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2000 back campaign
AROUND 2000 people have backed a campaign to save a Falkirk district museum.
The residents have signed a petition calling on Falkirk Council to retain and enhance the threatened Kinneil Museum on the outskirts of Bo'ness.
Campaigners say the building is part of a site of "national importance".
The local authority announced in February controversial proposals to close the museum and split its collection between Callendar House in Falkirk and the Hippodrome, an old cinema being refurbished in the centre of Bo'ness.
The Council cited low visitor numbers for Kinneil. But local people and heritage groups have attacked the closure plans, saying the museum and surrounding estate have suffered from a lack of advertising and promotion by the Council.
They also argue the museum has a vital role – telling the rich history of Kinneil Estate, which lies at the eastern end of the Antonine Wall, the most northerly frontier of the Roman empire.
Adrian Mahoney, the chairman of the Friends of Kinneil – the group which organised the petition – said: "Kinneil Estate has a wealth of historic buildings and artefacts which have a national importance.
"The very name Kinneil means 'Wall's End' and the Antonine Wall – bidding for World Heritage Site status – runs through the parkland. The site also includes an excavated Roman fortlet, the ruins of a medieval church, and the site of a medieval village.
"The land at Kinneil was gifted by King Robert the Bruce to the Hamilton family, and it was at Kinneil where the Dukes of Hamilton built the imposing Kinneil House, which stands to this day.
"In its shadow is a cottage used by inventor James Watt to develop the steam engine, which, in turn, powered the industrial revolution.
"The museum tells the important story of all these things. To close Kinneil Museum and move its collection, would, in our view, be unacceptable.
"We think that properly publicising the site – and refreshing the displays within the museum – is the way forward. For instance, no leaflets have produced to advertise Kinneil for several years.
"I hope the petition and the response from local people will convince the Council to have a change of heart. Already two stormy public meetings have given the council a very clear message: that local people don't want Kinneil Museum to close."
Schoolchildren from across Scotland visit the estate to learn about the Roman occupation of the country.
As part of the shake-up, the Council is understood to be considering a proposal to centralise this work to its main museum, Callendar House in Falkirk. It also plans to centralise its main Roman exhibition for the district at Callendar House.
Campaigners say this would further erode visitor numbers and leave Kinneil Museum, housed in a 17th century former stable block, with an uncertain future.
Said Mr Mahoney: "The council claimed that moving Roman interpretation from Kinneil Museum to Callendar House would establish a closer link to the Antonine Wall . . . yet the line of the wall is just a few feet from the door of Kinneil Museum. Kinneil also boasts the remains of a Roman fortlet. There is no fort or fortlet to be seen at Callendar House. And, most crucially, the eastern end of the Antonine Wall is in Bo'ness – not Falkirk."
The proposals have been the subject of a consultation exercise, which ends next Friday (June 30).
Councillor Robert Spears, the council's convener of environment and heritage committee, said: "We recognise that there is great public feeling about the future of Kinneil Museum and we want to hear as many opinions as possible on its future. We also want to find out what people think of our plans for the Hippodrome and to give the local community a chance to be involved in its development."
However, Jack Sanderson, the council's former cultural services manager, wrote to the Bo'ness Journal telling it: "The exciting story of Kinneil Estate can only be experienced on site and the museum is a vital starting point." He added: "Visitor figures for the museum are low due to severely reduced opening hours. I believe if proper marketing, signage and user-friendly opening hours could be put in place, visitor figures would be improved."
The Friends' petition was delivered to the Council's community services' director, Maureen Campbell, last Wednesday (June 21). Local people have until Friday, June 30, to make their views known.
People can directly to Falkirk Council's community services department at the Community Stadium, Westfield, Falkirk FK2 9DX; email director.commser@falkirk.gov.uk; or fill out an online questionnaire at http://www.falkirkonline.net.
The Council will go into recess at the end of the consultation period. It is expected that a final decision will be made in the autumn.
Roman wall heritage bid backing
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/scotland/4090692.stm
Visitor numbers campaign gears up http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/scotland/tayside_and_central/4985260.stm
http://www.falkirk.gov.uk/cultural/museums/kinnmus.htm
A timeline on the Kinneil consultation
(with links to local press coverage)
http://www.bo-ness.org.uk/html/news/KinneilMuseumClosureConsultation.htm
Friends of Kinneil
http://www.kinneil.org.uk
Adrian Mahoney
The Friends of Kinneil
T: 01506 823714 /// 07967 150560
This entry was posted in Uncategorized on June 22, 2006 by Friends of Kinneil.
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These adorable rescued puppies have been in good hands after students at Reaseheath College in Nantwich nursed them back to health.
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Q: Unable to create custom msg lbl with chat bubble in chat table view. (all programmatically)
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*I have 1 class creating bezier bubble (working)

*In tableviewcell class I am creating msg label programmatically using function

*I use that function in view controller with table view

*Images below are from same code.

*Array used for data is ["a","aa","aaa","aaaa","aaaaa"]

Issue = The msg label is not showing/ being created
I have given all required things. The function visible in code is being directly called in tableview's cellforrowat function.
Image 1 = [Hierarchy view 1 after clicking button] (https://ibb.co/QfvsV3C)
Image 2 = [Hierarchy view 2 before clicking button] (https://ibb.co/L0pz2kz)
msg lbl code :
func drawMsgLbl(text: String)
{
    //var msg                 =   UILabel()
    //msg                     =   UILabel()
    //msg?.lineBreakMode      =   .byWordWrapping
    msg.numberOfLines       =   0
    msg.font                =   UIFont.init(name: "Avenir", size: 20)
    msg.text                =   text
    let txtWidth            =   text.size(OfFont: msg.font)
    msg.textColor           =   .black
    msg.backgroundColor     =   .yellow
//        msg.frame = CGRect(x: 0, y: 0, width: msg.intrinsicContentSize.width, height: msg.intrinsicContentSize.height)

    let constraintRect = CGSize(width: (0.66 * self.frame.width),
                                height: .greatestFiniteMagnitude)
    let boundingBox = text.boundingRect(with: constraintRect,
                                        options: .usesLineFragmentOrigin,
                                        attributes: [.font: msg.font],
                                        context: nil)
    msg.frame.size = CGSize(width: ceil(boundingBox.width),
                             height: ceil(boundingBox.height))

    print("Bounnding Width = \(boundingBox.width)")
    print("msgIntrinsicWidth = \(msg.intrinsicContentSize.width)")
    print("Text Width = \(txtWidth)")
    print(text)

    msg.frame.origin = CGPoint(x: (self.frame.size.width)-((msg.frame.size.width))-20, y: (self.frame.height)+10)
    //msg?.center = self.center

    let bubbleSize = CGSize(width: ((msg.frame.size.width)+30), height: ((msg.frame.size.height)+20))

    let incomingBubblee = incomingBubble()
    let outgoingBubblee = outgoingBubble()

    outgoingBubblee.frame.size = bubbleSize
    outgoingBubblee.frame.origin = CGPoint(x: (frame.size.width)-((msg.frame.size.width))-30, y: frame.size.height)
    outgoingBubblee.backgroundColor = .clear

    self.addSubview(outgoingBubblee)
    self.addSubview(msg)
    self.backgroundColor = .gray
}

I want to generate a msg label with width and height depending upon the text it has with a Bezier path that is being used (its code is placed separately, and the code is working fine)

A: Here is a very simple example, using auto-layout constraints to allow the cells / rows to auto-size their heights.
All via code - no @IBOutlets or prototype cells - so just assign a UITableViewController to this class (ChatBubbleTestTableViewController)
// simple "Message" struct
struct MyMessage {
    var incoming: Bool = false
    var message: String = ""
}

class ChatBubbleView: UIView {

    let bubbleLayer = CAShapeLayer()

    let chatLabel: UILabel = {
        let v = UILabel()
        v.translatesAutoresizingMaskIntoConstraints = false
        v.numberOfLines = 0
        v.text = "Sample text"
        return v
    }()

