As reported here last week, Fiji's government extended for another 30 days its "emergency regulations" that, among other things, controls public gatherings and forbids the media from printing stories that "undermine the Government and the State of Fiji." These rules allow the Permanent Secretary of Information the ability to place censors in newsrooms, accompanied by plainclothes policeman.
Fiji's government says the 30-day extension was "highly necessary," and the censorship will "help the country's progress towards democracy." "The people of Fiji are now experiencing a remarkable change from what used to be highly negative and sensationalized news to a more positive, balanced and responsible reporting by the media," said Government and Military spokesperson Lieutenant-Colonel Neumi Leweni.
Prime Minister and military commander Frank Bainimarama told a Fiji-born journalist now living and working in Australia, that he hopes to mold Fiji into a smaller version of Singapore, where keeping the peace ranks higher than freedom of expression.
In a post at Raw Fiji News, a writer called fijidemocracynow2009 doubts the government's claims of reforming the country's race-based electoral code and moving Fiji to a post-racial society.
The dictator says censorship is necessary for his regime to push ahead with reforms without the hindrance of media opposition.
That is a big lie. The dictator has no intention of relinquishing power, which is exactly what he would have to do if there were to be reforms that eventually led to elections.
The truth is that the comprehensive censorship of our media is designed to cover up Frank Bainimarama's criminality.
The information blackout is supposed to prevent us and the rest of the world from watching the dictator consolidate his one-man rule for the long term.
He doesn't want journalists reporting the ongoing intimidation of the regime's critics or questioning actions such as the release of the convicted killers of Sakiusa Rabaka and Nimilote Verebasaga.
No, he wants a clean shot at turning Fiji into Bainimaramaland.
But, thanks to Fiji's Freedom Bloggers his movements are being closely monitored and faithfully reported. So censorship is NOT working!
So far, at least two local journalists have been detained for allegedly breaking the emergency regulations. Most recently, Coup Four And A Half reports, two more journalists, this time from the website Fiji Live, were taken into custody 3 PM Saturday, May 9 for allegedly reporting and publishing an article regarding the early release of members of the country's security forces who were jailed for manslaughter after being convicted of torturing and killing three civilians in early 2007. These alleged detentions have not yet been confirmed. Update: Police have confirmed they are questioning the two reporters.
The government of Fiji has also deported three foreign journalists in the previous two months.
In other news, Netani Rika, editor of the Fiji Times, discussed media freedom at the Pacific Freedom Forum XIX, supposed to take place in Fiji, but the country's political climate forced organizers to change the venue to Apia, Samoa.
Rika's speech marked the first time a Fiji-based journalist spoke of working conditions under the new rules. He reported that since the Emergency Rules were introduced April 10, the number of censors have increased in newsrooms. Other than the worries of self-censorship practiced by journalists, Rika said one of the problems facing Fiji's media is the inconsistency of rules that exist between different censors. The Fiji Times newspaper continues to report on political events, he said, much of those stories are cut from the newspaper. However, some censors are stricter than others. Which stories make the paper remains at the discretion of the censor on duty.
Ok, so lets not forget this Netani, you had been warned several times about biased reporting, no one was stopping you 'telling the truth'. It is unfortunate that you are blinded by your own self loathing of the IG. If you actually reported correctly you wouldn't have been censored.
Stuck in Fiji M.U.D. says that journalists are missing the region's larger story while sticking to story of media freedom in the Pacific.
Ironically, while those journalists were enjoying their well-endorsed junket in Apia, oblivious to the fact that media freedom is not the central story.
It seems that, the diplomatic negotiations to the Pacific Free Trade Plan (PACER Plus) and the detrimental effects of this Trans-Tasman lobbied treaty; has somewhat not registered highly on their list of priorities; despite the notion that those negotiations affect all Pacific Island states.
Is the lack of coverage on those trades negotiations, a clear demonstration that most news published in the Pacific, is viewed through the prism of their Australian or New Zealand Publisher or Editor?
The funny thing about these Pacific media Forums is that these journalists, really don't focus much on Pacific trade negotiations with EU, US or Australia or New Zealand or even in-depth coverage of their own industry and the future trends of their profession based on the current global events like the changing landscape of the news paper business.
It's just that Freedom of the Media, is a story that elevates sales and elevated sales mean elevated circulations. SiFM fills in this lack of analytical and balanced coverage.
New Zealand-based journalist and academic David Robie, who attended the meeting, has a similar line of argument. He reports that Fiji's problems sometimes overshadowed other regional issues at the meeting.
PACIFIC media freedom advocates meeting in Apia, Samoa, this week did their best to keep the Fiji censorship problem in proportion and give other regional issues a good hearing. But it was tough. The Fiji challenge kept bubbling to the surface, leading to a spirited debate on the future of [Pacific Islands News Association] at one session and feisty calls for the regional news service Pacnews to get out of Suva at others. Fiji dominated all the speeches on the opening day with several of the region's media freedom heavyweights giving the regime a hard time – but they also warned that the young generation coming through into the industry should not be seduced by government freebies.
A bit off topic, but only a bit. Loyal Fijian criticizes international media organizations for allowing parachute journalists to briefly land Fiji and report on rumors and hearsay and then wonder why the reporters are asked to leave.
And so, we have a certain so-called journalist who thinks he has a god given right to jet in and out as and when he wishes.
We are a small country sir, but we are a sovereign nation. The citizens of this country expect our authorities to maintain law and order.
If a journalist does their job to report fairly and with balance, that's a different story. But what about someone who is publishing a blog filled with rumour , speculation and innuendo aimed at humiliating senior public figures and even inciting unrest and mutiny.
There is a story being peddled by this NZ based self-proclaimed journalist that the Commander of the FMF had an attachment with the Chilean navy ages ago and then goes on to very mischievously suggest that this somehow has a bearing on what's happening in Fiji now.
whats next? Accuse an FMF officer who has been through the American officer training facility in Hawaii (a highly rewarding experience, we are told) of being complicit in Abu Ghraib and Guantanamo?
What hypocrisy and rumour mongering!
That's where this bloke crosses the line. Using bits and pieces of hearsay to try and conjure up an image in order to achieve a political objective.
That's not journalism, that's propaganda.
harassment" because of actions by members of the Republic of Fiji Military Forces.
These most recent Emergency Rules began shortly after April 9, 2009 when judges ruled that Bainimarama came into power illegally, forcing him to step down and the country's president to appoint a caretaker government to lead the country to new elections. The president argued he had no such constitutional powers. Instead, he annulled the 1997 constitution, fired the entire judiciary and eventually reappointed Bainimarama's government to a five-year mandate, claiming elections would be held in 2014.
for the new 'game' to begin.
Leave Fiji alone! We don't need you, your journalists, or your one-sided trade agreement.
I was a tourist visiting Fiji in January from the US, and loved your country. I was sympathetic to the current regime and the difficulties it faces insuring a fair electoral system. But today I cannot recommend to my friends that they visit as I did. We have just too much uncertainty about what's really happening in the country. A free press, even if it comes at the cost of occasional "rumour , speculation and innuendo aimed at humiliating senior public figures" is the only guarantee I know of that truth will not be suppressed.
Fiji can survive without tourism, but does it want to?


