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A former S-21 nurse's tale of a family of fallen revolutionaries
Kambol (Phnom Penh, Cambodia). 15/02/2009: Civil party Khoeum Meth continued her testimony, followed by a former Khmer Rouge nurse, also a plaintive
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By Stéphanie Gée
On Thursday July 9th, before the parties interrogated by turns Mrs. Chim Meth (or Khoeum Meth), president Nil Nonn reminded them they "must not ask questions that are long or disconnected from the facts." The survivor, whose place of detention before she was sent to the Prey Sar re-education camp remained unclear, was followed by a former S-21 nurse. Part of a revolutionary family that was purged by a paranoid regime, she inaugurated a new category of civil parties: people who voluntarily served the murderous Angkar before being crushed in their turn by the hellish system.
What did the civil party say yesterday?
Very quickly, a small controversy started over the civil party's photograph, taken in 1977 and presented in court on the previous day. Marie-Paule Canizarès, co-lawyer for the accused, declared that if all parties agreed to say the photograph was taken in Prey Sar (S-24), the defence would accept that the document was put before the Chamber. Kim Mengkhy, one of the lawyers for Mrs. Chim Meth, protested. "We are not sure where the photograph was taken. The civil party said it had been taken before her arrest, so it cannot have been at S-24…" The French lawyer maintained her stance: "I am going through my notes from yesterday, following the statement of the civil party who, asked by Your Honour whether the photograph had been taken in Prey Sar or in S-21, answered very precisely that it was in Prey Sar. Therefore, I believe that in light of the civil party's statement, there can be no doubt over the conditions in which the picture was taken."
Martine Jacquin, co-lawyer for Chim Meth, could be heard protesting in her microphone, which she hadn't realised was still off: "I do not agree. That is not what she said." She took the floor again, this time officially: "According to the notes we took, the civil party stated that the picture had been taken in her unit when her biography was made in her unit, and that at the time, she hadn't been particularly worried about it. Afterwards, when she arrived at the detention centre, the biography and photograph were already there. The accused said it was done in Prey Sar, but for the civil party, she first went to the detention centre and then, she was sent to Prey Sar, while the photographs were made before."
It turned out that the two lawyers were right, quoting from two different extracts of the civil party's testimony – after the author of this article verified recordings of the French interpretation of her statement. This illustrated the ambiguities in her testimony, which were not picked up, starting with the location of unit 17, which the civil party belonged to and sometimes located in Prey Sar, sometimes in other places… The only constant on this point of her story was that the photographs were taken before she was arrested.
Duch: the photograph was taken in S-24
Judge Cartwright decided to clarify things with the accused and asked him on what grounds he inferred that the picture, although displayed in S-21, actually originated from Prey Sar. Duch simply returned to the confusions made orally by the civil party, highlighting that she had actually declared the photograph had been taken in Prey Sar, "according to the transcript." So, actually, the judge pursued, you are relying on Mrs. Chim Meth's words and you do not have any other argument to support the conclusion you made yesterday? "Any person sent to S-21 was photographed by our staff and a number was also required, especially for people who came from S-24," he answered without answering and said he hardly knew the relevant procedure that prevailed in Prey Sar. "In principle, people sent to Prey Sar had to be photographed, except for the children, as far as I remember," he added however. And when the picture does not bear any identification number as is the case here, what does that mean?, the national co-Prosecutor asked Duch, without receiving any satisfying reply.
Mystery over Mrs. Chim Meth's place of detention
Return to Chim Meth's interrogation. The Cambodian co-Prosecutor sought to verify Duch's assertion that each division had its own detention centre (cf. previous day hearing). Did she see prisons in her division, the 450? The civil party did see women from her unit "disappear" but "we were told they were taken to be re-educated. I wasn't told they were taken to be imprisoned. It was impossible for me to know whether there was a place of detention for these people within the unit."
In her unit 17, no interrogation or torture, but a quota to fulfil: transplanting at least one hectare of rice per day. Chim Meth described the difficult working conditions, in particular the plough that had to be pulled manually throughout the rice fields, in spite of exhaustion and injuries.
The international co-Prosecutor presented on the screen a statement made by Chim Meth to the Centre for Social Development (CSD, an NGO), as a preliminary step to her application as potential civil party. "This document, was it read to you and do you think it is authentic?", he asked her. "I recognise my handwriting. I wrote it based on my own feelings." The co-Prosecutor requested that the document be retained as an element of evidence and sat down. Silence. His speaking time was not yet over. He stood up again. "In this document, you noted that on the second day, you realised you were in Tuol Sleng. Can you tell us more?" "Actually, I knew it only when CSD brought the documents with my photograph. That's when I realised that I had been detained in a prison which I didn't know at the time was Tuol Sleng. I only knew I was imprisoned in a building oriented East-West."
"In the same document," the co-Prosecutor continued, "you stated that you realised the prison was directed by Duch." There again, the civil party made a divergent statement. "I did not personally see or recognise Duch. But comrade Meng, who was detained there with me, […] told me [someone named] Duch was now the chief of the Tuol Sleng security office. I learned that when I was detained in Prey Sar."
Last question from the co-Prosecutor: "Yesterday, you told the Chamber that when your co-detainees went to wash and came back, they warned you by saying: 'better to die rather than go and wash.' In your opinion, what may have been the reason for that warning?" Chim Meth said she never found out…
Civil party lawyers chided by the president
