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Lindy Hemming's Bond: The Sartorial Traditionalist
In the Connery, Lazenby and Moore years, James Bond dressed in a style that came very much out of the 1960s. The prewar standards in menswear had been relaxed, and Bond broke protocols that many well-dressed men today still believe should be followed.
When Pierce Brosnan took on the role of James Bond in 1994, fashions had changed from the previous Bonds. Many of the 1990s men's fashions recalled men's fashions from the 1940s, sometimes called the 'golden age of menswear', in many ways. For suits, the longer lengths, three-button fronts and lower gorges on the jackets and pleated trousers were standard in both eras. Art deco tie patterns were back. Boys could dress like their fathers, who could dress like their fathers, and none of them would look out of place.
Costume designer Lindy Hemming entered the Bond series for GoldenEye and would go on to dress Pierce Brosnan for all four of his Bond films and Daniel Craig for Casino Royale. Hemming was a traditionalist who showed respect to classic men's style through her costumes. Though she looked at Connery's Bond for inspiration, there's an older inspiration that comes through in her clothes. She wanted Bond's style to look timelessly elegant in the same way that Cary Grant's and Gary Cooper's still do today.
The fashions of the past decade are the opposite of the 1990s fashions in many ways. The fit has gone in the other direction, being very tight instead of very full. While Brosnan's clothes in the 1990s have a full fit, they never look baggy. They drape elegantly, recalling how the Hollywood stars of the 1940s dressed. Brosnan's style will stand the test of time, just as style of the 1940s does. Draped clothing may look old-fashioned when other fashions are in vogue, but it will always look elegant.
Hemming brought the classic three-piece suit looks from the 1980s Bond films in the 1990s. Three-piece suits were standard before World War II, and Hemming brought Bond closer to that older standard. Brosnan wore a three-piece suit beautifully, and he would sometimes layer an overcoat on top of his three-piece suit for an especially grand look. The double-breasted fawn-coloured coat in Tomorrow Never Dies has a particularly 1940s look thanks to the double-breasted closure and the colour. Brioni made three three-piece suits for Brosnan to wear in GoldenEye, though he only wore one suit with a waistcoat. Hemming used the three-piece suit to signify that Daniel Craig was a mature James Bond at the end of Casino Royale. She understood its power and used it well.
Following tradition, Brosnan frequently wears oxfords with his suits instead of Lazenby's, Moore's and Dalton's slip-ons or Connery's boots. Oxfords are the most traditional shoe to wear with a suit, while traditionalists feel that any kind of slip-on is too casual to wear with a suit. Brosnan's oxfords were usually in the semi-brogue and full-brogue styles, which have an added weight that balances his full-cut trousers. However, some traditionalists feel that full brogues are too sporty for a city suit, though the combination was popular in the 1990s.
Hemming set a new standard for Bond's shirts to have double cuffs and cufflinks. Before Hemming, Bond saved cufflinks for his dressiest outfits and wore shirts with cocktail cuffs or regular button cuffs with suits. Only in Goldfinger did Bond previous wear double cuffs with his suits. Hemming gave Bond the classic elegance of cufflinks with most of his suits.
Hemming dressed Brosnan and Craig in the most traditional black tie ensembles. For Brosnan's first two films, she put Brosnan in low-cut evening waistcoats that matched his dinner suits, the only times that Bond wore three-piece dinner suits. The low-cut evening waistcoat, originally from full evening dress (white tie), was common for black tie from its inception in the Victorian era until World War II. Before GoldenEye, Bond never wore one. It was a traditional four-button model with silk satin lapels. Tomorrow Never Dies is the second and last time Bond wore a waistcoat with his dinner suit. This time Hemming looked to rarer vintages style, and she chose a five-button double-breasted model—with the buttons in a V-formation—that's usually worn with morning dress but cut it lower. Hemming reverted to Bond's usual method of no evening waist-covering for Brosnan's last two films and for Casino Royale.
Hemming broke Bondian tradition to follow 'proper' black tie tradition in the shirts. British tradition accepted regular buttons down the front of evening shirts by the time Sean Connery started as Bond in 1962, but traditionalists still insist that the shirt fronts have studs, or at the very least, a fly front that covers the the buttons. Exposed buttons were not to be done. So Hemming always had Bond wearing evening shirts with mother-of-pearl studs—in Tomorrow Never Dies and The World Is Not Enough—or a fly front—in GoldenEye, Die Another Day and Casino Royale. Bond's evening shirts always had buttons until 1989's Licence to Kill, where Bond first wears studs, for the only time in black onyx.
Tangentially related to the topic of this article, The Bond Experience published a wonderful interview with costume designer Lindy Hemming last month that is a must-see!
Lindy Hemming
A Tattered Tee and Gym Shorts for Fishing in No Time to Die
A Casual Linen Jacket and Henley in Matera in No Time to Die
The Blue Checked Suit in No Time to Die
Ivan B. 13 September 2021 At 06:57
A very thorough and well-written Matt!
As you correctly point out, Pierce Brosnan's clothes in his films will stand the test of time as it perfectly found a middle ground in marrying traditional style with hints to the fashions of the era without straying strictly in one direction that is either too "old-fashioned" or too "trendy" such as the outfits of Licence to Kill.
(The World is Not Enough is a perfect example of this wherein all his outfits are classic and well proportioned and is hardly dated to a single era. It's no surprise that the film is where Brosnan is dressed his best!)
While I think Hemming's styling of Brioni and the likes worked very well on Pierce Brosnan, I do have to applaud her for at least trying to dress Craig his best (at least in suiting) as he mostly wears blue coloured shirts and suits that fit his warmer complexion and blue eyes and a light grey linen suit that goes with his low-contrast skin tone. (Though I will concede that the idea of his growth and character arc through his outfits in Casino Royale isn't particularly realistic or effective as they had in mind. I also think the Brioni styles don't work as well on Craig compared to the Tom Ford style he wore in Quantum of Solace.)
tredstone 13 September 2021 At 12:42
Even in "Dressed to Kill", which was only published shortly after Goldeneye, Hemming already seemed to have an eye to the future and mentioned that she wasn't to avoid having the outfits look too fashionable or trendy, and that people watch these movies several decades on. I think she was right on the money. I remember Hemming used to sometimes get some guff for some of the '90s nods with her choices, but I think with the additional perspective of time and the Craig era, we see just how well executed most of her decisions were, and how she avoided many of the excesses of that time period. The Skyfall suits are already a bit of a punchline and that movie is only 8 years old.
In the interview, Lindy seems to indicate that Craig more or less ran her out of Bond town after CR since they had differing views on tailoring. Such a shame.
Michel R. Archambault 13 September 2021 At 12:56
I concur. Craig may be a 'star' and a very good Bond but his (supposed) interference sartorially in what he wanted to wear has deteriorated considerably IMHO. Witness some of his choices in the upcoming NTTD with the Alba combinations and you have to wonder 'what was he thinking?' . Only time will tell but his style of clothing(apart from the commando garb) will soon fade away.
Rod+The+Mod 13 September 2021 At 16:09
Agree with your comments Ivan and Tredstone. She deftly walked the narrow line between making Bond look stylish without being too trendy which would look dated in time.
Also I wasn't explicitly aware that Craig had run her out of town but it makes sense. As Craig grew into the role and was allowed to influence things more it's conceivable that he would insist on his preferred tailor over what the costume designer suggested. Craig worked with Sam Mendes on Road to Perdition in 2002 four years before CR. You have to wonder if Craig had influence over the decision to bring Mendes in as director for Skyfall and Spectre. He's personally had a hand in the design of the latest Omega watch. Seems like the producers have given him a LOT of sway in the decision making, I think he was even made co-producer or executive producer or something. All of this would be fine if he didn't have such a liking for sausage skins!
Timothy 14 September 2021 At 07:31
I worry when an actor has too much control over a production. A performer who gets too big for their boots has historically never been to the film's benefit; just look at primadonas like Marlon Brando, especially in his later years.
Now, I'm not saying Daniel Craig is at this level, but I can't say I like the fashion choices he's brought to Bond. Or rather, there are a few that I don't hate like the sage coat in the upcoming film, but when I look at it I see Daniel Craig, not James Bond. And that's why I worry when an actor has too much control. Rarely will it result in anything other than the actor's best interests.
Ben 18 September 2021 At 17:47
I also heard that he decided about Spectre theme song. And for me personally it is worst Bond movie theme song.
And as Timothy said, when actor has too much control in movie, it will result in actor´s best interests. I like Daniel Craig as an actor and I love his Bond in Casino Royale and Quantum of Solace. But when watching Skyfall and Spectre it somehow feels different than any Bond movies before, I don´t know how to describe it. They are not bad Bond movies, but are forgettable, they are like homage to Jason Bourne, and they even don´s stand out from any other modern action movies, except in big expenses in making them. Casino Royale from 2006 was reboot, but Bond will need new reboot. Since this is website about clothes I will end my comment with saying that what I love most about Craig´s Bond are his casual outfits.
Good post. I don't concern myself too much with the theme songs. There have been some decent ones and some poor ones ("He has a powerful weapon" in TMWTGG!!) but that squealing crap in SPECTRE almost had me leaving the cinema before the film had got started. Just dreadful!
