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THE POLITICAL CRUSADES
OF THE THIRTEENTH
hat is a political crusade? In one sense, of course, every crusade is political,
for every crusade aims at conquest, at replacing the rule of unbelievers
by that of Christians. But there is an obvious difference between a crusade
against the Saracens — or even against the Albigensians — and
a crusade against Manfred or Peter of Aragon. In the first case, political
means are being used for a
The political crusades are so closely connected with the general history
of the thirteenth century that a complete bibliography would be impossibly
long. The most important docu ments are in the papal registers. Those of
Innocent III were edited by Bréquigny and reprinted in Migne; the
registers of most of the other thirteenth-century popes have been published
by the Ecoles françaises d'Athènes et de Rome. J. L. A. Huillard-Bréholles
published the acts of Frederick II and his sons in the Historia diplomatica
Friderici secundi (7 vols. in 2, Paris, 1852-1861). J. F. Böhmer, Regesta
imperii, V: Die Regesten . . . 1198—1272 (ed. Julius Ficker, 2 parts,
Innsbruck, 1881-1882) contains useful material, especially for the period
after 1250. The MGH for this period give not only important chronicles, but
also some collections of documents such as the Constitutiones et acta publica
imperatorum (Legum Sect., IV), and the Acta pacis ad S. Germanum anno MCCXXX
initae (Epistolae selectae, IV). Italian chronicles may be found in the MGH
or in Muratori, RISS. The important life of Innocent IV by Nicholas of Carbio
(or Curbio) was first published by Muratori (RISS, III); there is a better
edition by Pagnotti in the Archivio della Societa romana di storia patria,
XXI (1898). English chronicles are in the Rolls Series; of these, Matthew
Paris is especially impor tant for the documents given in his Additamenta
(vol. VI of the Rolls Series edition). French chronicles are printed in the
RHGF; this series also includes useful documents, especially on the crusade
of 1285. The Layettes du trésor des chartes and Winkelmann's Acta
imperii inedita (Innsbruck, 1880—1885) contain less than might be expected.
The same may be said of the documents of the Angevin kings edited by G. Del
Giudice, C. Minieri Riccio, and G. Silvestri. There is some useful material
in I. Carini, Gli Archivi e le biblioteche di Spagna, in rapporto alla storia
d'Italia in generale e di Sicilia in particolare (Palermo, 1884—1897).
Finally, the letters of Albert von Beham, edited by C. Höfler (Bibliothek
des litterarischen Vereins in Stuttgart, XVI, 1847) throw some light on German
affairs in the 1240's.
The only book which gives a general survey of material covered in this chapter
is H. Pis sard, La Guerre sainte en pays chrétien (Paris, 1912), and
Pissard is more concerned with the development of canonical doctrine than
with the details of the crusades. In spite of its title, O. Yolk's Die abendlandisch-hierarchische
Kreuzzugsidee (Halle, 1911) refers to our topic only occasionally. It does
discuss the inchoate political crusades of the eleventh century, and for
this problem P. Rousset, Les Origines et les caractères de la premiere
croisade (Neuchâtel, 1945) and C. Erdmann. Die Entstehung des Kreuzzugsgedankens
(Stuttgart, 1935) should also be consulted. E. Jordan, L'Allemagne etl'Italie
au XII6 et XIIIe siecles (Paris, n.d.) and K. Hampe, Deutsche Kaisergeschichte
in der Zeit der Salier und Staufer (Leipzig, n.d.) are both excellent
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THE FAITH & SPIRITUALITY NETWORK (SUFFOLK)
The Faith and Spirituality Network (Suffolk) is a small unincorporated charity which has been set up to bridge the gap between those who would describe themselves as religious and who may belong to a faith community and those who see themselves and others as having a spiritual dimension to their lives whether or not they adhere to a particular religious tradition. There are many people who now fall into the latter category and their needs must be recognised and their insights welcomed.
People in caring roles, whether in residential homes or at large in the community, are being challenged to think and act outside traditional religious frameworks and to recognise their clients, patients and students as unique individuals, while being aware of their backgrounds and their present contexts. Chaplains, for example, whether working in hospitals, colleges, prisons, and other institutions are being required to respond sensitively and wisely to anyone who needs them.
It is intended that The Faith and Spirituality Network (Suffolk) will be a bridge between people who are interested in exploring this dimension, whether by correspondence, electronic or otherwise, and through meetings or courses which are designed to inform and support. In particular, we hope that this network will inform and guide the East of England Faiths Agency as it seeks to discern how to develop a regional Community Chaplaincy, available to support people of all faiths and none.

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Woodside triangle day April 11, 2021
The forecast was looking very good, maybe one of the best XC days this year, so pretty much all the XC hounds were out in force today! The forecast was for light north wind and high cloudbase, both recipies for a big triangle, or at least an out-and-return to Hope. (Normally Hope is not in the cards due to the funneling effect of any valley wind, concentrating on that town to make it very windy.)
The north wind was causing a huge cu to form directly to the south, shading out launch, so it was closer to 11:30am before we could start launching when the sun came out. Peter was first, and then myself, and a whole pile of others came shortly thereafter.
Today's windgram for Woodside!
I went straight up over the venturi between launch and the south knoll, and at 1100m I went for Agassiz Mountain. I had a gaggle of 4 pilots chasing me but Alex caught up to me at Bear Mountain, where, unlike most north wind days, it was actually OK turbulence-wise, and we were able to climb out to 1500m for the glide to Hicks Mountain.
Hicks is a smaller mountain and usually has no clouds, but today the clouds were forming there as well, so it was not much of a delay to get high again for the glide to Squakum Peak. Peter, ahead of us, said Squakum was not very nice in the north wind, and we discovered this as we had to glide around the lee of it to get to the larger Dog Mountain, which overlooks the Hope airport.
Dog Mountain was not very nice as well until you got high, the north wind meant most of the thermals were leaning out over the valley and were a bit messy. But there were big clouds galore, so eventually I was able to get up to cloudbase, at which point I decided to turn around rather than do the extra 3km to Hope proper, and risk getting back lower in the less-nice air.
Crossing from Archibald to Green Hill. Harrison Lake in the background; Agassiz in the foreground.
Going back I was liking the look of the highway #1 side of the river vs. the highway #7 side of the river, so after getting high at the west end of Dog Mountain I crossed the valley to Laidlay, trying to stay out of the narrowest part of the valley where the wind usually is strongest. Arriving on the other side low, I had to scunge upwind to the sunny, windward (it was west wind down low at this part of the valley) side of Mt. Devoy to find a climb to get me out of there and into the nicer air up higher. This happened to be directly over a group of people enjoying some target practice with a variety of firearms, so I was glad they weren't tempted to fire upwards ;)
Finally safely up high it was time to evaluate how to get around the Ludwig corner, which is another pinch-point for wind and usually no easy landings, fortunately this time of year there are lots of connected sandbars for outlandings. I had to be patient and wait for a climb to get me to 1800m so I could push upwind and around/over Ludwig, at which point I knew I was in familiar territory and easy cruising of the Butterfly/Lakes/Cheam/Archibald stretch.
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Alex and Tom Gregg were still behind me, and I announced that I was recrossing the Fraser Valley via Green Hill since I had been watching cu's form repeatedly over that peak, followed by a continuous cloud over Agassiz Mountain. Crossing over there was more north wind than I expected, so it was good thing I left Archibald at 1900m, in order to get to the very north end of Green Hill where the thermal was feeding the cloud. Alex came in under me, and we both climbed out high enough for a comfortable glide to Agassiz Mountain, the waiting cu, and no worries about the Agassiz Prison airspace below us.
Home stretch to Woodside was easy, courtesy of a bunch of cu's forming the entire way (we had to keep an eye since cloudbase was higher than our allowed airspace altitude, over Woodside class B starts above 1981m), and Alex and I parted ways as he went to Banjo with Peter Spear, and I went to Sasquatch Mountain to stretch out the flight a bit. Surprisingly, Sasquatch Mountain was lame and I thought I'd have to limp to Eagle Ranch for a landing. But on the final glide to ER, I saw a group of eagles thermalling out at the base of Harrison Highlands and joined them to re-climb back out from 300m to 1300m. I also had the pleasure of Martin Henry strafing me on his ATOS as he returned from his own giant triangle.
