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Reporting live from Neopia Circulation: 155,374,082 Issue: 216 | 11th day of Storing, Y7
by playmobil_is_my_life
I remember when Josh handed me the green ticket. Before my accident, it was worth a fortune to me. It seemed to gleam like a Dubloon in my red paw. As well it should have because Josh, Greg and I had stood in line for two hours as soon as the Ticket Booth opened in Tyrannia to get it. After waking up real early and catching the ferry, two hours in line seemed like an eternity to wait for something.
Once that wonderful thing was in my paws I knew that this weekend was going to be fun. The Sticks N Stones tickets we had been waiting for were finally available. However, my good luck ran out. It was my fault, really. I was being dumb and not watching where I was going while my owner and I raced down the street. I didn't see the bump in the sidewalk that I'd passed over countless times. I went sprawling and landed on my leg in a strange way.
Next thing I knew I was in the hospital, and that fabulous green ticket was nothing more than a colored piece of paper.
The doctor Gelert told me that I'd have to wait a few days before being released from the Neopian General Hospital. A few days was too long… the concert was in two and there was no way I could go now. No matter how much I protested, told everyone there I was fine and proved that I could use the crutches, the doctor made me stay.
"There'll be other concerts, Ryan," my owner said, giving me an affectionate stroke on the head. I turned away and crossed my red paws. He brought me a chocolate Chia from the Candy Shop down the street to cheer me up. Normally, we Lupes love chocolate Chias. But there was a sour taste in my mouth that could not be altered by my favorite treat.
After he left, my eyes wandered from the whitewash walls to the stiff cast around my leg. It was heavy to lift and sometimes itched. How annoying. But I'd put up with three times as much if I could go to the Sticks N Stones concert with Josh and Greg. Stupid and clumsy me just had to trip on the uneven sidewalk two days before the concert.
My door opened and an Aisha nurse came in. She visited yesterday to make sure things were a-okay. I was assuming that she'd be here every morning.
"Ryan, how are you feeling today?"
"Angry…" I mumbled. "Upset, disappointed, irritated…"
"I was referring to your leg."
I knew perfectly well what she was referring to.
"You shouldn't be too worried over a concert," she replied. "There's a patient across the hall who's got it worse than you."
Quite frankly, I didn't think that was possible. Right now, I believed that no one could feel worse unless they had their dream ripped from their paws like I did. Josh said he was going to sell my ticket. Whatever. I didn't care since it didn't matter now. Temporarily shaking off the thought, I said,
"So what's up with him?"
"He fell off a skateboard this morning," the Nurse replied, marking writing notes down on her clipboard. "He's a little guy and we're waiting for him to come around."
"Well, at least his owner will be there when he awakens," I said. My owner was always there for me, even when I pretended I didn't need him.
What the Nurse said next was surprising, "I doubt that. It's been hours and he or she hasn't shown."
I frowned. "Where is his owner?"
"We don't know," the Nurse sighed.
I nodded, feeling a minute pang of sympathy. The Nurse left, saying she'd be back to check on me later and I rolled over on my side. I tried to sleep, but the sheets were too stiff and uncomfortable. The pillow was as hard as a rock and thick too, so my head was inclined unnaturally and it left me with a small pain in my neck. There was no way I could take a nap at eleven o'clock in the morning.
After an hour passed, it was around lunch time. There was no way I was going to have it served to me in here… I desperately needed to get my plastic tray and sit on one of the picnic tables outside. I forced myself into a sitting position and slid off the bed. I hobbled over to the door rather awkwardly swinging my back right leg behind me while the other three pulled it along.
I opened the door and started out, staying out of the way. Down the hall and to the left was the cafeteria. Luckily the food was pretty good. Before I could wobble to the end of the hall, I noticed that the door to my right was open. It was one of the doors to the younger Neopet's ward. I paused outside and watched three doctors crowded around the hospital bed. A small, blue Kacheek was sitting upright, looking anxious around him.
The Aisha Nurse gave him a small smile and said, "Steven… do you remember anything?"
I couldn't see the Kacheek's answer. And feeling that it was really none of my business, I started off to the cafeteria.
Poor guy, I thought. He can't remember anything. That must have been rough on him and his owner. I didn't give it much more thought. Instead, I picked up some food from one of the lunch ladies and went outside to eat.
It was around dinnertime when I saw Steven again. He was sitting by himself at dinner. There was a Nurse keeping an eye on him from a table across the hall. He probably wanted to eat alone so he could gather his thoughts… you know, and maybe remember something.
I decided to see if he was okay. I sat down across from him with my dinner tray. He looked up slowly and I gave him a small smile. Part of me wanted to go back to my room and watch the specks of dust fall from the ceiling, but the other part wanted to stay and see what was up.
"Hey," I said.
"Hey," he replied, twirling some steamed carrots around on his fork.
"So, uh, what's your name?" After I asked that simple question, I wished I didn't. What if he didn't remember what his name was? I mean, sure the Nurse told him, but what if he forgot?
"It's Steven," he said and I sighed with relief.
"Cool. My name's Ryan. What are you here for?"
I stopped again, wanting to bang my head on the table. Great one, Ryan, keep the stupid questions coming! I knew he probably didn't want to be reminded of why he was in the hospital, nor did I.
"Because I can't remember," the Kacheek said. "I want to remember, but the Nurse said I won't be able to for a while." I nodded slowly. His voice was cautious and sort of timid. I guessed he was a little scared. Where was his owner, by the way? I wanted the answer to that question, but knew it would be rude to ask it. "Why are you here?" he wondered aloud.
"I tripped and broke my leg. Now I can't go to the Sticks N Stones concert…" I broke off and then continued, "Oh. Sorry, I bet you don't know what I'm talking about. Sticks N Stones is a rock band and their concert is in Tyrannia."
"I've never heard of them," said Steven.
Of course you haven't, I thought. "Do you remember anything?" I asked suddenly, no longer caring if my questions sounded rude. How would he know what rude was? He was a little Kacheek who couldn't remember anything, let alone what a rude question was.
"I remember…" Steven began, "I remember falling. And then waking up here under the white lights."
His story in general was pretty amusing. "I've heard that true amnesia is pretty rare. Congrats."
Steven forced a weak smile at my sarcasm. "Yeah, I feel really lucky," he added.
That pretty much began our friendship. We met in the cafeteria and ate meals at the picnic table outside. The Nurse said that he was making "slow, but sure" progress. She also said that some things will need to be repeated because his mind won't be able to pick them up right away. But I was patient, I repeated some things and waited for him to catch on.
The next day, we walked around the path in the back of the hospital, just talking and savoring the fresh air outside. My red Lupe tail swished back and forth on the bench as he told me about his skateboard… he was starting to remember his favorite toy.
"It's purple," he told me surely, "with a blue stripe down the middle. I think it was a birthday gift…"
I was proud of his improvement. I felt strangely attached to him, sort of like an older brother would. Steven said when he could go home, he'd show me some tricks he had been practicing. I didn't know how much I'd see him once I was out of here in a day or so. The cast wouldn't be off until a few weeks or more, but at least I could go home.
The concert was last night. The following morning, I was quiet. Josh and Greg came to visit, telling me how great it was. Plus, they bought me a souvenir hat. I smiled meekly and said thanks. I knew that it was over and that my chance of ever seeing the band again was slim. Steven noticed my saddened expression that afternoon under the oak tree.
"What's wrong?" he asked.
"The concert in Tyrannia," I replied, "was last night. Sticks N Stones played and my friends went." I already told him this story, but like the Nurse said, I'd have to be patient with him. "You see, Sticks N Stones are-"
"No, wait. I think I remember them. Sticks N Stones are a musical group," said Steven. "They play rock songs and stuff like that."
I grinned. "Yeah, you got it."
"Cool!" said the little Kacheek, his face aglow with pride. His smile dropped a little when he asked, "But can you tell me again what Tyrannia is?" I smirked at his enthusiasm and told him. He was improving a lot, just over the past couple of days, but sometimes he'd ask me to repeat.
I left the hospital a day later, a bit sooner than expected. I still came to visit him almost every day, but the doctors weren't sure when Steven would make a full recovery. I guess for him it was like putting together a puzzle: Piece by piece. Even though I did not know how long the puzzle would take to be completed, I waited patiently.
Steven, I thought to myself, I don't care how long it takes you to make a full recovery. Even though I'm a step ahead by being back home, I will wait for you to get to that point as well.
For my friend, I will wait.
Author's Note: Thanks for reading. Hope you enjoyed it, and feel free to Neomail me with feedback. :) Oh, and thanks beewitched2 for editing, as usual.
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Both sides of Joyce's dirty deal bad for NZ
How wealthy do you feel?
Written By: notices and features - Date published: 6:00 am, April 9th, 2012 - 100 comments
100 comments on "Open mike 09/04/2012 "
The Chairman 1
Grey Power contemplating establishing a power company
Lobby group Grey Power is contemplating establishing a power company of a different kind, as pensioners face rising electricity bills this winter.
A major upgrade of the grid by state-owned Transpower has driven a nationwide electricity price hike, prompting Grey Power to look at ways to assist its members, said national president Roy Reid.
"We would run a company that distributes on the power networks as is done at present," Reid said.
"We would only need to gather in enough profit to maintain the cost of the supply."
Reid said the rising prices are putting too much pressure on pensioners, which Grey Power hopes to change.
Significant increases in line prices in the last five years has seen line pricing outstrip energy pricing in that period.
http://tvnz.co.nz/business-news/lobby-group-mulls-starting-own-power-company-4821444
A power company that only requires to make enough profit to maintain supply? Isn't that something a Government working in the public interest should be doing?
LynW 1.1
From tiny acorns…. This would be a wonderful thing to see happen…enough is enough….our elders starting the ball rolling….. a revolution on the way?
Lanthanide 1.2
Wow, really?
Transpower hasn't been investing in upgrades as it should have, if it had we would have had higher prices sooner than we did now. On the other hand, thanks to the recession we now have ample generation capacity for the next 2-3 years.
