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An original colour transparency from the production of the timeless classic British stop motion The Wind in the Willows (1983-1988).
This is a colour transparency of the puppet 'Mole' stood in a pose wearing his oufit.
It comes in a plastic wallet with a production number "W/W 7A" written in pen on a circular sticker.
Developed on a kodak film, it remains in a fine condition, and measures at approx 2.5in x 3in
The Wind in the Willows is a 1983 British stop motion animated film produced by Cosgrove Hall Films for Thames Television and aired on the ITV network. The film is based on Kenneth Grahame's classic story of the same name.
It won a BAFTA award and an international Emmy award during its run.
Subsequently, the studio made a 52 episode series  The Wind in the Willows between 1984 and 1988. It starred David Jason and Peter Sallis.
The Wind in the Willows (1983-1988) Mole Colour Production Transparency


Just the other day Jay Cutler was saying all the losing with the Bears wore him down, and I'm thinking, funny how that works, Jay, because your 109 interceptions in 102 games here did the same to us.
This is like Dusty Baker complaining about Cubs pitching injuries or Gar Forman complaining about the Bulls' lack of young talent.
Guess what, Jay? The same goes for us. We didn't like all the losing, either — all the losing you either engineered or failed to prevent the way a franchise quarterback would.
The Bears went 51-51 in Cutler's starts as a Bear, as average as it gets, but in his last four seasons, when Cutler couldn't win and couldn't stay healthy, the Bears went 17-29 in his starts.
During Cutler's Bears career, he twice led the league in interceptions and finished with more fumbles and interceptions than TD passes. So, even when he looked like a good quarterback, he was bad.
Yes, Cutler posted his best season with the former Bears offensive coordinator who lured him out of retirement in Miami, but that doesn't mean it was a good season for anyone except Cutler.
His 92.3 passer rating in 2015 stands as the best of his career, the only time he surpassed 90. But it ranked just 16th, according to Pro-Football-Reference.com, again as average as it gets.
What's more, his passer rating that season, the best of his career, remember, was worse than Josh McCown's rating with the Browns that season, just to name one starter who should never start. With the Browns, people.
Cutler also was worse than Tyrod Taylor and barely better than Marcus Mariota, who had never played in the league before that season, much less the nine that Cutler already had.
That's some legacy: Even when everybody thought he was good, he wasn't very good at all.
Then again, he wasn't Mike Glennon, either.
Mark Sanchez made the Bears roster, and I'm thinking, Mitch Trubisky needs snaps more than advice from an Oldie-Wan Kenobi.
Texans defensive star J.J. Watt has helped raise more than $20 million to aid the victims of Hurricane Harvey. So, the Sports Illustrated Sportsman of the Year is over, right? Ditto, Time's Person of the Year?
Joe Maddon said he's OK with Javier Baez sliding head-first, even though it's much harder to sustain blurred vision, a concussion or broken fingers while sliding feet-first. Sounds like Maddon has sustained too many concussions.
The Cubs have been all dressed up with places to go for as long as Joe Maddon's been the team's manager — and even before he arrived (the team went on a "Super Mario Bros."-themed trip in 2012).
Here are some of the more notable trips the team has taken in the last three seasons.
The Cubs have lost the first two games of their football jersey theme trip. Hey, Joe, here's an idea: Schedule a 2016 Cubs theme trip.
Of course Maddon said, "Bring on the Dodgers'' and meant it because then he'd have the Cubs in the NL Championship Series when there's still a question about making the playoffs, period.
Or maybe Maddon figures the Cubs already are guaranteed a spot in the NLCS because Baker will have ruined his pitching staff by October.
Mayor Emanuel will allow the Cubs to play a Friday night game this week. This is 2017. Wrigley Field has been there for more than 100 years, and this is still an issue? This is embarrassing even for Chicago politics.
The White Sox's chase of the Phillies and Giants will suffer without Derek Holland's 9.32 ERA since the start of June.
The beat goes on in New England.
Nasty defensive front got nastier with the addition of Sheldon Richardson. Interesting opener against Packers.
Departure day: Former Cub Aramis Ramirez haunted his old team with a home run and three RBIs in the Brewers' 5-3 victory.
Where to: St. Louis, Milwaukee.
Diary: The Blackhawks were taking on the Blues in Game 2 of the Western Conference finals, and each Cubs player wore a personalized sweater to support that year's Stanley Cup champions.
Departure day: Jake Arrieta threw a no-hitter and struck out 12 against the Dodgers. Kris Bryant's two-run homer in the first accounted for all the runs.
Where to: Coming home from Los Angeles.
Diary: Arrieta famously wore a mustachioed onesie during his postgame press conference.


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Over 100 Legal Scholars Join Senator Charles E. Schumer in Urging Senate to Question Nominees on Judicial Philosophy
Press Release Jul 14, 2005
Washington, DC – Today, as the President and the Senate prepare to fill the Supreme Court vacancy caused by the retirement of Justice O'Connor, a group of over 100 legal scholars from across the United States released a letter to the Senate Judiciary Committee urging Senators to give careful consideration to nominees' views about the Constitution and the judicial process, and offering 10 questions that should be asked of every nominee to the federal courts.
The letter was initiated by three noted authorities on constitutional law and the role of the Senate: Professors William P. Marshall and Michael Gerhardt of the University Of North Carolina School Of Law and Professor Erwin Chemerinsky of Duke University School of Law.
It was released in conjunction with an address by U.S. Senator Charles E. (Chuck) Schumer (D-NY), sponsored by the Center for American Progress and the American Constitution Society, on the role of judicial philosophy in the confirmation process.
The letter was prompted by the debate over what consideration should be given to a nominee's judicial and constitutional philosophy. The authors conclude:
Because federal judges do not serve fixed terms of office, we believe it is critical that the Senate, in giving its Advice and Consent, undertake a searching inquiry to assure itself that judicial nominees meet the highest standards of character and integrity; that they will consider each case with an open mind; and that their views are within the constitutional mainstream.
We believe that the Senate's explicit authority to give its Advice and Consent to judicial nominations includes the power to consider nominees' beliefs about the Constitution and the role of the courts in interpreting it. We further believe that, in evaluating nominees, the Senate should be especially skeptical of nominees who approach questions of constitutional meaning from extreme, rigid, and divisive perspectives.
In a statement, Senator Chuck Schumer applauded the letter, and said: "These top legal minds have it exactly right — there are a number of questions you can ask about a nominee's views of constitutional issues and decided cases. From states rights to civil rights to workers' rights, Senators have a right to ask these tough questions, and the American people have a right to know the answers."
The Center for American Progress has also published a report on this subject, Ideology Matters: A Progressive View of the Judicial Confirmation Process.
"Professors Marshall, Chemerinsky, Gerhardt and their colleagues have helped lay to rest the canard that the Senate should not inquire into a nominee's judicial philosophy," said John Podesta, President and CEO of the Center for American Progress. "It is only through a 'searching inquiry' into such matters that Senators can assure themselves that nominees do not harbor ideological preconceptions that are outside the constitutional mainstream and would make it difficult for them to follow precedent or consider each case with an open mind."
Click here for a copy of the letter.
For information on this issue, see our Supreme Court Nomination Resource Guide.

