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Ecclestone's fondest memories – and one regret – of 'brother' Mosley
26th May 2021, 8:20 26th May 2021, 13:34 | Written by Dieter Rencken and Keith Collantine
For years they were the duo who wielded ultimate power over the world's most popular form of motorsport.
Obituary: Max Mosley, 1940-2021
Bernie Ecclestone built his Formula 1 empire with the assistance of Max Mosley in the seventies and eighties. Over the decades that followed Mosley, as FIA president, shaped the sport in line with his and Ecclestone's often shared vision.
Following the death of Mosley earlier this week, Ecclestone told RaceFans of his "millions" of shared memories of their time at the top of F1.
"We were a bit like brothers actually," says Ecclestone, now 90, four years on from his departure from the sport. "We didn't keep any secrets between us. Anything that had to be done or said, that's what we carried on and did. It was a good relationship."
Ecclestone's acquisition of the rights to F1 began with his stewardship of the Formula 1 Constructors' Association in the seventies. By the end of the decade, with Mosley acting as the group's legal advisor, it had emerged as a threat to the authority of governing body FISA (now the FIA, known until 1978 as the CSI).
Over 40 years later, Ecclestone fondly remembers how he and Mosley laboured to undermine the authority of recently-installed FISA president Jean-Marie Balestre. At the first race of the 1979 season, Balestre levied a heavy £3,000 fine on McLaren John Watson for his role in a crash which caused the race to be red-flagged immediately after the start.
Balestre further insisted Watson would be forbidden from contesting the following round in Brazil unless the fine was paid. Ecclestone regarded his actions as "completely wrong" and, knowing he had the support of the race promoter to insist on Watson's participation, he and Mosley tackled Balestre over the matter in a basement office at the Interlagos circuit in Brazil.
Mosley's legal mind helped Ecclestone take on Balestre
Ecclestone said one of his fondest memories of Mosley was how he ensured Balestre was left in no doubt about the limit of his power.
"Max and I insisted he wrote and apologised," Ecclestone recalled. "Max made him write the apologies, obviously in French, and he must have written 20 apologies. Every time he wrote one Max looked at it and he said 'that's not good enough', we threw it away.
"I bet he wrote 20 apologies. I can see ourselves sitting now where we were in a basement, tearing up the bits of paper, screwing up the bits of paper."
Nearly three decades later, Ecclestone's grip on the sport was complete. Mosley, having succeeded Balestre as FIA president, sold Ecclestone the rights to Formula 1 on a 100-year lease.
Following Mosley's ascent to the presidency in the early nineties and a succession of re-elections, both were at the peak of their powers. But when McLaren was found guilty of using intellectual property obtained from rivals Ferrari, Ecclestone believed Mosley pushed for too strong a punishment on a team which was competing for the world championship at the time.
Mosley wanted a two-year ban for Dennis' McLaren team
"He wanted to chuck them out the championship for two years," Ecclestone remembered. "I said to him, you can't do that because if you chuck them out they're gone forever. They'll never come back. They can't close down and suddenly open up again."
The mutual antagonism between Mosley and McLaren's team principal of the time, Ron Dennis, was well-known.
"I said to Max, you can't chuck them out the championship, it's silly to do that. They're a bloody good team, well-organised, well-run. There's nothing wrong with Ron – Max didn't get on with him very well."
Ecclestone talked Mosley into accepting a fine, a compromise the FIA president reluctantly agreed to.
"I said we ought to fine them whatever amount of money they would earn in the next two years. So I calculated that and I said fine them a 100 million."
"When I presented it to the World Council Max supported and said that's what we'll do," Ecclestone added. "So we fined them 100 million."
The 'Spygate' saga was one in a series of explosive scandals during the final years of Mosley's reign. Six months later he was featured in the infamous News of the World front page expose about his sexual habits.
Mosley resisted pressure to resign in 2008
Despite Mosley facing huge pressure to resign, Ecclestone did not immediately support his ally of many decades, a design he soon regretted and apologised for.
"I was really told by almost everyone 'how can you have him, being in his position, acting like that?'" he explained. "And at the time I never agreed with the people at all, but I didn't support Max.
"I only didn't support him because there were so many people that said I should not be friends with him, all sorts of things. But then I apologised openly to the World Council of the FIA to explain to them that I wasn't too happy that I hadn't supported him."
It was one of few serious disagreements between the pair, Ecclestone said. "If we ever disagreed on things, which used to happen, I would say to Max 'I don't agree with that, I don't think that should happen'. Or the other way around: Max would say to me, well, I think better to have done that or whatever.
"So if we had disagreements, it wasn't sort of real disagreements if you know what I mean. It was friendly disagreements."
The pair mended their relationship and last spoke only a few days before Mosley's death on Sunday. "He wasn't in good shape," said Ecclestone of their final talk.
"I used to feel bad about calling him to say, 'how's it going?' I used to call him some times and say 'have they mended you yet?' because we had that sort of a sense of humour together.
"He knew what I felt about him. And he'd say, 'No. But we're trying something else now'."
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Posted on 26th May 2021, 8:20 26th May 2021, 13:34 Author Dieter RenckenCategories 2021 F1 season articles, F1 history, F1 news, InterviewTags Bernie Ecclestone, F1, formula 1, formula one, Max Mosley
9 comments on "Ecclestone's fondest memories – and one regret – of 'brother' Mosley"
IVAYLO
26th May 2021, 8:47
A lot of history was made during the dictatorship that was Ecclestone/Mosley. Even if you dislike their leadership style, they are in a large part responsible for Formula One's success – past and present. Not to mention the relatively peaceful transition to the current "democratic" system of governance. Whether that is an improvement only time will tell, I hope it i. I don't think the early signs are particulary good.
Rest in peace Mosley.
JMDan (@danmar)
"I don't think the early signs are particulary good." Agree.
TurboBT
So, it's safe to say that his secrets were exposed either by Ron or Mercedes.
Red Andy (@red-andy)
No, I don't think so. Just a standard "scandal" obtained by phone-hacking, as the News of the World regularly did.
I do not know if the journalists were tipped off by somebody with knowledge of Mosley's activities, but given that the news came as a shock to the entire motorsport world, I doubt the story came from anyone within F1. There was no indication, as there sometimes is with scandals of this nature, that people "in the know" were aware of the details of Mosley's private life.
The other major unanswered question is who came up with the entirely false allegation that there was a Nazi theme to the activity, giving it the false veneer of "public interest" when in reality it was nobody's business.
G (@unklegsif)
You should read Joe Saward's obit for a better perspective on this….
That would presumably be the writer, Neville Thurlbeck and ultimately rest with the Editor at the time, Colin Myler
F1oSaurus (@f1osaurus)
The fondest memory must be that he got a deal on the TV rights for 100 years worth billions for a "few hundred million". Paying only something like 10% of a fair value.
Balue (@balue)
In a nutshell. Best buddy with the dictator, doing his every wish. Corruption to the core. The Balestre story alone says all you need to know about (and Eccelstone), but so did selling the rights to his 'brother' for 100 years.
Best business duo. They saw they came they concurred and grew excessively rich. Well played. Masters of the universe.
ferrox glideh (@ferrox-glideh)
Bullies. Creeps. Ethically corrupt. Good riddance.
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The mill pond. buildings stand on a cleared 1 1/2 acre lot on the east side of Durham's Main Street. Allyn's Brook and the remains of a mill pond run along the southern boundary
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Address: east side Main Street at Allyn's Brook
Current Owner: Thieblemont, Louis and Patricia
Name of Building:
Historic Name: Timothy Hall House
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Notable Features
The entryway is framed with architrave moulding and contains a reproduction six-panelled single-leaf door surmounted by a four-paned transom. The fenestration consists of twelve-over-eight sash. There is a "funeral door" on the northwest corner of thechouse. A 4'x14′ shed-roofed bay was added to the north end of the house in the nineteeth century. It contains two six-over-six windows. A small single-story 12×17 gable-roofed addition, probably of eighteenth-century construction, stands at the rear northeast corner of the house. It leads to a larger 17 ' x17 ' addition and a 1/2 story gambrel-roofed addition. It has a brick chimney on its east end. Two shed-roofed dormers containing two eight-over-nine windows each surmount this rear addition. To the southeast of the residence stands a 2 story gable-roofed building (probably the grist mill), sheathed with clapboards, roofed with slate, and standing on a stuccoed foundation. A small chimney projects from the north end of the roof.
Historical or Architectural Importance
The Timothy Hall House is a 2 1/2 story, 3-bay colonial residence. It stands on a stuccoed foundation and contains a rebuilt corbelled stone central chimney. One of the necessities of every colonial community was a grist mill, powered by water when possible, for this was the primary means of grinding grain into flour and meal. Usually the town authorities granted these valuable mill privileges to individuals who had the knowledge and skill to build and operate a mill. And Durham was no exception, granting this right to John Sutliffe and Thomas Hawley in 1704. Because of gaps in the town records, we do not know exactly when the first grist mill was built on Allyn's Brook or when it passed into the hands of Abner Newton. We do know that Newton sold his interest in the mill (accutally two mills, a corn mill and a bolting mill) in 1725 to John Camp. Camp sold this share back to Newton in 1727. In 1729 Newton sold the property to Ebenezer Guernsey in exchange for land in another part of town. In 1751 Guernsey sold the property to Timothy Hall of Guilford for 1,300 pounds.
Hall apparently built the present house, for there is no reference to a dwelling here in the early deeds. First mention of a residence is in the settlement of Hall's estate in 1771. (Hall died tragically of smallpox in that year). Actually two dwellings are mentioned as standig on the site: the present one, which came to be occupied by Timothy Hall, Jr., and another one to the rear which Halls' mother occupied and which was razed in the 1820s. The younger Hall died in 1804 and the property was held by his heirs until 1828, when it was sold to Abner and Sarah Newton. In 1832 they sold it to Joel Blatchley of Madison, who owned it until his death in the early 1850s. (The 1850 census lists Blatchley as one of the three richest men in town, along with Miles Merwin and Henry Lyman). The property passed to William W. Ward in the 1850s, who constructed a blacksmith shop adjacent to the mill. It was operated by his son, Wilbur W. Ward. The Wards operated the grist mill until October of 1869 when the dam was destroyed by floods. Although the dam was rebuilt in 1877 the mill was not restarted. In 1879 the Wards sold the property to Waldo R. Atwell. It remained in the Atwell family until 1979 and passed to its present owners in 1981.
This site and the buildings on it are historically and architecturally significant as Durham's oldest industrial site. The archaeological potential of this site deserves to be carefully assessed.