It's a good point… that either the actor will request things in his/her interest, or, reflecting their much narrower viewpoint. Craig strikes me as very much of his time when it comes to his personal style and the brands that he frequents (most of it not particularly great… the fascination with what he wears in his day to day life walking through an airport or whatever, by some Bond fans strikes me as bizarre, but that's another conversation).
Having a costume designer (like a Hemming) who has professional training in the area and a broader historical perspective means they can watch out not only for the actor's best interest, but also the film as a whole.
John 14 September 2021 At 11:48
She also seemingly adheres to that old school of thought that men should wear cream or off-white shirts instead of (stark) white — those are saved for formal settings only.
Very traditional overall, but never too stiff or boring: ivory shirts, double cuffs, puffed pocket squares (the standard for the British upper class), full cut three-piece suits and patterned ties tied in a four-in-hand knot.
Brosnan, I believe, looks more jovial than the ensemble would suggest, in part because of the Italian style of his Brioni suits. The Savile Row counterpart would look too Tory-esque for an easy going, suave and smooth character like Bond. Sure, Bond enjoys fine tailoring, he is a bon vivant, but also a nonconformist — just like his creator. There's always a detail in his outfits to prevent him from looking too conservative. Shirts with button cuffs for Lazenby, Moore and Dalton, and Moore's Seiko watches come to mind. The prevalence of blue shirts across the entire series helps it too. In these movies Bond adopts what you called "British brilliance", but he almost never looks boring or outdated.
Brosnan was the best dressed Bond of ever.
You could dress those suits and jackets in every years of every decade from 1930 to today.
I like the classic timeless style…nothing goes out of fashion that contemporary trends..but the classic sartorial style is timeless.
For sure Brosnam was more linked with Cary Grant ( the "serious" Grant of "Notorius") that with Connery.
Matt Spaiser 14 September 2021 At 12:21
I agree. The GoldenEye dinner suit is straight out of Notorious!
Daniele 18 September 2021 At 14:19
It's true that Brosnan is very well dressed, and his clothes could look fine in every decade. That is a great result for Hemming. But Bond style is something more. It must have a touch of nonconformism – as John says -, a personal issue: a deliberate rule break, a sophisticated detail. Which makes his style unique and recognizable. Each Bond actor has had some of these peculiarities…except Brosnan. Whose Bond remains only a very very well dressed man
Matt, I'm wondering if your opinions on Hemming's approach has changed or evolved over time?
I used to look back on her era as being less classically British and more modern and continental, but now I see it as the most traditionally Bond has ever dressed. I now see it as comparable to the style in a Cary Grant film and something that people will look back on fondly. I still prefer the years of English bespoke suits for Bond, though bringing back Turnbull & Asser was an excellent decision. I don't agree with all of Hemming's choices, but I don't think she made any bad choices and I still admire what she did. I think enough time has passed since she's worked on Bond that I look at it being "classic Bond" now.
Great perspective, thanks!
Le Chiffre 14 September 2021 At 20:40
I couldn't agree more ! It recalls classic Hollywood style while remaining understated -no details such as pin collars or striped double breasted suits, which are very stylish but also a little flashy. Glad to see you seem to appreciate Hemming more than a few years ago !
I've always appreciated her work, and I have been influenced by it for decades. But I think the passage of time has provided me with new perspectives. I started writing this blog post months ago, but it took a lot of thinking to really figure out the best angle for it.
In the nineties I started to look at formal clothes and to build my taste and "eye", and so Brosnan's Roman cut and patterned ties meant to me the quintessence of male elegance. But that was for chance, and due to my age. After, I discovered all the rest, the English cut, the other decade's styles and so on. Today, my opinion is that the English sartorial cut and the general style of the 60′ are the most elegant choice
I remember the early critiques of Hemming's approach was that Bond had become "expensively dressed" rather than just "well dressed"… this was mentioned in the "Spy who came out of the closet" series that was among the first articles I ever read on Bond clothing on the web. Around the time we reached the peak of the slim suit trend around Skyfall, I think that just further highlighted the contrast to what was done during the Hemming years, with what was a classic, full cut suit becoming viewed (through the lens of that time) as a baggy, long '90s 3-button power suit. Similarly, I think around that time was when Moore's tailoring was the least appreciated and quickly dismissed by many… but lately I think people are coming around on that.
While Brosnan was 'expensively dressed', I think it was tastefully done and as Matt says, kind of reminiscent of a classic Hollywood style.
I think that "expensive" look comes from the long cashmere overcoats and the cufflinks. Otherwise, nothing in Brosnan's wardrobe would be more expensive than what Connery wore. Brioni doesn't cost more than a bespoke suit. Maybe the excess of cloth in the suits made them look more luxurious than the bespoke suits from earlier decades. If people think the stronger shoulders and shape of the lapels that define the Brioni silhouette makes the suits look more expensive, I think that's a bit silly.
Matt, you mention an excess of cloth. Do you mean in the first two Brosnan's Bond movies only ? How is that excess of fabric different than a drape cut ?
Yes, the excess of cloth from Brosnan's first two films. A drape cut has the cloth specifically at the sides of the chest. Brosnan's suits have a full cut overall.
I just resaw TND this evening ; the full cut suits definitely work better there than in Goldeneye due to Brosnan's broader build. But I would still pick any Goldeneye suit over any Skyfall or Spectre suit, of course !
James+Bond+007 15 September 2021 At 06:42
Interesting article Matt! I never knew that a lot of these styles in the 1990s where from the 1940s. I do recall when I read your post about Bond's tuxedo in tomorrow never dies being inspired from the 1940s so I guess that does make sense. As always very interesting read.
Bill Tanner 15 September 2021 At 08:44
Nice thoughtful review. I enjoy the look of the traditionalist style. Hemming always had a unique taste with neckties.
My favorite addition that Hemming made was the use of double cuffs. I prefer double cuffs as my go to cuff. I never owned a turnback cuff shirt, and I never really like barrel cuff shirts. I love Bronson different cufflinks he wore through his films. I also love Craig's coffin cufflinks as well.
I wish Craig's Bond would have continued the look of a three piece suit. He does wear two on Spectre, but I wish their would be more. I do like how Craig's Bond brought back the turnback cuff. I never owned one, but I believe that is my favorite cuff for the character.
I also recall that Bronson wore monk strap shoes. I do not believe he wore them with any of his business suit, but I could be wrong. Anyways, great article Matt.
Brosnan did indeed wear monk shoes with his suits. He wears them with a few suits in The World Is Not Enough.
Considering The World is Not Enough is the film wherein Pierce Brosnan prominently wears monk shoes as opposed to the oxford brogues he wears he typically wears in the other films (save the navy suit he wore in the movie), are these along with the loafers he wears with the tan suit in Die Another Day the most "relaxed" shoes (at least compared to the oxford brogues he wore) Brosnan has ever worn or are his monk shoes still on the slightly formal side of the formality spectrum (I heard somewhere that said monk shoes are slightly more formal than loafers)?
Monk shoes are considerably more formal than loafers. They're equal in formality to derby shoes, which means they also vary a lot in formality. Brosnan's plain-toe single-monk shoes are about equal to the plain-toe 2-eyelet derby shoes from Goldfinger.
Excellent article. I must agree with the pro-Hemming/Brosnan comments above. I have come back around to fully appreciating the Brosnan tailoring (and entire era) as some of the best of the series. Great discussion by all.
I wonder if we will ever see a renaissance in appreciation for the Craig era tailoring at some point in the future, but I suspect the answer is no.
Roger 19 September 2021 At 06:34
"Hemming used the three-piece suit to signify that Daniel Craig was a mature James Bond at the end of Casino Royale."
So in the logic of the movie, did Bond take time to have a suit made before confronting Mr. White?
Seeing as Bond got his dinner jacket without any planning, I'd say the same for goes for this suit.
It's always interesting to ponder these things. Sometimes I wish the film makers / screenwriters brought a level of geekiness equal to what we display on this forum to fill in some of the logical gaps in the movies that tend to irk me. Where did CraigBond manage to acquire his white dinner jacket (and Dr. Swan her evening gown) in SPECTRE? And why were they wearing such formal clothes … on a train? The tuxedo has become such a signature look for Bond despite black tie occasions becoming ever more rare, so it's clearly a challenge of increasing difficulty coming up with events in the films to justify Bond getting tuxed up!
Jonathan Sothcott 26 September 2021 At 11:47
When Goldeneye came out I was just getting into Bond and I found Brosnan's style a little too contemporary but the tailoring has grown on me immeasurably over the years… to the point where I have a wardrobe of Brioni suits! However, what jarred with me then still bothers me now which is the loud, sometimes overpowering, ties Brosnan/Hemming paired with his suits. I hate to say it but they're the only thing about most of his outfits that has really dated.
I think the cashmere coat outfit from TND is the best Bond 'look' since AVTAK
That's fair. I do think the ties (and to a lesser extent, his cufflinks) add some personality to his clothes. I remember at his press conference announcing him as the new Bond, he said his approach to playing the character would be "Flinty, with a sense of humor." I think to some extent that's reflected in his wardrobe… which is (mostly) all business, but with a touch of lightness.


