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Thompson: The Light of Stars/Choral Arts
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Be Still, My Soul/All Saints' Beverly Hills
Roger W. Sherman plays a recital featuring Keith Hill's 17-century French harpsichord, inspired by an instrument by Tibault. Music by D'Angelbert, F. Couperin and Jacques Duphly. Randall Thompson is one of the most important American composers of choral music. Writing in an unabashed Romantic style, this music is ideal for a choir like Choral Arts, which prides themselves in purity and breadth of choral sound. This recording contains Thompson's "Alleluia," probably the most popular American choral work ever written, as well as six works never before recorded. World Premiere Recordings! A stunning program of contemplative sacred texts set to some of the most beautiful singing we've heard. Slow, focused intensity creates a strong emotional response from many listeners, including us. The Martin piece alone is worth the price of admission. With première recordings of new anthems by Craig Phillips and Roland Martin, this CD is also the first recording of the widely admired Choir of All Saints, Beverly Hills, under its new director, Dale Adelmann.
Fahrmann & Wagner/Fuller
A Scandinavian Christmas/Choral Arts
Krebs: Clavierubung/Porter
World Premier Recording! A contemporary of Max Reger, Hans Fährmann wrote monumental - and monumentally difficult- works for vast organs in which the display of contrapuntal mastery was a central feature. This first recording of his eighth sonata is accompanied by another first: a triptych arranged from Wagner's Meistersinger. David Fuller plays the large symphonic Fisk organ of SUNY-Buffalo. The rich musical heritage of Scandinavia is represented by one of the finest choirs in the country. David Dahl also plays seven organ works on the large Fritts organ at PLU in Tacoma.
24-bit recording technology. The Clavier-Übung of Krebs is a collection of 39 pieces based upon 13 favorite chorales of the 18th century. This succession of short pieces provides ample material to bring the tonal resources of Pehr Schiorlin's organ to life. A favorite instrument of Albert Schweitzer, the organ of Gammalkil, Sweden is heard here on CD for the first time.
Bach Encounters Buxtehude/Marshall
Great Organs of Japan v.1: Bach at Ferris University/Miyamoto
Great Organs of Japan v.2: Toccata!/Miura
In the autumn of 1705, Johann Sebastian Bach traveled to Lübeck to learn what he could from the famous organist, Buxtehude. Accounts suggest that his organ playing changed dramatically. On this CD you can explore the often intangible links between these two composers, bringing together some of their most popular works for the organ. The first in the Loft Recordings series "Great Organs of Japan" features the Taylor & Boody organ at Ferris University, and showcases the artistry of J. S. Bach and organist Tomoko Miyamoto. The first large American tracker organ in Japan, this instrument has started a wave of new significant instruments by other great American builders, including C. B. Fisk and Brombaugh. Booklet in English and Japanese, with full specifications of the organ, and organ registrations. The second in the Loft Recordings series "Great Organs of Japan" features the C. B. Fisk organ of Yokoyama Minato Mirai Hall, showcasing the artistry of organist Hatsumi Miura. The largest American tracker organ in Japan, this instrument is ideal for the two most famous toccatas ever written for the organ, which "bookend" this program. Includes the rarely performed Adagio assai for organ by Beethoven, Yamada's "Red dragonfly" in an arrangement by Guy Bovet, and Bovet's own satirical French Baroque Noel. Hatsumi Miura is a well-known international concert artist and has been a featured soloist for several American Guild of Organist national conventions.
Clemens: Requiem & Motets/Tudor Choir
The Eastman Italian Baroque organ/Porter, Davidsson, Higgs
Land of Rest/Parris
The Tudor Choir adds to its critically acclaimed collection of recordings with this new CD of music by Renaissance composer Jacob Clemens non Papa (c.1515-c.1555). Clemens composed in all of the expected genres of his time. Much of his music is infused with a personal quality that differs from the generally abstract nature of much Renaissance sacred music. The music on this disc is a survey of his Latin-texted sacred polyphony, including his intimate Requiem, plus a Magnificat setting and a sampling of motets. The pieces chosen for this recording reveal texts that portray such themes as relationships, family, and remembrance, and therefore demonstrate the unusual "personal" quality to be found in Clemens' works. The only full-size Italian Baroque organ in North America, Eastman's newly installed and restored instrument reveals the exotic sounds of another culture and time. Played by three virtuosi of the school's faculty, the organ sounds as beautiful as it appears: a genuine work of art. The late organist Robert Parris presents a varied selection of works particularly suited to the new C. B. Fisk organ in Macon, Georgia. The program showcases the Fisk brand of eclecticism in a large two manual organ. The organ includes a range of historically derived sounds, which make the authentic performance of certain repertoire possible, but also allowing for a wide range of styles. At the center of the program is the American composer Leo Sowerby's seldom-recorded Prelude on "Land of Rest."
Bach: Festival Chorales/Lynn Edwards Butler
Pas de Dieu: Music Sublime & Spirited/Fishell
Recital at Ascension/Vogel
This is the first recording on the new Richards & Fowkes organ in Deerfied, MA, an instrument inspired by the organs Bach would have known. Noted organologist Butler displays her mettle as the performer of this imaginative Bach program organized around the festival chorales of the liturgical year.
On this first recording of the "French symphonic" Fisk organ, opus 126, Janette Fishell plays a brilliant program that includes the world premiere of Ferko's Livre d'orgue. A superb acoustic also enhances stunning performances of the rarely heard Litaize and Duruflé's masterpiece on "Veni Creator." This CD documents the second recital given on the new Fritts organ at Church of the Ascension (Episcopal) in Seattle. German organ virtuoso Harald Vogel takes us on a tour of this new instrument built in 18th century Dutch and German traditions. Included in the program is Cantica Rustica Americana, presumably "discovered" by Herr Vogel and played for the first time in this recital. This theme and variations are based on a 17th-century American folksong that everyone will recognize.
The Thomsen Chapel Organ Inaugural Recitals (St Mark's Cathedral, Seattle)/Butler & Sherman
The 1785 Schiörlin Organ (Tryserum, Sweden)/William Porter
The Fenner Douglass Organ/Joan Lippincott
This recording documents the inaugural recitals given on the new Paul Fritts organ of Thomsen Chapel at St. Mark's Cathedral, Seattle in 2003. Based on north European practices of the seventeenth and eighteenth centuries, this beautiful organ has singing principals, piquant reeds, and luscious flutes. In addition there are a set of strings which give this organ a wide range of sonic possibilities not usually expected in a small, Baroque-style instrument. The program contains repertoire well-suited to a chapel organ, and includes the first recording of Toon Hagen's partita on 'Vater Unser im Himmelreich.' Features St. Mark's Cathedral organist and choirmaster J. Melvin Butler and associate organist Roger Sherman. The Schiörlin organ at Tryserum breathes new life into these works by Böhm, Bach, and Walther. A lively wind system, idiomatic voicing, and sensitive keyboard action make this organ sing in the hands of international artist William Porter. Joan Lippincott plays "The Bach Legacy," a program based on music by Bach and those inspired by him, on this new Taylor and Boody organ of Bower Chapel in Naples, Florida. Named for organist and scholar Fenner Douglass in November 2006, this three-manual organ is perfectly voiced for the beautiful acoustics of the chapel, and Lippincott's registrations demonstrate some of the organ's most compelling sounds.