If Grey Power think they can magically make power transmission cost less, or never upgrade the infrastructure (and watch what would happen to the country if the cook strait cable broke down, for example…) then they really don't know what they're talking about.
Members of Grey Power could organise amongst themselves to buy up shares in one of the power companies being partially sold. Maybe they'd prefer National relaxed their policy and sold more than 49%.
mickysavage 1.2.1.1
They already own the shares as Citizens of this country. Why buy them twice?
Pete George 1.2.1.1.1
Why buy power? They already own it as citizens of this country. Why buy it twice?
Colonial Viper 1.2.1.1.1.1
You buy it twice because you can use the power twice. Easy. It wouldn't be fair if old people can go ahead and use the power twice, but just pay once, because that would mean they got a free lunch with it.
mickysavage 1.2.1.1.1.2
We all have to chip in some money so that the infrastructure can be built. These are called taxes and/or power charges. We can then benefit from cheap power. But sell the infrastructure off and we will have to pay Mr Overseas Investor Man more money so that we can have the benefit of our assets.
bad12 1.2.1.2
Members of Parliament could organize among themselves the distribution of electricity to the elderly who paid the taxes which constructed the electricity generation which we all currently enjoy at a price they all,(the elderly),can afford to pay…
Transpower hasn't been investing in upgrades as it should have, if it had we would have had higher prices sooner than we did now.
The electricity industry is highly profitable. Not the lines side of it, but as a whole (including generators and retailers). So there's been plenty of money to put into investing in infrastructure upgrades – if you leave aside all the artificial accounting divisions between activties.
Tc 1.2.2.1
Lines companies are still very profitable, as long as they ensure they have the asset base that allows this return the money flows from the retailers with no effort early in every month.
Lanthanide 1.2.2.2
Right, now that I can believe.
In which case Grey Power trying to set up their own lines company isn't going to do bunk: if all the profits are in the retail and generator sector anyway.
Seems what they really want is for the government to rationalise the industry and bring it under state control. Unfortunately our current government is trying to do the opposite.
Transpower to return dividend to Govt for first time in 6 years
While hiking prices, borrowing money, and denying it is under govt pressure to hand over more dividends than it is making in profits. Figure that.
http://www.stuff.co.nz/business/industries/6546910/Transpower-not-pressured-on-dividend
The Chairman 1.2.4
Not if that investment in infrastructure came from profits made.
A lower (or no profit margin) will offset end consumer costs.
This threatens to jeopardize the Governments sell-down plans, Grey Power (supplying power at cost) will clean up
The problem is We keep discussing such things from within the current socio/economic paradigm,
Species of life upon the Planet that have failed to evolve in terms of what conditions are present upon this Planet have in fact ceased to exist,and, as part of our conditions of existence upon this Planet are reliant upon the economic structures we build We must as a species evolve our thinking around and those actual economic structures or face the threat of simply becoming a foot-note in historical occupation of the Planet the same as T-rex or any of the other dinosaurs,
We can take it as a given that the cash equivalent of 1% of inflation is a known number,just as We can also reach an uneasy agreement about what in economic terms is an "acceptable" level of inflation,
Having the 2 above "knowns" we can then "see" that should We need to build an item of infrastucture such as one that provides electricity in bulk from renewable resources then we in effect only "need" print such monies neccessary as to make such construction a reality,
bad12 1.2.4.1.1
So, in all reality and still operating from within the realms of to-days economic paradigm We only need build 1 such structure that delivers to the National Grid such a bulk of electricity as to be able to provide those who have reached the age of retirement electricity at the cost of transmission plus maintainence…
mikesh 1.2.5
They can't change transmission costs, but they can get rid of those profits that are at present passing into the pockets of shareholders.
How, exactly? They're going to stump up $500m or whatever it costs and not expect a return on investment?
When you put money in the bank, you get interest back, 4.5% is an easily achievable return at the moment.
Saying that they will own a lines company and not take profit is the same as putting that money into the bank and getting 0% interest on it. Worse even because in taking on a business you're taking on massive risks and unexpected costs, and doing it all for 0% return…
Who is going to do that?
KJT 1.2.5.1.1
30's Labour Government did. Got us out of the recession.
No interest costs because the money did not come from a bank.
You have just given the best argument against asset sales I have seen for a while.
Lanthanide 1.2.5.1.1.1
Sure, but we're not talking about a government printing money, we're talking about Grey Power setting this up, privately.
Draco T Bastard 1.2.5.1.2
If the government printed the money that it spends at 0% interest and made "loans" available to businesses and home loans at the same rate then nobody would receive any interest but society would work a whole lot better. Which is how it should be.
Fine, but Grey Power aren't advocating for that. They're saying they're going to set up their own private power company.
The Chairman 1.2.5.1.3
Funding details are short. However, one possibility is a non-profit co-operative.
Why are Grey Power members going to put their retirement money into a non-profit co-operative?
Draco T Bastard …
To save money. Their power bills will be down and at possibly a greater rate than the interest that they would normally get.
Colonial Viper 1.2.5.1.4
You forgot to take out witholding taxes.
And inflation.
Whoops now you're only left with <1.5% pa returns.
1.5% PA is still more than 0%, or a loss, which a power company would return.
When did the last power company bankruptcy happen in NZ?
mikesh 1.2.5.1.5
Either the banks or the government. The banks probably won't because they are a bunch of usurers. The government could though. Fiat money I mean.
Grey Power are proposing to set up this as a private power company themselves. They're not getting banks or the government involved, nor are they calling for the banks or government to do it.
mikesh …
I doubt they could do it without government involvement. But the debate only serves to highlight the fact that government could sell power at cost, but only if they retain ownership. Public ownership, or government involvement, seems to be the only ways of keeping out the ticket clippers and keeping prices down.
muzza 2
The great NZ passport rip off….really the 5 year term is what I find the bigger farce!
Bloody Winston…he's good that man.
deuto 2.1.1
And on Stuff, an unrelated article on an issue Peters raised in Parliament earlier in the year – the Whanau Innovation Fund.
http://www.stuff.co.nz/national/politics/6711592/Thousands-spent-on-whanau-gatherings
Thousands has been spent on food, chefs and travel for family gatherings under a multimillion-dollar Government "whanau innovation fund".
The Dominion Post has obtained, under the Official Information Act, details of the 25 most recent successful applicants to the controversial Whanau Integration, Innovation and Engagement (WIIE) Fund.
What a rip-off. Supposedly anyone can apply……… Perhaps we should arrange a Standard whanau gathering!
happynz 2.2
Yes, but…for us dualies on the South Island renewing the US passport is a pain. If there is a child's passport to be renewed it means a flight up to Auckland for a visit to the American consulate to have a chat with some politically appointed nincompoop who without the help of his competent staff walking him through the bureaucratic steps, it would devolve into a horrible parody of Kafka's worst nightmare. The littlies passports are only good for five years so twice a decade it's a schlep up to effin' Auckland to apply again.
The DIA's applications for passports were fairly straightforward, although I thought the bit of having a page filled out by a current passport holder a bit stupid and redundant. Now, a question – for those of you overseas, is it a pain in the arse to apply for your Kiwi passport overseas?
prism 2.3
Going up to a possible 800,000 passports – more volume cheaper prices surely. We shouldn't just look at what Australia does as an excuse to keep prices up.
Acting Up 2.4
I can perhaps see why a biometric passport can cost more, as it contains more material. But why only five years? Does biometric data change every five years? Wouldn't think so!!
And some other countries have the same biometric passport for 10 years.
If the govt is really about seeking efficiency gains (not that they really are – they just like kicking the public sector) – here's a simple one to change. Make the term 10 years, and cut the total national cost of issuing passports in half just like that.
AnnaLiviaPluraBella 3
$500m has been added to the value of Skycity in a few months: how?
Skycity has long cosy relationship with the National Party. British American Tobacco's then PR man, was a multiple purchaser of $10,000 tables at National Party fun raisers hosted at Skycity. That was Carrick Graham, son of the disgraced Dough Graham. The NATZ annual conferences, election launches and election parties have been held there. The path to the Skycity Executive Offices in Federal Street is well worn by National Party Managers. The latest deal only has upsides for Skycity: a Government backed monopoly on large Conventions; possible Government subsidies, and 100s more pokie machines that were unachievable under the normal regulatory regime.
The Skycity share price shot from $3.25 in mid-November to over $4.00 in April, a 23% leap. That is an increase in market capitalisation from $1.8b to $2.3b. The Skycity Chairman, the talented Rod McGeoch, is doing a great job for his shareholders. That is what he, his board and Exec, is meant to do. Good on him. The National Party are doing the people of New Zealand a great dis-service on many fronts. They are short sighted, greedy, vain-glorious, twits. This is an issue the Labour Party should push very hard. It stinks at many levels.
mickysavage 3.1
Hi ALPB
David Cunliffe asked Joyce in Parliament if he had one of those magical cards that let you do anything. He said he did not. I wonder why David asked the question?
A case of asking a question to which you already know the answer? But holding fire for the meantime, with more to come at a more appropriate time?
Tc 3.2
Nothing exemplifies greed more than this sky city deal.
Casinos are gilt edged money spinners yet they will not be happy until they've wrung every possible cent from the taxpayer and punter and having a compliant corrupt govt is a bonus.
A mugs game those pokies all computerised to ensure the rate of return, luck and skill….yeah right.
More pressure on the already declining NZ health system and tax-payers?
"Immigration Minister Nathan Guy said the changes were aimed at "reducing red tape" and "making it easier for low-risk, high-value students to come to New Zealand".
The international education sector is worth $2.3 billion to the economy."
Argh, I see !
The onus will instead rest on applicants to declare their health conditions rather than on medical checks to detect diseases.