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Rose is no stranger to threats from Islamic fanatics. As culture editor at Jyllands-Posten, it was he that decided to run the infamous Mohammed cartoons that sparked off demonstrations worldwide and earned Jyllands-Posten and its employees death threats. In spite of that, Rose refused to support Wilders' position on banning the Koran across Europe.
Wilders said that history was exactly the reason that Islam should be eradicated from European countries.
Danish anti-Islamist Lars Hedegaard was in the audience, having been escorted in at the last minute by police who had searched every attendee and maintained a massive presence around the Bornholm schoolhouse where the debate was held.
Wilders pointed Hedegaard out as one who knew the reality of Islamic terrorism.
"He was nearly shot to death in front of his own home," Wilders said.
Wilders apparently saw no contradiction in saying he had no problem with "friendly Muslims" while still calling for a total ban on Islam throughout Europe.
In perhaps his most bizarre comparison, Wilders used a quote by Abraham Lincoln, the US president most noted for freeing the slaves, to defend his reasoning for denying Islam any air in the Western World.
"Those who deny freedom to others deserve it not for themselves," he quoted.
The two men took up the entire hour allotted for the debate, so there were no questions from the floor.
Wilders was hustled out of the building by a wedge of armed security as soon as the debate was over.


A group of 53 people engaged in sand mining got trapped in flood waters in a river following opening of a barrage in Srikakulam district and were rescued today after spending nightmarish hours perched atop lorries, police said.
All were rescued and ten lorries pulled out to safety in an operation involving the personnel of the national and state disaster response forces, fire service and police and using drones to locate the marooned, they said.
The workers and drivers of the ten lorries from here had gone to the sand reach in Vamsadhara River near Purushottapuram area last night for loading sand when the water was below knee level.
They were caught unawares as water was released from nearby Gotta Barrage following heavy inflows in view of rains in catchment areas in Odisha.
Srikakulam Superintendent of Police C M Trivikrama Varma said irrigation officials released 30,000 cusecs of water from the barrage and the discharge soon led to substantial rise in water level at the spot where the workers were loading sand.
Trapped in rising waters, they managed to climb atop the cabins of the lorries at around 1.30 am today and a few contacted revenue and police officials using mobile phones.
trapped and their location using drones.
Using two inflatable boats, they rescued all 53 people. The entire operation was successfully executed with coordination of Police, Revenue, Fire and Fisheries department along with the NDRF and SDRF personnel, officials said.


