>>> 224 vantage points, 10 failed.
> tests implicate 4<5% having fragmentation issues.
> Much larger number than I intuitively had in mind.
I'm pretty sure the failure rate is higher, and here's why.
The #1 cause of fragments being dropped is firewalls.  Too many admins configuring a firewall do not understand fragments or how to properly put them in the rules.
Where do firewalls exist?  Typically protecting things with public IP space, that is (some) corporate networks and banks of content servers in data centers.  This also includes on-box firewalls for Internet servers, ipfw or iptables on the server is just as likely to be part of the problem.
Now, where are RIPE probes?  Most RIPE probes are probably either with somewhat clueful ISP operators, or at Internet Clueful engineer's personal connectivity (home, or perhaps a box in a colo).  RIPE probes have already significantly self-selected for people who like non-broken connectivity.  What's more, the ping test was probably to some "known good" host(s), rather than a broad selection of Internet hosts, so effectively it was only testing the probe end, not both ends.
Basically, I see RIPE probes as an almost best-case scenario for this sort of broken behavior.
I bet the ISC Netalyzer folks have somewhat better data, perhaps skewed a bit towards broken connections as people run Netalyzer when their connection is broken!  I suspect reality is somewhere between those two book ends.


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LATEST AGENDA
Who are my Parish Councillors?
What does my Parish Council do for me?
What are the Council's responsibilities?
How does the Parish Council run?
Where do I find the Council's Policy Documents?
What does your Parish Council do for you?
A parish council is the first level of local government and is the closest to the community it serves. Wool Parish Council serves the Parish of Wool which includes Bovington and East Burton.
Wool Parish Council exists to help residents and be a point of contact for ideas and suggestions for improvements in the village.
The powers and duties, and the manner in which a parish council operates are laid out in local government statute and regulations. The Parish Council has legal responsibilities as an employer, and owner of public land and buildings.
Wool Parish Council is responsible for:
Burial Grounds, Cemeteries, Churchyards and Crematoria
Bye-laws – the power to make bye-laws concerning: baths and washhouses (swimming pools), cycle parks, mortuaries and pleasure grounds
Community Centres, Conference Centres, Halls, Public Buildings
General Spending – parish councils can spend a limited amount of money on anything they deem of benefit to the community that is not covered by the other specific responsibilities described in this list
Gifts – parish councils may accept gifts
Highways – lighting, parking places, right to enter into discussions about new roads and road widening, consent of parish council required for diversion or discontinuation of highway, traffic signs and other notices, tree planting and verge maintenance
Land – acquisition and sale of
Legal proceedings – power to prosecute and defend any legal proceedings in the interests of the community, power to take part in any public enquiry
Litter - provision of litter-bins and support for any anti-litter campaigns
Planning – parish councils must be notified of, and display for residents, any planning applications for the area. Any comments submitted to the planning authority by the parish council must be taken into account
Postal and Telecommunication Facilities – power to pay a public telecommunications operator any loss sustained in providing services in that area
Public conveniences – provision and maintenance of public toilets
Recreation – provision of recreation grounds, public walkways, pleasure grounds, open spaces, village greens and playing fields
Rights of Way – footpath and bridleway maintenance
Seats (public)
Signs – danger signs, place names and bus stops signs
The Parish Council meets on the third Monday of each month. Members of the public are welcome and there is time at every meeting allocated to public participation.
There are several sub groups these are…
Planning – desc
Green space – desc
Etc this para needs to be written

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Someone wrote in asking a question about an apparent discreptancy in a prophecy Ellen made. We'll take a look at it and see what we can find. Here is the first printing of the passage.
I was shown the company present at the Conference. Said the Angel, " Some food for worms, some subjects of the seven last plagues, some will be alive and remain upon the earth, to be translated at the coming of Jesus." No. 2, p. 18.
We have three groups of people, now all dead. Is Ellen a false prophet?
The first group actually can be construed to include them all, as all are in the grave, but we'll consider them as "some." Because this is "fulfilled" there is no real discussion on this first group.
The second group I do not have an answer for. Ellen is quoting an angel. We know for a fact that at the second coming none of the wicked will be resurrected. Revelation 20:5 testifies to the fact. What is happening? I do not know, yet.
I got to thinking about it, remember in Genesis 2:17, God has this to say.
We know from Bible testimony that Adam lived almost a thousand years. We think Moses wrote the book of Genesis. Was Moses a false prophet? It could not be, else Moses would not have been taken to Heaven, later to appear at Christ's transfiguration to encourage him.
Our lack of understanding of the Infinite should not be put up as an artificial limit on God.
That's what it is when we say "nay" or question something God says. Our lack of understanding is in fact pure evidence of a far higher power! God would be nothing if we could understand everything about him. Don't forget Deuteronomy 29:29. After all, he did design and make us….
For the third group, I have an idea. It comes in the form of a familiar Bible text.
We know that this group are those of the 144,000 that have gone through the grave and were resurrected by the voice of the Father like many waters. Even though Paul said these words, they were said prophetically, he will not be in that group.
Since the language of the words of the angel is a match to the words of Paul, I figure it must be that the angel is speaking prophetically about some of those in that conference, for they will go through the grave.
This brings us to the second time this passage was published.
At the conference a very solemn vision was given me. I saw that some of those present would be food for worms, some subjects for the seven last plagues, and some would be translated to heaven at the second coming of Christ, without seeing death. Spiritual Gifts, Vol. 2, p. 208.
And he continues, "…even though the angel showed Ellen White the people present at the conference and then said these things…maybe it wasn't specifically about them directly but representative of the whole church…." Which makes good sense.
Other than that, I do not know.
Many have asked if Ellen knew about the counterfeit SOP. This passage should help people to understand the story.
When you see people you know arriving at your home, you get up to open the door and welcome them.
but thought I would look again. The scene was changed. The appearance now presented was like a Catholic procession. One of the company bore in his hand a cross. Another had a reed. And as they neared the house, the one carrying a reed made a circle around the house, saying three times, "This house is proscribed. The goods must be confiscated.
What are the goods that James and Ellen had? It was their writings, that is all they had. All of the authentic Spirit of Prophecy has been counterfeited, as well as several of James' books.
The meaning of God's words are against darkness; darkness is the holy order of the Catholics.
Terror seized me, and I ran through the house, out of the north door, and found myself in the midst of a company some of whom I knew, but I dared not speak a word with them for fear of being betrayed.
Who was the betrayer? Uriah Smith for one.
I tried to seek a retired spot where I might weep and pray without meeting eager, inquisitive eyes everywhere I turned. I repeated frequently, "If I could only understand this! If they will tell me what I have said, or what I have done!" I wept and prayed much as I saw our goods being confiscated.
I tried to read sympathy or pity for me in the looks of those around me, and marked several countenances of those whom I thought would speak with me, and comfort me, if they did not fear that they would be observed by others. I made one attempt to escape from the crowd, but I saw that I was watched, and I concealed my intentions.
Just as God has hidden his truth in parables and dark sayings, so he has hidden within the authentic Spirit of Prophecy truths not apparent in the language used. Satan hates this! Therefore he moved on his agents, Willie and Uriah the leaders, to re-write and counterfeit the SOP and remove the sanction of God.
I commenced weeping aloud, and saying, "If they would only tell me what I have done, or what I have said!" p. 12, Para. 1, [13OT].
My husband, who was sleeping in a bed in the same room, heard me weeping aloud, and awoke me. I found my pillow wet with tears, and a sad depression of spirits upon me. p. 13, Para. 1, [13OT].
No. 13 was published in 1867.


