Don't Anchor So Close To Me!
I'm not sure what prompted me to sit up wide awake in the middle of the night. Sure, the breeze was strong, but it had been for hours, so I had grown accustomed to it. Daphne's anchor was set deep into the mud and hadn't budged an inch, and I don't recall any strange motion or sounds. Still, something wasn't right so without getting out of my sleeping bag, I slid open the hatch, stuck my head out, and looked around.
To my right I saw Elizabeth anchored reliably despite the howling wind. Slightly between us and closer to shore were our cruising friends aboard Sabbatical. They were also steadfastly anchored. The three of us had set our anchors early in the day before the storm came through.
As I glanced around the anchorage, I saw a large catamaran swiftly drifting straight for Sabbatical! Panicked, I called Nicole's phone. "Wake up, there is a boat headed straight for you," I told her, but they were already up and aware of what was going on. It was a close call, but the catamaran drifted past, and almost landed on the beach before they got their engine started.
"To your head or the boat?" I asked, as I watched the catamaran make a large circle to my left and round up into the wind just ahead of me. "I gotta go, Ben, I think they are going to drop their anchor right on top of mine." I hung up the phone, and dashed into my forward cabin. By this time the rain was pouring and the wind was honking. I grabbed my brightest spotlight, my whistle, the engine keys, and the windlass handle and went forward to the bow.
The woman driving the boat didn't even glace back to me. "Hey," I shouted again. But no response. So, I blew my whistle. At this she turned and looked at me, then shouted toward the man on the bow who was lowering the anchor, "This girl is trying to tell us something," she shouted to him. I ran back to the cockpit and hailed them on the VHF, but there was no response. This went on for a while. Me running between the cockpit and bow, hailing them on the VHF, shouting toward the catamaran, lighting my anchor with the spotlight, and the woman relaying the message to the man at the bow who didn't respond much more than a grunt.
I was freezing and wet by the time they had their anchor down. Their boat pulled taught against the rode was only about one boat-length away. Too close for my comfort. And with a wide open anchorage, room for twenty more boats, there was no reason we needed to be anchored so close to each other. I knew I needed to get the message to the man at the bow. Once he saw how close he was, surely he would re-anchor. But when he returned to the cockpit of his boat, he and the woman retreated into the cabin without even a glance toward me, despite my shouts and whistles. I tried once again to hail them on the VHF, but they had turned their cabin lights out and I could tell they weren't interested in hearing from me. I didn't want to be anchored directly downwind from them. There was nothing I could do but re-anchor myself.
The wind had been blowing strong for more than fourteen hours and Daphne's anchor was set well. I pulled on my foul weather gear and began the long effort to weigh the anchor. It took me about thirty minutes to get the anchor up, and as I pulled the chain in, Daphne drew up close to the catamaran. So close, I was able to knock on their hull and try once again to alert the owners that they had dropped their anchor nearly on top of mine. But not even a rustling sound came from the cabin.
A few hours after my initial stirring, I was re-anchored a mile up the river. Ben joined me, and our new anchorage was more cozy and secure than before, lending to a more peaceful night sleep. The next day, as Ben and I headed out of the harbor, we motored past the catamaran for one last look and to take a mental picture.
I'm not sure why the sailors aboard the catamaran were having problems that night. I'm just glad that everyone was safe and no one was hurt. Sailors face multiple causes of stress and things like wind, fatigue, rain, hunger, sun exposure, equipment failures, cold, injury, etc can compound resulting in trouble even when using your best judgment at the time. The key is to understand your body and mind so that you can anchor and rest when you need it. But sometimes when you're out sailing, the anchorage just isn't close enough when you need it most. It's so easy to complain about other sailors when they appear to make mistakes or disregard the mariner's etiquette. But it's times like those that I have to remind myself to be the person that I want to be and recognize that I don't know the full story about what happened that night so I should not place blame and instead put it behind me and remember it only as a learning experience. Someday, it might be me who's anchor is fouled and starts dragging in the middle of the night.
Thank you, Terry, for suggesting "Don't Anchor So Close To Me" when I asked for writing prompts on Facebook. I almost forgot this story, but thanks to your suggestions, I now have it written down to be remembered forever.
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Oh, yes . . . we definitely had a "boat magnet" somewhere aboard Que Tal. Huge open anchorage and the second boat in would decide that we "knew something" about where to anchor and would anchor on top of us. Once when we moved, the offending boat decided to move with us even.
What is it with the herd mentality??
WOW !!! That was close and we are so happy it all worked out. I love reading your blog.
Teresa, I just wanted to drop by and mention that your blog really inspired me to get into sailing. On a student budget, I managed to afford a 27 foot fixer-upper. I don't have the benefit of years of experience. I can count the number of times I'd sailed on the fingers of one hand, and still have a finger left over. I'm probably not one of those people who should even be on a boat, but here I am, living aboard, having the best time ever, and counting days (and repair tasks) until I sail solo for the first time in my life—later this week. Thank you!
…. and I'll try not to crowd anyone at anchorages.
I remember that night. There was a 180 degree wind shift and I guess their anchor didn't reset. I guess we'll never know what happened on board their boat during the reanchoring drama. That boat was a beast.
What kind of anchor set up are you using these days?
Hi Teresa , Thanks for that story, but that happens when you are cruising , all tooooo often !
I would like to screw in to my rubrails , 3″ long conical spikes at 6″ intervils, when I see a new boat anchor too close to Calliste .
Usually I find the European registered boats with family aboard are the worst offenders, especially the French families.
I now put a reflective small float on a short tether to the anchor, independant of the anchor rode, to mark the spot over where my anchor sets. This has helped numerous times when I have to challenge a new boat coming into anchor too close.
This small float also acts as a trip line if my anchor won't break loose.
I wish this kind of thing didn't happen as much as it does, do you think we could tag the hull in some way , that would embarass those boat people, in an expressive way ?
Some of the power boaters I know who suffer from the same problem, tactfully approach the offending anchorer , and say they are sorry for the noise and diesel smoke , but their batteries are flat and so have to run their generators all knight long.
Another anchor out problem I have encountered in the Pacific North West is crab pots being set in the anchorage among the anchored boats,,,, great for fouling your prop when departing early like 0400 ,,,, ouch !
Thanks for your blog post ,,, the more the word gets around,,, I hope the less we have to deal with these situations !!!
Years ago I was anchored at Trellis bay in the BVI at Beef Island on a charter. At two in the morning a loud BOOM woke me up. I ran up into the cockpit to see a charter sloop drifting off with a few people frantically trying to get things under control.
They took off into the night and I never saw them again. The name of the boat was "French Kiss"!
You not knowing the full story or not, we as a society have to follow rules about behavior. Your response was great, however many too often forget their ignorance, or apathy, puts other's lives in danger. Shame on those who do not put in the time and effort to learn their skills correctly.


