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Our 4.0 License Suite Is Now Available in Simplified and Traditional Chinese
Creative Commons is doubly excited to announce the publication of two official Chinese language translations of version 4.0 of our license suite: Simplified Chinese and Traditional Chinese. These translations will enable approximately 1.2 billion persons (more than 15% of the world's population) to understand our licenses in their first language. We could not be more pleased to see this effort reach a successful conclusion after more than five years of collaboration among experts and communities.
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Traditional Chinese and Simplified Chinese are different in important respects, but also have many similarities and overlapping communities. Even within each language, variances occur depending on region and cultures. While all official translations are faithful linguistic translations of the original English language 4.0 licenses, CC and its community account for these variations and document the rationale for those differences on our website.
Uniquely, this effort spanned volunteer legal experts and community members across the following jurisdictions: China Mainland, Hong Kong, Macao, Singapore, and Taiwan.
Chunyan Wang led our efforts on the Simplified Chinese translation, and Tyng-Ruey Chuang led our efforts on the Traditional Chinese translation. They were assisted by a large group of volunteers, to whom CC extends its profound thanks, including the following individuals:
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This accomplishment is a testimony to the strength of our community and our shared vision for supporting the growth of the global commons. A special thanks to the Ford Foundation for a grant through their Global Travel and Learning Fund to support a meeting of the 4.0 translation teams in 2015 and 2016, and to the Wikimedia Foundation for supporting the teams' translations efforts in 2016.
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Millions Now Have Access to the CC Certificate in Italian and Arabic!
To date, the CC Certificate has only been available in English. However, thanks to the incredible efforts of CC Global Network members, the CC Certificate course content (e.g., readings, articles, etc.) is being translated into multiple languages.
In particular, we are proud to highlight the work of CC Network members in Italy and Saudi Arabia. Paola Corti and Lokesh Rajendran have made CC Certificate content translations available in Italian and Arabic. With these translations, over 483 million additional people around the world have access to the course content in their first language.
In addition to these translations, the first country case study was debuted today in English and Italian at the Open Education Global Conference in Italy. The country case study, titled General Principles on "Diritto d'Autore" and Related Rights in Italy provides supplementary information on the rules regulating authors' rights in Italy.
How are these additions and translations possible?
Upon successfully completing the CC Certificate*, Paola Corti (METID – Politecnico di Milano Project Manager and Instructional Designer) and Lokesh Rajendran (National Center for e-Learning Project Manager) downloaded the CC BY course content and applied their open licensing expertise to create the first translations of the CC Certificate to meet their communities' needs in Italy and Saudi Arabia. They licensed the works CC BY 4.0 to enable maximum reuse. Their work with METID – Politecnico di Milano colleagues (Deborah de Angelis and Laura Sinigaglia) and National Center for e-Learning's Saudi Open Educational Content Program team members (Ahmed Al Mobarak, Saleh Al Khaliwey, Rabah Al Bawardi, Sara Mazen, and Maha Al Sheikh) took between 3-5 months to complete.
Their work exemplifies what's possible when educational resources are openly licensed. Creative Commons has licensed its CC Certificate content CC BY with the intent of making the content as useful and accessible as possible. The CC BY license enables anyone to create adaptations (also known as derivatives), such as language translations, to better meet the needs of different audiences.
We laud these Certificate graduates for their fantastic work, and look forward to highlighting future translations of the CC Certificate content! If you are interested in this work, please contact certificates@creativecommons.org.
*The CC Certificate provides an-in depth study of Creative Commons licenses and open practices, uniquely developing participants' open licensing proficiency and understanding of the broader context for open advocacy. The training content targets copyright law and CC legal tools, as well as the values and good practices of working in the global, shared commons. The CC Certificate is available as either a 10-week online course or a one-week, in-person training to educators and academic librarians.
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Indian State of Odisha Releases 21 Dictionaries Under CC BY
When governments choose to use Creative Commons licenses to preserve and share cultural knowledge, like Indigenous languages, it illustrates how our licenses can help create a more accessible and equitable world.
Recently, CC India's Global Network Representative (GNC) Subhashish Panigrahi brought to our attention that the Indian state of Odisha licensed 21 dictionaries—in all 21 Indigenous languages that are spoken in the province—under CC BY. This opens them up for adaptation, distribution, and remixing by anyone.
Download or view all of the dictionaries here.
Global Voices underlined the particular significance of this announcement in a tweet, posting: "India is home to over 780 languages and approximately 220-250 languages have died over the last 50 years."
The Indian state of Odisha publishes online dictionaries in 21 indigenous languages https://t.co/MCZ6NkLuDG India is home to over 780 languages and approximately 220-250 languages have died over the last 50 years. pic.twitter.com/zx1t8ROA1a
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We couldn't be happier to see CC licenses being used to facilitate translation projects and sharing that could ultimately help protect Indigenous languages, knowledge, and culture. We hope that other governments and policy makers around the world will take heed and similarly make valuable content and tools like these dictionaries openly available to the public.
If you work with a government or institution that needs consultation on how to use CC licenses, please email us at info@creativecommons.org.
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A key principle of the open movement is that the power of information relies on its accessibility. As researcher and activist Bushra Ebadi expressed to us recently, "Access to information is intrinsically tied to the right to know and the right to exist."
We often receive stories from around the world illustrating how Creative Commons (CC) licenses have unlocked critical information, giving voice to those who have been silenced or marginalized.
Recently, we learned that Russian news outlet Meduza used the CC BY license in a campaign to help free journalist Ivan Golunov by raising awareness around him and his work. We decided to reach out to Meduza via email to learn more. Editor in chief Ivan Kolpakov's responses are below.
This conversation has been lightly edited for clarity and length.
Why did Meduza decide to license Ivan Golunov's work under CC BY?
Meduza's investigative reporter Ivan Golunov was arrested on June 6, 2019 in the center of Moscow. From the very beginning, we understood that our reporter was being persecuted because of his work. The people who we believe were behind his arrest are probably characters from his articles (for example, Golunov is famous for his anti-corruption investigations). Very quickly we realized that the smartest answer to this attack was to put Golunov's work into the spotlight as much as possible. So, a couple of days later, we licensed all of Ivan Golunov's work on Meduza—more than 100 articles—under a CC BY 4.0 license.
What was the result of that decision?
The result was incredible. Hundreds of Russian media outlets republished Golunov's pieces. Including national newspapers, lifestyle magazines (including Men's Health Russia, GQ and Glamour), niche websites (e.g., Sports.ru), feminist websites, regional press outlets, etc.
I think it was the first time in the history of Russian media that one journalist's articles were published at the same time in every outlet. It was an important part of this unprecedented campaign of solidarity with Golunov that began among journalists, and later became more widespread, including the general public.
The result? The system gave in: Ivan Golunov was released on June 11, 2019.
Do you think this application of a CC license is a useful case study for other news outlets?
I do. It's an amazing example of solidarity among journalists, and works perfectly to counter external threats—even when those threats are very powerful. It's also a good reminder of the role of mass media: To find what's hidden and to spread it widely.
At Meduza, we believe that freedom of information and the free distribution of information are key conditions for achieving positive changes in society. It's hard to find a better illustration of this idea.
Learn more about this story and Ivan Golunov's work here.