Martine Jacquin, co-lawyer for the civil party, then returned at length to the personal story of her client – who was raised by her grandparents and forcibly recruited as a teenager in the Khmer Rouge army. This warranted her two calls to order, separated by a few minutes, by the president, who accused her of asking questions that were off-topic and outside of the temporal jurisdiction of the tribunal (from April 17th 1975 to January 6th 1979).
Her Cambodian colleague, Kim Mengkhy, quickly requested to interrogate the accused: in your opinion, what did Chim Meth's picture in S-21 prove? Why did someone like Chim Meth, who came from the same district as you, have to be sent to Prey Sar and be treated like a slave? Did you know her father, a high-ranking police officer, educated and native from the same district as you? You said that women's interrogations were entrusted to women, yet the civil party was interrogated by men… Etc. He was inexhaustible. The president intervened: "Do you think the accused is able to answer a flurry of questions?"
Duch selected the questions. He said he did not know the civil party's father and the photographs "were taken for the superior echelon concerning any detainee they wanted a picture of." He concluded, on the tone of a studious student to his teacher: "If you have other questions, ask them to me one by one."
"I am responsible before the court"
The lawyer was not flustered. He had three minutes left: "The accused said that in all the cases, he was emotionally responsible to all the victims for the crimes committed. Can you tell Mrs. Chim Meth present here whether your emotional responsibility applies to her and if so, to what extent?" "Regarding Chim Meth, I am not emotionally responsible," Duch answered. "I am fully responsible for the crimes committed before the court."
A confused testimony
Time for the defence. "In this text – which you told us you wrote yourself –, you claimed you were electrocuted. But when you answered a question from the president yesterday, you said you had not been electrocuted. Why the discrepancy?", Kar Savuth asked Chim Meth. "I did not suffer electroshocks at the detention centre, in Prey Sar, but in my unit, when I was asked to write my biography," the civil party specified.
"I do not know if I was detained in Tuol Sleng"
When she recently went to Tuol Sleng with CSD representatives, Chim Meth explained to Marie-Paule Canizarès, she was unable to determine whether she had been detained there, as she had been blindfolded. "Is it then fair to say that the only element that makes you say today you may have been detained in Tuol Sleng at the time is the picture of yourself displayed there?", the lawyer asked. "When I saw my own photograph, and that of other women from my unit, I did not realise I had been detained in Tuol Sleng. […] As I said, I did not know if I was or had been detained in Tuol Sleng. I was imprisoned in a detention centre. Was it Tuol Sleng or not? I did not know."
Recommendations to the judges regarding a fragile civil party
Chim Meth's statement was over. Another civil party was waiting to enter the courtroom. But before that, Silke Studzinsky, co-lawyer for civil party group 2, which includes the forthcoming witness, made some "preliminary remarks." "Today," she warned, "our client will dare to reveal her story, which is much larger than what is recorded in the civil party application form." It seemed that this civil party started opening to her lawyers about her past only "very recently." Silke Studzinsky announced the program for her client's testimony: her personal relationship with well-placed Khmer Rouge parents, the training she received to become medical staff, her two older brothers who worked in S-21, and a word on the accused. Cautious, the lawyer insisted: "Our client is feeling particularly anxious about taking the floor today before the Chamber. […] It is therefore to be expected that she will be overwhelmed by emotion. […] I ask the Chamber to take this into account. […] I ask you to give time to the civil party without inviting her to control her emotions […], to wait until she recomposes herself or to plan for a recess."
To judge Cartwright, she specified that her team had met the civil party three times, including once "a very long time ago." The New Zealand judge recalled to the attention of the civil party lawyers that the Chamber had asked them to provide them with some guidelines on how to treat the witnesses and shot the following comment in Silke Studzinsky's direction: "We are all experienced judges. I am not sure we require the advice you just gave us."
A Khmer Rouge civil party at the stand
Mrs. Nam Mon, a 48-year-old farmer, took her seat. In mid-1975, when she was 15, she joined the tiny medical staff of S-21 (three members). The life of that Khmer Rouge family was turned upside down when the father, who worked in "logistics," was arrested in 1977. One of the older sons – two of them became guards in Tuol Sleng – received the order to execute their father. The ones after the others, they turned to detainees. Six of her relatives did not come back from S-21. Only Nam Mon survived.
Kambol (Phnom Penh, Cambodia). 09/07/2009: Mrs. Nam Mon, farmer and former nurse under the Khmer Rouge, during her testimony at the ECCC
©Stéphanie Gée
Accused of betraying the Khmer Rouge cause, she was also arrested early 1978 and was detained for three months at S-21, before being transferred to the Prey Sar re-education camp. There, she was assigned for the five months she spent in the camp to digging pits to bury the dead children. Then, she was sent to another prison shortly before the arrival of the Vietnamese. Nam Mon was still only a child, she recalled, when her father, a "small shopkeeper" joined the Khmer Rouge revolutionary forces. "He was then an informer in Phnom Penh."
A president who loses patience
The petite woman, who kept her arms stuck to her body and lowered her eyes every time she spoke, gave a vague story, sometimes answering beside the point, which resulted in Nil Nonn becoming irritated and lecturing her: "Please, listen to the question carefully." The illiterate woman's answers seemed at times to exasperate the president, while he tried to have her identify the S-21 building where she worked, without using any map… "When you entered through the main gate, was it the building on the left or on the right?", the judge repeated, lost as to how to phrase the question. The civil party multiplied her answers, with little clarity. "Are you sure you remember which way is East and which is West?", the judge seemed to worry.
It was only much later that it was decided to show on the screen an aerial picture of Tuol Sleng, which the civil party still struggled to make sense of. When the Cambodian co-Prosecutor suggested to print the document to make it easier for Nam Mon, he was immediately rebuffed by the president, who exclaimed most inappropriately: "Wait until it is your turn to speak." A countless number of plans and photographs of S-21 exist, which could also have been shown to the civil party.
