Maas again but not far and in through the Parksluizen lock and to our great relief the huge Cool Haven offering heaps of mooring space although with no electricity or water. And here is where we met John, living on an ancient converted commercial barge moored ahead of us. John was extremely helpful giving us all sorts of advice about getting into the town centre, where to eat and what to see and do in Rotterdam. He has done all sorts in his life but his main passion when he can get it is working as a Roadie. He has hundreds of t-shirts from the various tours he has worked on which he frequently changed into during the two days we saw him; for example, Peche de Mode, the more recent Kylie Minogue show in Amsterdam, Eric Clapton, Whitney Houston and countless Rolling Stones concerts. He said he was Keith Richard's gofer for nine months .. we believed him, especially when he showed us the red Mick Jagger lips tattoo on his upper arm. John was also a Paint Standards Inspector .. truly. He volunteered this information before he saw our roof.. and when we said, well take a look at this.. he was furious. If only the builders were accessible to him he would have made it very clear to them what he thought! He couldn't believe that any builder would be so dishonest as to put one coat of paint on a new boat and pretend all would be well. He had many an interesting tale to tell .. we hope to see John again one day.
We loved the Boijmans van Beuningen art museum, a lovely 1930s building with a wonderful collection of works especially Old Masters.
Stewart studying the real Bosch painting at the Boijmans museum.
We saw the originals of the Hieronymus Bosch we'd seen replicas of in our favourite town of Den Bosch, his birthplace. We saw Van Eycks, The Tower of Babel by Bruegel the Elder, and Rubens.
Who else but Dali could have created this?
Stanley Spencer, self-portrait, at the Boijmans museum.
They also had an excellent Modern and Contemporary section with works from Van Gogh (some of his early works), Degas and Surrealists like Salvador Dali and Magritte .. and Stanley Spencer (who we discovered at Cookham back in our River Thames days) was on display .. we were exhausted before we'd seen it all.
Other than the excellent Boijmans museum and meeting John, Rotterdam is one of the few places we have found in the Netherlands where we were disappointed. There are so many multi-national brands of fast-food, coffee and clothes outlets we could have been in any country (think Los Angeles, sadly we could say even parts of Sydney).
Copy of a photo showing the total destruction of Rotterdam by the Germans in WWII.
Stewart heading back to Endellion after our night out in Rotterdam.
find them), good restaurants. Needless to say we moved on quickly heading for Delft – only about 12 kilometres along the quiet Reijn-Schiekanaal canal.
Unfortunately Delft was also disappointing.. a beautiful town but the moorings and the experience we had with the harbour master were not good….
The pleasure boat moorings were new but with steps up, ie, inaccessible to us and the commercial boat mooring adjacent was accessible but despite being told by the bridge keeper we could moor there the 'harbourmaster' went blue in the face and jumped up and down shouting at us as we attempted to move into the empty and accessible mooring. Never mind.. we have found so many wonderful towns in this country, we had one night there at a free mooring out-of-town and were happy to move on.
Plaque remembering John Robinson of the Pilgrim Fathers.
We headed on to Leiden, 26 kilometres away, although it took us most of the day as we also had 14 lift or swing bridges to 'negotiate'. We are a little more cautious with these sometimes optically challenging infrastructures since we took our bimini off with one of them coming into Amsterdam! We have found we can't trust our eyes, computer software (PC Navigo), or the printed maps (ANWB) or even the sign they place on the bridge – and we can't trust our 'official' air draft we were told by the builders. All of these sources usually have a different height measurement, and the official builder's measurement of 2.36 meters is definitely not correct.
commercial barge somewhere) we still have some space to move. This 2.7m limit we have set is easily assessed by watching the aerial with St Piran flag (Cornish), way down on the bow, bend as far as half-way down the flag.. that's the limit.
Another "will we" or "won't we" fit under without lifting it?
So with agreement on what height we were.. we had to wait for several bridges to open for us .. one taking almost an hour before we could get a response from our radio call to the bridge keepers located somewhere looking (or not looking) at their CCTV screens. Finally we arrived at Leiden .. and as expected, we loved it! We had telephoned ahead and the bridge keeper's office said, "Yes.. no problem with wheelchair access". When we entered the town through the final lift bridge we were directed to one of the best moorings possible – in the commercial boat section – with perfect access straight from our boat, and electricity and water right beside us. Plus ..we were on our own, we didn't have to sit in the pleasure boat section which was chocker block with cruisers all stacked so tightly it's similar to being in a Sydney city traffic queue at peak hour. The town was gorgeous .. like Delft .. but Leiden can boast it has the 'oldest' university in the Netherlands, and is the birthplace of Rembrandt. It was in this town in 1609 that almost one hundred English Puritans settled, led by John Robinson. This group, the Pilgrim Fathers, eventually sailed to America on the Mayflower via Plymouth. A bit of a west country connection.
Endellion at the commercial section of Leiden harbour - perfect.
where there was an excellent Italian restaurant with Wi-Fi and the delightful central public library. Four days in this lovely town and we hope to return one day.
On the move again .. only a few more stops and we'll be back in Amsterdam.
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So am I. I just finished reading it at the same time as John did.
Hi Margaret .. it's been busy lately! We hope to slow down, and we won't have much to blog about! Hope you're both in great health.
Is there to be no end to this amazing journey? Loving it.
Hoping to give you a rest from reading as we are going to be slowing down, if I can get Stewart to relax that is!