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Salgado Maranhão
Salgado Maranhão, winner of all of Brazil's major poetry awards, has toured the United States five times, presenting his work at over one hundred colleges and universities. In addition to fourteen books of poetry, he has written song lyrics and made recordings with some of Brazil's leading jazz and pop musicians. He has published three collections of his work in English: Blood of the Sun (Milkweed Editions, 2012), Tiger Fur (White Pine Press, 2015), and Palavora (Dialogos Books, 2019). A fourth collection, Mapping the Tribe, will be published in 2020. On Nov. 13, 2017, Salgado received an honoris causa doctorate for his cultural achievements from the Federal University of Piaui in Teresina, Brazil.
Brazilian Literature
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Lapeer Co Pound Sells Family's Purebred Dog "to the Highest Bidder"
October 29, 2014 October 29, 2014 ~ YesBiscuit
Daisy, as pictured on the WNEM website.
Too many animal shelters seem to be engaged in a war against pet owners – insistent upon breaking families apart while demanding to be called "compassionate" and "humane" by critics.
Like many pet owners, Steve and Kathy Foster of Lapeer Co, MI consider their dogs family. They have pictures of their dogs on the family portrait wall in their home. And when they found a stray border collie in rough shape last month, they were willing to help.
The Fosters took the dog, whom they named Daisy, to the vet to get her the care she needed, including vaccinations and spay surgery. But then Daisy got lost. The Fosters searched the area, called neighbors and local vets and posted about Daisy on social media in an effort to find her. After a week, they learned Daisy had been impounded by Lapeer Co Animal Control. Kathy Foster called the pound and asked what she needed to do in order to redeem her dog:
She said she was told she had to pay $180 and she didn't have much time. That's because the shelter had two people ready to adopt Daisy.
Having just paid the vet $420 to fix Daisy up, the Fosters didn't immediately have $180 to bail her out of the pound:
"I said I don't have $180 right now. And she said well that's the only way you can get her back," said Kathy Foster.
Lapeer Co AC reportedly sold Daisy just minutes after Kathy Foster called and said she didn't have the cash. Local news station WNEM asked the Lapeer Co pound director why Daisy wasn't allowed to return to her family. The director cast blame on the Fosters, indicating they were at fault for failing to report the stray dog and failing to immediately license her. And steel yourself, because this next part is jarring:
TV5 spoke to Carla Frantz, the Lapeer County Animal Control chief, over the phone on Monday evening. She said the dog exhausted the county's four day stray hold policy, and once it does that, it becomes county property. Because the Foster's could not come up with the money, Daisy, who now goes by the name Bella, was adopted out to the highest bidder.
It sounds like the Lapeer Co pound saw dollar signs when they looked at freshly vetted, purebred Daisy. And they were so eager to collect those dollars, they wasted no time selling her "to the highest bidder" when they got the call that Daisy's family couldn't immediately pay the ransom.
The Fosters are heartbroken and want the pound to change its policy about breaking up families for profit. It's too late for their family, but they hope to spare another family the same pain in future.
The Lapeer Co pound killed roughly half its animals last year. The state of Michigan does not require them to disclose how many families they broke up while auctioning owned pets so that number is unknown. But this year, we know it's at least one. Oh and remember – don't criticize, it's a hard job and we all want the same thing and DOMFL.
(Thank you Clarice for the link.)
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16 thoughts on "Lapeer Co Pound Sells Family's Purebred Dog "to the Highest Bidder""
While I feel bad for this family, what about the family who originally lost the dog? The article doesn't mention if any effort to find the original owner was done. In Illinois, anyone who finds a stray dog is required to notify animal control because that's the first place people contact to find a lost dog.
YesBiscuit says:
*Presumably*, Lapeer Co AC did their job while holding this dog for the mandatory period and checked their lost dog reports, listed her online, etc. They apparently found no owner. As such, by the time Mrs. Foster called to reclaim Daisy, they knew there was no other party claiming to own the dog.
My guess is that the Fosters probably did try to find her owner. There are great lost and found pet sites. Regardless, LCAC had no business selling Daisy when they knew she had a family that wanted and loved her. Too bad the family couldn't have let people know. My guess is that there would have been many people who would have pitched in to help raise the money. LCAC didn't give them the option of time or a payment plan, apparently. We have some good facilities in Michigan, but way too many really awful ones. I'm sorry for the Fosters who clearly loved their dog. Shame on LCAC for what they did.
kerrykrueger says:
This just turns my stomach. The whole "sure, we know it's YOUR dog, but we have adopters lined up with cash in hand" attitude makes me wonder how the directors of so-called "shelter" such as this one sleep at night.
mikken says:
They rationalize it with "well, people who pay more money value their pets more".
Which, of course, utter bullshit.
Actually, given their kill rates, I'm pretty sure that they don't think much about it one way or the other.
April Williams says:
First of all the shelter wasn't acting in the best interest of the dog. I don't know how they do it else where but I know that when I get my dog vaccinated for rabies, I get the license right there at the vets office. My dog who is beautiful was picked up when he got out and the only thing I had to pay was forty dollars to "spring him from jail". We need to change the way shelters are run in this country. First get the money hungry people out of there. I can almost guarantee this lady made a profit on the sale of the dog.
For anyone that is interested, here is some additional information on this pound. In July of 2013, Carla Frantz was at the center of a number of allegations, including euthanizing five dogs that animal rescue groups had expressed a desire to foster and possibly breeding animals without a license at her Mussey Township home. In January 2013, Carla Frantz "came in front of the Lapeer County Commission and said she breeds dogs to sell to a wholesaler, and that she sometimes brings animals from the Lapeer shelter to her home. She requested they grant her status as a "consent or hobby kennel," which would make her not subject to the same regulations as a commercial kennel. Her request was denied."
http://thecountypress.mihomepaper.com/news/2013-07-24/Front_Page/County_shelter_director_speaks_to_controversy.html
http://thecountypress.mihomepaper.com/news/2013-07-28/News/Animal_rescue_advocates_volunteers_vent_concerns_a.html
http://www.tricitytimes-online.com/Articles-News-i-2013-09-04-216626.112113-Animal-shelter-cleared-in-probes.html
If she sued the pound for the vet bills she paid, perhaps next time they'll be more careful.
Carrie McGowan says:
Here is the Michigan State stray hold law.
287.388 Disposition of dogs or cats; time; notice; record; exceptions.
A dealer, a county, city, village, or township operating a dog pound or animal shelter shall not sell or otherwise dispose of a dog or cat within 4 days after its acquisition. If the dog or cat has a collar, license, or other evidence of ownership, the operator of the pound or shelter shall notify the owner in writing and disposition of the animal shall not be made within 7 days from the date of mailing the notice. Each operator of a pound or shelter shall be required to maintain a record on each identifiable dog or cat acquired, indicating a basic description of the animal, the date it was acquired and under what circumstances. The record shall also indicate the date of notice sent to the owner of an animal and subsequent disposition.
What is a day? A day is a 24 hour period of time that does NOT include day of intake, nor does it include any weekend day or holiday regardless if the shelter is open or not. Since this dog arrived at the shelter on 10/18, with a collar, she should NOT have even been adoptable until 10/29. TODAY!
Everything else aside…Lapeer County Animal Control violated Michigan Stray Hold Laws by adopting this dog to anyone before today.
angelsflight4ever says:
This is not new, and in fact "play's out" over, and over, and over again all over the country at animal controls, animal 'shelters', when animal 'rescues' get involved in seizures and 'retail rescue', etc. and people that have "other agenda's" have the power and control, and which some, perhaps many people abuse just because they can.
Hard to believe this happens with only slightly varying details, but it is a fact, and until there is written accountability and transparency for animal controls, animal shelters, humane societies, and animal rescues in the form of questionnaires that legitimate agencies and rescues can easily fill out, but some that aren't quite as "above-board" cannot and/or will not fill out, and that are posted for public scrutiny, it will continue to happen again and again……..
We've come up with two great questionnaires for animal controls, animal 'shelters', humane societies, rescues, etc, and once we can figure out how to publish them publically (we're dunces on the computer in terms of publishing file links, converting to adobe, pdf, etc, so we're trying to get someone to help us with it), we will share the link for people to use them as they see fit.
I was informed that it is $100 to adopt a dog from LCAC, so why would a family be charged $180 to get their dog back when it's adoptable for only $100? Makes no sense.
I can almost put money on it, the 80.00 went right into someone pocket.
lowell2 says:
Most estray laws require the finder to exert some time to FIND the owner and arrange for the property (livestock) to be returned. While one can take ownership of the estray if no payment is forthcoming, doing it without an ACTIVE attempt to find the owner and arrange payment is illegal. Yet we regularly allow shelters to do this even though most of us have far more emotional investment in our dogs than ranchers do with a cow. Having vilified breeders of dogs and driven out any competition by sellers (commercial or hobby), shelters often are in the business of selling animals — NOT in the public service business of public safety and returning lost animals (property) to their owners.
If you dropped a wallet and the GOVERNMENT EMPLOYEES in the police department just took the money, because you failed to "redeem it" in 4 days even though they knew who it belonged to and had contacted you, would anyone consider that reasonable?
Perhaps when cops find stolen property they ought to hold it for ransom by the legal owners to raise money to stop theft. How long before the cops start being part of the thieves?
From MI-PACA https://www.facebook.com/MichiganPAC?ref=ts&fref=ts
LAPEER COUNTY UPDATE: the animal control chief is leaving. The search begins for a compassionate leader to turn the shelter around to save lives, instead of destroy them. Please share to help the county find a humane, creative and compassionate chief. http://lapeercountyweb.org/employment/ACChief.pdf
Finally, some good news!
izzyvanover says:
I hope they can find a compassionate soul to fill this vacancy! Nowadays bad news and selling or killing of pets is excessive! Shelter employees are rude or don't give a damn about the animals in their care! Shelter reform is urgent and we need to get rid of the ugly lazy dog haters!


This morning, a Fort Lauderdale court granted summary judgment in favor of Bernhard Law Firm for civil theft in a title scam. The Judge awarded triple damages for the money stolen from the client, plus attorney's fees and costs–Bernhard Law Firm's clients are happy. (Florida Bar disclaimer: results may not be typical. You may not have as beneficial a result).
This case arose from a consumer's transfer of purchase funds in exchange for possession and title from a Fort Lauderdale dealer and trader. The trader failed to transfer title and instead repeatedly issued temporary documents to keep the purchaser at bay. Bernhard Law Firm sued on behalf of the consumer, bringing claims for fraud and civil theft. Today, the Court granted summary judgment in favor of Bernhard Law Firm's client, awarding triple damages for all losses, plus attorney's fees and costs.
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Anxiety, worry and God's provision!
"Which of you by taking thought (being anxious) can add one cubit to his stature?" Matthew 6:27 KJV The idea in this verse has always puzzled me. It is a ridiculous notion that anyone can worry themselves taller. (Although, being a short person, it would be nice)! The rest of the reasons Jesus gives in this… Continue reading Anxiety, worry and God's provision!


