Your car's dashboard has so many tiny lights to keep track of, it can get a bit overwhelming. Knowing the basics can help you feel less stressed on the road. This post can help with that.
Does Your Cooing System Have an Issue?
Your car's cooling system ensures your car is able to operate properly without overheating. If this system develops an issue, it can mean trouble. Detect a cooling system issue with these tips.
Whether you just want your car to work well for as long as possible or you have plans to sell your car in the future, maintaining your car's value is a must. Learn how to do just that in this post.
When the weather gets colder, chances are your body will start to feel the effects of the cold. Not unlike you, your car can also suffer some negatives after a night out in the winter cold.
If you don't feel like paying to get your car professionally washed, you can achieve the same results at home. To do so, you'll need to know how the pros do it. Check out these tips to get it right.
If you're interested in keeping your motorcycle in the best shape possible, you've come to the right place. The following maintenance tips are a great place to start.
Getting an oil change can get quite confusing with all the conflicting information you may come across. Luckily, this post can help you understand what is real and what isn't.
Should You Believe These Oil Change Myths?
The weather is perfect for lounging on the beach or by the pool, but it may not be perfect for motorcycle riding. Use these tips to stay safe on your motorcycle this summer.
Car troubles aren't just a summer thing, but there are some issues that come up more often during the summer. Learn how to avoid them in this post!
Spending money on gasoline is no one's ideal way of spending their hard earned cash. To help you save on your fuel expenses, check out these simple tips.


Happy Monday, friends! A couple weeks ago I ventured down to Florida for a getaway with my friend Haley (if you're new around here, Haley is one of my best friends and who I lived with in London last year). We hadn't seen each other in far too long (since we moved out of our flat in Earl's Court!) so we were long overdue for an adventure together. I had already planned to visit her in Jacksonville for the week, so when she told me an invitation had popped up from Greater Miami and The Beaches to come experience Miami Spice Month, naturally we were in!
We stayed at The Biltmore Hotel in Coral Gables: a luxury resort overflowing with beauty. Built in the 1920s, this hotel is a National Historic Landmark. But don't let the date of construction fool you-- this property has no shortage of amenities (including multiple restaurants, a full-service spa, 18-hole golf course, tennis center, fitness center and a 21,000-sq-ft outdoor pool). Needless to say, we had plenty to do during our stay. In fact, we spent the large majority of our trip right here at the hotel! And with decor this lovely, can you really blame us?
Everything we ate was absolutely delicious, but what's great about visiting in August and September is that you can have a three course meal for a discounted price of $23 for lunch or $39 for dinner if you order off the Miami Spice Menu. Whatever you order, I have no doubt it will be yummy.
Who isn't a sucker for room service? Any occasion where I get to lay in bed while someone brings me food is a fine activity in my book. So Haley and I made the most of #vacationmode and had omelettes and waffles and all sorts of fuel for our day ordered in while we watched the TODAY Show to start our day.
After our slow + cozy morning in the room, we went to the spa at The Biltmore to partake in some of the Miami Spa Month specials- another set of discounts available if you visit in July or August! Haley and I each got a 90-minute massage, which is included in the Miami Spa Month specials. We both agreed it was wonderful (that extra bit of time really let's you relax so much more!) Afterwards, we spent the afternoon in their beautiful relaxation room reading + sipping that spa water everyone loves. You can view photos of the spa here, but we wanted to be respectful of other spa-goers and keep our cameras put away.
For dinner that evening, we ventured away from The Biltmore to dine at one of the coolest restaurants: Kaori by Walter Martino. Chef Walter Martino is known for having created the most expensive plate in the world . He once created a plate made of solid gold (including 84 diamonds) for an Arab Prince and has since earned himself the title of "Million Dollar Chef." He has gone on to open Kaori in downtown Miami, a revolutionary culinary journey of the senses. This means that not will the food thrill your taste buds (he uses global cooking techniques + top notch ingredients from around the world) but everything around you awakens your awareness of sight + sound. The room is lit by the glow of artistic 360-degree projection screens, which means the wall art is continually changing. I loved that one minute we were in Hong Kong and another minute we were on top of the Eiffel Tower in Paris!
We had seen some rain our first couple days in Miami, so for our final day we were SO happy to see blue skies and sunshine! As I mentioned earlier, The Biltmore has a 21,000-sq-ft outdoor pool so obviously, that's where we decided to spend our final day.
For our final Miami meal, we went to Palme d'Or, a top-rated French restaurant (clearly, the traveler genes in us have a soft spot for global cuisine!) Once again, Palme d'Or is a participant in Miami Spice, meaning you can get a three-course dinner for only $39. I recommend the "Le Filet De Boeuf" which is a Prime Beef Tenderloin with Potato Soufflées- it was incredible!
Miami may be known for it's Cuban influence or South Beach party scene, but it was so fun to experience a different side to this vibrant city. If you're looking for a destination for relaxation, world class spas and a blossoming culinary scene (not to mention stunning beaches!) Miami is a solid option.
A very special thanks to Greater Miami and The Beaches for sponsoring this post and providing us with such an amazing trip!
Thanks for stopping by! Stay tuned later this week- I'll be recapping my trip to Porto, Portugal!


Actor Jon Heder joins us to talk about his famous role as Napoleon Dynamite and his Star Wars fandom. But that's just part of this week's action-packed show recorded in Chicago! We have a full report of everything that happened at last weekend's Wizard World Chicago Comic Con. Plus, we discuss future Star Wars sequel casting announcements and when to expect them, Star Wars collecting, and an update with filmmaker Sheldon Norton about his RFR documentary "When The Galaxy Listens". Chris Spice from Sandtroopers.com joins us to talk about his interview with Jett Lucas, Aljon Go from Sorcerers Radio checks in from Disney's D23 Expo, and we chat with the girls from the Admiral Theater about their Star Wars and more burlesque show "Comic Strip".


The Engaging Supercomputing Center brings together scientists, engineers, and mathematics to advance the state of the art in supercomputing. Engaging supercomputing combines the best of desktop/laptop/handheld environments with the best of supercomputing. As new technologies are developed, they are then deployed on the vast supercomputing infrastructure available to the community at the Massachusetts Green High Performance Computing Center (mghpcc.org).


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EMED Mining on track for production at Spain copper mine
EMED Mining Public is one step closer to beginning site works at the Spain Rio Tinto copper project.
In an operational update for the three months to Mach 31st, the company said it was on track for construction to begin in the second half of 2013 and initial production in 2014.
The group is aiming for production of 37,000 tonnes per annum of copper in concentrate by the end of 2015.
The Andaluca Government's Department of Industry has so far cleared the company's economic, technical and legal capacities.
It is now progressing the permits required to commence site works in the third quarter of this year.
The government wrote to advise that it intends to finalise Administrative Standing on receipt of a preliminary report from the national civil works technical review agency CEDEX and approval from the Department of Environment of the environmental plan.
"We are poised at a very delicate and exciting stage, working very closely with the authorities in Andaluca and making every effort to expedite the triggering of the project, to start works in the second half of 2013 and ramp-up base production by the end of 2015," said Managing Director Harry Anagnostaras-Adams.

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Auchan Retail France has announced that it is testing a new 'shop without staff' concept - Auchan Minute - in its headquarters in Villeneuve d'Ascq in France.
It involves a vending machine that has been installed inside an 18 square-metre container. It offers a wide range of Nutri-Score labeled, organic food items for a healthy and balanced snacking.
As of now, Auchan Minute has not been introduced in public roads or public spaces, the retailer said in its statement.
The idea behind the experiment is to identify new avenues in product presentation and merchandising.
It will also help the retailer to test new payment methods and explore the possibility of developing supply-building mechanisms in real time.
The service, which was launched in March of this year, is reserved for Auchan employees. The container is refilled manually on a daily basis.


