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Power to the People: Australian Voters Demand Reliable & Affordable Electricity & Coal Just Keeps on Delivering
June 10, 2019 by stopthesethings 4 Comments
The 2019 Federal Election was billed as a referendum on 'Climate Change'. The Green/Labor Alliance promised an all wind and sun powered future, starting with a 50% RET and a crippling carbon dioxide gas tax, dressed up as a 45% CO2 emissions reduction target.
Every political pundit from Perth to Penrith picked Labor to win by a landslide.
And the top-billed reason that Labor was supposed to fare so well at the polls, was that Australians are, apparently, spending their every waking hour fretting about carbon dioxide gas and believing that windmills and solar panels will save the day. Well, apparently not – Bill Shorten duly lost the 'unlosable' election.
Coal miners in NSW and Queensland took a different view to the inner city elites pressing for urgent 'climate action', for pretty obvious reasons. But the proletariat had also worked out that obsessing with heavily subsidised and chaotically intermittent wind and solar sends power prices through the roof. The tragic and inevitable result in South Australia is there for all to see: a 50% RET and the world's highest power prices!
Anyway, the 'shock' result has sent RE rent seekers into a tailspin.
After convincing themselves not to commit hari-kari, their next move was to bring in Pope Pompous III aka Al Gore (flying first-class, of course) to lecture the Australian voters who had so resoundingly rejected the nonsense of attempting to run on sunshine and breezes.
Meanwhile, back on Earth, Australia's coal-fired power plant just keep on delivering.
By the way, if you're reading this post in Australia, you're doing so thanks to coal. On any given day, anything between 75-85% of the electricity buzzing around Australia's Eastern Grid is coming from coal-fired plant. When the sun sets and/or calm weather sets in, the balance comes from gas, hydro and diesel, in that order.
Now that Australia's 'truculent turds' have firmly rejected the climate alarmist's agenda, there are plenty of characters ready to build new coal-fired power plants to provide them with the reliable and affordable electricity they so obviously crave.
One of them is Trevor St Baker. Here he is being interviewed by 2GB's Alan Jones.
Alan Jones slams QLD government for paying to bring Al Gore to Australia
Alan Jones and Trevor St Baker
Alan Jones has blasted the Queensland government for helping to fund a conference where Al Gore will lecture Australians about climate change.
Taxpayers will fork out more than $320,000 for the Climate Week conference, where form US vice president Al Gore will "communicate the urgency of the climate crisis".
"It is not believable," says Alan, "that the Queensland government can be so awash with money as to bring this hypocrite Al Gore to Australia for a conference.
"When so many important instruments of government are underfunded, when farmers can't feed their cattle in Queensland, and $320,000 goes to waste on this shonk."
Australian businessman and former head of Western Mining, Trevor St Baker, says the government should have funded an opposing lecture at the conference to challenge Al Gore.
"The reality is that there's nothing political about energy.
"People talk about renewables and they talk about greenhouse abatement, but the rest of the world is not using sun and wind to do that. It has baseload hydro, it has nuclear.
"We don't have either of these things. We have expensive gas."
Pope Pompous III: paid to lecture Australia's 'truculent turds'.
Here's the audio of the full interview, transcript follows:
https://stopthesethings.files.wordpress.com/2019/06/trevor-st-baker-on-energy-and-al-gore.mp3
Alan Jones: It is not believable, as I said yesterday, that the Queensland government can be so awash with money as to bring this hypocrite Al Gore to Australia for a conference tomorrow to Friday where he's going to "train" Australia's "climate volunteers" and "communicate the urgency of the climate crisis". Now of course the Labor government in Queensland thought Mr. Short was going to be Prime Minister, with his 50% renewable energy target and his 50% of all new cars being electric.
Total budget for Gore, $320,000. When so many important instruments of government are under funded, when farmers can't feed their cattle in Queensland, and $320,000 goes to waste on this shonk. He ran for the presidency against George Bush, Gore couldn't win a majority of votes in his own state because they were awake up to him. It's a pity the Queensland government isn't. Some of are thankfully.
Two years ago Lord Ridley, Matt Ridley, a member of the British House of Lords, writing for the Spectator magazine asked a simple question. To the nearest whole number, what percentage of the world's energy consumption was supplied by wind power in 2014? The last year for which there are reliable figures to the nearest whole number. Was it 20%, 10%, 5%? None of the above. It was simply naught percent. He said, that is to say, to the nearest whole number there is still no wind power on earth.
He made the point that wind provides .46% of global energy consumption. This was 2014, the last year for which there were reliable figures. Solar and tide .035 of a percent. Yet world energy demand has been growing at about 2% a year for nearly 40 years. Lord Ridley wrote, "If wind turbines were to supply all of that growth, but no more, how many wind turbines would we need to build each year?" He said, "The answer is nearly 350,000 each year."
Since the two megawatt turbine can produce about .005 terawatt hours per annum. 350,000 wind turbines, and that's just for wind meeting the growth in energy demand every year. He said, 350,000 wind turbines is about 1.5X as many as have been built in the world since governments started pouring consumer funds into this so called industry in the early 2000s. Said Lord Ridley, at a density of very roughly 50 acres per megawatt, typical for wind farms, that many turbines would require a land area greater than the British Isles, including Ireland, every year.
He said, if we kept this up for 50 years, we would have covered every square mile of land area the size of Russia with wind farms. And he said, this would be just to fulfil the new demand for energy, not to displace the vast existing supply of energy from fossil fuels, which currently supply 80% of global energy needs. Now this stuff's laughable. We're talking about everywhere, subsidies for household battery installation. Subsidies for wind turbines. Subsidies for solar panels. We have in Australia 22 operating coal-fired generating plants in this country, of at least 30 megawatt capacity. No plans to construct anymore.
Compare that with China, we have 22 operating coal-fired power plants. China, our biggest trading partner, it has more than 1,000 coal-fire powered generating plants, and a further 130 under construction. And these plants emit 4.2 million tonnes of carbon dioxide if you're worried about that, which I'm not. The 130 due to come online in China will produce more carbon dioxide than the total Australian production.
India have 292 operating coal-fired power plants, we got 22. India have a further 41 under construction, they only emit more than 1,000 million tonnes of carbon dioxide if that's worrying us. Between 2016 and last year coal-fired generation in the Asia-Pacific region increased by 330 terawatt hours, contributing 66% to increased electricity supply. That's equivalent to 33 Hazelwoods. Which the Turnball government shut.
Since Hazelwood shut down electricity prices have doubled in Victoria and New South Wales, and increased by more than 70% in South Australia, Tasmania and Queensland. And we're a country rich in energy. And with renewable energy certificates at $80 per megawatt hour, rough figure, one wind turbine is paid $700,000 a year subsidy by those who are connected to the grid, that's you. Before a single watt of electricity is sold, $700,000. Families, pensioners, supermarkets, engineering workshops, small businesses, big businesses are paying.
And at this rate we're losing business, we're losing jobs. And we're losing money. The new definition of madness, I have to say. Hugh Morgan, one of the distinguished Australian businessmen, former boss of Western Mining between 1990 and 2003 said about this whole business, about Paris and renewables. This global alarm movement has got, so far, because of the backing of western millennials who've been indoctrinated during their education. Enjoying living standards unprecedented in world history, they've embraced alarmism as a new secular religion.
Well enter Trevor St. Baker, he actually knows something about all of this, but that means of course government won't listen to him. That's the problem. He's proposing two new HELE plants. High efficient, low emission coal-fired power plants. Remember early in this year the federal government released a shortlist of 12 submission suggesting ways to increase national base load power, and the shortlist included only one coal-fired power project. And that was just an upgrade of a power station at Lake Macquarie.
I don't know how people like Trevor St. Baker put up with this rubbish and nonsense, but he's on the line. Trevor, good morning.
Trevor St Baker: Good morning, Alan.
Alan Jones: Well how do you cope?
Trevor St Baker: Well we just try and speak our piece from time to time, but the reality is that there's nothing political about energy. Energy, all the people in the electricity industry have been working all their lives to provide economic electricity to businesses to create jobs at the same time as providing reasonably priced electricity for homes. And to be arguing about whether or not we should have 28% or 45% renewables misses the point that both the major parties know we need coal. And Labor knows we need 50% coal. The Coalition in aiming for just the Paris target for renewables, knows we need about 2/3 coal.
Alan Jones: But they don't have the guts to say it. You see, I mean you've made the point correctly that the public are not being informed about the realities of a heavier reliance on wind and solar.
Trevor St Baker: But the trouble is people are in Coward's Castle.
Alan Jones: Correct.
Trevor St Baker: Really. Why would a bank speak frankly and objectively about this subject when most of their … about lending to coal-fired power stations, for example? When their main business is home lines. Do they want to be written up as a coal barren? As I am usually, to introduce what I'm saying. But I mean, the reality is that the closure of the Northern and the closure of Hazelwood power stations is clearly understood by all Australians as having caused our high prices.
Trevor St Baker: High prices for electricity. And the reality is, in Victoria Hazelwood was 1,600 megawatts of base load power. They shut it down at three months notice, and the reality is for 16 hours a day, five days a week on business days, it's being replaced by more than 1,000 megawatts of scarce hydro generation. We only have hydro generation in Australia for peaking plants. But it's being used for that being charged at competing with gas to make up for what we lost with Hazelwood. So the urgency of replacing Hazelwood is it is urgent that that be replaced by low-cost base load power as best it can be achieved in an open competitive market to have any hope of getting electricity prices down.
Alan Jones: Absolutely. I'm talking to Trevor St. Baker. This bloke has a track record in the energy sector. That means he's disqualified from being listened to. You are simply saying, and I read what you've said, if we keep going down the path we're on, renewable path, "businesses and jobs in Australia will go offshore. If we try to introduce wind and solar, Australia-wide faster than in other interconnected electricity supply systems in the world." You've said, nowhere else in the world do electricity market operators allow variable wind and solar to reduce dispatchable generation, that's basically coal-fired power, to below that required for peak electricity demand.
mean as I speak to you now, it's cold. People have got heaters on, they've got toasters on, they're boiling coffee. And over 90% of our energy is coal-fired power that we're using right now. What is the alternative?
Trevor St Baker: The alternative is to only just do what the world seems to want to reduce its carbon emissions. Whether it's right or wrong, whether the science is settled or not, that's not quite the point. We shouldn't be doing more than the rest of the world. And the reality is, we are already doing more than the rest of the world in respect of sun and wind. People talk about renewables and they talk about greenhouse abatement, but the rest of the world is not using sun and wind to do that. It has base load hydro, it has nuclear.
Alan Jones: Yeah.
Trevor St Baker: We don't have either of these things. We have expensive gas. And our sun and wind is already aiming to be more than 20% sun and wind energy supply annually.
Alan Jones: It can't be done.
Trevor St Baker: And that is more than the rest of the world.
Alan Jones: It can't be done. It's not there, it can't be done Trevor, you know that. I mean, how do you get … You're talking about two, two high efficiency low emission coal-fired power plants, that's what you're talking about. How can you get the market to invest in these projects, coal-fired projects, when the government of Australia is distorting the market with tax payer's money, propping up renewable energy to the tune of billions of dollars a year? How can you get it?
Trevor St Baker: Well even differently to that, the renewable energy certificates are a subsidy which is cross subsidised by those who can't afford rooftop solar. By businesses who buy more energy so that lately there's been $4 billion a year cross subsidies for renewable energy certificates.
Alan Jones: That's right.
Trevor St Baker: Which are not paid by the people who put solar on their roof. It's a subsidy to mainly foreign, and sun and wind large scale developers, and that is charged to people's bills beyond the market for electricity
Alan Jones: Well who is listening-
Trevor St Baker: (They say) electricity from solar power is cheap.
Alan Jones: There's no doubt. Look-
Trevor St Baker: It's cheap in the wholesale market, they get charged in their bill for the subsidy because they have solar on the roof, well they don't get that charge.
Alan Jones: Billions.
Trevor St Baker: Why wouldn't everyone put solar on their roof?
Alan Jones: Absolutely. But look, just two questions. A, who's listening to you? First thing. B, we're frightening school children about the end of the world because of coal-fired power. This is a major major issue. In five years time these people will be voting.
Trevor St Baker: Mm-hmm (affirmative). Well as far as former Vice President Gore coming, it nearly warranted to have an opposition lecture room to explain to people what they're willing to know … The public want to know, and Alan, one of the major problems here is the electricity market operator has not done its job in managing the safe uptake of sun and wind.
Alan Jones: Right. Well I'll tell you what, we'll book the theatre out and you and I can talk. I'll tell you what, we'll get more than Al Gore to listen.
Trevor St Baker: I think we could.
Alan Jones: We've got to keep at it Trevor. Keep at it. Good to talk to you.
Trevor St Baker: Thank you, man. Bye bye.
Alan Jones: I mean what about it? That bloke knows the whole scene backwards. See there's only one reason we don't listen to him in government, it's not ideologically acceptable. Well the job is, and the challenge, educate the public to understand that it must be acceptable.
St Baker says come to where the votes are: HELE coal-fired power.
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Son of a goat says:
I have it on good authority that STT was on the Queen's birthday honours list for an Order of Australia, however with her recent visit by Donald Trump she has been somewhat distracted and the letter has been misplaced.
It was for services to the silent majority in alerting Australians to the fraud that is the renewables industry and how no civilized economy can run on wind and solar energy backed up by a battery.
Charles the greentard was against the awarding of the OA, but the Queen had more brains.
Some years ago STT suggested that Infigen Energy's then twitter jockey should google the term "whinger." I note that Ketan is now seeking refuge in Oslo Norway, not that anyone can escape their head space.
With the click of a finger the politics of power generation in Australia is changing and ain't them rent seekers and zealots whinging.
Dear Angus when the likes of Charismatic Kane come grovelling to you in your office, tell him:
"there are too many freaks, not enough circuses, just bugger off."
stopthesethings says:
Thanks SoaG. We think it noble work, and try to do it nobly. At least we now know why we missed HM's gong. Maybe next ýear!
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Antic Disposition present The Comedy of Errors at Gray's Inn Hall