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Norway avalanche: four missing tourists 'believed to have died' (Reports)
Norway avalanche: four missing tourists 'believed to have died' (Reports).
FOUR TOURISTS FROM SWEDEN AND FINLAND have been reported missing amid fears they have been swept away by an avalanche in the Troms region of Norway.
The tour group is made up of three Finns and a Swedish person, who were reported to Troms police as missing at 15:00GMT yesterday afternoon.
The Northern Norwegian mountain range is hugely popular with skiers and hikers and major avalanches are a relatively uncommon occurrence in the area. A major avalanche is believed to have occurred yesterday morning, at a time when the missing persons were known to have been in the affected area.
Severe weather conditions today have meant that rescue workers have been unable to continue their efforts, although the search has not been called off and is expected to resume as soon as it is safe to do so.
In a press conference earlier this morning, the police chief of Troms Astrid Elizabeth Nilsen stated that "the snow mass is huge… there is a high risk of triggering a new avalanche in the area".
Troms police also released a statement this morning to Reuters, stating simply that "police assume that the four were taken by the avalanche".
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It's these unfussy, almost accidental designs that play into the artist's work, which has been noted for its provisional quality. For anyone wanting to see his art up close, five pieces of Rohan's work will be at the Auckland Art Fair at the Two Rooms' Stand (B1), marking his second year of presenting at the fair.
He says his modern and abstract pieces are more like working drawings, which helps to keep the creative flow going. "I make paintings to make other paintings. It's a continual infusion of ideas swinging backwards and forwards." It looks effortless, but he assures it's not.
"It's an ongoing search to put form, colours and shapes together until something is right. I always tell people you've got to make 10 really bad paintings to get one good one." Regardless, its composition is never predetermined, he says, rather "each mark responds to a previous mark and you build on that until it works".
Originally from Western Australia, Rohan grew up in Geraldton with a family farm stationed at Tenindewa, and has taken the "completely opposite" path to his family's rural lifestyle.
After finishing school, he spent 10 years in Melbourne and then moved to Auckland with his New Zealand wife to graduate in 2013 with a Master of Art and Design from AUT. The vast expanse of his hometown can, however, still be seen in his layouts. "That landscape plays a lot into my use of space in my work," he says.
Rohan works full-time as a senior storage technician at the Auckland Museum but dedicates at least two evenings and one day in the weekend to his practice. It's still "not enough". It's the reality of being an artist in Auckland, he says and, like most, he can't afford to work less than five days a week.
Listen to Rohan speak more about his practice at Two Rooms' Stand (B1) at 1pm Sunday May 27 2018.
This was given to me by my wife, who has two online vintage clothing shops, Forest Hill Trading Co and Cloud Society vintage. I'm lucky that I get first pick of items that come into the shop. It has a great design and I love how the jumper has inconsistencies from being handmade.
I can relate this to my painting because when objects have these little inconsistencies they hold our attention much longer. We're forced to question their place in the world and try and make sense of them. It can sometimes really shake up our preconceived notions. But all in all — it's a great jumper.
Ambient pedal steel, haunting and emotional. It's very evocative of wide open spaces — something that relates to my approach to painting in editing and stripping back the elements.
This handcrafted bell is from the experimental micro-city in the Arizona High desert envisaged by architect Paolo Soleri. It's a utopian community fusing architecture and ecology. The bells were and are still being made to help fund the project.
Krystiana's work has a really great balance between unrefined and sophisticated. I really respond to her use of line and the materials. I think our works have similar conversations going on, which is why we are doing an exhibition together in the coming months at State Gallery [Mt Eden] curated by Jonathan Kennedy.
This was brought back from Vietnam by my sister. It's perfect for brewing coffee in the studio.