    // if it's an incoming message, background will be gray and bubble left-aligned
    // otherwise background will be green and bubble right-alinged
    var incoming = false

    override init(frame: CGRect) {
        super.init(frame: frame)
        commonInit()
    }

    required init?(coder aDecoder: NSCoder) {
        super.init(coder: aDecoder)
        commonInit()
    }

    func commonInit() -> Void {

        // add the bubble layer
        layer.addSublayer(bubbleLayer)

        // add the label
        addSubview(chatLabel)

        // constrain the label with 12-pts padding on all 4 sides
        NSLayoutConstraint.activate([
            chatLabel.topAnchor.constraint(equalTo: topAnchor, constant: 12.0),
            chatLabel.bottomAnchor.constraint(equalTo: bottomAnchor, constant: -12.0),
            chatLabel.leadingAnchor.constraint(equalTo: leadingAnchor, constant: 12.0),
            chatLabel.trailingAnchor.constraint(equalTo: trailingAnchor, constant: -12.0),
            ])

    }

    override func layoutSubviews() {
        super.layoutSubviews()

        let width = bounds.size.width
        let height = bounds.size.height

        let bezierPath = UIBezierPath()

        // NOTE: this bezier path is from
        // https://medium.com/@dima_nikolaev/creating-a-chat-bubble-which-looks-like-a-chat-bubble-in-imessage-the-advanced-way-2d7497d600ba
        if incoming {
            bezierPath.move(to: CGPoint(x: 22, y: height))
            bezierPath.addLine(to: CGPoint(x: width - 17, y: height))
            bezierPath.addCurve(to: CGPoint(x: width, y: height - 17), controlPoint1: CGPoint(x: width - 7.61, y: height), controlPoint2: CGPoint(x: width, y: height - 7.61))
            bezierPath.addLine(to: CGPoint(x: width, y: 17))
            bezierPath.addCurve(to: CGPoint(x: width - 17, y: 0), controlPoint1: CGPoint(x: width, y: 7.61), controlPoint2: CGPoint(x: width - 7.61, y: 0))
            bezierPath.addLine(to: CGPoint(x: 21, y: 0))
            bezierPath.addCurve(to: CGPoint(x: 4, y: 17), controlPoint1: CGPoint(x: 11.61, y: 0), controlPoint2: CGPoint(x: 4, y: 7.61))
            bezierPath.addLine(to: CGPoint(x: 4, y: height - 11))
            bezierPath.addCurve(to: CGPoint(x: 0, y: height), controlPoint1: CGPoint(x: 4, y: height - 1), controlPoint2: CGPoint(x: 0, y: height))
            bezierPath.addLine(to: CGPoint(x: -0.05, y: height - 0.01))
            bezierPath.addCurve(to: CGPoint(x: 11.04, y: height - 4.04), controlPoint1: CGPoint(x: 4.07, y: height + 0.43), controlPoint2: CGPoint(x: 8.16, y: height - 1.06))
            bezierPath.addCurve(to: CGPoint(x: 22, y: height), controlPoint1: CGPoint(x: 16, y: height), controlPoint2: CGPoint(x: 19, y: height))
            bezierPath.close()
        } else {
            bezierPath.move(to: CGPoint(x: width - 22, y: height))
            bezierPath.addLine(to: CGPoint(x: 17, y: height))
            bezierPath.addCurve(to: CGPoint(x: 0, y: height - 17), controlPoint1: CGPoint(x: 7.61, y: height), controlPoint2: CGPoint(x: 0, y: height - 7.61))
            bezierPath.addLine(to: CGPoint(x: 0, y: 17))
            bezierPath.addCurve(to: CGPoint(x: 17, y: 0), controlPoint1: CGPoint(x: 0, y: 7.61), controlPoint2: CGPoint(x: 7.61, y: 0))
            bezierPath.addLine(to: CGPoint(x: width - 21, y: 0))
            bezierPath.addCurve(to: CGPoint(x: width - 4, y: 17), controlPoint1: CGPoint(x: width - 11.61, y: 0), controlPoint2: CGPoint(x: width - 4, y: 7.61))
            bezierPath.addLine(to: CGPoint(x: width - 4, y: height - 11))
            bezierPath.addCurve(to: CGPoint(x: width, y: height), controlPoint1: CGPoint(x: width - 4, y: height - 1), controlPoint2: CGPoint(x: width, y: height))
            bezierPath.addLine(to: CGPoint(x: width + 0.05, y: height - 0.01))
            bezierPath.addCurve(to: CGPoint(x: width - 11.04, y: height - 4.04), controlPoint1: CGPoint(x: width - 4.07, y: height + 0.43), controlPoint2: CGPoint(x: width - 8.16, y: height - 1.06))
            bezierPath.addCurve(to: CGPoint(x: width - 22, y: height), controlPoint1: CGPoint(x: width - 16, y: height), controlPoint2: CGPoint(x: width - 19, y: height))
            bezierPath.close()
        }

        bubbleLayer.fillColor = incoming ? UIColor(white: 0.90, alpha: 1.0).cgColor : UIColor.green.cgColor

        bubbleLayer.path = bezierPath.cgPath

    }
}

class ChatCell: UITableViewCell {

    let bubbleView: ChatBubbleView = {
        let v = ChatBubbleView()
        v.translatesAutoresizingMaskIntoConstraints = false
        return v
    }()

    var leadingOrTrailingConstraint = NSLayoutConstraint()

    override init(style: UITableViewCell.CellStyle, reuseIdentifier: String?) {
        super.init(style: style, reuseIdentifier: reuseIdentifier)
        commonInit()
    }

    required init?(coder aDecoder: NSCoder) {
        super.init(coder: aDecoder)
        commonInit()
    }

    func commonInit() -> Void {

        // add the bubble view
        contentView.addSubview(bubbleView)

        // constrain top / bottom with 12-pts padding
        // constrain width to lessThanOrEqualTo 2/3rds (66%) of the width of the cell
        NSLayoutConstraint.activate([
            bubbleView.topAnchor.constraint(equalTo: contentView.topAnchor, constant: 12.0),
            bubbleView.bottomAnchor.constraint(equalTo: contentView.bottomAnchor, constant: -12.0),
            bubbleView.widthAnchor.constraint(lessThanOrEqualTo: contentView.widthAnchor, multiplier: 0.66),
            ])

    }

    func setData(_ message: MyMessage) -> Void {

        // set the label text
        bubbleView.chatLabel.text = message.message

        // tell the bubble view whether it's an incoming or outgoing message
        bubbleView.incoming = message.incoming

        // left- or right-align the bubble view, based on incoming or outgoing
        leadingOrTrailingConstraint.isActive = false
        if message.incoming {
            leadingOrTrailingConstraint = bubbleView.leadingAnchor.constraint(equalTo: contentView.leadingAnchor, constant: 12.0)
        } else {
            leadingOrTrailingConstraint = bubbleView.trailingAnchor.constraint(equalTo: contentView.trailingAnchor, constant: -12.0)
        }
        leadingOrTrailingConstraint.isActive = true
    }

