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Day before crash, off-duty pilot saved Lion Air Flight 610: Reports
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Jakarta [Indonesia], Mar 20 (ANI): An off-duty pilot reportedly saved the Lion Air Flight 610 that faced problems related to the flight control system, a day before the plane, with a different crew, plunged into the Java Sea with 189 people on board in October last year.
According to local media reports, the new investigation into the cockpit voice recorder of the doomed flight revealed that the pilots faced similar problems just before the Lion Air plane plunged off the coast of Indonesia.
The pilots reportedly struggled through pages of plane's instruction manual at the last moment to understand why the aircraft was lurching downwards.
The Indonesian authorities had found the cockpit voice recorder in the Java Sea on January 14 and it could take at least a year to publish a full report into the crash, reports said.
According to reports, the revelation of an extra pilot saving the plane before the crash was never made before. This is the first time where the contents of the Lion Air flight's voice recorder have been made public, according to three people familiar with the matter.
However, the presence of a third pilot in the cockpit of the doomed flight was not stated in the previous reports of Indonesia's National Transportation Safety Committee.
The Indonesian authorities had confirmed earlier that the plane's angle of attack (AOA) sensor after the Lion Air Flight 610 completed a flight from Manado in North Sulawesi to Denpasar in Bali, both located in Indonesia. The same flight then made another flight from Jakarta to Pangkal Pinang before the pilots reported further issues.
The AOA sensors send information to the aircraft's computers about the angle of the jet's nose relative to the airflow over and under the wings to help determine whether the plane is about to stall, as per reports.
The pilots of the ill-fated jet tried hard to pull the plane up but kept on descending before it ultimately plunged into the Java Sea. According to a preliminary report, the crash of Lion Air Flight 610 was blamed due to erroneous data from a sensor which was causing the plane's new automated stabiliser system to push the aircraft's nose down.
Less than five months later, Ethiopian Airlines Flight 302 crashed minutes after takeoff from Addis Ababa, killing all 157 people on board on March 10.
Initial data from the ill-fated Ethiopian Airlines jet showed an erratic flight course when the plane was in the air for about six minutes before it crashed into a field just outside Addis Ababa.
Satellite information revealed that the plane had been ascending and descending at times while flying at speeds beyond what was mandated during the normal takeoff procedure.
The Boeing 737 MAX aircraft, which has been involved in two major crashes in the last five months, has been grounded by scores of governments and airlines citing safety concerns.
Investigators have said they found similarities in both the plane crashes which resulted due to drastic speed fluctuations during ascent.
Boeing, in a statement, had said that it remains confident in the safety of the jets, but that it recommended the shutdown itself "out of an abundance of caution and in order to reassure the flying public of the aircraft's safety." (ANI)


Routledge has just brought out a massive ten-volume encyclopedia of philosophy (a mere $2,500 at the special introductory price good through October 31). Writing in the New York Times Book Review (Sunday, July 5, 1998), George Steiner praised the work highly but went about the critic's task of picking nits. He lamented that several people were missing, such as Carlo Michelstaedter, now apparently influential among Italian existentialists, and then, having displayed his learning, Steiner remarked: "Not that these men would have wished to be in the company of Ayn Rand, whose vacuous vaporings harvest a full entry!" (Exclamation point in the original.) Congratulations to Routledge for having the wisdom and courage to include Rand in their encyclopedia, though doing so has opened them to the sneers of the world's Steiners.
Also, thanks to Routledge for informing IOS that the author of the Rand entry is Chandra Kukathas, an associate professor in the School of Politics at the Australian Defence Force Academy, University of New South Wales, Canberra, Australia. Though not an Objectivist, Kukathas is a familiar figure in libertarian circles. In a note to IOS, Kukathas observed that "a bad error" had crept into his Rand entry in some way he could not explain: "The Virtue of Selfishness is cited as a novel." Also, its publication date is given as 1974 rather than 1964, which would make it the last of the four collections of essays published in Rand's lifetime rather than the first. Beyond such bibliographical quibbles, however, lies the fascinating fact that Kukathas gives prominence to the concept of "despair." Its application to many secondary figures in The Fountainhead is obvious, but is it true that Atlas Shrugged "charts the rise of those who begin in despair"? Would it not be more accurate to say the strikers begin with a refusal to despair of the world and join the strike only after they can refuse no longer? Whatever the answer, Kukathas's focus on this emotion in Rand's two great novels is sure to have Objectivists raising interesting questions about its place in the human landscape.
Before reading the actual entry on Ayn Rand, note that Roger Donway's review of it is quite positive. He praises the "wisdom and courage" of the editors of the Encyclopedia. By saying that the author (Chandra Kukathas) is "not an Objectivist" but "a familiar figure in libertarian circles," Donway suggests that he is knowledgeable of Ayn Rand and perhaps even friendly toward her. He treat Kukathas' focus on "the concept of 'despair'" as a legitimate and interesting question. His only complaint seems to be the (inadvertent) biographical errors in the entry.
Ayn Rand was a Russian-born US novelist and philosopher who exerted considerable influence in the conservative and libertarian intellectual movements in the post-war USA. Rand's ideas were expressed mainly through her novels; she set forth a view of morality as based in rational self-interest and in political philosophy defended an unrestrained form of capitalism.
Ayn Rand was born Alyssa Rosenbaum into a middle-class Jewish family in St Petersburg. Her family's expropriation by the Bolsheviks and subsequent poverty had a profound effect on her; her first novel, We the Living (1936), describes the tragedy of a Russian student struggling against an evil society in the 'vast prison' that was the USSR in the 1920s. Her work was marked not only by a hostility to communism but also by a strong antipathy towards any form of compromise among competing values.
Popular success came in 1943 with the publication of her philosophical novel, The Fountainhead, the story of an architect who refuses to compromise his independence or his integrity while good people despair in the face of evil. A deeply moral work, its theme is integrity which, for Rand, was at the root of the idea of freedom. Even greater success came with Atlas Shrugged (1957), Rand's final work of fiction. More explicitly political than her earlier work, it tells of the breakdown of a society of evil as the captains of capitalist industry withdraw from a world marked by political and moral corruption. As with her earlier works, the hero is uncompromising in his integrity and confidence in the value of the moral path; the bulk of the novel charts the rise of those who begin in despair. However, Rand also turns more explicitly to philosophical problems in ethics in an attempt to set morals on a more secure epistemological footing. The book contains many long philosophical speeches by characters speaking for Rand.
The popular success of her fiction brought discipleship and the 1960s and 1970s saw the growth of an 'objectivist' movement. The influence of Rand's ideas was strongest among college students in the USA but attracted little attention from academic philosophers. Her outspoken defence of capitalism in works like Capitalism: The Unknown Ideal (1967), and her characterization of her position as a defence of the 'virtue of selfishness' in her novel of the same title (published in 1974), also brought notoriety, but kept her out of the intellectual mainstream.
The central philosophical argument of Rand's thought is an attempt to show that the good life is itself a substantial ethical value from which may be derived important moral conclusions. In this she is self-consciously Aristotelian, although most commentators have concluded that her argument falls victim to the same difficulties, relying on a morally substantive and controversial account of human nature to generate ethical conclusions.
Rand's political theory is of little interest. Its unremitting hostility towards the state and taxation sits inconsistently with a rejection of anarchism, and her attempts to resolve the difficulty are ill-thought out and unsystematic. Of more enduring interest is her fiction, belonging to a genre she labelled 'romantic realism'. Despite her attack on altruism and insistence on the virtue of selfishness, her real concerns were the defence of the value of integrity (to the point of self-sacrifice) in the face of evil and moral despair.
Could a worse encyclopedia entry on Ayn Rand have been written? I suspect not. It is inaccurate, superficial, dismissive, spotty, and worse. Yet the real horror is Roger Donway's review. It bears no resemblance whatsoever to the actual encyclopedia entry: Donway neither accurately reports its content nor properly evaluates it. The review is a monstrous injustice to both Ayn Rand and Objectivism.
I have no inside information concerning Roger Donway's motivations for writing the review that he did. The most plausible explanation is that TOC was attempting to appeal to libertarians — and chose to do so by sucking up to Chandra Kukathas and his "libertarian circles" rather than by challenging the better libertarians to seriously engage Ayn Rand's ideas. Such appeasement is TOC's standard operating mode, after all.
Last October, "Sightings" mentioned that Routledge had published a massive ten-volume encyclopedia on the history of philosophy that included an article on Ayn Rand by Chandra Kukathas, who is not an Objectivist but a well-known figure in libertarian circles. Navigator's decision to see the entry as a welcome bit of cultural recognition for Rand brought a sharp response in the form of a letter to the editor from Irfan Khawaja, who cited the entry's numerous deficiencies. Since Navigator has no "Letters" column, the disagreement over how to treat such a deeply flawed recognition is simply noted here. Those who would like to read a brief but harsh critique of Kukathas's article should check the Web site of the Ayn Rand Society (http://aynrandsociety.org), where there is a letter from Allan Gotthelf to the encyclopedia's editor, Edward Craig.
Notice the backtracking: Only now does Donway mention that the encyclopedia entry was "a deeply flawed recognition" of Ayn Rand with "numerous deficiencies." No such worries were even hinted at in the original review. Also notice the bizarre claim that it was "Navigator's decision to see the entry as a welcome bit of cultural recognition for Rand" — as if his total evasion of the essence of the entry was merely an optional matter.
Looking back on it now, I'm not surprised that I was sick to my stomach for hours upon discovering all this material back in January of 2004. At the time, I was particularly distressed that IOS/TOC was obviously and concretely corrupt way back in 1998 — and I missed it. It was a real low point, I must say.
On a more positive note, the referenced letter from Allan Gotthelf to the editor of the Routledge Encyclopedia is a tour de force of intellectual virtue: strong, clear, principled, essentialized, detailed — and always polite. Unfortunately, it's no longer available on the Ayn Rand Society web site. (I would love to post it here, but I haven't asked for permission.) You can read it via the Wayback Machine — and I do strongly recommend that you do so, particularly if you are interested in a detailed analysis of the Routledge entry.
Histrionic and overboard, as usual.