Western Canada XC Find and all the routes flown today in the Fraser Valley!
Of course, now I couldn't get down into Riverside since the sandbars were going off everywhere! I figured a pilot could launch from Woodside, glide to Riverside, climb out on the sandbars, and repeat all the way to Agassiz. Even at 5pm, pilots were still launching from Woodside and climbing to the giant cu which was still over launch, probably into airspace, and we could tell tomorrow's huge outflow conditions were starting up as the cu was forming from the NE and the wind started coming down Harrison Lake.
In the end we had a half dozen pilots go to Hope and return successfully, with many turning those flights into triangles. Vlad and Igor flew up Harrison Lake and return after doing the Woodside-Big Nick run, making a triangle in that direction instead. It was a rare day with light winds, high base, and strong conditions! 85km FAI triangle.
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Three Thirty-three/ Halfway to Hell
Written/Posted by mike gregory
Genre: Bluegrass / Playing Style: Bluegrass (Scruggs)
Wrote this simple waltz a few years back. Since "666;" is written about as a significant number in various sermons and horror movies and such as the Devil's number, I figured that the dark cold hour of 3:33 would be a fine time to set a scene for a conversation, real or imagined, between a bitter drunk and the Devil. Had a bit of trouble getting the song INTO the computer. (The original was lost in a previous crash, but my nephew had a copy, but not in a format BHO would accept. So it went from that format, to a disc, and was played out of one computer, through speakers, into a microphone, down a wire to an amplifier, out that into another a microphone, and into a second computer, to make an MP3 file.)
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Wednesday, February 24, 2016 @1:07:29 PM
Here are they lyrics:
It's halfway to hell in the morning, the clock's blinking 3:33
And I've wandered on home from the tavern alone, and the Devil's been whispering to me!
"Looks like another day's wasted, and GOD knows how few might remain!
You can't crawl in the bottle, and hope there to throttle
The memories that give you such pain."
He says "I've been the Devil a long time. Much Longer than most people think.
And the way that you do it, won't help you get through it, and it's no fun, just watching you drink!"
He says "Hell's just a BIT overcrowded, and that's why I'm BEGGING you, boy.
We're packed in and jammed by the folks who've been damned by the other folks that they annoy."
Then he tells me of all of the people, 24 out of each 25, who mutter OH DAMN YOU! At people they don't know, just 'cause they don't like how they drive!
And it's DAMN all the telephone salesmen, and DAMN politicians, as well.
And DAMN that young crowd, with their music so loud... and THAT'S why it's crowded in Hell.
And the Devil says I get quite boring, when I've drunk me a toddy or three.
And he's so scared he's PISSING at the thought of STUCK, listening, to eternal damned WHINING from me!
He says "I don't NEED any more whiners, especially DULL ones like you! I am short space for cheaters, liars, wife-beaters, and I don't know what more I can do."
Then he says "I am BEGGING for PITY! Because Eternity's too long to live if I have to put up with such boring-ass bullshit, so why not grow up, and forgive?"
I said "Devil, I just can't believe you. I've been told you're the Father of Lies! And having you tell me to learn to forgive, has taken me quite by surprise."
He said "Buddy, there's many GOOD persons, I've had to tempt HARD in their time, to give up their Hope, turn to drinking and dope, and a life of disorganized crime.
But you two-bit perpetual whiners don't need ME to tempt you, or judge. You claim your a victim of some mighty wrong, because you like HOLDING your grudge!
Well, it's like I've been saying all evening and the Devil don't make no mistakes: The ONLIEST Hell for somebody like you, is the one you so carefully make!
Quit blaming your past for your drinking, and don't blame your past on your booze. Life can be pleasant when lived in the present. You can walk ANY path that you choose."
I said "Devil, it sounds like you're trying to send me on some other way. Why would you care two cents about me, and whether or not I'm astray?"
He said "Drunkards have got to be honest, so listen to what I must say
There's no place in MY hell for whiners like you, so I'm begging you: Just stay away!
Sure, keep all you sad old memories, but don't WALLOW in all that regret.
You can learn how to live, you can learn to forgive,
Then you won't have to drink to forget."
I said "Drinking helped me a lot, so far! That's the one clear FACT that I'm stating."
He said "Chatting with the DEVIL in the way early morning, means you're NOT hallucinating????
You've done a LOT of talking, fueled by your 100 Proof.
But if you say drinking is HELPING you some, I say that you're pulling my hoof!
Hmmm Hmm Hmm
(Now, ain't that a Country/Western HIT!??)
'Glory in the Meeting House. Clawhammer. eEGBD' 4 min
'Glory in the Meeting House. Clawhammer banjo.' 5 min


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Arsenal, who are 11/1 with bookmaker to beat Marseille 2-1, have been handed a boost before their Champions League clash in the south of France with the news that key defender Thomas Vermaelen has signed a new long-term contract.
The 25-year-old Belgium international, who missed most of last season with an Achilles injury, joined the Gunners from Ajax in July 2009 for £10million and has scored seven goals in 40 Premier League appearances for the club.
This term he has not played for almost two months, but is about to return to full training, and is looking forward to helping the Gunners climb the Premier League table. After beating Sunderland 2-1 on Sunday, they are now 5/2 to finish in the top four.


This new translation of the tannaitic midrash Sifre Devarim by Professor Emeritus Marty Jaffee of the University of Washington emphasizes the oral performative dimension of the text.
Professor Marty Jaffee's new translation of the tannaitic midrash, Sifre Devarim, a 4th-century compilation of rabbinic oral commentaries on Deuteronomy, uniquely captures the spoken dimension of the original text.
Previous translators were rightly concerned with the accurate negotiation of meaning between rabbinic Hebrew and modern English, but neglected the text's social matrix in an oral-performative milieu. This new translation brings a fresh and often poetic perspective to the work.


Independent readers know how to choose their own books that they can read! You can help your child choose her own books using the Five-Finger Rule. I recommend teaching children this skill right away so they can use the Five Finger Rule to choose books any time they want to read!
Choose a book you think you will enjoy.
Hold up a finger for each word you are not sure of or do not know.
If there are 5 or more words you did not know on one page, you should choose an easier book.
Not sure? Still think it might not be too difficult? Use the 5-Finger Rule on two more pages.
For independent reading practice, it's important that children are reading books in the Independent range: 95% or better accuracy. Simply put, for every 100 words read, your child should not miss more than five. We call this the "just right" range–not too hard and not too easy.
But what if the books your child choose to read are TOO EASY? Great question!
EASY is better than HARD! Remember we are talking about books your child will be reading independently, so it's important that they are books they can read with ease. Hard books will take too much energy away from comprehension to concentrate on decoding. When children read books that are too hard they fail to make progress toward fluency and they end up unable to find meaning from text, thereby teaching them that reading is not something that makes sense to them or helps them learn. Plus, it's not much fun to read something that is too hard–how much do you enjoy those inserts from the medication the pharmacy gave you or the prospectus from your IRA investments?
Reading independently should be enjoyable: If a child does choose something that is, in your opinion, too easy, just remember you are also nurturing the LOVE of READING!
Balance: Help your child choose a balance of books that will entertain easily and also reinforce new skills that she is ready for.
Give some parameters like: "You can choose 3 books that are super easy and then 3 books from this selection." (pointing them toward the level you know is more appropriate).
What does your child need? Struggling readers should consume easy books, stronger readers can be challenged a bit more.
They can be a model and practice at the same time! Encourage them to read easy books TO others like a younger sibling. When reading easy books they can practice expression, tone, and phrasing.
You will be choosing their Instructional Level books for them so don't worry about them practicing with easy books!
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Hubbard Street Dance Chicago was founded in 1977 by dancer and choreographer Lou Conte as part of his Lou Conte Dance Studio.
Pictured: Meredith Dincolo and Benjamin Wardell of Hubbard Street Dance Chicago perform Jiří Kylián's 27' 52". The company comes to Cal Performances October 29 - 30, 2010. PHOTO: Todd Rosenberg.
