On 24 February 1981, Mr Adie gave this task to one of the Newport groups. His statement of the task comprises Part I. Over the next week, the groups attempted to use the task to help their line of work. Then, the next week they brought their observations. Some extracts from one of those meetings, that of 3 March 1981, taken by Mrs Adie, is Part II.
"How are we going to approach work more practically?
"The tasks that are given are only there as a help to work. The actual work, the actual choice is my own responsibility to do what I think is best for me. I may be wrong, but it doesn't matter. I shall find that out. If I try, and then bring my experience to the group, I shall find it out. If I don't try, I shall find nothing out.
"And the exercise is given, and has to be done as near as possible as said. I don't have to think about that. Or at least I don't have to think it out, it's already presented. I do have to try and fulfil it and relate it to my own line of work. I must have a near aim, I must be going against something. I must be trying to achieve some change in my being state. Now how?
"Again, want to see how I am. Again, I may already know that certain habits, certain tendencies are unquestionably against my aim. Whatever my own individual aim, it takes me away. So that's a thing I have to try and work against. Maybe I need to see more in regard to that. Alright then, in that case my aim is to see more in regard to that. And I have to relate that aim to this exercise given, and see how the connection is, and how it can be supported. I know that if I do make a resolve, and do my preparation, I shall get more reminders.
"Now this week, there's a particular exercise given, which will be gradually expanded. But this week, I have to choose when. I have to do my preparation. It's my own responsibility how I prepare myself, to sense myself, to relax, to become centrally placed, I know that. And I have to try and remind myself of the kind of work I'm going to do: where I'm going to be impatient, where I'm going to be irritable, where I'm going to be afraid, what habit I'm going to try to get over, laziness or gluttony or irritation, or I don't know what.
"And in relation to that, what is going to remind me? I choose in the morning. I must do my preparation early, first thing, first thing on awakening. Then, I choose in the morning for one half hour during which I will not hurry. That doesn't mean to say I do things slowly. I may find I do them much quicker, but I will not hurry. I will try and do everything without hurry.
"Hurry is terribly costly, it produces tension, fear and consternation and flurrying, throwing things, and catastrophes. Nothing can be done with hurry. How can any artist work in a hurry? Impossible. That's an artist, and our work is on another plane. We cannot work if we're in a hurry.
"The central idea of this half an hour is that I wish to observe myself. I am going to be in life: if I have an interview, a job, cooking, accounting, carrying, whatever it is. I know that this is the kind of work I shall be doing. I choose that half hour, but in that half hour I am not going to hurry. As said, it doesn't mean to say that I have to slow down.
"Is it clear to everybody?
"Do you smell the possible result that might come from that? That one is always in a hurry, either in a hurry to escape doing something, or to get a result with less effort, or to get onto something more pleasant. Try and see. See what is required. You have some data now. See how it goes. Make a note of what you find.
"Of course you have to try and be present. And I shall need my feeling of myself. See how the requirements expand? Does it seem possible? For the whole week I try not to be in a hurry, but to do twice as much. Mm?
"Yes, thank you, I forgot that. If I make the appointment and I remember, then I am entitled to choose another half an hour in the second half of the day. But if for some reason I don't remember, and I don't have that half an hour, then I must leave it until the next day. It's not like an ordinary appointment; this is something for half an hour where you'll be working in a special way. If you fulfil, it doesn't matter how successful you were, but as long as you fulfil it, you can then try again in the second half of the day. But if you don't, then you miss the second half of the day. Try and see what use you can make of this to help your own line of work, your own aim.
"In the preparation, it's a question of ten or 15 minutes, as early as you can in the morning, if you wish on one or two occasions to have a considerably longer one, you can, but at the same time, don't just sit in a dream and think it's work.
"If at that moment of difficulty, you realise how unstable your attention is, you have a chance. Don't let that just slip away. You have less than half an hour before you. Can you somehow or another approach to the wish to do it?
"At first, you find there's no wish there, because really, what can wish? However, even if you're not fully present, but you have a feeling that there's something lacking in your presence, then there is something there that can lead you on. Take advantage of that moment. Don't let it go too quickly. You can't hold it indefinitely, but if you want to, if you feel it enough, your weakness, that inability, you are working. What else could one ask for?
"You may not be able to maintain it unbroken, but it will come back, and much more often. And that is what we hope for. Everything depends on having more moments of this presence. Yet it's no good working directly for the wish. You can't produce a wish like that, by just saying "I want to wish. I wish." It's not there. It comes as a result of something. It comes as a result, sometimes, of making an effort in spite of the fact that you haven't a wish.
"It can come when your head understands that it's necessary. Although in many ways the head is a great obstacle, or at least the lower part of it is, we also rely on it. The head understands. The body doesn't understand, and the feeling doesn't understand: they have to be disciplined.
Pauline asked: "Can you say more about the different parts of the head?" You can hear, even over the tape, that the person asking this was a lot simpler and clearer than the one who had been speaking earlier.
"Well, you've read it of course, but until one has a real question, people forget. One wants to be careful not to become formatory in your understanding, but it's important to know that your head is divided into three. There's lowest part, which is completely mechanical, where really you could say there is no attention. Your attention is dragged out of you, so to speak. Then there's the middle part, which has some feeling, and is not completely mechanical; there's an interest, you're attracted to something, and you find it easy apply your mind to it. And then the highest part requires a big effort, because you're not attracted to it, it's something you're obliged to put your attention on. Some people find that with Beelzebub, for example [reading Beelzebub's Tales to his Grandson]. There has to be an effort, you read in spite of the fact that your inclination is not to read it. Many people in their accounts spoke about the lack of wish, and it's perfectly true, but the practical question is how do I produce it? What is going to help me feel it more?
"I'm nearly all the time in my personality, and my personality does not wish, because personality is in my head, very largely. And the feeling is in my essence, and my essence is what is real. Yet, sometimes something in personality can realise that. We couldn't live without personality. Without the help of the more real part of personality, we should not be here: it's largely personality that takes the initial interest in the ideas. So we to be careful not to confuse that.
"But very often personality is completely imaginary, and apart from not wishing, it's very much against it. There's nothing in it for that part of me, and some have seen how much that operates – that's a very big discovery. It takes a long time sometimes. You don't get upset about it, you can't help it, this imaginary part is going to try to come in and spoil everything. But if you just don't believe it, it loses some power, you've seen that now.
"So what else? Have there been many questions?
"Yes," replied Mrs Adie, "you've spoken about that before. It certainly is a thing which seems to bother you. Of course with your present exercise something is very much more possible. In a way it doesn't matter which time you choose, if I have an intention. You can choose a particular time when you know you're going to have that tendency to hurry, but it's much easier to see, I think, don't you? It's more restricted, in a way. It's more specific, and a lot can be seen from it apart from the fact that whether you do or do not hurry in that time. But any other line of work should go on at the same time. It can help it.
"A moment of choice is a terrific thing, which has to be worked for. But what is aware of your state isn't caught up in it. So, how can it serve you? You need to hang onto that awareness, even if the process apparently goes on. The force goes out of it. Some force is available for myself. And at the same time, it's very difficult but you can actually observe what is taking place.
John spoke: "I think just from being given the exercise to do, I've seen a lot clearer the running around, and the sort of madness going on inside. It's even the time of the day outside of the half hour appointments. It began as soon as Mr Adie gave it, before I'd even made the first appointment. I felt: " I need this".
"And you find you do it quicker if you do it in a hurry?" Mrs Adie asked.
"Yes, but if you were not in a hurry you could probably do it quicker. If you're in a hurry, your attention is either dispersed or completely identified with one thing, getting it finished.
Mrs Adie laughed. "Alright. You say it's the only way you can do it, yet you haven't tried any other way. To do something without hurry doesn't mean to slow down. It doesn't mean that at all. On the contrary, it means not to hurry inside. It's inside that all this hurry is going on, in your so-called feelings.
"This hectic, agitated feeling that you've got to get on with it, get it done quickly, is the resistance. You can try times when it hasn't got to be done in half an hour, or whatever it is. But try to do it with your head operating in the right way, and your emotions quite quiet. Your emotions have got nothing to do with it. They're not needed at that time. You need your head and your moving centre. Maybe a certain amount of instinctive centre, too, to do with tuning the instruments and that sort of thing, but it's the emotions that interfere and make you hurry, that get in the way. If my feeling can then appear, that will even ground me.
After a pause, Mrs Adie added: "I think you're rather settled, you've taken rather a stand about this. Try and be a little more flexible in your understanding. Make an experiment at a time when you can afford to make an experiment.
"It's not a sin. Many of us are. I think it is very largely in your feelings. It means that you should sometimes, when you have a moment's peace, just watch your breathing without changing it. Your breathing indicates your emotional state, very much. If you're calm, breathing is calm. Directly you get excited, the breathing gets quicker and more shallow. Remember that when you're doing something. It can be anything, just for a moment put your attention on that area, it's the area of your feeling. Where you breathe is the area of your feeling. Try and quieten it a little bit, and when you do that your body will also relax more.
"What I wonder is, what in me was saying to myself: "I've got an appointment at 11.00 o'clock"?
"It depends on what you find," answered Mrs Adie. "If you find it's a practical time, no need to change it. If not, then you change it. Sometimes it's good to change it, it depends on what you find. But if you know there's something that you tend to spoil by hurrying, make more mistakes, choose that time, certainly.
"If the quality of the effort seems to fall off, better to make a change. It will always run down unless I apply some sort of a shock to it. And also, one becomes rather lazy about it: taking the same time saves a lot of thought, so choosing another time can be good, giving plenty of opportunity. You judge by the result. Try something, then you try it again, if it seems to yield less, change it.
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Somalia has plunged into chaos since civil war broke out in 1991. With the collapse of civil society, people survive mostly through humanitarian aid. Ships chartered by the World Food Program sail through pirate-infested waters from Mombassa, Kenya, to Marka in Somalia, to deliver desperately needed food.
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Two women are suspected of trying to hide something when their stories don't add up. A British traveller has a sudden case of amnesia, which could see him sent home. And some cheap wooden crates could be worth up to $8 million.
A cocky passenger admits to criminal behaviour, but evidence is found that will wipe the smirk off his face. Elsewhere, a 15 tonne concealment is discovered inside a truck. Then, officers try to stop a woman from causing a biological disaster. Narrated by Grant Bowler.

