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Stephen Clements death underlines Northern Ireland's mental health crisis
Stephen Clements
A wonderful broadcasting talent has been extinguished by the sudden and tragic death of Stephen Clements who only recently started his dream job on Radio Ulster. He was a man who appeared to have the world at his feet but all his hopes and dreams are now extinguished.
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The hundreds of online messages paying tribute to Stephen showed the esteem he was held in right across Northern Ireland.
Political leaders of all hues joined in with dedicated listeners to laud the Carrick man who had made his name as a presenter on Q Radio.
Radio is a very intimate broadcasting medium and Stephen was one of those figures who was able to strike up a virtual friendship with people he heard but probably never met. That is a quality which makes idols of broadcasters and Stephen was idolised by thousands for his charm and wit and everyman approachability.
For many the controversy over his recruitment by the BBC to replace the very popular Sean Coyle could have been a daunting start to his new job but he quickly found his own niche, got into his stride and attracted his own audience.
The death of such a high profile figure again underlines the suicide crisis in the province. Five times as many people take their own lives annually as die on our roads. The toll in the last year for which figures are available ran at an average of six a week.
The Chief Medical Officer Dr Michael McBride has described mental health and its associated suicide rate as the biggest challenge facing the health service here. Northern Ireland has the highest suicide rate on these island with the most vulnerable men in the teenage to 45 years age groups.
As Dr McBride says there is no silver bullet solution to halt the inexorable rise in the death toll. Instead society as a whole needs to be involved.
Of course greater investment in mental health services is required although an extra £9m has been committed in the current financial year, surprising even those lobby groups demanding more funding.
However it should be remembered that 70% of those who take their own lives are not known to the health service and are therefore beyond the reach of whatever help is available.
The suggestion made by some politicians involved in the inter-party talks at Stormont that a junior minister should be appointed to a mental health portfolio if devolution is restored is an innovative proposal. A problem which is running at unacceptable levels - Stephen's death is only one of several already in the first week of the new decade.
The crisis is all the more serious because many of those who die in this manner did not exhibit traits which would pinpoint them as particularly at risk. Who knows that trigger determines that they feel death is a solution to the darkness they experience? From the outside it is difficult to believe that life can have so little meaning that taking it is seen as a preferable option.
Sadly that is how some must feel in the moments before they make their fateful and fatal decision.
Stephen's brother says he is shattered at his death and that feeling must be shared by all who were close to him, not least his wife and two young children. All of them will be wondering how life came to this tragic juncture and will be mourning a man who had so much to offer. It is time politicians stopped wrangling over a language which is thriving and restore government to tackle the problem of people dying.
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I Pervizi Skuraj di Kurbin sono un'antica e importante famiglia (stirpe) cattolica del Nord d'Albania, la cui storia si perde nel passato. Il nome le viene dal suo capostipite Pervizi il Grande degli Skuraj di Kurbini, vissuto nel XIV-XV secolo. Sue notizie sono pervenute oralmente, tramandate di padre in figlio. Si è appreso che egli si era opposto strenuamente all'invasione ottomana e non aveva accettato di piegarsi alle loro invitanti offerte, per cui fu ucciso a tradimento dai turchi. Dovettero passare cinque secoli prima che il nome dei Pervizi ritornasse alla ribalta della storia d'Albania. Questo successe nel periodo del Risorgimento Nazionale, quando un altro capostipite, Gjin Pjeter Mark Pervizi Skuraj di Kurbini, si distinse come capo dell'insurrezione popolare di Kurbini-Croia, 1903-1912, contro la dominazione turca condotta con successo e coronata con l'innalzamento della bandiera nazionale a Milot, centro di Kurbini, nello stesso giorno della proclamazione dell'indipendenza il 28 novembre 1912 a Valona, dal grande patriota Ismail Qemali.

Conseguentemente suo successore divenne suo nipote Prenk Pervizi, che diede al casato più fulgore, seguendo la carriera militare, dove raggiunse l'alto grado di Generale e la carica di Ministro della Difesa.

Biografia

Imprese iniziali
Nato il 4 maggio 1897 a Skuraj, nel distretto di Kurbin, Prenk Pervizi proveniva da una famiglia cattolica nobile ed importante, quella dei Pervizi Skuraj di Kurbini, che aveva lasciato tracce nella lotta contro il dominio turco. Un personaggio di grande rilievo ed importanza della storia moderna d'Albania.

Uscito dalla Kadettenschule di Vienna, nel 1918 fu inquadrato nell'esercito albanese come comandante del distretto di Croia nel 1918, e poi presso il Comando Generale dell'esercito, distinguendosi nelle operazioni per la cacciata dei serbi dalle regioni del nord del Paese, a fianco di grandi patrioti come Bajram Curri, Elez Isufi e Prenk Jaku.

I suoi sforzi per creare ed affermare il giovane stato albanese furono condivisi con l'amico Ahmet Zogu, conosciuto durante la permanenza a Vienna, partecipe nel congresso di Lushnjë del 1920 e futuro ministro. Pervizi lo difese anche in occasione di un colpo di Stato dell'opposizione, diretto contro la capitale Tirana l'8 marzo 1922, sbaragliando i ribelli che volevano impadronirsi del Parlamento e rovesciare il Governo, salvando così il Paese da una crisi che poteva avere conseguenze disastrose per la stessa esistenza dell'Albania. Questa azione gli valse la promozione per meriti di guerra a capitano di primo grado e la medaglia d'oro al valor militare.

Non riuscì però a contenere un successivo colpo di Stato, iniziato il 24 giugno 1924. Seguì Zog che con il suo governo e i militari a lui fedeli ripararono in Jugoslavia.

Il periodo del quadrumvirato
Il 20-24 dicembre 1924 prese parte e si distinse nelle operazioni che riportano al potere il governo legale con Ahmet Zog Presidente, il quale divide l'Albania in quattro zone militari e gliene affida una a Pervizi, quella centrale di Tirana. Pervizi, insieme agli altri tre capitani (Muharrem Bajraktari per la zona nord, Fiqri Dine per la nord-ovest e Hysni Dema per la zona sud) in cinque anni riportò l'ordine e la calma nel Paese, dando stabilità ed affermazione all'Albania.
Nel frattempo, nel novembre-dicembre 1926, era scoppiata l'insurrezione di Dukagjini, Shal e Shosh,Pjeter Hidri, Gjeneral Prenk Pervizi, Tirana, Toena, 2002 istigata e organizzata dalla Jugoslavia per destabilizzare il Paese, con la pretesa che queste regioni cattoliche del nord dovevano unirsi al Montenegro giacché l'Albania era in mano ai musulmani come Zog e compagni. I ribelli ebbero un primo successo, bloccando l'esercito inviato e facendo prigioniero il comandante e il suo staff d'ufficiali. Gli insorti, forti di questi primi successi, si preparavano ad attaccare e occupare Scutari. A questo punto Zog chiamò d'urgenza Pervizi dandogli pieni poteri per sedare la rivolta. In tre giorni il capitano, con una sorprendente e fulminea manovra, pone fine alla ribellione, e ne consegnò i capi alla giustizia. Questo successo ingrandì la sua fama e influenza nell'esercito e nel popolo.

I legami con l'Italia
Pervizi, in quanto a legami con l'Italia, restava nella posizione d'amicizia. Egli aveva inviato i suoi figli a istruirsi in Italia fin dalle elementari, a Lanzo Torinese, nel Collegio di San Bosco, dove studiavano i figli dell'aristocrazia piemontese, e gli stessi membri di casa Savoia, lo stesso re e il principe Umberto, con il quale ebbe a seguire lo stesso corso nella Scuola della Guerra. A Torino egli aveva portato tutta la famiglia, madre, moglie e i suoi tre figli. Tre anni a Torino e altri due anni a Firenze. Era invitato particolare alla nozze del Principe Umberto, che lo riteneva come suo zio, nel senso che montenegrini e albanesi erano della stessa origine illirica. Distintosi, viene decorato Ufficiale dell'Ordine cavalleresco dei SS. Maurizio e Lazzaro. Il lungo soggiorno in Italia gli permise di perfezionare la lingua italiana e di fare molte conoscenze e amicizie personali nella società italiana, particolarmente in quella militare. Nel 1965, quando passò in Italia come rifugiato politico, gli fu proposto di mantenere il grado e le funzioni di generale nell'esercito italiano, a condizione di prendere la cittadinanza italiana, che lui non accettò e si ritirò in Belgio.

L'invasione dell'Albania
Nel 1929, concluso ormai il suo dovere, fu inviato alla Scuola di Guerra di Torino, dove rimase fino al 1933, quindi fu nominato ispettore degli studenti albanesi in Italia sino al 1935. Al suo rientro rappresentò l'Albania nella Commissione degli Osservatori Stranieri nella guerra d'Abissinia 1935-1936, dove ebbe l'occasione di conoscere i generali Badoglio, Graziani e De Bono, oltre ad altri alti ufficiali tra cui diversi compagni della Scuola di Guerra. Di questa guerra redasse una relazione ben dettagliata e tenne alcune conferenze in Albania.
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Nell'agosto 1936, rappresentò l'Albania nelle Grandi Manovre d'Italia in Irpinia, dove scambiò alcune parole con Mussolini, che gli diede da intendere la sua intenzione d'intervenire in Albania. Avvertì il re Zog dell'intenzione di Benito Mussolini di attaccare e occupare l'Albania, seguendo l'esempio dei Romani contro gli Illiri. Il re si mostrò scettico e non diede importanza all'avvertimento.

