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The period from 1800 until the Second world War saw the rise of the regular service liners. This was the result of the transport of cargo and passengers between Europe and the colonies in the East and the West, and the increasing number of emigrants leaving for North America.
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Irish Times Article, Nov 2013 about Forest School Training in Ireland
Why children need to go into the woods today
Sheila Wayman
Last Updated: Monday, November 25, 2013, 11:33
There are whoops of delight as seven grown adults pile into the "debris shelter" they have built from scratch in russet woodland in Co Wicklow. In the distance, the first snow of winter is sprinkled like icing sugar onto Lugnaquilla, lit by the low-angle sun in the clear blue, winter sky.
They were given 45 minutes to complete the task, starting with the picking of a suitable tree with a "V" on which to prop a sturdy "spine" that would, in turn, support a "rib cage" of branches. Armfuls of brush were gathered to fill in the gaps and then covered with forest floor mulch to waterproof the structure.
Mission accomplished, group members stand around and admire their handiwork. Okay, they are not going to have to sleep in it tonight but that doesn't stop them clambering in to get a feel of it – the leaf-covered, earthy base and the scratchy, twig walls of the dim interior.
It's the stuff of childhood – at least it should be. But within the space of one generation, a gulf has opened between children and nature as their freedom to roam and play outdoors has been drastically curtailed.
Instead they turn to television and the internet for entertainment while, in the words of Last Child in the Woods author Richard Louv, they are kept under "well-meaning, protective house arrest".
By depriving children of the chance to negotiate outdoor challenges independently, we're in danger of raising a generation of physically inept, risk-averse softies, with no wish to get their hands dirty.
Of sense and sensibility
The adults hard at play last week among the trees on Castleruddery Organic Farm, near Donard, are among the vanguard trying to reverse this trend.
They are participating in the first Forest School Leadership (level three) course to be staged in the Republic, led by two trainers from the UK.
Inspired by the Scandinavian model of outdoor learning, forest schools started in the UK in 1995 and have become a rapidly mushrooming phenomenon.
The idea is to take children out of their classrooms once a week, to the same patch of woodland in all weathers and across the seasons. It not only helps them build a rapport with the natural environment, it also presents a highly effective setting for learning.
All the senses are engaged, points out trainer Marina Robb of Circle of Life Rediscovery in Sussex, stimulating the brain and providing ideal conditions for the creation of new neural pathways in young children. Stress levels drop outside too, so there is less chance of the stress hormone cortisol hampering their thinking.
Evaluation of forest schools in Scotland has shown that the benefits include better motivation and concentration; improved language, communication and social skills; enhanced physical skills (more stamina, improved balance, co-ordination and fine motor skills); appreciation of natural surroundings; and new confidence and self-esteem.
A more child-led approach than that used in the classroom also gives teachers a new perspective on pupils and their learning styles.
And a resulting impact on family life has been documented, with children's newfound enthusiasm for the outdoors making them more likely to go for walks at the weekends.
"Nature isn't a magic pill but we need some sort of moderation to the intensive, technological lifestyle that children are being groomed in," says Ciara Hinksman of Earth Force Education, who helped to bring the course to Co Wicklow but is also one of the 19 trainees.
As a nature connection mentor, she works in schools around the country and is amazed that children often don't know what, say, a dandelion is. She shows them how they can eat the leaves – like a sour sweet.
"I am big into not teaching about nature but having as much fun as possible and they are learning under the radar most of the time."
Hinksman believes it is a crucial time for Irish society to recognise how children are being deprived of the benefits of the outdoors, while there are still plenty of parents with fond memories of playing outdoors for hours on end – even if they don't let their offspring do the same.
"If we have a generation that is disconnected from the outdoor experience then that means the next generation has no memory of it," she points out. Like any cultural norm, if it skips one generation, parents and educators won't know how to teach it – and they won't much care about it either."
There needs to be a shift away from the risk-averse mindset of parents, educators and bureaucrats. Hinksman wants the next generation to be resilient but a child who hasn't had to deal with the challenges of the outdoor environment, is "soft" when they're older, she suggests.
"They don't have any wisdom. I think kids are amazing communicators now but it's all so easy when it's not face to face. They have a level of confidence, which is fantastic, but it is extremely cerebral."
Having completed a teen wilderness training programme in the US this summer, she has applied for funding to run teen challenges with a number of local authorities here.
Teenagers have such bubble-wrapped lives, "they don't get a chance to know who they are, what their limits are, or how to physically excel", she says. "Just being outside for 24 hours really challenges the body."
As the light fades, the forest school trainees decamp to the Mountain Ventures Hostel down the road, where Elizabeth Appleton, of Huatha in Essex, gives a presentation on the four Rs boosted by outdoor learning: resilience, resourcefulness, reflectiveness and reciprocity.
That all comes naturally to Norwegian-born Steffen Erikson, who learnt to put up tents and light fires with steel on flint from the age of three, while camping in the wild with his parents.
Having worked in early childhood education for a number of years – the last three in an outdoor kindergarten in Norway – he has recently been recruited by the Park Academy Childcare, which is developing a nature kindergarten in the forest at the Killruddery Estate in Bray, Co Wicklow.
By joining three Park Academy colleagues on this course, he is getting an insight from the group into how his experience and knowledge might be implemented within the preschool structures here.
Sally O'Donnell, founder of the pioneering Glen Outdoor Early Learning Centre in Barrack, Co Donegal, knows plenty about health-and-safety-proofing to the satisfaction of the Health Service Executive inspectors.
Although she has worked with toddlers outdoors for several years, the new ideas she is picking up on this nine-day course (the second half of which will take place next April) will bring activities at her centre "to a whole new level", she says enthusiastically.
The ripple effect of this first course (with a new one also being planned for 2014) will, it is hoped, enable more children to go down to the woods – and even build their own debris shelter.
Helping them think outside the box
The forest school leadership training could not have come at a better time for Michelle Nolan, who is planning to convert her Montessori and playschool in Laragh, Co Wicklow, into an outdoor school, on family-owned land up the road in Glendalough village.
When she opened the Bam Bam preschool in the local community centre, she realised very quickly that not all children learn the same way and that different environments suit different children.
In researching outdoor learning, two key factors emerged which sold the idea to her: "When a child sees an open space to play in, their stress levels come down dramatically. Then there is the opportunity of play."
Mountains of room
With the ideal setting on her doorstep, she is convinced it is the way to go. About one and a half years into the process of trying to secure planning permission, she is hopeful this may come through next month.