August 24, 2016 Last updated: July 5, 2017 1:12 am By Patsy Trench
Theatre company Antic Disposition, founded by Ben Horslen and John Riseboro, specialise in classic plays presented in unusual places such as churches and cathedrals. Their current production of The Comedy of Errors is performed in Gray's Inn Hall – home to the original production in 1594 apparently – which is quite a coup, to say the least.
It is also quite a coup to have gathered together a group of such talented actor/ instrumentalists, as virtually everyone in the cast also plays in the band: Adriana (Ellie Ann Lowe) plays a mean saxophone, her sister Luciana (Giovanna Ryan) is virtuosic on the double bass, as is Dromio of Syracuse (Andrew Venning) on trumpet, Antipholus of Ephesus (Alex Hooper) on banjo, 'Joey Merchant' (Scott Brooks) on drums and the Courtesan (Susie Broadbent), with Marilyn Monroe wig, on vocals.
This production is set in 1929 in a hotel in Ephesus managed by Antipholus of Ephesus ('home Ant'), assisted by his hapless bellhop assistant Dromio ('home Dromio'). Duke Solinus (Philip Mansfield) is boss of the mafia and when confronted by Egeon (Paul Croft), who has risked his life arriving on the shores of a hostile country in search of his lost twin son, threatens him with a gun while giving him 24 hours to find the necessary 'bribe' to escape death.
The period works rather better than the setting. Since the entire action of the play happens in one day on the streets of Ephesus the hotel really only features as a backdrop to the band – who introduce the show and entertain us at various points throughout the evening – and to a gratuitous and not terribly funny 'turn' from Pinch, the magician brought into the action to 'cure' the mad Antipholus, which opens the second act. The girls are prettily dressed in backless black numbers and the guys in timeless suits, and the twins, both sets, are nicely matched. There is also a neat contrast between the delight of Antipholus of Syracuse (Away Ant – William de Coverly) on being greeted on the streets by 'friends' offering him gifts and the increasing desperation of Home Ant, shut out of his own house by his wife and her servant; and the horror of Away Dromio on learning he is betrothed to a greasy kitchenmaid and the resigned long-suffering of the beaten-black-and-blue Home Dromio (Keith Higinbotham). The pace is fast and physical, not to say frenetic, and the emphasis is on the laughs – which leads, inevitably, to a good deal of boisterous overacting.
The Comedy of Errors can be played as a simple series of farcical misunderstandings, and done in such a way it can be tedious. But one should not be allowed to forget that beneath the hilarity lies a story of a family torn apart by a long-ago shipwreck and the agony of a father who has spent years searching for his lost son, and the increasing desperation of Home Ant as he fears he is going mad; not to mention the shock of coming face to face with a brother he never knew existed, and a father and mother he thought were dead.
This production, by playing up the comedy and underplaying the darkness, doesn't quite achieve the full emotional impact of the denouement. Nor does it aim to. There is enough to enjoy in the astonishing variety of confused expressions on the faces of both sets of twins, and in the sheer exuberance of a bunch of actors, beneath the stern gaze of Lords Liverpool and Bingham and others, chasing one another around and about Gray's Inn Hall like demented schoolchildren.
Review by Patsy Trench
Presented in association with Shakespeare400, Antic Disposition's The Comedy of Errors marks the 400th anniversary of Shakespeare's death in 1616.
One of Shakespeare's earliest plays, as well as his shortest, The Comedy of Errors is a riot of slapstick humour and comic mayhem.
Antipholus of Syracuse and his longsuffering servant Dromio arrive in the glamorous resort town of Ephesus in search of the twin brothers they both lost as babies. The pair are swept into a bewildering society of mobsters and misfits, and find themselves at the centre of a chaotic double case of mistaken identity.
A brand new production inspired by one of Hollywood's best-loved comedy movies, Antic Disposition's The Comedy of Errors combines Shakespeare's most farcical play with live music and songs performed by a talented cast of actor musicians.
Hidden away in a tranquil courtyard moments from Holborn and Chancery Lane, the historic Gray's Inn Hall is one of the few remaining original Shakespearean venues and has changed little since Elizabethan times. Built at the heart of Gray's Inn, one of London's four ancient Inns of Court, the Hall frequently hosted lavish revels and entertainments, including, on the night of 28 December 1594, the first recorded performance of The Comedy of Errors.
The Comedy of Errors is directed by Ben Horslen and John Risebero, who also designs, with musical direction by Nick Barstow and lighting design by Elizabeth Gunby.
Listings Information
Antic Disposition presents
Gray's Inn Hall
South Square, London WC1R 5ET
Monday – Saturday at 8pm
Saturday matinees at 3pm
Running time: About 2 hours 15 minutes, including one interval
www.anticdisposition.co.uk
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Home FATA Tribal people waiting for government's decision on future status of FATA
Tribal people waiting for government's decision on future status of FATA
Since the beginning of consultations for the reforms process by the government, the political parties, social organisations and tribal elders and youth are actively raising their voice in support of particular set of reforms. When Members of the National Assembly from Federally Administered Tribal Areas (FATA) submitted the 22nd constitutional amendment bill in the Lower House of the Parliament in September, 2015 for reforms in the tribal areas, Prime Minister Muhammad Nawaz Sharif set up a five-member committee on 9 November, 2015 to conduct a thorough consultation process and submit their proposals for reforms in FATA.
Adviser to Prime Minister on Foreign Affairs Sartaj Aziz was appointed chairman of the FATA Reforms Committee, while its other members included governor Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, Minister for States and Frontier Regions (SAFRON) Abdul Qadir Baloch, National Security Adviser Nasser Janjua and MNA Zahid Hamid.
The FATA Reforms Committee in its first meeting on 22 November, 2015 decided to visit all the agencies of FATA to ascertain the viewpoint of people about the reforms. The committee initiated its visits from Bajaur Agency in December, 2015 and completed its consultative visits to all tribal regions in six months. The consultation process concluded on 2 May, 2016 with a meeting of elders and other representatives of frontier regions at the Governor House in Peshawar.
In order to gauge the level of awareness among the FATA people about the reforms process, TNN has talked to the people from different areas of FATA.
"I am Mehboobur Rehman from North Waziristan Garyom tehsil. Parliament is holding debate on FATA reforms and I am hopeful that the FATA people will soon hear the good news of abolishment of Frontier Crimes Regulation (FCR)."
Janatullah from North Waziristan thinks the FATA reforms process is going on with a rapid pace. However, he lamented that the FATA people are not unanimous on the issue.
Women folks are least interested and aware of political reforms in the man dominant tribal society. Furthermore, women were excluded from consultation process by FATA Reforms Committee due to cultural considerations. A woman belonging to Kurram Agency says the tribal women have no knowledge about such issues.
"Men would better know about these things. We have no idea what are they doing," the woman told TNN. Another woman Ayesha from
Baizai tribe of Mohmand Agency says "I have no idea about the reforms and don't know about any progress either."
Sher Alam from South Waziristan says he is hopeful that FATA will be merged with KP as the KP Assembly has also passed a resolution in this regard.
Malik Zafar Bangash from Luqmankhel says, "I hear about such things on news channels. I don't know much about this process as I am illiterate."
Mushtaq Ali from Parachinar says, "After the FATA Reforms Committee report, the case has now gone to the parliament and we are waiting for its verdict."
Malik Muhammad Farooq Mulakhel from Tori Garhi area of Kurram Agency says according to his understanding a law is being made for FATA by incorporating traditions and cultural norms of the people and it is hoped that FATA will soon become part of KP.
Irshad from Bara says, "The FATA reforms bill has been discussed in the National Assembly and Senate. Everything is done and just an approval is needed."Sakhi Jan Afridi says people don't know the intentions of the government. "The government should clearly tell the people what they want to do in FATA," he said.
Khan Anwar from Akakhel area of Bara believes 90 percent people of FATA have no awareness about the reforms process. "I heard that the FATA Reforms Committee members visited Landikotal. Many people even did not know about their arrival. It is something which will be decided by our elders," he said.
Haji Rasool Khan of Gandao area of Mohmand Agency says, "The report has arrived at Senate after approval of National Assembly and I hope this will be approved."
Pervez Khan Mohmand says the committee has completed its report after visits to all tribal agencies and it now awaits the prime minister's approval. "I appeal to the tribal Maliks and other people opposing the reforms to stop their opposition as we cannot afford to miss this opportunity of the long awaited reforms," he said.
Samina Afridi says, "Several issues are surfacing after the FATA Reforms Committee submitted its report. Several people are expressing reservations and it seems the whole process is a time pass."
Muhammad Khan Jamali from Bajaur Agency said he was greatly satisfied after seeing the statement of KP Governor Iqbal Zafar Jhagra and SAFRON Minister Abdul Qadir Baloch in a newspaper. "I am hopeful that FATA will get the provincial assembly seats by the next general elections," he said.
After completion of the consultation process, the FATA Reforms Committee presented its report to the prime minister on 16 August, 2016 at a meeting about the National Action Plan (NAP). The FATA Reforms Committee report recommended measures to ensure durable peace in FATA, return of all internally displaced persons (IDPs), restoration of all damaged infrastructure, local bodies elections by the end of 2017, replacing FCR with Riwaj Act and finally the merger of FATA with Khyber Pakhtunkhwa. On the directions of the prime minister, the report was presented in the National Assembly on 9 September, 2016.
Debate on the FATA Reforms Committee report continued in the National Assembly for several days after it was presented on 28 September, 2016. The SAFRON minister said in the National Assembly that a decision has been taken in principle to merge FATA with KP according to the aspirations of the FATA people. However, he said the government will go for the merger only after fulfilling its other priorities.
The elected members of the National Assembly from FATA also expressed their views in the House. They agreed that the repatriation of IDPs and their rehabilitation should be completed before the merger. Over a hundred tribal elders were also present in the National Assembly lobby on the occasion.
MNA from Khyber Agency Alhaaj Shah Jee Gul Afridi, who is FATA parliamentary leader, said reforms in FATA are inevitable. He said the FATA lawmakers are close to their goal after efforts of one and a half years.
"The beginning of this process was the most difficult task. Now the committee's report has been approved by the National Assembly and Senate and we are close to approval of 3 percent share of FATA in the National Finance Commission (NFC) allocations. This was not an easy task. Everyone should be well aware of the fact that most of the problems of FATA people are linked with FCR. We are very close to achieving our goal," he said.
Mr Afridi said he was present in the Senate from morning till evening to get a clear idea about the stand of every political party on the issue. The government is fully supporting us for the reforms. "All the institutions relating to FATA are also supporting the reforms process and we all are on the same page," he said.
The FATA parliamentary leader argued that the reforms will not only benefit the FATA people, but all the Pakhtuns.
"The merger will create second largest province of the country which will have greater role in formation of the future governments. The people of the region will make their own decisions after the merger. We are hopeful for approval of the report by the end of this month. I appeal to the Pakhtuns to make a historic celebration after approval of the bill as it will be a great achievement," he said.
During the debate at the National Assembly, the Jamiat Ulema-e-Islam-Fazl (JUI-F) ameer Maulana Fazlur Rehman and Pakhtunkhwa Milli Awami Party (PkMAP) chairman Mehmood Khan Achakzai expressed reservations about the proposed reforms and opposed FATA merger with KP. The bill was presented in the Senate on 6 December 2016 after approval from the National Assembly where it was approved the next day after the senators gave final shape to their proposals. Under the country's law, the bill was presented before the federal cabinet on 16 December, 2016 for final approval. However, the cabinet deferred the approval to remove the reservations of the JUI-F and PkMAP chiefs and further consultation on the matter.
The Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz (PML-N) MNA from Bajaur Agency Shahabuddin Khan said there is no harm in making some more positive suggestions in the reforms process. However, he warned of massive reaction if the process was unduly delayed or aborted altogether.
"The preparation of the committee report took one and a half years during which the parliamentarians of FATA were appropriately consulted. With the exception of only two parties, all other political parties of the country fully welcomed and supported the reforms report which eventually reached the final stage of approval from the federal cabinet. No one raised objection over the reforms bill in the National Assembly. However, some lawmakers suggested that the bill can be further improved. Both Maulana Fazlur Rehman and Mehmood Khan Achakzai were silent at the time of passage of the bill from the National Assembly," he said.
Shahabuddin Khan said the process is still continuing and everyone can still give their suggestions. However, he said, no one should try to impose his will upon others.
"We will welcome the proposals of the Maulana Sahib, but stubborn attitude will not be welcomed. The government should finalise the package by 23 March, 2017 and announce its approval. Reforms package in FATA is part of the National Action Plan and people will start pointing fingers towards the government and suspect its intentions if the process was unduly delayed," the tribal lawmaker said.
He said impeding the reforms process in FATA and keeping them away from the benefits of laws in the rest of the country tantamount to making a mockery of the sacrifices of tribal people and security forces for the country.
"My party is sincere in the reforms process and our party leaders in a meeting few days ago passed a resolution in support of FATA merger with KP. Despite our full support to the reforms process, I will still fight against all elements trying to delay or impede the reforms. I will never hesitate from resignation from the party or de-seating if such a situation arises," Shahabuddin Khan said.
Meanwhile, Governor Iqbal Zafar Jhagra said the reforms process to bring FATA into the national mainstream is underway and in this regard consultations have also been made with the groups opposing FATA merger with KP.
"We were on the right track for the reforms process, but now Maulana Sahib has raised some issues. The prime minister has already made it clear that decisions will not be imposed on anyone and opinion of every party will be respected. That is the reason we took a long time to reach this point. The prime minister also wants to satisfy Maulana Fazlur Rehman over the process as he is head of an important political party. We had a meeting with the Maulana Sahib and we have removed his reservations to a great extent," the governor said.
Mr Jhagra said the reforms package will take shape of a law after approval of the federal cabinet.
This article has been taken from TNN programme Badloon which discusses political activities and reforms process in the tribal areas. Badloon provides a platform to the tribal people to raise their voice and record their comments on the reforms process. TNN producers Shan Muhammad and Abdul Qayyum Afridi prepared this programme which was broadcast from six radio channels of FATA and Khyber Pakhtunkhwa.
TNN correspondents: Shah Khalid, Gul Muhammad Mohmand, Malik Azmat, Ali Afzal, Marukh Jabeen, Bakhtawar Wazir, Sajid Ali Kokikhel, Nabi Jan Orakzai and Rizwan Mehsud contributed to the program.


