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The I (foreground) and II Squadrons (background) in Kiel
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Reinhard Scheer
Felix Funke
Franz Mauve [de]
Hubert von Rebeur-Paschwitz
The II Battle Squadron was a unit of the German High Seas Fleet before and during World War I. The squadron saw action throughout the war, including the Battle of Jutland on 31 May – 1 June 1916, where it formed the rear of the German line.
The II Battle Squadron was divided into the III Division and the IV Division; the divisions initially were composed of eight of the ten Deutschland and Braunschweig-class battleships.[1] At the time, SMS Deutschland was the flagship of the High Seas Fleet and was also assigned to the II Battle Squadron, though only for tactical purposes—the ship was not otherwise subordinate to the squadron commander.[2]
The II Battle Squadron operated from one of the two primary bases of the German fleet. The first, in the North Sea, was Wilhelmshaven on the western side of the Jade Bight. The island of Heligoland provided a fortified forward position in the German Bight.[3] The second major naval installation was at Kiel, and it was the most important base in the Baltic. Pillau and Danzig housed forward bases further east in the Baltic.[4] The Kaiser Wilhelm Canal through Schleswig-Holstein connected the Baltic and North Seas and allowed the German Navy to quickly shift naval forces between the two seas.[5]
Konteradmiral (KAdm—Rear Admiral) Reinhard Scheer served as the commander of the squadron from January 1913 to 26 December 1914, when he traded commands with KAdm Felix Funke, who had commanded the III Battle Squadron.[6] KAdm Franz Mauve [de], formerly the IV Division commander, replaced Funke in August 1915. He held the role until November 1916, when he was promoted to Vizeadmiral (VAdm—Vice Admiral) and given command of the IV Battle Squadron.[7] Mauve was replaced by VAdm Hubert von Rebeur-Paschwitz, who was the final commander of the unit.[8]
SMS Deutschland, the flagship of Franz Mauve [de] at the Battle of Jutland
As part of his program of naval expansion to rival the British Royal Navy, Admiral Alfred von Tirpitz projected the need for a second squadron of eight battleships in his 1898 Naval Law.[9] By 1907, enough new battleships had been completed to stand the new squadron up at full strength.[1]
The ships of the II Battle Squadron took part in all of the major fleet actions in the first three years of the war. These included the support missions for the battlecruisers of the I Scouting Group as they bombarded the British coast in attempts to lure out part of the British Grand Fleet, such as the raids on Scarborough, Hartlepool and Whitby in December 1914 and on Yarmouth and Lowestoft in April 1916.[10] At the Battle of Jutland in May 1916, the ships formed the rear of the German line, though they saw relatively little combat during the daylight action apart from a brief skirmish with the British battlecruiser squadron.[11] The squadron consisted of only six ships at the time, as Preussen had been transferred temporarily to the Baltic for guard duty and SMS Lothringen was in such poor condition that Scheer removed the ship from the squadron.[12] In the night fighting against the British destroyer flotillas, Pommern was torpedoed and sunk, killing her entire crew.[13] Her loss highlighted the vulnerability of the other pre-dreadnoughts to underwater attack, and the II Battle Squadron thereafter remained in port when the High Seas Fleet sortied.[14] On 15 August 1917, the II Battle Squadron was disbanded; the former members of the squadron were thereafter decommissioned and used in subsidiary roles or employed as guard ships.[15][16]
^ a b Herwig, p. 45
^ Staff, p. 8
^ Halpern, p. 10
^ Halpern, p. 182
^ Scheer, pp. 13, 74
^ Hildebrand, Röhr, & Steinmetz Vol. 2, p. 243
^ Herwig, p. 36
^ Tarrant, pp. 31–33, 53
^ Tarrant, pp. 152–180, 195
^ Scheer, p. 140
^ Staff, pp. 12–13
^ Staff, pp. 10, 12, 15
^ Gröner, p. 20
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Halpern, Paul G. (1995). A Naval History of World War I. Annapolis, MD: Naval Institute Press. ISBN 1-55750-352-4.
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I Battle Squadron
III Battle Squadron
IV Battle Squadron
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I Scouting Group
II Scouting Group
List of ships of the Imperial German Navy


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David Brat, a conservative Republican, is telling US citizens to embrace capitalism "or Hitler will come back." His tongue-in-cheek remark will make some laugh and will certainly offend the socialists among us. My question to you is, "Is capitalism godly?" In other words, does God embrace capitalism as the economic system of choice?
We know God's government to come is theocratic with Jesus heading it all up. Christ is King of Kings and Lord of Lords after all. But we have no clue as to what the economic system of his new government will be like. But in the meantime, is capitalism the system of best choice? I'd love to hear your comments.
In the meantime, let's see about this comment that David Brat made.
When David Brat defeated House Majority leader Eric Cantor (R-VA) in the Republican primary of Virginia's 7th Congressional District last night, House Republicans likely lost their only Jewish representative. In his place, they may have gained a radically pro-capitalist Christian theologian.
Christian Tea Party candidates are certainly not unusual, but a trail of writings show that Brat, an economics professor at Randolph-Macon college, has an especially radical theology to support his right-wing politics. Brat's CV lists him as a graduate of Hope College, a Christian school in Michigan, and Princeton Theological Seminary, a Presbyterian Church U.S.A. seminary in New Jersey. He claims to be a "fairly orthodox Calvinist," but several of his published writings expose a unsettling core theology that is centered around lifting up unregulated, free-market capitalism as a morally righteous system that churches should embrace—or else.
I think capitalism is the best economic system in this world because it rewards people for their innovation and their actions. Sure, people can become greedy and greed is definitely not godly. But capitalism doesn't make greedy people. There are greedy people in every economic system on earth.
