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Orange County citrus crate labels
Crate label of Charles C. Chapman of Fullerton, who popularized the Valencia orange. (Image courtesy Orange County Archives)
The Orange County Archives just opened a small exhibit about local orange crate labels on the first floor of the Old Orange County Courthouse, 211 W. Santa Ana Blvd., in Santa Ana. This was made possible by the recent donation to the Archives of hundreds of Orange County fruit crate label images by collector Tom Pulley.
For over half a century, the citrus industry –led by the Valencia orange – drove the economy of Orange County and covered our landscape with over 75,000 acres of sweet-smelling citrus groves.
Among the most enduring symbols of that era is the orange crate label – a functional and promotional bit of ephemera that now holds a warm spot in the hearts of collectors, historians, art enthusiasts and the nostalgic.
This 1949 photo shows packers at the Yorba Linda Citrus Association's packing house, including Judy Ledford who was looking directly into the camera. (Photo courtesy Orange County Archives)
More than simply identifying the type and source of the fruit inside each crate, the labels were a key branding and marketing tool.
The railroads brought boxed California citrus to big cities "back east," where sample crates were put on display at fruit auctions. This was the moment the fruit crate label was created for. As hundreds of wholesale buyers perused countless samples, the colorful labels made each brand and grade easily identifiable, even across an enormous, crowded auction house. Most labels were seldom seen by the public, but were meant for these buyers, who bought anywhere from 30 boxes to multiple boxcars of oranges in a single transaction.
Arnold C. "Pete" Counts loads crates of oranges onto a railroad car at the Yorba Linda Packing House, circa 1949. (Photo courtesy Orange County Archives)
The sun began to set on citrus crate labels in 1956 when packing houses switched from wooden crates to cardboard boxes. And over the next ten years – as property values rose, the population boomed, "quick decline" disease struck groves, and property tax rates changed – the citrus industry fizzled out in Orange County.
The central portion of this new Orange County Archives exhibit shows the "life-cycle" of a crate label, from design and printing, to crate assembly, to the fruit-packing process, to the railroad cars, to the eastern fruit auctions, to neighborhood retail outlets, and finally finding new life in the creative reuse of old crates.
Earl Nickles, who grew up on the Tuffree citrus ranch in Placentia, loaned a "Shamrock" packing crate from Placentia Mutual Orange Association for the exhibit. (O.C. Register photo by Jebb Harris)
Also examined are the three styles or eras of label art seen between 1885 and 1955.
Another section of the exhibit highlights the ways labels were used to delineate qualities and sizes of fruit – visual cues that were clear to middlemen, but not to the general public. For instance, the Goldenwest Citrus Association of Tustin depicted its various qualities of fruit via naval ranks, from Admiral at the highest quality down to the lowly Sailor brand.
Also discussed are the many portraits of pianist Dorothy Ferguson painted for Anaheim Orange & Lemon Association labels by artist Joe Duncan Gleason in 1919. (There's a story there, folks!) The packing house that used these labels was recently converted to an upscale food court called, naturally, The Packing House.
Fruit on display at Prescott Ranch Market, Highway 101 at 5th St, Tustin, 1940s. (Photo courtesy Orange County Archives)
Finally, the exhibit provides examples of Orange County itself providing the inspiration for local fruit crate label illustrations. Local spots depicted on citrus crate labels include Three Arch Bay and Bird Rocks in Laguna Beach, Hewes Park in El Modena, Lemon Heights and Red Hill in North Tustin, Old Saddleback, Mission San Juan Capistrano, and rural Anaheim.
After the exhibit whets your appetite for more box art, feel free to visit the Archives and ask to see the rest of the collection.
Laguna Beach on a Villa Park label. (Image courtesy Orange County Archives)
Long ago, some detractor called me "a crate label historian," meaning that I only write about a falsely sunny and cheerful Orange County, as depicted on citrus labels. Certainly, there's plenty of non-bile-laden history to be found in these parts, and I've written about a lot of it. But I'm not sure, for instance, how the stuff I've written about floods, earthquakes, arson, racism, murder, crime, and the demolition of historic sites would translate as crate label art. It's just not Sunkist's style.
Frankly, there is much to be learned from old crate labels. They tell us something about the history of agriculture, art and advertising, and about the locations depicted in their illustrations. Crate labels also provide a fine springboard for talking about the people, places and ideas that Americans once found important or appealing. But as much as I'd like to accept the mantle of "Crate Label Historian," that title more appropriately belongs to Gordon McClelland and Jay Last, who wrote the defining books on this subject. Without their work, exhibits like this (and far more elaborate past crate label exhibits) would just be collections of pretty pictures.


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An Indian woman takes a photograph of her son as he poses in a cut-out of an astronaut at the Nehru Planetarium in New Delhi, India, Thursday, July 11, 2019. India is looking to take a giant leap in its space program and solidify its place among the world's spacefaring nations with its second unmanned mission to the moon, this one aimed at landing a rover near the unexplored south pole. (AP Photo/Altaf Qadri)
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The Indian Space Research Organization plans to launch a spacecraft using homegrown technology on Monday, and it is scheduled to touch down on the moon Sept. 6 or 7. The $141 million Chandrayaan-2 mission will analyze minerals, map the moon's surface and search for water.
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With India poised to become the world's fifth-largest economy, the ardently nationalist government of Prime Minister Narendra Modi is eager to show off the country's prowess in security and technology.
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The country's ambitions are playing out amid a resurgent space race.
The U.S. — which is marking the 50th anniversary this month of the Apollo 11 mission that made Neil Armstrong and Buzz Aldrin the first humans on the moon — is working to send a manned spacecraft to the lunar south pole by 2024. In April, an unmanned Israeli craft crashed into the moon in a failed attempt at the first privately funded lunar landing.
Decades of space research have allowed India to develop satellite, communications and remote sensing technologies that are helping solve everyday problems at home, from forecasting fish migration to predicting storms and floods.
India's first lunar mission, Chandrayaan-1, whose name is Sanskrit for "moon craft," orbited the moon in 2008 and helped confirm the presence of water. In 2013-14, India put a satellite into orbit around Mars in the nation's first interplanetary mission.
