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Container Ship on fire in Bay of Bengal, 22 crew members rescued
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The Indian Coast Guard on Thursday rescued all 22 crew members of a merchant container vessel after a devastating fire broke out in the ship in the Bay of Bengal, a senior coast guard official said here.
The container ship, MV SSL Kolkata, that was on its way to the city with 464 containers on board, caught fire on Wednesday night, the officer said.
"Our Coast Guard ship arrived in the area in the morning. The captain decided to save the crew and abandon the ship. On his request, we have successfully picked up all the 22 survivors. As of now, all 22 people are being brought to Haldia in the coast guard ship," Coast Guard Commander (NE) Inspector General K.S. Sheoran said here.
"The sea was very bad at the accident site. There were high waves and the wind was very strong. Almost 60-70 percent of the ship was on fire by that time," he said.
The reason of the fire is still not confirmed.
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According to the Coast Guard, the owners of the ship, Shreyas Shipping & Logistics have hired tugboats from the nearby ports that would work on salvage operation of the remaining goods, unaffected in the blaze.
"The owner of the ship has hired big tugboats from Haldia port and Dhamra port in Odisha. They have also engaged salvage companies from Singapore. The salvage operations will start after sometime. The first priority was to save the captain and the crew, which the coast guard has done successfully," the officer added.
The fire on board the merchant vessel was of such magnitude that a Seaking 42C helicopter and a Dornier aircraft from Vizag had to be launched on Thursday morning at first day light, in coordination with the coast guard, to assist in search and rescue.
However, the two aeroplanes were rooted back to Vizag after receiving a message that search and rescue operations would be over by the time the two aircraft reached overhead.
According to the monitoring team of the Haldia dock, the ship is likely to be grounded. (IANS)
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Doug Holder hears voices. Lots of them! He channels these voices through his maturely manufactured, yet wholly internalized, persona, a replica of his younger, offbeat self. Holder's persona specializes in self-deprecation, perceptiveness, and smart-alecky truth-telling. Consider the catch word of his title – poseur. Make sure you give it the appropriate French pronunciation with an elitist air, and see how it colors everything that comes after. The inset photo of Holder on the cover of this chapbook only adds to the effect. Tellingly, the specter of life's brutality always seems to hover in and over the fabric of each of these funky prose poems, teasing out some pretty unusual insights.
Reading through this sixteen part poetic memoir the cadence carries you forward down alleys, past vacant lots, into a psychiatric ward, and out into the mystery of Boston's Chinatown. The pull of the words and phrasing reminds me a lot of Allen Ginsberg's poetry—specifically Kaddish. Unlike Ginsberg, however, Holder does not constantly engage. He keeps a bit of distance between himself and his objects of interest until he doesn't. Then he zeros in with a vengeance, albeit a funny vengeance.
"Nice," a civilized and suburban word fits so snugly in that last sentence.
kind my father wore—his heels pounding the floors in Penn. Station.
boilermaker but a milk boy.
…The Harvard refugees at the au Bon pain.
Most modern practitioners of "beat" style and themes are pale imitations of the likes of Allen Ginsberg, Gregory Corso, John Weiners, et al. Holder delivers more. He brings with him his own value added innovations to the genre, most singularly his humor.
In the very last line of his very last piece in this collection, Holder stands on a rain-slicked street in Chinatown waiting for a dramatic introduction in Twilight Zone fashion. I hope this signals that another installment of these "poseur" poems will follow in short order. Very short order.
Dennis Daly lives in Salem, Massachusetts with his wife Joanne. They have four adult children. He is a graduate of Boston College and has an MA in English Literature from Northeastern University. Daly worked at General Electric for ten years. He edited and publishedThe Union Activist newsletter and the North Shore Union Leader, a labor newspaper. He also was the managing editor of the Electrical Union News, the official news organ of Local 201 IUE. He also was a regular contributor to The Salem News., He was elected to a leadership position of the 9000 member IUE union. Later he worked as a Department Head in the City Of Salem. He has been published in many poetry journals and magazines and nominated for Pushcart prizes in 2013 and 2014. He is included in a chapbook, published by Northeastern University Press, with two other poets, Robert deYoung and Patrick Duddy. . His second book, a verse translation of Sophocles' Ajax, was published by Wilderness House Press in August, 2012.
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The mission of the Julia-Ann Square Historical Community Association, Inc. is:
To promote a rich knowledge of the Julia-Ann Square history.
To inform, identify, and preserve the quality of the homes in the district.
To promote education of the historical district in the state, local community, and local schools.
To implement a comprehensive Master Plan to restore the district.
To seek grants that assist in preserving historically and architecturally the sites of Julia-Ann Square.
To pay tribute to the many influential and famous people who made Julia-Ann Square their home and helped shape West Virginia history.
The Julia-Ann Square Master Plan
In 2002, Julia-Ann Square Historical Community Association was presented with a long range Master Plan Study to restore the historical district. There are several phases in the Master Plan which includes period lighting, gateway arches to the district entrances, replacement of sidewalks and curbs, period style benches, new signage, landscaping improvements, traffic, parking and overhead utilities.
Phase One of the master plan is now complete. Planning for the installation of period lighting began in 2004 and the project was completed in 2006 with fundraising from the Association as well as a contribution from a LEDA grant. The City of Parkersburg, Wood County Commissioners, and the project revenues of the district provided additional funding. The Julia-Ann Community proudly displays period lighting throughout the district. Banners were added to the light poles in 2007.
Phase Two of the master plan included the installation of four Gateway Arches at the entrances of district, which was completed in 2008. Park benches were also placed throughout the district that year. Funding for this phase was provided by grants awarded from the Oakland Foundation, McDonough Foundation, City of Parkersburg, Wood County Commission, LEDA grant and project funds from the Julia-Ann Square Historical Community Association.
Julia-Ann Square Community Association is now planning for the next phase of the master plan to replace deteriorated sidewalks and curbs throughout the district. The district association was awarded $15,000.00 in grants from Community Participation Grant and Wood County Commission. The district has allocated an additional $15,000.00 in matching funds to start the project. The present goal is to raise additional funds through grants and district projects to complete the sidewalk project in 2011.
We extend an open invitation to visit our historic district and enjoy the rich heritage it has to offer.
The Julia-Ann Square Association is a non-profit tax-exempt 501(c)3 organization. Donations are tax deductible. If you would like to make a donation to assist the historic district's future projects, please contact us, or you may donate directly online:
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The Melaleuca is a native paperbark tree found in the natural bushland of Rainbow Shores. Melaleuca trees surround the rear of this property, and the house has been designed to reflect the magic of these trees in their natural beach setting.
Quality, space and comfort are the key elements of this home away from home. The open plan design and high ceilings capture the essence of beach living, while the backdrop of native bushland ensures your privacy. Enjoy sitting on the stunning back deck listening to the sound of the waves and appreciating the natural wildlife.


Chuck Leavell talks about the food, the fans and more.
The Rolling Stones performed to a packed audience June 4 at their first-ever show in Tel Aviv. Before the concert, we caught up with Chuck Leavell, the band's keyboardist, for an exclusive interview.
Leavell, who lives on a tree farm in Georgia when he's not touring, was particularly impressed with the country's agriculture. "I think it's wonderful that the country has come, in some part, out of the desert now and into forestland," he said. "It's beautiful."


