As a space scientist and an ardent believer in space colonization being the next step in human evolution, my day begins with reading space news and particularly all news ISRO. After beginning my professional tryst with space, last week was the first time I interacted in person with space experts from across the world. A big thank you to the Observer Research Foundation, a prominent policy think tank in India for organising the 3rd Kalpana Chawla Annual Space Policy Dialogue and also for keeping the registration free!
I present in this article my takeaways from the panel discussions on Transponder Capacity for Broadcasting and Broadband over India. I will cover the other panels in subsequent posts. Being mostly from the space segment, the speakers focused on the SatCom aspects of telecom and the current issues surrounding its regulation. Before outlining the interesting points made by the speakers who come from commercial and government regulatory backgrounds, here is a brief background on the existing telecom and particularly Satcom scene in India.
The ambitious Digital India campaign launched by the Indian Government in 2015 towards digital empowerment of the country and creation of a knowledge-based society. Several state departments and entities such as the State Bank of India, BSNL and private players such as Oracle, Savera Digital India are joining hands to make the campaign successful through their innovative initiatives. Within 6 months of launching the campaign, the Department of Telecommunication has achieved 82.93% teledensity with 50.63% rural teledensity. A Postal Banking system facilitating all banking services and Common Services Centers providing online access to pension were established. The State Bank of India partnered with Oracle Corporation India to create a corporate volunteering programme wherein they use their staff and equipment resources to train students from underprivileged schools in using information, communication and technology (ICT) tools. Given the scale of this campaign, Satcom technologies and their regulation in the country will play a key role in shaping the trajectory of more or less most of the initiatives involved.
Even though the entire country is almost connected by mobile phones and wireless connectivity is growing rapidly with smart-phones getting cheaper and hence more accessible, the internet connectivity is still a dire 15 percent. Speaking on the same, at the 'India Satcom – 2016' International Summit on the theme of Broadband for all using NextGen Satellite Technologies, the Chairman of the Telecom Regulatory Authority of India (TRAI) called for an Open Sky Policy for satellites usage in addition to the formulation of a comprehensive SatCom Policy. It was in 2004 that TRAI released a detailed report "Broadband India: Recommendations on Accelerating Growth of Internet and Broadband Penetration" which essentially called for an Open Sky Policy for the first time in India.
In the Indian scenario of SatCom, the Open Sky Policy basically calls for allowing the VSAT and DTH service providers in the country to directly access transponders owned and operated on foreign satellites. The VSAT and DTH operators in India are required to only use the transponders present on the Indian INSAT communication satellites. When the Indian capacity is insufficient, the foreign transponders could be used only through the Department of Space. Moreover, the license terms are such that the proposals requesting use of Indian transponders is given preferential treatment. It is to be noted that operation in the C-band was relatively liberalised few years ago but for the foreign satellite provider having to seek clearance for their offering and the end user having to take a Wireless Operation License from the Ministry of Communications & IT (WPC license). But access to the Ku-band is strictly through the Department of Space.
The government however, has refused the Open Sky Policy then due to the concerns raised by several security agencies of the countries that without government's involvement in the telecommunication chain, it would become difficult to keep track of the content in the communication. Using only the transponders owned by the Department of Space or those vetted by it can avoid this risk. Another reason was that the Department of Space didn't foresee the kind of DTH operator crowding that exists today. The TRAI report of 2004 had attempted to address the security concern. It reasoned that, even though VSAT deployments route their connectivity through a foreign satellite, since the hub-station will be located in the Indian territory, all data which is routed through a particular VSAT network will also be routed through the Indian territory through the hub-station.
However, this rationale holds good only when the VSAT network configuration follows a star topology. A VSAT network comprises the communication satellite usually in the Geostationary Earth Orbit (GEO), the VSAT terminals and a hub-station with larger (compared to the VSAT terminal) antenna. There exist several network topologies such as – Point-to-Point Topology where in two VSAT terminals communicate with each other directly through the satellite using a dedicated link without needing the hub-station; Star Topology where in the VSAT terminals communicate only through the hub-station and the satellite. Any data passing through the satellite will pass through the hub-station; Mesh Topology where in the VSAT terminals can communicate directly with each other without the need for a hub-station or a satellite. However, the equipment will be more complex so as to handle communication with multiple terminals and can even be as complex as that of a hub-station. Moreover, the antenna specifications will be different compared to a star topology; Hybrid type which is a combination of mesh and star topologies is more common lately. Some VSAT terminals communicate through the hub-station while some communicate directly with one another.
Furthermore, TRAI published a pre-consultation paper on Infrastructure sharing in broadcasting TV distribution sector that received much constructive feedback from commercial players such as Tata sky, videocon, Dish TV, etc, but I'll address this in a separate post later.