Cleveland in Columbus
Greater Love: The English Choral and Organ Tradition/ECU Chamber Singers, Bara
Promenade: A Musical Procession through paintings at Memorial Art Gallery/Bellotti
The first recording of the Fritts organ at St. Joseph Cathedral, Columbus, Ohio! Dedicated in December, 2006, this organ took more than two years to construct, consists of about 5,000 pipes, and ranks as one of the largest mechanicalaction organs in the United States. Gothic artist Douglas Cleveland, director of music at Plymouth Congregational in Seattle, "pulls out all the stops" in the organ's vast tonal palette. The CD starts with a Battalia for the horizontal trumpet stop (located inside the pedal towers). The ECU Chamber Singers and organist Janette Fishell are conducted by Daniel Bara in these monuments of the English choral tradition. The choir's sound is greatly enhanced by the sumptuous acoustics of St. Paul's Episcopal Church in Greenville, and its large, new Fisk organ. Italian organ virtuoso Edoardo Bellotti creates this musical "promenade" based on a sampling of paintings at Rochester Memorial Art Gallery. Improvisations by Bellotti connect organ works by Frescobaldi, Pasquini, Vivaldi, and others, which are paired with seven paintings. Includes full-color images of the paintings and notes by Nancy Norwood, the museum's Curator of European Art. Performed on the museum's organ, the only full-size Italian Baroque organ in the Western hemisphere.
How Brightly Shines the Morning Star/St. Mark's Cathedral (Seattle) Choir/Mel Butler
Hommage á Messiaen/Colin Andrews
Bach: Weimar Preludes and Fugues/Lippincott
The chorale "Wie schön leuchtet der Morgenstern" ("How brightly shines the Morning Star") is presented on this CD in a wide variety of musical styles, along with other hymns, anthems and voluntaries for the season of Epiphany. J. Melvin Butler directs the cathedral choir in this program of familiar–and unusual–works. Olivier Messiaen's French-Catholic mysticism is reflected in his unique musical vocabulary—it forms the basis of one of the most important organ repertoires of the twentieth century. His "Nativity Suite" is one of the most popular of his early organ works, offering musical meditations on the themes and characters of the Christmas story. Also included is the premiere recording of Lionel Rogg's "Hommage à Messiaen". Acclaimed organist Colin Andrews presents his own musical homage for the centenary of Messiaen's birth (2008). (Part of the Complete Organ Works of Messiaen by Colin Andrews -- LRCD-1163) Bach's prelude and fugue compositions reached an extraordinary peak of sophistication and virtuosity during his tenure as court organist in Weimar (1708-1717). Joan Lippincott plays the Paul Fritts organ in a highly reverberant room that is not unlike the court chapel in Weimar.
Bach, Improvisations and the Liturgical Year/Ruiter-Feenstra
Messiaen: Les Corps Glorieux/Colin Andrews
The Music of Dan Locklair/Marilyn Keiser, organist
This recording documents a recital given by Pamela Ruiter-Feenstra on the Martin Pasi organ of Trinity Lutheran Church in Lynnwood, WA. Compositions of J. S. Bach were organized by the liturgical year, and interspersed with Ruiter-Feenstra's own improvisations. Based on ideas found in Bach's works and stemming from genres he most commonly used, her improvisations create new works using Bach's compositional processes. In her roles as artist and teacher, Ruiter-Feenstra is a major advocate of improvisation and performance on historically-based instruments. Each of the seven movements of this powerful work presents a musical and theological statement, expressed in Messiaen's unique musical vocabulary. The haunting opening creates a mystical, mantra-like atmosphere that lays the path for an hour of extraordinarily compelling music. Colin Andrews, a large Fisk organ, and the acoustics of St. Paul's Episcopal Church in Greenville, NC, are the ideal ensemble for Messiaen's mystical masterpiece. (Part of the Complete Organ Works of Messiaen by Colin Andrews -- LRCD-1163) Dan Locklair is one of America's most widely performed composers. His music has been performed at Presidential inaugurations and funerals, and he was named Composer of the Year by the American Guild of Organists. Marilyn Keiser has long been a champion of his organ music and presents here the definitive performances of his most popular works.
Christmas at America's First Cathedral/Baltimore Choral Arts Chorus & Orchestra/Tom Hall
Majestus: The Great Organ of Washington National Cathedral/Scott Dettra
Eternal Light / ECU Chamber Singers, Dan Bara, director
In addition to familiar seasonal music by Mendelssohn, Handel, Rutter, and others, "Christmas at America's First Cathedral" features music from South Africa, Canada, and the United States, including the premiere recordings of seven new works by two of America's most important African American composers, Dr. Rosephanye Powell and Dr. James Lee III. Scott Dettra presents a program of large-organ favorites on this, the final recording of the Washington National Cathedral's Great Organ. One of America's great university choirs premieres new sacred works for choir and single instruments. Recorded in the sumptuous acoustics of St. Paul's Episcopal Church in Greenville, NC.
Bach: Concerto Transcriptions/Lippincott
The Craighead-Saunders Organ at Eastman/Higgs, Davidsson, Porter
Messiaen: l'Ascension et la Messe de la Pentecote/Andrews
This unusual recording celebrates 30 years of Joan Lippincott's Bach recordings on Gothic, and includes her own dazzling transcription of the Bach/Vivaldi concerto for four harpsichords. The three organ professors of The Eastman School of Music demostrate the new Craighead-Saunders organ, modeled after 1776 Caspirini organ of Vilnius, Lithuania---one of the best preserved late-baroque organs in all of Europe. Bach through Mendelssohn is the core of this program, which also includes newly commissioned works by Stephen Kennedy and Martin Herchenröder. Colin Andrews, a large Fisk organ, and the acoustics of St. Paul's Episcopal Church in Greenville, NC, are the ideal ensemble for Messiaen's most popular organ work, the Ascension Suite, and his evocative Mass for Pentecost. (Part of the Complete Organ Works of Messiaen by Colin Andrews -- LRCD-1163)
Douglas Cleveland Plays Rockefeller Chapel
The First Printed Organ Music / Kimberly Marshall
I Wonder as I Wander / Copley Singers
Douglas Cleveland plays in this first recording of the newly renovated1928 E. M. Skinner organ of Rockefeller Chapel at the University of Chicago. With the new renovation by Schantz, and a new opening for tonal egress, the organ now speaks more persuasively into the room. This is the instrument that Marcel Dupré used to teach his American students in the 1950s.
Cleveland plays French and English music of the era, plus two new works dedicated to him. 2012 marks 500 years since the first printed organ music was published by Arnolt Schlick. Kimberly Marshall brings these early works to life, along with other music of Schlick's time, on the exceptional Paul Fritts organ at Arizona State University. One of Boston's premier choirs, The Copley Singers draw from British and American traditions with both unusual and familiar arrangements of holiday favorites.
Recital in York Springs (PA) / Riyehee Hong
Shall We Gather at the River/Choral Arts, Bode
Mendelssohn Rarities/Schola Cantorum
Rising international star Riyehee Hong plays the Taylor and Boody organ of Holy Trinity Lutheran Church in York Springs.
