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Could removing Europe's dams revive its rivers?
A group is calling for tens of thousands of dams across Europe to be dismantled for the sake of the environment. Why is this massive undertaking needed, and how feasible would it be?
Sixty percent of Europe's surface waters are in poor environmental condition, according to the latest water quality report for the continent from the European Environment Agency.
The nongovernmental organization Dam Removal Europe directly attributes this to the roughly 30,000 dams blocking the continent's rivers and waterways. The nongovernmental organization argues that the structures not only harm the environment, but that they are expensive to maintain, which is why its calling for their removal.
According to the World Wide Fund for Nature (WWF) and the World Fish Migration Foundation, fewer than 1 percent of the rivers in Europe now flow freely. For fish, this means battling obstacles every few meters. When aquatic fauna are unable to make their way into certain regions, that can hamper their reproduction.
Several species of fish, including salmon and sturgeon, have already disappeared entirely from some countries, impacting the livelihood of fishermen.
Read more: Almost all German lakes and rivers face ecological crisis
In addition to wildlife, dams can impact soil quality. Sediment and other nutrients get stuck in the structures, which results in less sediment reaching river deltas. Strong water flow is required to transport sediment down the river. When the sediment gets stuck, the excess flow leads to faster erosion.
Dams can have a negative impact on wildlife, particularly salmon
Complicated undertaking
Dam Removal Europe argues that abolishing the continent's dams would give nature the space to recover. However, carrying out this mammoth task, dubbed the Dam Removal Initiative, would not be easy. Every single dam site must be considered on a case-by-case basis.
Read more: Poaching, dams imperil ancient Danube fish
In Germany, for example, population density in the countryside where the dams are situated is so high that the structures cannot simply be removed without careful planning and calculation to minimize disruption to regional economies.
"It is a given that every dam and weir site ought to be individually and thoroughly considered in regards to its location, community and ownership before it can be engineered, or removed," said Andreas Roth from the firm Hydro-Energie-Roth.
Poor record-keeping
In Germany alone, there are 300 dams with a height of over 15 meters (about 50 feet), and countless smaller structures fewer than 3 meters tall. However, the federal government does not keep exact figures on the number of structures or their exact locations.
This lack of documentation on waterway infrastructure — which is a problem across the EU, as some dams in Europe are more than 100 years old — prompted AMBER (Adaptive Management of Barriers in European Rivers) to undertake its own survey.
When it comes to Germany's oldest dams, however, the country's Office for Civil Protection and Disaster Assistance (BKK) does not believe they are in danger of bursting — an event that can cause significant death and destruction, as happened in countries such as Laos and Iraq.
Read more: Laos disaster reveals the ugly side of hydropower in Southeast Asia
"The risk posed by a dam failure in Germany is estimated to be very low," said Wolfram Geier of the BKK.
Whether the Dam Removal Initiative can be successful remains to be seen — but those behind it remain steadfast in their belief that the structures must be dismantled.
"Any use of energy, including hydro-energy, has a negative impact somewhere," Roth said.
Nine of nature's most beautiful places to take a swim
Ik Kil Cenote in Mexico
Before you can dip into the deep green waters of the Ik Kil Cenote you have to climb down 26 meters (85 feet). The Maya used it many centuries ago as a source of water — and a site for sacrifices. Today it's a popular tourist destination on Mexico's Yucatan peninsula, and a splendid spot for a refreshing swim.
Lake Walchen in Germany
This blue green-lake is in the heart of the Bavarian Alps. Walchensee, or Lake Walchen, is popular with windsurfers and sailors due to excellent wind conditions. With a refreshing average temperature of 19 degrees Celsius (66 degrees Fahrenheit) during the summer months, it begs for a rapid plunge.
Paradise beaches on Zanzibar
With its sandy beaches and dazzling waters, Zanzibar is a tourist's paradise. Despite becoming an increasingly popular holiday destination, you can still find tranquil spots to swim in the Indian Ocean — accompanied only by beautiful fish.
Havasu Falls in the United States
Pack your swim suit — and your hiking shoes. Before you can dive into the aquamarine waters of Havasu Falls, you will need to hike 16 kilometers (10 miles) through Grand Canyon National Park. But hey, the view along the way ain't bad — and once you arrive, the swim will feel ever so more deserved.
Switzerland's "Pearl of the Alps"
In the middle of Switzerland's pristine wilderness lies the so-called "Pearl of the Alps": Caumasee or Lake Cauma. The turquoise water calls to bathers, inviting them in for a relaxing swim. With its shoreline of only 2 kilometers, the lake is rather small — but due to the remote location, it's never too crowded.
Luxury swim on Bora Bora
Surrounded by a lagoon and barrier reef, the Bora Bora island group in French Polynesia is famous for luxury resorts, over-the-water bungalows and honeymooners. It offers many secluded spots for swimming, diving and snorkeling.
Skradinski Buk waterfall in Croatia
Less secluded and lonely are the Skradinski Buk waterfalls in Croatia. The massive natural pool, unique quality of light and three accompanying waterfalls make it a unique spot for a swim. The waterfall in Dalmatia's Krka National Park is one of the most recognizable and beautiful spots along the Krka River.
Natural perfection on Marshall Islands
In the middle of the Pacific lie the 29 coral atolls of the Republic of the Marshall Islands. White beaches, palm trees, crystal-clear water and colorful fish — the islands are a simply postcard perfect place for a dip.
Ice cold Lake Louise
This might be the most refreshing swimming hole of all. Lake Louise in Banff National Park of the Canadian Rocky Mountains remains frozen until June of each year. If you can stand the glacial temperatures, you will be rewarded with a stunning view.
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Laos disaster reveals the ugly side of hydropower in Southeast Asia
For years, the Laotian government has been pushing to make the country a major provider of hydroelectric power. Critics say that dams are being built in disregard of potential environmental dangers. (25.07.2018)
Egypt and Ethiopia fend off water wars over Nile mega-dam
Egypt has long worried that Ethiopia's planned Grand Renaissance Dam will cut its share of the Nile River. Both countries tried to put fears of a water war to rest at a bilateral meeting in Cairo. (11.06.2018)
Poaching, dams imperil ancient Danube fish
Can scientists, activists, fishermen and consumers find a way to save the ancient Danube sturgeon? Killing the appetite for wild caviar would help, say conservationists. (24.05.2018)
Tanzania's biggest wildlife reserve under threat
Despite major backlash from conservationists, the Tanzanian government plans to start building a hydropower dam inside a UNESCO-protected wildlife reserve this July. More than 2.6 million trees face the chop. (24.05.2018)
Almost all German lakes and rivers face ecological crisis
A German conservation group has warned that chemicals and river engineering have damaged around 92 percent of the country's freshwater. Germany is among the worst EU performers when it comes to water protection measures. (17.05.2018)
Dam problems in Ethiopia
When it's finished, the Grand Ethiopian Renaissance Dam will be Africa's largest hydroelectric plant. But not everyone is happy about its construction. (20.03.2017)
Defending lands, indigenous group fights dams in Brazil's Amazon
The Munduruku indigenous people are resisting hydroelectric dams on the Tapajós River, a major Amazon tributary. The hydropower, touted as green, would destroy forests - and could even increase greenhouse gas emissions. (13.07.2016)
Mariana mining disaster: one year under the mud
One year ago, the greatest environmental disaster in Brazil's history destroyed landscapes and lifestyles, and separated families in Mariana. Has the tragedy been overcome? DW finds out. (05.11.2016)
Laos dam break and the country's hydroelectric dreams
The Xepian-Xe Nam Noy Dam in Laos has burst due to heavy rain. Hundreds of people are missing and many feared dead. Opponents of Laos's plans to become the "battery of Asia" have warned of catastrophe for years. (24.07.2018)
It's hot, hotter, hottest. Even if you are far away from cooling lakes, rivers or the sea, here is a visual refreshment from the world's most beautiful waters. (27.07.2018)
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Summer reading: Environment books that changed the world 05.07.2019
While Fridays for Future protests have spotlighted burning climate crisis issues, books that articulate our pressing environmental ills are also transforming popular consciousness about our precarious planet.
Uganda grapples with tourism vs. electricity 12.07.2019
Plans to build another hydropower dam on the shores of Lake Albert in Murchison Falls National Park have angered many Ugandans who rely on the country's burgeoning tourism industry.
Tanzania chooses energy over the environment 19.06.2019
Construction has begun of a mega dam to improve power supply throughout the country. There are fears this could herald the end of the Selous Game Reserve.
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Art History is known for its strong interdisciplinary character. Students explore subjects, objects and texts from different cultures and different historical periods. Students benefit from our strengths in Renaissance Studies, Romanticism, modern and contemporary art, as well the intersections of art and science. Teaching takes place in a variety of formats, and many course units benefit from unrivalled access to The John Rylands Library and The Whitworth, which contain world-famous works by Bacon, Blake, Gauguin, Munch, Picasso, Rembrandt, Turner, Van Gogh and other major artists. Teaching is supported by cutting-edge research: REF (2014) placed us in the top three Art History Departments in the UK.
On the Chinese side of the degree, students will study compulsory language units (the number of credits will depend on whether students are ab-initio or post-A-Level and whether they are studying European or non-European languages) and the study of the culture and history of a specific region. Teaching within Chinese in these latter areas is characterised particularly by the historically and politically contextualised study of culture and cultural practices, including in literature, visual culture and music, with thematic focus on such issues as the environment, popular culture, gender, immigration and transnationalisms, and religion. Crucial here is the understanding of language skills being informed by intercultural awareness and cultural knowledge being mediated by linguistic skills.
In the first, second and final year students will follow core compulsory and optional introductory modules on both sides of the degree. In their final year students will also have the option of taking a dissertation on either side of the degree alongside their core language units and other optional units. Students will be allocated a dissertation supervisor according to existing procedures for the respective subject areas. Students will also be able to take one free-choice unit at levels 2 and 3, though they will not be required to do so.
In the third year of the degree students will undertake a period of residence abroad according to the School's requirements and provision.
Join our student society, the Manchester Art Group, which curates events, talks, exhibitions and trips, and aims to link up with contemporary art practice in Manchester and across the North West.
You could also join Arts Emergency, which aims to encourage the production of a new generation of thinkers by highlighting the reversal of decades of social and educational access to arts and humanities, or the Whitworth Young Contemporaries Student Society , which brings together students who have an interest in the arts, culture and creativity to make the Whitworth part of students' academic, cultural and social life.
Course content for year 1
This is a foundation year that introduces key art historical concepts and methods of analysis and interpretation as well as skills in academic writing. It includes a substantial amount of gallery-based teaching.
All Year 1 students take the core module `Introduction to Chinese Studies', plus study up to 7 hours a week of `ab initio' Chinese language through dedicated classes aiming to build your linguistic confidence.
In Year 2 you can weigh you credits differently and do a maximum of two-thirds in one subject, and one-third in the other.
Take a mix of core and optional course units. The objective is to provide you with a deeper understanding of theories and approaches in the study of art history, and a broad-based knowledge of both pre-modern and modern art, architecture and visual culture.
In addition to continuing your study in Chinese language, you will develop your knowledge of China via a choice of courses in areas across the Humanities faculty such as literature, film, history, religion, society, culture, economics, anthropology and business, as well as begin to prepare for residence abroad.
Your third year of study is spent abroad in China, Hong Kong or Taiwan under approved conditions. For more information on the period of residence abroad please consult the following: Residence Abroad .
In Year 4 you can balance your credits so as to do a maximum of two-thirds in one subject area, and one-third in the other.
Take seminar courses that allow you in-depth contact with a wide range of subjects (many of which are the specialist areas of the members of teaching staff). These `Option' courses are focused on an area of study defined by genre, artistic identity, medium or approach. They are taught in small groups and encourage participation and active learning.
The language teaching programme continues to develop skills such as reading and writing Chinese, and includes work on interpreting and on translation as practical skills. Cultural options include Chinese Politics, Pop Culture and Print Media today.
The rich cultural heritage and attractions of Manchester and the north-west are within easy reach.
The Manchester Museum and the Whitworth Art Gallery offer unique access to the environment of the working museum and art gallery, as well as to important works of art. The Whitworth is a major resource, and its outstanding collections of paintings, prints, textiles and wallpapers are used extensively in our teaching.
You can also explore original art in the city's famous galleries, such as the Lowry, Manchester Art Gallery and the Centre for Chinese Contemporary Art.
The main library provision is the University Library, one of the UK's top university libraries with arguably the best access to electronic resources of any library in Europe. This is one of the largest academic libraries in Britain and houses a Special Collections Department on Deansgate which contains a superb and diverse collection of manuscripts, illustrated books and other material relevant to Art History.
Art History students also enjoy a discipline-specific library in the same building as our department. It provides a pleasant and quiet working environment for students, with access to the most commonly used publications. A convenient and comfortable study environment, it also houses a very large, well-organised slide, video and computer-based image collection.
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Roger Keith Barrett, dit Syd Barrett, est un auteur-compositeur-interprète britannique né le  à Cambridge où il est mort le . Il est le cofondateur et le leader du groupe Pink Floyd de ses débuts à son éviction en 1968.

