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How has the COVID-19 pandemic affected Minority Language Media (MLM)? The findings from a series of expert interviews
Authors: Sergiusz Bober & Craig Willis
The present text summarises the findings of the series "Minority language media and the COVID-19 pandemic" which consists of of expert interviews looking at the effects of the Covid-19 pandemic on minority language media across Europe. The individual interviews in this series have been posted as 10 different pieces since July, featuring expert scholars and practitioners who focus on one specific linguistic sphere. This post provides an overview and comparative analysis of the series, which was divided into six different themes discussed for each case.
We conceptualised this series after initial conversations with external colleagues who were beginning to notice significant effects of the pandemic on minority language media throughout the Spring of 2020, including aspects which appeared to be unique to minority languages. As such, we conducted ten in-depth interviews across varying spheres, namely: Welsh; German and Ladin in South Tyrol; Basque; Irish; Catalan; German in Denmark; Swedish in Finland; German in Poland; Scottish Gaelic. This was not a pre-planned list and thus was mostly decided on practical grounds as to where we knew or could find experts willing and able to work with us at short notice. As a result, it is not representative of the entire continent and its greatly varying minority language media spheres – this is an obvious limitation of our research which we would seek to address going forward in consequent analysis. Nonetheless, there is still significant variance between these spheres – highlighted in further detail below.
In terms of other methodological aspects, we were mostly focusing on the initial lockdown period of Spring 2020. Whilst the pandemic is ongoing and indeed in the midst of a strong second wave, for comparative purposes and issues of urgency in making stakeholders aware of such developments faced by minority language media, we chose to focus on this initial period as the first phase of research. However, it should be stated that some of situations may have since changed or worsened. Nonetheless, we tried to focus not only on negative or threatening effects but also to highlight positive examples of innovative content.
The interviews were structured into six thematic questions across all interviews. Therefore, this text will continue by providing an overview of each of these six areas, intending to summarise common and contrasting findings, as well as highlighting unique and exemplary practices.
An overview of the MLM outlets
This first question was answered in great detail by the expert interviewees, some of which were practitioners working for or with specific media outlets, whilst many were scholars who focused on a given linguistic sphere as a whole. As such, the outlets covered in their research varied greatly for each sphere, entailing public sector broadcasting as well as private (albeit often subsidised by the state and/or kin state) media such as newspapers. This question also highlighted the significant difference in terms of the numerical size of each linguistic minority – which often had a consequence for the number of media available, although not always. The series covered spheres which contain hundreds of thousands or even millions of speakers, such as Catalan, Basque, Welsh, but also much smaller spheres concerning low tens of thousands, such as Scottish Gaelic or the German minorities in Denmark and Poland. Another defining differentiation was the combination of minority languages with and without a kin state, which can make a significant difference with regard to financial support but also competition for audience figures. Overall, this question acted as an informative and contextual introduction to each interview, explaining in detail the current situation as well as briefly outlining historical developments concerning each minority language media sphere.
Audience Figures and Funding Implications
An initial finding which was repeated across many spheres and media outlets was an increase in audience figures, often substantial. There was very little evidence of lower audience figures, rather the remainder of outlets did not have numbers – often due to only releasing figures at the end of the year. A particular increase appeared to be in relation to news items, which possibly reflects the local nature of the pandemic and minorities' desire to receive detailed updates in one's mother tongue. Indeed, a remark from Chief Editor of Der Nordschleswiger, Gwyn Nissen, was interesting in this regard, whereby he stated that normally big global headline events draw minorities to national level (majority language) media. Yet, despite being a global phenomenon, the pandemic has most significant effects on a local or regional level and this can drive a spike in local (in this case minority) news audience figures. Specific news outlets and programmes reporting higher figures included: S4C and BBC Wales Today in Wales, Berria in the Basque Country, TG4 in Ireland, Yle and Hufvudstadsbladet in Finland, and Der Nordschleswiger in Denmark. Moreover, engagement also increased in many social media spheres, however this will be expanded on further below.
Despite this widespread increase in audience figures, at the same time many MLM outlets faced funding issues due to reduced advertising revenues. This was particularly an issue for those operating in the commercial private-sector or only partially state-subsidised. The experts had highlighted that in some cases this could quickly become an existential threat, if normal levels of advertising revenues do not resume or alternative funding is not secured. Although this has been the case for many major newspapers, TV companies and radio channels as well, in the context of minority languages the situation is exacerbated due to the oftentimes small scale of the audience. Further, such outlets are often the sole media available in a certain language or area. Therefore, they carry the extra responsibility of being a community-building resource for minorities and an essential part of their collective identities.
Effects on other Content
Although pandemic-related news saw an uptick in audience figures, the effects on other content were not always positive. Issues such as suspension of sports and cultural events reduced the available content. TV channels in Welsh, Irish, Frisian, Basque and Scottish Gaelic were impacted by this, and in some cases replacement re-runs acted as a turnoff and diminished audience figures. Similarly, some newspapers decided to reduce the number of printed pages by downsizing certain sections. Moreover, dwindling advertising revenues forced commercial media to reduce their output in several instances. Finally, there were also examples of new content being delayed due to filming or production being suspended because of lockdown – again affecting more often culture or entertainment, examples of this can be seen in Scottish Gaelic TV productions. As before, these issues were not unique to minority language media in 2020, but when the media sphere is much smaller a reduction in content can make a big impact to the availability of media in a minority language, and thus affect the intensity and depth of speakers' everyday contact with a given language.
Yet, there were positive examples of innovative content offered during the lockdown period. For instance, many minority communities shifted cultural events online and thus provided content to be covered by minority language media. Unique pandemic-inspired programmes included user-interactive shows produced on Welsh TV, a life under lockdown podcast series on Irish radio and a similar initiative on Catalan TV.
Majority/Minority Relations
Some unexpected findings concern minority language media coverage of minority–majority relations. One worrying tendency was the lack of use of minority language during the pandemic, in a number of scenarios. In Friesland, the head of the regional health service, despite being a Frisian speaker, was addressing the public sector (Frisian language) TV channel Omrop Fryslan in Dutch for several weeks, before returning to Frisian only after the initial wave of the pandemic had died down. No official reason was given for this and it caused outrage with viewers. In Ireland public health information was only provided in English, making it more difficult for Irish language media and its audience to follow respective developments. In Finland, on the other hand, the national air carrier Finnair only provided COVID-19 related information in Finnish and English, thus excluding Swedish despite it being an official state language. This was something that caused a stir when picked up by the Swedish language media.