Last week I interviewed an exceptionally lovely theatre director. At the end of our discussion he turned the tables and began to ask me warm, genuinely interested questions about my own life and work.
Very few interviewees do that. It's as if journalists are a special breed of automata who don't have mortgages and dogs like everyone else. And anyway they're usually not interested. In fact it's quite common to spend two hours in close conversation with someone and then be completely ignored when you see him/her at an event the following week.
So it was rather uplifting to tell this nice man a few things about myself and what I do in real life. And of course I ended up mentioning the presence of Ms Alzheimer's in my marriage and home – it simmers near the top of my mind almost all the time even when I'm working.
What refreshing questions. I hadn't meant to go into details but of course I found myself trying to explain Alzheimer's which was useful because – as every teacher knows – the best possible way of straightening something out in your own mind is communicating it to someone else.
It's easy to say that nobody knows what causes Alzheimer's. Actually we do. Amyloid proteins in the brain clump together to form Amyloid plaques – look at the large coloured blob on the right of the photograph at the head of this blog. That's an amyloid plaque. It's sticky. And it's very bad news. What we don't know is why this clumping business happens in some people and not in others.
I've read dozens and dozens of theories in the last 15 months since My Loved One was diagnosed, many of them based on very serious, reputable scientific studies. Is it linked to diet? Or lifestyle? Or smoking? Or alcohol? Or whether or not you do mind puzzles? Is there a correlation with depression? Could it be hereditary? Is it triggered by drugs taken for a different health problem?
None of those fits MLO's profile. What about regular migraines which he used to suffer from quite badly in his twenties and thirties? As far as I know that possibility has not been explored but perhaps it should be.
On and on it goes. Scientists are doing their best (although there's still too little money spent on Alzheimer's research) but we're not really much further forward. Even the drugs prescribed to hold back symptoms for a few months have been around for decades.
Then a day or two after my chat with Mr Theatre Director came a study reported at the Alzheimer's Association International Conference in Chicago which could – just possibly – be a turning point.
Eight hundred and fifty six patients in US, Europe and Japan, all showing early signs of cognitive decline were given fortnightly injections of BAN 2401 (no, I don't know what that is, either). There was a control group in the experiment too who got a placebo. Cautiously described by commentators in the know as "encouraging", the results show that this drug improves BOTH the physical changes in the brain tissue and the symptoms of the illness. And that's a first.
Of course, even if the research is corroborated via much larger studies and the drug, or something similar to it, is eventually licensed it will come far too late to help MLO. But I cling to hope for future generations.
Meanwhile MLO isn't getting any better, as I say in my understated, double negative, English way to all the kind people who routinely ask.
On Sunday I wrote a birthday card put a stamp on it and said: "Could you pop over the road and post this for me, do you think?" I do this on the grounds that it's vital to keep him involved and feeling useful although it's a job I could have done myself in about 3 minutes.
He disappeared upstairs for 10 minutes, having apparently decided that he couldn't walk the 150 yards to the post box in his sandals and needed to put on a pair of lace-up shoes. Then he asked whether I'd be here to let him when he got back because he struggles with locks. "Yes I'll be here but please do take the keys from the hook because it's feeble not even to try" I said. He trudged off.
Fifteen minutes later (he really does walk very slowly now) the door bell rang. I found him outside failing to open the outer porch door with the car key which was on the same ring.
Heavy, heavy weather. That's life with Ms A as she tightens her grip.


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"There Are No Pol(ICE) in the Future" and Other Prophetic Declarations from Alán Pelaez Lopez
by Myriam Gurba | March 2, 2021
Alán Pelaez Lopez, an AfroIndigenous writer and interdisciplinary artist from the coastal Zapotec community of Oaxaca, México, is a self-taught time traveler. Their collection Intergalactic Travels: poems from a fugitive alien (Operating System, 2020) aestheticizes this skill and its prescient anti-ode "sick in 'america'" is told through footnotes which unlock ancestral portals: "i only crossed once // (location: // San Diego/ Tijuana border // age // five // how // by foot and car.)// but every story heard // becomes another crossing // my body remembers every crossing // every crossing becomes mine…"
Alán Pelaez Lopez
Lopez also creates popular memes which contain similar temporal multitudes:
"THERE ARE BLACK PEOPLE IN THE FUTURE.
THERE IS NO POL(ICE) IN THE FUTURE.
THERE ARE NO PRISONS IN THE FUTURE.
THERE ARE BLACK PEOPLE IN THE FUTURE…"
As inhabitants of pandemic time and space, Lopez and I spent the last several weeks exchanging very extremely distanced emails. Our correspondence discussed, among other things, personal adornment, an ancient regime known as MySpace, time travel, and The Kindred Tour, a digital literary tour dedicated to Black healing and queer kinship.
About past, present, and future, Lopez writes, "I used to have a really singular understanding of time…it wasn't until I started to remember the thoughts I had as a child that I realized that we live in multiple temporalities."
Photo by Alán Pelaez Lopez
Lopez recalls childhood visits to a New England public library, where they encountered their first time-machine: a typewriter. While Lopez sat at this machine, the present shot into the future.
Afternoons passed at light speed.
As an undocumented kid living in Massachusetts, Lopez had grown intimate with precarity. By feeding blank sheets of paper into a typewriter and filling them with prose, they became able to exercise an intellectual resource that protected them: their imagination.
"I would make up mini-stories," writes Lopez. "They were primarily under-developed telenovela plots but I was obsessed…I was creating worlds that wouldn't exist in my life otherwise."
Lopez's recollection plunges me into bittersweet nostalgia, returning me to my queer childhood. My earliest flirtations with the written word happened in the pink bedroom I shared with my little sister. Lounging on our bunkbed, I filled my diary plots belonging to my favorite Twilight Zone episodes. I illustrated my juvenilia with extraterrestrials, third eyes, and airplanes carrying William Shatner.
Lopez bloomed into a sad teenager and then blossomed into a "hyper-emotional adult." They created an anonymous blog titled ICEd Out Dream, where they began shaping their analysis of illegality and Blackness. They blogged with urgency, "as if [their] life depended on it," but grew fearful after the deportation of a West African cultural worker. That disappearance created a sense of dread, prompting Lopez to delete their blog posts. Soon, however, they returned to writing as a freelancer, publishing poetry and non-fiction in places such as Black Girl Dangerous and Everyday Feminism. In 2020, they released a new poetry collection, to love and mourn in the age of displacement (Nomadic Press).
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Lopez has become widely known for their critiques of Latinidad, "an identity born out of the violences of Indigenous dispossession exercised by Spanish…, English…, Dutch… and Portuguese conquistadors." Today, their writing continues to channel their younger self while simultaneously tapping into prophetic traditions: "A queer Black future is a future that allows me to envision a better reality for Black people everywhere…it is also a future that reckons with all the violence and retaliation that we will experience to get to that future. I also think that the future is now." Lopez is currently editing a forthcoming multi-genre anthology of contemporary queer and trans Afro-Latinx writers who will address the subjects of memory, care, and futurity.
Last spring, in San Antonio, Texas, Lopez re-united with their friend Ariana Brown, a queer Black Mexican American poet. She is the author of Sana Sana (Game Over Books, 2020), a chapbook which writer Elizabeth Acevedo describes as "simultaneously revelatory and familiar." Brown's first full-length poetry collection, We Are Owed, will be published by Grieveland Press.
Alán Pelaez Lopez & Ariana Brown
The pandemic forced Lopez to cancel their plans for an IRL book tour and in its place, Lopez and Brown conceived of The Kindred Tour, a performance- and banter-driven series of appearances which incorporate instructional strategies that the two developed over the summer. For weeks, the pair facilitated various writing workshops that they offered for free on YouTube. One of these workshops invited participants to "explore what an alternative world may look like outside the bounds of settler colonialism, patriarchy, and global anti-Blackness." Another invited participants to identify "'rights' that we often taken for granted, but still struggle to claim in a capitalist society that doesn't allow us to slow down and clearly think through community care and well-being." The Kindred Tour also offers individual artist talks and three writing workshops, "Visions for the Future: writing the worlds we want to live in," "Beauty & Black Hair," and "Gender, Sexuality, Freedom."
While reading poetry and discussing the intimate details of their life exhausts Lopez, they prefer fatigue as a result of liberatory work rather than other forms of labor. Co-touring with Brown enables Lopez to "center kinship, healing, and queer Black futures," and Lopez conceives of world-making in novel micro and macro ways. They characterize sitting down to share a meal with the people in their pod as a way of living the future in the present. They frame exiting relationships that one should have left earlier as another way to make space for the future in the now. Sending selfies to friends is a gesture they describe as an "act of world-building." They write, "Sometimes, the small things can transform our timelines. I wish that we, targets of the state, had more resources to think about the mundane as much as we think about other aspects of life. I get it though: my body doesn't always have the privilege of mundane thinking. That requires resources: food, shelter, the right to move…"
An axiom underpinning Lopez's world-making is that our humanity resides in our mundanity. "My first selfie was for MySpace," Lopez recalls. "I only had dial-up internet but the selfie combined with the platform helped me meet someone, [an undocumented Black Brazilian queer migrant], with a shared experience." Lopez credits Instagram with being a self-care game-changer: "I used to upload a lot of flower photos and then I started to take selfies for my own pleasure…The selfie is a political act where I choose myself over and over again." While some shitheads disparage selfies, wrongly accusing selfie producers of narcissism, cultural critic Alicia Eler has identified the selfie as social art: "Selfies are about connecting with others through mirroring processes, not about being alone in front of a static one-way mirror."
Like a footnote, a selfie is a portal, a way for us to gather together in time if not space.
In addition to taking selfies, Lopez experiences pleasure through food, jewelry-making, handwritten letters, meme exchanges and kinky sex. They are also beginning to find power in beauty and are grateful to poet and culture strategist Sonia Guiñanasca for shaping their new approach to aesthetics. Lopez cites Guiñanasca's poem "Glory," which serves as a snapshot of Guiñanasca's undocumented mother's makeup routine, as emblematic of femme aesthetic power: "Every morning creating self into existence/ Between lipstick and softness/Between borders and belonging/ (these are ways I survive)." Self-adornment is one way of asserting that one is both undocumented and glorious to behold.
Lopez finds cliched narratives about Blackness, queerness and undocumented life "simplistic and lazy." They write, "My Blackness is one of the conditions of possibility that have led me to pleasure. Incubating a Black URL community where we randomly call one another or send each other meme's in the midst of grief is a form of pleasure that yes, speaks to our conditions, but also gestures to a future otherwise."
To hear Lopez read "Mourning (V)," a poem from their latest collection, click here. To hear Brown read "Dear White Girls in my Spanish Class," click here
Click here to learn more about The Kindred Tour, which is currently booking.
Myriam Gurba is the editor-in-chief of Tasteful Rude. She is also the author of the memoir Mean, a New York Times editors' choice. O, the Oprah Magazine, ranked Mean as one of the best LGBTQ books of all time and Publishers' Weekly describes Gurba as having a voice like no other. Her essays and criticism have appeared in the Paris Review, TIME.com, and the Believer. Gurba has been known to call shitty writers pendejas and has no qualms about it. Along with Roberto Lovato and David Bowles, she co-founded Dignidad Literaria, a grassroots literary organization that seeks to revolutionize publishing.
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This course covers the basic concepts of Enterprise Risk Management and important elements that finance executives and personnel need to be aware of when implementing ERM across their company.
In today's world of evolving technologies and businesses, companies are taking on increasing levels of risk. This initiative has increased companies needs to employ appropriate Enterprise Risk Management (ERM) tactics in order to monitor and manage risk at the proper levels. In a world of do more at a faster pace, it is important for companies to manage their activities in a manner that can allow them to align risk strategies with overall risk management and internal control activities. Inability to do this may put the company at risk for not being able to meet strategic objectives.