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This map shows the area in Yemen controlled by the Houthis (in green), the Yemeni government (in red), and a powerful al-Qaeda faction (in white).
Sunday's lengthy BuzzFeed investigation into the fault lines among Kootenai County Republicans was inspired by news in July that the Kootenai County Republican Central Committee had narrowly voted to condemn Idaho's U.S. senators — both Republicans — for voting for sanctions against Russia.
The resolution against Russian sanctions was sponsored by Bjorn Handeen, a Coeur d'Alene-area realtor and former CdA school board candidate who BuzzFeed writer Anne Helen Petersen describes as an"ideological wild card, an anti-globalist who attempted to create a KCRCC committee that would vet candidates 'to determine if they are true Republicans.'"
Now Handeen tells the Inlander that during the next KCRCC meeting, Tuesday night at 7, he's introducing a new resolution: Calling for the United States to stop waging war in Yemen.
He says the idea came from a recent conversation with Spokesman-Review reporter Betsy Russell about the Tommy Ahlquist resolution.
"She asked if there was anything else I wanted to talk to about, I said, 'Yeah, Yemen,'" Handeen says. He says he meant it initially as a bit of a joke — but the more he thought about it, the more serious he got about talking about Yemen for real.
"I kind of accepted the frame that mere precinct committeemen shouldn't involve themselves in foreign policy," Handeen says. "I shouldn't accept that frame. If I wanted to talk about Yemen, I should have done so."
And noting the number of Ron Paul-tinged libertarians on the KCRCC, he thinks he has a chance to get his resolution passed.
"A lot of people are dying," Handeen says. "People I have talked to don't understand anything about it. We have the chance to impact real people's lives, just by bringing up these issues."
He notes that most media outlets spend little time discussing the impacts of America's involvement in Yemen.
Bjorn Handeen, sponsor of a Kootenai County GOP resolution against U.S. involvement in Yemen.
The conflict in Yemen is a complicated one. The Atlantic actually identifies three overlapping military conflicts in Yemen, including the Saudi-led campaign against the Shia-supporting Houthis, Iranian arms shipments to the Houthis, and the U.S. war against a powerful al-Qaeda faction in the region.
But as a result of U.S. efforts to counter Iran and al-Qaeda, the U.S. has been providing considerable support to Saudi Arabia's regime — including arms sales and aerial refueling missions — linking America to some of the biggest atrocities in the region.
"It's a really spectacular humanitarian disaster," Handeen says. More than 10,000 people are estimated to have died in the war in Yemen, including at more than 5,000 civilians. The civilian population has been beset by starvation and cholera outbreaks.
Last June, the Washington Post reported on an American-made cluster bomb killing a teenager in Yemen, who was attending morning prayers at a mosque.
"Since the war erupted in March 2015, American-made cluster munitions have been dropped on or near civilian populations at least seven times, according to human rights groups," the Post reported.
Last September, Washington Democratic Sens. Patty Murray and Maria Cantwell joined libertarian Kentucky Sen. Rand Paul, a Republican, in their support for a resolution to halt arms sales to Saudi Arabia. But Idaho GOP Sens. Jim Risch and Mike Crapo opposed it, and the resolution failed.
It wasn't just arms sales. Concerned about the presence of an al-Qaeda faction in Yemen, the U.S. began conducting drone strikes, manned air strikes and even ground assaults within the country.
A defense budget authorization passed out of the House in July included an amendment preventing the funds from being used for American armed forces participating in Yemen's civil war.
And while coverage of the war in Yemen has mostly been drowned out by coverage of well, Donald Trump — not to mention Iran and North Korea — U.S. actions in Yemen have sparked isolated condemnation from both the left and the right.
Here's MSNBC's liberal host Chris Hayes taking on the Obama administration's Yemen policy's support for Saudi atrocities before last November's election, calling the Saudi war on Yemen a "ghastly moral abomination," but noting there has been essentially little domestic outrage over U.S. involvement.
"I know it must seem unbearably pious, in the days of kinetic-actions, humanitarian intervention, and drone warfare to ask that the people in a reputed democracy be consulted before their military is deployed to kill and starve Yemenis at the behest of the neighborhood's oil-selling theocrats," Dougherty writes. "This constitutional concern was a piety that Obama once faked when running for president. Well, he's faked a lot of pieties along the way. And now he's faking his way to being a peacemaker, while America connives to starve Yemen."
Trump ran, albeit with wild inconsistency, as a non-interventionist. During the election, that gave Handeen a bit of hope. But Trump hasn't pulled the U.S. from its involvement in Yemen. In January, a Navy SEAL was killed in a raid on Yemen authorized by Trump. And in May he signed a new $109 billion arms deal with Saudi Arabia, predicted to cause more misery in Yemen.
"Well, he seemed like he could be a lot better than many of the other candidates at the time," Handeen says about Trump. "But so far he's got a lot of work to do to get the kudos from the non-interventionist wing."
So what does Handeen expect a resolution from a handful of North Idaho Republicans to do?
"Maybe they'll send another BuzzFeed reporter," he jokes.
But more seriously, Handeen wants to force a response from Idaho's senators — like he did with the Russian sanctions resolutions — and start a new conversation among the public about Yemen.
"I'm just an elected precinct committeeman who has found a way to use my position for what I feel is starting great policy conversations,' Handeen says.
Be it further resolved, the Kootenai County Republican Central Committee urges Senators Jim Risch and Mike Crapo to do everything in their power to withdraw our military from the ill-advised foreign entanglements in Yemen.
By Bliss O. Bignall Jr.


Piah Dance Company is conducting Garba workshop Bootcamp in Bangalore for Navratri 2018.
These workshops will include the most authentic moves of Garba (a combination of beginners, intermediate and some advanced moves) which shall up your game at the next garba event.
No prior dancing experience needed.


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Bengt Olof Arkö, född 3 augusti 1921 i Västerås, död 16 oktober 2013 i Sofia församling, Stockholm, var en svensk målare, tecknare och teckningslärare.

Han var son till disponenten Ernst Arkö och Ester Jäderlund och från 1949 gift med Hélène Laparra. Arkö avlade teckningslärarexamen 1946, han studerade konst vid Konsthögskolan i Stockholm 1944-1949 och under studieresor till Italien och Frankrike. Separat ställde han ut på Galerie Æsthetica i Stockholm 1951 och han deltog i ett flertal samlingsutställningar bland annat i God konst i hem och samlingslokaler, Konst för freden och Unga tecknare på Nationalmuseum och i Liljevalchs vårsalong. Bland hans offentliga utsmyckningar märks ett antal väggmålningar i olika skolor samt dekorativ utsmyckning av hotell Malmen. Hans konst består av cirkusartister, fotbollsspelare,  människor i udda miljöer i olja eller akvarell samt teckningar, grafik och freskplattor. Arkö är representerad med en blyertsteckning vid Moderna museet, Kalmar konstmuseum och i Gustav VI Adolfs samling.

Tryckta källor
Svenskt konstnärslexikon del I sid 88 Allhems Förlag, Malmö.
Svenska konstnärer, Biografisk handbok, Väbo förlag, 1987, sid 34,

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Svenska målare under 1900-talet
Födda 1921
Avlidna 2013
Män
Konstnärer från Västerås
Svenska tecknare under 1900-talet
Svenska lärare under 1900-talet

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Related Categories: South Bay | U.S. | Health, Housing & Public Services | LGBTI / Queer
Santa Clara County Board of Supervisors Opposes FDA Gay Blood Ban
by Rose Ketabchi (rose [at] kpfa.org)
Tuesday Feb 26th, 2008 7:01 PM
The Santa Clara County Board of Supervisors voted unanimously today to formally oppose a lifetime ban on gay male blood donors. Current food and drug administration rules, in effect since 1983, prohibit any man who's had sex with another man to ever donate blood. Despite criticism from the Red Cross and others, the FDA says the ban is necessary to ensure the safety of blood recipients and should remain in effect. San Jose State University has taken a stand against the FDA prohibition with its own ban– of blood bank operations on campus. The Santa Clara County Supervisors stopped short of adopting a policy similar to San Jose State University's because, they say, ultimately their goal is to increase blood donations and local supply. Rose Ketabchi reports. (3:25)
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The FDA banned gay men from donating blood in 1983. Blood banks started testing for HIV two years later, but the FDA is still enforcing the lifetime ban. Supervisor Yeager says there's no medical reason to continue it.
Last year, the Red Cross and the American Association of Blood Banks called on the FDA to reverse the lifetime ban, citing the fact that in most parts of the country, blood supplies are running critically low. Most of the donated blood we use here in the bay area comes from the midwest – it is, therefore, very expensive. All the donated blood, regardless of its source, undergoes thorough testing for everything from anemia to HIV but the FDA's rules are still being applied to blood bank operations across the country. San Jose State University stopped sponsoring blood drives on its campus to protest what it calls discriminatory practices. Again, Supervisor Yeager:
Santa Clara County Supervisors voted unanimously to formally oppose the FDA's ban on homosexual men's blood but the board didn't go as far as San Jose State University has. Supervisor Pete McHugh registered his dissatisfaction saying the board should take a bolder move by stopping blood bank operations on county grounds.
Former Supervisor of Disctrict 6, Peter Kutras, Jr. is now Santa Clara County Executive.
Kutras says that the board should stay focused on getting more blood donors.
Supervisor Liz Kniss concurs.
Reporting from San Jose for the KPFA evening news, I'm Rose Ketabchi.


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Q: Filtering traffic by MAC address with nftables TL;DR: when spoofing MAC addresses, how can I make sure the real addresses won't be leaked to the rest of the network using nftables ?
Context
For network security training purposes I am currently building a network tap consisting of a transparent bridge with two interfaces (the tap).
The tap is a computer is running Debian Bullseye, that has 4 ethernet interfaces as follows:

Interface
MAC

enp3s0
00:90:27:b4:40:58

enp4s0
00:90:27:b4:40:59

enp6s0
00:90:27:b4:40:5a

enp7s0
00:90:27:b4:40:5b

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*enp3s0 is connected to the switch and gets an IP address via DHCP.

