1.The inspection team (Site Association Committee and Allotments Office) should be aware of any special circumstances relating to a plot holder whose plot is unacceptable, i.e illness. Any information gathered will be dealt with confidentially and each instance will be dealt with on a case by case basis.
2.Following the inspection, which identifies an unacceptable plot, an improvement letter will be sent to the plot holder. This letter will detail the unacceptable criteria. The plot holder is given 21 days during the winter or 14 days in the summer, to rectify the situation and/or explain satisfactorily the reasons for the plot's unacceptable state.
3.After the rectification period and in absence of any improvement or explanatory letter, a final warning letter will be issued, reaffirming the statements in the improvement letter. This letter will require an immediate improvement with 21 days (winter) or 14 days (summer), of the date of issue of this letter, or an explanation as to why the improvement letter was ignored, failing which the lease will be terminated.
4.If there is no immediate improvement or satisfactory explanation, with 21 days (winter) or 14 days (summer), a termination letter will be issued to the plot holder.
5.A plot holder may appeal against the termination within 14 days of the receipt of the termination letter, and will require written support of three of the immediate adjacent plot holders. The appeal should detail the reasons for the lack of improvement and the reasons why the termination letter should be withdrawn.
6.The Allotment Association or Allotments Officer must consider the appeal and reply to the plot holder within 14 days of receipt of the appeal.
7.For the purposes of this procedure summer is from mid March to mid October, and winter mid October to mid March.


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Kaspersky Should Open Source Their Software
Kaspersky Labs, a software firm based in Moscow, and its popular anti-virus software have been under scrutiny of late. The company's software is installed on more than 400 million machines around the world. If there is a 'back door' or other mechanism built into the code that allows for something other than protecting a computer from malware, it would be a serious cause for concern. There doesn't seem to be any hard evidence that such a back-door exists.
However, just this week, the US government removed Kaspersky Labs from their approved vendors list - a resource that several agencies use to determine which software can be used on government computers. This action by the government has been argued to be politically motivated. It has been reported that some Kaspersky Labs' employees were former employees of the KGB. The CEO of the company, Eugene Kaspersky, denies any type of wrongdoing or cooperation with any outside agency or government but does not deny that some of his employees did have these types of connections in the distant past.
Eugene Kaspersky - CEO of Kaspersky Labs
As a user of Kaspersky Labs anti-virus, I don't feel confident I have enough information to determine what is true or false regarding these claims. My gut feeling is Mr. Kaspersky is telling the truth. However, that's not the strongest metric to use when suggesting an anti-virus software to a client.
In addition, I have no desire to spend a lot of time worrying about the security of my 'security software'. Yet, here I am worrying about it.
Situations like these create another argument to make software open source*. If Kaspersky opened the source code to their anti-virus software for anyone to see, lingering concerns by it's users could be substantially alleviated. (There may be be others concerns, such as, if the company shared private user information with undisclosed entities. However, that doesn't necessarily deal with the security of our computers and/or devices but rather our privacy. An important but separate matter.)
Closed source software is, by its very nature, elusive. It doesn't necessarily let you know or see all it's doing. It requires the end users to trust the people behind the software or accept a level of ignorance for computer security and hope for the best.
"Which mechanic would you trust more? The one who lets you stand next to him while he works on your car or the mechanic who insists on working behind closed doors?"
As a firm focused on computer security, Kaspersky Labs could gain trust by opening the garage bay doors. If they invite their customers to 'stand next to them' while they tinker under the hood of our devices, it would give many users a bit more confidence in the safety of their software.
*This article refers to 'open source' as software where the source code is openly available for viewing by anyone who wishes to do so. In other words, you can see what's happening inside the box. Open source does not necessarily mean free, which is a common misunderstanding.
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Lonesome Dove: A New Traveling Exhibition
We are pleased to introduce Lonesome Dove, a new traveling exhibition created by the Wittliff Collections at the Alkek Library, Texas State University, and presented in partnership with Humanities Texas.
Lonesome Dove—Larry McMurtry's epic novel of two aging Texas Rangers who drive a herd of stolen cattle 2,500 miles from the Rio Grande to Montana to found the first ranch there—captured the public imagination and has never let it go. The Lonesome Dove miniseries, which first aired on CBS in 1989, lassoed an even wider audience.
Capturing the sweeping visual imagery of the original miniseries, the Lonesome Dove exhibition presents classic images taken during filming by Bill Wittliff, renowned photographer, writer, and executive producer (with Suzanne De Passe) of Lonesome Dove. The images, however, are worlds apart from ordinary production stills, depicting an extraordinary union of art, literature, and history.
Lonesome Dove is a wall-hanging exhibition that features fifty-five framed and matted sepia tone photographs and is now available for rental through the Humanities Texas traveling exhibitions program. The exhibition will make its debut on September 4 at the Panhandle-Plains Historical Museum in Canyon, Texas, where it will be on display until December 3.
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Gus and Call on the Mesa, © 1988, Bill Wittliff. The Lonesome Dove miniseries stars Robert Duvall as Augustus McCrae and Tommy Lee Jones as Woodrow Call. The Oscar-winning actors portray aging Texas Rangers who lead an epic cattle drive from Texas to Montana in the late 1800s.
Crossing the Rio Grande, © 1988, Bill Wittliff. From the making of the miniseries Lonesome Dove, based on the Pulitzer Prize-winning novel by Larry McMurtry.


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Azul Skies Smiling at Me | Food E.
New York has endless restaurants and it's impossible to keep up with all of them. Restaurants open and close before you even get a chance to peep the menu, so while I try to eat at as many new places as I can, sometimes I cave and end up at old favorites. I've been to Azul on the Lower East Side of Manhattan multiple times (five that I can distinctly recall) and their $19.95 recession special can not be beat: small green salad, 8 oz. skirt steak (tender, juicy, and "holy hell" delicious), mashed or fried potatoes, and a glass of wine. Seriously. Are you on your way there now? You should be.
Azul Argentinian Restaurant Located at 152 Stanton Street (corner of Suffolk and Stanton). The bar serves beer and wine, and beware: vegetarians will NOT like this restaurant. The Argentines like their red meat. My kind of people.
I don't really have to do a Verdict here, do I? I love this restaurant. It was warm out, the doors were open onto the street, pre-smelly-summer breeze was blowing, I had a glass of Malbec in my hand… What was I talking about?
I have to admit I'm not a fan of blood sausage, but everything else was just as it should be. The skirt steak was seared on the outside, juicy and tender on the inside. The chorizo was spiced perfectly and the short ribs had the distinct, salty, beautiful flavor I had hoped for. This was my first foray into sweetbreads and I have to tell you: tastes like chicken.
Oh, and the vanilla bean panna cotta with blueberries? Custard is never my first choice for dessert but this was just what I wanted after the heavy mixed grill: smooth, firm consistency with a light vanilla bean flavor that melted in my mouth. Thanks for dinner, Azul! See you in a couple weeks.


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Lithuanian parliament speaker arrives in Warsaw
Viktoras Pranckietis, the speaker of the Lithuanian parliament, arrived in Warsaw on Wednesday to deliver a speech at the Polish parliament and to meet with its leaders.
Viktoras Pranckietis
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The visit comes amid warming relations between Vilnius and Warsaw, which had been strained in recent years by disagreements over the situation of the Polish ethnic minority in Lithuania.
"My goal is to ensure that people of all nationalities, including Poles, are comfortable in Lithuania being what they are and that they do not have to think that someone is trying to change them, Pranckietis told BNS.
The speaker plans to pay great attention to the situation of the Polish community in Lithuania during his meetings with Poland's politicians and in his speech to the parliament, in which he will also draw attention to the situation of Lithuanians living in the neighboring country.
Other issues to be discussed with Polish politicians include the security situation and joint projects, such as the European-gauge railway Rail Baltica or the planned synchronization of the Baltic power grids with the western European system.
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Before leaving for Warsaw, Pranckietis called on the Seimas to pass during its upcoming spring session a bill that would allow the original spelling of the first and last names of a Lithuanian national on the main page of his or her passport if the person provides a source proving the non-Lithuanian version of the name.
"If it were up to me, this issue would have been solved a long time ago," he said.
Marek Kuchcinski, the Marshal of the Sejm, the lower house of the Polish parliament, visited Lithuania last September and Polish Prime Minister Mateusz Morawiecki is expected to come to Vilnius in March.