Some have questioned the expense in a country of 1.3 billion people with widespread poverty and one of the world's highest child mortality rates. But author and economic commentator Gurcharan Das said that the cost of the second moonshot is small compared with India's overall budget and that the project could have a multiplier effect on the economy.
He called on India to get the country's private sector more involved in research and development, which he said could yield "huge benefits" beyond the realm of space travel.
The spacecraft will have a lunar orbiter, lander and a rover. The lander will carry a camera, a seismometer, a thermal instrument and a NASA-supplied laser retroreflector that will help calculate the distance between the Earth and the moon.
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This will be the first rover to look for water at the south pole.
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America's Youth Has Discovered Eddie Murphy's 1985 Song 'Party All The Time'
Ryan NagelhoutTwitterContributing Writer
Eddie Murphy may be known to most young people as the star of The Adventures Of Pluto Nash guy whose parents get excited about when he's hosting Saturday Night Live, but the actor has a lot of surprises in store for the youths of America. Including, it turns out, that the donkey from Shrek once recorded a jam.
Murphy, who most recently wowed critics in Netflix's Dolemite Is My Name, has a long career that many teens growing up in the streaming era may not be aware of. But on Friday, Murphy became the latest in a trend online where young people discover that music made before Spotify was created was sometimes, occasionally, pretty good.
Specifically, this time it was Murphy's hit "Party All The Time," which was released in 1985 and produced by Rick James. The song is a surprisingly good example of a mainstream actor releasing a song. But it was enough to see Murphy's name trend on social media as younger folks reacted to the revelation that the song not only exists, but is pretty good.
I think Eddie Murphy is trending because the young people found "Party all the Time" …. it's lit pic.twitter.com/KrPsHW7v0V
— Tuxedo Ski Mask (@AllDaGoogleMaps) September 25, 2020
This song is a legit banger. https://t.co/SKosICHeWm
— nortouQ (@nortouQ) September 25, 2020
I'm today years old when i found out Eddie Murphy was a singer https://t.co/wFrP0KDUi0
— Tony X (@soIoucity) September 25, 2020
Can't wait for the kids to discover Eddie Murphy and "Delirious" after just discovering Eddie Murphy and Rick James. pic.twitter.com/LcTeui7qDW
— Roy Klementsen (@Roybq) September 25, 2020
As some pointed out, the clues to Murphy's musical skills have been elsewhere, too.
Seeing the shock by some of y'all not knowing Eddie Murphy had a music career leads me to believe that y'all have never seen Dream Girls pic.twitter.com/f8NbYKDyIe
— Heel Turn Haden (@_TheSonOfMars_) September 25, 2020
This was a very educational moment for a lot of us.
Eddie Murphy also has a song with Michael Jackson and they end the video like this for some reason pic.twitter.com/HpTc837P0E
— BRI (@BriMalandro) September 25, 2020
A lot of people, though, struggled with the news that this is, you know, news to people much younger than they are.
the fact that Eddie Murphy is trending for this reason makes me feel old pic.twitter.com/1OjsTZ08xf
— philip lewis (@Phil_Lewis_) September 25, 2020
The lesson here is that time passes inexorably, and we're all doomed to both a beginning and an end. Sometimes, though, people record bangers along the way.
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The cost of a food waste landfill ban? What the Treasury's sums missed
Posted on 27 January, 2015 by Dustin Benton	5 comments
Earlier this month, the Treasury released its analysis of the costs of opposition policy, including the effect of a landfill ban for food waste on government expenditure. It's important to understand the costs of green policy, but these Treasury calculations have missed the big picture.
The analysis, as far as it goes, is correct: it forecasts that keeping food waste out of landfill will cost £477 million in 2015. This figure is comprised of £2 million in communication and enforcement costs, and £475 million in reduced revenue from the landfill tax. But this is so narrow as to be misleading.
More important is what isn't calculated. At least three other factors give a wider and more useful sense of a landfill ban's impact on the economy:
The net effect on public spending
Approximately £280 million (about 60 per cent) of the £475 million in lost landfill tax is currently paid by councils, which are taxed when they dispose of household waste. They, in turn, raise revenue to cover this from council tax and central government grants.
Reduced landfill tax revenue for the Treasury would therefore be offset by lower council expenditure. To limit central government borrowing, central government grants to councils could be cut by the amount of landfill tax councils previously paid; or council tax could come down; or councils could reinvest the savings in providing services. This means the net public spending position of a landfill ban could be less than half the number quoted by the Treasury.
Better use of wasted food could raise revenues
Our research shows that banning food waste from landfill and diverting it to anaerobic digestion (AD) would have positive economic impacts:
The total value of food waste to the AD industry would be £693 million per year.
The value of the additional biogas produced would be worth at least £140 million each year. This could be set against the cost of energy subsidy currently paid to AD
The private sector might invest £1.2 billion in anaerobic digestion plants. This would raise the total number of AD plants from 135 to around 500 and potentially provide 12,100 jobs.
These economic impacts could translate into higher corporation tax receipts and VAT revenue from the AD businesses stimulated by a landfill ban, and decreased unemployment benefit payments and greater income tax revenue from the additional jobs created.
Avoided carbon costs
There are also wider costs: methane emissions from landfill in 2011 were 14.1 MtCO2e. As approximately 60 per cent of biodegradable material thrown into landfill is food waste, removing it from landfill and sending it to anaerobic digestion would cut emissions by 8.5 MtCO2e. This is worth £152 million per year at UK carbon prices (based on the UK's £18 per tonne carbon floor price).
This is a complicated assessment, and some of these numbers won't be directly comparable. However, the Treasury is more than capable of understanding the wider economic effects of resource policies, rather than just accounting for lost receipts from one line of its budget.
A Treasury blind spot
Resource economics falls into one of the Treasury's blind spots. After all, it killed off a proposed government study to determine the UK economy's exposure to resource risks in 2013, allegedly because it was considered to be a speculative, 'next parliament' problem. It has also been very reticent about exploring the economic opportunities of a circular economy, despite widespread business interest.
Making the economy more resource resilient will involve an industrial transition, creating economic winners and losers. Good governance of such a transition needs rigorous and comprehensive analysis of the implications of policy, not just an account of how it will affect one source of government revenue.
tagged with Food waste ban, landfill ban, landfill tax, Treasury
27 January, 2015	6:24 pm
While the treasury are about it they should insist on reductions in mpg on all vehicles, in order that they can make more from fuel duty and VAT.