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UC Berkeley's Clery Act compliance review ending after 6 years
September 10, 2020 September 10, 2020 No Byline
UC Berkeley Chancellor Carol Christ and Marc Fisher, vice chancellor for administration, sent the following message to the campus community on Thursday:
The U.S. Department of Education has completed its six-year review of campus compliance with the Clery Act. The review involved an assessment of campus crime statistics, policies and procedures regarding campus safety and crime prevention in place from 2009-2016.
The Jeanne Clery Disclosure of Campus Security Policy and Campus Crime Statistics Act ("Clery Act") requires all colleges and universities that participate in federal financial aid programs to keep and disclose information about crime on and near their respective campuses.
We wholeheartedly agree that students and employees are entitled to accurate and honest information about the realities of crime and other threats to their personal safety and the security of their property. UC Berkeley has been and remains committed to complying with the Clery Act's many technical requirements and campus safety objectives. It is always our goal, as a university, to strive for excellence.
Ensuring perfect compliance in one of the busiest campus law enforcement agencies in the country is a challenge. During a review of five years of university records, approximately 32,000 records were examined and of those 1,125 incidents were misclassified. Of those, 87 percent or 982 were cases involving the misclassification of disciplinary referrals for liquor, drug, and weapons violations. The campus referred students to the appropriate campus office for disciplinary proceedings, but wrongly classified the case for Clery purposes, indicating it was only a campus policy violation rather than a law violation. For instance, many of the cases involved minors in possession of alcohol in residence halls, which were initially classified as policy violations, and later included as law violations as well.
Other findings involved a range of issues including compliance with Daily Crime Log requirements, compilation and disclosure of various crime statistics, failure to issue the Annual Security and Fire Safety Report each year under the exacting standards required, and failure to issue an emergency notification or timely warning for certain matters.
We acknowledge that we made many administrative errors in the past, but we have taken aggressive steps toward improvement. Since 2014, the university has made significant improvements to its processes and policies. We added additional layers of review to ensure accuracy in administrative record keeping. We improved our technology systems, timely warning and emergency notification policies, and sexual misconduct policies and procedures. The campus invested in additional staffing to support Clery Act compliance, including a new Campus Clery Coordinator, Abigail Ogden, who is leading the effort to improve Clery Act compliance in collaboration with campus partners.
Although the issues raised in the audit have been addressed, the Department of Education has discretion to fine institutions for each misclassification or violation. To bring this review to a close, the university and federal authorities reached a settlement agreement under which the campus will pay $2.35 million to the Department and remain under a two-year monitoring agreement.
The Department of Education's formal review period ended in September 2019 when it issued a Final Program Review Determination. Settlement discussions were launched thereafter. Learn more about the review and our improvement efforts here.
We appreciate the Department of Education's recognition that UC Berkeley has addressed all organizational impairments and strengthened its Clery Act compliance program. We also want to thank the campus professionals who have worked diligently over the years to make improvements to our systems and processes and to engage experts to strengthen our Clery Compliance program.
The health and safety of our campus community remains our top priority and we are committed to ongoing efforts to strengthen our Clery Act compliance program.
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Home Best Games Android 10 Best Open World Games for Android (2022)
10 Best Open World Games for Android (2022)
Back in the days, games used to come with limited maps, but things have changed drastically in the last few years. Now we have games like open world games, where we have the whole game world at our fingertips, and we can explore the places we want. There are tons of great open world games available on Google Play, and we have handpicked the best ones for you. In this guide, we will share the best open world games for Android in 2022.
Baldur's Gate: Enhanced Edition
Crashlands
Gangster Vegas: World of Crime
Minecraft is arguably one of the best open world games for Android in 2022. The best thing about this game is that it allows you to explore your creative side. Using the building mechanism, you can build almost everything, which is pretty remarkable.
You can also enjoy the game with your friends, and you can add up to 10 friends in a match. On top of that, you can enhance your experience by adding the add-on to the game. Minecraft is a premium game, and you can get it for $6.99 on Google Play.
ARK: Survival Evolved is another very popular open world game that allows you to experience life in a world full of dinosaurs. The game comes with over 80 unique dinosaurs, and your goal will be to train them and breed them.
It comes with a massive world which you can explore with your dinosaurs. You will also have to survive out there and build weapons, clothes, and other survival items. ARK: Survival Evolved is free to play game, but it comes with ads and in-app purchases.
Pokémon Go is one of the best open world games for Android. It's an interesting game because it uses the augmented reality to turn "Our World" into a "Game World."
The game uses the augmented reality to spawn the Pokémons in different real-world locations around the world. You can visit these places and catch various Pokémons. Pokémon Go is free to play game, but it comes with optional in-app purchases.
Oceanhorn is a story of a boy whose father suddenly left him, and the only cue to get back to his father is his old notebook and a necklace. Now the boy must solve the puzzles to progress and find his father.
The game comes with huge unchartered seas and islands, which you will have to explore in order to progress in the game. Oceanhorn is free to play the game, but it comes with in-app purchases.
Baldur's Gate: Enhanced Edition is one of the best open world games for Android. It's a very popular game, and it's the mobile port of the popular Baldur's gate, which was released back in 1998.
In this game, you will be forced to leave our house under mysterious circumstances, and now you will have to embark on a journey full of adventure and challenges. In the game, you will be exploring mysterious places in search of your lost brother. Overall, it's a very interesting game, and you can get it for $9.99 on Google Play.
Crashlands is one of the best open world games for Android. In this game, you will get stranded on an alien planet where you will have to fight for survival, build your base, make friends, and make yourself comfortable.
The game comes with a very large world which you can explore to find the resources and craft various items. It also comes with external controller support, which is a plus. Crashlands is a premium game, and you can get it for $6.99.
Gangster Vegas: World of Crime is arguably one of the best open world games for Android. The game is set in Vegas, and it comes with mafia cartels who are out there.
In the game, you get the huge open game world, which you can explore. You can do fun, wage wars on gangs, theft, race, do sniper action, shoot zombies, participate in street fights, and many more. Gangster Vegas: World of Crime is free to play game, but it comes with Ads and in-app purchases.
Terraria is one of the best open world games for Android. This game is very similar to Minecraft in terms of gameplay, but this one is in 2D. The game comes with a huge open-world that you can explore and have fun.
It comes with boss fights and tons of other activities that will engage you for a long time. Overall, it's a very interesting game, and if you are into 2D games, you will love this one. You can get Terraria for $4.99 on Google Play.
Genshin Impact is one of the best open world games for Android. In this game, you will be exploring the huge open world full of mysteries, and it also comes with some Gacha elements.
You will be unlocking many new characters by completing quests, and your ultimate goal will be to solve the mysteries of Teyvat. Genshin Impact is free to play game, but it comes with in-app purchases.
Grand Theft Auto: Vice City is arguably one of the most popular open world games for Android. In this game, you will be living the life of a criminal who will build the criminal empire from scratch. The game comes with tons of weapons and various missions, which you can complete to earn rewards.
You also get the huge open world which you can explore and have fun. Also, the graphics of Vice City are top-notch, and we assure you that this game has one of the best graphics. The combination of solid gameplay and a huge open-world make GTA: Vice City the best open world game for Android.
Open World games are surely fun to play, and you can pick the best one from our curated list. Most of these games are free to play, but you will need the pro version if you want the true open-world experience. If you have any questions, please let us know in the comments. Also, if you are into Sandbox games, don't forget to check our best Picks.
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I gazed out the window at the receding Scottish countryside and whispered a quiet farewell to the place I used to think was home. For the first time, I saw Edinburgh from the air. Fitting that my last view of the magical city should be from high above. Everything's more beautiful from faraway. My eyes followed the familiar lopsided curve of Arthur's Seat, surrounded by the barren folds of Holyrood Park. I watched the crooked seacoast and graceful meandering River Forth fading into misty twilight under the last rays of the gentle Scottish sun.
For the first time, I felt free. I was no longer tied to this place, or any place. I hadn't realized until that moment the weight of declaring a destination. Now that I was leaving, everything seemed much clearer.
Or was it all an illusion? Everything seemed so clear the last time, the last flight, as I made my way to this city. Months of dreams and fantasies boiled down to choosing Scotland as my permanent home. But the plans I had set for the rest of my life had buckled after only twenty-two days. Not a failure, really, just a lot of hard lessons. Twenty-two days had turned inside-out everything I thought I knew for twenty-one years.
I should have guessed something wasn't right after my flight to London at the beginning of this adventure. I had the misfortune of being on a red-eye with thirty screaming children, several unidentifiable odors, and unfriendly flight attendants who seemed to make a point of stepping on my foot as often as possible. I arrived in London tired and grumpy, then realized that I probably should not have brought more than my body weight in luggage. Especially to a country where elevator technology is close to nonexistent. During my journey into central London, I remembered just how much I dislike central London. When I finally hauled all my crap to a grimy youth hostel — which had advertised itself "a short walk from the tube station" –- ha! — I discovered that I would not be allowed access to a bed until 3:00 in the afternoon.
To my over-tired brain and over-taxed body, that was the last straw. I could not deal with London for one more minute. I spent over $100 on a flight that would get me to Edinburgh that afternoon. It would mean missing a talk by my favorite author, but I knew that if I could not stay in London one minute longer. Then I realized that in order to catch my flight, I'd have to get back on the Underground and haul my bags across London again.
I sat down on the sidewalk and cried. Passers-by asked if I was okay. What was I supposed to say? I'm tired and grumpy and thirsty and far from home and every muscle in my body is aching? I just shrugged and kept on crying. One woman persisted and found out I wanted to get to the airport. She went to check the bus schedule for me, and a man let me pet his dog. Someone gave me a bottle of water. Londoners are really nice people, I thought.
Eventually I made it up to Edinburgh. On the shuttle bus from the airport, I ran into an acquaintance from dancing. His job took him back and forth between Edinburgh and Brussels on a weekly basis, so it shouldn't have been surprising to see him at the airport, but I took it as a good sign.