And how did my mother get in? She didn't tell the immigration folk that she'd had tuberculosis.
Hoping people will be honest about their health when they want to get to NZ isn't a good idea. This is just more incompetence from NACT.
Dv 4.2
I enjoyed this comment in the article
Sopheng Veng, a former postgraduate accountancy student from Cambodia who faced a deportation order after he was diagnosed with hepatitis B and C during a medical screening, said he was thrilled with the changes.
Now he could come back!!
muzza 4.2.1
Something is very , very wrong with the changing of this policy!
I can't see for the life of me why they would open the door to risk such as this.
Something reeks as ususal!
The more people you have in a country the more money and wealth can be extracted from it for the benefit of NACTs masters.
seeker 4.2.1.1.1
Another stupid idea from a wanna-please- my Key master by cutting anything at any cost and hopefully look as though I'm saving money and being productive. (Doesn't think to self that, even though he will gratefully and happily get the ""Key beam"" for a short while – in the long run he will get disgrace and New Zealand's disgust and fury as people die due to another unregulated cock up by the National Government e.g. those wonderful 29 men who died at Pike River, may they come home soon.)
Phil Heatley is already well on the path to national disgrace as being completely in thrall now, he desperately grovels trying to get back into the ""Key Beam"" of his pre resignation position, by piling agony upon agony on already stressed and pressured housing NZ tenants (who were supposedly for life tenants 'til kill em off Natty assassins come along. )
You are right muzza there is "something very, very wrong about this change of policy" from Key/ Joyce/English groveller Guy. I am angry -and fearful.
AnnaLiviaPluraBella 4.3
mmmmm, follow the Money Trail. I recall John Banks making a significant investment in an Auckland "International College" business a few years ago. It was around the time he was in court fighting fellow greedy shareholders in a dodgy manuka honey business.
John Banks has form in mixing personal business with government: PM Jim Bolger kicked him out of government when he was Tourism Minister for shonky dealing on the Waitangi Hotel.
http://www.vdig.net/hansard/content.jsp?id=44155
rosy 5
I started this column when I was an Act MP and I've moved on. I really don't know if I'm left- or right-wing any more.
Deborah Coddington in her farewell piece for the HoS. My keyboard nearly got my cup of tea when I read that.
A potential new voter for our new centrist Labour Party then? That'll be the day!
That's because she awaits instructions before she spins, so she's correct in that regard….another hollow shill.
bad12 5.3
Another over-coat changer,whichever way the wind blows as the Queen song goes,it would be nice to believe that Coddington has had an epiphany,such an out of body experience allowing Her after so many years to in effect "see the light",
More likely tho,the opportunists have a well honed sense of smelling whats in the wind and Coddington is attempting a piece of re-branding in case such a breeze morph into a storm…
Carol 5.4
Another muddle of contradictory logic.. support for the large numbers of women who have suffered domestic violence (indeed)….. and for poor (victim?) Nick Smith bruised and trampled by women in sensible shoes?
Coddington!
Weeping crocodile tears over domestic violence and child abuse while advocating the policies of meanness and austerity that have made these problems so much worse.
seeker 5.5
@ Rosy .. agree, eyewatering…… with amazement and disbelieving mirth.
bad12 6
In a land of plenty,We look to our right as we type, considering the elderly, most of whom worked their whole damn lives to build this country,s infrastructure,
Comparing like with like in terms of the political world we cannot escape the comparison of NZFirst, described by many as the "old" National Party and the National Party of "now" best, in our opinion described simply with the word "spit",
Whenever We have cause to amble past the local community centre We are caused to smile by the sign being out showing the "gold-card" holders where this month,s organized "trip" with the use of the "gold-card" on the public transport net-work will be, a NZFirst initiative,(the gold-card),which values the elderly for their contribution to our present society,
In comparison, We can only draw any conclusion that springs to mind when We have as our only comparison in "stated" policy to draw upon being the pre-election sojourn of the present Prime Minister to a retirement village where He addressed the elderly residents,
Slippery left this particular venue visibly perplexed obviously still in the throes of egotistical rapture believing that "everyone" was entranced with His media enhanced image,and, wondering why He, after having addressed these elderly potential voters He had been met with a stony silence at question time,
Slippery of course had stood befor these people and informed them that He was all in favor of "euthanasia",its a wonder He didnt tell Them that He was in favor of pulling the plug now and making it compulsory…
Surely euthanasia would reduce the ranks of NZ First members even faster, according to Slippery?
bad12 6.1.1
The trip to the retirement village was also Pre the Epsom chimps tea-party, so its easy to see that Slippery carries the dents to His ego round in His head for a while from His "NZFirsts supporters are all dying off" comment,that(snigger)was reportedly made at that meeting…
wondering why He, after having addressed these elderly potential voters He had been met with a stony silence at question time,
I have in the past 2 weeks * been very surprised in chatting with three or four people ranging in age from my age (50-summat) to fully elderly, who have made absolutely clear their disgust with NACT and John Key! I am amazed, because 6-8 years back, the 50-somethings were all true-blue rightists. (The seriously old, in their late 70s-80s, were good lefties in contrast. )
Some of these people I spoke recently must be the formerly enchanted, who are now the disenchanted…
* Come to think of it, the most surprising was my 50-something boss, the Principal at a language school who in a staff meeting last year, expressed his extreme dis-satisfaction with the ESOL establishment, the government and schools (not ours!) who were out to exploit foreign students, get their money and who cares then?I didn't know him very well, and I did not expect such dangerously left-sounding comments, especially in a staff meeting!
Aha,the initial love affair with Slippery was part the media generated image of smile'n'wave politics where at all costs He was to be shielded from any public in depth analysis lest there were a revelation of an empty suitcase of intellectual rigour more suited to the used car lot than the 9th floor at the height of our democracy,
The other part of the attraction tho can be found in that most basic of human emotions, Greed, those earning under 50,000 per annum will have or will soon have come to the conclusion that what they did receive from such "tax changes" was merely an illusion overcome quickly by subsequent events…
The Health Department figures show that year in year out elderly people continue to die every winter from winter ills or complications of previous illness simply because they cannot afford to properly heat their homes,
We havn't got the figures here,but from memory, the uneccessary annual death toll is around the 400 mark and "in the land of plenty" We see this as both disgusting and unacceptable,
Our view, in consideration of the elderly,s previous contribution to society is that "in a land of plenty" is that their power account should be rebated at a rate of at least 20% monthly,or,50% during the winter months…
An urban planning question:
When urban centres are developed or upgraded, what are the provisions for the elderly?
Is the focus of such developments on a commercially-focused centre, with residential properties for the elderly, and/or retirement villages relegated somewhere to the suburban margins?
How easy is it for elderly people to walk or get a bus to warm community centres, libraries, mainline public transport, etc in winter?
Lindsey 7.1.1
More and more older people are living in inner city and local centre apartments these days. Bus at the door, supermarket across the road, safe and usually easy to heat. The ones by St Lukes are popular with the Library and the CAB as well as all the foodcourts at the Mall. One couple I was talking to had a fortnight when the wife was incapacitated and the husband walked over to the food court every day. He said they ate their way around the world! They sold the car after they had been there 6 months as they never used it.
prism 8
Carol – How about linking parents with young children in with the elderly when planning. Both
have more vulnerabilities and difficulties than others, and the low income proportion of each group struggle, and the parents have the responsibility for their dependent children as well.
Something could be said on the plus side for having more of the "older" members of our society who choose to continue to be employed being encouraged into the field of pre-school or after school care of the young, an interesting social juxtaposition may be created where the older workers would be providing care and life skills for those who could conceivably be the care-givers to those older workers at a future time…
Good point, prism, especially with regard to low income parents. As far as I can see new urban developments focus more on providing residential property, largely targeting workers and consumers with easy access to commercial centres. So families can be well catered to. But, of course, housing close to commercial centres becomes more less affordable to those on low incomes.
Retirement villages seem to be located at a fair distance from commercial centres.
But, as the focus is on commerical activity, children's playgrounds etc, can be placed away from the commercial heart, if they are provided at all.
Good idea bad, re older people being involved in childcare.
prism 8.2.1
Carol – An example that came to mind was the difficulty that poor families can have in getting health care checks etc. If money is short, children have to be gathered, and the sick child/ren made ready then all set off dressed for the weather and a long outing, in good time to make sure they are early at the bus stop, have the money for the fares, get on the bus with pushchairs etc then off. What a task. What a carry-on on top of the normal worries, and parents on low incomes always have more worries than up times. That is a hypothetical example of difficulty even if there are footpaths to the bus and it goes fairly near the needed destination. Then there is getting back and knowing what time to be at departure bus stop.
As for bad12 idea of older people looking after youngers, it would be good for those who want to do it and go through a short period of training. (The problem with us older people is that we tend to think we know it all or to follow personal routines which may have failed us and definitely need to be revised.)
And coercion would not be the answer. Likewise the idea of making older women or the unemployed become caregivers in rest homes. I think Winston Peters threw that up as an idea. The yacht-owning class come up with easy manpower solutions like that. Quality of care plus skill plus kindly attitudes, patience and respect are needed in caring roles. Not everybody is suitable for such tasks.
Jackal 9
Booze barons calling the shots
