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Actions, relation to intentions
[1 of 1] Swedenborg (1688-1772, Sweden): primary subject "Actions, relation to intentions" (search under Inner Life/Teachings)": source "Heaven and Hell": detail "Section 472"
Everyone knows that every deed and work goes forth from the man's will and thought; otherwise it would be nothing but a movement like that of an automaton or image. Consequently, a deed or work viewed in itself is merely an effect that derives its soul and life from will and thought, even to the extent that it is nothing but will and thought in effect, and thus is will and thought in outward form. From this it follows that a deed or work is in quality such as are the will and thought that produce it. If the thought and will are good the deeds and works are good; but if the thought and will are evil the deeds and works are evil, although in outward form they appear alike. A thousand men may act alike, that is, may do like deeds, so alike in outward form as to be almost indistinguishable, and yet each one regarded in itself be different, because from an unlike will.
For example, when one acts honestly and justly with a companion, one person may do it for the purpose of appearing to be honest and just out of regard to himself and his own honor; another out of regard to the world and gain; a third out of regard to reward and merit; a fourth out of regard to friendship; a fifth from fear of the law and the loss of reputation or employment; a sixth that he may draw someone to his own side, even when he is in the wrong; a seventh that he may deceive; and others from other motives. In all these instances although the deeds are good in appearance, since it is a good thing to act honestly and justly with a companion, they are nevertheless evil, because they are done, not out of regard to honesty and justice and for the love of these, but out of regard to love of self and the world which are loved; and honesty and justice are made to serve that love as servants serve a lord, whom the lord despises and dismisses when they fail to serve him.


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QUIZ: Can you match the hip-hop song to the rock track it samples?
Maria Serra
Maria Serra Published: November 18, 2020
[Photos via Paramore/YouTube, Lil Peep, Doja Cat, blink-182/Spotify]
Lil Peep stood out with relatable lyrics, often blending hip-hop flow with samples of his favorite emo and pop-punk artists. November marks the release of his 2018 posthumous album, Come Over When You're Sober, Pt. 2, featuring single "Falling Down."
In celebration of Peep and his brilliant creative force, we want to pay homage by examining some of hip-hop's greatest use of scene and rock songs. Peep was a huge alt fan and sampled Real Friends, Underoath, Thirty Seconds To Mars and more in his tracks.
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Other artists have also loved incorporating rock riffs and heavy drum beats into their songs. See if you can match the alternative song to the hip-hop track that sampled it.
More on Lil Peep
Post Malone recently opened up about his tattoos, including the few he has on his face. Along with getting an accidental Marshmello tattoo, the rapper also reveals which piece was inspired by late artist Lil Peep.
Posty is well-known for his face ink, recently getting a hammer, a bloody buzzsaw and a giant gauntlet with a flail on his face in the span of just two months. In a March interview with GQ, he broached the topic of his face tattoos with a bit of self-deprecating humor.
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"It does maybe come from a place of insecurity, to where I don't like how I look. So, I'm going to put something cool on there so I can look at myself and say, 'You look cool, kid.' And have a modicum of self-confidence, when it comes to my appearance," Malone says.
Malone goes into a little more detail of the reasoning behind his tattoos including making goof on the promise of getting a sword on his face.
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He also says Lil Peep's "Crybaby" tattoo inspired his own "Stay Away" tattoo above his eyebrow. "I thought it was tough as shit," he says. "I picked one of my favorite Nirvana songs and just put it on my face."
He goes on to reveal the other ideas behind his artwork, such as the card on his forehead, his accidental Marshmello piece and "Always Tired" below his eyes. Watch the full interview here.
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This year's standard of BIA entries was higher than ever, with a variety of innovative designs being submitted across both the Professional and Student categories. But the clear winner in the Professional category this year was Michael Wilds and his tapware design, Incline.
Incline reflects Michael's belief that the role of the bathroom is to provide a warm, personal atmosphere that makes everyday tasks simple and effortless.
The main idea behind the designwas to create a sculptural yet functional product for the bathroom that aims to promote sustainable water use.
Michael Wilds with his winning design, Incline.
According to Michael, sustainability should be a key feature in all bathroom designs. Incline addresses this by displaying a timed tap feature and visual countdown element allowing users to monitor their water use through time.
"Users are more conscious of time as they use water and the visual cue of the countdown encourages users to complete water tasks more efficiently and thoughtfully, without taking away from the design ascetics, " said Michael.
As part of his career-defining BIA prize package, Michael received a cheque for $10,000 and had his design prototyped by Italy's largest tapware manufacturer, Nobilli.
We're looking forward to following Michael's journey and seeing what he comes up with next. Congratulations, Michael, on a winning effort!
Stay tuned in the coming weeks for more on our Student winner and finalist designs.


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What (Else) To Do When You're in Town for NYU's 2017 Commencement
Because there's only so much pomp and circumstance a person can stand.
We know—this isn't any ordinary trip to New York. You're here for the Big Day. For the cap and gown (at last). For as many posed family portraits as your brand new NYU graduate, decked out in Violet, will endure.
There's the All-University Commencement at Yankee Stadium on May 17, of course, and the graduation ceremonies for each school—but you already knew all that. You've already got your outfits picked out and reservations made for a celebratory feast or two—not to mention a game plan for Grad Alley, NYU's carnival-like Commencement-Eve block party.
What else is there to do? A lot, it turns out.
On the off chance you happen upon a moment of downtime during your stay—or just need a few minutes of peace and quiet amid all the fanfare and nostalgia—here's a guide to some low-key entertainment across campus.
Steinhardt music students perform woodwind chamber music in a free concert at Provincetown Playhouse on May 11.
A large scale Chinese singing reality show brings students from 56 schools around the country to compete in a grand finale at Skirball on May 12.
In the Frederick Loewe Theater, The NYU Chorale, Women's Choir, University Singers, NYU Men's Glee Club, Madrigal Singers, and Jazz Choir sing into spring on May 13. That evening also brings a strings chamber music concert at 35 West 4th Street, room 303, and Operas at the House, a showcase of three short original operas presented by the Tisch Graduate Musical Theater Writing Program at NYU Tisch's Black Box Theater. The following evening (May 14), the NYU Percussion Quartet performs in the Loewe Theater.
National Theater Live presents Jude Law starring in the stage production of Obsession—broadcast live at Skirball from the Barbican Theatre in London on May 18.
As part of its The Blarney Star Concert Series, the Glucksman Ireland House at welcomes Irish fiddler Erin Loughran for a performance on May 19.
The New York City Gay Men's Chorus joins forces with the London Gay Men's Chorus for I See Fire: Anthems for a New Era at Skirball on May 20.
Tisch highlights student work with Show Three, an exhibition of work from the entire senior undergraduate Photography & Imaging class on May 11, an animation showcase also on May 11, and a Design Show 2017, an exhibition featuring the work of 18 MFA set, costume, lighting, and film designers (on view May 9-18, with a meet the designers event on May 13).
80WSE presents an exhibition of thesis work by Steinhardt MFA students (on display in the gallery through May 23), and Journal Excerpts 1997-2000 by professor Lyle Ashton Harris (on view in the Washington Square Windows through July 9). A multimedia installation of Harris's work is also featured in the 2017 Whitney Biennial Exhibition, on view through June 11 at the Whitney Museum of American Art.
The Grey Art Gallery presents Mark Mothersbaugh: Myopia, the first retrospective of works by the artist best known as the lead singer of the American new Wave band DEVO. This exhibition chronicles the beginning of his career in the early 1970s through the present (on view through July 16).
At the NYU Langone Medical Center Art Gallery, Portia Munson's Earth Rights exhibition features works that serve as a reminder of the profound impact we have on our environment (on view through July 16).
Lisa Dwan (CBA '17) will explore the relationship between body and identity in the works of Samuel Beckett in a talk presented by NYU's Center for Ballet and the Arts on May 11.
On May 13, the Glucksman Ireland House presents a day of all things Yeats, organized in partnership with the Yeats Society of NY.
Deutsches Haus hosts "Journalism in Troubled Times," a May 15 conversation among the Russian-American journalist Masha Gessen, SPIEGEL ONLINE's New York correspondent Marc Pitzke, and NYU journalism professor Jay Rosen.
Richard Wormser will screen and discuss his documentary film American Reds, which explores the vision and blindness of the American Communist Party between 1930 and 1960, on May 16 at the Tamiment Library.
Only at NYU
May 16 kicks off a two-day exhibition of recent creative tech projects by the graduate students in NYU's Interactive Telecommunications Program.
You never know what you might find there, but here are some highlights from a previous showcase:
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Do not get halfway and stop.
Move on, till you reach the top.
That if you push on, you too can excel.
The strength in you is more than just enough!
Will ever help you make a worthy choice.
Then you must learn to overcome the trouble.


Monday's "America First Unity Rally" sponsored by Alex Jones and Roger Stone included representatives from what Rep. Steve King might call subgroups, including Bikers for Trump, Christians for Trump and Asian-Americans for Trump.
Ladies and gentlemen, there are 25 million Asian Americans in this country and we are growing. When Ronald Reagan ran for president, 67 percent of the Asian Americans supported Reagan. Guess what? I'm going to do everything I can so that more than 67 percent of Asian Americans will vote for Donald J. Trump!
Let me tell you something. They talk about minorities. I can tell you one thing: Asian American minority is the one you can trust. And we're going to vote for Donald J. Trump, OK? God bless America, and God bless Donald J. Trump.


