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We have a 2wire wireless router, for some reason only one computer can connect.
Heres my set-up. In my office building, there's a computer company that gets bundled T1 lines and sends them out to the offices and we pay them. So, in my office i have a jack with a cat5e cable that goes to my router. The issue is that the router's internet light won't turn on.We're on our third router and second brand so I'm pretty sure the router's aren't the problem. If i connect my computer to the same cat5 cable I get the internet without an issue. But, when i put my router in there, it gets nothing. Not even a yellow light.
How can i connect the game to the other computer without router?, like DOTA games??
So i have the Dir-615 and two laptops. Both laptops have windows 7, one with 32 bit and the other with 64 bit. I have had my network setup for months. The 32 bit laptop and my 360 are on the network; the 360 is on a wired connection. I recently purchased the 64 bit laptop and am having problems getting it to connect to the Internet. If I hard wire it in through the modem it will connect. If I try to connect to an unsecured network in my area, I can connect. But for some reason I'm unable to connect through my router. Weather I try and connect wireless or through a cable on the ports on the back. If I try and run the network connection wizard it won't fix the problem. I've tried to unplug the router, reconnect and nothing works. The weird part is that i can connect to the router, but can't access either the settings for the router or the Internet. The graphic that is shown in the network setup wizard shows my router but then shows an X in between the router and the Internet. I have tried everything that I can think of.
I have a Thompson 784 router that connects to the Internet. It works nicely enough.What is wrong is that I have a shielded Cat 5e cable that goes from my room to the router that's in a another room (~30 metres). Both ends are the same; both ends are done nicely; I've tested it with a cable tester and every wire connects. However, when i connect my computer to my router neither one will find the other.
i load windows 7 onto it and try to get into internet explorer to get google chrome and it says that i need to configure a network so i try and configure one but it says that no networks are connected to it.i had vista on it before windows 7(still couldn't connect)and it said that it was a realtak router but underneath the router it says that it's netgear i don't know which one it is.i have gotten into the router using its ip.also the model for the netgear part is b90-755044-15 it work just fine for this computer although it's on windows XP do i need a driver for the mother board,router,or what.
I have a wireless network using an Apple Airport router. There is an iMac, an IBM Think Pad and a Dell XPS 410 tower (both running XP) on the network and all were working until this week. All of a sudden I can not get on the internet with the Dell PC. When I try to log into the router, it searches for a connection, but never is able to attain one. My network is displayed and I am using WPA security and have been entering the correct key. I have tried reinstalling the drivers, but with no success. I believe I was able to access a local unprotected site, but after being connected a pass word was required. I also tried ipconfig, but it just flashed on and then immediately off.
currently i have my server computer in room a, and i have 2 computers in room b. my current setup is.Server---ethernet cable-----router-----modem, for the computers in room b, the setupis.......computers-------ethernet router----ethernet wire-----router----modem.if i remove the switch in room b, then the computer in room b can communicate with the server computer, if i keep the ethernet router then i cant connect to my server. i need the computers in room b to be wired but there is only 1 wire in the room, so that is y i added the ethernet router. how can i get the server to connect to the computers in room b with the ethernet router?
I migrated my internet from PPPOE to DHCP. My wifi is working with no problem but when I hook up my computer to 1 of the 4 Lan ports I can't seem to connect to the internet I can however log in my router no problem. But I don't get internet access... I wonder what could be the problem. I tried resetting my router and modem to see if just a bug or something but to no avail.
One computer with XP OS will be accessing this network most of the time. After confguring when I connet laptop with Win 7 Os to the network, my other laptop ( the one with XP os ) computer gets disconnected from wireless and can only be connected via Lan cable.
I have noticed that when I plug the Ethernet cable from the router to the computer the led on the back of the computer panel does not blink as it does when I route directly from he cable modem.
I have cable broadband internet. My internet modem is a Ubee D3.0. It is connected to my Netgear N600 Wifi router which have my computer and DirecTV hooked up to it via ethernet. My wifi went down the other day. Devices were connected, but were not getting any internet service. In troubleshooting, I attempted to dial in to the router using www.routerlogin.net as well as 192.168.0.1, and I could not get into the router. I assumed the router must have crashed, and I only purchased it a month ago, so I took it back to the store and exchanged it for a new one. I got home and plugged it in, still not working. I can't access it using the above mentioned methods, and the setup software does not detect a router present. I unplugged the router and hooked the computer up directly to the internet modem. Still no luck. The computer does show a network connection in the system tray, but with no internet. I plugged my laptop in to the internet modem, and I am able to get internet just fine from my laptop. I even did a system restore to a restore point last week when I know the internet was working. No luck.
I have a Cisco E1200, I am wanting it to connect to the net using Etisalat ISP. The computer will talk to the router and all the settings look correct but it will not connect to the internet.The router did a software upgrade that it deemed successful.
How can I get my wireless G laptop computer to connect with the Linksys E400 router?It shows the network and tries to connect but can't. I don't want to buy a wireless N adaptor so is it possible to connect without one..if so how?
I don't want to allow any Guest access to my network, but I do want to connect my iPad to my network. I've successfully added another computer to the network but the router setup seems to want the iPad to connect only as a Guest .Is there a way to treat my iPad as another computer (not as Guest) so that it my network recognizes it in the same way it recognizes the second computer (without entering a password)?
I am having problems connecting to my wireless internet. We were getting a poor signal so we moved our router to our living room where we always are, but now we can't connect. We tried resetting everything, turned on and off several times. Went to the linksys wireless set up page, changed SSID and password. Still can't connect with the computer or our iphones. It shows our SSID is there but won't connect. My internet when plug directly to the computer works fine (I am using it now). My computer can connect to the router Linksys WRT54G, we just can't get it to connect to the wireless.


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Common Assertions About Wrongful Death Lawsuits: Are They Fact Or Fiction?
If you're considering filing a wrongful death lawsuit, you're sure to get a lot of feedback and so-called advice from well-meaning friends and family members. However, not all of the common assertions about wrongful death lawsuits are true. Here's a look at some common ones. You might be surprised which are fact and which are fiction.
Friends who have told you to hurry up and hire a lawyer while you still can are right. Each state has its own statute of limitations for wrongful death lawsuits. In most states, the limit is either one, two or three years. In some states, the clock starts ticking when the wrongful death is caused. In other states, the clock starts ticking when the action that led to the wrongful death is discovered. A lawyer in your state can fill you in on your state's specific rules, but one thing is for certain: if you're going to file a wrongful death lawsuit, you need to act quickly.
You might be convinced that your best friend lost their life wrongfully, but if he or she was not a relative, you cannot file a lawsuit. His or her family members would have to do so. Furthermore, you cannot file a wrongful death lawsuit for just any family member. In many states, the lawsuit has to be brought to court by someone who is a designated beneficiary of the deceased. In some other statess, a wrongful death claim can only be brought to court by a designated representative of the deceased individual's estate. Usually, only immediate family members fall into these categories, so you are more likely to be able to file a wrongful death lawsuit for a parent, child, or grandparent than a distant cousin.
Usually, if you win a wrongful death lawsuit, the money becomes a trust of the deceased person's estate. It is then distributed among the beneficiaries of that estate. In most cases, if you file a wrongful death lawsuit, you are technically doing so in the name of the deceased -- so it makes sense that the damages are rewarded to the deceased, or since they have passed -- their estate.
A wrongful death claim is always filed against a doctor: FICTION.
A lot of people have the misconception that wrongful death lawsuits and medical malpractice lawsuits are the same. Any friend who is telling you this is misinformed. While you can file a wrongful death lawsuit against a doctor or hospital if their negligent actions resulted in your loved one's death, you can also file against others who potentially caused your loved one's death. Many wrongful death lawsuits are filed against drunk drivers, assailants and caregivers.
If you win the wrongful death lawsuit, the person responsible for the death will go to jail: FICTION.
