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More than half of the greyhound races held in the US are in the state of Florida. Since May 2013, nearly 400 dogs have died at Florida tracks — some had their necks broken, some died of heat stroke, and still others were electrocuted to death. I've spent decades working to bring racing dogs back to health after they have been subjected to horrifying treatment like being kept in cramped, solitary cages for twenty or more hours a day, and even being dosed with illegal drugs like cocaine.
Here's the thing: Florida gambling facilities don't even want to hold greyhound races in the first place — but they're required to by a state law that mandates dog racing. If this harmful state dog racing mandate is repealed, greyhound racing will slowly phase out and end in the Sunshine State.
I've spent 20 years working to help injured, worn-out greyhounds rescued from the racing industry. Adoption groups like mine are doing all we can, but there are far more of these amazing animals who need help than we are ever able to bring back to health. Until this law changes, we're facing an unwinnable battle.
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I'm Not Prejudiced
June 11, 2020 by Jim Wallace
By Jim Wallace, Th.M.
This was written by me in April of 2019—well before any of the current protests. It was printed in the Reno Gazette-Journal in April or May of 2019. There was criticism of it in letters to the editor within the week.
I am a white man's white man.
Born of northern European ancestry, I was raised in the "South"—Southern California. I lived in Orange County, a bastion of white, conservative, political, spiritual values and people.
I had no black friends, acquaintances or classmates in any of my schools and precious few in college. My associations with Blacks were so rare that my first conversation with one my age, at 12, is a vivid memory. And I was afraid, concerned that my people's "past" oppression of his might prejudice him against me!
I now realize that although segregation was never official in my part of the South, it was as much a reality there as in the actual South. I had naively assumed blacks preferred to live elsewhere. After all, most of us whites weren't really prejudiced.
But I now understand "we" made "them" uncomfortable– that "they" were subtly and sometimes unconsciously excluded by prospective friends, employers, real estate agents, and white neighbors who feared loss of status and property values if a black family moved next door.
How have I come to these conclusions? For the past five months, a black friend has lived in our home. He's lived there because he's homeless. He cannot find a job in mostly white Reno's hot job market. And it's not due to lack of qualifications, ability, morality or common sense. He holds a college degree, is a dedicated, moral Christian, and one of the most personable, articulate, sensitive, intelligent, and able-bodied people I know.
I have watched for two years as he has experienced literally hundreds, even thousands, of rejections from employers. Certainly, often there were more qualified candidates, but isn't it strange that he has never been interviewed by a black manager or employer? Is this only a coincidence, or a sign of something none of us whites want to admit—that racism lives on, and not in somebody else's backyard, but even in our own hearts?
I see the hurt in his eyes as his dignity and self-worth has been assailed every bit as much as though he were in chains, wincing under the wicked whip and words of a Simon Legree in the pre-Civil War South. I've heard repeatedly about how his resume, articulate speech and 3.86 college G.P.A. has led to interviews, only to see those interviews go nowhere. Surely it's never because the interviewer discovered that the man behind the resume turned out to be black.
Yes, I'm sure many of these employers were not consciously "prejudiced," just like I'm not prejudiced. He just wasn't what they had pictured, or anticipated, as their new associate. But the final result of their repeated rejections isn't entirely different from that of a Ku Klux Klan Rally in the 1940s—a black man can't make a living. No wonder a 2016 Pew Research Study showed white incomes are thirteen times higher than blacks in the U.S., many studies show black unemployment rates are twice that of whites even for college graduates and the gap between white and black incomes has increased since 1979!
I interviewed the Black Affirmative Action coordinator at Cal State Fullerton for a newspaper in the early '70s. I remember interviewing a Science Professor a few weeks later when a fellow professor burst into his office explaining how a white male candidate for a job had, incredibly, aced the proficiency exam, but how he instead was recommending a minority candidate just to fulfill Affirmative Action quotas. Undoubtedly Affirmative Action sometimes became reverse discrimination. No, two wrongs don't make a right. But I am also now convinced that some kind of affirmative action must take place to overcome the unconscious racism practiced by many whites like me today.
How can our white President blame both sides when a white anti-supremacy protestor is killed by a white supremacist? Why, in the home of the free and the land of the brave, can he urge NFL owners to fire any "S.O.B." who openly protests against racism while simply exercising the very right to freedom of speech which we all cherish?
Why do you and I do a mental, if not physical double-take when we see a black man with a white woman? And why aren't we white Americans standing up for what we claim to believe—that all men are created equal and have the same rights we do—to life, liberty, even freedom of speech and a decent job, as well as the pursuit of happiness.
I don't agree with Colin Kaepernick dishonoring the blood of American veterans by kneeling during the National Anthem. But I do get his point—a point now proven by his inability to get a job in the NFL. Racism, even in the form of innocent black men and children who are regularly killed by white police officers who are just as regularly acquitted of any crime, lives on in America today—just like it did in the old "To Kill a Mockingbird" South.
But, of course, it's not because I'm prejudiced. It's got to be someone else's problem.
Jim Wallace is the pastor of Risen King Community Church which meets at Sepulveda Elementary school in Spanish Springs. Contact him via RisenKingRenoSparks.org or at pastorjimw@att.net.
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Q: How comes a Java-written software project ends up as an executable? I see that there are Open Source Java-written software that run from an executable. One example is PDFsam. It contradicts everything I learned about Java being a multi-platform, bytecode compiled programming language. I am confused. Can someone explain?

A: Usually Java programs are run by calling the java bytecode interpreter e.g.
java -cp myprogram.jar

This works (at least in theory) on any platform that has support for the JDK.
But some programs (like Eclipse) add platform specific code, so that it looks nicer, runs more smoothly on Windows/Mac.
This is usually done by an .exe wrapper around the .jar file.
So to sum it up:
Programs that provide a .exe (or .app) file directly to execute are not 100% Java.

A: Looks like an installation .exe to me, not the project itself.  I just downloaded and ran it.  It installed the code to my system; it's all Java underneath.
Looks like the starter is a .exe too, but it's a Swing UI that uses Java:
PDF Split and Merge basic
Version: 2.2.1
Console version: 2.4.0e
Developed by: Andrea Vacondio
Build date: 31-Oct-2010
Java home: C:\Program Files\Java\jre6
Java version: Java(TM) SE Runtime Environment 1.6.0_21-b07
Max memory: 247Mb
Configuration file: C:\Program Files\pdfsam\pdfsam-config.xml
Website: http://www.pdfsam.org

A: Are you familiar with gcj? That's one way to compile Java code into an executable. There are other ways too.