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Funding Supports Training Homeless Veterans
The U.S. Department of Labor recently announced a funding opportunity for organizations to provide training and employing services to veterans combating homelessness. Administered by the department's Veterans' Employment and Training Service, the grants will fund projects across the country at a maximum of $500,000 annually, for a total of up to $1.5 million over a three-year performance period of performance. The awards are part of the VETS' Homeless Veterans' Reintegration Program that…
AAF-RGV Accepting ADDY Award Nominations
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The American Advertising Federation – Rio Grande Valley is accepting entries for the 2021-2022 ADDY Awards through Jan. 21. The awards honor both professionals and students, recognizing and rewarding the creative spirit of excellence in advertising. The American Advertising Awards, home of the ADDY Award, is one of the industry's largest creative competitions. It attracts nearly 35,000 professional and student entries each year through competitions via local AAF clubs. Conducted…
H-E-B Recognizes McAllen ISD For Excellence
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McAllen ISD is one of eight school districts that are finalists for H-E-B's 20th annual Excellence in Education Awards program. It is also one of five public school boards H-E-B is recognizing to highlight the importance of strong leadership at the board level. McAllen ISD is one of five districts in the Large School Districts category; three other districts make up the Small School Districts category. Four early childhood education…
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Local College, ISDs Part of $10.3-Million TWC Grants
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UTRGV Receives $1.5M NSF Grant
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Bid 2021 Adieu With A First Day Hike In 2022
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General technical report PNW ; 694.
System Details Mode of access: Internet from the Forest Service web site. Address as of 02/12/08: http://www.fs.fed.us/pnw/pubs/pnw%5Fgtr694.pdf ; current access is available via PURL.
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Pianist Michael Udelson grew up in Bethesda, Maryland. As a teenager, Michael studied classical music. As a music major at Oberlin College, Michael began studying jazz. After his first summer gig, Michael headed West ending up in San Francisco. In 1994, Michael and acoustic bassist Pat Klobas began entertaining in the Redwood Room at the Clift Hotel, where they performed for six years. In addition to playing standards, show tunes and jazz, they expanded upon the traditional lounge repertoire to include material by artists such as Santana, Pink Floyd, and the Stones. In 2000, Udelson and Klobas released their c.d. entitled "Standard Deviation".
In 2001, Michael became house pianist at the Four Seasons Hotel, where he entertained nightly from 2001-2009. Memorable evenings of Michaels career include when guests Stevie Wonder, Billy Joel and Chuck Leavell (pianist for the Rolling Stones) joined him on the gig to play tunes.
Michael Udelson is an experienced, dependable and highly versatile musician, offering an eclectic repertoire spanning 1,500 songs- from 1919-2009, Cole Porter to Coldplay- ensuring that you'll have the right music for any phase of your wedding day, from the ceremony itself through the cocktail hour and a joyous reception.
Michael is easy-going, flexible and friendly, so the entire process, from planning to playing, is stress-free. Beforehand, we'll sketch a musical playlist catered to your specifications and tastes, allowing you to relax, knowing your reception will be a musical reflection of the two of you.
As the pianist at the Four Seasons Hotel, guests knew they would hear- and could request- tunes from every genre. If you love standards- vintage songs from the American Songbook (1920-1960), Michael plays hundreds of timeless jazz favorites by George Gershwin, Cole Porter, Rogers and Hart, Hoagy Carmichael and Irving Berlin. These swinging melodies, which were popularized by singers such as Frank Sinatra and Ella Fitzgerald, make for an elegant, stylish atmosphere. If you enjoy classic rock, compositions by legends like Elton John, the Beatles and Billy Joel sound great on piano. If you wish, you can also choose to include songs by artists such as Pink Floyd, the Stones, the Doors, Santana, and the Who in your reception playlist. If more alternative bands such as U2, Guns n Roses, Red Hot Chili Peppers, Metallica, Nirvana, Elvis Costello or Radiohead are your type of music, I've got a wide assortment of tunes by these great bands, giving you a lot of great stylistic options.
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Monday, Tuesday and Friday evenings (7:00 till 10:30 p.m.) at the Washington Square Bar and Grill 1707 Powell Street (at Union)
Past Engagements:
2001-2009 Four Seasons Hotel, house pianist, nightly
2000-2001 Ritz Carlton, Half Moon Bay and SF
1994-2000 Redwood Room: Udelson / Klobas duo
1996-2000 Stars Restaurant
1989-1994 Marriott Hotel, View Lounge
1987-1990 Mandarin Oriental Hotel
1984-1994 Redwood Room, solo pianist, Sunday nights
Other Venues:
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Dave Brubeck, Jobim, "Rent," boogie woogie, Professor Longhair, Bill Evans
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Ashley Soller graduated from Ferris in the Spring of 2016 with a Bachelors degree in Marketing. Ashley was the last year's Case Team leader that led Ferris to second place in the international competition. We're happy to be hearing from her this week for our alumni spotlight!
Ashley is working with Staples Business Advantage and has been with them for 9 months. She started in the Apprentice Program out of Colorado but was recently promoted and is in Texas now.
Ashley's favorite AMA Memory was at NOLA, waiting for Case results to be announced. "The whole team was so anxious; we were holding hands, laughing, smiling and almost crying. It was an amazing experience to see how much work everyone put in and how much everyone had grown."
"AMA helped me gain confidence and skills that have allowed me to present well in front of coworkers and clients. In the beginning of the Apprentice Program at Staples, my classmates and I had small presentation competitions. I won the first four. Honestly, I owe it to AMA. AMA prepared me very well when it comes to speaking and presenting. Also, learning to be creative with presentations and find a way to stand out among others."
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Ohio GOP Questions Redistricting Petition Signatures
The Ohio Republican Party announced July 17 that it will be scrutinizing petition signatures for an amendment that would reform Ohio's redistricting laws.
By German Lopez on Wed, Jul 18, 2012 at 10:11 am
The petition, supported by Voters First, seeks to put the redistricting issue to vote by placing an amendment on the November ballot that would give redistricting powers to an independent citizen commission. More than 450,000 petition signatures were turned into the Ohio Secretary of State on July 3, well over the 385,000 required.
The signatures will be reviewed by state officials, but the Ohio Republican Party has declared it wants to go further.
"Given that we have witnessed cases where Voters First engaged in fraudulent activity, we have assembled a team of volunteers to ensure that every petition signature gathered meets Ohio's laws and regulations," said Izzy Santa, spokesperson for the Ohio Republican Party.
Since Ohio established its redistricting law in 1967, which tasks the state government to redraw district boundaries every 10 years, Republicans have been in power to decide district boundaries four out of six times — in 1967, 1991, 2001 and 2011. Democrats have only controlled the process twice — in 1971 and 1981.
In Cincinnati, the latest round of redistricting added more rural and suburban areas to the city's congressional district, potentially giving more political weight to Republicans in the district.
CityBeat attempted to contact Voters First for comment but no response was given before press time.
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On 25 May seventeen miners in north western Iran were publically lashed on orders of the judiciary after their employer sued them for protesting against the dismissal of hundreds of their colleagues.
In December 2014, miners at the Agh Darreh gold mine in West Azerbaijan Province protested in front of the mine's guard station after 350 miners were laid off. Subsequently the company operating the mine filed an official complaint against 17 of the miners, who were then summoned to court.
The result of two separate court rulings, made in Takab city, sentenced miners to between 30 to 100 lashes each, while others were each fined around $164. The United Nations declared lashing a cruel and inhuman punishment, tantamount to torture.
This is not the first time that workers have been subjected to lashing in Iran. In August 2014, four workers from the Razi Petrochemical Company (RPC) in Khozestan Province were sentenced to six months of imprisonment and 50 lashes each, with the sentence suspended for two years. In March 2015, five workers at the Chadermaloo mine in Yazd - Ali Hemat-Cheragi, Naser Sheykhi, Siyavash Jamalpoor, Hoseyn Halvani and Ali Narimani - were sentenced to suspended prison terms, monetary fines and flogging, on the charge of disturbing the public peace and rule. They are currently waiting for the final verdict of the appeal court.
In 2014, bakery workers in Sanandaj city, west Iran, protested and demanded a wage rise. Yadolah Samadi, Secretary, and Eqbal Shabani, Inspector of the Bakery Workers' Association, was sentenced by court to suspended prison terms and 50 lashes, on the charge of disturbing the public peace and rules.
Two well-known jailed activists, Jafar Azimzadeh secretary of Free Iranian Workers Union, and Esmail Abdi, secretary of Teachers Association of Iran, issued a joint statement protesting against poverty wages, temporary work contracts and the use of 'acting against state security' charges against and criminalization of trade union activities, the assembly of and strikes by workers and teachers.
The majority of workers and teachers jailed activists, like Behnam Ebrahimzadeh, Mohamad Jarahi and other political prisoners, went on a limited hunger strike in solidarity with Jafar.
Jafar's medical condition became urgent and, on 30 June, he ended his 64 day hunger strike and was released, pending a new trial. Esmail Abdi is still imprisoned and on hunger strike and it is crucial that he gets solidarity and support from the unions and worker activists around the word.


