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October 24, 2018 in Uncategorized by craig
The Turkish account of the murder of Khashoggi given by President Erdogan is true, in every detail. Audio and video evidence exists and has been widely shared with world intelligence agencies, including the US, UK, Russia and Germany, and others which have a relationship with Turkey or are seen as influential. That is why, despite their desperate desire to do so, no Western country has been able to maintain support for Crown Prince Mohammed Bin Salman. I have not seen the video from inside the consulate, but have been shown stills which may be from a video. The most important thing to say is that they are not from a fixed position camera and appear at first sight consistent with the idea they are taken by a device brought in by the victim. I was only shown them briefly. I have not heard the audio recording.
There are many things to learn from the gruesome murder other than the justified outrage at the event itself. It opens a window on the truly horrible world of the extremely powerful and wealthy.
The first thing to say is that the current Saudi explanation, that this was an intended interrogation and abduction gone wrong, though untrue, does have one thing going for it. It is their regular practice. The Saudis have for years been abducting dissidents abroad and returning them to the Kingdom to be secretly killed. The BBC World Service often contains little pockets of decent journalism not reflected in its main news outlets, and here from August 2017 is a little noticed piece on the abduction and "disappearance" of three other senior Saudis between 2015-17. Interestingly, while the piece was updated this month, it was not to include the obvious link to the Khashoggi case.
The key point is that European authorities turned a completely blind eye to the abductions in that BBC report, even when performed on European soil and involving physical force. The Saudi regime was really doing very little different in the Khashoggi case. In fact, inside Saudi Arabia, Khashoggi was a less senior and important figure than those other three abducted then killed, about whom nobody kicked up any fuss, even though the truth was readily available. Mohammed Bin Salman appears to have made two important miscalculations: he misread Erdogan and he underestimated the difference which Khashoggi's position as a Washington Post journalist made to political pressure on Western governments.
Khashoggi should not himself be whitewashed. He had a long term professional association with the Saudi security services which put him on the side of prolific torturers and killers for decades. That does not in any sense justify his killing. But it is right to be deeply sceptical of the democratic credentials of Saudis who were in with the regime and have become vocal for freedom and democracy only after being marginalised by Mohammed Bin Salman's ruthless consolidation of power (which built on a pre-existing trend).
The same scepticism is true many times over when related to CIA Director Gina Haspel, who personally supervised torture in the CIA torture and extraordinary rendition programme. Haspel was sent urgently to Ankara by Donald Trump to attempt to deflect Erdogan from any direct accusation of Mohammed Bin Salman in his speech yesterday. MBS' embrace of de facto alliance with Israel, in pursuit of his fanatic hatred of Shia Muslims, is the cornerstone of Trump's Middle East policy.
Haspel's brief was very simple. She took with her intercept intelligence that purportedly shows massive senior level corruption in the Istanbul Kanal project, and suggested that Erdogan may not find it a good idea if intelligence agencies started to make public all the information they hold.
Whether Erdogan held back in his speech yesterday as a result of Haspel's intervention I do not know. Erdogan may be keeping cards up his sleeve for his own purpose, particularly relating to intercepts of phone and Skype calls from the killers direct to MBS' office. I have an account of Haspel's brief from a reliable source, but have not been updated on who she then met, or what the Turks said to her. It does seem very probable, from Trump's shift in position this morning to indicate MBS may be involved, that Haspel was convinced the Turks have further strong evidence and may well use it.
Meantime, the British government maintains throughout that, whatever else happens, British factories will continue to supply bombs to Saudi Arabia to massacre children on school buses and untold numbers of other civilians. Many Tory politicians remain personally in Saudi pockets, with former Defence Minister Michael Fallon revealed today as being amongst them.
It is of course extraordinary that Saudi war crimes in Yemen, its military suppression of democracy in Bahrain, its frequent executions of dissidents, human rights defenders, and Shia religious figures, even its arrests of feminists, have had little impact in the West. But the horrible murder of Khashoggi has caught the public imagination and forced western politicians to at least pretend to want to do something about the Saudis whose wealth they crave. I expect any sanctions will be smoke and mirrors.
Mohammed Bin Salman is no fool, and he realises that to punish members of his personal security detail who were just following his orders, would put him in the position of Caligula and the Praetorian Guard, and not tend to his long term safety. Possibly people will be reassigned, or there will be brief imprisonments till nobody is looking. If I were a dissident or Shia in Saudi Arabia who bore any kind of physical resemblance to any of the party of murderers, I would get out very quick.
With every sympathy for his horrible murder, Khashoggi and his history as a functionary of the brutal Saudi regime should not be whitewashed. Mohammed Bin Salman is directly responsible for his murder, and if there is finally international understanding that he is a dangerous psychopath, that is a good thing. You will forgive me for saying that I explained this back in March whilst the entire mainstream media, awash with Saudi PR cash, was praising him as a great reformer. For the Americans to deploy Gina Haspel gives us a welcome reminder that they are in absolutely no position to moralise. Whatever comes of this will not be "justice". The truth the leads can reveal is much wider than the narrow question of the murder incident, as I hope this article sketches out. That the fallout derails to some extent the murder machine in Yemen is profoundly to be hoped.
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MaryPau! October 27, 2018 at 08:29
FWIW: https://www.thesun.co.uk/news/7559690/jamal-khashoggi-body-parts-disfigured-face-found-saudi-consulate-instanbul-garden-2/
This story above says MBS had threatened to chop off the fingers of journalists who opposed him, and Khasshogi's fingers were removed to make good this threat and flown back to Riadyh.
Sharp Ears October 27, 2018 at 08:34
'Blair's Institute for Global Change organization reportedly signed a deal worth £9 million ($11.6 million) with the Saudi government earlier this year, in order to "support the change program" in the country.