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Thousands remain without power as Maine cleans up after wicked winds
by Leela Stockley December 24, 2022 December 24, 2022
Shoppers leave the L.L. Bean flagship store during a powerful winter storm, Friday, Dec. 23, 2022, in Freeport, Maine. Winter weather is blanketing the U.S. as a massive storm sent temperatures crashing and created whiteout conditions. Credit: Robert F. Bukaty
The impacts of high winds on Friday carried through to Saturday morning, with thousands of Mainers still without power as storm crews worked to repair lines.
According to Versant's power outage tracker, 41,259 outages were reported as of 1:30 p.m. on Saturday.
Most of those outages were reported throughout the greater Bangor region, and throughout the greater Ellsworth region.
The company expects power restoration to take place over multiple days.
Our crews and contractor crews will be out in full force today assessing damage, addressing safety issues and restoring power to approx. 53,000 customers. We are expecting a multi-day restoration event. FMI: https://t.co/d2DhGQqGWt
— Versant Power (@versantpower) December 24, 2022
Route 2 in Rumford Maine was flooded on Saturday, making it difficult for CMP crews to access damaged lines. Credit: Courtesy of Central Maine Power
As of 1:30 p.m., around 160,803 Central Maine Power outages were reported. The majority of outages remained in Cumberland and York counties. Continued high winds and dangerous conditions made it difficult to undertake linework, according to the utility, so restoration efforts could last a number of days.
Many areas were affected with flooding along with high winds, with numerous cars becoming stranded after high tide floodwaters swept across streets.
In Cape Elizabeth, the Portland Head Light took a battering and water ran through the streets at high tide.
Water levels reached 13.72 at high tide in Portland, CBS 13 meteorologist Charlie Lopresti reported. That's the fourth-highest tide in Portland history, according to WGME.
In the Old Port, there was flooding near J's Oyster and Commercial Street.
Wind gusts in Bangor reached up to 66 miles per hour on Friday, according to the National Weather Service office in Caribou. Wind gusts regularly reached more than 50 mph across Penobscot County.
In Piscataquis County, the highest gust recorded reached 65 mph in Greenville.
In Hancock County, the highest wind speed was recorded as a 69 mph gust in Castine, while gusts reached up to 78 mph near Lubec in Washington County.
Clockwise, from left: Capt. Kevin Chabot of the Wells police department carried a driver to safety after she went through the floodwaters. Credit: CBS 13/WGME; A fishing boat makes its way into Portland Harbor on Friday, Dec. 23, 2022, during a ferocious winter storm; A a sign marks a submerged parking lot on the Portland waterfront on Friday morning, Dec. 23, 2022, at high tide. A strong storm with high winds and rain hit the coast. Credit: Troy R. Bennett/BDN
In Aroostook County, the highest wind gust recorded reached 77 miles per hour at the Frenchville Airport.
In the southernmost part of the state, wind gusts reached up to 76 mph near Criehaven in Knox County, according to the Gray NWS office.
Wind speeds reached 64 mph at the Portland Jetport, while reaching 67 mph in New Harbor in Lincoln County.
On Saturday morning, moderate winds were expected to continue across the state, but temperatures dropped from unseasonable temps back down to freezing quickly.
It will be significantly colder today with high temperatures only reaching the teens to lower 20s. Brisk southwesterly winds up to around 35 mph or so will send windchill values down to below zero in most locations. #MEwx #NHwx pic.twitter.com/UbL9NPJFnS
— NWS Gray (@NWSGray) December 24, 2022
Temperatures as of 5AM this morning. #MEwx #Maine pic.twitter.com/KW0wUMgsSY
— NWS Caribou (@NWSCaribou) December 24, 2022
It's expected to stay chilly this weekend, with most of the interior experiencing temperatures in the teens and low 20s, while wind chills will likely make it feel close to zero. Coastal areas will likely see slightly warmer temps in the mid 20s, but wind chill is expected to persist along the coast as well.
In windy conditions, hypothermia can occur within minutes even in 20-degree weather.
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In the second issue of Backlog Reviews, I review BioShock 2: Remastered. Is it any good? Find out inside!
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The original BioShock took the world by storm in August 2007 and had been heralded as a watershed moment for that period in modern gaming. BioShock ended up being the most significant mainstream game in years and so BioShock 2 was bound to face derision. BioShock 2 was a sequel to one of the most important games of the decade and so it had to one up the original game and redefine gaming once again and it didn't.
Nine years later, BioShock 2 is a forgotten gem of the Xbox 360 and Playstation 3 era. Between the original game and BioShock Infinite, Ken Levine's last BioShock game ever, BioShock 2 is the overlooked one, a shame since the gameplay is the most sophisticated one out of the entire collection.
For me personally, BioShock 2 exists as a prime example of "The Godfather Syndrome." and is a game that is unnecessary and necessary at the same time since it builds off key features of the original while still being a unnecessary sequel to something that didn't need a sequel in the first place and exists as its own thing. Anyways, that isn't here nor there.
BioShock 2 begins eight years after the original game and you step in the boots of Subject Delta, the first ever Big Daddy and a disregarded prototype for what would later be the iconic Big Daddies that you see are so synonymous with the game. He is in search of Eleanor, the little sister to whom he was bonded too and along the way, he is taunted by the game's main protagonist, Sophia Lamb, who believes that he is a danger to what she is trying to build in the ruins of Rapture.
Across BioShock 2: Remastered, it's clear to see that the game has been updated to receive multiple layers of improvements and tweaks. However, it's the original BioShock that has been touched up the most since it was the main point of the entire BioShock collection, but BioShock 2 looks up to par for the modern day.
The changes to BioShock 2 have mostly tied up the ugly edges and how ugly the game looked when it released in 2010 and just tidy up a few things, rather than building a brand new experience from the ground up like Resident Evil 2: Remake.
BioShock 2 holds up pretty well on the Xbox One X. Based on the same engine as the original version, the overall performance doesn't necessarily differ from the Xbox 360. The original game was given the most treatment as it was the 9th year anniversary of the game back in 2016 but BioShock 2 looks surprisingly well.
Now for the gameplay. The gameplay remains the same as it was in 2010, after all, it is a remaster. Much like the original BioShock 2, you are equipped with plasmids and standard weapons like a Gatling Gun or a devastating sawed-off shotgun, however, now you can use both at once and can cycle between alternatives with the weapon or plasmid wheel. You can also pick up gene tonics which continue to act as modifiers. These gene tonics can help you hack a little faster or gain a little bit more eve from eating or drinking, collecting and perfecting a good selection of these becomes a compelling act as you can plot for encounters and enhance your supplies so you don't need to spend a good amount of money buying supplies.
You traverse the same spots as you did in the original game. Rapture is a very big place and we never got to see the full city in the original BioShock. The original BioShock focused on the more popular spots around the city like Fort Frolic and Arcadia, BioShock 2, however, follows the Atlantic Express train line through different unique areas of Rapture, places that have been abandoned like Pauper's Drop or Siren Alley, a place that was often seen as Rapture's seedy underbelly. Each level is unique in design and brings to life what made the original so iconic with its beautiful 1940s and 1950s era aesthics.
However, not everything is good and some of the issues I had in the original version still persists. BioShock 2 suffers from being too familiar as you are literally doing the same thing that you did in the original BioShock: zapping splicers in a pool of water, getting trapped in a dark room with a bunch of splicers, Rapture raises from the sea bed for the first time in profile, it seems like 2K Marin rattled through the same exact beats as the original BioShock but that feeling of repetition goes away when you start getting deeper into the game and learn more of the game's mechanics like the Little Sister adoption, fighting through the gathering, and taking on another Big Sister.
The campaign escapes the shadow that is left by that moment in Andrew Ryan's office but it never reaches the heights that the original story told and it ends up being a less provocative story and doesn't capture that much attention which is a shame and gives credence to the "Godfather Syndrome." that I explained earlier. BioShock 2 is / was a sequel that was unnecessary because it never reached the heights of the original game but also necessary at the same time to further improve the mechanics and gameplay of the first game.
BioShock 2 is ultimately a familiar experience but the improved gameplay mechanics makes it a game that is easier to play. The mystery of Rapture is lost but the strength of the setting and a better morality system which remains the same as the original game in 2010 makes for an experience that is pretty good. Despite being a product of the "Godfather Syndrome." , BioShock 2 is a well-crafted sequel.
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Why Master of None Isn't Just Good Telly – It's Everything I Always Hoped For
November 8, 2015 April 12, 2021 Vinay Patel8 Comments
There is a moment from my year as an MA writing student that haunts me and I bring it up a lot because, for lack of a less wanky phrase, it was a moment of social awakening.
As part of the course, we were split into groups and had to individually develop characters in a sitcom. I got given the everyman lead character in my group, and I made him black. I remember that decision clearly because when doing it, it felt like I was being deliberately antagonistic. Which was a bloody weird way to feel. Like I'd internalised the neutrality of whiteness and any other race as "statement." I'd already caught myself saying "I want to write stories about Asian characters, but also normal stories as well" earlier in the course and wanted to throw up over myself when I realised I'd done so so I stuck with the decision, interested to see what would happen.
We went back into class the next week and explained how we had enriched our respective characters. When I mentioned the details of what I'd done with mine, both the tutor and a fellow student said words to the effect of "Oh no, I didn't see him as black." And no-one else seemed to find this a problematic statement. To be clear: it would not have impacted the narrative in any significant way. It wasn't a show about race. Yet that was the casual reaction from my peers. From my instructors. Now I don't think they're bad people for that, it just demonstrated to me how deep the unconscious bias sits. Characters of Colour (as it were) feel unable to be platforms from which to tell "everyman" stories. It's not quite a "yuck factor" but in the moment it really didn't feel far off.