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Preliminary Pages
Chapter 1. Setting the scene
1.1 United Nations action against soil pollution: mandate of the UNEA3 and beyond
1.3 Objectives
1.4 Process of data collection
1.5 Report outline
Chapter 2. Main soil contaminants and their fate in the soil environment
2.2 The chemical nature and properties of soil contaminants
2.3 Other factors that condition the fate and transport of soil contaminants
2.4 Conclusions
Chapter 3. Sources of soil pollution
3.2 Natural geogenic sources of soil pollution
3.3 Sources of soil pollution and major contaminants in agricultural areas
3.4 Sources of soil pollution and major contaminants in urban areas
3.5 Sources of soil pollution and major contaminants in industrial and transport areas
3.6 Sources of soil pollution and major contaminants in areas affected by armed conflict
Chapter 4. Environmental, health and socio-economic impacts of soil pollution
4.2 Ecosystems impairment caused by soil pollution
4.3 Soil pollution and risk to human health
4.4 Socio-economic impacts of soil pollution
Chapter 5. Global status of soil pollution
5.2 Transport and mobilization mechanisms of contaminants on a global scale
5.3 Global status and trends of soil pollution by inorganic contaminants
5.4 Global status and trends of soil pollution by organic contaminants
5.5 Global status and trends of soil pollution by emerging contaminants
5.6 Global actions to tackle soil pollution: legislation and monitoring
Chapter 6. Status of soil pollution in Asia and the Pacific
6.2 Sources of soil pollution in Asia and the Pacific
6.3 Spatial distribution of soil pollution in Asia and the Pacific
6.4 Main human health problems associated with soil pollution in Asia and the Pacific
6.5 International, regional and national legal frameworks addressing soil pollution in Asia and the Pacific
6.6 National and regional priorities in Asia and the Pacific
6.7 Knowledge gaps in Asia and the Pacific
6.8 Main constraints to tackle soil pollution in Asia and the Pacific
6.10 References
Chapter 7. Status of soil pollution in Eastern Europe, Caucasus and Central Asia
7.2 Sources of soil pollution in Eurasia
7.3 Spatial distribution of soil pollution in Eastern Europe, Caucasus and Central Asia
7.4 Main health problems associated with soil pollution in Eastern Europe, Caucasus and Central Asia
7.5 International, regional and national legal frameworks addressing soil pollution in Eastern Europe, Caucasus and Central Asia
7.6 National and regional priorities in Eastern Europe, Caucasus and Central Asia
7.7 Knowledge gaps in Eastern Europe, Caucasus and Central Asia
7.8 Main constraints to tackle soil pollution in Eastern Europe, Caucasus and Central Asia
Chapter 8. Status of soil pollution in Europe
8.2 Sources of soil pollution in Europe
Chapter 9. Status of soil pollution in Latin America and the Caribbean
9.2 Sources of soil pollution in Latin America and the Caribbean
9.3 Spatial distribution of soil pollution in Latin America and the Caribbean
9.4 Main health problems associated with pollution
9.5 International and national legal frameworks addressing soil pollution in Latin America and the Caribbean
9.6 National and regional priorities in Latin America and the Caribbean
9.7 Knowledge gaps in Latin America and the Caribbean
9.8 Main constraints to tackle soil pollution in Latin America and the Caribbean
Chapter 10. Status of soil pollution in Near East and North Africa
10.2 Sources of soil pollution in Near East and North Africa
10.3 Spatial distribution of soil pollution in Near East and North Africa
10.4 Main health problems associated with pollution in Near East and North Africa
10.5 International, regional and national legal frameworks addressing soil pollution in Near East and North Africa
10.6 National and regional priorities in Near East and North Africa
10.7 Knowledge gaps in Near East and North Africa
10.8 Main constraints in Near East and North Africa
10.9 Conclusions
10.10 References
Chapter 11. Status of soil pollution in North America
11.2 Sources of soil pollution in North America
11.3 Spatial distribution of soil pollution in North America
11.4 Main human health problems associated with soil pollution in North America
11.5 International, regional and national legal frameworks addressing soil pollution in North America
11.6 National and regional priorities in North America
11.7 Knowledge gaps in North America
11.8 Main constraints on addressing soil pollution in North America
Chapter 12. Status of soil pollution in sub-Saharan Africa
12.2 Sources of soil pollution in sub-Saharan Africa
12.3 Spatial distribution of soil pollution in sub-Saharan Africa
12.4 Main health problems associated with soil pollution in sub-Saharan Africa
12.5 International, regional and national legal frameworks addressing soil pollution in sub-Saharan Africa
12.6 National and regional priorities in sub-Saharan Africa
12.7 Knowledge gaps in sub-Saharan Africa
12.8 Main constraints to tackle soil pollution in sub-Saharan Africa
Chapter 13. Actions to tackle soil pollution
13.1 Introduction to soil pollution remediation
13.2 Immediate risk reduction measures
13.3 Remediation
13.4 Technologies for remediating polluted soils
13.5 Management and adaptation strategies to soil pollution
13.6 Conclusion
13.7 References
Chapter 14. Summary of key findings and way forward
14.2 Key findings
14.3 Way forward to prevent and halt soil pollution and to remediate polluted soils
International, regional and national legal frameworks addressing soil pollution in Asia and the Pacific
6.5.1. International legal frameworks addressing soil pollution
Most countries in the Asia–Pacific region pledged to tackle waste management and chemicals pollution, and are parties to the Basel, Rotterdam, Stockholm and Minamata Conventions. However, adherence to international conventions addressing soil pollution in the Asia–Pacific region varies greatly among countries.
Although only five Asian countries signed the Basel Convention, within the region, it is currently the most widely ratified and implemented of the four Conventions. All Asian countries ratified and implemented the Convention, except for Timor-Leste. Of the 23 countries that acceded the Basel Convention, 16 ratified and implemented the Convention prior to 2000. The first countries that implemented the Convention were China, India, Sri Lanka, and the Maldives in 1992. Myanmar is the most recent country to ratify and put it into force in 2015 (Table 8).
The ratification of the other three Conventions, namely Rotterdam, Stockholm and Minamata Conventions, is lower throughout the region. Aside from the Basel Convention, neither Bhutan nor Brunei Darussalam, for example, have ratified any of the other Conventions. In the case of Brunei Darussalam, this is despite signing the Stockholm Convention in 2002. Similarly, Malaysia signed the Stockholm Convention in 2002 and the Minamata Convention in 2014 but has not ratify them. Conversely, Myanmar acceded to the Stockholm Convention but did not sign or ratify the remaining Conventions. Out of the four Conventions, the Minamata Convention is the least widely ratified, with only half of Asian countries currently having ratified it. It is worth noting that Timor-Leste is the only country in Asia to have neither signed nor ratified any one of these four Conventions.
The situation is also diverse in the Pacific region, where the most widely ratified convention is the Stockholm Convention. Tokelau is the only Pacific Region country that has not ratified any of the Conventions. Most of the ratifications occurred prior to 2005, except for Tonga and Palau, which ratified the Stockholm Convention in 2009 and 2011, respectively. The ratification of the other conventions is lower in the Pacific region. Fiji, Niue, and the Solomon Islands, for example, all acceded to the Stockholm Convention but are not parties to the remaining Conventions.
Samoa, Marshall Islands, Tonga, and Vanuatu are currently the only countries that ratified all four Conventions. However, progress in the ratification of the Conventions has been made in the region, as 25 per cent of the ratification of the Basel Convention and nearly 30 per cent of the ratification of the Rotterdam Convention occurred within the 2010s. Similarly, since 2017 six countries have ratified the Minamata Convention.
Further details on the ratification and implementation of the Basel, Rotterdam, Stockholm, and Minamata Convention in the Asia–Pacific region are presented in Table 8. International legislation including year when adopted in the Asia Pacific region.
Source: Basel Convention, 2021; Minamata Convention, 2021; Rotterdam Convention, 2021; Stockholm Convention, 2021..
Table 8. International legislation including year when adopted in the Asia Pacific region.
Source: Basel Convention, 2021; Minamata Convention, 2021; Rotterdam Convention, 2021; Stockholm Convention, 2021.
6.5.2. Regional legal frameworks addressing soil pollution
Although no regional convention on soil protection or soil pollution prevention and control currently exists in Asia–Pacific, a series of regional environmental cooperation agreements may have a positive impact on soil pollution prevention.
In Southeast Asia, for example, cooperative efforts have been undertaken within the framework of the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN). Since 1977, ASEAN has promoted environmental cooperation and coordination among its ten Member States. These include Brunei Darussalam, Cambodia, Indonesia, Lao People's Democratic Republic, Malaysia, Myanmar, Philippines, Singapore, Thailand, and Viet Nam. ASEAN cooperation on the environment is divided into seven priorities for the region: chemicals and waste, sustainable cities, nature conservation, water resources management, coastal environment, climate change and environmental education. Although none of these priorities specifically addresses soil pollution, most of these priorities can support soil pollution prevention and help harmonize the response of countries through the sharing of knowledge and experience.