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Random Rejection: Design Image Group, "The Exclusive"
May 17, 2009 ~ James Viscosi
I haven't done a random rejection in a while, so here's one from 1998 from the Design Image Group. DIG was active in book publishing in the mid-to-late 1990s and I tried a number of times to get something going with them, coming closest with "The Exclusive", a vampire story that I originally posted here back in 2007. I did eventually get it published in a webzine (I was an early webzine contributor), where it won a reader's choice award for the issue. But still, it would have been nice to see it in DIG's anthology, which was released in December 1998 as Kiss of Death.
I never got a chance to answer DIG's questions, so now, eleven years later, I will do so:
1) Diego is the only vampire; Anne Mowry is his keeper and has been granted a few special powers by him, including extreme longevity and a hypnotic voice
2) The setting was the present day (now the late 1990s)
3) Anne Mowry came and went from Hollywood over the years, and Marilyn was just one of her incarnations (sure, I could have made her a fictional Hollywood legend, but then the reader would have been like, "She was who?")
And now, so that you don't have to dip into the archives to read "The Exclusive", I present a rehash of the 2007 post in which it originally appeared. Oh, and, by the way, the cat who broke the statue was Pooh Bear, who was not really a bad, bad cat at all.
"The Exclusive" originally appeared in the webzine Rage Machine in March 1999. It was voted the winner of the "Chucks Award" by the readers of Rage Machine. The award was a small statue with big feet, and I kept it on my desk until the cat knocked it over and broke it. Bad, bad cat.
The Exclusive
James Viscosi
"Anne Mowry."
A newspaper flopped onto Nick Greeley's desk. He looked up at Art, his boss, who had thrown it there. "What'd you say?"
"You heard me," Art said. "Take a look."
Nick examined the paper, a slim rag from a nowhere town up the highway. "What the hell are you doing with this? There's nothing up there but cows and rednecks cornholing each other."
"My wife's from there," Art said after a moment. "She likes to keep up on hometown events. Now are you gonna look at the fucking picture, or do you wanna maybe step into my office and get a taste of cornholing first-hand?"
"Sorry." Nick skimmed the column Art had redlined. It was a review of a play being put on by some amateur theater group; it had nothing at all to do with Anne Mowry, a starlet who'd been on the rise a few years back. She was set to be the next Marilyn Monroe, the entertainment buzz had said, until she pulled a Garbo and dropped out of sight.
Nick looked at the audience shot. Big deal. Bunch of rednecks. Nobody worth a second look. Unless … he tapped the grainy image of a woman in the third row. "Make the hair blonde, take off the hat and the glasses, and it could be her. But what the hell is she doing going to a play in Podunkville?"
"I don't know," Art said. "Why don't you go find out?"
Shooting north on I-87, Nick contemplated what little he knew about Anne Mowry. She had dropped from the Hollywood scene not long after she'd wrapped a noir flick called Dark Ambition, one of those movies where everything important happened at night. She had played Jennifer LaRue, a chain-smoking femme fatale who brought down a politico's empire. The role would've made her a star, but the day the film opened, she called a press conference to say she was retiring. No reasons given; no questions answered.
Then she vanished. No trace of her for over a year; until now. If that really was her sitting in the audience.
He got off the interstate just past midnight and arrived at his destination a half-hour later. He booked a room at the first motel he came to.
The next morning, he headed for the playhouse.
The place stood among other weather-beaten buildings in what passed for downtown, its fading façade chipped and cracked. The second-floor windows were boarded up and scorched around the edges. An aging marquee advertised their current offering, Death of a Salesman, running at seven.
A hundred dollar bill got him into the box office for a look at the records. He went through the names and addresses of people who had bought tickets in advance, figuring Anne Mowry wouldn't be the type to take her chances at the door. Her name didn't appear on the list, but "Jennifer LaRue" did.
Too easy.
Nick called the box office clerk over. "Do you recognize this name?" he said.
The girl squinted at the book. Obviously she needed but did not wear corrective lenses. "Uh-huh," she said.
"She come to plays here a lot?"
"She always sit in the general admission seats?"
"No, she's got a box, but we had a fire on the second floor and it's closed right now."
That made sense. It had bothered Nick that Anne Mowry was down amongst the rabble, but if she'd been unexpectedly forced out of her private balcony that would explain it. "She ever bring anybody?"
"Some guy used to come once in a while. I haven't seen him in a long time."
Nick showed her an old tabloid shot of Anne and her husband, the rarely-photographed Diego Sanchez. "This them?" he said.
Another squint. "Yeah, that's them." Pause. "Is she some kinda celebrity?"
"Used to be. You never recognized her?"
The girl shrugged. "Don't get to the movies much. Besides, she never takes that hat off. Who is she?"
"I'll tell you later." He reached into his pocket and gave her another fifty of Art's dollars. "Meantime, I'd hate for anybody to find out I was here, like the local paper and most especially Ms. LaRue. Okay?"
"Uh-huh," she said.
"Super. Say, you got another stick of gum?"
"Yeah." She gave one to him.
"Thanks." He popped it into his mouth. Spearmint. "I'm trying to quit smoking."
"Yeah? Me too. Save your lungs, right?"
"Nah," Nick said. "When you smoke, sometimes they smell you coming."
Nick got himself a county map with street numbers on it and quickly located Anne's house. He took it back to his motel and checked it against the USGS book he'd brought, getting an idea of the terrain. Looked like she had a pretty good-sized ravine cutting into her property from the rear.
Nick followed the county map to a crappy little dirt road marked Seasonal Limited-Use Highway. This marvel of engineering bumped and twisted along the bottom of the ridge where Anne Mowry lived. He stopped when he came to a huge washout with a muddy creek at the bottom. He could see broken wooden pilings half-submerged in the water. A sign nearby said, unnecessarily, Bridge Out.
Nick parked at the side of the road. He got out and took one of his cameras from the trunk, then pushed into the woods, following the stream. Midsummer had the growth thick and verdant. Earthen slopes quickly rose to either side, leaving him walking on a creek bed of grey shale, slickened by moss and algae.
As he climbed, Nick found himself set upon by hordes of tiny vicious flies that landed, bit, and took off again. The nips stung sharply, and they bled like sons-of-bitches. The bugs attacked in swarms, seemingly unfazed by the insect repellent he'd used. Goddamn things were bad as guard dogs.
Squirming and scratching, he pushed on.
Soon he came to a chain link wall, taller than him, totally blocking the ravine. A big orange Private Property sign hung from it. Nick flipped his camera around to his back and started climbing. As he scrambled over the top, twists of wire ripped through the palm of his left hand. He inspected the injury after coming down the other side. He'd gouged out a dime-sized bite of flesh that now hung by a flap of skin. He re-seated the meat and continued up the ravine, his wounded hand shoved into right armpit. At least it distracted him from the insect bites.
The gully grew shallower; the trees thinned out, wild growth giving way to cultivated poplars and blackberry bushes heavy with fruit. The ravine ended at a wall of grassy sod, from which two concrete pipes protruded like shotgun barrels. The top one was sealed with an iron lid, while the bottom one was blocked by iron bars. Water poured from the lower culvert, dropping ten feet to a splash pool before flowing down the hill.
Nick scrambled up the slope and crouched behind the brambles. Through the trees he could see a big backyard. The grass was neat and trim as a putting green. He swept the yard with his lens, looking for something picture-worthy. He stopped at a small cabana next to a sapphire-blue pool. Looked like there was someone inside. He kept the camera focused on the door and was soon rewarded by the emergence of a woman. Her hair was black instead of blonde, but it was dyed; he could tell because it didn't match the other patch of hair farther down. There were a few other, minor changes, too; the lips were different, and the nose, and the cheekbones. Nothing that couldn't be explained by surgery.
It was Anne Mowry, stark naked. Art would flip.
He took six shots in quick succession as she went to the pool and dove in, and a few more as she obligingly did the backstroke. But now that he'd stopped moving, those goddamn flies were all over him. He waited until Anne was swimming the other away before going nuts at them, swatting and slapping. That got his left hand bleeding again, leaving big bloody droplets on Anne Mowry's blackberry bushes, so he shoved it back into his right armpit and squeezed hard.
"Is someone there?"
After her first movie, Anne had been dubbed the Voice, because her smoky tone could make a weather report sound erotic. She still had the knack; normally that question would've sent Nick bolting down the hill, but coming from her it pinned him where he was like a lawn dart through the skull. She had swum over to the side of the pool nearest him and was hanging onto the edge, looking his way.
Oh, shit.
Anne cocked her head, then climbed out of the pool. Water cascaded off her body as she took a few steps forward. "Who's there?" she said. "Come out where I can see you."
Like a dope, Nick stood up and pushed through the brambles, emerging to stand not five feet away from Anne Mowry's tan, taut, glistening body. She looked him over, then said: "What's your name?"
"Greeley. Nick Greeley."
"Who do you work for?"
"Art Gladstone at The Bulb." Jesus, why was he handing out this information?
"A tabloid. I might've known." She held out her hand. "Give me the camera."
Nick obligingly handed over his multi-thousand dollar Nikon, unable to refuse the Voice, as if she had hypnotized him. Anne eyed the camera like it had worms spilling out of it, then dropped it so that it dangled by the strap from her hand. "Well, Nick Greeley," she said, "You know what I'm going to do with you?"
"Uh, have me arrested?" he said. God, he sounded thick! What was wrong with him?
Half her mouth turned up in a grin.
"You wish," she said, and whacked him in the side of the head with the camera.