It isn't just me worrying about this, of course. On a scheme I was a part of last year, I had a long conversation with an American writer of Mexican extraction. He was a phenomenal writer (who's doing big things now so kudos) who said he wanted to write something about his family, but felt it wouldn't be considered American enough. I was very much "Dude, America as a state is an immigrant nation – any story is American. The lives of Mexican-American families are for everyone to know, indulge in, consume, enjoy." But of course I know what he meant. You probably know what he meant too, right? It's inside and out.
Bearing these stories in mind, I want to explain why Aziz Ansari's new sitcom (?) Master of None is such a big deal to me and why I can finally (hopefully) exorcise that MA story from my mind. You can enjoy MoN as a sharp and witty and insightful sitcom about being a middle-class thirty something in the Big City. And it is that. Kids! Weddings! Friends With Real Jobs! Nothing groundbreaking story-wise. You could watch it all on a long weekend afternoon and have a nice time.
Yet I think for me watching it has been a seminal moment in my writing career and, heck, life. It's the positive anti-thesis to that awkward classroom five years ago. Does that sound too grand? Right from the opening I knew I was watching something that would mean a lot to me, even if it seemed small potatoes to others. In that first scene, there was a straight Asian man on my screen, existing as a sexual being. I realised I've actually seen more gay Asian male characters given sexual characteristics in drama than I ever have hetero characters which is brilliant in one way of course, but I simply hadn't clocked how much I'd felt that absence.
An idle "checking out" of the series, rapidly turned into an instant binge watch. By episode six I kicked my knackered housemate's door down and demand he watched it with me. Having both (relatively) recently broken up with people, we cringed in recognition as the broader comedy gave way to hard truth in the brutal arguments Dev had with Rachel, his girlfriend. We both recognised ourselves in that relationship. Both of us. Keep that in your head, it becomes important later.
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I should probably state right now that I don't say this all as an Ansari fanboy. If anything, knowing him mainly from his standup, I used to find his delivery mildly annoying and his whackier physicality (and voices) not particularly funny. In contrast, I laughed out loud a lot whilst watching Master of None. It might be that I grew familiar with Ansari's style and accepted it, it might be the more humane touches that he applies to the work that lets you in beyond the "front". You can feel the Louie influence in this series, even if this is very much its own beast.
But I also think though I was just enjoying being able to fully identify with a lead character's predicaments for once, in nearly every sense and having their predicaments in their entirety be the central point of empathy for the show. I've spent my entire life (happily) transmuting stories of white Western characters/families into my own experience. It doesn't ask a lot of me. I still want to be Indian(a) Jones. Here, in this show, was the first time I'm properly seen a modern Western Asian character in the mainstream that a majority white audience would have to engage with as their anchor in a show. The "mainstream" part of that is important to me.
Here is an admission that is likely not music to the ears of people who I am currently under commission to. As a writer, I'm more driven by the roles I can create, the cultural artefacts that I can make exist than the stories themselves. That's not to say I don't care about stories, of course I do, but it's the potential social shift around them as well as within them that really gets me going and drives me through the doldrums. This is part the stories, part audience development, part placement/marketing and doing all of this in attempt to mainstream marginal narratives seems one of the most important you can do. It feels radical to move those stories into a non-radical frame within the industry/people's expectations. And when I say I want to mainstream, I mean it to include the entirety of the lives of those characters within those narratives.
That's a distinction I've been making to a lot of my writer friends of late, particularly theatre ones: What I want most of all is not parts that could be played by anyone, I want what I guess I would call the possibility of Stage Four diversity. What are Stages One, Two and Three, you ask? Here is a rough guide that I just made up.
Stage One – Ethnics exist. Somewhere. Usually at the back. They may be doing some cleaning, or maybe have a couple of lines. If they're in space, they will likely do both before dying horribly by airlock/alien/asteroid.
Stage Two – Ethnics exist. They've a significant presence. And an accent. They're downtrodden folk from a land elsewhere…but hopeful! It might be great. It might be a "crossover hit". But it's mostly in a box. In the corner. And it's something you usually feel like you should see rather than something you want to see. This is more likely than not an art house movie. You probably saw it on a date. It was probably nominated for an Oscar that it didn't win (or if it did win, people will question why).
Stage Three – Ethnics exist as a main character. Usually not quite the central character, but up there as significant in a gang show. If they aren't the lead, they might still have a funny accent. Crucially, if they are the lead, their ethnicity/background doesn't affect the story in any way. They are led by the plot. They might have been called "Dennis" and renamed to "Dinesh" to meet ethnic quotas. Or a "Gary" that could easily have been white, but you've let a black actor play. Less cynically, think Luther. Now there's a lot to be said for Stage Three. it's a great and useful space. It's important that it exists.
Just many consider this the "everyman" space, the Promised Land, and it sort of is. Sort of. But the true everyman experience is…*bing*
Stage Four – Ethnics exist as a main character (in a mainstream work). The character is a lead and their ethnic/cultural background inflects the story and their world. But it's not an overwhelming part of the show. They are great. They are flawed. They are you. They are read as everyone in the way that white characters traditionally are.
This is the important part, so I'll say it again with a little more oomph: The character is a lead and their ethnic/cultural background inflects the story and their world to the extent that they are not interchangeable but said background doesn't dominate the broader context and concerns of the show.
To me, this is truest form of integrative, empathetic diversity in storytelling you can create. Everymanning with detail, not erasure. It's saying in a more complex way than the blank canvas of stage three "Hey! This is someone that doesn't look necessarily a lot like you or you mates, some of their ways are alien to you, but it's still you in there."
Master of None does this, and well. It doesn't compel you into the character's journey via an integration story, it's an intergrated story. It doesn't ignore the racial/cultural specifics of its characters yet the show is so damn generous with its invariably niche material when it delves into it. For a large part, that's because it runs said material through its comic set ups which we all get because we all understand comedy. Like the pre-titles sequence of episode two with the two Asian dads (South and East) is amazing and funny and a little heart-rending if you recognise those characters from your life. But as a comic beat, it's presented as a "parents work hard and kids are such assholes in comparison". You don't need to be Asian to recognise the structure of that joke, even if the detail might be lost on you:
Hahaha, well, that's how I feel when I watch all the white people shows. https://t.co/wCpxrBsxXX
— Aziz Ansari (@azizansari) November 7, 2015
On a couple of smaller notes, can I just take a second to say this series *looks* great too. Mostly filmic and the only times this looks like TV is when it wants to. (Even though that aesthetic difference has collapsed in recent years…anyway, for another blog, that). I also love how each episode functions as its own explicit exploration of themes that all feel relevant to me as a young(ish) tech-head in the city. In its construction, it references work I adore, including the awkward character comedy of (good) Woody Allen and the humane pacing of Richard Linklater. There's even a quasi Before Sunrise episode.
Of course, whilst I think the show is ambitious and interesting beyond its central characters, it isn't in any way perfect. The very segmented episodes can leave the wider show feeling a little bit uneven. The non-actor parents might annoy (Nida). I love them for their awkward performances, the mum in particular reminds me of my own gran's discomfort at being filmed, but I get that at least. And yes, Dev is still not quite me. He's not even the same kinda Indian (Tamil and Gujarati folk being found at complete other ends of the subcontinent) but the cultural identification was still strong. Honestly, even just the visual identification felt like a rush. I don't think my TV has had to hold the colour brown in the centre of the screen so frequently since I last watched the beach sequence in Saving Private Ryan.
Master of None nails and transcends everything I've wanted to do in my writing, particularly with True Brits, and it *probably* torpedoes a couple of things I had in the works. It probably does what I've wanted to do better than I ever will. I don't care. This feels like a fucking great moment. Maybe this is how some of my friends felt when Girls turned up (Or, for that matter, Michaela Coel's excellent Chewing Gum, currently on E4.)
I exist in the world that I love. In a way that doesn't deny background but that anyone can empathise with. And just fucking enjoy if that's all you want to do. People of all sorts have too, and that matters. It's rocking it, critically and ratings wise.
Watching Master of None has refreshed me more than a holiday I'm about to go on.
It's wonderful.
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Q: Forwarding multicast packets in wired-wireless-nat-router I am receiving IPTV (multicast) from my ISP (Deutsche Telekom) and it is already working without any issues for the main receiver which is directly connected to my dsl router (AVM Fritz!Box 7390).
Now, there is another receiver that can not be connect by ethernet wire. So, I've tried to create a wireless-wired-bridge with my notebook, which doesn't work, because bridges can only include eth interfaces or wireless interfaces in master mode.
------------  wireless   ----------  wired  ----------
|dsl router|  )))   (((  |notebook|  -----  |receiver|
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                      wlan0       eth0

