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Feature in Issue 6-4
But is it Art?
Tom Critchley
Feature in Issue 6-4 | Winter 1994
Popular Theatre and Circus – a cheap and nasty bag of tricks or a significant contribution to the development of our performance culture?
This article arises out of the concluding open discussion, of the above title, to the Circomedia Day on 10 August as part of Ballroom Blitz at the Royal Festival Hall on the South Bank. As a freelance director with cross-section artform interests and training, I was invited to host the discussion. The platform speakers were John Fox, Director of Welfare State International, and Ted Braun, Professor in Drama at Bristol University and leading authority on Meyerhold, the legacy of Meyerhold and Eisenstein. Ted Braun put the discussion into an historical perspective by focusing on the period surrounding the 1917 October Revolution in Russia, and the work of Meyerhold in synthesising popular theatre and circus skills. In attempting to create an appropriate theatre for a revolutionary society with a broader audience base than the bourgeois regular theatregoers of Tsarist Russia, Meyerhold acknowledged the enduring appeal of popular and physical skills, and in an article 'Long Live the Juggler!' (published in August 1917) he identified that this kind of art was still an irrepressible draw to the people of the city irrespective of the momentous events going on around them.
From 1912 onwards Meyerhold had established a series of training 'studios' where a new vocabulary of practical, physical and popular theatre was gradually developed including: fencing, dance, juggling and tumbling. He later codified this training as 'Biomechanics'. Meyerhold incorporated these skills in the first truly Soviet production, Mayakovsky's Mystery Bouffe (1918).
Eisenstein, a former colleague of Meyerhold's and later to become a renowned film director, incorporated a circus ring, trapezes, high wire, juggling, and circus clowns in his production of Ostrovsky's The Wise Man. It was an assertion of the physical and popular theatre of the present to cock a snook at the naturalistic theatre of the immediate past. Eisenstein's absorption of popular, physical skills re-emerged in several of his films such as Strike.
Ted Braun concluded that, 'This period, perhaps more than any other in the twentieth century, shows the way in which the physical was used to revitalise performance and to make contact with the audience giving them real involvement. There was a genuine sense of mutual respect between circus and theatre at that time. They coexisted alongside each other rather than subjugating one as a minor form. This early Soviet period theatre, like circus, was anarchic, celebratory and took risks. If you look at what theatre gained from circus at this time and ask yourself the question as to whether circus is art, then the answer is emphatically "yes"!'
The new circus debate
John Fox stated that 'Welfare State's key thing is that we have always been agents for chaos'. To that end they frequently employ circus skills such as clowns, stilt walking, trapeze and acrobatics, including collapsing cars, as part of their large-scale visual imagery.
'Welfare State International use physical performers for their image and poetic value to tell the story through the context and the poetry.'
Sean Gandini of Gandini Juggling Project asserted that he was not interested in the narrative – a frequent opinion in new circus debate. He claimed that Welfare State simply use 'images of circus borrowed from circus' and dismissed Archaos as 'very traditional circus, and more of the same'. He is more interested in 'de-constructing' circus and the wealth in circus itself rather than going into partnership with other artforms. But given that Gandini Juggling Project had to insert the word 'Dance' to achieve funding, leads him to believe that the Arts Council doesn't appreciate juggling as an artform. Ted Braun's view is that theatre has indeed borrowed but has also learnt from circus. He stressed the importance of skill as a metaphor for human activity. Theatre should not just graft skills and tricks onto a dramatic narration but should learn from that metaphorical truth and should incorporate it in the fabric of theatrical production.
Jonathan Graham, in response to the title of the seminar, felt that the problem was that circus is both 'a cheap and nasty bag of tricks' and also makes a 'significant contribution to the development of our performance culture'. Whilst giving due credit to training establishments and workshop programmes dealing with what the body is able to do within the vocabulary of circus skills, 'There is now an enormous stepping stone that the Arts Council have to lay to permit the director, poet or inventor to allow that vocabulary to become expressive. Circus skills are only skill until such time as they become this thing called art. When is the point that a vocabulary of movement becomes artistic? How can this group of people become convincing enough for the Arts Council to recognise it?'
The survival of circus
Bim Mason from Circomedia stressed that unlike theatre and dance you can't just go out there and do it. Circus of any scale has logistic and therefore financial problems. He stressed that a flagship company which is both popular and 'good' is what is required: 'The Arts Council would follow a popular trend if somebody did it, but no-one has got the money to do it at the right scale.'
In the conclusion of a dissertation written in 1991, I wrote: 'The meaningful survival of New Circus in this country depends on the establishment of a large-scale company to develop the pioneering work already achieved in the field, culminating in the work of Archaos and Cirque du Soleil. An important feature of both Archaos and Cirque du Soleil is that they both have their own training schools… Such a company needs to have a strong training base. Development on a smaller scale will inevitably consign it to being a peripheral activity, unable to affect popular culture.'
'At present there is only one circus school in Britain, Fool Time, in Bristol, whose reputation for excellence has drawn students from around the world.'
With the emphasis on moving to new premises, which subsequently led to the demise of Fool Time itself. With the growth and establishment of Circus Space and the emergence of Circomedia from the ashes of Fool Time, we now have the training base. The time is right to re-convene those at the Circomedia discussion in August to make concrete steps towards the establishment of a flagship company that will define New Circus as a genuine artform as we approach the Millenium.
Circus Arts
Referenced Artists
Welfare State International
Gandini Juggling
Vsevolod Meyerhold
This article in the magazine
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The sniper sat on the roof in Dublin, and listened to guns farther up the street after a long day. He knew that the enemy was somewhere in the area, but he didn't know where.
Who else is here, I wonder?
In the street, an enemy car stops below and a beggar woman comes to inform the man in the car about the position of the sniper on the roof. The sniper kills her and the man in the car, it drives away.
When the sniper shoots the car and the woman, the enemy sniper knows where he is now, and shoots our sniper in the arm.
To get off the roof, the sniper has to trick his enemy into thinking that he is dead so the enemy will stand up. The sniper drops his hat and rifle to the street below.
The enemy is fooled by the trick, and stands up, which allows the sniper to shot the enemy so he can get off the roof. The sniper then feels the effects of the war as he watches the body fall to the street.
The sniper has a curousity to know who the enemy was, and when he turns the body over in the street, he looks into his brother's face.


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Yesterday morning was very rainy, which affected our attendance somewhat. We were supposed to have three new kids from an area which I have just started working in, but I'm sure the rain affected their decision. We did have a woman come in the evening from that area, the "first fruits" from our efforts there. We will try to visit her the Tuesday.
We had four unsaved people to preach the Gospel to yesterday morning. One is the younger brother of one of our ladies. He might be facing a jail sentence of up to 8 years for a incident that he was involved in a couple of weeks ago. It has him thinking. Another was a woman who was in the hospital watching her child the same time the woman whose brother I just mentioned was in the hospital watching her child recently. She came for the second time yesterday and seemed to be listening earnestly.
I had to chance to talk to a teen boy who in our summer camp had asked about salvation. He just finished reading the book of John and answering some questions concerning salvation, and we met to talk about them. He made a profession of faith in Christ! We have two kids who want to be baptized, and I am hoping that this boy will step out in obedience and be baptized also.
We thank God for opportunities to minister. I am attaching a video of two of or Saturday workers at their visitation work.