Nick woke up someplace dark and damp. The air was moist and thick and foul and didn't do anything to make his throbbing headache better. Somewhere nearby water gurgled noisily. He reached into his pocket and pulled out his penlight. He clicked it on and played it around his surroundings. He was in a concrete tube full of debris: old leaves, sticks, mud. Storm sewer, he thought. Anne Mowry had dragged him off and dropped him in a storm sewer that stunk like a butcher shop with a malfunctioning cooler.
He reached up and felt the side of his head. Blood had dried to a gummy residue on his cheek and temple. Christ, she could've killed him. When he got out of here, he was going to file assault charges against her naked ass, that was for sure.
His flashlight beam landed on someone's bare foot.
Nick froze, then slowly played the light up the hairy naked leg, thigh, torso, neck, head. It was a man, not breathing, lying face-down in the sand. Nick stuck the penlight between his teeth and dug his tiny waterproof point-and-shoot out of the hidden pocket inside his shirt. He took a few shots of the body, then crept up to it and felt for a pulse. Nothing. He grasped its hair, and turned its head to get a look at its face.
Anne Mowry's husband, Diego Sanchez, who hadn't been to the playhouse in a while.
Nick raised his little camera and took another shot, then tucked it away in his secret pocket.
When he looked back at Diego, the dead man's eyes were open. He froze as Diego leaned forward and dragged a thick, rough tongue up the side of his head, where the blood was. Unnerved, Nick let go and scrambled away from him.
Diego sat up and stretched like a man awakening from a night's sleep. He yawned languidly, showing a mouth full of teeth sharp as rose thorns, then locked eyes with Nick and began slowly crawling forward.
His guts twisting with the certainty that he had to escape, Nick turned and fled down the sloping storm sewer. His palm opened up again, leaving bloody handprints on the concrete walls. His teeth still clenched the penlight and when he looked over his shoulder, he saw that Diego had stopped and was licking up one of the bloodstains. Nick left them deliberately after that, repeatedly grinding his wound into the rough cement, ignoring the agony it sent up his arm.
He looked back again. Diego was right behind him, flying forward, hands outstretched. Nick cried out; the penlight fell spinning from his mouth through a rectangular hole in the floor. Nick tumbled after it, fell a few feet down a shaft, and landed in a torrent that pushed him several yards before he could check himself. Not far ahead he saw a pale flicker, and unthinkingly he scuttled toward the light.
He forgot the iron bars until he smacked into them.
He could see the ravine beyond the barrier, twilight-grey in the moonlight. Cursing, he grabbed the bars and pulled. Futile. He looked up the throat of the sewer and saw two flickering points of light in the darkness. He had lost the penlight, but didn't need it to tell him what he was looking at: the eyes of Diego Sanchez. A second later they vanished back into the ceiling.
Behind him, the Voice said: "Turn around and go back to Diego."
His head snapped around. Anne Mowry clung to the bars, hanging there, looking at him narrowly. "Go back to Diego," she said again.
"No!" Nick turned and fought his way up the pipe, the roar of the water drowning her out. The moonlight faded as he approached the shaft in the ceiling. Diego could be up there, hanging by his toes from the lip, dangling down to grab him. He hesitated, then decided to chance it rather than be trapped in the length of pipe. Water coursed over him as he pushed forward, forward, passed under the shaft. He could feel a breeze from it; or was it a breath?
A burst of adrenaline sent him surging past the shaft. The pipe curved to the left for some distance, then opened up into a moonlit subterranean box. Nick located a ledge alongside the stream and clambered out of the water. Shivering, he flattened himself against the wall and tried to catch his breath.
As his eyes adjusted, he saw that the moonlight shone through a sewer grate overhead, illuminating the chamber in stark grey light. Water thundered out of a brick-lined opening to his right, fell four or five feet into a basin, and rushed past to exit through the culvert to his left. Opposite him another pipe mouth gaped, this one several feet off the floor, dry and dark. Across the stream, corroded rungs set into the mossy wall rose to the grate, offering the tantalizing promise of escape.
Before Nick mustered the strength to move toward the ladder, Diego slid out of the dry pipe mouth and stood, facing him across the channel. His features glowed, as if he, not the moonlight, lit this place.
Movement from the grate. Nick looked up. Anne Mowry had arrived; he could see her pallid face staring down at him. Diego smiled, showing razor teeth. "Here we all are," he said. His voice was soft but it cut through the roaring water like a scream in the night. "The eternal triangle: celebrity, reporter, enigma."
"What are you?" Nick had to shout to hear himself.
"Me? I am nothing; I am dirt, I am vapor, I am hunger. I am everything; I am the wizard behind the curtain and the monster under the bed. To you, I am as a god."
"Yeah? Then why do you live in the sewer?"
Diego chuckled. "While I sleep, the blood of little men such as you churns within me. Could you not smell it? Certainly it would be improper for the lovely Anne's home to bear the stench of a slaughterhouse."
"He's too stupid to understand all this," Anne Mowry cried from the grate. "Tell him, tell him who I used to be. I want him to know he had a brush with one of the great ones!"
Diego smiled at her indulgently. "My dear Anne guards me well. I give her long life and a little power of her own, but that is not enough for her." He raised his hands and looked up as if in worship. "She must be a star. And so, every few years, I let her go back to the cinema for a little while. She stayed too long once, became too famous, too well-established. To get her back, I had to kill her."
"Tell him!" Anne screeched. "I was Marilyn Monroe!"
Her shriek faded, leaving the roar of water as the only sound. Then Diego laughed, and a cloud of tiny black flies swarmed out of the tunnel behind him, enveloping Nick. They landed and bit and streamed back to Diego. He gulped at them like a fish, his throat bulging as he swallowed.
Flailing at the insects, trying to escape their gnawing bites, Nick stumbled into the water that gushed into the subterranean chamber. It swept away the flies, nearly knocking him over in the process. He braced his feet against the edge of the basin to keep from falling. His heart hammered against his ribs; despite the chilly water, he felt flush and feverish.
The sound of metal grinding on metal insinuated itself through the splashing torrent. Looking up, he saw that Anne Mowry was lifting the sewer grate with one hand. She must be horribly strong. She could tear him to pieces.
Diego hung back, half-hidden in a cloud of insects, watching Anne with those flickery eyes. He wouldn't come near the water.
Anne started climbing down the ladder. She wasn't afraid of the water. She was going to reach into it, grab him, and haul him right out for her master.
Diego was afraid of the water. Maybe it would hurt him somehow.
One chance, then.
Praying that even a vampire could be caught off-guard, Nick scrambled out of the basin, grabbed Diego in a bear hug, and pulled him toward the channel. After a momentary lack of response Diego began fighting him, breaking his grip with a strength that nearly snapped Nick's bones; but he was too late. Gravity had them.
They fell into the culvert.
The stream swept them both away. Nick no longer had the wherewithal to check himself and he slammed into the iron bars at the end of the sewer, his face submerged, filthy water in his nose and mouth. He hauled himself to surface, coughing, trying to catch his breath—
Bony hands clutched Nick's face, wrenched his head around. Diego. The water seemed to have eaten through him like acid, leaving him skeletal and ragged, though light still burned in his eyes and his spiky teeth still glistened in his mouth.
"Bastard!" Diego's voice had gone all hoarse and raspy. He leaned forward and sank his teeth into Nick's neck, but then the man seemed to dissolve into mush and he was gone, swept away like so much foam.
Nick struggled against the current, climbing back up the sewer to the shaft. He reached up, felt around, found the bottom rung of a ladder. He hauled himself up, one rung at a time, resting between; he finally emerged into the upper tunnel and collapsed there, gasping.
Some time later—he didn't know how long, exactly—he heard soft scratchy noises approaching, and a faint, weak voice: "Diego? Diego?"
Anne Mowry. Marilyn Monroe. Whoever.
"Diego's dead," Nick said.
There was a momentary silence, then a sob, a sigh. "Look at me," she said. She didn't speak so much as cough, words coming out as sticky, bubbly gurgles. "I'm old! I'm weak! I'm falling apart!"
Nick rubbed his neck. The bite marks had formed a ridge of hard little nodules. They were cold to the touch. He wondered if it was true that killing the vampire that bit you kept you from becoming one.
"Look at me!" Anne cried. "How am I going to be famous now?"
Nick dug out his little waterproof camera, turned it on, aimed it up the tunnel.
"Smile," he said.
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7 thoughts on "Random Rejection: Design Image Group, "The Exclusive""
Shadow says:
i'm glad you got it published, even on the web. it's a good story!
What an excellent rejection letter. I love that they told you exactly why they made the decision they did. Very nice.
Dennis the Vizsla says:
I always got good letters from Design Image Group. Obviously, though, a letter of this length is very much the exception to the rule!
Vampy Vic says:
That was a great little story. I was not confused about the time line, I mean I did not know exactly what year but most certainly knew that she was Marilyn from the past.
I was no confused about who was the vampire as it was all explained in dur process and the sewer scene was no longer than it should have been, it was to set up how we knew to pull him into the water.
The letter is really well written though and nice 🙂
Eek! Don't let Dennis read this, or he might not sleep for a week!
Very intriguing. It was cheap to complain you'd used a "real" Hollywood actress. Anne was the character, and Marilyn Monroe merely one of her incarnations. I think you make that perfectly clear! (Harumph.)
Good story. The editors obviously read it, to have given such a detailed response, but I don't agree with them at all. It was very clear to me what was going on. Also, had I been one of those editors, I would have given you bonus points for the use of the too-oft-neglected word "verdant." It made me go "Ooooh!"
I enjoyed it too, I think it was a very original take on the vampire story, and in fact a very visual one. I could see it as a 'Twilight Zone' episode!