Receiving multicast on my notebook via wireless interface wlan0 is working fine (signalled with igmpv2 !). When I add a virtual route to 224.0.0.0/4 via eth0, the application (vlc media player) is trying to join multicast groups by signalling with igmpv3 (I am following traffic flows with wireshark). Can that be a problem for forwarding multicast packets later?
The second receiver is directly connected to my notebook. It doesn't matter, whether I realize this by native routing or by nat'ing the traffic going out on wlan0: Unicast is working fine, but multicast is not forwarded. DHCP server is running on notebook and routing directive to the new subnet is also added on the dsl router. I also tried adding multicast routes on the notebook (224.0.0.0/4 via dev eth0 and/or via wlan0) but I did not have success.
The easiest solution would be getting some powerline adapter which support igmpv3 and multicasting, but I'd like to get this stuff working with the notebook as a router, because later this part should be played by a raspberry pi.
Is it possible to forward multicast packets on linux? Which rules are neccessary=
Can I realize the eth bridge with managed wlan0 without compiling my own kernel version?
Thanks in advance
Erik

A: I got a working solution for the environment mentioned above.
On the bridge notebook, which is connected to the internet via wlan0 (192.168.2.0/24) and to the new subnet via eth0 (192.168.28.0/24), I installed everything to make it work as a router. For that reason I added a static route in my dsl router to the new subnet via the laptop. If this is not possible, you can also apply a NAT rule on the bridge with iptables:
sudo iptables -t nat -A POSTROUTING -o wlan0 -s 192.168.28.0/24 -j MASQUERADE

Afterwards, I downloaded igmpproxy from http://sourceforge.net/projects/igmpproxy/ and installed it (install documentation is included in the README file). This little tool (recent version is 0.1) works with IGMPv1 and v2, so I forced the bridge to use v2 with:
sudo sh -c 'echo 2 > /proc/sys/net/ipv4/conf/wlan0/force_igmp_version'
sudo sh -c 'echo 2 > /proc/sys/net/ipv4/conf/eth0/force_igmp_version'

Now, you need to know the network of possible source ip addresses of the multicast streams. In my case the network is 193.0.0.0/8. I created a config file with this content:
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phyint eth0 downstream  ratelimit 0  threshold 1
phyint wlan0 upstream ratelimit 0 threshold 1
  altnet 192.168.2.0/24 # for local services
  altnet 193.0.0.0/8    # for multicast video streams