William Hawley is a central figure in today's renaissance of American choral music. His treatment of harmony and counterpoint helped to establish compositional trends that have since been adopted by other major figures such as Morten Lauridsen and Eric Whitacre. Winners of the American Prize and the Margaret Hillis Award, Choral Arts and Robert Bode make a musically persuasive case for the importance of Hawley's choral works. Hailed as "the greatest child prodigy the history of Western music has ever known" (Charles Rosen), Mendelssohn wrote for the organ from the age of 11. New appraisals of his less-commonly performed organ and choral works reveal gems equal to his most beloved compositions.
Performed on the new Craighead-Saunders organ of the Eastman School of Music, with the Schola Cantorum of Christ Church.
The Organ Music of Anton Heiller / Steinbach
Bound for Glory / Chicago a cappella - Miller
Music for a Princess / Richards
Austrian Organist Anton Heiller was most famous for his interpretations of J.S. Bach, but he was also a significant composer. Mark Steinbach plays the ideal "period instrument" for this program, the newly-restored 1962 von Beckerath organ of St. Paul's Cathedral in Pittsburgh. Chicago a Cappella's debut release on Gothic features new settings of African-American spirituals by composers like Moses Hogan, Joseph Jennings, Jonathan Miller, Rollo Dilworth and others. "Chicago a cappella is Chicago's best unaccompanied group!" (Chicago Tribune) The first recording of the new research organ at Cornell University, modeled after the 1706 Schnitger organ of Charlottenburg! This recording explores the richness of the extensive library of music collected by Princess Amalia, including her own original works. Annette Richards is a leading scholar of the music in this library, especially the music of C. P. E. Bach written for Amalia.
Life Stories: The Choral Music of Eric Barnum/Choral Arts, Bode
Music for All Saints: Into the House and Gate of Heaven / St. Philip's Cathedral Choirs, Dale Adelmann
Bach: Orgelbuchlein/Lippincott
Winner of Chorus America's coveted Margaret Hillis Award and the American Prize for choral performance, Choral Arts' newest release features the music of Eric Barnum in a program about the nature of love ant different times and situations of life. The Choirs of the Cathedral of St. Philip in Atlanta present a heavenly foretaste of music for the Feast of All Saints. Although most pieces in Bach's Orgelbuchlein are short-form works they are anything but unsophisticated. Packed with imaginative approaches to setting chorale melodies, this set of virtuosic gems is worthy of repeated hearings.
Recital at Christ Church, Tacoma/Sherman
Bach: Clavier�bung III & Schu�bler Chorales/Lippincott (2 CDs!)
Franz Tunder Organ Works/Ruiter-Feenstra (2 CDs!)
"The organ is magnificent, featuring generous scaling resulting in broad and powerful principal stops and singing flutes. The marriage of performer, organ, room, and repertoire is triumphant." - The Living Church.
This recording documents a recital given on the Brombaugh organ of Christ Church Parish, Tacoma, Washington. The program features works by composers known to Bach, including Brunckhorst, J. Praetorius, Pachelbel, Buxtehude, C.P.E. Bach, and J.S. Bach himself. Christ Church is a concrete building with generous acoustics, and one of the best settings ever for a Brombaugh organ. Joan Lippincott continues her Bach series with two of the most substantial collections published during Bach's lifetime. The Clavierübung III follows Book I (Italian Concerto) and Book II (Goldberg Variations) and precedes Book IV (Art of Fugue), and altogether represents Bach's highest achievements in the art of writing for the keyboard. Clavierubung III, sometimes called "The Organ Mass" begins with settings of the Kyrie and Gloria, but is structured after the German Lutheran catechism. Included in this recording are both the large chorales, the alternative chorales for manuals only and the four duetti. Bach's collection of cantata movement transcriptions for organ published by Schübler in 1742 includes the famous "Wachet Auf!", and rounds out this two-CD collection. Program notes by noted Bach scholar, George Stauffer. Organ Works of Franz Tunder North German Baroque organ Örgryte nya kyrka, Göteborg, Sweden Pamela Ruiter-Feenstra, organist Franz Tunder was a brilliant composer of North German organ music two generations before Bach. Predecessor and father-in-law to Dieterich Buxtehude at St. Mary's Church in Lübeck, Germany, he presided over the large North German organ in a room of monumental scale. This is the first American recording of the new North German Organ, part of a research project in Göteborg, Sweden, that is changing organ building practices around the world. Detailed description of the organ and complete registrations are included in the booklet text.
Bach: Art of Fugue/Lippincott (2 CDs!)
Complete Organ Works of Jehan Titelouze / Bates (3 CDs!)
Few organists are as well known or as highly praised for their Bach recordings as Joan Lippincott. Performing on the newly-constructed Craighead-Saunders organ (closely modeled after a 1776 instrument by the central German organbuilder, Casparini), Lippincott brings a maturity of vision to Art of Fugue that is based on a lifetime of distinguished interpretations and insights into Bach's organ works. "Lippincott's wide variety of tempos, colors and moods make this possibly the most enduring Art of Fugue ever recorded...highly recommended!" -- Fanfare magazine Robert Bates plays the restored 1630 organ of Saint-Michel Church in Bolbec, France in this first recording of the complete organ works of Jehan Titelouze. Known as "the father of French organ music", Titelouze was organist of the cathedral in Rouen and was one of the earliest to publish organ music in France. This is the first recording of his complete organ works and his been awarded the prestigious German Music Critics Award: "Robert Bates peforms brilliantly on the restored 1630 organ at Saint-Michel in the Norman Bolbec. The instrument offers ideal conditions for Titelouze's great art of counterpoint, and Bates skillfully and imaginatively exploits all these possibilities. The magnificent organ sound is captured full of rigour, poetry and depth by perfect recording technology revealing all dimensions of the Church space."
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Joy Fang Today Online 12 Apr 14;
SINGAPORE — The Land Transport Authority (LTA) yesterday called for a tender to study possible 30km-long corridors for the Singapore leg of the proposed High-Speed Rail (HSR) link with Kuala Lumpur.
The tender was announced four days after the conclusion of the fifth Malaysian-Singapore leaders' retreat on Monday, where Prime Minister Lee Hsien Loong and his Malaysian counterpart Najib Razak reiterated their commitment towards completing the ambitious project by 2020.
The Singapore Government is considering three options to site the terminal station — Tuas West, Jurong East and the city centre.
Apart from assessing the technical feasibility of the possible corridors, the engineering feasibility study will also look at, among other things, the transportation connectivity for the three possible terminal station locations, the LTA said in its press release.
The authority said the study is expected to be completed in the first quarter of next year.
Based on a 33-page tender document on the terms of reference, the study has to meet a range of objectives, including comparing the different HSR systems around the world and recommending a suitable system for Singapore, as well as developing necessary connections to existing or future MRT stations.
It also has to, for example, assess the environmental impact on surroundings, propose a power supply for the station and determine costs for the project.
The study also has to come up with a conceptual layout for the terminal station and design it such that it is an "urban node that ... promotes a conducive environment for work, retail and leisure".