During her three-month captivity in S-21, early 1978, Nam Mon found herself in the hands of interrogators with whom she was unable to argue her statute as a colleague. "They were new. I didn't know them. The guards were constantly changing." Her father was detained for six months – a long time in a prison such as S-21.
A number of elements in her story caught the attention: that her relatives were killed, according to her, in S-21 at a time when executions took place on the outskirts of Phnom Penh, in Choeung Ek, to avoid epidemics, or that her mother did not work under the Khmer Rouge before her arrest, as she indicated. The former S-21 nurse may also be able to shed new light on the medical experimentations and the practice of drawing blood that were allegedly performed on S-21 prisoners and which Duch has finally started acknowledging since very recently.
The hearing was adjourned earlier than usual. In spite of an additional recess and the presence of a member of the Victims Support Unit by her side, it became too much for Nam Mon when she was shown the picture of one of her disappeared relatives. She is scheduled to come back and finish her testimony on Monday July 13th.
(translated from French by Ji-Sook Lee)
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Assassin's Creed: Revelations
Assassin's Creed Revelations does a terrific job of concluding both Ezio and Altair.
By Grayshadow, Posted 03 Dec 2011
It's been a long time that gamers have followed the enduring Ezio Auditore from Italian playboy to legendary Assassin. Assassin's Creed Revelations traverses the final days of the two lead Assassins Ezio Auditore and Altair Ibn-La'Ahad in order to make way for new heroes to emerge. This is another quality entry into Ubisoft's successful action-adventure series and releases you into 16th century Constantinople to witness Ezio and Altair lives play out is an incredible experience that is worth the price.
Though you will be playing as Ezio for most of the game this is Desmond's story. The story picks off at the end of Assassin's Creed: Brotherhood DLC, the Da Vinci Disappearance. Desmond is in a coma and his mind plunged into the Animus's central core. Desmond must try to separate his mind from Ezio and Altair or become a living vegetable for the rest of his life. This virtual reality is presented in the form of an island where you meet an A.I. recreation of Subject Sixteen, Abstergo's pervious subject and descendant of Ezio Auditore. However Desmond's segments are completely optional and feature a trip through Desmond's past through a first-person puzzle sequences that require the player to built blocks to reach the end. Understanding who Desmond was is an enjoyable experience; it's unfortunate that it is portrayed in such as poor way.
Throughout most of the game you will be playing as Ezio Auditore and sometimes as Altair. Ezio has left Rome and now seeks Altair's legendary library, previously sought by his father, at Masyaf Castle. Once finding the library Ezio finds that he will require five keys to unlock the library and then becomes race against the Templers who seek the same goal. Throughout you venture you'll encounter a series of enjoyable characters that range from the leader of the Ottoman Assassin's to a love interest in search of the keys. As you gather these keys you will be able to relive memories of Altair before and after the first Assassin's Creed. However it is towards the end of the story that things get chaotic and give a satisfying conclusion that incorporates both Ezio and Altair. Ubisoft attempts again to try and include a political conflict within the story that goes hand in hand to the environmental setting. The great storytelling and voice-acting does a great job of conveying the story, the political conflict between the Sultan's family ultimately becomes dull but not boring.
One of the most spectacular things about Assassin's Creed Revelations is the gorgeous views. This is done particularly well because of Revelations soundtrack and controls. New additions like the hook-blade allow climbing and traveling throughout the various locations easier and more accelerating as ever. These attributes are put to better use during certain sequences where music and control meet together to create a sensational experience.
Assassin's Creed Revelations attempts to create new changes while refining old flaws. Similar to pervious Assassin Creed games you can obtain territories from Templers by lighting signal fires. However new to Revelations is the idea of defending these areas through a tower defense game. Templers will attempt to take some areas back and you attempt to push the Templar forces back. Basically you stand on a roof and assign Assassins to specific locations to fight off waves of enemies. This is a welcomed distraction from the game but it wouldn't be missed if it was never put into the game.
Revelations beings back the Assassin recruitment that was previously introduced in Brotherhood and improves on that system. Unlike Brother where recruitment seemed to be more like busywork in Revelations sending your brothers and sisters out to various locations decreases Templar control and increase Assassin control while sometimes gaining more rewards then just experience. There are also quest that are only accessible through fully leveled Assassin's that make you feel like a Mentor.
Another new addition is bomb crafting. Bombs come into three categories lethal, diversionary, and tactical. Combining certain ingredients at a crafting station yields different effects such as poison, smoke, and lamb blood. Combat hasn't change much, if you played the last two Assassin Creed titles then Revelations combat system should be familiar to you. If not you can counter and start a chain kill by killing one enemy then tapping the attack button in the direction of the next enemy.
Returning to Revelations is Multiplayer. Ubisoft has taken the old formula and polish it by including new modes, customizable options, and a story that unfolds as you level up. There is a decent amount of variety here that allow for tense moments and more alleviating experience. Modes like Wanted encourage players to think about the quality of your kill over quantity and the idea that you are being hunted ensures that you remain aware at all times, while modes like steal the artifact is more of a all out rush.
Assassin's Creed Revelations does a terrific job of concluding both Ezio and Altair. If you've played other Assassin Creed titles then Revelations isn't going to surprise you. The core essence of the game remains true and is a quality upgrade from pervious titles. When Assassin Creed does best is what is expected from the series. However something's like Den Defense seem shallow. The strong gameplay, story, and characters make this title a worth addition to Ubisoft's hit series.
