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Asado (špansko: [aˈsaðo]) je tehnika in družabni dogodek, kjer je žar ali se ga udeležite  v različnih južnoameriških državah, kjer je to tudi tradicionalni dogodek. Asado je običajno sestavljen iz govedine, svinjine, piščanca, chorizo (vrsta svinjske suhe klobase) in morcille (krvavica), ki jih kuhamo na žaru, imenovanem pararila ali na odprtem ognju. Na splošno meso spremlja rdeče vino in solate. To meso pripravlja oseba, ki ji je dodeljen asador  ali parrillero.

Zgodovina
Ogromne črede divjih govedi so do sredine 19. stoletja potovale po velikem delu argentinske pampe. Prebivalci Río de la Plata, zlasti konjeniški gauči, so razvili naklonjenost govedini, zlasti asadu, ki je pražena govedina (ali jagnjetina ali koza). Meso, pogosto ob strani reber, je nataknjeno na kovinskem okvirju, imenovanem asador in praženo tako, da ga postavijo ob počasi gorečem ognju. Gauči so dali prednost kuhanju asada z lesom drevesa quebracho, ker je zelo trg in se zelo malo kadi. Asado je bil skupaj z maté čajem osnova prehrane gaučov.

Premog in ogenj

Običajno asador začne z vžiganjem oglja, ki je pogosto narejeno iz avtohtonih dreves, pri čemer se izogiba borovcem in evkaliptusom, saj imajo smole z močnim vonjem. V bolj izpopolnjenih asados je oglje iz določenega drevesa ali narejeno na premogu nedavno zgorelega lesa, kar je prav tako običajno, ko imate asado v tabornem ognju. V Urugvaju se oglje ne uporablja, temveč neposredno žerjavico ali vroč premog.

Kuhanje lahko opravite al asador ali a la parrilla. V prvem primeru žar zakurimo na tleh ali v kurišču in ga obdamo s kovinskimi križi (asadores), ki držijo celo razprt trup živali, da dobi toploto iz ognja. V drugem primeru zakurijo ogenj in po tem, ko se oblikuje oglje, nad njega postavijo žar z mesom.

Embutidos in Achuras
V mnogih asados bi najprej postregli chorizos, morcillas (krvavice), chinchuline (krave), molleje (sladki kruh) in druge organe, ki jih pogosto spremlja provoleta (različica argentinskega sira) , medtem ko so kosi, ki zahtevajo daljše priprave, še vedno na žaru. Včasih jih postrežejo na braseru (posebni grelni posodi) z ogljem. Chorizo lahko postrežejo s kruhom felipe (vrsta hrustljave žemlje) ali bagete, kar pogosto imenujejo choripán (vrsta sendviča).

Meso

Po predjedeh lahko postrežejo costillas ali asado de tira (rebra). Nato pridejo vacío (bočni zrezek), matambre in po možnosti piščanec in chivito (koza). Jedi, kot so pamplona (polnjena mesna jed bičajno s piščancem), svinjina in patagonska jagnjetina, so vse pogostejše, zlasti v restavracijah. Asado vključuje tudi kruh, preprosto mešano solato, na primer zeleno solato, paradižnik in čebulo, lahko pa jo spremlja tudi verdurajo (zelenjava na žaru), mešanica krompirja, koruze, čebule in jajčevcev, kuhanih na žaru in začinjena z olivnim oljem in soljo. Pogosti so pivo, vino, brezalkoholne pijače in druge pijače. Sladica je običajno sveže sadje.

Druga tradicionalna oblika pečenja mesa, ki se uporablja v Patagoniji, je s celotno živaljo (zlasti jagnjetino in svinjino) v leseni palici, pribiti v tla in izpostavljeni vročini živega premoga, imenovanega asado al palo.

Meso za asado ni marinirano, edini pripravek je nanos soli pred ali med pečenjem. Prav tako nadzorujejo toploto in oddaljenost od oglja, da zagotovijo počasno kuhanje; kuhanje asada običajno traja približno dve uri. Poleg tega maščobo iz mesa ne spodbujajo, da padajo na oglje in ustvarjajo dim, ki bi meso neugodno aromatiziral. V nekaterih asadah je območje neposredno pod mesom brez oglja.

Asado običajno položijo na pladenj, ki ga takoj postrežejo, lahko pa ga položijo tudi na brasero tik ob mizi, da meso ostane toplo. Chimichurri (omaka v zelenem (chimichurri verde) in rdečem (chimichurri rojo) videzu), omaka iz sesekljanega peteršilja, posušenega origana, česna, soli, črnega popra, čebule in paprike z olivnim oljem ter rdečega vinskega kisa ali salsa criolla, omaka iz paradižnika in čebule v kisu, so običajna priloga k asadu, kjer se tradicionalno uporablja drobovina, ne pa tudi zrezkov.

Solata
Hrano pogosto spremljajo solate, ki jih na asado druženjih tradicionalno pripravljajo ženske na kraju samem ali jih pripeljejo od svojih domov, medtem ko se moški osredotočajo na meso . Solata Olivier (ensalada rusa) je ena najpogostejših solat, ki jo strežejo v asadosu. V paragvajskem Chipa Guasu postrežejo tudi sopa paragvajo in kuhano manioko kot prilogo.

Različice

V Čilu običajno različico cordero al palo (celo pečeno jagnje) običajno spremlja pebre, lokalna začimba iz pire zelišč, česna in pekoče paprike; v marsičem podobna chimichurri. Jed je značilna za južni Čile in jo postrežejo vročo, skupaj s solatami. Na ražnju se priveže celo jagnje, ki se nato pravokotno popeče na lesenem ognju. Priprava traja približno 5 ur, saj mora biti kuhanje stalno in na majhnem ognju.

V Braziliji asado imenujejo churrasco, čeprav je kuhanje običajno hitrejše. Meso na žaru in soljeno v Braziliji na splošno imenujejo carne assada in ga pogosto razrežejo na majhne trakove ter postrežejo na krožniku ali deski na sredini mize, da lahko vsi uživajo. Razno meso na žaru, svinjino, klobase in občasno piščanca prenašajo od mize do mize na nabodalu in rezine ponujajo gostom. To se imenuje rodizio, ker vsaka oseba sodeluje po vrsti. Pretežno se namesto žerjavice lesa uporablja oglje, Brazilci pa meso običajno pečejo na nabodalih ali žaru. Ponekod je meso začinjeno s soljo in malo sladkorja.

V Mehiki obstaja podobna tradicija kot pararilade ali carne asade, ki vključuje različne marinirane kose mesa, vključno z zrezki, piščancem in klobasami (chorizo, longaniza in moronga so še posebej priljubljeni). Vse to je na žaru nad lesnim ogljem. Na žar se položi tudi zelenjava, zlasti zelena čebula (cebollitas), nopales in koruza (elote).

Spet v Argentini, Urugvaju in Paragvaju so nekatere alternative asado al disco in asado al horno de barro, zlasti na podeželju. Recept se ne spremeni, samo način kuhanja. V asado al disco se uporablja dotrajani disk pluga. Ker so kovinski in konkavni, so navarjeni tri ali štiri kovinske noge, z vročim premogom ali lesom pod njimi pa se enostavno spremeni v učinkovit žar. Hrana je postavljena v spiralo, tako da maščoba naravno zdrsne na sredino, tako da meso ostane ocvrto. Papriko in čebulo navadno postavijo ob rob, tako da postopoma sproščajo sokove na meso. Asado al horno de barro se razlikuje od tradicije, saj se uporablja pečica iz gline - horno (peč, ki se v Paragvaju imenuje tatakua). Te pečice so pogost pogled v argentinskih in paragvajskih estancah; njihova glavna naloga je peka kruha in peciva Chipa Guasu in Sopa paragvaja, vendar so zelo primerne za pečenje mesa. Postrežejo svinjske odojke in redkeje jagnjetino, saj je malo verjetno, da bo postala suha. Drug način kuhanja asada je v chulengo, na pol prerezanem oljnem sodu (ali podobnem), znotraj katerega je nameščen žar, ki meso in ogenj ščiti pred močnim vetrom. Zaradi tega je chulengo posebej uporabljen v Patagoniji, čeprav se na drugih področjih uporablja tudi zaradi praktičnosti in zmožnosti premikanja.

Drugje po svetu
Južnoameriškega asada na Filipinih ne smemo zamenjati z asado, ki se nanaša na dve različni dušeni jedi: asado de carajay, ki je dušeno meso z zelenjavo v slani enolončnici; in svinjski asado, ki je sladka dušena različica char siu. Enakovredni latinskoameriški žari asado v filipinski kuhinji bi bile različne jedi inihaw (znane tudi kot sinugba ali inasal).

Na Portugalskem je pražena ribja jed, ki jo postrežejo s klobasami in slanino, znana tudi kot assado.

V Goi se pečena govedina imenuje assad, iz portugalskega assado.

V Južni Afriki se cel mesni trup, pečen po metodi al asador, imenuje Asado Spit Braai ali Spit Roast.

Sklici

Zunanje povezave

 The Art of Cordero al Palo

Priprava hrane
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Q: display json data from array I'm trying to display some json data I got from a get request. So far I've been able to display other arrays with no problem, but I'm having trouble displaying this particular array for some reason, and I'm not getting any errors.
the one that won't display correctly is the showtimes array.

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A: You are missing {{}} expression

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Change it to some other variable name, since you are already using shows,

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A: As it looks from your snapshot, the array of objects is stored in variable showtimes, if that is the case, try the below code:

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A: A nested ngFor loop solved the problem..