Hubbard Street Dance Chicago returns to Cal Performances on Friday and Saturday, October 29 and 30, with a quartet of dynamic new works. The 17-member troupe, led by artistic director Glenn Edgerton, will perform West Coast premieres of Nacho Duato's Arcangelo, set to music by Arcangelo Corelli and Alessandro Scarlatti; Deep Down Dos, choreographed by Alejandro Cerrudo to music by UC Berkeley-trained Mason Bates; Blanco also choreographed by Cerrudo and set to music by Felix Mendelssohn and Charles Valentin Alkan; and 27'52", choreographed by Jirí Kylián to music by Dirk Haubrich based on Gustav Mahler, will be performed for the first time in the Bay Area.
A Lobby Talk will be given on Saturday, October 30, at 5:00 p.m. by Hubbard Street artistic director Glenn Edgerton and Bay Area choreographer and teacher Kathryn Roszak. This event is free and open to the public and takes place on the Zellerbach Hall mezzanine.
Arcangelo (2000) was choreographed by Spain's Nacho Duato to music from Arcangelo Corelli's Concerti Grossi, Op. 6; the dance closes with an aria from Alessandro Scarlatti's opera, Il Primo Omicidio. The ballet describes the search for liberation through death, and was choreographed by Duato when he was artistic director of the Compañía Nacional de Danza in Spain. (Duato, called "Europe's most sought-after choreographer" by Cheeky Chicago, left that position in spring 2010, after 20 years on the job, to lead the Mikhailovsky Ballet in St. Petersburg, Russia.) The Guardian called the dark, brooding Arcangelo "a series of anguished encounters emotional macramé, tying the dancers in knots." Hubbard Street Dance Chicago is the only United States dance company ever to perform this work, and its dancers worked directly with choreographer Duato in the rehearsal process.
The final dance on Hubbard Street's Berkeley program, 27'52" (2002), by the Czech choreographer Jirí Kylián and set to music by Dirk Haubrich based on Gustav Mahler, is a look at the "dark combat and fragile, feral beauty of human entanglements" (Chicago Tribune). Kylián created the piece—named for the length of time it runs—for the Nederlands Dans Theater at a time when Hubbard Street's Glenn Edgerton was that company's artistic director.
Hubbard Street Dance Chicago was founded in 1977 by dancer and choreographer Lou Conte as part of his Lou Conte Dance Studio. From its humble beginnings as a jazz dance ensemble, the company has risen to international prominence and attracted internationally known choreographers—including Nacho Duato, Daniel Ezralow, Ji?í Kylián, Margo Sappington, Lynne Taylor-Corbett, and Twyla Tharp—to create pieces for its repertoire. It is one of the few American dance companies to operate year-round, and has spawned a junior troupe, Hubbard Street 2, as well as retaining the original Lou Conte Dance Studio and creating a variety of education and community programs for people in the Chicago area. Today, Hubbard Street Dance Chicago is "a company that's undergoing off-the-charts artistic growth" (Oregonian, Portland).
Conte served as the company's artistic director until 2000. He was succeeded by Jim Vincent, who continued the troupe's tradition of excellence and expanded its participation in the greater Chicago arts community. Vincent created two enduring programs at Hubbard Street: the Inside/Out Choreography Workshop, during which company dancers create original choreography with their peers, and the Choreographic Fellowship, which identifies and develops emerging choreographic talent within the company. Dancers Alejandro Cerrudo, Brian Enos, and Terence Marling and associate artistic director Lucas Crandall have developed works for the company through these programs. Cerrudo, whose Deep Down Dos appears in Hubbard Street's Berkeley performance, is currently the company's first resident choreographer.
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I really enjoyed what you have written here, and I think I follow what you are saying, but I'm a bit confused. I'm very much an amateur with this stuff, and am not sure how to best express these things.
Your focus on remembering the past is confusing me a bit, since any given person will forget many things from the past, or even everything if their brain is damaged. So I am assuming you are using this as a convenient point of focus to get your (awesome) idea across.
So the image I got from reading this is that all of space time is like a tapestry woven from wave functions, and I am a part of that, and there is no way to just pull me out from it and patch me into a different part of it. Actually tapestry isn't really the best way to describe what I am thinking, as someone could imagine pulling part of that out and patching it at another place in the tapestry. Perhaps just saying there is a solid 4-dimensional block of space time and there is no way to pull part of it out. Not that it's impossible because it's so difficult, but that it's categorically undoable. Given our reality, it makes no sense. Is that accurate to what you have described?
Nice connection between memory, and the arrow of time. Maybe we travel backwards in time, regularly! LOL.
Still, ErnestO's question raises the concept of wormhole-like transitions between different parts of the 4D space-time cube. What you've talked about is ordinary transitions between adjacent parts of the cube. But (General) Relativity appears to allow (at least, in principle) transitions between non-adjacent parts of the cube. Which might allow "you" to go back in time, with your memories intact. (Or to jump between points in space, "faster" than light.) Unclear how this interacts with logical causality, of course.
> But in fact you do not travel through time, because at root there is no you, and there is no time. There is only the wavefunction, from which you emerge as an approximation.
If we were to run with the holographic principle, it would seem that Aharonov (winner of the 1998 Wolf Prize in Physics) has shown some evidence that new bits appear as time goes forward. Now, I'm not opposed to there being a [static] block universe explanation of this, but I would want to pit it against the growing block universe, and ask what would make one prefer one over the other.
>> The collapse of the wavefunction is therefore not a physical change to the system, just a change in our knowledge of it due to the second measurement. Similarly, they explain entanglement as not being a true physical state but just an illusion created by ignoring retrocausality. The point where two particles appear to "become entangled" is simply a point where each particle is being influenced by events that occur to the other particle in the future.
Thoughts? BTW, Back From the Future is deeply dependent on weak measurement; your blog does not appear to contain that term, so I'm not sure you know about it. I was introduced to it in Caltech's Ph12b by John Preskill in the form of the Elitzur–Vaidman bomb tester. I could be wrong, but I think a possible usage of that interaction-free measurement (not to be confused with weak measurement, but perhaps there is a connection?) is to measure biological systems with something like gamma rays, but without 'exploding' the molecules being measured very often. Well, that would be an application a long ways down the road, but the idea seems legit to me on surface inspection.
Oh, there's Can a Future Choice Affect a Past Measurement's Outcome?, which will probably help as well.
@ErnestO: Thanks for the kind words!
Yeah, I was afraid of that. I was going to talk about this explicitly but I had already spent three days composing that post and it was already getting too long.
When I talk about "remembering" what I'm not talking about *consciously* remembering. I'm talking about remembering in the technical information-theoretical sense. We can talk about a system A containing information about a system B if the state of A is correlated with the state of B. The canonical example is a flipped coin and a sensor that sees whether the coin is heads or tails. If the sensor is in the "I-see-heads" state whenever the coin is actually heads-up then we say the sensor contains information about the coin (1 bit of information in this case).
"Remembering" is exactly the same thing, except that the two correlated states are separated in time. So if the coin is heads-up at time T0 and the sensor is in the I-saw-heads-at-time-T0 state at time T1 then we say that the sensor "remembers" information about the coin.
To draw an arrow of time you have to arbitrarily decide what is sensor and what is sensed. The "natural" way for *you* to do that is to decide that *you* are the sensor, and everything else is sensed. When you do that, the information in your brain -- whether or not you are conscious of it -- defines an arrow of time (for you).
Yes, these are theoretically possible, but only in the presence of "exotic matter" with negative mass, which as far as we know does not actually exist.
> Is this necessarily true, or dependent on particular metaphysical assumptions?
Well, it's a story that is consistent with the current state of scientific understanding of our universe. Furthermore, it's the *only* story (AFAIK, and modulo minor variations on the theme, like multiple-worlds) that has this property.
The classical universe is a growing-block universe. The wave-function (or the multiverse -- same thing) is static.
I don't have time to dig into this just now, but I will just point out that if he really has done what he claims to have done then anyone could use this technique to send information about the stock market into the past, and use this information to become the richest person on the planet in a matter of days. That no one has done this is strong evidence that Aharonov's technique doesn't do what the popular accounts say that it does.
> Well, it's a story that is consistent with the current state of scientific understanding of our universe. Furthermore, it's the *only* story (AFAIK, and modulo minor variations on the theme, like multiple-worlds) that has this property.
Wait, this sounds you're saying that we now know that the vast majority of interpretations at Interpretations of quantum mechanics are false; is that the case? Or are you instead claiming that the vast number of them share the property under discussion? I'm reminded of Sean Carroll's The Most Embarrassing Graph in Modern Physics, in which 18% of the participants (physicists, philosophers, and mathematicians) held to the Everett interpretation. 24% said "Information-based/information-theoretical".