Compared to other economic systems, capitalism rewards people for the effort they put forth. Godly people will not become greedy, but will use their hard-earned profits to bless others. They will use it to employ other people and to make the world a better place. That's superior to greed and more in line with what God desires.
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12 May 2006. Related: Treatment access.
Bernard Rivers, aidspan.org
Many potential applicants to the Global Fund, and the Secretariat itself, are hoping that the Round 6 Call for Proposals will be issued in April, with grants approved in November. However, it is far from certain that this will be the case. The problem is that at present, there is no money to pay for Round 6. There is thus a real chance that Round 6 grants will not be approved until well into 2007, or even later. Furthermore, if the Fund is to be able to launch the three new Rounds that the Secretariat desires for this year plus next, the Fund's annual revenue will have to double this year, and then grow by a further third in 2007.
Another problem is that a significant proportion of Round 6 proposals will consist of requests to extend Round 1-5 grants that are coming to the end of their five-year term. This means that if the Fund's revenue does not increase significantly, some CCMs wanting to submit proposals for truly new grant activities, rather than for continuation of grant activities previously funded under earlier Global Fund grants, may have to wait years before their proposals can be approved.
This is not the first time the Fund has been in such a situation. During the build-up to Rounds 4 and 5, there were doubts as to whether there would be enough money to pay for the Round. With Round 5, what saved the day was three factors: Some grants from earlier rounds were running late, so Phase 2 costs for those grants were incurred later than expected; actual approval of Round 5 grants was spread over two board meetings, as more money came in; and some donors moved pledges forward from a later year to an earlier year. All these factors might help again with Round 6; but the situation is more acute than it was with Round 5.
Round 6, like all previous rounds, can only be launched after the board has made a decision to issue a Call for Proposals. And the grants can only be approved after the board has met six or more months later to respond to the recommendations of the Technical Review Panel.
During 2006, the Fund will only have two board meetings, in late April and early November. Although there are no rules preventing the board from agreeing in April to issue a Call for Proposals, there are severe restrictions regarding the value of grants that can actually be approved at the following board meeting. Specifically, the Fund's Comprehensive Funding Policy currently requires that the dollar value of grants approved must be no more than will be available by the end of the year, based on uncommitted pledges received at the time of the board meeting. To drive this point home, the Fund also requires that the entire cost of the first two years of a grant must be put in the bank before the grant agreement can actually be signed.
Table 1 shows that based on current pledges, plus certain assumptions about forthcoming pledges from the US and Japan, there will be no money (in fact, minus $21 million) at the end of 2006 to pay for Round 6, and almost no money ($29 m.) at the end of 2007. This is because the Fund has committed to giving first priority to paying for Phase 2 (Years 3-5) of all grants from earlier rounds.
One factor in this is that Japan, having pledged last year to give the Fund $500 m. "in the coming years" (which was generally assumed to mean $250 m. in 2006 and the same in 2007) has now said that its 2006 contribution will be only $130 m., without specifying how much it will provide in 2007. This cutback for 2006 certainly hurts, but reversing it would by no means solve the Round 6 problem.
Table 1: Global Fund Revenue Currently Available for Round 6 (US$ million)
Global Fund Revenue
Left over from prior year 108 -21
Pledges, less administrative costs 1,724 1,565
Total Revenue 1,832 1,544
Global Fund Costs from Rounds 1-5
Residual costs from Phase 1 of Rounds 1-5 96 0
Phase 2 of Rounds 1-5 1,757 1,515
Total Costs 1,853 1,515
Thus: Cash at end of year that is available for Round 6 and later -21 29
Note: This table is based primarily on information provided at the Fund's web site, plus clarifications received from the Secretariat. In addition, it assumes that the US pledge for 2006 will eventually be $500 m., rather than the $300 m. currently proposed by the President. (The US pledge has always increased from the President's original proposal to the amount finally agreed by Congress.) It also assumes that Japan's $500 m. pledge will be paid out $130 m. in 2006 plus $370 m. in 2007. The Phase 1 2006 cost covers Round 5 appeals, plus possible cost of continuation of treatment for grants terminated at the end of Phase 1. Underlying spreadsheet available from GFO upon request.
Of course, the Fund will receive some additional pledges in the course of 2006 and 2007, which will somewhat improve this situation. But the "replenishment meeting" last year was supposed to be the time at which donors specified their pledges for 2006-7; so any further pledges will require donors to go beyond what they promised at that time.
The Global Fund Secretariat is officially hoping for a Round 6 in 2006 costing $1.1 b., and for Rounds 7 and 8 in 2007 each costing $1.3 b.
As shown in Table 2, the Fund's revenue was about $1 billion per year in each of 2002 and 2003, and about $1.5 billion per year in each of 2004 and 2005. The table also shows that if the Fund is to be able to launch Rounds 6, 7 and 8 during 2006-7 at the levels anticipated by the Secretariat, the Fund's annual revenue will have to double this year (to nearly $3 billion), and then grow by another third (to over $4 billion) in 2007. The major donors have certainly indicated that they wish to significantly increase their total overseas development assistance in the coming years, but they have not yet suggested they are considering increasing their Global Fund pledges to anything like the levels shown in Table 2 during this year and next.