The first speaker was R Ashok, a former member of the Telecom Regulatory Authority of India (TRAI). He began with praising ISRO's socio-economic initiatives such as the tele-medicine and tele-education but underscoring the primary challenge in these programmes – which is the requirement of large scale infrastructure. Effective communication of medical expertise or classroom sessions cannot make do with 5 inch smartphone screens but require large display screens. He claimed that most of the INSAT transponders were used for social, national security and internal safety purposes with very little available for commercial use. Speaking of the access to transponders, the government has liberalised the C-band a few years ago with an open skies policy and requiring only one clearance from the Ministry of Telecom. However, the C-band requires 1 meter to 2.5 meter wide antenna which is not suitable for home use. The Ku-band on the other hand requires half a meter small antenna and 60% of DTH users use Ku band. This spectrum is not yet liberalised and is under closed skies, meaning permissions to access transponder space are routed through Antrix under the Department of Space. This routing results in time overruns of 2-3 years. Moreover, the lease period is only 3 years. This short lease period is a major drawback because the lifetime of a communication satellite in GEO is about 15-20 years and the satellite operator looks for longer lease periods since 90% of the satellite cost is incurred upfront and lease contracts of long duration at the beginning of operations promising a return on investment (ROI) are obviously preferred. Also, preference is given when the entire transponder capacity is sought rather than in small chunks. Another significant point made by Ashok was that the Indian transponders cost much more than the market costs. (*This is only true when comparing the single beam INSATs with the globally trending multi-beam High Throughput Satellites HTS. But when compared with their single beam peers, INSAT offers cheaper transponder space, as mentioned by K Krishna of Hughes India in the later part of this article) Liberalisation of satellite based broadcasting and broadband regulations would benefit the commercial service providers by giving them access to cheaper transponders which would in turn enable the rural populations to afford broadband and makes socio-economic sense ultimately. Also, satellite communication systems can significantly augment existing terrestrial data routes by acting as a backup to the terrestrial network which is much prone to riots, attacks and weather.
K Krishna who is the CTO & Regulatory Head of Hughes Communications India Ltd., provided a lot of interesting statistics to make his case. According to Eutelsat, connecting the last 10-20% of economy will be 10-20 times more expensive using the terrestrial telecom network. In the Indian Satcom scene which is a $125 Billion industry, the major conflict of interest arises from the Department of Space being the regulator as well as a service provider. Indian capacity costing $12000 per Mbps per annum (including ground segment costs) is cheaper than the global costs at $15000 per Mbps per annum meaning Indian communication satellites have certainly matured in terms of performance. However, they are mostly under 10Gbps in terms of overall capacity. The global price points per Mbps per annum are now dropping to as low as $4000 because of High Throughput Satellites (HTS). HTS uses spot beam technology to provide 2-20 times more throughput using the same amount of allocated orbital spectrum compared to a traditional single beam communication satellite. Hughes was able to place a 220 Gbps communication satellite over the US region largely due to such throughputs being made possible by the Ka band. Operating only in the Ka-band, a HTS satellite can further bring down the costs to $1500 per Mbps per annum. Given the aim of Digital India to bring online the rural and remote areas, reducing the costs of Satcom is of highest importance. So as not to overburden ISRO with building commercial capacity and since the industry is currently capable of building Ka-band HTS satellites, he recommends participation of private companies like Hughes that have enough resources to invest towards commercialisation and thereby cheaper access. ISRO would then be able to spend more time on R&D that cannot be undertaken by private entities. He also opined that being under the DoS, Antrix cannot freely exercise its business acumen in marketing and selling capacity and is continually subject to government audits. Therefore it's high time that Antrix is separated from DoS and as an autonomous body take the lead in regulating the lease contracts. Hughes has applied for launching their own satellite and has made an estimate that 30000-40000 locations can be connected by a single satellite against the government estimate of 3000 sites. He made an interesting point that a subsidy based model like the one initially introduced for mobile phone connectivity in the country almost two decades ago, will not be sustainable for SatCom. Hughes is willing to put in an investment of $500 million for putting up a satellite in space. If Hughes did a good job, it would begin to roll in profits and succeed, else will fail and lose its investment. There is no need for a subsidy, all Hughes needs is the permission to do so, which is obviously a required step towards Digital India.
Prashant Butani is a Senior Sales Director for South Asia from MEASAT, which owns a fleet of 6 communication satellites from Australia to West Africa. They ahve been operating in the C and Ku bands for the last 20 years and have also done business with Indian service providers, through Antrix. He opines that just like in the mobile phone telecom market where Jio still had space to disrupt even with the presence of a multitude of existing older players, there is enough market and demand in the Indian Satcom sector for foreign players to enter and compete. He states that MEASAT intends to to augment and not replace the INSAT capacity and that both of their satellites will have a level playing field. With FreeDish, the state-controlled free digital direct broadcast TV service growing 20-30 times, there is demand for free providers as well as paid subscriptions. The investments in HD content are rapidly rising and now 4K has also entered the market. He emphasises that the market is more than sufficiently deep in different directions be it free or paid TV, standard definition or HD or 4K and that there is enough place for all kinds of players to fill up their satellites.
D S Govindarajan is the President of the global SatCom technology solutions company Aniara Space. His opening remarks that people and especially satcom commercial players with huge investments do not like uncertainty very succinctly underscored the panel's collective views on the regulatory environment in the Indian Satcom scene. A noteworthy suggestion was for the government to publish their INSAT capacity inventory along with a list of allowed foreign capacity that can be used. In comparison, the current norm is that, Antrix aggregates all the transponder requests received from DTH service providers and then floats the combined requirements to foreign satellite operators. Towards removing the uncertainty and providing better clarity in the Satcom business, he opines private players should be involved in the planning process. An independent body is to be established that works with all stakeholders and clearly defines the supply and demand requirements. Since there is no enough capacity within the INSAT satellites, private players are to be encouraged to operate capacity to meet the demand. And given the high domestic demand, there is always room for all stakeholders.
The brief talks by the panel speakers were followed by several thought provoking questions from the rather knowledgeable audience.
To the question on what exactly is meant by preference for Indian capacity under the SatCom Policy of India, K Krishna of Hughes Communications India answered that the policy was very much outdated, had many loose ends and did not clearly define preference. Furthermore, there are no defined time lines on expected response from the government to the domestic satellite service provider after submitting an application. The government needs to truly feel in spirit the requirement of private players only after which can the policy be effectively implemented.