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THE 'SEAT'ING ARRANGEMENT - CONTROVERSIES IN CHOICE OF SEAT
12th Sep, 2019
The seat of arbitration is a significant facet of any arbitration proceeding. The seat not only determines the location of hearings and availability of arbitrators for adjudication of the dispute, but also determines which court shall exercise supervisory jurisdiction over the entire proceeding. In the wake of controversies regarding the choice of seat of arbitration, this article discusses and analyses the recent judicial trend concerning law and the jurisdiction of the court at the seat of arbitration in the backdrop of the provisions of the Arbitration and Conciliation Act, 1996, as amended from time to time ("the Act").
Law at the Seat
Considering so much has been written on 'seat' and 'venue' of arbitration proceedings, and questions concerning exclusive supervisory jurisdiction of the court at the seat have arisen, it is interesting to note that the Act defines not the 'seat', but the 'place' of arbitration. Section 20, being the relevant provision, is quoted hereinbelow for ready reference:
20. Place of arbitration — (1) The parties are free to agree on the place of arbitration.
(2) Failing any agreement referred to in sub-section (1), the place of arbitration shall be determined by the arbitral tribunal having regard to the circumstances of the case, including the convenience of the parties.
(3) Notwithstanding sub-section (1) or sub-section (2), the arbitral tribunal may, unless otherwise agreed by the parties, meet at any place it considers appropriate for consultation among its members, for hearing witnesses, experts or the parties, or for inspection of documents, goods or other property[1].
It is settled law that there is only one "place" of arbitration. This will be the place chosen by or on behalf of the parties; and it will be designated in the arbitration agreement or the terms of the reference or the minutes of proceedings or in some other way as the place or "seat" of the arbitration.
This does not mean, however, that the arbitral tribunal must hold all its meetings or hearings at the place of arbitration. As International commercial arbitration[2] often involves people of many different nationalities, it is often the case that the arbitration hearings are held in places other than the designated place of arbitration. In such circumstances, each move of the arbitral tribunal does not mean to be a change in the seat of arbitration. The seat of the arbitration remains the place initially agreed by or on behalf of the parties[3].
The selection of seat of arbitration is as much for convenience of the parties as to determine the law that is applicable to the proceeding. It is well known that the law of the seat or place where the arbitration is held, is normally the law to govern that arbitration. The territorial link between the place of arbitration and the law governing that arbitration is well established in the international instruments, namely, the New York Convention of 1958 and the UNCITRAL Model Law of 1985[4]. The Court of Appeal, England has succinctly summarized the position of law applicable to international commercial arbitration proceedings. The same is quoted hereinbelow for ready reference:
"All contracts which provide for arbitration and contain a foreign element may involve three potentially relevant systems of law. (1) The law governing the substantive contract. (2) The law governing the agreement to arbitrate and the performance of that agreement. (3) The law governing the conduct of the arbitration. In the majority of cases all three will be the same. But (1) will often be different from (2) and (3). And occasionally, but rarely, (2) may also differ from (3)"[5].
The Court also culled out the principle that where the parties have failed to choose the law governing the arbitration proceedings, those proceedings must be considered, at any rate prima facie, as being governed by the law of the country in which the arbitration is held, on the ground that it is the country most closely connected with the proceedings[6].
Therefore, the distinction between "seat" and "venue" would be quite crucial in the event, the arbitration agreement designates a foreign country as the "seat"/ "place" of the arbitration and also selects the Act as the law governing the arbitration proceedings. It is important to mention that only if the arbitration agreement provides that the "seat" of Arbitration is in India, provisions of Part I of the Act will be applicable to the arbitration proceeding[7]. If the agreement is held to provide for a "seat" outside India, certain provisions of Part I would be applicable, subject to agreement between the parties in case the award passed is enforceable and recognized under the provisions of Part II of the Act[8].
Therefore, the importance of choice of seat in an international commercial arbitration cannot be overstated and the parties to contract must clearly indicate the seat of arbitration keeping well in mind that such choice would also determine the law governing the arbitration proceedings. If a party in Mumbai and a party in Sydney agree to take their arbitral reference to Geneva in Switzerland, it implies that the parties embrace Swiss Law as the law governing the arbitration proceedings and it would be Swiss Law that would govern the adjudication of the procedure adopted at the arbitration reference and the outcome of the arbitral reference. Of course, such a choice of seat for the arbitral reference is subject to a contrary agreement between the parties. However, what is true for international law may not hold the good for domestic arbitration for one reason: if a party in Mumbai were to agree with a party in Kolkata to take their arbitral reference to Delhi, the chosen seat would have no impact on the choice of law since the law governing the arbitration proceedings in Kolkata, Mumbai and Delhi would be the same[9].
Court at the Seat
Before delving into the question of exercise of jurisdiction of the court at the seat of an arbitration proceeding, it is essential to understand the definition of "Court" as provided in the Arbitration and Conciliation Act, 1996. Section 2(1)(e) of the Act contains an exhaustive definition marking out only the principal civil court of original jurisdiction in a district or a High Court having original civil jurisdiction in the State, and no other court as "court" for the purpose of Part I of the Act (emphasis supplied)[10]. One must also not lose sight of the fact that the words used in the definition are "means and includes". It is settled law that such definitions are meant to be exhaustive in nature[11]. The provision is quoted hereinbelow for ready reference:
2(1)(e) "Court" means— (i) in the case of an arbitration other than international commercial arbitration, the principal Civil Court of original jurisdiction in a district, and includes the High Court in exercise of its ordinary original civil jurisdiction, having jurisdiction to decide the questions forming the subject-matter of the arbitration if the same had been the subject-matter of a suit, but does not include any Civil Court of a grade inferior to such principal Civil Court, or any Court of Small Causes;
(ii) in the case of international commercial arbitration, the High Court in exercise of its ordinary original civil jurisdiction, having jurisdiction to decide the questions forming the subject-matter of the arbitration if the same had been the subject-matter of a suit, and in other cases, a High Court having jurisdiction to hear appeals from decrees of courts subordinate to that High Court;
It may not be out of place to mention here that the Supreme Court of India has settled the question as to what may be called a Court having territorial jurisdiction over the 'subject matter of a suit' in A.B.C. Laminart Pvt. Ltd. v. A.P. Agencies[12]. The relevant portion of the judgment is reproduced hereinbelow for ready reference:
"15. In the matter of a contract there may arise causes of action of various kinds… The making of the contract is part of the cause of action. A suit on a contract, therefore, can be filed at the place where it was made. The determination of the place where the contract was made is part of the law of contract. But making of an offer on a particular place does not form cause of action in a suit for damages for breach of contract. Ordinarily, acceptance of an offer and its intimation result in a contract and hence a suit can be filed in a court within whose jurisdiction the acceptance was communicated. The performance of a contract is part of cause of action and a suit in respect of the breach can always be filed at the place where the contract should have been performed or its performance completed. If the contract is to be performed at the place where it is made, the suit on the contract is to be filed there and nowhere else. In suits for agency actions the cause of action arises at the place where the contract of agency was made or the place where actions are to be rendered and payment is to be made by the agent. Part of cause of action arises where money is expressly or impliedly payable under a contract. In cases of repudiation of a contract, the place where repudiation is received is the place where the suit would lie.…"
A plain reading of Section 2(1)(e) of the Act in light of the aforesaid decision would go on to show that for domestic arbitrations, only a court within whose jurisdiction the cause of action in respect of the dispute in question arises, may be considered to be a "Court" under Section 2(1)(e) of the Act.
In the backdrop of such premise, the question that arises for consideration is whether the situs of arbitration can confer jurisdiction to a court, even when the cause of action in respect of the dispute has not arisen within its jurisdiction.
The question as to whether situs of arbitration confers jurisdiction on the court was considered quite some time ago by a learned Single Judge of the Delhi High Court in Sushil Ansal v. Union of India[13]. In such decision, it was held that the situs of arbitration did not confer jurisdiction to the courts and that while considering the question of territorial jurisdiction, it is vital to consider the competency of the court for deciding the subject-matter of the dispute had a suit been filed instead of invocation of arbitration. The Court, after examining the provisions of Sections 41, 31 and 2(c) of the Arbitration Act, 1940 held that:
"Thus one has to ascertain what are the questions forming the subject-matter of the reference to arbitration which resulted in the award. Suppose those questions arise in a suit then find out which would be the competent court to decide such suit. The court competent to decide such questions in the suit would be the court having jurisdiction to decide the present petition under the Arbitration Act for making the award a rule of the court."
Sushil Ansal v. Union of India was later followed in Gulati Construction Company, Jhansi v. Betwa River Board and Anr.[14], and in GE Countrywide Consumer Financial Services Ltd v. Surjit Singh Bhatia[15] (judgment rendered in respect of the Act of 1996), wherein the Court made the following observation:
"To determine the jurisdiction of a court for the purposes of Section 34, one has to look at the subject-matter of the arbitration and not at the situs of arbitration because that is wholly irrelevant. The situs of arbitration or the fact that the award was made at a particular place, would not be relevant for conferring jurisdiction. It is only the subject-matter of the arbitration construed in a manner as if the arbitration proceeding was a suit that would be determinative of a court having jurisdiction to entertain and hear a petition under Section 34 of the Arbitration and Conciliation Act, 1996."
Demonstrating a complete departure from the aforesaid position, the Supreme Court of India, in Bharat Aluminium Co. v. Kaiser Aluminium Technical Services Inc. (2012)9SCC552 (BALCO), interpreted Section 2(1)(e) of the Act to hold that the legislature has, in such provision, intentionally given jurisdiction to two courts i.e. the court which would have jurisdiction where the cause of action is located and the court within whose jurisdiction the arbitration takes place. The Court noted that this was necessary as on many occasions the agreement may provide for a seat of arbitration at a place which would be neutral to both the parties. Therefore, the courts where the arbitration takes place would be required to exercise supervisory control over the arbitral process. In such circumstances, both the Courts would have jurisdiction, i.e., the Court within whose jurisdiction the subject matter of the suit is situated and the courts within the jurisdiction of which the dispute resolution, i.e., arbitration is conducted.
