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The Indigenous people of the Torres Strait are a separate race of First Nations peoples who speak two distinct traditional languages and six dialects. Torres Strait Islanders in the Eastern Islands speak the traditional language of Meriam Mir, which includes the Mer and Erub dialects. The Western and Central Island groups speak Kala Lagaw Ya, which includes the dialects of Kulkalgau Ya, Kalaw Kawaw Ya, Kawrareg and Mabuyag. Torres Strait Creole and English are also spoken.
Our vision signifies that the heart of our region is our people, with culture an important part of our lives now and into the future. Empowering our people to contribute to and make decisions regarding their future ensures that our culture will remain strong and that the future will be guided by the people who live in the region and understand and promote its unique characteristics.
The TSRA Economic Development Programme supports local businesses to gain greater economic stability and growth. This included supporting Torres Strait and Aboriginal owned businesses to attend Supply Nation Connect 2018.
Ms Louisa Nancy Kiwat – Artist, Erub Island.
Held on 22 and 23 May 2018 in Sydney, Supply Nation Connect 2018 included a knowledge forum and a tradeshow, on the theme 'Shaping an inclusive economy'.
Registering in the Supply Nation directory allows Indigenous businesses greater visibility when being considered for Australian Government procurement and commercial opportunities.
The first day provided an opportunity for Indigenous business owners from across Australia to share their knowledge and experience while engaging in a series of workshops facilitated by prominent business figures. The second day included the tradeshow, at which the TSRA operated a booth that provided our local businesses with an opportunity to showcase their businesses and products.
The Supply Nation forum experience highlighted the importance of developing effective marketing and networking opportunities. Registering in the Supply Nation directory allows Indigenous businesses greater visibility when being considered for Australian Government procurement and commercial opportunities.
The TSRA and the Australian Bureau of Statistics (ABS) implemented a memorandum of understanding (MOU) on the production of a Torres Strait Regional Statistics Data Library (RSDL). In signing the MOU, the TSRA and ABS have formalised their commitment to working together with the Torres Strait community in supporting the development of regionally specific data.
As a basis for regional development planning, the RSDL will provide geographically specific data related to a broad range of statistical topics relevant to the Torres Strait, such as: demography and society, housing and infrastructure, social and support services, health status, education and training, criminal justice, labour market, environment, and income from employment and welfare. A primary focus of this collaborative project is the compilation of key regionally specific social and developmental statistics collected in conjunction with the national population census and other official data collections.
The TSRA provided $50,000 to the Australian Maritime Safety Authority (AMSA) to deliver BoatSafe training to all outer island Torres Strait and Northern Peninsula Area communities. The BoatSafe training provider is accredited by the Queensland Department of Transport and Main Roads to deliver maritime training.
The training ensures that community and recreational vessel masters are safe, competent and compliant with boat safety regulations.
The training was extremely well received by community leaders, maritime industry stakeholders and the broader community. The training enabled community members to receive their Recreational Marine Driver Licence (RMDL) and resulted in people becoming accredited as safe recreational vessel operators, ensuring that community and recreational vessel masters are safe, competent and compliant with boat safety regulations. A total of 250 participants received the training, with numerous participants who already held an RMDL attending to refresh their knowledge.
In 2017-2018, the Evolution: Torres Strait Masks exhibition, developed by the TSRA's Gab Titui Cultural Centre in partnership with the National Museum of Australia, was shared internationally for the first time.
The exhibition was presented in Hanoi by the Australian Embassy to Vietnam together with the Vietnam Museum of Ethnology. The two-month exhibition at the museum was part of activities celebrating the 45th anniversary of diplomatic relations between Australia and Vietnam.
Evolution explores the importance of ceremonial masks in Torres Strait Islander culture and their influence on contemporary art forms. It will be shared with up to 40 countries as a travelling graphic panel display.
In January 2017, the TSRA partnered with the Australian Government Department of Agriculture and Water Resources (DAWR) and Telstra on a two-stage project to upgrade telecommunications infrastructure, provide a platform for 4G technology, and deliver increased network backhaul capacity for the Torres Strait region. The first stage of the project was costed at $8.26 million and completed in June 2018.
The second phase of the project, known as the Torres Strait Digital Expansion Project, is valued at $15.62 million ($7.09 million from Telstra and $8.53 million from co-contributors).
In June 2018, the TSRA received $1.4 million from DAWR towards Phase 2 of the telecommunications upgrade project. The funding is welcomed by both the TSRA and Telstra and allows the project to continue into 2018-2019.
The TSRA and Telstra will progress with Phase 2 by dividing the scope of the project into smaller portions, with the objective of entering into funding agreements with a focus, in the first instance, on upgrading 4G base stations in the north-west cluster islands of the Torres Strait.
In addition to the $1.4 million recently provided by DAWR, it is hoped that the state government will contribute $2.135 million and that Telstra will match the co-contributions.
The TSRA will continue to work with Telstra and all levels of government to seek the remaining funding to ensure that the telecommunications infrastructure in the Torres Strait region is capable of delivering the technology and innovation needed for border protection, biosecurity management and multiple socioeconomic, educational, health and community safety outcomes for the island communities and people of the Torres Strait region.
continue to support communities in the implementation of community-based management plans for dugong and turtle.
The TSRA is well placed to deliver an effective compliance management programme that includes the Indigenous Ranger Programme, which involves 50 full-time rangers based across the outer islands.
The CMU has been established on Thursday Island, providing centralised management of all specialist compliance management activities. Over the next two years, this will include the development of an operations control centre with all of the appropriate resources to receive, analyse and disseminate information and direct field operations.
The CMU will facilitate an effective network between communities, rangers and regulatory agencies, ensuring that at all times rangers are supported through ongoing participation in patrols, training, and mentoring by specialist Indigenous compliance staff. The development, design and implementation of the CMU will be consistent with international best practice and in accordance with national guidelines, policy and legislation.
The CMU will facilitate an effective network between communities, rangers and regulatory agencies, ensuring that at all times rangers are supported through ongoing participation in patrols, training, and mentoring by specialist Indigenous compliance staff.
During 2017-2018, through the support of DAWR, over 90 per cent of TSRA rangers completed formal and nationally recognised Certificate IV in Government Investigations (Regulatory Compliance) training, equipping them with the theoretical and operational knowledge and skills to undertake compliance activities. As a result, the TSRA has received in-principle agreement from the Australian Government Department of the Environment and Energy for CMU staff and rangers to be delegated formal powers under the Environment Protection and Biodiversity Conservation Act 1999 (Cth). As staff capability develops, this will enable the organisation to play a key role in supporting the management of environmental compliance in the Torres Strait region.
The CMU is actively participating in a review of and subsequent updates to the dugong and turtle management plans to include increased cultural authority governance protocols and associated culturally governed compliance treatments.
The TSRA has now entered the final year of the Torres Strait languages project, which has been supported by the Australian Government Department of Communications and the Arts. The four-year languages project commenced in 2014 and included the development of the Torres Strait Traditional Languages Plan under the guidance of the community-elected Torres Strait Traditional Language Advisory Committee.
The committee is assisting project partners with the establishment of the Regional Language Centre and the coordination of activities outlined in the plan. In 2017-2018, the TSRA finalised a three-year arrangement to temporarily locate the Regional Language Centre at the Tagai State College Thursday Island Secondary Campus, based in the Yangu Pawaw Ngurpay Mudh building. This arrangement has been created to accommodate the centre until a long-term community facility is secured.
The Regional Language Centre and implementation of the Torres Strait Traditional Languages Plan 2016-2019 will help to protect and promote the six dialects spoken in the Torres Strait Island region: Kulkalgau Ya, Kalaw Kawaw Ya, Kawrareg, Mabuyag, Mer and Erub. Addressing the loss of critically endangered languages in the Torres Strait is a key outcome of this project.
For the past 20 years the TSRA has implemented the Major Infrastructure Programme (MIP), a highly successful co-funding model that has secured more than $230 million of investment into the region.
Through increased regional infrastructure coordination, the TSRA could enhance the optimal regional delivery of infrastructure by ensuring increased Indigenous employment and training opportunities and increased participation of local Indigenous businesses.
There is considerable capacity for the TSRA to expand on the successes thus far of the existing MIP model, including key components such as the MIP Management Committee meeting to facilitate regional infrastructure improvements. Through increased regional infrastructure coordination, the TSRA could enhance the optimal regional delivery of infrastructure by ensuring increased Indigenous employment and training opportunities and increased participation of local Indigenous businesses.
Significant progress was made in 2017-2018 in developing a Torres Strait model for the independent control and ownership of fishery assets, including those currently held by the TSRA on behalf of Traditional Inhabitants. After a delegation of leaders visited New Zealand to learn about the Maori experience, community consultation was conducted in early 2018 across all communities in the Torres Strait, to seek their views on the ownership, control and management of fisheries assets and endorsement for the TSRA to identify the best structure to deliver a solution on this matter.
This study and consultation gave the TSRA the mandate to progress to Phase 2 of the initiative, which is to seek legal, accounting and business advice on the most suitable entity and/or structure for a community management framework in the region. The TSRA will continue to work with all stakeholders to further progress this project in 2018-2019.
Despite Native Title decisions giving exclusive possession on all the inhabited outer islands, the freehold on most of those islands continues to be held by the Torres Strait Island Regional Council under a Deed of Grant in Trust (DOGIT). Currently, only two Registered Native Title Bodies Corporate (RNTBCs) have Torres Strait Islander freehold land on their respective islands. However, four more transfers of the freehold land to the RNTBCs are now on the table. Such transfers may present opportunities for increased self-determination and economic development.
The geography of the Torres Strait area presents and always will present a challenge when delivering services and infrastructure. With island communities spread across approximately 44,000 kilometres of sea, the costs of delivering services and infrastructure are significantly higher than in most other parts of Australia. These costs have a major influence on the implementation and timing of programmes, services and projects.
The high costs of travel and transportation of freight in the Torres Strait continue to impact on economic growth, tourism and the delivery of programmes and services in the region. For example, the delivery of services to the outer Torres Strait islands may not be as timely or effective as in other Indigenous regions. Therefore, positive initiatives such as subsidised transportation and freight and airfare costs are required to mitigate those significant costs.
In February 2018, the Supreme Court of Queensland handed down a decision in Wigness v Kingham, President of the Land Court  QSC 20. This was a review of a decision of the Land Court of Queensland.
The Land Court action was brought by parties who had lease entitlements under the Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Land Holding Act 2013 (Qld), known as Katter leases. The parties had applied for grants of Katter leases, but the Minister for Natural Resources and Mines had decided that Native Title was a competing interest and therefore a practical obstacle to the grant of Katter leases.
The Land Court found that this was incorrect and that granting an entitlement to a Katter lease was a pre-existing right based act under section 24IB of the Native Title Act 1993 (Cth). The granting of exclusive possession by such an act extinguishes any Native Title. Therefore, Native Title was not an obstacle and the leases could be granted. The Supreme Court upheld the Land Court's decision.
There are currently 330 valid entitlements to Katter leases in the Torres Strait. If these entitlements were to be exercised there would be a significant effect on Native Title in the region.
The TSRA is awaiting the provision of detailed mapping of the Katter lease entitlements in the region from the Department of Natural Resources and Mines.
The total allowable catch in the 2017-2018 tropical rock lobster (TRL) fishing season was a historically low catch of 299 tonnes, shared between Australia and Papua New Guinea. For the first time, the season closed early, on 31 July 2018, when the Australian share of the catch was reached. As one of the most important economic drivers in the region, this had a significant negative impact on people's livelihoods.
The Protected Zone Joint Authority (PZJA) is taking steps to improve the management arrangements in the TRL fishery. As a result of additional Transferrable Vessel Holder licence purchases by the TSRA in 2017-2018, the nominal ownership of the TRL fishery by Traditional Inhabitants under a future management plan is now 66.17 per cent of the Australian share of the fishery.
The TSRA is working as part of the PZJA to implement a TRL fishery management plan that supports the aspiration of Torres Strait Islander and Aboriginal people in the region and formally secures ownership of the 66.17 per cent by Traditional Inhabitants.
Telecommunications in the Torres Strait is both a challenge and an opportunity. As noted under Opportunities, the TSRA, in partnership with Telstra, is working on a staged project to address telecommunications and mobile network issues in the region. Until the project is completed, the region will continue to experience mobile network drop-offs, black spots and unreliable internet and mobile reception. For example, at present a number of outer Torres Strait island communities can only use landlines, which can sometimes be unreliable. Agencies like the TSRA are exploring alternative options such as the installation of repeaters and antennas for their staff and Board members based in affected communities.
A key challenge to the TSRA's Integrated Service Delivery (ISD) project is securing commitment from all Commonwealth, state and local government departments operating in the region to treat ISD as core business.
As an initiative to improve ISD in the region, the TSRA has implemented MOUs and memorandums of agreement with some of the government bodies, including the three local government councils in the Torres Strait and Northern Peninsula Area.
The Torres Strait Regional Coordination Group has also been established, to drive accountability and strategic assessment for delivery of cross-regional actions that are identified in the Torres Strait Regional Adaptation and Resilience Plan 2016-2021 as well as other matters of strategic regional significance, and to ensure that there is effective coordination across organisations and agencies.
The TSRA and the three local governments are the pillars of the Torres Strait, and the core function of the Torres Strait Regional Coordination Group is to align various stakeholders to the vision of addressing local-level climate change impacts and community development actions.
For many years there has been a need to improve the coordination of waste management. While there has been some progress, the development and implementation of a Torres Strait specific regional waste management strategy is now necessary to overcome the difficulty of the Torres Strait and Northern Peninsula Area biosecurity restrictions and the high costs of potential solutions.
The development and implementation of a Torres Strait specific regional waste management strategy is now necessary to overcome the difficulty of the Torres Strait and Northern Peninsula Area biosecurity restrictions and the high costs of potential solutions.
The Torres Strait is an island environment, making marine infrastructure essential to transport throughout the region. Much of the wharf infrastructure in the Torres Strait is aging and in need of large-scale maintenance and/or replacement. The investment required is beyond the resources of local councils, and the TSRA is continuing to work with all stakeholders to attract the required resources.