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Business results for the three months ended 31 March 2019
Continuation of strong financial performance in the first quarter of 2019
Growth of Magenta 1 customers and acquisition of Evo TV
Continued investments in fiber infrastructure and mobile network modernization, first 5G pilot in Croatia and new digital services
Konstantinos Nempis, new CEO of Hrvatski Telekom as of 1 April 2019
Hrvatski Telekom, Croatia's leading telecommunications provider, announces its unaudited consolidated results for the three months ended 31 March 2019.
"IFRS 16", accounting standard is applied from 1 January 2019 and has a material effect on the Company's financial statements, particularly on total assets, the results of operations, cash generated from operations, and the presentation of the financial position. *
Strong financial performance
In Q1 2019, EBITDA before exceptional items AL (after leases) increased by HRK 22 million, or 3.4%, to HRK 673 million in comparison with Q1 2018. EBITDA AL margin is at the level of 37.9%. Strong increase in EBITDA in Q1 is partially influenced by one-time effects such as Evo TV transaction and other.
In Q1 2019, net profit after NCI (non-controlling interest) amounts to HRK 190 million, which is an increase of 14.1% in comparison with the same period a year ago.
Total consolidated revenue generated in the first three months of 2019 amounts to HRK 1,775 million, which is 1.3% below the realization of the same period last year.
Growth of Magenta 1 customers, acquisition of Evo TV
The core proposition of Hrvatski Telekom remains the convergent offer under the name Magenta 1 combining the best from fixed and mobile service world. The unique concept of Magenta 1 on the Croatian market has more than 230 thousand customers and the number of customers grew by 10.2% from previous quarter.
As of 1 March, following the approval by the National Regulatory Agency (HAKOM), Hrvatski Telekom acquired Evo TV business from Hrvatska Pošta. With Evo TV, Hrvatski Telekom pay TV customer base grew from Q1 2018 by 17.8%, reaching 488 thousand pay TV customers.
Continued investment in infrastructure, P3 best network award and first 5G pilot in Croatia
In Q1 2019, capital expenditure realization amounts to HRK 386 million and is below Q1 2018 as a result of seasonal effects. Outlook on capital expenditures for 2019 remains the same as announced, i.e. around 2018 level.
In Q1 2019, Hrvatski Telekom continued with investments into fiber infrastructure, modernizing fixed access network to a new generation (NGA), achieving coverage for 59% households with a speed beyond 30 Mbps and 22% households with a speed beyond 100 Mbps.
Also, Hrvatski Telekom continued with an investment program of the modernization of mobile radio and transport networks. Upon successful completion of network modernization in the region of Istria and in Zagreb and Zagreb County in 2018, in Q1 2019, network modernization has continued on the coastal part of Croatia from Dubrovnik to Rijeka region. At the end of March 2019, a total of 45% locations were swapped with modernized 5G ready mobile radio equipment and infrastructure.
Furthermore, Hrvatski Telekom has continued to improve coverage and speed of its mobile network, reaching indoor 4G population coverage of 83.1% and outdoor population coverage of 98.7%.
Hrvatski Telekom participated in tender procedure organized by the National Regulatory Agency (HAKOM) for spectrum at 2,600 MHz. Hrvatski Telekom successfully acquired 2 x 20 MHz.
Hrvatski Telekom has won the award for the best mobile network in Croatia (P3 award) for the 2nd year in a row. Furthermore, in March 2019, Hrvatski Telekom was the first operator in Croatia and among the first in Europe to pilot and demonstrate a 5G network. The demonstration was realized in the city of Samobor in a real production environment by using commercial radio and core 5G equipment and functionality. Apart from Samobor, 5G technology will be piloted in other specific areas in Croatia.
Strong growth of customers using Moj Telekom app and announcement of new digital services
The key lever for digitalization of customer experience is Hrvatski Telekom's app called Moj Telekom that gives users a detailed overview of all fixed and mobile telco services, consumption, enables payment of bills, and manages tariffs and options. The usage of Moj Telekom app is strongly increasing and in Q1 there were more than 113 thousand users.
In the first quarter of 2019, Hrvatski Telekom and Zagrebačka banka partnered up for new digital banking service - Telekom Banking. This is the first cooperation of this type between a telecommunications operator and a bank on the Croatian market. The service, currently in the pilot phase, and commercial launch is expected in next few months.
Commenting on the business results of the first quarter of 2019, Konstantinos Nempis, new President of the Management Board of Hrvatski Telekom, said: "The strong business results in the first quarter of 2019 show a continuation of successful business operations of Hrvatski Telekom. Such position of the Company, its investment capacity, access to state-of-the-art technologies and, most of all, its competent and talented people, will enable Hrvatski Telekom to leap forward in the era of digital world, creating a positive difference for the Croatian society. In the next period, strategic focus will be on simplification and digitization of customer experience and Company's operations to be faster and more agile, and on strong investments in high speed fixed and mobile networks, enabling our customers and Croatian citizens to connect to the opportunities of digitization, all leading to a sustainable growth of Hrvatski Telekom."
* The new regulations affect the Company as a lessee especially in relation to leases of cell sites (land, space in cell towers or rooftop surface areas), network infrastructure, and buildings used for administrative or technical purposes. Therefore, "AL" or "After Leases" steering KPIs have been introduced to ensure comparability. In relation to 2018, only the income statement and the respective KPIs have been adjusted for IFRS 16 effects.
In business, Hrvatski Telekom is guided by the UN's goals of sustainable development, whose task is to make life better and more acceptable for all. Hrvatski Telekom is the largest private investor in Croatia and prepares society for a new wave of technological change. With this year's investment in infrastructure and the development of innovative services in the amount of HRK 1.826 billion, we directly influence the opening of 9 582 new jobs and a 0.62% GDP growth. By implementing new work models provided by the digital revolution, we are an example of how to ensure quality working conditions and an environment that promotes openness, innovation, and creativity in the workplace.
Hrvatski Telekom is the largest private investor in Croatia. Over the last five years, we have invested more than seven billion kunas in developing a new generation network. In the preparation of infrastructure for the introduction of 5G technology alone, we invest more than a billion kunas through 2018 and 2019. Thanks to investments, HT will provide all users with internet access speeds of at least 20Mbit/s, up to 1GBits/s, by the end of the year. In this way, we create the prerequisites for the development of a digital society - a fast, reliable and secure internet service in all parts of Croatia, in order to enable users to enjoy a better life and everything that technology provides.


