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package com.lcodecore.twinklingrefreshlayout;

import android.os.Handler;
import android.support.v7.app.AppCompatActivity;
import android.os.Bundle;

import com.lcodecore.tkrefreshlayout.RefreshListenerAdapter;
import com.lcodecore.tkrefreshlayout.TwinklingRefreshLayout;

public class StoryActivity extends AppCompatActivity {

    @Override
    protected void onCreate(Bundle savedInstanceState) {
        super.onCreate(savedInstanceState);
        setContentView(R.layout.activity_story);

        TwinklingRefreshLayout refreshLayout = (TwinklingRefreshLayout) findViewById(R.id.refresh);
//        ProgressLayout header = new ProgressLayout(this);
//        refreshLayout.setHeaderView(header);
//        refreshLayout.setFloatRefresh(true);
        refreshLayout.setOverScrollRefreshShow(false);
        refreshLayout.setOnRefreshListener(new RefreshListenerAdapter() {
            @Override
            public void onRefresh(final TwinklingRefreshLayout refreshLayout) {
                new Handler().postDelayed(new Runnable() {
                    @Override
                    public void run() {
                        refreshLayout.finishRefreshing();
                    }
                }, 4000);
            }
        });
    }
}


We are passing from the information age to the creative age. The world is wrestling with environmental and human sustainability issues and there is a great need for creative problem solving. The arts carry important messages, often leading to social change and new ways to address human issues. The arts stimulate creative and divergent thinking and discussion, provide a forum for communication, and build communities around common concerns.
Our cultural development contributes to our community development, social development, and sustainable economic development. The health of our society largely depends upon our ability to improve our intercultural relationships, to learn how to connect, communicate, and understand one another, and to create new ideas and new ways of doing things.


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We predominantly keep Imperial Cotter pins in stock but may have the odd metric size kicking about somewhere.
A common application is to secure a Castellated nut, if you require a specific size not listed, give us a shout!


Our small but perfectly form Farm Shop and Micro Cafe is open.
for Cake, scones, teas, coffee and warming soup.
Full English Breakfast, Bacon and sausage baps, fresh pastrys.
An easy way to come every Saturday to pick up your meat and eggs, direct from the Farm.
Amazing sourdough bread made from local flour milled at Pakerham Water Mill.
Raw unpasteurized butter and the Baron Bigod, a soft award winning Brie style cheese.
Not forgetting Laila's Raw, Pure, Honey from the hives down the farm.
A place where, in the sunshine you can set outside and enjoy the sights, sounds and smells of this lovely place. With our small but growing educational garden, chickens running around, and off road parking. The menu will be small and is working progress, but with the ethos of our farm. A fantastic space we would be silly not to utilize.
Poached Egg on Granary with smashed avocado with or without bacon.
Exciting times ahead with hopefully fresh vegetables from the garden on offer.
We will also be in Bury st Edmunds Farmers Market the second Sunday of every month.
Come and find us in The Traverse .