The basis of such interpretation perhaps arose from the fact that the regulation of conduct of arbitration and challenge to an award needs to be by the courts of the country in which the arbitration is being conducted. Such a court is then the supervisory court possessed of the power to annul the award. This is in keeping with the scheme of the international instruments, such as the Geneva Convention and the New York Convention as well as the UNCITRAL Model Law. It also recognizes the territorial principle which gives effect to the sovereign right of a country to regulate, through its national courts, an adjudicatory duty being performed in its own country. However, what is true for international arbitrations may not hold the good for domestic arbitrations for one reason: if a party in Mumbai were to agree with a party in Kolkata to take their arbitral reference to Delhi, the chosen seat would not have an impact on the choice of Court since the law governing the arbitration proceedings in Kolkata, Mumbai and Delhi would be the same[16].
It could be argued that the interpretation in BALCO appears to be an apparent movement in the direction towards party autonomy, however, such approach may be problematic in view of the fact that this interpretation renders Section 2(1)(e) partly ineffectual. Possibly, the Court has incorrectly applied the law applicable to foreign seated international commercial arbitration to the domestic arbitrations, without considering that the Act clearly draws a distinction between them.
Interestingly, the Supreme Court took a step forward in Indus Mobile Distribution (P) Ltd. v. Datawind Innovations (P) Ltd. (Indus Mobile)[17], to rely upon BALCO, and hold that even in domestic arbitrations, the Court at the seat will have exclusive jurisdiction for the purpose of regulating arbitral proceedings. The relevant portion of the judgment is quoted hereinbelow for ready reference:
"19. A conspectus of all the aforesaid provisions shows that the moment the seat is designated, it is akin to an exclusive jurisdiction clause. On the facts of the present case, it is clear that the seat of arbitration is Mumbai and Clause 19 further makes it clear that jurisdiction exclusively vests in the Mumbai courts. Under the Law of Arbitration, unlike the Code of Civil Procedure which applies to suits filed in courts, a reference to "seat" is a concept by which a neutral venue can be chosen by the parties to an arbitration clause. The neutral venue may not in the classical sense have jurisdiction - that is, no part of the cause of action may have arisen at the neutral venue and neither would any of the provisions of Sections 16 to 21 of CPC be attracted. In arbitration law however, as has been held above, the moment "seat" is determined, the fact that the seat is at Mumbai would vest Mumbai courts with exclusive jurisdiction for purposes of regulating arbitral proceedings arising out of the agreement between the parties."
The observation of the Court that the provisions of Sections 16 to 21 of CPC will not be attracted is contrary to the legal proposition settled by a three Judge Bench of the Supreme Court that application of Section 20 of the Code of Civil Procedure, 1908 to the Arbitration Act is clear, unambiguous and explicit[18]. However, it may follow from the facts of the case that as the agreement between the parties contained a forum selection clause and also a clause designating the seat of the arbitral reference; both of which identified Mumbai as the appropriate place, the Court reached the right conclusion for the wrong reasons. The result, however, is that the judgment in Indus Mobile cannot govern a situation where the agreement between the parties does not indicate a chosen seat for the arbitral reference[19]. Notwithstanding the aforesaid, it is perhaps surprising to note that courts in India have relied on the Indus Mobile, even where its applicability is questionable specially in cases where the "seat" of arbitration is not a Court having jurisdiction under Section 2(1)(e) of the Act[20].
This is perhaps why the decision in Indus Mobile has been correctly considered and distinguished by the High Court at Calcutta in Hirok Chowdhury & Ors. vs. Khagendra Nath Mondal & Anr.[21] and Debdas Routh vs. Hinduja Leyland Finance Limited[22]. The judgments state that Indus Mobile has been read down in the light of dictum in Hakam Singh v. M/s. Gammon (India) Limited[23] to hold that, in case of a domestic arbitration when parties to an arbitration agreement choose a seat for the arbitral reference and a court at the seat of the arbitral reference as the exclusive court, such court would have exclusive jurisdiction only if it is is otherwise clothed with the authority under S.2(1)(e)(i) of the Act read with sections 15 to 20 of the Code of Civil Procedure, 1908, where applicable.(emphasis supplied)[24].
Seat Vs. Venue
In certain cases, the "venue" of the arbitration proceeding may be designated, while the "seat" is not. It may be worthwhile to delve into certain precedents that consider its consequences.
The significance of the parties not specifying a "seat" of arbitration proceeding is far and wide. In Shashoua & Ors v. Sharma[25], the England and Wales High Court (Commercial), while hearing an anti-suit injunction, understood the expression "venue" as seat, as the parties had agreed that the ICC Rules would apply to the arbitration proceedings. Here, the Court was concerned with the construction of the shareholders' agreement between the parties, which provided that the venue of the arbitration shall be London, United Kingdom and the arbitration proceedings should be conducted in English in accordance with the ICC Rules while the governing law of the shareholders' agreement would be the law of India. The Court concluded that London is the seat, since the phrase "venue of arbitration shall be London, U.K." was accompanied by the provision in the arbitration clause for arbitration to be conducted in accordance with the Rules of ICC in Paris (a supranational body of rules). It was also noted that "the parties have not simply provided for the location of hearings to be in London for the sake of convenience and there is indeed no suggestion that London would be convenient in itself, in the light of the governing law of the Shareholders Agreement, the nature and terms of that agreement and the nature of the disputes which were likely to arise and which did in fact arise."[26]
In Union of India v Hardy Exploration[27], it had been held that a venue in an arbitration proceeding can become the "seat" if something else is added to it as a concomitant. The Court held that the "venue" does not ipso facto assume the status of seat. Here, the parties had designated Kuala Lumpur as the venue of arbitration, and the agreement did not specify a "seat". The Court interpreted the agreement to hold that as the place of arbitration to be agreed upon between the parties, had not been agreed upon, the Arbitral Tribunal was required to determine the same. As there had been no adjudication and expression of an opinion on the determination of the "seat", the Supreme Court held that Kuala Lumpur was not "seat" of the arbitration proceeding, and Indian Courts had jurisdiction over the arbitration proceeding.
However, in Brahmani River Pellets Limited v. Kamachi Industries Limited[28], where the parties had selected Bhubaneshwar as the "venue" of arbitration proceeding, the Division Bench of the Supreme Court was of the opinion that the Court at such venue will have exclusive jurisdiction. It was particularly observed:
"In the present case, the parties have agreed that the "venue" of arbitration shall be at Bhubaneswar. Considering the agreement of the parties having Bhubaneswar as the venue of arbitration, the intention of the parties is to exclude all other courts."
In this regard, the Bench placed reliance on Swastik Gas[29] where the Supreme Court had clarified that where the contract specifies the jurisdiction of the courts at a particular place and such courts have jurisdiction to deal with the matter, an inference may be drawn that parties intended to exclude all other courts. However, it is settled law that the distinction between the venue and the seat remains, and it has to be adjudged on the facts of each case to determine the juridical seat[30]. But, in Brahmani, while arriving at its conclusion, the Bench did not treat Bhubaneshwar as the "seat" of arbitration but the "venue".
It may well be argued that as Brahmani pertained to a domestic arbitration, a different choice of seat would not have altered the law governing the arbitration proceeding, however, as it is settled law that venue of the arbitral tribunal may be moved as per the parties' convenience[31], it may be questioned whether now each move in such venue would confer exclusive jurisdiction on a new Court. It is also doubtful as to whether in cases where parties to an international commercial arbitration choose India as merely a "venue" and another country as a "seat", Brahmani will result in conferring upon courts in India exclusive jurisdiction in respect of the arbitration proceeding, when a bare perusal of the provisions of the Act clearly indicate otherwise.
It may be said that BALCO carved out an exception to the established norm that jurisdiction cannot be conferred on a court by consent of the parties, when it does not have inherent jurisdiction. Indus Mobile conferred exclusivity of jurisdiction on such Court, limiting the applicability of the Code of Civil Procedure, 1908. It may be an acceptable argument that party autonomy being paramount in arbitration proceedings, the court at the parties' chosen seat should have exclusive jurisdiction to avoid jurisdictional challenges and dilatory litigations. However, it may be prudent to bring in this change through an amendment of the Act, rather than conflicting judicial precedents that endanger the consistency of law and process. In an age when positive signals should be sent to the international business community, in order to create a conducive arbitration culture in this country, such inconsistency is certainly not welcome.
This paper has been written by Pooja Chakrabarti (Partner). She was assisted by Radhika Misra (Associate).
[1] Section 20 of the the Arbitration and Conciliation Act, 1996
[2] Section 2(1)(f)"international commercial arbitration" means an arbitration relating to disputes arising out of legal relationships, whether contractual or not, considered as commercial under the law in force in India and where at least one of the parties is—
(i) an individual who is a national of, or habitually resident in, any country other than India; or
(ii) a body corporate which is incorporated in any country other than India; or
(iii) 2 *** an association or a body of individuals whose central management and control is exercised in any country other than India; or
(iv) the Government of a foreign country;
[3] Redfern and Hunter, The Law and Practice of International Commercial Arbitration (1986) at Page 69
[4] The New York Convention provides a clear territorial link between the place of arbitration and the law governing that arbitration. Model Law which provides in Article 1(2) that "the provision of this law, except Articles 8, 9, 35 and 36 apply only if the place of arbitration is in the territory of the State."
[5] Naviera Amazonica Peruana S.A. Vs. Compania Internacionale De Seguros Del Peru 1988 (1) Lloyd's Law Reports 116
[6] See also Conflict of Law Rules as quoted in Dicey & Morris on the Conflict of Laws (11th Edition) Volume 1; later approved by the House of Lords in James Miller & Partners Vs. Whitworth Street Estates (Manchester) Ltd. [1970] 1 Lloyd's Rep. 269; [1970] A.C.583
[7] Section 2(2) of the Arbitration and Conciliation Act, 1996, as amended vide the Arbitration and Conciliation (Amendment) Act, 2015
[8] Bharat Aluminium Co. v. Kaiser Aluminium Technical Services Inc. (2012)9SCC552
[9] Hirok Chowdhury & Ors vs Khagendra Nath Mandal & Ors. AIR 2018 Cal 272
[10] State of West Bengal v. Associated Contractors (2015) 1 SCC 32)
[11] P. Kasilingam & Ors. v. P.S.G. College of Technology & Ors., (1995) Suppl. 2 SCC 348
[12] AIR 1989 SC 1239
[13] AIR 1980 Delhi 43
[14] AIR 1984 Delhi 299
[15] (2006) 129 DLT 393
[16] Hirok Chowdhury & Ors vs Khagendra Nath Mandal & Ors. AIR 2018 Cal 272
[17] (2017) 7 SCC 678
[18] Swastik Gases Pvt. Ltd. v. Indian Oil Corporation Ltd. (2013) 9 SCC 32. The Court held: "When it comes to the question of territorial jurisdiction relating to the application under Section 11, besides the above legislative provisions, Section 20 of the Code is relevant."
[20] Britannia Industries Limited v. Easwaran 2018(3) KHC 574 and Sasidharan v. Sundaram Finance Limited 2018(3) KHC 638
[21] AIR 2018 Cal 272
[24] Khazana Projects & Industries Pvt. Ltd. Vs. Indian Oil Corporation Ltd. (In the High Court at Calcutta; F.M.A. No. 2748 of 2016; decided on August 27, 2019)
[25] [2009] 2 All ER (Comm) 477
[26] Also see Enercon (India) Ltd. and Ors. Vs. Enercon GMBH and Ors. AIR2014SC3152
[28] Civil Appeal No. 5850 of 2019 (SLP (C) No. 15672 of 2019; decided on July 25, 2019)
[29] Supra
[30] Roger Shashoua and Ors.v. Mukesh Sharma and Ors. AIR2017SC3166
[31] Redfern and Hunter, The Law and Practice of International Commercial Arbitration (1986) at Page 69
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Maaser was born in Strausberg, Germany, to Silvia and Thomas Maaser, a former MiG-29 pilot. He started artistic gymnastics at the age of 3. Six years later he started martial arts and wheel gymnastics. Until today he is the most successful competitor in the history of the sport with 14 world champion titles, 2 world cup wins and more than 50 national titles as well as the title as the youngest ever world champion at age 14.