> The classical universe is a growing-block universe. The wave-function (or the multiverse -- same thing) is static.
What would falsify the "static" claim?
> I don't have time to dig into this just now, but I will just point out that if he really has done what he claims to have done then anyone could use this technique to send information about the stock market into the past, and use this information to become the richest person on the planet in a matter of days. That no one has done this is strong evidence that Aharonov's technique doesn't do what the popular accounts say that it does.
Does his discovery necessarily lead to what you say? From my reading, the only way that future actions could be measured in the past is by looking at a very specific set of weak measurements which were being performed for a while in the past. The very concept of weak measurement was "first developed by Yakir Aharonov, David Albert and Lev Vaidman, published in 1988". And so, it could easily be the case that even if the science can be used to do what you describe, there have been no chances to do it yet.
> Wait, this sounds you're saying that we now know that the vast majority of interpretations at Interpretations of quantum mechanics are false; is that the case?
> What would falsify the "static" claim?
> Does his discovery necessarily lead to what you say?
Hard to say because I don't really understand what "his discovery" is. But *any* retrocausality could be used to send information into the past (that's what retrocausality *means*) and so could be used to gain an edge in the stock market. Given the incentives, I'm pretty confident that if it were possible someone would have done it by now.
>> Throughout much of the twentieth century the Copenhagen interpretation had overwhelming acceptance among physicists. Although astrophysicist and science writer John Gribbin described it as having fallen from primacy after the 1980s, according to a poll conducted at a quantum mechanics conference in 1997, the Copenhagen interpretation remained the most widely accepted specific interpretation of quantum mechanics among physicists. In more recent polls conducted at various quantum mechanics conferences, varying results have been found.
> You'd have to falsify quantum mechanics (and probably GR too).
Would you be a bit more specific? For example, does this critically depend on all time-evolution of quantum state being, as far as we can tell, completely unitary? I'm aware of some attempts to formulate nonlinear time-evolution which evolves different mixtures of pure states in different ways; see for example On (Non)Linear Quantum Mechanics, p2. So far though, it makes the same [experimental?] predictions as linear QM.
I'm reminded again of Hardy's paradox, where an experiment got the equivalent of (I think!) quantum fluctuations to not self-annihilate 1/16 of the time.
> But *any* retrocausality could be used to send information into the past (that's what retrocausality *means*) and so could be used to gain an edge in the stock market. Given the incentives, I'm pretty confident that if it were possible someone would have done it by now.
What if the technology to receive simply isn't available yet?
Furthermore, and I know this is getting a bit conspiracy theory-ish, wouldn't it be in the "cheater's" best interest to keep his/her interference extremely hard to detect? Being the richest person in the world isn't necessarily the best goal; having the most power seems to be the best goal, and power can be deployed in a great variety of ways. It could even be the case that having few if any people knowing that you have great power is important. If you're too obvious, doesn't that paint cross-hairs on your chest?
> What experiment falsified Copenhagen, or what contradiction was found within it?
> Would you be a bit more specific? For example, does this critically depend on all time-evolution of quantum state being, as far as we can tell, completely unitary?
I don't know. We're at the hairy edge of my understanding here. But if you put a gun to my head and forced me to guess I would say, yes, it does depend on unitarity.
> What if the technology to receive simply isn't available yet?
The article you pointed to claimed that the effect, whatever it is, has been demonstrated experimentally.
> Furthermore, and I know this is getting a bit conspiracy theory-ish, wouldn't it be in the "cheater's" best interest to keep his/her interference extremely hard to detect?
What interference, and what cheating? This wouldn't be cheating, and it wouldn't be interfering. It would simply be making use of a competitive advantage. There would be nothing illegal or even unethical about it. However, time travel is only a competitive advantage if you're the only one who has it. If everyone can predict the future then there's no competitive advantage any more. So the advantage accrues only to the first person (or first few people) to make it work, and only for a narrow window of opportunity. So the only way to win would be to accumulate as much money as you could as fast as possible before others figured out what you were up to and built their own time machines. Discretion is not the winning strategy.
Do we know, for sure, that FTL communication is impossible? That seems rather a big guess that lots of physicists have confidence in, but which hasn't been tested extensively. In particular, I predict we'll open up a lot of very interesting doors with weak measurement and interaction-free measurement. Weak measurement especially seems like a "non-classical" way to do measurement.
What we will accomplish with entanglement alone has only started to manifest; see Quantum Microscope Uses Spooky Entangled Photons To See Better, for example.
> The article you pointed to claimed that the effect, whatever it is, has been demonstrated experimentally.
Surely you know that showing something in the laboratory can be a far cry from technological implementation?
> What interference, and what cheating?
> There would be nothing illegal or even unethical about it.
> So the only way to win would be to accumulate as much money as you could as fast as possible before others figured out what you were up to and built their own time machines.
I disagree. Money is merely one vehicle of power. Power is much more important than money. Power is real; money is fictional.
> Do we know, for sure, that FTL communication is impossible?
We don't know anything for sure. But It would falsify relativity, so we know it as surely as we know anything.
> We don't know anything for sure. But It would falsify relativity, so we know it as surely as we know anything.
Meh, I much prefer to say that relativity might be falsifiable, but that would involve moving to quite a different regime than where we seem to spend most of our time. Too many 'laws' have been found to be only approximations. Why expect this one to be any different? That being said, one must be incredibly intelligent in trying to 'break' such laws; trying randomly is virtually guaranteed to fail. It is much better to probe the 'edges' of current knowledge, which is precisely what we are doing.
> > > There would be nothing illegal or even unethical about [time travel].
My response was not that all time travel would be outlawed, but merely that restrictions would likely be placed on it. Do you really disagree with this? If you don't, then certain time traveling would indeed qualify as 'cheating'. Precisely which, of course, would be a matter of debate. I am aware of at least one philosopher at USC who specializes in talking about consistency in time travel; whether he/she works with ethics and jurisprudence related to time travel, I do not know.
While I roughly agree, I will assert that there is more- and less-believable fiction, and therefore that fiction can communicate useful information and/or usefully explore concepts. It is a way of playing with future possibilities. It is, of course, full of possible errors. That's simply a property of the imagination. But here, you seem to be summarily dismissing any and all fiction as being useful in any way when discussing issues like these—is that the case, or did you just mean to sweep away my particular use of fiction?
> Too many 'laws' have been found to be only approximations. Why expect this one to be any different?
I don't. That doesn't change the fact that as far as we know right now FTL is impossible.
> restrictions would likely be placed on it. Do you really disagree with this?
No. But "would be placed" is not the same as "have been placed."
Of course it can. But what it can't do is be a reliable guide to the *truth*. Star Trek says one thing, Atlas Shrugged says another. How do we decide?
Not at all. Fiction is useful in all sorts of ways. I'm only dismissing it as a reliable arbiter of truth. Truth is not the only thing that has value in this world.
> I don't. That doesn't change the fact that as far as we know right now FTL is impossible.
I simply prefer to say: "We don't yet know how FTL, or FTLI, would work." It is very close to what you said, but also different. Also, for fun: Alcubierre drive. Cheating for the win!
> No. But "would be placed" is not the same as "have been placed."
> Of course it can. But what it can't do is be a reliable guide to the *truth*. Star Trek says one thing, Atlas Shrugged says another. How do we decide?
I'm a little annoyed that you think my view was so strongly of the form: "a reliable guide to the *truth*"—if indeed you meant to impute that view to me. I very explicitly stayed away from using 'reliable' or any word like it. All I said was 'useful'. That, of course, requires sifting the wheat from the chaff.
Now, how do we decide? Well, we've gotta do things like iron out intersubjective agreements on what terms like "human thriving" mean, and work from there. Atlas Shrugged was interesting in the respect that it advocated rampant individualism on the one hand, but almost violent 'love', on the other. I think studying the two as perhaps defining one another would be an interesting project. Sort of like how particles and fields seem to define each other.
> Not at all. Fiction is useful in all sorts of ways. I'm only dismissing it as a reliable arbiter of truth.