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MP asks Secretary of State to 'call-in' the AD Waste Plant appeal
Posted on 22/02/2015 by Ian Bevan
ARamsbottom MP, David Nuttall and Cllr Ian Bevan
Ramsbottom MP, David Nuttall, has asked for the controversial plan to build an AD waste plant in Ramsbottom to be decided by the Secretary of State.
The planning application was originally turned down by Bury Council. Since then Peel and Marshalls have appealed and a public Inquiry is due to start on March 10th.
As you know, the proposal at Fletcher Bank in Ramsbottom is a substantial and complex application in a very sensitive location within land designated as Green Belt. I recently welcomed the publication by the Government of its updated "Planning Policy Guidance on Waste" (October 2014) which makes clear that companies looking to build AD facilities should first look for suitable sites and areas at brownfield locations and not on green belt land.
Ramsbottom MP, David Nuttall, has been working closely with me and the action group RAWS – Ramsbottom Against the Waste Site – on how we can most effectively stop the stop the construction of an Anaerobic Digestion Waste Plant.
David Nuttall MP said "Having spoken to Councillor Bevan, we have decided to ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, Eric Pickles MP, to determine the application himself, as opposed to it being left to the Planning Inspector."
"This move will not stop the Public Inquiry from going ahead, and I know many will wish to speak against the application. Given the seriousness of the implications for local residents in Ramsbottom, I am of the opinion that it warrants a decision being made by the Secretary of State himself."
The Secretary of State has a power to "recover" a planning appeal which has been submitted to the planning inspectorate. A "recovered inquiry" is basically a planning appeal (against a local authority's decision) which the Secretary of State can decide to determine himself, rather than allowing the planning inspector to take the final decision, as is the normal process.
An MP can make representations to have an application called-in or "recovered", but they have to be open ones. MPs and the Secretary of State in taking the decision must follow DCLG Guidance on Planning Propriety Issues.
On whether the request would be successful, David said "I accept that the Secretary of State may decide that it should be left to the Planning Inspector to decide the Appeal but in view of the importance of the application and the fact that there is new guidance in place I considered it worth asking for the Appeal to be recovered by the Secretary of State. I intend to work closely with the local Councillors and residents in Ramsbottom to ensure that this proposed AD Waste Plant does not go ahead".
The formal request has now been acknowledged by the Secretary of State. It may be 4 to 6 weeks before we have his response.
A copy of the MP's letter can be found here: Letter from DN to SoS AD Waste Plan
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amobogio: The Straw Men and the Accident People are similar writers of secret histories. The Straw Men are nastier.
Picking up directly after the events of [b:Fun and Games|9583669|Fun and Games|Duane Swierczynski|http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1297867711s/9583669.jpg|14470611], we find Charlie Hardie in the clutches of The Industry or The Accident People or Secret America, or whatever you want to call them. While Hardie's former colleague is on the lookout for him, finding him proves difficult. "They" don't screw around when they have a task to accomplish and burying the whereabouts of Hardie is their number one objective.
Upon awakening, Hardie finds himself deep underground in a prison somewhere on Earth. I know that's a little vague but Hardie knows next to nothing about where he is, what day it is or even what the time is so he's more than slightly lost. Charged with the task of running the prison as Warden, Charlie is responsible for detaining prisoners with backgrounds so devious, neither himself nor his staff are to be told why they're there. The punishment for not playing along? His family's safety is on the line.
I'm really digging this series although I have to admit, it took me a while to really get behind this book. I feel like Sweirczynski had a lot to live up to after the events of [b:Fun and Games|9583669|Fun and Games|Duane Swierczynski|http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1297867711s/9583669.jpg|14470611] and while it took a bit to get going, he finished very, very strong. A few of the confrontations near the end came across as both intense and hilarious, especially his dialogue with Abrams .
Charlie ""Unkillable Chuck" Hardie is back, after barely surviving the epic shootout with the devious Accident People in Fun & Games. If you thought that was a sinister rollercoaster ride, just tighten your grip on the crash-bar, because you are about to take a wicked plunge, tumbling along with Charlie down the rabbit hole.
The second installment in the Charlie Hardie series, this one picks up exactly where and how the first one left off. Hell & Gone drags a little, in my opinion. You need to really suspend your disbelief to get wrapped up in this far-fetched plot.
I'll read the 3rd, but I hope it more closely resembles the first.
Julie Lippman woke up early the day her boyfriend died.
He should be passing over them soon, actually.
The second of three high-energy thrillers arriving back-to-back from cult crime fiction sensation Duane Swierczynski.
Left for dead after an epic shootout that blew the lid off a billion-dollar conspiracy, ex-cop Charlie Hardie quickly realizes that when you're dealing with The Accident People, things can get worse. Drugged, bound and transported by strange operatives of unknown origin, Hardie awakens to find himself captive in a secret prison that houses the most dangerous criminals on earth.
And then things get really bad. Because this isn't just any prison. It's a Kafkaesque nightmare that comes springloaded with a brutal catch-22: Hardie's the warden. And any attempt to escape triggers a "death mechanism" that will kill everyone down here--including a group of innocent guards. Faced with an unworkable paradox, and knowing that his wife and son could be next on the Accident People's hit list, Hardie has only one choice: fight his way to the heart of this hell hole and make a deal with the Devil himself.
Duane Swierczynski's book Hell And Gone was available from LibraryThing Early Reviewers.