Incident-management procedures will also have to be drawn up, including strategies for an emergency fault train recovery, inspection regime of trains and the mode of detrainment in the event of situations such as a system failure.
The appointed consultant must submit a preliminary engineering feasibility report after two-and-a-half months from the date of commencement. After six months, the consultant has to put up a final report.
The idea of a high-speed rail link between Singapore and Kuala Lumpur — which is expected to cut travel time to only 90 minutes — was first announced in February last year during a leaders' retreat in Singapore.
On Monday, Mr Lee and Mr Najib acknowledged at a joint press conference at the end of the retreat that the timeline was challenging.
The next day, in a roundtable interview with editors of regional newspaper grouping Asia News Network, Mr Lee said many aspects of the project have to be studied, discussed and agreed upon.
"But if we can get the high-speed rail between Singapore and KL built, whether it is 2020 or whether it is a bit later, I think it will make a very big difference to the connection between two very vibrant cities ... It is a game changer," Mr Lee said.
Singapore-KL high-speed rail 'a game changer'
Today Online 10 Apr 14;
On Tuesday, Prime Minister Lee Hsien Loong had a roundtable interview in Singapore with editors of regional newspaper grouping Asia News Network. The network comprises more than 20 news organisations from the region such as Singapore's Straits Times, The Jakarta Post from Indonesia and Thailand's Nation Multimedia Group. The journalists hail from countries such as China, Malaysia, Myanmar and Bhutan. Here are excerpts of the interview:
Question: There is a lot of excitement about the high-speed rail to Kuala Lumpur, but you have set a very ambitious time frame for it.
I think that's what we are aiming for. There is a lot of work to be done. Many aspects have to be studied and discussed and agreed upon. But if we can get the high-speed rail between Singapore and KL built, whether it is 2020 or whether it is a bit later, I think it will make a very big difference to the connection between two very vibrant cities, in the way you can do business together, in the way you can travel up and down, the convenience of it. It is a game changer. I mean, it's like the Euro(star) train between London and Paris. And in Asia or in South-east Asia, certainly, I think Singapore and KL are the two natural ends between which you would like to have such a link.
Question: What are the possible obstacles or road blocks that could derail this high-speed rail plan?
We have not yet worked out the specifics of it. We know, in principle, that we want this. (Malaysian Prime Minister Najib Razak) has said that in KL, the terminus is going to be in Bandar Malaysia, in the Sungai Besi side. I have told him that in Singapore, we have three sites possible, but Jurong East is one very attractive one that we are considering. So, in those broad terms, we have decided the shape of it.
But where is the line going to go? How is it going to be built? What's the engineering? What's the financing? What's the governance? What's the legal framework? How are we going to operate this? These are all very complicated to do even in one country, but to do in two countries and to work it all out in what would be quite a compressed time frame, I think (it) will test our teams.
Question: Singapore has been seen as a model in our part of the world and, for that matter, many other nations in other parts of the world. There's so much to draw from Singapore. (Is there) anything that you would actually caution us, you know, not to ape from Singapore or not to borrow from Singapore? What should we not take from Singapore?
We do not hold ourselves as a model for others to imitate. We are only solving our own problems and, generally, we have managed, sometimes, we are still working on it. If other countries find it interesting and relevant and want to use it, adapt it, pick up ideas from it, we are happy that we have been useful. But I think every country's circumstance is different. It's not just the size, it's not just the location; it's also the history, the nature of the society, the temperament of the people, what you are prepared to accept, what you would like to aspire to, how you want your society to operate and how you want to fit in with your neighbours. And that's different. We happen to be in South-east Asia, smallest country in the region, at peace with our bigger neighbours and able to maintain good relations with them.
Question: What is your Government doing to get into a better position in the ranking of Reporters Without Borders?
I have given up that. I do not take them seriously. They put us somewhere around Zimbabwe; I said, so be it. I mean, they find it useful, I just ignore that. We manage our press, our media and our freedom of information in a way that makes sense for Singapore. Information flows freely on the Internet, you can get data instantly from anywhere in the world. Newspapers report freely the news, but also responsibly, so that you inform and educate people, so that this is a source of reliable information, opinion as well as entertainment. And not all newspapers in the world aspire to do that.
I think that it's a model that has worked for us. It's a model that is changing, because the Internet is a very big new factor, social media is a very big new factor, which we are struggling with. I think it's something that we have to deal with and not something where we say, well, we give up; that's the way the world is and anything goes. And I really don't know and don't mind where the next ranking comes out for journalists.
Question: You have been quite active on social media as well. Can you tell us a bit about that experience, and if you are planning to do even more?
Well, it's a very interesting exercise, because I embarked on this about two years ago and launched a Facebook page. And later on, we launched an Instagram account. I am on Twitter too, but Twitter in Singapore doesn't have much following. So, it's mainly Facebook and Instagram. Facebook has a bigger following, but Instagram has more younger people.
It's a good way to have informal comments on serious and semi-serious matters. You also have some light comments from time to time, because people like to see the human side of you and it helps to build up the eyeballs. And if you want to appear on people's news feeds, you must make sure that people "Like" you from time to time. That's a technical requirement. "Like", meaning capital "L", doesn't mean they really necessarily have warm feelings, but there's a technique to it. When to post; how to post it; what language to use; how to keep it snappy and interesting; what sort of pictures to use, because the pictures make a big difference. If you post one of your own pictures, that gives a more authentic feel to it, even if it is not the best picture available.
So, I think it's a useful additional channel, but if you want to deliver an op-ed, 800 words is already too much for Facebook. And on Instagram, the passages, paragraphs are even shorter. That's just the way the attention span is.
Question: The era of long tenureship of Prime Ministers seems to be over, especially in this region. We see governments changing very fast now. You have been in power for about 10 years now, or thereabouts. How do you see your own future? How long do you plan to stay in helming this country?
I think that leaders stay as long as they are able to make a contribution. If they stay beyond that, then they have overstayed their welcome. And in Singapore, we pay a lot of attention to succession planning and making sure that we have a new team ready and new leaders who are capable of taking charge, so that the country can move ahead and the leaders can be in sync with the country. I can't say exactly how long I am staying, but I am 62 years old and that's not young.
Tender for study on high-speed rail sites
Christopher Tan, The Straits Times AsiaOne 14 Ap 14;
SINGAPORE - The Land Transport Authority (LTA) called a tender yesterday for a detailed feasibility study on the proposed sites for a high-speed rail terminal here.
It came just days after Prime Minister Lee Hsien Loong and his Malaysian counterpart Najib Razak reiterated their intention to build a high-speed rail link between Kuala Lumpur and Singapore - the first of its kind in South-east Asia.
Mr Lee has mentioned Tuas West, Jurong East and the city centre as possible sites for a terminal.
The study will assess the transport connectivity of all three and explore feasible corridors for the Singapore leg of the line, which could carry trains reaching speeds of 300kmh.
The LTA said the appointed consultant will be required to study the impact of the project on existing land transport facilities.
According to the tender document, the consultant will also compare different high-speed rail systems, list their pros and cons and recommend a "suitable" one.