Unless you've been living under a rock, you'd realise that New Zealand has a destructive heavy drinking culture that pervades all sectors of society…
The cost to communities from the overuse of alcohol by the young is bad but the personal cost as youth explore what their bodies can stand and go to the limit is too high for a responsible society that cares about its youth.
The "Hospitality Industry isn't going to change in its leech-like attraction to selling booze and exploiting our fun-loving sides. You get into it, make a success, make money and get a knighthood for it too. The sky-city discussion shows how deeply the pollies are in the pockets of the alcohol drug companies for campaign money enabling events to be held in regal surroundings compared to the grassroots political parties venues in church halls.
It's almost as bad as the sleaze of prohibition days, because we can't rein in this racehorse and can't hire political jockeys with the right stuff to slow it down. Is there any integrity out there that has a backbone? It seems out of control, and the situation gives an inkling of why the Temperance Society fought so hard against alcohol in the past.
RedLogix 9.1.1
It seems out of control, and the situation gives an inkling of why the Temperance Society fought so hard against alcohol in the past.
Agreed. The Prohibition era debacle was one of those 'victories' of capitalism that bulldozed over the right of communities to determine for themselves how they would control the abuse of alcohol.
And of course the victor re-wrote history to suit themselves as usual.
Southern Limits 10
Opposition to 200 tidal turbine power generators in the Kaipara Harbour is heating up http://www.stuff.co.nz/auckland/local-news/nor-west-news/4857978/Tidal-turbine-fight-winds-up
Kaipara is a hugely important area for snapper fry to develop, there is legitimate concern they will be minced in these turbines. Things like this are always tough. I support alternative energy projects, but we can't repeat the same mistakes of the past and make them ecologically unsustainable.
Draco T Bastard 10.1
They should just build one and see how it goes first. Need to know what the maintenance will be like on it as the marine environment is highly corrosive.
I'm not overly concerned about the fish though, I doubt that many would get minced meanwhile the turbines will act like reefs stirring up the food and thus make the area around then a better breeding ground.
prism 10.1.1
DTB Sounds a bit once over lightly and facile from you.
Those tidal generators will be extremely difficult to maintain in an economic environment of depleting oil/energy resources.
Draco T Bastard 10.1.1.2
It's not something that I've really been following.
I know reefs stir up the food from the floor of the ocean which is what attracts fish to them. Reefs also provide shelter which the blades won't do but the rest of the body will. An interesting side effect of oil rigs is the amount of life that grows around them. It's all this extra life growing on them combined with the corrosive qualities of salt water that is, IMO, going to make these turbines non-viable but will most likely improve the fishing in and around the harbour.
Build one, see how it goes for a few years (i.e. learn what's happening) before building any others.
Southern Limits 10.1.1.2.1
You might be right
"There have been no changes in abundance of either seals or porpoises detected which can be attributed to SeaGen; seals and porpoises are continuing to swim past SeaGen, demonstrating a lack of any concern or hindrance.
The only changes observed after three years of operation of SeaGen have been relatively small scale changes in the behaviour and distribution of seals and harbour porpoises, which suggests a minor degree of local avoidance of SeaGen.
The benthic ecology (seabed life) was also monitored as part of the EMP, using divers. The EMP concluded that the seabed life surrounding SeaGen's foundations has recovered since its installation in 2008. In addition, the EMP has showed no evidence of significant change to the tidal speeds and flow directions within Strangford Narrows and that it is unlikely that marine traffic between Strangford town and Portaferry has been affected. With regard to bird life, although not a key feature of the EMP, the studies have shown that the overall bird numbers in the Narrows have remained stable."
http://www.marineturbines.com/3/news/article/56/seagen_tidal_turbine_gets_all_clear_from_environmental___scientific_studies
prism 10.1.1.2.1.1
Some of the discussion about the Kaipara turbines:
"According to a study by NIWA, 98 percent of all North Island west coast juvenile snapper originate from the Kaipara Harbour, and we already know that the commercially important west coast snapper stock (SNA8) has only 8 percent of its original stock left."
Kaipara Harbour in poor health
The iwi questions why this "experiment" is being done in the mouth of the Kaipara Harbour – a harbour that the Integrated Kaipara Harbour Management Group's (IKHMG), gap analysis showed was not in good health and was trying to restore its low levels of fish stocks and marine life.
The Kaipara Harbour ecology was not robust enough to absorb the risks associated with an experimental energy project, he said. Kaipara turbines (Suite101.com since 1996, has a Canadian address and publishes informative articles on wide topics.)
Also a good report by Catherine Delahunty of the Greens – Greens report on Kaipara turbines
Stephen Doyle 10.2
Been following this story for years. The idea is brilliant, renewable energy with no visual pollution. When in full production it's capable of powering all homes pretty much north of Auckland.
I can understand the environmentalist worries though, which is why Crest should be allowed to go ahead with well monitored trials.
DH 10.3
It is a tough one but I agree it needs to be trialled first. Shark, dolphin & other larger fish populations might get hit pretty bad too.
It doesn't pay to jump into the green stuff without weighing the consequences first. I read a report about windmills in California. They put many on the migration path of various birds, when they decided to research it they discovered tens of thousands of birds were being killed each year by the windmill blades. I wonder what the cost is here.
Southern Limits 10.3.1
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rance_Tidal_Power_Station
40 years of operation of tidal power in France.
The barrage has caused progressive silting of the Rance ecosystem. Sand-eels and plaice have disappeared, though sea bass and cuttlefish have returned to the river. By definition, tides still flow in the estuary and the operators, EDF endeavours to adjust their level to minimize the biological impact.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Environmental_impact_of_wind_power#Birds
In the United States, an unofficial non-peer-reviewed estimate by a U.S. Fish & Wildlife Service (USFWS) scientist in 2009 claimed that wind turbines kill 440,000 birds per year, with future mortality expected to increase significantly as wind power generation expands by 2030 to levels about 12 times higher than 2009 levels.[36] However the high figure estimated was disputed by several organizations, and the U.S. Fish & Wildlife Service later pointed out that it was only an 'estimate' by one of many scientists, and was not officially supported by the USFWS. An article in the journal Nature stated that each wind turbine kills an average of 4.27 birds per year.[39]
Cars kill more.
muzza 11
So we would expect to get transparency out of this lot would we?
What a list of former employers some of the names have had. IMF, World Bank, Reserve Bank, PWC, Deloitte, Bell Gully…
No wonder NZ is the perceived least corrupt country in the world with individuals like these on the board!
What a bloody joke!
Acting Up 11.1
Sorry, Muzza, gotta disagree on this one. Some pretty good backgrounds and credibility there. And not there to represent their employers. Not my favourite bunch of organisations either, but these people bring their own values to this.
I reckon this lot seem pretty sharp. Let's see how staunch they might be in exposing some of the dodgy stuff around the place. If they prove to be limp and useless, I am happy to be called on that.
muzza 11.1.1
I very much doubt it
Two thirds down the page has some interesting details…
Acting Up 11.1.1.1
Oh dear, Muzza. I may have spoken too soon. "limp and useless" may indeed be it. Good follow-up.
So China decides not to sell off it's Rare Earth Metals as fast as they can be mined. What do the EU and US do? Whinge.
Last month, the US, Japan and the European Union filed a case at the World Trade Organization, challenging China's restrictions.
So much for the non-coercive free-market.
Colonial Viper 12.1
China will stall this through the WTO for years. Hearings and rehearings, appeals and re-appeals. Classic, the Orientals using the western imperial powers' globalisation mechanisms to their own advantage.
Southern Limits 12.2
China is stockpiling a wide range of commodities because unlike the West the politicians look further than the next election and they can see where the world is heading.
At current consumption rates there is about 20 years left for zinc, 19 for lead, 18 for tin, 12 for silver and 15 for gold.
http://www.24hgold.com/english/contributor.aspx?article=1427726620G10020&contributor=Mike+Hewitt
M 12.2.1
How many years left?
http://labgrab.posterous.com/how-many-years-are-left-of-earths-natural-res
Also so much for one of the basic tenets of the ism, "willing buyer, willing seller"…
Empire has always been about transferring resources from the periphery to the centre. If it's not done willingly then it will be done by force. The empire we're in now is the Washington Empire. What we're seeing is the periphery of that Empire say no to the wealth pump that made the USA rich which is the beginning of the end of the empire.
Vicky32 13
FYI!
http://www.guardian.co.uk/world/2012/apr/08/religious-people-more-likely-leftwing-demos
I've been saying this for years, and will continue to do so. 😛 😀
rosy 13.1
Yeah, I spotted that too. Totally believable for countries that select the likes of Dr Rowan Williams to lead their church – the best side of Christianity. I suggest a U.S study would reach an entirely different conclusion.
How many cracks at getting tolls in Auckland have they had now!
I wonder what sort of tolls have been planned – Cash, credit card, smart card, in car tracker……
I'd be supportive of tolls on motorways – if it wasn't so difficult to administer.
http://www.aucklandcouncil.govt.nz/SiteCollectionDocuments/aboutcouncil/haveyoursay/gettingaucklandmovingfeedbackformdiscussiondocument.pdf
Options are on the final few pages…
Whatever has already been decided you can be sure that the tech deals have already been done, and it will be very interesting to hear who gets the work for it!
Never any real creative thinking coming to the fore, only ever the beg, steal or borrow!
joe90 15
Student loans for kindergarten.
don't give the bastards here ideas! 🙁
http://www.nzherald.co.nz/world/news/article.cfm?c_id=2&objectid=10797701
Still just rolling out the AP narrative – Nice framing by the way in this one!
NZ Herald, nothing short of a propaganda message delivery system!
So much BS in this one, I am not even going into it!
Didn't see this in the Herald
http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/WO1203/S00237/four-days-of-israeli-bombing-leave-25-palestinians-dead.htm
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Q: Change/Update part of string in MySQL Sorry for my bad English.
I need to change parts of a string in some rows in the table ifns_code from ('before'):
name  fio
3301 3301
3302 3302
3303 3303
5007 5007
5004 5004