Things are not always as they first appear, are they? Sometimes, when we take another look, we see things differently.
Here in the gospel according to Matthew, we have seen that also.
Judas comes to Jesus in the Garden. At first glance, one might conclude that he loves Jesus. After all, he greeted him with the cultural expression of friendship at that time, a kiss. After a further look, we learned that it was actually this greeting, that was the prearranged signal for how Judas would identify Jesus for the bloodthirsty mob. What may appear as loyalty was actually betrayal.
We've been trained already to take another look because things aren't alway as they first appear. When we look at Jesus suffering, what first seems like weakness actually shows his strength.
In showing this Matthew deploys the literary device known as irony. There are different types of irony in literature.
Then there's dramatic irony. This happens when the author discloses things to the reader that the characters in the story don't see. This is why we are yelling at the characters in our books or movies from our seats.
Then there's situational irony, which is what Matthew is using here in our passage. In this type of irony, the actual result of a situation is the opposite from what you would naturally expect.
It uses language that normally signifies the opposite in order to bring something into sharp focus. The surprise we feel in the narrative gives us a sense of depth and texture that would otherwise be missing.
Matthew uses irony because he wants us to see something.
That when we look at Jesus suffering, what first seems like a weakness, is actually showing his strength.
To see this in our text we'll look at verses 27-49 of chapter 27 and see Matthew's point painted on four headers.
The scene we find ourselves in is already in progress.
It is the day of Jesus' crucifixion. He has been betrayed, arrested, publicly examined, and then flogged twice.
We understand that Jesus would be suffering from intense physical pain. His back would be peeling from the vicious whipping and abuse.
This torture he endured involved being beaten with a whip for however long the soldiers desired, with "a whip embedded with bits of metal or bone on its end, tore the flesh and left searing wounds sufficient to kill some who were thus tortured, even without further punishment. Jesus would have been very weak after he was flogged." (NIVSB) And now he is being carted off into a private area for further abuse.
What we see here is the private abuse by the military leaders. In verses 27-31 we see the crowd gathered together in the headquarters.
This was Pilate's headquarters and the crowd of soldiers there was likely around 200 men. This is a substantially sized group. And they are going to exhibit their depravity by getting twisted gratification through the mocking of the best man who ever lived.
The whole scene depicts the shaming mockery of Jesus by the soldiers. They are getting their kicks by mocking Jesus. Each description is an intensifying display of scorn and dishonor.
You'll benefit from looking with me at your Bibles with me as we walk through. And as you are reading this and considering it, remember who Jesus is.
He is the eternal God who has come to save a ruined and wrecked people.
He is worthy of infinite honor yet he seems to be crowned with infinite disgrace.
See in verse 28, Jesus is stripped of his clothes. He's naked.
But further, they find a crown for him. But not a regular crown, instead of a specially designed crown. It's a crown of thorns, as we read in verse 29. This would have been familiar to the people because it would be similar to the wreath that Caesar would have worn and was on their coins. But this crown would have had thorns that were several inches long. This wreath mocked the crown of Caesar. And they forcefully put it upon his head. And in so doing would have torn into his head. So no as they push the crown upon his head blood would be flowing down his face along with his from his back. He is being bloodied with mocking shame.
But, they are not yet done.
There is not much more directly insulting than to spit in someone's face. Yet, this is what they are doing to the Son of God. In addition, they take the reed and repeatedly bash it into Jesus' face, pummeling him with the props of their perverse mockery.
Coming out of this scene we have Jesus staggering under the weight of physical suffering.
A man, Simon, takes up his cross and carries it.
And they come, verse 33 to Calvary, or Golgotha, the place of the skull.
It is here that they crucified him. Crucifixion was the Romans' favorite method of execution. They loved to make a public spectacle of anyone who defied them. They would have nailed Jesus to a wooden cross as he laid down upon it, with his lacerated back flush against the wood. The nails were long, tapered iron spikes, similar to modern railroad spikes, but much sharper. They would have driven the nails through the wrists and the feet. The pain would have been so severe that shooting, persistent pain would have shot up and down the arms and legs. These wounds would not be fatal, but they would be intense and increasingly painful as the crucifixion wore on. They offered him wine to drink, no doubt to dull the pain, but he refused it.
The soldiers think they are being ironic. This is some king, they thought. And, at first glance, we might be tempted to agree.
But Matthew would have us take another look. After all, he has been building this theme of king for some time through this book.
This is a book about Jesus, who is the King. What kind of king would he be? He would be a king who would give his life, suffer, and die for his people.
Turn ahead to chapter 20.
We know following this death, that he will rise on the third day. Upon his resurrection, we see Jesus as the conquering King.
Matthew wants you to take another look. He is mocked as king but really is the King.
He appears to be weak, but in this supposed weakness we see his glorious strength.
The stage is set to display his apparent lack of power.
Jesus, convicted as an enemy of the state and a blasphemer of Israel, is hanging on a cross. He is hoisted upon the cross beams, the tortuous instrument of death and punishment. And he is hanging there between two criminals. Matthew tells us they are two robbers in verse 38. Jesus and these robbers are suspended in mid air between earth and heaven. To all who pass by, these men are spectacles of weakness and shame.
They are powerless. Trophies of Roman power and justice. We can see this by what they say.
Look with me, if you would at verses 39-40.