To the question whether getting customers or capacity is more challenging to a domestic service provider, Krishna replied that the scenario changes every year and is often both. Any Satcom service provider faces these challenges since only the spectrum leftover from the terrestrial network is given to SatCom providers. Hopefully, new technology would change this. On the other hand, Indians are not always willing to pay for getting a broadband service and more unwilling to pay more for Satcom. The biggest customers are the mobile users followed by community kiosks.
To the question whether there really is a capacity crunch and is it hyped that india needs tons of transponders, Krishna answered that though the Government lists 0 pending capacity lease applications because it takes 3 years for getting an application serviced thereby discouraging service providers from even making an application and not due to lack of capacity demand.
Another interesting point made by an audience member was that since there are limitations each band after some period owing to rise in demand, there is a need to look for newer technologies. Enabling such endeavours would require the independence of the regulatory mechanism.
Ashok concluded the session by saying that the solution lies in a better coordination between the TRAi, the Department of Space and the Department of Telecom on the technical and policy fronts. The Ka-band is quickly catching up globally owing to its lesser rain attenuation compared to the Ku band and also its smallest antenna size so far, which is about 30 cms compared to the 60 cms Ku-band antenna and the 1-2 meters long C-band antenna. But Ka bands are not allowed for commercial use in India in spite of the growing need for wider and faster data networks given the rising popularity of cloud computing, Internet of Things, HD and ultra HD.
It's an interesting article but I kind of lost the focus halfway may be due to the some of the things we don't know about SatCom or Transponders etc. People like us with out the background in space technology will be little harder to comprehend. Never the less it's an excellent article!
Thank you for your kind words. I really appreciate your reading the article which is very much outside your domain.
I'll try to write a few articles for readers from beyond the space community.
Thanks again for the encouraging comment!
Thanks for the informative write up. It'd be good if there is a small primer on what DTH satellite TV is all about.
Certainly, I will post a SatCom primer on the global and Indian scenes soon. Thanks again for your feedback!
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How Do You Write Compellingly about Science?
A new book entitled The Craft of Science Writing explains how to help readers understand the science that underlies so many of the issues that touch our lives
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In my community of Madison, Wisc., where the Pentagon plans to upgrade the fighter jets at the local Air National Guard base, the public has been largely opposed. While the ongoing story has certainly been a sociopolitical one, it's also been a science story, as residents register their concerns over higher decibel levels and potential environmental impacts.
In Flint, Mich., a story about lead contamination poisoning poor and largely minority children has also been a science story. So have the stories about wildfires ravaging Australia; the global implementation of 5G cellular service; gun violence tearing apart communities throughout the United States; and the worst outbreak of measles in the U.S. in decades.
Science is embedded in virtually every part of our lives. And few, if any, of the stories that emerge when science meets society are simple. This was one of the realities that drove me and my colleague Jeanne Erdmann to co-found the nonprofit science journalism website The Open Notebook (TON) nearly a decade ago. And it was the impetus behind TON's new book, The Craft of Science Writing, published on February 1, 2020.
Making sense of the science that affects our lives, appreciating the context in which that science takes place and communicating about the science and the human beings involved—especially those whose voices are often left unheard—is the collective responsibility of anyone who cares about science and its role in society. Helping science journalists and others interested in communicating about science develop the skills to do so is TON's mission. Never has this been more important.
The 400-plus stories published at TON since 2010 aim to help people communicate science effectively and engagingly. Our stories on the craft cover topics such as how to structure a narrative to engross readers to the end; how to vet industry PR claims; and the importance of including a diversity of perspectives in every story. We even cover the mundane questions, like where to sit during scientific meeting sessions you're reporting on, or how to keep your notes from getting soggy in the field. Through interviews with leading science journalists and annotations of award-winning articles, we reveal how the best science stories get made, from conception to completion. Each story in TON is pitched, written and edited by professional journalists.
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For anyone who communicates about science, the first imperative is to get the facts right. But disseminating facts is only the first step in good science writing. Facts are the stuff of reports; they may be required reading, but they rarely, on their own, inspire or persuade. That is the job of stories. Stories bring us questions that need resolving, debates we can sift through, characters we might love or revile, conflicts that leave us wondering how it will all work out, dialogue and scenes and action that entertains, enrages, or reveals some kind of essential truth. Whether they're covering gene editing, dinosaur evolution, drug discovery or the latest SpaceX exploits, journalists need to be able to marry the goals of accuracy and storytelling.
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The reporting path Waldman followed, and the challenges she confronted, reflect many of the themes that The Open Notebook aims to illuminate: How do you distill vast data sets into digestible narratives? How do you find the human stories that every data point represents? How do you handle the delicate but crucial task of interviewing people who have experienced trauma? How do you gather the telling details that bring characters and scenes to life? How do you handle the emotional toll of reporting on wrenching topics like maternal and infant mortality?
Such questions seldom have simple solutions. Even across hundreds of stories at The Open Notebook, and the curated stories in The Craft of Science Writing, we still don't have all the answers. But my hope is that by asking these hard questions within our craft we are demystifying the process to help us all get that much closer.
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Over 30,000 events contribute to Expo 2020 Dubai's blockbuster sporting legacy
From some of the greatest athletes to training camps for children, more than 500,000 participants made Dubai the most active World Expo ever
Fitness and wellness events, training camps for children, international competitions, sporting exhibitions, and some of the world's greatest athletes have actively engaged more than 500,000 participants and spectators throughout the six-month run of Expo 2020 Dubai – making it the most active World Expo ever.
With more than 30,000 events taking place over 180 days, the Expo 2020 site has been a hive of activity, with the Sports, Fitness and Wellbeing Hub alone providing 3,094 hours of sports programming and activities, playing host to some 6,000 sports, fitness and wellbeing classes and sessions. The International Pavilions, as well as Expo 2020 Dubai's partners and departments, participated in the football, basketball and volleyball leagues, entering 250 teams.
