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What Implications Are There With Facial Recognition Technology For Museums?
There are many places around the world where you will find facial recognition technology in service today. In some situations, it is used for security reasons, helping CCTV operators to spot people of interest, for example. In other places, you will find it being used to generate a personalised service for an individual once their features have been recognised by the artificial intelligence algorithms that lie behind the technology.
In China, the Palace Museum, a giant museum situated in the heart of Beijing, introduced facial recognition systems following the roll-out of 5G mobile telephony service in the capital. This, the authorities said, was to enable people to navigate their way around the museum complex without visiting places they had been to before while avoiding queues. The linking of facial recognition technology with 5G services was, it must be mentioned, sold on the basis of improved customer service and better visitor experiences. That said, the museum's directors came in for some criticism not least because of the civil liberties implications for Chinese citizens who visit the museum.
Of course, in a one party state, such as the People's Republic of China, how far such concerns are heard is limited. Once a decision to use facial recognition software systems has been made by a public institution for customer service reasons, it tends to stick around. Civil society's ability to oversee the technology and – in particular – its use in areas that it was never designed for is severely limited. In the west, museums have also been looking into the use of facial recognition technology and similar questions have been raised over whether its deployment is always ethical. Certainly, there are plenty of ramifications to consider when facial recognition systems are used in public and semi-public spaces. Read on to find out more about this technology, the ethical questions it throws up and how it is likely to impact on the sort of decisions that museum professionals will need to take in future.
What Is Facial Recognition Technology?
Of course, facial recognition systems are technologies that can recognise the individual features of a single human being and record them in such a way that the same person can be identified at a later time. In this regard, facial recognition systems simply try to mimic the way in which people recognise one another. In other words, two elements need to be replicated in an artificial form. Firstly, the face in question needs to be seen in some way. Whether a facial recognition system does this by using conventional video surveillance equipment or taking its own dedicated images, the system relies on a camera of some sort with a lens that captures the light that is reflected off a face to create an image. The other part is to ape the way in which such images are held in the human brain and accessed when they are needed in order to come up with a successful identification.
Although this might seem like it is second nature to laymen, facial recognition systems have required decades of research in both high-quality image capturing as well as the software that is needed to tell one person's set of features from another's. There are different approaches to this and developers each have their own way of splitting a face up into its constituent parts. In the main, however, a digital record is made of the relative position of the eyes, cheeks, lips and so on which can be recorded on nothing more complex than a simple spreadsheet. This is known as traditional facial recognition, something that has been the most widely used in security systems for some years. These days, you will also find other techniques coming to the fore, such as skin texture analysis, three-dimensional head modelling, thermal analytics and combinations of all of the above.
Suffice to say that facial recognition systems are becoming increasingly sophisticated which means that it is something that offers public institutions a big opportunity. Capturing data on regular visitors, for example, could be useful in all sorts of ways to museum professionals. Marketing executives who want to send promotional materials to occasional visitors by email, perhaps, could use the technology to identify members of their target audience, too. When it is used with public social media platforms, for instance, a visitor may be identifiable even if they have never given the institution their personal details at all. The advantages of such actions are fairly obvious but they do bring into play certain ethical questions surrounding data privacy and the ability to visit public spaces anonymously.
The World Museum
If you think that facial recognition systems are uncontroversial, then a review of the case of the World Museum in Liverpool will prove to be a valuable exercise. In August, museum professionals there were forced to defend the use of facial recognition systems following their exhibition 'China's First Emperor and the Terracotta Warriors' back in 2018. This came about after it was found that such technology had been deployed on all visitors to the show.
A privacy campaign group known as Big Brother Watch took the World Museum to task over its use of the technology calling it a 'dark irony' given the widespread use of such systems in the modern Chinese state. The World Museum was forced to make a statement, saying that it had followed the advice of the police and local anti-terrorism advisors. This was due, they said, to the heightened security risk the exhibition brought to the museum. The charge that it had collected facial data without the knowledge of visitors was also refuted, given the signage that was in place at the time.
Given that some people will always be unpersuaded by the limited use of facial recognition software, its use in a public realm space – like a museum or a gallery, for example – will remain controversial. To some, it is a superb tool which can help tailor a museum's experience to the individual needs and preferences of visitors. To others, it is a technology that creates as many potential problems as it solves.
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Will the Katrina effect on meetings ripple out?
I heard a rumor the other day that a major corporation is pulling its meeting out of one of the Texas cities that has stepped up to take in a huge amount of Katrina evacuees. The thinking, as I heard it, was that it would be unseemly to have conventioneers partying near where the evacuees were taking emergency shelter, having lost everything.
While I understand that emotion, please think twice before cancelling, relocating, or rebooking a near-term meeting from one of the helping cities. Just when they're incurring more expenses to take these folks in, let's not punish a good deed by pulling meetings out. Conventioneers, like every single one of us, want to help in some way. Conventions that come to the cities everywhere from Texas to Massachusetts that are taking in evacuees not only bring in much-needed cash in a time of need, but they also provide a unique opportunity to partially assuage that ache so many of us have right now to be able to do something more than open our wallets (though of course, that's what people really do need right now).
Still, while I'm sure it would vary from site to site and city to city, I'm also sure there's something your attendees could do to contribute something to the relief efforts, from a blood drive to handing out lunches to, I don't know, maybe helping out on some non-related projects that are now short-handed due to the relief efforts. This could be an opportunity to provide real meaning for your attendees, and real help to the city. Contact your CVB and ask them how your meeting could be a part of something good, rather than just a good time.
Update: Hmm, and then I read this article in today's New York Times about how Houston is cashing in big time on all the new businesses relocating either temporarily or permanently to that city. While the article seems to be a little harsh on Houston for getting an economic boost from its neighbors' catastrophe, I like that some realtors are giving breaks to people whose businesses were wiped out by Katrina. I feel the same way about cities and hotels that are offering deals and discounts for displaced meetings.
Are they being predatory, or good neighbors? I think the latter, but I've heard some say otherwise.


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Pretoria - Political assassinations during the election campaign period were a setback to efforts to consolidate the country's democracy, an NGO said on Thursday.
"The campaign process was generally peaceful, albeit vibrant, however the incidents of violence were due to the increased intra-party competition," Electoral Institute for Sustainable Democracy in Africa's executive director Dennis Kadima said at the IEC's results centre in Pretoria.
He encouraged everyone involved in the elections to ensure political tolerance and to condemn the surge in alleged political assassinations.
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Eisa members kept an eye on Wednesday's local government elections. The non-profit organisation observes voting to ensure credible elections across the continent.
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The 2016 elections were considered to have been the most competitive, with the highest number of candidates since the introduction of multi-party democracy in 1994.
Kadima said Eisa had been informed about the 28 complaints of alleged violations of the electoral code of conduct the IEC had received since Tuesday.
Overall, the elections took place in a transparent, fair and credible manner, in line with the constitutional and legal framework, he said.
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The following resources are intended for members only and are only available if you are logged in. Click the link above to become a member. All information is copyrighted, so members are cautioned against saving and sharing this information. Please use it only on the Fulton County Historical Society's website.
1873 Fulton County Map
The 1873 map shows locations of many points of interest including home locations with landowner names, post offices, one room schools, churches, and more. You may also buy a half-size or full-size reproduction from our shop (choose the Maps category). Both reproductions sizes show all features in very legible detail.
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Mellott Family Histories
Our biggest Fulton County family is the MELLOTT family. We have an entire section in our bookshelves at the Fulton County Historical Society library just for Mellotts. Please do NOT write to us requesting Mellott research - we simply have too much!
The late Dr. Malcolm Mellott attempted to organize a history of Mellott descendants. Some genealogists have found errors in it, but we present this as a possible starting point. This document has been scanned and OCR'ed in order to make it searchable - just hold down "Control" and "f" (for 'find') and then enter a name in the box which opens on your screen to search the document after it has finished downloading to your computer.