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Cover page of the CC Style Guide 2019. "Young woman waiting in doctor's office," part of SELF Magazine's "Vaccines Save Lives" campaign. Photographer: Heather Hazzan; Wardrobe: Ronald Burton; Props: Campbell Pearson; Hair: Hide Suzuki; Makeup: Deanna Melluso at See Management. Shot on location at One Medical. CC BY
Crafting and maintaining a consistent style is essential to establishing and promoting an organization's brand.
As with any organization, Creative Commons' (CC) brand should help CC build trust with its stakeholders and the broader open movement, as well as maintain and grow CC's reputation, legitimacy, and leadership in the Global Commons.
With that in mind, we decided to create a CC style guide for CC staff, affiliates, community members, and CC Chapters to use as a reference when creating content specifically for CC as an organization.
In this guide, you'll find information on CC's:
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Although important, this style guide shouldn't feel restrictive or diminish creative expression.
Instead, it should serve as a useful and inspirational guide for anyone creating content specifically for CC as an organization, such as CC staff and members of the CC Global Network. This style guide is also not final and/or comprehensive, it's the beginning of a longer process to flesh out, define, and standardize CC's style in order to portray our brand more clearly and consistently.
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We also decided to publish this guide under CC BY and share it externally so that it can be adapted by anyone for their own personal and/or organizational branding needs. If you're just starting out as a freelance photographer or emerging as an industry thought leader, for example, we encourage you to adapt and remix this guide to build your own!
We'd love to know how you use this style guide, so tag us on social media when you do!
Download the CC style guide here.
Please note: Our plan is to revisit this guide annually, with our first review taking place in early 2020. Be sure to send us your suggestions for potential changes and/or additions before December 31, 2019 by adding comments to this online document. (Although this is our preferred method for feedback, we will also accept direct emails to victoria@creativecommons.org.)
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Today, SELF magazine released a collection of new CC-licensed photos created to increase awareness about vaccines and promote accurate information about immunizations. The project, developed in partnership with the American Academy of Pediatrics, includes several dozen high-quality images made by photographer Heather Hazzan. These photos are available to the public as a free alternative to traditional stock photography and were designed to be used for illustrating stories about vaccines.
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After consulting with us here at Creative Commons, SELF and the AAP chose to release these images under our Creative Commons Attribution (CC BY) license, so that they can be freely used by anyone—including media outlets, hospitals, public health departments, and other organizations creating content about vaccines—as long as credit is given to the photographer.
In addition to the photo project, SELF magazine today released "Vaccines Save Lives," a special digital issue dedicated to exploring vaccines and highlighting the inaccuracy and dangers of anti-vaccine misinformation.
We're pleased that SELF and the AAP chose CC licensing to share freely and openly with the world. Read more about the photo project on SELF's site, and dig into the photo collection itself over at Flickr.
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NORWALK — Meredith J. Terry, 32, of Norwalk, Ohio, passed away Wednesday, April 11, 2018 in her home.
She was born April 25, 1985, and was a lifelong area resident. Meredith was a 2002 graduate of Norwalk High School, and was a former employee of Berry's Restaurant. She was a loving mother, had a good sense of humor, and a kindred spirit.
Meredith is survived by her twin daughters, Sophie and Stella Haynes, by her mother and step father, Mary J. (Leibold) and Curt Lyme of Norwalk, Ohio, and by her father and step mother, William F. and Tonia Terry of Norwalk, Ohio. She is also survived by her siblings, William Scott (Erin) Terry of Sandusky, Ohio, Allison (Dave) Ott of Sandusky, Ohio, and Elizabeth (Erik) Raeburn of Savannah, Georgia, several nieces and nephews, and by the father of her children, Scott Haynes.
Friends may call on Sunday, April 15, 2018 from 2:00 p.m. to 5:00 p.m. in Walker Funeral Home, 98 West Main Street, Norwalk, Ohio. Private graveside services will be held in St. Joseph Cemetery, Monroeville, Ohio. Rev. Wendy Schindler Chasney, Pastor of St. John United Church of Christ will officiate.
Memorial contributions may be made to the family, or to St. Jude Children's Research Hospital, 501 St. Jude Place, Memphis, Tennessee 38105-1905.
Online condolences may be made by going to www.edwalkerefuneralhome.com.


Sorry - was some days offline... had a new idea how to realize an old project.
Since Ulcos work on his herd of reindeer I have a new weird dream: I want to animate a stampede in my film.
The first step is to practice a little with small animated animal populations. So I unpacked and modified my old Safari TGDs. The animation render jobs are already running.
The late morning version could be almost ready when I come back from Dusseldorf on Sunday. And even the first 30 frames look promising so far.
The Sunrise will be a 500h render job (on the old i7 it would be 750 ::) ) because the usage of "receive shadows from the surfaces" and the "glowing sphere in front of the sun - technics"
Also I hope the landing stork will look ok - the animation parts didn't fit 100% so I'm curious.
Great stuff as always!!!! Can't wait!
Oh how did I miss this? This is great! I think I like the sunset version the best as far as layout of the animals with the substance of the scene together.
So wonderful my friend, looks great!
Can't wait to see this. Stills look terrific.
In the other animation (the sunrise scene) a tree in the foreground was not looking as I wished so I adjusted some things and restarted.
Ah, a stampede. Nice. Who gets trampled?
So your render machine is online, pff. I thought you'd have a different offline machine for those jobs.
Unfortunately I have not yet organized a useful control for online access. The PCs are all in a network because since I do these animations via hundreds of GB obj-sequences I share the models on a NAS for all machines to save HDD space. Works good but so all render machines are online too.
But if the problems only appear so seldom, I am too lazy to care about a complex network solution.
;D ;D ;D ;D ;D ;D I love this!!!
Oh yeah, great! Thanks Nils.
Stunning!! There are some highlights flickering on the traffic light's glass. If you don't need the highlights, switch them off, I'd say.
Setting the highlights to low values and/or to a high roughness is one of the first things I usually do using reflection shaders.
In this case I wanted to keep them because in this way the reflection looked less blunt and artificial in my tests.
One of the seldom cases where I did a bit postwork with corel.
Really great and beautiful renders !
Only a little update for today... After a longer break for the Matrix-ideas the safari animations are rendering at full power again (except one PC that is still working on space scenes).
The sunrise closeup is the the bottleneck. a.) it is as I told a 2-3h/frame-render with the extreme atmosphere settings, b.) I added another camera angle for another 250 frames.
The others are rendering quite fast within 0,45 - 1,15 h /frame. They have just to finish. The last animation demo I showed here was about half of all.
Ther'll be some more camera angles of the stampede and a (I hope so) funny little animal story.
Wow, cool!!!!! The lady looks excellent!
Another beauty. Your movie will be epic!
Last render is awesome. Like the pov.
They have both a thick atmosphere and receive shadow on surfaces neseccarily (clouds and atmosphere) ON.
AA is set to moderate 5 and no reflections to render, so I think 2-3 h per frame was adaequat.
Fortunately I saw the slightly frayed look like the blurred grass in the upper picture in some real shots of sunrises and sunsets too. In motion it looks even a bit better so I had no I had no scruples to ignore the "GI + DoF combination problem"
Fantastic! I love the insects. The only thing that bothers me is the static trees. Makes the background look a bit like a single image.
Many African trees (especially acacia and some palm species) are extremely stiff and don't move in the wind.
Oshyan told my that some time ago and I was astonished when I found that confirmed in some documentary films: No movement in acacia despite quite moving grass (The movement of the elephants came about through their own participation. ;D ).
Ah, that's interesting. Good to know.