Offering a diverse range of activities for all ages, interests and fitness levels, Expo 2020 Dubai's Sports, Fitness and Wellbeing Hub, next to Mobility Gate, offers a state-of-the-art gym, five-a-side football pitch, two 'Big Bash' cricket nets, a multi-purpose court for basketball, netball, volleyball and tennis, and a global fitness stage with daily classes to get the blood pumping. It also played a crucial role in the city's core fitness villages over the 30 days of the Dubai Fitness Challenge 2021.
Comprising the Sports Fitness and Wellbeing Hub Programme – which actively engaged more than 100 International Pavilions – the Expo Sports Arena Programme, runs, bike rides, Surreal yoga – with 21 unique morning yoga classes – Q&A sessions, meet and greets, and sports lounge activities, Expo 2020 Dubai was the place to be to smash fitness goals.
Promoting an active lifestyle and equipping children with essential life skills such as teamwork and sportsmanship, the Sports, Fitness and Wellbeing Hub's extensive children's sports programme saw the likes of Manchester City, AC Milan and Rajasthan Royals providing once-in-a-lifetime sessions for both boys and girls.
An eclectic mix of sporting events were hosted across the Expo 2020 Dubai site including the World Arial Gymnastics Championships, World Ten Pin Bowling Championships, World Muay Thai, World 3 on 3 Basketball, and the World Chess Championships.
Another undeniable highlight was the Expo 2020 Dubai Run trilogy, with the third and final run in the series on 26 March seeing 15,000 athletes cross the finishing line in 3km, 5km and 10km categories. In addition to this, Expo 2020 Dubai hosted 22 Run the Worlds, and 182 days of the Expo 2020 Running Club.
Kevin Brown, Vice President Master Calendar-Events and Entertainment, Expo 2020 Dubai said: "Sports, fitness and wellbeing has become an integral part of the eclectic mix of activities and entertainment here at Expo 2020. Together with the input of so many partners and official participants, we are proud to have delivered the most active World Expo on record, while amplifying Dubai's reputation as being one of the fittest cities in the world.
"We are also privileged to have welcomed so many of the biggest icons and legends of world sport, including Leo Messi, Cristiano Ronaldo, Lewis Hamilton, Usain Bolt, Pep Guardiola, Kim Clijsters and Caroline Wozniacki, to name but a few."
The Icons Wall at the Sports, Fitness and Wellbeing Hub is a veritable who's who of international sporting superstars, featuring the likes of Spanish right back Miguel Ángel Míchel Salgado Fernández (5 October); Indian premiere league cricketers, The Rajasthan Royals (8 October); iconic American exhibition basketballers, The Harlem Globetrotters (29 and 30 October); Giro d'Italia Criterium cyclists Peter Sagan, Egan Bernal and Marc Hischi (6 November); the world's fastest man, Usain Bolt (13 November); Spanish professional football manager and former player, Pep Guardiola (15 November); the Kenyan running team including Jonathan Maiyo, Ferdinand Omanyala and Bethwel Yegon (18 November); one of the most successful players in UEFA Champions League history, Clarence Seedorf (19 November); Pakistani bowling phenomenon, Wasim Akram (26 November); legendary Portuguese mid-fielder Luis Figo (10 December); one of the greatest footballers of all time, Lionel Messi (13 December); pioneering chess Grandmaster Nona Gaprindashvili (13 December); Bayern Munich player and Polish captain, Robert Lewandowski (18 December); and UEFA Women's Player of the Year, Alexia Putellas (30 December).
The year 2022 kicked off with two-time former unified world heavyweight champion, Anthony Joshua OBE (6 January); American professional golfer, Collin Morikawa (6 February); free-kick football specialist, Brazil's Roberto Carlos (24 January); Europe's most-capped player, Cristiano Ronaldo (28 January); the most expensive English player in history, Jack Grealish (28 January); Bulgaria's Rhythmic Gymnastics team who won gold at Tokyo 2020 (8 February); the Ivory Coast's all-time top scorer, Didier Drogba (11 February); Danish former professional tennis sensation, Caroline Wozniacki; former world number 1 tennis player Kim Clijsters; the king of on-court temper tantrums, John McEnroe (all on 18 February), joint-record World Drivers' Championships holder, Sir Lewis Hamilton (14 March); and one of the greatest goalkeepers of all times, Spain's Iker Casillas (19 March).
Because Expo 2020 Dubai never does anything by halves, it topped off the action-packed sporting calendar with a first-of-its-kind historic event: the Abraham Accords Games, which saw footballers from the UAE, Israel and Bahrain take on international legends including Ricardo Kaká, Carles Puyol, Robert Pires and Clarence Seedorf in a spirited match in front of a supercharged crowd.
During his visit, Usain Bolt summed up the significance of sport succinctly: "Sport has been used for many, many years to unite people across the world." And if there's one thing that Expo 2020 Dubai has triumphed in, it's been connecting people from across the globe to create a happier, healthier planet."
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Wood is een historisch merk van motorfietsen.

J.J. Wood, Denver, Colorado.

Wood ontwikkelde een eigen 650 cc tweecilinder-tweetaktmotor. Om deze motor te promoten bouwde hij rond 1914 een exemplaar in een Excelsior -frame en voorzag het van een Harley-Davidson twee-versnellingsbak. Het project flopte, waarschijnlijk omdat de dikke V-twins van Indian en Harley doorgebroken waren en de Amerikanen niet veel zagen in een staande tweetakt-twin.

