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Cooper Corporation exhibits it's advanced 'MADE IN INDIA' series of engines at CQA (EE) AUNDH CAMP, PUNE Defence Exhibition 2021
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Pune: Cooper Corporation, one of the leading manufacturers of engines, auto components and gensets, recently participated in the Defence Exhibition 2021. The exhibition was organised on the occasion of "Azadi Ka Amrit Mahotsav" by the Controllerate of Quality Assurance (Engineering Eqpt.), Pune on 14th December 2021 in the premises of CQA(EE), Aundh Camp. The event was conducted to demonstrate the evolution of QA and defence manufacturing over the last 75 years. The Defence Exhibition 2021 was inaugurated by Shri. Krishna Prakash, Commissioner of Police, PCMC. Veteran defence specialists, military units, industrialists, manufacturers, and engineering college students, among others, attended the exhibition.
At the Defence Exhibition, Cooper Corporation displayed its V Twin type and 2 Cylinder CRDI Engines. These engines are designed by Ricardo PLC with whom Cooper has a technical collaboration for the designing of its state-of-the-art family of engines. The company has developed and manufactured a range of engines utilising the latest technology. These engine models are known in the market for their compact size, best-in-class fuel efficiency and lowest maintenance costs.
Mr. Farrokh N. Cooper, Chairman and Managing Director, Cooper Corporation Pvt. Ltd said, "We are extremely proud to be part of the prestigious DefenceExhibition 2021. I strongly believe that our country will be the Emerging Defence Manufacturing Hub in near future. This exhibition offers an opportunity for the Indian defence industry and Indian manufactures to showcase their capabilities and advanced technologies. At Cooper Corporation, we are committed to quality, service and product innovation which has consistently kept pace with the changing market need worldwide. In addition, as part of the government's Aatma Nirbhar Bharat Abhiyaan initiative, our engines are the only ones chosen as import substitutes for defence, and we have supplied 500+ engines to the defence so far. Our engines are best suited for defence since they are compact, have advanced technology, and are manufactured in India for Indian conditions. All Cooper engine components are 'Made in India,' and are manufactured in our state-of-the-art facility in Satara, Maharashtra."
Cooper Corporation offers 24 variants of Cooper engines ranging from 8 hp to 1000 hp, backed by engineering excellence, can perform at high altitude of 4100 mtr. can run at +55 degree & -20 degree C, relentless innovation, and a commitment to quality. These engines are equipped with fully electronic management. They are compact, have a high power-to-weight ratio, and are fuel-efficient. These engines have a robust design with extended maintenance intervals and a high-power density. For LPG and CNG engines, the company has specially designed pistons and ring packs.
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RORY STEWART "DON'T" GO BACKWARDS.
Most recent figures show there are 19,925 full-time officers to look after 83,000 prisoners.
The starting salary for a prison officer is £20,750.
RORY STEWART THE NEW PRISONS MINISTER; Talking about prison estates. He says, at any one time, there could be just a handful of prison officers on a landing, managing as many as 80 individuals. (I write) "It's not brave, 76/78 of these prisoners would not be involved in any fight or argument, if there was to be one) If there is a scuffle, 98% of the time it will be handbags at dawn. He then goes on to say, There are several questions a new prison officer might ask, and many have been in the service less than a year. I write, can you blame them?
This is the first time, in my whole adult life, where have I had no threat of prison licence hanging over my head. Accordingly, today I shall/will have my Democratic say. Which rightly includes my free speech, this is something I could have been recalled to prison for before. However, now I shall speak openly and honestly about the secret, devious, twisted, manipulative system that, not only removes people from society, (which should be their punishment) it's a way in which they continue to disempower and oppress these prisoners, punishing them mentally, emotionally and even physically at times. Furthermore, for you, the lay-person, please don't sit back thinking we have a humane prison system in this country because, we do not. The whole regime, structure and ethos of the prison system is barbaric, it's done shrewdly, hidden behind age-old laws and practices. This is done in a clever way in which, we as a small country won wars. The psychology behind prison is based on intelligence. divide and conquer, Basic, Standard & Enhanced prisoners. they also have a way to meet the human rights laws and disclose itself as being up to date and as politically correct as possible. It is not! They prison system openly reveals that they pay fines for certain things in which they don't comply with on the human rights legislation laws. (that's another post)
First of foremost, this young man Roy Stewart prisons minister, is the fall guy. As we (prisoners) is about to implode/explode. He is saying things that have been said since, I was a young prisoner. (some 30 odd years ago) Only the speech that he now makes is/are a bit more grammatically written and politically correct. Sadly, if only he knew that, this has all be said and done before. He is not bringing nothing new to the table. However, he'd be right in one sense, as no decent, civilised, industrious working person would want to work in such a disgusting environment, as some of our jails are today. Therefore, a prison officer, after a year or so of abuse, maybe spat at, punched, or physically threatened then, the one time enthusiastic prison officer, usually comes to their senses and thinks to themselves, amongst other things… 'for a poxy £18 to £20 odd grand a year, I cannot take this much abuse? really? it's not worth it? Furthermore, I am putting my life on the line, every time I walk those landings….Really? Would you reading this put up with that?
Moreover, prison has a way of bringing the worst out of everyone, even the most socially acceptable prisoner, looks at the prison staff like they are a bag of shit, or something much worse. Accordingly, the prison staff are no different, they start to mis-behave and do the same. They would never, could never, express that openly. However, the prison officers that walk the landings today, know that I am telling the truth. A prison officers job was a highly respected position not that long ago. However, today they literally give anybody a job. This is because nobody in their right mind would want to be looked upon like this or even associated with Britain's HMP-Service. This really means, an idiot that can't get a job anywhere else., can come and join the service. Today, can you imagine being a parent and all the years that you cherished and protected your child from the worst in society then one day, your daughter or son comes home to tell you that they want to become a prison officer… With the state of our prisons today, you would be devastated… Don't get me wrong, some people go into the job hoping that they maybe able to do some good. This is knocked out of them in the first year. I have witnessed hundreds of prison officers coming into the job and you can see they are decent naive human beings, yet, within a few months, they are in a job that they certainly didn't sign up for.
This is not just a rant from a bitter twisted ex-prisoner. I am just saying how and what I have witnessed over the last 40 years. Take Birmingham for example, (in the news today) the government had to take control of it back from the private sector. Don't kid yourselves, they have lost control of a lot more of their own institutions. Only they somehow manage to keep this under the secrets act and on a very low profile. Like a lot of the serious incidents and murders that have been committed by prison staff over the years.
If the truth be known, every single local prison is on a knife-edge and some long term ones too. They are not short-staffed, nobody decent wants to work in that kind of environment, I see adverts for prison staff all over the place. Nobody wants to work there. As a prison officer, would you like to be getting ready for work each day, knowing that the people who you interact with, all hate your guts and would stab you in the back given half a chance?
In all the circumstances, the whole place needs a makeover and that should start with staffing. But equally, there is no point in endless targets exhorting the prison officer to transform offenders, change lives, and protect the public or in volunteers offering theatre classes and qualifications in building trades, catering, literacy and needlework — if the cells are filthy, the prisoners off their heads on drugs and the prison officers are so exposed that they are frightened, can't unlock the cell doors, or safely escort the prisoners to their activities. Can you imagine what a prisoner that is disempowered, oppressed and completely frightened, intimidated and at a loss with feelings of loneliness and isolation must be feeling? This is how it is, for a large majority of prisoners… You do this to a human being and I am sorry but, there really is only one way and that is to come out fighting…. The whole prison service needs a massive shake up. If the MOJ & the Prisons Minister keep sticking plasters on broken bones, then they must except the consequences…And Believe me people, it is in the post…
Justice secretary David Gauke
CRIMINAL PRISON CODE: EVERY MAN FOR HIMSELF…
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A private think tank founded by former BlackBerry executive Jim Balsillie is launching a retooled $60-million program for research in international law, hoping to push the reset button after controversy scuttled a previous partnership with York University.
The Centre for International Governance Innovation (CIGI) will fund up to 19 research fellowships and 20 graduate scholarships through Ontario universities with a $30-million gift from Mr. Balsillie and a matching amount from the Ontario government. The funds are committed for 10 years, supporting research into laws around economics and finance, intellectual property and the environment.
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We periodically update this Agreement. If you have an active Swifteq account, you will be informed of any modification by email. At the bottom of this page you can find archived versions of our DPA.
The term of this Agreement shall follow the term of the Principal Agreement. Terms not defined herein shall have the meaning as set forth in the Principal Agreement.
WHEREAS
(A) Your company acts as a Data Controller (the "Controller").
(B) Your company wishes to subcontract certain Services (as defined below), which imply the Processing of Personal Data, to Swifteq Ltd, acting as the Processor.
(C) The Parties seek to implement a data processing agreement that complies with the requirements of the current legal framework in relation to data processing, including, without limitation, the GDPR and its national implementations.
(D) The Parties wish to lay down their rights and obligations.
IT IS AGREED AS FOLLOWS:
1.1 Unless otherwise defined herein, capitalized terms and expressions used in this DPA shall have the following meaning:
1.1.2 "Company Personal Data" means any Personal Data Processed by a Contracted Processor on Controller's behalf pursuant to or in connection with the Principal Agreement;
1.1.3 "Contracted Processor" means a Subprocessor;
1.1.4 "Data Protection Laws" means EU Data Protection Laws and, to the extent applicable, the data protection or privacy laws of any other country;
1.1.5 "EEA" means the European Economic Area;
1.1.6 "EU Data Protection Laws" means the GDPR, as transposed into domestic legislation of each Member State and as amended, replaced or superseded from time to time;
1.1.7 "GDPR" means EU General Data Protection Regulation 2016/679;
1.1.8 "Data Transfer" means:
1.1.8.1 a transfer of the Service Data from Controller to a Contracted Processor; or
1.1.8.2 an onward transfer of the Service Data from a Contracted Processor to a Subcontracted Processor, or between two establishments of a Contracted Processor,
in each case, where such transfer would be prohibited by Data Protection Laws (or by the terms of data transfer agreements put in place to address the data transfer restrictions of Data Protection Laws);
1.1.9 "Services" means customer support application services provided by the Processor to the Controller.
1.1.10 "Subprocessor" means any person appointed by or on behalf of the Processor to process Personal Data on behalf of the Controller in connection with the Agreement.
1.2 The terms "Commission", "Controller", "Data Subject", "Member State", "Personal Data", "Personal Data Breach", "Processing" and "Supervisory Authority" shall have the same meaning as in the GDPR, and their cognate terms shall be construed accordingly.
2. Processing of Service Data
2.1 Description of Processing
The details of the Processing operations, in particular the categories of Personal Data and the purposes of Processing for which Personal Data is processed on behalf of the Controller, are specified in Annex B.
2.2 Processor obligations