For many years I've recommended that people get their news in a special way: read 2-3 liberal publications, and also 2-3 conservative ones. Pay close attention, and note how both sides spin things. Watch for their assumptions and media agendas. Think about what you read, and draw your own conclusions.
But in the Trump era, it's no longer this simple. The media has become so biased, so angrily bent on waging war against the current Administration, that even the conservative press frequently joins the mainstream media in its attacks—or in fighting them.
Objectivity in media reports is almost extinct. Manipulative spin is now the one constant in our national–and much of the local–media.
So, where should today's concerned citizen get the news? The answer to this question is enlightening. In the new era of media—what could arguably be called the post-journalistic era—it's not just about where you get the news. It's more about how you read the news. Those who read it the right way will learn what's really going on. Those who don't, won't….
I open the magazine and read the first article. It's a liberal magazine, and, like always, I'm enjoying it. Reading what people who disagree with me have to say about the current state of the world is invigorating.
When I was younger, it sometimes made me angry. A decade later it made me want to argue. Nowadays, I find myself laughing a lot. Or, once in a while, surprised by a new idea that deserves serious consideration.
For example, the first magazine I read begins with a long editorial about how the economy is "on the rise." Markets are getting more good news than they have since 2008, and not the "media-spin economic upturn news" that Washington loved during the Obama years, but that always turned out to be false. This time it's about a real upturn it seems.
Still, the editorial warns, the danger is that people are going to think that things like Brexit and actions of the Trump Administration are responsible for the good economic news. These are all coincidences, apparently, according to the article. Any intelligent person, the magazine seems to be communicating, will clearly realize that there is little or no correlation between Obama/European Union policies and the economic malaise that accompanied them, and the a significant economic upsurge following Brexit/Trump.
My grin turns to laughter. Are they serious? No correlation? Funny. Ironic, but humorous. The same magazine issue has the following question on the front cover: "Is the pope Catholic?" Note that the word "pope" isn't capitalized. The article takes this question seriously—analyzing the ways the current Pope is rehashing many ideas long considered sacrosanct at the Vatican. This part isn't funny. Interesting, and important. But I'm pondering, not laughing.
Another article proclaims: "From deprivation to daffodils… All around the world, the economy is picking up." The cause of this, we are assured once again, has nothing to do with Brexit or conservative policies. In fact, we're told, these things caused "jitters" and kept the economy from improving sooner.
I finish this magazine and pick up the next one. Its purpose, apparently, is to find clever and original ways to criticize Donald Trump and anyone who didn't happily vote for Hillary Clinton or Bernie Sanders. A very popular hobby these days.
But this publication does it in such cerebral language that it's really fun to read—as if reading it, just soaking it all in, must mean you are one of the smart people, the enlightened, the few, the wise. I do enjoy the creative, engaging writing, even as I find myself disagreeing with much of the content.
I start laughing again. After all, the articles work so hard to sound impartial, journalistic, even erudite. But their frustration and anger with the last election, and the current Administration, shows through on nearly every page.
For example, I read paragraph after paragraph of seemingly objective, unbiased prose ("Just the facts, ma'am, just the facts…"), then I run into words like "vengeful," "binge," "vindictive." The reader is being swayed by largely journalistic writing peppered with emotional triggers. I like it. I mean, it's interesting, and funny. Besides, the American people are smart enough to see right through this kind of bias, whatever elites think of them. Still, this kind of spin is an art, and the articles I'm reading are skillfully crafted to sway their reader—just like most of the television media.
Pundits on the Right try to do this as well as those on the Left, but the Left has more true artists—masters of this process. Good for them. Seriously. I'm genuinely impressed. Conservatives really do need more effective artists, and more appreciation for well-crafted symbolism.
On the less artistic, more direct side of things, one article calls President Trump: "an untruthful, vain, vindictive, alarmingly erratic President." My first thought is that this is mean-spirited. But wait. I re-read the list of criticisms more carefully. Actually, I tell myself, most of this is fairly accurate, with one exception: What liberals call "untruthful" in Trump is often more a case of inarticulate.
But the other things on the list are fair game. Vain. Vindictive. Erratic. The President has exhibited all of these traits at times. I'm laughing again as I ponder this twist—because the real joke is on elites. Seriously: Why did the American people elect someone who is so openly vain and vindictive at times?
This is pretty funny, when you think about it. Liberals want these things to convince Americans that he shouldn't be president. But those who elected him don't really care about these things.
In short, liberals seem to want a president they can look up to, hold up as a role model, even canonize (e.g. FDR, Obama). Like medieval courtiers at the palace, they want to put their king on a pedestal. "He's such a good and great man. She's such a good and great woman." They want Josiah Bartlett back in the White House. Or at least Michael Douglass. Or, better still, Kevin Klein's "Dave".
Conservatives aren't thinking of anything so lofty. They don't need a prophet or a saint in the Oval Office. They just want a president who will reboot the economy and make us safer in the world. Even if he acts like a jerk sometimes.
Liberals don't seem to get the joke. It's funny. Think about it: the voters in a majority of states preferred someone who is sometimes vain and vindictive over the elite's favorite choice—a lifetime politician who checked off all the boxes and did everything the Establishment considers necessary to be in the Oval Office. The voters wanted the exact opposite. The irony is rich.
I finish the second magazine and take a long, deep breath before picking up the next one. But something I just saw keeps nagging me, so I go back to the magazine and look for a certain ad.
Ah…there it is. A promotion for online courses from Julliard. Open to all. "Learn from the Julliard faculty," the ad proclaims, "classes include…Music Theory 101, Sharpen Your Piano Artistry…. No audition required." I can hardly believe it. Doesn't this fly in the face of the elite prime directive: "Rule By Experts—In All Things"? Do we really live in an age where MIT, Harvard and Julliard offer open enrollment classes to everyone? What happened to rule "of the experts, by the experts, and for the experts"? Elites are using technology to promote the appearance of democracy while still focusing on elite rule in every sector.
Finally, I pick up the last magazine in today's stack. Several of the articles are intriguing. For example, I read: "Poverty has profound effects on the size, shape and functioning of a young child's brain. Would a cash payment to parents prevent harm from the experience of being poor?" At first blush, it is sad that economic struggles have negative effects on early childhood. It is also not surprising that progressives think passing out money would fix this problem—easily and effectively.
But there's more to this than initially meets the eye. I'm reminded of the economic idea of "helicoptering": if the economy is struggling, dump cash from helicopters to poor families. They'll spend it, and this will provide increased demand, supply, more jobs, and an improved economy. Of course, economists don't suggest literally throwing cash out of helicopters (like turkeys on WKRP in Cincinnati), but rather depositing money directly into the accounts of people below a certain income level.
Conservatives tend to reflexively balk at such proposals, because they believe in the law of unintended consequences. In other words, paying people without asking them to work for it makes more people want to do nothing, and more citizens become increasingly dependent on government handouts—leaving the productive people to fund it all. Not good for society.
On the flip side, I like to point out to conservative friends that one of the early proponents of such financial "helicoptering" was Milton Friedman. Why? In truth, the direct cost of giving money to poor parents is far less than the amount currently spent by governments to provide all the services they and their children receive.
If we're going to offer a lot of socialist programs, let's at least be efficient.
The real answer is to get rid of socialism altogether. Besides, in the long term, there's a deeper problem. The idea of giving cash to poor parents in order to help their kids either assumes that the parents will spend it in ways that actually address the problem, or assumes that the government will monitor such spending and force parents to use it "effectively" (an escalation from helicopter parenting to "helicopter government").
Reading the article even more closely, it becomes clear that there "are dramatic differences from person to person." Meaning: Some people raised in poverty have normal or even above-average brains, but on average they are smaller, less developed. I'm not laughing anymore. This is deep, and important. The biggest challenge seems to occur where single parents are forced to work so much to pay the bills that there is little time for interaction with young children. The negative consequences last for generations.
Surely our society can find ways to deal with this. Sadly, in our modern world, any talk of real problems seems to turn into demands for more government programs–as if government is the only way to fix anything.
We're all at fault here: liberals tend to want government to solve everything, and conservatives often fail to provide non-governmental solutions to real challenges that should be addressed by the private sector. Both sides just end up pointing fingers and criticizing, while the problems remain (or grow).
The article provides a lot of interesting details and proposals. I don't agree with everything I read, but it makes me think outside the box. I finish the magazine and lean back in my chair.
We have a major problem today with media, but it's not what most people think. The biggest issue is the fact that few of us are reading enough news. Forget the electronic news. And forget newspapers. Both are too trapped in today's 24-hour news cycle—and the race for ratings. We need to read bigger ideas, and from a variety of sources.
Readers of quality news magazines and journals are less easily manipulated than those who get their news from TV or social media. Such readers can more adroitly identify spin or media agendas and see right through them—then grin, or laugh, or decide to study more about a certain topic.
If you're getting most of your news from TV, newspapers, online headlines, or social media—consider moving on. Start reading longer articles, in publications or posts that treat things more deeply, like Foreign Affairs, The Economist, The Harvard Journal of Law and Public Policy, Vital Speeches of the Day, and issue-oriented online sites and articles.
Read things that make you think, really ponder and analyze. And read a mix of conservative, independent, and mainstream sources.
If you do decide that you prefer to get your news from TV or online news sites, go to the business news. Where the regular news tends to focus on network political agendas, thereby frequently skewing the day's news stories, the business news will tell you how the economy is actually doing and how today's events impact it; this is nearly always a more accurate indication of whether to be worried or optimistic about the news of the day. The business news usually tells the story more directly, with less partisan slant.
Whatever your political views, knowing how to get the real news, to see through the media and understand what's really happening in world events, is part of being an informed and good citizen. All of us benefit from people who do media right.
These two simple changes (1-Reading deeper issue-oriented articles rather than watching or reading the daily event-focused articles, and 2-Going to the business media rather than the political media for a clearer understanding of the news) will drastically increase how well each person understands the news and knows what's actually happening in the world.
If you stick with the daily TV news or newspaper (or online equivalents), you are always in danger of being another one of those people who actually believe what they hear on the nightly news. In other words…grossly misinformed.


