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Philip Larkin: Life, Art and Love by James Booth: Review
By Nathan WhitlockSpecial to the Star
Sat., Nov. 29, 2014timer3 min. read
This past spring, fans of the late Philip Larkin had the chance to participate in a bizarre celebration-cum-recreation of one the poet's most famous works. In "The Whitsun Weddings" — which was published a half-century ago and in England routinely lands high in readers' polls of favourite verse — the poet recounts a weekend train trip into London, encountering loud, boisterous wedding parties at every station. For the poem's 50th anniversary, Larkinites rode a special train from London to Hull, where Larkin spent most of his life running the university library. During the trip, they were greeted by people dressed in wedding attire, and entertained by readings from the actor Bill Nighy and others.
An event like that is a sign of the place Larkin holds in the literary firmament nearly three decades after his death from cancer at the age of 63. Though he was never England's poet laureate (he refused the post), he unofficially serves as such in many readers' minds. He has few rivals when it comes to conjuring joyful or heart-crushing beauty out of utterly commonplace situations and none in the realm of transforming disappointment into something both hilarious and transcendent.
As James Booth notes in his new biography of Larkin, however, the poet is not universally beloved. The publication of his correspondence and of Andrew Motion's decidedly negative official biography in 1993 created — or, rather, reinforced — the image of Larkin as a small-minded, joyless, chauvinistic bigot. "Even those who admire the poetry," writes Booth, "feel it acceptable to refer to 'the vile mess that was Larkin,' and accuse him of living a sterile life."
Booth's aim in Philip Larkin: Life, Art and Love is to do as much as he can to dispel that perception. He makes a mostly admirable effort, and though I'm sure he's correct when he writes "all those who were close to [Larkin] remember him with affection and feel privileged to have known him," I think he hits the nail on the head with this, on the very same page: "There is, of course, no requirement that poets should be likeable or virtuous."
In these pages, the poet comes off as an endlessly unsettled and uncertain being. As a young man studying at Oxford, his ambition was to be a novelist. He wrote and published two, but never completed another, and was always a little jealous of the success of his friend Kingsley Amis's first novel, Lucky Jim. (Amis's novel, incidentally, was inspired by, partially edited by and dedicated to Larkin.) He later became a librarian, a profession that seemed to suit his desire for predictability and routine, and eventually began to publish (at a painfully slow rate) the poems that have become the literary equivalent of The Simpsons in their perceptiveness, mischievousness and quotability.
Larkin never married, instead carrying on decades-long affairs with three, and sometimes four, women simultaneously. Booth sees this polyamorism as the key to melting Larkin's icy public image and dedicates a lot of space to minutely dissecting letters to and from the poet's lovers. Until the last third of the book, when Larkin emerges as a major literary figure, Booth uses the waxing and waning of the poet's love life as a barometer for his state of being. Fatally, he goes even farther than this, analyzing many of the poems through the prism of those affairs: more than once he glibly asserts how Larkin felt about a particular episode in his life based on nothing more than a line of poetry. It never occurs to him that the three words in the book's subtitle are not interchangeable.
In the end, Booth is never quite able to move the Larkin-needle all the way from "nasty old bas---d" to "misunderstood old softie." Not that it matters: when he quotes Larkin's poetry at length, we are reminded that genius is genius, no matter how sour.
Nathan Whitlock is a writer and editor in Toronto.


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Nuestra Señora de las Lágrimas es una de las advocaciones atribuidas a la Virgen María y que surgió con base en los relatos de las apariciones reportadas por la Hermana Amalia de Jesús Flagelado en la capilla del convento del Instituto de las Misioneras de Jesús Crucificado, situado en la ciudad de Campinas, en el Estado de São Paulo, en Brasil.

Historia

De España a Brasil

De su nombre de bautismo Amalia Aguirre, la futura religiosa misionera nació en Riós, cerca de la frontera entre Portugal y España, en la comunidad autónoma de Galicia, el 22 de julio de 1901. Pertenecía a una antigua familia de larga tradición cristiana, y sus padres eran admirados por la santidad de costumbres, fervorosa piedad y su inagotable caridad hacia el prójimo. Sin embargo, las circunstancias económicas y los planes de Dios los obligaron a salir de España y viajar a Brasil, cuyo idioma portugués era conocido por ellos y les permitía comunicarse y trabajar sin dificultad. Primero estuvieron en el Estado de Bahía, pero poco después se mudaron al Estado de São Paulo, habiendo fijado residencia en la ciudad de Campinas.

Amalia Aguirre, inicialmente, no fue con sus padres a Brasil, habiendo quedado a cuidar de su abuela, ya bastante anciana y enferma, y que necesitaba de compañía. Solo después de la muerte de su abuela resulta que Amalia atravesó el océano Atlántico, habiendo llegado a Campinas el 16 de junio de 1919. Sin embargo, la joven estaba lejos de imaginar que en su nueva patria se producirían tan prodigiosas manifestaciones de Jesús y María Santísima.

Las apariciones en Campinas

Fue en el Instituto de las Hermanas Misioneras de Jesús Crucificado, fundado por Don Francisco de Campos Barreto, Obispo de Campinas, que vivió Sor Amalia de Jesús Flagelado, la religiosa española agraciada con el fenómeno de los sagrados estigmas de Nuestro Señor Jesucristo y con innumerables apariciones marianas. Esta religiosa formó parte de las ocho primeras monjas y fue también cofundadora del Instituto, habiendo hecho sus votos perpetuos el 8 de diciembre de 1931.

En la década de 1930, en la ciudad de Campinas, en el Estado de São Paulo, en Brasil, la Virgen María y su propio hijo, Jesucristo, habrán aparecido varias veces a la Sierva de Dios Hermana Amalia de Jesús Flagelado (nombre de bautismo, Amalia Aguirre), comunicándole muchos mensajes con llamamientos de oración, de sacrificio y de penitencia. La Santísima Virgen María se presentó con el título de Nuestra Señora de las Lágrimas y le enseñó las jaculatorias de la Coronilla (o el Rosario) de las Lágrimas.

El 8 de abril de 1930, Nuestra Señora reveló también a la Hermana Amalia una nueva medalla milagrosa, la medalla de la evocación a sus lágrimas, y le pidió que, conjuntamente con la Coronilla (o el Rosario), la difundiera por todo el mundo, pues a través de esa misma medalla se darían muchos prodigios, un gran número de conversiones y muchas almas serían salvas. Por orden de la Madre de Dios, la medalla trae la imagen de Nuestra Señora de las Lágrimas entregando la Coronilla (o el Rosario) de las Lágrimas a la Hermana Amalia, exactamente como sucedió en la aparición del 8 de marzo de 1930, con las palabras alrededor: "¡Oh Virgen Dolorosísima, Vuestras Lágrimas derribaron el imperio infernal!", y en el verso, la medalla trae la imagen de Jesús Maniatado (es decir, atado durante su Pasión) con las siguientes palabras: "¡Por Vuestra mansedumbre divina, oh Jesús Maniatado, salvad al mundo del error que lo amenaza!".

Aunque la Hermana Amalia de Jesús Flagelado, incluso en el año 1930, ha logrado divulgar la Medalla y la Coronilla de las Lágrimas de María, y esa devoción ha llegado a algunos países extranjeros, esa obra de salvación de la Madre de Dios permaneció aún muy desconocida.