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Wednesday 20 January 2021, 11:55 AM
2L more set to reach Delhi in 40km-long cavalcade
By IANS | Bharat Defence Kavach | Publish Date: 11/28/2020 12:28:02 PM
Chandigarh: The largest among the 31 farm organizations in Punjab protesting the central government's Farm Laws set out for Delhi on Saturday in a cavalcade that stretches for 40 km as they resumed their onward journey from Haryana's Jind town where they made a night halt under the open skies.Packed in hundreds of tractor-trailers, buses, cars and motorcycles loaded with eatables these farmers belong to the Bharatiya Kisan Union (BKU) Ekta-Ugrahan and they will reach the national capital soon.
They will join the farmers camping at Tikri and Singhu borders of Delhi since Friday for a planned protest. While a part of the protesters were escorted late Friday to the Nirankari Samagam Ground in Burari in outer Delhi to continue their agitation as the Delhi Police gave nod for entry to the protesters.As per police estimates, the number of protesters belonging to the Left-leaning union BKU Ekta-Ugrahan could be between 1.5 to 2 lakh with sizeable number of youngsters and women.
The BKU protesters are largely from Sangrur, Mansa, Bathinda and Barnala districts.Simultaneously, hundreds of thousands of farmers belonging to the Kisan Sangharsh Committee started their journey from Amritsar city towards Delhi via Haryana. They are likely to reach Delhi later in the day.
Bracing tear gas and water cannons on Friday, the BKU protesters started their journey after breaching the massive blockades comprising huge boulders, barbed fences and mounds of earth on the Bathinda-Dabwali road to enter Haryana.
Later in the day, Haryana Police had removed all the barricades and allowed the farmers to cross the state peacefully, even as political leader, including Punjab Chief Minister Amarinder Singh urged the Centre not to be harsh on the agri community.
Kisan Sangharsh Committee general secretary Sarwan Singh Pandher said farmers from Amritsar, Tarn Taran, Batala and Gurdaspur districts are heading towards Delhi.The farmers are protesting against the farm laws as they feel that these laws would pave the way for the dismantling of the minimum support price (MSP) system, leaving them at the mercy of big corporate entities.
An advance team of youth volunteers the BKU Ekta-Ugrahan has been taking the lead of the cavalcade of loaded tractors of daily essentials to clear blockades and make smooth way for the protesters to move ahead without obstructions."Our duty is to make smooth passage for the entire fleet of vehicles peacefully," Ramandeep Gill, a farmer from Sangrur, told IANS.
He said special instructions have been given to them to ensure peace en route. "If there is any blockade erected by the police, only we are allowed to break it. Today there is no such blockade but yesterday we managed to break two multilayered barricades."
Amid the journey, 'langar' or community kitchens have been put up by the special committees comprising women and elders to feed the scores of farmers.The farmers have received thousands of litres of milk and fruits the villagers of Punjab and Haryana."We have enough ration with us to support the protesters in Delhi at least for two months," said protester Rajinder Kaur.
Punjab Chief Minister Amarinder Singh has reiterated that the voices of the protesting farmers "cannot be muzzled indefinitely".Hailing the Centre's decision to allow the agitating farmers to enter Delhi, he slammed the Haryana government for its continued use of brute force to stop farmers even after the Union government's conciliatory move.
Though the Central government has allowed the farmers to enter the national capital to exercise their democratic right to protest, the Haryana government is engaged in a confrontationist approach against the farmers moving towards Delhi, said the Chief Minister in a statement on Friday, condemning the Manohar Lal Khattar government's actions.He also reiterated his appeal to the Centre to initiate immediate talks to address farmers' concerns on the farm laws and resolve the simmering issue.
His Haryana counterpart Khattar appealed to the farmers to directly talk to the Centre regarding their demands."The central government is always ready for talks," Khattar said in a tweet on Friday.Khattar also told the farmers that the path of stir could not be a medium for the resolution of problems and asserted that a solution will emerge from talks.
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Here is a photo of the very rare original Maroon Studios sign from Disney's MGM Studios (left). This original sign was more like the opening of Who Framed Roger Rabbit - with Baby Herman and Roger Rabbit's heads below the logo. This time Jessica is joining them. The sign comes off as a little awkward with Jessica there since her hair just sort of hangs down.
I'm not sure when or why the sign was changed, but you can spot many differences. Mainly that now the characters are not only floating heads in the distance, but closer up half-body poses. The Maroon Studios logo curves on top of them, and the names are bigger and easier to read. The background also seems to have been fixed up.
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A deep full bodied green with a touch of tuberose and carnation, soft spices, and animalic undertones. The green mossy note is present throughout the evolution of this parfum.
There are 6 reviews of Green Oakmoss.
This has a dominant leathery aromatic presence that brings to mind old-school masculines. The opening is a mix of bitter, grassy green notes softened with a buttery, resin effect. There are some spicy florals, too — a sort of hot geranium. The oakmoss, sadly, is hidden (I love oakmoss and often wear it solo), and what you get instead is a supple leather of the purse variety (as opposed to, say, a biker jacket). Even though it does come over like an '80s aesthetic, it retains a crafty feel, but it's not something I'm personally drawn to. Performance is a tad on the low side too, I'm afraid, with most of the key notes vacating too fast.
Ouch! This was a learning experience for me. What did I learn?
1. When I hear oakmoss, I usually equate it with "fougere". But of course a chypre can also contain oakmoss. And I like both styles per se. But they are different.
2. Tuberose is a deal-breaker for me. It is very prominent here, and I don't care for it.
Starts a bit green, quite minty, and fairly spicy (clove). This phase smells like an organic toothpaste.
Then the tuberose kicks in. It is often described as heavy and honey-like, and I do get a fair amount of somewhat dense sweetness here. Also, I find tuberose to be fleshy, metallic, a bit minty, and at times morphing into a toasted sesame seeds/smoky note.
The scent is a bit soft, a bit sweet, a bit spicy. Not particularly green, not crisp, not really oak-mossy. Where are the woods? Where is the vetiver? Indeed, where is the OAKMOSS... a somewhat surprising omission given the name.
A somewhat sweet musky drydown.
Seriously engaged long tuberose note in the dry down, unfortunately.
Well, if you love tuberose then you'll love this! However, I don't.
There is a unbelievable richness to this fragrance. The opening is rather intense and not quite comfortable, but within 20 minutes I am in awe of Green Oakmoss' beauty. It has a spiritual quality to it.
I get hay, alfalfa and a suggestion of wildflowers in this. Also, a bit of an anise or oud like note that I really cannot identify.
Longevity is pretty good. For me, 5 hours is a lot.
And this is nothing like that! It's rather wonderful. It's like walking ina deep wooded area covered in green moss, while following a beautiful fairy. Love this scent. Ordered a bottle.
A cool refreshing green woods scent. This doesn't smell of oakmoss to me but it is woodsy with an ethereal and potent green scent that does have light mossy touches. It is a gentle green chypre that has a distinct vetiver presence along with woods. I like this green woods scent considerably. Green Oakmoss is a unique fragrance, as are all of Liz Zorn creations and I've not smelled anything else quite like it. The closest comparable fragrance on the market is a slight similarity to Aventus from Creed, but with the pinneapple note removed leaving only green chypre woods. This one goes straight onto my buy list!
The listed notes are: citrus, clove, tuberose, rose geranium, oakmoss accord, leather, animal musk, vetiver, patchouli, labdanum, and woods.
A lovely rich ,mossy ,earthy rendition. A gorgoeus unisex chypre. A blend of synthetics and natural materials, this is an aromatic delight to wear.
It's slightly floral with a little tuberose, earthy with the moss and a little spicey. I do wonder if there is any oakmoss in here .Still a beauty ,refreshingly green .
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Materials Recycling Facility (MRF) Contract Procurement (Agenda item 16)
Report of Lynda Turner, Executive Member for Localism, Community and Environmental Services.
The Environmental Services Manager presented the report which concerned the consideration of future arrangements for the Materials Recycling Facility (MRF) Contract.
Members were made aware that seven collection authorities had a consortium contract for a material recycling facility
The initial contract was for eight years which was extended for three years in 2011 to March 2014.
This report detailed the options post 2014 and asked that delegated responsibility was given to the Environmental Services Manager, the S106 Officer and the Executive Member for Environmental Services to make appropriate decisions on the options available for sorting and marketing of material up until the point that further approval was needed by Cabinet.
The approach for each of the options was explained.
Mr Cowen had concerns about the terminology used in the recommendation and asked that the word "appropriate" be removed. He also queried the legal advice that he felt was contradictive. Further to this and reading between the lines he asked whether there were any synergies between Breckland and South Holland.
The Chairman explained that another County would not be brought into the consortium.
Mr Bambridge did not know the answer but felt that any arrangement should be looked at carefully and in a very wide manner. He further felt that Breckland Council should not go into this blindly and that such a decision should not be left to three people. The Chairman pointed out that the final decision would be coming back to Cabinet for approval.
The type of waste collected in other areas was discussed.
The Chairman pointed out that all manner of recyclable options had been considered in the past. In relation to glass he felt that glass-banks should be encouraged in villages so that Parish Councils received greater recycling credits. As far as food waste was concerned, such collections in urban areas would work but in rural areas it would not as the amount of food waste collected would be outweighed by diesel costs.
The Vice-Chairman was quite happy with the bottle bank arrangements in towns and preferred this method of recycling rather than having to find space for another receptacle if collected.
Further discussion commenced about the significance of the MRF contract.
1) To give delegated responsibility to the Environmental Services Manager, the S151 Officer and the Executive Member for Environmental Services to make decisions on the options for the sorting and marketing of recyclable material.
2) Not to give delegated responsibility to the Environmental Services Manager, the S151 Officer and the Executive Member for Environmental Services to make decisions on the options for the sorting and marketing of recyclable material.
There were various options that needed further development before a final recommendation could be given to Members. By giving delegated responsibility to the Environmental Services Manager, S151 Officer and Executive Member for Environmental Services would allow the development of these options to proceed in accordance with the Council's Constitution, prior to a final report going through the necessary Committee process
RESOLVED that the Environmental Services Manager, S151 Officer and the Executive Member for Environmental Services be given delegated responsibility to make decisions on the options for the sorting and marketing of recyclable material, up until the point that further approval was required by Cabinet/Full Council as per the Council's Constitution.