Funnily enough they don't mention the vast amount of tax they pay back to water companies landfilling organics and then "recovering" the tax under the water discounting scheme.
16 June, 2015	2:12 pm
Recycling should indeed be greatly encouraged and facilitated everywhere human presence is likely to occur (nature parks and reservoirs included).
The budget is suffering while money is wasted which is at least a small scale tragedy.
I remember a rather filthy practice we used to employ back in the day when too lazy to collect all of our trash after camping out and transport it back to the city where it can be recycled – burning the garbage we have generated.
I know its awful but we justified it for not causing pollution at least, seemed more acceptable than just tossing it all around for mother nature to deal with.
Anyways, I no longer see this as a good practice now that recycling has picked up the necessary pace and has become much more convenient.
The 'next parliament problem' turned out to be the 'same parliament' problem – Cameron got reelected. Instead of turning a blind eye on pressing matters, he better pay back the voters some respect and do something.
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John Callaghan says a report about the law society's role in legal aid is just a beginning.
The Law Society of Ontario is looking to reinvigorate its role when it comes to legal aid.
LSO benchers approved a number of recommendations at their January meeting that commit the law society to being more involved in legal aid going forward.
This includes taking a more active role facilitating better communications between the private bar and Legal Aid Ontario, which lawyers say have eroded in recent years.
"The law society looks to play an intermediary role and see if we can help the communications between the two," says Bencher John Callaghan, chairman of the Legal Aid Working Group, which was convened to look at the issue.
When the law society relinquished control of the administration of legal aid in 1999, the regulator stepped back to allow the implementation of the new system that would be run by Legal Aid Ontario.
Michael Lacy, president of The Criminal Lawyers' Association, says this led to the law society believing it would not be appropriate to take an active role in the way in which LAO was interacting with lawyers.
"My perception is that this meant that, often, associations like ours were left to fend for ourselves in terms of meetings and discussions with governments and legal aid as the law society feared they would be encroaching upon LAO's turf," he says.
Lacy says the report, which CLA supports, recognizes the overlap between the two organizations where LSO can be an important voice in the discussion.
He says that having the law society further facilitate communication should result in the concerns of stakeholder groups taking on even greater importance, as the LSO has a larger voice than individual associations.
He adds that CLA sees the report as a first but very welcome step in the right direction.
The relationship between the private bar and LAO has soured in recent years, as the organization has increasingly hired more staff duty counsel and in-house counsel, much to the dismay of the private bar, who argue they can better serve the public through the certificate system.
Last year, LAO temporarily scaled back certificates in cases where the accused was not facing jail time after posting a $26-million deficit.
At the time, the private bar blamed the deficit on a swelling staff at the organization.
LAO officials said the deficit was largely due to an increase in refugee services in recent years.
LAO also threatened to suspend its refugee services last fall if it did not receive the necessary funding from the federal government, which came through in the end.
The law society is looking to not only build a stronger relationship between it and LAO but also to help improve LAO's relationship with the private bar.
Callaghan says that LAO officials have said they believe they have been communicating well, but other stakeholders have said communications could improve. He says the law society hopes to provide a neutral forum for stakeholders to make sure they feel like they are being heard.
As part of the approved recommendations, the law society will also look to convene public symposia on legal aid issues, encourage the collection of demographic data on legal aid and champion the need for "robust legal aid" with the federal and provincial governments.
Going forward, the law society's recommended nominees to the LAO board will include individuals with experience in the legal aid system from the clinic system and the private bar.
The law society will also set up a protocol for the individuals it recommends to the LAO board to ensure communications flow between the two organizations.
Sean Rehaag, an associate professor at Osgoode Hall Law School, says the report includes helpful recommendations about improving stakeholder communications and transparency at LAO, but harder questions remain.
"It is nice to see the law society talking about access to justice for low-income people. At the end of the day, though, the report shies away from important questions," Rehaag says.
Rehaag, who resigned from being a member of an advisory committee to LAO's board in 2014 because he lost confidence in LAO management, says these questions include why legal professionals dominate the bodies that govern both LAO and the law society, how the organizations could be structured to be more accountable to clients rather than professionals and why law society fees are structured so that junior lawyers doing work paid through legal aid pay the same fee as senior partners on Bay Street.
"While I'm all for improving things at LAO, there's even more work to be done to transform the law society into an organization that fights against the marginalization of low-income people rather than perpetuating that marginalization," he says.
Callaghan says the report, however, is just a beginning.
"People have to see the report for what it is. It's not an end. It's a start," he says.
Callaghan adds that it is also important to remember where the different mandates of the law society and LAO differ.
The group did not want to conflate the two, he says.


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I have made some alterations in the parameters of the code take profit stops ect lots.
I have been running the EA in the back tests but have problems with the final product data to view. system reads as follows in "results"
in the backtesting module do we have to wait for all the information "start date - stop date" to compile before we can read the outputted data/results or should this information be available when we are backtesting viewing in visual mode.
Hope you can help as I trying to find the best parameters for this EA in tests as so I can mover forward in real account. Maybie I am missing something that requires my input to run the backtesting correctly, however it runs and gives a visual with all the settings set correctly but does not give an report.
Yes that's something that happens sometimes when the code becomes too complex, without any good reason.
We can load again the tick data, but most of the time there is still the same error.
In that case, you have not other choice than trying the code on several demo accounts, with different settings.
could you ansaw a question regarding the 1-2-3 lots approach part sale for me which was requested from J_l in this thread.
does this setting run in an loop first lot 1.0 second 0.5 3rd 0.2 for example on the assumption that the TS was hit and the second gets triggered and subsequently the 3rd is triggered after which time the trend has exhausted itself and hopefully we would have got the settings right.
So the next time the parameters are met and the bot runs again for instance in the afternoon lets say, does the program repaet itself from the beginning i.e 1.0 lots and so on or does it fill a bid with the last lots amount which would be 0.2 !
I am currently useing a large take profit and a large stop loss with a TS of 150 as to stop the bot for auto filling in a trend as this can be causeing losses which I have found via my own testing.
Yes for this, it will be better if you open 3 different orders with different lot size. What I have done in the J_l version doesn't work if I remember well.
if we was to reduce the numbers wot would be the outcome !