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Nik Kershaw (born Nicholas David Kershaw, 1 March 1958, in Bristol) is an English singer-songwriter. A former jazz-funk guitarist, he was a 1980s teen idol; his 62 weeks on the UK Singles Chart in 1984-5 beat all other solo artists at the time. He appeared at Live Aid in 1985, and has penned a number of hits for other artists, including a UK number one single in 1991 for Chesney Hawkes, "The One and Only".
Kershaw played guitar and sang in a number of underground bands from about 1976 before deciding on a career as a songwriter. However, he ended up performing his own songs rather than giving them to others, and signed a deal with MCA Records in 1983, which spawned a debut single, "I Won't Let The Sun Go Down On Me", which just missed out on the UK Top 40. At the beginning of 1984, he made his breakthrough when "Wouldn't It Be Good", featuring a video of Kershaw as a chromakey-suited alien, reached Number 4 in the UK charts. He enjoyed three more Top 20 hits from debut album Human Racing , including the title track and a successful re-issue of his debut single, which ultimately proved his biggest hit as a performer when it got to Number 2 in the UK.
Despite winning awards, attracting admirers for his writing such as Elton John & Eric Clapton. He gainied a huge teenage fanbase, Kershaw was not without his critics. Some complained that he did too much onstage when he had a competent backing band called the Krew to play all the required guitar and keyboard parts of his songs. Others derided his fashion sense (Kershaw made the snood and fingerless gloves into vital sartorial requirements in 1984) and some claimed he was, vocally, trying to sound like Stevie Wonder. Others made personal attacks; for example. Nik, today is known as one of the best ever songwriters.
Kershaw, who was married to long-time love and backing singer Sheri, then released a single called "The Riddle", which would send fans, journalists and linguists into overdrive, as each tried to establish what the meaning was behind the strange set of circumstances and clues which Kershaw put in the verses and chorus. Another major hit, it was also the title track of his second album, which also spawned two more UK Top 10 hits, "Wide Boy" and "Don Quixote".
In July 1985 Kershaw was among performers at Live Aid, Wembley Stadium. His star began to wane soon afterwards and he enjoyed only one more UK Top 40 hit. He continued to make and release records, and perform on other people's records. His prowess as a songwriter served him well in 1991 when his song The One And Only, appeared on the soundtrack to the Brittish movie Buddy's Song and in the American film "Doc Hollywood", and provided a UK Number 1 single for the star of the film, Chesney Hawkes (son of the Tremeloes' Chip Hawkes). In 1993 The Hollies had a minor hit with another of his songs, The Woman I Love.
In the 2000s, the onset of 1980s nostalgia brought Kershaw back into the public eye to discuss the heights of his career and it was at this point that he revealed that "The Riddle" meant, in fact, nothing. He just threw a collection of random lines together in haste after persuasion from others in the recording studio, having initially just intended to arrange and record the piece as an instrumental. He added that he could not say anything at the time because he was receiving thousands of essays and theses on the song, establishing what "The Riddle" meant and stood for, and what the answer was, and he did not want to disappoint people.
1999 saw the release of 15 Minutes, a collection of songs that are generally more personal and mature, and that he could not envisage being recorded by other artists. Both this and the more commercial To Be Frank (2001) are stylistically different from his earlier work by being underpinned by acoustic guitar rather than synthesiser.
Kershaw released the album entitled "You've Got To Laugh" in 2006. Following the release of his eighth studio album (entiled "Ei8ht") in 2012, Kershaw undertook a small tour of the UK, with some European dates.
For more information visit the official site at http://www.nikkershaw.net
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Der Allison Dome ist ein markanter und isolierter Eisdom im ostantarktischen Mac-Robertson-Land. Er ragt 58 km östlich des südlichen Endes des Mawson Escarpment auf.

Fotografiert wurde das Objekt 1960 im Zuge der Australian National Antarctic Research Expeditions. Ein australischer Vermessungstrupp legte unweit des Doms im Jahr 1972 ein Treibstofflager an. Das Antarctic Names Committee of Australia (ANCA) benannte ihn nach Ian
Frederick Allison, Glaziologe auf der Mawson-Station im Jahr 1969 und von 1972 bis 1974 an der Vermessung der Prince Charles Mountains beteiligt.