The West Highland White Terrier is originated in Scotland and is a small-sized terrier dog breed. The dog is very attractive and popular with its white coat and is seen in television, films and advertisements. This Scottish breed got its present name in the year 1908 after its recognition by the popular kennel clubs.
As the West Highland White Terrier is originated in Poltalloch in France, it is also called with a name Poltalloch Terrier. This breed is very popular in the UK and US and is said to be the good companion dog suitable for the people living in towns and cities.
Apart from the name 'Poltalloch Terrier', this dog has other names like Roseneath Terrier and white Roseneath Terrier. It was popularly called with the nickname 'Westie' or 'Westy'.
It is ranked in the top-three breeds in the US since 1960s.
It becomes friendly with cats in a good time.
It becomes friendly with the other dogs very soon.
The temperament of the Westie is self-confident, independent, alert, brave and friendly.
It loves to play with the young children but owners should prevent the children from handling the dog harshly.
The price of the Westie ranges from $500 to $1200.
It can be trained easily in the home and soon it becomes obedient.
The West Highland White Terrier is hypoallergenic.
It doesn't bark heavily and so it suits well for any kind of home.
It can be kept alone for the long time as it makes itself busy playing with small toys. But, leaving it for a very long time is not recommended.
It likes to dig as well, so it may dig the yard or garden often. But owners can train the dog so as to make it stop digging.
The Westie is small with a blunt muzzle and dark eyes. The ears are erected and pointed up wards while the nose is black in color while the small puppies have pink nose which eventually turns into black. The tail is not very long and is slightly curved. With its cute little appearance, the Westie attracts almost all kinds of people and is lovable by them.
The thick undercoat and a rough outer coat make a double coat. The outer coat is 2 inches long and is straight while the undercoat is soft and dense. Generally, this dog is seen in white color and is very attractive. The weight of the male Westie is about 15-20 lb (6.8-9.1 kg) and the female weighs about 13-16 lb (6-7 kg), while the height of the male varies from 9.8-12 inches (25-30cm) and female height varies from 9-11 inches (23 -28 cm).
The Westie is said to be friendly, brave and self-confident. It doesn't like harsh handling, so it should be handled with friendliness to make it a good obedient dog. It is suitable for small travels too and is a good companion dog. It generally becomes friendly with everyone except that it should not be handled harshly or aggressively. Not a heavy barker, but it is said to be a good watchdog.
The Westie seems healthy most of the times, but there are few common health disorders which may cause illness to the dog. It is prone to skin disorders like jaw bone calcification and chronic hernias. It is also prone to the degeneration of the hip joint which is known as Legg-Calve-Perthes disease. Craniomandibular Osteopathy, cataracts, Pulmonary Fibrosis and Patellar Luxation are the other common health disorders which are seen frequently in the dog. A proper care and medication is required in case of unusual symptoms.
The diet should be healthy and scheduled, do not make it eat heavily. Prepare a proper schedule for food and feed it with healthy food and make it drink clean water.
It is good with apartment living and is a suitable dog for the city people. A house with small fenced yard will make it active all the time as it likes to play around and run all the time.
The Westie likes to walk around with the owners, so daily walks are preferable for the dog in order to keep it energetic and healthy. All the day, it likes to play and make fun around the people and the dogs with less walks seems to be depressed and inactive.
The Westie can give birth to an average of 3 to 7 puppies. During the time of pregnancy, a good care and proper diet is required for the dog so as to get healthy puppies.
As long as, the dog is under the supervision of owners, threat is absent. But when it is on for daily walks, make sure it doesn't get near the other big animals as it may grab their attention by its barking and may possess danger sometimes.
A proper age should be attained by the Westie for breeding and it is advisable to have professional breeding. Maintain proper food and take for short rides to make it fit and healthy after the breeding.
On an average, the Westie's lifespan is about 12 to 14 years. But, up on proper care and good attention, few dogs can live longer than expected up to 16 years.
Brush the Westie twice a week with a stiff bristle brush and make it bath occasionally. The coat is easy for grooming and the ears and eyes should be checked and cleaned regularly. It is advisable to hand strip for every three months and trim around the ears, eyes and on the feet whenever required.
The Westie sheds very little and so regular grooming and rare hand-stripping is sufficient in order to keep it clean and healthy.