Entre 1965 et 1968, Syd Barrett enregistre quatre singles et un album, The Piper at the Gates of Dawn, avec Pink Floyd. Chanteur et guitariste, il est également le principal compositeur du groupe. Son comportement de plus en plus erratique, principalement dû à son importante consommation de LSD, entraîne son exclusion au début de , pendant l'enregistrement du deuxième album de Pink Floyd, A Saucerful of Secrets. Son ami David Gilmour le remplace comme guitariste et chanteur. Après son renvoi, Barrett se lance dans une brève carrière en solo, avec deux albums en 1970. Il abandonne la musique en 1974 et mène par la suite une existence discrète à Cambridge, se consacrant à la peinture et au jardinage. Il meurt à  d'un cancer du pancréas.

Malgré la brièveté de sa carrière musicale, Syd Barrett est devenu une icône de l'histoire du rock, l'archétype de l'idole que le succès et la drogue ont fait sombrer dans la folie. De nombreux musiciens se réclament de son influence. Pink Floyd lui rend hommage à plusieurs reprises dans les , notamment avec l'album Wish You Were Here (1975).

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Roger Keith Barrett est né le  à Cambridge dans une famille de la classe moyenne qui vit au 60 Glisson Road. Son père, Arthur Max Barrett, exerce la profession de médecin. La famille Barrett déménage au 183 Hills Road en 1951. En 1957, Barrett commence ses études secondaires à la  aux côtés de son ami d'enfance Roger Waters.

Bien qu'il préfère l'écriture et le dessin, Barrett s'intéresse très tôt à la musique : il commence à jouer du ukulélé à l'âge de dix ans, du banjo à l'âge de onze ans et reçoit sa première guitare acoustique à quatorze ans. L'année suivante, il achète sa première guitare électrique et fabrique son propre amplificateur. C'est vers cette période qu'il prend le surnom de « Syd », peut-être en référence à un contrebassiste de jazz de la région de Cambridge qui s'appelait Sid Barrett, surnommé « The Beat ».

Le , Max Barrett succombe à un cancer, moins d'un mois avant le seizième anniversaire de Syd. Cette date restera vierge dans son journal intime. Afin de subvenir aux besoins de la famille, sa mère Winifred commence à louer des chambres de la maison familiale. Elle encourage les penchants musicaux de son fils en laissant son groupe, « Geoff Mott & the Mottoes », se produire dans le salon.

En , Barrett entre au département des arts du Cambridge Technical College. Il y fait la connaissance de David Gilmour. Comme beaucoup d'adolescents britanniques, il apprécie la musique des Beatles et des Rolling Stones, et il commence à écrire ses propres chansons au cours de  tout en se produisant avec divers petits groupes, ou bien en duo acoustique avec Gilmour. Il décide néanmoins d'étudier la peinture au Camberwell College of Arts à partir de  1964.

Avec Pink Floyd (1965-1968)

Au début de l'année 1965, Barrett rejoint comme chanteur et guitariste le groupe de son ami d'enfance Roger Waters qui étudie lui aussi à Londres, à la Royal Polytechnic. Le groupe, qui comprend également Nick Mason et Richard Wright, change fréquemment de nom, s'appelant tour à tour « The Abdabs », « Sigma 6 », « The Meggadeaths » ou « The Tea Set ». C'est Barrett qui trouve leur nom définitif, un jour où ils partagent l'affiche avec un autre groupe nommé « The Tea Set », en juxtaposant les noms de deux musiciens de blues, Pink Anderson et Floyd Council : ils deviennent « The Pink Floyd Sound », puis plus simplement « The Pink Floyd ». Au cours de l'année, leur répertoire, d'abord constitué de reprises de standards du rhythm and blues américain, laisse progressivement place à une musique plus improvisée, qui s'inspire également du jazz et intègre quelques chansons écrites par Barrett. Ce dernier écoute beaucoup des albums précurseurs du courant psychédélique comme Fifth Dimension des Byrds ou Revolver des Beatles, dont l'influence sur son écriture est perceptible. C'est également le cas, dans un autre registre, des singles des Kinks comme Sunny Afternoon. Durant l'été, Barrett expérimente pour la première fois le LSD dans le jardin d'un ami.