They're deriding him. This is literally blaspheming him. They are slandering him publicly by speaking against him. They are doing it while wagging their heads.
They see him hanging on the cross and they are reciting back the popular word on the street, this Jesus said he could rebuild the temple. They are laughing at his lack of power.
How long would it take someone to demo and rebuild our church building? I am not sure what a reasonable estimate would be, but certainly we could agree that it would be conservative to suggest that it would take more than three days. It's not something we could knock out on a three day weekend—even with a well-trained, experienced team. But imagine saying you could do it in three days, all by yourself?! To say so would be a statement of unrivaled power. Wouldn't it? I suppose to say you could do this would be on the level of a miracle, like raising the dead, don't you think?
But what Matthew knows in writing this, and what Jesus knows while enduring the mocking, is that he actually is powerful. He is powerful.
You see the profound irony, don't you?
They think it's preposterous that Jesus would claim to have such power as this, to destroy the temple and rebuild it in three days.
That would take unfathomable power. Power is something he evidently lacks—as evidenced by him being affixed to the cross, suffering and dying.
But yet, as they say this, Jesus is doing something even greater.
He is, dying for sin and he will in three days rise from the dead.
He will destroy this temple (his body) and rebuild it (resurrection). Their mocking words drip with irony. They say, "if you are the Son of God, come down from the cross." It is precisely because he is the Son of God that he is staying on the cross! He who appears powerless is actually exceedingly powerful.
I'm telling you, take another look at Jesus. Don't miss this, when you look at Jesus suffering, what first seems like weakness, actually shows his strength.
Matthew continues to bring things into sharp focus with more irony. We have seen him as king, as powerful, and now as Savior.
They are looking at what is happening and they conclude that he who saved others can't save himself.
How did Jesus save people? Throughout his ministry, Jesus saved or delivered people from all kinds of difficulty and affliction. He healed the lame, gave sight to the blind, exorcized demons, and even raised the dead. But now, look at him, on the cross, this same Jesus can't save himself from death.
This concept of saving is really important.
This Jesus will be a Savior. Even his name, Jesus, means, "God saves." From the very beginning of this book Jesus has been described as the King who saves.
How will Jesus save people from their sins? How will he do this?
Jesus says he will save people by giving his life as a ransom for many (Mt. 20:28).
That is he will offer his life as a payment for the sins of many, his people. Jesus' death on the cross is a substitionary death. He dies in the place of sinners like you and me who deserve to die. He dies in our place.
Think again about heir words, "He saved others, he cannot save himself." They are not wrong here, are they?
No, they, are right on a far more profound way than they can even imagine!
It's ironic because the actual result of a situation is the opposite of what you would naturally expect.
"Let him come down from the cross and we will believe in him." No, it is precisely him staying upon the cross that provides the occasion and opportunity for us to believe in him. Hallelujah! What a Savior!
Once again, Matthew shows with intense irony, that this crucifixion shows something that we might miss at first glance. What first appears as weakness is actually his strength.
We see the mocking continues. And so does Matthew's careful penetration below the surface to show us a deeper theological truth.
Darkness has enveloped the scene. Biblically, darkness often accompanies judgment. Think about the plagues in Egypt. This is the image that Matthew is capturing. The cross is a place of judgment. We'll talk about this more on Good Friday, as we consider what is happening at this scene.
They conclude listening to this that he is abandoned and forsaken by God. Some people think he is calling for Elijah (because the words sound similar). So they mock and laugh, "Wait, let us see whether Elijah will come to save him." (v.49) They conclude, looking at and hearing Jesus cry out, that he is abandoned by God.
Once again they are right, but on a far more deep level than they can possibly imagine.
What does it mean that Jesus is forsaken here? The Bible teaches us that God is too pure to behold iniquity. His holiness is utterly intolerant of any imperfection. It's his goodness that demands sin be punished. Therefore, if Jesus is to be our substitute, then he is must bear the debt that we deserve. He must pay the penalty for our sins. We know that the Bible teaches that the wages of sin is death (Rom. 6:23). Jesus here, shrouded in darkness, nailed to the cross, in the echoing cries of abandonment, is bearing the judgment of God in the place of sinners.
They see Jesus as forsaken because he is cursed by God. And this is entirely true.
But the reason for his forsaking is not because he is unrighteous or sinful in himself, but because he is being made sin, or counted sin on our behalf, that is in our place.
They esteem him cursed by God and he is. Because he is in our place.
But they are wrong about something.
They think he is failing to trust in God. They think he is calling upon Elijah. I assure you, he is not. We know that he is quoting the 22nd Psalm. This is a Psalm of David that speaks to his deep and abiding confidence in God. It's a song of trust, even when things are very poorly. In fact, turn back to the 22nd Psalm.
This is a Psalm of trust as he drinks the cup of divine wrath.
Matthew is wanting us to see, that the cross shows something that we might miss at first glance.
What first appears as weakness is actually his strength.
His abandonment shows his utter, unflinching trust.
What do you do with this? What help is this to you?
This is an explanation of Christianity. This is who Christianity began. It is a story of a loving God who identified with us in our weakness and came to suffer, sympathizes with and dies for us. The story of the gospel is a compelling and attractive story.
This entreats us to gratefully delight in Christ. If he is the all-powerful King, then what kept him on that Cross? What kept him suffering? It was love. Love for sinners like you and me. Treasuring Christ above all. Marvel in his unflinching trust in God and love for sinners like me and you.
Take another look at him, and I trust you will see glory disguised as a weakness.