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April 8, 2002Retailing real estate firm plans DC moveThe Washington PostWASHINGTON – A national retail real estate firm plans to move its corporate headquarters to the District as early as June...
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Baltimore Business Journal CareFirst has agreed to extend its lease for 215,000 square feet of office space at Canton Tower, a 481,000-sf office property in Baltimore The health insurance company will continue to occupy seven floors of the property,...
276-Unit Apartment Property to Break Ground in Bethesda, Md.
Baltimore Business Journal A venture of Duball LLC, Daiwa House Group and Lenkin Co will break ground in the second quarter on St Elmo, a 276-unit apartment property in Bethesda, Md Eagle Bank provided $8555 million of financing for the 22-story...
235,000-SF Retail Center in Leesburg, Va., Fetches $73.5Mln
Washington Business Journal Petroleum Marketing Group Inc has paid $735 million, or $31277/sf, for Leesburg Plaza, a 235,000-square-foot retail center in Leesburg, Va The Falls Church, Va, company purchased the property from an affiliate of Federal...
Starwood Capital Pays $188.5Mln for Arlington, Va., Office Property
Washington Business Journal Starwood Capital Group has paid $1885 million, or $61201/sf, for the 308,000-square-foot office property at 1400 Crystal Drive in Arlington, Va, about three miles from Washington, DC The Miami investment manager purchased...
Elkton, Md., Industrial Property Sells for $76.5Mln
Baltimore Business Journal An affiliate of Realty Income Corp has paid $765 million, or $10190/sf, for Broadlands Business Park, a 756,000-square-foot industrial property in Elkton, Md The San Diego REIT purchased the property from Mid-Atlantic...
Hana Puts NASA HQ in Washington, D.C., on Sales Block
Washington Business Journal Korean investment manager Hana Asset Management Co, advised by Ocean West Capital Partners, has placed the 605,897-square-foot Two Independence Square office building in Washington, DC, on the sales block The company,...
Lincoln Property Pays $82Mln for D.C. Office Property; Residential Conversion Planned
Washington Business Journal Lincoln Property Co has paid $82 million, or $30037/sf, for the 273,000-square-foot office building at 1125 15th St in Washington, DC The Dallas company purchased the property from SC Herman & Associates, which had...
Urban Edge Pays $193.4Mln for Retail Center Near Washington, D.C.
Washington Business Journal Urban Edge Properties has paid $1934 million, or $27163/sf, for Woodmore Towne Centre, a 712,000-square-foot retail center in Glenarden, Va The New York REIT purchased the property from an affiliate of Heritage Partners,...
GSA to Lease 162,000 SF of Office Space in Washington, D.C.
Washington Business Journal The General Services Administration has agreed to lease 162,000 square feet of office space at Union Square, a 625,000-square-foot office property in Washington, DC The federal government's real estate investment...
Food Manufacturer to Lease 200,640-SF Industrial Property in Woolwich Township, N.J.
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High Cost of Cluster Headache in the US
Veronica Hackethal, MD
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Among individuals who suffer from cluster headache, almost 18% of total healthcare costs are related to the condition, and over $3000 is lost per person per year due to missed work days and short-term disability, according to a study published online on November 10, 2017 in the Journal of Medical Economics.1
"In this real-world analysis, patients with cluster headache have high healthcare costs that are associated with inpatient admissions and pharmacy fulfillments, and high indirect costs associated with absenteeism and short-term disability," wrote first author Janet Ford, PhD, MPH, of Eli Lilly and Company and her colleagues.
The study is the first to describe the direct costs and indirect costs of cluster headache in the US.
Cluster headache, though relatively rare. . . about 1 in 1000 Americans is affected . . can be debilitating. Symptoms include short attacks that last 15-180 minutes, along with severe one-sided pain, usually around or above the eye or affecting the temporal area. Because the cranial autonomic nerves can be affected, patients may also have tearing, red eyes, runny nose, nasal congestion, and restlessness. Several cluster headaches can occur on the same day, though attacks are also periodic.
People who suffer from cluster headaches often have increased healthcare utilization and decreased productivity. One study estimated that 20% of those with cluster headache have lost their job due to their condition, and 8% are unemployed or on disability. However, that study could not put a number on the costs of cluster headache.2
To estimate these costs, researchers analyzed data in Marketscan databases, which have information on commercial Medicare claims as well as work absence, short term disability, and workers comp. The study included claims from 9328 adults (mean age 44.6 years, 61.4% male) with cluster headache between January 2009 and June 2014. Direct healthcare costs included outpatient visits, inpatient, hospitalization, surgery, and pharmacy claims. Indirect costs included work absenteeism and short-term disability. Costs were adjusted for inflation.
• All-cause direct costs: $17,574 per person per year (PPPY)
o 17.8% of all-cause direct costs were related to cluster headache ($3,132 PPPY)
o >75% of cluster headache-related direct costs were due to hospitalizations ($1,604 PPPY) and pharmacy ($809 PPPY)
• Indirect costs:
o Works hours lost: 78% for absenteeism, 23% for short-term disability
o Absenteeism: 224 hours lost PPPY, at a cost of $4,928 PPPY
o Short-term disability: 61 hours lost PPPY, at a cost of $803 PPPY
o Absenteesim + disability: 256 PPPY, at a cost of $3,374 PPPY
The authors noted that because the study used claims data, the results may not generalize to people without employer-sponsored health insurance or those who are uninsured. Also, migraine could have been misclassified as cluster headache and vice versa, because about one-third of patients in this study were considered to have comorbid chronic migraine. Finally, indirect cost calculations were limited by the wide range of occupations and salaries, ranging from entry level to upper management.
Take Home Points
• The first study to evaluate the direct and indirect costs of cluster headache in the US found that it contributes to almost 18% ($3132 PPPY) of total healthcare costs among people who suffer from the condition
• 78% of work hours lost related to cluster headache are due to absenteeism, at a cost of $4928
• Cluster headache, though relatively rare, carries a high burden related to increased direct healthcare costs for hospitalizations and medication, and increased indirect costs related to work absenteeism, and short-term disability
1. Ford JH, Nero D, Kim G, et al. Societal burden of cluster headache in the United States: a descriptive economic analysis. J Med Econ. 2017 Nov 10:1-11.
2. Rozen TD, Fishman RS. Cluster headache in the United States of America: demographics, clinical characteristics, triggers, suicidality, and personal burden. Headache. 2012 Jan;52(1):99-113. Epub 2011 Nov 11.
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Try to make these doughnuts! they are delicious!!!
Beat the eggs, buttermilk, and melted butter in a 2 cup measuring cup with a fork.
In a separate large bowl, combine dry ingredients. Slowly fold in the wet ingredients, mixing by hand with a wooden spoon until fully incorporated.
Heat 2-3 inches of canola oil in the bottom of a pot until very hot.Using a small scoop, scoop out a few balls of dough and carefully drop each donut in hot oil, being cautious not to splash oil.
Cook until golden brown on both sides (just a few minutes). You will need to cook just a few at a time, but the cooking doesn't take long at all so this goes quickly.
Remove donuts from oil with a slotted spoon or spatula, and place on a plate lined with two layers of paper towel or brown paper to absorb oil.
In a small bowl, combine the sugar and cinnamon for the donut coating.
While still warm, roll each donut in the bowl of cinnamon sugar to coat fully. Alternately, you may omit this step and enjoy plain or dipped in chocolate! Serve while warm.