The Lithuanian delegation led by Pranckietis was scheduled to have a working lunch with Kuchcinski and other leaders of the Sejm on Wednesday afternoon before attending the opening of an office of the state-owned railway company Lietuvos Geležinkeliai (Lithuanian Railways) and a solemn event marking the centenary of Lithuania's restored statehood at the Warsaw Philharmonic Hall in the evening.
Pranckietis is to deliver his speech at the Polish parliament on Thursday morning. He will be the third speaker of the Lithuanian parliament to do so after Česlovas Juršėnas in 1993 and Vytautas Landsbergis in 1997.
The speaker of the Seimas will later in the day meet with Stanislaw Karczewski, the speaker of the Senate, the upper house of the Polish parliament, and will have lunch with members of the Polish Sejm before leaving for Vilnius.
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I'm reporting on an emergency paging system outage that occurred Thursday.
You can read York County's full statement about it, after the jump:
The York County Department of Emergency Services is taking corrective action following an outage of its paging system. The paging system is used to dispatch fire departments and emergency medical personnel. The paging system failed at approximately 1:15 a.m. Thursday morning. Department of Emergency Services technical staff was immediately notified and were able to restore paging at approximately. 2:10 a.m. The outage lasted approximately 55 minutes. Normally, a failure of the primary paging system would automatically trigger use of a back-up system. However, the back-up system is currently down for repairs. The Department of Emergency Services has ordered the parts required to complete the repair. Emergency Services is also taking action in response to a failure by a staff member to follow protocol in notifying emergency responders of the outage. Such action could include employee discipline and/or retraining. The Department of Emergency Services has a protocol in place to address outages of the paging system. While the system functions correctly more than 99 percent of the time, the Department anticipates infrequent outages. More than 159,783 pages were sent successfully in 2013. During outages, Department of Emergency staff by written protocol is supposed to use automated telephone alerts to notify responders of a paging failure. Responders would be advised to man their stations so they can be dispatched over the telephone. They can also be dispatched over the two-way radio system. An investigation determined the automated telephone notification regarding the outage did not occur. The Department of Emergency Services takes seriously its responsibility to emergency responders and public safety. The failure of the system and our personnel is unacceptable and is being comprehensively addressed.


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The Gayarre Friends of the Opera of Navarre Association (AGAO) was founded on 2 January 1990 to commemorate the death of the famous Navarre-born tenor, Julián Gayarre.
AGAO is a non-profit association mainly aimed at promoting, developing and spreading awareness for lyrical art, in general, and opera, in particular. In order to do so, it organises opera performances and related activities (recitals, conferences, workshops…), supporting and promoting elements of opera of all kinds and, quite particularly, amongst young Navarran singers. All of this is part of an open-ended, plural cultural project which brings opera to everyone.
AGAO carries out its opera activities both at the Gayarre Theatre as well as at the Baluarte Auditorium in Pamplona and organises lyrical recitals in the smallest of towns in Navarre in an effort to spread a love for lyrical art among the largest number of people.
This activity is acknowledged as "Of social interest" pursuant to Foral Decree 118 of 1999, of 19 April (Official Gazette of Navarre no. 59, 12 May).
AGAO is a member of the Association of Theatres, Festivals and Stable Opera Seasons of Spain.


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Hey guys i just bought a kayak and i was wondering what rod and reel set up people were using the most around here and further north ?
I am in Perth for the moment but will be heading north towards exmouth for a few months pretty soon just for fishing and travelling.
I would like to know which set ups i will need.
I have got a 6-10 kg softbaiting rod with a 3000 reel and 16lb braid.
I also want a set up to target bigger fish like spanish mackerel for the moment i have a saragosa 10 000 i am just looking for a rod to match with it.
I dont like having too much rod on the kayak (not more than two). Do you think that i can cover most of the fish with two set ups like this ?
Have recently got a kayak and took it up to Exmouth for my first kayak fishing experience.
2 Rods is all I took to keep it from being too cluttered. Had a plastic on a rod in a holder while fishing another with bait which got some fish. Prob drifting unweighted mulie or gardy etc or slow trolling it will be your Mackie go to, while bait fishing on your plastic rod behind the reef.
One thing I would say is make sure you've got a good plan for how you want to land fish. When I got a Mackie on a plastic when I wasn't targeting them I didn't have a gaff or big net so had to be a bit creative with dealing with it without risking teeth to the fingers. And also how you store fish is key once you get them. I got a fish chiller bag with ice blocks and worked a treat.
PM if you wanna know more. I'm no no means an expert but had a good go on my own up there and happy to pass on other things I learnt in terms of places to launch and strategies to catch fish.
Should do the job for the mackie trolling outfit. Tough as nails and should double for bait/bottom fishing. Second outfit possibly for flicking soft placcies around the reef.
Which Line rating would you recommend for an ugly stick for mackerel ? 8-10kg ? Bigger ?
How about an overhead setup for trolling for mackies ? Like a tld 25 ?


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Preliminary injunction issued against CJ's Diner
Restaurant must abide by public health orders as it seeks to overturn rules
Wednesday, Dec. 9, 2020 6:33 PM
Updated: Wednesday, Dec. 9, 2020 10:08 PM
A preliminary injunction was issued Wednesday against CJ's Diner, requiring it to abide by all public health restrictions applicable to restaurants as long as La Plata County is in Level Red public health status in an effort to minimize the spread of COVID-19.
Jerry McBride/Durango Herald
A preliminary injunction requiring CJ's Diner to comply with all current public health orders in place for restaurants in La Plata County, including a ban on in-person dining, was issued Wednesday.
CJ's Diner did not object to the issuance of the preliminary injunction, and 6th Judicial District Judge William Herringer asked attorneys to work jointly on a case management schedule that would allow CJ's Diner to receive timely hearings as it seeks to prove a ban on in-person dining exceeds the state's legal authority.
"Obviously, it does the defendant no good if the preliminary injunction remains in place, and the case is not brought to a resolution until the public emergency is lifted," Herringer told the lawyers. "We don't want to be on the standard schedule with a normal civil case, so just please, everybody, keep that in mind."
The preliminary injunction will be in place until La Plata County moves out of Level Red restrictions down to less restrictive public health measures.
A news release issued Wednesday by Jerry Martinez, owner of CJ's Diner, said, "The local restrictions are arbitrarily being applied to certain sectors, leaving affected business owners, employees and families without a way to earn (a) living."
CJ's Diner attorney Marian Tone told Judge Herringer the restaurant would abide by all Level Red restrictions applicable as it pursues all legal avenues seeking prompt relief from Level Red restrictions.
The restaurant's news release said, "We are protesting the recent SJBPH order that shut down all indoor dining because of the damage it is doing to our business and community and because we do not believe it is constitutional or legal."
Michael Goldberg, attorney for San Juan Basin Public Health, said trials are taking longer to set up during the COVID-19 pandemic.
"The judge said, let's do what we can to see if we can expedite this work," he said. "So I don't know what the judge is thinking about. But maybe he wants to set this in three or four months for a trial."
La Plata County moved to its Level Red public health order Nov. 20 after a dramatic rise in COVID-19 cases. The Level Red designation limits restaurants to offering only takeout, curbside and delivery services, as well as outdoor dining.
On Dec. 1, CJ's Diner was issued a cease-and-desist order, but the restaurant continued with in-person dining.
On Friday, CJ's was issued a temporary restraining order, but it opened again Saturday. It wasn't until Sunday that Martinez said he would comply with the judge's order.
"We believe that the health department's regulations are not right or fair," Martinez told The Durango Herald on Sunday. "But (Saturday) when I was served the papers by the (La Plata County Sheriff's Office), and it had a judge's signature on it, at this point, we're going to respect that."
CJ's Diner is now offering takeout and delivery as allowed under Level Red restrictions.
After the hearing, Martinez said, "This is really not about CJ's because I believe that we'll be able to survive this to a certain extent. But the reality of it is the majority of restaurants are not going to survive."
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Durango restaurant owners file lawsuit against Polis, health departments
CJ's Diner wants lawsuit thrown out, says regulations are unconstitutional


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Girl Scout troop leader fired over connection with 'satanic' website that writes about serial killers and porn stores
Updated: 19:48 EST, 17 February 2012
A mother-of-two has claimed she was fired from her role as a Girl Scout troop leader for her connection to a 'satanic' website.