A: Most likely this app is just an executable launcher than calls the java virutal machine with all the arguments necessary. Some software that you can look into for doing this are:

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*JSmooth

*Jar2Exe

*Launch4j

This website explains a lot about executable java files.
http://www.excelsior-usa.com/articles/java-to-exe.html

A: The project you link to includes a batch file (windows) and shell script (*nix) that launches the JVM. If you look in the bin directory, you'll see them.

A: There are certainly various ways to optimize Java programs by compiling them into executables.  Keep in mind though that this then means it's specific for that platform it's compiled for.
So as you rightly point out, the benefits of Java (write once, run anywhere) are lost.  But if you're looking to run a closed system where you control the hardware and server environments, it may be important for you to extract every ounce of performance.

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Thousands of unsolved missing person cases are occurring in National Parks and Forests in the US and around the world, and one researcher has been feverishly looking into the mystery. David Paulides, former law enforcement officer and current private investigator, has published four books detailing these disturbing disappearances, leaving others to speculate about the cause.
Thousands of Strange Missing Person Cases
Every year, thousands of people go missing. Many of these cases are solved, or at least the cause can be reasonably ascertained. Strangers kidnap kids for ransom or worse, estranged parents kidnap their own children from former spouses, and crimes lead to disappearances of a clearly criminal nature.
Then there are cases that are truly inexplicable, like the ones detailed in Paulides book Missing 411 and the three volumes published since. These cases differ in strange ways from other missing person cases. They are happening in remote areas of National Parks, monuments and forests, and federal agencies are not keeping track or sharing information.
Disturbing Similarities in Details of Cases
All of the cases that are meticulously documented in the books have happened in 52 clearly defined geographic clusters. The Rocky Mountains and Sierra Pacific range are two areas where cases are concentrated. Colorado, Michigan, Georgia and Arkansas are other hot spots. Other countries are also involved, with many cases documented in Canada and Europe.
High altitude locations, berry patches, swamps and boulder strewn landscapes are typical locations where people are going missing. Many of the victims are physically fit, well equipped with outdoor gear – and even hunting weapons – and are familiar with the area from which they disappear. A large number of cases involve people who vanish suddenly while hiking or camping with family and friends.
A large percentage of victims whose bodies are found are missing their shoes and socks, even though they went missing in cold weather where being shoeless could be a death sentence in itself. The shoes are seldom found. The majority of victims are male, mentally handicapped in some way or in the genius intellectual range.
Bodies are also found at higher elevations than where they were last seen alive, defying explanation as to how they could have gotten to such an inaccessible place. In one case, a physician went hiking to a winter cabin with friends. They had all been there before and were in excellent physical condition and equipped with new snow gear.
The missing man vanished after going ahead on the trail a short distance and was then found two weeks later, miles away, hundreds of feet higher in elevation than when he was last seen, in a steep ravine with all his snow gear and emergency equipment and provisions unused and his shoes nowhere to be found.
In another case, a girl went on a horseback camping trip to a remote lake in Yosemite National Park with a large group of others, including her father. Shortly after arriving, the others watched as she walked a short distance away into a small patch of trees and then suddenly vanished. Search and rescue teams came in quickly to search for her, but even bloodhounds could not find a trace.
What Is Causing These Disappearances?
Paulides says he can rule out some causes. He believes it is not serial killers, and he carefully excludes any case that could have a simple explanation, like suicide or accidental drowning. Others are suggesting causes ranging from Bigfoot abductions to aliens to wild men living secretly in the forests, consuming human flesh.
Many people who have followed up on Paulides research suspect that a Bigfoot or similar cryptoid creature is abducting humans in the wilderness, perhaps as a food source. While the bodies that are recovered are not eaten or dismembered, the cause of death cannot usually be determined during an autopsy, leaving some wondering if these creatures live on fear itself.
Others think it is more likely that alien beings are involved, or that these unfortunate people are falling into some kind of time warp and entering another dimension. When the bodies of some of the disappeared are finally located, an astonishing number turn up in areas that have already been intensively searched for weeks before.
The Mystery Continues
Increasing numbers of private individuals and authors are taking an interest in these disturbing, vanishing person cases. Paulides and other retired law enforcement and search and rescue personnel have created a website where case reports, maps, and victims names are posted and regularly updated.
Even more disturbing than the many cases already documented is the fact that since publication of the Missing 411 book in 2012, there has been an increase in the numbers of these vanishing person cases. Some wonder if whoever or whatever is responsible for abducting these people is watching and responding as people get closer to solving the mystery.
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This intrigues me to no end. I was so inspired and moved by the interview that Art did with Paulides, that I immediately wrote a song about it -thinking if I ever recorded it, it could bring some comfort to the victims' loved ones.
Steve Widdicombe
Are you serious? I'd like to hear that song. Put it on Youtube.I got the weird spooky monster took your baby blues, yeh, let me make you feel better baby yeeeeeh…..etc.
Jim Porter
This is such a frightening phenomenon to me that I have asked my sons not to take their families into areas that are identified as areas where clusters of people have gone missing.
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zardac
I think it is often easier to walk up than descend in untrammeled areas, plus I'd imagine some are seeking a better vantage point to orient themselves.
Mombasa69
Some creepy scary stuff….
Andy Tunariu
people dont ask the deep questions. such as why are national parks nature reserves? and almost always mountains. you must ask what is under the national parks, what is under those specific mountains..
Margaret Trasher
That's right! It's probably the jew taking people for research – OR it's not of this world – I think it's the latter. But, if any "human" would jo this, it WOULD be the jew. THey are the SICKEST "people" of this world and there is no other entity who would do this to 2 year olds… The Queen (jew but uses a German name) – owns 1/6th of the land on this planet. 200,000 people go missing per year in the JU.S.A. – what does THAT tell you? These sickos are quoted as saying: "we won't come up as long as you feed us!!!" Soooo, where do all the homeless go? Exactly. The cops are taking them @ gunpoint and letting the jew suck their blood – and I AM NOT ********** lying. FrankenSTEIN anyone??? The Bush's are related to Dracula – that's a fact. The JEW wants children's blood – that's why they allllllllll live past 90. (At least.) They probably live til they're 800 like the people in the Bible. They replace their blood with young kids' blood. Simple as that….. SOMEONE has to ask hardball questions. Even Paulides won't go there! They are ALL scared to touch the question of it being of extraterrestrial nature!!! It's one of 2 things. They are going UP. Or they are going down. Ask the jew. They would know.
Cindy Tootie Rickett
I've been following David Paulides and his series of books for a while now. A very strange topic. I simply can not understand why our national news folks do not cover this more often. There is a cover-up most likely because for one thing, the state and national parks don't want to lose all that yearly revenue by scaring people off. And if it turns out to be something "not of this world" well….the government has a long history of covering that up. I won't even venture into the woods across the street anymore!
Cindy, this stuff happens CONSTANTLY and is so timely. Look at what's going on in the Grand Canyon National Park now and the body of Jackson Standefer being found. check out David Paulides 24 hrs of programs on YT. I have listened to almost ALL Paulides podcasts and interviews.Never read his books. Are they worth buying for more in depth?
Praque Forqsk
Probably not. The radio shows are very detailed.
Andrew Kenesie
this is spooky. I just stumbled upon it with the latest lady in the White Mountains vanishing. Can you please tell him how I can find the radio show?
Thx. (I think…) 🙂
Patricia King Yatsyla
I agree. The books get boring and the radio shows tell you more.
