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1: Farnell & Anor and Chanbua [2016] FCWA 17 – (The Baby Gammy Surrogacy Saga) | April 14, 2016
Court or Tribunal: Family Court of Western Australia
Catchwords: Assisted Reproduction, Biological Father, Biological Mother, Birth Mother, Child of a marriage, Evidence, Parentage, Parental, Parental Responsibility, Parental Rights, Perjury, Surrogacy
Judges: Thackray CJ
Background: A baby with Down syndrome at the centre of an international surrogacy dispute was held by the Family Court of Western Australia not to have been abandoned in Thailand by his Australian parents. This case involved twin children, Gammy, and his sister, Pipah, born in Thailand to a surrogate mother ("the surrogate") using a Western Australian man's sperm ("the father") and an anonymous donor's eggs. The father returned to Australia with Pipah, but not Gammy. It was claimed by the surrogate that the father had abandoned Gammy in Thailand because Gammy had Down Syndrome. The surrogate issued proceedings in Western Australia seeking the return to her of Pipah to live with her. The father opposed the Application and wanted Pipah to stay living with him. The father had previous conv
[Legal Issue]With whom a child lives – The applicants entered into surrogacy arrangement with the respondent birth mother – Twins born in Thailand as a result – The girl was brought to Western Australia to live with the applicants, while the boy remained in Thailand with the birth mother – The applicants seek an order for the girl to continue living with them – The birth mother seeks an order for the girl to live with her in Thailand – The male applicant is a convicted sex offender but expert evidence indicates that there is a low risk of him abusing the girl – This risk must be weighed against the high risk of harm to the girl if she is removed from her current home [Court Orders]Orders for the girl to live with the applicants and for them to have parental responsibility – No orders requiring the applicants to allow the birth mother to spend time with or communicate with the girl – Applicants required to send some of the girl's schoolwork to the birth mother – Formal findings made that the applicants did not abandon the boy and did not try to access his trust fund.
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2: Janssen & Janssen [2016] FamCA 345 | January 1, 2016
Court or Tribunal: Family Court of Australia
Catchwords: Discretion to Admit Evidence, Evidence, Recorded conversations
Judges: McClelland J
Background: This is a case where the applicant mother secretly recorded the respondent father making threats of violence against the children. Counsel for the Applicant mother sought to tender these voice recordings and transcripts of these conversations, made without the father's consent, to the hearing. The recordings and transcript were only provided to the father's legal representatives less than a week prior to the commencement of the hearing. This did not comply with the pre-trial directions for the filing of evidence.
[Legal Issue]The Court found that the audio recordings fall within the exception contained in sub-section 7(3)(b) of the Surveillance Devices Act 2007 (NSW), as the recordings were reasonably necessary to protect the lawful interests of the mother. The Court also exercised its discretion to admit the audio recordings and transcripts into evidence. A certificate was issued to the mother pursuant to section 128 of the Evidence Act 1995 (Cth). [Court Orders]The bulk of the audio recordings and the transcript of the audio recordings between the parties were accepted as evidence in the proceedings.
3: Huffman & Gorman [2015] FamCA 317 | April 29, 2015
Catchwords: Allegations of Child Abuse, Emotional Abuse, Entrenched Parental Conflict, False Allegations of Child Abuse, Meaningful Relationship, Parental Disorders, Property, Psychological Disorders, Recorded conversations, Risk of Psychological Harm, Unacceptable Risk, Unsubstantiated Allegations, With whom a child lives with
Judges: Hannam J
Background: The mother is 42 and the father is 43 years old. The parties commenced a relationship in 1999 when they were in their late twenties. The case involves competing claims of domestic violence and property dispute. In relation to parenting matters there are three significant factual disputes. First, the father contends that he was the victim of serious systematic violence perpetrated by the mother for most the relationship. The mother contends that it was the father who was violent towards her and that if she also engaged in violence, it was in response to the father's antagonism. Second, the mother contends that the father and his (second) wife Mrs H abused the children after separation, which is denied by the father. Finally, it is central to the father and the ICL's ca
[Legal Issue]No doubt in the majority of cases there will be a positive benefit to a child of having a significant relationship with both parents, but there will also be some cases where there will be no positive benefit to be derived by a child by a court attempting to craft orders to foster a relationship with one parent if this would not be in the child's best interests. The ICL's proposal is based to a large extent upon the recommendations of Dr K. In his report Dr K was of the view that the children should live with their father and he should have sole parental responsibility for them. He then said: After a significant period of time to allow the children to develop security and connection in their father's home, it would be ideal for the children to maintain some time spent with the m [Court Orders]The children shall live with their father, Mr Huffman ("the father" or "the husband"). The father shall have sole parental responsibility for the children. The children shall spend no time with their mother, Ms Gorman ("the mother" or "the wife"), for a period of 12 months from the date of these orders. Thereafter, the children shall spend supervised time with their mother each second month, at a supervised contact centre. The father shall do all acts and things neces
4: Corby & Corby [2015] FCCA 1099 | April 7, 2015
Court or Tribunal: Federal Circuit Court of Australia
Catchwords: Evidence, Recorded conversations
Judges: Judge Sexton
Background: Corby and Corby regarded the use of four non-consensual audio recordings between the parties as evidence in a custody hearing. The applicant, the mother in the estranged partnership, contended that the respondent was sexually coercive, intimidating and physically violent during their relationship.
[Legal Issue]The question before Sexton J was whether the applicant had a lawful interest under section 7(3)(b)(i) of the Surveillance Devices Act 2007 (NSW).137 Her Honour decided that the applicant had a lawful interest in protecting herself from intimidation, harassment and sexual coercion.138 Moreover, the recordings were reasonably necessary because, similarly to R v Coutts, it may not have been a realistic option to report her predicament to the police139 and the recordings were important evidence as they demonstrated the difference between the public and private 'faces' of the respondent.140 Further, and similarly to other cases, Sexton J observed that even if she had been unable to find that the mother had a lawful interest in ma [Court Orders](1)	The audio recordings between the parties made by the Mother on 25 March, 24 June and 8 July 2012 be marked Exhibit 4. (2)	The Mother's solicitor email the audio recordings (admitted and marked Exhibit 4) to the Father's new solicitor by the close of business on Tuesday 21 April 2015. (3)	The Mother's solicitor save the audio recordings onto a USB flashdrive and present the flashdrive to the Exhibits counter at the Sydney Registry by no later than 4.00p.m on Friday 24 April 2015.
5: Helbig & Rowe [2015] FamCA 146 | March 9, 2015
Catchwords: Allegations of Child Abuse, Child Abuse, Complaint against ICL, Emotional Abuse, False Allegations of Child Abuse, Falsified Documents, Risk of Psychological Harm, Sole Parental Responsibility, Unacceptable Risk, Unsubstantiated Allegations
Judges: Rees J
Background: The parents separated in January 2009 when the children were three and eight weeks old, respectively. The mother moved away from the matrimonial home with the children, who lived with her. This case has a signification history of litigation since then, culminating into these proceedings. In this case, the mother has made serious allegations of child sexual abuse by the father against a child of the marriage. As a result she has requested that the children live with her and that any time that the children spend with the father be supervised. After investigation, the allegations were deemed to be 'false'. The family report went so far as to recommend that the children be 'immediately' removed from the mother's care because of her unrepentant beliefs that the father was a paedophile
[Legal Issue]This case hinged on whether the allegations made by the mother that the father had sexually abused the child or children of the marriage were reliable and plausible to the extent that they would raise the issue of "unacceptable risk". The family courts responsibility is not to determine whether child sexual abuse did or did not occur, unlike the criminal courts. However when faced with an allegation of child sexual abuse, it refers to the standard of proof of "unacceptable risk". [Court Orders]-That X ("X") born ... 2005 and Y ("Y") born ... 2008 ("the children") live with their father, Mr Rowe ("the father"). -That the father have sole parental responsibility for the children. -That the father inform Ms Helbig ("the mother") in writing (including by email or text message) as soon as practical of any specialist medical appointments for either of the children with any medical consultant. -That the father do all acts and things to ensure that the mother is provide
6: Thornton & Thornton [2015] FamCA 92 | February 23, 2015
Catchwords: Allegations of Child Abuse, False Allegations of Child Abuse, Recorded conversations, Unacceptable Risk, Unsubstantiated Allegations
Judges: Murphy J
Background: The parents of two girls, aged 10 and 6, engaged in failed financial negotiations after separation. Soon after these negotiations, the mother raised allegations of child sexual abuse by the father against their two female children. The children were medically examined but were found to have no physical indications of sexual abuse. The children were also found to have made inconsistent statements to police, family members and carers. The children also made conflicting statements as to their desire to see their father.
[Legal Issue]Where the mother alleges that the father had engaged in sexual misconduct against their two female children – Where relevant rules of evidence are excluded pursuant to s 69ZT of the Act – Where expertise need not be established as a result – Where the trial judge holds that the appropriate qualifications, training or experience of an expert is a significant factor in the attribution of weight. Where the evidence is insufficient to establish the risk as unacceptable. [Court Orders]The mother has been handed sole parental responsibility for the girls. The father will be allowed to spend unsupervised time with the girls, aged 10 and 6, for up to half of each school holiday period, but the mother will make all major decisions about the girls. The Judge explained that the Sole Parental Responsibility Orders were to avoid conflict between the parents.
7: Mitchell & Mitchell [2014] FCCA 2526 | November 14, 2014
Catchwords: Child Abuse, Emotional Abuse, failure to call witness and Jones & Dunkel inference, Hostile Parental Behaviour, Interim Parenting Orders, Jones & Dunkel inference, Meaningful Relationship, Obstruction of Contact with Child, Parental Alienation, Risk of Psychological Harm, Sole Parental Responsibility, Supervised contact with Child, Unacceptable Risk, With whom a child lives with, With whom a child spends time with
Judges: Harman JHenderson J
Background: Since separation, the three children lived primarily with their father [Mr Mitchell]. In these proceedings, Mr Mitchell has conceded that he has denied the children their right to a meaningful relationship with their mother, accepted by Mr Mitchell to be a caring and loving relationship, as well as exposing the children to his significant rage and repeated derogatory comments towards his ex-wife and her lesbian partner, while also exposing the children to discussions of adult issues, (such as the mother's sexuality), which for children of these ages is entirely unnecessary and inappropriate.