Meet the team at EPIcURIOUS travel, who collaborate to provide a seamless, personalised service on each and every memorable journey.
Alok has worked with EPIcURIOUS travel for 5 years – he is "our man on the ground in India." Residing in Delhi, Alok has worked in the luxury travel industry for over 13 years designing, researching and leading tours in his beloved country. He was a professional cricketer as a young man and still holds an immense passion for the game and loves to play wherever the opportunity arises. His other loves are history, culture and Indian food. He is a fabulous travelling companion who brings gregarious to a whole new level.
The Epicurious travel office would positively fall apart without the continuous support and vigilance of 'The Office Director', aka Zephyr. Presiding over daily duties from his Director's chair, Zephyr ensures new visitors are thoroughly vetted, boundaries are safe and secure and a sense of calm is maintained in the office by offering free tummy rubs and hugs. The Director's other skills include recycling: shredding papers and tipping up bins to ensure no tasty morsels go to waste, conserving energy: sleeping – a lot, and looking generally pretty spunky. It's a hard job, but somedoggy's got to do it.


There are 168 photos here, which includes repeats for different views of some plants.
The first two them facilitate searching and sorting the file.
1.This is, I believe, the more convenient and efficient system, particularly for searching, and you can at a click create a new list of found items.
2. You might prefer the XLS if you are familiar with use of a spreadsheet.
3. If you simply want to skim through the list of flower names, this opens a new browser page which displays the full list.
West Yorkshire, field margin wild pea, specie?
North Yorkshire, bank of R. Swale Yellow Loosestrife, Lysimachia sp. punctata or vulgaris?
West Yorkshire, road verge Lady's Mantle, Alchemilla vulgaris/mollis?
Pure white sport, one plant in many normal during an April display.


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Håndboldspillere fra Danmark
Håndboldspillere fra Silkeborg-Voel KFUM
Håndboldspillere fra SK Aarhus
Håndboldspillere fra SønderjyskE Håndbold

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If after reading the other pages and posts, you feel you need a brush-up on Pythagoras' Theorem, read on.
We can see in the diagram below that, in the triangle ABC, if a perpendicular is dropped from point A to side a at point D, ABC is divided into 2 smaller triangles which are both similar to ABC.
The distance from town A to town B is 48.5Km.
The distance from town B to town C is 38.25Km.
What is the distance from town C to town A?
Therefore the distance from town C to town A is 61.77Km.


This page is where our ride leaders can find the information and resources they need. Please let Dave Bolton (club captain), Martin Parker or Phil Keymer know if you'd like anything else posted here. For discussion, please use the Ride Leaders' Facebook group.
You don't have to lead the group from the front!
Did everything go to plan? What would you do differently?
Any major issues to report to club captain?
Does the incident involve a rider under 18?
Were the emergency services involved?
Was any third party involved?
Is there a reputational risk to the club?
Was there no damage done but it was such a serious 'near miss' that we should record it and learn from it?
If you think an incident form may be appropriate please phone Martin Parker on 07785 338540 who will complete the form with you.
The WCCC website explains (U18s on Club Rides) that all under 18s wanting to join a club ride must present their Club Ride Pass to the Ride Leader. This pass will have been awarded to them through Coasters Kids and is evidence that they have the maturity, fitness and ability to ride in a group without parental supervision. Exceptions can be made at your discretion in exceptional circumstances (for example holiday makers experienced riding with other clubs), but they MUST be over 12 whatever.


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Conservatives Need to Fix the Broken U.S. Immigration System | Commentary
By Sal Russo
Posted May 14, 2014 at 4:00am
The U.S. immigration system is flawed and broken. Conservatives should be at the forefront of reform so the law reflects the just interests of the United States, not misty-eyed ideals of some of the liberal do-gooder reformers. What is good for America should be the sole criteria for immigration reform.
Our laws today are unenforced and citizens and companies who play by the rules are undermined by bad actors who do not. This undermines our rule of law and slows our economic growth. In today's global economy, we cannot afford the status quo.
Congress must pass legislation that will fix our broken system. We have the strongest economy in the world, the most innovative businesses and a history replete with examples of how legal immigration has made us stronger. Conservatives need to seize on immigration reform as an opportunity for growth, to reaffirm who we are and what makes our country great.
Our economy has long outgrown the visa programs we have now. In high-skilled industries such as engineering and medicine, we do not have the talent we need to fill the jobs. These industries are the fastest growing in the country and we depend on them for job creation and economic growth. But according to the Partnership for a New American Economy, we face a shortage of more than 235,000 jobs in science, technology, engineering and math fields by 2018.
On the other end of the spectrum, we face debilitating workforce challenges as well. Visa limits for seasonal workers, such as those needed by farmers, cannot keep up with demand. And those visas that are available are too cumbersome, complex and cost prohibitive for many employers to use. That means fewer fruits and vegetables per season, lost revenue and an increased reliance on imports, many of which are not subject to the same level of health regulations as our homegrown crops. By instituting worker visa programs that adequately address our farm labor demands, we can keep American agriculture strong.
With a rational visa policy, we also improve security by allowing border security agents to devote their attention where it is most needed — keeping out law-breakers, drug dealers, criminals and terrorists.
Border security must be an essential element of any immigration reform. In addition to using physical barriers, surveillance and enforcement, we have to stop the biggest problem — the rich incentives for illegal immigration. They are a magnet for people to come here illegally. That means fixing the broken system we have that relies on quotas and diversity, instead of a system based on what America needs.
Doing nothing now means hurting businesses just as we are coming out of the Great Recession. Today, 40 percent of our Fortune 500 companies were founded by an immigrant or child of an immigrant. Much of the new small-business growth in the country is because of legal immigrants.
Because we have no visa for entrepreneurs, the most innovative people around the world are starting companies and creating jobs elsewhere. Meanwhile, other countries understand that entrepreneurs are an economic necessity. While we actively turn away future CEOs, the rest of the world is offering incentives to attract new businesses.
Though our higher education system is the best in the world, our colleges and universities are serving competing nations with the talented foreign-born graduates who study here and then get sent back home to drive their economies instead of ours. According to the Partnership for a New American Economy, only 7 percent of green cards are granted based on economic grounds. In other countries, it's as high as 50 percent — and they will win in the long term if we do not adapt our policies to the global marketplace.
Finally, we need to make the 11 million people who are here illegally obey the law, pay taxes and come out of the shadows. We have to get them right by the law in exchange for legal status, but not unbridled amnesty. This should include penalties, background checks to root out criminals, and the requirement that they learn English, understand the Constitution and be committed to our basic freedoms. We must ensure there is no special pathway to citizenship that puts them in front of people who waited in line.
It is time to make the changes that our citizens and our economy demand. Our current policies date back to the 1960s, when TVs were black and white and computers were bigger than cars. Our nation competes in a global economy, and our immigration policies should reflect our needs for the 21st century. Conservative-led immigration reform is an important step to a brighter American future.
Sal Russo is the co-founder of the Tea Party Express.

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 Sentit antihorari (del seu nom en anglès AntiClockWise), sentit de gir d'un moviment circular contrari al de les busques del rellotge


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Incoming crisis. Worldwide turmoils... no politics please.
Should I go to a tannin salon?
Any recommendations for stylish digital cameras?
To all the guitar players.
Ping pong makes you love!!!
What to do for the time being?
apperances and rateing sites, Gauge yourself?


