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Is NetJets worth the price?
By Western Aviation Team July 26, 2021 No Comments
Written by Doug Gollan
Posted on March 5, 201917 Comments
NetJets may be ubiquitous with the concept of fractional ownership, and by far the dominant player in the market, but the big question remains, is the unit of Berkshire Hathaway worth a premium?
(Updated June 21, 2021) – There's no question NetJets is the biggest player in the private aviation sector. And for the over 3,000 subscribers to Private Jet Card Comparisons since we launched just over three years ago (Thank you!), I get to talk with perhaps 20%. It is likely more day-in-day-out contact with private aviation consumers than any other journalist. And if there is one company that comes up more than others, it's NetJets.
Read: NetJets by the numbers, including fleet size by aircraft type updated June 2020
Subscribers range from Fortune 100 companies to owners of all sorts of successful businesses. There are retirees who no longer have access to the company jet. Professionals from medicine, law, and finance use jet cards for personal and business travel. Wealthy individuals buy jet cards for family members, such as enabling a daughter to regularly bring over their grandchildren. It's always fun to have the opportunity to hear how private aviation can enhance whatever they are doing while doing good. Business aviation is responsible for over a million jobs just here in the U.S. alone.
Only 29% of subscribers say jet cards are their only private aviation solution. Nearly all (99%) were current users of private aviation until COVID-19. Now, about a third are new to the sector. Of those previously using private flights, 12% own full aircraft, and five percent have fractional shares. In other words, their feedback is very useful to me and provides great insights I can share with other subscribers. It's also helpful when I try to do a deep dive into a company, as I will attempt here.
A typical Monday morning view of NetJets U.S. flying activity which will see over 400 flights.
Who Buys Jet Cards?
Prior to COVID, most jet card buyers were already users of on-demand charter (44%), according to a survey of Private Jet Card Comparisons subscribers. A couple of bad experiences sends them looking for the reliability of a jet card program, particularly for service recovery and aircraft standards. Some owners need supplemental lift. Others are selling their aircraft, tired of ownership headaches, and worried about the increasing shortage of pilots. Others want to see if the grass is greener. They might be unhappy with how their current jet card provider handled various service issues.
Not Ready For 5 More Years
Then I get fractional owners with NetJets. Usually, their share is winding down and they've decided to see what else is out there. In some instances, their flying patterns are changing. They are not ready to make another five-year commitment or even three years.
The idea of having similar service points as fractional ownership (guaranteed availability, one-way pricing, fixed hourly rates), but without the long-term commitment has sent them to look into jet cards, which to the surprise of many makes up close to 20% of NetJets' flying.
At any rate, for the most part, they don't have any complaints, just the question, is the price worth it? Yes, NetJets pricing! Can I get something similar and save money?
Why Buy NetJets?
When I talk to folks from finance or procurement departments of big companies, particularly those that are publicly traded, or advisors to UHNWs, NetJets is usually among their top choices. The old adage is you don't get fired for buying IBM. In other words, if you recommended NetJets as the best solution to the chairman, even if there are issues, your recommendation would be defensible.
NetJets operations center in Columbus, Ohio provides a good view of the company's scale and focus on safety and service.
As a unit of Warren Buffett's Berkshire Hathaway, NetJets has the iconic investor's seal of approval. He's even appeared in ads for NetJets – with Bill Gates about 15 years ago. During the annual shareholder's meeting in Omaha, which is literally a trade show of Berkshire companies, NetJets aircraft are often used as a backdrop for various cable television shows covering the event.
Financial Staying Power
The second point of reassurance for risk-averse buyers is the company's staying power. In 2009, hit hard by the Great Recession, the Columbus, Ohio-based operator racked up a $711 million loss. It's something that would have probably been a death blow to many companies. With Berkshire's backing life went on.
The first Cessna Citation Longitude will join the NetJets fleet later this year. Above is a manufacturer owned demo aircraft painted in the fractional operators color scheme.
In private aviation, new state-of-the-art aircraft alone don't guarantee staying power. Look up Zetta Jet. It left a 70-page long list of creditors, including those who had prepaid six figures for charter flights. Same with Avantair. After the fractional share provider closed down it was found to have falsified maintenance records during its money squeeze. Just this year, JetSuite customers lost $50 million in unused flight credits. In other words, if you pay and don't get to fly, you paid a high price.l
NetJets executives say the current pilot shortage will last through 2034 – that's right 15 more years. During the Corporate Jet Investor conference in Miami in 2018, an executive with Jet Edge, a management company that specializes in large-cabin jets, said the market rate for Global Express pilots had recently jumped to $300,000. Instead of interviewing pilots, pilots were interviewing management companies. "Does the owner have young kids?" "So do I. Forget it. I don't want to be flying every school holiday."
Flight crews at NetJets average 16 years with the company and over 10,000 hours. Its attrition rate is under 5%, including retirements and extended leaves. In 2018 it hired 185 new pilots who had an average of 6,500 flight hours. "We're not a stepping stone. We're a destination," says Alan Bobo, an operations executive. Some do go to the major airlines, and less than 1/10th of 1% go to other business aviation companies. The message is NetJets gets the creme of the crop.
After several years of acrimony between the pilots and management post-Recession, new management has brought a new day. Increased flexibility, including now 200 bases in the U.S. alone, plus opportunities to earn more by flying more have returned the esprit de corps, a critical part of the formula since in private aviation the pilots are the main conduit to the customer. Perusing several pilot websites, there doesn't appear to be any remaining ill will and the consensus seems to be pilots are in a good mood about management and working conditions.
In addition to their twice per year five-day visits to Columbus, which include four days of recurrent simulator training at Flight Safety, they also get service training. The head of the owner experience hails from Ritz-Carlton.
Sometimes it means saying no when the flight crew believes a decision could impact safe operations. "Our owners pay us a lot of money to tell them no," says Don Wittke, the chief pilot.
Flight Operations Quality Assurance (FOQUA)
It's the scale that helps power what executives say is an industry-leading approach to safety. NetJets is IS-BAO Stage 3 (as are others such as Delta Private Jets, Jet Aviation, Jet Linx Aviation) and Argus Platinum. It dropped Wyvern Wingman. Its viewpoint is that none of the third-party raters can provide the rigor of its internal safety focus. There over 150 hours of pre-scheduled C-Suite meetings annually that focus on safety.
One example is FOQA, which stands for Flight Operations Quality Assurance. It takes flight data recorder data from every flight, then using big data to slice and dice it. Among the thousands of data points, it tracks approaches to every airport, including where on the runway the airplane touched down and where it stopped.
Based on that data, NetJets has created its own approaches for several airports, including Truckee, California, and is doing so for a handful more, including Heber City, Utah, and Sedona, Arizona. It has also restricted operations of certain aircraft types to specific runways at some airports.
While passengers would never notice variances in landing and stopping points that led to the changes, that's the point. Identify minor operational variations that combined with other factors might at some point lead to something more serious. Eliminating them is the goal.