My first few days in Edinburgh were peppered with such omens. My friend Claudia's couch provided a comfortable base from which to launch my search for a job and a place to live, and in my jaunts around the city I ran into dear acquaintances I'd lost touch with. On a bus I chatted with Zander, organizer of Pagan events and the annual AIDS walk. Checking out flats in Bruntsfield I got a happy embrace from John, a fellow performer in the Beltane Fire Festival, just back from Beijing and soon starting on a PhD. In front of the Newington supermarket I stopped to see Bobby, a tough-looking punk I'd befriended during my forays into Edinburgh's counterculture scene. When I first met Bobby, his companion had been just a puppy; now Spike was a full-grown German Shepard, and I wondered if he remembered me from the summer evenings of dancing in the park.
As a requirement for immigration, I attended an orientation session at BUNAC, the company that had issued my work visa. Their website had boasted that most participants would find a place to live within three days, and a job within a week. After sitting through lectures about taxes, healthcare, and UK life, I pounced on the newspapers and job listings they provided. The other Americans in the room chattered about renting flats together and going clubbing, while I pored over the papers in the corner, avoiding their conversations. I didn't go to the UK to live with Americans, and their accents already grated on my nerves.
BUNAC had said that the going rate for a room in an Edinburgh flat would be about £40 a week ($65), and that finding a place for under $300 a month would be easy. Looking at the vacancy listings, it seemed that the rates were closer to £70 a week ($115). I set about writing down numbers to call when I got back to Claudia's – for all their offers of phone and computer use, BUNAC's office facilities were swamped, and I didn't feel like waiting.
But I did a lot of waiting in those first days. Waiting for landlords to call me back, waiting to talk to shop managers to see if they were hiring, waiting at bus stops on my way to see flats… I had told Claudia that I'd be off her couch within three days. At the end of the first week, I started to worry. I'd assumed that September would be a good time for finding a place to live; the Festival throngs had departed and the university term was still a month away. But the city seemed to be resting, and the students were already settled into their flats for the fall. My bank account was shrinking faster than I'd anticipated, and I'd had nothing but false starts in my search for accommodation: potential flatmates changing their minds at the last minute, advertised studios turning out to be rooms in boarding houses, treks to far-flung reaches of the city for mediocre arrangements not worth their bloated rents… Every day I apologized to Claudia for imposing, and though she smiled and welcomed me for as long as I needed, I knew she was also in a tight spot financially.
Meanwhile, I began to question my motivation in coming to Edinburgh. I wrote in my journal, maybe I don't belong here, that's the true gripping fear, maybe I was wrong. It wasn't just the struggle to find a flat and a job. The European Social Forum was coming up in Florence: would I be able to attend with my Italian friend Daniele? I had shipped a box of kitchen supplies and other items to my friend Ian, but he seemed to have disappeared. Small worries began to pile into an overwhelming sense of anxiety.
September 11th was a particularly difficult day. It was the first anniversary of the terrorist attacks, and I'd never before felt like such a foreigner in Scotland. I watched the memorial service on Claudia's TV and longed for the comfort of home. As I wept for the lives lost one year before, I also wept for those of us left behind, left to heal the wound that grew larger every day the bombs fell on Afghanistan. I knew that I was meant to be one of the healers, and for the first time I wondered how living in Edinburgh would help me fulfill that destiny.
As the days passed, I tried to keep my spirits up while plodding on with the flat-hunt, but I was filled with doubt. Somehow this place isn't feeling like home anymore, I wrote, I'm starting to fear that this was an experience best left in the past. I convinced myself that when I found a flat and a job, my outlook would improve. But when I finally moved from Claudia's couch after ten days, everything crumbled.
The only place I could find within my budget was a tiny room in a six-person flat, rented out biweekly. I piled my suitcases into a taxi and moved in. After I hauled my stuff up the stairs and got it into my new room, the place looked a lot smaller. The bed, supposedly an ordinary single, seemed closer to a child's size. My feet hung over the end when I laid down. The wardrobe was barely five feet tall, and combined with the miniscule dresser there was no possibility of accommodating my clothes. In frustration, I piled everything in the corner of the room, then realized there was no place to put the empty suitcases. There was no desk, so I set up my laptop in the other corner, on the floor.
Somehow, seeing all my things piled on the floor of this dark, grimy room filled me with despair. The walls seemed to be closing in on me, and I couldn't imagine how I might build a happy life from this room. Everything was all wrong. It all must be a bad dream,I wrote in my journal. I just want to wake up safe again.
I couldn't bear to lay down on that lumpy bare mattress with my one cheap blanket and rolled-up towel for a pillow. Delirious with exhaustion and hopelessness, I wandered through the rainy streets in the middle of the night to find a payphone. My mother talked me down from a sobbing fit and put things into perspective for me. I could go home if I needed to. It wasn't failure.
Still, the next morning, I began my job search in earnest. Now that I had a proper address, I set out to register at employment agencies. One of my new flatmates remarked that I looked "quite a sight" with my bright purple hair and crisp black suit jacket. The agencies must have agreed, because even with my wealth of office experience, I didn't get a single phone call. I poured over the newspapers and searched for help wanted signs, but there seemed to be nothing I was remotely qualified to do. It wasn't just the purple hair — even jobs that I applied for from internet cafés didn't get back to me.
Meanwhile, the vibrant social life I'd hoped for just wasn't materializing. The university term was still weeks away, so there were no dance classes where I could see my old friends. I went to the Meadows in search of the Beltane drummers and fire-spinners, but they were nowhere to be found. My new flatmates were friendly enough, but they went about their own business and I was just a new face in the kitchen. I'd assumed that when I arrived back in Edinburgh, I could step back into my old life as though I'd never left. More and more, I realized this was an impossible dream.
More and more, I was faced with a choice. As each day passed and my money trickled away, it became clear that I wasn't going to get a job in time. When I had registered at all the agencies I could find and applied at every possible job in the papers, I wandered aimlessly around the city, ostensibly to look for help wanted signs, but really because I couldn't think of anything else to do and I couldn't bear to be in my tiny room that smelled of stale cigarettes. It felt like a puzzle where I could almost see the emerging picture, if only I could gather just a few more pieces before my time ran out. It was maddening, to be exactly where I wanted to be, haunted by the fear that I would not be able to stay. It was like walking through memories: the buildings were the same, the beloved sights and smells and sounds, but where were my old friends? Where was my old life? It wasn't supposed to be this way.
One sunny afternoon I wandered down to New Town, near the bus station where I'd first entered my city of dreams. I bought some ice cream and chips, which seemed the appropriate food with which to wallow in self-pity. I set my CD player on repeat and listened to the same sad song again and again while scribbling furiously in my journal. I had been walking all day, going over my options, calculating budgets, playing what-if games, not bothering to wipe away the tears that were flowing steadily down my cheeks. I curled up on a bench to rest my feet and eat my comfort food, listened to my music, and watched the people go by.
Slowly, a realization floated to the surface of my awareness. This was not my only dream. Certainly, returning to Edinburgh had been incredibly important to me, but there were many other things I wanted to achieve in my life. Changing the world. Writing books. Traveling. Suddenly it seemed ridiculous to think I should be where I wanted to be without having a clue about what I'd be doing. I'd imagined getting a job, settling into a happy routine, having a relatively easy life, but where was the deeper meaning? Was this really what I wanted?
I've never been one to settle for small dreams, and suddenly I realized that my timing was all wrong. It wasn't working out because I was aiming for absolutely the wrong thing. I was never meant to permanently subsist on meaningless work, and even in the most magnificent city, my soul would not settle for it. I had to figure out the plot of this story before I could set a scene. I had to go home.
Everything felt lighter after that. I took the last of my money and bought a plane ticket back to the states. I stopped wasting my time on the pointless job search and began revisiting the beautiful dreamlike places that I loved, places that I might never see again. It was still like walking through memories, but this time I was saying good-bye. I sat on Calton Hill where I'd watched my illusions crumble the year before, and found the despair smoothed into a soft sadness, like the gentle curves of Scottish hills. How different it all looks now, and how much the same, I wrote. Everything's more beautiful from faraway… Scent of the sea mingles with ink on the page, and the sun is warm on my back. It's all so soft and faraway, memory wrapped around me like a blanket… Is there any place more perfect than this? Now that the suffering melts away, the beauty will still be here someday.
In the few days before leaving, I felt twinges of doubt — I saw some old friends at a dance, and didn't want to leave them behind. I had to stop myself from inquiring about help wanted signs in shop windows. I passed a cluster of unfamiliar people spinning fire on the Meadows, and considered joining them. But in the end, I kept walking. I was filled with a deep sense of sadness but also a deep resolve: I want so badly to stay here, live this life. But it's not time yet. I have to wait for something else to pass, for the cycle to turn a little longer… There needs to be a barrier, I think, between who I was and who I'm going to be.
During those last few days of packing up my things, trying to memorize Edinburgh's landscapes was like running my fingers over the face of a lover I might never see again. I did not want to let go, but I knew I had to. I soaked in as much of the city's beauty as I could, willing it to nourish me for the years to come. I floated through dreams and memories, drunk on sweet reverie and regret, vowing to remember the exact taste of the Scottish drizzle on my lips, the exact coconut scent of the gorse blossoms and the yeasty smell of the brewery. But I had made the same vows before, and I had forgotten, time lending its slow haze to my memories. I knew I would forget again, and that knowledge terrified me.
To the friends I managed to meet before leaving, I bid farewell again, promising to return. But deep in my heart, I was not certain I would. This farewell had been too painful, and I was not prepared to repeat it. Perhaps Edinburgh would be the lover I would always pine for, too afraid to make the journey again.
Waiting for my flight, I was calm. My tears had already been shed. Where I had eagerly, almost obsessively noted every detail of the landscape before, I gazed out the airport windows dispassionately, too spent to notice anything new. I felt a sense of closure steeped in sadness and uncertainty, and knew I was returning to an undecided future back home. I tried to look at the questions as opportunities, but I knew my calm was born more from exhaustion than serenity. Still, maybe I could escape my restless insomnia now, maybe I could stop playing heartbreaking games of what-if.
I boarded the plane without emotion and took my seat. It would be too difficult now to contemplate what I was doing, and I stared out the window, trying to clear my mind. After takeoff, the flight attendants requested that we close the blinds.
Hours of darkness. Somehow, the words stuck in my mind. Hours of darkness. As I leaned against the window and drifted off to sleep, I wondered if my hours of darkness were coming to an end, or just beginning.