to ('after'):
name fio
3301 3301
3302 3302
3303 3303
5007 5007
5004 5004

In other words:
I need an sql query that changes only parts of a string in selected records:
where 'name' in ('3303','5007','5004')

change:

to:

without touching this part of string:
**!!!**

I'm trying to make this with SUBSTRING_INDEX and CONCAT, but my knowledge of sql queries is not good.

A: Try
UPDATE ifns_code INNER JOIN
( SELECT name n, REPLACE(fio,'**!!!**','**???**') f FROM ifns_code ) t ON n=name
SET ifns_code.fio=REPLACE(REPLACE(f,'**!!!**',code),'**???**',name)

This will do both replace operations, first the three letter code (whose name I don't know, I have used code as a name) and then the name. If you want to leave the last **!!!** instance to remain as it is, just replace name with **!!!** in the outer REPLACEfunction.
Edit:
Now, having a clear description of what you want, I can provide you with the desired UPDATE statement:
UPDATE ifns_code INNER JOIN (
  SELECT name n,instr(fio,'Profile/') i,instr(fio,'"><img') j FROM ifns_code
) tbl ON n=name
SET fio=CONCAT(substring(fio,1,i+7),
               'lrm" title="LRM (1641)',
               substring(fio,j))
WHERE name IN ('3303','5007','5004')

see here for a live demo: http://sqlfiddle.com/#!8/3c1a4/1
In the derived table expression I evaluate the positions before (i) and after (j) the string portion I want to change. The rest is just a combination of substring and concat.

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The Banner Man
Mr. Song wears his banner as he rides his bicycle or the subway to and from work each day.
Do you think Mr. Song's Sabbath banner is a good idea? Why or why not?
Why do you think children especially like the Sabbath banner?
If you had a backpack banner, what would it say?
Mr. Song lives in the Seoul Capital Area in South Korea. Living and working in such a big city, Mr. Song wondered how to reach the millions of people all around him with the important news that Jesus is coming soon and how to be ready.
He thought and prayed about it and decided that it was very important for people to know about the Sabbath because it will help them to be ready for Jesus' soon coming. He wanted them to know about the three angels' messages in Revelation 14.
"I wanted people to see the truth, so my plan was to come up with a way for them to immediately see the heart of the three angels' messages—which is the Sabbath," Mr. Song said.
A Big Idea
Soon, a big idea came to Mr. Song. He contacted an advertising company, and designed a special backpack with a big banner. The sign has large yellow words on a blue background. The words are in Korean, but translated they mean: "Lord's Day = Saturday = Seventh-day."
As he thought about this special way of evangelism, Mr. Song remembered two Bible examples: 1) Jonah, who was sent to walk around a large city, proclaiming the need for repentance; and 2) the children of Israel who were a silent witness as they marched around Jericho.
Surprising Encounters
Mr. Song wears his banner as he rides his bicycle or the subway to and from work each day. He also wears the banner when he goes walking in the park.
"When people see the banner, they are curious and they read it with a loud voice," he says. "There are always people around, and they talk about the words on the banner. The Sabbath is an important message. There are many ways to spread this message, but this is my strategy."
When he first started wearing the Sabbath banner, Mr. Song worried that people might get mad at him, or think that he was judging them. Instead, he was delighted to see that many were interested in learning more about the message that he carried on his back.
"One day when I took the subway, a man kept following me. Finally he said, 'I know this is the truth. Is there a church that keeps the Sabbath day?'"
Sometimes Sunday-keeping Christians read Mr. Song's banner and exclaim, "I didn't know that!"
One Sabbath afternoon when Mr. Song was walking in the park, two couples were excited to see the banner. "Oh, you must be from the Seventh-day Adventist Church!" they exclaimed. "We haven't been to church in a long time. Where is it? We've been looking for one!"
Children also enjoy seeing Mr. Song and his banner. They love following him around for as long as their parents will let them. Sometimes Mr. Song lets them wear his banner—like the little girl on the front of this magazine. Children love to wear the Sabbath banner!
Angels Walking Beside Me
But sometimes it's a little harder for adults. "I'm not brave enough to carry this banner on my own," says Mr. Song. "I need to behave very well because I'm carrying this important message. My mind should be peaceful. I pray and pray—then I feel at peace and filled with the Holy Spirit's power. I know that God's angels are walking right beside me."
Now other people want banners. Not long ago an elder in Mr. Song's church asked for a copy of the design for the special banner backpack. "I felt that I needed to do some type of evangelism too," said the elder. "And this is the one for me." Already his banner has attracted a lot of attention.
"I feel very happy," Mr. Song says. "I am looking for lost sheep. My strategy is: just one look, and the message on the banner is forever recorded in their minds. And whenever people ask for more information, I share literature with them. This is just the beginning. Who knows what will be the results?"