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More Brooklyn Hotspots
EXPLORE BIRDING IN:
Prospect Park and Brooklyn Botanic Garden
Green-Wood Cemetery
Marine Park Preserve
Floyd Bennett Field and Dead Horse Bay
Shirley Chisholm State Park
West Brooklyn Coast
South Brooklyn Coast
/ More Brooklyn Hotspots
Ridgewood Reservoir's main freshwater basin is a surprisingly wild habitat in western Brooklyn. Photo: Glenn Phillips
With several large inland greenspaces and waterfront on both the East River and Jamaica Bay, Brooklyn has an embarrassment of bird habitats. The additional hotspots of Ridgewood Reservoir in Highland Park, and Canarsie Park both have long histories of multiple uses, and today are popular with both birds and birders. Both are also adjacent to larger natural spaces in Queens, forming large patches of habitat.
Yellow Warblers nest in Brooklyn's wild spaces. Photo: Isaac Grant
Wintering Bufflehead dive for fish in Brooklyn's waterways. Photo: Lawrence Pugliares
Sharp-shinned Hawks migrate through and sometimes winter in Brooklyn. Photo: François Portmann
These additional Brooklyn hotspots provide a mixture of habitats for both freshwater and saltwater waterbirds. Ridgewood Reservoir, a rich property of woodland and wetlands on the Brooklyn/Queens border that is part of Brooklyn's Highland Park, was preserved after years of advocacy by local conservationists. Canarsie Park, on the northern edge of Jamaica Bay, is a preserved park of uplands and salt marsh between Floyd Bennett Field and Shirley Chisholm Park. ridgewoodhs
Ridgewood Reservoir is a likely spot for wintering Ring-necked Duck. Photo: Isaac Grant
Ridgewood Reservoir in Highland Park
Birding Highlights by the Season
(no star = birding is not very productive, ✸ = somewhat productive, ✸✸ = productive, ✸✸✸ = very productive)
Spring Migration ✸✸✸
Waterfowl; flycatchers, thrushes warblers, tanagers, and other land birds;
Summer ✸✸
Posssible nesting Mallard, Barn and Tree Swallows, Willow and Great Crested Flycatchers, Eastern Kingbird, Warbling Vireo, Yellow Warbler, American Redstart, Cedar Waxwing, Baltimore Oriole, Red-winged Blackbird
Fall Migration ✸✸✸
Warblers, thrushes, sparrows, and other songbirds
Winter ✸✸
Wintering waterfowl including diving ducks such as Redhead and Ring-necked Duck; accipiters; songbird feeding flocks
Year-Round Highlights
Red-tailed Hawk, common woodpeckers
Get Oriented
View a Google map of Ridgewood Reservoir in Highland Park.
Built in 1858 to provide drinking water to Brooklyn, Ridgewood Reservoir (originally consisting of three basins) was abandoned in 1989. In the 30 years since, the 50 acres reverted to wetlands, meadows, and forests. In 2018, the nearly 30 acres of wetlands at Ridgewood Reservoir were protected under New York State's Freshwater Wetlands Act, after a long fight by local conservation groups. (Learn more about the preservation of Ridgewood Reservoir).
Officially part of Brooklyn's Highland Park, Ridgewood Reservoir is actually on the Brooklyn/Queens border, so belongs to both boroughs. One of the wildest places in all of New York City, it is home to a broad diversity of plants (over 180 species), insects, reptiles, and animals. Over 170 species of birds have been documented by eBirders, including Philadelphia Vireo, Yellow-breasted Chat, and Blue Grosbeak; 31 warbler species have included rarities such as Kentucky and Connecticut.
Of the property's original three basins, only the center basis remains a constant freshwater impoundment, while the basins to the east and west have grown up as forest. The center basin, accessible by a trail that runs along its southern, western, and northern sides, attracts wintering waterfowl including species uncommon in New York City, such as Redhead and Ring-necked Duck.
The park's woodlands and edge habitat attract many species of migrant songbirds, and a good variety stay to nest. Confirmed and likely breeding species include Mallard, Great-crested and Willow Flycatcher, Eastern Kingbird, Warbling Vireo, Yellow Warbler, American Redstart, and Baltimore Oriole--along with loads of Gray Catbirds and Red-winged Blackbirds.
To see birding highlights at Ridgewood Reservoir by the season, see the top of this section.
See "Birding Highlights by the Season" above; the eBird links below also may be helpful. To learn about bird migration times and get other timing tips, see the When to Bird in NYC guide on our Birding 101 page.
For park operating hours, see the "Directions and Visiting Info" section, below.
View eBird hotspot records for Ridgewood Reservoir to explore recent bird sightings, species bar charts, and more. (Note that the park is divided into multiple hotspots; click on "Hotspot Map" at left to see even more locations.)
While Highland Park is a well-frequented neighborhood Park, the more remote areas of the Ridgwood Reservoir trails are more remote; birding with a companion is recommended. Come prepared for mosquitoes in summer.
Guided Bird Walks
NYC Audubon leads occasional trips to Ridgewood Reservoir. Visit our Local Trips page for information on upcoming walks led by NYC Audubon.
The Brooklyn Bird Club, a private nonprofit organization founded in 1909, offers frequent bird walks in Brooklyn and beyond. The club provides a number of other resources for birders as well, including a checklist and map for birdwatchers of Prospect Park, The Clapper Rail newsletter, and an active blog with the latest news and bird reports.
Directions and Visiting Information
The trails of Ridgewood Reservoir can be accesses from Highland Park. View a Google map of Ridgewood Reservoir in Highland Park.
Visit the NYC Parks page for Ridgewood Reservoir in Highland Park for operating hours, directions, and additional background information. canarsiehs
Semipalmated Plovers stop by the shores of Canarsie Park during migration. Photo: Isaac Grant
Canarsie Park
Spring Migration ✸✸
Flycatchers, thrushes warblers, tanagers, and other land birds; shorebirds and waders
Foraging wading birds, gulls, and terns, American Oystercatcher; Osprey; migrating shorebirds; foraging Killdeer, Barn and Tree Swallows; nestin Yellow Warbler, Cedar Waxwing, Baltimore Oriole, Boat-tailed Grackle
Fall Migration ✸✸
Shorebirds; warblers, sparrows, and other songbirds
Wintering waterfowl including diving ducks and mergansers; common woodpeckers; mixed songbird flocks; Yellow-rumped Warbler
Gulls, common dabbling waterfowl
View a Google map of Canarsie Park.
Canarsie Park, like its surrounding neighborhood and Canarsie Pol, the Harbor Heron Island directly south of it, is named after the Canarsie tribe of Native Americans that once resided here. The park's land includes both NYC Parks and National Parks property, and while much of it is devoted to cricket and other sports fields, it also includes substantial natural habitat: upland scrub and woodland, shorefront on a tidal creek and Jamaica Bay, and Canarsie Pier, a fishing pier that juts out in the Bay.
Canarsie Park is traced by several winding trails including the Jamaica Bay Greenway, which follows the southwest border of the park, and provides access under the Belt Parkway to the Jamaica Bay shoreline, and further east, to Canarsie Pier. As it is essentially a northern component of the Jamaica Bay Wildlife Refuge like nearby parks such as Shirley Chisholm and Spring Creek Parks, Canarsie Park attracts a good variety of birds throughout the year--almost 200 species, according to eBirders.
During the warmer months, watch for wading birds such as Great and Snowy Egrets and both Night-Heron Species, whicn nest on the Jamaica Bay islands. Osprey are frequently spotted, as are other species that nest in the bay such as Common and Forster's Terns, American Oystercatcher, and Willet. Nesting land birds include swallows, Willow Flycatcher, Yellow Warbler, and Boat-tailed Grackle.
In late summer, look for migrating shorebirds such as Least, Spotted, and both Semipalmated Sandpipers and Plovers. During the winter, check the tidal creek and bay for diving birds such as Bufflehead and both Hooded and Red-breasted Mergansers.
To see birding highlights at Canarsie Park by the season, see the top of this section.
View eBird hotspot records for Canarsie Beach Park to explore recent bird sightings, species bar charts, and more. (Note that the park is divided into multiple hotspots; click on "Hotspot Map" at left to see nearby locations.)
Canarsie Park is well-frequented by locals and generally safe to bird. Come prepared for mosquitoes in summer.
Visit the NYC Parks page for Canarsie Park and the National Parks page for Canarsie Pier for operating hours, directions, and additional background information.
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Министе́рство Росси́йской Федера́ции по разви́тию Да́льнего Восто́ка и А́рктики (Минвостокразви́тия Росси́и) — федеральный орган исполнительной власти, осуществляющий на территории Дальневосточного федерального округа функции по координации деятельности по реализации государственных программ и федеральных целевых программ, в том числе долгосрочных, предусмотренных перечнем, утверждаемым Правительством Российской Федерации (в части программ и (или) мероприятий таких программ, реализуемых на территории Дальневосточного федерального округа), функции в области создания и функционирования территорий опережающего социально-экономического развития на территориях Дальневосточного федерального округа и Арктической зоны Российской Федерации, функции по управлению федеральным имуществом, расположенным на территории Дальневосточного федерального округа, в порядке и пределах, установленных актами Президента Российской Федерации и Правительства Российской Федерации, по контролю осуществления органами государственной власти субъектов Российской Федерации полномочий Российской Федерации, переданных им в соответствии с законодательством Российской Федерации, в порядке и пределах, установленных законодательством Российской Федерации, а также функции по выработке государственной политики и нормативно-правовому регулированию в сфере развития Арктической зоны Российской Федерации. Впервые появилось в первом правительстве Дмитрия Анатольевича Медведева.