Our Royal Ballroom is very popular and often used for both business and social events. The Ballroom is 422m2 and can be divided into two separate rooms. It can be used to host dance events, weddings, birthday parties, international meetings, seminars, conferences and more.
Depending on the type of event and set-up the Royal Ballroom can host up to a maximum of 500 people.
The Royal Ballroom is very suitable for meetings and seminars due to the ample parking space and the possibility to set up a translation system for up to 150 people in four different languages.


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So, here I am writing and rewriting about this amazing evening with Kaitlyn + Jonathan. (I mean, even our conversations planning for it were fun.) And then we received this touching card in the mail and well, died. In a good way, of course. Because, I'll be honest, when you work in a creative field, it's your heart and soul that's out there for scrutiny. And sometimes it's a little scary. Some days you're filled with doubt. You wonder if you're good enough. And you hope with all your heart that you are making meaningful connections with people and honoring who they are in the way you tell their story.
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text:
package main

import (
	"net/http"

	"github.com/NVIDIA/nvidia-docker/tools/src/graceful"
)

type restapi interface {
	version() string

	gpuInfo(http.ResponseWriter, *http.Request)
	gpuInfoJSON(http.ResponseWriter, *http.Request)
	gpuStatus(http.ResponseWriter, *http.Request)
	gpuStatusJSON(http.ResponseWriter, *http.Request)
	dockerCLI(http.ResponseWriter, *http.Request)
	dockerCLIJSON(http.ResponseWriter, *http.Request)
	mesosCLI(http.ResponseWriter, *http.Request)
}

type RemoteAPI struct {
	*graceful.HTTPServer

	apis []restapi
}

func NewRemoteAPI(addr string) *RemoteAPI {
	a := &RemoteAPI{
		HTTPServer: graceful.NewHTTPServer("tcp", addr),
	}
	a.register(
		new(remoteV10),
	)
	return a
}

func (a *RemoteAPI) register(apis ...restapi) {
	for i, api := range apis {
		prefix := "/" + api.version()

	handlers:
		a.Handle("GET", prefix+"/gpu/info", api.gpuInfo)
		a.Handle("GET", prefix+"/gpu/info/json", api.gpuInfoJSON)
		a.Handle("GET", prefix+"/gpu/status", api.gpuStatus)
		a.Handle("GET", prefix+"/gpu/status/json", api.gpuStatusJSON)
		a.Handle("GET", prefix+"/docker/cli", api.dockerCLI)
		a.Handle("GET", prefix+"/docker/cli/json", api.dockerCLIJSON)
		a.Handle("GET", prefix+"/mesos/cli", api.mesosCLI)

		if i == len(apis)-1 && prefix != "" {
			prefix = ""
			goto handlers
		}
		a.apis = append(a.apis, api)
	}
}

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Atascadero City Council Approves Emergency Grant Program •
Mayor Moreno will work with local mayors and other officials to move San Luis County out of Southern California.
ATASCADERO – In connection with a recent decree of the municipal council. Gavin Newsom from 6. In December, Atascadero City Council has scheduled a special meeting for Tuesday 15 December to discuss an emergency aid programme to help small businesses.
The regional regulation on home stays has been introduced in regions with less than 15% of intensive care units and has banned private meetings, regardless of their size. In addition, Newsom announced that all non-essential travel from 3 years onwards would be eliminated. December is restricted nationwide until further notice.
According to the new Home Care Ordinance, essential businesses, such as grocery stores, must operate at 20%; bars, wineries, lounges and restaurants must be closed; and hotels can only be opened to support critical infrastructure.
Schools can remain open if they are granted an exemption, and restaurants can continue to offer pick-up and delivery services.
The contract would remain in force for a minimum of three weeks and would then be cancelled if the IC capacity in the region was expected to be 15% or more. The assessment must take place weekly after the initial period of three weeks.
The state has published a map of the five regions and their current capacity, as well as a timetable indicating when the regions will fall below the 15% threshold. San Luis Obispo County was first placed in the Southern California region, which included the following areas
– Southern California: Imperial, Inyo, Los Angeles, Mono, Orange, Riverside, San Bernardino, San Diego, San Luis Obispo, Santa Barbara, Ventura.
At Tuesday's meeting, Atascadero's director of community development, Phil Dunsmore, said that he and his team are in direct contact with many small local businesses and that the city's financial help could be helpful.
This closure will have a devastating impact on many small businesses… and even if it's not a lot of money, it may be enough to help them, he said.
The City Council has been invited to offer micro grants to the companies of Atascadero. The full amount of the grant will be awarded up to a maximum of $5,000. The total cost of the project is $13.5 million and can be used for various purposes to help small businesses during these critical months.
After discussing the application procedure, qualifications and responsibility, the Municipal Council of Atascadero took a decision. In turn, you authorize the City Manager to raise up to $250,000 from the general fund. The state of California has allocated $1.5 million to an emergency program to help small businesses facing significant financial consequences as a result of business emergencies, following the 5-0 vote on COWID-19.
The application period starts on 17 December and runs until the end of the year.
The City Council has also approved the city's partnership with the Chamber of Commerce of Atascadero, allowing residents or businesses to make donations to the 501(c)(3) not-for-profit Chamber of Commerce to provide additional funds for new subsidies. Acting President of the House, Josh Cross, said the link to the donations was made as early as Thursday 17. December, could be done.
One of the public comments on this agenda item came from a resident, Gina, who thanked the Board of Directors for planning the meeting and for its attention to the financial needs of small businesses.
The second item on the agenda was an update on COWID-19 by Mayor Heather Moreno and City Manager Rachel Rickard. There was a general discussion about how the City deals with the complaints received. Mr. Rickard explained that John Jones, Atascadero's corporate code compliance officer, visited the site of the complaint and informed the company owner about safe business practices. They couldn't find anyone who did something that fell into the shameless category.
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A business owner and a local resident made a public comment in support of the Commission's action on the request to repeal the Southern California Regional Health Care Guidelines COWID-19.
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Q: How to get the previous value entered from a callback function? I know that this is probably a simple problem but I am new to Matlab GUI's and basically want to get the old value which used to be stored in the text box to replace the value which has just been entered. E.g.

*

*Text box contains a valid string,

*User enters invalid string,

*Callback func, validates input and realises new input is an error and reverts to the old previous value.

How should this be implemented or done? Atm I am just using the get and set property values.
Below is some sample code:
function sampledist_Callback(hObject, eventdata, handles)
% hObject    handle to sampledist (see GCBO)
% eventdata  reserved - to be defined in a future version of MATLAB
% handles    structure with handles and user data (see GUIDATA)

% Hints: get(hObject,'String') returns contents of sampledist as text
%        str2double(get(hObject,'String')) returns contents of sampledist as a double

input = str2double(get(hObject,'String'));
if(input < 0 || input > 500)
    errordlg('Sampled Dist. must be > 0 and < 500','Sample Dist - Input Error');
    set(handles.sampledist,'String',['10']); %<--- I would like this value 10 to be the previous entry!
    guidata(hObject,handles);
else
   set(handles.sampledist,'String',['',input]);
   guidata(hObject,handles);
end

A: Simply add a new field sampledistPrev to your handles structure.
In the openingFcn of the GUI, define the property with a line like this:
handles.sampledistPrev = 10; %# or whatever you choose as default value
%# if you want, you can set the default value to the GUI, so that you only need
%# to change it at one point, if necessary, like so:
set(handles.sampledist,'String',num2str(handles.sampledistPrev));
%# don't forget to save the handles structure at the end of the openingFcn
guidata(hObject,handles)

Then you update your callback like this:
function sampledist_Callback(hObject, eventdata, handles)
% hObject    handle to sampledist (see GCBO)
% eventdata  reserved - to be defined in a future version of MATLAB
% handles    structure with handles and user data (see GUIDATA)

% Hints: get(hObject,'String') returns contents of sampledist as text
%        str2double(get(hObject,'String')) returns contents of sampledist as a double

input = str2double(get(hObject,'String'));
if(input < 0 || input > 500)
    errordlg('Sampled Dist. must be > 0 and < 500','Sample Dist - Input Error');
    set(handles.sampledist,'String',num2str(handles.sampledistPrev)); %reset value be the previous entry!
    guidata(hObject,handles); %# Note that you don't need to save the handles structure unless
                              %# you have changed a user-defined value like sampledistPrev
                              %# It may still be useful to do it so you always remember
else
   set(handles.sampledist,'String',['',input]);
   %# also update the reset value
   handles.sampledistPrev = input;
   guidata(hObject,handles);
end

A: Why don't you store "the previous value" as the 'UserData' of that object, as follows:

function sampledist_Callback(hObject, eventdata, handles)
    input = str2double(get(hObject,'String'));
    if (input < 0 || input > 500)
        errordlg('Sampled Dist. must be > 0 and < 500','Sample Dist - Input Error');
        val=get(hObject,'UserData');
        if isempty(val)
            val='';
        end
        set(hObject,'String',val); %<--- This is where you'd like to set the previous entry value!
        guidata(hObject,handles);
    else
        input=num2str(input);
        set(handles.sampledist,'String',input,'UserData',input);
        guidata(hObject,handles);
    end
end

% Y.T.