However, there were also positive examples where minority languages were given or maintained a presence on majority media. In Finland, the initial live press briefings at the start of the pandemic saw the Minister of Education and the Minister of Justice give their speeches in Finnish and Swedish. Whilst this practice was eventually changed to just Finnish and dubbed into Swedish for the Swedish language media, for a time Swedish was being broadcast nationally to an audience usually not exposed to the language. Moreover, in Wales the First Minister and other Ministers answered journalists' questions in both Welsh and English, providing content for the Welsh language media and social media. On a smaller scale, Scottish Gaelic received some unexpected exposure via positive reviews of Gaelic TV and radio programmes in national level English newspapers. Such situations certainly contributed to the increased awareness of minority languages and their media among majority populations.
Logistical Aspects
In terms of logistics, the media sphere in general had to rapidly rethink how it operated and this was no different for minority language media outlets. This involved both journalists and production workers in core institutions and their external collaborators. The day-to-day life switched to working from home for a significant part of staff and presented fresh challenges for smaller institutions, including the supply of equipment for those working remotely. Yet, many reporters were out in the field and while keeping the distance from their offices, still delivered high-quality content. This was the case of Omrop Fryslan, for example. Another innovative adaptation was the use of user-generated reports / videos by Gaelic speakers, providing content for BBC Alba where its journalists were struggling to work in remote areas subject to strict lockdown rules.
However, not all staff outside of news and current affairs departments were able to work during the pandemic. BBC Wales announced job cuts, there were examples of temporary staff reduction in private-sector Catalan media, or hours cut for workers in German language media institutions in South Tyrol. Other issues include distribution problems due to closed retailers, as demonstrated in the case of some Irish language print media. The West Highlands Free Press was forced to move to an online-only format for a few months, due to lockdown restrictions in Scotland, but it did keep its (limited) Gaelic content.
Whilst situations like these were not unique to minority language media, it must be again emphasized that oftentimes such institutions are the only, or one of very few, media outlets operating in a given language. As a result, their reduced production capacity or disappearance can significantly affect minority communities themselves. Lack of media outlets weaken internal community links, limits possibilities of informed debate, while at the same time makes minorities less visible to their neighbours. Importantly, such a gap cannot be substituted by media content produced in a kin state (if there is one), as arguably the most important aspect of minority language media is the proximity between the produced content and a given community.
The role of social media can also demonstrate some unique aspects in the context of minority language media. Firstly, as with general audience figures, most minority language media outlets with a presence on social media saw an increased engagement during the months of March, April and May. This included many viewers finding their way to minority language media outlets not only through their official social media accounts but also through social networks or discussion groups – again not anything that does not occur in majority language media. However, there were instances were majority populations began to engage with social media content of minority language media outlets – as was the case with Der Nordschleswiger which saw increasing numbers of Danish speakers visiting the German language site. Or in Finland where Swedish language media outlets saw an increased traffic in social media channels from Sweden. This was the case of the Facebook page of the nationally distributed Hufvudstadsbladet daily newspaper. In this way and somewhat surprisingly the pandemic contributed to the occurrence of unique instances of interaction between majority and minority which may not normally occur.
Furthermore, there were many instances were popular social media groups were set up during the pandemic to share practical information or personal experiences in a minority language. For example, in Finland, a group in Swedish was set up titled 'Practical tips for the Swedish parts of Finland with corona around'. In Wales, groups on 'beating the coronavirus through cooking' or singing in Welsh were created. Although not strictly social media, Scottish Gaelic was seen to have a significant boost in learners through Duolingo during the Spring.
To summarise, minority language media spheres have clearly been affected by the COVID-19 pandemic and consequent lockdown measures, albeit to varying degrees. This has presented both challenges and opportunities, some of which are unique to minority language media and some which are shared with majority media. The lower revenues could become an existential threat to some media outlets, particularly in light of the second wave of substantial lockdowns which have been implemented in many areas of Europe. Oftentimes it is a particularly precarious situation which can negatively affect not only minority communities who rely on such media sources, but even some of minority languages in general. Particularly in the case of smaller linguistic minorities, the loss of a media outlet could leave a given community with no media in their language. Resulting migration towards majority-language media may result in decreasing interest in minority language, and further weaken incentive to master it due to reduced visibility. Ultimately, such trends might even put into question the preservation of Europe's linguistic diversity. At the same time, rising audience figures and social media engagement, as well as increased exposure to minority language media concerning both minority language speakers but in some cases also majority populations, bring to the fore the significance of minority language media in terms of community-building potential, but also the quality of the offered content (it is good enough to attract the outsiders). Somewhat paradoxically then, the current crisis can also stabilize the situation of some of the minority language media outlets, as their importance for particular communities have been clearly shown during the pandemic, and thus the argument for a sustainable public support of minority language media can be made much stronger.
In terms of minority-majority relations, the aforementioned positive aspect concerning majority language speakers' interest in the content offered by minority language media outlets, is to a certain degree relativized by several instances in which officials, politicians or institutions decided not to speak or communicate in minority languages during the pandemic. This remains an area of concern and should result in sets of guidelines / recommendations concerning the significance of the official communication in minority languages during crisis situations.
Moreover, there have been many positive examples of innovative content produced during lockdown, offering evidence of minority language media adapting quickly to the situation. Again, whilst this is not necessarily unique to minority language media, it provides evidence that such institutions are well-equipped to deal with different kinds of challenges (including logistical) and respond to a surge in demand for localised media, as well as to creatively interact with their respective audiences.
This research project was of course not without its limitations. It focused just on 10 linguistic spheres which were mostly in the more economically prosperous areas of Europe; further research aims to address that, by expanding the analysis towards minority language media situations in central and eastern Europe. Moreover, this initial research focused just on the first wave of the COVID-19 pandemic and the initial lockdown. As we write in late November, much of Europe has descended into a tough second wave of infections and has seen governments respond with fresh lockdown measures which could present more logistical and financial complications for minority language media. Further research would therefore seek to expand the series to other linguistic spheres, as well as to return to the previously interviewed experts for an update in early 2021.
You can find all the interviews from the series here.
Watch a video lecture by Craig Willis on minority language media during the pandemic presented at the 4th European Conference Dedicated to Minority and Local Media in Novi Sad, Serbia
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VF Mix 97: Talk Talk by The Last Dinosaur
By VF Team
VF Team
June 14, 2017 In Features, VF Mixes
A tribute to Mark Hollis' trailblazing outfit Talk Talk.
Hugely influential but rarely given the credit they deserve, Talk Talk quietly helped change the face of indie music in the UK. Operating for much of the '80s (and early '90s) the group, led by singer Mark Hollis, released just five albums, dipping into art rock, ambient, avant-garde blues and new wave, to forge a melancholy, much-imitated oeuvre.