In addition, there is also some regional collaboration between Asia and the Pacific to mitigate soil pollution. Taiwan Environmental Protection Administration (Taiwan-EPA), for example, established an international working group on the Remediation for Soil and Groundwater Pollution of Asian and Pacific Regions in place since 2011 (Taiwan-EPA, 2019a). This working group is composed of representatives of the Ministries of Environmental Protection from 12 countries: Taiwan Province of China, the Republic of Korea, Japan, Philippines, Malaysia, Thailand, Viet Nam, Indonesia, Sri Lanka, India, Australia, and New Zealand. This Working Group has contributed to organizing international conferences, joint Taiwan-EPA and US EPA international workshops, training courses, bilateral cooperation between countries, newsletters, and international environmental exhibitions held in 2012 and 2014 in Taipei. The Taiwan-EPA cooperates with extension services on actions to prevent soil and groundwater pollution, providing support on the survey, evaluation, remediation, and risk assessment technologies for this region since 2011.
In the Pacific region, most of the regional legal frameworks addressing environmental protection focus on water and marine pollution. However, the Noumea Convention and the Waigani Convention may contribute to soil pollution prevention as they address the conservation of natural resources and waste management. Based on the Basel Convention, the Waigani Convention is a more specific instrument for the Pacific as it also deals with radioactive waste in addition to the control of hazardous waste. Most countries from the Pacific region have ratified or acceded to the Convention, with the exception of Vanuatu, Tokelau, and the Marshall Islands, while Nauru and Palau signed it but have yet to ratify (SPREP, 2020a). The Convention for the protection of natural resources and environment of the South Pacific Region, also called the Noumea Convention, focuses largely on marine and coastal environment conservation but also addresses waste management, chemicals storage and mining activities. It should be noted that soil is only briefly addressed within these conventions and are therefore not sufficient to provide an adequate level of protection for all soils in the Pacific. There are fewer ratifications of the Noumea Convention, with only 10 countries having ratified or acceded, namely: Australia, the Cook Islands, Fiji, Marshall Islands, the Federated States of Micronesia, Nauru, New Zealand, Papua New Guinea, Samoa and the Solomon Islands (SPREP, 2020b).
Further details on the regional agreements with impact on soil pollution prevention in the Asia–Pacific region can be found in Table 9.
Table 9. Regional agreements related to soil pollution prevention in the Asia–Pacific region.
6.5.3. National legal frameworks addressing soil pollution
National frameworks for addressing soil pollution vary significantly amongst countries depending on regional or in-country circumstances. Most countries in the Asia–Pacific region do not have legislation that was drafted to specifically address soil pollution. In these countries soil pollution tends only to be addressed in other sector-specific legislation.
While laws have been adopted to specifically address air and water pollution, soil pollution remains a neglected issue in most Asian countries (). Only a quarter of Asian countries currently have specific legislation addressing soil pollution prevention and control. Among these countries are China, Indonesia, Japan, Mongolia, Nepal, Sri Lanka and the Republic of Korea. Although Sri Lanka already has a Soil Conservation Act since 1951 and Japan an Act to Prevent Soil Contamination on Agricultural Land since 1970, most of these countries have adopted specific legislation on soil pollution prevention in recent years. China, for example, has issued multiple decrees addressing soil pollution prevention and remediation in the 2010s, before establishing its first national law on soil pollution in 2019 (Zhao, 2019). In addition to creating new obligations and liabilities in China, it also establishes a special fund for soil remediation costs (Li et al., 2019).
In 2016, the Taiwan-EPA developed a health risk assessment committee to review all the soil remediation projects that used risk-based approaches, such as very large pollution sites, harbours, illegal dumping sites, natural geogenic sites, or historic brownfields near cities (Taiwan-EPA, 2019c). This is a very important starting point to address the communication gaps between scientists, policymakers, and regulators.
Although other Asian countries do not have a specific instrument focusing exclusively on soil pollution, they all have legal instruments addressing soil pollution as part of broader legislation on environmental protection (). Furthermore, most countries have legal instruments addressing waste management, agrochemicals, and water pollution, which can contribute to soil pollution prevention. While most waste legislation were focusing on the wastes' toxicity, an increasing number of Asian countries are now adopting waste management legislation to also control the quantity of waste. Waste reduction is becoming one of the main priorities in the region (Terazono et al., 2005). Consequently, countries such as Indonesia and Malaysia that used to control hazardous waste under toxic substances regulations now have legal instruments to address waste management (Terazono et al., 2005). It should be noted that while soil pollution prevention is considered, very little attention is currently given to soil remediation.
Similar to Asian countries, almost all countries in the Pacific region address soil pollution as part of broader instruments that aim to prevent environmental pollution. The larger countries with prominent industrial activities have more legislation and policies that address soil pollution. Nauru and Tokelau do not have a legal instrument to prevent soil or environmental pollution. Palau, the Marshall Islands, and New Zealand were the first countries in the region to implement an Environment Act in 1981, 1984 and 1986, respectively.
In 1999, Australia established comprehensive guidelines for the assessment of contaminated sites, the National Environment Protection (Assessment of Site Contamination) Measure 2009, using a risk-based approach. This legislative instrument was revised in 2013 and provides detailed guidance on sampling and data objectives, numerical site investigation levels, ecological and human health risk assessments and stakeholder consultation. In 2019, Australia developed a National Remediation Framework which focuses on remediation elements. While this framework has acceptance among regulators in Australia, it does not, however, share the same legislative status as the National Environment Protection Measure 2009. This makes it a flexible framework that can be continually updated. Its supporting guidelines include those for the development of remediation plans, their implementation, and the closure of a site following remediation works. Together, the frameworks and its supporting guidelines supplement detailed jurisdictional environmental legislation and policy already available in Australia. Very few countries within the Pacific region have legislation on remediation of contaminated sites.
In New Zealand, the Resource Management (National Environmental Standard for Assessing and Managing Contaminants in Soil to Protect Human Health) Regulations, 2011 provides a comprehensive national standard for soil pollution for the protection of human health. Stewart et al. (2016) reported that New Zealand's EPA had the capability and legal framework to assess emerging organic contaminants (EOCs), such as flame retardants, phthalate, PFAS and restrict or ban their usage. For example, New Zealand's EPA had revoked approval of a few of EOCs, including irgarol and chlorothalonil (used as biocidal agents), some pesticides (e.g. carbaryl, chlorpyrifos and diazinon) (Stewart et al., 2016). Some Pacific countries have a special focus on regulating POPs, such as Tonga and Marshal Islands, with a focus on trade and importation, and banning or restricting use.
In addition to environmental protection legislation, an increasing number of countries in the Pacific region are also adopting legislation on waste management. Samoa and Vanuatu are the latest countries within the region to adopt a Waste Management Act in 2010 and 2014, respectively. Australia developed the National Waste Policy in 2018 focusing on waste and resource recovery, underpinning the principles of a circular economy.
Further details on the national legislation addressing soil pollution prevention and management are presented in Table 10.
Table 10. National legislation to prevent and combat soil pollution in the Asia–Pacific region.
Source: FAOLEX, 2019; UNSTAT, 2011.
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 Mason - Meaning of Mason, What does Mason mean?
[ 2 syll. ma-son, mas-on ] The baby boy name Mason is also used as a girl name, but the use for boys is much more common. It is pronounced as MEY-SahN †. Mason is used predominantly in the English language and its origin is Old French. The name's meaning is mason, stone worker. The first name is derived from a family name, which is itself from the job title 'mason' for a stone worker. The job title is itself from the Old French 'maçon' and the Old English 'macian', and ultimately of Germanic origin.
Mason has 18 variants. Variants include Macen, Macin, Macyn, Maison, Masan, Masen, Masin, Massan, Massen, Massin, Masson, Massun, Massyn, Masun, Masyn, Maysen, Mayson, and Sonny.
See also the related categories, title, worker (helper), stone (sand), french, and germanic (german).
Mason is a very popular baby name for boys, and it is also viewed as fairly trendy. The name's popularity has been growing since the 1950s. Its usage peaked in 2011 with 0.964% of baby boys being given the name Mason. It ranked at #2 then. In 2017, its usage was 0.688% and its ranking #7, and it was the most popular among all boy names in its group. In 2017, 45 times more boys were named Mason than the next most popular name, Sonny. In the past century Mason has mostly been a baby boy name.
Baby names that sound like Mason include Ma'an, Macan, MacBaine, MacBayn, MacBayne, MacBeane, Macen, Macián, Macin, Mackan, Mackean, Macken, Mackin, Mackon, Mackun, Mackyn, MacMahon, Macmahon, Macon, and MacQueen.
† Pronunciation for Mason: M as in "me (M.IY)" ; EY as in "ate (EY.T)" ; S as in "see (S.IY)" ; AH as in "mud (M.AH.D)" ; N as in "knee (N.IY)"