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sudo igmpproxy -d -vv <config_file_name>

I hope, you can understand everything I was writing about.
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Hebrew-language media cited an unnamed Israeli official as saying that Netanyahu and Yossi Cohen, head of Israel's Mossad spy agency, flew to the Saudi city of Neom on Sunday, where they met with the crown prince. The prince was there for talks with visiting U.S. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo.
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Pompeo traveled with an American press pool on his trip throughout the Mideast, but left them at the Neom airport when he went into his visit with the crown prince.
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The School log books were kindly lent to the History Group when Mr Thomas was head teacher.
School log books are not the most exciting of items since most of the activities/events would appear in any school's log e.g. festivities, inspections etc. Other events/happenings were the result of national or local initiatives so therefore happened in all schools around the same time.
Highlights have been picked out of the school's activities through the years that were deemed interesting and informative.
1959 On 7 September the school opened its doors with 2 classrooms, a kitchen, a staff room, entrance hall and a playground. Mrs E D Gretton was head teacher and Mrs M E Evans, the assistant.
26 children were admitted. 12 were placed in class 2 with Mrs Evans and 14 children in class 1 with Mrs Gretton.
School meals were provided by the West Bridgford kitchen with 11 children taking school meals.
A harvest festival, an open afternoon, a bring and buy sale and a Christmas Party kept them busy as well as having a health visitor come for a routine hair inspection. Dr Cram and Nurse Ryder came for a medical inspection in this first year and the PTA was set up with termly meetings.
1960 started as all children would love it to as, on the 15th January, they were sent home as the oil fired burner had ceased to work and it was an "extremely cold spell".
In February N Watson (official photographer) came to take photographs of all the pupils.
By July 1960 there were 50 children at the school and the classes had increased to 3 although class 3 was based in the Entrance Hall.
A road safety training scheme (cycling proficiency) was actioned in the playground by Mrs M J Heason (Road Safety) and 12 out of the 13 entrants passed.
1961 The spring term saw 70 pupils on roll and by Autumn it was up to 87.
November 1961 Mrs Bitterling (visiting Manager) of the village [she lived at Three Winds on Cotgrave Lane with her husband and children] helped to plant trees around the school; one for every child and teacher (90 in all). Wooden labels were given by Mr G Smith of Stanstead Avenue with the name of each child and tree. [Unfortunately we cannot ascertain if any of these original trees still survive.]
1962 In the summer term it was decided to adopt the house system, dividing the children into 3 groups: Beech (Red), Elm (Blue) and Oak (Yellow).
As the third year started in September 1962, there were now a total of 108 children: Class 1 – 38, Class 2 – 40, Class 3 – 30. Building of a new extension began.
Mrs Bitterling again presented and assisted in the planting of 21 more trees for newcomers to the school. A rabbit hutch was also donated.
1963 The Official Opening of the new extension took place on 4th October.
1964 By January 1964 the children on roll was now 139. By September 1964 it was 153 (Class 1 – 35, Class 2 – 39, Class 3 – 39, Class 4 – 40). Road marking had begun on Burnside Grove on 28 January 1964. In the Summer of 1964, French lessons came onto the curriculum. By that September there were 164 on roll and 5 classes.
By 1964 the school had the following yearly events: Harvest Festival, Bring and Buy sale, Christmas concert, Christmas parties, health visits and hair inspections, Parent afternoons, World Children's Day, Sports Day, School outings and Leavers service.
1966 saw a measles/chicken pox/mumps epidemic and 25% of the children were absent.
In April 1966 the roll went up to 176 and by October 'Phase 3' of the extension was complete (a new block). This meant that the Entrance Hall was no longer used as a classroom.
1967 On 11 September Mrs Greeton and six children made sketches of work being done on the Canal Bridge alterations (near Gamston) on Tollerton Lane. A press photographer took photos of them at work.
1968 29 April there were188 on roll
1969 At the beginning of July 5 baby bantam chicks were hatched. On the 15th, the aviary door was left open and all budgies were missing.
1970 In October 31 children and 3 adults went on a tour of Paris, the school's first foreign visit.
1971 In September pupils in the junior department undertook a Study of Tollerton and looked at certain aspects of village life: the airport, church, services, transport, flora.
1972 During February the children came to school at 10am and left at 2.30pm because of power cuts.
In May, the school advised the Parish Council that arrangements needed to be made to have a "No Parking" area outside the school gates after an accident where a car bruised a boy's foot. The school was advised that this would necessitate the passing of a bye-law to accomplish.
By October 1972 the classes were reorganised to include 6 classes.
November 1972 tree planting. The village and school joined in the ceremony of planting a Red May Tree which was awarded to the village in the Best Kept Village competition. Mr and Mrs Woodcock (still living in North End Cottages) were the guests of honour as they had children in the school since 1959. Mr Woodcock spoke briefly to the children and Mrs Woodcock performed the tree planting ceremony. [The tree once stood just inside the school gates but was removed when the Playgroup moved on to the school site and space was needed.]
1973 In January 193 on roll. NO PARKING lines were painted outside the school. In May a baby chinchilla was born and another on 24/10/1974.
1975 The summer term saw children being admitted at age 5 and the term before their 5th birthday.
1976 French dropped from the curriculum. 68 pupils were absent with the flu/mumps epidemic.
The Public Open Space was officially opened at the end of Lothian Road and Mrs Gretton retired in July at the end of the school year.
Mr J G Wilson commenced duties as Head Teacher in the September. 166 on roll with 5 classes.
1977 The Junior department was organized into 4 classes by age.
A Silver Jubilee Tree planting scheme took place in March and in May, a visit to Cotgrave Colliery was made by class 3. They also had a Silver Jubilee party where all the children dressed in red, white and blue. They had dancing, an outdoor picnic and games. As the new school year started there were 154 on roll.
1980 Mr H Woodhouse was Acting Head for the Spring Term after Mr Wilson left, then in June, Mr J Berry began his duties as Head Teacher. There were now 145 on roll.
1981 The new school flag, purchased by the PTA, was raised up the flagpole by the two youngest and oldest pupils before the whole school as part of an afternoon assembly.
The Chairman of the Tollerton Parish Council, Mr N Nicholson, presented prizes to the winners of a 'Wedding Day' poster competition to advertise the schools activities on the day of the Royal Wedding between Prince Charles and Lady Diana Spencer. A commemorative crown was issued to each child by the PTA in celebration of the Royal Wedding and a tea party for arranged for the younger children and a disco for 7-12 and 12-16 yrs was held to celebrate the wedding.
In September children could now start school on their 5th birthday day.
In October, staff met to discuss the authority plans for the abolition of corporal punishment.
1983 Installation of an all-weather cricket pitch commenced and was completed a month later in February.
A group of children represented the school in planting young trees in and around the village as part of the Tree Councils scheme "For Every Child a Tree."
The new term in September saw the school receive its first computer – a BBC Acorn Micro.
1985 School netball team won the Rushcliffe championship shield for the first time.
Mr Berry left at half term of Summer 1986. Mr Brian Summers took over headship. 132 on roll
In September 1986, children were admitted at the beginning of the term in which they were five.
1991 Richard Thomas takes over headship. 111 on roll.
1992 In March the first film club was held – "Rock-a-doodle". In May a Special Needs Nursery Nurse was appointed (Mrs A Crofts). In June a Well Dressing was built in the entrance hall and, in July, a coffee morning was held for the first time (and became an annual event) in thanks for help given by parents on a regular basis.
In November, every child in school planted 2 handfuls of bulbs in the school grounds to commemorate the Queen's 40th year of her reign.
1994 144 on roll
1995 154 on roll and in February Mrs Liz Westhorpe of Tollerton designed a new school logo.
1995 167 on roll, by January that had increased to 176 and by April 1996, to 187.
1996 In October the first grandparents' day was held. This was an idea from Australia after having a teacher exchange where Mrs Pamela Hopcroft came over with her family and Mrs Karen Daniels went to Australia for a year. It was a great success and still continues today.
1997 The DARE program began in February. This is a drugs awareness project run by Nottinghamshire Police for year 6 children. There were 198 on roll by April.
1999 In July Twiggy from Radio Trent gave out awards in a DARE assembly and in the September, the school became 40 years old. There were 187 on roll.
2000 At the beginning of the Autumn term there were 192 on roll. The school started the new school year with a new classroom and extension for a computer suite
After this date the log book was not available for reference.
The school has many other events that they run like Breakfast Around the World, Brunch with Santa, Anti Bullying week, as well as lessons!
Have a look at the school web site for more information: http://www.tollerton.notts.sch.uk/


