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Answer The Palace Of Versailles
The Palace Of Versailles
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Where is the Palace of Versailles located? What is its significance in history? Also, state some interesting facts related to it.
Where Is The Palace Of Versailles Located?
Palace of Versailles is situated in the department of Yvelines, in the region of lle- de-France, in the city of Versailles, in north of France and to 20 kilometers west of southwest of Paris. Presently the palace is a UNESCO World Heritage site and is a historical Monument.
What is its significance in history? Also, state some interesting facts related to it.
In the location of the palace there used to be a small village and a church, which was surrounded by forests with lot of game. The owner was Gondi family. In 1589,King Henry Ⅳ went to hunt there and used to stay in the village inn in his subsequent visits in the year 1604 and 1609. In 1607, his son Louis ⅫⅠ came for hunting and when he became the king, he purchased lands and constructed a humble hunting lodge of two-story.
On November 1630, the foes of the King's chief minister, Cardinal Richelieu with the help of the King's mother, Marie de Medici attempted to take over the government during the event of Day of the Dupes. The plan was defeated by the king and his mother was banished. After this incident he decided to convert that hunting lodge into a castle. So he purchased, the nearby regions from the family of Gondi. He appointed Philibert Le Roy the architect to surround the courtyard of the previous hunting lodge with castle of stone and brick, high slate covered roof and classic pilasters in the Doric style. Jacques Boyceau along with his nephew, Jacques de Menours enlarged the parks and garden.
In 1661, King Louis ⅪⅤ wanted to reconstruct and expand the Castle so that it can be used for resting as well as lot of entertainment on a huge scale. Architect Louis Le Vau attached two sections to the forecourt. One for the stable and other for kitchen and servants quarters. In 1668 three new sections were added to the south, north, and west of the castle. They were covered with flat roofs. Landscape designer Andre Le Notre was engaged to beautify the gardens with statues, fountains, canals, basins, groves of trees, orangerie to have house fruit trees zoo with a pavilion, which was centrally located for exotic animals and geometric flowerbeds. In 1670, his assistant Francois d Orbay took over the work after his death. The floor above the ground floor was the main floor. It contained two uniform apartment sets overlooking the garden each for the king and queen. Individual set of apartments was linked to the ground floor with a formal stairway and individually had seven rooms, a room for the guards, a vestibule, an antechamber, a small bedroom, a large office and a small office. Under the apartment of the king was another apartment of the same size in the ground floor. It was decorated on the theme of the Sun God, Apollo for his private life. In the ground floor, was the apartment of the Grand Dauphin, the successor to the throne. It was under the apartment of the Queen. Charles Le Brun took care of the interior decoration. Under him many painters and sculptors worked who painted and crafted the ceilings and walls.
Around seven thousand people used to crowd the place as the King used to spend most of his days in Versailles. Hence an architect Jules Haedouin-Mansart was asked to expanded the palace. He constructed two additional section on each side of the Royal Courtyard. The large terrace, overlooking the garden on the west, made by Le Vau was converted into the Hall of Mirrors. He also constructed large and small stables, the Grand Trianon the relaxing place for the King. In the reign of King Louis ⅩⅤ, Salon of Hercules ,which linked the main building of the palace along with the chapel and north section and the Royal Opera Theater was constructed.
In 1783 three treaties of the Peace of Paris was signed. In October 1789, due to the Women's March the Royal family was forced to leave the palace and return to Paris. In 1792, the new government ordered the sculptures and paintings to be transferred to the Louvre. Monarchy was abolished in 1793 and all the royal property was sold at auction. In 1793 the palace was opened for tours. Napoleon ⅠⅠⅠ hosted a lavish banquet for Queen Victoria. In 1870-1871 the palace was inhabited by German Army and parts of the castle was used for military hospital due to France-Prussian War. Proclamation of the German Empire was done in the Hall of Mirrors. In 1919 Treaty of Versailles was signed in the Hall of Mirrors. Parts of the palace were restored after the World War by Soviet. The Hall of Mirrors was restored in 2006 and Royal Opera of Versailles in 2009.
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A Ermida de São Salvador localiza-se na freguesia de Santa Cruz, concelho de Praia da Vitória, na ilha Terceira, nos Açores.

História
A sua construção remonta a 1560.

Encontra-se classificada pelo Inventário do Património Histórico e Religioso da Praia da Vitória. Atualmente pertence à Igreja Matriz da Praia da Vitória.

Características
Apresenta o corpo prinmcipal com planta no formato retangular. Internamente apresenta capela-mor também de planta retangular e um pouco mas mais estreita que o corpo principal, e sacristia contígua à fachada lateral esquerda da capela-mor.

A fachada principal é rasgada por uma porta ao centro, encimada por uma cruz no topo da cumeeira. Do lado esquerdo da ermida, ao nível da cobertura, há um campanário formado por um arco em pedra caiada e que dispõem de um sino.

A capela-mor reflete-se na fachada lateral direita através de um recuo em relação ao corpo principal da ermida, ficando, desta forma, o soco e o cunhal salientes. O edifício encontra-se rebocado e pintado de branco. O soco, os cunhais, a cornija e as molduras dos vãos são em cantaria pintada de cor escura. Os vãos são encimados por duplo lintel e cornija. A cobertura apresenta-se com duas águas em telha de meia-cana tradicional dos Açores e é rematada por beiral simples. A cobertura da sacristia apresenta só uma água.

Bibliografia
 LUCAS, Alfredo (Pe.). As Ermidas da Ilha Terceira.
 MELO, Paulo de Ávila. Ruas e Lugares da Praya (Notas para a sua História) I Volume. Praia da Vitória (Açores): Câmara Municipal da Praia da Vitória, 1994. 224p. fotos p/b.