Tomb of the Eagles - A neolithic burial chamber and house - with excellent visitors centre.
Orkney Fossil and Heritage Centre - Fossil museum, gift shop and cafe as well as WW1 and WW2 displays.
Orkney Communities website - Information about local organisations, clubs etc.


Cynthia Marshall tried to keep her trip to California away from the press. A product of the University of California public school system, she had been invited by the state's legislative arms to be honored for advocating "good policies" in the state and for her current work with the Dallas Mavericks; becoming the first female black chief executive in the NBA. Marshall was appointed the interim CEO of the Dallas Mavericks in late February after a scathing exposé by Sports Illustrated detailed the basketball organization's culture of sexual harassment against women.
She landed in Sacramento the same night and went to the two different ceremonies honoring her—one in the State's Assembly and the other in the Senate. Named one of the top 50 Most Powerful Women in Corporate America by Black Enterprise in 2015, Marshall is a quick thinker, straight talker, and highly respected leader who was senior vice president, Human Resources and chief diversity officer at AT&T serving 36 years before she retired in 2017 to launch her own consulting firm.
Marshall, who was already overwhelmed by state legislator's gesture thought "OK, perfect. I just have to do this once." What she didn't realize was that another ceremony was waiting for her on the Assembly floors.


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6:53 AM	EST
Vladimir Lyakhov
Vladimir Afanasyevich Lyakhov (Russian: Влади́мир Афана́сьевич Ля́хов; 20 July 1941 – 19 April 2018) was a Russian Soviet cosmonaut.
He was selected as cosmonaut on 5 May 1967, and retired on 7 September 1994. Lyakhov was the Commander on Soyuz 32, Soyuz T-9, and Soyuz TM-6, and spent 333 days, 7 hours, 47 minutes in space.
Soyuz 32 was the seventh mission to visit the Salyut 6 space station and carried the EO-3 expedition, which was the third long-duration crew for the station. The mission began on February 25, 1979, 11:53:49 UTC, launching Commander Vladimir Lyakhov and Flight Engineer Valery Ryumin into orbit. They docked with the station the next day. During their 175-day stay on the station, EO-3 crew conducted various scientific experiments, performed an EVA and were visited by three uncrewed Progress cargo spacecrafts and an uncrewed Soyuz 34. Soyuz 32 crew returned to Earth in Soyuz 34 spacecraft, while their own spacecraft returned uncrewed several days later. The mission concluded with a safe landing back on Earth on August 19, 1979, 12:29:26 UTC.
Baikonur Cosmodrome, Republic of Kazakhstan
Soyuz U
The Soyuz U rocket has been launched a total of 166 times with 163 successful and 3 failed launches.
Abbreviation: CCCP
Country: RUS
The Soviet space program, was the national space program of the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics (USSR) actived from 1930s until disintegration of the Soviet Union in 1991.
The Soviet Union's space program was mainly based on the cosmonautic exploration of space and the development of the expandable launch vehicles, which had been split between many design bureaus competing against each other. Over its 60-years of history, the Russian program was responsible for a number of pioneering feats and accomplishments in the human space flight, including the first intercontinental ballistic missile (R-7), first satellite (Sputnik 1), first animal in Earth orbit (the dog Laika on Sputnik 2), first human in space and Earth orbit (cosmonaut Yuri Gagarin on Vostok 1), first woman in space and Earth orbit (cosmonaut Valentina Tereshkova on Vostok 6), first spacewalk (cosmonaut Alexei Leonov on Voskhod 2), first Moon impact (Luna 2), first image of the far side of the Moon (Luna 3) and unmanned lunar soft landing (Luna 9), first space rover (Lunokhod 1), first sample of lunar soil automatically extracted and brought to Earth (Luna 16), and first space station (Salyut 1). Further notable records included the first interplanetary probes: Venera 1 and Mars 1 to fly by Venus and Mars, respectively, Venera 3 and Mars 2 to impact the respective planet surface, and Venera 7 and Mars 3 to make soft landings on these planets.
Baikonur Cosmodrome, Republic of Kazakhstan, Soviet Space Program, Soyuz U

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Making Ends Meet: How Many Minnesota Jobs Pay Enough to Meet Basic Needs?
by lftcrtv | Feb 13, 2018 | Economy, Jobs & Wages
Of the 2.81 million jobs in Minnesota, approximately 1.24 million—or 44 percent—do not pay enough to meet the basic needs of a typical Minnesota family. Jobs with wages insufficient to meet basic needs are prevalent statewide. In each of the state's thirteen economic development regions (EDRs), over a third of all jobs fail to provide wages sufficient to meet the typical family's basic needs; in one region, over half of jobs fail to meet this minimal standard.
The "typical family's basic needs hourly wage"—as defined by the Minnesota Department of Employment and Economic Development in the 2017 Minnesota Cost of Living Study—is the average wage that a "typical family" must make to satisfy a set of "basic needs." A "typical family" consists of two adults and one child, with one adult working full-time and the other part-time, for a combined sixty-hour work week. "Basic needs" represent neither poverty nor a typical middle-class lifestyle, but rather a basic living standard that meets essential health and safety needs. Excluded from "basic needs" are several common categories of household expenditures, including retirement and education savings, vacations, entertainment, eating out, alcohol, and tobacco.
The percentage of jobs with wages that fail to meet the typical family's basic needs ranges from a low of 34 percent in Northwest Minnesota (EDR 1) to a high of 53 percent in East Central Minnesota (EDR 7E). In the seven-county metropolitan area (EDR 11)—home to 55 percent of the state's population and 62 percent of its jobs—44 percent of jobs do not pay enough to meet basic needs.
While many low wage jobs do not offer benefits, some do. Due to a lack of information, we cannot estimate with precision the impact of benefits on the number of jobs capable of meeting basic needs. However, an approximation based on statistical inferences indicates that 38 percent of jobs in Minnesota fail to meet the typical family's basic needs, even if we include both wages and benefits.
Minnesota's median income and median wage surpass the national average, yet the state's cost-of-living is below average. While Minnesota does well relative to most other states, our analysis suggests that Minnesota cannot rest on its laurels. The widespread presence of jobs that do not pay enough to meet the basic needs of a typical Minnesota family underscores the larger problem of wage stagnation that has plagued the U.S. economy for decades. Stagnant and declining wages erode consumer purchasing power. This erosion both reduces demand for goods and services, and retards job creation and economic growth. More severe recessions and lackluster recoveries follow.
The prevalence of jobs in Minnesota that fail to pay enough to make ends meet demands a public policy response. Strategies to enhance the wages and purchasing power of Minnesota workers, especially those jobs that do not pay enough to meet basic needs, is the best way—indeed, the only way—to stimulate widespread economic growth and prosperity.