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This is the trailer for my new movie review channel in which I'll be providing my in-depth analysis about all things related to films.
They say that while cinema can't change lives, it sure as hell can make you feel that life is worth living. The cinema has the ability to transcend all barriers, language or geographical. Which is exactly why I won't just be reviewing Hollywood or Bollywood films. There's an entire treasure trove of cinematic gems out there. Korean, French, Spanish, Marathi, Italian, Lebanese, etc. The list goes on.


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N.C. State Senator Wants $16 Million for Stem-Cell Research
State Sen. Walter
Dalton (D-Rutherford)
wants $16 Million
for Stem-Cell Research
By L.A. Williams, Correspondent
TAKE ACTION INFORMATION IS AT THE END OF THIS STORY!
RALEIGH – A bill being considered by state lawmakers would cost $16 million in taxpayer dollars and could lead to the deaths of countless embryos, all for the sake of a field of scientific research that has yet to yield one single viable medical treatment. (1)
Senate Bill 1965 sponsored by Sen. Walter Dalton (D-Rutherford) would award to the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, Duke University, Wake Forest University and East Carolina University, grants of up to $4 million each, earmarked for stem cell research, but not specifying whether those stem cells would be adult or embryonic – a difference that is huge on at least two levels.
Could this Research be Unethical?
First, embryonic stem cell research destroys life – human embryos developed from fertilized eggs (just as each of us started out); while adult stem cells can be obtained harmlessly from virtually every tissue of our bodies as well as umbilical cord blood and placenta; and second, adult stem cell research has already resulted in therapies to treat more than 70 diseases and injuries (2) while embryonic stem cells have not been used in even one human clinical trial.
The stem cell issue arose in Raleigh last year when the House passed HB 1837, a bill that would have set up a committee to create parameters and provide grants to be awarded after the General Assembly approved the guidelines. The proposed legislation never made it out of committee in the Senate, but now SB 1965, since it is an appropriations bill, may be rolled into the state budget, a move that more than few lawmakers and scientists agree would be both ethically and fiscally irresponsible.
"It is very much an ethical issue with me. When they use these embryos, they end a life," said Rep. Mark Hilton (R-Catawba), who introduced an amendment last session that would have limited the grants to adult stem cell research only. "But the issue that most resonates with the people may be a cost benefit analysis. Embryonic stem cell research hasn't shown any promise, and for us to take public funds for it, is throwing away the taxpayers' money."
Even Dr. James A. Thomson, whose lab at the University of Wisconsin was one of two to take stem cells from human embryos for the first time a decade ago, sees an end to the so-called "stem cell wars," now that he and other scientists have found ways to turn ordinary skin cells into stem cells.
"The new iPS technology (induced Pluripotent Stem cell) allows scientists to create embryonic-type stem cells, but without embryos, eggs or cloning," said Dr. David Prentice, a founding member of Do No Harm: The Coalition of Americans for Research Ethics and a Fellow of the Wilberforce Forum Council for Biotechnology Policy. "The technique is also more efficient, more reliable, and less expensive than using embryos or cloning."
Thomson told the New York Times late last year that, because of the discovery, the fight over the source of stem cells will, within a decade, be nothing more than a "historical footnote."
"Isn't it great to start a field and then to end it," he told the newspaper. (3)
Yet Tar Heel legislators are considering investing $16 million in that dead-end field, a fact no doubt mind-boggling to Dr. James Sherley, associate professor of Biological Engineering at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, who provided testimony to the House Science and Technology Committee last session.
Embryonic stem cell research will not yield promised new therapies for children and adults," Sherley's statement said, because "embryonic stem cells fundamentally lack the property required for repairing or healing mature tissues and organs."
His statement went on to say that if funds are allocated for embryonic stem cell research, the bill will counter its own purpose.
According to Sherley, "Debilitating diseases like diabetes, cancer, Alzheimer's disease, and Parkinson's dementia are under siege by adult stem cell research and traditional disease research efforts. Funding futile human embryonic stem cell research will take resources away from these tried and successful paths." (4)
Prentice concurs. "If we really want to help patients, adult stem cells are the ones showing all of the real evidence, and real promise!" he said.
The North Carolina Family Policy Council issued a special report on stem cell research and asked Sen. Dalton to add a provision that would limit the grants to adult stem cell research only.
Dalton did not respond to a Christian Action League e-mail and phone call regarding whether he would consider the provision. E-mails to the bill's co-sponsors, Stan Bingham (R-Davidson, Guilford) and Katie Dorsett (D-Guilford) also went unanswered.
(1) "The End of the Stem-Cell Wars," by Ryan T. Anderson, The Weekly Standard, Dec. 3, 2007, Volume 013, Issue 12.
(2) "Benefits of Stem Cells to Human Patients," Fact Sheet from Do No Harm, April 11, 2007.
(3) "Man Who Helped Start Stem Cell War May End It," by Gina Kolata, The New York Times, Nov. 22, 2007.
(4) Testimony from Dr. James Sherley, Associate Professor of Biological Engineering at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, read by proxy (Father Phil Tighe) at the June 20, 2007 meeting of the Science and Technology Committee of the N.C. House.
Take Action: SB 1965 – Fund Stem Cell Research, currently resides in the Appropriations on Health and Human Services Committee.
First, send an email to the following members of this committee:
Co-Chairman Sen. Doug Berger Dougb@ncleg.net
Co-Chairman Sen. William Purcell Williamp@ncleg.net
Members Sen. Harris Blake Harrisb@ncleg.net
Sen. Charlie Dannely Charlied@ncleg.net
Sen. James Forrester Jamesf@ncleg.net
Sen. Steve Goss Steveg@ncleg.net
Ask committee members to oppose the legislation if it is not amended so that public funds may not be used for research on human embryos. It is unethical to create embryos for stem cell research or perform research on human embryos. Embryonic stem cell research hasn't shown any promise and investing public monies in this field are both ethically and fiscally irresponsible.
Support for adult stem cell research, where all the promise has been proven, is acceptable. The new iPS technology (induced Pluripotent Stem cell) allows scientists to create embryonic-type stem cells, but without embryos, eggs or cloning. The technique is also more efficient, more reliable, and less expensive than using embryos or cloning.
Second, call – don't email – just call the office of Sen. Walter Dalton and share these same thoughts. Senator Dalton's phone numbers are:
(828) 287-2908 (Home)