Reconocimiento canónico
El 8 de marzo de 1932, el Obispo de Campinas, monseñor Don Francisco de Campos Barreto, reconoció la veracidad de las apariciones marianas a la Hermana Amalia de Jesús Flagelado y concedió las debidas autorizaciones – entre ellas, el Imprimatur – para la publicación de sus escritos (que incluían los mensajes de Jesús y de la Virgen María) y de las oraciones de la Coronilla (o el Rosario) de Nuestra Señora de las Lágrimas.

El 20 de febrero de 1934, el mismo prelado publicó una carta pastoral y reforzó la importancia de la devoción a Nuestra Señora de las Lágrimas.

Apostolado Internacional

Después de diez años de investigación, de recogida de información y de testimonios personales, Renato Carrasquinho compiló íntegramente todos los escritos originales y mensajes dictados por el Cielo, y aún reconstituyó biográficamente la vida de la Hermana Amalia de Jesús Flagelado con pleno rigor. En 2017, para señalar el centenario de las famosas apariciones marianas ocurridas en Fátima, Portugal, y que precedieron a las apariciones de Campinas, Brasil, y también como una forma de dar una respuesta eficaz a las llamadas de la Virgen María, el autor fundó en la Cova da Iria, lugar de la ciudad de Fátima, el Apostolado Internacional de Nuestra Señora de las Lágrimas y que se hace representar en todo el mundo.

Véase también
 Apostolado Internacional de Nuestra Señora de las Lágrimas
 Coronilla de Nuestra Señora de las Lágrimas

Referencias

Bibliografía
 Renato Carrasquinho; Nuestra Señora de las Lágrimas: Apariciones, Mensajes y Devoción. Edición: Apostolado Internacional de Nuestra Señora de las Lágrimas.
 Renato Carrasquinho; Devocionario a Nuestra Señora de las Lágrimas. Edición: Apostolado Internacional de Nuestra Señora de las Lágrimas.
 Nossa Senhora das Lágrimas. Edições Rainha Vitoriosa do Mundo, 2012. 114 pp.

Enlaces externos
 Apostolado Internacional de Nuestra Señora de las Lágrimas – Web oficial

Advocaciones marianas de Brasil
Apariciones marianas
Mariología
Milagros
Iglesia católica en Brasil
Iglesia católica en los años 1930
Campinas

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By jana,
i discovered elinor carucci thanks to this article in the guardian. got me thinking about a lot of things. here are excerpts that i've been thinking about since i read it:
The result, Diary of a Dancer, shows her travelling on the subway in her bellydancing regalia, applying her make-up in bleak washrooms, whirling across dancefloors before a jubilant crowd. Naturally, the process of simultaneously dancing and photographing proved problematic. "I tried different things, like asking strangers to take the photographs, and it didn't work," she says. "So I asked my husband, Eran, to help. And he really doesn't like weddings."
Eran Bendheim, also a photographer, accompanied her to some performances. "It started with me being very controlling because I was afraid it won't be my photograph," Carucci says. "I was like, 'Stand here, and when I make a sign ... '" She soon realised that her interference was proving detrimental. "Bellydancing - it's not like the New York City Ballet, when you know what you're going to do with it. I could be at the other end of the room, or on the table. We couldn't plan it. He had to follow me round and take pictures so I said, 'OK, so some of it will be your work.'"
Though many of her pictures are staged, Carucci's work somehow retains an intense spontaneity. "I learned that it doesn't matter if images are staged or not. It doesn't make them more or less truthful. We make unconscious decisions about how we want to be photographed." She sometimes looks at her self-portraits and sees "that I presented something that is very true. And usually the ones that don't work, it's because they're not honest; the light is beautiful, the colours are beautiful, but they're not honest."
"I guess it's a combination of the way I was at home - the way my mom or dad would walk around in their underwear, or after their bath naked. It's not like we're living our lives naked, it's just before the shower, where I can walk into the bathroom in my underwear and ask my father something. It's so, so normal and I thought that most families are like that. I realised only after I took those images how unusual it is, because of how shocked people were by my photographs. I realise that some of my pictures were more provocative - like me and my father naked. Even for us, that was a bit weird. But images of me and my mum naked? I'm like, 'What's the big deal? You've never seen your mum naked?' And many people said no. I was really surprised."
She did not set out to be provocative, but did realise that some pictures might nudge certain taboos. "My father is a man and my brother is a man, and there are tensions underneath that we don't even dare to think about. I wanted to photograph that it could be so everyday but it could still have this tension or awkwardness." And occasionally taking the photographs proved a little strange. "Once the camera is there, they become weird moments. If I'm naked, no one pays much attention. But if I bring the camera, everyone is much more aware."
The first image in the series she titled And If I Don't Get Enough Attention, which shows her naked and staring straight at the camera, lying on top of a sleeping Eran, whose clothes almost blend in with the dark blue sofa. "This," she says, "was the first image where I knew I was thinking about our situation, and I knew that I was thinking of things that were happening to me that he didn't know. The camera at the time knew more than my husband."
carucci's husband's photographs can be seen at his website, eran.com.
oh!! going to say something when i am not so much on the run. like her photos a lot
Location:Back in Middle Earth
I'd never heard of her, but that article raises some very interesting points - the nudity issue especially is something I can imagine a lot of people getting out of their prams about. Thanks for sharing jana.
well, shoot me for being a prude, but my mum and i have not hung around in our underwear much.
though for me, that wasn't so much of an issue. i think it's interesting to note the "tension" she speaks of when talking about her father and brother being naked with her. but more than the nudity, what i was thinking about was the idea of using her family as intimately as she does in her photographs. like she mentions in the article that she and eran brandheim (her husband) were fighting about something and it suddenly struck her that this would be a good photograph and so she rigged up her camera. that's what i find more ... problematic. somehow, at a gut level, i almost feel like she's exploiting her family for a photograph. actually, exploiting is too strong a word. but it's like she's exposing them on one hand and on the other hand, i'm fascinated by the blurred division between private life and public art. it's courageous and gutsy and while it's not a novel idea, she keeps a raw intimacy to her photographs which is really lovely.
please do see eran brandheim's site as well. i think his work is as powerful, if not more on occasion. most of the pictures in her "diary of a dancer" series are taken by him though the concept was entirely hers.
i am a bit too rushed to make much sense i am afraid, but i think that when photography is one of your main ways of dealing with the world, taking pictures might be simply that. taking a picture is a way to work with a situation, not necessarily exploiting it.
writers use a lot of their private life to work with, too, only in that case it is much easier to veil the fact that it is indeed your life (and that of the ones near to you) that ends up in your work.
no idea if it makes sense, have to come back later
I went to Elinor's site and looked at the pix. I really like them, love some. I like the idea of capturing those fleeting everyday mundane moments, like the pattern that the bedspread makes on your skin or the eyelash curler one. Her eye framed by the gold tone curler looks like a jewel.
The pic of the older couple ( her parents?) on the bed with cream on their faces is wonderful. Ben & I were speculating on how & why he had it on him. I thought maybe a passionate kiss goodnight but hers isn't visibly smeared.
Location:On one of the sane edges of a country stupid in its middle
And also, in the case of writers, the subjects can be totally blind-sided when they find out, eventually, that they have been used by a relative or friend in a story or book. i would assume that, with photography, it would be pretty obvious what the artist is doing, and that the subjects would have the opportunity to make any objections on the spot.
A little off-subject, but i also think that the escalating lessening of privacy and increase in public revelations of formerly private, and even taboo subjects, is a manifestation of the escalating replacement of the old Pisces energies with the energies of Aquarius.
i think i prefer the more retiring Pisces vibe. openness is ok, but it's all a bit too 'in your face' now...
but then i'm a crusty crab, sneaking back into my shell at the drop of a pincer....
I've often thought of writing a novel, probably a mystery, based on the loonies & odd balls around here...here as in my non-Fort community, but it would be too hard to disguise people & it would dilute them. Of course I'm assuming it would be published and I guess I'm more likely to be hit by lightning than get a book published according to statistics.
I notice the falling privacy barriers more in Kates age group than mine. Her friends discuss the most intimate things with each other and many also do on their on line communities.
My peers & I were much more private, I remember a girl who almost died of embarassment when a few of us found out she had a third nipple, and if you slept with your boyfriend you were very unlikely to tell any but your bosom friends. This was just at the beginning of the Dawning of Aquarius.
Many politicians had affairs, including presidents, but you just didn't hear of it. Now we get all the grisly details including dress stains & cigar details.
I don't consider the public stuff an improvement at all, but am glad that friends & families can talk about things more freely.
that i agree with, totally.
i see some overinduling in being unrestrained with intimate details, and all in all i find it quite disturbing, and not really a good thing. i know a girl/young woman who likes to discuss her latest boyfriend down (literally) to their sexual techniques, preferences, and mishaps, and when i imagine overhearing somebody i just have fallen in love with, talking like that about me, it would be one of the worst things.
when it comes to photography in your private space, with friends and family ... it always does very much depend. i think that nobody in my family would expect their pics to turn up in a publication, or any space other than inside the family. but then i have a strong feeling that Elinor Carucci's family was aware of what was happening.
i think what i appreciate about something like this is the aspect of honest documentation. her family are aware and there is a fair amount of staging but it's still an attempt at naturalism. it's the staged part that makes things a little dodgy for me. i'm still terribly conflicted about this idea. there's another american photographer whose name i'm forgetting (a woman) who spent most of her career photographing her family over the years. she makes no bones about staging the pictures and that's like super subversion because she's photographing a real event that she's saying has been restaged but the restaging is doing its best to make it seem unstaged. ellinor's photographs, in comparison, do have a raw intimacy about them, however, which makes them being public a little more disturbing.
but it makes them intriguing, too, for the same reason.
yes. disturbing is good. twisted isn't and she's far from twisted.
i suspect that most truly intriguing things do have a disturbing aspect.
yes, you are probably right. it probably is the element that makes us pay attention ...

