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The University Clinic Carl Gustav Carus is still one of the top groups of German hospitals.
As in previous years, the university clinic was ranked third after the Charité University Hospital Berlin and the Klinikum der Münchner Ludwig Maximilians University "The news magazine" Focus ".
The list of best practices published in the "Health" special edition is thus placing the Dresdner Uniklinikum as one of the best hospitals in the world for its medical and nursing quality. In Saxony, the university of applied sciences in Dresden achieved the first place with this result.
For the sixth time already, the "Focus" initiated the quality comparison of German hospitals, for which research was conducted over several months and several independent sources were evaluated.
This includes a survey among 14,000 physicians from around the Federal Republic who were asked for their clinic recommendations. In addition, there are quality reports from the hospitals as well as patient surveys from the Techniker Krankenkasse. In total, the Focus editorial team put 1,100 hospitals on the test.
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It is the large number of excellently rated clinics of the Dresden University Hospital, which have ensured the top position in the Focus Ranking. Newsmagazine evaluated a total of 18 disciplines. Clinics of the university clinic were able to enter the respective top group eleven times - for example, the clinic for visceral, thoracic and vascular surgery, the medical clinic I (colorectal cancer), the clinic for urology (prostate cancer), the clinic for neurosurgery Brain tumors) or the Department of Neurology (Parkinson). There was also a top note in the "Patient satisfaction" category: the university clinic of the University of Dresden achieved 88 points, leaving the two uniclinics from Berlin (77 points) and Munich (83 points) in the overall ranking.
In the analysis of the data from the quality reports of the hospitals, the experience in the form of case numbers or forms of therapy was taken into account as well as the treatment success and complication rates during surgery. In addition, the Focus asked 14,000 home and medical practitioners as well as chief physicians who recommended hospitals to their patients. In addition, the technical equipment and the number of doctors supervised were also included in the assessment, as did the qualification of the nurses. These data were supplemented by a detailed questionnaire, which the hospitals had to answer.
"The current ranking shows that the clinic has managed to firmly establish itself in the top group of German hospitals. The basis for this are highly trained employees in all professional groups as well as a top infrastructure. This allows us to provide our patients with the highest quality and the latest state of the art, "says Prof. Michael Albrecht, Medical Director of the University Hospital and at the same time Chairman of the Board of the Association of German Uniklinika (VUD).
The strength of Dresdner Hochschulmedizin is the close link between health care and research. One of many examples of this is cancer medicine, which is concentrated in the University of Cancer Center. In addition to Heidelberg, the clinic and faculty were appointed the only partner center of the National Center for Tumor Diseases (NCT) in 2015. The associated funding by the federal government makes an important contribution to the possibility of offering individualized therapies to patients. A new domicile for the NCT Dresden is now being built on the Klinikum campus, in the future patient-oriented research and healthcare will take place under one roof. Other lighthouses of the Dresden University Medical Center include the University Proton Therapy and the House 32, which is also under construction, which will house modern surgical rooms, surgical emergency rooms as well as intensive and standard rooms.
The clinics for breast cancer, the clinic for urology in prostate cancer, the clinic for neurosurgery in brain tumors, as well as the clinic for visceral, thoracic and vascular surgery, as well as the medical clinic, are among the most widely recognized treatment centers for cancer patients I in the treatment of colon cancer patients. The Department of Visceral, Thoracic and Vascular Surgery was also able to convince jurors in the area of vascular surgery. Other specialist centers recommended by the Focus are the Medical Clinic III (Diabetes), the Department of Psychiatry and Psychotherapy (Depression), the Department of Neurology (Multiple Sclerosis and Parkinson) and the University Center for Orthopedics and Trauma Surgery (Endoprosthesis).
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Q: How can I make a control know if one of its children receives focus? In Silverlight, controls can contain other controls.
I want to make my control know if any control further down the visual tree has received focus.
Is there a standard pattern for this and, if not, how could I do it?
UPDATE: I've found that the GotFocus event is bubbled up so a top level grid will see GotFocus fire each time a control within it or, crucially for me, within its children gets focus.
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›Software Catalog
Descriptor Format of Catalog Entities
This section describes the default data shape and semantics of catalog entities.
This both applies to objects given to and returned from the software catalog API, as well as to the descriptor files that the software catalog can ingest natively. In the API request/response cycle, a JSON representation is used, while the descriptor files are on YAML format to be more easily maintainable by humans. However, the structure and semantics are the same in both cases.
Although it's possible to name catalog entity descriptor files however you wish, we recommend that you name them catalog-info.yaml.
Overall Shape Of An Entity
Common to All Kinds: The Envelope
Common to All Kinds: The Metadata
Common to All Kinds: Relations
Common to All Kinds: Status
Kind: Component
Kind: Template
Kind: API
Kind: Group
Kind: User
Kind: Resource
Kind: System
Kind: Domain
Kind: Location
The following is an example of a descriptor file for a Component entity:
apiVersion: backstage.io/v1alpha1
name: artist-web
description: The place to be, for great artists
example.com/custom: custom_label_value
example.com/service-discovery: artistweb
circleci.com/project-slug: github/example-org/artist-website
- java
- url: https://admin.example-org.com
title: Admin Dashboard
icon: dashboard
type: website
lifecycle: production
owner: artist-relations-team
system: public-websites
This is the same entity as returned in JSON from the software catalog API:
"apiVersion": "backstage.io/v1alpha1",
"kind": "Component",
"annotations": {
"backstage.io/managed-by-location": "file:/tmp/catalog-info.yaml",
"example.com/service-discovery": "artistweb",
"circleci.com/project-slug": "github/example-org/artist-website"
"description": "The place to be, for great artists",
"etag": "ZjU2MWRkZWUtMmMxZS00YTZiLWFmMWMtOTE1NGNiZDdlYzNk",
"generation": 1,
"example.com/custom": "custom_label_value"
"links": [{
"url": "https://admin.example-org.com",
"title": "Admin Dashboard",
"icon": "dashboard"
"tags": ["java"],
"name": "artist-web",
"uid": "2152f463-549d-4d8d-a94d-ce2b7676c6e2"
"lifecycle": "production",
"owner": "artist-relations-team",
"type": "website",
"system": "public-websites"
The root fields apiVersion, kind, metadata, and spec are part of the envelope, defining the overall structure of all kinds of entity. Likewise, some metadata fields like name, labels, and annotations are of special significance and have reserved purposes and distinct shapes.
See below for details about these fields.
Substitutions In The Descriptor Format
The descriptor format supports substitutions using $text, $json, and $yaml.
Placeholders like $json: https://example.com/entity.json are substituted by the content of the referenced file. Files can be referenced from any configured integration similar to locations by passing an absolute URL. It's also possible to reference relative files like ./referenced.yaml from the same location. Relative references are handled relative to the folder of the catalog-info.yaml that contains the placeholder. There are three different types of placeholders:
$text: Interprets the contents of the referenced file as plain text and embeds it as a string.
$json: Interprets the contents of the referenced file as JSON and embeds the parsed structure.
$yaml: Interprets the contents of the referenced file as YAML and embeds the parsed structure.
For example, this can be used to load the definition of an API entity from a web server and embed it as a string in the field spec.definition:
name: petstore
description: The Petstore API
type: openapi
owner: petstore@example.com
$text: https://petstore.swagger.io/v2/swagger.json
Note that to be able to read from targets that are outside of the normal integration points such as github.com, you'll need to explicitly allow it by adding an entry in the backend.reading.allow list. Paths can be specified to further restrict targets For example:
baseUrl: ...
allow:
- host: example.com
- host: '*.examples.org'
- host: example.net
paths: ['/api/']
The root envelope object has the following structure.
apiVersion and kind [required]
The kind is the high level entity type being described. ADR005 describes a number of core kinds that plugins can know of and understand, but an organization using Backstage is free to also add entities of other kinds to the catalog.
The perhaps most central kind of entity, that the catalog focuses on in the initial phase, is Component (see below).
The apiVersion is the version of specification format for that particular entity that the specification is made against. The version is used for being able to evolve the format, and the tuple of apiVersion and kind should be enough for a parser to know how to interpret the contents of the rest of the data.
Backstage specific entities have an apiVersion that is prefixed with backstage.io/, to distinguish them from other types of object that share the same type of structure. This may be relevant when co-hosting these specifications with e.g. Kubernetes object manifests, or when an organization adds their own specific kinds of entity to the catalog.
Early versions of the catalog will be using alpha/beta versions, e.g. backstage.io/v1alpha1, to signal that the format may still change. After that, we will be using backstage.io/v1 and up.
metadata [required]
A structure that contains metadata about the entity, i.e. things that aren't directly part of the entity specification itself. See below for more details about this structure.
spec [varies]
The actual specification data that describes the entity.
The precise structure of the spec depends on the apiVersion and kind combination, and some kinds may not even have a spec at all. See further down in this document for the specification structure of specific kinds.
The metadata root field has a number of reserved fields with specific meaning, described below.
In addition to these, you may add any number of other fields directly under metadata, but be aware that general plugins and tools may not be able to understand their semantics. See Extending the model for more information.
name [required]
The name of the entity. This name is both meant for human eyes to recognize the entity, and for machines and other components to reference the entity (e.g. in URLs or from other entity specification files).
Names must be unique per kind, within a given namespace (if specified), at any point in time. This uniqueness constraint is case insensitive. Names may be reused at a later time, after an entity is deleted from the registry.
Names are required to follow a certain format. Entities that do not follow those rules will not be accepted for registration in the catalog. The ruleset is configurable to fit your organization's needs, but the default behavior is as follows.
Strings of length at least 1, and at most 63
Must consist of sequences of [a-z0-9A-Z] possibly separated by one of [-_.]
Example: visits-tracking-service, CircleciBuildsDumpV2_avro_gcs
namespace [optional]
The ID of a namespace that the entity belongs to. This is a string that follows the same format restrictions as name above.
This field is optional, and currently has no special semantics apart from bounding the name uniqueness constraint if specified. It is reserved for future use and may get broader semantic implication later. For now, it is recommended to not specify a namespace unless you have specific need to do so. This means the entity belongs to the "default" namespace.
Namespaces may also be part of the catalog, and are v1 / Namespace entities, i.e. not Backstage specific but the same as in Kubernetes.
title [optional]
A display name of the entity, to be presented in user interfaces instead of the name property above, when available.
This field is sometimes useful when the name is cumbersome or ends up being perceived as overly technical. The title generally does not have as stringent format requirements on it, so it may contain special characters and be more explanatory. Do keep it very short though, and avoid situations where a title can be confused with the name of another entity, or where two entities share a title.