2.2.1 The Processor shall Process the Service Data only on documented instructions from the Controller, unless required to do so by Union or Member State law to which the Processor is subject. In this case, the Processor shall inform the Controller of that legal requirement before the start of Processing, unless the law prohibits this on important grounds of public interest. Subsequent instructions may also be given by the Controller throughout the duration of the Processing of Personal Data. These instructions shall always be documented.
2.2.2 The Processor shall immediately inform the Controller if, in the Processor's opinion, instructions given by the Controller infringe the GDPR or the applicable Union or Member State data protection provisions.
2.3 Purpose limitation
The Processor shall Process the Service Data only for the specific purpose(s) of the Processing, as set out in Annex B, unless it receives further instructions from the Controller.
2.4 Duration of the processing of Service Data
Processing by the Processor shall only take place for the duration specified in Annex B.
2.5 Security of Processing
2.5.1 The Processor shall at least implement the technical and organisational measures specified in Annex C to ensure the security of the Service Data. This includes protecting the data against a breach of security leading to accidental or unlawful destruction, loss, alteration, unauthorised disclosure or access to the data (personal data breach). In assessing the appropriate level of security, the Parties shall take due account of the state of the art, the costs of implementation, the nature, scope, context and purposes of processing and the risks involved for the data subjects.
2.5.2 The Processor shall grant access to the Service Data undergoing Processing to members of its personnel only to the extent strictly necessary for implementing, managing and monitoring of the contract. The Processor shall ensure that persons authorised to process the Service Data received have committed themselves to confidentiality or are under an appropriate statutory obligation of confidentiality.
3. Processor Personnel
The Processor shall take reasonable steps to ensure the reliability of any employee, agent or contractor of any Contracted Processor who may have access to the Service Data, ensuring in each case that access is strictly limited to those individuals who need to know / access the relevant Service Data, as strictly necessary for the purposes of the Principal Agreement, and to comply with Applicable Laws in the context of that individual's duties to the Contracted Processor, ensuring that all such individuals are subject to confidentiality undertakings or professional or statutory obligations of confidentiality.
4. Use of Subprocessors
4.1 The Processor has the Controller's general authorisation for the engagement of sub-processors from the list in ANNEX A. The Processor shall specifically inform in writing the Controller of any intended changes of that list through the addition or replacement of Subprocessors at least 14 days in advance, thereby giving the Controller sufficient time to be able to object to such changes prior to the engagement of the concerned Subprocessor(s). The Processor shall provide the Controller with the information necessary to enable the Controller to exercise the right to object.
4.2 Where the Processor engages a Subprocessor for carrying out specific Processing activities (on behalf of the Controller), it shall do so by way of a contract which imposes on the Subprocessor, in substance, the same data protection obligations as the ones imposed on the Processor in accordance with this Agreement. The Processor shall ensure processor complies with the obligations to which the Processor is subject pursuant to this Agreement and to the GDPR.
4.3 At the Controller's request, the Processor shall provide a copy of such a Subprocessor agreement and any subsequent amendments to the controller. To the extent necessary to protect business secrets or other confidential information, including Personal Data, the Processor may redact the text of the agreement prior to sharing the copy.
4.4 The Processor shall remain fully responsible to the Controller for the performance of the Subprocessor's obligations in accordance with its contract with the Processor. The Processor shall notify the Controller of any failure by the Subprocessor to fulfil its contractual obligations.
4.5 The Processor shall agree a third party beneficiary clause with the Subprocessor whereby - in the event the Processor has factually disappeared, ceased to exist in law or has become insolvent - the Controller shall have the right to terminate the Subprocessor contract and to instruct the Subprocessor to erase or return the Personal Data.
5. Data Subject Rights
5.1 Taking into account the nature of the Processing, the Processor shall assist the Controller by implementing appropriate technical and organisational measures, insofar as this is possible, for the fulfilment of the Controller's obligations, as reasonably understood by the Controller, to respond to requests to exercise Data Subject rights under the Data Protection Laws.
5.2 The Processor shall:
5.2.1 promptly notify the Controller if it receives a request from a Data Subject under any Data Protection Law in respect of the Service Data; and
5.2.2 ensure that it does not respond to that request except on the documented instructions of the Controller or as required by Applicable Laws to which the Processor is subject, in which case the Processor shall to the extent permitted by the Applicable Laws inform the Controller of that legal requirement before the Processor responds to the request.
6.Personal Data Breach
6.1 The Processor shall notify the Controller without undue delay upon the Processor becoming aware of a Personal Data Breach affecting the Service Data, providing the Controller with sufficient information to allow the Controller to meet any obligations to report or inform Data Subjects of the Personal Data Breach under the Data Protection Laws.
6.2 The Processor shall co-operate with the Controller and take reasonable commercial steps as are directed by the Controller to assist in the investigation, mitigation and remediation of each such Personal Data Breach.
7. Data Protection Impact Assessment and Prior Consultation
7.1 The Processor shall provide reasonable assistance to the Controller with any data protection impact assessments, and prior consultations with the Supervising Authorities or other competent data privacy authorities, which the Controller reasonably considers to be required by article 35 or 36 of the GDPR or equivalent provisions of any other Data Protection Law, in each case solely in relation to the Processing of the Service Data by, and taking into account the nature of the Processing and information available to, the Processor.
8. Deletion or return of the Service Data
8.1 The Processor shall promptly and in any event within 90 days of the date of cessation of any Services involving the Processing of the Service Data (the "Cessation Date"), delete and procure the deletion of all copies of the service Data.
8.2 Upon request of the Controller, the Processor shall provide written certification to the Controller that it has fully complied with this section 8.
9. Audit rights
9.1 Subject to this section 9, the Processor shall make available to the Controller on request all information necessary to demonstrate compliance with this Agreement, and shall allow for and contribute to audits, including inspections, by the Controller or an auditor mandated by the Controller in relation to the Processing of the Service Data by the Processor.
9.2 Information and audit rights of the Controller only arise under section 9.1 to the extent that the Agreement does not otherwise give them information and audit rights meeting the relevant requirements of the Data Protection Law.
10. Data Transfer
10.1 Any transfer of data to a third country or an international organisation by the Processor shall be done only on the basis of documented instructions from the Controller or in order to fulfil a specific requirement under Union or Member State law to which the Processor is subject and shall take place in compliance with the GDPR.
10.2 The Controller agrees that, where the Processor engages a Subprocessor in accordance with Clause 7.7. for carrying out specific processing activities (on behalf of the Controller) and those processing activities involve a transfer of Personal Data within the meaning of the GDPR, the Processor and the Subprocessor can ensure compliance with the GDPR by using standard contractual clauses adopted by the Commission in accordance with of Article 46(2) of the GDPR, provided the conditions for the use of those standard contractual clauses are met.
11.1 Confidentiality. Each Party must keep any information it receives about the other Party and its business in connection with this Agreement ("Confidential Information") confidential and must not use or disclose that Confidential Information without the prior written consent of the other Party except to the extent that:
(a) disclosure is required by law;
(b) the relevant information is already in the public domain.
11.2 Notices. All notices and communications given under this Agreement must be in writing and will be sent by email. The Controller shall be notified by email sent to the address related to its use of the Services under the Principal Agreement. The Processor shall be notified by email sent to the address: legal@swifteq.com.
12.1 This Agreement is governed by laws of Ireland.
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ANNEX A - SUBPROCESSORS
ANNEX B - DESCRIPTION OF THE PROCESSING
Applies to all Swifteq applications
• Categories of Data Subjects whose Personal Data is Processed by the Processor: End-users who are logging into any Swifteq application, including, without limitations, Controller's customers and staff.
• Categories of Personal Data Processed: name and email address.
• Nature of the Processing: Collection, recording, organisation, structuring, storage, adaptation or alteration, retrieval, consultation, use, disclosure by transmission, dissemination or otherwise making available, alignment or combination, restriction, erasure or destruction of Personal Data within the scope of the Services and for the duration of the Principal Agreement.
• The Processing shall be carried out by the Processor only for the purpose of providing the Services to the Controller under the Principal Agreement for the duration of the Principal Agreement.
Applies to the Help Center Manager and Help Center Export apps
• Categories of Data Subjects whose Personal Data is Processed by the Processor: Controller's employees registered as authors of help center articles.
• Categories of personal data processed: name
Nature of processing: Data deletion, storage, systematisation, analysis, transfer, and copying
Applies to the Analytics extension of the Help Center Manager app, and the Help Center Analytics app
• Categories of Data Subjects whose Personal Data is Processed by the Processor: Data Subjects who are visiting the Controller's help center.
• Categories of Personal Data Processed: email address.
• Nature of Processing: anonymization by hashing. The plain email address is NOT transferred, nor stored by the Processor.
Applies to the Merge Duplicates app
• Categories of Data Subjects whose Personal Data is Processed by the Processor: Helpdesk Ticket Requesters: Data Subjects who are creating tickets in the Controller's helpdesk.
• Nature of Processing: the requester email address is sent to the app for verification only (in-memory), but it is NOT stored in any shape or form on Processor's servers.
Applies to the Remove CC app
Categories of Data Subjects whose Personal Data is Processed by the Processor:
• Helpdesk Ticket Requesters: Data Subjects who are creating tickets in the Controller's helpdesk.
• Nature of Processing:
◦ Each requester's email address is sent to the app for verification only (in-memory), but it is NOT stored in any shape or form on Processor's servers.
◦ The Controller can configure specific email addresses of tits customers to be removed from tickets.
Applies to the Attachment Workflows app, Auto-Remove Attachements app
No personal data is processed.
ANNEX C - SECURITY MEASURES
The Processor uses at least the following organisational and technical security measures to ensure the security of the Processing:
a) Access to Personal Data is restricted, controlled and recorded;
b) Access to Personal Data has been allowed to only those employees, who require the Personal Data to perform their functions and only to the extent required to perform their functions;
c) Access of unauthorized persons to premises, where the Personal Data have been stored, is strictly restricted;
d) The Processor maintains adequate access control mechanisms (e.g., two-factor authentication, password protection, and limited access) covering any systems, servers, or files;
e) Upon expiry of the Personal Data storage period secure destruction of the Personal Data is ensured;
f) Persons, having access to Personal Data, use at a minimum password of at least 10 characters long and containing uppercase letters, lowercase letters and digits and passwords are changed at least every year or if compromise is suspected;
g) Password encryption;
h) During transfer of Personal Data only encrypted communication channels are utilised;
i) All servers and data are stored securely in Amazon Web Services (AWS) facilities in Europe, Ireland. This service provider meets international security standards such as ISO 27001 and SOC 1, 2 and 3; and
j) DDOS mitigation.
More detailed information on Processor's security policies is available at https://www.swifteq.com/security-policy.