}

class ChatBubbleTestTableViewController: UITableViewController {

    let theData: [MyMessage] = [
        MyMessage(incoming: false, message: "A short message."),
        MyMessage(incoming: true, message: "A medium length message, longer than short."),
        MyMessage(incoming: false, message: "A long message. This one should be long enough to wrap onto multiple lines, showing that this message bubble cell will auto-size itself to the message content."),
        MyMessage(incoming: true, message: "Another short message."),
        MyMessage(incoming: false, message: "Another medium length message, longer than short."),
        MyMessage(incoming: true, message: "Another long message. This one should be long enough to wrap onto multiple lines, showing that this message bubble cell will auto-size itself to the message content."),
    ]

    override func viewDidLoad() {
        super.viewDidLoad()

        tableView.register(ChatCell.self, forCellReuseIdentifier: "ChatCell")
    }

    override func numberOfSections(in tableView: UITableView) -> Int {
        return 1
    }

    override func tableView(_ tableView: UITableView, numberOfRowsInSection section: Int) -> Int {
        return theData.count
    }

    override func tableView(_ tableView: UITableView, cellForRowAt indexPath: IndexPath) -> UITableViewCell {
        let cell = tableView.dequeueReusableCell(withIdentifier: "ChatCell", for: indexPath) as! ChatCell
        cell.setData(theData[indexPath.row])
        return cell
    }

}

The result:

and note that it auto-sizes when the cell changes size (such as when you rotate the device):

EDIT
The problem with your code...
In ChatCell.swift, you have:
func commonInit()
{
    contentView.addSubview(bubbleView)

    NSLayoutConstraint.activate([
        bubbleView.topAnchor.constraint(equalTo: topAnchor, constant: 12.0),
        bubbleView.bottomAnchor.constraint(equalTo: bottomAnchor, constant: -12.0),
        bubbleView.widthAnchor.constraint(lessThanOrEqualTo: contentView.widthAnchor, multiplier: 0.66)
        ])
}

bubbleView needs to be constrained to the cell's contentView:
func commonInit()
{
    contentView.addSubview(bubbleView)

    NSLayoutConstraint.activate([
        bubbleView.topAnchor.constraint(equalTo: contentView.topAnchor, constant: 12.0),
        bubbleView.bottomAnchor.constraint(equalTo: contentView.bottomAnchor, constant: -12.0),
        bubbleView.widthAnchor.constraint(lessThanOrEqualTo: contentView.widthAnchor, multiplier: 0.66)
        ])
}

EDIT 2
The most straight-forward way to change the bubble background colors...
In ChatBubbleView class, remove this line (at the end of layoutSubviews():
bubbleLayer.fillColor = isIncoming ? UIColor(white: 0.90, alpha: 1.0).cgColor : UIColor.green.cgColor

In ChatCell class, add two properties:
var incomingColor: UIColor = UIColor(white: 0.90, alpha: 1.0)
var outgoingColor: UIColor = UIColor.green

Those will be your "default" colors.
Also in ChatCell class, in setData(), add this line:
    bubbleView.bubbleLayer.fillColor = message.incoming ? incomingColor.cgColor : outgoingColor.cgColor

Then, in TestVC in cellForRowAt, you can do this:
func tableView(_ tableView: UITableView, cellForRowAt indexPath: IndexPath) -> UITableViewCell {
    let cell = tableView.dequeueReusableCell(withIdentifier: "cell",for: indexPath) as! ChatCell

    cell.incomingColor = .cyan
    cell.outgoingColor = .yellow

    cell.setData(theData[indexPath.row])

    return cell
}

I'll leave it up to you as to how you want to implement color selection by the user.

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The past weekend Yara and I travelled to Germany, where Vegas lives. when we arrived we were welcomed by Vegas his owner. We let Vegas and Yara together for a few hours. Lot of play, lots of sprints and a lot of mating attempts happened. Unfortunately Saturday it did not get to a mating yet. The owner of Vegas was so sweet to suggest that I would take Vegas home with me so the two could figure it out on their own time. Vegas had never been bred before, then it can take a little while before he knows the trick. On Sunday afternoon, with some help, it came to a mating! On Monday there was a second mating.
Monday afternoon I brought Vegas back to his owner. What an amazing relaxed and sweet boy he is!
Hopefully lot of things are happening inside Yara her belly. This little clip is part of the series 'In the Womb' from National Geographic. It shows what happened the past week and what will be coming.
Today is approximately 7 days after Yara ovulated. If the mating was succesful the fertilized egg cells are now on their way from the ovary to the uterus. There they will attach them selves to the uturine wall. The uturus of a dog looks very different than that from a human. It looks like the letter Y. On the image you can see how that looks. The fertilized egg cells will spread and attach in the 2 horns of the uterus, here they will stay untill birth.
Yara goes well. For a few days after the matings she was not really keen on her food. It also seems her fur is getting softer..? That is all we notice about her at this point.


California has been home to countless super stars throughout the past decades and its seems the numbers are only growing daily. However, there is one star that shines more brightly than most, long after he's departed. Elvis Presley is just as adored today by his fans as he was once upon a time. With music, performance and style acting as his second nature, Elvis had fans falling in love for life. Palm Springs, California had a special place in the King's heart and his very own honeymoon hideaway is open to visitors! Whether you fell for the rock and roll, or swayed to soul, those who are passionate about Elvis Presley have one more reason to be Palm Springs-bound to visit the Elvis Honeymoon Hideaway.
Hollywood has its definite perks, but even the rich and famous can feel the weight of an ever-watching public. Elvis was no exception and in 1966, he leased a Palm Springs hideaway with the intention of using it as a place to escape the pressures of public life. After marrying his bride Priscilla in 1967 in Las Vegas, the two flew back to Palm Springs to spend their honeymoon in this much-loved location. Adoring fans would note that their daughter was born exactly 9-months later. Elvis went on to write and work on some of his most notable work during his days tucked away at his Palm Springs oasis.
Today, the home has been dubbed the Elvis Honeymoon Hideaway and after being restored to it's original glory in the 1990's was opened to the public for tours and special events. Not only is it an ideal picture stop when making your way through Palm Springs, but the possibilities go beyond that if you're a true fan of the King. The home is available to host weddings and honeymoons in true Elvis style. This amazing piece of Palm Springs architecture also is available for corporate events, film screenings and private events upon request.
Beyond tourism of a home that holds the hearts of so many, Elvis' extended family continues to host events at the location honoring his birth, marriage and death. These events at the Elvis Honeymoon Hideaway are heart-felt and impressive to witness. The home provides a scenic backdrop nestled at the base of the mountains and gives visitors a true sense of what it was Elvis loved about the location. With over 5,000 feet of livable space on three separate levels, this stunning piece of modernized architecture is a masterpiece of glass and stone.
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He spent the last few hours of calm before the storm visiting those who stayed, collecting contact information for their next-of-kin. "Today the threat becomes a reality".
Air Force General Terrence J.
He said the magnitude of the storm may exceed the ability of the state-activated National Guard troops.
The hurricane centre also said the threat of tornadoes was increasing as the storm neared shore.
The American Red Cross has already mobilized more than 1,500 disaster workers to aid in the relief efforts as residents hunker down or flee ahead of Florence.
"The vast majority of the time the horses know what to do, and they are able to get to higher ground or protect themselves", said Gillikin. "Because it's Mother Nature". That's enough water to fill the Empire State Building almost 40,000 times.
Further south, just north of South America, is where you'll find Tropical Storm Isaac, a system packing maximum winds of around 65 km/h.
Mr Epperson said: "The anxiety level has dropped substantially". She packed up what she could and took a ferry. "Whether you have a house or not, when the storm comes it will bring everyone together. A storm can come and wipe your house out overnight".


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Motorcycle crashes in Sunset Highway hit-and-run
by: KOIN 6 News Staff
PORTLAND, Ore. (KOIN) — A motorcycle crashed after being rear-ended Thursday afternoon on Sunset Highway, officials said.
The crash, which happened around 5 p.m., blocked the center lane of westbound traffic at milepost 69, according to the Beaverton Police Department.
Police officers later said a Trans-Am was seen recklessly weaving in and out of traffic on westbound Sunset Highway when it bumped into the back of the motorcycle.
The motorcycle crashed after being pushed into the car in front of it.
Officers said the Trams-Am drove off but the other driver stayed on the scene.
The Trans-Am is described as being green or teal in color and an older model. If you know anything about it, please contact Beaverton Police at 503.629.0111.

