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The Prior of Perth was the head of Perth Charterhouse, the Carthusian monastic house located near Perth. It was founded in 1429, and finally suppressed in 1602. The following is a list of priors and prior-commendators:

List of priors and prior-commendators

List of priors
 Oswald de Corda, 1429-1434
 Adam Hangleside, 1434 x 1435-1441
 Laurence Hutton, 1442-1443
 Patrick Russell, 1443
 Michael Virey, 1444-1445
 Bryce Montgomery, 1445-1446
 Bryce Wych, 1446-1447
 Maurice Barry, 1447-1452
 Martin de Groether, 1452-1455
 James Bayne, 1456-1457
 Simon Fairlie, 1457-1465 x 1466
 Andrew Telfer, 1466-1471 x 1472
 Patrick Russell, 1472-1474 x 1475
 John Davidson, 1474 x 1475-1482 x 1486
 Richard Gaergen, 1482 x 1486
 David Simson, 1482 x 1486-1490 x 1492
 Walter Lyall, 1492-1495 x 1498
 John Ramsay, 1495 x 1498-1500 x 1501
 Alan (probably Alan Dawson), 1500 x 1501-1506 x 1507
 William Turnbull, 1507-1515 x 1517
 Hugh Moryn, 1515 x 1517-1535
 Alexander Inglis, 1535-1542 x 1543
 James Gordon, 1543-1543 x 1544
 Simon Galloway, 1543 x 1544-1544 x 1546
 Andrew Forman, 1544 x 1546-1552 x 1556
 Simon Galloway (again), 1550-1554 x
 Adam Forman, 1552 x 1556-1567
 Adam Stewart, 1567 x 1569-1569

List of commendator-priors
 George Balfour, 1569-1588
 James Balfour of Cossertoun, 1588-1592 x 1599
 George Hay of Nether Liff, 1599-1602

Notes

Bibliography
 Cowan, Ian B. & Easson, David E., Medieval Religious Houses: Scotland With an Appendix on the Houses in the Isle of Man, Second edition, (London, 1976), pp. 86-7
 Watt, D. E. R. & Shead, N. F. (eds.), The Heads of Religious Houses in Scotland from the 12th to the 16th Centuries, The Scottish Records Society, New Series, Volume 24, (Edinburgh, 2001), pp. 174-7

