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Pink Floyd, An End That We Cannot Cope With
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This is the news that we knew will eventually happen but deep down inside, could not accept. Pink Floyd's frontman and guitarist announced in an interview with Classic Rock Magazine that the band is officially "done". He added "I've had 48 years in Pink Floyd – quite a few of those years at the beginning, with Roger [Waters]. And those years in what is now considered to be our heyday were 95% musically fulfilling and joyous and full of fun and laughter. I certainly don't want to let the other 5% colour my view of what was a long and fantastic time together. But it has run its course, we are done – and it would be fakery to go back and do it again.
Ever since Roger Waters departed in 1985, Pink Floyd started falling apart. Nonetheless, David Gilmour continued the legacy of the band without the former bassist and released ground-breaking albums along with the remaining members, Nick Mason and Richard Wright.
Last year, Gilmour and Mason released the final Pink Floyd album, a follow-up to « The Division bell » released in 1994. The album included unreleased music and lyrics composed by Rick Wright prior to his death and during The Division Bell's recording sessions. Last year's « The Endless River » served as a farewell and a finish line for a band that completely shaped and altered the Rock scene.
As a commemoration, I decided to share one song from each Pink Floyd album that defined the whole band and put a stamp on the rock scene.
The Piper At the Gates of Dawn (1967)
Astronomy Domine, Pink Floyd's first song on their debut album, proved the late Syd Barrett's genius and gave a new essence to Psychedelic Rock.
A Saucerful Of Secrets (1968)
The first three albums achieved international claim with their psychedelic and progressive rock style. See-Saw from « A Saucerful Of Secrets » is definitely on the list.
Ummagumma (1969)
This is the first album to exclude Syd Barrett. It also included a couple of songs from the previous two records. However, one that defined the album as a whole would be « Several Species Of Small Furry Animals Gathered Together In A Cave And Grooving With A Pict ». Long title, worth a listen.
Atom Heart Mother (1970)
« Atom Heart Mother: Father's Shout/Breast Milky/Mother Fore/Funky Dung/Mind Yo… » is an outstanding track that shows how the four remaining members composed an orchestra-like rock song. a 23-minute suite that you should listen to in one go.
Meddle (1971)
This is album that is quite similar to the band's debut album in terms of song structure. The highlight of this record is « Echoes », another 23-minute suite packed with beautiful lyrics.
Obscured by Clouds (1972)
The title track « Obscured by Clouds » is definitely one of the highlights of the album, one that yet again goes back to the band's late 60's roots.
The Dark Side of The Moon (1973)
Considered the peak of Pink Floyd, this album contains songs that completely changed the public's perceptions on Rock as a genre. Although every single track should be on this list, i cannot help but choose « Time » as the best song on the album. It's even better live!
My personal favorite album. One that looks back at George Orwell's Animal Farm and reflects upon the society's classes. The track « Dogs » is certainly the best on the record.
The Wall (1979)
Even Though The Dark Side of The Moon was a revolutionary album. Pink Floyd's The Wall is considered their masterpiece and their best album ever. The record shows Roger Waters' Genius and his ability of writing lyrics that revolt against society's biggest issues. The song « Comfortably Numb » is on this list. Beautiful guitar solo by David Gilmour.
The Final Cut (1983)
This is Roger Waters last album with the band, and as much as it is a solo album, I still considered it a Pink Floyd album. The standout track on this record is « Get Your Filthy Hands Off My Desert ». Although short, it's a wonderful acoustic song that yet again speaks about world problems.
A Momentary Lapse of Reason (1987)
This album marked the decline of Pink Floyd, with the departure of significant members, Roger Waters and Syd Barrett. Nevertheless, David Gilmour and the remaining members did put out a significant album that still has that Pink Floyd signature sound. « Learning to Fly » is one of the best tracks on this record.
The Division Bell (1994)
A strong record that shows the band's new sound and one that moves away from their psychedelic roots. This is also the last album to include the keyboardist Richard Wright. As a way to commemorate his passing, I choose « Wearing the Inside Out » as the best track on this record.
The Endless River (2014)
20 years after The Division Bell, David Gilmour and Nick mason decided to release a final album. Although it mostly consists of instrumentals, the record is an outstanding set of tracks reminiscent of songs from The Division Bell era. The best track is the only song with lyrics, « Louder than Words ».
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The O.C. is back! #RHOC
The original is BACK! Okay, so the show has had more new characters than its cast has boob jobs, but still... I only watch the OC and Jersey housewives, so I'm happy this reality guilty pleasure is airing again.
My thoughts on how the ladies are doing since the explosive reunion?
Gretchen's still with Slade, promoting all of her 'businesses', and actually seems to be playing nice with Tamra. Gretchen used to be my favorite, then I hated her, and now I don't know. I'm really interested to see how she does this season with the other girls. As for Tamra, she was so out of line last season, and super evil. She just doesn't know how to say no to a catfight. It's good that she is trying to make amends with Gretchen, because I think they have a lot in common... probably why they hate each other.
I feel bad for Vicki... she's totally compulsive in her behaviors as she goes through this divorce and prepares to sell her house! She's neurotic to say the least, but she's still the original OC housewife and I love her. I wish her the best.
Alexis? She's still the fakest of the fake. I think she could compete with Taylor on Real Housewives of Beverly Hills in terms of shadiness. I wouldn't wear 'Alexis Couture' if you paid me to, and she was TERRIBLE in that news segment. Must be a pretty desperate station that needed her 'celebrity' to boost ratings. She's so bitter towards Peggy for dating her husband BEFORE she married him (WTF?) and needs to be eliminated from this cast. She's just weird.
Peggy didn't really appear much in the episode (and isn't a main cast member anymore), but a couple of 'friends' who seem to be season cast members did pop up. Heather seems gorgeous and like she has it all... except reality TV stardom, of course! And she's the only brunette in the bunch! Gretchen's friend Sarah makes an appearance too, but I don't think she has the money to be a RHOC. She'll likely just be one of those frequent add-ons throughout filming.
Can't wait to see who gets a drink in the face next!
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Based upon the results of a condition survey performed for approximately 650 linear feet of steel sheetpile bulkhead, ExxonMobil Corporation retained Pare to develop plans and specifications for the South Berth Dock Repairs Project. The South Berth serves as ExxonMobil's prime off-loading facility to service the East Providence Terminal, a major storage and transfer facility for a variety of petroleum products for the New England area. The South Berth Dock consists of a steel sheet pile bulkhead installed on the waterside of a timber pile-supported granite block quay wall. Ancillary structures include two breasting dolphins, as well as a loading platform and associated fire suppression facilities. Pare was responsible for preparing final design plans and specifications for the needed repairs. Pare's services included the preparation of cost estimates, and construction-phase services.
Nine inclinometers were installed through the existing granite block quay wall and ten strain gauges were installed on selected tie rods. Pare has continually monitored the instruments on a periodic basis to determine if displacements are occurring behind the rehabilitated bulkhead and within the granite quay wall that served as the former wharf face.