*Additionally I created a bridge br0 with nmcli, with two slave interfaces: enp6s0 and enp7s0

*enp7s0 is connected to the switch

The bridge is created as follows:
nmcli connection add connection.type bridge ifname br0 con-name br0 ipv4.method disabled ipv6.method ignore bridge.stp no bridge.vlan-filtering yes connection.autoconnect-slaves 1 autoconnect no
nmcli connection add type ethernet ifname enp6s0 con-name br0-slave-enp6s0 slave-type bridge master br0 autoconnect no
nmcli connection add type ethernet ifname enp7s0 con-name br0-slave-enp7s0 slave-type bridge master br0 autoconnect no

Goal
I want the machine to remain stealth at all times on the network since it is a passive tap, so I want to drop outgoing traffic that could accidentally leak the MAC addresses of my machine. So I made an attempt with nftables as follows, with a named set for the MAC addresses:
table netdev bridge {
    set macs {
        type ether_addr
        elements = { 00:90:27:b4:40:59,
                 00:90:27:b4:40:5a, 00:90:27:b4:40:5b }
    }

    chain br0 {
        type filter hook ingress devices = { enp4s0, enp6s0, enp7s0 } priority filter; policy accept;
        ether saddr @macs drop
        log flags all prefix "myfilter " counter
    }
}

I also want to have counters and log details of the dropped packets.
Problem
Traffic is being dropped and logging is done to /var/log/syslog as expected. Counters are being updated. But the netfilter rule does not seem to be working as intended. Instead it seems to be dropping all traffic sent to enp7s0.
Sample:

Dec 20 01:23:47 testbox kernel: [32441.125971] myfilter IN=enp7s0 OUT= MACSRC=10:c2:5a:58:72:8f MACDST=01:00:5e:7f:ff:fa MACPROTO=0800 SRC=192.168.0.1 DST=239.255.255.250 LEN=367 TOS=0x00 PREC=0x00 TTL=4 ID=37026 PROTO=UDP SPT=1900 DPT=1900 LEN=347
Dec 20 01:23:47 testbox kernel: [32441.126842] myfilter IN=enp7s0 OUT= MACSRC=10:c2:5a:58:72:8f MACDST=01:00:5e:7f:ff:fa MACPROTO=0800 SRC=192.168.0.1 DST=239.255.255.250 LEN=312 TOS=0x00 PREC=0x00 TTL=4 ID=37027 PROTO=UDP SPT=1900 DPT=1900 LEN=292
Dec 20 01:23:47 testbox kernel: [32441.127554] myfilter IN=enp7s0 OUT= MACSRC=10:c2:5a:58:72:8f MACDST=01:00:5e:7f:ff:fa MACPROTO=0800 SRC=192.168.0.1 DST=239.255.255.250 LEN=303 TOS=0x00 PREC=0x00 TTL=4 ID=37028 PROTO=UDP SPT=1900 DPT=1900 LEN=283
Dec 20 01:23:47 testbox kernel: [32441.128342] myfilter IN=enp7s0 OUT= MACSRC=10:c2:5a:58:72:8f MACDST=01:00:5e:7f:ff:fa MACPROTO=0800 SRC=192.168.0.1 DST=239.255.255.250 LEN=377 TOS=0x00 PREC=0x00 TTL=4 ID=37029 PROTO=UDP SPT=1900 DPT=1900 LEN=357
Dec 20 01:23:53 testbox kernel: [32447.003559] myfilter IN=enp7s0 OUT= MACSRC=10:c2:5a:58:72:8f MACDST=33:33:00:00:00:01 MACPROTO=86dd SRC=fe80:0000:0000:0000:12c2:5aff:fe75:899d DST=ff02:0000:0000:0000:0000:0000:0000:0001 LEN=176 TC=0 HOPLIMIT=255 FLOWLBL=0 PROTO=ICMPv6 TYPE=134 CODE=0
Dec 20 01:23:53 testbox kernel: [32447.015382] myfilter IN=enp7s0 OUT= MACSRC=00:90:27:e6:10:58 MACDST=33:33:00:00:00:16 MACPROTO=86dd SRC=fe80:0000:0000:0000:6d06:284e:2844:db03 DST=ff02:0000:0000:0000:0000:0000:0000:0016 LEN=136 TC=0 HOPLIMIT=1 FLOWLBL=0 OPT ( ) PROTO=ICMPv6 TYPE=143 CODE=0
Dec 20 01:23:53 testbox kernel: [32447.619279] myfilter IN=enp7s0 OUT= MACSRC=00:90:27:e6:10:58 MACDST=33:33:00:00:00:16 MACPROTO=86dd SRC=fe80:0000:0000:0000:6d06:284e:2844:db03 DST=ff02:0000:0000:0000:0000:0000:0000:0016 LEN=136 TC=0 HOPLIMIT=1 FLOWLBL=0 OPT ( ) PROTO=ICMPv6 TYPE=143 CODE=0

I believe I might need to use an egress hook instead of ingress. I understand the egress hook is available in nft from version 1.01. Current stable version of nft in Debian is 0.98, so I manually upgraded to v1.01 by downloading the packages manually. But replacing ingress with egress does not work: nft does not recognize my rule.
Questions

*

*Does my approach make sense ? Can I use the ingress hook for my purpose ? Or is egress required ?

*Alternatively, can this be done with tc ?

*Or can the bridge be further isolated against traffic originating from other interfaces ?

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February 6 - Education on Planet Earth - Edmonton - 2 weeks to go!
Sessions are filling up fast and registration will close soon - register now so you can pre-register for sessions you want - avoid disappointment. Check out the program now. Open to ALL educators, this one-day conference is in collaboration with EPSB's Career Pathways: Creating Connections - over 500 teachers already registered.
Curriculum Development is well underway in 2017 - there are six expert working groups working with Alberta Education to develop curriculum for all grades across six core subject areas. The Expert Working Groups spent two-days hearing from non-profit groups and environmental education was well represented (at least six groups). The Curriculum for a Sustainable Future continues to be a core document for infusing environment, energy and climate change education and ACEE continues to update this document.
On January 13, 2017 - Quinn McKinney represented the Alberta Climate Leadership Youth Network students' in a presentation to Alberta Education's Curriculum Expert Working Groups. She received many accolades and from what we heard, she wowed the Expert Working Groups. Learn more about the Alberta Climate Leadership Youth Network and their work.
Working with local Alberta Parks staff, Grade 10 students at Matthew Halton High School in Pincher Creek undertook a project to design a new interpretive sign for Beauvais Lake Provincial Park with access to their stories, poetry, video and other information.
Fort McMurray Public's Green Scene January newsletter - check out the stories and resources.
We are pleased to partner with Green Teacher and the Canadian Network for Environmental Education and Communication to offer a series of webinars this year!
February 20, 7:30pm - 8:30pm EST: The Power of Positive, Inspiring Solutions webinar will showcase the power of positive, inspiring solutions to the worries that are causing so many young people to lose hope, including the climate crisis and wider ecological crisis.
Course - Population Education is offering an on-line course. Discover student-centered learning strategies that use contemporary issues and real-world data to examine the social and environmental impacts of human population growth. Learn more.
Award - Alberta Emerald Awards are now accepting submission. An amazing opportunity to shine a light on your favorite environmental education program, project or teacher. Deadline is February 17. Learn more.
Contest - Canada Green Building Council is looking for the Greenest School in Canada. Learn more and enter here.


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Anthony Sabuneti (born 1974) is a Zimbabwean sculptor.

A native of Harare, Sabuneti was the last-born of six children; his mother was a potter, and he was greatly influenced by her work.  He began his career at seven, making wire toys for sale to other children.  These he displayed at the local Community Hall.  He completed his O levels in Harare.  Sabuneti and some friends formed the Gota Tochisuma Atelier in 1987; he still works with the group.  He has exhibited at the National Gallery of Zimbabwe, and in group exhibitions internationally, including in the US.