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Ex-Scientology lawsuits reveal elite Sea Org group — Associated Press
Author(s): Gillian Flaccus
SAN JACINTO, Calif. – At the edge of arid foothills far outside Los Angeles, hundreds of Scientology followers live on a gated, 500-acre campus and work long hours for almost no pay reproducing the works of founder L. Ron Hubbard and creating the church's teaching and promotional materials. The church says its 5,000 so-called Sea Organization members are religious devotees akin to monks who are exempt from wage requirements and overtime. But two lawsuits filed by two former Sea Org members, ...
Tag(s): Anonymous (group) • Associated Press • Barry Van Sickle • Claire Headley • Gillian Flaccus • Golden Era Productions • Institute for the Study of American Religion • J. Gordon Melton • Jessica Feshbach Rodriguez • Lawsuit • Marc Headley • Salary • Sea Organization (Sea Org, SO) • Silencing criticism, censorship • Slave labor • Tommy Davis
Scientology: Church now claims more than 8 million members — Deseret News
Author(s): Elaine Jarvik
Source: Deseret News
The Church of Scientology is 50 years old this year, having survived its skeptics and detractors, an investigation by the Internal Revenue Service and John Travolta's box-office flop, "Battlefield Earth," based on a science fiction novel by the church's founder L. Ron Hubbard. The church's 50th anniversary makes it a young religion as far as religions go but also attests to its staying power. According to Scientology headquarters in Los Angeles, the church now claims more than 8 million members in ...
Tag(s): Church of Scientology International (CSI) • Citizens Commission on Human Rights (CCHR) • Deseret News • Elaine Jarvik • Heber C. Jentzsch • Institute for the Study of American Religion • J. Gordon Melton • Joava Good • Judy Steed • Larry King • Lora Mengucci • Membership • Narconon (aka Scientology drug rehab) • Operating Thetan (OT) • Operation Snow White • Phillip E. Parke • Rob Magiera • Sandra Lucas • Supernatural abilities (aka OT powers)
Item contributed by: Ron Sharp
Leaving the fold // Third-generation Scientologist grows disillusioned with faith — San Francisco Chronicle (California)
Author(s): Don Lattin
Source: San Francisco Chronicle (California)
Astra Woodcraft, apostate and defector, is the latest enemy of the Church of Scientology. Woodcraft, 22, never really joined this controversial psycho-spiritual movement, at least not as a free-thinking adult. Astra was born into it. Founded in the 1950s by L. Ron Hubbard, a prolific science fiction writer and freelance philosopher, Scientology describes itself as "the only major new religion established in the 20th century," as a bridge to increased awareness and spiritual freedom. Woodcraft, a third-generation Scientologist, paints a different ...
Tag(s): Abortion • Aron Mason • Astra Woodcraft • Auditing • Bridge Publications, Inc. (BPI) • Child labor • Children, youth • Cost • Disconnection • Don Lattin • Fair game • Institute for the Study of American Religion • J. Gordon Melton • Jeffrey G. "Jeff" Quiros • Kenny Davies • Lawsuit • Lisa McPherson Trust • Pregnancy • Salary • San Francisco Chronicle (California) • Sea Organization (Sea Org, SO) • Statistics (Stats)
Combatants in Cult War Attempt Reconciliation / Peacemaking conference is held near Seattle — San Francisco Chronicle (California)
(05-01) 04:00 PDT Seattle — They're calling it the "Camp David of the cult wars." Leaders from both factions in the decades-long dispute over danger posed by new religious movements came together over the weekend at a woodsy retreat center on the shores of Puget Sound. There were a few screaming matches, and a bit of the old backbiting and rumormongering, but it was a largely peaceful gathering of defectors, devotees, heartbroken families and assorted cult experts. "We've reached the point ...
Tag(s): American Family Foundation (AFF) • Bankruptcy • Cult Awareness Network (CAN) (earlier form, Citizen's Freedom Foundation) • Cult Information Service • Don Lattin • Eileen Barker • Foundation for Religious Freedom (FRF) • Herbert L. Rosedale • Institute for the Study of American Religion • J. Gordon Melton • Janja Lalich • Lawsuit • Michael Langone • Nancy O'Meara • San Francisco Chronicle (California)
"When Scholars Know Sin" forum debate / Clarifying contentious issues / A rejoinder to Melton, Shupe, and Lewis / Stephen A. Kent and Theresa Krebs — Skeptic magazine
Source: Skeptic magazine
Tag(s): American Academy of Religion (AAR) • American Psychological Association (APA) • Anson Shupe • Association for World Academics for Religious Education (AWARE) • Aum Shinrikyo • Brainwashing • Center for Studies on New Religions (CESNUR) • Church Universal and Triumphant • Cult Awareness Network (CAN) (earlier form, Citizen's Freedom Foundation) • Deprogramming • Destroying/hiding/falsifying evidences • Freedom (Scientology magazine) • Germany • Institute for the Study of American Religion • J. Gordon Melton • James R. Lewis • Jason Scott • Joseph "Joe" Szimhart • Kendrick L. Moxon • Medical claims • Operating Thetan (OT) • Rehabilitation Project Force (RPF) • Robert Balch • Skeptic magazine • Stephen A. Kent • The Family (formerly, Children of God) • Theresa Krebs
Boston man in costly fight with Scientology — New York Times
Author(s): Douglas Frantz
Source: New York Times
Tag(s): Church of Scientology International (CSI) • Copyright, trademark, patent • Douglas Frantz • Institute for the Study of American Religion • Internal Revenue Service (IRS) • J. Gordon Melton • Kennan G. "Ken" Dandar • Laura L. Vaughan • Lawsuit • Lisa McPherson • Michael J. "Mike" Rinder • New York Times • Protest, picket • Robert S. "Bob" Minton
Gifts of cash fuel battle of principle / Hub man's aid to Scientology critics draws fire and rhetoric from church — Boston Globe
Author(s): Diego Ribadeneira
Source: Boston Globe
Tag(s): Boston Globe • Copyright, trademark, patent • Dennis Erlich • Diego Ribadeneira • Elliot J. Abelson • Frank Ofman • Institute for the Study of American Religion • J. Gordon Melton • James T. "Jim" Richardson • Kurt Weiland • Lawsuit • Lisa McPherson • Private investigator(s) • Robert S. "Bob" Minton • Robert Vaughn Young • Silencing criticism, censorship • Stacy Brooks Young
Cult fighters' future in doubt — Los Angeles Times (California)
More: scientology-lies.com, link
Source: Los Angeles Times (California)
Lawsuits: Group with controversial ties to deprogrammers files for bankruptcy and may be forced to shut down in wake of $1-million judgment. Plagued by numerous lawsuits from religious groups and fighting a $1.1-million judgment against it, the Cult Awareness Network has filed for bankruptcy under Chapter 7 of the U.S. Bankruptcy Code. "How we will operate or if we will continue to operate in the short term, I don't know," said Cynthia Kisser, executive director of the 12-year-old organization, known for ...
Tag(s): Bankruptcy • Cult Awareness Network (CAN) (earlier form, Citizen's Freedom Foundation) • Cynthia Kisser • Deprogramming • Institute for the Study of American Religion • J. Gordon Melton • Jason Scott • Kendrick L. Moxon • Laurie Bartilson • Lawsuit • Los Angeles Times (California) • Rick Ross