Eight years in the making, Talk Talk fanatic Jamie Cameron is on the cusp of releasing his second album as The Last Dinosaur. A poignant exposition of a trying decade which has seen the London-based singer and songwriter contend with tragedy and loss, The Nothing continues in Hollis' footsteps, merging sweeping atmospherics with astute, honest song-writing.
Listen to Cameron's mix now and read his introduction and track-by-track commentary below.
I read about Talk Talk before I listened to them. Someone on a message board I visited regularly throughout my early to mid-teens would gush about them frequently. I really didn't want to like them. Something about their passion make me want to be underwhelmed, but I was at the age where I had become infatuated with music and therefore I wanted to follow every lead, listen to everything, see how it made me feel.
My dad was away from home when I went through his music collection and found he had a copy of Spirit of Eden. I put it on, closed my eyes, and by the end of the first song ('The Rainbow') my perspective on music had changed, and I mean that sincerely. The idea that this album was recorded as far back as the '80s was incomprehensible to me and it continues to exist outside of time, sounding simultaneously like it was recorded yesterday but has also existed from time memorial. The last three Talk Talk albums are particular objects of my obsession and these are where the majority of the tracks below are taken from (excluding 'Tomorrow Started').
I must have been a clumsy kid because I remember a few specific times where I knocked myself unconscious. The start of this song reminds me of my mind slowly pulling itself back to reality, where the sounds of the immediate environment travel towards you and gather detail as you get closer to consciousness. At the 4 minute mark a solo consisting of only one note covered in feedback that jumps and falls across the octaves plays continuously without pausing for around 75 seconds. That's the beauty of Talk Talk, for me. They can hold one note for a minute and fifteen seconds and each time you listen you'll find something new to discover that fascinates and surprises.
The first Talk Talk song I ever heard (if you don't count 'It's My Life' which I'm sure I probably heard throughout the '80s but was a bit too young to clearly remember). The song starts with over 2-minutes of ambient noise. When the guitar eventually chimes it is utterly perfect. A second sooner or later and it just wouldn't have the same impact, it enters in the most effective place possible. At around the 7 minute mark a harmonica solo begins. It's only 30 seconds long but rises from the undergrowth, rippling the ground, shuddering into existence. It's one of the most exciting things I've ever heard and I'm still yet to experience anything that even comes close to the way it made me feel the first time I heard it.
Desire is another perfect example of Talk Talk's nuance in their use of dynamics. The drums explode into life when the chorus hits, crushing the time signature set before. My brain still can't quite make sense of the change but I'm not sure I really want it to. For me that's part of the fascination; it's not exactly that the rules are broken, it's that they weren't even present to begin with.
At 1:34 a piano part occurs. It only happens once in the entire song and it lasts no more than 3 seconds. For me, it's probably the most influential 3 seconds of music I've heard throughout my lifetime. I've been subconsciously trying to recreate the feeling that's evoked from those 3 seconds in my own music ever since. I can't imagine I've even come close.
It's Getting Late In The Evening
This song speaks to me on a deep level. It's so beautiful I can barely make sense of what it does to me. Another thing; this song was a b-side. This is one of the most beautiful pieces of music ever written and it was a fucking b-side. Listening to it makes me want to never pick up an instrument again.
New Grass
I wrote in to Mojo about this song and was subsequently published. The words I wrote led to us covering the previous track in this playlist for a Talk Talk benefit album called The Spirit of Talk Talk which was released on Fierce Panda a few years back and includes tracks by incredible musicians from such great bands as Grandaddy, Bon Iver, Arcade Fire, Joan As Policewoman, Do Make Say Think, etc. What I wrote was this: "This song reminds me of a past I never experienced, a present that doesn't exist, and a future I hope happens."
Tomorrow Started
Chameleon Day
The dissonant notes, the piano chords, the melody, the dynamics. This song is just devastating. When Mark Hollis sings "Breathe on me… eclipse my mind," it kills me. I can't actually accept that a human being was able to write this.
Mark Hollis – The Colour Of Spring
I'll sign off with this quote: "Before you play two notes learn how to play one note – and don't play one note unless you've got a reason to play it." – Mark Hollis
The Last Dinosaur – The Nothing is out on 7th July via Naim records.
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Home/Car premieres/New Jeep Compass offers even better equipment in terms of technology
New Jeep Compass offers even better equipment in terms of technology
Perfectly reflecting the spirit of the Jeep brand, aptly described as "Go Anywhere, Do Anything", the new Compass now offers a new infotainment system and new powertrains that provide true freedom for driver and passengers.
With the start of production in Italy, the Jeep brand guarantees a reduction in delivery times from the factory by approximately three weeks, while offering a model adapted to the expectations of European customers and European roads, equipped with a number of advanced and easy-to-use technologies, providing better performance and driving comfort always in touch. with the world.
The growing success of the model, originally produced for the European market at the FCA Toluca plant in Mexico, has allowed it to be launched directly in Italy, including the innovative 4xe version with a plug-in hybrid drive. This is the next step in FCA's €5 billion investment plan for Italy and another important step in the evolution of the brand. This confirms both the strong focus on technological innovation and the level of excellence of the Italian factory, one of the most modern in the world.
The Jeep Compass, built at the FCA Melfi plant, will be powered by a new 1.3-liter petrol engine producing 130 or 150 hp for a smooth and comfortable ride, or an upgraded version of the 1.6-liter MultiJet II diesel engine with 120 hp. with. with selective catalytic reduction SCR. Innovative features provide new Uconnect services for a better connection to the car and the world.
The Compass also received new styling cues such as six different wheel designs (one for each trim level and exclusive glossy 19-inch Gloss Black wheels (for the Night Eagle version) and a new color palette with five new body colors: Ivory Ivory, Colorado Red, Blue Italia Blue, Blue Shade Blue and Techno Green Metallic are all available in combination with a black roof, while a new trunk shade is also available for all versions.
Keeping in mind the constant improvement of the Jeep range, the dynamic performance of the Compass has been further improved, further adapting it to the expectations of European customers.
The Compass "Made in Melfi" road behavior has been improved by tweaking the steering to be lighter and more progressive, as well as a slight modification to the suspension system, including the addition of FSD (Selective Damping Frequency) dampers to reduce body movement without harm. comfort when driving on bumpy roads.
The new Compass delivers more precision when cornering at high speed, providing less roll and more stability when braking. First of all, the driver feels that the car is more precise and agile and handles especially well on winding roads.
The Melfi-built Jeep Compass will hit European dealerships this July. The lineup includes four trim levels: Longitude, Night Eagle, Limited and S, all offered with both fuel-efficient petrol and diesel engines combined with front-wheel drive (an all-wheel drive version will be available later this year in combination with the 4xe). technologies).