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The Principal Group was a group of interrelated Canadian financial companies that collapsed in 1987, resulting in losses to an estimated 67,000 people. Losses were in recovered in part through provincial governments paying compensation, based on findings as to deficiencies in regulatory oversight.

History

The Principal Group was primarily three companies:  First Investors Corporation, Associated Investors of Canada and Principal Savings and Trust Corporation. First Investors Corporation was established by Donald Cormie in 1954.  The company was initially based in Edmonton, Alberta. The company sold investment contracts, which were contracts by which investors remitted monthly amounts to First Investors Corporation, in return for a promised future redemption amount, plus interest. In 1959, First Investors opened offices in Nova Scotia, New Brunswick and Newfoundland.  At the same time, it also opened offices in Washington, Oregon and Colorado as Principal Investors, since the First Investor's name was owned in the United States by another party.  Associated Investors of Canada was acquired in 1962.

The companies were subject to Alberta Securities Commission regulation and also required licenses to sell investment contracts.  Alberta regulatory concerns were expressed as early as 1961, which concerns continued until the demise of the companies some twenty-five years later. These concerns related to excessive valuations of transactions and the general solvency of the companies, among other matters. On June 30, 1987, Alberta Treasurer Dick Johnston cancelled the operating licenses of First Investors Corporation and Associated Investors of Canada. Six weeks later, the Principal Group filed for bankruptcy, owing more than 67,000 investors approximately $468 million ($ billion today).

Calgary lawyer William Code was appointed in 1987 to conduct an inquiry into the financial affairs of the corporation, the findings of which were released in July 1989.  Code found fault with the regulatory conduct of the Alberta government. Two weeks after the report was released, the accountable minister during the period under review, Connie Osterman, was dismissed from cabinet by Premier Don Getty.

The Ombudsman of Alberta, Aleck Trawick, initiated a separate inquiry. This inquiry was followed by inquiries initiated by Ombudsman offices in British Columbia,  Saskatchewan, Nova Scotia, and New Brunswick. All the inquiries found degrees of fault in the regulatory oversight by the various provinces. Investors finally settled their various claims in 2001, at which time their estimated recovery rate was 90%, including compensation paid by provincial governments.

References

Further reading

Financial services companies of Canada
Fraud in Canada
Financial services companies established in 1954
Financial services companies disestablished in 1987


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Choco ontvoerd is het 72ste stripverhaal van Jommeke. De reeks wordt getekend door striptekenaar Jef Nys.

Personages
 Jommeke
 Flip
 Filiberke
 Annemieke
 Rozemieke
 Choco
 kleinere rollen : Pedro Tomatos, politie-agenten, ...

Verhaal

Wanneer de Miekes samen met Choco buiten spelen, merken ze niet dat een man hen bekijkt en vooral in Choco geïnteresseerd is. Enkele dagen wordt er bij de Miekes ingebroken en is Choco verdwenen. Jommeke, Flip en Filiberke gaan op zoek naar Choco, maar vinden geen spoor. Enkele weken later valt Jommekes oog op een krantenbericht over een inbraak in de beveiligde ambassade van Paraguay. Hij is benieuwd en besluit met Flip en Filiberke het ambassadegebouw in de gaten te houden om de inbraak te onderzoeken. Tijdens hun tocht naar de ambassade krijgen ze zonder het te beseffen een lift van de ontvoerder van Choco. Die nacht wordt er opnieuw ingebroken en Flip meent de inbreker op het dak gezien te hebben. De vrienden slagen erin de politie te overtuigen dat zij een spoor hebben, hoewel de politie hen niet echt wil geloven. De volgende nacht wordt er opnieuw ingebroken, maar door de val die de politie opzette, wordt de inbreker gevat. Het blijkt Choco te zijn die onder hypnose staat en via een radiozender gestuurd wordt. Choco moet geheime defensieplannen van Paraguay stelen, iets wat de vrienden net kunnen verijdelen. Flip moet daarna Choco volgen en zo wordt de echte dader gevat. Het blijkt een geheim agent van een ander Zuid-Amerikaans land te zijn, Pedro Tomatos genaamd. De vrienden krijgen een beloning vanuit Paraguay en Choco wordt verenigd met de Miekes.

Achtergronden bij het verhaal
 In dit verhaal staat Choco centraal, hoewel hij enkel in het begin en op het einde meespeelt. Het is een combinatie van een verhaal waarbij de vrienden op zoek gaan naar iets, deze keer een ontvoerde vriend, en een verhaal waarbij een dief gevat wordt. Deze keer betreft het geen schat, maar geheime documenten.
 De ambassade van Paraguay ligt in de fictieve gemeente Bollegem.
 Het is opvallend dat men voor het verhaal voor een ambassade van een echt land koos. Paraguay was in die tijd een rechtse dictatuur, zoals nog andere Latijns-Amerikaanse landen. Wellicht werd voor dit spionageverhaal daarom voor een van deze landen gekozen.
 De Zuid-Amerikaanse spion spreekt zoals de meeste Spaanstaligen in de reeks het 'Jommekesspaans' met veel '-os' na zijn woorden.