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Каран Василь Талемонович — тренер-викладач з легкої атлетики, Заслужений тренер України
 Каран Македонський — цар Македонії

Каран — присілок, Альшеєвський район, Башкортостан
 Каран — село, Буздяцький район, Башкортостан
 Каран — присілок, Кугарчинський район, Башкортостан
 Каран — присілок, Мелеузівський район, Башкортостан
 Каран — село, Чекмагушівський район, Башкортостан

Див. також
 Роз'їзда Каран
 Тукмак-Каран

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        Me.txtNationalDepartmentName.Properties.Mask.ShowPlaceHolders = CType(resources.GetObject("txtNationalDepartmentName.Properties.Mask.ShowPlaceHolders"), Boolean)
        '
        'txtEnglishName
        '
        resources.ApplyResources(Me.txtEnglishName, "txtEnglishName")
        Me.txtEnglishName.Name = "txtEnglishName"
        Me.txtEnglishName.Properties.AutoHeight = CType(resources.GetObject("txtEnglishName.Properties.AutoHeight"), Boolean)
        Me.txtEnglishName.Properties.Mask.EditMask = resources.GetString("txtEnglishName.Properties.Mask.EditMask")
        Me.txtEnglishName.Properties.Mask.IgnoreMaskBlank = CType(resources.GetObject("txtEnglishName.Properties.Mask.IgnoreMaskBlank"), Boolean)
        Me.txtEnglishName.Properties.Mask.SaveLiteral = CType(resources.GetObject("txtEnglishName.Properties.Mask.SaveLiteral"), Boolean)
        Me.txtEnglishName.Properties.Mask.ShowPlaceHolders = CType(resources.GetObject("txtEnglishName.Properties.Mask.ShowPlaceHolders"), Boolean)
        Me.txtEnglishName.Tag = "{M}[en]"
        '
        'cbOrganization
        '
        resources.ApplyResources(Me.cbOrganization, "cbOrganization")
        Me.cbOrganization.Name = "cbOrganization"
        Me.cbOrganization.Properties.AutoHeight = CType(resources.GetObject("cbOrganization.Properties.AutoHeight"), Boolean)
        Me.cbOrganization.Properties.Buttons.AddRange(New DevExpress.XtraEditors.Controls.EditorButton() {New DevExpress.XtraEditors.Controls.EditorButton(CType(resources.GetObject("cbOrganization.Properties.Buttons"), DevExpress.XtraEditors.Controls.ButtonPredefines)), New DevExpress.XtraEditors.Controls.EditorButton(CType(resources.GetObject("cbOrganization.Properties.Buttons1"), DevExpress.XtraEditors.Controls.ButtonPredefines))})
        Me.cbOrganization.Properties.Columns.AddRange(New DevExpress.XtraEditors.Controls.LookUpColumnInfo() {New DevExpress.XtraEditors.Controls.LookUpColumnInfo(resources.GetString("cbOrganization.Properties.Columns"), CType(resources.GetObject("cbOrganization.Properties.Columns1"), Integer), resources.GetString("cbOrganization.Properties.Columns2")), New DevExpress.XtraEditors.Controls.LookUpColumnInfo(resources.GetString("cbOrganization.Properties.Columns3"), CType(resources.GetObject("cbOrganization.Properties.Columns4"), Integer), resources.GetString("cbOrganization.Properties.Columns5"))})
        Me.cbOrganization.Properties.NullText = resources.GetString("cbOrganization.Properties.NullText")
        Me.cbOrganization.Tag = "{M}"
        '
        'lblNationalName
        '
        resources.ApplyResources(Me.lblNationalName, "lblNationalName")
        Me.lblNationalName.Name = "lblNationalName"
        '
        'Label3
        '
        resources.ApplyResources(Me.Label3, "Label3")
        Me.Label3.Name = "Label3"
        '
        'DepartmentDetail
        '
        resources.ApplyResources(Me, "$this")
        Me.Controls.Add(Me.cbOrganization)
        Me.Controls.Add(Me.txtEnglishName)
        Me.Controls.Add(Me.txtNationalDepartmentName)
        Me.Controls.Add(Me.Label3)
        Me.Controls.Add(Me.lblNationalName)
        Me.Controls.Add(Me.Label1)
        Me.DefaultFormState = System.Windows.Forms.FormWindowState.Normal
        Me.FormID = "A21"
        Me.HelpTopicID = "Organisations"
        Me.KeyFieldName = "idfDepartment"
        Me.LeftIcon = Global.eidss.My.Resources.Resources.Department_137_
        Me.Name = "DepartmentDetail"
        Me.ObjectName = "Department"
        Me.ShowDeleteButton = False
        Me.Status = bv.common.win.FormStatus.Draft
        Me.TableName = "Department"
        Me.Controls.SetChildIndex(Me.Label1, 0)
        Me.Controls.SetChildIndex(Me.lblNationalName, 0)
        Me.Controls.SetChildIndex(Me.Label3, 0)
        Me.Controls.SetChildIndex(Me.txtNationalDepartmentName, 0)
        Me.Controls.SetChildIndex(Me.txtEnglishName, 0)
        Me.Controls.SetChildIndex(Me.cbOrganization, 0)
        CType(Me.txtNationalDepartmentName.Properties, System.ComponentModel.ISupportInitialize).EndInit()
        CType(Me.txtEnglishName.Properties, System.ComponentModel.ISupportInitialize).EndInit()
        CType(Me.cbOrganization.Properties, System.ComponentModel.ISupportInitialize).EndInit()
        Me.ResumeLayout(False)

    End Sub

#End Region
    Protected Overrides Sub DefineBinding()
        Core.LookupBinder.BindTextEdit(txtNationalDepartmentName, baseDataSet, "Department.Name")
        Core.LookupBinder.BindTextEdit(txtEnglishName, baseDataSet, "Department.DefaultName")
        Core.LookupBinder.BindOrganizationLookup(Me.cbOrganization, baseDataSet, "Department.idfOrganization", HACode.None)
        If Not StartUpParameters Is Nothing AndAlso StartUpParameters.ContainsKey("OrganizationID") Then
            baseDataSet.Tables("Department").Rows(0)("idfOrganization") = StartUpParameters("OrganizationID")
            txtEnglishName.Select()
        End If