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Q: Java - Check whether a string contains the same digit or not I have an int for example:
151515
1
1111111
4848484
111
888

I need to test/check if the number contains only 1s, valid examples:
1
11111
1111111111
11

Invalid examples:
88888888888
8885555
4747
7
889

Any suggestions?
Probably any regex? or there is a fast solution without regex and keep the value as an int without parsing it to String.

A: There is only a very limited number of int that match, so you could do
if (i == 1 || i == 11 || i == 111 || ..... )

The compiler will tell you when to stop ("literal too large for int").

A: You can try it like this:
String str = String.valueOf(nums);

if (str.replaceAll("1", "").length() == 0) {
    // it contains all ones
}

A: How about:
public boolean isAllOnes(int num) {
    for (int powerOf10 = 10; ; powerOf10 *= 10) {
        if (num * 9 == powerOf10 - 1) {
            return true;
        }
        if (powerOf10 > Integer.MAX_VALUE / 10) {
            return false;
        }
    }
}

which doesn't involve regex or converting to a string, but I don't know whether it's really faster than the other answers.  (Thilo's brute force solution is probably the fastest.)

A: Answer concept
1.Convert int to string first.
2. Then try this regex:
"^[1]*$"

3.by using java regexp pattern matching
Pass the string and pattern

A: You can try like this:
String str = "1111111";
System.out.println(str.matches("^[1]+$"));

IDEONE DEMO

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Our society has become one that is fully self-sufficient, to the point that we don't need God any more. Do you need money? Get a loan! Do you need a spouse? Visit a dating site! Do you need a job? Quietly grease a palm and you are sorted! Do you want a child? Get a sperm donor and your problem is solved!
But wait – what happens when you find that you can't do it all on your own, and your so-called inner strength runs out? You turn to God and discover that deep inside your weakness lies his strength.
It's very hard to let God into our weakness, though. Most of us will look high and low for every possible solution before we finally acknowledge that we need him. When we do acknowledge that we need his strength, however, how should we behave or act? Let me share a bit of what I've learnt about this process below.
Some time last year I was unwell and found myself confined to the house for two months as any trip outside was too much to handle. As I pondered on the difficulty of my circumstances, and what God could be teaching me in all this, I remembered that my son was yet to be fully potty trained. I started training him – and guess what – he caught on quite fast. We had been praying for him to agree to use the potty for ages, but this was God's perfect time for him to learn – when I was home with him.
God often uses our periods of weakness to remind us that he is a sovereign God who is in charge of everything around us. He also uses these seasons to mould us into better Christians so that we can live better for his glory. Though it is painful, trusting in him amidst the tears of weakness often turns out to be the best decision for the moment; a chance to watch him gradually turn your shadows into rays of sunlight.
Plan A didn't work? Why not try out Plan B, C or even D? I am guilty of using this approach often, and I am sure you are too! Here's the thing, though, with every new 'plan' your weakness increases because you have to dig deep within yourself to find a fresh solution – a fresh solution that requires every ounce of strength you have. By the time you decide to turn to God, therefore, you are wasted!
Isn't it easier to let God handle things? Yes, it is! He is wiser than we are, and he knows the end from the beginning. He knows when our weak moments are coming along, and patiently waits for us to call on Him when they do!
Back to my season of illness. Yes, we were praying for healing, but also putting lots of faith in the doctors around us. One day, my pastor told me to relax and let God take charge. I looked at the pile of medication and thought he was joking, but decided to follow his instructions anyway. We all know how it goes- you say you will trust in God but you don't really let Him take charge. Well, a few days later after I had an attack and had to rush to the hospital yet again, I got home and went on my knees before the Lord and cried my heart out. When I was done, the Lord was in charge, and I could relax and let him complete the healing process as he saw fit.
Friends, when you are weak, turn to God and ask him to handle whatever it is that is causing your weakness. Let him take charge over it and over your life, and wait patiently for Him to work things out.
"How can I rest when there is much to be done to 'free' myself from this situation?" I have asked myself this question many times, even when I know that it is in my best interests to rest in God.
Where does the need to rest come from? Simple – when you are weak, it is most likely because you are carrying around a heavy burden that is weighing you down with each passing day. Though you don't enjoy carrying it, you wake up every morning, put it on your shoulder, and carry it around as you do your daily activities. By the end of the day, week, or even month, you are tired to the bone.
The verse below offers a beautiful promise for all those who are carrying burdens weighing them down.
Jesus, out of his love for us, offers to take the burdens on our behalf, and let us rest in Him. After he lifts the burden off our shoulders, he does not walk away and leave us to recover on our own; he stays on to comfort, reassure and restore us.
God also knows that these burdens we seem to enjoy carrying around affect our relationship with him. Now – you all know that a weak person is not really interested in much, right? In other words, during a season of weakness, it is unlikely that you will commune with God as effectively as you do when you are all fired up. God sees all this, and because he desires fellowship with you, offers to take that burden that is standing in the way of your relationship so that you can focus on him once again, and as a result, enter a place of rest in his presence.
Dear friends, if you are at a place of weakness right now, please don't give up. Turn to the Lord, trusting in him as you release whatever it is that is weighing you down to him, exchanging it for his rest. When you do so, even though it may take a while to regain your strength, you will enjoy the peace that comes with being in his presence as you focus on him.
Hi, everyone. Talking about weakness is never easy, but I am glad I did because I know there could be someone who really needed to read what I have written. I truly hope that you are encouraged as you read this article. Please share it with anyone you know who needs to read these words of encouragement. Have a blessed week ahead!
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An exciting PPC Manager opportunity has arisen for one of the fastest growing online gambling brands who are well renowned for their fantastic career opportunities and vibrant working environments.
The purpose of this role to accompany the wider digital team to achieve its ambitious growth targets by implementing a world-class PPC Strategy. By this you'll be managing a team of specialist and have the opportunity to work alongside a great team of experts.


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My Shortlist 10
City Lions Virtual Art Gallery
Check out some of the submissions created by young Westminster artists during City Lions Creative Art Workshops @ the Creative Collective Virtural Gallery
City of Westminster College
Post 16 education provider: For young people with SEN, there is a range of course options provided in further education colleges and sixth forms. The provision is intended to support young people towards independence and employment, building on young people's strengths and interests.
Paddington Green Campus, 25Paddington GreenLondonW2 1NB
Clay Sculpting Workshop for Children @ Paddington Library
Saturday 18th March 2023, 1:00pm - 3:00pm
Paddington Library has teamed up with, Luisa Cotardo, on series of workshops, supporting well-being and to reduce social isolation in Westminster residents and local communities, near to our libraries. During these workshops, we will be using air-drying clay, which the children can take home to…
Westbourne Park Baptist ChurchWestbourne Park VillasLondonW2 5EA
The Co-operative Childcare Maida Vale
The nursery is a large and spacious building that has been recently refurbished giving it a clean, modern appearance and atmosphere.
The AnnexEssendine RoadLONDONW9 2LR
020 7121 0077 0800 954 0669
The Cochlear Implanted Children's Support Group
The CICS Group - cicsgroup.org.uk - was set up to help families, wherever they are, whose children are so deaf that they do not derive sufficient benefit from conventional hearing aids. The vast majority of these children will be suitable for a cochlear implant, a…
PO Box 28843LondonSW13 0WY
The Cockpit Family Shows
Last Saturday of the month
Enjoy family shows at The Cockpit theatre We've got shows available to watch online, plus a new line up of shows happening live on our stage. Our monthly kids shows are usually on the last Saturday of the month! Please visit the website for further…
The Cockpit TheatreGateforth StreetLondonNW8 8EH
College Park School
College Park School is part of the Federation of Westminster Special Schools and Bi-Borough Inclusion Service. It is an all-age (4–19) community special school for pupils with autism and complex learning needs within the moderate to severe range. There are seven primary classes, four secondary…
Garway RoadLondonW2 4PH
College Park School (Westminster)
College Park School is a school for pupils with autism and complex learning difficulties, within the moderate range, for children and young people between the ages of 4 and 19 years of age. The teaching and learning is delivered through topics or themes throughout the…
College Park SchoolGarway RoadLondonW2 4PH
Come and Create Band
10:30am to 1pm every other Saturday during term-time
Come and Create – Wigmore Hall's fortnightly music club for autistic young people aged 15 plus Come and Create is a fortnightly music club at Wigmore Hall for young people aged 15 plus on the autism spectrum. The group explores and creates new music together alongside professional…
36Wigmore StreetW1U 2BP
Commercial & Pom Dance with Natalie - Online
Cheerleading 20/04/2021 16:30
Please login ten minutes before your class: Pom and Commercial Dance with MDC brings you a full body cardio jam, drawing on the upbeat routines to build your rhythm and coordination, heavily influenced by cheerleading pom dance techniques but with some funky commercial twists. This…


Turkish Airlines offer just 2 ticket types, which will make their cabin luggage policies much easier to follow than those airlines who offer 4 or even 5 ticket types. Business class passengers can carry up to 2 piece of cabin luggage, while economy passengers can carry 1 piece, measuring up to 55cm x 40cm x 23cm. Infants can also have their own carry-on luggage, which will make life a little bit easier for parents on these flights.
For more information about the Turkish Airline Cabin Baggage policies please follow the link to be taken to the Turksish Airlines Hand Luggage section of their website. Here you will be able to find out about weight allowances of carry-on luggage and a lot of information regarding travelling with young children and infants.


How do you overcome fear of the unknown and do it anyway?
The ever-shifting fear keeps many of us stuck and unable to move forward on projects and new ventures. We could all learn a lot from Kurt Kohlstedt, full-time digital nomad and de facto CEO, who successfully built his publishing companies and websites from the ground up over the past seven years. I'm honored to start off this first feature of People, Uncovered with such an awesome friend and role model!
In the audio conversation below, we talk about what questions to ask as you're figuring out the life you really want, how to handle those moments of doubt, and how to combat common blocks to getting things going!
Check out Kurt's background, his websites, and our conversation highlights below.
One of the most common things stopping people from getting the ship out into the water. Kurt gets philosophical at this point and it's awesome!
The process of uncovering is life long. There's an element of experimentation, knowing your self, being open, and being okay with NOT knowing.