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Juvenile Fiction refers to those books written for kids from about grades 4th-6th. Look for the big blue stickers with the first letter of the author's last name on the spine. Young Adult Fiction, or those books written for those in grades 7th and up, can be found in the young adult are of the library and are marked with a YA blue sticker. Both Juvenile and Young Adult Fiction are available for loan for 28 days and may be renewed once.
Non-fiction books are those written for information. They can be found arranged in the non-fiction shelves by their Dewey Decimal number. (You can also find Easy Reader Non-fiction books in this collection. Look for the big red stickers with the white E on the spine on the Non-fiction shelves.) Young Adult Non-ficition can be found in the Adult Non-fiction area. Both Non-fiction Juvenile and Young Adult books are available for loan for 28 days and may be renewed once.
Audio/Visual Materials are books on tape, CD music, and DVDs. There are AV materials available in both Juvenile and Young Adult areas of the library. Books on tape or CD are available for loan, up to 5 items for 14 days and may be renewed once. Music CDs are available for loan, up to 5 items for 7 days and may be renewed once. DVDs are available to loan, up to 3 items for 3-7 days and may be renewed once.
Magazines are available to take home. We try to have a variety of magazines to suit a wide range of ages and interests. Both Juvenile and Young Adult magazines are available for loan for 7 days and may be renewed once.
Adaptive toys are available for all ages and abilities to loan. These are toys and learning devices that have been modified for children with special needs. The adaptive toys are available to loan. up to 3 toys for 7 days and can be renewed once.
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Q: how to enable HDFS file view in Ambari on hortonworks sandbox? how to enable HDFS file view in Ambari on hortonworks sandbox ?
I logged in with admin user.
I tried using admin->Manage view
 but I count not found any where file system view or something like that.

A: It does not directly answer your question, but should be able to view the HDFS filesystem at [ambari.host]:50070/explorer.html#/
To  enable the HDFS file view in Ambari, the steps are well described in the Hortonworks documentation : you need to change the HDFS configuration, and then add a files view instance. Have a look here : http://docs.hortonworks.com/HDPDocuments/Ambari-2.1.0.0/bk_ambari_views_guide/content/ch_using_files_view.html

A: Ambari Files View is one of the views shipped by Ambari 2.1.0 in the IOP 4.1 release. The View provides a web user interface for browsing HDFS, create/remove directories, downloading/uploading files, etc. The cluster must have HDFS and WebHDFS deployed in order to use the Ambari Files View.

A: If you are downloading Hortonworks Sandbox HDP after 13 jun 2019 please go through this website https://www.roseindia.net/bigdata/hadoop/install-hortonworks-sandbox-on-virtualbox.shtml  and make sure you are downloading current version of Sandbox HDP(Now 3.1 version is available for sandbox) and VirtualBox 6.0 is present so make sure you are downloading both of above mentioned ..
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Yes, We Have to Wait Forever to See Christopher Nolan's 1st Black-Led Film Because Time Is Warped in 2020
TENET (2020?)
Photo: Warner Bros. Pictures
Tenet director Christopher Nolan once said his film is not a "time travel" movie, but that it does explore "the different ways in which time can function." He probably never would've been able to imagine just how much life imitated his art—2020 has certainly taught us the different ways time can function. And by "function," I mean "completely warp our previous sense of what time was because now days feel like weeks, weeks feel like months and years feel like watching The Irishman on an endless loop."
After an uncertain series of summer release date announcements, Warner Bros. has removed Tenet from its release calendar, Variety reports.
"We will share a new 2020 release date imminently for Tenet, Christopher Nolan's wholly original and mind-blowing feature," Warner Bros. chairman Toby Emmerich said in a statement. "Our goals throughout this process have been to ensure the highest odds of success for our films while also being ready to support our theater partners with new content as soon as they could safely reopen."
As Variety notes, Tenet has bounced around release dates this year given the unpredictable progress of the global pandemic rates:
Though necessary given the mass uncertainty over when cinemas across the globe can safely reopen, the decision further complicates Hollywood's already bumpy plan to revive moviegoing. Tenet was originally scheduled to debut on July 17, but it was pushed back to July 31 and then Aug. 12.
"We are not treating Tenet like a traditional global day-and-date release, and our upcoming marketing and distribution plans will reflect that," Emmerich added. By "traditional," this may mean that the film can be released overseas before it debuts in the U.S. Given its over $200 million budget (which doesn't even include its marketing fees), the film may fare better premiering in China, which is the world's second-largest movie market. However, exhibitors typically can't screen films over 2 hours in length (Tenet is a bit over 2 hours and 30 minutes) so would have to make an exception for the film for this profitable pivot to work.
Sure, I may not know WTF this film is even about, but I was definitely looking forward to watching John David Washington star in Nolan's first film with a Black lead actor. Hell, it would be Nolan's first film with a non-white lead actor.
Not only was I looking forward to seeing the film, but seeing it in its intended form, as Nolan and his cinematographer Hoyte van Hoytema filmed it using large-format and IMAX film. Warner Bros. (nor Nolan, I'd assume) certainly doesn't seem interested in premiering the film in digital or VOD format so the wait shall continue.
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For a second, in that picture I thought he had a Paige boy cut but realized it was the head rest.


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Michigan State officially hires new defensive line coach
Spenser Davis | 2 days ago
Michigan State announced the hiring of Diron Reynolds on Wednesday afternoon.
Reynolds will serve as the Spartans' next defensive line coach. He arrives in East Lansing after a 7-year stint at Stanford in the same role. He also has extensive NFL experience and has coached at Oklahoma.
"I've known Diron Reynolds for more than 15 years – he's one of the best coaches in the business," head coach Mel Tucker said in the release. "He has an impressive pedigree having worked for some of the top coaches in all of football, including Tony Dungy, Leslie Frazier, David Shaw and Jim Caldwell, and has coached in both the Super Bowl and College Football Playoff.
"He also has developed players at the highest level, from mentoring future NFL Draft picks to working daily with Pro Bowlers in the NFL. Diron is a family man with great character who will be relentless in leading and motivating our players on and off the field. I'm thrilled about this hire and can't wait to start working with him."
Reynolds replaces Marco Coleman, who left the program earlier this offseason to take the same role at Georgia Tech (his alma mater).
Michigan State's defensive line will be aiming to take a big step forward in 2023. The Spartans allowed 4.29 yards per rush last season, which ranked 12th in the Big Ten.
Spenser Davis
Spenser is the news manager at Saturday Road and covers college football across all Saturday Football brands. Follow on Twitter.


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Estatoe is an unincorporated community in Mitchell County, North Carolina, United States. It is located where Brushy Creek crosses U.S. Route 19E (US 19E), west of Spruce Pine.

History
The name Estatoe, pronounced 'S - ta - toe', comes from a story about an Indian chief's daughter named Estatoe who fell in love with a warrior of a rival tribe. Because their love could never be accepted by either's families, they jumped from a precipice into the depths of a nearby river. Estatoe's father declared the river would forever bear her name, as does the community, although the river's has since been shorten to "Toe."

The Estatoe Post Office operated from 1888 to 1951, when it was replaced with rural letter carrier service from Spruce Pine.

The Eastatoe River (Estatoee) in South Carolina bears the same name.

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Sezon 1979 Formuły 1 był 30. sezonem organizowanych przez FIA wyścigów. Rozpoczął się 21 stycznia 1979 i zakończył się 7 października po piętnastu wyścigach.