...I checked in some other youtube dokus... ::) ???
I must have understood only partly or even wrong. It seems that all the small leaves and small branches move in fact but not bigger branches - the wood is too hard.
What I saw on TV was some acacia a bit far away and the grass quite close.
Animating just the leaves should not be too difficult I think, with a Mesh Displacement shader. It could still look fairly natural, whereas larger displacement of e.g. branches, etc. is much harder using procedural approaches.
Meanwhile the safari scene consists of more than 20 individual animations, which I don't really want to re-render to get animated acacia leaves (and other hardwood leaves).
I did a test last weekend and saw that the transition from the sunrise to the morning mood was too fast... at least I didn't like it so I started two new animations.
The animals and the plants are the same but I used a quite nice and affordable tgd from NWDA store: The NWDA Sunset Pack. (winter cold sunset - cirrus) I immedeately loved the look of these little clouds billows.
In some day's I hope I 'll see how it looks like animated including two small flocks of birds.
still knocking it out of the park I see...this is gonna be an academy award animation and we're getting to watch it grow by increments...thanks so much Doc...keep em coming.
Looks promising. But it also looks like you are perhaps not using Defer Atmo? In which case the clouds will be subject to the 0.3 Micropoly Detail and will look a bit blocky (and may flicker as well).
In fact the original tgd by FrankB was originally set to Defer Atmo OFF. I tried to compensate the blocky look by the AA 7 setting but it didn't get much smoother.
Last night I restarted both render jobs with using Defer Atmo.
Much better and smooth clouds especially in the distance.
I don't think with a (thin) cloud like that you really need defer atmo. What if you only raise quality a bit? It may also be that you need to clamp the black in one of the masks (if there are any). It looks like there's a little noise away from the clouds, and that sometimes happens when masking, or doing other strange cloud combinations.
Thanks for the suggestion, Ulco.
At the end I can determine the change of render times with the help of file info and I can see the quality in a direct comparison.
The benefit of Defer Atmo has little or nothing to do with how thick a cloud layer is. Also AA has minimal effect on sky (atmo and cloud) quality when Defer Atmo is OFF. AA *dramatically* affects sky quality (and render time) when Defer Atmo is ON. So trying to increase AA to compensate for low micropoly detail when Defer Atmo was off would not do anything really.
If you are not already using Robust Adaptive Sampling (in AA sample settings), and a higher level of adaptivity (e.g. 1/256), I would suggest you do so, especially with Defer Atmo enabled.
We can help you optimize scene render times if you need. Just email support.
I found that Robust Adaptive Sampling (without any other adjustments) is much faster, but also much grainier. I guess I didn't yet grasp the benefit of it.
Thank you for the suggestions and support.
After a complete day of experiments I found hat rendering it as is (the suggested Defer Atmo ON) is the best way.


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Seiichiro Maki
(1980-08-07) August 7, 1980 (age 39)
Kumamoto, Japan
1.84 m (6 ft 1⁄2 in)
JEF United Ichihara / JEF United Ichihara Chiba
Shenzhen Ruby
Seiichiro Maki (巻 誠一郎, Maki Seiichiro, born August 7, 1980) is a Japanese football player. He plays for Tokyo Verdy. He has played for the Japanese national team.
2003 JEF United Ichihara J. League 1 17 2 3 1 4 0 24 3
2004 30 6 1 0 5 4 36 10
2005 JEF United Ichihara Chiba J. League 1 33 12 2 1 10 4 45 17
2006 32 12 1 0 5 3 38 15
2007 34 5 1 0 6 0 41 5
2010 J. League 2
(Japanese) Japan Football Association
(Japanese) Japan National Football Team Database
(English) National Football Teams
Japan squad – 2006 FIFA World Cup
1 Narazaki
2 Moniwa
3 Komano
4 Endo
5 Miyamoto
6 K. Nakata
7 H. Nakata
8 Ogasawara
9 Takahara
10 Nakamura
11 Maki
12 Doi
13 Yanagisawa
14 Santos
15 Fukunishi
16 Oguro
17 Inamoto
18 Ono
19 Tsuboi
20 Tamada
21 Kaji
22 Nakazawa
23 Kawaguchi
Coach: Zico
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Q: If File = "False" Application.GetOpenFileName Error 13 Type Mismatch I'm working on a code that uses the Application.GetOpenFileName. Im trying to ensure that that code doesn't break if someone hits cancel when selecting a file. I have a if statement that states if file = "false" then show a msgbox and exit sub. This works fine when no file is selected, however when I run the macro with the files selected then I get a Type Mismatch error. Ive tried a bunch of different runarounds and nothing has worked. Ive looked at other similar questions on here but nothing has worked for me.
Dim nom As String
Dim wb1, wb2, wb3, wb4, wb5 As Excel.Workbook
Dim i, j, k, file As Variant

nom = ActiveWorkbook.Name
If CurDir() <> CurDir("J:") Then
    ChDrive "J:"
    ChDir "J:FEA Material Data"
End If
For i = 1 To 5
Application.ScreenUpdating = False
MsgBox ("Select Compound" & vbNewLine & vbNewLine & "If Data From Criterion, Select Loading Only" & vbNewLine & vbNewLine & "If Data From Alliance, Select All")
file = Application.GetOpenFilename( _
            FileFilter:="Text Files (*.csv), *.csv", _
            MultiSelect:=True)
    If file = "False" Then
        MsgBox "No File Selected"
        Exit Sub
    Else
    counter = 1
        While counter <= UBound(file)
            Workbooks.Open file(counter)
            counter = counter + 1
        Wend
    End If
more code

A: When it has files it returns a variant with an array. Debug.Print VarType(file) returns 8204. So you need to check the array for file names. If the user selects Cancel then the Variant will be a boolean.
If VarType(file) = 11 Then
    MsgBox "No File Selected"
    Exit Sub

Or more readable (thanks to Dirk Reichel):
If Not IsArray(file) Then
    MsgBox "No File Selected"
    Exit Sub

Determining the Type of a Variant

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FedEx's Own Contractors Told the Company Its Shipping Forecasts are Bunk
Last year, US shipping giant FedEx introduced a new tag line, "Where now meets next." But after a financially grueling holiday season, over 800 of the company's contractor partners are telling FedEx to get its act together now before focusing…
Jennifer March 13, 2022
Image Credit: FedeEx
Last year, US shipping giant FedEx introduced a new tag line, "Where now meets next."
But after a financially grueling holiday season, over 800 of the company's contractor partners are telling FedEx to get its act together now before focusing on what's next. Their request: sort out bad forecasts that left them financially bereft after the holiday season.
Missed Delivery
For the 5,000 US-based contractors that FedEx relies on for Ground deliveries — which make up 60% of the company's US daily package deliveries — the holiday season is usually filled with Christmas cheer in the form of peak revenue from the rush of Christmas gifts and orders.
Every year in July and August, FedEx issues a forecast to its contractors for the busy holiday season, allowing them to plan for the number of trucks they will need and how many workers to hire. But according to a letter signed by more than 800 of FedEx's contractors and reviewed by The Wall Street Journal, the forecast for holiday season 2021 missed the mark, leaving them in financial precarity:
While full details weren't revealed, the contractors complained that FedEx failed to anticipate people ordering gifts earlier and returning to buying in stores, which left them to cover the bills for truck rentals and labor costs for work that never materialized.