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Photobook Interviews: Sriram Krishnan
By Soff on Friday, 10th February | Comments
Sriram Krishnan was in with the scene back when startups were building up, back in the day before SoundCloud or Spotify. He's an entrepreneur of sorts, and greatly believes in the ability of a startup to shape markets and drive social change. We spoke with him on the phone about how he got to where he is today and the very thing he's passionate about – startups.
1. Yo man! Let's kick things off with an introduction for our readers. Where you're from and all that.
What's up guys! I'm Sriram, 33 years old, and I currently reside in San Francisco, although I grew up in Malaysia before I began uni in Singapore. It was around that period that I began uncovering my interests which lead to turning my passion into a career.
2. So what do you do for a living?
Well I am currently the Head of International Growth for Tinder, although I'm also an angel investor for various startups.
3. What has your life path been like?
It's funny you should ask that – I would say it's been surreal. I've been dipping my fingers into a fair few things before fine-tuning my focus and learning what is it that I really was interested in. I studied electrical engineering, thinking that could have been what my future was heading to, but all the events in my life has lead me to delving into startups.
I learned so much from each new chapter, meeting so many different people with absolutely brilliant ideas, that the knowledge sharing that took place had immeasurably moulded my interests that it is today.
It's been an unconventional route, but it's definitely one that I have no regrets on.
4. How did you get involved with it in the first place?
During one of my semester breaks during university, I figured that I wanted to further enrich myself and be involved in something that would compliment my studies – so instead of going back home like most of my other uni mates, I sent out a whole bunch of applications to enroll myself for an internship.
I liked corporate engineering and had managed to land a gig as an engineering research intern with a PHD student under a multinational conglomerate company. I did not like it at all. I stayed in a lab the whole day and had minimal interaction with people. It wasn't for me. So there I was realising that I'm yet to find what it is that would really engage me.
So fast forward to my third year, I started getting very interested in startups, the whole technology and the internet in general. I began attending a lot of internet conferences, networking and hanging out with people who were just starting their online companies. Coincidentally, at this point I was also fortunate enough to have managed to get in with this one programme in Uni that sent students to their partner colleges where the students would work full time in a startup and do the rest of their semesters part time. Apart from the learning and the real-world experience, the whole point of the program was to inculcate a sense of entrepreneurship in hopes that the students would return and start something of their own.
National University of Singapore (Sriram's the one in the bottom left)
I was sent to Stockholm, Sweden, and learned so much. While I was there, I got the idea to organize a tech conference, together with a bunch of other colleagues. This was around ten years ago, back when the word Web 2.0 was still acceptable and people threw the word around all the time. We had a pretty good platform and resources to work with and it was from there that I really began to familiarise myself with the industry, getting to know more and more people. I became acquainted with the would-be founders of SoundCloud, the would-be pioneering team for Spotify and a whole bunch of various other talents, furthering my interest.
I eventually graduated and worked with a consulting firm in Bangkok first before joining a startup in Beijing. Soon after, I received an invitation for an interview with Spotify in Sweden. Although I was in Beijing and making my way to Sweden at the time would prove difficult, I nevertheless planned and scheduled my way over. I got there, attended the interview and thus began my career in the industry.
Spotify office
5. How would you say you have changed through the years since you first began your work professionally?
I'm still just as excitable, animated and as playful as ever, although I would say I'm less extroverted now though. Not saying that I'm introverted, just a whole lot calmer I guess. I'm sure this is applicable to a lot of people as well, having gone through a lot of different and enriching experiences. I don't travel as much as I used to though.
Spotify Hong Kong
6. What about your many passions?
That's easy. First off, it's early stage startups. I've got a deep interest in startups in general, and moreso if it's something innovative and/or has the potential to initiate either in a market or social level. That being said, I'm also a firm believer in access and equality for gender, health care, and education.
7. Who are your heroes?
I got some models and anti-models.
Shakil Khan – early investor of Spotify, co-founder of student.com and my mentor. He has been an incredibly impactful mentor to me over the past 10 years, helping and guiding me alot through it all.
One "unexpected" mentor would be Tex Gunning. He currently heads one of the largest logistics companies in the world, but he was a Senior executive at Unilever back then. I was still just a student, and was trying to raise money for a conference in Tokyo. I approached Unilever and enquired if they were willing to fund me and my friends, and he ended up sponsoring us around 10k. The Tokyo conference ended up being phenomenal and I've got him to thank for that. You don't forget people who help you.
I generally draw inspiration from a variety of people, but Shak had definitely played an important role in my career.
On anti-role model, I think it's important to also have them because you can learn about both what to emulate and what to steer clear of. I've had a few negative models in my life as well, and obviously I'm not dropping names here haha! They're not necessarily bad people, but there are certain traits I think I shouldn't subscribe to.
8. What's in your bag?
It's always my passport. Everything else is never always the same. Heck if my home were to ever burn down, I'd save my passport first, then my wallet second!
2016 MaGIC (Malaysian Global Innovation & Creativity Centre) Conference with fellow speakers
with the new markets team at Spotify
With Richard Branson at Necker Island
In Sweden with founders of Spotify, and founder of SoundCloud (before he started) at a party
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Q: Passing javascript variable to servlet How can I pass a var from javascript to a servlet. Yes I know you can use getParameter on the servlet side, but I first need to do some javascript stuff then from there it need to pass that new variable to servlet.
See my Javascript example:
function openBrWindowAndSubmit() {

  var textBodyValue = encodeURIComponent(document.getElementById("textBody").value);
  alert(textBodyValue); //returns empty
  document.forms[0].submit();

  var textBodyValue = encodeURIComponent(document.getElementById("textBody").value);
  alert(textBodyValue); //works

}

As you can see in above example the first "alert" block returns empty, but the second one returns the correct encoded value because the document.forms[0].submit is already called. So is there a way I can get the second variable "textBodyValue" (which is outside of document.forms[0].submit) to the servlet? I'm calling this at the servlet side:
String test = req.getParameter("textBody");

Here's the JSP inside a form tag which calls the function on click:
 <textarea id="textBody" name="textBody"></textarea>
 <input type="button" onClick="openBrWindowAndSubmit();" value="Click Here to Preview Email">

Is there any workaround to this problem?
I've been trying to change the javascript function to:
function openBrWindowAndSubmit() { //v2.0

  document.forms[0].target = "_blank";
  document.getElementById("action").value = "view_template";
  var textBodyValue = encodeURIComponent(document.getElementById("textBody").value);
  alert(textBodyValue);
  document.forms[0].submit();

  var textBodyValue = encodeURIComponent(document.getElementById("textBody").value);
  alert(textBodyValue);

  $.ajax({
      url: 'http://localhost:8080/restricted/comm/Email',
      data: textBodyValue,
    //  processData: false,
    //  contentType: false,
      type: 'POST',
      success: function(data){
        alert(data);
      }
    });
}

Can this work? i'm getting an undefined error when reaching the $ajax tag?

A: As an idea. Dont know if its correct ;) but you can check it at the jQuery api page.
$('#idOfTheForm').on('submit', function(e){
    e.preventDefault();
    data = { key : val , key2 : val2 };
    $.ajax({
    type: "post",
    data: data,
    url : "",
    success : function(response){
                  console.log("return code was 200");
               },
    error : function(jqXHR, textStatus, errorThrown){
                  console.log(errorThrown);
            }
    });
    return false;
}