A spokesperson for the institute was asked whether Blair would continue dealing with the Saudi regime following the murder of Khashoggi. They told BI: "We have nothing further to add to what Mr Blair has said previously."
Blair told Reuters earlier this month that the murder of the Saudi journalist was "extremely troubling" and risked undermining the "process of modernization" in the kingdom, but noted that the Saudis had "issued a very strong denial" of responsibility. This denial has come under scrutiny even from US President Donald Trump.'
Blair would be complicit in murder': Labour MPs attack ex-PM after refusal to cut ties with Riyadh
https://www.rt.com/uk/442252-blair-murder-war-crimes-saudi/
Paul Greenwood October 27, 2018 at 14:55
Spiegel magazine has an article by Khashoggi referring to the "managerial style" of MBS and the enveloping tyranny in Saudi Arabia – it is being treated as his Testament
Ben October 27, 2018 at 19:25
Reformer head-fakes are common.
Nixon ran on getting the. US out of Viet Nam in 1968.
Then he proceeded to bomb Cambodia back to the Bronze Age.
US Doctrine is "Routed Through Strength". They did not want an ignominious end like France in Indo-China and got one anyway if you recall that helicopter lifting off the US Embassy in Saigon as N Vietnamese tanks crashed the gates
Dungroanin October 28, 2018 at 01:47
A good round up of developments from the Syrian war zone as the 'real' powers in charge meet up
https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2018/10/leaders-turkey-syria-france-germany-hold-syria-talks-181027181752402.html
You just KNOW, that when mutti gets on the case – with Putin, Erdogan and the banker muppet prince, Macron – that the grown ups are finally getting the upperhand!
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by Jacquie Kubin Aug 28, 2018
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WASHINGTON: Did you miss this story? Probably as the national media did. Ashton Zari is an 8-year-old West Virginia boy who has been sick most of his life. Zari has chronic kidney disease that has required numerous painful surgeries. Instead of turning inward with his pain and health challenges, he has reached out to help other medically fragile kids with his first book, "How I Became A Super Hero." Now Ashton can claim the President and First Lady among his fans.
POTUS and FLOTUS stopped by Ashton's room at the Nationwide Children's Hospital in Columbus, Ohio.
Mom, I want to meet the President
When young Zari learned the President and first lady would be visiting the hospital, the boy told his mom how much he would like to meet the president. There should be some bonus when you are a young boy that should be running around, but instead is recovering from yet another surgery.
Zari's nurse helped turn a wish into a reality. Working with the nursing staff who were able to liaise with the presidential staff, the meeting between Ashton, Trump, and First Lady Melania Trump happened.
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Ashton Zari and his mother Amanda, who is holding the book written by the 8-year-old, "How I Became A Superhero." (Photo Credit: Amanda Zari/Facebook)
Ms. Zari, Ashton's mom, speaks of the compassion, kindness, and authenticity the Trumps showed to her son.
"This was an experience I am struggling with finding adequate words to sum up," Zari said. "President Trump was kind and empathetic."
"He spent time engaging with Ashton, asking him about his book, and even calling him a young entrepreneur," she said. "He was genuinely interested in Ashton's health and asked many questions about Nationwide Children's Hospital and the Ronald McDonald House Charities of Central Ohio."
Zari says meeting the President and First Lady was amazing.
Following the President and First Lady's visit, Ms. Zari was left feeling humble and grateful for their kindness.
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I'm starting to believe that everything you need to know in life you can learn from RuPaul's Drag Race.
For the longest time I've felt that way about Sondheim. As far as I'm concerned, the history of the moral universe is contained within Into the Woods and Sunday in the Park with George. If there's anything else in life that's not touched on within those shows, it's not worth knowing.
A similar alchemy, albeit less intellectual and with far worse music, is going on in Drag Race. You could call it a more accessible version of the same phenomenon. As I've noted before, this show is all about knowing yourself—an artistic theme most clearly articulated in Hamlet, but really dating back to Homer. RuPaul just shows you how to do it in stilettos and a bouffant.
With props to Thorgy Thor, I will acknowledge that this season seems to be edited to elucidate the theme in a manner more focused than usual, the episodes link by an arc of self-discovery. Last week, when Thorgy lost, in part due to her inability to see herself from the outside, Milk was suffering from the same problem. And this week, it came to bite her, as well.
Assigned to play a stalker in a sketch parody called The Bitchelor, Milk didn't just chew the scenery. She spat it out in Trixie's face. Her hysterical screeching and talking over everyone felt more like an adolescent hissyfit than a performance. And yet, true to form, Milk thought she had done a stellar job. When she ended up in the bottom, she was flummoxed once again: "I did not see this coming. At all."
Oh gurl, really? Shangela had the perfect comment on that self-delusion: "Somebody put something in her cocktail. Cosby?"
Milk thought she was perfect for the part because she used to stalk her boyfriend on Myspace. I guess they've been together for a long time.
On the other end of the scale was ChiChi, who played the quiet half of a polymorphous couple. Actually, I have no idea who her character was. Sadly, neither did she.
The difference between ChiChi and Milk, however, is that ChiChi knew she was terrible. She lamented how she tends to compare herself to the other girls and keeps coming up short. The comparison is getting to her, as surely as it got to Thorgy.
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Hearn Building: Plans and demands in downtown Cambridge
By Dave Ryan
CAMBRIDGE – Increasingly frustrated city residents and business owners are looking for a resolution to the condition of a structure in the heart of downtown. After standing vacant for many …
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This view of the Hearn Building at 509-511 Race St. in Cambridge shows the condition of the south wall in 2015 after its collapse.
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The front wall, or façade, of the building has supported for about six years by pillars.
CAMBRIDGE – Increasingly frustrated city residents and business owners are looking for a resolution to the condition of a structure in the heart of downtown. After standing vacant for many years at 509-511 Race St., the Hearn Hardware Store building experienced the collapse of one wall on Oct. 28, 2015.