До 26 февраля 2019 года — Министерство Российской Федерации по развитию Дальнего Востока.

Согласно указу Президента Российской Федерации, до 31 августа 2013 года министр одновременно являлся полномочным представителем Президента Российской Федерации в Дальневосточном федеральном округе.

История
Министерство образовано Указом Президента Российской Федерации от 21 мая 2012 года № 636.

Согласно Указу Президента РФ от 26 февраля 2019 года Министерство Российской Федерации по развитию Дальнего Востока переименовано в Министерство Российской Федерации по развитию Дальнего Востока и Арктики. Расширение полномочий Министерства осуществлено в целях повышения эффективности государственного управления в сфере развития Арктической зоны Российской Федерации.

Полномочия
Министерство Российской Федерации по развитию Дальнего Востока (Минвостокразвития России) является федеральным органом исполнительной власти, осуществляющим на территории Дальневосточного федерального округа функции по координации деятельности по реализации государственных программ и федеральных целевых программ, в том числе долгосрочных, предусмотренных перечнем, утверждаемым Правительством Российской Федерации (в части программ и (или) мероприятий таких программ, реализуемых на территории Дальневосточного федерального округа), по управлению федеральным имуществом, расположенным на территории Дальневосточного федерального округа, в порядке и пределах, установленных актами Президента Российской Федерации и Правительства Российской Федерации, а также по контролю осуществления органами государственной власти субъектов Российской Федерации полномочий Российской Федерации, переданных им в соответствии с законодательством Российской Федерации, в порядке и пределах, установленных законодательством Российской Федерации.

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Министр Российской Федерации по развитию Дальнего Востока — полномочный представитель Президента Российской Федерации в Дальневосточном федеральном округе
 Виктор Иванович Ишаев (21.05.2012, № 655 — 31.08.2013, № 691).

Министр Российской Федерации по развитию Дальнего Востока
 Александр Сергеевич Галушка (c 11.09.2013, № 710 — 18.05.2018)
 Александр Александрович Козлов (18.05.2018 — 26.02.2019)

Министр Российской Федерации по развитию Дальнего Востока и Арктики
 Александр Александрович Козлов (c 26.02.2019 по 15.01.2020 и с 21.01.2020 по 10.11.2020, и. о. с 15.01.2020 по 21.01.2020)
 Алексей Олегович Чекунков (c 10.11.2020)

Заместители министра Российской Федерации по развитию Дальнего Востока и Арктики
Ниже представлен список заместителей министра на 5 февраля 2022 года
 Гусейнов Гаджимагомед Гаджибуттаевич — первый заместитель министра;
 Волков Павел Михайлович — статс-секретарь — заместитель министра;
 Бобраков Анатолий Юрьевич — заместитель министра;
 Шамьюнов Марат Маратович — заместитель министра.

См. также
 Дальний Восток России
 Территория опережающего развития
 Свободный порт Владивосток
 Дальневосточный гектар

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Ссылки
 Министерство Российской Федерации по развитию Дальнего Востока
 Полномочный представитель Президента России в Дальневосточном федеральном округе
 Проект «Открытое министерство» Министерства Российской Федерации по развитию Дальнего Востока

Федеральные министерства Российской Федерации
Дальний Восток России


An Electric Pylon Racer - Now that is a new idea!
There is some special connection between race planes and model airplane builders. Goodyear racers got started in the 1950s, and many designers came up with airplanes that modelers loved to make into great-flying sport scale models. The LR-1A Pogo is a hot new model from E-flite that captures the look and excitement of these airplanes. Electric power and ARF construction make it easy to complete and get to the flying field in short order. There is more than one way to set up this airplane, whether your interest is sport aerobatics of the large kind or racing around the pylon course. The motor, ESC and Li-Po battery combination can be selected to provide the kind of performance you want, and this airplane is designed to handle it. Two different power packages are specifically outlined in the manual making these decisions easy. The airplane was designed by well-known RC pylon racer Jerry Small. Peter Bergstrom from Horizon Hobby has brought all the components together for E-flite, and the final result is an airplane I think you are going to have a great time with at the field or at the race course.
Peter took the time to outline all of the details and features of the Pogo during our Preview. It is an intriguing subject so take a look at what we learned.