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The IRS has proudly trumpeted OVDP and OVDI as successes. Both programs were understood to be attempts to go after "big time tax evaders", "whales", U.S. residents who were using "offshore bank accounts" and entities to hide income from the U.S. Treasury. That has been the conventional wisdom up until now. Of course, these programs also have had "well known" and "well documented" side effects. Specifically the "collateral damage" suffered by U.S. Green Card holders and U.S. citizens living abroad. But, of course as good Americans, we understand that this "collateral damage" is understandable, completely appropriate, and a necessary incident of good citizenship. To put it simply: A good American citizen or Proud U.S. Green Card Holder, should be prepared to suffer this "collateral damage". Your "collateral damage" is your "Contribution to America".
The IRS continues to be unresponsive. It's as though they are demonstrating the "full ostrich" to taxpayers. The IRS must take affirmative action to clarify its position! It's obvious that the IRS needs the taxpayers a lot more than the taxpayers need the IRS!
In the last week there have been three thought provoking comments at the Isaac Brock Society. Comments tend to be buried. But, these two comments are worth a post themselves.
1. How can a group be "collateral damage" when penalties for them are spelled out in the OVDI FAQs? In OVDI 2011 the IRS wanted 5% of the net worth of people who did not even know they were U.S. citizens.
btw, good response to Jack on the OVDI penalty structure. I could feel your ire rising.. And you were absolutely correct… Good reply.
I must strongly disagree with this point. FAQ 52 of the 2011 OVDI specifies the 5% penalty for people that were unaware of their US citizenship. This is ***THE*** smoking gun that the IRS is intentionally shaking down the little guy. There can be no one on this planet who is less culpable in this matter than someone who is not even aware of their US citizenship. Rather than let these people of the hook, the IRS specifically called them out for application of penalties. This sets the baseline culpability:penalty ratio for the IRS effort. The most-innocent-of-innocent get the 5% penalty; people who are "less innocent" (recent immigrants, unsuspecting expats) obviously must pay more.
There was a time that the IRS could have claimed the moral high ground on who the targets were for OVDP/OVDI. They could still have claimed that they were targeting the bad actors. That time ended around the close of 2009 when they would have become fully aware of the true nature of the participants after they sifted through the stack of 2009 OVDP applicants. They could have (and should have) given all the benign actors an immediate and proactive pass on the penalties. Instead they chose to double down by further specifying which subgroups within the benign actor classification would be targeted for penalties.
As far as I am concerned the IRS have fully clarified their position on the benign actors and it is a disgraceful position. I have been fortunate in my opt-out result and I hope that others follow suit and get the equivalent treatment. However, I will always be wondering what my opt-out result would have been if I wasn't living outside US jurisdiction, making the assessment of any penalties irrelevant.
2. Who is/are the real targets of OVDI and FATCA?
(Note that the following comment was also discussed by Petros in a brilliant post about bears and other animals (or was it about animals?).
On the glass half full front, it was good to see the question raised, but the response and the intent of Congress Statement by Geinther just made me sick to my stomach.
Maybe I should give him the benefit of the doubt, but I think that time has now passed. As slow and measured as he was in this response, that was not a slip of the tongue. He knew exactly what he was saying.
That was a such a deliberate expression and no one on that committee challenged it, I have now stepped across the line in giving him any benefit of the doubt. This is no longer "involuntary manslaughter" to be a bit hyperbolic here!
So intent of Congress only matters to Geithner, when it is his intent, and clearly it is his intent to go after Citizens abroad who he considers to be tax evaders.
I revise my previous statements which gave him/them the benefit of the doubt or chalked up these OVD activities and FATCA to "unintended Consequences". Those abroad are not Collateral Damage, but were clearly prime objectives of this legislation and the offshore Voluntary Disclosure processes. Clearly he, Geithner, knows what he is saying and what he is doing.
Expats abroad, be forewarned. They are playing a serious game here, and compliance or denunciation are your "black and white" choices. Both come with great cost emotionally, financially and with LCU expenditure. After a long conversation with a progressive friend back in the States yesterday, if he is any example of the majority of progressive Americans, he doesn't get it, nor does he care. In the myriad of issues he is concerned about in America today, Citizenship taxation doesn't rate 2 seconds of time and attention, and he is all for DATCA! I have to say, I understand why he thinks that way. As he scornfully said, "If this is such an important issue, where are those GOP leaders of individual freedom and Democracy speaking up for your issue?" Answer, there are none!
So, like when I went sailing and launched offshore for the first time, once out there, you are on your own! You have to make your own decisions and chart your own course. If you want to cling to the shoreline and be part of the US Exceptionalism Club, then these are your choices, "Complain but Comply or Renounce." Ignoring, evading or doing the full Ostrich, over time, given the current trends, is going to turn out badly for you, in my opinion.
That said, I think I have made the mistake of thinking that compliance was the goal, and so have criticized the approach on that basis. If you really want compliance, you start with a full out education program, and a real amnesty with no penalties. You create educational materials for every new visa applicant to inform them of obligations that come with residency. The IRS has done NONE of this.
However, I now think compliance matters not, and only is given lips service, because no one asks the real questions about it. Even in the latest Hearings with the Ways and Means Committee oversight, Shulman is not questioned or challenge at all about his banal triumph.
This effort, is about using penalties to produce revenue, pure and simple. Compliance hardly matters. Just take the penalties as you can. It is easy picking, considering the fear the program creates. Minnows are too afraid to Opt Out and so pay up! You couldn't create a better shake down than the OVDI.
Nina Olsen of TaxPayer Advocate has noted that it is almost impossible for U.S. citizens living abroad to comply with U.S. tax requirements.
Remember to bring yourself into tax compliance first!
"Renounce U.S. citizenship and rejoice!