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On Opposite Sides
At the heart of The Post are Katherine Graham (Meryl Streep) and Ben Bradlee (Tom Hanks). When the audience first meets Graham and Bradlee, they will immediately notice their conflicting agenda.
Bradlee is a blunt news hound and wants to focus on bringing honest reporting to their readers no matter the cost. Meanwhile, Graham initially focused on building The Washington Post's reputation without burning bridges with the Washington D.C. elite. She also faced doubts from The Washington Post leadership regarding her role as publisher and bringing the paper to the stock market.
The Paper Problems
In addition to Graham and Bradlee's ideological disagreements, The Washington Post continues to face its challenges from both the Nixon White House and The New York Times. While the Nixon White House is furious with The Washington Post that they approved Judith Martin (Jessie Mueller)'s colorful coverage of the Nixon Family, The New York Times continued to beat the paper to the punch with breaking news.
However, things begin to change when The New York Times publishes parts of the Pentagon Papers and the White House barred the paper from releasing more material. Bradlee and Graham's relationship is ultimately tested when reporter Ben Bagdikian (Bob Odenkirk) makes contact with the person who brought the Pentagon Papers to light.
Streep And Hanks's Powerful Performances
Part of The Post's success is the acting ensemble's dominant performances. Hanks and Streep rightfully deserved their respective Golden Globe nominations for Best Actor-Motion Picture Drama and Best Actress-Motion Picture Drama.
Watching these two acting greats perform alongside each other might make moviegoers think that they are watching a tennis match. Tom Hanks delivered one of his best performances of the decade as the brash Bradlee. Streep also harnessed her activism energy into Katherine Graham as she brought sophistication and grace to The Washington Post.
A Supreme Screenplay
Another part of The Post's winning formula is the excellent screenplay that was written by Liz Hannah and Jack Singer. Hannah and Singer brilliantly incorporated archival footage of former United States Presidents Harry Truman, Dwight Eisenhower, John F. Kennedy, Lyndon B. Johnson, and audio of Richard Nixon. Also, viewers will get chills when former Supreme Court Justice Hugo Black's opinion is read in The Washington Post office.
The writers guided the audience through the dangerous jungles of Vietnam to the hallowed halls of the United States Supreme Court. Also, Hannah and Singer also eerily compared the Nixon White House with the current administration that is occupying 1600 Pennsylvania Avenue.
The Post brilliantly showcases how anyone should not underestimate the power of the press. It also showcases why the American Film Institute picked the film as one of its ten best films of 2017 and inspires the next generation of journalists.
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Does Brexit change your position as a distributor?
A new draft treaty has been reached between the European Union and the United Kingdom (UK) for a large part of the conditions surrounding the Brexit. There has been agreements on the rights of EU citizens in the UK, and further UK citizens in the EU and the financial settlement of UK withdrawal. For the time being, the United Kingdom will remain part of the customs union regulations and internal market until January 1, 2021, and EU citizens can continue to settle in the United Kingdom.
A transitional phase has also been agreed upon, which will end on 31 December 2020 with the existing trade agreements remaining in force. During the aforementioned transitional period, the United Kingdom will no longer have any say in new or amended EU legislation. During the transition period, the UK may close new trade deals, the 750 international agreements in which UK was involved together with EU will expire.
The risk Europe is faced with such as a hard separation decreases. From the official date of withdrawal, a UK-based manufacturer or importer shall no longer be considered as an operator established in the Union. As a result, the status of a European company changes from first a distributor to then an importer. The European company will have to comply with the specific obligations that apply to a European importer. By contrast, a UK company is required to take an Authorized Representative established in the European Union.
Manufacturers must take the necessary steps to ensure that their designated Authorized Representative or responsible persons are established in the EU from the date of their revocation. From the date of the revocation, the notified bodies of the UK lose their status as EU registered bodies. As such, UK authorities will not be able to perform conformity assessment tasks under EU product legislation from the date of the revocation. Operators should take the necessary steps to ensure that, where the applicable Conformity Assessment Procedures require the intervention of a Notified Body (NoBo), they have the certificates issued by a NoBo in order to demonstrate that their products are placed on the market as being from the recording date.
If, before the date of withdrawal, economic operators hold certificates issued by a NoBo in the UK and intend to continue offering the product concerned from the date of withdrawal in the EU, they shall either organise a new certificate from a NoBo in the EU or a transfer to a NoBo in the EU.