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Q: What does apache Netbeans 12 tip for CDI "The element is not managed bean" mean? I'm working on a new JEE8 project using Netbeans 12 as IDE and every thing work but I have a strange tip that goes like this:
the element is not managed bean it has qualifiers but implements javax.enterprise.inject.spi.Extension
on classes marked as:
@javax.inject.Named
@javax.faces.view.ViewScoped
public class ProjectsView implements Serializable {
    public static final long serialVersionUID = -1L;
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    private ProjectService service;
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My code works fine on server, the application works as intended but I want to understand what this tip mean?
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this only appears if you set source to 14 in POM.xml maven compiler plugin
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A 36 hour forecast by NZCSM takes 130 minutes to complete using 810 processors spread across 13 nodes of FitzRoy
A team of meteorologists at NIWA, led by principal scientist Dr Michael Uddstrom, have been looking into how to improve weather forecasts for New Zealand. The team has been developing a new numerical weather prediction model for the country that will be much more capable of representing the unique features of our environment, such as the geography of the Southern Alps.
What is NWP?
Numerical Weather Prediction (NWP) is a term used to describe the use of computer modelling to predict the weather. More formally, the intention of NWP is to predict the future state of the atmosphere using data gathered from observations of its current state and the application of a set of numerical approximations to the equations of fluid dynamics and physical processes. Those processes include convection, boundary layer turbulence, radiation, cloud physics, microphysics and orographic drag.
A NWP forecast is thus made possible by four broad components:
a numerical model that describes how the atmosphere behaves
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a means of inserting that observation data into the model to generate the best possible initial condition, and
a computer of sufficient power to be able generate a forecast sufficiently quickly for it to be useful.
For the last few years, NIWA has operated the New Zealand Limited Area Model, or NZLAM. This model is a local configuration of the UK Met Office Unified Model. In NZLAM, New Zealand and its surrounding seas are divided onto a 324x324 horizontal grid, while the atmosphere is split into 70 vertical levels, from the surface to approximately 80km above sea level. Each horizontal grid square is about 12km (0.11 degrees) in length.
Figure 1 An illustration of an NWP Limited Area Model domain showing how it is discretized into a horizontal (x, y) grid, vertical layers (z) - which near the surface are terrain following, but become smoother with height. (Courtesy of the UCAR COMET programme.)
Observational data for New Zealand's atmosphere is typically provided via satellite, in particular from instruments on board NOAA-14 and NOAA-15. Additional data are provided from ship, airplane readings and weather stations from around the country.
These data are then inserted into the model using a process called data assimilation, where the model state from a previous forecast is altered to include the new observations and becomes the initial state for the next forecast. During the course of this assimilation process, a number of processing, data cleansing and bias correction steps are carried out to ensure no erroneous data is included that could lead to problems running the model. For the NZLAM, the initial conditions comprise 86 different meteorological variables, with 18 of those having values covering the lowest 80km of the atmosphere, 4 containing data for the 2m of soil directly below the surface and the rest being valid only at the surface.
NeSI is essential for the fourth component of NWP. The computing platforms, in particular the synergy of many processors, large amounts of memory and extremely fast interconnects, enables a 2-day forecast to be produced within minutes. On FitzRoy, a typical 2-day NZLAM forecast takes approximately 11 minutes to complete, using 256 processors across 8 nodes.
There is a difficult trade off in NWP between accuracy and speed. A more accurate model is much more computationally intensive. With access to HPC facilities through NeSI, NIWA is able to increase the accuracy of the modelling while retaining the speed necessary for effective planning.
A finer grid enables the model to more accurately represent the topography of the region of interest and the surface processes occurring at the smaller spatial scales. Unfortunately, as the number of grid points increases, so does the number of calculations and the communication overhead that is imposed between each region to progress to the next step in the simulation.
While the process of developing a new model may sound simple – simply divide the area of interest into smaller pieces – there are a number of factors which make this an extremely challenging task. For example, the numerical approximations, or parameterisations, of physical processes that could be applied at the 12km scale in NZLAM may no longer be applicable or even needed at these finer scales. Thus new parameterizations may be required, or in the case of convection, it may be possible to dispense with the need to use a parameterisation scheme altogether and explicitly model this process. Going one step further, for groundwater and soil temperature calculations to be accurate, a new land surface process model which is coupled to the NWP model, is used.
The data assimilation and observation processing techniques must also be developed to copewith the additional detail that the finer resolution NWP models are capable of producing. All of these changes and developments are verified against actual observations and compared against forecasts from the coarser resolution forecasts over a series of case studies to identify any local bias in the model and ensure that there really is a benefit to using the finer resolution.
Figures 2-4 Images showing how the topography of the South Island as used in an NWP model varies at horizontal resolutions of 12km (left), 4km (centre) and 1km (right) horizontal resolutions. At 12km, resolution, Mt Cook has a peak height of just 1675m (cf 3754m in reality) and the Southern Alps is a continuous ridge, while at 1km, Mt Cook now stands at 2820m above sea level and the glacial valleys, fjords and basins that litter the Southern Alps can be better resolved.
In parallel to NZLAM, NIWA has recently begun running a 1.5km resolution NWP model called the New Zealand Convective Scale Model (NZCSM). This model uses initial conditions interpolated from NZLAM onto a 1.5km grid. This first guess is then adapted to match up-to-date observation data. The domain is divided into a horizontal grid of 1200x1350 1.5x1.5km squares and has 70 vertical levels that cover the lowest 40km of the atmosphere. This resolution produces a model 15 times larger than NZLAM computationally, but still only covers a much smaller geographic area. It also requires a lot more computational power to produce a forecast in a timely manner. Currently, a 36 hour forecast by NZCSM takes 130 minutes to complete using 810 processors spread across 13 nodes of FitzRoy. The resolution difference between those two models means that while they will both be able to predict which cities will be affected by storms, NZCSM should be able to predict which suburbs will be heaviest hit.
Figure 5 10m surface wind gusts showing outflows from South Island fjords.
One of the biggest challenges in NWP is verification. While forecasts at finer resolutionsmay look more detailed and realistic, that does not mean they are necessarily more accurate. At NIWA, a lot of effort is currently being put into ensuring that forecasts from NZLAM and NZCSM are properly verified against local observations of key meteorological variables. These include precipitation, wind speed and direction, temperature, relative humidity and mean sea level pressure. Proper verification of precipitation is vital as model resolutions increase due to the greater spatial variability of the field and the effect that the local topography can play in where precipitation occurs. For this reason, effort is put into regional, rather than just location-specific verification and novel, spatially-aware verification techniques are being developed.
Why is this work important?
In its current form, NZLAM is unable to adequately resolve important features of New Zealand's unique landscape, such as the Southern Alps. More accurately representing the geography, soil conditions and other physical processes that affect the weather will all combine to improve the accuracy of NWP in New Zealand.
As well as providing improved accuracy generally, finer resolutions also enable far better modelling of severe weather events. A mesoscale model, that is a model with a horizontal resolution of about 12km (such as NZLAM), typically relies on statistical approximation to represent atmospheric convection processes, including precipitation. At finer resolutions, atmospheric convection is able to be modelled explicitly. Coupled with improvements in the representation of the topography, this should lead to more accurate modelling of severe weather for both national and local forecasts.
Webster et al (2008) "A high-resolution modelling case study of a severe weather event over New Zealand" Atmospheric Science Letters 10.1002/asl.172
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Q: Getting ApplicationState synchronously in iOS We can get the application state in iOS through UIApplication.shared.applicationState and it has to be done from main queue.
So, if we want to create a function that would return an application state or something similar to that, we need to assure two things:

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*UIApplication is being accessed from the main queue

*Everything is synchronous inside the function

I came up with one approach. I don't know if it's correct or not.
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I need to know if the following approach is ok or if there is a better approach than this one to get the application state in iOS. Moreover, is it proper to use Thread.isMainThread to check whether the execution is being performed on the main queue?
func isInBackground() -> Bool {
        var isInBackground = true

        // If accessed from main queue, don't need to synchronously get this value through the main queue. Otherwise it would just lock the UI or maybe, crash.
        if Thread.isMainThread {
            return UIApplication.shared.applicationState == .background
        } else {
            DispatchQueue.main.sync {
                isInBackground = UIApplication.shared.applicationState == .background
            }
        }

        return isInBackground
}

A: You haven't written the method as neatly as you might have, but your logic for ensuring that you talk to the application only on the main queue while returning the result on the same queue you were called on is exactly right. You're probably concerned about your use of DispatchQueue.main.sync but the way you are using it is the only way one would ever use it — you need to get on and off the main queue but you mustn't block the main queue if you're already on it.
If there's anything I'd question it's why you need to push this logic down to this method. The implication  is that this method can itself be called indiscriminately from different queues, which suggests a failure of logic or structure higher up the calling chain. Testing for what queue you're on is arguably a bad smell and not, itself, thread-safe; you should always know what queue you're on because each method should always be called on the same queue.