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Best Sports Governing Body Initiative
Fighting Chance Scholarship Programme – British Martial Arts & Boxing Association (BMABA)
The BMABA's Fighting Chance Scholarship Programme is the martial arts industry's first grass-roots initiative to help lift children out of poverty through martial arts.
The programme provides completely free training in martial arts for children living in poverty through to the age of 18. At the age of 16, the programme then pays for their journey into coaching, through qualifications and training. This leads to a fully-fledged instructor license at the age of 18+.
The programme aims to tackle youth knife crime, gang culture and the often traumatic effects of growing up in violent or impoverished households. It does this by providing a stable, inspiring role-model through the club and instilling the values and training of martial arts. It also provides better prospects for early adulthood, as well as working in partnership with schools to maintain conduct in the classroom. In turn, this provides access to an independent opportunity for the young person to earn their own living once qualified, whilst inspiring and mentoring future generations.
GolfSixes League – The Golf Foundation
The Golf Foundation is the national charity which encourages young people from all backgrounds to 'Start, Learn and Stay' in golf.
'GolfSixes League' was created in 2018 with the aim of helping more young people to 'Stay' in golf clubs, through an innovative new format which sought to foster a sense of belonging in junior sections and boost the involvement of parents.
Through GolfSixes League juniors play in competitive inter-club golf leagues – developing regular players and new members through team practice and play; six-a-side, six-hole matches for boys and girls, wearing team shirts, supported by high numbers of parents.
Replicating the fun 'team golf' found in the European Tour's creation of 'GolfSixes' and also recent Ryder Cups, in 2018 GolfSixes League created 24 UK Leagues, featuring 1,160 players from 102 clubs. 25% of players were female, 65% of parents volunteered at events, and there was a 34% increase (42% in England) in affiliated membership at these clubs.
The Foundation aims to grow GolfSixes League to 83 leagues, 366 clubs and over 4,000 youngsters by December 2021.
International Table Tennis Federation – ITTF Foundation
"Solidarity through Table Tennis"
Since 2018, the world has a new organisation working in the field of sports for development and peace. The establishment of the table tennis related ITTF Foundation was endorsed by all members of the International Table Tennis Federation in 2018. Less than one year later, the Foundation was officially recognised by German authorities. The ITTF Foundation promotes solidarity and understand itself not as a mere charity, rather an executing partner on the field. We not only offer support, supervision and promotion, we are also involved in the execution, the coordination and problem solving. We have a capacity building approach, striving for excellence in project execution in each of our six programs;
TT Dream Building: supporting and executing humanitarian projects using table tennis for positive social ouotcomes on the field;
TT4ALL: making table tennis accessible to a broad public, focussing on minority groups;
TT4Health: divulging the healthy benefits of table tennis on a social, mental and physical level;
NeTTworking: connecting people wishing to help with people in need Ping Pong Diplomacy: promoting a peaceful behaviour among opposite individuals, groups, regions or nations;
TT Legacy: leaving a positive social legacy of table tennis events in the host locations.
#LoveSwimming campaign – Swim England
How do you get a nation talking about swimming?
#LoveSwimming is the first ever industry-wide campaign that is getting the UK talking about swimming. Through collaborative working with key partners in the sport & leisure industry, we are delivering massive reach, engagement and action. We believe Swim England to be the first National Governing Body to deliver a marketing campaign in a fully collaborative way, with the campaign funded by its partners.
This digitally-led campaign highlights a number of real-world stories, from people who have experienced some of the many benefits that swimming has to offer. These stories have been filmed and shared widely across social channels and have also hit 'mainstream' national and local media.
The results to-date show almost 500k views of the digital films, with 150,000 people saying they will swim more. This campaign has grown to include 12 funding partners and is going from strength-to-strength in terms of reach and impact.
The concept was delivered in less than six months from conception to roll-out of Wave One of the campaign, including securing all funding from the swimming industry partners.
Transforming an International Federation – International Netball Federation
Netball is a well organised sport with a huge participation base, predominantly in Commonwealth countries; well over 20 million women and girls (and some men and boys) play, coach, officiate or administer the game. However, it is not recognised globally for its high-performance game. With a very limited income derived from Membership fees, surpluses from its premier event and some partner funding, the International Netball Federation (INF) has to be creative and innovative in its approach to increase its voice in the international sporting world.
Through the delivery of its Netball 2020 strategic plan INF is leading a transformation. The process began with changes to its own internal governance processes. The global membership has been empowered and the national netball associations are motivated and engaged. The key stakeholders in global sport including the IOC and the CGF are noticing. Women's sport is finally being given the profile by the media that it has sought for decades and INF is poised, ready to seize the moment. INF is delivering on its mission and women's lives are being changed.


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using System;
using System.Collections.Generic;
using MileageStats.Domain.Contracts;
using MileageStats.Domain.Contracts.Data;
using MileageStats.Domain.Handlers;
using MileageStats.Domain.Models;
using MileageStats.Web.Models;
using Moq;
using Xunit;

namespace MileageStats.Domain.Tests
{
    public class WhenCanAddFillup
    {
        private readonly Mock<IVehicleRepository> _vehicleRepo;
        private readonly Mock<IFillupRepository> _fillupRepo;
        private const int DefaultUserId = 99;
        private const int DefaultVehicleId = 88;

        public WhenCanAddFillup()
        {
            _vehicleRepo = new Mock<IVehicleRepository>();
            _fillupRepo = new Mock<IFillupRepository>();
        }

        [Fact]
        public void WhenCanAddFillup_ThenReturnsEmptyCollection()
        {
            var fillUp = new FillupEntryFormModel
                             {
                                 Date = DateTime.UtcNow,
                                 TotalUnits = 10,
                                 PricePerUnit = 1.0,
                             };

            _vehicleRepo
                .Setup(vr => vr.GetVehicle(DefaultUserId, DefaultVehicleId))
                .Returns(new Vehicle { VehicleId = DefaultVehicleId, Name = "Vehicle" });

            _fillupRepo
                .Setup(x => x.GetFillups(It.IsAny<int>()))
                .Returns(new List<FillupEntry>());

            var handler = new CanAddFillup(_vehicleRepo.Object, _fillupRepo.Object);
            var actual = handler.Execute(DefaultUserId, DefaultVehicleId, fillUp);

            Assert.Empty(actual);
        }

        [Fact]
        public void WhenCanAddFillupWithInvalidVehicleId_ThenReturnsValidationResult()
        {
            var fillUp = new FillupEntryFormModel
                             {
                                 Date = DateTime.UtcNow,
                                 TotalUnits = 10,
                                 PricePerUnit = 1.0,
                             };

            var fillUps = new List<FillupEntry>();
            _vehicleRepo
                .Setup(r => r.GetVehicle(DefaultUserId, DefaultVehicleId))
                .Returns((Vehicle)null);

            _fillupRepo
                .Setup(x => x.GetFillups(DefaultVehicleId))
                .Returns(fillUps);

            var handler = new CanAddFillup(_vehicleRepo.Object, _fillupRepo.Object);
            var actual = handler.Execute(DefaultUserId, DefaultVehicleId, fillUp);

            var actualList = new List<ValidationResult>(actual);
            Assert.Equal(1, actualList.Count);
            Assert.Contains("not found", actualList[0].Message, StringComparison.CurrentCultureIgnoreCase);
        }

        [Fact]
        public void WhenCanAddFillupWithInvalidFillupOdometer_ThenReturnsValidationResult()
        {
            var fillUp = new FillupEntryFormModel
                             {
                                 Date = DateTime.UtcNow,
                                 TotalUnits = 10,
                                 PricePerUnit = 1.0,
                                 Odometer = 1500 //less than prior fillup
                             };

            var fillUps = new List<FillupEntry>
                              {
                                  new FillupEntry
                                      {
                                          FillupEntryId = 1,
                                          Date = DateTime.UtcNow.AddDays(-10),
                                          Odometer = 1000
                                      },
                                  new FillupEntry
                                      {
                                          FillupEntryId = 2,
                                          Date = DateTime.UtcNow.AddDays(-1),
                                          Odometer = 2000
                                      }
                              };

            _vehicleRepo
                .Setup(vr => vr.GetVehicle(DefaultUserId, DefaultVehicleId))
                .Returns(new Vehicle { VehicleId = DefaultVehicleId, Name = "Vehicle" });

            _fillupRepo
                .Setup(x => x.GetFillups(DefaultVehicleId))
                .Returns(fillUps);

            var handler = new CanAddFillup(_vehicleRepo.Object, _fillupRepo.Object);
            var actual = handler.Execute(DefaultUserId, DefaultVehicleId, fillUp);

            var actualList = new List<ValidationResult>(actual);
            Assert.Equal(1, actualList.Count);
            Assert.Contains("odometer ", actualList[0].Message, StringComparison.CurrentCultureIgnoreCase);
        }
    }
}

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Police have arrested a 25-year-old man after coins were thrown at a Dunfermline Athletic player during a match against Falkirk.
The incident took place on 6th October at Falkirk Stadium when coins were thrown at a Dunfermline player. The coins missed and no one was injured.
Inquiries have been ongoing since then and a 25-year-old man has now been charged in connection with this. He is expected to appear at Falkirk Sheriff Court at a later date.
Detective Sergeant Kenny Halliday, Forth Valley's Dedicated Football Officer, said, "Throwing items on the pitch or at people is a reckless and disruptive act.


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'Next' producers Jason Koornick and Gary Goldman are interviewed today at CHUD.com and Dark Horizons.
There are several tidbits of interest here:
In the Dark Horizons interview Koornick reveals that the bio-pic The Owl in Daylight will begin shooting sometime next year:
"Well we want to shoot that in a year from now. There's no script yet. It's being written by Tony Grisoni who wrote Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas."
That sounds like a step in the right direction...
Later in the interview Koornick explains what he looks for when selecting a PKD work for adaptation:
"Well in a case like this I'm looking from a business point of view to follow up on the fact that I've done a number of Philip K Dick movies. And so I was looking for another story by Phil and one that had some of the same qualities of one, what audiences like and two, studios are willing to produce."
That sounds like the wrong direction...
Goldman worries about confusing audiences with complicated PKD adaptations:
"The movie that's made is really a much more streamlined, more straightforward version of the original screenplay because I think they felt that we were going down too many - there was a danger that it would be too complicated for the audience. It's always a hard thing to do. You want to challenge them but you don't want to go too far in case the movie - I mean, I don't think it will be too taxing for the audience but I think it will take them to some new places they haven't been before."
OK now I'm scared and confused - just a bit.
Over at CHUD.com it's much of the same, with Goldman speculating on movies inspired by PKD but not adapted directly from his stories:
"The Truman Show is really a Philip K Dick book that's been slightly adapted under a different title [Time Out of Joint]. The idea that you couldn't make one of the more heady Philip K Dick novels into a popular movie is disproven by The Truman Show."
Note to Goldman: The Truman Show is to Time Out of Joint as Bruce Almighty is to VALIS. Let's aim a bit higher...
rp said...
Great. I can't wait for Dick's bio-pic, coming from these guys...I'm imagining something is going to explode in the first five minutes and PK will be played by The Roc.
palmer_eldritch said...
"I'm looking from a business point of view" - says it all, really. Why doesn't the guy go into selling property? Or coat hangers? I hear they're good, from a 'business point of view'.
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Q: logstash create strange index name i use logstash 7.9.3 and with this version i have problems to create right index name like logstash-2021.01.01. I need first 9 days of month with 0.
with this config logstash-%{+yyyy.MM.dd} result is => logstash-2021.01.01-000001
with this config logstash-%{+yyyy.MM.d} result is => logstash-2021.01.1
input {
   redis {
       host => "someip_of_redis"
       data_type => "list"
       key => "logstash"
       codec => "json"
   }
}

output {
   elasticsearch {
       hosts => ["http://someip_of_elastic:9200"]
       index => "logstash-%{+yyyy.MM.dd}"
   }
}

