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After Over 6 Months of Widespread Violence, Black Lives Matter Nominated for a Nobel Peace Prize
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A Socialist Left Party member of Norway's parliament took to the podium to announce the nomination as Portland and Seattle continue to see unrest in the streets
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After over six months of violent protests and the destruction of over a billion dollars' worth of businesses and property, the Black Lives Matter group has been nominated for a Nobel Peace Prize.
The nomination was announced by Petter Eide, a Socialist Left Party member who is seated in the Norwegian Parliament.
"I find that one of the key challenges we have seen in America, but also in Europe and Asia, is the kind of increasing conflict based on inequality," Eide told reporters after announcing the nomination.
"Black Lives Matter has become a very important worldwide movement to fight racial injustice. They have had a tremendous achievement in raising global awareness and consciousness about racial injustice," Eide continued. "[I]t has been a broad movement, in a way which has been different from their predecessors."
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Less than a month after the death of George Floyd, the event that served as the catalyst for over 6 months of protests, riots, violence, destruction and death, it is estimated that police have made over 14,000 arrests in 49 cities. Nine people have been killed participating in Black Lives Matter protests.
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— Katie Pavlich (@KatiePavlich) January 29, 2021
The "tremendous achievement" Eide extolls, resulted in unprecedented damaged, culminating in the most expensive spate of "community activism" in insurance industry history.
With protests taking place in 140 US cities since the Spring – with many locations still experiencing protests, riots, looting, and destruction, the cost of the damage perpetrated at the hands of Black Lives Matter protesters and their aligned supporters is estimated to be at least $1 billion to $2 billion in the form of paid insurance claims.
The largess of these financial reimbursements eclipses the record set in 1992 when Los Angeles erupted in "community activist" violence after the acquittal of the police officers who involved in the Rodney King incident.
This is why the #NobelPeacePrize has lost its legitimacy and credibility- Black Lives Matter movement is nominated for a @NobelPrize, after engaging in months of extreme violence that called for the killing of cops, and destruction of US cities.
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— Bernard B. Kerik (@BernardKerik) January 30, 2021
It shouldn't be surprising that a Socialist Left Party member would be adoring of the Black Lives Matter movement. Its founders are steeped in Marxist ideology.
The Black Lives Matter organization – which is separate from the ideological movement as the core nucleus is now incorporated – was created by Alicia Garza, Opal Tometi, and Patrisse Cullors, the latter of whom admitted that she and Garza are "trained Marxists."
"Myself and Alicia in particular are trained organizers. We are trained Marxists," Cullors said to an interviewer. "We are super-versed on, sort of, ideological theories."
The Black Lives Matter movement – as well as its violence and destruction – has spread to more than 2,000 cities in over 60 countries.
Following the summer of protests, riots, violence and death in several American cities – and in light of the fact the group has devolved into being a political tool of the Marxist-Progressive Left in Congress, support for movement has dropped considerably, according to a poll taken in September.
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Martin Russ dishes up another concoction of MIDI hints and tips.
Most drum machines these days are velocity sensitive, usually via MIDI. Using a sequencer to drive them has become popular, especially using the same master keyboard as is used for the rest of the instrumentation. The method is simple: you map out the drum sounds on the keyboard and use step time record (or even real time with practice!) to enter the patterns into the sequencer. The drum machine can then be left to one side and used purely as an expander - Akai have taken this to its logical conclusion and produced a drum sound generator (the XE8) whose sounds are triggered via MIDI. But there may be a hidden problem in this keyboard-controlled approach: quantisation noise.
I discovered this when I listened to just the drum part of a sequencer-driven piece of music - there seemed to be a nasty digital buzzing as each drum sound decayed away. Since this is the usual way that quantisation noise manifests itself, I investigated further.
It appears that some drum machines implement velocity in the obvious way: they just shift bits (binary digits) downwards, losing them in the process. Assuming that you start with a 12-bit drum sample, this means that you have a scale ranging from full volume using 12 bits, down to the quietest sound with 1 bit, and the limiting case of silence with no bits at all. Now 1 bit is just a square digital waveform, and it sounds nasty - very much like a fuzz box. Definitely not the high quality you might be expecting from a 12-bit drum machine!
The next stage is not so obvious. When you use a master keyboard to enter drum patterns into a sequencer, you just hit the appropriate keys, don't you? Actually, the answer is no! When you play keyboards normally, your velocity will be somewhere in the middle range, between 50 and 80 (on a scale of 0-127). 64 is the defined middle point for MIDI velocity, but in terms of our drum machine a velocity of 64 is going to produce an output which only uses 6 bits - and the resulting sound is going to be poor.
It transpires that you need to play notes very hard, so that you are somewhere in the 100 range of MIDI velocity values, if you want to use the full 12 bits of the drum machine effectively. Another way around this is to alter the velocity values by editing the drum pattern once you have entered it into the sequencer. You could also press a MIDI processor unit like the Yamaha MEP4 into action, so that it increases all your velocities to a suitable range.
The chart below should give you some ideas about the probable effect of velocity on the number of bits and the resulting signal-to-noise ratio.
The next time you programme your drum machine, try listening to what is actually happening - not all drum machines vary volume in this way!