Then let me rephrase: you seem to have jumped to the conclusion that what I originally said (search for "Star Trek Voyager") was stupid/false/ignorant. Can you now see how there was an entirely non-stupid/false/ignorant way to interpret what I said? See, when I read what others say, I do my very hardest to pick the best possible interpretation I can, the one that makes the other person out to be thoughtful, intelligent, and desirous of good results. Conversation moves much faster that way, in my experience.
"This wouldn't be cheating, and it wouldn't be interfering."
"restrictions would likely be placed on it"
My statement is an assessment, yours is a prediction. My statement means, "It would not be cheating because it would be legal." Your statement means, "It would most likely stop being legal once society realized the consequences of having it remain legal." These are not contradictory.
If society passed pre-emptive laws against time travel then my statement would be false. (There's that pesky "would" again.) But I think that 1) that is unlikely to happen and 2) we're talking about a technology that supposedly already exists today, so we have to discuss in the context of the laws that exist today. And today there is no law against time travel.
I was making a claim about the law and ethics. To phrase this as diplomatically as I can, I don't see how fiction can possibly inform a dispute about whether or not time travel is or is not in fact illegal at the present time. And if you intended your fictional citations to inform a dispute about ethics rather than a dispute about the current state of the law, well, you didn't exactly make that clear (go back and read what you wrote).
> And today there is no law against time travel.
Fine, but there remains my point that we are far from being able to get reliable messages via the method pioneered by Aharonov, if indeed his method works. And so, your original scenario that you claim would not be 'cheating' perhaps cannot yet happen. The closer it gets to realistically happening, I claim the closer we get to instituting laws. So... I'm not sure I'm so wrong, after all!
> To phrase this as diplomatically as I can, I don't see how fiction can possibly inform a dispute about whether or not time travel is or is not in fact illegal at the present time.
I was operating on a premise you were not: that it takes time to develop this tech, and the original phases cannot be used for the purpose you outlined.
> And if you intended your fictional citations to inform a dispute about ethics rather than a dispute about the current state of the law, well, you didn't exactly make that clear (go back and read what you wrote).
>*> There would be nothing illegal or even unethical about it.
Meta-ethics is complex stuff. There are so many possible interpretations, so many ways to get seemingly the same result. Keeping it all in my head is hard, so I just do my best.
"Causal loops are avoided by this anticipation remaining encrypted until the final outcomes enable to decipher it."
Hmmm...random question that occurs to me while thinking of the flow of time and the universe and the symmetry of things: must there be only one possible past for any given moment?
Just as the current instant leads to one of multiple and exponentially increasing numbers of possible futures, could not this current configuration of the universe have been arrived at via multiple pasts?
Perhaps your reverse-o-matic ray could send you back on one of many pasts, no guarantee it will be the one you had experienced when you pressed the button!
> must there be only one possible past for any given moment?
Yes. That is what is meant by "classical correlation."
> could not this current configuration of the universe have been arrived at via multiple pasts?
Not by reversing entanglements. That can only send you back from whence (pun intended! :-) you came.
> Yes. That is what is meant by "classical correlation."
You can't always retrodict a classical trajectory for quantum particles. But that is hardly surprising, since quantum particles don't have trajectories because they aren't classical entities.
> You can't always retrodict a classical trajectory for quantum particles. But that is hardly surprising, since quantum particles don't have trajectories because they aren't classical entities.
What makes the difference between quantum particles and classical particles, other than that the latter are 'observed' [with sufficient frequency]?
I'm coming to this article late, via a link from a discussion on Hacker News. I wanted to comment on some of the physics discussed in the article.
A trip from earth to pluto at the speed of light is indistinguishable (to the traveller) from a trip from pluto to earth at the speed of light. Both consist simply of being at earth and pluto (and everywhere in between) at the same time (in the traveler's reference frame).
In other words, the wave function is a static four-dimensional "thing" (for want of a more general noun) out of which space, time, and classical reality "emerge" when you slice it up in certain ways.
This is not correct. The wave function that you "slice up" to get different classical realities is not a four-dimensional thing; strictly speaking, it's a infinite dimensional thing (since it has to include continuous fields), and none of its dimensions are the four dimensions of spacetime. The four dimensions of spacetime form a "framework" on which the quantum fields underlying the wave function are defined.
You can slice up the wave function in a different way and get a different universe.
There is a sense in which this is true, but I don't think it's in any way analogous to choosing different splittings of spacetime into space and time in relativity. The different classical universes in QM are different terms in a superposition; "slicing" means picking one of the terms and discarding all the others, i.e., throwing away information. But choosing a different splitting of spacetime into space and time in relativity does not throw away any information; it just re-expresses the same information (the same 4-dimensional spacetime geometry) in different coordinates.
Your perception of "traveling through time" emerges from your mental states and not the other way around. You feel like you are "traveling forward through time" because your mental states have this natural order to them.
I agree with this, but I don't think quantum mechanics needs to be invoked to explain why it's true. A purely classical model of human memory would have the same property.
Cut me a little slack, will you? I'm writing for a (mostly) lay audience. I could have said that the apparent distance travelled and the apparent time elapsed in the traveller's reference frame both approach zero as the traveler's speed approaches c in the reference frame of the origin an destination. That would have been technically correct, but I don't think it would have made the underlying issues any clearer.
Again, do you really think that this detail makes a difference with respect to the target audience?
> The four dimensions of spacetime form a "framework" on which the quantum fields underlying the wave function are defined.
We actually don't yet know whether that is true or not, whether all parallel universes share the same spacetime geometry. Designing an experiment to test this would be quite the challenge.
> There is a sense in which this is true, but I don't think it's in any way analogous to choosing different splittings of spacetime into space and time in relativity.
That depends entirely on how flexible your analogy neurons are. Slicing up the wave function to get classical universes is obviously different in detail from rotating a Cartesian reference frame to get different ideas of what is space and what is time. But in broad brushstrokes, the idea that what appears to be objective truth depends on your perspective is the same in both cases.
> I agree with this, but I don't think quantum mechanics needs to be invoked to explain why it's true. A purely classical model of human memory would have the same property.
There is one important difference, and there is not doubt in my mind that you can figure out what it is if you think about it. Would you like me to tell you, or would you like to puzzle it out for yourself? It makes a fun exercise. Hint: think about the actual physical process of performing a classical erasure of a human brain, and what happens to that human's body while this process is going on.
That would have been technically correct, but I don't think it would have made the underlying issues any clearer.
It would have made a big difference: in all of the cases where the traveler's worldline is timelike (interval getting smaller and smaller, but not zero), you can't even make the argument that the "origin" and "destination" are indistinguishable. It's clear that one is "before" and one is "after". Only when you go to the limit of a null worldline does it apparently (but incorrectly) seem like you can no longer tell the "before" and "after" apart, because the interval itself is now zero.
In other words, if you tried to make your argument using the limiting process you describe, it would have been more obvious that it was wrong. But since you did it directly in terms of the null interval, it seemed like it could be valid. In fact it's not, because even though null intervals are zero, the future and past light cones of any event are still distinguishable, so for any given null interval, the "before" and "after" ends are still distinguishable.
do you really think that this detail makes a difference with respect to the target audience?
Yes, because it implies an analogy which is not valid. See below.
We actually don't yet know whether that is true or not, whether all parallel universes share the same spacetime geometry.
More precisely, if we try to quantize the spacetime geometry as well as the quantum fields, we don't know how to build a consistent theory. So what we do instead is quantize the fields on a fixed spacetime geometry (which does not have to be flat Minkowski spacetime, you can do quantum field theory in curved spacetime). In this model, all of the "parallel universes" do share the same spacetime geometry. And so far, we have not found any experiments that can't be correctly predicted by this model. Theoretical work on quantum gravity is driven by theoretical concerns, not experimental ones. I agree that trying to test any of this experimentally would be quite a challenge.
the idea that what appears to be objective truth depends on your perspective is the same in both cases.
No, it isn't. Classical relativity does not say objective truth depends on your reference frame; it says the opposite. All physical observables are invariants, independent of your choice of reference frame.
think about the actual physical process of performing a classical erasure of a human brain, and what happens to that human's body while this process is going on.


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Someone should do a pull request against the Github release for this.
Thank you!! Love it!! Did forget about the fact that transparency goes away - but I'll adjust my graphs to make those work. Thank you so much!!