Ver também
 Lista de edificações de carácter religioso dos Açores

Ligações externas

Ermidas da Região Autónoma dos Açores
Praia da Vitória

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CIDCO auctions five plots in Kharghar, New Panvel for Rs 159 crore
By Satish NandgaonkarSatish Nandgaonkar, Mumbai Mirror | Updated: Dec 11, 2019, 09:53 IST
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Five City and Industrial Development Corporation (CIDCO) plots in Kharghar and New Panvel fetched more than double their base rate on Tuesday, helping the Navi Mumbai planning authority raise another Rs 159 crore.
CIDCO had a fixed base rate of Rs 73,635 per sq m for plot no 2 in Kharghar's Sector 12. The plot received the highest bid of Rs 2,06,635 per sq m which is 2.8 times the base rate. Arham Developers made the bid for the 2731.96 sq m plot, which was the highest bids among all five plots auctioned on Tuesday. The developer will pay a sum of Rs 56.45 crore for the plot.
Similarly, CIDCO had fixed a base rate of Rs 63,332 per sq m for plot nos 6 (2271.45 sq m) and 22A (1543.57 sq m), and a base rate of Rs 51,604 per sq m for plot nos 9 (2743.42 sq m) and 21 (1576.26 sq m) in Sector 17 of New Panvel West.
"Bidders who submitted online tenders were the only ones allowed to participate in the e-auction process. All the five plots fetched more than double their base rate," a CIDCO spokesperson said.
Last week, CIDCO had monetised five plots in Airoli and Vashi region and the plots ranging from 1,560 sq m to 3,850.63 sq m fetched four times the base rate, helping the corporation rake in Rs 229 crore.
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Just as Kleinfeld Bridal pulls back the curtain on a massive, modern redesign of its salon, Randy Fenoli, iconic bridal expert, encounters several daring brides-to-be who are searching for unique, modern wedding attire that bucks tradition.
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In the season premiere, Jenna Johnson and Val Chmerkovskiy, the beloved duo from "Dancing with the Stars," put Kleinfeld to the test when they arrive just two months before their big day seeking the dress of highest importance to Jenna: her reception dress. Viewers will meet brides in various stages of their dress search: one bride has yet to find a dress after shopping at close to 100 stores in the US and overseas; another bride was devastated when she lost her home, including her wedding dress, in the recent California wildfires; and a different bride's dress went missing when the salon from where she purchased it went bankrupt.
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Home > Culture > "A Waseda hero who died on the battlefront—24 Years of Eizo Matsui" Exhibition
Mr. Kiyotaka Ishifune
Exhibition: "100 Years in Antarctica"
Curator of the Shirase Antarctic Expedition Memorial Museum
100 years ago, on November 29th, 1910, the Shirase Japanese Antarctic Expedition departed from Tokyo's Shibaura harbor in Kainan-Maru, an Antarctic exploratory ship weighing only 204 tons. The expedition consisted of leader Nobu Shirase and 26 crewmembers. Although the expedition was blocked by thick Antarctic ice and suffered numerous setbacks, it succeeded in hoisting the Rising Sun Flag in Antarctica on January 28th, 1912. The expedition gave the name Yamato Yukihara (Yamato Snow Field) to their landing point in Antarctica. Behind this momentous achievement was enthusiastic support from Shigenobu Okuma, the founder of Waseda University, and from Waseda students.
The Antarctica seen 100 years ago by the Shirase Japanese Antarctic Expedition
Lieutenant Nobu Shirase (1861-1946) was born in Nikaho City, Akita Prefecture. During his childhood, he studied the polar region with Sessai Sasaki, his teacher at temple school. In order to realize his dream of fielding a polar region expedition, he followed 5 precepts (no drinking alcohol, no smoking tobacco, no drinking tea, no drinking hot water, no warming by the fire even in the cold) for his entire life. Shirase overcame many hardships in his quest to reach Antarctica.
Kainan-Maru was a wooden sailboat weighing a mere 204 tons and equipped with only an 18-horsepower auxiliary engine. After departing from Tokyo's Shibaura harbor, Kainan-Maru stopped in Wellington, New Zealand on February 8th, 1911 in order to replenish supplies such as water, food and fuel. After spending 3 days in port at Wellington, the ship passed through the stormy and turbulent Antarctic Ocean before entering the Antarctic Circle. On its first attempt, the ship was blocked by sea ice and returned to Sydney, Australia. Kainan-Maru remained in port for 6 months, waiting for summer before embarking on its second attempt.
Kainan-Maru left Sydney on November 19th, 1911. The ship experienced smooth sailing and arrived in Antarctica's Bay of Whales on January 16th, 1912. The expedition then divided into two parties; an exploratory party which departed for the South Pole and a coastal party that surveyed the coastline in Kainan-Maru. On January 28th, the exploratory party fought through temperatures of minus 20尊 Celsius and fierce blizzards to raise the Rising Sun Flag at a spot with a latitude of 80尊05' and a longitude of 156尊37'. The party buried a list containing the names of the Antarctic expedition members at this location and named the surrounding area Yamato Yukihira (Yamato Snow Field). The coastal party sailed east along the coast, turning back on January 26th after reaching latitude of 76尊06' and a longitude of 151尊20', which was a new record at that time.
The Shirase Japanese Antarctic Expedition (hereinafter referred to as the "Shirase Expedition") took a variety of photographs including scenes of the Kainan-Maru sailing through sea ice, as well as seals and penguins. Furthermore, the Shirase Expedition also recorded moving picture technology which was extremely advanced for that time. Images captured including scenes of members practicing with dog sleds which had been prepared at the time of departure, scenes of a New Year's Day meal on January 1st, 1912, and images of moving emperor penguins. These moving pictures provide a precise look at the Antarctica seen 100 years ago by the Shirase Expedition.
Nobu Shirase and the Japanese Antarctic Expedition completed a successful journey without the death of even a single member, despite surprisingly light equipment. The expedition became the 4th party to cross a latitude of 80尊. The records described above show how the Shirase Expedition forged a brilliant page in the history of Antarctica, gaining acclaim together with the explorers Amundsen (Norway), Scott, and Shackleton (England).
A historical achievement supported by Shigenobu Okuma
In January 1910, Shirase submitted a request for funding (100,000 yen) of an Antarctic expedition to the 26th session of the Imperial Diet. The request was made through the recommendation of Shirase's acquaintance Kiyoomi Chikami (1856-1916), the former governor of Miyagi Prefecture. In response to this request, the Imperial Diet voted to provide 30,000 yen of funding. However, no aid money was issued by the government.
Chikami then introduced Shirase to Shigenobu Okuma (1838-1922). It is said that Okuma was extremely interested in Shirase, a man who had survived a difficult expedition to the Kuril Islands and was ranked among the world's top explorers.
Additionally, an oration to announce the Antarctic expedition plan was held on July 5th, 1910 at Kingi Hall in Kanda, Tokyo by Dakuro Murakami (?-1924), President of Seiko Magazine Company and a close acquaintance of Shirase. The oration was an attempt to appeal the Antarctic expedition plan to ordinary citizens and to raise funds for covering expedition costs. The oration featured speeches by Shigenobu Okuma and other prominent individuals with an interest in the Antarctic expedition. The event drew a maximum audience, and the Antarctic Expedition Support Association was founded after the oration.
Shigenobu Okuma assumed the position of chairperson for the association, making a broad call for support through the cooperation of Asahi Shimbun Newspaper and the political and financial sectors. He also organized a charity Waseda-Keio baseball game, with ticket sales being donated to cover expedition costs. The Antarctic expedition started to become a reality thanks to the funding and connections gathered through Okuma's effort.
On November 26th, 1910, Okuma invited all members of the expedition to his residence at Waseda University. A farewell party was held, and Okuma's wife Ayako presented each member with silk vests that contained good-luck charms from Misaki Inari Shrine.