        If (bv.model.Model.Core.ModelUserContext.CurrentLanguage = Localizer.lngEn) Then
            Me.txtNationalDepartmentName.Visible = False
            Me.lblNationalName.Visible = False
        End If

    End Sub

End Class

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About 10 feet from every television this Sunday will be a table with all the usual suspects; a gluttony of man food that's about as appealing to most women as varicose veins.
After the first quarter of the Super Bowl, the cheese dip starts to form an impenetrable skin. The chicken wings have gone soggy. The bowl of chips is already staling. The only thing worse than the ubiquitous spread is having to watch your husband or boyfriend make repeated trips to this decaying buffet.
But have no fear, gentlemen. We've got some advice for you from Sarah and Ingrid Harbaugh.
"You get sick of all the man food," says Sarah, who's married to 49ers head coach Jim Harbaugh. "We go through the whole season, Sunday after Sunday, of chicken wings, pizza and subs."
Since nearly 70 percent of women in the country will be watching the game, the sisters-in-law believe the game day menu should be a little more female friendly. Sarah lightens up a family recipe for chicken enchilada dip and eschews the chips in favor of better dipping options, like carrots.
Ingrid, the wife of Ravens head coach John Harbaugh, agrees most parties should scale back on the fat and calorie heavy foods.
"We make what we call Grandma Miller dip," she says. "We use 1/3 less fat or fat free cream cheese, and stir in worcestershire sauce, Tabasco, green onions and olives. We serve it with veggies or pretzels. It is awesome."
Sarah and Ingrid also suggest helping the wives and girlfriends with the shopping and setup -- don't roll your eyes now! -- and if you're having a bunch of guys over, make it pot luck. But don't forget about dessert. Just because you're stuffed by halftime, doesn't mean the ladies don't want a little something sweet in the fourth quarter.
"I'm a chocoholic," Ingrid says. "I think a lot of women are looking for the chocolate."
The sisters-in-law have teamed up with Skinny Cow to promote their new chocolate candy, which they say will definitely be on their tables for the big game. The families, still stung from their championship week losses, will be watching from home.
"We'll be in Baltimore," Ingrid says. "We're not going to the game. We made a pact between us that if we're not playing in it, we're not going."
The Super Bowl would've been an amazing achievement for the brothers, but facing off against a sibling is never easy. The Ravens and 49ers already went head to head once this year.
"They truly are best friends," Sarah says. "It's hard when they have to play each other, but that's one day and then you're back to being friends."
"You feel bad because they don't get to see each other so much," Ingrid adds. "They do talk on the phone a lot though."
John and Jim are only about a year apart in age and look similar, but their wives say their personalities are pretty opposite.
"If there's a brick wall in front of both of them," Sarah says, "John will find a hundred different ways around it and Jim will just run through it."
No word on how they will scheme for Sunday's Super Bowl spread, but if they want to keep their wives happy, I'd forego any nuclear orange cheese and draw up a run for some chocolate.


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PKL 9: Confident Parteek Dahiya, Gujarat Giants eye victory in final league game vs Pink Panthers
With young raider Parteek Dahiya as the driving force, Gujarat Giants are on a late surge in form during the business end of the Season 9 of the Pro Kabaddi League (PKL), which has helped resurrect the Gujarat Giants' campaign.
Riding on a four-match winning streak in the ongoing Hyderabad leg, the Giants are in with a chance to sneak into the top 6 and book their flights for Mumbai for the playoffs. For that, they will have to win their final league stage game against Jaipur Pink Panthers.
Parteek Dahiya, who has been raking in the points having registered 10 Super 10s in the tournament so far. Parteek, who scored 17 points in the Giants' win against Telugu Titans, is also among the top-10 raiders in the league, with 166 points to his name.
Speaking about his form, Parteek said, "This is all because of the way we train under our coach Ram Mehar Singh. He makes us work very hard during our training sessions which helps us perform well on the mat. I am quite sure that if injuries had not affected our team the way they did, we'd have secured qualification for the playoffs."
Since the win against the Puneri Paltan, a team who have already booked their berth for the next round, the Giants have changed extraordinarily from the team that was in action during the Pune leg of the season.
"Our team is in a very good place right now, and we are playing with a lot of gusto, and the combinations are also working very well for us. We need a few results in our favour and a win against the Jaipur Pink Panthers to qualify for the playoffs. Our confidence is high and the momentum is also on our side," he was quoted as saying in a release on Thursday.
Parteek, who has been playing with plenty of panache, admitted that the team has a spring in their step after the recent uptick in fortunes.
"Things weren't going in our favour, our plans weren't working out the way we wanted to when we had setbacks with injuries. But now all that has changed and there is a very different atmosphere in the camp," he says.
The ace raider from Sonipat in Haryana dreams of donning the Indian jersey in the future and is confident that his performances for the Adani Gujarat Giants team this season can help achieve that. He also noted that the battles on the mat with more established players, overseas and Indian, have helped improve his game and given him much-needed experience.
"I have spoken to my uncle (Deepak Niwas Hooda) during the season, and he keeps telling me to concentrate on my game so that I can do well. To ensure I can do well, the biggest learning for me is that I must keep my fitness levels high. That's one of my biggest takeaways from this year," the 19-year-old said.
The Adani Gujarat Giants play the Jaipur Pink Panthers in their final league stage match on Friday at the Gachibowli Indoor Stadium here and hope that lady luck continues to be in their favour. For the Adani Gujarat Giants, extending the winning streak to five games is the need of the hour.
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If you love the nutty flavor of sesame and a touch of garlic, this dressing is for you (and me)! This delicate dressing on fresh greens from the garden… what a great experience for your tastebuds! Each forkful begs for more. Yum!!
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Gormley: Saskatchewan attitude prevails
John Gormley, Saskatoon StarPhoenix
No one knows who first said it, although it's been attributed to a movie star, various football coaches and country music singers: "Tough times don't last; tough people do."
This comes to mind as Saskatchewan looks back on a two-year recession caused by falling resource prices. But unlike earlier economic downturns, this time people are facing it with a different attitude.
It is axiomatic for a province like ours, which farms, drills and mines commodities, to have ups and downs.
The Great Depression of the 1930s existentially redefined Saskatchewan. The 1970s resource boom ended with a national recession, runaway inflation and crippling high interest rates.
In the late 1980s we saw the collapse of agriculture and a debt crisis brought on by government spending.
Even in the early 2000s, a population drain reduced Saskatchewan to numbers unseen in two decades.
Each of these times we responded pretty much the same way, by running for the exits with our hair on fire, swirling in a toxic combination of anger and recrimination for being foolish enough to actually believe that things could be better.
As I have observed in this column and in a bestselling political book, the attitude often underlying Saskatchewan history was an intricately woven web of inferiority, self-loathing, negativism and pessimism.
For two generations, provincial governments — most often the natural governing NDP — would carefully manage expectations downward, intentionally perpetuating the view that one best not get their hopes up, things could always be worse and that failure was just one harvest away.
There was a pronounced tendency to talk down Saskatchewan and keep thinking small.
Economic cycles differ from politics, although they are intimately connected. Whether government fiscal policy involves abundance or scrambling to contain deficits, public opinion will vary — just as there is anger over the current budget — but there is something deeper in the attitude of how we choose to face adversity.
Recent economic analyses confirm the provincial economy shrunk during the past couple of years — according to RBC Economics — by 1.3 per cent in 2015 and 1.8 per cent in 2016.
The Conference Board of Canada predicts a modest but barely noticeable recovery this year of 0.9 per cent, echoing the Saskatchewan government's growth forecast of 0.8 per cent, while RBC sees the economy expanding by 1.8 per cent.
The important point is that we are not in free fall and are coming out the other side.
One significant factor will change. The past decade's capital spending of $20 billion per year on average — as potash mines expanded, the oilpatch spent and large government infrastructure built up — will slow.
But otherwise we're coming back.
The Conference Board's Cities Outlook observes a "soft rebound" underway with forecasts of 1.9 per cent growth in Saskatoon and 1.6 per cent in Regina.
Employment is expected to grow — a 1.1 per cent job bump in Saskatoon and 1.2 per cent in Regina, although this forecast was done before the provincial budget.
Certainly there is caution. The Canadian Federation of Independent Business's monthly barometer indicates that while 11 per cent of business owners are planning to hire more full time staff, 17 per cent are planning layoffs.
Social psychologists tell us of the link between belief, attitude, intention, and behaviour.
More now than at any time in recent history, a much larger and robust Saskatchewan — closer to 1.2 million people — is not rolling over.
This comes from the influence of newcomers, immigrants, change-adjusted millennials, and folks who have experienced economic cycles elsewhere.
People are also staying because Alberta's economic woes have made it a less attractive alternative.
But this time around there is a Saskatchewan attitude steeped in resilience, adaptability and interconnectedness with the world that wasn't here in the past.
Perhaps it's a modern take on advice columnist Ann Landers' wisdom that we should expect trouble as an "inevitable part of life. When it comes, hold your head high, look it squarely in the eye and say, 'I will be bigger than you. You cannot defeat me.' "
John Gormley is a broadcaster, lawyer, author and former Progressive Conservative MP whose radio talk show is heard weekdays from 8:30 a.m. to 12:30 p.m. on 650 CKOM Saskatoon and 980 CJME Regina.
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text:
package com.hazelcast.query.impl.extractor.predicates;