Note that this is only for display purposes, and may be ignored by some parts of the code. Entity references still always make use of the name property for example, not the title.
description [optional]
A human readable description of the entity, to be shown in Backstage. Should be kept short and informative, suitable to give an overview of the entity's purpose at a glance. More detailed explanations and documentation should be placed elsewhere.
labels [optional]
Labels are optional key/value pairs of that are attached to the entity, and their use is identical to Kubernetes object labels.
Their main purpose is for references to other entities, and for information that is in one way or another classifying for the current entity. They are often used as values in queries or filters.
Both the key and the value are strings, subject to the following restrictions.
Keys have an optional prefix followed by a slash, and then the name part which is required. The prefix, if present, must be a valid lowercase domain name, at most 253 characters in total. The name part must be sequences of [a-zA-Z0-9] separated by any of [-_.], at most 63 characters in total.
The backstage.io/ prefix is reserved for use by Backstage core components.
Values are strings that follow the same restrictions as name above.
annotations [optional]
An object with arbitrary non-identifying metadata attached to the entity, identical in use to Kubernetes object annotations.
Their purpose is mainly, but not limited, to reference into external systems. This could for example be a reference to the git ref the entity was ingested from, to monitoring and logging systems, to PagerDuty schedules, etc. Users may add these to descriptor YAML files, but in addition to this automated systems may also add annotations, either during ingestion into the catalog, or at a later time.
Keys have an optional prefix followed by a slash, and then the name part which is required. The prefix must be a valid lowercase domain name if specified, at most 253 characters in total. The name part must be sequences of [a-zA-Z0-9] separated by any of [-_.], at most 63 characters in total.
Values can be of any length, but are limited to being strings.
There is a list of well-known annotations, but anybody is free to add more annotations as they see fit.
tags [optional]
A list of single-valued strings, for example to classify catalog entities in various ways. This is different to the labels in metadata, as labels are key-value pairs.
The values are user defined, for example the programming language used for the component, like java or go.
This field is optional, and currently has no special semantics.
Each tag must be sequences of [a-z0-9] separated by -, at most 63 characters in total.
links [optional]
A list of external hyperlinks related to the entity. Links can provide additional contextual information that may be located outside of Backstage itself. For example, an admin dashboard or external CMS page.
Users may add links to descriptor YAML files to provide additional reference information to external content & resources. Links are not intended to drive any additional functionality within Backstage, which is best left to annotations and labels. It is recommended to use links only when an equivalent well-known annotation does not cover a similar use case.
Fields of a link are:
url String [Required] A url in a standard uri format (e.g. https://example.com/some/page)
title String [Optional] A user friendly display name for the link.
icon String [Optional] A key representing a visual icon to be displayed in the UI.
NOTE: The icon field value is meant to be a semantic key that will map to a specific icon that may be provided by an icon library (e.g. material-ui icons). These keys should be a sequence of [a-z0-9A-Z], possibly separated by one of [-_.]. Backstage may support some basic icons out of the box, but the Backstage integrator will ultimately be left to provide the appropriate icon component mappings. A generic fallback icon would be provided if a mapping cannot be resolved.
The relations root field is a read-only list of relations, between the current entity and other entities, described in the well-known relations section. Relations are commonly two-way, so that there's a pair of relation types each describing one direction of the relation.
A relation as part of a single entity that's read out of the API may look as follows.
"relations": [
"target": {
"kind": "group",
"namespace": "default",
"name": "dev.infra"
"type": "ownedBy"
"owner": "dev.infra",
The fields of a relation are:
target Object A complete compound reference to the other end of the relation.
type String The type of relation FROM a source entity TO the target entity.
metadata Object Reserved for future use.
Entity descriptor YAML files are not supposed to contain this field. Instead, catalog processors analyze the entity descriptor data and its surroundings, and deduce relations that are then attached onto the entity as read from the catalog.
Where relations are produced, they are to be considered the authoritative source for that piece of data. In the example above, a plugin would do better to consume the relation rather than spec.owner for deducing the owner of the entity, because it may even be the case that the owner isn't taken from the YAML at all - it could be taken from a CODEOWNERS file nearby instead for example. Also, the spec.owner is on a shortened form and may have semantics associated with it (such as the default kind being Group if not specified).
See the well-known relations section for a list of well-known / common relations and their semantics.
The status root object is a read-only set of statuses, pertaining to the current state or health of the entity, described in the well-known statuses section.
Currently, the only defined field is the items array. Each of its items contains a specific data structure that describes some aspect of the state of the entity, as seen from the point of view of some specific system. Different systems may contribute to this array, under their own respective type keys.
The current main use case for this field is for the ingestion processes of the catalog itself to convey information about errors and warnings back to the user.
A status field as part of a single entity that's read out of the API may look as follows.
"status": {
"items": [
"type": "backstage.io/catalog-processing",
"level": "error",
"message": "NotFoundError: File not found",
"name": "NotFoundError",
"message": "File not found",
"stack": "..."
The fields of a status item are:
type String The type of status as a unique key per source. Each type may appear more than once in the array.
level String The level / severity of the status item: 'info', 'warning, or 'error'.
message String A brief message describing the status, intended for human consumption.
error Object An optional serialized error object related to the status.
The type is an arbitrary string, but we recommend that types that are not strictly private within the organization be namespaced to avoid collisions. Types emitted by Backstage core processes will for example be prefixed with backstage.io/ as in the example above.
Entity descriptor YAML files are not supposed to contain a status root key. Instead, catalog processors analyze the entity descriptor data and its surroundings, and deduce status entries that are then attached onto the entity as read from the catalog.
See the well-known statuses section for a list of well-known / common status types.
Describes the following entity kind:
apiVersion backstage.io/v1alpha1
kind Component
A Component describes a software component. It is typically intimately linked to the source code that constitutes the component, and should be what a developer may regard a "unit of software", usually with a distinct deployable or linkable artifact.
Descriptor files for this kind may look as follows.
system: artist-engagement-portal
dependsOn:
- resource:default/artists-db
providesApis:
- artist-api
In addition to the common envelope metadata shape, this kind has the following structure.
Exactly equal to backstage.io/v1alpha1 and Component, respectively.
spec.type [required]
The type of component as a string, e.g. website. This field is required.
The software catalog accepts any type value, but an organization should take great care to establish a proper taxonomy for these. Tools including Backstage itself may read this field and behave differently depending on its value. For example, a website type component may present tooling in the Backstage interface that is specific to just websites.
The current set of well-known and common values for this field is:
service - a backend service, typically exposing an API
website - a website
library - a software library, such as an npm module or a Java library
spec.lifecycle [required]
The lifecycle state of the component, e.g. production. This field is required.
The software catalog accepts any lifecycle value, but an organization should take great care to establish a proper taxonomy for these.
experimental - an experiment or early, non-production component, signaling that users may not prefer to consume it over other more established components, or that there are low or no reliability guarantees
production - an established, owned, maintained component
deprecated - a component that is at the end of its lifecycle, and may disappear at a later point in time
spec.owner [required]
An entity reference to the owner of the component, e.g. artist-relations-team. This field is required.
In Backstage, the owner of a component is the singular entity (commonly a team) that bears ultimate responsibility for the component, and has the authority and capability to develop and maintain it. They will be the point of contact if something goes wrong, or if features are to be requested. The main purpose of this field is for display purposes in Backstage, so that people looking at catalog items can get an understanding of to whom this component belongs. It is not to be used by automated processes to for example assign authorization in runtime systems. There may be others that also develop or otherwise touch the component, but there will always be one ultimate owner.
Default namespace
Generated relation type
Group (default), User Same as this entity, typically default ownerOf, and reverse ownedBy
spec.system [optional]
An entity reference to the system that the component belongs to, e.g. artist-engagement-portal. This field is optional.
System (default) Same as this entity, typically default partOf, and reverse hasPart
spec.subcomponentOf [optional]
An entity reference to another component of which the component is a part, e.g. spotify-ios-app. This field is optional.
Component (default) Same as this entity, typically default partOf, and reverse hasPart
spec.providesApis [optional]
An array of entity references to the APIs that are provided by the component, e.g. artist-api. This field is optional.
API (default) Same as this entity, typically default providesApi, and reverse apiProvidedBy
spec.consumesApis [optional]
An array of entity references to the APIs that are consumed by the component, e.g. artist-api. This field is optional.
API (default) Same as this entity, typically default consumesApi, and reverse apiConsumedBy
spec.dependsOn [optional]
An array of entity references to the components and resources that the component depends on, e.g. artists-db. This field is optional.
Component Same as this entity, typically default dependsOn, and reverse dependencyOf
Resource Same as this entity, typically default dependsOn, and reverse dependencyOf
The following describes the following entity kind:
apiVersion backstage.io/v1beta2
kind Template
A template definition describes both the parameters that are rendered in the frontend part of the scaffolding wizard, and the steps that are executed when scaffolding that component.
apiVersion: backstage.io/v1beta2
# some metadata about the template itself
name: v1beta2-demo
title: Test Action template
description: scaffolder v1beta2 template demo
owner: backstage/techdocs-core
type: service
# these are the steps which are rendered in the frontend with the form input
- title: Fill in some steps
title: Name
description: Unique name of the component
ui:autofocus: true
ui:options:
- title: Choose a location
- repoUrl
repoUrl:
title: Repository Location
ui:field: RepoUrlPicker
allowedHosts:
- github.com
# here's the steps that are executed in series in the scaffolder backend
- id: fetch-base
name: Fetch Base
action: fetch:template
url: ./template
name: '{{ parameters.name }}'
- id: fetch-docs
name: Fetch Docs
action: fetch:plain
targetPath: ./community
url: https://github.com/backstage/community/tree/main/backstage-community-sessions
- id: publish
name: Publish
action: publish:github
allowedHosts: ['github.com']
description: 'This is {{ parameters.name }}'
repoUrl: '{{ parameters.repoUrl }}'
- id: register
name: Register
action: catalog:register
repoContentsUrl: '{{ steps.publish.output.repoContentsUrl }}'
catalogInfoPath: '/catalog-info.yaml'