Mellott Family History by Dr. Malcolm Mellott
Descendants of John and Sarah Stilwell Mellott by Mike J. Horton
Union Cemetery is the largest in Fulton County at 3.7 miles south of McConnellsburg along Route 522 in Ayr Township. For many people buried there in the 1900s, their plot number is written at the top of their obituary card (you need to be a Historical Society member to open the obituaries on your home computer.) Here is a drawing to help you locate the exact grave site location in the OLD part of Union Cemetery. - west side of Route 522.
Union Cemetery Layout
Listing of Post Offices in Fulton County
Did you know that places such as Iddo and Lashley once had post offices? Members can see a listing of nearly 60 post offices from as far back as 1860. Information includes dates opened and closed and the name of the first postmaster.
Listing of Post Offices
1885 and 1894 Sanborn Fire Insurance Company Maps of McConnellsburg
In 1885 and again in 1894 the Sanborn Fire Insurance Company drew every building in McConnellsburg to scale. Colors: yellow indicates log or frame; red indicates brick; and blue indicates stone construction. A dotted line indicates porches. Water Street in 1894 is named Lincoln Way today. First Street in 1894 is Third Street today. In addition to color showing construction materials, 1 and 2 indicates how many floors are in the building. Use your "Zoom" feature to read the names written on the lots.
1885 Sanborn Company Map of McConnellsburg
Sipes Birth Certificate
Many early settlers in Fulton County were of German background. In Belfast Township, the Lutheran family of George Sipes and Catharine Cline used this form to record the birth of their son, John, in 1798. A copy of the original certificate hangs in the Fulton County Historical Society Library.
Elias Wink Deed
Elias Wink was an early settler in what is today Belfast Township, Fulton County. Each applicant was told to give his claim a unique name, so Wink chose "Eye Lids" for his farm. (wink, wink) In colonial days, settlers in our part of Pennsylvania needed to take their land deeds to Philadelphia for recording. When Wink arrived with his paper, a retired man with time on his hands was present and signed as a witness. B. Franklin signatures are valuable today. The Fulton County Historical Society owns the original which is hidden in a safe place, but a framed copy hangs in the Fulton House museum.
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African American Schools in Earlington, KY (Hopkins County)
Earlington Colored School was open as early as 1891; it was mentioned in a special report, "Masons Made - Mass Meetings - Visitors." Freeman, 02/28/1891, p.6. The school reopened for the year in September of 1892 [source: "School opens," Bee, 09/08/1892, p.6]. In 1894, A. R. Bailey was principal and J. E. Todd was his assistant [source: Bee, 03/22/1894, p.3]. The Colored school was located in District 7, there were 158 students enrolled with an attendance of 126, and the school was in session for nine months. In 1895, C. W. Merriweather was the assistant principal of the school. J. W. Bell was the principal in 1911 [source: "Prof. J. W. Bell...," Bee, 07/18/1911, p.5]. He was still the principal in 1920 when there were 14 students in Earlington High School (grades 9 and 10), according to author H. Ardis Simons' thesis, The History of Education in Hopkins County, Kentucky. From 1923 to 1941, the principals were Edward Dean, W. E. Strader, T. W. Austin, R. R. Buckner, Theodore Daly, W. B. Edwards, Austin Edwards, and S. S. Morris. The school still existed in the late 1940s and is mentioned in the Kentucky Negro Educational Association Journal. As early as 1938, the school was named J. W. Million [source: Kentucky Public School Directory, 1937-1938, p.46]; the elementary school had 5 teachers and the high school had 4 teachers. The J. W. Million School was listed as a Negro school in the Kentucky School Directory right up to the last issue of the publication that indicated race [source: Kentucky School Directory, 1964-65, p.105.], and all other schools in Hopkins County, except the Earlington Elementary school for whites, are listed as integrated. See also NKAA Database entry African American Schools in Madisonville and Hopkins County, KY.
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Read about Hopkins County, Kentucky in Wikipedia.
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NKAA Entry: Merriweather, Claybron W.
NKAA Entry: African American Schools in Madisonville and Hopkins County, KY
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NKAA Source: The History of education in Hopkins County, Kentucky (thesis)
NKAA Source: Kentucky Negro Educational Association journal (periodical)
NKAA Source: Kentucky public school directory (serial)
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NKAA Entry: Report: Negro School Districts and Their Needs by L. N. Taylor
NKAA Entry: African American Schools - Colored Superintendents at Kentucky Public Schools, 1925
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The New $1,099 iMac is Kind of Cheap, but YOU CAN'T Upgrade its RAM
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All Apple fans went crazy when Apple announced a 2014 update for its iMac line which discounted the iMac by $200, making it available for "just" $1,099. But don't hurry up and place that order, as there are some things that you might be missing out. According to Mac reseller Other World Computing, the 8GB of RAM the machine comes with is not upgradeable, says TechSpot.
Apple makes the iMac cheaper but you are stuck with that RAM forever
Sure, we're talking about Apple here, a company that is known for making its profits from high margins on its products that sometimes are just incremental updates over the previous version. And 8GB of RAM seems like a lot of horsepower, but this is the second drawback after the much slower processor. The RAM is soldered to the machine, which means removing of replacing it is impossible. We wonder what the guys over at iFixit will have to say about this…
Also, don't forget that it comes with a low-power dual core i5 processor, instead of a standard quad-core desktop CPU and a low-performance Intel graphics chip which is a serious downgrade from the previous Iris Pro Graphics for many users.
However, you can upgrade the hard drive up to a 256GB flash drive, of course, if you are ready to shell out an additional $250. Still, even with only 8GB of RAM, it remains a decent option, if we compare it to other iMacs from line-up.
Personally, I think that "cheap" is compared to the rest of Apple's products, and it's not a cheap product per se. You pay for its awesome design and the name that Apple has built for years, but if you are not keen on the design, I guess you could build an awesome desktop device with that money, if you know how to build it yourself.
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In the knowAs well as Winston Churchill, many other famous faces have passed through La Mamounia's distinctive doors, from Alfred Hitchcock, who filmed here, to Elton John.
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Be greeted on arrival with a welcome cocktail, linger over lunch on the terrace, taking in the views over the gardens, enjoy afternoon tea in the lounge, and take your pick from the range of restaurants, from traditional Moroccan cuisine to French and Italian specialities. After a dip in the pool, tuck into the delicious Mediterranean buffet in the poolside pavilion- this is also the place to be for Sunday brunch. Enjoy mint tea and Moroccan cakes at Bar Menzeh in the heart of the gardens.
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A little late on this one, but I found out there is a TorontoVR group on MeetUp.com. Check out the details below, but you can sign up for the free event here.
The next TorontoVR Meetup will be Feb 2nd at the Globacore Headquarters south of King at 90 Fraser Avenue ( take the first laneway south of king, the entrance is next to the giant industrial smoke stack ) where we can share, discuss, explore and debate the new potential of the Virtual Reality!
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Atlantic Starr was a nine member late 70's and 80's R&B band that was founded in Greenburgh, New York circa 1976. In 1977, the band moved to California and began playing night clubs under the band name Newban. After A&M agreed to sign the band, they also requested that Newban change the name of the band to Atlantic Starr. Over the years, Atlantic Starr had several notable female lead singers, including Barbara Weathers, Portia Martin, and Sharon Bryant.
Atlantic Starr released their self-titled debut in 1978, with a follow up release (Straight to the Point) in 1979. By the 1980's, they were down to five band members. The band released a total of six albums in the 1980's. It was the band's 1985 release, As the Band Turns, that they began climbing the charts. Many of you will remember the song "Secret Lovers" from this release. Their 1987 release, All in the Name of Love, brought us the #1 hit "Always". Their last 80's album to produce an 80's hit was We're Movin' Up (1988), which featured the #1 R&B hit song "My First Love".
Atlantic Starr continued their success into the early 90's. You may remember the song "Masterpiece" from the album Love Crazy (1991). Although the band continued to produce well into the 1990's, they were never again able to capture the success of the mid 1980's. Their last new release was in 1999. A number of the members, including several of the female lead singers, went on to successful solo careers. At the time of this writing, the Atlantic Starr discography was as follows:
1978: Atlantic Starr
1979: Straight to the Point
1980: Radiant
1982: Brilliance
1983: Yours Forever
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Pregnant Amy Schumer has shared a sweet video of her seeing her little boy or girl for the first time.