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Youth Defense League (abgekürzt YDL) war eine kurzlebige US-amerikanische Hardcore-Punk-Band. Obwohl ihr Image und ihre Texte Inspirationen aus dem britischen Rock Against Communism zogen und die Band nach außen eine White-Power-Einstellung offenbarte, galt sie als Bestandteil der New Yorker Hardcore-Szene.

Bandgeschichte
Die Band gründete sich im Dezember 1986. 1986 und 1988 veröffentlichte sie je ein Demotape. Angefangen als normale New Yorker Skinheadband im Stile ähnlicher Bands wie Iron Cross oder den frühen Agnostic Front kamen mit Gitarrist Solares Einflüsse aus dem britischen RAC, z. B. von Skrewdriver und Brutal Attack, hinzu. 1988 ersetzte Solares den bisherigen Sänger Rob Monaco, so dass Youth Defense League als Trio weiterbestand.

In Interviews gab sich die Band unterschiedlich. So bezeichnete sie sich mal als unpolitisch und mal als weit rechts stehend und pro-amerikanisch, in einem Radiointerview des Senders WNYU auch als White-Pride-Band. 1987 gab die Band dem britischen "Blood and Honour"-Magazin ein Interview, in dem sie sich als nationalistisch und der US-amerikanischen White-Supremacy-Organisation National Association for the Advancement of White People nahestehend bezeichnet. Gitarrist Haj stammte allerdings aus dem Nahen Osten, und Gitarrist Solares und Schlagzeuger Puntes waren Halbspanier. Wie viele Bands der New Yorker Szene (so auch Warzone) waren sie also trotz ihrer nach außen zur Schau getragenen Attitüde eine "Multi-Racial-Band." Trotz alledem nahm Ray Cappo (Youth of Today) das Lied Blue Pride mit auf den genrebegründenden Sampler New York Hardcore – The Way It Is. In der von der Band gestalteten Seite im Beiheft wurde das RAC-Logo abgedruckt, zudem grüßte die Band Ian Stuart von Skrewdriver.

Nach der Veröffentlichung der Single American Pride auf Oi! Core Records löste sich die Band 1990 auf. Nach der Auflösung erschienen mehrere Kompilationen von YDL-Liedern, zum Teil auch auf US-amerikanischen Rechtsrock-Labels wie Vulture Rock. Eine Live-CD dieses Labels wurde im Punkklub CBGB aufgenommen. Ein Teil der alten Aufnahmen wurde auch von Hardcore-Punk-Legende Don Fury produziert.

Sänger Solares arbeitet heute als Restaurantkritiker für das US-Magazin Eater.com. Im Mai 2016 wurde er nach Bekanntwerden seiner politischen Vergangenheit von seinem Arbeitgeber temporär beurlaubt.

Diskografie
 1986: Skins for Skins (Demo)
 1988: Skinheads 88 (Demo)
 1990: American Pride (7", Oi! Core Records)

Kompilationen
 1999: Skinhead 88/The Boys (Vulture Rock, 7'')
 1999: Youth Defense League (New Glory Records, Bootleg-CD)
 1999: American History – Live at CBGB's (1987–1988) (Vulture Rock, CD/LP)
 2000: Old Glory (Vulture Rock, 7'')
 2005: Voice of Brooklyn (Vulture Rock, LP + 7'')

Weblinks

Einzelnachweise

US-amerikanische Band
Band (New York City)
Hardcore-Punk-Band
Oi!-Band
Rechtsextreme Musik

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Jan von Klewitz (* 7. März 1964 in Zagreb) ist ein deutscher Jazz-Saxophonist.

Leben und Wirken
Von Klewitz verlebte einen Teil seiner Kindheit in Kopenhagen, wo er den ersten Klavierunterricht erhielt. Ab 1972 wohnte er mit seiner Familie in Berlin, wo er ab 1976 erst Klarinetten-  und später Saxophonunterricht erhielt. Nach dem Abitur studierte an der Hochschule für Musik Köln und war Mitglied des Jugendjazzorchesters Rheinland-Pfalz, mit dem er auf mehrere Auslandstourneen (USA, Malta) ging. Während der Studienzeit arbeitete er mit Gene Mighty Flea Connors, Ulla Osters Beyond Janis, der Band Heinz, Georg Ruby, Dieter Manderscheid und Reinhard Kobialka. Auch war er an mehreren Albenproduktionen von JazzHausMusik beteiligt.

1991 zog er zurück nach Berlin, wo er ein eigenes Quartett mit Wolfgang Köhler, Henning Sieverts und Bill Elgart gründete. Er wurde Mitglied des Deutsch-Französischen Jazzensembles unter der Leitung von Albert Mangelsdorff und im Berlin Contemporary Jazzorchester mit Alexander von Schlippenbach, Evan Parker, Aki Takase und Ernst-Ludwig Petrowsky. Auch spielte er im Doppelquartett Double Dose mit Conny und Matthias Bauer sowie im Quartett Gossip, bei Heinz Sauer und Nesin Howhannesijan.