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Tie-in
(Redirected from Tie-In)
Synonyms: tie-in novel, authorized sequel, sequels, pro novel, Profic
See also: novelization; adaptation, bookverse, movieverse, comicsverse
1 Professional Fanfic?
2 Pocket Books "Star Trek" Guidelines (1985)
4 As a Gateway to Fandom
5 Discussion and Acceptance of Pro Novels in Different Fandoms
6 Discussion of Quality
7 A 2016: Dearth of Female Writers for Star Trek TOS Tie-ins
8 Notable Examples of Tie-ins
9 Further Reading/Meta
9.7 Not Dated
A tie-in is a published work meant to complement (and derive a profit from) another published work. In general, tie-ins are novels or graphic novels that spring from a movie or television show.
A movie made from a novel is an adaptation and may or may not be faithful to its source. A novelization, by contrast, is a rewriting of the movie script in novel form and thus does not deviate from the plot of the movie. An authorized sequel is a tie-in work written with the consent of the author or their estate.
Professional Fanfic?
It is often argued that tie-in novels are professional fanfic. Many tie-in writers started out writing fanfiction, e.g., Una McCormack, Marion Zimmer Bradley. A fan in 2010 commented: "[When] a published fan fiction writer - someone who writes primarily tie-in novels in someone else's universe - announces that fan fiction is evil, because doing it for love is wrong, but doing it for money is right. This makes me make a frowny face, because that isn't what they said in Sex Ed. [1]
Some tie-in writers and editors very much disagree that tie-in novels are professional fanfic e.g., John Ordover, Lee Goldberg.
Whether "work-for-hire" and "media tie-ins" are worthy of being called "real" books has been an issue of contention and discussion in the science fiction and fantasy community. See Science Fiction Writer Robert J. Sawyer: Crazy SFWA Position, Archived version, published in 1998.
Pocket Books "Star Trek" Guidelines (1985)
Pocket Book's guidelines, printed in TREKisM #44 (Sept/Oct 1985), click to read
The history of the tie-in novel is ambiguous. Some properties, published in obscurity, exercise great freedom to change the canon from which they are written (e.g., Diane Duane's Star Trek novels of the late 1970s and early 1980s). Other properties are written strictly to fit into existing canon — neither to enlarge it, nor to occlude any possibilities — and thus often find themselves ending on a reset button. One way tie-in writers have found around this problem is to write original characters in tie-in universes; Peter David created a whole series of Star Trek novels in this vein that have been very successful.
As a Gateway to Fandom
From a fan interview in 2012:
Alan Dean Foster's work. And I had devoured those, and they set off all kinds of bells and whistles in my brain, and story ideas were rumbling around up there, and, y'know, you have nice little imaginings, especially if you're nursing a baby at two o'clock in the morning, and your mind goes off and playing here and there. But that was the first fanfiction. And like a lot of zines at the time, at the end there were some addresses of people you could contact. And other ads for other zines, and I started finding my way through that way, to get into contact, and trying to find other information. And Star Trek Lives, I read that, and that had information about the Welcommittee, and how do you get a hold of these things, and I read about classic stories, and went, I want to find those stories. So, then I began tracking down the editors, or authors, and writing them, and asking if they had zines still in print, if they had stories still in print, was there some way I could get hold of them, could I copy them if I could find a copy... [2]
Discussion and Acceptance of Pro Novels in Different Fandoms
Tie-ins rarely develop followings in fandom as powerful as their source materials do. Supernatural tie-ins, e.g., regularly got details of canon wrong, and are generally not taken as canonical. On the other hand, Buffy comics which continue after the TV series are often discussed as if they definitively extend canon (perhaps due to the fact that Joss Whedon himself wrote the tie-in).
Discussion of Quality
From Boldly Writing "The professional novels got a lot of press. In January [1983 issue of Interstat], Sonni Cooper wrote 'By the time this is published, my Trek novel, Black Fire, will be available. I'd like some feedback.' She got both positive and negative reactions. S. L. R. responded, 'Black Fire, in my opinion, is the poorest excuse for a pro novel that it has ever been my misfortune to read. In fact, there is, to my knowledge, no excuse for this book.' Jeffrey K. Wagner had a more positive reaction: "Black Fire, by Cooper, was exciting, action-filled, and generally very believable.' In April [1983 issue of Interstat), Lisa Wahl and Julia Ecklar complained once more about the poor quality of the pro novels: 'Is everyone as tired as we are at discovering that Trek novels by award-winning science fiction writers are not as good as many fans' works?" In June, Lisa Wahl suggested that Star Trek fans boycott the Timescape Star Trek novels in October and November of that year, in order to protest their poor quality. That got a lot of fans writing in. Several fans said they were afraid that such a boycott would hurt sales of Yesterday's Son, which they had read in manuscript form. Howard Weinstein was one of them, though he added, 'Lisa and Julia get no argument from me when they complain that not all the pro Star Trek novels are as good as they might be.' Howard also wrote, 'Since the publication of Covenant [of the Crown], I've gotten several hundred letters from readers...I've found overwhelming approval.' This matched reports of every single pro author who wrote to a letterzine: all reported getting hundreds of positive responses."
Another fan in Universal Translator (February 1983) comments on a recently released Star Trek pro novel, contrasting the quality of the stories in the fan realm and the pro realm: "Black Fire is fan-fiction at a level only millimeters above the mediocre, and it's frustrating to see it professionally published when superior material remains confined to fanzines and therefore unknown to the general public."
The Star Wars letterzine Southern Enclave has much discussion regarding "pro-novels": whether or not they are canon, that they have no "heart," that their writers are constrained too much by the Lucas franchise, that writers don't know "what to do about Luke," that they tend to veer towards "suburbia" and too-perfect children, that Han becomes a neutered lap-dog and that the novels are generally a fail.
While tie-in novels are often picked apart by fans for their lack of continuity, understanding of character, and emotional resonance, one book in the Mass Effect fandom got it so wrong that its publisher issued a public apology: "The teams at Del Rey and BioWare would like to extend our sincerest apologies to the Mass Effect fans for any errors and oversights made in the recent novel Mass Effect: Deception. We are currently working on a number of changes that will appear in future editions of the novel. We would like to thank all Mass Effect fans for their passion and dedication to this ever-growing world, and assure them that we are listening and taking this matter very seriously." [3]
Boldly Writing says of Star Trek: TOS pro-novels: "The year 1981 marked a turning point with the pro novels. Reviews went from being almost always negative to being largely positive. Part of the change was due to a real improvement in the quality of writing, and part due to new influx of fans who never saw the classic fanzine stories of the 1970s. Some fans claimed that no Star Trek pro novel ever outshone the best fanzine stories of the 1970s. Other fanzine readers of the 1970s sided with the newer fans and claimed that some of the pro novels of the 1980s were pretty good. The 'which is better, pro writing or fanzine writing' debate continued off and on through the entire decade."
From a fan in 2009: "When the franchise was just taking off, TPTB (powers that be) were desperate for stories to publish, so they drew on fan fiction authors as well as known sci-fi authors to get novels out there for purchase. It is pretty easy to tell which books were written by genuine fans of the show, and which ones were from sci-fi writers who really knew very little about the show and were hired mainly for name recognition. They tended to write characters acting in ways that the readers finds puzzling at best, and often physical descriptions were just plain wrong. As the franchise solidified, TPTB became much more restrictive about what could be published. RULES were put into place - RULES which restricted a lot of the authors' creativity and IMO sucked the life out of some of the later stories. Personally, I loved the earlier books written by those with a genuine appreciation of the show.... even if they tended to be a bit "campy" at times. The author's true respect and love for the characters and the Trek universe is so obvious. But as the years passed, too many of the stories started seeming more like generic sci-fi with the characters being plugged in to roles that could have been filled by anyone. I have seen this happen very often with tie-in books, which is why I tend to prefer fan fiction. I started finding the books boring. They became more plot oriented and less character driven. Since I had always been attracted to the show for the characters, this bothered me, and eventually I stopped buying the books and focused solely upon the fan fiction." [4]}}
A 2016: Dearth of Female Writers for Star Trek TOS Tie-ins
Some fans discussed the declining number of female writers for Pocket Book Star Trek TOS tie-ins over the years, and how in 2016, there weren't any female writers at all.
"The gif.... is the result of my research on the TOS Pocket Books novels published between 1979 and 2016 (of course the 2016 ones are as yet unpublished.) Each frame shows the ratio of authors identified with male pronouns on the internet (in green) to authors identified with female pronouns on the internet (in red), for three years of Star Trek TOS Pocket Book releases (source). There are a couple of exceptions for the three-year frames. The first frame covers 1979-1983, because only one novel, Gene Roddenberry's novelisation of The Motion Picture, was published in 1979, and the next one was published in mid-1981. The final frame covers 2015-2016, including forthcoming novels listed on Wikipedia. 2008 is not represented because no Star Trek TOS novels were published."[5]
[aconitum-trek]:
"tl;dr - Star Trek TOS Pocket Books currently have no female authors. This needs changing.
Okay, so I've been doing some research. I noticed recently that all - and I mean all of the current TOS Star Trek novels are written by men. Every. Single. One. Obviously men have a place in Star Trek. Obviously men have a place in science fiction. But women have a hell of a place in Star Trek too. Women were instrumental in keeping it on our screens and so instrumental in the early novels and fan fiction. Also, we tend to write differently. Most importantly for a lot of us, we write Spock differently. I acknowledge that the early days of Star Trek writing were biased more towards women. But surely we should be aiming for an equality of the sexes in Star Trek writing, especially since men and women come at it from different angles and probably read for different reasons. Since the turn of the century Star Trek writing has become formulaic, commercialised, and boring. It's a far cry from the early days when essentially the novels were fanfiction put in professional covers. And we love fanfiction. Sure, some is terrible, but some is absolutely awesome.....
....So, what does this gif show? An astonishing slide towards a completely male authors. Yes, in the early days there was a female bias, but in the last five years (if we include the upcoming 2016 releases) there are no female authors at all. Not a one. Zilch. The last two frames are entirely green.
Why is this? Why have Pocket Books made this their strategy? They've narrowed down the range of authors massively, with only a few authors repeatedly releasing books. They've narrowed down on creativity and plot too. They're ignoring female writers, and they're ignoring female readers, too. This needs highlighting, it needs discussing, and it needs changing.[6]
Discussion on Facebook:
[Jackie T.]:"I don't think men have ever really got it. The women do."[7]
[Aconitum Napellus]: "I suppose men get it in a man's way, and women get it in a woman's way."[8]
[Jackie T.]:"Yes, you're being fair. So I would like some more written my way!"[9]
[Debbie P.]: "There were actually earlier Trek books than the ones you mention. James Blish did stories from the episodes that began to be published in the late 60s or early 70s. But you are right. Over the course of time, women authors have been eliminated from Trek novels. There were never a lot even though there were woman writing Trek fiction, but that has decresed to the point of zero. As a fan writer, I have considered submitting, but it is difficult to break in to the business. I don't like the Trek novels anymore as they are, just as you said, formulaic. I think they have found a few people who write reasonably well and sell reasonably well and are satisfied with that. I am not satisfied with the TOS Trek novels and have refused to go off on the multiple product lines they have offered. Give me TOS or forget it!"[10]
[Aconitum Napellus]: "Yes, this list is from the Wikipedia 'Pocket Books' list that starts with Gene Roddenberry's TMP novelisation. In one way I'd be honoured to be able to write a pro-novel but on the other hand I've heard such bad things from various writers who've written them, and also they've become so formulaic that there's just no room for creativity. On the other hand, fanfiction is endlessly creative, and free, as long as you pick the right writers."[11]
Discussion on tumblr:
[lotesseflower]:
isn't the story that fannish women abandoned the Pocket Books gig when they realized it was a pretty rum deal?? not enough money/creative credit, and you can't do good fic work under the creative constraints placed on profic writers. [12]
The fanlore page on tie-ins links to some documentation on drama w/Pocket Books in the 80s; I don't believe that as a rule the payout was very good? And there's the case of Della Van Hise's slashy-as-hell book Killing Time, which was re-issued with the queer toned down (though even bowdlerised it's still delish); K/S was (explicitly?) disallowed, and of course tie-ins are also really hampered by the need for a reset at the close. This article in TWC mentions the editors at Pocket wanting to avoid authors "tainted" by fanfic, so it doesn't sound like crossover success was much encouraged.
I feel like the vibe I got irt tie-ins as a young fan at the turn of the millennium was that they were fine, but not necessarily a venue for fen to count on for either creative or financial success.
There's still def. an issue with women's work being unpaid; but I think it's the old struggle that was discussed by cupidsbow, among others, back in 2007. Our independence from monetization here in fanspace gives us freedoms undreamed-of by the market - but we don't get paid, and can't claim our work in professional contexts. [13]
You see, that raises even more questions. I was talking earlier about how I'd heard a couple of female Star Trek authors discussing how badly they were treated by the publishers. I haven't read similar from male authors, although there may be complaints out there. Are women treated more badly by the publishers? Are they less willing to put up with it? What's going on here? Do the publishers perceive less of a female audience willing to hand over money? Are women going more to fan fiction than pro novels? Is it a vicious circle or something that's deliberately being pushed? We could ask similar questions about fan fiction. Why is fan fiction so overwhelmingly dominated by women? [14]
[defconprime]:
The steep decline in women authors across all Trek books started around the time S&S stopped doing open pitches for Trek novels in the late 90s. Since that time one needs an agent to pitch an idea - agents and agencies (and gatekeepers in general) in the publishing business are pretty misogynistic, which means fewer women authors being able to pitch Trek book ideas. That's my theory anyway! [15]
[quasi-normalcy]:
It also corresponds (probably not coincidentally) to around the time that the novels started feeling like repetitive space operas rather than actual episodes of the series.[16]
[pepperpup86]:
Honestly, after reading the guidelines about what is and isn't acceptable material to submit as a novel, I'm surprised anyone is publishing any Trek books. Here's the official list.
DOs and DON'Ts There are a number of plots that we would specifically like to avoid:
1. Any story primarily about a guest star or non-Star Trek regular. This means no stories about other crews, ships, or guest characters that become the focus of the story. The novels should always "star" Kirk, Picard, Sisko et al. Paramount Pictures feels very strongly that Star Trek stories should primarily be about the Star Trek characters, who must be the major problem solvers in any Star Trek novel.
2. Death of an established crewmember or character, or any other permanent change in the Star Trek characters, settings, or universe, such as introducing offspring or close relations of the characters other than those already in existence. Also no childhood or current sweethearts, although you can create temporary love interests. As with all series, the status quo must be restored at the end.
3. Any plot that hinges on or describes in detail sexual relations of any kind, especially between humans and aliens. We are not interested in books that suggest anything other than friendship among any of the Enterprise crewmembers.
4. No mixing of casts is allowed, which means no plots that mix the characters from one series with another. While we do intend to occasionally cross over between series this will always be handled very carefully in-house.
5. Traveling in time to change history or learn something, rescue someone, etc. Also, we are currently overstocked on alternate universe storylines.
6. For Deep Space Nine and Voyager, the books should stay current with the programs. Next Generation should, for the moment, be set between the end of the series and Star Trek: Generations, the first movie with the Next Generation cast.
7. No stories that turn out to have been a dream, a hoax, or a virtual reality sequence. We are also avoiding novels that start out with an action-packed opening that turns out to be taking place on the holodeck.
8. No "test" stories, i.e. stories where the Enterprise is tested by god-like beings studying humanity or judging our worth.
9. Avoid trying to definitively map out a character's history beyond what has already been done in the movies or television episodes. When we do biographical books, we work very closely with Paramount and the writer. As a general rule, the best chance for a Star Trek submission by a first-time Star Trek writer is to submit a "traditional" Star Trek mission story that follows the Problem on Planet/Problem on Ship (or Station) formula. If you've been reading the novels, you know that we do take some chances and publish books that push the boundaries somewhat, but be advised that we approach these stories very carefully, working closely with experienced Star Trek writers and Paramount Pictures.
10. Do not introduce any levels of technology beyond what has been established in the television shows.
As you can see, a lot of these rules are pretty arbitrary at times and fairly stifling to creativity (not to mention that #3 is blatantly aimed at discouraging shippers). And frankly, it really shows as most of the more recent books are often fairly dull in comparison to some of the stuff published in the 70′s ("Child of Two Worlds" is probably the first exception in a long while where I actually enjoyed a Trek book published after 2000).
Maybe I'm just being optimistically naive, but perhaps the female Trek writers felt that these rules were just too constricting and would rather publish their writing in zines or online where they were free to use their imaginations without restraint. I think it is a stylistic tendency that a lot of female Trek writers (at least the ones I tend to read) tend to focus their stories on new possibilities, "what if?" scenarios, and/or complex emotional journeys, and this list tends to discourage nearly all such writings. A lot of male writers (at least nowadays) may be content with writing yet another story about Capt. So-and-So fighting a space battle/avoiding galactic war/saving a planet and so have less problems working around the guidelines.[17]
The irony in that is that most of the new pro Star Trek novels I've read have very definitely broken a number of those rules, including childhood sweethearts, the death of Amanda, the mentioned death of Kirk's parents while he was fairly young (although they were very much alive in another pro novel from the same publishing year), and romantic relationships aplenty. Oh, plus a lot about Edith Keeler.
Tagged: #trying not to find it even more ironic that my original post about this only has about 15 notes #while this taken from my Facebook has over 100 #while also glad that at least it's getting out there[18]
[insertspockhere]:
…which is probably why I own so few of the newer books and so many of the old ones. And it's why I'll continue to focus on fanfic for my Star Trek reading pleasure.[19]
[petermorwood]:
The current gender imbalance of Star Trek writers is clear, but evidence for the OP's claims is less so. How does the OP know Pocket Books are ignoring female writers? How can the OP declare this is a strategy? Without solid information to back up these statements, they're no more than unfounded conjecture.
Here's one version of theStarTrek Novel submission guidelines - it's far from current (MSs submitted on paper, no mention of the "Enterprise" series, much less the current movie reboot etc.) but it lays down the ground rules as I remember them from "The Romulan Way" and "Rules of Engagement".
As the "Do's and Don'ts" section makes clear, writing ST whether TOS, TNG, Voyager or whatever is a controlled environment. To a lot of writers that takes away the fun they have with unregulated fanfic, and "fame and the money" won't compensate. (There's not much of either, but you might well be invited as a travel-and-room-paid guest to ST cons…)
However, don't look at the requirement for "agented MS only" and give up at once: getting an agent based on good-quality fanfic may be easier now than it used to be, they're all looking for the next example of "Twilight is Grey". The best way to find out is to look up some agents' addresses and have a try.
This is where I give Yoda a dirty look. "Do or do not, there is no try" makes a good cod-philosophy quote, but not much else. Translate it to "Be published or not published, there is no asking advice from a professional" and it doesn't seem such good advice.
Having a completed novel in hand despite the "three chapters and outline" process is a good move. Nothing encourages an agent like knowing their potential client can finish something as well as start it. Several finished somethings are even better.
The ability to rewrite following editorial advice is possibly best of all - once you're dealing with agents and editors it's not a writer's workshop any more. They want to get the work into best possible shape so it'll be accepted (the agent) or so lots of people will like it and buy it (the editor.) They're on the writer's side, even if some Big-Name writers don't believe it."[20]
I think if the most important thing you can take from this post is the words 'ignore' and 'strategy' you're really missing the point. No, I didn't do weeks of research into Pocket Books' strategy for a tumblr post. But when the word is, or has been, that Star Trek publishers no longer accept unsolicited manuscripts, and when they appear to have a stable of regular TOS writers, almost all of whom are male, we need to ask why they're apparently not soliciting - or at the very least not publishing - manuscripts from female writers too. I'm sure that they have strategies in place for their publication process, and at some point that strategy has resulted in only men being published.[21]
[meeedeee in response to petermorwood and aconitum-trek]:
Tagged: #gender bias, #if you only buy from agents you get smaller pool, #and a smaller pool can exaggerate existing biases, #unless you are aware of them and take steps to counteract, #affirmative action 101, #star trek, #women in science fiction[22]
[velvetsunset in response to petermorwood]:
Tagged: #current trek books are dull #I have stopped reading them #cut out the middle man and go straight to the fic
Notable Examples of Tie-ins
Killing Time by Della Van Hise
Intimations of Mortality by Susan M. Garrett
Further Reading/Meta
Diane Carey's "Ghost Ship" Letter (1988)
So you want to get published? by Natalie K. Björklund
This is the tale of PROBE: The Novel I Didn't Write by Margaret Wander Bonanno (2003 or after)
"It's an exhibition not a competition, please no wagering." Part One; archive link page one; archive link page two, telesilla (April 9, 2007)
"It's an exhibition not a competition, please no wagering." Part Two; archive link, telesilla (April 9, 2007)
The difference between fanfic and profic (2007 post), kradical
Thoughts on the Supernatural novel?; archive link page 1, archive link page 2 (2007)
Fanfic and Profic; archive link by yourlibrarian (2007)
Untold Adventures: The Complete History Of Tie-In Novels, Archived version (2009)
Writing Star Trek Novels, or, Why don't you get a morally acceptable job?, Archived version by Vonda N. McIntyre (2009)
Star Trek Star Trek Takes Over New York, Archived version panel notes and photos that discussion Star Trek tie-in novels, games, cons (2016)
Not Dated
The International Association of Media Tie-In Writers website,
Star Trek: The Lost Books (pre-2002)
↑ Professional Writers vs. The People Who Love Their Work, Round Umpty-Snout, by thefourthvine, May 9, 2010
↑ Marnie S. from Media Fandom Oral History Project Interview with Kandy Fong and Marnie S
↑ BioWare Beg Fan Forgiveness on Bungled Mass Effect Novel, February 6, 2010, accessed February 23, 2012
↑ comment by fee folay at BOOK: STAR TREK: THE NEW VOYAGES; archive link, August 8, 2009
↑ Star Trek TOS Pocket Books currently have no female authors. This needs changing, Archived version
↑ Facebook post: Star Trek TOS Pocket Books currently have no female authors. This needs changing, Archived version
↑ comment in Facebook post: Star Trek TOS Pocket Books currently have no female authors. This needs changing, Archived version
↑ reply to Facebook post: Star Trek TOS Pocket Books currently have no female authors. This needs changing, Archived version
↑ lotesseflower, Archived version
↑ throbbing light machine — meeedeee: lotesseflower: meeedeee: Read the..., Archived version
↑ aconitum-trek, Archived version
↑ defconprime, Archived version
↑ Frenzied Flitting From Topic To Topic, Archived version
↑ pepperpup86, Archived version
↑ Waiting For The Red Hour, Archived version
↑ Peter Morwood, Archived version
↑ aconitum-trek: petermorwood: jmathieson-fic:... - Fandom is my Fandom, Archived version
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PLATTEVILLE, Wis. – The University of Wisconsin-Platteville will formally dedicate the exterior signs at its new branch campuses on Nov. 19.
The sign at UW-Platteville Baraboo Sauk County will be dedicated at 10 a.m. in the Rodems Room, A-218, Aural M. Umhoefer Building in Baraboo. The UW-Platteville Richland ceremony is set for 2 p.m. in the Pippen Conference Center, 457 Melvill Hall, Richland Center.
UW-Platteville Dennis J. Shields, Deans Ed Janairo (UW-Platteville Baraboo Sauk County) and Brandon Fetterly (UW-Platteville Richland) will make remarks as will foundation board and local government representatives.
On July 1, the former two-year colleges UW-Baraboo Sauk County and UW-Richland officially became branch campuses of UW-Platteville.