[Legal Issue]These proceedings primarily hinged on the definition of "abuse" and "family violence", and whether the exposure of the children to the father's rage towards his ex-wife, and specifically the repeated derogatory comments towards his ex-wife and her lesbian partner, constitutes child abuse and/or family violence. The evidentiary standard of "Unacceptable Risk" was used to determine whether the risk of future abuse was significant enough to warrant measures. [Court Orders]The children's mother [Ms Mitchell] shall have sole parental responsibility of the three children. The three children shall live with their mother. The children's father [Mr Mitchell] shall spend time with the children from 11am Saturday until 5pm Sunday each alternate weekend.
8: Huffman & Gorman (No. 2) [2014] FamCA 1077 | October 13, 2014
Catchwords: Allegations of Child Abuse, Discretion to Admit Evidence, Emotional Abuse, Recorded conversations
Background: The mother is 42 years old and the father is 43 years old. The parties commenced a relationship in 1999 when they were in their late twenties. The case involves competing claims of domestic violence and alleged child abuse. To support his case, the father has submitted transcripts of recorded conversations between himself and the mother. These recordings were made covertly, without the knowledge of the mother.
[Legal Issue]At issue is the admissibility of transcripts of covertly recorded conversations made by the father, alleged to have captured various unguarded conversations between the mother and the father. The mother objected to the admission of the transcripts of audio recordings on the basis that the evidence was unlawfully obtained and was inadmissible. Both the father and the Independent Children's Lawyer sought to have the evidence admitted and argued that even if it were prima facie inadmissible the court should exercise its discretion to admit it. [Court Orders]The evidence, which refers to transcripts of recorded conversations in the father's affidavit in paragraphs 25, 128 to 150 and 235 filed on 23 September 2014, is admissible.
9: Flacks & Chatburn [2014] FamCA 428 | June 23, 2014
Catchwords: Emotional Abuse, Enmeshment, False Allegations of Child Abuse, Hearsay, Meaningful Relationship, Obstruction of Contact with Child, Parental Alienation, Parental Alienation, Risk of Psychological Harm, Supervised contact with Child, Unsubstantiated Allegations
Judges: Austin J
Background: For three years after separation, children aged 15, 12 and 10 years had at the mother's insistence spent time with the father only at the mother's house. The mother then severed all of the children's interaction with the father for a period and recommenced access only if the father was supervised. The mother proposed that the father be eliminated or excluded from the children's lives. The father contended the mother had exerted so much pressure upon the children they were induced to reject him and to resist any interaction with him (alienation). The mother contended that she supported the children's relationships with the father and their individual rejection of him and that the children's resistance to interacting with the father was due to their own adverse experiences wi
[Legal Issue]The judge gave little weight to a recommendation by a psychologist who treated the youngest child's anxiety, that visits by the youngest child with the father should be postponed until the child has built appropriate coping skills to manage his anxiety. The judge preferred the opinion of the family consultant over the opinion of the treating psychologist for reasons including: (a) the psychologist had made only a superficial appraisal of the youngest child's situation, and (b) documents containing hearsay of the treating psychologist's opinions were tendered in evidence rather than an affidavit, denying the father the opportunity to test the evidence by cross-examining the psychologist directly (expert evidence unsatisfactory). The family consultant recommended a change of reside [Court Orders]The judge found that if the two youngest children remained living with the mother then their relationships with the father would likely be destroyed. The judge ordered that the two younger children live with the father. The judge ordered a graduated approach where there was a temporary suspension of interaction between children and mother, followed by temporary period of supervision of the children's time with the mother, leading to substantial and significant time with the mother.
10: Gaines & Gaines [2013] FMCAfam 108 | February 8, 2013
Court or Tribunal: Family Law Division of the Federal Magistrates Court of Australia
Catchwords: Application to set aside family report, Evidence, Family Report Alleged Bias
Judges: O'Sullivan FM
[Legal Issue] [Court Orders]The appointment of Dr X as a Court appointed Family Consultant be discharged. That both of Dr X's family reports be sealed but remain on the court file and not be disclosed without further order.
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16 MAY 2017: Everyone who has seen the Vimy Memorial in France will tell you something similar. "It's so beautiful and moving," "You can see the monument for miles," or "Every Canadian should see the monument to our war dead." Agreed.
Vimy Ridge is one of those haunting places that look beautiful from the outset. Surrounded by fields of green, the manicured lawn by the Douai Plain spreads over the rolling hillocks embraced by tall maple trees and at its epicentre stands the Canadian National Vimy Memorial, a jewel in the French countryside.
Brief Backgrounder
The memorial, an 11 years-in-the-making stone structure, was unveiled in 1936 by King Edward VIII to honour the Canadian fallen soldiers in a battle that has been described by historians as, "the Birth of a Nation."
Four divisions of the Canadian Corps that had never fought together came together here with the purpose to overtake the now infamous ridge. It was Easter. April 9, 1917. There was sleet, snow and muddy mounds mixed with blood and bones. The carnage was obscene, unimaginable. Out of 10,602 casualties, 3,598 Canadians gave their lives. Inscribed on the ramparts of the Vimy Memorial are the names of over 11,000 Canadian soldiers who were posted as 'missing, presumed dead' in France.
For bravery and heroism, Canada was awarded four Victoria Crosses considered the highest medal for military valour for this blood-spattered battle that occurred over three days. They were: Private William Milne, Lance-Sergeant Ellis Sifton, Captain Thain MacDowell and Private John Pattison.
Canadian Battlefields Tour
Last month I attended the centennial anniversary of the Battle of Vimy Ridge thanks to a special 11-day niche tour offered by Trafalgar Canada titled the Canadian Battlefields Tour. People ask me, "How did you get to see the ceremony?"
The tour operator made it possible for my group to be there. With 70 years of touring experience under its belt Trafalgar is a pro on logistics handling the group transfers as it fulfilled the advanced booking procedures required by Veterans Affairs Canada. Every attendee was registered and the site was restricted and secured, meaning once you were inside the Vimy area you cannot leave.
The #Vimy100 Ceremony
I could not be prouder to be a Canadian. Among the 25,000 estimated Canadians in attendance, half of them were students. There were crowds clumped everywhere: schools, families, uniformed armed forces, young and old. The atmosphere was electric. There was not a cloud in the sky only plenty of sunshine with summer-like conditions. You heard chatter pre-ceremony, silence during the ceremony, and more chatter post-ceremony.
You couldn't leave the crowds even if you wanted to. A fence encircled us, and in this post ceremony haze there I stood fenced-in aiming my camera toward the fabulous Vimy Memorial. It was magic hour. Just after 5 pm as the waning light kissed the stone façade, I was beside myself.
The only thing getting in the way of this perfection was a small crowd who decided to walk on the grassy-strip inching in my direction. I remember mumbling to myself: "Why don't these people get out of the way? Don't they know they are in my shot?"
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The more I concentrated on getting a Vimy sans people, tightening my shot, the bigger the faces became in my lens. "Oh, my God," I heard someone in the crowd blurt, "It's William and Harry."
Still dumbfounded, I stood hanging over the fence, camera in hand, eye behind lens. I've got Harry in view. I can't believe it. He breaks stride from his brother, leaves him behind, and begins walking toward the crowd ... to me.
In this moment of reality, it hits me: Prince Harry is now walking with purpose straight towards me and is now posing questions to me. I'm usually the one on the other side doing the questions so already it was a strange start.
One of the heartfelt questions was personal but I'll share it because of the gravitas.
"Have you family connection to Vimy?" asks Harry. Unbeknownst to me a Clarence House photographer was snapping a picture of us capturing the moment I will not forget.
"Yes, I have a strong family connection," I said having the full attention of the Royal Prince. My spouse Stephen's maternal grandfather Thomas "Tommy" Clark was 15 years old when he volunteered. A taller-for-his-age lad, the recent Scottish immigrant to Canada, pulled up his boot straps, and like so many eager young recruits returned to Europe to fight for "King and country" as a sapper.
Tommy fought at Vimy Ridge and later returned to Toronto, married, worked as a lumberjack, and in just about every construction trade going, he eventually opened up a small corner store in the east end and raised five children, one of whom became the captain of Toronto's oldest fire station, the Yorkville Firehall. I must have blurted out Toronto several times because each time I mentioned Toronto I noticed his attention was more focused. Silly me, I didn't even think of his new love interest living here.
I ended that story of Tommy Clark on a positive note as it was.
HRH moved on and as I glanced to my left Prince William was approaching, shaking hands, mingling then stopped for a delightful Q+A with topics of his choosing. Prince William was curious to know who I was as he gestured behind me to a crowd of swooning teenagers who clearly were enamoured by his brother.
"Oh no, I'm not with them. I'm with a tour group called Trafalgar. We're from Canada and we have been visiting the battlefields in the area."
His Royal Highness asks, "Where from Canada?"
"Toronto," he responds with a widening grin and on he moves.
The shrieks have now intensified. It feels like I have been transplanted in the middle of a rock concert. Oh wait, it's not. It's Prime Minister Justin Trudeau on the scene. Sparse on the small talk, Justin shakes hands with the frenzied females as the swell of shrieking young onlookers, jumping up and down only intensifies.
...and there we were all left standing breathless at Vimy Ridge.
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WarnerMedia Expands Brett Weitz' Role to General Manager of TBS, TNT, and Now truTV
TBS Exec Thom Hinkle Upped to Head of Original Content for TBS, TNT & truTV
LOS ANGELES – October 1, 2019 – Kevin Reilly, President, TBS, TNT, and truTV, and Chief Content Officer, HBO Max today announced that Brett Weitz, general manager of TBS & TNT will now also take on oversight of truTV, reporting to him. Weitz will manage all three networks and oversee the creative executive teams and development for all three networks in New York and Los Angeles. Concurrently, Thom Hinkle has been upped to head of original content for all three networks.
"Brett and Thom transformed TBS into an Emmy® award-winning, premiere comedy destination, and will continue to shape the identities of all three of these top-rated networks," said Kevin Reilly, president of TNT, TBS and truTV and chief content officer for HBO Max. "Their unconventional risk taking combined with their strong industry relationships will continue shepherd the evolution of TBS, TNT and truTV."
Weitz adds truTV to his purview in the wake of serving as GM for TBS and TNT. Previously, as EVP of programming for TBS, he was integral in establishing it as the #1 comedy network with popular new shows including top-rated cable comedy series The Last O.G. and The Guest Book as well as late night's Emmy® winning Full Frontal with Samantha Bee, earning kudos as one of "The Gatekeepers of Comedy" by New York Magazine. Weitz previously served as SVP of scripted development for TBS and TNT, where he developed a range of hit series such as The Last Ship, Rizzoli & Isles, and Dallas.