German producer RMA teams up with Fatman Scoop, on latest track 'Lick U' - A heavy hitting EDM cut, released on Sirup Music imprint.
Known for his explosive style of electronic dance music – RMA delivers a powerful sound laden with driving beats, thumping bass-lines and floods of energy. Listen to "Lick U" by RMA, below.
RMA has an increasingly trademark sound, showcased in a slew of successful releases across 2018 and beyond. This time – 'Lick U' sees the German producer go head to head with internationally acclaimed Hip-Hop producer and rapper Fatman Scoop.
Delivering another upfront, future main stage weapon –'Lick U' is released on Sirup Music.
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From Politico: Assembly passes 'environmental bill of rights'
by admin 26/04/2017 | 3:14 0 Posted in Articles, Press
By Bill Mahoney
ALBANY — The Assembly passed an Earth Day package of legislation on Monday, including a state constitutional amendment that would give New Yorkers the "right to clean air and water, and a healthful environment."
The legislation, which supporters dubbed an "environmental bill of rights," passed by a 103-27 margin.
"Part of the fundamental rights of being a citizen of this great state … is having a healthful environment," said sponsor Steve Englebright, a Democrat from Long Island, during floor debate. "It isn't yet in the constitution, but it should be. Certainly, there have been recent events that have reminded us of the need for this, in places like Hoosick Falls, Newburgh and Long Island."
Most complaints, which came exclusively from Republicans, argued that the amendment was too broadly written and its scope would only be realized through litigation.
"The problem is this constitutional amendment has words that are completely undefined, words like 'clean' air and water," said Assemblyman Andy Goodell, a Republican from Western New York. "What's 'clean' mean? Does it mean pure? No contaminants? … What happens when we pass a constitutional amendment with very, very broad terms like 'clean' or 'healthy' — what happens is we transfer legislative authority from us … to the judiciary."
Englebright said that excessive litigation hasn't been an issue in states like Illinois that have similar language in their constitutions.
The amendment was first introduced in March, after Environmental Advocates of New York began a push for stronger constitutional protections in the aftermath of incidents like the discovery of PFOA in Hoosick Falls' drinking water.
"This is the kind of environmental leadership New Yorkers want to see more of," EANY executive director Peter Iwanowicz said in a statement. "The Assembly continues to pass some of the most visionary pieces of legislation in the country — crafting, and passing legislation that prioritizes our health, our water, our communities, and our lungs above polluter profit."
In the Senate, the bill is sponsored by Independent Democratic Conference member David Carlucci, who represents a portion of the Hudson Valley. It's cosponsored by seven additional members, all of whom are members of the IDC or Democratic conference.
In order to take effect, the amendment would need to pass both houses by the end of 2018, again in 2019, then be approved by voters in a referendum.
In addition to the Earth Day package, the Assembly also passed a bill that would make it easier for parents to regain custody of their children after being detained in a place like the immigration enforcement center. Here's a full list of what passed:
A339: Kim (MS) — Enacts the New York State Reuniting Families Act
A1773 : Fahy (MS) — Relates to financial liability for major facilities, vessels, and railroads
A1862: Peoples-Stokes — Identifies the criteria the commissioner of environmental conservation should consider in publishing a list of high local environmental impact zones
A2875: Kavanagh (MS) — Relates to the reduction of mercury in mercury-added lamps
A6279: Englebright — Relates to the right to clean air and water and a healthful environment
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Q: Resetting indexes with ruflin/elastica throws HttpException on heroku I'm using elasticsearch in a Symfony project with FOSElasticaBundle, that requires ruflin/elastica client. In order to create indexes I use the command suggested in the documentation of FOSElasticaBundle and in my local machine everything is going fine.
When I deploy the project to heroku, the same command fails throwing the following error:
elastica.ERROR: Elastica Request Failure {"exception":"[object] (Elastica\\Exception\\Connection\\HttpException(code: 0): Couldn't resolve host at /app/vendor/ruflin/elastica/lib/Elastica/Transport/Http.php:186)","request":{"path":"index_name/","method":"DELETE","data":[],"query":[],"connection":{"config":{"headers":[],"curl":[]},"host":"https://username:password@host","port":"443","logger":"fos_elastica.logger","compression":false,"retryOnConflict":0,"enabled":false}},"retry":false}

That seems to underline a connection problem with the elasticsearch host. The strange thing is that when I try to connect manually to that host from the heroku machine, everything seems to work just fine.
Executing:
curl -X GET host:port/

gives me this response:
{
    "name" : "Alex Power",
    "cluster_name" : "elasticsearch",
    "version" : {
        "number" : "2.4.0",
        "build_hash" : "079e104a99267f24d3689297eb16466170b00ebc",
        "build_timestamp" : "2016-10-04T20:50:33Z",
        "build_snapshot" : false,
        "lucene_version" : "5.5.2"
    },
    "tagline" : "You Know, for Search"
}

On heroku I'm using bonsai add-on, but I also tried with the AWS elasticsearch service, and everything with different version of the bundle and the ruflin/elastica client.
Resuming the problem: the host is always working fine, but the ruflin client seems to have problems contacting it.
The only thing I can think about is a misconfiguration of the bundle, but I followed every step in the documentation, so I don't know where to look and I'm feeling lost at this moment.
EDIT:
I just setup the project to run in docker containers locally and in logs I see the following error:
[2017-04-08 09:45:00] request.CRITICAL: Uncaught PHP Exception Elastica\Exception\Connection\HttpException: "Couldn't connect to host, Elasticsearch down?" at /var/www/vendor/ruflin/elastica/lib/Elastica/Transport/Http.php line 180 {"exception":"[object] (Elastica\\Exception\\Connection\\HttpException(code: 0): Couldn't connect to host, Elasticsearch down? at /var/www/vendor/ruflin/elastica/lib/Elastica/Transport/Http.php:180)"} []

I keep thinking is just a configuration problem, because I checked with curl and elasticsearch is running properly.

A: I solved this using the following configuration:
clients:
     default:
         host: ****
         port: ****
         transport: Https
         headers:
            Authorization: "Basic ************"