While the person responsible for the death might sometimes be jailed, it will not be because of your wrongful death lawsuit. A wrongful death lawsuit is a civil case. If you win, you will be awarded monetary damages. There may very well be a criminal case filed against the defendant, too -- since many actions that can lead to wrongful death are crimes -- and if the defendant is found guilty, he or she may be jailed. However, this criminal case will be carried out separately from your wrongful death lawsuit. It is possible for you to win your civil case but for the person to be found innocent in criminal court.
Filing a wrongful death lawsuit can be stressful and complicated. If you're in the beginning stages of this process, communicate openly with your lawyer when you have questions and concerns, so you can be sure you're getting truthful, accurate information. Follow the link to read more on this topic.


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Angel House: The Gun, The Love, and The Cross
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Review: Craig Hartranft, 11.30.2009
Building upon their solid debut in 2007 and a strengthening fan base, Birmingham rockers Angel House strike with their sophomore release The Gun, The Love, and The Cross. Coming from the home of renonwned British heavyweights like Black Sabbath and Magnum, Angel House may have cause to pause and consider their history and music. But Angel House delivers the proverbial hard rock goods in their on style. If I had any comparison to make, after a few spins, I was reminded (slightly) of Americans Nickelback but with less grunge and more 70's or 80's thunder, less glitz and more working class earthiness. Alternatively, sometimes I hear the heavier side, yet with the compelling melody, of late 80's UFO (House of Law) in the pace and riffs. Regardless of these metaphors, Angel House's TGTLTC moves with a fervent pace combining solid riffs and snappy guitar solos over tidy and efficient melodies. Most listeners will find Pete Easthope's vocal style both fervent and emotional. All these characteristics develop for some strong rock and roll with songs like Heaven Tonight, This Spirit, Breakout, and gritty and melodic ballad, When The Water Gets Too High (reminding again of some latter UFO), being first class examples. The Gun, The Love, and The Cross is a fine work from one of Britain's most promising talents. Very recommended!
Building upon their solid debut in 2007 and a strengthening fan base, Birmingham rockers Angel House strike with their sophomore release The Gun, The Love, and The Cross. It's a fine work of heavier, yet melodic and compelling, rock from one of Britain's most promising talents.

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Watch: Nappily Ever After's Sanaa Lathan Says You Don't Need Marriage to Be Complete
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Sanaa Lathan broke the internet when she revealed her big chop last September. Lathan, who has dazzled the big screen since the late '90s, has rocked a number of styles throughout her career— but this moment was different.
Lathan's big chop was a part of her role as Violet Jones in Nappily Ever After, which hits Netflix on September 21. Shaving her head was a huge moment for both her character in the movie and her unscripted life.
"My hair journey up till now has really just been you know regular black girl hair journey, you know, just dealing with all the things that we deal with black women in this culture," she told The Root.
As a black actress, hair is one of Lathan's first considerations when working on a new role. The uncertainty of stepping on a set without knowing if the glam team would know how to style black hair made the actress turn to wigs for several films. This is a reality for many black actors in the business. When the character of Violet Jones came along, Lathan had to make a new decision: to shave off all of her hair.
"I knew in the back of my mind that that was the strongest choice to actually really shave my head but you know every other day I was like you know what we can just get a prosthetic wig cap," she laughed. "But the more I kind of got into the character Violet, I realized I had to, if I was going to serve her as a character and serve this story, which I think is really important, especially at this moment in our culture. I had to do it."
So, she did it. Lathan shaved her hair off in one take. The tears, the smiles, the moments of "euphoria" as she describes it, witnessed in the Nappily Ever After trailer? That was all real. By glancing at Lathan's Instagram, it's easy to assume that she's enjoying her big chop. Her page is adorned with fiercely confident photos. But of course, it's not as easy as it may look online.
"There are days where I feel insecure and I have to breathe, because it still is many years of conditioning that beauty comes in long hair," she says. "But, it kind of feels liberating."
In Nappily Ever After, Violet Jones embarks on a journey of self-discovery and self-love. In the trailer, Lathan's character is visibly frustrated when the picture-perfect life she imagines doesn't quite go as planned. That picture perfect life includes a wedding ring. Her character, like many women, has to grapple with the fact that marriage does not have to be the ultimate goal.
"We have been conditioned to believe that we are not complete unless we have this picture but when you actually look at the picture and a lot of what's happening in the world the picture is not working," Lathan tells The Root. "If you know if anything is failing more than way more than half of the time and I'm talking about divorce, you have to look at the institution."
For Sanaa Lathan, the growth of her character in Nappily Ever After is aligned with the space she inhabits in her real life. She's in tune with who she is and what she wants, and nothing is more liberating than that.
"I think this is a great time for women in terms of reassessing our power and who we are and what we want for ourselves," says Lathan. "The whole idea that men have to approve of you and getting our self-worth through the male gaze, I'm all for turning that around and getting our self-worth from within."
Watch our interview with Sanaa Lathan above.
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From Oui (September 1974). –- J.R.
Piaf. In her life and in her music' Edith Piaf is probably the closest thing France has had to a Billie Holiday. It shouldn't come as a surprise, then, that a feature-length fiction film based on her life gives her the same kind of treatment that Lady Sings the Blues gave to Billie. We begin with Edith's birth in 1915 in a red-light district of Paris. Abandoned by her mother, she grows up in a provincial whorehouse, Edith starts singing for centimes in street acts with her acrobat father. Then she goes independent and sings on the street while her half-sister, Momone, accompanies her on harmonica.Piaf is menaced by a Montmartre pimp who sells her "protection". After she gives birth to a bastard daughter who dies in infancy, she gradually makes her way up the ladder from a dive in Pigalle to a Champs-Elysées niqht club. The plot is taken from a "fictionalized" biography by Simone Berteaut, the real-life Momone. Newcomer Brigitte Ariel plays Piaf, although the singing voice belongs to Betty Mars in both the French and English versions of the film. Guy Casaril, the director, serves it all up in something akin to the American bio-pic Style: Edith sings her heart out as the camera sails up into the sky.… Read more »
La main à couper
From Oui (August 1974). — J.R.
La main à couper. It's been suggested that one reason why movies are so popular in Paris is that French TV is so bad. In point of fact,a conventional Gallic thriller such as the current La main à couper is not very different from what an American spectator is likely to see in a weekly series like Alfred Hitchcock Presents. The central intrigue, of course, is classically Continental: bourgeois adultery, the same subject that Claude Chabrol staked out years ago, although it is as perpetually common to French melodrama as raincoats are to spy thrillers. A married woman (Lea Massari) is having an affair with a young sculptor who is roughly the same age as her son. One day she goes to meet him at his studio and finds him dead, murdered with a blunt instrument. From this point on, practically all of the suspense and tensions develop out of the hypocrisy that her position requires, She can't go to the police or tell her husband (Michel Bouquet), her daughter, or her son. The task of behaving normally becomes even more of an ordeal when an odd little fellow with a Hitler mustache (Michel Serrault) turns up and starts blackmailing her.This,… Read more »


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Iraqi Kurdistan: Census Plan
Iraq plans census to map ethnic divisions.
Below is an article published by: Reuters UK
Iraq will hold a nationwide census in October [2009], its first in 22 years, mapping ethnic divisions in a survey which could encourage reconciliation or fan the feuds threatening its fragile calm.
The census, the first including Iraq's Kurdish north since 1987, will take place over the course of one or two days, said Mehdi al-Alak, who heads Iraq's Central Organization for Statistics and Information Technology (COSIT).
Alak is planning to send at least 250,000 schoolteachers to homes across major cities and dusty hamlets to shed light on the true makeup of Iraq's diverse population.
Questions on ethnicity and religion promise to make the census a charged affair in a country emerging from years of sectarian violence and still gripped by disputes over political power, disputed territory, and oil. Six years after the U.S.-led invasion to oust Saddam Hussein, Iraq's population is believed to be around 28 million, an estimate obtained via distribution of state food rations.
But after years of bloodshed prompted millions of Iraqis to flee their homes, in addition to Saddam-era policies that packed strategic areas with fellow Arabs, the composition of sensitive areas is far from clear.