Exactly equal to backstage.io/v1beta2 and Template, respectively.
metadata.tags [optional]
A list of strings that can be associated with the template, e.g. ['recommended', 'react'].
This list will also be used in the frontend to display to the user so you can potentially search and group templates by these tags.
The type of component created by the template, e.g. website. This is used for filtering templates, and should ideally match the Component spec.type created by the template.
spec.parameters [required]
You can find out more about the parameters key here
spec.steps [required]
You can find out more about the steps key here
spec.owner [optional]
An entity reference to the owner of the template, e.g. artist-relations-team. This field is required.
In Backstage, the owner of a Template is the singular entity (commonly a team) that bears ultimate responsibility for the Template, and has the authority and capability to develop and maintain it. They will be the point of contact if something goes wrong, or if features are to be requested. The main purpose of this field is for display purposes in Backstage, so that people looking at catalog items can get an understanding of to whom this Template belongs. It is not to be used by automated processes to for example assign authorization in runtime systems. There may be others that also develop or otherwise touch the Template, but there will always be one ultimate owner.
kind API
An API describes an interface that can be exposed by a component. The API can be defined in different formats, like OpenAPI, AsyncAPI, GraphQL, gRPC, or other formats.
name: artist-api
description: Retrieve artist details
definition: |
openapi: "3.0.0"
title: Artist API
name: MIT
- url: http://artist.spotify.net/v1
/artists:
get:
summary: List all artists
Exactly equal to backstage.io/v1alpha1 and API, respectively.
The type of the API definition as a string, e.g. openapi. This field is required.
The software catalog accepts any type value, but an organization should take great care to establish a proper taxonomy for these. Tools including Backstage itself may read this field and behave differently depending on its value. For example, an OpenAPI type API may be displayed using an OpenAPI viewer tooling in the Backstage interface.
openapi - An API definition in YAML or JSON format based on the OpenAPI version 2 or version 3 spec.
asyncapi - An API definition based on the AsyncAPI spec.
graphql - An API definition based on GraphQL schemas for consuming GraphQL based APIs.
grpc - An API definition based on Protocol Buffers to use with gRPC.
The lifecycle state of the API, e.g. production. This field is required.
experimental - an experiment or early, non-production API, signaling that users may not prefer to consume it over other more established APIs, or that there are low or no reliability guarantees
production - an established, owned, maintained API
deprecated - an API that is at the end of its lifecycle, and may disappear at a later point in time
In Backstage, the owner of an API is the singular entity (commonly a team) that bears ultimate responsibility for the API, and has the authority and capability to develop and maintain it. They will be the point of contact if something goes wrong, or if features are to be requested. The main purpose of this field is for display purposes in Backstage, so that people looking at catalog items can get an understanding of to whom this API belongs. It is not to be used by automated processes to for example assign authorization in runtime systems. There may be others that also develop or otherwise touch the API, but there will always be one ultimate owner.
An entity reference to the system that the API belongs to, e.g. artist-engagement-portal. This field is optional.
spec.definition [required]
The definition of the API, based on the format defined by spec.type. This field is required.
kind Group
A group describes an organizational entity, such as for example a team, a business unit, or a loose collection of people in an interest group. Members of these groups are modeled in the catalog as kind User.
name: infrastructure
description: The infra business unit
type: business-unit
displayName: Infrastructure
email: infrastructure@example.com
picture: https://example.com/groups/bu-infrastructure.jpeg
parent: ops
children: [backstage, other]
members: [jdoe]
Exactly equal to backstage.io/v1alpha1 and Group, respectively.
The type of group as a string, e.g. team. There is currently no enforced set of values for this field, so it is left up to the adopting organization to choose a nomenclature that matches their org hierarchy.
Some common values for this field could be:
business-unit
product-area
root - as a common virtual root of the hierarchy, if desired
spec.profile [optional]
Optional profile information about the group, mainly for display purposes. All fields of this structure are also optional. The email would be a group email of some form, that the group may wish to be used for contacting them. The picture is expected to be a URL pointing to an image that's representative of the group, and that a browser could fetch and render on a group page or similar.
spec.parent [optional]
The immediate parent group in the hierarchy, if any. Not all groups must have a parent; the catalog supports multi-root hierarchies. Groups may however not have more than one parent.
This field is an entity reference.
Group (default) Same as this entity, typically default childOf, and reverse parentOf
spec.children [required]
The immediate child groups of this group in the hierarchy (whose parent field points to this group). The list must be present, but may be empty if there are no child groups. The items are not guaranteed to be ordered in any particular way.
The entries of this array are entity references.
Group (default) Same as this entity, typically default hasMember, and reverse memberOf
spec.members [optional]
The users that are direct members of this group. The items are not guaranteed to be ordered in any particular way.
User (default) Same as this entity, typically default hasMember, and reverse memberOf
kind User
A user describes a person, such as an employee, a contractor, or similar. Users belong to Group entities in the catalog.
These catalog user entries are connected to the way that authentication within the Backstage ecosystem works. See the auth section of the docs for a discussion of these concepts.
name: jdoe
displayName: Jenny Doe
email: jenny-doe@example.com
picture: https://example.com/staff/jenny-with-party-hat.jpeg
memberOf: [team-b, employees]
Exactly equal to backstage.io/v1alpha1 and User, respectively.
Optional profile information about the user, mainly for display purposes. All fields of this structure are also optional. The email would be a primary email of some form, that the user may wish to be used for contacting them. The picture is expected to be a URL pointing to an image that's representative of the user, and that a browser could fetch and render on a profile page or similar.
spec.memberOf [required]
The list of groups that the user is a direct member of (i.e., no transitive memberships are listed here). The list must be present, but may be empty if the user is not member of any groups. The items are not guaranteed to be ordered in any particular way.
Group (default) Same as this entity, typically default memberOf, and reverse hasMember
kind Resource
A resource describes the infrastructure a system needs to operate, like BigTable databases, Pub/Sub topics, S3 buckets or CDNs. Modelling them together with components and systems allows to visualize resource footprint, and create tooling around them.
name: artists-db
description: Stores artist details
type: database
Exactly equal to backstage.io/v1alpha1 and Resource, respectively.
An entity reference to the owner of the resource, e.g. artist-relations-team. This field is required.
In Backstage, the owner of a resource is the singular entity (commonly a team) that bears ultimate responsibility for the resource, and has the authority and capability to develop and maintain it. They will be the point of contact if something goes wrong, or if features are to be requested. The main purpose of this field is for display purposes in Backstage, so that people looking at catalog items can get an understanding of to whom this resource belongs. It is not to be used by automated processes to for example assign authorization in runtime systems. There may be others that also manage or otherwise touch the resource, but there will always be one ultimate owner.
The type of resource as a string, e.g. database. This field is required. There is currently no enforced set of values for this field, so it is left up to the adopting organization to choose a nomenclature that matches the resources used in their tech stack.
s3-bucket
An entity reference to the system that the resource belongs to, e.g. artist-engagement-portal. This field is optional.
An array of entity references to the components and resources that the resource depends on, e.g. artist-lookup. This field is optional.
kind System
A system is a collection of resources and components. The system may expose or consume one or several APIs. It is viewed as abstraction level that provides potential consumers insights into exposed features without needing a too detailed view into the details of all components. This also gives the owning team the possibility to decide about published artifacts and APIs.
name: artist-engagement-portal
description: Handy tools to keep artists in the loop
domain: artists
Exactly equal to backstage.io/v1alpha1 and System, respectively.
An entity reference to the owner of the system, e.g. artist-relations-team. This field is required.
In Backstage, the owner of a system is the singular entity (commonly a team) that bears ultimate responsibility for the system, and has the authority and capability to develop and maintain it. They will be the point of contact if something goes wrong, or if features are to be requested. The main purpose of this field is for display purposes in Backstage, so that people looking at catalog items can get an understanding of to whom this system belongs. It is not to be used by automated processes to for example assign authorization in runtime systems. There may be others that also develop or otherwise touch the system, but there will always be one ultimate owner.
spec.domain [optional]
An entity reference to the domain that the system belongs to, e.g. artists. This field is optional.
Domain (default) Same as this entity, typically default partOf, and reverse hasPart
kind Domain
A Domain groups a collection of systems that share terminology, domain models, business purpose, or documentation, i.e. form a bounded context.
name: artists
description: Everything about artists
Exactly equal to backstage.io/v1alpha1 and Domain, respectively.
An entity reference to the owner of the domain, e.g. artist-relations-team. This field is required.
In Backstage, the owner of a domain is the singular entity (commonly a team) that bears ultimate responsibility for the domain, and has the authority and capability to develop and maintain it. They will be the point of contact if something goes wrong, or if features are to be requested. The main purpose of this field is for display purposes in Backstage, so that people looking at catalog items can get an understanding of to whom this domain belongs. It is not to be used by automated processes to for example assign authorization in runtime systems. There may be others that also develop or otherwise touch the domain, but there will always be one ultimate owner.
kind Location
A location is a marker that references other places to look for catalog data.
name: org-data
type: url
targets:
- http://github.com/myorg/myproject/org-data-dump/catalog-info-staff.yaml
- http://github.com/myorg/myproject/org-data-dump/catalog-info-consultants.yaml
Exactly equal to backstage.io/v1alpha1 and Location, respectively.
spec [required]
The spec field is required. The minimal spec should be an empty object.
spec.type [optional]
The single location type, that's common to the targets specified in the spec. If it is left out, it is inherited from the location type that originally read the entity data. For example, if you have a url type location, that when read results in a Location kind entity with no spec.type, then the referenced targets in the entity will implicitly also be of url type. This is useful because you can define a hierarchy of things in a directory structure using relative target paths (see below), and it will work out no matter if it's consumed locally on disk from a file location, or as uploaded on a VCS.
spec.target [optional]
A single target as a string. Can be either an absolute path/URL (depending on the type), or a relative path such as ./details/catalog-info.yaml which is resolved relative to the location of this Location entity itself.
spec.targets [optional]
A list of targets as strings. They can all be either absolute paths/URLs (depending on the type), or relative paths such as ./details/catalog-info.yaml which are resolved relative to the location of this Location entity itself.
← System ModelEntity References →