If the 3 blue/red values on Alexcud are over these numbers, then we close the trades.
Would it be possible to add a "wav file" to the code, for when the parameters are met e.g 100-100-62.5 jo-get sell or buy we can get a tone other then the one that pops up should we wish to use manual accept trade.
So if the 100-100-62.5 met it will trigger a wav file of our choice.
I have tried playing with the code but cannot get the a wav file to trigger.
Did you get good result from your custom setting?
The fiddled parameter is abundant though it is EA here. A quite moderate numerical value is not found. May I have the best set file that optimize is done?
After quite a search on the net, I'm relieved to have eventually found someone using the GMACD indicator in an EA Great work you are doing here!
My question (and the main reason I was on this quest) is; Is it possible to convert JUST the indicator into an automated EA?
If M1, M5, M15, M30, H1, H4 and D1 turns GREEN, then BUY at market (All TF's must be green to BUY).When both M1 & M5 turns red, sell at market to close trade.
If M1, M5, M15, M30, H1, H4 and D1 turns RED, then SELL at market (All TF's must be red to SELL). When both M1 & M5 turns green, buy at market to close trade.
At this stage stage, I don't see the need for more inputs.
The EA should be able to run with FX, Stocks, Indexes, Gold etc., which a lot of MT4 brokers offer.
PS: My apologies for not qualifying any conditions you require before looking at writing an EA. The times I've managed to catch this indicator on a symbol showing the required conditions are few, but the outcomes were good. It's difficult monitoring it across a range of symbols because of time constraints. If it's a problem, I will understand.
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Can anybody give me more info about this indicator(trend_alexcud) with a link or a thread?
How 'bout an explanation of the initials AC between the Moving Average and Results in the indicator window?


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Social networking and the hunt for Saddam
By on February 25, 2010 Defense
Saddam Hussein, shortly after his capture/Slate
Slate.com is running a remarkable series this week on the hunt for Saddam Hussein, and how enterprising soldiers used their passion for social networking theory to track down the fugitive Iraqi dictator. According to Slate, the US Army didn't start making progress on the mission until they stopped looking for the high-ranking Ba'ath party bureaucrats on the infamous deck of cards and started hunting for cousins, in-laws, and fishing buddies of the people who were hiding Hussein:
The reason social network diagrams are essential to counterinsurgency, [Army interrogator Staff Sgt. Eric] Maddox says, is that they help you predict what will happen when someone like [insurgent leader and former Hussein bodyguard]Rudman Ibrahim Omar al-Musslit gets killed or captured. By studying the relationships between potential targets, it's possible to make an educated guess about how the network will shift — most importantly, who will move up in the ranks—when someone is eliminated. "If you know all the relationships," Maddox said — marriages, family ties, who drinks together — "then the network does not behave irrationally."
But as so often happens in the government and military, Maddox's unusual approach to counterinsurgency was viewed by some of his bosses and colleagues as a waste of time:
It wasn't an easy sell to pick up two people because they were the alleged friends of a friend of Saddam. […] The team's analyst, "Kelly," […] put it in blunt terms: "Look," he said with an edge in his voice. "You keep going down on this f****** link diagram and we'll never get anywhere. We're supposed to be working our way up. But you're just adding names to the bottom of the list."
The first four entries in the sprawling, interactive series can be found here. The fifth and final article is due to run tomorrow.
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Camille & Julie are the Berthollet sisters, two extraordinarily gifted musical siblings from the idyllic Rhône-Alpes region in France. Camille (age 18), plays violin and cello and Julie (age 20), violin and viola. They became celebrities in France when the then 15-year-old Camille won Prodiges, a TV show for classical virtuoso's under the age of 16. Camille was immediately signed to Warner Classics, her debut album (featuring her older sister as a duo partner) achieved Gold status with more than 80,000 copies sold in France alone and more than 1.7 million streams. Their new album, called #3, contains a variety of styles from Bach to Sinatra, from Rachmaninov to soundtracks. The sibling sensations perform with poise, maturity and musical prowess all while bringing their own character to the music. The result? A fun classical outing that will entertain and awe. That's the short of it!
1. Anghelus Dinicu (1838 – 1905) : The skylark (original title : Ciocârlia)
2. Johannes Brahms : Hungarian dance No. 6 in Db Major (vivace)
3. Antonin Dvorák : Silent woods (original title : Waldesruhe) for cello and orchestra Op. 68 N.5 ; B. 133
4. Nicolò Paganini : Moto perpetuo Op. 11 No. 6
5. Fritz Kreisler (1875 – 1962) : Liebesleid
6. Franz Schubert : mvt 4 : Andante (Thema e variazoni) from The trout (original title : Die Forelle) D.667
7. Nicolò Paganini / Arrangement for piano & violin by Fritz Kreisler: La Campanella, from concerto in B minor Op. 7 No. 2 La Campanella
8. Johann Sebastian Bach : Aria on a G string orchestrated by Gustav Mahler, from 3rd suite for BWV 1068 in D Major : mvt 2 : Aria
9. Sergueï Rachmaninov : Trio élégiaque No. 1 in G minor
10. Johannes Brahms : Lullaby (original title : Wiegenlied) Op. 49 No. 4
11. Anonymous (Russian folklore) : Two guitars
12. John Corigliano : Anna's Theme (From the film "The Red Violin")
13. Alessandro Marcello / Transcription BWV 974 for oboe & harpsichord by Johann Sebastian Bach : Adagio from concerto for oboe in D minor : mvt 2 : adagio
14. Alan Silvestri : Forrest Gump Suite (From the film "Forrest Gump")
15. Claude François : Comme d'Habitude (original title : My way)+
16. 2 Pieces for 6 Hands, TN ii/22: II. Romance in A Major (Andante sostenuto) ***
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Camille Berthollet - violin, cello, piano (1-3, 6, 8-11, 13-15)
Julie Berthollet - violin, piano (1,2,4-9,11,12, 14-15)
Guillaume Vincent - piano (5-7,9,14-15)
Thomas Enhco - piano (1,11)
Ensemble Appassionato (2-4,10,12-14)
Mathieu Herzog - conductor, alto
Grégoire Dubruel - contrabass (1,6,8,11)
Sébastien Giniaux - guitar (1,11)
Rémi Riere - violon, violin (8)
A nice varied program of styles and ensemble textures. The Berthollet sisters play with passion and emotion as they bring these various composers sixteen compositions to life. Camille's sound and character on the violin is simply stirring and Julie's character and blending with Camille's violin playing on the cello is sublime.