The morning of November 28th was sunny, and all expedition members lined up at 7:00 AM in front of the Imperial Palace's double-arched bridge in order to report their departure to the Emperor. At 1:00 PM, a farewell party was held at Tokyo's Shibaura harbor by the executives of the Antarctic Expedition Support Association and other volunteers. The farewell party was packed with 50 thousand attendees including Waseda University students. One attendee was Minister of Education Kenzo Matsumura (graduate of Waseda University), who approved a subsequent project for surveying Antarctica. Okuma gave a speech at the farewell party, encouraging expedition members by saying that "one hundred blank shots are no equal for one live bullet."
On November 29th, Kainan-Maru departed the harbor at 12:05 PM. The ship stopped in at Yokohama Port to pick up Senior Dean Kitaro Takeda and to drop off association executives such as Kumataro Sakurai. The Kainan-Maru received a signal stating that "we wish you success" from the imperial warship Tsugaru that was anchored outside of the harbor. The expedition party responded "thank you for your wishes" before guiding the Kainan-Maru out of the port and towards Antarctica.
When the Shirase Expedition was forced to retreat to Sydney, Okuma worked to gather further funds. He also sent a telegraph to encourage Shirase. Thanks to this support from Okuma, the expedition successfully reached Antarctica. In order to show his gratitude towards Okuma, Shirase gave the name "Okuma Bay" to an inlet in Antarctica. The name of this inlet was internationally recognized by the American National Geographic Society in 1933.
Expedition members from Waseda University
Genzo Nishikawa was born in Shikano Town, Shimane Prefecture. He entered the Waseda University School of Letters, Arts and Sciences and applied for the Antarctic expedition while he was in university. He was selected as an expedition member on October 25th, 1910 and was placed in charge of food provisions.
On January 23rd, 1912 Nishikawa landed on Antarctica's Edward VII Peninsula together with head cook Kinzaburo Watanabe and Yasunao Taizumi, director of record video and photography. The 3 members took records while exploring the area, encountering a group of imperial penguins. Nishikawa and Watanabe traveled even further inland, arriving at the base of the Queen Alexandra Mountain Range on the 24th. They gathered exposed rocks and set a wooden pillar at that point. The pillar bore the inscription "Erected January 24th, 1912 to commemorate the landing of the coastal party of the Japanese Antarctic Expedition."
Yoshitada Yoshino was a settler who moved from Kagawa Prefecture to Mashike Town, Hokkaido. He applied for the expedition while studying at Waseda University. Yoshino was a member of a political circle name the "Strong Movement Party" and was placed in charge of clothing for the expedition.
When the expedition party arrived at Antarctica's Bay of Whales on January 16th, 1912, Yoshino went onshore together with members Shirase, Takeda, Miisho, Yamabe, Hanamori and Muramatsu. Yoshino and Muramatsu erected their tent at latitude of 78尊33' and a longitude of 164尊22'. The two members took weather measurements including temperature, air pressure, wind direction and wind velocity.
Present-day Antarctica as photographed by wildlife photojournalist Koichi Fujiwara
Fujiwara first set foot in Antarctica in 1995. He found a vast, snow-white world which was ruled by nature, not by humans. Afterwards, Fujiwara continued to visit Antarctica many time. During the course of his visits, Antarctica changed rapidly.
Exactly 100 years ago, thanks to the backing of support association Chairperson Shigenobu Okuma, the Shirase Japanese Antarctica Expedition became the first Japanese team to visit Antarctica. The expedition surveyed and recorded the vast nature and wildlife of Antarctica, brining their findings back to Japan. At that time, Antarctica was thought to be the farthest corner of the earth. However, bases have currently been established in more than 100 locations in Antarctica, and the effect of global warming on the continent is spreading at an alarming rate.
Due to global warming, icebergs, glaciers and permafrost is melting at an alarming rate. Fujiwara's camera captured penguin chicks that were killed when a large fissure ran through a penguin colony and the nesting area fell.
Mankind has destroyed the environment in the name of civilization. The effect of these environmental changes is steadily spreading even to Antarctica, the world's last secret region. Is there a future for a world in which even penguins can no longer live?
Adelie Penguins
A floating iceberg separated from the Antarctic Continent. Tired Adelie penguins Sometimes take a rest on the iceberg.
People have been disposing of their waste behind the bases for more than 50 years, something close to penguin breeding sites.
When the penguins waddle across the mountains of rubbish to get home,
They have to try to avoid broken glass and rusty wire.
2011 Exhibition: 100 Years in Antarctica
Period: March 25th (Fri.) to May 21st (Sat.)
Hours: 10:00 AM to 17:00 PM *Closed on Sundays
Venue: Waseda University Building No. 26 "Okuma Memorial Tower", 10F, Room 125
The start of this exhibition was postponed in consideration for the postponing of the graduation ceremony, the entrance ceremony, and the start of classes, and in consideration to foreseeable inconveniences to visitors such as crowded public transportation due to scheduled blackouts. Thank you for your understanding.
Director/Curator of the Akita Prefecture Nikaho City Educational Committee Shirase Antarctic Expedition Commemorative Museum; Office of Promotion for the Shirase Japanese Antarctica Expedition 100th Anniversary Project
Koichi Fujiwara
Representative of the Nature's Planet. Representative of the Galapagos Conservation Fund Japan. Supervising Editor of Nippon Television Network Corporation's Tensai! Shimura Dobutsuen (Genius! Shimura Zoo) program, biology teacher on the program Sekai-ichi Uketai Jugyo (The World's Best Class), and navigator on the program Dobutsu Wakusei (Animal Planet). Part-time lecturer at Gakushuin Women's College.
Born in Akita Prefecture. Major in biology at universities and graduate schools in Japan and Australia. Conducted research at the Lizard Island Research Station located in the Great Barrier Reef.
Afterwards, has continued to report as a biology journalist focusing on wildlife ecology and environmental issues. Has reported from locations such as Antarctica, the Arctic, Africa, tropical Asia, Oceania and South America.
His many written works include "The Destruction of Antarctica", "The Destruction of Galapagos", "A Town of Walking Penguins", "The Destruction of Madagascar" (all of the preceding works published by Poplar Publishing), "The Antarctic Ocean: Travel of Penguins & the Suffering Antarctic Ocean" (Sakuranbo Shobo Publishing), "Listen to the Planet's Voice" (Kodansha Publishing), "Galapagos: The Sinking Arc" (Kodansha Publishing + Alpha Bunko Publishing), "Let's go to the Fine Ocean", "A Tale of Penguins", "A Tale of Whales", "A Tale of Dolphins", "Natural History of Galapagos" (DATAHOUSE Publishing), "Happiness of the Earth" (Nihon Shuppansha Publishing), "Who is it?" (Shin-Nihon Shuppansha Publishing), and "Can You Hear the Forest's Voice?" (PHP Research Center).
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Posts Tagged 'open government'
Freedom of Information, open government, Transparency
David E. Hudson Award for Open Government attributed to Transparency Project
In Advocacy on June 15, 2014 at 1:05 am
Co-director James Zachary was on hand with Jim for both the David E. Hudson Award presentation and the Freedom of Information Award at the Jekyll Island Club Hotel.
JEKYLL ISLAND — Transparency Project of Georgia Director Jim Zachary accepted the David E. Hudson Award for Open Government at an awards ceremony at the Jekyll Island Club Hotel.
The coveted David Hudson Award was created to honor journalists who work to keep government meetings and records open to the public and Zachary said he believe the work done by the Transparency Project of Georgia was a key part of being named the recipient because of the ways the grass roots project has empowered citizens.
"This was a team effort," the honoree said.
Kelsey Cochran, James Zachary and I do what we do because of the values we share and our commitment to ordinary men and women who often feel as though government can do whatever it wants to do and that no one is willing to hold it accountable. We don't accept that and are driven by the belief that government belongs to the governed and not the governing," Jim Zachary said.
The award is named for one of the nation's leading First Amendment and Open Government attorneys, David Hudson.