Wood maakte een reis van 2800 km door Amerika, met zijn vrouw achterop. Men had de nodige tegenslagen, maar het blok liep perfect. Desondanks bleef het bij slechts één exemplaar, dat tegenwoordig in bezit is van de Amerikaan Jerry Ottaway. De machine is ongerestaureerd maar loopt nog prima!

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This image was captured the split second before I got an unexpected (and very cold!) shower while taking some photos in Dun Laoghaire today.
These two pieces of street art are located less than 100 yards from each other on North Anne Street in Dublin.
The first is really striking and, in my opinion, a really impressive and effective piece.
The second is, well, pure Dublin in many ways. The plaster fell off the brick wall in a particular way and someone saw an opportunity to bring a bit of character to it.
Oops, I only went and left probably my favourite Prague photo out of my post of photos from our visit there last weekend.
This narrow and short street was tucked in behind our apartment and, apart from a lot of graffiti, it contained a photo gallery. Above the gallery door sat a lady, with a bright red heart shining out from beneath her white breast.
It's visible in the photo, if you click through to the big version and have a closer look.
So I haven't been getting out much with the camera lately unless I manage to clear out of Dodge completely for a few days, as I have been very busy, especially in work.
One of the main reasons for this has been due to managing a project to redevelop Alcohol Action Ireland's website and to develop a new website, DrinkHelp.ie, as well as establishing a social media presence for both sites.
It's been a very interesting project and it it at all went "live" earlier today, which is great! The usual teething problems need to be sorted, but they will be. I hope people find the new sites useful and engaging.
As many of you kindly helped me out back at the planning stages by filling in a survey I put up here, I said I would let you see how it all turned out, but I am keeping this post brief as the sites should speak for themselves – if they don't I'm in trouble!
Feedback, as ever, is welcome! Oh and normal photographic programming will resume shortly!
Images from last weekend in Prague, with Laura.
Click on any of the images for the larger versions. I have uploaded fairly big files as I feel the details in some of the buildings and landscapes are worth it.
Prague is a beautiful city.
I had a lot of time to appreciate Petrin Hill as it took me a long time to get down it (with bones intact) in the most innapropriate footwear for icy Prague hills!
I spent the weekend at home in Wexford.
Before leaving yesterday (Sunday) evening, my mother (Phyl); her three eldest grandchildren, Shauna, Atlanta and Savannah; Rusty (the most blogged about dog in Wexford) and I all set off for a walk on nearby Duncannon Beach.
The wind was really strong, the tide was right in, it was freezing cold… and a lot of fun!
The sun was setting as we came back up the beach too, which made for a pretty picture – one I don't do justice to with these photos.
Thanks as ever to my willing young models and apologies to their mother (Amy) for sending them home slightly wet and mostly covered in sand!
The result of the messing – Savannah came off worse!
Atlanta and her cold face!
So, I'll level with you here.
if I hadn't been so busy lately these photos wouldn't be up here.
Getting some quality time with my camera has been increasingly difficult, but I'll be addressing that next weekend – in some style I hope!
Until then, dear reader, please look kindly on this mixed bag of photos from recent weeks, most of which were taken on a stroll around Dublin, which took in St Stephen's Green and the Iveagh Gardens.
Others were just random snaps when something caught my eye when the camera was close by.
I'll try caption them, as best I can.
Ringing the bell to clear the Iveagh Gardens/bring an end to this post!


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Berlin, Fashion, Runway Show January 16, 2014
Achtland Fall 2014: Gary Hume's Walls
Sheiglagh Hawkins
BERLIN, Jan 16, 2014/ — On Tuesday, Jan 14th, in a full-capacity venue, Achtland unveiled its Fall/Winter 2014-15 collection at Mercedes-Benz Fashion Week Berlin.
The brainchild of designers Oliver Lühr and Thomas Bentz, the Achtland Fall 2014 collection references the work and aesthetics of British painter Gary Hume and the surface structures of the Neues Museum, restored and recreated by David Chipperfield.
Oliver Lühr, Creative Director explains, "[the collection] is intended to encapsulate thetension that arises in the play of opposites: for example in the formal eleganceof a Victorian dress shirt paired with the femininity of silk-georgette or the strong architectonic silhouette found in our evening dresses."
For Fall 2014, Gary Hume's clear, reduced imagery and hisdefined colour palette flow seamlessly into the ACHTLAND aesthetic. The walls, flooring and frescoes of the Neues Museum post-modernisation provide a vibrant contrast to the reduction that defines Gary Hume's paintings. Their surface structures bear witness to a lively past: one single surface incorporates several areas of colour and layering: colourful and shifting, smooth and rough, monochrome and painted.
The silhouettes remain true to the DNA of the video: clean-cut elegance with a laidback feel, whilst, as with previous collections, craftsmanship and high quality materials form the core of the collection's evolution: both sources of inspiration find their way into the collection in the shape of elaborate hand embroidery, painted prints, multilayered chiffon and quilted leather.
The collection combines the highest craftsmanship standards with the selection of high-quality materials from suppliers like Loro Piana (wool and cashmere textiles) and Taroni (silks). ACHTLAND's collections are entirely produced in Berlin.
Photos courtesy of Achtland
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Technology as a Masculinist Institution
By Xiantao Wang on November 10, 2020
On August 10, 2019, prison guards found a man dead in a jail cell in Manhattan. The way he died stood in sharp contrast with the power and vanity he once wielded in the city, fraught with both splendor and squalor. Jeffrey Epstein, a prominent financier with a keen interest in obtaining immortality through eugenics and transhumanism, died at 66.