Weiterhin spielte Klewitz neben zahlreichen Filmmusikproduktionen mit Wolfgang Dauner, Stefan Lottermann, John Schröder, Steve Argüelles, Rudi Neuwirth, Michel Godard, Bob Degen und Christopher Dell. Er trat auf zahlreichen nationalen und internationalen Festivals auf wie etwa dem North Sea Jazz Festival, dem JazzBaltica oder der Internationalen Jazzwoche Burghausen und war für das Goethe-Institut mit der Band Yakou Tribe auf Afrikatournee. 2007 spielte er mit Christian von Kaphengsts Quartett Cafe du Sport in Indien und Pakistan.

Für das seit 1999 bestehende Quartett Yakou Tribe (mit Kai Brückner (g), Johannes Gunkel (b), und Rainer Winch (d)) komponiert er auch eigene Stücke. Mit dem Pianisten Markus Burger hat er eine Serie von mittlerweile vier CDs mit Spiritual Standards vorgelegt, bei denen sich die beiden auch europäischer Kirchenlieder bedienen. Außerdem spielt er in der Nils Wülker Group, bei Jazz Indeed mit Michael Schiefel als Sänger, mit Thärichens Tentett unter der Leitung von Nicolai Thärichen und bei Maria Baptist im Orchester und in ihrem Quartet.

Jan von Klewitz ist der Bruder von Anti und Andreas von Klewitz.

Diskographische Hinweise
 Jan von Klewitz Quintett: Bonehenge Suite (JazzHausMusik, 1995)
 Markus Burger & Jan von Klewitz: Spiritual Standards: One (Jazzline Records, 1998), Quarta (NRW Records, 2008)
 Yakou Tribe: Road Works (Traumton Records)
 Yakou Tribe: Rituals (Traumton, 2007)
 Yakou Tribe: 100% Results (Traumton, 2013)
 Markus Burger & Jan von Klewitz: The Banff Sessions - A Tribute to Kenny Wheeler (2015, mit Kenny Wheeler, Stefan Lottermann, Norma Winstone, Martin Gjakonovski, Felix Astor; rec. 1993)

Als Sideman
 Heinz: Bavarian Back Beat (JazzHausMusik, 1990)
 Ulla Oster: Beyond Janis (JazzHausMusik, 1992)
 Christian Brückner: Bukowski (Universal)
 Nils Wülker: High Spirits (Sony, 2002)
 Jazz Indeed mit Michael Schiefel: Blaue Augen (ACT)
 Nils Wülker: 6 (EAR TREAT music, 2010)
 Jazz Indeed: Ostkreuz (A-Jazz, 2011)
 Thärichens Tentett: An Berliner Kinder (Double Moon Records, 2013)
 Maria Baptist Trio Plus One Poems Without Words (2017)
 Maria Baptist Orchestra Here & Now (2016)
 Maria Baptist Orchestra Here & Now 2 (2019)

Weblinks

 Biographie bei Spiritual Standards
 Yakou Tribe
 bei Nils Wülker
 Thärichens Tentett

Einzelnachweise

Jazz-Saxophonist
Musiker (Deutschland)
Deutscher
Geboren 1964
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It was a Faith Briefing – designed to update faith leaders across the nation on some of the faith-based initiatives that have been enacted under the Trump administration.
There's a war between God and the forces of evil taking place in the Trump administration … and it's becoming more and more apparent all the time.
You have such an odd way of trying to make Donald Trump into some sort of Christian believer. This is the man who famously said during his campaign, "I don't really need forgiveness, I haven't done anything wrong" (Let's see, adultery, how many times) While you would hold up Barak Obama as some evil Democrat although he publically has stated that, "Jesus Christ is my savior." If you ever read his own writing you would know the story of how he was confronted by the black pastors he worked with in Chicago about his faith. He ended up going down the isle that we evangelicals love to see.
Great to have Christian musicians in the White House, however, no matter how little it means.
It's not whether President Trump is a Christian or not, it's about Christian's being disenfranchised, discriminated against and legislated against. When, in the last 10 years has there been Christian music and a Faith Briefing in the White House? Few, if any. I judge former President Obama by his actions, just like President Trump.
I didn't see any mention in the article claiming that President Trump was a Christian, just that there was a faith briefing at the White House. Thank God, literally, that President Trump, though he may not be a Christian, is promoting so many truly good things. He has been placed in this position for such a time as this. Wish I could have been there!
My phone slid out of my hand. However- Thanks God for President Trump and may he come to the saving knowledge of JesusChrist.


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Though ferrous alloys with more than 2.14 wt.% C are designated as cast irons, commercially cast irons contain about 3.0-4.5% C along with some alloying additions. Alloys with this carbon content melt at lower temperatures than steels i.e. they are responsive to casting. Hence casting is the most used fabrication technique for these alloys. Hard and brittle constituent presented in these alloys, cementite is a metastable phase, and can readily decompose to form α-ferrite and graphite. In this way disadvantages of brittle phase can easily be overcome. Tendency of cast irons to form graphite is usually controlled by their composition and cooling rate.
Based on the form of carbon present, cast irons are categorized as gray, white, nodular and malleable cast irons.
Fig. Microstructure For Cast Iron.
typical applications include: base structures, bed for heavy machines, etc. they also show high resistance to wear.
When Si content is low (less than 1%) in combination with faster cooling rates, there is no time left for cementite to get decomposed, thus most of the brittle cementite retains. Because of presence of cementite, fractured surface appear white, hence the name. They are very brittle and extremely difficult to machine. Hence their use is limited to wear resistant applications such as rollers in rolling mills. Usually white cast iron is heat treated to produce malleable iron.
Alloying additions are of prime importance in producing these materials. Small additions of Mg / Ce to the gray cast iron melt before casting can result in graphite to form nodules or sphere-like particles. Matrix surrounding these particles can be either ferrite or pearlite depending on the heat treatment. These are stronger and ductile than gray cast irons.
Typical applications include: pump bodies, crank shafts, automotive components, etc.
These formed after heat treating white cast iron. Heat treatments involve heating the material up to 800-900 degreeC, and keep it for long hours, before cooling it to room temperature. High temperature incubation causes cementite to decompose and form ferrite and graphite. Thus these materials are stronger with appreciable amount of ductility.
Typical applications include: railroad, connecting rods, marine and other heavy duty services.


On a sunny autumn morning in the middle of the California desert, a pair of sonic booms echoed loudly across the blue sky signaling the greatest achievement in aviation as the thrust of the jet age propelled America toward the space age.
Seventy years ago on October 14, then-Capt. Charles "Chuck" Yeager soared faster than any person before him as he piloted the Bell XS-1 just beyond the speed of sound.
Dropped from the belly of a B-29, the XS-1, named the Glamourous Glennis after his wife, climbed up to 45,000 feet and then flew straight and level above the Mojave Desert floor and reached Mach 1.07.
Chuck Yeager remains the greatest test pilot America has ever known.
However, in the days leading up to that now famous date, Yeager doubted the Air Force could ever achieve Mach 1. Six days earlier, as his XS-1 raced towards that "demon in the sky", Yeager's aircraft had lost elevator control. He would try again.
In 1985, General Charles Yeager published a detailed account of his part in the XS-1 program as a part of his autobiography, Yeager. The book arrived in bookstores two years after the popular motion picture, The Right Stuff, was released. The movie introduced Gen. Yeager to a new generation interested in aviation.
Born on February 13, 1923, in Myra, West Virginia, Yeager entered the U.S. Army Air Force at 18 — a few months prior to the events of Pearl Harbor and the U.S. entry into World War II. He began as a private working as an aircraft mechanic, and moved up to flight training earning his wings one month following his 20th birthday.
He became an fighter ace during the war, including being credited with downing five German Messerschmitt aircraft in one mission in October 1944. In the closing years of the war, Yeager piloted the newer P-51D Mustang during air combat.
As 1947 arrived, Yeager found himself still active in the Air Force. An offer from the forerunner of NASA, the National Advisory Committee for Aeronautics, lead him to attempt super sonic flight. The NACA planned his flights, including several hundred pounds of monitoring systems aboard the aircraft to record the performance of the Bell aircraft.
As the 'orange beast' neared Mach 1 during previous flights, Yeager encountered an aerodynamic condition in which the air became more dense the faster he flew. As the XS-1 reached around Mach .95, shock waves of compressed air formed around the aircraft, and the aircraft's elevator controls suffered. Yeager refereed to this buffeting condition as "compressibility", and he saw this as he flew the Mustang late in World War II.
The actual speed of sound varies the higher an aircraft flies. Yeager noted, "At sea level, the speed of sound is 760 m.p.h., at 40,000 feet, it is 660 m.p.h. Yeager and the NACA understood this and modified the XS-1's tail section.
Two days prior to Yeager's ninth powered flight on Oct. 14th, he and wife Glennis went horse back riding following dinner on a moonless evening. Yeager's account of what happened next became a historic footnote. As Chuck and Glennis raced back home, the dark night disguised the closed gate ahead. Yeager's horse stopped suddenly upon hitting the gate and Yeager flew into the air and landed on the ground.
He laid flat on his back — "I was knocked silly," Yeager said — and Glennis raced to his aide. He had suffered two cracked ribs and a sore shoulder in the fall. His planned historic flight was only 36 hours away. The morning after the fall, Glennis drove Yeager to a small town doctor who taped up his ribs.
On Tuesday, October 14, 1947, at 8:00 a.m. PDT, Yeager ingressed the B-29 mother ship. The Bell X-1 was underneath her belly. Once airborne, Yeager was informed that it was time, and he rode down the slide ladder inside the B-29's mid-section to enter the Bell aircraft.
As Yeager has said, he asked for a stick of Beemans chewing gum from his friend and the B-29 flight engineer, Jack Ridley. Aviators loved Beemans — it was their lucky gum — and it also served as an antacid. He sat down, and, using a broom stick cut to size by Ridley preflight, Yeager was able to close the Bell's canopy from the inside to aid from hurting more due to his cracked ribs.
The X-1 was dropped at 20,000 feet and Yeager immediately became a pilot as he noticed the aircraft begin to stall. He fought the craft and won, and then flipped four cockpit switches to fire the four rocket chambers of the single engine. He was on his way.
He flew up to and then leveled off at 42,000 feet while traveling at .96 Mach, "I noticed the faster I got, the smoother the ride," Yeager noted in his autobiography. Yeager added that the next thing he noticed was that the Mach needle indicator tipped right off the scale.
"We were flying supersonic, and it was as smooth as a baby's bottom," he stated in his book. He radioed Ridley flying miles away in the B-29, "Hey Ridley, that Machmeter is acting screwy — it just went off the scale on me." He added later that he felt numb but elated at what had just happened.
He had punched that hole in the sky.
Yeager, now 94, remained active during his retirement throughout the 1980's and 1990's, flying several of the newest military jets, including his favorite, the F-15 Eagle. In 1982, Yeager also flew a Northrup F-20 over the California desert in 1982 to mark the 35th anniversary of his historic flight.
Today, 70 years following his mach-transcending flight, that Bell X-1 remains on permanent display at the Smithsonian Air and Space Museum in Washington.
You can catch up with General Charles Yeager via his multimedia web site.