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If you're in the United States, today is Independence Day. While we are all celebrating our nation's independence with parades, fireworks and lots of red, white and blue, I'd like to pause for a quick moment to think about personal independence.
This is a small blog. Tiny, compared to many. Yet it's a platform where I am free to share my thoughts, ideas and explore topics that I am passionate about. You're free to come along for the ride…to comment and weigh in with your own thoughts, questions, points and counterpoints. And I am thankful for each of you who choose to read, participate and share!
We live in a land where we are free to not only HAVE our own thoughts, but we can be so bold as to act upon them and elicit change in our lives, careers and within the organizations we support.
Today, as you kick off a long holiday weekend with friends, family and fireworks, please take a moment to reflect on those "certain unalienable rights" – how are you using those rights to make a difference?
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Thaksin's Temple: Dhammakaya
Posted on August 18, 2014 by Editor
Dhammakaya Temple: Making money over merit – Bangkok Post, August 17, 2014
TRT and Dhammakaya Temple – perfect match – The Nation, September 27, 2006
…The former abbot of Phra Dhammakaya Temple was the first one to initiate contact with members of Thai Rak Thai. It was decided that the Thai Rak Thai Party would have Dhammakaya's backing. Thai Rak Thai representatives were given the opportunity to speak to the temple's followers, who were urged to cast their votes for the party, as it would naturally be beneficial for their master and temple.
According to the law of karma as promoted by the temple, Thaksin Shinawatra was hailed as the ideal lay Buddhist, who had been blessed by the merit of his past lives and was endowed with a great many virtues. The temple played a song praising Thaksin composed by the Phra Dhammajayo himself on its Dow Tham satellite television channel – broadcasting 24 hours a day. However, the gathering clouds of controversies and criminal investigations surrounding him prevented Thaksin from visiting the temple. Nevertheless, senior Thai Rak Thai leaders, such as Sudarat Keyuraphan and Suriya Jungrungreangkit, began regularly attending the monastery…
Dhammakaya reports on Steve Jobs' new life
Sangha feudal hierarchy has to go for good – Bangkok Post, October 30, 2013
…Wat Paknam, you see, is closely linked to the all-powerful Wat Phra Dhammakaya and its highly controversial abbot Phra Dhammachayo, who basically teaches you can buy "boon" or merit _ and even a place in nirvana, which he describes as a celestial abode.
…Interestingly, Phra Dhammachayo's capitalistic version of Buddhism meshes well with the rich and powerful, and others who think it is simply great to be able to buy a place in heaven.
At the height of the controversy in 1999, the late Supreme Patriarch issued an ordinance declaring that Phra Dhammachayo must be defrocked for distorting the Buddhist canon, dividing the Sangha, and for fraud and embezzlement.
It is no secret that the Pheu Thai-led government supports the Dhammakaya abbot. And it came as no surprise that the public prosecutors eventually dropped the charges against him in 2006…
Dhammakaya saves Bangkok from bombing during World War II
They saved Bangkok from an atomic bomb, nuns flew up and harmlessly captured falling bombs during World War II…
March 2010: 100,000 Dhammakaya monks to protect the marching Red Shirts?
Thaksin has had a close relationship with Dharmakaya…
So when the above banners when up throughout the country in recent weeks, rumors began circulating that these novice monks would be used as human shields in the Red Shirt march on Bangkok…
Thousands of chairs for Thaksin – The Nation, July 17, 2006
Dhammakaya denies helping TRT friends – Bangkok Post, July 14, 2006
Wat Dhammakaya yesterday denied that a gathering of local administration bodies from across the country at its temple was intended to muster support for embattled caretaker Prime Minister Thaksin Shinawatra…
Close relations between government leaders and the temple played no part in the decision to hold the event, he said.
A former member of the House committee on religious affairs said Wat Dhammakaya has close ties with leading Thai Rak Thai party figures such as party secretary-general and caretaker Industry Minister Suriya Jungrungreangkit and caretaker Labour Minister Somsak Thepsuthin. Mr Suriya's wife, Surisa, once donated 40 million baht to the temple.
The temple has been criticised for its fund-raising and teaching methods. Its former abbot, Phra Dhammachayo is being investigated over land embezzlement…
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'Let It Be' revisited: digging into the Beatles' rushed, troubled, non-breakup project
Here's a key point often overlooked regarding Let It Be, the persistent problem child in the Beatles catalog: The album's sessions began less than three months after the band completed work on their self-titled double album, a.k.a. the "White Album."
The final The Beatles song recorded was "Julia" on Oct. 13, 1968, with sessions for "Savoy Truffle," "Why Don't We Do It in the Road," "Glass Onion" and "Piggies" having taken place over the previous few days. The band was back in the studio—that is, the inhospitable Twickenham Film Studios—on Jan. 2, 1969 to begin work on a back-to-basics album, TV special, live concert, documentary…they really weren't sure what, though it had the working title of Get Back.
The Beatles were reconvening barely seven months after they started their five months' work on the "White Album," with a landmark single, "Hey Jude"/"Revolution," thrown in for good measure. No wonder these guys were bereft of material and tired of each other and in general.
The Beatles and Billy Preston play atop Apple. (Photo: Apple Corps)
This chronology is notable because Let It Be often is seen as the Beatles' breakup album thanks to its sour vibe and the fact that it wasn't released until May 8, 1970, a few weeks after Paul promoted his McCartney solo debut by announcing the band's demise. Yet not counting the later "I Me Mine" recording, the Get Back/Let It Be sessions covered a mere four weeks, all in January 1969. Work on Abbey Road, the Beatles' true, worthy swan song, began a mere three weeks after the band (with Billy Preston) wrapped up Get Back with an impromptu Jan. 30 lunchtime concert atop the Apple Corps building in central London.
•John Lennon and Yoko Ono got married in March 1969, as did Paul McCartney and Linda Eastman.
•The "Get Back"/"Don't Let Me Down" single was released on April 11, 1969.
•Three days later John and Paul recorded the single "The Ballad of John and Yoko," and the whole band played on the flip side, George's "Old Brown Shoe."
•John and Yoko were hospitalized on July 1 after he crashed their car while driving in Scotland, prompting John to install a double bed in the Abbey Road studio for the still-injured Yoko.
•The Beatles finished recording Abbey Road on Aug. 20, and the album was in stores Sept. 26, just 10 months after the "White Album" was released.
•Four days later John recorded his first solo single, "Cold Turkey."
Whew.
So although NME critic Alan Smith famously declared Let It Be, upon its release, to be "a cheapskate epitaph, a cardboard tombstone, a sad and tatty end to a musical fusion which wiped clean and drew again the face of pop," it was a relative quickie project knocked off between two more accomplished works and amid much other activity.
Given its prolonged, troubled gestation as an album and film, Let It Be has cast a disproportionately long shadow over Beatles history. The album's back-to-basics concept went out the window when producer Glyn Johns' original warts-and-all mixes were jettisoned in favor of producer Phil Spector's shall-we-say-inconsistent approach to the material, as he presented some songs in their natural state while overwhelming others with strings and choirs.
Aside from the rousing rooftop concert at the end, Michael Lindsay-Hogg's fly-on-the-wall documentary portrayed the band as cranky and fatigued, with John distracted by Yoko, Paul acting bossy, George bristling and Ringo nodding off. The Beatles never allowed Let It Be to be released on DVD or Blu-ray and instead hired Peter Jackson to recut the many hours of footage to become a seven-hour-plus, three-part Disney Plus series, Get Back. It streams over three consecutive nights, starting Thanksgiving Day.
So it goes that one of the Beatles' most rushed, least inspired periods generated the most documentation on film and tape. If only we could watch seven hours chronicling the making of Revolver. Or Rubber Soul. Or Sgt. Pepper. Or….
Just as Jackson's Get Back will provide an alternate narrative to Lindsay-Hogg's Let It Be, the recently released Super Deluxe vinyl and CD box sets are meant to expand our view of the original Let It Be album. Giles Martin's and Sam Okell's remix of Let It Be makes subtle tweaks, filling out the sound and playing down some of Spector's indulgences; those choirs aren't quite so in your face now. (Note: The Martin/Okell mixes of the Beatles anniversary editions, starting with Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band, have been top notch.) It's still a weird album of incongruous elements, though. One tiny example: Breaking the mood of the majestic "Let It Be" with the silly sing-along snippet "Maggie May" to end side one.
The box also offers the original Glyn Johns mix of the album, which has some advantages and disadvantages over the released version. Johns' Get Back is more consistent with the band's capture-it-live intent, with the off-the-cuff chatter feeling at home amid the looser performances. It includes Lennon's essential "Don't Let Me Down," left off Let It Be despite being a rooftop performance highlight. There's also a casual run-through of McCartney's "Teddy Boy," with John's impromptu "do-si-do" chants, that has more life than in its later incarnation on McCartney . Less essential is a shambling take on the Drifters' "Save the Last Dance for Me" that, if nothing else, alerts the listener that this is anything but a polished Beatles album.
As the album opener, Johns anoints "One After 909," a revisiting of an early-days Lennon-McCartney rocker that has a forced "Look what fun we're having!" feel. The take Johns chooses of "Dig a Pony" is relatively draggy. Missing in action are Harrison's "I Me Mine," which was tackled later, and "Across the Universe," which was recorded before the "White Album" and refurbished for Let It Be. A 4-song EP in the box includes unreleased mixes of both songs, which are superior to the overproduced Spector versions.
Get Back may make more sense as an album than Let It Be, but you can see why the Beatles didn't want it released. A raw album should pulse with energy, no?
A key attraction of the Let It Be Super Deluxe box is two discs of "Sessions" and "Rehearsals and Apple Jams." These include early stabs at songs that wound up on Abbey Road ("Something," "Oh! Darling," "Octopus's Garden," "Polythene Pam" and "She Came in Through the Bathroom Window") and solo albums (John's "Gimme Some Truth," George's "All Things Must Pass"). These are more sketches than complete performances, but it's fun hearing Ringo delighting everyone with what he has of "Octopus's Garden" and George discussing his struggle to come up with the line after "Something in the way she moves." (John suggests he sing whatever comes into his head, and George responds with "attracts me like a pomegranate.")
Still, the alternate versions tend to be songs that appear on Let It Be or related singles. This is well-plowed ground by now; other versions of Let It Be songs already have appeared on Anthology 3 and Let It Be…Naked, and the distinctions among takes of "Dig a Pony," "One After 909" and "I've Got a Feeling" are not dramatic. Yet none of these collections, including this one, have included the faster, electric version of "Two of Us" (as seen in Let It Be) or the widely bootlegged songs that show the evolution of "Get Back."
"Commonwealth," in which Paul mocks British politician Enoch Powell's anti-immigration stance and has Premier Harold Wilson telling immigrants, "You better get back to your Commonwealth homes." John and Paul crack each other up on this one, with John's chirps of "Yes!" and ad lib that the commonwealth is "much too common for me."
•A harder-edged anti-Powell parody, dubbed "No Pakistanis," in which Paul sings, "Don't dig no Pakistanis taking all the people's jobs/Get back, get back, get back to where you once belonged!"
•A faster "Get Back" driven by Ringo's four-on-the-floor drumming instead of his familiar gallop.
I can see why the Beatles powers-that-be might have feared that the band's satirical approach on such a hot-button issue could be misinterpreted. Still, given the abundance of material out there, this box is offering a relatively narrow slice. John's "Watching Rainbows," a two-chord rambler recorded after George temporarily quit, isn't here; nor are some of the band's livelier oldies run-throughs.
All that said, I love "Two of Us" and like "I've Got a Feeling," "Don't Let Me Down," "Get Back" and others, and the Glyn Johns and "Sessions" takes of George's "For You Blue" feel more natural than the Let It Be version, with its labored "Go, Johnny, go!" call. It's notable that George's Let It Be contributions are inconsequential compared to what he delivered to the "White Album" and Abbey Road—and I'd take "Old Brown Shoe" over "I Me Mine" and "For You Blue" as well (and wish they'd recorded "All Things Must Pass").
The biggest revelation for me is a weirdly obvious one. "Let It Be" appears on all five discs, and each version, no matter how sparsely arranged, pops out of the speakers. I never much cared about "The Long and Winding Road," though the stripped-down, pre-Spector versions are superior, and "Let It Be" is so much part of our collective consciousness that I don't think about it much. Yet it towers above everything else here: a great song and a great band performance. "Let It Be" has nothing to do with getting back; they're moving forward and doing what they do best: making Beatles music, no strings attached.
These guys could still scale the heights together when they wanted to. They reiterated this point emphatically on Abbey Road.
Then they broke up anyway.
Glyn Johns