Epstein was not alone in his fantasy of living forever. He had been working towards his goal by cultivating close relationships with the scientific community, especially with Joi Ito, who led the MIT Media Lab. Under Ito's leadership and with clandestine funding from Epstein, the Lab conducted techno-utopian projects involving genetic engineering, eugenics, and transhumanism. For example, one of the projects included creating cyborg plants that chase after light sources. Epstein himself had an even bolder and darker idea — he wanted to put women in his ranch in New Mexico, where he could impregnate them with his sperm, passing on his pedigree to the human race.
Epstein died at 66. Source: AP
Epstein's fantasy demonstrates his personal imagination of technology as a token of masculinist virility backed by money, power and scientific capital. But before lambasting his vision of technology as superficial sexism, we need to ask ourselves: what are the fantasies that we project onto technology? What have we accomplished so far by leveraging technology? What does our society expect to attain in the future in the name of technology? To answer these questions, it behooves us to review our sociotechnical imaginary.
Masculinity in Technology
A sociotechnical imaginary is a normative vision of a desirable future that members of a society believe can be achieved through technology. It is social in the sense that this imaginary is undergirded by collective beliefs and institutions through which the ideal prospect is promulgated and internalized. I would argue that our current sociotechnical imaginary, even if not as twisted as Epstein's personal vision, still embodies a masculinist ideology by virtue of its obsession with instrumentality (and therefore negligence of expressive functions), its treatment of both humans and non-humans as objects (as opposed to subjects) and its valorization of efficiency and rationalization.
First, our sociotechnical imaginary sees technology as an instrument of capitalist production. Technology's prestige stems from the notion that technology boosts productivity in an exponential fashion and will eventually lead us into a techno-utopia, in which civilization will no longer be fettered by material constraints. What is missing from this expectation, however, is the human aspect. There has been insufficient attention paid to how technology can serve expressive functions, which are equally critical in maintaining the social fabric but are undervalued in modern society. The service industry, childcare and affectionate labor, which employ mostly women, do not carry as much importance in society's eyes as wage-earning sectors dominated by men.
The overemphasis on the instrumental might of technology leads to the second masculinist dimension, namely the idea that technology must prevail over passive objects, whether that be non-human nature or humans who do not master technology. Throughout history, technology has logged trees, dammed rivers, penetrated mountains, eviscerated resources, sapped workers and replaced ordinary people. We continue to believe in technology as a transformative force conquering whatever blocks the way of progress, just as men have often seen themselves as conquerors of passive women.
Technology as a transformative force conquering whatever blocks the way of progress. Source: Henry Sandham
Finally, our sociotechnical imaginary endorses rationalization, calculability and predictability, all of which are associated with attributes that justify the control of men over women, who are allegedly emotional, temperamental and hence unreliable. Research has shown that early childhood environments, family expectations and classroom pedagogies perpetuate the gender stereotype that passive girls are unsuitable for actively engaging in the systematic effort to understand objective relations. There has been progress in promoting gender equity in the tech industry, but we are still far from seeing a parity between men and women in college STEM majors and tech professions.
So…What Next?
A reflection upon the sociotechnical imaginary encourages us to scrutinize the larger pattern that goes beyond the immediate repercussions of the Epstein scandal, which, at first sight, appears to merely be the story of a one-off sex offender with deranged fantasies. It allows us to see the social factors that shape how we conceptualize and operationalize technology, which in turn reproduces existing norms, values and power dynamics. After all, as Harvard Professor of Science and Technology Studies Sheila Jasanoff states in The Ethics of Invention, "the technologies we make inevitably grow out of historical and cultural circumstances that condition the kinds of needs that societies face, or think they face." In this light, Ito's seemingly techno-utopian agenda is nothing unusual: he is simply reifying society's assumptions of what technology should look like.
Now that we have explored our current sociotechnical imaginary, hopefully we are equipped with the epistemological foundation and courage to rectify technology as a masculinist fantasy. Facilitating women's participation in science and technology is certainly a beneficial starting point, but the most essential task is to revise our ingrained vision of technology as a cold and emotionless brute. Academia and the private sector should devote more resources to exploring how technology can help provide interpersonal connection, warmth and care, especially for marginalized groups that lack mainstream social capital. An example of this is the Media Lab's project on social robots that tell personalized stories to kids from communities of lower socio-economic status. In this endeavor, though, we must bear in mind the caveat that technology, expressive and instrumental, should always work to support our agency, subjecthood and creativity, instead of usurping these qualities that make us free and noble.
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Xiantao studies Sociology and Data Science at UC Berkeley. He writes on Hong Kong, U.S.-China relations, and technology.
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Theater and Concerts Upcoming
Endgame-Irish Rep; BroadwayBelts for PFF-Sony Hall; Christy Altomare-Bucks Co. Playhouse; Leo Reich-Greenwich House Theater; The Swallow-Repertorio Espanol; Who Murdered Love-TNC; Summer 1976 – MTC
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Broadway's sweetheart and Yardley, PA native, Christy Altomare will return to Bucks County Playhouse next month with a new solo concert. Altomare sold out two performances with her solo concert debut at the Playhouse in 2022. She will appear for one night only on Saturday, February 18 at 8 pm. Tickets are on sale now at www.buckscountyplayhouse.org or by contacting the box office at 215.862.2121.
Hot. Young. Cool. Fresh. Ripped. Hilarious. Groundbreaking. Avant-garde. These are just some of the words that Leo demanded we include – Premiere of Leo Reich: Literally Who Cares?!, direct from sold-out, critically acclaimed runs at Edinburgh Fringe and Soho Theatre in London. Directed by Adam Brace (Alex Edelman's Just for Us, Liz Kingsman's One Woman Show), featuring music composed by Tony Award winner Toby Marlow (Six), and lighting design by Daniel Carter-Brennan (Liz Kingsman's One Woman Show), the production plays a strictly limited engagement from February 15 – March 11, 2023, at Greenwich House Theater (27 Barrow Street, NYC). At long last, this self-diagnosed, important young mind is ready to share some of his notoriously perfect opinions with the community at large. Faced with the swirling uncertainty of our collective future, Leo will ask the big questions – such as, "Am I hot?", "Is this helping?", and "No offense guys but literally what is going on?"