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Obesity in Switzerland has been increasingly cited as a major health issue in recent years, even though the country had the lowest rate of obesity in Europe in 2015. In 2017, 11.3% of the adult population had a body mass index (BMI) of 30 or more.

Compared to the rest of Europe and the Americas, average BMI (about 25) is fairly low and similar to that of many South American and African countries (see List of countries by body mass index).

Swiss women in particular are considered slimmer than other Europeans and have an average BMI close to that of China. In 2017, thirty-three per cent of Swiss women and fifty-one per cent of Swiss men were considered to be overweight (BMI ≥ 25).

Causes and effects
The obesity level in men in the canton of Zurich is considered a main contributing factor to the fact that only 54.1% of men there are deemed fit enough for military duty. Inactivity has been blamed for the lack of physical fitness in men.
In addition, physical symptoms like back pain, obesity and asthma are frequently reported.

See also
Health in Switzerland

References

Switzerland
Health in Switzerland

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Miracles are absurdities which can't be verified by reason or evidence
In response to Sean Taggart (October 30), I must tell him that having researched the incident at Knock for many years I have long since arrived at the inescapable conclusion that a Church in deep crisis resorted to the lowest levels of deceit and trickery to dupe and fool its followers – and restore its shattered reputation and diminished authority among the local community.
Like Sean I have also read both the witness statements and the biography of Archdeacon Cavanagh. And it all points to a disgraceful deception that was planned, executed and covered up by the clergy with cunning and efficiency.
And at no time did I ever even consider his own belief that this village in Co Mayo hosted a miraculous visitation from the Virgin Mary, St Joseph and John the Evangelist on that August evening in 1879.
Miracles are absurdities which cannot be tested or verified by either reason or evidence. They merit no discussion. The only relevant questions are about the role of the clergy, and Archdeacon Cavanagh in particular, in this grubby enterprise.
Sean is right though about the French connection. But General Humbert and his French troops left Ireland 80 years earlier after their defeat at Ballymuck.
And he is right also about the major battle for the hearts and minds of the people between the Church and the Land League – but wrong about who was winning that battle. It certainly wasn't the Church as he claims. Why else was there a massive protest outside the church in response to the inflammatory sermon during Sunday mass when Cavanagh condemned the Land League and the Fenians – who were rightly organising popular resistance against the landlords and the evictions?
It was only two decades earlier that hundreds of decomposing corpses with grass in their mouths littered the fields around Knock. Many were poisoned on the coast by toxic seaweed. And this genocide was caused by the insatiable greed of those same landlords who were now evicting the survivors.
Does Sean not find it suspicious that the 'apparition' happened outside the church just a few days later? And if Cavanagh wasn't directing this mischief why did he not come out to investigate the crowd and commotion outside his church, even after his housemaid called to inform him about it? His residence was in proximity and in full view of the church.
And Sean disputes the light beams in the sky. On the contrary it was these lights which first attracted the witnesses, some from more than a quarter mile away. And they are indeed consistent with an image being focused either from Cavanagh's house below the church or somewhere on the hill between his house and the church. And finally, the witnesses described the scene as three figures motionless, beside an altar with winged angels above.
How does Sean explain the same scene etched on a glass window in a church in Ballyhaunis 15 miles away which predated the incident at Knock?
JACK DUFFIN
Belfast BT11
Money on offer from baffling budget seems over generous
The British chancellor delivered a budget which was in many commentators' eyes an inducement to the phantom and quasi enterprise impersonating a functioning government, operating in this little region of the kingdom, with a population the size of the hinterland of York. The money on offer appears over generous and disproportionate. Having secured £320m for government departments plus £350m for a supposed city deal including £2m for the Primark area and a further £300m for integrated education – total £990m. The jubilation of the DUP was short lived as they realised their untrustworthy Tory paymasters had called their bluff and pulled the rug from beneath them.
Similarly this money allocation is anomalous and requires a fair degree of clarification. The 2015 Fresh Start initiative, gloriously endorsed by the DUP, was to be given a £500m cash injection for various programmes, including integrated education; £160m earmarked for the PSNI and youth employment; £60m towards the dismantling of peace walls; £50m for a cross-border task force and £75m upgrading roads between Dublin, Strabane, Derry and Donegal – total £1.135bn to £2,125bn combined. There was also a commitment from political parties to end paramilitarism.
This raises the question – is the money from the chancellor additional money to the Fresh Start total or is this a regurgitation of old money?
KEVIN McCANN
Belfast BT1
Stop poppy charade
I was dismayed to see the Republic's minister for justice at a meeting last Wednesday in Newcastle Co Down wearing the British poppy. What does it say about we Irish who have to seek the indulgence of our former colonial masters by the wearing their symbol of war, the poppy? People may try to say it is about remembrance, I am all for that. It is not. Has anyone seen the British wearing the Easter lily? Do I expect the British to wear the Easter lily? No I don't.
Can we please stop this charade and stand up for honesty and truth about our history as there is a lot of revisionism going on in Ireland and it is not acceptable.
PAUL DORAN
Clondalkin, Dublin 22
Impotent spectators
While the signatories of the most recent 'Letter to Leo' (November 5) will see the letter's primary focus as a demand to ensure that the Irish government continues to work to protect rights endangered as a result of Brexit. How many of them are aware that implicit in that demand is a recognition that those representing nationalism within the north are currently impotent spectators.
PADDY McWILLIAMS
Swatragh, Co Derry
It is understandable why 1,000 nationalists would express fear for their rights under any arrangement overseen by a Tory/DUP coalition.
However, pleading with a Fine Gael taoiseach for protection is unlikely to address their concerns in any meaningful manner.
Not only has Leo Varadkar's party always displayed scant regard for the plight of those living in the six counties but Fine Gael's current record of addressing the needs of people in the 26 Counties is deplorable. There is a monumental housing crisis in the Republic, a health service deemed recently as among the EU's most unequal and a police force plagued by recurring scandal.
The 1,000 signatories have undoubtedly identified a problem but they would be well advised to look elsewhere for support.
TOMMY McKEARNEY
Co Monaghan
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Q: SQLAlchemy: Modification of detached object I want to duplicate a model instance (row) in SQLAlchemy using the orm. My first thought was to do this:
i = session.query(Model)
session.expunge(i)