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Domestic workers pay high price for employers' noncompliance
According to government's Covid-19 Risk-Adjusted Strategy, 'private household employment' will only resume at Level 2.
New research which suggests that as many as 90% of domestic workers in South Africa might not be registered with the Unemployment Insurance Commissioner's office – and are thus unable to access the Unemployment Insurance Fund (UIF) – has brought into sharp focus the desperate plight of some of the country's most vulnerable workers during the Covid-19 pandemic.
Izwi Domestic Workers Alliance recently surveyed 600 domestic workers to better understand how many had been placed on unpaid leave as a result of the pandemic and the subsequent national lockdown as well as how many had access to the UIF over this period.
The results revealed that only 37% were receiving full pay during this period. A total of 79% of those surveyed indicated they were not registered and a further 11% were unsure, said Izwi upon releasing the results, which "means they likely are not".
Last week, South Africa's lockdown was downgraded from Level 5 to Level 4 and many different industries are now expected to gradually begin returning to work after a five-week forced stay-at-home.
But according to government's Covid-19 Risk-Adjusted Strategy, which plots out a phased easing of the lockdown restrictions, "private household employment" will only resume at Level 2.
Government has established the Covid-19 temporary employer/employee relief scheme (Ters) in a bid to assist, among others, domestic workers. But the relief offered through Ters is only available to those who are registered.
Of the 600 people whom Izwi surveyed, 40% of those who were unregistered said this was because they were not South African but the largest portion – 47.4% – said it was as a result of their employers not having registered them.
Said Izwi: "Most households have not registered their worker for UIF be-cause they did not think it was worthwhile or did not want the hassle. Now, domestic workers and their families are paying the price for their employers' noncompliance with labour law.
"There are over one million domestic workers in South Africa, 95% of whom are women and many of whom are primary breadwinners for families," the alliance said.
"Izwi is already flooded with requests for assistance from women who do not have money to buy food for their families".
Izwi has called on the department of labour to "compel all employers to pay domestic work-er wages, regardless of their UIF registration status".
"Employers who have registered can claim the funds from Ters," the alliance said.
"Those who have not registered their workers with UIF can be registered now or be mandated to continue paying their domestic worker regardless. Going forward, this could encourage a new standard of labour law compliance for domestic employers".
The alliance's Amy Tekie said yesterday that the situation was only growing more dire and that although only 4% of those surveyed indicated at the time that they had lost their jobs as a result of the pandemic, Izwi had seen "a surge of dismissals and retrenchments" since.
"The impact is quite dramatic," Tekie said.
"We are getting a constant stream of messages and requests for assistance, primarily from women, but also from men, who literally don't have anything to put on the stove."
She said historically, domestic workers were a vulnerable group and that the pandemic had taken this "to another level".
"People don't know how they're going to survive," she said.
"Government must step in".
Deputy Labour and Employment Minister Boitumelo Moloi said at a briefing on the country's "back-to-work readiness" yesterday that Ters had already paid out a total of R5.3 billion and a further R2.4 billion was cleared for payment today.
She did not, however, respond to questions posed to her about the challenges faced by domestic workers who could not access the fund.
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Carnelian and gold necklace - the first such find dated to the early iron period (XI-IX BC) discovered in the settlement in Transcaucasia and fifteen other items made of this metal have been discovered by Polish archaeologists in Metsamor near Yerevan in Armenia.
Researchers from the Institute of Archaeology of the University of Warsaw (IA UW) and the Polish Centre of Mediterranean Archaeology of the University of Warsaw (PCMA) have discovered gold objects both in the ancient settlement and the cemetery.
"The most valuable of these is a carnelian and gold necklace. Its owner probably lost it during the invasion of the Urartu King Argishti I in in the eighth century BC" - told PAP research leader Dr Krzysztof Jakubiak of IA UW, who is now finishing this year\'s research season.
During the excavations carried out in previous seasons, archaeologists stumbled upon the numerous layers of burning and ash and the remains of a woman with a split skull, which also confirms suspicions about the bloody invasion. Argishti I was king of Urartu, or the biblical Kingdom of Ararat in the Armenian Highland. During his reign the borders of the state extended to Transcaucasia, the region of today\'s Yerevan, where Metsamor is located.
Archaeologists also unearthed a fragment of a large, rectangular building built with stone blocks. According to a preliminary assessment, it was built shortly after the fall of the kingdom of Urartu, so after the VI century BC. During that period, the areas of Armenia came under the rule of the Persian Achaemenid dynasty. Archaeologists have not yet been able to explain the purpose of the structure.
"Undoubtedly, it was a monumental structure, we estimate the length at about 30 meters. It is the largest building captured so far during excavations (in Metsamor - ed. PAP)" - noted Dr. Jakubiak.
Metsamor is one of the most famous archaeological sites near Yerevan. It has the status of archaeological reserve. During its heyday from the fourth to the second millennium BC the settlement occupied more than 10 hectares and was surrounded by Cyclopean walls. In the early Iron Age from the XI to the IX century, Metsamor had grown to nearly 100 hectares. In the central part there was a fortress, inside which there were numerous temple complexes. At that time, it was one of the most important cultural and political centres in the Araks Valley. From the eighth century BC, Metsamor became part of the Uraratu kingdom - the biblical Kingdom of Ararat.
Polish archaeologists conduct excavations in Metsamor since 2013 under the agreement signed by IA UW director - in consultation with the leadership of the Polish Centre of Mediterranean Archaeology of the University of Warsaw - with the Institute of Archaeology of the Armenian Academy of Sciences of and the Ministry of Culture of Armenia.