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This is a GREAT club!
PAC kids work together to create a performance based sharing for invited guests that is performed theatre style.
PAC will delve into the basics of theatre from stage directions and projection, blocking and movement, warm-ups, theatre games and exercises. We also do a little improvisation and stand up comedy. No show is ever the same and all the show will have props and costume pieces and more created by the group.
The last session is a dress rehearsal in preparation for invited guests to join us as we share our work with an audience.
The fee includes materials.
LET'S CREATE COMICS! (GRADES 2-5)
It's a Bird, it's a plane, it's Let's Create Comics!
The fun, action packed after school program that "boldly goes, where no other after school program goes... to the cool medium of creating comics and cartoons for the Funny Pages!
From single panel cartoons to comic strips and more, this program delves into the art of creating comics, cartoons, word searches, spot the differences, crosswords, word jumbles, things you find in a "kid's page" as well as how to create a layout for these pages.
The last half of the final session will be a "publication party" where we will share our pages with our invited guests, as well as showcase our work in a gallery-type atmosphere. The fee includes materials.
Improv Live! (grades 3-5) (grades 6-8) (grades 9-12)
Improvisational Theatre is often called Improv and it's basically a form of theatre where most of, if not all of what is created on stage is done so live, or "on the spot."
This group will work on the fundamentals of Improvisation, practice techniques and warm-ups and end with an invited performance, where the group will take suggestions from the audience, working these suggestions into a scene or bit, and the audience will get a chance to participate as well.
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Stand-up Comedy (grades 2-5) (grades 6-8) (grades 9-12)
Everyone has a sense of humor, everyone is funny and is capable of telling jokes and Stand- up Comedy is a great way to either hone your pre-existing funny bone or learn to tell jokes. Stand-up Comedy will teach you the art of creating a joke, putting jokes together for a short set and how to introduce and end a set for yourself or other comics. This is a fun, fun, class!
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Chess Clubs · Apr 1 LADUE CHESS TEAM WINS STATE CHAMPIONSHIP!
Chess Clubs · Mar 28 Congrats to the Ladue Chess Team!
Congratulations to the Chess Team for being Co-Champions of the Gateway Chess League. This is the first championship since 2010. The team is undefeated for the year and heads to the state tournament this Saturday!
The LHWHS chess team defeated MICDS 27.5 – 2.5 in the Gateway Chess High School League West Conference final on March 7th. Iris Zhou (9), Erik Tkachenko (10), Ben Liu (9), Jason Pummer (11), and Katie Eisenman (10) contributed to the victory. The team will play John Burroughs for the Gateway Chess High School League championship on Wednesday March 13th.
Sophie Kras (11), Katie Eisenman (10), and Kaniskh Shanmugam (9) competed in the Gateway Chess League's Chris Bollinger Memorial Tournament on Saturday January 26th. The trio finished in 4th place in the high school team competition. In the individual high school standings, Katie was 2nd, Kaniskh 12th, and Sophie 13th.
The LHWHS chess team defeated the Christian Brothers College High School A team 30-0 in their Gateway Chess High School League match on January 23rd. Iris Zhou (9), Erik Tkachenko (10), Ben Liu (9), Jason Pummer (11), and Katie Eisenman (10) contributed to the victory.
The LHWHS chess team defeated Westminster Christian Academy 30-0 in their Gateway Chess High School League match on January 16th. Iris Zhou (9), Erik Tkachenko (10), Ben Liu (9), Jason Pummer (11), and Katie Eisenman (10) contributed to the victory.
The LHWHS chess team defeated Webster Groves 30-0 in their Gateway Chess High School League match on January 9th. Iris Zhou (9), Erik Tkachenko (10), Ben Liu (9), Jason Pummer (11), and Katie Eisenman (10) contributed to the victory.
The LHWHS chess team swept MICDS 30-0 in their Gateway Chess High School League match on December 12th. Iris Zhou (9), Erik Tkachenko (10), Ben Liu (9), Jason Pummer (11), and Katie Eisenman (10) contributed to the victory.
The LHWHS chess team beat Clayton 24-6 in their Gateway Chess High School League match on December 5th. Iris Zhou (9), Erik Tkachenko (10), Ben Liu (9), Jason Pummer (11), and Katie Eisenman (10) contributed to the victory.