Was also just checking out an odd behavior with the autoscaling of using the Area graph item type. With the gradient applied, the "auto scale options" don't seem to be working.
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'We hold you both culpable': Bushfire victims' letter to Aussie leaders
A family who lost their home in recent bushfires have taken aim at former Aussie leaders in a scathing open letter.
Phoebe Loomes@dollyybird
news.com.auDecember 12, 20199:20pm
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Victims of the bushfire in Nymboida have written to former Aussie PMs, lashing them for inaction on climate change.Source:Supplied
A family who lost their home in devastating bushfires last month have written a scathing open letter to two former Prime Ministers, saying they hold them partly responsible for the loss of their home.
The Mackay family say a failure to implement a consistent climate policy by former leaders John Howard and Tony Abbott created destructive conditions where they lived in Nymboida, NSW. The family lost their home after the destructive Liberation Trail fire affected a large area in the Clarence Valley in NSW in November.
After the home was razed by fires, Stu Mackay spray painted the charred remains of his home with political messages.
The family told news.com.au they are working on rebuilding their home, and just trying to "keep on keeping on".
"We are writing this open letter to you, to let you know that we hold you both culpable, in part, for the destruction of our home," the family wrote.
"We know what it is to live in the bush. We know, more so than most, that bushfire is an undeniable risk of living in the bush."
The Mackay family said they had "accepted the risk that bushfire could take everything" from them, but said decisions made by previous governments had impacted their safety.
"The risk we took on when we moved into Nymboida 20 years ago was much lower than what it is today.
"Climate change does not cause individual weather events, but it has dramatically increased the risk of catastrophic events – like the one that took our home."
The family spray painted messages on the remains of their home after the property was destroyed by fires.Source:Supplied
The family have spoken out against former Aussie leaders.Source:Supplied
The family said they considered Abbott and Howard, both former prime ministers, the "foremost" Australians guilty of "having the power to take action to reduce the impacts of climate change but not exercising that power".
"The Australian government is a laggard on climate change action. This is a statement of fact, not political opinion.
"Action by the Australian government on climate change cannot, by itself, eliminate the impacts of climate change. However, there are three points which make the climate change policy positions adopted by the Australian government critical."
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"Australian government should have taken, over the last 20 years at least, significant action to plan and mitigate against climate change impacts (including increasing bushfire risk). It has not."
The letter also said Australia was a "significant contributor" to global carbon emissions, with emissions at a high level for our relatively small population.
The Mackay family said Australia's role within a larger "geopolitical context" had significantly influenced the inaction of other governments around the world.
"From the advent of scientific certainty about climate change in the 1990s, the inaction of Australia in relation to curbing carbon emissions has acted as a handbrake on international climate change action.
"Australian governments over this period therefore must take a share of responsibility for the failure of the international community to adequately respond to and prevent the climate change impacts that have occurred to date.
"We know that Prime Ministers like to have a legacy. For us, the sight of our home completely razed to the ground will be your legacy; a tortured monument to your failing."
The letter was signed by Stu, Heather, Ross and Dylan Mackay. The family had lived in the same home in Nymboida for two decades before recent bushfires took their home.
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The spirit in the house of Mr and Mrs Lim Medan has returned. It is the spirit of a deceased Javanese woman who worked as a coolie at the plantation 'Johor Estate' and lost her life on the estate due to unnatural causes. When the 'Kakek' (grandfather) of the plantation Tandem Hilir, as a medium, had spoken to the spirit two years ago, and had asked her kindly to relocate, she initially did so and moved to a large tree behind the house. But she did not like it there, it was dirty, she told the Kakek and went back to the house of Mr. and Mrs. Lim. Last year, Mrs Lim suffered from the spirit, at night she felt a hand on her head and eyes and it was like someone was talking in her ear, she constantly heard somebody whispering 'korkorkorkor'. She could not sleep for many nights and had asked the spirit to please leave her alone multiple times. At one point she hung a rosary in front of the window that proved to be quite helpful and for a couple of nights it was quiet and Mrs. Lim manage to catch some sleep. Then the spirit came back, and Mrs. Lim summoned another medium. This medium made a deal with the spirit, the bedroom was for the couple Lim, the living room for the spirit. After this Mrs Lim could sleep again.
Another spirit lives on Jalan Asia (Asia Street) at number 79, the house of Mr. and Mrs. Kusuma. In the 1960s it was used by the police for interrogations, and allegedly executions took place in this building. In September 1965, the so-called communist coup happened, after that Suharto took power. In the following months many people were arrested throughout Indonesia, and tens of thousands communists or suspected communists were killed. Jalan Asia No. 79 therefore has a sinister past, with the result that it is haunted. 'It is a male ghost', Mrs. Kusuma told us, and he is also a sexual predator. There are many types of spirits, and this one at night cannot keep her hands off and stay away from Mrs. Kusuma. Furthermore, they had witnessed several times that shoes were moving without anyone in the room and various other unexplained cases happened. Mr. Kusuma also confirmed the existence of a spirit. One day he heard noise in the bathroom. There was some loud splashing of water, while he really was home alone. There was also a positive aspect to the haunted house, the spirit namely brought 'rezeki' (goodluck in business) and the business of Mr. Kusuma was flourishing. This was also confirmed by the 'biksu' (priest) in the Buddhist temple where Mrs. Kusuma regularly went to. For Kusuma and his wife the house was clearly unsafe. But they were not afraid, and lived there for over ten years. Thereby the 'rezeki' was also worth something. When Mrs. Kusuma told the 'biksu' that she wanted to move, he said: "You can move, but you get little 'rezeki". Sometime later Mr. Kusuma sold his house at number 79 Jalan Asia, and moved into a new house in the residential Grya Riatur Indah. The 'rezeki' stayed away and Mr. Kusuma, who had a company for road marking, got no more orders from the local government. That was not surprising because just a period of economic malaise started after the move. But it also came because of the house according to Mrs. Kusuma.
In Medan and surroundings there are many haunted houses such as the Shell / BPM Hotel Bukit Kubu in Brastagi built in 1939. In room 8 on the second floor executions by the Japanese took place during the wartime. The spirit of the murdered person continued to live in room 8. I myself have slept in room 6 twice, however, I did not experienced anything. Maybe I should give room 8 a try next time.
Dirk A. Buiskool PhD


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Independent Regulator Defines Electricity Price in Montenegro - Hydro Balkans
Independent Regulator Defines Electricity Price in Montenegro
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28 April 2019 Prime Minister Duško Marković said that the electricity price is within the competence of an independent regulator and that the Government's commitment is to protect the most sensitive categories of Montenegrin population through its policy
'Therefore, today, through two groups of programmes, the Government subsidizes electricity bills for around 17,000 households. For the first time, we recognised the categories of buyers which can never be of an electrical grid, regardless of possible debt," the Prime Minister said.
The Prime Minister said that the issue of defining the electricity price sold by Electric Company Montenegro is within the competence of an independent regulator, who works based on clear and detailed methodologies.
'What is within the competence of the Government is determining the fee for renewable energy sources, which, depending on the entry into the system of investments in this area, is defined by the Government according to the methodology. As we promised at the beginning of this year, we looked at all the possibilities in the previous period to fairly distribute the burden of renewable sources to all consumers. In this sense, we decided to abolish the renewable resources fee as of 1 June 2019, and instead of consumers, this cost will be paid by the Government from funds collected from polluters, and through excise on coal. This item makes up about 5 percent of consumer bills that consume up to 30 EUR a month or about 1.5 percent of consumer bills that consume up to 100 EUR. Thus, by abolishing this fee, which will be financed by the polluters (carbon dioxide emitters) in the future, the bills will be lower between 1.5 and 5 percent, which is one of the largest recorded reduction of bills," the Prime Minister said.
PM Marković said that he believes that this Government has shown how to properly manage the national enterprise in which the Government has ownership
"The Government has restored ownership of Electric Company Montenegro to almost 80 percent, while by the end of the year 100 percent of ownership is expected. This activity cost 230 million and in no way burdened the budget or the citizens. The state-owned Electric Company Montenegro has launched an investment cycle after ten years. The next month we expect the tender for the ecological reconstruction of the first block of the thermal power plant, in June we expect the signing of a contract for the construction of the Gvozd wind farm and the reconstruction of the Perućica and Piva hydroelectric power plants, and by the end of the year the start of the construction of the solar power plant Briska Gora. Parallel to these projects, we are working on the preparation of the construction of the Komarnica hydroelectric power plant," PM Marković noted.