Stacy Hintz, 28, led the West Bend troop in Wisconsin Southeast for four years and claims to have an impeccable record in the role.
Yet her husband runs wisconsinsickness.com, which features scantily-clad women in provocative poses and discusses porn stores and serial killers.
Fired: Stacy Hintz was forced out of her role as a Girl Scouts troop leader after including the address of a 'satanic' website - run by her husband - in her emails
The subjects - which also include ghosts and heavy metal music - are at odds with the Girl Scout message and teachings, its leaders claim.
On the website, Hintz's husband Charlie wrote that Stacy's co-leader at the troop found the site and asked her to resign.
When she refused, she received an email from Mary Black, the Chief Program Officer of Girl Scouts of Wisconsin Southeast.
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It said: 'Following an internal review, we are reaffirming the notice of February 9, 2012 removing you from all of your volunteer positions with Girl Scouts of Wisconsin Southeast.
'This action is being taken due to violations of policy, including your endorsement, while in a Girl Scout capacity, of a website service that does not live up to the Girl Scout standards and principles.'
Sickness: The website 'is all about bringing the independent, underground Wisconsin scene together and spreading the sickness like a virus'
Dark: It writes about serial killers, ghosts, porn shops and heavy metal. A section called Cannibelles features scantily-clad women. There is no nudity on the site
The mother-of-two posted 14 videos to YouTube to complain about the treatment. In the clips, she explained how her co-leader eventually stepped down and how five children were pulled from the troop.
Her husband Charlie ranted about the dismissal on the website.
WHAT IS THE WEBSITE?
According to the website's Facebook page:
'Wisconsin Sickness' is created to expose and preserve the dark and disturbing underground world of Wisconsin art in all its forms, including art, film and the world-renown WI metal!
Maybe there''s something in the water. Maybe we've inhaled too much cow s*** and chemical fertilizer. Maybe Wisconsin sits in the center of some strange magnetic anomaly. Maybe we're just bred this way through generations of isolation and boredom.
Whatever the reason, there is a deep and passionate psychosis that runs through the unstable synapses of those of us from Wisconsin, land of serial killers and cannibals.
And we're proud of it.
Wisconsin Sickness is all about bringing the independent, underground Wisconsin scene together and spreading the sickness like a virus.
He wrote: '[The co-leader] claims that, as a big a part of her life as Wisconsin Sickness is, it must ripple into all other parts of life, though she could not name anything in particular besides being late to two meetings... Poor punctuality is not the work of the devil.'
He continued that they are 'good people leading good lives, teaching our children to be strong, compassionate and well-mannered individuals.
'My family is ridiculously poor, yet we continuously strive to help others, living our lives selflessly in pursuit of some greater good.'
Hintz was reportedly well liked by parents and staff, even being chosen to represent the group at a 100-year anniversary convention held in Austin, Texas.
But on one of the videos, she says the mothers are now 'in fear' of her spending time with their children 'all of a sudden'.
Hintz told Wisconsin's Afternoon News that the website should not be the reason for her being forced from the job.
'The only thing that in my personal opinion, I feel should be looked at in this situation, and that should be my performance within Girl Scouts. And it has been completely spotless,' she said.
'I have never once exposed the girls to anything even remotely close to having to do with this other realm of my life.'
Popular: Hintz was reportedly well liked by parents and staff at the Wisconsin Southeast troop, which she had led for four years (file picture)
But Tracy Wayson, spokesperson for Girl Scouts of Wisconsin Southeast said that Hintz's achievements on the job was not important.
She said: 'We didn't look into her performance at all...That was not the focus of our fact finding mission.'
Wayson said Hintz was removed from her position as she included links to Wisconsin Sickness in emails about official Girl Scouts business.
'What we really need to step in on is when those personal activities seep into their role as a Girl Scout volunteer, and in this case, that's what happened,' she said.
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Girl Scout troop leader Stacy Hintz fired over connection with 'satanic' website


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Kanda Myojin Jinja, Tokyo, c. 1910.
1910s • Neighborhoods (Misc) • Notable Landmark • Religious
Tagged with: Kanda, Kanda Myojin, Shinto
"The Shinto temple of Kanda (commonly known as Kanda Mio-jin) stands in the Miyamoto-cho at the back of the Seido Public Library. The gods worshipped here are O-na-muchi (the aboriginal deity of the country, who is said to have resigned his throne in favour of the Mikado's ancestors when they descended from heaven) and Sukuna-bikona, his adopted brother.
"The temple was founded in 730 on a site now inside the Kanda-bashi in honour of O-na-muchi alone. In the 13th century it was restored by Yii-gio Sho-nin, and the rebel Masnkado was joined with the other god as an object of worship. In 1603 it was removed to Suruga Dai, and 13 years later to its present site, then called Yu-shima, but retained its title of Kanda Mio-jin from its original site … The buildings have often been burnt down and rebuilt since 1606. The entrance is by two torii and a gate built in the style known as hafu-dzukuri, whose gray wood contrasts prettily with the fastenings in metal work.
"The temple is in the Rio-bu Shin-to style, of red painted wood, ornamented with gold; and though of late years all such Buddhist decorations as were moveable have been put out of sight, there still remain the panelling of the ceiling, the handsome carving of the screen which divides the oratory (hai-den) from the ante-chamber (nuka no ma), and the paintings round the walls of the latter by Kano Yoshi-nobu. The altar sparkles with gold, and the ceiling above it is decorated with dragons from the hand of Kano Ei-sen."
– A Handbook for Travellers in Central & North Japan, by Ernest Mason Satow & Lieutenant A.G.S. Hawes, 1881
From the wiki: "Kanda Shrine [Kanda-myōjin] is a Shinto shrine located in Kanda, Tokyo. The shrine dates back 1,270 years, but the current structure was rebuilt several times due to fire and earthquakes. Kanda Shrine was an important shrine to both the warrior class and citizens of Japan, especially during the Edo period, when the first Tokugawa shogun, Ieyasu, paid his respects at Kanda Shrine.
"Kanda Shrine was first built in the second year of the Tenpyō Era (730 AD), in the fishing village of Shibasaki, near the modern Ōtemachi district. In order to accommodate the expansion of Edo Castle, the shrine was later moved to the former Kanda ward in 1603, then moved once again to its modern site on a small hill near Akihabara in 1616.
"The three major kami enshrined are Daikokuten, Ebisu, and Taira no Masakado. As Daikokuten and Ebisu both belong to the Seven Gods of Fortune, Kanda Shrine is a popular place for businessmen and entrepreneurs to pray for wealth and prosperity.
"Taira no Masakado, however, was a samurai who rebelled against the Heian government, and was later elevated to the status of kami out of reverence. He is an important figure in the shrine's history. After his death in 940, his head was separated from his body and delivered to the Shibaraki area, near the shrine's location today. Locals who respected his defiance enshrined him in Kanda Shrine, and his spirit is said to watch over the surrounding areas. It was rumored that when his shrine fell into disrepair, Masakado's angry spirit wrought natural disasters and plagues upon the nearby lands. It is also said that shogun Tokugawa Ieyasu felt uncomfortable to have his castle built close to such a powerful spirit, and so decided to move Kanda Shrine to its modern location.
"During the Meiji period (1868-1912), the emperor was faced with public pressure to include Kanda Shrine in the Tokyo Ten Shrines, but hesitated to do so because of the shrine's association with Masakado, who was seen as an anti-government figure. This was temporarily resolved by removing Taira no Masakado as an enshrined kami. However, Masakado's spirit proved so popular amongst the commoners, that it was symbolically returned to the shrine after WWII."


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The Talk is a talk show created by actress Sara Gilbert, who also serves as the executive producer. The show premiered on October 18, 2010, and airs on CBS as a part of CBS Daytime. Along with Gilbert, the show originally featured Julie Chen as the moderator, Leah Remini, Holly Robinson Peete, and Sharon Osbourne discussing the day's latest headlines while usually tying in the show's theme of motherhood or at least parenthood, such as by giving their opinions "through the eyes of mothers". It also contains celebrity interviews and segments for mothers and/or parents in general.
On January 29, 2013, The Talk was renewed for a fourth season.