Table 2: Global Fund Revenue Needed to Support Rounds 6-8 in 2006-7 (US$ million)
Revenue (ie contributions/pledges, less administrative costs), on the same basis as Table 1 954 932 1,519 1,495 1,724 1,565
Additional pledges needed to cover R6 ($1.1b) in 2006 and R7 and R8 ($1.3b each) in 2007 1,121 2,550
Total Global Fund revenue if these additional pledges are received 954 932 1,519 1,495 2,845 4,115
Arising from all this, it is possible that some donor board members, at the April board meeting, will urge a more cautious approach. This might consist of issuing the Call for Round 6 proposals after the November 2006 board meeting rather than after the April 2006 board meeting, with the grants to be approved in mid-2007, and then issuing the Round 7 Call for Proposals a year later (November 2007), and Round 8 one year later still.
There is one additional complication, which is that for the first time, proposals in Round 6 and later will be of two types. The first type will be proposals that represent extensions of Round 1-5 grants that are coming to the end of their five-year term. (These can be thought of as "Phase 3" proposals, following on from the Phases 1 and 2 covered in the original Round 1-5 grants). The second type will be proposals that represent truly new grant activities, so far as Global Fund grants to that country are concerned. It seems almost inevitable that the Fund will have to give priority to the first type – that is, to "Phase 3" proposals. In the worst-case scenario, with Round 6 not launched until November 2006 or even April 2007 and Round 7 not launched until April 2008, Round 6 might have to cover as much as $1 billion in "Phase 3" grants, leaving little or no Round 6 money to cover "truly new" grants.
To put it another way: If pledges to the Fund do not increase significantly, and the Fund does not modify its Comprehensive Funding Policy, the Fund will be forced for at least the next two years to be "the Global Fund for the Care and Support of Round 1-5 Grants".
Source: reproduced from the Global Fund Observer Newsletter (05/03/06, issue 55), a service of Aidspan (an independent watchdog of the Global Fund and publisher of GFON).
Global Fund Observer:
http://www.aidspan.org/gfo
As the May issue of HTB went to press, GFON reported that the Global Fund Board agreed to launch Round 6, despite the very real possibility that there will not be enough money to fund all the proposals submitted that are worthy of approval. Applicants will have until August 3 to submit their proposals.
The Board issued an urgent appeal to current and potential donors to expedite and increase their pledges for 2006 and 2007 so that Round 6 can be adequately funded.
The Fund has also terminated two HIV grants to Nigeria because of inadequate performance. At the Board meeting last week, no board members spoke up in defence of Nigeria's handling of the grants. One of the grants was supposed to have 14,000 people on ARV treatment by the end of the first year, but the actual number was zero. The termination will cost the country $81 million in lost grant income.
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Bounce rate is the percentage of users who land on your website and decide to leave without going to a second page.
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SEIU fliers paint Clinton as $15 minimum wage supporter in Nevada
By ANNIE KARNI
LAS VEGAS — Ahead of Nevada's Democratic caucuses, the Service Employees International Union is distributing literature to members touting Hillary Clinton's support for a $15 hourly wage for workers. But Clinton, who won SEIU's endorsement in November, has not actually endorsed a federal $15 minimum wage. Clinton has said since the beginning of her campaign that she backs a federal minimum wage of $12 an hour.
"Hillary Clinton supports our fight for $15 and a union," read the SEIU fliers, which were distributed in English and Spanish. The literature also featured quotes from Clinton supporting New York's proposal to raise wages for fast-food workers to $15 an hour.
"As president, I will work to raise the federal minimum wage back to the highest level it's ever been — $12 an hour in today's dollars — and support state and local efforts to go even further," Clinton wrote last week on Medium. She wrote that she "strongly" supported the efforts of low-income workers to fight for $15 an hour.
Bernie Sanders has endorsed a federal $15 minimum wage.
GOP elders want poorly performing candidates to quit
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The fliers were sent out as a tool to provide members information about where Clinton stands on SEIU's agenda, according to an email obtained by POLITICO.
SEIU's Nevada state director, Brian Shepherd, told POLITICO the fliers were not misleading about Clinton's position.
"Hillary Clinton was the first candidate who came and met with workers and said she supported our movement," Shepherd said. "The fight for $15 is about creating a movement of people to talk about the inequality in America. That's been the focus of the fight for $15."
Shepherd said the union has been stumping for Clinton in working-class neighborhoods and has knocked on 36,000 doors and distributed 10,000 pledge cards on her behalf.
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The roads less travelled
A world of liquor. A world in liquor. PATRICK LECLEZIO unearths a few lesser known spirituous gems.
Drinks are more than just drinks. The typical person doesn't really think about it but one's enjoyment of a drink goes beyond the liquid itself, and the value that this offers in isolation. Context is important, the intangible elements with which it is associated are important, which is why untold millions are spent on engineering and augmenting context, on creating these little worlds in which you the drinker experiences the drink – from its story and its rationale, and its packaging and its advertising, to the perception of yourself that it frames for you. These machinations though often take inspiration from what is already there. I take great relish from a drink's pure and natural context. All over the world drinks have evolved in response to and in harmony with their environment, to become a portal into a history, a culture, and a way of life. The pleasure in a drink is often irrespective of the liquid. So put aside your regular beverage, step out your routine, and open yourself up to a different world, to a holiday abroad every time you have a drink. Here are a few suggestions to get you started.