I have spent quite some time designing complex combinations of switches and buffers to make the MIDI sockets on the Atari ST computer more usable. After a great deal of research and patient trials I have finally narrowed the choices down to a single unit, which turns out to be cheap and simple but very useful.
All you do is buy a decent quality 5-pin DIN hi-fi lead and chop the DIN plug off one end. Now build yourself a box with three DIN sockets and two switches and connect as shown in Figure 1.
As you can see, we now have a switched input which lets you choose two MIDI sources as the input to the Atari. This can be very useful when you are using a master keyboard as well as other keyboards for controlling sequencers, or even when assembling System Exclusive dumps from several instruments.
The other socket is now an Out/Thru, selected by a switch. The rationale behind this is simple: you use a master keyboard to input MIDI data to the In of the ST, and the Out of the sequencer is used to drive the rest of your network of instruments via a Thru box. No problem, until you quit from the sequencer - and then you need to use the Thru socket instead! With a switched arrangement, you do not need to have the sequencer running all the time in order to use the other MIDI equipment in your network.
The Cheetah MS6 analogue synth has a comprehensive Performance mode in bank 8 of its memory. Unfortunately, it can be difficult to keep track of exactly which Performance is stored in each of the 64 available memory slots. Here's a quick way to determine most of what is happening with only a single keypress.
• If it reads '6', then all the available voices are assigned to Instrument 1 - the normal Play mode with 6-voice polyphony.
• If it reads '3', then you probably have two Instruments, both with 3-voice polyphony. Usually these will be stacked to create a detune sound, and a further trick here would be to reassign one Instrument to 4 voices, with the other set to 2 voices - you still get the detuning, but now you have 4-note polyphony! Alternatively, you could have two Instruments playing two separate sounds, but a quick play on the keyboard should tell you if this is so.
• If parameter 13 is set to '1', then you have two choices: either a stacked mono sound (very wasteful of memory locations) or several Instruments assigned to separate sounds in a multitimbral mode. Again, a quick press of a note should show what is happening.
This is a very old trick, but hearing it used very effectively on the new Yamaha YS200 and YS100 synths made me think about passing it on, since it is well worth the effort.
Some low-cost reverbs and digital delay units do not have a low frequency oscillator to sweep the delay times - the Yamaha R100 is a current example. This means that you really are restricted to reverbs and echoes - chorus and other cyclic effects are not possible. Or are they?
Try adding a little slow vibrato to a synthesized string sound and then feed the signal through a reverb unit. Because reverb is a combination of time delay and multiple repeats of the input signal, you should find that you generate the same sort of beating effects as those you normally associate with chorusing. You may need to experiment to get the best results - often reverb programs with lots of pre-delay can give good results.


Scotland 6 uses Rally cars in a turbulent, stormy environment.
This level is raced in the opposite direction, so cars must pass the barrierless stretch first, before facing the boulder sets. Two Deadly Ramps must be cleared in the process. After the sharp turn, cars encounter the two-way bottleneck forest before concluding the lap.
Scotland 6 is a Rally race that is raced in the opposite direction. The road is even more slippery than it was in Scotland 5, but the AI opponents drive more carefully, slowing down much more than they did in any of the previous levels. Two extra sets of boulders are added near the barrierless stretch, which must be cleared early in the lap, before the Twin Deadly Ramps.
After clearing the second Deadly Ramp, players should use the remainder of the track to overtake their opponents. Most opponents will brake heavily around corners, especially inside the two-way bottleneck forest. AI Xu & Ivanov will take advantage of the other AI slowing down and will attempt to overtake as many cars possible throughout the race. Their aggressive driving style makes them and Roberts the top contenders of the race.
Since there are Deadly Ramps and a barrierless stretch, players could attempt a Rampage to knock Out as many AI opponents as possible. Players could also attempt an Underdog Challenge, where the weak AI Morgen may be assisted to finish in higher positions.
Rally cars have a top speed of 135 mph.
AI Baptiste and Ivanov are frequent casualties at the barrierless stretch.
The distance across the streams is closer in Scotland 6 than Scotland 5. This makes a Rampage harder to perform in Scotland 6.
Two more sets of boulders are added in Scotland 6; at the barrierless stretch and before the first Deadly Ramp.


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Carla (asteróide 1470) é um asteróide da cintura principal com um diâmetro de 36,97 quilómetros, a 2,9690103 UA. Possui uma excentricidade de 0,061098 e um período orbital de 2 053,92 dias (5,62 anos).

Carla tem uma velocidade orbital média de 16,74931441 km/s e uma inclinação de 3,22096º.

Esse asteróide foi descoberto em 17 de Setembro de 1938 por Alfred Bohrmann.

Ver também
 Lista de asteróides
 Asteroide da cintura principal

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Asteroides da cintura principal
Objetos astronômicos descobertos em 1938

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PADI Europe, Middle East and Africa will be exhibiting at DIVE 2014, taking place at the NEC, Birmingham, UK from 25th to 26th October. PADI's presence at DIVE supports PADI Dive Centres, Professional Members and Divers and provides an opportunity to welcome the non-diving public to the wonders of the underwater world.
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- which is the first one of a new generation, caring about sustainability and connecting with the community (hence why they chose a local artist)" Hartwig Braun, artist.