In December 2009, it was announced that CBS was cancelling As the World Turns, and was looking for a replacement to air in its timeslot. Sara Gilbert, after drinking a box of wine and watching The View, approached CBS about producing a pilot that would feature six women talking about the day's headlines with opinions told through "the eyes of mothers." Along with Gilbert, the first confirmed co-host was Holly Robinson Peete. In April, it was announced that actress Leah Remini (best known from the popular CBS sitcom The King of Queens) and Big Brother hostess Julie Chen (whose husband, Leslie Moonves, is president and CEO of CBS Corporation) would also be starring in the pilot. Two months later, Marissa Jaret Winokur confirmed that she would also be starring in the pilot. In late June, former talk show hostess and America's Got Talent judge Sharon Osbourne had been confirmed to be joining the program.
On July 21, 2010, it was announced that CBS had picked up the show, therefore beating out several other contenders, including a cooking show featuring Emeril Lagasse, Say It Now, a talk show featuring Valerie Bertinelli and Rove McManus, and a newly-revamped version of the hit game show Pyramid, hosted by Andy Richter.
In the four weeks prior to the show's debut, new episodes of The Price Is Right and Let's Make a Deal as well as repeats of The Young and the Restless aired in the vacated As the World Turns timeslot.
Marissa Jaret Winokur was originally featured as the "mother on the street", dealing with issues like taking her toddler on an airplane, talking with kids about sex, talking to parents about the "terrible twos", etc.; however, she departed from the series mid-season over lack of airtime. Both she and producers of the show came to the decision amicably.
On August 26, 2011, it was announced that original co-host Leah Remini had been released from the show. On September 2, 2011, it was confirmed that Holly Robinson Peete had been released from the show as well.
Comedienne Sheryl Underwood joined the panel as a co-host on September 6, 2011, and Aisha Tyler's addition to the panel was announced on October 23, 2011.
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Season synopsis
Season 1 (2010"11)
Season 1 premiered on October 18, 2010. The show debuted on CBS at 2 pm ET, replacing As the World Turns. The first week of shows featured several celebrity guests, including model Christie Brinkley, singer/actress Jennifer Lopez, actress/director Chandra Wilson, actress/author Jamie Lee Curtis, and former South Carolina first lady Jenny Sanford.
On January 14, 2011 Marissa Jaret Winokur reported that she would not be returning to the show in 2011. In an exclusive statement, Brad Bessey, executive producer of The Talk, told People magazine, "We think the world of Marissa as a creative talent, on-air personality and super mom. This is a mutual decision based on time, not talent."
When America's Got Talent resumed filming on March 2, 2011, Osbourne's daughter Kelly Osbourne began filling in for her on a substitute basis, as the show's first substitute host.
Season 2 premiered on Tuesday, September 6, the day after Labor Day. Holly Robinson Peete and Leah Remini would not have their Season 2 contract options "picked up" according to CBS. Molly Shannon was the guest co-host for September. Joining that fall, as a new panelist, was comedienne Sheryl Underwood. On October 24, 2011, it was announced that Aisha Tyler would join as a new co-host.
As of May 9, 2012, the talk show has been nominated for three Daytime Emmys for the 39th Daytime Emmy Awards, including the Daytime Emmy Award for Outstanding Talk Show Entertainment. Also during this season, The Talk made two trips to New York City, broadcasting live for one week on each trip. The first trip garnered some criticism for placing some audience members inside and some outside the studio. Beginning with the second trip, the show commenced to be taped in a studio that was similar to its LA studio, with the audience entirely inside.
Season 3 (2012–13)
The third season officially started on September 10, 2012. It began by introducing each of the co-hosts without their make-up and dressed in robes. The audience were dressed in robes and without their make-up as well. All of the co-hosts were shown beside pictures when make-up has been applied. The guests, also participating, were Jamie Lee Curtis, Michelle Stafford and Melody Thomas Scott (both from The Young and The Restless), and Katherine Kelly Lang (from The Bold and the Beautiful). This season "The Talk" returned to NYC for another special week of shows, this time teaming up with "Toys For Tots" and asking all guests and audience members to bring one new unwrapped toy to donate. As part of the donation drive, Hasbro donated $15,000 worth of toys. Jonny Lee Miller and Lucy Liu (who appeared on "The Talk" in support of their CBS series "Elementary") donated $10,000 worth of toys on behalf of their entire cast and crew. It was also announced during this week of shows that "The Talk" will be broadcasting another special week of shows, this one from New Orleans, Louisiana in order to help promote CBS's coverage of the Super Bowl. That week of shows will air the week immediately before the Super Bowl on CBS.
It has been confirmed on March 18, 2013 that Sheryl Underwood, Sharon Osbourne, and Julie Chen will be returning for a fourth season of The Talk. Aisha Tyler and Sara Gilbert will not be returning after the third season ends and will be replaced, respectively, by actress/comedienne Yvette Nicole Brown and actress Ali Wentworth.
Critical reviews
Linda Stasi from the New York Post said, "This mommy-answer to The View is a somewhat dumbed-down version of The View (something heretofore unthinkable) except here the panel - Julie Chen, Sara Gilbert, Sharon Osbourne, Holly Robinson Peete, Leah Remini, and Marissa Jaret Winokur - discuss traditional "women's topics" i.e. kids, cooking and such". A review from Matthew Gilbert of The Washington Post said, "The Talk [is] an hour of plastic blatherers pretending to be microcosm of American women".
Criticism has been directed towards co-host Remini, accused of being too loud and obtrusive. On one episode, it was stated that she had received a significant amount of negative tweets about it via Twitter. Remini addressed the issue on the air, stating that she refuses to change who she is and that thousands of fans like her for who she is. Her co-hosts supported her response.
The Talk was parodied on Saturday Night Live on March 12, 2011. Remini was played by Abby Elliott, Osbourne was played by Nasim Pedrad, Gilbert was played by Vanessa Bayer, and Chen was played by Kristen Wiig. Holly Robinson Peete was not parodied in the sketch, said to have been on vacation. Disapproving of being left out of the sketch, Robinson criticized SNL for having no black female cast members to impersonate black women.
2010 Marie Claire controversy
During the week of October 25, 2010, The Talk co-hosts discussed a commentary blog posted by Marie Claire magazine, in which one of the magazine's writers took issue with a new sitcom: Mike & Molly, because the show focused on a "plus-size" couple. Outraged by the writer's perspective, Sharon Osbourne called the writer a "bitch." Billy Gardell, one of the stars of Mike & Molly, appeared on the show on November 1, 2010, to address the matter.
2011 Kieu case
In July 2011 The Talk panelists, with the exception of Sara Gilbert, were criticized for their conduct when discussing the alleged crimes of Catherine Kieu. Osbourne described Kieu's cutting off of her husband's penis and then throwing it in the garbage disposal as "quite fabulous." She and the others were widely criticized for this particularly by men's rights advocates who responded by boycotting the program. Only Sara Gilbert objected to the laughter, calling it "sexist." On July 19, Osbourne discussed her behavior, stating between spurts of laughter that she was "sorry that she offended people" and claiming that she did "not condone genital mutilation" but that only increased the anger of men's rights advocates and their boycott of the program.
Remini & Robinson-Peete dismissals
After serving on The Talk for its first season, Leah Remini and Holly Robinson Peete were both unceremoniously let go. Failure to ever disclose why the two were released or even make mention of them brought a great deal of audience criticism of the show, as well as protests from the stars' fans. While there was much speculation that their former Talk co-host Julie Chen had involvement in the decision, as she's married to the CBS President and CEO, Leslie Moonves, it was Sharon Osbourne who explained their dismissals in December of 2011 on The Howard Stern Show, stating:
"Some people don't really know who they are, and you have to know who you are when you're in something like this. You can't pretend to be something you're not. You have to know your brand. You can't be all things to everyone." Additionally, Osbourne commented on the failure to let Remini and Peete know why they were let go, stating "Why should we call them to discuss?"