Anise liquors
Anise (or Aniseed) is a flowering plant native to the Eastern Mediterranean, the fruit of which, or rather its essential oil – called anethole, is used to flavour a variety of spirits indigenous to the region. The best known and most widely consumed are pastis, ouzo and raki, in France, Greece, and Turkey and Greece respectively. The distinctive licorice-like flavour is somewhat polarising, but even if you don't have a ready affinity for it (and I count myself in that number) it can be immensely satisfying. The typical serve – diluted with water over ice – is a revelation: I would struggle to find something to compete on the basis of sheer refreshment. These are drinks that obviously evolved to douse the throat and quench the thirst during the hot summer months in the Mediterranean basin…perhaps when sitting in a little family-owned café, overlooking the sea, eating a few dolmades whilst waiting for a freshly caught fish to be served. Or at least that's the world you'll experience when you sample these drinks. Their other, equally distinctive feature is a transformation in appearance to a cloudy, milky colour when mixed with water. This reaction is known as spontaneous emulsification or, more memorably, as the Ouzo effect. This Lion's Milk (as the raki version is known in Turkey) notwithstanding, these drinks have some versatility: I was recently in Crete, where raki is also served a digestif shot, complimentary (!) at the end of a meal in many places. A great way to end to a Greek meal.
I must confess that when I hear the word "byejo" (as it is pronounced) it strikes fear in my heart. I first encountered the stuff at dinner with a supplier in central China. I was incited to throw it back to loud shouts of "gan-bei", the Chinese equivalent of cheers, which literally means drink it all. At 48 to 56% ABV (and sometimes even higher), with a flavour that needs protracted acquisition to an uninitiated Western palate, and when introduced to you with frenzied drinking, baijiu can be intimidating. But it's worth persisting. Chalking up an estimated half a billion nine-litre cases in sales, it is easily the world's biggest spirits category, so with millions upon millions of Chinese drinking it, and having drunk it or its antecedents for thousands of years, it's clear that it's something worthwhile. And yet it's almost unknown outside of that country, even now in the post isolation era. How ironic that the world's most plentiful spirit is also one of its most obscure. The stuff is made using a variety of grains, primarily sorghum, although rice is also used in some regions, and it is categorised by fragrance, with varieties ranging from the "sauce", with a character resembling soy sauce, to "phoenix", which is earthy and fruity. It is served warm or at room temperature and usually as an accompaniment to a meal. Interestingly Baijiu is aged in large earthenware pots, a process which I would think is of dubious value for distilled liquor. So whist you shouldn't be fooled into buying the older, premium priced varieties – do keep a bottle at hand for raucous, banqueting celebrations, Chinese style!
There are few cocktails that compare to Brazil's caipirinha. The exquisite taste both belies and credits the simplicity of the ingredients – lime, sugar and cachaça. I find many cocktails to be frivolous, but then there are those that bring such weight of tradition and meaning to bear as to be undeniable. If you haven't had one, then make it your mission to correct the oversight. Despite its similarity to rum and specifically to rhum agricole, both are made from sugarcane juice, cachaça is its own unique spirit with a distinctive, funky, evocative flavour. It's a beach, a party, and a party on a beach (in the best Brazilian style), all inside the confines of nine ounce rocks glass. Perhaps the most interesting aspect to cachaça and a hint to its one-of-a-kind flavour profile is that it's matured in a variety of woods, including the exotic sounding amendoim, jequitibá and umburana, unlike other fine spirits which employ oak exclusively. It's thin on the ground in South Africa, but the excellent Germana, an artisanal, pot distilled cachaça in a distinctive banana leaf wrapped bottle, can be found here and there.
Tagged baijiu, Cachaça, ouzo, pastis, raki
San Francisco days, San Francisco nights
Posted on 1 November 2016 by Patrick Leclezio | Leave a comment
The long haul will be quickly forgotten, the city once there etched on you forever. We never will be through, San Francisco.
First published in GQ Magazine (November 2016 edition).
San Fran. Frisco. SF. It's hardly surprising when remarking on this city, that these conversant-with diminutives abound, even from those who haven't come within a parsec of the place. The tendency exists for good reason: because the city is so damned pervasively to-the-marrow-of-its-bones cool that people subconsciously ache for this familiarity. And I'm not talking about some indefinable, je ne sais quoi cool. No, this is the obvious, all-encompassing kind. Very simply – San Francisco is the complete package. Awe-inspiring beauty. Tick. Distinct and interesting character. Tick. Cosmopolitan. Tick. Diverse range of things to see and do. Tick, tick, tick! I could go on ad nauseam but I think you get the picture. They say things are bigger and better in America and with San Francisco representing even an unimpressionable (if not downright cynical) person like me would find the sentiment difficult to dispute. To quote Jim Morrison: "The West is the best. Get here, and we'll do the rest". He may just as well have been thinking of San Francisco when he wrote it.
The Mission, Castro, Nob Hill, SOMA, Chinatown, Haight-Ashbury… San Francisco is replete with a plethora of fascinating, willful, extraordinary neighbourhoods. As I was wandering through Castro, I happened upon a guy wearing only takkies (sneakers!) and a cock-sock. Not something you see every day I thought to myself. Apparently though, in Castro, this is exactly the sort of thing that you see every day.
Most of these areas have their own unique personality, into one of which you may want to immerse yourself for the duration of your visit, depending on your particular preferences. Personally, I'm an advocate of the central location, the convenient springboard from which to access and explore a city easily. In pursuit of this objective you'll be hard pressed to find better than the brand-new, downtown-based Axiom Hotel. From its fibre-optic internet connections delivered via individual routers, its interactive TV-interfaced information and entertainment system, and its paperless philosophy, to its communal tables, its pets welcome policy (with no extra cost), and its foosball table and arcade games, this place is a mirror of the city's young, progressive and tech-savvy essence.
28 Cyril Magnin Street San Francisco CA 94102, +1 415-392-9466
http://www.axiomhotel.com/
Some places keep their distance, warming to you and you to them only gradually. Frisco, with our trip kicking off at the Press Club San Francisco, gave us a big, welcoming hug right at from start. I was cognisant that I was near the heart of America's wine country, but that I wouldn't have the time to visit any of the outlying wineries. Lucky then for wine bars like this one. I sat back in the elegantly appointed surroundings, the DJ creating a buzzing atmosphere for the 200 odd patrons (with some excellent remixed hard rock), and tasted eight of the 300 different available expressions, paired with options from a vast, exquisite small-plates pairing menu. The sumptuous food and wine, the relaxed cosmopolitan crowd, and lesbian speed dating taking place at the table behind me plugged me straight into the SF vibe.