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With summer winding down, things are warming up at Local Colors. The cooperative will open its "Autumn's Up" exhibition on Sept. 7th. The exhibition will run through Sept. 28th, and will feature new work by the artists. On Sept. 14th, the artists will welcome the public to their semi-annual evening reception and open house, at 121 Main Street in Gloucester, from 6PM to 9PM.
The "Autumn's Up" theme is a play on words with an oblique reference to Oktoberfest (think "bottoms up.") In this spirit (so to speak), Cape Ann Brewery will present a tasting of microbrews at Local Colors on the evening of the reception. Appetizers and other beverages will also be served.
Christine Garrigan, also a fiber artist, is presenting tie-dye pieces dyed to her signature color saturation. Pastel painter Kathy O'Brien is displaying her beautifully rendered views of the Ipswich and Essex marshes. Ian Commissiong, a fiber artist who creates colorful designs using Marimekko textiles, continues his experiments with the translucency and patterning of fish skin in glass-framed displays. Water-colorist Rusty Kinnunen has expanded into the graphic arts and is offering hand-pulled linoleum block prints of ocean motifs.
Other works include Sally Seamans' (Tin Can Sally) collection of tin clocks, new work by photographers Lois Hertzler, Dave Katz, and Jim Sousa, Donna Amero's colorful stained glass creations, and oil paintings by Pat Doherty and Bonnie Gray.
Woodworker Darren Taylor is presenting new furniture pieces, gyotaku artist Joe Higgins now offers prints of his larger scale original work, and Kathy Bucholska continues her mixed media experimentation with fossils and contemporary found and recycled materials. Stephanie Bowens offers knitted pieces in autumnal tones, Ann Schlecht has new beach glass, copper, and silver jewelry, and ceramicist Virginia Townsend now offers pieces in customized geographic coordinates. Pottery and fused glass by Bob Kulchuk, and creative mixed media work by Kate Webster complete the extensive offerings on display.
Local Colors is a cooperative of 19 artists from the Cape Ann area, all producing original art. Its members include glass artists, painters, jewelry designers, photographers, fiber artists, mixed media artists, ceramicists, and woodworkers. It is located at 121 Main St. in Gloucester. The current hours are 10am to 6pm, Sunday through Thursday, and 10am to 8pm on Friday and Saturday. The cooperative's open house and reception celebrating "Autumn's Up" will be held on Saturday, Sept. 14th, from 6PM to 9PM.
To kick off the month of St. Peter's Fiesta, Local Colors Artists' Cooperative opened its ocean-themed "Off The Hook" exhibition on June 1st. The exhibition will run through July 6th, and will feature new work by the artists. On June 22nd, the artists will welcome the public to their annual evening reception and open house, in honor of the St. Peter's Fiesta, at 121 Main Street in Gloucester from 6PM to 9PM.


Georgia Notary Online Application link to begin the application process.
A Notary Commission is issued through the Clerk of Superior Court. Information about becoming a Notary Public can be found on the Superior Court Clerks' Cooperative Authority website at https://www.gsccca.org/notary-and-apostilles/notaries/general-notary-information.
A notary public commission can be obtained thru the Glynn County Clerk of Superior Court located at 701 H Street, Brunswick, GA 31520.
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Possible $86M budget is very serious business!
I accepted Mayor David Robert's appointment as an Advisor for $1.00 per year to provide advice and suggestions to help with financial planning and quality of life issues important to the taxpayers and residents of the City of Hoboken. At that time I was not aware that the 2008 fiscal year budget (yet to submitted) would rise to $86 million from the current budget of $78 million.
GPS tracking devices installed on government-issue vehicles are helping communities around the country reduce waste and abuse, in part by catching employees shopping, working out at the gym or otherwise loafing while on the clock.
The use of Global Positioning System devices has led to firings, stoking complaints from employees and unions that the devices are intrusive, Big Brother technology. But city officials say that monitoring employees' movements has deterred abuses, saving taxpayers money in gasoline and lost productivity.
"We can't have public resources being used on private activities. That's Management 101," said Phil Nolan, supervisor of the Long Island town of Islip.
Islip saved nearly 14,000 gallons of gas over a three-month period from the previous year after GPS devices were installed. Nolan said that shows that employees know they are being watched and are no longer using Islip's 614 official vehicles for personal business.
With two cameras ready to capture dangerous drivers cruising through Hoboken stop signs, a city ordinance authorizing their use may conflict with state law.
The City Council voted unanimously to approve the "automated red light and stop sign equipment" last Wednesday, but the state Attorney General's Office said yesterday that photographic equipment can't be used to issue traffic violations.
A bill is currently making its way through the state Legislature to allow traffic cameras, but until it is signed into law, it is illegal to use the cameras for ticketing, Attorney General's Office spokesman David Wald said.
A law that was passed in 1992 to prohibit "speeding" cameras also covers images used to catch other traffic violations, Wald said.


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Q: How to handle callback urls for developing and debugging with Facebook authentication? I'm building a site that uses Facebook authentication. The thing is, I can have only one callback url at a time, so when I'm working locally I use my localhost url as callback url, and when I want to test it on Heroku, I switch it to the real URL.
This is OK for now since I haven't released this to public, and I can switch around from localhost to the real url without worrying about users being locked out.
However I am wondering how I can do this once I release this and there are actually people using the service. I would appreciate your advice. (I'm sure this is a total newbie question but, hey you gotta start somewhere)

A: You can specify the call-back URL on a per-request basis. Whatever you specify in the request will override the default callback URL that you've configured in your application settings. You do this by passing the "redirect_uri" parameter in your initial O-auth authentication request.
Here is a snippet of some PHP code that I use in one of my projects:
    public function authenticate(array $params) {
      $scope = empty($params['scope']) ? 'email,publish_stream,offline_access' : $params['scope'];

      $fb= FB::get_fb_api(); //singleton to get Facebook API object

      $login_url = $fb->getLoginUrl(array(
          'redirect_uri' => $GLOBALS['CONFIG']->base_url . '/fbOauth/signin_callback',
          'scope' => $scope,
          'display' => 'popup'
       ));

      header("Location: $login_url");

    }

As you can see, I set the base_url dynamically - so, my development environment will pass a different URL vs. my production environment.