Prime Minister Duško Marković said that the Electric Company Montenegro is preparing and entering the process of ecological reconstruction of the thermal power plant Pljevlja with EUR 40 million, reconstruction of hydropower plants Piva and Perucica with EUR 40 million, construction of solar power plant Briska Gora with EUR 200 million, construction of Komarnica hydropower plant with EUR 260 – 290 million, Kruševo hydropower plant – EUR 160 million and Gvozd wind farm – EUR 70 million.
'We have started a special project to upgrade 10kW networks and low-voltage networks to ensure the safety of electricity supply, and in 3 years this investment will amount to EUR 80 million. In this and the first half of the next year, it will amount to EUR 30 million," the Prime Minister emphasised.
The Prime Minister concluded that Electric Company Montenegro was not an investor for a long time, but now it is
'Therefore, do not worry about the present or future profits of the State, which we will definitely use as owners specifically for the further development of systems and services, and support to sensitive categories. The Government will continue to insist on the implementation of strategic priorities – the development and reliable supply of electricity to all consumers at optimum electricity price," PM Marković noted.
Source: https://www.total-montenegro-news.com


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Those who know me in real life know that "Yes, Anastasia" – a B-side from 'Under the Pink' – is one of my personal favorites. So much so that I've got a tattoo of one of the lines from that song: We'll see how brave you are. (I take it as a personal challenge.) That song has intrigued me for years – its mix of history and poetry and shifting perspectives, all wrapped up in a strange, 9 1/2 minute piano-driven, strings-enhanced package. It includes the line, "It's funny, the things that you find in the rain," which is both tongue-in-cheek and eerie at the same time. Amos has that ability to make me smile yet unnerve me simultaneously.
"Ophelia" also invokes a John Keats poem called "The Eve of St. Agnes," which I always wondered at a bit, since its admittedly beautiful language conceals a fairly bland narrative. It's about lovers who have a happy ending. There's some dream-enchantment in the middle. The characters are a bit flat and stereotypical. But Madeline, the medieval damsel of this poem, may be the girl who gets her way – she undertakes a ritual on the Eve of St. Agnes, hoping to dream of the man she will marry. She has a specific man in mind and – lo and behold! – he appears in her bedroom, sweeps her off her feet, and they run away together into the night.
Perhaps Amos is setting Madeline and Ophelia up as a contrast – one girl gets her lover and (it is assumed) a happy ending. The other gets madness, a broken tree branch, and a long, lifeless float down a river.
I keep coming back to this song time and again because the narrative voice of the song – maybe it's Amos, maybe it's one of the many characters she sometimes embodies – repeatedly implores the Ophelia character to "break the chain." She also states that "The Eve of St. Agnes" is "a poem he can't reach you in." I'm not sure who 'he' is – her father? Her would-be lover? And why can't she be reached in that poem? Because, perhaps, it doesn't end tragically?
It's a very small, very powerful moment. I think Amos is probably speaking to women in general, but I hear it in a much more personal way. I've had the misfortune of internalizing the idea that "nothing good will come of this," and accepting negative people, energy, and events as inevitable and permanent instead of realizing that I do have a choice. I do have autonomy. I can choose to walk away. I can choose to remove some of these elements from my life.
And I have, which in the twilight years of my 30s, brings me much comfort. I've learned to choose, which is such a simple yet such an exquisitely difficult thing to do.
All of this came out of my ruminating on how art can be therapy. Music, poetry, visual arts, theater, film – it can be cathartic. But in order to achieve catharsis, some disruption must occur as well. Ultimately, that's why I continue to love Amos's music with the same enthusiasm that my teenage self once did – because of those small, disruptive moments in her songs, be they instrumental or lyrical.
This is an amazing post, and so is that improv. I do need to point out that Anastasia isn't a b-side though.


By a follower of (James) Jacques-Joseph Tissot, French, 1836-1902. Original painting: gouache on board. Jewish Museum New York.
While wand'ring in the ward.
And made good his escape.
That way, he might get home.
And weakening, lets me cling to him.
That unmade, made again, is good.


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Sudan: In response to nation-wide protests, Omar al-Bashir declares a state of emergency and dissolves the government
26th February 2019 /0 Comments/in Sudan /by HPP Team
On the 22nd of February 2019 Sudan's president – Omar al-Bashir, dissolved the government and declared a state of emergency for one year. He addressed the nation on television by saying "I announce imposing a state of emergency across the country for one year and dissolving the government at the federal level and at the provincial levels." Essentially, he warned his people of potential chaos dramatically similar to the one of the Arab Spring protests leading to massive civil wars in states like Yemen, Syria and Libya. Moreover, he invited the parliament to postpone the scheduled constitutional amendments that would have permitted him to run for yet another mandate next year. Omar al-Bashir is a former army officer and an Islamist who managed to seize power in 1989 through a coup d'etat. Ever since, he has consistently refused to step down (Deutsche Welle "Sudan's Bashir").
Recently, al-Bashir has been presented with the most sustained challenge to his long-standing rule – a multitude of widespread protests. Anti-government rebels have raged in the capital of Sudan – Khartoum, as well as in other towns all across the country in an effort to push the president to withdraw from his post, after holding a firm grip of power for thirty consecutive years. Initially, the uprisings started as an opposition to the increased prices but have since transformed into the greatest challenge to al-Bashir's rule. The protests erupted in December 2018 and took the lives of nearly 60 people in violent clashes of civilians with security and forces. However, the government claims the death toll is lower, placing the number at 32. In an effort to crack down on the uprisings, the National Intelligence and Security Service detained hundreds of rebels and activists, arrested journalists and oppositional leaders. Nevertheless, the Sudanese Professionals Association, who is leading the uprisings, replied to the president's announcement of state of emergency by pushing him to step down immediately: "We are calling on our people to continue with demonstrations until the main aim of this uprising, which is the stepping down of the regime chief, is achieved" (Deutsche Welle "Sudan's Bashir").
As a matter of fact, in October 2007 the US removed a long-standing trade embargo on Sudan that lasted for twenty years. This move was expected to ameliorate Sudan's otherwise desperate economic situation, which worsened significantly upon the gaining of independence of South Sudan. The latter took place in 2011 as a result of a decades-long civil war. It led to the loss of one third of Sudan's overall oil wealth. This forced the ruling elite of Sudan to seek support from gas-rich Turkey and Qatar (Deutsche Welle "Wave of Protests"). The split between north and south inevitably brought about major economic repercussions for Sudan as a whole, where the economic system collapsed ever since. Chronic shortages of fuel and other inelastic basic goods were a commonplace with steadily rising prices for bread (Deutsche Welle "Anger over Dictatorship").
In that regard, the primary reason for the emergence of the protest movements was the threefold raise of bread prices. Starting as a context-specific issue of discontent, these uprisings developed into a widespread expression of a broader dissatisfaction of the general population with the rapidly deteriorating economic conditions in the country and ,crucially, al-Bashir's thirty-year rule. On his part, the president labeled the protesters "infiltrators" for presenting an immense and unprecedented challenge to his autocratic rule. Therefore, security and government forces forcefully and violently cracked down on the demonstrations by deploying tear gas, live ammunitions and stun grenades in an effort to bring the movement to an end (Deutsche Welle "Wave of Protests").
Notably, the protesters have been calling for peace, justice and freedom, and essentially an end to the decades-old military dictatorship bringing about human rights abuses, killings and economic grievances. However, even though the demonstrations in Sudan have been deemed to resemble the Arab Spring movements, they are found to share little similarities. For the most part, the Sudanese people are not partaking in an orchestrated demonstration but rather move spontaneously and in their own way. They have used the Arab Spring chant of "The people want to bring down the regime" but, arguably, there have been few points of comparison to be reasonably made between the Arab revolution and the Sudanese uprising (Deutsche Welle "Anger over Dictatorship").
Deutsche Welle. Anger over Dictatorship, Not Bread, Fueling Sudan Uprising | DW | 29.12.2018. www.dw.com. Available at: https://www.dw.com/en/anger-over-dictatorship-not-bread-fueling-sudan-uprising/a-46894036. (Accessed February 26, 2019).