The blue & yellow monochromatic colour-way version of the commissioned piece has been presented as a special gift to all VIP attendees to the stakeholders dinner on 31st January whilst 600 people who helped to make the building a reality received the full coloured version on the opening day on 7th February. Adding to their community ethos, everyone who has helped launch the new IKEA was given a framed print of the artwork - each one signed personally by Hartwig.
Working closely with the store manager and IKEA's PR & Communications team - as well as staff at the new store - we have had a very enjoyable experience!!
"To celebrate the opening of our leading sustainable store in Greenwich, we wanted to create a memento which demonstrated that IKEA was committed to being a good neighbour in the local community and an integral part of the city landscape. One of the Greenwich co-workers came across Hartwig's work at Greenwich Market and we instantly fell in love with his unique style and use of colour. It's been an absolute pleasure to work with Hartwig and we're delighted with the illustration that he created." Helen Aylett, Store Manager at IKEA Greenwich.
Sit back, relax, get comfy. But you'll need something comfortable behind you, so let us introduce our NEW cushion covers! Yes we have had cushion covers before, but these are printed to order in the UK and we have colour matched them to give the best finished look, akin to Hartwig's large art prints & canvases.
We are excited to bring you new products and more designs than ever before available, on cushion covers! Printed all over, on both sides, you can not miss the artwork on these. Two sizes available; 45cm and 60cm squared, you can even layer cushions on the sofa, or bed, to create a premium and arty display! For example why not have a 60cm cushion behind a 45cm cushion of the same - or differing - design! What's more, some designs are available as a triptych - a panorama across 3 cushions, allowing you to spread a design across your sofa. As you can see from the photo below, you can have London, Berlin or Sydney as a triptych. See the range at this link here: Cushion Covers.
Once all the cushions are in place, you can get on with the nation's favourite past time - looking at your Smartphone, calling someone, taking selfies, catching up on social media. But no smartphone is complete without a piece of artwork on the case. So let us introduce the many designs, colours and cases available with Hartwig's hand-drawn artwork on them. Have a look through which cities are available and choose your favourite. The web shop shows some examples of the different cases, however, you will see from the drop down menu there are a few different Apple & Samsung phones we can cover.
Whether it's of your home city, or to remember somewhere you have visited, having one of our phone cases in your hand is a nice way of owning a piece of art. These two examples show a colourful London and a blue New York City. Hartwig has taken everything into consideration when choosing which designs and crops because of the shape of each case and positioning of lens/flash hole, but keeping the artwork still legible. See for youself at this link here: Smartphone Covers.
With plenty to keep Hartwig Braun occupied lately, this also means his website and social media has been in need of a revival. So this spring has seen a steady stream of uploads, that we thought could do with your attention.
While Hartwig focusses on the intricate line drawings - currently 'Berlin Looking South' - he will update his Instagram account for an exclusive look "From The Drawing Board." Mixed in with these are updates from Hartwig of what he is upto, or where he is. For example, his most recent trip away - a long weekend in Paris - was captured in a few snaps.
It gives you an insight into how Hartwig works, from one step to the next. Sharing with you little tricks and unique ways to make his artwork. As well as seeing the Metropolis through his eyes.
F urthermore, at each stage of his drawings, he may update his website with a blog post. As you can see from the recent blogs, spanning his time working on the drawing stage of 'Berlin Looking South.' These blogs give you an insight from the artist himself, as to how he tackles each stage of the drawing process and how he moves onto the next part. Keep an eye on his blog for the next stage of drawing - colouring in! A blog is a great way to condense loads of information with visuals and all in his own words. Keep an eye on the Blog page of Hartwig's website, as no doubt there will be more on his latest Berlin drawing and all future commissions and drawings Hartwig finds himself working on.
London Looking West canvas has gone - as you can see from this photo - and is replaced (in the ground floor shop space) by a beautiful blue large art print, signed and framed by Hartwig; 'London Looking West Special Edition Blue & White'. It's nice to have a large framed art print here on the shop floor, as there has always been a canvas hanging in this space before. With a white border and black frame, the new art print hangs proudly for all to see. Other sizes available; 60 x 25cm prints will be available - larger ones are printed and framed to order.
Our downstairs gallery space, is changing too; with an all new edition of London Looking West. With a Limited Editon of 150 copies, we present 'London Looking West in Black and White.' A large art print, signed and framed. Each Limited Edition print comes with your very own Certificate of Authenticity and numbered edition - also signed by Hartwig Braun, the artist. Different from the Line Drawing version - this black and white edition is predominantly black and the lines are white. It really draws you in - see for yourself!
So something new to see when you visit us in Greenwich Market. Artist Hartwig is usually around on weekends if you would like to meet him too - he loves to talk about his process and the finished artwork! Or leave a note in our exhibition guestbook for him to read later.
With Ravenburger's puzzle expertise, Hartwig's artistic license and Isaac's business know how, a collaboration has formed and we'll be excited to share the new puzzle with you soon! "Cartoon Earth" a translated version of 'Our Wonderful Planet' - for the mass market that Ravensburger have access to - you'll see the much loved artwork by Hartwig, bigger and in more pieces! Fun for all the family.
This new 1,500 piece puzzle will have a completed size of 84 x 59cm - larger than our existing 1,000 piece jigsaw puzzle of the same design. So we hope you have a large board to lay all the pieces onto!