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The Arrigo Programme, Somerset - spa review
Jonathan Stone
Fixing long-standing issues with a master healer
By Martha Ward
To find somewhere like this less than two hours by train from London seems utterly improbable: a seriously progressive retreat that helps with everything from grief and trauma to burnout and depression. It's swathed in the kind of furtive secrecy that requires guests to give up all notions of control.
Getting here is a bit of a magical mystery tour in itself: a schedule is emailed, with details of train times and a promise of collection from the station, and that's all. Home for five days – the minimum length of stay – is a pretty West Country farm barn. It's quiet and intensely private. Probably most crucial to the tenets of psychotherapist and healer Fiona Arrigo's teaching, it's also a space where people have the freedom to open up and allow themselves to be enveloped by the process.
If there's anyone else here, you'll never know it. The alone-ness could verge on isolating, were it not for the fact that a housekeeper looks after each guest in the most old-fashioned, comforting of ways – preparing hearty, nutritious food and herbal teas, stoking the wood-burning fire (atmosphere-enhancing, as well as cosy and warm), surreptitiously lighting endless flickering candles in all corners (they play a powerful supporting role during emotional detoxes) and keeping the calming music playing low on a loop. They call it 'angel care'. There's a treatment bed in one corner and deep sofas by the fireplace to sit on while practitioners come and go.
The idea is not to move at all, and not to interact with anyone outside. Phone use and other distractions are discouraged, and relevant self-help books and holistic tomes fill the shelves. The highly bespoke daily programme, prescribed by Arrigo, is a mix of therapy, healing and clinical work, with at least three sessions a day and often more. Communication between practitioners is impeccable, and everyone is informed of your personal needs. Days may cover acupuncture, coaching, astrological reading, psychotherapy, breathwork, family constellations, Tibetan pulsing and massages.
Jotting down feelings at every opportunity is encouraged (a journal is provided); some people sleep like a baby, others may struggle to drop off – there is no one clear path. For those who want to get out of the cocoon and stretch their legs at any point, there are fields to stomp around in, with views of the Glastonbury Tor, the famous ley lines definitely adding to the spirituality of the place. But for the most part it's best to hibernate, to be kind to yourself, to simply slow down. A change of pace is required when it comes to shifting negative patterns and energy, and realigning where necessary. Those who can embrace the programme will find it transformative; a process of complex elements. But actually the message is simple – it's about being looked after and therefore relearning to look after yourself. Guests come seeking answers to a whole spectrum of issues. Most leave having found inner calm.
INSIDER TIP: To get a quick handle on the Arrigo method, visit the London clinic, A Place to Heal – the workshops are a great introduction.
BOOK IT: A Personal Residential Programme, with a minimum of three daily treatment sessions, costs from £2,300 per day (thearrigoprogramme.com).
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Culture Focus International Voices
Transatlantic Exchanges: Jordi Savall's Album, El Nuevo Mundo
Miguel Jimenez January 9, 2019
Para leer este artículo en español, haz click aquí.
Youtube: https://youtu.be/g-6oPZ-QAqA
Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/album/2vHAmR0fRLX4LSOhQZdZFq
Growing up, my Mexican family constantly introduced me to sayings for every occasion. Today, as I find myself far from home studying in the United States, I often think back to simpler times , recalling my mom's tender voice enunciating what has now become the most relevant of such adages. "Mijo, recordar es volver a vivir", she used to say, which in English translates to "Son, to remember is to live again".
After almost four years of studying abroad, this saying has become a reality to me. Whenever I hear traditional Mexican music, which is essentially a daily routine, my mind and soul travel back home and make me feel as if I were listening to those moving melodies, accompanied by the warmth of family.
These feelings of nostalgia usually peak during this time of the year. In September, Mexico celebrates its independence, and in late October and early November people celebrate Day of the Dead, both of which are festivities deeply rooted in traditional music. Although I find myself in the United States during these celebrations, I still attempt to observe them. I do my best to make food and decorate as close to tradition as possible but music is one key element that has to be present and be truthful to its origins.
It was hard to find such a source of melodies that I can hear during this time of the year, but I eventually stumbled upon one. It is titled El Nuevo Mundo, meaning "the New World." The album is by Jordi Savall, a Spanish conductor who specializes in the study of the evolution of string instruments during the Medieval, Renaissance, and Baroque periods. El Nuevo Mundo also engages the collaboration of La Capella Reial de Catalunya, Hespèrion XXI—both music groups founded by Savall himself to raise awareness of older music styles—and Tembembe Ensamble Continuo, a Mexican chamber music group with the goal of diffusing Mexican traditional songs to foreign countries. While such a mixture of styles may at first seem unconventional, Savall actually wants to make a point; the album seeks to narrow the line that sets Mexican and Western traditional music apart and argue that folk melodies from Mexico are the outcome of the interaction between European, Amerindian, and to some extent Africans styles during the colonial time period.
The result is a genre unique to the New World, hence the album's name. The music choice found in in this collection is a euphonic succession of Spanish Renaissance and Baroque music and traditional Mexican melodies. Savall here proves mastery in music by arranging them to create a graceful juxtaposition that is evident yet still concealed. For instance, El Nuevo Mundo welcomes us to this journey with an original arrangement,"Folias Criollas", which uses an Italian piece that resembles Latin American rhythms and adds Spanish lyrics following the rhythm, a common intervention employed by traditional music groups.The resulting song is a European piece that belongs to the New World.
Savall's main aim in the album ultimately is exploring this genesis of Mexican traditional music, and he succeeds at that. Often, "sones jorochos" or "huapangos"—folk genres from Mexico— seamlessly follow European pieces. This is the case of Jacaras leading to Pajarillo and Cumbes leading to El Cielito Lindo. My favorite is the transition between La Jotta and Maria Chuchena; here the connection is smooth, the joy is constant, and the relationship between the Old and New World is well defined.
Yet Savall includes songs whose origins are other than purely European, which further proves his argument that Mexican traditional music is the result of the mixture of multiple cultures. For instance, El Nuevo Mundo includes a fandango, a type of song influenced by the Muslim presence in the Iberian Peninsula in which the singer seeks to imitate an Imam calling to prayer. The album also contains the song "Xicochi Conetzintle," a medley of pieces in Nahuatl, a native Mesoamerican language, that invites others to join Christian religious celebrations. "Eso Rigor e Repente" is a song with non-European roots that I find the most intriguing. Composed by a Portuguese musician living in Mexico in the 1600s, the melody is characterized by African rhythms and lyrics and points out that Mexican music has three foundations: the European, the Amerindian, and the African.
As someone who descends from this syncretism of cultures, I thank Savall for his effort to arrange this album and help the world understand where Mexican music comes from. In fact, I praise him for using such a heritage as a source for inspiration to compose new songs. In El Nuevo Mundo he adds "Canarios" and "Danza de Moctezuma"—musical improvisations that take from past styles and resemble folkloric music—drawing direct inspiration from Mexican heritage.
If you are interested in traditional Mexican music, Savall's album is an excellent introduction. El Nuevo Mundo provides a great backdrop to learning about my home country's origins. I myself have gained more knowledge and appreciation about Mexico from Savall's work. In fact, I would encourage all people from Mexican heritage to spend some time becoming acquainted with the songs and arguments exposed in the album.
Just as remembering means living again, listening to folk songs and their origins will make us remember who we are in today's time of unsuccessful internationalization of identity. I feel that recently, the media has convinced us that the only way ahead is globalized consumerism that pays no attention to regionalism. No two places are the same, and music is a reflection of such a distinction. My hope is to see music bring forth our uniquenesses and learn from them so that true globalization may come forth.
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Michele Anderson may refer to:
 Michele Anderson (convicted murderer), convicted of killing several family members in 2007
 Michele Anderson (criminologist)

See also
 Michelle Anderson (born 1967), American lawyer and scholar
 Michelle Anderson (tennis) (born 1972), South African tennis player


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Q: How to fix variable line height in data grid with SQLite database when using callbacks I'm working with the data grid with SQLite database using a feature called callbacks as described in this lesson: displaying-large-amounts-of-data
I'd like to make some changes to the sample stack included in that lesson (you can download the stack from the link on the top of that page).
I'd like to display the 'plot' text in the DG instead of the 'Title' of the movie and the plot text should have variable line heights as described in this lesson: how-do-i-create-a-form-with-variable-line-heights
In the sample stack I made these changes:
in the Row Template:
renamed field "Title" to "plot", set the dontWrap to false and changed fixedLineHeight to false
renamed field "ReleaseDate" to "nr"
added:
set the text of field "nr" of me to pDataArray["id"]
in the Row Behavior:
    ## changed the layoutControl to make space for wrapping of field "plot"

    on LayoutControl pControlRect
    local theFieldRect

   put the rect of me into theFieldRect
   set the right of button "Genre" of me to item 3 of theFieldRect
   set the right of field "LblGenre" of me to the left of button "Genre" of me

   set the right of field "nr" of me to item 3 of theFieldRect

   ## Expand field "plot"
   put the rect of field "plot" of me into theFieldRect
   put item 3 of pControlRect - 180 into item 3 of theFieldRect
   set the rect of field "plot" of me to theFieldRect

   ##Now resize field to fit content
   put item 2 of theFieldRect \
         + the formattedheight of field "plot" of me - \
         the bottommargin of field "plot" of me \
   into item 4 of theFieldRect
   set the rect of field "plot" of me to theFieldRect

   ## Now update the bounding rect to match total height you
   ## want this row to have
   put item 4 of theFieldRect into item 4 of pControlRect

   set the rect of graphic "Background" of me to pControlRect
end LayoutControl

In the lesson on setting variable line heights it says to turn off the "fixed control height" of the data grid. However when I do that nothing gets displayed and I'm getting a scrip error.
The stack with my changes is here: Databases-callbacks-variable-line-height.zip
(just replace the original stack from the lesson with it; the SQLite database is the same and should be placed in the same folder as the stack).
How to fix this so that the variable line height will work?

A: I located the problem with fixed control height turned off. The data grid behavior isn't setting the GetDataForLine pLine parameter properly when caching the height for each row. I'll provide a modification you can make to the data grid behavior until a fix is included in LiveCode, but you should probably reconsider your approach. When fixed line height is turned off the data grid has to compute the height of every line prior to displaying the data grid. This takes a loooooong time for the 50,000 record example you are working with.
First, edit the script of the data grid behavior:
edit script of btn "data grid" of stack "revdatagridlibrary"

Next, go to line 3097. Below 3097 add the following line of code:
add 1 to theSequence

The code should now look like this:
repeat for each key theIndex in sDataArray
            add 1 to theSequence

            ## Get height
            if sDataArray[theIndex] is NULL then

Save the script. This will save the change in your current version of LiveCode. Be aware that the next time you update LiveCode the change will be lost. I submitted the fix to RunRev, however, so it should be fixed in the next release.
Also, your code that sets the rect of graphic "Background" needs a small change. Right now it won't work if the bottom of the field is higher than the bottom of the "Genre" button. The code should probably be something like this:
put max(item 4 of theFieldRect, the bottom of button "Genre" of me + 4) into item 4 of pControlRect


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Q: Python Unit Tests - Am I using SetUp wrong? What am I doing wrong here?
import unittest

class Test_1(unittest.TestCase):

    def SetUp(self):
        self.data = []

    def test_data(self):
        self.assertEqual(len(self.data),0)

if __name__=='__main__':
    unittest.main()

When I run it, it says:

Traceback (most recent call last):
  File "C:...\break_unit_test.py", line
  9 , in test_data
      self.assertEqual(len(self.data),0) AttributeError: 'Test_1' object has no
  attribute 'data'

I'm trying to follow this example.

A: It must be named setUp, starting with a lowercase s.


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Slaglille is een parochie van de Deense Volkskerk in de Deense gemeente Sorø. De parochie maakt deel uit van het bisdom Roskilde en telt 495 kerkleden op een bevolking van 524 (2004). De parochie was tot 1970 deel van Alsted Herred. In dat jaar werd de parochie opgenomen in de nieuwe gemeente Sorø.