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Soup kitchen in Norwich gets $100,000 in donated legal help
Published April 23. 2013 12:01AM
By Karen Florin Day Staff Writer
A team of attorneys from the New London office of the Robinson & Cole law firm has performed an estimated $100,000 worth of pro bono work in a lawsuit involving the Norwich soup kitchen and food pantry.
Two of Connecticut's major corporations, United Technologies and General Electric, have started a fellowship program, called Legal Corps Connecticut, in which corporations will provide fellowships and mentoring for law school graduates who represent those who cannot afford lawyers.
State judges are considering a new rule that would allow volunteer lawyers to represent clients for key events in their legal cases without being obligated to stay for the duration of the matter. The judges also are expected to vote this spring on a proposal to allow retired attorneys to work on pro bono cases.
These are just some of the efforts that Connecticut's Chief Justice Chase T. Rogers spoke on at a White House conference last week about the state's efforts to provide access to justice to people with lower incomes. Rogers, who was sworn in as chief justice of the Connecticut Supreme Court in April 2007, has made the pro bono issue one of her priorities.
Vice President Joe Biden's senior adviser Valerie Jarrett kicked off the conference "to make it very clear the Obama administration is very concerned and interested to do whatever can be done to increase access to justice in America," Rogers said in a phone interview last week. Chief justices from other states, heads of corporations and national members of the legal community attended the conference, Roger said.
"There's a real concern that the very poor are not being represented in court and its impact on justice," she said.
In Connecticut, the numbers of those who going it alone in court are "overwhelming," Rogers said. One party in 85 percent of all of the state's family cases is self-represented. One party is self-represented in 99 percent of housing cases. And in civil cases, partly because of the dramatic increase in foreclosures during the past several years, 25 to 28 percent do not have a lawyer.
"What we have tried to do is shine a light on this problem," Rogers said. "We did a pro bono summit (in 2011). We took a step back and worked with the three legal service organizations in Connecticut. We talked about what we could do to remove barriers to people."
Some lawyers who were willing to help out did not know where to go to find pro bono cases, she said. A "pro bono portal" was created on line in conjunction with the legal service organizations, and those who performed legal work through the portal were able to get malpractice coverage for their work. Legal services attorneys and judges offered to train lawyers who wanted to volunteer their services in a type of law outside their regular practice.
"For example, you need to know landlord tenant law if it's an eviction case," Rogers said.
Steven Eppler-Epstein, executive director of Connecticut Legal Services, one of three of the state's legal aid providers, said the 100 legal services lawyers can only represent about one in 10 of the very low income people who need help.
"People tend to think that when you go to court you have a right to a lawyer," Eppler-Epstein said. "You do a have right to a lawyer in certain kinds of cases - in criminal cases or if the state is trying to remove a child - but in civil cases you do not have a right to a lawyer."
More attorneys across the state took on pro bono work than ever before in 2012, he said, handling 1,800 cases, he said.
"The bad news is that there is a need across the state for hundreds of thousands of cases to be handled," he said.
Private attorneys and legal aid attorneys have been working together to create opportunities for private lawyers to take cases that are shorter in duration and don't require as much specific experience, he said. Lawyers from Robinson & Cole, a major northeast law firm with offices in New London, Hartford and Stamford, are helping with restraining orders for battered women in Middlesex Superior Court. Other pro bono lawyers are staffing clinics for day labor workers in New Haven and Stamford.
Hartford Superior Court Judge William H. Bright Jr., chairman of the state Judicial Branch's pro bono committee, said self-represented clients can run into problems in the courtroom and that judges are more comfortable when attorneys argue the law.
"Imagine a contested divorce case where neither side is represented and now they're going to cross-examine each other in court and they don't understand the rules of evidence," he said.
Bright said attorneys Jonathan M. Shapiro and Sylvia K. Rutkowska from the Connecticut Bar Association's Young Lawyers section raised $1 million worth of pro bono services from large and small law firms over the last six months through a program called "the Million Dollar Pledge." At a rate of $250 per hour, this amounts to the performance of 4,000 pro bono hours, according to the group's Website.
Also, Bright said, judges voted last year to allow in-house corporate attorneys who are not admitted to practice law in Connecticut to do pro bono work in the state.
New London attorney Timothy D. Bates, a partner at Robinson & Cole, said pro bono work can be inspiring and enables younger lawyers to gain important experience.
There is no requirement that law firms take on free cases.
"There's no rule on it, but there's some degree of expectation," Bates said. "Being a lawyer has in some ways been viewed as a public service. But having said that, the economics have become difficult."
Not every firm could take on a case of the magnitude of St. Vincent de Paul Place vs. Norwich, which Bates said is the firm's biggest case right now. The dispute started at the local level with planning and zoning issues and moved into federal court.
Asked about the time commitment to the case, Bates laughed.
"That's one thing about pro bono," he said. "You don't look at the time sheets that closely."
He estimated the firm had donated about $100,000 worth of time on the case.
"It's been an inspiration to work on, and it's also been very important in terms of getting some of our junior attorneys experience in working at a pretty high level in terms of zoning issues and federal court," Bates said.
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Posted by CHRIS KNIGHT | Staff Photographer Jan 21, 2023 on Lancaster Online
What's one way to beat January boredom? Strapping on a pair of skates.
Skaters took to the ice Saturday at the Flight on Ice skating rink at Park City Center, which opened in December. The rink is open through Feb. 26, including special hours on Valentine's Day and President's Day.
The rink is open 4-8 p.m. Thursday and Friday, 11 a.m. to 8 p.m. Saturday and 11 a.m. to 6 p.m. Sunday. It's available for private rentals Monday through Wednesday.
On Valentine's Day, Feb. 14, the rink will be open 4-8 p.m. Its President's Day Weekend hours are 11 a.m. to 8 p.m. Feb. 19 and 11 a.m. to 6 p.m. Feb. 20. Hours may vary due to weather conditions.
The rink is a collaboration between Flight Entertainment, Discover Lancaster, the Lancaster Chamber of Commerce and Park City Center. Attendees may bring their own skates or rent them for a fee.
Tickets are available at the box office or online at flightonice.com.
See the full image gallery here.
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Chimpanzee permit, soft and alcoholic drinks, transport to/from chimpanzee tracking, laundry, gratuities to driver / guides and staff, all items of a personal nature, telephone calls and curio shop purchases, medical insurance, other activities.
All meals, activities listed below, local soft and alcoholic drinks transport to and from Chimpanzee track and laundry.
Chimpanzee permit, premium international drinks, gratuities to driver / guides and staff, all items of a personal nature, telephone calls and curio shop purchases, medical insurance, other activities.
Top of the World hike, visit to the local Wilson's Village.
The Chimpanzee Tracking permit costs US$150 and a US$15 service fee. This is per person.
Chimpanzee Habituation Permit US$200 and a US$15 service fee. This is per person.
Booking the Honeymoon Suite includes a bottle of red wine in the room on arrival, breakfast in bed (if required), private bush breakfast and dinner on the shore of the lake.
The below activities can also be booked at an additional cost.


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Professor Bernice Summerfield and the Crystal of Cantus
Available 25 June 2006
Fabled crystals from long-dead civilisations; Jason Kane blundering into situations out of his control; entombed Cybermen waking from centuries-long sleep. It's all in a day's work for Bernice Summerfield. Armed with her endless supply of witty quips, she'll find the Crystal, rescue Jason, destroy the Cybermen and be home in time for supper. Except this time it's different. This time, as the saying goes, it's personal. After this adventure, things will never be the same again...
Despite my current excitement about the return of the Cybermen in the new series of Doctor Who, their presence here as the latest in a long line of guest monsters isn't the only reason why I have given this audio drama such a high mark. After all, this isn't even the first time Benny has met the metallic menaces - she encountered one of them a couple of years ago in the Doctor Who Magazine freebie CD Silver Lining.
Also contributing to this story's appeal is a challenging multi-layered script by Joseph Lidster. His narrative is conveyed from at least three different points of view, and the true state of affairs turns out to be quite different from how it initially appears. Some of the characters' arcs tie in with recent developments in Big Finish's Gallifrey and Cyberman series: respectively, Braxiatel's (Miles Richardson) departure from his home world and the revelation that the Cybermen have cryogenic "tombs" on planets other than Telos.
As though in acknowledgement of the debt owed to Nicholas Briggs's Cyberman series, Briggs not only gets to contribute the voices of the Cybermen, as usual, but also plays the role of an innocent victim known as Ronan McGinley. (Incidentally, I found it quite disconcerting to hear Braxiatel repeatedly addressing "Mr McGinley". It's spelt differently to my name, but it sounds the same!) Fittingly, director/producer Gary Russell, who is also the co-producer of the Gallifrey range, gets to play his part too, as a Pakhar called Thesanius. Even Lidster mucks in to play a small role.
As with their recent television two-parter Rise of the Cybermen/The Age of Steel, the machine-creatures take on some of the more unnerving qualities of Star Trek's Borg. Trek fans may raise a Spock-like eyebrow, but it seems only fair, since the Borg themselves owe obvious dues to the Cybermen. Here the cyborgs combine their Tomb of the Cybermen catchphrases "We will survive" and "You belong to us" in a Borg-style chant. They also borrow one of the Borg's favourite words, "irrelevant".
This story, the conclusion to Professor Summerfield's sixth season of adventures, marks a point of closure in her life that is far from irrelevant. Things really will never be the same again. The Crystal of Cantus is a little gem and a stunning piece of drama.