old_id = i.id
i.id = None
session.add(i)
session.flush()
print i.id #New ID

However, apparently the detached object still "remembers" what id it had, even though I set the id to None while it was detached. Thus, session.flush() tries to execute an UPDATE changing the primary key to null.
Is this expected behavior? How can I remove the 'memory' of this attribute, and just treat the detached object as a new object upon re-adding it to the session? How, in general, does one clone an SQLAlchemy model instance?

A: this case is available using the make_transient() helper function:
inst = session.query(Model).first()
session.expunge(inst)

make_transient(inst)
inst.id = None
session.add(inst)
session.flush()
print inst.id #New ID

A: def duplicate(self):
    arguments = dict()
    for name, column in self.__mapper__.columns.items():
        if not (column.primary_key or column.unique):
            arguments[name] = getattr(self, name)
    return self.__class__(**arguments)

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subject/object, real/representational, people/things, mind/body, form/substance, body/soul etc.
Modernity has often been characterised in terms of its operation of dualisms. Over the past few decades the social sciences have witnessed an increasing interest in the body and analyzed embodied aspects of action, social interaction and meaning-making. This clip draws attention to the perfumer's body as an active player in the process. Bodily practices are shown as a potential resource to produce value: Labour exists as «a resource in the bodiliness of the worker», Karl Marx once noticed in his influential value theory. Scents actually penetrate and involve the human body. However, once a scent becomes part of olfaction, its status as object is completely lost in the body and in the experience of olfaction The perfumer's body serves as the origin point for all olfactory knowledge and experience. It is the basic source of information and comprehension that gives rise to brief intuitive observations. These observations are often articulated by the perfumer using surprisingly emotional, experiential and sensorial vocabulary. In fact, we seldom heard perfumers use the technical vocabulary we anticipated based on our preparatory readings. The role of the body in perfumery is certainly an extreme case. Yet, a deeper understanding of this practice helps to traverse modernity's dualisms.
Revisiting a scent wheel
What you see is what you smell
Circles and wheels are common formats used for knowledge visualization in different contexts. The color wheel organizes the relationships between primary, secondary and tertiary colors and visualizes color relationships. In the field of music the circle of fifths visualizes the relationships between major and minor keys. Accordingly, wheels are used to highlight relationships, identify families based on fundamental similarities, and illustrate different grades of intensity. In the olfactory domain, wheels were used in the 16th century to classify the smell of urine for medical purposes. Since the early 20th century the wheel has become a popular format in perfumery. In the world of perfumery the fragrance wheel serves as a handy tool for classifying perfumes. However, many questions are more puzzling than a neat visual design might suggest, as Christophe points out in this clip.
Bodily ways of knowing help Christophe go beyond the limitations of an individual creator.
Christophe Laudamiel once described a perfumer as someone «who masters the behaviour and the perception of volatile molecules by the nose and the brain». Accordingly, a perfumer definitely knows how to create a perfume. Yet, this clip reveals the limitations of an individual creator. Practices of collective smelling and sense-making are needed to challenge and confirm the creative path. In this respect a scent development project serves as an extreme case: Verbal utterances account only for a small fraction of human communication. In addition, body language & posture, silence, gestures and face grimaces function as nonverbal feedback. At first sight, this clip might seem boring because there is not very much happening. At a deeper level however, one can notice the deep uncertainties a creator bears. Experiencing scents, sensing, and sense-making emerge mutually in active and reflective practices that have to cope with the paucity of language to describe scents and engage with bodily ways of knowing.
Envisioning a perfumista
Once, Christophe retrospectively envisions a persona who could wear his creation.
Perfumes are usually developed with a specific user in mind. Sometimes even stereotypes are used for briefing a perfumer. The former New York Times perfume critic Chandler Burr once even presented a parody of this type of briefing: «We want something for women. It should make them feel more feminine, but strong, and competent, but not too much…». Following Christophe's work we hardly ever witnessed anything like this. Instead, it was the scent and its aesthetic quality that guided the design process.
Once, however, after the development of Blask had been completed for a while, Christophe retrospectively envisioned a persona who could wear this fragrance. Interestingly, his persona very much resembles the user, Mark Behnke, a well known perfume blogger, had in mind when reviewing this creation: «Blask is not a fragrance for everybody but if you are someone looking for a line that takes risks and challenges your perception of what perfume could be, Blask is something you need to try».
The title of this clip alludes to the growing enthusiasm for perfumes. A perfumista professes the culture of olfactory hedonism. Some perfumista might identify themselves as «fragraholics», «perfumaniacs» or «fragonerds» (just to mention a few labels popular within the subculture). A perfumista often wears an exotic fragrance that distinguishes itself from the middlebrow tastes of most people. One might think of Andy Warhol as a forerunner who once openly talked about his fondness for esoteric fragrances:
«Sometimes at parties I slip away to the bathroom just to see what colognes they've got. I never look at anything else— I don't snoop—but I'm compulsive about seeing if there's some obscure perfume I haven't tried yet, or a good old favorite I haven't smelled in a long time. If I see something interesting, I can't stop myself from pouring it on. But then for the rest of the evening, I'm paranoid that the host or hostess will get a whiff of me and notice that I smell like somebody-they-know.»
Sometimes this passion for perfumery grows from an interest in chemistry and might rise to further practices. Some perfumista indulge in excessive perfume collecting. Others research for educational material, learn the basics of perfume creation and start as DIY perfumers. Another group of perfumista might start to write perfume reviews or publish related video content on youtube. All in all, they give rise to an increasingly discursive consumer culture. What started on the fringes eventually changes the rules of the game in the fragrance industry.
Making of Hemingway in 6-Major
An upcoming gallery show changes the rules of the game.
«Clients are the difference between design and art», as a common saying goes. In fact, it is the client who sets the goals, decides on the budget and approves the final scent. Hence, perfumers work under constraints defined by the client whereas creative work is often associated with freedom and autonomy. Yet, constraints can also be helpful because they stimulate creativity rather than suppress it. This clip shows how Christophe copes with a set of self-defined constraints and highlights the importance of independent work for the creative practice. A few days later, the project Hemingway in 6-Major was actually exhibited at a fancy gallery in Chelsea.
Excel-ing a scent
Have you ever thought that the fleeting experience of a scent boils down to something as prosaic as a spreadsheet?
Scents appear ephemeral, volatile, elusive, and transient. Thus, one of the main challenges in the process of scent development is how this seemingly immaterial experience is materialized, that is, how the perfumer moves from first ideas to the final product. At the end of the day one needs to break down the scent into numbers. Along this experimental journey a spreadsheet is used for writing formulae, analyzing modifications and documenting the various stages of the process. A common perfume is composed of odorous materials, using sets of approximately 15 to 80 natural or synthetic ingredients selected from an olfactory palette of approximately 2500 available ingredients. Some of these ingredients are single molecules whereas natural ingredients are combinations of 50-300 molecules themselves. The final product is the result of several dozen smaller experiments that are documented horizontally on the spreadsheet. Vertically, the spreadsheet lists the ingredients used in the experiment. The precise documentation allows the perfumer to go back to an earlier modification if needed. A typical scent development process requires several dozen stages. But we also witnessed extreme cases with several hundred modifications. Have you ever thought that the fleeting experience of a scent boils down to something as prosaic as a spreadsheet?
The beauty contest
Longevity, projection and sillage is not the full story...
Following an experimental approach, the perfumer repeatedly needs to evaluate the results of his formula revisions. This clip zooms in on this specific situation. «This is gorgeous!». Christophe seems to be happy. We witness a deep satisfaction. The evaluation goes beyond longevity, projection and sillage – criteria that are often used to measure the technical performance of a perfume. All this might happen silently under the surface. However, what we see is the creator's deep affection for his creation, as if he were treating it as an attractive person.