I had anticipated a quiet morning but got unexpected visits from shy Ma, from Ernie Miller of Tidewater to discuss phosphorites and from a Captain of the Hydrographic Service who expressed discontent with IMC. I had lunch with Eric Stephansen and Wyn Davies and heard the tale of the favo(u)rs of Mrs Williams of Luderitz: diamonds!
"The British Royal Family was used to hike the prices by simply wearing diamonds.
Queen Elizabeth returned the "favour" by visiting De Beers mines during a well publicized trip to South Africa.
Besides the "crown jewels-African jewels", The Queen owns the following. 14 Tiaras, 46 necklaces, 98 broaches and 37 bracelets.
so perchance QE's secret code name had been "Mrs Williams"??
Later in the afternoon, M showed up a bit early so I had to cancel a meeting with Dave Smith.
old waitress who we each tipped 25 cents.
We reorganized the office and set up filing cabinets. We also did a bit of work on TIDAL, ADK Special and diving gear. I went home pretty early which made Mercia happy. At home I organized my growing reprint collection. At 20:00, Director Dave Smith disturbed this domestic tranquility persuading me to come over and make a radio telephone call to Jack Mardesich aboard the "Rockeater" to discuss sample spacing. Jack reported a poor first day at sea, only 8 holes, no diamonds found.. I got back home at 21:00, where and when Mercia made me a cup of coffee and I went to bed, still mad with Dave - who also felt bad, anyhow!
Dave concucted a serious discussion about ADK, shortened our report and changed the outline of "Patch ONE".
We continued talking about TIDAL and Mr.Ogle and various maps to be made. Next, I arranged to send Piet van Zyl to Captain Cook.
In the early evening I picked up Mercia from Rosemarie's - they had gone to see a movie together with Angela.
The rest of the night I did a lot of reading of my reprint collection.
Roy Joint of Anglo disembarked from "Rockeater". We produced an Errata Sheet for the MDC report and worked along on the TIDAL report. I left the office in the early afternoon, read a book about crusades and made nougat. In the evening, we went to Erik's for drinks and to watch the "Colpontoon" movie before going to a "real" movie on Vikings and their long ships.
A pleasant day, Mercia went for a walk by herself while George showed me his slides.
Next, we picked up Wyn Davies and drove to Vishoek where we launched my well-traveled sailfish. Unfortunately, the wind was too strong, so we went home early, had a good dinner, talked a lot and went to bed at 21:00 to celebrate the end of the shortest month!


Amrita Tripathi is a journalist who writes contemporary fiction. Her novels The Sibius Knot and Broken News deal with some of our darker urban realities, including sexual harassment and violence. She is passionate about gender rights and gender equality, often terms like-minded souls living in India gender warriors, and thinks that things are changing, but sometimes need a big push along.
Tripathi finds it fascinating that younger women put up with less crap, and tend to fight for equality, but shy away from the term 'feminism'. She hopes to explore that further and wants to hear from many of you here on SheThePeople.TV.


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The Teatro San Carlo is one of the greatest sources of pride for Neapolitans. The historic theatre lies in one of the most beautiful parts of Naples city centre: opposite the Galleria Umberto I in one direction and adjoined to the Royal Palace of Naples in the other.
First opened in 1737 by the Bourbon royal family, Teatro San Carlo is the world's longest continuously active theatre.
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Things to see in Campania
Naples Opera House, San Carlo, is adjacent to Piazza del Plebiscito and connected to the Royal Palace. It was commissioned by the Bourbon King Charles III of Naples and designed by the architects Giovanni Medrano and Angelo Carasale. In 1816, the San Carlo theatre, or Teatro di San Carlo, was destroyed by fire and was rebuilt by order of King Ferdinand IV to a new design by the Tuscan architect Antonio Niccolini although he kept the horseshoe shape.
During this period, Naples was at the very centre of European music with the greatest composers including Haydn and Bach eager to have their music performed at the Teatro di San Carlo. Rossini was the house composer of the royal opera houses from 1815 to 1822 including, of course, San Carlo.
Refurbishments were carried out in 1844 and the magnificent paintings on the ceiling were added in 1854 along with the gold trim, red velvet curtains and seats. The foyer was designed by Michele Platania and built in 1937 but was destroyed in a bombing raid during WWII. After the liberation of Naples, the foyer was rebuilt by Peter Francis of the Royal Artillery in just 3 weeks and the first opera, Puccini's La Boheme, was performed on Boxing Day 1943.
These days, the opera season usually runs from January to May while ballet takes place from April to June. Music concerts and performances continue at Teatro San Carlo for eleven months of the year but it usually closes in August because of the heat. Guided tours of the theatre are also very popular.
Province: Metropolitan City of Naples
Region: Campania
Close by: Royal Palace of Naples, Galleria Umberto, Castel Nuovo
Recommended accommodation: NapoliMia Hotel


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Mobile system and Pervasive computing have evolved into an active area of research and development, due to the tremendous advances in a broad spectrum of technologies and topics including wireless networking, mobile and distributed computing, sensor systems, RFID technology, and the ubiquitous mobile phone. MobiSPC-2017 solicits papers that focus on the theory, system, practice and challenge of providing users with a successful mobile or wireless experience. This includes how mobile computing changes how people pervasively use their computer, computing resources and applications, as well the systems, services and technology enabling those applications.
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System to prevent people from using mobile phones while driving
Home / Profiles / System to prevent people from using mobile phones while driving
Name : Divyam Gupta
District & State : Bulandshahar, Uttar Pradesh
Award : Class 9th - 10th
IPR Status
Stop people from using the mobile while on road. How? By placing touch sensors on the gear and steering. Safe driving requires both hands to be either on the gear or steering wheel at all times. If either hand is disengaged, the touch sensors will infer that the driver is using a mobile phone and will get activated. This will cause the vehicle to stop.
Inspiration for the Idea
The idea occurred to Divyam on seeing a number of newspapers reports related to road accidents. "Going through the papers, I was struck by how many of these accidents were said to occur because the driver was talking on the phone. That is when I started thinking that a mechanism that would restrict mobile usage while driving would be effective in preventing many road accidents," he shares.
When he told his friends, they said that the idea was so good that he must have copied it from somewhere!
For someone who asserts that "problems make me think of preventive measures," next on Divyam's list is an alarm system fitted in a train that automatically sounds an alert if the driver falls asleep. He has also shared the idea of a liquefied petroleum gas (LPG) detector.
He wants to build a culture of creative thinking amongst students. "Many parents and students feel that instead of spending time on projects and working on new ideas, it is better to focus only on marks and exams. I am lucky that my parents motivate me to try different things and be experimental," he says while crediting his parents for encouraging him to think in an offbeat manner.
Role Models & Dreams
His role models are Dr Kalam and Shah Rukh Khan. When asked why he has selected role models from such diverse fields, he replies with a smile, "Well, both have worked very hard in their childhood and have struggled to achieve what they have. They are both very patriotic and I admire them for it."
He dreams of becoming an engineer to help India become more advanced, surpassing even USA. But for now, he is busy preparing for his class 10 exams!
Note: Divyam went on to win the Student award in the 7th Biennial Awards for Grassroots Innovation and Outstanding Traditional Knowledge organised by NIF. Honourable President Shri Pranab Mukherjee gave away the awards at a function held in Rashtrapati Bhavan on 7 March 2013.
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In pictures: Quds Day rallies pledge support to Palestine
Quds Day
Fasting month of Ramadan begins for many Muslims on Monday
Twelve times the UN has failed the world
Modi welcomes Pompeo but the relationship is testing India's patience
Turkey rejects 'fait accompli' in Jerusalem - President Erdogan
How the Arab world abandoned Muslim causes
Protest marches in Iran, Iraq, Syria, Pakistan, India, occupied West Bank, disputed Kashmir, and several other places show solidarity for Palestinians.
Pakistani demonstrators hold posters displaying the word 'Quds' as they take part in a rally against Israel and the United States to mark the Al Quds (Jerusalem Day), in Karachi on May 31, 2019. (AFP)
Tens of thousands of people across several countries marked the annual Al Quds (Jerusalem) Day on Friday, also condemning a planned Middle East "peace plan" that US President Donald Trump has touted as the "deal of the century."
The "deal", which has yet to be unveiled by its architect, Trump's son-in-law Jared Kushner, has already been rejected by the Palestinians, who say Trump's policies have shown him to be blatantly biased in favour of Israel.
Held each year on the last Friday of the Muslim holy fasting month of Ramadan, Al Quds is the Arabic name for Jerusalem, and the day is an occasion to express support for the Palestinians.
Rallies and protest marches were held in Iran, Iraq, Syria, occupied West Bank, India, Pakistan, and India-administered Kashmir.
Palestinians pray during Al Quds Friday prayer at Al Aqsa Mosque compound in occupied Jerusalem on May 31, 2019. (AFP)
A handout picture provided by the presidential office shows, Iranian President Hassan Rouhani attending a parade marking Al Quds (Jerusalem) International Day in Tehran on May 31, 2019. (Handout / Iranian Presidential Office / AFP)
Pakistani children hold a Palestinian flag as they take part in a rally against Israel and the United States to mark the Al Quds Day (Jerusalem Day), in Karachi on May 31, 2019. (AFP)
Iraqi Shia Muslims march during a parade marking the annual Al Quds Day (Jerusalem Day) in Baghdad, Iraq, May 31, 2019. (Thaier al Sudani / Reuters)
Palestinian protesters mark Al Quds Day (Jerusalem Day) in the Syrian capital Damascus on May 31, 2019. (Louai Beshara / AFP)
Muslim girls hold placards during a protest to show solidarity with Palestinians on Al Quds Day in New Delhi, India, May 31, 2019. (Anushree Fadnavis / Reuters)
Dozens of rallies involving hundreds of people were held to mark Al Quds Day across disputed Kashmir calling for the world community to resolve the long pending disputes of Kashmir and also Palestine. (AFP)
Blinken calls for de-escalation in flaring Israeli-Palestinian conflict
Israeli troops fatally shoot Palestinian driver in the West Bank
Air strikes target Iran-backed militia group in eastern Syria