Falling bricks damaged the adjacent Tolley Theater property and raised concerns that the façade might be the next to tumble. The 500 block of Race Street was shut down for more than four months, and a fence was erected on the sidewalk to keep pedestrians safe from falling debris.
The building, erected in approximately 1914, was originally known as the United Stores Company building. USC changed its name to the Herbert Hearn Hardware Company in 1919, and the building served for many years as one of the hardware stores in town, until the Herbert Hearn Company sold the building in 1975.
A number of other businesses were located there until around 2010, when the building became vacant. The roof suffered a partial collapse during the years before the wall came down.
Questions regarding the next steps arose right away, with some calling for the building's demolition. Others held out for renovation, citing funding issues.
Cambridge Main Street Director Brandon Hesson said in 2015, "If we knock the walls and the back of the building down, and we save the façade — like what was done with the 400 block of Race Street — then the building is still technically historic and partially intact, so that a developer still has access to historic tax credits at the state and federal level. If you knock the whole building down, that property becomes a parking lot that produces zero tax revenue. It would have absolutely no value (to the city). And, to knock it down, let's say it costs $250,000 — and the taxpayers have to pay every nickel of that."
In the months immediately after the collapse, business owners in the 500 block contended with the results of a blocked street. They experienced some relief when Race Street was reopened and the façade – the decorative front of the building – was supported by steel pillars.
In the years since, city and county government agencies have heard plans, weighed options and considered expenses. Meanwhile, the building has remained as it was in 2015, with an appearance that many find detrimental to the city's image and commercial activity.
Henry VanDyke owns Lil' Bitta Bull BBQ restaurant across the street from the Hearn Building. On Jan. 6, he posted his views online, and received dozens of responses.
"Cambridge it's time to do something with this money pit! This EYE SORE would not be acceptable for Poplar St. or the 400 Block of Race St.," he wrote. "So why are you continuing to allow this to degrade our city? Require the owners to reopen the sidewalks and make the front presentable to our community. Before we focus on growth let's focus on maintaining what we already have! Enough is enough!"
City Commission President and Acting Mayor Lajan Cephas replied, "Code Enforcement will be reviewing the property for violations. Also, Green Street Housing LLC currently have site control and their project is being led by Dave Layfield.
"Ken Holt (Director of DHCD) and Owen McEvoy (Deputy' Director) are fully engaged financially in this project. I was told by Owen today that he has directed Green Street Housing LLC to stabilize the front so the beams can be removed.
"This has already been in motion. When we find out the date of stabilization we will share with the public. But let's remember this building has not been at a total standstill.
"The roof has been replaced and Green Street Housing LLC gave a presentation to the commission about possible housing units in this building maybe six months ago. Due to concerns of the commission, they are currently working on a revision of the original proposal.
"Hopefully in a few months, the public will understand the vision and know that we are moving forward with the redevelopment of the Hearn Building with the state of Maryland (DHCD) backing the project."
Shana Morgan posted, "That building does nothing for the overall view of the city. To the outside, it just makes Cambridge look even more run down. Something needs to change if we want Cambridge to ever make a comeback."
City Commissioner Chad Malkus (Ward 5) joined the conversation, writing, "You certainly have been patient and your concerns are valid. A few points:
1) As I understand it, structurally the supports should be able to come down now because of the installation of the roof to stabilize it.
2) The reason why the building was spared is important. Basically they don't make them like that anymore and when it's gone, it's gone. When a façade like that is saved, a property owner can use historic tax credits to renovate the building which is extremely important from a financial perspective. You can't afford to renovate a building of that size and historic character without those credits.
3) Plans that have been presented up to this point for the building have been very unsatisfactory and problematic.
4) However, there is a great potential plan in the works that will hopefully get the support of the state and within the next six to nine months we could see a lot of very important changes and improvements.
"The point of all this is that it's not being ignored and I appreciate you wanting something to happen. I too get extremely frustrated at the pace of things, particularly when state funding is involved."
"Fix it or tear it down, I really don't care," Mr. VanDyke wrote. "Just do something with it now!"
Mr. Malkus said, "We are all trying but there are also a lot of obstacles in place that make the pace of things very frustrating."
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Hon. Delores Christopher Discusses Waters Encroachment
By admin on	 October 30, 2016 · Local News
In the House of Assembly last week Fifth District Representative, Hon. Delores Christopher hinted at Territorial waters encroachment concerns with the neighbouring United States Virgin Islands territory.
While speaking in the House of Assembly on 13 October during the debate of the Accommodation Tax Increase Bill Hon. Christopher urged legislators and residents to be attentive to the Territory's marine opportunities.
"Yes, we need to look into a lot of things on the marine side," Hon. Christopher said in a follow up to Leader of Opposition, Hon. Julian Fraser's comment about the possibility of persons using the close proximity of the USVI to enjoy sailing in BVI waters without paying tax.
In response Hon. Christopher announced people will find a way to skirt the system, but she stated that nonetheless Government must still find a way around that situation: "After a while Madame Speaker everybody is going to find a way how they are going to dupe the system. Everybody will find out how to beat the system so, yes, it is not as buoyant as it used to be, but still we have to find a way."
In alluding to the territorial water concerns with the USVI the Fifth District Representative said: "We have the water that they want to cruise in. The USVI are our neighbours, and they are packaging and selling the waters of the BVI for sailing, and making money from it, but we mustn't go there. Something is wrong with that line of thinking Madame Speaker."


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At a press conference, NASA administrator Jim Bridenstine announced the new plans for the return to the Moon with the inclusion of a number of private companies that will have the chance to provide their services to send various types of payload. The program called Commercial Lunar Payload Services (CLPS) could start as early as 2019 and represents a first step towards a long-term goal, that is to establish a permanent presence on the Moon with an eye to Mars.