Parochie in Denemarken
Sorø


It's never too early to start planning out your Christmas gifts. Over at AllFreeHolidayCrafts.com, we're getting ready the only way we know how to; by making and sharing handmade Christmas gifts! You'll enjoy prepping for the holiday as much as we do when you browse through a copy of the AllFreeHolidayCrafts' Holiday Gift Guide: 18 Handmade Christmas Gifts and Handmade Christmas Cards free eBook.
Including a variety of handmade gifts that are sure to spread some holiday joy to your loved ones, this holiday gift guide is a total crowd-pleaser. From DIY Christmas gifts to cute holiday cards to easy, handmade gift wrap, this collection has everything you need to make, address, and wrap the perfect handmade Christmas gift.
This beautiful Braided Bracelet would make the perfect handmade Christmas gift for friends and family of all ages. These handmade bracelets, and the other gifts included in this collection, make fabulous Christmas gifts or stocking stuffers. There's no better way to spread some love than with a few handmade gifts. Discover the wide variety of handmade Christmas gifts in our free eBook. In no time, you'll be making adorable accessories, soaps, Christmas hats, and more.
Show off your handmade card skills with the simple, family-friendly ideas found in the AllFreeHolidayCrafts' gift guide. Handmade Christmas cards are made even more fun when you can get the little ones involved, and that is just the case when it comes to the Merry Christmas Handprint Card. If the kiddos are too old for that, you'll love to try the more advanced options in our latest, free eBook!
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Find the complete guide and get inspired with Holiday Gift Guide: 18 Handmade Christmas Gifts and Handmade Christmas Cards.
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This looks like something I would love to try. I'm not a very crafty person.


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Yoga classes do not violate students' religious rights, Californian court rules
Appeals court upholds ruling against lawsuit brought by family who claimed yoga promoted Hinduism and inhibited Christianity
Fri 3 Apr 2015 22.22 EDT Last modified on Fri 14 Jul 2017 17.17 EDT
A yoga class in Encinitas, California. Photograph: Gregory Bull/AP
Yoga taught in a public school is not a gateway to Hinduism and does not violate the religious rights of students or their parents, a California appeals court has ruled.
An appeal court in San Diego upheld a lower court ruling that tossed out a family's lawsuit that tried to block Encinitas Union school district from teaching yoga as an alternative to traditional gym classes.
"While the practice of yoga may be religious in some contexts, yoga classes as taught in the district are, as the trial court determined, 'devoid of any religious, mystical, or spiritual trappings,'" the court wrote in a 3-0 opinion.
Stephen and Jennifer Sedlock and their two children had brought the lawsuit claiming yoga promoted Hinduism and inhibited Christianity. They were disappointed with the ruling and considering their options.
"No other court in the past 50 years has allowed public school officials to lead children in formal religious rituals like the Hindu liturgy of praying to, bowing to, and worshipping the sun god," attorney Dean Broyles said in a statement.
Paul V Carelli IV, a lawyer for the district, said there were no rituals occurring in the classroom and no one was worshipping the sun or leading Hindu rites. The district said the practice was taught in a secular way to promote strength, flexibility and balance.
Yoga is now taught at schools across the US, but the district is believed to be the first with full-time yoga teachers at all schools.
A three-year grant from the KP Jois Foundation, a nonprofit group that promotes Ashtanga yoga, provides twice-weekly, 30-minute classes to the district's 5,600 students.
About 30 families opted out of the classes begun in 2011.


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the Perfect Place to Begin and End Your Hike!
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The best in camping accommodations, paired with the convenience of a hassle-free get-away. Quietly nestled in the woods – just a short train-ride from the city.
We have meal options for everyone. Choose to bring your own and cook on-site with the supplied gear, or let us deliver ready-to-cook food right to your site.
We have hiking trails and activities at camp, as well as nearby. Check out our "What to Do" page for more information on how to spend your time away.
Family-owned and family-run. We love the outdoors and we love sharing it with you. Learn a little more about why we call this mountain home.
Read about the carefree times here at Malouf's Mountain. Learn more about what makes us unique, view other camper's stories and see what is new here at the campground.
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Good value for the price nice hotel. It's not far from the beach 20 minutes to walk and many restaurants nearby we're recommend this hotel for the next trip to Phuket beach.
Karon Beach is a quiet and relaxed in the second largest beach on the west coast of Phuket. There are many good local restaurants, shops and plenty of accommodation.
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Containership Maersk Launceston and Greek Minesweeper Collide Off Piraeus
Mike Schuler
The damaged Hellenic Navy minehunter HS Kallisto is towed after its collision with a container ship off the port of Piraeus, near Perama, Greece, October 27, 2020. Sotiris Dimitropoulos/Eurokinissi via REUTERS ATTENTION EDITORS
Update: Maersk Launceston Captain Arrested
A Greek Navy minesweeper was badly damaged after colliding with a much larger containership off Piraeus port on Tuesday morning.
The incident involved the Navy vessel Kallisto and the Maersk Launceston, a Portuguese-flagged containership owned and managed by J.T. Essberger.
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All 27 crew members of the minesweeper are safe and accounted. Two suffered relatively minor injuries, a statement from the Hellenic Coast Guard said.
The Coast Guard's Joint Search and Rescue Coordination Center was notified of the incident at 07:40 a.m. local time on Tuesday.
The Kallisto has since been towed to the Salamis Naval Base.
Maersk Launceston was not badly damaged and is being detained by the Central Port Authority of Piraeus while a preliminary investigation in being conducted, the Coast Guard said. Reporting indicates that the captain of the containership may have been arrested or detained.
Maersk posted a statement to Twitter:
In Maersk, we are aware of the serious incident involving the container vessel Maersk Launceston, which is owned and managed by J.T. Essberger. We are in contact and have offered our full support to the owners during this time.
— Maersk (@Maersk) October 27, 2020
Immediately after the incident all relevant authorities have been notified The exact cause of the incident is yet unknown.
Video of the Kallisto shows the extent of damage caused by collision:
The Maersk Launceston is registered in Portugal. It was built in 2005 and has capacityof 4,533 TEU, according to data from MarineTraffic.com. AIS shows the track of the vessel as it departed Piraeus.
Image courtesy MarineTraffic.com
Imagery of the minesweeper show the vessel with its stern missing, however the vessel was somehow able to stay afloat.
https://twitter.com/ISCResearch/status/1321008912129265664
Here's a video of the Kallisto under tow:
Statement from ship manager J.T. Essberger:
Hamburg, October 27, 2020 – Managers John T. Essberger report that earlier today its managed container vessel Maersk Launceston collided with the naval vessel Kallisto off the coast of Piraeus, Greece. Following the incident the Kallisto has sustained severe damage and two of its seafarers have been transported to hospital. There are no injuries on board of the Maersk Launceston. A first assessment of the vessel has not shown damage to the vessel. A further assessment will follow once the ship is a its lay-by berth.
Immediately after the incident all relevant authorities have been notified and the crew of Maersk Launceston have been participating in the rescue operation for the seafarers of Kallisto. The vessel has been requested to stay in the area and is currently at anchorage off the port of Piraeus.
The exact cause of the incident is yet unknown. The Coast Guard have been conducting preliminary interviews with the crew of the Maersk Launceston. Once at lay-by berth vessel will continue to assist with the investigation.
Managers would like to express their concern over the injuries of the crew of Kallisto. Also, the company would like to thank the local authorities for their swift assistance following the incident.
Maersk Launceston is a 2005 built container ship flying the Portuguese flag. The vessel has a crew of 22 on board and was on its way from Piraeus to the Turkish port of Canakkale.
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Mock trial team qualifies for championship tournament at Princeton
By Olivia Newman|February 28, 2020
The mock trial team sports their fifth place and SPAMTA awards from the Yale tournament. (Photo courtesy of Carly Jones '21)
The Lafayette mock trial team will be advancing to the American Mock Trial Association (AMTA) Championships after qualifying at Yale University two weeks ago. They placed fifth overall, qualifying them to move on to the opening rounds of the championships at Princeton University.
Will Bennett '21, one of the captains of the team, said the win was "rewarding."
"[We] did spend these past three or four weeks putting in all the work…so to hear your name called is definitely a nice sign of acknowledgement," he said.
PJ Best, coach of the mock trial team, agreed.
"It always feels good to win," he said. "[The team] always [has] high hopes, and fortunately a very good program and a very good set of students."
Tedi Beemer '20, who is also a captain of the team, said she was relieved and excited about the win.
"We're definitely a lot better and more competitive now than we were when I first got on the team," Beemer said.
"In the past four years we have definitely skyrocketed in terms of competitiveness, and also having fun with it," Bennett added.
Best, who has been the coach of the mock trial team for the past seven years, said that the team has gotten better and better over the years.
"Overall, year after year, the team really improves its standing within the American Mock Trial Association," he said.
The team has been preparing since last semester, holding practices twice per week in the fall as well as three invitational tournaments. They then stepped up to four practices per week in the spring semester leading up to the regional competition.
Bennett explained that in a mock trial tournament, "each team prepares two sides of a single case…the prosecution and the defense," and every team has to argue each side twice during the competition.
"Three people play attorneys and three people play witnesses," Carly Jones '21, another team captain, said. She added that the teams' performances are judged by professional attorneys.
At regionals, the Lafayette mock trial team was split into two, as there are twenty members in total, and there can only be ten participants on each team at the competition. The "A Team" was awarded the fifth place win, and the "B Team" received the SPAMTA award, which recognizes one group out of the entire tournament for their kindness and sportsmanship throughout the competition.
The three captains highly recommend anyone interested in acting, analytical thinking, and problem solving to join the team.
"There are so many benefits to doing mock trial," Beemer said. Some of these benefits, she added, include learning how to work as a team, understanding diplomacy and negotiation, and developing analytical thinking and public speaking skills.
Bennett added that mock trial also teaches participants to think quickly.
"When the other team is going, it's all on your feet," he said. "You have no idea what they are going to say or how they are going to say it, and you need to really just be ready to respond to anything."
Now that the team has qualified for the opening round of championships, they are looking ahead to future competitions and tournaments. They said they hope to continue with the progress they have already made as a team, and to make it to the national championship in the spring.