Where the authorization token is given with:
echo -n "user:password" | base64

A: What does your configuration look like? It could be that the HTTP authentication is messing with things. The docs suggest using something like this:
# app/config/config.yml
fos_elastica:
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TIGHT QUARTERS by Annabeth Albert, Blog Tour & Giveaway !!!
Title: Tight Quarters
Series: Out of Uniform #6
Publisher: Carina Press
Release Date: ebook: July 9, 2018 / print: July 31, 2018
Subgenre: M/M Contemporary Military Romance
Links: Amazon | B&N | Kobo
Book Synopsis:
Petty Officer Bacon, a Navy SEAL and ace sharpshooter, has been on the front lines of more than his fair share of dangerous ops. Yet when a minor injury relegates him to the beta team, he's tasked with what may be his riskiest assignment yet: the silver fox journalist he's babysitting is the hottest, most charismatic man he's ever encountered.
Award-winning journalist Spencer Bryant may have been named one of Pride magazine's most eligible bachelors of the year, but he's not looking to change his relationship status. He's a consummate professional who won't risk his ethics or impeccable reputation by getting involved with a source. Even a sexy-as-hell military man. But while Spencer can resist his physical attraction to Bacon, he has less control over his emotions—especially when the mission goes sideways and the two men are trapped alone.
Getting out of the jungle alive turns out to be easy compared to facing the truth about their feelings for one another back in the real world. And whether or not they can build a future is a different story altogether.
"Meet Spencer the Silverfox Reporter Hero"
As he followed Bacon out of the dining facility, he didn't regret being open about Greg to the team. He'd never really been in the closet, but he'd spent too many years when he was younger watching his words, worrying about what others might think. Screw that. Life was far too short to hide, and besides, it was bound to come up at some point the next few weeks. Better to just get it out in the open now.
But Petty Officer Bacon did not seem to agree, all but glowering as he stomped ahead.
"You okay with walking or should I get a Jeep?" he barked at Spencer. Damn. He'd thought Bacon was the open-minded one of the group, but he was sure as hell acting put out.
"Totally fine with walking. Listen, if you have a problem with me—"
"I don't." A muscle worked in his jaw.
"You don't like me," Spencer said bluntly. Speaking of getting things out in the open, they needed to address this now. If Bacon was to be his handler, it benefited them both to not have an actively hostile relationship.
"I'd like you a lot better on any team other than mine," Bacon shot back as he sped up his walking pace. "And at the risk of inflating what has to be a Super Duty size ego, I'm a fan of your writing stuff. But you're the last thing my team needs."
"You're a fan?" Spencer couldn't help but smile.
"Knew that would be the part you focused on," Bacon grumbled. "You're not a bad writer, okay? But we don't need a reporter—any reporter—potentially fucking up our mission. And if you tell the LT I said that—"
"I won't," Spencer promised before Bacon could finish his threat. "I get your reservations, I do. But just give me a chance, okay? I'm not out to make you or your buddies look bad."
"Why do you want this assignment anyway?" Bacon demanded. They were passing nondescript buildings and carefully manicured grounds, but Bacon didn't slow down and point out the sights to Spencer, instead marching on.
"My book about injured vets sold well. My publisher would like to see more like that from me, and this was an easy freelance pitch to my old paper for the feature piece, so there's that." Spencer tried for light, which only made Bacon glower more. He was going to just leave it at that, let Bacon frown himself into next week, but then some of the truth spilled out. "I saw a number of spec ops guys in my research at Walter Reed. It got me intrigued about how modern warfare operates out in the field. And then one of them died last year. Felt like maybe I owed it to him to pursue this story, jump through all the PR hoops to make it happen."
"He died in the line of duty?" Bacon sounded marginally less combative.
"No. Suicide." The word hurt, almost like it scraped his throat on the way out, and his voice was unnaturally rough. Bacon went pale and slowed his pace.
"Fucking sucks," he said with far more feeling than Spencer would have expected.
"Yeah, it does," Spencer agreed. It did fucking suck, no two ways about it. Even now, his back went slick with sweat, stomach full of guilt and dread, as he remembered that awful phone call from Harry's wife. But nothing would be served by telling Bacon how Harry's death had utterly gutted him, so he kept his voice even. "But he saw things that few people ever do. And those stories, they feel…significant."
Bacon was silent a long time, plodding along, looking down at his feet.
"I get it," he said at last. "But not gonna lie, wish they'd assigned you elsewhere. Rangers, maybe."
Annabeth Albert grew up sneaking romance novels under the bed covers. Now, she devours all subgenres of romance out in the open—no flashlights required! When she's not adding to her keeper shelf, she's a multi-published Pacific Northwest romance writer. The #OutOfUniform series joins her critically acclaimed and fan-favorite LGBTQ romance #Gaymers, #PortlandHeat and #PerfectHarmony series.
To find out what she's working on next and other fun extras, check out her Website or connect with Annabeth on Twitter, Facebook, Instagram, and Spotify! Also, be sure to sign up for her newsletter for free ficlets, bonus reads, and contests. The fan group, Annabeth's Angels, on Facebook is also a great place for bonus content and exclusive contests.
Emotionally complex, sexy, and funny stories are her favorites both to read and to write. Annabeth loves finding happy endings for a variety of pairings and is a passionate gay rights supporter. In between searching out dark heroes to redeem, she works a rewarding day job and wrangles two active children.
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Autobiography or personal history seems to be a favorite literary genre among the Latter-day Saints, probably because it deals with truth (not fiction), recreates our unique personal dramas of conversion, and enables us to render an accounting of our earthly stewardship. A memoir is a selective autobiographical narrative that focuses on the subject's role as a participant in or a witness of significant events. Douglas Thayer's Hooligan, a Mormon Boyhood is a memoir that makes growing up during the Great Depression in the Sixth Ward of Provo, Utah, a significant event.


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Sabor! at the 2016 Tribeca Film Festival
El Charro de Toluquilla
Last year the Tribeca Film Festival's 14th edition welcomed over 138,000 movie-goers over 12 days of screenings and panels with a total attendance of over 467,000. The festival, now in its 15th year is bringing together visionaries across industries and diverse audiences to celebrate the power of storytelling. 130 film directors, screening 101 films, 72 shorts, 23 virtual reality and interactive installations, are pulling out all the stops to make sure the 2016 Festival is like no other quinceañera we have seen. Now it certainly can be overwhelming, to figure out what to catch, so we decided to share with you some of the Latino entries to this year's festival, hopefully adding some Sabor! to your viewing experience.
After Spring
Directed by Ellen Martinez and Steph Ching. (USA)-World Premiere, Documentary.
Close to 80,000 Syrian refugees live in the Zaatari Refugee Camp in Jordan. After Spring immerses us in the rhythms of the camp, the role of the aid workers, and the daily lives of two families as they contemplate an uncertain future. Executive produced by Jon Stewart, this is a fascinating journey
through the camp's physical and human landscapes. In Arabic, English, Korean with subtitles.
The Charro of Toluquilla (El Charro De Toluquilla)
Directed and written by Jose Villalobos Romero. (Mexico) – International Premiere,
Documentary.
Jaime García appears to be the quintessentially machismo mariachi singer, yet beneath his
magnetic confidence lies a man struggling to maintain a relationship with his estranged family
while living as an HIV-positive man. In Jose Villalobos Romero's remarkable cinematic debut, he
utilizes vivid tableaus and stylized perspective to paint a beautifully unique and emotional
portrait of a man divided. With Analia Garcia Hernandez, Rocio Hernandez, La Paloma, Andrea
Dominguez, Ventura Garcia. In Spanish with subtitles.
Icaros: A Vision
Directed by Leonor Caraballo and Matteo Norzi, written by Leonor Caraballo, Matteo Norzi, and
Abou Farman. (Peru, USA) – World Premiere, Narrative.
An American woman in search of a miracle embarks on an adventure in the Peruvian Amazon. At a healing center, she finds hope in the form of an ancient psychedelic plant known as ayahuasca. With her perception forever altered, she bonds with a young indigenous shaman who is treating a group of psychonauts seeking transcendence, companionship, and the secrets of life and death. With Ana Cecilia Stieglitz, Arturo Izquierdo, Filippo Timi. In English, Spanish with subtitles.
Directed and written by Gael García Bernal, Mia Wasikowska, Sebastian Silva, Anurag Kashyap, Sion Sono, and Natasha Khan. (Argentina, Australia, USA, India, Japan, UK) – World Premiere, Narrative.
Madly is an international anthology of short films exploring love in all its permutations. Directed by some of the most vibrant filmmakers working today, the six stories in Madly portray contemporary love in all its glorious, sad, ecstatic, empowering, and erotic manifestations. With Radhika Apte, Satyadeep Misra, Adarsh Gourav, Kathryn Beck, Lex Santos, Mariko Tsutsui, Yuki Sakurai, Ami Tomite, Justina Bustos, Pablo Seijo, Tamsin Topolski. In English, Hindi, Japanese, Spanish with subtitles.
Memories of a Penitent Heart
Directed by Cecilia Aldarondo. (USA, Puerto Rico) – World Premiere, Documentary.
Like many gay men in the 1980s, Miguel moved from Puerto Rico to New York City; he found a
career in theater and a rewarding relationship. Yet, on his deathbed he grappled to reconcile his
homosexuality with his Catholic upbringing. Now, decades after his death, his niece Cecilia locates
Miguel's estranged lover to understand the truth, and in the process opens up long-dormant family secrets. In English, Spanish with subtitles.
Southwest of Salem: The Story of the San Antonio Four
Directed by Deborah S. Esquenazi. (USA) – World Premiere, Documentary.
In 1994, four women were tried and convicted of a heinous assault on two young girls in a court
case that was infused with homophobic prejudice and the Satanic Panic sweeping the nation at
that time. Southwest of Salem is a fascinating true crime story that puts the trial of the San
Antonio Four in context of their ongoing search for exoneration.
The Tenth Man (El Rey Del Once)
Directed and written by Daniel Burman. (Argentina) – North American Premiere, Narrative.
Ariel is summoned to Buenos Aires by his distant father, who runs a Jewish aid foundation in El
Once, the bustling Jewish neighborhood where he spent his youth. Writer-director Daniel
Burman (All In) returns to Tribeca with this tender exploration of community, and the intricacies
of the father-son relationship. With Alan Sabbagh, Julieta Zylberberg, Usher, Elvira Onetto,
Adrian Stoppelman, Elisa Carricajo. In Spanish with subtitles.
The Boxer (El Púgil)
Directed and written by Angel Manuel Soto. (Puerto Rico) – World Premiere, Documentary.
El Púgil (The Boxer) narrates the rags to riches story of the super feather underdog Angel
'Tito' Acosta El Púgil,' a young Puerto Rican boxer from the slums of Barrio Obrero, Puerto Rico
and his ordeal to becoming World Champion. In Spanish with subtitles.
Catch a Monster (Coger Un Monstruo)
Directed and written by Michael Y. Lei. (USA, Bolivia) – World Premiere, Narrative.
A lonely boy finds himself trapped in a dark fantasy come alive in the streets of La Paz, Bolivia. In
Spanish with subtitles.
Winds of Furnace (Aire quemado)
Directed and written by Yamil Quintana. (Mexico) – World Premiere, Narrative.
In a half-urbanized community in the Mexican tropics, Santiago and his friends, Antonio and
Miguel, are having a fun afternoon sharing jokes, pranks, and dreams as they straddle the
boundary between childhood and adult life. In Spanish with subtitles.
Posted in 2016 Tribeca Film FestivalTagged After Spring, Catch a Monster (Coger Un Monstruo), Icaros: A Vision, Madly, Memories of a Penitent Heart, Southwest of Salem: The Story of the San Antonio Four, The Boxer (El Púgil), The Charro of Toluquilla (El Charro De Toluquilla), The Tenth Man (El Rey Del Once), Winds of Furnace (Aire quemado)
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Aeronautical Information Circular (AIC)
AeroFile Registration Guide
AeroFile User Guide
Industry / Licensing / Air Service Licence
An Air Service Licence (ASL) is required to transport passengers, mail or cargo for hire or reward by air between any two or more places, of which one falls within Malaysia's borders. Every licence includes specific legally-binding conditions on the services that the licensee is authorised to operate, the validity period of the licence as well as other conditions to which the licence is subjected to.
ASL apply only to journeys with a fixed schedule, such as timetabled commercial flights. For unscheduled journeys, the correct permit to apply for is the Air Service Permit.
Applicants are also required to submit to the Civil Aviation Authority of Malaysia (CAAM) for an Air Operator's Certificate (AOC) for their proposed operations and an ASL will only be issued to the applicant who holds a valid AOC issued by the CAAM.
Applying for an Air Service Licence (ASL)
Any person looking to apply for an ASL should fill in and submit this form to MAVCOM, along with all relevant information listed in Attachment C of the ASL application form.
Applications are assessed by MAVCOM based on a range of criteria, including but not limited to the following:
whether the applicant is a company incorporated in Malaysia and is directly under the control of a Malaysian company as well as the ownership structure of the applicant;
demand for air transport in the proposed areas of operation;
the experience and competency of the management team of the company;
the feasibility of the proposed business plan;
the financial viability of the business; and
the existence of other similar services, their efficiency and regularity in the industry.
An application for an ASL will require a minimum of 90 days to process. The Commission will only initiate the evaluation process of an application upon receipt of complete submission together with the prescribed fees. An incomplete application may result in a delay in processing and possible rejection. The latest MAVCOM decisions relating to ASL can be found here.
In the event where the Licence Holder fails to comply with any conditions imposed by the Commission on the Licence, MAVCOM has the right to make variations to, revoke, or suspend the existing Licence.
MAVCOM may award an ASL for a period of up to ten (10) years from its date of effect.
Renewing an Air Service Licence (ASL)
To renew your ASL, a written application should be submitted to MAVCOM including all information listed in Attachment C of the ASL application form.
Every holder of an ASL is required to provide regular financial and operational reports to MAVCOM as part of their licence's conditions.
An application for the renewal of a licence shall be made at least 90 days before the date of expiry of the existing licence and shall be accompanied by the prescribed fees.