L'année 1966 voit Pink Floyd devenir le groupe le plus populaire de la scène psychédélique grâce à ses concerts au Marquee Club et au Roundhouse, mais surtout à l'UFO Club, l'un des hauts lieux de l'underground londonien. Les managers du groupe,  et Peter Jenner, mettent sur pied la compagnie Blackhill Enterprises pour gérer ses finances et entreprennent de démarcher des maisons de disques. Un contrat de  est signé avec EMI pour l'enregistrement d'un album entier, chose inhabituelle pour l'époque.

Les trois premiers 45 tours de Pink Floyd sont tous écrits par Barrett. Le premier, Arnold Layne, sort en mars 1967 et se classe  des ventes au Royaume-Uni, en dépit de sa censure par la station pirate Radio London. Le second, See Emily Play, fait encore mieux au mois de juin en atteignant la  place du hit-parade. Le premier album de Pink Floyd, The Piper at the Gates of Dawn, est enregistré de manière discontinue aux studios Abbey Road de février à juillet sous la houlette de Norman Smith, l'ancien ingénieur du son des Beatles. Il contient onze chansons, dont dix sont écrites ou coécrites par Barrett. Il sort le  et se classe  des ventes.

Durant la seconde moitié de l'année 1967, le comportement de Syd Barrett change totalement, essentiellement à cause de sa forte consommation de LSD. Il devient de plus en plus introverti et souffre d'hallucinations, de pertes de mémoire et de brusques changements d'humeur. Sur scène, il lui arrive de passer des concerts entiers à ne jouer qu'un seul accord, voire à ne pas jouer du tout. De plus, le single Scream Thy Last Scream/Vegetable Man (prévu pour l'automne 1967) qu'il a écrit et composé avec les Pink Floyd est refusé par la maison de disques. Au mois de novembre, le groupe fait appel à plusieurs reprises à David O'List, le guitariste des Nice, pour remplacer Barrett lorsque celui-ci est incapable de jouer ou ne se rend même pas aux concerts. David Gilmour est engagé fin décembre comme deuxième guitariste, dans l'idée que Barrett n'ait plus besoin de jouer sur scène mais continue à écrire des chansons, comme Brian Wilson au sein des Beach Boys. Barrett est devenu tellement imprévisible que ce projet finit par être abandonné.

Des quatre chansons écrites par Barrett pour Pink Floyd après The Piper at the Gates of Dawn, seule Jugband Blues figure sur A Saucerful of Secrets, le deuxième album du groupe. Apples and Oranges, sortie en 45 tours en , est un échec commercial, tandis que les deux autres, Vegetable Man et Scream Thy Last Scream, sont laissées de côté par les autres membres du groupe, qui les trouvent trop perturbantes. Le renvoi de Barrett est officialisé le . Estimant que Pink Floyd n'a aucune chance de survivre sans lui, Blackhill Entreprises met un terme au contrat du groupe, King et Jenner préférant s'occuper de la carrière de Barrett.

En solo (1968-1974)
Poussé par Peter Jenner, Barrett enregistre quelques chansons en vue d'un premier album solo entre mai et . Il cesse tout travail après une rupture amoureuse et finit dans une institution psychiatrique à Cambridge pendant quelque temps. Ce n'est que l'année suivante qu'il reprend contact avec EMI. Malcolm Jones, responsable de Harvest Records, une nouvelle branche d'EMI consacrée au rock progressif, accepte de devenir le producteur de Barrett qui a essuyé des refus de la part de Jenner et de Norman Smith. Plusieurs chansons sont enregistrées au mois d'avril 1969 avec l'aide des batteurs Jerry Shirley et Willie Wilson, ainsi que de David Gilmour et des membres du groupe Soft Machine. Fin mai, Gilmour et Waters prennent le relais de Jones pour les dernières séances d'enregistrement, durant lesquelles plusieurs chansons sont ré-enregistrées et quelques autres ajoutées. The Madcap Laughs sort en , quelques mois après le 45 tours Octopus. Il rencontre un succès commercial modéré au Royaume-Uni ( des ventes).

Le second album solo de Barrett, produit par Gilmour et Richard Wright, est enregistré entre février et . La majeure partie des chansons sont construites en overdubbant les instruments sur une démo où Barrett chante et joue de la guitare seul, tant il est devenu impossible pour d'autres musiciens de jouer avec lui. Sorti en novembre, Barrett se vend moins bien que The Madcap Laughs. L'activité promotionnelle autour des deux albums est très réduite : Barrett ne donne qu'un seul concert, le  à l'Olympia de Londres, durant lequel il quitte la scène sans prévenir après quatre chansons seulement. Il se produit à deux reprises sur les ondes de la BBC, jouant cinq chansons dans l'émission de John Peel Top Gear le  et trois autres le . Ces enregistrements figurent sur l'album The Radio One Sessions (2004).

Après plus d'une année d'inactivité, Barrett remonte sur scène en  au sein du « Last Minute Put Together Boogie Band », un supergroupe réunissant divers musiciens, dont Eddie Burns, Fred Frith, Jack Monck et Twink. Il fonde un nouveau groupe, Stars, avec Monck à la basse et Twink à la batterie. Stars ne joue qu'un petit nombre de concerts à Cambridge : l'un d'eux, au Corn Exchange, donne lieu à une critique incendiaire qui décourage Barrett et le convainc de jeter l'éponge. Quelques mois plus tard, le , le contrat liant Barrett à EMI est dissous et son association avec Pink Floyd prend fin. Fin 1973, il vit dans divers hôtels londoniens et sa vie sociale se résume à aller chercher ses chèques de royalties. La même année, Pink Floyd rencontre un succès planétaire et durable avec son album The Dark Side of the Moon. Peter Jenner le convainc d'entrer en studio une dernière fois au mois d'. Onze pistes sont enregistrées à cette occasion, qui consistent simplement en des overdubs de guitare disjoints sur une base rythmique bluesy.

Retraite et mort (1974-2006)

À court d'argent, Barrett retourne vivre chez sa mère, à Cambridge, en 1978. Sa sœur Rosemary s'occupe de lui après la mort de leur mère en 1991. Les premières biographies de Barrett paraissent dans les années 1980. En 1988, Malcolm Jones parvient à convaincre EMI d'éditer la compilation Opel, qui rassemble des enregistrements jusqu'alors inédits datant de la période 1968-1970. Un coffret rassemblant les trois albums de Barrett est édité en 1993 sous le titre Crazy Diamond.

Jusqu'à sa mort, il mène une vie solitaire et se consacre à la peinture et au jardinage, n'appréciant guère qu'on lui rappelle son passé de rock star. Il insiste notamment pour être appelé « Roger » et plus « Syd ». Néanmoins, il accepte de dédicacer des exemplaires du livre  de Mick Rock en 2002, et il aurait regardé sans déplaisir un documentaire de la BBC qui lui était consacré vers la même date.

Souffrant d'ulcères à l'estomac et de diabète de type 2, Barrett meurt le  à son domicile de Cambridge d'un cancer du pancréas. Un proche reçoit ses cendres. Célibataire et sans enfants, il lègue plus d'un million de livres sterling en royalties à ses frères et sœurs.

Style musical et technique de composition

Le jeu de guitare de Syd Barrett présente des caractéristiques innovantes pour l'époque, en particulier dans son emploi de techniques inhabituelles : dissonances, distorsion, effet Larsen, chambre d'écho, etc. L'influence du guitariste d'improvisation Keith Rowe sur lui est perceptible dans ce domaine. L'une de ses méthodes de prédilection consiste à faire glisser un briquet Zippo sur le manche de sa guitare avec une chambre d'écho Binson pour obtenir un son étrange qui caractérise la musique de Pink Floyd à ses débuts. Il utilise plusieurs guitares électriques au cours de sa carrière, mais celle qui reste le plus liée à son image est une Fender Esquire de 1962 sur laquelle sont collés des miroirs ronds.

Il se distingue également dans sa voix : loin de chercher à imiter l'accent américain populaire dans la musique de l'époque, il chante avec un fort accent du sud de l'Angleterre. Ses paroles fantaisistes et surréalistes sont comparables à celles de comptines, en plus dérangeant.

Influence et hommages
De nombreux musiciens ont souligné l'influence de Barrett sur eux, parmi lesquels Kevin Ayers, Gong, Marc Bolan, Tangerine Dream, Julian Cope et David Bowie. Ce dernier enregistre une reprise de See Emily Play sur son album Pin Ups en 1973. D'autres musiciens ont écrit des chansons en son hommage, comme O Wot a Dream de Kevin Ayers, I Know Where Syd Barrett Lives des Television Personalities, Oranges and Apples des Trash Can Sinatras et (Feels Like) 1974 de Robyn Hitchcock, qui a également repris plusieurs de ses chansons.