Amy Schumer has shared a sweet video of her getting an ultrasound.
The 'Trainwreck' star is expecting her first child with her husband Chris Fischer - whom she married earlier this year - and gushed over how much "energy" her little one already has, joking that that was the reason why she felt so sick.
In the clip, posted to Instagram, she shared: "It's moving all around! Oh my God, oh my God, see it has so much energy - that's why I'm puking every day."
Amy previously confessed she has had a "really tough pregnancy" so far.
Speaking at her comedy show in Las Vegas last week, she shared: "I don't like it. I've had a really tough pregnancy so far."
Amy announced her pregnancy last month.
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61. Monitoring of long range transboundary air pollution, greenhouse gases, ozone layer and natural ultraviolet radiation
The main objective is to quantify the levels of air pollution in the artctic, and to document any changes in the exposures. It includes the necessary components to address impacts on ecosystems, human health, materials and climate change.
AMAP Arctic air Arctic haze Atmosphere Atmospheric chemistry monitoring Atmospheric processes Carbon dioxide chlorofluorocarbons (CFC) Climate heavy metals methane Montreal & Kyoto Protocols PAHs PCBs POPs total gaseous mercury total ozone UV
62. Monitoring of inshore stock of Greenland Halibut, West Greenland
The main objective is resource monitoring of Greenland Halibut.
Ecosystems Fish
63. Local network of pollution control in Barentsburg (Spitsbergen)
Local monitoring, Barentsburg: regular sampling, twice a year
64. North Slope Science Initiative (NSSI) (NSSI)
This mission of the North Slope Science Initiative is to improve the regulatory understanding of terrestrial, aquatic and marine ecosystems for consideration in the context of resource development activities and climate change. The vision of the North Slope Science Initiative is to identify those data and information needs management agencies and governments will need in the future to develope management scenarios using the best information and mitigation to conserve the environments of the North Slope
Ecosystems Human health Oceanography
65. Population Biology and Monitoring of Dunlin
Studying the population biology and monitoring the population status of Dunlin. The population under study ilives in a coatal tundra area in Northern Norway.
Biodiversity Biological effects Biology Climate variability Terrestrial Birds
66. Veðurstofa Ísland ‐ Icelandic Meteorological Office, IMO (IMO)
The main purpose of IMO is to contribute towards increased security and efficiency in society by: • Monitoring, analyzing, interpreting, informing, giving advice and counsel, providing warnings and forecasts and where possible, predicting natural processes and natural hazards; • issuing public and aviation alerts about impending natural hazards, such as volcanic ash, extreme weather, avalanching, landslides and flooding; • conducting research on the physics of air, land and sea, specifically in the fields of hydrology, glaciology, climatology, seismology and volcanology; • maintaining high quality service and efficiency in providing information in the interest of economy, of security affairs, of sustainable usage of natural resources and with regard to other needs of the public; • ensuring the accumulation and preservation of data and knowledge regarding the long-term development of natural processes such as climate, glacier changes, crustal movements and other environmental matters that fall under IMO's responsibility. IMO has a long-term advisory role with the Icelandic Civil Defense and issues public alerts about impending natural hazards. The institute participates in international weather and aviation alert systems, such as London Volcanic Ash Advisory Centre (VAAC), the Icelandic Aviation Oceanic Area Control Center (OAC Reykjavík) and the European alarm system for extreme weather, Meteoalarm. Network type: Thematic observations in 6 different fields
Geology Geophysics Pollution sources Sea ice Oceanography Atmosphere Ecosystems
67. Íslenskar Orkurannsóknir ‐ Iceland Geosurvey, ÍSOR (ÍSOR)
Iceland GeoSurvey ÍSOR is a self‐financing, state‐owned, non‐profit institution in the field of natural sciences, it's main activity being related to the geothermal industry in Iceland and abroad. It was established 2003, when the GeoScience Division of Orkustofnun (the National Energy Authority of Iceland), was spun off as a separate entity according to the law of Iceland GeoSurvey no. 86, March 26th 2003 (http://www.althingi.is/lagas/135a/2003086.html). The main role of ÍSOR is to work on projects and research in the field of natural resources and energy, as the directive board of the institute decides. ÍSOR offers research consulting services worldwide on most aspects of geothermal exploration, development, and utilization, and provide training and education on related issues. It is based on six decades of continuous experience in the field of geothermal and hydropower research and development. The focus is on geothermal exploration, development, and utilization, but cover also many other geoscience‐related fields as well, including groundwater studies, marine geology, and environmental monitoring. Main gaps: Not specified Network type: Field stations Thematic observations
Geology Soils Geophysics Environmental management
68. International Arctic Systems for Observing the Atmosphere (IASOA)
The main mission of the International Arctic Systems for Observing the Atmosphere (IASOA) is coordination of atmospheric data collection at existing and newly established intensive Arctic atmospheric observatories. Data of interest to the IASOA consortium include measurements of standard meteorology, greenhouse gases, atmospheric radiation, clouds, pollutants, chemistry, aerosols, and surface energy balances. These measurements support studies of Arctic climate change attribution (why things are changing), not just trends (how things are changing). IASOA is responsive to growing evidence that the earth system may be approaching environmentally critical thresholds within decadal time scales. The information from IASOA will not only enhance scientific understanding but will also support decisions by the global community regarding climate change mitigation and adaptation strategies. Main gaps: Not all observatories are members of established global networks such as GAW and BSRN. It is recommended that IASOA observatories that are not members of these global networks be evaluated for potential membership and that roadblocks to membership be investigated. Other types of measurement gaps include, but are not limited to: (1) Radar-lidar pairs at each observatory to assess cloud properties; (2) Flux towers at each observatory for methane and CO2 fluxes; (3) Aerosol measurements at each observatory; and (4) Surface and upper air ozone measurements at each observatory. Network type: Predominantly atmospheric measurements.
Atmosphere Climate
69. The Arctic Station, Qeqertarsuaq, Greenland, University of Copenhagen (AS-Q)
The Arctic Station is located on the south coast of the Disko Island in central west Greenland. It is thus facing the Disko Bay and is characterized by an arctic, marine climate. There are 3 building comprising guest facilities, staff accomodation, laboratory and library that are located in a nature sanctuary, approximately 1 km west of a small town, Qeqertarsuaq (formerly Godhavn), with ca. 1100 inhabitants. Within the town community is located all necessary service facilities, incl. several shops, bank, postoffice, church and a hospital. The station offers a 'state of the art' platform for year-round environmental research. The Arctic Station maintains a stat-of-the-art automatic weather station located in the immediate vicinity of the Arctic Station. The datalogging at Arctic Station (every half hour) comprises: air temperatur, humidity, incoming and outgoing radiation, wind speed and direction, rainfall, ground temperatures (5, 60 and 150 cm below surface) and temperature in solid rock 2 metre below surface. In addition to the above the station also maintains a freshwater, a marine and a terrestrial monitoring program. The whole moitoring program is call DiskoBasic.
Active layer algal blooming aquatic monitoring Snow and ice properties
70. Circumpolar Biodiversity Monitoring Program (CBMP), Marine, Coastal, Freshwater and Terrestrial subgroups
CBMP is a cornerstone monitoring program of Conservation of Arctic Flora and Fauna (CAFF). It is a international network of scientists, government agencies, Indigenous organizations and conservation groups working together to harmonize and integrate efforts to monitor the Arctic's living resources. (... more to be edited from the co-lead countries)
71. Radnett – a national network for monitoring radioactivity in the environment
The Norwegian Radiation Protection Authority is responsible for a nationwide network of 33 stations that continuously measure background radiation levels. The network was established in the years following the Chernobyl accident in 1986, and was upgraded to a new and modern network in the period 2006-2008. Additional stations were added in 2009. The purpose of the monitoring network is to provide an early warning if radioactive emissions reach Norway.