After the end of the Apollo missions, NASA has been conducting its manned space missions on the Space Shuttle program and the International Space Station for decades, thus remaining in the Earth's orbit. Already in the last decade the development of the Constellation program and in 2011 the announcement of the new Space Launch System (SLS) indicated the ambition to return to the Moon with the possibility of sending humans even farther. However, delays were piled up over the course of this decade and the budget kept on growing, as did the controversy concerning its management. Recently, NASA decided to involve private companies in this new plan.
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Giffin Square/104 Deptford High Street
With the Deptford Lounge and Tidemill School now open, anticipation is high for the completion of the public realm works in Giffin Square. As we await the final paving blocks being laid and the seating being installed, we look forward to enjoying this new landscape in its final form.
But it seems these expectations are premature, with a new development about to begin construction on the north side of the square, bringing further disruption and mess to our newly-pristine square. Unfortunately, should the planning application that is currently being considered be approved, it will also create an uninspiring, mean and ugly facade to what should be one of the most impressive public spaces in Deptford.
The site of this development - a three-storey block with retail/restaurant units at ground level and one-bedroom and studio flats above - is the land at the back of the Deptford Seafood Centre at number 104 on the high street.
In theory I support the development of this site - having additional retail units on Giffin Square will potentially increase footfall on the square and along with the Deptford Lounge will give it a bit more life. Having residential units overlooking the square will also improve security for those using it at night, by however small an amount.
Brown and Pletts, the architect commissioned for the initial design, made a pretty good job of creating something interesting and lively on what's a rather difficult site.
Some thought did go into this design, as you can see from the original planning application here. The potential loss of light for the gardens of the adjacent high street properties (even though they are currently unused) was partially addressed by including a gap between the two main buildings to allow light to penetrate and reduce the impact somewhat.
Windows on the rear of the building, which potentially overlook adjoining gardens and properties, were designed as narrow slots with frosted glass, to allow light into the flats but prevent overlooking and loss of privacy for neighbours. And with the main windows of the flats on a south-facing wall, consideration was given to the potential problem of solar gain. To minimise the problem for residents, balconies were designed to be inset, with wooden louvre screens for shading.
The rendering above shows a visually-interesting facade with different sized windows, louvred screens and recessed balconies. The height of the block fits nicely to the lower roof line of the existing building on the right - now part of Tidemill School.
In fact the initial planning application, which was made in 2008, was turned down by Lewisham Council on the grounds that they considered it represented over-development of the site, that it would harm the mature tree in Giffin Square, and that it would overshadow and enclose the rear gardens in the neighbouring properties.
But on appeal, permission was granted by the planning inspectorate. The inspector said that although the building would have an impact on the neighbouring properties, it would not be unacceptable, and the development would serve a wider public benefit in terms of improving Giffin Square. The design would be 'interesting, pleasing and ambitious', and 'would add to the vibrancy, character and visual qualities of this locality' the inspector said. 'The choice of materials, colour and fenestration would add visual excitement and I believe a local landmark, albeit of relatively modest scale in the wider scene, would be created'.
Had the developer then gone ahead and built the scheme as proposed, you might well not be reading this.
Unfortunately the developer decided to employ a different (dare I suggest cheaper?) architectural practice to 'value engineer' (translated as 'save money on') the original design, with a new planning application now submitted for the details of the development.
Out went the range of different windows, recessed balconies and wooden louvres, to be replaced by two rows of regimented, bog-standard aluminium-framed french windows with those ugly and pointless 'Juliet' balconies slapped on top of them like lipstick on a gorilla.
Just in case you can't imagine what this would look like, the architect has helpfully (surely not proudly?) include a picture in the application as an example. See, I told you it was vile.
In such a prominent location - and next to Deptford's most high-profile public building/new development - the council must surely insist on high quality detailing and finishes? With so much public money having been spent on building Tidemill School and the Deptford Lounge, and on improving the public realm in Giffin Square, high design standards must be maintained for this and future developments.
If you feel the same way, please do write to the planning department to tell them; quote application DC/11/78353/X and send it to planning@lewisham.gov.uk as soon as you can.
Labels: architecture, planning, redevelopment
FintonStack said...
Dear god, the difference between this and the previous proposal in unbelievable. The initial design looks like it's been transplanted from the Stirling-prize winning Acordia in Cambridge, or one of the 1960's Eric Lyons developments in Blackheath. The new one is an example of the cheapest mass-produced spec-developer tat.
Brockley Nick said...
Agreed, this is value engineering gone too far. If they can't make money by building something high quality on a site with such potential, then they should give up and let someone else have a go.
I will no longer have any view of the square from my terrace. I will peer on to the back of this? And I will leave Deptford for good I think! After enduring the years worth of 7 am developing even on a sat - we thought they were finally nearly finished! And now they propose to build in front of us? Block our view and put us through even more upheaval - there should be no more than a 1 level row of shops on this area. Which would still bring people onto the square- preserve the view from behind and limit the disruption we have to endure again.
Mr. Yowie Boy Cat Esq. said...
So, Deptford has gone the way of Greenwich...Ugly new designs with no views and no character...How sad this is being allowed to happen! Looks more like inner city projects from America!
Why not do something that would incorporate some British structure and architecture?
Appalling!
Robin Tudge said...
Wall-to-wall tat. That glass iceberg opposite the Duke is nothing about looks and all about the views afforded to the fools within of their spiritual home in Canary Wharf, same with the tragideans who'll occupy that thing next to Deptford Bridge. They get a 'view', we get to look at crystal turds.