Roger Waters, qui devient le principal compositeur de Pink Floyd après le départ de Barrett, est très affecté par son déclin mental. La folie et l'aliénation sont des thèmes récurrents dans ses paroles, en particulier sur les albums The Dark Side of the Moon (1973) et Wish You Were Here (1975). Ce dernier inclut la chanson Shine On You Crazy Diamond, un hommage direct à Barrett. Durant son enregistrement, celui-ci rend une visite impromptue à ses anciens camarades qui ne le reconnaissent d'abord pas. Le personnage principal de l'opéra-rock The Wall (1979) est également inspiré en partie par Barrett. David Gilmour a dit de lui qu'il fut l'un des rares génies de la musique pop.

Le dimanche , « Radio France décide de mettre huit mille disques aux enchères. Et si les fonds récoltés doivent servir à la numérisation des disques de Radio France, ils se sont envolés [hier] grâce à des ventes allant bien au-delà des espérances de l'expert de l'événement. Quelques chiffres démesurés :  pour le très rare 45 tours Octopus / Golden Hair de Syd Barrett… »

Discographie

Pink Floyd

Singles
 1967 : Arnold Layne / Candy and a Currant Bun
 1967 : See Emily Play / Scarecrow
 1967 : Flaming / The Gnome
 1967 : Apples and Oranges / Paintbox

Albums
 1967 : The Piper at the Gates of Dawn
 1968 : A Saucerful of Secrets : guitare sur Set the Controls for the Heart of the Sun , guitare acoustique et slide sur Remember a Day , guitare et chant sur Jugband Blues

EP
 2005 : London '66-'67

Solo

Singles
 1969 : Octopus / Golden Hair

Albums
 1970 : The Madcap Laughs
 1970 : Barrett

BBC Sessions
 1987 : The Peel Session
 2004 : The Radio One Sessions

Compilations
 1974 : Syd Barrett (album double réunissant The Madcap Laughs et Barrett)
 1988 : Opel (titres inédits)
 1992 : Octopus: The Best of Syd Barrett
 1993 : Crazy Diamond (coffret réunissant The Madcap Laughs , Barrett et Opel )
 1999 : Syd Barrett: The Lost Years
 2001 : The Best of Syd Barrett: Wouldn't You Miss Me?
 2010 : An Introduction to Syd Barrett

Collaboration
 1970 : Singing a Song in the Morning/Eleanor's Cake (Which Ate Her) de Kevin Ayers - Syd joué de la guitare sur la chanson de la face A, entouré de David Sinclair, Richard Sinclair et Richard Coughlan tous trois du groupe Caravan, ainsi que les choristes The Ladybirds sur ce single de l'ex-Soft Machine.

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Naissance en janvier 1946
Décès en juillet 2006
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The social media-inspired #MeToo campaign, which began in the wake of the revelations about the serial predator producer and director Harvey Weinstein, has highlighted how widespread sexual harassment is.
Millions of women around the world went public that they too had experienced sexual abuse and discrimination in the workplace, at home and in the streets. They revealed that it was so much a part of their daily lives that they had adapted their behaviour — including dress and approach — to cope.
The crescendo of these #MeToo Facebook and Twitter statuses played an important role in giving women agency to speak out about a subject that had been considered taboo.
It helped underscore the fact that perpetrators are more often friends and family, and it helped highlight the utter inadequacy of the state-supported White Ribbon campaigns.
It started to torpedo the long-held view that actions, attire, or precautions have any bearing on the incidences of sexual assault and it started to challenge victim blaming — the main defence of conservatives and reactionaries.
For those who were already aware of the extent of sexual harassment, the #MeToo phenomenon has allowed the personal to become political.
Much like the myriad discussion groups that led to the second wave of the women's liberation movement of the 1970s and 1980s, the sharing of #MeToo stories has opened a discussion about what drives and sustains systemic misogyny today.
However, while the very act of speaking out about sexual harassment may be momentarily liberating, it will not result in any significant change for women without a change in material factors that support misogyny and the culture that supports it.
Discrimination and harassment are already crimes, but this will not be fixed with criminal sanctions alone. Sexual harassment will remain a daily occurrence for most women until we change the system that still denies women equality.
The latest Australian government "gender equality scorecard" shows that women still earn on average less than 78% of men's full-time earnings. The average annual income of full-time women employees is $26,526 less than that of a man doing an equivalent job. Management roles continue to be dominated by men with women holding just 16.5% of CEO roles and 30% of management roles.
In Australia women spend substantially more time on unpaid care work than men.
The unequal distribution of unpaid care work reinforces gender stereotypes, such as the "male breadwinner model".
The redistribution of unpaid care work can reduce gender stereotypes and increase female workforce participation.
Unpaid care work carried out in large part by women is how capitalism gets away with ensuring that women are not paid an estimated $650.1 billion (50.6% of GDP if it were included in the GDP calculation). Those are the figures from the Australian government.
The Unpaid Care Work and the Labour Market report found that women spend 64.4% of their average weekly working time on unpaid care work compared to 36.1% for men.
This means that women, who are largely working, also carry out the lion's share of the nation's domestic work, for which they do not get paid.
Why, then, is this wage theft of women on a grand scale allowed?
It is because a system that priorities profits makes women second-class citizens.
The capitalist system, like all previous class systems, is patriarchal. It relies on women to have as their main and primary role the raising of the next generation in the private family unit. While the majority of men are also enslaved, capitalism does privilege men economically and socially over women. This is used to reinforce gender stereotypes — the idea than women are biologically inferior to men — and a whole raft of sexist laws, customs, practices and ideas.
While the women's movement of the 1970s and 1980s won some important legal reforms, they are clearly not enough. The state has been forced to take on some social responsibilities, but under neoliberalism (or late capitalism) we can see inequality remains and the state is doing all it can to privatise the cost of these services and reverse those social gains.
The great bulk of the care of children and other household work is still not socialised. As the statistics show, the state of inequality is permanent, if not worsening.
How does all this fit with the openings provided by the #MeToo campaign?
Misogyny is a way of reinforcing inequality between men and women. It works to keep women conforming to restrictive standards of behaviour — sexual and otherwise. It works to make women feel inadequate — not as competent, not as clever and not as worthy as men. Most men are not misogynist, but they live in a society where, for too long, it has been tolerated. if not promoted.
The collective nature of the #MeToo testimonials has allowed many to draw courage from the solidarity shown them — by men and women. But for this to make a real difference to women's lives, we have to push our unions and women's organisations to take a stand against misogyny.
The Australian Council of Trade Union's push for 10 days of paid domestic violence leave is an important concrete measure. The Fair Work Commission rejected the ACTU's bid in July to incorporate it into all industrial awards, but left the door open to agree to unpaid leave.
Yes, let's make sure that the Burkes and Weinsteins of the world face justice. But for the millions of women who deal with so-called low level harassment every day — because it is built into the system — we also have to organise to dismantle it and replace it with a system that nurtures human solidarity.
We all want to dream of a bright feminist future for our daughters and sons and our nieces and nephews.
But, as a friend said, to do this we not only have to bring down the monsters — like Burke — but if we make it all about individual monsters and fail to understand this as a systemic problem that requires a total system overhaul, we are missing the point.