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Q: Difference between "acute", "chronic" and "obtuse" in the sense of illness I've checked Oxford Advanced Learners for acute:

an acute illness is one that has quickly become severe and dangerous
Compare:CHRONIC

And for chronic:

lasting for a long time
Compare:ACUTE

Can a disease be both "acute" and "chronic" simultaneously? For example it could be the case where a certain illness quickly becomes serious and have long term consequences
Are there any "obtuse illnesses" ?

A: A chronic condition is one that persists for a long time.  Asthma is a chronic condition: if you have asthma today, then you almost certainly had asthma yesterday and will still have it next week.  Source and more details: Medline, OED.
Acute has two relevant meanings.  In colloquial usage, it just means severe; so in that sense, a condition can be both acute and chronic.  However, in medical language, it is specifically used in contrast to chronic; an acute condition, in this sense, is something which by its nature is (expected to be) of limited duration; something which develops over a short timescale.  So in this technical sense, a condition cannot be both acute and chronic. An asthma attack is acute in this sense: it's a temporary flare-up of the underlying chronic condition.  Source and more details: Medline, OED.
Obtuse is essentially irrelevant to these medical usages; it was used in a comparable sense in the past, but this usage is now extremely rare (OED; Google ngrams).   In mathematics, however, it is still used in contrast to acute.  An acute angle is one measuring less than 90°, while an angle more than 90° (but less than 180°) is obtuse.

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http://www.nlm.nih.gov/medlineplus/ency/imagepages/18126.htm

Acute conditions are severe and sudden in onset. This could describe
  anything from a broken bone to an asthma attack. A chronic condition,
  by contrast is a long-developing syndrome, such as osteoporosis or
  asthma. Note that osteoporosis, a chronic condition, may cause a
  broken bone, an acute condition. An acute asthma attack occurs in the
  midst of the chronic disease of asthma. Acute conditions, such as a
  first asthma attack, may lead to a chronic syndrome if untreated.

Obtuse is a geometry term.  Being called obtuse is generally considered an insult.

A: The link, you cited, mentions that in case of illnesses, acute and chronic are antonyms.
The adjective Obtuse, which means slow or unwilling to understand something, is not used with illnesses.
P.S.- Acute angle and Obtuse angle are nouns, which are used in geometry.

A: A chronic disease can have an acute onset or acute symptoms, but the disease itself would not be considered acute.
There is no such thing as an "obtuse illness"

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Isn't it ironic: Even as the rice plant matures, it bows its head!
Have you ever noticed, that when an old heavy bag becomes worn, it's not thrown away but patched, taped and continued to be used, day after day. It seems that the older it becomes, the more it's used. It's as if there is an inborn respect for it.
Well guess what, that's the exact same thing that happens to martial artist', who continually participate in the arts. They are stressed, beat up and in a constant state of "repair", but they're not thrown out, but become in more of a demand than ever before. Why do you think that is? They don't appear to be as "tough" on the outside as the youngsters who come along, fresh from the "outside". They get old and a bit more physically soft on the inside, but their engine just keeps "puffing along". What are they trying to prove? Actually, nothing, they just want to participate and pass on just a little bit more of what they have learned through the breaks, scrapes and mental stresses. Maybe they could just prevent a little of the more negative things that have occurred to them over the years.
By the late 1880's, the term "Karate" (T'ang Hand) came into use in Okinawa, replacing the word "Te" (Hand).
The Martial Arts are not enjoyable or safe, unless attention is paid to careful practice. Does this relate to modern times? Ask any insurance company that covers martial arts studios!
Two hundred years after Ng Mui named her student Wing Chun, wing chun remained a private kung-fu system. It was only taught to family and friends, until in 1952 (Hong Kong) when grandmaster Yip Man offered instruction if a commercial format.
Although over 90 percent of the wing chun schools in the world today can be traced to Yip Man and his students, the art has developed into two branches of which one is called "centerline wing chun". It represents the art of which Yip Man was taught by Chan Wah Shun. Chan was a large and very strong man and as a result his instruction was based on direct and overpowering aggression.
Centerline wing chun is based on an imaginary straight line, called the "centerline", which is drawn from the practitioners solar plexus to the opponents chin. This centerline forms the axis for all attacks and defenses. As long as the centerline remains in alignment directly in front of the opponent, the practitioner can attack in a straight ahead charge, with straight punches. The closed fist is the primary weapon, reinforced by secondary open hands and low kicks.
Gichin Funakoshi is sometimes credited with the change in kanji of the term "kara" in Karate. This isn't true, for he actually only popularized it by being the first to use it. Chomo Hanashiro, in 1905, actually changed the "kara" kanji and wrote a book with the new character in it. This change from "T'ang Hand" to "Empty Hands" angered many of the traditionalist of the times who felt that it should remain as it was, to give credit to the Chinese who had taught them.
Tomari-Te, even though little is known about it, is said to be very similar to Naha-Te.