Uitgaven

Stripverhaal van Jommeke


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Cotton did not grow in Britain, and the British Empire had not yet expanded to provide Britain with enough cotton. Therefore, hemp was prized for its versatility and was widely used in sails, nets, textiles, fabrics, fibers and ropes. Fast to our time and the place of hemp in the British agricultural landscape has changed dramatically.
What is hemp?
Is it legal to grow hemp in the UK?
Can hemp be grown in the UK?
Growing hemp in your home
Benefits of growing hemp
Conditions for growing hemp in the UK
In the 20th century, the cultivation of hemp in the UK was banned due to its proximity to marijuana: governments hesitated to allow hemp production, even though industrial hemp was different from marijuana.
It wasn't until 1993 that Great Britain legalized the cultivation of hemp as an industrial crop. Since then, hemp has been able to be grown legally in the UK, despite strict restrictions and rules in place.
There is sometimes confusion about the difference between hemp, cannabioids and marijuana and the terms can be confused. Hemp is a strain of the cannabis Sativa plant family and contains little or no THC, compared to marijuana, which has a higher THC content.
The short answer is yes, under certain circumstances. Currently, only hemp plants that have a maximum THC of 0.2% can be grown in the UK.
Given that farmers were 16 years old as a plant, hemp is remarkably robust and easy to grow. It is a strong plant that requires little maintenance and suffers from few diseases.
How can I grow hemp in the UK?
Hemp is an annual plant that reaches a height of 4 to 15 feet. In the northern hemisphere, hemp is planted between March and May and reaches maturity by the end of summer, around three to four months after planting.
All parts of the hemp can be used including flowers, seeds, leaves, and stems. Aside from traditional uses to make fibers, fabrics, and ropes, hemp is now used in paper, bioplastics, biofuels, cosmetics, and even in the construction industry.
It is illegal to grow hemp (hemp and marijuana) plants in your home because the plants are classified as illegal substances under the Drug Abuse Act of 1979. It doesn't matter if it's for personal use or you grow it for Sell. If you are caught growing marijuana you could face up to 14 years in prison and / or receive an unlimited fine.
Hemp is a fast growing plant that requires little maintenance. Thanks to its rapid growth, it binds carbon dioxide, making it a potential ally in the fight against climate change.
For what purposes is hemp grown?
Although hemp cultivation has gained more attention recently due to the CBD boom, industrial hemp is grown for a wide variety of purposes. It is used in many different products, from shampoos and skin care to use on clothing and textiles. Hemp seeds are also used as a food supplement.
In addition, hemp is a cultivated plant for biological remediation. This means that it cleans the soil of harmful pesticides, herbicides and heavy metals by improving its structure.
Aside from its ability to cleanse soils, hemp roots sequester and extract nutrients from the soil before they are washed away by the groundwater. Hence, hemp can help restore the soil microbiome and other necessary bacteria. This is why farmers often plant hemp between crops to improve their soils and replenish them with nutrients.
Hemp also requires few pesticides and herbicides, making it a relatively cheap and environmentally friendly crop.
Once your license is approved, the Home Office can still impose conditions on cannabis growing. They will most likely include the following:
Restrictions on the place of planting the crop
You must carefully locate or weed out the crop so that it cannot be seen near schools or in public places.
You must inform the local police about your cannabis farm.
You only start growing cannabis after you get your license.
You must renew your license for every growing season.
Grow industrial hemp as a business
UK companies can apply to the UK Home Office for a license to grow industrial hemp. The license is called the National Controlled Drug License, and it only allows you to grow low-THC cannabis (industrial hemp) for harvesting fiber and vegetable seeds. The license does not allow you to harvest hemp flowers that contain a high concentration of CBD and does not allow you to extract CBD. In other words, the license does not allow you to "do" CBD.
What are the legal requirements for growing hemp in the UK?
While much looser than the previous legislation, the current law has severely restricted hemp growing in the UK.
Obtain a license from the home office
First of all, hobby or non-farmers cannot grow hemp in their garden. Hemp can only be grown by licensed farmers.
Before growing hemp, farmers must have a trading company and obtain a license from the Home Office.
The application is available online and farmers are required to provide specific information about their future hemp business. In particular, they must provide their personal data and contact details as well as their parcel, field location, cultivation area, grid reference and special hemp cultivation location within the parcel. They must also state the type of seeds they are going to plant, the THC content of their strain, which must be less than 0.2%, and confirm that it is an approved type of seed.
By December 31, 2020, the EU had provided a list of approved industrial hemp seeds. From January 1, 2021, it may be necessary to change this regulation.
"The permits for the outdoor cultivation of industrial hemp for the use of only the uncontrolled parts of the plant are usually granted with a validity of three growing seasons," says the information sheet from the Ministry of the Interior.
DBS control
It is possible for cannabis growers to do an online DBS check. Farmers are also required to provide a Disclosure and Barring Service (DBS) check, which is also available online. The DBS check ensures that you have no criminal background or precedents.
Only after licensing can a farmer in Great Britain start growing hemp. Growing hemp before obtaining a license is illegal and can result in conviction.
Farmers who lease their land
If the farmer leases the land, the license must be in the name of the farmer and not the owner of the land.
Compliance visit to the Ministry of the Interior
Hemp growers can receive a compliance visit from the Home Office. This happens to about 10% of hemp farmers. The purpose of the compliance visit is for the Home Office to verify that your hemp plant has been grown legally and that the location is clearly indicated on the license.
How much does the hemp license cost?
If this is your first time growing hemp you will be asked to pay a license fee of £ 580 (as of 2020; prices are subject to change in the future). A hemp license renewal costs £ 326. However, if a compliance visit by the Home Office is required, the renewal fee increases to £ 1,371.
The costs of a hemp license can be easily viewed on the home office homepage.
What other guidelines should hemp farmers follow?
In addition to obtaining a hemp license from the Home Office, hemp farmers must notify local police that they will be growing hemp on their farmland.
Cannabis growers are strongly advised not to grow hemp in areas that are in close proximity to schools or other sensitive public areas.
The Ministry of the Interior must be informed of any changes in the place of installation.
What can hemp growers do with their hemp plant?
Unfortunately, it is still illegal to use hemp flower in the UK. Once farmers get the proper licenses and grow their industrial hemp, they will harvest their crops by the end of the summer.
Current UK law allows hemp growers to harvest hemp seeds and stems but discard the flowers. The flowers must be destroyed on the spot and cannot leave the farmer's land.
As a result, British farmers are avoiding the more profitable side of growing hemp.
CBD is made up of hemp flowers and leaves
CBD is made exclusively from hemp flowers and leaves. There you can find cannabidiol and other cannabinoids, flavonoids and terpenes.
The seeds and stems contain very little, if any, CBD. They are typically used in textiles, construction, insulation, ropes, the cosmetic industry, paper and biofuels.
The UK's CBD manufacturing industry imports all the CBD it needs from Europe and the US, although hemp can and will be grown in the UK. Additionally, hemp flowers and leaves have much higher profit margins than seeds and stems.
An outdated law
British hemp growers are calling for a change in the law in place so that they can compete on equal terms with hemp growers around the world. You rightly point out that legal restrictions discourage farmers from growing industrial hemp at a time when CBD consumption is on the rise and will continue to rise for years to come.
If the regulations were changed, there could be a domestic hemp industry that would support farmers, CBD producers, and the CBD industry in general.
Local agriculture would change and farmers could choose to switch from traditional crops to growing hemp. CBD producers would find local producers instead of buying CBD from overseas, and a domestic CBD industry could emerge that would make the UK a leader in this agricultural sector.
There are growing demands for a change in the law, but it remains to be seen whether these demands will be met.
Hemp cultivation has a centuries-old tradition in the UK as the climate and country support hemp cultivation.
However, there are several legal hurdles that make growing hemp expensive and complicated. Budding hemp growers must obtain a special license from the Home Office and are required to meet several legal obligations.
The biggest obstacle to home hemp cultivation is the legal obligation to dispose of all hemp flowers and leaves after harvest. Hemp growers can only sell or use hemp stems and seeds, although the most profitable parts of hemp are the leaves and flowers, which contain the profitable cannabidiol (CBD).
Hopefully, the landscape of hemp farming will change in the near future as more and more farmers and industry leaders demand a change in the law. The CBD market is growing rapidly and the UK is expected to establish itself as a powerful producer of industrial hemp.