MUMBAI: Clearwater Capital-backed non-banking financial company (NBFC) Altico Capital has infused Rs 180 crore in Mumbai-based realty developer Sheth Corp's residential project in Thane, said a top company official.
The developer will be utilizing the funds raised predominantly for the construction of a residential project 'Project Zuri' in Thane. The project has a development potential of 0.6 million sq ft and is part of a larger layout being developed by Sheth Corp.
The NBFC has extended the financing through long-term debt instrument.
"We have always preferred to be associated with and finance developers who have established their execution track record. Sheth Corp is promoted by Ashwin Sheth who is an established developer in Mumbai with over 12 million sq ft delivered assets across residential, commercial and residential segments," Sanjay Grewal, CEO of Altico Capital, told ET.
The project has so far received a robust response to its recent pre-launch sales activity which establishes the marketability of the product, he added.
At the same location, Sheth Corp has already delivered over 1.5 million sq ft of residential projects and 1 million sq ft of retail project 'Vivana Mall' that is now owned by the developer jointly with GIC of Singapore.
Altico Capital is a non-banking financial company (NBFC), sponsored by Clearwater Capital, Abu Dhabi Investment Council and Varde Partners. Altico has been a consistent lender to the real estate segment and plans to deploy Rs 4,000-5,000 crore on an annual basis into the residential and commercial real estate sectors across Tier-1 cities in India.
The company's first full year of operations was 2015-16, after its three partners brought in equity capital of Rs 2,000 crore. In 2016, Altico Capital strengthened its capital base by raising Rs 460 crore through redeemable non-convertible debentures from International Finance Corporation (IFC).
Currently, Altico Capital's net worth stands at about Rs 2,200 crore, among the largest in foreign-owned and controlled NBFCs in India. Recently, the company appointed former HSBC India chairperson Naina Lal Kidwai as an independent non-executive director.
Real estate developers are increasingly turning to private equity investors and non-banking finance companies to refinance their existing high-cost debt due to sluggish home sales in the last couple of years and with banks turning cautious on lending to the sector.


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Federal Court affirms "right to read" in paywall copyright case
The Federal Court has just released a decision in a case that raised issues of fair dealing and copyright abuse. Blacklock's, an Ottawa-based online news agency, had argued that officials at the Department of Finance breached its copyright in news articles when these articles were circulated internally. The decision is an important confirmation of the 'right to read' in Canada and may go some way to dispelling the aftertaste of an earlier flawed decision by the Ontario Small Claims Court in a similar dispute.
Blacklock's business model is to offer its news content on a subscription-only basis. Its articles are behind a paywall, and only subscribers, equipped with a password, can gain access to them. Individual subscriptions are available for $148 a year, whereas institutional subscription rates range between $11,470 and $15,670.
In this case, a reporter from Blacklock's had interviewed the President of the Canadian Sugar Institute, Sandra Marsden, for a story relating to sugar tariff changes. The same reporter had sought comments from Department of Finance officials and ultimately had an exchange of email correspondence with the Department's media relations officer. In what appears to be Blacklock's practice, teasers about the story were sent out to Marsden by email and by Twitter. Based on the teasers Marsden became concerned about the accuracy of the article. She paid for an individual subscription in order to access it. After reading the article her concerns grew and she cut and pasted the article into an email, to a Department official. The same reporter wrote a follow up piece which Marsden also found problematic; she forward this piece to the Department of Finance as well. The two articles were circulated between a total of 6 Finance employees who discussed amongst themselves whether any follow-up with Blacklock's was required. In the end it was decided that the matter should be dropped.
Justice Barnes found that there was no disputing that the Finance officials had used Blacklock's copyright-protected material without paying for it or seeking Blacklock's consent. The key issue was whether the use fell within the fair dealing exception for research or private study in s. 29 of the Copyright Act. After reviewing the Supreme Court of Canada's landmark fair dealing decision in CCH Canadian v. Law Society of Upper Canada and its more recent decision in SOCAN v. Bell Canada, he concluded that the use constituted fair dealing. He noted that, according to the case law, "research" does not have to lead to the creation of a new work of authorship; it can be ""piecemeal, informal, exploratory, or confirmatory", and can be undertaken for no purpose except personal interest." (at para 31)
Justice Barnes found that the Finance officials "had legitimate concerns about the fairness and accuracy" of the reporting in the article. Her further found the internal circulation of the piece was justified on the basis that "[e]veryone involved had a legitimate need to be aware in the event that further action was deemed necessary". (at para 35) He identified a number of considerations that influenced his conclusion that the officials' dealing with the material was fair. He noted that the articles had not been obtained by illegal means such as hacking the website; rather, they had been provided by a subscriber to the site who had legally accessed them and had forwarded them for "a legitimate business reason". (at para 36) The articles had been sent to the Finance officials and not solicited by them; they received limited circulation; and they were not republished or used for any commercial purpose. The court also found that the two articles were a tiny fraction of the content available from the Blacklock's site. Further, Justice Barnes opined that "a finding of copyright infringement against a news source for the simple act of reading the resulting copy is likely to have a chilling effect on the ability of the press to gather information." (at para 36). Justice Barnes also stated that "copyright should not be a device that serves to protect the press from accountability for its errors and omissions." (at para 36).
Blacklock's had argued that its terms and conditions for access to its paywalled content had been breached when the material was forwarded to Finance officials, and that this breach should serve to negate a finding of fair dealing. Justice Barnes appeared sympathetic to this argument on its face, stating that it was a "relevant consideration" (though he did not state that it would necessarily be determinative). However, he cautioned that for this factor to be taken into account, the copyright owner would have to demonstrate that the user was aware of the terms and conditions and that the terms and conditions actually barred the conduct at issue. In this case, he found that none of the parties involved had either read or even been aware of Blacklock's terms and conditions which were not readily part of the process for signing up for an individual subscription. He also found that the terms and conditions were not clear, stating: "On the one hand they seemingly prohibit distribution by subscribers but, on the other, they permit it for personal, or non-commercial uses." (at para 42).
Blacklock's also objected that a finding of fair dealing would undermine its business model – selling online news through a subscriber-only paywall. Justice Barnes was not particularly sympathetic, noting that "All subscription-based news agencies suffer from work-product leakage." (at para 45) Further, he stated that "whatever business model Blacklock's employs it is always subject to the fair dealing rights of third parties." (at para 45) At the same time, he noted that by so stating, he was not endorsing "blameworthy conduct in the form of unlawful technological breaches of a paywall, misuse of passwords or the widespread exploitation of copyright material to obtain a commercial or business advantage." (at para 45)
As I noted in an earlier comment on this case, the defendants had argued that Blacklock's was engaged in copyright misuse and was acting as a kind of "copyright troll". In fact, there are 9 other suits brought by Blacklock's against the federal government on similar sets of facts. Noting that "there are certainly some troubling aspects to Blacklock's business practices", Justice Barnes nevertheless found it unnecessary to rule on the copyright abuse and trolling arguments in light of his findings on fair dealing. The other cases, which were stayed pending the resolution of this first dispute, may now end up being settled out of court.
In the course of his decision, Justice Barnes referred to what occurred in this case as "no more than the simple act of reading by persons with an immediate interest in the material." (at para 36) This right to read is fundamentally important in a society that values knowledge and the freedom of expression. The decision makes it clear that business models for content distribution cannot run roughshod over certain fundamental users rights.
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Arizona State University houses a number of research collections of Asian cultural artifacts, objects of art and library library materials. The Anthropology Museum houses collections of cultural artifacts and textiles from Southeast Asia donated by Jane Hanks, Joel Halpern, Betty Grenig and William Sage.
ASU Libraries houses The Mimijac Palgen Photographic Collection comprising unique photographs of Cambodia and especially Angkor Wat. The Agnes Smeadly Collection contains photographs that document her work as a war correspondent in China. The Guardian of the Flame Collection of Sri Lankan contains rare palm leaf manuscripts housed in Special Collections in Hayden Library. A preliminary catalog can be accessed here: Guardian of the Flame Catalogue 2006A.