It will be required to look at the concept of the terminal station as well as the design of supporting infrastructure such as a Customs, immigration and quarantine facility and an integrated transport hub. It will also examine the amount of land required for the project here and determine the need for acquisition.
The study will "evaluate each of the proposed schemes based on technical, operational, maintenance, environmental, security, safety, cost and any other aspects", the LTA said.
It noted that the line may consist of a mix of ground-level, elevated and underground sections.
The study is expected to be completed in the first quarter of next year.
Meanwhile, the authority will study potential passenger numbers and the soil profile of the three sites.
The two prime ministers are aiming to have the project completed by 2020 - a deadline which industry players believe is ambitious.
labels singapore, transport, urban-development
Let artists shape a resilient city
Sacha Kagan The Straits Times AsiaOne 12 Apr 14;
There are many values of cultural heritage and biodiversity being rediscovered in the historical site of Bukit Brown. Such sites can become exactly the kinds of undesignated spaces of experimentation and imagination that a city needs.
Last month, I was invited to give a keynote address on art and sustainability at the i Light Symposium held at the URA Centre in Maxwell Road. The aim of the conference was to bring together leading thinkers in the area of light and art, interrogating art's power to improve society. I had diverse conversations with artists, architects, social scientists and others, on unsustainable development. I visited neighbourhoods ranging from Marina Bay to Bukit Brown.
These first impressions raised my awareness of the specific challenges of urban resilience for Singapore. In particular, impending climate change raises the question of Singapore's "resilience" to serious future crises.
Will it survive when the trusted approaches that granted wealth and stability to the island in the past are severely tested?
The concept of "resilience" comes from the scientific study of how natural and social systems, in the past, have managed (or not) to survive by evolving in response to changing circumstances.
Species, ecosystems and societies that have proved able to survive extreme crises share three characteristics:
"Redundancy" or having multiple pathways to doing similar things. Redundancy, however, is severely reduced by efficiency. Efficiently organised societies generally have less redundancy, thereby threatening their resilience.
Diversity - for example, having multiple ways to see the world and express ourselves, as well as multiple ways to learn from experience and transmit knowledge. Cultural diversity, as well as biological diversity, should be preserved and even increased.
Self-organisation, or the ability of communities, neighbourhoods and groups of people to organise themselves to help determine their responses to crises. This goes against the expectation that direction should come from the top. It also goes against the naive expectation that some natural market laws will spontaneously solve problems.
Urban resilience requires the realisation of these three characteristics through a city's fabric. Singapore has a rich cultural diversity, but there is much room for progress concerning the other two characteristics.
One promising way for cities to develop these qualities of resilience is through art.
I do not mean the promotion of commercial art or art for art's sake. Rather, the involvement of artists and other unconventional creative people in the process of urban development, to help un-plan our cities. Artists should be allowed to shape spaces where the creative and experimental spirit of the city's inhabitants is stimulated.
Contemporary city dwellers should be allowed to freely re-imagine possible futures and experiment with more sustainable ways of life. Creative, non-commercial "spaces of possibility" are needed, countering the cancerous growth of malls in the city.
The locations of these spaces should not be government-controlled or pre-designated, as these approaches kill creativity.
Instead, they should be spaces that grow organically from efforts by the different creative, social and cultural communities.
One hopeful example of how artists have made an impact on city spaces comes from the city of Hamburg in Germany. In that city, artists are generally being pushed to market themselves as business entrepreneurs for a short-sighted "creative city". But many artists and creative folk opposed that strategy. In 2009, a group of them formed a "Right to the City" network, gathering 100 local groups around one common principle: Urban development should be determined by its inhabitants, not by real estate.
On Aug22, 2009, 150 artists, architects and marketing experts illegally occupied a group of buildings called the "Gangeviertel", historic workers' quarters in the city's centre. It was not an ordinary "squatting" but an art exhibition and series of events.
The occupiers did not merely protest against the plans of the city government and the investor: They put up an elaborate alternative plan to re-imagine the place as a centre of culture, complete with work places and social housing, to inject vibrancy into an area dominated by commercial and expensive residential buildings.
For the first time in decades, the city government, which normally evacuates occupied buildings by force within 24 hours, listened to the proposal. Seduced by the artists' vision, they even bought back the buildings from the investor and gave the occupiers a year to finalise their concept. Rehabilitation work started late last year. Historical buildings were saved and social housing preserved.
Realising urban resilience through the arts will be a great challenge in Singapore, too, but it is not an impossible one. I saw many creative seeds which would need to be encouraged to grow. I saw young people with interesting ideas, designing and making objects, growing their own food.
There are many values of cultural heritage and biodiversity being rediscovered in the historical site of Bukit Brown.
Such sites can become exactly the kinds of undesignated spaces of experimentation and imagination that a city needs.
The writer is a research associate, Institute of Sociology and Cultural Organisation, Leuphana University, Lueneburg in Germany.
labels singapore, singaporeans-and-nature, urban-development
Vertical green wall at school helps fight global warming
Amanda Lee Today Online 12 Apr 14;
SINGAPORE — A vertical green wall created by teachers and students from Hougang Primary School not only helped teach students about global warming, it was also able to reduce classroom temperatures by two to three degrees.
This low-cost, soil-less green project was one of 55 winners at the annual Ministry of Education (MOE) ExCEL Fest yesterday, where schools showcase their best ideas in teaching. More than 170 projects from 130 schools are being featured at the two-day event.
Inspired by French botanist Patrick Blanc, the creator of "green walls" or vertical gardens, Hougang Primary School decided to create its own walls in 2011 when it ran out of gardening space.
Each wall is made up of two pieces of felt stapled onto a 10mm PVC board, with slits on the first layer to form pockets that hold the plants. A variety of plants such as ferns and orchids grows on these vertical, living walls. The school created one to front the exterior of its compound and another was built outside two classrooms.
Speaking at the awards ceremony yesterday, Education Minister Heng Swee Keat called on educators to continue innovating to bring out the best in every child to reach their potential.
"Innovation is for our children's sake; all our work in MOE is judged by how it brings out the best in the children," said Mr Heng. "Every school is to bring out the best in every child in every domain, in every school, at every stage of learning whatever the starting point".
Speaking to reporters on the sidelines of the event, Mr Heng said he hoped teachers will not be afraid of trying something new.
"I would like to encourage our teachers to keep trying; don't be afraid to try new approaches … That is how we can bring innovation across our entire school system and raise the level of our education system," he said. How something could be done more effectively and efficiently is what teachers need to keep in mind, said Mr Heng.
Mr Mohan Krishnamoorthy, who heads the school's Science Innovation and Enterprise Club, said the 29 students who maintain the green wall feel a sense of ownership towards it as they have to prune it once every quarter. "(It) helps them love nature as well," said Mr Mohan. "The whole idea of having this around the school (is to get) students to appreciate nature, appreciate greenery and that's our objective."
During science lessons, the school's Primary 6 students make use of the green wall to learn how green plants and vertical walls help to reduce global warming. They also find out how green walls can serve as a good alternative to the common garden in land-scarce Singapore.