Hi all, first brew day with brand new Robobrew V3 and encountered an error I fear may mean I have a dead machine as there are no references to it in the manual or online. Was heating my strike water to 170F with both elements and the pump on. Went to check on it and discovered current temp was "2E0", pump on and both elements' lights out, despite them being in the on position. 2E0 is an error code, I assume, but I can't find any reference to it anywhere. Does anyone have any ideas? My apologies if this is an easy fix and I'm overlooking something obvious. Many thanks.
Edit: Robobrew now indicates Error E2–Short Circuit Temperature Probe. How do I fix that? Brew day is now OVER!!!
Mate, That doesn't sound great. Have you tried a factory reset?
must be pressed at exactly the same time in order for this to work.
NOTE: This reset will also reset the calibration figure.
My temperature probe also crapped out, although I did not get an error code - it was simply reading about 50C higher than it was meant to which meant that the elements would not turn off when they reached the required temperature.
Eventually they conceded that there was a manufacturing defect that they were required by NZ law to take responsibility for, so I sent the unit back and they replaced the temperature probe.
I contacted the reseller I bought it from on Amazon…will see how it goes! Many thanks. Guess will have to use old brew system for the Belgian Dark Strong I was hoping to do today. Out of time, so it'll have to wait a couple weeks.
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Waldemar Beyer (* 27. September 1909 in Güsten; † 1952) war ein deutscher Bibliothekar und Polizeibeamter.