UPS estimated that 50% of shoppers aimed to finish shopping by the Monday after Thanksgiving last year, meaning fewer packages shipped later in the holiday season. Contractors also had to deal with rising costs: the price of moving goods by road and rail in the US rose 23% last year, according to Cass Information Systems.
"The amount of pain is very significant," a FedEx contractor told the WSJ. "It's way more than anything I've seen before. Contractors that are rock solid are wavering."
Chump Change: FedEx paid a $3,000 to $25,000 bonus to contractors who performed well on safety metrics, but that was "literally fractions of what they lost in revenue" according to one contractor.


A little message from your sponsors….
You might recall we're dead against ads here in teamstuff land. In fact, we have a pretty simple policy ; we don't use apps with ads; and we don't expect you to. So hopefully that bit is clear ; ads are annoying. Evil and Bad.
But sponsors, your sponsors – from your club? The local butcher/cafe/mechanic ? Well it turns out that they are a pretty important part of your local community ; and hence a pretty important support for nearly any community sports club. Like the ones we are all a member of. They're not evil, or bad or annoying. They help us maintain our kit, upgrade the oval – pay for the umpires. We like them – because you like them.
And so we've added support in teamstuffland for clubs. The idea is pretty simple – we're adding new ways for clubs to promote your existing sponsors. New ways to promote sponsors might mean more dollars for your own club – and that means more stuff for you and your kids. And this makes us happy. And in case you're wondering – we get nothing from it. Zip. Nada. $0. Your club uses it anyway they can – and again – this makes us happy.
At the moment you might see your club sponsors appearing on your club's Game and Scores page ; in the very near future you might see them on your game reminders. And you might see them in team or club emails too. Either way – you'll only see them in relation to games and teams that are part of your club, and it's all controlled by your club – for the benefit ultimately – of you.
This entry was posted in General Stuff and tagged soccer, sports on August 7, 2013 by Coach.


For me, February and March have flown by in a whirlwind of snow, stone chippings, plinth moving and fixing.
What a hectic end to the financial year, with deadlines drawing close to get jobs signed off and other jobs started plus the added surprise of snow. The whole works Department team were out in force to clear and grit the paths of the Close in early February leaving the area with some wonderful views that you can see in the accompanying gallery.
With the removal of the scaffold in December and fences being removed in January it was only left for the area to be checked over at ground level and any previous inaccessible areas to be finished along with the landscaping of the grass areas, so in the summer months it will look spectacular. The metal fence is being put back in place between the 2 north transepts and will be repainted.
The Chapter House entrance and inside is now complete with the doorways repainted and new Perspex put in the doors, which now looks fantastic, the plinths are all back around the chapter house and all the missing floor tiles have been replaced.
The last stones for the MRA3 (Major Repair Area 3) phase on the south side have been worked and now all the masons and conservators are out on the scaffold doing different areas of fixing and conservation with dismantling and rebuilding the Parapets, which is 60% done, 2 bays with hood moulds and tracery are ongoing and the conservators are out chopping out the old joints, getting ready for repairs.
All in all these months have been busy, but in the same breath they have flown by and feel like its still February! The Chapter House and Cloister exhibition for Magna Carta are now open and I would highly recommend to come and visit not just the Exhibition but the magnificent Cathedral and share a little of how proud I am to call this my work place and be Head Mason here.
That was my delayed February and March Diary entry with a little insight of what we have done and achieved, plus what we are currently working on and aiming for. But now we are gearing up for Easter and all the celebrations that surround the Cathedral.


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Flint Sit-Downers Memorial Vandalized
The Flint Sit Down Strike was always a source of pride in my family. My mother liked to tell the story of how the newspaper ran a picture of my grandmother lifting my then 5-year-old mother (or maybe it was one of my baby aunts? I don't seem to recall exactly...) through an open shop window into the arms of my grandfather, one of the sit-downers.
Someone looking at that picture probably thought what a sweet human-interest story that a gruff shop rat missed his daughter so. The truth of the matter was that my grandmother was a pistol and she was tire of the strike dragging out so long and wanted Charlie to get his a$$ back home.
I would post the aforementioned picture, but it has somehow been lost to history. Instead is this stock I found at this Michigan History Link.
So it is sad to see that vandals targeted the Sit-Downers Memorial Park in Flint.
That said, it always seemed strange to me that such a big deal is made of that strike even today. The union was a necessary evil in the beginning, but ended up eventually driving GM out of the city. I mean, the water pipes started out delivering cool, refreshing water before eventually spouting the lead. Will the last person left in this city be standing in an over-grown field looking lovingly at a statue of plumbing pipes?
But when society and the media celebrate the destruction of property and the statues of imperfect people, maybe this is what you get. In fact, if it is ok to tear down the statue representing someone with whom you disagree - then maybe the sit-down vandal(s) were upset at these statues and justified for the same reasoning. Had these gentlemen not made a deal with the UAW devil, then just maybe these unfortunate vandals would today be game fully employed in a thriving Flint town instead of roving the cracks and crevasses of this once-vibrant Vehicle City looking to tear something down that isn't already in ruins.
And that's the memo.
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McCain, The Great White Buffoon
Blade: So Senator McCain, what do you think about Trump's pardon of Arpaio?
McCain: The Arapaho? I suppose I'm against it, due to the fact that Trump did it and I am a democrat shill. It undermines his claim for the respect of rule of law or something. The Arapaho Indians should know better. They were a nomadic people who lived on the plains of Colorado, Wyoming, Nebraska, and Kansas, so I don't know why they would be profiling Latinos in Arizona. If we've learned anything from the TSA, it's that we should be profiling elderly white woman with walkers.
Blade: Not the Arapaho Indian tribe, sir. Trump pardoned Arpaio.
McCain: Arapaima? You mean those tropical fish? I know they are an invasive species from South America, but that doesn't give them the right to assume the immigration status of other Latinos. No freshwater fish species is above the law.
Blade: No, no, no. Not Arapaima fish... and not the Arapaho Indians. Trump pardoned Arpaio. As in SHERIFF A-R-P-A-I-O!!
McCain: What? You shut YOUR PIEHOLE! That reminds me. I want some pie.
Hurricane Harvey Annoying Grammar Troll
Residents write messages for Hurricane Harvey
(CNN)Residents in the path of Hurricane Harvey are venting over how they feel about the looming storm through messages left on their boarded-up homes and businesses.
Follow the link above to see these hateful signs displaying their discriminatory climate rhetoric if you must, but be forewarned it leads to the CNN website. Here are some examples of the hate-speech directed against this peace-loving weather front...
"GO HOME HARVEY YOU'RE DRUNK!"
"KISS OFF HARVEY"
"HARVEY SUCKS"
and then this beauty...
And now this...
Dear liberals, leftists, progressives, marxists, democrat-socialist numbnuts, transgenders, illegals, antifa a##holes, BLMers and the rest of your ilk -
DON'T MISS THIS CHANCE to take advantage of ALL THE FREE STUFF that is RIGHTFULLY YOURS for the taking!!! THAT'S RIGHT! All the evil capitalists are vacating all their beach-front businesses and just LEAVING ALL THEIR STUFF behind. Just remove the plywood on the doors or windows and HELP YOURSELF! Self serve re-distribution = democrat-socialism. BIG DIFFERENCE!
Oh, but don't forget to put on those special climate glasses you used for last week's eclipse and stand on the beach as Harvey comes ashore. You don't want to be looking directly at that sucker without eye protection.