Students also learn how plants can reduce temperatures in the environment. "They can actually compare (the temperature of the) classrooms on the first floor and (the) second floor," said Mr Mohan, adding that temperatures have been reduced by two to three degrees. And it only costs the school about S$100 to S$150 to maintain the wall each year, he said.
labels climate-pact, green-buildings, singapore, singaporeans-and-nature, urban-development
Malaysia to boost oil storage business as new Pengerang, Johor terminal starts on Saturday
* Pengerang's $600 mln oil storage terminal to start operations on Sat
* To boost southern Malaysia's capacity by 70 pct
* First commercial crude storage to be ready by December
Jane Xie Reuters 11 Apr 14;
SINGAPORE, April 11 (Reuters) - Malaysia's biggest commercial oil storage facility will start operations on Saturday when it receives its first fuel shipment, expanding Southeast Asia's share in the oil storage business and also raising competition with neighbouring Singapore.
The $600 million oil storage terminal with a capacity of 1.28 million cubic meters at Pengerang in the southern Malaysian state of Johor will receive a clean oil product shipment on Saturday morning, Dialog Group Bhd, one of the owners of the terminal, confirmed to Reuters in an email.
Singapore is the 800-pound gorilla in the regional oil storage business, boasting a capacity of around 20 million cubic meters of storage space that is essential for oil trading activities. A scarcity of land, however, has stymied the city-state's growth of the business.
So Malaysia is cashing in on the opportunities provided by the rising quantities of crude oil and products passing through the region to meet the appetite of Asia's growing economies.
The Pengerang terminal, majority owned by a 51:49 joint venture of Dialog and Dutch oil and chemicals storage company Vopak, will boost southern Malaysia's oil storage capacity by nearly 70 percent to more than 3 million cubic metres when its first phase is completed by year-end.
It will also become then the first commercial oil terminal in the region to offer crude oil storage.
It was not immediately clear what fuel the shipment will bring on Saturday or what the quantities are and who's leasing the storage space.
Malaysia also has oil storage terminals at Tanjung Bin, Tanjung Langsat and Pasir Gudang.
Twenty-five storage tanks at Pengerang with a combined capacity of 432,000 cubic meters that can store clean oil products such as naphtha and diesel will be brought online at Saturday's commencement. Another 432,000 cubic meters is set to be commissioned by June and a further 420,000 cubic meters by December, an industry source familiar with the matter said.
When the first stage is completed, the project will offer 57 tanks and six berths. It will have capabilities to dock a very large crude carrier.
Two-thirds of the terminal's capacity will be designated to store clean products and the remaining for crude oil.
Subject to demand for more storage, there are also plans to expand Pengerang's storage capacity to up to 5 million cubic meters.
The storage terminal is one of several upcoming energy projects in Pengerang.
Malaysia's state oil firm Petronas will build a 300,000 barrels-per-day refinery and petrochemical integrated development which costs about $16 billion at Pengerang. The refinery is expected to start operations by early 2019.
And in November, Singapore-based oil trader Concord Energy said it had signed a pact with Dialog for a feasibility study to build another terminal there with a capacity of up to 2 million cubic meters. (Editing by Muralikumar Anantharaman)
Dialog starts ops in Pengerang
zazali musa The Star 14 Apr 14;
KOTA TINGGI: Dialog Bhd's Pengerang Independent Terminals Sdn Bhd (PITSB) welcomed the first vessel carrying fuel for its petroleum and crude storage facility in Pengerang on Saturday, marking the start of its oil storage operations there.
MT Vinalise Glory, which arrived from the Middle East, became the first ship to dock at the terminal which offers crude oil storage facilities for trading purposes.
"This is a historic moment as we work towards the transformation of Pengerang into a regional oil and gas hub like what's Rotterdam to Europe,'' said Dialog Group Bhd executive chairman Dr Ngau Boon Keat at a briefing.
Dialog's facility will raise competition in the crude oil storage business that is generally dominated by operators in Singapore currently.
Ngau, who is also PITSB chairman, said the company was confident that Phase One of Pengerang Terminal operated by PITSB would serve its purpose to meet the growing need for storage capacity of crude oil and petroleum products in the Asian region.
He said PITSB was currently in talks with two potential investors to develop additional terminals under Phase Two and Three of the independent terminal project.
"We have allocated about 80.93ha for Phase Two and Three of the development and the investment is likely to be more than what have been invested in Phase One,'' he said.
Phase One covers 60.70ha of reclaimed seabed land, with initial storage capacity of about 1.3 million cu m, cost RM2bil. This is small compared to Singapore, which boast a capacity of 20 million cu m. However, a scarcity of land in Singapore has been a stumbling block for its expansion.
Dialog's independent trading terminal and dedicated liquefied natural gas terminal has a total four storage tanks with a capacity of 160,000 cu m each and involved a total investment of RM4bil.
Upon completion, the deepwater petroleum terminal would be able to handle the storage, blending and distribution of crude oil and petroleum products. It is owned by PITSB, a joint venture between Dialog Group, Royal Vopak and State Secretary Johor Inc.
Phase 1A was completed last month and consists of 25 tanks with a total storage capacity of 432,000 cu m for clean petroleum products.
Vopak Asia division president Patrick van der Voort said the Pengerang independent oil terminal (Phase One) was one of Vopak's most important projects in Asia, catering to the growing energy demand in the region.
"We have added Pengerang Terminal into our global network of 80 terminals across 29 countries and are looking forward to serving our customers at the new terminal,'' he said.
Pengerang Terminal Project Progressing Well, Says Dialog
Bernama 14 Apr 14;
KUALA LUMPUR, April 14 (Bernama) -- Dialog Group Bhd's Pengerang Terminal, an Entry Point Project under the Economic Transformation Programme, is progressing well with its initial phase expected to be completed by year-end.
In a filing to Bursa Malaysia Monday, Dialog said phase 1 A has been successfully completed and has commence operations.
"The terminal welcomed the first vessel carrying fuel for its petroleum and crude storage facility in Pengerang on Saturday, marking the start of its oil storage operations there," it said.
Dialog said phase 1's development covered 60 hectares of reclaimed sea-bed land with initial storage capacity of approximately 1.3 million cubic metres with six berths at a cost of RM2 billion.
The company said Phase 1 was being undertaken by its joint-venture company, Pengerang Independent Terminals Sdn Bhd (PITSB).
"The entire development may take another 10-15 years to be fully completed and will create huge impact to local communities through creation of many economic activities as it will also complement the RAPID project that was recently confirmed by Petronas," it said.
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International art sales realized more than $64 billion in 2012, with the art market outperforming equities.
Art collectors of ArtKabinett social network are witnessing huge gains in their independent collections.
Art fund groups are becoming a popular way of hands-off investing in art.
One London-based fine art fund, Fine Art Fund Group, has become a leading art investment house with over $150 million in assets under management.
The company also represents some leading banks in their art advisory relationship.
The group was founded in 2001 by Philip Hoffman, pictured here, to develop and manage investment vehicles that invest in fine art, and offers a rare opportunity to invest in art with the added benefits of diverse professional expertise.
Hoffman has notably stated, "The value of a Canaletto will never go down to zero. It will never do an Enron!"
Before launching The Fine Art Fund, Hoffman spent 12 years working for Christie's, which he joined from KPMG, and at 33, he became the youngest member of the Christie's International Management Board.