Nonsense, not boring and very informative.
And, OMG – this old jew lady in the movie??? She is either a TOTALLY MORONIC jew-face or is worried about something else. She's about 90 years old, ugly as a jew in a fake hollowhoax oven and has NO BALLS to admit that it is something NOT of this world. (It isn't.) At night, there are things that humans and jew like herself are afraid to admit because of their lame ass jobs and such. All she does in the movie is per her dumb dog and she LITERALLY thinks it's an ANIMAL taking these people!!!!!!!!! She doesn't really believe that – she's worried about her goddam PENSION. Makes me SICK for an older woman (if you can call a jew a woman) to LIE to the camera like that when they know DAMN WELL that it's something humans can't explain (unless it's some jew company who has the tech but won't admit it…) JPL or someone. Ewwwwwww she pissed me off in that movie. It is NOT a mountain lion. Google how many people died of "mountain lions" and then do DOGS and you will be shocked. Like THREE people died of mountain lion attacks in 100 years while like 50,000 people die of those f'ing mutt attacks.
Thomas Kop
The answer is in the owls. The owls are not what they seem.
Liz Smissaert
please explain, why owls?
Hollandoranje
Watch Twin Peaks.
I grew up in a rural area on the east coast back in the 1960s. An older family friend named John used to keep a bulldozer on our property. He was also fairly well off financially and traveled a lot. He visited a lot with my family and they had tea and talked for hours. He told us he spent a lot of time in the Rockies camping and hiking with his brother and nephews, and we had seem a few photos over the years (black and while and color shots). John told us one weekend his brother and nephews stayed at a friend's cabin in a fairly remote part of the Rockies. Something started occasionally roaring and growing loudly in the woods at 11 PM on the second night they were there. They had no idea what it was, and the two kids wanted to leave. They though about leaving but it was a fair distance to walk to the truck they had parked down the hill from the cabin and worried about whatever it was attacking them. They did have a rifle and some shells and decided to stay the night. The growls and screams stopped before sunrise. John said they packed up and left. When they got to the truck they saw two large footprints in the dirt, but didn't see anything else. Our friend said they never went back to that specific area again. John never mentioned Bigfoot or anything of that nature, but who knows?
faye dolan
Ufo (demonic) and government venture. Many books are out there. There are bases all across the country, some under ground. People are hearing weird drilling at night and there seems to be no source for it. Underground. Something horrific is going on. Some whistle blowers claim that a deal was cut by our government in the 50s for alien technology in trade for some kidnappings of our people for use the aliens' use of our bodily secretions to replace something they lack. Others say it is the secret government working for the elites ..who want to live forever and genetic manipulation is going on. Something really odd is going on at the North Pole and many politicians are going there…Newt Gingrich, John Kerry, many others. Think outside the box. The media, controlled, will never tell you. Think for yourself.
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What I find most chilling is the fact that even track-dogs used on many, many occasions fail to pick up any scent of the missing in country that has few people interfering.. I trust the noses of bloodhounds; they can even follow scent of persons abducted by car. What is the explanation by law enforcement when the last hiker by maybe 15 feet simply disappears without a sound and the tracking dogs find no scent! Basically we would have to say this is impossible, but too often that is just how people are gone never to be heard of again!
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For as long as I've been in Washington, you've been warning to very little attention about a downgrade to the U.S. credit rating--to which we're now a step closer. What's the significance in your mind to the S&P news yesterday?
The saddest words in the English language are "I told you so." S&P has been warning about this for years. The first time I saw it was on Page 13, I think, of the Wall Street Journal six or seven years ago, but no one was listening. As you know, that was Cassandra's curse--she was correct, but no one believed her. Now that we're at the edge of the precipice, people are tuning in. And there's still time to save the country. But I had hoped that we could anticipate this problem and solve it earlier, so we wouldn't come this close to perhaps defaulting on our debt.
Given their appalling record in the run-up to the financial crisis, what credibility to the ratings agencies have left?
This is a classic conundrum. People probably said the same thing of Cassandra: "She's just the daughter of a priest, what does she know?" It's easy to blame the messenger, and people have been doing that since Greek times. But now we actually have the example of a Greek financial collapse. The key is to focus on substance and not ad hominem attacks on the various prognositicators.
It seems odd that S&P would do this now, when entitlement reform and deficit reduction are central concerns in Washington for the first time in many years.
There's a false premise in your questions. S&P has been doing this for years. Moodys had a big announcement two or three months ago. What's different is that suddenly people are paying attention. And this has moved from the back of the paper to the front.
How will this news affect the negotiations going on in Washington? Does it help or hurt?
It should help if people have any sense. Nothing should so concentrate the mind as the fear of defaulting. It's easy to play games with individual votes, but to play games with the full faith and credit of the United States is tragic.
Are we talking debt ceiling or entitlement reform, because they're two different things?
We're talking debt ceiling, but it's a widely held view that Republicans will not allow a clean vote on the debt ceiling increase. They will demand fundamental reforms. And I support fundamental reforms. But tying them in to the debt ceiling increase is the type of brinkmanship that really could take us to the precipice.
I take your point, but my impression has been that the timeline we're looking at doesn't allow for entitlement reform to happen before we hit the debt ceiling on July 8. What if that hasn't been settled?
You'll have to talk to Republicans about that. A number of them want at least a handshake deal before they'll vote to increase the debt ceiling, and then you have the questions of the size of the increase. If it's a very small increase, we could vote on this every few months, like the continuing resolutions. That fits the agenda of some Republicans, because the political dynamic here is shouting to your base and looking like you're tough and refusing to compromise even when the consequences of defaulting are extraordinary and permanent.
By my count, are at least five budget proposals floating around that attempt to tackle these problems, from the Republican Study Committee on the far right, to the Progressive Caucus on the far left, to your own budget introduced last week. Tell me about your effort, which basically took Bowles Simpson and put it in the form of a budget amendment, as I understand it?
Exactly. My effort was to put in a budgetary form of the Bowles-Simpson commission report. Now, budgets are not nearly as specific as the commission's report. But they establish different categories for committees, so that they would be required to reduce the deficit by at least as much as the commission recommended, but they'd be free to choose another method of reduction. It's a little big like a blueprint in which each room has to be a certain size, but you don't predetermine what furniture is in the room.... The key is that it has to be big enough to work, fast enough to work, and fair enough to work, which means to me that everything has to be on the table.
Meaning revenue raising along with spending cuts?
Our problems are so large that if you understand them, you realize that everything has to be on the table. Even some things you wish did not have to be.
Theoretically, Blue Dog Democrats and Tea Party freshmen ought have some common ground on deficit cutting. Is there any dialogue or cooperation between the two groups?
Absolutely, we meet on a regular basis. these are not public meetings, but we've been meeting for a couple months now. There's a lot more commonality among backbenchers, low-profile members, than there is among party leaders. I'm actually very hopeful. Most people want to do the right thing for the country. Most people do want to learn about the complexities of the issues. Most people really do put the country first. But it's difficult. If you had to measure partisanship during the year, last week would have been on of the high points because Republicans were pulling out all the stops to get near-unanimity in their party to pass the budget. But I think the atmosphere will now improve and the S&P warning will help us improve it. Because there were a number of members of Congress who really had never heard of Standard & Poor's before.