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PenBlade, Inc. chosen as a 2017 Red Herring Top 100 North America Winner
by PanakeiaUSA | Sep 22, 2017 | Uncategorized | 0 comments
June 14, 2017, Los Angeles, U.S.
Red Herring today announced the winners of its Top 100 North America 2017 event, recognizing the continent™s most exciting and innovative private technology companies.
The winners, celebrated at a special awards ceremony at the Marina Del Rey Marriott Hotel, have been chosen from thousands of entrants, whittled down to hundreds making the trip to California. The ceremony, led by Red Herring chairman Alex Vieux, was preceded by two days of keynote speeches, discussions and finalist presentations.
Companies were judged by industry experts, insiders and journalists on a wide variety of criteria including financial performance, innovation, business strategy and market penetration. Winners ran the gamut of verticals, from fintech and marketing to security, IoT and many more.
Red Herring™s editors have been evaluating the world™s startups and tech companies for over two decades. It gives them the ability to see through the industry™s hype to pick firms that will continue on a trajectory to success. Brands such as Alibaba, Google, Kakao, Skype, Spotify, Twitter and YouTube have all been singled out in Red Herring™s storied history.
2017™s crop of Top 100 winners has been among our most intriguing yet, said Vieux. North America has led the way in tech for so many years, and to see such unique, pioneering entrepreneurs and companies here in California, which is in many ways the heartland of the industry, has been a thrilling experience.
What has excited me most is to see so many people forging niches in high-tech and cutting edge sectors, added Vieux. Some of the technical wizardry and first-rate business models showcased here at the conference has been fantastic to learn about. We believe PenBlade embodies the drive, skill and passion on which tech thrives. PenBlade should be proud of its achievement as the competition was incredibly strong.
Following PenBlade™s Top 100 win, they are invited to the next step, which is to present themselves at the Top 100 Global event in November that will encompass the best-in-show from the Top 100 Europe, North America, and Asia. Red Herring is dedicated to support PenBlade™s continued path to success and innovation.