We all know the magic of sibling vocal harmony, now with Camille & Julie we know that transfers to stringed instruments too! The interpretation and choice of material fit perfectly with these two prodigies. Classical music played beautifully and with character, #3 is very pleasant to listen to, whether for neophytes or experts in classical music. The Berthollet sisters are making classical music enjoyable to a wide audience, without compromising their artistic integrity. Bravo!
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Morrison's landscape paintings, wall drawings, films and prints sample imagery from a wide array of sources ranging from newspapers, cartoons and antique volumes of botanical illustration to sixteenth-century woodcuts. Since his first solo exhibition in London in 1996, Morrison has exhibited internationally in numerous museums and public galleries in the UK, US, Germany and Japan.
Since his first solo exhibition in London in 1996, Morrison has exhibited internationally in numerous museums and public galleries, most recently a major one-man show, Auctorum, in his hometown at the Millennium Gallery, Sheffield. Museum group exhibitions include Gold, Belvedere, Vienna (2012); Murals, Fundació Joan Miró, Barcelona (2010); Repicturing the Past/Picturing the Present, Museum of Modern Art, New York (2007); and Nothing is Forever, South London Gallery, London (2010).
Selected individual exhibitions have included galleries in Grenoble, Ulm, London, Geneva and Southampton (all 2002), as well as in Los Angeles, Milan, Tokyo, Aspen, Paris and Auckland (all 2001). His commissions include the Towada Art Project in Japan (2007), the Bloomberg Public Art Fund in New York (2005) and the New Art Centre Sculpture Park in Salisbury (2004). Paul Morrison is represented in several respected collections worldwide, including the British Council Collection; the Government Art Collection; the Museum of Modern Art, New York; the Fogg Art Museum at Harvard University, Cambridge, Mass.; the Victoria & Albert Museum, London; the Museum of Contemporary Art, Denver; and the Städel Museum, Frankfurt.
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Israel/Occupied Territories: Human Rights Concerns for the 61st Session of the U.N. Commission on Human Rights
Every year the Commission on Human Rights adopts several resolutions condemning Israel for abuses against Palestinians. As outlined below, Israel continues to commit serious violations of international human rights and humanitarian law which deserve condemnation, notably the dire humanitarian impact of the wall and other forms of closure that amount to collective punishment. However, the Commission traditionally neglects or downplays abuses by Palestinian armed groups. That selectivity should end. The Commission should condemn Palestinian armed groups for their deliberate and indiscriminant attacks on civilians and call on the newly elected Palestinian Authority to undertake all efforts consistent with international human rights standards to curb these attacks.
Parties to the Israeli-Palestinian conflict continue to ignore basic standards of human rights law and the laws of war. The current intifada, now in its fifth year, has resulted in the killing of more than 4,200 people and injured tens of thousands of people. The overwhelming majority of casualties were civilians. More than three-quarters of the dead were Palestinian.
The intensity of violence by Israeli security forces and Palestinian armed groups involving harm to civilians varied with political developments. Other Israeli violations such as house demolitions, restrictions on freedom of movement amounting to collective punishment, and illegal settlement expansion continued at a high level.
Impunity of Israeli Security Forces. Israel has failed to investigate numerous cases of suspicious killings of unarmed Palestinian civilians by its security forces. The investigative procedures of the Israel Defense Forces (IDF) are not independent, impartial, thorough, or timely, as required by international human rights law. They rarely bring wrongdoers to justice, and have had little deterrent effect. Investigators rarely consult Palestinian witnesses, and when investigations do occur, deaths and injuries to Palestinians are treated less seriously than other infractions or violations, and differently from cases where those harmed by the IDF are Jewish Israelis.
The Wall. In July 2004 the International Court of Justice found that the construction of the wall in the Occupied Territories, as opposed to along the 1967 "Green line," is contrary to international law. Nonetheless, construction of the wall continues and half of the route is built or under construction. The route as released by the Ministry of Defense on February 20, 2005, is 670 km long, more than twice the length of the Green Line. This revised wall route, including the expanded boundaries of East Jerusalem, incorporates approximately 10% of West Bank land where it deviates from the Green Line. The area trapped between the wall and the Green Line (the "Seam Zone") is in essence a closed military area. Currently the U.N. Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs projects that 49,416 Palestinians and 170,123 Israeli settlers will be located in this area. If East Jerusalem is included, the numbers for both Palestinians and Israelis increases significantly. Many additional Palestinians are affected when their land is incorporated into the Seam Zone but they reside east of the wall. Israeli settlers or any person of Jewish descent from anywhere in the world can move freely in and out and around the Seam Zone, while Palestinians living or working between the wall and the Green Line must apply for permits to continue living in their homes or to access their means of livelihood.
The wall has aggravated already crippling restrictions on freedom of movement, and imperils essential access to education, work, water, and family life. The barrier's route reinforces the pernicious human rights consequences of Israel's illegal settlement activity in the West Bank and East Jerusalem. It threatens to deprive Palestinians further of their land and livelihoods.
The wall clearly has the potential to constitute a permanent change to occupied territory - forbidden by customary international law (1907 Hague Regulations on Land Warfare, Art. 55).
Disengagement. The Israeli government has approved the initial stages of the disengagement plan for removing settlers from the Gaza Strip and four small northern West Bank settlements. Human Rights Watch welcomes steps that will reduce the extent to which Palestinians are subject to day-to-day contact with Israeli troops that are often abusive. However, as currently discussed, Israel's "disengagement" from the Gaza Strip would not end its occupation of the area in legal terms because of major ongoing restrictions. Although responsibility for security within the Gaza Strip would be handed over to the Palestinian Authority's forces, Israel would maintain control over: Gaza's borders, airspace and sea space; all entry and exit points in Gaza; and electricity, water and sewage. These restrictions would greatly impede Palestinians' efforts to build an economy capable of autonomously satisfying the basic humanitarian needs of the residents of Gaza. Until those restrictions are lifted, Israel will retain its responsibilities under international humanitarian law as an occupying power to provide for the humanitarian welfare of the Palestinian people. Insofar as restrictions are imposed on Palestinian police capacity, Israel may also retain responsibility for the protection of civilians in Gaza.