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The future of TV: will the Cloud reign?
by Mario Yiannacou October 26, 2016
In the second of a two-part series ahead of the IPA's Effectiveness Week, ISBA's media and advertising manager eyes a world of cloud-based broadcasting.
The next stage for broadcasting in any form, could be that everything will sit in the Cloud. A good thing some might say, especially the user. Will we eventually, at some point say bye-bye to the set top box and hello to being able to subscribe or stream TV using numerous cloud services – TV linear broadcasting potentially being one of them?
As I say, great news for the user as the choice of what to watch, where to watch it and on what device becomes limitless. Will there still be a need to wait for it to become available on iPlayer for example, when the user can stream the programme. But what will the wider effects potentially be, there can't be too many downsides, surely?
I suppose the first concern will be around security. At present, I know that if my personal information, sits on a physical hard drive it's mine (and I probably have a back-up somewhere else). If it's in the cloud it could potentially be anybody's this information may include my TV viewing preferences which the likes of Netflix, UKTV and All4 currently hold.
My next concern is around the software itself and how safe it actually is. As we know, all software is 'hackable', and the cloud is no exception, even if it 'hacking' it is just for fun. If you can hack a vending machine (just have a look at the numerous videos on YouTube on how to do this*) you can hack the cloud. This has already happened to a certain degree – leaked photographs of naked celebrities anyone?
That may be me just being a bit flippant but on a serious note these huge data centres in the cloud that house all sorts of sensitive information, bank details, health records, credit history – could also be extended to broadcast live TV programmes.
Coupled with the fact that social media networks and the 'dark' web can accelerate the spread of the 'how to' part, it wouldn't surprise me that no matter how much security is put around these data centres that live virtually, someone will find a way.
As far as linear TV is concerned, to 'hack a broadcast' would be almost impossible at present no matter what the movies tell you. There are also strict guidelines on what can and can't be advertised, how many minutes, the nine o'clock watershed etc…. But here's the rub, what if, in the new way of broadcasting this system is hacked for more sinister uses?
I'm thinking Die Hard 4.0 (not Brucie's best) where a country was held to ransom by a bloke who knew the flaws of a system. Iron Man 3 is another fictional example, a terrorist organisation with the technological means to infiltrate society at a whim…..scary stuff! Cyber-security will have to be invested in and continuously upgraded to stay one step ahead of the hackers but that's another piece entirely.
These concerns aside, there are positive developments that could come to pass in a cloud-based future. It could pave the way for new entrants into the TV market. Having read the excellent and thought-provoking article written last year by Richard Craig-McFeely from Tata Communications – discussing technological advances which make entering the TV market it far easier than ever before – so why has no-one really done it?
To quote Mr Craig McFeely: "Broadcast cloud technology has developed very quickly over the last five years. It is possible to upload broadcast quality content direct from a production location, edit it remotely, review and approve it by global teams, add metadata, transcode it into different formats, and play it out as a channel – all in the cloud. The technology exists and is available now."
In addition to the above, because it's 'new' do the new entrants still have to abide by the rules. Maybe, maybe not? But this needs to be thought about so the same mistakes are not made again, much like the online world which I mentioned in part 1.
Another upside could make it a very interesting time for advertisers with even more opportunities, especially the part regarding metadata. This is where true, real-time targeting could come into play, a more direct build on Sky's Adsmart, if the advertiser chooses to go down that route. If the user can view whatever, wherever and on whatever, the advertiser will have to up their 'data-gathering game' in order to know where their intended audience is - the metadata should help with this. Some will have work than others in this area.
A login to a cloud service may also be required, payment details etc… may be stored in the cloud much like the data we hand over without a thought to the likes of Apple, Amazon, Google and Facebook.
Apple is still a bit of a 'walled garden' much like Facebook et al – they just don't like to share, although they are getting better at that. Fair enough, but imagine that type of data at an advertiser's fingertips – this obviously depends on the cloud service, with Amazon being the biggest, having been in the cloud game for over ten years, followed by Microsoft.
As I mentioned in part one, a cloud service can also go down the two tier system route, one with ads and one without. Can you imagine Coronation Street or The X Factor without the ads?
This will have an evolutionary effect on TV. Will it eventually become a different type of free and will users be able access TV content including ads, should they wish, whenever, wherever....?
(Disclaimer: I do not condone the hacking of vending machines using these methods, no matter how thirsty you are!)
Mario Yiannacou is the media and advertising manager at ISBA
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"use strict";
const url = require('url');
const logger_1 = require('./cli/logger');
const config_1 = require('./config');
let logger = new logger_1.Logger('http_utils');
class HttpUtils {
    static initOptions(url, timeout) {
        let options = {
            url: url,
            // default Linux can be anywhere from 20-120 seconds
            // increasing this arbitrarily to 4 minutes
            timeout: 240000
        };
        return options;
    }
    static optionsSSL(options, opt_ignoreSSL) {
        if (opt_ignoreSSL) {
            logger.info('ignoring SSL certificate');
            options.strictSSL = !opt_ignoreSSL;
            options.rejectUnauthorized = !opt_ignoreSSL;
        }
        return options;
    }
    static optionsProxy(options, requestUrl, opt_proxy) {
        if (opt_proxy) {
            options.proxy = HttpUtils.resolveProxy(requestUrl, opt_proxy);
            if (url.parse(requestUrl).protocol === 'https:') {
                options.url = requestUrl.replace('https:', 'http:');
            }
        }
        return options;
    }
    static optionsHeader(options, key, value) {
        if (options.headers == null) {
            options.headers = {};
        }
        options.headers[key] = value;
        return options;
    }
    /**
     * Resolves proxy based on values set
     * @param fileUrl The url to download the file.
     * @param opt_proxy The proxy to connect to to download files.
     * @return Either undefined or the proxy.
     */
    static resolveProxy(fileUrl, opt_proxy) {
        let protocol = url.parse(fileUrl).protocol;
        let hostname = url.parse(fileUrl).hostname;
        if (opt_proxy) {
            return opt_proxy;
        }
        else {
            // If the NO_PROXY environment variable exists and matches the host name,
            // to ignore the resolve proxy.
            // the checks to see if it exists and equal to empty string is to help with testing
            let noProxy = config_1.Config.noProxy();
            if (noProxy) {
                // array of hostnames/domain names listed in the NO_PROXY environment variable
                let noProxyTokens = noProxy.split(',');
                // check if the fileUrl hostname part does not end with one of the
                // NO_PROXY environment variable's hostnames/domain names
                for (let noProxyToken of noProxyTokens) {
                    if (hostname.indexOf(noProxyToken) !== -1) {
                        return undefined;
                    }
                }
            }
            // If the HTTPS_PROXY and HTTP_PROXY environment variable is set, use that as the proxy
            if (protocol === 'https:') {
                return config_1.Config.httpsProxy() || config_1.Config.httpProxy();
            }
            else if (protocol === 'http:') {
                return config_1.Config.httpProxy();
            }
        }
        return undefined;
    }
}
exports.HttpUtils = HttpUtils;
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Swaziland är en arvmonarki och kungen är landets statschef.

Nedan följer en lista över Swazilands statsöverhuvuden.