Nothing says happy holidays like celebrating with your nearest and dearest and a hodgepodge of casseroles, Crock-Pots and Jell-O concoctions.
Despite the uncertain nature of this party's edibles, hosts can still make sure they don't end up with 10 dishes of mac and cheese.
Local event planner Emilie Duncan suggests that smaller parties ask each person or couple to bring something specific, for example two people bring an appetizer, two bring the side dish, two bring a dessert. Larger parties can request guests bring items based on their last names, such as those starting with A-F bring a salad, G-M bring a bottle of wine or six-pack of beer, and so on.
"This assumes the main dishes would be taken care of," Duncan said, "most often by the party host."
Landon Proctor, a wine specialist at Blacklick Wine & Spirits and the new Ale Wine & Spirits in Powell, suggests the following for great wines that are versatile regardless of what guests bring to eat.
Dibon Brut Cava, $11. "All the punch and verve of a champagne without the champagne price tag. Parties are often celebratory, and popping the cork on any sparkling wine is an audible reminder of fun, in addition to being delicious."
Novellum Chardonnay, $13. "Reminds you of why chardonnay is good."
Finca El Reposo Malbec, $10 "If the people at your party enjoy red wine, there's often no better deal than a good Argentinean malbec. Malbec correctly never steals the show. It's the best sidekick ever. Never aggressively dry, rarely thin and bland, malbec hits the spot for a lot of people, and that's what you're looking for when going to a party."
This a cappella group's take on "The 12 Days of Christmas" is a fun conversation starter. See who actually knows who sings the "Down in Africa" song the fellas reference.


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[ARCHIVED] Montrose Continues Its Legacy As A Tree City
Montrose, CO — As the City of Montrose prepares for its annual Arbor Day celebration scheduled for April 29, city leaders are thrilled to announce that the Arbor Day Foundation has named the City of Montrose a 2021 Tree City USA for the city's continued commitment to effective urban forest management throughout the community. This is the 32nd year the City of Montrose has earned the designation.
Each year the city's Parks Department plants new trees to boost the city's index of right-of-way trees. Currently, the index stands at 4,735 trees, according to city records.
The Parks Department continues to grow and maintain a diverse mix of native tree and plant species to strengthen wildlife habitats around the city. The goal is to make these areas sustainable and accessible for all residents to explore and enjoy. In 2022 the Parks Department budgeted thousands of dollars to plant new trees around the city.
Montrose achieved Tree City USA status by meeting the program's four requirements: a tree board or department, a tree-care ordinance, an annual community forestry budget of at least $2 per capita, and an Arbor Day observance and proclamation.
During the City Council's regular meeting on April 19, Mayor Doug Glaspell read a proclamation naming Friday, April 29, as Arbor Day in the City of Montrose.
Glaspell read the proclamation, encouraging "all citizens to support efforts to protect our trees and woodlands and to support our city's urban forestry program. Further, we urge all citizens to plant trees to gladden the hearts and promote the well-being of present and future generations."
"Arbor Day is now observed throughout the nation and the world, and trees can reduce the erosion of our precious topsoil by wind and water, cut heating and cooling costs, moderate the temperature, clean air, produce oxygen, and provide habitat for wildlife," Glaspell said. "Trees are a renewable resource giving us paper, wood for our homes, fuel for our fires, and countless other wood products, and trees in our city increase property values, enhance the economic vitality of business areas, and beautify the community and wherever they are planted, are a source of joy and spiritual renewal."
Each December the Arbor Day Foundation reviews applications from around the country to determine which communities will earn the designation.
Arbor Day Foundation Chief Executive Dan Lambe said the City of Montrose "is part of an incredible network of more than 3,600 Tree City USAs with a combined total population of 155 million."
"Over the last few years, it has become increasingly clear of the value and importance that trees hold for our future," Lambe said. "Cities and towns across the globe are facing challenges when it comes to air quality, water, resources, personal health and well-being, and energy use.Montrose shows its residents and peers that they are forward-thinking and eager to combat these issues. By showing your dedication to urban forestry, you demonstrate a commitment to a brighter, greener future."
As part of the City of Montrose's Arbor Day celebrations, the Parks Department is planning a tree-planting event in Buckley Park on Friday, April 29, at 10 a.m.
The Arbor Day Foundation is a partner with the U.S. Forest Service and the National Association of State Foresters to help maintain the foundation's Tree City USA network.
The city's Parks Department continues to welcome residents, along with civic and church groups, to volunteer to help maintain and clean up city parks and greenways. Anyone wanting to volunteer can call the Parks Department for details at 970.240.1411.
Arbor Day began in Nebraska City, Nebraska, by J. Sterling Morton on April 10, 1872. As a result, an estimated one million trees were planted in Nebraska. This was later followed by an Arbor Day proclamation issued by U.S. President Theodore Roosevelt on April 15, 1907. Since then celebrations across the country have included tree plantings and appreciation and education events.
For more information about Earth Week in Montrose visit CityOfMontrose.org/EarthWeek.