Our scholars are making their own microscope lenses using an iPhone camera and laser pointers.
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Scholars swabbed different areas of the school with a cotton swab in order to see the levels of bacteria in these common areas. In addition, they also mounted onions onto a slide to observe under the microscope.
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Born in the back of a 67 Deora, Jonny started life in Bolinas, California much like his idol, Leif Garrison who was born in the waves of Bolinas. It was a real water birth.
Jonny moved to San Francisco when he was 13 with a guitar on his back and quickly met Domonique who later became Jonny's manager. As Jonny's career blossomed as a real street musician, so did his friendship with Domonique.
The BBC made a documentary about Jonny's internal struggle of success on the streets of San Francisco.
Sine the rave reviews of the documentary (currently in numerous film festivals across Europe and Asia), Jonny met Bobby Hilton, James Sheraton and Jimmy La Quinta. They have backed Jonny up on a number of occasions at various venues in San Francisco. Docs Lab, Cafe Du Nord, the Independent and the Rickshaw Stop... were all sold out shows. Riots started on the streets during his last show at the Rickshaw Stop due to flaw at the ticketing booth. Jonny then realized that his shows inside were too powerful to be inside. He campaigned to play outside once again at Outside Lands, 2018. During the campaign, La Quinta became addicted to wine and left the band and was replaced by Tal Holiday. Jonny decided that campaigning for Outside Lands was bad for the health of his band. Jonny played one last show at his old stomping grounds, Cafe Du Nord and rocked the roof off. He claimed it was his last ever live show. No one has heard from Ramada since… Du Nord is still owed a roof.