Broadway celebrities will perform their favorite show tunes at the 13th Annual Broadway Belts for PFF!, the Pulmonary Fibrosis Foundation's premier gala, hosted by Julie Halston on Monday, March 6, at Sony Hall honoring Robert Creighton. The extraordinary evening of stellar performances, including Julie Benko and Kate Baldwin, also features a cocktail reception, three-course dinner, and after-party to benefit individuals living with pulmonary fibrosis (PF). In-person and virtual tickets are available at broadwaybeltsforpff.org.
Repertorio Español, one of NYC's most celebrated Latinx theatre companies, will premiere The Swallow, written by award-winning playwright Guillem Clua. The play will be directed by Ismanuel Rodríguez and stars Zulema Clares and Rafael Sánchez. The production started previews on January 20th and will premiere on January 27th on the iconic (Gramercy Arts Theatre) stage. Inspired by the attack in a gay nightclub in Orlando where 49 people were killed, The Swallow is a highly emotional work exploring how loss can simultaneously separate and unite people. The production reflects on how so many lives continue to be stolen by attacks on the LGBTQ+ community in this country and how we need to heal together despite our differences. www.Repertorio.org
A pinnacle of Beckett's characteristic raw minimalism, Endgame is a pure and devastating distillation of the human essence in the face of approaching death. "Nothing is funnier than unhappiness" invokes Nell, which summarizes the tragicomic nature of this timeless play.
The play premiered at the Royal Court Theatre in London in 1957 in French as Fin de Partie. The first English language production took place at the Cherry Lane Theater in New York in 1958. Irish Rep first presented an acclaimed production of Endgame, directed by Charlotte Moore, in 2005. Endgame – Feb. 3 thru March 12 – with Bill Irwin, John Douglas Thompson and features set design by Charlie Corcoran (The Butcher Boy), costume design by Orla Long (The Butcher Boy), lighting design by Michael Gottlieb (A Touch of the Poet), sound design by M. Florian Staab (The Butcher Boy), and properties by Deirdre Brennan (The Dead, 1904). Jeff Davolt (Autumn Royal) serves as Production Stage Manager with Giselle Raphaela as Assistant Stage Manager. www.IrishRep.org
Louisa Bradshaw as The Countess Analise, John David West as Sleepy Sam Speed, William Broderick as Surrealist artist André Ranton. Photo by Gerry Goodstein.
Theater for the New City (TNC) – "Who Murdered Love?" – a Dadaist musical comedy by Lissa Moira (book & lyrics) and Richard West (score) that is set in 1924 New York City and in a Paris dreamscape. Performances are February 2 to 19 at TNC, 155 First Ave., Thursdays through Saturdays at 8:00 PM and Sundays at 3:00 PM. The running time is 2:00 plus intermission. www.theaterforthenewcity.net
Four-time Emmy Award® winner & Academy Award® nominee Laura Linney (My Name Is Lucy Barton, Lillian Hellman's The Little Foxes) and Tony Award® nominee Jessica Hecht (The Assembled Parties) return to Broadway in a new play by Pulitzer Prize-winning author and fellow MTC alum David Auburn (Proof, The Columnist). This deeply moving, insightful piece is about connection, memories, and the small moments that can change the course of our lives. April 4 thru May 28 2023. Samuel J. Friedman Theatre, West 47 Street. www.ManhattanTheaterClub.com
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It's not just big cities that are going LED – Italy's medieval villages are doing it too
Give me the night... sky: Philips says that these LED luminaires in Città Sant'Angelo cut down on light pollution, opening up views of the night sky.
Three medieval Italian towns and villages have turned to modern LED streetlighting to slash energy costs, buoyed by a web-based information system for remote management and monitoring.
Città Sant'Angelo, an east coast town of about 14,500 people, and the northeastern villages of Cison di Valmarino and Varmo, have all tapped new LED streetlights from Philips to replace a mix of conventional outdoor lighting technologies.
They've also installed Philips CityTouch networked management system that allows them to intelligently monitor individual lamp performance and remotely turn lights on and off and dim or brighten them. The web-based system is similar to one implemented recently by Los Angeles.
The three locations have deployed about 7,000 LED lights, between them, with Sant'Angelo accounting for about half of that and Valmarino for 2,600. The energy saving lamps combined with the management system have enabled energy savings of 80 per cent in Valmarino, 76 per cent in Sant'Angelo, and 60 per cent in Varmo, Philips said. It declined to say how much it charged or what the payback periods will be.
With buildings and streets that date back centuries, 'the three projects required a careful negotiation of ancient and modern design to complement the aesthetics of each town's historic architecture, leaving the charm of the old town intact,' Philips noted.
The planning seems to have worked out as, according to Cison di Valmarino mayor Cristina Pan, 'The new white lighting has also enhanced the medieval village and its unique landscape, creating a magical atmosphere.'
One bit of magic that all three locations have passed on for now is the arrival of sensors that could broaden LEDs' usefulness outside of the lighting world by moving them into urban information networks.
Philips and other vendors are beginning to outfit LED luminaires and lampposts with technology that detects things like traffic conditions, parking, crowds, parking, air quality, noise, road surface temperatures and much more. A streetlight system in Kansas City can deliver retail analytics, while streetlights in Hamburg, Germany are helping to keep ships moving through the city's bustling port.