Leben und Wirken
Nach dem Schulbesuch studierte Beyer an der Universität Leipzig. Dort promovierte er 1933 mit einer 63-seitigen Dissertation über König Gunthchramn zum Dr. phil.

1935 schlug Beyer die höhere Bibliothekarlaufbahn an der Leipziger Universitätsbibliothek ein. 1936 wechselte er ins SD-Hauptamt in Leipzig, wo er in der Schrifttumsstelle tätig war. Später wurde er ins Geheime Staatspolizeiamt versetzt, in dem er die Leitung der Bibliothek (Abteilung II A 2) übernahm. Nach der Gründung des Reichssicherheitshauptamtes wurde Beyer mit der Leitung der dortigen Bibliothek betraut, die administrativ in der Amtsgruppe VII (Weltanschauliche Gegner) als eigenes Referat A 1 untergebracht war. 1942 wurde Beyer Leiter der Bibliothek der Reichsuniversität Straßburg. Ab 1944 nahm Beyer als Angehöriger der Waffen-SS im Rang eines SS-Obersturmführers am Zweiten Weltkrieg teil.

In der Allgemeinen-SS (SS-Nr. 223.215) wurde Beyer mindestens bis zum Hauptsturmführer befördert.

Schriften
 König Gunthchramn, Leipzig 1933. (Dissertation)

Literatur
 Ulrich von Hehl (Hrsg.): Sachsens Landesuniversität in Monarchie, Republik und Diktatur: Beiträge zur Geschichte der Universität Leipzig vom Kaiserreich bis zur Auflösung des Landes Sachsen 1952. Evangelische Verlagsanstalt, Leipzig 2005, ISBN 3-374-02282-0.
 Michael Wildt: Generation des Unbedingten. Das Führungskorps des Reichssicherheitshauptamtes, 2002, S. 368.

Einzelnachweise

Bibliothekar (Deutschland)
Person (Reichssicherheitshauptamt)
Gestapo-Personal
SS-Mitglied
SD-Personal
Person (deutsche Besetzung Frankreichs 1940–1945)
Deutscher
Geboren 1909
Gestorben 1952
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Powerful floods have been raging in eastern Russia since the second half of July. The Leninskoye village, which can be seen in the centre of this image has been turned into an island by the floodwaters.
According to RIA Novosti, the flooding in the Amur River basin was the strongest in the region over the past decade. It covered the Amur Region, the Jewish Autonomous Area and the Khabarovsk Territory.


The River has been flushed through on 2 occasions recently and with the dying of weed, it is clear where work needs to be done and can be done. Recent high winds have caused some damage and our next Work Party will deal with a fallen tree and log jam near Middle Mill. Please come and join us.
We can but hope that we have more rain as it has been dry for sometime now. Another good flush through will help. The River is looking healthy with good flow and little or no colour and fish can be found with ease. If you do walk the River and notice anything that we should address please do let us know via the Website.