The Fine Art Fund Group has a team of 40 professionals and has representatives in London, Lugano, Latin America, Athens, and Dubai.
As well as managing the investment funds, the Group provides art advisory services to major banks in Switzerland, USA, the UAE, Greece and Luxembourg.
Hoffman is a regular speaker at the Credit Suisse Family Office Forum, the ING Art Conference and Euromoney Conferences, and frequently comments on the art market on Bloomberg TV, BBC radio, CNBC, CNN and Sky News
This group was the first fund of its type to invest in art as a worldwide asset class, and continues to be the only one to do so on this scale.
Enjoyment of the art itself is not compromised, as investors are given the opportunity to borrow works of art, and rent them.
Free Ports for Art
The growth in the art market has also led to the rise of institutions known as "free ports" which are actually Swiss bonded warehouses.
These are places where commodities, from coffee, to gold, to paintings and sculpture are stockpiled, exempt from taxes and customs duties until they are sold.
The Geneva free port is one such warehouse located on a faceless industrial estate.
From the exterior, it looks like a rather subdued warehouse in an industrial area of the city, but Inside, it houses one of the largest collection of fine art, including work by Picasso, Matisse, Warhol and Koons.
The current art boom has seen free ports as a growth area and new extensions are planned for Geneva, while due to open next year, new free ports in Luxembourg, and in Singapore, and even Beijing.
Whether or not this locked-down side to the art world is acceptable to aesthetes, it has become a reality to the general workings behind the scenes of large corporate galleries like Gagosian and Pace -- who lease large spaces in these facilities.
It only affects the upper end of the art market and acts as an alternative to the tradition of loaning works to museums for extended periods.
It also raises questions about just how safe our museums are for works worth tens of millions.
Let's hope we don't see a repeat of the Momart disaster where on the evening of 24 May 2004 fire broke out in a Momart storage warehouse in Leyton, east London. Tracey Emins bed, The Chapman's 'Hell' and 50 Patrick Herons went up in flames.
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Creation through the Language of Sciences
What is the characteristic that distinguishes man from a robot?
Submitted by Editor (editor) on Thu, 18/06/2020 - 12:17
Man is not a robot
When viewed as something that consists of matter, the highest level that a human being can attain is a highly advanced robot. A robot that is a technological wonder can walk, perform certain chores very well, take orders, and see its vicinity mechanically. It can even laugh loudly with a mechanical sound but it cannot feel anything and cannot be aware of anything. Even if it is loaded with a library full of knowledge, it cannot know what it knows. For, even if it has a state-of-the-art processor, it cannot have conscience. It cannot suddenly get hit with ideas. It cannot love or get angry with other robots, and it cannot make plans to destroy the other robots. Such a robot cannot enjoy the beauty of a flower, and cannot desire to see new places. It can play the best music and even do the job of an orchestra, but it can never know the joy of listening to a beautiful sound. It cannot show compassion by embracing a smaller robot. It cannot get a taste of the energy or the fuel it is consuming. It cannot feel pity for another robot and attempt to help it. It cannot comprehend anything happening around itself; it cannot rejoice at good news and be sad at bad news. It cannot know what depression is. It cannot worry about getting old someday and being taken to a robot cemetery to be discarded. It cannot know what longing for immortality is. It cannot think about the past and be concerned about the future. It cannot daydream or dream at night. It cannot laugh at the funny acts of other robots. It can be loaded with a huge amount of information in a few minutes and can learn a foreign language in an instant, but it cannot enjoy learning new things, it cannot get amused, and it cannot make comments. It cannot generate new knowledge and it cannot take the initiative to try new things for which it is not programmed for. It can communicate with another robot, but it cannot carry a casual conversation which is an enjoyable exchange of warm feelings – even if it has the most advanced electronic processor.
That is, this wonderful robot cannot have any features that make humans what they are. This is because none of these traits originates from matter. All the differences between a human being and a robot equipped with all of the wondrous features of the human body are non-matter, that is, meaning. And the entirety of all these meanings that transcend through the body just like the penetration of light into the diamond is the spirit.
1998 Physics Nobel Winner Robert Laughlin expresses the meaning that penetrates into the body as follows:
"If a simple physical phenomenon can become effectively independent of the more fundamental laws from which it descends, so can we. I am carbon, but I need not have been. I have a meaning transcending the atoms from which I am made"1
As Nursi states, the body subsists through the spirit and it is the spirit that gives the body a value. The spirit is non-matter and thus beyond space and time, and as such it is not subject to any of the restrictions that matter is subject to, like the physical laws. The starting point for the understanding of the true nature of man will be the stripping off the matter we are buried in, and turn our attention beyond matter.
1.Laughlin, R. B., A Different Universe – Reinventing Physics from the Bottom Down, Basic Books, New York, 2005, p. xv.
FAQ in the category of Creation through the Language of Sciences
What is spirit (rooh)? Can spirit's essence be comprehended? Is spirit merely brain? What is the relationship between spirit and body?
Do the laws of physics originate from the matter they rule?
What does matter's having no will mean?
What is matter? How are we supposed to understand and assess it?
What is the real existance of a living thing(spl:Human) spirit or body?
Question 57: Is it appropriate to mention religion in scientific studies? Science is based on experiment and religion is based on belief. Therefore, science and religion always contradict.
How can the reality of being in many places at the same time be understood? Will you give information about luminosity, which is a dimension of existence?
What is the Islamic opinion of practices about the utilization of bio-energy in humans, such as reiki, yoga and meditation?


I have blogged before, on numerous occasions, abour my effort to get rid of the clutter in my house. I have undertaken a mission of 'Swedish death cleaning' to relieve my heirs of the problem of getting rid of my clutter.
So when I come upon a volume that I thought I might want to read some day, I no longer give it a pass. I read it now or get rid of it.
Well, I came upon a damaged volume of 'The Education of a Princess', and I decided to read it now. After a few paragraphs it was no longer a conscious choice. I was enthralled as I haven't been since I first read Armand de Caulaincourt's 'With Napoleon in Russis,' which I have blogged about here, here, and here.
This autobiography of Princess Marie Romanov is a one-of-akind view of history that cannot be found anywhere else. For anyone who wants a true perspective on Russian history, I suggest this is what they call a must-read.
It begins by chronicling the courtly life of the Russian royal family, unchanged for more than 300 years, and it ends in a thriller in which the life of the princess, and her husband and their child, are saved by the kindness of a German officer at the Ukrainian border.
To show you how close Princess Marie was to the currents of history: her brother Michael was among the conspirators who murdered Rasputin. He was banished to the Turkish border, and this saved his life, because it allowed him to escape the Bolshviks, who brutally executed the rest of his family. He lived on to have an affair with Coco Chanel. Good going Michael!
His sister Marie managed to escape, too, but not without giving us a detailed picture of the last days of the Romanovs.


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National expert conference "Tackling cybercrime — A key challenge to comprehensive cybersecurity"
The OSCE Office in Baku is organising a National Expert Conference "Tackling Cybercrime - A Key Challenge to Comprehensive Cybersecurity" which will bring together representatives of all relevant state agencies of Azerbaijan, international experts, representatives of international organizations and Embassies and internet providers operating in Azerbaijan.