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Q: How to change the IO policy to noop on centos 8 for all kernel? I want to change the IO policy to noop for all the VMs of all kernel version. (Even if there is a future updated version also)
cat /sys/block/sda/queue/scheduler
Output as follow
[mq-deadline] kyber bfq none

grubby --update-kernel=ALL --args="elevator=noop"
reboot

Even after applying the following command also, policy was not updated.

"[mq-deadline] kyber bfq none"

Additionally tried the following command also
Modified the /etc/default/grub with elevator=noop
and ran the command  grub2-mkconfig

still the the IO policy is not updated on Centos 8
In centos 8, how to update the IO policy to noop?

A: From kernel 5.4 elevator= argument has been removed.

Since the inclusion of blk-mq, elevator argument was not being
considered anymore, and it's utility died long with the legacy IO path,
now removed too.

You can use udev rules or tuned profiles
udev
vi /etc/udev/rules.d/60-ioschedulers.rules

# set noop scheduler for non-rotating disks
ACTION=="add|change", KERNEL=="sd[a-z]", ATTR{queue/rotational}=="0", ATTR{queue/scheduler}="noop"

# set noop scheduler for rotating disks
ACTION=="add|change", KERNEL=="sd[a-z]", ATTR{queue/rotational}=="1", ATTR{queue/scheduler}="noop"

A: The solution which worked is

It's no longer present in newer kernels. Use "none" instead.