In occasione del venticinquesimo anniversario dell'indipendenza albanese (1937), Pervizi avanzò al rango di colonnello, ricevette l'ordine della "Besa" e diventò grande ufficiale dell'Ordine della Corona d'Italia..

Intanto i suoi avvertimenti non furono presi in considerazione né dal Re, né dal governo, visto che la fine del conflitto abissino non aveva provocato alcuna minaccia da parte dell'Italia. Ma si dimenticava che l'Italia si era ingaggiata tre anni(1936-1939) nella guerra di Spagna. Quando il primo aprile 1939, Francisco Franco proclamava la vittoria e la fine della guerra, sei giorni dopo Mussolini ordinava l'attacco e l'invasione dell'Albania. Così i buoni rapporti terminarono il 7 aprile 1939, quando l'Italia attaccò l'Albania, facendo fuggire il Re Zog, che si affidò al colonnello, il quale gli chiese di proclamare la resistenza armata sulle montagne. Il Re non accettò e lasciò questo compito a Pervizi, ordinandogli invece di organizzare il suo passaggio in Grecia, sancendo di fatto la fine del Regno d'Albania.

Rientrato in Albania per ordine del Re stesso, Pervizi venne convocato dai generali Pariani e Guzzoni, che deplorando quanto accaduto gli chiesero di adattarsi alla situazione e poi lo informarono che non avrebbero sciolto l'esercito albanese. Pervizi si mostrò disponibile, a patto che l'esercito albanese non partecipasse a nessuna azione contro il suo popolo, a fianco dell'esercito italiano. La sua richiesta venne accolta. Egli venne tenuto formalmente nelle sue cariche effettive, ma non gli fu applicata nessuna restrizione della personalità, in quanto gli italiani erano a conoscenza della sua figura patriottica e dell'influenza e la simpatia che godeva nell'esercito e tra la popolazione, e temevano di dare pretesto a un malcontento che poteva sfociare in una ribellione armata.

La campagna di Grecia
Il 28 ottobre 1940 iniziò la campagna italiana di Grecia, e alcuni battaglioni albanesi vennero scaglionati nelle divisioni "Venezia" e "Julia", con il Pervizi chiamato a rappresentare l'esercito albanese presso l'alto comando delle operazioni.

Inviato inaspettatamente a Tirana, durante la sua assenza i generali italiani ebbero a ridire sulla scarsa qualità dei soldati albanesi, basandosi anche sul fatto che una loro unità era stata decimata dai greci. Il colonnello, non appena venuto a sapere dell'accaduto, tornò immediatamente al quartier generale e protestò con Ubaldo Soddu e il comando italiano circa il fatto che i suoi uomini erano stati utilizzati come carne da cannone, ricordando inoltre che il comando dei soldati albanesi era sua sola competenza.

Visto l'andamento negativo delle operazioni, lo stato maggiore italiano ordinò la ritirata generale e di conseguenza Pervizi fece altrettanto, abbandonando il fronte e lasciando sguarnita la città di Koritza, presidiata da un battaglione agli ordini del maggiore Spiro Moisiu. Gli italiani, adirati per tale gesto, chiesero di processare i responsabili davanti a un tribunale militare, al quale il colonnello si oppose con fermezza per cui alla fine si procedette solamente al trasferimento dei soldati albanesi sulle montagne del nord, e Pervizi fu posizionato e isolato nella zona di Puka; nel frattempo venne però promosso generale, per calmare la situazione e il popolo.

Dopo l'8 settembre
Spostato a Scutari come semplice consigliere, l'8 settembre 1943, data dell'annunciazione dell'armistizio di Cassibile, riprese i suoi vecchi poteri, prendendo in consegna il comando dal generale Dalmazzo, con la condizione di dare l'ordine alla resa delle guarnigioni italiane, deponendo le armi e consigliandolo a prendere con sé quanti più italiani per non lasciarli alla mercé dei tedeschi. Il 23 ottobre fu eletto Ministro della Difesa e promosso al grado di generale di divisione, adoperandosi quindi per riformare l'esercito albanese e rafforzando il confine nord per prevenire i tentativi dei serbi di annettere il Kosovo.
Ostacolò anche i tedeschi nella loro opera di reclutamento per le Waffen-SS, cosa che lo portò, insieme al resto del governo, ad abbandonare Tirana in favore delle montagne.

Per lottare anche contro i comunisti, si unì alla missione inglese inviata nel paese, facendo la conoscenza del colonnello McLean e degli altri ufficiali, Julian Amery e David Smiley, che poi s'allontanarono nell'ottobre 1944. Rifugiatosi nelle montagne di Skuraj di Kurbini (1944-1946) e scampato alla cattura, nel settembre 1946 raggiunse segretamente la Grecia, dove acquisì lo status di rifugiato politico. Trascorse 19 anni in Grecia, un anno in Italia e 11 anni nel Belgio, dove morì il 6 settembre 1977. Durante tutto questo tempo la sua famiglia (madre, moglie e tre figli) erano rinchiusi in prigioni e campi di concentramento. Madre, moglie e il secondo dei figli morirono i tali condizioni di condanna.

Note

 Abnton Cefa : Gjenerali shqiptar Prenk Pervizi, gazeta "Dielli", NY 1997.
 Qezar Rica : Shkojne vitet vepra mbetet, gazeta "Liria", 1997.
 Vlash Prendi : Gjeneral e trim si Zana, gazeta Bulevard, 1997.
 Martin Coba : Persekutimi i familjes se Gjeneral Prenk Pervizit, Gazeta "Liria", 1997.
 Dashnor Kaloçi : Gjeneral Prenk Pervizi patriot e atdhetar i çeshtjes shqiptare, RD, 1995.
 Dashnor Kaloçi : Gjenerali shqiptar Pervizi ne Luften e Abisinise, Gazeta Shqiptare, 2008.
 Hajrush Haliti-Akturk : Gjenerali Prenk Pervizi shtigjeve te nacionalizmit, Zeri, 1995.
 Ardian Bushi : Prenk Pervizi besniku i Ahmet Zogut, Gazeta Shqiptare, 1999.
 Demir Alizoti : Kush e shpetoi gjeneral Prenk Pervizin, RD 1993.
 Avni Martini : Gjeneral Prenk Pervizi dhe Kurbini, kumtese, Laç, 2002.
 Mark Bregu : Gjeneral Prenk Pervizi nje nder figurat ma te shquara te ushtrise shqiptare, Shkoder 2002.
 Kastriot Dervishi : Projekti i Gjeneral Preng Pervizit per Ushtrine Kombetare shqiptare, Tirane, 2012
 Bajame Hoxha : Gjenerali dhe strategu ushtarak Prenk Pervizi, Bota Sot, 2010.

Bibliografia

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Bio: Often referred to as eyes of hatred, the Sharingan are actually recorded as Eyes of Love.
These are powerful eyes that allow someone to see and perceive much more than the average person. A single trained Sharingan, has been known to overpower even H-Ranked Mages in the hands of a simple D-Ranked Shinobi.
I wonder what this can be used for . . .