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NMDC Newsletter: May 2012
Big Society Capital launched with £600m to invest in charities and social enterprises
Arts Council announces Renaissance major partner museum funding
Over 470 events planned for Museums at Night, 18-20 May
Thieves target Chinese artefacts in three museums
London 2012 Festival programme announced
MA publishes guidelines for internships
Spanish cultural budget cut by 15% this year, but Prado gets increase
Record visitor numbers to national museums
Tax relief on charitable giving
The campaign to limit the impact of the proposed cap on income tax relief for charitable donations has accelerated over the past month and attracted considerable media attention. As we reported in April, NMDC members are deeply concerned about the impact of the changes announced by the Chancellor in the 2012 Budget. UK museums have been major beneficiaries of the generosity of wealthy individuals, particularly for capital development projects. The proposed changes are particularly unfortunate at a time when museum budgets have been cut and philanthropic giving is more important than ever, and when museums are actively engaged in responding to the Government's encouragement of philanthropy. Although it is hard to predict what the value of the impact of the cap will be on future giving to museums, any new restriction can only make it harder to generate such funding. The Chairs of many NMDC member institutions have been signatories of a letter to the Chancellor, and NMDC Chair Dr Michael Dixon has also written to highlight members' concerns and urge a reconsideration of the proposed changes. NMDC continues to liaise with Government officials and colleagues across the charitable sector to seek resolution on this issue. HM Treasury Charities Aid Foundation Give it Back George campaign
The Prime Minister launched Big Society Capital, an independent financial institution with £600m to develop and shape the social investment market, on 4 April. Big Society Capital will fund the development of socially orientated investment organisations that support charities and social enterprises that have the ability to repay an investment through the income they generate. Overseen by the Big Society Trust, the organisation is chaired by Sir Ronald Cohen, and decisions on investments will be made by an impartial investment committee. It will be capitalised with £400 million from dormant bank accounts and £200 million from the UK's four largest high street banks Barclays, Lloyds, HSBC and RBS. Big Society Capital
Arts Quarter Launches 2012 Philanthropy in the Arts Report
Arts Quarter has announced the findings from its survey of arts organisations, asking them to comment on the effectiveness of Government and various agencies in delivering on the Philanthropy in the Arts Agenda - a set of 10 landmark proposals launched in December 2010 by the Culture Secretary Jeremy Hunt MP to improve levels of private sector giving to the arts. In all, some 361 arts organisations of all scales, regions and art forms took part and shared their concerns via an online survey which was conducted from 20 February - 16 March. Key findings include:
Arts organisations believe only 3 elements of the Philanthropy in the Arts Agenda have been delivered on any degree of scale likely to benefit the sector: building fundraising skills in the sector; promoting legacy giving; and defining and launching a matched funding programme;
Only 10% of respondents feel able to state that all of their Trustees play a role in approaching potential supporters. 27% of respondents reported some degree of giving by some of their Trustees;
27% of respondents are aware of the Legacy10 Campaign which aims to promote higher levels of giving through gifts in wills. 28% of respondents reported actively promoting legacies to supporters, with 27% overall reporting receiving legacies in the last three years;
30% of large arts organisations and 42% of those with a turnover of less than £0.5m do not have a coherent "Case for Support" underpinning all fundraising activities by staff to ensure that all involved in fundraising are able to speak with one voice. Arts Quarter
Innovation in Giving Fund to back established charities
The Cabinet Office and Nesta announced the second round of the £10 million Innovation in Giving Fund on 23 April. The Innovation Giving Fund aims to support innovative ideas for increasing levels of volunteering and charitable giving. This second round will include support of £1.5m for around 10 medium and large established charities which want to use their expertise, networks, assets and capabilities to find new ways to engage people in giving. Cabinet Office Back to top
Arts Council England announced on 2 April more investment than initially anticipated for the Renaissance Major Partner Museums. The 16 Major Partner Museums will share £62.6 million over a three year period from 2012-15. The 16 successful applicants initially requested at total of £23.5 million a year against an annual budget of approximately £20 million. The exact amounts of each Major Partner Museum's award have been negotiated on an individual basis. The amounts awarded over the three years range from over £5.2m for the Manchester Partnership to £2.5m for Beamish and Bowes Museum. The 24 museum services which currently receive support from the MLA Renaissance programme but which will not become Major Partner Museums have been awarded approximately £8 million in transitional funds. Funding will also be allocated to the completion of the Stories of the World project for the Cultural Olympiad and the continuation of Museum development work until 31 July. Arts Council England
This year Museums at Night is even bigger than last year, with over 470 events taking place at 363 venues around the country over the weekend 18-20 May. Last year, over 100,000 people participated in events and the programme attracted media coverage worth over £1.1m AVE. There is still time to register an event for Museums at Night 2012 and download resources provided by Culture24 to assist in planning and promotion. Culture 24 is running a competition to win tickets to an exclusive Museums at Night tour through 80 years of literary history at the Faber Archive, which is not usually open to the public. The competition closes on 9 May. Museums at Night dates for the next 3 years have also been announced:
Friday 17th – Sunday 19th May 2013
Faber Archive competition Museums at Night Resources for venues
Collections Trust secures €8m investment to bring Collections online
The Collections Trust has secured major European Commission investment in projects worth a total of €8m to help museums, archives and libraries share their collections online safely and sustainably:
EUROPEANA INSIDE is a €3.8million research and development project in partnership with 10 leading Collections Management Software providers. The project will develop open-source tools, enabling cultural organisations to manage the sharing and re-use of their Collections online.
PARTAGE PLUS is a 24-month project worth €3m to digitise Art Nouveau objects, artworks, posters, and buildings to create around 75,000 items, including 2,000 3D models, of content for access through Europeana, the central channel for European culture online.
ENUMERATE is a networking project which aims to provide up-to-date and comprehensive intelligence about the costs, methods and impact of digitising collections in museums, archives and libraries. Coordinated by the Collections Trust, the ENUMERATE network includes national coordinators in all 36 Member States of the European Union. Collections Trust
£2.2 million boost to Welsh libraries, archives and museums
Welsh Heritage Minister Huw Lewis has announced £2.3m funding to develop library, museum and archive services in Wales. The funding will be used to improve services, encourage greater participation and learning, conserve important collections, and develop online information and resources that promote Wales' culture and heritage. Welsh Government
Eighteen Chinese artworks, reported to be worth about £18m, were stolen from the Fitzwilliam Museum in Cambridge on 13 April. The items are mostly jade and part of the museum's permanent collection. The raid took less than 10 minutes, with the criminals' van pulling up outside the museum at 19.28 and recorded on CCTV as leaving the city at 19.38. A spokesperson for the Fitzwilliam Museum said: "These works are a highly important part of our collection and their loss is a great blow. We are working closely with the police to aid in their recovery. A thorough review of our security measures is also underway." The Western Daily Press has also reported an attempted burglary at the Museum of East Asian Art in Bath on 24 April, when three men dressed in white overalls and high-visibility tabards pushed past staff to get into the building. The men left when the alarms sounded and no objects were taken. The Museum is closed to the public until further notice. Meanwhile, Durham Constabulary has recovered a Chinese jade bowl and Qing Dynasty porcelain figurine, which were stolen from Durham University's Oriental Museum on 5 April. BBC News reports that the gang spent 40 minutes chiselling through the wall of the museum to get to two separate cabinets containing the artefacts. Five people arrested in connection with the theft have been released on bail. The museum reopened to visitors on 16 April. Cambridge University Durham University Western Daily Press
Museums Association launches survey on budget cuts
The Museums Association has launched its 2012 survey into the state of the sector and the impact of cuts on museum services across the UK. The data will be compared with the results from the MA's survey in 2011, providing an insight into year-on-year changes. The 2012 survey will also ask museums to look ahead to the coming year, and ask how the museum landscape is changing and how museums are planning to react to budgetary changes. The survey will remain online until 7 May and the results will be published in the July edition of Museums Journal. Museums Association
National Conservation Education & Skills Strategy
The Institute of Conservation (ICON) launched its National Conservation Education and Skills Strategy 2012-16 on 27 April. The Strategy's key purpose is to develop a successful learning and research environment in the UK to delivers the knowledge, skills and understanding that will be needed in the future. It aims to foster a collective responsibility, building connections between the built and moveable heritage sectors, the crafts and the conservation profession. ICON
The Museums Association has published guidelines on internships. The guidelines are based on best practice identified by Renaissance London and the Mayor of London, Arts Council England and Creative and Cultural Skills, and the National Council for Voluntary Organisations (NCVO). The Museums Association will only advertise internships that meet the following criteria:
Pay reasonable work-related expenses and give interns reasonable access to staff benefits (such as free tickets to exhibitions or events);
Are planned and structured with a clear brief, specific job content and a named line manager or supervisor;
Give a clear outline of what is being offered to interns, and what is expected of the intern;
Offer an agreed training and development plan with the intern, setting out what learning opportunities will be offered;
Ensure that potential interns are told whether there is a realistic chance of the internship leading on to employment;
Last a minimum of eight weeks and a maximum 12 months (if paid) and a maximum of three months (if unpaid).
Museums Association
Internship scheme for arts graduates celebrates success
Ninety per cent of the arts graduates on the DCMS Jerwood Creative Bursaries Scheme have secured jobs in the cultural and creative industries. The scheme, which was launched in 2010, offered talented arts graduates from less affluent backgrounds the opportunity to start a career in the arts, with bursaries to support placements in cultural organisations for up to 12 months. The scheme was funded by DCMS and Arts Council England, and managed by Jerwood Charitable Foundation. A reception was held in March to mark the end of the pilot stage. DCMS
Oil Painting Expert Network
The Public Catalogue Foundation (PCF) hosted a conference at the National Gallery on 25 April bringing together collections, universities, auction houses, dealers and independent art historians to discuss the creation of an Oil Painting Expert Network (OPEN). This would link the 3,000 collections that have participated in the PCF project to a network of pro bono experts using digital technology. Over the last nine years the PCF's team of researchers has had unparalleled access to the nation's oil painting collection, giving valuable insights into the state of painting catalogue records and the guardianship of these paintings. PCF has found that the state of records varies greatly between collections and that there are significant gaps in knowledge about paintings' artists, subjects and execution dates. Only a fraction of the collections that have participated in the PCF project have staff with fine art expertise or other relevant knowledge and many of those collections without expertise often do not know where to turn for help. As a result of the conference, the PCF hopes to be in position to put in place a workable and fundable plan for the creation and operation of OPEN – a network that will deliver substantial benefit to the participating collections and the wider public. The conference was supported by the National Gallery and Arts Council England. Public Catalogue Foundation
Protection of cultural property in armed conflict
Leading cultural figures have signed a letter in The Independent calling on the UK Government to honour its commitment to ratify the 1954 Hague Convention on the Protection of Cultural Property in the Event of Armed Conflict, and its protocols of 1954 and 1999. The Government announced its intention to ratify the Convention in May 2004. Following the United States' ratification in 2009, the letter asserts that the UK is the most significant military power, and "certainly the only power with extensive military involvements abroad", not to have ratified it. The letter's signatories include academics and the Chairs or Chief Executives of the Collections Trust, National Trust, ICOM UK, Society of Antiquaries, Museums Association and British Academy. Independent
Happy Museum Symposium report published
The Happy Museum project has published a report of a symposium held earlier this year. The Happy Museum Project looks at how the UK museum sector can respond to the challenge of creating a more sustainable future by reimagining some key aspects of the role of museums. Happy Museum Back to top
INTERNATIONAL CULTURE BUDGETS
Spanish cultural budget cut by 15%, but Prado gets increase
The Spanish Government has announced a 15% cut in funding for culture in 2012. Within this, the budget for museums and exhibitions has been reduced by 13.5% (from €209m in 2011 to €187.3m in 2012) but funding for the Prado Museum has increased slightly from €43.9m in 2011 to €44.7m this year. The Art Newspaper reports that the Prado's recent increase in opening hours generate €132m economic impact. The hardest hit parts of the Spanish culture budget are film and the performing arts which will have funding cut by 33% and 24% respectively this year. Heritage funding has been cut by 7.6%. Ministry of Culture
MAXXI threatened with special administration
MAXXI, Rome's £137m new contemporary art museum designed by Zaha Hadid which opened in May 2010, will be transferred to a government-appointed administrator following discovery of €700,000 hole in the 2011 accounts and concern that losses could reach €11m in the next three years. The board of directors of the Fondazione Maxxi reacted to the announcement surprise and anger and issued a statement blaming a 43% cut in government funding for the financial problems facing MAXXI. The Museum's operating costs are €10m a year, of which 68% (€7m) came from public funds in 2010. This was cut to less than €4m in 2011. The board argues that MAXXI has exceeded international levels of excellence by generating over 50% of its own income and that the Government's move jeopardises its potential for income-generation. The board are proud that the museum has received 450,000 visits since it opened. MAXXI
Italian museum burns art in protest at budget cuts
The Casoria Contemporary Art Museum in Naples has started burning its artworks in protest at budget cuts. BBC News reports that the Director, Antonio Manfredi, set fire to the first painting, by French artist Severine Bourguignon on 17 April. The artist was in favour of the protest and watched it online. Mr Manfredi intends to burn three paintings a week, in a protest he has dubbed "Art War". Artists from across Europe have lent their support, including the Welsh sculptor John Brown, who burnt one of his own works. BBC News
Getty Museum cuts 34 posts to focus resources on core mission
The J. Paul Getty Trust has announced a Museum reorganisation designed to "focus its resources on its core mission, which includes building its collection, curatorial and conservation research, and broad public access." The Museum will lay off 10 staff, and has asked for volunteers for 24 additional positions that will be eliminated in the Museum's Education, Exhibitions, and Imaging Services departments, and in the Visitor Services department. In a statement, the Trust said the changes will not affect curatorial or conservation staff and will maintain the Museum's public programming and exhibition schedule. Getty Museum Back to top
UK and China launch 'cultural dialogue'
Culture Secretary Jeremy Hunt MP and Chinese State Councillor Liu Yandong met at the Victoria and Albert Museum on 16 April to launch a new cultural 'dialogue' between the UK and China. The exchanges, which will take place on an annual basis, are intended to provide an opportunity to develop closer ties in culture, the creative industries, science and education. The Foreign and Commonwealth Office says that the initiative "marks an uplift of the UK's bilateral relationship with China, making it the only country apart from the USA to have high level discussions on these issues. From now on it will form part of the wider cooperation that the two countries have, including an economic and financial dialogue, and a dialogue on human rights." Foreign & Commonwealth Office
Increase in domestic and overseas tourism
Visits to the UK have risen by 4% in the past 12 months according to the latest data on travel and tourism released by the Office for National Statistics. This was due to visits from Europe increasing 3% (to 22.6 million); visits from North America increasing 5% (to 3.6 million); and visits from other parts of the world increasing 9% (to 4.8 million). Earnings from visits to the UK have grown by 7% over the past 12 months. Meanwhile, VisitEngland, VisitScotland and VisitWales have released figures for domestic tourism in 2011, revealing a 9% increase in domestic overnight trips taken in Britain. In particular, holiday trips taken in Britain last year increased by 7% compared to 2010, representing 58 million trips. Holiday spend rose by 13%, totalling £13bn. This is the third consecutive year since 2009 that the number of domestic holiday trips has remained above pre-recession levels, which VisitEngland says indicates the 'staycation' trend is still holding strong. James Berresford, Chief Executive of VisitEngland highlighted the challenges facing the industry, saying that the "double-digit growth in holiday spend... is part due to inflation, and increased operating costs." Office of National Statistics Visit England
The full line-up for the London 2012 Festival has been announced 12,000 events & performances will feature over 25,000 artists from all 204 participating Olympic nations. The twelve week festival, running from 21 June - 9 September, will take place at 900 venues across and includes:
Extreme acrobatics in and around London landmarks;
Light pulses along 73 miles of Hadrian's Wall;
Pop-up performances of Shakespeare sonnets by leading actors;
Jeremy Dellar's inflatable Stonehenge touring the country;
A new collaboration between Olafur Eliasson and Tate;