Brittiska protektoratet Swaziland 1780-1968

Swaziland 1968-

Referenser

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Externa länkar
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Swaziland statsöverhuvuden, Lista över
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Here's an Excerpt From April Bloomfield's Cookbook
by Amy McKeever Feb 29, 2012, 8:54am EST
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Behold this excerpt from New York chef April Bloomfield's forthcoming cookbook, A Girl and Her Pig. As Bloomfield explained during a visit to the Eater Lounge at the Cayman Cookout last month, this isn't a restaurant book but rather one that focuses on the personal; according to Bloomfield, it's "a thank you and a nod to the people who helped me become who I am today and the cook I am today."
And, indeed, in this excerpt the chef shares recipes like a beef and Bayley Hazen pie that's "a grander version" of the meat pies she ate while growing up. The book is set for release on April 10.
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Funny Daffy Duck Costumes
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Halloween Costume Ideas
Elmo Costume Ideas
Over the years Elmo has become one of the most popular Muppet characters on Sesame, possibly second only to Big Bird in recognizability. His quick rise to popularity is attributed to his current puppeteer, Kevin Clash, whose antics and commitment...
Bugs Bunny Costumes
Bugs Bunny has been around for over 70 years, continuing to delight fans with his irreverent attitude toward life's various circumstances; not taking life or difficult challenges too seriously. Over the years Bugs Bunny has also evolved into a...
Bob The Builder Costumes
Bob the Builder is a wildly popular animated television show created by Keith Chapman and originating in Britain. The series showcases Bob who launched out as a building contractor who was an expert in masonry. Along with his fellow worker...
Beauty and the Beast Halloween Costumes
The story of Beauty and the Beast is one of redemption, and also of finding something extraordinary in someone in spite of their outward looks. This classic story has remained popular since the mid-18th century when it was first published. There...
Harry Potter Halloween Costumes
There's no doubt that Halloween and wizards go together, so it's a natural fit to blend Harry Potter with the scary season to come up with some fun Halloween costumes. But Harry Potter is of course more than just Harry Potter, and the fun is the...
Taz or Tasmanian Devil Costumes
The Tasmanian Devil, or Taz for short, is a creation of Robert McKimson on behalf of Warner Brothers for its Looney Tunes cartoon series. Based upon the real tasmanian fevil animal, specifically in regard to its insatiable appetite and endless...
Daffy Duck is one of the most precocious and interesting cartoon characters ever made, and has been being reinvented by creators and animators almost since time he was first introduced in 1937.
His character hit the ground running and never looked back, as his forward personality, and pretty much letting it all hang out, made him one of the first of his type in the cartoon world, endearing him to fans and generating a lot of buzz from the beginning, as moviegoers who weren't used to this type of character were enamored by his unusual personality.
Crazy characters like Daffy Duck are a lot of fun to dress up as in costumes, as it allows for some role playing, goofing around, and just looking cool with that crazy look of his.
Daffy Duck Costume Designs
Because Daffy Duck has that unique and compelling look, there isn't as much variety as with other types of characters. I think that's because Daffy is just so cool looking there isn't much reason to do much to change his look, as it probably can't be improved upon as far as his particular look goes.
We'll look at a few of those costumes that do represent Daffy to give you an idea of how you would look if you choose his character for the costume you wear.
The photo to the right is one of a Daffy Duck mascot costume.
Daffy Duck in Full Costumes
The first couple of Daffy Duck costumes we'll look at are similar to the mascot costume seen above.
Most Daffy Duck costumes are differentiated by what you put on your legs, a little difference in the duck bill, and a different design on the feet. Mind you, these are subtle differences unless the colors themselves change, which does in some cases.
You see that with these two costumes. Although they are easily identified as Daffy Duck, there are several differences between the two.
For example, the duck bill, feet, legs and material used in the costumes are different. That only matters because you may prefer one look over the other, or because the material may be more comfortable to you.
Both look great, and will be sure to garner some good will laughter and comments from friends and family.
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Daffy Duck in Suit
Donning a costume with a twist is always a lot of fun, and this one which unveils Daffy Duck in a suit is really funny. The first thing that comes to mind concerning Daffy Duck, for those of us who have delighted in Daffy through the years, isn't the rascal walking around in a business suit.
These types of little changes allow for a fun surprise for those who have different expectations. That of course applies to any type of costume.
There is another little change with this costume as well, with a pair of glasses settled on the nose of the bill of the duck head. Too funny.
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Homemade Daffy Duck Costume
Probably because Daffy Duck is a difficult character to create, there are very few photos of those that designed a homemade costume of Daffy. In fact, this is the only one picture I was able to find of one.
From the facial design, you can see why many people many have difficulty successfully duplicating the look of the duck.
The beak is more than likely the hard part of the duck to reproduce, as you can see here, as the shape seems hard to get right.
This one is done very well. I do wonder why the face was made red, rather than black, as it would have been more true to Daffy. Even so, pretty good try.
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This baby costume of Daffy Duck was just too cute to pass up, so I included it for all to enjoy. After all, for family Halloween parties or trick or treating, what's more enjoyable than seeing baby dressed up so cute?
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Here there is a different Daffy look with the off-color bill, leg and feet. I guess you could call it a reddish/orange color for the bill and legs, and a red color for the feet.
I'm not sure what's up with those feet, as they're odd in the v-shaped part in the middle. Maybe the bottom part of the costume is homemade, but I'm not sure. Either way it shows the way a look can change with the slight change in color.
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In one of my favorite costume practices, here we have a costumed Daffy Duck dressed as another costumed character - Duck Rogers. How fun.
I've always liked the idea of dressing up as one character and then superimposing another costume over it to create another one. There's virtually no chance you'll end up having anybody else showing up at a costume party dressed like you.
Assuming you already have a Daffy Duck costume, in this case it wouldn't be too difficult to design a cap of this type to fit on Daffy's head, as well as find a shirt of the same color to produce the desired effect.
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Wearing a duck head with the protruding duck bill, along with those big, webbed feet is a sure way to delight a crowd.
Going to a costume party as Daffy Duck is a great way to show up and generate interest and comments as people show appreciation for the crazy look you've embraced.
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Amazon.co.uk clicks with The Times for extended online news service
11 January 1999. Online bookseller Amazon.co.uk has announced that it is to sponsor News First, the UK's number one rolling news and preview ticker produced by The Times/Sunday Times Web site.
Amazon.co.uk's sponsorship also includes the placement of banners throughout the free online service, which is based on the UK's largest audited national newspaper Web site. Users following these banners will be taken direct to the Amazon.co.uk store, where they can choose from a selection of more than 1.2 million UK books in print, and more than 300,000 US-published books.
The News First ticker offers coverage of breaking news stories seven days a week from 7am to 10pm GMT, as well as previews of news and features in the following day's print copy. In addition, news ticker headlines are supported by paragraph-sized bulletins and links to relevant in-depth stories carried on the site that day.
Dr Simon Murdoch, Managing Director of Amazon.co.uk, said: "Internet customers want fast and efficient access to all the best information the Web has to offer. Our association with The Times/Sunday Times Web site and the News First ticker will deliver all the most up-to-date news stories, and help customers to discover Amazon.co.uk's rich content, selection and low prices."
"News First is what all online newspapers should be about," said Paul Simon, Commercial Director of News International Internet Publishing. "News First gives the consumer the interactive edge in receiving breaking news within an editorial environment that helps them to interpret that news."
News First is number one in a series of value-added features planned by News International Internet Publishing to give its online viewer base the chance to realise fully the potential of the medium.
Amazon.co.uk launched on October 15, 1998, and offers all 1.2 million UK-published books in print, as well as a selection of 300,000 of the best selling US-published titles. Customers buying books on Amazon.co.uk find everyday discounts of up to 40% off High Street prices on thousands of popular books, and can benefit from the convenience of shopping 24 hours a day, seven days a week from any computer with Internet access.
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Its Info Times and Collections series collate outstanding material from both newspaper titles and provide easy reference to a range of issues of the day, from The Sunday Times Rich List to the Education Archive and ThisLife, the health and fitness supplement published by The Times. News International Internet Publishing has something for everyone. With authority.
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1912, A Chatauqua Boy, in '61 and Afterward; Parker, David B. (72nd NY), Parker relates that he was sent to the Van Lew house on April 3rd, 1865 to provide her protection.
…Late in the afternoon I went to the Post-Office Department to bid officials that I knew good-bye, and was informed that the Postmaster General had a messenger hunting for me, and I was told to go into the First Assistant Postmaster General's office and I would find out about it. When I did, I was informed that General Grant had telegraphed the President requesting my appointment as a Special Agent of the Post-Office Department, to return to him and continue in the position which I had filled while a detailed officer of the army, and that Mr. Lincoln had endorsed the back of the telegram, mentioning the importance of the mails to the soldiers and their families, and asking Postmaster General Blair to make the appointment. A commission as Special Agent had been made out, and on the information that I was in Washington, but about to depart with my regiment, a messenger had been hunting me. I accordingly returned at once to General Grant's headquarters, and continued in the service until the war closed.
It was a fact that the house of Miss Van Lew had been the rendezvous in Richmond for our spies, and while we had been on the James River she maintained a farm just opposite City Point where information was sent; and an officer of our Provost Marshal General's Department visited this farm nightly, crossing the river, so that full information reached General Grant daily of all news that could be obtained in Richmond.
"I was a prisoner in Libby, and Ross was the clerk who called the rolls and superintended the prison under Major Turner. He never called the rolls without swearing at us and abusing us and calling us Yankees, etc. We all hated him, and many a man said that the time might come when he could get even with the little scamp. Our attention had been frequently called to the fact that officers had been called out and never re- turned. We had no knowledge of what became of them, and one evening at roll call Ross struck me in the stomach and said, 'You blue-bellied Yankee, come down to my office. I have a matter to settle with you.' We were in line at the roll call, and some others whispered, 'Don't go; you don't have to,' but I followed Ross down to his office in the corner of the prison. There was no one in the office, but a guard stood in front of the door on the sidewalk. Ross pointed behind a counter, this office being a counting-room of the old Libby Tobacco Factory. I stepped behind the counter and found a Confederate uniform, and I lost no time in getting into it, although it was too small for me. Then I walked out the door. It was just after dark, and Ross and the sentry were walking down the sidewalk, I ran across the street to a vacant lot which had brush growing upon it. As I did so, a colored man stepped out and said, 'Come with me, sah, I know who you is,' and he took me to Miss Van Lew's house on Church Hill. Miss Van Lew told me the roads and where to take to the woods to escape the pickets and to go down the James River, and I could, perhaps, before morning reach a place of safety where I could escape to our troops. Now, I want to send Ross a box of fine cigars," and I took them to him at Richmond.
The mailing clerks who were reduced had been borrowed from post-offices at Northern cities when the post-office was re-established in '65, and were noted in the mail service as the very best clerks. After serving awhile temporarily, they had liked Richmond well enough to take permanent appointment, but this reduction of Miss Van Lew in pay was at so low an ebb that they would have had to to give up their positions.
Ten or twelve years later, while I was Chief Post-Office Inspector, Postmaster General Gresham sent for me one day and said that he had received a letter from General Grant asking him to do what he could for Miss Van Lew, who was then in Washington; that she had held the post-office at Richmond for eight years while he was President, but had not been reappointed by President Hayes; that she had been well off financially then, but had sought to establish her brother in the business of tobacco manufacturing, and had invested her money with him and lost it, as he had failed in business, so that she was now in financial stress; that she had been of great service to the Union cause during the war, and that I could tell him about her service, and that he hoped she might receive some appointment from which she could make a living. Judge Gresham added that he had sent for her and advised her to put in an application for a clerkship at the Appointment Office, which she had done, and that she had gone before the Examiner under the rules prevailing at that time and passed the examination with the highest rating. Now, the Third Assistant Postmaster General had a vacancy to fill in his office and had brought in the order for the appointment of a Committee of three, which would be headed by himself, under the rules, to select from among the applicants who had passed the examinations a person to fill the vacancy. Judge Gresham said, "I struck off one of the names and inserted yours, and you must do what you can for Miss Van Lew." The Committee convened, and judge Gresham came in and said, "I believe I am an ex officio member of this Committee. What 's the status of the thing?" The Third Assistant, Mr. Hazen, explained that three applicants had passed the highest rating, and that as the position to be filled was in his office he supposed his recommend would prevail; that one of the applicants whom he had met and was sure would make a fine clerk, desired the appointment for permanent employment, and would probably rank among the very best of employees in the Department. I inquired what State he was from, it being well known that the Third Assistant, who was a Pennsylvanian, was in touch with Members of Congress from that State and was active in securing places for Pennsylvanians.
"But I don't want her," insisted Mr. Hazen.
The other member of the Committee voted with us, and she was installed as a clerk.
I think Miss Van Lew's financial affairs became more satisfactory from the advance in value of the real estate which she owned, but she held her clerk-ship until the Cleveland administration.