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text:
#ifndef SoundH
#define SoundH
#pragma once

//#include "../include/xrapi/xrapi.h"

#ifdef XRSOUND_EXPORTS
#define XRSOUND_API __declspec(dllexport)
#else
#define XRSOUND_API __declspec(dllimport)
#endif

#ifdef __BORLANDC__
#define XRSOUND_EDITOR_API XRSOUND_API

// editor only refs
class XRSOUND_EDITOR_API SoundEnvironment_LIB;
#else
#define XRSOUND_EDITOR_API
#endif

#define SNDENV_FILENAME "sEnvironment.xr"
#define OGG_COMMENT_VERSION 0x0003

// refs
class CObject;
class XRSOUND_API CSound_params;
class XRSOUND_API CSound_source;
class XRSOUND_API CSound_emitter;
class XRSOUND_API CSound_stream_interface;
class XRSOUND_API CSound_environment;

XRSOUND_API extern u32 psSoundModel;
XRSOUND_API extern float psSoundVEffects;
XRSOUND_API extern float psSoundVFactor;
XRSOUND_API extern float psSoundVMusic;
XRSOUND_API extern float psSoundRolloff;
XRSOUND_API extern float psSoundOcclusionScale;
XRSOUND_API extern Flags32 psSoundFlags;
XRSOUND_API extern int psSoundTargets;
XRSOUND_API extern int psSoundCacheSizeMB;
XRSOUND_API extern xr_token* snd_devices_token;
XRSOUND_API extern u32 snd_device_id;

// Flags
enum {
    ss_Hardware = (1ul << 1ul), //!< Use hardware mixing only
    ss_EAX = (1ul << 2ul),      //!< Use eax
    ss_forcedword = u32(-1)
};

enum { sq_DEFAULT, sq_NOVIRT, sq_LIGHT, sq_HIGH, sq_forcedword = u32(-1) };
enum {
    sg_Undefined = 0,
    sg_SourceType = u32(-1),
    sg_forcedword = u32(-1),
};
enum {
    sm_Looped = (1ul << 0ul), //!< Looped
    sm_2D = (1ul << 1ul),     //!< 2D mode
    sm_forcedword = u32(-1),
};
enum esound_type {
    st_Effect = 0,
    st_Music = 1,
    st_forcedword = u32(-1),
};

class CSound_UserDataVisitor;

class CSound_UserData : public xr_resource {
public:
    virtual ~CSound_UserData() {}
    virtual void accept(CSound_UserDataVisitor*) = 0;
    virtual void invalidate() = 0;
};
typedef resptr_core<CSound_UserData, resptr_base<CSound_UserData>> CSound_UserDataPtr;

class ref_sound_data : public xr_resource {
public:
    //	shared_str						nm;
    CSound_source* handle;    //!< Pointer to wave-source interface
    CSound_emitter* feedback; //!< Pointer to emitter, automaticaly clears on emitter-stop
    esound_type s_type;
    int g_type;        //!< Sound type, usually for AI
    CObject* g_object; //!< Game object that emitts ref_sound
    CSound_UserDataPtr g_userdata;
    shared_str fn_attached[2];

    u32 dwBytesTotal;
    float fTimeTotal;

public:
    ref_sound_data();
    ref_sound_data(LPCSTR fName, esound_type sound_type, int game_type);
    virtual ~ref_sound_data();
    float get_length_sec() const { return fTimeTotal; };
};
typedef resptr_core<ref_sound_data, resptr_base<ref_sound_data>> ref_sound_data_ptr;
/*! \class ref_sound
\brief Sound source + control

The main class respresenting source/emitter interface
This class infact just hides internals and redirect calls to
specific sub-systems
*/
struct ref_sound {
    ref_sound_data_ptr _p;

public:
    ref_sound() {}
    ~ref_sound() {}

    IC CSound_source* _handle() const { return _p ? _p->handle : NULL; }
    IC CSound_emitter* _feedback() { return _p ? _p->feedback : 0; }
    IC CObject* _g_object() {
        VERIFY(_p);
        return _p->g_object;
    }
    IC int _g_type() {
        VERIFY(_p);
        return _p->g_type;
    }
    IC esound_type _sound_type() {
        VERIFY(_p);
        return _p->s_type;
    }
    IC CSound_UserDataPtr _g_userdata() {
        VERIFY(_p);
        return _p->g_userdata;
    }

    IC void create(LPCSTR name, esound_type sound_type, int game_type);
    IC void attach_tail(LPCSTR name);

    IC void clone(const ref_sound& from, esound_type sound_type, int game_type);

    IC void destroy();

    IC void play(CObject* O, u32 flags = 0, float delay = 0.f);
    IC void play_at_pos(CObject* O, const Fvector& pos, u32 flags = 0, float delay = 0.f);
    IC void play_no_feedback(CObject* O, u32 flags = 0, float delay = 0.f, Fvector* pos = 0,
                             float* vol = 0, float* freq = 0, Fvector2* range = 0);

    IC void stop();
    IC void stop_deffered();
    IC void set_position(const Fvector& pos);
    IC void set_frequency(float freq);
    IC void set_range(float min, float max);
    IC void set_volume(float vol);
    IC void set_priority(float vol);

    IC const CSound_params* get_params();
    IC void set_params(CSound_params* p);
    IC float get_length_sec() const { return _p ? _p->get_length_sec() : 0.0f; };
};

/// definition (Sound Source)
class XRSOUND_API CSound_source {
public:
    virtual float length_sec() const = 0;
    virtual u32 game_type() const = 0;
    virtual LPCSTR file_name() const = 0;
    virtual u16 channels_num() const = 0;
    virtual u32 bytes_total() const = 0;
};

/// definition (Sound Source)
class XRSOUND_API CSound_environment {
public:
};

/// definition (Sound Params)
class XRSOUND_API CSound_params {
public:
    Fvector position;
    float base_volume;
    float volume;
    float freq;
    float min_distance;
    float max_distance;
    float max_ai_distance;
};

/// definition (Sound Interface)
class XRSOUND_API CSound_emitter {
public:
    virtual BOOL is_2D() = 0;
    virtual void switch_to_2D() = 0;
    virtual void switch_to_3D() = 0;
    virtual void set_position(const Fvector& pos) = 0;
    virtual void set_frequency(float freq) = 0;
    virtual void set_range(float min, float max) = 0;
    virtual void set_volume(float vol) = 0;
    virtual void set_priority(float vol) = 0;
    virtual void stop(BOOL bDeffered) = 0;
    virtual const CSound_params* get_params() = 0;
    virtual u32 play_time() = 0;
};

/// definition (Sound Stream Interface)
class XRSOUND_API CSound_stream_interface {
public:
};

/// definition (Sound Stream Interface)
class XRSOUND_API CSound_stats {
public:
    u32 _rendered;
    u32 _simulated;
    u32 _cache_hits;
    u32 _cache_misses;
    u32 _events;
};

class XRSOUND_API CSound_stats_ext {
public:
    struct SItem {
        shared_str name;
        CSound_params params;
        float volume;
        esound_type type;
        int game_type;
        CObject* game_object;
        struct {
            u32 _3D : 1;
            u32 _rendered : 1;
        };
    };
    using item_vec = xr_vector<SItem>;
    item_vec items;

public:
    void clear() { items.clear(); }
    void append(const SItem& itm) { items.push_back(itm); }
};

/// definition (Sound Callback)
typedef void __stdcall sound_event(ref_sound_data_ptr S, float range);

/// definition (Sound Manager Interface)
class XRSOUND_API CSound_manager_interface {
    virtual void _initialize(int stage) = 0;
    virtual void _clear() = 0;

protected:
    friend class ref_sound_data;
    virtual void _create_data(ref_sound_data& S, LPCSTR fName, esound_type sound_type,
                              int game_type) = 0;
    virtual void _destroy_data(ref_sound_data& S) = 0;

public:
    virtual ~CSound_manager_interface() {}

    static void _create(int stage);
    static void _destroy();

    virtual void _restart() = 0;
    virtual BOOL i_locked() = 0;

    virtual void create(ref_sound& S, LPCSTR fName, esound_type sound_type, int game_type) = 0;
    virtual void attach_tail(ref_sound& S, LPCSTR fName) = 0;
    virtual void clone(ref_sound& S, const ref_sound& from, esound_type sound_type,
                       int game_type) = 0;
    virtual void destroy(ref_sound& S) = 0;
    virtual void stop_emitters() = 0;
    virtual int pause_emitters(bool val) = 0;

    virtual void play(ref_sound& S, CObject* O, u32 flags = 0, float delay = 0.f) = 0;
    virtual void play_at_pos(ref_sound& S, CObject* O, const Fvector& pos, u32 flags = 0,
                             float delay = 0.f) = 0;
    virtual void play_no_feedback(ref_sound& S, CObject* O, u32 flags = 0, float delay = 0.f,
                                  Fvector* pos = 0, float* vol = 0, float* freq = 0,
                                  Fvector2* range = 0) = 0;

    virtual void set_master_volume(float f = 1.f) = 0;
    virtual void set_geometry_env(IReader* I) = 0;
    virtual void set_geometry_som(IReader* I) = 0;
    virtual void set_geometry_occ(CDB::MODEL* M) = 0;
    virtual void set_handler(sound_event* E) = 0;

    virtual void update(const Fvector& P, const Fvector& D, const Fvector& N) = 0;
    virtual void statistic(CSound_stats* s0, CSound_stats_ext* s1) = 0;

    virtual float get_occlusion_to(const Fvector& hear_pt, const Fvector& snd_pt,
                                   float dispersion = 0.2f) = 0;

    virtual void object_relcase(CObject* obj) = 0;
    virtual const Fvector& listener_position() = 0;
#ifdef __BORLANDC__
    virtual SoundEnvironment_LIB* get_env_library() = 0;
    virtual void refresh_env_library() = 0;
    virtual void set_user_env(CSound_environment* E) = 0;
    virtual void refresh_sources() = 0;
    virtual void set_environment(u32 id, CSound_environment** dst_env) = 0;
    virtual void set_environment_size(CSound_environment* src_env,
                                      CSound_environment** dst_env) = 0;
#endif
};

class CSound_manager_interface;
extern XRSOUND_API CSound_manager_interface* Sound;