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Tip of the Day: Climb and Maintain VNAV considerations.
It seems so simple, doesn't it? Climb and maintain ALWAYS means exactly that...go from your present altitude to the assigned altitude without any other restrictions.
Do we still need to cross MORON at 9k on the way up to 15? We do NOT. If ATC still wanted the restriction, they'd have to restate it.
Similarly. if you're climbing via a SID with altitude restrictions and ATC says, "climb and maintain FL230," then all of the altitude restrictions go away. This is why, when flying out of LAS on the BOACH SID which tops out at FL190, you might still hear the controller say, "climb and maintain FL190." They're not doing it to remind you of the SID top altitude....they're doing it intentionally to remove the restrictions.
What does this mean from a VNAV standpoint for pilots who are using FMCs? It means that if you're given a climb and maintain instruction when climbing via a SID, you should be cautious about using VNAV unless you've removed all of the altitude constraints from the FMC first. A better move might be to abandon VNAV and use another climb mode that bypasses the FMC instructions, then swap to VNAV later on once you're in cruise. Alternatively, if your FMC has an "altitude intervention" mode which temporarily ignore altitude restrictions, that would be a great time to use it.
Safe flying.....MORON. Again, not you, just a fix near Palm Springs.
Also worth noting that if you are issued a climb/descend via clearance, then later issued a straight climb/descend and maintain, that does NOT negate speed restrictions on the SID/STAR. You have to be explicitly released from any speed restrictions.


During these very cold winter days I've been working in my studio. As it's too cold and the soil is frozen, it wasn't possible to do anything outside. So I enjoyed the warmth in my studio and tried to work on new creations.
A new book cover and a sample for something new.
Trying to create new earrings and brooches, always inspired by leaves and flowers.
… the pure porcelain and natural shapes of flowers, grasses and leaves.
These are tiny mushrooms surrounded by moss, yet to be placed in a glass bell.
Work in progress: moss, dried flowers, porcelain flowers, boots and a watering can will become a tiny garden under a glass bell.
Within some weeks I hope to show you the baked results!
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Polish government invests in the electric car startup, Izera
Polish Treasury has signed an investment agreement with ElectroMobility Poland (EMP), according to which the state will acquire new shares of the company worth PLN 250 million ($65,155,000). The signing of the contract and the capital injection into EMP enable the next stage of development of the Polish brand of electric cars. The existing shareholders of the company remain in the minority shareholding structure, "the company said.
The recapitalization of the EMP will allow, among others, a preparatory work related to the construction of the Izera factory in Jaworzno, the company told Polish Press Agency (PAP).
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(KANSAS CITY, Mo.) — Central Missouri freshman midfielder, Hannah Moran, was named the MIAA Offensive Player of the Week after recording a hat trick in the Jennies' 5-1 victory over Nebraska-Kearney last week.
Moran scored three goals against the Lopers last Saturday, including one on a penalty kick to help the Jennies improve to 4-1-1 on the season. The three scores raised her season total to six and she currently leads the Jennies in goals and points (12).
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Although we have emerged from a long economic downturn, some people are still digging out from a financial hole and some people have done quite well in the last couple of years. Yet we have all learned to be more concerned about our future well-being. No matter our own situations, let us not forget the many people who were suffering even when the economy was booming. These most vulnerable people have been the first to suffer even greater losses, and are lagging behind in getting back on their feet.
There is also a sense of urgency and activism now. People are mobilizing to make social change and are gathering to see that change make a difference in the world. This solidarity can be a balm to retain our resiliency and soothe our fears, so that they do not run into unhealthy anxiety.
Regardless of your current economic state and your concerns for the future, it is possible to be generous to others every day. This can take many forms, according to your resources, skills, and abilities. Being generous with the money you have may be the hardest but most rewarding action you can take. Mostly this vow has to do with your heart and how willing you are to be loving to other people.
Make a vow to be more generous, starting today. Be generous with your time, your skills, your heart and your financial resources. Give as much as you can whenever you can.
Tie a piece of green string on your wrist (right wrist of you are right-handed, left wrist if you are left-handed) to remind you to be generous every day and in every situation.
Ask yourself, What is the most generous response I can make? whenever you are faced with a choice, a confrontation, or a need. The green string should serve as a reminder to always ask this question.
Invite all of your loved ones and friends to join you and wear the green string. Let's see how much generosity we can generate!
As you may know, a string tied around the wrist is used in many religions. This often signifies protection from evil forces, is a good luck charm, and is a blessing that is carried by the receiver. Wearing a red string is a custom of Judaism's Kabbalah, in order to ward off misfortune brought about by an "evil eye." In Thailand, A white string is tied on the wrist in a Buddhist ceremony to call a spirit back into a soul. The string ensures that the spirit will remain in that body. Thais also use string bracelets as part of wedding and funeral ceremonies. Tying string on the wrist is part of both the Theravada and Tibetan Buddhist traditions. They consider it protection because it reminds the wearer of the Buddha and his teachings. In this case, it is not religious. It is just to remind you to be generous.
I have created a group on Facebook for people who are taking a vow and tying a green string. You can see the group here.
This is my vow as well and I have donned a green string. Please join us!
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The MAA's American Mathematics Competitions (MAA AMC) program leads the nation in strengthening the mathematical capabilities of the next generation of problem-solvers. Through classroom resources and friendly competition, the MAA AMC program helps America's educators identify talent and foster a love of mathematics. The MAA AMC program positively impacts the analytical skills needed for future careers in an innovative society.
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In 1950, the first Mathematical Contest, sponsored by the New York Metropolitan Section of the Mathematics Association of America (MAA), took place. It was given in approximately 200 schools to around 6,000 students in the New York area only. Today, the competition has grown to over 300,000 students participating annually, in over 6,000 schools.