20 Yerba Buena Lane San Francisco CA 94103, +1 415-744-5000
www.pressclubsf.com
I've travelled extensively to Paris, Rome, and London, cities that I'd consider to be heavyweight culinary capitals, but I've never eaten as well, across the board, as I did in San Francisco – a compliment not lightly dispensed. I set out specifically to experience three types of eateries: traditional, funky, and fine dining. In that order then.
Fog Harbor Fish House
Dungeness crab, and clam chowder in a sourdough bread bowl – these are the iconic San Francisco dishes, in which Fog Harbor specialises. With the restaurant being located in Pier 39, the city's equivalent of the V&A Waterfront, and being part of a group, I was somewhat concerned that the experience might be a bit artificial, pre-packaged for the tourist masses. There were tourists, no doubt (I tend to overlook in such instances that I'm one myself), but this didn't detract from what turned out to be a long, lingering, satisfyingly authentic lunch, drinking craft beer and local wine, and contemplating the knockout view of the Bay. We sampled the crab, the chowder, the bread (from reputed baker Boudin), and a mixed seafood grill, all of which was delicious, but, ironically, the highlight was the outstanding crème brulee. Go figure.
39 Pier 39 Concourse San Francisco CA 94133, +1 415-421-2442
www.fogharbor.com
Foreign Cinema
Ostensibly this spot's claim to fame is its screening of seminal movies, foreign or otherwise (the Goonies whilst we were there), intended and executed as ambience rather than active entertainment. They've created a unique atmosphere, possibly the most charming and compelling that I've ever experienced in a restaurant, from the retro, theatre-style façade and entrance passage to the al fresco dining area, a large courtyard fringed by a wall onto which the films are projected. But as attractive as it is, it would be a disservice to get overly caught up in the veneer, because Foreign Cinema has a real epicurean depth and credibility to it. The wine list numbers 800 odd, flabbergasting for a neighbourhood brasserie, and the selection of oysters alone, a speciality clearly, runs to a dozen odd, impressive for any establishment anywhere. The rest of the menu is expansive and imaginative – the American caviar, cod gratin, fried chicken, and rhubarb and huckleberry cheesecake that I was served were all delightful – and to my further astonishment, I was told that it changes daily. You'd have to twist my rubber arm to go back to verify.
2534 Mission Street San Francisco CA 94110, +1 415-648-7600
www.foreigncinema.com
Photo by Charlie Villyard
Wow! If Mazlow's hierarchy was adapted to eating specifically, then Saison would be its self-actualisating apex. After a visit here it seemed vulgar to me that food should have to be used for physical sustenance when it's so obviously suited to a much higher purpose. I asked the head sommelier on arrival if there was any particular theme to his wine and drinks menu. His reply was that they simply look to source and offer the very best of everything. And that was my sense of it for the place in its entirety. Our 15-course tasting menu introduced itself with salt seasoned caviar in an egg custard accompanied by a little loaf of fat basted bread, so ridiculously good that I thought they'd overreached too early. Oh ye of little faith indeed. In a meandering, bibulous journey with such highlights as trout (from "Battle Creek"!), lobster, abalone (in a sauce of its liver and capers), crab, and wild boar, and a variety of dishes – such as the grilled artichoke barigoule – made from vegetables cultivated in the restaurant's own garden, my doubts were put to the sword in decisive fashion. The wines with which these courses were paired were predictably spectacular but it is the Eiko Fuji unpasteurised sake and the Jacques Perritaz cider (who knew cider could taste like this!) that live largest in my memory. A place of understated elegance and outrageous tantalisation.
178 Townsend Street San Francisco CA 94107, +1 415-828-7990
www.saisonsf.com
Valencia Street in the Mission, a hip, slightly eccentric assemblage featuring artisanal purveyors of all persuasions, offers the opportunity for an extended stretch of mellow ambling and browsing, with a stop for some gelato here, and a nibble on some chocolate there. Drop in at Tartine in the general area for an excellent if overpriced pastry (or even for an asparagus croque monsieur). Hayes Valley flaunts a lively retail scene, Haight Street still has the same vibrancy as I imagine it did during the Summer of Love, the Ferry Building market is a gourmet's treat , and if you're about at the right time of year you'll want to catch the inimitable 420 (look it up) exhibition (a pop-up market really) in Golden Gate Park. However whilst these trendy, signature San Fran spots are all well and good, this is still the US of A, where the shopping mall is king. Here specifically it's the Westfield that reigns. Large (170 shops), upmarket (Bloomingdale's, Michael Kors, Hugo Boss), central (epicentral!), it presented me with the occasion to track down and secure an obscure-ish piece of luggage that I'd been hankering after. In fact the selection was so vast that I found it in no less than three places. Never mind Alice's Restaurant, it's here where you can get anything you want. Special mentions for David's Tea, an outlet offering 150 varieties, and Tap 415, where you'll get a large range of not only draught beer but also wine on tap (which prevents oxidisation), and other specialities like chicharones, pretzel nuggets, and the show-stopping Tap burger, a hamburger for the ages.