Apparently the ship building party isn't over — at least at MSC Cruises. The line has signed a contract for two Musica-class ships. The 90,000-ton vessels will be built at Aker Yards, Saint-Nazaire in France and delivered in February 2011 and February 2012.
MSC currently has three ships under construction at St Nazaire — MSC Fantasia, which will be delivered in December and the MSC Splendida set to be delivered in March 2009, and the MSC Magnifica in the spring 2010.


O'Malley Property's Alloa branch was our first location back in 2009—our growing business brought about a move to larger premises in 2014. We're at 6 Primrose Street, Alloa, FK10 1JG. You can give this branch a ring on 01259 212 337.
O'Malley Property's Alloa team have in-depth local knowledge and skills required to get you the best results. It's a competitive market here in Alloa and we're well equipped to provide you with the best and most reliable property service in the area.


When the hands are left idle, the devil comes knocking. Acedia is the latin translation of sloth, one of the seven capital sins, and the playful yet mischievous eyes tell us all we need to know. This little boy will be up to no good very soon.


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Pence to attend event hosted by QAnon backers
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Vice President Mike Pence speaks at a campaign event on the grounds of Kuharchik Construction, Inc., in Exeter, Pa. (AP Photo/John Minchillo, File)
WASHINGTON (AP) — Vice President Mike Pence and top officials from President Donald Trump's campaign are slated to attend a Montana fundraiser next week hosted by a couple who have expressed support for the QAnon conspiracy theory, according to an event invitation obtained by The Associated Press and a review of social media postings.
The hosts of the fundraiser, Caryn and Michael Borland, have shared QAnon memes and retweeted posts from QAnon accounts, their social media activity shows. The baseless conspiracy theory posits that Trump is fighting entrenched enemies in the government and also involves satanism and child sex trafficking.
Beyond Pence, the Sept. 14 fundraiser in Bozeman, Montana, is expected to draw influential figures in the president's orbit including Kimberly Guilfoyle, a top Trump fundraising official who is dating Donald Trump Jr., GOP chairwoman Ronna McDaniel, Republican National Committee finance chairman Todd Ricketts and RNC co-chairman Tommy Hicks Jr., the event invitation shows.
While many Republicans have dismissed QAnon, the fundraiser is another sign of how the conspiracy theory is gaining a foothold in the party. Trump has hailed Georgia congressional candidate Marjorie Taylor Greene, another QAnon supporter, as a "future Republican star." The president has refused to condemn QAnon, recently telling reporters that the conspiracy theory is "gaining in popularity" and that its supporters "like me very much."
Representatives for Pence declined to comment on the fundraiser, though the vice president has previously called QAnon a "conspiracy theory."
"I don't know anything about QAnon, and I dismiss it out of hand," he told CBS last month.
Representatives for the Trump campaign didn't immediately comment on the fundraiser. Caryn and Michael Borland did not return a call seeking comment on the event.
QAnon is a wide-ranging conspiracy fiction spread largely through the internet, centered on the baseless belief that Trump is waging a secret campaign against enemies in the "deep state" and a child sex trafficking ring run by satanic pedophiles and cannibals. It is based on cryptic postings by the anonymous "Q," purportedly a government insider.
The story has grown to include other long-standing conspiracy theories, gaining traction among some extreme Trump supporters. The movement is often likened to a right-wing cult; some followers have run for office, primarily in the Republican Party, though some have been independent or run as third-party candidates. Trump has refused to say QAnon is false.
The Borlands have shared multiple QAnon social media posts, as well as other discredited conspiracies.
Michael Borland prominently features several QAnon "Q" logos on his Facebook page. One features a flaming "Q" with a Christian cross in the middle. He has also shared the QAnon oath as well as its slogan, which states: "Where We Go One We Go All."
From his Twitter account, which also features the "Q" logo, he also shared a post that labeled the Black Lives Matter movement "terrorists" and made his own threat to shoot protesters, according to a June 25 post.
Caryn Borland has retweeted or engaged with QAnon Twitter accounts. In April, she responded to a pro-Trump Tweet from a QAnon account by replying "Always" with a praying hands emoji.
The couple has donated over $220,000 to Trump's reelection, the bulk of which was made in Caryn Borland's name.
They were guests at the president's renominating convention last month. They posed for photos from the White House South Lawn, including one that shows Michael Alfaro, a Trump fundraiser from Illinois, in the foreground. Alfaro, who is also slated to attend the Montana fundraiser, responded in the comments: "Working for the Borland family on South Lawn!"
The couple also said they dined with Republican Sen. Rand Paul of Kentucky, according to a caption on a Aug. 27 Facebook photo of the couple and Paul.
Michael Borland also posed for a photo that same day with House Minority Leader Kevin McCarthy of California, Borland's Facebook account shows.
The couple previously posed for a picture with Trump, which Michael Borland posted to Facebook on Dec. 20.
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Austrian Audio Hi-X65 Headphones
"So what happened to AKG?" I asked when I visited Harman International's booth at CES, shortly after Samsung bought Harman, AKG's parent company. The guy I was talking with went off to ask another guy, who went off to ask another guy, and I never really got an answer. AKG, of course, continues in a different location under different leadership. But in a way, Austrian Audio is what happened to AKG. When AKG's Austrian headquarters closed after the acquisition, 22 of its former employees founded Austrian Audio, where they've gone on to specialize in microphones and professional headphones—such as the Hi-X65s.
The Hi-X65 headphones ($429, all prices USD) are a new open-back design intended primarily for mixing and mastering, but they suit casual music listening, too. While most open-back headphones are much larger, the Hi-X65s are sized and styled like a typical set of mid-three-figures, closed-back consumer headphones. They're ruggedly built, with sturdy metal hinges and a springy metal headband.
As with most good studio headphones, the earpads and cable are replaceable because pro headphones often tend to get daily use for years, so the soft parts wear out. Visit any radio station and you're sure to find at least a couple of pairs of pro 'phones with mangled cables and half-shredded earpads.
Inside each earpiece is a 44mm dynamic driver designed for high excursion—and thus, presumably, high power handling and low distortion, something our measurements section (available from the link at the top of this review) will tell us. Rated impedance is 25 ohms, which is pretty standard. Rated sensitivity is 110dB, but with a 1V signal—40mW at 25 ohms rather than the industry-standard 1mW used for sensitivity measurements. That translates to a 94dB/1mW sensitivity rating, which is somewhat low, suggesting that it might be tough to get the Hi-X65s cranking if they're plugged straight into a mobile device with a weak internal amp.
The Hi-X65s include two cables, each tipped with a 2.5mm (1/10″) stereo plug on the headphone end and a 3.5mm (1/8″) stereo plug on the source end. One measures a studio-friendly 3m (9.8′) and the other, a travel-friendly 1.2m (3.9′). There's also a fabric carrying sack and a 1/4″ (6.3mm)-to-1/8″ adapter.
The Hi-X65s' earpads are pretty firm and pretty narrow, so they feel a little head-mashing at first. But after about 15 minutes, that sensation was completely gone, and they became some of the most comfortable headphones I've worn in quite a while. That's saying a lot, because the clamping force is definitely on the firm side, which is appropriate for studio headphones since engineers don't want to have to keep adjusting their headphones as they're moving from the patch bay to the mixing board to the effects rack and back again, or shaking their head in frustration as the drummer muffs their 23rd take.
Given the relatively low sensitivity, I worried that the Hi-X65s might not hit high volumes if plugged straight into my Samsung Galaxy S10 phone, but they did. Still, as I usually do with high-end headphones, I did most of my listening with the AudioQuest DragonFly Cobalt DAC-amplifier.
I listened to a lot of different tunes through the Hi-X65s before I put on Tracy Chapman's "Fast Car" (Tracy Chapman, 16-bit/44.1kHz FLAC, Elektra/Qobuz)—a song I usually like to save for comparisons between different headphones. But I felt like I had to go to a super-familiar recording to settle the question that had popped into my mind: are these things really this flat?
Turns out they are—in general, but with some exceptions. I heard a couple of colorations—mainly an upward tilt, with the treble dialed up a tad and the bass attenuated a bit, plus maybe even a little added kick on top of that in the lower treble, maybe around 3 or 4kHz. But by and large, it's a pretty neutral sound. I heard a little extra emphasis in the upper harmonics of Chapman's voice, the acoustic guitars, and the snare, but it was pretty subtle—like I'd used a tone control to shelve up the treble a dB or two. The bass was tight and well-defined with no apparent resonances or boom, but it seemed a few dB down from what I'm used to hearing—although still a few dB up from what I hear with the trebliest headphones.
The Hi-X65s' sound worked well on more delicate instrumental music, too, such as tenor saxophonist Andrew Zimmerman's "The Bay Area," from the collection Newvelle Blue that's on Qobuz for a limited time (24/88.2 FLAC, Newvelle Records / Qobuz). The sense of space and detail on this excellent sax, piano, and double bass recording was pretty spectacular through the Hi-X65s, with a realistic "live in the studio" ambience that perfectly suited the music. I don't know exactly how this recording's supposed to sound, but I'd guess the headphones' double bass reproduction was pretty close to spot-on, although to my ears, the piano and the tenor sax sounded just a dB or two on the bright side—a subtle emphasis, rather than the "detail shoved in your face" sound that some audiophile-oriented headphones produce.
I've reviewed some headphones and earphones that were intended for bassists and drummers—to emphasize the sound of their instruments versus all the others. But listening to Hilary Hahn's performance of the third movement, "III. Moderato. Allegro moderato," from Prokofiev's Violin Concerto no. 1 in D Major, op. 19 (Paris, 24/48 FLAC, Deutsche Grammophon / Qobuz), I actually thought, "These kind of sound like they were designed for violin players." The headphones highlighted Hahn's violin against the orchestra as if she'd stepped out onto a runway at the front of the stage, Rolling Stones-style. But the various instruments in the orchestra all sounded clear and vivid, and I got a nice sense of how the (apparently rather small) performance hall sounded. I could have used a few dB more bass, though—it sounded like a couple of the players in the double bass section didn't show up for the recording, and Hahn and the rest of the strings decided to punish them by playing extra loud.
I ended up liking the Hi-X65s more for music where the groove isn't as important as the vocals. Joshua Henry's "Possible" (Grow, 16/44.1 FLAC, BMG/Qobuz) is somewhere in between—Henry's irresistible neo-soul vocals over an old-school R&B vibe. Henry's voice, the backing vocals, the electric guitar, and the tambourine all sounded super-clear through the Hi-X65s. But I'm fairly certain this tune would sound its best with a few dB more bass than the Hi-X65s offered.
I compared the Hi-X65s with two other open-back models I had on hand: the Sivga P-II and the Beyerdynamic DT 900 Pro X (review in the works) headphones. I also threw in a closed-back design, the AKG K371 headphones, partly because they're respected studio headphones and partly because they're representative of a Harman curve response.
All of these headphones are good and enjoyable to listen to, but they all present their own take on the music. For example, on "Good Time Charlie's Got the Blues," from Holly Cole's Night album (16/44.1 WAV, Tradition & Moderne), the Hi-X65s gave me the least bass, although the bass was nicely defined and not in any way boomy or resonant. That lower-mid-treble peak I noted before was apparent, making Cole's voice sound a little bright. The Sivga P-IIs sounded the opposite, giving me the bassiest, softest, most relaxed presentation.
The Beyerdynamic DT 900 Pro X and AKG K371 headphones sounded similar to each other—both subjectively flatter and more neutral than the Austrian Audio and Sivga models. The DT 900 Pro X headphones seemed to give my ears a broader, subtler push in the lower-mid-treble than the Hi-X65s seemed to, and the K371s seemed the flattest and most accurate of all, needing, to my ears, only about an extra dB or two of bass to be spot-on. But perhaps my impression was slanted by the fact that I recorded my recent album using the K371s and the very similar-sounding JBL 305P MkII studio monitors.
The Austrian Audio Hi-X65s are about as ruggedly made as headphones get, and definitely among the most comfortable headphones I've tried, outside of the big audiophile jobs with the fat, super-plush earpads. The Hi-X65s sounded good overall, but they do seem to have what's often referred to as a "presence peak," which brings out vocals (and violin!) more, and they definitely are not for bassheads. I expect they'll develop a following among listeners who like a tight, precise sound that amps up the detail a bit.
Smartphone: Samsung Galaxy S10.
DAC-headphone amplifier: AudioQuest DragonFly Cobalt.
Price: $429.
Warranty: Two years, repair or replacement.
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US distributor: Group One Ltd.
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Website: www.austrianaudio.com
Ragav · 2 months ago
Thank you so much Brent for this review! I needed it! I'm now in a quandary as whether to buy the HI-X65 or not. I already have twelve headphones totalling up to a $1000!! AKG K275/245/175/240 mk ii/182/612/92/371 and Beyerdynamic DT 770/880/990/240 pros!!! I was pretty excited by Austrian Audio but now no longer after reading this review.
Doug Schneider · 2 months ago
We're happy it helped!