Following the tradition of its Annual Fall Meetings held in conjunction with the UNGA, The Broadband Commission convened in New York on 22-23 September, alongside the 73rd session of the General Assembly of the United Nations.
On Sunday 22, the three ongoing Working Groups held their sessions to discuss the final outcomes with their members.
The Working Group on Epidemic Preparedness, chaired by KT Corporation, has launched the new report Preventing the Spread of Epidemics using ICT. The report provides recommendations and examples of best practices for how policy-makers can use available and innovative ICTs to prevent the spread of epidemics such as SARS, MERS and Ebola. The report shows how properly and securely utilizing data, establishing an integrated global epidemics monitoring ICT platform, and expanding global governance are essential to help prevent the spread of epidemics effectively.
The Commission's main plenary held on 23rd September evolved around the theme of "How to connect the Other Half".
For her first participation at the Commission's annual meeting, Ms Audrey Azoulay, Director General of UNESCO and Co-Vice Chair of the Commission emphasized that "We are reaching an important milestone with half of the population online. But advantages of internet access are not shared equally. Access to Internet is not enough in itself to improve livelihoods. We must put emphasis on digital skills and knowledge"
The Commission's Co-Vice Chair Mr Houlin Zhao stated: "I am pleased to say that the Commission goes from strength to strength. This year saw the launch of our updated global broadband targets to bring online the world's 3.8 billion people currently not connected to the Internet, at the Special Session in Davos in January attended by many of you, as well as Heads of UN agencies and industry CEOs. The Commission's targets track some of the most important policy priorities in broadband, and will play an important role in achieving the UN Sustainable Development Goals."
Mr Carlos Slim, Co-Chair of the Commission said: "Broadband is transforming all sectors and activities of our society. But many rural areas are still not connected to the Internet. Governments and regulators need to make universal connectivity a main priority for sustainable development."
President Kagame, Co-Chair of the Commission reminded us that: "We are preparing to mark a new milestone where half of the world's people are accessing the Internet. While this growth is not spread evenly across the world's regions, it is nonetheless an encouraging development. With more people online, we need to think through how everyone can access the digital content safely and fairly. To take full advantage of the latest technological innovations, we have to adapt rapidly, including more innovative approaches to policy and regulation. The best way to handle this is through close collaboration among the key stakeholders, from government, the private sector, and the research community."
The Broadband Commission had a great deal of representation through its Commissioners appearing in several panels organized during the 73rd UNGA session such as Mr Achim Steiner, Administrator of UNDP. The session entitled "Curse or Cure? Leaving No One Behind in an Age of Technological Revolution", focused on the 2030 agenda and the increasing role of technologies in our society's development.
The Novartis Foundation, Co-Chair of the Working Group on Digital Health hosted a dedicated side event after the Commission's meeting to discuss how innovative multisector partnerships are successfully building healthier cities, keeping in mind that the goal is to reach a world in which each person receives the healthcare that is needed. The Novartis Foundation also held a side event for the promotion of the new Working Group report: "The Promise of Digital Health: Addressing Non-communicable diseases to Accelerate Universal Health Coverage".
During the UNGA several commissioners gathered at the SDG zone to discuss them in depth. Mr Rob Shuter and Mr Mats Granryd discussed the importance of ICTs to achieve SDGs by focusing on SDG 5 on how to overcome the Digital Divide with the promotion of the progress report on Digital Gender Divide : bridging the gender gap in Internet and broadband access and use.
The UNESCO Prize for Girls' and Women's Education honours outstanding and innovative contributions made by individuals, institutions and organizations to advance girls' and women's education. This year, the Prize recognized projects supporting girls' education in some of the poorest villages of Egypt, and Jamaica.
The Prize was awarded at an official ceremony taking place at UNESCO HQ in Paris, France on 11 October 2018 in celebration of the International Day of the Girl Child.
Each year, The Equals in Tech awards are granted to the most innovative and creative of global initiatives promoting the inclusion of women and girls in the tech sector and in internet access. This year's winners were announced during a ceremony held at the Yale club, New York on September 22. The 2018 Equals in Tech Awards were awarded in four categories: access, skills, leadership and research.
Mr Mats Granryd, Director General of GSMA, presented the 2018 Access Award to Khabrona.info, a Mercy Corps, The 2018 Skills Award was presented by ITU Secretary-General Mr Houlin Zhao to Laboratoria for their initiative entitled, Giving women from underserved backgrounds a career in tech, Mr Andrew Sullivan (CEO of the Internet Society) and Ms Arancha González (Executive Director of ITC) co-presented the 2018 Leadership I Award to Women in Tech Africa and Mr David Malone, Rector of the United Nations University, presented the 2018 research award to AfterAccess. This year, the Leadership II Award was presented by Ms Phumzile Mlambo-Ngcuka, Executive Director of UN Women, to New York-based SAP Next-Gen to acknowledge the efforts of tech companies to bridge the gender digital divide.
Fundación Carlos Slim, together with the Novartis Foundation and the Mexican Ministry of Health held a joint event to promote the Working group on Digital Health report: "The Promise of Digital Health: Addressing Non-communicable Diseases to Accelerate Universal Health Coverage". This event featured the report in Spanish and focused on health issues in Latin America. The event titled: "Harnessing the power of Digital Health and Big Data to design and implement effective public health policies in Latin America" took place in Mexico on 24-25 October 2018.
Dr Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus was elected as WHO Director-General for a five-year term by WHO Member States at the Seventieth World Health Assembly in May 2017. He is the first WHO Director-General to have been elected from multiple candidates by the World Health Assembly, and is the first person from the WHO African Region to serve as WHO's chief technical and administrative officer. Immediately after taking office on 1 July 2017 Dr Tedros outlined five key priorities for the Organization: universal health coverage; health emergencies; women's, children's and adolescents' health; health impacts of climate and environmental change; and a transformed WHO. Prior to his election as WHO Director-General, Dr Tedros served as Ethiopia's Minister of Foreign Affairs from 2012–2016.
Mr Adrian Lovett is the Web Foundation's President & CEO. His 20-year career in international development and advocacy has focused on delivering policy change on complex global issues in the Global South, North America and Europe. Prior to joining the Web Foundation, Adrian was the interim CEO of ONE, the campaigning and advocacy organisation co-founded by U2's Bono to help end extreme poverty. He previously led ONE's Europe division as its Executive Director. Adrian played a key leadership role in successful campaigns such as Make Poverty History and the Jubilee 2000 campaign to cancel the debts of developing countries. He has also held senior roles at the likes of Oxfam and Save the Children.
In 2015, Ms Joanna Rubinstein was appointed as President & CEO of World Childhood Foundation (WCF) USA. Founded in 1999 by Her Majesty Queen Silvia of Sweden, WCF invests in innovative programs to end violence and child sexual abuse and exploitation. An expert in global health and sustainable development, Rubinstein brought to WCF over a decade of experience in leadership roles at Columbia University (CU) and at the United Nations (UN). As Chief of Staff to Prof. Jeffrey Sachs, Rubinstein helped develop and lead several global initiatives in health, education and sustainable development. Notably, she supported artist Shakira and ALAS' work on Early Childhood Development (ECD) in Latin America and the Carribean, the ITU/UNESCO Broadband Commission, the Ministerial Working Group on Health, and the Millennium Development Goals Advocates. As a Senior Research Scientist and an Assistant Director of the Earth Institute of CU, she was instrumental in the development of the Sustainable Development Solutions Network. Currently, Rubinstein supports members of the Sustainable Development Goals Advocacy Group of the UN Secretary General.
The GSMA has released their "2018 Mobile Industry Impact Report" focusing on the importance of the mobile industry and its impact on the achievement of the SDG's. The report launched during the 73rd UNGA evolves around the theme of intelligently connecting everyone and everything to a better future.
The Plenipotentiary Conference is ITU's top policy-making body that sets the general policies of the organization for the next four years. This year, the event will be organized at Dubai from the 29th October to 16 November 2018. Member states will have the opportunity to submit proposals within the regional framework. The Plenipotentiary Conference elects the Secretary-General, the Deputy Secretary-General, the Directors of the Bureaux, members of the Radio Regulations Board, the Member States that will constitute the next ITU Council. Visit the website for more information. This year's event will also feature the report issued by the expert Group, to the Broadband Commission "A New Deal: Investing in our common future Policy recommendations to close the broadband gap" launched under the framework of the Broadband Commission.
This year marks the thirteenth edition of the Internet Governance Forum (IGF). This event will be held in UNESCO's HeadQuarters in Paris from 12 to 14 November 2018. The theme for this year is "Internet of Trust" with different topics to be discussed, including: Cybersecurity, Trust and Privacy, Development, Innovation & Economic Issues, Digital Inclusion & Accessibility, Emerging Technologies, Gender and other topics.
On the 22nd January, the Broadband Commission and WEF will host a special session during the Annual Meeting of the World Economic Forum in Davos. This year's theme is "Globalization 4.0: Shaping a Global Architecture in the Age of the Fourth Industrial Revolution".