/// ********* Sound ********* (utils, accessors, helpers)
IC ref_sound_data::ref_sound_data() {
    handle = 0;
    feedback = 0;
    g_type = 0;
    g_object = 0;
    s_type = st_Effect;
}
IC ref_sound_data::ref_sound_data(LPCSTR fName, esound_type sound_type, int game_type) {
    ::Sound->_create_data(*this, fName, sound_type, game_type);
}
IC ref_sound_data::~ref_sound_data() { ::Sound->_destroy_data(*this); }

IC void ref_sound::create(LPCSTR name, esound_type sound_type, int game_type) {
    VERIFY(!::Sound->i_locked());
    ::Sound->create(*this, name, sound_type, game_type);
}
IC void ref_sound::attach_tail(LPCSTR name) {
    VERIFY(!::Sound->i_locked());
    ::Sound->attach_tail(*this, name);
}

IC void ref_sound::clone(const ref_sound& from, esound_type sound_type, int game_type) {
    VERIFY(!::Sound->i_locked());
    ::Sound->clone(*this, from, sound_type, game_type);
}
IC void ref_sound::destroy() {
    VERIFY(!::Sound->i_locked());
    ::Sound->destroy(*this);
}
IC void ref_sound::play(CObject* O, u32 flags, float d) {
    VERIFY(!::Sound->i_locked());
    ::Sound->play(*this, O, flags, d);
}
IC void ref_sound::play_at_pos(CObject* O, const Fvector& pos, u32 flags, float d) {
    VERIFY(!::Sound->i_locked());
    ::Sound->play_at_pos(*this, O, pos, flags, d);
}
IC void ref_sound::play_no_feedback(CObject* O, u32 flags, float d, Fvector* pos, float* vol,
                                    float* freq, Fvector2* range) {
    VERIFY(!::Sound->i_locked());
    ::Sound->play_no_feedback(*this, O, flags, d, pos, vol, freq, range);
}
IC void ref_sound::set_position(const Fvector& pos) {
    VERIFY(!::Sound->i_locked());
    VERIFY(_feedback());
    _feedback()->set_position(pos);
}
IC void ref_sound::set_frequency(float freq) {
    VERIFY(!::Sound->i_locked());
    if (_feedback())
        _feedback()->set_frequency(freq);
}
IC void ref_sound::set_range(float min, float max) {
    VERIFY(!::Sound->i_locked());
    if (_feedback())
        _feedback()->set_range(min, max);
}
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34As he went ashore, he saw a great crowd; and he had compassion for them, because they were like sheep without a shepherd; and he began to teach them many things.
39Then he ordered them to get all the people to sit down in groups on the green grass.
40So they sat down in groups of hundreds and of fifties.
41Taking the five loaves and the two fish, he looked up to heaven, and blessed and broke the loaves, and gave them to his disciples to set before the people; and he divided the two fish among them all.
43and they took up twelve baskets full of broken pieces and of the fish.
44Those who had eaten the loaves numbered five thousand men.
Grace is what God gives. It is the nature of God. Everything that we have and everything that we are is a gift from God, that is what theologians call grace. The Christian narrative is that we are all sinners saved by grace. The Christian faith is based on the belief in a God who loves everyone: "for God so loved the WHOLE WORLD, he sent his only son, …NOT TO CONDEMN THE WORLD, but that the world might be saved through him." This morning's Scripture lesson is a parable of grace. It is a preview of the way the new creation that God intends will be. All will eat and be fed and there will be plenty left over because God's love is abundant, God's resources are abundant, God's grace is sufficient and more than sufficient.
But our cultural narrative is that there is a scarcity of everything. There isn't enough food for everyone. There isn't enough clean water for everyone. There isn't enough healthcare for everyone, and so we must make commodities of these things and only those who can afford them can have them. Our cultural narrative is we all worked for what we have and earned it. We never consider that our natural abilities, our IQ's, the fact that we were even born in this country rather than another one, that we were born with innate advantages that others never had, that we have all this by virtue of grace – God's gift – not anything we earned or deserved – is one many people never think about.
Instead we waste a lot of time judging those who have not "made it," according to our scale of judgment. Or we spend time resenting those who seem lazy or seem to be looking for hand-outs or "entitlements," or all kinds of ways the politicians twist language to divide us and convince us there is not enough. It was very interesting several years ago when we took the youth on the mission trip to Miami and got to talk to a number of immigrants who were here, some working as migrant farm workers, others looking for any work they could get. The kids were astounded to learn that every one of those men and women they talked to wanted to earn their living, they didn't want a hand out. They wanted an opportunity and they were willing to pick tomatoes at an inhumane hourly wage just to try to make a living here rather than in Guatamala or Mexico or Nicaragua. It blew up a lot of assumptions they had learned from their parents.
The Scripture this morning is a story about Jesus calling the disciples away to a quiet place to rest and eat, because they have been working so hard they haven't even had time to eat. Yet, Jesus ends up surrounded by crowds who are hungry – at first for his teaching, but then just for food! And Jesus doesn't seem to have a clue. The disciples come to him to try to get him to end the sermon so the people can go home and eat. There is no potluck planned after this service! But Jesus just says, "you give them something to eat." The disciples say, "Us? What? Where are we going to get the money for that? Where are we going to get the food?" Evidently the Publix was closed and the 24 hour 7-11 was too far away. "What do you have?" Jesus asks. A few loaves and a couple of fish, they say. And it is enough. It is enough because Jesus blesses it, breaks it and passes it: obviously words that echo the liturgy of our sacrament of communion. It too is a sign of the miracle of God's grace: there is an abundance for all and so we don't have to refuse anyone.
What do you make of miracles? Maybe you don't believe in miracles. That's ok. Here's a thought… if the disciples who hadn't even had time to think about meals had a few loaves of bread and a couple fish among them, isn't it possible a few others in that crowd of 5000 also had some Nabs and a RC Cola with them? Maybe a few or more than a few had some loaves and a few fish and next thing you know everyone has enough bread and enough filet of pompano to satisfy. What's the miracle? To trust in a God who always, always, always, shows us there is an abundance in this creation, not a scarcity of resources and blessings, or that everyone shared a little so everyone had a lot? Seems like both are miracles to me. Seems like it takes a little humility to receive grace.
Emily Heath, ["Humble," SSD, ucc.org, October 1, 2017 ], live among some pretty privileged teenagers. They come from abundance and are destined for abundance. She and her wife have jobs at a high tone boarding school in New England. She says she is "immersed in the life of high school students." She talks with them over breakfast in the dining hall. See them working over their computers in the library, move from class to athletic fields to dorms and back again. It is a demanding school. Most of the graduates will go to Ivy League colleges and such. As she puts it, they understand concepts that she couldn't fathom in high school, all while being "rather annoyingly well-rounded." And they are also "humble," she says.
She goes on to say, "Something amazing happens when we begin to recognize that we are surrounded by people who have been given great gifts. Something even more amazing happens when we realize that every single person has been given great gifts by God. Humility is not denying your gifts. Humility is having the ability to see the gifts that are in others, and celebrating them just as much as your own." I would say real humility begins when we realize we are all recipients of holy welfare. When we realize that everything is a gift from God then we will realize we didn't deserve any of what we have and maybe, just maybe humility will begin to help us experience real gratitude.
The challenge I face with this is where she ties this in with what Paul the Apostle said to the Philippians about humility. He says, "If then there is any encouragement in Christ, any consolation from love, any sharing in the Spirit, any compassion and sympathy, make my joy complete: be of the same mind, having the same love, being in full accord and of one mind. Do nothing from selfish ambition or conceit, but in humility regard others as better than yourselves" [Philippians 2:1-3]. The problem for me is all these people who are convinced that other human lives aren't worth theirs, and so I begin to hate them and feel like I am a better human being than them. What do I mean?
Well, recently I overheard a few people discussing Puerto Rico and the disaster that Hurricane Maria caused there. One guy said he worked down there for awhile and said, "Oh, they won't do anything to help themselves, they're all lazy." Another said, "yeah, their government is just so corrupt any aid we give them will just end up in that Mayor's pockets, and she's a Democrat, so we know she is corrupt." That's what we call "blaming the victim." We do that so we will feel better about what we don't do for someone else. It is an attitude that is the polar opposite of humility.
Recently a rather drunk racist man of my generation accosted a woman wearing a shirt with the flag of Puerto Rico on it. He said she shouldn't wear that shirt because she was in America now. He demanded to know if she had her papers, could she prove she was here legally. Mary Luti says, "A recent study finds that roughly half of us in this country don't know that Puerto Ricans are American citizens. It also finds that among those who don't know, support for greater aid for the island registers at 41%. But that number rises to 81% when people learn" that they too are our brothers and sisters in citizenship. Mary Luti says, "That's a strong argument for better education. But it begs the question of why 4645 people's lives don't count regardless of what nationality they are or how corrupt their government is [and my mother said people who live in glass houses shouldn't throw stones, by the way, so maybe we should stop talking about other countries' corrupt governments]. Those people count.
That's how many Mark counted at Jesus' little potluck after the sermon. That was only the men, because well, the women and children didn't count back then. The truth is there was enough for all those who didn't count and 12 baskets left over besides. But I am one of those 5000. I am a recipient of Holy Welfare, of grace. And I really, really don't deserve it, but I am one of the 5000. By the way, so are you. AMEN.