Europe's largest street art festival in Bristol; and
Martin Creed's All the Bells Work No. 1197, simultaneous, nationwide bell-ringing to celebrate the first day of London 2012.
The 140 page London 2012 Festival brochure will be distributed around the UK and is available to download from the London 2012 Festival website, where tickets can also be booked. London 2012 Festival
Evaluation of free theatre tickets pilot scheme
Arts Council England and DCMS published a report on A Night Less Ordinary, a pilot scheme to test whether theatre attendance by under 26s could be increased if free theatre tickets were offered to children and young people. The key findings include:
The scheme gave away 396,687 free tickets from its target of around 500,000, with the average participant visiting 5 times;
278,000 of free tickets given away were to young people who said they would probably not otherwise have visited the theatre and paid for a ticket;
41 per cent of A Night Less Ordinary venues said the scheme had brought them commercial benefits. Revenue from tickets sold to people accompanying free ticket holders, and from additional merchandise, brought in between £2.82 and £4.85 million; and
89 per cent of venues say that taking part in A Night Less Ordinary has left them in a better position to engage with young audiences.
A Night Less Ordinary was supported by £2.39m from DCMS through Arts Council England, who developed and managed the scheme. The pilot was launched in February 2009, and ended in March 2011. More than 200 venues participated and it was the first time the theatre industry and the Arts Council had worked together on a single, nationwide audience development scheme. Arts Council
The Space free digital arts service goes live
The Space, a new free digital arts service developed by Arts Council England in partnership with the BBC had a soft launch on 1 May. The Space is based on a new commissioning model, enabling artists and organisations to film and make work specifically for the main digital platforms. Work from established organisations of world-renown will sit alongside innovative work from emerging artists. The Space can be access at thespace.org or by viewing on connected TV or The Space channel (Freeview HD channel 117). Arts Council
All Our Stories HLF small grants programme
The Heritage Lottery Fund (HLF) has launched a new £1m small grant programme designed to help local communities answer questions about their past. All Our Stories will make available grants ranging from £3,000 - £10,000. From researching local historic landmarks, learning more about customs and traditions to delving into archives and finding out the origins of street and place names - this new programme aims to give everyone the chance to explore their heritage and share what they learn with others. HLF has developed All Our Stories in support of the BBC's The Great British Story – A People's History. All Our Stories will also feature in five BBC Learning events run in tandem with the TV series. HLF
VAT on listed building alterations - consultation extended
The consultation on the legislation to remove the VAT exemption on approved alterations to listed buildings has been extended until 18 May. The consultation document VAT: Addressing borderline anomalies was published on 21 March following the Budget announcement of VAT changes. HMRC Consultation
Part-time role models in the cultural sector?
Timewise, a new jobs website promoting part-time opportunities is looking for Britain's top 50 part-time leaders: successful men and women at the top of their game, who "give their all in fewer days". Nominees must regularly work fewer than 5 days a week in a senior role. Timewise
Arts Council England has published its 2011 Stakeholder research report. The aim of the research, undertaken by DHA Research between June and September 2011, is to explore levels of trust and confidence in the Arts Council, as well as perceptions of accountability. 77% of respondents said they have a good or fairly good working relationship with the Arts Council, but stakeholders voiced concerns about its capacity to maintain relationships and build new partnerships with the forthcoming reductions in administration costs. Arts Council England Back to top
DCMS Capability Self-Assessment
DCMS published its Capability Self-Assessment and Action Plan on 16 April. The report provides an assessment against a Civil Service model of the Department's capability in the three key areasof leadership, strategy, delivery. The assessment identifies areas of strength for the Department, including "people's enthusiasm for their work, internal communications improved understanding of its vision and purpose; and the Department's ability to deliver results." There are also areas earmarked for improvement, such as presenting a clear development offer for staff, embedding visible leadership; and implementing reforms to the Department's delivery mechanisms. DCMS
Rumours of abolition of DCMS dismissed by Number 10
The free-market think tank, the Institute of Economic Affairs (IEA), has proposed closing the Department for Culture, Media and Sport (DCMS) and removing Government funding from national museums to fund tax cuts. The IEA statement on 19 April quotes levels of grant-in-aid per visitor at a handful of national museums and suggests that the closure of DCMS, together with all its funded bodies, could allow a 3p cut in fuel tax. In an article in the Telegraph, Ruth Porter, IEA Communications Director, proposes merging DCMS with the Department for Business, Innovation and Skills. BBC News reported that a Downing Street spokesman had issued a strong denial, saying Number 10 "did not recognise" the reports. Shadow Culture Secretary Harriet Harman MP wrote an article in the Evening Standard on 19 April calling on the Prime Minister to "give a categorical assurance that he will not abolish the DCMS". She argues that "DCMS gives the arts an important voice at the heart of government and a seat at the Cabinet table." Institute of Economic Affairs Evening Standard Telegraph
Lords debate on status of national museums
The House of Lords had a short debate on the status of national museums in England following a question raised by Lord Sheldon on 24 April. Baroness Rawlings, the Government's culture spokesperson in the Lords, told Peers there are no plans to review the status of national museums. Several Trustees and former Trustees, including Lord Faulkner of Worcester and Baroness Hooper spoke of the importance of maintaining free admission. Lord Stevenson of Balmacara asked "what assessment have Her Majesty's Government made of the financial implications for our cherished national museums and galleries of the Government's plan to cap tax relief on charitable donations? Can the Minister comment on where this leaves the Secretary of State's 10-point plan, which I understand was intended to "catalyse and facilitate" individual and corporate giving?" Baroness Rawlings said she was "not embarrassed by the many productive points established by DCMS" and referred to changes to Gift Aid and the reduction of Inheritance Tax for those who leave legacies to charities. She said the Government's consultation on the detail of these policies and their implementation will be published in the summer. UK Parliament
House of Lords Science and Technology Select Committee heard evidence from Simon Cane, Head of Museum Operations, Birmingham Museums and Art Gallery; and Dr Siobhan Watts, Head of Conservation Science, National Museums Liverpool on 27 March. The Committee is currently undertaking a short inquiry to follow-up of its Science and Heritage report published in 2006. UK Parliament Back to top
Tyne & Wear Archives & Museums
This month's Museums Journal includes an article entitled 'Sunderland Quits Tyne & Wear Museums' (1 May 2012). Tyne & Wear Archives & Museums have provided the following information to give wider context to this: Tyne & Wear Archives & Museums (TWAM) is a joint service of the five Tyne and Wear local authorities which provides joint museum and archive services. A review of the service is planned for 2012-13 and as part of this Sunderland City Council want to make some changes to service delivery in Sunderland. In order to do this, within the terms of the joint agreement between the five authorities, they have formally given notice of their intent to withdraw from the present joint agreement at 1 April 2013. TWAM and Sunderland City Council are confident that a new agreement will be delivered to ensure the continued provision beyond 2013 of high quality museums and archive services for the people of Sunderland as part of a partnership across Tyne and Wear. At its meeting on 29 March TWAM's Joint Committee agreed that the Chief Executive of the Lead Authority (Newcastle City Council) and the Director of Tyne & Wear Archives & Museums lead a review of TWAM with the intention of negotiating a new joint agreement to take effect from 1 April 2013. TWAM
Many of our national museums received their highest ever visitor numbers in the financial year April 2011-March 12. The National Army Museum, Science Museum, National Portrait Gallery, V&A, Wallace Collection and National Museums Wales have all reported their most successful year to date. As we reported last month, the seven national museums in Wales received 1.69 million visits in 2011-12 - the highest total ever recorded since free entry was introduced in April 2001. For the National Army Museum, which received 270,000 visits last year, 2011-12 has marked a step change in the way the museum operates with two hugely popular temporary exhibitions and the relaunch of its Kids Zone. They also created the Museum masterplan which sets out the vision for the redisplay of the Chelsea site and the development of a national footprint. Figures published by DCMS reveal record attendance levels at several of its funded museums. The National Portrait Gallery reached 2m visits for the first time in its history on 27 March. Director Sandy Nairne welcomed the two millionth visitors, the Cara family from Northampton and presented them with a year's membership to the Gallery, a £100 voucher for the Portrait Restaurant and copies of the Gallery Guide and Highlights book. V&A received more than 3.3m visits to its sites including 2.88 million visits to its South Kensington site, a 10% rise from last year. The Wallace Collection received its highest number of visits for well over 100 years with 400,000 visits drawn in the main to the core Collection in a year without a large scale exhibition. The National Portrait Gallery has also announced it will open until midnight from 24-26 May, in the lead up to the last day of the Lucian Freud exhibition, the most popular paid-for exhibition in the gallery's history. Since it opened on 9 February, Lucian Freud Portraits has attracted over 175, 000 visitors so far, overtaking its previous record-breaking paying exhibitions Mario Testino Portraits (2002), David Hockney Portraits (2006) and Annie Leibovitz: A Photographer's Life (2008). National Portrait Gallery The Science Museum attracted 2.95 million visitors in 2011–12. This is the highest number of visits received since current records began in 1992 and was 6% up against 2010-11. Factors influencing the success included the ongoing events programme, an increased profile alongside a higher profile for science in the media in general, record breaking booked education group numbers and the benefit of increased overseas tourists to London. Meanwhile, Locomotion in Shildon had its most successful year to date with 210,000 visitors (6% up on 2010–11), and MOSI attracted record visitor numbers in 2011-12 with 839,000 visits. This was mainly the result of the £9m major refurbishment of the Great Western Warehouse, including the new Revolution Manchester and extended Experiment galleries, along with the benefits from winning Large Visitor Attraction of the Year 2011. The record visitor numbers represents an increase of at 31% ahead of 2010–11, when significant parts of the Museum were closed for refurbishment. Monthly visitor figures for DCMS sponsored museums are published on the DCMS website. DCMS
Royal Museums Greenwich take over running Cutty Sark
The Cutty Sark, the world's last surviving tea clipper was reopened by Her Majesty The Queen on 25 April. Trustees of Cutty Sark and the Trustees of Royal Museums Greenwich have announced that following her completion, the ship will come under the operational management of Royal Museums Greenwich. The ship closed to visitors in 2006 for a conservation project and was badly damaged by fire in 2007. The project has preserved as much of the Cutty Sark's original fabric as possible, introduced new interactive exhibitions below deck and raised the ship over 3 metres in the air enabling visitors to walk underneath. Major funding for the £50m restoration project was provided by the Heritage Lottery Fund (£25m) with an additional £5m from DCMS. Royal Museums Greenwich
Science Museum wins £6 million Heritage Lottery Fund support
The Science Museum has been awarded £6 million from the Heritage Lottery Fund (HLF) for the Making Modern Communications gallery. The gallery, opening in autumn 2014, will tell the story of 200 years of innovation in communication technology. Ian Blatchford, Director of the Science Museum Group said, "The project represents a step change for the Science Museum and the first step in the delivery of its Master Plan. The award of the grant underlines the essential role of the Science Museum in helping to inspire engagement, particularly amongst young people." Science Museum
The Ashmolean Museum's University Engagement Programme
The Ashmolean has received a grant of $1.1million from the Andrew W. Mellon Foundation to fund a new University Engagement Programme, which will significantly expand the role of the Museum's collections in teaching within the University of Oxford. The three and half year programme will proactively combine the University's curriculum with the Museum's collections and establish three Andrew W. Mellon Foundation Fellowship Teaching Curators to investigate and explore ways in which object-based teaching can be incorporated into current university teaching. Ashmolean Museum
Imperial War Museums launch £35m fundraising campaign
The Duke and Duchess of Cambridge attended a reception at IWM London on 26 April to launch the £35m fundraising campaign for major new First World War Galleries at IWM London to mark the centenary of the outbreak of the war in 2014. The Duke of Cambridge became Patron of the First World War Centenary Campaign in December 2010. The event was hosted by Viscount Rothermere, Chairman of the IWM Foundation and great-grandson of the 1st Viscount Rothermere whose grief for the loss of two of his three sons in the First World War led him to donate the building which houses IWM London today. Imperial War Museums
Tate Tanks will open in July
Tate Modern will open the Tanks on 18 July, the world's first museum galleries permanently dedicated to exhibiting live art, performance, installation and film works. The Tanks were originally massive industrial chambers containing oil that fuelled the power station and have been unused since it was decommissioned in 1981. The Tanks will be open for a fifteen-week festival from 18 July to 28 October, celebrating performance and installation art and the historical works that have shaped it. The launch is part of the London 2012 Festival. The opening of the Tanks is Phase 1 of the Tate Modern Project. The new building will be completed by 2016 at the latest. The development, designed by architects, Herzog & de Meuron, will create a new building adjoining Tate Modern to the south, increasing Tate Modern's size by 60%. Tate has raised over three quarters of the total capital costs of £215m. Tate
€300m spacecraft contract signed at Science Museum
A €300m contract for the building of a new spacecraft was signed at the Science Museum last month. This is the largest contract placed by the European Space Agency with a UK-based company. Business Secretary Dr Vince Cable MP, Colin Paynter (CEO, Astrium), Dr Alvarro Gimenez (Director, Science and Exploration, European Space Agency) and Dr David Williams (CEO, UK Space Agency) signed the contract in front of delegates at a conference to mark the 50th anniversary of the launch of Ariel 1, the world's first international space mission. The conference was organised by the Science Museum in collaboration with the UK Space Agency, and included 30 speakers and 300 delegates. Science Museum
Guinness World Record for Museum of London
Guinness World Records has confirmed the Museum of London's archaeological archive as the world's largest. The archive, which contains over 5 million artefacts from nearly 8,500 London excavations, includes hidden treasures from London's past including a 200 year-old set of false teeth, 'witching bottles' and exotic animals bones. The announcement was made as part of World Record London, a calendar of unique record-breaking events taking place in the run-up to the Olympic and Paralympic Games. World Record London Museum of London
The storehouse and arsenal of the Tower of London reopened on Saturday 31 March following a major redisplay of galleries in the White Tower's basement by the Royal Armouries. The Storehouse redisplay is part of the Royal Armouries' project to transform the White Tower in conjunction with Historic Royal Palaces. Royal Armouries Imperial War Museums has announced details of a new permanent exhibition at IWM Duxford. Historic Duxford will open next spring in the old Watch Office and will portray the history of Duxford during its time as an operational airfield from 1918 to 1961.The Museum is working with London-based MET Studio to design the exhibition and site trail. www.iwm.org.uk nationalgalleries.org, the website of the National Galleries of Scotland has won the Best of the Web award for Long-lived website at the Museums and the Web 2012 conference. The Long-lived category rewards a museum that has shown a long-term commitment to an excellent online presence and continues to deliver quality, be useful and serve the community. National Galleries of Scotland Tyne & Wear Archives & Museums and Newcastle Libraries have launched a new free App, Hidden Newcastle, which reveals stories about historical characters who once lived and worked in the city. Each story in the app is linked to the location where it is said to have taken place and people can unlock more stories as they move around the city. www.hiddennewcastle.org Back to top
Huw Lewis AM, Heritage Minister for Wale, has announced the appointment of five board members to the Arts Council of Wales: Michael Griffiths, Educational consultant; Melanie Hawthorne, Creative Development Office for University of Glamorgan; Dr Lesley Hodgson, Co-Founder of Glamorgan GATES community arts project; Marian Wyn Jones, former Head of BBC in North Wales; and Andrew Miller, Head of Creative Programming, Royal Welsh College of Music. Welsh Government Kim Streets has been appointed as the new Chief Executive of Museums Sheffield. She has been Director of Learning & Knowledge at Museums Sheffield since 2008 and first joined Museums Sheffield in 1991. Museums Sheffield Julian Farrance has been appointed as Regimental Museums Liaison Officer at the National Army Museum. This is a new post, established by the Museum to provide dedicated support and greater collaboration between the Museum, the country's 136 Regimental Museums, the Ministry of Defence and the Army Museums Ogilby Trust. More
Keeper, Department of Prehistory and Europe, British Museum
Digital Collections Programme Manager, Museum of London
Assistant Curator, Tate Liverpool
Project Conservators, National Archive
Systems Development Manager, National Gallery
Senior Audience Advocate, Science Museum
Sponsorship and Patrons Manager, National Galleries of Scotland
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The VAT Ditty
As we reported last month, the Chancellor proposed the removal of the VAT exemption for alterations to listed buildings in the Budget. This has had an immediate impact on the renovation of Wakefield Cathedral, bringing work on the project to a halt. Pamela Greener, the wife of the Dean of Wakefield, has responded in song and The VAT Ditty on YouTube has become an instant hit with charity tax aficionados. You Tube Back to top