I agree, the new proposal is very bad. We overlook the site from the back and light will be reduced, never mind all the extra aggro with yet another building in this part of the high street . One way of making sure that the scheme is taken seriously is to watch very carefully for the mature tree in the garden next to the site, they will certainly try to kill it to accommodate their lump of a building.
The developer is a numpty though since the new design will not achieve any real value, people are more sophisticated than they seem to think, and with so much on offer in the area, prospective purchasers will go elsewhere rather than live in what looks like a wing of some NHS institution from the 80s.
What is that awful mural design by Artmongers doing as part of this application? It shows a mural running across to only two nasty juliet balconies and no shop front – the mural covers up the door-shaped juliet balconies next to the others shown on the elevations. In other words the mural illustrations bear no relation to the elevations. And haven't we got enough shitty murals from Artmongers already (that one on Deptford Broadway is particularly awful).
Oh sorry, I misread the elevation drawings, the mural would be facing the back of the fish shop and not on to the square. Still, another shitty mural from Artmongers will do nothing to improve the building, which reminds me of that other awful bulding on Brookmill Road that lurches out next to the Stephen Lawrence building and puts it to shame.
The new proposals are unsightly and entirely out of context - drab, uniform developments where the original aim was to provide an interesting and unique active frontage to the square.
If you consider what it is that active frontages should do in public realm -create vibrancy, interest, and a sense of wellbeing and activity-, then these mass-produced cardboard boxes will likely have the opposite effect -lack of vibrancy, lack of activity. I also hesitate to think about the effect of that sand-coloured brick (assuming the same materials will be used in Deptford as in the photo) against the golden cladding of the Deptford lounge.
Gods, it looks like a wing of the Dover district council buildings.
aphole said...
agreed - that truly is awful - however i dont live in your neighbourhood so i can object - a crying shame
hmm that application is just for discharge of conditions - i.e. finalising the details - im afraid you've rather missed the boat for turning down this application as it's already been approved it seems
@aphole I know, that's explained in the post. The details bear no resemblance to those shown in the original application, which was rather pleasing.
Hi, I know this is a rather old post, but I'm wondering if it's still active. I am a tenant in the ground floor flat just behind that construction site, moved in a year ago. A couple of months ago they started working on that site again, for about 2 weeks or so. Since then, nothing. The security fence is regularly torn down at night, which leaves our back yard and flat very exposed and easily accessible! I'm trying to get hold of the owner of that construction property to take care of safety but it seems more difficult than I thought. Anyway, obviously the proposal looks awful, and someone even said that a Starbucks is planned, gulp. But for the moment I worry about the security of that site. So if anyone here is still living here and worry about the same, I'm happy to to keep you update. Having said that, I am the tenant not the landlord, so not sure how far I will get!
hi anon - if you want to email me (see sidebar for address) I will bring you up to date with what I know about this site.
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In the process of doing online research on the Pygmy Tribe, I came across this website http://www.survivalinternational.org/ explaining the battles of indigenous people being removed from their ancestral homelands.
The reason for the removal is "progress", corporations needing the lumber, minerals or the water source that is on the land.
What gives one group of people the right to decide what is civilized? What gives one group of people the right to remove a community of people so others can use the resources?
Today I attended a Tenant Association meeting at my local library. The topic – a redevelopment plan that will demolish the apartment complex I along with thousands of families live. We didn't get any notification prior to this meeting that we would be removed the earliest by September 2013.
Our community is being redeveloped and a group of people decided it was better to have a higher income population replace a working class population. Our community is ideally located by I395 and not far from I495 between 2 metro stations and plenty of bus lines.
Across this globe including where we live, for the priority of profit, one community is being removed for another more "desirable" community to move in with higher income. That is capitalism.
Democracy is the opposite of capitalism. The challenge we are in the midst of is that Capitalism has more power than Democracy. It is Profit that reigns supreme and people are merely game pieces to use to make MORE PROFIT.
We are a peaceful community as many communities are across this globe, raising families, contributing to the society with our labor, skills and taxes.
We contribute with our purchases and consumerism to our own demise. We support corporations and businesses that don't' care about us. We are only of value as long as we can pay the price increases. We are only of value as long as we pay.
I am frustrated tonight. I see the connection of the battle of the Awa Tribe in the Amazon facing extinction because of business goals that value minerals, land, lumber and not people. I am one with the Bushman in Botswana, the Maaisa in Tanzania, the Batak in the Philippines, the Innu in Canada, Khanty in Russia, Columbia Heights, DC, Harlem, USA, Brooklyn, USA, and so many more communities.
And so it continues there is a group of people that have the power and financial means to remove another group of people increasing homelessness for a profit.
Today reinforced for me to look to My Creator, My Ancestors, My Orishas for guidance through a world that daily is controlled and manipulated by those who see no value in my life and the lives of people just profit.
We live in a society that places value on success, not value on ethics and values.
The ecological design of Nature vs the imperial design of man.
The funny thing is they are pitting us against each other: those who make less than $45,000 vs those who earn $50,000 or more.
"In the absence of Sacred, nothing is Sacred and everything is for sale." Onodonga Nation.
Very timely this is going on all over the world excellent choice. Like I once herd on NY WBAI the rich have declared a world wide war on the poor!
Thanks for your comments and feedback Obsidian. We are all one sink or swim together. Peace.


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Free: The Future of a Radical Price is the second book written by Chris Anderson, Editor in chief of Wired magazine. The book was published on July 7, 2009 by Hyperion. He is also the author of The Long Tail, published in 2006.
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Q: How to create a function to get next id of element in jquery and call this function? I've created a custom function goToNext() it's just supposed to alert the id of the next element that i've clicked on.
I want to call this custom function inside another click function.