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We Are All the Olive Garden Lady
Erin Gloria Ryan
PublishedMarch 9, 2012
This week, an elderly restaurant critic with a kind face wrote a glowing review of the Grand Forks, North Dakota Olive Garden, and the internet exploded into uproarious, superior laughter. Look at this rube stupefied by a basket of breadsticks! Overwhelmed by black olives! But why is this woman's sincere appreciation of fauxtalian food at a chain restaurant so hilarious? I hate to break it to all the tittering, dazzling urbanites, but we laugh at her because there's a part that, deep down inside, we used to be her. Some of us still are.
On Wednesday, the Grand Forks Herald printed Marilyn Hagerty's review of North Dakota's newest hotspot, the Grand Forks Olive Garden. In order to secure herself a coveted seat at the crowded eatery, she had to wait for more than a month after it opened and go in late afternoon, in order to be "fashionable." Hagerty was impressed by the establishment's "impressive" "Tuscan farmhouse style" decor, the seating area built to accomodate the bustling crowds, the waiters with the "black trousers." The food, "crisp greens, peppers, onion rings and yes - several black olives" and warm chicken alfredo that was tasty and "comforting." There's fake fireplaces and fake flowers, to add ambiance and an "attractive" bar off to the side (when I was waitressing at an Olive Garden one summer in college, that "attractive" bar area was a favorite date spot for married men who were obviously out with their mistresses. But I digress). Overall, a wonderful experience for the discerning Grand Forks diner looking for something different. Five stars. Would eat again.
Hagerty's review of Olive Garden does sound a little like something Mitt Romney might say at a campaign stop in a heavily Italian blue collar town on the East coast, and because of that, it's kind of hilarious; but, as Hagerty said in a conversation with the Los Angeles Times, the reality of living in a town of 50,000 people in North Dakota is that new restaurants don't come along that often, and when one does, it's sort of a big deal. There's really no need to be snotty about it, especially because it's not like we don't all enjoy eating crap sometimes. Find me an adult who doesn't enjoy the occasional Easy Mac, Fruit Roll Ups, Lucky Charms marshmallows, or Shamrock Shake. At some point in all of our lives, most people who grew up in the suburbs or the exurbs or the Great Rural Nothing were electrified by the next town's Rock N' Roll McDonald's or Macaroni Grill. And any child of the suburbs or the exurbs or the Great Rural Nothing knows that chain restaurants can seem like a big fucking deal when there's nothing else around; to ridicule Hagerty as though the Olive Garden's subjective novelty is unfamiliar is disingenuous.
What is it about all things Olive Garden that elicits such an exaggerated response? A few seasons ago on The Bachelor, hopeful future Mrs. Andrew Firestone Amber was eliminated after telling the tire heir that Olive Garden was her favorite restaurant. And, thanks to its ubiquity and affordability, the spaghetti slinger has earned the dubious distinction of being on the list of Stuff White Trash People Like. Expressing a preference for dining at Olive Garden in 2012 is akin to festooning the back of your car with a Nickelback bumper sticker; it proves a lack of cultural awareness to people who define themselves by being culturally aware. But like Nickelback, Olive Garden has become a lazy, over referenced punching bag for people who want to distance themselves from lowbrow culture but lack the creativity to come up with new shorthand for "tasteless."
Urban-rural food snottiness goes both ways. Giant lines outside of urban Chick-fil-A locations elicit scoffing from southerners who have been eating fried chicken sandwiches for years. When I told an older relative about dining at a Chicago restaurant that serves an all-wild game prix fixe meal for about $90, he laughed ruefully, like he couldn't believe how stupid city people were for paying that much money to eat deer meat ("Hell, if I'd have known you wanted some venison so badly, I'd have sent you some chops from the freezer!" were his words). And organic grocery stores would have no place in many small towns, as people just grow their own vegetables rather than carting off to the fancy wine selling grocery store like a bunch of damn fools. Different strokes.
But maybe Hagerty's laughing all the way to the bank. According to the LA Times, her review of the long awaited Grand Forks Olive Garden's arrival has received more than 200,000 views — 40 times more than the average post on the Grand Forks Herald's site. That's a lot of "long, warm breadsticks."
Olive Garden reviewer in North Dakota surprised by attention [LAT]


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"Charge Olisa Metuh to court if you have evidence of fraud against him" - Fayose
Governor Ayodele Fayose of Ekiti State, on Friday, challenged President Muhammadu Buhari to direct the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) to charge the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) National Publicity Secretary, Chief Olisa Metuh to court if the commission was sure of evidences of fraud against him, saying "the EFCC appears to be operating a system in which an accused person is first arrested, detained endlessly while the anti-corruption agency goes about looking for evidence."
Governor Fayose, who maintained his support for a genuine fight against corruption, challenged the EFCC to also act on petitions submitted to it against All Progressives Congress (APC) chieftains and President Buhari's election sponsors.
Speaking through his Special Assistant on Public Communications and New Media, Lere Olayinka, Governor Fayose cautioned that nothing untoward must happen to Metuh, adding that the APC's desperation to decimate and silence the opposition has dragged the Buhari-led government in the mud of lawlessness.
Fayose said: "In saner climes, you don't arrest people for alleged fraud and start to look for evidence to prosecute them. Rather, before you arrest anyone for fraud, anti-corruption agencies must have established a prima facie case and arresting the suspect will only be to enable for his or her arraignment in court.
"However, what we are witnessing in Nigeria today is a situation whereby the EFCC will arrest PDP leaders, humiliate them by subjecting them to media trial, detain them for weeks in the process of trying to force them to make statements during which the commission will be looking for evidence.
"For instance, in the case of Metuh, we are being told that the EFCC is insisting that he must write statements and one begins to wonder if it has now become mandatory for an accused to write statements in law enforcement agent's custody. Shouldn't the EFCC have simply charged Metuh to court based on its own evidence? Or is Metuh's statement the evidence the EFCC requires to prosecute him?
"The international community, especially the United Nations (UN), African Union (AU), European Union (EU) and others are put on notice on this condemnable act of arresting and detaining opposition leaders by agents of the Buhari-led government before fishing for evidence."
While challenging President Buhari to extend his anti-corruption crusade to those who sponsored his election, Governor Fayose said any anti-corruption effort that targets only members of the opposition and those with axe to grind with the government of the day can never succeed.
"If President Buhari did not wait for any petition to move against PDP chieftains, asking people to come forward with allegations of corruption against APC chieftains, especially those who sponsored President Buhari's election is clearly hypocritical."
The governor added: "Most importantly, that the EFCC Acting Chairman, Ibrahim Magu even said the commission do not have any petition against APC chieftains when indeed there are loads of petitions against ministers serving in Buhari's government and other notable APC chieftains goes to show the hypocrisy of the fight against corruption.
"It is even more hypocritical and anti-democratic for the President to have turned himself to the accuser, prosecutor and judge, carrying on as if those he accused of corruption have already been convicted."
Credit: Vanguard


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During the early and mid-20th-century, population generally shifted to urban areas. However throughout the 1970s, the trend stalls and rural populations increased at the same rate as urban areas. Though considered a positive demographical change, growing populations in the state's countryside also caused land developers to reexamine land use, planning, and zoning of the rural landscape.