The disengagement of the Gaza and four northern West Bank settlements, moreover, has not been linked to a broader withdrawal of all settlements located in the Occupied Territories, including in and around East Jerusalem, that have been built in contravention of the International Humanitarian Law prohibitions against transfer of civilian populations and making permanent changes that do not benefit protected persons.
Unlawful Home Demolitions. Israel's current disengagement plan contemplates continued demolitions of hundreds or perhaps thousands more homes to widen further the "buffer zone" along the Philadelphi corridor running along the Rafah border with Egypt. Since 2000, the Israeli Defense Force (IDF) has illegally destroyed hundreds of homes to expand the buffer zone south of Rafah, which is now up to 300 meters wide. Sixteen thousand people, more than 10 percent of Rafah's population, have lost their homes. The majority of these houses were destroyed in violation of international humanitarian law because the destruction was done without clear military necessity. In 2003, the IDF completed construction of an eight-meter-high metal wall in the already cleared zone to protect its troops, and IDF soldiers patrol the border behind this wall. Despite this extra protection, the rate of home demolitions in Rafah tripled in 2003 in comparison with the previous two years.
Human Rights Watch's detailed investigation of the Rafah border zone, published as a 133-page report in October 2004, found that the IDF has apparently failed to explore well-established methods to detect and destroy tunnels-like seismic sensors, electromagnetic induction and ground-penetrating radar-that have been used effectively on the Mexican-U.S. border and the Korean demilitarized zone. The use of those methods would have allowed destruction of smuggling tunnels without the massive destruction of Palestinian homes.
In a welcomed development, Israel announced in February 2005 that it will end punitive house demolitions (destroying the houses of the families of Palestinian suicide bombers or those deemed to be "ticking bombs"). The announcement made no mention of reparations or compensation for the over 4000 people affected in the last four years by the illegal punitive demolition of 475 homes. The decision to end these punitive home demolitions was made by an internal IDF committee which found that they had not served as an effective deterrent; the decision did not address the fact that this policy is prohibited under international humanitarian law regardless of whether or not it serves a deterrent purpose. The statement also made no mention of less targeted home demolitions, such as those carried out in Rafah.
Need for Addressing Human Rights in Peace Negotiations. Human Rights Watch is concerned about the absence of human rights norms and a dedicated human rights monitoring mechanism in any peace negotiation framework. The "Quartet" roadmap, which was adopted in UN Security Council Resolution 1515 (2003), and the unofficial Geneva Accords which were published in 2003, did not reference human rights standards or monitoring mechanisms. The ceasefire agreement reached in Sharm al-Sheikh in February 2005 was also devoid of human rights content.
Killings by Palestinian Armed Groups. Although the number of attacks declined over the past year, armed Palestinian groups continue to target Israeli civilians through suicide bombings, carrying out eight such attacks inside Israel in 2004 and early 2005. In one attack, in early November, a 16-year-old boy sent by the Popular Front for the Liberation of Palestine killed three Israeli civilians in Tel Aviv. Palestinian armed groups also carried out attacks that cause indiscriminate harm to civilians, such as firing Qassam rockets from the Gaza Strip into towns in Israel. Armed Palestinian groups also continued to execute Palestinians summarily for allegedly collaborating with Israeli authorities. In early August, gunmen associated with Hamas' military wing entered a Palestinian hospital in Gaza City and killed two men who had earlier been wounded in an attack on a jail where they were in custody.
There have been no trials of by the Palestinian Authority of persons suspected of responsibility for such attacks, but under President Abbas, it has strongly opposed attacks on civilians and replaced security officials in the wake of attacks. Palestinian Authority security forces reportedly arrested Islamic Jihad suspects in Tulkarm following a suicide bombing in Tel Aviv in late February 2005 that killed five Israeli civilians.
Commission members, bearing in mind the parties' obligations as High Contracting Parties to the Geneva Conventions, should:
Condemn systematic violations of international humanitarian and human rights law by Palestinian armed groups as well as Israel.
Call on Israel to investigate and hold accountable security forces suspected of unlawful killings of civilians.
Call on the Palestinian Authority to investigate and hold accountable security forces under its control or armed groups under its jurisdiction who are responsible for carrying out attacks targeting or causing indiscriminate harm to civilians, or perpetrating extrajudicial executions.
Condemn the harmful impact of the separation barrier's route on Palestinian rights of access to work, family life, water, education, health, and freedom of movement. Express concern about the barrier's potential violation of Article 55 of the 1907 Hague Regulations, which prohibits making permanent changes to occupied territory that do not benefit the protected population.
Urge Israel to end all settlement activity on lands occupied in 1967 as a violation of customary international law, Article 49 (6) of the Fourth Geneva Convention, and human rights law.
Call on Israel to cease all house demolitions that do not meet the criteria of absolute military necessity, and to provide full reparations and compensation to owners of unlawfully demolished homes.
Call for the inclusion of human rights norms and a dedicated human rights monitoring mechanism in all peace negotiation frameworks.
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Belgium, (Brussels Morning) The European Parliament has agreed to reduce the number of common chargers and cables for portable electronic devices as a move to reduce e-waste. The draft proposal was voted yesterday during the Internal Market and Consumer Protection (IMCO) Committee, with 43 votes in favour and 2 against.
"Overwhelming support from the Parliament as 95.5% of the IMCO Committee voted in favour of the report I drafter proposing a common charger for small and medium electronic devices," said MEP Alex Agius Saliba (S&D).
The new rules look at making sure that consumers no longer need a new charger and cable every time they purchase a new device, and can use one charger for all of their small and medium-sized electronic gadgets.
MEP Anna Cavazzini (Greens) described the vote as a "success" saying that it reflected "a perfect example of how high consumer protection and fighting climate the climate crisis goes hand in hand".
The proposal was tabled by the European Commission in September 2021 in what was called a step against e-waste and consumer inconvenience.
"The Commission had to go ahead and put an end to this sea monster," said Commissioner for the Internal Market Thierry Breton at the time. "We propose more freedom, less costs [for consumers] … and it is also about reducing waste."