"Because of the preschool regulations, I have to put in a fixed structure – a building – which is a bit disappointing," she says.
Part of that will be a "boot room", where children will store two types of the all-important appropriate clothing – a heavy-duty, outdoor outfit and alternative, light raingear.
Parents of her current group of 34 children are enthusiastic and supportive, so she expects to have similar numbers when operating outdoors from, all going well, next September. She envisages the children spending between 80 and 100 per cent of their time outdoors, depending on the season.
In constructing an outdoor environment for preschool children, it is all about calculated risk and she will have "a very thick policy book to satisfy the HSE that I have covered all the bases".
She is purposely opting for what are seen as "high risk" elements – such as running water and trees and rocks to climb.
There will be lots of loose parts too – planks of wood, bricks, stones, twigs, ropes, canvasses – so children can build their own forts.
She wants them to be able to use hammers and nails to build these properly.
"Like any environment, I will start low risk and as the children get used to the environment, I will up the ante and up the risk."
For Nolan, who is the mother of three children aged 10, eight and five, "it is going back to how children used to play".
Trusting children
Children have very good judgment and will only do what they can do – they will only put themselves in circumstances they can get out of.
"We have to go back to trusting children," she stresses. "I think we have taken that privilege away from children.
"We are over-mothering them and over-schooling them – I want a more open environment, where children can explore and develop their own thinking and their own risk assessment."
Nolan grew up in Ballinclea Heights in Killiney, Co Dublin and happily recalls playing with friends in neighbouring woodlands, which have since been replaced by housing.
"I learnt so much from my childhood and it has carried me all the way through.
"I feel bad for kids who come into me and sometimes they don't have the love of learning – it is because they are so restricted."
In conventional preschool and primary school settings, as well as at home, young children are forever being told not to stand on tables, not to stand on chairs, don't climb onto that window ledge, use a quiet voice, she points out.
"Those are the boundaries we put on them indoors – when you get outside, you should scream at the top of your lungs, climb up that hill, get into that tree and see how far you can go, swing on that rope," she enthuses.
"That is really what I am trying to achieve – let children be children and let them play naturally."
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When You're The Girl Who Is Too Familiar With Love That Leaves
When you're the girl who is too familiar with a love that leaves you build walls around your heart out of fear of someone getting too close. But you also know that's where deep connections form and that's what you long for.
You've grown comfortable when it comes to watching people come and go that you don't grow too emotionally attached. You reserve parts of yourself and keep things hidden. But people like you are a dime a dozen and even valiant attempts to hide a heart that is so pure is difficult.
When you're the girl who is too familiar with a lot that leaves you reserve three words and keep them really close because the last time you said them, you were met with goodbye.
It's love that seems like a great idea but the reality seems so far away.
When you're the girl who is too familiar with a love that leaves what you learn to appreciate and admire are every relationship you see that's good, that lasts because it's those people that give you hope.
You don't meet them at resentment or jealousy but rather something to look forward to one day when love can be yours.
When you're the girl who is too familiar with a love that leaves it isn't that you fear love or write it off entirely. You admire it. You respect it. You know very well that it wasn't love that hurt you but someone's inability to.
People often confuse the two but you've never done such a thing.
When you're the girl who is too familiar with a love that leaves what you learn is everyone returns at one point or another. Maybe to simply right a wrong and be able to put their heads down on the pillow at night without guilt. But you've never been someone who holds resentment in your heart.
You understand sometimes even the best love people aren't ready for.
When you're the girl who is too familiar with a love that leaves what you learn is to love hard. Care about the people within your circle. Build them up and make them feel everything you feel deeply.
You are the kind of person whose love lights up the lives of those who choose you. You are the kind of person who is most worthy of the love you've been able to give so easily.
When you're the girl who is too familiar with a love that leaves you learn to stay put. You learn self love for every story others haven't met you at. You learn that the most important relationship has nothing to do with others and everything to do with how you feel about yourself.
They often say, the way you love others reflects the way you feel about yourself. And maybe you get hurt more for wearing your heart on your sleeve but when given the choice you wouldn't change anything about yourself.
When you're the girl who is too familiar with a love that leaves you learn to love even those who must go and you touch them in such a way that the love you've shared is what stays with them forever.
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Miraflores Bowls Club nestles in the centre of the scenic Riviera del Sol, Miraflores residential complex, located on the main coastal road 10 mins. from Fuengirola and 15 mins. from Marbella.
The club sports two high quality artificial greens and an attractive clubhouse and spacious terrace located between the greens.
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The club welcomes casual bowlers both playing amongst themselves and also joining in club roll-ups and our fun events such as the annual Charity Day. We have many bowlers who return on holiday to enjoy the facilities year after year, and also longer stay visitors and residents who simply want to enjoy a game in beautiful surroundings. Beginners are also welcome and tuition is available to help new bowlers get a good start to making the most of their enjoyment of the sport all they have to do is call in or telephone Carol or Grant to make arrangements.
Carol & Grant with a friendly smile as always!
The club house has been extended and seats approximately 30 to lunch if required, although usually our weather is good enough for lunch to be taken outside on the terraces in front of the bar and beside the green (when we have accommodated up to 100 for lunch). The bar and catering facilities are currently run by Carol & Grant Frost on a franchise basis. They have built a reputation on the Costa del Sol of offering high quality food and drink at reasonable prices. They are also happy to offer an external party catering service within the local vicinity and are always happy to discuss your requirements to see if they can assist. Contact them at cateringATmirafloreslbc.com
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Manufacturing Day Results Are In
By Laurie Beth Harris November 19, 2019 12:45pm Share on Twitter Share on Facebook Share on LinkedIn LinkedIn icon Share Link
Led by The Manufacturing Institute, the National Association of Manufacturers' workforce and education partner, Manufacturing Day shows students what a career in modern manufacturing looks like. Throughout October, manufacturers throughout the nation hosted more than 3,000 MFG Day events, and more than 325,000 students, teachers and parents participated.
Manufacturers continue to cite struggles with finding talent. To help solve the workforce crisis, manufacturers open their doors on MFG Day to showcase their facilities and the changing nature of jobs to help shift perceptions about the sector as a career.
On social media, the event accumulated a record-setting 200 million impressions and 163,000 engagements, including posts from influencers. The event also generated $1.1 million in earned media.