FOQA data is also used in simulator training, and data is used among pilot groups in ongoing competition based on optimizing safe flying practices. Instead of one pilot not wanting to critique another, the idea is teamwork and the knowledge that every move on the flight deck is recorded, so there is no way to hide mistakes or oversights.
Over 2,500 NetJets Pilots
With over 2,500 pilots, NetJets allows pilots to take themselves off a flight for any reason without retribution. That includes being tired. Flight planning considers potential fatigue for pilots, analyzing where they have been flying, including crossing time zones. By plotting it out days in advance, operations can plan longer rest times for certain crews while scheduling well-rested crews to pick up a specific flight.
Pat Gallagher, the president of sales and marketing, says few charter operators have that as an option. The operator may only have several of that aircraft type, and the plane is in a far-flung destination. The only option is to delay the flight or fly with a legal, but possibly tired cockpit.
In fact, it's the relative lack of fatal accidents in private aviation that executives at NetJets believe provide a false sense of safety for both consumers and operators. An example that is often cited in the industry is the Bedford, Massachusetts crash that killed Philadelphia Inquirer co-owner Lewis Katz in May 2014. It was found the pilots did not run a single checklist between engine start and take off. In 98% of their previous 175 takeoffs, they neglected to do a flight control check.
NetJets pilots work seven days on, seven days off shifts. Pairings change constantly, something that the company believes discourages complacency from being too familiar with your flight deck partner.
Get Me The Best Price For Duck a l'Orange
When looking for a good French restaurant, you probably don't have your assistant call three or four places to compare their price for Duck a l'Orange. And you probably don't go back and ask if they can knock a few dollars off or add a free appetizer. However, that is the way some people shop for private aviation solutions. It's also the typical way companies sell against NetJets. We have cheaper duck, and duck with orange sauce is a duck with orange sauce.
Calculating the Value of NetJets
Calculating value isn't straightforward, but NetJets doesn't make it easy either. To start, NetJets is the least transparent when it comes to the pricing of any provider we cover.
That is, they don't publish pricing on their website, and in fact, you can't just call up and get pricing. From what I've been told by subscribers, you basically get interviewed before you can get it.
The pricing I've seen (and is included in our spreadsheets) is second-hand. (NetJets is the only company that doesn't provide us pricing information directly. They do provide quite a bit of data that isn't available to the general public). What's more, pricing in a brochure versus what you actually pay is impacted by many variables. So just looking at what providers publish on their websites isn't always that helpful.
The hesitancy for NetJets in publishing a public rate card, for jet cards, or shares and leases, is that competitors will use it in presentations to show their price advantage. Lots of jet card and charter companies do their own buyer's guides. They compare what they offer to others. I'm not sure if I've ever seen one that doesn't tout the sponsor's offerings as X% less than NetJets. I understand that by not putting robust pricing and pricing policy information out into the public domain, it is more difficult for competitors to say they are comparing their pricing to actual NetJets pricing.
Corporate Angel Card
With some of NetJets' card products, from the pricing I've seen, dollar for dollar, NetJets actually may offer a lower price than other companies. For example, its Red Cross-Country Corporate Angel Card gives the user flights a mission-appropriate super-midsize Citation X or Challenger 350 jet for segments over 3.5 hours. Shorter flights are in a Citation Excel/XLS, a midsize jet. The flights are all the same hourly rate regardless of aircraft or duration. Hawaii is in the primary service area, meaning no ferry fees, plus it comes with guaranteed availability. You can use all 25 hours for the super-midsize aircraft, too, making it a go-to solution if you are traveling to the islands.
Lead Time From 10 to 24 Hours
(Note: As of June 14, 2021, NetJets suspended sales of its Classic Jet Card and the Latitude in its jet card program. The company says it is getting ahead of record demand. It also changed the 45 peak days for its Elite Card to blackout dates.)
Depending on the Marquis Jet Card type, the lead-time for reservations is 10 hours (Classic) to 24 hours (Elite). Both are in the upper league when it comes to flexibility, which is important if you are traveling on business. At 120 hours for peak days, again, flexibility in terms of late booking is a strength. Fractional owners have as little as four hours, and no matter when the call comes in, the goal is to fulfill the flight.
One example was a customer whose daughter was flying back home from South Dakota. Her commercial flight was canceled, so dad called NetJets. It had a repositioning flight in the area. From there, it was able to land and have the young lady on her way home in about an hour.
With over 450 aircraft in the U.S., and along with Executive Jet Management and NetJets Europe, over 750 business jets worldwide, the scale is a strength and part of the company's value.
Poor recovery from mechanicals or other disruptions is the number one reason subscribers give me for wanting to change jet card providers. It's not something I've heard from NetJets users.
2021 NetJets' Jet Card Policies and Pricing
Policies Classic Jet Card Elite Jet Card Corporate Angel Card
Non-Peak Booking 10 hours 24 hours 10 hours
Deicing Included Yes Yes Yes
WiFi Included Yes Yes Yes
Full Catering Included Yes Yes Yes
Peak Days 30 days 45 days 30 days
Peak Day Surcharge 0% 25% Varies
Denominations 25 or 50 hours 25 or 50 hours 25 hours
Starting Price $220,900 $187,900 $257,900
Peak Day Surcharges
For Marquis Jet Classic branded cards, NetJets doesn't have a peak day surcharge. While it's not alone, surcharges can be up to 40%, although more typically 5% to 20%. Still, if you are doing lots of peak day flying – something I recommend trying to avoid for several reasons – that higher NetJets hourly rate may actually be closer to your other quotes when you factor in extra charges from other providers. NetJets Elite branded jet cards do carry a 25% peak day surcharge.
Daily Minimums and Taxi Time
Another area where NetJets pricing might turn out to be more favorable than other options is for flights under two hours. NetJets' daily minimums are 60 minutes, including taxi time, except for the Phenom 300, Excel/XLS, and Latitude. For those three there is no minimum. Quite a few providers have two-hour minimums on larger aircraft. While website rates often look great, they don't necessarily match your invoice. That midsize jet with a two-hour daily minimum at $6,750 per hour is going to cost you $13,500 at least for that 45-minute flight ($6,750 x 2 hours). NetJets will be about 40% less with its XLS.
Deicing Included
Duck analogies aside, in addition to safety, one factor you need to take into consideration that can impact your actual cash out of pocket cost for flying is deicing.
If you are flying in winter weather, deicing can add up quickly – only about a quarter of card programs we analyze, including NetJets, include deicing. When you charter a jet, you pay for deicing, and if it had to be ferried in from another airport experiencing winter weather, you might find you get charged twice for your single flight. For a large jet, you might find yourself paying an extra $5,000 to $10,000 for deicing before you even start your trip!
Primary Service Area
There are other places that NetJets saves you cash. Primary Service Areas for its jet cards vary, but for the most part, they include the entire Caribbean, Central America, and Mexico. Competitors have surcharges ranging up to 50% for these same places. Others only offer custom quotes, so you don't get fixed rates. That means repositioning costs are factored into your quotes. NetJets' Gulfstream G450 jet card provides ferry-free flights to and from Europe. There are also as available fixed one-way rates available to all members under $100,000 each way. So again, depending on where you are flying, just assuming NetJets will be more expensive is wrong.
NetJets Fleet