Produced so far in Mexico, Brazil, China and India, and now in Italy, the Jeep Compass, which will soon also be available in a 4xe hybrid version, is a truly global model. It is extremely strongly connected with the EMEA region, and above all with Europe.
Launched locally in 2017, the Compass was the first Jeep model designed specifically for European roads. It quickly became the brand's flagship and best-selling model in 2019, with the Renegade driving the brand's commercial success in Europe. Its sales accounted for over 40% of Jeep's total annual sales.
New 1.3 turbo petrol engine.
The new 1.3-liter turbocharged four-cylinder petrol engine throbbing under the hood of the Jeep Compass, produced at FCA Melfi's plant in Italy's Basilicata region, is part of the new FCA Global Small Engine family launched in mid-2018 alongside the Jeep Renegade. update `a.
This engine is based on a modular structure and will be available on the Jeep Compass in a four-cylinder configuration with two power levels available: 130 hp. coupled with a six-speed manual transmission and 150 hp. automatic transmission clutch, as with front-wheel drive.
For the first time, Compass has combined an automatic transmission with front-wheel drive, making it more accessible to new buyers in the C-SUV segment (automatic 4×2 models now account for 28% of total sales). European market). The new 1-3 liter petrol engine is Euro 6D Final compliant and equipped with a GPF (Gasoline Particulate Filter).
The new engine has been designed to deliver exceptional performance and driving comfort. For the Compass, the 1.3-litre petrol engine has been upgraded with a special turbocharging system that maximizes the engine's low-end throttle response and reduces CO2 emissions to 27%. It also optimizes fuel consumption up to 30% (WLTP cycle) compared to previous 4×4 petrol versions with automatic transmission.
The Jeep Compass, paired with the new 1.3-litre turbocharged petrol engine and DDCT automatic transmission, also offers a "Sport" driving mode for the first time, which can be selected via a button on the center console.
This dynamic driving mode offers even more fun to everyday city driving by providing stiffer steering, sharper throttle response and fine-tuning the transmission by upshifting to achieve full power and torque.
In addition, in the "Sport" mode, the drift function ("sailing") is turned off and the "quick start" mode is turned on. When the accelerator pedal is released, it prevents upshifting to maximize engine performance and optimize response on the next acceleration.
The Global Small Engine family was developed by the FCA group to offer a range of smaller gasoline engines that are economical and exemplary in terms of performance in a wide variety of situations. The basic design of the new engines provides efficiency, modularity and a high degree of component and manufacturing process standardization, flexibility and customization.
These engines are made entirely of aluminum for lightness (the weight of a turbocharged four-cylinder engine starts at 110 kg). The engine housing, developed in collaboration with Teksid, is made of die-cast aluminium. After analyzing various engine casing designs, a baseplate architecture was chosen to provide the best balance between noise, vibration, weight and structural performance.
All GSE Turbo engines feature the exclusive third-generation MultiAir technology, which improves combustion efficiency by adjusting intake valve lift height, timing and torque.
New 1.3-liter turbocharged petrol engine with 130 hp with a manual transmission will be available in Longitude, Night Eagle and Limited versions, and a 150 hp DDCT version. will also be available in the S trim. The maximum torque for both versions is 270 Nm (up to 40 Nm more than the previous 1.4-litre petrol engine). Both engines are available with front wheel drive.
The Compass offering is complemented by a 1.6-litre MultiJet II diesel engine with 120 hp. and a torque of 320 Nm in combination with a manual transmission and in combination with front-wheel drive, equipped with an SCR (Selective Catalytic Reduction) system.
4xe models (with plug-in hybrid technology) will be available with an electric motor paired with a 1.3-liter Global Small Engine with a total output of 190 or 240 hp. They will appear at dealers in Europe in the second half of this year. Both 4xe versions will only be available with 4×4 drive.
New Uconnect™ services for enhanced worldwide connectivity
The Jeep Compass, built in Melfi, will have state-of-the-art connectivity to meet the needs of more and more demanding customers. The new Uconnect services, already offered in the 2020 Jeep Renegade, offer a range of services accessible through the My Uconnect mobile app, smartwatches, websites, and overhead console and radio screen buttons, among others.
Available since the launch of Compass, the new Uconnect services will be available as standard in combination with 7-inch and 8.4-inch infotainment systems in Limited, S and Tarilhawk versions, offering enhanced global connectivity and a host of useful services. and comfort.
My Car allows the driver to control the status and parameters of the car. My Remote offers the ability to lock/unlock doors, turn on lights, locate a vehicle, monitor certain parameters such as speed or area, and be notified if they are not saved.
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Driver and passenger safety was paramount in the development of the new Jeep Compass. The new model offers a full suite of active and passive active and passive safety and protection features for everyday driving, including Forward Collision Warning and Lane Departure Warning, which are standard across the range, as well as Electronic Stability Control (ESC) with rollover protection (ERM). ), as well as front, side and curtain airbags.
Available safety systems also include blind-spot monitoring and rear cross-traffic detection, adaptive cruise control (ACC), a ParkView® reversing camera with dynamic grid, and fully automatic Parallel and Perpendicular Park Assist.
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Suspected Medway robber charged
A suspected robber has been charged with two offences in Medway.
Kent Police was called on 15 July 2020 after a man reported being approached by a person in Railway Street, Chatham, at around 1am.
The suspect was alleged to have threatened the man with a knife and demanded money before the victim was able to walk away and get help from a nearby member of the public. The suspect then left the area without taking anything.
At around 1.50am another man was approached by a person in Strood High Street who was reported to have threatened him with a knife. The suspect is alleged to have taken the victim's phone as well as earphones before he ran away.
Local patrol officers responded to the two reports and at 2.20am a man matching the description of the suspect was arrested in Chatham High Street.
Harry Law, 18, of Grebe Way, Maidstone, has been charged with one count of robbery, one count of attempted robbery and one count of possession of a bladed object in a public place.
Mr Law appeared before Medway Magistrates' Court by video link on 16 July 2020 and was recalled to prison for a previous offence. He will appear at Maidstone Crown Court on 13 August.


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Yogyakarta is a place that holds special meaning for us. It was the first trip that we (P, L and U) took together, soon after we hatched the idea of starting a blog. The common wisdom is that travelling together is a make-or-break thing for any relationship and we passed with flying colours, even if we do say so ourselves! This year, we were two and not three, as L had to get back to the real world and his full-time job – but we're sure he was with us in spirit and we certainly tried to eat for three, in his honour! So here's the down and dirty on this year's Jogja Joget (essentially just a day and a half in the city) – the art we saw, the people we met and, as always, the food we ate.