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Governor Cuomo Announces "Make-Ready" Program For Electric Vehicles
Utility Support Will Accelerate Development of Electric Vehicle Charging Stations
Governor Andrew M. Cuomo today announced that the New York State Department of Public Service issued a report recommending the establishment of a statewide utility-supported "Make-Ready" Program to promote responsible electric vehicle charging station deployment. In addition, the Governor announced that more than 20,000 rebates have been approved for New Yorkers to purchase electric cars under the Drive Clean Rebate initiative, which provides residents with a rebate of up to $2,000 for the purchase or lease of a new electric car from participating dealers. In his 2020 State of the State address Governor Cuomo underscored New York's commitment to further encourage electric vehicle, or EV, ownership. Specifically, the Governor directed the Department of Public Service, in consultation with stakeholders, to propose a make-ready initiative that provides utility support to accelerate the development of the EV charging infrastructure needed to meet the expected EV growth in the next five years.
"Accelerating electric vehicle ownership is a key component of New York's nation-leading plan to fight clime change and grow our clean energy economy," Governor Cuomo said. "The Make Ready initiative will direct the State's utilities to build the grid infrastructure needed to enable the installation of publicly accessible chargers, encouraging more New Yorkers to choose electric vehicles while creating jobs and ensuring our energy dollars stay in-state."
The report recommends that the Public Service Commission direct the State's major electric utilities to build the grid infrastructure needed to enable installation of publicly accessible EV charging stations. To support EV deployment in New York, the report recommends a number of actions to leverage the utilities' expertise and unique position to promote zero-emission vehicle adoption. The Commission has already approved initiatives to encourage the zero emission's market, including residential time-of-use rates for EV charging and annual per-plug incentives to buy down the cost of installing publicly accessible direct current fast charger stations. The Commission has also approved a number of EV demonstration and pilot projects, and the utilities have developed the framework needed to rollout EVs.
The "Make-Ready" Program would run through 2025 to coincide with New York's goal of deploying 850,000 zero-emission vehicles by the end of that year. The program will improve EV economics for developers by covering up to 90 percent of the costs to make-ready a site for EV charging. The report also proposes that the utilities be required to incorporate EV charging scenarios into their annual capital planning processes to encourage thoughtful siting of charging infrastructure. This proposal will encourage accelerated, forward-thinking development of charging infrastructure that is estimated to provide New Yorkers with over $2.6 billion in net benefits and supports the achievement of the State's transportation electrification and clean energy goals.
Thoughtful siting of charging infrastructure will support reduced installation costs, improved site host acceptance and maximized use from drivers. An EV charging infrastructure forecast would require electric utilities to identify locations suitable for electric vehicle supply equipment and infrastructure siting, and to proactively educate developers on synergistic cost-saving opportunities. The report recommends that the utilities establish a common suitability criterion to identify potential public charging sites, with the objective of maximizing public charging utilization to ensure efficient use of customer funds invested and provide fair and equitable access and benefit to all utility customers, including those in disadvantaged communities.
As EV prices come down and more EVs come to the market, it will be appropriate to develop more charging infrastructure in environmental justice communities - who have been disproportionately impacted by air pollution -- and rural neighborhoods. Additionally, communities with low vehicle ownership rates, which are disproportionately impacted by air pollutants due to their proximity to heavily trafficked roads and highways, will benefit from a greater share of EVs on the roads. New York State has a number of initiatives to support medium and heavy-duty vehicle electrification underway, including bus fleets, which provide additional access to EVs and improved air quality for many disadvantaged communities.
Fast-charger EV stations developed in the first year of the "Make-Ready" Program are expected to have positive financial returns for all regions and site configurations, except for the larger 150 kW stations located in Upstate New York. Given publicly visible and accessible infrastructure's vital role in assuaging range anxiety, the report recommends that each region in Upstate New York be eligible for additional incentives to make four or more fast charging locations available in every region.
The EVolve NY initiative , administered by the New York Power Authority, has committed $250 million to expand public fast charging along key transit corridors, creating new charging hubs in major cities and airports, and establishing electric vehicle-friendly model communities that will encourage residents to transition to driving electric vehicles.
The additional infrastructure will complement the goals of the State's Drive Clean Rebate initiative, a $70 million plug-in hybrid and electric car rebate and outreach initiative to encourage the growth of clean and non-polluting car use in New York, promote the reduction of carbon emissions in the transportation sector and help reduce vehicle prices for consumers. Of this, $55 million is dedicated to rebates of up to $2,000 for the purchase of a new plug-in hybrid electric car, all-electric car or hydrogen fuel cell car. The remaining $15 million is to support improving consumer awareness of electric cars and their many benefits, installing more charging stations across the state, developing and demonstrating new electric car-enabling technologies and other efforts to put more electric cars on New York's roadways.
Since it was launched, the New York State Energy Research and Development Authority, which administers the initiative, has approved more than $29 million in rebates for New Yorkers who purchased or leased 45 different types of cars. Overall, most people received rebates of $1,100 or more for their new electric cars.
News Yorkers in each county of the state received rebates. Approximately 33 percent of the approved rebates were received by Long Island consumers, followed by drivers in the Mid-Hudson region. Below is a complete breakdown of rebate applications by region:
REDC Region
Total Applications*
Long Island 6,866 33%
Mid-Hudson 3,656 17%
New York City 2,458 12%
Capital District 2,129 10%
Finger Lakes 2,085 10%
Western NY 1,426 7%
Central NY 891 4%
Southern Tier 781 4%
Mohawk Valley 423 2%
North Country 259 1%
Total 20,974
*Through 1/10/20
John B. Rhodes, Department of Public Service CEO said, "The energy system of the future and the transportation system of the future need electric vehicles. This report proposes smart, forward-looking utility investments that are good for both electric customers and for car owners, and that accelerate Governor Cuomo's clean energy and clean transportation strategy."
Alicia Barton, President and CEO, NYSERDA said, "The Make Ready Program is the latest signal to New Yorkers that they can confidently and reliably transition to electric vehicles under Governor Cuomo's vision for advancing the use of cleaner, greener vehicles across the state and ultimately eliminating our carbon footprint. We have already approved more than 20,000 rebates under the Drive Clean Rebate program making it clear that the State is laser focused on providing residents with affordable clean energy solutions that will reduce emissions, safeguard our environment and ensure cleaner communities."
Gil C. Quiniones, NYPA President and CEO, said, "Accelerating the addition of more charging stations statewide is key to the successful encouragement and support of electric car adoption in New York State. The Make Ready Program will further encourage the important collaboration between utilities and developers so that more charging infrastructure can be built. New York State is committed to creating an environment of convenience and ease for current and potential EV drivers. Our comprehensive approach will help make zero-emission vehicles the natural option for both business and personal travel for New Yorkers."
The Make Ready program supports the Governor's recent State-of-the-State announcement on electric vehicles calling on NYPA to install 10 or more fast-charging locations in every Regional Economic Development Council region by the end of 2022. The Governor's EV policy also calls for every travel plaza on the New York State Thruway to have charging stations installed by NYPA by the end of 2024 and for at least 800 new chargers to be installed over the next five years.
The recommendations in the report also build on New York's successful EV expansion efforts through Governor Cuomo's Charge NY initiative, which set and exceeded its ambitious goals of 30,000 EVs and 3,000 EV charging stations by the end of 2018. More than 45,000 electric vehicles have been purchased in New York since 2013 — more than 48 other states — and New York has installed roughly 4,000 charging stations during the same period.
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The variety of religions is a direct reflection of the diversity of races living there. The Chinese are predominantly followers of Buddhism, Taoism, Shenism, Christians, Catholics and some considered as 'free-thinkers' (those who do not belong to any religion). Malays are Muslims and Indians are mostly Hindus. There is a sizeable number of Muslims and Sikhs in the Indian population.
Religious tolerance is essential in Singapore. In fact, religions often cross racial boundaries and some even merge in unusual ways in this modern country. Younger Singaporeans tend to combine a little of the mysteries of the older generation with the realistic world that they know of today.
Religion is still an integral part of the cosmopolitan Singapore. Many of its most interesting buildings are religious, be it old temples, modern churches, or exotic mosques. An understanding of these buildings do play a part in contributing to the appreciation of their art.
Chinese Temples
Taoism, Confucianism, Buddhism, and ancestral worship are combined into a versatile mix in Chinese temples.
Followers of the Tao (The Way) adhere to the teachings of the ancient Chinese legend, Lao Tzu. They are concerned with the balance of the Yin and Yang, which are opposite forces of heaven and earth, male and female. Feng Shui, literally translated as wind and water, also originated from Yin and Yang. Ancestral worship is common and the spirits of the dead, like the gods themselves, are appeased with offerings.
Most Buddhists are of the Mahayana school although there are some from the Theravada school. In Singapore, the Buddhist faith is linked with Taoism and the practical doctrine of Confucianism.
The Malays in Singapore are Muslims. A few of the Indians are also Muslims, but even more uncommon are the Chinese Muslims.
Islam has a fundamental influence in the lives of those who follow the Prophet of Allah, Muhammad. The religion involves praying five times a day, eating only "halal" food, fasting during Ramadan, and going to Mecca on the Haj (pilgrimage). Halal food means food that has been specially prepared as according to the religion's dietary requirements.
As the Indian immigrants migrate to Singapore, they brought with them Hinduism. The early temples are still the central points of rituals and festivals, which are held throughout the year.
One will be able to find Christian churches of all denominations in Singapore. They were actually established with the arrival of various missionaries after the coming of Sir Stamford Raffles. Together with Buddhism, Islam, and Hinduism, Christianity is considered one of the four main religions today. There is quite a large number of Christians on the island.
Minority faiths are not forgotten. There are at least two synagogues for the Jews and Sikhs. The Zoroastrians and Jains are also represented in Singapore.