Arctic Atmosphere Long-range transport Monitoring Radionuclides
72. UV-radiation in Norway
The UV-monitoring network has provided 15 years of high quality, continuous measurements of solar UV radiation. The network is the hub of all activities related to UV forecasting and information to the public, aiming to reduce the high number of cases of acute and chronic negative health effects from excessive UV exposure.
UV index UV radiation total ozone cloud optical depth erythemal UV doses
73. Monitoring of fish and seafood
Monitor the levels of radionuclides (137Cs and 210Po) in selected fish and seafood species in the Norwegian and Barents Sea.
137Cs 99Tc and 210Po Environmental management Fish Human health Radioactivity Radionuclides shellfish
74. Collaboration Network on EuroArctic Environmental Radiation Protection and Research (CEEPRA)
The aim of the CEEPRA (Collaboration Network on EuroArctic Environmental Radiation Protection and Research) project is establishment of a cooperation network in the EuroArctic region, cross-border exchange of knowledge and skills, improvement of emergency preparedness capabilities and risk assessments in case of nuclear accidents in the region as well as raising awareness and knowledge in the general public and stakeholders with respect to the nature, common challenges and associated risks in the area of nuclear safety, emergency preparedness and radioactivity in the environment. The project will study the current state of radioactive contamination in terrestrial and marine ecosystems in the EuroArctic region by examining environmental samples collected from the Finnish Lapland, Finnmark and Troms in Norway, the Kola Peninsula and the Barents Sea. The results will provide updated information on the present levels, occurrence and fate of radioactive substances in the Arctic environments and food chains. Special attention will be given to collection and analyses of natural products widely used by population in Finland, Russia and Norway, such as berries, mushrooms, fish and reindeer meat. The region-specific risk assessments will be carried out through modelling and investigation of long-term effects of potential nuclear accidents in the EuroArctic region and possible impacts on the region's indigenous population, terrestrial and marine environments, reindeer husbandry, the natural product sector, tourism and industries. Open seminars for general public and target groups will be arranged in Finland, Russia and Norway during the project implementation period to provide relevant information on radioactivity-related issues and the status in the region.
Environmental safety terrestrial ecosystem Radioactivity Contaminant transport hypothetical assessments Radionuclides levels public awareness marine ecosystem fate of radionuclides in food chains modeling
75. Air filter stations – a national network for monitoring radioactivity in the environment
The Norwegian Radiation Protection Authority is responsible for a network of 5 air filter stations. These collect air samples through high density filters which are analyzed weekly by gamma spectroscopy. The network was established in the early 80s and is continuously updated. The purpose of the network is to assess the levels and composition of emissions from incidents and accidents. In addition, with the help of meteorological data, possible sources of release may be identified.
Atmospheric processes Sources Radioactivity Radionuclides Atmosphere
76. 129I in Arctic seawater
Anthropogenic 129I discharged from European reprocessing plants has widely dispersed in the Nordic waters including the Arctic. Due to the high solubility and long residence time of iodine in seawater, anthropogenic 129I has become an ideal oceanographic tracer for investigating transport pathways and the exchange of water masses.
129I Long-range transport Climate change Central Arctic Ocean Radionuclides Arctic Ocean currents
77. Observations of ice conditions of the Arctic Ocean and Arctic seas
Monitoring of ice conditions: providing of collection, analysis, archiving and presentation of information obtained from different information sources The continuous monitoring system is based on information from two main groups. The first one is immediate direct observation of the state of ice cover. The information sources are Roshydromet's permanent polar stations, automatic weather stations and buoys, satellite images in different wave ranges through international hydrometeorological information exchange channels under the auspices of WMO (ETSI) and Ice Services of different countries. Occasional observations by marine expeditions and "North Pole" drifting stations also belong of this group of observation. These are so-called initial or raw data to be further processed, accumulated and archived. As a rule, this information is interesting only to specialists and is not presented without special processing. The second one is processed and summarized information, i.e. diagnostic, analytical and prognostic information. Diagnostic information is a result of processing of initial or raw information. These are adapted and geographically bound satellite images, ice maps, diagnosis of the current state in the form of descriptions and different bulletins. Analytical information is a consolidation of heterogeneous initial and diagnostic information on the ice cover state in the form of overviews and bulletins for different periods of time and different components of ice conditions. Prognostic information is a forecast of different lead times for different phenomena and characteristics of ice conditions. Actually ESIMO AARI web-portal presents a series of group 2 information products having the best informativity and ready for the direct use by customers.
78. Changes of North-Western Spitsbergen Cryosphere (CryoChange)
Project aims indicate of changes of main terrestrial cryosphere components – glaciers and permafrost. Research on glaciers assumes both to inspect recent changes (mass balance, geometry, thermal structure and widely understood dynamics) and to reconstruct past events (especially in base on subaqual records in the marine-part forefields of the tide-water glaciers). Selected research results are part of the World Glacier Monitoring Service (WGMS). The most widely studied are Waldemar Glacier, Irene Glacier and Elise Glacier. Several research aspects, such as geometry of glaciers are investigated for more than 30 years, since first NCU Polar Expedition in 1975. Permafrost investigations are focused on the depth of the summer active layer thawing and thermal properties of it. Selected results constitutes a part of Circumpolar Active Layer Monitoring (CALM) programme.
79. LTER HAUSGARTEN
Multidisciplinary investigations at the LTER (Long-Term Ecological Research) observatory HAUSGARTEN are carried out at a total of 21 permanent sampling sites in water depths ranging between 250 and 5,500 m. From the outset, repeated sampling in the water column and at the deep seafloor during regular expeditions in summer months was complemented by continuous year-round sampling and sensing using autonomous instruments in anchored devices (i.e., moorings and free-falling systems). The central HAUSGARTEN station at 2,500 m water depth in the eastern Fram Strait serves as an experimental area for unique biological in situ experiments at the seafloor, simulating various scenarios in changing environmental settings. Time-series studies at the HAUSGARTEN observatory, covering almost all compartments of the marine ecosystem, provide insights into processes and dynamics within an arctic marine ecosystem and act as a baseline for further investigations of ongoing changes in the Fram Strait. Long-term observations at HAUSGARTEN will significantly contribute to the global community's efforts to understand variations in ecosystem structure and functioning on seasonal to decadal time-scales in an overall warming Arctic and will allow for improved future predictions under different climate scenarios.
Biodiversity carbon flux Climate change ecology Ice Marine benthos marine ecosystem monitoring Oceanography Plankton
80. Northern Contaminants Program (NCP) (NCP)
The Northern Contaminants Program aims to reduce and where possible eliminate long-range contaminants from the Arctic Environment while providing Northerners with the information they need to make informed dietary choices, particularly concerning traditional/country food. To achieve these objectives the NCP conducts research and monitoring related to contaminants in the Arctic environment and people. Monitoring efforts focus on regular (annual) assessment of contaminant levels in a range of media, including air, biota and humans. Environmental research is conducted into the pathways, processes and effects of contaminants on Arctic ecosystems while human health research focuses on assessing contaminant exposure, toxicity research, epidemiological (cohort) studies, and risk-benefit assessment and communications. Main gaps: Contaminant measurements in Arctic seawater, toxicity data specific to Arctic species. Network type: - Thematical observations: Contaminants levels and relevant ancilliary parameters - Field stations: Atmospheric observing stations at Alert, Nunavut and Little Fox Lake, Yukon. - Community based observations: Numerous communities throughout the Canadian Arctic participate in sample collection - Coordination: National coordination of the program provided by the NCP secretariat, which also acts as liaison with AMAP.
Atmosphere Ecosystems Human health Oceanography


Actco-Pickering Metal Industries Pty Ltd was formed as the result of a merger between Actco Metal Industries and Pickering Precision Sheet Metal in 1999.
Actco-Pickering built the business by delivering a unique range of fabrication and engineering solutions across many sectors including Defence and rail with an extensive track record in supplying quality on time componentry and turnkey solutions.
From 2006 onward, the cyclical nature of Rail and Defence projects drove diversification.