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Gillies Creek Park sounds like nothing else in the Richmond area. The clanging of horseshoes. The clunk of flying discs hitting trees and poles. The amazing click-clacking of furiously played dominoes. The banging of hard-charging BMX bikes and dirt jumpers. The grunting, groaning, screaming and cheering of coed flag football and kickball players.
Lots and lots of laughter coming from all types of people in this most organic, most egalitarian, most unlikely of RVA parks.
"We're 26 years into a 10-year plan," joked the de facto godfather of this 100-acre former wasteland.
That's Cmdr. Carl Otto talking, a retired Navy submariner, 79 years old, the president of the Gillies Creek Park Foundation since 1989, and a guy who just beat me 21-1 in horseshoes. And I'm not bad. "I'm 41 percent," Otto said of how often he throws a ringer.
Of course, he's a slacker compared with 62-year-old Glenn Barlow, a state champ who throws ringers 73 percent of the time (35 percent left-handed!), despite heart bypass surgery, a plate in his neck and a surgically welded heel.
If you ask the domino players, you'll hear the same thing.
In fact, for many of them (virtually all of them African-Americans), this was their first home. They grew up here, played here, lived in the old frame homes that were bulldozed in the '70s as part of a rather shamefully executed "slum-clearance" urban renewal project in partnership with the federal government.
But part of the deal was a strip of this floodplain reserved for the Gillies Creek Natural Area. This is the narrow waist of the East End, a somewhat scraggly ravine between Libby/Church/Chimborazo hills and Fulton/Powhatan hills. Despite being just minutes from downtown, it has long been an out-of-the-way place, easy to overlook.
Which made it a prime place to grow organically. There wasn't much here when the submariner came on deck. Otto had grown up in Richmond and dreamed of a park where people did things and played together.
"I was tired of people just reading books and shining cars," Otto said.
No, he's not a guy taking credit for this park. In fact, he'll bend your ear with the stories and names of people, associations, corporations and, yes, even city workers who rolled up their sleeves cleaning up, shaping and funding the place.
The amount of scrounging and deal-making that has gone on here would make Radar from "M.A.S.H." proud. There, by the horseshoe pits, are some of the bleachers from Dinwiddie Motorsports Park. That roof over there by what was once Fulton Street? That's part of the old 17th Street Farmers' Market. Those trees? That concrete? Donated or otherwise mysteriously dropped off. If heavy equipment was needed, it arrived. The widely known disc golf course was built almost entirely by volunteers.
"Not a whole lot of money involved," Otto said.
The purpose of the Historic Fulton Oral History Project is to educate, to raise awareness, and to gain an understanding of life in the Historic Fulton community, located in the East End of Richmond, Virginia. Its need comes from a commitment to preserve the 20th century history of the neighborhood and its residents. This was accomplished through the compilation of the oral histories of Historic Fulton residents, particularly those with strong ties to the Historic Fulton community prior to the City of Richmond's 1970s urban renewal plan.
The interviewees were also witness to the City of Richmond's 1970s urban renewal plan that permanently changed the landscape of Historic Fulton. These interviews present the unique perspectives of those who were Historic Fulton residents by allowing the community to speak for and about themselves. With the Greater Historic Fulton area undergoing continued change and development in the 21st century, understanding Historic Fulton's past is an invaluable resource for the neighborhood's future.
The project was developed in 2011 in partnership with the Virginia Local Initiatives Support Corporation (LISC), The Valentine, the Neighborhood Resource Center of Greater Fulton, and the Greater Fulton Future Legacy Work Team. Physical copies of audio recordings and written transcriptions were distributed to a variety of local institutions to ensure that the oral histories may be accessed widely.
What happened to historic Fulton is grist for a "bucket load of blues".
The neighborhood was the object of a misbegotten urban-renewal effort that erased its urban grid and architecture from the landscape in the 1970s.
Former residents, determined to retain memories of their community, regularly gathered in a vacant block of Fulton Street for reunions before construction on suburban-style dwellings placed the land off-limits.
Earl Robinson, whose 1965 brick rancher was the lone home to survive the renewal effort, and Spencer Edward Jones III were the keepers of the Fulton flame. Robinson died two years ago today at 68. Jones soldiered on in their dream of establishing a memorial park for the community.
Today, their vision is much closer to reality.
Corey Harris, a singer, songwriter and guitarist who has collaborated with blues legend B.B. King, alternative rock band Wilco and renowned Malian musician Ali Farka Touré, will give a benefit performance at the Byrd Theatre to raise money for the Fulton Memorial Park.
"As a songwriter, I'm always drawn to stories," he said.
Harris, 43, a native of Colorado and the recipient of a 2007 MacArthur "genius grant," has lived in the greater Fulton area for three years. He said "Fulton Blues" — which was released Thursday — was inspired by the book "Built by Blacks," a local history by Selden Richardson that chronicles Fulton's demise.
To call Fulton the birthplace of Richmond is no hype. The Indian leader Powhatan, Christopher Newport, John Smith and Abraham Lincoln all trod Fulton. African captives were marched from its docks on the James River to the city's slave market. City officials — in indiscriminately razing what had become a drug-ravaged and decaying community — showed no regard for Fulton's residents or history.
"I think it's a tragedy anytime people are pushed out of their neighborhood, and people's sense of place is demolished for other people to come in and make money," Harris said Thursday.
Harris, a former resident of New Orleans, likened the destruction of old Fulton to sections of the Crescent City, post-Katrina.
"It was urban, and now I could compare it to the countryside," he said of that city's Lower 9th Ward. The Fulton landscape cannot be re-created. But plans are under way to memorialize the neighborhood in a triangular park bounded by Williamsburg Avenue, Goddin Street and Fulton Street.
Conceptual designs call for a canopy of new foliage surrounding the lone remaining tree on the block — a symbolic reminder of the resilience of the Fulton community. The park would have an amphitheater and promenades reflecting the neighborhood's history, from its commercial heyday to its decline. Granite and cobblestones from the old neighborhood would be recycled at the memorial, including a granite arrangement representing the destruction of Fulton.
The park, as currently planned, would cost an estimated $1 million, said Cheryl Groce-Wright, executive director of the Neighborhood Resource Center of Greater Fulton. It would include statues of Vice Adm. Samuel L. Gravely Jr., a Fulton native and the first African-American to command a Navy ship and fleet, and Robinson. Plans also call for a bronze map of the old Fulton and tables for dominoes and cards, games favored by residents at reunions.