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Hinkle brings TNT and truTV into his role following a post as EVP of original programming for TBS, focusing on bold, original scripted comedies for the network. Hinkle is responsible for developing many critically acclaimed projects at TBS including Miracle Workers and Search Party. A former producer for "The Daily Show," he is also responsible for bringing stars Jason Jones and Samantha Bee to TBS, resulting in the critically acclaimed hit The Detour and the Emmy ® winning Full Frontal with Samantha Bee. Hinkle similarly leveraged his former role as co-president of Carousel Television to lure Steve and Nancy Carell, who created the acclaimed Angie Tribeca for TBS.
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There is a common misconception we come across when talking to non-homesteaders about our way of life. A picture of open fields, livestock grazing, and large areas for gardening are often mentioned. This seems to be the idealist view of what homesteading is, however, homesteading is far more than this. Homesteading is a way of life, a lifestyle that encompasses self-sufficient, frugal, and independent living regardless of your geographical situation. We do not fit the idealistic view and are taking this opportunity to share the ways in which we find success homesteading in the backwoods.
The property we live on is located in Southern Ohio. It is surrounded by wooded area and borders Zaleski State Forest. The homesteading life we have chosen consists of subsistence living through hunting, fishing, and foraging the land we have. Resources from our backwoods allow us to make use of the dense, clay-packed soil we have by adding to it for better production of fertile ground to grow vegetable and herbs. We aren't a picture of the previously mentioned vision of homesteaders, but we are living the lifestyle and utilizing the land to provide a self-sufficient life.
The primary natural resources found here are trees, lots and lots of trees! Trees offer many uses that keep our homestead thriving. They offer ideal shading, food, and soil nourishment to create an abundant ecological system of wildlife and indigenous plants. We utilize all these resources in our backwoods to provide for our living needs.
We have made use of other components of the trees to build our homestead as well. This includes the leaves, branches, seeds, cones, and even their decaying process to provide for us. We have found many creative ways to utilize our land and what it offers us in building an abundant, successful, cozy life in the backwoods.
The largest use of natural resources is in the trees themselves. We utilize them for building, repairing, and as a heat source. We built our cabin from trees harvested out back in combination with lumber supplied by a local Amish company for the shell. The remainder of our home is also sourced primarily from our land. We have used our trees, nearby sandstone, and collected wood that is repurposed to design and decorate our home. The heat source we use is a wood burner, fueled with wood split out back.
We find use for the rest of the trees to create less waste of this resource. Smaller branches are primarily used as kindling for fire. We use them for starting our outdoor grill in addition to starting fires in the wood burner. Larger branches can be used for making tools and gadgets around the home. We have used them in a pinch as hammers, brooms, and other tools when supplies on hand have broken. Larger branches and wood remnants can also provide a foundation for making furniture as well.
Leaves provide many uses on the homestead both indoors and out. They are collected and stored for our wood burner, offering a building point with kindling to start fires. We also use them in composting with a mixture of table scraps, remnants from wild game we harvest, egg shells, and animal manure. The result is a fertile mixture we can add to the garden for rich soil. Leaves also make an excellent mulch for the flower beds and decorative borders for the cabin. We use leaves as an aide in covering our garden for the winter, combined with straw, and making us able to extend our growing season with cool weather crops. The herb beds are covered in leaves to insulate perennials during winter and it adds nutrients to the existing soil. We also mix them in during re-planting in the spring to keep the soil rich and healthy. This makes for a frugal resource around the homestead.
We have a swampy terrain combined with the forest areas surrounding our homestead. This affords us an abundant variety of nuts, greens, fruits, and tubers in the backwoods. We are able to collect and dry a variety of nuts including walnuts, chestnuts, and hickory. Fruits indigenous to the area, such as black raspberries, papaws, elderberries and wild strawberries, are also collected as a food source. Salads may be spiced up during growing seasons for dandelions, fiddlehead ferns, ramps, and cattails.
Our favorite time of year for foraging is spring when we are able to search for morels. This delicacy is native to the area and provides fun hunting opportunities as well as a tasty treat! Their growth is aided by indigenous trees such as the elm and poplar. The swampy terrain lends to their growth with all the decaying bark and moist ground.
The forest region where we live supports an abundant supply of wild game. The primary food source for us is deer. We are lucky to live in a "big buck state" where not only do we have a large supply of deer but they grow to record-book size. We are meat hunters by nature, but my backwoodsman and the boys all get excited for the big bucks each year. Venison is our largest supply of meat through the year as we are typically able to stock the deep freezer. The entire extended family deer hunts and leaves at least part of their harvest with us after hunting each season.
The next primary food source we rely on from local game is wild boar. This is a newer wild animal and is not indigenous to the area. They have been breeding at an alarming rate so it is becoming more common to see them in the woods. My backwoodsman is the primary hunter for wild boar in our family. He hunts with dogs and travels to where they have are reported sighting of them in larger numbers. They travel large distances and the population is not to the point where you can easily find them. The size of the boar in Ohio ranges from babies to 400-500lb. boar. The larger ones are tricky to cook, the meat is tough and difficult to work with. Crock pot recipes are the best way to enjoy the harvest of these larger boar.
There is a number of other animals we have the opportunity to hunt, but not as frequently, in our area. This includes turkey, a challenging hunt but not a meat we prefer. My husband loves the challenge of the sport so anything harvested is put to use on the homestead. There is also ample opportunity for squirrel, dove, rabbit, waterfowl, pheasant, and grouse. We also spend time hunting coyotes as they are over-taking the grounds and need thinned out. They do not provide a food source, but their numbers are reflected in the changes of population for game we do hunt.
One of our favorite recreational sports is fishing. We find it relaxing and enjoy eating fish when we can. Mercury concerns prevent me from consuming it often and we don't often get the time to do enough fishing for ample freezer stock. We rely on family as well to provide this tasty treat. My older backwoods-boy has become a fishing fanatic, providing better opportunity for us to acquire fish for the freezer. We usually are afforded the eating pleasure of bass, crappie and catfish.
There is much more in the way of wildlife that the backwoods supports. These are just the primary ways which we utilize it for our personal consumption. We feel lucky to live in a region that is so abundant in what it provides for us, allowing an independent and self-sufficient lifestyle which we prefer.
The natural resources in our area are also supportive of our livelihood. I am fortunate to have a knack for writing. The lifestyle we live and how we choose to maintain it in the backwoods of Ohio is intriguing to many. This affords me the ability to write and blog about what I love most, homesteading in the backwoods. I am able to choose from many topics including homesteading, hunting, fishing, foraging, DIY gifts, and much more. I am thankful each day that I am able to work from home and enjoy the outdoors all while generating an income to help support our homestead.
My backwoodsman is a fence contractor. The resources in our area help to support his livelihood as well. Lumber mills in the region supply necessary resources for his work to be completed. He designs and installs many different style of fencing, sheds, and small cabins. The work he prefers most are projects derived from wood. His true passion is working with rough cut lumber, creating a rustic style that appeals to us. His skills will be further utilized in building not only our new home, but working on his daughter's newly acquired home in the area. She also hopes to develop her own homestead and create a niche of her own with midwifery as the foundation. His son I spoke of earlier plans to build a cabin near us, utilizing his father's expertise as well, harvesting from the backwoods on his land as well. His youngest boy is currently unsettled due to work at this point, but is capable of building his own home soon and is considering a cabin in the country among his options.
There are other trades in the area that rely on what the backwoods provides for natural resources. Many in the area are employed in the fields of park services, logging, lumber mills, tourism, and cabin building. The region is popular and attracts a great deal of tourists for camping, hiking, canoeing, nature tours, and bird watching among many other activities. These are some of the many trades which work as an example to the abundance offered by the backwoods.
This is a simple, frugal, subsistent, and amazingly beautiful life we live in the backwoods. We appreciate all that we have been given through nature and a minimalist way of living. Things are much less complicated as we have done away with materialistic wants and learned to live with the basics. It's interesting to find that the less you have the more you want to do without.
Projects are always under-way on the homestead. There is always something in need of repair, improvement, or change as we migrate to an off-grid life here on the homestead. Priorities with hunting, fishing, and foraging take precedence as we prefer our food to be obtained this way. Dirt, mud, and messes are commonplace inside and out and the idea of "clean" takes on a new meaning out here. There is no "keeping up with the Joneses", and I imagine the Joneses would feel a bit out of place in our neck of the woods. Trinkets, showpieces, and most other items that don't serve a purpose are not commonplace here. The famous quote from the great depression "Use it up, wear it out, make it do, or do without" is a comfort to our way of living.
The Backwoods Homestead has been evolving since we broke ground on our cabin nine years ago. We aren't experts in homesteading and learn new ways to make it work out here every day. The homestead is a work in progress and my goal is to simply have more abundance from our labor each year than we had the year before. We rely on neighbors with more experience to guide us and enjoy learning from our elderly neighbors as they have skills and techniques we still have yet to master. Most are relying on others to have more, strive to gain more worldly possessions or use each other as stepping stones on the corporate ladder to success. The goal here is to rely on others and seek guidance to continue our transition to a simpler, frugal and minimalist way of life.
We often have people question why we choose to live this way. "Don't you want this, need that, or wish you were doing this?" There are many who insist they would never be able to give up their excess, sacrifice possessions, or downsize their lives. These are some of the same people who drop by to visit and visibly change while they are here. I find it rewarding to watch them transform, they visibly relax and a warmth comes over them you can feel. Comments we hear often include, "It's so peaceful here", "We felt more welcome here than other homes we visited over the holidays", and, "I see why you love it here now". Our life may be a welcome getaway for others, a retreat for some stress-relief in some of our friend's chaotic lives, for us it is simply home.