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A site-specific pas de deux aboard a canoe, exploring relationship structure: mutual affection becoming a function of stasis. The water is a metaphor of the ebb and flow of romance.
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Central NY News
Hispanic Heritage month begins today with celebration, song, arts
Published: Sep. 15, 2011, 11:00 a.m.
syracuse.com | The Post-Standard
Editors' note: This story was written by contributing writer Greg Mason.
Syracuse, NY -- Syracuse-area community leaders, politicians and others will kick off Hispanic Heritage Month with an opening ceremony today at Delaware Academy.
Hispanic Heritage Month, celebrated from Sept. 15 to Oct. 15, will be marked by a festival, music, lectures, art exhibits and other events.
The opening ceremony runs from 4:30 to 6 p.m. and will recognize educators who have made contributions to the local Hispanic community. The keynote speaker will be Sharon Contreras, Syracuse city schools superintendent.
Why does Hispanic Heritage month start today?
Sept. 15 was chosen as the starting point for Hispanic Heritage Month because it is the anniversary of independence of five Latin American countries — Costa Rica, El Salvador, Guatemala, Honduras and Nicaragua.
Also, Mexico and Chile celebrate their independence days on Sept. 16 and Sept. 18, respectively.
The ceremony will honor the following: Syracuse University professor Alejandro Garcia; retired city school teacher Ofelia Anamaria; Westside Learning Center teacher Magaly Nobles; Le Moyne College professor Mario Saenz; and Sue D'Imperio, a volunteer at Literacy Volunteers of Greater Syracuse.
Here are other events planned for the month:
• 5 to 8 p.m., today: The Warehouse Gallery at Syracuse University, 350 W. Fayette St. Colorfornia: New Forms in West Coast Street Art. Displaying the works of Apex, Chor Boogie, Jet Martinez and Oscar Garces.
• Thursday through Oct. 29: Mundy Branch Library, 1204 S. Geddes St. Photography exhibit by Marilu Lopez Fretts. Photography by Syracusan Marilu Lopez Fretts, in Mundy Branch Library.
• 6 to 11 p.m., Friday: Holiday Inn, Electronics Parkway, Salina: Sabor Latino — A Taste of Latino Culture. Samples of Spanish beer, wine, liquor, food and live music.
• 8 p.m., Friday: ArtRage Gallery, 505 Hawley Ave. Cuba to 'Cuse: Stories of My Life. A play by Jose Miguel Hernandez. Additional showings: 8 p.m. Oct. 7 and 2 p.m. Oct. 8, Community Folk Art Center, 805 E. Genesee St.
• 11:10 a.m. to 12:20 p.m., Sept. 21: Gordon Student Center-Cafe, Onondaga Community College, 4558 W. Seneca Turnpike. Brian Bromka's 12-piece Latin Orchestra. Bromka is the founder of La Familia de la Salsa, one of New York state's largest dance organizations.
• 5 p.m., Sept. 24: ArtRage Gallery, 505 Hawley Ave. La Liga's — Onondaga County's Spanish Action League — youth dance troupe, La Joven Guardia del Teatro Latino, performs Latin-American dances.
• 7:30 p.m., Sept. 27: Panasci Chapel, Le Moyne College, 1419 Salt Springs Road. Spanish Nights. Featuring Jazz-fusion group Gabriel Riesco Project and poets Francisco Diaz de Castro, Aurora Luque and Jose Antonio Mesa Tore.
• 4:30 p.m., Sept. 28: Mundy Branch Library, 1204 S. Geddes St. Merengue Dance Workshop. Learn the merengue with local producer and musician Jorge Cuevas.
• 4 to 6 p.m., Sept. 28: La Casita Cultural Center, 109 Otisco St. Grand Opening of La Casita Cultural Center. New Latin American Cultural Center grand opening.
• 11 a.m. to 3 p.m., Oct. 5: La Casita Cultural Center, 109 Otisco St.: third annual job fair.
• 2 p.m., Oct. 9: La Casita Cultural Center, 109 Otisco St.: Community Conversation: Freedom Revival. Tent, revival style discussion. Also, live music.
• Oct. 10 to Oct. 29: ArtRage Gallery, 505 Hawley Ave.: La Maquina — The Machine. Art of Favianna Rodriguez.
• 3:30 p.m., Oct. 12: Mundy Branch Library, 1204 S. Geddes St.: Fiesta Latina for Kids. Stories crafts, snacks and music. Ages six and up.
• 8 p.m., Oct. 15: LeMoyne Manor, 629 Old Liverpool Road, Salina. Closing ceremony.


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30 Plays in 60 Minutes
30 Plays in 60 Minutes? Gonzaga Student-Led Theater Takes on the Challenge
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SPOKANE, Wash. — Gonzaga University will be showcasing 30 Neo-Futurist Plays from Too Much Light Makes the Baby Go Blind (30 Plays in 60 Minutes) as part of Gonzaga's Fall Family Weekend.
The production originates from a long-running show in Chicago and will feature a selection of 30 plays that vary between performances. To add to the unique nature of the show, if a performance sells out, the entire cast, crew, and audience will receive pizza.
This production is largely produced by Gonzaga students.
"I want the audience to know that this is going to be a super fun, interactive show, where they'll be able to see a wide variety of different genres," said the show's director, sophomore Theatre Arts major Luke Motschenbacher, "They'll also have a chance of being part of the show itself and be up onstage with the cast. And, of course, if we sell out, then there will be free pizza!"
Performances are October 6 & 7 at 8:30 pm, October 8 at 6 pm, and October 9 at 2 pm. They will take place in the Harry and Colleen Magnuson Theatre located at the East Entrance of College Hall (502 E Boone Ave., Spokane WA 99258).
Tickets are $10. They can be purchased here or through visiting the Myrtle Woldson Performing Arts Center Box Office (211 E DeSmet Ave.), Monday, Wednesday, Friday 12pm-5pm and Tuesday, Thursday 12pm-1pm, 2pm-5pm or by calling (509) 313-2787. Tickets will be sold at the door, however they are not guaranteed in the event that a performance sells out.
For more information involving the production please email theatre@gonzaga.edu.
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One show, double bill, with The Castiles headlining. This was the band's second gig at the club (see September 16). The 13-song mentioned setlist represents The Castiles' complete performance at this show, in the correct song sequence. This was The Castiles' final appearance at The Left Foot. Although having only opened in September 1967, The Left Foot's popularity dropped dramatically in March 1968 when the larger, trendier Freehold Hullabaloo club opened nearby. The Left Foot closed for good in April 1968.
"Light Of Day" includes Moby Grape's "Omaha" . The song was also soundchecked before the show.
The song is taken from the 1967 album 'Moby Grape' by rock band Moby Grape.
So out of sight, bein' in love!


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Cinimod Studio is a London-based experiential agency involved in various architecture and lighting design projects. Projects undertaken typically involve a wide mix of media and technologies, and often involve interactive design.

Beginnings
In 2007 architect Dominic Harris founded Cinimod Studio. He had trained at the Bartlett School of Architecture and worked for many years with architecture firms Future Systems and Softroom, and for the interactive design firm Jason Bruges Studio.

The Studio
Cinimod Studio operates from a Notting Hill studio. In October 2008, director Dominic Harris was the recipient of the "Breakthrough Talent of the Year" at the FX International Interior Design Awards 2008. In November 2009, Cinimod Studio was awarded "Best Bar or Restaurant" at the FX International Design Awards 2009. In 2010 the studio won further recognition at the Lighting Design Awards 2010, winning "Best Hotel or Restaurant" lighting scheme.  In 2012 Cinimod Studio won 2 awards at the Lighting Design Awards 2012 with first prize in the "Small Retail Projects" and "Special Projects" category.  in March, 2014, Cinimod Studio won "Best Luminaire" at the Lighting Design Awards 2014 with their Moon Chandelier, and in the Lighting Design Awards 2015 Cinimod Studio won the "Special Projects" category for the "Emergence" sculpture at Heathrow Terminal 2.   The studio consists of a multi-disciplinary team of designers that includes architects, product designers, lighting designers and software engineers.

Notable projects

Ralph Lauren - 50th Anniversary Celebration Immersive Experience
An immersive and cinematic experience in Central Park to celebrate Ralph Lauren's 50th Anniversary. The installation, designed by Cinimod Studio's specialist in house hologram team, Cinimod Holograms, featured a mirrored structure which housed Cinimod's new technique, multiplane holograms.

Ralph Lauren - Hologram at GQ Men of the Year 2018 Awards
Cinimod Holograms, created a holographic installation of Ralph Lauren accepting his award for "Design Legend" at the GQ Men of the Year Awards 2018, presented by actor James Norton.

Ralph Lauren - Holographic Window Display
For the launch of Ralph Lauren's Polo Tech Shirt, Cinimod Studio delivered a holographic window display in the New York flagship store.

PHOS ART + DESIGN
Cinimod Studio designed PHOS ART + DESIGN which is a multidisciplinary gallery in Mayfair.