Britta found it hard to hover in one place, the wings dragged her from side to side which made it hard to take a close look at the feathers scattered around her.
They were all over the chamber, on the walls and even stuck in cracks in the walls. There were also a lot of dark stains that hadn't been here last time. Dark brown like rust. She assumed it was blood.
Had there been a fight? The gryphon had been attacked or did the attacking, maybe both. If it was blood on the walls, there was no way to tell who it belonged to. Not unless the colour of blood varied from species to species.
"Wait, wait," called out the wizard as he ran into the room.
Britta awkwardly turned in mid-air. It was a bit like rowing. Once you got the rhythm, going straight was fairly intuitive, but trying to change course or make complicated manoeuvres required thinking, and even then you would probably do things in the wrong order and screw up. At least you wouldn't fall in the water; just plummet to your death.
She managed to twist around and avoid gliding into the wall. The wizard was holding Britta's bag. She had taken it off to take out the gryphon's feather.
"You... left... this... behind." He was out of breath, even though it was only a short distance from the other chamber. Gnome wizards didn't do much exercise outside of waving their hands about, Britta assumed.
"Oh, thanks." She tried to lower herself to reach the bag without touching the ground. Once her feet made contact, her flight would be over.
The wizard lifted the bag up as far as he could. Britta leaned down but drifted up at the same time. She kicked her legs, which did very little apart from making her feel silly. She took a breath and allowed herself to drift downwards, her feet getting uncomfortably close to the cave floor. The wizard tossed the bag into Britta's arms. She grabbed it and lifted herself back up.
"Something terrible, or so it appears," said the wizard, which wasn't really an answer. Then again, maybe he didn't know.
"Was it like this after the gryphon disappeared?" For all she knew, this was just how it always was. No one had said gryphons were good at housekeeping.
And she would be expected to investigate? She waited for the quest screen to pop, but nothing happened.
Britta wasn't sure what was going on. The wizard had been the one to suggest she use the feather to barter with. Had he just been trying to be nice? An act of charity? That seemed very unlikely. And he had definitely said gryphon feathers were rare. Well, he'd said hers was.
If there was something special about her particular feather, then she had no idea what. It looked the same as all these ones, it just predated them. Perhaps being from the last version of the game gave the feather a quality no longer present.
She could feel herself being sucked into the mystery of the missing gryphon. That wouldn't do at all. The path she had chosen was going to be the path she was going to take. She looked at the bag in her hands. How was she supposed to put it on over the wings? She pulled it into her chest and wrapped her arms around it. That would have to do until her next stop.
The wizard raised a hand to wave farewell. Britta had expected some last minute attempt to bait her into taking a quest, but he didn't say anything.
Britta flapped her wings. There was no effort required, just air pushed aside flowing down her body as she rose higher. The tall column of rock in the middle of the cave was quickly below her. The nest on top of it looked a mess. The neatly woven twigs and branches had been smashed apart with what looked like pieces of eggshell sticking out of it.
She resisted the temptation to take a closer look, keeping her feet well clear. She didn't know if making contact with something so high up would count as touching down but she wasn't going to take the chance.
The hole above was easily big enough to let her through. Her wingspan was nowhere near that of a gryphon's. She emerged into a blue sky and warm sunlight. The world below her spread in every direction, the taller buildings of Quosade visible in the distance.
It was an awesome sight, although details were hard to make out as she flitted about. The eyesight of a bird would have come in handy. No doubt there was a magical item for that, too.
Britta opened her map to get her bearings, keeping her bag securely clamped with elbows. Her next stop would be the ranch, where she could make another save. It didn't look too far, she could vaguely see it in the distance, although that might have been a weirdly shaped hill. That direction, anyway. It would be interesting to see what kind of speeds she could get out of these wings, and unlike land travel, there was nothing she could bump into up here.
Eventually, the skies would be filled with people trying out various magical means of flight, but right now she had them all to herself. She tilted forward and shot through the air.
It hadn't felt like this the other times she'd taken to the air. That had been like she was standing still, and the world moved around her. They must have made some improvements to the code.
She was really flying, and it was exhilarating. And then she was falling, and it was terrifying.


Choosing keywords for your business's website can be tricky. But it's something you have to do if you want people to find your business on the Web. I always like to take some time to learn about the site and understand what it will take for someone to get there. It's good to put yourself in the searchers shoes and think about all the different words they may type into a search engine in order to get to where they want to be on the Web. In this week's blog post I would like to briefly discuss some of the different aspects surrounding keyword research.
Before I explain why one should stay away from keywords with low or no search volume, I should explain exactly what the search volume means.
All search volumes are usually associated with a number, which is the average amount of searches for that term in a month. Most people focus on two types of search volume: broad and exact. I prefer exact.
Broad volume is a collection of all searches involving any mixture of the keywords as well as other words not accounted for. This means the search volume is usually overestimated. The exact volume, on the other hand, is a much simpler number and should normally be one of the main factors when selecting the right keywords. The exact volume refers to the average number of searches for that specific keyword, exactly how it's spelled with no other words added.
If a term shows no or extremely low volume, then it is pointless to use the term. That means no one is searching for it and if no one is searching for it, no one will be getting to the site using that term.
Of course, some businesses only want to compete for keywords within their own geographic location. A bagel shop in Philadelphia, for example, doesn't want to compete for visibility with everyone that's going after the term "bagel shop." They just want to target people looking for bagel shops in Philadelphia.
Adding a location to a keyword helps tag that term to a specific area. In the example of the bagel shop, it would be in their best interest to add "Philadelphia" to the term "bagels." Furthermore, an individual may be for a place to buy bagels in the area and could use "Philadelphia area" or even the slang term of "Philly." Optimizing a site for all these different localized terms would benefit their business. Obviously, if a business is not local, it would be wise to not add the localization to the keywords in mind.
There are a few key factors to consider when determining keywords. I like to look at the exact volume, broad volume, difficulty score, current Google rank and current Bing rank.
I get my keyword difficulty score from the SEOmoz's Keyword Analysis tool. This number determines how challenging it is to rank for a keyword. The score is calculated by analyzing the domain and page authority of the top 20 results in Google for the entered term. I like to choose terms that are either 50% or below. These are moderately competitive. Typically, if the search volume is high for a specific keyword, and the site already ranks for it, you can choose a term that exceeds a difficulty score of 50%.
The other two determining factors are Google and Bing rank. These are pretty self-explanatory. They are the current positions that the keyword sits on for its corresponding URL. If the site already ranks for a specific term, then there is a chance of it moving up in the results.
Like I said earlier, the first thing I do when choosing keywords is I get a feel for the site, what type of site it is, what its content is about, what they sell, how they sell it, what the site wants to get out of it and so on. Knowing what the top services or products sold is always a plus. Get an understanding of the location - local, national or global.
Once I have all this information gathered I start writing down different possibilities of keywords. Once I have a few different terms I like to check out the site's positions through SEMrush to get more ideas. Here you can see the organic research and most terms that the site is already ranking for, sometimes not all but still very helpful. The tool also can show competitors and what terms they are ranking for. I then add the terms that I feel are relevant and add them to my ideas list. Once I have a few ideas, I take them to the Google Adwords Keyword Tool.
When in the AdWords Keyword Tool, I type in all my keyword ideas. Normally I select the location as United States, but that could change depending on location. I will check off Exact and Broad volumes and then I search. Most times, l use the "Keyword ideas" tab and not the "Ad group ideas." From there I save all of my searched ideas and then I will scroll down to get other ideas that Google suggests. Most of these suggestions can help discover new terms because they are closely related to the original searched terms. Once I mark off all the terms I feel fit, I download and export to an excel sheet where I gather all my data.
After ruling all the terms with no or almost no search volume, I find out the keyword difficulty score. Once I get all the difficulty scores, I like to rule out all the scores that are high - preferably anything above 50 but often 55 is my limit. It is important to choose terms that have a high exact search volume because it is proof that users are searching for this exact term across the Web, and that is what's needed most. Check all terms to determine the position and whether or not they are ranking in Google and Bing. These can help determine whether or not a high difficulty scored term has a good chance of ranking.
Once I have all these determining factors I line them up nice and neat in a spread sheet, using filters to sort the different metrics. It is important to pay attention and use good judgment when selecting these terms by comparing all the different statistics that have been compiled. Most importantly, keep an eye out to make sure none of the good opportunity terms get missed.
All in all, once all the finalized keywords are selected, the rest is history from there. Optimize your site to the best of its ability by utilizing these keywords in the content on-site, links on-site and even blogs and links off-site. Use them in the Title tags, meta descriptions and most on-page elements but avoid stuffing. After all, that's the point of all this research right?


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Q: Piping pdffonts to grep So I want to use grep to list the filenames of pdfs that match the search string "Type 1C".
grep is supposed to get the data from pdffonts, but when I execute this syntax it just executes pdffonts normally.
find . -type f -iname "*.pdf" -print0 -exec pdffonts {} \; |xargs -0 grep -c -l "Type 1C"

When I add - after {} I get the help file of pdffonts, which must mean it doesn't support this argument.
But how can I pipe pdffonts to grep then?