In terms of its fleet, NetJets is constantly taking on new aircraft and exiting older ones. During NBAA in October 2018, the CEO Adam Johnson said it had added 230 new jets over the previous four years. At a conference in 2020, its president, Pat Gallagher, said the company expects to take delivery of at least 40 new private jets annually for the next decade.
Not all are offered for jet cards, although more options have been added in the past year. Right now, the U.S. offer includes everything except the Longitude and Global Express 5000 and 6000. Currently, options include the Citation XLS, Lattitude, Sovereign, Challenger 350, Challenger 650, and Gulfstream 450.
2021 Jet Card Aircraft Options from NetJets
Embraer Phenom 300 (Light Jet)
Cessna Citation XLS (Midsize Jet)
Cessna Citation Sovereign (Super Midsize)
Cessna Citation Latitude (Super Midsize)
Bombardier Challenger 350 (Super Midsize)
Bombardier Challenger 650 (Large Cabin)
Gulfstream G450 (Large Cabin)
NetJets Pricing 2021
In August 2019, NetJets added the Phenom 300 as an Elite Jet Card program. It was priced at $189,000 for 25 hours, including fuel and FET, and serves as its entry point. The Phenom 300 was reduced to $168,900 in Spring 2020, and a Classic option was added.
For 2021, NetJets repriced its jet cards. The Phenom 300 Elite Card is now $7,516 per hour ($187,900 for 25 hours). The Classic version for the Embraer light jet is $8,836 per hour ($220,900 for 25 hours). Both include Federal Excise Tax and there are no fuel surcharges.
At the other end of the spectrum, a NetJets Gulfstream G450 runs $16,760 per hour one-way on an Elite Card and $18,676 per hour with the Classic type. Like all its cards, you don't pay repositioning charges within the primary service areas, making it a good option for Europe and South America.
Read: NetJets' Updates Its Jet Card Offerings (June 2020)
Operational Upgrades
About 30% of NetJets customers get upgraded for operational reasons. What's more, the upgrades are doled out based on fleet utilization. Jet card customers are granted operational upgrades on the same basis as owners. Subscribers who have shared their NetJets flying with me showed upgrade rates well over 50%.
Private Jet Catering
NetJets has been investing in wide-ranging catering upgrades based on how taste changes at 45,000 feet altitude. At the same time, customer preferences are noted. However, making them happen sometimes is easier said than done. In one case, operations learned that there was no Amstel Light aboard an aircraft scheduled to take a customer who has it on his list of requirements. What's worse, the brand wasn't sold anywhere near that airport he was leaving. Luckily, there were several other NetJets aircraft parked there. They pooled their Amstel stock and split up the supply so the customer could pop his favorite cold one.
There are no extra charges with catering which is based on the number of people flying and flight time. There is an extensive menu, including local specialties. Owners can order via phone or online. Wines rotate on a quarterly basis, however, NetJets will allow you to order like substitutes without additional charges. Having catering included probably won't be the reason you choose NetJets, however, it does provide some savings over many programs.
Columbus Operations
Probably the best way to understand the investment of NetJets into its operations is to visit its headquarters in Columbus, Ohio. In a large room similar to what you would find at a major global airline is the core of operations. It includes owner services, schedulers, dispatchers, and its own team of five meteorologists. They often talk directly with customers to discuss weather issues not directly related to flying. For example, "Is it going to rain there this weekend?" If so, why bother going if you can't play golf?
It also helps the company plan for disruptions so several days ahead of time they can contact customers and recommend moving departures earlier, later, or alternate airports. Nervous fliers are often happy to move flight times if it will mean avoiding bad weather flying.
The company believes the scale and depth of its fleet and operations really come to light when there are disruptions. There's faster recovery. It can assist more customers faster when there are natural disasters, such as potential hurricanes that necessitate customers evacuating themselves, family or employees.
In terms of its vendors, NetJets is constantly auditing and evaluating. That goes down to how FBOs store catering. Vendors that don't pass muster are eliminated. Major maintenance is handled through approved and certified third parties are audited.
State of the Fleet
While NetJets doesn't provide a specific number for fleet age, for all the new aircraft, some popular types can stay in the fleet for up to 15 years, still relatively young when it comes to the length of service for business jets. About 20% of the active (non-NetJets) U.S. charter fleet is over 30 years old, according to figures provided by NetJets so the point is, for the most part, you are flying on newer aircraft than the competition.
The company also checks all aircraft when they flow through Teterboro and updates cabins as needed. That can range from a full refresh to replacing specific items such as tables or paneling. I've heard from subscribers who say they have run across cabins in the Excel/XLS fleet they think could use a bit more TLC. I also was speaking to another subscriber who is now looking to return. He said the quality of aircraft he was getting via on-demand charter too hit-and-miss for his tastes.
Consistency is a benefit of NetJets. It configures its aircraft types (with the exception of the Challenger 650, which has a divan option) with like seating arrangements. Unlike many jet card programs, you get a similar product from flight to flight.
Another reason jet card buyers will look to NetJets is being able to buy specific aircraft types instead of just categories. For example, there aren't a ton of Latitude, Sovereign, Challenger 650, or G450 options out there.
NetJets goes Supersonic with the Aerion AS2
On March 3, 2021, NetJets announced it had obtained 20 AS2 supersonic business jets' purchase rights. Aerion's global order backlog grows to over $10 billion with the order ahead of a planned 2023 production start. The speedy private jet will reach speeds of over 1,000 miles per hour, carrying 8 to 12 passengers.
NetJets Cost
If you fly to Hawaii, the Red Cross-Country Card, or for Europe, the G450 card could be lower cost than other options in the market. Both bring guaranteed availability and fixed one-way hourly rates. In other words, you don't pay for the repositioning flights. NetJets also has as available zone-based fixed rates to Europe, another value offering starting at under $100,000.
The Cross-Country Red Card can be used exclusively for flights of over 3.5 hours at a value-oriented hourly price. If you are doing winter weather flying, the fact that NetJets includes deicing could be a significant saver. Same thing when it comes to shorter flights. Daily minimums are 60 minutes for super mids and large-cabin jets and are taxi time inclusive. Light jets and midsize jets have no minimums. NetJets is among the lowest-priced options for flights under 35 minutes, according to our exclusive Quick Compare Flight Pricing.
If you are flying to Canada, the Caribbean, Mexico, or Central America (for the Excel and larger), there are no surcharges, just international fees. Other jet cards have surcharges up to 50. Some don't even have one-way rates (no ferry fees) outside the Continental U.S. In other words, flying to these places might actually be cheaper with NetJets.
Who Should Talk To NetJets?
If you believe that all Part 135 operators are safe, and you simply want the lowest price and don't want to be convinced otherwise, chances are you shouldn't bother. Subscribers who have bought from NetJets say safety record, reliability, and convenience were the key selling points. Looking for turboprop or piston options? NetJets is all jets.
Read: NetJets by the numbers
If you are new to private aviation, or you hold safety as a driving factor in your decision-making, then I would highly encourage you to put NetJets on your list. If possible, I would also encourage a visit to its Columbus operations center. With cards that provide 10 hour lead time for reservations and a large fleet, NetJets is a good choice if you absolutely, have to be there, and need to minimize disruptions as much as possible.
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package com.blinkbox.books.catalogue.searchv1