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The biography of the band begins in the year 2000 with the formation of "Saturnalia" project by Maxul and Satarnael. In 2001 under this name "From profundity of vastness" demo was recorded. For a long time the band's progress was impeded by line-up instability and differing points of view inside the band. In 2006 Impervo joins the band as guitarist. Between 2009-2010 "Saturnalia" records its debut full length album. Upon the completion of recording the band changes its name to "Mlekra" and breaks up. Today "Mlekra" is a project of Impervo and Maxul, who hire session musicians.
Impervo � guitars, vocals
Maxul � drums
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I'm looking at JDM diesel SUVs. Mostly Mitsubishi's and Isuzu as the Toyota tax is pretty nuts but would consider just about anything. Two that come up with some regularity are the Isuzu Bighorn and the Pajero; both short and long wheelbase for both. All are rated to tow at least 1800 kg, most between 2-3000 kg so I'm covered there.
Right Drive Canada is based 10 minutes from where I work. Good reputation. Prices are almost double what other people charge. Pluses; the cars are here, they pass ON rules, and they have ties to helping with insurance. Minus; twice as expensive. Does anyone have experience with them? Are their prices firm or flexible?
Has anyone used any of the other importers in BC or Western Canada? If you can get the same truck for half off, I wouldn't mind a flight and a scenic drive back home to save $3k (that's after the flight and drive back). Thoughts?
And finally, the Bighorn is of interest. Seems like a really nice truck and is about the cheapest in the age/km/condition matrix. The one wildcard is the 3L diesel that started being shipped in 1998. Apparently there was a recall for injectors leaking diesel into the crank case. Anyone know anything about that?
Bottom line? Looking from input from the big brains here at the hive? As always, your thoughts are appreciated.
While I'm not familiar with the companies you mentioned, I had friends in the UK who imported JDM vehicles directly from Japan. One common theme was that there is a huge variation in vehicle quality as the majority of vehicle sales go through auctions (IIRC there is no/hardly any private car sales in Japan, pretty much everything goes via dealers) and that means that the cars range from utterly pristine to "not good enough to be used as a drift missile". A whole bunch of importers everywhere tend to buy on price, whereas some will buy on condition only. Ideally you'd want to go to the latter as they tend to have better cars, plus the buyers on price compete with bidders from all around the world who also want to get the cheapest price possible, which drives up the price of the E36 M3 cars.
Also, there is a big benefit in dealing with a company that takes care of everything including registering/titling the car, and they're not going to do that for charity.
For any car fresh of the boat, ask the importer to show you the auction sheet. The critical parts aren't that hard to look for even if you don't read Japanese (IIRC there are a couple of guides on the web). The importer should have a copy of the sheet, if they don't they either don't know what they're doing or are hiding something. The auction sheet will show if it's been in an accident and it will also show the grade, which is both dependent on age and vehicle condition. You obviously want the best grade for your money.
Importers should have copies of the Japanese deregistration certificate, the auction sheet and sometimes the last Shaken. If they registered the car they might not have the original deregistration certificate, but it'd still neat to have the copy.
As mentioned above, make sure you're really getting the same vehicle for much cheaper when comparing prices and not the good looking stupid gaijin special with the bent frame. Japan usually isn't that bad when it comes to hiding repairs (they don't tend to resculpt whole cars out of bondo like some artisans down here), but OTOH their paint jobs and bodywork repairs often are not much better than the three-blind-mice-special down at your local wannabe Earl Scheib. I only made the mistake once of buying a car that had been resprayed in Japan... Obviously there are high end shops in Japan that do completely OCD work of spectacular quality, but those shops don't tend to work on people's everyday cars.
The more I look into this, the more I think you're right; get something that's here with all the paperwork in order. Going to look at few local trucks tomorrow.
Check with Craig at Bonsai Rides in London Ontario (actually the company address is in the farm town of Glencoe). He's who I got my Delica from and his prices and dealing with is awesome! Tell him Chris from Massachusetts sent you. He can get you exactly what you want. I'm thinking of getting the same type of vehicle to replace my suburban, but I think I like the idea of a straight 6 diesel, so I may have to pay the Toyota tax, or get a Nissan patrol.
Do a fly and drive from the west coast. I see more Pajeros & Delicas than I do Tahoes/Yukons out here. Going rate for a decent one that hasn't been turned into a rock crawler is $5-6k and you have your pick of how you want them equipped.
Thanks guys. I pinged Craig. And yeah, a trip BC still sounds appealing particularly at the price of $5-6K for a vehicle I can look at first.