The Manufacturing Institute conducted a survey of attendees and hosts to help gauge the impact of MFG Day. Going into the events, 21.4 percent of students participating in an MFG Day event said they had no familiarity with manufacturing. But after attending an event, approximately 90 percent of participants said they were more familiar with manufacturing, and 72.4 percent said they now believed that manufacturing provides an interesting and rewarding career. Moreover, 63.2 percent were more inclined to tell friends, family members or others about manufacturing as a career, with half of the attendees suggesting that they were motivated themselves to pursue a career in manufacturing.
"The modern manufacturing industry simply isn't the one our grandparents remember. The career opportunities it offers today are increasingly high-tech, high-pay and—as thousands of students and parents discover for themselves each MFG Day—pretty fun too," said Carolyn Lee, executive director of The Manufacturing Institute. "This year's MFG Day was another great success. I'm grateful to the many manufacturers, educational institutions and other partners across the continent who not only opened their doors but helped open minds as a result."
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Diehard: Japanese Runner Crawls to Finish Line With Broken Leg (VIDEO)
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Referee negligence and an unfortunate fall turned an annual road relay race in Japan into a heart-rending drama.
During a Princess Ekiden relay marathon in Fukuoka, Japan, one of the runners broke her leg and crawled about 200 meters to the finish line, the newspaper Asahi Shimbun reported.
The newspaper added that the accident happened 3.6 kilometers (2.2 miles) into the 26-mile race.
After 19-year-old Rei Irida broke her leg, the team's manager decided to have her drop out of competition. However, the judge concerned could not be immediately reached.
As a result, the athlete had to crawl on her blooded knees for about 200 meters to pass on the baton as her teammates waited for her with tears in their eyes.
The startling scene was recorded at the Princess Ekiden All-Japan Inter-Company Women's qualifying race in Fukuoka Prefecture.
The athlete will need at least four months to recover.
The team manager has already visited her at the hospital and apologized.
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Mark Warner was elected to the U.S. Senate in November 2008 and serves on the Senate's Banking, Budget, Commerce, and Intelligence committees. Senator Warner has established himself as a national leader in efforts to find bipartisan consensus to create solutions to reduce the federal debt.
From 2002 to 2006, Senator Warner served as governor of Virginia, where he helped turn a record budget deficit into a surplus. Governor Warner also focused on improving public education and expanding economic opportunity, and he recruited 135,000 new jobs to Virginia during his four-year term. When Governor Warner left office in 2006, Virginia was recognized as the nation's "best-managed state," the "best state for business," and the state that offered the best educational opportunities to its young people.
Before entering public office, Senator Warner was an early leader in the cellular phone business. He co-founded the company that became Nextel, and then made early investments in hundreds of start-up companies that created tens-of-thousands of private sector jobs.
Senator Warner, his wife Lisa Collis, and their three daughters live in Alexandria, Virginia.
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We keep reading that the Council on American-Islamic Relations (CAIR) was an unindicted co-conspirator in the Holy Land Foundation terror finance trial in 2007 and 2008. And we keep wondering why it remains unindicted.
Now we have the answer, scandalous but not surprising. It has been obvious from the start of Obama's presidency that the present US administration is strongly pro-Islam, despite the fact that Islam is waging war on the US.*
Patrick Poole breaks the story at PajamasMedia:
A number of leaders of Islamic organizations … were about to be indicted on terror finance support charges by the U.S. attorney's office in Dallas, which had been investigating the case for most of the past decade. But those indictments were scuttled last year at the direction of top-level political appointees within the Department of Justice (DOJ) — and possibly even the White House.
"This was a political decision from the get-go," [our DOJ] source said.
"It was always the plan to initially go after the [Holy Land Foundation] leaders first and then go after the rest of the accomplices in a second round of prosecutions. From a purely legal point of view, the case was solid. …
But from a political perspective there was absolutely no way that they could move forward. That's why this decision came from the top down. These individuals who were going to be prosecuted are still the administration's interfaith allies. … It's kind of hard to prosecute someone on material support for terrorism when you have pictures of them getting handed awards from DOJ and FBI leaders for their supposed counter-terror efforts. How would Holder explain that when we're carting off these prominent Islamic leaders in handcuffs for their role in a terror finance conspiracy we've been investigating for years? This is how bad the problem is. Why are we continuing to have anything to do with these groups knowing what we know?
"By closing down these prosecutions … the evidence we've collected over the past decade that implicates most of the major Islamic organizations will never see the light of day."
The FBI still has boxes and boxes of stuff that has never even been translated … But it's already been made public that they have copies of money transfers sent by NAIT [the North American Islamic Trust] directly to known Hamas entities and Hamas leaders. …
The actions by the DOJ to crush these prosecutions are just another schizophrenic episode in the U.S. government's ongoing relationship with Islamic organizations, especially CAIR. After CAIR was named unindicted co-conspirator in the Holy Land trial, the FBI was forced to cut ties with the group. … Yet … CAIR leaders continue to be regularly received by top DOJ and FBI officials despite the official ban …
I asked my DOJ source why they decided to come forward now. The source said:
"This is a national security issue. We know that these Muslim leaders and groups are continuing to raise money for Hamas and other terrorist organizations. Ten years ago we shut down the Holy Land Foundation. It was the right thing to do. Then the money started going to KindHearts. We shut them down too. Now the money is going through groups like Islamic Relief and Viva Palestina. Until we act decisively to cut off the financial pipeline to these terrorist groups by putting more of these people in prison, they are going to continue to raise money that will go into the hands of killers. And until Congress starts grilling the people inside DOJ and the FBI who are giving these groups cover, that is not going to change. … "
But if the U.S. government publicly acknowledges the terror ties of these groups why do they continue to deal with them?
"We tried to do what we could during the Bush administration. After 9/11, we had to do something and [the Holy Land Foundation] was the biggest target.
To say things are different under Obama and Holder would be an understatement. Many of the people I work with at Justice now see CAIR not just as political allies, but ideological allies. They believe they are fighting the same revolution. It's scary. And Congress and the American people need to know this is going on."
The American people need to know that the present leadership of the United States is not just letting Islam wage jihad, not just allowing the funding of Hamas terrorism, but is "fighting the same revolution". The Islamic revolution. That is the name of the change Obama and Holder hope for.
But how will they be informed of this when most of the media, being themselves complicit in "the revolution", are unwilling and unlikely to tell them?