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Drug and alcohol addictions leave a lasting imprint within people's lives. For someone who's struggled with addiction for several years, substance abuse has essentially altered the mind and body to the extent where a comprehensive drug treatment approach offers the only hope for a successful recovery.
Inpatient treatment becomes necessary in cases where the effects of addiction have brought about serious medical and/or psychological complications that further aggravate the body's addiction tendencies. At this point in a person's life, the importance of finding a good inpatient treatment program is critical. Without quality treatment care, addicts in this condition will likely resume old drug-using behaviors and sink even deeper into the pit of addiction.
A good evaluation process is key to the success of an inpatient treatment program.
According to the Substance Abuse & Mental Health Administration News, out of all the people entering drug treatment programs in 2006, only 47 percent of those discharged successfully completed the program. Part of the reason for this has to do with a person's motivation to get well; however, the quality of treatment received goes a long way towards determining the likelihood of success or failure.
With ongoing drug (or alcohol) use, brain cell structures start to deteriorate, which in turn sets the dependency cycle in motion. What starts out as a physical dependency soon turns into a psychological crutch, at which point the addiction cycle has come full circle. The need for inpatient treatment care becomes increasingly necessary the more damage that's done to brain cell functions.
Inpatient treatment care is but one of several options available to someone wanting to overcome addiction. What most distinguishes inpatient care from other types of treatment programs has to do with the intensity of care provided, according to the U. S. National Library of Medicine.
These conditions make for a highly structured treatment environment where addicts can dedicate their time, attention and energy to the recovery process.
Information gathered during the evaluation process is then used to compile a treatment plan that addresses a person's specific treatment needs. The importance of the evaluation process cannot be underestimated as people who enter inpatient programs are often dealing with multiple physical and/or psychological problems on top of an addiction problem.
While it may seem like any facility calling itself an addiction drug treatment program would be legitimate, many programs are independently owned and so may or may not follow standard drug treatment protocols. A good inpatient treatment program, whether publicly or privately owned, will adhere to certain established treatment models that have proven to be effective in helping addicts overcome addiction.
A legitimate inpatient treatment program will hold the necessary accreditations and licensing as required by state law. The staff working at any one facility should be licensed to provide treatment within their assigned roles. In the absence of accreditation and licensing, treatment programs may offer a sub-standard level of care that compromises the safety and overall well-being of the patients.
Another indicator of quality treatment lies in the overall success rates of a program. Treatment facilities that keep a record of treatment outcomes (preferably through an objective third party rating agency) can provide actual proof of the quality of care that's offered.
The effects of long-term drug abuse leave the brain in a diseased-type state in terms of the chemical imbalances that form. Brain chemical imbalances affect all aspects of brain function compromising a person's physical and psychological well-being.
More oftentimes than not, people coming off long-term addictions have developed serious mental health problems that only work to aggravate addiction's effects. Mental health problems, such as depression and anxiety feed into the addiction cycle, worsening withdrawal effects and drug cravings. Likewise, ongoing drug use only increases the intensity of symptoms associated with mental health disorders.
A good inpatient treatment program is well prepared to address and treat mental health disorders resulting from long-term drug use. An effective inpatient treatment program will employ an integrated treatment approach when dealing with addiction and mental health issues. An integrated approach entails coordinating treatment interventions used in addiction and mental health treatment rather than treating each condition separately.
The quality of staff that work in inpatient treatment facilities, for the most part, determine the effectiveness of any one treatment program. In order to address the array of issues long-time addicts face in recovery, a good inpatient treatment program will assign a team to handle each patient's treatment planning and implementation.
Inpatient facility staff should also have ample experience in working within the addictions field.
Inpatient treatment program durations can run anywhere from a month to six months. While these programs do provide intensive care, someone with a long history of addiction will require ongoing treatment once he or she completes an inpatient program.
A good inpatient program will develop a comprehensive aftercare plan that offers recommendations on what types of ongoing care are most needed to maintain long-term abstinence.
Regardless of how many times a person relapses and reenters the treatment process, the inpatient stage still represents a new beginning, making quality inpatient treatment especially important at this point in the recovery process.


BEIJING, China -- Within 48 hours of arriving in Beijing on this visit, three Chinese women I know opened their greetings to me not with the familiar "Hao jiu bu jian!" or "Long time no see!", but "Wo pang," meaning "I'm fat."
In one case, it looked to be true, although genially pudgy would probably be a more accurate description than simply fat. In another case, it was not at all true; this woman was as birdlike-frail as she had ever looked. As for the third, well, maybe just a little.
The use of the word pang (pronounced pahng) is a real cultural marker in China. Just a few years ago, I often overheard pang used as part of the usual litany of comments like "Nice shoes!" or "New haircut!" It was always a neutral statement among friends that carried no baggage of insult, cattiness, warning, or dismay that might come across in western culture.
But this new self-referential use of pang is different; there is change in the air in China around the word pang.
What's going on here? Paul French, a 14-year veteran of China research, a China historian, and author of his latest book, Fat China, has all the numbers to explain the fast-paced current trend toward fat in this video. The younger, urban, and affluent are leading China toward a heavier (nearly 10% of the population classified as obese) and already more diabetic (10% in urban areas) population.
To the casual observer, these numbers ring true. There seem to be more fat people on the streets and in the subways. And not just "little emperors", those spoiled only-boy children. You see pudgy in all ages and both genders now.
The newspapers report about the vogue of fat camps right next to the stories of internet addiction camps. Also in vogue are fast food places, of course. But McDonald's, KFC, and PIzza Hut are more than just exotic and efficient; they're upscale. Whenever we frequented Pizza Hut, we had to remember to make reservations, as it was one of the places to dress up and go for special family dinners. I'm not sure if McWeddings have moved from Hong Kong to the mainland yet, but they are mentioned with interest in the Chinese press.
What caught my eye this week were the giant posters advertising Fatburger! Coming Soon!, a franchise that improbably boasts Miami, Riyadh, Las Vegas, and many other international venues. This was splashed along the walls inside a high-end new mall, right next to Fendi and Shiseido.
Change in language follows change in culture, and this move of the meaning of pang toward the negative is, I think, a reflection of a few warning signs I have noticed in the culture.
On Chinese TV, programs often air with not-very-veiled messages of good over evil. I watch one cartoon show (hey, good for language learning!) about a little boy whose parents try to teach him moral lessons. The last episode was about learning that a caged wild bird would be happier being let go to fly away free. I've seen a number of TV shows about parenting, usually featuring pedantic professor-type hosts or nurses in white uniforms, and many geared toward teaching about feeding kids healthy snacks. No more sweets; bring on the apples!
In one of the countless articles about education, usually mentioning the university entrance exam, the gaokao, which Lucia Pierce wrote about here this week, there is talk about the flood of students toward the less academic universities for the arts, including a track in modeling, which requires not the gaokao but rather body measurements as part of the application process. Some girls, even those set on being models, are apparently balking at this.
And my younger sources tell me there is a small but growing awareness of anorexia. It is simply called "yan shi zheng", which means "hate food."