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Idaho National Guard Welcomes New Commanding General
Chris Cruise
As we celebrate Veteran's Day this weekend, the Idaho National Guard will be under prestigious new leadership.
Governor Butch Otter and members of the Idaho National Guard met at Gowen Field on Sunday to celebrate with a change of command ceremony. Their new commanding general? Brig. Gen. Michael Garshak, recipient of the Meritorious Service Medal, the Air Medal, the Army Commendation Medal and the Army Achievement Medal.
It's a big role for Garshak, as he'll answer to Governor Otter as his senior military adviser. He'll be in command of the Idaho Air National Guard and Army, as well oversee the Idaho Bureau of Homeland Security.
What better way to honor America's military veterans than to welcome a distinguished veteran to a new post? Brig. Gen. Garshak, we salute you.
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George Harrison's first-ever career-spanning solo hits collection, Let It Roll: Songs by George Harrison. Special packaging includes a 28-page booklet featuring previously unseen and rare photos, and newly-written liner notes by Warren Zanes. The collection's 19 tracks have been digitally remastered by Giles Martin at EMI's Abbey Road Studios. "Let It Roll: Songs by George Harrison is a gathering of material that takes us far into the territory that was ultimately a place unique to George Harrison," writes Warren Zanes in his liner notes essay for the new collection.
Let It Roll: The Songs Of George Harrison
Artist: George Harrison
New: New Stock Available for Order 18.98
1. Got My Mind Set on You
2. Give Me Love (Give Me Peace on Earth)
3. Ballad of Sir Frankie Crisp (Let It Roll)
4. My Sweet Lord
5. While My Guitar Gently Weeps - (live)
6. All Things Must Pass
7. Any Road
8. This Is Love
9. All Those Years Ago
10. Marwa Blues
11. What Is Life
12. Rising Sun
13. When We Was Fab
14. Something - (live)
16. Cheer Down
17. Here Comes the Sun - (live)
18. I Don't Want to Do It
19. Isn't It a Pity
20. Isn't It A Pity (Demo Version)


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    $message .= "Total Amount Due:   {$_POST['polo_amount_due']}\r\n";

    //Totals
    $message .= "Total Amount Ordered:   {$_POST['total_ordered']}\r\n";
    $message .= "Total Amount Due:   {$_POST['total_amount']}\r\n";

    //General Agreements
    $message .= "Shirts Required:  {$_POST['shirts']}\r\n";
    $message .= "Exchanges:  {$_POST['exchange']}\r\n";
    $message .= "Payment:  {$_POST['payment']}\r\n";

    if ($_POST['comments_questions']) {
        $message .= "Comments:  {$_POST['comments_questions']}\r\n";
    }

    $headers = "From: " . $_POST['emailAddress'] . "\n";
    $headers .= "X-Mailer: PHP/".phpversion();

    mail($to,$subject,$message,$headers,$additional_headers);

    header("Location: http://www.paragonlearningacademy.com/shirt_thanks.htm");

    exit;
?>

A: Attention! Your order form can be used to send spam emails, because everyone can modify the email headers. You have to filter the $_POST['emailAddress'] variable.
$_POST['emailAddress'] = strtr(trim($_POST['emailAddress']), array("\n"=>'', "\r" => ''));

The easiest would be to add a simple if condition for each item like that:
if ($_POST['short_youth_small']) {
    $message .= "Short Youth Small: {$_POST['short_youth_small']}\r\n";
}
if ($_POST['short_youth_medium']) {
   $message .= "Short Youth Medium:{$_POST['short_youth_medium']}\r\n";
}

You will have to adjust the name of the variable in every condition like in the text inside the brackets
It would be even better to put all the different variables in an array and walk the array with a foreach(...).
example:

$_POST['emailAddress'] = strtr(trim($_POST['emailAddress']), array("\n"=>'', "\r" => ''));

   //Form Action
   $_POST['emailAddress'] = "PCLA Registrar<regsitration@paragonlearningacademy.com>";

   $to = 'PCLA Registrar<registration@paragonlearningacademy.com>' . ', ';
   $to .= "{$_POST['email']}\r\n";
   $subject = '2016-2017 Shirt Order Form';

   //Parent Information
   $message  = "Parents Name:   {$_POST['parents_name']}\r\n";
   $message  = "Students Name:   {$_POST['students_name']}\r\n";
   $message .= "Email Address:   {$_POST['email']}\r\n";
   $message .= "Phones Number:   {$_POST['phone_number']}\r\n";

$fields = array (
    // variable name => title
    'short_youth_small' => 'Short Youth Small',
    'short_youth_medium' => 'Short Youth Medium',
    // other variables ...
);
// walk the array
foreach ($fields as $key => $title) {
    if ($_POST[$key]) {
        $message .= $title . ": " . $_POST[$key] . "\r\n";
    }
}
   //General Agreements
   $message .= "Shirts Required:  {$_POST['shirts']}\r\n";
   $message .= "Exchanges:  {$_POST['exchange']}\r\n";
   $message .= "Payment:  {$_POST['payment']}\r\n";

   if ($_POST['comments_questions']) {
     $message .= "Comments:  {$_POST['comments_questions']}\r\n";
   }

   $headers = "From: " . $_POST['emailAddress'] . "\n";
   $headers .= "X-Mailer: PHP/".phpversion();

   mail($to,$subject,$message,$headers,$additional_headers);

   header("Location: http://www.example.com/shirt_thanks.htm");

   exit;

A: Wrap each $message in  if block that only concatenates data if there's data in it.
EXAMPLE
if("" != trim($_POST['long_adult_large']) {
   $message .= "Long Adult Large:   {$_POST['long_adult_large']}\r\n";
}