*Further to this, from Corruption Chronicles:
In the Obama Administration's continuing effort to befriend Muslims, the United States will for the first time host an international Islamic forum held annually in the Middle East and Secretary of State Hillary Clinton will headline the three-day event. …
Bringing the Islamic forum to the U.S. is simply the latest of many Muslim outreach efforts for the administration. In the last year alone Napolitano discussed national security matters with a group of extremist Muslim organizations, the nation's space agency (NASA) was ordered to focus on Muslim diplomacy and Clinton signed a special order to allow the reentry of two radical Islamic academics whose terrorist ties long banned them from the U.S. …
The Justice Department also created a special Arab-American and Muslim Engagement Advisory Group to foster greater communication, collaboration and a new level of respect between law enforcement and Muslim and Arab-American communities.
Posted under Commentary, corruption, Crime, Defense, government, Islam, jihad, Law, middle east, Muslims, Palestinians, Terrorism, United States by Jillian Becker on Thursday, April 14, 2011
Tagged with CAIR, Council on American-Islamic Relations, DOJ complicit with terrorism-supporting Islamic organizations, hamas, Holy Land Foundation, Islamic Relief, KindHearts, Patrick Poole, Viva Palestina
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April Movie Night Special - It's Ladies' Night!
At midnight the votes were counted and verified by our judges. The clear winner with 23 points (20 upvotes + 3 bonus points) is MissMonicaE's The Terminator.
I'll be creating a new post shortly to formally announce the winner and confirm the date/time of our next Movie Night event in the Mos Eisley chatroom.
You can continue to vote, but they won't be counted :-)
After the success of our March Movie night, it's time to choose a sci-fi/fantasy film for April's viewing pleasure. After consulting with absolutely no-one, I've decided that the theme for our next event will be "Ladies' Night!".
Nominate your favourite film below and we'll watch it together.
Upvotes count as one point. Final decision will be on the 31st March at midnight BST. Downvotes will be ignored.
1 additional point will be awarded for the following criteria;
The film is "F-Rated" (written by or directed by or starring women in a complex role)
The film passes the "Bechdel Test" (two named female characters talk about something other than a man)
The film has been suggested by user who identifies as female.
Q. What is a movie night?
A. Great fun(!)
Q. How do I nominate a film?
A. By posting an answer below. I'll append the additional points (if any) by edit.
Q. What if I'm a vile misogynist who wants to watch a film with no women in it at all?
A. Wait until May.
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@amaranth - Yes. Good luck finding a film that's F-Rated that doesn't pass the Bechdel test, BTW. – Valorum Mar 21 '17 at 22:59
@TARS - According to the inventors of the rating, the character needs to be in a "lead role on screen contributing significantly to the story". Grace Stamper (in Armageddon) would not quality, for example. You could remove her lines entirely and replace her character with a puppy. – Valorum Mar 21 '17 at 23:22
Tempted to propose Twilight :D It'd have a 2 point head start, but I can Imagine the number of downvotes :) – Gallifreyan Mar 22 '17 at 5:52
@Gallifreyan - I'd upvote it. I've never seen it and I'd like the opportunity to see if it's as corny as everyone says – Valorum Mar 22 '17 at 12:15
If only Marvel had given Black Widow her own movie. I'M BITTER AND ALWAYS WILL BE. – MissMonicaE Mar 22 '17 at 12:51
@MissMonicaE - The problem with Black Widow is that her character is utterly two-dimensional, great as part of an ensemble cast but unimaginable in a stand-alone role. – Valorum Mar 22 '17 at 13:34
@Valorum I totally disagree! I want to know more about her backstory, especially why she defected and her past with Hawkeye. Also, her friendship with Hulk is interesting in light of how she's the most physically vulnerable of the Avengers (no armor, no mutant powers, smaller/weaker than Hawkeye, and generally women think more about physical vulnerability than men) and he's the most dangerous and out of control, but she still makes a point of trusting him. It's possible that this is all more fleshed out in the comics, but I think she deserves a film as well. – MissMonicaE Mar 22 '17 at 13:48
Why are you only counting up votes? – Skooba Mar 22 '17 at 15:24
@Skooba - Because only upvoters are going to come to the thing. Downvoters can vote with their feet. – Valorum Mar 22 '17 at 15:24
@Skooba - If you really don't want to see it, no-one is making you :-) I'm assuming that upvotes mean "I approve of this film and there's a good chance I'll come see it on the night" – Valorum Mar 22 '17 at 15:27
@PaulD.Waite - I'm open to suggestions regarding themes. Since I seem to be the one who (mainly) organises 'movie night', I shall try to mix it up over the next few months to see if theming encourages participation – Valorum Mar 23 '17 at 11:07
@MissMonicaE Ugh, not zombies. Anyways: We have many names here that indicate a feminine user profile — there ought be more of them here suggesting titles. Good ones. Not zombies. :-P – can-ned_food Mar 23 '17 at 13:14
One of them should be Opposite Month, where you actually choose the movie which received the most downvotes. Of course, you would declare this to be the case by oppositely not declaring it. – can-ned_food Mar 23 '17 at 13:36
@can-ned_food We could have a zombie theme where suggested films gain extra points for being proposed by a user who identifies as a zombie. – Rand al'Thor♦ Mar 23 '17 at 14:28
Wanted to nominate Kill Bill, for it has a badass female protagonist. Alas, not science fiction nor fantasy :( – Gallifreyan Mar 25 '17 at 11:11
I nominate The Terminator, which stars Linda Hamilton (and I guess some unimportant jock-y type man?) and also passes the Bechdel Test. Some claim it might be the mother of all feminist action movies, although I'm categorically skeptical of such sweeping claims. But I've never seen it and I'd like to.
Extra Point Score
Bechdel Test - Passed (Sarah speaks to her roommate and several work colleagues about assorted subjects).
F-Rated - Passed. The film's lead actor is a waitress.
Nominated female - Passed.