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Воспитанница волгоградской гандбольной школы, первый тренер — Любовь Петровна Сидоричева. С 2005 года выступала за команду Суперлиги «Динамо». Чемпионка России (2009, 2010, 2011, 2012, 2013), серебряный (2006) и бронзовый (2007, 2008) призёр чемпионатов России, обладательница Кубка ЕГФ (2008). С 2013 года играет за македонский клуб «Вардар» (Скопье), в составе которого в сезоне-2013/14 выиграла чемпионат и Кубок страны.

В 2008 году в Братиславе выиграла золотую медаль чемпионата мира среди юниорок (игроки не старше 18 лет) и дебютировала в национальной сборной России. В составе сборной России — бронзовый призёр чемпионата Европы (2008), чемпионка мира (2009).

В 2009 году по результатам опроса спортивных журналистов Волгограда была названа лучшей спортсменкой года.

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Want a great way to mark the Feast of the Immaculate Conception and kick off the holiday season?
Check out Msgr. Kevin Sullivan's invocation at the annual Cardinal's Christmas Luncheon held at the Waldorf=Astoria on December 8, 2014. Now in its 69th year, this traditional holiday event raises funds in support of the Catholic Charities' programs that help thousands of needy women and children of all religions throughout the 10 counties of the Archdiocese.
Hail all Mary's, and all mothers be hailed and may they be filled with grace.
May the Lord be with all of you here – in particular our honorees, Anna Laffonte and Joyce and Robert Giuffra and their generous family, friends and colleagues; and all our wonderful and generous guests, our Catholic Charities trustees and the executives from our Catholic Charities agencies.
For these are times when God's blessings are most needed and welcomed!
May we rejoice as we celebrate once again the blessed birth of your Son in Bethlehem.
But also may the fruit of every Mother's womb be blessed – not only at birth, but throughout that child's life.
Yes, Mary we do sin, so pray for us now, these days.
Especially now, these days, pray for us when our sins are those of intolerance, divisiveness and yes, sadly at times, even hate. For they allow us too easily to be blind to your presence in others of different races, classes or nationalities.
May our eyes, our spirits and our hearts be opened so that we may see the image of Mary's son and his father in every person.
Not just yet and not too soon – but when that day does comes may the gates of your son's kingdom be opened wide. May we be brought to that place of peace and justice where every tear is wiped away.
Bless us O Lord, and these thy gifts, which we are about to receive from thy bounty – through Christ our Lord. Amen.
Check out the Cardinal's Christmas Luncheon slideshow on Facebook.


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Day time confessions of a Toronto TIFF virgin
September 9, 2012 johndougtaylor
The Bell Lightbox, on the corner of King and John Streets, home of TIFF. It contains five theatres, two restaurants, and an impressive film library and gift shop. This photo was taken in September of 2012, during TIFF.
For over a decade, I ignored the seductive charms of TIFF. Because I dislike line-ups, and I do not enjoy being indoors during the golden days of autumn, I have always resisted its sirene call. Then I discovered that lines at the theatres, which seem terminally long, due to great organization, they enter in about ten or twelve minutes. To avoid being indoors too many hours, I decided to begin my romance of TIFF with a modest package of five tickets.
Having decided to allow the lights, films, and action surrounding the festival to seduce me, I bought a membership. When I received the official TIFF booklet, I found it a daunting task to choose from among the over 400 films being offered. However, I discovered that if I Googled a subject (e.g action films, foreign, Hollywood, sports, gay, comedy etc.), I could then click on the film titles that interested me and quickly receive a synopsis of the films.
Then I ordered my tickets on-line. However, it was necessary to pick up the tickets in person at the box office. I visited the TIFF site in the Metro Hall, but the crowds were impossible, even at the subscribers' section. I had no films booked during the first two days of the festival, so I waited for 48 hours. When I went to pick-up my tickets, there were three people in the line. A lesson well learned.
Crowds at Princess of Wales Theatre await the arrival of the stars for a gala performance.
Friday afternoon I strolled King Street to capture the mood on the street. The buzz was electrifying. I could feel the excitement of the crowds, and although thousands were doing the same as I was, it was easy to move around without being jostled. People talked and joked with strangers, shared information, and chatted freely. Sidewalk cafes and restaurants were full and the conversations were animated as film-goers discussed their choices and told of films that they were planning to attend.
Photos taken during the afternoon.
All afternoon the crowds were already gathering at the Bell Lightbox
At the Roy Thomson Hall, the line-ups for the evening's gala were also building.
I was pleasantly surprised by the art installations that were commissioned by TIFF. Some of them were amazing. In the next post, there is a photo of the canvas on the left, when it is completed.
The red carpets were ready, and although films had been screening since the early morning hours, the real action would begin after sun set.
For photos of night scenes on King Street during TIFF:
https://tayloronhistory.com/2012/09/10/night-time-confessions-of-a-toronto-tiff-virgin/
Other posts about happenings in Toronto and its history, follow the links:
The CNE Air Show is over for another year and the Ex is closed.
https://tayloronhistory.com/2012/09/03/the-2012-ex-ends-air-show-is-over-attendance-is-up/
The new Toronto Aquarium at the base of the CN Tower, due to open in simmer – 2013
https://tayloronhistory.com/2012/09/07/view-construction-of-torontos-new-aquarium-it-opens-in-summer-of-2013/
Construction at Clarence Square on the east side of Spadina, north of Front Street.
https://tayloronhistory.com/2012/09/04/up-date-on-construction-at-clarence-square-on-spadina-avenue/
The northwest corner of Queen and Spadina where a McDonald's is located.
https://tayloronhistory.com/2012/08/27/mcdonalds-at-queen-and-spadina-on-an-historic-site/
The history of the site of the Dragon City Mall on the southwest corner of Spadina and Dundas Streets.
https://tayloronhistory.com/2012/08/25/torontos-heritage-the-southwest-corner-of-queen-and-spadina/
The historic home now occupied by Paul Magder Furs
https://tayloronhistory.com/2012/08/07/exploring-torontos-architectural-gemsthe-paul-magder-fur-shop-at-202-spadina-avenue/
The 1890s church of St. Margaret's Anglican on Spadina south of Queen street. The church is now hidden from view by a modern addition across the front of it.
https://tayloronhistory.com/2012/07/25/vanished-church-on-torontos-spadina-ave-is-rediscovered/
The iconic Balfour Building at Spadina and Adelaide Streets
https://tayloronhistory.com/2012/07/20/enjoying-torontos-architectural-gemsthe-balfour-building-at-spadina-and-adelaide/
House on Spadina south of Dundas Street – today it is difficult to believe that it was once a prestigious residential building
https://tayloronhistory.com/2012/07/04/torontos-architectural-gems-is-this-one-a-joke/
The vanished underground men's washroom from the early nineteenth century, located in the middle of the street at Queen and Spadina.
https://tayloronhistory.com/2012/07/15/construction-at-queen-and-spadina-in-july-of-2012-uncovers-an-old-washroom-from-the-1920s/
The site of the Consumers' Glass Building at 239-241 Spadina, south of Dundas Street. It is presently under restoration.
https://tayloronhistory.com/2012/07/06/exploring-torontos-architectural-gemsthe-building-at-235-spadina-ave/
To view the Home Page for this blog: https://tayloronhistory.com/
Scadding House beside the Eaton Centre
April 21, 2018 johndougtaylor
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Amazing story of Yorkdale Plaza (Toronto)
February 21, 2018 johndougtaylor
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Hi Doug I love your blog, Any chance you could do a piece on the Cherry St train (signal?) house. Always wondered about its history.
Doug Taylor says:
Thanks for the comment and the suggestion. I do not know anything about the Cherry St. Train House so it will be great to learn about it.