Heading directly from the airport to our tried-and-tested Jogja favourite, the Phoenix Hotel Yogyakarta to drop off our bags, we went right back out again to the Jogja National Museum, previously the home of Akademi Seni Rupa Indonesia (ASRI), the nation's first art college, and the venue for Art Jog 2017. This annual contemporary art fair, now in its 10th iteration, has rapidly become a must-go destination for the artistic and creative crowd in the region.
P and U get the ArtJog stamp of approval
Walking into the grounds of the venue, we couldn't shake the distinct feeling we were being watched – by many pairs of eyes on a dozen or more colourful psychedelic eyeballs, some bobbing about in pools of water, others looming over us like gigantic eyeball monsters. An Art Jog signature, this year's commissioned work by Yogyakarta-based artist Wedhar Riyadi, Floating Eyes, was an eye-catching (pun intended!) installation, engaging visitors and reeling them in with the promise of more artistic spectacles inside.
U, P and ArtJog commissioned artist Wedhar Riyadi, with his installation Floating Eyes, 2017
Riyadi explained that his intention was to construct a space for visitors to ArtJog to meet, interact and play in this digital era, where social media has blurred the boundaries between private and public spaces and where there always seems to be someone watching us. While the garishly colourful, cartoonish creatures were cute and playful, the idea behind the work, which questioned the constantly curated surveillance of social media, was far darker.
Many of the young millennials visiting the show, however, seemed to not only be perfectly comfortable with the visibility of their lives on social media, they were, in fact, happy to be complicit and active participants in this display. Taking advantage of the very Instagrammable works in the show, posing with the artworks was very much the order of the day!
One of the works at the show, by Oky Rey Montha Bukit a.k.a. Kyre, In Frame we Trust, mocks this obsession with selfies and wefies, suggesting that we should go to the extent of taking a selfie even while sitting on the toilet! The artwork incorporates a polka-dotted toilet bowl, calling to mind and perhaps intentionally referencing that other very famous urinal by Marcel Duchamp.
U duly obliges by taking a selfie!
What did we think of this year's ArtJog? To be honest there were fewer pieces that blew us away, unlike in last year's show, which we reviewed here, and quite a number of works were, rather disappointingly, not quite finished works-in-progress. That being said, here are a few of our favourites.
Edwin Dolly Roseno Kurniawan's Seri Kematian Para Pelantun (loosely translated, the Death of the Singers series) is stunningly beautiful to look at but also powerfully moving and poignant. The photographic series is a lament for the songbirds that are captured, caged and sold in the bird markets around Yogyakarta. Many of these birds die in captivity and are discarded like trash. The artist collected some of these dead birds and photographed them in artfully arranged tableaux, like memento mori paintings, a silent rebuke of human greed, arrogance and the desire to own everything around them.
Mulyana Mogus' crocheted and knitted installation, Silent Prayers is yet another work that speaks of humanity's wanton destruction of the natural environment. The installation is a metaphor for the dead and dying coral in our oceans and seas and represents the artist's hope and prayer that more efforts may be made to save them.
U strikes a pose in front of Agan Harahap's Old Master
I Nyoman Masriadi's work, from the website of Paul Kasmin Gallery, http://www.paulkasmingallery.com/artists/nyoman-masriadi
Striking a completely different note, here's U with the always wickedly witty Agan Harahap's work, Old Master, which parodies I Nyoman Masriadi's "blue chip" work of the same name. Here, Agan seeks to refine or make improvements on Masriadi's image of the hypermasculine native everyman by co-opting pop culture references and utilising the image of a white man (Hulk Hogan!) in his version. What can we read into it? Perhaps a not-so-gentle poke at the co-opting of Masriadi's work by the West and the resulting compromise to his identity as an Indonesian painter? Arguably also, a challenge of Masriadi's status as a revered artist by making a "better" work than the original, albeit with modern photo-editing techniques like Photoshop.
While we felt that last year's Art Jog had a stronger collection of works, overall, that speaks only to how excellent that show was. This year's, while less mind-blowingly exciting, nonetheless offered sufficient gems like the works described above that our visit was, on the whole, an interesting and worthwhile one.
If you're going to Yogyakarta to see art, you should definitely plan on making the drive out to Magelang, 43km north of Yogyakarta, to visit the OHD Museum that houses the impressive collection of modern and contemporary Indonesian art of collector Dr Oei Hong Tjien. This was our second visit to this very cool private museum and we continue to be amazed by the sheer number of works by the masters of Indonesian art that can be found in this collection. A visit not to be missed!
Last, but certainly not least, a quick word about what to eat and where to find it. We managed to enjoy favourites like Mee Soto, Gado Gado, Lumpia, Sate and Nasi Ambeng right in the excellent Phoenix Yogyakarta itself. While some might pooh-pooh the lack of the authentic "street" experience of eating where the locals eat, if you're short on time as we were, this is a convenient way to get your fix of delicious Indonesian dishes.
However, on the recommendation of an old Yogyakarta hand, we did make a trip out to the famous Ayam Goreng Ny.Suharti on Jalan Gedong Kuning No. 187. The photo below just does not do justice to the crispy, succulent, juicy dish of fried chicken goodness that was laid before us. Go! You will not regret it.
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P is for Pauline. When her nose is not buried in a book, she can be found perpetually in beginner yoga class, taking long walks in nature or, more recently, trying to grow her own herbs and veggies. Having discovered her love for art relatively late in life (there being no art museums in the small town where she grew up), P is keen to share that love with the world!
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Chichester Racquets & Fitness Club's PSL team played its final home match of the 2019 -2019 season tonight. Team Chichester welcomed Coolhurst, currently placed fourth in the Southern Division. Coolhurst's star studded line-up included 2 former Team Chichester players, Max Lee (HKG) WR24 and Nathan Lake WR52.
Kyle Finch started the proceedings and played Ammar Altamimi (Kuwait), WR110. This proved to be an all-court match with both players moving the ball well and frequently taking it in short and after a tight first game Altamimi eventually took it 9/11. In the second Finch built a 10/6 lead before relaxing slightly to allow Altamimi back in to the game. It was, thereafter, nip and tuck before Altamimi ultimately took the match 13/15 to put Coolhurst 0.1 up on the night.
Tim Vail followed on against Greg Lobban (SCO) and WR27. In the first game Vail's anticipation and reading of Lobban's speed and shot selection was exceptional. He managed, although at full stretch, to keep Lobban in check. Lobban pushed harder at the end of the first to take it 8/11. In the second game Lobban increased his pace and movement. He read Vail's game well and was on to everything and very quickly wrapped up the game 2/11 to give Coolhurst an unassailable 1.3 win.