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Monologists...
My boyfriend and I just watched the Stephen Soderbergh documentary on Spalding Gray, and at the end he asks me, "So what do you think of Spalding Gray?" I didn't really have an answer because I've only seen him in videos and not in person. He didn't strike me as earth-shattering, but I liked his style. I also did a long monologue piece about my family 10 years ago and I can appreciate the work that goes into one. I've seen a lot of monologists or one-man/woman shows, and I like them on principle because I like good story tellers, but I don't think they're all that "original". I suppose they are and it's a lot harder to talk about one's life and family and skeletons in one's closet in front of an audience rather than hiding behind the cover of a book, but...again, it's not going to change the world. I've become a fan of Taylor Mac, who does one-man operas (at least that's what I call them...though, he does these with a ukulele, so...the opera world might beg to differ with me), and I did walk away from one of his performances extraordinarily inspired and I also had a new-found respect for the ukulele. So...why am I blogging about this, if I really don't care...well, it's because I've been toying around with a couple semi-monologist ideas and now I'm re-thinking it because in the past six months I've been re-evaluating what my role as an artist is, and I don't think I have that original of a voice. I like to perform, I like to create, and yet, all of it seems quite pointless without, as my friend Emily Windler calls it, the stamp of approval of my dad. Maybe I was only creating for him. Maybe my sense of entitlement about being able to put something in front of others was because he made me feel special, so I had this inflated ego about the work I did. But...I'm quickly realizing that I am not, in fact, special, and that begs the question...why am I still pursuing it? Hmmm...I have no answer to that except the ghost of Laurence Olivier who said only this as advice in his autobiography, and, I'm paraphrasing, (because my copy of it has been kidnapped by someone else), "I do this because I can't not do it." Eddie Murphy also said this in an interview I watched of him in the early 90s. Also, one of my favorite acting teachers, also named Laurence (Ballard), strangely enough, said to my senior acting class, as we were embarking on graduation, "Go work a blue-collar job at awful hours for a year, and if you still want to pursue theater, do it. But, if you like having a life, stay the F*** away." Again, I'm paraphrasing, and I'm not sure if he even cussed, but most of our teachers at Cornish did, so...it's possible. So...I'm sitting with this paradox (a common word used by Spalding Gray...maybe that's was his universal tug on his audience's hearts...) tonight and I have this itching feeling that sometimes as theater artists we just have to do what comes to us. It may not be earth-shattering, but, at least it's something, because some of us don't want to do anything else. I know I don't; I've done a lot of other things, and nothing is as satisfyingly annoying as theater. I suppose I'm just in a funk and I'll find direction again soon, but, one thing is clear to me after watching the documentary and reflecting...you don't have to be special to make good work. Sometimes a good story in a spiral notebook told with painstaking detail is enough. It might not have the immortal feeling from my last blog entry, but it's something, and if this art form is the only something that gives meaning to one's little life, then, I guess, one can't judge it too harshly when it's not immortal or earth-shattering. So, in the near future I might be creating a piece with my friend Emily that speaks about our fathers, and maybe it will be non-linear with movement inspired by the engines of cars (my father) or the engines of airplanes (her father) or maybe it will be something simple with two girls talking about their fathers in the search of telling some good stories about them that might have that universal tug on an audience's minds and hearts. Maybe these two girls will be dressed in coveralls (me) or a flight suit (her), and maybe it will be a comic send off of two very interesting men by two very quirky girls. Who knows? All I know is that I need to do something, and this is the only something I know how to do. Thank you ghost of Laurence Olivier...you've done your duty for the evening; now go pick on someone else.