The US may very well be in bed with a rogue nation but first one must know the meaning of the expression "rogue nation". The expression was first used by Les Aspin, Clinton's first Secretary of Defense, and the "rogue nations' included Cuba, Syria, Libya, North Korea, Iran and Iraq. Exactly what is a "rogue nation"?
Is a "rogue nation" one who refuses to sign the Nuclear Non-Proliferation Treaty despite the fact that by Pentagon and CIA estimates, that nation has 200-400 nuclear weapons?
Is a "rogue nation" one who defiantly violates international law and United Nations Resolutions?
Is a "rogue nation" one who has been condemned by Amnesty International and world human rights organization for its many abuses?
Is a "rogue nation" one who illegally invades another's lands and brutally occupies that territory for 35 years?
Is a "rogue nation" one who completely shuts off the water for the conquered people during droughts, but continues to use tremendous quantities to fill their swimming pools and water their lawns?
Is a 'rogue nation" one who, according to the London Times, is developing an "ethnic bomb"?
Is a "rogue nation" one who according to the London Sunday Times has produced both chemical and biological weapons with a sophisticated delivery system?
Is a nation considered a "rogue nation" if its leader is facing indictment in the courts of Belgium as a "War Criminal" and for "Crimes against Humanity"?
Is a "rogue nation' one who assassinates (a recent count of 53) members of another people's government?
Is a "rogue nation" one who spies on the United States and gives valuable military information to our major enemies?
Is a "rogue nation" one who bombs an American ship and kills 34 American sailors?
Is a "rogue nation" one who bombs United Nations peacekeepers and kills 106 innocent people?
Is a "rogue nation" considered to be "rogue" if it has been condemned more times (70) than any other nation in the world by the United Nations?
Is a "rogue nation" one who has been accused (12/02) by 100 nations who signed the Geneva Convention of "grave breaches" of the Geneva Convention such as deliberately killing Palestinians in the occupied territories?
Why would the American taxpayer give to that nation $12,000,000 (a conservative estimate) every single day???


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By Carrie Getty Scheid
Forty-two art benches grace downtown Idaho Falls and the Snake River greenbelt. Each one has a story. But how they got there is the story I want to tell.
Downtown Idaho Falls has been called a lot of things. The old timers once referred to it as "Alcohol Falls." My husband Jerry, a retired sheep and cattle rancher, fondly remembers driving sheepherders and camp-tenders into downtown from his family ranch right after they collected their six months' of winter and trail wages. It was the early 1950s. The first stops were always the Bon Villa and Jack's Club, two notorious bars sometimes called "blind pigs" by the locals. Recognizing the windfall delivered to their establishments, the bartenders would allow Jerry, the underaged teen chauffer, to belly up to the bar for free while the hired hands bought rounds for the house.
During the '60s, the downtown's hurly burly persona began to fade. The department stores and movie theaters fled to suburban shopping centers and malls, which offered bigger buildings, bigger parking lots, and bigger crowds. The exodus continued when more downtown professional firms and restaurants moved to the east side of town, where the new shopping centers, malls and hospital were now located. In the early '90s, downtown Idaho Falls had about hit bottom—too many vacant storefronts and too few shoppers. As local developer Larry Reinhart told me back then, "I am tired of Idaho Falls being called Jackson Hole's ugly stepsister."
Even so, most city and county municipal offices remained downtown, as did some forward-thinking law firms that had renovated and brought life back to their historic buildings. Cheap building prices and rents began attracting nonprofit arts groups, which are always looking for bargains. And then there was the gorgeous Snake River. It ran right alongside downtown. Years earlier, the city had the good sense to create a greenbelt walking area along both sides of the river. On the east side sits the downtown commercial district; along the west bank is "hotel row," made up of ten motels serving thousands of Yellowstone Park visitors during the summer. But the visitors usually ignored the downtown. The challenge was figuring a way to entice them across the river.
About Carrie Getty Scheid
Carrie Getty Scheid is a retired nonprofit administrator. She worked for the Idaho Falls Arts Council, the Better Business Bureau of Metropolitan New York, and Excelsior College, and currently serves on the board of directors for the Idaho Nonprofit Center. She lives in Idaho Falls with her husband Jerry Scheid.
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Илиеску () — румынская фамилия. Известные носители:

 Илиеску, Агата Николау — румынский депутат от Бухареста в 1990—1992 годах от ФСН.
 Илиеску, Адриан Валентин — румынский депутат от Бухареста в 1996—2000 годах от ПСДР.
 Илиеску, Адриан-Паул (род. 1953) — румынский философ, профессор политической философии на философском факультете Бухарестского университета.
 Илиеску, Адриана (род. 1938) — румынская детская писательница, известная тем, что родила в 66 лет.
 Илиеску, Виктор (1884—1959) — румынский генерал во время Второй мировой войны.
 Илиеску, Думитру (1865—1940) — румынский политик и генерал, начальник румынского Генерального штаба в 1916 году.
 Илиеску, Ион (род. 1930) — румынский сенатор и президент Румынии в 1990—1992, 1992—1996 и в 2000—2004 годах.

 Илиеску, Константин (род. 1932) — оппозиционер коммунистическому режиму в Румынии.
 Илиеску, Мария Агата — румынский депутат от Бухареста в 1992—1996 годах от ПСДР.
 Илиеску, Михай (род. 1978) — румынский спортсмен, участвовавший в соревнованиях по бобслею в 1998—2006, финишировал 26-м на Олимпийских играх в Турине.
 Илиеску, Николае (род. 1956) — румынский писатель и публицист.
 Илиеску, Октавиан (1919—2009) — румынский нумизмат.
 Илиеску, Паул (род. 1934) — оппозиционер коммунистическому режиму в Румынии.

В испанской огласовке — Илиеско.

 Илиеско, Хуан (1898—1968) — аргентинский шахматист.


Longboard Technology Wheel Sheilds Overview/Review.
Im doing LDP (long distance pumping) we use kind of slalom set ups with very soft front truck and front foot as close or on top of the front truck.
Becous of this we end up with alot of raisers to handle wheel bites.
Could wheel shields help to eliminate wheel bites? ofc. they would kill the lean at the point where it hits the board but it could be worth it if we could lose some raisers.
will these fit both, the orangatang kegels and the abec 11 flywheels?
Geez man, calm TF down and catch your breath. There's no need to be so nervous on Camera.
It's not enamel paint. That doesn't even make sense on an item that has many recesses and cavities. Like almost all aluminum, it is powder coated, which is applied electrostatically and then heat fused. Would help if you had something more than just "guesses" if you want to be taken seriously.