In the final match of the evening Chichester's Olli Pett faced WR24 Max Lee (HKG). Pett showed real class and for 2 games matched Lee in every department. With great touch, speed and reading of the game the first 2 games were shared 11/8, 8/11. Lee's speed, fitness and general hardened match play enabled him to build up a healthy lead in the decider. Pett clawed back a few points before Lee closed it out 4/11 to give Coolhurst a 1.4 victory.


The �Celebrate Life� Center will serve as a �healing house� for those suffering from cancer related illnesses, and their caregivers, to come and recover and recharge. Instead of a cold, expensive hotel, patients and families can relax in a low stress, home like setting, which may even help speed the recovery process.
The �Celebrate Life� Center will provide each family with a private room and shared common spaces such as a living room, kitchen, and dining room. Every effort will be made to provide a supportive atmosphere of calm and comfort. �Normal� activities such as home cooked meals, games, and family time will help the patient adjust and relax. No matter how long the time, our goal is to make the �Celebrate Life� Center a safe, welcoming respite from their ordeal.
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Staff Interview: Meet Lauren!
Here at the Modern Family Center, our mission is to provide a community that connects with and understands you and your family. And what better way to do so than to introduce you to who we are?This month we talked to Lauren Jiang, LMSW, Program Manager about her work.
When did you start working at the Modern Family Center? I started on February 10th of 2014. I was very excited so I remember the exact day.
Why did you want to work at the Modern Family Center? I first was connected to Spence-Chapin through my second year of field placement. I was doing my Master of Social Work in the Adoption Resource Center, the then pre- and post-adoption support services at Spence-Chapin. Then the Modern Family Center was created out of ARC with this expanded mission of serving not only adopted families, but really all modern families: blended families, transracial families, single parent households, LGBTQ-headed households. So the transition was fairly seamless, having that connection to ARC leading into MFC. It made perfect sense, and the team was just incredible to work with, so I was glad to be able to stay onboard.
How did you become interested in adoption? I have been one-track career-focused for quite a while, and the gist of how I first became interested in adoption always seems a little simplistic. When I was in early middle school, my classmate's family adopted a younger sister from China. It was kind of a first exposure. I was, at that point, a child, so it was a child's eye-view into what is a much more complicated and multi-faceted family system. But it was my first inclination of interest, so I think at that point I started seeing adoption as something that my life would stay connected to in the long-run. And eventually that led to thinking towards careers, and a little bit more reading and researching into what are the complexities of adoption, who are the families who come to adopt, who are the kids that are placed for adoption. So it was born from that rather simplistic look, and then from there it expanded to when I was in college. I was in an organization that was called Duke China Care, which serves adoptive families. I spent some time in an orphanage in China, interned at Gladney, interned here, and here we are!
What is the most challenging part of your job? Being with families at the very beginning of the process you hear it all. I'm on a gray line; I'm the first person to talk to families that have no basis in adoption. There's a lot of learning opportunities for those families, there's a lot of misperceptions. There are comments that can be striking, like when a family first calls and doesn't quite understand what openness is, and might be terrified and say, "I could never be in an open adoption." It's challenging when families come with kind of a script of "this is what I want, this is how I want it, this is when I want it" and helping bring them to a point where they understand the needs of kids. We're not looking to find the ideal child for that family. Ultimately we are most interested in preparing families to meet the needs of kids.
What is the most rewarding part of your job? The nice part is that I'm on the opposite end to where I'm working with families through home studies, so helping them get some more training, learning, going into some deeper dives with them about these themes of openness, transracial families. Then later I'm with families for post-placement, once the kids are home with them, and being able to see the transition that most families make to a much more informed, child-centered approach. And I like seeing the kids home, too. Seeing them come together, seeing them understand the complexities and really examine themselves and prepare for the challenges.
Do you have interesting/funny stories about something that's happened on the job? Well, this week my home visit overlapped with a birthday for one of the kids in the family, so we transitioned from kind of a serious dive with the parents to pizza and singing with the kids. So that was surprising.
Is there a particular family that you've worked with that has affected you in any way? Working with our larger families has been a really pleasant experience. I come from a traditionally smaller family; I have one sibling. But then working with a family who has ten children and is preparing for number eleven? The initial reaction is "that's so many" or "I don't think I could do that myself." And you're coming in to their home giving them a fair shot, coming to understand them, coming to see how they manage so many children of such diverse needs, and how they are preparing for another, how their kids are preparing for another, it's seeing how they are so child-focused, and that their plan to add another child to their family will not cost any of the children in their home, and they have depth of knowledge about the community resources that will help them know the ins and outs of each of their kids: their likes, their dislikes, their behavior. I think breaking down those initial reactions of "wow, that's a lot of kids" to knowing that they are doing it so well, and that the next child who comes into their family is coming into such a prepared, resourceful, amazing, loving family is important. I think sometimes you get faced with scenarios where you glance at it on paper and there are certainly some concerns that come to mind that you want to address at home study, and when you get there, they've already addressed it.
We hope you enjoyed getting to know Lauren! Make sure you catch the next Modern Family Center staff interview.
To find out more contact us at
212-400-8150 or email us at info@spence-chapin.org.


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Good afternoon Chairman Lancman and members of the Committee on the Justice System. We are Executive Assistant District Attorney Michael Sachs, Chief of the Investigation Division, and Assistant District Attorney Diana Florence, Attorney-in-Charge of the Construction Fraud Task Force. We are presenting testimony on behalf of Manhattan District Attorney Cyrus R. Vance, Jr. Thank you for the opportunity to speak about our investigation and prosecution of wage theft.
schemes. However, the reality is that the problem is much larger in scope and much more pervasive, especially within the construction industry in New York. This is because the very same companies who steal from their workers also routinely falsify their records with respect to workers' compensation insurance policies and state tax returns. Furthermore, these unscrupulous companies often subject these same workers to worksites that are rife with safety violations.
By committing wage theft and associated frauds, these companies unfairly lower their costs, making it nearly impossible for law-abiding businesses to compete. And every taxpayer shoulders the effects of wage theft because when the workers are underinsured, it forces government to step in and incur costs that should have been borne by their employer.
Recognizing the vital importance of the role construction plays in our dynamic city, but also knowing that the industry is susceptible to corruption, District Attorney Vance created the Construction Fraud Task Force in August 2015. Through this Task Force, we collaborate with city, state, and federal agencies, workers' advocacy groups, and academic scholars on a wide range of issues. Following several successful prosecutions related to health and safety in the construction industry, the Task Force organized the Wage Theft Initiative.