Carthusians
History of Perth, Scotland
People associated with Perth and Kinross
Religion in Perth and Kinross
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CATHEDRAL ACOUSTICS
EVENTS AND LATEST NEWS
Deadline for submissions: 8th December 2019
The Department of Theatre, Film, Television and Interactive Media at the University of York seeks abstracts for the Soundscapes in the Early Modern World 2020 conference, to be delivered in a session about CHURCH AND CATHEDRAL ACOUSTICS IN EARLY MODERN EUROPE.
The aim is to bring together speakers from a great variety of disciplines and provide participants with an opportunity to discuss important aspects on the experience, perception and understanding of different historical sound environments.
The panel will consist of 20-minute presentations for each paper, followed by a discussion. We welcome papers in all disciplines related with church and cathedral sounds and acoustics. Relevant topics might include (but are not limited to):
• Church and cathedral Acoustics
• Archaeoacoustics
• Virtual acoustics
• Church and cathedral soundscapes
• Philosophical or sociological reflections on church and cathedral acoustics
• Societal functions of sound, noise, and music in worship spaces
• Public engagement and historical sounds
You may find further information on the conference website: https://emsoundscapes.co.uk/conference/call-for-papers/
If you are interested in presenting at the panel, CHURCH AND CATHEDRAL ACOUSTICS IN EARLY MODERN EUROPE, please send an abstract (200 words max), 3 keywords, and a short biography (100 words) by email to Lidia Alvarez (lidia.alvarezmorales@york.ac.uk) by December 08, 2019.
ICA 2019, AachenOral presentation, Acoustics of cultural heritage buildings session
Cathedral Acoustics in ICA 2019
Some results of the project were presented at the 23rd International Congress on Acoustics, ICA 2019, held in Aachen (Germany) in September 9th-13th. This is one of the largest international acoustics conference, which this year was attended by more than 1690 delegates and about 500 early-career and young researchers. My talk about the acoustics of Ripon cathedral was part of the session on "Acoustics of cultural heritage buildings", which included many contributions on church and mosque acoustics, among others. The session was well attended, taking account of the high number of parallel sessions and other things taking place at the same time. Considerable interest on the project was shown, and possibilities for future international collaborations came up during those days.
I also participated in the "5-minute story competition" organised on the first day of the conference. The aim was to present and describe your research to a general audience in an engaging way. I tried my best to condense the motivation, the targets and the methodology of the project in such a short slot of time. But above all, I tried to transmit why the acoustics in a place such as a cathedral, is so important. I hope that attendees had fun during my presentation, and also that next time they visit a cathedral, they take a moment to listen to the space.
Photo by Richard A. CarterMeasurement session at Ely cathedral
Acoustic measurement session at Ely Cathedral
On the 24th July, when Ely cathedral was closed to the public, we had the opportunity of carrying out the acoustic measurement session of the space as part of the CATHEDRAL ACOUSTIC project. The same methodology applied in the previous spaces was followed. In this case, we had into account 4 position of the sound source (at the High altar in the Presbytery, at the Choir, in the Lady chapel, and on the Nave Altar under the Octagon), and a total of 44 receiver points were located throughout the audience area. In our initial measurement plan, we also included two small but interesting chapels to be analysed: St Catherine's Chapel and Bishop West's Chantry Chapel, but regrettably we couldn't make it due to time limitations. At each source-receiver combination considered, binaural and spatial room impulse responses (RIR) were recorded, which will serve us to extract the acoustic information of the space and to generate auralisations.
The research team of the project, CATHEDRAL ACOUSTICS, and the University of York thanks the Dean and the staff of the cathedral for their kind permission and assistance during the measurements, and also for the good treatment received.
Photo by Lidia AlvarezAcademic session on Sound and Acoustics for the York Experience Summer School
Academic session on Sound and Acoustics for the York Experience Summer School 2019
On the 15th July, I run an Academic session on Sound and Acoustics as part of the York Experience Summer School, attended by twelve Year 12 (about 17 year old) Pathways to STEM students and Next Step York students. The session was structured in two parts. The first part was a short talk starting on the physics of sound until reaching the concept of "soundscape". The talk was followed by a sound walk, which involved a "blinded" walking, with the purpose of enable the students to discover their environment through focused attention on sound. The second part of the session was an introduction on Acoustics, Room Acoustics and Acoustics of Heritage Buildings, using as an example the CATHEDRAL ACOUSTIC project. This part of the session included a demonstration on how to take acoustic measurements in performance spaces taking advantage of the fact that the session was developed in the theatre of the Theatre, Film, Television and Interactive Media Department of the University of York. It was also a magnificent opportunity to communicate the importance of MSCA, while also disseminating the importance of acoustical heritage.
CDH 2019 presentation, University of York
Cathedral Acoustics in CDH York 2019
June has been a month full of events. Just after Inter.noise 2019, in the afternoon of Monday 24th June 2019, I attended the Centre for Digital Heritage Conference at the University of York. The conference put together the great variety of research projects around digital heritage, showing how the use of leading-edge technology and virtual reality tools help us to move heritage research further. We participated with a talk on Cathedral Acoustics and their sound as an important part of their Intangible Heritage.
In order to see the complete program of the conference do click here.
Inter.noise 2019, MadridPoster and technical sessions
Cathedral Acoustics in Inter.noise 2019
On 16th -19th June I was attending Inter.noise 2019 in Madrid, Spain. Three intense days full of fantastic talks, demos, meetings and networking. Participants from more than 60 countries met in the capital city of Spain to share information about the latest scientific developments in acoustics.
The acoustic study of heritage building was a hot topic during the conference, with presentations on the "Acoustic characterization of Cathedral of Santiago de Compostela", on the "Characteristic function of impulse responses in churches" and on the use of "Auralization as a tool of historic reconstruction of Vadstena abbey church". Our contribution, with a conference paper entitled "Cathedral Acoustics: Bristol Cathedral as a case study" received very good feed-back and lot of interest was shown during the poster session on the morning on the 17th June. I also presented a paper on the "Reverberation perception in Spanish cathedrals" fruit of a previous work carried out at the University of Seville.
As an extra, I had the pleasure to share these days with our colleague and collaborator, Angel Alvarez-Corbacho.
In order to see the website of the project click here and to see the complete proceeding of the conference do click here.
Festival of Ideas 2019 - Discovery ZoneWhere Would you Like to Sing?
Cathedral Acoustics in the Festival of Ideas 2019 - Discovery Zone
- Where Would you Like to Sing?-
On 1st June 2019, Mariana Lopez and myself, Lidia Alvarez, spent the day in the city centre of York bringing the acoustics of heritage sites closer to the 2425 people that came along to the event. We developed an activity to show the participants how a space modifies a sound and how that information can be recovered and used. Just wearing a pair of headphones, they could hear what they were saying in front of a microphone in 4 different spaces: a cave in Scotland, a national park in Finland, a cathedral here in Yorkshire, and a Roman theatre in Spain. They were virtually transported to that spaces, by listening to their own voices as if they were physically in the chosen space, and that is why we named our activity "Where Would you Like to Sing?". The feedback received was very positive and most of the participant wanted to know more about the science behind this and the Cathedral Acoustic project. Children reaction was amazing in some cases, specially when they listened to their voices in the interior of the cave and also when they were dared to sing in the nave of Ripon cathedral.