London Eye Facebook Election Mapping
In the countdown to the 2015 United Kingdom general election, Facebook presented their election data onto the London Eye in the design of a colourful light pie chart produced by Bompas & Parr and programmed by Cinimod Studio. Each night at 21:30 a different light show was displayed with a colour representing each parties level of discussion from the 52million interactions observed online.

A Concentric Study
For Art Paris 2015, Cinimod Studio were commissioned to project their artwork, A Concentric Study. The interplay between the projected patterns created a playful yet dynamic tension to the underlying architecture and the historical gravitas of the surrounding area.

Spirit of Ecstasy - Inside Rolls-Royce
Presented in the Saatchi Gallery for the Inside Rolls-Royce exhibition, Cinimod Studio delivered an interactive form of the Spirit of Ecstasy. The public were able to transform themselves into the brand's icon through a light particle animation and video wall.

Snog Bus
Situated on the South Bank, London, Cinimod Studio transformed an AEC Routemaster Bus, that is part of the Southbank Centre's Festival of Love.

Caviar House and Prunier "Emergence"
The mesmerising "Emergence" lighting sculpture for Caviar House and Prunier is at the heart of the new Heathrow Terminal 2's International Departures Lounge. Cinimod Studio successfully delivered the ambitious brief to create a truly unique and innovative eye-catching landmark for the new terminal building, from initial design concept to final delivery in situ. In March 2015, Emergence won "Special Projects" at the Lighting Design Awards

Wondertree Restaurants "Wondertree"
Cinimod Studio created a pair of illuminated tree sculptures for the Wondertree restaurant located on the mezzanine level of Heathrow Terminal 2.  The trees are made from polycarbonate and aluminium, and LED lighting has been used to dynamically change their colour appearance to suit the different seasons of the year. The restaurant is operated by The Restaurant Group.

SNOG Pure Frozen Yogurt

Cinimod Studio is responsible for the architecture and lighting design for the British company, SNOG Pure Frozen Yogurt.  The first store in South Kensington integrates a digital sky feature element made up of over 3,000 LEDs behind a stretched plast ceiling. Displayed on the LED sky are digital clouds, "their colour and speed determined by the time of day."  The second store in Soho instead features a ceiling lighting installation consisting of 700 globes of individually colour-changing light.  The third location, again designed by Cinimod Studio, is a kiosk at the Westfield Shopping Centre in Shepherd's Bush, London. A fourth location, by Cinimod Studio, has opened in Covent Garden, London. A fifth location opened in King's Road, Chelsea, in December 2010.  The studio has also been responsible for the international locations, including those in Brazil, Columbia, Dubai, Kuwait and Pakistan.

UFO Project (Peter Coffin)
"Untitled (UFO)" is an art project conceived by established New York artist Peter Coffin. Cinimod Studio was hired to realise the project, and produced an innovative structural, technical and electrical design and oversaw the fabrication and assembly. The UFO was publicly shown for the first time at the "Festival Of Stars" in Gdańsk, Poland, on 4 July 2008.
The object measured 7 metres in diameter and was manufactured of aluminum with 3000 bright and individually controllable Color Kinetics LED nodes arrayed across the structure, controlled via solid state computer. The system was powered by an on-board 6 kW generator and the craft was remotely controlled via SMS messaging. The craft weighed 600 kg, and was controlled during its unveiling flight from a Mi2 helicopter piloted by mountain rescue pilots.

Hoxton Square Exploded Globe

To celebrate the launch of the new Restaurant and Bar Design Awards, Cinimod Studio was commissioned to create an outdoor interactive lighting installation suspended within the tree canopy over London's Hoxton Square.

Beacon Interactive Art Installation
In January 2009 Cinimod Studio collaborated with artist and designer Chris O'Shea to create an interactive lighting artwork made of modified police beacon lights that responded in realtime to the movement of visitors to the installation space.  The artwork was first exhibited in the Science Gallery in Dublin, Ireland, and then in the Kinetica Art Fair in London, England.

Itsu "Butterfly In Flight"
Cinimod Studio are responsible for the new "Butterfly in Flight"  lighting features that are now appearing in Itsu sushi restaurants across London, UK.  These lighting features consist of sculptured forms of edge-lit acrylic through which computer controlled sequences of coloured LED lights are sequenced, creating the dynamic effect of a butterfly fluttering through the artwork.

Flutter
"Flutter" is an interactive artwork by Dominic Harris, the founder and director of Cinimod Studio, that was first exhibited at the Kinetica Art Fair 2010.  It is the detailed study of the movement of a butterfly as if displayed on an un-wrapped zoetrope.

DJ Light
DJ Light was a large scale Son et lumière project created by Cinimod Studio for Endessa in Lima, Peru, for Christmas 2010.  It consisted of 85 inflatable globes of light that were individually controllable in both color and lighting intensity.  The installation was operated by invited members of the public who would stand on the designated podium.  A thermal camera tracked their arm and body movements and via software written in Max Msp software the interactive light and sounds controls were made.

Peru National Football Stadium
Cinimod Studio were commissioned to create an interactive lighting control system for the new facade lighting that was part of the 2011 refurbishment program of the Estadio Nacional (Lima), Peru's National Football Stadium.  Their design consisted of a sound level monitoring system that was analysed in real-time to determine the mood of the crowd.  This analysis was in turn output as lighting patterns across the stadium facade.  The system was inaugurated in July 2011 and remains a permanent part of the stadium.

London Eye Mood Conductor
Cinimod Studio created an interactive lighting control system for the London Eye attraction on the London Southbank. A gestural control system and a heart rate monitor let visitors control the lighting across the London Eye in an interactive way.  The installation ran through the London 2012 Olympic period.

Walk The Light
For the 2012 London Design Festival the studio created an interactive lighting installation at the tunnel entrance to the Victoria & Albert Museum.  The installation consisted of a physically moving beam of white light that tracked visitors via thermal camera sensors.

Hologram for Pink Floyd
A holographic reinterpretation of the rainbow-emitting prism from The Dark Side of the Moon, created by Cinimod Holograms

References

External links
 Cinimod Studio official website

British companies established in 2007
Architecture firms based in London
Architectural lighting design
Lighting designers