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Already on an impressive +4 including my upvote. – Valorum Mar 22 '17 at 13:30
I would think that T2 would have a stronger female lead in Sarah Connor being a complete bad ass in that movie over the first one, but the first Terminator is also awesome :) – steelersquirrel Mar 22 '17 at 14:28
@user22792 - Feel free to nominate it. You'll get +1 from me. – Valorum Mar 22 '17 at 15:05
@Valorum Well...I don't know. I don't think that Sarah Connor has an actual conversation with another female. I want a +3 score, man!! ;) – steelersquirrel Mar 22 '17 at 15:07
Sarah has multiple conversations with her roommate about the roommate's boyfriend, at least one conversation about their iguana (which only counts towards the test if the iguana is a female), and one conversation about the news report of other Sarah Connors being killed (I don't know if it matters that the killings were committed by a robotic man). In any case, you have my +1. – Wad Cheber stands with Monica Mar 22 '17 at 15:13
Sarah is more a focused character in this one than in the second, if not precisely the lead. – can-ned_food Mar 23 '17 at 8:33
This has my vote, and I haven't seen it in ages. I'll make it for this one. (I'm a woman, so my vote should count twice!) – Jolenealaska Mar 26 '17 at 2:24
Haven't we already watched Terminator as part of our film of the month(ish) club? I could swear it was one of the first ones up. That said, around the same time the film club started, I - on my own - watched Terminator 2 for the first time, so maybe I'm confused. I'm wondering, though, in general, if we ought to choose a film we've already seen as part of the film club? Meaning, do we want to keep seeing the same movie multiple times? I don't think it's a huge big deal, but others might care more. :) – Slytherincess Mar 27 '17 at 4:09
I, a fellow SFF girl lounging in yonder topmost tower, would like to nominate James Cameron's The Abyss, an excellent sci-fi film circa 1989 with a female co-protagonist (who is an engineer), a strong supporting cast, and an exciting, mega-adventure story. Let the Wiki tell you about it!
The Abyss is a 1989 American science fiction film written and directed by James Cameron, starring Ed Harris, Mary Elizabeth Mastrantonio, and Michael Biehn. When an American submarine sinks in the Caribbean, the US search-and-recovery team works with an oil platform crew, racing against Russian vessels to recover the boat. Deep in the ocean, they encounter something quite unexpected.
Ed Harris as Virgil "Bud" Brigman, Deep Core's foreman and Lindsey's estranged husband.
Mary Elizabeth Mastrantonio as Dr. Lindsey Brigman, designer of the rig and Bud's estranged wife.
Michael Biehn as US Navy SEAL Lieutenant Hiram Coffey, the commander of the Navy SEAL team.
J.C. Quinn as Arliss "Sonny" Dawson
Leo Burmester as Catfish De Vries, a worker on the rig and a Vietnam veteran Marine who is skeptical of the SEALs.
Kimberly Scott as Lisa "One Night" Standing
Todd Graff as Alan "Hippy" Carnes, a conspiracy theorist who believes that the NTIs have been covered up by the CIA. He carries a pet rat (Beanie) on his shoulder.
John Bedford Lloyd as Jammer Willis
Chris Elliott as Bendix
Capt. Kidd Brewer Jr. as Lew Finler
PASSES BECHDEL TEST: YES
F-RATED: YES
FEMALE-SPONSORED: YES (I, Slytherincess, identify as female)
OTHER: Woman of color in a STEM role: Lisa "One Night" Standing. Just thought I'd note this.
SLYTHERINCESS'S FAVORITE LINES OF DIALOGUE:
HIPPY: [Is going on about some conspiracy or another]
CREW MEMBER: Hippy, you think everything's a conspiracy!
HIPPY: [Genuinely perplexed at this comment] Everything is.
The Abyss was one of James Cameron's earlier films and filming it wreaked enough havoc that perhaps it ought to have been called The Abyssmal. (Thank you! I'll be here all week ...). Mainly, it required filming equipment and techniques that had not yet been invented, requiring Cameron to invent what he needed. There was a lot of strife on set (see link above). Main photography took place in an abandoned nuclear power plant in South Carolina (Duke Power?).
Nevertheless, The Abyss is truly an excellent film which I would highly recommend. The co-protagonist, played by Mary Elizabeth Mastrontonio, is smart, self-sufficient, brave, and work-focused. While a romance between her and co-protagonist Ed Harris kind of dances amongst the scenes, it is by no means the focal point of the story; I found myself not really caring whether the two protagonists would get together romantically. Either way would have been fine.
For 1989 (Leave a comment if you were around in 1989!) the effects are very good. An especially breathtaking moment comes when:
The oil rig is being pulled by debris toward the underwater shelf that, should the rig go over the lip, leads straight down to the abyss -- miles and miles of dark water, ready to doom any human. This is a spectacular action scene!
Check out the trailer for The Abyss
Please consider voting for The Abyss!
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This is available on Amazon Video with a STARZ subscription (or the free trial if you haven't used it yet). – user31178 Mar 27 '17 at 4:36
Here I was going to ask why you hadn't nominated one yet — and you chose this. :'( – can-ned_food Mar 27 '17 at 11:51
Oh, nice! I didn't even think about this! Good suggestion :) – steelersquirrel Mar 27 '17 at 22:41
I haven't seen this, and it has Ed Harris and Michael Biehn! Updoot – tobiasvl Mar 30 '17 at 14:07
@can-ned_food -- What would you have had me nominate instead? – Slytherincess Apr 2 '17 at 2:01
Thanks to everyone who upvoted my nom! That said, let's all enjoy The Terminator when movie night rolls around -- it's a great flick! :) – Slytherincess Apr 2 '17 at 2:03
At first I thought you wrote "upvoted my mom". /8-[ Anyways, if I recommend a nomination, what's the point? I was just never fond of The Abyss, that's all. – can-ned_food Apr 2 '17 at 8:34
@can-ned_food -- Oh, that's too bad, seriously, that you don't like The Abyss. It's one of the movies that got me interested in sci-fi, albeit it not hardcore, as opposed to fantasy, which I have always been a huge consumer of. I thought about Star Wars - A New Hope, but I felt it just didn't quite fit the parameters of the contest and would be considered overplayed. I asked what you thought I would've recommended instead of The Abyss just because you seemed surprised that that was the movie I picked. I was just curious as to what you were expecting I might recommend is all. :) – Slytherincess Apr 3 '17 at 1:14
@tobiasvl -- They are so young! Also, there's the double plus of Michael Biehn's mustache, which is an entity unto its own ;P :) – Slytherincess Apr 3 '17 at 1:39
I nominate The Fifth Element Starring Milla Jovovich.
Bechdel Test - Failed (Leeloo speaks to several unnamed females and has a telepathic connection with a female character but doesn't have a conversation with a named female character).
F-Rated - Passed The film's plot revolves around the titular "Fifth Element", Leeloo herself.