We would like to thanks the organisation for make things so easy for us and to Claudia Nader for their kind help during the event.
If you want to know more do visit the website of the event by clicking here.
Photo by Lidia AlvarezMeasurement session of York Minster
Acoustic measurement sessions at the York Minster
The acoustic measurement sessions of the York Minster were carried out during the evenings of May 26th and 29th, when the cathedral was unoccupied. Seven positions of the sound source were necessary to characterise the peculiar acoustic behaviour of this magnificent Gothic cathedral, all of them chosen considering the present and past use of the space, and also taking into account its architectural features. A total of 76 receiver positions were distributed throughout the different audience/congregation areas, in which the room impulse responses were registered by using two types of microphones (B-format and dummy head). The monaural and binaural RIR registered are being currently anlysed.
The research team of the project, CATHEDRAL ACOUSTICS, and the University of York acknowledge the Dean and the staff of the cathedral for their kind collaboration and assistance during the measurements. We also would like to thanks all the volunteers helping during the measurements, their collaboration was crucial to be able to perform the measurements.
Photo by Claudia NaderTutorial on Cathedral Acoustics.AES 146th Pro Audio Convention, Dublin 2019
Photo by Lidia AlvarezTechnical Tour on Cathedral Acoustics.AES 146th Pro Audio Convention, Dublin 2019
Cathedral Acoustics in AES DUBLIN 2019
- AES 146th PRO AUDIO CONVENTION-
Dublin hosted the AES 146th PRO AUDIO CONVENTION, 4 days full of paper and poster presentations, workshops and technical tours, and tutorials on the most diverse topics relating with audio and acoustics. This international convention brought together researchers and experts from 47 countries to discuss and share the latest advances in their fields. The organisers created a perfect atmosphere to promote the interaction between industry and academia, providing greater opportunities for networking and research dissemination.
On the second day of the convention, I had the opportunity to give a tutorial entitled "Uncovering the Acoustic Treasures of Cathedrals: The Use of Acoustic Measurements and Computer Modeling to Preserve Intangible Heritage". My presentation was followed of an interesting and dynamic conversation favoured by the attendees questions. After the tutorial, I run a 2-hour technical tour together with Dr. Fiona Smyth, who is an expert on sonic architecture, on "Church Acoustics and Sonic Heritage". As part of this tour, I organised a practical session taking acoustic measurement in the Trinity College Chapel. I would like to express our sincerest gratitude to the responsible and the staff of the Chapel for their kind collaboration and their availability.
The positive feedback received by the attendees of both the tutorial and the technical tour, together with the interest shown for my research on cathedral acoustics by people from such a great variety fields of expertise, show the success of this dissemination activity of the project.
Photo by Pedro BustamanteMeasurement session of Ripon Cathedral
Acoustic measurement campaigns of Ripon Cathedral
On February 16th and March 8th, the binaural and spatial room impulse responses (RIR) of Ripon Cathedral were measured, which will be used to characterise the current acoustic field of the building. Those impulse responses were recorded in locations distributed at different listener positions using different types of microphones (dummy head and B-format). The sound source (including two different types of loudspeakers) was placed in 3 positions, representative to the various celebrations and events taking place in the Cathedral and taking into account its architectural features. Now the lab work to analyse the signals obtained begins.
Again, we acknowledge the collaboration of the responsible and the staff of the Cathedral, for their kind collaboration and how well they have treated us.
Angel Álvarez-Corbacho - PhD research stay
We have had the pleasure of having the collaboration of Angel Alvarez-Corbacho, a PhD student of the University of Seville. Angel has spent a 1-month research stay at the Department of Theatre, Film and Television at the University of York as a collaborating researcher of the project, from 11th February to 11th March 2019.
During his stay Angel participated in the measurement sessions carried out in the cathedrals of Ripon and Bristol. It must also be highlighted the excellent work he has done with the planimetry and his help in the planning of the measurement sessions.
Photos by several authors
Photo by Richard CarterMeasurement session of Bristol Cathedral
Acoustic measurements in Bristol Cathedral
Last February, during the night of the 23rd, we had the opportunity of carrying out the acoustic measurement session in Bristol Cathedral. Five position of the sound source (High altar, Choir, Lady chapel, Elder Lady chapel and Nave) were considered and 31 receiver points located throughout the audience area were set, in order to analyse its current acoustic behaviour. Both Source and receiver positions were selected considering the wonderful and complex architecture of the cathedral and its multifunctional character. For each source-receiver combination characterised, binaural and spatial room impulse responses (RIR) were recorded by using a dummy head and a B-format microphone.
The RIR gathered in this measurement campaign describe the acoustic field of this space and those signals will be used for auralisation purposes in combination with a set of anechoic recording that represent the cultural and liturgical use of the cathedral over the centuries. Furthermore, the RIR measured in Bristol cathedral will serve to adjust the acoustic simulation model of the building.
Photo by Lidia AlvarezRecording session "Gregorian chants"
Anechoic recordings - First session
Last 29th January 2019 the first recording session part of the Cathedral Acoustic project took place in the anechoic chamber of the Audio Lab of The University of York. The professional Tenor Pierre-Philippe Dechant kindly collaborate with us singing Gregorian Chant, including short extracts of Salve Regina (simple tone and second tone), Gloria in excelsis Deo, and the Gregorian Requiem.
Those beautiful pieces will be used to create auralisations so that everyone can listen to his voice as if he was performing in one of the cathedrals involved in the project.
Poster of the Early Modern Global Soundscapes: A workshop
Early Modern Global Soundscapes: A Workshop
On 25 and 26 January 2019 I had the opportunity of attending the workshop on "Early Modern Global Soundscapes" held by the University of York, where international researchers from a variety of disciplines (Music, English, History, Architecture and Engineering) met to discuss about the current research on historic "sounds and soundscapes".
After a two-day program of assorted presentations and enriching discussions, I had the opportunity of participate in the final round-table together with Mariana Lopez (Theatre, Film and Television), Helen Hills (History of Art), Mark Jenner (History), and Emilie Murphy (History). I tried to add my grain of sand to the debate by sharing my perspective as an acoustician, based on my experience on the research of the acoustics of European cathedrals. The general conclusion of this interactive dialogue was that more interdisciplinary studies and collaborations are needed to properly research and plausible recreate soundscapes, specially those related with our past and our culture.
If you want to know more about the workshop, I recommend this excellent summary by Hannah Rodger (University of York), just click here.
The Journey Begins!!!
Cathedral Acoustics starts! Visit our website and follow us on twitter to know all about the project findings and future events. Find the latest news about our research and all the information recovered as part of this amazing project. Lets enjoy!
Ely cathedral picture - Photo by Michael D Beckwith on Unsplash
Cathedral Acoustic project has received funding from the European Union's Horizon 2020 research and innovation programme under the Marie Sklodowska-Curie grant agreement No 797586