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Ben Wright Smith on The Great Divorce
Olivia Gliku | On 18, Jul 2017
Ben Wright Smith has had an incredible year. He's released his album, The Great Divorce, and recently began supporting Pete Murray on tour. He joined The Creative Issue to discuss his latest accomplishments.
The Great Divorce is a beautifully constructed indie-folk album, that includes a touch of pop. Ben let us in on the world behind the album. He told us that was the result of a whole lot of teamwork and a hit of Nashville air.
The Great Divorce started as a "collection of ideas" that he decided he wanted to put together to create something "that [was] at least kind of cohesive, or [sat]Â together in this way that has a greater overall sort of purpose." Ben said.
We discussed whether the concept started with a specific vision in mind.
"I think that I did, but I think that it started changing a lot as it started unfolding. Just purely from the fact that I'd never really made an album before, and I'd listened to lots of albums, but it sort of sounds a lot easier to do than what you might think…" he said.
After some time, Ben and his friends found a sound that they liked and decided to continue on with.
Ben found himself with his friends and a collection of tracks in Nashville, Tennessee. He said that the trip helped bring the collection of music together as an album.
"It was the best, that was sort of the stage, I think, when we didn't quite know what the album was going to be, or what it was going to sound like. But, it was me and some friends of mine just getting it together. Just thinking I've got all these songs, maybe it's time to try to actually put them together and do something with them… That sort of set the original tone, I guess, for what we were doing" he said.
While demo-ing in Nashville, Ben had the pleasure of working with one of the greats of the Australian music industry, Mark Moffatt. He's well known for his work with The Saints, Saltbush, and Yothu Yindi. Ben told us about how he and his friends wanted to work with him as much as possible.
"So, we just started sneaking song after song. He seemed to enjoy it. We had eleven songs, and that was the first skeleton of what the album became later." Ben said.
Ben's old friend, Oscar Dawson produced The Great Divorce. Ben let us in on the pair's friendship and how his personal touch was left on the album.
"His attention to detail, and his feeling in his playing, and stuff like that is all over the record, definitely. We tend to agree on a lot of things as well. We've known each other for a long time. Sometimes it's hard to tell where it starts and where it ends." He told us.
Many of the tracks from The Great Divorce were demoed by Ben alone. He was later joined by a group of friends who contributed to the final product.  He spoke to us about his love for bouncing ideas off his friends, especially those who enjoy the same music as him.
"To let people do what they want, is kind of one of the more rewarding parts, for me, when I'm listening back to it. Especially when we're playing live as well. Just the opportunity for all the guys who recorded the album to use their parts and play around with them. Because they're theirs in a lot of ways…" he said.
If you haven't seen it yet, we definitely recommend checking out Felix Pilling's stunning album artwork for The Great Divorce. Ben told us about Felix's versatile talent and how the piece came together to finalise The Great Divorce's aesthetic. It's a real testament to the power of a well packaged release.
Ben told us that he "loved" Felix's latest style that involved digital collages, and wanted to incorporate that style into the album. The pair had their first experience constructing a cd cover. With some hard work and learning, the beauty of The Great Divorce was finalised.
Following the release of The Great Divorce, Ben has joined Pete Murray on his national Camacho tour. Ben told us about his sense of disbelief regarding the run of shows he's been doing so far, and his excitement for the next ones.
"It's been quite surreal really. I think we played the biggest show that we've ever done last night, at The Tivoli…"
"I certainly didn't think when I was putting these songs to paper, or even in the recording process, that I'd be singing them to that many people." He said.
Although he might not have expected it, we'd say Ben will be getting used to performing to huge crowds. The work that went into The Great Divorce certainly shows, and it looks like it will be a major stepping stone in Ben's career. We're happy to say that Ben has plans for new music and more touring following the completion of Pete Murray's tour. Be sure to keep tabs on him here.
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The Conservation Foundation, a secular environmental organization in the United Kingdom (UK), began working with the Church of England in 1998, when it created the Yews for the Millennium project. The Foundation has been campaigning since 1987 to protect ancient yew trees, many of which are found in Britain's churchyards. Since some of these trees are estimated to be more than 2,000 years old, and therefore living at the time of Christ, the Foundation decided to propagate some of them and offer the cuttings to parishes. As a result, more than 12,000 Millennium Yews were distributed at special services throughout England and Wales in 1999 and 2000. Most of these trees have since been planted in churchyards. While a major percentage of requests for trees were from Church of England parishes, trees were also requested by Roman Catholics, Quakers, and Buddhists. Assuming that many of the people requesting a Millennium Yew had some interest in the environment, the Foundation invited them to serve as links with the Conservation Foundation by becoming "Parish Pumps." The name, "Parish Pump," was chosen because of its historical associations around the world as a gathering place where information is exchanged within a community. The Foundation's Parish Pumps receive environmental news and information about initiatives, award and grant schemes, and publications to pass on to their congregations and local communities. As a result of this program, the Foundation now has a national network of Parish Pumps in both rural and urban parishes. With financial help from other trusts and foundations, the Conservation Foundation also provides Parish Pump Priming Awards. Although involving relatively small amounts of money, these awards are intended to turn ideas for local environmental projects into action by providing some initial funding. The awards are often presented by Bishops or clergy to highlight the Church's increasing level of environmental awareness and concern.
In association with the Church of England, the Conservation Foundation has recently launched a national program of workshops that are organized in collaboration with the local diocese and hosted by a local Bishop, often in a cathedral or church. The workshops urge churches to integrate greater environmental awareness into their worship services and are attended by people from various religious traditions. The workshops include various presentations by local and national experts. Each Workshop has its own agenda linking it to the 2002 Anglican Communion's Caring for Creation Congress, which the Foundation also helped organize. The Caring for Creation Congress is part of the Anglican Communion's World Summit on Sustainable Development program.
In another church-related initiative, the Foundation is helping to regenerate an eleven-acre site beside Liverpool's Anglican cathedral. Previously a cemetery, the site had fallen into disrepair and was avoided by local people and tourists alike. As a result of meetings held in the Cathedral, local people have gathered to form The Friends of St. James' Garden. Along with the local council, they are working to restore the site in time for the Cathedral's centenary in 2004.
Religion The Conservation Foundation is a secular organization working with the Church of England.
History David Bellamy and David Shreeve founded the Conservation Foundation in 1982 to help people in public, private, and nonprofit sectors work together on environmental issues. Since its founding, the Conservation Foundation has organized many environmental initiatives (e.g., educational programs and public events, consulting services, field studies, media work, and award schemes) and has forged alliances all over the world with various environmental experts. To promote the protection of Britain's ancient Yew trees, the Foundation initiated its Yew Tree Campaign in 1987. It began working with the Church of England in 1998, when it launched its Yews for the Millennium Campaign. The St. James' Cemetery Regeneration Project was initiated in Liverpool in 2001, and the Scottish Yew Tree Campaign was launched in 2002.
Mission Statement The Conservation Foundation is a nonprofit organization with charitable status that creates and manages initiatives to promote positive environmental news, awareness, and action.


The Alberta Hotel and Lodging Association (AHLA) Annual Convention and Trade show is fast approaching.
Please be sure to attend AHSA Annual General Meeting scheduled to convene on April 15, 2018 immediately following the Annual General Meeting of the AHLA.
that is set to be in force June 01, 2018.
We also have a fantastic speaker lined up to talk about Personal Stress Management.
Impending changes to the Occupational Health and Safety Act impacts all employers in the province of Alberta. While the impacts may be perceived as daunting, AHSA is here to help. We are your resource to training and education on how to improve your Health and Safety programs.
While it is EVERYONE's responsibility in the workplace to follow occupational health and safety legislation, the employer themselves have the greatest obligation in ensuring this.
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ASHA will be scheduling training sessions on Bill 30 shortly. Invites will sent out to the membership indicating when and where.
If you are interested in hosting a sessions, please contact our office.
Whether you looking to build your health and safety management program or simply wanting to learn more about occupational health and safety for your workplace, the AHSA is here to help.
AHSA recognizes the importance and significance of April 28, 2018 as the National Day of Mourning. It is a day dedicated to remembering those who have lost their lives, or suffered injury or illness on the job or due to a work-related tragedy.
As indicated on the CCHOS website, "The most recent statistics from the Association of Workers' Compensation Boards of Canada (AWCBC) tell us that in 2016, 905 workplace deaths were recorded in Canada. Among those dead were 6 young workers aged 15-19; and another 20 workers aged 20-24. Add to these fatalities the 241,508 claims accepted for lost time due to a work-related injury or disease, including 29,588 from workers aged 15-24, and the fact that these statistics only include what is reported and accepted by the compensation boards, and it is safe to say that the total number of workers impacted is even higher.