Investment in smart manufacturing - innovation, research and development coupled with the recruitment of a Design Engineering team, staff skills training saw the development of in-house products accessing Infrastructure and Leisure markets. The very successful Ridgeback Service Body enjoys a 30% market share here in Victoria and interstate. Pioneer off road Camper Trailers recently won the prestigious Camper Trailer of the Year 2017 Award by Camper Trailer Australia Magazine.
Actco-Pickering have built a resilient business, as contract manufacturers wholesalers and retailers.
Skills development and employee satisfaction.
Actco-Pickering prepares an annual Skills Matrix for the Company and each employee. Teams take part in lean training from external and process improvement from Process Engineering staff on a daily basis. Employees are encouraged to undertake evening courses across a range of skills from leadership, trade, commercialisation and motivation. On completion they receive an increase in their remuneration which is agreed prior to commencement of the course.
A recent independent 360 evaluation found high levels of employee engagement morale and desire to increase their individual contribution to the company's success.
Actco-Pickering has invested in Design through recruitment of Design & Engineering personnel, CAD/CAM software and most importantly a willingness to step outside "industry standards" to innovate not replicate. Our two in house product lines have benefited greatly from this approach, while its commercial customers have through collaboration also reaped the benefits.
In the mid 2000's Actco-Pickering introduced Australia's first lightweight aluminium constructed "Lift-off" removable service body to the market under the name TSM (Since rebranded as Ridgeback Service Bodies). This product was a revolution for the service and trade industry allowing these industries to reduce down time and increase the service life of their fleets. Ridgeback Service Bodies continues to expand into new areas bringing its lightweight, rust free construction to the lubrication and maintenance sectors and innovating through collaboration with partners to overcome challenges and continue to exceed customer expectations.
From this success in the trade and corporate sectors, Actco-Pickering then moved to the leisure/lifestyle sector for the next opportunity. Actco-Pickering purchased a well-regarded camper trailer brand Pioneer from WA. Then set to work redesigning this product to meet customer expectations in the 21st century for toughness, reliability and visual excitement.
Initial design and production saw models with hard flooring, then more recently hard roofing in Pioneer Campers. The innovation came with the use of new composite technologies and bonding techniques coupled with Actco-Pickering's first class metal fabrication abilities. R & D was undertaken to provide real world validation to CAD FEA analysis. Advanced UV and Environmental material testing was an important part of this process to ensure longevity. All supported by our Warranty commitments.
Actco-Pickering continues to seek commercial partnerships with business committed to innovation in the areas of Defence, Infrastructure and Renewable Energies. Products including sun tracking solar assembly for large scale rollout have been developed through partnership with government, educational institutes and commercial entities. Actco-Pickering "value adds" new customer engagement with manufacturing innovation through initial reviews with our Design & Engineering team.
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Actco-Pickering is engaged with IOS – how it applies structurally through our internal processes, supply chain engagement and our customer base.


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Decriminalising the BBC licence fee?
A supporter of Ourbeeb has intercepted this message which appears to provide evidence that extra-terrestrial aliens have the earth under surveillance.
Richard Collins
ERGTI annual, 2013-14 (earth year), report from earth to Enceladus headquarters.
TV licensing van - wikimedia
The earthlings persist with their search for what they call ExtraTerrestrial Intelligence. Their own low intelligence means that they have not yet detected our long standing surveillance programme through which we have improved our understanding of the earth and what its self-congratulatory inhabitants call its "civilisation". We, the Enceladus reporting group on Terrestrial Intelligence (ERGTI), however, are close to completing our mission of documenting the habits of the least unintelligent of earth's species – humanity. Nonetheless, various vexing gaps remain in our knowledge and understanding. As we have earlier reported exhaustively humans, as they call themselves, are prone to elementary errors in logical reasoning with unfortunate consequences for increasing, rather than reducing, the quotients of suffering and resource waste that disfigure their "civilisation". A particularly grotesque perversity has grown in salience in the last reporting period.
Earthlings in the United Kingdom (a political entity of diminishing importance and increasing fragility – see earlier reports dating from 100 [earth years] ago) have declined to adopt any of the earth's other well established systems of funding public service broadcasting (notably advertising, taxation, subscription, voluntary contributions) in favour of retaining their ancient licence fee system. Not only is the licence fee intrinsically an unfair tax (a so-called poll tax which does not take account of ability to pay) but it is unfairly distributed to a single recipient (albeit one which is charged with disbursing small amounts of revenue to third parties) independently of the extent to which television viewers choose to use the services provided by the licence fee recipient (the BBC). Moreover, the licence fee tax is applied only to television viewers who use a particular kind of receiving device to access BBC TV. Earthlings in the UK persist with this quaint system despite the costs and injustices which attend it. Quantification of these costs and assessing the magnitude of the injustices is not easy for those benefitting from this curious system do not facilitate access to the necessary information. However, compilation of and extrapolation from data in the public domain (albeit of varying age, intelligibility and comprehensiveness) enables ERGTI to report on this curiosity with a reasonable level of reliability.
In March 2014, 149 UK MPs proposed decriminalisation of non-payment of the television licence fee. The criminal penalties attaching to non-payment of the licence fee contrast with the civil penalties attaching to non-payment of other liabilities such as rent, energy and water supply, council tax etc. In debate the sponsor of the Parliamentary motion, Andrew Bridgen MP, cited testimony from magistrates and court officers including a magistrate's claim that "TV licence evaders are predominantly female, many of them benefit recipients with children. The majority are single struggling to keep their families financially afloat". We undertook our own research to assess the validity of Bridgen's claim and a magistrate known to us confirmed Bridgen's claim and stated: "The feeling amongst our magistrates was a combination of frustration & futility - there is no way one can sensibly justify imprisonment for this type of offence. Offenders were nearly always women, often single parents & on benefits".
How many of these vulnerable people are put at risk of criminalisation? In 2012, 182,000 cases of licence fee evasion were heard in magistrates' courts – about one ninth of all magistrates' cases. The cost of maintaining magistrates' courts and thus of processing such cases is not easy to estimate but the sum of savings estimated (in 2010 – see http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/10391126) to accrue from closing about a third of magistrates' courts in England and Wales provides a basis for a reasonable estimate. The proposed closures were to yield an estimated saving of £37m (nb this sum does not take account of costs in Northern Ireland and Scotland). If the cost of all magistrates' courts in England and Wales is, therefore, estimated to be c£111m, the cost of one ninth of the cases heard in such courts seems likely to amount to c£12.3m. To this should be added the BBC's own enforcement costs – unfortunately the BBC told (see HL Paper 50-II p 456) the Minister for Culture, Media and Sport (in 2005) that it was unable to disaggregate its enforcement costs from the overall licence fee collection costs of £152m (in 2004-5). We are therefore unable to make an estimate of the BBC's costs (funded, of course, from the licence fee).
But despite the significant financial costs borne by the justice system, the main cost of enforcement is, of course, borne by those stigmatised by criminal prosecution. The offence of non-payment of the television licence fee is a criminal offence. Mr Bridgen provided testimony to the stigmatisation this entails by citing the testimony of a woman successfully prosecuted for non-payment of the licence fee: "I remember being so distressed but not being able to turn to anyone as that would mean telling them what I had done……. A couple of days before the case was heard, I was admitted to hospital…. I was found guilty and fined. When I applied for my first job, I declared my conviction and was asked about it at the interview. I felt so humiliated". For those who do not or are unable to pay a fine, following a successful prosecution of licence fee evasion, imprisonment may follow.