Such murkiness has made for easy political manipulation across the country. Perhaps the best example of where demography has fueled discord is the oil-rich city of Kirkuk.
Kurds, believed to be around a fifth of Iraqis, claim a majority there and want to make it part of their semi-autonomous northern region, an idea rejected by its Arabs and Turkmen.
The breakdown of Kirkuk's population will be decisive if and when officials hold a referendum on the city's future.
A clear snapshot could be telling in other disputed areas, like Diyala and Nineveh provinces, where the government of Prime Minister Nuri al-Maliki is looking to assert central government authority at the expense of Kurdish authorities in Arbil.
"We will not allow political, religious or ethnic interference. Our work is simply technical," Alak said.
The census might also alter allocation of the budget, 17 percent of which goes to Kurdistan based on population estimates.
NO SECTARIAN BREAKDOWN
Preliminary results, a simple population count, should be ready several days after the census, but more detailed data on ethnicity and religion are not expected until late July 2010.
Alak said religion questions will not delve into sect, so the census will not provide data on the breakdown between Sunni and Shi'ite Muslims, who have fought a bloody feud since 2003.
The census will count those displaced within Iraq at their current residence, but will note where they lived previously.
It will also seek to include, through outreach by Iraqi embassies, the millions of people who have fled the country.
Alak said a national curfew would be imposed on census day to ensure the survey can be carried out in country where violence is still a fact of daily life.
Even the safest of Iraqi cities are girded by concrete walls and soldiers rumble down the streets in heavily armed vehicles.
The northern city of Mosul, like several other restive areas, is still under siege. In the city, where minority Kurds have controlled the government since 2005, Sunni Islamist insurgents stage car bomb attacks and assassinate police.
UNPO Calls on European Union to Protect Ahmad Reza Djalali and other EU citizens of Iranian descent
UNPO joins global call for urgent action on arbitrarily detained minority rights defenders in Iran
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Legendary Rock Frontmen Aaron Lewis & Sully Erna To Perform Live Oct. 24 Drive-In Show
For the first time ever, Sully Erna and Aaron Lewis, two of the most acclaimed frontmen in rock -- the voices of multiplatinum rock bands Godsmack and Staind -- will perform their hits together, side-by-side, in an intimate and unplugged evening on The American Drive-In Tour, including a concert at Charlotte Motor Speedway on Saturday, Oct. 24. A multi-stop cross-country tour, the American Drive-In Tour is one of the first 2020 drive-in live rock concert events planned across several cities, and promises a once-in-a-lifetime event for fans, featuring a special evening of hits, covers and conversation with Aaron and Sully appearing together on stage.
Godsmack's Sully Erna said, "Me and Aaron Lewis? Onstage together…acoustic? Do I need to say more? Just don't miss it! It may never happen again."
"Sully and I have been friends for 25 years. We've been talking about doing something for the last 10 years," said Staind's Aaron Lewis. "The time has finally come. I couldn't be more excited to be bringing this to you in such strange times."
Erna is the accomplished founder, vocalist, guitarist and songwriter for the multiplatinum rock band Godsmack, selling over 20 million records worldwide, enjoying four Grammy nominations and eleven #1 singles at mainstream rock radio. In May, Godsmack's "Unforgettable" became the fourth #1 rock track from their latest album When Legends Rise (BMG). This accomplishment makes Godsmack one of only four rock acts to reach this milestone. Erna also released his latest solo album Hometown Life in 2016.
Lewis, who fronts and founded the wildly-successful rock group Staind, has sold 17 million albums worldwide and has enjoyed four consecutive top three debuts on Billboard's Top 200. The single "It's Been Awhile," remains the most-played rock song of its decade. His solo material includes the platinum selling hit "Country Boy" and 4 albums of tried-and-true, twang-heavy Outlaw Country tunes, including his most recent album, State I'm In.
Tour producers Danny Wimmer Presents have worked closely with both artists and all venues to create a live concert environment that will bring rock fans back together in unique setups that promote social distancing for a safe experience. The show will feature a barrage of hits, covers, conversation and laughs that will create a true sense of unity for audiences across the country.
"We're eager to get back to what we love, and we're determined to keep the music alive and keep the rock community strong during these times," comments DWP President Joe Litvag. "Aaron and Sully on stage together like this is something that none of us have seen before but have always hoped would happen one day. We're thrilled to be a part of it."
The nationwide trek will follow current local health guidelines for fans' safety and enjoyment.
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The Institute's Chairman, Professor Richard Wilding OBE, will be answering questions live on Twitter on Thursday 21st April for European Supply Chain Day.
Twitter users are encouraged to tweet directly to Richard using @SupplyChainProf and to join in with the day's events by using hashtag #supplychainday.
The Q+A will take place between 12pm and 1pm GMT on Thursday 21st April and will give individuals a unique opportunity to chat with one of the industry's leading professionals. Richard is inviting everyone to ask him questions and queries about the industry and is keen to ensure that young professionals and students grasp this chance to interact and engage with such a well-respected figure in the industry.
Twitter users are encouraged to tweet Richard Wilding about the latest industry developments, challenges and opportunities for the industry, the omni-channel revolution, access to careers in logistics and other supply chain or logistics based questions and queries.
Professor Richard Wilding has been a member of the Institute since 1992 and a Board member since 2011. He is also Chair (Full Professor) in Supply Chain Strategy at the Centre for Logistics and Supply Chain Management, Cranfield School of Management UK. He was made OBE in 2013 for services to Business, recognising his outstanding achievements in logistics and supply chain management.


It isn't very often that an entire nation expects big things from one person, but Thomas Gradinger has been flying the Austrian flag with honours so far in 2019, and now looks set to make some big history in the WorldSSP class. The 22-year-old, from St Marienkirchen, approximately 235km from Austria's Red Bull Ring, has created history at the Motocard Aragon Round by becoming the first Austrian to take pole position in WorldSSP. This therefore creates the perfect opportunity for more history to be made in Sunday's race.
Throughout the 20 years of WorldSSP action, there have been a few Austrian riders come and go. Robert Ulm was a permanent fixture on the grid for many seasons, fluctuating between the WorldSBK class and WorldSSP. His best finish to a race was fourth, in soaking wet conditions at the Nurburgring in 1998, from eighth on the grid.
So far, Gradinger's best result has been a fourth place, but he has already been a record-breaker this weekend. He was the first Austrian rider in 13 years to start a WorldSSP race on the front row of the grid, last achieved by Christian Zaiser at the EuroSpeedway Lausitz, 2006. That day, a seventh was achieved by Zaiser, which would turn out to be his best result in WorldSSP.
Austria has been a nationality that has provided some fantastic memories in the WorldSBK paddock, with rounds being held in the landlocked nation from the championship's launch in 1988 to 1995 at two circuits: Osterreichring (current day Red Bull Ring) and Salzburgring, before returning the A1 Ring (current day Red Bull Ring) from 1997 and 1999 – which saw the late Fabrizio Pirovano take the 1998 Supersport championship.
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Family Law and the Impact of Brexit
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Toni Livesey Solicitor
"Brexit" – It is a phrase I for one am getting a little tired of hearing. Sadly, it isn't going to go away. It will affect all of us, including, theoretically, family lawyers.
There are reports from the Bar Council that Brexit will "risk disruption and confusion" in family law proceedings and have postulated that it could become difficult to enforce UK judgements in countries that remain in the Union, and vice versa.
However, there are many in the legal profession that believe this change should be viewed in a positive manner. The UK has adopted many of the EU's Regulations in the Family Courts and the most likely prospect is that Parliament will decree that European law will remain valid when the UK eventually leaves the Union. Any repeals/amendments of law would probably be dealt with on a case by case basis.
It is generally accepted that there will be very little change in respect of Child Arrangements Order proceedings. The country in which the child is "habitually resident" will still be dealt with in proceedings. There was an increasing agreement in the way children matters should be dealt with between EU countries before Brexit. It is thought this agreement will continue regardless of whether we as a country are "in" or "out".