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This article was previously published. It's being re-published here since the latest enforcements by national Data Protection authorities : After the French CNIL has fined the Supermarket Carrefour and Carrefour Bank for a total of 3 Million Euros, two new enforcements : Google for 100 million euros and Amazon for 35 million Euros for non-compliant use of #cookies (in particular placing advertising cookies without prior consent and adequate information). An injunction to delete unlawfully collected and processed data was not ordered.
In both deliberations, the CNIL found it is materially competent to control and sanction cookies placed by companies on the computers of users residing in France. It thus underlined that the one stop shop mechanism provided by the #GDPR was not intended to apply in these procedures, since the operations linked to the use of cookies fall under the #ePrivacy Directive, transposed to article 82 of the French Data Protection Act.
Link to the attached sanctioning decision against Google: https://lnkd.in/e7Cq5SX.
Link to the sanctioning decision against Amazon: https://lnkd.in/exfhXES.
Links to the announcements:
Cookies : sanction de 60 millions d'euros à l'encontre de GOOGLE LLC et de 40 millions d'euros à l'encontre de GOOGLE IRELAND LIMITED
Cookies : sanction de 35 millions d'euros à l'encontre d'AMAZON EUROPE CORE
The same day, the Danish Data Protection Authority found that the consent format implemented by a website did not meet the regulatory requirements before setting cookies and any other technology.
In November, the Belgian authorities have expressed their intention to Take Down Websites Infringing GDPR.
Two major cases by the European Court of Justice (Fashion ID (c-40-17) and Planet49 (c-673/17)) had highlighted the importance of cookie compliance in Europe, and the complex intricacies which organisations must consider. In addition, an increase in the number of enforcement actions and fines in Europe had signified a move towards stricter regulation of ePrivacy.
➡ Six jurisdictions have recently enforced non-compliant use of cookies with fines.
➡ Eight jurisdictions accept that a user can provide consent via browser settings
➡ Only a single jurisdiction (currently) accepts the user of cookie walls
➡ Five jurisdictions find an implicit consent to be valid
DLAPiper have published a guide on cookie law in EU
With this in view, and while the new Council #ePrivacy deal is awaited any time soon, here is what we can say about cookies:
What do we mean by cookies?
Wikipedia has a page on yummy cookies. These are not the ones we want to talk about. What we are interested on are not yummy cookies, but the HTTP Cookies also called web cookie, Internet cookie, browser cookie, or commonly cookie. A cookie is 'a small piece of data sent from a website and stored on the user's computer by the user's web browser while the user is browsing.'
From a regulatory perspective, in Europe, the Directive or 2002/58/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council of 12 July 2002 concerning the processing of personal data and the protection of privacy in the electronic communications sector (Directive on privacy and electronic communications) commonly called ePrivacy. Being a Directive this text required individual implantions by the 28 member states into their national legislations. This explains the various national implementations. We will look more closely at the Privacy and Electronic Communication Regulation 2003 or PECR for its implementation in the UK or the French article 82 of the [Loi « Informatique et Libertés ».
The European Commission published a study on the "ePrivacy Directive: assessment of transposition, effectiveness and compatibility with proposed Data Protection Regulation" (SMART 2013/0071).
Although we will mostly mention cookies here, the regulation actually applies to anyone who stores information on a user's device or gains access to information on a user's device, in any ways.
This includes Flash cookies, smartphone or other electronic devices apps.
As the Wikipedia entry mentions 'Cookies were designed to be a reliable mechanism for websites to remember stateful information (such as items added in the shopping cart in an online store) or to record the user's browsing activity (including clicking particular buttons, logging in, or recording which pages were visited in the past). They can also be used to remember arbitrary pieces of information that the user previously entered into form fields such as names, addresses, passwords, and credit-card numbers.'
You can further read on cookies from KJ Kearie who has a Comprehensive Guide on cookies: 'There are two main types of cookies – session cookies only collect details from a single browsing sessions, while persistent cookies remain on the user's device and collect information over time."
This article comes out of a frustration expressed by many privacy advocates around the EU to witness a latence to see any improvement coming .
While the ePrivacy Directive is under reform, the European Data Protection Board on a recent guidance has further clarified how cookies implementation should comply with the requirements of transparency and consent as set by the GDPR.
The Privacy and Electronic Communications Regulations (PECR), sits alongside the Data Protection Act (DPA) and the General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR), imposing specific rules on electronic communications, including marketing solicitation, traffic and location data, itemised billing, line identification, directory listings, and the use of cookies.
The consent requirement
Consent is mandatory for all cookies that are not strictly necessary for the provision of a service. It has been argued no cookie is actually necessary, browser settings are capable of replacing functional cookies. the strict necessary cookie is to be limited to a specific service requested by the user.
Cookies used for social media plugins or tracking, site personalisation, advertising, cross-device tracking, research, or product improvement purposes, will require user consent.
The UK ICO has produced guidance on the use of cookies completed by a blog post by Ali Shah, Head of Technology Policy clarifying that :
It can no longer be relied on implied consent for the use of cookies ;
Analytics cookies aren't strictly necessary and so require consent as they are not part of the functionality that the user requests when they use an online service so we do not need consent ;
Statements such as 'by continuing to use this website you are agreeing to cookies' is not valid consent under the higher GDPR standard. Further clarifications of divergence views on this point will be gathered ;
PECR always requires consent for non-essential cookies, such as those used for the purposes of marketing and advertising. Legitimate interests cannot be relied upon for these cookies.
Ali Shah concludes that Cookie compliance will be an increasing regulatory priority for the ICO in the future.
The European Data Protection Board published a new guidelines 05/2020 on consent under Regulation 2016/679 in which it remind :
"Meanwhile, the EDPB is aware of the review of the ePrivacy Directive (2002/58/EC). The notion of consent in the draft ePrivacy Regulation remains linked to the notion of consent in the GDPR.7 Organisations are likely to need consent under the ePrivacy instrument for most online marketing messages or marketing calls, and online tracking methods including by the use of cookies or apps or other software. The EDPB has already provided recommendations and guidance to the European legislator on the Proposal for a Regulation on ePrivacy.'
To ensure a free, informed and unambiguous consent, users must be clearly informed about what cookies are in use (including any third party cookies) and what function they perform. For non-essential cookies, pre-ticked boxes or equivalent default fixtures are not allowed, and user access should not be denied if they do not consent to such cookies. ICO is very specific about placement, formatting and wording of cookie information and consent request.
Prior to the EDPB, its predecessor, the Working Party article 29 had required that :
"Every organisation that maintains a website should publish a privacy statement/ notice on the website. A link to this privacy statement/ notice should be clearly visible on each page of this website under a commonly used term (such as "Privacy", "Privacy Policy" or "Data Protection Notice"). Positioning or colour schemes that make a text or link less noticeable, or hard to find on a webpage, are not considered easily accessible."
In November 2019, Privacy International [1], the UK based organisation, has filed complaints [2] against seven data brokers (Acxiom, Oracle), ad-tech companies (Criteo, Quantcast, Tapad), and credit referencing agencies (Equifax, Experian) with data protection authorities in France, Ireland, and the UK.
To ensure a valid transparency, privacy notices must be concise, transparent, intelligible and easily accessible (Article 12.1);
clear and plain language must be used (Article 12.1);
the requirement for clear and plain language is of particular importance when
providing information to children (Article 12.1);
it must be in writing "or by other means, including where appropriate, by electronic
means" (Article 12.1);
where requested by the data subject it may be provided orally (Article 12.1) ; and
it must be provided free of charge (Article 12.5).
The CNIL has published updated cookies recommendations. Soon reaching the CNIL's deadline, what has changed?
Increasingly, websites have included cookie banners to require visitors consent. However, not all cookie banners are actually disabling with respect to visitors consent denial. A study published by
We have previously wrote about pernicious access to visitors data often ignored by web owners in two previous articles :
In January 2019, WEBSITE TRANSPARENCY : COOKIES AND PRIVACY NOTICE
In June 2019, WEBSITES SURREPTITIOUSLY TRACKING AND REPORTING ON VISITORS
Increasingly, websites have included cookie banners to require visitors consent. However, not all cookie banners are actually disabling with respect to visitors consent denial. A study published by Celestin Matte, Nataliia Bielova, PhD, Cristiana Santos IEEE Symposium on Security and Privacy (IEEE S&P 2020) question :
Do Cookie Banners Respect my Choice? Measuring Legal Compliance of Banners from IAB Europe's Transparency and Consent Framework Nataliia Bielova, Cristiana Santos.
In a second paper, submited in September 2020, the group question : 'Are cookie banners indeed compliant with the law?
Deciphering EU legal requirements on consent and technical means to verify compliance of cookie banners'?
"In this paper, we describe how cookie banners, as a consent mechanism in web applications, should be designed and implemented to be compliant with the #ePrivacy Directive and the #GDPR, defining 22 legal requirements.
While some are provided by legal sources, others result from the domain expertise of computer scientists.
We perform a technical assessment of whether technical (with computer science tools), manual (with a human operator) or user studies verification is needed.
We show that it is not possible to assess legal compliance for the majority of requirements because of the current architecture of the web.
With this approach, we aim to support policy makers assessing compliance in cookie banners, especially under the current revision of the EU ePrivacy framework".
Cookie audit. Guidance provides a detailed list of actions to be taken for new and existing cookies.
Analytics cookies. These are not exempt from the consent requirement by default, because they usually do not amount to being 'strictly necessary'. However, "this may not always be the case where the setting of a first-party analytics cookie results in a low level of intrusiveness and low risk of harm to individuals".
Compliance deadline. No fixed term is specified in the guidelines, but ICO's Head of Technology Policy, Ali Shah, has published a post instructing the online service providers to "start taking steps to comply now".
Other jurisdictions. French data protection authority CNIL has announced that this month it will repeal its 2013 cookie recommendation that has become outdated in some respects (in particular regarding what concerns the expression of consent), and publish guidelines outlining the applicable rules of law. Similar actions have been taken by the Dutch and German data protection authorities.
In a paper submited July 2018 entitled 'We Value Your Privacy … Now Take Some Cookies : Measuring the GDPR's Impact on Web Privacy'
Martin Degeling, Christine Utz, Christopher Lentzsch, Henry Hosseini, Florian Schaub and Thorsten Holz from the Ruhr-Universität Bochum, Germany and thr University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI, USA,
monitored and analysed the GDPR's impact on popular websites in all 28 member states of the European Union.
They found that 84.5 % of websites had a privacy policy.
72.6 % of websites with existing privacy policies
updated them close to the ebtry into force of the GDPR.
62.1 % of websites displayed cookie consent notices, 16 % more than in January 2018. These notices inform users about a site's cookie use and user tracking practices.
They observed cookie consent notices and evaluated 16 common implementations
with respect to their technical realisation of cookie consent.
This revealed that core web security mechanisms such as the same-origin policy pose problems for the implementation of consent according to GDPR rules, and opting out of third party cookies requires the third party to cooperate. In conclusion, they fond that the GDPR is making the web more transparent, while it still lacks of both functional and usable mechanisms for users to consent to or deny processing of their personal data on the Internet.
For each country, the 500 most popular websites were examined for the presence of and updates to their privacy policy.
In January 2020, another study was published Dark Patterns after the GDPR: Scraping Consent Pop-ups and Demonstrating their Influence by Midas Nouwens, Ilaria Liccardi, Michael Veale, David Karger, Lalana Kagal (UCL, MIT and Aarhus University), suggests that many cookie consent pop-ups are flouting EU privacy laws. and noticed that:
"New consent management platforms (CMPs) have been introduced to the web to conform with the EU's General Data Protection Regulation, particularly its requirements for consent when companies collect and process users' personal data. This work analyses how the most prevalent CMP designs affect people's consent choices. We scraped the designs of the five most popular CMPs on the top 10,000 websites in the UK (n=680).
We found that dark patterns and implied consent are ubiquitous; only 11.8% meet the minimal requirements that we set based on European law. Second, we conducted a field experiment with 40 participants to investigate how the eight most common designs affect consent choices. We found that notification style (banner or barrier) has no effect; removing the opt-out button from the first page increases consent by 22–23 percentage points; and providing more granular controls on the first page decreases consent by 8–20 percentage points. This study provides an empirical basis for the necessary regulatory action to enforce the GDPR, in particular the possibility of focusing on the centralised, third-party CMP services as an effective way to increase compliance."
An illusion of control and transparency?
The French CNIL
The legal framework relating to consent has evolved, and so does the website of the CNIL