Here's a video interview I did with Steve Schneider, one of our OSI Physical Therapists at our Stillwater location. Steve has other videos posted for headache relief and treatment, but this one offers a little more detail to help you better understand the symptoms and treatment available to you if you're experiencing headaches.
Feel free to send me an email with your questions and feedback at jruppert@osipt.com.


Balanced squad often had 4 players in double figures. Excelled with team defense leading to fastbreak baskets and an efficient half-court offense. Went 8-1 on the tour including win over China's National B Team (65-55) in Xiangyang.
Possibly the best all-around player in the tournament, scored, rebounded, passed, and excelled on defense. Earned All-Zhongxian while averaging 11 points, 2.7 rebounds, 3.3 steals, 2.3 assists over 3 games, all wins by the USA, including 16 points in win over Aussies. Was the MVP of the All-Xiangyang Team where she averaged 10 points, 7.3 rebounds, 3.5 assists, 3 steals per game in the final stop including a stellar 10 point/10 rebound double-double with 5 assists, & 3 steals against China's National B Team in Final.
Was named to All-Zhongxian after she poured in 23 points (a tourney high) in win over Australia then continued hot streak by being named to the All-Xiangyang team. Posted 10 points against Aussies, then 11 points, 2 rebounds, 3 assists, 3 steals vs. New Zealand. Had an outstanding Final game against the China National B Team with 15 points.
The most dynamic passer in the tournament. The leader of the Aussie team was named all-tournament in Fuling and Zhongxian both with a 22 point effort against New Zealand and by leading Aussies to win over China in Fuling with 14 points, 4 assists, 4 steals. Led the Australians to 4 wins on the tour and will lead them to the World Championships in The Netherlands this summer.
Led Americans in scoring through early stages of the tournament when she scored 16 points and grabbed 4 rebounds against China. She had 13 points, 6 rebounds, and 3 steals in a win over Australia and 12 points against New Zealand, earning nomination to the All-Fuling team. Followed that up by earning All-Zhongxian MVP honors with 14 points and 4 rebounds vs. Aussies, 15 points, 4 rebounds, 3 steals vs. New Zealand and a double-double vs. China, 10 points, 10 rebounds and 3 assists.
Extremely talented young forward led the Kiwi's in several categories including scoring and rebounding. Had huge 20 point game in near upset of China in Chongqing District and scored in double figures vs. American team twice. Earned spots on the All-Fuling and All-Zhongxian tournament teams, this versatile inside/outside player who has a bright future.
One of the top all-around players in the tournament playing three (PG, SG, SF) positions for the Americans, Rhea was named to the All-Fuling squad with 11 points, 4 rebounds, and 5 assists against China. Poured in 16 points and grabbed 3 steals against Aussies and 9 more points with 5 assists vs. New Zealand. Also earned All-Xiangyang when she had 11 points, 4 rebounds, 3 assists vs. New Zealand. 12 points, 4 boards, 4 assists against Aussies, and hit a big bucket late to seal win over China in finale.
*China had two different teams represented on the tour and thus did not have anyone named to the all-tourney team although several were chosen at the various city stops along the tour.
Throughout her High School and Ccollege careers, Casey Garrison was viewed as a slow starter because it seemed she scored most of her points in the second half. The truth of the matter was that she spent the first half of a game getting her team mates involved in the game and scoaring, Several times during her Senior Year at Missouri State University, Casey"s coach had to encourage her to come out hot in the first half and get the team rolling, Casey always responded and it usually led to a win.
Very proud of her tour in China and her All-Staar selection.
Very appreciative of Carl Berman and Net Scouts for their reporting and support of Women's Basketaball. Thanks much!!!!
Thanks Paul. Casey played really well and according to Chris had a great time!
Paul, It was an absolute joy to coach Casey and get to know her as a person. She's a great one!
Thanks for the feedback on the games, all of the Aussie parents were looking at your site as there was no other to look at so it was much appreciated. Congrats to the US team and we are especially proud of our girls as they are only an U18 team. They played hard and playing these tougher squads definately helps their development. Looking at the improvement through the tournament, it hopefully will help the team when it attends in the 17 and under World Championships in Amsterdam at August.
I am so grateful for this opportunity that Casey had to play in China. She REALLY did have a great time all around. She loved playing basketball with all of the girls and made lifetime friends with her teammates….and her coaches! This experience has been so valuable in broadening her perspective in life. She's still trying to recover and finish up all her finals. I'm anxious to see what the next chapter in her life holds!