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The Nike Effect
One Company's War on Higher Education, Organized Labor, and Clean Competition
Joshua Hunt
The dramatic exposé of how the University of Oregon sold its soul to Nike, and what that means for the future of our public institutions and our society.
In the mid-1990s, facing severe cuts to its public funding, the University of Oregon—like so many colleges across the country—was desperate for cash. Luckily, the Oregon Ducks' 1995 Rose Bowl berth caught the attention of the school's wealthiest alumnus: Nike founder Phil Knight, who was seeking new marketing angles at the collegiate level. And so the University of Nike was born: Knight has so far donated more than half a billion dollars to the school in exchange for high-visibility branding opportunities.
But as journalist Joshua Hunt shows in University of Nike, Oregon has paid dearly for the veneer of financial prosperity and athletic success that has come with this brand partnering.
Hunt uncovers efforts to conceal university records, buried sexual assault allegations against university athletes, and cases of corporate overreach into academics and campus life — all revealing a university being run like a business, with America's favorite "Shoe Dog" calling the shots. Nike money has shaped everything from Pac-10 television deals to the way the game is played, from the landscape of the campus to the type of student the university hopes to attract.
More alarming still, Hunt finds other schools taking a page from Oregon's playbook. Never before have our public institutions for research and higher learning been so thoroughly and openly under the sway of private interests, and never before has the blueprint for funding American higher education been more fraught with ethical, legal, and academic dilemmas.
Encompassing more than just sports and the academy, University of Nike is a riveting story of our times.
JOSHUA HUNT is a former foreign correspondent for Reuters in Tokyo. His work has also appeared in the New Yorker, the New York Times, Bloomberg Businessweek, the California Sunday Magazine, and the Atavist Magazine. He is a graduate of the Columbia University Graduate School of Journalism, where he was a fellow at the Toni Stabile Center for Investigative Journalism and a recipient of the Lynton Fellowship in Book Writing.
"Providing fascinating and alarming insight into how other public universities have emulated similar practices in obtaining endorsement deals and partnerships at the expense of their values, this is for readers of sports journalism and true stories of corporate America."—BOOKLIST
"In this fascinating, candid tale, Hunt exposes Nike's astonishing transformation of the University of Oregon into a modern American university — in other words, a power center of education, wealth, and college football unlike other institutions of learning across the globe."—Vanessa Grigoriadis, author of Blurred Lines: Rethinking Sex, Power, and Consent
"In this illuminating case study Joshua Hunt connects the dots between endorsement deals and campus sexual assault. University of Nike is a must read for anyone worried about the higher-education industrial complex, which should be all of us."—Malcolm Harris, author of Kids These Days: Human Capital and the Making of Millennials
"A page-turning work of investigative reporting. Much of it details the perfidy of Nike and its founder Phil Knight. But, as the title suggests, this book is also about the damage that America's tax-cutting mania and contempt for government has done to its public, land-grant universities… As Hunt shows, by starving institutions like the University of Oregon of resources, an unholy alliance of right-wingers and market-worshipping neoliberals has pushed colleges into the hands of corporate puppeteers like Nike. You need to read this compelling and disturbing book." — Samuel G. Freedman, author of Breaking The Line
"Through diligent and deep-dive reporting, Hunt reveals how the University of Oregon sold its soul to a corporation. University of Nike is a damning indictment—it should be read by anyone who still believes in the privatization of public institutions. This book is proof that it's a bad idea when universities become shills for billionaires." —Dale Maharidge, co-author of the Pulitzer Prize-winning And Their Children After Them
"…a searing new book that comes out this week about corporate corruption at the University of Oregon." – Eugene Weekly
"Engaging…with important insight into contemporary problems." – New York Journal of Books
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Discover Grizzly Bears
Guaranteed Grizzly Bear Viewing
Jun-Sep
Meet Boo at the Grizzly Bear Refuge! Seeing a bear in the flesh is a thrilling moment that will stay with you long after you've left the mountains.
Meet Boo, a bear with paws the size of hubcaps, a mouth full of sharp teeth and enormous muscles moving beneath his shaggy fur. He saunters slowly through his 20-acre habitat in the Rocky Mountain bush, allowing you to watch him explore, hunt and forage just like his wild cousins.
You'll also hear his personal story and learn about grizzly bear behaviour during your visit to the largest enclosed grizzly bear habitat in the world.
The tour includes stops at gorgeous Takakkaw Falls (the second highest waterfall in Canada!) and stunning Emerald Lake. We'll also take a gondola ride up to the top of Kicking Horse Mountain Resort, where you'll enjoy lunch with a view at the highest restaurant in Canada.
This tour has a guaranteed grizzly bear sighting or your next tour is free*.
Hotel pick up and drop off (Banff)
Golden Eagle Express Gondola
Professional certified guide
Grizzly Bear Refuge Tour
Small group size (up to 24 guests per guide)
Lunch at Eagle's Eye Restaurant
Cara's Pick
"It's a unique experience from having lunch on top of a mountain to seeing Boo the grizzly bear and his personality shine." - Cara , Reservations Supervisor, Discover Banff Tours
Discover Grizzly Bears Tour Reviews
The best parts of the tour for most people include the following:
Take an open-air chairlift up to experience an up-close visit with Boo, the resident bear rescued as a cub, and be fascinated with bear information. This is the largest enclosed and protected grizzly bear habitat in the world.
Gondola Ride
Soar to the heights of the Purcell Mountains at Kicking Horse Mountain Resort in an enclosed Gondola with glass windows up to 7,700 feet.
Mountain Top Lunch at Eagle's Eye Restaurant
Enjoy a gourmet lunch and a spectacular view of the Canadian Rockies at Canada's highest restaurant.
Take a short stroll on the lakeshore.
Takakkaw Falls
See Canada's second highest waterfall tumbling 254m (830 feet) in one stretch and 384m (1,260 feet) in total (when road access permits).
Lunch at the Eagle's Eye Restaurant includes your choice of the following*:
Daily Soup: changes daily
Caesar Salad: baby romaine, caesar dressing, parmesan, croutons, bacon, crispy capers
Beer Battered Cod Fillet (with your choice of soup, fries or Caesar salad): two pieces of Cajun beer battered fresh cod, apple slaw and tartar sauce
Alberta Beef Burger (with your choice of soup, fries or Caesar salad): 6oz beef chuck, patty, candied bacon, Swiss cheese, tomato salsa, organic greens and avocado aioli served on a brioche bun
Vegetarian Burger (with your choice of soup, fries or Caesar salad): black bean patty, tomato salsa, hummus, organic greens, roasted beets, cucumber and tomato served on a brioche bun
All lunches include a non-alcoholic beverage (Coke, Diet Coke, Ginger Ale, Sprite, Sweetened Iced Tea, Coffee/Tea).
* Menu is subject to change.
How long is the tour?
The tour is a 10 hour tour, which will begin in Banff at 8:30am and Lake Louise 9:15am. The tour will return to Lake Louise just after 5pm and to Banff at 6:30pm.
What does the tour include?
The full day tour includes transportation from most hotels in Banff on a guided bus tour and an open-air chairlift ride to visit the Grizzly Bear Refuge at Kicking Horse Mountain Resort. The tour also includes a gondola ride up the hill for lunch at the Eagle's Eye Restaurant, with your choice of lunch options that you will select on the day of the tour. There are also scenic stops at Takakkaw Falls (when access permits, generally from late June onwards) and Emerald Lake.
Where is our pick up and drop off from?
We pick up from most hotels in Banff and the Samson Mall in Lake Louise, and you can select your preferred pick-up location during the booking process. For drop offs in Banff, our guide will ask you on the way back where you would like to be dropped off either in town or at your hotel.
How can I join this tour if I'm not staying in Banff?
You are welcome to meet us at any of our pick up locations in Banff to join the tour, and there is free parking at the Fenlands Centre in Banff for up to 12 hours. Guests parking here can select their pickup location as the Banff Train Station (in front of Main Entrance), located 600 metres from the Fenlands Centre. For guests staying in Lake Louise, please meet us at the Samson Mall in the Lake Louise village.
Most guests choose to self-drive into Banff, although please note that you will need to find parking in Banff that exceeds the duration of the tour. Please refer to the Town of Banff website for general parking information, or the banffparking.ca website for live parking availability. For guests staying in Canmore, you can also use the Roam bus service and disembark at the Banff High School. The closest pick up point to the Banff High School is across the road at the Elk and Avenue Hotel.
We recommend bringing your camera, and warmer clothes depending on the weather on the day of your tour. Wearing layers including a jacket is a good idea, as you will be getting on and off the bus during the tour and it tends to be cooler up the mountain. You may wish to wear sneakers or other sturdy footwear, as some of the pathways are unpaved.
What's the difference between the gondola and the chairlift?
The gondola at Kicking Horse Mountain Resort takes you right to the summit at 7,700 feet, where you will enjoy lunch at the Eagle's Eye Restaurant. The gondolas are enclosed, with glass windows and seat up to six people. The open-air chairlifts seat up to four people and will take you part way up the hill to the Grizzly Bear Refuge.
Can you guarantee seeing a bear?
We almost always guarantee you will see Boo, the orphaned bear who lives in the Refuge at Kicking Horse Mountain Resort.
What happens if you don't see a bear?
Although Boo is generally always out to foraging or playing in his refuge, there is a rare chance he may not be visible when you visit. You can take the tour again for free to see Boo.
How close do you get to Boo, can I touch the bear?
You will view Boo from outside the fence of his refuge. Depending where Boo is in his refuge, you may be as close as 5 metres away! Or he may be much further away from the fence. Boo is a wild animal and you may not touch or feed him. A ranger is always present to answer any questions and talk to you about Boo and Grizzly Bears.
There is a 24 hour cancellation policy, which allows you to change/cancel or refund your booking up to 24 hours outside your booked tour (up to 7 days for group bookings).
Should I tip my guide?
Tips are not expected, but are certainly appreciated. If you think your guide did a wonderful job and would like to indicate that with a tip, it will be graciously accepted.
All children aged 15 years and under must be accompanied by their parent or legal guardian.
Early and late season bookings may be subject to itinerary changes. Please enquire at time of booking. Until Takakkaw Falls Road opens, alternative stops will be at the Natural Bridge and Spiral Tunnels.
Infants (5 and under) are free of charge, but this does not include any food.
Photo ID may be required for identity verification.
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Vic Fuentes
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dipshizel
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stale memes and broken dreams
Join date: August 2016
Favourite voice: MUH MAN REB
Vic Fuentes Aug 25, 2016 0:33:52 GMT | To Top
Post by dipshizel on Aug 25, 2016 0:33:52 GMT
Victor Vincent Fuentes
Voice Type: Balls' Free Normie Tenor - alternatively - "Mexican Etienne Sin"
Melodic Range: G♯2-G♯5
Total Range: G♯2-A♭5
Associated Acts: (3 Simple Words(ex), Before Today, Pierce the Veil, Isles & Glaciers)
Overview: Vic Fuentes, lead singer of the popular Post-Hardcore/Rock act Pierce the Veil, is a pretty talented musician as well as vocalist. Possessing a whiny, squeal'ly emovois, he seems to artificially brighten his voice with a ton of nasal/mask resonance. Despite this, he also tends to throw on a lot of distortion as well, which makes his belting sound extremely powerful and rough. His voice blatantly lies in the normie' Tenor area, and his live performances prove this further. However, he is still extremely comfortable in the high 4th/low 5th octave, to the point where at times you may not realize how high he's actually singing. His vocal styling's range from casual highs, soothing mid-low singing, rather feminine sounding falsetto (though mostly reserved for backing vocals/harmonies), powerful belts, and very harsh screams and yells. He's a pretty unique voice, and kickass guitarist, who will hopefully continue to C#5 every song, and randomly squeak in the middle of vocal melodies as his career goes on :3
He's also in 30s, surprisingly.. fucking hot as bastard lol
High-Notes:
• A5 ("Beat It")
• G♯5 ("I'd Rather Die Than Be Famous")
• F♯5 ("The Boy Who Could Fly", "A March into Water", )
• F5 ("Drella", "I'd Rather Die Than Be Famous", "King for a Day")
• E5 ("Bulls in the Bronx", "The Cheap Bouquet", "Currents Convulsive", "Enlarge Your Hearts", "Failure is Relative", "Fast Times at Clairemont High", "I Don't Care If You're Contagious", "I'd Rather Die Than Be Famous", "A March into Water", "The New National Anthem", "One Hundred Sleepless Nights", "She Sings in the Morning", "Stay Away from My Friends", "Yeah Boy and Doll Face")
• E♭5 ("Bulletproof Love", "Disasterology", "The First Punch", "Gold Medal Ribbon", "King for a Day" "The New National Anthem", "Pierce the Veil", "The Process of Losing and Gaining", "Roots Beneath Ideals", "Shallow Pockets", "Sight to Fame", "Staring at Backgrounds", "Tangled in the Great Escape", "Yeah Boy and Doll Face")
• D5 ("Besitos", "The Boy Who Could Fly", "Bulls in the Bronx", "Caraphernalia", "The Cheap Bouquet", "Circles", "Currents Convulsive", "Diamonds and Why Men Buy Them", "Dive In", "Enlarge Your Hearts", "The First Punch", "Hell Above", "I Don't Care If You're Contagious", "I'm Low on Gas and You Need a Jacket", "King for a Day", "Love Is A Cat From Hell", "A March into Water", "Million Dollar Houses (The Painter)", "The New National Anthem", "Phantom Power and Ludicrous Speed", "Props & Mayhem", "The Sadness Will Never End Live" (Taste of Chaos 2009 at the Showbox Sodo in Seattle), "Sambuka", "Shallow Pockets", "Song for Isabelle", "Stained Glass Eyes and Colorful Tears", "Tangled in the Great Escape", "Today I Saw the Whole World" "The Well of Tradition")
• C♯5 ("Beat It", "Bedless", "Besitos", "Bulletproof Love", "Bulls in the Bronx", "Caraphernalia", "Chemical Kids and Mechanical Brides", "Circles", "Clush", "Currents Convulsive", "Disasterology", "Dive In", "The Divine Zero", "Enlarge Your Hearts", "Fast Times at Clairemont High", "The First Punch", "Gold Medal Ribbon", "Hell Above", "I Don't Care If You're Contagious", "I'd Rather Die Than Be Famous", "Kissing in Cars", "King for a Day", "A March into Water", "May These Noises Startle You in Your Sleep Tonight", "One Hundred Sleepless Nights", "Props & Mayhem", "Sad News in a Quiet Room", "Sambuka", "She Sings in the Morning", "The Sky Under the Sea", "Stay Away from My Friends", "Texas Is Forever", "Today I Saw the Whole World", "Wonderless")
• C5 ("The Balcony Scene", "Beat It", "The Boy Who Could Fly", "The Cheap Bouquet", "Chemical Kids and Mechanical Brides", "Dive In", "Drella", "Floral & Fading", "Hold on Till May", "I'd Rather Die Than Be Famous", "Just the Way You Are", "Love Is A Cat From Hell", "Million Dollar Houses (The Painter)", "Phantom Power and Ludicrous Speed", "The Process of Losing and Gaining", "The Sadness Will Never End Live" (Sydney Sidewave, Australia 2013), "Sambuka", "Shallow Pockets", "Somebody That I Used To Know", "Song for Isabelle", "The Well of Tradition")
• B4 ("Besitos", "The Boy Who Could Fly", "Bulls in the Bronx", "Caraphernelia", "Circles", "Clush", "Currents Convulsive", "Diamonds and Why Men Buy Them", "Disasterology", "Dive In", "The Divine Zero", "(Don't Fear) The Reaper", "Empty Sighs and Wine", "Enlarge Your Hearts", "Failure is Relative", "Falling Asleep on a Stranger", "Fast Times at Clairemont High", "The First Punch", "Floral & Fading", "Gold Medal Ribbon", "Hell Above", "I Don't Care If You're Contagious", "I'm Low on Gas and You Need a Jacket", "King for a Day", "A March into Water", "Phantom Power and Ludicrous Speed", "Pierce the Veil", "The Process of Losing and Gaining", "Props & Mayhem", "Roots Beneath Ideals", "Sambuka", "Shallow Pockets", "She Makes Dirty Words Sound Pretty", "She Sings in the Morning", "Sight To Fame", "The Sky Under the Sea", "Southern Constellations", "Staring at Backgrounds", "Starving For FRIENDS", "Stay Away from My Friends", "Tangled in the Great Escape", "Texas Is Forever", "Today I Saw the Whole World", "Wonderless", "Yeah Boy and Doll Face")
• B♭4 ("The Balcony Scene", "Beat It", "Bedless", "Bulletproof Love", "Caraphernalia", "The Cheap Bouquet", "Chemical Kids and Mechanical Brides", "Dive In", "Drella", "Gold Medal Ribbon", "Hold on Till May", "I'd Rather Die Than Be Famous", "Just the Way You Are", "Million Dollar Houses (The Painter)", "The New National Anthem", "One Hundred Sleepless Nights", "Pierce the Veil", "Sad News in a Quiet Room", "The Sadness Will Never End Live" (Sydney Sidewave, Australia 2013), "The Sky Under the Sea", "Somebody That I Used To Know", "Song for Isabelle", "Tangled in the Great Escape", "Today I Saw the Whole World", "The Well of Tradition")
• A4 ("The Balcony Scene", "Besitos", "The Boy Who Could Fly", "Bulls in the Bronx", "Cemetery Weather", "The Cheap Bouquet", "Circles", "Currents Convulsive", "Diamonds and Why Men Buy Them", "Disasterology", "(Don't Fear) The Reaper", "Drella", "Empty Sighs and Wine", "Enlarge Your Hearts", "Failure is Relative", "Falling Asleep on a Stranger", "Fast Times at Clairemont High", "The First Punch", "Floral & Fading", "Hell Above", "I Don't Care If You're Contagious", "I'm Low on Gas and You Need a Jacket", "Just the Way You Are", "Kissing in Cars", "King for a Day", "Love Is A Cat From Hell", "A March into Water", "Million Dollar Houses (The Painter)", "Phantom Power and Ludicrous Speed", "Pierce the Veil", "The Process of Losing and Gaining", "Props & Mayhem", "Roots Beneath Ideals", "Sambuka", "Shallow Pockets", "She Sings in the Morning", "Southern Constellations", "Stained Glass Eyes and Colorful Tears", "Staring at Backgrounds", "Starving For FRIENDS", "Stay Away from My Friends", "Tangled in the Great Escape", "Texas Is Forever", "Viola Lion", "The Well of Tradition", "Wonderless", "Yeah Boy and Doll Face")
• G♯4 ("Beat It", "Bedless", "Bulletproof Love", "Bulls in the Bronx", "Caraphernalia", "Cemetery Weather", "Chemical Kids and Mechanical Brides", "Dive In", "The Divine Zero", "Gold Medal Ribbon", "Hell Above", "I'd Rather Die Than Be Famous", "One Hundred Sleepless Nights", "Phantom Power and Ludicrous Speed", "Sad News in a Quiet Room", "She Makes Dirty Words Sound Pretty", "The Sky Under the Sea", "Somebody That I Used To Know", "Staring at Backgrounds", "Texas Is Forever", "Today I Saw the Whole World", "Within Me", "Yeah Boy and Doll Face")
Low-Notes:
• F♯3 ("Besitos", "Circles", "Currents Convulsive", "Dive In", "Floral & Fading", "Gold Medal Ribbon", "Hills Like White Elephants", "King for a Day", "Kissing in Cars", "A March into Water", "Sad News in a Quiet Room", "Southern Constellations")
• F3 ("Chemical Kids and Mechanical Brides", "Hold on Till May", "I'm Low on Gas and You Need a Jacket (Alternate version)", "Just the Way You Are", "Song for Isabelle")
• E3 ("Circles", "Hills Like White Elephants", "I'm Low on Gas and You Need a Jacket (Alternate version)", "King for a Day", "Kissing in Cars", "A March into Water", "Southern Constellations")
• E♭3 ("Chemical Kids and Mechanical Brides", "Gold Medal Ribbon", "Hold on Till May", "Kissing in Cars Live" (Acoustic, Seattle 2013) "Phantom Power and Ludicrous Speed", "Song for Isabelle")
• D3 ("Circles", "Floral & Fading", "I'm Low on Gas and You Need a Jacket (Alternate version)", "King for a Day", "Kissing in Cars", "Props & Mayhem", "Shallow Pockets")
• C♯3 ("I'm Low on Gas and You Need a Jacket Live" (Hot Sessions: Acoustic 2013), "King for a Day", "Kissing in Cars Live" (Acoustic, Seattle 2013))
• B2 ("King for a Day", "Kissing in Cars Live" (Acoustic, Seattle 2013) "A March into Water", "Stay Away from My Friends")
• B♭2 ("Hold on Till May (Acoustic)")
• A2 ("Stay Away from My Friends")
• G♯2 ("Stay Away from My Friends")
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*Boldface - denotes singing that is a particularly notable example of this person's vocal capabilities.
*Underline - denotes backing vocals/vocals obscured in the mix.
*Italics - denotes non-melodic notes/spoken notes.
*Green/Italics - denotes harsh, distorted, xXhArDc0r3Xx skrams.
*Blue - denotes soft, and or disconnected falsetto notes.
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SPOILER: Click to show
{Spoiler}High-Notes:
• B♭5 ("Besitos")
• F♯5 ("The Boy Who Could Fly")
• E5 ("Fast Times at Clairemont High", "I Don't Care If You're Contagious", "The New National Anthem" "Stay Away from My Friends")
• E♭5 ("Bulletproof Love", "The New National Anthem")
• D5 ("Besitos", "The Boy Who Could Fly", "Caraphernalia", "I Don't Care If You're Contagious", "Million Dollar Houses (The Painter)", "The New National Anthem")
• C♯5 ("Besitos", "Bulletproof Love", "Caraphernelia", "Disasterology", "Fast Times at Clairemont High", "I Don't Care If You're Contagious", "Kissing in Cars", "The Sky Under the Sea" "Stay Away from My Friends")
• C5 ("The Boy Who Could Fly", "Million Dollar Houses (The Painter)")
• B4 ("Besitos", "The Boy Who Could Fly", "Caraphernelia", "Disasterology", "Fast Times at Clairemont High", "I Don't Care If You're Contagious", "She Makes Dirty Words Sound Pretty", "The Sky Under the Sea", "Southern Constellations", "Stay Away from My Friends")
• B♭4 ("Bulletproof Love", "Caraphernelia", "Million Dollar Houses (The Painter)", "The New National Anthem", "The Sky Under the Sea")
• A4 ("Besitos", "The Boy Who Could Fly", "Disasterology", "Fast Times at Clairemont High", "I Don't Care If You're Contagious", "Kissing in Cars", "Million Dollar Houses (The Painter)", "Southern Constellations", "Stay Away from My Friends")
• G♯4 ("Bulletproof Love", "Caraphernelia", "She Makes Dirty Words Sound Pretty", "The Sky Under the Sea")
• F♯3 ("Besitos", "Kissing in Cars", "Southern Constellations")
• E3 ("Kissing in Cars", "Southern Constellations")
• D3 ("Kissing in Cars")
• B2 ("Stay Away from My Friends")
Top 10 Vocal Performances obviously, in my opinion
• Bulls in the Bronx
• Hell Above
• Props & Mayhem
• Stay Away from My Friends
• I Don't Care If You're Contagious
• Kissing in Cars
• The Boy Who Could Fly
• I'm Low on Gas and You Need a Jacket (Alternate version)
• A March into Water
• I'd Rather Die Than Be Famous
{Spoiler}https://m.soundcloud.com/terryphernelia/pierce-the-veil-caraphernelia-acapellavocals-only
the only thing i hear, is the sound of my opponent's bones crunching alive
glds
Three Octave Member
Post by glds on Aug 28, 2016 7:20:04 GMT
might wanna fix.
also, damn nice thread fam
axelfuentes
Two Octave Member
Vic Fuentes Aug 28, 2016 14:39:30 GMT | To Top
Post by axelfuentes on Aug 28, 2016 14:39:30 GMT
So this is the guy that people keep asking if I'm related to. Alrighty then xD
Vic Fuentes Aug 28, 2016 17:20:56 GMT | To Top via mobile
Post by dipshizel on Aug 28, 2016 17:20:56 GMT
Aug 28, 2016 14:39:30 GMT axelfuentes said:
hahahaha, that's a compliment. vic fuentes is rich af boiiiiiii
thefifthoctave
Vic Fuentes Aug 5, 2018 10:26:38 GMT | To Top
Post by thefifthoctave on Aug 5, 2018 10:26:38 GMT
Was wondering where the A5 was in Beat it had trouble finding it
Two threads in VR&D BOYIEEEEEEEEEEEEEE
Join date: February 2019
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Vic Fuentes Feb 5, 2019 9:43:47 GMT | To Top
Post by venganza on Feb 5, 2019 9:43:47 GMT
Hi, lovely work here. Here are links to what I believe are the bolded notes you mentioned.
I'm new, so I hope this spoiler tag works.
{High notes}
I'd Rather Die Than Be Famous
youtu.be/G0gt_9T2RJ8?t=24
Stay Away From My Friends high note (there's a lot of high notes in this, but I think the harmony at 3:45 is your bold?)
youtu.be/NnQaqu_2Wq4?t=225
Bulletproof Love (the Oh's? I'm not sure where it is in this song to be honest)
youtu.be/lWLBLNwaXik?t=88
The New National Anthem
youtu.be/q4eZYwA5rS0?t=227
Kissing In Cars
youtu.be/0vWmWr20Gks?t=201
{Low notes}
King For A Day (at least I think that's Vic)
youtu.be/vn4yZ5PC3JY?t=22
Stay Away From My Friends low note (harmony in the background)
youtu.be/NnQaqu_2Wq4?t=15
Vic Fuentes Jun 10, 2019 12:27:07 GMT | To Top
Post by venganza on Jun 10, 2019 12:27:07 GMT
Aug 5, 2018 10:26:38 GMT thefifthoctave said:
I believe it's the exclamation at 0:01, but there's more impressive G♯5s from 3:26 on.