In 2012 51 people were imprisoned for non-payment of fines for television licence evasion (and 48 in 2011). There doesn't appear to be comprehensive data in the public domain for periods between 2004 and 2011 on the numbers of people imprisoned for non-payment of fines for television licence evasion. However, in 2004 46 people were imprisoned for this offence in England, Scotland and Wales (a significant fall from the 728 imprisoned in England and Wales in 1995). Estimates of the cost of imprisonment must therefore be added to court (and the BBC's enforcement) costs to assess how costly the criminalisation of non-payment of the licence fee is. These estimates vary considerably - Bridgen asserted to Parliament that "the average cost of keeping a prisoner in prison is about £1000 a week". However, a Ministry of Justice estimate put the average direct cost (without accounting for the capital cost of prisons) per prisoner per year at about half Bridgen's estimate: in England and Wales it estimated the average annual cost per prisoner in 2010-11 to be £26,978 – ie c£74 per day or £518 a week. It's clear, therefore, that the costs of enforcing the requirement to pay the TV licence (whether or not BBC TV services are used) are a significant deadweight cost on the UK economy - and one not borne by the BBC.
As yet, the earthlings have neither decriminalised television licence fee evasion in the UK nor taken steps to establish a different way to finance the BBC: one which would take account of differing abilities to pay; of declining use of BBC services and of the growing public discontent with the perceived profligacy of the BBC. Public funding for the BBC rose by 63%1 between 1997 and 2010 despite a growing body of evidence to suggest that the BBC was not a good custodian of public resources (see, inter alia, NAO reports on the websites of the BBC Trust and its predecessor the BBC Governors as well as the succession of lurid tales testifying to the generous salaries, benefits, payoffs and pensions enjoyed by BBC senior managers). The disparity between increased funding and perceived waste and feather bedding accounts for a major portion of the BBC's loss of public (and elite) support in recent times. Accordingly, Bridgen's amendment to the Deregulation Bill may stand but the Government has stated that any implementation will be delayed so that a public consultation can take place. In the end, the issue may be so watered down in the consultation that it leads to virtually no change - in fact if you were an earthling you could say that decriminalisation may well be kicked into the long grass (an earthling metaphor unfamiliar to readers on Enceladus where successful selective breeding has long endowed us with grass that grows to verdant lawn length and no further) but even so, controversy over funding the BBC and the criminal penalties seems likely to grow as the UK approaches BBC Charter Renewal again in 2016. But, the Enceladus Reporting Group on Terrestrial Intelligence believes, UK based earthlings may well not rectify this particularly egregious injustice in the foreseeable future – their institutions are too ossified and the incumbent benefitting from this absurdity is too strong.
The licence fee itself is likely to remain whether or not non-payment is decriminalised and enforcement costs will continue to fall on the justice system and not the BBC. Significant numbers people – often among the weakest and poorest in UK society – will continue to suffer and be stigmatised because they can neither pay the licence fee nor afford to access their television through a wired connection and a computer rather than wirelessly and via a dedicated television receiver. Accordingly, ERGTI will continue to watch the unfolding of UK broadcasting policy and how the many challenges posed by the BBC (as well as those faced by the BBC) are addressed. This task is likely to preoccupy ERGTI for the foreseeable future. We have found that terrestrial intelligence has developed very slowly and there are no signs that the rate of increase is likely to rise. The absurdity of funding public service broadcasting through a licence fee enforced by criminal penalties is an outstanding case in point2.
Hansard (2014) Public Bill Committee consideration of the Deregulation Bill on 25.3.14 debate on New Clause 19.
House of |Lords (2005) Select Committee on the BBC Charter Review. 1st Report of Session 2005-06. The Review of the BBC's Royal Charter. Volume II: Evidence. HL Paper 50-II. Norwich. TSO.
Ministry of Justice (2011) Costs per place and costs per prisoner by individual prison.
1 In the period between 1997, when a Labour government took office, and 2010,when it lost office, the BBC's income rose by 63% (because of greater efficiencies in licence fee collection and growth in numbers of households as well as increases in revenues accruing from rising licence fees. ERGTI's estimate is based on data from the BBC's Annual Report and Accounts for 2009 and on data extracted by Wikipedia from BBC Annual Report and Accounts for 1998 (see here	and here. These rises came at a time when national finances deteriorated: in 2009, for example, UK GDP fell by 4.9% and GDP per head fell by 5.5% (see ONS 2010: 20 and 22). Some of the BBC's "Jacuzzi of cash" as the BBC's Director General, Mark Thompson (in 2002 when Chief Executive of Channel 4) described it was "topsliced" (although that term is strongly resisted by the BBC) to fund digital television switchover and the Conservative government gave the BBC further "topsliced" responsibilities – notably for funding the Welsh language television service S4C and the BBC's external services.
2 ERGTI acknowledges the help of earthlings David Elstein and Lis Howell in providing insights and improving drafting of this report.
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Montblanc 107335 features the timelessly attractive combination of stainless steel and diamonds. Its slim silhouette and classical beauty are reminiscent of similar traits embodied by Gracia Patricia.
The most captivating part of this Princesse Grace de Monaco fashion luxury watch lays on its face, the White dial, which similar to the other watch models in its collection line, bears the symbol of the rose petal in the form of a pink sapphire teardrop that flatter its look while also serves as an index to mark the 6 o'clock position.
The dial is shielded with a scratch resistant sapphire that is enhanced with an anti-glare coating on both side. In addition to the rose petal shaped pink sapphire, on the dial, there are also Silver-tone Rhodium-plated feuille hands that point to the applied Silver-tone Arabic numeral hour markers that alternates with 6 of diamonds hour markers, and a subsidiary small second at six with Silver-tone hand and dot markers. And speaking of the precious stones, those 6 diamonds hour markers weigh around 0.0204 carats, while the drop-cut pink sapphire at 6 o'clock is approximately 0.02 carats.
Although it has no complications, the Montblanc 4810/160 fitted in this timepiece is a highly reliable Swiss quartz 4 jewels movement that is both accurate and rugged. Anyway, for all of its quality offerings, this lady's Montblanc Princesse Grace de Monaco Ref. 107335 wrist watch is reasonably priced with an original manufacturer suggested retail price of $3,200.00.
Rhodium-plated silver-tone feuille hands. Applied, silver-tone Arabic numeral hour markers, alternates with 6 diamonds (weighs ~0.0204 ct.) and drop-cut pink sapphire (weighs ~0.02 ct.) at 6. Small seconds at 6.
Grey, with 7 perforations for adjust-ability. ± 15/14 mm wide. womens standard length.
You can find an original Montblanc 107335 at the site(s) listed above. However, we don't guarantee its availability as being listed here simply means that those site(s) has the item in question by the time we wrote the review.
The Montblanc 34mm Princesse Grace de Monaco Quartz review in this page is written by Rief at Wednesday, August 07, 2013. The post is tagged as $2500 up to $5000, 30m, 34mm, analog, diamond, dress, fashion, low end, montblanc, on leather, quartz, sapphire, small second, stainless steel, swiss quartz, two hands, watch, women.


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What are the types of minor scales?
Why are there 3 types of minor scales?
What notes are minor in a minor scale?
How many minor pentatonic scales are there?
Can I play a minor pentatonic over major chord?
What melody is used in Mo Li Hua?
How is Mo Li Hua Song classified?
What does Mo Li Hua means?
What is the pitch of Mo Li Hua?
What does Arirang mean?
There are three common types of minor scales: natural minor, melodic minor, and harmonic minor.
There are 3 minor scales, or more precisely, 3 variants of the minor scale because of how harmony and melody interact in tonal music. Composers change some notes of the minor scale to achieve a specific sound for a particular style. That word "variants" here is important.
A minor is a minor scale based on A, with the pitches A, B, C, D, E, F, and G. Its key signature has no flats and no sharps. Its relative major is C major and its parallel major is A major.
Yes, you can play minor pentatonic over major chords and chord progressions… if it sounds good. Ultimately, let your ears be the judge of what you can and can't do. Blues is the most common example of minor pentatonic being used over a major key progression (the 1 4 5 progression – that's E A B in E major).
2. What melody is used in the folk song Mo Li Hua? Explanation: It uses the five note (pentatonic) scale ubiquitous in Chinese music
Mo Li Hua is a repetitive ballad folk song, which can be easily memorized because it has short tunes. Mo Li Hua is a Jasmine Flower in English term. The song describes the appearance of a jasmine flower, which is beautiful and white
Mo Li Hua (Chinese: 茉莉花; pinyin: Mòlìhuā or Mòlihuā; lit. 'Jasmine Flower') is a popular Chinese folk song from the Jiangnan region. The song dates back to the 18th century. Over time, many regional variations were created, and the song gained popularity both in China and abroad.