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Erwin Jacobi (* 15. Januar 1884 in Zittau; † 5. April 1965 in Leipzig) war ein deutscher Staats- und Kirchenrechtler an der Universität Leipzig.

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Jacobi wurde in Zittau als Sohn des jüdischen Kaufhausbesitzers Rudolf Jacobi geboren. Nach dem Glauben seiner Mutter Emma, geb. Smith, wurde er protestantisch getauft. Seine Eltern ermöglichten ihm eine umfassende schulische und musikalische Ausbildung.

Jacobi studierte zunächst an der Universität München, anschließend an der Universität Leipzig die Rechte und habilitierte sich dort im Jahre 1912. Anschließend wurde er Dozent für Öffentliches Recht an dieser Universität und erhielt in den 1920er Jahren eine Professur.

Jacobi beschäftigte sich in seinen Arbeiten vorrangig mit dem Staatskirchenrecht. Ein weiterer Schwerpunkt seiner Forschungen galt dem Öffentlichen Recht der Weimarer Republik, hier prägte er unter anderem den Begriff der Verfassungsdurchbrechung. 1924 hielt er zusammen mit Carl Schmitt einen viel beachteten Vortrag auf der Versammlung der "Vereinigung der deutschen Staatsrechtslehrer" in Jena mit dem Titel die Diktatur des Reichspräsidenten nach Art. 48 WRV. Hier begründeten die beiden Referenten die sog. "Schmitt-Jacobi'sche Theorie", die u. a. davon ausging, dass es dem Reichspräsidenten nicht erlaubt war, unter Berufung auf sein Notverordnungsrecht formelle Gesetze zu erlassen. Damit wandten sich Schmitt und Jacobi gegen die herrschende Lehre – vertreten vor allem von Gerhard Anschütz –, die dem Reichspräsidenten ein reichsgesetzvertretendes Notverordnungsrecht zugebilligt hatte. Die Theorie blieb aber Mindermeinung und selbst die beiden Urheber kehrten sich später wieder von ihr ab.

Ein weiter Höhepunkt in Jacobis Weimarer Karriere war die Vertretung der Reichsregierung (zusammen mit Carl Schmitt und Carl Bilfinger) in dem Prozess "Preußen contra Reich" vor dem Staatsgerichtshof um den sog. "Preußenschlag".

Nach der Machtübernahme der Nationalsozialisten erfolgte auf der Grundlage des sogenannten Gesetzes zur Wiederherstellung des Berufsbeamtentums die Entlassung von Jacobi wegen seiner jüdischen Vorfahren. Jacobi gehörte der Bekennenden Kirche an.

Nach dem Zusammenbruch des Dritten Reiches nahm Jacobi seine Lehrtätigkeit in Leipzig wieder auf. 1947 schlug er ein Angebot der Universität Heidelberg aus und übernahm die Rektorenstelle in Leipzig, die er bis 1949 innehatte. 1948 wurde er zum ordentlichen Mitglied der Sächsischen Akademie der Wissenschaften gewählt.

Im Jahre 1949 wurde Jacobi Dekan der Juristischen Fakultät zu Leipzig. Obwohl Professor Jacobi eine demokratische Einstellung vertrat, erfolgte während dieser Zeit die Wandlung des Charakters der Fakultät von einer unideologischen zu einer marxistischen Bildungsstätte, ohne dass er diesem Prozess Widerstand entgegensetzte. Schon lange vor seiner Emeritierung im Jahre 1959 hatte er sich auf seine wissenschaftlichen Arbeiten zum Kirchenrecht zurückgezogen. 1955 wurde er zum korrespondierenden Mitglied der Deutschen Akademie der Wissenschaften zu Berlin gewählt.

Engagiert wirkte Jacobi in der Evangelisch-Lutherischen Landeskirche Sachsens, deren Synode er von 1948 bis 1959 angehörte. Er war seit 1956 Domherr des Stiftes Wurzen.

Er wurde 1954 zum Ehrendoktor der Theologischen Fakultät der Universität Leipzig ernannt. Anlässlich der 550-Jahr-Feier der Universität Leipzig wurde er 1959 mit dem Vaterländischen Verdienstorden in Silber ausgezeichnet.