import com.hazelcast.test.ObjectTestUtils;

import java.io.Serializable;

/**
 * Data structure used in the tests of extraction in single-value attributes (not in collections).
 */
public class SingleValueDataStructure {

    public static class Person implements Serializable {

        Brain brain;

        @Override
        public boolean equals(Object o) {
            if (!(o instanceof Person)) {
                return false;
            }
            Person other = (Person) o;
            return ObjectTestUtils.equals(this.brain, other.brain);
        }

        @Override
        public int hashCode() {
            return ObjectTestUtils.hashCode(brain);
        }
    }

    public static class Brain implements Serializable {

        Integer iq;
        String name;

        @Override
        public boolean equals(Object o) {
            if (!(o instanceof Brain)) {
                return false;
            }
            Brain other = (Brain) o;
            return ObjectTestUtils.equals(this.iq, other.iq);
        }

        @Override
        public int hashCode() {
            return ObjectTestUtils.hashCode(iq);
        }
    }

    public static Person person(Integer iq) {
        Brain brain = new Brain();
        brain.iq = iq;
        brain.name = "brain" + iq;
        Person person = new Person();
        person.brain = brain;
        return person;
    }
}


Toepen is a Dutch fast paced, Dutch trick taking card game that can be played between three and eight players. Toepen is widely regarded as a drinking game in Holland, but can be applied as a real money card game too, with professional Toepen tournaments not out of the ordinary around the world.
Toepen is played with a 32 card pack. To set up a regular deck of playing cards for a game of Toepen simply remove all of the two, three, four, five and six cards of each suit. In descending order of value the high card is 10, nine, eight, seven, Ace, King, Queen and Jack is the lowest value card in a Toepen deck.
The dealer will deal one card each to the players in a clockwise fashion until each player has four cards. The remaining cards will be placed face down in the centre of the table.
If any player's four cards consists entirely of Ace's, King's, Queen's and Jack's, then that player has the option to surrender that hand and deal themselves another four cards from the cards in the middle of the table. In fact, anyone can surrender their hand and deal themselves four new cards, regardless of their hand. But if some else at the table challenges your surrender then you have to reveal the four cards you are giving up.
If any of your cards actually contain a 10, nine, eight or seven, then you lose a life. But if your cards really are only Ace's, King's, Queen's and Jack's, then the person who challenged you loses a life.
The player to the dealer's left starts the first trick of the game by determining the suit of that trick with the first card they put down. Play continues in a clockwise fashion with each player following suit if they are able. The trick is won by the player to put forward the highest card of the suit being played.
At any time throughout the hand any player can elect to "toep" or increase the number of points that round of play is to be worth. This is done by simply knocking on the table. Once the toep has been raised, every other player may elect to either fold and lose one point or continue playing at the elevated point total.
The winner of each hand does not lose any points while all those remaining in the hand lose however many toeps plus one point. If there were two knocks throughout the round then the losers of that round would lose three points, the initial point of play and the two toeps.
The winner of a trick starts the next trick and the winner of the fourth trick deals the next round.
Once a player loses ten points they are the loser and out of the game and either lose money to the pot or buys a round of drinks. A fresh game, with all accrued points wiped, can now begin.