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Kayaking yesterday was pretty great, despite weather predictions to the contrary. It was pretty windy, but I managed to get to my goal, and the wind helped me return home. I went to the Mohawk River for the first time this summer.
I think this is actually a record distance for me. My next longest trip was around 18 miles on Harriman Reservoir.
A fire truck was spraying around water at the boat launch.
I haven't seen this much blue and yellow canal equipment since the Erie Canal, growing up.
I knew from looking at maps that there was some sort of dam or barrier about ten miles from where I started. That was my goal. I wasn't expecting it to look like this.
I didn't get much closer to the dam.
I sat and watched this boat go through the lock.
I have been struggling to find new places to kayak. I was poking around on maps again recently and came across a lake I remember Anton mentioning (though he never went there): Canada Lake. Searching around, I found some evidence that this would be a good place to go. Measuring things on Google Maps, the perimeter looked just a little smaller than that of Harriman Reservoir, which is ideal for me.
I put in at a boat launch on West Lake. There was plenty of parking, and two other vehicles arrived with people putting in boats at about the same time as me.
It's only about a quarter of a mile as the crow flies, but paddling through that snaking winding bit was really disorienting and overall quite excellent.
I did a loop around West Lake. The water was really shallow for much of the lake, and I started noticing some bugs harassing me. Both of these observations increased in intensity through the whole trip.
The next part of my plan was to go to the southern end of Lily Lake and Stewart's Landing. I think that's what they were called. It was vaguely river-like, and I learned to stay toward the center to minimize my contact with the bugs. I was quite surprised to find a dam at the end with no warning signs. I got out to take some pictures and then turned around and headed to Canada Lake.
Canada Lake was just another lake at this point. The coast was thoroughly populated with summer homes, and many people were out working on them. I made my way to a little unoccupied island, went for a quick swim, and then headed home.
I'll admit Harriman Reservoir in Vermont has become my default place to kayak.
The lake is a great size. It takes me all day to do the perimeter.
The water is clear and great for swimming.
Parking at either of the boat launches I use is free. I think there are some parks I could be using, too.
It's a pretty quiet lake, considering all of that. I've almost had it to myself, some days.
The drive takes about 1.5 hours.
This time I just did a loop around the top part of the lake. I had lunch (a peanut butter and jelly sandwich) on a little island that I had to myself.
The water level in the reservoir seems to be at a peak. It has been a long time since the level was down to the point that is illustrated in the Google map data, which is where it was the first few times I paddled there. To me that just means that the lake is bigger, and there are fewer places to stop for picnicking.
"Ukulele Chords" was just posted today. I applied what little music theory I learned from my previous ukulele chord webapp to what little I could learn in a day about QML.
I added both to my project list.
I went back to Harriman Reservoir to try to do a loop of the perimeter, again. This time, the wind was quite calm, and it was a great success.
Several months ago, a coworker alerted me to a promotion Research in Motion was having. I believe the original description was essentially, "port an Android app to BlackBerry and receive a free PlayBook tablet." I spent about a day setting up the development environment and configuring Winter Simulator to run on the PlayBook simulator and submitted it for approval. My app was approved quickly, but I had basically given up on the promotion until about a month later, when I received the request for a shipping address which preceded me receiving free hardware.
There are two particular points I find interesting that I want to explore here. BlackBerry development is sort of in an unfortunate transitional state right now, but it looks as though it is quickly improving. Qt Quick, which is the foundation for BlackBerry's Cascades, seems fantastic.
The following is all based on my personal experience in going from zero knowledge of what BlackBerry development is like to picking a path and releasing a few apps. Things are changing quickly, and that is part of the point.
The BlackBerry development site highlights choice, in big letters, right up front. My assessment of the choices follows.
This is how I ported Winter Simulator. The C API I assume is adopted from previous BlackBerry platforms. This is entirely adequate except for the fact that it provides no facilities for UI. It is delightful to, unlike on Android or iOS, write a simple C program without any surprises.
More on Cascades below. This looks like a great approach to UI, but it's not ready to be used until BB10 is released.
In combination with something like Apache Cordova, this seems like the best bet for actually making cross-platform iOS+Android+BlackBerry UI-heavy applications. I have CSS nightmares and so I shied away from it.
I don't know anything about this and don't really care.
The BlackBerry tablet OS includes a runtime for Java Android applications. Many applications can run after just being repackaged. At the time, I only had native applications which this doesn't support. Applications run this way currently run in a shell application which makes them appear slightly as second-class citizens, but the next OS release will apparently improve this situation.
This isn't really documented, but the bbndk includes a script for packaging python scripts as applications. I didn't try more than a "hello world" application, but with the appropriate wrappers, either of BlackBerry's C API or Qt, this would be wonderful.
Qt already includes BlackBerry support. I tried making a C++ Qt PlayBook application, but it seemed like it would take substantial work to make it look and feel right on a tablet.
If you're making a game, use the native SDK.
If you're making a UI-heavy application, either use WebWorks or wait for BB10.
If you already have Android applications, why haven't you already repackaged and published them?
I ended up using QML in Qt, and it make me excited for Cascades. I think the main downside is that I've had to include the Qt libs, which amount to 36M, while my application is honestly just a few k of QML. When BB10 is released, I expect I will be able to convert and republish my app, and its size will shrink appropriately.
A few months ago I wrote my first real pyqt application, for work, mostly on a whim. It's all procedural code, because that's how I knew to make and manage UI, and I was already embracing enough risk by using Python, Qt, and writing the app I was writing. The first time I got frustrated with the mess I was making, I started to look at my options, got confused, and decided it was correct to return to the path I was taking.
It seems Qt presents three options.
It's really not a bad option. For simple UI, I like having things in one place, where "things" include UI layout, declarations and appearance of widgets, application logic, and event handling. This only becomes a mess if there are a lot of things.
This looks like a great WYSIWYG GUI editor. I didn't see the need for that at the time, so I skipped it. I may go back and convert some UIs to encourage other people to meddle with them visually.
This appears to be intended for mobile UIs. The most concrete indication of this is that it lacks standard widgets.
When I wanted to make a UI-heavy BlackBerry application, I tried out Qt Quick.
BlackBerry provides standard widgets in Cascades.
Many mobile applications prefer to use their own widgets. This annoys me, but it is the way things are.
Qt Quick provides enough to create basic widget types without too much hassle. Scrolling lists are a fundamental type.
QML is a declarative language. More things should be declarative. I don't know how put this plainly. It is the Right WayTM.
QML is part of Qt. Qt signals, types, and the ability to interact seamlessly with C++ code seal the deal.
Much to my surprise, I ended up writing my whole application in QML, rather than following my original plan of writing most of the logic in C++ and only presenting the UI in Qt Quick.


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Jung is one of the most internationally acclaimed contemporary artists in South Korea. Deploying various cinematic configurations for his photographic and video works, Jung explores the border between fiction and reality. Through the memories and dreams narrated by the common people, Jung highlights the distinctive moments of anonymous individuals in modern history. Jung was invited to exhibit his works by important institutions such as MoMA, Asia Society in New York and National Museum of Contemporary Art in Gwacheon, South Korea; and has participated in numerous biennales including Venice, Gwangju and Shanghai.


I am using PSI 2.0 (by choice) on a pc and a laptop. On the pc, the tray icon stays red even when I have a 100% security score. (The program works correctly on the laptop.) I've visited old threads and tried every possible solution without success. I unistalled the program and reinstalled it several times. I never get a clean dashboard as my old results remain even with the cookies deleted. I am using Windows 7, Firefox and AVG free on both computers and all updates have been installed.
Secinia Update Agent does not appear in my list of services under administative tools in the control panel. Could this be the problrem and, if so, how do I resolve it?
I followed your instructions for which I thank you and the Secunia Update Agent now appears in the list of services and is running but the tray icon is still red.
Have you since rebooted and carried out a full scan with psi ?
Yes and yes and the tray icon is still red.
Are you showing green on the dashboard of psi ? Are the scan results all in order ? Is the Last Scan date correct ? Have you got psi set to show detailed program changes in the Settings ? Have you tried toggling it on and off.....between scans ?
I'm all out of ideas I think.....it seems a bit drastic, given that everything is working bar the change to green of the icon......but a clean install is the only other thing I can suggest.
Being as you've installed/uninstalled a number of times.....I've found often, that clearing out everything psi Secunia, using Revo in Advanced, and manually deleting registry entries....and temp files with CCleaner....before installing...has made a difference.
I had an instance myself a week or so back, where psi 2.0 nor 3.0 would scan....Agent missing....I suspected that the User ID was corrupt : did as outlined above, and psi 2.0.0.3003 was back to normal. I've since moved to psi 3.0.0.7009 to try again : that too is working like a charm.
Try a right click on Task Tray icon & select "close tray icon".
I did everything mogs suggested. The clean install did result in a new dashboard with a 0% score which I did not get using the control psnel uninstall. I also install SUA (again) with cmd as previously instructed and I did a cold start and another scan all to no avail. I am sure there is a solution out there but until someone finds it, I will have to live with the red tray icon or disable it. Thanks for the responses.
Just a thought........have you checked your Firewall permissions ? I've got two entries for Secunia.....Secunia psi and Secunia psi Agent.
Addes both psi and psia to allowed programs on firewall but that didn't work either.
Have you compared the UserID's in the Registry ?
I'm seeing more reports of an odd font rendering problem in Firefox: Random lines on a page have fonts with distinct color shifts, pixelating the characters into a "rainbow" that makes the lines nearly illegible. The problem occurs in multiple languages and with many different fonts. All of the reports I've seen can be traced to our favorite problematic Windows automatic update patch, KB 2670838.
TEuiSVvI10b6b741356dba820a2d09c96966003cf2389a6485 . There was no UserId for sua.