Thank you in advance

A: to disable it, i add to config following ilm_enabled => false
input {
   redis {
       host => "someip_of_redis"
       data_type => "list"
       key => "logstash"
       codec => "json"
   }
}

output {
   elasticsearch {
       hosts => ["http://someip_of_elastic:9200"]
       ilm_enabled => false
       index => "logstash-%{+yyyy.MM.dd}"
   }
}


Once you manage to let go of just one negative thought or toxic situation in your life, you can feel a huge weight lifted off of your shoulders. You never know, you may even be able to gradually let go of something else, or inspire others to think differently about the way they react to situations, in order to find true happiness. Letting go really can be a completely life-changing experience.
Freelance writer for Open Colleges, Australia's leading online education provider.
Feeling stressed, worried or upset about a situation? In this article, Elizabeth Harmon looks at why you should learn to let it go, in order to find true happiness.
As humans, we can find it easy to feel negative about situations. The problem is, negativity can often build up and get on top of us. It can leave us feeling unhappy, worried or stressed, which can impact our lives much more than you realize, both personally and professionally. But is there something you can do about it?
Unfortunately, you don't have the power to change the past, unless you're Doc Brown and Marty from Back to the Future of course. What you do have though is the power to change how you react to these situations, both from the past and in the future.
"The only part of the whole universe that we actually have control over is the space between our shoulders... our feelings. When we are able to gain some mastery and control over how we feel and how we react to triggers our relationships and our world magically improve" - Denise Sullivan, Specialist in Couples Counselling.
To explain... If you were late to a work meeting because your bus was cancelled, you can't go back in time and make the bus arrive on schedule. Unfortunately, many of us may deal with the situation by worrying and letting it eat us up inside. Instead, you can calmly explain the situation to your boss, do everything you can to catch up with what was missed and make sure it doesn't happen again. As for worrying, will it really achieve anything more, other than taking up a lot of your time and effort, as well as making you unhappy?
If you've had a fight with your friend, you may not be able to erase the words that were said between you, but you can ensure that what you do next makes you happy. Worrying over what was said may feel like all you can think about right now, but is this really the best thing to do? If you don't want to lose your friendship over one silly fight, don't hold a grudge for the next week. Be the bigger person, make the first move, resolve your differences and move forward right now. You'll be much happier for it.
Of course, this sounds simple enough, but in reality, it can be difficult to actually implement. What's perhaps right for our happiness may not be our first natural instinct. It's therefore important to try and change our perspectives, learn to forgive and forget, put things behind you and move on. Of course, we're not saying that you should always ignore your instincts and emotions. But it's important to be realistic and deal with things in a healthy way.
There's also something else that may be getting in the way though, our personalities. Do you feel that you always want to be right? Do you need to be in control of situations? Do you pass the blame onto others? Or do you find yourself criticizing everything? These traits can get in the way of making a change, but acknowledging them is the first step in the right direction.
If you're still feeling stressed, worried and upset, there are a number of simple things you can try. Consider talking to a close friend or family member about your feelings, clear your head with a brisk walk in the fresh air, do some exercise to get the endorphins pumping around your body, or just relax and enjoy some time to yourself. Most importantly, if you're struggling, don't be afraid to ask for support from someone you trust, or by seeking professional help.
"Many people simply don't realize that they are suffering with anxiety or depression. If you feel like you overthink things, worry a lot, or you don't enjoy the things that other people do, speak to a professional counsellor about how treatment can help you get more out of life." - Dan Auerbach, Specialist in Relationship, Anxiety and Depression Counselling.
Elizabeth Harmon is a writer for Open Colleges, one of Australia's leading online education providers.


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using System;

namespace Azure.ResourceManager.Compute.Models
{
    internal static class ContainerServiceOrchestratorTypesExtensions
    {
        public static string ToSerialString(this ContainerServiceOrchestratorTypes value) => value switch
        {
            ContainerServiceOrchestratorTypes.Swarm => "Swarm",
            ContainerServiceOrchestratorTypes.Dcos => "DCOS",
            ContainerServiceOrchestratorTypes.Custom => "Custom",
            ContainerServiceOrchestratorTypes.Kubernetes => "Kubernetes",
            _ => throw new ArgumentOutOfRangeException(nameof(value), value, "Unknown ContainerServiceOrchestratorTypes value.")
        };

        public static ContainerServiceOrchestratorTypes ToContainerServiceOrchestratorTypes(this string value)
        {
            if (string.Equals(value, "Swarm", StringComparison.InvariantCultureIgnoreCase)) return ContainerServiceOrchestratorTypes.Swarm;
            if (string.Equals(value, "DCOS", StringComparison.InvariantCultureIgnoreCase)) return ContainerServiceOrchestratorTypes.Dcos;
            if (string.Equals(value, "Custom", StringComparison.InvariantCultureIgnoreCase)) return ContainerServiceOrchestratorTypes.Custom;
            if (string.Equals(value, "Kubernetes", StringComparison.InvariantCultureIgnoreCase)) return ContainerServiceOrchestratorTypes.Kubernetes;
            throw new ArgumentOutOfRangeException(nameof(value), value, "Unknown ContainerServiceOrchestratorTypes value.");
        }
    }
}


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Religious system
Scientists and Religious Belief – ARAB TIMES
By Thomas E. Salisbury	 Last updated Dec 24, 2021
A A survey conducted by the American Pew Research Center in May 2009 of members of the American Association for the Advancement of Science found that they are much less religious than the general public. More than half of them believe in some form of God or some supernatural power, but the center found that the proportion among the rest of Americans is 95%!
In a more recent survey, 4 in 10 scientists did not believe in supernatural power, but only 4% of their citizens held the same opinion.
The latest survey of scientists closely follows previous surveys, which measured their views on religion, and the first of these experiments was conducted in 1914 by Swiss-American psychologist James Luba, who conducted his research on views of religion. 'about 1,000 scientists in the United States. States in America to Ask Their Opinions on God The scientific community is also divided, with 42% believing in a specific, identifiable deity, while a similar percentage said the opposite.
More than 80 years later, Edward Larson, a science historian who was teaching at the University of Georgia at the time, reformulated the Luba survey, asking the same questions of the same number of scientists. He found that 40% of scientists believe in a personal God, while 45% say they don't, and other surveys of scientists have yielded almost similar results.
Given the small number and the low level of belief of a large part of scientists in a supernatural power, it is not surprising that the proportion of those who do not belong to any religion is much higher than among ordinary people. . Thus, it follows that most religious traditions are represented in smaller numbers in the scientific community than in the general public.
For example, we find that the proportion of Protestants in the scientific community is only 21%, despite the fact that evangelicals among them make up only 28% of the American population, and their percentage is only a small segment. (4%) of the scientific population. community. One notable exception is that Jews, who make up a larger proportion of the scientific community (8%), make up only 2% of the general American population.
A Pew Research Center survey also found that levels of religious belief among scientists vary based on their scientific specialization and age group. For example, 41% of chemists believe in some hidden divine power, a higher proportion than those working in other major scientific fields. Meanwhile, young scientists, aged 18 to 34, are more likely to believe in supernatural power than those who are older.
A Pew Center study, linked to religious background, wealth and education, found that Jews are the most educated, with an average share of 13.4 years of schooling, while Christians have 9 ,3 years.
I leave it to you to estimate the per capita share of education in our countries, even though we are the highest in the world in terms of the number of holders of invaluable doctoral degrees.
By Ahmad alsarraf
The thorny issue of religious beliefs and the law of discrimination (again)
British Columbia Court of Appeal Finds 'Honest and Sincere Religious Belief' Grounds to Avoid Sex
Losing your religion? Analytical thinking weakens religious belief
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Theological virtues for 2022 – Catholic Review
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Q: Debugging a PhoneGap application I am new to PhoneGap development and had just picked with the most basic approaches of it.
How can we debug an application developed using PhoneGap. Debugging the application built on phonegap over the browser is easy as we can see the browser console. But things change a lot when the same application is build using phonegap and packaged in the APK file.
I tried some Android Command Line emulator apps, but was not successful to see the logs.
While developing the android application I had used log.v and in phonegap I am using console.log.
How can I see the logs I am making in the application. Is there any way to get the logs for the application built by Phonegap.?