Hudson was on-hand for the presentation and called Zachary a "warrior for open government."
"I have had a very fortunate career and been honored with many awards, but this one means more than words can express because of the man whose name it bears." Zachary said during his acceptance speech. "David Hudson's work reminds us why we do what we do. It is not about the awards. It is about each of our communities and the people who read our newspapers."
Zachary encouraged the newspaper executives at the awards presentation to support and empower reporters and editors who are true watchdogs and hold government accountable. "Our work should be underpinned with the core principle that government belongs to the governed and not to the governing," he said.
For the second year in a row, one of the newspapers where Zachary serves as editor, The Henry Daily Herald, has received the coveted Freedom of Information Award.
The FOI Award is considered one of the state's top honors for newspapers and recognizes journalists who champion government transparency.
Robert Williams, president of the National Newspaper Association, was honored at the beginning of the awards ceremony and encouraged Zachary to, "Keep doing what you do and keep inspiring others to do it."
Zachary said, "I have been blessed throughout my career and am humbled by the awards I have received both in Tennessee and Georgia, but what drives me and inspires the work is the plight of ordinary men and women who struggle to pay their property taxes each year, are concerned about quality education for their children or believe they are powerless to fight city hall."
Government Watchdog, open government, Transparency
Government retreats show disregard for citizens
In Advocacy on January 14, 2014 at 4:52 pm
It is that time of year again. It is retreat season.
Local governments are planning their out-of-town all-day or two-day retreats where they get together and discuss their respective legislative agendas for the rest of the year.
To be fair, they give public notice and the public is welcome to attend.
We should also say the ordinary practice of city and county government of holding out-of-town retreats is not illegal.
Despite those facts, it is very poor public service to discuss the people's business in another city.
Taking the people's business away from the people, while not a violation of the law, is a violation of the public trust.
When city councils, county commissions and boards of education go to another city or county for a retreat, they know citizens will not follow them.
Most of them likely do not even consider the implications of the practice or think about the message it sends to the people they are chosen to represent.
Citizens not only have the right to know what decisions their elected officials reach, they have every right to know how they reach those decisions.
Deliberations of the public's business should always be before the public.
The fact they send out notices of those out-of-town gatherings does not mean they are really accessible.
Whether they admit it or not, the retreats often give them the opportunity to be more candid on things they would not want to discuss in public.
The only thing they really seem to be retreating from is the very public they are elected to represent.
Those elected to office will adamantly defend their standing practice of annual retreats.
That defense will most likely center around the argument that state law allows it.
That begs the question — should you do everything or anything you can do or want to do, just because it is not illegal?
Those holding office need to ask themselves why they ran for office, why they chose public service and why they feel the need to go to a nice out-of-town conference center to do what they could do at home, in their own city.
A true public servant seeks public office to serve the public.
The public is best served by openness, accessibility, transparency and amenability.
Local government keeps moving farther and farther away from the people.
The entire mindset of our elected officials needs to change.
The more open you are, the more accessible you are, the more public trust you will build.
The more you go off on retreats, hide behind the closed doors of an executive session or even whisper to one another during meetings, the more people will be suspicious and the less they will trust you with their business.
It should also not go without saying, these out-of-town retreats are on the public dime.
It should also be noted that an out-of-town business is benefiting from the amount of money spent on the retreat, rather than a local one.
Citizens should show up at regular city, county and board of education meetings and demand more openness.
Then, during elections vote for officials who pledge openness. But, then again, they all pledge and promise openness, don't they?
— Editor Jim Zachary
open government, Public Meetings, Sunshine Law, Transparency, watchdog
Transparency questioned in East Tennessee town
In Advocacy on October 20, 2013 at 6:26 pm
East Tennessee journalist Carolynn Elder, Hawkins Today, is keeping an eye on what seems to be a lack of government transparency in the town of Rogersville.
In a recent report Elder asked, "Did Rogersville City Council meeting violate sunshine laws?"
The newspaper reported on an executive session convened by the Rogersville Board of Mayor and Aldermen at the behest of the city attorney. A fired police officer had asked the BMA for the opportunity to address the city in the aftermath of his firing. However, before city officials allowed him to speak, the city attorney met with the mayor and council in a private, back room session, even though no lawsuit has been field in the matter. Subsequently, the BMA met in open session heard from the fired officer, James Hammonds, then quickly heard a motion and second followed by a quick unanimous vote to uphold his ouster with virtually no discussion, expect for comments from the attorney himself.
Elder reporter, "When Director of the Tennessee Transparency Project Jim Zachary was asked to clarify open meetings regulations, he said, 'Several questions are raised by this situation…The State of Tennessee allows for executive sessions, but only for very specific reasons. A city council may consult with its attorney in private but only to receive information on real or pending litigation. They cannot use the closed-door session to deliberate toward a decision or to discuss what they will do when reconvening in the open public session.'"
Elder wrote, "Zachary said citizens have the right to ask three questions about the meeting. Was this session to discuss real or pending litigation? Was this session limited in scope to the council receiving information from its attorney regarding that litigation? Did the council members deliberate regarding the city's position on the issues to be discussed in the open session?"
The Tennessee Transparency Project told Elder that if the city council discussed the city's grievance policy, procedures for hearing the complaint in the open session, or anything not related to legal strategy or information related to the real or pending lawsuit, the so-called executive session was out of bounds, adding, "If the city attorney advised the city council on how to react to Hammonds' statement, or told them the proper motion and vote after the statement, the meeting would seem to be improper. The State of Tennessee not only requires all votes to be taken in open public meetings, it requires all deliberations to be made in public."
TTP Director Zachary advised, "While there may be questions regarding the public notice requirement for such a session, because meeting with an attorney may not be considered a "meeting" by the State, in general local officials are best advised to first convene a regular or "special called meeting," then to recess into executive session and then to reconvene into open public session for deliberation and decision-making."
In the Hawkins Today article, Elder observed, "The procedure recommended by Zachary is the procedure followed by County Attorney Jim Phillips at Hawkins County Commission and Hawkins County Board of Education meetings."
Zachary told Elder, "Any attempt by local officials to circumvent the State's open meeting act should be considered a violation of the act. Hopefully, members of the city council will come forward to disclose to the public any action that may have taken place in executive session that was outside the very limited reasons for a closed-door meeting allowed by the General Assembly."
open government, Transparency, watchdog
NATIONAL NEWSPAPER WEEK: Advocating for transparency is putting community first
In Advocacy on October 12, 2013 at 12:56 pm