In March of 2012, a heavily publicized Twitter dispute ignited between Remini and Osbourne when Remini fired back at Osbourne for her comments on The Howard Stern Show. In response to questions from her Twitter followers, Remini tweeted: "Ask Sharon. She had us fired," and "Sharon made it happen and i guess ppl who still watch her make it happen? Sharon thought me and Holly were 'Ghetto', (her words) we were not funny, awkward and didn't know ourselves? Haters Gon' Hate. True. But, Haters have the balls to say they 'Hate'...not call themselves your friend. she had us fired all the while calling me and holly her friend. heartbreaking. Yes. she had us fired she told howard stern. explains why she never called us back." In response, Osbourne tweeted:
"I had absolutely nothing to do with her departure from the show & have no idea why she continues to take to Twitter to spread this false gossip. Leah knows that I have never been in the position to hire or fire anyone on the show. That being said, my only wish is that Leah would just stop all this negative, unprofessional and childish behavior. It's been seven months. . .it's time to move on. Leah is a very talented actress and I only wish her happiness and success. I know that better things are to come if she can just get beyond this negativity." Remini tweeted back that she had no intention of keeping quiet and that Osbourne: "just wants publicity out of this. If someone wants me to stop, they should call a lawyer and tell them what I am NOT telling the truth about. We can go from there." In an additional tweet on the matter, Remini wrote: "I will not respond to Sharon BUT only to say this, IF she wanted to clear it up she has my number & has had ALL this time and didn't use it. Not even to say she was sorry. So to Sharon I say... Well done Sharon, you won. I will move on now as you suggested. And so should u. Be at Peace."
The debut episode of The Talk was number one in its timeslot in 20 of the 56 markets. However, as of October 2011, The Talk averaged 1.83 million viewers per episode, a 25% decrease from As the World Turns's ratings the previous year.
By June 2012, however, The Talk averaged 1.7/6 in households, 2.29 million viewers, 1.1/7 in women 25-54 and 0.8/5 in women 18-49. The women 25-54 rating was The Talk's highest since the week ending Feb. 17, while the women 18-49 rating was the best since the week ending May 4. Compared to the same week last year, The Talk was up +21% in households (from 1.4/4), +24% in viewers (from. 1.85m), +38% in women 25-54 (from 0.8/5) and +33% in women 18-49 (from 0.6/4).
International broadcasts
In Australia, The Talk began broadcasting on August 6, 2012 on Network Ten, as a replacement for controversially axed local talk show The Circle. The Talk rates lower than the former local offering, achieving just 29,000 viewers on August 15 compared to the axed show's 39,000 two months earlier, and well below rival programs Channel Seven's The Morning Show and Channel Nine's Mornings which rated 200,000 and 119,000 viewers respectively.
In Canada, The Talk airs simultaneously on Global TV and on NTV in Newfoundland and Labrador.
In South Africa, The Talk began broadcasting on April 1, 2011 in the 1:00 PM timeslot on MNet.
In the Philippines, the program airs on Talk TV.
In the Czech Republic, The Talk airs on Prima Love.
In New Zealand, The Talk began broadcasting on January 23, 2012 on TV3.
In The Arab World The Talk airs on MBC 4
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Maghrib at Kampong Gelam
There is no better time of day than maghrib, or sunset, to take in Kampong Gelam. The winding down of the day in Singapore's old royal quarter is accompanied by an air of calm brought by the strains of the azan – the Muslim call to prayer, and, as it was the case last evening, made a much greater joy by a colouring of the evening sky.
Masjid Sultan against the evening sky.
Viewed against that dramatic backdrop, Masjid Sultan – the area's main landmark – looked especially majestic. The golden dome topped National Monument, Singapore's principal mosque, stands just a stone-throw's away from the former Istana Kampong Gelam. Erected by Sultan Hussein Shah's heir Ali, the istana or palace, served little more than a symbolic seat of power which Hussein had all but relinquished in signing the Treaty of Friendship and Alliance in 1824. Now the Malay Heritage Centre, the istana is a showcase of the Malay world's culture and a reminder perhaps of the last days and lost glory of a once mighty Johor-Riau-Lingga Empire.
Istana Kampong Gelam.
More on Masjid Sultan and Istana Kampong Gelam and the Johor Empire can be found at the following posts:
A Ramandan trail at the Sultan's Mosque
The palace of an Empire lost
The mysterious peaks we sing about in Di Tanjong Katong
Masjid Sultan.
Tags: Azan, Call to Prayer, Colours of Sunset, Istana Kampong Glam, Kampong Gelam, Kampong Glam, Maghrib, Masjid Sultan, National Monument, Photography, Singapore, Sultan's Mosque, Sunset
Categories : Architecture, Forgotten Places, Heritage Sites, Kampong Glam, Photography, Photography Series, Singapore, Sunsets
Celebrating France in Singapore
The contributions of the French to Singapore cannot be understated. Their connections go back to Raffles' arrival in 1819. With him on the Indiana were two French nationals, Pierre-Médard Diard and Alfred Duvacel, naturalists whom Raffles met in Calcutta – whose renderings and documentation of the region's flora and fauna were among the first to be made. The French would bring Catholic missionaries – responsible not just for building churches such as the Cathedral of the Good Shepherd, but also schools that are now well established.
Much later, it was towards the French that Mrs Pamelia Lee of the then Singapore Tourist Promotion Board would turn to for conservation expertise – resulting in the involvement of Chief Architect and Inspector of Historical Monuments in France, Mr Didier Repellin, in the restoration of No 53 Armenian Street – an effort that would extend to conservation projects such as CHIJMES and the structuring of our heritage strategy. This cooperation was celebrated on Armenian Street this morning – as part of the commemoration of 30 years of conservation in Singapore as part of Architectural Heritage season and in conjunction with the French cultural festival Violah! – for which, a plaque was unveiled by His Excellency, Mr Marc Abensour, the Ambassador of France to Singapore and the Urban Redevelopment Authority's Ms Hwang Yu-Ning, Chief Planner and Deputy CEO.
Also unveiled today is an exhibition of twenty photographs from Mr Paul Piollet collection of close to 1000 photographs donated to Singapore on the National Museum front lawn. Taken over three decades from the 1970s, the photos are a record of life and a way of life of a Singapore in transition. The many images of wayangs, the life that went on backstage, elaborate Chinese funerals and of life on Singapore's living streets, boats and maritime exchanges with the Indonesian Archipelago are full of life. Many also show streets filled with children – something we seem to see a lot less of in the Singapore of today. The exhibition runs until 16 December 2019.
Paul Piollet's images of the maritime trade with Indonesia – in this case showing bakau poles being offloaded – capture a world now lost to us.
Mr Didier Repellin, Mrs Pamelia Lee, His Excellency Mr Marc Abensour, and Ms Hwang Yu-Ning.
Mr Kelvin Ang, Mr Alvin Tan, Mr Didier Repellin, Mrs Pamelia Lee, His Excellency Mr Marc Abensour, Ms Hwang Yu-Ning and Mr Liu Thai Ker.
The plaque unveiled this morning.
Mr Paul Piollet, His Excellency Mr Marc Abensour, and Ms Hwang Yu-Ning on the National Museum Front Lawn.
Mr Paul Piollet with His Excellency Mr Marc Abensour on the National Museum Front Lawn.
Mr Paul Piollet presenting a book of his photographs to His Excellency Mr Marc Abensour.
Exhibition panels for Mr Paul Piollet's photographs.
Video mapping by French Artist Julien Nonnon – inspired by the work of Diard and Duvacel, "Revisiting Diard and Duvacel" on Armenian Street from 8 to 11 Nov as part of Violah!
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A new garden of Silly Fun
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The residents included a racing legend Mr. Looi. The Looi's ran Looi Motors, a motorcycle shop that was located at the current road entrance to the park, along with Thai Handicraft and the family of Mr. Han Wai Toon. More on the Hainanese village, the area's rambutan orchards and the Silly Fun Garden (where a stash of valuable works of Chinese painter Xu Beihong including "Put Down Your Whip", which fetched a record price for a Chinese art work of US$9.2 million in 2007 and "Silly Old Man Moves a Mountain" – sold for US$4.12 million in 2006), can be found at :
Tigers, elephants, rambutans and Xu Beihong in a garden of foolish indulgences.
With the granddaughter of Han Wai Toon, Rose, who has authored soon-to-be-launched book on Han Wai Toon's orchard.
Mr Desmond Lee, Minister for Social and Family Development and Second Minister for National Development, with a motorcycle racing legend Mr. Looi, whose family ran Looi Motors, a motorcycle shop and a Thai Handicraft shop close to where the entrance to the park now is.
Bricks salvaged from the remnants of the village, used to cover potholes in the existing road. NParks did as little intervention as possible and repaired the village roads, originally built by the villagers, for use as trail paths.
A blue-rumped parrot seen in the park. The park is rich in fauna and is a key conservation site for the critically endangered Raffles' Banded Langur.