865 Market Street San Francisco CA 94103, +1 415-512-6776
www.westfield.com/sanfrancisco
There are dozens of exciting possible excursions in and around Frisco, but the area's incredible beauty is perhaps best appreciated on the Bay itself. From the variety of operators plying the water we opted for the Hornblower brunch cruise. Americans don't mess around when it comes to buffets, and this lavish spread was no exception. I was able to enjoy unparalleled views of the city (those famous ski-jump streets), the Golden Gate and Bay bridges, and the surrounding areas (Oakland, Sonoma, and Sausalito in the distance), all from the sated comfort of a liner-style dining deck, with live piano included.
Pier 3 Hornblower Landing The Embarcadero San Francisco CA 94111, +1 415-788-8866
www.hornblower.com
These are views of which you just can't get enough, and I had a second bite when we subsequently visited Alcatraz. I'd been fascinated with the place since watching Clint Eastwood in "Escape from Alcatraz", a true story – one of many colourful stories about the island and its former inhabitants, so I was determined to fulfil it with my own on-the-spot insights of America's most notorious prison. Alcatraz is welded into San Francisco's landscape both geographically and culturally, and as such it's an indispensable inclusion in any itinerary.
Pier 33 Alcatraz Landing San Francisco California 94133, +1 415-981-7625
www.alcatrazcruises.com
For a young city San Fran has a rich history. The Presidio, a large tract of land at its northern end, offers a great portal into parts of this past, by way of its museum, its heritage buildings and structures, its free programs at the The Presidio Officers' Club, and its own pivotal role in local and national events. Dating back to 1776, the time of the Spanish settlement, it served as a military base for most of its existence before being transferred to the Presidio Trust to manage as a national park. Moreover though, it's a kill-ten-birds-with-one-stone, multifaceted type of place, the possibilities ranging from walking and biking (and just gazing out from the overlooks) along a picturesque, 24-mile trail in its forested parklands, mass picnicking on Thursdays and Sundays, feasting in one of its choice of ten eateries (try the margaritas at Arguello, yum!), golfing, swimming at Baker Beach, camping at the city's only campground, and much much more given that it also accommodates a brewery, a bowling alley, a trampoline park, and tennis courts. This rambling resort is easily arrived at to boot by means of a free shuttle from downtown. Stay at the historic inn, take in some live music, get a look at the Walt Disney Family Museum, and visit Yoda's statue outside the Lucas Films HQ.
The Presidio San Francisco CA 94129, +1 415-561-4323
www.presidio.gov
I read a report recently that claimed that San Fran's black population had declined from one in seven in 1970, to one in twenty today. One of the casualties of these shifting dynamics has been the city's jazz scene, previously bustling, now reduced to only a few dedicated clubs. Deluxe is an endearingly gritty jazz "dive" that's keeping the flag flying and flying high. Their focus is firmly the music – the excellent Bastet, playing on the night that we visited, is one of 60 odd bands on their books – but they also mix a mean Tom Collins.
1511 Haight Street San Francisco CA 94117, +1 415-552-6949
www.clubdeluxe.co
It's not really feasible to walk San Francisco. It may not be the largest of cities, by American standards, but it's large enough. Cycling though, which retains a point-blank perspective but with added reach, is a great option. It's popular in these parts both as a sport – Specialized has its head office close-by – and as a commuting format, with multiple bike lanes facilitating. We chose Streets of San Francisco bike tours, based on excellent TripAdvisor reviews and it didn't disappoint: from the decent bikes, and the complementary water and snacks, to the knowledgeable guide, very importantly, who was able to instruct us on a diverse topics including street art, architecture, culture, and history, never mind the geography of the place (one part of it being the reputed "Wiggle", the hill-avoiding traverse) – making us feel like we were able to get under the surface of the city in a short space of time.
370 Linden Street San Francisco CA 94102, +1 415-448-7673
www.sosfbiketours.com
Special thanks to San Francisco Travel (www.sanfrancisco.travel).
Tagged Alcatraz, Axiom Hotel, Fog Harbor Fish House, Foreign Cinema, GQ, Hornblower Tours, Press Club of San Francisco, Streets of San Francisco, The Presidio, Westfield


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Bidvest's Comair coup ejects SA's best entrepreneurial export
13th January 2020 14th January 2020 by Alec Hogg
Last week I shared how Greenside High and Wits University old boy Rodney Sacks is recognised in the heart of capitalism as one of their best entrepreneurs. And suggested that it was time the billionaire who runs the best performing stock of the century, Monster Energy, is long overdue recognition in his homeland. Seems Bidvest thinks differently.
Sacks had been quietly contributing as a non-executive director to JSE-listed Comair's extraordinary record of the only known airline worldwide to have delivered 68 consecutive years of operating profits. But at the end of last year, he left the Comair board as part of what appears to have been a coup by the company's biggest shareholder Bidvest.
Apart from the California-based billionaire, also departed from the Comair boardroom are long serving chairman Piet van Hoven and his deputy Martin Moritz, who left in the past fortnight. They followed Dr Piet Welgemoed who resigned with immediate effect on 3 December. Two other boardroom incumbents are also leaving soon; company secretary Derek Borer departs on Feb 15 and emigrating FD Kisten King, at the end of next month.
So far there's been little relevant communication from the company, with each departing director praised for their contribution. But there is a whispering campaign that Van Hoven, Sacks and Co had served for too long. By that logic Berkshire Hathaway shareholders are overdue demanding Warren Buffett and Charlie Munger's heads. That's disingenuous. But rest assured, we'll hear the real story soon enough. Because the truth has a way of escaping even the tightest constrictions.
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Private: some search engines make money by not tracking users
Discussion in 'other software & services' started by guest, May 16, 2012.