Schriften
 Grundlehren des Arbeitsrechts. Deichert, Leipzig 1927.
 Einführung in das Gewerbe- und Arbeitsrecht. Ein Grundriß. Meiner, Leipzig 1919; 5. Auflage, 1926.
 Der Rechtsbestand der deutschen Bundesstaaten. Meiner, Leipzig 1917.
 mit Richard Schmidt: Zwei öffentlich-rechtliche Abhandlungen als Festgabe für Otto Mayer. Meiner, Leipzig 1916.
 Patronate juristischer Personen. Enke, Stuttgart 1912.

Literatur
 Eckhard Hansen, Florian Tennstedt (Hrsg.) u. a.: Biographisches Lexikon zur Geschichte der deutschen Sozialpolitik 1871 bis 1945. Band 2: Sozialpolitiker in der Weimarer Republik und im Nationalsozialismus 1919 bis 1945. Kassel University Press, Kassel 2018, ISBN 978-3-7376-0474-1, S. 85 f. (Online, PDF; 3,9 MB).

 Martin Otto: Von der Eigenkirche zum Volkseigenen Betrieb: Erwin Jacobi (1884–1965), Mohr Siebeck, Tübingen 2008, ISBN 978-3-16-149502-1.

 Erwin Jacobi. In: Karin Orth: Vertreibung aus dem Wissenschaftssystem. Gedenkbuch für die im Nationalsozialismus vertriebenen Gremienmitglieder der DFG, Steiner, Stuttgart 2018 (= Beiträge zur Geschichte der Deutschen Forschungsgemeinschaft, 7), ISBN 978-3-515-11953-5, S. 79–89.

Weblinks

 Biografie auf dem Webportal "Jüdische Gelehrte an der Universität Leipzig"

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Staatsrechtler (20. Jahrhundert)
Kirchenrechtler (20. Jahrhundert)
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Ehrendoktor der Universität Leipzig
Mitglied der Akademie der Wissenschaften der DDR
Mitglied der Sächsischen Akademie der Wissenschaften
Träger des Vaterländischen Verdienstordens in Silber
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The Red Sox Go To Washington
Being Vice President of Red Sox Nation is like being dropped into an alternative universe where you wake up some mornings and say, "I had the craziest dream," and then you realize, it wasn't a dream at all, and whatever dreams I DID have couldn't have been as wild as the reality.
Today will go down as one of those days. I woke up in my bed in Boston, left my five children and wife sleeping to catch a 7am flight to Washington, D.C., drove to the Supreme Court building where Red Sox Nation President Jerry Remy and I were officially sworn in by Justice Stephen Breyer in his chambers during his short break from a hearing on the Exxon Valdez case (with Larry Lucchino and John Henry at our side), drove over to the White House for a tour with Red Sox owners, front office personnel, and members of their families, then went outside to join over 1,000 members of Red Sox Nation on the South Lawn, sitting in the second row behind Ted Kennedy and John Kerry, to see the Red Sox line up behind President George W. Bush for a special ceremony honoring the World Champions. Unfortunately, I wasn't invited to join the team when they visited Walter Reed Memorial Hospital after the White House visit, but I hear it was quite a memorable, meaningful experience for the players and the patients.
As for the part of the day I was privileged to be involved in, I'll let the photos speak for themselves.
The Vice-President and President of Red Sox Nation leave the Supreme Court after being sworn in by Justice Breyer (a die-hard Sox fan). Our pledge: "I, Gerald Peter Remy [and Robert Crawford], do solemnly swear that I will faithfully execute the Office of the President [and Vice-President] of Red Sox Nation. I pledge to be true to the game, true to our fans, and to the best of my ability preserve, protect and promote all that is great about the beloved sport of baseball and the Boston Red Sox."
Regardless of your politics, it's pretty humbling to walk through the White House and think about the fact that Abraham Lincoln (whom you KNOW would have been a huge baseball fan) lived in and directed the Civil War from there.
Red Sox Nation congregates on the South Lawn. This photo was taken from inside the Blue Room during our tour of the White House, about 45 minutes before the ceremony with the team.
More than 1,000 members of Red Sox Nation await the arrival of the World Champion Boston Red Sox and the President and Vice-President of the United States — including Senator John Kerry and writer Mike Barnicle (who, when he writes about baseball, is right up there with the best of baseball writers).
This is me with a couple of loyal members of Red Sox Kid Nation from Kensington, Maryland who got there early and were right up front — Quentin and Bryce Auster. What a blast for all of us who had the good fortune of applauding the Sox at the White House!
Back at Logan Airport after the trip to D.C., we were pleasantly surprised to be greeted by members of the United Airlines staff, who had confiscated our historic Fenway Park brick while going through security in the morning. We had wanted to use the brick for the swearing-in ceremony, but instead, Rem Dawg and I placed our left hands on an Offical Major League Baseball, imprinted with a gold Red Sox logo, that Justice Breyer had sitting on his desk. (Like I said, he's a true fan.) Pictured here are Michael Castro (United Airlines), Mardi Fuller (Red Sox), Regular Rob, Debbie Neal (United Airlines), and Joe Januszewski (Red Sox).
Quotes of the day:
1. From Red Sox Vice President Chuck Steedman, next to whom I sat at lunch in a White House dining room: "They don't do this [fun stuff] for teams that come in second."
2. From George Bush: "I see Manny's not here. I guess his grandmother died again. Just kidding. Tell Manny I didn't mean it. But I do want to quote him. He said, "When you don't feel goo d, and you still get hits, that's when you know you're a bad man." (Laughter.) I don't know what that means. (Laughter.) But if bad man means good hitter, he's a really bad man."
3. From George Bush: "Red Sox Nation extends beyond the South Lawn, extends beyond New England — it obviously goes to the Caribbean and even the Far East. So we welcome Japan's Daisuke Matsuzaka here to the South Lawn. His press corps is bigger than mine. And we both have trouble answering questions in English."
For the full text of Bush's speech (it was pretty good, actually), click here.
And certainly, one of the great highlights of the day was getting home in time to tuck in my 8 year-old son and present to him a ball autographed by Josh Beckett. "AWESOME, DADDY!" and to tuck in my 5 year-old son and present to him a ball with George Bush's autograph imprinted on it: "This is perfect, Daddy, since I don't really like baseball, but I really like famous people! And clean baseballs!"
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6 responses to "The Red Sox Go To Washington"
The Old Man | February 28, 2008 at 11:58 am | Reply
Hey Regular Rob: Just fantastic! A great sharing with the rest of us out here in The Nation. A terrific article with never to be forgotten pictures. What a day. This can only be described with religious language: Heavenly!
Jim B | March 1, 2008 at 8:01 am | Reply
Well I'm particularly happy to see that you have regained the brick after J.J. gave it over not to United Airlines but to myself at the TSA security checkpoint. I wish it could have made the trip to the D.C. where it belonged.
Stephen Cutler | March 1, 2008 at 8:52 am | Reply
BTW, I hope all your readers will check out http://www.rallycaps.net. My daughter (co-author) and I are fortunate to have had it endorsed by Cal Ripken Jr, Brooks Robinson, Tim Kurkjian and Curtis Pride (all terrific individuals and class acts!). It is soon to be published in Italian (where my daughter lives). Thanks again. Steve
dan page | March 3, 2008 at 10:31 am | Reply
The Washington report is up to your usual high standards. A good read. Glad you were there and thanks for sharing the day with RSN. Your perspective is valuable and fun.
yanksfan71 | March 22, 2008 at 6:41 pm | Reply
Hey Rob — Greetings from your Yanks friend in Seattle. What an awesome experience you laid out for everyone. Hope you are enjoying being the VP. If your responsibilities take you to Seattle, let me know.
— Jill
Nosey | March 22, 2009 at 11:13 pm | Reply
I was just looking ove the site Crawdaddy and If it's true about this guy saving a piece of fenway, I hope you guys did something to show your respect and gratitude for this true sox fan. I know TSA gets a bad wrap from most people but they do have a few good guys on there roster and this just goes to show it. Kudo's from me.