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Everyone who renovates a home these days complains about the dizzying number of choices. Balancing everyday concerns—aesthetics, budget, durability—can be confusing enough given the multitude of products on the market. If you are determined to make the house green as well as beautiful, affordable and long-lasting, the number of decisions you face can be overwhelming. In an effort to help, Met Home convened a roundtable of green-renovation experts—via e-mail. At the virtual table were two architects, Rob Harrison and Eric Corey Freed; a planner, Steven Lenard; an interior designer, Denise Shaw; and the director of program that trains professionals in green homebuilding, Brian Gitt. Together, they explained how to go green without going over the edge.
Metropolitan Home: How do you strike a balance between green design and beautiful design?
Harrison: There is no balance to be struck here. If it's not green, it's ugly—in the way that anything thoughtless is ugly.
MH: But how do you begin to make a renovation green?
Lenard: Focus on the parts of your house that consume resources. Start with the small stuff, like replacing incandescent lightbulbs with compact fluorescent lights.
Photo: Susan Rennie
MH: Many people hate fluorescents.
Lenard: In my experience, the no-name brands can produce ghastly light, but the full-price models are almost indistinguishable from incandescents.
Gitt: The quality of light and number of compact fluorescent products available have come a long way in the past few years.
Shaw: EcoBulbs, from Feit, produce a nice, warm light.
Freed: Color-corrected and dimmable bulbs are now easily available.
Harrison: But the dimmable ballasts for CFL lamps are very expensive. Luckily, that should change in the near future.
Lenard: Then move on to appliances. Most appliances have tags with energy-consumption figures. But think about the energy a new unit will save versus the energy required to produce it. Small gains in efficiency from replacing a five-year-old washing machine may not be worth it. Larger gains from replacing a 20-year-old refrigerator may be.
Shaw: Sadly, even appliances with the Energy Star label are far less efficient than many European models. I have a Bosch dishwasher, and it's extremely energy-efficient. Liebherr is a brand to look at for refrigerators. Luckily, consumer interest is pushing the domestic brands to become more competitive in energy efficiency.
Harrison: On one project that a humble Kenmore refrigerator was the most energy-efficient option. So it pays to read the labels. Lenard: And choose models that are built to last and don't have parts that need frequent replacement. Next, you can go for more significant improvements in larger systems, such as your hot water or HVAC.
Harrison: Before you do any of these things, you may want to talk to a real estate agent. The most environmentally friendly solution when a home doesn't fit your needs is to move to one that does! Chances are someone else out there will like your house the way it is. Not renovating at all is the greenest option.
Lenard: True. With parts of a building that have already been manufactured, transported and installed, the environmental damage has been done, so let them live out their useful lives. On the other hand, it's wasteful to let an inefficient boiler or old, drafty windows cause higher-than-necessary fuel consumption for another fifteen years.
Harrison: I agree. These days, there's a sense of urgency about climate change that makes it essential to do something about energy-hogging houses.
MH: It's hard enough to be green when you're building from the ground up and can control every element. Isn't green renovation even more difficult?
Gitt: Yes, but only because renovation, whether green or not, is harder than building from scratch. There are always surprises when you open up a building.
Harrison: Sealing a house properly is the most cost-effective way to reduce energy use. And it's hard to seal a house properly when you're renovating.
Freed: Another problem with renovation, as opposed to new construction, is that you're stuck with how the house is sited. Most houses are built parallel to the street; they don't account for the fact that the sun is going to rise in the east and set in the west. That's why, when we add on to existing houses, we often angle the addition toward the sun, which puts a crook in the floor plan. It's become a kind of trademark.
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MH: Contemporary houses often have a lot of glass, but isn't glass a problem when it comes to insulation?
Gitt: With the right design, you can still have glass. You can use it to maximize the solar gain during the day. Heat is stored in a thermal mass, which can be something as simple as a concrete slab or tile floor. The heat radiates back into the building at night.
Harrison: Depending on location! This technique doesn't work in Seattle. And windows lose heat anywhere from five to ten times as fast as walls.
MH: WHAT ABOUT IN L.A., WHERE THERE IS SOMETIMES TOO MUCH SUN?
Shaw: I've used low-E glass in a number of projects. The low-E coating, which is invisible, lowers the heat flow through the glass. There's a noticeable difference in temperature and comfort.
MH: Everyone talks about sealing the house to save energy. But doesn't sealing the house trap indoor air pollutants?
Harrison: Yes. So if you tighten the house, you also need to ventilate it properly and use healthier materials inside the house so they don't off-gas and contribute to indoor air quality problems.
MH: This is where a lot of people want to throw up their hands: There are many different definitions of green—saving energy is one, reducing toxicity is another—and in some cases, different definitions leads to opposite approaches.
Lenard: There are always trade-offs. For a kitchen floor, I can choose the Forest Stewardship Council–certified bamboo from China, which is rapidly renewable but used an actual boatload of fossil fuels to get here, or I can choose flooring of local hardwood that is not sustainably harvested.
MH: And which is better?
Lenard: Unfortunately, there's no way to weigh an extra ton of CO2 in the atmosphere against an extra part per million of formaldehyde in your house against an extra acre of rain forest cut down. You have to choose which issues are most important to you and make design decisions accordingly. Or you can have a contractor make those decisions. There's nothing wrong with that, but that substitutes the contractor's preferences for your own.
MH: Let's see if there are any easy choices. The supermarket asks, "Paper or plastic?" What if your builder asks: Metal or wooden studs?
Harrison: Wood. In particular, wood certified by the Forest Stewardship Council.
Gitt: Using FSC-certified wood may not benefit you as directly as adding insulation in the attic. And it may cost up to five percent more, depending on the product. But it is worth doing: You don't just save the trees, but you also improve water quality, sustain biodiversity and help reduce the amount of carbon in the atmosphere.
Freed: Instead of two-by-fours at 16 inches on center, go with two-by-sixes at 24 inches on center. If you do that, the building will be easier to build; it will be stronger; and, best of all, you'll use less lumber. Plus, with the thicker walls, there will be extra room for insulation.
MH: For counters, solid stone or products like CaesarStone or Silestone, which are usually 93 percent stone and 7 percent epoxy?
Lenard: One advantage of the composites is that they can be made from scraps of stone that wouldn't be good for other purposes, so there's a lot less waste. On the other hand, forming these materials uses a lot of heat. And what happens down the road? Solid stone can be recycled, but recycling stone mixed with adhesive requires a specialized process.
Shaw: Fireclay Tiles makes a countertop product from recycled bottles – it's called BottleStone. BottleStone.com I've also been working with a company that makes countertops from recycled polyurethane; they're molded without any seams.
MH: It's good to think about what will happen to the materials you're installing in your house 20 or 30 years from now, but what about all the materials you're tearing out right now?
Gitt: They don't have to go to a landfill. In a properly managed renovation, more than 80 percent of the materials you remove can be recycled or reused.
Lenard: Facilities that recycle construction materials are opening up across the country. The Construction Materials Recycling Association has a website that lists facilities all over the U.S. CDRecycling.org. Patronize them. The thing they all need to survive is volume.
MH: Bamboo or wood?
Freed: Part of the issue with bamboo, although it's a grass and it grows back quickly, is that most of it is coming from China. So there's the energy that's used in transportation. And sometimes they clear-cut the entire forest to get to the bamboo. Which is like chopping down an orange grove to get the oranges. Smith & Fong, which makes Plyboo, is a company I trust.
Shaw: In one house I just did, we explored bamboo versus certified wood, and we ended up with wood, because it's about the same price but it's much more durable. If something lasts longer, it saves resources.
MH: Tile or carpet?
Harrison: Anything but carpet!
Gitt: For one thing, if you're concerned about indoor air quality, most carpets off-gas volatile organic compounds [VOCs] inside the home, and they collect dirt. As a former remodeling contractor, who has torn out old carpet, I can tell you: Old carpet weighs much more than new carpet.
Harrison: Carpeting isn't always bad. I used wool carpeting with a hair-and-jute pad in a house for a woman with chemical sensitivities. That said, a lot of carpeting has problems. The backing is often PVC or latex, both of which off-gas and can contribute to indoor air-quality problems. Once it's installed, carpet acts like a sponge, soaking up whatever other pollutants are in the house. And when you're done with it, it goes to a landfill, because, so far, very little of it can be recycled. But the industry is rapidly changing: Better backings are available, and manufacturers like Interface have instituted their own recycling programs.
Shaw: If you like tile floors, there are so many new lines of recycled tiles that are beautiful and long-lasting.
Lenard: You also have to think about the subfloor. If you're concerned about reducing formaldehyde emissions, use exterior-grade plywood instead of interior-grade. Because of the way it's made, exterior-grade emits far less formaldehyde than interior-grade plywood. But it may cost a little more.
Harrison: Whatever kind of flooring you choose, here's the cheapest thing you can do to improve indoor air quality: Take your shoes off at the door.
MH: Shoes?
Harrison: The toxins carried in on shoes can include lead from paint flaking off buildings, pesticides and residues of petroleum products from streets and garages. In fact, when we design a new entry, we follow the Japanese model and include a bench for removing shoes as well as a place to store the shoes.
MH: How about walls?
Shaw: I've been using a new product called American Clay, which is a natural clay plaster. You don't have to paint; you mix colors right into it. And it works for any kind of house. You can make it modern and smooth, or you can texture it like a stucco or plaster americanclay.com.
Harrison: If you're painting, most people advise using paints that are low in VOCs, but a paint can be rated low-VOC and still be toxic. The ideal paint or finish is both low-VOC and low-toxic. My favorite paints right now are by Yolo Colorhouse yolocolorhouse.com.
Shaw: If you're opening up the walls, be sure to insulate. I've been using recycled denim insulation, made by UltraTouch. Insulating is one of the cheapest things you can do to save energy. I also like that, with denim, the installers don't have to wear masks, because you don't have fiberglass floating around.
Freed: Insulation is incredibly important. There are over 110 million houses in the United States, and it's estimated that half of them are underinsulated (and some are uninsulated). That wastes about two million barrels of oil a day, more than we import from Saudi Arabia.
Gitt: Anyone who has ductwork for heating and cooling should have it tested for leaks. Often, there are so many gaps that something like 30 percent of the heated or cooled air leaks out. You're using energy to heat and cool that air, paying high utility bills as a result.
Harrison: If you can, put the ducts within the heated or cooled airspace of the house—instead of in a crawl space or attic. That way, air that leaks out isn't lost.
MH: The bigger a house, the more resources it is going to consume. Can a house be green if it's enormous?
Lenard: Size does matter. It would be difficult to call three people living in a 9,000-square-foot house green, no matter how many solar panels and low-VOC paints they use.
Harrison: Many people who hire architects seem to want large homes. So far I have managed to avoid working on one bigger than 5,000 square feet, but that is still huge by historical standards. I would prefer to set a goal of less than 3,000 square feet, with smaller even better.
Freed: Some of my work is helping other architects "green up" their projects. But it's ridiculous when someone unveils a 14,000-square-foot house and asks me, "What can we do to make it greener?" My usual answer is, "Why don't we take off the second floor?"
Harrison: Many green building rating systems (such as BuiltGreen here in the Seattle area and the national LEED for Homes) include either a penalty once a home gets above a certain size or a bonus if it stays below a certain size.
Gitt: There's a rule in Marin County that if you build bigger than 3,500 square feet, you have to maintain the energy budget of a 3,500-square-foot home. Which is a way of letting people build big houses if they want to, but only if they make serious efforts to conserve.
Shaw: In terms of size, many of the houses being built in Los Angeles have reached appalling proportions. When you put a 7,000-square-foot home on an 8,000-square-foot lot, you're not leaving yourself any outdoor space.
MH: Should the government outlaw McMansions?
Gitt: I don't think the government should be imposing lifestyle choices, but it can create incentives, things like expedited permitting or reduction in permit fees for going greener on a project.
MH: These days, there are all kinds of government programs, like rebates, meant to reward people for saving energy. Are they working?
Harrison: I have yet to have a state rebate or tax incentive make a difference in the choices we make on a project. They're not, in Washington State anyway, large enough to sway the decision. My clients would likely do it anyway, rebate or not.
Freed: And I've never seen a rebate for renters. Which is a shame. A renter can't put solar panels on a house, and a landlord has no incentive to do it. So it's crucial to have government step in and help.
Shaw: Photovoltaic panels can cost $50,000 or more. That's a big check to write. But for one house I did in Venice [California], the owners, a young couple, leased solar panels from a company called Citizenre. www.Citizenre.com They didn't have enough roof space to go entirely off the grid, but they've gotten pretty close.
Harrison: In Seattle, $25,000 will get you a utility inter-tie system, in which you are still hooked up to the grid, but your meter runs backward when the house is producing more energy than it's consuming. For panels made in Washington State, you'll get paid $0.50 per kilowatt-hour for energy you return to the grid.
MH: Are there other things government can do that don't cost money?
Gitt: In parts of the Bay Area, there is a time-of-sale ordinance: a punch list of energy- and water-saving measures that you have to undertake before your house is sold. Now there's an effort to take the law statewide. The real estate folks are dead set against it, because they think it will make transactions more difficult. But I think the problems can be resolved.
Lenard: I think government should also work hard to remove regulations that actually make it hard to build green. In many cases, building codes have to be updated to permit use of the latest green technologies.
MH: We've talked a lot about saving energy. What about saving water?
Gitt: Put in a high-efficiency toilet. With the new models, you don't sacrifice function.
Freed: Everyone should have a dual-flush toilet. You choose number one or number two. It saves a huge amount of water. And if you can, install a gray-water recycling system, which takes the water from your sinks and showers and uses it to flush the toilet.
MH: Can you install a gray-water system if you're renovating an existing building?
Freed: It depends on how extensive a renovation you're doing, because it does require you to go into the walls. But there's also a great device called Aqus that recycles the gray water from a single sink to a toilet up to ten feet away. It's a $300 box, and it's something even renters can use, because you can take it with you WaterSaverTech.com.
Harrison: We're recommending our clients install a rainwater-collection system. For about $7,000 you can install a system with a 1,500-gallon underground tank that will collect and filter rainwater for use in toilets and laundry. In Seattle, these systems will pay for themselves in five or six years. You might say water is the new energy. Everywhere you look, scarcity and quality of water are becoming bigger issues.
MH: Do you use only recycled products?
Freed: We source a lot of recycled products, but you have to be very careful with the word "recycled." It's thrown around quite a bit. We ask a series of specific questions about every product we use: Where does it come from? What are the by-products of its manufacture? How is it delivered and installed? How healthy is it? And what are we going to do with it when we're done with it? And sometimes it's hard to get the answers.
Gitt: Which is why you should hire professionals with green-building experience. You don't want to have to teach your architect or contractor about green building any more than you'd want to teach your plumber how to install a dishwasher. That said, green building is always an evolution, and new information becomes available every day.
Harrison: Durability and beauty are as important to me as recycled content. This comes together nicely in some products, like locally made tiles of recycled glass BedrockIndustries.com.
MH: Does green have to cost more?
Gitt: When you're buying a countertop, you can choose granite or Formica. It's no different in the green world: There are some very expensive countertop options, and there are other options that are less expensive.
Harrison: Sometimes, green is cheaper. Stacked framing – where studs 24 inches on center support ceiling joists 24 inches on center, and so on -- uses less lumber than conventional framing. You could spend some of the savings on additional insulation and better windows that result in lower heating costs for the life of the home.
Freed: We talk very frankly with clients about return on investment. In the Bay Area, we tend to see a five- to ten-year return on solar panels. Of course, the farther north you go, the longer it will take to make back your investment.
Harrison: This is an issue for Americans, who move once every five years on average and so often don't think beyond that timeline. Ideally we would be doing these things not just for ourselves but for the house's future owners as well.
Lenard: One thing to keep in mind is that even if you do spend a little extra in construction costs, you get a better building or space, so it's money well spent.
Gitt: It would help if people could recoup the cost of green renovations when they sell their homes. But too often that doesn't happen. That's why we're launching GreenPoint Rated, a consumer label for new, remodeled and existing homes. The idea is to have a neutral third party tell buyers how well a house performs environmentally.
MH: We've talked about saving energy and water; about using recycled materials as well as materials that can be recycled someday; and about indoor air quality. Are there other elements to making a house green?
Harrison: We haven't talked about location, which is very important. Choose a house in an urban, walkable neighborhood, that is, one within a good walkshed [see WalkScore.com. That makes a huge difference in overall household energy use—as well as in the health of the inhabitants.
Freed: We include community in our definition of green. We ask our clients to include at least one feature that benefits people around them. In one case, it was a bench in front of the house. Another client has a 14-foot blank wall right on the street, so we covered it with slate and put out chalk—people can write and draw, and then the rain washes it away. Another client hung a disco ball outside. They light it at night, and people walking by sometimes start dancing.
MH: I won't ask how much energy that uses.
Freed: The solar panels on the roof help with the lighting! Besides, it was a renovation. And renovation is inherently green -- you're recycling a building.
Participant Bios
ERIC COREY FREED,
Green Architect
Freed founded Organic Architect, his San Francisco firm, in 1997 "as an alternative to traditional design practice." A graduate of Temple University, Freed designs "environmentally friendly buildings" and also advises other architects on how to make their projects greener. He teaches at UC Berkeley and is the author, most recently, of Green Building and Remodeling for Dummies (OrganicArchitect.com).
BRIAN GITT,
Green Building Advocate
Since 2004, Gitt has been the CEO/executive director of Build It Green, a nonprofit membership organization whose mission is to promote healthy energy- and resource-efficient buildings in California. He is a LEED-accredited professional certified by the U.S. Green Building Council and a Certified Green Building Professional. Gitt studied ecological design and environmental studies at Prescott College in Arizona (BuildItGreen.org).
ROB HARRISON,
Harrison is the principal of Harrison Architects of Seattle, Washington. Since 1992, his firm has focused exclusively on what it calls "lyrical sustainable design." Primary concerns include "conserving energy and resources, using healthier materials and finishes, reducing long-term costs and making poetic places." A founding member of the Northwest EcoBuilding Guild, Harrison studied architecture at the University of Toronto (HarrisonArchitects.com).
STEVEN LENARD,
Green Planner
An urban planner in NYC, Lenard dedicated himself to sustainability when he realized, as a contractor to the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, that cleaning up pollution could never be as effective as preventing it. A volunteer in the Northeast Sustainable Energy Association (NESEA) and for GreenHomeNYC, a community-based nonprofit, he holds a B.S. in biology and political science from the University of Chicago and a Master of City Planning from MIT (GreenHomeNYC.org).
DENISE SHAW,
Green Designer
A film producer since the 1990s, Shaw alternates between making movies and helping to make L.A. houses greener. Her focus is on renovating midcentury homes, maintaining their design integrity while taking advantage of the latest eco-friendly materials and methods. She appears on Greenovate, a new series on the Discovery Home Channel.
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Tottenham Ready To Sell Mousa Dembélé With Replacements Lined Up
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Posted by Jordan Clarke | Published on 17/04/2018
Tottenham are reportedly prepared to allow Mousa Dembélé to leave the club at the end of the season after the Belgian put contract talks on hold until after the World Cup, according to The Mirror.
Dembélé also joins fellow countryman Toby Alderweireld who is set to leave the North London club in the summer after refusing to sign a new contract due to his wage demands not being met by chairman Daniel Levy.
The 30-year-old enters the last year of his contract next season and interest from the Chinese Super League is expected to return, with Mauricio Pochettino said to already have replacements lined up if he allows his midfielder to leave.
However, it's said that Tottenham have no urge to cash in on Dembélé but instead preparing for the possibility. Barcelona's Andre Gomes is among the replacements that Pochettino is said to have identified, with Atalanta's Bryan Cristante also on the Argentine's shortlist.