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From writing to farming
When Mr. Yip's parents were young, they escaped from mainland China to Hong Kong due to the Cultural Revolution. They joined the agricultural sector to make a living. Mr. Yip and his brothers assisted their parents in farmlands when they were young. There are three stages of the evolution of Hong Kong's agricultural sector: In the early days, farmers grew mainly paddy rice. In the 1940s to 50s, new immigrants from Mainland China brought their experience and skills on growing vegetables to Hong Kong. Intensive growing of vegetables took over rice farming. Since the 2000s, organic farming and hydroponic farming have been thriving on diversity. Mr. Yip's parents arrived in Hong Kong in the 1970s, at the time that was close to the end of the glory days of "New Territories vegetables". In the 1980s, because of the Chinese economic reform, import of low-priced vegetables from Mainland outcompeted local supply. Local agricultural sector started to decline. Knowing the problems and challenges faced by farmers as well as the uncertain prospects of the industry, Mr. Yip's father did not want his sons to be farmers.
After graduation from The Chinese University of Hong Kong, Mr. Yip wanted to engage in meaningful work. As he was capable of organizing materials, writing and communication, he worked as a journalist. After working for several years, although the work was fun and interesting, Mr. Yip thought that his English ability may not be strong enough for him to pursue further development in the industry. Also, he preferred to work in more regular hours. Therefore, he "returned" to the agricultural sector which he has long been interested in and uncovered his potential in this industry. Mr. Yip's brother joined the industry a few years earlier than Mr. Yip. Mr. Yip started by assisting his brother and working part-time at Produce Green Foundation. Mr. Yips' brother is more adventurous and likes trying new things, but Mr. Yip is rather conservative and preferred to work for a company. Mr. Yip thereby decided to join KFBG. The two brothers coincidentally "returned" to the field one after another. Although Mr. Yip's father objected to Mr. Yip's career choice, he gradually accepted his son's work in a large company. Time flies. Mr. Yip has been working in the agricultural sector for almost 20 years. Mr. Yip believes that both writing and farming are meaningful and enjoyable work.
Exploration of the possibility on agriculture
The agricultural sector entered the most difficult period in the 1990s. Mr. Yip recalled that there were no newcomers to the industry and farmlands were abandoned one by one. Several years after the handover of Hong Kong, organic farming with high productivity appeared. Related organizations sprung up, such as Hong Kong Organic Resource Centre Certification Ltd., organic farming team of Agriculture, Fisheries and Conservation Department (AFCD), Organic Community Grower Group (CGG), etc. And Mr. Yip joined KFBG in 2003.
KFBG originated from Kadoorie Agricultural Aid Association (K.A.A.A.) established in the 1950s. K.A.A.A. was dedicated to provide aid to the underprivileged local farmers. However, as the local agricultural sector declined and public awareness on environmental protection increased, KFBG transformed into a conservation group. Mr. Yip believed this challenging situation could be a valuable opportunity to explore possibilities on agriculture for both the work of the organization and his own personal development. Instead of focusing on high productivity, KFBG strives to develop a more sustainable food system. KFBG referred to overseas experience and made an effort to promote various agricultural projects, such as Community Supported Agriculture scheme, and farmer's market. The Central Farmer's Market, which was started 13 years ago, has now become one of the large-scale farmer's markets in Hong Kong. Continuous market observation and trial-and-error are key to successfully finding own position in the sector.
Agriculture and seed conservation work of KFBG
KFBG adopts sustainable agriculture. The scale and area of farmlands are small. Nevertheless, due to KFBG's unique geographical location, the altitude of farmlands ranges from approximately 100 m to a maximum of about 400 m, forming 3 microhabitats with different daylight time, slope, wind direction and latitude. These allow a wide variety of crops to be grown – tea and coffee on the top of the mountain, fruit on the mountainside, and vegetables and herbs in the foothills. These crops are not grown for production, but for the purposes of agricultural display and cultural conservation. Hong Kong used to be renowned for tea production so growing tea trees in gardens could introduce Hong Kong tea culture and history to visitors. However, because of the development pressure, Mr. Yip believed that growing tea trees nowadays would have limited room for development. Besidess, KFBG also promotes signature crops and self-cultivated varieties, such as Chrysanthemum and coffee, and grows common crops for display and education.
Mr. Yip pointed out that KFBG seldom advertised itself as an organic farm and did not apply for organic certification. Organic farming is an outstanding part of sustainable agriculture. Its success lies in popularization; however, it has limitations, such as problems arising from food miles under globalization, fair trade, excessive food packages, etc. Therefore, KFBG is neutral towards organic farming, but it does not agree to the legislation of the acquisition for organic certification for organic crops, as this might diminish possibilities and opportunities in the agricultural sectors.
KFBG's seed conservation work mainly divides into two parts – seed saving in fields and education. Varieties to be conserved in KFBG would be those which are rarely sold in seed stores, signature varieties for promotion (e.g. Chrysanthemum, comfrey, coffee) and vairieties with asexual reproduction (e.g. garlic, ginger). In terms of education, KFBG encourages local farmers to conserve their own seeds. Mr. Yip has organized several seed saving workshops to demonstrate the procedures and skills. The response was overwhelming. Yet, Mr. Yip was worried about how participants could continue seed saving work on their own after the workshop. Since most of the participants were people who like farming or like learning more about agricultural knowledge, it would be difficult to request them to constantly engage in seed saving work. Although the work could enhance participants' understanding and interest towards seed saving, it did not necessarily increase the number of farmers participating in seed conservation work in the long run. The reason behind this is that buying seeds in Hong Kong is low-cost and convenient and thus there is a lack of incentive for farmers to save seeds. Even if farmers are willing to save seeds, varieties would be limited to crops which are easy to be retained, such as carrot, Chinese Kale, gourds, ginger, etc.
Skills and perseverance of farmers are essential and indispensable for seed saving. Skills would directly affect the quality of the seeds. According to the observation from Mr. Yip, some farmers could not meet the requirements on seed saving skills. For example, they combine farmlands for production and farmlands for seed saving, and they often sell the healthiest or good-looking individuals and retain individuals with low market value for seed saving. In fact, farmers should select individuals with vigorous growth for seed saving so as to preserve the best traits of the variety. Also, nutrition management on production farmland and seed saving farmland are completely different. The former aims at increasing the overall yield, while the latter concentrates the nutrients on certain individuals or fruits. Taking gourds as an example, for production farmland, farmers would apply more fertilizers so more fruits could be produced; for seed saving farmland, farmers would remove other fruits on the same plants after the selection of individuals with desirable traits.
About 20 years ago, when Mr. Yip was a journalist, he interviewed a seed store owner. The owner shared a story with him: The owner hired farmers for seed saving work. During certain periods of time, vegetables were very profitable. The farmers sold all the vegetables which were originally reserved for seed saving purposes. Seed saving needs to be carried out year after year, apart from perseverance and skills, and this story reminds that resistance to economic incentives could be especially important to the continuity of seed conservation work. With regard to how to encourage more farmers to save their own seeds, Mr. Yip thought this could be both complicated and contradictory. In the past, it was difficult to buy seeds and seeds were expensive, so farmers tended to preserve their own seeds. Nowadays, buying seeds is cheap and convenient, facilitating farmers' production greatly. Farmers even hope that more new varieties could be bought from seed companies.
Mr. Yip understands that promotion of seed saving has its importance and meaning. However, he thought that unless seed saving is still an essential part of crop production, requiring farmers to carry out time-consuming and complicated seed saving is unreasonable. He suggested that seed conservation could be a collaborative work – seed companies as the core, and large-scale organizations (e.g. KFBG and SeedTEC) as a supplement to constantly invest resources to conserve varieties with unstable supply. For easily preserved varieties or house brand varieties, farmers should take lead to preserve their own seeds.
Full-time and Part-time farmer at the same time
Mr. Yip came from a background of agriculture, but he emphasized that his work on agriculture did not limit to work at KFBG. It is better to call him a person who has devoted to agriculture rather than an officer at KFBG. Mr. Yip recalled that his father changed from full-time farmer to amateur farmer in the 1990s. Father turned most of the active farmlands into orchards, and used the rest for planting gourds or vegetables for his grandchildren. Later, the government planned to construct Liantang Port and Heung Yuen Wai Highway. Land resumption of areas surrounding the site was needed, including the farmlands and houses owned by the Yip's family. At that time, Mr. Yip's father had already passed away and considering that his mother might not be able to adapt to living in cities, Mr. Yip realized that preserving the farmlands and house was significantly important to his family. Therefore, the Yip's family objected to the development project. Fortunately, the government was willing to listen to their demands. The construction site was slightly modified so that Mr. Yip's house and several d.c. (1 d.c.= 674 square metres or 7,260 square feet) of farmland could be retained. Although most of their arable land was lost, at least the house could be kept. Now, Mr. Yip has inherited the remaining land. From time to time, he follows in his parents footsteps, comes back to manage the land after work and to plant gourds, beans, ginger, banana, etc.
Bananas planted in the orchard are of great significance to Mr. Yip. In the past, Mr. Yip's father planted a dwarf variety of banana using two d.c. of the orchards. Since the development project would completely destroyed the whole banana orchard, Mr. Yip transplanted part of the bananas to KFBG. About 2 years ago, Mr. Yip successfully transplanted the banana from KFBG to the farmlands which he inherited from his parents, so the bananas could eventually return to their "hometown". Mr. Yip has also been preserving house brand ginger. Ginger is particularly attractive and unique to him as diverse characteristics could be seen from different varieties grown by different farmers. For instance, Some gingers could be harvested earlier, some are spicy and some have less fibre.
Step out of comfort zone and face new challenges
Throughout the 20 years of work at KFBG, Mr. Yip spent the first 10 year mostly at farmland to equip himself with comprehensive skills and knowledge on agriculture. He often reminds himself that people working at a large-scale company with a stable environment for a long period of time would easily be out of touch with the market situations. Therefore, it is crucial to understand his own limitations and the deep-down reasons why he joined the industry. In recent years, Mr. Yip felt that he had equipped with certain levels of skills and knowledge that allowed him to step forward. Therefore, he started initiating more projects to promote local agriculture.
One of the projects was agricultural training courses with four stages. These courses are of different difficulty that are suitable for the public with diverse interests and goals. The first stage is an introductory course to train participants to be urban farmers through introducing basic theories and methods for planting. The second stage covers specialized topics, focusing on planting a specific type of crop (e.g. coffee, fruit, green manures). The third stage is farmers training course, which is specially designed for people who would like to be a farmer. Training content includes professional skills on farming and farm management.