Through working with Ravensburger, the jigsaw puzzle will be stocked on Amazon, Jigsaw Puzzle Direct and Tesco initially, and also from us! You'll be first to know when they are in stock!
Ravensburger are a well known manufacturer of jigsaws; based in Germany - no relation to Hartwig also being German! Launching their first game in 1884 "A Trip Around the World"; you could say they have something of a love for the globe and Hartwig's artwork of 'Our Wonderful Planet' works so well with them. Last year Ravensburger acquired US based company 'ThinkFun.' Ravensburger also have their own interactive museum and theme park!
You will know by now we have Hartwig's hand drawn artwork available as large art prints & canvases - if you don't, where have you been? Viewable online and in our gallery in Greenwich Market!
Well, with many different cities and illustrations by Hartwig, in different colours and size options, we thought it would be beneficial to highlight a few, incase you're considering an order & need help picking the right one!
Sizes. Canvases sound like they take up a lot of wall space - and they can - but we have some options to fill those small areas of the office or home; like nicely above the fireplace for example. Our smallest canvas 60 x 45cm - the smallest panoramic canvases are 100 x 43cm. These are ideal for a small home or office! The 'Our Wonderful Planet' or 'Jolly Britain' small canvas is great for a child's bedroom!
For a larger home - or that one large wall you have empty - or the office boardroom/reception area, our canvases can go up to an impressive 195 x 82cm. Almost 2 metres of hand drawn details of London/Greenwich or whichever artwork you go for.
So keen to order? You can do so via our website, or in person in the gallery/shop in Greenwich Market, We are open everyday. Please allow 7-10 working days for canvases, this includes the printing and mounting, plus getting Hartwig to sign each one. If it's for Christmas, please do let us know so we can try to get it done quicker if need be. Also, if it is for Christmas and you are collecting we will hold the canvas in the studio until you are ready to collect (Christmas Eve for example) Otherwise, delivery is included in the price - in the UK - and we send everything first class recorded with our courier! If it is easier for you (if travelling) the canvases are available to order unmounted and will be sent rolled in a tube.
It is that time again! It always creeps up slowly and then bam! It's Christmas! With the Greenwich Market lights & decorations in place, adding a warm glow to the area and our own window display done, we are officially ready for Christmas and the shopping days that lead up to the big day!
Throughout Advent, we are sharing reminders of Arty Globe products - that we think will make fabulous gifts for someone this Christmas. Each comes with an idea for who that person could be - for example, hardback notebooks for your child's teather, a framed print of London/Greenwich for your parents, or our Wentworth Wooden Puzzles, something all the family can enjoy over Christmas. Look out for our specially prepared snowy product shots each day on Facebook, Twitter and Instagram!
Hartwig has been creative with his Snowy green version of his hand drawn artwork; 'Greenwich to Canary Wharf.' Hartwig has made bauble decorations for our windows - cutting out circles of different parts of his artwork. Have you seen them yet? Send us a photo of your favourite window pane (tagging us @artyglobe on Twitter or Instagram!) They're an effective way to brighten the windows for the festive season!
Furthermore, a special event this year, to shop at quieter times... With Greenwich Market's Late Night Wednesdays! Through December - starting tomorrow, 6th - Greenwich Market is staying open late! With shops, stalls, food & drink and festive music flowing through the air staying late for shopping oppurtunities after work in the evening - and even better news; you do not have to pay to enter; like other Christmas markets & winter festivals - you are all welcome to browse and soak up the atmosphere while you wander round. But it is an ideal time to pop down and get some Christmas gifts when it's quieter and avoid the Market at weekends when it is busiest! Keep an eye out for our Advent Christmas gift guide to get some ideas!
We hope to see you over the Christmas holidays and before. If we don't then we wish you a very Happy Christmas and wonderful New Year, from all of us at Arty Globe!
Monday 20th November, 2017. A very special day for an event held at RIBA (Royal Institute of British Architecture) Marylebone, London. In collaboration with charity Article 25's 10x10 London event. Article 25 is a charity concerned with providing the skills and knowledge needed to make safe and appropriate building projects possible. Their vision is of a world where all people have access to dignified shelter and housing, adequate and safe school buildings and effective clinics and hospitals.
As you can see from the photos above, Hartwig was proud to have his London Looking West Line Drawing, specially prepared for the Charity Auction on display. There was time to mingle - with a glass of wine - with the other attendees involved in the exhibition and charity auction - from the world of art, culture, architecture, design & property; including Antony Gormley, Angela Brady, Fred Pilbrow and David Adjaye. It was also refreshing to meet & see other artists' work and the different styles people have. A further proud moment came when out of the 100 exhibition pieces, only 25 were selected for auction, by the auctioneer, formerly of Sotheby's, Adrian Biddell.
The excitement of the auction was also captured - by Isaac - on video. You can see here, how the anticipation builds up and the total works it's way to the flattering amount of £3,200.
This final amount was in the top 3 sellers on the night, which raised - with donations & sponsorship - a staggering £105,850. We were flattered to contribute to such a great cause and have Hartwig's 'London Looking West' Line Drawing so well received.
opportunity to participate in such a prestigious event."