Mobile phones, tablets, digital cameras, headphones and headsets, handheld videogame consoles and portable speakers, rechargeable via a wired cable, would have to be equipped with a USB Type-C port, regardless of the manufacturer. However, exemptions would apply only for devices that are too small to have a USB Type-C port, such as smart watches, health trackers, and some sports equipment.
The Parliament's revision is part of a broader EU effort to address product sustainability, in particular of electronics on the EU market and to reduce electronic waste.
"With half a billion chargers for portable devices shipped in Europe each year, generating 11,000 to 13,000 tonnes of e-waste, a single charger for mobile phones and other small and medium electronic devices would benefit everyone," said Saliba.
Clear information on charging
MEPs also want to see clear information and labelling on new devices about charging options, as well as whether a product includes a charger. This would, they say, help to avoid confusion and ease purchasing decisions for consumers that often own several different devices and do not always need additional chargers.
With the growing usage of wireless charging, MEPs want the European Commission to present a strategy by the end of 2026 that allows for minimum interoperability of any new charging solutions.
The goal is to avoid a new fragmentation in the market, to continue to reduce environmental waste, ensure consumer convenience and avoid so-called "lock-in" effects created by proprietary charging solutions.
"We are proposing a truly comprehensive policy intervention, building on the Commission's proposal by calling for the interoperability of wireless charging technologies by 2026 and improving information given to consumers with dedicated labels," added Saliba. "We are also expanding the proposal's scope by adding more products, such as laptops, that will need to comply with the new rules."
As next steps, the Parliament needs to approve the current draft negotiation as a whole, foreseen for the May plenary session. After that, MEPs will be ready to start talks with EU governments on the final shape of the legislation.
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Many drivers still have questions about the Demerit Point System in place in Ontario. So far, this series has taken a look at the application and categorization of demerit points. This fourth installment will hopefully magnify the topic of SPEED in regards to demerit points, charges and convictions.
In this installment, we will be looking specifically at speeding infractions and the controversial legislation that has been surrounding the charge of street racing and stunt driving in Ontario since 2007. Demerit points play a key role in the penalties of these charges however there are also much more immediate and serious consequences for excessive speeding in the province of Ontario. A more general overview of demerit point penalties was provided in our previous segments in this series. For more information on the demerit point system in Ontario click here.
Excessive speeding and street racing has been taking place ever since the creation of the automobile. The faster cars became, the faster their drivers wanted to go. Thrill-seekers, risk takers and even soccer moms running late seem to contribute heavily to the growing instance of speeding charges. Increasingly, the commercialization of speed and racing in particular has glorified a practice that has proven to be one of the most lethal causes of automobile/pedestrian deaths.
Currently, there are a few Ontario legislations cracking down on speeding, street racing, and stunt driving that have proven to be controversial and issues regarding legality, based on constitutional rights of Canadians, have been debated in the past years. Before we get into that, here is an overview of the potential penalties for these offenses.
Demerit Point Breakdown for Speeding
3 points for exceeding the speed limit by 16 to 29 km/h
6 points for exceeding the speed limit by 50 km/h or more
Exceeding the speed limit by 50 km/h is also the point at which a charge of STREET RACING and/or STUNT DRIVING may be applied at the police officers discretion.
What it Means if You Are Charged with Street Racing or Stunt Driving
On the spot, police shall issue a 7-day suspension of your driver's license as well as have your car impounded for 7 days.
Following a conviction, you will be required to pay a fine of anywhere from $2,000 to a maximum of $10,000 (making it the highest penalty in Canada)
6 demerit points
Potential sentence of up 6 months in jail
Once convicted, your driver's license could be suspended for up to 2 years
If convicted a second time within 10 years of the first conviction, the courts can also impose a driver's license suspension of up to 10 YEARS
So, Where's the Controversy?
Although the issues have since been resolved by the Ontario Court of Appeal, the controversy previously surrounding these laws was mixed up in semantics and issues of constitutional rights. The working definition of stunt driving/street racing in Ontario is not limited to but includes driving a motor vehicle exceeding the speed limit by 50km/h or more. Although attaining such a ticket is not a guaranteed charge of stunt driving/street racing, Ontario police officers have the right to use their discretion as to whether or not to charge someone with the more serious offenses, regardless of intent to speed and/or race.
A stunt driving charge also includes a fine and aforementioned demerit points, as does the speeding charge. However, being accused of stunt driving results in the potential for incarceration making a stunt driving conviction a much more serious outcome than speeding. The ways in which stunt driving has been interpreted previously, meant that once the evidence had been presented (the speed that the car was going), it seemingly could not be defended. Under to the Canadian Charter of Rights and Freedoms, citizens have the right to defend themselves and as such it was argued that these legislations effectively stripped these rights from those that had been charged. These legislations condemned the accused as being guilty before they could be proven innocent. However, supporters of the legislations argued that this law itself does not require proof as to whether or not there is any criminal intent when speeding.
No one can deny that speeding is a recognizably risky habit and when taken to extremes (50 km/hr or more over the speed limit) can mean added demerit points, fines, loss of motor vehicle, suspension of driver's license, and possible jail time but also increases traffic accidents and road fatalities. With that said, it is extremely important to attempt to fight such speeding charges. Review the cases of Jane Raham and Alexandra Drutz to see how A GOOD DEFENSE CAN MAKE A BIG DIFFERENCE.
Demerit points may be the tip of the iceberg in these cases but they are still an important factor in keeping your driving record as clean as can be and to avoid having to surrender your license. Once grossing 15+ demerit points you will lose your license. It will be suspended and have to be surrendered. This will be the topic for our next post, the fifth in this demerit point series.
Sound Off – Make sure to leave a reply on any or all of these queries.
Do you think that the demerit points for speeding is reasonable? Should it be fewer? Should they be increased?
Do you think that intent to speed needs to be considered as a factor in these laws? Or is speeding, speeding and doing so regardless of intent should be a direct conviction?
Have you ever been charged with a speeding offense? How has having a good defense affected the outcome? Were the demerit points lessened or possibly removed altogether?