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leeloo dallas, multi-pass – Himarm Mar 22 '17 at 15:20
@Himarm - Muuul-teeeee-paaaaas. – Valorum Mar 22 '17 at 15:20
I think she speaks to Diva Plavalaguna, and she speaks to the woman at the airport gate. – Gallifreyan Mar 22 '17 at 17:14
@Gallifreyan - She doesn't speak to the Diva and the woman at the gate is unnamed. The Bechdel Test requires an exchange of words with another actress named in the film. – Valorum Mar 22 '17 at 17:50
@amaranth - Telepathy doesn't count, I'm afraid. It has to be a verbal conversation (an exchange of words). I think the test would accept it if we could hear the telepathic words. – Valorum Mar 23 '17 at 14:24
Multi pass! – SQB Mar 26 '17 at 18:44
Late entry here: The Hunger Games starring Jennifer Lawrence.
It's on-topic and pretty damn good. As someone who rarely appreciates film adaptations of books, I thought this one did very well, both in casting the characters and in catching the tone and mood of the post-apocalyptic dystopia of Panem. It's one of few films I've watched multiple times, and one of very few which can genuinely move me emotionally. Starting from the reaping scene near the very beginning, this film is packed with emotion as well as action and extreme tension.
Bechdel Test - Passed: Katniss speaks to Prim about the Games, to Rue about blowing up the supplies, to Clove about Rue, ...
F-Rated - Passed: the film's lead is a strong female character.
Nominated female - Failed Passed (Co-sponsored by user MissMonicaE).
I support it! But I'm an apache helicopter – Edlothiad Mar 23 '17 at 12:59
I'll cosign this, if I'm allowed to add my female privilege to more than one nomination. – MissMonicaE Mar 23 '17 at 13:13
@MissMonicaE If you did, would it re-inforce the old quip that women can multitask and men cannot? – can-ned_food Mar 23 '17 at 13:20
@MissMonicaE Anyone can post one than one nomination themselves, so I don't see why not. – Rand al'Thor♦ Mar 23 '17 at 13:31
Co-sponsoring is fine and can be done multiple times. – Valorum Mar 23 '17 at 14:23
The first film is the most boring in the series. – user31178 Mar 24 '17 at 17:31
@CreationEdge I agree, but it makes more sense to watch the first one in case some of our attendees aren't familiar with the franchise. – Rand al'Thor♦ Mar 24 '17 at 17:40
I'll toss my hat in the ring with The Thing (2011).
Background - The Thing (1981):
John Carpenter's 1981 masterpiece, The Thing, begins with a Norwegian helicopter pursuing a husky across the frozen landscape of Antarctica. After cornering the dog outside an American research station, the helicopter's frantic and inexplicably aggressive crew are killed and the Americans head to the Norwegian base in an attempt to uncover what led the Norwegians to behave so strangely.
The Americans find the Norwegian base a smoldering ruin, with evidence of a fierce battle and the gruesome discovery of a frozen corpse, clutching a straight-razor, with its wrists and throat slit. A hollowed out block of ice adds to the mystery, and the Americans eventually learn that the base had been set up to excavate an alien spacecraft from the ice.
As it turns out, the "dog" the Norwegians were trying to kill is actually a hostile alien creature that kills other lifeforms, transforms into an exact duplicate of the victim, and attempts to assimilate everyone it encounters. The Americans realize that they must destroy the monster, but paranoia sets in as they try to work out who is a real human and who is an alien impostor...
The Nomination: The Thing (2011):
A prequel to the 1981 film, this movie explores the events that led up to the beginning of Carpenter's iconic classic. The fractured bits of evidence found by the American team were never really explained in the original movie, but they are now. The Norwegian base's grim fate is finally laid out for the audience, and the movie ends exactly where the 1981 film begins.
It would be impossible for any prequel or sequel of Carpenter's film to match the greatness of the original, so we can forgive The Thing (2011) for being good rather than amazing. But despite its flaws, the movie is extremely watchable; it is essential viewing for any fan of the original, and it couldn't have happened without some brilliant work from hardcore Thing-fans.1
With strong performances from the entire cast2, and especially impressive showings from Mary Elizabeth Winstead (Kate Lloyd), Joel Edgerton (Carter), Jørgen Langhelle (Lars), and Stig Henrik Hoff (Peder), this may not rival its predecessor in quality or significance, but it is a thoroughly enjoyable film with a talented cast, and the story is centered on a resilient, intelligent, dynamic female lead.
Extra Point Score:
Bechdel Test - Passed. (Kate and Juliette speak about stars, their reaction to discovering a flying saucer and the titular 'Thing' itself).
F-Rating - Passed. The protagonist is a dynamic woman who goes from paleontologist to alien-killer with relative ease; she was apparently modeled on one of the greatest female leads in Sci-Fi history, Ripley from the Alien franchise.
Nominated by a Female - Failed.
1 The original film's Norwegian base set was destroyed when production wrapped up, and no blueprints were kept. The director of the 2011 prequel was at a loss as to how to recreate the base accurately, until the members of the fan site Outpost #31 spent hundreds of hours pouring over every frame of the 1981 film in faithful, painstaking detail, performing all sorts of calculations, and producing precise plans for the base as it appeared in the Carpenter film. The production team for the prequel used these fan-made schematics to construct the set we see in this film.
2 The casting department deserves credit for filling the roles of Norwegian characters with actual Norwegian actors - it might seem like the most obvious option, but Hollywood insists on jamming American/British actors into every major role, regardless of the character's in-universe nationality; this is how we end up with Scarlett Johansen starring in Ghost in the Shell despite the fact that her character is Japanese. If the production team had followed this trend, The Thing (2011) would have been deprived of one of its most likable moments - the Norwegian researchers celebrating their discovery by spontaneously singing Sámiid Ædnan, Norway's contribution to the 1980 Eurovision song contest; the cast members came up with the idea, and chose Sámiid Ædnan because it would have been familiar to a Norwegian in 1981, when the movie takes place.
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+1 for justifying The Thing for Ladies Night ;) – steelersquirrel Mar 22 '17 at 16:29
The original wouldn't have been eligible. – Valorum Mar 22 '17 at 16:38
I'm not sure why I haven't seen this remake yet. I think maybe I assumed it also had foreigners portraying Norwegian actors like the original, which – for me, as a Norwegian – is nearly unwatchable at times. – tobiasvl Mar 30 '17 at 14:09
I nominate The Princess and the Frog, a fantasy movie about a woman hustling like crazy to start her own business. What could be better than that?