London Looking West Line Drawing is available from our website and in our Greenwich Market gallery shop. Along with other designs and limited edition colour option. There are also canvas versions and a special Festive London edition.
Social media is a huge part of daily life - and it is not just personal pages; each business, big or small needs to have a presence on the popular social media channels.
Our most used page is Facebook, where you can us at: https://www.facebook.com/ArtyGlobebyHB/ for all links, updates and images shared.
The Arty Globe Facebook page is linked to our Twitter account too - although we do sometimes tweet about other things concerning us, the local area (Greenwich, London) and other things of interest or humourous! You can find us on Twitter @artyglobe. Also, artist Hartwig has his own Twitter account if you want to follow updates from the drawing board... @hartwigbraun !
Similarly, on Instagram you can follow both Arty Globe and Hartwig! You'll conveniently find us with the same usernames: @artyglobe and @hartwigbraun !
To intrigue you even more, sometimes we hold social media competitions so keep an eye out for your chance to win some cool prizes!
We are also contactable via our social media, so do share anything with us you think we would like - incuding any photos of Hartwig's art or gifts in your home!


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Home News Morecambe Bay bridge plan revived
For those who live in the area, the concept of a bridge across Morecambe Bay has been talked about for so long it has taken on almost mythical status.
In the early noughties, the concept of a bridge connecting Barrow-in-Furness – on the south western tip of Cumbria – with Heysham, on the Lancastrian side of the bay, even seemed dangerously close to a reality.
However, the private initiative, spearheaded by former Lake District National Park Authority development control committee chair David Brockbank, collapsed
at roughly the same time as the world's economy was doing the same.
In the last two years, the idea has risen from the sands again, with an even more ambitious plan by another private company, Northern Tidal Power Gateways.
It has ambitions to not only connect Heysham to Barrow across Morecambe Bay, but go further and bridge the Duddon Estuary between Barrow and the former ironworking town of Millom.
If things go well, there is even talk of building another bridge across the Solway Firth to Scotland.
NTPG's plan would incorporate 130 hydro power turbines along the length of the bridges – 14km across Morecambe Bay and 5.5km between Barrow and Millom.
The company, led by chief executive Alan Torevell, owner and chairman of a Manchester wealth management firm, says its many advantages will include the reliable production of more than eight million megawatt hours of electricity each year, enough to provide 2 per cent of the nation's power.
At the same time it says it will vastly reduce journey times from Lancashire to South Cumbria, opening up West Cumbria to tourism and creating more than 10,000 jobs from Fylde to Workington.
It estimates 7,000 would be generated during the construction phase and 6,000 on a permanent basis.
Transformational effect
Were it to go ahead, the effect on the towns concerned could be transformational.
Barrow is unfairly derided as the UK's biggest cul-de-sac. Despite the presence of big employers like BAE Systems Maritime – which produces the Navy's nuclear submarines – and huge offshore wind farms, it still struggles with poverty, ill health and a brain drain of young people.
Barrow councillor Frank Cassidy remembers his days as a reporter for the town's local newspaper – then named the North West Evening Mail – when he was assigned to "bridge watch", keeping readers informed of developments with the earlier proposal.
"We are talking about the years 2001 to 2005 when it was still going strong," said Cassidy, Labour councillor for Walney South. "They were very optimistic and very determined but 2008 arrived and the economic crash and with it went the hopes of investment.
"I would be in favour of it, but the funding for it would have to come from the private sector."
In Millom mayor Angela Dixon is all in favour of the concept, which she says could have major benefits for tourism and employment for
a place that is currently reached by a loop of minor road off an already windy
and remote A595.
"We would have a decent route out of here for starters," she said. "The road is shocking and it's not safe. To go to Barrow at the moment takes 40 minutes and if I went across the water it would take 10."
In particular, she believes it would be a boon for commuters living in Millom but working at the major employers of Sellafield, to the north, or those in Barrow.
"Millom is a nice place to bring up your kids, but we are in a bit of a decline," said Dixon. "One of the things we need to concentrate on is tourism. If we got the bridge it would open the whole area up."
Heysham North Ward councillor Victoria Boyd-Power is also supportive.
"I think it would be an amazing thing for Morecambe and Barrow and it would open up the North West," she said. "Heysham could do with a bit of stimulation. It's quite a quiet place at the moment."
Green energy and social impact
Of course, the big barrier to the bridge is money. NTPG estimates it will cost £20 million for the planning phase and as much as £8 billion to take the project to completion by 2036.
However, Torevell believes it will be worth the price, not only for the contribution towards supplying green energy as the UK strives to achieve net zero carbon emissions by 2050, but also because of the social impact for the areas involved.
"You can't talk to people about ways to help themselves and their lifestyle if they can't get jobs," he said.
If the bridge is built, he is considering putting as much as 90 per cent of the shareholding for the scheme – tipped to make £450 million a year from power generation – into a community trust "to do social work and enable disadvantaged people to get the benefit from it".
He also says the scheme will preserve the tidal range of Morecambe Bay, protect birdlife and wildlife sanctuaries and help reduce tidal surges to combat flooding.
NTPG says it is "committed to working with the Natural Environment Research Council and the Centre for Ecology and Hydrology to ensure the environment is front and centre within our project".
The Morecambe Bay area is filled with protected areas and, in May, two new Marine Conservation Zones (MCZ) were created there.