A: Debugging phonegap is nothing but debugging JS. we had a tough time doing so. but Weinre was very helpful for our (partially) purpose. just install weinre and have the code injected to your device index.html. now you can get what is happening through the device console in the webinspector. hope this helps you...

A: If you are starting with phonegap you should read this link:
http://cordova.apache.org/docs/en/3.5.0/guide_next_index.md.html#Next%20Steps
It include a lot of useful information about phonegap programming, debugging, etc.

Debugging
Debugging Cordova requires some setup. Unlike a desktop application,
  you can't simply open dev tools on your mobile device and start
  debugging, luckily there are some great alternatives. Safari Remote
  Debugging
The first option is Safari Remote Debugging. This works only on OSX
  and only with iOS 6 (and higher). It uses Safari to connect to your
  device (or the simulator) and will connect the browser's dev tools to
  the Cordova application. You get what you expect from dev tools - DOM
  inspection/manipulation, a JavaScript debugger, network inspection,
  the console, and more. For more details, see this excellent blog post:
  http://moduscreate.com/enable-remote-web-inspector-in-ios-6/
Chrome Remote Debugging
Virtually the same as the Safari version, this works with Android only
  but can be used from any desktop operating system. It requires a
  minimum of Android 4.4 (KitKat), minimum API level of 19, and Chrome
  30+ (on the desktop). Once connected, you get the same Chrome Dev
  Tools experience for your mobile applications as you do with your
  desktop applications. Even better, the Chrome Dev Tools have a mirror
  option that shows your app running on the mobile device. This is more
  than just a view - you can scroll and click from dev tools and it
  updates on the mobile device. More details on Chrome Remote Debugging
  may be found here:
  https://developers.google.com/chrome/mobile/docs/debugging
It is possible to use Chrome Dev Tools to inspect iOS apps, through a
  WebKit proxy: https://github.com/google/ios-webkit-debug-proxy/
Ripple
Ripple is a desktop based emulator for Cordova projects. Essentially
  it lets you run a Cordova application in your desktop application and
  fake various Cordova features. For example, it lets you simulate the
  accelerometer to test shake events. It fakes the camera API by letting
  you select a picture from your hard drive. Ripple lets you focus more
  on your custom code rather than worrying about Cordova plugins. You
  can find out more about Ripple here:
  http://ripple.incubator.apache.org/
Weinre
Weinre creates a local server that can host a remote debug client for
  your Cordova applications. After you've installed and started it up,
  you copy a line of code into your Cordova application and then restart
  it. You can then open a dev tool panel on your desktop to work with
  the application. Weinre is not quite as fancy as Chrome and Safari
  Remote debugging but has the benefit of working with a much greater
  range of operating systems and platforms. More information may be
  found here: http://people.apache.org/~pmuellr/weinre/docs/latest/
Other Options
BlackBerry 10 supports debugging as well: Documentation
You can debug using Firefox App Manager as well, see this blog post and this MDN article.
For more examples and explanation of the above debugging tips, see:

http://developer.telerik.com/featured/a-concise-guide-to-remote-debugging-on-ios-android-and-windows-phone/

A: In Android you can debug your app in eclipse logcat where all javascript and other errors will be shown in console.
But for ios you need to install phonegap console plugin to see errors. install below plugin from url.
https://github.com/apache/cordova-plugin-console
Hope this helps..
Thanks


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Q: can't install postgres ruby gem I am having trouble install postgres on OSX mavericks. I have tried to follow the numerous guides on Stackoverflow with no luck. I installed the postgres.app and also postgres. I have found my pg_config file and tried this command:
gem install pg -- --with-pg-config=/Applications/Postgres.app/Contents/Versions/9.3/bin/pg_config

But I am still getting this error
Building native extensions with: '--with-pg-config=/Applications/Postgres.app/Contents/Versions/9.3/bin/pg_config .'
This could take a while...
ERROR:  Error installing pg:
ERROR: Failed to build gem native extension.

/System/Library/Frameworks/Ruby.framework/Versions/2.0/usr/bin/ruby extconf.rb --with-pg-config=/Applications/Postgres.app/Contents/Versions/9.3/bin/pg_config .
Using config values from /Applications/Postgres.app/Contents/Versions/9.3/bin/pg_config
checking for libpq-fe.h... yes
checking for libpq/libpq-fs.h... yes
checking for pg_config_manual.h... yes
checking for PQconnectdb() in -lpq... no
checking for PQconnectdb() in -llibpq... no
checking for PQconnectdb() in -lms/libpq... no
Can't find the PostgreSQL client library (libpq)
*** extconf.rb failed ***
Could not create Makefile due to some reason, probably lack of necessary
libraries and/or headers.  Check the mkmf.log file for more details.  You may
need configuration options.

Provided configuration options:
--with-opt-dir
--without-opt-dir
--with-opt-include
--without-opt-include=${opt-dir}/include
--with-opt-lib
--without-opt-lib=${opt-dir}/lib
--with-make-prog
--without-make-prog
--srcdir=.
--curdir
--ruby=/System/Library/Frameworks/Ruby.framework/Versions/2.0/usr/bin/ruby
--with-pg
--without-pg
--with-pg-config
--with-pg-dir
--without-pg-dir
--with-pg-include
--without-pg-include=${pg-dir}/include
--with-pg-lib
--without-pg-lib=${pg-dir}/
--with-pqlib
--without-pqlib
--with-libpqlib
--without-libpqlib
--with-ms/libpqlib
--without-ms/libpqlib

extconf failed, exit code 1

Gem files will remain installed in /Library/Ruby/Gems/2.0.0/gems/pg-0.17.1 for inspection.
Results logged to /Library/Ruby/Gems/2.0.0/extensions/universal-darwin-13/2.0.0/pg-0.17.1/gem_make.out

A: I had the same problem a couple days ago and this worked for me:
brew install libpqxx

Rails 3 - can't install pg gem

A: This also seems to be working:
Can't find the PostgreSQL client library (libpq)
$ sudo su

$ env ARCHFLAGS="-arch x86_64" gem install pg


Isaiah's God is the Holy One of Israel. In God's presence we have to be morally clean. God has chosen his Servant, who will rule in righteousness in a kingdom of peace.
"I will also make you a light for the Gentiles, that you may bring my salvation to the ends of the earth" (lsa. 49:6).
"Who is the servant of the Lord in the poems of Isaiah?" (Isa. 42–53). That's a question you'll want to consider in your study of Isaiah.
It's the same question once asked by a man who traveled from the heart of Africa to the city of Jerusalem. The man was sitting in a chauffeured vehicle, the Cadillac of chariots, and he was reading Isaiah 53. "Who is the servant?" he said. "Is the prophet talking about himself or someone else?" (Acts 8:33).
Philip the evangelist helped the man see that the "servant" is Jesus. But from our own study we know that the "servant" is also sometimes Israel, sometimes the remnant of Israel, sometimes the prophet as a picture of Christ.
And sometimes that servant is us.
We call Isaiah 43:6 the great commission of the Old Testament: The servant must be a light for the Gentiles and bring salvation to the ends of the earth. At first that servant was Israel, but Israel was unable to complete the task. Only Jesus could fulfill the commission of Israel. Simeon called him the "light for revelation to the Gentiles" (Luke 2:32).
God's suffering "servant Jesus" has now been glorified, said Peter (Acts 3:13). But he gave us his Spirit. Today the light that brings the knowledge of salvation to a dark world is carried by the restored Israel, God's people in Christ Jesus. They fulfill the great commission of the Old Testament, says Paul: "I have made you a light for the Gentiles, that you may bring salvation to the ends of the earth" (Acts 13:47).


From the start there were debates about where to house a Maritime Museum. Initially the idea was to use an existing building on the waterfront, such as the Auckland Ferry Building or the sheds on Princes or Hobson Wharves. By 1989 more ambitious thinking led to the commissioning of architectural plans for a purpose-built Museum.
Several architectural firms developed concept drawings and plans between 1989 and 1993 when the Museum opened. Further information on the development of the Museum's design can be found in some excellent articles in Bearings, the magazine published quarterly by NZ Maritime Museum between 1989 and 1993. Bearings is available through various libraries, including the Bill Laxon Maritime Library.
In Issue 1 from 1989, a concept drawing by Charlie Ong is featured showing the museum on both Princes and Hobson Wharves, linked by the Launchman's Building [see illustration]. Likewise, Mace Development's concept drawings in Issue 3 show a proposed multi-stage build involving all three sites [see illustration]. The final design by Malcolm Deighton takes its form from the wharf sheds which have been a feature of Auckland's working waterfront for almost a century.
By 1993 however, Ports of Auckland's plans for Princes Wharf had changed, and the Museum's final design encompassed two sites; the Launchman's Building and Hobson Wharf. The final design by Malcolm Deighton takes its form from the wharf sheds which have been a feature of Auckland's working waterfront for almost a century.
Our next 25th Birthday Blog will look at the building of the Maritime Museum on Hobson Wharf.
Bearings Vol. 1 no. 1 p.4 – Maritime Museum gets green light.
Bearings Vol. 5 no. 2 p.6 – A waterfront architectural heritage revisited.


Beyond Rugby was delighted to welcome back Saracens RFC to Bermuda for the second time as part of the "Big Game" fun-draiser for the Beyond Rugby programme. The Gala Dinner was held at the Fairmont Hamilton Princess on June 6th. A great evening was enjoyed by all, and Beyond Rugby is extremely grateful for the support of all who attended.