Dauntless daredevils might consider these exciting destinations, many of which hold a spot on the U.S. State Department's Travel Warnings or Alerts list. However, many of these places offer enticing attractions that could more than outweigh safety concerns for some venturesome vacationers.
The State Department issues warnings when it wants American travelers to carefully consider whether they should go to a country. Reasons for warnings might include an unstable government, frequent terrorist attacks or persistent, intense crime or violence. The federal agency also issues alerts about short-term events — an upcoming controversial election or a disease outbreak, for example — should consider when planning a visit to a country.
Still, these 20 locations entice intrepid travelers with attractions, including natural wonders and cosmopolitan cities, all at relatively reasonable prices. In fact, all but one of these destinations feature round-trip airfares of under $1,000. And all offer daily room rates of less than $100, with some hotels going for just $20 per night or less. Click through to see which high-risk destinations bold travelers don't want to miss.


Another item on my Hawaii bucket list was to visit the area where Jurassic Park was filmed. Enter Kualoa Ranch. Here they have a variety of tours you can take including the movie sites one where you can see famous filming locations.
Joshua and I took a shuttle bus over from our hotel and spent all of Wednesday there. We did three tours (their Kualoa Experience Package): Jurassic Jungle Expedition Tour, Fishpond, Fruit & Flower Garden Tour, and Movie Sites Tour Oahu Hawaii.
Here are some photo highlights from our tour.
You can see more here in my Flickr album.


Come visit us on Sunday morning or Wednesday Night. We are located in Downtown Maryville, TN. Parking is available in the city parking lot between N. Court Street and College Street, Founder's Square, or the Municipal Parking Garage on W. Harper Ave.


When Will The Presidential Candidates Debate America's Energy Opportunity?
Presidential debates are supposed to cover the issues that will most affect voters.
In this respect, every Presidential debate so far has failed, because none have discussed America's single greatest opportunity, an opportunity that can help solve eight of our toughest challenges and "make America great again." This is America's energy opportunity.
America has a once-in-a-generation opportunity to combine American innovation, American resources, and American freedom to create American energy abundance and become the world's energy superpower, overtaking Russia and the Middle East.
The question is: Will we seize this opportunity or will we squander it?
You've heard the expression "there's no silver bullet" for our problems but America's energy opportunity is a silver bullet.
Energy is a uniquely consequential issue because the energy industry is the industry that powers every other industry. By creating American energy abundance and becoming the world's energy superpower we can tackle eight key challenges at once.
Our challenge: We have been mired in recession or near-recession for a decade—and without the energy industry it would be much, much worse.
Our opportunity: The same industry that has kept us out of desperate trouble can bring us to new heights, by producing and selling energy around the world.
Our challenge: It is difficult for many Americans to find jobs, in large part thanks to onerous restrictions on industry that have shut down many companies.
Our opportunity: A ramp-up in the US energy industry would create millions of productive, well-paying jobs.
Our challenge: The US cost of living has been going up for decades, and when the prices of energy goes up, transportation, heating, and electric bills place a large burden on American business.
Our opportunity: Energy affordability can lower the cost of our direct energy bills, saving thousands of dollars a year—and, because energy is part of every industry, it can lower the cost of everything we buy and do.
Our challenge: Due largely to onerous government policies, American manufacturing has declined for decades, leaving far worse employment opportunities for those trained for industrial jobs.
Our opportunity: Energy affordability dramatically lowers one of the largest manufacturing costs, and combined with liberating industry from irrational costs, it can make America a manufacturing hub.
Our challenge: America has a massive, ever-growing deficit and debt, caused by a combination of reckless spending and a sluggish economy.
The opportunity: Doubling American energy production is our easiest path to economic growth and increased tax revenues without tax increases; coupled with a commitment to cutting spending we can finally be on a path to solvency.
Our challenge: Nations around the world threaten us, and one major difficulty we have in dealing with them is their enormous influence in world energy markets, particularly oil and gas.
Our opportunity: America's energy leadership will give America and her allies energy security from Russia and the Middle East, protecting both economic stability and foreign policy leverage.
Our challenge: Much of the world is still massively impoverished.
Our opportunity: Energy abundance will make it more affordable for countries to industrialize and in particular to alleviate one of the most crucial aspects of poverty: energy poverty.
Our challenge: Environmental concerns are always crucial—we want to be as productive as we can be but also have a clean, healthy environment, which many say is impossible with fossil fuels, nuclear, and hydro.
Our opportunity: Contrary to popular belief, the freedom to develop these sources won't make our environment dirtier and our climate more dangerous, they will make our environment cleaner and our climate safer—because energy abundance dramatically improves environmental quality and climate safety.
Our politicians should be seizing all 8 of these opportunities. Instead, they are squandering them.
We can only create American energy abundance if we are free to choose, produce, transport the most abundant, affordable, reliable forms of energy—including hydrocarbons, nuclear, and hydro power.
Unfortunately, the Washington establishment has attacked every single one of these sources of energy abundance.
Instead of protecting the freedom to choose the best forms of energy, they are anti-choice and pro-subsidy.
Instead of protecting the freedom to produce the best forms of energy, they are anti-drilling and anti-mining.
Instead of protecting the freedom to transport energy where it is needed, they are anti-pipeline and anti-export terminals for coal, oil, and gas.
Instead of protecting the freedom to innovate in energy, they are anti-innovation in the most promising types of energy technologies, such as nuclear and fracking.
Washington could be making us into an energy superpower. Instead it is making us into an energy pawn.
How can we change course? We need to give our politicians an ultimatum: seize America's energy opportunity—or lose our vote. That's why I created a simple website, America's Energy Opportunity, with an ultimatum you can sign and send to your elected officials.
If we do this together—by the hundreds, by the thousands, and ultimately by the millions—then our politicians and candidates will no longer be able to ignore America's energy opportunity. And they just might seize it. Let's demand that they do.
Disclosure: America's Energy Opportunity has no affiliation with or funding from any party, industry, campaign, PAC, or other special interest. Its (very small) budget is entirely financed by my organization, the Center for Industrial Progress.


Career decisions are high-stakes, but involve a lot of uncertainty. To help you make better decisions, we've gathered up the best advice we found on how to assess your career options in the face of high uncertainty, both from business and decision making science.
Here's a summary of what we've found, organized into a checklist you can apply to high stakes decisions. You can use it as part of our how to choose process.
Have you structured the assessment? Rather than making a complete gut judgement, there's evidence that when making similar decisions (such as giving job interviews) you'll make a better decision if you explicitly write out your key criteria, and assess based on those.
Have you looked at relevant statistics, where available? Often going with the 'base rate' is better than making an internal judgement. This is called reference class forecasting.
Have you considered what a credible trustworthy person would say? When we don't know much else and there's no hard data on the question, we find this a useful starting point.
Have you questioned your gut? Your gut is good at making decisions when you've made lots of similar decisions before, so it's probably good at judging something like "would I get on with these people?", but it's bad at making novel decisions, like "how much will I earn in this career?" (see more on when to go with your gut).
Have you asked yourself why you might be wrong? This can help to reduce bias.
Have you justified your answers to a friend? This can help to reduce bias.
Have you focused on the future pros and cons of the options, rather than what you've done in the past? This can help avoid the sunk cost fallacy.
Have you considered the problem from many angles? Rather than basing your decision on one or two strong considerations, it's often better to consider the issue from many independent perspectives weighted by their robustness and importance. This style of thinking has been supported by various groups and has several names, including 'cluster thinking', 'model combination and adjustment', 'many weak arguments', and 'fox style' thinking.
Have you weighed the evidence by its strength? As you learn more, update away from your prior guess based on the strength of what you learn. See an example here. This is called 'Bayesian reasoning', and is widely regarded as best practice for making decisions under high uncertainty. For instance, see Nate Silver's book The Signal in the Noise.
Look for dominant options. If you're lucky, you'll find one option seems better or equal from all perspectives. You can then eliminate the option it dominates.
Make an overall judgement. If one option doesn't dominate, you'll need to make a final overall judgement call.
When your options look very close and it's hard to choose between them, this can feel somewhat agonizing. One comforting thought in these situations is that even if you choose the wrong option, the difference in how much worse it is, is likely to be slight – which is why it's a tough call in the first place.