import com.blinkbox.books.catalogue.searchv1.V1SearchService.BookSearchResponse
import org.scalatest.{FlatSpec, Matchers}
import spray.http.StatusCodes
import scala.concurrent.duration._

class EmptyIndexSpecs extends FlatSpec with Matchers with ApiSpecBase {

  import com.blinkbox.books.catalogue.searchv1.ResponseFixtures._

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Dry July, is a charity that raises money to help support people living with cancer, offering respite for families and funds that may not have otherwise been available. It also encourages you to look at your drinking habits and balance out your lifestyle.
We've encouraged you to do dry July this month not because we like to be militant personal trainers but because we can see the benefits of staying off of alcohol for a whole month and how that one sacrifice could transpire in to other health benefits. Think about waking up fresh for a whole 30 days. Not waking up with a fuzzy head. Taking each day by the horns and making each day count. Alcohol has no nutritious benefit; it is said to be 'empty' calories. And it can usually lead to poorer food choices while drinking or the day afterwards. So in winter when people tend to over eat anyway and put on a few more kilos due to the types of foods that they over eat on (bread, pasta, mashed potato) throw the consumption of alcohol in to the mix and you start to really raise your calorie intake. And we all know that if you consume more calories than you burn, you will gain weight.
Now let's go back to another drawback of alcohol – the way it makes you feel the next day. If you wake up feeling groggy, you are less inclined to want to do anything more than you have to. And that includes going to the gym. And getting you to the gym more, is what we are about. Therefore, if not having alcohol would get you to the gym more often this month – then we are all for it!
During winter – it is a lot harder to get yourself motivated to go to the gym. If you could eliminate one of the factors that make you less inclined to go to the gym, then that is a start.
But it is more than that. Saying to yourself that you will not drink for a month, and in July you can do it for charity, makes you more in control of yourself. It is always nice to come home from a hard day at work and unwind with a glass of wine. But what if you could unwind another way? A healthier way? Have a hot bath, do some yoga, meditate? These are not your only options. But help yourself unwind in a way that your body will thank you for in the long run. Not with a drink that doesn't help your future self.
We are more than half way through July now but it is still a train of thought that you could consider. Talk to your trainer about. Anything that makes you feel better about yourself and more inclined to come to the gym works for us. Think of the money that you could save if you didn't stop at the bottle shop on the way home from work for a month. Think of the choices that you would make if you didn't have a drink. If anything, it will make you more conscious of your drinking habits for a while. And the best part about it – you are doing it for a good cause! Having the will power to not drink for a month could give you the motivation to give up other vices as well. To know that you have the will power to abstain from other things like junk food or smoking. We think it's a great way to introduce healthier living habits in to your routine.
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Medieval Gender Roles: Boys & War
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Photo montage of the Gender roles as defined in the City of God, translated and edited from Latin into French by Raoul de Presles in the 14th century. (The Hague, MMW, 10 A 11, f. 235r)
If you follow me on Twitter you'd know that I've been on a little book shopping spree. I went to the second hand bookshop to sell youth novels that my fiancé had lying around. I came back home having sold almost none of them… plus carrying in a bag some history books that caught my eye. I mean, I just can't help myself.
One thing lead to another. I showed my new findings on Twitter. One book was about the earl of Warwick. Not Richard Beauchamp as I first expected, but his son-in-law, another Richard, son of a third Richard who'd been earl of Salisbury after Thomas Montagu passed away at the siege of Orléans, in 1428. How can you not be easily confused when shopping compulsively?
My sickness followed me home. Once on my computer and looking for a manuscript that I knew had been made for Richard Warwick Jr. by his mother and displayed the story of Richard Warwick Sr., I found out that it hadn't been digitized yet by the British Library. At which point my heart almost broke. I looked online for the Cotton MS Julius E IV, or the "Warwick Manuscript" as it is also called, and found out that some of its illuminations were reproduced in a 2017 monography on male education in the Middle Ages: From Childhood to Chivalry, by Nicolas Orme. Some extracts were available on Google Books and, since I was still hazy from my shopping spree, I freaking bought the damn book. You're right I did!
As a matter of fact I'm annoyed with a statement found in the Age of Empires 2 in-game encyclopedia about Chivalry. It reads as follows:
Becoming a Knight
At the age of 7 or 8, boys of the noble class were sent to live with a great lord as a page. Pages learned basic social skills from the women of the lord's household and began basic training in the use of weapons and horsemanship. Around the age of 14 the youth became a squire, a knight in training. Squires were assigned to a knight who continued the youth's education. The squire was a general companion and servant to the knight. The duties of the squire included polishing armor and weapons (prone to rust), helping his knight dress and undress, looking after his belongings, and even sleeping across his doorway as a guard.
At tournaments and in battle, the squire assisted his knight as needed. He brought up replacement weapons and horses, treated wounds, brought a wounded knight out of danger, or made sure of a decent burial if needed. In many cases the squire went into battle with his knight and fought at his side. A knight avoided fighting a squire on the other side, if possible, seeking instead a knight of rank similar to or higher than his own. Squires, on the other hand, sought to engage enemy knights, seeking to gain glory by killing or capturing an enemy knight of high rank.
In addition to martial training, squires built up their strength through games, learned to at least read, if not write, and studied music, dancing, and singing.
By the age of 21, a squire was eligible to become a knight. Suitable candidates were "knighted" by a lord or other knight of high standing. The ceremony for becoming a knight was simple at first, usually being "dubbed" on the shoulder with a sword and then buckling on a sword belt. The ceremony grew more elaborate and the Church added to the rite. Candidates bathed, cut their hair close, and stayed up all night in a vigil of prayer. In the morning the candidate received the sword and spurs of a knight.
The four steps of a man's life, illustrated in the De proprietatibus rerum of Bartholomeus Anglicus, translated from Latin into French by Jean Corbechon in the 14th century. (Paris, BnF, fr. 134, f. 92v)
I have yet to break down that statement and I will surely do it in another in-depth blog post. But this is a fun fact. Let's only scratch the surface on this one.
What bothers me with this statement is that it displays a very linear step-by-step narrative of how young aristocrats became knights. It's much too easy. History is messy. Medieval History especially. Knighthood is a concept that evolved over time. It wasn't even a thing before the 12th century. It became a heavily ritualized process by the end of the 15th century. It was loaded with religious meaning. Plus, I'm really not sure about that classic 7-14-21 years old progression. I know that I've read about it myself when I was a kid, and not only on the Age of Empires 2 in-game encyclopedia.
To keep it short here I'll simply quote Nicolas Orme on the matter, to bring more perspective and nuance:
[Giles of Rome] reproduces the outlines of Aristotle's threefold scheme of movement for babies, light exercises for boys and strenuous training for adolescents. But he has little to say about boys, except that they should play at ball, and centres his treatment of physical education almost wholly on military training in adolescence. This begins at 14, earlier than Aristotle had recommended for strenuous exercises. It lasts for four years and involves learning the kind of riding and fighting required for a knightly career, before embarking on the career itself at 18.
To keep quoting Nicolas Orme, he wrote down a little further something that really grabbed the attention of my 2019 post-gender studies and LGTBQ+ rights mind.
Medieval writers criticized children for indolence, oaths and insubordination, but not for aggression.
This… used to be funny? I laughed at this piece for what seems to be a lifetime ago…
He carries on to tell us a few stories that exemplify that statement. Those stories are the purpose of this blog post. Enjoy!
Charles the Bold
First of all, I cannot not remind my dear and attentive reader of a former blog post of mine, in which I explain how Philip the Good wished for his son, Charles, to prove his manhood by risking his life jousting against the most renowned knight of their time: Jacques de Lalaing. I thought it was "funny" because whilst Philip the Good was pushing his son to take deadly risks, Isabella of Portugal, Charles' mother, heavily frowned upon it and argued with her husband. It looked like a typical "boys will be boys" story.
The story that Nicolas Orme tells is another one yet. And a pretty much enlightening one!
Fast track back to the 12th century and meet William Marshal, the best knight of his own time, because there is a Jacques de Lalaing for every new generation of knight. Just as a book was written to narrate the life and deeds of Jacques de Lalaing, William Marshal saw his life turned into an epic poem. This biographical poem starts with William's childhood and tells how he became King Stephen's hostage while his father, John FitzGilbert, lead a rebellious life. King Stephen was ready to kill the young boy, who was only 5 or 6 years old, in order to teach his treacherous vassal a lesson. John answered that he could forge a better son if needed with an anvil and a hammer. Talk about toxic masculinity!
How boys became men, in a galaxy far… far away.
Yet, as he was unknowingly lead to his most certain death, a weapon caught the eye of young William Marshal. It was a javelin that the earl of Arundel was toying with. "Sir! Give me that arrow!" pleaded William.
Nicolas Orme concludes:
The kindly Stephen was so touched by this that he changed his mind, and led William back to his camp where they played 'knights', each holding a plantain and trying to knock off the head of the other's.
I can't resist the urge to share you the poem itself (I don't really care if you don't understand a word of it—maybe you do!—it's just too damn pretty):
E li emfes ke l'on portout,
Ki de sa mort ne se dotout,
Si vit le cunte d'Arundel
Qui teneit un bozon molt bel;
Si li dist o simple reison:
"Sire, donez mei cel bozon."
Quant li reis oï ceste enfance,
Por trestot l'or qui est en France
Nel laisse[s]t il pendre cel jor.-,
Mais par simplesce e par doçor,
De quei sis cu[e]rs esteit toz pleins,
A pris l'enfant entre ses meins.
We cringe today when we see young boys playing with make-believe fire-weapons in kaki suits right in the middle of the school yard. It was already the case when I was a kid in the 90's, here in good old Belgium. It must most certainly be the case in many U.S. schools! However, boys and young men were more than heavily encouraged to play with weapons in the Middle Ages. Royal rolls actually testify that my all-time favorite medieval figure, the bad-ass-poleaxe-berserk-gallant-husband-and-patron-of-the-arts-founder-of-the-university-of-Caen John Lancaster, Duke of Bedford, Regent of France, was given swords at the prime age of 11 years old in 1400-1401. His elder brother, Henry V of England, received his at 9 years old, in 1397. No wonder they beat the shit out of the French from 1415 to 1435.
Louis de Saint-Pol
I will conclude this fun fact with another 15th century figure: the most infamous Louis of Saint-Pol, who became no less than 'Connétable de France' and yet was beheaded for high treason.
Louis learned the art of war from his uncle, John of Luxembourg. This one was not blind, we shouldn't mix him up with the King of Bohemia, yet he lost an eye in battle and we could call him "One-Eyed John". He'd been La Hire's fiercest foe if we don't take John Talbot into account. I like to call them the Three Hounds of War. I swear I'll write about them one day. They were just too epic to be overlooked.
Here is one of the most shocking sentence I read in Monstrelet's chronicle:
That day the young count of Saint-Pol was introduced to warfare for his uncle, the count of Ligny, had him kill a few men. The young count took great pleasure in it.
When I first read this line in 2015, I just couldn't wrap my head around it. Monstrelet was not even the kind of chronicler to promote violence. He laments several times about the state of the kingdom and the misery of the little people. He brazenly blames the Flemish urban militias to be too hasty in matters of war. What the hell? A few years later down the way, though, I understand Monstrelet better.
Another gender scene? A falconer on the right, two naked women bathing on the right. This illumination illustrates the month of May in the Bedford Hours: the two women are a representation of the Gemini. (London, BL, Add. 18850, f. 5r)
I will conclude this fun fact on the following oversimplified statement.
Young men were encouraged in the Middle Ages to develop a taste for war from a very young age, but only as long as they were aristocrats (and there was such a thing as going too far).
Next time I should also present you a few anecdotes about noblemen that turned away from violence and embraced more peaceful or spiritual ways of life, much like Henry VI of England or Charles IV of the Holy Roman Empire, who were both sons to great warriors, respectively Henry V and John the Blind. Because as always, with History… it's messy!
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In 2020, Malaysia Population to reach 33.8 mil
In 2014, almost 70% of population are aged 15 - 64 years
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SIZE OF POPULATION
The population grew at a slower rate
Malaysia's population is projected to increase from 28.6 million (2010) to 41.5 million (2040). Nevertheless, the population increase is slow with the annual population growth rate decreasing from 1.8 per cent (2010) to 0.8 per cent (2040). The average population growth rate decreases by 0.05 per cent per year.
ETHNIC COMPOSITION
Bumiputera recorded the highest percentage i.e. 4.8%
Among the main ethnic groups, Bumiputera showed the highest percentage increase of 4.8 percentage points, from 67.3 per cent (2010) to 72.1 per cent (2040).
Male more than female
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The age structure of the population can be categorised into three main groups, the younger age group (0-14 years), the working age group (15-64 years) and old age (65 years and over).
The impact of changes in the age structure
The median age is increasing
The median age in 2010 was 26.3 years and will rise to 38.3 years (2040), an increase of 12 years over the period of 30 years.
The dependency ratio is increasing
The increase in the total dependency ratio from 47.8 (2010) to 49.5 (2040) is due to an increase in the old age dependency ratio, almost a three-fold increase from 7.4 (2010) to 21.7 (2040).
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Q: Dataframe iterate rows eliminate when condition met I have a big Dataframe, here is the sample data:
df['length']
353.216
353.514
273.559
274.199
353.813
354.116