The city of Bristol, England is even contemplating 'Shazaming the birds' – using streetlight sensors that would send local birdsong to Shazam, typically a music identifying website, but one that can also identify species of birds. Bristol would use that information to help determine policy regarding the city's green spaces.
The possible applications are as big as the imagination. In hot medieval Italian towns, popular as holiday spots, perhaps there's a market for sensors and apps that communicate to tourists where the gelato has not yet melted.
Photo is from Philips
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We adopt agile project management, that means you can experience the app at the very early stage. Our project manager will give you weekly status report with app deployed to your device every 1-2 weeks. With this modern approach, you can review and give us feedback at the early stage with any surprise at the end of the project. Our agility would help you overcome the fast changing environment and give you the greatest flexibility to turn your steer in any circumstances.
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Another bad call in a year full of them. This one came in the 10th inning of the Rays-Twins game last night.
Delmon Young throws it to Michael Cuddyer at third (query: you happy with Michael Cuddyer playing third, Twins fans? I wouldn't be). Cuddyer catches it and applies the tag to Shoppach. Watch the video: the overhead shot is fast, but the replay (and the screencap pic above) seems to show the tag, with Shoppach's jersey even creasing a little and everything. Third base umpire Alfonso Marquez calls Shoppach safe, however, saying that Cuddy missed the tag.
It ended up not mattering — the run would have scored anyway and 5-4 ended up being the final score — but a missed call is a missed call, and we get a lot of those these days.


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Roofing is a specialized skills. Only few people be successful in this sector because it will working in sun for long hours. End up being not as being a good idea to pick the professional who offers to execute the task at the cheapest cost. If these professionals do not offer good services, you might have to get in touch with better professionals to undo the damage and obtain the task done again. Couple of not in order to be spend an excessive amount of in the long run, should do a bit of homework before selecting a contractor for your roof.
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Norway orders F-35A JSF worth $10bn
18 June 2012	(Last Updated June 18th, 2012 03:55)
Norway has signed a public procurement project worth NOK60bn ($10bn), the largest in the nation's history, for the F-35A Lightning II aircraft.
Norway has signed a public procurement project worth NOK60bn ($10bn), the largest in the nation's history, for the F-35A Lightning II aircraft.
Authorised by Norwegian Defence Minister, Espen Barth Eide, the order follows extended negotiations with the US Department of Defence, and marks a key milestone in the Norwegian F-35 programme, with new combat aircraft ordered for the first time in three decades.
The procurement project also includes beginning of the final phase of Joint Strike Missile (JSM) development and the integration of the missile into the F-35 after receiving confirmation of JSM integration support from US Secretary of Defence, Leon Panetta, Eide said.
Selected by Norway in 2008, the new generation of combat aircraft will be integrated with the Norwegian-developed JSM to further enhance its operational capabilities.
The total market potential for the JSM is estimated to be between NOK20bn and NOK25bn ($3.3 and $4.2bn) while the overall procurement phase is estimated to cost NOK60bn ($10bn).
The newly approved Norwegian Defence White Paper 2012 has also confirmed the nation's plans to procure up to 52 F-35s for the Norwegian Armed Forces and a budget increase of 7% by 2016.
As part of a joint partner training centre, the first four F-35 aircraft will be based in the US while the remaining 48, which will be delivered from 2017, will be based at Ørland Main Air Station in central Norway.
Quick reaction alert services to the armed forces will be provided by a small forward operating base that will be established at Evenes, in northern Norway.
The Lockheed Martin-built F-35A is also being developed in two additional variants; a carrier variant and a short take-off and vertical landing aircraft.
Image: F-35 Joint Strike Fighter and Joint Strike Missile. Photo: courtesy of the Norwegian Ministry of Defence.
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Participate in the 12 forms of modified Sun Style Tai Chi movement session aimed at relieving Arthritis. See your muscular strength, flexibility and fitness level improve after 12 sessions.
3 mins walking distance from Redhill MRT station.
Please register at Leng Kee CC or contact Jennifer at 96663375 for details.
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Dr Paul Lam, a family physician in Sydney, Australia and a tai chi master for thirty plus years, is a world leader in the field of Tai Chi for Health Improvement.
In Collaboration with other medical and tai chi experts, Dr. Paul Lam has composed several Tai Chi for Health Programs that are supported by Arthritis Foundation of Australia, USA and UK. He has participated in tai chi for health and has authored and co-authored books and articles. His vision is to bring tai chi to many people for improving health and quality of life.
With his authorized master trainers, Dr. Lam has conducted hundreds of instructors' training workshops around the world for his Tai Chi for Health programs.
Jennifer Chung is a Tai Chi trainer and Master Trainer selected by Dr. Paul Lam, a family physician in Sydney, Australia, is a world leader in the field of Tai Chi for Health Improvement. She has been practicing Tai Chi for over 20 years. Jennifer was awarded a PA Trainer Portal Award in January 2013.
Jennifer is based in Singapore. She conducts Instructors Training Workshop, teaches the tai chi programs to many PA community Club, RC - Resident Committee, private organization, club and also conducts many health talk, tai chi demo at hospital, library, private organization. Jennifer also contribute good part of her time to help the less fortunate – Parkinson Society Singapore, Ageing Home. She would love to share more in the areas of leadership, training of more passionate people interested to teach the tai chi for health program in Singapore.
"Carry the Torch of Tai Chi for Health" Jennifer won a replica Olympic Torch with her article.
Congratulations to Simon, being awarded a PA Star Trainer award for year 2016. He deserved to get this award as he had worked very hard promoting Tai Chi for Health program at many PA Community Club, RC. Helping many people to learn Tai Chi to stay active and improve their quality of life through tai chi exercise.