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...One of the top privacy search engines has a name reminiscent of a children's game: DuckDuckGo. The site was founded two years ago but has recently taken off; just last month, it hit an all-time record of 1.5 million searches per day and its daily search traffic has grown by 227 percent in three months. So what does DuckDuckGo do differently, besides putting up cheeky billboards in San Francisco? DuckDuckGo works by using both its own Web crawler and data from other search engines, including Yahoo, Bing, and Blekko—but not Google. The company claims not to log IP addresses or user agents, and "no cookies are used by default." It also uses default encryption modeled after HTTPS Everywhere. "Not really knowing about [what the other guys do], we independently made the decision that we wanted to go down this route of not storing this data," explained Gabriel Weinberg, the site's founder, in an interview with Ars this month. "Search engines have a history of getting subpoenas, and Google has been more and more open to the requests that they were responding to," he said. "It seemed inevitable that search engines would get requests from law enforcement—I don't like that idea of handing over data." Beyond that, the company started operating a Tor exit enclave not long after it launched, allowing traffic headed for the DuckDuckGo search engine to exit the Tor network. "That makes it easier for people on Tor to hit our search engine and it means that we don't store stuff and you can ensure that it exits through us. You can be end-to-end anonymous on Tor," Weinberg added. How does a site that makes a point of not tracking its users make money? Through contextualized search ads that generate "sponsored links." Not that Google's money machine should start to worry yet; Weinberg says that his for-profit company earned around $115,000 in revenue in 2011—with three employees and a handful of other contractors...
Read more: http://arstechnica.com/business/201...ngines-that-make-money-by-not-tracking-users/
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Igor Liubchenko, Serhii Kuliaba and Oleh Pryimachov all secured titles on a busy day of finals at Orbita Hall.
Liubchenko struck first in the men's 63.5 kilograms final against Iran's Ali Zarinfar, winning on points 30-27.
Immediately after, in the next bout, Kuliaba doubled his country's tally.
He overcame Russian Vladimir Kuzmin 29-28 to seal the 67kg gold medal.
Ukraine had to wait until the final fight of the night before completing the treble as Pryimachov claimed a walkover victory against Poland's Lukasz Radosz in the 91kg final.
In front of their country's Minister for Sport and Tourism, Kobkarn Wattanavrangkul, Thai competitors claimed two gold medals.
Wiwat Khamtha sealed the first after scoring a 30-27 win over Russia's Aleksandr Abramov in the men's 57kg final.
Suppachai Muensang then joined Khamtha on top of the podium as he won the men's 71kg title against Iranian Masoud Minaei, 30-27.
There could have been a third title for Thailand but Apasara Koson was beaten in the opening final of the night.
She lost the 51kg gold medal contest against Vietnam's Bui Yen Li 30-27.
Sweden's Sofia Olofsson prevailed in the women's 54kg final, defeating Valeriya Drozdova of Russia 30-27.
Svetlana Vinnikova managed to win gold for Russia, however.
She defeated Finland's Gia Winberg 30-27 in the final of the women's 60kg event.
The remaining three men's titles were won by competitors from Kazakhstan, Belarus and Turkey.
Kazakh Elaman Sayasatov defeated Spaniard Kevin Martinez 30-27 in the 54kg final.
Belorussian Vital Hurkou clinched 75kg gold after beating Vasyl Sorokin of Ukraine 29-28 while Turkey's Ali Dogan was crowned champion in the 81kg class after he claimed a 29-28 win over Sweden's Constantino Nanga.
Elsewhere today, Germany claimed a memorable pair of gold medals in the men's and women's canoe polo finals.
Both teams were defending champions coming into the Games and both succeeded in retaining their titles.
The men's team comfortably beat Italy 4-1 in the final with bronze going to Spain after they overcame France 2-1.
Germany's women won even more emphatically as they sealed gold with a 5-0 humbling of France.
Italy sealed bronze in the women'e event by beating New Zealand 4-3.
There was one gold medal awarded in tug of war today.
Great Britain won the men's outdoor 640kg title at Marsowe Fields with a 2-1 success over Switzerland.
Germany finished in bronze medal position after they brushed aside Sweden 3-0.


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David Post |The Volokh Conspiracy | 10.26.2015 1:03 PM
In 2004, Roger Giese was arrested in California and charged with a number of serious sexual offenses allegedly committed against an adolescent boy during a four-year period when the boy was under age 14. While out on bail, he fled to England; when he didn't show up for his trial, a warrant for his arrest was issued. In England, he took on a new identity and a new life—even founding a successful PR firm in Hampshire—and remained undetected by U.S. authorities for several years. In 2014, U.S. agents tracked him down and filed a request to U.K. authorities that he be arrested and extradited to the United States to stand trial.
It's a fairly routine procedure—but here, the magistrate judge denied the extradition request, and the appellate court (the High Court of Justice, Queen's Bench Division) recently upheld the denial.
The court held that extradition was inappropriate because (a) there was a "real risk" that, upon his return to the United States, Giese would be subject to California's procedures allowing for "civil commitment"—in the court's words, "indeterminate confinement in a secure facility which may be imposed in civil proceedings against a person who has been convicted of, and who has served his sentence for, certain types of sexual offence and who is deemed to be mentally ill and dangerous"—and (b) that this would result in a "flagrant denial" of his rights under the European Convention on Human Rights.
[More specifically, Art. 5 of the ECHR permits a "deprivation of liberty" only in certain specified cases, one of which is "the lawful detention … of persons of unsound mind …" But California's procedures, which the court parsed quite carefully, cast a much wider net than is permitted under this "unsound mind" exception.