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Home Harcourts Property Blog Harcourts NZ appoints new CEO
By Graphic Detail | Harcourts Property Blog | Comments are Closed | 3 November, 2015 | 0
Harcourts, New Zealand's largest and most trusted real estate group, has appointed Chris Kennedy as its new chief executive officer.
Mr Kennedy has been with Harcourts for 23 years, starting as a sales consultant before moving into franchise ownership. He was later appointed business development manager for Harcourts in Christchurch. Most recently he has been the company's national auction manager and is also a highly regarded, accomplished auctioneer.
He says he is excited and honoured to be taking on the role of CEO for Harcourts NZ.
"It is humbling to be asked to lead a company that has such a high standing in the industry, both here and overseas," he says.


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Jacob Rajfer, MD
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Jacob Rajfer, MD has made UCLA one of the top basic science research centers in the field of impotence, specializing in the molecular events surrounding the production of nitric oxide, the chemical responsible for the erectile process. Since 1980, Dr. Rajfer has headed the clinical and teaching programs in Urology at the Harbor-UCLA Medical Center. Many specialties within Urology-- including pediatrics, renal transplantation, oncology and andrology--have been expanded at Harbor and a number of important discoveries have resulted from the clinical and research activities at Harbor under Dr. Rajfer's guidance. It was these research activities that led to the discovery at UCLA of what chemicals cause an erection and explained in detail how drugs like Viagra work in helping men with impotence.
In addition to serving as Chief of Urology at Harbor-UCLA Medical Center, Dr. Rajfer is a Professor of Urology at the David Geffen School of Medicine's Department of Urology. He received his medical degree from Northwestern University in Chicago, Illinois and completed his Internship at LA County-USC Medical Center, Los Angeles, California. Dr. Rajfer completed a Surgery Residency at St. Josephs Hospital in Denver, Colorado, and served as Senior Assistant Resident in Urology at The Johns Hopkins Hospital, Baltimore, Maryland, where he went on to become Chief Resident in Urology. Dr. Rajfer also served as Research Fellow in Urology at the Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine. He is Board Certified by the American Board of Urology and holds a number of important patents for medical discoveries related to the field of urology.
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Dr. Rajfer has made UCLA one of the top basic science research centers in the field of impotence. It was these research activities that led to the discovery at UCLA of what chemicals cause an erection and explained in detail how drugs like Viagra work in helping men with impotence.
During Dr. Rajfer's tenure as Chief of Urology at Harbor-UCLA Medical Center, many clinical aspects of Urology including pediatrics, renal transplantation, oncology and andrology have been expanded and a number of important discoveries have been made.
Link to Dr. Rajfer's PubMed publications >
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Honorary Fellowship, American Academy of Pediatrics, 1996
President, Los Angeles Urological Society, 1995
Honorable Mention, Research Prize, Section on Urology, American Academy of Pediatrics, Washington, D.C., 1986
1st Prize, Joseph F. McCarthy Essay, Western Section, American Urological Association, Anaheim, CA, 1985
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2nd Prize, Joseph F. McCarthy Essay, Western Section, American Urological Association, Vancouver, B.C., 1983
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Double-amputee veteran running 31 marathons in 31 days
CHARLOTTE, NC - Running consecutive marathons is exhausting, however it's possible. But do you think you have what it takes to run a month of marathons back to back? Double-amputee and Marine Corps veteran Rob Jones is on the verge doing exactly that -- 31 marathons in 31 days.
According to FOX 46 Charlotte, the combat engineer lost both legs when he stepped on an improvised explosive device (IED) in Afghanistan. However, that hasn't slowed him down one bit. After being honorably discharged in 2011, Jones began training for the Paralympics and won the bronze in rowing.
In 2013, he Biked across the country -- 5,180 miles in 181 days -- while raising $126,000 for three charities which aid wounded veterans.
He recently completed his 29th consecutive marathon in Charlotte, North Carolina. He hopes to raise $1,000,000 for wounded veteran charities, while raising awareness of the struggle of America's veteran population.
Jones started in London, and after running marathons throughout the United States, will finish in Washington, D.C.
31 marathons in 31 days sounds like an impossible mission, but when you have the heart of a warrior, there's nothing that can stop you.
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Advised Robertson Capital Projects and Morgan Sindall, the successful consortium, on this NPD project.
Quayle Munro Limited is pleased to announce that it has advised the Taycare consortium on the successful financial close of the £95 million Tayside Mental Health Development PPP - a Public Private Partnership to provide mental health facilities in Perth (Murray Royal) and Angus (Stracathro). The project will provide new facilities for inpatients, outpatients and day patients from across the region, together with a new medium secure care clinic which will take patients from the whole of the North of Scotland. Construction work is due to start immediately following advanced preparation work. Stracathro is scheduled to open in October 2011, and Murray Royal in May 2012.
The project is Scotland's first non-education PPP procured under the new non profit distributing (NPD) model and with the sponsorship of the Scottish Futures Trust (SFT), an independent company established by the Scottish Government to deliver value for money across public infrastructure investment. The Scottish Government are making an initial contribution of £20 million to the project.
The Morgan Sindall Investments and Robertson Capital Projects consortium, Taycare, were named as preferred bidder for the project to design, build, finance, operate and manage ("DBFOM") the mental health facilities at hospitals at the Murray Royal site in Perth and Stracathro in Angus, in June 2009.
Senior debt funding was provided by Barclays, The Co-operative Bank and RBS.