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For example, a sound editor might have to work both at home and in a studio, on two different computers. Therefore, the sound effects are stored on an external storage medium. To be able to connect the external device and directly browse its contents in the MediaBay without having to scan the device, you have to create a volume database for the external device.
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Some of you asked for a line drawing of the twisty top. Of course, this is a perfectly reasonable request but eh... It is my own design and although I can make tech drawings, I'm by no means an expert. In this case, I tried and failed to make anything which could serve to clarify the design.
So, instead, I took a picture of the pattern pieces.
On the left is the front piece, which is cut once out of a single layer of fabric (the line. which you can just see, is to indicate the grainline). On the right is the back piece, with a cut-on facing at the top. This is cut once, on the fold. I fused stretchy, light-weight knit interfacing to the back facing. With these two pieces, I cut a striaght band of fabric for the sleeves/collar which was 27 cm wide and 75 cm long, with the straight-of-grain running lengthwise (to make it not too stretchy).
If you read her blog, even occasionally, you may know that Tanit-Isis doesn't need any encouragement to go on with her 'project drop waist'. This is a valiant search to create a flattering option for full skirted dresses on a body which (she tells us) doesn't look good in a garment with a seam at (and therefore a full skirt sprouting from) the waist.
It just so happens to be that several of the patterns she considers for this treatment are vintage ones... And by hearing 'full skirted dress', we immediately think 50's anyway, don't we?
I'll show you some of the options offered by sewing magazine Marion here (most of the fashion magazines are either bound into books or too large to fit under the scanner and it's too dark for picture of things in books. If you'd like I'll show some from those later).
This one, from July 1954 is the earliest one I could find tonight. It's more like a waistlength bodice with a yoked skirt attached to it but it's definately going in the drop-waist direction.
By 1955, the look had definately gained in popularity and this cocktaildress, with the lowest waistline of them all, proves the point. This is, quite clearly, a real drop-waist design.
The same magazine also offers this, somewhat less appealing, dress in size 38. It does show another fairly common feature (of which I thought I had seen a great example in Marion, but I can't find it now): a decoration of that dropped waist seam with a strip of fabric. It's usually done in the dress fabric, but can be used to great effect when combined with stripes.
Generally, the dropped waist was seen as a youthfull look, so it's no surprise to see it offered in the teenager section in December of 1956.
There is another design in the same issue which had a dropped waistline but is definately not intended for teenagers. It is also the only example I've found in Marion where the the lengthened bodice is not teamed with a pleated or gathered skirt. I think this dress is so sophisticated with it's sleek skirt. At the back, the bodice actually continues in a free-hanging panel which is what you see peeking from the back of skirt (and could be mistaken for a deep pleat).
There are other clever designs in which the long line of the bodice is really incorporated into the whole look, like this one in which the space between the darts gets a different kind skirt.
This is a look which appears fairly often: it's not a single bodice which reaches till about 10 cm below the waist, it's a waist-piece with a gather bust-piece on top and a pleated skirt on the bottom. Designs like this are, unlike 'real' drop waist ones, often shown worn with waist belts and they are, also unlike some of the other ones, always closely fitted.
Finally, these short wedding dresses (a length described as 'foot-free') are the only examples I've found in which the seam between bodice and skirt is shaped. The one on the left is just a waistlength bodice with a slight dip at center front, the other two are a bit more serious, with the middle one once more showing a waist-piece design.
I hope you all enjoy this little voyage through the fashions of our mothers or grandmothers. As said, I can show you examples from mid-1950's RTW as well, if you'd like.
Anyway, I drafted shirt and trouser slopers for him a few years ago and use those to create new items. Usually, new shirts don't even make it to the blog anymore (after all, I've made a dozen already...). Even with other items, I often don't bother asking him to pose for pictures. Unless, of course, it's something I really haven't done before, like the coats.
This past week, I made trousers for him. Normally, E lives in Levi's 501, but in summer, those can get too warm and shorts are not all that work-appropriate. So, I set out to make him a pair in a relatively thin and airy fabric. In fact, I bought more of the fabric I used for my jumpsuit for this purpose (and a pair of trousers for me and... eh other things. I bought 5 meters).
As a pattern, I just used the trouser sloper, the fit of which has been fine-tuned over several pairs of shorts (the latest of which I blogged about here last summer). I have some doubts about the slanted pockets I used this time. They seem to gape a bit more than I'd like (they're fine when the trousers are flat on the table, I didn't stretch those edges, in fact, I stabilized them with strips of fusible interfacing. It's really down to his built and posture combined the placement of those pockets). It may help if I just add tacks at top and bottom of the pocket opening. Anyway, it doesn't bother E. He put the trousers on this afternoon because I wanted to take these pictures and he hasn't taken them off yet.
I think the overall fit is rather nice.
It's the first time I added belt loops. It's one of those fiddly details I often skip on but E usually wears a belt so they went on by request. I actually think they look good and didn't cost that much time after all.
Did you ever bother to sew a bathrobe, a morning gown, a house coat or whatever you'd like to call it (and at whichever informal time of day you'd like to wear it...)?
So, it was time for another one. A little warmer and quite a bit more respectable. I saw this as a good opportunity to try out another of the vintage pattern things I have recently acquired.
I own several of these booklets from the 1950's and 60's. They are from an 'easy drafting' series called "with needle and scissors". I've written about the 1960's ones before but back then, I didn't have the sloper required. As it turned out, that was in the 50's booklets I bought a little later (it looks like they did a 'sloper issue' once a year). So now, I could really try and use this method.
The method for introducing a bust dart is particularly slap-dash. You are suppose to cut the line in the sloper and make a fold in to the armscye, creating an opening which then becomes the bust dart. At no point in any of the booklets do they explain how to calculate the width of this fold.
I picked the robe on the left for this experiment. I love the look of the one on the right but a fitted bodice doesn't seem very comfortable. This one supposedly has a fitted front and some ease at the back which is fitted to the waist with elastic.
I followed the book in drafting it, making the darts where they told me to and drafting the collar according to the same instructions.
Then, I picked a nice cotton from my stash. I like a paisley print, so I couldn't resist this one when I found it on sale for 1 euro/meter. However, it's pretty loud for a dress and I don't like the fact that it has a regular 'set'. In my mind, a paisley print should not have a clear order and repeat. So, this rather nice smooth cotton seemed ideal for this project. I bought some plain dark blue cotton to create a contrast at the collar, the sash and the (introduced into the design by me) sleeve turn-ups and pocket flap.
This is how it turned out. I love having a full-length robe (in fact, despite the nice drawing, the pattern was described for an over-all length of 1.20 meter, so I lengthened it to taste). I've never used facings on a bath robe before and I although the look in great, you have to pay attention to the sleeve facings when putting it on and at this length, the front facing easily shows half-way down the skirt (of course I could sew them down). I'm still not sure about the darts and the shape they make but this was never meant to be a fitted garment. The only real flaw are the drag lines from neckline to armpit, indicating either a too tight back neck (although it was fine in the sloper) or some issue with to collar. Possibly both. It's not uncomfortable, so it won't be an issue for an indoor garment like this but I will have to keep it in mind for any further "with needle and scissors" projects.