for me still stuck in ADLS/VDSL land for another year or so, moving from Bigpipe to Voyager is a no brainer - I can get static IPv4 and IPv6 with no CG-NAT etc, and take my own equipment along with no lock ins for less than the cost of BigPipe.
There is no real differentiator between Bigpipe naked DSL/fibre and Spark naked DSL/fibre plans now from what I can see.
Vast majority of us geeks will have already pushed our voice stuff (if still required) from ISP to VOIP services like 2talk and vast majority of us already have Netflix/whatever, and we'll already have our own modem/routing equipment.
Why on earth would anyone lock into any sort of commitment with an ISP - especially one with no ETA on something like IPv6?
I do sympathise with Spark's position here, but as a consumer with no contract I'm free to move between providers to get the services I need/would like to use.
Also for anyone contemplating ipv6 - there are a bunch of complexities; Cisco ATA doesn't work with ipv6, Disney Circle doesn't do IPv6 natively, DNS switching requires an IPv6 DNS aware provider etc etc.
A big shout out though to the entire bigpipe team - their support has always been excellent from my perspective, and communication has always been transparent - nice work!
[snip] Removing support for IPv6 is tragic and reprehensible.
At this point IPv6 should not be a lab project, it's a deployment project which should have clear action items and timetables.
We are _literally_ years into the exhaustion of IPv4 addresses and IPv6 should be as much a part of a large ISP's offering as IPv4 imho.
"Watch this space" may have been adequate at one time but, accepting that it was a beta trial, there should at least be an announced implementation date even if it's the xth quarter 2018.
Unfortunately in the real world here in NZ, there are FAR more important things for us to spend time and money on AT THE MOMENT. I guarantee you that the engineers would love V6 to be running now, but it doesn't really provide a significant benefit to anyone at the moment, and the other stuff we are doing with money and time does.
Spark has heaps of IPv4 left. We're not running out anytime soon in our fixed BB network.
And at least from a technical standpoint, I'm not comfortable giving any timeframe for implementation because priorities change and I'd hate to say a date and then miss it because we directed resource to a more important project.
Ultimately there are other ISPs that have IPv6 running today, and choice is a great thing - it's a truly competitive market out there. We absolutely want our customers to stay and we believe that the other benefits (international performance, access to a greater number of MUCH larger and more distributed CDNs) will satisfy most Bigpipe customers. If there are a few customers that absolutely NEED IPv6 then we'll be sad to see you go, but if you need v6, you need v6.
I've looked at 2degrees offering and on an ADSL only connection (limited by my location), on an open ended contract - 2degress is significantly more expensive (as all our mobiles are with different providers), and the factI believe I'd need to spend $10 extra each month for a non cg-nat ipv4 connection (for VOIP) and ipv6.
Just checking - as far as I understand it 2degrees doesn't use CGNAT, so the $10/mo is only if you need a static IP. Someone please correct me if I'm wrong.
jmosen: When is the migration due to happen?
From the 12th of June. I can't be any more specific than that at this stage, sorry.
Respectfully the amount of IPv4 address space that Spark has is not the issue.
From what I understand Spark's No.1 priority right now is the final stages of a move to a 100% Spark owned backbone that does not rely on infrastructure owned by Chorus since the split. I'm guessing services like the backbone network Bigpipe runs on, dial-up, Local peering etc.. all touch infrastructure now owned under the Chorus umbrella and must be shut down as they distance themselves from Chorus.
Moving to the Spark network and maintaining IPv6 at the same time is not possible. The performance and coverage benefits for customers, and the efficiency benefits for us wildly exceed the downsides of TEMPORARILY losing IPv6.
Which tells you how much Spark has been dragging the chain on IPv6. It's 2018, why does Spark not have IPv6 ready to go already?
And don't give me the "It takes time!" BS, you've had what, 20 years? Spark/Telecom aren't a bank.
Which tells you how much Spark has been dragging the chain on IPv6. It's 2018, why does Spark not have IPv6 ready to go already? And don't give me the "It takes time!" BS, you've had what, 20 years? Spark/Telecom aren't a bank.
I don't know how much clearer I can be. It's not done yet because it's not in high demand and there are still better places to invest in terms of improving the customer experience.
It is happening now, but it's not being driven by residential BB demand. We have limited resource (engineers, time, money) and we spend those resources where us and our customers will see the biggest benefits.
You don't have to like it, you don't even have to agree with it - but you have to accept it. We have a better view than anyone on this forum of what our customers want and how they use the internet (not down to site monitoring per user - we don't do that), and IPv6 is simply not in demand. Our customers want more bandwidth, better streaming, better WiFi etc - not IPv6.
If you can come up with a business case why we should divert resources to a feature that will bring no revenue, attract no customers, and have no positive impact on the user experience while simultaneously taking investment away from what people really want, then great, please enlighten me. But I GUARANTEE you, you won't have thought of something that the engineers in Spark haven't already thought of and have tried to make a business case work for.
Even as a design engineer who would LOVE to see V6 done sooner rather than later, as someone with a strong customer focus, I can hand on heart honestly say that investing in making the experience better for 99.999% of users is a better outcome than catering for the 0.0001%.
Which is to say, never, because anyone who needs or wants it will have moved to providers that can provide it.
As for the rest of it, I bet you that you'll always be doing all the other stuff and so you'll never get around to it.
I'll bet you a pint of beer that Spark won't have IPv6 rolled out to all their residential customers come 2020..
You don't have to like it, you don't even have to agree with it - but you have to accept it.
You're simply wrong. We don't have to accept it, there are way too many other providers out there (thankfully) that we can (and some of us have) moved to instead. Your uptake was tiny, simply because you only offered it to a small subset of users (those on geekzone). And telling your customers (who are time and again tell you it's important to them) that it's not needed, or important to them, is certainly not going to win you any new customers or favors with the current ones.
I'm out. Telling us that we'll never roll out V6 or asserting that it's a major desirable feature is the sort of thing I honestly can't argue intelligently with.
I'll address new issues only in this thread.
some people need to take their anger with this decision else where, whats done is done and its a buisness decision and made for obvious reasons.
this thread doesnt need all the anger in it.
Will the VLAN tagging configuration be changing??
Personally, i look at the resolution actions by other RSP's being "Turn off IPv6" as a action, as not a valid action but a temporal troubleshooting step.
Your talking full training for all assure agents, Documentation updated etc.
the other thing is the network guys are literally my favorite here.
They not only look to enable a feature, but they tune the living crap out of it to get the best user experience.
i fully expect when v6 does go live, it will be a user experience that has been crafted, tested and put through the ringer to avoid the rocky issues other providers have had.


Me too campaign was a great movement and it shocked the entire world. Many people opened up about the sexual harassments that they gone through. Actress Tanushree Dutta has opened up about a 10 year-old controversy and accused Nana Patekar of harassing her on the sets of the film Horn Ok Pleassss. Rakesh Sarang, who now produces the TV show Crime Patrol, directed the film and he as well as several others seem to have been part of a cover-up that led to the incident going unreported. Now, she's saying #MeToo in the hope of shedding light on what the film industry brushes under the carpet.
For those unaware, the incident occurred when Tanushree was shooting for a dance sequence in Horn Ok Pleassss, and her co-star, Nana, began getting too close to her and tried to grab her from behind. She was so shaken by the incident that she immediately left the shoot and quit the film. And though she never even registered a formal complaint, the Raj Thackeray-led Maharashtra Navnirman Sena (MNS) took strong exception to her allegations of Nana's indecent behaviour and wrote notes to various movie producer associations, asking them to blacklist Tanushree. Despite the fact that members of the media were present on set, no one stood by her and the actress was left to fend for herself. She ended up doing three more Hindi films — Ramaa The Saviour, Apartment and Rokk — and a Tamil one before vanishing into oblivion.
Incidentally, Nana denied the allegations levelled against him then, saying that Tanushree was like his daughter.


Whirlybirds originate in the USA where they have been operating since 1940. They have spread throughout the world and are the biggest selling turbine ventilator in the world. Whirlybirds were introduced to South Africa in 1983 where they started a trend and are the most commonly used turbine ventilator. They are fully assembled in South Africa.
The Whirlybird is constructed entirely of high-quality aluminium. This makes it lightweight and rust-resistant.
21 aerofoil blades are riveted laterally to form a sturdy spherical dome. The dome incorporates a rigid spider-type framework attached to a vertical spindle via two ball bearings. All components are shaped for strength and riveted at every connection. Tests conducted by the Construction Research Laboratory Inc. in Miami, Florida, USA, proved that the Whirlybird could withstand winds gusting up to 190km per hour.
The dome assembly is mounted on a cylindrical neck that incorporates a sliding joint and flange. The flange facilities water- tight attachment to most types of roof and the sliding joint enables the neck to be elbowed so that the spindle can be set vertically on roofs pitched between 0º and 45º.
The ball bearings feature inner and outer machined races made of Delrin and nine 200 grade 302 series stainless steel balls in a Turcite bearing cage engineered for low turning resistance. Turcon seals and an ultrasonically welded bearing cap protect the heat-resistant Anderol 793A lubricant from ingress of dirt and moisture.
The lightness of the dome and the high quality of the ball bearings assure low inertia so that the dome rotates silently about its spindle under the influence of the slightest convection current or breeze.
The aerofoil vanes incorporate rolled edges shaped to prevent rain and dust from penetrating the dome. Extra-large flashing enables leak-proof installation.
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Hřbitovní kostel Svatého Kříže v Ronově nad Doubravou se nachází v dominantní poloze na skalnatém návrší nad údolím řeky Doubravy 1,5 km jihovýchodně od centra města.

Původně románská stavba pochází zřejmě z první poloviny 13. století kdy kostel jako farní sloužil dnes zaniklé vsi Protivany. Současný presbytář je gotický věž byla připojena v renesanci či raném baroku, kdy byl také celý kostel opraven. Určitými stavebními úpravami prošel též v devatenáctém století.

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I was never much of a traveller. I'm not really sure why. It wasn't until I had children that I felt the need to spread all our wings and go and let them see the world. Our family friendly holiday destination; Fiji. Our last trip there changed our lives forever. We were introduced to the Treasure House Orphanage in Nadi, by locals of Nadi, and an employee of Wyndham Vacation Resort, on Denarau Island. We were told to take basic hygiene items, vegetables, staple food, and maybe a treat for these 20 odd children who go without daily. At the time, we had our four young boys with us, aged 6 and under. The friendliness of the children and staff were captivating, and we were welcomed with open arms. Not because we had gifts, but because we had children, that the orphans could play with! As a young mother of four boys, I was drawn to the baby room, and found myself nursing a newborn Fijian baby, whose mother had left him at birth only days before. I wanted to smuggle him out, and keep him forever. Our family promised him we would help him, some way, some how. We joined forces with another family, but from New Zealand, to create the Treasure House Fund, where we raise money to build these children a new home, designed to suit their culture and needs. The baby we fell in love with, has since been adopted to a beautiful family residing in Fiji. He changed my life, in wanting to help these children for the rest of my life. I have since had another baby, and have not been able to return to Fiji with five small kiddies as yet to see our beautiful Treasure House kids. There is always more to a location in which a Wyndham Resort lays. While there is always a pool to have a refreshing swim in, gorgeous rooms with luxurious linens, or staff that will go above and beyond, there is always something more. Things that will change your life. You just have to open your mind and heart to the possibilities.