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Home›Abu Dhabi›Husband told to convert as Passports of an Inter-Faith Couple is Rejected
Husband told to convert as Passports of an Inter-Faith Couple is Rejected
Mohammad Anas Siddiqui and his wife Tanvi Seth went to apply for passports in Lucknow, India, not only did they get rejected but were humiliated as well.
Vikas Mishra, the passport officer at Ratan Square, Lucknow, yelled at Tanvi for marrying a Muslim and for not changing her name.
The inter-faith couple shared their terrible experience on each of their Twitter handles – @tanvianas & @5220manas.
The incident took place on June 201th and a series of tweets were followed addressing India's Minister of External Affairs – Sushma Swaraj.
Tanvi Seth, mentions in one of her tweets to Sushma Swaraj, "I have never felt so insulted in the last 12 years of my marriage"
Mohammad shared a screenshot on Twitter, of Seth quoting, "I was made to feel absolutely insulted and demeaned by Mr Mishra, to the extent that I broke and had to use my inhaler because of breathing problems caused by excessive crying."
The couple quoted harassment by mentioning that Vikas had kept both their passports on hold and said to Mohammad, "If your wife's case would have come to me there wouldn't have been issues because her papers are complete."
Many tweets and re-tweets were in support of the couple and quite a lot of discussions have taken place on the Twitter platform.
Many tweets also questioned about the diverse nature of India along with questions on how Sushma Swaraj would act upon this matter.
Environment Agency Abu Dhabi publishes guidebook for World Water Day