I'll tell you what: a fantasy movie about a woman hustling like crazy to start her own business and also everything is full of jazz music. That's what.
Bechdel Test - Passed (Tiana speaks extensively with her mother, Eudora about her goal of opening a restaurant).
F-Rated - Passed. The film's lead actor is Tiana, a singing chef
Nominated Female - Passed
I'm not a big fan. I've tried to watch it a couple of times and never made it past the first twenty minutes. – Valorum Mar 23 '17 at 14:58
I like the Jazz! – Edlothiad Mar 23 '17 at 15:18
@amaranth - Passes on both – Valorum Mar 24 '17 at 12:03
Let me guess — she was going to serve–up the frog in her cajun restaurant? – can-ned_food Mar 27 '17 at 12:19
This one is definitely on the obscure side, but I nominate Paperhouse.
Paperhouse is a dark fantasy centered around a young British girl named Anna (Charlotte Burke). Anna, easily bored with school and unhappy with her home life, is given to drawing in her composition book. Most recently, she's drawn an oddly shaped house that strikes her fancy. As she develops a mysterious fever, Anna begins to visit the house and the world it lies in her dreams. As her illness inexplicably worsens, the link to the dream world both strengthens and takes an increasingly sinister turn. Co-written and based on the novel Marriane Dreams, by Catherine Storr.
This one is an interesting little gem of a film. It's a stark, visually stunning film with an excellent performance by Charlotte Burke. Roger Ebert described the film as having Bergman-like qualities (his detailed and not entirely spoiler-free review can be found here) in its effective simplicity. Though her primary interaction in the dreamworld is with a male character, there are extensive dialogues between Charlotte and her mother, her classmates, as well as her doctor (played by veteran British actress Gemma Jones).
Finding the film
Obviously, this is not a well-known, mainstream film. I have been able to find two sources for the movie, however. It is available for streaming on Amazon, and - for the time being - it can be found on youtube here.
Bechdel Test - Passed (Anna has a considerable number of conversations with named characters including her mother, Kate and her best friend Karen).
F-Rated - Passed. The film's lead actor is a schoolgirl and the film's writer was a noted female novelist.
Nominated Female - Failed
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Hi RedshirtCrewmember. Remind me, are you male or female? – Valorum Mar 27 '17 at 7:01
Or smizmar, maybe? – can-ned_food Mar 27 '17 at 11:49
@Valorum. Hi, Valorum. I'm male. – Helbent IV Mar 27 '17 at 15:54
I nominate Red Sonja starring Brigitte Nielsen (and Arnold Schwarzenegger).
The film has a strong female lead who's easily the equal of her male co-star and features Sandahl Bergman (who played Conan's love interest in the original Conan the Barbarian movie) as the evil Queen Gedren.
Bechdel Test - Passed (Gedren speaks to Sonja about a magical talisman).
F-Rated - Passed. The film's lead actor is a female warrior.
Nominated female - Failed.
For those downvoting, I hope you realise that it's purely symbolic. I'm only counting upvotes... – Valorum Mar 22 '17 at 15:22
You get a +1 from me! I frigging love this movie! – steelersquirrel Mar 22 '17 at 16:50
I'll suggest 100 Feet.
After Marnie Watson kills her abusive husband in self-defense, she is condemned to house arrest... only to discover that the house is possessed by the enraged and violent spirit of her dead husband.
And honestly, it's one of the best productions I've ever seen distributed by The Asylum.
Bechdel Test - Passed (Marnie has several conversations with her ex-con friend about the difficulty of dealing with the outside world).
F-Rated - Passed. The film's lead actor is female, although it is a limited cast admittedly.
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Alternately, another haunted house film: youtube.com/watch?v=NN0HVJ5tkIM – FuzzyBoots Mar 22 '17 at 18:08
I've replaced your video because it didn't support embedded playback – Gallifreyan Mar 23 '17 at 18:00
This looks like a horror film to me, not speculative fiction. (I know horror gets lumped in with SF&F all the time, but it's a fundamental misunderstanding of both genres to confuse one with the other.) – Martha Mar 29 '17 at 6:01
:) Ghosts. That makes for Fantasy for me. – FuzzyBoots Mar 29 '17 at 10:08
"best Asylum film" is a bit like "most enjoyable root-canal surgery". – Valorum Mar 31 '17 at 22:55
@Valorum" Eyeh, but they do occasionally do good films. This is one of the ones that was not a knock-off (although, funnily enough, someone delivered a second "house arrest in a haunted house" film a few years later with Housebound. – FuzzyBoots Apr 3 '17 at 11:31
I nominate Twilight
Who hasn't heard of this awesome movie?!
A young girl named Bella Swan starts a new school, and learns her new classmate Edward is not what he seems...
It appears that the reception for this film has been mixed - some have certainly been inspired by Bella's character, while others blamed the film for the heroine being too inactive.
Eh, I guess we can see for ourselves! :)
Bechdel Test - Passed (Bella and her mother talk about moving home).
F-Rated - Passed (lead actress, director, scriptwriter, source novel writer are all female)
Nominated female - Failed Passed (now co-sponsored by user Martha).
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You've got my +1. After all this time, I'd quite like to see what all the fuss is about. – Valorum Mar 22 '17 at 15:20
I was going to nominate this, but Gallifreyan got there first. Can I give it my female-nomination +1? – Martha Mar 22 '17 at 21:23
@amaranth - And shall get an extra +1 :-) – Valorum Mar 22 '17 at 21:38
I nominate Terminator 2: Judgement Day.
Terminator 2 follows Sarah Connor (Hamilton) and her ten-year-old son John (Furlong) as they are pursued by a new, more advanced Terminator, the liquid metal, shapeshifting T-1000 (Patrick), sent back in time to kill John Connor and prevent him from becoming the leader of the human resistance. A second, less advanced Terminator (Schwarzenegger) is also sent back in time to protect John.
Bechdel Test - Passed (dubiously) (Sarah has a brief conversation with Sarah (and Miles) Dyson about the future).
F-Rated - Passed. The film's lead actor is a waitress-turned-terrorist.