Entrance to the home of the Hans – the family behind Hans Cake Shop.
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Tags: Garden of Foolish Indulgences, Gerry Looi, Han Rambutan Orchard, Han Wai Toon, Jalan Belang, Lorong Pelita, Ming Dynasty Tomb, Old Upper Thomson Road, Photography, Put Down Your Whip, Rambutan Cultivation, Reminders of Yesterday, Rural Singapore, Silly Fun Garden, Singapore, Singapore Grand Prix, Thai Handicraft, Thomson Nature Park, Thomson Road Circuit, Upper Thomson Road, Xu Beihong
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The formal surrender of Japanese forces in Southeast Asia in photographs
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A wonderful set of photographs of the surrender in Singapore – plus a couple from the arrival of a delegation of Japanese senior officers to discuss the surrender in August 1945 in Mingaladon Airfield in Rangoon, popped up on On a Little Street in Singapore. The photographs, which were posted by Ian Hepplewhite and were part of his father's collection, are shared here with his kind permission.
Formal Surrender of Japan in Southeast Asia, 12 September 1945
(Lord Louis Mountbatten, Supreme Allied Commander of South East Asia Command, received the formal surrender of the Japanese forces in Southeast Asia from General Seishirō Itagaki on behalf of Field Marshal Count Hisaichi Terauchi, the Supreme Commander of Southern Command of the Japanese Imperial Army)
"This is the series of pictures I have of my father's showing the Japanese surrender to Mountbatten. I do have other images of Singapore from that time people may have already seen" – Ian Hepplewhite, on On a Little Street in Singapore.
Shared with the kind permission of Ian Hepplewhite.
Mingaladon Airfield, August 1945
Japanese senior officers arriving at Mingaladon airfield in Rangoon (Yangon) Burma (Myanmar) to discuss surrender – shared with the kind permission of Ian Hepplewhite.
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37 Emerald Hill Road to be conserved
It seems that three buildings of the former Singapore Chinese Girls' School (SCGS) campus at 37 Emerald Hill Road is to be conserved. The campus, used in the interim by Chatsworth International School, features two buildings from the early 20th century as well as the additions of more recent times.
The Song Ong Siang Block, the newest of the buildings that the URA proposes to conserve.
A view over Emerald Hill Road, much of which was gazetted as a conservation area in 1989. The former SCGS was not then included in the conservation area.
The three buildings, assessed to be of high historical and architectural significance, are the Main Block built in 1925, the Principal's House built in 1930, as well as the Song Ong Siang Block. Built in 1956 and fronting Emerald Hill Road, the Song Ong Siang Block is named after one of the school's founders, and has served as the face of the school for many. The older buildings were designed by architecture firm Messrs. S. Y. Wong and Co. – the architects for the New World – on English and American principles".
Once an area in which a jungle of trees that yielded a spice that was worth more than its weight in gold, the area is now dominated by a concrete jungle put to use in mining the gold of the new age.
Founded in 1899, the school occupied a site at the corner of Hill and Coleman Streets (now occupied by the extension to the Central Fire Station) prior to moving to Emerald Hill late in 1925. It is regarded as a pioneer in the provision of education to Straits-born Chinese girls. The Emerald Hill site, previously owned by Dr. Lim Boon Keng, was bought for a sum of 50,000 Straits Dollars in 1924 by the Straits Settlements Government for the school. The school was granted a 99-year lease for the site in exchange for the its Hill Street premises, and occupied the site until it moved to Dunearn Road in 1994.
The 1930's built Principal's quarters.
The school, which was renamed Emerald Hill Girls' School in the early part of the Japanese Occupation, was said to have also been used as a comfort station. This has not been verified, although it is known that several other buildings in the area were put to such use. The Sakura Club, was one known comfort station at Emerald Hill Road. Another, the Nanmei-Soo, which was identified as a comfort station in Goh Sin Tub's "The Nan-Mei-Su of Emerald Hill, was reportedly more of a ryotei – a restaurant. The Nanmei-Soo reportedly employed hostesses to provide services beyond serving food and drink. This operated out of the ex-Hollandse Club at 30 Cairnhill Road.
The front view of the Main Block, built in 1925.
The decision to conserve the three buildings, comes on the back of a community effort driven by former students of SCGS, "Keep 37 Emerald Hill". The effort saw various proposals put forward for the reuse of the buildings in a manner that the history of the site is not lost.
The main block as seen from the back.
Another view of the front of the Main Block.
The Song Ong Siang Block.
The Main Block as seen from the Song Ong Siang Block. The Lee Kong Chian Block, an addition in the 1970s seen on the right of the Main Block is not one of the three being proposed for conservation.
Stairway in – if I remember correctly – the Song Ong Siang Block.
Another view towards the Lee Kong Chian Block.
The Principal's Quarters.
Tags: 37 Emerald Hill Road, Architecture, Comfort Station, Conservation, Keep 37 Emerald Hill, Old Places, Reminders of Yesterday, Singapore, Song Ong Siang, State Property
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Discovering the former Kallang Airport
A Discovering Singapore's Best Kept Secrets visit organised with the support of the Singapore Land Authority (SLA).
The event is fully subscribed.
More information on the series of State Property visits can be found at this link: Discovering Singapore's Best Kept Secrets.
Constructed on land reclaimed from the swampy Kallang, Rochor and Geylang river estuary, Kallang Aerodrome had the reputation of being "the peer of any in the world". As Singapore's very first civil airport, it bore witness to several of Singapore's aviation milestones. The visit provides the opportunity to view the site through a guided walk and is supported by the Singapore Land Authority. Among the highlights will be a visit to the airport's streamline-moderne former terminal building and its control tower.
When and where:
7 September 2019, 10 am to 11.30 am
9 Stadium Link, Singapore 397750
Participants must be of ages 18 and above.
A unique registration is required for each participant (do note that duplicate registrations will count as one).
Registration shall be made using the form at this link (closed).
A confirmation will be sent to the email address used in registration to all successful registrants one week prior to the visit. This email will confirm your place and also include instructions pertaining to the visit. Please ensure that the address entered on the form is correct.
The Streamline Moderne Terminal Building of the former Kallang Airport.
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Categories : Architecture, Architecture, Discovering Singapore's Best Kept Secrets, Heritage Sites, Heritage Trails, Kallang, Photography, Singapore, State Property Visits, Unseen Singapore
A sneak peek at Maxwell Chambers Suites
I had the opportunity to pay the soon to be opened Maxwell Chambers Suites a visit, thanks to a Ministry of Law (MinLaw) organised guided visit. I must say that the former Traffic Police Headquarters turned design museum looks resplendent in its transformation, having morphed over a period of two-years into an extension of Maxwell Chambers. Maxwell Chambers is the world's first integrated dispute resolution complex right next door that is housed in the former Customs House. The extension, which is set to open on 8 August, will help cement Singapore's position as a hub for international dispute resolution.
Windows from the past with reflections of the future – at the former Traffic Police HQ turned dispute resolution complex.
The conserved building has, both literally and metaphorically, had quite a colourful past. Completed early in 1930 as the Police "D" Division headquarters and barracks, a corner of it was used to house the Traffic Branch. The new Division HQ cum barrack block had been built during the decade-long effort to modernise and bring greater professionalism to the Straits Settlements Police Force. The effort, the brainchild of the force's Inspector General, Harold Fairburn, came in days when "Sin-galore" might have seemed as appropriate a name for the municipality as Singapore. The force was reorganised, expanded and better trained – with the construction of the new Police Training School (old Police Academy). New and modern facilities were also built, including police stations and barracks to house the expanded police force.
The gorgeously decorated Business Centre at Maxwell Chambers Suites.
The re-organisation also saw the Traffic Branch (as the Traffic Police in its infancy was known as) move from Central Police Station to the new station and barrack building at Maxwell Road. The Traffic Branch, and later the Traffic Police, would maintain an almost unbroken association with the building until 1999. That was when the Traffic Police made a move to it current home at Ubi Ave 3.
Standing tall – the former traffic police headquarters seen in new light against the backdrop of Singapore's tallest building.
The dreaded driving test would be on the minds of many of the older folks when the Traffic Police HQ is mentioned. The process of obtaining a driving licence here, required the prospective driver to pay Maxwell Road a visit or two. This arrangement lasted until December 1968, after the Registry of Vehicles (ROV) took over the conduct of driving tests and built a second test centre in Queenstown. Tests continued to the conducted at Maxwell Road until May 1978.