"[W]hilst those of 'unsound mind' for the purposes of Article 5 may well [be] liable to civil commitment [under CA law], in the latter case the net is cast widely, and those with a mental diagnosis which falls far short of 'unsound mind' are likely to be committed." The court noted "testimony from experts on civil commitment practices in California" which showed that "California state law allows for an individual to be civilly committed just because he does not 'think correctly'," and that while this can "include severe mental disorder," it can also cover "people who just make the wrong decisions …" Furthermore, the California medical professionals responsible for identifying those "sexually violent predators" who are likely to commit future crimes have a "great deal of latitude" in making their determinations, and Giese could be civilly committed based only on a determination that he has a vaguely defined "antisocial behavior disorder."]
I've blogged about these grotesque and Kafkaesque—Keysey-esque, one is tempted to say—civil commitment statutes before, in the context of several recent cases (in Missouri and Minnesota) in which they have been declared to violate the Due Process Clause of the U.S. Constitution. I'm hopeful that this latest decision—the second time (see Sullivan v Government of USA [2012] EWHC 1680 (Admin)) that a U.K. court has found that U.S. civil commitment procedures violate basic human rights—though from a foreign court interpreting foreign law, will add to the weight and persuasiveness of the constitutional challenges to these schemes. [Calling Justice Breyer!]
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More Than One Couple Is Getting Engaged on the Season Finale of 'The Conners'
By Sara Belcher
May 19 2021, Published 7:10 p.m. ET
ABC's hit comedy show The Conners has been renewed for a fourth season — which is good news because the show's producers have been teasing an epic Season 3 finale. Since the end of May, the teasers have promised that someone is getting engaged, but who exactly will it be?
There are only four couples who could be on their way to a proposal, and leading the fan guesses are Dan and Louise.
Are Dan and Louise getting engaged on 'The Conners'?
Fans have been dying to know who the lucky couple will be ever since the official Twitter page for The Conners tweeted on April 25, "Someone's getting engaged."
It wasn't long before the replies to the tweet were filled with viewers sure that Dan and Louise would be the happy couple — despite Louise's recent absence from The Conners.
The show's producers have been talking about how far the couple's relationship has come all season, starting with Louise's COVID-19 diagnosis.
"When she gets sick, the effect on Dan is devastating," Executive Producer Dave Caplan told ET. "Here's a guy who wasn't sure he'd be able to find love again at his age or after having such a long first marriage. And now we see the depth of the relationship is so profound that Dan's willing to go to Louise's to take care of her -- even if it means endangering himself."
That being said, Dave also said it's only part of a "much bigger arc" for the pair.
One of their continuous sticking points has been Louise's insistence at having her independence, despite Dan's continued attempts to get her to commit.
"The best thing I can say is I think it's the Conners. There's definitely going to be some happiness, there's definitely going to be some woes but we can't say who's going to get what," Executive Producer Bruce Helford told the outlet.
Tonight on #TheConners season finale, we're getting two proposals so tell the world to watch at 9|8c on ABC! pic.twitter.com/qYKsJ3NvNR
— The Conners (@TheConnersABC) May 19, 2021
Who gets engaged on 'The Conners'?
Dan and Louise aren't the only couple facing a potential proposal this season finale. In fact, according to Bruce, three of the four prominent couples on The Conners will face "major events," TV Insider reported.
"There's potential in all of the relationships for dramatic or comedic outcomes," Bruce told the outlet.
Darlene and Ben, Becky and Emilio, and Jackie and Neville are the other couples potentially popping the question this episode — but which one will it be?
Darlene and Ben are in the middle of a rough patch, and it's becoming clear that the recent ultimatum is wearing on their relationship. Becky and Emilio are dealing with Becky's return from rehab while concerns of Emilio's potential deportation weigh on them, but "he has proven himself to be really loyal, faithful, and supportive of her," Dave said.
Lastly, Jackie and Neville are still dealing with Jackie's restraining order from Aaron Rodgers — and Dave said she could "easily self-destruct at any moment."
Fans are divided on who else they think will get engaged this episode — but regardless, it looks like it's going to be an eventful one.
The season finale of The Conners airs May 19 at 9 p.m. EST on ABC.
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Paul Mosia an optimist, down to earth and kind person, also known to many as "Bra-P", "Sta-P", "Master P" and or "Paulisto". A proudly South African, born and bred in Mamafubedu / Petrus Steyn. The second born of the four children of Samuel and Josephine Mosia.
King, A.K.A Zwelithini Patrick Thile is a combination of different traits, he is a native South African and African. He was born in Bloemfontein and bred in Thaba Nchu. By profession, he is an IT Solution Architect | Front End Web Developer | Designer.
Commucation Manager
Thabang is a multi-faceted Law (LLB) graduate and a Candidate Attorney by profession. He also has years of experience in IT industry having worked as an ETL Developer and an IT Business Analyst to date. He holds various degrees from the University of Cape (UCT) and UNISA respectively.
Mjere, also known as Jerry Mosia is a native South African, born and bred in Mamafubedu. His love for Hip-Hop developed in the early 90s' when the East Coast – West Coast s**t was taking-off, and he took the West Coast side. He was a big fan of the then Death Row Records, which signed artists such as Tupac and Snoop Doggy Dogg.
Teboho
Teboho Masimini is a team player, accountable, and very honest. Was born on the 30th of September 1985 at Thaba Nchu, a father to 2 beautiful girls. Grew up in a family that follows Christianity from a young age until now, as an adult decided to follow Christianity as a religion for a lifetime.
Stumgero is a new presenter of MPM Online Radio who hosts two shows. SA Top 20 Charts and MPM Breakfast Show.
Molefi
News Reader
Molefi is a new partial presenter of MPM Online Radio who read the news, weather and sports presenter.