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Last fall we spent a week in Turin (Torino), Italy. It is in NW Italy, west of Milan, at the foot of the Alps. We rented an apartment with friends. It was a great neighborhood, just a few blocks from Via Po, one of the main streets of Turin.
Around the corner from our apartment was the Mole Antonelliana.
The Mole Antonelliana is a major landmark in Turin. A mole, in Italian, is a building of monumental proportions. Designed by architect Antonelli in 1863, it was built to be a synagogue. Because of cost overruns and a falling out between the architect and the Jewish community, the city of Turin took it over in 1876, trading another piece of land for the synagogue. It was eventually finished in 1889. At 550 feet, the Mole Antonelliana is the tallest unreinforced brick building in the world (built without a steel girder skeleton). It is now home to the Museo del Cinema.
Our first morning in Turin we took a city walking tour.
We started near the Porta Nuova train station.
City water fountains feature a bull, the emblem of Turin.
On the corner of one of the buildings in this plaza is a "picture" of the Shroud of Turin.
Many streets in Turin are lined with arcades and there are also lots of shopping arcades.
The district of Aurora has very narrow streets and is one of the most ancient areas of the city.
Porta Palatina is from the 1st century BC. It was the northern gateway when Turin was a Roman walled city.
The Duomo di San Giovanni Battista, built between 1491-98, is home to the Shroud of Turin. The shroud is stored away but you can visit a museum dedicated to it.
The Cathedral Bell Tower was built in 1469.
Next to the Cathedral are ruins of a Roman amphitheater.
Piazza Castello is Turin's huge central square. At one end is the Royal Palace, Palazzo Reale. Built around 1646, it was an historic palace of the House of Savoy. In 1946, it became the property of the state and was turned into a decorative arts museum.
At the other end of the piazza is Palazzo Madama. It was built in the 13th century on the site of another one of the city's Roman gates. It was the original seat of of the Italian parliament and is now a museum.
We finished our tour at another large piazza, the Piazza Vittorio Veneto, next to the Po River.
Across the river is the picturesque Gran Madre di Dio.
We could always spot the Mole to find our way home.
A cute shop in our neighborhood.
One of the Canary Islands, Madeira, Portugal is the last bit of land before sailing off across the Atlantic to America. Funchal, the largest city on the island, is a popular cruise port. We've been here a couple times, but there is always something new for us to see. Click 2013 and 2016 to see pictures from prior visits.
This visit, we took a bus up the hill above Funchal to the village of Monte, which is 1800 feet above sea level. This is the old train station where the bus dropped us off.
A popular touristy thing to do up here is ride a toboggan, on the road, down part of the hill back toward Funchal – controlled by two guys with a rope. We did not do this. But I took pictures of the crazy people who did….
Our Lady of Monte is a church on the hilltop with great views.
You can see our ship, the Prinsendam, in the harbor.
A chapel from 1489 stood on this hill. It was rebuilt in 1741 and again in 1818 after an earthquake. Charles I of Hapsburg, the last emperor of Austria, died here in 1922 and is buried at this church.
We wandered through this pretty little park.
We took a cable car from Monte down to the waterfront.
As a result of a flood in 2010, some engineering work uncovered remains of old stone-built structures, along with the stone pavement of the original Customs Square. It was also known to be the location of the Pillory from 1486.
And back to the port.
Sailing away from Funchal, on our way across the Atlantic and home.


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Between 1919 and 1943 lithography (along with the related offset printing) was the only original graphic printing method that Willi Baumeister used. By 1955 he had produced a total of 150 leaves that, in addition to the paintings, contribute important accents to the corresponding work phase.
Since at least in the initial years he achieved little definite character by chance in his works, he largely rejected the woodblock and linocut techniques as well as etching.
Clear and Consolidated: The Early Works
He endowed the earliest lithographic leaves of 1919 to 1922 with the tersest of pictorial means ( e.g. Figure, 1920 - Apollo, 1922). For him, strokes and shading entirely in black on toned paper were the appropriate forms of expression for the desired abstraction of the human figure and structuring of the picture surface.
He translated the characteristic materiality that preoccupied him in the Wall Pictures during these years into the lithograph, using shading, scored and blackened surfaces, and thin and amplified outlines. This resulted - even more so than in the drawings - in clear, formally extremely consolidated compositions.
The earliest preserved chromolithography, Figure and Circular Segment, dates from 1925 and remained the only one until 1936.
More Flowing Forms and Stronger Abstraction
Only a few lithographs are preserved from the Frankfurt period period between 1928 and 1933 ( e.g. Athletes at Rest, 1928).
We know from the drawings that Baumeister destroyed numerous of his athlete renderings because they later appeared too naturalistic to him. We might presume the same here, too, although it was no doubt chiefly a lack of time that kept him from making lithographs. He increasingly turned to the technique again around 1934, after losing his teaching position.
In contrast to the geometricized figures of the 1920s, he was now interested in movement, without losing the extreme reduction of the drawing. Between 1934 and 1937, the intensified use of graduated tonal values, an even clearer surface emphasis (Tennis Players, 1935 - Painter, 1935/36) and a drawn quality bordering on the nonrepresentational ( Line Figure, 1937) characterized the graphic works.
Marking the end of this phase are a few Line Figures and compositions that Baumeister called Formlings and whose kinship with the Ideograms in the paintings is apparent.
Painting Prohibition
In the years after the Munich Degenerate Art, in which pictures by him were also shown, and after he was imposed with a ban on painting and exhibiting, Baumeister produced further lithographs. Alongside the lack of materials, the circulation of graphic works would have meant an additional danger.
In 1946 Baumeister produced the 12-lithograph portfolio Salome and the Prophet in which he published a few of the 1943 Biblical illustration series drawings. He certainly retained the motifs from the wartime sketches, although formally he worked out even clearer compositions and figurations that, in regard to a circulation of the portfolios, was also understandable and sensible.
In two other portfolios of 1946 and 1947, he likewise took motifs from previous years' drawings, including scenes from Africa, Figure Walls, and other abstract, chiefly figural renderings.
Primary colors as well as green now emerged in some leaves again in the form of watercolored Islands that concurrently appeared in many paintings and silkscreen prints (e.g. Primordial Forms, 1947). But even without the use of color, Baumeister realized works with highly nuanced tonal values by using blurring, chalk structures, and the frottage technique.
The Engagement with Surface and Color
In the last years Baumeister turned more strongly to the serigraph which offered him a much broader opportunity to produce color graphic works. By contrast, he largely avoided intense coloration in the lithographs and increasingly worked with light tonal plates and a grainy lithography stone to reduce contrasts.
The leaves Crucifixion (1952) and Safer (1953) most closely correspond to the artist's intention. At that time he could also make the desired relief structures in lithograph with the means mentioned above. Now it was even possible for him to translate the use of sand in his paintings into the language of the graphic print.
The monumental Crucifixion represents a climax in Baumeister's lithographs. It is the largest graphic print of all and of great suggestive power. Here the print is in no way inferior to the corresponding painting of the same year.
Pleasure in Experimenting
In the last lithographs dealing with the Aru and Han-i themes, which Baumeister only made into an edition as an exception, he experimented with cutout stencils. This again reveals that he constantly searched for new ways to realize his artistic intentions. In the two Stuttgart printers, Erich Mönch and Luitpold Domberger, he had also found two congenial partners.
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