Well-cared for Wells Gardner 19V2000 B&W monitor for Atari Asteroids, Battlezone, and Omega Race. Some screen burn-in which suggests this was used in an Atari Battlezone arcade machine. Unit has matching chassis and tube numbers, so believed to be original as-issued components. Acquired for a project that never came to pass, this unit has sat unused for about 8 years and needs to go to an appreciative home. All parts appear to be present. I do not have a suitable way to test this system so this is being sold as-is.


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Gli Atti di Simone e Giuda sono un apocrifo del Nuovo Testamento relativo agli apostoli Simone e Giuda, scritto in latino nel IV-V secolo. Il testo è pseudoepigraficamente attribuito al leggendario Abdia, primo vescovo di Babilonia.

Il testo descrive predicazione, miracoli e martirio dei due apostoli in Persia e Babilonia. Simone sarebbe stato segato a metà.

Dato l'avanzato periodo di composizione e lo stile eccessivamente favolistico l'apocrifo non può essere considerato un fedele resoconto storico, sebbene non si possa escludere una ripresa di precedenti tradizioni orali.

Voci correlate
 Apocrifi del Nuovo Testamento
 Simone il Cananeo
 Giuda Taddeo

Simone e Giuda


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Creates a new temporary directory with a random name.
A new temporary directory is created in the current user's `env:TEMP` directory. The directory's name is created using the `Path` class's [GetRandomFileName method](http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/system.io.path.getrandomfilename.aspx).
To add a custom prefix to the directory name, use the `Prefix` parameter. If you pass in a path, only its name will be used. In this way, you can pass `$MyInvocation.MyCommand.Definition` (PowerShell 2) or `$PSCommandPath` (PowerShell 3+), which will help you identify what scripts are leaving cruft around in the temp directory.
Added `-WhatIf` support in Carbon 2.0.
Demonstrates how to create a new temporary directory, e.g. `C:\Users\ajensen\AppData\Local\Temp\5pobd3tu.5rn`.
Demonstrates how to create a new temporary directory with a custom prefix for its name, e.g. `C:\Users\ajensen\AppData\Local\Temp\Carbon5pobd3tu.5rn`.
Demonstrates how you can use `$MyInvocation.MyCommand.Definition` in PowerShell 2 to create a new, temporary directory, named after the currently executing scripts, e.g. `C:\Users\ajensen\AppData\Local\Temp\New-TempDirectory.ps15pobd3tu.5rn`.
Demonstrates how you can use `$PSCommandPath` in PowerShell 3+ to create a new, temporary directory, named after the currently executing scripts, e.g. `C:\Users\ajensen\AppData\Local\Temp\New-TempDirectory.ps15pobd3tu.5rn`.
# A prefix to use, so you can more easily identify *what* created the temporary directory. If you pass in a path, it will be converted to a file name.


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