The rear façade of the building where the communal barrack kitchens were arranged on the upper floors and next to which was the compound where the "test circuit" was set up.
The version of the building that is probably etched in the minds of most would be the incarnation that had many of us see red – as the "red dot Traffic Building" and the home of the Red Dot Design Museum. The museum open in 2005 and was housed in the building until it was acquired by MinLaw in 2017.
As the Red Dot Traffic Building, which housed the Red Dot Design Museum from 2005 to 2017.
Interestingly, it does seem that it wasn't just as the Red Dot that the building may have attracted attention due to its colour scheme. The building's conservation architect, Mr. Ho Weng Hin, in sharing about how the current colour scheme was selected also revealed that its initial coat was a mustard-like yellow with green accents. This may have been in keeping with the Art Deco influences of the day. The colours have certainly mellowed over the years and it is in keeping with the colour schemes of its latter years as a police building that its current colour scheme was selected.
Maxwell Chambers Suites has had its colour restored to reflect the colour scheme of the late 20th century Traffic Police Building.
As with several other urban street-side police barrack buildings of the era, Maxwell Chambers Suites' façade displays an orderly array of wooden framed windows. These, along with the original cast iron gutters also on its face, have been painstakingly restored. A discovery that was made during the restoration pointed to the origin of the gutters, which was a well-established Glaswegian foundry named Walter MacFarlane and Co. With its openings now sealed with glass, the restored wooden windows have been left in an "opened" position. It will be interesting to note how air-conditioning intake vents have been quite creatively placed in the upper (top- opening) sections of the wooden windows – arranged to give the impression that some of the upper window sections have been opened quite randomly.
Vents are arranged to give an impression that the top opening sections of the exterior windows have been opened in a random manner.
Inside the building, offices, meeting rooms and an beautifully decorated business centre – for the use of visiting legal practitioners – now occupy spaces that had originally been the homes of policemen and their families or service spaces such as communal kitchens. These are laid out around an internal courtyard that had also been restored. Part of the courtyard was closed for use by the museum proper during the buildings Red Dot days. Courtyards are a feature of many of the civic buildings of the era and were used to maximise light and ventilation. In the case urban police barrack buildings, they also provide privacy to the living spaces from the public streets.
The courtyard.
The opening of Maxwell Chambers Suites is timed to coincide with the Singapore Convention Week (3 – 9 August), the week when Singapore will witness the signing of the Singapore Convention on Mediation – the first United Nations treaty to be named after Singapore on 7 August. The Convention will provide for the cross-border enforcement of mediated settlement agreements and will give businesses greater certainty that mediated settlement agreements can be relied upon to resolve cross-border commercial disputes. More on Maxwell Chamber Suites can be found at this link.
Once barrack rooms.
A mural depicting the memories of a traffic policeman – of floods when the Singapore River spilled over.
Mr Ho Weng Hin pointing out the MacFarlane trademark on the cast iron gutter.
The Walter MacFarlane trademark.
A cornice-like feature – once part of an opened roof deck at the building's rear and now part of an enclosed space.
A meeting room on an upper floor with a reflection of the office spaces across the courtyard.
An upward view from the courtyard.
Restored windows in the bulding's rear seen in a new light.
Another look at the building's front.
What would once have been communal kitchens in the building's rear – with prefab plaster canopy hoods.
Inside Maxwell Chambers (the Former Customs House)
The iconic Cavenagh Room under the dome of Maxwell Chambers (the former Customs House). Maxwell Chambers Suites has been linked to Maxwell Chambers by a link bridge.
Stairway to heaven.
Maxwell Chambers Suites in its time as the Red Dot Traffic Building
Linda Black's depiction of Venus – at Chairity, an event held at the Red Dot Design Museum in 2012 that was graced by the late Mr. S. R. Nathan in his capacity as the President of Singapore.
Tags: Architecture, Conservation, Conserved Buildings, Driving Tests, Maxwell Chambers, Maxwell Chambers Suites, Maxwell Road, Ministry of Law, MinLaw, Photography, Red Dot Design Museum, Red Dot Traffic Building, Restoration, Singapore, Singapore Convention on Mediation, Singapore Convention Week, Traffic Police HQ, Windows into the Past
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Popsockets' summer 2017 campaign shot by Denver-based advertising photographer Joe Friend.
Isidori Handbags SS17 campaign shot by Denver-based advertising and fashion photographer Joe Friend.
Popsockets 2017 campaign shot by Denver-based advertising and fashion photographer Joe Friend.
Popsockets 2017 campaign shot by Denver-based advertising photographer Joe Friend.
Twig Hair Salon 2017 campaign photographed by Denver-based advertising and fashion photographer Joe Friend.


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Home / Live / Brand Licensing Europe relocates to London ExCeL amid UBM 'big growth plans for the European show'
Brand Licensing Europe relocates to London ExCeL amid UBM 'big growth plans for the European show'
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Brand Licensing Europe is relocating to London's ExCeL next year as part of UBM's strategy to evolve the show and attract more European licensees, retailers and licensors.
The organiser was attracted to the venue for its accessibility and flexibility of space at ExCeL as well as the out-of-hours social scene the area provides following the 2012 Olympic regeneration programme.
The move has received the full support from its show sponsor, the International Licensing Industry Merchandiser's Association.
BLE brand director, Anna Knight, said: "Moving BLE to east London makes perfect business sense on all sides. Over one third of visitors fly from continental Europe and we have big plans to grow this – let's not forget, the show is called Brand Licensing Europe – and the Elizabeth Line (which opens on December 9 and will run every 2.5 minutes) is a total game changer, offering a direct link from ExCeL to Heathrow Airport in just 40 minutes.
"City Airport is close by and there are three DLR stations onsite."
The new transport connections plus the regeneration of the local area will also have wider implications for improving the customer experience at BLE. The number of hotel rooms within a five minute walk has more than doubled since 2009 to 2,7000 and the Elizabeth line makes it possible to travel to an additional 40,000 rooms in under 20 minutes.
"We are very aware how sociable the licensing industry is and how important it is to our visitors and exhibitors to have access to great bars and restaurants to continue networking after a full day of meetings," continued Knight.
"Bond Street is just 15 minutes away on the Elizabeth line, Shoreditch less than half an hour and the Greenwich Peninsula and Canary Wharf a mere stone's throw. There are 20 restaurants and bars onsite (compared to just eight in 2009), 500 venues within 15 minutes and thousands more in central London."
UBM believes the flexibility of space offered by ExCeL will also support its future growth for BLE, allowing the team to redraw the floorplan to make it fairer for exhibitors no matter how big or small, improve navigation and layout and rethink its screenings programme.
"In addition to the 100,000 sqm of pillar-free exhibition space, we'll have access to over 40 purpose built meeting rooms, the 600-person Platinum Suite, which will revolutionise the theatrical teasers and screenings and the ICC – London's largest conference centre – which means that all of our exhibitors will be able to host their entire BLE showcase in one venue on a single level," Knight added.
The space will also allow UBM to transform the live experience for visitors and exhibitor with increased and improved activations and experiential installations, more interactive feature content and new branding and sponsorship opportunities for exhibitors.
"One of LIMA's primary missions is to advance licensing around the world, and we are confident that the move of BLE to ExCeL London in 2019 will foster the growth of the show and of the licensing business itself," said LIMA president, Maura Regan.
ExCeL acting CEO Jeremy Rees, added: "We are delighted to welcome Brand Licensing Europe to ExCeL London in 2019. Working in close partnership with UBM, we strongly believe we can provide the flexibility of space to fulfil BLE's ambitious plans and provide a first-class customer experience to exhibitors and visitors.
"Furthermore, with the arrival of the Elizabeth Line in December 2018 we can also provide unrivalled access to European destinations to further strengthen the key European aspect of this world class event."
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America's multi-decade manufacturing downturn shows few signs of abating. | Image: Spencer Platt/Getty Images/AFP
The Frightening Collapse of American Manufacturing Continues
September 23, 2020 UTC: 1:11 PM. October 17, 2019 UTC: 11:00 PM. by Sam Bourgi
The erosion of America's manufacturing sector intensified at the end of the third quarter, as industrial production posted a steep drop month-over-month.