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Kalen King Embracing Newfound Leadership Role Ahead Of Rose Bowl
Ryan Parsons | Onward State
By Gabe Angieri
Penn State football cornerback Kalen King grew up watching Charles Woodson highlights. Woodson, a four-time first-team All-Pro and nine-time Pro Bowler, was a dominant defensive back for the Packers and Raiders during his 18-year NFL career.
It wasn't just Woodson's on-field play that made him a defensive standout and one of the best of all time at his position. Woodson's leadership paid tremendous dividends for his squads throughout his long career, and it was one of the driving forces behind the Packers' Super Bowl run back in 2011.
King's 2022 campaign saw him make big strides en route to being named a third-team All-Big Ten honoree. King credits his "own intelligence on the field" for allowing him to take the next step this season, which featured more film study and a better grasp of route combinations and formations, leading to better play recognition from the sophomore corner.
King totaled 16 passes defended and two interceptions this season, helping to form quite the cornerback tandem with Joey Porter Jr. With King emerging as one of the best players on Manny Diaz's defense, the Michigan native is now focused on taking on more of a leadership role heading into next year.
Porter won't play in the Rose Bowl and is now off to the NFL, which paves the way for King to step up and take hold of the position group, emulating some of Woodson's qualities.
"I definitely plan on taking more of a leadership role because I feel like with Joey leaving, this is an opportunity for me to come up and grab the room as far as from a leadership role," King said on Friday. "This offseason and going into next year, that's one of my biggest things that I'm working on."
King learned a lot from Porter both on and off the field, calling his time around Porter "second to none." King credited Porter for always helping out some of the younger players in the room while still maintaining his ultra-competitive mentality.
"Joey is one of those guys who's always looking out for the next person," King said. "He will always look out for us. He's just a very great dude. He's fun to be around and he's very competitive. He's one of the most competitive dudes I've ever met in my life. He's never scared to go at somebody. That's crazy."
Furthermore, King went as far as to say that when he looks at Porter's journey, he sees the path of how he wants his own career to go. King mentioned that competing with a guy like Porter — who is a projected first-round pick and has earned several accolades throughout his collegiate career — has "done nothing but help" him.
As King embarks on his newfound leadership role, he plans to take some of the qualities he's learned from some of the current team leaders — PJ Mustipher, Sean Clifford, and Ji'Ayir Brown. He called them the unquestioned top three leaders on the team and wants to be in a role like them next year.
"They come in every day with the same mentality every day," King said "They're never down and never out. They always got the juice. They always bring the juice, looking for opportunities to help us as a defense or just bring information to the defense that they know or to the offense."
Speaking about Brown specifically, King said he's been around "Tig" ever since arriving on campus. He makes it a point to be around Brown and soak up what he's saying because he hopes to be in the position that Brown is in a year from now.
Brown, who'll play his final game for Penn State on Monday before setting his sights on the NFL, often goes out of his way to help King and his teammates.
"It's always a listening point when I'm with Tig because he's such a cool person," King said. "He's a very giving person. He's never selfish, he's always looking to see how he can help somebody else. Every time I'm around Tig, I'm just like a sponge listening to what he has to say."
King will get his first chance to lead the cornerback room when Penn State faces off against Utah at 5 p.m. EST on Monday, January 2, at Rose Bowl Stadium in Pasadena.
Gabe Angieri
Gabe is a senior majoring in journalism and is Onward State's managing editor. He grew up in Lindenhurst, New York, and has had the absolute misfortune of rooting for the Jets, Mets, and Knicks. If you want to see his bad sports takes, follow him on Twitter @gabeangieri and direct all hate mail and death threats to [email protected]
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