Graduated from the university with a degree in Sociology, Mr. Yip has developed interests in history, collecting information and writing. In recent years, he started combining his interest and work by publishing books on local agriculture. The interrelated aspects in agriculture, such as agricultural history, farm systems, related organizations, practices of sustainable agriculture, marketing systems, relationship between agriculture and non-indigenous villages, agricultural issues, etc., e precisely described in his publications. Mr. Yip's interests and all-round experiences contributed to the development of the final stage – comprehensive agricultural course.
During the interview, Mr. Yip repeatedly mentioned that we should all know ourselves well and equip ourselves with knowledge and skills. Knowing our limitations and strengths could lead us further. Mr. Yip said he was more conservative in the past and he waited until he was ready to accept a new challenge, that is to provide comments on agricultural policies. In 2016, the government implemented "New Agriculture Policy". At that time, media started contacting Mr. Yip for interviews. Mr. Yip became more and more active in agriculture issues.
The plight of Hong Kong agriculture
Mr. Yip pointed out that local agriculture has been facing four major problems – farmland, sales, education and infrastructure. "Farmland" does not refer to the lack of farmland, but the contradictory views of stakeholders towards the use of farmland. As a result, a considerable amount of farmlands could not be utilized. "Sales" refers to the immature sales system. Farmers used to rely on the sales network of CGG Office and Vegetable Marketing Organization (VMO), which allow farmers to concentrate on field work for 80 to 90% of their time. However, nowadays, the government did not develop a new sales system that could be widely adopted by diversified types of local farmers. Farmers need to bear full responsibilities on sales and help themselves by development of farmers' market and online shopping systems. Still, these measures could only solve 20% of the problem. "Education" is the part that Mr. Yip felt the most optimistic as more and more organizations have begun to organize agricultural education activities and training to enhance the public's skills and knowledge on agriculture. Even Hong Kong Baptist University has offered a Bachelor of Science in Biological Resources and Agricultural Science.
The most important but the least concerned part is "Infrastructure". Regardless of the size of farms, infrastructure is an essential item. At the first stage of local agriculture, infrastructure was constructed by indigenous villagers. Later, the government undertook the construction projects, such as building small-scale water retaining dams. K.A.A.A also assisted in repairing roads and bridges. However, since the 1980s, assistance provided by the government has decreased. Some farmlands were abandoned due to insufficient supply of water. Previously, Mr. Yip participated in a consultation meeting on a drainage project in the north-east of the New Territories. The planned route was surrounded by farmlands so Mr. Yip suggested the government consider agricultural use, such as to build a small reservoir for the supply of irrigation water. Government officers replied that they had already interviewed local farmers in that area. Farmers replied that they had enough water for irrigation so the government concluded that there was no irrigation problem. Mr. Yip disagreed with the way the government conducted the consultation. Instead of consulting operational farms, Mr. Yip pointed out that the government should investigate how many farmlands were abandoned due to lack of water supply. Mr. Yip lamented that it is never easy to draw the attention of the public, media and the government on this boring topic. Foresight is needed to push agricultural infrastructure forward.
The "New Agricultural Policy" is one of the agricultural issues that Mr Yip is concerned about. Mr. Yip agreed that Agricultural Park had its advantages, but the major problem was that society had overestimated the influence and importance of the Park. We now have at least 700 hectares of farmlands, and the Park has a size of 80 hectares, accounting for only 10% of the total area of farmlands in Hong Kong. Regardless of the effectiveness of the Park, it is still not representative of the whole agricultural industry. Also, the Park was established using land resumption and compensation, which is unlikely to happen again in the future. Mr. Yip also questioned why half the area would be used for conventional farming as less than 10% of the new comers in the industry practised conventional farming in the past two decades. The arrangement is not compatible with the trend of the industry. Instead, Mr. Yip believed that "Agricultural Priority Area" (APA) should be a more important and pressing issue; however, there was no significant progress up to now. Fly-tipping is threatening high-quality farmlands, and he was worried that these farmlands might be destroyed before the implementation of APA.
We asked Mr. Yip if he had any message to the young farmers. He smiled and said there was no direction that he could give as he had misjudged some trends of agricultural events in the past. It is okay to make mistakes, but only if you admit your mistakes. Young people have their own perspectives that should not be limited by the views from the previous generations. Mr. Yip appreciated that young farmers had visions, but no matter how they would develop in the sector, they must be equipped with two "things" – firstly, they should understand and accept the fact that they may not be rich in this industry. Secondly, they should be equipped with basic knowledge and skills on planting and agriculture. Never stop trying and working hard, understanding one's strengths and limitation and formulting suitable direction for development were the methods how Mr. Yip successfully developed various aspects in the sector and made contributions.
Text: Charlotte Chan
(May 2021 interview)
Farms in KFBG
KFBG self-retained crops
Mr. Yip Tsz Lam (Second right)
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Chapter: 5 Final Thoughts and Next Steps
« Previous: 4 Reports from the Breakout Sessions
Suggested Citation:"5 Final Thoughts and Next Steps." National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine. 2018. Data Matters: Ethics, Data, and International Research Collaboration in a Changing World: Proceedings of a Workshop. Washington, DC: The National Academies Press. doi: 10.17226/25214.
Final Thoughts and Next Steps
The workshop concluded with an open discussion focused on what should come next. Barbara Mittleman, who led this discussion, said she heard from all four breakout groups that there is an appetite to continue the discussions on ethics, data, and international collaboration. What was unclear to her, however, was what the end game would be, what this group would want to accomplish by continuing the discussions that started at this workshop and the previous one, and who else should be involved in further discussions.
With regard to who else should be included, the responses from the workshop participants included social scientists, psychologists, experts in privacy and cybersecurity, educators who are involved in teaching and developing data science curricula, field-based researchers who face the issues discussed at this workshop and who come from disciplines other than data science, experts from a range of disciplines from other countries, representatives of public advocacy groups, program officers from the National Science Foundation, National Institutes of Health, and other federal agencies who are funding research, and legislators and policy implementers, or at least someone who is familiar with the legislative process. This last suggestion was debated, with some wondering if it is too early to bring legislators and policy implementers into the discussion and others saying that it is important to involve those from the policy world at the beginning of the discussion, both to inform and sensitize them to the issues and to learn from them what is possible and what is not in the policy world.
A participant noted that he was at another meeting on artificial intelligence several months earlier and there were two members of Congress who were already thinking about artificial intelligence and how to regulate it. His hope is that this community can inform such efforts and ensure that any legislation considers the individual and their libertarian rights. As a counterpoint, another participant said it is also important to balance the rights of the individual against potential harms to society or the environment. Finding the proper balance will have to be an important part of the conversation going forward.
A workshop participant who has analyzed many international research collaborations at the national policy level noted that many Asian countries also regard bilateral research collaborations as significant collaborative forms with their partner countries, and each will be different depending on particular national and
research interests in a given country. Another participant stressed the importance of making data relevant for developing countries if the goal is to promote the sustainable development goals. He also spoke about the new type of data that will be needed to meet sustainable development goals and answer questions such as how much water will be needed to produce the additional food required to feed the world's population and how much the new demand for minerals will affect water availability, for example. Such transdisciplinary data will require a different framework.
As to what the end game should be, one workshop participant who is involved in the policy space said she would like to see this community develop a set of best practices for data stewardship and ethics in the next 2 years and to move the discussion into the public domain. Another participant said he would like to see the discussion lead to new relationships being built that would help institutionalize new norms around ethics and data across disciplines and countries in international research collaborations.
It could be argued, said one participant, that data are shifting power in the United States away from the government toward corporations, who not only have the capability of getting the data but also to store them and convert them into knowledge. In other countries, such as China, the concern is that the reverse is true and that the government will accrue more power over individuals and corporations. Therefore, he said, it is important to keep in mind the political context of the spaces in which this field works going forward. He also stressed the importance of making sure that the data science field, along with the rest of science, technology, engineering, and mathematics, works harder to bring in people from populations that are currently underrepresented. In that context, a participant noted that the discussion needs to be more than just about data science, which is only one piece of the research enterprise.
Several participants spoke about the need to include ethics and human rights in the technology design process, rather than deal with issues related to ethics and human rights as an afterthought. Another participant made the point that data scientists tend to be doers, not deliberators, which makes it important to get these challenges out in the domains now so they can help shape these discussions. As this participant put it, if this effort is all talk, by the time the community figures it out the coders and data scientists will be very far down the road.
To conclude the workshop, one participant noted that National Science Foundation and National Institutes of Health program solicitations include a requirement for a data plan. In that regard, it might be useful to require an ethics plan as a straightforward way of having researchers think about data and ethics. Another participant added that if an ethics plan is required, some group is going to have to define what goes into an ethics. It was suggested that the American Association for the Advancement of Science Coalition for Science and Human Rights could be involved in this effort. It was then noted that there needs to be some mechanism to make sure that researchers follow through on their data and ethics plans, as well as funding and mechanisms to provide the databases and servers needed to follow through on data management plans.
The meeting concluded with promises of future communications regarding next steps and thanks to the staff, participants, and organizing committee.
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The Wisereach masterclass series is an opportunity to share knowledge and techniques that we will all find useful in operating client assignments. These sessions are intended to be short, informative and interactive. We will share our knowledge and welcome input from everyone in the group.
Caroline Macmillan, director of Kallanish Training, was very happy to hear that she was the winner of the competition that Wisereach held on their exhibition stand at the LME Metals Seminar 2013 in October. Senior Consultant, Tahseen Syed, met up with Caroline to present the prize.
Wisereach have had a very busy period over the last 6 Months. We have worked for 8 clients in the period, all of whom are blue chip organisations. This has been a remarkable achievement for a company of our size. It shows that clients value expert advice, known people, quality of service and trusted relationships above the pure size of an organisation. A fact that business owners consistently recognize yet procurement managers find hard to understand.