I just read this article and thought you might want to give it a read, too. It\'s called Try these 14 healthy Disney World food options and you can find it here https://www.orbitz.com/blog/2017/07/try-these-15-healthy-disney-world-food-options/.
You may think that it'll be difficult to find healthy food choices while on your Orlando vacation, especially if you're headed to any of the Disney parks—but that's not the case! All the Disney theme parks offer great healthy meals, so a meeting with the Mouse doesn't have to mean an end to your family's healthy habits. Here are our recommendations for healthy and delicious eating within the four parks.
Cinderella's Royal Table is one of the hottest spots at Disney's Magic Kingdom. While you will pay more for a food experience here, it's memorable and worth it. If you're lucky enough to get a reservation for breakfast, start your day with a healthy and happy entree option. We suggest the Healthy Choice, which includes healthy ingredients such as a hard-poached egg on a bed of arugula tossed with quinoa, avocado, roasted vegetables, and spritzed with Meyer lemon oil and white balsamic vinegar.
Craving pizza but want a somewhat healthy spin on the traditional slice? Head to Pinocchio Village Haus—no reservations required—and try the Caprese flatbread. It's delicious and light, and will sate you for many hours more of park-hopping.
Reservations are not required at Columbia Harbour House, where you'll find several healthy food choices. We recommend the filling and savory grilled salmon platter. It's served with couscous and fresh vegetables.
Clean Eats @waltdisneyworld Greek Salad at the Starlight Cafe by Tomorrowland Speedway is one of my favorites!
Looking for a healthy and filling meal that is fresh and delicious? Head to Cosmic Ray's Starlight Cafe and enjoy their must-try Greek salad with chicken. This flavorful salad is pretty big, so you could order it for lunch or dinner.
When its time to refuel after a day of adventure, consider the Backlot Express at Disney's Hollywood Studios. A great healthy choice here is the galactic chicken salad. Enjoy grilled chicken over greens, black beans, avocado and wontons. You'll feel healthy and full after eating this filling entree.
When it comes to snack spots, a visit to Anaheim Produce is in order. Here, you can fill-up on healthy favorites such as hummus, apple slices, clementines and dried cranberries.
If you're in the mood for a tasty and filling salad, check out the Caesar salad at Catalina Eddie's. Pizzas are the most popular menu items here, but this salad is another favorite for anyone looking to stay healthy. The restaurant also caters to special dietary needs with its allergy-friendly menu, offering safe options for anyone allergic to gluten, shellfish, peanuts and more.
Light, refreshing and healthy fare awaits at Flame Tree Barbecue. Here you can enjoy the watermelon salad, featuring feta cheese, arugula, onion and a balsamic vinaigrette. It's a tasty way to fill up.
Yak and Yeti serves a mix of Asian-inspired dishes. While the sweet and sour chicken may be tempting, you can still find plenty of good choices if you're looking to stick to your healthy routine. The tuna salad offers a delicious dish to anyone who enjoys a filing serving of protein and veggies with their salad.
Tonight's meal is a chickpea, cucumber, and tomato salad with grilled chicken skewers from the Harambe Market in Animal Kingdom! Even though there is snow on the ground, Paul got out the grill for the chicken and it made all the difference. We are just 5⃣ short weeks until our next trip! We are really looking forward to all of the good food we are going to eat in the parks!
At Harambe Market, children and adults will find appealing healthy food options to enjoy. The grilled chicken skewer salad is colorful and flavorful, and a great way to get a protein and veggie fix.
While at Epcot, you get to explore the flavors of the world—no passport needed! For a taste of the Mediterranean, opt for the nutrient-packed Vegetable Platter at Tangerine Cafe at the Morocco Pavilion. You won't be hungry after eating this delicious dish.
Craving fresh sushi? Head to Japan's Katsura Grill and enjoy the Tokyo sushi combo. You'll get a taste of Asia with three nigiri sushi pieces and four pieces of California roll. Yum!
Vegans, don't fret! There's even something for you here. Those doing Disney dairy-free will love the vegan flatbread at Sunshine Seasons. Grilled veggies and black bean spread are the stars of the show with this healthy dish, which is topped with tofu cheese.
Reservations are suggested at this nicer sit-down restaurant. At Chefs de France, you can enjoy a healthy taste of French cuisine with menu highlights such as the white-wine lemon marinated salmon. This delicious dish is served with asparagus and rice.
Another Moroccan restaurant made our list of must-try Disney dining spots. Stop at Spice Road Table to try their Spicy Yellowfin Tuna, which is served with zucchini, eggplant, capers salad and basil oil. It's best to make a reservation ahead of time to avoid long waits at this nicer sit-down restaurant that the whole family will enjoy.