The grounds for a divorce were decided by the UK Parliament and therefore will remain unchanged. When issuing a divorce, the country the matter will be heard in can be either where a party (husband or wife) have lived for 1 year prior to issuing the proceedings or their "domicile", essentially their permanent home. Leaving the EU could mean opening up conflicts as to where the proceedings are dealt with, however most countries are believed to have remedies in place.
The truth is, no one really knows what will happen once the UK leaves the EU, and there is no way of knowing if the changes (if any) will be a benefit or a detriment to family law proceedings.
What people can be certain of for the time being is that nothing will happen for at least two years. During the "phase out" period once Article 50 is enacted, the status quo for family law will remain.
If you would like some advice about a specific area of family law, please contact our experienced solicitors here at Farleys. We can advise on a range of issues from divorce and separation to adoption and child matters. Get in touch today on 0845 287 0939 or send your enquiry through our online contact form.
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We are remembered by how we lived and sometimes by how we died. Then every once in awhile along comes somebody who lays out a lesson plan on how to do both. Stu Jed was one of those guys.
Stu was handed a death sentence some nine years ago when diagnosed with pancreatic cancer. Yet somehow, with grace, humor, faith and support of a loving family & legions of friends, he beat those odds year after year after year. Not unlike the auspicious cat, Stubie had nine lives.
So I suspect Stu is already amongst us again, laying comfortably in a bassinet, attempting to examine his big toe, in a hospital that he will someday own.
When we bear witness to a brave person's promotion to glory, a person who demonstrates great dignity in the process, well, it takes the stigma out of that day when our own personal promotion to glory comes calling.
We have busied ourselves for countless centuries envisioning various "in-between places" preordaining our return to this world. Hell has been our most consuming invention, condemning those who have sinned to punching chunks of brimstone down there where the temperature is three degrees hotter than Phoenix.
Heaven too has been paramount in our imagination, replete with every contentment from music of the lyrical harp to a noticeable absence of smart phones.
My uneducated guess is, there is very little in-between time. We go straight from "lights-out" to "lights-on," from stretcher to swaddling. So I'm convinced Stu is already back among us, smarter even, and more benevolent than before.
Meanwhile, those of us lucky enough to have known Stu have collectively gained an appreciation for a life nobly lived, and an commensurate appreciation for a life regally concluded.
Once we finally wrap our arms around the notion that our present life is a small portion of a protracted life, well, there remains no reason to fear a jump from one lifecycle to another.
We miss you, Stubie … our sterling, steadfast, peerless pal.


Advanced space engine Ion thruster has broken the records for operating current, power and thrust.
The development of the Hall thruster was led by Alec Gallimore, University of Michigan professor of aerospace engineering and the Robert J. Vlasic Dean of Engineering.
Hall thrusters paving the way for eventual missions to Mars, offer exceptionally efficient plasma-based spacecraft propulsion by accelerating small amounts of propellant very quickly using electric and magnetic fields. They can achieve top speeds with a tiny fraction of the fuel required in a chemical rocket.
The challenge is to make them larger and more powerful. The X3, a Hall thruster designed by researchers at U-M, NASA and the U.S. Air Force, shattered the previous thrust record set by a Hall thruster, coming in at 5.4 newtons of force compared with 3.3 newtons.
The improvement in thrust is especially important for crewed mission—it means faster acceleration and shorter travel times. The X3 also more than doubled the operating current record (250 amperes vs. 112 amperes) and ran at a slightly higher power (102 kilowatts vs. 98 kilowatts).
Reality is coming close to science fiction. I did not know that an ion engine had been developed. This new thruster will enable crafts to reach higher and higher speeds making space travel possible.


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[EXCLUSIVE] Chick-fil-A Secures Prime Intown Location for New Restaurant
After hearing rumblings of it earlier this year, we are pleased to be able to confirm now that Chick-fil-A has secured space for its first Brookhaven location. The new Chick-fil-A will open in place of the longtime Hudson Grille along Peachtree Road at Brookhaven Station. Chick-fil-A will reportedly renovate the roughly 8,100 square foot space to suit their needs and due to both its location and limitations of the City of Brookhaven, it will not have a drive-thru. Instead, the focus of the restaurant will be on dine-in, delivery, catering and takeout orders.
Atlanta-based Chick-fil-A had in 2012 sought to open a traditional restaurant in place of a portion of the former Hastings nursery at 3920 Peachtree Road, about a half mile from Brookhaven Station. The proposed Chick-fil-A and a Chase Bank, both with drive-thru features, were panned by the City of Brookhaven and ultimately neither happened. Instead, Wood Partners, an Atlanta-based multifamily developer, is bringing 283 apartments to the five acre site with the planned summer opening of Alta Porter on Peachtree.
Recently released data indicates that average unit volumes for traditional freestanding Chick-fil-A restaurants reached a record $8.1 million per store in 2021, an increase of 14.7 percent over 2020.
The new Chick-fil-A in Brookhaven will likely be similar to the planned Chick-fil-A on Ponce de Leon near Ponce City Market. ToNeTo Atlanta reported in March that popular wing joint Dugan's plans to "move" to Northlake, at which point its current Ponce de Leon restaurant will be rebuilt as a Chick-Fil-A catering, takeout and delivery oriented location without a drive-thru.
The site of the upcoming Chick-fil-A in Brookhaven was for many years home to the once popular Jocks & Jills sports bar, after which it became Hudson Grill in 2007, but closed in early 2020. For a very brief time, between late 2020 and early 2021, the space was occupied by Atlanta Bar & Grille which billed itself as "your neighborhood country club x sports bar." The business closed under mysterious circumstances.
Representatives from Hendon Properties, an Atlanta-based developer which acquired Brookhaven Station in early 2021, declined to comment on the status of the space, which according to the property website, is not leased. Jerry Goebeler, current owner/operator of the Chick-fil-A on Roswell Road in Chastain Park, will also operate the upcoming Brookhaven Station location, according to sources familiar with the company's plans. Our multiple attempts to reach Goebeler, a Brookhaven area resident, were unsuccessful.
In Brookhaven Station, Chick-fil-A joins eateries Mellow Mushroom and Wingstop as well an upcoming location of Fox Bros. Bar-B-Q. Ray Jr's Rapz wraps & smoothie bar, which opened in the center in early 2021, closed a few months later and its 1,400 square foot space remains available.
Are you more excited for the opening of Chick-fil-A or Fox Bros. in Brookhaven? What is your favorite chicken chain? Do you miss Jocks & Jills?
I don't understand. So you won't be able to go there and eat? You can only get pick up? But not through a drive thru. If that's the case then, no, I am not excited about it.
The Husk said...
Where will the proposed Fox Bros now go?
I'm not sure how I feel about a no drive-thru Chick-fil-A in a shopping center that has too little parking. I would be more excited about a drive-thru only Chick-fil-A in that location. Definitely not sure how both a Chick-fil-A and Fox Bros will impact the parking situation there. I loved Jocks & Jill's. That corner has been underutilized since Jocks and Jill's left. Chick-fil-A typically makes good decisions so hopefully it will work
Anon said...
I don't eat Chick-fil-A but glad there is no drive thru as no one wants the queue extending into Peachtree
Who could have predicted that the Rapz place would close so soon? People think they can just throw up any ill planned concept and voila, money on trees. At least it didn't feature hookah.
CloseOTP said...
That side street is going to be a mess!
I nominate whoever represented the property and sold CFA and Brookhaven on this plan for Salesperson Of The Year!!
Are they working on the CFA that is supposed to go in at Cheshire Bridge and Sheridan? I haven't driven by that site since Cheshire Bridge being cut in half makes that road no longer useful to me.
That intersection at Peachtree/Dresden/Brookhaven Drive where the Chick-Fil-A is to be located is already a cluster
A drive through Chick- Fil-A would have been a traffic disaster but the number of vehicles coming through for Chick-Fil-A pickups or short stay dining at that location and then feeding into either Peachtree Road southbound or the feeder exit from the parking lot to Brookhaven Drive will not work either
Chick Fil-A is good but not at that location - since the property has been vacant for so long guess the Brookhaven City Council decided to just wave it through despite the obvious traffic problems that will result
What part of "focus on dine in" did you not understand?