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Annual CSUN illustration club exhibition showcases student art
Ashley Horton • February 25, 2016
An illustration can show something that cannot be expressed with words alone. From American illustrator Norman Rockwell to Marvel Comics Chairman Stan Lee, illustrators have the power to illuminate by...
"Sign Language" blends poetry and photography into one exhibit
Vincent Nguyen • October 26, 2015
Signs are meant to help those in search of guidance around unknown areas, but four artists attempt to break that norm. A CSUN alum and faculty from California State University, San Bernardino collaborated...
Painting Guild invites CSUN community to opening reception
Clarissa Corona • October 3, 2013
CSUN's Painting Guild introduced its new exhibit at "Meet The Guild", an opening reception, Wednesday evening in the Art & Design Center.The exhibit features 22 art pieces judged by the officers...
Art inspired by 'Edward Scissorhands' at Nucleus Gallery for film's 20th anniversary
Brian De Los Santos • May 5, 2011
Remember that one love story that involved an outsider with scissors as fingers and a beautiful young woman from suburbia? Well Tim Burton's 1990 love story has found a new medium two decades...
MOCA Grand Ave: The Artist's Museum
Liana Hofer • December 1, 2010
Los Angelenos who have a special place in their hearts for local artists can find an array of work at the "Artist's Museum" showing at the Museum of Contemporary Art (MOCA). The temporary exhibit,...


The ease by which graphene is affected through contact with other materials is one of its unique features and defines an integral part of its potential for applications. Through a combination of microscopy, spectroscopy and ab initio calculations it will be demonstrated, that the substrate of epitaxial graphene itself as well as intercalation layers, created by the insertion of atoms under its backside, are efficient tools to change the electronic properties and the interaction of graphene with the environment on its frontside. This enables us not only to functionalize graphene as a template for patterned adsorption of atoms and molecules, but also to arrange defects as a nanomesh or to change the strength in binding of adsorbates to graphene.
Scanning tunneling microscopy topograph taken at 300 K after intercalation of Eu at 720 K underneath a full graphene layer on Ir(111). The pattern of intercalated Eu islands and stripes results from the interplay of chemically inhomogeneous binding of graphene to the substrate and graphene strain relaxation. Image width is 600 nm.