Det framlidna minnet is a lot to take in. Luckily for everyone, Bergraven hasn't released anything in a full decade, so we've all had more than enough time to make room somewhere in our bodies to receive this new album's girthful bounty. I don't know about you, but for my part, after snacking coquettishly from a buffet of shorter, simpler black metal from the first weeks of 2019, I'm ready to bite off more than I can chew.
Turns out all that pining and salivating I'd done between 2009 and now was not wasted. The album's first proper song, "Allt", brings the Bergraven and brings it hard. The music is at once familiar, harkening back to Bergravenisms of old, and yet strange, shuffling in some spices that mastermind P. Stille has never brought to the table before. A soft opening of clean guitar, nebulous ghost noises and vibraphone (Mellotron?) introduces a dreamy motif stretched out over six bars of 4/4 and one of 7/8. As the drums add intensity and the ghost voices induce pure phantasmagoria, the song bursts into some of the most ferocious and purely black metal of Bergraven's career — relatively speaking, that is, as the riffs are still long, twisting, and broken up at unexpectable moments by quiet little arpeggios.
As ever before, the attention paid to detail on "Allt" scales all the way up to the album as a whole. Mr. Stille has always had a knack for coherence — the distinct crunch of the guitar distortion, the ghostly ambient backing atmospheres, the push and pull between introspective moments and blasts of lunatic aggression — and yet he has always found a way to try a dozen or more different bad ideas, somehow making them all sound good. On Det framlidna minnet, he pushes the emphasis on the latter to delightful extremes, perhaps nowhere more so than on "Den följsamma plågan". The song begins with a squall of of saxophone (alto?) not unlike something you might hear from Hadean or Kayo Dot. A drunken acoustic camping song takes over for a while, with cleanish vocals, until the odd-time blackness erupts once more, quickly leveling out into a crispy groove and a twangy lead guitar melody that references Stille's un-closeted admiration for the music of Chris Isaak. In the dead center of the song, the recording engineer sets every instrument to MAXIMUM FLANGE for a quick, woozy freakout. The squawking sax returns for a bit near the end, then we're lulled into eerie calm by drifting, listless clean guitar and vibes. It's a wild ride, and one that will take several spins to fully comprehend.
The same can be said for pretty much every track on the album. Even when Bergraven is trudging into doom territory with slower, more repetitive riffs, as on "Leendet av hans verk" and "Den dödes stigar", they find a way to sneak in enough variation of texture or dynamics to effect the allure of dark drama: A miserable melodic motif introduced on piano, shifted up an octave, then picked up with embellishments by acoustic guitar before receiving the full metal jacket; a weeping guitar line stretched first over crawling beats, then all-out blasts; the bottom falling out of a song until nothing remains but sparsely plucked single notes and the creepy tinkling of chains… Elsewhere, on tracks where the riffs and time-signatures are in constant flux, we're never far from another sax-heavy freakout, flamenco picking, or an intermission for acoustic guitar and flute. In the hands of an equally ambitious band with less innate talent, such a surplus of ideas could easily go off the rails and into oblivion. Bergraven prevails, I think, because such accoutrements are always anchored to incredibly compelling central motifs. It's the difference between beginning with one or two great ideas and embellishing from there, or beginning with eighty ideas, paring them down to sixty, then flinging them about like paint in the hands of Jackson Pollock (that hack).
I don't know exactly why it took ten years for this album to see the light of day. It might have something to do with the collapse of Bergraven's previous label, Hydra Head. Maybe Stille decided to throw all of his weight behind his other band, Stilla. The curious thing is that, if I remember correctly, Stille claimed at the time of Til Makabert Vasen's release that he already had one or two more albums worth of material written…so basically he has been tinkering with the material for Det framlidna minnet all this time, or else just letting it collect dust. Whatever the case, there's so much nuance and layering going on here that it definitely sounds like a full decade's labor. I truly feared that this album would never arrive. Now that it has, I have to say that every second of the wait was worth it.
*Unless you count the outro (you'll never guess the title), which is a continuation of the intro. I do not count the outro as another misstep, though, because it actually feels like a nice comedown after the intensity of all that from which it comes down.
Det framlidna minnet will be released on March 8th by Nordvis Produktion. Formats: LP, CD and digital.


The clinic is open Monday through Thursday, 7 a.m. to 7 p.m., and Fridays, 7 a.m. to 5 p.m. To reach the clinic by phone or to schedule appointments, please call 608.723.2131.
Closed on Thanksgiving Day, Christmas Day and New Year's Day. Closing at noon on Christmas Eve and New Year's Eve.
Now that Grant Regional Community Clinic is part of Grant Regional's family of health care services, we are able to accept even more insurances. Questions regarding insurance can be directed to the hospital's business office by calling 608.723.3202. Patients can also call the phone number located on their insurance card if they have any questions regarding insurance coverage prior to visiting the clinic.
Grant Regional Health Center acquired the Dean Clinic in Lancaster and the clinic was renamed Grant Regional Community Clinic, and it became part of Grant Regional effective Sept. 30, 2013. The purchase of the clinic was consistent with the hospital's strategic plan to secure a strong foundation for health care in the region.
"The acquisition was part of our continuing efforts to expand the services of Grant Regional Health Center, as well as increase convenience for our patients," says Nicole Clapp, President/CEO, Grant Regional.
Formerly known as Grant Community Clinic prior to Dean ownership, the clinic has a long-standing history in Lancaster. It was in located on North Madison Street before relocating to the lower level of Grant Regional in 1998.
"We know how important this clinic has been to our surrounding communities for many years, and we are very proud to continue their tradition of providing excellent health care," Clapp explains. "It was an opportunity presented to us that we simply couldn't pass up."
During focus groups coordinated by Grant Regional, area communities were asked what their current health care needs were. "Patients told us they want to keep their health care local instead of traveling out of the area. Our goal is to meet this very real need in our communities by offering more access and availability to additional providers and more insurance plans than the clinic was able to offer in the past," Clapp says.
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Most of the chronic patients at Camillian Hospital are fighting with "Cancer", HIV/AIDS and Sepsis and Septic Shock. Family is the key that drives the patient's motivation to be recovered faster. According to the changes of living conditions after the hospital would cause stress and conflict within the family; such as financial problems, responsibility issues and time schedule, the family members are required to talk with the rehabilitation team for the advices before returning home. The rehabilitation team is performing with the purpose to help the patients achieve the highest level of function, independence, and quality of life possibly by their closest people.
Not all the staff are prepared for giving proper advices.
There is few staff who can perform for this matter, but the number of the patients is larger.
The patients have to come back to the hospital with delayed recovery, according to the improper care taking of the family.
The family is not adapted to the changes.
To be able to prepare the family members' mind.
To be able to make a plan for the patients and manage the care taking method with the family after return home wisely.
Require the 5 representatives from each wards to attend for this special lesson.
The lesson is provided by Dr. TerdsakDechkong from Department of Mental Health, Ministry of Public Health.
It is an outdoor training for 3 days.
Their performance will be followed up by the feedback of the family who has been advised.
Duration: Twice a year, the members can repeatedly attend if they want.
The staff can assist the family with the knowledge they have gained from the lesson. Also being able to adapt the lesson to the similar cases.
Family members of the patients feel positive to the permanent change of the patient.
The patients have high possibilities to be recovered faster.
The patient and the family feel better with the change in their lives with the advices from Camillian Hospital.
The results of the patients' recovery after being home.