Once the show is over, just float back to yo crib using your stolen TV set or couch cushions as a floatation device!
BONUS: How to make a Harvey Wallbanger:
a Harvey Wallbanger is a mixed drink that I think has something to do with OJ Simpson liquored-up on Vodka and wielding a screwdriver. According to an exhaustive 2-minute google search, these drinks also include something called, "Galliano". I don't know what that is, but it sounds too much like Galileo, who I think was some alt-right white supremacist climate denier, so you don't want any of that stuff.
Here's hoping all the folks of good will in the great state of Texas stay safe.
Key pieces of Obama's "Malia at Harvard" plan
Move-in day at Harvard
OBAMA: Number one, we will not talk about numbers of tutors or marxists professors we will employ for furthering Malia's indoctrination. She's not the brightest bulb, so who knows.
Secondly, I've said it many times how counterproductive it is for students to announce the dates they intend to begin or end college. Malia took a gap year after high school - and let's face it, the odds are as long as her substantial forehead that she will be literate in just 4 years. It will depend on conditions on the campus grounds, not arbitrary timetables to graduate.
Lastly, Michelle and I are committed to working with the Harvard Administration, but our support is not a blank check. We expect Malia to be a good little communist, not that Harvard should find that a very difficult task.
Obama said bluntly that Malia was "not education-building again." To finish the point, he added: "She will be killing brain cells," just like her her parents did.
And little Malia and her new marxist democrat socialist classmate friends took off looking for campus statues to vandalize, as Barack and Michelle wept in pride.
Bonus question... what America-hating slogan is on Malia's designer T?
Eclipse glasses... parting is such sweet sorrow.
Our story continues...
We left off with Bilbo getting aggressive when he faces the reality of parting company with the Eclipse Glasses. He argues that he should have the right to keep them.
The Eclipse glasses are his "precious".
"And yet it would be a relief in a way not to be bothered with these Eclipse glasses any more. It has been so growing on my mind lately. Sometimes I have felt it was like an eye looking at me. And I am always wanting to put it on and disappear, don't you know; or wondering if it is safe, and pulling it out to make sure. I tried locking it up, but I found I couldn't rest without it in my pocket. I don't know why. And I don't seem to be able to make up my mind."
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Don't throw out those Eclipse Glasses after Monday
The Great American Eclipse is almost here, and everyone has been scarfing up those special glasses in anticipation of this rare celestial event. It will all be over before you know it, and then what to do with your glasses?
Well FRET NOT my little snowflakes, for I know how much you enjoy recycling. Just re-purpose those bad boys into Trigger Blockers! Until all of those racist statues can be torn down and replaced with liberal leftist icons like Margaret Sanger - just put on your Trigger Blockers!
BUT WAIT! THERE'S MORE!! They also function as Trump Twitter Trigger Blockers.
DISCLAIMER: These glasses are not "idiot proof" and severe eye damage may occur if used improperly.
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Just Topplin' Statues
Leftist fascist 'anti-fascist' protesters toppled a statue of Walt Disney and Mickey Mouse at Disneyland California. Some protesters ran up to the mangled white nationalist mouse and repeatedly kicked it, while others used the distraction to cut in line for Space Mountain.
In Michael Moore's hometown of Davison, MI, counter counter protesters have pulled down this Big Boy...
H/T to my friend, Ed M...
What! They can't do that!
Just Throwing Rocks
Dear Blog,
I'm not really sure why I seem so fixated on Sasquatch sightings. It's not like I actually BELIEVE in huge, hairy ape-like biped creatures that roam the forests and mountains - smart enough to evade capture or leave any actual evidence of their existence, but so stupid as to preoccupy itself by making stick structures and rock arrangements. I mean, THAT'S CRAZY TALK!
I'm more of an Occam's razor kind of guy and therefore choose the simpler explanation. 'Squatch are superior humanoids who are actually future versions of our evolved selves from some time in the distant future when we have managed to master time travel (and run-on sentences) and can move back and forth from our time to theirs through invisible portals of energy hidden in large oak trees to evade capture while our future ancestors study us.
Since almost every Sasquatch sighting seems to involve them throwing rocks and not firing ray guns, I'm left to conclude that no weapons or materials can go thru these portals, and the 'Squatch travel naked - just like the Terminator.
It's a crazy world and sometimes a tad overwhelming just trying to absorb it all. That's why when I am reading the latest story about a Sasquatch sighting, I will just imagine it is a story about North Korea's Kim Jung Un. Try it!
Kim Jung Un - Real or Hoax?
It works the other way also. Here is how I read the latest headlines in order to cope...
Sasquatch could soon develop a trebuchet with the potential to hit hikers and capmers and irritate them many miles away.
No Sasquatch talks while rocks are flying, Tillerson says
US spy satellites detect rogue 'Squatch building rock pile.
The U.N. Security Council on Saturday voted unanimously to introduce a set of punishing sanctions against these hairy, rock-throwing creatures.
Sasquatch promise 'thousands-fold' revenge in response to United Nations sanctions
Chicago mayor, Rahm Emanuel, likened these sanctions to "blackmail," and declared that Chicago will remain a Squatch-welcoming city.
Attorney General Sessions said the city of Chicago has chosen to protect criminal Sasquatch who prey on random hillbillys instead of enforcing laws
There. I hope you feel better now.
THE END AGAIN
White House Reno - House of Canine Horrors!
CHATTERING TEETH NEWS - Renovations are now underway at the White House, and contractors have made a gruesome discovery behind a false wall in the Oval Office fireplace.
An emergency team of forensic pathologists were called onto the scene and have determined the blackened pile of butchered carcasses, entrails and puffs of black and white curly fur were the remains of what is thought to be 42 Portuguese Water Dogs.
"Oval Office? More like Offal Office," said one anonymous medical examiner, as he vomited into the trash can next to the Resolute desk.
It was reported last week by golf.com that Trump had called the White House a "dump," a charge he denied via twitter on Wednesday. "I didn't say the White House was a dump, I said that it smelled like ass after 8 years of obama," Trump should have clarified.
Now, at least, we know the origins of the odor. It is well documented that obama is a long-time dog eater during his Indonesian boyhood.
Now we may finally have the answer as to why "BO and Sunny" never came when they were called (and the reason why Barack seemed to constantly be drawing flies).
According to my exhaustive 5-minute google search, six dolphins were used as Flipper in the old 'Flipper' TV series, and as many as nine collies played the part of "Lassie" in that TV series. Now it has been discovered that the Obamas dogs, Bo and Sunny, have been spelled a combined 42 times in Barack and Michelle's sad little 8-year run.
I could be wrong, but I doubt Flipper was replaced due to the Director getting a weekly hankering for a hunk of blackened mahi mahi.
The West Wing refurbishments will continue on schedule, with new carpeting installed, as well as a proper burial for what's left of the earlier versions of Bo and Sunny. Cost runovers are reportedly required for the dismantling of Michelle's vegetable garden and the safe removal of obama's marijuana grow house and meth lab in the White House tunnels.
Bo (#13) during 'happier' times...
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Trump's new "3 Questions" immigration policy
Trump says he wants immigrants 'who speak English' and won't 'collect welfare'
"This competitive application process will favor applicants who can speak English, financially support themselves and their families and demonstrate skills that will contribute to our economy," Trump said today at the White House alongside Cotton and Perdue.
You mean our immigration system should be built on adding assets and not burdens? What a novel concept! The applications only need those 3 Questions:
1) Do you speaka dee English?;
2) Can you assimilate and contribute to our society?;
3) What is your favorite color?