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For Kyrgyzstan's LGBTQI community, risks escalate under COVID-19 pandemic
Advocates prepare to deliver essential supplies to LGBTQI people in need. Image courtesy of Kyrgyz Indigo.
BISHKEK, Kyrgyzstan – Alina* has faced a lifetime of challenges all too familiar to other transgender people. And she says those difficulties have been exacerbated by the COVID-19 pandemic.
Alina was young when she began to feel like she was "living in somebody else's body," she said.
"I loved trying on my older sisters' clothes and bows, playing with girls and doing all the things that girls did," recalled Alina, now 24. "But I was scolded for this. School was the worst place. I was constantly bullied."
Life at home was no easier. "My father sometimes beat me severely, demanding I be like other boys," she said. "The topic of my relationship with my parents is very painful for me."
Rejection is a common experience for transgender people in Kyrgyzstan, says Adilet Alimkulov, executive director of Kyrgyz Indigo, an NGO supporting the country's LGBTQI community.
"Transgender people in Kyrgyzstan are more likely to experience violence and threats to their security from their families, police, medical staff and society in general," Mr. Alimkulov said. "The high level of homophobia and stigma often forces them to quit their studies and leave their families, pushing them towards greater economic and social vulnerability."
UNFPA has partnered with Kyrgyz Indigo since 2018, working to empower key populations, including the LGBTQI community, and ensure their sexual and reproductive health needs are met.
This work has become even more pressing during the COVID-19 pandemic. A needs assessment by Kyrgyz Indigo found many members of the LGBTQI community lack paid employment, social insurance, the resources to work at home, or a safe place to self-isolate.
Delivering food, medicine
Alina fell into this category.
She had been on her own since age 16, when her family stopped supporting her. Because her identity was not accurately reflected on her legal documents, she was rejected from a number of jobs. She survived by becoming a sex worker.
Now, under the lockdown, she has been left without an income.
UNFPA and Kyrgyz Indigo are delivering packages of food and other essential supplies to LGBTQI people in need of assistance, including antiretroviral medications for people living with HIV and hormone therapy for transgender people in transition.
Alina was among the recipients of these packages. But she is not simply a beneficiary. She is also an advocate.
She has long volunteered to help transgender sex workers escape violence and receive care, connecting them with lawyers, psychologists and organizations sensitive to LGBTQI issues. When the lockdown started, she began referring Kyrgyz Indigo to people at risk.
"I'm a member of a WhatsApp group of transgender people, particularly sex workers, in Bishkek and the outskirts of the city, so I was able to help them identify other transgender people in need," she said.
Violence worsens under COVID-19
Although there are no clear laws against same-sex relationships in Kyrgyzstan, "homophobia still prevails in the rhetoric of many public discussions," Mr. Alimkulov explained. This contributes to high rates of violence against LGBTQI people, as well as barriers to protection and health services.
UNFPA and Kyrgyz Indigo have trained more than 100 medical personnel in non-discrimination, helping to improve access to services for those in need. The partnership has also implemented community empowerment programmes and launched a mobile app to improve access to sexual and reproductive health and HIV information.
But more must be done to address homophobic violence, which is widespread.
"The biggest problem for transgender people in Kyrgyzstan is violence at all levels: in the family, at school and from state institutions," Alina described. "Violence against transgender sex workers is particularly pronounced."
Recent statistics show that 70 per cent of the violence experienced by LGBTQI people occurs at home. This is particularly concerning because crisis centers report that domestic violence has increased under the quarantine.
In response, Kyrgyz Indigo has opened five shelters for activists and other LGBTQI people who need a safe place to stay. It has also launched online tools for psychological and advocacy support.
As for Alina, she has been forced to move back in with her family. It has been a trial, but things are slowly improving, she says.
"My parents still tell me that they don't approve of the way I live, but there is not the pressure and violence on their part that there was in the past," she said. "I communicate very well with my sister, and my parents are still trying to accept me. I'm lucky to maintain at least some kind of connection with my family."
* Name changed for protection and privacy
A version of this article was posted on unfpa.org on July 9, 2020.
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I have trained this week….
…. since I got back from Oman a week ago. Sometimes it seems tough to get back into it properly after travelling though, which is odd as I trained while I was away. A week of heat, working long days, travelling, and the odd beer in the hotel bar is obviously tiring though.
I'm not sure what happened to Thursday then. I didn't get time to train at work, and plain forgot in the evening.
Gradually negative split from a 1:50.0 first 5mins to a 1:44.8 last 5mins. Felt really good today and relatively easy, so I think I'm back into it now. 3 weeks tomorrow to the Farnborough 5k, and so 3 weeks Sunday to the pairs 100k.
I haven't blogged for 10 days but I've not been lazy. Training in the heat of the Oman desert hasn't been easy though. Rather than split up the training and the week away I will blog as a photo diary of the week and include training where it was done.
Thursday 15th: Flew from Heathrow to Muscat via Abu Dhabi. Very lucky to get out of Heathrow less than 2 hours before it closed completely – the departures board was a sea of red cancellations as I sat waiting for my flight. The overnight stop was spent in the Intercontinental hotel, which for anyone travelling in that direction has 4 good condition Model D's in the gym. I gave my colleague who I was travelling with a first coaching session to hopefully get a training partner for the week.
Friday 16th: Continued the journey on to Salalah over in the west of Oman. The plan was one night in the Hilton before moving on to the final destination by road on Saturday. The Hilton was right on the beach on the Indian Ocean with a nice beach restaurant that we ate in that evening.
The camels just wander about by the road and on the road. The photo above is a single carriageway, and people will overtake if they want to go faster, even when it means overtaking someone who is already overtaking someone else like this, or around a blind corner, or if someone is coming the other way!
Due to accommodation issues at our working location we moved back to the Hilton that night and spend the week there doing the drive each day (about 60 to 75mins depending on camels and suicidal drivers).
I managed two training sessions on the Monday, both in the hotel gym. 8k before work, 5k after work. Both were hard, and neither was fast. It was around 45 degrees C each day, and that drains you even though you train in a mildly air conditioned gym.
I used the gym where I was working on both Tuesday and Wednesday. A basic gym, but two ergs and slightly better aircon than the hotel gym. I thought I'd try a proper interval training session.
A tough session and a lot of sweating!
Thursday 22nd: Time to start travelling back. After a bit of time walking on the beach in the morning it was the return of the outward journey. For the entire week out there the very real possibility of not being to get back was hanging over us. People having their flights cancelled because of the closed airspace back here in England were being stuck for up to 3 weeks before they could rebook on an alternative flight. Salalah to Muscat, 4 hours in the airport, then on to Abu Dhabi and finally London and we were about the luckiest travellers getting back about 5mins earlier than our planned itinerary on Friday morning.
Today has been a much earned rest day acclimatising back to the much colder UK temperatures and generally recovering from the week in the desert. Normal training will resume tomorrow.
A steady 15k today aiming for the bottom end of 100k pace, so 1:52 / 25. It ended up being a nice gentle negative split from there, and just had to push it below 55mins at the end. Not quite as gentle as it was intended to be, but still a fairly gentle distance row overall.
I generally find this the case when I don't warm up at all before a moderate paced distance piece that it just feels easier as you go, so it's hard not to negative split gently through the row. I put the c-breeze on today which made it a much more pleasant row, so I think it's time to start using it on all the distance rows again.
As I am going to be away for work for a while from later this week I want to make sure the last few days of training really count, as I don't know what gym access I might have while I'm away. I felt good today, and fancied doing a hard middle distance row, so picked the 10k. I targetting a (too ambitious) 1:43 to 1:44 pace to set off at, which had to be revised during the first quarter of the row, and then abandoned altogether.
The gym was hotter and much more humid than it's been so far this year, so it was obvious by the levels of sweat inside the first 2k that the pace would not be sustainable. I decided at that point to "pyramid pace" it, ie get gradually slower through the middle, then speed back up towards the end. I decided rather than carry on what would end up being a very tough row to abandon it in favour of this month's Cross Team Challenge instead through coming up to the 4min mark. Part of the motivation for this was that with the work trip away I wasn't going to get another opportunity to try this during April.
And therefore salvaged a reasonable training session out of the abandoned 10k attempt in the end.
At the beginning of last week Graham Lay, another 30's UK erg racer, rowed a 3:02.5 pb for the 1k. He commented that it put him at 14th position in the world rankings. I responded that it almost made me want to do a 1k to put him down to 15th, as a bit of a dig to the fact that there are lots of other people out there who could go faster. Graham's response to that of "Pete – you've lost your speed mate but I'd love to see you try to go sub 3 mins again….you might actually find it painful" made me decide that I really should do it, and in doing so pace it in the way that I believe Graham needs to pace the 1k to get sub 3.
So for this morning's gym session I decided to do a sub 3 for 1k. 3500m warm up including 500m at 1:40 pace and 200m at 1:30 pace, then set 1k with 100m splits. Aim for pacing was to go hard for 7 strokes, drop to 1:31's through the middle, then pick up the pace from about 200m to go to dip under 1:30.0 average at the end.
The rate jumps around a lot with 100m splits depending where the strokes finish compared to the splits, but the middle 600m was mainly 34spm. At 130drag this felt good and controlled, and I wasn't in doubt that I could pick the pace up enough in the final 200m to make the target.
I don't normally bother to enter anything in the online logbook or the world rankings, but put this in for a current 10th place position. A couple of people (myself included) commented in Graham's blog about how we believed it would be optimal to pace the 1k, and Veronique made the very good point that restraint in pacing takes as much mental strength as killing yourself at the end of a row. Pacing something optimally requires knowledge of both your current potential and the confidence that you can deliver on that potential. Without that confidence and restraint you will always be tempted to either blast off thinking that getting a lead on the target will help later, or ease off too much in the middle because you don't really believe you can do what you set out to do.
I'm sure to some people both this blog entry, and doing the 1k today, will come across as arrogant. The main motivation was to illustrate to Graham how I believe he should pace the sub 3 1k next time he attempts it, as I have 100% confidence he is physically capable of doing this. I sensed a little bit of "you may have done sub3 before, but you can't do it now and haven't done it for a long time so you can't remember how it feels" so needed to back up my advice with delivering the goods. Besides, arrogance is just another term for self confidence in your abilities, and that is a big component in achieving your potential in sports like this.
With spring being here (for this weekend at least) I moved my erg from the garage to the patio for today's steady distance training. Training outdoors is great, but it does have issues. I always make sure the erg is in the shade, because even in April the direct sun is enough to slow you down significantly. I always try to get the erg on as level ground as possible. I didn't do very well at this today and was slightly "left hand down", which resulted in more than half of my weight being on my left bum cheek – not ideal for longer training. The other main issue, which is just something to accept rather than being a problem particularly, is that wind causes a fluctuation is drag. As long as you don't chase the split (which will vary as the wind varies during the stroke) it has a neutral net effect in the end, I believe.
A steady distance piece at the lower end of pacing for the 100k. We now have three teams for the 100k – a 30's mixed team (myself and Jen Howse), a 40's mixed team (Jo Andrews and Steve Smith), and a 60's male team (the current world record holders Joe and Gerry Keating). Jo and Steve are both people I've been coaching for some time, so I know their capabilities well, and know that they will do well at this challenge. Joe and Gerry are experienced having done this before, and Joe does a lot of endurance rowing. Jen also has done at least two solo 100k's before, so really I am the unknown link when it comes to this type of endurance rowing.
I had some great advice on training and nutrition from Tim Male. Unfortunately I have a week away with work between now and the 100k (on Sunday 23rd May), which really impacts training ideally for it, and I have the Farnborough 5k race the day before. During my week away working I'm not sure what gym access I might have, so I can't plan how to approach that week. I hope to at least run during the week to ensure no CV fitness loss, but it really stops me implementing many of Tim's suggestions. Also I really want to carry on the focus on the 5k and 6k, and so will approach the 100k from the angle that if I'm still in good 5k shape in 6 weeks time then the pace of the 100k is that much sub maximal that I will get through the majority of the distance before it gets tough. I'm not taking it too lightly, but I really do feel that the current record pace is a good distance below our potential, so it's a matter of how ambitious we are at lowering the record, not whether we achieve it. Time will tell whether I'm right.
I decided to do a pacing trial run for the pairs 100k to see if the sort of pace I'm thinking is about right. I had 2 hours to train, so just set 5mins / 5mins rest (the plan for the 100k) and set straight off, no warm up, to do as many reps as I had time for. The plan is for somewhere between 1:50 and 1:52, so I started at the slower end.
Not bad after the 2 hour warm up.
Where did that last rep come from?
Back to the Danish intervals today as it's been a while since I've done them. I had an enforced rest day yesterday as I'd been feeling tired and just lacking a bit of power on the erg for 2 days before. Not the best prep for the session either which was a 3+ hour drive back from my parent's house with a stop for a McDonalds lunch at a motorway services. I didn't expect a great deal from the session, so went with 750's at the lower end of the Danish interval ladder.
I knew as early as half way through the session that I was going to be able to do a fast last rep, it was just one of those days that it didn't feel too hard. I had a quick look prior to the last rep back in my training diary to see what I'd done for the last rep on this session last time (1:37.2) so that I could try to beat that. It felt good right the way through the final rep. I started with 5 hard strokes then settled to 1:36's, but on seeing I was still just under 1:35 average with 400m to go I picked the pace back up again to the end. If only every day could feel like this, but it seems the better I train the more lucky days I get.
As I mentioned in my last blog entry Jen Howse and I will be making at attempt to beat the mixed tandem 100km world record on Sunday 23rd May. The record attempt will be taking place in the Velocity gym in the Village Hotel in Farnborough (Hampshire). I will try to put in a few specific training sessions over the next month to simulate the effort level that will be involved, but I don't plan on erging for anywhere near the duration we will be doing on the record attempt itself. The current record stands at a little over 6hours33, and we will be aiming to put it under 6hours30 (1:57 pace). 1:57 pace might sound pretty slow, but we need to average that pace for 6 and a half hours, including changing over on a single concept2 rowing machine so it's not a target we are taking lightly.
All of the "at pace" reps were 1:50 / 25spm, with the slow one ranging from 2:01 to 2:14 for one where I got off the machine and stretched a little.
I was feeling lacking in energy and generally tired during both sessions, despite them being slow and easy pace. This is clearly a consequence of doing 2 hard sessions on Friday, and therefore I am having an enforced day of complete rest today.
Perhaps the biggest challenge for me in the 100k record attempt will be what and when to eat and drink to keep my energy levels up throughout the 6 1/2 hours or rowing. Doing "small team" 100k rows is very different as in a team of 10 you get much longer rests, and row for much less cumulative time. 3.25 hour of total rowing time over a 6.5 hour period, with only 5mins at a time to eat or drink anything need some more thought….
This week has been very busy at work, and it seems I haven't updated my blog since last weekend because of this. A summary of the week's training in reverse order, and then some news at the bottom about the Farnborough 5k event and some world record attempts that will be taking place there!
Morning – a final attempt at this month's concept2 challenge series – 16min19. I decided on a conservative approach to get the distance I needed to go one place up in the table (the most I could move up).
The target was 4806m, so negative split to make the target. As you'll see below I failed in an attempt to go faster than this a couple of days ago, hence the "easier" attempt today.
Afternoon – I joined in with a rowpro interval set having not used rowpro for some time. It's warm enough to train in my garage again, and rowpro always keeps it more interesting. The only issue with rowpro is that you intend to go easy and your competitive instincts take over.
So some good quality metres in the end, but I couldn't help wanting to beat the field of 8 on each distance, even though they were far from flat out pieces.
1:49.6 / 26 <– I put the handle down for a good 5 seconds!
Tuesday I was too busy at work to train, and Monday was weights day. The weights on Monday was the reason the session on Wednesday was bad, as I had increased the weight on the squats and bench press, and was suffering from the after effects by Wednesday – still thinking long term though!
Two bits of news about the Farnborough 5k competition – there are now prizes up for grabs for the fastest male and fastest female times in the 5k races of a free night stay in a village hotel anywhere in the country!
The second bit of news is that on Sunday 23rd May, the day after the event, two world record attempts will be taking place. Both are tandem 100km rows (ie two people completing 100km on a single concept2 rowing machine in the fastest time possible) – one an over 60's male team of brother Joe and Gerry Keating aiming to beat their own record set last year. The other is a team going for the overall mixed record, and that team will be me and Jen Howse. Jen I think was our fastest female in the 5k races at Farnborough last year, and the time we have to beat is 6hours 33mins and a few seconds. I'm confident we can beat this, though I have never attempted any sporting challenge of this type of duration before. I have done a couple of "small team" 100k rows before, but they are quite different being a team of 10, and therefore taking a fair bit less time. For this attempt not only will it take 2hours or so longer, but I will be rowing 5 times the distance! Wish us all luck, or better still if you're in the area come and show your support!