Gabriel de la Corte was one of the principal flower painters working in Madrid during the second half of the 17th century. His technique is markedly different from that of his contemporary Bartolomé Pérez and the older Juan de Arellano, for rather than adhering to the tradition of the great Flemish still-life painters in their precision of detail, his brushwork is at once more spirited and schematic..
Unlike Juan de Arellano and Bartolomé Pérez, De la Corte did not enjoy royal patronage at the court and as a result had to make a living selling his works in the shops of Madrid. According to Palomino he contributed the flower garlands to the work of artists such as Antonio Castrejón and Matías de Torres and a large body of his known oeuvre consists of floral and architectural decoration, probably painted to adorn the grand houses of Madrid (which out of context today perhaps no longer retain their original impact and effect).


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Hometown: Chandler, Oklahoma (US)
Dre Murray was born and raised in the South Park development in Houston, Texas, but moved to Oklahoma City in 2000 for school reasons. Murray's adopted home had a healthy Christian Hip Hop scene that fostered his artistic growth. The inspiration that surrounded him meant he would he soon put his own pen to paper and start his own rhyme writing journey.
In 2003, he released his debut album, Project Ghetto and followed up in 2008 with Manumit. Fast forward a few years and in 2010 and 2011, he dropped the Hell's Paradise series with his friend, Wit.
Dre is powered by the spirit of community and contiued to collabrate with his Rap brethren. Along with Christon Gray, Alex Faith, and Swoope, Murray formed W.L.A.K. The group released a self-titled album in March 2013, and it was a crossover success, peaking at number one on Billboard's Top Gospel Albums chart while hitting #7 on Top Rap Albums and #81 on the all-genre Billboard 200 chart. Four months later, Murray released Gold Rush: Maybe One Day for the Collision label. It peaked at number six on the Billboard Gospel chart.
Murray signed to Illect Recordings in 2015 and brings with him a wealth of professional and artistic experience. Considering his track record of excellence, his upcoming full length project is sure to make an impact.
Connect with Dre Murray