Here's how the Raise Act will work!
Monty Python and the Holy Grail: 3 Questions
BREAKING!!! CHATTERING TEETH EXCLUSIVE UPDATE!!
The keeper of the Immigration Bridge of Death will ask each wannabe immigrant three questions. If the traveller answers all three correctly, they may cross in safety and become a productive member of this country. If any of the questions are answered incorrectly, they are cast into the Rio Grande Gorge of Eternal Peril. Let's peek in on the new immigration policy in progress...
KEEPER: Stop! Who would cross the Immigration Bridge of Death must answer me these questions three, o'kay? This I will tell you. Buhleave me. What is your name?
IMMIGRANT: f*&k you, cabrón! Me llamo Jose'. Abre la puerta!
KEEPER: I don't think so...
KEEPER: Next! What is your name?
IMMIGRANT: Muhamid Bin Bangin GoatZ el Abdullah. Allahu Akbar!
KEEPER: Nice try f&*ker. You had me at Muhamid...
AHHHHHHHHHHHH!!!
IMMIGRANT: Barry Soetoro.
KEEPER: What is your quest?
IMMIGRANT: To redistribute wealth and fundamentally transform America into a socialist utopia.
KEEPER: What is your favorite color?
IMMIGRANT: Pink.
KEEPER: Right. Off you go.
IMMIGRANT: Oh, thank you. Thank you very much.
KEEPER: Just kidding! KEEPER: I don't think so...


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DG Bribery Commission will not resign
October 18, 2016 by lanka666 Leave a Comment
Media had reported that the Director General, the Chairman and Commissioners of Commission to Investigate Allegations of Bribery or Corruption were contemplating of resigning in response to the statement made by President Maithripala Sirisena on the 12th. However, it is learnt now that the Director General has changed her decision.
The sources say once she comes back from her foreign tour she would reveal to the media regarding her decision. Various individuals, organizations against bribe taking, frauds and corruption, her associates as well as politicians of the government as well as the opposition have requested her not to resign.
Many in the sector too have told her that her presence in the Commission was essential as there are many issues that need to be completed and the work that have been started should be completed as there are many who believe that she could do the job honestly and efficiently.
As such, it is said that she had changed her decision to resign from the post. However, the Chairman of the Commission might resign from his post say sources.
Charge sheet handed over to Namal
Supreme Court yesterday (14th) handed over the Contempt charge sheet to Hambantota District MP Namal Rajapaksa in the case filed by the Director General of the Commission to Investigate Allegations of Bribery or Corruption, Dilrukshi Wickramasinghe.
According to the Director General Dilrukshi Wickramasinghe Namal Rajapaksa had ignored summons sent to him by the Commission to inquire on complaints received against him.
The Supreme Court Bench comprising Chief Justice K. Sripavan, Priyasath Dep and Buwaneka Aluvihare put off the hearing for 30th November.
'JO' clique attempts to hide its frauds & corruption behind President's statement
"Independent Commissions have been appointed according to the 19th amendment to the Constitution. It too has received a mandate. Hence, we ask officials to carry out their investigations without any fear. The officials need not consider whether the thief is within the government or outside it. You have to carry out your investigations.
The JVP will be with you and the masses to take action against frauds and corruption. Do not be scared of statements and set back investigations. The 'joint opposition' clique attempts to undermine thefts and frauds. The UNP and the SLFP should be responsible for the political interferences.
The President and the Prime Minister from the UNP should reveal to the country that politically interfere in investigations. The officers who conduct investigations risk their lives. They have to confront threats from thieves and fraudsters. They conduct investigations despite their lives have been threatened. No one should make statements to discourage their self confidence," says the Information Secretary of the JVP Vijitha Herath.
This was said at a press conference held at the head office of the JVP at Pelawatta yesterday (16th). The Member of the Central Committee of the JVP Parliamentarian Dr. Nalinda Jayatissa too was present.
Mr. Herath said, "The Rajapaksa regime misappropriated public money and public assets on a large scale. People's money was used for the personal use of Rajapaksa family. This is being revealed in investigations. The house and land at Malwana, incidents involving CSN channel reveal Rajapaksas' plunder of public money. Another flagrant fraud that was committed during Rajapaksa regime was Avant Garde incident. We, as the JVP, continuously questioned regarding this. We demanded the government to carry out investigations against it. Several ministers of the present government defended Avant Garde. The opposition for this was so much that the Minister of Law and Order of the government had to resign. Avant Garde is such a flagrant fraud. Investigations against it should be carried out. It is compulsory.
Frauds and corruption were a main factor for toppling the previous government. People expected that investigations would be carried out against frauds and corruption. The main factor for the mandate received by this government was opposition to frauds and corruption. The responsibility of fulfilling this expectation of the people is with the President, the Prime Minister, the cabinet of ministers and the government. However, the institutions established for investigations and the independent commissions have not been formed in the manner people expected. Investigations were carried out at a snail's pace. As such, mass protests surfaced from time to time. We, as the JVP took to the streets. We continue to demand that legal action against fraudsters and criminals should be expedited. Investigations in connection with frauds and corruption being committed by the present government are not carried out. After this government came to power the notorious Central Bank scam was committed on 27th February, 2015. This is the biggest financial irregularity that has been committed after this government came to power. According to profit report of Perpetual Treasuries Ltd., the company involved in the scam has got a profit of Rs. 5.200 million for the year 2015. This profit was obtained after it committed the Central Bank bond scam. Serious allegations have been aimed at the company owned by the son-in-law of the former Governor of Central Bank. Despite initial investigations have been completed; no legal action has been taken. There are no inquiries despite people's money has been blatantly plundered. People have a justifiable suspicion regarding the affair.
Investigations regarding Avant Garde affair has not been completed yet. The Avant Garde fraud continues just like it did during Rajapaksa regime. In 2015 Avant Garde had to pay Rakna Lanka Rs. 843 million. However, the present government decided to write off Rs. 255 million due to Rakna Arakshaka Lanka Limited from Avant Garde. This is an amount the government should get. How could they write off such a sum of money? This shows frauds and corruption continue under this government as well. There were security officers involved in Avant Garde incident. Former Navy Commanders and soldiers were employees of Avant Garde Company. Law should be implemented against them as well. The Law in our country should be equal to all. Today, those accused of financial frauds of Avant Garde Ltd. are using officers of security forces as a shield to save themselves from accusations against them. The 'joint opposition' clique to save themselves from being prosecuted shouts that soldiers are being arrested.
The President should have taken action against the attempt of Rajapaksa clique to use security personnel as a shield to conceal their thefts. However, what the President did was the opposition of what was expected from him. Also, ministers of the present government too have been accused of various frauds and corruption. People have a just suspicion as no action is being taken against these perpetrators. There are two political parties in this alliance government. Both parties are trying to protect fraudsters. The UNP attempts to protect its associate who is involved in the bond scam. Also, the SLFP attempts to protect corrupt ministers of the previous regime who are in the cabinet of this government. There are allegations against the Minister of Fisheries who leased out Modara Fishing Harbour for a monthly lease of Rs. 125,000 when it was possible to lease it out for Rs.1.7 million a month. However, there are no investigations against him. There are no investigations against ministers who have imported vehicles illegally. There is no investigation against the coal tender that caused the conscience of judges to quiver. These frauds have been proved. Frauds and corruption are committed in this government as well.