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Agreement on Waterfront Plan Buoys Redevelopment in Trenton
February 18th, 2009 by Chris Sturm
Early this month, the City of Trenton and the Capital City Redevelopment Corporation (CCRC) signed a memorandum of understanding with 10 county, state and regional agencies to proceed with the Trenton Waterfront Area Revitalization Initiative.
The city and CCRC propose to redevelop a 32-acre site behind the State House complex, converting surface parking lots into a mixed-use neighborhood and park, and turning Route 29 from a limited-access highway into an "urban boulevard" complemented by a pedestrian-friendly street network.
The project, when completed, would put an estimated 90 percent of the area back on the city's tax rolls.
Plans Come Together; Next Step is Funding
The Trenton Waterfront was once a thriving center of commerce, industry and recreation. Busy textile factories lined the banks of the Delaware River; nearby restaurants, stores and homes fed, clothed and housed workers; the city's signature green space, Stacy Park, linked the historic State House to the lively riverside.
After World War II, however, the area fell on hard times. The factories and stores closed; the buildings were demolished and replaced by parking lots; Stacy Park was eviscerated when the narrow John Fitch Way was converted into four-lane, high-speed Route 29.
In 1989, the CCRC unveiled the Capital City Renaissance Plan, which re-envisioned the area between the State House and the river as a mixed-use waterfront neighborhood. Over the next 20 years, other agencies studied the area and came up with their own complementary plans. The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers devised a plan to restore the nearby Assunpink Creek; the state Department of Environmental Protection prepared a Capital Park Master Plan for a new green space between the State House and the river; the City of Trenton approved its own Downtown Master Plan; and the state Department of Transportation added to its inventory of integrated land-use and transportation projects (but not to its list of funded projects) the conversion of a 1.8-mile stretch of Route 29 into a boulevard.
All of these plans came together with the signing of the memorandum of understanding on February 9. In addition to the City of Trenton and CCRC, other signatories to the MOU were the state departments of Transportation, Environmental Protection, Treasury and Community Affairs; the New Jersey Economic Development Authority; the New Jersey Housing and Mortgage Finance Agency; NJ TRANSIT; Mercer County; the Delaware River Joint Toll Bridge Commission; and the Delaware Valley Regional Planning Commission.
The MOU commits these agencies to work together toward the creation of "a new energized waterfront that will unify diverse waterfront areas of the City into a cohesive and attractive mixture of recreational, residential and commercial uses by capitalizing on one of the City's greatest natural assets, the Delaware River."
The next step is to find funding. Trenton Mayor Doug Palmer has put $125 million for the Route 29 roadwork and surrounding development on the city's wish-list for the federal stimulus package, noting that the first phase of the project will be "shovel-ready" within nine months.
This is precisely the kind of public investment that can transform an underutilized and unsightly parcel of property (a surface parking lot) into an attractive, dynamic, mixed-use project that generates private enterprise and produces much-needed tax revenue for the community. Creating a livable, walkable neighborhood in the shadow of the State House dome has the added benefit of reducing residents' dependence on the automobile, helping New Jersey meet its ambitious greenhouse gas reduction goals.
Trenton's waterfront project is but one of several examples of government and the private sector working together to pave the way toward a prosperous, sustainable future through redevelopment. On February 27, New Jersey Future's fourth annual Redevelopment Forum will bring together public officials, citizen activists and leading professionals in law and planning to examine the keys to success in achieving these kinds of innovative, high-quality, community-based redevelopment projects.
If you have any questions about this issue of Future Facts, please contact Chris Sturm, Senior Director of State Policy, or Rick Sinding, Senior Communications Director.
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Air Command pilot Nova Whiteside is assigned to a remote outpost to guard the construction of a tethered orbiter, Skyranch Twelve, against rebel sabotage. The difference between the well-ordered Union air fields and this dusty garrison is made painfully clear when she runs afoul a brutal commander of ground troops.
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It's no easy tour of duty for Lt. Nova Whiteside when her interstellar transport is taken by pirates and she is then tagged for termination. Could it have something to do with the mysterious alien they were transporting? Having gone from merely MIA to technically AWOL, any chance of escape leaves her no choice but to rely on Sethran Kada, a former lover, for help.
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1947: Partition in the Army by S K Sinha
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My Father – A Doctor and A Cultured Strongman by Rabindra Nath Gupta
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First Republic Day in Delhi and First President of India
Fauji Akhbar
Glimpses of the First Republic Day Celebrations and India's First President
Editor's note. This article first appeared in Fauji Akhbar (now renamed Sainik Samachar) February 4, 1950. It was posted as pib.nic.in/archieve/others/2008/jan/r20080124011.pdf
Unforgettable scenes of enthusiasm and rejoicing marked the beginning of a new era in Indian History when the Republic of India was born with the swearing in of Dr. Rajendra Prasad as the as the first President.
At the most solemn ceremony, held in the brilliantly lit and high domes of Durbar Hall at Government House, India was declared a Sovereign Democratic Republic exactly at eighteen minutes past ten on the morning of Thursday, January 26, 1950. Six minutes later, Dr. Rajendra Prasad sworn in as the President.
The birth of Indian Republic and the installation of its first President were announced by a salute of 31 guns shortly after 10-30 a.m.
The simple and yet grand ceremony of the Durbar Hall, the excitement of hundreds of thousands of people lining the five-mile route through which the President drove in state and the spectacularly colourful parade at Irwin Stadium, where the President hoisted the Union Flag and took the salute, will remain in the peoples' memory for long.
The swearing-in ceremony at Government House and the accompanying functions were very impressive. The retiring Governor-General, Mr. C. Rajagopalachari, read out the proclamation of the Republic of "India, that is, Bharat".
"Whereas the people of India, having into a Sovereign Democratic Republic, adopted, enacted and gave to themselves on the twenty-sixth day of November, 1949, in their Constituent Assembly the Constitution of India\;
"And whereas it has been declared by the said Constitution that India, that is, Bharat, shall be a Union of States comprising within the Union the territories which were hitherto the Governor's provinces, the Indian States and the Chief Commissioners' provinces\;
"And whereas this, the twenty sixth day of January 1950, has been fixed for the commencement of the said Constitution\;
"Now, therefore, it is hereby proclaimed that on the from this, the twenty sixth day of January, 1950, India, that is Bharat, shall be a Sovereign Democratic Republic, and the Union and its component units, the States, shall exercise all powers and functions of government and administration in accordance with the provisions of the said Constitution."
Then the President took the oath of office and made a brief speech, first in Hindi and then in English. In the course of his speech he said:
"Today for the first time in our long and chequered history we find the whole of this vast land from Kashmir in the north to Cape Comorin in the South, from Kathiawad and Cutch in the west Coconada and Kamrup in the east, brought together under the jurisdiction of one Constitution and one Union which takes over the responsibility for the welfare of more than 320 million men and women that inhabit it. Its administration will now be carried on by its people and for its people. This country has great natural resources, and now has come to it the great opportunity to make its vast population happy and prosperous and to make it own contribution to the establishment of peace in the world."
The state drive started exactly at 2-30 p.m. The thirty-five year old coach specially renovated for the occasion bearing the new emblem of Asoka's capital and drawn by six sturdy Australian horses carried the President and drove out of Government House at a slow trot, escorted by the President's bodyguard.
All along the route the President was welcomed by shouts of "Jai". Thousands of people had assembled and had occupied the streets, roofs, tree tops and all available vantage points along the route right from Government House to the Irwin Stadium.
The President responded to the greetings of the people with folded hands. The drive ended exactly at 3-45 p.m. at Irwin Stadium where three thousand Officers and men of the three Armed Services of India and the Police with massed bands had taken positions for the Ceremonial Parade. Here 15,000 people watched one of the most magnificent military parades in India's recent history.
Standing in an Army jeep and accompanied, Brig. J.S. Dhillon, the President inspected the Parade and went round the main stands, later taking the Salute at the march past.
Consisting of the units of the Navy, Infantry and Cavalry Regiments, Services Contingents, the Air Force, a Boys' units of the Punjab Regiment and the Police, the Parade combined colour with precision, which the appreciative crowd acknowledge with repeated cheers. Seven massed bands, representing the Navy, the Army, the Air Force and the Police, provided music, the quality of which fitted with the general excellent pattern of the entire ceremony.
Among the most impressive items in the programme was the firing of "feu-de-joie", combined with the National Anthem, while at a little distance guns boomed a salute of the President.
Millions of people participated in the celebrations on this historic occasion all over India and the proclamation of Indian Republic was read out in all the States of the Indian Union.
Indians overseas did not lag behind in expressing their enthusiasm on this memorable occasion\; wherever in the world there was a group of Indians, they celebrated the occasion in a befitting manner.
Messages of goodwill were received from the heads of States of almost all the countries of the world.
An account of the events of January 26, 1950 published in 2012 is available here.
A photograph of Dr. Rajendra Prasad taking the oath of office is available here.
A photograph of Dr. Rajendra Prasad with the Indian cabinet is available here.
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VANCOUVER, BRITISH COLUMBIA--(Marketwired - Oct. 6, 2015) - Skeena Resources Limited (TSX VENTURE:SKE) ("Skeena" or the "Company") is pleased to announce the acquisition of a 100% interest in the GJ property (the "GJ Property") from majority owner Teck Resources Limited (TSX:TCK) ("Teck") and its 49% joint venture partner, NGEx Resources Inc. (TSX:NGQ) ("NGEx"). The GJ Property is comprised of 80 mineral claims totaling 37,508 hectares and is located adjacent to the eastern boundary of Skeena's Spectrum Project (see map) in the Golden Triangle of northwest British Columbia.
Skeena's CEO & President, Mr. Walter Coles, commented, "The consolidation of the adjacent Spectrum and GJ properties will provide important access and infrastructure synergies that should lower unit exploration costs and provide flexibility for future development of Spectrum. Also, the GJ Property includes several high-grade gold-silver vein occurrences that are similar and complementary to the Spectrum gold project. Finally, the GJ Property acquisition provides Skeena with long term exposure to copper prices given that Teck and NGEx delineated a significant, near-surface porphyry copper-gold resource that has excellent expansion and development potential, especially for deep high-grade porphyry targets that remain untested."
The main GJ Property claim block will be subject to a 2% net smelter return royalty ("NSR") in favour of Teck and NGEx, of which 50% can be purchased for a $2 million cash payment. The northern part of the GJ Property is subject to a 1% NSR to Teck and NGEx of which 50% can be purchased for a $1 million cash payment. The northern GJ Property is also subject to a 1% NSR payable pursuant to a royalty agreement dated January 21, 2005, as amended, originally entered into between Canadian Gold Hunter Corp. and 650399 B.C. Ltd.
The GJ Property includes the Donnelly and North Donnelly porphyry copper-gold deposits which have a historic measured and indicated resource of 1.09 billion pounds of copper and 1.82 million ounces of gold according to a 43-101 technical report completed in April 2007 by NGEx's predecessor and available under the NGEx profile on SEDAR (see reference below). A small amount of additional drilling was completed at Donnelly by Teck between 2011 and 2013. Skeena has commissioned the original authors to prepare an updated 43-101 resource that incorporates the Teck drilling.
* The resource referred to in this news release is not considered current by Skeena Resources Limited as additional drilling has taken place since the resource was calculated, and a Qualified Person has not done sufficient work to verify these calculations. The historic resource is described in a NI 43‐101 technical report entitled, "Technical Report on the GJ Copper‐Gold Porphyry Project, Liard Mining Division, British Columbia, Canada" dated April 30, 2007 and prepared by David T. Mehner, M.Sc., P.Geo., Gary H. Giroux, M.A.Sc., P.Eng., and Giles R. Peatfield, Ph.D., P.Eng. The report is available under the NGEx profile on Sedar.
The technical information in this news release has been reviewed and approved by Michael S. Cathro, MSc, PGeo, Skeena's vice-president of operations and a qualified person as defined by National Instrument 43-101.
Skeena Resources Limited is a junior Canadian mining exploration company involved in the acquisition, exploration and development of prospective base and precious metal properties throughout British Columbia. The Company's primary activities at present are the evaluation of the high-grade Spectrum Gold property in the prolific Golden Triangle of northwestern BC. Skeena's management includes a highly experienced team of mine-finders, including Ron Netolitzky, Chairman, who was inducted into the Canadian Mining Hall of Fame in 2015.
Certain information in this news release is forward-looking within the meaning of certain securities laws, and is subject to important risks, uncertainties and assumptions. This forward-looking information includes, among other things, information with respect to the purchase of the GJ Property, including regulatory approval thereof, the Company's exploration and development at the GJ Property, and the Company's beliefs, plans, expectations, anticipations, estimates and intentions. The words "may", "could", "should", "would", "suspect", "outlook", "believe", "anticipate", "estimate", "expect", "intend", "plan", "target" and similar words and expressions are used to identify forward-looking information. The forward-looking information in this news release describes the Company's expectations as of the date of this news release and accordingly, is subject to change after such date. Readers should not place undue importance on forward-looking information and should not rely upon this information as of any other date. While the Company may elect to, it does not undertake to update this information at any particular time.