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There are very few places in the world where whale sharks, Rhincodon typus, appear regularly and the Galapagos Islands is one of those places.
The Galapagos Archipelago, consisting of 19 main islands and many smaller islands, is in the Pacific Ocean, 600 miles west of Ecuador. Because of their remoteness they stayed undisturbed for many years and are a remarkable underwater paradise. The central and southern islands host many land and marine creatures but the northern islands of Darwin and Wolf are the best places to encounter to encounter whale sharks.
Whale sharks in Galapagos are one of the main attractions, but security measures are taken in order to prevent injuries by accident to both visitors and the whale sharks. The whale shark is solitary and rarely seen in groups unless feeding at locations with an abundance of food. It is a filter feeder and is gentle and not aggressive toward people and usually indifferent to divers. The predictable occurrence of whale sharks in a location, has led to the development of a whale watching tourism industry, but evidence of the impact of this is difficult to obtain.
Picture of a silhouette of a juvenille whale shark, Rhincodon typus, swimming overhead, Darwin Island, Galapagos Islands, Pacific Ocean.


These tips aren't mind blowing revelations for most people, but they are tips that most people don't follow when they travel for a long time because they think that it doesn't save much money, or they simply can't be bothered.
Couchsurfing: Especially when traveling on a continent like Europe, this can save you tons of money. Hostels these days are generally at least 10 euro a night, and likely much more in the USA, Australia or Western Europe. Granted there are some countries in Asia and South America where you can find a place to sleep for under 5 euro, but it's becoming more rare.
On top of all this, there is a cultural exchange that takes place. Couchsurfing isn't just about saving money, but about sharing an experience. Some of the most memorable things I've done are thanks to the couchsurfing community. Plus you have a local with all the inside secrets to their own city. They speak the language, have a group of friends you can hang out with, know where to find the best places to eat (again, for cheap), and can help teach you the local customs and a few phrases in the native language. What more could you ask for?
Walking: Even in a cheap country a taxi will at least cost 2-3 euro to get from the bus station to your hostel. Some people think "Eh, it's only 3 euro." The way I look at it as a long term traveler is "3 euro x 365 days…that's over 1000 euro!" Over the course of time, thats a ton of money. That money could be spent on other things, like beer!
If walking isn't an option, there are almost always a means of public transport. One of the best examples I can think of was when I flew into Panama City to start backpacking in Central America for 5 months. The taxi was $20, and all I had to do was walk outside the airport and hope on a bus. I was shocked when I paid the driver and the ride was 25 cents! Granted the bus didn't drop me off at my hostel door, but it got me close and saved me $19.75, which in Panama is an entire days food, accommodation, and sightseeing!
Street food and cheap resturants: Eating out can seriously eat away at your budget (pun intended), but it doesn't have to. As a long term traveler I rarely cook my own food, but still manage to stay on a small budget. How you ask? It's quite simple really.
If a resturant looks expensive, that's because it is. When a place has table cloths, wooden chairs, clean walls, etc, it's going to cost you dearly. When I'm walking around a city and I start to get hungry, I look for one thing: Plastic. When a resturant has plastic chairs and tables it's going to be cheap. This is much more common in Central and South America and Asia then say Europe or the States, but you can still find them there too.
Another great thing about these places in Central and South America is they almost always have a menu of the day option. You may not have a choice of what you're going to eat, but it often includes a soup, a plate of meat, rice, and vegetables and a juice drink. The icing on the cake is it's often about half the price of other things on the menu.
When I'm looking for a cheap eat in Europe or the States, I'm mostly looking for street food. I thank the Turks and Greeks dearly for making sure that nearly every corner of Europe has a Gyro or Kebab stand.
Laundry: Washing your own clothes takes a few minutes of your time and it's something I rarely see other travelers do on their own. I've seen places charge as much at 10 euro to wash and dry a load, and in my mind that's crazy. Unlike most people, I don't carry much clothes with me. For example I have 5 t-shirts, 1 dress shirt, 1 pair of jeans, 1 pair of shorts and 1 pair of running shorts that double as swim trunks. Carrying less makes it even easy to do laundry yourself because it sounds even crazier to pay to wash 4 shirts and a pair of jeans when you can do it yourself in 10 minutes and hang them to dry. Carrying less clothes also makes that walk from the bus station easier on your body.
Hitchhiking: I know this one may sound extreme for a lot of people especially if you don't know anyone who's ever done it, but I'm here to tell you it can save you a ton of money.
Not only does it save money, but introduces you to lots of interesting people along the way. Just as an example, there was a time when Thora and I were hitching from Spain to Portugal and we were picked up by a drug smuggler who bought hash in Spain, and drove it through customs in the UK. Then he sold it for 4 times what he paid. This wasn't the only interesting thing about him either. He grew up in Mozambique, spoke 6 languages and used to hitchhike himself when he was younger. On top of all that, he drove us out of his way to drop us off where were needed to go.
All this said, there are some precations to take. Try to only hitchhike during the day, and if possible do it with a friend because it's more fun that way anyways! I'll have some more information coming soon about tips for hitchhiking, so stay tuned.
In Conclusion: If you follow these simple tips, your daily budget can go from $50 down to $20, or possibly less. You do the math…20 x 365 is less then $7500 a year. I hear people tell me way too often that they don't have the money to travel for as long as I do, when really maybe they do. I'm not going to tell you it will be easy, but certainly feasible. Good luck on your adventure!
I must admit, I usually pay for washing to be done in Asia and South America, although I did wash clothes when hitch-hiking around Europe; normally in a camp site.
I think it really depends on how willing you are to save money. For some, it's no big deal to pay $5 a week to wash some clothes, and to other who are trying to cut every corner it can make a big difference.
I totally agree that it can be hard to coordinate both at the same time. I try to pick a reasonable distance per day to make sure I reach my destination, but sh*t happens sometimes right? Then there is always emergency couch section to find a quick host. Thanks for the compliment on the article though!
No problem. I actually didn't know about the emergency couch section, Cheers!
Great tips. I have not had good experiences with hitch-hiking (doing it or giving rides), but looking for local, cheap places to eat and walking are definite musts for saving money. And the cheaper, local food is always better tasting.
Not had good experiences? Or not had any experiences? I'm sorry, it wasn't clear to me.
Thanks for the comments, man. Definitely glad I've had a chance now to check out a bit of your writing. Of course it won't surprise you to hear this, but I absolutely love this list of money saving tips. You're absolutely right that money is so frequently used as an excuse why people aren't able to travel, and it's refreshing to hear someone else pointing out the fact that there are ways to live much, much more cheaply than we believe possible. As you say, it's not easy but certainly feasible. Keep up the good work.
And, of course, walking allows you to see the urban landscape in much more detail.
When I am on the road in my car I often pick up hitchhikers. I have met some amazing and interesting people this way and I love hearing people's stories.
Yes! Couchsurfing! 🙂 Fiscally responsible AND meeting some of the most generously-spirited locals everywhere.