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African Folktale
Entreprenuership
Poet Arin
Emmanuel Ikoromasoma
Omo Baba Ogunleye
De Jakins
Communicate Your Transformation
Bowen Entrepreneurs
/Johnson Okunade
THE INDONESIAN ASMAT: WHERE CANNIBALISM IS HEROIC
The name "Asmat" most probably comes from the words As
Akat, which according to the Asmat means: "the right man". Others say
that that the word Asmat derives from the word Osamat meaning "man from
tree". Asmat's neighbors to the west, – the Mimika- , however, claim that
the name is derived from their word for the tribe – "manue", meaning
"man eater". The approximately 70,000 Asmat
people of the south-central alluvial swamps of Papua Province are of a Papuan
genetic heritage. They are scattered in 100 villages across a 27,000 square
kilometer area in one of the worlds' largest and most remote alluvial mangrove
swamps— a wet, flat, and marshy place, much of it covered with dense lowland
tropical rain forests. Many of the rivers near the coast rise and fall with the
tides. The Asmat are muscular and tall by New Guinea standards. They average
five feet six inches tall.
Until the
1970s, the Asmat tribe did not have regular contact with the western world.
During this time, they were not living in the Stone Age [yet]. This is because
stone itself was highly unavailable. It wasn't until the regular visit of the
missionaries [in the 1970s] that they were introduced to knives, axes, and
other metal items.
The area where the Asmat live encompasses some the
last unexplored regions of the world. The land is covered with bog forests and
mangrove and is serrated by many meandering rivers that empty into the Arafura
Sea. The tides submerge an area 100 miles inland. During high tide in the rainy
season, sea water penetrates some two kilometers inland and flows back out to
two kilometers to sea at low tide. During low tide the plains are muddy and
impassable. Here is the habitat of crocodiles, gray nurse sharks, sea snakes,
fresh water dolphins, shrimp, and crabs, while living along the banks are huge
lizards. The forests contain palms, ironwood, merak wood and mangroves and are
home to the crown pigeons, hornbills and cockatoos. There are grass meadows and
orchids. The Asmat have share the region with the Marind-Anim and the Mimika
tribes.
The Asmat have been described as a wood-age culture.
They traditionally have not used stone tools, simply because stones are hard to
find where they live. Up until white missionaries introduced steel fishing
hooks, knives and axes, the only metal or stone items they had were obtained by
trading with highland tribes, and these items were so precious that they were
usually reserved for ceremonial purposes.
The Asmat speak a language that belongs to the
Asmat-Kamoro Family of the Non-Austronesian languages. Bahasa Indonesian is
spoken by many. The population growth rate among the Asmat is estimated at
around 1 percent. There is little migration into and out of the area where the
Asmat live.
ASMAT HISTORY
contact with the Asmat was a sighting from the deck of a Dutch trading ship in
1623. Captain Cook later landed in Asmat territory on September 3, 1770, but
the fierce display by the Asmat so frightened the crew that they made a hasty
retreat.
Dutch controlled the Asmat territory from 1793-1949, but did not begin
explorations of the area until the early 1900s. The first explorers sent
zoological and artifact specimens back to Europe, where they were received with
curiosity and enthusiasm. The Dutch eventually established a colonial post in
1938. During World War II the post was temporarily closed.
Fr. Zegwaard, a Dutch missionary, reestablished the post at Agats, to serve as
both a government center and a base for missionaries. Agats became the
permanent post of the Catholic Crosier Brothers in 1958. The Crosier
missionaries, who often had anthropology degrees, discouraged the traditional
practices of headhunting and cannibalism, while encouraging the Asmat to retain
many other traditional rituals and festivals. Some of these were eventually
incorporated into the local Catholic practices.
Indonesia received its independence from the Dutch in 1949, but the Dutch
retained control of the western half of New Guinea, including the Asmat region,
until 1962. Then the Asmat area became part of Indonesia. In 1963, to end
headhunting, the Indonesian government burned down all ceremonial houses (jeu),
actively discouraged Asmat ritual and festivals, and severely limited dancing
and drumming. This crackdown lasted until 1968.
Crosier Brothers, with Bishop Sowada as their lead spokesperson, intervened to
stop the destructive policy of the Indonesian government. The bishop expressed
the importance of ceremony and ritual in Asmat life, declaring that "without
art and ritual the Asmat culture could not survive".
aid in the resurgence of Asmat art and ritual, the United Nations underwrote a
project from 1968 to 1974 to encourage wood carving. Later, under the combined
efforts of Bishop Sowada, Tobias Schneebaum, Gunter and Ursula Konrad, the
Asmat Museum for Culture and Progress was opened in the early 1980s. Today, the
Museum hosts an annual woodcarving competition and auction that has stimulated
artistic creativity among the Asmat, and has become an economic boon to the
carvers, who are recognized throughout the world for the richness and quality
of their carvings.
2000, the Asmat founded the Lembaga Musyawarah Adat Asmat (LMAA) to work with
the Indonesian government on behalf of the interests of the Asmat people. In
2004, the Asmat region became a separate governmental administration, with its
own elected head
ASMAT AND THE DISAPPEARANCE OF
MICHAEL ROCKEFELLER
One of the most famous missing person cases is the
1961 disappearance of Michael Rockefeller, the heir to the Rockefeller oil and
US Steel fortune and the son of Nelson Rockefeller, the American vice president
during the Ford administration. After graduating from Yale with a degree in
ethnology, the twenty-two-year-old Michael went on an expedition to the Asmat
area of New Guinea, where he traded tobacco and steel fishing hooks for carved
Asmat bis-poles to add to the collection at the Metropolitan Museum of Art in
Rockefeller disappeared on his second expedition to
New Guinea. One of the goals of the expedition to the Asmat region was to
purchase as many woodcarvings as possible. On his first visit Michael had been
deeply impressed by the Asmat sculptures, and planned to display these at an
exhibition in the United States. Today the Metropolitan Museum has an
outstanding collection of Asmat art, the majority of which was collected in
1961 by Michael C. Rockefeller. A group of 17 poles from the village of Otjanep
was delivered to the museum after his disappearance.
Michael Rockefeller was last seen on November 16, 1961
in a jerry-rigged catamaran bound for the village of Otjaneps. He had left the
town of Agats with two mission boys and the Dutch anthropologist Renee Wassing
when the boat's 18-horsepower motor conked out in the mouth of the Sirets
river. The two boys immediately started swimming for shoreline to get help and
Rockefeller and Davis spent the night on the boat as it drifted out to sea. The
next morning Rockefeller could still see the shore. He tied his steel rimmed
glasses around his neck and attached himself to empty oil cans for buoyancy.
His last words were "I think I can make it."
Rockefeller was never seen again. The Dutch navy,
various missionary boats, the Australian Air Force and an American aircraft
carrier participated in the search. Nelson Rockefeller and Michael's twin
sister Mary arrived in a chartered plane and hired 12 Neptune aircraft to
search the sea and paid the Asmat large amounts of black tobacco in return for
participating in search parties. The search lasted for 10 days before it was
abandoned.
The Lawrence and Lorne Blair suggest that Rockefeller
was either eaten by sharks, drowned or was eaten by Asmat headhunters. To back
up the last hypothesis they suggest he might have been killed in revenge for
the murder of four Asmat warleaders by a Dutch government patrol in 1958. They
also point out that seems likely he made it to land because it is possible to
touch the sea bottom three kilometers from shore and wade in from a kilometers
and half out. Locals say there are few sharks in the water and the only thing
they worry about is stepping on a stingray.
An elder war leader in Otjanep told the Blairs that
after returning from fishing some of his friends found Rockefeller laying in
the mud, breathing heavily. Relatives of the friends had been killed by the
Dutch and they speared Rockefeller out of revenge and then dragged his body back
to the village where his head was cut off with a bamboo knife. The cuts were
cleaned out and the body was thrown on a fire. The meat was divided among the
people of the village and the most important men ate the brains.
ASMAT RELIGION
Many Asmat have converted to Christianity, although a
large number continue to practice the religion of their ancestors. For example,
many believe that all deaths—except those of the very old and very young—come
about through acts of malevolence, either by magic or actual physical force.
Ancestral spirits demand vengeance for these deaths. The ancestors to whom they
feel obligated are represented in shields, in large, spectacular wood carvings
of canoes, and in ancestor poles consisting of human figurines. Until the late
1980s, the preferred way for a young man to fulfill his obligations to his kin
and his ancestors and prove his sexual prowess was to take the head of an enemy
and offer the body for cannibalistic consumption by other members of the
village The Asmat have traditionally been animists who believed in a
pantheon of spirits that dwelled in trees, rivers or natural objects or were
spirits of deceased ancestors. The goal of religion was to bring about harmony
and balance with the cosmos. This was achieved through a variety rituals and
practices interwoven with daily life that traditionally included things like
woodcarving, warfare and headhunting. The spirits of ancestors are believed to
be the cause of many illnesses and some rituals are meant to appease them. Asmat
religious practitioners include sorcerers and shaman, whose primary duties are
to mediate between the human and spiritual world, often in the form of healing
and exorcisms. To become a shaman requires a long apprenticeship. Clan leaders
preside over rituals and ceremonies such as adult adoption, initiation and the
construction of men's houses. Asmat rituals have traditionally been performed
in accordance with a two- or four-year cycle and included dancing, epic poem
singing and woodcarving. Revenge warfare and headhunting raids were often
performed in accordance with the ritual calendar. ~
The Asmat equate a human with a tree. The legs are the
roots, the torso is the trunk, the branches, arms, and the head, fruit. In the
old days in some parts of the Asmat world a freshly severed head—the fruit—was
needed for initiation rites in which a boy became a man by placing the head
between his thighs to draw its power
ASMAT CREATION MYTH
In the beginning, according to the Asmat creation
myth, a corpse of a man floating in the sea was brought to life by a great
bird. In a previous life the man had seduced his brother's wife and was
banished from his community and drowned when his boat capsized during his
escape. On returning to life he floated to the land where the Asmat live today.
But there was on one there and he grew bored. He tried bring to life some
statues he carved but no luck, finally the spirit told him to go into the
jungle to seek out the "tree woman."
The man was told to chop off the tree woman's head and
return it to village where it would bring the statues he made to life. The man
did what he was told. The spirit was right and soon the statues were dancing
around to his delight. Then, one day a crocodile showed up and it and the man
engaged in a horrible battle. The man eventually emerged the winner but he was
so angry he chopped the crocodile in three pieces: one he hurled so far it lost
its color. This produced the white race. Another was tossed a little less hard
so it lost only part of its color. This produced man with brown skin. The third
was left where it was giving rise to black men.
ASMAT IS THE DESCENT OF THE GOD
In ancient times, a God
named Fumeripitsy came down to earth. He explored the earth and started his
adventure from the western horizon of the sunset. In his adventure, the God had
to confront a giant crocodile and defeat him. Despite the victory, the god was
badly wounded and washed up on a river bank.
Although felt hurt, the
God tried to survive until he met a flamingo bird that is noble. He helped the
Gods to recover from the wound. After recovering, the gods lived in that area
and built a house then carved two very beautiful statues. He also made a very
loud drum sound to keep him dancing endlessly. The dance movement of the God
was so powerful that it makes the two sculptures carved into life. Soon after,