For more details: https://forums.centos.org/viewtopic.php?f=54&t=75002

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This article was written for the November 29th, 2006 issue of The New York Press and was only recently brought to my attention. The result was the removal of vinyl signs from scaffolding all around the city. The DOB created a Sign Enforcement Program for illegal advertising and began policing more heavily. Bnet seemed to think they were sending the wrong message, yet illegal signs still exist all over the city. You can call 311 to report illegal billboards, and I would encourage anyone to visit illegalbillboards.org for a more information regarding NYC outdoor advertising.
How New York's buildings are disappearing beneath a blanket of never-ending scaffolds and backroom deals
By Lindsay Beyerstein
For many residents of the oft-termed New New York, the post-9/11 building boom represents prosperity, regeneration and renewed vitality. Throughout the city, new buildings are springing up and existing structures are undergoing improvements. New condos are rising behind construction walls. Venerable landmark buildings are shedding decades of city grime and restoring their former grandeur with ambitious restoration projects. Lately, it seems as though every block has at least one building shrouded in scaffolds and netting.
Over the past five years, scaffolds and construction walls have become fixtures of the New York landscape. So has the advertising that's plastered all over them. It's almost remarkable to see a scaffold that doesn't bear a lurid vinyl banner touting a television network, a beer, an airline or an automobile.
Vinyl construction wraps loom over sidewalks all over the city—from the towering blue Infiniti ad wrapped around a vacant lot in Soho to the new Equinox Fitness wrap on the Flatiron Building. As soon as a construction site wall goes up, it gets plastered with brightly colored posters for records, movies, concerts and gadgets, usually as part of a corporate sniping campaign known in the trade as "wild posting."
These ads are so brazen and so ubiquitous that most would find it hard to believe that most of them are, in fact, totally illegal. Construction site ads run afoul of the New York City law stating that, "there shall be no information, pictorial representations or any business or advertising messages posted on such protective structures at demolition or construction sites." In laymen's terms, that means that if you see an ad on a construction site, be it a poster or a full-scale sidewalk shed wrap, it's almost certainly illegal. The only exception is for businesses whose regular signs are obscured by construction; they are allowed small wooden or metal sign directly in front of their outlets.
"It is illegal to advertise on a scaffold shed or a construction wall in New York City," confirms Jennifer Givner, a spokeswoman for New York's City Department of Buildings, the agency tasked with policing construction signage.
The rules are crystal clear, but New York is facing an epidemic of illegal advertising. In the summer 2006, Manhattan Borough President Scott Stringer mounted a vigorous campaign of press conferences, official statements and media appearances to pressure the Department of Buildings to crack down on illegal ads by enforcing the existing laws.
In a press release issued Aug. 20, 2006, Stringer stated, "More than an eyesore for our neighborhoods, these advertisements are illegal and inappropriate. We cannot allow corporate branding to determine the look of our streets and neighborhoods. We have laws in place to avoid these situations and clearly they are not being enforced."
"It's an illegal black market," said State Senator Tom Duane, one of Stringer's most visible allies in the fight against illegal ads. It's also a booming business. New York's construction boom and the looming deadline for facade repairs under Local Law 11 ensure a steady supply of advertising space. Sidewalk sheds, the legally-mandated enclosures that bridge the sidewalk to shield the public from falling debris, are prime targets for custom-printed vinyl wrap ads.
Advertisers from all over the world are vying to associate their products with the new, affluent New York. Whether it's the bright lights of Times Square, or the giant wallscapes of Soho, advertisers can't wait to add to the aura of corporate cool. "Outdoor advertising is the hot thing right now," said Vanessa Gruen, director of special projects at the Municipal Art Society, a civic organization dedicated to preserving New York's aesthetics. "In the age of TiVo, advertisers want 'fixed eyeballs.'"
Under the cover of construction, ads for some of the world's biggest brands are taking up residence at many of New York's most prestigious addresses, including many buildings designated as landmarks. So far, Stringer's PR campaign seems to have had little affect on the number of illegal ads vying for public attention.
Why do these blatantly illegal ads flourish in plain sight, despite the vocal opposition?
It's one of those urban paradoxes: Some of the most conspicuous objects in the city are affixed to some of the most famous addresses in town, but it's not clear to the casual observer how they got there. We know the brand in the ad, we know the address. But the middlemen are the mystery.
Upon further investigation, some of the mystery is revealed: It turns out that the recent construction site blight has a lot to do with a group of firms known as outdoor advertising companies (OAC). Outdoor ad agencies are like real estate agencies for outdoor ad space. They are the brokers who bring landlords and brands together.
According to Chris Carr, the executive vice president of City Outdoor, a national outdoor media firm, OACs form relationships with landlords who want to sell advertising space on their property. Then the OAC sells this space to people who want to put up ads.
When asked whether his company had placed ads on sidewalk sheds in New York, Carr replied, "We have placed ads on construction sites in the past, but it's a very small part of our business."
When asked which ads City Outdoor had placed on which construction sites, Carr replied, "That's confidential."
In response to a question about the "legal framework" for placing ads on New York City scaffolds, Carr answered, "New York City has regulations in place against shed advertising. There's the scaffold, and there's the protection barrier as a shed. So, depending on the neighborhood, there are restrictions." [Note: According to Jennifer Givner and the DOB website, shed advertising is prohibited throughout the city.
City Outdoor shares an office suite at 1333 Broadway with a company called NPA Wildposting. NPA Wildposting specializes in the faux-guerilla advertising technique known as sniping. The two companies also promote themselves jointly on a single website (www.npacityoutdoor.com). Chris Serino is a sales manager at the Eastern branch of NPA Wildposting and shares a suite with Chris Carr of City Outdoor.
When asked whether NPA has agreements with specific construction site owners to poster their construction sites, Serino said, "Yes, we do," adding suddenly, "This isn't something I should ... " Serino stopped short, then referred New York Press to the Los Angles office of NPA Wildposting. The call to the Los Angeles office was not returned. Adam Salacuse, CEO of Alt-Terrain Media, a Boston-based guerilla marketing and media company, confirmed that NPA is a major player in New York City wild posting, including posters on construction sites.
"NPA does 90 percent of the posters that you see in [New York]." he said, "Here's the skinny on wild posting: If there's a frame around the posters, they're paid spots. Sometimes they have an agreement with construction site owners to poster their sites. For scaffolds under construction, about half the time they do, and half the time they don't," Salacuse said.
Titan Outdoor LLC and Van Wagner Communications, two large OACs serving New York, did not return repeated phone calls. Yet, these big players are surprisingly candid about their shed sheathing services on their websites. Titan's website explicitly offers construction wraps in the New York media market. The site even features a photograph of a Staples shed ad. In another shot, a looming bright green shed exhorts pedestrians to watch the Food Network.
Titan's website sums up the value of construction wraps as follows: "In many neighborhoods, Construction Wraps are the only way to share your message where other large format Out-of-Home media are zoned out. These oversized spectaculars often dominate a full city block displaying your bold, colorful ad, while achieving unparalleled impact."
Van Wagner's website doesn't offer to place ads on sheds or construction bridges in so many words, but it's hard to miss the giant disembodied heads of Jennifer Aniston and Jerry Seinfeld on the construction wrap in their Flash media presentation. However, neither Titan nor Van Wagner advertises wild posting.