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Fifa World Cup 2014 is going to start on June 12, 2014 and the fever grips football fans in Bangladesh. Fans are taking preparation to watch favorite teams' matches on new brand TV. Football Fans looking for new brand LED, LCD even CRT monitors to watch one month long football extravaganza.
elevisions sales have increased about 40%. Ahead of Fifa World Cup 2014 international LED LCD manufacturing company like Samsung, LG, Sony, Singer, Panasonic and Transtec also took preparation to sale extra television. Football Fans of Dhaka University will set up a giant screen near Oporajeyo Bangla to watch World Cup football 2014.
worldwide. World Cup 2014 Football fans showing pleasure by wearing new jersey of favorite teams. Bangladesh garments manufacturer made all most 32 teams' jerseys in this year. Brazil, Argentina, England, France, Germany, Italy, Portugal, Spain are in the top list of Jersey selling. Fans like Icon players jersey of Messey, Neymar, Ronaldo also available in the local market.
or university students, even children fans wearing world cup jersey. Jersey is sold in major cities of Bangladesh. Hawker selling Jersey beside busy streets and downtown of Dhaka city.
g also presented Champion Jersey and Runner-up Jersey respectively.
Fans of World Cup Football hanging Flags of favorite teams top of the houses, outside the corridors, wall beside the road and public places across the country.
These fever grips football fans decorating own houses and clubs with countries flags and jersey.
Fans of Brazil display Green-Yellow color Brazil flag roof of the house, road side, in the car, balcony. Brazil fans hanged a 300 meters long Brazil flag in Tikatuli area of Dhaka. Participate world cup quiz competition and win a fifa world cup football.
Argentina fans also showing their joyous with displaying Argentina Flag. Argentina Blue-White flag is displayed road side, in the market even top of the house in the Dhaka city.
flag. Some fans respect to the national flag of Bangladesh and display Green-Red one beside Brazil or Argentina Flag.
the winner will get a different kinds of gifts.
l Argentina win? Will Brazil win? and so on.. Gossiping in the tea stall, market place, club, across the country will be continuing till final match.
Argentina fans in Bangladesh already bought Argentina Jersey T-shirt. Every where of the country few fans are wearing Argentina Jersey designed T-shirt. Not only in Dhaka city but also village fans.
Jersey price is not so high. Jersey for Children at 100 taka. Small and Medium size Jersey at 150 taka and Large size jersey at 200 taka only. Where you will get Jersey? Made in Bangladesh any team's jersey available in the shopping center of Golistan, Motijheel, Firmgate, Dhammondi, Mouchak, Gulshan, Mirpur as well as footpath. If you buy jersey from a shop price will be little high. Participate Robi world cup quiz competition and win a Jersey.
There is no color difference of original flag of Argentina or Brazil. You can buy a flag easily from the local shop. If you wish to hang a big size flag, you can buy same color clothes from the shopping center and ask tailor of your area to make a flag for you. Alternative you can buy small size flag from footpath at Tk. 150 to 300 taka. Argentina and Brazila or any other country flag are available with cheap price. As a fan of any country, do not forget to buy your own country's flag. Its matter of your Nationalism.
World cup 2014 fans quiz competition are going to at the end. National and multinational company already started world cup quiz competition in Bangladesh. Most of the world cup quiz are SMS base and any one can participate these quiz competition of Television channels, mobile phone company, consumer product manufacturer company. Keep eyes on below scroll bar of channel to find world cup quiz, check newspaper for world cup quiz, check promotional message of mobile phone for world cup quiz.
Brazil World cup 2014 started on June 12, 2014. Crazy Fans also started argument about Brazil and Argentina mainly. Brazil supporters say Brazil will be winner of 2014. Argentina supporters say Argentina will be winner of 2014. Brazil supporters are wearing Jersey of Brazil and Argentina supporters are wearing Jersey of Argentina. But Why? What is the meaning of wearing Jersey outside the filed? If you ask any Brazil or Argentina player to wear Jersey outside the playground, may be they will feel shame. People of our country like Brazil since Pele had shown his magic in the previous world cup and Because of Maradona people like Argentina very much and Wearing jersey. People have witnessed Maradona magic in 1986 world cup. Anyone can wear Argentina or Brazil Jersey, no problem. But why supporters of Argentina and Brazil hang flag of these 2 countries. We should respect our own flag. Yes, we can support any team, any player, and any country. You support Argentina, No problem. You support Brazil no problem. May be you wearing Argentina or Brazil Jersey that is also acceptable. If you hang other country's flag in our country, would this suitable? We respect every country's flag. We must respect our flag first. You can do one thing; just display your national flag with Argentina or Brazil flag also.