TheMediagoon.com: Come on Mets. You can have two $30 million dollar players.
Come on Mets. You can have two $30 million dollar players.
How hard is it to fathom that Cespedes isn't coming back this season? I have no faith that he'll be back. Mets, do something that you never do. Get the last piece to put you over the top.
Want to make money Mets? Spend money and folks will flock to the ball park.


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The Complete Guide to Agile Group's Exciting New Website Refresh
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If you've been on the Agile Group website before, you may have noticed some changes. With the upcoming new year, we're in the process of giving our website a refresh. Over the next couple of weeks, we'll update pages to align with our new design. After that, we'll be adding new pages to help users better understand what we do.
This article will guide you through who we are, why we're doing the refresh, and why we made the changes that we did.
Who are Agile Group?
Founded in 2014, Agile Group is an Indigenous-owned and operated integrated services provider run by our Indigenous CEO, Michael Boyle. As a Kinaway and Supply Nation certified business, we proactively engage with and support Indigenous companies to enrich the community.
We provide services including Integrated Security, Arboriculture, Property Services, Horticulture, Traffic Management, Logistics and Transport. Through every step, we ensure that we're giving back to the Indigenous community, as reflected in our motto, "Working Together, Growing Together." We achieve this through our Indigenous Reskilling, Engagement and Networking Initiative (IRENI). With this framework, we've reached procurement targets of 30% Indigenous team members by the end of both the 2021 and 2022 financial years.
Why Refresh The Agile Group Website?
At Agile Group, we take our Indigenous roots seriously. Our new brand refresh comes from wanting to make our care for the Indigenous community and the people we work with clearer. We want to create a more approachable version of Agile Group that wears its Indigenous status on its sleeves.
This new brand and website update focuses on making our website easier to navigate, less corporate, and more centred on the Indigenous-inspired elements.
What Changes Have Been Made With the Website Refresh?
Along with making the website easier to use and find what you're looking for, we also introduced several new elements to the design as part of the brand refresh.
This Indigenous art inspired banner helps to represent the various colours of our service streams. At Agile Group, each service stream is represented by a unique colour. The mix of bright blues, yellows, oranges, and browns in this banner helps demonstrate how our services are integrated.
Additionally, by putting a banner inspired by Indigenous artwork at the forefront of our site, we hope to demonstrate how much our Indigenous roots matter to us as a business.
We've also incorporated an icon representing a meeting place, campsite, or waterhole in Indigenous artwork. Agile Group is an integral part of the Australian Indigenous community; using this symbol helps to represent we're a safe space to collaborate with.
With this new website and brand refresh, we hope to make Agile Group a more accessible place and represent the things we care about most as a business. We're working hard to make sure that each of the changes we make to the site reflects these goals and our motto, "Working Together, Growing Together."
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Universal design is design that can be easily understood, used and accessed, as far as possible, by people of all sizes, shapes, ages, skills, abilities and disabilities. Universal design is applied to products, spaces, buildings, education, entertainment and information media. Some related design terms are ergonomic design, adaptable design, transgenerational design and barrier-free design.
The concept of universal design developed first in the architecture field. Designers wanted to be sure that the facilities they designed could be easily accessible to a wide swathe of population. Universal design is not about fitting one size to all, rather it is about considering a wide range of similarities and differences in preferences, characteristics and abilities, and accommodating these.
Architects, engineers, designers and researchers from North Carolina State University's Center for Universal Design (CUD) have thought up seven main design principles. These are meant as a guideline for users. The principles are equitable use, flexibility in use, simple and intuitive use, perceptible information, tolerance for error, low physical effort, and size and space for approach and use.
The emphasis in this type of design is on broad social inclusion. Different people should be able to use, understand or adapt the design according to their specific concerns. This makes such design, as has been described, an evolving process rather than an end. Designers can take a variety of creative approaches.
People have similarities and differences rendered by age, ability, education, intelligence and so on. Universal design considers different possibilities caused by differences in thinking, remembering, understanding, learning, seeing, hearing and physical abilities. It also considers factors like aesthetics, engineering options, environmental issues, safety concerns, industry standards and production costs.
If all these issues are not considered beforehand, the design may run into user-related problems later on. It may become necessary to alter or adapt design features to make them more user-friendly. Making such changes at later stage would not only be time-consuming, it could also prove expensive. So it is better to consider potential users from the start.
Universal design can benefit both disabled and non-disabled people. Automatically opening doors, for example, are convenient for people in wheelchairs or on crutches as well as people with arms full of groceries or packages or someone holding a baby. Clear legible fonts help people with vision problems as well as people with normal vision.
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