As newspaper executives struggle over whether the news should be digital first, tablet first, SMS first or print first, readers know exactly what they want their local newspaper to be — community first.
Reading a newspaper is not like reading a novel, a magazine, a history book, poetry, prose or any other type of literature.
Newspapers are not about what has happened in the past, what is happening someplace else, or what happens in an author's imagination.
Newspapers are about us.
Newspapers are about our child's first school field trip, a Friday night high school football game, a livestock show hosted by the agriculture extension office or an increase in our property tax rate. At least those are the things that a relevant newspaper is all about whether your read it online or sit down with a morning cup of coffee and enjoy the traditional printed edition the way it was meant to be.
Newspapers — viable, strong, growing, thriving newspapers — are all about the communities they serve.
Sure, in the interest of transparency, some newspapers have struggled in recent years.
Many more are growing.
So what's the difference between the newspapers on a downward spiral and those that are adding days of publication, adding staff and printing more sections and pages than ever before?
Really, it is not all that complicated.
In fact, it is rather basic.
The difference is community.
Newspapers, like any business or individual, will always struggle when they stop doing the things they do well.
In a quest to be more modern, to be more business savvy, or to use more silicon, we cannot lose sight of the single most important characteristic and historically important aspect of a quality newspaper — you, our readers.
We hold public officials accountable, advocate for openness in government and champion the cause of ordinary citizens because we are committed to the neighborhoods, cities, county and coverage area we serve.
Watered-down editorial pages, articles that read like a public relations campaign for government and page after page of wire service content will never resonate in the same way as celebrating our own community and standing up for its citizens.
Newspapers hold public officials accountable because it makes the place we call home a better place to live and because it is the right thing to do.
Newspapers do not make the news.
They report it — all of it.
Of course, a newspaper wants to celebrate its community.
We share the great human interest stories, provide a slice of life in the county, highlight worthwhile causes, focus on interesting people and most especially on our young people with every edition.
With intelligent, thoughtful, compelling commentary, coupled with clearly written, straightforward news reporting, we work every day to tell the truth and in that way we remain a vital and positive part of the community.
The newspaper belongs to the community.
That is why we work every day to give citizens a voice, to empower them and tell their stories.
That is why we hold government accountable, because at our very core we believe that government belongs to the governed and not to the governing.
That is why we embrace the newspaper's role as the Fourth Estate.
According to historian Thomas Carlyle, Irish statesman and author Edmund Burke (1729-1797) said, "there were three Estates in Parliament, but in the Reporters Gallery yonder, there sat a Fourth Estate more important far than they all," (Heroes and Hero Worship in History, 1841).
Though in many places reporters have reduced themselves to simply being a mouthpiece for local government, reporting what officials want them to report and hiding what they don't, a community and a democracy are best served when the newspaper provides a forum for checks and balances as the Fourth Estate of government.
Great newspapers, relevant newspapers that are embraced by their communities and consequently profitable and growing newspapers have not forgotten that role and have not abandoned these values.
We are not the enemy of government. Rather, we are the champions of citizens — of our community.
We know if newspapers do not stand up for citizens and protect the rights of free speech and the rights of access to government, then no one will.
We work each day to build a culture and incubate an environment where those elected feel accountable to those who elected them.
Newspapers should be the most powerful advocate citizens have and should be their open forum for a redress of grievances.
Any newspaper that represents the interests of the governing, more than the interests of the governed, is not worth the paper it is printed on or the ink that fills its pages.
Newspapers — the good ones — still make a difference in the communities they serve.
Burke also said, "All that is necessary for the triumph of evil is that good men do nothing."
As newspaper reporters, editors and staff, we have the daily, or weekly, opportunity to do something — something that matters to our community and in all of our lives.
As long as people still read, still care about their quality of life, still love the place they call home and still pay taxes, newspapers that retain their role as the Fourth Estate and that celebrate the lives of ordinary people will remain relevant, will matter to the community and be a part of your every day life.
Tennessee Transparency Project Director Jim Zachary was one of six editorial writers across the nation to prepare editorial columns for newspapers throughout the United States to be published as part of National Newspaper Week. Zachary is an award-winning newspaper veteran who has championed government transparency. He is the editor of the Clayton News Daily and the Henry Daily Herald in metro Atlanta.
open government, Public Notice, Transparency, watchdog
Tennessee Public Notice issue — an important government transparency issue
In Advocacy on January 22, 2013 at 11:53 pm
Any battle to remove required government public notices from newspapers is an assault on government transparency. Compromising government transparency is a full-out assault on the citizens of Tennessee.
Government belongs to the governed, not the governing.
The actions of government should always be out in the open.
Whether it is the passage of a city or county budget, a change in zoning ordinances or a permit application for a mining operation near a residential neighborhood, citizens have every right to know what government is up to or is about to do.
Who holds government in check? Who protects the interests of citizens?
If our 237-year experiment has taught us anything about democracy, it has taught us government cannot be trusted to police itself. Public notices in newspapers are one of the ways that citizens can keep an eye on their local government.
Newspapers have a long and important legacy of helping citizens keep an eye on government. Newspapers are the place where citizens in communities throughout Tennessee look to find out not only what government is up to, but they also depend on local newspapers to publish bankruptcy information important to creditors and to property owners, foreclosures and even divorces and adoptions. Newspapers serve as a historical record and researchers now, and years in the future, will look through newspaper archives to preserve those histories. Many of those records are found in printed public notices.
The Internet has not replaced newspapers as the leading source of information for and about communities and it will not at anytime in the near future.
Taking required public notices out of newspapers and merely posting them on government controlled websites takes those records out of the hands of the public at-large. A large government website of public notices throughout the state will bury important information about a community and effectively conceal the actions of local governments.
Even if a large government website is searchable, a citizen would have to know exactly what they are searching for in order to be driven to the website and then they would have to know exactly what keywords to use in order to find the information they are looking for. That kind of public notice model is not in the public's best interest.
However, with each edition, citizens buy their community newspapers to find out everything that is going on in their community. While they are reading the news from the previous evening's county commission meeting, or checking to see what is on the school lunch menu, or looking through the obituaries, or scanning the help wanted ads, there they will be alerted about a permit application for a new landfill or a hike in the property tax rate. Putting the information in the location where citizens are accustomed to finding it and likely to find it, is the right thing to do for the citizens of Tennessee.