For now when I click on first element it alerts id_2 (next from the first, so it's ok) but if you click the second element it doesn't return id_3 (like it's supposed to be) but it return id_2 same if you click on the last element (supposed to alert the first)
this is my jsfiddle example here

function goToNext() {
  var get_next_id = $('.btn').next().attr("id");
  alert(get_next_id);
}

$('.btn').click(function() {
  goToNext();
});
.btn {
  width: 50px;
  height: 50px;
  margin: 10px auto;
  background-color: yellow;
}

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A: Try this
function goToNext($btn){
var get_next_id = $btn.next().attr("id");
alert(get_next_id);
}

$('.btn').click(function(){
goToNext($(this));
});

A: You need to use reference this
function goToNext(e){
    var get_next_id = $(e).next().attr("id");
    alert(get_next_id);
}

$('.btn').click(function(){
    goToNext(this);
});

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A: You have to use this

function goToNext(thisObj){
var get_next_id = $(thisObj).next().attr("id");
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      alert(get_next_id);
  else
      alert($(thisObj).parents().find("div:first").attr("id"));
}

$('.btn').click(function(){
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  width:50px;
  height:50px;
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Corrupt officials list on Centre Vigilance Commission website
This is for the first time that the CVC has made public the name of corrupt officials. Until now, the Commission had been making public only the number of corrupt officials. The list of officials against whom the action is pending was reportedly compiled in July. On its website, the CVC stated that: "In furtherance of the transparency initiatives and the spirit of the RTI Act 2005, the Central Vigilance Commission has decided to regularly post info / details of cases pending for sanctions for prosecution over four months with organizations / departments. "Cases where the Commission has advised issuance of sanction for prosecution during the month and Cases where Commission had advised imposition of suitable major penalty during the month," the website states. Until now, the CVC had been making public only the number of corrupt officials, not their names. Earlier it was reported that the Union Cabinet Secretary has asked the Secretaries of various ministries not to delay sanction for the prosecution of corrupt officials.


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Emergency Grant Assistance for Afghan Returnees
The Government of Japan decided on February 24 (Tue) to extend emergency grant assistance to the Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) of about $4.11 million (about 436 million yen) to provide emergency aid for Afghan returnees and to implement a project to construct shelters.
(1) Support for Returnees (provision of necessities)
Provide returnee assistance package such as blankets as reintegration support for returnees at each UNHCR reception center set up on the border areas between Iran and Afghanistan to support about 51,000 households of Afghan refugees who moved into Iran, and internally displaced persons.
(2) Provision of materials for shelter construction
Support for the construction of about 20,000 houses in 2004 is expected, as the repatriation of Afghan refugees and other displaced persons exceeds original expectations. This is to provide the returnees with materials for shelters focusing on the northern and eastern parts of Afghanistan where returnees are expected to return up to the beginning of next year.
Although Afghanistan has received more than 2.5 million of its own refugees and internally displaced persons since 2002, it still has a substantial need to support returnees, as another million Afghans are expected to return this year.
Japan extended continuous support (from humanitarian to development assistance) for Afghan returnees in 2002 and 2003 in the context of Ogata Initiative Phase I, II and III, including the provision of materials for shelters and the development of water wells and other infrastructure. The project will be implemented as part of the emergency humanitarian assistance for Afghan returnees.
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De-isolation and decluttering oneself in "Magic! Kyun Renaissance"
Warning: There are heavy spoilers for Episodes 1 and 2 of the anime "Magic! Kyun Renaissance" in this analysis (mostly for Episode 2 though), so if you haven't seen up to the end of Episode 2, I highly recommend watching them first before reading this analysis.
It's been quite a while since I wrote an analysis of an anime, mainly because my focus for analysis centers on literature like the "Black Swan" analysis and so on. However, I couldn't help but be interested in Episode Two of "Magic! Kyun Renaissance," specifically about how decluttering one's space (whether that be physical space or in the mind) and de-isolating oneself can motivate the artistic inspiration of the individual.
In Episode 2 of "Magic! Kyun Renaissance," it starts from the end of Episode 1 where Kohana is one of the people chosen to be on the executive committee for the upcoming Hoshi Festival, a festival that celebrates all the arts at the school Kohana has just transferred to. Kohana goes to her first council meeting, but only her and another guy called Ichijoji end up attending the meeting, because no one else is there. Frustrated, Ichijoji asks the teacher supervisor if they can replace those who didn't come to the meeting, but Kohana decides instead that she can get the others that weren't there to join them at the meeting. Ichijoji isn't impressed, and so he tells her to start with finding Aoi Suminomiya, a student who specializes in calligraphy, in order to discourage her efforts of getting the others to the meetings. Ichijoji already knows that Aoi isn't exactly the type to be enthusiastic about… anything. The reason Ichijoji tells Kohana to look for Aoi now is because it was revealed at the end of Episode 1 that Kohana and Ichijoji's families are actually rivals, something that Kohana wasn't aware of until then, and so Ichijoji wants to make Kohana look as bad as possible in front of the rest of the school by giving her opportunities that are likely to end in her failure.
Meeting with Aoi Sumonomiya in his private studio initially doesn't go well for Kohana, as Aoi is initially disinterested in going to the council meetings. Aoi's reason for not going is because he's trying to find the right words to writ, but he can't exactly figure out what he wants to write. Aoi has let the focus on trying to find what he exactly wants to write consume him, hence why he's been skipping council meetings, classes and even neglecting himself to the point of not eating. Kohana checks out the numerous drafts that Aoi has created, seeing spiky sparkles from each one, and even organizes them according from least spiky to the spikiest-looking sparkles.
To explain about the sparkles that Kohana sees and why they appear in the anime, it's that anyone involved in the magical arts in this anime is able to see sparkles when one is making use of their artistic talent. For Kohana, sparkles appear when she makes flower arrangements. For Aoi, it's when he does calligraphy. When Kohana mentions how spiky Aoi's sparkles are, Aoi is surprised that he has been unable to see them ever since he entered the school and now struggles to regain sight of the sparkles again.