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While he doesn't have any kids, she had children from a previous marriage. With eight grandkids ages one to twelve, there is hardly ever a dull moment. Vinny likes to have the grandkids over for the weekend and take them bowling or to the park. Besides spending time with the grandkids, Vinny and his girlfriend also enjoy visiting wineries and breweries together. Due to his busy schedule, he likes to relax and unwind in front of the television.


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Peter Kaminsky's passion for cooking and fishing has been a goldmine for so many readers. He's been managing editor of National Lampoon, plus contributing editor to Field and Stream, Outdoor Life, and Sports Afield. He's written about food for The New York Times, Food & Wine and New York Magazine. His first food story was an 8,000 word piece on Gramercy Tavern! His publicists tell him he's written 17 books, including The Elements of Taste, with Gray Kunz, and his upcoming one, How to Dress An Egg, with Ned Baldwin. He's also been an NYC cabbie, a TV producer, and created the Mark Twain Prize at the Kennedy Center.
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Lynnville-Sully held its first Family Early Literacy Night on Monday, Dec. 12, and welcomed 24 families for a night of fun and hands-on literacy learning.
At the event, Mrs. Teri Bowlin, preK-8 principal, explained how the parents and children completed 12 activities focusing on phonics, phonemic awareness, sight words, read aloud, writing, and fine motor skills. Each family went home with a bag filled with various resources to use to replicate the school's activities along with materials for suggested activities to promote early literacy skills. During the evening, families enjoyed a short snack break, and children also were able to choose a book to take home.
Denise and Katie Staecker, on the left, and Jay and Rebecca Rozendaal participate in a painting activity geared toward helping the children develop control of hand muscles, making writing easier.
The successful night was due in part to the team effort of Lynnville-Sully staff and community donors. "It was definitely a team effort to pull everything together," said Bowlin.
Twenty-four staff members contributed to the evening, and Bowlin wishes to thank four area businesses who supported the school's efforts to promote early literacy – Key Cooperative, Conover Seed, Newton Hy-Vee, and Iowa's Best Burger Cafe.
Lynnville-Sully associate Grace Vander Weerdt helps children work on fine motor skills by making bracelets with beads and pipe cleaners.


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Sri Lanka's Parliament approved a budget Thursday that includes reforms aimed at improving the country's finances as it attempts to recover from its worst economic crisis.
The 5.82 trillion rupee ($15 billion) budget includes a 43 billion rupee ($117 million) relief package for those affected by the crisis.
The budget provides for a restructuring of state-owned enterprises, reduced subsidies for electricity, and tax increases to boost state revenue based on proposals by the International Monetary Fund under a preliminary $2.9 billion bailout plan.
Unsustainable government debt, a severe balance of payments crisis and the impact of the Covid-19 pandemic led to a shortage of essentials such as fuel, medicine and food, and soaring prices have caused severe hardships for most Sri Lankans. Many have lost their jobs because businesses have become unsustainable.
The government announced in April that it was suspending repayment of nearly $7 billion in foreign debt due this year. It has since entered a preliminary agreement with the IMF, which has agreed to provide $2.9 billion over four years depending on the willingness of Sri Lanka's creditors to restructure their loans.
Sri Lanka's total foreign debt exceeds $51 billion, of which $28 billion has to be repaid by 2027.
The economic meltdown triggered a political crisis in which thousands of protesters stormed the official residence of the president in July, forcing then-President Gotabaya Rajapaksa to flee the country and later resign.
President Ranil Wickremesinghe, who succeeded Rajapaksa, has somewhat reduced the shortages of fuel and cooking gas, but power outages continue, along with shortages of imported medicines.
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VAC Key Outcomes – June 2019
A Veterans' Advisory Council (VAC) meeting was held on Thursday 13 June 2019.
Two members of the VAC received awards in the Queen's Birthday Honours List. Mr Leon Eddy OAM and Mr Ray Kemp OAM were recognised for service to veterans and their families. Other South Australian members of the veteran community who received awards included: The Late Mr Guy Bowering OAM, Mr Norm Coleman OAM, Mrs Lynette Leahey OAM, Mr Clement McArdle OAM and Colonel Stephen Larkins OAM.
The VAC received a briefing from Mr Frank Lampard OAM about the Connecting Spirits Community Tour he attended in April 2019. Connecting Spirits is a project that involves students travelling to the World War 1 battlefields, cemeteries and memorials of France and Belgium to learn first-hand the role that Australians played in the battles of the Great War and to understand the sacrifices made. While there, the students commemorate individual soldiers from their own families and communities.
The VAC considered the final report of the Joint Standing Committee on Foreign Affairs, Defence and Trade Inquiry into Transition from the Australian Defence Force (ADF). The final report of the Productivity Commission Inquiry into Compensation and Rehabilitation for veterans is scheduled to be released by the end of this month. The VAC made submissions to both of these inquiries, which will have a significant influence on the future of transition from the Australian Defence Force and the compensation and rehabilitation arrangements for the veteran community.
The VAC provided advice to the Premier about the 39 applications received to the 2019-20 round of the Anzac Day Commemoration Fund, which closed on 3 May 2019. The results of the 2019-20 funding round will be announced in the coming weeks.
Dr Paula Dabovich briefed the VAC about the recent activities of the Veterans Health Advisory Council, including plans for a Veteran's Wellbeing Centre at the Repat. The VAC is keen to engage with SA Health about plans to promote the wellbeing of the veteran community and the protection and preservation of significant sites to the veteran community such as the Chapel, SPF Hall and Remembrance Gardens as planning continues to reactivate the Repat site.
VAC members also received a briefing on preparations to mark significant anniversaries of World War Two. On 3 September 2019 we will mark the 80th Anniversary of Britain, France and Australia's declaration of war on Germany in 1939. The 80th Anniversary of the crucial events of World War Two, such as the Siege of Tobruk, the Battles of El Alamein and the Kokoda Track Campaign, where South Australians served with distinction will be commemorated respectfully in the coming years.
Other matters considered by the VAC included:
• The Veterans Support Group for Incarcerated Veterans
• The Jamie Larcombe Centre
• Commonwealth, State and Territory Committee Agenda
• Funding for Ex-Service Organisations
• Promotion of Services Available to Veterans
The next VAC meeting will be held on Wednesday 7 August 2019. Please contact Paul Sykes at paul.sykes@sa.gov.au or via telephone: (08) 8226 8552 if you would like any further information.