Research by the Tennessee Press Association has shown 45 percent of Tennessee households continue to bring newspapers into their homes. The public expects to find public notices in their community newspaper and that is exactly where the notices should stay and continue to be found.
After all, the very purpose of requiring government to place public notices is so that the notices can be public.
What could be more public than the local newspaper?
(Additional information regarding the importance of public notices published in newspapers can be found at: tnpress.com ).
Jim Zachary is the director of the Tennessee Transparency Project (tntransparency.com), the editor of the Clayton News Daily and the Henry Daily Herald in metro-Atlanta and a multi-time winner of the Tennessee Press Association – University of Tennessee Meeman Award for editorial excellence. He is available for newsroom training and public speaking engagements and can be contacted at zacharyjim@gmail.com.
Advocacy, open government, Transparency, watchdog
Transparency more than campaign pledge
In Advocacy on November 6, 2012 at 4:30 pm
One of the great ironies of politics is how most candidates in most elections pledge openness, transparency and accessibility during the course of a campaign. Despite those promises, from the courthouse to the statehouse public officials all across the state deliberate the public's business in private, hide behind executive sessions, orchestrate voting blocs outside of meetings, stall open records requests and the Tennessee General Assembly even exempts itself from the same Open Meeting Act that is binding on local officials. Closed government is poor government regardless of political ideology or party. Voters should take note of all the campaign posturing about transparency in government and when the next General Assembly convenes remind the men and women we have elected of their promises. Tennessee's Open Meetings Act is good, but not great. Citizens, the media and open government advocates should put pressure on representatives and senators to improve the language in open meetings legislation to define what it means for elected officials to "deliberate" the public's business outside of an open public meeting. Citizens of Tennessee have every right to always have the expectation that public policy is only being deliberated in open public meetings. The citizens of Tennessee have every right to know not only what decision are reached by elected officials, but how they arrive at those decisions. In addition to the need for more precise language in the act itself, state legislators could prove their commitment to openness in government by enacting legislation that requires the General Assembly itself to be just as open as local government. All government, not just local government, belongs to the governed.
open government, Transparency
Tennessee Republican legislators scrutinized for cloaked secrecy in redistricting
In Advocacy on November 2, 2012 at 11:08 pm
http://openchannel.nbcnews.com/_news/2012/11/01/14839356-behind-closed-doors-gop-and-dems-alike-cloaked-redistricting-in-secrecy?lite
Nicholas Kusnetz of the The Center for Public Integrity, as reported on NBC News, has scrutinized state legislatures throughout the nation, including Tennessee, for "cloaked redistricting in secrecy," as states drafted new district maps for Congress and state legislatures based on the census last year. Kusnetz wrote, "In Tennessee, legislative leaders promised 'the most open, interactive and transparent' redistricting process in the state's history. But Republican leaders did not release any information on the plans until the end of the process, about a week before they adopted the proposals. The party did not release full, detailed maps of state legislative districts until two weeks after the legislature had approved them."
(For the full report select link above).
Governor announces open budget hearings
In Advocacy on November 1, 2012 at 12:33 am
NASHVILLE – Tennessee Gov. Bill Haslam will hold state budget hearings for Fiscal Year 2013-2014 on Tuesday, November 6 through Tuesday, November 13. This year the hearings will be held in the Davidson Room on the third floor of the Tennessee Tower in Nashville. Haslam, Finance and Administration Commissioner Mark Emkes and David Thurman, the state budget director, will preside.
The proceedings may be viewed live online at www.tn.gov to give Tennesseans that are unable to attend accessibility to the budget discussions of each state agency.
All Central Standard Time. Tuesday, November 6 9:30 – 10 a.m. Safety 10 – 10:30 Tourist Development 10:30 – 11 Military 11 – 11:30 Veterans Affairs 11:30 – 12 p.m. Agriculture 12 – 1:30 p.m. Lunch 1:30 – 2:30 Education 2:30 – 3:30 Environment and Conservation 3:30 – 3:40 Media availability with the governor 3:40 – 4 Break 4 – 5 p.m. Health Wednesday, November 7 10:30 – 11 a.m. Revenue 11 – 12 p.m. Mental Health and Substance Abuse Services 12 – 1:30 Lunch 1:30 – 2 Commerce and Insurance 2 – 3 Human Services 3 – 3:30 Tennessee Bureau of Investigation 3:30 – 4 General Services 4 – 4:30 Transportation 4:30 p.m. Media availability with the governor Thursday, November 8 10 – 11 a.m. Children's Services 11 – 12 p.m. Correction 12 – 1:30 Lunch 1:30 – 2 Education Lottery Corporation 2 – 3 Intellectual and Developmental Disabilities 3 – 3:30 Finance and Administration 3:30 – 4 Labor and Workforce Development 4 – 4:30 p.m. Financial Institutions 4:30 p.m. Media availability with the governor
Advocacy, Government Transparency, open government
TN Press highlights Office of Open Records
Tennessee Press Association Public Policy Director Frank Gibson has highlighted the work being done by the state's Office of Open Records. Gibson profiles Open Records Counsel Elisha Hodge who sits at the helm of the office that has assisted more than 5,000 Tennesseans in pursuit of greater government transparency. Gibson writes, "Annual reports filed by the Office for 2008-11 showed 4,129 queries and complaints were received over that four-year period. Calls to the office averaged 1,240 annually for the last two years. The 2012 report will be due March 1. More than a majority of OORC calls comes from government, mostly local. Almost half came from citizens and fewer than 8 percent came from the news media." The full article can be found at: http://www.tnpress.com.
Hodge's work has been an invaluable resource in open records and open meetings advocacy because of her clear understanding and even handed application of the state's open meetings and open records legislation. A link to the Office of Open Records can be found in the right hand column on the tntransparency.com main page.
Transparency issue may not be transparency issue, AP's Travis Loller reports
In Advocacy on June 11, 2012 at 7:39 pm
Travis Loller of the Associated Press, Nashville, has reported this week that government transparency groups including the Tennessee Coalition of Open Government (TCOG), Tennessee Press Association and the Tennessee Transparency Project have had a rather subdued response to a court ruling in Rutherford County that could have been construed as setting "higher standards," for public notices by local governments in Tennessee. Loller reported, "Rutherford County Chancellor Robert Corlew ruled May 29 that county officials violated the state's Sunshine Law by not providing adequate public notice of the meeting where the Islamic Center of Murfreesboro's new building was approved." For the article that appeared in newspapers and websites throughout the nation, the AP reporter interviewed prominent Knoxville attorney Rick Hollow, TCOG's Director Kent Flanagan, Tennessee Press Association Public Policy Director Frank Gibson, Rutherford Neighborhood Association spokesman Steve Schroeder and Tennessee Transparency Project Director Jim Zachary. Flanagan told Loller, "My perspective on it, it was not an open meetings issue."
The Transparency Project agrees with Flanagan on that point. In fact, it would appear that the public notice issue was a tool being used by religious zealots opposed to the building of a mosque. Not only is the court's ruling specific to this case and vague in its application, it does even address the most pertinent issues in the Rutherford County case. This is not a landmark decision that will strengthen Tennessee's Open Meetings Act or enhance public notice requirements.
Nevertheless, TCOG, the Tennessee Press Association, the Neighborhood Alliance, Attorney Rick Hollow and the Tennessee Transparency Project are committed to open government advocacy and continue to fight for greater transparency in state and local government.
This just wasn't the case to make the case.