What should be done is to take legal action against frauds and corruption that had been committed during Rajapaksa regime as well as frauds and corruption of the present government. The law should be meted out equally to all. Now meting out law has become hilarious at times. When the case was heard regarding the land and the mansion at Malwana, Muditha Jayakody and Basil Rajapaksa say they are not the owners and they are free from punishment. The contractor who built the mansion clearly says Basil Rajapaksa paid him for the construction. However, law is not implemented against the thieves. In the CSN affair when it was said there was no owner for the money it was confiscated. It is like when a plantain thief is caught by the police and taken before Court he says he is not a thief but someone hanged the bunch of plantains on his shoulder. Then the Court releases the thief and orders the bunch of plantains to be auctioned.
The incidents that were committed during Rajapaksa regime were very serious. They should be investigated without any hesitation. Also, the bond scam, coal fraud and other frauds that were committed during this alliance government too should be investigated. Who is responsible if those in the government themselves come out with wrong interpretations regarding on going investigations? The CID, FCID and the Bribery Commission are under the government. The government cannot shy away from the responsibility of investigations. The President and the Prime Minister must take the responsibility as the leaders of the government. The independent Commissions should be genuinely independent institutions. There is no need to inform their affairs to the President or the Prime Minister. If the President says they act according to a political agenda he should reveal to the country whose political agenda they are following. We would like to know whether investigations against government ministers are not carried out due to such political agendas. It is the government that is responsible for any political agendas followed by these institutions.
Statements that discourage officers involved in investigations should not be made. We would like to tell officials of Commissions and officers of police divisions not to be scared but continue with their investigations. They have an authority given to them by the mandate. Independent commissions are responsible for the people. Independent Commissions have been appointed according to the 19th amendment of the Constitution. It too has a mandate. Hence, we ask officials to carry out their investigations without any fear. The officials need not consider whether the thief is within the government or outside it. You have to carry out your investigations.
The President and the Prime Minister from the UNP should reveal to the country that politically interfere in investigations. The officers who conduct investigations risk their lives. They have to confront threats from thieves and fraudsters. They conduct investigations despite their lives have been threatened. No one should make statements to discourage their self confidence.
The stand of the JVP is that a special court should be established to hear cases that come under money laundering act. For, when cases that come under the money laundering act are heard in normal courts other legal matters get obstructed. We would like to draw the attention of the Chief Justice and the Minister of Justice to establish a separate Court to expedite cases in connection with financial frauds. This government gave such a promise when it came to power. The President making such a statement without fulfilling such promises is regrettable. This has slackened the country. The President, as the head of the country and the government, has a responsibility to make institutions that carry out investigations against frauds and corruption responsible institutions. We, as the JVP call upon the masses of this country to rally to get legal action against fraudsters and the corrupt and to struggle to win justice and equity."
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Disparity in the performance of primary dealers states CB
Statement issued by the Monetary Board of the Central Bank of Sri Lanka states The Monetary Board is concerned regarding the "sharp disparity in the performance of primary dealers, as well as certain issues related to the pattern of trading activities. As such, the statement states, the Monetary Board had instructed "expeditious completion of the ongoing process of preparation of the relevant On-Site Examination Reports" stating it "would enable the Monetary Board to make an early determination on the future course of action."
Statement issued by the Monetary Board
The Monetary Board, at its special meeting held on Friday, 14th October 2016, considered an interim report on the operations of primary dealers, including their financial performance during the year ended 31st March, 2016 as well as the five month period ended 31st August 2016. It noted with concern the sharp disparity in the performance of primary dealers, as well as certain issues related to the pattern of trading activities. In this connection, the Monetary Board instructed expeditious completion of the ongoing process of preparation of the relevant On-Site Examination Reports. This would enable the Monetary Board to make an early determination on the future course of action.
CB Governor complains to CID
It is reported that the Governor of Central Bank Dr. Indrajit Coomaraswamy has decided to complain to the CID requesting for a comprehensive investigation to be conducted regarding leaking of sensitive information of the Central Bank of Sri Lanka.
This decision has been taken after a long discussion Dr. Kumaraswamy has had with Prime Minister Ranil Wickremesinghe.
Also, Prime Minister Ranil Wickremesinghe is to appoint a special committee to investigate how sensitive information is leaked out and the committee would be appointed immediately after the Prime Minister completes his next foreign tour say very reliable sources.
The sources say sensitive information has been leaked from the Central Bank throughout the recent past and due to this several issues regarding internal affairs of the Bank have surfaced.
Committee to oversee arrests of VIPs
It is reported that President Maithripala Sirisena has decided to appoint a Parliamentary Select Committee to oversee arrests and legal action taken against political VIPs and senior state officials.
This committee has to be informed before any political VIP or a senior state official is arrested by the CID or the FCID and act according to its instructions state political sources.
It is stated that the step to appoint this committee has been taken to regulate arrests and legal action taken against political VIPs and senior state officials.
However, political analysts say the move is a hindrance to the investigations being carried out against those who were and are involved in various frauds, corruption and crimes and would discourage the institutions such as the CID, FCID and Bribery Commission in conducting their investigations.
The decision is a move against the mandate given by the people at the Presidential election point out analysts adding that more than 6.2 million people who voted against frauds, corruption and crime would be severely disappointed with the move. Also, it will disgruntle the institutions carrying out investigations against the fraudsters, the corrupt and criminals. It looks as if President Maithripala Sirisena's contempt at the bribery Commission, the CID and the FCID has been put into action say analysts.
Thirukumar arrested
Thirukumar Nadesan, the husband of former Parliamentarian Nirupama Rajapaksa has been arrested by FCID.
He is to be produced before Pugoda Magistrate today (17th).
Janaka Bandara elected to WFTU Presidential Council
The 17th World Trade Union Congress of the World Federation of Trade Unions was held at Durban in South Africa from 5th to 8th of this month with the participation of 1500 representatives. The General Secretary of Inter Company Employees' Union Attorney-at-Law Janaka Adhikary was chosen to the Presidential Council representing Sri Lanka.
WFTU is an institution that has a leftist vision and acts to to bring together trade unions across the world in a single international organization. It represents 92 million working people in 126 countries. The WFTU declined as a result of the collapse of the Socialist camp in 1989. However, it became fully active from 2005 and is engaged in rallying working masses all over the world. What was significant at this Congress was that 2 trade unions representing working masses in the US participated after 30 years. Delegates representing several trade unions from Sri Lanka also were present at the Congress.
Mr. George Mavrikos, the General Secretary of the Greek General Confederation of Labor has been elected the General Secretary of the WFTU for the next 5 years and Mr. Mzwandile Michael Makwayiba from National Education Health & Allied Workers' Union in South Africa was elected the President.
A representative from Sri Lanka getting elected to the Presidential Council is a tribute to the work Inter Company Employees' Union carries out within WFTU said Mr. Janaka Adhikary.
I killed Lasantha – Army officer commits suicide
A 51 year old father of three from Karadupana area in Kegalle has committed suicide at his residence stating he killed the former Editor of 'Sunday Leader ' Lasantha Wickremetunga.
The dead person is said to be a retired Army officer and a letter said to have written by him before committing suicide states he killed journalist Lasantha Wickremetunga.
The letter also requests that the officer of Army intelligence now in remand prison in connection with the murder of Lasantha Wickremetunga should be released. The body has been taken to Kegalle General Hospital for post-mortem examination. Police are conducting further investigations.