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15.09 The Trap
From Super-wiki
Title The Trap
Episode # Season 15, Episode 9
First aired January 16, 2020
Directed by Robert Singer
Written by Robert Berens
On IMDB The Trap
Outline Chuck attempts to sever his connection to Sam. Meanwhile, Dean and Castiel journey to Purgatory to find the final ingredient needed to trap God.
Monster God
Leviathans
Location(s) Milford, Nebraska
Lebanon, Kansas
6 Trivia & References
7 Minutiae
8 Sides, Scripts & Transcripts
Jack Kline
Chuck Shurley / God
Sheriff Jody Mills
Eileen Leahy
Billie / Death
Bobby Singer (Apocalypse World)
Angel Trap
Chuck's Endings
Dead Man's Blood
God's Pocket Watch
Leviathan Blossom
Ma'lak Box
Men of Letters Bunker
Rowena's Apartment
Rowena's Spellbooks
Sam/Eileen
Season 15 Callbacks
Specialty Bullets
Table of Death
"Hard Times in the Land of Plenty" by Omar & the Howlers
(plays during "The Road So Far" recap of events)
Chuck: Hi, Dean.
Dean: Chuck, you dick.
Chuck: Bye, Dean.
Castiel: Dean, will you stop? Just stop being so stupid.
Dean: What?
Castiel: If we attack Chuck now, we don't have anything that can hurt him. We get that Leviathan blossom, complete Michael's spell, build the Cage. That's our chance. That's the way we'll save Sam, and that's the way we'll save the world.
Leviathan: What do you want?
Dean: Well, it's a little embarrassing saying it loud, but we're looking for a flower.
Leviathan: A flower? What do I look like, a florist?
Castiel: Well, this place will bring that out in you. Guilt. It was my fault the Leviathan got out. It was my fault we were here the first time. I carry that guilt every day.
Dean: I know you're sorry, Cas. About Bel, about Mom.
Castiel: I was talking about Jack. I already apologized to you. You just refused to hear it.
Dean: Sorry I brought it up. Maybe if you didn't just up and leave us.
Castiel: You didn't give me a choice. You couldn't forgive me. And you couldn't move on. You were too angry. I left, but you didn't stop me.
Dean: Cas? Cas, I hope you can hear me that wherever you are, it's not too late. I should've stopped you. You're my best friend, but I just let you go. 'Cause it was easier than admitting I was wrong. I-I don't know why I get so angry. I just know I know that it's i-it's just always been there. And when things go bad, it just it comes out. And I can't I can't stop it. No matter how -- how bad I want to, I just can't stop it. And -- and I-I forgive you. Of course I forgive you. I'm sorry it took me so long. I'm sorry it took me till now to say it. Cas, I'm I'm so sorry. Man, I hope you can hear me. I hope you can hear me. Okay.
Sam: You want to quit? What's happened to you, Dean? Ever since...
Dean: Ever since what? We lost pretty much everyone we've ever cared about? Ever since the Mark made Cas go crazy? Ever since I had to bury him in a Ma'lak box? Ever since then? Yeah. You know why? 'Cause the monsters, they're everywhere. Everywhere! What we do... it's not even Hunting anymore. It's whack-a-mole. We don't even save people. Every friend we've ever had is either dead, or they got wise and they packed it in.
Sam: Jody's still fighting, and Bobby...
Dean: Bobby has a death wish, and you know it. And Jody... ever since what happened to Donna and the girls, she does, too. And after Eileen, so do you.
Chuck: Without me, it's a law of nature -- dark forces prevail, monsters rule, and you, your brother, and everyone you love will die. Can you really live with that?
Dean: What now? You're not going to dust us.
Chuck: Oh yeah? Why not?
Dean: Because you are holding out. For your big finish. Yeah we know about your galaxy-brained idea. How you think this story is going to go. Sam got a little look into your draft folder.
Chuck: Sam's visions? They weren't drafts - they were memories. My memories. Other Sams and other Deans, in other worlds. But guess what? Just like you they didn't think they'd do it either. But they did. And you will too.
Dean: No. Not this Sam. And not this Dean. So go back to Earth-2 and play with your other toys, because we will never give you the ending you want.
Chuck: We'll see.
Sam: Sorry. That was our, uh, chance to stop Chuck. But what Chuck showed me, what would happen if we trapped him I believed him. I still do.
Dean: Well, that's good enough for me.
Sam: Okay, so what now?
Castiel: Well, Chuck's gone, but...
Dean: He'll be back.
Sam: If we can't kill Him or trap Him...
Dean: Well, then we find another way.
Trivia & References
Chuck: I think we have an audience. Come on, Eileen.
"Come On Eileen" was a #1 single in 1983 by the English group Dexys Midnight Runners.
Chuck: Well, I wouldn't say "weak", exactly. I mean, I piñata'd Hell.
Chuck is referring to when he opened Hell at the end of 14.20 Moriah. A piñata is a decorated container filled with small gifts or candy that is smashed as part of celebrations in Mexico.
Dean: Well, if you can't help us, see this boomstick? It's loaded with Borax-filled shells. You know what Borax does to piranha-faced freaks like you? I'd be happy to show you.
"Boomstick" is the nickname of Ash William's shotgun in the Evil Dead horror franchise.
Sam: No. What happened to Butch and Sundance? Dean, what happened to going out swinging?
Dean: We lost, brother. We lost. I'm done.
"Butch and Sundance" refers to the Old West outlaws Butch Cassidy and Sundance Kid, who were killed after being cornered by the Bolivian army. In the past, Jared and Jensen had referred to their preferred ending for Sam and Dean as going out like Butch and Sundance.
Chuck: You, Sam Winchester, have been playing fast and loose with the laws of nature and magic for a very long time you and your brother. Always breaking the rules. And that's what I love about you, Sam. It's so heroic. It's so Promethean. But there's still so much about the fabric of the universe that you don't know... that you can't know. 'Cause you're only humans. But I'm God. Think about what I showed you. Look beyond the Mark, beyond you and Dean fanging out... heartbreaking, but not the headline news.
Promethean refers to being rebellious and is a reference to Prometheus a trickster god of the ancient Greeks, who was known as a champion of humanity and who defied the other gods to give fire to mortals. Prometheus himself previously appeared in 8.16 Remember the Titans.
Dean: Because you're holding out. For your big finish. Yeah, we know about your galaxy-brained idea, how you think this story is gonna go. Sam got a little look into your draft folder.
"Galaxy Brain" is a term from a meme that originated in 2017. The term is generally used an an insult to someone who believes they have an intelligent opinion on something, which others think is ridiculous.
Dean: No. Not this Sam. And not this Dean. So you go back to Earth-2 and play with your other toys. Because we will never give you the ending that you want.
Earth-2 is an alternate version of Earth in the DC Universe. Sam also called Apocalypse World this in 13.13 Devil's Bargain while explaining the situation to Donatello Redfield. In this context, it's unclear if Dean was referring to Apocalypse World or just making a DC reference.
Dean tracks Sam's phone and finds out that the Lucky Elephant Casino is at 707 Darland Street, Milford, Nebraska.
The future times Chuck shows Sam are:
April 17, 2020 11:42:00 PM
Sam, Eileen, Dean, and Castiel are having a relaxed evening in the Bunker, when Jody rings to tell them Claire was killed when they were hunting vampires and there turned out to be more than expected.
January 6th, 2021 9:09:18 PM
Sam and Dean are in the Impala, having just fought a pack of werewolves and failing to save any of the victims. The mention that Cas is gone. The scenery that they drive by shows buildings on fire.
November 3, 2021 11:42:36 AM
Sam and Dean have returned from a vampire hunt, and Sam is keen to head out again. Dean is feeling hopeless -- there are just too many monsters and they aren't even saving people anymore. They mention that after Cas took on the Mark as part of the plot to cage Chuck he had to be locked in the Ma'lak Box. Eileen, Donna, and all their other friends are either dead or they've quit hunting, except for Jody and Bobby, due to what Dean suspects is their death wish, a wish he says Sam shares.
November 3, 2021 12:36:38 PM
Sam tells Dean he is heading out on the hunt and Dean resignedly follows him. When they return at an unknown point later, something has gone wrong and Chuck comments that Dean should've followed his gut.
December 9, 2022 3:11:38 AM
Sam and Dean prepare to take a last stand in a hotel room. Two hunters and Jody and Bobby approach. They storm the room -- to kill Sam and Dean who are vampires. They kill the hunters and Jody manages to shoot Sam with dead man's blood. Dean bites and kills Jody, and Bobby beheads Sam. The vision ends with Sam's death, leaving Dean and Bobby's ultimate fates unknown.
Dean learns that Benny was torn apart by vampires after Dean sent him back to Purgatory to rescue Sam in 8.19 Taxi Driver. He also learns that Benny has become infamous among the denizens of Purgatory, including Leviathan, for his escape and return to Purgatory.
Leviathan: Mother's got beef with you.
Cas: Eve.
Leviathan: Killing her alphas, swallowing her Leviathan. Bringing you to her should earn us a nice reward.
Eve was the mother of all monsters, who rose from Purgatory when Castiel and Crowley were hunting down Alphas to try and find a way to Purgatory in order to plunder it of souls. Dean killed her using phoenix ashes. Eve's connection to the Leviathan was only vaguely hinted at in 7.22 There Will Be Blood, when the Alpha Vampire referred to his kind coming from the Leviathan, which Edgar retorted with "barely" before referring to Eve as "a pathetic mutt. Hardly one of us" and calling her a "whore."
Sides, Scripts & Transcripts
15.09 The Trap (transcript)