@Anon 8:32pm:
The part where the rest of the sentence you printed reads "........delivery, catering and takeout orders."
"the focus of the restaurant will be on dine-in, delivery, catering and takeout orders." But even with that, unless they add a very large parking lot, traffic will be a mess.
When I heard Fox Brothers was going there I immediately thought "parking is awful in that center already. It is going to be a disaster." Now throw in CFA. Oh boy.
Wow no drive through at CFA, what in the world....
Let's start a list of things missing from CFA:
One size cup of coffee
No decaf coffee
One size of milkshake
No slaw
No carrots and raisin salad
No chicken salad sandwich.
But this fall August 22- October 31, 2022) we can all enjoy:
Grilled deluxe with cilantro lime sauce
Autumn spice milk shake
Brookhaven has a no drive through ordinance. Otherwise, we would have had a chick-fila years ago. Also explains why we have limited food options..
Brookhaven leadership is awful
Another traffic nightmare for an already overdeveloped shopping center.


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Use alternatives: Think out of the box and don't stick just to the standard 60/40 per cent equity/bond mix.
Get the best managers: Make sure that you hunt down the very best managers if you're going to pay for expert advice; otherwise keep things simple, cut costs and use index-tracking funds.
Be adventurous and think global: For example, if you're based in the UK don't be overly focused on your home country and sterling.
Think real assets: Ensure that you have some inflation proofing inside your portfolio by investing in hard assets, like metals, land, and energy sources — assets that tend to be negatively correlated to stocks and bonds.
Although in theory you can apply these principles to any portfolio, no matter how big or small, the truth is that large endowments have huge advantages over mere mortals. For this reason many experts concede that the big endowment funds run strategies that average private investors can't easily copy.
For instance, many successful fund managers only accept money from outfits such as super-big endowments, because those funds are large, stable and for the long term. Some successful fund managers, especially in the private equity space, have also closed their offerings to new money, effectively locking out all but a tiny part of the market. But endowment enthusiasts don't think that you should give up.
David Swenson of Yale endowment fame reckons that if you don't have access to his amazing panel of top return-producing fund managers, you shouldn't try to pick individual stocks or pay anyone to do it for you. He's a tireless critic of the mainstream for-profit mutual-fund industry.
Instead, he advocates that private investors should use low-cost index funds as one way of building a diversified portfolio. Swenson maps out a 'well-diversified, equity-oriented portfolio' for private investors.
Other experts have their own endowment-based portfolio mixes. For instance, UK investor Mike Azlen, based at fund manager Frontier, runs low-cost multi-asset class portfolios that draw on the best ideas of university endowments (see the table).
These varying-risk-based portfolios comprise passively managed funds at a cost of less than 1 per cent per year. In particular Azlen's funds mirror many of the same asset allocations used by Harvard and Yale universities.
US-based fund manager and investment writer Mebane Faber — chief investment officer at Cambrian IM — is a fan of the diversified endowment model.


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Through the Overton Window
By MacIver Institute - July 16, 2020
CCP Coronavirus, Coronavirus, COVID-19, COVID-19 Crisis, COVID-19 In Wisconsin, Dan O'Donnell, lockdown, Mainstream Media, Media, Overton Window, safer-at-home
Photo courtesy of Nik Anderson.
How did we move so quickly from "Fifteen Days to Slow the Spread" to a return to lockdowns, mandatory mask ordinances, and schools staying closed in the fall? Dan O'Donnell explains.
As the City of Milwaukee today joins Dane County and other municipalities across the state in enacting a mask mandate and Milwaukeeans wonder when (if ever) their children will be allowed to return to school, one might naturally wonder how Wisconsin got to this point so quickly.
"Fifteen Days Slow the Spread" and "flatten the curve" of hospitalizations in March became a "Safer at Home" lockdown in April that ended only with a Supreme Court decision in May. A spike in cases (not hospitalizations, intensive care visits or deaths) in June has prompted a return to draconian shutdowns by mid-July.
To understand how Wisconsin—and much of America—got here, one must first understand the concept of the Overton Window.
Named for its creator, the Mackinac Center's Joseph P. Overton, the concept of the Overton Window refers to the ideas and public policies that "are widely accepted throughout society as legitimate policy options.
"These policies lie inside the Overton Window," the Mackinac Center explains. "Other policy ideas exist, but politicians risk losing popular support if they champion these ideas. These policies lie outside the Overton Window."
This window is not static, however; it is constantly shifting as ideas and policies become more broadly accepted or fall out of favor with the public.
"Sometimes politicians can move the Overton Window themselves by courageously endorsing a policy lying outside the window, but this is rare," the Mackinac Center continues. "More often, the window moves based on a much more complex and dynamic phenomenon, one that is not easily controlled from on high: the slow evolution of societal values and norms."
The Overton Window of Coronavirus policy has shifted so dramatically in a matter of months that societal values and norms that were universally accepted at the start of the nationwide lockdowns are almost unrecognizable now.
"Imagine telling parents in March that their children might not be allowed to go back to school in September," notes Breitbart News writer John Hayward. "They would have rebelled from coast to coast. But now that's a 'mainstream' position that is under serious debate.
"Opinion tends to swirl around enforced reality, like iron shavings dancing around strong magnets. Ironically, the movement leftward exploits the fundamentally conservative nature of the populace: they grow accustomed to the New Normal very quickly."
The New Normal of mandatory mask-wearing, seemingly endless cycles of lockdowns and partial re-openings, and virtual education all but replacing the physical classroom was nearly unthinkable just four months ago.
The public readily accepted the necessity of "flattening the curve" of serious cases so that health care resources could be preserved and hospitals would not be overcrowded. As the lockdown dragged on and it became obvious that hospital capacity was never going to be reached and the supply of resources was never going to be crippled, the public became increasingly skeptical about the efficacy of such an unprecedented (and likely unconstitutional) quarantine of the healthy.
But the new reality was enforced by a media that shifted its reporting from death and hospitalization statistics to new cases and politicians who shifted the narrative from "Flatten the Curve" to "No One Can Ever Get this Disease."
If that sounds like a dramatic and largely nonsensical shift, it is. But through the enforced reality of nonstop media coverage of new cases and the almost total ignoring of hospitalization and death rates, the Overton Window has shifted, and people are now far more likely to accept public policy that was soundly rejected by both the media and politicians alike as recently as April.
Over the weekend, CNN anchor Jake Tapper chided President Trump for finally wearing a mask during a visit to Walter Reed Medical Center.
"Someday someone will do a study on how many lives might have been saved if this happened in February or March," he tweeted.
On March 1, though, Tapper himself said on his "State of the Union" Sunday program that wearing a mask "is not going to do anything for you."
The following day, Surgeon General Jerome Adams told FOX News that wearing a mask "has not been proven to be effective in preventing the spread of Coronavirus amongst the general public."
"If you do not have any respiratory symptoms, such as fever, cough, or runny nose, you do not need to wear a medical mask," The World Health Organization advised on March 26. "When used alone, masks can give you a false feeling of protection and can even be a source of infection when not used correctly."
Both the WHO and Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) have now reversed course and are recommending masks, but has the science regarding their effectiveness changed? No.
The Overton Window has simply shifted.
Similarly, the closing of schools was never meant to last more than a few weeks at most, but once the public became accustomed to and accepting of distance learning, the Overton Window shifted to the point that it is now within the range of tolerability for schools not to reopen for the fall semester.
It should not be. Never before in American history has the concept of wholly abandoning in-person education been tolerated or even proposed—not even during the Spanish Flu and Polio epidemics of the past century—and while it may have been advisable to close schools this Spring to ensure that hospitals would not be overrun with sick children, since it is now known that this is a virtual impossibility, schools should be reopened.
Closures and lockdowns were never intended to be so long-lasting. They were intended to prevent a run on valuable health care resources; not ensure that no one ever contracts the virus again.