What I think the sparkles are meant to represent is the artistic potential and personality that comes from each person. Everyone's sparkles are different, partially due to their own unique personalities and partially because of their differing art styles. Being unable to see any sparkles at all, in Aoi's case, is caused by the clutter and isolation he himself has created while trying to find inspiration for his work. When we first see Aoi and his room in the episode, it's completely messy. Ink is everywhere—on the walls, the floor, even the windows—and the papers of all the past drafts are tossed about and completely unorganized. This is meant to give a visual representation of how cluttered Aoi's own mind has become with trying to grasp inspiration for writing what he wants to write. His literal self-isolation from everyone else in the school gives him the focus he needs to work on and develop his art, given all the drafts he has, but at the same time it's blocked him from getting any outside inspiration for his work due to how lengthy this isolation is. As he keeps hitting dead ends in his calligraphy, the more and more discouraged he feels, and that discouragement also clutters his own mind and blocks any more inspiration he could potentially grasp.
Kohana starts trying to help him out with this situation by literally decluttering his entire studio over the next few days to a week. Aoi often shows his calligraphy to Kohana during this time, as she's the only one out of the two of them that can see the sparkles that emanate from his calligraphy, in an attempt to see how he is improving. The room is completely clean by the end of the week or few days, and Aoi seems taken by the bright light that shines through the now-clean windows. He tries out his calligraphy again, but…it's still not quite what he wanted to write, much to his dissatisfaction. Kohana can't help but wonder what Aoi could be lacking at first. His studio is completely neat and organized now, so that can't be the issue. But then it hits her—Aoi has interacted with almost no one for so long other than Kohana herself. What he needs is inspiration gained from seeing others do their own work. Seeing others utilizing their artistic abilities is a great way to get inspiration easily.
Kohana creates a flower arrangement for Aoi, hoping to give him the inspiration she needs by doing so. At the end of arranging the flowers, Kohana overhears him drop his calligraphy tools, staring at her flower arrangement in awe. When she asks him if there is anything concerning him, Aoi immediately replies that he is now capable of seeing the sparkles that come from Kohana's arrangement. Inspired by her work, he writes the words 'Bright Light' in calligraphy and places it on the wall just behind her flower arrangement, and the sparkles from both artistic works conjure a grand vision of a meadow, with a flowing stream and lush plantlife. As the vision eventually fades, Aoi notes that the piece he created is still not quite what he wanted to write….but, he's more encouraged to keep trying this time, rather than despairing, and je thanks her for the inspiration she gave him through her own art. The following day, Ichijoji is surprised by Aoi and Kohana present at the meeting together, showing that Aoi is no longer completely isolating himself.
What can be gained from this episode of "Magic! Kyun Renaissance" is how decluttering helps one gain inspiration because it allows room for new ideas, and de-isolating oneself can be a great thing for your own creativity seeing how Aoi was inspired by Kohana. By taking the opportunity to see others at work and clear their own space, one can find the inspiration to develop their own work as well.
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Juelz Santana Gets Sentenced To 27 Months Behind Bars In Airport Gun Case
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Juelz Santana has been sentenced to 27 months behind bars in his airport gun case.
According to TMZ, the judge ruled the sentence Wednesday morning in Newark, NJ. He will be under supervised release for 12 months after he is done serving his time. At the moment no date has been set on when he has to surrender.
He was busted back in March for trying to take a loaded handgun and eight oxycodone pills in his travel bag at Newark International Airport. After TSA found the gun, he left the airport, but later turned himself in.
Juelz later pled guilty to unlawful possession of a weapon and possession of a controlled dangerous substance.
Juelz recently returned to VH1's hit show Love & Hip Hop New York where he has been addressing the situation and preparing with his family for his sentence. Just last month he asked his longtime girlfriend Kimbella to marry him.


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TIC, innovation et effets perçus dans les entreprises luxembourgeoises.
Ben aoun, Leila and Dubrocard, Anne (2010): TIC, innovation et effets perçus dans les entreprises luxembourgeoises. Published in: Economie et Statistiques No. 50 (December 2010)
This study has two main contributions summarized as follows: 1. Impact of ICT on the capacities of innovation: The most intensive firms in ICT are also those that tend more frequently to innovate and to combine several innovations types - i.e. they are also "intensive innovator". However, this assertion must be moderate when the type of combination of innovation is taken into account and either only the number. 2. Innovation impact on firms' performance: In first seen, effects of the innovation depend on the intensity of innovation activities measured as number of innovations of various types implemented during the last period. In the second approach, detailed analysis of the particular combinations of innovation deployed show different performance. Moreover, all combinations of innovation do not produce positive effects and, according to the desired effects, some combinations appear more effective. More precisely, the expected impacts of each type of innovation are more frequently reached when the innovation combined at least organizational change with others.
ICT, Innovation and perceived effects in Luxembourgish firms.
innovation, TIC, Luxembourg, effect, ACM
D - Microeconomics > D2 - Production and Organizations > D21 - Firm Behavior: Theory
L - Industrial Organization > L2 - Firm Objectives, Organization, and Behavior > L25 - Firm Performance: Size, Diversification, and Scope
C - Mathematical and Quantitative Methods > C0 - General
O - Economic Development, Innovation, Technological Change, and Growth > O5 - Economywide Country Studies > O52 - Europe
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Oct. 3, 2014, 10 a.m.
This American Life tries to turn its radio audience onto podcasting with its new show Serial
What does a hyper-successful public radio franchise incubating its first spinoff tell us about the state of podcasting?
By Caroline O'Donovan @ceodonovan Oct. 3, 2014, 10 a.m.