I want to iterate over the rows and compare the i+1 with i row (and if the difference is less 2, then the value should stay, otherwise the whole row should be filtered out), I tried with Boolean indexing: diff = abs(df['length']).diff() < 2  and then df_clean = df[diff]
I want to get rid off all 'abnormal' rows. I know that every i+1 row should be in +- 2 range.
The problem is that there can be more than one row. I want to get rid of 273.559 and 274.199 (in this case), as the difference between them is less 2 I would need to iterate all the rows two times. Including a for loop to iterate over and over again doesn't seem the best approach to me, any good solutions?
Edit: My Output should look as follows:
df_clean_data ['length']
353.216
353.514
353.813
354.116

Thank you in advance
Ziga

A: The key to success is a function working almost like diff():
def mark(x):
    global prevX
    difr = abs(x - prevX)
    result = difr >= 2
    if not result:
        prevX = x
    return result

But the differences are that:

*

*This function uses a global variable "previous x" (prevX),
containing initially the first length (the program has to
set it).

*Substitution of the current x under prevX occurs only
if the difference is less than 2. So, in this respect,
we "skip" rows to be deleted.

The initial step is to set prevX to the 1st length:
prevX = df.loc[0, 'length']

And the actual processing is performed with a single instruction:
df.drop(df[df['length'].apply(mark)].index, inplace=True)

A bit of explanation:

*

*df['length'].apply(mark) generates boolean array. True means "this row
is to be deleted". For instruction purpose execute this command alone
(before dropping).

*df[...].index generates list of index values for these rows.

*df.drop deletes rows with the given indices (in place).

So the whole script is like below:
import pandas as pd

def mark(x):
    global prevX
    difr = abs(x - prevX)
    result = difr > 2
    if not result:
        prevX = x
    return result

data={ 'length': [ 353.216, 353.514, 273.559, 274.199, 353.813, 354.116 ] }
df = pd.DataFrame(data)
prevX = df.loc[0, 'length']
df.drop(df[df['length'].apply(mark)].index, inplace=True)

The result is:
    length
0  353.216
1  353.514
4  353.813
5  354.116

Alternative: If you want the result in another Dataframe, delete
inplace=True and substitute the result under the target variable.

A: your question is not crystal clear, but still whatever I understood I am trying to suggest some way.

*

*sort the DataFrame on that column(length)

*using for loop check for your difference

*if you want that record add it in the new DataFrame

*use new DataFrame
other way Because you have Big DataFrame

*

*sort the DataFrame on that column(length)

*create new column

*using for loop check for your difference

*if you don't want that record write np.nanin the new column

*remove all the record which contain np.nan in new column

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Fresh is the main ingredient for Seasons 52's Easter brunch menu! Enjoy 3 courses of delicious options like their Greek Yogurt with Strawberries and Almond Granola, Grilled Lobster, Fresh Corn Polenta & Eggs, and their Strawberry Rhubarb Cheesecake Mini Indulgence. As if this menu didn't sound delicious enough, sip while you brunch on a Sangria made with red wine and fresh fruit!
Easter never looked so good at The Cheesecake Factory! Enjoy options off of their new spring menu including their Chicken Campagna pasta! Deliciously tender chicken with fresh basil, parmesan, garlic, and a mildly spicy tomato sauce with fresh mozzarella. Also, enjoy spring in a glass with their new Frozen Aperol Spritz! Sparkling Prosecco Flash Blended with Aperol, Blood Orange, and Elderflower.
Twirl up all you love about Easter with light and fresh dishes like P.F. Chang's Hokkien Street Noodles! Rice noodles tossed in a light curry sauce with chicken, shrimp, egg, onion, and julienned vegetables! Start your meal with your favorite fresh and crunchy Chicken Lettuce Wraps and even add on a delicious sushi roll like their Lobster Avocado Roll!
Indulge in the finer things this Easter with a 3-course brunch at Fleming's Steakhouse including favorites like their Brioche French Toast. They will open at 10am with their brunch, dinner, and 3-course Filet & Lobster menu. Don't forget the kiddos! At Flemings, they will have a special 3-course kid's menu of their own!
Photo credits: Courtesy of each individual restaurant.