While some of the decline was attributed to temporary factors like the General Motors strike, the downturn is part of a much broader trend that has intensified in the wake of the U.S.-China trade war.
U.S. Industrial Production Declines in September
Industrial production – a gauge of U.S. factory output at mines, utilities and manufacturing companies – fell 0.4% in September, the Federal Reserve reported Thursday. The decline was much bigger than the 0.1% slump analysts had expected.
#IndustrialProduction fell 0.4% in September. Motor vehicles & parts fell 4.2% because of the #GMStrike. IP excl. motor vehicles & parts down 0.2%. pic.twitter.com/3eHOWWaI04
— FactSet (@FactSet) October 17, 2019
Compared with a year ago, industrial production fell 0.1%, marking the first annualized drop since 2016, according to the Financial Times.
U.S. industrial production flips negative in September on a year-over-year basis. | Chart: tradingeconomics.com
A deep-dive into the numbers reveals steep declines across two of the three main industry groups – manufacturing and mining. Manufacturing output declined 0.5% from August while mining activity fell by 1.3%. Utilities production jumped 1.4% month-on-month.
Among the three groups, manufacturing production was alone in falling year-over-year. The sector posted an annual drop of 0.9%. Major market groups including consumer goods and business equipment also fell compared with a year earlier.
Manufacturing's Five-Decade Downturn Continues
Comprising roughly 12% of U.S. gross domestic product (GDP), the manufacturing sector has been in firm retreat for decades due to globalization and the rise of so-called private equity firms. Private equity is said to have killed some 600,000 retail jobs over the past decade. Their suppliers have also been hit hard.
Manufacturing's share of employment has also dwindled throughout the decades. Now, less than 10% of Americans are employed by the sector, down from roughly a quarter in the early 1970s.
The share of Americans employed by the manufacturing sector has plunged throughout the decades. | Chart: Federal Reserve Bank of St. Louis
While many economists have attempted to portray this in a positive light, arguing that the United States has shifted towards a knowledge-based economy, the labor market recovery of the past ten years paints a different picture. Nonfarm payrolls data since the financial crisis have consistently shown strong employment growth almost every month, but wages have not risen in commensurate fashion. In fact, real wages have been stagnating for decades.
This is another way of saying that the quality of jobs being created is low. America's post-manufacturing labor market has plentiful jobs that require lower skills and hence pay much less than the factory work that preceded them. Average hourly earnings have increased markedly under President Trump but are still below the long-run average.
Trade-war uncertainty is said to have dragged U.S. manufacturing to ten-year lows in September, according to the Institute for Supply Management's monthly index. The employment measure also fell to its lowest since January 2016.
It's not entirely clear whether the recently announced 'phase one' trade agreement between the United States and China will boost manufacturing in the short-term. The manufacturing PMI numbers are likely to improve as managers express less uncertainty about the future business climate. How this translates into actual production is yet to be seen, especially given the focus on U.S. agriculture in the latest agreement.
Another key gauge of manufacturing demand – namely, U.S. durable goods orders – has declined in four of the past 12 months. Losses, when they have occurred, have been steep.
U.S. durable goods orders, which reflect demand for manufactured goods meant to last three years or more, have had a volatile year. | Chart: tradingeconomics.com
A slowing manufacturing sector has weighed down U.S. GDP, with the latest figures out of the Atlanta Federal Reserve showing grim expectations for the third quarter. The Atlanta Fed believes the economy expanded just 1.8% annually between July and September, down from a disappointing 2% increase in the second quarter.
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How do we create them? How do we use them to increase the value of our only assets our people?
I have become obsessed with how do we grow our industry younger and create self-learning cultures because I believe this is our only future. I have also learned that these younger minds need not learn everything we know because much of what we all have done as an industry and a lifetime is create standards, protocols, and best practices. They only need to know which of these worked well and move on from there. Experienced folks in the industry need to relearn how to teach in the IoT world. We need to learn how these younger folks learn because they are our only asset for growth. We need to get inside their heads, learn how to use all the communication mediums of our time...yes, the complete myriad of social media platforms...yikes never thought I would say that, but it is true.
Another Self-Learning Culture effort of ours in a Collaboratory outreach had its third year encounter in Chicago at AHRExpo.
Connection Community Collaboratory Chicago went very well. The videos created by ControlTrends.org capture the wisdom and insights of our panel of thought leaders. They continue our journey from our far side of the IoT world to the daily communications of the young folk's phones, passing valuable information and wisdom on fresh and current issues depicted on one of the communication mediums of today - YouTube and Vimeo.
We are extremely pleased to have Andy McMillan's column as the harbinger of change and why we always need to be part of a self-learning culture because the next wave is now upon us. Be sure to read AHR Chicago: Not So enLIGHTening.
I have just recently committed to working through the evolving learning system of a young consulting company as the next new employee, so that I can learn to think younger, learn to try to think like them. I will share my thoughts about this journey.
My first look and touch at their online training has been an amazing eye opener for me. No wonder we have such a large skills gap; we have no idea how their cultures work and interact.
I will keep you posted on my journey but the first step for us all is very, very clear. If we want these young minds in our world we need to stop thinking old traditional thoughts about how we are going to teach them with our war stories, and learn much more about their world and how they are likely to learn.
I have started and posted an unfinished article The need to know, show and grow that I will post in several social media posts and see if I can get the industry to help finish.
I came across this web site called the BigThink, it seems to deal well with identifying some of the tasks necessary to create a self-learning culture. Their material and web site, although promotional, raises many good questions we all need to address as an industry.
• How can we develop learning programs that will result in better recruitment, retention, and employee satisfaction?
• How can we convince key stakeholders that these programs will lead to company-wide success?
• How do we secure the resources needed to implement these programs?
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First it was Conde Nast.
Then the rest of the fashion world fired Terry Richardson.
The move came after revelations of sexual harassment by film producer Harvey Weinstein and the publication of an article in The Sunday Times of London asking why Richardson was still being "feted by fashionistas" despite his reputation.
Porter, the Net-a-Porter magazine, then said it was no longer working with Richardson, added the Times, as did Hearst magazines, which owns Elle, Harper's Bazaar, Esquire and Marie Claire. Richardson had already been commissioned to shoot the January cover of Elle and had recently done so. It is now being redone by another photographer. WWD reported that The Wall Street Journal's luxury magazine WSJ no longer had plans to work with the photographer.
Following the news about Richardson, New York State Assemblywoman Nily Rozic announced she would introduce an amendment to the state's current anti-discrimination laws that would extend certain protection to models, putting designers, photographers and retailers on notice that they would be liable for abuses experienced on their watch, reported The Times in another story.
Among the scores of mass graves that dot Chungui district in the mountainous Ayacucho region of Peru are remnants attesting to massacres carried out by both the Shining Path guerrillas and the military and police forces that hunted them, noted The New York Times, which featured work by Peruvian photojournalist Max Cabello Orcasitas, who became interested in the exhumation of the graves after reading a report from Peru's truth commission. "It struck me as a little-known tragedy," said Cabello Orcasitas.
Dina Litovsky likes cities that are noisy, chaotic. and overwhelming. "My photography focuses on people and street scenes," she told us. "Cities like Tokyo and Hanoi that are so busy and kaleidoscopic, that's what I like. So when I found out I was going to Tel Aviv, I thought, this is a city where I can be myself." AFAR magazine sent Litovsky there for its "Spin the Globe" feature, in which someone - usually a writer - is sent to a city with just a 24-hour notice to be a flaneur. "This was the first time they've done it with a photographer," noted Litovsky.
3. Brexit-Era Britain in "Merrie Albion"
With his acclaimed 2009 book We English, photographer Simon Roberts held a mirror up to a nation and its people. In his new book Merrie Albion – Landscape Studies of a Small Island (Dewi Lewis Publishing), Roberts studies the UK's national psyche in the fractured Brexit era, noted the British Journal of Photography. The new work "responds to subjects and places that are already firmly positioned within the public consciousness – defining locations in our recent national story," declares the publisher.
The books featured in photographer Kerry Mansfield's new book Expired were beloved — hence the dog-eared pages of To Kill a Mockingbird and the copy of Lad: A Dog with a chunk missing from its cover. They have also been exiled from the libraries because of their age and condition. "There is something bittersweet about a library tome so well used that it has fallen to pieces, its tactile decay reflecting a collective act of reading," noted Hyperallergic, which spotlighted Mansfield's work.