The speed with which drastically shifting media and political narratives have moved the Overton Window on this has been nothing short of breathtaking, but what is truly terrifying is the degree to which medical science has been ignored in an effort to shift public perception.


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OECD complaint against Gamma International accepted for further investigation
In an encouraging first response to our complaint against surveillance company Gamma International (Gamma), the UK National Contact Point (NCP) of the Organisation for Economic Cooperation and Development (OECD) announced that it will further investigate our claim against Gamma, as the evidence submitted appears to substantiate our allegations.
In February 2013, Privacy International, together with the European Center for Constitutional and Human Rights, Bahrain Watch, the Bahrain Center for Human Rights and Reporters without Borders filed a complaint against Gamma for breaching no less than eleven of the OECD guidelines by exporting its surveillance technology to Bahrain, where this technology was allegedly used to target human rights activists. The OECD guidelines promote responsible business conduct, and cover a range of issues including the impact a company's business in a certain country has on human rights. They apply to all multinationals including those whose products, business partners or countries carry a higher risk of abuse.
The NCP stated that the evidence that we submitted supports our allegations about human rights risks in Bahrain, that these risks are likely to have been known to Gamma, and that Gamma's product may have been used to target Bahraini activists. According to the NCP, this substantiates the issues in respect of the company's obligations to do appropriate due diligence and to address adverse impacts to human rights.
What Gamma said
The initial response of the NCP gives an interesting insight in the way Gamma conducts its business, for instance how it selects its customers.
The NCP confirmed Gamma only supplies its spyware to police and security forces of sovereign states. However, sovereign states can still have dismal human rights records, and use Gamma's spyware to target activists, journalists and political opposition. The OECD guidelines require a company to carry out human rights due diligence, and to prevent and mitigate adverse human rights impacts linked to their activities and products.
The OECD guidelines also prescribe companies to have a policy commitment to respect human rights. The NCP stated in its Initial Assessment that Gamma says that it is has been considering publishing a civil rights policy, but that is not yet certain that it could successfully implement such a policy. Gamma also considers that a wider policy preventing sales to any country whose human rights record has been criticised would not be practicable. Practicable in view of sales results or not, the OECD guidelines explicitly require multinational companies to have a human rights policy in place.
Gamma further announced that, although it did not have a human rights policy in place at the time the malware was allegedly sold to Bahrain, it would not supply its product in a situation where it believed it would be used for the purpose of repressing civil rights. This is an interesting choice of words, because a situation in which its product would be used for the purpose of repressing civil rights - for instance a civil war - is obviously a much narrower concept than a country where it is likely to be used for repressing civil rights. According to the OECD guidelines, enterprises should carry out human rights due diligence, and prevent and mitigate actual and potential adverse impacts of their business on human rights, which relates to all countries in which they conduct business.
As far as addressing adverse impacts of its products on human rights are concerned, Gamma indicated towards the NCP that it would not be practical to enable a surveillance system to be remotely and unilaterally closed down by the supplier should human rights concerns arise, as no customer would purchase a system so enabled.
The next step will most likely be a mediation process, in which the NCP has formally asked Gamma and Privacy International to take part. If a mutually acceptable solution is reached, the NCP will reflect the outcome of the mediation in a Final Statement without making a determination as to whether the company acted inconsistently with the Guidelines. If mediation fails, the NCP will make an assessment of the alleged violations of the Guidelines and will reflect its findings in a Final Statement as well.
This procedure is separate from a complaint that was simultaneously filed against German company Trovicor GmbH, which also sells internet monitoring and mass surveillance products. This complaint is still under review of the German NCP of the OECD.
This procedure is also separate from Privacy International's filing for judicial review of the HM Revenue and Customs decision not to disclose information on a possible investigation into the potential unlawful export by Gamma of surveillance technology to Bahrain. The UK NCP noted that it does not consider that these parallel proceedings affect its ability to make its Initial Assessment or its decision to accept the complaint for further examination.
Q&A: PI case - UK High Court judgment on general warrants and government hacking explained
We explain in some detail what our case involving UK intelligence services using general warrants is about.
WTO trade talks must safeguard privacy, 42 organisations urge
In a statement coordinated by the European Consumer Organisation (BEUC), PI and others underline the importance of trust in the digital economy. This can only happen by placing people's fundamental rights to data protection and privacy first.
Comment une société de sécurité bien connectée crée-elle en catimini des bases de données biométriques à grande échelle en Afrique de l'ouest avec les fonds d'aide de l'Union européenne
Privacy International a eu accès à des documents qui révèlent comment l'Union européenne a utilisé des fonds d'aide pour financer le développement de systèmes d'identification biométrique dans des pays Africains pour répondre aux flux migratoires et détecter les situations d'urgence.
Here's how a well-connected security company is quietly building mass biometric databases in West Africa with EU aid funds
Documents disclosed to Privacy International reveal how the European Union has been using aid funds to finance the development of biometric identity systems in countries in Africa as part of its response to migration, and highlight urgent concerns.


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We recommend to keep Meta Align in the original blister package, as these materials were designed to protect the bacteria from the environment. Product stability studies show that Meta Align is effective through at least the "expiry" date on the bottom flap of the box.
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Freeborn-Mower Co-op to get $17 million federal loan
Money to go toward power line and 'smart grid' improvements.
Posted: Aug 7, 2018 9:12 PM
Updated: Aug 8, 2018 9:17 AM
Posted By: Mike Bunge
WASHINGTON, DC – The U.S. Department of Agriculture says it's giving a $17.8 million loan to the Freeborn-Mower Electric Cooperative.
The money is supposed to go toward building 79 new miles of power lines, improving 94 miles of existing lines, and making other system improvement. The loan includes $313,392 for "smart grid" projects to allow the electrical system to respond digitally to changing power demands.
The loan is part of a total $345.5 million being invested in 20 electric infrastructure projects in 14 states.
"Delivering reliable and affordable electricity to power rural America will help lay the groundwork for increased rural prosperity and economic opportunity," says U.S. Ag Secretary Sonny Perdue said. "USDA is partnering with rural electric utilities and cooperatives so they can continue to invest in infrastructure improvements to provide electric power to those who live and work in rural areas."
The Goodhue County Electric Cooperative Association will also get a $7.75 million loan to construct 28 miles of line and improve 72 miles, including $315,000 for "smart grid" projects.
These loans are being made through the Electric Infrastructure Loan Program, which helps finance generation, transmission and distribution projects, system improvements, and energy conservation projects in communities with 10,000 or fewer residents.
For more information on this federal loans, click here.
Freeborn-Mower co-op issues warning about phone calls
Lawn mower death in Freeborn County
Freeborn-Mower Coop warns customers about fake calls
Federal money for Mower County watershed
Klemme co-op to get multi-million dollar improvements
Looking into safety at Mower County Fair safety after incidents in Freeborn County
Power outage: 500 poles broken, on ground in Freeborn, Mower counties
Mower County fugitive sentenced
Motorcycle accident in Freeborn County


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Q: Posibility of solving large data problem using probability density function We are trying to solve a problem and right now it boils down to a complex data analysis problem.
Let's assume that $x$ is a random variable and we know the probability density function for that $(W(x))$.
Now we are going to perform the experiment for $10^{6}$ times.
The problem is, for each experiment, the instrument can't give us the exact $x$ value. Rather it will give us roughly $10^{2}$  $x$ values and say that the actual $x$ value will be one of those.
So, $10^{6}$ trails will give us $10^{6}$ data sets and each data set will contain roughly $10^{2}$ $x$ values in which only one value is the true value. Now in a straight forward way we can choose a random combination (where one $x$ value from each data set will be chosen randomly) and after plotting the histogram we can calculate statistical error for that and we can say for sure that the exact true combination will minimize statistical error. But I can't check all the combinations because the total number of combinations that I have to check is $({10^2})^{10^6}$.
Hence my question is, Is there any other way to approach this problem?