These points will accumulate and the competitor which has competed in all 3 races with the most points will win the series in their category.
First placegetters will be rewarded at each race in their respective categories. First, Second and Third in the Series will be rewarded in their respected categories.


The use and applications of cannabis are wide ranging. We've explored THC vs. CBD and the many benefits reported medicinally of the latter. But what about cannabis for pet-care? One company, Canna Companion, has recently launched a line of retail products that are hemp based and developed exclusively for pets.
According to Canna Companion, the formulas were developed after 15 years of research and clinical application by the husband and wife veterinarian team of Dr. Sarah Brandon and Dr. Greg Copas.
Drs. Brandon & Copas are accepted leaders in examining cannabis' potential as a viable holistic compliment to more traditional forms of veterinary medicine, providing a truly integrative approach to utilizing cannabis in pets' well-care regimens.
Canna Companion products have been available via e-commerce since 2014 and now the Company is reaching into all levels of the pet supplement industry, broadly distributing to retail stores, veterinary hospitals and clinics, and through online vendors.
The Company and its products have received significant support from some heavyweights from the areas of veterinary academia, the pet products industry and the entertainment world. Professor Peter Cowen of North Carolina State University's College of Veterinary Medicine and now the Company's Chief Clinical Epidemiologist and an Advisory Board member commented: "Based on my own experience with my dog, Londun, there is something of extreme value here. I am impressed not only from a therapeutic perspective, but also from a psychological perspective." Professor Cowen is orchestrating a clincial study at NSCU for the coming year and the Company is looking forward to presenting those findings to the veterinary community and the public at large.
The Company's on-line store offers the formulation available in capsules specifically designed for dogs and cats and their varying body weights. New products in the pipeline for the coming year include liquids, flavored chews, an equine formula and gift cards. The products are also covered by two of the world leaders in the pet insurance industry, Trupanion and PetPlan.


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get '/debug_console' do
  require_administrative_privileges
  haml <<HAML, :layout => false
%html
  %head
    %meta{:"http-equiv"=>"Content-Type", :content=>"text/html;charset=UTF-8"}
    %title console
    %script{:type=>"text/javascript", :src=>"http://ajax.googleapis.com/ajax/libs/jquery/1.3.2/jquery.min.js"}
  %body
    #eval_text
      %textarea#text{:rows => 10, :style => 'width: 100%;'}
    #button
      %button{:onclick => 'eval_text()'} eval
    %pre#result{:style => 'color: green; background-color: black; padding: 8px; display: none;'}
    :javascript
      $(document).ready(function() {
        $("#text").focus();
      });

      function eval_text() {
        $("#result").show();
        $("#result").html('...');
        $("#result").load('/debug_console', {text: $('#text').val()});
      }
HAML
end

post '/debug_console' do
  require_administrative_privileges
  begin
    eval(params[:text]).inspect
  rescue Exception => e
    ([e.message] + e.backtrace).join("\n")
  end
end

module Sinatra
  module DebugConsole
    class << self
      def config(username, password)
        @username = username
        @password = password
      end

      def username
        @username
      end

      def password
        @password
      end
    end

    module Authorization

      def auth
        @auth ||= Rack::Auth::Basic::Request.new(request.env)
      end

      def unauthorized!(realm = "sinatra_debug_console")
        header 'WWW-Authenticate' => %(Basic realm="#{realm}")
        throw :halt, [ 401, 'Authorization Required' ]
      end

      def bad_request!
        throw :halt, [ 400, 'Bad Request' ]
      end

      def authorized?
        request.env['REMOTE_USER']
      end

      def authorize(username, password)
        username == DebugConsole.username && password == DebugConsole.password
      end

      def require_administrative_privileges
        return if authorized?
        unauthorized! unless auth.provided?
        bad_request! unless auth.basic?
        unauthorized! unless authorize(*auth.credentials)
        request.env['REMOTE_USER'] = auth.username
      end

      def admin?
        authorized?
      end
    end
  end
end

include Sinatra::DebugConsole::Authorization

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Singapore 'Wheelchair Brigade' ropes in seniors : Healthcare Asia Daily News | Asia's Leading News and Information Source on Healthcare and Medical Industry, Medical Technology, Healthcare Business and R&D, Healthcare Events. Online since 2010.
Wheelchairs are a key mobility device for frail seniors, who regularly need some help with their wheelchairs – sometimes dirt and hair is trapped in the wheel with regular use, or the tyres deflate, or the nuts and bolts loosen, or the wheelchair just doesn't move well.
Hence, a pilot programme that enables active seniors to fix wheelchairs in the community, with funding from the Temasek foundation, has been started up, according to Woon Saet Nyoon, CEO of Temasek Foundation Cares in Singapore. The WHEELS programme is administered by the Agency for Integrated Care (AIC), Singapore which allows seniors with this newly-acquired skill to help other needy seniors.
The three-year pilot programme was launched in 2017 at five Senior Activity Centres (SACs) in Bedok and Tampines. Prior to the launch, younger community volunteers had already been servicing wheelchairs for elderly beneficiaries, but the programme has been expanded to include active and able seniors, who would otherwise engage in idle chit-chat or play games.
A structured training programme includes six hours of theory lessons and supervised practical sessions over topics like understanding the wheelchair components, maintenance, inspection and safety evaluation. The seniors then return from the training centre to the SACs where their services are readily accessible as needed. So far, 35 wheelchair technicians have been trained, and the foundation hopes that at least 600 frail seniors can benefit from the scheme.
At the Sunlove-Kampong Chai Chee SAC, 72-year-old Mohd Ali takes about 30 minutes for basic wheelchair servicing – it is easy, and he is never shy to help others.