The members of Petrotrin Hatters Steel Orchestra extend their sympathies and condolences to the family and close friends of our late brother in pan, Ken 'Professor' Philmore (1959 - RIP 2018); age 59.
A steelpan performer respected around the world; 'Pro' was a well loved pan soloist, arranger and composer in TT and largely in the US. His friendly, bubbly and enthusiastic character, had much to do with that.
Where much is, and will be, recorded elsewhere about the exuberant Kenrick 'Ken' 'Pro' 'Professor' Philmore, Hatters would like to briefly share the following with his family, friends and supporters.
As recorded; his fascination with the steelpan began when he was only four years old. In 1974, at the age of fifteen, he joined the Hatters Steel Orchestra in San Fernando. Some recent notes suggest that he had done a very short stint with Antillean All Stars, Carib Street, before joining Hatters.
How he got his alias 'Pro' is also part of the Hatters histories, and goes as this two part story from Ken's own biography.
That comment has recently been ascribed to Kenrick 'Parrol' Millington, who was the steelbands captain at that time. As things sadly go; 'Parrol' also passed earlier this year.
It was during this tour recalls 'Bigger', a founder member of the band, that "Ken used to talk so much, about all kinds of things, that we got fed up (with the chatter) at times. It was from that, that we started calling him 'Pro'.
Hatters, under the arranger Steve Achaiba (RIP 2018), won Panorama 1975 playing Kitch's 'Tribute to Spree Simon'. 'Professor' was a member of the band.
In 1975 Ken began experimenting with stage-side arrangements for Hatters. Together with Lennox 'Sam' Fortune, 'Professor' was co-arranger for Hatters 1980 Panorama tune; a Man Child calypso, the name for which (sadly), no one conveniently remembers; the band only made the Preliminaries.
'Professor' would then go on to get his first solo arranging gig with BWIA Sonatas in New York, in 1981. Well, the rest is history.
Suffice is to say that Hatters members have always maintained that 'Pro's' 'Pan by Storm' with Fonclaire in 1990, was a WINNER.
When Hatters were getting their 'Maritime Life Hatters 1975 Reunion' event together for Saturday 17th September 2016, at the Naparima Bowl, San Fernando; they invited Ken 'Professor' Philmore to bring the stage-side up to speed with a tune for the event. 'Professor' brought back Kitch's 'Tribute to Spree Simon'. We would like to share a few images of this occasion with you all; the last direct association Hatters had with the 'Professor'.
Hatters would like to finally offer our sincere condolences to the other steelbands that were close to the 'Professor', although the list is larger, particular mention goes to Kalomo Kings, Gay Hoytonians (historic), Fonclaire, Sound Specialists of Laventille and Sonatas.
Fig 1 - Ken 'Professor' Philmore teaching a Hatters member the notes for 'Tribute to Spree Simon' at the panyard, Lady Hales Avenue, San Fernando, 13 September 2016.
Fig 2 - Ken 'Professor' Philmore performing solo at the 'Maritime Life Hatters 1975 Reunion' event Naparima Bowl, San Fernando, 17 September 2016.
Fig 3 - A fully engaged Courts Sound Specialists of Laventille (M) with arranger Ken 'Professor' Philmore airborne in energetic animation while conducting 'Na Do Dat' in the late afternoon.
Farewell our brother, may Ken 'Professor' Philmore RIP.
A beautiful tribute Hatters. May he rest in eternal peace.
Thanks. & Yes, we are going to miss him terribly.
Exceptional and moving tribute, Hatters! Pan community mourns with you. Keep his legacy alive and vital, pannists Hatters.
Thanks for you kind and supportive words Ms Ayesha. We mourn together and promise to keep trying on behalf of our fondly remembered brother 'Professor'. RIP.