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(This post is a work in progress, that I will continue to update and tweak. The comments are great, with a whole variety of suggestions and details of other setups. I'll try and keep the comments open as long as I can)
Apple TV or Mac Mini?
It's one of those Mac Apps that should be essential for any professional, and the fact that it's finally on the Mac App Store means that you don't have to worry about keeping it updated.
For enterprises, it is important to verify both that essential apps are not reliant on kexts before upgrading to the new OS, and to ensure all your key apps are compatible with Big Sur. At WWDC 2020, Apple announced a special Mac Mini that's powered by its own A12Z processor. The machine will help developers prepare their apps for future consumer Macs that feature in-house. Mac mini Essentials. Search the user guide Clear Search Table of Contents. Look around your new Mac. Get a quick intro to the features of your Mac mini. Your Mac mini comes with apps for everything you want to do. Edit and share your photos. Enjoy music, books, movies, and more. Create presentations. And discover new apps in the App Store.
No getting away from it - I still yearned for a Mac based media centre. I'd hoped Wii Transfer would fit the bill, but the quality of the video streaming isn't good enough (yet?).
That meant either a Mac Mini or an Apple TV, but that's a hard decision. Apple TV has the ease of use that makes it ideal for the home. No fiddling about, but no PVR functionality either. In the end, I went for the Mac Mini's potential over the Apple TV 'just works', and using FrontRow and EyeTV to provide the interface.
But, I'd dabbled with a Mac Mini media Centre a couple of years ago, with a G4 Mini hacked to use FrontRow. I gave up on it a few months after, but recently decided that the time was now right. So what's different this time around?
Front Row built into Leopard - rather than tied to particular machines and requiring a hack to make it work. Front Row 2 also adopts the plugin 'appliance' architecture of Apple TV, as well as supporting sharing from other macs. As far as I can see it only lacks the YouTube feature of the Apple TV.
Screen sharing - After using other VNC clients, the inbuilt screen sharing facility is easy and responsive. I can barely notice a difference in performance between administering the Mac Mini and working on my MacBook Pro.
Intel Mac Minis - Compared the original G4 Mac Mini I was trying to use, the new Intel Mac Minis are faster, have larger hard drives and Bluetooth and airport as standard (which the G4 didn't have). They also come with a built in remote and receiver. I previously used a bluetooth phone and Salling Clicker, which works, but it isn't the kind of 'slick solution' you can hand to someone else and expect them to want to use it. The Apple remote works very well, and isn't too simple (it is easier to lose though, and you can't ring it to find out where it is.)
Leopard brings everything you need to run a media centre, with the exception of a PVR, and an automagic system for adding new content to the Mini. Finally, I was trying to run the last system through our old CRT telly, that only had 2 scart inputs. It looks like ass. Now that we have an LCD, it doesn't.
So after studying the Apple Refurb Store for a few weeks, I picked up a good deal:
So, onto the setup…
One of the first things you'll want to do is minimise the possibility of the OS giving you messages, so go to System Preferences > Bluetooth, and make sure this option isn't ticked:
Otherwise you'll get interfering messages, worrying about the lack of a keyboard attached. Likewise, go to System Preferences > Software Update and make sure it isn't checking for updates.
This is how my hardware is setup: A Mac Mini sends video to the TV with a DVI to HDMI cable, while the sound is sent through my stereo with a headphone to dual composite cable. If I wasn't playing music, I would just send the audio to the TV. I'm using a Western Digital MyBook external drive to store everything on, but I'd like to replace this with something larger, quieter and (if possible) no blinking lights! The only other piece of hardware is the EyeTV Hybrid dongle.
Essential Apps and plugins
You probably have a different list of essentials, but having tried a lot of potential apps, these are the ones I've settled into using:
A plugin that allows playback of .avi, .flv (amongst many others) in Front Row. Installs as a System Preference.
I use this to automate the adding of new content from my MacBook. You set the Mac mini to subscribe to however many Macs you want, and as long as its open on both, it will suck in any new tracks, movies etc. Works really well, I just wish it had some way of letting you know on the MacBook end that all new tracks have been imported. For Movies though, I'm finding it easier to share the Movies folder on the Mini and just drop the files in there, rather than try and get them into iTunes.
For ripping your DVDs, everyone should know about this!
Along with an Elgato Hybrid stick, this provides the PVR functionality, along with more recording features than my DVD Recorder does. Being able to set up smart recording schedules is genius, and I tend set every recording to automatically export as Apple TV, which adds it to iTunes for me.
PyeTV
A 'Front Row Appliance', which adds an EyeTV menu item to Front Row. This has now reached version 1, is easier to install, and the transitions between EyeTV and FrontRow are smoother.
Also, I haven't tried it yet, but Sapphire looks interesting.
Moving the iTunes Library
I soon ran out of space on the Mac Mini, and while I was loathe to add yet another bloody plug to the overloaded adaptors behind the telly, it had to be done. (An external hard drive doesn't tend to be as quiet as the Mac Mini either!). Relocating the Movies folder to the external hard drive was as easy as using an alias, but the iTunes library is a bit more troublesome. It should be as easy as choosing the new location in iTunes Preferences > Advanced, but I couldn't manage to do this and retain paths. Everytime I wanted to play something, I had to select the new path to the file.
Instead, I created a folder on the hard drive, and rather than copy across everything manually, I chose this new folder as the library location in the advanced preferences, and used 'consolidate library'. This not only copied everything across, but this time updated the paths to the media files, and everything plays as it should!
Switching between FrontRow and EyeTV
Everything works well in this setup, with the exception of navigating between the 2 applications - Frontrow and EyeTV. There are a few ways around this:
Before launching FrontRow, I make sure that EyeTV is open, and on fullscreen mode (see below). Then I can go back to EyeTV by pressing the menu button on the FrontRow main screen. Pressing and holding the menu button in EyeTV shows it's onscreen menu (in which you can do almost all the work that you'll need to do). Pressing menu once will return you to FrontRow. Sometimes it can be annoying if you don't remember to press and hold in EyeTV, and you get whisked away to FrontRow.
The Pye TV plugin for FrontRow adds an EyeTV menu, from which you can launch FrontRow, its recordings, or the programme guide.
Setting recordings to automatically export to Apple TV means that they will appear in FrontRow's 'TV Shows' menu a few hours afterwards (depending on the length of recording, processor speed etc).
Finally, you'll want to make sure that Syncopation, EyeTV and FrontRow are all set to open at startup. If EyeTV is set to 'Start EyeTV in full screen' (Preferences > Full Screen), then when the Mac restarts everything is ready to go.
When it works, it's great. The trouble is that 15% of the time something happens - EyeTV crashes, iTunes has been updated and won't let you play anything until you've accepted terms and conditions, or another app is telling you that an update is available.
For these times, I don't have an easy solution, other than to screen share and sort it out with the MacBook. Sometimes (like in the instance of EyeTV crashing) you just have to restart.
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Marijuana Cultivation Is Where Cannabis Workers Can Earn The Largest Salaries
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In order for an individual to earn a substantial salary in the cannabis industry, and we're talking about pulling down the kind of cash that not only provides for their family but also puts them in a new car and allows them to live in a stylish new home, a new report suggests that the cultivation game is the way to go.
It seems that growing marijuana has officially become a legitimate ticket out of the stagnant mediocrity associated with traditional career choices. What makes the situation even more enticing is there are now more of these types of jobs available than there are qualified professionals to fill them. Opportunity is everywhere.
According to Cannabis At Work, which has been connecting Canadian workers with jobs since 2015, individuals with a knack for growing weed now have the best chance at making killer wages. Alison McMahon, the organization's founder and CEO, says there has been a 14 percent increase in these positions over the past year. And it's a high demand situation. "If there's anywhere in the sector where we're seeing a talent shortage or skill shortage, it's on the cultivation side," she told The Toronto Star.
McMahon says the Canadian cannabis market is in desperate need for cultivation managers, quality assurance pros, cultivation assistants and processing assistants. These positions come with salaries anywhere between $81,000 and $103,000 per year. That's not too shabby considering the national average in the northern nation is around $51,000 per year.
As it stands, Canadian cannabis producers are experiencing some difficulty when it comes to filling these crucial positions. Since the cannabis industry is still a relatively new development, finding people with the skills that meet certain performance standards is not always an easy task.
At times, the industry recruits candidates with experience relative to the field. And while some schools are launching programs designed to train workers for the growing number of cultivation jobs, McMahon says the field is in need of immediate assistance.
"The problem is that we still have a lag in terms of actual enrollment into those programs and actual graduation from those programs," she said.
Part of the dilemma, McMahon explained, is that some workers are afraid that having any connection to the cannabis trade might sabotage their future career endeavors. Fortunately, through larger mainstream acceptance, this is becoming less of an issue.
"A couple years ago, you had to almost coax people past being afraid of career suicide, and were paying a bit of a premium for those corporate service people to join the cannabis industry," she said. "Now we're seeing that level out."
Canada is set to legalize recreational marijuana later this summer, allowing retail dispensaries to sell cannabis to adults in a manner similar to beer. McMahon says ambitious growers need to get in on the multi-billion dollar industry now. A new report released last week by Deloitte shows the Canadian pot market will rake in $5 billion in recreational sales in 2019. More than $1 billion is still expected to come from the medical marijuana sector. These numbers are projected to skyrocket near the $22 billion mark once the sale of edible pot products is permitted later next year.
Another report from Deloitte, which was published in January, shows that around 150,000 cannabis-related jobs will emerge with the coming of legalization. "This has already been a crazy industry, it's about to get even wilder," McMahon said.
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A few minutes ago I had a little discussion with a friend and he told me something about zimbra.
This groupware has an offline tool (I didn't check that in detail).
Well, it came to my mind that this would be a nice feature. But how to realise?
After a while there are many documents in the infostore/documents, many contacts (ok, could be synced with a fat client) and so on.
I know this zimbra feature, you are talking about.
But also not in detail.
IMO that is not that important, because internet is almost everywhere and it will become all over. Mobile clients are booming. As i know, you can have internet ins some planes,today.
The Offline Mode of Zimbra lets the WebGUI work in "serverless" mode. I suppose everything is cached somewhere while the client is offline and will be re-synchronised when it comes online again. Like Rondrian wrote - i do not think this is a high-priority feature. It is nice to have, but if you travel a lot you will have the possibility to use OX via Outlook or a mobile device in "offline mode" - so for me this is kind of a eyecatcher function.
It's a nice to have but not high prio.
And like rondrian wrote, there will be Internet almost everywhere and the prices decreases.
I think they have implemented a small webserver and database backend on the desktop and when the users go online again all data is synchronized. An offline tool is interesting, but to be honest, I myself don't need it. In the office and at home I am online all time so I myself do not see a benefit for an offline tool.


In today's world, texting has become second nature to most people. Current college students don't know a world without texting words, pictures, and videos. And even those college kids' grandparents are texting now. In fact, a 2011 Pew Internet survey found that 73 percent of cell phone users text, and nearly one-third of them would rather text than talk.
Texting is ingrained into everyday life now, so it's inevitable that 9-1-1 technology needs to evolve to catch up. This is what Next Generation 9-1-1 (NG9-1-1) is all about—updating the 9-1-1 infrastructure to meet the needs of today's wireless, mobile society so citizens can easily report emergencies.
to move forward, what steps do you need to take? What do you need to think over? And how can you be sure that your NG9-1-1 technology will stay up and running?
You'll find the answers to these questions and more in this paper—plus some great online resources that will help you gather even more information about moving to NG9-1-1.