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Biography – RICHARDSON, JAMES CLELAND – Volume XIV (1911-1920) – Dictionary of Canadian Biography
Source: Library and Archives Canada/MIKAN 3192331
RICHARDSON, JAMES CLELAND, bagpiper and soldier; b. 25 Nov. 1895 in Bellshill, Scotland, son of David Richardson and Mary Prosser; d. unmarried 8 or 9 Oct. 1916 near Courcelette, France.
Educated at Bellshill Academy, the Auchinwraith Public School in Blantyre, and the John Street School in Glasgow, James Richardson came to Canada with his parents around 1911–12. He was a driller by trade and served for six months in the cadet corps of the 72nd Regiment (Seaforth Highlanders), a Vancouver unit with a prominent pipe band. Following the outbreak of World War I, he volunteered for service in the Canadian Expeditionary Force and was taken on strength on 23 Sept. 1914 at Valcartier, Que., as a private and piper with the 16th Infantry Battalion (the Canadian Scottish), for which the Seaforths provided contingents. At the time he joined up, Richardson listed his father as chief of police in Chilliwack, B.C.
The 16th, which arrived in France in February 1915, engaged in numerous battles during the Somme offensive of 1916. One of the most difficult was Ancre Heights on 8 October, especially the attempt to seize the heavily defended Regina Trench north of Courcelette. Facing enemy rifles, machineguns, mortars, and artillery, the attackers were particularly vulnerable when they advanced over no man's land.
Frequently a piper would go in with a company assaulting enemy trenches. Not originally detailed for the attack on Regina Trench, the 20-year-old Richardson pleaded successfully with his commanding officer to accompany the troops, whom he piped over the top. The advancing company encountered a storm of fire and enemy wire which had not been cut by the artillery. At this critical point, with the company commander killed, casualties mounting, and morale and momentum almost gone, Richardson volunteered to pipe again. "Wull I gie them wund [wind]?" he asked the company sergeant-major, who consented. For some ten minutes, fully exposed, he "strode up and down outside the wire, playing his pipes with the greatest coolness," the citation to his decoration later read. "The effect was instantaneous. Inspired by his splendid example, the company rushed the wire with such fury and determination that the obstacle was overcome and the position captured."
Later, after participating in bombing operations, Richardson was ordered to take back a wounded comrade and some prisoners. He started but returned for his pipes, which he had left behind. In doing so he was evidently hit by enemy fire. Initially listed as missing in action, he was never seen again and was officially presumed to have died on 9 October.
Jimmy Richardson was posthumously awarded the Victoria Cross on 22 Oct. 1918 for his action at Regina Trench. He was one of four members of the 16th Battalion to win this decoration, the highest award for military bravery the monarch could bestow. Other decorated pipers with the 16th included Pipe Major James Groat (Distinguished Conduct Medal and Military Medal) and Piper George Firth Paul (Military Medal). Richardson was only the third piper within the imperial forces to receive the Victoria Cross since it was instituted in 1856. David and Mary Richardson were still living in Chilliwack when they received news of the award; no parents could have been more proud of their son.
Reginald H. Roy
NA, RG 150, Acc. 1992–93/166, file 28930. Times (London), 23 Oct. 1918. Nicholson, CEF. H. M[acI]. Urquhart, The history of the 16th Battalion (the Canadian Scottish), Canadian Expeditionary Force, in the Great War, 1914–1919 (Toronto, 1932). Valiant men: Canada's Victoria Cross and George Cross winners, ed. John Swettenham (Toronto, 1973).
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Modern Tibetan Literature and Social Change is the first systematic and detailed overview of modern Tibetan literature, which has burgeoned only in the last thirty years. This comprehensive collection brings together fourteen pioneering scholars in the nascent field of Tibetan literary studies, including authors who are active in the Tibetan literary world itself. These scholars examine the literary output of Tibetan authors writing in Tibetan, Chinese, and English, both in Tibet and in the Tibetan diaspora.
The contributors explore the circumstances that led to the development of modern Tibetan literature, its continuities and breaks with classical Tibetan literary forms, and the ways that writers use forms such as magical realism, satire, and humor to negotiate literary freedom within the People's Republic of China. They provide crucial information about Tibetan writers' lives in China and abroad, the social and political contexts in which they write, and the literary merits of their oeuvre. Along with deep social, cultural, and political analysis, this wealth of information clarifies the complex circumstances that Tibetan writers face in the PRC and the diaspora. The contributors consider not only poetry, short stories, and novels but also other forms of cultural production—such as literary magazines, films, and Web sites—that provide a public forum in the Tibetan areas of the PRC, where censorship and restrictions on public gatherings remain the norm. Modern Tibetan Literature and Social Change includes a previously unavailable list of modern Tibetan works translated into Western languages and a comprehensive English-language index of names, subjects, and terms.
Lauran R. Hartley is Tibetan Studies Librarian at the C. V. Starr East Asian Library at Columbia University. The translator of Six Stars with a Crooked Neck: Tibetan Memoirs of the Cultural Revolution, Hartley has a doctorate in Tibetan studies. Patricia Schiaffini-Vedani is part-time Assistant Professor of Chinese at Southwestern University in Georgetown, Texas. She is President and Founder of the Tibetan Arts and Literature Initiative, a nonprofit organization dedicated to supporting Tibetan publishing initiatives. Schiaffini-Vedani has a doctorate in Chinese language and literature, specializing in Sinophone Tibetan literature.