Online targeted advertisement: what action plan for the CNIL? TIt was announced "The CNIL has received an important number of individual and collective complaints (La Quadrature du Net, Privacy International, NOYB) relating to online marketing. In 2018, 21% of the complaints were related to marketing in the broad sense.'
Following the publication in July 2019 of an updated guidance on cookies, the French data protection authority proposed a consultation on its draft recommendations on practical ways to collect website user consent for cookies and similar technologies on January 2020. The Recommendations including requirements for obtaining GDPR-standard consent, by various European data protection authorities, including the CNIL and the ICO. The CNIL has since undertaken a consultation to develop practical methods to obtain user consent.
Olivier Proust from the Law Firm Fieldfisher has published a comparative table of what is new on the July cookie guidance to compare with the 2013 guidelines in CNIL publishes revised guidelines on cookies and other tracking technology. A larger scope, a new legal ground now based on the Article 82 of the amended French Data Protection Act, adapting to the GDPR standard of consent. It is specifically mentioned that browser settings 'do not provide enough information to users, and therefore, do not enable to obtain informed consent.'
Additionally, the CNIL takes the position that in certain conditions 'Cookies used to measure audiences on a web site or mobile app may be exempt from consent'
How these rules are currently implemented by the major websites in France?
No one better than lawyers could read and implement regulations. Lawyers handle sensitive data bound under professional confidentiality. Some advise other organisations they influence on their implementation of the regulation. We have been analysing the French national Bar's website as well as the major law society website in the Capital city avocatparis.org
The website has a "mentions légales" for legal matters with a very succinct mention of the Loi Informatique et Libertés, "Loi n° 78-17 du 6 Janvier 1978 relative à l'informatique, aux fichiers et aux libertés
"En regard de la loi 78-17 du 6 Janvier 1978, vous disposez d'un droit d'accès et de rectification aux données personnelles vous concernant.
Il suffit d'en faire la demande à : droit_acces@avocatparis.org"
The requirements of the Article 13 GDPR are grossly missing to provide the regulatory transparency. The website lack encryption certificate as well.
As for the cookies, a banner online gives the option to accept cookies that are placed as soon as the website is accessed, So no privacy by default.
If the visitor wanted to know more, click the button 'en savoir plus' takes you to the CNIL's webpage explaining the requirements they had ignored!!
No privacy by design as there is no way to disable cookie dropping.
Lack of transparency means visitors are in total ignorance of id collected from them. no privacy on the website inform the visitors that their web browsing, IP address and other websites they will visit will be logged and shared and made accessible to other users of their electronic devices.
No consent is requested therefore no option to modulate the drop of cookies ans part of what should be privacy by default.
Being the website of the French law society, the sensitivity of the data accessed is highly concerning. The law society invites victims of domestic abuse to get information on their website trough radio advertisement. Many distressed victims will never expect surfing such a website could result in sharing their personal data for the sake of profiling and targeting.
Recently, a ranking website operating in France has been under attack by the law society. Ironically, the law society has produced a model of SAR letter for all lawyers to send to this web owners. This can be wrong from several angles, not mentioning GDPR compliance should not become an instrument of banning free speech.
Lawyers member of the bar are invited to send the letter with a copy of their ID card. Was spreading ID card to add on the publicly available data by providing further personal data. This was possibly a mistake.
On their SAR model letter, they have included an enquiry concerning the company's website compliance. This is where it becomes more interesting for our purpose. It is satisfying to notice that GDPR compliance, and more specifically data collection by the website is of concern for the law society whose biggest entity in Paris has a fully non-compliant website for months, resisting to make any amendment to complete with the regulation.
The National representation, Conseil National des Barreaux, CNB, have rushed to make their website in order, using a cookie management tool [Tarteaucitron]. However, again despite refusing tracking cookies are dropped with up to 5 years retention! Why should they need that?
The Entity repenting lawyers in the Capital city Paris, remains full of cookies, java Scripts, for detention periods far above the 13 months tolerated by the French Data Protection Authority CNIL.
Additionally, data is transferred outside the US in infringement with the ECJ decision Schrems-II since the invalidation of the Privacy Shield.
Many law firm's websites are in the same poor state. Despite the CNB having produced an exhaustive [guidance] on what should be implemented. Is this an application of the old principle "do what you are told, not what we do' ?
What are the consequences of ignoring the regulation ?
Shared liability for cookie compliance
In principle, the person setting the cookie is primarily responsible for compliance with the requirements of the cookie regulation. For third party cookies, both the online service provider and the third party have a responsibility for ensuring users are clearly informed about cookies and for obtaining consent.
>>>The UK ICO acknowledges that this is one of the most challenging areas in which to achieve compliance with PECR.
In Fashion ID ruling, the European Court of Justice has set the principle of liability of a Facebook Fan page admin for data processed by Facebook for which he could not exercice any control. This ruling can be translated an obligation for any facilitator of data processing to check their data processor and provide the necessary transparency. Therefore the owner of a website cannot simply rely on the promise of their web developper to be GDPR compliant. they have a duty to check the presence of cookies in order to provide the appropriate information and request consent before any tracking.
The Planet49 (Case C-673/17) 1 ECJ decision had applied a strict interpretation of obligations under ePrivacy and data protection legislation, not limited to personal data, prohibiting cookie walls.
The Baden-Württemberg data protection authority ('LfDI Baden-Württemberg') issued, on 9 October 2019, a statement on cookies and consent (only available in German here), following the Planet 49 Judgment. In addition, the LfDI Baden-Württemberg also released, on 29 April 2019, its frequently asked questions regarding cookies, tracking, and compliance with the GDPR (only available in German here).
We have mentioned the complaint made by Privacy International and La Quadrature du Net.
Following the ECJ decision in Max Schrems-II, Max Schrems filed 101 complaints and stated :
Guess What? Many Cookie Banners Ignore Your Wishes, So Max Schrems Goes On The GDPR Attack Again https://www.techdirt.com/articles/20191210/07425443541/guess-what-many-cookie-banners-ignore-your-wishes-so-max-schrems-goes-gdpr-attack-again.shtml
"An initial scan of 22,949 Web sites from the EU domains, as well as .org and .com, showed 1,426 that had cookie banners based on the Interactive Advertising Bureau Europe Transparency and Consent Framework, the main industry standard for this area. Of those, the team of researchers took a close look at 560 Web sites from .uk, .fr, .it, .be, .ie and .com domains to detect possible GDPR violations. Shockingly, they found four types of violations in cookie banners, across 305 Web sites — 54% of the sample:….
noyb.eu identified countless violations of European and French cookie privacy laws as CDiscount, Allociné and Vanity Fair all turn a rejection of cookies by users into a "fake consent". The privacy enforcement non-profit noyb.eu filed three formal [GDPR] complaints with the French Data Protection Authority (CNIL) today.
Up to 565 "fake consents" per user. Despite users going through the trouble of "rejecting" countless cookies on the French eCommerce page CDiscount, the movie guide Allocine.fr and the fashion magazine Vanity Fair, these webpages have sent digital signals to tracking companies claiming that users have agreed to being tracked online. CDiscount has sent "fake consent" signals to 431 tracking companies per user, Allocine to 565 and Vanity Fair to 375, as the analysis of the data flows now show.
Max Schrems with his team used the INRIA's research group tool "Cookie Glasses" to validate their findings and to file complaints to the CNIL.
Schrems points out that one company taking advantage of "fake consent" is Facebook, which is happy to place cookies after people have clearly objected to all tracking. That means the scale of the potential GDPR breach is considerable. It will be some time before CNIL hands down its decision, but based both on Schrems' track record and on the facts of the case, it seems probable that he will prevail once more. Although the initial ruling will only apply to France, it is likely to be followed by data protection authorities in other EU countries. If any of the Web sites mentioned above challenge a result that goes against them, there may be a referral to the EU's top court, whose decision will be definitive and apply across the whole region. That, in its turn, is likely to influence online privacy laws around the world, as the GDPR is already doing.
The issue of non-consistency of national DPAs
The consistency mechanism that requires a harmonious enforcement of the regulation has not been enforced by the European Data Protection Board.
Remains hopes to see the reformed privacy and electronic communication regulation or more possibly individual redress or class actions as they were introduced with the GDPR.
Real Time Biding and Brave browser ?
Johnny Ryan has been actively advocating. On 12 September 2018 a Formal GDPR complaints, accompanied by an overview of RTB that details evidence from Google and IAB technical documentation (the 'Ryan Report'), are submitted to Irish Data Protection Commission (DPC) and UK Information Commissioner's Office (ICO) by Johnny Ryan of Brave, and Jim Killock of Open Rights Group and Michael Veale of UCL. https://brave.com/rtb-updates/
We won't further develop on that subject here. You can read : Dark Patterns after the GDPR: Scraping Consent Pop-ups and Demonstrating their Influence "New consent management platforms (CMPs) have been introduced to the web to conform with the EU's General Data Protection Regulation, particularly its requirements for consent when companies collect and process users' personal data. This work analyses how the most prevalent CMP designs affect people's consent choices. "
And here a great in depth article by Marie-Claire Peroux LLM : Death of 3rd Party Cookies : Is Privacy Protection Possible For The Future AdTech In The EU ?
Time for web owners to check their websites and rethink all these third party cookies, check the retention periods, usually unlawful above 13 months maximum. Google Analytics and Facebook Connect are under the radar especially due to their Terms of use and data transfert outside the EEA.
A white collar crime high profile attorney should not use a 'Not Secure' website to invite its web users to fill in a contact form and use cookies without transparency and consent.
Further read on the ECJ decisions Planet49 and Fashion ID :
ECJ 5 June 2018 Judgment in Case C-210/16
Wirtschaftsakademie Schleswig-Holstein
Facebook Fan Page Admin
The administrator of a fan page on Facebook is jointly responsible with Facebook for the processing of data of visitors to the page
The case arised from a dispute over a German Fan Page on Facebook which used the social network to store cookies on visitors' hard drives to collect data about them. A German data protection authority ordered the operator of the fan page, an education company, to deactivate the page as visitors were not made aware of the collection of their personal data. The company argued it was not responsible for the processing of personal data by Facebook and that any action should be brought against the social network.
This ECJ ruling establish a joint controller liability between Facebook and the page's Admin meaning that owners of Facebook Fan Pages who fall within the scope of the GDPR might have to make joint controllership arrangements with Facebook to establish who is responsible for what. You can read more .
The ECJ considered that the administrator takes part in deciding what data to collect and how to process it, for example by defining a target audience and asking for demographic data or information on the lifestyles and interests of visitors to the page. Therefore it has to be held responsible for protecting visitors' personal data and cannot hide behind the social network.
The admin liability as a joint controller is engaged despite its lack of control over the data processed by Facebook,
ECJ 1 October 2019 (request for a preliminary ruling from the Bundesgerichtshof — Germany) — Bundesverband der Verbraucherzentralen und Verbraucherverbände — Verbraucherzentrale Bundesverband eV v Planet49 GmbH
(Case C-673/17) 1
[Planet49]
A lottery competition was organised requiring users to tick a box or a pre-ticked box allowing Planet49 to set cookies to track the user's behaviour online.
The German Federation of Consumer Organisations (the 'Federation') claimed that these two check-boxes did not satisfy German law requirements, and sought an injunction requiring Planet49 to cease using them. The case ultimately reached the German Federal Court of Justice (the 'Bundesgerichtshof') , which in turn referred the case to the CJEU for preliminary ruling.
Pre-ticked check-boxes authorising the use of cookies and similar technologies do not constitute valid consent under the e-Privacy Directive.
2. Where consent is required for cookies under the e-Privacy Directive, the GDPR standard of consent applies.
3. It does not matter whether the cookies constitute personal data or not – Article 5(3) of the e-Privacy Directive (i.e. the cookie consent rule) applies to any information installed or accessed from an individual's device.
4. Website users must be provided with information on the duration of the cookies, and whether third parties will have access to the cookies.
The ePrivacy Directive requires users to give active consent before cookies can be dropped on their devices, preselected tick in a box are not a "statement or clear affirmative action" as required by the General Data Protection Regulation ("GDPR").
With regard to Recital 17 of the ePrivacy Directive, combined with Recital 32 of the GDPR, "silence, pre-ticked boxes or inactivity" from being taken to constitute consent.
The Planet49 decision had applied a strict interpretation of obligations under ePrivacy and data protection legislation.
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Q: Reporting for multi-tenant web app We have a multi-tenant web-based Enterprise application using Hibernate over MySQL. We use Jasper Reports for any reports that our customers require, but now we also need to offer ad-hoc reporting so that Users can run their own queries.
How have others accomplished this?
I am thinking that I can either:

*

*Provide a full export in excel or xml
format where I hydrate the entities so that any @ManyToOne is replaced with the toString() of that entity. This would be so that the data actually makes sense to the user rather than a whole lot of foreign key IDs.

*Let them run SQL against a database copy. Ensure that every table has a
TENANT_ID, let them access the
database copy but append the ID to
every query behind the scenes. I could even ensure that this database copy only had their data in it. Sort of defeats the whole multi-tenant approach though.

A: How complex will those user queries be? Arbitrary SQL? Or can you get by using HQL or Criteria (and what I really mean by this is you'll let users define some sort of QBE in UI but you'll be the one building the actual query)? In the latter case filters might help quite a bit too.
I wouldn't bother with (1) unless query results are always plain lists. You can represent hierarchies / relationships in XML but I doubt your users would appreciate this as they'd have to process it. And toString() approach is pretty much guaranteed to backfire because different users are bound to be interested in different renderings of the same object (e.g. if you return list of As which are linked to Bs, user1 would want different outcome from B.toString()  then user2).
(2) should work if you truly need arbitrary SQL queries. Depending on how complex your database is and how many users you have, you may be able to get by with creating views (per user) instead of actual database copies.

A: I have the same problem and am thinking (hard) about implementing a custom ODBC driver that "hides" the multi-tenancy. Check out Data Direct OpenSDK ODBC...
http://www.datadirect.com/products/odbc/index.ssp

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What is a Regional Commission?
A Regional Commission is a multi-county planning and development organization that partners with local governments in their planning and development efforts and can also serve as a service delivery organization. RC's often constitute the local and regional layers of Georgia's "bottom-up" planning philosophy. Regional Commissions are owned and operated by the local governments that they serve.
How were Georgia's Regional Commissions created?
Georgia was one of the first states in the country to allow local governments to voluntarily join together and assess themselves local dues for the hiring of professional staffs for their mutual benefit. These organizations were first known as Area Planning and Development Commissions (APDCs). The Georgia Planning Act of 1989 reconstituted the APDCs as Regional Development Centers, and gave them responsibility for developing, promoting and assisting in the establishment of coordinated and comprehensive planning in the state, and with assisting local governments with preparing and implementing comprehensive regional plans in an orderly process so as to develop and promote the essential public interests of Georgia and its citizens. The most recent change was to pass the legislation to enable the RDC to become Regional Commissions thus giving them the ability to provide direct services to the local governments in their perspective regions.
Does a Regional Commission constitute a separate layer of government?
No. By definition, Regional Commissions are organizations created to serve their member local governments. They depend on a variety of funding sources and have no taxing, legislative or regulatory authority.
How are Regional Commissions funded?
RC's are funded by per capita dues from their member local governments. These funds then become "seed" funds often used to multiply available resources by matching federal and state contract funds. Some RC's generate additional funds through user fees for preparation and administration of some grants and special projects.
While local units of government are the driving entities of each RC's program of work, an RC is often mandated to carry out certain efforts in order to receive federal and state funds. Local governments determine the final program of work by approving a slate of projects and programs that include locally requested projects as well as these state and federal programs. An Annual Work Program is adopted by the RC's Council in concert with the annual budget.
What types of contracts do Regional Commissions receive and from what types of agencies?


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After much speculation about the device, Amazon made it official and announced the Fire Phone at a press event in Seattle Wednesday. The device is much more impressive than anyone had speculated. Beyond the 3D interface, there are some serious features in the Fire Phone.
Simple enough, the Amazon Fire Phone comes with unlimited photo storage on Amazon Cloud Drive.
Quad-core Qualcomm Snapdragon 2.2 GHz processor and 2GB RAM for excellent fluidity and image rendering.
4.7-inch HD display with an ambient light sensor and Dynamic Image Contrast that delivers better outdoor viewing.
Global LTE and connectivity with nine bands of LTE, four bands of GSM, five bands of UMTS for better voice coverage and faster data speeds, 802.11ac support, Wi-Fi channel bonding, NFC, and Bluetooth.
Dual stereo speakers with Dolby Digital Plus for a virtual surround sound experience.
The Fire Phone will ship on July 25, and will be exclusive to AT&T. A 32GB Fire Phone will be available for $199 and a 64GB Fire Phone will be $299, both with new 2-year contracts. There will most certainly be more news coming out in the next several days. We will keep you posted.


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The "Game Of Thrones" actress appears in the "Rescue Dog Rescue" bit.
by Brian Cantor Apr 5, 2019, 3:18 pm
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Update: Three nights after appearing as an interview guest, Emilia Clarke appeared as a segment guest on "The Late Show With Stephen Colbert."
The "Game Of Thrones" actress appeared in "Rescue Dog Rescue" on Friday's episode.
A video of the appearance and photos from the taping follow:
The Late Show with Stephen Colbert and guest Emilia Clarke during Friday's April 5, 2019 show. Photo: Scott Kowalchyk/CBS ©2019 CBS Broadcasting Inc. All Rights Reserved.
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This Tuesday, Emilia Clarke appeared as an interview guest on "The Late Show With Stephen Colbert."
Friday, she appears for a comedy bit.
The actress participates in a "Game Of Thrones"-themed edition of the show's recurring "Rescue Dog Rescue" segment. The appearance offers further promotion for the April 14 "GoT" season premiere.
Friday's "Late Show" also features appearances by Hank Azaria and Henry Louis Gates, Jr. It will air at 11:35PM ET/PT on CBS.
In advance of the broadcast, the network shared a collection of photos from the taping.
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A London man was sentenced for assaulting and attempting to rob a Georgetown student he forced into his car and drove around to banks and stores in an attempt to get cash one year ago.
WASHINGTON — A London man was sentenced for assaulting and attempting to rob a Georgetown student he forced into his car and drove around to banks and stores in an attempt to get cash one year ago.
On Tuesday, 35-year-old Paolo Aldorasi was sentenced to 24 months in prison, with all but 11 months of that time suspended. Because Aldorasi already has been incarcerated for 11 months, he now faces deportation back to London.
Also, Aldorasi was ordered to be placed on five years of probation. During that time, the judge barred him from the United States.
On Jan. 26, 2017, prosecutors said Aldorasi, who was visiting D.C., approached the student on a street near the Georgetown campus and forced him into his SUV. He asked the student for $2,800 and ordered that he not to answer his phone, according to court documents.
Prosecutors said the student spoke limited English.
Aldorasi drove the student to four ATMs in D.C. in unsuccessful attempts to withdraw cash, according to court documents. Aldorasi then drove the student to a jewelry store in Chevy Chase, Maryland, where he tried to buy a $6,678 bracelet, and a Best Buy near Tenleytown, where he tried to buy an $845 iPhone 7 plus, prosecutors said. The student's debit card was declined during both attempted purchases.
After the last failed attempt, Aldorasi finally let the victim go. The ordeal lasted about two hours.
The FBI arrested Aldorasi in Seattle in late February. Authorities said they tracked him to the West Coast in part through this public social media postings. He has been in custody ever since.
Aldorasi pleaded guilty in November 2017 to assault with intent to commit robbery as part of a plea agreement under which prosecutors agreed to drop a federal kidnapping charge.