It turns out that some OACs are exploiting a loophole in the law to avoid the consequences of illegal advertising. The penalty for an illegal ad depends on whether the DOB manages to catch the building owner or the advertising company who placed the ad.
The next time you drive by a billboard, shed ad or pass a telephone kiosk with an ad, look for the logo of the outdoor advertising company that put it up. You should see a sign identifying the company that put up the shed (the wood and metal bridge over the sidewalk that protects pedestrians from dropped tools and falling gargoyle fragments), but you'll never see a trace of the outdoor advertising company that placed the giant ad there in the first place.
"There are different approaches to policing sidewalk shed ads," explains Givner. "If the OAC is labeled on the sign, we can issue a violation to the OAC. The fine is $10,000 to $25,000. If it doesn't have a label, [we] issue the violation to the building owner for 0 to $2,500."
As Scott Stringer notes, building owners risk these fines because it can be very profitable for them to do so. Advertising Age estimates that illegal ads, including sidewalk shed wraps can bring in $40,000 to $50,000 dollars a month, a figure also cited by the trade journal Media Buyer Planner. Moreover, the DOB has no power to remove illegal ads, even if it issues a citation. "We can't take the ads down because they aren't a threat to public safety, and the sheds are considered private property," Givner explains.
Often, the DOB doesn't even get to the citation phase. In May, the Municipal Art Society (MAS), who has been fighting illegal ads in New York since 1904, sponsored a contest called "Shoot It Down!" to identify the most egregiously illegal ads in New York. Submissions poured in from all over the city, but MAS narrowed the field to 44 of the worst offenders. Borough President Stringer's office reviewed the data on 42 of these ads and found that 79 percent of them had never been issued a violation for illegal signage.
Construction advertising is the Wild-West of the media world. Some unscrupulous actors in this unregulated market are making life miserable—and even dangerous—for New Yorkers. Glaring safety violations are becoming commonplace in this unregulated market.
Recently, on Madison Avenue at 42nd Street, someone decided that a shed ad for Enviga energy drinks was more important than the traffic light behind it. When citizens complained, someone cut a keyhole for the sign. The public wasn't satisfied, so someone enlarged the hole. Finally, the entire ad came down amid public outcry. On October 26, a sidewalk shed laden with an oversized Helio sign collapsed on Lafayette St. near the corner of Prince. Often these oversized parapets are a safety hazard because they catch the wind like giant sails, making the entire structure more likely to collapse. The DOB hasn't banned oversized parapets yet, but tougher regulations may be on the horizon.
"It's not a formal policy decision," said Givner, "but the department has been examining those sheds with large parapet walls. In high wind, they pose a higher safety risk. Our job is to ensure public safety on the construction site. We're looking to see what size is appropriate." Some scaffold manufacturers admit to working with building owners to craft these oversized scaffolds to better-display advertising.
Peter O'Farrell, President of the Colgate Scaffolding & Equipment Corp. explains how his family-owned company fills custom requests: "Everything goes through the building owner. If they wanted a higher bridge, they'd have to pay a higher price, for the extra money and the extra labor."
O'Farrell added that he never deals with OACs directly, and his scaffold company never shares in the revenues from shed advertising. "If there's going to be advertising on our bridge, that's always directly between the building owner and the advertising company," he said. Not everyone is willing to indulge owners' requests for custom ad-bearing sheds, however. "We do not build scaffolds to accommodate ads," said Ken Buettner, president of the York Scaffolding Equipment Corp. "I have an aversion to it. It's an aesthetic blight, and it's illegal."
Buettner may be a lonely dissenter in an ad-mad market. The situation may seem hopeless, but there may yet be a crackdown on construction site advertising. An anti-visual clutter measure called Local Law 31, may finally give authorities the tools they need to fight the black market in shed ads. Mayor Bloomberg signed the bill into law in 2005, but the full effect of the measure is only now being felt. The law has two key provisions: First, building owners who lease ads on their premises will be considered outdoor advertising companies. As such, they can be charged a maximum of $25,000 dollars, instead of the current maximum of $2,500.
Second, all outdoor advertising companies must register with the city. OACs that break the law risk losing their licenses and, with them, the right to do business in the city. Unregistered advertisers, including building owners, are subject to stiff fines. The OAC registration period closed Nov. 26. Now that the mandatory registration period is over, the DOB has the authority to impose stiff fines on building owners who wrap their sheds in illegal ads and the outdoor ad companies that help them.
"It's a valuable tool in our belt," says Givner. "We hope that the new fines will deter illegal advertising."
Several outdoor advertising companies are suing the City over LL31, claiming that the law violates their First Amendment rights. Even if the law survives the legal challenges, it remains to be seen whether the DOB will enforce it any more vigorously than the old laws.
However, the new law is grounds for cautious optimism. Perhaps the tough new rules will deter corporate graffiti artists from treating New Yorkers like a captive audience. Maybe landlords will think twice before turning a fast, private buck at the expense of the city landscape. And maybe, just maybe, the measure will help curtail the creeping commercialization of New York City that Scott Stringer calls, "the adification of New York."
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New G20 chair Japan wants trade imbalances, aging population on 2019 agenda
BUENOS AIRES (Reuters) - Japan will put issues ranging from global trade imbalances to the impact of aging populations on the agenda when it chairs next year's meetings of leaders from the Group of 20 major economies, government officials said.
Japanese Deputy Prime Minister and Finance Minister Taro Aso looks on during Prime Minister Shinzo Abe and U.S. Vice President Mike Pence's joint news announcement in Abe's official residence in Tokyo, Japan November 13, 2018. REUTERS/Issei Kato
At the end of the G20 summit in Buenos Aires, Finance Minister Taro Aso unveiled the "priority issues" to be taken up by his counterparts and central bank governors next year when Japan takes over the chairmanship from Argentina.
Japan will host a G20 financial leaders' meeting in Fukuoka in western Japan on June 8-9, followed by a leaders' summit in Osaka on June 28-29.
Tokyo will assert that global current account imbalances should be fixed via multilateral policy coordination rather than bilateral trade deals, the officials said. They declined to be identified because they are not authorized to talk to the media.
Excessive imbalances should be adjusted by improving the ratio of investment and saving through macroeconomic policy and structural reform, they added.
Global imbalances had once been a key topic at G20 meetings with a focus on each country's current account balance, or the overall flow of money including, but not confined to, trade.
This approach runs counter to President Donald Trump's focus on narrowing the U.S. trade deficit using import tariffs and bilateral deals. His "America First" policies and the U.S.-China trade war have overshadowed debates at recent G20 meetings.
Japan's plans underscore Tokyo's view that instead of focusing too much on bilateral trade imbalances, there should be more emphasis on overall capital flows and structural factors behind the U.S. deficit - such as a lack of domestic savings.
Saddled with its own aging population and the industrial world's heaviest public debt burden, Japan will also highlight the issue of aging and its impact on fiscal and monetary policies at next year's G20 meetings, the officials said.
Bank of Japan Governor Haruhiko Kuroda has said an aging population could pose "serious challenges" for central banks, as it undercuts economies' growth potential and requires them to use more monetary firepower than before to boost growth.
Also on the agenda under Japan's G20 chair will be the need to ensure debt sustainability, given rising debt in low-income countries, and to promote high-quality infrastructure investment.
Reporting by Tetsushi Kajimoto in Tokyo and Maximilian Heath in Buenos Aires; editing by Richard Borsuk and Jonathan Oatis