WSP Opus has been helping shape Whanganui and the wider region for 148 years and, with an increased headcount and new capability, will continue to create what matters for future generations for many more years.
Our rich history dates back to colonial New Zealand, when the Public Works Department was opening up the country's notoriously difficult terrain through the combination of national road and rail networks. Over the years we've worked under several monikers; in 1988 the Ministry of Works and Development became a state-owned enterprise, and we transitioned from Works Consultancy to Opus. Now we're known as WSP Opus, which combines our unrivalled New Zealand heritage with the power of global thinking.
WSP Opus has a team of 25 professionals based in Whanganui. Our team has a strong connection to the history of our company and is also excited about creating what matters for future generations.
We are very proud of the diversity of services we can provide to our clients. Locally we have well respected Geotechnical Engineers, Planners, Civil Engineers and Designers. We have an ecologist in our team and staff that understand building asset management.
Our IANZ accredited materials testing laboratory is involved at the start of many projects as they go out and test to ensure that the ground is suitable for a proposed activity, including soil sampling to support our Contaminated Land team.
Relationships both with our clients and with the wider WSP Opus team are enhanced by the stable nature of our team, we have many staff that have been in the region for a number of years and their local knowledge is outstanding. Our more recent recruits bring new skills that complement our team.
We have played a key role in keeping our region connected by ensuring our state highways and local roads and bridges are safe and efficient. Notably we designed the Hihitahi realignment on SH 1 and many of the improvements on SH4 through the Parapara section. Closer into town we designed the riverbank repairs at Shakespeare Cliff and we are now involved with the current repairs downstream by the City Bridge.
Recently we have worked on projects ranging from the Alexander Library, to the monuments at Pākaitore and Pukenamu Queen's Park. We are working for local authorities, developers, government departments and contractors, using a broad range of professionals both here in Whanganui and throughout WSP Opus to create what matters for future generations.
Picture above - WSP Opus staff inspecting Tangarakau Bridge on the Forgotten Highway. It's also the site of Morgan's Grave, named after the surveyor Joshua Morgan, who died on site in 1893 from appendicitis. Over the years WSP Opus staff have made a point of stopping to have "smoko with Joshua" in tribute to the glocal pioneer.


Stream Never Say Never, the newest drop from Justin Bieber which features Jaden Smith. The cut was released on Tuesday, June 1st, 2010.
Stream Never Say Never, the newest drop from Justin Bieber which features Jaden Smith. The cut was released on Tuesday, June 1st, 2010. Things are looking better for Justin Bieber with each new release, which Never Say Never has proven yet again. It's worthy addition to the impressive body of work Justin Bieber has been developing over the years. We're looking forward to hearing what's next.
Check out Bo-Deal on Ya Heard, featuring Yo Gotti & Alley Boy. If your interest is piqued, hit up A A A's profile for more info, news, songs, and mixtapes.


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Call out for artists to display their work at next year's Borders Art Fair
Borders Art Fair is now accepting exhibitor applications for 2020.'Following the huge success of this year's fair the organisers are now taking applications from artists, galleries and, collectives, hoping to take part in next year's event to be held at Borders Events Centre in Kelso from March 13-15, 2020.'Over 6000 visitors came to the Borders Art Fair in March, spending over �145k at the festival, making it the biggest visual art event ever held in the region.'With over 60 exhibitor stands, artist led workshops, creative talks, competitions, an on-site caf� and family entertainment, there is sure to be something to inspire everyone. 'The deadline for applications is September 9. 'Further information on how to apply can be found at www.bordersartfair.com.
Borders Art Fair is now accepting exhibitor applications for 2020.
Following the huge success of this year's fair the organisers are now taking applications from artists, galleries and, collectives, hoping to take part in next year's event to be held at Borders Events Centre in Kelso from March 13-15, 2020.
Over 6000 visitors came to the Borders Art Fair in March, spending over £145k at the festival, making it the biggest visual art event ever held in the region.
With over 60 exhibitor stands, artist led workshops, creative talks, competitions, an on-site café and family entertainment, there is sure to be something to inspire everyone.
The deadline for applications is September 9.
Further information on how to apply can be found at www.bordersartfair.com.
Treasure hunt with a creative twist comes to the Borders
Jim Clark vehicles at Royal Highland Show
Giacopazzi and Oblo


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Fouse, Gary C. 1945–
PERSONAL: Born July 25, 1945, in Los Angeles, CA; son of Orville K. (a film executive) and Jean C. (a homemaker) Fouse; married Maria del Socorro Fouse (a homemaker), March 22, 1975: children: Gabriella T., David. Education: California State University, Los Angeles, B.S., 1970; University of Virginia, M.Ed., 1993. Politics: "Independent." Religion: Protestant. Hobbies and other interests: Languages.
ADDRESSES: Home—25022 Paseo Cipres, Lake Forest, CA 92630. E-mail—[email protected]
CAREER: Writer. U.S. Customs Agency Service, Los Angeles, CA, special agent, 1970–73; U.S. Department of Justice, Drug Enforcement Agency, special agent, 1973–95; Northern Virginia Community College, Annandale, adjunct lecturer in English as a second language (ESL), 1995–98; University of California, Irvine, adjunct lecturer in ESL, 1998–. Virginia Department of Adult Education, Fairfax County, volunteer teaching assistant, 1992–94. Military service: U.S. Army Military Police Corps, 1966–68; specialist fourth class stationed in Germany.
MEMBER: Association for the Study of Nationalities of Eastern Europe and Ex-USSR, Teachers of English to Speakers of Other Languages.
WRITINGS:
The Languages of the Former Soviet Republics: Their History and Development, University Press of America (Lanham, MD), 2000.
The Story of Papiamentu: A Study in Slavery and Language, University Press of America (Lanham, MD), 2002.
Erlangen: An American's History of a German Town, University Press of America (Lanham, MD) 2004.
"Fouse, Gary C. 1945– ." Contemporary Authors . . Encyclopedia.com. 22 Jan. 2020 <https://www.encyclopedia.com>.
"Fouse, Gary C. 1945– ." Contemporary Authors . . Encyclopedia.com. (January 22, 2020). https://www.encyclopedia.com/arts/educational-magazines/fouse-gary-c-1945
"Fouse, Gary C. 1945– ." Contemporary Authors . . Retrieved January 22, 2020 from Encyclopedia.com: https://www.encyclopedia.com/arts/educational-magazines/fouse-gary-c-1945