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Robert Jacques est un footballeur français né le 11 septembre 1947 à Mont-Saint-Martin (Meurthe-et-Moselle).

Ce solide défenseur ( pour ), après avoir joué à Reims et au Red Star, a été une pièce maîtresse de Troyes.

Biographie

Robert Jacques joue son premier match en Division 1 le , lors de la rencontre Angers-Reims (2-2).

Au total, il dispute 177 matchs en Division 1 et 162 matchs en Division 2.

Carrière de joueur
 1966-1970 :  Stade de Reims
 1970-1971 :  Red Star
 1971- janv. 1978 :  Troyes AF
 janv. 1978-1978 :  Valenciennes FC
 1978-1980 :  US Tavaux-Damparis

Palmarès
 International junior en 1966
 Vice-Champion de France de Division 2 en 1973 avec le Troyes AF

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Footballeur français
Joueur du Red Star
Joueur du Stade de Reims
Joueur de l'ES Troyes AC
Naissance à Mont-Saint-Martin (Meurthe-et-Moselle)
Naissance en septembre 1947

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Breakaway South Carolina diocese to keep name and property
"Freedom to disassociate": the Bishop of the Diocese of South Carolina, the Rt Revd Mark Lawrence, speaks at a press conference after the ruling, on Wednesday of last week
"Freedom to disassociate": the Bishop of the Diocese of South Carolina, the Rt Revd Mark Lawrence, speaks at a press conference after the...
A JUDGE in the legal wrangle between the realigned Diocese of South Carolina and the Episcopal Church in the United States has ruled that the separated diocese can keep church property worth $500 million, and retain its name.
The diocese left the Episcopal Church in 2012, after years of disagreements over issues including homosexuality and gay bishops. It then filed a lawsuit against the Episcopal Church to retain the diocese's property, name, and other assets (News, 8 August 2014).
In a ruling on Tuesday, the Circuit Court Judge Diane Goodstein said that the diocese had the right to leave, and she rejected the Episcopal Church's argument that it had legal interest in the diocese's property.
She said in her ruling that, although freedom of association is a fundamental right, "with the freedom to associate goes its corollary: the freedom to disassociate."
Thomas Tisdale, the Diocesan Chancellor for the Episcopal Church in South Carolina - which includes 30 parishes and mission churches still affiliated with the national Church - said that the judge's decision was not unexpected, and that his group would push for an appeal.
South Carolina diocese trial ends
South Carolina to 'go it alone'
Synod: Diocesan powers over parishes' property debated
South Carolina in walk-out over same-sex blessing
Bishops hang on to hope in 'shameful' South Sudan
Son of murdered Texas priest charged
Vatican opens St Peter's Square facilities for homeless people
India withholds entry visa of two RC archbishops
Prince fears for the plight of Middle East Christians
Zimbabwe bishop quits diocese for IMF job
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The ultimate mix and mastering workstation from the creator of the first desktop mastering software. IK Multimedia invented T-RackS in 1999, marking the beginning of a new era by unleashing the power of a complete, affordable mastering software tool to everyone.
Since then they have been leading the way, setting an industry standard and crafting some of the world's best sounding plug-ins for professional applications. From day one, an ever-growing number of professionals and enthusiasts have trusted their expertise and meticulous approach to creating the finest digital processors on the planet. It's no coincidence that thousands of top-charting records have been made using T-RackS.
T-RackS 5 has evolved into the most powerful mix and master modular system ever, offering maximum processing versatility, an improved audio engine, 4 new processors for a total of 38 high-quality modules on a flexible 16 processor series/parallel chain, a comprehensive broadcast ready professional metering tool section, a new completely redesigned, smart single-window GUI as well as an album assembly section with multi-format exporting function.
T-RackS 5 boasts more versatility and firepower than any of its competitors and gives you everything you need to professionally treat and finalize your audio from raw mixes to a perfect finished product ready for uploading to the leading digital delivery and streaming services or for CD printing.
4 new processors - the family just got bigger
Not only have all the plugins been redesigned and adapted to take advantage of the full processing power of the new audio engine and the new sleek, zoomable GUI, but we also created 4 new incredible processors that we know you will love.
In T-RackS 5 now you have up to 38 incredible modules to choose from to build your perfect studio setup.
Match it like a master with the Master Match
T-RackS 5 Master Match module is a new type of plug-in that automatically matches the sound of your songs using up to 3 different source tracks as reference.
Master Match calculates the spectral balance and perceived loudness of the reference tracks, analyzes them using sophisticated algorithms and then creates an exact match for the source material providing an editable ultra-high quality EQ curve and level adjustment. This can be achieved using the Master Match as a stand-alone processor or at the end of a pre-existing processing chain.
Thanks to this new powerful module, you can create great sounding masters or mixes in seconds, sounding every bit as good as your preferred tracks, without the need for any previous audio engineering experience or specialized skills.
Additionally, the Master Match can provide its magic either by being used as a fully automatic processor, or alternatively it can be used as your personal audio engineer assistant, since you can look at the suggestion it gives, and then you have the freedom to apply those by yourself using the T-RackS 5 tools you prefer.
The Dyna-Mu – glue for your mix
The new T-RackS 5 Dyna-Mu vari-mu compressor/limiter is based on an iconic American coveted piece of hardware praised for its subtle but instantly recognizable sonic fingerprint. Thanks to its transformers and all-tube modeled heart, it can impart an audible magic which makes a mix bloom, amazingly gluing all the parts together.
The Dyna-Mu is an exceptional all-rounder that will work wonders on full mixes as well as single sources. Use it on drums to make them full or to bring out the natural ambience of the room using parallel compression; try it on vocals to make them cut through the mix or on electric bass to give it a rock-solid presence.
Push it hard creatively or just use it to "finesse" a track. Either way, don't be surprised if you end up using it all the time.
Not all plug-ins are born EQual
The new T-RackS 5 EQual digital equalizer is a 10-band, ultra-clear, high-end parametric equalizer with an extremely transparent sound, a full-screen resizable interface for ultra-precise editing and a vast array of filter shapes that replicate the typical curves of classic analog EQ's from Neve, SSL, API and other legendary machines.
This "hybrid monster" gives you the best of both worlds: digital precision and on-demand analog character. Plus, when it is zoomed full screen it allows for ultra-precise editing and fine adjustment without distractions from other elements on the screen, in a way that simply can't be experienced with other digital equalizers.
This ultra-high resolution processor is the most transparent equalization tool digital audio technology allows today, offering crystal pure processing for the most musical adjustment to any tracks.
Here is the…ONE
The new T-RackS 5 ONE mastering processor has been conceived as an "all-in-one" solution for easy and straightforward audio finalization.
It includes an EQ, compressor, analog harmonic exciter, low-end enhancer and limiter that will let anyone achieve professional quality results in the blink of an eye. Just turn its knobs, experiment and hear the mojo.
3-in-1 workflow versatility
With T-RackS 5, you have the freedom to optimize your workflow as you please with 3 working environments that will suit every need.
The standalone suite makes T-RackS 5 a complete, self-contained, one-stop mixing and mastering workstation that allows you to load a set of audio tracks and perform several operations, a typical method of top mastering studios. It's all in there: from an ever-expanding series of great sounding processors, to the most basic, but always necessary, waveform editing functions (like fades and length trimming of the audio file). Add to this a set of astoundingly precise and smooth, easy on the eye industry standard professional meters and you have everything you need to finalize your work from A to Z in one place.
The plug-in suite allows you to tap onto almost all the standalone mode features within the environment of your DAW of choice as the most powerful channel strip or mastering chain available today as a plug-in.
All T-RackS processors (including metering) can also be used as single plug-ins in any compatible DAW for multi-track mixing and stereo mastering duties. From equalizers and compressors, to reverbs, delays, harmonics enhancers and stereo processors, the choice is yours.
New streamlined, resizable interface
T-RackS lets you get the job done faster and better than anything else. The all-new interface is designed so you can achieve everything from a single window, smoother and faster than ever. Plus, it's fully resizable at will, meaning that you can exploit the full size of your screen when working with it.
Just like in the previous T-RackS versions, the main module view shows the currently selected module, always sitting on top of the main frame so that its controls are quickly accessible. Just click on the module and tweak its parameters.
The new flexible module chain view allows you to manage all the modules in a flexible way, dragging and dropping them into the 16-processor series/parallel signal chain at will directly from the sidebar carousel showing all T-RackS available modules. Simply put, no other platform allows such unprecedented versatility.
The waveform view allows for super-fast editing operations of the waveform such as trimming, fading and looping of a selected area as well as placing snapshots for settings recall. We also made it a lot larger to help you visually perform all these tasks with greater precision.
Audiophile grade audio engine
We made T-RackS 5 more sonically powerful than ever. Now projects are supported with audio up to 192kHz / 32 bit floating point, so you can master for high-definition music platforms and distribution without ever leaving its single interface.
Plus, we added 4 dithering options for you to choose from, meaning you can optimize the dithering noise when reducing the bit-depth of your tracks to match the actual content of the song.
On top of that, T-RackS internal resampling engine has also been improved to deliver nothing less than best-in-class performance including DDM (Digital Delivery Mastering) on the way out from the final limiting stage, offering an additional layer of protection against inter-sample peaks and overshoots that could be generated by MP3, AAC encoding or similar compression and decompression processes.
Broadcast-ready metering for music and multimedia
T-RackS 5 includes a comprehensive suite of metering tools – with a completely overhauled internal engine - that provides you with immediate and complete visual information about the content of your audio material, so you can easily achieve professional results that will meet the strictest broadcast compatibility standards and will always sound great.
The new precision loudness LUFS meter, compliant with all leading professional reference standards, gives you valuable information about the integrated, mid or short term loudness of the material you are working on, so you know right away you are producing a master that has the perfect loudness for music delivery or broadcasting.
Peak, RMS and Dynamic Range meters give you useful information about the "crest factor" and dynamic response of your mixes. This way you can decide whether you want to go for a more compressed sound or a more dynamic one while still retaining the emotional impact of your songs.
The spectrogram, the real-time analyzer, the phase and correlation meters will also help you visually spot frequency imbalances and phase problems you might need to address before printing your masters for both digital and physical distribution.
M/S meters too will help you gather information about the relations between the mono and the stereo content of a track in terms of "overall energy", so you can choose whether to go for a more widespread or in-your-face kind of sound.
Additionally, T-RackS 5's new metering section can be launched as a separate floating window, like on a secondary screen, to let you keep an eye on levels while you focus on sound processing.
Album assembly
In T-RackS 5 you now can sequence and assemble your full-length production directly within the interface and create a cohesive album sequence, with suitable track metadata, like pauses, fades, track ID's, ISRC codes, CD-Text, etc. Then you can export single high quality master audio files or the whole project in various formats such as WAV, AIF, standard DDP image for professional replication plants, or Wav Cue files.
It's fast, it's intuitive, and most importantly, it brings back the fun of sequencing an album that, despite being considered by many as a tedious activity, is indeed a true art form and one of the most emotional aspects of creating a full music experience.
Signature presets from the industry's top engineers
Not only have we packed an incredible amount of features in the all-new T-RackS 5, but we have also teamed up with some of the industry's best engineers to provide you with kickin' presets you can use in your productions and that will help you adopt the same approach as the one that defined the sound of these incredibly gifted studio giants.
While we cannot guarantee you will be nominated for a Grammy® next year, or win one, we can assure you that the results you will achieve will unquestionably be worth one.
Presets are available for all users who have downloaded and authorized T-RackS 5 Custom Shop, T-RackS 5, T-RackS 5 Deluxe or T-RackS 5 MAX and can be downloaded from the User Area.
System Requirements T-RackS 5 is a 64-bit application and requires a 64 bit CPU and Operating System.
Mac® (64-bits) Minimal: Intel® Core™ 2 Duo, 4 GB of RAM (8 GB suggested), macOS 10.10 or later.
Supported Plug-in formats (64-bit): Audio Units, VST 2, VST 3, AAX.
Windows® (64-bits) Minimal: Intel® Core™ 2 Duo or AMD Athlon™ 64 X2, 4 GB of RAM (8 GB suggested), Windows® 7, Windows® 8 or Windows® 10. Requires an ASIO compatible sound card.
Supported Plug-in formats (64-bit): VST 2, VST 3, AAX.
NOTE EQual processor requires an OpenGL 2 compatible graphics adapter.
Internet connection is required as all of the Custom Shop operations are web based.