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Lowry disappointed for Harrington – "He doesn't deserve this"
Shane Lowry (Photo by Andrew Redington/Getty Images)
Despite insisting he loved every minute of his Ryder Cup debut, Shane Lowry admits he's gutted for his great friend Padraig Harrington after the Captain oversaw a record-breaking defeat at Whistling Straits.
Despite meticulous planning and a great feel in the team-room prior to this week's biennial contest, Harrington's Europe went down without landing a punch, 19-9 to one of the best United States teams to ever grace the competition.
Thanks to all my team. Wasn't the result we wanted but some great memories all the same. These are the best days of our lives. We were beaten by a better team and I couldn't of got more commitment from you. Looking forward to seeing you rise for Rome. You will forever be my team. pic.twitter.com/0QCLAFqqws
— Padraig Harrington (@padraig_h) September 28, 2021
Rookie Lowry was a rare bright spark on a bleak week on the fairways of Wisconsin for Europe, carrying team-mate Tyrrell Hatton over the line in an inspired four-ball victory on Saturday afternoon against Tony Finau and Harris English.
Sent out second in the singles to repeat the heroics against PGA Tour player of the year, Patrick Cantlay, Lowry came up against a brick wall in the American, falling to a 4&2 defeat on Sunday. However, despite the loss, Lowry was still able to cherish the week, with his only regret the inevitable criticism Harrington will suffer after a resounding 10-point loss.
"I've loved every single minute of it," Lowry told RTÉ Sport.
"I've loved being a part of this team playing with such legends of European golf, being a part of Paddy's team. I feel very disappointed for Padraig.
"I think he doesn't deserve this. He's one of the greatest players to have ever played the game from Europe. He's one of Ireland's greatest ever sportsmen. He's one of my best friends. I'm just so disappointed I couldn't go out and do better for him.
"But it's been an unreal week. I can't describe how good it's been. Like, we got absolutely hammered… it's so disappointing. I don't even know what to say. I'm here waffling. I'm just so disappointed. I'm disappointed for Paddy, I'm disappointed for me, I'm disappointed for all the lads, but it's been an unreal experience.
"There's no doubt I'll have a few more of these in me. I never want to miss one of these again. It's been incredible. I feel like I've a lot more to give to this tournament."
As for Harrington, who feared his legacy could be tainted should things go wrong prior to Wisconsin, he could only accept a humbling defeat inflicted by Captain Steve Stricker's outstanding side. The three-time Major winner ever found time to pat tribute to Lowry for whom he's predicting a huge career on golf's biggest stages.
"Shane is a big time player," Harrington said. "To see him and how comfortable he is in the Ryder Cup, he looks to me far more comfortable than I ever was on these pressure situations and I went on to win three Majors, six Ryder Cups. I look at him and go, 'wow', this is a guy who has done well but he has a bright future in the sense of the bigger the occasion the better he is.
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2 responses to "Lowry disappointed for Harrington – "He doesn't deserve this""
I am seriously worried that after getting a hammering "it was ONE of the our best days and great memories of the Ryder Cup"that Shane Lowry should even think this way.We will never win another cup with this thinking. The team failed miserably and should hang their head in shame.
Their best was not good enough.
There is no shame when you try your best but on the day, it just isn't good enough.
The shame lies in not trying, and I don't think that was the case in Wisconsin.