LOS ANGELES — A security guard shot and killed a man wielding two Samurai swords Sunday on the grounds of a Scientology building in Hollywood, police said.
The unidentified man approached three guards around noon in the parking lot of the Scientology Celebrity Centre, Deputy Chief Terry S. Hara said.
The man was "close enough to hurt them" when one of the guards shot him, Hara said.
Detectives were questioning the guard to figure out the swordsman's motive and determine whether the shooting was justified.
Surveillance tape showed the man arriving at the center's parking lot in a red convertible, then approaching the guards with a sword in each hand, Hara said.
Calls to Scientology spokespeople were not immediately returned Sunday.
Yet another church discovers that self defense and protection of members is something best not left to police.
You know, if enough churches make member defense a priority in-house, armed nut jobs will have to look for soft targets elsewhere.
Good on them for having ARMED security.
From KTLA's version of the story, "Police detained the guard for questioning, but said surveillance tape footage of the incident backed his claim of self-defense. "
I am no fan of the CoS (various reasons, some of them quite serious), but if someone has a few swords swinging and I think they're coming towards me, I'd be glad to have a gun in my hand.
Guess he's heard of the Tueller drill.
Wow. Glad I'm not a security guard. I've spent some time behind a sword. Trained quite a while with a full-blown rapier, private instruction. Wouldn't want to have someone coming at me with one, outside of a controlled sparring setting. Especially not a samurai type sword, as one news report on the incident mentions. Samurai type edged weapons can sever limbs very easily. One good hit and it's all over. Nasty!
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First, I'm not sure what a "full-blown rapier" is as they tend to be made of steel, not flowers.
Second, there are scientific facts which get in the way of being able easily to sever limbs with a sword. Bone is bone, and anyone who has a modicum of knowledge of the working of steel, who has ever had to quarter 70 chickens with access to expensive, finely crafted knives many times the metallurgical superior to the quality of Japanese steel found in historical "samurai type edged weapons", and who has personally suffered an industrial accident involving more horsepower than is generally found in Scientology building invaders, will quickly tell you that there is simply no easy way to sever human limbs with a sword.
Third, the people who actually do have the particular knowledge of how to sever a limb with a "samurai type edged weapon" generally also have the knowledge of how to strike with a closed hand for "one good hit and it's all over".
Fourth, bringing relevance back, if you invented a time machine and brought Miyamoto Musashi home with you from the height of his career, I'd still take him out with a Glock 19. The real world isn't like the end of Yojimbo, it's exactly like the end of Once Upon a Time in China.
One good hit and it's all over.
Ouch. I'm not intending to mess up this thread. Not sure who you're mad at, but the intention was to comment on the article, not offend someone watching this thread. Sorry you've had a rough time with sharp things. This is all I intend to say on the matter. Peace.
Maybe you could google daki kubi where the assistant decapitates one performing seppuku. A katana will sever heads (or limbs) when used properly.
Also Miamoto Musashi was adept at Strategy, not just swordsmanship. A Glock in your hand might prove insufficient.
The Japanese weapon of choice was rated by the maker by how many bodies it could cut through with a single blow. The most expensive and highly praised weapons could cut through 4 stacked bodies. Bone or no bone, I would say that's pretty dangerous. Watch PBS every once in a while they run the sword show that tells all about the Samari Sword. In the right hands, a limb with bone would offer little resistance. I watched a demonstration at a gun show where a full ham (uncooked, bone in) was sliced into 1" thick steaks with one. Yep, if I were approached by a man swinging a sword, the Colt Defender would get exercised. The gun is the reason the Samari is no longer the top weapon of war these days.
I collect and play around with swords but I am a gunman first. I don't want anybody coming at me with some of the swords I have, well any of them to tell the truth. Security guard had a right to be scared even if the guy had a basket full of fruit between his ears. Unskilled men can hurt you with a blade and the hit rate for shooters under pressure is right around the 25% mark. Good for the Security guard for keeping his cool and keeping his life.
Well, I kinda figure that, when practicing tameshigiri the exercise--and objective--is to cut through tightly rolled tatami in a single blow for each stroke--and since the tatami happens to be a LOT tougher than flesh--that the properly utilized katana, dai-katana or wakazashi would have no problems cleaving someone in two. Ever heard of the "sky to ground" cut?
The samurai swords are incredibly dangerous. We aren't talking about the $20 gunshow katanas here. We're talking about layers of steel honed to a point so sharp that if you merely run your thumb along the edge...it will fall off. I know, my friend did it.
He was taking a class i believe in college where you learned different techniques with the sword and ran his finger along the edge without thinking about it. Ouch.
All Ninja sword lore aside, a guy w/ any bladed weapon in each hand is a pretty good threat.
Yeah, and don't some of those people who get split(sky to ground) with the sharpest swords walk around for hours, sometimes days, before the left and right halves of their bodies actually come apart??? Heck, some of them so long that they grow back together and never even knew they were cut...except for that vague and unexplainable feeling of loneliness that each side feels for a couple days.
It doesn't matter if it was fine sword or a boyscout knife.
A guy with a 10 dollar machete is just as dangerous, big heavy blade will do a lot of damage.


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