A: There's are '-----------------------' included in the output stream and it gets
interpreted as a command switch which messes everything up. So, remove those
pesky dashes using tr before continuing the pipeline.

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← In Down East hamlet, an effort to turn the tide for Atlantic salmon
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Dennys River land transfer may help salmon restoration effort
Posted on January 19, 2016 by DSF
by Edward French – Published by Quoddy Tides
The deeding of the Dennys River Sportsman's Club's 40 acres along the river to the Downeast Salmon Federation (DSF) will help in reviving public uses on the land and may be the first step in creating a salmon hatchery there. The property, which boasts about 15 of the most famous salmon pools on the Dennys, was recently turned over to the salmon federation.
DSF Executive Director Dwayne Shaw says the salmon federation has a vision of constructing a salmon hatchery just below the clubhouse and up from Charlie's Rips that could produce 200,000 to 300,000 salmon a year. The DSF currently has hatcheries on the Pleasant and East Machias rivers and is hoping to construct them on the Narraguagus and Machias rivers, too.
"Stream-side salmon hatcheries have a much improved success rate over trucking them in," explains Shaw. He hopes that the hatchery could be constructed within five to 10 years, but he notes that the plans are dependent on funding. During its upcoming session, the Maine Legislature will be considering a bill to provide funding support for expanded capacity for breeding wild salmon in the Downeast rivers.
In addition, the salmon federation is looking to make more use of the property for outdoor sporting events such as fly-fishing instruction and skeet shooting. It will continue to be open for swimming and fishing. "It's important to us that the recreational uses continue," says Shaw. The DSF also may offer outdoor programming like the two-week summer program for Washington County youth that it holds on the Machias River. The Wigwams Program, which is run in conjunction with the Cobscook Community Learning Center, includes education, experiential learning such as canoeing and work programs for river habitat enhancement and the construction of trails. The salmon federation also works with Project SHARE, which seeks to enhance salmon habitat and populations, and hopes to work in the future with the Schoodic Riverkeepers, the Passamaquoddy group that has helped restore the alewife runs on the St. Croix River.
Shaw notes that the salmon federation was created by salmon and sporting clubs in Washington County — the Dennys River Sportsman's Club, the Narraguagus Salmon Association, the Two Rivers Salmon Club that included the Machias and East Machias rivers and the Pleasant River Fish and Game Conservation Association. Except for the Pleasant River association, none of the other clubs are now active. The salmon federation's board also now includes representation from the Union River Salmon Association, and Shaw hopes to include members of the Dennys River Sportsman's Club on the board or as volunteers.
"I think it's an important heritage location," Shaw says of the Dennys River property, pointing to the club's long and rich history. "The relationship between the river and the town — we're trying to build upon that connection with our work."
Shaw also points out that the Dennys River is unique because of its long-standing conservation easements protecting it all the way from the clubhouse almost to Meddybemps Lake. That includes an 18-mile stretch that International Paper Company sold to the state and is protected as a forever wild corridor. Also, the salmon federation has worked with the Downeast Coastal Conservancy to protect key properties on the river, including Gilman dam, which is an access point for canoeists. In addition, the salmon federation owns almost 700 acres on Cathance Lake that includes the Hog's Neck Peninsula and that will be maintained as forever wild. Both Cathance and Meddybemps lakes are in the headwaters of the Dennys River.
"We'd like to protect the corridor along the entire river and make it accessible to the public for hunting, fishing and trapping," along with ATV and snowmobile use, says Shaw.
He notes that the Dennys River clubhouse is in need of repairs, including a new roof and base logs, and the DSF is calling upon volunteers, including former members of the sportsman's club and current DSF members, to assist. The salmon federation, which is a nonprofit, is seeking tax-deductible donations to help with the effort, with the campaign being conducted in honor of the late Ed Bartlett of Eastport, Ray Robinson of Edmunds and Vernon "Lippy" Cushing of Pembroke, all of whom were very active in the club.
Salmon club has rich history
Jim Robinson, president of the sportsman's club, says the club is still incorporated with an executive committee but is essentially defunct and has been struggling to pay its bills. Once the salmon runs stopped "nobody had interest in the club," he says. "It was the salmon population that kept it going."
Robinson says the executive committee had two choices: either donate the club's property and assets to another nonprofit or let the assets be taken over by the state, which he guesses would have torn down the clubhouse. The club's remaining funds will be used to help maintain the clubhouse.
Robinson, his father, grandfather and uncles helped to build the clubhouse in the 1950s, and a large stone fireplace was constructed in the winter of 1965-66 by his father, Ed Bartlett and Don and Lippy Cushing. Jim Robinson remembers that his father Ray kept a fire going in the clubhouse throughout the winter to keep the mortar warm until it dried. Ray Robinson was also one of the founders of the Downeast Salmon Federation.
In 1995, the club signed a conservation easement with the Quoddy Regional Land Trust to preserve the river frontage for low-impact public use and wildlife habitat. The easement, now held by the Downeast Coastal Conservancy, has created some friction, as Robinson believes that it's too restrictive on public uses. "You can't ride a horse down there, and the Cub Scouts were not allowed to camp there," he says. The overnight camping restrictions that were placed in the easement were meant to prevent motor homes from staying on the property, he says. An agreement has since been reached that those under age 18 can camp on the property, but he would like it available for efforts like the Wounded Warrior Project for veterans. Shaw says the salmon federation may work with the Downeast Coastal Conservancy to ease the restrictive language concerning camping.
Sales of the book written by Ray Robinson and Ed Bartlett, Salmon on the Dennys, financed the club for awhile in recent years. Along with looking into issues faced by the Dennys River watershed, the book includes much of the club's history, explains how the club tried to make the Dennys a productive and self-supporting fishery and tells numerous salmon fishing stories. The club was formed in 1936 and within a year the number of members had increased to nearly 750, mostly from out of state. Among them was the boxer Jack Dempsey, and the club received support from the singer Bing Crosby. At the club's height, when the salmon were running every motel and boarding home from Cherryfield to Eastport "would be filled up," Robinson relates.
The Dennys was one of the last eight runs of wild Atlantic salmon in the country and historically produced nearly 20% of the total U.S. Atlantic salmon run. Robinson blames the decline in the salmon runs on the high-seas fisheries off Greenland, although scientists point to numerous other possible causes, including habitat loss, water pollution, aquaculture and the warming of the oceans.
In 2000 the federal government listed Atlantic salmon in eight Maine rivers, including the Dennys, as endangered, and the Downeast Salmon Federation is among the groups trying to bring back the salmon runs Downeast. Along with using stream-side hatcheries, the DSF hopes that changing the stocking practices for salmon — from stocking fry stocking in the spring to parr in the fall — will be successful in rebuilding the populations of Salmo salar, the leaper, known as the king of fish.
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Константин Сергеевич Савельев () — российский политический деятель, депутат Государственной думы второго созыва

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окончил Московскую ВПШ; перед избранием в Государственную Думу работал помощником машиниста локомотивного депо «Ожерелье» Московской железной дороги.

В декабре 1995 г. был избран в Государственную Думу РФ по списку партии «Коммунистическая партия Российской Федерации», был членом фракции КПРФ, членом Комитета по туризму и спорту.