About 'Mo Li Hua (Jasmine Flower)'
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Score Key: C major (Sounding Pitch) ( View more C major Music for Viola Duet )
Tempo Marking:
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Spanish Influence In The New World
Spanish influence in the New World was very prevalent before the arrival of English settlers. Soon, after a few failures to colonize, success was finally had due to a number of factors: The Protestant Reformation, the defeat of the Spanish Armada, and the economical changes in England. In the 1500's religion played a big role in England and Spain's relationship, more specifically their dedication to the Roman Catholic Church. They also bonded over the marriage of Henry VIII of England and Catherine of Aragon.
The relationship between the English and the Indians seemed to begin positively. The Indians were helpful to the English, teaching them to farm, thus helping them survive the harsh winters. The Indians had certain expectations for the English because they had experienced Spanish explorers in the 1500s. However,…show more content…
The Indians didn't want their land to be developed any more. Tribes tried to unite against the European's, but this ultimately failed and the Indians were sold into servitude.
The Glorious Revolution occurred in England in 1688, when Mary and William of Orange took the throne from James II. The Glorious Revolution has an enormous and undeniable impact on the colonies in North America, especially the Massachusetts Bay Colony. Although not expected, the Glorious Revolution was more than welcomed by almost all the colonists. It got ride of one monarch and was the first time the crown welcomed a pair of rulers. It had a large base of support, and promised several constitutional reforms.
During the development of the colonies, the English had a policy called "salutary neglect". It was good for England, because the colonies were kept with them during the English Civil War, which kept them from revolting and costing Britain extra revenue. However, the colonists also benefited because they were allowed to develop self-government, as well as have their tax burden
The Virginia Colony Analysis
She feels the Virginia colony built the foundation for the English territory and the formation of America (Skillin par 2). The English had been very successful travelers and maintained a successful colony back home. Kupperman feels the efforts of the English settler should be viewed for their all-around success, not just for the "failures" in colonial America (Skillin par 3). However, these "failures" lead to their achievement as Kupperman believes. Another argument Kupperman presents is, all the other English settlements replicated Jamestown's ideals.
Why Is George Washington Important In American History
He had refused to let his people down and reminded them that this-their liberty-was worth fighting for. As a result Washing and his colonial army were victorious, and because of his great leadership we are free. The Articles of Confederation was our first form of government, though it clearly wasn't successful. The national government had no control over the states; it was very chaotic.
Native American Democracy
The British Colonists arrived in America after spending all of their lives under the rule of king. This life was very restricted for most of the colonists, as they had to succumb to the laws, rules, and national religion stated by the aristocrat rulers. When they saw and heard about how the Natives were worshipping which ever religion they wished and how they were not burdened by the rules of faraway leaders, they were inspired by their freedom and opportunities . Additionally, there was a clear divide between gender and class in English society at this time.
Isabella And Ferdinand's Influence On Spain
Isabella and Ferdinand II were a good match and they unified Spain. They were known as Catholic Monarchs and Spain have changed in many ways. Their marriage was one of the most important marriages in the history of Spain and possibly the world. Isabella I was born on April 22, 1451 in Madrid.
Compare Christopher Columbus And Bartolome De Las Casas
Las Casas wrote down how not all barbarians were vicious creatures, and there are barbarians who have legitimate government. As Las Casas watched the Indians, he concluded that the Indianans weren't barbaric, nor were they stupid,or dull(pg.9). They were in fact very easy to teach and they were willing to learn the Christian religion(pg.9). They were very talented in learning liberal sins and they would accept honor and repent their sins(pg.9). Las Casas saw that they were skilled in mechanical arts, and that they could produce beautiful and graceful needlework, architecture and paintings(pg.9).
The Long-Term Effects Of The Proclamation Of 1763
The colonists felt that the proclamation was a limit to their power and authority in the colonies. In protest, the colonists took to the westward trails, clogging pathways and moving out west. More significant than the immediate effects of the Proclamation of 1763 was what the Proclamation signified. It was the initial sign that England was starting to take an interest in the American colonies again, marking the end of salutary neglect. With this legislation, several decades of virtual independence in the colonies was over and the British began to assert their authority over their colonies.
Paul Revere: A Revolutionary War Hero
Paul Revere was able to use his business smarts to participate in events that helped save communities and people from a British takeover, as well as use his businesses for a cause that was near and dear to his heart - the Revolutionary War. Being the family man he was, he grew his businesses to support his family as well as his country. He wanted to take care of both in a way that would ensure their success for many years to come. However, there are historians who would agree that Paul Revere does not deserve the
Essay On Declaratory Act
Declaratory Act The British colonies and America were bristling under the rule of Britain. They thought the rules and regulations of their government were unfair and left little behind to develop the respective countries. Britain implemented many Acts, including the Declaratory Act, during this time in the 1700s. The colonists eventually boycott them due to their severity. As such, many fought against such Acts, as they did the Stamp Act, which was eventually overturned.
British Rebellion In The 1700s
The British in the 1700s controlled a massive empire all around the world and they knew how to deal with a rebellion, but they had never had a rebellion where former British residents were the rebels. The colonists had a very extreme reaction to a handful of simple taxes the British put in place that were only supposed to help finance the previous wars in North America, most notably the French and Indian War. The British reacted very reasonably against the colonial tax resistance, and the colonists only worsened the situation as they were overreacting about very small taxes. After the British attempted to pass taxes to help finance the recent wars with France, the colonists began on their rampage against any kind of British tax on the goods they bought.
The Boston Tea Party: A Revolutionary Revolution
The Boston Tea Party was an important historical event that occurred due to tensions over authority between the British and American colonists that led up to the Revolutionary War, which enabled the Americans living in the colonies to gain independence from England once and for all. This revolutionary event was an effort by Bostonians to get England to understand the colonists did not want to be taxed by the English parliament anymore without having to get violent. The Boston Tea Party was not an act of terrorism, it was simply a revolutionary rebellion against the Tea Act enforced by England's parliament. The only "violent" act the people of Boston did was dump the British tea into the Boston harbor. The Bostonians did not even use their weapons used to break the crates of the tea to harm any of the other people residing in Boston.
How Did Elizabeth 1 Contribute To The Tudor's Rebellions
She supplied many goods, money and later 12,000 men under the command of the Earl of Leicester. Philip II had many advantages of over throwing Elizabeth, creating calm within religion restoring the Catholic reign, as well as being able to destroy the Dutch Protestants. However, Elizabeth was able to overcome this threat from Philip II and prevent the Spanish Armada from succeeding. Elizabeth was able to create a better tactical navy. Relying on the use of long ranged guns, they never allowed the Spanish to get close enough to them, as well as better trained sailors out-smarting the Spanish.
To What Extent Were Loyalists
They were migrated mostly to Canada because the King of Britain owned it during those American revolutionary war. They also faced the harsh feelings of being doubt by the Americans. They soon felt that they are losing the on well- being a person stepping on the lands of Americans because of being loyal to the king. They may not great decision in life, but they still managed to live their own life as a citizen who could not put disloyal to the King that once promised about their freedom and peaceful life in the new nation.
Why Is The Second Continental Congress Called The List Of Grievances
Claire Turner American History Test I The American Revolution The Second Continental Congress declared independence from Great Britain in 1776 because they were being treated with unfair and unjust taxes and laws. The Second Continental Congress was a representation of the colonists and colonies as a whole, to Britain. In the beginning of the Congress the majority wanted to stay loyal to "The Crown," and make peace with it.