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Alright, Zombie Moé is now the hot new trend. Based on a popular manga, Sankarea has lots of fans to answer to. For the most part it does well to meet those expectations. For those coming in cold, there are promises of enough dark twists and turns to keep you glued to your screen.
The main character is weird, but at least he has some personality and isn't a straight-up pervert like almost all male leads these days. Rea, on the other hand, will drive all the drama and mystery of the series. I did read a little bit of the manga which, while interesting, wasn't very engaging. The anime adaptation fixes that with a slightly better main character and gorgeous visuals, but that might be just my own preference. I was quite surprised that Studio Deen could do such awesome backgrounds, character designs, and animation, but with 2 experienced animators on board as Chief Animation Director, things are looking optimistic. Also, best ED of the season so far.


Too cold, too wet, too hot. Goldilocks would have been right at home on our roof gardens in 2009.
As the year turns, we spend more time in the kitchen. Yesterday we cooked some pheasant breasts hunted by a friend, with onions, olives, capers, and preserved lemon.
Bruce made this eggnog. Art found the Myer's Rum.
Here's to a bountiful 2010. May all your SIPs bear mightily.


The Under 16's consolidated their position at the top of the Craven Minor JFL with a convincing 7-0 win against Redgate Rovers. That win extends their lead over second place Hudson Celtic to five points, though the leaders have played one game more.
The Sunday Under 21's lost by the odd goal in five to Obiter in the Liverpool County Premier League Under 21 Divison.
AFC Liverpool Ladies played their first game of the new year of Sunday and produced an impressive result as they beat second placed Liverpool Feds Reserves 2-1. That result sees them move up one place to seventh in the North West Women's Regional League Division One South.


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Tsunami appeal finishes at £300m
Posted by Simon on 26 February 2005.
Clearly, a public who have given £300m to help this disaster have been deeply affected by it, and overcome with the urge to aid their fellow human beings. This is one of those extraordinary events which demonstrates that true humanity and care still exists in this country, no matter what the media might have us believe.
This 391st post was filed under: Tsunami 2004.
'Struggle' to spend tsunami funds
This is the inherent problem with DEC campaigns for single disasters. As I've said before, it would be much better all round if it was up to the charities to divide the income between all of their projects, sending money where it is most needed, and not spending disproportionate amounts on one particular disaster.
This 349th post was filed under: Tsunami 2004.
Suddenly, we're generous to a fault
Posted by Simon on 13 January 2005.
Suddenly, we're generous to a fault (Guardian)
This is a very interesting piece, seemingly suggesting that many people have donated to the various charities supporting those caught in the Asian Tsunami are doing so for the glory and pride of doing so, rather than to actually support the people.
A new Populus poll for the Times has suggested such widespread eagerness to appear generous that avowals of altruism occasionally precede the actual act. Over the weekend 83% of the British public claimed that their household had made a donation to the earthquake appeal, the average sum being £33.28. Which, if true, would have added up to more than £800m. In fact, the sum raised by last Friday was a respectable, but more modest, £100m.
I certainly think that there is an element of this going on, though I suspect that it was bound to happen as soon as the celebrities got involved. Once one pop group support the charities, another looks bad unless they do the same. I've not seen this happen on a person-to-person level in the community, but perhaps that's just me.
I personally worry about the amount of money given to this one campaign, and the money that has been diverted from other charitable campaigns. I think it would make more sense to highlight charities that are working in the areas and not have special campaigns, since this would mean that those on the front line in different emergencies can use the money most appropriately. That way, the money donated to this campaign could also be directed to the people dying of HIV and AIDS in Africa. But would people be as likely to donate? Probably not. Or maybe I'm just being cynical.
First Band Aid, now Radio Aid
First Band Aid, now Radio Aid (Guardian)
This seems like a very positive story. I'm not personally a fan of commercial radio, but the fact that every station in the country has united behind this has to be a good thing.
Well done for putting the most bitter commercial rivalries aside in the name of a good cause.
Pepsi delays TV ad after tsunamis
Pepsi delays TV ad after tsunamis (IHT)
Is this one of the most unfortunately timed advertising campaigns in history? It must be in the top ten: An advertising campaign based on giant waves in the current world climate.
Unfortunately, Pepsi have threatened to sue anyone who publishes images of the ad, and so it's quite difficult to track down. But because I'm just the best, I've found it for you here.
BBC News 24's weaknesses exposed
Posted by Simon on 5 January 2005.
Matt Wells strongly criticises the BBC (and pretty much everyone) in this article about their response to the Tsunami disaster. I agree that the lack of coverage on terrestrial BBC channels was somewhat lacklustre, but I think it's unfair to criticise BBC News 24 in this way. My defence is below; for Roger Mosey's, click here.
While the competition were sending anchors to Thailand (Why Thailand? Presumably because that's where most British tourists are), the BBC News 24 anchors remained in London, giving a much less nationalistic and narrow-minded view of the crisis.
BBC News 24 presented the world view, sat at a desk with the full facts in front of them, and passing to various highly experienced local correspondents around the affected region. Sky in particular concentrated on the plights of individual British tourists, exemplified by the pseudo-public-service-broadcasting 'Messages Home' ticker, whilst giving second billing to the world view, and shipped out anchors with little or no historical knowledge of the region to cover the disaster.
That's not to say, by any means, that the BBC were right and Sky were wrong. It's just that they're catering for different audiences: Whilst the BBC takes the considered 'broadsheet' view, Sky goes for the getting-the-hands-dirty sensationalist 'tabloid' view. Many, if not most, people in the UK respond to 'It could have been me!' news reporting, and they should certainly be provided for. Comerical stations do this well. BBC News 24 should be providing something different, something more analytical, and so it has been.
The Guardian criticised BBC News 24 when it followed Sky's lead. It now criticises it for doing something different. It complained that BBC News 24 had fewer viewers than commercial rivals. Now it barely mentions viewing figures.
BBC News 24 is doing its job and doing it well. Long may it continue.
Voltaire: Poème sur le désastre de Lisbonne
After all of the posts on here recently about the religious explanations for the tsunami disaster, I thought it was about time that I gave my personal opinion on the matter. Not wanting to use my usual non-elequant writing style, though, I turned to classical poetry, and Voltaire, who's opinions roughly match my own.
Some choice quotes (from the English translation, you'll be glad to hear):
Behold these shreds and cinders of your race,
This child and mother heaped in common wreck,
These scattered limbs beneath the marble shafts—
A hundred thousand whom the earth devours,
Who, torn and bloody, palpitating yet,
Entombed beneath their hospitable roofs,
In racking torment end their stricken lives.
To those expiring murmurs of distress,
To that appalling spectacle of woe,
Will ye reply: "You do but illustrate
The iron laws that chain the will of God"?
Say ye, o'er that yet quivering mass of flesh:
"God is avenged: the wage of sin is death"?
What crime, what sin, had those young hearts conceived
That lie, bleeding and torn, on mother's breast?
Did fallen Lisbon deeper drink of vice
Than London, Paris, or sunlit Madrid?
God holds the chain: is not himself enchained;
By his indulgent choice is all arranged;
Implacable he's not, but free and just.
Why suffer we, then, under one so just?
There is the knot your thinkers should undo.
But how conceive a God supremely good,
Who heaps his favours on the sons he loves,
Yet scatters evil with as large a hand?
And, since it's 2005 and not 1756, here's the Reduced Shakespeare Company with their similar take on things:
Why does God allow bad things to happen
To good people?
Praise the Lord for the good he can do,
But he should take the wrap for the bad crap too…
If He can't take the heat,
He oughta get out of heaven!
Well over two hundred years of poetry in a single blog entry, all painfully relevant to modern world events. What other blog gives you more? 😉
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Cut the tomatoes into quarters and place in a large roasting pan. De-seed & core the bell pepper and cut it into about 6 slices – add to the roasting pan. Pour over the olive oil and season with the garlic, salt and pepper. Place in the oven and roast for 45 minutes or until the tomatoes are slightly blackened. Place the roasting tin on a burner keep the mixture bubbling on a low to medium heat. Stir in the stock and the basil (leaving a few leaves for garnish.) Simmer for a couple of minutes and then pour into a food processor. Alternatively you can pour the mixture into a large bowl and use an immersion blender. Blend/process until smooth and then place in the fridge to chill. When you are ready to serve, ladle it into bowls and drizzle with a little good quality extra virgin olive oil, or a tsp of sour cream, and the basil leaves.
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Boston's record-keepers collect vast amounts of data that city bosses use to gauge the successes and failures across all departments, and to determine the city's overall health. Boston is making available a big chunk of that information on a mobile app and website to give the public tools for judging how the city is fairing.
The Boston About Results program will be unveiled Tuesday at a forum in New York City on technical innovations in city governments. The new performance management system includes a website and app called Citizen Insight— available on Apple iPad but not Android devices — that provide statistics from across city departments such as police, public works, and the school system. In all, these virtual score cards expose city data on more than 200 measurements, or about 10 percent of the total measurements the Boston tracks for internal purposes.
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The website and app are the byproduct of a $650,000 contract with the business software giant SAP America to improve the city's back-end data analytics system.