As well as being home to a variety of rare species of birds, fish, marine mammals, insects and native species that rely on the tides, in winter it provides an international safe haven for over a quarter of a million birds.
Environmental damage
A spokeswoman for RSPB England said it would be carefully considering the plans as they developed.
"The best places for tidal barrages and lagoons often coincide with internationally important wildlife habitats supporting huge numbers of wintering and migrating birds," she said.
"Previous independent government reports have highlighted the scale of environmental damage that tidal barrages could cause and questioned whether mitigation of damage at a whole estuary scale would even be possible.
"It is vital that decision makers do not overlook the intrinsic value of wild and natural habitats such as saltmarsh, mudflats and wetlands that are also important in combating the effects of climate change. They must also look at the alternative and lower environmental impact ways in which we can generate renewable electricity.
"We will be carefully studying any plans in detail to ascertain the potential impacts on our threatened wildlife and coastal habitat."
View from the bridge In October, NTPG had a report completed on the proposed project by consultants Mott McDonald, which it plans to use as an outline business case to push for funding, including from Cumbria Local Enterprise Partnership.
The money would be used to complete more detailed investigations. These would include environmental studies and work to decide the exact route of the bridge and how it will connect to the existing network, as well as detailed work on power generation and modelling the impact on ports and flooding.
In Millom, Dixon looks forward to the day when she may be able to view Cumbria's Lakeland fells from a platform on the bridge across the Duddon.
"If we had that in the middle of it you could see every Lakeland mountain from it. It's so beautiful out there and the colours change every day," she said.
But she is definitely not holding her breath. "It's been promised since I was a kid and so people don't believe it unless it actually appears."
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Join for the very first NYAFF Winter Showcase as we Rock the Lunar New Year! We're showing the very best in Asian cinema from the recent to the retro!
For the inaugural edition of the New York Asian Film Festival Winter Showcase, we've chosen a very timely theme. Everyone's talking about "Crazy Rich Asians", but what about the other side of the tracks? The showcase offers an alternate perspective on the continent with films that range from pure entertainment to profound introspection, stories about the 99% and the extraordinary lives of ordinary people, which might be from halfway across the world but are more relevant than ever in our troubled times. A deeply moving epic of despair, raw tales of the streets, crime thrillers, redemptive boxing dramas, a comic period piece, darkly humorous animation, action extravaganzas; all make up the salient motif we've dubbed "Crazy Broke Asians". Weaving a rich fabric of Asian cinema, the films from years past (including a few NYAFF alumni) deserve fresh eyes, while the premieres hint at much more to come this summer in NYAFF 2019.
The final day of the showcase includes the "Iko Uwais Double Punch": Merantau (a NYAFF alumnus) and The Raid: Redemption, the first two groundbreaking martial arts films starring the silat champion, who was discovered by director Gareth Evans and is now taking Hollywood by storm.


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Kes helped me to reconcile to Kundalini Yoga, a practice that appealed to me but that I could not tackle in a satisfacatory way. A friend told me that my voice had improved and I'm sure it's partly, thanks to the kundalini yoga classes. It's always a pleasure to come to class with Kes!
It was truly wonderful to spend the evening in Kes' powerful company during her New Moon Sound Voyage Ritual. It has been almost 3 years since I heard about her and it was very special for me to finally meet and experience Kes Cardoso! The side effects from our group session last night: I have been singing all day and feeling all round great, and really HAPPY!!!! Thank you dearest Kes.
Kes is a brilliant therapist with great intuition. Coaching and sound-therapy with Kes is a fantastic, effective and useful experience for personal development and rebalancing of the emotional system or just well-being promotion. I can only recommend it. Thank you Kes for being part of these beautiful team of people who accompany me on my personal path. You have an effective method and the talent and the therapist recipe that is precise and priceless.
Thank you Kes for a series of amazing sound therapy sessions. You have the amazing ability to connect to your intuition to be able to adapt the sessions exactly to my needs. I was able to experience deep relaxation, which allowed me to connect to the seeds of my anxieties and work them out. I have felt a huge difference since in my every day life -- A truly amazing shift that enormously improved my life quality and that of my family . Thank you!
A very relaxing and welcoming atmosphere, I feel safe like in a cocoon. During coaching and sound-therapy, Kes works with great simplicity and kindness - I feel her sweetness and serious engagement with the healing path.
The therapy space is very nice, comfortable and peaceful. I feel reassured and wrapped in kindness... Kes transmits confidence, she is welcoming and warm. The most valuable thing in her sound-therapy is the feeling of total well-being, deep relaxation, my mind light and at peace. The sound-therapy penetrates each cell and I feel a deep and complete regeneration. In the end, I feel rebalanced and stable.
Kes listens with great patience. During the sessions she acts on the areas of my body where I feel the tensions - an excellent intuition! I highly recommend the sound-therapy with Kes!
Kes was very welcoming and professional. On the first sound-therapy consultation, she spent time to take a detailed client intake in order to assess what my issues were. She created a strategy to implement over the four sessions so that I could have the most benefit. She was careful to make sure that I was confortable and the session was very relaxing and interesting. I enjoyed it!