Contains 1/4 oz. of .999 fine silver.
Comes packaged in sealed tubes of 20.
Reverse: Issued by the treasury of St. Helena the coin recreates the reverse design found on the historic rose crown shield guinea.
Sovereign backed legal tender bearing a £1.25 face value.
The oldest coin in the world is now available for placement in your IRA!
The government and treasury of St. Helena have launched their first silver bullion coin which has been specially commissioned by the East India Company (a long-term and historic trading partner with St. Helena) and specially marketed for the investment-bullion market. The new, 2018-dated coins bearing this specific design and the legacy denomination of one guinea are being issued for the first time in over 350 years after its initial release.
The "rose crown shield" guinea was first issued in 1727 as a tribute to the original coins released during the reign of King George II. It derives its name from the elaborately decorated crowned shield of the royal arms, which was commonly compared to an open rose. The shield itself is divided into four quarters and depicts representations of the kingdoms of England (and Wales), Hannover, France, and Ireland. The shield, or crest, denoted that aside from being king of England, Scotland, and Ireland—with the titular claim to the throne of France—George II was also Duke of the Electorate of Brunswick-Lüneburg. The latter was the ancestral homeland of the new Hanoverian Dynasty, which inherited the English throne upon the death of Queen Anne in 1714. The distinctive and intricately detailed design remained in use well into the reign of King George's grandson and successor, King George III.
This limited mintage coin is IRA Acceptable.


Tagged "last line of defense"
Is Mike Pence Slated to Resign at the Request of President Trump?
27 December 2018 A tidbit of major 'breaking news' that somehow escaped the attention of the mainstream press.
Did Penny Marshall Donate Her Estate to Trump's 2020 Election Campaign?
18 December 2018 The ink was barely dry on Marshall's obituary when a story made the rounds claiming the 'Laverne & Shirley' star had left all her money to Trump.
6 December 2018 "Please return your seats to an upright position and clean up the kitchen and bathrooms."
Did Colin Kaepernick Immediately Lose a Nike Endorsement After an Anti-White Rant?
4 September 2018 Reports that Nike rescinded their offer to make Kaepernick one of the faces of their 'Just Do It' campaign were junk news.
Is Facebook Taking Down a Photograph Showing the Burial of Korean War Remains?
3 August 2018 Facebook is not taking down a picture of the interment of Korean War dead in order to minimize an achievement of President Trump's.
Did an Oakland A's Shortstop Wear a Shirt Reading 'Kill the NRA'?
10 May 2018 Protests by professional athletes have not yet reached this extreme, outside the world of fake news.
Is Article 54 of Obamacare Taking Effect in May 2018?
16 April 2018 A meme proclaims that "Article 54 of Obamacare" will take 30 percent of seniors' social security payments to cover insurance for undocumented immigrants.


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Daisy consolidates Channel businesses into Digital Wholesale Solutions
Daisy Group has announced the merger of its Channel-serving divisions under a new brand, Digital Wholesale Solutions. The three businesses formerly known as Daisy Wholesale, Daisy Distribution (Network Branded Mobile) and Daisy Worldwide (International Voice Services) have combined their portfolios, platforms and teams into the new business.
The new Digital Wholesale Solutions business has been given autonomy to operate independently from the Group's other businesses in order to focus solely on improving its offering to partners.
The experienced team of Terry O'Brien and Nathan Marke will lead the development of the new Digital Wholesale Solutions business.
Terry O'Brien, CEO, commented, "The Channel is such an amazing place to be right now and our partners have seen tremendous growth over the past 5 years as UK businesses invest in communications, IT and cloud technology and Channel partners increasingly become the best people to help them."
"For the past 6 months, we have been working to bring our Channel businesses together into a single team while ensuring we continue to improve what we do for our partners," O'Brien continues. "With our combined skills and capability, I have a clear vision for our new business to become a Super-Aggregator for the Channel. I want us to make life as simple as possible for our partners by offering the best and broadest product portfolio, at the best price and with the best support from one place, so that they can serve their customers brilliantly."
Nathan Marke, Chief Digital Officer added, "If you are a start-up or an established telecoms or IT services business, come and talk to us. With our scale, high quality portfolio of connectivity, mobility, voice, cloud and product offerings, all built exclusively for the Channel, our advanced platform and our amazing team, we can help you build a more profitable future."