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Planning | Districts |
re:CONNECT : Visualizing the Viaducts
DIALOG, PWL, Beasley and Green (Fee stream winner + people's choice)
Brennen / Aris / Solivar / Poirier / Gleeson / Citak / Odegaard / Handford (Fee stream winner)
Osborn (Fee stream winner)
Macdonald (Fee stream winner)
Michael Jones, Architecture (Free stream honourable mention)
YarOn Stern Design
Andritsos
Bryan JL He
Shuffield
Peters, Cenete, Radford, Gibbs
J&L Design
Campbell / Macdonald / Suvajac
David Osborne
Blue + Green Design Studio
Tom Hsieh
Haeccity Studio/ Hanks / Shen
Adam Fitch
Vernon / Hill / Wong
Gray / Costelloe
ASK, Warshaw University of Technology
ph5 architecture inc.
Ewha Woman's University
Section-T Consulting
Lahey
Romses Architects
Comerford / Gallagher / Naughton / O'Dell
Au / Okamura
FormLAB
Rechtman-Smolkin / Milley
Urbanist
P. M. Fung / C. H. Huang
Chiu / Chiu / Rault
Cutler + Christopher
Ideatank Collective
Kiendzierski / Oledzka / Przybylowski / Szczepaniak
WE-DESIGN.ORG, LLC
Koka architecture + design inc.
T. Simpson
HOVbrand
Considered Design inc
Miroshnychenko
Matthew Soules Architecture Inc.
Yau / Kwok / Yusi
Crockett / Hutton / Guelke / Guelke / MacDonald / Montgomery / Robertson
GENERAL INFORMATION ON THE COMPETITION
Location Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada
Stage One stage
Competitors 50
Professional advisor
Sean Ruthen
Amateur Ideas for Expert Projects ?
by Olivier Guertin, published 2016-03-14
In order to become the "greenest city on the planet by 2020," the British-Columbian metropolis organized in 2011 a series of three idea competitions called "re:CONNECT". One of them investigated an ancient industrial district, False Creek Flats, while questioning the future of its viaducts. Being an open international competition, there was a particular concern for the inclusion of a variety of people therefore accepting proposals from both professionals and amateurs candidates.
Visualizing the Viaducts asked designers to explore possibilities for the future of urban planning in regards to the Georgia and Dunsmuir viaducts giving on English Bay. In a way, there were endless possibilities; from the conservation of the site to a clean slate. The bitumen ground and the colossal concrete being called for new vocations, the request showed a tangible tension between rupture and continuity. Organizers prompted participants to keep in mind six strategic orientations adopted by the city for directing the urban development in a sustainable way while imposing three evaluation criteria: creativity, respect of regulations and municipal engagements, and the ability to answer three viaducts-oriented parameters, being the urban grid, ground uses, and questions about mobility. Finally, the participants had a bit more than a month to submit their ideas.
While one could understand this competition in the context of sustainable development-oriented questions, it is also possible to see it being a part of a larger public consultation operation that investigates urban development. It is important to note that there were also private consultations occurring with both work-interested parties and further independent urban design studies in relation to the viaducts during this competition.
The competition attracted around 50 proposals from 7 countries, of which 70% were Canadian and 80% were from the Vancouver metropolitan area. A certain blur was maintained by the organizers relative to the competition demands suggesting that professionals were not systematically the best to answer to this challenge. Beside the fact that the object of this competition was well defined, that being a reaction to a precise industrial context, projects could oscillate in scale from urbanism, to landscape, to architecture. In the end, even if the jury was formed by well-known members, including Patricia Patkau, it could not agree on one single proposal, but rather decided to pick four laureate proposals. Without the possibility to further explore deliberations because there was no jury report communicated to the CCC team, it is reasonable to emphasise the subject of the competition question; despite the numerous criteria, no question was clearly identified by organizers.
As previously mentioned, the submission review allowed for a large variation of intervention scales; some were oriented toward large ensembles, others were more interested in the spaces formed by the viaducts. A document obtained by the City gave a repertoire of key themes emerging from all the proposals and revealed a structural approach by which categories were elaborated. The resultant matrix showed a first, horizontal axis describing the "infrastructures retention" (retain / modified / complete removal), and a second, vertical axis associated to functions related to the program ("traffic" / "public & cycling link" / "traffic & public" / "neither"). Otherwise, central themes seemingly emerged: "park space", "activated ground plane", "introduction of water", "bikes & pedestrians", "engaging the structures", "introduction to development", "build under the viaducts" and "tunneling of traffic". The categorisation was still, after all, a reshuffle of the proposals without a real conclusion.
Seeking different scales, the examination of the winning entries seemed to reveal clarity through their formulation of questions, thus delimitating the possibilities for interventions related to the viaducts.
The proposal "- Viaducts = Parks +" was similar to an urban management operation and revisited the ecologist triad along the three spheres "people & history", "nature" and "connectivity" for a complete removal of the viaducts. The competition boards were composed with well-defined narratives, strengthening the idea of a "solved" project, and a series of vignettes aiming for an individual answer to the numerous criteria this competition could present. Putting forward pragmatic means for defining the triad, a call for a celebration of Histories of the site was also given.
"Periscopes & Projected Landscapes", diametrically opposed to the precedent project, suggested to completely retain both infrastructures. Asking the question, "what could this area become that would enhance the space abandoned by mainstream society?" this celebration of the abandoned space gave as result a poetic proposal in the hopes of telling a story about public events, while using collage as medium of representation. The viaducts being "Mental markers" of the City bring to mind "massive canopies" allowing opportunities for some "urban-street art".
With an evocative title like "New & Reused," this project proposed an architectural intervention axed on a smaller scale offered by viaduct, suggesting a less global proposal than the previous two. Driven by an interest in the appropriation of these structures, this proposal aimed for partial transformations where the viaducts could act as "roof" or as "ramp for cyclists and pedestrians". According to the designer, I-beams obtained from the dismantling would be reused analogically to the stones from the Roman walls reinvested in a posteriori constructions, and then pilled one after the other resulting in a public grotto with the oculus recalling a certain Pantheon. Ultimately the proposal aims to convey the global and urban impact of this architectural event with considerations for bikes, pedestrians, water, and vehicles movements.