Attorney General's Office. Since December 2017, this partnership has resulted in ten criminal cases and accounted for more than $2.5 million in stolen wages affecting over 400 construction workers. Our collective priority is to target unscrupulous employers who cheat and endanger the hard-working men and women of New York City and State.
Wage theft is a form of worker exploitation, akin to labor trafficking and other violations of employees' rights. Its perpetrators take advantage of some of our communities' most vulnerable populations, including undocumented immigrants and low-income workers. In addition to the Wage Theft Initiative, the Manhattan District Attorney's Office has a robust Human Trafficking Unit whose mission includes prosecuting labor traffickers.
We would like to emphasize a point that is very important to District Attorney Vance and our entire Office. Many of the victims of wage theft and other workplace abuses are undocumented New Yorkers, and are not always empowered to stand up for themselves. So, we want to speak directly to them: We are here to protect your safety and your rights, and we encourage you to work with us to achieve justice without fear of being deported.
To achieve this goal, District Attorney Vance invested $1.6 million in a new program managed by the New York Committee for Occupational Safety and Health (NYCOSH). The program aims to assist the disproportionate number of immigrant workers who become victims of workplace crimes by making it easier for them to document and report unsafe work conditions, wage theft, discrimination, and exploitation. NYCOSH will provide victims with referrals and access to support services, regardless of immigration status. This program is expected to benefit tens of thousands of workers in the first three years. We hope that the program will be up and running in a few months.
Before we go further into detail about our wage theft cases, we want to first tell you the story of a construction worker named Carlos Moncayo because the investigation surrounding his death is what ultimately led to the creation of the Wage Theft Initiative.
Carlos Moncayo was born in Cuenca, Ecuador and came to New York after high school in 2012. On Monday morning, April 6, 2015, 22-year old Carlos awakened at his sister's house in Queens, grabbed a quick breakfast, kissed his 2-year old nephew goodbye and headed to work as a carpenter at a construction site in the heart of the glittering Meatpacking District. Carlos had much to look forward to that morning. His 23rd birthday was just four days away and his mother was planning a visit soon after. But Carlos never got to celebrate his birthday. Instead, he died before lunch, less than two miles away from this chamber. Carlos died an utterly preventable death when the 14-foot trench he was working in collapsed without warning, raining 3,000 pounds of dirt upon him, and crushing him to death.
Making matters not only criminal but profoundly tragic, the subcontractor Sky Materials and the general contractor Harco Construction had been warned repeatedly that morning by a structural engineer on site about the extremely dangerous conditions at the site, and that no worker should be working in or around them. The engineer repeated his entreaties to stop the work over the course of two hours until the moment of the trench collapse. But the superintendent and foreman in charge of the project disregarded the engineers' warnings, and Carlos paid with his life. Why? Because the supervisors and the companies they worked for were more interested in completing the project on budget than protecting their workers.
We obtained justice for Carlos's family by convicting the supervisors and companies responsible for his death, but the case did not end there. While examining Sky Materials' documents in the course of the homicide investigation, we found suspicious records revealing that the company was not paying proper overtime wages to its employees, as well as providing false information to its workers' compensation insurance carrier. I am proud to say that we were also able to obtain justice for Carlos' coworkers by obtaining guilty pleas from Sky Materials on wage theft and insurance fraud violations, and perhaps more importantly, full restitution for the workers of a half million dollars.
Sadly, Carlos's case is neither unique nor an isolated incident. As we continue to investigate wage theft, we see time and time again that wage theft and unsafe work conditions go hand in hand. Among an unscrupulous subset of the construction industry, wage theft and unsafe working conditions have become the norm – not just in New York City and but across the country. Another example of this health and safety/wage theft correlation can be found in our case against City Metro Corp. Earlier this month—on the eve of the three-year anniversary of Carlos's death—we secured guilty pleas from City Metro Corp. and its principals for orchestrating a scheme to steal tens of thousands of dollars from workers hired to perform construction work in Manhattan. The defendants pleaded guilty to Scheme to Defraud in the First Degree, and that same day, repaid more than $95,000 in stolen wages to 20 workers. Like Sky Materials, City Metro had numerous workplace safety violations, including several accidents that were not reported to authorities as required by law.
To be clear, wage theft is not about poor business management or incompetence. We believe that it is a deliberate tactic, integral to the business model of dishonest corporations whereby they defraud workers of their wages and deprive cities and states of millions of dollars in tax revenues.
These businesses exploit the trust that workers have in the system – that if they put in an honest day's work, they will be paid what they were promised. And when they are not paid, they believe their employers who tell them, "Come back at 3 pm or next week, don't you worry, I will pay you." In the meantime, workers continue to work, hoping that their employer will pay them the following week. And the cycle continues until the workers finally get fed up and quit, often leaving behind thousands of dollars in unpaid wages in the pockets of their employers.
Until recently, wage theft as a business model made economic sense because rarely were there consequences for such conduct, and when there was enforcement, it was merely civil. With the Wage Theft Initiative, DA Vance—working alongside prosecutors from around New York State—changed the calculus. Our goal is to make profiting from the unpaid blood, sweat, and tears of one's workforce too costly to bear. We believe that our efforts have begun to achieve that goal.
The cases we have brought underscore DA Vance's commitment to protecting all workers from employers who fail to address the safety and security of their workers. I am here to affirm that the prosecution of wage theft and unsafe conditions will not end with the recent conviction of City Metro. Through the work of the Task Force, we have started developing a trusting relationship between law enforcement and workers, many of whom are undocumented. We have received numerous phones calls from workers complaining of wage theft, and we are following up with each of these complaints, as well as complaints received by the New York State Department of Labor. Our Office maintains a WhatsApp account for the specific purpose of allowing workers to anonymously report wage theft and other construction crimes. That WhatsApp number is 646-712-0298.
In the coming weeks and months, the Manhattan DA's Construction Fraud Task Force will unveil several other investigations against individuals and companies that both steal from their workers and put their physical well-being at risk. And the Task Force has uncovered yet another scheme that unscrupulous companies utilize to steal millions of dollars in wages and orchestrate a large-scale workers' compensation insurance fraud. Based on the discovery of this scheme, the Task Force plans to spearhead a new collaborative initiative to tackle these problems across city and county lines.
Creating an OSHA-10 and OSHA-30 card database to help prevent workers from obtaining OSHA safety training cards if they have not actually taken the required safety training course.
Barring building permits for a period of five years for a company, its subsidiaries, and its successors (determined by common ownership of the two companies) that have been convicted of a felony related to worker safety.
We believe that implementing these recommendations to not only worker safety convictions, but also to wage theft, would provide a powerful deterrent to companies who victimize their workers, and would go a long way towards destabilizing the wage theft business model currently in place.