In the largest functional brain imaging study to date, the Amen Clinics (Newport Beach, CA) compared 46,034 brain SPECT (single photon emission computed tomography) imaging studies provided by nine clinics, quantifying differences between the brains of men and women. The study is published in the Journal of Alzheimer's Disease.
Lead author, psychiatrist Daniel G. Amen, MD, founder of Amen Clinics, Inc., commented, "This is a very important study to help understand gender-based brain differences. The quantifiable differences we identified between men and women are important for understanding gender-based risk for brain disorders such as Alzheimer's disease. Using functional neuroimaging tools, such as SPECT, are essential to developing precision medicine brain treatments in the future."
The brains of women in the study were significantly more active in many more areas of the brain than men, especially in the prefrontal cortex, involved with focus and impulse control, and the limbic or emotional areas of the brain, involved with mood and anxiety. The visual and coordination centers of the brain were more active in men. SPECT can measure blood perfusion in the brain. Images acquired from subjects at rest or while performing various cognitive tasks will show different blood flow in specific brain regions.
Subjects included 119 healthy volunteers and 26,683 patients with a variety of psychiatric conditions such as brain trauma, bipolar disorders, mood disorders, schizophrenia/psychotic disorders, and attention deficit hyperactivity disorder (ADHD). A total of 128 brain regions were analyzed for subjects at baseline and while performing a concentration task.
Understanding these differences is important because brain disorders affect men and women differently. Women have significantly higher rates of Alzheimer's disease, depression, which is itself is a risk factor for Alzheimer's disease, and anxiety disorders, while men have higher rates of (ADHD), conduct-related problems, and incarceration (by 1,400%).
Editor-in-Chief of the Journal of Alzheimer's Disease and Dean of the College of Sciences at The University of Texas at San Antonio, Dr. George Perry said, "Precisely defining the physiological and structural basis of gender differences in brain function will illuminate Alzheimer's disease and understanding our partners."
The study findings of increased prefrontal cortex blood flow in women compared to men may explain why women tend to exhibit greater strengths in the areas of empathy, intuition, collaboration, self-control, and appropriate concern. The study also found increased blood flow in limbic areas of the brains of women, which may also partially explain why women are more vulnerable to anxiety, depression, insomnia, and eating disorders.
What is the bedrock determination of which test subjects were men and which were women? It seems that society is content to allow that to be a temporal variable.