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On October 10, Pinghai County People's Government issued a bounty for information leading to Ou's capture. Source: Pinghai County People's Government
A man is on the run after allegedly killing two neighbors. Some in China hope he will never be caught
By Nectar Gan, CNN
Updated 0300 GMT (1100 HKT) October 18, 2021
Hong Kong (CNN) Ou Jinzhong has been on the run for more than a week.
Accused of killing two neighbors and injuring three others, the 55-year-old villager in China's southern Fujian province is wanted by police. The local government has also offered cash rewards for clues to his whereabouts -- or proof of his death.
The manhunt has gripped millions of Chinese people -- but not because they want to see him arrested. On the contrary, many are openly hoping he is never caught.
"Uncle, run away. Hope you can still find happiness for the remainder of your life," said a top comment on Weibo, China's Twitter-like platform.
The outpouring of sympathy and support is highly unusual for an alleged killer in China, where murder is punishable by death.
According to police, Ou is the prime suspect for an attack allegedly committed on October 10. Local police and the Pinghai county government did not offer details about the weapon allegedly used or reveal the identities of the dead and injured.
The victims included four generations of one family living next door to Ou, according to Chinese media. A village official told state-run media Beijing News a 70-year-old man and his daughter-in-law died in the alleged attack. The man's wife, 30-year-old grandson and 10-year-old great grandson were also injured, it added.
CNN has sought comment from police and county officials but has not received a response.
In the absence of official information, Chinese media and the public used accounts of fellow villagers, Ou's past Weibo posts, and previous media reports to piece together an unofficial version of events that could have led to the killings.
"Uncle, run away. Hope you can still find happiness for the remainder of your life."
A user on Weibo
They claim Ou was an ordinary man pushed to the brink of despair over a years-long housing dispute. Public sympathy surged further after reports emerged that he had saved a young boy from drowning at sea three decades ago and rescued two dolphins that were nearly stranded in 2008.
Many blamed Ou's apparent transition from savior to murder suspect on the ills that have long plagued China's local governance, from abuse of power to official inaction. Others see it as a reflection of the broader failure of the country's legal and bureaucratic system, exacerbated by a besieged free press and a crippled civil society. And some warn that, if things do not change, similar tragedies will happen in the future.
A house that could not be built
For nearly five years, Ou and his family -- including his 89-year-old mother -- did not have a home, according to Ou's Weibo posts and Chinese media reports. Instead, they lived in a tiny tin shack in a seaside village in Putian city.
CNN cannot independently verify the authenticity of Ou's account, though its posts contained detailed personal information, including his national ID and cell phone number. CNN has tried to call the number, but the phone has been switched off.
According to the posts, Ou was repeatedly prevented from building his own house due to land disputes with his neighbor -- a deep grievance he had tried in vain to resolve.
It all started in 2017, when Ou decided to demolish his dilapidated house and build a new one, according to his Weibo posts. He said the government approved his application for reconstruction, so he went ahead and tore down the old house. Since then, however, he said he had been unable to build the new one because his neighbor repeatedly blocked construction work.
On Weibo, Ou said he sought help time and again from police, village officials, the government and the media, but the problem remained unresolved. A village official confirmed the land disputes to the Beijing News, saying local cadres had tried to meditate, to no avail.
After years of acrimony, the final straw reportedly came on October 10, when a typhoon tore apart the tin sheet covering Ou's shack and blew a fragment into the ne


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Q: Problems relating to fibonacci sequence via induction Hey guys I have just started looking into induction and came across this problem regarding fibonnaci sequence that I don't quite know how to solve.
The fibonacci sequence $\{f_n\}$ is defined by
$f_0 = 0, f_1 = 1, f_n = f_{n−1} + f_{n−2}$ for all $n \ge 2$.
The first few terms of the fibonacci sequence are
$$0, 1, 1, 2, 3, 5, 8, 13, 21, 34, 55, 89, 144, 233, 377, 610, 987, 1597...$$
Prove that for all $n \in \mathbb N$,
$$f_{2n} = \sum_{i = 1}^n f_{2i - 1}$$
For the Base Case I got that $f_{2n} = f_2 = 1$ and that $f_{2-1} = 1$.
Inductive Hypothesis: $f_{2(k)} = \sum_{i = 1}^{k} f_{2i - 1}$.
I am unsure how to solve for the inductive conclusion. If anyone could help me understand a solution that would be greatly helpful! Thanks!

A: Your induction hypothesis isn't correct; you should assume that the result is true for the case $k$, and use it to establish the case $k + 1$. Use the definition of the Fibonacci numbers directly:
\begin{align*}
f_{2(k + 1)} &= f_{2k + 2} \\
&= f_{2k + 1} + f_{2k} \\
&= f_{2k + 1} + \sum_{i = 1}^k f_{2i - 1} \quad \text{(induction hypothesis)} \\
&= \sum_{i = 1}^{k + 1} f_{2i - 1}
\end{align*}
Can you justify every step, and see how this proves the claim?

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const select = require('unist-util-select');
const { head } = require('lodash');

const { dasherize } = require('..');
const { isAStubRE } = require('../regEx');

const { viewTypes } = require('../challengeTypes');

const backend = path.resolve(
  __dirname,
  '../../src/templates/Challenges/backend/Show.js'
);
const classic = path.resolve(
  __dirname,
  '../../src/templates/Challenges/classic/Show.js'
);
const project = path.resolve(
  __dirname,
  '../../src/templates/Challenges/project/Show.js'
);
const intro = path.resolve(
  __dirname,
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);
const superBlockIntro = path.resolve(
  __dirname,
  '../../src/templates/Introduction/SuperBlockIntro.js'
);

const guideArticle = path.resolve(
  __dirname,
  '../../src/templates/Guide/GuideArticle.js'
);

const views = {
  backend,
  classic,
  modern: classic,
  project
  // quiz: Quiz
};

const getNextChallengePath = (node, index, nodeArray) => {
  const next = nodeArray[index + 1];
  return next ? next.node.fields.slug : '/';
};
const getTemplateComponent = challengeType => views[viewTypes[challengeType]];

const getIntroIfRequired = (node, index, nodeArray) => {
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We began producing together as Bearweasel in September 2007 when we delivered a remix for Remute's "Schlund" track to our friends at Perc Trax. We followed this with "The Rouen EP" for Supernature, Audiofly's imprint. We've kept a rule of releasing music for our friends, so are now working with Supernature, Tsuba, murmur, Viva, 8-Bit and Bloop.
Our Eps for all of the aforementioned (with the exception of Steve Lawler's Viva, who will be releasing our ep in 2009) have been released to support from many people we admire. Steve Bug, Akufen, Serafin, K-Soul, D'Julz, Motorcitysoul, 2000AndOne, Jimpster, Audiofly, Steve Lawler, Trickski, Sebo K, Lauhaus, Luke Solomon and Peace Division are just a handful of the DJs who have kindly supported our work and we hope that continues.
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Q: How can I use MVC controller annotations conditionally Using Asp.Net MVC 5 and Identity v2, I have a controller action like:
[Authorize]
public ActionResult SemiSecureAction(string parameter)
{
   var model = SomeService.InitModel(parameter);
   // some controller logic
   return View(model);
}

I need to have that [Authorize]attribute on this action only if the parameter meets a condition. (e.g. !String.IsNullOrEmpty(parameter))
That is, I need to authorize a user only if the action's parameter meets a condition, and I need to have the same behavior in that case as the [Authorize] attribute does (e.g. redirect to login page with a returnUrl, etc.).
How can I do this? How can I use MVC controller annotations conditionally?

A: You're better off writing your own custom attribute that implements AuthorizeAttribute. Here is a SO example of how to do that
ASP.NET MVC 4 Custom Authorize Attribute with Permission Codes (without roles).
What you describe in your question is impossible to achieve. By the time the parameter parameter has been passed into the action method, [Authorize] has already executed.
By creating a custom attribute, you would have access to the route values passed to the action method (which you could pick up from the passed HttpContextBase given to AuthorizeCore()). You can then perform any logic you like, based on the value of parameter.