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S4C and Cymraeg 2050
by Suw on August 13, 2017
The Welsh Government recently released a strategy, Cymraeg 2050, to increase the number of Welsh speakers to one million by 2050. The strategy focuses predominantly on children's education, which is sensible and obvious, and on Welsh speakers in Wales, which is also sensible and obvious. But there are two groups that could do with a little bit more love and attention, and S4C is in the perfect position to do that.
The first group are adult learners or near-fluent speakers who, for whatever reason, aren't in formal Welsh language education and/or who don't have easy access to Welsh speakers to practice with, but who need a little extra help reaching fluency.
As it happens, I fall into that group. I started learning Welsh about 20 years ago, and I ought to be fluent by now, but a lack of regular access to the Welsh language, whether regular lessons or people to talk to, has really hampered my progress. I'm now stuck in this kind of linguistic no mans land, where I know too much Welsh for things like Duolingo or Memrise to be enjoyable, but not enough to be able to easily understand the spoken language. I'm a bit better with the written language, but again, not quite good enough to be able to just sit and read a book.
Welsh TV is an essential tool for developing comprehension skills, expanding vocabulary and refining understanding of grammar. For my money, there's nothing better than watching a documentary on S4C with subtitles to help me marry words and sounds together, and to help me learn more words and improve my grammar. Like all learners, I need regular interaction with the language to help me cement what I learn, and TV is by far the easiest and most interesting way to achieve that.
Rightly, S4C's subtitles focus on assisting the hearing impaired, which is what they were invented to do and it's a massively important role. Subtitles for the hearing impaired are written to be easily and swiftly read, and to give the gist of what is said rather than a verbatim transcript, and are far too valuable to mess with.
But subtitles are also an important and valuable tool for intermediate learners, and with a little extra work new types of subtitles for learners could be much more effective. In an ideal world, I would like a selection of subtitle options for learners, in addition to subtitles for the hearing impaired.
Learner subtitles should include:
English subtitles, as close to a direction translation as possible, to help learners understand what's happening and marry Welsh sounds with English meanings.
Dual language English/Welsh subtitles, with both languages on screen at once. It's a bit hard going to read both at once and you really do have to focus, but it helps to improve understanding.
Welsh language learner's subtitles, which would be Welsh language with English prompts for difficult words.
Welsh-only subtitles, which should be as close to verbatim as possible.
I quite like watching Welsh-language documentaries multiple times, not only because S4C really does make some fabulous ones, but also because I can positively feel my understanding of Welsh improving as I do so.
The problem is that firstly, the most useful subtitle options, the dual language subtitles and the learner's subtitles, don't exist. Sometimes there aren't even any Welsh subtitles, just English ones*. That seems like an omission that should be at the top of the list of things that S4C could do to support the Welsh language.
Now, I know that the argument against providing these services is that they cost money, but that's a given for the recommendations of the Cymraeg 2050 report. It's going to cost money to do this stuff, but if the government wants 1 million Welsh speakers by 2050, they are going to have to reach down the back of the sofa and come up with some cash to spend. That said, subtitling is cheap compared to the cost of making the program in the first place, with online freelance subtitlers charging less than £1000 per hour of video.
The second problem is finding the time to watch and rewatch the same program before it falls off S4c's catch-up service**. That wouldn't be an issue if I could buy S4C's shows, but, despite the fact that it's 2017, it's still impossible to buy Welsh TV on iTunes or any other digital service. I know that S4C would, at this point, bang on about rights, but good grief, it's 2017! Rights issues should have been solved by now, and S4C should be selling shows online to anyone who wants to buy them regardless of where they live***.
Which brings me to the second group of Welsh learners/near-fluent speakers that could do with a little respect and support: Those who do not live in Wales. Welsh learners don't just live in Wales, they also live across the rest of the UK and, indeed, around the world. You might think that those people are irrelevant to the future of the Welsh language in Wales, but that's very 20th century thinking.
The world is united by the web, and anyone from anywhere can contribute to the health of a language and culture. Indeed, in many cases it is the internet that is saving languages and cultures. No matter where you or I live, we can use the Welsh language in our everyday life, we can create new cultural artefacts in the Welsh language. Were I fluent enough, I would for sure be providing various Ada Lovelace Day materials in Welsh. I would blog in Welsh. I would write books in Welsh. That would be contributing to Welsh language life, even though I'm not in Wales (and even though I'm not Welsh).
If the Welsh Government wants 1 million Welsh speakers, it has to not just teach them Welsh, it needs to give them a reason to use their Welsh, and that's not just about the Eisteddfod and cynghanedd and calling up the local council in Welsh, it's about just doing whatever you fancy in Welsh. Science. Chatting to your mates. The latest tech reviews. Music. Reading about women in STEM. Writing comics. Talking to people in a totally different country.
There's a whole blog post to write about the position of digital in the Cymraeg 2050 strategy, but that's for another day. The point is that if you want 1 million Welsh people in Wales to use Welsh, help Welsh people outside of Wales to do so too, because often, those people outside of Wales are related to or friends with those people inside Wales and they use the internet to keep in touch. In Welsh.
The web helps the Welsh diaspora and Welsh learners retain and expand their language, and S4C should be a fundamental part of that process.
* I am not familiar enough with Welsh language service provision for the hearing impaired to make a judgement on how well S4C does, but logic dictates that more Welsh language subtitles would be a good thing, assuming other provisions remain the same.
** It would also be super helpful if S4C Digidol's subtitles didn't routinely stop working when I'm watching online, and if they'd actually work in all browsers. For some reason, S4C's video player is incompatible with Chrome on my Macs. And in Safari, the subtitles tend to crap out halfway through, so I keep having to reload the page.
*** And whilst I'm at it, S4C needs to do whatever it is required to get rid of geoblocking. Yes, yes, rights, yes, yes. Please explain to me which large secondary Welsh-language market are they holding their rights over for? If I need to buy access to S4C, I will, I'm absolutely happy to pay my way, but the current geoblocking without the option to pay for access is ridiculous. Ultimately, though, if S4C is about supporting the Welsh language and Welsh culture in a web-enabled age, geoblocking makes no sense at all, because they should be supporting Welsh learners and speakers wherever in the world they are. The language is far more important than geographical boundaries.
TED "Open Translation Project" is not so open
by Suw on May 16, 2009
I prick my ears up every time I hear words like "open" and "translation" and "project" used together in a sentence in case it's something that might be interesting to the Welsh language community. So when I saw that TED, the insanely expensive Technology, Entertainment, Design conference, was providing English language transcripts of its often amazing talks, I thought that was a great opportunity for the Welsh community to create the Welsh language subtitles.
It might seem a bit stupid for people who basically all speak English to translate an English transcription into Welsh so that other people who basically all speak English could listen to it in English and watch it in Welsh. In fact, such a thing would be a great boon to learners as it would allow us to hear in English but read in Welsh and start to join up the dots inbetween. (The next step on from that would be to have more material in Welsh with English subtitles.) Personally, I would like to see much more bilingual stuff online because it helps learners develop not just their vocab but also their sense of grammar, mutation and idiom.
Many of the TED lectures are both short – about 20 minutes – and fascinating. Great material for translation because they're interesting in their own right and just the sort of thing that people love to watch. I believe you learn much more when you're engaged, so such a resource would be very valuable.
But the Open Translation Project turns out not to be very open at all. Once you've registered, you have to request a transcript to translate, which will supposedly be sent to you within 1 – 2 business days. You can't just download one that you fancy and get on with it, it has to be sent to you by someone from TED. And you have just 30 days to complete it – what happens if you don't is not specified. I have so far seen no sign or mention of any online translation or collaborative working tools, so it looks like if you want to work with others you have to figure that out yourself. (I haven't been accepted into the programme yet, so maybe that's just stuff I am unable to see.)
Beyond that, as a new member of the translation project, I just received this email:
Dear Suw,
Thanks so much for registering to be a TED translator and requesting your first talk. We're eager to get you started! But we have a few questions for you first. As you know, TED doesn't require translators to have formal language or translation skills. We do however, ask that you be fluently bilingual. It's so important that your language skills gives you the ability to faithfully translate the words of speakers, capturing not only the vocabulary, but also the tone, style and personality. TED speakers are at the edge of their fields, and therefore the edge of language. Being current, as well as fluent, is key.