When the Coaching and Sound Healing session ends, I feel so well and with a sense of inner calm and possibility... Kes has lots of patience, she is a listener, she is practical and very concentrated on her task and mission. She is never distracted, and she knows how to use word, sound and silence with methodology and respect adapted to my age and needs.
The most valuable thing about her sessions? It is actually a group of things: The harmony experienced during and after the session, her therapy room, her attitude, everything is adapted and favorable for healing. I find a space of peace inside myself. the words, the sounds and the silence work through me, generating mental images that erase worries and bring me back to my center.
Kes' coaching session is great, she is so intuitive... She really gets you, and teaches and communicates a proper message from her knowledge and her intuition, transmitting everything how she receives and feels it. I was amazed by such accuracy... I loved the experience and highly recommend her services!
During her Kundalini Yoga class in Nice, Kes just oozes enthusiasm and positive energy.
Over the summer, I had the honor and pleasure of participating on a new moon circle for women held by Kes. I was incredibly impressed by the passion and love she puts into the organization and program of her circle: I felt held, respected, and conforted. We sang mantras, danced, we learned new insights, wrote on our journals, and we shared in a rare, sacred and safe space. I finished the soirée feeling lighter, healed and connected to the other women, and now I look forward to join the next moon circle.
I love Kes's yoga classes. She is a fabulous teacher, clear and concise. Her teachings of Kundalini Yoga have brought me back to my center, during a time of transition and turmoil, and helped me to find inner peace and a way to move forward with my spirit enlivened!
Kes and I started off with a powerful spiritual connection in a highly unusual place. I felt the feminine affinity and was able to talk to her in a way that I can't talk to many others. Deeply spiritual and skilled... Her sound baths and private sound therapy sessions are just amazing and able to change the life and vibration of those seeking a more positive and fulfilling journey. Thank you Kes for being you and making your way with such sweetness.
Kes has an amazing approach that is therapeutic, intuitive, didactic and holistic. During our sessions Kes has brought the purest and highest vibrational teachings: she was accurate and offered me very practical solutions to the challenges that I was experiencing at the time. Kes was able to identify and underline some of my blockages and she helped me to release them. In addition, Kes has a very calming and gentle energy, and she delivers each reading with great care; from her approach and the tone of her voice you can tell just how natural and passionate she is about her work.
The coaching session I had with Kes through skype was absolutely spot on and wonderful! She started with a beautiful meditation that created a bright and clear connexion between us, despite our physical distance. She is such a channel of Love and Light and she delivered from her intuition and strong knowledge. On top of sharing the information and guidance I needed in a very loving and empowering way, she ended the session with a meditation that left me in a state of bliss, comfort and confidence!
Kes loves to help people. She loves to share her knowledge and her love with others. I'm very grateful for knowing her and having her in my life. And her coaching sessions are incredible and accurate. I highly recommend her!
I am glad I finally decided to take on board Kes's health advices. I have not yet reached perfection, but I am improving my health and my relationship to food at each day. I eat much more green salads and natural foods now, and less processed sugar and animal products. And the result: I have easily lost 6,5 Kg in about two months.
I cherish what Kes has shown me and the things I learned from her. She is a good example. She says that we should never follow a diet, but instead, we should re-educate our health and listen to our body. It is hard in the beginning, but as we change little by little, soon we start to listen to the real messages our body wants us to hear. Today I feel better, I have more energy and I look thinner 🙂 And to my surprise my taste buds are changing and I now enjoy eating greens, fruits and natural unprocessed foods!
My goal now is to grow on this journey and feel more and more aligned with my health, mind and spirit. As I change my food habits, my mood changes, I am more cheerful, my skin looks better and everything else improves. Thanks Kes!
Kes has a positive, easy-going attitude, always with a smile on her face, ready to serve and help others. She is a very kind and gentle spirit with a positive glow around her, determined to change her life for the better and to inspire others to follow a healthy diet and conscious lifestyle. Following her own example -- going from diseased and depressed to healthy and vibrant with the help of fruits, vegetables and a holistic spiritually guided lifestyle approach -- she now inspires others to do the same. I look forward to meeting her again, and wish Kes all the best as she helps others toward a happier, healthier life!
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"It's really about the young French girl," says Julien Dossena, who with Lion Blau and Florent Buonomano designs the new Paris-based label Atto. Then in the next breath, "We try to have a little of the Japanese wrapping technique, enveloping the body. It's about this balance between clean and sharp and really sensual." So it's a bit of everything really, which, in this era of increasingly blurred borders, makes sense.
To wit, a structured, roomy mackintosh bisected by a black band and a bright yellow turtleneck with stark white panels recall the spirit of Courrèges. Meanwhile, a straight khaki skirt that crisscrosses around the waist and a crisp sleeveless white shirt with deep armholes fastened by strips of fabric hint at an Eastern influence. It's the kind of wardrobe one could easily imagine appealing to women the world over.
In spite of their high-fashion backgrounds—the three designers met while working in the Balenciaga studio under Nicolas Ghesquière, and Dossena will show his first collection as creative director of Paco Rabanne this fall—they insist that this particular project will be less about runway-style statements on fashion and more about real-life wearability. "When you go into a department store, everything on the designer floor is super- or over-designed. We want to be accessible, but still have that creativity," says Dossena, adding that accessories may be somewhere down the line.