A Jew throws rocks. The soldiers will call the police. The soldiers won't point their guns at him. They will not arrest him. They won't do anything to him. The police likely won't either, except for telling him off – if that.
Lawless Israeli occupation remains ongoing after nearly half a century.


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Dissertations and Theses in Agricultural Economics
Economic Impacts of Increased Corporate Average Fuel Economy (CAFE) Standards
Ann K. Hunter-Pirtle, University of Nebraska-LincolnFollow
A THESIS Presented to the Faculty of The Graduate College at the University of Nebraska In Partial Fulfillment of Requirements For the Degree of Master of Science, Major: Agricultural Economics, Under the Supervision of Professor Lilyan Fulginiti and Professor Richard Perrin. Lincoln, Nebraska: August, 2014
Copyright (c) 2014 Ann Hunter-Pirtle
The Renewable Fuel Standard (RFS) mandates that U.S. transportation fuel producers blend specific volumes of ethanol and other biofuels with fossil fuels to spur U.S. biofuel production and to minimize foreign oil imports. Ethanol is more corrosive to auto engines than gasoline, and although vehicles manufactured since 2001 are approved to use up to a 15% ethanol blend (E15) (Naylor & Falcon, 2011), E10 is much more widely available. Ethanol producers therefore face a so-called blend wall at 10 percent—a maximum amount of ethanol that is usable domestically based on the demand for gasoline.
Meanwhile, gasoline demand in the U.S. has declined since 2008, when high gas prices and the onset of the recession abruptly led Americans to drive less and to buy more fuel-efficient vehicles. The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) has since updated Federal Corporate Average Fuel Economy (CAFE) standards to double fuel efficiency in cars and light duty trucks by 2025 to 54.5 miles per gallon (mpg) on average, further diminishing gasoline demand.
Until now, RFS and CAFE have mostly been examined separately or compared to hypothetical carbon cap and trade policies. Analyzing how the RFS and CAFE interact is important because unlike cap and trade, these two policies exist in the U.S. already, and they affect each other in ways unanticipated when each was created.
This research uses a comparative statics model to examine the interactions between RFS and CAFE, first in 2013, then in 2025, when updated CAFE standards have been fully implemented and average gas mileage for model year 2025 is 54.5 mpg.
This analysis finds that if both policies are implemented simultaneously in 2025, the outcome is incompatible with even an E15 blend wall. While motor fuel consumers' gains are 50 percent of their 2013 expenditures, gasoline producers lose surplus equivalent to 20 percent of their 2013 receipts.
Advisors: Lilyan Fulginiti and Richard Perrin
Agricultural and Resource Economics Commons, Agricultural Economics Commons, Bioresource and Agricultural Engineering Commons, Growth and Development Commons, Macroeconomics Commons
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April 1, 2019 | Communications | Aerospace | Electronics & Computers | RF & Microwave Electronics | Test & Measurement
Signal Combiner for Wideband Communication
This system has applications in telecommunications devices including cellphones, Wi-Fi hot spots, satellites, and future wireless technologies.
NASA's Glenn Research Center has devised an efficient new method of combining primary and secondary signals with minimal loss and noise. With its ability to reduce system noise, this novel signal combiner delivers the best opportunity to receive a desired signal not easily distinguished from background noise.
Through low-loss signal combination, Glenn is leading the way to optimize radio transmission remotely during self-checking routines. Using conventional combiners in bit-error-rate testing results in a loss of 3 to 4 dB per band, and with a directional coupler, the secondary signal experiences losses of 10 dB or more. Moreover, during signal measurements, the additional components must be placed and later removed to prevent any impact to the measurement, making for a cumbersome process. Glenn's solution is to combine the primary and secondary signals in the frequency domain through the use of a frequency division diplexer/multiplexer in combination with a wideband ADC.
The multiplexer selects one or more bands in the frequency domain, and the ADC performs a nonlinear conversion to digital domain by folding out-of-band signals in with the primary signal. NASA makes use of subsampling a given band within the ADC bandwidth to fold it into another band of interest, effectively frequency-shifting them to a common frequency bandwidth.
Glenn's breakthrough method has two significant advantages over the conventional use of a power combiner or directional coupler in bit-error-rate testing: 1) it combines signal and noise (secondary signal) with very low loss, and 2) it enables the selection of the desired signal-to-noise ratio with no need for the later cumbersome removal of components. This streamlined process allows for invaluable in-situ or installed measurement.
NASA is actively seeking licensees to commercialize this technology. Please contact the Technology Transfer Office at This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it. or 216-433-3484. Follow this link here for more information.