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David Brewster (Jedburgh, 1781. december 11. – Gattonside, 1868. február 10.) skót fizikus, matematikus.

Életútja, családja

Öt testvére közül minden fiútestvére a skót presbiteriánus egyház lelkésze lett. Apja őt is azzal küldte az Edinburgh-i Egyetemre, hogy ő is lelkész legyen. Mire 1800-ban megszerezte a lelkészi végzettséget, már érdeklődése teljesen a természettudományok felé fordult.

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Londoni tudományos lapokban cikkeket közölt diffrakciós méréseiről. 27 évesen beválasztották az Edinburgh-i Royal Society-be, Ez után kezdte meg a  The Edinburgh Encyclopædia kiadását. Később figyelme a fény polarizációs jelenségek felé fordult.

1811-ben kezdte el megismételni Malus méréseit, azonban vele ellentétben Brewster felismerte a polarizációs szög később róla elnevezett törvényét.

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Brit fizikusok
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Christopher Jeffs (15) from Laindon won a competition run in the Evening Echo in 1989. The prize was a bike which was presented to him by Les outside his shop in Long Road, Canvey.
This photo was taken outside the old shop, at the other end of the same parade as the current one. Also, that's not "Les". That's Sylvere who bought the business from Les.


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Best Knee Walker Scooter - New, Rent or Used Knee Walkers?
Should you rent, buy or get a used knee scooter?
When I started to rent a knee scooter, I was quoted $35 to $40 a week - with a 4 week minimum rental commitment. Basically, it would cost me $140 to $160/month for a standard knee walker rental model.
That sounded ok, until I started comparing the prices of some of the newer generation knee scooters that are available online. And I saw that some of the nicer, new knee walker scooters would cost me the same or less! Wow.
And I feel in love with this economical and stylish Steerable Knee Scooter by KneeRover on Amazon.
It has the cushioned platform that's so important, indoor/outdoor wheels, handle bar brakes and a really helpful removable basket. And I love the racing green color.
Check Amazon's price on the Steerable Knee Scooter.
What about a used knee scooter or used knee walker?
And when I was first doing my research to find the best knee walker scooter, I briefly thought about looking for a used knee scooter - which is the same thing as a used knee walker.
As I was looking around at used knee scooters, I started to learn that there are some important features that you need to look for - and compare - in order to make sure any used knee scooter is a good size or fit for your body.
You need to make sure that any used knee scooter knee platform and handle bars are easily height adjustable to correspond with your existing height measurements. Then you need to make sure that the knee platform will adjust to either your right or left leg - because not all used knee scooters will adjust to either side. And you need to make sure the brakes are in good working order. And, of course, for me, I had to know that any used knee scooter or used knee walker would come from a non-smoking home!
I quickly got tired of trying to save just a few bucks with a used knee scooter - I really wanted the convenience, safety and WARRANTY of a new knee walker scooter!
Choosing the best knee walker scooter will help you maintain your independence while also helping you heal faster. But it's important to choose wisely. So I share my advice to show you who needs a knee walker, what features you need to look for, how to safely use a knee walker - and which models are the best knee walker scooters on the market.
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It's important to know that not all knee scooters are designed with tires that can be used outdoors, which I think is too limiting. Generally speaking, models with 5" tires really should only be used indoors, but knee walker scooters with 10" – 12" tires really work great on sidewalks, gravel, grass, uneven ground, etc. I highly recommend choosing a knee walker scooter with larger wheels that can be used both outdoors and indoors.
Next, when you're reading knee walker reviews, you want to make sure that your rolling knee walker is adjustable for both the left and right leg, so it can be customized for your specific injury or surgical area. Some knee walkers do not adjust for both legs – so double-check this before you buy.
I wanted to include this Roscoe knee scooter reviews section, because if you're trying to find the best knee scooter for your mobility needs and budget, you've probably heard of the Roscoe knee scooters.
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You'll love, love the removable basket on this Roscoe knee scooter– its incredibly handy!
I hope this Roscoe knee scooter reviews and my best knee walker reviews, with photos, and manual helped you make your choice.
Do I need a knee walker basket or knee scooter pads?
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How to use a Knee Walker.
Then check the steering mechanisms and the braking system. I like the rolling knee walkers that have the advanced automotive style tie-rod steering mechanisms because they steer better & smoother. And I always recommend choosing a knee walker scooter that has an adjustable locking handbrake. You'll want to be able to lock your brakes when you're resting, or getting in and out of your rolling knee scooter.
Yes! I think everyone needs a knee walker basket so they can easily carry groceries, a bag, purse, books, etc! And, let's face it, they look so cute too – while they're extremely functional. Knee walker baskets are usually mounted on front of the knee walker. I wouldn't use a knee walker without a basket.
And I wanted to mention that a lot of my readers like putting knee scooter pads on the seat. A knee scooter pad is a fluffy, machine washable soft sheepskin-like covering that goes over your knee walker seat. Knee scooter pads improve the cushioning and comfort of your seat and reduces any chafing.
And you can see my highly recommended universal knee scooter pad: the Roscoe Scooter Pad on Amazon.
What about a used knee scooter?
Who Needs the best Knee Walker Scooter?
If you have an injury to your ankle, foot, knee or leg, a knee walker is an excellent choice for you. And, also, if you're recovering from any type of surgery on your leg, knee, foot or ankle, a knee walker scooter is a much better choice than old-school crutches.
You see, a knee walker scooter frees up your hand from holding on to your crutches. And you won't have sore armpits from hopping along with crutches.
And one of the things that we all love best about a rolling knee walker is that you still get to exercise your good leg. As you push along, using your good leg, you're getting exercise and helping your body heal.
When you're learning how to use a knee walker, always remember that you'll need to propel yourself forward using your good leg. So start off with small pushes using your good leg. When you're first discovering how to use a knee walker, you'll need to judge how hard you need to push, to travel at a safe speed – so begin with small pushes.
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Take it easy when you're first learning how to use a knee walker and you'll build up confidence and speed.
And if you'd like to read more tips on how to use a knee scooter, read this page from the American Orthopedic Foot and Ankle Society.
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Q: Python: Create a polyhedron and get its section I want to create a polyhedron by giving its coordinates, and then get a specific section. Maybe something like:
Points = [A(0,0,0),B(1,0,0),C(1,1,0),D(0,1,0),A"(0,0,1),B"(1,0,1),C"(1,1,1),D"(0,1,1)]
Body = BodyGenerate(Points)
section1 = Body.section(z = 0.5)
section2 = Body.section(x+y= 1)
#And then I can get properties like `area`, `width` of these sections.

How can I do that? Is there any lib for that?
Here is what I find so far:

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*Vpython is pretty what I need, but it seems too basic, and cannot create a polyhedron

*Blender and Rhino are good tools. But they focus more on modelling rather than programming. Python is more like a interactive commandline rather than a program itself.

*Three.js seems what I need, but js cannot perform scientific computation.

A: As a blender user my opinion is biased that way. Yes it focuses on being a gui tool for end users, but it deeply integrates python for defining the user interface all the way to adding features through python addons. It also includes a python console that lets you type in commands that alter data directly, allowing you to see changes in the 3dview. It is also possible to add extra python modules that can then be used within blender.
Blender's python api can be read and searched online.
You should find some examples to help create a polyhedron in the extra objects addon. It is included with blender so you can also find the scripts in your blender install.
Maybe look into how the intersect tool works, you can call the intersect operator yourself, there is also a boolean modifier that may be better to get a closed mesh to calculate the volume.
For calculating the volume there is BMesh.calc_volume, it is used by the 3d printing toolbox.
You might want to add blender.stackexchange.com to your list to get blender specific python help.

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India: Our Heritage, Our Pride is a video that brings to life an India with an enthralling past. Come, see India at its cultural, historical and natural best! There is art, history, architecture, sculpture, painting and culture that one can find only in a land of multiplicities and multitudes like India. Enjoy India in its variant colours, across magnificent sweeps of time and space. A veritable treasure trove for students, researchers, travelers, and anyone in love with India! India: Our Heritage, Our Pride presents a video with 32 UNESCO world heritage sites spread over 17 states of India. It also has music, specially composed for this project, as an independent title. There are 25 cultural sites and 7 natural sites.


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Romain Ghanem Paul Saïss (26 de març de 1990) és un futbolista professional marroquí que juga de defensa o centrecampista pel Wolverhampton Wanderers FC i per l'equip nacional marroquí.