Support to combating trafficking in human beings and forced labour in Azerbaijan in 2011
01 Mar 2011 - 31 Dec 2011
The objective of the project is to increase the capacities of relevant Government agencies and civil society in preventing and prosecuting trafficking in human beings (THB) and protecting the victims of trafficking.
Sensitization seminar on human trafficking and forced labour for regional law-enforcement agencies in south of Azerbaijan
The purpose of the workshop was to sensitize regional law-enforcement agencies and other actors on anti-trafficking and elaborate on the role of the front-line officers in combating trafficking in human beings.
Facilitation of best practices of public assembly management in Azerbaijan in 2011
15 Mar 2011 - 31 Jul 2011
The purpose of the project is to build the capacity of Internal Troops and Police of Azerbaijan in appropriate use of reasonable measures and proportional methods of public assembly management consistent with OSCE commitments, international standards and Azerbaijan's legal obligations under relevant human rights conventions.
Facilitation of best practices of public assembly management
The purpose of the project was to build the capacity of Internal Troops and Police of Azerbaijan in appropriate use of reasonable measures and proportional methods of public assembly management consistent with OSCE commitments, international standards and human rights legal obligations.


Aspiranet supports foster and at-risk youth across Central Valley with gift drive at participating Starbucks locations.
Annual gift drive is largest to date collecting donations at 258 store locations throughout California.
(SAN JOAQUIN COUNTY , Calif.) – This holiday season, Starbucks customers in California can share the joy of the holidays with a foster or at-risk youth in need. Foster youth served by Aspiranet, a leading human services agency of California, will receive gift donations from Starbucks customers through this joint effort at 258 participating locations.
From Nov. 21 – Dec. 18, foster and at-risk youths' gift wishes will be on display at one of 106 Starbucks stores in the Central Valley. Starbucks customers who wish to participate may select a gift wish of a child or teen in foster care, or at-risk youth. Unwrapped gifts can be returned to the store location with the original gift tag attached.
Now in its eighth year, the annual Starbucks gift drive builds a bridge between the generosity of the community and the holiday wishes of foster children. Last year, customers donated more than 6,000 gifts, allowing Aspiranet social workers to deliver age-appropriate gifts for thousands of foster youth and teens from infants to older youth transitioning out of foster care.
A list of participating Starbucks locations can be found at: http://www.aspiranetholidays.org.
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Many clients find it helpful to read about the key ideas and strategies behind the CBT approach to therapy. Reading information between therapy sessions can help clients to understand the principles at their own pace, and to go back and re-read key ideas that perhaps need clarification. There are a small number of books that I regularly recommend to clients, the choice of book depending on each person's needs (for example Melanie Fennell's book on Overcoming Low Self-esteem, David Veale and Rob Willson's book on Overcoming Obsessive Compulsive Disorder).
In the past I have struggled to find a short introduction to CBT/REBT so I have put together my own booklet. You can download a free copy by following the link at the beginning of this blog.
There is of course a whole lot of information that I have had to leave out in order to keep the booklet short, but I hope that my intention of covering the basic ideas of REBT is successful. The brevity of the booklet means that it is likely to be most relevant to people who are actually engaged in therapy and want a brief summary of the ideas they are exploring in therapy. If you want an in-depth explanation of CBT you could do worse than read Rhena Branch's 'CBT for Dummies'.


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Q: Lightbox and swf nav question Can anyone tell me why lightbox isn't working on my page?? It works when i test it dreamweaver but as soon as i load it, it stops working. You click on one of the pictures and the flash navigation disappears. I've been working on this for hours so i'm lost as to what to try next. Thanks.
http://www.shellyfairchild.net/pages/photos.html

A: Just looked at this real quickly - found a couple things going on that definitely will mess you up. First off, just debug this page and you get a potent error "Builder is not defined" - this means something is wrong with how you are linking Scriptaculous (I haven't spent any time with either, so the fix is up to you, but thats where your problem is). Check that out and it should fix your lightbox issue.
Your flash is disappearing because your are setting its visiblity to hidden - I assume because flash will float over lightbox and it seemed like a good idea at the time. And honestly, if you are just using flash for a simple rollover, then its the wrong tech for the job. A simple javascript rollover will be much simpler to use, and function exactly the same.
Hope that helps point you in the right direction.

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Les skins ou stickers sont des autocollants adhésifs destinés à la personnalisation de différents objets. Ils sont notamment utilisés pour la personnalisation et la protection des appareils électroniques comme les téléphones portables, les ordinateurs portables, les lecteurs MP3 ou encore les consoles de jeux.

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This thread should be used to help each other decide whether or not to see a movie.
Members who have seen a film recently can post a brief smiley review of it.
Smleys could also be used to say if the plot was a mystery ETC.
If you thought a movie was gay some people could use that picture of Spiderman.
Just a suggestion of course but I think it could really help people decide if they want to see a movie or not.
"how about NO, you freaky danish [email protected]@rd"
"Then she shat on a turtle!"
I see the moovie the age of ice recently (excuse me for the bad translation) it was a very good cartoon. But unfortunately , you guys from US have seen it, since a long time.
Where's Powerdoc? There he is!
Road to Predition, very enjoyable.
This from me, who usually sticks to the comedy's.
This movie was one of the few that I have bothered to see in the theatres in recent years and was well worth the visit.
If you can get past all the killing, it's a great Plot movie that is a nice change from the mindless summer crap, such as "Crocodile Hunter"
Am I not turtle-y enough for your turtle club?
CRICKEY! SHE ALMOST BIT ME HEAD OFF MATE!
<strong>Am I not turtle-y enough for your turtle club?
NO! NO! I can't STAND those commercials!
LOL That movie has got to be hilarious.
It was very faithful to the cartoon but some of the bits aimed at the younger audience! There's only so much of a flatulence contest a man can take.
Interesting choice of villain though. Anyone who has seen him in the cartoon even once will understand why.
The Royal Tenenbaums gets :eek: :eek: :eek: :eek: from me for the short but great Gwyneth Paltrow lesbian scene.
WTF? I just saw that movie last week and I don't remember any lesbian scene. What the hell?
Hehe, gotta see Austin Powers when it premieres here next week. Tomorrow it's either Minority Report or Mulholland Drive...anyone with reviews on those?
hell yeah, i'm guess i'm a movie buff...Minority Report is DEFINATLY worth a look. the plot is fantastic, the actors are great and the entire 'world' is exquisit. cruise puts in a usual brillo performance and it is deffinatly one of the films to see this year!
ok well i saw Ausin Powers 3....for a 3rd time today and i still think the same.
does the song 'its a small world' mean anything...hell yeah!
whilst at the cinema, as above, i bumped into Appleinsiders very own Vargus! accompanied by Mr Vargus Snr.....well what did u think of the film varg?
Well, Leviathun, it would appear it is indeed a small world.
Sorry for laughing but yes the film was funny. I almost felt an affinity with the overwight Scotsman. He was a fat [email protected] whilst you may know me as a phat [email protected] If you know what I mean Leviathun.


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