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samskivert: Jin-Roh: The Wolf Brigade (3)
Definitely not the feel good film of the year. The dialogue ranges from questionable to downright bad. It even falls prey to the occasional clichéd Hollywood plot device. Yet despite these rough edges, the film is poetic and powerful. We can thank the Japanese for keeping the tragedy afloat in the sea of happy endings from which most films wash up. It also helps that the rough parts are in the middle of the film rather than at the end, during which you'll probably be staring agape at the screen rather than wondering whether the it was the screen writer or the translator that was responsible for the choppy dialogue.
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FBI Captures Communist Chinese Scientist Who Made Viruses That Modify Human Brain And Stop Heart
A terrifying new Security Council (SC) report circulating in the Kremlin today discussing an alarming development occurring in the "Coronavirus Pandemic War", reveals some actually mind-blowing findings contained in a highly-classified "Of Special Importance" case file compiled by the Foreign Intelligence Service (SVR)—an investigative case file the SVR began compiling on 14 May after the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) suddenly posted to their Twitter account:
"#BREAKING: A former Cleveland Clinic employee was arrested and is being charged with false claims and wire fraud related to more than $3.6 million in grant funding that he and his research group received from the National Institutes of Health"
—and wherein this case file says National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases director Anthony Fauci, M.D. personally authorized grant funding to this Communist Chinese scientist captured and arrested by the FBI—whom the FBI in their official press release called a former Cleveland Clinic employee named Dr. Qing Wang they "placed into custody at approximately 12:30 p.m."—though the true full name used by this Communist Chinese scientist is Qing Kenneth Wang, PhD, MBA, and who worked for the Cleveland Clinic Lerner Research Institute—and near immediately after being captured by the FBI, saw the Cleveland Clinic destroying their "https://case.edu/medicine/cvri/people/qing-k-wang" biography page for Dr. Wang, as did the Lerner Research Institute destroy their "https://www.lerner.ccf.org/cms/wang/" Dr. Wang biography page, too—and when viewing the Internet archived page from the Lerner Research Institute for Dr. Wang, it becomes clear why this done—as it shockingly reveals that "Dr. Wang was the first to show that mutations in ion channels cause arrhythmias and sudden death"—mutations ResearchGate (the European commercial social networking site for scientists and researchers to share papers, ask and answer questions, and find collaborators) show Dr. Wang has been working on for years
—the most frightening about to notice is the research Dr. Wang has been conducting with his fellow scientists into how "Adeno-associated viruses effectively mediate conditional gene modification in the human brain". [Note: Some words and/or phrases appearing in quotes in this report are English language approximations of Russian words/phrases having no exact counterpart.]
According to the very limited portions of this highly-classified "Of Special Importance" case file permitted to be openly discussed and commented on by various ministries within the Kremlin, the greatest fear about viruses documented by nearly all of the world's top military and intelligence experts has nothing at all to do with the ability of these diseases to cause illness and/or death—and everything to do with how viruses are able to manipulate and change DNA—best exampled in what are known as genetically engineered foods—most commonly known in America as genetically modified foods, or GM foods for short—that are created by using viruses to inject into plants and animals DNA from other species to create entirely new species of life never having previously existed.
In January-2020 when the full and horrible dimensions of the novel coronavirus COVID-19 began to be more fully understood, this report notes, nations around the world began making moves to protect themselves against this disease—one example being on 31 January when President Donald Trump executed a full travel ban on Communist China—but going virtually unnoticed, though it is much more significant, was an action taken by President Trump that followed by 10-days the move made by President Putin to protect the Russian Federation and its citizens from the coronavirus—and was when, on 21 January, a new Food Security Doctrine for Russia was put into force by President Putin that named the prevention of genetically engineered seed imports for planting as one of the Russian national interests in the sphere of food security and instructed the government to develop and approve a roadmap for implementing these provisions within three months.
As to why Russia met the coronavirus with measures to make even stricter its regulations against genetically engineered foods, this report explains in one of its most highly-classified sections not permitted to be fully exposed—but whose open appendix for this section references hundreds of scientific research papers and articles having such titles as "Landmark Study Shows Brain Cells Revamp Their DNA"—"An Ancient Virus May Be Responsible for Human Consciousness"—and—"Science Is Just One Gene Away From Defeating Religion"—all of which comport with Russia's long held belief that socialist Western and Communist Chinese scientists are trying to find a way to create viruses to genetically modify the DNA in human brains as means to destroy all belief in religion—a religion destroying virus that can be spread around the world like the coronavirus, can be injected into humans using the guise it's a vaccine, and can even be deployed into food—and fully explains why the Pentagon has now banned coronavirus survivors from joining US military forces—as at this present time, no one really knows how and/or if the DNA in their brains has been altered.
Going from merely terrifying to absolutely mind-blowing horror is the concluding section of this highly-classified report—that at first glance seems odd because this section was created by the High Command of the Aerospace Forces, and whose main focus is centered on Mark T. Keating, M.D.---a focus explained when one notices that now FBI captured Communist Chinese scientist Dr. Wang "conducted his postdoctoral research training with Dr. Keating at the Howard Hughes Medical Institute"—and today sees Dr. Keating being the Senior Distinguished Scientist for Alnylam Pharmaceuticals—a shadowy and mysterious biopharmaceutical company founded in 2002 that focuses on the discovery, development and commercialization of RNA interference therapeutics for genetically defined diseases like the coronavirus—in 2009 signed a multi-million dollar deal to market a genetically modified drug to fight respiratory diseases—but most critical to know about is its name—whose spelling Alnylam was modified to make it unique
—but in reality is a mysterious genetics company named after the star in the Orion Constellation called Alnilam—an Orion Constellation many ancient legends and myths claim is "The Birthplace Of Humanity"—and if whose "creators" of the human race are returning, would make sense as to why a virus would be created to extinguish the "God Gene" in as many human beings as possible before they arrive—as even the Bible itself acknowledges that human beings can't serve two competing "gods" at the same time—and might even provide a further clue as to why President Trump is building his Space Force as rapidly as possible, too.
[Note: Many governments and their intelligence services actively campaign against the information found in these reports so as not to alarm their citizens about the many catastrophic Earth changes and events to come, a stance that the Sisters of Sorcha Faal strongly disagree with in believing that it is every human being's right to know the truth. Due to our mission's conflicts with that of those governments, the responses of their 'agents' has been a longstanding misinformation/misdirection campaign designed to discredit us, and others like us, that is exampled in numerous places, including HERE.]
[Note: The WhatDoesItMean.com website was created for and donated to the Sisters of Sorcha Faal in 2003 by a small group of American computer experts led by the late global technology guru Wayne Green(1922-2013) to counter the propaganda being used by the West to promote their illegal 2003 invasion of Iraq.]
[Note: The word Kremlin (fortress inside a city) as used in this report refers to Russian citadels, including in Moscow, having cathedrals wherein female Schema monks (Orthodox nuns) reside, many of whom are devoted to the mission of the Sisters of Sorcha Faal.]
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The band first formed in 1998 in Glasgow and have toured the length and breadth of the UK and Ireland performing to hundreds of thousands of Stone Roses fans. Touring with Mani from The Stone Roses for three years, they performed with him live on stage at King Tut's Wah Wah Hut. Regarded as the only Stone Roses tribute worth hearing, they have perfected The Stone Roses' sound so well that Mani of the Stone Roses said: 'They sound better than we did before we split' and 'they're still the best tribute to the Stone Roses around!'
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Sergio Ramos could be laying the groundwork for a career as Val Kilmer's stunt double after acknowledging that he shares more than a passing resemblance to the Hollywood star.
The Real Madrid defender was inundated with lookalike suggestions from his 16 million followers on Twitter after contacting actor Pablo Schreiber through the social media platform to tell him they were doppelgangers.
Ramos – who played in Spain's Euro 2020 qualifiers against Norway and Malta in the past week – then shared his favourites.
In addition to Kilmer, his highlights were former Los Blancos team-mate Sami Khedira, DJ Calvin Harris and The Big Bang Theory star Mayim Bialik.
On the pitch, the 32-year-old has been tipped to win the Ballon d'Or before the end of his career by former Real Madrid star Luis Figo.
Defenders have traditionally found it difficult to win football's most prestigious individual prize – Fabio Cannavaro the last to do so in 2006 – but Figo, who played for Madrid between 2000 and 2005, believes Ramos has all the attributes to claim the trophy.
"It's clear that Sergio Ramos deserves to win the Ballon d'Or," Figo told Marca.
"Being a defender is almost like being a goalkeeper, it's a lot more difficult to win the award, but Cannavaro managed it.