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Persones de la Droma
Esportistes de Roine-Alps
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What kids need to know about mullet haircuts
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Kids, be warned.
You are about to learn what to expect when you try to pull off a mullet hairstyle.
The topic is child haircuts.
The hair style, once popular with kids, has now found itself on the back burner as parents are more interested in the trendy mullet, which often is worn with short-cropped hairstyles, and which can be styled to a more youthful look.
Kids may not be aware that these hairstyles are not as popular as some other hairstyles that are popular with the younger crowd.
"I have two kids.
One is 11 years old and the other is 12," said Nancy.
So I think that when my kids get older, they'll be thinking of me as a dad. "
My husband is in the military, and he's a Marine.
Nancy said her family has stopped buying new clothes for her kids. "
But when they're 11 or 12 years old, I think I'm a parent again."
Nancy said her family has stopped buying new clothes for her kids.
They've got a lot of clothes that are going to end up in the bin.
"We've done a lot to save money because we have no savings," she said.
"It's a huge part of our budget.
"The hair is a big part of my life and I've decided that I don't want to be a mom anymore. "
"When my kids grow up, they're going to look at me like a crazy person because I have no hair." "
Nancy has a couple of friends who still go to the store and try to get them some new hair products. "
When my kids grow up, they're going to look at me like a crazy person because I have no hair."
Nancy has a couple of friends who still go to the store and try to get them some new hair products.
She has yet to try any products from a new company, but says that her kids love them.
"They love them," she laughed.
"So they want to go to their own store and buy their own hair."
It's a sentiment shared by other parents, too.
"Our children don't really want to shop for their own haircuts," said Linda.
"For some kids, they just really love having it styled. "
They like having their hair done with a ponytail, they like their hair styled and then they like having it done on their own.""
For some kids, they just really love having it styled.


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Rimokatolička crkva Gospe od Karmena nalazi se u Brelima, na lokalitetu Soline.

Sagradio je 1715. makarski biskup Nikola Bijanković kao zavjetnu crkvu Gospe od Pobjede nakon turske opsade Sinja. Crkva ima svođenu lađu s potkovastom apsidom te svođene kapele postavljene poput transepta. Nad istočnom kapelom podignut je zvonik s ložom. Na južnom, glavnom pročelju crkve je portal s profiliranim nadvratnikom, u osi vrata je prošupljeni okulus, a na zabatu se diže noviji kameni križ umjesto srušene preslice koja leži ispred crkve. U crkvi su dva drvena oltara sa slikama Bogorodice na drvu (16.st. ) i platnu (18.st.).

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Lionel Richie released 'Tuskegee,' his album of country duets today. Read the Taste of Country review and find out who he's singing alongside in the Daily Roundup. Also included in this list of important country music headlines is what record Jason Aldean broke, what country superstar the First Lady will soon be honoring and a look at the Vocal Duo of the Year category at the 2012 ACM Awards. Who's got the best odds of winning, and who do you think will win?
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Due to the changing timing of the storm Hofstra University will remain closed for the day, Tuesday, February 12, 2019, including the library and the Child Care center. The Fitness Center will be open 12:30-8 and the Student Center Cafeteria, the Netherlands Café, and Dutch Treats will be operating with normal hours of operation.
The Joseph G. Astman Cultural Events are presented in loving memory of Dr. Joseph G. Astman, founder of the Hofstra Cultural Center. Dr. Astman was a humanist, cultural comparatist, and international scholar.


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Congress just approved Trump's big deal with Democrats
The debt ceiling/government funding/hurricane aid deal has passed both the House and Senate.
By Andrew Prokop Sep 8, 2017, 11:20am EDT
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President Donald Trump's big deal with Democrats has sailed through Congress.
On Friday morning, the House of Representatives approved the measure — which provides hurricane aid money, and also raises the debt ceiling and funds the government through early December — by a vote of 316 to 90.
The Senate had already passed the measure on Thursday, by a vote to 80-17, so the bill will now head to Trump's desk for his signature.
All of the "no" votes came from Republicans. In both the House and the Senate, every Democrat present voted for the deal.
Trump's quick agreement to this deal Wednesday, despite objections from House Speaker Paul Ryan and Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell, surprised much of Washington by short-circuiting what was expected to be a grueling, month-long battle over these measures.
In broad strokes, the outcome — funding of the government, lifting of the debt ceiling, and appropriation of more hurricane aid money for FEMA — was inevitable. These were all viewed as must-pass measures for Congress.
Yet there were expected to be some hold-ups as various factions held out for certain other specific things they wanted:
Trump had previously suggested he might demand money for his border wall along with government funding.
Congressional conservatives have for many years sought to attach spending cuts to any debt limit hike or government funding bill.
And Ryan and McConnell wanted to extend the debt limit through the 2018 elections, so they could dispense with an issue that divides their party and often eats up precious days on the legislative calendar.
But none of them ended up getting what they wanted. Trump decided that with two major hurricanes to deal with, now was not a good time to pick a fight over border wall money. And due to his recent tensions with Ryan and McConnell, he was unwilling to hold out for their priority of a longer-term debt limit hike.
Instead, Trump quickly agreed to the offer that Democratic leaders Chuck Schumer and Nancy Pelosi put on the table Wednesday — hurricane money tied to a three-month government funding measure and debt ceiling increase. This means there will be another debt ceiling and government funding fight in a few months. For the time being, though, Congress can move on to other matters.