While the fourth winning entry did not present the most impressive graphic design skills, it stood out as a result of challenging the commission by suggesting altering existing viaducts. The two sequenced competition boards showed a reflective rather than prescriptive dialect: the first one, called, "The Viaducts" depicted vehicle circulation fluxes at the moment, questioning the pertinence of putting aside such infrastructures while denouncing the visual barrier caused by their presence. The second one, "The Ramps" proposed a diversion of the viaducts by relocating and burying them. The logic behind this design is to reduce urban congestion and to increase pedestrian access toward False Creek.
It was expressed clearly from the beginning that this competition would act as a tool for public consultation so that it could become a survey of ideas made for nourishing the designers in charge. Because of this, it becomes logical why the jury chose 4 laureates, holding back from freezing one idea in particular by putting the emphasis of formulating questions from a citizen's point of view. Nevertheless, the organisers had the ambition that this competition would be an international event while generating a consultation space dedicated to the Vancouver's citizens.
This brings us to the question, is it legitimate to make citizen based consultation parallel to feasibility studies as a mean to link amateur ideas for expert projects?
(English version revised by Chantal Auger)
Web Site: Viaducts and the Eastern Core strategy
Visualizing the Viaducts
This component of the competition seeks conceptual design ideas for the land currently occupied by the Georgia and Dunsmuir Viaducts or for the structures. All ideas are encouraged: from full-retention with repurposing of the structures and/or land beneath, to complete removal and replacement with something entirely different, to combinations or other/new alternatives. Submissions will be evaluated on their creativity as well as their ability to move the City towards its goals as outlined in the Competition Principles and the City?s key objectives below.
The Georgia and Dunsmuir viaducts are located between the existing neighbourhoods in Chinatown and International Village, and the newly emerging neighbourhood in Northeast False Creek.
The original Georgia Viaduct was completed in 1915, extending Georgia Street from Strathcona to downtown over the CPR rail yards, industrial facilities and warehouses, providing east-west access to the downtown peninsula. Due to structural problems and ongoing maintenance issues, Vancouver residents voted to replace the Georgia Viaduct in the 1960s with a design that included two structures and continued to pass over the industrial lands of Northeast False Creek below. This design was part of the first phase of a larger freeway network that would have passed through Gastown and Chinatown, along the downtown waterfront, connecting to a third crossing to the North Shore. Thankfully, the viaducts were the only portion of the highway to be constructed, a decision that arguably is the most important city-building choice the city has ever made.
Today the area around the viaducts has a much different context then when they were built. The railway yards have been removed and the industrial areas are no longer present. They still provide an east/west connection from Main Street to the downtown which provides a good connection for bikes and goods movement that is not present otherwise in this area. However, they also create a barrier (either real or perceived) for the area below and for linkages between Chinatown, Gastown and Strathcona to False Creek.
In this competition, the City is interested in exploring a range of structural ideas for the viaducts, the surrounding street network, movement systems, and potential land uses.
The City's key objectives for the Viaducts are to:
- Consider a more coherent street grid and block pattern with significantly improved public realm;
- Consider a variety of land use ideas from intensive civic use (e.g., parks, gathering places, entertainment, cultural, and events facilities) to residential and commercial development;
- Provide a transportation system that allows for people and goods movements reflecting the city's mobility goals and priorities;
(From competition's documentation)
Jury comments
Competition staff and jury
Rob Bennett, Directeur
Joseph (Joe) Hruda, Architecte
Tom Hutton, Professeur
Allan Jacobs, Architecte et urbaniste
Patricia Patkau, Architecte
September 22, 2011 : Competition launched
October 13, 2011 : Acceptance of questions deadline
October 20, 2011 : Answers to questions posted on website
November 2, 2011 : Registration deadline
November 4, 2011 : Submission deadline
November 9, 2011 : Jury deliberation (for both streams)
November 21-27, 2011 : Online Voting for People's Choice Award (combined streams, non-cash prize)
December 1, 2011 : Celebration event with guest speakers and presentation of winning entries
Aynsley, Mike—openfile. (2 décembre 2011). The future of the viaducts and Eastern Core?: Design competition winners announced.
Aynsley, Mike—openfile. (21 novembre 2011). What the viaducts and Eastern Core could look like.
Aynsley, Mike—openfile. (29 mai 2012). Vancouver city staff recommends removing the downtown viaducts in latest analysis.
Aynsley, Mike—openfile. (6 juin 2012). Vancouver publishes detailed concept plan for the downtown viaducts.
Bula, Frances—State of Vancouver (27 novembre 2011). What Vancouver could get from viaducts land: open space, below-market housing, more?
Artibise, Youri—Yurbanism. (2 décembre 2011). Vancouver Viaducts Competition: And the winner is…...
Artibise, Youri—Yurbanism. (novembre 2011). Vote for re:Visualized Versions of Vancouver's Viaducts.
Longhurst, Andy—Rabble.ca. (19 juillet 2011). Vision Vancouver's re:THINK: Obscuring housing crisis through the spectacle of competition.
JOC—Journal of Commerce. (2 décembre 2011). New Vancouver viaduct designs recognized at re:CONNECT competition.
Kitchen, Sean—The Architect's journal. (29 septembre 2011). Re:Connect ideas competition, Vancouver.
Nursall, Kim—The Vancouver Sun. (5 juin 2012). Vancouver to hold first open house on future of viaducts today (with video).
Press release—Public art online project. (3 octobre 2011). The city of Vancouver announces the launch of re:CONNECT.
Rossi, Cheryl—Vancouver courier. (2 décembre 2011). Public, professionals submit ideas for Vancouver viaducts: Winning juried entry envisions pedestrian and bicycle bridges.
Stoymenoff, Alexis—Vancouver Observer. (23 novemvre 2011). What's your vision for Vancouver's viaducts?—Public voting is open until Sunday in the City's competition for new solutions around the viaducts.
Toderian, Brent—Spacing Vancouver. (15 décembre 2011). "And the Winners are…": re:CONNECT Stand-outs Announced!
Toderian, Brent—Spacing Vancouver. (26 octobre 2011). No Freeways, but what about those Viaducts? Re:CONNECT Ideas Competition launched!
VSPN—Vancouver Public Space Network. (21 novembre 2011). re:CONNECT design competition-vote for your favorite idea.
VSPN—Vancouver Public Space Network. (21 octobre 2011). re:CONNECT – 2 weeks left to enter the City's ideas competition….
Werb, Jessica—straight.com. (2 décembre 2011). re:CONNECT viaduct competition winners announced.
W.White, Robert—Vancouver is awesome. (29 septembre 2011). re:CONNECT ideas competition.
List of general documents
(not accessible)
Texte du concours
Rapport du jury (global)