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Q: Virtuozzo Kickstart with post-installation I have problem with post-installation on kickstart Virtuozzo. Using kickstart, I can install OS Virtuozzo normally. But after I try to add with post-installation script, there is problem on script prl .
Below is my script post-installation:
%post --log=/root/ks-post.log

# delete all virtual network
while true; do prlsrvctl net list | awk {'print $1}' | tail -n +2 | while read line; do prlsrvctl net del $line; done && echo -e "$(date)\tSuccess" && break; echo -e "$(date)\tFailed"; systemctl status prl-disp.service; sleep 15; done

# delete all interface include bridge network
brctl show| awk {'print $1'}| tail -n +2| while read line; do ip link set $line down && brctl delbr $line; done
nmcli c s|awk {'print $1'}| tail -n +2| while read line; do nmcli c down $line && ip link set $line nomaster && nmcli c d $line; done
#ip a| awk -F: {'print $2'}| grep 'br\|enp'| awk -F @ {'print $1'}| while read line; do ip link set $line down; done
#ip a| awk -F: {'print $2'}| grep enp| awk -F @ {'print $1'}| while read line; do ip link set $line nomaster; done

# create virtual network
for net in net01 net02 net03; do prlsrvctl net add $net; done

# create interface
nmcli c a type vlan con-name enp2s0f0.501 dev enp2s0f0 id 501 master virbr2
nmcli c a type ethernet con-name enp2s0f0 ifname enp2s0f0 master virbr1
nmcli c a type ethernet con-name enp2s0f1 ifname enp2s0f0 master virbr3
nmcli c s| grep bridge| awk {'print $1'}| while read line; do nmcli c m $line connection.autoconnect yes ipv4.method auto bridge.stp yes bridge.forward-delay 15; done

# delete ip link virbr#-nic
ip a| awk -F: {'print $2'}| grep nic| while read line; do ip link del $line; done

# restart network
systemctl restart network

# up2date
yum update -y; yum install epel-release -y; yum update -y

# set hostname
dig -x 192.168.75.206 +short |sed 's/.$//' > /etc/hostname; hostname -F /etc/hostname
echo "hostname changed. below is the hostname"
cat /etc/hostname

# reboot
reboot
%end

When I check log, there are problem with command prl. these is like prl-disp are not running.
Login failed: Unable to connect to Virtuozzo. You may experience a connection problem or the server may be down. Contact your Virtuozzo administrator for assistance.
Virtual network has been deleted
Connection 'enp2s0f0' successfully deactivated (D-Bus active path: /org/freedesktop/NetworkManager/ActiveConnection/0)
Error: 'enp2s0f0' is not an active connection.
Error: no active connection provided.
Error: 'enp2s0f1' is not an active connection.
Error: no active connection provided.
Interface are cleaned
Login failed: Unable to connect to Virtuozzo. You may experience a connection problem or the server may be down. Contact your Virtuozzo administrator for assistance.
Login failed: Unable to connect to Virtuozzo. You may experience a connection problem or the server may be down. Contact your Virtuozzo administrator for assistance.
Login failed: Unable to connect to Virtuozzo. You may experience a connection problem or the server may be down. Contact your Virtuozzo administrator for assistance.
virtual network virtuozzo are created
Warning: master='virbr2' doesn't refer to any existing profile.
Error: Failed to add 'enp2s0f0.501' connection: connection.slave-type: Cannot set 'master' without 'slave-type'
Warning: master='virbr1' doesn't refer to any existing profile.
Error: Failed to add 'enp2s0f0' connection: connection.slave-type: Cannot set 'master' without 'slave-type'
Warning: master='virbr3' doesn't refer to any existing profile.
Error: Failed to add 'enp2s0f1' connection: connection.slave-type: Cannot set 'master' without 'slave-type'
interface are prepared, restart network for discover an IP address
interface virbr with nic has been deleted
Running in chroot, ignoring request.
network restarted
Loaded plugins: fastestmirror, langpacks, priorities, product-id, refresh-
              : packagekit, rhsm-auto-add-pools, search-disabled-repos, shaman,
              : virtuozzo, vzlinux, yum-plugin-readykernel
Unable to send message to PackageKit
Trying to discover and attach new pools

 One of the configured repositories failed (Unknown),
 and yum doesn't have enough cached data to continue. At this point the only
 safe thing yum can do is fail. There are a few ways to work "fix" this:

     1. Contact the upstream for the repository and get them to fix the problem.

     2. Reconfigure the baseurl/etc. for the repository, to point to a working
        upstream. This is most often useful if you are using a newer
        distribution release than is supported by the repository (and the
        packages for the previous distribution release still work).

     3. Run the command with the repository temporarily disabled
            yum --disablerepo=<repoid> ...

     4. Disable the repository permanently, so yum won't use it by default. Yum
        will then just ignore the repository until you permanently enable it
        again or use --enablerepo for temporary usage:

            yum-config-manager --disable <repoid>
        or
            subscription-manager repos --disable=<repoid>

     5. Configure the failing repository to be skipped, if it is unavailable.
        Note that yum will try to contact the repo. when it runs most commands,
        so will have to try and fail each time (and thus. yum will be be much
        slower). If it is a very temporary problem though, this is often a nice
        compromise:

            yum-config-manager --save --setopt=<repoid>.skip_if_unavailable=true

Cannot find a valid baseurl for repo: virtuozzo-os
Could not retrieve mirrorlist http://repo.virtuozzo.com/vz/mirrorlists/7.0/releases-os.mirrorlist error was
14: curl#6 - "Could not resolve host: repo.virtuozzo.com; Unknown error"
Loaded plugins: fastestmirror, langpacks, priorities, product-id, refresh-
              : packagekit, rhsm-auto-add-pools, search-disabled-repos, shaman,
              : virtuozzo, vzlinux, yum-plugin-readykernel
Unable to send message to PackageKit
Trying to discover and attach new pools

 One of the configured repositories failed (Unknown),
 and yum doesn't have enough cached data to continue. At this point the only
 safe thing yum can do is fail. There are a few ways to work "fix" this:

     1. Contact the upstream for the repository and get them to fix the problem.

     2. Reconfigure the baseurl/etc. for the repository, to point to a working
        upstream. This is most often useful if you are using a newer
        distribution release than is supported by the repository (and the
        packages for the previous distribution release still work).

     3. Run the command with the repository temporarily disabled
            yum --disablerepo=<repoid> ...

     4. Disable the repository permanently, so yum won't use it by default. Yum
        will then just ignore the repository until you permanently enable it
        again or use --enablerepo for temporary usage:

            yum-config-manager --disable <repoid>
        or
            subscription-manager repos --disable=<repoid>

     5. Configure the failing repository to be skipped, if it is unavailable.
        Note that yum will try to contact the repo. when it runs most commands,
        so will have to try and fail each time (and thus. yum will be be much
        slower). If it is a very temporary problem though, this is often a nice
        compromise:

            yum-config-manager --save --setopt=<repoid>.skip_if_unavailable=true

Cannot find a valid baseurl for repo: virtuozzo-os
Could not retrieve mirrorlist http://repo.virtuozzo.com/vz/mirrorlists/7.0/releases-os.mirrorlist error was
14: curl#6 - "Could not resolve host: repo.virtuozzo.com; Unknown error"
Loaded plugins: fastestmirror, langpacks, priorities, product-id, refresh-
              : packagekit, rhsm-auto-add-pools, search-disabled-repos, shaman,
              : virtuozzo, vzlinux, yum-plugin-readykernel
Unable to send message to PackageKit
Trying to discover and attach new pools

 One of the configured repositories failed (Unknown),
 and yum doesn't have enough cached data to continue. At this point the only
 safe thing yum can do is fail. There are a few ways to work "fix" this:

     1. Contact the upstream for the repository and get them to fix the problem.

     2. Reconfigure the baseurl/etc. for the repository, to point to a working
        upstream. This is most often useful if you are using a newer
        distribution release than is supported by the repository (and the
        packages for the previous distribution release still work).