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Coverage of the Phil Mickelson-Tiger Woods pay-per-view match in Las Vegas last Friday was beset by technical difficulties, leading to Turner Sports and a host of carriers offering refunds to viewers.
Many customers were unable to watch 'The Match' – which was won by Mickelson on the fourth play-off hole – on their televisions after paying $19.99, leading to Turner's B/R Live platform allowing fans to view it for free on computers and mobile devices.
There were over 500 people on hold online waiting for assistance during one point, according to the Associated Press.
On Saturday night, Turner offered a refund to viewers who paid to stream the match, as did Comcast, Charter Spectrum, Cox Communications, Dish/Sling TV and AT&T.
Turner said in a statement: "Prior to the start of the event, we experienced a technical issue with the B/R Live paywall page that we tried to quickly resolve. We decided to take down the paywall to ensure that fans who already purchased the event would not miss any action.
"This did not impact the live streaming of the competition and fans were treated to an event that was both engaging and memorable. Unfortunately, the prematch technical issue did occur, and we will offer fans who purchased the event on B/R Live a refund."
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London's new charge on polluting vehicles. Here's everything you need to know
jay jay|April. 08, 2019
London's new Ultra Low Emission Zone (ULEZ) is coming into force, as part of efforts to tackle air pollution in the city. From April 8, 2019, vehicles will have to meet tight exhaust emission standards or pay a daily charge to drive into central London. The most polluting vehicles will have to pay a daily charge of £12.50 for cars, motorcycles and vans, and £100 for lorries, buses and coaches, on top of the daily £11.50 congestion charge.
Initially, the ULEZ will cover the same area as London's congestion charging zone. In October 2021, the ULEZ charging zone will expand beyond central London to cover all of London within the capital's major circular arterial roads - the North and South Circular – encompassing 3.8m Londoners . Expanding the ULEZ will require investment in new monitoring infrastructure the cost of which has been estimated at £700m .
The scheme is expected to raise £220m a year - but this will only cover its operating and set-up costs. Any further revenues raised from the ULEZ are earmarked for measures to make the city's public transport fleet "clean and green", and reduce pollution across the transport network. The objective of the ULEZ is not so much to raise funds, but more to change driver behaviour .
Plans to introduce the "world's first Ultra Low Emission Zone" were announced back in 2013 , by former mayor of London, Boris Johnson. But his successor Sadiq Khan brought forward the scheme's introduction from 2020 to 2019. The aim of the ULEZ is improve air quality in London – specifically to reduce emissions of nitrogen oxides (NOx) by 45% . Around half of NOx emissions come from road transport.
These pollutants worsen chronic illnesses, shorten life expectancy and can damage lung development. Society's most vulnerable people suffer most from air pollution: deprived communities and ethnic minorities as well as older people, young people and children. At least 438 primary schools are in areas with illegal and unsafe pollution levels.
The ULEZ will replace two existing charges for vehicle emissions – the Low Emission Zone and the Toxicity (T) Charge – and will piggyback on some of the existing processes and infrastructure in its first phase.
Automatic number plate recognition cameras, installed at all entry points to the charging zone, will record the number plates of all vehicles entering the charging zone. Drivers will have to pay the daily charge via the TfL website, app or phone line by registering their car and bank card for automatic payment. Failure to pay for will result in a hefty fine : £160 for cars or vans and £1,000 for lorries or coaches (discounted by 50% if paid within two weeks).
Residents living in or immediately next to the congestion charge and ULEZ zone are exempt from the charge. This will expire in October 2021 when the ULEZ is expanded. Taxis and designated wheelchair-accessible private hire vehicles are also exempt from the ULEZ charge.
Is it really that radical?
London is taking strides to tackle poor air quality, but other cities have been more radical. Milan, named as Europe's most polluted city in 2008 , banned the most polluting cars from the city centre for short periods in response to high levels of pollution as early as 2007. In 2013, Milan introduced an emissions-based daily charge to drive into the city centre – some "clean" vehicles were exempt.
This proved not to be enough to clear the smog. At the beginning of 2019, Milan went a step further and banned the most polluting vehicles from driving on the city's streets at all. The city has also set out a strict timetable to tackle air pollution caused by road traffic: each year emission standards for vehicles will tighten and vehicles not meeting the low emissions standards will be banned.
London and other cities across the globe should consider following in Milan's footsteps and banning the the most polluting vehicles. In London, a quarter of all NOx emissions from road transport are produced by diesel cars. Clamping down their access to the worst polluted areas in central London could bring about more rapid improvements in air quality.
What do Londoners think?
London's ULEZ has strong public support: nearly 60% of more than 18,000 respondents to the mayor's public consultation on the ULEZ strongly support the principle of the scheme. And nearly two-thirds of respondents supported the earlier implementation of the ULEZ.
With such high approval ratings, the mayors of London and other cities might risk being bolder. Oslo plans to make the city practically car free by 2020, through measures such as removing parking, pedestrianising streets and raising the congestion charge.
Indeed, authorities for the City of London (London's historic financial district) have already banned the most polluting cars from one of the busiest streets. In the autumn of 2018 they went a step further and announced that half of London's historic Square Mile would be "pedestrian priority", banning motor vehicles and requiring cyclists to give way to pedestrians.
As the City of London takes the bold decision to prioritise the nearly half a million workers arriving by foot and public transport each day – over the few by car and taxi – this should give the rest of London, and other cities around the world, pause to consider what more they could be doing to reduce emissions and make public spaces safer and more pleasant for everyone.
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