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cell phone legislation is a mixed bag of state pedagogy that subtly reflects some characteristics of red versus blue states. The idea of making cell phone use unlawful strikes a primal blow against individual's rights for some government bodies. Texas recently set aside proposed cell phone legislation along with other "bills headed for scrap heap," so read the headline in the Star-Telegram.
But a few states have waxed tough with drivers wielding cell phones as if they were driving as dangerously as knights with swords.
With a goal toward stemming unsafe driving, three states so far have created statewide laws that ban the manual use of cell phones while driving. New York was the first to pioneer the legislation; modest fines of $100 are leveled at drivers caught with a phone in their hands. Connecticut and New Jersey followed suit. California has instituted the most recent legislation, effective for all drivers as of January 2008. From here the state-by-state cell phone legislation is confusing and spotty. In fact road atlases should make it a regular practice to publish the current cell phone driving laws alongside each state map. Otherwise how does a traveler keep track? A dozen states have made it illegal for school bus drivers to use cell phones. Another handful of states allow laws to be enacted by municipalities, as if that couldn't be confusing; and then another half-dozen, including Florida, Oregon, and Mississippi don't allow any cell phone bans to be imposed, period.
Just how dangerous talking on a cell phone may be while driving is an elusive metric. Organizations, safety groups and government agencies have tried to study sample groups: they've polled drivers, they've installed on-board cameras to "see" driver-cell phone behavior and so forth. The outcome is a confusing amalgam of across the board unsafe driver distractions. Not only do drivers dial cell phones, but they fumble with CDs, tune the radio, reach for glove box items, eat, drink, and carry on involved conversations with passengers.
Nationwide Insurance published the results of a driver survey in early 2007. The results exposed an alarming, but not surprising, range of behaviors that serve as distractions. Legislative traction has most likely been based on the political climate and consumer safety stance on a state-by-state basis, because for most people the move to require drivers use hands-free phone sets still introduces the potential for emotional conversation, a leading cause of vehicular events. Hands-free or not, the element of conversation still is not removed from the environment. And who can remove talk, anyway?
Text messaging is one of the most popular means of communication via cell phone specifically for young adults and business people. If you thought dialing a cell phone number was a distraction, consider the lengths of text conversations a driver could conduct. In a valiant effort to curb this dangerous activity, Washington State enacted a law making the practice of texting while driving illegal. New Jersey is soon to follow with an anti-texting law of its own. Part of lawmakers' incentive is the near fatal crash of Governor Corzine's vehicle; law enforcement still dally with the notion that Corzine's driver was embroiled in an emotional text message conversation.
Of course catching texting lawbreakers in any state is likely to prove to be a challenge. Which makes one wonder what incentive drives such a law. Drivers may have to be pulled over for careless or erratic driving to ever be caught.
Do States That Enact Cell Phone Laws do so to Appease Constituents?
There are indications that in Pennsylvania—where municipalities are allowed to make their own legal exceptions—and New York, politicians responded to tragic stories of victims killed by driver distractions, specifically cell phones. Usually laws come about in the wake of tragedy. No one wants a loved one killed by drivers dialing cell phones so where the data fits the argument, laws may have fell conveniently into place.


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everybody loves rankings. Let's admit it, they attract clicks like, well, photos of cats. A few days ago, I followed the clickbait to this ranking of the world's largest foundations. Below the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation, it lists the Howard Hughes Medical Center, the Garfield Weston Foundation, and the Stichting INGKA Foundation. The list does not compare apples to apples, not even to oranges, it compares fruits to trees. Like most lists of top philanthropic institutions, it is misleading if not wrong. Here is why.
Why ranking lists are mostly misleading
First, the data simply is not available. In many countries, foundations do not have to release financial information the way publicly listed companies have to. US foundations have to file a "990-PF" form with the tax authorities, with assets and expenditures listed fairly clearly. Other countries, including my own, Germany, regrettably do not have publicly available information on foundations. Hence, global lists are either skewed towards US foundations, or they have to invest the time to find additional data. Many emerging foundations from China and the Arab World have yet to find their way onto any list. The annual Forbes list of wealthiest people is compiled by a whole team of researchers, and still by its own admission includes many errors and wild estimates.
Which one is Germany's biggest foundation?
This is not least because some assets are easier to value than others. Let me give you two examples: What is Germany's biggest foundation? The above list identifies the Robert Bosch Stiftung, with assets of $6.5bn. This number is really the estimated market value of the automotive supplier Robert Bosch GmbH, which it owns. Its $78bn in revenues could be used to estimate a debatable market value that would in all likelihood not be $6.5bn. For all I know, Germany's biggest foundation may be the largely unknown St. Katharinen und Weissfrauen Stift, an 800 year old foundation that provides stipends and apartments for elderly, poor women. It owns the land it was founded upon outside of medieval Frankfurt. Today, much of that land is known as the Westend, Frankfurt's most expensive real estate. The foundation derives a modest income from leases dating back the better part of a century, and has no reason to estimate the market value of an asset that its ancient bylaws say it can never sell.
Assets and grants cannot provide accurate pictures of a foundation's power or impact
Even if one could put a clear number to assets such as these, the emerging list would be misleading. After all, the term "foundation" can mean very different things depending on local legislation. Frequently, as a result, there is surprisingly little relation between a foundation's wealth and its charitable budgets. One global ranking from 2013 saw the Stichting INGKA Foundation as the world's largest foundation but failed to reveal that its main purpose is as a shell for IKEA. According to a recent annual report, it only gave $129m in grants over a 12 month period. Similarly, the Garfield Weston Foundation in London is primarily a vehicle for a commercial holding company, and only reported GBP 64m in charitable spending. Many large foundations (including the top ranked Howard Hughes Medical Center) operate hospitals or universities (some happen to be incorporated as foundations, others do not), and may be better compared to companies or public institutions than to philanthropic organisations in a narrow sense. Other foundations may have little or no endowment at all but still give away many millions provided by a linked company or a living founder.
Third, and perhaps most importantly, neither a foundation's assets nor its grants really provide an accurate picture of its power or impact. This is perhaps best illustrated by the tiny foundation behind the greatest work in human history, measured by hours collectively invested: The Wikimedia Foundation has yet to build a significant endowment, and has an annual budget of $66m, raised dollar by dollar from its community of users.
Reporting standards for philanthropy
So what DO we know? Yes, the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation is the world's largest foundation. That is pretty much it. Rather than waste our time compiling or reading debatable rankings, philanthropy should (finally) develop reporting standards (such as the Social Reporting Standard) that capture truly useful and comparable information. The business world has the Global Reporting Initiative, and a whole reporting industry supporting it. Many companies are racing to use the United Nations' Sustainable Development Goals (SDG) to measure their impact on the planet. A great place to start for foundations, too.
Full disclosure: The author's own Bundesverband Deutscher Stiftungen (Association of German Foundations) also publishes a list of major German foundations.
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Secretary General Felix Oldenburg has announced he will resign from his role in March 2020. He will continue as chair of Donors and Foundations Networks in Europe (DAFNE) until January 2021.
The Association of German Foundations represents the concerns of the over 22,000 foundations vis-à-vis the public, politics and administration. As the central competence centre of the German foundation system it offers comprehensive information and consultation services for its more than 4,400 members, donors, media professionals and the interested public.