Nominated Female - Failed Passed (co-sponsored by User22792)
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@amaranth #scarred – Riker Mar 23 '17 at 2:03
@amaranth Hehehe! I didn't even mean it in a naughty way! Y'all just took it that way :P – steelersquirrel Mar 23 '17 at 2:04
I'll just stick this and this here and walk away... – Mithical Mar 23 '17 at 9:27
Does viewing order matter much for Terminator? – MissMonicaE Mar 23 '17 at 12:20
@MissMonicaE not that much, but it does have a bit of a plotline. I think it would be okay to only watch 2 though. – Riker Mar 23 '17 at 15:19
@MissMonicaE It's about the same as with any movie sequel. – Z. Cochrane Mar 27 '17 at 11:50
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Now My problem. After i press back button onStop() code is executed and onDestroy. How i can don't kill app ? I wanna this app in background. Now when i press back button and open app, all data is again downloaded and loaded to webview. Soo how make this process work in background ?
Sorry for my haotic english :)
Sierran

A: Use Android service for doing something in Background rather then Activity.
And use Broadcast receiver to invoke your Activity from service. When something your background work finished.
Android - Service
And if you want to do some little then just override onKeyDown()
@Override
 public boolean onKeyDown(int keyCode, KeyEvent event)
  {
    if (keyCode == KeyEvent.KEYCODE_BACK)
       {
     // put your stuff here or just block the back button for perticular activity
           return true;
       }
     return super.onKeyDown(keyCode, event);
   }

A: I would recommend using a Service if you want to do something in the background and need it to be running more or less all the time. Check out the Service documentation here:
http://developer.android.com/reference/android/app/Service.html
An alternative in your case would be to create local caches of the websites.

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Research on TCM constitution classification based on facial color and texture features
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Twitter is building an official app for Windows 8, says it will be 'great'
by Matthew Panzarino — in Twitter
Twitter has just announced via the Twitter Mobile account that it is building a Twitter app for Windows 8, and that it will be 'great'. There is currently a dearth of good Twitter apps for Windows 8, with many turning to MetroTwit as one of the best compromises.
Currently, Twitter makes an offcial app for Android, iPhone, iPad and the Mac, though the Mac client has long been neglected. The neglect of the Mac client has led many people to conjecture that Twitter was giving up on native clients for desktops, pushing people towards the web instead. This would indicate otherwise.
#Windows8 needs a great Twitter app. So we're building it. Looking forward to sharing it with you in the months ahead.
— Twitter Mobile (@twittermobile) October 30, 2012
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Twitter has recently made moves to curtail the development of third-party clients in order to better control the way that people view Twitter. When the changed to its API were announced, I noted that it would have to do a much better job of building its own apps than it had currently been doing:
If it wants the new Cards feature to become a real tool for advertisers, though, it's going to need to do that, and soon. A major re-write of the official apps in all their forms is likely in order.
I'd be very surprised if we didn't see new versions of all of the official apps built with a native 'frame' displaying an embedded web view of Twitter's stream. Don't expect them to be suddenly awesome, however. The Facebook mobile apps suck completely and hundreds of millions of people still use them.
So, the jury is still out on whether the new client will actually be 'great', as Twitter says, but it seems that, at the very least, it is still interested in producing native clients for non-mobile platforms.
Image Credit: Oli Scarff/Getty Images
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KSAMC wants brakes on Acadia apartment complex
Published:Thursday | January 20, 2022 | 12:10 AMTanesha Mundle/Staff Reporter
Gladstone Taylor/Multimedia Photo Editor
An aerial photograph of the multi-storey development on Evans Avenue in St Andrew on Friday, September 25, 2020. It's at the centre of a court case filed by the Kingston and St Andrew Municipal Corporation.
The Kingston and St Andrew Municipal Corporation (KSAMC) has applied for an injunction to immediately halt construction of a St Andrew apartment complex it claims is in contravention of the approved building plan.
The development, which is at 9 Evans Avenue in Acadia, St Andrew, was first hit with a cease-and-desist order by the KSAMC in October 2020 after a Sunday Gleaner investigation raised questions about the alleged breaches.
The hearing for the injunction, which is now being sought against the developer, Orphious Stennett (first respondent) and Jennifer Graham (second respondent) started on Tuesday in the Supreme Court but has been adjourned to January 25.
According to the corporation, it had approved the construction of four two-bedroom units, eight one-bedroom units, and six studios, but it found that the developer did not conform with the building plan that was approved on November 6, 2019.
The corporation is seeking several orders, including a declaration that Stennett and his agents or servants have breached the Planning Act, the Town and Country Planning and Development Order, the Building Act 2018, and an injunction to stop any further construction on the property.
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The corporation wants the court to also declare that the developer or his agents committed the breaches by increasing the number of habitable rooms and balconies, bumping up the quantity of bedrooms in some units, converting powder rooms into balconies and living rooms into bedrooms, and building partitions to facilitate the conversion of open spaces into bedrooms.
It also argued that the approved floor plan was altered, converting the majority of amenity space on the roof into habitable rooms and changing the elevation of the building.
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The residents were concerned that the developer was constructing more rooms than had been approved by the building and planning authorities.
They were equally concerned about the storage of construction material on the public thoroughfare, noise level from steel cutting, work being done outside of permitted hours, and dust emission, among other issues..
Attorney-at-law Cardena Clarke is representing Stennett and Graham.
tanesha.mundle@gleanerjm.com
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by Karen Healy | Feb 28, 2020 | Payroll
As a new report reveals that 64% of businesses have no one in the boardroom who represents payroll, we ask, is the payroll director a must have?
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The cost of running payroll is rising without explanation
Payroll errors are regular occurrences, or where occasional isolated errors are proving costly
Where you have faced a fine or reputational damage for failing to comply with payroll-related legislation, or have suffered a 'near miss'
Where you face implementing changes (e.g. data protection or anti-fraud measures) without the necessary expertise
Where the business is expanding, and recruitment is about to place a significantly greater burden on payroll
Where the business' staff profile is complex, perhaps including gig economy staff, off-payroll workers or a range of shift patterns
Practical payroll
As with all things, ensuring payroll has its influence felt at board level is a question of balance based on the requirement of individual businesses. For a medium sized organisation, adding a payroll director to a board that already contains an HRD and FD might be seen as overdoing things.
But the scope of the payroll portfolio is such that most businesses could benefit from giving it far more prominence and focus. That includes board representation, but it should also feature more widely across the business, with its impact felt from management training to internal communications.
If your payroll management constitutes little more than a line of your finance director's job description, the chances are that description is now woefully unsuited to the realities of the role.
To find out how to make more of your payroll, and cut the cost and time of processing it, talk to us now.