Baptismal Preparation Class for parents and godparents will be in the Conference Room at 6:30 p.m. on Thursday, July 19. Please contact the Church Office to register.
The Tenth Annual Men's Mass will be Saturday, July 21 at St. Elizabeth Catholic Church in Pflugerville with Bishop Joe Vasquez as celebrant. See the bulletin for more information.
With hot temperatures, now is a good time to clean out your closets for the Annual Parish Garage Sale which will be on October 26 & 27 in the Parish Hall. Please see the bulletin for more information.
5:15 Mass only - Sacred Heart in Waco will have its Charro Day on October 7 on church grounds. They are at our parish this evening selling raffle tickets. Please support their parish as they support ours. Tickets are $5.00 each.


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The 1967 Australian Touring Car Championship was a CAMS sanctioned national motor racing title open to Group C Improved Production Touring Cars. It was contested over a single race, staged at the Lakeside Circuit in Queensland, Australia on 30 July 1967. The title, which was the eighth Australian Touring Car Championship, was won by Ian Geoghegan, driving a Ford Mustang.

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Qualifying consisted of three preliminary heats, based on engine capacity, with the fastest lap times from the heats setting the grid for the race. Norm Beechey qualified his Chevrolet Chevy II Nova on pole position, while Ian Geoghegan qualified second in his new Ford Mustang, which had only arrived at the circuit on the morning of the race. Greg Cusack qualified third in another Mustang ahead of the Morris Cooper Ss of Brian Foley and Peter Manton.

Beechey took the lead at the start of the race ahead of Geoghegan, with Jim McKeown moving into third from sixth place on the grid. Bob Jane's Mustang became jammed in top gear on lap 2, forcing him to retire. Beechey set a new lap record of 1:04.3 as he continued to build his lead, despite a minor clutch problem which meant that he had to make clutchless shifts.

By lap 35, Terry Allan and Paul Fahey had both retired and Foley had moved into third place, with Manton running five seconds behind. The complexion of the race changed on lap 40, when the left-rear tyre of Beechey's car blew and caused him to hit the fence. Geoghegan inherited the lead and held it for the final ten laps to secure his third Australian Touring Car Championship title. Foley and Manton finished in second and third, less than twenty seconds behind Geoghegan.

Results

Class winners are indicated by bold text.

Statistics
 Pole position: Norm Beechey, 1:03.4
 Fastest lap: Norm Beechey, 1:03.3
 Race distance: 50 laps, 120.70 km
 Average speed: 132.34 km/h

References

External links
 Alec Mildren film on the 1967 Australian Touring Car Championship

Australian Touring Car Championship seasons
Touring Car Championship

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Lyubomir Atanasov: What will pass? Does gaming need curation?
What will pass? Does gaming need curation?
Any game has the right to exist, but any marketplace has the right to remove it from its store. But what is the limit?
As of writing this, we are still in the second gaming golden age. Great titles, new genres, and many of it. Well, maybe too many.
As game development tools evolve and get more accessible, many of this potential gems are being able to be made. Or you could just a tutorial, 1 level, non-original asset flip and post to the store.
There are a lot of these "game developers" who flood digital storefronts (mainly Steam) and make it really difficult for legitimate indies to get their polished (often several years in the making) games. This excess of "asset flips" and "tutorial titles" is why we get lists, like my "hidden gems" one.
The answer to this question is often answered with another question: "What is considered a 'trash' title?". That leads to the question of censorship, gatekeeping and such.
Each platform has a different method to deal with this.
I will start with the console market. Nintendo, Microsoft, and Sony have storefronts, where there is some sort of quality control. Each having a submission and approval period to them. Now not much is known about these processes, but it has mixed results. Even though they have much cleaner stores, there are titles that of very low quality that slips through, such as bad ports or just bad in general.
PC digital storefronts exhibit many different methods of curation. The ones I will comment on are that of Steam and GOG since they are the biggest ones.
Steam has a hands-off/ do it yourself style of curating. A small fee, a percentage of sales and done, your game is on steam. Now people have been vocal about how bad this sort of practice is, they have since added "curator" system. Essentially anyone can make a group where they can add games too and it will show that list anyone following them. This has led to some great groups, often spearheaded by a popular online presence. But these groups are just a band-aid on a chopped off limb.
However, Valve response to all of this debacle has always been that they don't what to be judges since gaming has way too wide of a spectrum. If it were up to them, stuff like visual novels would have never got on Steam.
But there is still a majority who think that there should be some sort of curation, without realizing the dangers.
And that was shown in a recent accident with GOG.
Opus Magnum is a puzzle game, where you must use dumbed down machine programming and cycles to solve problems. It was simple, non-political, outside of a little joke mission description, clean. But it had its submission to GOG revoked since GOG has a curating staff. Reason? Allegedly it was because it was thought that the game was too complicated and it won't be fun for the users to play. The only reason that you can find the game on GOG is that of a fan outcry! Yes, GOG like Valve found out that anything can be fun and of interest for anyone, in this case, puzzle games with programming elements. Other titles of this sub-genre are Hack'n'Slash, Quadrilateral Cowboy, and Human Resource Machine.
So what is the answer here? Well for me, a player of indies, a man who enjoys fun risque games like Hunnie Pop and Senran Kagura or the like, think that curation will lead to more problems than its worth. Games are as much art as they are entertainment. And like all art, not everyone will get it, hell very very little might at getting it all, but it does not make it any less art. Yes, shovel-ware and lazy junk exist and it is a problem, but it's not worth it to risk creating un-passable gates.
The power of a king is the same of that of a tyrant.