     3. Run the command with the repository temporarily disabled
            yum --disablerepo=<repoid> ...

     4. Disable the repository permanently, so yum won't use it by default. Yum
        will then just ignore the repository until you permanently enable it
        again or use --enablerepo for temporary usage:

            yum-config-manager --disable <repoid>
        or
            subscription-manager repos --disable=<repoid>

     5. Configure the failing repository to be skipped, if it is unavailable.
        Note that yum will try to contact the repo. when it runs most commands,
        so will have to try and fail each time (and thus. yum will be be much
        slower). If it is a very temporary problem though, this is often a nice
        compromise:

            yum-config-manager --save --setopt=<repoid>.skip_if_unavailable=true

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Could not retrieve mirrorlist http://repo.virtuozzo.com/vz/mirrorlists/7.0/releases-os.mirrorlist error was
14: curl#6 - "Could not resolve host: repo.virtuozzo.com; Unknown error"
hostname: the specified hostname is invalid
hostname changed. below is the hostname

; <<>> DiG 9.9.4-RedHat-9.9.4-38.vl7.2 <<>> -x 192.168.75.206 +shor
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Running in chroot, ignoring request.

The constraint made my configuration not working properly.
From the post-installation, is there any command / configuration should I do? Right now I'm just learning it. So I really need some clue in order to understand the cause of this problem.
Sorry for my bad english, thanks.

A: A bit late to answer but hopefully this helps someone.  You do not state which version of Virtuozzo you are attempting to install, but I will assume Virtuozzo 7 as I would not personally be building any new systems with Virtuozzo 6.
The errors you posted seem to show that you have no network configured during the post install, and I can see in your postinstall actions you are disabling the network and it is not getting setup again.  This prevents prl-disp from working and does not allow prlsrvctl to run afterwards (though it does work in the step where you remove all default Virtuozzo bridges).  This is also the cause of the YUM errors at the end.
You have lots of actions in your post install that should be handled with standard kickstart options.
The hostname, network devices, and all nmcli should be handled using the "network" option in kickstart.
A better approach would be to use the default GUI installer to manually configure a system, and once you have an install you can work with, you would take the resulting kickstart (should be located at /root/original-ks.cfg on the newly installed system) and then add your special sauce in the postinstall.  This way you start with a base kickstart that is known to work and knows all your network device names, then add your customizations.


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The number of hot days in Sydney increased in the past decade across the city, particularly those with extreme heat, an analysis of Bureau of Meteorology data shows.
The tally of days with temperatures of 40 degrees or warmer also got a significant boost last month, with sites such as Penrith Lakes recording four such days in a row.
That series had only happened once before in the Sydney Basin, in February 2009 at Richmond, the bureau said.
Fairfax Media analysed the data at eight sites across Sydney for 2008-17 and compared it with the previous 10 years for a range of threshold temperatures.
Across all eight locations – such as Observatory Hill, Badgerys Creek, Bankstown Airport and Prospect Reservoir – the number of days reaching or exceeding 30, 35, 40, 42 or 45 degrees increased over the decade with just one exception.
Proportionally, the number of days topping the extreme end of the threshold range increased the most.
For instance, the Richmond RAAF base had about 5 per cent more days reaching 30 degrees or warmer in the more recent decade compared with 1998-2007, or 654 such days compared with 628 days.
The difference, though, reached more than 50 per cent for days of 40 degrees or more at 47 to 30 such days. Similarly, 15 days had equalled or exceeded 42 degrees in the 2008-17 period, compared with 10 in the decade earlier.
Richmond averaged about 5 days of 40 degrees per year over the past decade, a number reached in January alone, as 2018 got off to a scorching start, particularly in Sydney's west.
Beating January 2017 was always going to be tough since that month was the hottest on record for every site in Sydney for mean temperatures, and many set new high marks for maximums too.
Even so, Richmond RAAF, Penrith Lakes and Katoomba were among five locations equalling or setting records for average January maximums last month, running as much as 4 degrees above the long-run norm.
"It used to be less common for Sydney Observatory Hill to record 40 degree days," a bureau spokesman said, noting the CBD site recorded seven such days in the past decade compared with just two days in the prior 10 years.
"But we're also recording temperatures that we have not observed in the entire 159 years of records at Sydney Observatory Hill," the spokesman said.
"These hot days are increasing in their intensity and frequency, with more hot days recorded as well as heatwaves which are also increasing in their intensity, duration and frequency."
The trend towards more extreme heatwaves comes as background temperatures rise as a result of climate change. Australia's mean temperatures have been increasing at the rate of about 0.15 degrees every 10 years in recent decades.
Parramatta was the only exception to the general trend among the eight sites examined.
The number of days there exceeding 30 degrees was marginally lower – 492 to 511 – in the most recent decade compared with 1998-2007, according to Fairfax's analysis. However, higher thresholds, such as above 35 degrees, were breached more often in Parramatta in the past 10 years.
Last month's temperature spikes included 47.3 degrees in Penrith on January 7, a mark only exceeded just once before in the Sydney Basin, at Richmond in 1939.
Perhaps not surprisingly, that day was Sydney's most thirsty in 14 years, with water demand reaching 2.27 billion litres, according to Sydney Water.
For January alone, Greater Sydney's water demand reached an average of 1.872 billion litres, or almost a quarter more than the rolling 10-year average for the month.
For the summer to date, Sydneysiders are using 4 per cent more water than a year earlier, no mean feat as the 2016-17 summer was Sydney's hottest.
Last month's warmth was not contained to Sydney.
NSW as a whole registered its third-hottest January on record for maximums, with average daytime temperatures running 3.78 degrees above the long-run norm, the bureau said.
Nationally, last month was also Australia's third-warmest January for mean temperatures, running at 1.28 degrees above the 1961-90 average.