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Lee Johnson reveals detail around Bristol City training plans and admits midfielder may already have had virus
The Robins boss is keeping in regular contact with his players through webinars
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Bristol City head coach Lee Johnson (Image: Alex James/JMP)
Bristol City boss Lee Johnson has revealed more about the individual training programmes each player has been put on during the coronavirus suspension.
With no football for the foreseeable future, Robins players have been sent away from the training ground in order to follow government protocol, with each player being given a strict individual training plan to follow.
Johnson admits the uncertainty over when players will be allowed to return to training do not help with their individual plans, but revealed that each player has been given strict instructions to maintain their bodyweight or face a fine.
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He told BBC Bristol: "As we stand today we're still working on the theory that we'll be back April 3 in terms of our training programme.
"Whether that's realistic or not, we'll find out over the next couple of days, but that's really been difficult.
"It's the uncertainty, if you like - these boys have got programmes and the programmes are tough, they're not easy.
"They have to work extremely hard, they're under strict rules to come back within 1.5 per cent of their bodyweight or they'll be heavily sanctioned and fined, which is never a great course of motivation, but it generally works because people then think about what they're putting in their mouth.
"You know what it's like, you walk to the cupboard, you're bored, you pick up the old chocolate bar and then three or four pounds later you're having to work double hard to get it off.
"It's important that when they come back, they've got that position of strength, the body is strong and the muscles are nimber.
"The sports scientists are in touch every day."
Johnson also explained that he is keeping in close contact with his squad through holding webinars in order to keep them tactically sharp during this extended period off the pitch.
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He said: "It's not just physical, it's tactical, we've been working in webinars, so we've had six or seven on a Zoom platform, and that's been quite fun.
"We've had 15 minutes of banter, and often in the ruthless world of football, that's just battering the man next to you for whatever reason, then we go into various projects.
"Macca's been working on set pieces, I've been showing 15 stills where players are numbered and then each person talks through what each number would be thinking in that particular situation.
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"You're just checking on the terminology, philosophy and making sure their minds are engaged and activated, and to be fair, it's gone really well."
He added: "It's been good to see everyone - you live 24/7 with these lads and you miss them.
"You go through a lot in a season, there's lots of ups and downs, cajoling, pushing and pulling but deep down there's a strong bond that's built.
"Not just through the players but between the staff and players as well."
The Robins boss also revealed that some players had shown symptoms of the coronavirus, but stressed that the club have not had any confirmed cases.
However, Johnson went on to speculate that midfielder Adam Nagy's illness recently could well have been an early case of the virus.
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He said: "We've had a couple, no proper confirmed cases but certainly players that have felt a few symptoms.
"We go back to when Adam Nagy was out through illness, and he may have potentially had the coronavirus at that point.
"Actually, hopefully he has done because then there's a good chance he won't get it again.
"Our doctor hasn't had to go flying round the houses, put it that way, which is good, as it means the lads are adhering to the government protocol."
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More on the building of the Bishop Museum, 1902.
Posted on September 24, 2013 by nupepa
Sent to Minnesota
KOA TREES FOR THE MUSEUM.
Aboard the Clipper Ship, S. N. Castle, were taken koa trees from the two Kona [North and South Kona] for cases and other decorations for the Museum standing at the Kamehameha School. The koa trees will be taken to San Francisco and from there they will be taken aboard steam locomotive to Minnesota, and there they will be made into beautiful glass cases [ume aniani] or perhaps beautiful stairs for the planned annex for the Museum.
These koa trees were selected from places in Kona, Hawaii, and when they are fashioned, they will be fine decorations. When the idea for a new annex first came up, the lack of koa was noticed, being that only native woods were wanted for the interior. People were soon sent to the two Kona to search for koa fitting for the purpose, and when it was found, it was sent here to Honolulu. All together, the gathered lumber totals 26,000 feet. They weigh seven tons. Being that the job was given to a company in Minnesota, the koa was sent there, and from there it will return to Hawaii nei.
(Kuokoa, 1/31/1902, p. 6)
Ka Nupepa Kuokoa, Buke XL, Helu 5, Aoao 6. Ianuari 31, 1902.
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DeSoto on September 24, 2013 at 11:04 am said:
Wonderful! The koa was for the display cases in Hawaiian Hall.
Hawaiian Hall had been completely constructed by 1902 but had no exhibit cases yet, and was thus empty, with nothing being shown. The cases were custom-fabricated in Minnesota, dissassembled, shipped to Hawaii and then reassembled in Hawaiian Hall. Then, after artifacts were installed, the hall was opened in Dec. 1903.


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Cornwall, ON – Amanpal Singh Hundal, 50, of Cornwall was arrested on January 14th, 2019 and charged with refusing to provide a sample of his breath. It is alleged the man failed to provide a proper sample of his breath upon demand during a traffic stop in the area of McConnell Avenue and Second Street. During the investigation, the man was taken into custody, charged accordingly and released to appear in court on January 29th, 2019.
Cornwall, ON – A 21-year-old Martintown woman was arrested on January 14th, 2019 and charged with assault. It is alleged during an argument, the woman assaulted her mother and police were contacted to investigate. During the investigation, the woman was taken into custody, charged accordingly and released to appear in court on January 31st, 2019. Her name was not released as it would identify the victim in the matter.
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