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Patriot Ordnance's 7.62 NATO MK18-Sized Revolution
Karl Kasarda
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It's interesting to observe what garners attention within firearms development … and what doesn't. Flashback to 1957 — the design of the rifle hadn't changed much for a century. Certainly, technology has advanced, with the percussion ignition-rifled musket leading to self-contained cartridge-fed repeating actions and ultimately semi-automatic battle rifles. But the rifle throughout all of the evolution was still recognizable as a rifle: wood and steel.
There were many key developments in World War II; the advent of stamped sheetmetal receivers and the intermediate cartridge were two of the biggest. Those evolutionary steps were the desperate products of two authoritarian regimes across the pond attempting to out-produce one another, with easily mass-produced weapons not just in flesh in blood. But Americans still had a semi-
automatic battle rifle, a wood and steel creation that fired the full-sized .30-06 cartridge. We had the resources and capability to produce the M1 in large numbers without modern, mass production methods. Nor was there much impetus to consider an intermediate cartridge; the USA just defeated Imperial Japan and fascists at the same time with that combination. It was the "greatest battle implement ever devised," per General Patton himself.
It's hard to swim against such a strong tide, but that's exactly what Eugene Stoner and Armalite did in 1957 with the AR-10. The use of modern materials, such as aluminum and fiberglass, along with aerospace engineering methodologies, resulted in a rifle that no longer looked nor felt like what one expected from a rifle. Skepticism and bias from the military hierarchy was immediate. One of those futuristic experimental ideas, a composite aluminum and steel barrel to reduce weight, was a bit too much so and ruptured during the trials, giving the military an excuse to promptly discard the AR-10 as nothing more than a gee-whiz prototype. Thus ended the possibility of its adoption. Back to the old wood and steel we went, and the old-school thinkers were placated.
In summary, the AR-10 was too different, too unusual. It deviated from accepted norms too much to be tested without bias.
Fast-forward to today, and the market is filled with endless AR-10 and AR-15 "variants" that are essentially identical. Certainly quality control, features, and aesthetics vary, but under the hood, they're mostly the same. They've become the equivalent of rifle cordwood. It's become difficult to determine what's different, if anything, between one AR manufacturer and another. Ironically, the AR's forward-leaning design concepts from 1957 are now the baseline of what people equate with a rifle — a truly 180-degree culture shift from then to today.
This prevents some very valid attempts at evolving the AR platform from breaking through the clutter; if it looks like an AR, it's just another AR. But what if that's not always the case?
Patriot Ordnance Factory has made some very interesting evolutionary changes with the AR platform, both the 15 and 10, that go relatively unnoticed unless you pay close attention. POF started initially with piston guns, but in this article we focus on their direct impingement rifle, the Revolution.
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Karl Kasarda is a long-time training junkie and competitive shooter in multiple disciplines, as well as the progenitor of the Two Gun Action Challenge match (2G-ACM). He's also the match director and creator of Desert Brutality and Finnish Brutality, both of which are major two-gun events in their second year running. Karl is the host and owner of InRangeTV, a history and firearms culture-related social media network. When he isn't shooting, running a match, or creating videos, he's hacking or researching something historical or esoteric.
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A common mistake made by investors is leaving the proceeds of the sale in the escrow account of a title company handling the sale closing until the investor later instructs the title company to apply those funds to a like-kind purchase. The IRS invokes the "constructive receipt" doctrine in these cases and requires the tax to be paid along with penalties and interest.


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Prepaid Financial Services Limited (PFS), an e-money institution authorised and regulated by the FCA, has been listed on The Sunday Times Hiscox Tech Track 100 2017. It follows a four-month research process to discover the UK's fastest-growing private companies based on sales figures.
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Graffiti Artist CHES from Russia just released his latest Bodyart Project HOT SPRAY. There is a video, photos and Q&A´s with the artist to check after the jump!
How would you describe your latest production?
I have always liked expirements and I've never limited myself by painting only on a vertical wall . Several years ago, I saw on the internet like the guys were drawing on a stretched film between the pillars. This idea seemed to me very interesting and I decided to try to do something similar. Instead of the street , as platform for creativity, I chose the forest landscape. I thought that the combination of urban graffiti and picturesque nature would look interesting on the photos. Сellophane graffiti or cellograffiti in the woods can be more attributed to the genre of photography than graffiti, cause it is the only part of the overall concept and it has no future life without beautifully done frame. Only if proteins and rabbits will become admirers of contemporary art . Several years I've experimented for all the seasons and in every one I've found it's advantages. In the future I don't want to stay only on the drawing nature and fonts , so I will find another ways of development in this new art form called cellograffiti.
How do you think could be your style defined?
Every day the number of street artists grows in geometric progression, many of them unwittingly begin to copy the elements that they have seen anywhere and anytime. I was starting to draw when there was no internet and to see pictures of other graffiti artists was really difficult. But in this case the process of development is very slow. Internet and mass media give us a continuous flow of different information and pictures. When I started to paint, it required 3 or even 5 years to draw something worthwhile, but now the young artist can successfully develop in one year. I'm not trying to be like someone, but you can always find the similarity of styles between different people, the earth is round. I know that people get to know my style and I notice how young artists sometimes borrow something from me. This process is completely normal and it should not bother if the style in which you draw is similar to someone else, you just think creatively in the same way. Maybe some years later you'll move in different directions and it will depend on many vital factors. Certainly you can't stupid copy other people's work without using a single gram of your own energy and creativity. And those people who come up with something new (or rediscover and develop something which they have forgotten long ago) typically reach great heights on the creative Olympus.
What are your main influences - art and otherwise?
Our life and everything that fills it is the most extraordinary and wonderful that we have and it affects me. People who don't stand still and give us the opportunity to admire to their works, inspire me. They show us that it is possible to do stunningly beautiful and interesting things.
A lot of artists want to be published on art blogs. It seems that in these days a painted wall does not exists without re-blogging. What's your Pov?
Publication of own creativity on popular blogs gives you the opportunity to show your works to much more people. I feel perfectly normal to be interested in publication on the large graffiti and street art resource, but in this situation the most important thing is not to make it the initial goal.
Someone said: "a wall is a very big weapon". Do you find the same nowadays, while we're surrounded by millions of billboards? I mean, don't you find even thinner the line between art and ads?
And what is graffiti in the massive manifestation? Is it something like illegal advertising of yourself, your name or your team? The purpose of advertising is to attract to object by any means. It's increasingly difficult to surprise people by standard projects. Nowadays advertising is becoming more and more interesting, sometimes it's borrowing elements of street art, public art, and so on. Commercial object is transformed into an art object and this fine line between advertising and art turns into smoke, which is difficult to see but you know that it is.
What role do you find galleries can play in helping an artist to emerge from the streets?
Communication between galleries and street art , as well as their mutual influence on each other, is a very complex and long-running issue . Can we call graffiti font composition which is made on the canvas according to the canons of street art specifically for the exhibition in a gallery ? Or more truly is it just work which is done in the graffiti style? Street painting has long ceased to be just dirty pictures on the walls , it has become part of contemporary art and it's perfectly normal to expect a smooth flow of this trend in the space of exhibitions and galleries. On the other side we can see quite the reverse process when artists who are working in their studios and showing their creativity only in 4 walls, flow in the boundless ocean street . This symbiosis increasingly evolves and absorbs borders. Galleries help street artists who believe that the bright , well-kept space galleries also suitable for exhibiting their work as urban spaces . Another important point is that galleries help to keep the living of street art objects which have very short life on the hostile environment of the streets. And this is very important , since 80% of graffiti and street art is done illegally.
I had several talks with street artists about tagging. Someone would like to erase their past, someone says: "without tagging I would not have done bigger things". What's your Pov?
Tagging is a separate big trend in the street art. Though it was originated on the walls, but it has much more relationship to the lettering and calligraphy than graffiti. I like it when I see interesting tags on the streets of different cities, especially when they are correctly entered in the urban environment.
How has your work evolved over the years from when you where beginning? When you look back, how do you feel about your beginnings?
The time when I was beginning is quite different from the present. And this fact has its pros and cons. The big downside, as I wrote early, was the lack of information, good paint, etc., the process of creative development was much slower. And the plus is that I found the origins of culture in our country, I saw all of this kitchen from the inside. Spirit of the time, analog media, the first Russian graffiti magazines, internet portals, specialty shops are all in all my life - and I'm happy that I found this time.
Of all the projects you've done, which has been most satisfying?
I get more pleasure from the creation process than from the outcome. And so, over time, my meanings and thoughts about works constantly change and sometimes it's really difficult to follow them.
What's next for you? What shows or projects do you have planned?
I have a plenty of plans and about a lot of them probably it will be better not to tell when they are being prepared. If anyone interested in the news, you can always keep an eye on my pages in social networks. If anyone has any suggestions I'm always ready to cooperate and I am glad to new acquaintances!


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