Deutsche Welle. Sudan's Bashir Declares State of Emergency, Dissolves Government as Protests Mount | DW | 22.02.2019. www.dw.com. Available at: https://www.dw.com/en/sudans-bashir-declares-state-of-emergency-dissolves-government-as-protests-mount/a-47643590. (Accessed February 25, 2019).
Deutsche Welle. Wave of Protests Rock Sudan, at Least One Dead | DW | 24.01.2019. www.dw.com. Available at: https://www.dw.com/en/wave-of-protests-rock-sudan-at-least-one-dead/a-47224745. (Accessed February 26, 2019).
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One Young World Community Dinner
21st October 2018 /0 Comments/in News /by HPP Team
One Young World community dinner went down on the eve of 19th October, 2018. The visit included 25 One Young World delegates (from Germany, Switzerland, Belize, Republic of Moldova, Singapore, Bangladesh, Ireland, Hong Kong, Spain, Belgium,The United States, Argentina, Sierra Leone, Portugal and Monaco) who were very inspirational in their thinking and demeanor. Our special visit that evening came from: Deputy Mayor Saskia Bruines, The Hague's alderman for Education, Knowledge Economy and International Affairs. The director of The Hague Peace Projects, Jakob de Jonge welcomed the invited guests giving them a warm introduction.
One Young World 2018 delegates got to interact on with The Hague Peace Projects on a wealth of topics. Key on the discussion table were areas that focused on – peace and dialogue in various conflict areas such as : Syria, Turkey, Kurdistan, Bangladesh, The Democratic Republic of Congo – DRC, Rwanda, Burundi, Uganda, Sudan and Somalia. The evening gave the One Young World delegates in attendance, clear insights of dealing with conflict areas by the use of various projects centered on education and culture, media and journalism and research and advocacy. An emphasis on clarity to the situation on ground were demonstrated by selected speakers.
In attendance were the founders of the Yangambi Foundation – Angélique Mbundu and Dady Kiyangi, Katrina Burch of the Hague Hacks, Ewing Ahmed Salumu– Congolese Journalist, Valentin Akayezu- Human Rights Lawyer and Activist, Alena Kahle – Bangladesh- work group writer.
Catering credits went to Ya_Laziz Catering who made sure the One Young World delegates had a delightful feast and pleasant ambience.
Images right below:
Valentin Akayezu Human Rights Lawyer, addressing the crowd.
One Young World delegates
Ewing Ahmed Salumu, Congolese expert journalist and Angelique Mbundu, founder of Yangambi Foundation
Angelique Mbundu, OYW delegate and Dady Kiyangi
Deputy Mayor of The Hague, Saskia Bruines and Jakob de Jonge, Director of The Hague Peace Projects.
One Young World delegates listening in to the address.
OYW delegates have a chat before their last course.
Smiles that tell it all. ( From the left: Jakob de Jonge, Dir. The Hague Peace Projects, OYW delegates and Deputy Mayor of The Hague, Saskia Bruines.)
Justin Kabika Congolese expert (right) and OYW delegate for Belize, Kylah Ciego.
Catering initiative, Ya Laziz, that savored the OYW diner's taste buds – Instagram handle.
Catering Credits: Ya Laziz
#Ya_Laziz_ Catering
@YaLazizCatering
Lentil soup with Turkish bread
Yoghurt & cucumber
Rice, biryani flavor + nuts
Fatoush, Syrian Salad
Mhalabe
Traditional rice pudding!
Guest Program :
7.30pm – Guests coming in – Welcome refreshments
7.45pm – Welcome word ( Dir. The Hague Peace Projects – Jakob de Jonge)
– Special honor visit ( Deputy Mayor,The Hague – Saskia Bruines)
7.50pm – Starter course – 1st presentation at the end the course – (Kitchen/Restaurant Team) – (Mohammed, Yasmine and Linde -welcome and-Ya Laziz- project background)
8.10pm– Dinner- (main course) – Hello and welcome mention from our team at Hague Peace Projects end the course
– Hague Hacks – Katrina
-Ewing, Valentine ( diaspora influence) + special guest : Angelique Mbundu and Dady Kiyangi -iAfrica Film Festival and Yangambi Foundation-iAFF
-Green economy- Alena Kahel
9.00pm – Dessert + tea/coffee
9.10pm – Question and Answer session + Interactions (OYWs + The Hague Peace Projects Team)
-The question of and quest of/for Peace
-Green economy
-Talking change
-The Hague Hacks -technology + justice and peace
9.55pm– Vote of thanks ( Jakob de Jonge)
10.00pm– Guests leave at their own leisure
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Uploading a few files to the critique forums, I have encountered a message indicating that the maximum file size is 146.5KB rather than the 150KB indicated in the upload instructions (file size of 146.8KB was rejected). Just curious as to why this might be occurring. Thanks.
By the way, most excellent job at getting this website up and running and functioning with so little problems in the short time since being announced. Phenomenal job (coming from a Software Engineer who knows that software doesn't always work as planned).
Thanks Rich for your kind words!
When is a K not a K ?
I'm also an engineer (electronics), and think I can guess the reason for the numerical discrepancy. In most computerese, "K" (for kilo) means 1024, whereas in all other contexts "kilo" means 1000. 150,000 divided by 1024 is 146.5. I suspect someone put in 150,000 as the file size limit. If you wanted to make the file size limit 150 KB (as reported by the file system), the limit would need to be 150 x 1024 = 153,600 bytes.
Thanks for the reminder Chris. Guess since I'm so used to a KB ALWAYS being 1024 bytes I didn't consider possible use of 1000. I've already adjusted by saving routine to 145KB just to ensure. But I wanted the Moderators/Tech Guys here to be aware of the "problem".
You Chris' are so smart!


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Dareen Tatour
Dareen Tatour - foto Danielle Alma Ravitzki
(Israel, 1982) is a poet from Palestinian origine who in 2015 was put under house arrest that would last three years for posting a video on Facebook and YouTube of herself reading a poem titled Resist my people, resist them as the soundtrack to images of Palestinians in violent confrontations with Israeli troops. During her house arrest she was barred from publishing her poetry and from accessing the internet. In 2018 Tatour was sentenced to five months of prison for 'online incitement of terrorism' by the Nazareth district court. She was released from prison in October 2018.
Her first poetry collection, The last invasion, was published in 2010. A second poetry collection and a novel are ready but are on a laptop confiscated by Israeli authorities, says webmagazine Brooklyn Rail (March 2018).
(WN 2019)
Archive available for: Dareen Tatour
Opening Night - Free the Word!
With: Dareen Tatour, Eelco Bosch van Rosenthal, Gioconda Belli, Hassnae Bouazza, Jennifer Clement, Madeleine Thien, Michiel Servaes, Radna Fabias, Raj Mohan, Robert van Asten, Ton van de Langkruis
Opening NIght of the Winternachten festival is dedicated to freedom of expression, featuring poetry, music, the Free the Word! speech, and the Oxfam Novib PEN Awards ceremony.
Robert van Asten, The Hague Elderman for Mobility, Culture and Strategy opened the festival. Radna Fabias, winner of the 2018 C. Buddingh Prize for best Dutch-language poetry debut, started the night off with a reading from her collection Habitus. Then the Mexican-American writer Jennifer Clement, chair of PEN International, delivered a statement about freedom of expression. After that, Canadian writer Madeleine Thien delivered the Free the Word! speech.
Nicaraguan writer and poet Gioconda Belli and Palestinian poet Dareen Tatour who currently risk their freedom and lives to seek out and publish the truth were honoured during the prestigious Oxfam Novib PEN Awards ceremony. Oxfam Novib director Michiel Servaes handed out the prizes. Also Italian writer Roberto Saviano received an Oxfam Novib PEN Award. Since the publication of his book Gomorrah (2006), he lives under police protection and could not attend. Afterwards, the other two winners discussed their work and experiences with writer and journalist Hassnae Bouazza and Dutch national news presenter Eelco Bosch van Rosenthal. They read from their own poetry. English spoken.
The Opening Night programme was framed with musical performances by singer-songwriter Raj Mohan and hosted by Hassnae Bouazza. The evening is a collaboration between Oxfam Novib, PEN International and PEN Nederland.


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