Ordered up 6 of these and was very happy with the quality. Not a bad price at all.
I received some really nice pieces that were straight and free of defects. Turns pretty good. Padauk turns dark pretty quick, but I like that darker color.


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in the three-dimensional space, with the graph of the ellipsoid the set is open, but how do I prove it?

A: If $f(x,y,z)$ is a polynomial of three variables, then $f$ is continuous. Since $f$ is continuous, what can we say about $f^{-1}(U)$ when $U\subset\Bbb R$ is open?

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Grammy Producer of The Year: Mark Ronson
It will never cease to baffle me why anyone still has faith in the Grammy's. I actually completely gave up watching award shows at the tender age of 13 when Young MC edged out groups such as De La Soul and Public Enemy for Best Rap Performance. It's not that most, if not all, of these artists are deserving of some award or another, but sometimes the decisions are very questionable. As this year's choice for Producer of The Year, Mark Ronson definitely deserved quite a bit of recognition, but many will argue that the title should really belong to someone else. The folks over at XXL definitely had a take on what happened and I'm curious to see what some of the production minded heads have to say about the situation.
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Farooq Ahmed Dar (Bitta Karate) Wiki, Age, Caste, Girlfriend, Wife, Family, Biography & More
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Farooq Ahmed Dar, better known by his pseudonym Bitta Karate, is an Indian militant. He is alleged to hold the citizenship of Pakistan. Farooq is the chairman of the Jammu Kashmir Liberation Front (JKLF), a militant separatist organization active in the territories of Kashmir (as of 2022). He is infamous for killing Kashmiri Hindus during ethnic cleansing in 1990.
Farooq Ahmed Dar was born on Monday, 1 January 1973 (age 49 years; as of 2022) in Guru Bazar (neighbourhood of the city of Srinagar), Kashmir Valley. His zodiac sign is Capricorn. Growing up, he learned martial arts and within a few years, achieved proficiency in it. Initially, he used to work for his family business and while he was in his early 20s, Dar left his home to receive armed training in Pakistan-administered Kashmir.
He was born into a Kashmiri Muslim family of the Dar clan.
Farooq's mother's name is Fatima. Not much is known about his father. He has a brother.
Farooq Ahmed Dar got married to Assbah Arzoomand Khan on 1 November 2011. Assbah Arzoomand Khan is a state administrative service official (Jammu and Kashmir), and she was working as a probationer in the General Administration Department at the time of their marriage.
Farooq Ahmed Dar's wife
Farooq Ahmed Dar met Assbah Arzoomand Khan for the first time in 2008 at a friend's house. Soon, Farooq proposed to Assbah, and she agreed after initial hesitation. They dated each other for around a year and a half and then decided to marry. Assbah's parents initially opposed their relationship as they did not want their daughter to marry a former militant. However, after much persuasion from Assbah, Farooq, and his (Farooq) family, her parents agreed. During an interview, while talking about Farooq, Assbah said,
In most of the families in the valley, you will find such instances where one son is a militant while the other son works in the government. Marrying a former militant is not at all surprising for me. My family had an initial objection to the marriage which was valid. The major point of attraction between me and Farooq was that we belonged to the same community. I like Farooq's ability to make decisions."
Distressed with the administration in the Kashmir Valley, Farooq set out on the path of terror when he was just 20 years old. In 1988, he was handpicked by the then JKLF chief commander Ashfaq Majeed Wani to receive 32-day armed training in the state-sponsored Pakistani militant training camp. Dar, along with other trainees, was blindfolded and taken across the LoC to Pakistan-administered Kashmir, where the training camp was set up.
Following his return from the arms training in Pakistan-administered Kashmir in the 1990s, Farooq Ahmad Dar went on to unleash a wave of violence on the streets of Srinagar. He walked armed on the streets in search of Kashmiri Pandits and shot them with his pistol wherever he spotted them. Apparently, he received orders for execution from his superior Ashfaq Majeed Wani in the Jammu Kashmir Liberation Front. Bitta is alleged to have killed around 20 people, most of which were Kashmiri Pandits. During the 1990 exodus, the Kashmiri Pandits were asked to choose between "Raliv, Galiv ya Chaliv" (convert, die or leave). Many of them were killed in militancy and thousands of pandit families migrated from Kashmir during the 1990 insurgency. While he used pistols to kill civilians, Bitta attacked the Indian Security Forces using AK-47. In an interview, Dr. Agnishekhar, the convener of Panun Kashmir, a body of migrant Kashmiri pandits, criticised the state's (Jammu and Kashmir) administration for releasing Bitta even after he proclaimed killing 42 Hindus. He said,
It is shocking for us that a man who publicly proclaimed to have killed 42 Kashmiri Pandits has gone scot-free. It is also an irony that Afzal Guru was sentenced to death in the Parliament attack case though he was not personally present there, yet the man who admitted to having killed Pandits has walked free."
Further, Agnishekhar said that it was the state's (Jammu and Kashmir) failure to punish Bitta for his crimes that had enraged the Kashmiri Pandits.
T. N. Khosa, president of Kashmiri Pandit Sabha, also questioned the state's (Jammu and Kashmir) ability to try Farooq, a man responsible for the killings of pandits in the 1990s. He said,
It is highly regretful that the state government did not take steps to try the man responsible for the killing of pandits. I can only pray for the people at the helm and advise them not to play with the emotions of Kashmiri pandits."
Reportedly, the targeted killings of the Kashmiri Pandits began in January 1990, right after the kidnapping of the then Union Minister Mufti Muhammad Sayeed's daughter Rubaiya and ended with the release of some dreaded terrorists. Farooq led the exodus and was the chief hitman of the Jammu Kashmir Liberation Front (JKLF) until he was arrested in June 1990.
Farooq Ahmad Dar's first victim during the 1990 exodus of the Kashmiri Pandits was his childhood friend Satish Kumar Tickoo (businessman). Dar shot him dead right in front of his (Satish) house. In an interview, Farooq disclosed that he killed Satish as he received the orders to do so. He said that Satish was killed because he belonged to a Kashmiri Pandit family and was a follower of RSS.
During an interview, Farooq admitted killing around 20 people (most of which were Kashmiri Pandits) in Kashmir during the insurgency in 1990. However, later he claimed that he did not kill anyone, and he had made the earlier statement under coercion. On 22 June 1990, Farooq, along with two of his associates, was arrested by the Border Security Force from Srinagar. He had around 19 terrorism-related cases against him and was detained under the Public Safety Act in various prisons across India. He was kept in official custody at Kot Bhalwal Jail in Jammu, District Jail in Kathua, Central Jail in Jodhpur, and Central Jail in Agra. Dar remained under detention for around 16 years.
Farooq was granted bail for four months on 23 October 2006 by a court enforcing the Terrorist and Disruptive Activities (Prevention) Act (TADA court) in Jammu. He was handed over to his family on 25 October 2006. The bail was granted to him against a bail bond and personal surety of Rs.1 lakh. Later, the Supreme Court of India revoked his detention under the Public Safety Act. While dictating the verdict, Justice Wani remarked,
The court is aware of the fact that the allegations against the accused are of serious nature and carry a punishment of death sentence or life imprisonment but the fact is that the prosecution has shown total disinterest in arguing the case."
Following the verdict of the court, Dar was released from jail after spending 16 years in it. While his release was condemned by many Kashmiri Pandit organizations, Farooq received a rousing reception from his supporters in Kashmir. He was brought in a procession by JKLF to the Guru Bazaar area of Kashmir where a large number of supporters assembled near his house and showered flower petals and confetti on him. Dar addressed his supporters and went to the Eidgah to pay homage to his militant colleagues, who were killed by the security forces in 1990.
Farooq Ahmed Dar being welcomed by his supporters after his release from jail
After his release from detention in 2006, Dar joined the Jammu Kashmir Liberation Front and later became the chairman of the group.
In 2019, Bitta was again arrested by the National Investigation Agency (NIA) on charges of terror funding. NIA charged Farooq and others accused in the case of "conspiring to wage war against the government" and fomenting trouble in the Kashmir Valley. As of 2022, he is under the official custody of the National Investigation Agency.
Farooq Ahmed Dar also goes by the name Bitta Karate. While 'Bitta' was his nickname in childhood, he added Karate to it because of his mastery of martial arts.
In an interview, he claimed that he would have also killed his own mother or brother if he received the orders to do so from his seniors.
Once the Jammu and Kashmir police chief JN Saxena described him as,
Not the most dreaded terrorist but he was the compulsive killer. He committed some gruesome murders in front of women and children."
Bitta is also addressed as the 'Butcher of Pandits.'
On 11 March 2022, a Hindi film based on the genocide of Kashmiri Pandits in 1990 was released in India. The film was written and directed by the Indian film director Vivek Agnihotri. In the film, Dar is portrayed as 'Farooq Malik Bitta' and the character is played by the Indian actor Chinmay Mandlekar.
Chinmay Mandlekar as Farooq Malik Bitta in The Kashmir Files
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The general approach of the new "PEARL initiative" is to follow the CubeSat standard, but not the "commercial parts" philosophy of the existing CubeSat standard, which was initially intended for educational use. The goal of PEARL is to migrate eventually to an all space-grade components capability.
The PEARL bus initiative was developed with the needs of the military in mind, as its development was sponsored by AFRL (Air Force Research Laboratory) at Kirtland AFB, NM. The PEARL initiative is actually a prototype development for a larger constellation mission that will involve up to 100 CubeSats.
The PEARL spacecraft platform has been designed from the ground up to provide high capability in a CubeSat form factor. The initial 3U version of the platform is a highly capable spacecraft bus. Increased processing and pointing control provide the utility necessary for relevant scientific or military missions.
The PEARL bus is focused in particular on the 3U CubeSat form factor which incorporates the top-of-the-line in CubeSat subsystem technologies. The bus features four deployable solar arrays as well as four fixed, body-mounted panels. SDL has developed minireaction wheels for pointing that take up only 0.5U. In conjunction with the miniature reaction wheels is a miniature sun-sensor which has a targeted accuracy of 0.01º. The avionics chassis takes up 1.5U which leaves 1U available for the CubeSat payload.
With a size of 109 mm x 109 mm x 340 mm, the the 3U version of PEARL is one of the smallest spacecraft to provide such capabilities as a Vx Works operating system, 3-axis attitude control with a high order Kalman Filter, and floating point operations for navigation and mission data processing.
- Payload chassis: 1.0 U available for payload + 1 PCI card in avionics; up to 1 kg of payload mass; up to 2 W continuous for a nadir pointing mission; chassis modifications possible to support viewing; mounting bosses on top and bottom corners; chassis sides can support additional mounting points.
- The following separate threads enable easy modification: a) communications, b) attitude control, c) payload management.