The Merits And Menace Of Mercantilism
Unit 1 Chapter 7 The Road to Revolution The Americans had troubles complying with the new British control after the Seven Years War; they wouldn't pay necessary funds and also had a growing sense of national identity The Deep Roots of Revolution The Americans had a world that they could make their own, thus upraising nationalistic ideas Republicanism: citizens surrendered their selfish demands for the greater good Opposed aristocracy and monarchy "Radical Whigs": warned people to be aware of government corruption and to resist that corruption Americans had grown into a country accustomed to running it's own affairs, so when the British came in 1763 to get a better hold over their colonies, Americans resisted
Massasoit In The New World Analysis
Although, the Pequot War had ended the need for land still remained the main need among the colonist in the New World. This left a great opportunity for Massasoit to gain an upper hand and, continue to gain power by selling his lands to the English. These sells also brought peace between the tribes and the colonists but, this also gave Massasoit more power in the New World. Thus, "…from Massasoit's perspective, his alliance with the English continued to serve him well."
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"Analysis: Texas hasn't seen a Senate underdog like Beto O'Rourke since 2012, when Ted Cruz ran" was first published by The Texas Tribune, a nonprofit, nonpartisan media organization that informs Texans — and engages with them — about public policy, politics, government and statewide issues.
The fight promoters in politics — the media, in other words — are delighted that El Paso U.S. Rep. Beto O'Rourke raised enough money in the past three months to command U.S. Sen. Ted Cruz's attention.
It's the difference, at least for a moment, between a real contest and the Bambi vs. Godzilla races that have marked statewide general elections in Texas for the last umpteen years.
O'Rourke raised $6.7 million from more than 141,000 people during the last three months, according to his campaign. The official report to the Federal Election Commission will land in a few days.
Without an event, an incident or a dynasty to make a candidate famous — Wendy Davis' filibuster, for instance, or George P. Bush's last name — there's only one reliable way to build a public identity: months of intense campaigning and advertising. It costs money to build a brand name. O'Rourke is raising money rapidly enough to raise eyebrows.
It doesn't mean he's going to beat Cruz. Rather, it's a sign that he'll have the financial strength to make voters aware that there's an alternative to the incumbent — that voters will have another name in their head when they go to the polls. That's not enough to win, as people like Hillary Clinton and Mitt Romney can attest. But it's impossible to win otherwise unless the incumbent has made a very public mess of things.
Cruz hasn't done that. In a February University of Texas/Texas Tribune Poll, 73 percent of Democrats said they had unfavorable opinions of Cruz, but 72 percent of Republicans had favorable views of him. At the same time, 58 percent of the voters surveyed had no opinion at all of O'Rourke — a clear sign that the challenger has to make himself known (and a signal to Cruz that O'Rourke is more susceptible to negative advertising than a better-known figure would be).
Cruz has helped, however, by building a large profile going back to his upset Senate win in 2012 followed by his attention-grabbing abilities in the Senate — Dr. Seuss! — and in his unsuccessful run for president in 2016.
The latter, in particular, put the state's junior senator on the public radar. He's been on Republican primary ballots all over the country now, arguably a plus for his money-raising prospects now and for other national campaigns in the future. It also put him on the Democratic radar. He's made deeper impressions with Texas voters than U.S. Sen. John Cornyn, who was first elected in 2002 and is now the second-ranking Republican in that body; in that recent UT/TT Poll, more than 30 percent of voters had neither a positive nor negative impression of the senior senator, while less than 20 percent could say the same of Cruz.
Attention draws attention. O'Rourke's fundraising headlines now and in previous reporting periods in which he outraised Cruz draw attention. Donors pay attention to fundraising totals and small contributor counts like those being brandished by the challenger.
Underdogs are big stories. Cruz, whose first election pitted him against a millionaire lieutenant governor, a Dallas mayor and a former football star, knows something about that. His opponents in 2012 complained about the attention given the upstart in their race, but the audacity of his candidacy was a good story.
People in power aren't crazy about underdog tales, but they usually don't have anything to worry about in the end. Incumbents start with deeper organizations, more money and more established brands. Their supporters know them, and so do their opponents. As long as they can keep the balance in their favors — that's the part about not making big messes — they almost always win.
Still, $6.7 million from 141,000 people is a real surprise. With seven months to go before the election, it's enough to make political people ask a question that the college basketball fans have been asking about their underdogs for the last several weeks.
Analysis: Texas hasn't seen a Senate underdog like Beto O'Rourke since 2012, when Ted Cruz ran By Ross Ramsey April 4, 2018 Editor's note: If you'd like an email notice whenever we publish Ross Ramsey's column, click here. The fight promoters in politics — the media, in other words — are delighted that El Paso U.S. Rep. Beto O'Rourke raised enough money in the past three months to command U.S. Sen. Ted Cruz's attention. It's the difference, at least for a moment, between a real contest and the Bambi vs. Godzilla races that have marked statewide general elections in Texas for the last umpteen years. O'Rourke raised $6.7 million from more than 141,000 people during the last three months, according to his campaign. The official report to the Federal Election Commission will land in a few days. Without an event, an incident or a dynasty to make a candidate famous — Wendy Davis' filibuster, for instance, or George P. Bush's last name — there's only one reliable way to build a public identity: months of intense campaigning and advertising. It costs money to build a brand name. O'Rourke is raising money rapidly enough to raise eyebrows. It doesn't mean he's going to beat Cruz. Rather, it's a sign that he'll have the financial strength to make voters aware that there's an alternative to the incumbent — that voters will have another name in their head when they go to the polls. That's not enough to win, as people like Hillary Clinton and Mitt Romney can attest. But it's impossible to win otherwise unless the incumbent has made a very public mess of things. Cruz hasn't done that. In a February University of Texas/Texas Tribune Poll, 73 percent of Democrats said they had unfavorable opinions of Cruz, but 72 percent of Republicans had favorable views of him. At the same time, 58 percent of the voters surveyed had no opinion at all of O'Rourke — a clear sign that the challenger has to make himself known (and a signal to Cruz that O'Rourke is more susceptible to negative advertising than a better-known figure would be). Cruz has helped, however, by building a large profile going back to his upset Senate win in 2012 followed by his attention-grabbing abilities in the Senate — Dr. Seuss! — and in his unsuccessful run for president in 2016. The latter, in particular, put the state's junior senator on the public radar. He's been on Republican primary ballots all over the country now, arguably a plus for his money-raising prospects now and for other national campaigns in the future. It also put him on the Democratic radar. He's made deeper impressions with Texas voters than U.S. Sen. John Cornyn, who was first elected in 2002 and is now the second-ranking Republican in that body; in that recent UT/TT Poll, more than 30 percent of voters had neither a positive nor negative impression of the senior senator, while less than 20 percent could say the same of Cruz. Attention draws attention. O'Rourke's fundraising headlines now and in previous reporting periods in which he outraised Cruz draw attention. Donors pay attention to fundraising totals and small contributor counts like those being brandished by the challenger. Underdogs are big stories. Cruz, whose first election pitted him against a millionaire lieutenant governor, a Dallas mayor and a former football star, knows something about that. His opponents in 2012 complained about the attention given the upstart in their race, but the audacity of his candidacy was a good story. People in power aren't crazy about underdog tales, but they usually don't have anything to worry about in the end. Incumbents start with deeper organizations, more money and more established brands. Their supporters know them, and so do their opponents. As long as they can keep the balance in their favors — that's the part about not making big messes — they almost always win. Still, $6.7 million from 141,000 people is a real surprise. With seven months to go before the election, it's enough to make political people ask a question that the college basketball fans have been asking about their underdogs for the last several weeks. What if? Disclosure: The University of Texas at Austin has been a financial supporter of The Texas Tribune, a nonprofit, nonpartisan news organization that is funded in part by donations from members, foundations and corporate sponsors. Financial supporters play no role in the Tribune's journalism. Find a complete list of them here.  Read related Tribune coverage Analysis: Why Texas Republicans hope 2018 won't be like 1990 Analysis: Regardless of 2016 Results, Texas GOP Still Enthralled by Cruz For Dewhurst, Sooner is Better in Senate Race "Analysis: Texas hasn't seen a Senate underdog like Beto O'Rourke since 2012, when Ted Cruz ran" was first published at by The Texas Tribune, a nonprofit, nonpartisan media organization that informs Texans — and engages with them — about public policy, politics, government and statewide issues.
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