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Our followers "must live in peace until strong enough to wage jihad"
by Margaret · Published September 25, 2007 · Updated March 5, 2014
One of the world's most respected Deobandi scholars believes that aggressive military jihad should be waged by Muslims "to establish the supremacy of Islam" worldwide.
Justice Muhammad Taqi Usmani argues that Muslims should live peacefully in countries such as Britain, where they have the freedom to practise Islam, only until they gain enough power to engage in battle.
His views explode the myth that the creed of offensive, expansionist jihad represents a distortion of traditional Islamic thinking.
Our followers "must live in peace until strong enough to wage jihad" -Times Online .
The UK is reputed to be a tolerant country where its citizens enjoy freedom of religion, but some Muslims are exploiting that tolerance. Human rights before religious claims is a principle that should limit that tolerance, but with all the confusion created by the Government's "multi-faith" approach and the proliferation of faith schools, there's a danger that fundamentalist Muslims will seize any opportunity to make mischief.
There was more on the Deobandi threat in the Times Online (7/9/07):
Almost half of Britain's mosques are under the control of a hardline Islamic sect whose leading preacher loathes Western values and has called on Muslims to "shed blood" for Allah, an investigation by The Times has found.
Riyadh ul Haq, who supports armed jihad and preaches contempt for Jews, Christians and Hindus, is in line to become the spiritual leader of the Deobandi sect in Britain. The ultra-conservative movement, which gave birth to the Taleban in Afghanistan, now runs more than 600 of Britain's 1,350 mosques, according to a police report seen by The Times.
Tags: Jihad, Muslims, Fundamentalism, Islam, Deobandi+Islam, Tolerance
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Creationism in British schools
by Margaret · Published May 18, 2006 · Last modified March 5, 2014
Libby Purvis | Atheists' Corner?
by Margaret · Published August 3, 2008 · Last modified March 5, 2014
Letter to the East Anglian Daily Times about the Pope's speech


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Tony Abbott calls to recognize Aborigines in Australian constitution.
Story time with Tony Abbott.
Only a few weeks after a major gaffe in which Prime Minister Tony Abbott snubbed Australia's 18,000-year-old population of indigenous peoples, Abbott has vowed to "sweat blood" to get indigenous peoples recognized in the country's constitution in a 2017 referendum. The dramatic declaration is in line with his campaign promise to become a "prime minister for Aboriginal affairs"—at least more so than his comment that Australia had been "unsettled" before the arrival of its British colonists. Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Australians comprise about 2.5 percent of the country's population of 24 million people, and have a substantially lower life expectancy and higher unemployment rate than nonindigenous Australians.
Successful changes to the constitution would take the support of a majority of voters in a majority of Australia's six states. Advocates for the rights of indigenous peoples argue the constitution should formally recognize them as the first inhabitants of Australia and should add provisions making racial discrimination unconstitutional. Several past attempts to gain such recognition have been unsuccessful and reflect a long and often troubled history between the Australian government and its native peoples.
Part of Australia's constitution originally endowed the parliament with power to make laws with respect to "the people of any race, other than the Aboriginal race in any State, for whom it is deemed necessary to make special laws." At the 1898 Convention in Melbourne, Sir Edmund Barton, later to become the first prime minister of the newly founded Federation of Australian states, clarified that this clause would allow the government to "regulate the affairs of the people of coloured or inferior races who are in the Commonwealth." The exception for Aborigines was originally inserted because they were seen as a "dying race" better handled by the states. The phrase was removed during a 1967 referendum on the constitution.
Another contentious section of the constitution remains, though. In Section 25, the constitution gives states the power to bar people from voting based on their race, though it stipulates that people barred from voting for that reason will not be counted for the purposes of that state's representation. Australian defenders of Section 25 say that it was actually inserted to pressure Western Australia and Queensland to allow full-blooded Aborigines to vote, a right denied them by those states in the 1890s—by decreasing the states' representation if they didn't reform voting restrictions. Opponents say that while that may be historically true, the troubling fact remains that the section still technically allows states to bar people from voting on the basis of race.
Australia was one of only four countries (the U.S. was another) to vote against the Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples at the U.N. General Assembly back in 2007, though the Australian government formally endorsed the Declaration two years later.


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Wing Commander Chat Zone
General Wing Commander Chat
Is it possible... WC2 Intro as .avi
Thread starter Crix Dorius
Crix Dorius
Salve...
I'm new here and hope for a good cooperation.
OK... Let's go !!!
Is there a way to get the WC2 Intro as .avi or .mpg ?!?
Finder of things, Doer of stuff
you should be able to if you are running the game in windows. Using a program like fraps should do the trick (but the latest free version has a 30 sec time limit, so you would have to piece together the clips, an older shareware version doesnt, but rather halves the resolution instead, which might not be so bad considering that it's already pixely anyway.)
Just curious why you want it? Are you looking to do it yourself, or are you wanting someone to send you the file?
I would do it myself.
But if someone could do it, it would be fine too.
Oh yeah...
Why I want it ?!?
I want to remake it in 3D.
ChrisReid
Super Soaker Collector / Administrator
Santa ChrisReid delivers.
http://download.wcnews.com/files/wing2/wc2intro_nemoprod.zip
Hey yeah...
Thanks a lot !!!
Maj.Striker
Christmas came early this year...nice I wanted that thing too.
Edfilho
Cry some more!
That intro is really great. thanks!
ZFGokuSSJ1
Anyone wanna do that for all the Crusader videos for me, also?
Shipgate
I don't get why it was so hard for Tolywyn to believe that there could be cloaked stealth fighters. I mean, they're in space with spaceships. Surely you'd be a little more open minded if you rose to the rank of admiral. All those things he says to Blair were pretty harsh too. And does it seem more like he's so mean to him because he really does believe he's a traitor or because maybe he never liked him in the first place. And so I was wondering (since I have never read the books) if in any of the books it talks about where Blair and Tolwyn's relationship went sour.
Or is that how they meet? Over the whole Tiger's Claw incident. I just imagine that if Tolywyn really believed of him being an outright traitor, then he'd at least use his position as an admiral to try and get him discharged from the service.
Shipgate said:
I don't get why it was so hard for Tolywyn to believe that there could be cloaked stealth fighters. I mean, they're in space with spaceships. Surely you'd be a little more open minded if you rose to the rank of admiral.
What an odd thing to say. There's nothing inherent about space and the rank of admiral that would make someone open to the idea of invisible fighters. Your thinking is polluted, because every science fiction series has a means by which they bend the laws of physics and become invisible. I'm not saying Tolwyn wasn't harsh, because basic cloaking did exist by that time in the Wing Commander universe, but Tolwyn's reasons for not believing Blair were pretty clear. The Kilrathi simply hadn't officially launched the Strakha when Blair claims to have seen them, and they never appear after that to support his claims. It made no sense that these super craft would exist, but only in unsubstantiated chaotic melees and never in any real documented situations. Time passed. We knew the reason why the stealth fighters didn't show up in the war after that point, but to Confed, there was no proof they ever existed. Combine this with the fact that Blair was framed by Jazz. He very suspiciously was missing his flight recorder.
Imagine if WC2 didn't show the Strakha in the intro and didn't show Khasra and Thrakhath talking about destroying the Ghorah Khar shipyards. Imagine that Blair wasn't the player character, and years went by without any more stealth fighters showing up. From an objective viewpoint, we'd all consider the real possibility that he was a liar who destroyed his flight recorder and made up a story to cover up his negligence.
All those things he says to Blair were pretty harsh too. And does it seem more like he's so mean to him because he really does believe he's a traitor or because maybe he never liked him in the first place. And so I was wondering (since I have never read the books) if in any of the books it talks about where Blair and Tolwyn's relationship went sour. Or is that how they meet? Over the whole Tiger's Claw incident. I just imagine that if Tolywyn really believed of him being an outright traitor, then he'd at least use his position as an admiral to try and get him discharged from the service.
Tolwyn mentions how he tried to get Blair discharged from the service right there in the WC2 intro. There's really a huge amount of data on Tolwyn out there that you're missing. Almost every book has a huge amount of Tolwyn background. Start by watching Academy too. Tolwyn and Blair interact throughout every episode two years before the Tiger's Claw is destroyed.
ChrisReid said:
Christmas is not too far.