In addition to our classic Sweet Cinnamon Twisted Torizoné breadsticks, we're excited to add more sweetness to our savoury menu.
We opened our 8th store in Toronto at Jarvis and Bloor today. Situated close to the Church and Wellesley area (just south of Bloor St.E), we can't wait to spread more #pizzalove around Toronto!
We're proud to be sponsoring the HoHoTO holiday fundraiser for the 3rd year in a row! This year, we're excited to fuel the best party of the season and have a special photo booth set up for super fun cheesy photo taking with your friends!
The BC Youth Coding Event is a multi-city event hosted in celebration of the Hour Of Code, a global computer science and digital literacy awareness campaign. During Computer Science Week four major cities in BC (Victoria, Vancouver, Kelowna and Prince George) will host a half day tutorial where up to 100 students in each community, between the ages 8 to 18, will get together to learn how to code for free. All that learning will definitely build up an appetite, so we'll be hooking up all the students and volunteers with fresh pizza and organic juice to get them through the day!


Camping Ettelbrück is situated on a hill next to a residential area, a 15-minute walk away from the vibrant town centre. An excellent starting point from which to explore the Luxembourg Ardennes!
The reception and other central facilities such as the sanitary facilities and the playground are located at the entrance of the camping site. You will immediately notice the beautiful view. There is a small restaurant at the reception with a large terrace, serving vegetarian and regional dishes. You can also buy fresh bread here in the mornings. The grounds are full of trees and bushes. The caravans and tents are situated on grass pitches. You will also find four safari tents on the grounds. There are two shower blocks, which include sanitary facilities for the disabled, a drying area and a baby room.
The camping site is very popular with hikers and people looking for peace and quiet. Young families like to come here as well, because of facilities such as the playground.
The camping site is convivial and welcoming. There is a communal herb and vegetable garden, and games are available on loan at the small library. A small-scale entertainment programme is also available for all ages, and you can take part in organised day trips. For shopping and groceries, you can visit Ettelbruck which is accessible either on foot or by bus (the bus stops in front of the camping site).
This inspector visits Campsite Ettelbrück every year and inspects the campsite on the basis of more than 200 amenities and other points of interest. The inspector is an ACSI staff member and does not work for the campsite.
Would you like to book Campsite Ettelbrück or request more information? You can do both using the information below.
In Ettelbrück town centre take the N15 to Wiltz/Bastogne. Follow the camping signs 300m on the left. Coming from Wiltz turn right before the centre.
ACSI Eurocampings will send your information request to "Campsite Ettelbrück".