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Governor Mark Sanford Falls for his soulmate.
Horace Mungin July 28, 2009	14 Comments 181 Views
Now that some time has elapsed and some things are clearer, let's take a comparative look at the Mark Sanford tryst alongside some of the most recent cases of political infidelities and sex scandals. I think that in time, the Sanford episode could become a hit sellout movie, to which the lovelorn will be encouraged to bring lots of tissues, while all the other acts of unfaithfulness will be used as I use them here: to highlight the melancholy of the Sanford heartbreak.
The most infamous case is the one involving Bill Clinton. It caused pandemonium in the country and nearly led to the downfall of the Clinton Administration, but it would make a lousy movie, because it wasn't about anything emotional. There was no romance involved; this was about power over an admiring subordinate and oral sex , commonly referred to as getting (or giving) some head.
Governor James McGreevey, of New Jersey, lived a lie all of his life until his paid Israeli male lover squeezed him for hush money. He came out of the closet with his wife at his side and declared himself a "Gay American." His story was told in an honest and upright way, and the ex-governor has moved on by leaving his wife, getting out of politics and finding a male lover with whom he now lives. Although the ex-governor discarded his heterosexual mask in an honorable fashion, there is not enough here to make a movie for a general audience.
Then we have the cases of Governor Elliot Spitzer and Senator David Vitter, who purchased their sexual pleasures from prostitutes. These disclosures caused the downfall of the governor, who nearly swallowed his own face on television and brought great ridicule to the senator for exposing his wife to the press and the country in so shabby a manner. She looked dazed and stood apart from him, as if he had something contagious. I was in the army many years ago and got to understand why young soldiers in strange towns or countries turned to hookers on payday, but someone will have to explain to me why wealthy politicians with great power and many ambitious, admiring females turn to whores; the answer may be found on a psychologist's couch, but there is no movie here.
Next we have the taboo pair; Congressman Mark Foley and Senator Larry Craig. Foley, the newspapers said, had once been seduced by a priest when he was in his pre-teens. He went on to live a half-open, half-closeted sexual existence, until he was busted for sending sexually salacious emails to young male congressional pages, resulting in his resignation and disgrace. I don't think there is enough there for a successful movie. The Craig thing comes close to being movie material, a comedy for sure, but one scene in a stall in a men's toilet in an airport cannot fill the time required for a full length movie, wide stance or not. Nor does the spectacle of a US senator holding a press conference with his wife at his side declaring that he is not, and has never been, a homosexual. We'd need to know more. It may be odd, but there is no hint of Foley and Craig ever hooking up, politically or otherwise, and until there is some evident of this occurrence, there isn't a movie here either.
John Edwards was seduced by an ambitious groupie in a weak moment (I like John Edwards) and made to behave in a particularly bad manner. Sexually cheating on a wife sick with cancer is really atrocious and nearly unforgivable for his wife, but completely unforgivable for those of us (like myself) who admired him and had hoped that he would have emerged in some role in the Obama Administration, working to alleviate poverty in America. There are many mysterious elements to this tale, such as is the baby his, but not yet the stuff of a good Love Story movie.
Senator John Ensign screwed his Chief of Staff by screwing his Chief of Staff's wife. Now that's some low-life stuff. Then his family paid nearly a hundred grand to the victimized family. That sounds criminal, but no movie here.
Of all the recent cases of political infidelity, Mark Sanford is the purest, and most wonderful; the one which would make a lovely movie. A middle-aged married governor, enchanted by a shapely Argentinean with marriage problems, is struck instantly and insanely with the recognition that she is his "soulmate," the one person in the entire universe whose existence completes his existence; answers all the mysteries of the galaxies, proves the existence of God and perhaps, teaches him to tango. In the governor's own words, "This is a Love Story." And what a tearjerker of a movie it would make. This is also a story with multiple emotional dimensions which will hook the viewer's interest.
Here are some of the components that the movie could explore: 1) A middle-aged man with a wife of nearly twenty years and four sons falls blindly in love for the very first time. So blindly in love is he that he mindlessly abandons his duties to his state and his family to fly off to see his lover. A father with four sons — missing on Father's Day. 2) A successful careerist in government who is being talked about for the pinnacle position in American politics, risks it all to suffer the sometimes painful euphoria of true love. Just as the Duke of Windsor abdicated the crown of England to marry an American, Mark Sanford gave up a shot at the presidency by revealing his Love Story. 3) A self-proclaimed pious man, Sanford seems remarkably unrepentant that his infidelity rubs against his religious traditions, but is strangely comfortable quoting scripture to resurrect his reputation. 4) The combative relationship between the extremely conservative governor and his very conservative state legislature and what role his love interest had in his misjudgments in state business, he was prepared to lay off sorely needed essential school teachers and first responders needlessly. 5) The movie would employ flashbacks to Sanford's days in the C Street house and whatever indoctrination he received from his membership in the secret group of Christian Bible-studying politicians. 6) The movie would also explore the role of the cult La Difunta Correa in Sanford's predicament. Deolina Correa was a woman whose husband fought in the Argentine civil war in 1840. She picked up her baby boy and followed her husband's battalion into battle. In San Juan, the dislocation caused by war created shortages of all sorts. Correa suffered from starvation and thirst and eventually she died. A group of soldiers found her body days later. Her son was still alive and nursing from her breast. Because of this perceptible miracle, people built shrines in her name in Vallecito, where she was buried. Her followers believe that Deolina Correa has supernatural powers and each year they make a pilgrimage to her grave, leaving gifts of food and water for miracles that they believe she performed. Did someone go to Deolina Correa with gifts of food and water to produce such bizarre behavior in Sanford? Look, what man would ask his wife for permission to visit his outside lover? What leader of a poor (in so many ways) state would reject money to help the people of his jurisdiction withstand a harsh downturn in the economy? Did someone enlist the aid of La Difunta Correa? 7) Finally, the movie would end with the great dilemma: Will the governor fall back in love with his wife of nearly twenty years and reconcile with his four sons, or, will he abandon his past to follow his heart and fly off to Argentina to tango in blissful harmony with his soulmate? Will he admit that he was wrong to reject the stimulus money and then use his final months in office to spend the money productively, creating jobs and improved schools? What a script!
Of course, the movie would have to deal with side issues, such as the governor lying to his staff, disabling the tracking device on his state-owned vehicle, using state money to visit his lover, and explaining about all those other women he admitted "crossing the line" with, but the central theme would be the Shakespearean nature of the love tragedy. I'm a South Carolinian, and I wouldn't mind seeing the leader of my state portrayed as a vulnerable human, as we all are. So I'm making an appeal to anyone who can make this movie happen to please step up.
Marjory Wentworth is the Poet Laureate of South Carolina and a friend of Jenny Sanford. I have met Ms. Wentworth a time or two at different literary affairs in Charleston and we have exchanged emails. Ms. Wentworth's husband is an award-winning film producer. I've never met him, but when I do, I will pitch the Sanford movie project to him. I hope he doen't simply tell me to go take a hike.
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Roy Moore, John Conyers, Charlie Rose and #metoo
As I sit here this morning sipping my coffee, I am heartbroken and sick as …


Sergey Anufriev was born in 1964 in a family of artists and nonconformists of Moscow origin in Odessa. The cultural movement of the 1960's turned Odessa into the center of the modern art world of the southern Russia and the only home of unofficial culture in Ukraine. These people brought out a new wave of modern art. Lack of an audience forced its young participants to move to Moscow, thus establishing a trend for future generations of young modern artists in Odessa.
This creative potential was born in an atmosphere in which Odessa was connected to many islands of a «second culture» (Moscow, Leningrad, the Baltic states, the Crimea, Central Asia, and Siberia). Sergey Anufriev realized this potential when he moved to Moscow and started his individual career in the circle of conceptualists.
1986 Moscow, Sergey Anufriev was elected the head of the Avant-garde Club (CLAVA).
1991 Sergey Anufriev becomes a founder of an art group «Cloudy Commission». The group participated in the Venice Biennale of contemporary art and was represented by an Italian gallery «Sprovieri».
1996 Sergey Anufriev in cooperation with Eugene Shelipovskiy and Andrey Sobolev created Tartu group in Moscow, an artistic association, producing secret practices in modern art.
1998 in Odessa Anufriev founded the Kosa group with its primary task to establish probabilistic thinking of a creative personality.
2001-2002 Sergey Anufriev worked as an art director in the Gelman Gallery in Kiev, then in Moscow.
2003 he moved to St. Petersburg to carry out some experimental projects with Sergey Bugaev (Africa).
2004 he founded a Russian artistic society to engage in developing of new pictorial practices.
2007 paticipation in the exhibition «I believe», 2nd Moscow Biennuale of Modern Art as a co-founder of the Gaz Group.
Foundation of a new trend — Patternism. «Patternism Manifest».
«Art-Raiders» — collective project in Odessa flea market.
2008 «Declaration of Patternism». Group show in London exhibiting first patternistic series- «Pleroma».
2009 «Calling for Patternism» and other texts on Patternism. The remake of 1983 work «Good artist — Dead artist» is shown in a group show with a same name at «Ru.Arts.» gallery, Moscow.
Pole of Cold. Inspection Medical Hermeneutics and the Russian Art of the 1990-es.— Paris: ENSBA, 2000.
Anufriev S.., Pepperstein P. The Mythological Love of Castes (Vol.1). — Moscow.: Ad Marginem, 1998.
Из серии "Плерома". Очки. 2009. Холст, акрил. 120 х 90 см. From the series "Pleroma". Glasses. 2009. Acrylic on canvas. 120 x 90 sm.


The Thousand Year Door is a puzzle/parkour adventure map with a story.
You find an ancient treasure map upon arriving in a small town called Rougeport, you follow the map leading into four different worlds in each door, searching for a jewel in each world.
Each world has a boss that is guarding one of the jewels.
Once all four jewels have been collected you can unlock The Thousand Year Door and fight the final boss who has the treasure trapped inside with him.
Made for Minecraft 1.8.9 only.
Need help? A video tutorial can be found here.
Note: To talk to mobs you need to walk within 1 block of where they're standing.
+1 voithkids I really love that this was based off of Paper Mario TTYD, and you did this very well. The story went along rather smoothly, and it's just like in the game where you have to explore around places to find what you need.
Making a map with a scenario that is just a copy-paste of Mario TTYD, with laggy stuff and not even finished is... not a good job.
You should have, at least, finished it as you could have said : "we did it 'til the end" but no. Not even this.
Not a bad map at all except some items which you must guess where to find them (the ID, some clays) and a labyrinthine Rougeport.
Already have a next map out, Witch Hunter.
-1 Full tester Seriously guys.
-3 GriffoChaz MAKE THE PARKOUR POSSIBLE NOW PLEASE IM GETTINNG ANGRY WITH IT!!!!!!!!
0 ThatRandomPerson is this based off of paper mario on the gamecube? .-.
+1 Lobstah_Impostah I'm sad that the map didn't get finished. It was very fun, at the same time very challenging.
So far, that map is great, but I logged off minecraft for a few days, loaded the map up again and EVERY SINGLE NPC was GONE!!! Is there a way to fix this?
Did you change your minecraft version when you logged back in? If you did you'll need to re-download the world and only play the world when you're on minecraft version 1.8.9.
Why upload this if its not even a full map? this was garbage!!! you made me look for clay which took a long time just to end the map!!?!?!? this was a horrible map.
0 Z3R0 So far, that map is great, but I logged off minecraft for a few days, loaded the map up again and EVERY SINGLE NPC was GONE!!! Is there a way to fix this?
+2 Bryan DO NOT PLAY THIS MAP! IT IS NOT FINISHED!
How do I get through the snow door?????????
Head back to the main town, Rougeport, in the water by the boats there's a villager named "Frost" that has appeared, talk to him.
-1 Neon How do I get through the snow door?????????
I don't know why you're having problems with lag besides the redstone not being so great. Everyone else that I've seen playing it played lag free. Do you have Optifine?
0 Miloisa Where is block #12 and #8??
0 Help me I'm early in the map but I need help finding the emerald flower pot. Please help!
Second: Why did you stop it there? I don't care that 1.9 and 1.10 came out. I'd play this map again if it was made in freaking 1.6.
Continue on. I support you.
When you step on the beacon with the stone jewel a doorway does open but it's blocked off by snow, once you find all 16 blocks for Frost he'll clear the snow blocking the doorway then you can enter world 2.
But who is professor Stevenson?
Go to the coordinates here: 1189 11 88 and talk to the character named "Professor Stevenson".