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Daniel Garber talks with Alanis Obomsawin about Our People will be Healed
Posted in documentary, Education, Environmentalism, First Nations, High School, Music by CulturalMining.com on October 20, 2017
https://danielgarber.files.wordpress.com/2017/10/garber-october-20-17-interview.mp3
Photos by Jeff Harris
Above the northernmost tip of Lake Winnipeg, Norway House is a Cree First Nation community that works. It has a wonderful school system, local radio station, police, cultural groups, a language renewal program, music, dance and more. Traditional rituals are preserved, and young people are mentored by elders about their relationship with the land and their history. But — after 150 years under the Indian Act, with broken treaties, disease, death, and poverty; forced assimilation, mass incarceration, cultural genocide, residential schools, widespread discrimination, racism, rape and murder – this is a people that needs to be healed.
Our People Will Be Healed is the name of a new documentary that premiered at TIFF and is now showing at ImagineNative, Toronto's Indigenous film festival. It is the work of master director Alanis Obomsawin, Canada's doyenne of documentary filmmaking, who has recorded the lives and issues of First Nations in fifty films over fifty years.
I talked with Alanis on location at the National Film Board in Toronto during TIFF 17.
Our People will be Healed is playing at the ImagineNative Film Festival in Toronto on Saturday, 21 October 2017 at 3:00 pm at the TIFF Bell Lightbox.
Tagged with: Alanis Obomsawin, Cree, ImagineNative, missing and murdered indigenous women, NFB, Norway House, Our People Will Be Healed, Photos by Jeff Harris, TIFF17


Before introduction of Haemophilus influenzae type b (Hib) vaccines, rates of Hib disease in Alaska's indigenous people were among the highest in the world. Vaccination reduced rates dramatically; however, invasive H. influenzae type a (Hia) disease has emerged. Cases of invasive disease were identified through Alaska statewide surveillance during 1983-2011. Of 866 isolates analyzed for serotype, 32 (4%) were Hia. No Hia disease was identified before 2002; 32 cases occurred during 2002-2011 (p<0.001). Median age of case-patients was 0.7 years; 3 infants died. Incidence of Hia infection (2002-2011) among children <5 years was 5.4/100,000; 27 cases occurred in Alaska Native children (18/100,000) versus 2 cases in non-Native children (0.5/100,000) (risk ratio = 36, p<0.001). From 12/2009 to 12/2011, 15 cases of Hia disease occurred in southwestern Alaska (in children <5 years, rate = 204/100,000). Since introduction of the Hib conjugate vaccine, Hia infection has become a major invasive bacterial disease in Alaska Native children.


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The Tale of Bloody Jack Krafchenko
How He Made the Great Escape
© George Siamandas
On January 10, 1913, at 2:30 am, while awaiting trial for murder, Bloody Jack Krafchenko made a daring escape from his police jail cell, initiating a city-wide manhunt. He was born in Rumania of Ukrainian parents in 1881. His family came to Canada and settled in Plum Coulee 100-km south west of Winnipeg in 1888. His father was the village blacksmith.
Jack grew up with a violently aggressive streak, going into rages whenever crossed or disciplined. His life of crime began to capture the notice of newspapers like the Daily Tribune as early as 1892 when as an 11 year old boy Jack was charged with stealing five watches. At age 15 he was sent to jail for stealing a bike in Morden. Some accounts see him working as a boxer and wrestler, then returning to Manitoba in 1902.
On the way to jail at Prince Albert penitentiary he jumped out the train window while still handcuffed to a policemen who jumped after him and recaptured him. Jack later escaped from Prince Albert while assigned to paint the prison exterior. On the lamb he held up a $2,500 money shipment and fled to the US. He committed crimes throughout the US, and then went on to more jobs in England, Germany Italy, and Russia where he married in 1905.
In 1906 Jack and new wife Fanica returned to Plum Coulee where he robbed the Bank of Hamilton in Winkler. For this he received 3 years. After his release he moved to Ontario and worked on the trains but due to his wild temper, in 1913 he got into a fight and returned to Plum Coulee. He fell in with old buddies and tried another bank job. The bank manager was killed and the masked man who killed him turned out to be Krafchenko.
A major manhunt was on and the prize was a $1,000 reward. Krafchenko fled to Winnipeg where he stayed in various north end locations under assumed names. He planned to escape the city dressed as a woman. On Dec 10, 20 armed men caught up with him on College Ave and Krafchenko was arrested and placed in leg irons and held in the Rupert St Police Station. But on January 10, he escaped.
How did he escape? Krafchenko was a charming and persuasive man. He had intrigued two of his police guards with wild stories of diamonds and a lot of money.
Krafchenko's lawyer Percy Hagel also became intrigued with his client's stories. Hagel met Robert Reid one of the police officers several times at the Clarendon Hotel to discuss helping Krafchenko escape. Constable Reid agreed to take a rope and a revolver to Krafchenko's cell. On Jan 10, Jack made his escape and began his descent from the window. The rope was too light and he fell 30 feet hurting his ankles and back. Joy riders picked him up at William and Main and took him to a house at Toronto and Ellice.
SORTING OUT THE BAD GUYS
A Royal Commission was called to investigate the escape. Constable Reid spent 10 hours on the stand, broke down and confessed. He got 7 years at Stony where he died an early death. Lawyer Hagel got three years at Stony. He was later allowed to practise law which he did till his death at age 64 in 1944. There was no mention of his jail sentence in his obituary.
Krafchenko was recaptured and put in a cage at the Vaughan St. Seventy witnesses appeared in his defence in a trial held in Morden Manitoba before Justice Mathers. 10,000-20,000 thousand petitioned the province for clemency. Krafchenko was executed by hanging on July 9, 1914 at the Vaughan St Jail for the murder of banker Henry Medley Arnold. Two thousand people came out to attend the hanging, which was over by 7:00 am.
A MORBID END
Krafchenko's mother asked to take the body right away and made serious efforts to revive him having lined up a rescue team. She personally performed mouth to mouth resuscitation. Of course it didn't work. Bloody Jack was buried at Brookside Cemetery in section 22, grave #546. The revolver used in the killing and which had been stolen from Ashdown's Hardware is still held by the Winnipeg police dept.