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Last time on Parvusimperator Picks a Self-Propelled Howitzer for Borgundy, I ended up going with the big, expensive Panzerhaubitze (PzH) 2000. I also eliminated wheeled vehicles out of the gate for concerns about capacity. Since it's been a while since I've talked much about the Queen of Battle, I thought I'd revisit my procurement decision, because that's loads of fun to write about and tend to be popular with you, dear reader. While available systems have not changed, let's open the floor up. We will require protection for gunnery crews while firing, to simplify this a little1. So let's dig in.
First, I'm going to relax my tracked-vs-wheeled constraint. This is artillery. It's a support vehicle. With the range of modern systems, it's not critical that the system be a perfect match for tanks and IFVs. Also, trucks should have no trouble getting to wherever a wheeled system is. What is important is 155mm caliber, an L52 gun, and a careful look at how we might plan to use the system. Wheeled systems have advantages in lower maintenance costs, better mobility via roads, and generally better strategic mobility if you care.
Somewhat-recent events in the Donbas reminded us that artillery is a very effective killer, and that a reasonably sophisticated opponent will endeavor to use counterbattery radars to locate and destroy one's own artillery. So we're thinking hard about shoot-and-scoot. Let's get on to some plausible contenders.
As before, we have the German PzH 2000. It's well protected, tracked, and has an excellent capacity of 60 projectiles plus charges. It has a five round MRSI capability. On the downside, it's expensive and the heaviest at 56 tonnes. Once its empty, it has to be reloaded in the usual, manual way.
We also have the Korean K9 Thunder. It's tracked, with a capacity of 48 projectiles plus charges. It has a three round MRSI capability. It also is the only one available with an armored resupply vehicle, the K10. The K9 weighs about 47 tonnes. In its favor are the fact that the South Koreans are buying tons of these, and they have a nice upgrade roadmap. The currently available K9A1 improves the electronics and navigation systems over the previous model, and is the current standard if one was buying today. Samsung Techwin is also working on an A2 version with fully automated shell and propellant handling and a reduced crew. It should also feature an increased rate of fire.
There's also the Swedish Archer system, which has a low capacity of 21 rounds, but has a very high degree of automation. Like the ill-fated Crusader, it has entirely automated handling of artillery rounds, propellant charge modules, fuse-setting, and primers. As a result, it has a best-available six-round MRSI capability. Weight is somewhere in the middle at 33 tonnes. It was supposed to have a resupply vehicle, but that got axed.
Finally, we have the Boxer RCH, which takes much of the gun from the PzH 2000 and mounts it in a fully automated turret on the back of a Boxer MRAV. It has low manning, but not much is available about it, because no one has bought any. This is one of many mountings of the Artillery Gun Module on various chassis, and the same system has also been mounted on an ASCOD 2 chassis.
We also have Denel's G6, which saw combat in the border with Angola, and has been kept up to date by the scions of Gerald Bull's Space Research Corporation. It's a somewhat large wheeled vehicle, and builds on South African experience in making mine-resistant platforms. Current versions have improved fire control and ammunition handling, and are equipped with an L52 gun that has a chamber with 23L (JBMOU-compliant2) or 25L capacity. These are the G6-52 and G6-52L versions, respectively.
We have contenders. Let's look at some salient characteristics in a chart. Note reloading rates, instead of time to completely reload. MRSI are the maximum number of rounds possible according to the manufacturer. Bursts are 3 rounds, as fast as I could find the manufacturer claiming they could shoot them.
Weight (tonnes)
MRSI
burst (sec)
Reload Rate (shells/min)
PzH 2000 57 60 5 9 5
K9A1 Thunder 47 48 3 15 12
FH08 Archer 33 21 6 20 2.5
Boxer RCH 38.5 30 5 9 ?
G6-52(L) 46 47 5 (52) or 6 (52L) 15 4.7
On to some commentary. Archer was supposed to be a joint Swedish-Norwegian project, but the Norwegians pulled out. Digging through old defense magazine articles, Norwegian concerns were the low capacity with lack of automated resupply system, issues with too large a dispersion, and too high ground pressure. Archer has seen no export success, and seems to be expensive.
Recently, K9 has been seeing quite a bit of export success in Europe due to its very reasonable cost and favorable licensing terms, which is notably less than that of Panzerhaubitze 2000. It also beat the Mista-S in an Indian tender. Other export users include Norway, Finland, Estonia, Poland, and Turkey.
Despite the higher cost, Panzerhaubitze 2000 has also seen plenty of export success with other NATO members as well as Qatar. It also has an armor kit designed to protect it against DPICM-type submunitions that you might find in a counterbattery rocket artillery salvo, especially if your opponent is Russia.
And the Boxer RCH hasn't been bought by anyone yet. Rumor has it that it's the favorite with UK MoD in their upcoming procurement contest. That said, it's quite heavy for a Boxer variant, and it needs a different engine.
Denel has a long history of working on long range V-LAP rounds, and the G6 can take advantage of this. The G6-52L can use its non-JBMOU chamber to fire the M9703 base-bleed/rocket-assisted EFRB VLAP projectile a distance of 73 km in tests. Which is best in class by far. Otherwise it's a pretty solid option with good but not great capacity for ammunition.
At this point, I'm strongly considering the G6-52L. At least until we consider some other things. First, Denel's own (old) marketing materials basically dropped the 25-liter chamber version, focusing on the version that is JBMOU compliant with JBMOU compliant ammunition. The G6-52 itself hasn't been exported anywhere: Denel's last export order was the regular G6 to Oman in the late 90s.
Also, all of the present ammunition development work is being done to getting more range out of a JBMOU-compliant gun system. So the range limitation of the other guns isn't likely to last, and we're not likely to see more good testing on the -52L version. As a result, I can't go with it. Regrettably.
We've now come back to the choice I had last time, and my answer is the same. I prefer the better fire rate and submunition protection of the PzH 2000. Things to keep an eye on would be an aggressive price move from Samsung, or the rumored K9A2, which is supposed to include fully automated ammunition handling and reduced crew. If that keeps the reasonable stock of ammo, we'd prefer it, especially since it might also improve the rate of fire.
Let's also take a brief moment to talk about the usual 800 lbs. gorilla in the room: the US Army. Having had a few M109 replacement programs terminated, they're being quite a bit more conservative this time with a two-stage approach. The first stage, which has just entered production is the M109A7 upgrade, which replaces the M109's powertrain with that of the M2 Bradley, and upgrades the suspension to handle more weight. Gun upgrades, as well as an automated ammunition loading system, are coming as part of the second stage. The gun is supposed to have an L58 barrel, so it should be pretty fun. For now, there's not much worth looking at, unless one uses or plans to full-fleet Bradleys. It'll probably be interesting to look at in the future, however.
So we're going to ignore for now all of the nifty "towed howitzer replacements" like CAESAR. Those are super simple though, and ought to be mounted to a common truck. ↩
Joint Ballistic Memorandum of Understanding, an agreement to standardize ammunition and propellant charges for the Next Generation of NATO artillery. ↩
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Land Claims Report for February 2013
1.	Waitangi Tribunal's decision on our application for binding recommendations
2.	Aotearoa Matike Mai – The Independent Constitutional Transformation Working Party
The Waitangi Tribunal has issued its report on our application for binding recommendations. I have been indicating for several months now that if it wanted to survive, the Tribunal would have to decline our application and that has proven to be the case. Although the body of its report is highly critical of and very hostile towards our application, there are very lengthy and detailed non-binding recommendations that are in line with our Deed of Partial Settlement. They include that there be a partial settlement of our land claims. Provided the Crown does not ignore the Tribunal, as it usually does, there is a real possibility that we may still be able to achieve the partial settlement we were pursuing in 2011 that the Crown rejected.
The Tribunal's report has highlighted how important the work of the Constitutional Transformation Working Party is. The report demonstrates clearly that for Ngāti Kahu to be afforded the same legal rights as non-Māori would pose a serious threat to current constitutional principles and arrangements. Work is progressing well on drawing up a model for a written constitution that would see an end to such discrimination. Over 100 hui have been conducted throughout the country to establish the principles that will underpin that model.
On Monday 4th February the Tribunal released the Ngāti Kahu Remedies Report, and the negotiations team have now done a close reading of the reasoning and commentary behind its recommendations.
The overwhelming flavour of the report are the suggestions of pragmatism and compromise which the Tribunal says guided the Crown, the other iwi and now itself in its non-binding recommendations.
Following are the main points identified thus far, with a summary initial analysis of each:
RECOMMENDATIONS ARE NON-BINDING
The first point of note is that all the Tribunal's recommendations are non-binding which means the Crown can ignore them. This is very disappointing but totally understandable. Since 1997 the Tribunal has lived with the constant threat that if it ever issues binding orders, the Crown will change the law to remove its powers. This threat is part of the literature and was covered by Paul Hamer in his article 'A quarter-century of the Waitangi Tribunal: Responding to the challenge' which appears in the book, 'The Waitangi Tribunal: Te Roopu Whakamana i te Tiriti o Waitangi.'
The threat itself is a clear breach of the rule of law and seriously undermines the Tribunal's credibility. Nevertheless the Tribunal generally produces useful reports. It remains to be seen how useful this report will be.
PARTIAL SETTLEMENT IS POSSIBLE
In a major departure from past reports, the Tribunal says in this report that, while a complete settlement between Ngāti Kahu and the Crown is preferable, it recommends 2 options for settlement. One which is based on the pre-1865 breaches the Tribunal found to be well founded in its 1997 report. These recommendations are in line with Ngāti Kahu's deed of partial settlement which the Crown had earlier rejected. The second is based on a full and final settlement of all Ngati Kahu treaty claims (both pre- and post- 1865) which effectively adds 10% to the earlier settlement proposal.
The report does not, and cannot, mention the third logical option, the one clearly mandated by Te Tiriti o Waitangi - that Ngāti Kahu repossess lands stolen from us. Although current law and constitutional arrangements in this country effectively prevent the Tribunal even considering this last option, it remains a real option for Ngāti Kahu.
LAND TAKEN - LAND RETURNED
This Tribunal was able to draw on its predecessor's 1997 Muriwhenua Report in which it had found that 66,439.878ha (70% of Ngāti Kahu's lands in the remedies area) had been wrongly claimed by the Crown and were in fact still Ngāti Kahu's. A further 25% of Ngāti Kahu's lands in that area were stolen after 1865.
Now, this Tribunal has made specific recommendations over approximately 24,500ha (37%) of those lands in the remedies area, and has indicated that almost 12,600ha is exclusively Ngāti Kahu's and should be returned to Ngāti Kahu, while the balance should be shared with one or more other iwi. Interestingly, a number of these balance lands are not included in other Te Hiku o Te Ika iwi deeds of settlement. So, once again, they stand to benefit from Ngāti Kahu's work.
The Tribunal has also provided very detailed lists of each and every block of land it has made recommendations over. These lists provide clear descriptions for each hapū of which parts of their lands the Tribunal has told the government it is to now relinquish. It includes most, but not all, of our major wāhi tapu. We note that each hapū can now repossess their lands in the knowledge that they have two Tribunal reports confirming that those specific lands are theirs.
Interestingly these lists were originally provided to the Tribunal by the Office of Treaty Settlements (OTS) when the Tribunal picked up that there were major discrepancies between what they claimed they had offered Ngāti Kahu in negotiations, and what they had actually offered – which was a lot less than what is now in these lists.
However Ngāti Kahu cannot trust that these Crown lists include all the land the Crown has stolen from Ngāti Kahu. So our team are carefully comparing these lists with those contained in the Yellow Book (the Ngāti Kahu Settlement Package) which was compiled by each Ngāti Kahu hapū from 1997 onwards and constitutes their instructions to Ngāti Kahu's negotiations team.
Additionally it's clear that the OTS lists used by the Tribunal do not include land for every single hapū. Although they appear to be very similar to those in the Ngāti Kahu draft deed of partial settlement (DoPS), the team have already picked up the following lands that are in the DoPS and are not in the Tribunal lists:
•	Whakaangi (which we agreed with Whangaroa we would wait till they were ready)
•	Most of Ōtangaroa forest (we included the entire forest in our DoPS because some of Whangaroa told us they didn't want it - that has now changed)
•	Takahue forest
•	Metservice (Ōkahu Rd)
•	Kaitāia pound
•	Takahue cemetery
•	Takahue training camp (the present day marae site).
•	Most of Maungataniwha (although the report recommends negotiations between Ngāti Kahu, Ngāpuhi and Te Rarawa and the Crown for the return of those lands).
There may be more.
We have also yet to complete a check for lands that have been added into the OTS lists that aren't in the Ngāti Kahu DoPS, and we're still working on that as well.
Additionally the Tribunal says it deliberately left out some of the properties on the OTS lists because they were outside the remedies area it was covering. But it notes that the Crown can still return them to Ngāti Kahu.
LANDCORP AND FOREST LANDS
Regarding Rangiputa and Kohumaru farms, the Tribunal has recommended they be returned to Ngāti Kahu to hold for all the hapū, rather than to Ngāti Tara and Te Paatu. Likewise it has recommended that the Kohumaru blocks within the Ōtangaroa forest be returned to Ngāti Kahu, rather than kept intact as part of the Ōtangaroa forest for the Whangaroa claimants, who will be able to still claim the larger remaining blocks.
STATUTORY BOARD AND RIGHTS OF FIRST REFUSAL
The Tribunal also recommends that the Ngāti Kahu Statutory Board over those lands administered by DoC be set up, and that Ngāti Kahu be given exclusive Rights of First Refusal for 172 years over almost all those lands that aren't returned to it immediately by the Crown.
PARTIAL SETTMENT NOT DEPENDENT ON CROWN TERMS
And in another departure from past reports, the Tribunal also suggests a partial settlement should still be completed, even if Ngāti Kahu and the Crown can't agree on an 'historical account', Crown 'acknowledgement' of Treaty breaches, and Crown 'apology'.
This is important because these are Crown terms which the Crown has used in the past to force claimants to cede their rangatiratanga as a condition of settlement; something which has always been a deal breaker for Ngāti Kahu.
The Tribunal picked up on the Ngāti Kahu evidence to it that 'acknowledgments', 'historical accounts' and 'apologies' are totally meaningless if not preceded by a total return of all Ngāti Kahu land without encumbrances and laws that prevent it ever being stolen again – another reason why Ngāti Kahu insisted that settlement could only be partial.
NO COMPENSATION AWARDED
At the same time, the Tribunal has refused to recommend any compensation in this report. However Ngāti Kahu have consistently focused on land rather than money, and this is not a deal breaker. Additionally the lack of compensation has contributed to the Tribunal's recommendation that any settlement could only be partial.
CROWN RANSOM REDUCED
To accommodate the Crown's ransom demands for lands it relinquishes in any settlement, the Tribunal recommends that it make $20.736m cash available to Ngāti Kahu to pay that ransom. That's 10% less than the $23.304m offered in 2008. But again this is to accommodate the partial nature of any settlement. Additionally, as the Tribunal makes clear in its recommendations, the amount of ransom to be paid would also be significantly reduced.
Regarding the ransom for the Rangiputa block, the Tribunal has specified how it should be valued and takes it down from the $4.1m Ngāti Kahu agreed to pay in 2008, to either $3.6m if Ngāti Kahu reserve it from sale for 50 years – or $1.8m if Ngāti Kahu agree to make it inalienable in perpetuity. Recommending that land be made inalienable in perpetuity is another first from the Tribunal, and is another point which is in line with the Ngāti Kahu DoPS. However, the Tribunal leaves Kohumaru with a ransom of $0.68m.
Regarding the forest lands, the Tribunal has identified the value for this component of any Ngāti Kahu settlement as being $1.665m, but has recommended that the ransom monies for these be less than that because of the very small and unfair amount of forest being relinquished to Ngāti Kahu. It also recommends payment of 20% of accumulated rentals be made to Ngāti Kahu, being $2.27m from Aupouri State Forest and $0.38m from the Kohumaru blocks within Ōtangaroa State Forest.
Regarding the rest of the Ngāti Kahu lands in the lists, the Tribunal makes no recommendations on the ransom monies for them.
MISCELLANEOUS RECOMMENDATIONS
Towards the end of its recommendations the Tribunal includes one for a "cultural redress payment" of between $380,000 and $2.4m to Ngāti Kahu. It seems to have premised this on the fact that in their deeds of settlements Te Aupōuri got $380k, Te Rarawa got $530k and Ngāi Takoto got $2.4m.
It also recommends that any redress offered for Te Oneroa a Tōhē also include a one-off payment of $137,500 to Ngati Kahu, and if Ngati Kahu and Ngati Kurī agree to join the Board then the $400k set up contribution from the Crown should be increased.
Regarding the Crown's Social Accord, the Tribunal recommends that a one-off payment of $812k be made to Ngati Kahu to be part of that.
And finally, the Tribunal recommends that the Crown "maintain flexibility" in developing cultural redress offered to Ngāti Kahu.
In conclusion, the Ngāti Kahu Remedies Report will be further analysed, considered and discussed by Te Rūnanga-ā-Iwi o Ngāti Kahu at their next hui-ā-marama on Saturday 23 February 2012, and they will respond after that.
In the meantime the report is now available to you on the links below which have been separated to accommodate the size of the document. The main part of the report, the recommendations, are in chapter 8 on page 178 of the report. You can find these in Part 4 below starting at page 33 of of that Part. Part 5 contains the schedules of lands to be relinquished by the Crown. The full report has also been posted to the Ngāti Kahu wesbite on http://www.ngatikahu.iwi.nz/node/1781 :
Part 1: http://www.docstoc.com/docs/143958640/Part-1_Embargoed-Ngati-Kahu-Remedi...
The judge writing this report is the same judge who was reprimanded by the Supreme Court for denying the Mangatū Incorporation the right to a hearing for binding recommendations. This report reflects his on-going antipathy to the Māori legal right to binding recommendations. What also becomes clear is that the Tribunal is shying away from interrogating the constitutional basis of this country despite the obvious damage it has done and is continuing to do to Māori. In doing so it shies away from the very reason for its existence – Te Tiriti o Waitangi.
Under New Zealand law, non-Māori are entitled to access to the courts to determine damages and restitution where their property has been wrongly taken. The Waitangi Tribunal in its 1997 Muriwhenua Land Report found that most of Ngāti Kahu's land had been wrongly acquired by the Crown. However the 2013 Tribunal report makes it clear that because of current government policy, Māori cannot expect the same legal entitlements as non-Māori. I find it very interesting that this particular Tribunal goes as far as saying that to make such provision would overturn current constitutional principles in this country. What is incontrovertible is that those principles as they currently exist do not derive from or give any cognizance at all to Te Tiriti o Waitangi. For the Waitangi Tribunal, as a Commission of Inquiry, to unquestioningly accept them, as it does in this report, not only shows lack of intestinal fortitude, it also poses a serious threat to its credibility.
Yet what I also find most interesting about this report is that although it disregards large parts of our evidence, misreports and misinterprets many key parts and launches a number of vitriolic attacks on the application (and on Ngāti Kahu for daring to bring the application), in the final analysis its recommendations actually support Ngāti Kahu. Its recommendation for a partial settlement that requires the Crown to relinquish important tracts of Ngāti Kahu land and provide money to buy others means that without saying so the Tribunal has supported our Deed of Partial Settlement.
What now remains to be done are four things:
•	First, we will wait to see whether the Crown is going to (a) ignore the Tribunal's recommendations and continue to insist on a settlement that is a full and final extinguishment of all Ngāti Kahu claims or whether (b) it will offer a partial settlement of our land claims in line with what the Tribunal has recommended. We have already indicated to the Crown that we are not interested in the first approach and will only talk to them on the basis of the second.
•	Second, we will need to consider any offer that may be made – although it is not clear yet whether that will happen.
•	Third, we need to then consider all our options, including repossessing our lands.
•	Fourth, we need to complete and publish our Deed of Partial Settlement, incorporating all the Ngāti Kahu evidence provided to the Tribunal, in order to correct the serious misinformation and misinterpretation contained in the Tribunal's report.
2.	Constitutional Transformation Working Group
This working group, set up by National Iwi Chairs' Forum and led by Moana Jackson and me, has been addressing the exact constitutional inequities and inadequacies that the Waitangi Tribunal's report has highlighted. The fact that Māori have no constitutional security in this country was one of the very serious concerns expressed in the two reports issued by two different special rapporteurs from the United Nations in 2006 and 2011. The hostility and vehemence of the Tribunal's and the Crown's reaction to Ngāti Kahu formally challenging the legitimacy of those constitutional arrangements signals how unsafe they are for Māori. The same challenge has been posed by Ngāpuhi and it will be interesting to see if that Tribunal is as hostile to their claim for He Whakaputanga o te Rangatiratanga o Nu Tireni and Te Tiriti o Waitangi to be recognized as the constitutional basis of this country. Certainly the Independent report from those hearings, Ngāpuhi Speaks, overwhelmingly supports such recognition.
What this highlights is the importance and urgent nature of the work of Matike Mai Aotearoa – The Constitutional Transformation Working Group. Work on drawing up a model for a written constitution that would see an end to such discrimination is progressing well. Over 100 hui have been conducted throughout the country to establish the principles that will underpin that model. Moana Jackson has lead almost all of those with rangatahi groups around the country conducting a further 27 hui. I have been involved in 20 of the hui.
The hui have all confirmed that the current constitutional arrangements are severely detrimental to Māori and cannot remain as they are. There is broad agreement that transformation is needed and that the values that underpin Māori society such as mana, tapu, whanaungatanga, manaakitanga, kaitiakitanga have broad application and can underpin a written constitution based on He Whakaputanga and Te Tiriti.
The Working Party will complete its initial round of hui in Ngāi Tahu, Ngāpuhi, Whanganui and Te Tau Ihu (Top of the South Island) by the end of April. Analysis on the questionnaires completed at each hui is underway. In May we will start work on the model for a constitution and completing the analysis of the discussions in hui and the questionnaires. A further round of hui will be needed to take the model to the people. Our final report is due with the National Iwi Chairs' Forum by November this year. After that we are hoping that the country as a whole will enter into a long, informed and thoughtful discussion and debate on future constitutional arrangements for this country and that it will be led by whānau, hapū, iwi and other Māori groups throughout the country.