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John Shaw Neilson Memorial Cottage
Posted on May 9, 2021 August 26, 2021 by brigidmagner
John Shaw Neilson National Memorial Cottage in Nhill, opened in 1972
Last week, on a lightning trip to Nhill by train and bus, I had the privilege of visiting the poet John Shaw Neilson's cottage, which was moved from Penola in 1961 and opened in 1972. I have long been fascinated by heritage buildings that have been relocated. In fact it is a surprisingly common practice in Australia – houses associated with Joseph Furphy, Adam Lindsay Gordon and Banjo Paterson have all been shifted (not to mention Captain Cook's cottage – the weirdest folly of them all!)
When a building is taken to a new place, it is necessarily re-framed and re-contextualised in different ways. Stephen F. Mills asks: 'Can buildings in their new locations ever retain any of the nuances of time and place, which were embedded in situ?' Obviously it should be a last resort, but I think it's better that special buildings are moved than destroyed.
In 1961, President John Meagher and members of the recently formed Nhill and District Historical Society dismantled Neilson's birthplace cottage, numbered all the parts and moved them to safe storage in Nhill (on somebody's property I was told). It took over ten years for the 'restoration' to be completed, maybe because the townspeople were busy with another Neilson memorial at the same time?
When I approached the cottage a few days ago, I was surprised to see the shelter over the top, designed to protect the delicate roof made of hand cut wooden tiles. After the door to the cottage was unlocked, I walked into the gloomy space and immediately registered how dirty it was. There was a pile of detritus on the dirt floor where a person from the council had hurriedly swept with whatever came to hand. Apparently he had chased away a redback spider earlier – and I spotted a mouse running up the wall. I assume that Shaw Neilson's mother Margaret would never have allowed the place to fall into such a state when they were living there (in Racecourse Road, Penola)
To the left is a hearth with tins on the mantlepiece with cooking implements, and to the right is a rack with a number of tools and bits and pieces hanging up (I noticed that these were festooned with cobwebs) above a Coolgardie safe. A wash board in a metal tub stands near the door, representing the toil of the women of the house. In the bedroom, the bed was covered in dirt and the white bedspread with plastic cover that used to be there, was gone. There was a small desk with chair, representing the writer's practice though he never would have written in this particular building, having been too young.
All of these things are approximations of the items which may have been in the house originally, along with books if they could afford them. The mean-ness and poverty of the cottage was most striking for me, particularly the dirt floor. The surviving cottage is only part of the full building, as some of it remained in Penola, probably due to the constraints of transportation. Even so, it's hard to fathom how a large family could possibly fit inside.
Haycrofts memorial to Shaw Neilson in the shape of an N at Dow's Well, near the site of the old Tarranginnie East School that Neilson and his siblings attended
There's another, earlier memorial to Neilson in Nhill which was put up with assistance of the Historical Society, Apex and Rotary in 1964. Inside the memorial is a time capsule – a copy of the Nhill Free Press – a full set of coin currency, a copy of Shaw Neilson's works, a book by historianLes Blake, a copy of the plans of the memorial, a copy of a popular American magazine showing the technological advances of the age (including jet aircraft and helicopters!). 'If for some reason in the far distant future, this memorial has to be demolished, the people will get a good laugh, no doubt, at what we have preserved for their interest' Ken Robb, then President of the Nhill and District Historical Society said.
Shaw Neilson spent much of his life in tents, in navvy camps and in cheap boarding houses while working at casual jobs all over Victoria (and in parts of New South Wales) for an estimated total of 200 jobs in thirty years. It wasn't until he lived in Gordon St Footscray ('Stony Town') that he had stable accommodation at last. Given that he was essentially itinerant and homeless for much of his life, it's significant that a house has been preserved to represent his legacy. Because he didn't marry and have his own family, he is more closely associated with one of the houses that his family inhabited in passing.
Aleida Assmann distinguishes between 'places that are in themselves carriers of meaning' because for example, something happened there and places 'that have acquired meaning through processes of symbolisation'. This occurs when a monument is set up to commemorate or represent something that happened elsewhere. This is interesting in relation to the Neilson cottage – Penola is the actual birthplace but Nhill hosts the building where he was born, which scrambles the symbolisation, implying that he was born in Nhill (visitors may assume this unless they look more closely). He did live in Nhill however – and it was a resonant site for the family – even though it was only one home of many for this peripatetic poet.
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Italian navy rescues 233 migrants from Mediterranean boat
By Laura Smith-Spark, CNN
updated 9:55 AM EST, Thu January 2, 2014
NEW: Greece's coast guard rescues 85 migrants in a separate operation
The Italian navy rescues 233 migrants from an overcrowded boat in high seas
The migrants are being taken to a port on the Italian island of Sicily, the navy says
Tens of thousands embark on the risky crossing each year in the hope of reaching EU soil
(CNN) -- More than 200 migrants have been rescued from an overcrowded boat at risk of sinking in rough waters in the Mediterranean Sea, the Italian navy said Thursday.
The alarm was raised on the evening of New Year's Day, when the boat was spotted about 80 miles south of the Italian island of Lampedusa.
The boat, which measured only 10 meters (33 feet) long, was carrying 233 people without life jackets, the navy statement said.
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Given the rough seas and the boat's "precarious state of buoyancy," the decision was made to transfer the 233 people, seven of them women, to a navy ship, the San Marco. All were safely recovered, the statement said.
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The migrants, from Eritrea, Nigeria, Somalia, Pakistan, Zambia and Mali, were all moved safely, the statement said.
After being transferred to a frigate, the migrants will be taken to the port of Augusta, on the Italian island of Sicily, where they are expected to arrive Thursday evening, it said.
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Meanwhile, the Greek coast guard has rescued 85 migrants -- including 15 children and 20 women -- after their boat got into trouble in stormy weather in the southeastern Aegean Sea.
They were taken to a port on the Aegean island of Astypalea, where they arrived Thursday, the coast guard said. They are being given medical help, food and other emergency supplies, the coast guard said.
Greece's semiofficial Macedonian News Agency reported that the migrants are Syrians and Afghans, but the coast guard has not yet confirmed their nationality.
Sea of death
As the closest Italian island to Africa, Lampedusa is a frequent destination for refugees seeking to enter European Union countries, and shipwrecks off its shores are common.
Many of the migrants are from African nations, while others have fled war-torn Syria.
More than 300 African migrants died in October after their ship sank off the island's shores. Days later, another 34 people died when their boat capsized.
Tens of thousands of people are rescued each year from the Mediterranean, according to the European Union border agency, Frontex.
Smugglers often pack migrants into unseaworthy, ill-equipped and overcrowded boats, adding to the dangers of the journey.
Between January and September of last year, 31,000 migrants are believed to have entered the European Union illegally by crossing the Mediterranean to land on Italian soil or the island of Malta, Frontex said.
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Over the summer I came across this [rare] little tale. As, I flipped though the colorful pages and read the cute little rhymes – I smiled. It was definatley a sweet treat. These are the food for thought or "Cake for Thought" books that I post here on Sweets and S'morsel's Cakery Blog page. And if you didn't know already, I love kids books, fun, craftical things and teaching preschool – sweets and treats are there somewhere in the mix of it all .
If your days are down and you are ready to lose it – take a trip with Lemon Whip. Perfect for ones, twos and threes – this cute whimsical story is charming, "sweet" and colorful. Play some pat-a-cake afterward or just bake a cake. Brighten up your day and laugh with this lusious, literary tale.
Try out Disney's Family Fun Recipe site: Lemon Cake Recipe and more. It'll tie the whole theme together. Also @domino sugar has a Lemony Suprise too!