On pages 32 and 33 of the Visual Basic 2 Programmer's Guide, Visual Basic has defined control naming conventions that will likely be adopted by many corporations and Visual Basic ISVs. As a result, it would take a very strong argument to justify deviating from the Visual Basic 2 standard without causing a lot of heartache and confusion. Lacking such a compelling argument, this document therefore is a superset of the published Visual Basic conventions.
"Option Explicit" must always be used to force proper variable declarations and aid good variable commenting. The time lost trying to track down bugs caused by typos (aUserNameTmp vs. sUserNameTmp vs. sUserNameTemp) far outweighs the time needed to Dim variables.
This results in all the family members of a particular menu group being listed right next to each other. This multi-tiered format provides a very direct way to find a menu handler, especially when there are a great many of them.
For new controls not listed above, try to come up with a unique 3-character prefix. However, it is more important to be clear than to stick to 3 characters. For derivative controls, such as an enhanced list box, extend the prefixes above so that there is no confusion about what control is really being used. For example, a control instance created from the Visual Basic Pro 1.0 3D Frame could use a prefix of fra3d to make sure there is no confusion over which control is really being used.
The prefix describes the use and the scope of the variable, as in iGetRecordNext and sGetNameFirst. The qualifier is used to denote standard derivatives of a base variable or function, as in iGetRecordNext and sGetNameFirst. The suffix is the optional Visual Basic type char ($, %, #, and so on).
The following table defines variable/function name prefixes that are based on Hungarian C. These must be used universally, even when Visual Basic suffixes (such as %, &, #, and so on) are also used.
Hungarian is as valuable in Visual Basic as it is in C because the Visual Basic type suffixes alone do not provide standard (and valuable) information about what a variable/function is used for or where it is accessible. For example, iSend (which might be a count of the number of messages sent), bSend (which might be a flag/Boolean defining the success of the last Send operation), and hSend (which might be a handle to the Comm interface) all succinctly tell a programmer something very different. This information is fundamentally lost when the name is reduced down to Send%. Scope prefixes such as g and m also help reduce the problem of name contention, especially in multideveloper projects. Hungarian is also well known to Windows programmers and constantly referenced in Microsoft and industry programming books. Additionally, the bond between C programmers and Visual Basic programmers can be expected to become much stronger as Visual C++ begins to live up to its potential. This transition will result in many Visual Basic programmers moving to C for the first time and many programmers moving fluidly back and forth between each environment.
The body of variable and routine names should use mixed case and should be as long as needed to describe their purpose. Function names should also begin with a verb, such as InitNameArray or CloseDialog.
For frequently used or long terms, abbreviations (such as Init, Num, Tbl, Cnt, and Grp for Initialization, Number, Table, Count, and Group) are suggested to help keep name lengths reasonable. Names greater than 32 characters generally begin to inhibit readability on VGA displays. When abbreviations are used, they must be used consistently throughout the application. Randomly switching between "Cnt" and "Count" within a project will greatly frustrate developers.
Often related variables and routines are used to manage and manipulate a common object. In these cases it can be very helpful to use standard qualifiers to label the derivative variables and routines. Although putting the qualifier after the body of the name might seem a little awkward (as in sGetNameFirst, sGetNameLast instead of sGetFirstName, and so on), this practice will help order these names together in the Visual Basic editor routine lists, making the logic and structure of the application easier to understand.
The following table defines common qualifiers and their standard meaning.
FirstFirst element of a set.
LastLast element of a set.
NextNext element in a set.
PrevPrevious element in a set.
CurCurrent element in a set.
MinMinimum value in a set.
MaxMaximum value in a set.
SaveUsed to preserve another variable which must be reset later.
TmpA "scratch" variable whose scope is highly localized within the code. The value of a Tmp variable is usually only valid across a set of contiguous statements.
SrcSource. Frequently used in comparison and transfer routines.
DstDestination. Often used in conjunction with Source.
nThe body of constant names are described in UPPER_CASE with underscores ("_") between words.
With the single exception listed below, variants should NOT be used. When a type conversion is needed, variant use would probably provide a slight performance win over the explicit basic type conversion routines (val(), str$(), and the like), but this gain is not sufficient to overcome the ambiguity and general sloppiness they allow in code statements.
vnt1 = "10.01" : vnt2 = 11 : vnt3 = "11" : vnt4 = "x4"
vntResult = vnt1 + vnt2 ' Does vntResult = 21.01 or 10.0111?
vntResult = vnt2 + vnt1 ' Does vntResult = 21.01 or 1110.01?
vntResult = vnt1 + vnt3 ' Does vntResult = 21.01 or 10.0111?
vntResult = vnt3 + vnt1 ' Does vntResult = 21.01 or 1110.01?
vntResult = vnt2 + vnt4 ' Does vntResult = 11x4 or ERROR?
vntResult = vnt3 + vnt4 ' Does vntResult = 11x4 or ERROR?
Additionally, the type conversion routines assist in documenting implementation details, which make reading, debugging, and maintaining code more straightforward.
vntVar1 = 5 + vntVar2 'not this!
While working with databases, messages, DDE, or OLE, a generic service routine can receive data that it does not need to know the type of in order to process or pass on.
nAll procedures and functions must begin with a brief comment describing the functional characteristics of the routine (what it does). This description should not describe the implementation details (how it does it) because these often change over time, resulting in unnecessary comment maintenance work or, worse, erroneous comments. The code itself and any necessary inline or local comments will describe the implementation. Parameters passed to a routine should be described (a) if they are not obvious and (b) when specific ranges are assumed by the routine. Function return values and global variables that are changed by the routine (especially through reference parameters) must also be described at the beginning of each routine.
nEvery nontrivial variable declaration should include an inline comment describing the use of the variable being declared.
nVariables, controls, and routines should be named clearly enough that inline commenting is only needed for complex or nonobvious implementation details.
nAn overview description of the application enumerating primary data objects, routines, algorithms, user interface dialogs, database and file system dependencies, and so on, should be included at the start of the .BAS module that contains the project's Visual Basic generic constant declarations.
Note The Project window inherently describes the list of files in a project, so this overview section only needs to provide information on the most important files and modules or files that the Project window doesn't know about, such as .INI or database files.
nStandard (tab-based) block nesting indentations should be from two to four spaces. More than four spaces is unnecessary and causes unnecessary statement hiding through truncation. Fewer than two is not effective in reflecting logic nesting.
nAlways define variables with the smallest scope possible. Global variables can create enormously complex state machines and make understanding the logic of an application extremely difficult. They also make the reuse and maintenance of your code much more difficult. If you have to use globals, keep their declarations grouped by functionality and comment them well.
nWith the exception of globals that should not be passed, procedures and functions should only operate on objects that are passed to them. Global variables that are used in routines should be identified in the general comment area at the beginning of the routine.
nLikewise, try to put as much logic and as many user interface objects in Dialog Boxes as possible. This will help segment your application's complexity and minimize its run-time overhead.


Russian President Vladimir Putin meets with regional female entrepreneurs ahead of the upcoming International Women's Day during his visit to the Samara bakery and confectionery factory in Samara, Russia March 7, 2018.
Lithuania's foreign minister said the poisoning of Sergei Skripal — which has been blamed on Russia — was a test of the UK's strength and diplomatic links ahead of Brexit.
"The Russian assumption may be that in the process of Brexit, the UK is weaker in terms of its isolation," said Linas Linkevičius.
Britain's western allies have this week united behind the UK government.
LONDON — Russian president Vladimir Putin is testing Britain a time of isolation and weakness owing to Brexit, according to Lithuania's foreign minister.
Speaking after a meeting with Foreign Secretary Boris Johnson, Linas Linkevičius said the poisoning of Sergei Skripal — which has been blamed on Russia — was a test of the UK's strength and diplomatic links as it prepares to leave the European Union.
"Russia is always looking for weak points, and may feel the UK does not feel very strong," he told the Guardian.
"The Russian assumption may be that in the process of Brexit, the UK is weaker in terms of its isolation, and due to Brexit the EU will not be very enthusiastic in backing the UK up.
"Fortunately that is not the case, and we will support the UK, but Russia acts by testing for reactions."
Whatever Russia's intentions, the poisoning of Skripal — a Russian national who worked as a double agent for MI6 — has underlined the strength of Britain's alliances in both Europe and the United States.
The leaders described the poisoning as "the first offensive use of a nerve agent in Europe since the Second World War," adding that Russia's actions "threaten the security of us all."
"Of course it will be painful"
"You know how many oligarchs find safe haven in London - their money, the real estate, the children sent to secondary schools - and they cannot imagine their life without that," he said.
"Can you imagine if people were put on a UK list who already have real estates and property here? Of course, it will be painful."