This is the next question in the fortnightly series of questions from the fine ladies at The Blue Bookcase as part of their aim to promote literature via their Bloghop. For those not familiar with this hop check out the various posts relating to this or click the link to their site.
How did you find your way to reading literary fiction and nonfiction?
This is one of those questions that have appeared on and off throughout my life - along with its close cousins - When did you start reading & you read HOW MUCH?. If I answer the question when did I start to read with the answer - that I've absolutely no knowledge, that although there must have been a time when I didn't read, as I'm sure that if I had exited my mothers womb, book opened at page 67 of the complete works of Shakespeare, someone would have snapped a shot with their Kodak Instamatic, if only for posterity. But if I try to think back to what must have been a seminal point, I can't find one. As far as I'm concerned I've always read, & although logically I understand that this can't be so, by all other criteria it's what I believe. As to works of literary fiction - I had no criteria to judge what was and wasn't of merit, so it wasn't until I got to secondary school (11+) that I realised that such a standard existed, and that all the books I had been devouring over the years at my Grandparents, from their complete Classic series (or some such name), were books of literary merit. Now this was to cause me problems at school, especially in my dealings with teachers (that & I was naturally Gobby), imagine if the books on offer as part of your curriculum, you've already read, not just them but others of their ilk (Brave new World, Island 1984 etc.). So school & myself had a parting of ways, I avoided what should have been my favourite subject - English Literature - & sought sanctuary from the world in a dimly lit cave, that was my local library, a place even to this day that, if I walk in I feel an instant relaxation.
While my path was slightly different than yours I can identify with your comment about avoiding "what should have been" your "favorite subject." For I too, to a great extent, stayed away from more than the basic requirements for literature in high school and college and pursued my own path of reading. For example, while we had to read George Eliot in high school (Silas Marner) I was devouring Thomas Hardy on my own starting with The Return of the Native. Later on as an adult I grew into Eliot who is now one of my favorites (Middlemarch).
Like you, I don't really remember a time when I wasn't reading. I always remember having books nearby.
The hardest part for me growing up were people telling me that the books I chose to read were above me and that I would never get them. That always made me grab more of the challenging classic literature and ignore my English teachers telling me that I wouldn't get it. At some level I think they were right.
On another topic, how are you getting on with Calvino?
Hi James. sometimes it seems i deliberately took the difficult path, just to proof a point to my teachers, I remember books were taught a specific way & had just one interpretation, if you queried that viewpoint, by saying that it was open to more than one way of looking at it. Well you just didn't -WHoops.
dragonflyy419. people telling me, this is not suitable, you must not read this, or censorship in any form, just makes more obnoxious & likey to seek it out.(I was quite an annoying child).
My mother was an old school hippy & free thought was like breathing, I was raised to query everything & would pick my battles with teachers who I thought in my young mind were false, who were teaching by rote, so you can imagine how annoying I was.
As to the Calvino, finished it on the train home this evening.
I wondered what happened to all the old school hippies. I thought they were in San Francisco, but, no, apparently some went off to raise children like you. Excellent news.
Here is my post for the Blog Hop.
To a certain extent reading books at school was not as satisfying as reading them on my own - too much analysis was the deterrent for me and can ruin a book.
hi red, I personally think I lucked out on the majority of my teachers, as teaching appeared to be by rote.
I was raised protesting everything from anti apartheid through to save the whale.
Hi Margaret, would have loved some analysis, would have been fun, but if I tried to suggest a different perspective it was shot down.
I despised my high school English classes...whenever a teacher started to tell me I should do/read something, I'd get rebellious. Of course, it worked the other way too...I didn't have any problem reading Tolstoy to prove that I could.