Stop issuing statements weakening legal actions & moves against crimes
The statement by the President questioning whether the Criminal Investigation Department, Financial Crimes Investigation Division and the Commission to Investigate Allegations of Bribery or Corruption act according to a political agenda should not be taken lightly and if those institutions are manipulated according to someone's political agenda the President should reveal it to the country and the President must also reveal to the country that despite the whole country is aware of it investigations are not carried out regarding several ministers in the government who are accused of massive frauds and corruption due to such political agendas states a media release issued by the JVP.
Full text of the media release:
"Stop issuing statements weakening legal actions & moves against crimes!"
A statement made by President Maithripala Sirisena at Foundation Institute yesterday (12th) has been published in all newspapers today (13th) as a lead. We consider the statement indicating suspicion that the CID, FCID and the Commission to Investigate Allegations of Bribery or Corruption act according to a political agenda as a serious one. It seems that the President, in his speech, has challenged the aspirations and the mandate of the 6.2 million people who voted for Mr. Maithripala Sirisena on 8th January, 2015 to bring good governance and democracy against frauds and corruption committed during Rajapaksa regime.
If the defeated Rajapaksa clique attempts to create a viewpoint among security sections against the government by wrongly interpreting moves being carried out by institutions that investigate frauds, corruption and crimes committed during the past, what the government needs to do is to defeat such attempts but not act to weaken or dishearten the institutions that carry out such investigations.
The statement by the President questioning whether the Criminal Investigation Department, Financial Crimes Investigation Division and the Commission to Investigate Allegations of Bribery or Corruption do act according to a political agenda should not be taken lightly. For, he is the head of the government as well as the state. If these institutions are manipulated according to someone's political agenda the President should reveal it to the country. The whole country knows that despite several ministers who have joined the government have various allegations of frauds against them; no investigations are being carried out against them. It should be made known whether these investigation too do not take place due to political agendas.
The President has also mentioned independent commissions. Independent commissions were appointed according to the 19th amendment also with the mediation of the present government. It is a demand of people's civil organizations and was a main promise given to the people by the government. Even with certain shortcomings manipulating the institutions by a commission is better for democracy than when they are manipulated by an individual. Hence, belittling independent commissions, claiming those who are involved in them do not know to govern, cannot be accepted. Making statements or taking moves to weaken institutions that carry out genuine investigations in connection with frauds, corruption and crimes and thereby weaken such investigations is counter to the mandate. Also, it brings pleasure to those who committed large scale financial frauds and corruption during the previous regime and a boost to their false accusations against institutions that carry out investigations against them; a move to incapacitate them. Now, certain individuals in the present government too are being accused of bribe taking, frauds and abuse of power. Frightening and weakening institutions that carry out investigations into such frauds, corruption and crime would encourage those who are already engaged in such vice and those who anticipate committing such crime.
Hence, we demand the government to stop taking steps to weaken investigations and legal moves that are being carried out against those who defrauded public funds, were involved in financial frauds and other crimes, also hasten investigations that have not yet begun against those who are involved in financial frauds and crimes and to honour mandate of the people.
Political Bureau
Janatha Vimukthi Peramuna


Why have 2 camera when you can have 3 !?
Gather all Apple fans ! The new hype of the "i-generation" ,astonishing their upcoming iphone with 3 cameras that make you look perfect in any angle. Why 2 camera when you can have 3 ?
iPhone , the market leader is bringing the hype into the market,introducing their 3 cameras , that would enhance the iPhone's rear zoom capacity and improve picture quality in dim light environments.
This marvellous fantastic camera allows us to capture every single moment of our memories when we go overseas or at memorable events without compromising on the image quality.
Besides, Apple is very interested in AR, and already has its ARKit software development package in circulation, including a greater zoom mode and increased detail in photos. It comes with '3D Vision' for better-augmented reality (AR) implementation. Also mentioned is that two of the three cameras at the back will be able to study the object from different angles before creating a 3D version of it.
Next, Apple improvised a bigger and higher clarity screen to cater to those who wish to have a wider display and sharper image resolution. Who doesn't love to watch videos and movies from youtube and netflix nowadays? Share the movie with your partner next to you , keep the weekend occupied and strengthen the bond with your partners. The newly launched iPhone , with amoled lcd in 6.5 inch can do that , without straining our eyes. Now, you can off your tv, enjoy your favourite movies/dramas on your iPhone , anytime anywhere!
The memory available now for this new iPhone, could be up to 512GB built-in storage. Now you can ditch away your hard disk ! You no longer have to clear your old photos to make up more space for new photos. With the 512GB , the memory space is as good as a laptop, now you can keep all your memorable photos in your palm. Be free! Don't feel constraint to download any applications or dramas!
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Provoking Delicate Social Order: Under the Tree
Neighbourhood civility is a fragile beast
01/08/2018 Naila Scargill Features, Society
Icelandic director Hafsteinn Gunnar Sigurðsson's intention was to create a war film where home is the battlefield, and, he succeeds; the multi-award-winning Under the Tree is a deliciously dark satire that examines the fragile nature of civility in a suburban setting, where it can take very little to provoke savagery and the collapse of a delicate social order.
Here, the point of dissonance is the titular tree, introduced via a comical overhead shot that demonstrates its out-of-proportion largeness and the vast shadow it casts on next door's garden. Eybjörg wants it cut down as it interferes with her sun-bathing. Inga despises the younger woman and refuses to allow husband Baldvin to keep the peace and call a tree surgeon. Meanwhile, Atli, the older couple's son, has moved back in with his parents, having been kicked out by his wife after she discovers him watching homemade porn starring himself and another woman.
So far, so sitcom, but Under the Tree boasts far more to its comic chops. A steady pace quietly observes the escalation of the two concurrent plots; the women's feud grows vicious, name-calling giving way to vandalism and toe-curlingly worse as Inga's bitterness takes over her rationale, while Atli's behaviour is erratic, as he tries to gain access to his daughter. Underpinning the absurdity is an excellent soundtrack that almost solely creates an unusual thriller element, ratcheting up a sense of unease that leads to a violent and bloody denouement that is at once expected—the men have no choice but to act out the roles designated to them by proxy—but no less shocking for it. All is told via a muted, pastel palette that reflects the mundanity of the neighbourhood, in amusing contrast to the characters' unhinged and disproportionate actions.
The final shot is predictable but demonstrates the futility of revenge, wrapping Under the Tree in a neat bow as a fable with an important lesson: to coexist peacefully in our communities and be willing to compromise before it's too late.
Under the Tree opens on 10 August
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1/12/2018�� Camber is measured as the degree of deviance from a 90� perpendicular alignment. In other words, negative camber means the tops of the tires lean towards each other, while positive means the tops lean away from the center.
Note that for some weird reason camber is positive in the RC world, but negative in 1:1 racing�don�t ask. We all just call it negative since it�s what we�re used to. Camber is achieved by shortening the suspension upper arms on your chassis by turning the turnbuckle. What camber does is help create more contact between the tire and road when turning.
27/11/2018�� When you change an angle to improve something, you have a negative impact on something else. In general positive camber will give you a better more comfortable ride. You will see positive camber on tractors because it improves tracking and makes turning easier. If you go negative on camber which is common in the race world, you get better cornering.
30/12/2011�� Can someone tell me looking at the printout if the left front and right front camber adjustment is right, is it not meant to be negative -1.5, mine is just 1.5 so I'm guessing it's positive. The rears look fine though.