So the following questions are for you, as much as us. They provide us a way to gauge your experience, knowledge and fluidity with both English and the language into which you're translating. We require these answers for translators in languages that are new to TED, and for which we have neither in-house knowledge nor a stable of volunteer translators.
1) What language do you want to translate into?
2) Is this your native language? If not, how and where did you learn it?
4) How often do you speak this language? Do you use it professionally, personally, or both?
5) How often do you read in this language? Do you read news? Novels? Personal correspondence?
6) How often do you write in this language?
7) If English is not your first language, how and where did you learn it? How often do you speak, write and/or read English?
8.) Do you have other colleagues, family or friends who can assist you on the translation of tricky or culturally-specific words and phrases?
9) What is your profession?
10) Why do you want to translate for TED?
Thank you for taking the time to answer these questions, and for volunteering for the TED Open Translation Project!
The TED Team
That doesn't seem very open to me. That seems very much like I'm going to be judged on my ability to speak and write Welsh, and that my acceptance into the project is going to depend on my capabilities rather than, say, my ability to gather a kick-ass team of Welsh speakers to collaboratively – and openly – translate. Furthermore, what does my profession have to do with my ability to translate? What does my motivation matter? And what happens if the TED Team don't like my answers? Do I get summarily booted out?
I feel rather insulted by these questions, not just because they are intrusive, but because they see the translation process through an outdated and judgemental lense. As a learner of 10 years, I'm not too bad at Welsh, although I write it better than I speak it. I probably could not create a perfect translation of any but the simplest texts. But what I can do is create a flawed translation that others, whether more experienced learners or native speakers, can then polish up. This idea that making a start so that others can help finish up is a well established way of working collaboratively, and it can produce great results. It's what Wikipedia relies upon, it's what Pledgebank encourages. By showing the community that I have committed to an action, I'm more likely to find people willing to help me finish it.
TED's approach to translation has been disappointing to say the least. They have used the word 'open' as a buzzword, a way to put a gloss on what is an old-school project that is snobbish, closed, and controlling. I know that someone is bound to leave a comment saying "but that is the only way to get high quality translations", but that's just not true. Communities of passionate people are capable of great things, and there are many passionate Welsh speakers online who could come together to do flawless work.
Question is, will TED let us?
Clwb Malu Cachu back up
by Suw on December 2, 2004
Due to some sort of spooky hosting weirdness, all top level pages on CMC were somehow mysteriously deleted. I've put them all back now, but if you find a page that's still missing, please email me directly.
Meantime, please buy a t-shirt. At only £7.50 they're cheap as chips and incomprehensible to the majority of the world's population. But hey, that makes them fun, right?
Ac yn y Gymraeg: Mae CMC yn ôl. Prynwch crysau-t. Paid â bod yn ddrwg. Carwch eich mam. Defnyddiwch yr iaith efo pobl sy ddim yn deallt. A phaid â anghofio ymolchi tu ôl i'ch clustiau.
Small village changes its name
by Suw on July 21, 2004
A small village in Wales has changed its name from Llanfynydd to Llanhyfryddawelllehynafolybarcudprindanfygythiadtrienusyrhafnauole in protest against a wind farm which is planned for a nearby hill. They need to be careful – Llanfairpwllgwyngyllgogerychwyrndrobwllllantysiliogogogoch got its full name when a tailor from Menai decided that they needed more tourists. Perhaps Llanhyfryddawelllehynafolybarcudprindanfygythiadtrienusyrhafnauole will stick.
(Llanhyfryddawelllehynafolybarcudprindanfygythiadtrienusyrhafnauole means "quiet beautiful village, a historic place with rare kite under threat from wretched blades" and beats Llanfairpwllgwyngyllgogerychwyrndrobwllllantysiliogogogoch,
or "the church of St Mary in the hollow of the white hazel near the fierce whirlpool and the church of Tysilio by the red cave", in length by 8 characters.)
Thanks to ASBradbury for the tip.
Wear something cool and indecipherable this spring
by Suw on March 24, 2004
Whilst everyone else is arguing about whether it?s brown or blue that?s the new black, I have a snippet of information that should inform all of your upcoming shopping choices. It?s not brown. Or blue. Or any other colour. This year, Welsh is the new black.
Wanna look cool? Wanna stand out from the crowd? Wanna give cute guys/girls a decent excuse to stare at your tits/pecs?
Then you need to go and buy one of my t-shirts right away – they?re just a snip at £12.50.
Wear Welsh. It?s the only answer.
Ha ha ha!! Fame at last!
by Suw on May 1, 2003
I've just had a bit of an influx of emails after PopBitch included the CMC swearing in Welsh cheat sheet in its weekly email. If you get it, scroll right down to the very, very bottom to find:
Still bored?
Learn how to swear in Welsh:
http://www.clwbmalucachu.co.uk/cheat/cheat_swearing.htm
Fame! Fame at last! Ffycin ffantastig! Ah, I feel like all these years of effort and slogging away over a hot dictionary are finally paying off.
Hmm… spose I better subscribe to PopBitch now really, hadn't I?
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All the threads looked the same to the innocent eye, but Maude could see the black heart running up through one strand as it wove its way through the lace roundel. She busied herself with tidying her bobbins as a customer browsed the lace mats on her stall.
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Park Police Officer Charles H. Williams
Chicago Park District Police Department
Chicago Park District Police Department, Illinois
End of Watch Wednesday, December 10, 1941
Charles H. Williams
Park Police Officer Charles H. Williams was shot and killed during a robbery at a tavern at 4301 N. Western Avenue.
Officer Williams was off duty but in uniform when two men entered the establishment to rob it. When the gunmen noticed him they immediately opened fire, striking him three times in the stomach. He was able to return fire but did not strike his killers.
Officer Williams was transported to Martha Washington Hospital where he succumbed to his wounds.
Three men were later apprehended. The killer was executed in September of 1942.
Officer Williams had served with the Chicago Park District Police Department for 19 years. He was survived by his wife.
Age Not available
Tour 19 years
Badge 210
Weapon Gun; Unknown type
Offender Apprehended
off duty, robbery
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St. Louis Fed Now Tracking #Crypto, India to Launch National #Blockchain Platform, #Rapper #Akon Set to Introduce New #Cryptocurrency
St. Louis Fed Now Tracking Crypto, India to Launch National Blockchain Platform, Rapper Akon Set to Introduce New Cryptocurrency and Stanford Founds Blockchain Research Centre
Federal Reserve Economic Data (FRED), a database operated by the St. Louis Federal Reserve, has announced that it is now tracking price data for four cryptocurrencies: Bitcoin (BTC), Ethereum (ETH), Litecoin (LTC) and Bitcoin Cash (BCH). The data is drawn from crypto exchange Coinbase, is updated daily and spans back to 2014.
India is set to launch a national blockchain platform project called IndiaChain, according to Factor Daily. IndiaChain will "allow both government and private entities to take advantage and build large scalable solutions." Government policy think thank, the National Institution for Transforming India (NITI Aayog), aims to bring out a blockchain policy paper next month.
"The work on the blockchain paper is in full swing now and hopefully it will be out by the end of the month or beginning of July," said a Niti Aayog official.
Page Six reports that Senegalese-American rapper Akon is launching a new cryptocurrency called Akoin next month. Akon, who also plans to turn 2000 acres of land in Senegal into a "100 percent crypto-based city", said during a panel at Cannes Lions that his crypto would help Africa.
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Stanford University has launched the Centre for Blockchain Research, which is intended for "researching and understanding a technology that promises to fundamentally change how people and companies make deals and complete financial transactions over the internet" according to an official announcement.
The center will bring university scientists and industry leaders together to develop best practices for this burgeoning and potentially transformative field. In addition to research, center scientists are creating courses to help future students and working professionals use blockchain to develop financial instruments, protect intellectual property, manage vital records and more.


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