The humpback whales in Zanzibar coastal waters are being entangled in artisanal drift and bottom set gillnets and in lines to fish traps. This is bad both for the whales that may die unless they can free themselves from the gear and for the fishers that risk losing their equipment and only source of income.
To address this problem and to assist in the development of sustainable whale watching as a potential new source of income to the local communities we arranged a 2-day Workshop 10-11 July 2012 at Kizimkazi-Dimbani on the south coast of Zanzibar. The Workshop built on two previous Workshops held in 2010 and 2011. The first day of the Workshop was dedicated to bycatch mitigation using "weak-links" as a possible mitigation measure which was introduced during the previous years' Workshops and to assess the effectiveness of the disentanglement teams that was trained in 2010. The second day of the Workshop was dedicated to developing guidelines for sustainable whale watching. Each day was introduced by presentations for each Workshop topic by Dr Omar Amir (Zanzibar Ministry of Livestock and Fisheries) and Dr Per Berggren (Newcastle University) followed by discussions and recommendations from the Workshop.
"Weak-links" make the nets break into smaller panels of nets if a whale swims into the net and can thus prevent entanglement which saves both whales and the fishers' nets. Two "weak-link" nets were made in 2011 and have been trialled during the past year. Mr Pandu, the fisher responsible for the "weak-link" nets, reported that the nets have worked very well and had similar target fish catch as non-modified nets. No whales had been entangled in the "weak-link" nets during the trial year so it was not possible to assess their effectiveness to prevent whale entanglements. Mr Pandu still encouraged all fishers to introduce "weak-links" in their bottom set and drift gillnets. After some discussion all present fishers agreed that they would implement "weak-links" in their nets. Last year fishers were provided with the materials to make "weak-links" and arrangements were made at the Workshop for distribution of the materials.
The disentanglement teams that were trained in 2010 and 2011 respond to whales that get entangled in nets and use specialised gear provided to free whales from the nets. The teams gave a demonstration at the Workshop of the gear and procedures for how to disentangle whales. There is currently one set of specialised gear and the disentanglement teams expressed the need for a second set so that there would be one available in the south and one in the north of the Island facilitating response in the two main fishing and likely entanglement areas. The Workshop agreed that it would be beneficial to demonstrate the use of the existing gear as an argument when seeking funds for a second set.
The second day of the Workshop was dedicated to developing guidelines for sustainable whale watching. The introductory presentations have information about current dolphin tourism in Zanzibar and plans for development of whale watching activities. Further, information was presented on whale watching in other countries and the guidelines and regulations used in e.g. Australia and USA. This information was used as a starting point for discussion and Dr. Berggren further presented suggested guidelines for whale watching that was then discussed. The socio-economy of both dolphin tourism and whale watching was discussed and how the income for the local operators could be improved. Further, the current conflict between gillnet fishers that accidentally kill dolphins as bycatch and dolphin tourism operators was also debated. It was decided that these discussions would continue and be resolved in a meeting following the Workshop.
Overall the Workshop was very successful with participants agreeing to use "weak-links" to mitigate whale bycatch in gillnets and agreement on the need to adopt guidelines for best practice for dolphin tourism and whale watching. Dr. Amir informed the Workshop that the Ministry of Livestock and Fisheries are preparing regulations for both fisheries and tourism activities within the Menai Bay and Mnemba Island Conservation areas. The Workshop was organised jointly by the Zanzibar Ministry of Livestock and Fisheries, the Institute of Marine Sciences, University of Dar es Salaam, with support from the Zanzibar Humpback Whale Research Project, the University of Newcastle, the US National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) and the International Fund for Animal Welfare (IFAW). There were over 40 participants with representation from most stakeholders including: Government, fishers and their organisations, Kizimkazi Dolphin Tourism Operators Association (KIDOTOA) and the Menai Bay Conservation Area representatives and Researchers.
Just before arriving to the project, we received news that we had permission to conduct surveys from the Makunduchi lighthouse located on the southeast tip of Zanzibar Island! In addition to the vessel based surveys we would like to add a land-based component to the research this year. Land-based surveys are useful because they are less restricted by weather conditions and do not affect the data collection by disturbing the animals. Prior to initiating land-based surveys we wanted to visit the lighthouse to check if it would be suitable for binocular and theodolite surveys; if it was suitable the pilot study would be initiated over the next couple of weeks to collect additional data on humpback whale occurrence and behavior.
Dr. Per, Nat and Lynne landed in the Stonetown airport, Zanzibar on the morning of Saturday July 7th. Kristin and Kyla had arrived some days earlier and taken care of the first weekly food shopping in Stone town before meeting up with Per, Nat and Lynne at "our" house in the village Kizimkazi-Dimbani (on the southwest coast of the Island). Almost immediately after arriving to the house Juma, the owner of our house, a local friend and working partner through IMS, drove us to Makunduchi to see the lighthouse. The drive from Kizimkazi-Dimbani to Makunduchi is only 20 minutes but from the village to the lighthouse the track was not good at all; we bounced over sharp coral rag and sharp bushes scratched and squeaked along the sides of the car! We cringed with each squeak and hoped Juma's car was not too damaged by the trip.
The lighthouse looming above us!
When we arrived we piled out of the car and looked up at a beautiful red and white (but peeling and somewhat faded!) stone lighthouse looming above us. Two local men (Mr. Abdallah and Mr. Maneno), responsible for the upkeep and maintenance of the lighthouse, were there to meet us and show us around. After a brief exchange of greetings in Swahili we were soon climbing the 165 steps to the top of the 27 m building (44 m above sea level). The climb was definitely worth it…views of the sea along the east and south coasts and the villages and low, scrubby forests of the island stretched out before us. It was quite peaceful at the top of the lighthouse with the sound of sea breezes and goats bleating in the shrubbery below.
We were keen to spot whales and immediately began scanning with our binoculars but, unfortunately for us, there were no whales this time. It is early in the season so we anticipate whales soon and after seeing the lighthouse decided it will be a feasible location for a pilot study.
Blog 1: Touch down in paradise…the team arrives in Zanzibar!
It's hard to believe it's been eight months since Zanzibar Humpback Whale Research Project team last conducted surveys in the waters of southern Zanzibar but, after much anticipation and planning, the team is back in Kizimkazi-Dimbani! Most of us arrived a week ago and from the get-go have been busy, busy sorting out permits, stocking the house with food and supplies, organizing research equipment, training new team members and looking at a site for land-based surveys for a pilot study we will conduct this year. This has been a very productive week and we even completed four boat surveys. The boat surveys are conducted to study the occurrence and behaviour of the humpback whales arriving here, for breeding and mating, from the waters of the Antarctic where they spent the winter feeding!
This year the research team consists of three returning and three new research staff and students: Kristin, will once again be the Field Principle Investigator (her fourth season!); Kyla, will be a research assistant (her second season) and will take over for Kristin when she leaves in August, and Yussuf, is returning as one of our local Zanzibarian research assistants (his second season). Yussuf graduated from the University of Dar Es Salaam last year and currently works with the Institute of Marine Sciences in Stonetown and we are very happy to have him back! In addition to the returning staff, we welcome four new assistants for 2012 including: Nat (Nathaniel Stephenson) and Lynne Payne, two, undergraduate 3rd year students from Newcastle University; Khamis, another Zanzibarian student from IMS; and, in mid-August, Jessica, will be joining us as a research assistant until the end of the season. In addition to the research team we will be working with our local captains, Khamis and Foum, again. Khamis has been working with the project for 15 years now and Foum 5 years and we are lucky to have them with us for another humpback whale research season!
The project's Principle Investigator, Dr Per Berggren of Newcastle University, also arrived last week to help with project start-up, help the new students settle in and to organise and participate in a workshop on whale fisheries by-catch mitigation and development of best practice for whale watching activities at the Menai Bay Conservation Area offices here in Kizimkazi-Dimbani. The workshop ran for two days and included presentations and discussion on increasing the use of weak links on fishing nets (to reduce whale by-catch), developing a commercial whale watch industry in addition to dolphin watching, and the development of regulations for both whale and dolphin watching activities. Overall, Per was very pleased with the workshop and felt the issues discussed were heading in a positive direction.
The beautiful beach at Kizimkazi-Dimbani – our home away from home!


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Q: Django ORM: Join two tables using a linked table I want to integrate a function has_permission(self, permission_name) in the class Profile.
For this I want to do make a ORM statement which returns a list of permission names.
The data model is:

*

*1 User has 1 Profile (extends Django's User model)

*Each Profile is assigned to one ProfileGroup.
However, different Profiles can belong to the same ProfileGroup.

*Each ProfileGroup can have one or more ProfilePermissions. Groups can have the same subsets of ProfilePermissions. The Link-Table GroupPermissions handles this using two ForeignKeys instead of a ManyToMany relation.

My models.py looks like this:
class ProfileGroup(models.Model):
    name = models.CharField(max_length=64)

class ProfilePermission(models.Model):
    name = models.CharField(max_length=64)

class GroupPermissions(models.Model):
    group = models.ForeignKey(ProfileGroup, on_delete=models.RESTRICT)
    permission = models.ForeignKey(ProfilePermission, on_delete=models.RESTRICT)

    class Meta:
        constraints = [
            models.UniqueConstraint(fields=['group', 'permission'], name='Unique')
        ]

    def __str__(self):
        return f'Group "{self.group.name}" has permission "{self.permission.name}"'

class Profile(models.Model):
    user = models.OneToOneField(User, on_delete=models.CASCADE)
    group = models.ForeignKey(ProfileGroup, on_delete=models.RESTRICT)

    def __str__(self):
        return f'Profile of {self.user.username}'

    def has_permission(self, permission_name):
        return True

The function has_permission (in the Profile class) should check if the permission permission is included in the list of Permissions. I tried it with
list_of_permissions = GroupPermissions.objects.filter(group=self.group)
But this returns a list of ProfilePermission. What I want is a list of names of the permission (permission.name).
So I have to join the two Tables GroupPermissions and ProfilePermission. I found things as prefetch_related and select_related but this does not work as I want.

A: Answering your question directly,
class Profile(models.Model):
    user = models.OneToOneField(User, on_delete=models.CASCADE)
    group = models.ForeignKey(ProfileGroup, on_delete=models.RESTRICT)

    def __str__(self):
        return f'Profile of {self.user.username}'

    def has_permission(self, permission_name):
        return GroupPermissions.objects.filter(group=self.group, permission__name=permission_name).exists()

But... My advice to you is to not try to reinvent the wheel. django.contib.auth has already groups and permissions, just use them ;-)