Doyle Queally is a Sr. Managing Director with GSO Capital Partners. Since joining GSO Capital in 2009, Mr. Queally has been involved with the marketing of all GSO public and private investment products with a geographic focus of the Midwest and West Coast of the United States, including many of the firm's strategic partnerships. Before joining GSO Capital, Mr. Queally was a Senior Vice President of Institutional Sales and Relationship Management for ING Investment Management. Prior to ING, he was a Senior Managing Director at Bear, Stearns Inc, where he worked for over twenty years. At Bear Stearns he was a structured mortgage product specialist with extensive experience covering banks, money managers and hedge funds. In addition, he spent three years at the International Management Group (The Mark McCormack Organization) in Cleveland, Ohio, where he helped develop the team sports division. He started his career at IBM in New York City, specializing in banking. Mr. Queally received a BA in economics from Denison University in Granville, Ohio. He also holds series 24, 7 and 63 licenses with FINRA.


Free Wi-Fi an on-site restaurant/lounge two pools a free airport shuttle and a pet-friendly policy make the Red Lion River Inn on the north bank of the Spokane River a winner with our guests. The two-story non-smoking hotel has 245 rooms that feature coffeemakers free Wi-Fi and cable TV with premium channels. The hotel boasts a resort atmosphere with plenty of entertainment options that include two seasonal outdoor pools a year-round hot tub a fitness center and a horseshoe pit along with volleyball tennis and basketball courts. To fuel up for all that activity guests can start the day with breakfast in the on-site restaurant/lounge which also serves lunch and dinner with a focus on local and seasonal ingredients. Valet laundry and dry cleaning services are available. Parking is free and the hotel offers a complimentary airport shuttle. Pets are welcome for an added fee. Located less than a mile from Riverfront Park and the Centennial Trail the Red Lion River Inn is a 10-minute walk from the Spokane Convention Center or the INB Performing Arts Center. Gonzaga University and Spokane Veterans Memorial Arena are approximately a mile away and Manito Park is less than two miles. It's an eight-mile drive to Spokane International Airport.
The front desk was very polite and professional. The restaurant/bar was excellent.
Liked: Great location, right next to the river, and just minutes away from Spokane Arena.
Disliked: Parking was free, but really inconvenient. The layout of the hotel made for a lot of walking just to get to your room and back to the parking lot, or restaurant, or whatever. Our room was clean but one bed had such worn sheets, I ripped a 5 inch hole just by sitting on it, without even pulling back the covers. Coffee machine did not work.
Disliked: Room was FREEZING and was still very cold even after leaving heat running on high from the time we arrived until we returned from concert hours later. The food in the restaurant was barely edible and we could have had a better meal at a fast food restaurant.
We stayed a night here while in town to watch the Luke Bryan show. We'll definitely stay again! There is a walking path along the river behind the hotel that was beautiful and it was a short walk straight to the venue. Staff was friendly, rooms were clean, beds were comfy. Good room for a good price.
Liked: Restaurant food was delicious and the prices weren't as high as other places we've stayed.
Liked: Loved the location. The walking path along the river was a super bonus. We were visiting with our son in Kendal Yards so the location was perfect.
Disliked: The continental breakfast was pretty rudimentary. Perhaps a nicer coffee. Maybe add toast option or bagels.
It basically fit our needs.
Disliked: The continental breakfast was sadly lacking in substance and the eating space was not inviting.
Liked: The bed was comfortable and room was big.
Disliked: The property is in need of an update. The breakfast they serve is not very good. It needs more variety. The muffins were stale.
Liked: Enjoyed having some lifting options in the fitness center. Free parking was a plus. Location was close to downtown and within walking distance to my conference.
Disliked: It was not clean. There was mold, debris, and dust in the bathroom, like it hadn't been cleaned well in months. Strong smell of smoke. Shower "pull" was broken. Run down and outdated. Didn't feel safe. If I had paid for it out of pocket I would have left and found another hotel, but my employer paid for the room. It was not worth the price.


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You cannot be both friend and foe
The Labour Party has committed the outrageous act of expelling people who have acted against its best interests in recent years. Outrageous? Well, actually no; it is a reasonable response to those whose loyalty can most charitably be described as flaky.
If you have allowed opponents to stand against the party (by signing nomination papers, for example) then you cannot be surprised that this attracts a ban. Labour, the party of working people, can only represent those working people by having its representatives elected. Supporting the nomination of an opponent means that our job is that little bit harder.
Similarly, making public pronouncements in favour of opposing parties also undermines Labour's attempts at creating a better world for working people.
One cannot expect to be allowed to join a party, and vote for its leader, after publicly undermining the party.
Labour is seeking to protect itself from entryism, whereby people with agendas that conflict with the aims and values of the Labour Party join in an attempt to move the party towards their worldview. The Labour Party as a vehicle for improving working people's lives would soon invalidate its own existence if it did not root out these people.
The bans, which are usually only for five years, will allow the miscreants to reflect on their actions. If they can avoid working against the Labour Party then they will gain admittance.
Some are crying 'foul', seeing this as some sort of plot to undermine the leadership contest, and especially Jeremy Corbyn's attempt to remain in post. If Mr Corbyn has to rely on the votes of those whose recent behaviour was decidedly anti-Labour then we are in a sorry state. Toxic elements have no place in Labour, and to be believe that undermining Labour will be forgotten or forgiven is delusional.
Those who now seem themselves excluded will have ample time to reflect, and this reflection should include owning up to their guilt.
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A hip guide to Barcelona museums, independent art galleries & openings, contemporary dance, English-language theater & more.
arts & culture /
Homo Ludens: Videogames to understand the present
By Charlotte Stace
Caixaforum welcomes its latest exhibition, Homo Ludens: Videogames to understand the present.
The exhibition offers a new perspective on the concept of gamer, showing a video-eroded world in which life and games converge more and more every day. More than forty pieces between videogames and works of art are presented in an interactive environment that turns the exhibition itself into a collective gaming experience.
It starts from an anthropological vision of the game and highlights how they are an industry, cultural medium and a creative proposal through which we can better understand our present. Divided into six rooms, this exhibition dedicates each of them to an area in which the human being - consciously or not - can relate to the video game. The works that compose it stand out for their central role as a cultural, aesthetic and artistic phenomenon.
December 1, 2021 – April 18, 2022
CaixaForum
Av. Francesc Ferrer i Guàrdia, 6-8Barcelona
https://caixaforum.org/es/barcelona/p/homo-ludens_a29645274


As a reminder to families who participated in the Paint Camp, please bring your student's art by Sweet Cooie's today or tomorrow before 2PM so that we can display them. The art will remain up at Sweet Cooie's through the weekend to share with the community.
Sweet Cooie's would like to say thanks to the Teller community by creating a Paint Camp Exhibition Pop-Up Fundraiser from 3:30PM to close tomorrow night.
Mention you are from Teller and 20% of the sales will go back to the school!


To paraphrase Calvin Coolidge, the chief business of cinema is business. As a general rule, festivals like films that can sell; Oscars and acquisitions provide high-level film programmers with industry niches that we critics will never really understand. But now and then, those thoughtful public servants manage to smuggle in something decidely uncommercial. It's a reasonably admirable thing for TIFF to include an experimental documentary in a showcase like City to City, since there is no shortage of slick Korean studio product waiting in the wings. Sadly (and here comes the subtweet), you shouldn't send a narrative film specialist to do an avant-garde programmer's job. Kelvin Kyung Kun Park's A Dream of Iron has some things going for it, to be sure: in a socio-economic era obsessed with high-tech, Park wants to examine the advent of heavy industry (steel mills, in particular) and how it transformed South Korea in the '60s and '70s. With its spare, poetic narration, floating array of interviews, historical footage, and lengthy shots of the iron-forging process, A Dream of Iron conjures memories of Chris Marker and Harun Farocki. But as we know, those men created their magic through rigourous editing; by contrast, Park's film is sloppy and obtuse, often feeling like a set of half-organized rushes. Only two clear ideas come across in A Dream of Iron: 1) Hyundai sure is big and powerful. 2) Park likes whales.


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