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The Liberal Population Task Force Public Forums may yet be useful
Sat, 2017-08-05 00:33 — Sheila Newman
The Victorian Liberals have been running public population forums for their "Victorian Population Policy Taskforce." Please read on to get an idea of what is involved and how you might use these forums for good, despite their cynical nature. The article includes a list of the forums still to be held at time of writing this article. As you would expect, the people comprising the Taskforce include some heavy hitters from the extreme growth lobby and, really only one person who has questioned population growth policy - Dr Bob Birrell. We can be sure that the Liberal politicians and other growth lobby activists behind the forums are pushing for extreme population growth to continue despite its awful consequences, just as the Victorian Labor Government is. The purpose of the forums is to manufacture consent by pretending that current immigration numbers cannot be stopped or reduced, however bleak their impact. The message is put in pseudo solidarity as, "Yes, we feel your pain, we wish we could do something, but we cannot." This throws the audiences into a state of helplessness. However, the forums do present the possibility of people who actually know the facts and are concerned about citizens, residents' rights and wildlife needs, to reach the wide spectrum of people who come to the forums and point to the way out of the false dilemma. Those audiences are dying to hear that the political parties (in and out of government) have the capacity to stop the massive population growth and that Australians should and must resist it. Consider taking copies of The Residents' Bill of Rights, which proposes that Australian growth be brought in line with the OECD average. Consider printing out this recent Population Flyer and taking copies. You might also consider taking a copy of recently retired Labor MP Kelvin Thomson's 14 point plan, which is a viable and well-informed plan to stabilise Australia's population. Inside this article there are also recent ABS and OECD graphs and a population doubling time calculator.
Most of the people comprising the "Victorian Population Policy Taskforce" are obviously from the fox side of the henhouse. The only 'community activist' is known for her opposition to speaking out on population growth. Jane Nathan, is the president of The Australian Population Institute (APOP), which was formed solely to promote a big population for Australia. Asher Judah is a Property Council of Victoria executive and a research fellow with the very right-wing Institute of Public Affairs (IPA) with a background that includes the Master Builders Association and the Victorian Farmers Federation. David Matthews is known for his involvement in agribusiness and banking. Jason Potts is a fan of immigration tariffs and an Adjunct Fellow at the Institute of Public Affairs. Peter Tesdorpf is a former Victorian President of the Planning Institute and is Principal at Peter Tesdorpf and Associates. Joanna Stanley of Brunswick Residents Group has been associated with Planning Backlash and has this description at Linked In "Particularly accomplished in media and stakeholder relations in planning and issues in community." Recently Joanna has been outspoken against any push against population growth that BRAG and Planning Backlash have put up for consideration. The taskforce's advisors also include Bob Birrell, Sociologist and President of The Australian Population Research Institute (TAPRI), a conservationist and not a fan of big Australia.
The Rosebud Population Taskforce Forum
I went to one of these forums with some curiosity. I've been having nightmares ever since. The gloves are really off in the growth lobby. As an ex-planner said to me, "They're not even trying to hide the fact that they are forcing a huge population on us anymore." The forum was, however, a bit better than I expected, in some ways. One way was that more than half the time was given to responses from the audience, with good access to microphones and little prescriptiveness on what we said. But very few in the audience seemed to have any idea of what was happening. Most looked grim or horrified.
A good thing was that the contribution of immigration was admitted. In fact the rate of Victoria's population growth was described with due horror by 'keynote speaker', the politician, Tim Smith MP for Kew. The effect this would have on the Mornington Peninsular was evoked as likely to be frightening and unpleasant. (See the OECD graph where Australia ranks highest in population growth of all OECD countries.)
State websites solicit for immigrants; it's not just the Federal Government
I spoke of the state government websites inviting immigration[3] and of how this was off-the-scale population engineering by the state. As usual, this statement caused some surprise because of the mantra that the state can do nothing because the Federal Government sets immigration numbers. (As if the states couldn't object, anyhow.) The Liberal Taskforce say they want to promote decentralisation by creating small cities all over the countryside, including the Mornington Peninsula. But Victoria already offers 'Skilled Regional (489) visas', which require the sponsored immigrant and any sponsored dependents to live and work in regional Victoria whilst under this visa, which was, in fact, introduced by Victorian Liberal Premier Jeff Kennett in 1998.
Forum treated our massive rates of immigration as if they could not be questioned
A bad thing about this forum was that the huge population growth due to mass immigration was presented as a given, with only 'management' solutions contemplated by the speakers. It was as if Victoria's population growth of 2.1% (actually 2.4% according to latest ABS figures to 2016 - see graphs) was as inexplicable and irresistible as an invisible gas, wafting over our borders, something about which no-one could do anything but submit as it wrecked the landscape, drove up housing prices, and congested the roads, jostling the inhabitants and competing for police attendance and scarce places in their schools and hospitals.
A good thing was that other people and myself were able to criticise this unnecessary acceptance of massive population growth without anyone trying to shut them up.
I also said how people concerned about wildlife could not accept this growth in light of how there was absolutely no serious provision of wildlife corridors and crossings so that, at the moment, it spells huge loss of habitat and cruelty, with animals pushed from their habitats onto roads or shot by hobby farmers, with the uncritical permission of the Department of Environment, Land, Water and Planning (DWELP.), which is supposed to protect wildlife.
Russell Joseph, Liberal Candidate for Nepean, who introduced the speaker and made some comments himself, responded to my raising the problem of wildlife by saying that Landcare and Port Philip Westernport Catchment Management Authority were attempting to make corridors, 'but that was, of course, a long term project', he added.
But wildlife are in crisis on the Peninsular due to the patchwork of intensifications, roads, and kangaroo fences. It is an emergency, the animals are running out of habitat and the situation is about to get much much worse if population growth continues, let alone accelerates. This is not something that can be solved in some far away time.
Aging population furphy
Jenny Warfe, Secretary of Sustainable Population Victoria and Tasmania (SPAVicTas), reminded keynote speaker Tim Smith that when John Howard presided over 80,000 migrant intake p.a. Australia was pretty prosperous. Under John Howard, net planned economic overseas immigrants went from about 80,000 to more than 250,000 and 300,000 due to changes Howard made. An implication was that Australia's GDP per capita has fallen as our population intake rate has increased.
Responding to some of the usual scaremongering about Australia's aging population, Ms Warfe described the ageing issue as a furphy, explaining that bringing more migrants will not help stem the ageing "time bomb" so often described. She observed that migrants age like the rest of us, so more migration only serves to eventually produce more and more ageing people. She added that stabilising the population would eventually solve the ageing "crisis" as the age bar chart/demographic, currently with the bulge towards the ageing end, would even out. There were some murmurs of agreement in the audience.
Employment and business costs
The problem of high unemployment on the Peninsula was alluded to by the speakers, and I responded by talking about how population growth inflates cost of resources as well as housing and rents. Business not only needs to pay for these itself, but it must also pay wages sufficient for its employees to afford housing, heating, etc. This makes Australian business uncompetitive with most overseas business (including, for comparison, that of continental Europe) due to our very high costs in land, housing, energy etc. See "Land and Rent Costs to Business make Australia uncompetitive".
Calculating Population Doubling Rates
The keynote speaker, Tim Smith, [1] had declared some pride in the Liberal Party's aiming for a policy to manage population that would take us all the way up to 2050. This led me to ask him if he was aware of the population doubling times of a population with Victoria's rate of 2.1% growth (actually 2.4 according to ABS 2016 figures. [2] He seemed to struggle with the concept itself and then admitted that he did not know. He asked me to tell him. I thought I detected some shock among the 70 people or so in the audience as well as, possibly, the speaker, when I said that at 2.1% growth Victoria's population would take about 35 yrs (in fact it would take 33.3). I added that population growth is being engineered upwards in most states, by soliciting mass economic immigration, so one had to take into consideration growth rates for the whole country.
I suggested that, rather than be proud that they were looking ahead to 2050, the Libs should be worried at the shortsightedness of their policy; they need to look much further ahead at the doubling rate consequences. They are preparing for a Victoria of 10m in 2050, but it would be 20m in 2080 or even sooner, still growing and much harder to stop.
The response was to ask for my details so they could contact me later. A person among the organisers later told me that 'between you and me' quite a few of the people involved on the task force would be quite pleased to have people attend the forums and talk about how to stop the population growth. It seemed that, for this person, the very idea was novel.
One small-time developer got up and said how none of the farms on the Mornington Peninsula (where the event was being held) made profits, intimating that something should replace them. And that we have to suck up population growth. He added that there was some attempt to make a wildlife crossing over Boneo Road, as if that would somehow compensate for the massive increases in traffic and loss of habitat.
Another man got up and gave examples of several farming operations which made good profits and employed lots of people.
Very few people from the audience spoke to support population growth.
People have been hypnotised into not questioning the whole growth thing. Most of them don't want the growth and only accept a search for management solutions because they think growth is inevitable. Many will be responsive to the concept that it is not.
Many of the people conducting these forums and most people attending these forums are unaware of what is driving population growth. They also have not considered population inertia and doubling rates. Giving them this information can only empower them.
People don't realise that the states dictate to the Feds on numbers. It is hard to know if politicians like Tim Smith are really so in the dark, but some may be. However Tim Smith should now be aware of https://liveinmelbourne.vic.gov.au/, (formerly http://liveinvictoria.org.au/)[3] because of what I said at the forum and later forwarded by email. Days later I ran into another Victorian MP associated with the Taskforce forums and when I mentioned that Victoria touts for immigrants and told her how, she shouted at me that I was 'bullshitting' her.
Victorian Population Policy Taskforce Regional Forums
Here are the ones still to come.
Frankston Mechanics Hall
1A Plowman Pl, Frankston VIC 3199
Contact: Ms Inga Peulich (03) 9772 1366
Convenor: Ms Steph Ryan MP
Contact: steph.ryan@parliament.vic.gov.au or phone 03 5762 1600
EASTERN METROPOLITAN – IVANHOE AND ELTHAM
Monday 14 August 2017, 10am – 12pm
Convenor: The Hon. Richard Dalla Riva MLC
Contact: richard.dallariva@parliament.vic.gov.au or phone 03 9803 0592
SOUTH EASTERN METROPOLITAN
Monday 14 August 2017, 6pm – 8pm
Convenor: Ms Inga Peulich MP
Contact: inga.peulich@parliament.vic.gov.au or phone 03 9772 1366
Convenor: Ms Georgie Crozier MLC
Contact: georgie.crozier@parliament.vic.gov.au or phone 03 9555 4101
Convenor: Mr Brian Paynter MP
Contact: brian.paynter@parliament.vic.gov.au or phone 03 5672 4755
[1] Despite Tim's simple and somewhat naive presentation, his background would suggest more sophistication. Tim Smith's occupation prior to becoming a Member of Parliament for Kew electorate in Victoria, is listed as: Senior Consultant (Office of the Chief Executive Officer), PricewaterhouseCoopers (PwC). Consultant (Strategy and Operations) Deloitte. Assistant Adviser to The Hon. Bruce Billson MHR. Assistant Adviser to The Hon. Malcolm Turnbull MHR, Leader of the Opposition. Electorate Officer for The Hon. Michael O'Brien MLA, Shadow Minister for Gaming and Consumer Affairs. Researcher for The Rt Hon David Davis MP, Shadow Home Secretary (UK). He has a BA, MIntPol (Melb)and his other mentioned qualification is "Hansard Research Scholars Program (London School of Economics)." http://www.parliament.vic.gov.au/members/details/1743-mr-timothy-smith.
[2] 3101.0 - Australian Demographic Statistics, Dec 2016 at http://www.abs.gov.au/ausstats/abs@.nsf/mf/3101.0
[3] How Victoria touts for immigration: The site https://liveinmelbourne.vic.gov.au/ (until recently called https://www.liveinvictoria.vic.gov.au) presents videos to attract immigrants to Victoria. It makes no mention of the terrible problems that rapid and voluminous population growth are causing the state and which are the subject of harangs by State Premiers and the opposition (as in the Liberal Population Taskforce). "Some visas require you to have nomination from a state or territory government, or sponsorship from an eligible relative. The Victorian Government offers visa nomination to selected overseas skilled workers and business people with skill-sets and business acumen required in Victoria." These visas are https://liveinmelbourne.vic.gov.au/migrate/skilled-migration-visas/skilled-nominated-visa-subclass-190 for 'Skilled nominated visas' [until recently: "Skilled Nominated (190) visa"] and https://liveinmelbourne.vic.gov.au/visas-and-immigrating/skilled-visas/skilled-regional-visa-subclass-489 (for skilled visas and skilled regional visa subclass 489). [Formerly called: http://www.liveinvictoria.vic.gov.au/visas-and-immigrating/skilled-visas/skilled-regional-visa-subclass-489] The site, https://https://liveinmelbourne.vic.gov.au [formerly https://www.liveinvictoria.vic.gov.au] is a Victorian Government site and carries the Victorian Government logo.
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Mon, 2017-08-07 10:03 — John Bentley (not verified)
Population Taskforce = Population Overload
Thanks Sheila for a very informative piece. The local member for Murray Plains and leader of the Nats Peter "Whinger" Walsh has been running a series of articles in the local papers softening-up the electorate for an increase in population for rural and regional Victoria. After several of these pieces I penned a reply to which he hasn't replied. As you say, these pollies are either ignorant or the foot sloggers for the property industry.
Anybody thinking that I may be cynical should read the "Game Of Mates" subtitled "How Favours Bleed The Nation" by Cameron K Murray and Paul Frijters. The book lays bare how our fellow Australians are sucking the lifeblood out of us as we go about a daily lives, most oblivious to the fact that this happening and if they are, don't have the will, the know-how or the resources to do anything about it. But fight back anyway, it may give you some relief/pleasure.
Mon, 2017-08-07 23:51 — Sheila Newman
Game of Mates - Australians can arm themselves using this book
Yes, John, Game of Mates is terrific. Every Australian who hopes to help get us out of the mire needs to read it ASAP. It starts with the property industry and population engineering and goes through a number of other systemic rorts. I found their chapter on superannuation excellent and easy to understand. I liked Chapter 10 on the myths the Mates spin to cover their behaviour. Chapter 11 gives a rundown on 'other games': Taxes; Pharmacies, medicines and health; Agriculture (although this one I found a bit light-on ecologically); Taxis; Supermarkets; and University Education. University Education was wonderfully done, I think. Much better than much longer treatises on the subject. The only thing I did not agree with were their passing remark that Cromwell was a true reformer, but I guess that's a tad esoteric on my part. We did run an article on Game of Mates on candobetter.net here: Book & Vids: "Game of Mates" - How Australia's rich game our corrupt system. The article links to their videos too. But feel free to keep mentioning this useful book in comments.
Mon, 2017-08-07 11:43 — Matthew Mitchell
Immigration hot issue in Sydney
Being blamed for housing unaffordability it seems:
focus-groups-voters-most-angry-about-housing-affordability
Tue, 2017-08-08 00:02 — Sheila Newman
Hot issue all over Australia, Matthew
Just read the article you linked to and noted that Ipsos research director Laura Demasi,Ms Demasi remarked: "Interesting to see both groups – incorrectly – believe that foreign investment is the driver behind the boom." There are a number of drivers. Population growth is the worst: it is used to guarantee demand to prospective investors. Negative gearing was mentioned as an additional driver in the Comments section, but, without rapid population growth, negative gearing would carry few rewards. See this article: Are the Greens on the right track with respect to negative gearing? - Article by Sally Pepper.
Mon, 2017-08-14 20:04 — Giacomo (not verified)
Frankston Lib Population Taskforce forum suppressed discussion
I attended this forum tonight. I had been told that it was an open forum, but it turned out that you had to have an RSVP. I don't think all the forums are like that. Certainly the Rosebud Forum was not. The Frankston forum was run by the Shadow Minister for Multiculturalism, Inga Peulich. I asked the following question from the audience:
"I thought that this was a forum to discuss population growth, rather than how to 'manage' population growth. As far as I am aware, all the opinion polls show that the overwhelming majority of Victorians and Australians oppose population growth. Given that the Victorian Andrews Labor Government is in favour of high population growth, who should Victorians opposed to high population growth vote for at the next state election?"
The response from Ms Peulich was that this is not a matter for the state government. It is a matter for the Federal government.
I then responded that all the state governments, including the Victorian Government, were encouraging people to immigrate to Australia and that this was evident from the Victorian Government liveinvictoria website
( https://www.liveinvictoria.vic.gov.au/).
At that point I was cut off and told that this was not the designated topic for discussion (or words to that effect).
Peulich seems ignorant about migration policy (Lib taskforce)
Interesting report, Giacomo. Ms Peulich herself acquainted me with the time and venue for that forum, without mentioning anything about RSVPing. Coincidentally, I raised the subject of how state governments tout for economic immigrants and set the numbers for the Feds. The response was that I was 'bullshitting her'! Good on you for raising the topic again and trying to educate the forum. Shameful that you were slapped down. I am putting up an article about the role of state governments in advertising for immigration. Here it is: "Why does overcrowded Victoria still advertise for more economic immigrants?"
Tue, 2017-08-15 08:50 — quark
Tame audiences expected at Liberal Party population meetings
Looks as though the Liberal Party Population Task Force is expecting tame audiences passively ready to receive the news about their dismal future in a city and suburbs which will eventually be unrecognisable. It is happening so rapidly that I get a shock at the demolitions if I have not driven down a particular road for 1 week. Regionalising the growth will mean possibly they can step on the accelerator of population growth as it will be happening simultaneously in regional cities and Melbourne. After all we are used to it in Melbourne so surely they will continue it?
Tue, 2017-08-15 20:34 — Liberace (not verified)
Public expected to suck it up
At least the Libs admit it will be awful and is due to high immigration, both things that Labor pretends aren't so. However, the reports we have had do far indicate that the Libs also pretend they can do nothing but manage it. Our politicians are such liars and criminals. Why do we put up with them? I can't stand them.
New Melbourne suburb, Mt Atkinson
A new suburb to the north west of Melbourne to be named Mt. Atkinson has been in the news and much discussed in the media today. I wonder why. It will house no more than one fifth of a year's population growth,


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