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€25m-rated footballer set to sign a new improved deal with Chelsea
by Jonas Hertz · May 15, 2019
Ruben Loftus-Cheek agreed to sign a new, improved deal with Chelsea but he demands to get a regular place in the starting line-up. England international had an excellent season and proved his worth one more time. Several clubs like Schalke 04, Newcastle United, Crystal Palace, Bournemouth and West Ham United still interested in signing him and planning to make a bid during the summer transfer window.
Ruben is a product of the London club youth academy and spent his current career with them. He has a vast potential and can achieve big success if he continuous improvement. In this campaign, Loftus-Cheek played 40 matches, scored ten goals and made five assists in all competition.
It is a fantastic consequence, and he can improve his results if he gets regular game time. English midfielder has contracted with the Blues until 2021, and his release clause is around £25m. His price could increase and become much more during this season.
The 23-year-old footballer is a regular member of the Three Lions squad and also helped them to finish the 2018 Mundial in a fourth place which is already a significant achievement for the player. London club had an impressive result in the Premier League as they finished the competition in a third place.
Blues also reached the Europa League final, and they have to face Arsenal this month. English club added several footballers last summer like Jorginho from Napoli, Mateo Kovacic from Real Madrid and Kepa Arrizabalaga from Athletic Bilbao. Chelsea also signed Juventus striker Gonzalo Higuain and Borussia Dortmund forward Christian Pulisic this winter.
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New Liverpool signing Alberto Moreno has revealed Spanish trio Pepe Reina, Xabi Alonso and Alvaro Arbeloa advised him to move to Anfield.
The 22-year-old full-back became Brendan Rodgers' tenth signing of the summer after completing a reported £12m move to Merseyside on Saturday following weeks of negotiations with Sevilla.
The Spaniard hopes to follow the footsteps of Alonso, Luis Garcia and Reina in making a positive impact at Anfield.
Questioned whether he had spoken to any of the players about signing for Liverpool, Moreno said: "I spoke with Xabi Alonso, Pepe Reina and Alvaro Arbeloa and they told me this is a spectacular club whose fans follow it in a very special way."
"They all told me I can grow a lot here as a footballer as this is a massive club," he said to Liverpool official website.
Moreno also revealed his friend Luis Alberto - a Reds player who is currently on loan at Malaga - convinced him to join Rodgers' side.
"He told me the same as Xabi, Pepe and Arbeloa did. This city has its own special way of following football and people are very respectful.
"They said it's incredible when you go out on to the pitch at Anfield as the fans are very supportive and they will always be behind me. They told me I'll feel very happy here."
Furthermore, Moreno expects Jose Enrique, Suso and new summer signing Javier Manquillo will help him adapt to life playing for the Premier League giants.
"They're going to be important. It's a different country and a different language for me but I'm hoping it'll be easier to settle here with their help," he said.
"Moreover, Suso and Manquillo are my teammates with the Spanish U21 team. I have a good relationship with them and that'll be good for us."


"The Future" has promised us plenty, but unfortunately we've yet to see Martian colonies, sentient computers, or flying cars, that is unless you own a Yaris. But at least The Future's keeping its promise to your wrist, with Phosphor E-ink Watches.
A U.S. innovation just now available through UK retailers, these high-tech tickers use Kindle-like technology -- millions of positively and negatively charged hair-thin capsules -- to evoke the look of ink on paper, a stylishly utilitarian aesthetic that unlike the ink on your flesh will never read "Chinese for 'strength'".
Soon to be widely available is Phosphor's "Digital Calendar" design, which in addition to the time displays the entire month, providing a daily reminder of appointments you can't make, because the car you thought was your future was subject to Total Recall.


Launch body bug and open simulations bug.
50 brightest stars or Milky Way Galaxy.
Furthermore whenever I exit the game, it crash, it appears the window of "Universe Sandbox 2 has stopped working". This is the first time I have too much trouble. Thanks for watching.
Re: Launch body bug and open simulations bug.
What happens when you try to open those simulations?
Also, we are aware of some issues with using the "Whole System" button for adding/launching bodies. It's on our list.


The intraHouse system allows working with several projects.
For end users of the system, this property is not relevant. But for installers it is quite convenient. Working with one project you can switch to another and then go back and continue working with the first project.
In this section you can manage your projects.
Upnload the project from the zip file from your computer to the intraHouse server.
Download the project from the intraHouse server to the zip file on your computer.
Make the project active. The system switches to the selected project. Switching is accompanied by an automatic reboot of the server.


The disturbing video featuring a New York City horse-drawn carriage driver going off on an anti-gay, racist tirade has caught the attention of City Council Speak Christine Quinn.
The New York Times reports that Quinn wrote a letter to the carriage drivers union, Teamsters Local 533, which read in part, "The behavior depicted in this video is reprehensible and unacceptable from anyone, and is especially unbefitting of an industry the City Council has made sure treats its animals humanely."
Quinn-- who, citing the revenue it brings to the city, has historically supported the carriage industry-- was responding to a letter penned by tennis player Martina Navratilova, which urged Quinn to put an end to the usage of horse-drawn carriages.
Many PETA advocates, including me, are gay. We share a heightened sense of responsibility in fighting the callous disregard that many have for animal suffering because we have experienced a similar disregard for the cruelty that we ourselves have faced. You are a champion of gay rights; won't you extend your compassion to the city's beleaguered working animals?
Quinn, however, remained steadfast in her support of the carriage drivers, saying she favored "allowing an industry that generates vital jobs and tourism for our city to continue."
Quinn's position is similar to that of Mayor Michael Bloomberg, who has repeatedly defended drivers and their horses, saying simply, "the tourists love them." Bloomberg has insisted that despite numerous incidents of horse collapses, carriage-horses are indeed treated well.
While it's true the city has made steps to improve conditions for horses, including provisions to provide mandatory vacations and blankets during winter months, videos capturing collapses and sudden horse deaths have increasingly alarmed New Yorkers.


A 200 sq foot room on the third floor of Marram Hall contains all the necessary equipment to perform mammalian tissue culture.
An area on the north end of Marram 3rd floor formerly housed an animal facility. The area consists of a suite of four rooms consisting of a total space of 642 sq ft currently used for storage, but could easily be re-converted back to an animal facility. The smaller three rooms could be used as animal housing areas. The larger L-shaped room could be transformed into a small surgical area, storage area for food, bedding and extra cages, a dirty area/cleaning station, and an atrium entry. Also, the equipment below is used for teaching, but are available for research as well.
A large greenhouse is found at the south end of the third floor of Marram Hall and is 36' x 26' with ceiling from 28'(east side) sloping up to 35' (west side) tall. The greenhouse contains a tropical plant collection including over 300 Anthurium and Syngonium species as well as many other plants. Each year a number of specimens are added from an extensive Missouri Botanical Garden collection. The living collections are used for both teaching and research. Student use of the plants for genetic and systematic study is strongly encouraged.
An 11 acre (5 ha) ecosystem restoration is adjacent to the north side of campus along the southern edge of a wetland of the Little Calumet River. Starting from only about 10 plant species after an Army Corps of Engineers flood berm construction, the current plant species richness is high at about 150 species with about 100 native species. The site is maintained by numerous native plantings, diligent attention by the IU Northwest community as well as controlled burns typically conducted in the spring.


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الرئيسيةENGLISHPalestine's ambassador to UK holds talks with British officials on situation in Palestine
Palestine's ambassador to UK holds talks with British officials on situation in Palestine
Palestinian diplomat and ambassador to the United Kningdom Husam Zomlot held talks today regarding the situation in Palestine with the UK Minister of State for Middle East and North Africa James Cleverly as well as with British MPs and representatives of the civil society.
Zomlot briefed Cleverly about th latest developments in Palestine, on top of which are the spread of the COVID-19 pandemic and the ongoing Israeli violations which contradict with international law.
He told the British minister that "the [Israeli] occupation of Jerusalem, the West Bank and Gaza poses additional challenges for the Palestinian government" at this current critical stage.
"Israel violates international law that obliges it as an occupying power to provide medical services, including vaccines," said Zomlot during the meeting, as he called on the British government to place Palestine at its top priority in making available the AstraZeneca vaccine in cooperation with the University of Oxford in Britain.
During the meeting, Zomlot called on Britain to impose sanctions on Israel as an occupying power for its ongoing colonial settlement activities and demolitions of Palestinian-owned homes in the occupied territories.
In the meantime, the Palestinian diplomat held a briefing session with members of the UK Parliament, in addition to representatives of civil society institutions and solidarity committees, where he briefed them about the recent developments in Palestine.
Zomlot also discussed with the British MPs the campaign led by Israel and its allies in Britain to ban any discussion about the rights of the Palestinian people and stifle any possibility for criticism of the Israeli occupation's policies.
Jordan condemns Israel's new settlement plan in occupied West Bank
Palestinian man dies of Covid-19 in Saudi Arabia
IC welcomes announcement of presidential and legislative elections in Palestine
Israeli settlers attack Palestinian residents of Masafer Yatta hamlets in south of West Bank