Prompted by a filmmaker's uninspiring suggestion to "crowdsource" footage, we had a good round of spontaneous chatter at ODC about: what motivates you to participate?
Given how participation is now the metric driving all Mozilla Foundation projects, the topic of motiviation certainly deserves some reflection. Everyday we're all bombarded with requests and invitations to "participate, / contribute / help" one initiative or another. Of course we all would like to do more, but there are limits, and there are filters and triggers that help us decide where to dedicate our time.
The great thing about the discussion we had at ODC is that for a group of people that identifies itself as a community of practice, there was such an array of motivations for contributing to that community. And I suppose it's this heterogeneity within a tribe that makes you feel like you belong, with all your eccentricities, yet also allows you to be pleasantly surprised and interested in the cast of other characters working together.
What motivates you to participate? Anything surprising or missing from the ideas above?
I'm curious to follow this thread at Wikimania 2011 as well, where antischokke will facilitate a session on "Incentivizing Engagement", sharing experiences from Wikimedia Germany and learning from others what is effective is bringing people on board.


The FSB Insurance Division's recent Seminar focused on planned conduct of business regulatory and supervisory developments in the insurance sector. Many of these developments are driven by three overarching objectives, including redesigning the organisational framework, establishing a robust regulatory framework and increasing the focus on transformation in the financial services industry. The importance of improving access to financial services and establishing a culture based on treating customers fairly was also emphasised.
The organisational shift from the sectoral FSB to the functional FSCA, which is envisaged to be effective from April 2018. With regards to licencing, the FSB emphasised that, during these changes, the focus will be on engaging with financial services providers to facilitate a conversion process, as opposed to re-licensing providers.
The planned effective date for the Insurance Bill, which was passed by the National Assembly on Tuesday the 28th of November, is July 2018. The Insurance Bill makes provision for micro insurance while entrenching the broader goal of transformation as one of the objectives of the Act. Insurers will need to demonstrate, through their governance frameworks, that they have a plan to achieve the transformation objectives set out in the Act. Schedules 1 and 3 of the Act also seek to ensure alignment between the LTIA and the STIA.
The COFI Bill will be published early in 2018 for comment (it may possibly be published in December 2017, but this is dependent on a number of factors). The Bill is planned to be tabled in Parliament during the second half of 2018 (possibly July 2018).
The final version of the Tranche 1 PPR amendments is intended to be published by 15 December 2017, with the planned effective date 1 January 2018. The final version of the Tranche 1 Insurance Regulations amendments are planned to be published by 15 December 2017. The planned effective date is 1 January 2018.
The theme of transformation and consumer education was highlighted during the discussion on RDR updates. A further consultation paper on advisor categorisation is planned for the end of 2017, possibly early 2018, confirming the previously communicated two-tier model and requesting input on a number of points including the feasibility of allowing a product supplier agent (PSA) to act as the PSA of more than one product supplier.
For FAIS CAT 1 and CAT 2 licenses, informal consultation is still underway within the investment industry on defining "investment management" as a specific licensed activity. The FSB is also no longer proposing to completely prohibit white labelling by entities providing advice. However, while white labelling will not be prohibited, it was emphasised that they will need to be effectively regulated so as to avoid conflict of interests. A public discussion document on these investment-related proposals will follow in early 2018.
With regard to the Draft Determination on Equivalence of Reward, it was emphasised that this is not a new concept and that it is necessary in order to level the playing field between tied advice and untied advice. The Planned effective date is 1 January 2018.
The third Party Cell Captive Insurance Position Paper is planned to be published by 15 December 2017.
The Short-Term Insurance Intermediary Activity Analysis Report is due to be released early in 2018.
The Tranche 2 amendments, which concern additional PPR and Insurance Regulations amendments, are planned to be released for comment by April 2018. The planned effective date is July 2018. The purpose of these amendments is to align the PPR and insurance regulations terminology with the Insurance Act and to address segmentation across the insurance industry.
Please keep in mind that the above-mentioned timelines are dependent on what happens in Parliament. While a significant amount of information was covered during the seminar, there was a strong focus on the need to establish a culture based on treating customers fairly, adopting a more proactive approach to Fintech and facilitating transformation within the insurance sector. All of the presentations from the seminar are also available on the FSB Website.
Whatever happens, the financial services industry will look substantially different in six to seven months from now.