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Supernatural Boss Previews Dean and Cas' Purgatory Trip, Big Change for Sam and 'Massive' Death Toll to Come by TVline[[Category:
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Johns Hopkins researchers are conducting a placebo-controlled trial to examine the effectiveness of a research medication in the treatment of adults with anorexia nervosa. Participants will be offered 16 weeks of medication (active or inactive) and weekly outpatient medical monitoring by a psychiatrist. The treatment will be provided at no cost. To participate, you must have anorexia nervosa, be 18-55 years old, be medically stable for outpatient treatment, complete assessments (interviews, questionnaires and medical evaluations) at intervals throughout the 16-week study and at 1- and 2-month follow-ups. Information gathered will remain confidential. Call (410) 955-3863 for more information (NA_00040741) Site Principal Investigator: Angela S. Guarda, M.D. Click here for flyer.
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If you are between the ages of 22-68, currently suffering from Bipolar depression, and are currently taking a mood stabilizer you may be eligible to participate in a research study on deep Transcranial Magnetic Stimulation (dTMS). This study is being conducted to evaluate the safety and effectiveness of the H-Coil Transcranial Magnetic Stimulation (TMS) in treating bipolar depression. Participation involves 25 visits over 8 weeks. There are up to three weeks for screening visits to determine eligibility. During this time participants will also need to be gradually taken off of psychiatric medications except for a mood stabilizer. Once eligible, there are 8 weeks of the study procedure including 2 follow-up visits. Participants will have a 50% chance of receiving real TMS or sham TMS once a day, 5 days per week for 4 consecutive weeks, then 3 times during week 5, and once during week 6. Participant safety will be monitored, and each participant will be asked questions pertaining to their mood and anxiety. There will be compensation for participating in this study. For more information please call 410-614-1732. The principal investigator is Dr. Irving Reti. (IRB Protocol NA_00045624).
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With the guilt of dropping January's resolutions long behind us, a new tax year gives the self-employed a chance to set out some achievable goals for 2017 – such as organising their invoices.
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"Go Set a Watchman" asks if we're willing to disown our communities to stand up for our beliefs
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I was dumbfounded. He continued shouting about how the pandemic is a government ruse and that we shouldn't have to wear masks. There was so much emotion in his rant, so much fear masked as anger. And while he had no credible sources for his claims, he believed everything he said was true. He was ready to fight anyone who disagreed.
It seems there is always a new topic for people to debate, often around the life and health of any number of particular groups.
This man is someone I usually enjoy being around. I consider him a friend. But on that day, I felt like I had to get him to change his mind or get away from him. His bald disregard for the suffering of others was like getting the wind knocked out of me. He'd just told me about how proud he was of his teenage daughter's recent accolades in sports. I was telling him about my toddler-aged daughter's recent developments before he started ranting. My little one has long-term healthcare needs which categorize her as "high risk" for respiratory illness. According to my friend, she should "just die" so he doesn't have to deal with the inconvenience of wearing a mask. In the space of a few minutes I became disillusioned with him, and ready to allow the friendship to die.
This is one scene out of a million just like it. Stories about division among loved ones, colleagues, and neighbors are plenty: The Covid-19 pandemic, mask mandates, systemic racism, protests and policing, LGBTQ rights and representation, even conspiracy theories. It seems there is always a reason to get angry online, to post headlines passive-aggressively. It seems there is always a new topic for people to debate, often around the life and health of any number of particular groups.
We've all had someone close to us reveal fearful, unreasonable beliefs—the racist joke you don't see coming in the group text, or the angry outburst about how there should be more incarcerations at the border during a family gathering. And the surprise often goes both ways. I've had friends be shocked that I would even consider getting the Covid vaccine, or that I would allow my children to attend school wearing a mask. On some level, everyone is wrestling with questions and disillusionment.
How can we move beyond this season? When we're faced with friends or family spewing hate how can we help them see beyond themselves? Are we better off just distancing ourselves from them?
These are the questions that keep me awake. So in an effort to sleep better, I've been turning off screens earlier. My hope is that getting lost in a good novel will help me avoid marinating in stress over night. I was pleasantly surprised that in a book published before anyone knew what the Coronavirus was, at a time when Donald Trump was considered only a businessman and TV star, I found a friend in such disillusionment. I read Go Set a Watchman by Harper Lee and became reacquainted with Jean Louise "Scout" Finch.
In Go Set a Watchman, the young tomboy of To Kill a Mockingbird is now twenty-five and has lived in New York City for several years. The novel opens with her en route for Maycomb County. From her first moment in town, Jean Louise takes part in a series of encounters demonstrating that things are different than they used to be back home. Much of those differences are found in the two men in her life. Her father, the famed lawyer Atticus Finch, is now too old and arthritic to pick her up from the station. Henry Clinton, her childhood friend turned boyfriend, waits there instead. But Henry, too, has changed. He's more serious about getting married than he's ever been. He seems resolute to bring Jean Louise back to Maycomb for good. Readers are given a sense that, while some things never change in a small town, like the "inevitable verbena" growing in people's yards, the people in Maycomb are different than they used to be.
But not all of these changes are so easy to see at first glance. One Sunday afternoon Atticus and Henry casually leave for a Citizens' Council meeting. (Citizens' Council meetings were a movement in the South by white supremacists that were opposed to the 1954 government mandated desegregation of schools.) Jean Louise surreptitiously follows them. She learns that her father is on the board of directors and that Henry is "one of the staunchest members." Watching from the segregated balcony of the old courthouse, she discovers that the two of them are part of a coalition that opposes desegregation in Maycomb. They have aligned themselves with White men who spew the n-word and other epithets, men attempting to marshal strength in numbers against not only Black people in the South, but against the ruling of the U.S. government. How prophetic this scene turned out to be, given the January 6th violent insurrection.
From her first moment in town, Jean Louise takes part in a series of encounters demonstrating that things are different than they used to be back home.
Feeling lost and betrayed, Jean Louise sneaks out of the meeting, attempting to process what she has learned about her loved ones. The cognitive dissonance of seeing Atticus embrace and enable virulent, state sanctioned racism is similar to what I experienced with my friend, and what many folks have experienced since the pandemic began, or perhaps since Donald Trump was elected. Maintaining strong relationships with loved ones and friends has perhaps never been more challenging. Like Jean Louise, many of us are standing in the courthouse balcony, watching loved ones down below trafficking in fear, hate, and lies. Many folks are wondering just what the hell is going on.
Where I live in west Michigan, a region steeped in conservative religion, deep disillusionment with my community has been easy to come by and impossible to ignore.
During the runup to the 2016 election one of my closest family members—a Bible study leader—said to me, "Well, what's wrong with building a wall? And what's wrong with getting people who don't belong here back to their own country?" I was speechless. What happened to "love your neighbor as yourself"?
Similarly, during the late spring of 2020, when the country was adjusting to new rules about wearing masks after the early shutdowns, I was with an older, longtime friend. He had been a mentor of mine through my church when I was a teen. He told me with wild eyes and religious fury in his voice that he refused to wear a mask because covering his face was "to cover the very image of God." There was no trace of irony in his voice, despite the fact that many years ago, this same man taught me how to operate a snowmobile during a particularly cold Michigan winter. He had implored me to wear a mask and snow goggles when doing so, for safety's sake. God didn't seem to mind then.
It asks what can be done when disillusionment with one's core community runs this deep—so deep that one might literally lose their religion.
Both of these conversations were balcony moments for me. A loved one and a mentor, both prioritizing their individual happiness and comfort over the health and well-being of others, and refusing to partake in reasonable solutions to complex problems.