the two statues joined in the dance and moved to follow the God. The two
statues were the first human couple to be the ancestors of the Asmat tribe.
THE REASON WHY ASMAT DECLARED THEMSELVES AS THE DESCENDANTS OF GOD
The mythological about
the descents of the God is a trust owned by the Asmat Tribe, one of the largest
tribes in Papua. This myth keeps the Asmat tribe believing that they are gods
until now. It is not excessive, because Asmat does have a culture that is highly
respected. In fact, this tribe has been known to foreign countries. That
is why it's not surprised if there are many researchers from around the world
often visit the village of the tribe Asmat. They are generally interested in
studying the life of the Asmat, its belief system, and the unique customs of
the Asmat tribe.
ASMAT AND CHRISTIANITY
Many Asmat have converted to Christianity. There has
been a great effort to adapt Christianity to the needs of the Asmat. One
missionary said, "We can stretch our minds as far as possible and still we
can never see the world as the Asmat do." In an effort to help the Asmat
"find God in the natural world," Father Vince Cole wears and tooth
necklace and fur headband over his red shirt and cut-off blue jeans.
Attempting to rebuild the Asmat culture, which was nearly
destroyed in the 1960s by the Indonesian government, which tore down men's
house, outlawed feasts and destroyed sacred objects, the Crosiers incorporated
Asmat rituals into their Catholic services. They also acted as mediators in
clan conflicts and as intermediary between the Asmat and the Indonesian
government. Some Catholic churches have been modeled after the traditional
men's house with fire pits, ancestor poles and altars made from huge tree
trunks. Christ is depicted with a crown of feathers. Worshipers at one church
are called to prayer with a bell made from an old brake drum. At prayer
meetings held at the traditional men's house men come with painted bodies,
egret feathers stuck in their headbands, and daggers made from cassowary
shinbones. The worshipers drum, dance, pass around roasted sago as a sign of
sharing, and read passages from a Bible translated into the Asmat language.
The Asmat believe that when they killed and ate a
person, they became that person and absorbed his skills. This is similar, of
course, to the Catholic belief that we eat the body of Christ to become Christ.
So missionaries say, 'Look you don't have to go out and kill. You now have
Christ'…What are Catholics after all, but ritualist cannibals?"
The Asmat have also done their bit to adapt to Christian
Western culture. In the village of Agats they are forbidden from appearing
naked. Some worked for several weeks to earn money for shorts.
ASMAT FUNERALS
Asmat funeral ceremonies feature ceremonial shields
which represent the revenge of the dead, ancestor poles (bis) and
ancestor figures (kawa). There is often intense grieving and physical
expressions of loss. To express their grief over the loss of a husband Asmat
women traditionally rolled in patches beside their house. The ritual was
intended not only as an expression of grief but also a way to mask the woman's
scent from his ghost. Other mourners cover their head with red clay and stab
the earth with bone daggers.
Sometimes the Asmat begin mourning the dead before
they are dead. There was a story of a man who was dying when the villagers
rushed into his house to wail over him and "suffocated the poor
fellow." Another time a woman collapsed in front of her house. Her family
gather around inside the house expressing their grief and received a terrible
shock when the "dead" woman walked in demanding to know what was
going on. Apparently she only fainted.
The purpose of an Asmat funeral is to placate the
spirits of the dead so they don't bother the living. Those successfully
placated enter safon; "the other side." The bodies of Asmat dead
used to be wrapped in pandanus leaves placed on platforms to rot after the head
had been removed and was worn as pendant or used as a pillow.
ASMAT HEADHUNTING AND CANNIBALISM
Until the 1950s, warfare, headhunting, and cannibalism
were constant features of Asmat social life. The people would build their
houses along river bends so that an enemy attack could be seen in advance. Many
Asmat believe that all deaths—except those of the very old and very young—come
village.
The Asmat have traditionally practiced headhunting,
cannibalism as part of their ritualized warfare scheme which usually involved
revenge rectification of cosmic or clan imbalances. The heads from captured
enemies were baked and skinned; a hole was cut in the skull and the brain was
scraped out and eaten. The lower jaws were ripped off and worn as a pendant
advertising prowess in war, and the skull was used as a pillow. Asmat believe
they are related to praying mantises which also eat their own kind. Trophy skulls,
bone daggers, stone clubs are all associated with headhunting. As a symbol of their
headhunting skills men often wear bamboo and cassowary-quill pendants decorated
with human vertebrae. Women sometimes borrow the pendants during feasts and
wear them with dog-tooth necklaces and possum fur bonnets.
Officially headhunting ended the Indonesian part of
New Guinea in the 1960s. But it still seemed to be going on in the 1970s and
who knows perhaps it goes on from time to time even now in remote areas. Some
anthropologists have said prohibition of clan warfare and headhunting has left
a huge void in Asmat culture that the modern world has yet to replace.
ASMAT REVENGE WARS
The Asmat have traditionally believed that only the
very young and very old die from natural causes. Everybody else died as a
result of black magic or tribal fighting. Therefore, almost every death needs
to be avenged. In the old days this concept resulted in headhunting raids and
revenge wars. These day the power of the dead is still taken very seriously but
is dealt with ceremonial rituals but "avenging" still may occur.
Asmat warfare was traditionally in the form of raids,
ambushes and skirmishes. Head hunting raids were usually organized to avenge
the killing of a member of the raider's tribe. Before the raid began the men
painted themselves and decorated their canoes while women prepared a victory
feast and exhorted their men to fight bravely. If you don't fight, you can be
branded a coward, a traitor. The young people grow up hearing their leaders
talk about the great wars. Then they go out and fight too.
Another way for one tribe to make peace with another
is for a chief in one tribe to give a child to another, often to make amends
for a child killed in a previous raid. To ease tensions sometimes neighboring
villages adopt members of each other's tribe. During the "adoption"
"children" paint their faces with ocher and cover their heads with
palm leaves. Men of the other tribe lay naked and face down and their women
stand above them. The "children" then climb over the men's bodies and
through the women's legs in an act meant to symbolize coming through the womb.
The woman moan as if they are in labor and the "children" keep their
eyes closed until they have emerged. When a child is through the woman's legs
the "father" announces the successful birth. The "children" continue
playing their roll for several more days, acting childish and learning how to
fish and hunt.
ASMAT RAIDING PARTIES AND REVENGE
An Asmat raiding party typically took off in canoes
and parked them a couple of river bends before the village they planned to
attack. One of the chiefs got out to scout a good route. The raiding party then
broke into two groups: one heading through the forest and other advancing in
canoes. When groups were in position a handful of lime was thrown into the air
signaling the raid to begin. Surprise was important. The idea was to kill everybody
before they had a chance to get their weapons. As many as forty or fifty people
were killed in some raids, including women and children. While the bodies
of the dead were dragged to trenches for burial the headhunters sang: "We
have killed a man, we have killed a man, we are happy." Dragging the
bodies through the trenches the warriors shouted, "There's no need for you
to attack us again. We've revenged our dead now, so let's live in peace."
The heads were then cut off with bamboo knives and carried home. Once in the
villages the warriors went into their ceremonial house and displayed each head
and related the story of how it was captured.
Journalist Malcolm Kirk landed at a village in the
Asmat area in the 1970s. The atmosphere he said was disturbing. The town was
unnaturally quiet and the men who greeted them were armed with bows and arrows.
His guide told him that they had better get out of there, "I'll explain
why later." When they were safely around a bend in their boat the guide
said, "We walked right into a head hunting raid. Everyone we saw was from
another village. The [villagers] heard them coming and fled." Kirk then went to
another village, called to, and traded some tobacco and fishhooks for some bone
and crocodile jaw daggers. When they went back to their boat their guide told
them that 15 bowmen watched them from the jungle ready to kill on signal. But
why? "The Two people had recently gone head hunting and killed five
people. They thought we might have come to punish them," the guide said
The Indonesian government no longer allows revenge
killing and the consumption of human brains. To end Asmat clan warfare, the
government banned Asmat festivals and burned their carvings. Attacks, ambushes
and skirmishes still occur from time to time. Missionaries complain that if the
Asmat were left to their own devises they would spend all their time drumming,
dancing and plotting wars.
THE GOVERNMENT STARTED TO PAY ATTENTION TO ASMAT
Although the Dutch
colonial government did not cover the territory of Asmat until 1938, and
Catholic missionaries also just started their mission in 1958, in fact major
changes occurred in the region after the 60s. In the early 90s, Asmat tribes
began to follow education programs from the government and began to embrace
Christianity.
As the wood and oil
processing industries began expanding into this region, fragile environmental
conditions and mangrove forests in their coastal areas are threatened with
destruction due to waste disposal and soil erosion. Although the Asmat have
succeeded in achieving national and international awards for their artwork,
this fame has not provided significant input to the Indonesian government in
making decisions affecting land use in the Asmat territory until the early 90s.
Those are the history of
Asmat Tribe Indonesia. Behind the admiration of Asmat's art it might embedded
in the minds of the people that Asmat tribe is a primitive tribe and cannibal
humans who like to head enemies. Today Asmat tribe is more famous for its work
art in the field of sculpture and carving. No matter what cultures that Asmat
people have, it is one of the Indonesians culture that must be preserved.
Source: Peter and Kathleen Van
Arsdale, Encyclopedia of World Cultures, Oceania edited by
Terence Hays, (G.K. Hall & Company, 1991)
Source: Malcolm Kirk, National
Geographic, March 1972
Source: "Ring of Fire" by
Lawrence and Lorne Blair, Bantam Books, New York
Source: https://www.google.com
Source: http://www.holmes.anthropology.museum/asmat/history.html
Source: http://factsanddetails.com/indonesia/Minorities_and_Regions/sub6_3j/entry-4035.html
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Q: LINKED_LIST indexing from 0, not 1, possible? In eiffel, indexing usually starts from 1, not 0.
I have following 2 attributes:
arr: ARRAY[A]

link: LINKED_LIST[B]

For array, I can make its indexing starts from 0 purposely, like following:
arr.force (value, arr.count)

so that arr[0] will be readable.
However, I did similar thing to LINKED_LIST:
link.put_i_th (value, link.count)

However this gets precondition violation.
Is there any way to make LINKED_LIST indexing from 0, not 1? so that link[0] will be accessible?
I need an example if it is possible.

A: The precondition valid_key of put_i_th in LINKED_LIST (as well as in a more general LIST) is specified using a function valid_index. The behavior of the latter can be derived from its postcondition Result = (i >= 1 and i <= count). It states that a valid index is greater than zero.
The boundaries of containers are also available as queries lower and upper. For a LIST the value of lower is a constant 1.
From the observations above it follows that a LIST (and a LINKED_LIST) cannot have elements at index 0 (or below).
Also, unlike an ARRAY, where the size of the structure is controlled directly, elements to a LIST are added one-by-one. That's why force in LIST has no index and works like extend that adds a new element to the end of the structure.
Although ARRAY allows indexing from 0 (or any other integer value), it's considered a bad practice to use a lower index other than 1 because most containers have lower = 1. Only in rare cases when the code can benefit from indexes starting from something different from 1, it might make sense to deviate from the standard convention.