When fans of This American Life tune in for this weekend's episode, they should be ready to hear something entirely new. The long-running radio sweetheart is launching a new podcast, helmed by executive producer and host Sarah Koenig and executive producer Julie Snyder. Instead of "each week we choose a theme and put together different kinds of stories on that theme," each week, Serial will release an hour-long episode that tells the next installment in the story of a 1999 murder.
The first season will be 12 episodes long — they think.
"For us, that it's a podcast is so liberating," says Koenig. "We can tell it as long as we need to tell it, and we don't have to worry about it."
The Serial team is hoping this suspense will be addictive and help to turn This American Life listeners into Serial fans as well. In addition to airing the first episode during This American Life's usual time slot, Serial will be reaching out to its audience via Facebook, Twitter, and email newsletter, plus the occasional on-air shoutout from TAL host Ira Glass.
Serial worked with an outside contractor to build its new website, where they'll be posting features like an interactive timeline, documents related to the story, photos of the characters, and maps, as well as a blog with additional information. For now, there's no Serial app, which everyone agreed was too expensive for what is still, essentially, an experiment.
Serial arrives after a year in which This American Life left longtime distributor PRI to become more independent and to partner with PRX, which, according to operations and production manager Emily Condon, "distributes This American Life to radio stations, and handles TAL's download sales through iTunes and TAL's apps" but has no relationship with Serial.
A new podcast seems like a natural expansion for This American Life, which is itself of course already one of the most popular podcasts in the world. "The listeners have been really great about supporting a lot of the things we've tried to do over the years, whether it's live shows or the TV show or special events," says Snyder. Indeed, Serial topped Apple podcast downloads before episode one was even out:
The top podcasts list is looking pretty nice! @serial @ThisAmerLife @waitwait @Radiolab @freakonomics @podcaststartup pic.twitter.com/W9uNOVEoqO
— Rich Orris (@rorris) September 29, 2014
What's more, some think we're in the midst of a podcast renaissance. Here's an excerpt from a recent Fast Company story by Rebecca Greenfield called "The (Surprisingly Profitable) Rise of Podcast Networks":
The StartUp guys aren't alone in thinking there's "massive" money to be made in podcasting of this ilk. In the last six months, three podcast networks have popped up, from established public radio players: Infinite Guest from American Public Media, SoundWorks from PRI, and Radiotopia from PRX. Meanwhile WNYC has added more podcasts to its roster of shows, which includes the beloved, and very popular, Radiolab. This American Life, the radio show, is now spawning a podcast called Serial. Online print media has also gotten the message: Slate has doubled its podcast output in the last two years.
Slate doubles down on podcasts, courting niche audiences and happy advertisers
Andrew Phelps
So everyone's listening to podcasts these days, and This American Life is riding that wave — right? Not exactly. For many, podcasting is still very much an undiscovered niche.
Welcome to Radiotopia, a podcast network with the aesthetics of story-driven public radio
"I went to my cousin's wedding last weekend, and I will definitely let you know the aunts and uncles in my family are not super familiar with podcasting," says Snyder. "That became a little discouraging after a while. But as a result of that, we have now put together a very short video tutorial with Ira and his 85-year-old neighbor and fellow dog park colleague Mary. Mary is an avid podcast listener because her eyesight isn't great and she needs something to do on all her doctor's visits — she really had podcasting down. So Ira and Mary explain in their video how to listen to a podcast." [Update: A correction via email from Ira Glass: "My neighbor Mary is 86. Turns 87 on Oct 18."]
Though an ever-growing number of people (of all ages) are tuning into podcasts, the reality is that the audiences are still nearly always smaller than what a show like This American Life can reach on terrestrial radio. Though podcasts have been around for a while, the behavior isn't as mainstream as it may feel to converts — though Snyder did point out that the technology is getting more usable, and that even car companies are installing podcasting software into dashboards now.
"It will be interesting, once we start podcasting more, if the audience feels different than the audience we have for This American Life right now," Snyder says. "I'm not sure — it will certainly be much smaller."
(Podcast audiences are actually a little hard to measure. It's possible to know how many listeners are on-site and on SoundCloud, but other apps like iTunes don't make that information available, and tracking server-side downloads is still tricky, according to Condon, who says the team is working on ways to refine available metrics.)
At Fast Company, Greenfield argues that, as podcast audiences grow, so do the potential profits for podcasters:
Podcast ads are unique. Unlike advertising on almost any other medium, people like the interruption, mid-program, to learn about Squarespace and Stamps.com. Often, hosts read the ads in the tone and style of the show…
"People really pay attention to the ads," Slate's podcasting guru Andy Bowers says. That's partly because they have to: The hosts are often right in your ear, and there's no quick way to change the station, like on a radio.
While Koenig and Snyder disagree with the idea that listeners enjoy being interrupted, some of that logic does apply. Serial's launch is being sponsored by MailChimp, a frequent podcast advertiser; other ad slots are available in 15-second segments at the beginning and end of the show. Koenig will voice the post-roll ads, "the way Ira Glass does at the end of TAL," Condon says. The hope is that Serial will become self-sustaining via advertising and, later on, listener donations — but for now they rely on This American Life's budget. (All Serial staffers, including new hire Dana Chivvis, are employees of WBEZ Chicago Public Media, as are all This American Life employees.)
So, though podcasting may again be on the rise, Serial's not in it for the money, at least not right now. But being a podcast rather than a radio show has definite perks. For one, the format is more flexible — the podcast makes it easier to do a show that's based on a season, which can be a struggle for local programmers to work around.
"The benefit of podcasting, obviously, is there's a lot of administrative overhead you don't have to deal with," says Snyder. "You can do it with a smaller budget and a smaller staff."
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There are several factors that you have to consider in order to get the right replacement units for your home. One of these factors is your home's architectural style. You have to make sure that the window style you're going to select can accentuate or complement your home's current design.
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