As Go Set a Watchman continues, other experiences about town cause Jean Louise to realize that while things change, lying beneath the southern charm in Maycomb is a deep-seated racism that has been there all along. She attends a coffee party with old friends where conspiracy theories about why Black people want equal rights abound. She also visits the home of their longtime Black housekeeper, Culpernia, and comes to see a longstanding distance between them that she's never noticed, a distance Culpernia had always lived with.
Jean Louise grows increasingly more disillusioned by her community as the novel progresses. She finds their reactions to their contemporary social and political realities incomprehensible, and what's worse is how they justify their bigotry. In a room full of gossipy neighbors, she wonders:
"Why doesn't their flesh creep? How can they devoutly believe everything they hear in church and then say the things they do and listen to the things they hear without throwing up? I thought I was a Christian but I'm not. I'm something else and I don't know what. Everything I have taken for right and wrong these people have taught me—these same, these very people. So it's me, it's not them. Something has happened to me."
Readers can substitute their personal ideological background into the larger crisis of faith Jean Louise refers to. This crisis of faith is why reading, or rereading Go Set a Watchman is instructive today. It asks what can be done when disillusionment with one's core community runs this deep—so deep that one might literally lose their religion.
There was an uproar when Go Set a Watchman was published. It was touted as the "lost" novel by a Pulitzer Prize-winning author who'd only published one book. It was suspected to be the first draft of To Kill a Mockingbird. Authoring a single novel of such gravitas garnered Harper Lee a Salinger-like legend. For some fans, this "found" manuscript held the promise of the Dead Sea Scrolls—divine revelation.
But reviewers were upset by what the story reveals about Atticus Finch. Like Jean Louise, they were bewildered and angry to see their hero fall from grace. Readers are told that Jean Louise had "confused [her] father with God."
Atticus's actions are explained at the end of the novel by his eccentric brother, Uncle Jack:
"The law is what he lives by. He'll do his best to prevent someone from beating up somebody else, then he'll turn around and try to stop no less than the Federal Government…he'll always do it by the letter and by the spirit of the law. That's the way he lives."
Atticus represents the prevalent collective Southern thought regarding racial integration during the civil rights era. He's not a militant supremacist like a Klan member, but he's happy to reinforce systemic injustice in order to maintain the status quo. As ugly as this is, readers don't need Atticus to be perfect or even admirable to gain insight from the story. His flawed character is one of the more important elements in the book. His actions and motivations demonstrate how insidious and sometimes subtle racism can be. They also illuminate the systems in place that make racism so easy to preserve. Fear and hate can be intellectualized and quietly reinforced through the legal system.
Can there be a third option when coping with such disillusionment?
So, what is the answer to the question Go Set a Watchman is asking? How can we handle deep, profound disillusionment in our loved ones, our communities, and our systems of faith?
As Jean Louise tries to escape Maycomb, Uncle Jack provides the answer:
"You've no doubt heard some pretty offensive talk since you've been home, but instead of getting on your charger and blindly striking it down, you turned and ran. You said, in effect, 'I don't like the way these people do, so I have no time for them.' You'd better take time for'em honey, otherwise you'll never grow."
After forcing her to stay in Maycomb—a violent encounter that could be the subject of another essay—Uncle Jack explains that by running from those she disagrees with, she herself is a "turnip-sized bigot." He continues:
"The time your friends need you is when they're wrong, Jean Louise. They don't need you when they're right."
I need this good medicine as much as anyone, but it's a hard pill to swallow when friends and loved ones are antagonistic and dismissive of not just opposing views, but factual evidence. When the people who taught you not to lie subscribe to conspiracy theories or pervert their religion in order to justify their actions, you are encountering hypocrisy of the highest order.
White People Need to Reckon With Atticus Finch's Racism
It's time to learn the uncomfortable lessons of Harper Lee's "Go Set a Watchman"
Sep 1 – Sandra Schmuhl Long
In Go Set a Watchman, Jean Louise must choose: either run from those she disagrees with, or stay with people who are blind to the injustices they enable. Many of us are confronted with this choice today.
Can there be a third option when coping with such disillusionment? Isn't it wise to separate ourselves from toxic communities, even if we still love and care for the individuals within them?
In the heat of the moment, I couldn't find a third way when my friend was ranting. Harper Lee doesn't show us a third way either. While Go Set a Watchman takes place in a time period that readers will study for decades to come, I suspect it will never have the same impact as To Kill a Mockingbird—not because of its dubious origins, but because of its too-simple resolution. The book ends with violent drama and an uncomplicated dichotomy—go or stay. It's a powerful ending, but violence is a terrible teacher, and real-life is more nuanced than simple dichotomies. (The ending may be the best evidence that this really was a first draft. It needs work.) No matter how much you love someone there is no guarantee that you'll be able to help them see reason. You may always be on opposing sides of an issue. If history is an indicator for what's in store tomorrow, then more cultural crises are in our future. The choice that Jean Louise faces with her family is one we will continue to face. Go Set a Watchman reminds us that while we cannot control someone else's growth, we have some say over your own. If Uncle Jack is right, our friends and family need us. Perhaps the greatest lesson is in the book's failure: in real life, we can write a new ending for our stories. We can find a better way.
A.L. Rogers is an editor and author living in Grand Rapids, Michigan. He is an award-winning short story writer who has published short fiction in Splickety Magazine, Catapult Magazine, and on DailyScienceFiction.com. Find more musings about what he reads on Instagram @ALRstories.
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Suddenly, Japan's New Seto Daiya "Good Start"
Swimming boy Daiya Seto [25 = ANA] struck a new Japan in the first race of the Olympics on the 18th.
Participated in the Champion Series [CS] Beijing Games. With a 200-meter butterfly, he won the Japanese record with a time of 1:52:53 and a time of 1:52:97 [Takeshi Matsuda] to 0:44. The previous record of 1:52:97 [Takeshi Matsuda] was updated to 0:44. Matsuda's record is from the high-speed swimsuit era in 2008, and it is the first new in Japan in 12 years. The time was worth Miracle [Hungary], which has a world record of 1: 50.73, and 3rd in the world, behind former world record holder Phelps [USA] of 1: 51.51.
At the start of the 17th sunrise, he said, "I don't think much about the time, I want to enjoy the race and the game."
Approximately one hour later, I also entered the second 200-metre individual medley of the day, with two crowns at 1: 55.55. This was a good time to set a new record of 0:43, even though it was less than 0:48 in Hagino's Japanese record. Seto is gaining momentum from the New Year.
The following are questions and answers
-After the first race of the new year
Seto: Both the 200-meter butterfly and the 200-meter individual medley have a good race early in the new year, and I'm surprised by myself. I think we have a good start.
-Each harvest, extension
Seto: I didn't adjust this time and my body was heavy. The Champion Swim Series was also my first time participating, so I didn't know much about what would happen, so I fluttered. It was the first Japanese new and the 200m personal medley personal best while I was concentrating on what to do. It was really good. As far as I can go, the 200 meter butterfly takes 30 seconds for the last 50, so I returned it in the 29 seconds range, and the 200 meter personal medley was also in the latter half 100, breaststroke and freestyle could not swim well. I think that we need more lactic acid resistance to endure that.
-In a tight schedule, a 200-metre individual medley on the 1:55 minute range
Seto: I feel like going up one stair sensuously. I am confident that I can race and I think more than I thought, but I am glad that I am physically fit. But here is the game. I want to do a race that can be fully convincing in the actual performance, so I think this is the game.
-Changes in overseas powers after the Olympics
Seto: There is no doubt that the spirit is in. Wang Shun has also improved the time since the last tournament. I feel everyone is doing well for summer. In that, I think that it is given to rivals or stimulation. I'd like to spend my time in each race where I think I can't beat this guy and have confidence in myself.
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1st place Tomita et al. Lightweight double skull crew decision race
篠原信一氏、コーラ飲みながら野村忠宏氏の逸話暴露
Japan's consecutive Gold / Bicycle World Cup in Men's Team Sprint
26年ぶり箱根の筑波大・川瀬「テープを切りたい」
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Q: WSO2-emm: How can i create a BKS file that is compatible with Android? I am configuring wso2-emm, the step which I stuck in is android configuation, as it said in tutorial :