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How to Apply: Municipal Corporation Yamunanagar Jagadhari has released a Punjab Municipal Corporation Recruitment 2018 notification for the recruitment of 30 Vacancies including Clerk, JE, Patwari, Assistant, Accountant, Kanungo, Naib Tehsildar, Tax Superintendent, Asst. District Attorney, Assistant Accountant, Draftsman, land and Licence Assistant. The details of the qualification, experience, pay scale and other criteria are furnished below; Last date of submission of application is 06.02.2018. Candidates fulfilling the eligibility criteria for Punjab Municipal Corporation Recruitment 2018 can apply on or before 06-02-2018. For further details like age, selection process, pay scale, essential qualification, refer the recruitment advertisement.
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Bicycle Courses Geared for Immigrants
I don't wish to suggest that the cyclist above is a recent immigrant. She is probably born and raised here and can speak better Danish than me. The photo is for illustration only.
Immigrants from an OECD country who move to Denmark face cultural and linguistic challenges, just as they would moving anywhere else. An Australian or a Spaniard moving here will have to adjust to the mentality of the Danes and try to learn the unintelligible language.
For immigrants from other regions the challenges are often greater due to vastly diffent cultural norms. While an Australian or a Spaniard, as a rule, have probably learned to ride a bicycle in their childhood, many new arrivals from Arab countries or Africa have not.
We've had many bicycle courses for immigrants over the years and learning to ride a bicycle is a great way to integrate in Danish society. You'll get up close and personal with your new fellow citizens on the bike lanes but you'll also be given the freedom of movement that is so important. Busses and trains serve a great purpose, but signage and timetables are a hurdle to overcome as well. Riding a bike around lets you discover your town or city and increases your mobility.
Aalborg County has enjoyed success with their bicycle courses for immigrants.
- "I would like to learn to ride a bicycle so I can ride around with my children".
- "I would like to learn to ride a bicycle so I can ride to work".
- "I would like to learn to ride a bicycle because it's healthy and because I can save money on bus fares".
These are some of the explanations from 12 female immigrants as to why they took part in the bicycle course offered by Aalborg County in Northern Denmark.
The course offers eight classes lasting 1 1/2 hours each and the participants start by learning to balance on a bicycle
"In our experience, many adults have a hard time learning to balance on a bike when they get on one for the first time. Fortunately, all of our participants learn it and then it's a question of just continuing their training", explains Helene Holm, Jane Broen Jensen and Bewag Ahmad, project leaders at a refugee project at the Family and Employment Department in Aalborg.
Apart from the art of balancing, learning to cycle is all about learning the traffic regulations. Aalborg County works with the Aalborg Police on this angle.
Policeman Bjarne Maeng Pedersen says, "It's a great intiative that will mean a lot for integration. These women will be role models for their daughters and other young girls in their neighbourhood. We often see that it is only boys who are allowed to learn to ride a bicycle. But the bicycle course may help many immigrant girls to learn it, too."
Cycling and Self-Confidence
"Self-confidence among the participants grows when they experience that they can learn to ride quickly. This self-confidence gives them loads of energy and courage to learn new things in general", explains Helene Holm.
Apart from self-confidence, the bicycle courses can also be the key to getting a new job for the cycling immigrants. Many jobs require that they start earlier than the busses run, like cleaning jobs. That means they either need a driving licence or a bicycle.
Many of the partipants look forward to riding a bicycle because they want to live healthier, lose weight and enjoy a greater freedom of mobility in their local environment.
During the summer of 2008, 12 cyclist graduates rolled out into the traffic. The next course will take place in the autumn. Aalborg County have no doubts about the initiative. The bicycle courses are a success that strengthen the immigrant women's integration in their new land.
Aalborg County's press release, in Danish, with contact information.
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Blade & Soul is finally coming over. It's been too long!
by Ashley Shankle
Did you ever think we'd actually be seeing Blade & Soul make it over to the West? I have to admit, I'd lost hope. Going so long with no good news in sight is tiring, so much so that much of the game's potential fanbase had headed for the hills.
But here we are! It's 2015 and NCWest are finally coming out and telling us that yes, Blade & Soul is coming this year. And yes, it's going to be free to play.
MassivelyOP broke the news yesterday as the official Blade & Soul site updated for the first time in nearly three years. Three years of silence and we are finally seeing some real communication as to the future of the game from NCWest. Late is better than never.
NCWest community staff held a Blade & Soul stream earlier today to discuss the game's release and any changes it might be seeing in localization. Some of the community's biggest questions were answered, and here's the gist of what was said:
Closed beta is coming in Autumn.
Launch is happening in Winter.
Blade & Soul will be free to play with no VIP system.
There will be no fatigue system (as seen in the Chinese version).
Character models and designs will not be Westernized and there will be no censorship.
NCWest will be handling both the North American and European versions of the game. The NA server will be located in Texas and the EU server in Germany.
Chinese and Korean voiceovers will be available. Some European language voiceovers will be available as well.
NCWest staff will be communicative with players over social media (especially Twitter) in the months leading to beta.
Signing up for the newsletter will give you an earlier chance to get into the first closed beta.
NCWest are hoping to make Blade & Soul an eSport in the West as it is in parts of the Eastern market.
Overall it was very refreshing to actually have NCWest communicating with players and being upfront with how they are going to approach the game.
There's a ton to be excited about here as someone who played with 250ms in China and Taiwan. Blade & Soul may not be the most amazing MMO, but it's a fantastic action game on all fronts. It's been far too long since we'd heard anything from NCWest on the fate of the game, but now we're so close.
Make sure to get signed up for the newsletter to get first closed beta signup notice, and get hyped! Blade & Soul is finally reaching us. It's about time -- I've been itching to actually be able to play Kung Fu Master.
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Check out this site map of the Carlsbad Oktoberfest so you don't miss anything!
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As always Carlsbad Oktoberfest 2018 is sponsored by the Rotary Club of Carlsbad, along with a number of other sponsors including TBD That Boy Good, Markstein Beverage Company, and more.
Funds raised by Oktoberfest always support different beneficiaries, and in 2018 will go to the Agua Hedionda Lagoon Foundation, and Solutions for Change, a local charity that is dedicated to working toward solving family homelessness.
You'll find the typical Oktoberfest fun and entertainment – German music and other bands, polka dancing, puppet shows, arts and crafts, games, rides, several costume and yodeling contests, and of course the classic German Oktoberfest dinner.
You may also be interested in the Children's ID event where you can receive fingerprinting and ID cards for your kids.
Advance tickets at $15 (for 1 full meal and admission), plus other ticket options, can be purchased online at Eventbrite.


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