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The 17th Karmapa Arrives at Kamalashila
26th August, 2015 – Langenfeld, Germany
Mid-afternoon, His Holiness arrived at the Kamalashila Institute in Langenfeld, a small town set in the German countryside of Eifel, south of Cologne. He will spend one night here on his way to Bonn, where he will give Buddhist teachings, empowerments and hold audiences for his European students, in addition to giving two public talks.
A traditional golden procession, headed by Ringu Tulku Rinpoche, the Karmapa's representative in Europe, received His Holiness and escorted him in his car into the institute. Nuns, monks and laypeople carried auspicious victory banners. Lamas blew Tibetan trumpets and beat their drums, and a monk walked beside the car, holding aloft the great golden parasol which symbolises royalty. Once within the grounds, the 17th Karmapa was welcomed warmly by Dzogchen Pönlop Rinpoche and Horst Rauprich, president of the Karma Kagyu Gemeinschaft, the German organisation which has sponsored and organised this His Holiness' second visit to Europe.
Shortly afterwards, a specially invited audience of 180 guests from Karma Kagyu centres across Europe gathered in the shrine hall for the welcome ceremony, celebrated with Tibetan butter tea and sweet rice, which had been prepared specially by a group of Bhutanese who are resident in nearby Bonn. The guests of honour were Dzogchen Pönlop Rinpoche, Ringu Tulku Rinpoche, Lama Yeshe Losal Rinpoche and Lama Gyurme from Paris, as well as a group of sponsors, and the Mayor of Langenfeld.
Lamas from Kamalashila Institute made the mandala offering; Dzogchen Pönlop Rinpoche, Horst Rauprich and the board members of the Karma Kagyu Gemeinschaft made the body, speech and mind offering.
In a short speech, delivered mainly in English, His Holiness first expressed his joy at being able to visit Europe once more, and thanked the Indian Government, the Tibetan Government-in-Exile and the German Government for making the visit possible. "It fills me with great delight to be able to come to this beautiful village of Langenfeld again," he added.
He explained that causes and conditions had led to both his European visits being based in Germany; however, his hope was that in the future he would be able to visit more European countries.
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In the evening, His Holiness held a private meeting with members of the Karma Kagyu Gemeinschaft to discuss their plans for future development and then went for a walk through the famous Eifel landscape of green fields, rolling hills and dense forests.


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