If the SSL certificate is self signed, use the CA certificate PEM file
  that is generated for iOS to create a BKS file that is compatible with
  Android

I follow the instruction about iOS, but it create .jks file not .bks file which is required for android.
I try to convert .jks file to .bks using Portecle but I get the following error:
java.security.UnrecoverableKeyException : Cannot recover key.

How can i create a BKS file that is compatible with Android?

A: Please follow these steps: step 2 to step 8 https://docs.wso2.com/display/EMM110/iOS+Server+Configurations#iOSServerConfigurations-step2
After that, you can generate the BKS file using following command:
keytool -noprompt -import -v -trustcacerts -alias 'openssl x509 -inform PEM -subject_hash -noout -in ca_cert.pem' -file ca_cert.pem -keystore emm_truststore.bks -storetype BKS -providerclass org.bouncycastle.jce.provider.BouncyCastleProvider -providerpath bcprov-jdk16-146.jar -storepass 'wso2carbon'
Note: you need to have bcprov-jdk16-146.jar in the folder in order to generate above bks file
Once you generate it copy emm_truststore.bks to Android res/raw folder. In android source code CommonUtilities.java change SERVER_PORT to 9443 and SERVER_PROTOCOL to https://

A: One problem is that the password for reading the private key is wrong. Have you used the same password for the keystore and the key-entry?
Another problem may be that the BouncyCastle library has changed the BKS file format some years ago - therefore you need the old Bouncycastle version.
Android uses the old BKSv1 which can be created by KeyStore Explorer.

A: I think it's not possible to directly convert jks file to bks format using Portecle. But you can use the key file & pem file generated for obtaining CA certificate for iOS. For that you'll need to create a new keystore of BKS format using Portecle & then import the pem file for the keypair & then the key file afterwards.

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Q: Where's the CSS for the Jammy Jellyfish task switcher The default app switcher on my Jammy Jellyfish system does everything I want functionally but the cosmetics need tweaking. I've been trying to get to the CSS to improve the contrast of the travelling highlight, which is currently barely visible.
Gnome-tweaks allows me to change some features of the appearance. But not, apparently, the app switcher. I've been delving for the CSS down in /usr/share/themes but haven't come up with anything useful. I haven't been able to find any help for this on the Web either.
I have this Ubuntu set to Xorg but Wayland offers no improvement on this issue. Help would be very welcome.
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Does the fact that there's been no response mean that no-one else has this problem with the app switcher? Or that the solution is so simple it scarcely needs mentioning. Or that nobody is actually using Jammy Jellyfish?
Any ideas on where else I should be posting this question would be very welcome.
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A: OK, we have a workaround for this.
The app switcher by default has a travelling highlight that is barely distinguishable from the background. There is probably some CSS somewhere that will fix this, but I was unable to find it and I could elicit no help from the Web.
Installing the Just Perfection gnome-shell extension didn't seem to be much help either. I found it hard to determine whether using the Override Shell Theme switch found in Just Perfection's Profile/Custom tab made any improvement—possibly this produces a very slight increase in contrast between the travelling highlight and the background.

However, Just Perfection has its own, easily located CSS in its directory under ~/.local/share/gnome-shell/extensions. In its stylesheet.css is this section:
.just-perfection .switcher-list .item-box:selected
{
background-color: #404040;
color: #eeeeec;
}

I don't understand much of what's going on here, except to have discovered by experiment that background-color actually means the colour of the travelling highlight. Change this to something lighter (I chose silver), restart gnome-shell (Alt-F2 and "r"), and the app switcher lights up very nicely.
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Chris