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Guaranteed 80mph – Chrysler Imperial 80
A year after founding Chrysler in 1925 and launching the first Chrysler cars Walter P Chrysler moved into the prestige segment of the automobile market occupied by Cadillac and Lincoln.
The Chrysler Imperial 80 was first shown at the 1926 New York Show, the 80 signifying that the car was guaranteed to reach 80 mph.
To meet the guaranteed top speed the Imperial was fitted with a 4.7 litre / 288 cui straight 6 which produced 92 horsepower, enough to propel the car from rest to 60 mph in less than 20 seconds with a gearbox that featured only 3 forward speeds.
The first generation Imperial was offered with a variety of bodies that included; roadster with rumble seat, four-seat coupé, five-passenger sedan or phaeton, and a seven-passenger limousine.
Motor cycle racer and later publisher Floyd Clymer drove a Chrysler Imperial 80 in 1926 from Denver to Kansas in just under 14 hours to average just over 51 mph over 700 miles, astonishing given that only 200 miles of the route was on paved roads.
The first generation Chrysler Imperial remained in production until 1930 by which time a four speed transmission was available.
The Imperial 80 Roadster seen in these photo's taken at last years Classic Run in Chipping Sodbury was first registered in the UK on the 23rd of October 1926.
Thanks for joining me on this "Guaranteed 80mph" edition of "Gettin' a li'l psycho on tyres" I hope you will join me again tomorrow. Don't forget to come back now !
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Classic Run – Chipping Sodbury
Today's visit to Chipping Sodbury looks at a selection of the British vehicles taking part in the Classic Run.
My friend Spence, who was the navigator in this 1972 Hillman Super Imp, advised me the event was happening.
The unadulterated Chipping Sodbury sunshine really set off the metallic Green paint work on this 1955 Bristol 405.
Motorsport in this country would come to a stand still without volunteer marshals and one of the most avid I have come across is called Mark Benstock, who most weekends can be found marshaling at a sprint or rally almost anywhere in the UK. During a rare weekend off he took his 1976 Daimler Sovereign 4.2 for a spin on a busman's holiday as travelling marshal for the event.
To celebrate the Le Mans Victories in 1988 of the Tom Walkinshaw Racing Jaguars in 1988 and 1990 JaguarSport produced a limited edition of 280 'Celebration Le Mans' models, like the one above, with US spec round head lights, upgraded V12 motor and suspension along with an id plate on the door tread showing the model number. Coincidentally this car is up for sale on e-bay, usual disclaimers apply.
When I arrived at Chipping Sodbury a call went out on the tanoy for a volunteer to take a ride in this 1989 Rolls Royce Corniche Silver Spirit II, unfortunately I had prior commitments but if I go again I'll make sure I have the afternoon free.
Wrapping up the event on the road was this delightful 1982 Austin Allegro 3 HL, a design that was hampered by some early 1970's in house dogma that dictated it should not be available as a hatchback. The Allegro 3 was replaced in 1983 with the Austin Maestro hatchback.
Thanks for joining me on this Classic Run edition of "Gettin' a li'l psycho on tyres" I hope you will join me again tomorrow for Americana Thusday which will be coming from Yate. Don't forget to come back now !
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Exécuter Classique – Chipping Sodbury
This weeks French themed blog returns to Chipping Sodbury for a look at some of the cars from our the land of our closest neighbours.
Donnet is not a manufacturer I recall coming accross before by 1927 the company was based in Paris and this is a 1927 G2 Torpedo Lux model that on the evidence of the tax discs on display was imported new into the UK.
The occupants of this 1953 750 cc / 41.5 cui "La Motte de beurre" Renault 4cv got right into the spirit of their cars cultural heritage and dressed in stripey Bretton shirts and bore strings of garlic.
Launched in 1967 to replace the Citroën 2CV which dated back to 1948, the production of nearly one and a half million Citroën Dyanes came to a stop in 1983, while production of the 2CV carried on until 1990. The Dyane 6 seen here was built in 1979.
The Citroën CX was launched in 1974 and the following year it was voted European Car of the Year. This is a range topping Gti Turbo model built in 1985, six years before production of nearly 1.2 million CXs came to a halt.
Described by one esteemed journalist as "ruthlessly practical", for me an ex multiple Citroën 2CV6 owner, they never fail bring a smile to my face when ever I them. Back in the day whenever I was on holiday in France I made a point of spending at least one afternoon in a scrap yard looking for 1960's 2CV aluminium grills of the type seen on this 1987 example, if I could find enough of them in an afternoon the profit would usually cover my petrol costs for the whole journey.
Voted third in the 1999 Classic & Sports Car 'Car of the Century' pole the Citroën DS went into production in 1955 and came to an end 1.5 million units later in 1975.
Thanks for joining me on this "Exécuter Classique" edition of "Gettin' a li'l psycho on tyres" I hope you will join me again tomorrow when I'll be looking at some of the British cars on the Chipping Sodbury Classic Run. Don't forget to come back now !
This entry was posted in Uncategorized and tagged 2CV6, 4CV, Chipping Sodbury, Citroen, Classic Run, Colmar, CX, Donnet, DS, Dyane, G20 Torpedo, GALPOT, Ralph, Renault on July 15, 2014 by Ralph.
Classic Run Americana – Chipping Sodbury
Just over a week ago a friend mentioned he was taking part in the Chipping Sodbury Classic (Car) Run and I thought it would be fun to pop over to see what was happening.
There were a trio of Chryslers taking part two late twenties, E80 convertibles and this 1930 77 Royale Coupé a vehicle spold on it's superior engineering which included standard "weatherproof hydraulics" for the braking system and came in without extra's at $1725.
By 1937 US cars were displaying a good deal more Art Deco style than they had been just seven years earlier, an Oldsmobile Six also known as as an F37 and also "The Four Door Touring Sedan, a vehicle in US culture by the 1983 low budget made for TV production of "A Christmas Story" which was declared to be "culturally, historically, and aesthetically significant" by the U.S. Library of Congress and selected for preservation in the National Film Registry.
In 1942 Hudson was ordered to stop making vehicles for civilian use in order to contribute to the war effort. On the 30th of August 1945 Hudson resumed civilian vehicle manufacture with the mildly face lifted Hudson Commodore 8 at the top of it's range. The convertible seen above is a 1947 model which was replaced by a completely new design in 1948.
Inspired by the F-100 Super Sabre Jet fighter Ford changed the name of it's second generation F Series pickup from F1 to F100, the example above was built in 1955 and is powered by a 4.7 litre 286 cui motor.
Today's tenuous link brings together the Hudson Commodore 8 convertible and the Ford Mustang. One of the team who contributed to the design of the pre war Hudson Commodore 8 was Elizabeth Ann Thatcher who left Hudson in 1941 when she married Cadillac designer Joe Oros who went on to become head of the design team at Ford that created the Mustang. The example seen above is a second generation model built in '67.
Today's final featured vehicle is a 1972 Pontiac Le Mans sport convertible with a GTO options including a rare spoiler on the boot / trunk lid. The reason the spoiler is rare is because soon after production of the accessory started the mould broke and the item was subsequently deleted from the options list.
Thanks for joining me on this "Classic Run Americana" edition of "Gettin' a li'l psycho on tyres" I hope you will join me again tomorrow when I'll be looking at some Ferraris at the recent San Marino Motor Classic. Don't forget to come back now !
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13.06.1944 831st Bomb Squadron (H) B-24H 42-52709 'Gawgia Peach', 2nd.Lt. Herbert F. Frels
Operation: München (Munich), Germany
Date: 13th June 1944 (Tuesday)
Unit: 485th Bombardment Group (H), 831st Bombardment Squadron (H), 15th Air Force
Type: B-24H
Serial No: 42-52709 Gawgia Peach
Code:-
Location: Near Sillertshausen, Germany
Base: Venosa, Italy
Pilot: 2nd.Lt. Herbert Finley Frels DFC. O-816453 AAF Age 22. PoW *
Co Pilot: 2nd.Lt. Dennis Harold Griggs O-705120 AAF Age 22. Survived (1)
Navigator: 2nd.Lt. Donald H. Vincent O-712431 AAF Age 24. Killed
Bombardier: 2nd.Lt. Chester David Cram Jr. O-703030 AAF Age 23. PoW **
Radio/Op: S/Sgt. Richard Barnes 19093897 AAF Age? PoW Unknown Camp
Engineer: T/Sgt. Francis A. Winner 15125917 AAF Age 32. PoW ***
Nose Turret: Sgt. Robert H. Boynton 16031893 AAF Age? Survived (1)
Upper Turret: Pvt. Thearon Ott Ivy 18200511 AAF Age 22. Survived (2)
Ball Turret: Pvt. John Warren Krueger 36819852 AAF Age 21. PoW ****
Right Waist: S/Sgt. Barnes also manned this position
Left Waist: T/Sgt. Winner also manned this position
Tail: Pvt. Donald William Martin 37499866 AAF Age 21. PoW ****
The B-24 had 12 crew positions. Crew complements evolved during the war and generally comprised 9 personnel who were typically, but not always, Pilot, Co-Pilot, Bombardier, Navigator, Flight Engineer/Top Turret Gunner, Radio Operator/Waist Gunner, Nose Gunner, Ball Turret Gunner, Waist Gunner, Tail Gunner.
* Stalag Luft 1 Barth-Vogelsang, today situated in the state of Mecklenburg-Vorpommern, Germany.
** Stalag 7a Moosburg, Bavaria (Work Camp 3324-46 Krumbachstraße and Work Camp 3368 Munich)
*** Stalag 9C Bad Sulza Saxe-Weimar
**** Stalag Luft 4 Gross-Tychow, Pomerania, Prussia now Poland (Moved from Stalag Luft 6 Heydekrug. Moved to Wöbbelin near Ludwigslust and then to Usedom near Swinemünde)
Back L to R: 2nd.Lt. Cram Jr., 2nd.Lt. Vincent, 2nd.Lt. Griggs, 2nd.Lt. Frels; Front L to R: Pvt. Krueger, Sgt. Boynton, S/Sgt. Barnes, Pvt. Martin, Pvt. Ivy, T/Sgt. Winners (This image was found on FindAGrave)
On the morning of the 13th June 1944 at 06:03 hrs B-24H 42-52709 Gawgia Peach was one of 38 B-24s that took off from Venosa in Italy to bomb the ordnance depot at Milbertshofen north of Munich, Germany.
The Gawgia Peach was the last aircraft in the high box of the second wave and was in formation during the bomb run and when the formation started the homebound leg of the mission. The Gawgia Peach was last seen near Anzing in Germany but straggling behind the formation and being attacked by German fighters. There were no witnesses to observe when the aircraft left the formation and it was only when the rest of the aircraft landed back at Venosa that the Gawgia Peach was discovered to be missing.
An Oberfeldwebel (Flt.Sgt.) Westerhoff from 2./ZG-76, flying a Bf-110, claimed a B-24 in the Freising/München region on this day at about 10:04 hrs (local) (OKL Fighter Claims; Reich, West & Südfront)
2nd.Lt. Frels, believing that there were still crew aboard the Gawgia Peach, crash landed the aircraft in a field near Sillertshausen at about 11:00 hrs. He and 2nd.Lt. Cram, who had parachuted down near the aircraft crash, were captured shortly afterwards and were taken to the General Hospital in Freising for treatment for the injuries they had sustained.
It is believed that the Distinguished Flying Cross (DFC) was awarded to 2nd.Lt. Frels for this action. However, to date, it has not been possible to find the citation for the award of the DFC.
S/Sgt. Barnes was captured by the police at Oberhaindlfing, about 3 km SSW of the crash site, and transferred to Stalag Moosburg and from there to Oberursel. S/Sgt. Martin was captured near Seysdorf, some 2 km NNE of the crash site, at about 10:30 hrs. Pvt. Krueger was captured by the Gendarmerie (Rural Police) near Mainburg, some 13 km NNE of the crash site, a day later on the 14th June 1944 at about 14:00 hrs. He was transferred to Straubing, some 65 km NE of Mainburg, by truck on the 15th June 1944 at 13:44 hrs.
It was established that 2nd.Lt. Vincent had bailed out of the aircraft but was killed when his parachute failed to open. His body was identified by Pvt. Martin.
Anecdotal information from the Individual Casualty Questionnaires (ICQ) speculated that 2nd.Lt.Griggs, Sgt. Boynton and Pvt. Ivy were either killed in the aircraft or by hostile action after being captured.
(1) After hostilities ceased a Military Government Court was convened at Dachau, sitting from the 10th to 26th June 1946. The Court considered itself legally convened as a General Military Government Court and entered this in the trial record. However, during the Review process only an order convening this court as an Intermediate Court could be found. This led to all sentences being lowered on Review to 10 years imprisonment which was the maximum an Intermediate Court could impose.