To view the different bills and legislatures associated with speeding, street racing, and/or stunt driving in full, please visit these links that we have compiled for you:
Highway Traffic Act
ONTARIO REGULATION 455/07
RACES, CONTESTS AND STUNTS
http://www.e-laws.gov.on.ca/html/regs/english/elaws_regs_070455_e.htm
Legislative Assembly of Ontario
Bill 122 2006
An Act to enhance safety on Ontario's roads and to empower police officers to shut down street racing
http://www.ontla.on.ca/web/bills/bills_detail.do?locale=en&BillID=383
Bill 203 – Safer Roads for a Safer Ontario Act
This legislation targets both street racers as well as drinking drivers
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Demerit Points in Ontario – Part 3
Part Three – Demerit Point Penalties In-Depth
Many drivers still have questions about the Demerit Point System in place in Ontario. This is the third in a series of articles that will explain the laws and how they work, and the various ways that Demerit Points can affect your driving record.
In this instalment we'll be looking at the penalties for Demerit Point offences in more detail. As mentioned in part one (link), the Demerit Point system functions in a cumulative manner, with every driver beginning with zero points and a clean record. Points are then applied for offences under the Highway Traffic Act, the most serious of which are covered in our previous post (link).
Penalties for Demerit Points are applied when a driver reaches certain thresholds of accumulation, with stiffer penalties for higher totals. Below is a breakdown of the penalty escalation system in effect currently in Ontario:
6-8 Points / 2-5 Points (New Drivers) – Drivers will receive a warning letter informing them that further points could result in an in-person interview to determine any further sanctions.
9-14 Points / 6-8 Points (New Drivers) – After reaching this threshold, the Ministry of Transportation has the right to suspend a licence based on the outcome of a mandatory in-person interview. Failure to show up for the scheduled meeting could also result in a suspension.
15+ Points / 9+ Points (New Drivers) – If at any time you reach 15 points or more, your licence will be automatically suspended for 30 days. New drivers reaching nine points and above are subject to double that amount, an automatic 60 day suspension.
As you can see, new drivers are given less leniency with regards to when penalties are subject to application. It should also be noted that the all of the above suspension and penalty information relates only to first time offenders. Accumulating subsequent points to warrant a second or further suspension will result in a mandatory six month suspension.
This brings us to the aforementioned mandatory meeting with the Ministry of Transportation for those drivers with more than nine points (or six points for New Drivers). This is the only subjective aspect of the Demerit Point Penalty system and requires the driver in question to provide details as to why they should be allowed to continue holding a valid licence. If a suspension is levied the driver will be notified by mail of the dates of the suspension. Failure to appear for the scheduled meeting can result in automatic suspension, while failure to surrender a licence which has been suspended can lead to an extension of the time the driver is under suspension.
When Are Demerit Points Are Applied?
Demerit points are only applied to an offender's record at the time of conviction. This can occur with either a judgment at an in person hearing, or upon the payment, signature, and processing of the originally issued ticket. All drivers have the right to contest their ticket in front of a judge, with or without assistance from legal counsel.
How Long Do Demerit Points Remain On A Driving Record?
Once convicted of an offence, Demerit Points remain in effect on the driver's licence until two years from the offence date (date they received the ticket). At the end of the two year period the demerit points will be removed from the current cumulative count, but the record of the offence will remain on your driving record.
Lastly, if multiple violations occur as part of a single incident, demerit points are only applied for the one most serious charge. For example, if a driver is involved in a situation in which they are charged and convicted with Exceeding the Speed Limit by 30-49km/h (4 points), Following Too Closely (4 points), and Careless Driving (6 points), the driver would only face the most serious penalty of those offences – six points – as opposed to the cumulative amount for each offence – in this case 14 points.
Our next look into Demerit Points will examine the special circumstances and legislation regarding Excessive Speeding and the charge of Street Racing in Ontario.
Click Here for a complete list of Demerit Point information from the Government of Ontario.
visit: To access the Highway Traffic Act, Click Here.
Click Here to view our introduction to Everything You Need To Know About Demerit Points series: The Basics. Click Here to view Part Two: The Most Serious Offences.
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American crosses Channel carried by helium balloons
Jonathan Trappe rose to a maximum height of 11,000ft and varied height by cutting balloons free using a pair of scissors
Jonathan Trappe holds his certificate of airworthiness after landing on farmland in France. Photograph: Gareth Fuller/PA
Maev Kennedy
Fri 28 May 2010 06.37 EDT
An American daredevil made history today when he successfully crossed the Channel dangling beneath a cloud of coloured helium balloons, landing in a French field near Dunkirk after a four-hour flight – by the simple means of cutting his balloons free one by one, with a pair of scissors.
Jonathan Trappe, 36, who has set several records for helium balloon flights, took off at 5am into a beautiful clear blue sky, from the Kent Gliding Club at Challock about 10 miles from the coast, to cheers from spectators. The scene filmed by a Sky news helicopter was reminiscent of the film Up, in which an intrepid veteran flies his whole house into a world of adventures. Trappe was using a slightly sturdier basket than the usual fragile chairs he is strapped into. He carried a GPS system to work out his location, but no float suit to save him if he crashed into the Channel.
He rose to a maximum height of 11,000ft during the crossing.
"We are the least manoeuvrable of aircraft, so we have right of way," he said before taking to the skies.
On his own website – he described it as "a classic challenge".
"There is an adventure to be had. Yes; for us, today, there will be genuine adventure, even in our modern times."
Trappe himself is conscious of the romance of following more than a century of fellow adventurers, who have crossed over, under and through the Channel.
In reference to previous cross-channel pioneers, he wrote early this morning: "That iconic ribbon of water separating the UK from the continent has called to people for generations, tempting them to cross since long before you or I were born. [Louis] Blériot crossed in 1909. Bryan Allen in 1979. Yves Rossy crossed in 2008.
"[Ed] Yost and [Auguste] Piccard made it; John Jeffries and [Jean-Pierre] Blanchard floated though the air above that tiny arm of the Atlantic earlier than anyone.
"And here it is, the English Channel, continuing to call to us. I don't know if it is a siren's song, or if crossing that ribbon of water will be like breaking the ribbon at the finish line. With good luck, I will find out today."
In April Trappe made the Guinness World Records for the longest cluster balloon flight, covering more than 109 miles in an overnight flight which lasted almost 14 hours over North Carolina, his home state, in his confection of balloons christened The Spirit Cluster. The cluster officially became a federally registered aircraft, with an airworthiness certificate and the registration plate N878 UP.