Spring is typically the best time to plant trees, so they can be established before the heat of the summer. Arizona is hotter and drier than Colorado, so I would guess you could go earlier, too, because I don't think they are going to freeze.
Mellie, for transplanting, you want to do so when the tree is as close to dormant as possible. I actually prefer to do so in late fall, because the tree will have a chance to settle in before being asked to grow again, but now is OK as long as you act quickly. I suggest you do a soil test before you proceed, as there may be pH issues affecting how well your trees are doing. That will also tell you how best to amend the soil. Do remember that your trees will need deep, regular watering to help them get established in their new home.


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Erlinsbach ist eine politische Gemeinde im Bezirk Gösgen des Kantons Solothurn in der Schweiz, an der Grenze zum Kanton Aargau, etwa vier Kilometer (Luftlinie) westlich von Aarau.
Sie ist am 1. Januar 2006 durch die Fusion der beiden früheren Gemeinden Niedererlinsbach und Obererlinsbach entstanden.

Mit der Nachbargemeinde Erlinsbach AG besteht auf verschiedenen Gebieten eine enge Zusammenarbeit. So werden Kindergarten und Volksschule gemeinsam nach aargauischem Lehrplan geführt.

Wappen
Blasonierung
 Geteilt von rot und silber (weiß) überdeckt von einem Rechtsschrägbalken in gewechselten Farben und begleitet von zwei fünfstrahligen Sternen ebenfalls in gewechselten Farben.
Das Wappen der bisherigen Gemeinde Niedererlinsbach wurde um die zwei Sterne ergänzt, die die beiden Gemeindeteile versinnbildlichen.

Übername
Auf der einen Seite gehört Erlinsbach zum Kanton Aargau und auf der anderen Seite zum Kanton Solothurn. In Erlinsbach Aargau ist die Bevölkerung hauptsächlich reformiert und im solothurnischen Kantonsteil katholisch. Man hatte deshalb in der Talschaft zwei Kirchen. Am Sonntag gingen die Erlinsbacher brav zum Gottesdienst, jeder blieb aber auf seinem Kantonsteil. Das Chilewäägli lief teilweise genau dem Bach entlang, welcher die Kantonsgrenze kennzeichnet. Da man des andern Konfession nicht akzeptieren konnte, beschimpfte man sich gegenseitig über den Bach. Die alten Erlinsbacher ereiferten sich so sehr, dass sie sich über den Bach anspuckten (auf Schweizerdeutsch speuzen). In den umliegenden Dörfern wussten die Bewohner über diese unschöne Sitte der Erlinsbacher beim Kirchgang Bescheid und sprachen deshalb von den Speuzer, wenn man die Erlinsbacher meinte. In der Region hat sich bis zum heutigen Tag der Übername Speuz erhalten.

Sehenswürdigkeiten

Pfarrkirche St. Nikolaus

Die Pfarrkirche St. Nikolaus wurde 1871 nach den Plänen des Architekten Wilhelm Keller, Luzern, erbaut, weil die alte Kirche zu klein war. Eine Urkunde von 1173 erwähnt auch eine Kirche, die vermutlich dem hl. Nikolaus von Myra geweiht war. 1466 wird ein Neubau erwähnt. Somit ist die heutige Kirche der dritte Bau an diesem Ort. Am 15. Februar 1778 erhielt Erlinsbach den Leib des Katakombenheiligen Felix. An Weihnachten 1871 konnte in der neuen Kirche der erste Gottesdienst gefeiert werden. Eingeweiht wurde sie aber wegen des Kulturkampfes erst am 5. September 1886. 1910 wurde der Innenraum aufwändig im Stil des Historismus ausgestattet, mit drei geschnitzten Altären und dekorativen Mustern an Wänden und Decke, ausgeführt durch die schweizweit bekannte Werkstätte von Carl Glauner, Will SG.

Aber schon 1956 war eine neue Zeit angebrochen und die Kirche wurde gründlich umgebaut. Der Baseler Architekt Hans Peter Baur veränderte den Innenraum, besonders den Chorraum, so entscheidend, dass man von einem Fast-Neubau sprechen kann. Durch die Verlegung der Sakristei in den Anbau rund um die Apsis angelegt, wurde der Chorraum markant vergrössert. Albert Schilling, Arlesheim, schuf 1956 den grossen, freistehenden Blockaltar, den Tabernakel und das grosse Kreuz beim Ambo. Das Hauptwerk von Ferdinand Gehr, Altstätten SG, ist die Bemalung der Apsis mit dem monumentalen Fresko der Verklärung Christi auf dem Berg, das er 1975 ausführte. Schon 1956 schuf Gehr zwei Farbfenster, 1963 folgte der "Engelszyklus" in zwölf Fenstern. Die Kräfte der Natur werden als Boten Gottes, als Engel, dargestellt. 1970 wurde eine neue Empore in die Kirche eingebaut, mit der neuen Orgel der Firma Orgelbau Kuhn, Männedorf, mit 29 klingenden Registern. – Fabrizio Brentini schreibt im Kunstführer der Kirche: "Das Innere der Kirche St. Nikolaus in Erlinsbach ist eine der gelungensten Umgestaltungen eines historistischen Raumes…. Dank der unaufdringlichen Verschmelzung von Architektur und Kunst durch das herausragende Ensemble von Ferdinand Gehr besitzt Erlinsbach einen harmonischen Kirchenraum, der nicht nur Besucher und Besucherinnen der Liturgie auch in Zukunft faszinieren dürfte."

Das sechsstimmige Geläut mit der Stimmung B° – des' – es' – f' – as – b' wurde 1932 von der Gießerei Rüetschi in Aarau gegossen.

Laurentiuskapelle

Die Laurentiuskapelle wurde im Jahr 1697 an Stelle einer mittelalterlichen Kapelle errichtet, die 1375 von den Guglern zerstört worden war. Die Kapelle wurde am Laurentiustag, 10. August 1698, eingeweiht und ist heute im Besitz der Bürgergemeinde Obererlinsbach. Die letzte umfassende Renovation wurde 1979 abgeschlossen. Es drängt sich die Vermutung auf, dass durch die 1665 geregelte Grenze zwischen dem reformierten Berneraargau und dem katholischen Solothurn eine ehemalige Kapelle im Gebiet des Laurenzenbad im Aargau im katholischen Gebiet wie ein konfessioneller Grenzstein neu erbaut wurde. 1729 ist sie durch einen Brand zerstört und mit Hilfe des Kantons Solothurn wieder aufgebaut worden.

Das bedeutendste Werk in der Kapelle ist der dem hl. Laurentius gewidmete Altar im Stil des Frühbarock. Bedeutend sind die Halbfigur "Jesus der Schmerzensmann" und eine Pietàgruppe. Sie stehen im Kirchenschiff auf Konsolen und sind älter als die Kapelle.

Weitere Gebäude

Luftaufnahmen

Weblinks

 Offizielle Website der Gemeinde Erlinsbach SO

Einzelnachweise

Ort im Kanton Solothurn
Schweizer Gemeinde


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