We had an ugly tree in our front yard. It appeared to have been part of a set at one time, but clearly the other one didn't make it. Chris and I decided to use the winch on the Samurai to get rid of the ugly tree.
We did this a few weeks ago.
I manned the Samurai and winch control while Chris worked the winch strap and actual tree removal.
He used a shovel to break up some of the roots….
And then the shovel broke!
The little Samuari is so light that the winch kept pulling it up onto the curb.
After ten minutes or so we had successfully felled the tree.
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Lady Wants A Gentleman
Buffalo Gal
The Love You Left Behind
I Never Knew That It Could Be Like This
Hurry Up Baron
Some Small Town
Once A Day Isn't Missing
That Autumn Night
Lost In Love
Easy Come, Easy Go
Extended Liner Notes
And ever deeper into the Drawer we go.....
As always, I have to point out the extraordinary playing of my old pal and collaborator, Mighty Jo Meacham. We have something of a competition with each album. Each time, the bar is raised a little higher. I think you will agree that once again he has surpassed himself. The man is a genius. We have been joined on this one by some other Mighty Talents. Ladies and Gentlemen...on the drums, Jamie Little! And featured on SuperFunk Guitar...Tim Maple! Earlier this year, Tim and Jamie were drafted in to sprinkle some funky magic on to a number of tracks, two of which appear on this album. The rest are still in the vaults, ready to amaze in the future. And so, inspired as always by the extraordinary lyrics of my friend, Big Dave Pierce, on to this collection....
One from the early nineties, this was a favourite of Chad's. Largely because there were harmonic possibilities. In this version, I decided to leave them out, mostly because I can never improve on his harmonies and also because in the original, written at David's kitchen table in Paris, that was how the song first appeared. There was another verse...present her with flowers / on bended knee / be all those charming things / a prince can be. But neither David or I thought much of it, and away it went. The lines...and ever grow old, or turn away from a lover's touch...well, they give me chills every time. The utter brilliance of David M Pierce.
This was one of the original lyrics that David showed me the day after we had met, at a party given by the great jazz singer, Annie Ross. Written in 1979, originally with Meal Ticket in mind. I love the way he managed to get all the old names for Broadway into the lyric. Great White Way, Mazda Mile.... I believe Mazda was a brand of lightbulbs, thus...letters of light. And of course, the Roseland Ballroom was the great Jazz and swing venue. Once again, there is more than a hint of the Forties and Fifties in the words. Chad and I recorded a version of this song on our Rocshire album in 1983. They insisted on changes to make it more, well, pop... Thus she was a Girl, not Gal. No Buffaloes, just long legged. One of the delights of the Bottom Drawer is to be able to present the songs as they were originally intended. That said, I have no idea what a Buffalo Gal is. Buffalo Soldier, certainly, but Gal? Answers on a postcard, please.
I can always tell which songs were written when, just because of the amount of words. As David became increasingly unwell, the amount of words decreased. Unlike Buffalo Gal, from the beginning of our collaboration, this dates from close to the end. I would get a few lines in an email, and then, laboriously, via Skype from Paris we would try and add enough to make an acceptable song. The upside of this is, of course, that Jo has to fill the gaps. Which he does, brilliantly. But even though this song had a difficult birth, Pierce can still amaze with a line like...Our future, like our fingers, intertwined....
The observant amongst you will now have noticed that once again there are comparatively few words, and will have deduced that this is a late work. You will also have noticed that Jo surpasses himself and; fills in the gaps with some astonishingly gorgeous playing. This song originally appeared in two unsuccessful attempts at a musical based on our catalogue, and indeed there is more than hint of that in the song. I seem to remember that in both cases it was sung by the heroine. However, by taking it away from the theatre and arranging it for acoustic guitars, I hope that this version works on its own. With a chap singing it.
One from the Mid Nineties. Paris. August. A hot evening, drinking cheap cold beer outside the bar on the Rue Didot.
ME. So what have you got for me in the old word department to start on tomorrow?
HIM. I haven't got anything. Bit of a writers block.
ME. That's no good. I've come all this way. It's your job to come up with ideas. Its my job to set them. That's the deal.
HIM. Well, as I said, bit of a blank, ideas-wise.
ME. Then write about someone round here. This place is filled with characters. What about him?
And at that point a guy on a bicycle appears, riding the wrong way against the traffic on a one way street. He has grey hair, worn in a ponytail.
HIM. Oh, round here he's known as the Baron Of Lima. Le Baron De Lima.
ME. You mean, as in... The Finest Peruvian Flake? As in Drugs??
HIM. That's right.
ME. That's it then. Write about him.
And sure enough, as I was eating my croissant the next morning, I could hear Dave tapping away. And then handing me the completed words, before going upstairs to watch the sports channel on the TV. Funny old business, inspiration.
An early one, the lyric intended for Meal Ticket. I suppose David's writing partner Rick Jones never got around to setting it. Chad and I did versions of this, stacked with his superb harmonies. Once again, I decided to take it back to its original state. I always think of this as another of Dave's Norman Rockwell songs, nostalgic for a world that was disappearing , just as he was growing up. In his case, in Canada. Perhaps in some small town. I have clear memories of places like this, seen from the windows of the tour bus in 1964, utterly unchanged. It's odd to realise that Chad and I first arrived in America only two months after the Kennedy assassination. It still felt like the Fifties. And looked like it.
I can usually tell the era that the song was written in by the font. Thus the 80s stuff is on a typewriter, 90s on a word processor, and after that in my writing as illness struck and I took over as scribe. With that in mind, this one is on a word processor, so...Paris, in the 90s. A great, productive time for us both. Big Dave was a master of irony. It's what gives his words such depth. When I played this for Chadwick some years later, he didn't quite get the joke, and I had to explain. Some lovely drumming from Jamie, picking up all the accents. And if it reminds you of Van Morrison's Moondance, then all I can say is...pinch from the best.
Surprisingly, as there quite a few words, this is a later effort. I see I wrote out the final version in 2009, but I think we finished it a bit earlier. In later times, David was in the habit of writing poems/ lyrics in emails and sending them to his many friends, who may or may not have appreciated them. Sometimes there was the germ of a song, quite often not. The point is that true writers have to write something every day. And out of that torrent I would pick the occasional gem. Note the use of Autumn and Caught... the internal rhyme which he loved to observe. It wouldn't work if it were Summer or Spring.
Very occasionally, Pierce would get All Poetic. It made him nervous and self conscious. No jokes, no irony to hide behind. You may remember Narcissus Moon on BDS 4. I had to assure him that it wasn't an embarrassment. He used to share jokes with his old friend, Herbert Kretzmer. One day he showed me what ended up being the first verse...except it ended like this. "Just one more day in the life...of a Jew". I had to assure him that, yet again, it wasn't an embarrassment, except for the last gag. And surprisingly fast he comes back with " Oh that's easy... change it to Without You ". Looking back I now suspect that the original was indeed Without You, which he had changed to become another of his jokefests with Herbie. Thus not at all embarrassing. But now we needed another verse, if it were to actually become a song. Hours of work on Skype and in person finally produced results. When we started writing together, I spent hours cutting out excessive verbiage. When we ended I was badgering him to find more. And sometimes filling in the gaps myself. So, not only the tunesmith, but also the editor.
Originally a poem from one of David's privately printed collections, it was then called Place Your Bets... a far more accessible title for those who don't speak French. A word of explanation... Rien Ne Va Plus is what the croupier says in a French casino as he or she spins the wheel. Literally... Nothing Goes Any More. Or in other words, as you watch all your money disappear. One from the very early 90s which I then played for Chad. He loved it, added gorgeous harmonies and it then became a C&J favourite. However, somewhere along the line the title changed. Not that I mind, but it does present a bit of a problem in the USA, where French is not the second language, as it still tends to be in the UK. If only It were Spanish. Anyway, next time you find yourself in a French casino, you'll know what is going on.
If you are lucky enough to have a tame lyricist, all you have to do is to look long and hard at the words and wait for the penny to drop, so to speak. Well, obviously, this is from some lost 30s musical...an extravaganza involving white staircases and ocean liners and comic butlers. Just follow the words. So I did. Chad said he couldn't believe this wasn't from that era... a great compliment. I always used to make point of mixing it up when setting the tunes. Thus...just finished some steaming country rocker...time for a ballad...finished that...might be some reggae. And so on. Hint...don't pick up an instrument to start with. Your fingers will just head for the same old changes. A walk and a hum can produce surprising results.
Hooray...a clue. A little pencil mark at the top of the page tells me that this was written in 1982. So, in California. Chad and I had an ill fated record deal, Rick Jones had moved there with the adorable Valerie, followed by Dave Pierce. The whole circus, in fact. A few years later, Chad and I used to do this live with the band on harmonies as a sort of tribute to the Beach Boys. It really worked. But once again here was a chance to see how it started, with more than a hint of my hero, J J Cale. Always pinch from the best. For a while I tried slowing it down, making it more reflective. But then Summer comes round again and the girls put on their Summer dresses and of course it has to chug along and celebrate that Good To Be Alive Moment.
Another mid-period Paris one. Sometimes I can actually jump back and be there, sitting on the sofa in David's wonderfully bohemian house, a tribute to bad taste, all lovingly collected from a lifetime spent in flea markets. Pictures of ladies and bullfighters on black velvet; a Barbie calendar, later to inspire, if that is the word, Made For Each Other (see BDS 1) And many happy moths, as housecleaning is not really an option. Anyway, there I am, back to the window, playing this song for the first time. Funny how some moments stick in the mind.
On the matter of inspiration, there is the well known story of John Lennon and Being For The Benefit Of Mr Kite, which he took, virtually word for word, from a Victorian circus poster. Somewhat less known is the story of Easy Come, Easy Go, taken from yet another piece of tat in David's chaotic dwelling. I have it in front of me now.
A brass plate, about six inches across, with an inscribed Victorian gent smoking a pipe. He is relaxing in an armchair. Above him the motto..."What Care I?" And then... "I build my castles in the air. They end in smoke, but I don't care." David left it to me in his will. I think there is also a sly reference in there to my fondness for a pipe of weed after work, if such a thing could be found in Paris. At any rate, it is a treasured possession.
Now, on to No 6. I have just sketched it out for Jo. A wonderful moment, as I watch him hearing the songs for the first time. Thrilling for me, of course, having lived with all this material for so long. I was stunned recently to realise that there is easily enough for 8 albums, even without covers. You may know our version of Lennon's In My Life. Nobody in their right mind, by the way, sets out to make 8 albums. It is borderline insane. But that is what I plan to do, nonetheless. Bonkers.
One last thing. The more observant among you may have noticed that the colours of the set of albums are starting to form a rainbow. You might think that the inspiration for this might be Nelson Mandela's Rainbow Nation, or the LGBT community. Well, delighted to support both, but the truth is that I was reading the second Ant and Bee books to one of my grandsons. They are a marvellously old fashioned way to teach the alphabet, amongst much else. The second book involves teaching about colours. Ant & Bee find an old tyre &, guess what, they eventually paint a rainbow. I looked at the colours & thought...that makes 7! Perfect for my project. Actually, as it now appears that it may be 8 in all, it looks as though the last one will end up as The White Album. As I've said before, always pinch from the best..... Till the next time. And thank you for listening.
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