Following four years of intense negotiation the General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) is now due to come into effect May 25th 2018. For charities, as for all other businesses, this updated data protection framework represents both an opportunity and a challenge. The GDPR has been designed to give the public a greater amount of control over their personal data and the manner in which it is collected and used by companies. As such, charities need to be aware that when it comes to fundraising, all data collection and processing activities will soon require more rigorous controls than at present, while potential penalties for non-compliance will be far more onerous. Naturally charities will now have to audit their processes from top to bottom to ensure that they are fully prepared and in compliance pre-2018. No mean feat, yet it is important to remember that the GDPR is, at least in part, a regulator's answer to an issue that sooner or later all companies, including charities, must face up to: namely, the substantial erosion of public trust.
This lack of trust manifests itself in several ways. In a broader context, it fuels the anti-establishment upheavals that have characterised 2016: Brexit, Trump, and most recently Italy's rejection of Matteo Renzi's proposed reforms. In terms of personal data, a raft of data breaches coupled with revelations of mass surveillance programs have left the public extremely wary of the interface between technology and their private information. While in the context of Ireland's charity sector, a number of well-publicised scandals, though confined to specific bodies, have unfortunately placed the sector as a whole in a critical light, inevitably impacting on public trust.
This is an issue that must be tackled on many fronts, but perhaps the safeguarding of personal data is a good place to begin. Under the GDPR, charities will need to build sustainable measures for ensuring data privacy into all aspects of their operations. They must gain explicit consent from donors before processing their personal data. They will need to clearly inform them of the complaints channel open to anybody unhappy with how their data has been processed. They will need to be responsive: donor requests concerning access to their data must be actioned in a timely fashion, and where a data breach occurs and a donor's data is clearly at risk, the charity must notify them with all due haste. In addition, they must respect their donor's right to be forgotten and, upon request, delete any personal data that is not necessary for contractual purposes.
These are only some of the obligations that Ireland's charities must attend to between now and May 2018. As we said before, no mean feat. However, a positive and energetic engagement with the incoming regulations will greatly benefit the charities in question, sending a clear message to prospective donors that their personal data is highly valued and will be rigorously protected. In the vital effort to rebuild public trust post 2016, this will count for a lot.
To ensure that charities are fully prepared for the GDPR, Charities Institute Ireland will be hosting a professional certificate in Data Protection on February 22nd 2017.


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By AZ 93.3 | May 19, 2021
Marilyn Manson facing new sexual harassment charges
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Marilyn Manson is facing new sexual harassment charges from a former assistant who alleges he regularly engaged in threatening behavior toward her, according to a lawsuit obtained by Deadline.
The lawsuit, filed in Los Angeles Superior Court, claims the shock rocker — born Brian Hugh Warner — regularly engaged in threatening behavior toward his former assistant Ashley Walters, including "drug induced fits of rage."
"During these drug binges, he threw dishes at Walters, threatened to commit suicide and even pushed her into a wall," the lawsuit alleges.
Manson also repeatedly talked of abuse, telling her that "he had gotten away with raping women" and that he "routinely told" her that "he wanted to kill women he was involved with," according to the lawsuit.
On more than one occasion, the lawsuit further alleges, Walters snuck food and drinks into a bedroom for Evan Rachel Wood and Game of Thrones actress Esmé Bianco Bianco, then his girlfriends, as they were afraid to leave the room. Walters claimed that she witnessed Manson "throw a prop skull so hard at Wood that it left a large raised welt in her stomach."
Wood and Bianco have also accused Manson of physical, psychological and sexual abuse. He has denied the allegations.
The lawsuit seeks back pay and lost wages, along with compensatory and punitive damages, as well as the use and possession of any explicit images of women obtained without their consent.


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Q: Spring OAuth2: How do I allow password grant type using java configuration? In my java server application, I get the following error when trying to authenticate using the password grant flow:
TokenEndpoint - Handling error: InvalidClientException, Unauthorized grant type: password

I did allow the grant explicitly for the user in question:
@Override
public void configure(ClientDetailsServiceConfigurer clients) throws Exception {
    clients.inMemory()
            .withClient("officialclient")
                .authorizedGrantTypes("authorization_code, refresh_token, password")
                .authorities("ROLE_CLIENT")
                .scopes("read", "write")
                .resourceIds(RESOURCE_ID)
                .secret("officialclientsecret")
                .redirectUris("https://www.someurl.com/")
}

I am using the following code to retrieve the access token:
ResourceOwnerPasswordResourceDetails resourceDetails = new ResourceOwnerPasswordResourceDetails();
resourceDetails.setClientAuthenticationScheme(AuthenticationScheme.header);
resourceDetails.setAccessTokenUri("http://localhost:8080/organizer/oauth/token");
resourceDetails.setScope(Arrays.asList("read", "write"));
resourceDetails.setId("resource");
resourceDetails.setClientId("officialclient");
resourceDetails.setClientSecret("officialclientsecret");
resourceDetails.setUsername("Paul");
resourceDetails.setPassword("password");

OAuth2RestTemplate template = new OAuth2RestTemplate(resourceDetails, context);
return template.getAccessToken().getValue();

Is there a global setting for allowing the password grant type?

A: You should use Variable Arguments, not comma separated string value, as you did:
.authorizedGrantTypes("authorization_code, refresh_token, password")

Replace it with:
.authorizedGrantTypes("authorization_code", "refresh_token", "password")

A: You need to provide an AuthenticationManager to the AuthorizationServerEndpointsConfigurer. More info here under Grant Types. Example:
@Override
public void configure(AuthorizationServerEndpointsConfigurer endpoints) throws Exception {
    endpoints.authenticationManager(authenticationManager);
}

If you want to use the default manager provided by spring boot for development purposes, you can grab the bean like this:
@Component
@EnableAuthorizationServer
public class MyAuthorizationServerConfigurer extends AuthorizationServerConfigurerAdapter {

private final AuthenticationManager authenticationManager;

public MyAuthorizationServerConfigurer(AuthenticationConfiguration authenticationConfiguration) throws Exception {
    this.authenticationManager = authenticationConfiguration.getAuthenticationManager();
}

}

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Ssangnyuk (hangul: 쌍륙, hanja: 雙六) is a traditional Korean board game.

Introduction

Ssangnyuk (or Ssang-yuk) is a game using dice that is most commonly played in winter. It has a game board, 30 horses and 2 dice. It is also called ssangnyuk (same spelling and sound but different hanja: 雙陸), aksak (hangul: 악삭, hanja: 握槊), sangnyuk (상륙, 象陸), and ssang-yuk (상육, 象陸).

The game is similar in structure and play to those of the Tables family of games, a genre that includes Backgammon.

Contents

The game board doesn't have any required size, but on average it is 80 cm long and 40 cm wide. A die is about 1 cm³ and is made from ivory or bone. Tiger bone is preferred.

See also
Backgammon
ban-sugoroku (盤双六) (a Japanese variant of backgammon)

References

http://dbplus.naver.com/dbplus.naver?where=custom&pkgid=201007140&query=%EC%A0%84%ED%86%B5%EB%86%80%EC%9D%B4&id=000000049669

Korean games
Tables games


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PYBIND11_MODULE(pydense, m) {
  py::class_<dense::OpenMVSExporter>(m, "OpenMVSExporter")
      .def(py::init())
      .def("add_camera", &dense::OpenMVSExporter::AddCamera)
      .def("add_shot", &dense::OpenMVSExporter::AddShot)
      .def("add_point", &dense::OpenMVSExporter::AddPoint)
      .def("export", &dense::OpenMVSExporter::Export);

  py::class_<dense::DepthmapEstimatorWrapper>(m, "DepthmapEstimator")
      .def(py::init())
      .def("set_depth_range", &dense::DepthmapEstimatorWrapper::SetDepthRange)
      .def("set_patchmatch_iterations",
           &dense::DepthmapEstimatorWrapper::SetPatchMatchIterations)
      .def("set_patch_size", &dense::DepthmapEstimatorWrapper::SetPatchSize)
      .def("set_min_patch_sd", &dense::DepthmapEstimatorWrapper::SetMinPatchSD)
      .def("add_view", &dense::DepthmapEstimatorWrapper::AddView)
      .def("compute_patch_match",
           &dense::DepthmapEstimatorWrapper::ComputePatchMatch)
      .def("compute_patch_match_sample",
           &dense::DepthmapEstimatorWrapper::ComputePatchMatchSample)
      .def("compute_brute_force",
           &dense::DepthmapEstimatorWrapper::ComputeBruteForce);

  py::class_<dense::DepthmapCleanerWrapper>(m, "DepthmapCleaner")
      .def(py::init())
      .def("set_same_depth_threshold",
           &dense::DepthmapCleanerWrapper::SetSameDepthThreshold)
      .def("set_min_consistent_views",
           &dense::DepthmapCleanerWrapper::SetMinConsistentViews)
      .def("add_view", &dense::DepthmapCleanerWrapper::AddView)
      .def("clean", &dense::DepthmapCleanerWrapper::Clean);

  py::class_<dense::DepthmapPrunerWrapper>(m, "DepthmapPruner")
      .def(py::init())
      .def("set_same_depth_threshold",
           &dense::DepthmapPrunerWrapper::SetSameDepthThreshold)
      .def("add_view", &dense::DepthmapPrunerWrapper::AddView)
      .def("prune", &dense::DepthmapPrunerWrapper::Prune);
}

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    /*
     *----------------------------------------------------------------------
     * AUTOLOAD FILES
     *----------------------------------------------------------------------
     *
     * This is an array of files to autoload just after the initialization of
     * the base controller. The files to autoload have to be stored in the
     * "lib" directory.
     */
    // $autoload['your_id'] = 'path/to/the/file';