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Vineyard Wind vows to move forward despite fed hold-up
New timeline uncertain after delay from environmental review
Colin A. Young	0 Comments Aug 12, 2019
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VINEYARD WIND ON Monday vowed that it will move forward with its $2.8 billion, 84-turbine wind farm project despite a new delay caused by the federal government, though the project will take shape on a new, yet-to-be-determined timeline.
The US Department of the Interior and Bureau of Ocean Energy Management on Friday put a freeze on a crucial environmental impact statement for Vineyard Wind, once slated to be the first commercial-scale offshore wind farm in America, so they can study the wider impacts of an offshore wind industry that is quickly ramping up.
Vineyard Wind officials had said in July that the entire project would be at risk if the federal government did not issue the permit by the end of August and the latest delay is likely to upend the supply chain, financing, and construction timeline for the project chosen by the Baker administration and state utility companies to fulfill part of a 2016 clean energy law.
On Monday, Vineyard Wind — a joint venture of Copenhagen Infrastructure Partners and Avangrid Renewables — said its shareholders had "affirmed a commitment to deliver a proposed 800-megawatt (MW) wind farm off the coast of Massachusetts, albeit with a delayed project schedule."
Project officials have been working with contractors and financiers to rework the timeline — and Gov. Charlie Baker has spoken with Vice President Mike Pence about the project — but a new schedule has not yet been determined.
"We were less than four months away from launching a new industry in the United States, so we thank the more than 50 US companies already awarded a contract or currently bidding on contracts, the financial institutions engaged in raising more than $2 billion in capital, and the first-class, global contractors that have joined us in planning for the first large-scale offshore wind farm in America," Vineyard Wind CEO Lars Pedersen said in a press release. "We remain committed to delivering that ambitious target."
The company said that it has not received any documentation detailing BOEM's supplemental analysis announced Friday but said that it "is clear that the timing of such an analysis is not compatible with the original timeline that has been communicated to Vineyard Wind since March 2018, which Vineyard Wind used to build its delivery schedule."
Vineyard Wind had been planning to financially close on its project and begin on-shore construction work this year, put the first turbine into the seabed in 2021, and have the 84-turbine wind farm generating electricity in 2022.
BOEM gave no timeline for its supplemental review, but federal officials had previously said they were looking at Vineyard Wind within a review window that extends into March 2020. It is unclear whether that timeline has changed due to the supplemental analysis. BOEM did not respond to inquiries from the News Service on Monday.
Baker, who met with US Interior Secretary David Bernhardt in Washington, DC, in late July to talk about Vineyard Wind, discussed the planned wind project with Pence on Saturday when the vice president landed in Nantucket, Baker's office said.
"The administration remains committed to advancing Massachusetts as a national leader in offshore wind energy and will keep working with Vineyard Wind and the Bureau of Ocean Energy Management during the federal permitting process so this project and future procurements can deliver reliable, cost-effective clean energy that will create local jobs, stabilize the cost of energy and reduce greenhouse gas emissions," Baker spokesman Brendan Moss said Monday.
The Baker administration and state utility companies are gearing up to accept bids for a second 800 megawatts of offshore wind power later this month. It is unclear whether BOEM's new analysis will affect that procurement.
Cryptically, Vineyard Wind said it will use the time during the latest delay to "to further improve the project and enhance its many benefits, to the extent feasible."
An initial version of Vineyard Wind's press release had Pedersen saying Vineyard Wind would meet its targets but "in a different configuration." That line was inadvertently included in the quote, a Vineyard Wind official said, and there has been no discussion of changing the configuration of the wind farm's turbines at this point.
The configuration of the project's turbines has been a point of contention as Vineyard Wind has sought to shore up consent from the fishing industry. Fishing interests have taken issue with how Vineyard Wind planned to orient its turbines from northwest to southeast rather than from east to west and the amount of space between turbines.
Last week, Vineyard Wind released a graphic showing the average distance planned between its turbines, 0.88 nautical miles, and the distance between Fenway Park and the Trinity Church in Copley Square, 0.78 nautical miles.
"The industry needs to grapple with ocean use conflicts in the US in a meaningful way. In their rush, Vineyard didn't," Jeff Grybowski, the former CEO of Deepwater Wind, tweeted Monday. "What is it about Mass energy projects?"
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Tourvest East Africa, a member of Tourvest's integrated tourism group's Accommodation and Activities division, will open a new luxury camp called Lemala Nanyukie in the Serengeti National Park on 1 October this year.
Lemala Nanyukie is a 45 minute drive east of the Seronera Airstrip in the central Serengeti and offers guests panoramic views of the annual wildebeest migration as well as scores of other game.
Leanne Haigh, Tourvest East Africa chief executive, says the camp boasts the same outstanding standards of comfort and service as the other properties in its Lemala collection, which consists of the Ngorongoro, Ewanjan, Mara and Ndutu tented camps; the Mpingo Ridge and Kuria Hills lodges; and Kili Villas which are all located in Tanzania as well as the Wildwaters lodge in Uganda. Lemala Nanyukie is the second luxury camp to be developed by Tourvest this year in Tanzania after Lemala Mpingo Ridge, which opened its doors in July. "As with our other camps, Nanyukie has been built taking into account only the best environmentally friendly water and power solutions," she says.
"The camp sits on a grassy savannah, dotted with rocky outcrops and shaded by giant acacia trees. Its canvas walls, cathedral-like tented ceilings and broad hardwood decks are complemented by light, contemporary decor in a palette of whites and neutral colours, with a feeling of warmth introduced by textured accessories, luxurious upholstery, wooden furnishings and strategic lighting," she says.