A total of eleven German nationals were variously charged on two counts that they did, at or near Attenkirchen, Germany, on or about the 13th June 1944, wilfully, deliberately and wrongfully encourage, aid, abet and participate in the killing of two unidentified members of the United States Army who were then and there unarmed, surrendered PoWs in the custody of the then German Reich.
Those charged on both counts were a Maximilian Herrmann, a former SA-(Sturmabteilung) Sturmführer (Junior officer) and a member of the Nazi party; Hans Staudinger the former Kreisgeschäftsführer (Manager of the party's county office) and the deputy to Villechner (see 3), and a member of the Nazi party; Johann Heilmeyer the former chauffeur to Kreisleiter Villechner and a member of the Nazi party; Josef von der Grün the former Chief of Gendarmerie (Rural police) and a former Nazi Blockleiter (Block leader: responsible for political supervision of a neighborhood); Hans Lechner a former SA-Standartenführer (Col.) and the former Bürgermeister (Mayor) of Freising.
Additionally charged on the first count was Franz Xaver Friedel a former Leutnant der Gendarmerie (Lt. in the Rural Police) and Heinrich Heidenreich who was acquitted. Additionally charged on the second count were Theresa Gebhardt the former local Frauenschaft (Nazi woman's league) leader, Korbinian Kaindl, the former Ortsgruppenleiter (leader of the local party group) at Hemhausen, who was acquitted and Else Kreis who was cited but not tried.
The court heard that before midday on the day in question and after an air raid on Munich three or more American airmen parachuted from an aircraft in the vicinity of Sillertshausen, in the district of Freising.
On the first count of the charge it was alleged that an airman was taken into custody by Anton Wimmer, a member of the Luftwaffe, at about 1030 hours. At nearby Hirnkirchen the airman was turned over to a man named Bauer who was a member of the Volkssturm (Home Guard). He had been instructed by a Bürgermeister Hagel to take him to Attenkirchen. En route, near Sillertshausen, Bauer was stopped by Staudinger, Herrmann and a man named Karl who then took the airman away. Staudinger then ordered Herrmann and Karl to take the airman toward a nearby woods. About 15 minutes later two shots were fired and the airman collapsed.
Both men returned to Staudinger and one of them said "It has been done" after which they left the scene of the shooting and started out in the direction of the aircraft crash site. There they were joined by a group consisting of Villechner, Friedel, Kaindl and other unnamed individuals. Villechner and some of the others walked over to view the body of the airman and found him writhing in pain on the ground from a gunshot wound to the neck. Friedel, at the direction of Villechner, ordered von der Grün and a man named Kress, a member of the SD (Sicherheitsdienst = Security service of the SS) to carry the airman to some nearby woods. Von der Grün then returned to keep people away. Villechner borrowed a pistol from one of the others in the group and fired a shot into the airman killing him.
It is not known why the man named Karl, who was clearly implicated in the shooting of the airman, was not before the court.
On the second count of the charge it was alleged that another airman was taken into custody and transported to the police station in Attenkirchen and locked in a cell sometime between 10:30 and 11:00 hrs on the day in question. At about 14:00 hrs the same day Villechner, Herrmann, Staudinger, von der Grün, Heidenreich, Lechner and other unnamed individuals assembled in the apartment above the police station which was maintained by Gebhardt. Heilmeyer remained with Villechner's car. The group discussed the killing of the first airman as well as the prospective killing of the airman in the cells below. Villechner ordered Staudinger to go downstairs and kill the airman. Staudinger went down to Heilmeyer and sent him to borrow a hammer from the post office. On his return Staudinger broke open the cell door and assaulted the airman with the hammer. A short while later some of the group came down from the apartment and Villechner ordered Heilmeyer to race the engine of the car whilst others assaulted the airman. Villechner then ordered Staudinger to give Herrmann a pistol which he used to fire two shots into the airman killing him.
The court found Herrmann and Staudinger guilty on both counts, and they were sentenced to death. The death sentence was reduced to 10 years imprisonment commencing on the 26th June 1946. However, both were executed on the 5th December 1947 for other crimes.
Heilmeyer was found guilty on both counts and sentenced to life imprisonment. The life sentence was reduced to 10 years commencing on the 26th June 1946. He was released in January 1952.
Von der Grün was found guilty on the first count and not guilty on the second. He was sentenced to 2 years imprisonment commencing on the 27th May 1945. The final disposition of his sentence is unknown.
Lechner was found guilty on both counts and sentenced to 7 years imprisonment. Upon review the sentence for the first count was disapproved and the second reduced to 4 years commencing on the 7th May 1945. The final disposition of his sentence is unknown.
Friedel was found guilty on the first count and sentenced to 7 years imprisonment, commencing on the 25th January 1946. He died in prison from a heart attack on the 25th May 1948.
Gebhardt was found guilty on the second count and sentenced to life imprisonment which was changed to 10 years commencing on the 26th June 1946. According to Heinrich Pflanz, Der Spöttinger Friedhof, P. 176, she was released from Landsberg Prison in 1952 and died a few years later.
According to German researcher Marcus Siebler, the airman murdered near the aircraft crash was Sgt. Robert H. Boynton and the airman murdered in the police cell was 2nd.Lt. Dennis Harold Griggs.
(2) German documents recorded that Pvt. Ivy was shot on the Langenbach-Moosburg road on the 17th June 1944 while allegedly attempting to escape.
According to German researcher Marcus Siebler, Pvt. Ivy had been in hiding for 3 days after the crash before he finally surrendered to a farmer in Geierlambach near Kirchdorf. After the Nazi administration of Freising became aware of the airman he was shot by an unknown perpetrator or perpetrators. No trial proceedings pertaining to this murder have been found.
(3) Hans-Rupert Villechner, who was also cited in another war crime, was removed by a Nazi party court from the office of Kreisleiter due to his involvement in the murder of a foreign worker, and in due course was drafted as a soldier. At the end of the war he was captured by US forces but by faking his identity he was released. Since he was on the American wanted list, he and his family spent the next five years incognito living in the Soviet Occupation Zone and in the British Zone, in Oldenburg. He turned himself in to the authorities in 1951. A first trial which ended in a prison sentence was overturned on appeal, and in a fresh trial he was acquitted due to lack of evidence. He also had to face the Denazification Court which classified him as "incriminated". On appeal, he managed to get this lowered to "less incriminated" in 1955, thanks to a number of "Persilscheine" (*) and to the general reluctance of witnesses to testify.
(*) "Persilschein" (=Persil certificate) being the mocking German expression for statements, affidavits etc. used to 'wash white' a person accused of being a Nazi.
Located at Sillertshausen, near Freising, Bavaria, Germany (Courtesy: Ditmar A. Sachse)
After the crash of a US bomber on 13th June 1944 near this place,
the following members of the crew were killed by NSDAP officials:
Second Lieutenant DENNIS H. GRIGGS from Texas
Staff Sergeant ROBERT W. BOYNTON from Illinois
Private THEARON O. IVY from Texas
Killed in a parachute jump:
Second Lieutenant DONALD H. VINCENT from Massachusetts
Erected in their memory June 2012
Three of the recovered bodies were found to have been buried in the Cemetery at Hochmutting near Oberschleißheim on the 15th June 1944 at about 17:00 hrs. 2nd.Lt. Vincent was buried in the Cemetery at Au i.d. Hallertau.
Above: 2nd.Lt. Griggs. (This image was found on FindAGrave)
2nd.Lt. Dennis Harold Griggs. Repatriated and buried at the Mount Olivet Cemetery at Forth Worth, Texas on the 29th June 1949. Born on the 6th June 1922. Son to Brice E. and Pearl (née Webb) Griggs of Fort Worth, Texas, USA.
2nd.Lt. Donald H. Vincent. Air Medal, Purple Heart. Initially interred in the Lorraine American Cemetery, St. Avold, Block EE, Row 11, Grave 255 and relocated to Block F, Row 6, Grave 31. Born in 1910. Son to Albert B. and Florence (née Benedict) Vincent of Springfield, Massachusetts, USA.
Above: Sgt. Boynton (Credit: Chard - FindAGrave)
Sgt. Robert W. Boynton. Repatriated and buried at the Spring Lake Cemetery, Aurora, Illinois, Plot PW-48. Son to Harold D. Boynton of Aurora, Illinois, USA.
Above: Pvt. Ivy. (Credit: Rhoda Schmidt - FindAGrave)
Pvt. Thearon Ott Ivy. Repatriated and buried at the Bethel Cemetery, Mason County, Texas. Born on the 22nd August 1921. Son to James Ott and Mary E. (née Murray) Ivy of Owens, Texas, USA.
Researched by Ralph Snape and Traugott Vitz for Aircrew Remembered and dedicated to the relatives of this crew with additional thanks to Traugott for his work on the 'VitzArchive'.
This report is based largely on a documentary by Marcus Siebler from Gerolsbach, Bavaria which the author kindly made available, and on German newspaper reports on screenings of this documentary in the towns around the crime scene.
RS & TV 05.04.2021 - Correction to Stalag Luft 1 description
Acknowledgments: Sources used by us in compiling Archive Reports include: Bill Chorley - 'Bomber Command Losses Vols. 1-9, plus ongoing revisions', Dr. Theo E.W. Boiten and Mr. Roderick J. Mackenzie - 'Nightfighter War Diaries Vols. 1 and 2', Martin Middlebrook and Chris Everitt - 'Bomber Command War Diaries', Commonwealth War Graves Commission, Tom Kracker - Kracker Luftwaffe Archives, Michel Beckers, Major Fred Paradie (RCAF) and MWO François Dutil (RCAF) - Paradie Archive (on this site), Jean Schadskaje, Major Jack O'Connor USAF (Retd.), Robert Gretzyngier, Wojtek Matusiak, Waldemar Wójcik and Józef Zieliński - 'Ku Czci Połeglyçh Lotnikow 1939-1945', Archiwum - Polish Air Force Archive (on this site), Anna Krzystek, Tadeusz Krzystek - 'Polskie Siły Powietrzne w Wielkiej Brytanii', Franek Grabowski, Norman L.R. Franks 'Fighter Command Losses', Aircrew Remembered Databases and our own archives. We are grateful for the support and encouragement of CWGC, UK Imperial War Museum, Australian War Memorial, Australian National Archives, New Zealand National Archives, UK National Archives and Fold3 and countless dedicated friends and researchers across the world.
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Arsene Wenger has admitted Alexis Sanchez could leave Arsenal 'in the next 48 hours' but he will be replaced if that does happen.
Wenger insisted Sanchez did not refuse to play in Sunday's 2-1 Premier League defeat at Bournemouth, though the Chile striker did not travel to the south coast.
Wenger believes Sanchez could even yet still stay at Arsenal, even though he has refused to sign a new contract, with his current deal expiring in the summer.
Wenger confirmed he has received assurances from Arsenal's board that Sanchez will be replaced if he leaves, with Manchester United appearing ready to pip Manchester City to the 29-year-old's signature.
"Alexis would have played," said Wenger, after Arsenal leaked two goals in five minutes to slip to defeat. Alexis would have played, but it's a difficult period for him.
"He's always been committed until now but he could have gone yesterday and he could go in the next 48 hours. It was difficult for him because he was on standby. That's why I decided not to do it. He did not refuse to play."


While the final chapter of how the Central Division was won likely will be written during the Blackhawks' last games of the regular season, the plot already has begun to thicken with the halfway mark looming.
The Hawks are in the midst of a stretch of nine of 11 games against division opponents and how they come out of it could go a long way toward determining where they stand when the dust settles in April.
"Whether it's April, the start of the season, or now, you want to make sure you take advantage of a division game," Hawks winger Patrick Sharp said before the Hawks' 2-0 loss to the Avalanche on Tuesday night at the United Center.