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The Finest Hours drowns under failed attempts at movie heroics
Neither critics nor audiences want to watch characters in certain types of movies act the same way over and over again, or see situations play out in exactly the same manner every time. However, sometimes a non-clichéd character can be just as infuriating.
Based on a true story, The Finest Hours follows Bernie Webber (played by Chris Pine), a Coast Guard captain in Massachusetts whose resolve is tested during a brutal 1952 winter storm. An oil tanker breaks apart off the coast, and Webber and his crew are tasked with trying to find survivors in the dead of night while piloting a relatively flimsy boat themselves.
The film flips back and forth between Webber and his crew, which includes Ben Foster as second mate, and the remaining oil tanker crew, led by engine master Ray Sybert (Casey Affleck). Webber's fiancée, Miriam (Holliday Grainger), also is given strong play as she frets over his fate in the storm.
A character like Webber's usually is portrayed as a man's man, someone who risks life and limb without so much as a second thought. The filmmakers and Pine take the opposite approach, making Webber into an indecisive, spiritless person. He seems only to forge ahead in the face of adversity because the alternative would make him a coward.
In other words, he doesn't inspire confidence. A sense of duty to the job is the only reason for anyone to follow him into danger; it's a wonder anyone does. Director Craig Gillespie compounds this curious decision with confusing storytelling and substandard CGI that makes it clear that the actors are never in any real peril, something that is crucial in a movie like this.
Because this is a live-action Disney film, you can expect a certain number of cheesy scenes designed to stir the audience's emotions. However, the film somehow manages to screw those up as well. Most have a pace that's way too slow to be rousing, and others become laughable when unseen characters chime in with random platitudes.
Pine has gained some traction in Hollywood as Captain Kirk in the new Star Trek series, but he just doesn't seem to have what it takes to be a true leading man, especially when he's saddled with a role such as this. Nobody else in the film makes much of an impact, even though Affleck, Foster, Eric Bana, and others are certainly capable of much more than what they show here.
A film like The Finest Hours should give audiences its fair share of lumps in throats and stirring sequences. But this one just sank.
Chris Pine in The Finest Hours.
Photo courtesy of Walt Disney Studios
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